Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, October 24, 1908, Page 2

| ¥ | THE BEMIDJI DAILY PIONEER PUBLISHED NVERY AFTERNOON, BEMIDJI PIONEER PUBLISHING CO. By CLYDE J..PRYOR. Tatered in the postoffice at’Bemidjl. Minn., a8 second class matter. SUBSCRIPTION---$5.00 PER ANNUM _— LAWSON. It is an excellent thinz that mere physical events like the interrup- tion of the stock market boom have checked the wild attempts of Thomas W. Lawson to stir up a general gambling craze. But it is even better that at last there are signs of moral revolt against his methods. The newspapers that have printed the Lawson advertisements have failed in their ethical obligation to the public. Only by pressure from the public can they be brought back into the line of their decent duty. The business men and banks of New York are acting not only most effectively but also most intelligently for the common good when they file their protest against the selling of space in reputable journals to the lurid appeals of the Boston specu- lator. For of the character of the Law- son scheme there can be no doubt. As one letter of protest has put it, every newspaper must know exactly what it is doing when it accepts ad- vertising from a2 man. “who holds forth the prospect of 756 per cent profit as an inducement to people to send him their money, who asks sav- ings bank depositors, school- teachers, ministers and working people to send him their cash on this impossible promise and who de- clares that all funds will be as safe with him ‘as if in the government mint, unless lost in the stock mar- ket.”” The Louisiana State Lottery wasa stately monument of the legitimate investment compared to the Lawson proposal; beside it crap-shooting and wire-tapping are honorable occupations. It could be stamped out in a single day by denying it the opportunity to misuse the repu- table channels of publicity. CAUSTIC COMMENT. [A. G, Rutledge.] Strong through the haze of autumn days ‘When brown leaves dance and roll, There comes this thought with sadness fraught: “What of your winter coal?” The peace of the world is said to be in the kaiser’s hand. The trouble is it is a mailed hand. There is a valuable hint to par- ents in the similarity of the words *prank” and “spank.” An English scientist asks if a spirit can talk. Possibly it depends on the sex of the spirit. Charity is that impulse which prompts us, when we catch a man in a lie, to give him a loophole to lie out of it. The average politician is anxious to save the country; the element of uncertainty comes in when you ask him who he is saying it for. Another prince has deserted his American wife. Truly our attempts to reform the nobility of Europe by giving them better halves is meeting with discouragement. DEED OF INDIAN YOUTH. Fired 8hot That Killed Montana Game Warden. Missoula, Mont.,, Oct. 23.—Game ‘Warden W. F. Scott and Deputy War- den Henry A. Vass have arrived here with the remains of Deputy Game ‘Warden Charles B. Peyton, who was killed in a fight with Indians in the Swan river country while attempting to arrest them for transgressing the game laws of the state. According to the story of Peyton’s death told by Herman Rudolph, the ranchhand who accompanied Peyton within forty feet of the Indian camp, the deputy game warden was shot by a thirteen-year-old Indian Doy, who had been behind the horses of the redskins and had not been noticed by Peyton. When Peyton told the In- dians they were under arrest one of them grabbed the officer by the neck. Peyton shook him off and advised them to be peaceful. Another Indian then uttered a war whoop, pulled his rifle and was about to shoot when Peyton dropped him in his tracks with a bullet. Two other Indians at- tempted to get their guns unsheathed, but Peyton killed them before they could get into action. Rudolph then observed the little Indian lad kneeling between the horses aiming at Poyton and he fired at the redskin at the same moment that the latter fired at the officer. Peyton was mortally shot and the Indian boy toppled over dead. The squaws later put Warden Psy- ton out of his misery, according to Rudolph, ending his suffering by & half dozen shots from small caliber “MY RECORD | @epyright, 1908, American-Journal-Examiness ~ ~—From New York Journal. o IS A SUFFICIENT ANSWER.” =—W. J. Bryan, in Letter to President Roosevels. T0 MIDDLE WEST AND ROCKY MOUNTAIN STATES REPUBLICANS. ¥You want Mr. Taft and Mr. Sherman elected, and they cannot be elected unless the Republican National Committee has sufficient money to pay the legitimate expenses of the campaign. maintain an organization. It requires money to pay for printing, post- age, salaries or stenographers and clerks at headquarters, traveling ex- penses of speakers and numerous campaign end successfully. Congress, as you know, has passed a law making it unlawful for us tc solicit money from corporations. We must depend upon the cortributions of individual voters. If every Ro- publican in this Western Division would contribute one dollar to the campalgn fund, we will be able to do all the things that the voters want done; we will be able to eleet Taft and Sherman. Will you help? If so, please send one dollar to the chairman of your State Finance Committee, whose name appears in the list following, or send it direct to me and you will receive the official receipt of the Republican Na- Respectfully, tional Committee. Contributions may be sent by check or money order to any of the following named chairmen of the various State finauce committees: Colorado, Hon. Whitney Newton, Denver. Idaho, Hon. Frank F. Johnson, Wallace. Illinols, Col. Frederick H. 8mith, Peoria. Towa, Hon. Lafayette Young, Des Moines. Kansas, Hon. Frank E. Grimes, Topeka. Michigan, Hon. John N. Bagley, Detroit. Missour, Hon. O. L. Whitelaw, 409 North Becond street, St. Louls. Montana, Hon, Thomas A.' Marlow, Helena. Nebraska, Hon. John C. Wharton, Omaha. New Mexico, Hon. J. W. Reynolds, Santa Fe. i North Dakota, Hon. James A. Buchanan, Buchanam. Oregon, Dr. H. W. Coe, Portland. South Dakota, Hon. O.'W. Thompson, Vermillion, Washington, Hon. James D. Hoge, Seattle. Or to Fred W. Upham, Assistant Treasurer, 234 Michigan avenue, Chicago, Illinofs. It costs money lo other detalls that go to make the FRED W. UPHAM, Assistant Treasurer. Summary of Wages Barned In Thirteen Different Trades in the United States and Europe. Great Britain. France. Germany. Belglum. lacksmiths' weekly wage $ 074 § 9.12 . ollermakers’ weekly wagt .68 8.14 . Bricklayers' weekly wage 9.89 6.86 X rael 10.03 1.64 . 8.97 6.01 g rs’ weekly wage 8.00 *.63 X Iron moulders’ weekly wa; 10.18 .48 6.5¢ aborers' woekly wage 8.70 B.40 448 nchinigts’ weekly wage 0.30 142 7.8 Painters’ weekly wage 8.89 814 588 X % 9.93 7.38 662 X 20.70 0.17 7.00 5.76 i 22.89 10.89 7.24 6.64 i Total ..eceeeeeees....$236.61 $118.81 $00.50 $79.30 $40.30 Average weekly wage.......$ 18.20 $ o010 $ 6.96 $ 610 § 866 IN OTHER WORDS In the United States for every $1.00 a man earns in the 13 trades— He earns o earns ¢ earns e earns .. +Taking the ¢ Turopexn countrles gnd aversgig them—for evary $1.00 the American workmen earns under Repul THE EUROPEAN WORKMAN EARNS 86 CENTS. 50 cents fn Great Britain 8 conts In France -84 cents in Germany 120 cents in Belglum _— TAFT AND EMPLOYERS’ LIABIL- ITY. His Decislon in the “Voight Case” Forerunner of Present Humane Btatute. A striking service to humanity which ‘Willlam H. Taft rendered in his judic- ial career is recalled by Kugene F. Ware, former Commissioner of Pen- slons, in a letter to the Kansas City Star. Mr. Ware refers to what was known as the “Voight case,” which was decided by Judge Taft in 1897. Judge Taft's decision, although overruled by the United States Supreme Court, is really the ploneer of a section of the present employers’ liability law, which was pasfed through the efforts of President Roosevelt and a Republican Congress, and approved April 22, 1908. Voight was an express messenger who, to get his job, had to sign an agreement releasing the express com- pany from liability in case he was in- Jured or killed. The express company Dad a contract with the raflroad ex- empting the rallroad from lability in the event of injury to an express mes- senger. Voight was severely injured, and sued the railroad rfor damages on the ground of gross negligence, argu- ing that the railroad company could mot make a contract evading its re- sponsibility. Judge Taft gave Voight a judgment of $6,000 and costs, holding that the express company had no right to make such contracts; that they were oppres- sive, unreasonable and unjust, and were against public policy, and further that the railroad company owed to the express messenger the same publie duty which it owed to a passenger. The path blazed out by Judge Taft was followed in the new law referred to, which provides “That any contract, rule, régulation or device whatso- ever, the purpose or intent of which shall be to enable any common carrier to exempt itself from any liability created by this act, shall to that ex- ‘teat be void.” Candidate Kern declares that Bryan Is certain to be elected. It just shows how naturally those Indiana men take to fiction. Mr. Bryan says he does not know ‘Whether he is a farmer or an agricul- turist. Unfortunately for him, the farmers know. “Fingy” Conners says the people do not care much about platforms, but always want to vote for a winning candidate. In that event they .will vote for Mr. Taft. The west is marketing the biggest ‘wheat crop in its history, and it is not on a parity with silver either, as Mr. Bryan may learn from a glance at the market reports. The amount of money in the hands of the people of the United States to- day 1s greater than was ever possessed by any other people under the sun. The per capita circulation of $35.04 tells the tale, as money talks, of Re- publican financiering. 'acting directly upon the bl METHODS OF THE “POWDER TRUST Former Official Testifies in Government Swit. COMPETITION KILLED OFF Big Concern Went After New Com- panies as Fast as Organized and Either Forced Them Into the Pool or Out of Business—Controls Prac- tically the Entire Trade in Its Line In the United States. New - York, Oct. 2 .—Methods al- leged to have been employed by the so called powder trust to gain control of the powder trade in the United States were described by R. 8. Waddell, for- mer general sales agent in the United States for the big powder company, at the day’s session of the hearing in the government's suit against the com- vany for alleged violation of the Sher- man anti-trust law. He had declared that the defendant company now con- trols between 95 and 98 per cent of the trade in gunpowder and 90 per cent of the trade in blasting powder. He told of the formation of the South- ern Pawder company, which was or- ganized in Cincinnati, with mills ‘in Georgia, in 1896, and absorbed by the big company a few months later. “We went right after the Southern as soon as they entered the market,” said Mr. Waddell. “The fight continued until the general round up in July, 1896.” “What do you mean by the general round up?” he was asked. “I mean the complete elimination of competition by absorbing the com- petitors,” replied the witness. Mr. Waddell said he had been in- formed by the officers of the company that there was an agreement with for- eign manufacturers on sales of dyna- mite. This information was given him, he said, after foreign mills had been erected in Jamestown and was known as the “Jamestown agree- ment.” International Agreement. “I was told that one of our officers had been to Europe and that there- after we would have no further trou- ble,” said he. This, he said, was when there was some disturbance in the market over the cutting of prices on smokeless powder. He said a new agreement was drawn by members of the pool after practically all the com- petitors had been absorbebd. When a paper identified by Waddell as a copy of the agreement was presented coun- sel for the defense objected to its acceptance by the court. Continuing his description of meth- ods which he alleged were used to absorb or crush competitors Waddell told of fights which were made by his companry against the Indiana Powder ccmpany and the Southern Powder company. The Indiana company, which was formed in 1897, had Ohio, Kentucky, Michigan, West Virginia and one or two other states for its market. He was directed by Eugene Du Pont and F. W. Owen to go to Terre Haute and open the fight against the Indiana company. There he met the chief officers of that com- pany. “I told them that they had reduced the sales of our companies 50,000 to 70,000 kegs of powder in the territory they occupied,” said he, “and that we could not stand for that, but would fight to regain the trade. I proposed that the Indiana company be reorgan- ized with $100,000 capital, of which the Hazard Powder company should take 51 per cent and the other stock- holders 49 per cent. But they refused to enter into any agreement with.the pool. Thoy said that they thought they had a perfect right to manufac- ture powder for their mines, that they wanted to be friendly with us and hoped there would not be any fight. I told them that we would put up mills near them and begin the fight by underselling them to their own miners.” More Underhand Methods. Mr. Waddell then told of the organ- ization of the Great Northern Supply company, to sell not only powder but shovels, picks and supplies, and to the employment of two men named Ram- sey and Racous to go among the min- ere to stir up dissensions between the miners’ association and the operators’ association. These men made speeches at the miners’ meetings, he said. The fight lasted until January, 1902, when the Indiana company went un- der and sold out to the pool. The Southern Powder company was organized in Birmingham, Ala., and its business was restricted to Birming- ham and vicinity. “We fixed it so they could not get out,” said Waddell. “How did you fix it?” “Well, we got freight rates sys- tematized on all the railroads out of Birmingham. We fixed these rates so that powder would never net more than 70 cents a keg, very close to or less than the cost, and then awaited developments.” 7 “How long did you have to wajt?” asked Mr. Scarlet. “It was perhaps a year before they died,” replied the witness. He said the total sales of powder of the pool in 1892 was 3,800,000 kegs, while the independents sold less than 200,000 kegs. 4 How’s This? ‘We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for any case of Catarrh that cannot be cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo. O. We, the undersigned, have known F. J. 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