The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-01-08
Business Notes for Business Men


Il IS possible that If the Hanna-Payne
shipping bill De passed al this session OF
congress. by the end OF ten years there
win have been expended IN our saipy arSs
as much as a billion and a half OF dollars
for the construction OF wsrships ana
merchant ships The United States VIII
become. in the course Of single decade
under the impetus OF such bsll one OF
the great ship-buildinS and sn-p-oNntns
nations OF the earth.
There Is q notion in Boston. OF az least
such a notion has been expressed. max
a syndicate whose capital is variousiy
stated as being Soo .co % Soo,eooee =
about to consolidate the Calumet and
Hecla. Butte and Boston. Boston ana
Montana. Anaconda, Montana ore fef-
chasing CO. Arcadisn. Osceola ard Ia
narack. Centennial has also been talked
OF for the combination. However this
may be. the rise since November Il IN the
stocks mentioned above is interesting ard
significant on that date Arcsdian Solo
for Sela. December -. for s.; November
II Montana sold for ScS: December =. tor
Us Butte has risen from 5S% % =; Osee-
ola from 6Sis 10 TSts; Tamarack has Va
ried since November Il ft9m 10 70 Is
closing December - OF L. Calumet has
December .. last year. Calumet was quot
Ell at 40. and December -. iSss. Al s..
From time - time consumers Of fresh
fish have expressed dissatisfaction with
the fact shat the Tetaa prices are fire.
quently excessive. in comparison With me
wholesale rates This disparity IS forced
upon che notice 81 the Householder. when
ever the newspapers report an overahun-
dance OF fish IN the market Yet, when
he seeks 10 purchase the same KIND or
FISH. he finds the price trebled and quad
rupled by the retail dealer. This method
Of doing business. said 8 prominent whole
sale FISH dealer. as decided injustice
70 both the wholesaler and the consumer
The practice has. I believe. more 10 10
with the fact that there Is less fish con-
sumed. in proportion 20 the population.
than OF any other product
The charter Of the American TInplate
/ Co. fled in New Jersey last week. con-
1 tsins some noteworthy and unusual fca-
/ lures. Throughout the charter the great
est care has been taken TO restrict the
/ powers Of the corporation and q rs on
I GERS. and 20 give AL power into the hands
I OF The stockholders. This policy Is d.
rectlv contrary 10 that adopted BY most
/ corporations. which - 20 give a max
/ mum OF power 20 the directors and, a
1 minimum TO the stockholders. A. the very
beginning OF the charter Il Is provided
[ that the officers Of the corporation shall
I have no power 20 mortgage its real prop
erty for any purpose, except upon the
consent IN writing Of 2 majority 81 The
/ holders OF preferred stock. This restric-
/ ton is followed by requiring the assent
I in writing. or the affirmative vote. 81 the
holders OF two-thirds OF all the stock IRE
spective or class. 20 enable the directors
to sch. assign. transfer. convey or other
wise dispose ~ the property or assets Of
/ the corporation.
New Orleans brewers complain that the
war tax Is destroying the beer business.
In the five months from July 90 Noveul-
her this year the war tax being effect
i've IN this period The sale Of beer zen "a
| D per cent below the sales for the same
/ five months OF 1877. This year the sales
| OF California wine increased in New Or
leans 34t per cent-rising from 1AiN bar
rels in 1897 20 q $50 barrels in 1896. In
New Orleans, California wine = soid "A
pitchers and cans. thus avoiding the
b0ttllug tax The retail price IS cents
a quart. with a chunk % See thrown IN
California vine Is cheaper 30 New orleans
than cider is in Michigan.
The oldest and most celebrated firm
dealing i'm rice IS that OF Dan TalmaSes
sons. New York. u w8s established BY
Dan Talmage in 1s9 When be began
dealing in the article rice Was handled
ia small quantities By nearly every class
Of uerchan IN New York. Lake cotton.
IL was the general medium used 20 settle
bills due 20 New Workers rom customers
H. the Caroliuas and fu Georgia. When
Dan TalmaEe began 20 DO an exclusive
rice business. MS first effort was 70 have
the merchants WHO received that COM
/ modify from the south turn 81 over 20
him for sale. he acting a. their broker
( Though an anabie man and with marked
/ business qualities. he did not succeed well
I The merchants would talk To nm pleas
I autly one day. and The next day forget
/ TaImaee and his plans 90 sell their rice
1 Then be Int upon scheme % make the
/ merchants remember him. Going around
I the different tailor shops he found "a bic
I o. cloth with s.upendousiy large checks
/ No one probably. had ever worn such
cneckz for tr1uEsrs. bat Dan TalmaGe ef-
F dered two pairs. ard called around az tha
stores A. be expected. TatfusEe found
out that she merchants remembered the
/ trousers and from that day on Dan Tai
mage and rice were inaeparabty connect
+ ed-the checks being an adFeriisement
that no one could &c. one % mind.