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Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1902-12-09
PrOdigalisy or Panic. or Both

The trust monopolists and the tariff
protectees. who are for the most part
the same persons, were scluewnSt
alarmed at the Presidents utterances
a while ago.
They feared he was unsafe; that he
would lead a strenuous movement for
antitrust legislation and tariff reduc-
ton. They were indisposed to contribute
to the Republican Congressional cam
paign fund until they received satisfac-
tory assurances.
1t is now coming to light that they re-
ceived the assurances. They no longer
regard the President as dangerous.
They find he Is as strenuous as Aldrich
or DaIzell or Henderson against any
serious meddling with the sacred Ding
ley schedules. He is ready TO join them
in any scheme to throttle the recalci-
trant Republicans of the West until the
party gets another lease Of power with
the Dingleyites and the trust attorneys
still in the saddle.
The word has gone forth that on no
account is the tariff to be touched at
any point In order to keep the Repub-
Iican party In power the Government is
to go on collecting from hundred to a
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1902-12-09
THE IsTHMIAN CANAL.
Will Be the Greatest Engineering Feat
Yet Accom- nj ished


The Congress has wisely provided that we
shall build at once an isthmian canal II
possible at Panama. The Attorney General
reports that we can undoubtedly acquire
good title from the French Panama Canal
Company. Negotiations are now pending
with Colombia to secure her assent to our
building the canal. This canal will be one
Of the greatest engineering feats Of the
twentieth century; greater engineering
feat than has yet been accomplished dur
ing the history of mankind. The work
should be carried out as continuing policy
without regard to change of inistration:
and 1t should be begun under circum-
stances which will make 1t q matter Of
pride for all administrations TO continue
the policy.
The canal viii be Of great benefit to
America, and of Importance to all the
world. II will be of advantage to us in
dustrially and also as improving our mill
the countries Of tropical america. It is
earnestly to be Loped that all of these
countries will do as some of them have al
ready done with signal success, and will
Invite to their shores commerce by recog-
nizing that stability and order are the pre-.
requisites Of successful development
A Pacific Cable.
During the fall of 1901 a communication
was addressed to the SECRETARY of State,
asking whether permission would be grant
ed by the President to a corporation to lay
a cable from point on the California coast
to the Philippine Islnds by way of Hawaii.
statement of conditions or terms upon
which such corporation would undertake
to lay and operate cable was volunteered.
The Congress adjourned without taking any
action, leaving the matter in exactly the
same condition In which Ii stood when the
Congress convened.
Meanwhile the Commercial Pacific Cable
Company had proceeded with preparations
for laying Its cable. 1t also made applica-
tion to the President for access to and use
Of soundlngs taken by the United States
steamer Nero, for the purpose of discover
ing a practicable route for a trans Pacific
cable. Pending consideration of this sub
ject, 1t appeared important and desirable to
attach certain conditions to the permission
to examine and use the soundings, If IL
should be granted. These conditions pre-
scribed, among other things, a maximum
rate for commercial messages and that the
company should construct a line from the
Philippine Islands to China, there being
at present, is well known, British line
from Manila to Hong Kong.
The representatives of the cable company
have, however, at length acceded to these
conditions, and an all-American line be-
tween our Pacific coast and the Chinese
empire by way of Honolulu and the Philip
pine Islands Is thus provided for and Is
expected within few months to be ready
for business.
Porto Rico Is Prosperous.
OF Porto Rico 1t Is only necessary to say
that the prosperity of the island and the
wisdom with which 1t has been governed
have been such as to make 1t serve as an
example of all that is best In insular ad
ministration.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1902-12-09

$601 ,442, 600 1t is estimated that all
of the listed stocks, with a face value
of $7,314, 421, 100 declined in value be-
tween 500, 100000 and $SOO,O00,000.
1t would have been easy to account
for this great shrinkage had there been
a Demccratic victory on Nov. 4. II
would certainly have been charged to
the wicked Democrats who are bent on
running the country. and whose com
ing victory cast its shadow in adj
vance.
Thousands of editors have jumped
at the chance to blame tile party of
adversely. They are now at loss to
account for this great slump. Not only
will the Republicans have the next
House by safe majority, but big
crops, and the settlement of the coal
and other great strikes assure us peace
and prosperity for some time to come.
What, then, caused the slump?
As most of the shrinkage occurred
after the election, it cannot possibly be
charged to the Democrats. 1t is up to
the Republican philosophers to concoct
a plausible explanation for this lack of
confidence in the G. o. r.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1902-12-09

Ii is understood that President
Roosevelt brought the coal trust opera
tors to agree 10 ''the commission" by
the threat of proceedings against them
under the interstate and antitrust
statutes. AS the price of coal has been
advanced by the trust. in spite of the
Staying of the strike, much beyond the
price in former years, the administra-
ton would seem to be responsible for
the high price, if no steps are taken TO
bring the trust to time If their fear
of the threat of the President was suffl-
cient 10 make them agree to allow a
commission to be appointed. the same
power could force the trust to stop
bleeding the public by the high price of
coal
Neither President Roosevelt nor the
coal trust operators need think that the
coal consumers will be satisfied until
they are furnished coal at reasonable
price.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1902-12-09
PRESIDENT ROOsEyELTS MESSAGE.
Observation-Disclosures oococoooooooooocooo

To the Senate and House Of Repre-
stntatives We still continue in a PERIOD
of nnbouuded prosperity. This prosperity
is not the creature of law, but undouot-
edly the laws under which we work nave
haen fnstromantai in creating the c0ndi-
tions which made it possible, ana oy IN
wise legislation IT would be easy enough
70 destroy If. There will undoubtedly be
ner;cds of depression The wave will re-
cede huf ~, ,de will advance.
Aa peopIe we have played large
nart IN the world, AID we are bent upon
making our future e-en larger than the
nast In particular. the events OF the
last four years have definitely decided
that. for woe OF for veal, our place must
be great among tie nations. We do not
shrink from the struggle before US. 1here
are many problems for us to face at the
outset of the twentieth century--graVe
problems sbroad and still graver at holae
but sye know that we can solve thehl anu
solve thea well, provided only ina. We
bring to the solution the qualities OIL heau
ard heart which were shown Dy the liie''
VINO, in the days OF Washington, i"unu,
ed this government and. III tne oaSS VI
Lincoln. preserved 1t.
NC country mas ever
plane of material well-being than ours
at the present moment. This weii-Deihs
is due to no Sudden or accidental causes
hut to the play of the economic forces
in this country for over a century 20 our
laws, our sustained and continuous poii
cies: above all. to the high indiyiduai aV'
erage OF orr citizenship. OF course, when
the conditions have favored the growth
of so much that was good, they have also
favored somewhat the growth OF Whal
was eviL 1t is eminently necessary ihal
we should endeayor to cut out TINS evil
but SIT us keep due sense OF proportion
lot us not in fixing our gaze upon the
lesser evil forget the greater good IN.
evils are real and some Of them are men,
aeing, but they are the outgrowth, not OF
misery or decadence. but of prosperity
of the progress OF our gigantic industrial
<evelopment This industrial develop
Inent must not be checked. but side bS
side with It should go such progressive
regulation as will diminish the evils we
should fail in our duty if we did not try
to remedy the evils. but we shall succeed
only if we proceed patiently. WITH prac
tical common sense as well as resolution
separating the good from the bad anc
holding OF the former while endeaVorinl
TO get rid Of the latter.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1902-12-09

Three burglars entered the Parry &
Emery Hotel at Cambria through the
front door, which they opened with a
skeleton key. Frank Parry. the clerk,
who was sleeping, was awakened by the
noise. He rushed out and grappled with
one of the men, who drew a revolver and
fired three shots, one taking effect in
Parry's right foot The other two ran.
Finding that one of the group was miss
ing, one of them returned and leveled a
revolver at Parry's head and told him
to let free the man he was holding or
he would blow out his brains. AS Parry
was unarmed he submitted. The men
went south from town, and have not
been caught. They are unknown.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1902-12-09
CAPITAL AND LABOR.
Interest of Each Must Harnonizc with
Interest of the Public.

Interest of Each Must Harmonizc with
Interest of the Public.
How to secure fair treatment allke FOR
labor aud for capital. how to hold In check
the INSCRIPTIONS man. whether employer or
employee. without weakening Individual
initiative. without hamperng and cramp-
Ing the Industrial development of the coun-
try. Is a problem fraught with great diff
cultieS Snd one which il Is of the highest
Importance TO solve on lines Of sanity and
far-slgbted common sense as well as of
devotion TO the right This Is an era of
federation ana combination. Exactly as
business men hnd they must ofIen work
through corporations, and as It is con
slant tendency OF these corporations To
grow larger. II Is often necessary for
lahOring men 10 work In federattoas. and
these have become important factors Of
modern industrial life.
Both kinds Of federation. capital1Stic and
labor. can do much good, and as a neces-
sary corollary they can both 20 evil OPP.
position to each Kind Of organization should
take the form OF opposition 10 whatever Is
bad In the conduct OF any given corpora
ton or union--net Of attacks upon corpora
tons as such nor upon unions as such, for
some OF the most far-feacaing behencens
work for our people has been accomplished
through both corporations ard unions Each
must refrain from arbitrary or tyTannous
interference with the rights of Others. Or
canixed capital and organized lahor alike
shesld remember that 10 the long run she
interest ~ each must he brought into hnr-
nony with the interest OF the general pub
lie: and the conduct Of each must c9nform
10 the fundamental rules OF obedience TO
the law. OF Individual freedom, and OF JUS
tice aud fair dealing toward all Each
should remember that In addition 70 power
II must strive after the realization OF
healthy, lofty. aud generous Ideals.
Every employer, every wage worker. must
be guaranteed his liberty and bis right 20
do as he likes with his property or bis la
Dor so long as he does not Infringe upon
the rights OF Others. All that We have =
right TO ask Of any man. rich or poor. what
ever his creed his occupation, his birth
Mace or his residence. Ia thIe he shall act
well and honerGely By his nsigAbor snd by
his country.
We are neither for the rich man as such
nor for the poor msn as such: we are for
the upright man- rich or poor. SO far as
the constitutional powers OF the national
government touch these matters Of general
and vital moment to the natiOn. they should
be exercised In conformity with the princs-
pies above set forth.
A Secretary of Commerce.
lie Is earnestly hoped that SecresAry Of
Commerce may Be created. with seat Ia
she cabinet. The rapid multiplication Of
aue<tions Affecting labor and .spital. the
erowth and completely az the organizations
through which both labor and cSpitai nos
ana cxpresSion1 the steady tendency toward
fhe employment Of capital In huge corpora-
Hons. aud the wonderful strisies OF this
country toward leadership in the fxterna-
sionsl business world tnssify an urgent de-
rn2nd for the creation 81 such posa ton
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1902-12-09
Coal in Pepin County.

Deposits of coal of good quality have
been discovered ON farm eight miles
east of Durand. The find was made dur
ing drilling for artesian water on the
farm of Anton ScnHe. The vein is thirty
feet thick and lies 600 feet below the
surface. Experts from Minneapolis vis-
tied the farm and pronounced the sub
stance taken out as genuine. Pieces TAX
en- out in the slush bucket while drilling
were used in forge and burned as well
as the other coal being used.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1902-12-09

worse than idle to assert it unless we IN.
tended q back 1t up. and It can be backed
up on ef a thorough good navy
More Sail Needed.
Each Individual unit Of our navy should
be the most efficient of its kind as regards
both material and personnel that is TO be
found In the world. ! cali your special at
tenfion to the need of providing for the
manning of the ships. Serious trouble
threatens US II we cannot do better than we
are now doing as regards securing the sery-
Ices of sufficient number Of the highest
type OF sailornen, of sea mechanics. NE
need a thousand additional officers IN ordsr
to properly man the chips now provided
for and under construction. The classes
at the naval school at Annapolis should
be greatly enlarged. 1T the same time that
we thus add the ofiice.s where we need
them, we should facilitate the retirement
Of those at the head of the IisI .ssose use
fuiness has become impaired Promotion
must be, fostered IL the service is to be kept
efficient.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1902-12-09
The Coal strike.

1t is persstently reiterated by the
New York Commercial. one of the or
gans Of the coal barons, that the Min
ers' Union viii not be recognized IN
the strike arbitration. As this is one
OF the principal issues between the
cosi opera tors and the miners. a CORE
span1ent says. the prospect that the
strike may break out afresh Is far from
unlikely The truce effected by both
parties agreeing to arbitrate their DIFF
ferences before tine commission" was
brought about by President Roosevelt,
aideI by public opinion that had deeid-
ed against the operators THE com
MISSION" is but a makeshift with Do
legal leg to stand on. there being no
federal law authorizing any such court
The parties TO the strike cannot be
made to abide by any decision the
commission" may render. and the coal
barons are insistent that they win not
submit to treat with the miners as
national organization. or with any Off
Ger or attorney that represents them.
who Is not himself an actual workman
IN the mines
Mr. Mitchell has called attention 70
the fact thai The coal operators and
the coal railroads are an interstate or
ganizatS0n on the same plane as the
miners organization. and. II the one IS
recognized. there Is no good reason
why the other should not be.
As either the coal trust or The miners
are sure to be dissatisfied with the de-
cision of the arbitrators. AMI neither
are legally bound by any decision they
may render. the dear public who burn
hard coal would do wen 70 lay in their
winter stock az the first opportunity.
for the strike may break out ia fresh
place with less chance Of settlement
There being no national electioIs anti
1904. President Roosevelt and the phi
ticians win not De so interested In the
distress OF the miners. OF OF the people.
and another long drawn out fight in the
anthracite coal fields may be n pros
pect
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1902-12-09
Nearly Murdered nv Tramns

Frank Bartel and Fred Schultz of La
non were nearly murdered by two
tramps. The two entreed box car in
tending to steal a ride to Marshfeld,
where they were going to work. They
discovered two tramps in the car after
the train was in motion. They jumped
on the men from behind and pounded
them with such force that they lost con-
seriousness. When the men recovered
they found that the tramps were gone
and SIS had evidently gone with them.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1902-12-09
ALL OVER THE STATE
ITEMS OF INTEREST IN BADGER
DOM.
Fonrteen Hunters Killed During Open
Season Islanders Burn House at
kenosha- Hotel Clerk Shot by Bur.
glar-Fortune for Postal Clerk.

The fatalities among the hunters wh,,
have been in the woods of northern Wis
cOnsin and the upper peninsula of Michi-
gan during the open season of twenty
days which closed the other night have
been about the same in numbers as the
ports showed last year and in 1900. The
number Of deer killed in Wisconsin has
been less than last year. according to the
reports of the game wardens, who keep
a perfect record. The actual number
viii not be known for several days. baF
tn" chief game warden says about 1000
carcasses had been shipped up. In 1901
10000 licenses We're issued, while tlis
season 61,000 were issued. A list of the
dead and wounded hunters places the
number of killed at fourteen; injured re,
riously, twenty-one.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1902-12-09
hundred and fifty millions year more
than is needed for public purposes.

than is needed for public purposes.
In order to save the monopolists from
any loss of the privileges and spoils
they now enjoy under the tariff laws
all this money must either be disposed
of by prodigal appropriations or locked
up in the treasury-first to produce
stringency and then to be liberated by
questionable expedients.
To squander the money by giving 1t
to ship owners or otherwise will be dan
gerous to the party. 1t is hardly to be
supposed that the people will reward
a party which takes from them hun
dreds of millions to be wasted or used
for the enrichment of individuals.
To lock up the money is hardly less
dangerous to the party and it Is far
more dangerous to the public. 1t nee
essarily means imitation, because the
money taken out of circulation is re-
placed by importation and increased
coinage. and when at last the locked-up
money is LET loose, as it must be, there
is just so much imitation.
This process can end only In disaster.
1t feeds the fires of speculation, initiates
prices, leads to unsafe practices in
banking, and at the end of the road
lies panic and industrial paralysis.
Yet the Republican leaders persist in
a policy which must end either in reck-
less and demoralizing public expendi-
ture or in panic and prostration and dis
of the protectees and the trusts.
They may find that taking care of
these precious and prosperous pets of
theirs will lead to their political down
fall.
1t is evident that the tariff has the
country by the throat. 1t must be made
to let go.-Chlcago Chronicle.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1902-12-09
Mail CIerk Given Fortune.

c. A. Anderson, a railway mail clerk
of Kenosha, has been given a valuable
piece of property near Hannibal, Mo-,
said to contain quarry of photographers
stone. He has declined an offer of $780,
600 for it. The original owner of the
property bequeathed it to former Gov
ernor of New York, who died before he
visited his legacy. The widow offered
Anderson, who is related to the family,
half interest to develop the quarries.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1902-12-09
Incendiaries Dance at Fire,

The home of Isaac Denton on Wash
ington Island at Kenosha was destroyed
by an incendiary FIRE started by the peo-
pie of the island. A few days ago Denton
left the house and while he was gone
the islanders decided it should be burned
meeting was held and men armed with
torches and kerosene went down to the
river front and, covering the house with
oil, applied the torch. When the IRE de-
partment arrived the islanders were
dancing around the burning building and
singing. The house was erected ten
years ago as a club house and later was
given TO Denton to use as a home. No
arrests have been made.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1902-12-09
Road Gains bv the Raise.

The action of the Pennsylvania Rail-
road in raising wages on the express
ground that the cost of living has in
creased is a sharp contradiction of those
trust apelogists who deny that prices
have been advanced. The road has now
raised freight rates because it raised
wages, and will gain 81 for every 81
the increase in wages will cost it.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1902-12-09
Advocates of shin Subsidy.

The advocates of ship subsidy with
the near approach of the time for the
meeting of Congress are perking up a
little and getting ready to sing, but they
have lost their old-time strenuosity. The
organization of the great ship combine
had somewhat the effect cf knockout
drops upon the whole bevy of subsidy
songsters. Philadelphia Record.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1902-12-09
Murder at Milwaukee.

f. W. Ruel, who was shot and killed
in front of 1921 Cedar street, Milwaukee,
was employed in a bank at Waterrown.
At the time of the shooting Ruel was es-
corting Mrs. A. T.. Schisscr to her home
Both had attended theater. A. L,
Schissler, husband of Mrs. Schisslcr, was
arrested, charged with murder
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1902-12-09
Great slump in Values.

From Sept. s to Nov. II fifty-six rail
roads and eighteen Industrial stocks
I'll per cent of par value of all listed
on the New York Stock Exchange) de
elined an average of 1o& per cent. or
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1902-12-09
coNcgRNING THE TARIFFS.

FitfuI and Radical Changes Declared
Undesirable.
Stability Of economic policy must al
ways be the prime economic need OF this
country. This stability should not Be fos-
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1902-12-09
CUBAN RECIPROCITY.

Treaty with the I@iana Republic Soon
70 he Subusisted.
I hope Sooa 10 submit 70 tie SSEate
recinroclty treaty with Cuba. On MAY -
last tie Tnlsed States kept Its prosnise 10
the island hy forwsily vtc2tin< Cuern sol
and turnEHg Cuba over ID those wAam her
own people had eho<en SIS the nr'st officials
Of the new public
Cuba liz : A. cur aoors, and whatever az
fecks her for goed CT for III HHesis ~ also.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1902-12-09

The United States imports a million
holsters a yesr
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1902-12-09

There Is q growing tendency TO provide
for the publication OF masses of documents
for which there Il no public demand and
for the printing OF which there Is no real
necessity. Nothing should be printed by
anx Of the departments unless Il contains
something Of permanent valne. and the Cen
xress could with advantage cut down very
materially on all the printing which IL has
nov become customary TO provide.
Gratifying progress has been made dur
Tag the year In the extension of the merit
ernnenf service IL should be xtended By
law 10 the District OF Columbia IL Is
nuurh 10 be desired that cur consular system
be s-....Ss-.sss@h he'd by Law a basis providing
fr appointment and promotion only in coz
Sequence Of proved nrnesS
Addifious TO Presidents Residence.
Through a wise provision Ct the Congress
at its lsst session the white House. which
had become dis6gure. By homogeneous add
tons and cha 1ges. has nov been restored
10 what II was Planned 10 be by Washing
ton. IN making the restorationS the at
near as possible TO the early plans and TO
snpnleruent these plans by careful study
Of such buildings as that Of the University
Of sirxiniA. which was built BY jefferson
The Waite HOUSE = the property ct he "a
tsou The stately simplicity % its arwhl-
rn~fure IA an expression % the character Of
re perscd Ia which Il was bsiik. and Is In
aexord Eirh the purposes Il was designed
"a serve Il Is good thing 70 preS<Fxe
surn triIGtngs as historic monuments which
keep ilifve cur sense Of continuity With tbs
1 THEODORE RoosEfELr.