Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-04-08

TITLED to per cent. month on pur-
chases which may be applied to the
payment for stock or on dividends. It
Is calculated that this rebate will
amount to % cents week to the ma
jor.ty of customers.
a firm of cigar manufacturers in
whose IL factories 5000 union and nom
union hands are on strike has sudden
~ discovered an opening for pugilists,
now that the Lewis Anti Prize Fight
ing law has been passed. The plan Ia
TO employ the man "bouncers" during
labor strikes. Morris Brown, secreta-
ny of New York Cigar Makers Union
la, has reported to the Central FEEDER
ated Union that Herbs. Wertheim 8
Schiller have employed a prize fighter
known as Bill Bennett to act as
"bouncer" for the strikers pickets.
The fiscal year, which ends June 80,
1900, Is expected to show the highest
value records yet reached by American
manufacturers, fact due in large part
to the construction of the Trans-Siber-
ian railroad, upon work for which 3d.
600 American mechanics OF the high
wages class are at present employed.
This means the direct support of 1907
600 people In the year noted the value
of manufactures exported is estimated
at 100000, compared with S3s0.00O-
600 in the calendar year 1899. which
showed gain of 20 per cent over
1898. ~ sf4s
A notable event In the history of
Bolton, England, was the recent un-
yelling of the bronze statue of the late
Sir Benjamin A. Dobson. who was
born in 1s47 and died two years ago.
and who. as the head of the textile
firm OF Dobson e. Barlow, known the
world over, may be numbered among
those who have been the greatest fac
tors in the development OF the spin
ming and weaving industries. This
monument was paid for by public sub
scription, there being over 5000 COP
tributors Bolton also has statue OF
Samuel Crompton, inventor of tho
spinning mule.
Recent actions Of officers and mom-
bers of the Colorado State Federation
OF Labor indicates that the co-opera-
tive mining scheme is to be extended
into the mineral field. Officers Of the
federation have been securing data
from the bureau of mines In the capl-
toll. and this action. quietly taken, is
believed to indicate that branching
out of cooperative mining is contem-
plated The experiment as regards
coal mining has proven quite success.
full. although the federation people
claim to be suffering from railroad dis
elimination Several veins near Bah-
win are being worked, and the product
meets with a ready sale in the neigh
boring towns.
II transplres that that 900 fee,
said to have been paid 10 James
Brooks Dill, the magic healer OF cor
porate wounds, by Andrew Carnegie
and Henry G. Frick, was only the re-
tainer dropped into his hands by the
Steel King when be asked him to act
as peaeemaker between him and the
Coke King, and not till then was the
magic hand OF this doctor Of corpor-
ations extended TO cure the little $751;
600. 900 trouble between the two. Tho
story that more than kings ransom
goes to the clever little New York
lawyer and master organizer OF trusts
is reiterated by those who should
know the inside facts, and the figure
is set at 81 100000 and stuck to.
Civilization cannot be measured by
the refinements and the enjoyments
OF the rich: the toilers who produce
the nations wealth in time Of peace
and constitute the nations strength
in time of war must participate In
every forward movement OF the race.
In fact. they are 50 important fac
tor that the real advancement OF the
race is measured by their advance
ment. Improved machinery and in
ventive genius have multiplied the pro-
ductive power OF the individual. but
the producers have not received their
share Of the increase. The capitalistiq
class and the Specializing class. have
enjoyed, and are enjoying. too large a
part of the proceeds Of labor.-Wil-
liam Jennings Bryan.