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Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1902-05-13
THE GROWTH OF TRUSTS.
In 1900 There Were 1873 Capitalized
at $500, 6I5, SOS.

One of the most important phases of
the present industrial era is the opera
tons of the commercial and manufac-
turing combinations, which have come
to be commonly known as trusts. Up to
the time of the census of 1900, there
were 1S3 of these combinations in the
United States, keeping in operation over
1000 manufacturing plants. Their total
capitalization was $3,569, 615, sos, and on
their pay rolls were the names OF about
$4,000 employees.
There is a prevailing but erroneous inn
preston that the operations of these mo-
nopolies restr' themselves largely to
the iron, stee and oil industries. There
is hardly an article Of trade, whether it
be a necessity or a Injury, which is not
contained in the output of some one OF
our trusts.
Among the more important pursuits of
these different combinations is the manu-
featuring of articles of food, in which,
branch alone there are twenty-three COM
binations engaged. There are twenty
nine liquor and beverage trusts. nine tex
tile combinations. eighteen lumber and
six leather combines. and nineteen COM
panies engaged in the manufacture Of
chemicals and their accessories. There
are seventeen trusts manufacturing clay,
glass, stone. cement and brick, five tobac-
co combinations. and six companies max
ing vehicles for transportation purposes.
The money invested in these enter
prises is, of course, enormous, and the
working and general management are
conducted On a mammoth scale. Notwith-
standing these facts the trust does not
hold as great prestige in the life of COM
merce as IS generally supposed. The
aggregate yield Of the manufactures of
these combinations is but little more than
one-tenth Of the total industrial output
of the United States.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1902-05-13

Contracts for diamonds new 5000
600 packing plant at the Chicago stock
yards have beer let.
Ex-tiov. ]. w. Ieedy cf Kansas was
elecsed Mayor ~ Valdez. Alaska, at the
recent municipal election
Tie Postmaster General has received a
conscience contribution Of $50. The post
marx was 50 indistinct that ii cannot be
read.
Willis +. Net Of Garrett, for many
years q mail clerk on the Southern Kan
sas branch Of the Santa Fe, between
Karsas City ana Wellington, was con-
yictad on three counts Of rObbing tie
mai, 10 the federal court in Topeka.
James Warren, an inmate Of tisr Mis-
souri, State asylum No. ?, logged at st.
Joseph committed suicide by hanging
himself to a window sill nth a sheet
taken from his bed. Warren waS from
DuIlap. and had been in ia. asylum just
a week.
A Mexico. Mo-. dispatch says that the
school teacher. Miss Dolly Griggsby, won
her case against u. 4. Haycraft. the
father Of the y9ing man she logged
The parent sued the teacher for 5000
for whipping bis child, and now he has
about $500 costs TO pay.
In order to encourage rowing among
the students OF the University OF Berlin.
in the manner this sport Is practiced in
American and English colleges, Emperor
William viii offer what is to be known
as Fthe EmBeroi's prize. Tor rowing
contests between the undergraduates OF
the university.
TIE royal arms over the door Of the
Mayors Office at Limerick, Ireland. have
disappeared. The arms had been a red
rag'g for the Nationaiists Of late. and the
Mayor, Mr.. Dals. wanted to remove
them The police have arrested Council
lor Joseph Ryan, a member OF the cor.
pora.tioa, in contraction with the occHGs
renee.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1902-05-13
MAY DAY STRIKES.
Twenty-Five Thousand Labor Men in
All Branches Walk Ont.


More than 2o,lsl0 wOrkmen in various
trades and in different SECTIONS of the
country laid down their tools on Nav |
and walked out pending settlement Of
their Grievances. In nearly every in
stance the strikes are the result of diff
ferences on the wage question. while
some are to force the bosses To recog-
nize the labor unions. The greatest
strike in the West is in Illinois, where
1000 miners quit work.
Many miners in the Chicago and Alton
and Springfield subdistricts of the Illi-
nois mining field are idle lis a result of
the failure of the unions and operators to
reach an agreement on several questions
left to the local unions for settlement
by the State conference at Peoria.
At Pittsburg May day was ushered
IN with strikes in most Of the building
trades for reduction in hours, more wages
and adjustment of trade conditions. 1t is
estimated that between 10000 and To-
OuO men are out. the trades involved be-
ing structural iron workers. carpenters,
bricklayers, sheet-metal workers. slate
and tile roofers. inside electric wire work
ers, portable and hosting engineers and
wood and metal fathers. The plumbers
strike was ayerted by the master plumb
ers signing the advanced scale. The
strikers viii tie up work on all the large
buildings in course of erection in the
Pennsylvania city.
1t IS estimated that more than 1000
skilled laborers are on strike at Buffalo.
Most of these arc carpenters. a few
structural iron workers and the rest
plumbers. Machinists and bendmen to
the number of 1.200 in dozen large
savfmillS and molding mills in Hudson
County. New Jersey. went on strike. The
men demanded uniform rate Of $3.50
Cor an eight-hour day, which was re-
fused. At Youngstown, Ohio. 1000 men
employed in the building trades went on
strike for an eight-hour day and increase
of wages, all efforts to settle their differ
ences with the contractors proving I'M
ayailing.
A dispatch from Russia filed on the
German frontier, announces that the la
Dor population of the whole district be-
tween Moscow and Vladimir, central
Russia, is in revolt. There have been
numerous encounters between the work
ingmen and the troops and many per-
sons have been killed or wounded. A
Uhian regiment, commanded by Col. Nor
osen, refused to act against the work
men.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1902-05-13
Currents Unjust1y Blamed for Man,
Recent CONGREGATIONS.

Currents UnjustIy Blamed for Many
Recent CONGREGATIONS.
Whenever a fire is started which re-
suits in financial loss its origin is
usually attributed to defective light or
power wires, providing of course cleo
trical conductors were to be found IN
the vicinity. The conflagration which
started on Feb. 9 in Paterson, n. j.,
and which destroyed some $SOOO,OOO
worth of property, was no exception to
the rule referred to above, says Elec-
tricity.
A number of daily papers immedi-
ately printed faring heads claiming
that the flames were started by defec-
tive wires. 1t was alleged that all the
trouble was caused by defective insula-
ton of an electric feed wire belonging
to the Jersey City, Hoboken and Pat
ernson Traction Company. After
more careful investigation is was de-
cided that electricity was not RESPONSE
BILE for the damage. David Young,
President of the trolley company,
made the statement that there was no
electric wiring at the end of the car
sheds where the fire was said to have
been first seen.
AS we have more than once stated IN
these columns. whenever fire starts
and consumes everything people are
too prone to lay the blame on defective
wiring. The board of fire underwriters
examine into the matter and if nothing
definite can be ascertained say: Put
it down to defective wiring. Thus
the reports issued by that body show
apparently an immense amount of dam
age done by electricity and insurance
rates consequently rise. We viii ven
ture to say that the electric current has
in the past been unjustly blamed for
many CONGREGATIONS when some other
cause should have been sought for.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1902-05-13
Grow Alfalfa.

Considerable has been said in this de-
partment in favor of alfalfa and the
prediction is now made that in less
than five years the farm where more or
less alfalfa is not grown viii be an ex-
ception TO the general rule. The only
possible objection that can be urged
against alfalfa is that it cannot be cut
for hay the first season after sowing
the seed. This is a silly objection, for
certainly one can afford 10 miss this cut
ting If thereby they establish a per-
manent meadow that may be cut, after
the first year, several times during the
season. 1t has been demonstrated that
the feeding value Of alfalfa is very
great, one authority claiming that ii a
feeding test 96 pounds of alfalfa gave
the same returns as 100 pounds OF
wheat bran.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1902-05-13

individual interest and year before his
death he placed valuation OF over So
000000 on that property. The residence
on the Lake Shore drive alone is worth
as much as the entire fortune Of some
Chicago millionaircS, the value of the
structure, its Furnishings and art treas.
ures being cstirnoted at $2,000,000. In
addition ne owned much valuable improv-
ed real estate in the downtown district
and on the North Side. He was interest
ed in several Chicago banks and a mum
Der Of business enterprises. lie invested
little outside OF Chicago. but a conserva-
tive estimate places the value OF the es
tate which he leaves Mt S20O00,O0O.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1902-05-13
Latest subdivision Of states.

The subdivision of the States Of the
Union used by the census bureau may
well supersede the older dividing lines
now in use, which place Ohio in the
middle West and Minnesota in the
Northwest. For census purposes the
States are divided primarily into At
lantie, central and western, the Atlantic
being separated into north md south at
Mason and Dixons line. The norSh cen
trail States cover the irregular triSngle
formed by Ohio, Kansas and North pa
kota, while the south certral includes
those States from Kentucky 10 Texas
The western division includes all the
States west OF Colorados eastern boun-
dairy
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1902-05-13

Sometimes for different reasons but
ter after It comes viii not gather read
ny. Neglecting 10 salt the cows regu-
larly viii sometimes produce this
effect. Keeping the milk or cream until
ii Is too old is a very common cause.
Sometimes TOO much wheat or barley
chop as a feed VIII be the cause.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1902-05-13
Better Crops, More Profit.

The indications are that farmers viii
do more reading and thinking this year
than ever before. The results wiz be
that they viii raise better crops and
make more profit. The tendency also
VIII be TO have better sustained prices,
the result Of the sltation and educa-
ton that are going on from several d.
rorssnrz
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1902-05-13

Good butter will keep sweet for many
weeks when it is placed in a crock
after being made into roll wrappe..
in strong cheesecloth or old muslin
and then covered with brine strong
enough to bear up an egg. Saltpeter
and sugar may be added TO advantage
while the brine is still hot in the pro-
portion OF a teaspoonful of the former
and a tablespoonful OF the latter to ev-
cry four quarts The brine must, how
ever. not be poured upon the butter IN
Il il is entirely cold
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1902-05-13
Crows and Corn,

My experience is that one cannot
keep crows from cornfields any easier
or more surely than by stringing up
Irvine about the fields, occasionally
adding a crossline. From my earliest
recollection this was our practice, and
we suffered very little from crows;
while our neighbors, who depended on
scarecrows, guns, tinware or corn
soaked in tar, came out much worse.
We always saved the Irvine from year
to year, as it has to come down with
the first cultivation, and it is still
strong. AS to watching a field with a
shotgun, it sometimes needs grit that
would go through a South African war,
especially if a colony of crows get it
'in" for a field. A neighbor two years
ago opened such campaign, and had to
shoot eighteen crows, fairly finishing
the entire flock, before what was left
of the field was saved. 1t is safe to say
that the crop was a good many bushels
cut down by what was taken, even
then. | believe in crows, as they live
on 'ects and mice from preference;
bu icy must live or die, ard if pre-
fl d food is not plentiful, they will
do crops harm. Better, then. adopt
harmless way of driving them from
cornfields.- Correspondence Country
Gentleman,
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1902-05-13

Lime Is not fertilizer in the sense
that the term is generally understood.
Its best use is to sweeten the soil al
though it possesses great value because
Of its action on the plant foods in the
soil, loosening them and making them
available. 1t is this action that gives
some people the impression that the
lime in itself is fertilizer. Realizing
the action of lime on the plant foods
in the soil it should rarely or never be
applied to sandy soil, for in such soil
the fertilizers are lost quickly enough
and the plant food is easily released by
nature. On clay soils an application of
say ten bushels of air-slaked lime per
acre would doubtless be very beneficial
and one application in this quantity
should be enough for four or five years.
longer on soils that were well culti.
waited and fortified.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1902-05-13
POTTER PALMER is DEa1.
life of the Famous Chicago Million
afre Ends Sudfieulv

are LINUS CHOUcu1ys
Potter Palmer, known throughout the
civilized world as one of the coterie of
milhonaires instrumental in the financial
development Of Chicago. died unexpected
III Oh oedema 5f the lungs Sunday after
noon at his residence on Lake Shore
Dive. Surrounded by the members Of
his family. hc passed quietly from life
without apparent pain and unconscious
o. the approach of death. He was born
III 1876. and had lived in Chicago for
more than halls a century.
Up TO 3 O'clock in the afternoon no
member of the family had the slightest
iAtimation that Mr.. Palmer was in dam
ger, although he had been i'll for three
weeks. a week previous his physician
ted him he 1aight leave his bed if be
wished, but Dir. Palmer determined 10
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1902-05-13
Use Fresh Eggs for Hatcb;no


Many of the poor matches of chicks
are due to the eggs being kept too long
before they are given to the hen or
paced in the incubator. PouItrymen
consider four weeks about the limit Of
keeping eggs for Matching. and when
kept for that neriod it must be in a
place where the temperature is be.
tween 40 and 90 degrees and the eggs
turned over twice a week. 1t kept in
the temperature named for two weeks.
and during that period turned several
times, the eggs if fertile will be all
right. but if the eggs can be set within
a week after they are laid. the results
viii be better Only the eggs of normal
size and shape should be used for
Matching, never the very large or very
small eggs, nor those that are mis-
shapel.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1902-05-13
SUGGESTS NEW GRAZING LAW.
Iowa Representative Introduces Bill
Aimed at Cattle Trust

Iowa Representative Introduces Bill
Aimed at Cattle Trust.
In the national House Wednesday a
bill to grant grazing privileges TO home
stead settlers and holders of snail farms
in arid and semi-arid land regions was
introduced by Representative Lacey of
Iowa. In Mr.. Lacey's opinion the graz
ing bills now pending are altogether too
much in the interest of the cattle trust.
The purposes of his measure are to give
homestead settlers and holders of small
farms an opportunity to improve and pro-
tect the grass in the vicinity OF their
holdings, so as to prevent deterioration
and the monopolization OF ranges by own
ers of large herds OF live stock.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1902-05-13

Debtors in Siam. when three months
in arrears. can be seized by the credi-
tor and compelled TO work out their in
debit dness. Should debtor run away
his father, his wife or his children may
be held in slavery until the debt is can
celed.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1902-05-13

Those who attempt to grow cabbage
on large scale should bear In mind
that the crop uses up large quantities
Of plant food and is especially hard on
the potash in the soil. This being the
case ii is necessary TO fertilize heavily
for cabbage, and especially using pot
ash. Nitrate ef potash is the best TO
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1902-05-13

hand with the pearls was pressed upon
the billowing laces Oh her bosom.
Paula and Uncle Wilfrid were on the
threshold, but the words with which l
would have made them all known to each
other died upon my lips. The tall, thin
figure of the old man whom l loved tot
tered forward like q child who cannot
walk, his eyes fixed CLASSIFY upon that
lovely face, and springing to his side with
a rush that brought whirl of table linen,
flowers aad crashing glass around my
feet, ! caught him as he fell.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1902-05-13
SENATE WANTS FACTS
WOULD TURN SEARCHLlGAT ON
Philippine WAR.
Democrats Declare Majority Party Is
Seeking to Cover Up the Truth
Smiths Infamous General Order as
to Samar Denounced by Sibley.

The Democrats in the Senate Wednes-
day accused the Republicans of desire
to suppress the facts as TO the situation
in the Philippines. The charge was in
dignantly repealed by Senator Lodge,
who declared that the Republicans desir-
ed the fullest information.
TIE deGate was heated and continued
for two ho,rs. 1t came over resolution
offered by Senator Patterson of Colo
RADIO directing the Secretary of War TO
order by cable Maj. Gardener. now in
the Philippines, to come Immediately to
Washington to appear as a witness be-
fore the Philippine committee. 1t was
while speaking in support of this reso-
luton that Senator Patterson made the
charge that an attempt was being made
to suppress information.
Senator Lodge, in denial. declared that
such an attempt would be inconceivably
stupid. ~ parties, he insisted, were
anxious for the fullest information. but
he and others contended that it would
not be advisable to cable to the Phil
ippines for Maj. Gardener would be here
in time to appear before the committee.
Mr.. Allison said he was satisfied chat
Maj. Gardener would reach Washington
long before Congress adjourned and there
would be ample time to get his testimony
in the regular course of events without
calling on the authorities to cable him TO
come at once.
General MacArthur's Testimony.
Maj. Gen. Macarthur before the SEN
ate committee on Philippines explained
his Ef1tements that chaoS would result
should independence be given the Fill
pinos and the United States forces be
withdrawn, by saying that the people of
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1902-05-13

and the tongue of the latch run through
it. A slot is mortised in the post, as
shown in the illustration, and the
tongue run in, which gives a secure
fastening. The latch or tongue is hung
from the bar of the gate by means OF
two pieces of hard, smooth wood, bolted
together, with the tongue between the
low Z ends. The bolt which runs
thro Oh the bar of the gate is loose
enough to permit the tongue to be
pushed backward and forward when
the gate is to be opened and closed.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1902-05-13
Keep Pigs in Barn

At the Kansas station pigs kept in a
warm barn during cold weather ate
more shelled corn and gained more
that is, pigs in the open yard ate 2. 291
pounds Of sheIed corn and gained AIS
pounds; pigs kept in the barn ate 2,4s7
pounds of shelled corn and gained 4s3
pounds This is in line with a number
Of experiments.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1902-05-13

Secretary of The
Navy. The oath
was administered
by f. T. Hanna.
solicitor Of the
Navy Department.
Those present were
John d. Long, now
ex-Secretary of the
Navy, Representa-
tives Roberts, Nc
Call, Lawrence and
Green of Massa-
ehusetts, and As
- =
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1902-05-13
Grand frank viii Extend.

Dir John Flood, Chicago representative
of j. Pierpont Morgan, has secured an
option on the Milwaukee. Benton Harbor
and Columbus Railrcad. which extends
frofn Buchanan Mich. to Benton Har-
bor It is the intention to extend the
Grand Trunk from Edwardsburg through
Niles TO Buchanan. thence TO Benton
Harbor over the newly acquired road.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1902-05-13
CATHOLICS SHOWN IN TIE LEAD.
Have Greatest Increase i'm Church
Membership for Last Year.

Mem DershIp Tot hist Tear.
Speaking of the progress OF the Cath
Ole Church in the United States, Father
Sheedy of New York said; Taking the
religious census for the past year, com
piled by DIR. IL. X Carroll, a Protestant
clergyman, it is found that Of the G53,
600 new members that were added to the
various denominations, 4GS, 0S3 were add
ed to the Catholic Church. The increase
in population was 21S per cent, while
the Catholic increase for the year was
"a per cent. OF the 20,000,000 church
members of the United States DR.. Car
roll sets down 100000, or nearly one
half, as Catholics"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1902-05-13

Recent discussion as TO the proper pro-
nunciati0n Of certain BOer names has ted
a London newspaper TO inquire how the
Beers themselves pronounce the names OF
Dewet. Delareg. Botha. Steyn and Leyds.
II Boer usage IS 10 prevail Dewet Is De
Vet. for the Beers put 1t down a wee,
mr. lord DeIarey has the accent on
the last syllable, just as De Ia Rue.
Botha Is Bota, with the accent on the
first syllable Steyn and Leyds are
stain and Lads respectively.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1902-05-13

No one will question the value of tile
for drainage pipes. In laying head end
of tile, it is a mistake TO dump in few
pieces of broken tile and mud dug from
the slough bed with the idea of packing
to make nearly waterproof. Many have
done that in this section aad the water,
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1902-05-13
TORNADO KILLS 400 IN INDIA.
Ancient and Famous city of Daoca Is
Storm Swept.

A tornado bas devastated the city Of
Dacca Gndi4j and adjoining towns. -Four
hundred and sixteeh persons were killed.
Crops were -uined throughout the dis
triet.
Dacca, city in Bengal. has a famous
place in the history Of British India. II
Is 80 miles northeast Of Calcutta. In
the seventeenth century If was the cap
ital OF Bengal. In 1900 Il had a popuia-
ton OF 100000 and was noted for its
fine muslins. which were known as
woven wind Growing imports OF
Manchester c0ttons ruined its industries.
however. an,Cby 1891 the population had
dwindled TO ~ 90.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1902-05-13

use and the least expensive. OF course
other fertilizers should also be used. A
good plan is to use the stable product,
supplementing it with muriate Of pot
ash, and also to use heavy applications
of lime which releases the plant food
in the soil.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1902-05-13
General MacArttur,s Testimony.

the Philippines, be-
ing less prepared
for self government
and administration
than any of the
Latin American re-
publics at the time
of their emancipa-
ton from Spain,
their own unaided
efforts to accom-
plish self-regenera-
tiop u-ot,l1 IN oil
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1902-05-13
4 Sheep Record.

A Missouri sheep grower has made
a record which he thinks stands near
the top, if it is not ahead of all others.
Last spring his forty-three Shropshire
ewes dropped eighty-five lambs, among
which were seYen sets of triplets, TWEEN
ty-eight sets OF twins and eight single
lambs. He lost six by death, and killed
two for his personal use. The remain
ing Seyenty-seven lambs were let to run
on wheat and other pasture last fall,
and later were given about twenty
bushels of corn to put them in market
able condition. When sold they aver
aged 103 pounds each, and were report
ed fat as butter" selling at $6.25, the
highest price in year or more at Kan
sas City. An income of abort $500 be-
side the wool from forty-three ewes
makes It look as if well-bred Shrop-
shire were a good kind of sheep to in
vest in.-American Cultivator,