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The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1897-02-10
sEAKLEs ON The RACK.
Secretary Of the Sugar Trust Undergoes
Searching CrOss-fire at the Hands of tn
LexOW Committee,


Secretary of the Sugar Trust Undergoes n
Searching Cross-fire at the Hands of the
Lexow Committee.
New YORK, Feb. 9.-The joint COM
mission appointed by the legislature to
inquire into trusts and monopolies in
this state resumed it's investigation
Monday Secretary Searles, of the
American Sugar Refneries Co., was on
hand. Immediately on the assembling
of the committee his name was called
by the esergeant-at-arms and Mr.. Searles
answered ''here."
Before you take the stand, Mr..
Searles, we would like you to explain
why you did not appear before the
committee on Friday and Saturday last
when you were subpoenaed, said SEN
ator Lexow.
II was on the way to catch train to
keep an out-of-town engagement when
was served with the committees sub
poena. asked Mr.. Parsons to come
before the committee and explain the
reasons for my Absence" said Mr..
Searles
Senator Lexow looked angry at this
statement. 1T seems to this commit
tee," he said that its subpoena is
superior to any business. This COM
mittee makes no distinction between
the millionaire and the beggar and
insists upon the same obedience from
both. The committee will not pass
upon the question of contempt until
the end of your testimony and see If it
be helpful to this committee"
Mr.. Searles was then sworn and re-
lated to the committee his various
business connections.
Mr.. Searles was sharply questioned
chase of the North river sugar refinery
and the formation of the alleged sugar
trust, but the witness would make no
admissions of the charges of stock
watering, ETC., contained in the sena-
tors questions.
Witness said the total consumption
of refined sugar in the United States
was so 1000 tons annually and that
his company produced about 100000
tons.
The American Sugar Refineries Co.
fixed the price because they fixed it so
low that they undersold their competi-
tors. Witness would not admit that
his company controlled the sugar mar
ket.
Chairman Lexow at this point said
I'VE now notify you formally to in
troduce the minutes of the American
Sugar Refineries Co. directors meet
ings. and also all data in relation to
the purchase of the four Philadelphia
refneries in 1892. | will ask you now
whether you require a subpoena duces
tecum or will produce them without
it?"
Mr.. Searles paused moment and
then said:
The books of the company are not
in my control and l have no right to
produce them. will submit your re-
quest to the directors"
Are you personally willing to pro-
duce them?"
Personally have no objection, but
hav' no right to produce them. ="
Chairman Lexow then informed Mr..
Searles that he had finished with hin
for the present.
"We will want you again on Satur-
day next, he said, "and we expect you
will produce those books and data
which we asked for"
Chairman LexOw said the whole
board of directors would be summoned
if necessary.
In order to ascertain what books
were wanted an adjournment was TAX
en- until Saturday morning.
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1897-02-10

The Wellington Box Co wish to
announce the fact that they are in
position to fill all orders that may
come their way in the line of build
ing material, sash doors, blinds,
mouldings, and all kinds of mill
work made speciality and at prices
that are to be wondered at, We
also wish to say that we have just
received very nice lot of sidewalk
material for which we are giving
special bargains. Thanking the
patronage for the past and hoping to
secure our share in the future we are
Very respectfully,
Wellington Box Go.
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1897-07-26
MY oWL-EYED TROUSERS

I have suffer'd deal in this trouplous
world
Though most of my grief now seems mild;
Yet I'd rather have died than have my hair
curled
AS per force 1t was curled when child
Rut nothing SO ground me, so bitterly
stung,
So filled my proud soul with annoy,
As-my pen shakes with rath and daren't
trust my tongue
NV old owl-eyed trousers when boy.
Did start off to school with feigned
serene face.
Mine ewes meekly bent on the ground,
A voice from the rear would soon alter the
case:
your goin' the wrong way; turn
around
''Whatoh you dom, waikiki backwards?
they'd say.
I can hear all these jeers to this day.
And while pleasures enough have since
frightened my years,
Sad memory pours In alloy
When 1 think of those days overlooking
with tears
And my owl-eyed trousers when boy.
One patch was light red. the other was
green,
On blackboard OF jeans. silver gray;
Though my hands were expansive those
"eyes'' could be seen
Full mile tween my fingers, they say.
Whew! If ever should gain the reward
of the just
And mount to the kingdom Of Joy,
should 1 see them. I'd simply get up and
| dust;
| MY old owl-eyed trousers when boy.
New York Sun.
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Trainmen and Liquor

There is fairly good prospect of a
lively boycotting war between the At
.lantic and Pacific and Santa Fe rail-
roads and the California Liquor Dealers
Protective association, says the Elsinore
Press. Recently, according to advices
received by the latter body, the Santa Fe
Railroad company issued an order pro-
hibiting its employees from entering sa-
looms when either on or off duty. This
order was promptly taken up by the
board Of trustees representing the liquor
dealers Of this state, and at a meeting
held at the rooms of the association,
resolutions were adopted requesting the
Santa Fe to modify its order, which,
they claim, Is discrimination against
many of the larger interests of the state
Copies were sent to each member OF the
organization and to H. c. Bush, genera
freight and passenger agent OF the ROAD
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1897-07-26

message called for a commission who's
duty 1t should be to make recommends
tons Of whatever changes in our bank
ing and currency laws may be found ex
pedient. to report conclusions on or be
fore the first of November next, in or
der that the same may be transmitted b.
the president to congress for considera
ton at the next regular session.
No time was lost in disposing of tn
message in the senate, although Senate
White in the kindness of his heart com
mented sarcastically on the efforts t,
hurry final adjournment in the face O
the fact that the president had asked
congress to act. Senator Hoar cast G
reflection upon the sincerity of the
president by declaring that no one had
expected currency legislation at the
present session.
1t was clearly evident that the message
was stabbed in the back in the house by
it's friends. The body lay in state for a
few hours while the senators dined, and
then upon the motion of Pall-bearer
Cullom was buried In the dark recesses
of the finance committee, and,
mot a drum was heard, not funeral
note
The poor message Jared little better
in the house, where, the dispatches tell
US, it was received with applause" In
response, the Stone bill providing for an
international monetary commission was
rushed through, and sent to the senate
when it was buried side by side with the
itself in that we'll filled grave
yard, the finance committee. The house
was more courteous than the senate;
yet the house knew there was no chance
favorable action upon the presidents
message.
Now. what does the incident mean?
Two interpretations are permissible.
One is that the president was simply
making grand stand play so that the
party stump orators In the next cam
oaign could point with pride" to the
manner in which the Republican party
lad tried to carry out it's pledges re-
sarding the reform of the currency.
The other Interpretation is that the
senate has administered a deliberate,
old-blooded snub to President Nc
<inley; that it has resented the courts-
us suppestion of the chief exeoutive
ust as it resented the counsel, or rather
he dictation of President Cleveland.
Viewed in any light, the incident is
lot creditable to the Republican party.
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Macedoine Of Mixed Fruits

Take a sufficient quantity OF mixed
raw fruits, as, for Instance, grapes
bananas, Strawberries, cherries or or
anges. IL obtainable, and couple OF
annles Peel and slice the apples, ba-
ranas and oranges, stone the cherries
and pick and divide the etrawperries'
Place altogether in deep 1ancy po"l'
and sprinkle over them about TWO ounces
of sifted sugar, add a wineglassIui OF
cooking brandy and a tablespoonful OF
any kind of syrup preferred, set IN
cool place until needed and serve with
or without whipped cream, handed sepa-
rately.-London Telegraph.
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1897-07-26
CHAMPION SNAKE STORY
How Glass Snake Managed to Get
His Sundered Parts Tooethar

During my early boyhood heard
great many stories about the glass
snake, said Traffic Manager J. G.
Schriever of the Southern Pacific com
pany day or two ago, but 1t was a
good many years before I placed any
credence in the fact that the glass snake
ever exinsted. 1t happened in an odd
sort of a way (nly belief in the fact and
the existence of the creature was made
manifest during most delightful outing
spent some years ago in Western Texas.
L company with a number of friends
was camping on the banks of a sinai,
stream In the hill section and it was dur
iule, a iaunt a1nnp the ha rIxs of tho straa,,
in the sun upon the top Of a smooth rock
by the creek. I took up a stick to kill
the snake, but before the stick reached 1t
it suddenly went to pieces, just for all the
world as If it had been in sections, the
several joints remaining upon the rock,
the head excepted, which dropped over
the side of the rock into the grass. There
was no blood spilled and the joints look
ed as If they had been smeared on the
ends with sealing wax. To say that
was surprised would express it mildly
had never seen anything like 1t before.
1T concluded to take away a section of
the glass snake, for this my compan-
ions termed it, for a memento. wrapped
joint in piece of paper and took it to
camp. That evening I unrolled it and
after a good look, tied 1t about the mid
die with stout piece of string and sus-
pended it from low branch near the
tent Then we all went to sleep. In
the morning before we had drunk our
coffee thought to take a look at the Sec
| ton, and to my unbounded astonish-
ment, instead of joint 1 had whole
snake. I was paralyzed with astonish-
ment. I did not see how in the deuce a
snake could grow from a single section,
even if it was glass snake, but the solu-
ton of the problem was even more re-
markable than my first conjecture.
The head and tail of the snake had set
out on a still hunt for the missing joint
and, having found it, had managed to
reach it as it swung at the end of the
string. And not caring to again be-
come separated from so important
portion of it's bone and sinew, had pre-
ferred to dangle in midair, possibly hop
ing by some unlocked for circumstance
to regain its liberty. Touched by so
remarkable an exhibition of snake sa-
gacity, we united the string and the glass
| snake glided into the verdant Businesses
of the forest. Ihave never seen another
reptile Of the sort. New Orleans Times
| Democrat.
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He swamped Chicago's Violet Market

The original "Allegretti' ice cream
man is now living in Chicago at the
age of 70. Ignazio Allegretti left Italy
in 1860 for political reasons, and went
to the United States. In are early severn
ties he sought San Francisco and made
money as a confectioner.
Five years ago he shipped 100000
-yiolets from California to Chicago in
refrigerator car, and. placing them on
sale in the Masonic temple, offered them
at prices that broke the market there.
In 1895 he went to Chicago and opened
little candy store in State street. The
first day he made Is cents. Now he occu-
MES an entire building and has. large
corps of clerks to attend to his BUSH
(ness.-London Sun.
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1897-07-26
but for freedom of debate in the

country but for freedom of debate in the
senate.
The house ignored the demand Of the
people to have something done for the
oppressed, struggling and butchered
Cubans. and it refused to join the senate
in giving instructions to derelict cabi-
net officer, war secretary, who ignores
law and refuses to do what it plainly
commands.
Extreme partisanism has been dis
played by the majority in both branches,
and an obsequiousness in doing what
ever bosses have dictated. 1t is to be
hoped the country will never see the like
again. 1t is unfortunate that general
election is not to be held before congress
again convenes.
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1897-07-26
A PROPER DISTINCTION

The big dailies print column after
column of advice to their readers not to
go to the Clondyke mines, and deplore
the fever that has come over everybody
to seek their fortune in that far-off land
of ice and snow. The same papers pub
lish pages of matter about these same
mines that fire the mind of the gullible
and add fuel to the fire of greed that
is responsible for the exodus to Alaska.
With this infiammatory matter left out
there would be little need Of repeated
warnings for poor people to stay at
home.-San Pedro American.
The American takes wrong view of
the matter. The newspapers are pub
lished for the purpose of furnishing the
news to the public. What they have
printed in their news columns about the
Clondyke region is what has been said
and what has been done by those who
have been there But not even the news
columns have deliberately fired the
hearts of those who are greedy for gold
They have simply printed the facts as the
Reporters nave lOoAa eAAS4AA. AASA
never before has been a great gold dis.
covery where the stories told have beer
so substantially backed up by the actual
visible product as has the tale of the
Clondyke region.
Editorially the newspapers have beer
very conservative. They have sifted thu
gold from the dross, so to speak, ant
warned the people not to lose sight Of tn,
latter while gazing greedily at the for
mer. They have set forth the hardship
and dangers of a journey to the Alaskan
gold fields as prominently as they hav
pictured the great wealth that undoubt
eddy exists there. They have show
that only a small proportion Of thos
who go can realize their dreams an,
their ambition.
Nor have the words Of warning beel
confined to the editorial pages of enter
prising newspapers. The very storie
that the American condemns as infiam
matory abound in wise counsel from tn
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1897-07-26
MONDAY, JULY 26. 1897
THE CITY ENGINEER's REPORT

City Engineer Dockweiler has COM
Angeles City Water company and it will
be presented to the council today. The
document is exhaustive and explicit,
covering fifty-six pages of typewriter
manuscript. The work which Mr.. Dock
weller set out to do was to make COM
plete inventory of all the tangible prop
erty of the water company and estimate
the cost of duplicating it in place. He
has made detailed inspection and sur
vey Of the works in all their ramifica-
tions; estimating the cost Of duplicating
the head works; measuring and calculat-
ing the cost of every ditch, fume, tun-
mel and reservoir; digging down to and
examining the pipes to determine their
depth, present condition and cost of
laying; examining all the hydrants;
looking into the real estate, buildings,
pumps, machinery and other parapher-
MALTA. The result of this examination,
summed up in figures, shows value
of 81, 100, 655. This does not take into con-
sideration any allowance for good will,
for water rights claimed at Crystal
springs, for real estate owned by the cor
poration, but not actually required for
the works, or for pipes not in use. The
data furnished by Mr.. Dockweiler will be
invaluable for the city in pushing its
negotiations with the water company,
=; 4
nical inventory of the actual tangible
property sought to be conveyed This
illustrates the wisdom of the policy ad-
vocated by The Herald of making haste
slowly, and not getting into fuss and
furry while undertaking transaction oil
such magnitude and Importance.
Circumstances have combined to make
the city engineers estimate fall consid-
to the water company. For example
when some of the mains were purchased
iron was worth from $44 to $40 per ton
now it can be had for $24 The cost Of
bricks, cement and other material is also
much lower now than when the greater
part of the works were constructed. AL
this inures to the advantage of the city
as calculations are based on what thu
materials and labor can be supplied TO-
in the present market.
One point left open for adjudication
will be the matter Of water rights. Th'
water company claims to have developed
its own water supply at Crystal springs
Independent of any rights conveyed b!
the city, and this claim, being contested
is now in litigation. That is matte
that the courts will have to determine
Altogether, the matter of the purchas
of the water works is getting into
business-like shape, and there is no rea
con why the negotiations should not pro
coed with all proper expedition. Three
fourths of the task lies in getting goot
start.
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The Jubilee in kaleidoscope

The diamond jubilee will not be de-
barred from Americans who did not
make a European trip this year. Early
yesterday, as 1 took ride along the
whole route, I caught sight of a lot of
American bunting festooned over a
wooden fence. The fence surrounded a
tree in the middle of the road near Hyde
Park corner. UP in the tree were series
of odd-shaped boxes that looked like
pigeon houses. But they were not They
were a range of Microscopes ready for
the procession. The man who owned
them was an American and told me he
had extensive orders for films from the
other side as we'll as throughout the
British empire.-London Letter to the
New York Journal.
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1897-07-26

The Los Alamitos beet sugar factory
is congratulated upon it's initial produc-
ton of granulated sugar, which, accord
ing to all accounts, was up to the highest
standard. All of the material and all of
the machinery in this factory are of
American manufacture, which is an
other pleasing phase of the new indus
try
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1897-07-26
THE ADMINISTRATIONS NONE
TARY PROGRAM

|
duced bill in the house providing TO
the appointment of eleven commission
ers to take into consideration 80 mucl
of our money system as relates to tn,
currency or the government and ma
tional bank notes. 1t is stated that tn,
bill is reflections of the ideas of the ad
ministration. The bill passed the house
but went to the finance. committee of the
senate as is now gathered to its fathers
through adjournment. Still, it is worthy
OF consideration as giving an indication
of the administrations policy.
The bill confines the commission to
the consideration of the paper money OF
our system, and is an indication that the
metallic feature is not to be investi-
gated Our money system is dual in
that we have notes or paper money and
coin, the latter being the foundation on
which the paper superstructure rests.
1t would seem to be sensible to first in
vestigate the extent and solidity of the
foundation before the plan of the super
structure Is made. The theory which the
administration ard it's supporters hold
is that paper money is merely repre-
sentative and is good for nothing unless
1t is exchangeable for coin at the option
of the holder. 1t would seem to be nee
essary to first find out how much coin
there Is availa BILE for redemption pur-
hot
mined how much the barking or other
note issuing institution will be able to
float. A comm ason should endeavor to
formulate plan that will supply an ad-
equate volume of circulation in addi-
ton to one that will assure soundness.
1t is curious that there are men-sound
money dvocates-who have no conf
dence in treasury notes, but who put
the utmost faith in paper money issued
by banks, whose resources are. immense
ly inferior to those of the government.
What does 1t mean, except that they
want to place the country more COM
pletely in the hands of the money pow
er? They are quite willing that banks
shall issue five times more paper than |
there is gold in the country and not |
withstanding the bulk of it would be |
credit money, yet their confidence re-
mains mistaken. They call silver token.
of the government and by command Of |
law will pay debts. No doubt such men |
would recommend that bank notes be
made legal tender, for, if not made so,
it is quite probable that there would be |
refusal to take them. and that confusion.
and disaster would follow.
The wise course to pursue would be to |
establish some plan by which an ade-
quate volume of circulation will be as
sured, and if the metallic base is too
narrow the plan should provide the
would assure both soundness and ade-
quacy. 1t is impossible to devise proper
money system without considering both
features. The work of a commission
with such limited power as Mr.. Stones
bill contemplates would be of no value,
nor would any action taken by it have
any weight with those who entertain
views which embrace the welfare Of the
masses. Let the administration form
it's own plans and be responsible, and
not attempt to get behind commission
composed of persons specially fitted by
experience, training and study"
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The city council is to be commended
for its expressed determination to keep
the expenses of the city within the avail
able appropriation. Now let it stick to
wen. '1rfe' tenuefftSH III pubic exp1lid.-
lures is toward a deficit rather than
toward a surplus, and only eternal Wig
lance and rigid economy can make the
balance come on the right side of the
ledger.
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- NIL p;@~vo1a proir
sertion that the long association or
What Might Have Been

Our Republican contemporaries re-
joice in the rise in the price Of wheat So
do we. Our rejoicing would be much
sweeter, however, had this rise been
brought about beautifully and naturally
by the free coinage of silver instead of
by short crops and by famine, which
cruelty slew eight millions of men,
women and children in other wheat
growing countries.
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DIED A'BoRNIN

The presidents message to congress
recommending the creation of a special
non-partisan" currency commission
was laid before congress in the closing
hours Of the extra session, and it was
not even given decent burial. The