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New Iberia enterprise. (New Iberia, La.) 1885-1902, 1901-03-30
A Sage Opinion.

Russell Sage is not noted for his
interest in struggling humanity,
hut people will not always tolerate
private monopoly. Speaking of
the great railroad syndicate he
said:
"lt is a gigantic combination in
which twelve men get the absolute
control of more than 25 900 miles
Of railroad and a practical monopo-
ly Of all lines leading to the Pacific.
Such combinations of concentrated
capital are sure to arouse the people.
And the people once aroused are
more powerful than this railroad
combination or any other that might
be formed. | regard it as very
dangerous to have such great com
binatiOnsS 1t is right and proper
that capitalists who invest money
in railroads or other great enter
priseS should be assured of reason
able and fair returns. 1t is right
that railroads should have an
agreement not to cut rates be-
low fair profit making figure.
But this should be done in conven-
tons, by meeting, by agreement,
not in sitting competition.
In the end this deal will excite dis
trust, arouse resentment and incite
to retaliatory measures the people,
the state legislatures and eventually
the national congress. The farmers
will consider themselves injured by |
rates, the states will inaugurate
legislation and there will be deepl
hostility to combined capital" 5"
New Iberia enterprise. (New Iberia, La.) 1885-1902, 1901-03-30
Vacant lots have been successfully

Vacant lots have been successfully
cultivated in Philadelphia under
the direction of the Philadelphia
Vacant Lots Cultivation Assecia-
ton. During the past years gar
dens were provided for 48O fami-
lies, consistingof2, 486 persons. The
aggregate receipts from the various
farms showed a total Of 1924, $50.
This is six times the amount ex-
pended by the association on the
lands. Five families became so
adept at gardening that their saw
ings have enabled them to hire
ample farms of their own. Thir-
teen families were given Belgian
hares for experiment last year, and
the successful results attained will
cause the association to. take up this
line of industry on the farms this
year.
New Iberia enterprise. (New Iberia, La.) 1885-1902, 1901-03-30
Dr GeoroeG Honkins ofRrool

DR.. George G. Hopkins, ofBrook-
lyn, has been using decomposed
light in the treatment of consump-
tion with considerable success. DIR.
Hopkins system is to use decom-
posed light as a substitute for sun
rays. The patient is fed with ar
senic, cod liver oil, etc., in order
to build up the system and
strengthen the tissues. Then the
light, which restores vitality, is
used and the patient is enabled to
throw off the germs of consumption.
The system originated with DR..
Finsen. of Copenhagen. 1t has also
been used for the treatment of
cancer. A Is, ,0O0-candle power
arc light is used and the light is
decomposed by blue glass, TINS
allowing only certain Of the rays
to strike the patient.
New Iberia enterprise. (New Iberia, La.) 1885-1902, 1901-03-30
Prof. Shaler's Opinion.

According to the st. Louis Re-
public, Prof. Shaler, a geologist
of Harvard College, predicts such
an increase in the production of
gold as to lessen its purchasing
power and cOmpela return to silver.
He says:
If the price of gold goes down,
another metal must be looked for
as token of international value.
/ think this metal will be silver,
because silver is not found in al
luvial plains, aud because, owing
to the difficulty in mining, it will
never change in value.
Within the past few years men
have come to realize that large
portion Of the earth's surface is
charged with gold. Gold is indis-
soluble, and when gravel banks are
cut away it is not easily carried of
by streams to the sea, as is the case
with other metals. Instead, it is
carried along, broken up into finer
and finer fragments and gradually
deposited over alluvial plains.
The new systems Of mining which
have recently been discovered will
have produced by the middle of the
present century an almost intoler-
able supply Of gold. cannot say
definitely what the increase will be,
but | should think at the least that
the present supply will be quad
rupled.
New Iberia enterprise. (New Iberia, La.) 1885-1902, 1901-03-30
A Ragiss, Rearing Flood

Washed down a telegraph line
which Chas. G. Ellis, of Lisbon,
Ia, had to repair. "Standing waist
deep in icy water,' he writes,
"gave me terrible cold aud cough.
It grew worse daily. Finally the
best doctors in Oakland, Neb.,
Sioux City and Omaha said had
Consumption and could not live.
Then | began using DR.. Kings
New Discovery and was wholly
cured by six bottles. Positively
guaranteedfor Coughs, Colds andall
Throatand Lung troubles by Estorge
Drug Co. Price Soc and $1.00.
New Iberia enterprise. (New Iberia, La.) 1885-1902, 1901-03-30
PROGRESS OF HENRY GEORGES IDEA.

If Henry George could only have
lived to see the time when the great
state of Colorado was seriously con
templating the adoption Of tax on
land values he wonld probably have
been willing, as was the just and
devout Simeon, to depart in peace.
A remarkable change in public
sentiment has taken place since the
unknown California printer put
forth his book, "Progress and
Poverty" more than 20 years ago.
At that time he was regarded as a
dangerous man by all conservative
people who did not look on him sim
ply as an idle dreamer. His opinions
were misrepresented and his book
was violently attacked by many
persons who had not taken the
trouble to read it. 1t was popularity
supposed that he advocated dividing
mp the land among all the people.
On this supposition man Of straw
was set mp again and again to be
bowled over contemptuously by
scores of magazine writer's.
Gradually it became known that
Mr.. Georges plan was not so the
oretical and revolutionary after all.
1t was found to be simply a ques-
ton of taxation. He did not favor
a division of the land. He only
urged that the value of unimproved
land arising from the presence of
society should be taken to pay the
necessary expenses of the commu-
nifty. He was so far from being a
socialist that he believed it was un-
just to deprive man Of any of the
product of his labor. The present
system of taxation, he pointed ont,
really penalized the enterprising
man whose work produced wealth
for the community. His plan was
to exempt all the product Of labor
from taxation and to make the
"unearned increment" Of land
values bear the whole burden.
At the time of his death, four
years ago, Mr.. Georges doctrine
had made little visible progress in
the United States. He had won
many converts, but they had been
unable to accomplish anything
practical. Of late the propaganda
has received a powerful impetus
from the admitted failure of the
property tax. It has be-
come more and more apparent that
some change in the taxation system
is inevitable. The franchise tax
has come as the first break from
the old plan. Its theory is direct
ly in line with the views of Henry
George. Now Colorado has invest
igated the workings Of the land tax
in Australasia and is contemplating
Introducing the system. If it does
SO and the experiment proves salts
factory, other states will be tempted
to follow its example. .-Kdnsas City
Star, March 3.
New Iberia enterprise. (New Iberia, La.) 1885-1902, 1901-03-30
Remarkable Cures of RheuniafisDa

From the Viadicator, Rutherfordton N. &.
The editor of the Vindicator has had oc-
casion to test the efficacy Of Chamberlain s
Pain Balm twice with the most remarkable
results in each case. First, with rheuma-
tism in the shoulder from which he suffered
excruciating pain for ten days, which was
relieved with two applications of Pain
Balm, rubbing the parts afflicted and re-
alizing instant benefit and entire relief in
very short time. Second, in rheumatism
in thigh joint, almost prostrating him with
severe pain, which was relieved by two
applications, rubbing with the liniment on
retiring at night, and getting up free from
pain. For sale by James A. Lee.
New Iberia enterprise. (New Iberia, La.) 1885-1902, 1901-03-30

Prof. Ivison, Of Lonaconidg, Nd, suf-
fered terribly from neuralgia Of the stom-
ach and indigestion for thirteen years and
after the doctors failed to cure him they
fed him on morphine. A friend advised
the use Of Kodol Dyspepsia Cure and after
taking few bottles Of it he says. ut
has cured me entirely. can't say too
much for Kodol Dyspepsia Cure" II d.
gests what you eat
New Iberia enterprise. (New Iberia, La.) 1885-1902, 1901-03-30
Job Couldn't Have Stood II

If he'd had Itching Piles. They're
terribly annoying; but Bucklen's
Arnica Salve will cure the worst
case Of piles oe earch. It has cured
thousands. For Injuries, Pains or
Bodily Eruptions it's the best salve
in the world. Price 25c q box.
Cure guaranteed. Sold by Estorge
Drug Co.
New Iberia enterprise. (New Iberia, La.) 1885-1902, 1901-03-30

August Fortunet, colored, at
tempted to wrest from Mrs. Eugene
Claverie her purse at Esplanade
and Dauphine streets, N. O., on
March "a. She fought him of, and
two men, coming to her assistance,
held the fellow until policeman
could be summoned.
New Iberia enterprise. (New Iberia, La.) 1885-1902, 1901-03-30
The Oldest and Best.

S. S. S. is combination of roots
and herbs Of great curative powers,
and when taken into the circulation
searches out and removes all manner
Of poisons from the blood, without
the least shock or harm to the system.
On the contrary, the general health
begins to improve from the first dose,
for S. s. S. is mot only blood purifier,
but an excellent tonic, and strength
ems and ,builds up the constitution
while purxing the blood Of impuri-
ties. s. s. S. cures all diseases of =
blood poison origin. Cancer, Scrofu1a,
Rhe "a m atism, Chronic Sores and
Ulcers, Eczema, Psoriasis, Salt
Rheum, Herpes and similar troubles,
and Is an iniallible cure and the only
antidote for that most horrible disease,
Contagious Blood Poison.
A record Of nearly fifty years cf
successful cures IS q record to be proud
Of. S. S. S. is more popular today
than ever. It numbers its friends by
the thousands. Our medical corres-
pondence is larger than ever in the
history Of the medicine. Many write
to thank us for the great good s. s. s.
has done them, while others are seek
ing advice about their cases. All
letters receive prompt and careful
attention. Our physicians have made
Z alife-long studyof Blood and Skin Dis
eases, and better understand such cases
than the ordinary practitioner who
makes speciality Of no one disease.
- - - We are doing great
good 70 suffering
NA humanity through
.AA our consu1ting de-
partmeut, and invite
you - write us il you have any blood
q skin trouble. We make no chaTYo
Whntever for this service.
II sWeJ a1ouso G. AylAn1A -
New Iberia enterprise. (New Iberia, La.) 1885-1902, 1901-03-30

George W. Watt, Of South Gardiner,
Me-, says: II have had the worst cough,
cold, chills and grip and have taken lots
OF trash OF no account but profit to the
vendor. Chamberlain's Cough Remedy is
the only thing that has done any good
whatever. / have used one bottle Of II
and the chills, cold and grip have I'll left
me. | congratulate the manufactures Of
m honest medicine" For sale by Ja1nes
A. Lee
New Iberia enterprise. (New Iberia, La.) 1885-1902, 1901-03-30
Few children complete the course

Few children complete the course
even of the primary school. Only
one in four who enters the high
school completes it. The great
desideratum, therefore, is some
method by which the school infiu-
ence can follow the pupils who
leave school before completing the
work, or who, graduating from it
ought to continue their work. DR..
VIM. T. Harris.
New Iberia enterprise. (New Iberia, La.) 1885-1902, 1901-03-30

No one knows the unbearable torture
one undergoes from piles unless they are
SO afflicted. Tabler's Buckeye Pile Oint-
ment is quick. safe and painless cure.
Price, SO cents in bottles. Tubes, IS cents.
Albert Estorge.
New Iberia enterprise. (New Iberia, La.) 1885-1902, 1901-03-30

Gueydan, La, March 26.--With
much enthusiasm the farmers Of
this community have just completed
the organization Of the Mutual Rice
Mill. The capital is $35 900, divided
in 800 shares. The charter was
signed by stockholders represent
ing $21 900 Of the capital stock.
Work will be begun Immediately.
New Iberia enterprise. (New Iberia, La.) 1885-1902, 1901-03-30
n TeEOs WO,stler.

HALL 8 GREAT DISCOVERY.
One small bottle of Halls Great Dis
covery cures all kidney and bladder
troubles, removes gravel, cures diabetes,
seminal emissions, weak and lame backs,
rheumatism and all irregularities of the
kidneys, and bladder in both men and
women, regulates bladdertroubles in child
rem. II not sold by your druggist will
be sent by mail on receipt Of 81. One
small bottle is two months treatment, and
will cure any case above mentioned. DIR.
E. w. Hall, sole manufacturer, P. o. Box
629, st. Louis, Mo. Send for testimonials.
Sold by all druggists and Albert Estorge.
READ THIS.
New Iberia, La, March IL, 1899.-E.
W. Hall, st. Louis, Mo. IL am 60 years old,
and have used number of preparations
for kidney and bladder troubles, but can
truthfully say that nothing has proved as
effective as your great discovery, which
can cheerfully recommend.
Jos. A. CARL1N, Rsyne, La.
New Iberia enterprise. (New Iberia, La.) 1885-1902, 1901-03-30

A writer in the Forum, discussing
the growing power of the President
shows that aside from the offices in
the War and Navy departments,
the President has patronage at his
disposal as follows:
State Department
31S consular and diplomatic ap-
pointments. ...- -......$ 1000, 900
Treasury Department
TAB customs, revenue, marine
hospital, etc -.... ...... 6l7 1856
Postoffice Department
4,O15 postmasters. ...,.... G,93l 900
Interior Department
TAT pension officials, land office
agents, etc c................, 1897 GAO
Department of Justice
Judges, attorneys, marshals, etc l,126. 900
1t is estimated that, including all
departments, the President is, as
the Chicago Times Herald says,
cable to divert into the pockets of
his supporters annually the sum of
500, 900, 900, a total distribution of
$50, 100000, during his term of
Office The Times Herald declares
that "there is much apprehension
among the students of our political
system concerning these growing
powers of the President. This
republican newspaper says:
"In adjusting some of the pro-
lens growing ont of the recent
war we have seen Congress practi-
cally abdicate in favor Of the Presi-
dent. The trainers of the Consti-
tuition rightly appreciated that in
republic the popular branch of the
government must be paramount.
We have recently seen the Presi-
dent become the autocratic ruler of
hundreds of thousands of people in
Cuba and of millions of people in
the Philippines. He has appointed
and removed officials without ask
ing the consent of the Senate. The
laws promulgated by the Taft COM
mission the Philippines declare that
they were enacted 'by the authority
of the President Of the United
States'-not of Congress"
And then the Times Herald con-
cludes that "the only remedy ap-
pears to be through the extension
and enforcement of the merit sys-
tenn" This is, indeed, a profound
A more sensible one,
however, would be that we restore
the machinery Of our national gov
ernment to it's proper order; that
the law-making and war-declaring
power be exercised exclusively by
the congress; that the President
resume his constitutional place as
an executive, content with being the
beloved magistrate of a nation of
freemen, rather than the autocratic
ruler of peoples who have never
consented to United States govern
lnent.
New Iberia enterprise. (New Iberia, La.) 1885-1902, 1901-03-30
STATE OF ONO, Cry OF TOLEDO,



FRANK J. CHENEY makes oath that he 10
the senior partner Of the firm Of F. J..
CHENEY & Co., doing business in the City
Of Toledo, County and State aforesaid,
and that said firm will pay the sum Of
One Hundred Dollars for each and every
case of Catarrh that cannot be cured by
the use OF Hall Catarrh Cure.
FRANK j. CHENEY.
Sworn to before me and subscribed in
my presence, this 9Th day Of December,
A. D., 1896.
A. w. GLEASON,
Notary Public.
Halls Catarrh Cure Is taken internally,
and acts directly on the blood and mucous
surfaces Of the system. Send for testi-
monials free.
F. J. CHENEY & Co., Toledo, o.
Sold by Druggists, TIC.
Halls Family Pills are the best
New Iberia enterprise. (New Iberia, La.) 1885-1902, 1901-03-30

The Stomach controls the situation.
Those who are hearty and strong are those
who can eat and digest plenty Of food.
Kodol Dyspepsia Cure digests what you
eat and allows you to eat all the good food
you want. II yon suffer from indigestion,
heartburn, belching or any other stomach
trouble, this preparation can't help but do
you good. The most sensitive stomach
can take it.
New Iberia enterprise. (New Iberia, La.) 1885-1902, 1901-03-30

Five negroes we're sent to Jail ut
Napoleonville for pelting a South
ern, Pacific locomotive with missiles
q it was crossing Little Texas plan
tation. The engineer and fremen
were both bit and the cab damaged.
New Iberia enterprise. (New Iberia, La.) 1885-1902, 1901-03-30

COLLINS AGUE CURE is without
doubt the finest medicine it has ever been
our lot to come in contact with In addi-
tion to its chill qualities it Is the finest
liver medicine we have ever taken. We
know whereof we speak. This medicine
is on sale ct Koch Drug Store.
New Iberia enterprise. (New Iberia, La.) 1885-1902, 1901-03-30


Considerable scandal is being
caused in Rome by the circulation
of photograph Of two Italian
ladies we'll known in society, says
the Philadelphia Record. The pic
lures show one lady kneeling to the
other in an imploring attitude. 1t
was taken during the recent minis
terial crisis. The lady on her knees
is supplicating the other, whose
husband is high in Office, to give
her lord and master place nnder
the government. The snapshot was
taken at the psychological moment
by a prearrVpged plan on the part
Of one Of the ladies.
Are you sick II SO. investigate the mer-
its of Herbine. It is concentrated me-
dicine, the dose is small, yet it quickly
produces the most gratifying results, d.
gestion improves, the lips and checks lose
their pallor, the eye becomes bright and
the step elastic. Price, 50 cents. Albert
Estoege.
New Iberia enterprise. (New Iberia, La.) 1885-1902, 1901-03-30

Strawn, Tex, March 25.-A. II.
Hardman Of st. Louis, associated
with j. D. White, expert drill man
operating for mining companies
here to determine depth and thick
ness Of coal on land surrounding
Strawn, states that petroleum has
been found in every hole sunk by
them in this vicinity at depth Of
from 400 to GOO feet.
New Iberia enterprise. (New Iberia, La.) 1885-1902, 1901-03-30
Another Rich Strike.

Beaumont, Tex, March rs. Mr..
who lives twenty miles
west, reports that oil has been struck
in an old we'll near Sour Lake, by
Oliver Nicholson, while deepening
the old we'll ,at 500 feet. They had a
valve ready to shut off the flow, but,
according to Mr.. Guindry, oil was
oozing out at the top despite all
efforts. It would have been a geyser
had they not promptly shut it of.
New Iberia enterprise. (New Iberia, La.) 1885-1902, 1901-03-30
THE ENTERPRISE.

OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF IBERIA PARISF
AND TOWN OF NEW IBERIA.
New Iberia enterprise. (New Iberia, La.) 1885-1902, 1901-03-30
POSTED.

Hunting and trespassing on the Caffery
Refinery property, known as the PEBBLES
plantation, positively forbidden under the
penalty of the law
L. FORSYTHE, JR.,
Supt. and Asst General Manager
New Iberia enterprise. (New Iberia, La.) 1885-1902, 1901-03-30
A PEEP

Into the future would sadden
New Iberia enterprise. (New Iberia, La.) 1885-1902, 1901-03-30
PRESIDENTS GROWING POWERS.

A writer in the Forum, discussing
the growing power of the President,
shows that aside from the offices in
the War and Navy departments,
the President has patronage at his
diSDOSal as follows.
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-04-12
PENMANSHIP.
PROEESSOR fioIIE,

Teaches every pupil to wrIre inc rapid, business hand, in a course of 10 private lessons and no failures All kinds of pen work executed in the highest degree of art
 167 BANK STREET.
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-04-12
Is the restrictions and guaranties ex

as the restrictions and guarantfes ex pressed.
 "The prevailing rate of wages must, be, from its very nature, a question of fact, governed by conditions and cir cumstances over which the, contractor has no control. The Legislature can not compel him to decide that question at his peril by depriying him of the right to set it at rest by agreement with his employees.
 But the statute also invades pri- vate rights in various other directions. The local property owners, who are the parties that In the end must bear the expense of the improvement. are en- titled to the benefit of the best judg ment and discretion of the city officers in making the contract for the work. To the extent that such Judgment and discretion is taken way by arbitrary enactments not in their interest, but in favor of opposing interests, their con stitutional rights of liberty and prop erty are invaded. *s* x
 '.The case at bar differs from these cases, cited from the highest courts of other states, only in the circum- stance that here the legislature has made use of municipal corporations to accomplish the purposes which were -there condemned. But it must be obvious that what the legislature cannot do directly it cannot do indi- rectly. 1t cannot make use of its powers over municipal corporations, to snbyert rights of liberty and prop erty guaranteed by the consultation. ,"
 The above principles are recognized in the case of Curran vs Galen, 152 N. I. Reports, Page 37.
 The courts of Ohio and Illinois have had occasion recently to pass upon similar questions, and their decisions are along the line of New York cases. It will be observed, that while the decision quoted from as above is now the law of New York state, it was rendered by divided court; showing that the judges comprising the very tribunal which alone has power to de- eide, differ in opinion concerning the constitutionality of tho act under dis cussion.
 There is nothing repugnant in, a law regulating the hours of employment, and we have already upon the statute book an s'eight-hour law" tho COZ stitutionality of which has never been challenged It provides that seight hours of labor performed in any ono day by any one person, shall, be a legal days work, unless otherwise agreed General Statutes, Sec.I, 146. There is, however, no discrimination in the above act and no attempt to regulate the price of. labor in advance. and I assume, though without definite ly Knowing, that your honorable body may have had difficulty with these features in which the proposed law differs from the present one. For this reason have quoted from the highest tribunals. and given large extracts from their decisions upon similar ques1 tions.
 lIn conclusion. therefore, repeat that while no authority can ultimatei ly determine the validity of the act in question, save the supreme court, it is apparent that the proposed law is open to objection along the lines indicated in the decisions above quoted, and that the same or similar provisions have in other statutes been pronounced unconstitutional x.
 CHARLES PHELPS, x Attorney General.