The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1895-03-08
News Of all Sorts.

HE poultry ana egg crop or the
United States is estimated to be worth
25O,O00,000 annually. Startling as
these figures may appear, it seems
still more remarkable that, besides the
above, we import between 6O,OO0,OOO
and 100,0O0,O00 dozen eggs each year.
THE Catholics of Lafayette, Ind, at
tempted year or two ago to deny tn e
right of free speech to an ex-priest,
of the church of Rome, using more vio-
lent methods than those lately en-
ployed against Slattery in Savannah
and as a result of the proof of CON
spiracy to kill the ex-priest several
men are now serving in the Indiana
penitentiary.
GOVERNOR MORTON, of New York on
Washington's birthday signed the bill
prohibiting the hosting of any flag
but the American flag over public
buildings in New York. 1t was
good day for such an act and since
such noted sons of Ireland as Hon.
Patrick Egan and Senator O'Conner
commend it there ought TO be no
more trouble about what flags hall
wave over New York every day in the
year.-Olympi an.
70 RUN a newspaper successfully
man must have the wealth of
national bank, the journalistic ability
OF a Horace Greeley, the patience of
Job, the local knowledge of city dir
ectory, the economy of Russell Sage,
the financial daring OF Henry
Willard and All angelic temperament
that permits one to smile and not to
say unkind things to the man who
spends 81 so week for tobac co and
beer, but can't afford to pay $1.25 ii
year for home paper. Cannon Falls
Beacon
ONLY few years ago there was de-
cided public sentiment in favor of ex-
tending the presidential term to six
and even eight years. Listen as closely
as one may with ear to the ground, not
a whisper in favor of the project can
be heard in all the land. On the
contrary, many people are in doubt
whether a four years term is not
altogether to lon g, in view of the dam
age done in half that time by an
incompetent egotisical occupant of the
presidential office. The prospect of
four years more OF Cleveland would
discourage the most sanguine. -P.-I.
THE Illinois Steel company employ
ed 1864 men in 1893, handled LIZA
loaded cars, manufactured 422,7S4
toas of iron and steel, paid out $3, $780,
SS5 in salaries and wages and sus-
tanned loss of $349,442. The record
| for 1884 shows that 5000 workmen
were employed, sos more than in 1893,
but they received 1884 less than
the 1864 employed the year before.
The company made net profit of
S30, 607 in 1894, on its capital of $19,-
OOO, 1000, and production of $50, 446
tons of iron and STEEL The average
earnings of the workmen in 1893 were
1851, in 1894 the average was $6O5.
reduction OF 10 per cent The state
ment shows that the company has
earned practically nothing, and that
the price of labor has been cut to fit
the new conditions of the country
Ledger
| IMPORTANT TIMBER DEcIsIoN.-Judge
| Dundy, who presides over circuit of
U. S. court in South Dakota has de-
cided That, in the case of the United
States VS.. Theodore Reder, for cutting
timber on Government land that at is
not penal offence for any citizen OF
this State to cut timber on any of the
government land If the same be cut
for the purpose of developing the
agricultural or mineral resources of
the State or for the purpose of man u
featuring or for other domestic pur-
poses within the State. But there are
exceptions. No person, whether living
in this State or not, can go on pub
lie land and cut timber for the purpose
or with the intent of removing the