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Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-02-23

Not that France has not her great
corporations and large combines also.
They are necessary in some cases; they
are useful in others; but there they
should stop. We who protest against
their monopoly OF everything, even of
the most common OF vocations, trades
and business; against their gobblng up
the minor Industries of life, and max
ing all men subscrvicnt to them, in
what they shall dor-what they shall
pay, and what they shall be paid,-wc
fully recognize the benefits of capital,
as we'll as its abuses; we understand
the necessity and good of combined eff
fort. as well as to cruel and insolent
expressions and extortions; and all we
desire is to protect free labor. free
trade. free competition and the free
operation of demand and supply from
domineering monster, too formidable
10 be let loose in any society.
~ trust. properly understood and OPP
Grated, is as ancient as human society
and laws. Corporations and aggrc-
gated capital are as old as the hills.
Nobody objects TO their just and legiti-
mate parts in the progress of mankind.
The protest is against the new, dan.
gerous and injurious operations they
are bent on,-as n tyrant that has Just
discovered or organized his power. and
Is ruthlessly exercising it, 1t is a
wicked and silly falsehood to say that
the opposition to trusts is animosity
against corporations and wealth. Ii
only desires to keep them in their
place; and there all men will welcome
'hem. But their usurpations, tyran-
MES. expressions, abuses and prostitu-
lions no community can stand ana no
intelligent community will tolerate.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-02-23
TWELVE PAGES
THURSDAY. FEBRUARY %. 1879.
INDIVIDUAL ENTERPRISE.

Long before the all-devourins trusts
of the present day began to so about
like roaring lions. Goethe submitted
some very acute, practical anu suS-
gestive reflections on the difficulties of
combined enterprise. The harmonious
cooperation of different men, with diff
fering views, capacities, interests, char
acters, and other discordauces might
be effected for awhile; but dissensions
would be sure to develop as the enter
prise progressed. Somebody would
want to direct and master all, because
of his capital, age, or experience; an
other would demand control of this
branch or department.; and so on; and
all the others would soon discover or
(worse) suspect that every other who
had the opportunity to do so was talk
ing advantage of it, in some way, to
his advancement profit. or benefit, and
using the combine or trust as his own
machine or beast. Or this one, or that,
would see how i'll operations were con-
Quoted with so many heads and hands.
when with one man (his) in sole direc>
ton, the greatest success could be
achieved-all to his honor, power and
enrichment.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-02-23

or drug. or other means. that would
safely put It's lives" to sleep and
pleasantly keep them SO indefinitely. 1t
could undercut all rivals. and monopo-
lie the business with it's liberal terms.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-02-23

burden in the Far East has given
England assurance Of n friendly alli-
ance in that part OF the world. where
it happens friends and well-wishers are
scarce.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-02-23

ADVERTISING RATES: ADVERTISE
ments inserted at the rate OF rs cents Il
Square. first insertion each subsequent
insertion 40 cents. or 80 cents when in
serted Every Other Day. Contractors are
not allowed TO exceed their space or ed
vertise other than their legitimate bus
ness. except by paying especially for the
same
:. Reading Notices Invariably 20 cents Ter
line first insertion. Each subsequent In
serLon Is cents.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-02-23

else? 1t Is absolute servitude, with all
its aggravatons and humiliations
crowned by making all pay strong
price for very weak milk.
France furnishes a fine example of
the prosperity of n thickly populated
community in which there is the great
est diversity of occupations, with every
industry Qrom herding and farming,
TO mining and manufacturing parcel
led out to the furthest practicable di-
vision. In Paris, every attic, In some
quarters of the city, is filled with indi-
ridual and Independent manufacturers
and artizans, finding his own material.
finishing his articles and supplying
them directly to dealers. wholesale and
retail. Men ana women and children
make these attics busy and cheerful
hives of industry; and In the country
it is the same; small holdings being
the rule. with subdivisions OF land and
stock at which our poorest people
would laugh In contempt.
Yet it is agreed that France has
withstood more misfortunes than anv
other nation. with tho least real harm
to her permanent wealth. prosperity
and happiness: that, indeed. any other
nation would have gone to pieces under
such a multiplication of calamities;
and 1t is agreed that her salvation was
and is in her minute subdivisions Of
all kinds of enterprise and Industry
her peasantry meeting the German de-
mand for warindemnity with more
ease and promptitudc than the mill
honaires OF other countries could have
done.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-02-23

In order to avoid delays. on account OF
personal absence. letters and all commu-
nicati"ns for The LOT
should not be addressed to my individual
connected with the office. but simply to
Tho VIRGINlAN AND PILOT PUB
FISHING COMPANY.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-02-23

Ne employe or the virg.nian-Piiot Pub
fishing Company Is authorized &c contract
any obligation In the name OF the COM
pany. or TO mako purchases in the name
or the same. except upon orders signed BY
tho PRESIDENT OF THE COMPANY.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-02-23
THREE CENTS PER cory.
SUBSCRIPTION RATES

Tho yIRGINIAN-PILOTi Is delivered to
subscribers by carriers in Norfolk AMI
vicinity, Portsmouth, Berkeley. Suffolk.
West Norfolk. Newport News. for 10
cents per week payable to the carrier
Ey mall. to any place in the United
6tates, postage free:
DAILY, ono ycnr $500
ak months 800
- three mouths lo1O
Z" ono month 80
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-02-23

The advantages of one direction in
any undertaking are set forth. The eX-
perience; skill and interest of one man.
with absolute ownership and control,
tends to improve the business In all
Its parts; while competition has no
competitor in making trade active, fair
and free-self-interest proving an elf
cient check to Improbable and inju-
rious ventures, as a rule. The personal
supervision is more acute. vigilant. un-
ceasing and prudent than any corporate
rule can be; and although the power
OF aggregated capital is fully under
stood. 1t Is a power for evil. as well
MS good, except where the business is
one that demands large means in its
legitimate prosecution In this division
and multiplication OF business, more
men are employed as proprietors, there
IS more convenience for the public, in
dlvidual thrift. skill and enterprise are
developed. and there is no sense of
suppression or cxtortion rs where large
trusts or combines dominate any pro-
duction, dealing or venture All are
Tree. OHe HIS CHOICE IN Wndt line OF
life he may pursue; the seller OF ma.
terials or finished products. or labor,
is not restricted to one source of offers.
and the buyer of any commodity can
seek here and there until he is best
suited in the quality and price OF the
commodity he desires. Nobody has
cause 10 complain. There is no mo-
nopoly; no restriction; all is free, and
everybody Is content
Suppose milk trust. With it's means
1t engrosses not only the whole bust,
ness. but all cows. Nobody can keep
cow in town. Ordinances and laws
that profess great solcitude for the
public cleanliness and health are pass
ed in hot zeal ana enforced with vigor
Cows can only be kept under certain
conditions and that are perfectly
healthy; and lol it appears that the
milk-trust alone can comply with the
condition or can pass inspection!
You cant have your own COW, nor
your own milk; nor can you choose
among dealers who shall supply you;
you must take the trust milk, or so
without; you must take IT, too, OH trust
as to Its quality, and they fix the price
on you, without appeal to any COM
Detitor The situation is delightful to
the trusti but how with everybody
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-02-23

the most complete line in
the city; the quality the
best, the price lowest.
and includes making, lay
ing and lining.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1899-03-16
A Significant Episode.

SOME time ago it looked as though
one might write on the passing of
Gomez with considerable reason, but
now the tables have turned. Gomez is
the lion of Cuba. The automatic
Cuban Assembly impeached him and
compelled him to retire from the head
of the native army. AS result Gomez
is martyr. If you want to make a
man popular let some unpopular person
or party abuse him. There is no love
lost between the Assembly and the
army, If Gomez wanted to resuscitate
g perishing popularity he could have
adopted no surer way than that of get
ting himself impeached by the Cuban
Assembly. IF his influence with his
followers showed any signs of wan
ing the aspect of things has materially
changed. This circumstance will
grove of advantage to the United
States. The alacrity and grace with
which Gen. Brooke stepped into the
breach between the Cuban army and
the Assembly in behalf of the former
will no doubt have good moral infu-
ence. The Cuban confidence and be-
lief in the generosity and good will Of
the United States was strengthened
thereby. But the chief benefit result
inc to the United States from the little
episode rests in the establishment Of
the two facts; first, that the Cuban
Assembly is not governmental
body recognized by the United
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1899-03-16
pHE NEW SCHOOL Law.
Practical Teacher Answers she ebjsssionS
Against It.

Against It.
It mUet be borne in mind that the
Ioffice of county superintendent is
different from any other county office
1.-THE duties of every other county officer
fare definitely and fully set forth IN the
Estatutes Certain duties of the county
superintendent are also named in the
same. But the chief value of che
superintendent's work lies in the doing
of things entirely outside of those
manned in the statutes. His supervision
work cannot be formulated by statute.
His most important duties are conduct
ing teachers meetings and associations
land awakening and' organizing the
educational forces of the county.
These are not the products of statu-
tory enactment. they are strictly
professional functions, requiring long
experience and high degree of skill.
Everyone must admfs that special
skill or professional ability in educa-
tiODsl work in, not best obtained
through unpopular election. Ifso, why
should not the teachers in each district
be elected by popular vote aU the
ldistFict meeting, Instead of being APP
jpointed by district boardg Why are
lefty sSperintendenes appointed instead
Of being elected by popular vote? That
they are SO appointed is nc'refecgion
upon the intelligence Of the people. IT.
iaPi3es from the fact that the great mass
of people are fully occupied with tae
daily business concerns of their own
,voeations and dog not surn their atten-
Ition TO matters of education. Phis lass
statement is correct; for we know thag
not one parent in twenty ever visits
the school attended by his children
once year.
+ What is back of this new measure.
l.. The double endorsement OF the
State Teachers Association.
3. The endorsement of the vast
majDFity of the educational mem and
wOmen Of the state. -
81 The known fact that the raral
schools are not keeping up in their
progress with other sections Of the
public schooA system.
! a There is back of 1t the Judgment
of the NatiO2al Educational Assccia-
tien, that change in the present
system which will rantlega4'authoriby
to teach to those only who are qualified
to'6each, and that better supervision Of
the teachers in these schools is abso4
lutely ESSENTIAL to- their farther inn
proRemsnt.
81. There is back of it the interests
of more than, 800, 900 children who are
entitled to the best possible training.
o. There is back of it the sentiment
of large number of intelligens7 citizens
who deRand that the vast mOReys paid
out for schools shall be so expended as
to yield the most returns.
A TE&0HBR.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1899-03-16

States, and second that Gen. Gomez
is as yet the acknowledged head
of Cuban affairs. The final settlement
of the conditions between Cuba and
the United States requires that there
be some well qualified and authorized
representative of the Cubans with
whom Uncle Sam may negotiate.
Gomez is the only one fitted to
assume this responsibility. Moreover,
the people are sensitive and suspicious.
Any satisfactory arrangement of their
affairs at the present time demands that
they have confidence in their agent, in
ours, and that proceedings are neither
interrupted nor embarrassed Dy an
outside party. fever anything threat
ened Gomez's popularity with the
natives, it has been fully restored by
the action of the Assembly. The same
action killed the Assembly and ingra-
tiated us into the better will of those
with whom we are dealing beside
revealing to the inhabitants of Cuba
the inadvsability of an immediate re-
noval of United States authority. On
The whole the impeachment of Gomez
las done much to fac1Eigate the per
ormance of our duty toward Cuba
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1899-03-16
A NEW TELEPHONE co.
ALLEN SHEWMON WILL ASK THE
COUNCIL FOR A FRANCHISE
TO CONNECT TOWNS IN COUNTY
He is Backed by Large Amount of Capt.
tai and would Eventually Extend Line
to Milwaukee and Chicago cOmpe-
tion for Wisconsin Telephone.

A motion is on foot to- build new
telephone line in KenOsha in eOmpeti.
ton with the Wisconsin Telephone Co
and last Saturday Allen Shewmon, q
capitalist from Racine, was in .toWE
and announced his intention of present.
ing an ordinance to the Council Next
Monday night asking them to grant the
company represented by hiTa fran
chise for the establislfnefto of teles
phone system in and upon.@aDd Through
the public streets of sKenoshsa Mr..
Shewmon did not divHlge the names of
the people interested IN che project
with him., but it is assured that suf6-
cient capital is backing the movement
to make it a. success if the Council
should see fie 20 grant a franchise.
Z The Kenosha franchise is only q part
of the plan u establish a telephone
system reaching nearly every poiat of
Importance IA Racine and Ken0sha
counties. Mr.. ShewmBon and his asso-.
ciates have already presented fran
chise ordinance to the Racine Council!
and it has been very faVOrably cOnsid-
cred. AS sooE: as the work has been
completed in Eenosha and Racine it is.
the intention Of the new company to
extend the service to SO90h Milwaukee,.
Union Grove, BnrlingtoD and TO every
town and village in ksnosha and
Racine counties !.
Mr. ShewmOH said THAT eventually
the lines would be extended to- Chicago
and Milwaukee. He said that the
rates for both, business. and private.
telephones would be fixed at such a low
rate as to be- within, she reach of
everybody.
F. G. Milligan, local manager of the
Wisconsin Telephone. Co.,, was seen
today and said that their company did
not fear any sHecessfult compebiaiOD by.
the establishment of a, rival line The,
Wisconsin Telephone Co, have geDer-l
ally given good satisfaction in KenOsba
and the business is so we'll estsbi1sbe
that it would be exceedingly difficult
for the new company to undermine and
divide it's business. OF coarse the
entrance OF the new company would
have tendency to reduce the rates for
the use of the instruments in bhe, city,
but a divided patronage would nm
doubtedly cause great confusion, and in
order to secure proper connections it
would be necessary fos the users of the
phone to have the instruments of both
companies in their h0ases and places of
business. The scheme of having two
companies operating wires and phones
in cities has had many experiments in
Illinois and Wisconsin towns, but it
has always ended by one of the com
panies buying up She rights and privi-
leges of the other and such would
probably be the fate of the double sys-
tem should it be tried in this city.
As yet the, ordinance has not
been presented and it is hard to prog
.nosticate what action our franchise
Council would take on the subject.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1899-03-16
ANOTHER BIG ADDITION.
Northwestern wire Mattress Company
will Increase Their Capacity.

Excavation has begun for another
large addition to the Northwestern
Wire Mattress factory. The new
building will be GA feet wide and 136
feet in height and will be erected on
the east side of the main building. 1t
will be four stories high and construct
ed entirely of brick and iron. The
buildiEg will cost about $4,000 and it
is expected that it will be completed in
the next six weeks.
During the past few years the bust
ness of the company has nearly doubled
and the growth of their immense trade
during the opening months of 1899 has
been unprecedented. Increase of
business has forced the company to
extend their plant and increase their
capacity. When the new addition is
completed the company win have over
one hundred more men on the pay roll
than at the present time.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1899-03-16
DIED VERY sUDDE1&bY.
Absaham 0zazne Dropped Dead at His.
Rome ia SOrners This Morning


Rome ia SOners This Morning,
News was brought to Kenssha this
afternoon that Abraham OEanne; one
of the oldest and most respected citi-
zeas of the town of Somers, had died
very suddenly at his home about s
O'clock this morning. Mr.. Osanne had
been i'll short time ago, but it was
thought that he had com letely recov
cred. Yesterday he complained of no
nh feelings He arose early this morn
ing and had completed his: usual work
about the house. About 8 O'Clock he
went out into the yard whore he was
found little later in an unconscious
A neighboring physician
was called, but the Old gentleman
never recovered consciousness. The
sudden death is said to have been
caused by heart failure.
The deceased was rs years of age
and came to Kenosha with the early
pioneers. He has many relatives and
friends in Kenosha city and county
who will be greatly panied to hear of
his sudden demise. The funeral will
be held from the residence on next
Friday afternoon at o'clock.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1899-03-16
OLD SETTLER GONE.
STEPHEN BURROUGHS DIES At HIS
HOME IN SOMERS.
WAS A PIONEER RAILROAD MAN
Served the Northwestern Road for Nearly
Twenty Yeara-He Came 60 Kenosha
County In 1s47 and Had
Lived Here Ever Since.

/ Stephen Burroughs, formerly a well
known citizen of Kenosha and one OF
the pioneer railroad men in Wisconsin,
passed away Monday morning at bis
country home in the town of Somers,
after a short illness. The funeral will
be held at the late residence of the de
ceased on Wednesday afternoon and
will be- c0nducted by the Masonic
order of this city.
The death of Stephen Burroughs
marks the passing of another of the
landmarks of Kenosha city and county
and there have been few men who have
had a greater influence over the des-
tiny of the city than he.
Mr.. Burroughs was born May 49,,
1928, in NewbuFy, Cuybaga county,
Ohio, his parents coming to Ohio from
New England a few years before his
birth. His early education was such
as the early times>Tn Ohio provided and
in 1877 he came to Wisconsin to make
his way in the worlG
| Having learned the carpenter trade
heat once engagedtiA the business, as q,
carpenter and building contractor
which business be. continued until 1865
lwhem' be entered the service of the
Chicago & North Westerns Railway
8oompany, His adVaneement i'm the
ranks of the company was rapid, and
he was soon made superintendent of
construction of the Milwaukee di-
Visi6nr and when she North Western
Union was completed tie. charge of
this line was also given over to- bin.
Vhis- o8ace he held for nineteen years,
after which he retired from an active
business life and settled down on a
farm in the town Of s0mers,. where ne
lived until the time Of his death.
Ia 1853 the deceased was married TO
Miss Sasan Newbugy and two soDs
survive che father. They are CLARK
Bhrough, of Milwaukee, and Eben
BURROUGHS, who lives on the homestead
in SomeFs.
/ Ia bis political viewsMr, Burroughs
was a Republican, having been iCheuti-
fled with the party since he, attained
his majority in 1S49. He has served
las a. member of the Coanty Board and
was at one time it's chairman. Socially
lie iss member of the Masons and, Odd
Fellows hodges and held honorable
5positions in both theserfraternities
His residence in KeDosha covered a
speriod of forty years, during which
stime he became we'll and fSvorably
known as man of striotest integrity
land sterling honesty. His long con-
lneetion with the railroad company
indicates the trust imposed in him by
his employers and that Bheir confidence
was newer misplaced.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1899-03-16
Is 1t Malaria or Alum2?
popular Science Monthly }

/ Languor, loss of appetite, indiges-
ton and often feverishness are tho
common symptoms of physiological
condition termed malaria. n All
these symptoms may be and frequently
are the effect Of the use Of alum baking
powders in food making. There is no
question about the poisonous effect of
alum upon the system. 1t obstructs
digestion, prostrates the nerves, coag-
ulates and devitalizes the blood. All
this has been made clear, thanks to
physicians, boards of health, and food
commissions. So highly injurious to
the health of the community" does the
eminent head of the University of
Pennsylvania, DR.. Barker, consider the
alum baking powders, that be says
their sale should be prohibited by
| law"
Under these circumstances it is worth
the while of every house wife to employ
the very little care that is necessary to
keep SO dangerous an element from
the food of her family.
A pure cream of tartar baking pow
der, which is the only kind that should
be used, ought to cost about 45 cents
to 80 cents pound. Therefore, if you
are paying much less, something is
wrong; if you are paying Is cents or
less per pound, the powder is certainly
made from alum.
Always bear cheese simple facts in
mind when purchasing baking powder.
E. R. Head sold property this week
On which will be built six new houses.