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(HURSCA EVENING, | OCTOBER 15, 1903, | Weblishea by the Press Publishing Company, No. 8 to © ‘Park Row, New York. Entered at the Post-OfMice at New York as Second-Class Mall Matter. ————_ ‘OLUME 44. .NO. 15,395. PA THE BEEF TRUST AGAIN. os year ago last June, some months after the com- ination of packers had secured full control of the mar- fhets, cattle were selling im Chicago at the highest prices fm twenty years and the retal! prices of meat in this city @xceeded the top notch figures for fifteen years! he despatches from Omaha point to a return to this @ONdition and are likely to create apprehension of worse @xtortion to come, According to these advices the trust, while paying 40 per cent. less for pork than one year ago, is charging the retailers 15 per cent. more than then. For beef @teers, while paying 25 per cent. less it is charging 10 per cent. more. Meantime the trust {s paying the pro- Gucers but little more than one-half of what it pald them Inst year for live stock. In this: brief statement of facts 1s summarized the Whole scheme of monopolistic extortion by the packers’ @ombindtion,-which made it the object of Federal pro- Ceedings dast year. It was charged then— 1, That the firms composing this combination con- #Pifed by refraining from bidding against one another for live stock to compel the raisers of stock to sell their products a. a price lower than the normal market price. _ 2. That they also conspired to raise and fix prices for sensumers of fresh meats, 8. That thoy restricted shipments, :naintained a black Net and received rebates from railways. Are not the first two allegations borne out in fact again by this new report of its impositions? It is not too much to say that the Beef Trust {s the most in- iguitous of American combinations in restraint of trade, Ta renewed exhibition of greed at the expense of the Public sufficiently shows how futile were the legal pro- Qeedings instituted against it by Attorney-General Knox. LITTLE LESSONS IN FINANCE-III¢ ‘With Steel preferred at 59 and the common stock at ‘MW Kt is instructive to recall the prices at which the stock of its conetituent companies was selling before the mer- {fer was effected. In the spring of 1901 the stocks of six «@ thése companies were quoted as follows: Company. Pref'd. Com'n. Federal Stecl.. + 99 49 Wational Tube 10 59 ) Américan Steel & Wire. 106 43 * Mational Stee! ML 82 America Tin Pi 1 6 " American Sheet Stcel 89 42 The Securities of the American Bridge Company, the American Steel Hoop Company and the parent Carnegie Dompany wore rated as choice investment stocks. The Penalty exacted for their inflation has been as severe as & was awift, A noteworthy feature of the new finance is its ready > deceptance of a market price for newly issuea securities far below that of their face value. It is an old trick of the mine or of! well promoter to figure on a 10 per cent. basis in offering shares for sale—10 cents cash for a ollar of par paper. The shipbuuding agreement for the sale of the so-called Morgan block of stock put an upset piles of 65 on the preferred and 25 on the common. The Bonds were procurable from the first at 10 per cent. dis- __ The United States Steel stocks underwent a somewhat @intlar experience. The first quotations in the curb mar- ket before the listing of the stock rated the common at {And the proferrod at 70. The highest figure reached by the common stock was 55, in 1901. * An effect, this stock was issued on a 50 per cent. basis that of the Shipbuilding Company was on a 25 per @ent. basis, an adaptation of “boom” finance methods not without its significance. “BERIOUSNESS OF SLIGHT INJURIES. avery recently there have occurred four conspicuous ances of a slight scratch or equally trifling wound Sf bruise occasioning blood poisoning of a most scrivus Mature. In two cases the victims died, while for the others a fatal issue of the Injury was narrowly averted. As emphasizing the danger of neglecting any abrasion of the skin, however innocent, they are cited here: ‘Or. Virgil McDavitt, of Quincy, IIL, accidentally scratched Bimself with an instrument he had used in performing an @peration. Blood poisoning ensued and his death followed, John Gruener died in Wilkesbarre Tuesday from lockjaw faliowing a wound in his foot infllcted by a game cock's spur, ‘Presitent ‘Truesdale, of the Lackawanna Railroad, | @eratched with his nail a minute pimple that had formed on | Bie right arm. It was at first thought necessary to ampu- tate the arm, which waz saved with difilculty. William L. Elkins, the Philadelphia traction magnate, is fying seriously {11 from blood poisoning produced by the Ghafing of a tight shoe. Bach of these wounds was of a nature so unim- portant as not to occasion alarm or apparently to re- quire a physician's immediate services. tle clean soap and water or a drop of listerine and the disastrous consequences might have been averted. Generally persona! cleanliness ts not in itself enough; the small particle of infection which a “clean” nail may ponvey may prove harmful, as Precident Truesdale's ex- Werience illustrates. THE ‘BANKERS’ SPECIAL.” The commissary department of the ‘Bankers’ Spe- Cial” In which representative financiers are to make » their trip to San Francisco and return should satisfy the fequirements of an honourable artillery company in the Quantity and guality of provender provided, not to men- ‘Mdon the liquid refreshments. +» / There eeems not to be quite such an intolerable deal “Wf sack to the allowance of bread as the artillorymen in ghampagne and Rhine wine, the “516 tndividiel bottles Whiskey, the 1.728 individual bottles of cocktails, the fndividual bottles of brandy and the 288 individual “of Scotch whiskey," not to particularize about the Fret of Bass, the barrel of stout and the four barrels | Ought to prove sufficient for an extra dry col- would last a popular golf club through a busy } finished product of the car A little care! at the moment of its infilction, the application of a lit-| | ' Wight desire, but ‘twill serve. The gross upon gross of |; the shadow wi w THE » EVENING # WORLD'S # HOME # MAGAZINE Comfort fe in New York A Series of Lectures De- livered to the Adipose Club by Profess: r Wafer Thin. NO. 1.—ELASTIC CO” FORT. (477 ENTLEMEN and fellow- G of the Adipose Club,’ Chairman Haftun after ingent- ously waddling to the centre of the plat- form, “I have the pleasure and honor to Introduce to you the most comfortable man In New York, He has deen urged to deliver to the club a serles of lectures on how to be supremely comfortable in New York under all circumstances and whether compelled by public or domestic necessity. I am convinced that his lec- tures will be both entertaining and in- structive.” ‘A shadow crossed the stage and bowed while 10,000 pounds of flesh lurched for- ward in an attitude of interest and ex- pectancy. Presently it was clear that @ man and that he was clearing his throat. Gasps of ‘Heart hear!” came from the roliing mountains in the great chairs that occupled the floor space In the room. “Gentlemen,” began Prof. Wafer Thin, for the clothing on the shadow was now clearly visible, “I wish ¢o tell you at the start that my lectures are based en- Urely upon personal experiences. 1 will waste no Words in introduction, but be- gin right at the beginning. “My first lecture Is on elastic com- fort, or the comforts of elasticity. years ago 1 moved to this great city. moved from a large village in whicn there were fifty houses, all roomy and comfortable, and all surrounded by many broad acres of land. At that time I welghed 365 pounds 11 ounces in the summer and 875 pounds 4 ounces in the winter. 1 “When I reached New York, with my wife and seven children, I found that there was no such thing as a house within my means, 1 was told that 1 would have to live in a fint “1 will pass over my search for an apartment, as you can readily imagine the distress of such a search for a man of my weight. Suffice it to say that we at Inst found a flat of five alcoves let- ting off a hailway that was aout the size of my purse. ; “After giving my pedigree, my watch and chain and litte odds and ends of jewelry to the janitor I moved my fur- niture into the alcoves, Then my Wife and cuildren went in, “When my wife called out the win- dow and announced that she and the children were inside I was somewhat fatigued, as 1 had assisted the movers in breaking up the plano and other howsehold utensils to enable them to conveniently pass through the main en- trance and then, with a little additional chopping. through the doorway leading to the alco “Ax I said before, I weighed %5 pounds when I came to New York. When I started to climb the five flights of stairs to our new home I must have Weighed fully 325, As there were no scales at the top of the stairs, though it seemed a long way—no pun Intended —up. 1 do not know what I lost through the climb. Necessarily, 1 waa still robust when I reached the top landing. embers “When I gained my doorway the moy- ers were still talking with my. wife. With their assistance T disproved some- what the proverb referring to the camel and the eye of a needle and for the first me proved what comfort could be obtained from elasticity. “When I passed through the doorway my natural tendency was to expand again, but I suw that if I did it would endanger the lives of three of my chil- dren who wore standing in the hallway r od myself, I fait Uke ait- but saw no c} U could get recured repose, however, by re- and allowing myself to wedee en the 1 had found another ne ifort In elasticity few hours later my wife and children had arranged vhe furniture and I was Invited to come into the parior. A six of the children had reluctantly it 1 shrank myself sufficiently to Inside and, sting in the parlor, <J to eat my supper fran the al- m wite suggested that 1 was aly Ured and would Ike to go to rom, By thix tme 1 had done nders in the elastic way aud wae get- Ung a huge degree of comfort trom tt, finding that J could double up and lop over parts of my body in a wonderful manner. “When my wife finally this is your room,’ I get said, replied quietly, ‘John, of financial thirsts. It is a provision of drink-| ‘Mary, don't foke, there is no room to louga.’ The room she had referred to was a square corner in which @ bed taat I had operated on had been jammed, Well, not to re you, | found that by midnignt 1 was elastic enough to get to bed and, sleep comfortably.’ rof. Thin then gave a le due acripcon of the manner in which he. hed isi ‘his flesh and wound up with “Arter tbat 1 found my ltde ou. ptpmely comfortable,"* ‘% 199020000000 0000-90008OH8H © ape eng, eer =e cot \ LOOOCHHEDESH FHDHHHGHSE Little Tragedies Strikingly To e Id in Four Words. ‘The es Importance of Mr. Peewee, the Great Little Man # wt of. Regardless of the Feelings of Miss Sixfoot’s Guests He Shows the Difference Between His Warble and De Reszke’s. 5} CERTAINLY, | WOULD BE ED) TO SING FoR THE COMPANY'S EDIFICATION THUNDER| BOLT GOODNESS GRACIOUS ME! TOOTSIE DEAR WHERE DID You GET THAT SAW-MILL SINGER = HE CANT SING ALITTLE Bit. YOU SHOULD HEAR ST Me! WHY Folly of Writing Love Letterse ‘““ SEE that the love-letter written by the lady hag, appeared on the surface in that divorce case I downtown,” said the Cigar Store Man. fy’ “And she had it all her own way, too,” sal@ the Mar Higher Up. ‘‘With the able assistance of the alleged co-respondents she had the testimony of the French maid and the Milesian boss of the kitchen looking Hike a set of market reports; she had the pink wrapper worked to the semblance of a diving sult. And then they dig up the love-letter, which the respondent to whom {t was addressed says he pies; got. Well may sho say with the bug-house poet: “Twas ever thus from childhood’s hour, : are BOAO ® T'W seen myself get double crossed. I never wrote a foolish thing, That, didn't balk on getting lost. “The habit of putting the emotions on paper causey! more trouble in the world than the drink habity Especially is this true when people choose the U. & mails as the medium for the conveyance of words love, The most idiotic sentiments ever spieled in the way of expressions of affection have been written down and read out in divorce or breach-of-promise suits. “Why a married woman should sit down and to a man other than her husband that he fs her only only, only, puts a spike in my thought works. Bu they do it every, day, and a lot of them get away wit it, becanse there are discreet co-respundents who eS the letters thoy receive to tho furnace, stuff. them tng and wait there until the fire goes out. bed “As far as that is concerned, the men aro worse thay, the women. A man with a head as level as a Dill table in business matters will sit down and write letters to a woman he, hardly knows that would admit him to the psycopathic ward at Bellevue on the firs¥ reading and by the unanimous vote of all the allenistg, in the world. He puts himself on record when his souk is hot, reads the letter over five or six times and ee BROSDILOION eee LETS GET UP ON ) SIXTE REST YoyRS= MR. PEEWEE. fe NS RSM EN BARS FoR OH MY PEEWEE To RIGHTEN socks it into the mail chute with as little attention the consequences as he might feel in throwing away a cigar butt, ” “Wise men claim that love fs a disease. It must bd” true. Nothing but a funny microbe could prompt the slobbery effusions that persons of seeming wisdom write to the objects of their affections. At that, there are few men or women allve who haven't got letters out that they would hock their immortal souls to back.” { “I never wrote a foolish love-letter in my life,” agg serted the Cigar Store Man. “You talk as thengh you thought you were dead, answered the Man Higher Up. 790995090 69O09500000-064 (+) wenr RUN IN a Freaks of Hairdressing. ; In Abyssinia one method of doing the haig that ts adopted by warriors is to stroll into the market place, buy a poun@ of butter and, putting it upon the top of the hair, stand still while the sun arranges’ things. When the hair is thus dressed with melted butter the Abyssinian knows that fate cannot (or will not) touch him—he is a picture of welle dressed elegance done in oils. Another style is to tress the hair and every tress means something. A yolng warriow with a head of hair untressed is of no account; he has not yet killed aman. When, however, he has done so all his hate is shaved off except enough to make one tress, which is of the same significance as a notch on a pistol stock. After that every man he kills entitles him to add another trea, until as a conquering hero of 100 tresses he ts a formidable D2OOOIB0ID9D $49O3OO000¢ man to try conclusions with. T The Horse Has No Sense. i “T don't see why any one should talk about ‘horse nse said the man who had just returned from a long drive, “1 if there !s anything on earth which has not a grain of mon sense it is a horse’ For instance, my horse oa passed several automobiles going at top speed and nm ¢ ‘moved an eyelid, but later when he saw a bit of white paper blowing in the roud he nearly had a fit and I had all I could! do to control him, The other day he shied and acted fools ishly at a pile of gray stones by the roadside and tl trotted gently under a raliromd bridge while a train) waa rumbling over his head ri 1 “I'm going down to take my money out of the Steenth National Bank.” “Beca “Griggsby is a man who imag- na he kno it all.” “Why, he is always lamenting the fact that he knows 80 little.” “Well, isn't that ample proof?” oooe 2 OOO Stories Told About New Yorkers. ‘“ | them. “My boy, the drink habit is growing worse di “Yer right. My goll to be satisfied with two soda now she wants four.” “1 suppose that you are one of § th chaps who think the world hem se why?” have just discovered that the president's name is Skinner and the cashier's Short.’ PPPOOHOSD ® 1 never was in politics in my life. Ne ee tee | other day a flashily dressed young man entered the place and began to discuss D8 Insects Have Airships. Insects enjoy(ng aerial navigation by the use of balloon vere recently caught by a French naturalist, who notice® them as small, bright objects floating in the alr and behave ing as if they were boing steered, He caught some of them and found them to be Wscour air bubbles one-fourth of am inch long, of uniform dimensions, and showing iridesconu, POOo4 Here {8 one he related yesterday: “I was at a dinner party in London SUPPOBE you've had lots of quew experiences during your While in a barber's chair recently the | career in municipal matters,"’| tonsorial tongue-wagger, who always /and various topl ed. Fi- said a friend to Comptroller Grout, | votes the Republican ticket, sald: TA ane TOE oka terieneien een Vohemence, bunctuated| reftection, "ach belloon was suspended by the fect of aa “indeed, I have,” he replied, “but| «1 suppose’ you have s good many| sali to me: mi y. A clerical-looking Old} jasect resembling the horart fly. ie Gentleman turned to the fellow and In-t dignantly exclaimed: “You forget yoursell, str!” Quick as a flash, Co: Gruber said to the elderly party: ‘ “Impossible! He couldn't forget him- self with that loud suit of clothe: ‘And “wsilenos, lke a poultice, came to ‘heal the blows of sound.’ oe. Senator Platt's predicament recalis a conversation he recently had with a newspaper reporier wro was just bacic home from bis wedding trip. ny amount,” | ‘I understand you have just been mar- t he hasn't’) ried,"* the Senator aid. “I cond *egulate| | Fruit bréeders have produced many, funniest occurred the other day," What was {t? Why, | wus Introduced te an old maid from Kalamazoo, who was on a visit here, and she insisted upon talk- ing polilles with me. I tried. to explain the sltuation, but her face was a per- fect blank until I happened to mention the word. ‘Fusion.’ ‘Then the antique female brightened up and exclaimed; *'0, yes! I know all about them, We haye ‘em out home on the electric Mghts, But it beats ull how they burn them- selves out!" Col, Geor \ to mind answering idj warm friends among thé Republicans, Colonel? “Him, perhaps; but usually they re- mind me of neighbors In a country town,” replied the Mayoralty candidate, “Indeed! How #0? queried the rasor- wielder. “Why, they seem-to know something disagreeable about every one of ther acqitaintances on the other side of the fenoa”” And the barber was so rattled forgot to ask the voung mai didn't went his hair singed. . * hy js it that you Americans a 1 niddle-aged female with advanced ideas a New Woman?’ “Well, I presume it's for the same reason that some of my law clerks call me “the old man” when they refer to me,’ I replied, without even the sus- picion of a wink. “The Eng! Dressing for Dinner, woman isn't in the hatit of dressing for dinner >| get Into the way of doing so. No matter if the ‘road | ‘kes off is ‘better than the one put on, the change good, Dinner gowns:in the accepted sense are elaborate fairs, but house gowns need not be, White cotton net charming worn over high-necked slips of coloréd lawn, one feols the cold, it is easy to add a unton sult or cot vest. mf « lish: in stared solemnly at me for several seconds and then re- marked: (hat's awfully droll, don't you know. that h nit hi A Freak Tree. ‘marvels, but noth * lan doesn't seem lotic questions put} Abe Hummel, when abroad, had a | caugh' a i if to him by comparative strangers, al-| larger experience than usually falls to you, -T conaratulate Bi yeaa nis. va byt the unatded 0 ce of see in though at times the young man ‘ap. the lot of mall men, parently of y 1 more op leas annoyed by Wes stale NA