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The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-10-24

times Of 1897 and 1898. They have
nothing to say Of the millions who
had no income at all then and are
now receiving big wages. They do
not attempt to make comparisons
with conditions prevailing in the last
good times. They say nothing of the
man who had his wages reduced dur
ing hard times even more than the
cost of living was reduced, and has
gained much more Since then than
the increase in the cost of living.
Chairman Griggs of the national
democratic congressional committee
has even gone SO far as to say that
the increase of prices since 1897 must
be from 10 to 100 per cent. This is
absurd. The best general statement
is that the cost of living since 1897
has increased Is or 20 per cent. In
Minneapolis the cost of food, as
shown by indisputable figures printed
in Saturdays Journal, has increased
about FL per cent over 1897. But
clothing is just about as cheap as 1t
was in the years when most men had
little money and many had none.
Moreover, in the same connection it
was shown that wages, measured by
food-cost, have more than kept pace
with advancing prices, since the work
man has today a larger surplus after
buying a years supply of food than he
had during the hard times, and then
it is granted that he worked full time
during the bad years, whereas he real
ly was idle much of the time.
AS an illustration of how little re-
lance a be placed on Mr.. Griggs'
figures, it may be stated that he is
responsible for the publication of a
miners f%ood-price list, in which it
is stated hat flour cost $3.50 per bar
rel in 1898 and $4.2S per barrel in
1902. OF course a West Virginia min
er may at times have to pay a little
more for -four than we do in Min.
neapolis, but here -four sells today
for $4.28 a barrel as against $3.50 in
1898. In other words, in this high
priced era -four is $1.32 a barrel less
than in 1898.
Every one realizes that for the
man with a fixed income and assured
employment, so-called bad times are
better than good times, unless his
bank fails. But these persons are
relatively few. All can recall how
wages and salaries were hammered
and how hundreds of thousands of
hitherto prosperous men were reduc-
ed to poverty and beggary.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-10-24

OF course, the Standard does not
wish to be understood as having any
other object in view than to give prop
er recognition to the a entitled to
it's consideration, still it is a remark
able coincidence that just when Sen,
ator Clark is taking the stump and
telling the voters what he did in the
direction of making an eight hour
law possible. it should devote it's lead
ing editorial to a long delayed effort
to give credit to the only and original,
genuine, Observation-Disclosures
eight-hour father. In its W peculiar
manner the Standard says that the
gentleman to whom it refers as long
as six months before Messrs. Clark
and Heinze hired the Butte opera
house for the purpose OF holding a
meeting at which to declare their in
tention OF shortening the working
days OF their employees the patriot it
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-10-24

Leopold may be even worse than his
critics picture him, but it is a safe
assumption that should he carry out
his proclaimed intention and visit the
United States, the smart set of the
east would fairly fall over one an,
other to truckle to the old roue and
load him down with attention and
adulation, while they would put the
dog on a plain American citizen with
the same %unsavory reputation should
he dare to even look across their
fences, much less attempt to enter
their homes.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-10-24
REASON FOR REGISTERING.

Baltimore American: If good gov
eminent is ever secured it will be
vote. Good citizens cannot delegate
their power with instructions that it
shall be used in a strictly conscienti-
u manner.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-10-24

A vote for J. Morgan Evans is a
vote to take the tariff eff wool and re-
the Canadian fockmaster out and en-
ables his competitor on this side of
the line to get the present high prices
for his product.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-10-24
GRIGGS' BAD

Minneapolis Journal: The demo-
Gratis are doing their best to win votes
for congressman by making it appear
that these are really hard times for
the wage-earner. For this purpose
they address themselves particularly
to wage or salary who are
receiving the same pay as in the hard
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-10-24
THEIR RESEMBLANCE.

Chicago Tribune: Mr.. Bryan, after
all, has some reason to consider him
self the democratic Moses. 1t will he
remembered that Moses led the chill
dren of Israel into the wilderness, but
he didn't lead them into the land of
Canaan.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-10-24

With Holloway on the bench the SUI
preme court of Montana would sus-
tain its present enviable reputation
for honesty, fairness. incorruptibility
and high learning.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-10-24

Although trite, the declaration that
unless you register you cannot vote
has lost none of it's force or truthful
ness.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-10-24
AND NOT LETTING UP.

Washington Post: For a a who
was supposed to be the steady COM
pany of the trusts Mr.. Knox manages
to hand them out some rather hard
knocks.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-10-24

has in mind did the same thing for
those who were working for him and
that he did it, too, when he was not a
candidate for office and did not adj
vertise the fact Of his generosity in
the newspapers.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-10-24
Sheep Lost

500 sheep lost between Glasgow and
Mccormack Springs, branded L with
black paint on hip. 25 cents per head
will be paid for information leading to
the recovery ofany of said sheep.
Address, ]. b. Long, Great Falls,
Mont. sw-5O-9
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-10-24
FRIDAY, OCTOBER "a, 1902.

After all, it is a matter of princi-
pies, not men. Therefore, vote the
republican ticket.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-10-24


The difference between republican
and democratic methods of campaign
ing lies in the fact that the former
are confined strictly to the discus
sion of principles and issues, while
the other side makes a war on some
men because of their personality and
lauds others for the same reason. Sim
ply because a certain nan bears the
somewhat equivocal distinction of be-
ing a good fellow democrats ask
people to vote for him. On the other
hand, the republicans ask support for
their candidate on the ground of the
principles he represents and the
cause in which he is enlisted.
The age-herald., 1902-05-03
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
 AND ELSEWHERE
Hill for President.

'I was never a partisan of D. B. Hill, but think now that he would make the strongest Democratic candidate for l904 said an Alabama Democrat who has long taken an interest in politics. Dan La monts name has been suggested but 1 feel sure that the former secretary or War will not enter the race. Lamont has the respect of everybody and no one doubts his ability. Moreover he IS said to be a man of rare personal charm, which would add to his popularity as standard bearer. But he is vice presi- dent of a great railroad and Is reputed to be worth millions. His wealth and cor poration connections would certainly be used against him on the stump.
 Lamont is a practical fellow and has keen insight into things. He would not run for any office unless he was sure Of winning. He will let well enough alone and keep out of politics.
 Hill is the man, provided, Of course, he makes a successful fight for the gov ernorship this year. The forces that were behind Grover Cleveland in 1892 could see no good in Hill. On the contrary Cleveland men denounced Hill with ex- treme bitterness. Well, the old animosi- ties have passed away There Is not, it seems a Democrat in New York today but who would be glad to vote for the Sage of Woolfert's Roost."
The age-herald., 1902-05-03
OIeomarqarine CoIored at Home.

The oleomargarine bill Is a law, and all material colored so as to re- semble butter Is to be taxed ten cents pound. But this provision does not extend to the retailer, who may buy the stuff in a form as white as the driven snow and insert the coloring matter on the spot Local use of col bring matter may thus become a widespread art As all butter is col ored there are many who understand the art already.
 The oleomargarine industry is a large one, and it does not seem to be disturbed by the passage of the new bill. The census shows that the num- Der of plants was doubled and their capital trebled in the last ten years. It is too large an industry to be crushed out speedily. They cannot, of course, pay tax of ten cents pound and sell their product at reasonable price, although butter has been advanced nearly ten cents since the passage of the bill became prob able.
 The truth Is, coloring matter is put in all butter and oleomargarine is as wholesome in material and as cleanly in preparation as butter is. If there were butter enough made to meet the demands of consumers the tax would not be so onerous, but as things stand the masses must pay heavy tax for the benefit of special class, or color their oleomargarine at home. The latter is the more probable out come
The age-herald., 1902-05-03
GET A MILK SNAKE FOR A PET.

"A milk snake came into my back yard the other day." said a man from the country. "and much to my sorrow and indignation my hired man grabbed club and killed 1t.
 of people who live where the milk snake abides only knew the possio---.'es of that mild hammered, doci1e creature, they would not try to kill every speci- men of the species they met. The milk snake would become a great deal more useful and give more pleasure as pet than a house cat, If people only would give it the chance. Mice and rats w-.l soon hunt for other quarters If you let a milk snake introduce itself into your household and leave 1t to its own meth oths and your baby would cease crying if you had a milk snake to amuse 1t.
 We once let one of these snakes re- ain undisturbed in our house, into which 1t had cone timidly, but confidently, one day. md 1t be- came so tame that it would drink milk out of cup held in the hands of any member of the family, and was plainly pleased when it was stroked or fondled. It was an excellent mouser, and our old cat got to be so jealous of tho snake that he would hump hls back and spit and swear outrageously whenever we petted it or even praised 1t.
 "The snake made all sorts of over lures and attempts to be friends with the cat but the cat wouldn't have 1t, and I always thought that 1t was the cat that at last made away wi-h the snake, al- though my folks said 1t was a strange dog that did the deed. I found him in the back yard one day, dead and badly mangled, and there was great grief in the household over his taking off.'
The age-herald., 1902-05-03
Bankruptcy Law Amendments,

Several very important amend ments are proposed to the present bankruptcy law, which no one in Congress proposes to repeal, although it has been greatly abused. It's opera tion has in the main been beneficial in spite of misuse in occasional dis tricts, and Alabama is one of the few States that have overworked the law.
 One of the amendments now pend ing in Congress relates to the efforts of fraudulent bankrupts in cheating their creditors. At present certain acts are bar to discharge if com mitted "in contemplation of bank ruptcy," and in the pending bill it Is declared that a bankrupt shall not be discharged if it can be shown that he had in mind insolvency and com mitted acts for the purpose of de- frauding creditors.
 Besides, the pending bill refuses a discharge when property is obtained on credit on materially false state ments; when there has been fraud ulent transfer of property; when a ,.scharge had been obtained in less than six years; when there has been disobedience of a lawful order of the court. A wife is to be examined as to transactions in which she is or has been a party.
 None of these amendments affect the discharge of an unfortunate but honest bankrupt-none of them lessen the efficiency of the law, and there is no reason why the pending bill should not be speedily passed. None of the amendments will hinder the re- mobilization of man who had be-
The age-herald., 1902-05-03
ARCTIC TRIP ABANDONED.

From the Chicago Inter-Ocean.
 Baron Toll, the arctic explorer Is spending the winter on his ship Sarja in a bay of the island Kotelnoi. one of the large New Siberia islands. The plan was for him to return home after completing his work, by Behring strait. repeating Nordenskiold's voyage along the entire north coast of Asia. He would need how ever, large supply of coal to continue his voyage. and the cost of sending 1t to him, thousands of miles through the ice sea. would be very great. The Russian academy has therefore decided not to carry out the original plan, but has sent word to Baron Toll to land at the Lena delta next spring, leaving his ship in the New Siberia islands, and make his way south to Irkutsk, where his party may take the Siberian railroad home.
 His ship is a staunch one, well fitted for arctic work The fact that so good a ship is to be left to the mercy of the ele- ments on the shore of a bleak arctic is- land is an eloquent commentary upon the formidable difficulties that confront the navigator in those inhospitable waters.
 A letter has been received from MT. A. Birula, the zoologist and botanist of the expedition, giving some further particu- lars with regard to the vain search last summer for the mysterious Sannikoff Land. It appears that the Sarja sailed four times over the place where the is- land is supposed to be and not speck of land could be Seen anywhere. Sannikoff Land is now likely to disappear from the maps. The experience of the Jeannette and Nansen expeditions afford very slight basis for expectation that any more i'm portnnt land masses will be discovered in the Arctic ocean north of Asia
The age-herald., 1902-05-03
Virginia Club.

"Virginians are found in large numbers in every city and in most cities as large as Birmingham Virginia clubs are found" remarked a prominent citizen who was born in the old Dominion. Atlanta has flourishing Virginia Club and there are not less that 15O Virginians in this city who would be wonderfully congenial in bunch around the social board.
 q learn that an organization will be effected next fall It was the purpose of several Virginians to entertain General Fitzhugh Lee at banquet this week One of them wrote to the distinguished soldier to know whether 1t would suit him best to attend the banquet Thurs day night after the lecture or on the next day. He replied laconicslly Don't want any banquet
 Had not the general declined the pro- posed honor a Virginia Club would have .een formed before the comp pany dis persed."
The age-herald., 1902-05-03
THERE MUST BE A PRIMARY.

From the Abbeville Times.
 It is the general opinion of the people of this country that, notwithstanding the strong appeals made by the press and people all over the State for a primary, that the State executive committee for reasons best known to itself, will order a convention. Woe be the Democratic party should this course be pursued. The peo- pie are determined to have honest elec- tions, now that the negro is out of the way. and if the committee turns them down on their demand for a primary mark this, they will have one anyway. There is no better way to conduct an honest election than for each white man to cast his vote as he p1eases and have 1t counted In the honest primary way and the people are going to have 1t this way regardless of the executive committee or any other power. Political schemers backed up by a fraudulent negro vote. have controlled the politics of this State long enough, and the people will raise h-lI' before they will tolerate 1t any further. They have been promised hon. est elections and white man rule, and they will have 1t.
The age-herald., 1902-05-03
CRUMBS FROM KANSAS.

From the Atchison Globe.
 When you abuse any one and your lis tener says nothing when you get through how flat you feel
 Ever notice how ornery an Indian looks Ever see an Indian yawn? An Indians yaRn is the laziest on earth.
 Old maids like to see their nephews grow up int % fine looking young men, so they can make the girls jealous by kiss ing them.
 It is too bad that in this craze to beat re cords a man doesn't try to buy his wife handsomer dresses than her father ever gave her.
 When a man buys a cigar, he isn't good husband if he isn't reminded by his conscience what the money would have bought for his wife.
 SsHving wood is better exercise than golf. and you can get dollar a cord for sawdng wood. Still golf. which you work at frr nothing is the more popular.
 An. Atchison man once found a s5 bill and has spent hundred dollars worth of time since in looking for another one. Good. luck Is often sxpensivs in u,e saA
The age-herald., 1902-05-03
INTERESTED IN JOURNALISM.
Andrew Carnegie Says He May Pur
 chase Several Newspapers.

New York-Just before Andrew Car negie started for Europe today in the St. Louis, he told the group of news paper men about him he had serious ii- tentions of buying several newspapers In this country, and he considered 1t most interesting field
 "Of course" he said, "there is nothing certain about It. but, as 1t looks now, may buy up a lot of newspapers some day. I do not know any harder working men than those connected with the press' and I would like to do something Tor them. I have had the matter of purchas- ing in my mind for some time, and am very much interested in journalism
The age-herald., 1902-05-03
Orthodoxy in New Jersey

TEe application of two young men before a presbytery in New Jersey for license to preach, has been de- cided affirmatively. They have been licensed to preach in the Presbyte- rian church, although they frankly confessed that they accepted the doc Urine of evolution, believing the story of Adam and Eve to be allegorical in stead of historical. It follows, then, of course, that the old doctrine in the couplet,
 In Adams fall
 We snned all,
 must in their minds at least be some what modified.
 One of the applicants was equal to the occasion. He stated that while he believed Adam and Eve, consider ed as progenitors of the entire human race which had inherited the guilt of their original sin to be mythical per sonages, he also believed that Adam and Eve were types of man in his nat urally sinful state and allegorical fig ures by which the writer of Genesis, under divine inspiration, put before the world the truth that all men must rise above their natural selves in order to secure salvation. Thus the position of the Christian church is not greatly altered, especially in view of the fact that the two young men declared that they did not in- tend to obtrude unnecessarily their views as to the origin of the species upon those who might come to hear them.
 Goldwin Smith, in letter to the New York Sun, suggests that the best solution of the time consists in pledg- ing a young preacher "to preach what in his conscience he believes to be the truth" and this is just about what the New Jersey presbytery did, and it is just about all that the pres ent stage of scientific inquiry admits of. The man who can steer the churches over the shoals that science and modern thought have created is indeed a navigator of rare skill, and perhaps Goldwin Smith has named the only practicable test.
The age-herald., 1902-05-03
STRAWBERRIES SELL WELL.

From the Evergreen Courant.
 The carload of strawberries shipped by Evergreen and Castleberry growers to Pittsburg last week, sold for $4 to ss per crate. This was a fine price and the shippers at both places are highly pleased with the results.
 Another carload was shipped yesterday. Berries are ripening rapidly and are be- ing rushed on the market. Some persons who were forced to ship by express re- ceived returns of $4.25 net per crate. While this is a good price yet a much better price could have been obtained by shipping in car lots.
 The importance of growing strawber- ries more extensively has been very clearly demonstrated this season. If sufficient quantity were raised here to ship carload every day, or even every other day, the profits to the producers would be much greater The Gar shipped to Pittsburg contained 414 crates and netted the shippers something over s2OOO for the car.
 The street buyers are paying $2 50 to 8 per crate on the platform here. Besides strawberries and English peas, which arc now being pushed on the market as rap~ idly as possible, there is quite a largo acreage in beans, canteloupes, cucume bers, tomatoes, squashes, etc.. and th5 shipping of these products will continue uninterrupted for at least two months. U Is estimated that there are one hundred acres in truck in the vicinity of Ever green. Put the yield of this land at $150 per acre, which Is very conservative estimate, many farmers having hereto fore realized as much as $25O per acre. 1t can readily be seen that the trucking industry will bring to Evergreen this season something like $150,000, which will go through the channels of trade here.
 The markets are open for all the fruits and vegetables that truckers and farmers can produce. and at the most remunerative prices. Such products are almost as staple as cotton. and many times over more profitable. Next year will witness wonderfully increased in- terest in this industry, and in a few years every available spot of ground near Evergreen will be cultivated in some sort of truck. Evergreen farmers can grow rich by supplying the northern markets with fruits and vereta hIes
The age-herald., 1902-05-03
BEAUTY.
| Waldo Emerson.

By Ralph Waldo Emerson.
 Was never form and never face So sweet to Seyd as only grace Which did not slumber like a stone. But hovered gleaming and was gone. Beauty chased he everywhere. In flame in storm, in clouds of air. He smote the lake to feed his eye With the beryl beam of the broken wave, He flung in pebbles well to hear The moments music which they gave. Oft pealed for him a lofty tone
 From nodding pole and belting zone. He heard a voice none else can hear From cent and from errant sphere The qualking earth did quake in rhyme, Seas ebbed and flowed in epic chime. In dens of passion and pits of woe, He saw strong Eros struggle through, To sun the dark and solve the curse, And beam to the bounds of the universe While thus to love he gave his days In loyal worship, scorning praise How spread their lures for him in vain Tnicv.ng Ambition and faltcrng Ga.ni He thought It happier to be dead, To die for Beauty than live for bread,