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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-06-10
A LESSON FROM THE TRUSTS.
New York Journal.

New i 0fk JOufudl.
On June / all but one-tenth OF the
mills i'm tho Window GLASS Trust shat
down indefinitely. On june 30th the re-
mainder of the mills will close. 1inls
throws out of work 1900 skilled work
men.
Here is a good example of the opera
tions of trusts. There is now no coIl-
petition i'm the making Of window glass.
If the members of this combine were m
i1ividrlal manufacturers they could diot
afford to let their good workmen go, be-
cause they could not get them back
But now the temptation to restrict pro
duction and advance prices Is too great
to be resisted, and the workmen are
sacrificed.
These 1000 discharged employees can
not turn at once to other fields of Ia
bor. even if places We're waiting for
them. They are skilled in the business
of making window glass, but the greed
of trust prevents them from earning
a living.
These workmen and their families
must suffer that larger dividends may be
paid ON the watered stock of the Win
dow Glass Trust.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-06-10

bined ca pital; .anG now we feel it ever
day.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-06-10
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"FIRST OF ALL.-THH NEWS"
NOTICE TO CONTRIBUTORS.

Communications and items OF news
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The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1899-03-18
The Wrong Pig by the Ear.

The Wrong Pig by the Ear.
The statesman was in an agitated
frame of mind.
So was the exploiter.
Both paced uneasily up and down
the corridors of time.
AssWhat's troubling you?" asked the
statesman.
The exploiter leaned against the
wall. = ..,..- -.
4 ''The unemployed he gasped. :.
+. The statesman turned pale. -
''What of them?" he cried.
p, The exploiter recovered the use Of
his limbs with mighty effort.
He said: .. @
'What will we do with the unem-
ployed?''
The statesman laughed bitterly.
"You've got. the wrong pig by the
ear he retorted. What will the I'M
employed do with us? ?"-Exchange.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1899-03-18
Vast Coal Field.

The largest coal field in the world is in
the Chinese province of Human. Baron
Won Richthofen, who investigated the
mineral wealth of China, reported that the
whole of the southeastern part of the
province of Human may be called one
great coal field, coverig in all some 21.70O
square miles. Over large areas of this
the coal is of excellent quality. Human
also produces iron, copper, silver, quick
silver, tin, lead, and gold. As, to the lat
ter mineral, there are sixty-four localities
where gold is to be found, and in some
the mines are indisputably rich. The same
minerals are found in Shansi, which in
proportion to Its area has probably the
largest and most easily workable coal
field of any region in the globe. It
the present rate of consumption the world
could be supplied with coal from Shansi
for 10000 years.-From Tid-Bits.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1899-03-18
STUDY OF HEN's EGGS.
Experiments to Ascertain Their
! Food Values and Other Facts.

Experiments to Ascertain Their
Food Values and Other Facts.
The Agricultural department, through
its experiment stations, has been investi-
eating the food value of hens eggs. Ac-,
cording to a large number of analyses
made of American eggs at the various
two ounces and has the following per-
centage of compositions: Shell, 1915; wa
ter, IS; fat, 9.3 and ASH, 0.9. A side of
beef contains on an. average about the
same percentage Of protein, but larger.
percentage Of fat. Eggs belong to the
nitrogenous group of foods and would
naturally and quite properly be combined
in the diet with materials supplying car
bohydrates (sugar and starch), such as
cereals, potatoes, etc. At the California
experiment station the object Of the ex-
animation was to determine whether there
was any basis Of fact for the popular
opinion that eggs with brown shells have.
a higher food value than those with white
shells. It has been said by some that the
brown eggs are richer than the white ones,
but this statement is not borne out by a
chemical, analysis, and the physical tex-
0AAIdllOlE pIOVCo AIdt lut 1uc141l PO1ALo
of superiority, though extremely slight,
are possessed by the white eggs. The
minute differences that: are found between
the two groups are exceeded by variation
between varieties within the same group.
1t may be stated that there are practi-
cally no differences so far as the food
value is concerned. r '
The Michigan station made tests of the
effect Of the character of rations. on the
composition of eggs but no marked vari-
alton was observed. In connection With
other work the digestibility Of eggs was
studied at the Minnesota station, and it
was found that the protein of eggs either
soft or hard boiled was entirely digested
in five hours, the method of cooking hav-
ing some effect upon the rate of digesti-
bility, but not materially, affecting the
total digestibility. The results agree quite
closely with those reported some years
ago by. Rubner. a German investigator,
who found that OIL of the protein Of hard
boiled eggs was digested. Digestion ex-
periments were made at the University of
Tennessee with healthy men on q diet of
bread, milk and eggs, and it was found
that from 80 TO 95 per cent of the protein
and fat was digested, which warrants the
conclusion that eggs do really possess the
high nutr(ive properties which are pop
ularly supposed to belong to them. From
its investigations as to the kinds and
amounts Of food consumed by persons Ell
gagged in various occupations and the rel
ative cost of such foods the department
finds that compared with other foods at
the usual prices, eggs al II cents per dozen
are cheap source Of nutrients; at 16
cents per dozen they are fairly expensive,
while at 25 cents a dozen and over they
are extravagant-Philade Record.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1899-03-18
TOBACCO.
Raising 1t Under Cover i'm Florida II
. a New Development.

Raising 1t Under Cover i'm Florida Is
n New Development.
From the Baltimore Sun. !
Tobacco is being raised under cover at
Tampa, Fla, and the experiment is sue
cess. An acre or more of ground In a
patch is covered with a framework and
cheesecloth They have>a number of these
patches, amounting to nines acres, under
cultivation. The covering stands u feet
al.cve the ground. The, cloth also runs
around the patches. It affords protec-
tion from heavy rains and from winds
that would injure the plants AS it :s
bea utiful leaves for wrappers are raised
AS filler the tobacco is also good, but it
is particularly fine when used for wrap
pers. The advantage of raising the plants
under, cover is found in the excellent col
oring they take on. There: is a demand
for light wrappers, and this shade is ta-
ken on by the plants.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1899-03-18
Two Sad Cases.

Charles Olson, who tried some days ago
to cut his throat with an ak at Biwabik,
was examined at the office of the judge
of probate yesterday. Olson appeared to
be rational at intervals, and as his insan-
ity seemed to be decreasing, it was de-
cided to confine the unfortunate man in
the county jail for the present. -
Abram G.. Cooper, aged ~, of Two Har-
bors, was adjudged insane, and NJ. j.
Mullen and wife were ordered to take the
unfortunate man to Fergus Falls. Mrs.
Mullen is Cooper's daughter.
Cooper, it seems, is unable to recognize
those surrounding him.. His left side is
paralyzed. Cooper was struck on the head
by a train some years ago.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1899-03-18
BEATS 1897 HOLLOW .
HarbOr. Statistics for 1S9S Show
-r Great Increase.

Harbors Statistics for 1S0S Show
.--.-.t Grent Increase.
- The work of compiling the harbor stat
istics of both Duluth and Superior harbors
as kept by the United States engineer,
Maj. C. B. Sears, has been completed for
the season Of 1898, and blue prints showing
the figures have been forwarded to Wash
ing ton. r:- -, .s.--.. e.,
The statement shows a great increase
ever the figures for 1897 The receipts for
Duluth were as follows in tons: Anthra-
cite coal, 21O,134; bituminous, eos,603; lime
stone, 1895; salt, 19,24s; machinery. 1850,
10; manufactured iron, 54,659; kerosene
oil, p44; general merchandise, 1926; fish,
71CM; cement and lime, 1885; sand, 2,l7S;
building stone, 1881; logs, :94,45O feet To-
tai tons, 1,O61, ,657, values at $1S,3S0,3l :
The shipments were as follows in IONS:
Iron ore, 2,94S,4l2; copper, $500; flour, 81, :
012; wheat, 1880; other grains, ~, o6i
structural iron or steel, 203; wool, S03;
lumber QOO0 feeD, ,046; shingles .(M),
chandise, s4057. Total tons, ASH, 161, val
ued at $50, ,622,877.
The receipts at Superior were in tons:
Anthracite coal, 4s7,029;' bituminous coal,
81 "a, 645; limestone, -lSSl; salt, !I,9Uf,. ma
chinery, 5,1S2; manufactured iron, 61,9i1;
kerosene oil, 1882; general merchandise,
$685.. cement and lime, 2,9l2; sand, 1857 !;
building stone, 24,5O1; logs QOOO feet), 81,
712. Total tons, .1,91S, l62, valued at $751;
$50, $40.
The shipments from Superior were as
follows in tons: Iron ore, 61O,957; copper,
43,426; flour, 1892, $50; wheat, 7SS57; other
grains, $40, 1856; structural iron or steel,
25S; wool, $3.50: miscellaneous merchan-
disc, 1O,1S1 lumber (10OO feeD, 43,039; shin
giles, (N1), 81 SOL; lath (D, S34 Total tons,
2,276 291, valued at $57, al, 1888.
The increase in the valuation of the
commerce of 1898 over that of 1897 was
So, 4,09l, ,S35. During the year the number
of vessels that arrived was 5,519 with a
registered tonnage of 7014,9A, and the
number departing, 5,351, with a register
ed tonnage of 7,120,9l3. Total arrivals and
departures, 10,S70; total tonnage, Al34, :
237.
The number of vessels arriving in 1897
was 1854; their registered tonnage
amounted, in the aggregate to 6342, 1lS
tons. The number of vessels departing
was 1884 and their registered tonnage
amounted to 650S, TAT tons.
The receipts during 1898 amounted in net
tons. to 2979,S09, valued at S34,57S, 955. The
shipments amounted to 7,147, ,452 net tons,
valued at sos, ,O64, 065. In the previous year
the receipts amounted to 2,492, ,42O. valued
at $2S, $50, 1872; and the Shipments amounted
to 5,9S2,S4 net tons, valued at $S9,5SS, ,O65.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1899-03-18

ard Walter Van Brunt. Both of these
gentlemen are, it is understood, aspiring
10 the management Of the new company.
full they are in the work OF securing sub
scrbers. 1t is thought, however, that
they are meeting with some encourage
ment. The company is paying it's solicit
tors on commission. For the first sub
scrbers obtained 25 cents each is paid
them, for the next 5, so cents, and for all
after that Is cents. This looks like a
pretty good proposition, especially after
tn solicitors has secured 10 names. ALL
of the solicitors are not meeting with sue
cess, however, and even with such liberal
terms it is said that all four will not be
able to stay in the field. One Of the soli-
citors said yesterday that some of those
he had secured were those of subscribers
to the service Of the Duluth telephone sys-
TEN, and others were obtained from per-
sons that had never before subscribed for
a telephone. About two-thirds of his SUBJ
scribers were business houses and the
rest residences. The solicitors are asking
for. five year contracts, but are taking g.
year contracts, and where a 3-year con-
tract cannot be obtained contracts are
made, if possible for one year. ..-.-.
The contract they ask to have signed is
regarded by many that have seen it., as
being loosely drawn in that there is prac-
tically nothing required of the Evans
company except that telephone service
shall be given. The contract does not re-
quire the company to furnish connection
with any given minimum number of sub
scribers, nor does it say a service will be.
given with West Superior, and as the or
dinance only requires the company to-
have subscribers connected up any one
signing one of their contracts would be
obliged to pay the contract price for a
service that did not reach more than $50
connections. IL. ~
A business man that was approached
yesterday by one Of the representatives
of the new company insists that there
should be a clause in the contract provid-
ing that no payment should be required
OF subscribers until the person signing
the contract has telephone connection
with at least 500 subscribers in Duluth and
$50 in Superior, "for," said he without
this number of connections I would regard
The, service dear at any price asked
s One good feature of the contract that
the new company offers is that it agrees
to furnish metallic circuit service and
as but one instrument is to be on each
line the service ought, to be good even
If it is expensive to establish:
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1899-03-18

An .Englishman in the Riviera writes
to the London Daily Mail his disgust of
the sullen hostility shown by the popula>
ton to those of his own nationality. As
an illustration of this feeling he tells
that ia feminine friend Of his, while
cycling by herself near Grasse,- met a
lycee, walking two. and two. At first
the boys made way for her, but then,
when they saw she was an Englishwo-
man, proceeded to cry, "Conspuez Pan
sglase!a and actually spat upon her.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1899-03-18

dropped prices, abused one another,
sacrificed their goods, lost money and
came out of the contest in selling
goods like a bedraggled fisherman
who is caught out in a terrific storm,
and comes back wet to skin, cold,
hungry and with no fish.
After period of reflection the man.
ufacturers counted their gains and
losses, and discovered that their losses
consisted largely in pay to travelling
statesmen, advertising in the news
papers and lowering the price to beat
the other fellow all a complete
waste and nothing gained. :: :
After due consideration the manu-
facturers came to one conclusion that
there was a better. way. Instead of
pulling on opposite ends Of the rope,
away from each other, they would all
pull together, stop opposition and
make some money.
A remarkably wise conclusion. OF
course this means the discharge of the
travelling salesman, the advertising
and the expensive clerk. The COM
bine of factories will mean less ex-
pense in many ways and as the pro-
ductive power of the country is vastly
in excess of the ability to consume,
when working ten hours, it will mean
millions of idlers. These idlers hav-
ing plenty of time for reflection. like
the manufacturers, will see the i'm
portance of combination. The unions
will be greatly strengthened. e.
There will come more contest prob
ably between the great and
the immense federated unions, which
in time may. land theI'sSWhole under
government ownership.
But we are, not. ready. for that yet.
Certain other events must occur to
carry us further forward. r. ~:
It is doubtful if we will ever have a
people ihtelligent enough to accept Of
government ownership: We begin
more and more to doubt it. ,-.
In the meantime we have a bank
ing system such that banks can fail,
depositors lose their money, bank
rupt a large share of the people, their
property going into the possession Of
the few, who become Immensely
wealthy. ~
This banking system, which precipi-
tated the late financial panic, pros
trated the manufacturing business
and compelled manufacturers to COM
bine to save themselves, will continue,
and bring on, through bank failures,
far greater panic, sometime in the
future, in which all property will come
into the ownership of the few billion
aires. =, -.--.-,-. t:>-
1t may be then that the, great mass
of people, seeing that machinery is do
ing all the work, finding, themselves
utterly impoverished, and no chance
to earn dollar, will do what fools
generally do, all go out. and commit
suicide. Perhaps, but we doubt it.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1899-03-18
Lovers Lane. !

Lovers Lane.
Summah night an sighin' breeze,
Long de .lovah's lane;
Frien'ly, shadder-mekin' trees,
Long de lovah's lane.
White folks wo'l> all done up gram
Me an Mandy han'-in-han'
Struttin' LAX we owned de lam,
Long de lovah's lane.
=
Owl a-settin' side de, road,
Long de loyah's lane. Y
Lookin' at uz lax he: :knowed
/ Dis .uz lovah's lane.
Go :on, hoot yo' mou' 'nful tune, +
You ain nevah loved in June, 81
An, come hidin' f'om de moon a.
Down in lovah's lane.
Bush it ben an, nod an sway,
y Down in lovah's lane,
Tryin' to hyeah me1whut I say
Long lQe lOVdn lane.
But whispahs low lax dis,
An'#my Mandy smile huh bliss /
Mistah Bush he: shek his fis',
= Down in lovah's lane.
Whut I ,keer eff day, is long,
(: Down in lovah's lane. =
I kin allus sing a song T
=: Long; de lovah' s lane.
Meks up fu' de- weary. day
An de wo'ds I hyeah an say
Wen rs: strollin' by de way,
Down in lovah's lane.
An dis fought will allus' rise
\ Down in lovah's9 lane.
Wondah whethah in de skies
Dey's lovah's lane.
Eff dey amt, I tell you true,
'Ligion do look mighty blue,
Cause Ido' know whut I'll do
'Dout lovah's lane. " -.
Paul Lawrence Dunbar, The Century
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1899-03-18
. THEY SEEK SUPPORT.

Evans Telephone Solicitors in the
Field For Subscribers. .
The Evans telephone projectors are now
engaged in soliciting subscriptions for the
service they promise to give. There are
said to be four solicitors in the field after
names. Two of them are Joseph Davis
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1899-03-18

A Maryland inventor has patented an
electric switch which has no metallic
surfaces to be thrown In and out of con-
tact, the ends of the wires being barred
and extended into a chamber partially
filled with mercury SO that a turn sub
merges the wires in the fluid and com
pletes the circuit S
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1899-03-18
Up to Date Republication.

More taxes.
More bonds.
More battleships. ,
More bayonets. ..
More territory. ......
More war. ,, .,
t More blood. ,. .-.+. F.. -z-
More standing by the president
Pitts;burg: Kansan.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1899-03-18
Why the Trust -?
Because of 1t Let People Do
What Fools Generally Do. Go
ind Commit Suicide.
BY ThOs. E. Hill,
BY ThOs. E. HILL.
TN EW people study causes. A
man will suffer pain and incon-

4 man will suffer pain and incon-
5 venience without end from
boils and carbuncles and will admit
that his system is out Of order, but
never know that this is the effort of
nature to get rid of the grease that
has been poured into the system in
the past several months, through i'm
proper diet. -.
@ The individual will die of pneu-
Emonia, in the prime of life, wife be
deprived of support, children left
without guardianship, the commun-
zity lose an important public spirited
citizen, the lodge pass resolutions say
ing Whereas it has pleased Almighty
God to remove our brother etc. and
not one thought be given to the fact
that wearing heavy. overcoat, get
ting into a profuse perspiration and
taking off the garment, in cold room
or in the open air, may be followed
#by disastrous consequences.
c,,;,,1o,,,,- ( ~ e..,, a
manhood, drops out of sight from
D.; ;.h+,, 5;soora ~ t1e..,oe'e,...
the loss of a popular man whose popu
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rba Southern states engaged in p
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was .nred est;ned because. Of climatic
/ -, ! Hons Tha SHOWS and frosts of
+ New. Enoland have made an indns-.
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!, i,va n+aoa of snow -.
sna;n souoht IL bring the Cubans.
nnf}ers snbiection Abont an even
th;np The Standards. who are de-
pendants ana inherit the ferocitv, and
.crnel nature from the Nloors. are fit
ted Nv natural instinct. for warfare as
are the Cubans: but they are both
el,antlicannpd Nv a. warm climate.
which. through many generations of
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The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1899-03-18
A One Man Town. !;
BY the NJ n"nic'p"' nj I
Poet Laureate. 4

duu "IOSC llOPCSs Ao" Ou 1I1SAs
He loved his neighbor as himself,
He loved his city; more than .pelf,
But tits a, failing of the good that.
they y're> too quick to die. ... 4.
, We lose them when we need them:
most. !, 7
= This good man, who was "a whole
host" : 81" g. i, - .sa.e.. $f
Though silvered We're his locks, died
young, for tenderness is youth;
And the place he had exalted
Seemed as stunned, and then it
. halted, "A, III s.i III - j.
And tits one-man-town-this boasted
city of Duluth! f.
--:- -. 81 x: .s e b h
: Yes, such is life, and such is fame.
There's scarcely need to give the
Of the lilliputian. tyrant3 whose pleas
ure is our pain; go 49,
His example; is}offensive,
And his reign is most expensive,
Yet we seem to love to bear b the
wrongs and loss that are his
gain. .--rli I ~ ... z.... b. f
-.5zi1$ g H,
The toll bridge nuisance lis one job
saddled on us by; this nabob,
And that, too, now is being fixed
for receivers hands;
He'd tax the. people, but he's lax,
When he is asked to pay tax
On his mismanaged franchise and his
." broad i'll gotten lands. - E
4 base meddler he, by nature,
Moved a venal legislature
To tamper with and change the law
relating to divorce, -
To help him put away. the wife
Who'd helped him to success in life!
When he can't Twin by fair means, he'll
&C. resort to fake or force. M
Search, and you'll find marks Of his
All through the anti-boycott law
The move was started by the wolf
who dominates this town.
The first howl of the ''Union Scare
Direct came from the loathsome lair
Of this gaunt leader of the pack
who'd starve the workmen down.
One Judge refused to be his tool,
And frowned upon this tyrant's rule,
So that certain petty prosecutions he
had to abate;' +,
But the matter was not settled,
For to check him only nettled
Him, and reused in him a vengeance
+, that nothing could plaeate.
What cared this modern Nero =:
If each workman was hero ,''f
Who had toiled through heat and cold,
Il, and was never known to shirK?
"Of with their heads!" he whisp-
-.1 cred .s'. :: -
with the tongue that lies had,
b 'steredD !. ~ =
10 the tool whom he'd imported to
do his dirty work. i.
What cares he for the opinion -
Of good men in his dominion
Who think it wrong to. wantonly
plunge families into want? -
"Off with their heads!. and hurl
them down! :,
If would pauperize the town,
I'll do it, for I own the place! No
court shall say can't!"
And the tyrant, never quitting,
Still is sitting at his knitting
In his lair among the rocks like Glib
ralter; and the frown
Of the people and the judges
Can't affect him Or his grudges,
For this small man is a big man in
this one-man-town.