Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-09-07
fence requires such changes of location
ana We hereby approve of the same
gust. y. D. 1898 ' - "
JOSEPH B. PEAKS,
Benz. F. CHADBOURNE,
FREDERIC DANFORTH.

/ JOSEPH Il. PEAKS
/ BENZ. +. CHADBOIRNE.
FREDERIC DANFORTH.
railroad Commissioners of Maine.
In conjunction with the conference nj
| the Civic Federation on the subiects ~
trust and combinations to be held in Chi
cago, Sept. Is l6. Commissioner Matthew,
OF the bureau of labor and industrial sta
tistics has received a number of blank.
which are the same as are being sent ou
TO Zo,"W trust combinations, labor ant
travelling mems organizations, whole
sale merchants. contractors. LAWYERS
bankers and economists.
Inc blanks include large range oil
questions. The questions addressed IL
| the trusts ask for the CAPITAL. number n,
companies in the combine the effect on
the employees of the companies since con.
soiidatlon. effect on prices since the com
bination and other similar questions. The
questions to labor organizations are along
the same lines and seek to find ont what
the condition of the labor,ns man has be
| come since so many trusts and combina
| ions have gone into effect one of the
| pertinent questions asked of the railroad
corporations is whether the consoidat ton
| OF railroads does not cause Il discrimi
nation in favor of the larger shippers to
/ the detriment Of the smaller shippers
| Inc questions asked of the manufactur
| ers, economists. fnanciers, etc, are in
terestinS and deal with the desire TO ob
! tain information which shall show the eff
| feet of trusts and combinations on the
market and circulation of money The
| commercial travellers Questions ask
whether or not the combinations have
driven many of them out of empIovment
ana what the effect of combines has been
on the selling of goods. They also ask
Tor relative prices of individual goods
manufactured by combinations beforn
and after such combination wa; formed
me question Of trusts has not agitatel
the minds OF Maine people to any great
extent Ior me great trusts have not
greatly interfered one way or the other
with business in this State. Still the re-
SUIT OF this conference, when the Stats .
tlcs from these questions will be given
Will be watched with much interest
Chas +. oak, Names forestry com
missioner and member of the fish and
game board. was i'll Bangor Friday night
on one OF his periodical visits to this nlrf
OF the state, Mr. Oak is one of those nov
numerous men who have homes in In,
north county ana offices in Augusta u
Una n certain portion of his time is given
70 covering that distance. This is no
hdidSiiip. now that the Bangor x Aroos.
TOOK road runs fast expresses and Pull.
man cars both ways and offers TO its pa
irons Just such railroad accommodate ions
as can &c found on the biggest lines OF
the country.
Mr.. Oak is vastly Interested in the con
troversy over the pulp and paper trades
influence Maine a.. 81.
inclined To be open minded on the ques
Ton, but thinks there is danger of putting
Inc pulp element at too low a degree in
estimating the amount of cutting in the
timber regions.
He can be said. without fattery. to be
one OF the most popular officials at the
state House, always considered indiSpen-
sable to every joyous occasion in that vi
cinitN and one of the few public men in
This State for whom everybody has moth
ing but words of the warmest kind of
riendlinesS.-Bangor Commercial.
The latest specimen to be received AZ
the fish ana game department is a big
turtle which was captured by Game
Warden Fred Clark at Great pond ami
mounted by Homer Dill. This turtle
measures. as mounted. 81 inches. His
head and tail are spread. The shell
measures 10 inches and the neck is over
six inches in circumference. Mr.. Clark
caught another one at the same time
which was little larger than this one,
but he escaped.
\ number of the heads Of departments
and clerk attended the State fair at Lew
iston. yesterday. Governor Powers was
attended by his staff and the secretary OF
State private Secretary Smith ana Mes
senEer Purinton also attended.
Miss Weeks of the insurance depart
mcnt. who has been on her vacation, l.
again at her desk.
One corporation filed its papers of in
corporation. yesterday, at the secretary
Of States Office. 1t was:
Burke * Company organized at Port
land for the purpose of dealing in cloth
ing ana conducting custom tailoring
business with $1,000 capital stock, OF
which so is paid in. The officers are:
President Charles II. Boothby of Somer-
VILE. Mass. treasurer. Thomas +. Burke
Of Mrdford. Mass. Certificate approved,
Sept. !. lSh'.