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The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-12-09
ROOM FOR IMPROVEMENT,

The biennial report of the state
auditor furnishes ample proof of the
wisdom of state control of insurance
companies. Not only are they there,
by made to contribute to the support
OF the state, but the people are pro
tected against unreliable and dishon-
est concerns of that kind, who, but
for the control exercised over them,
Of competing with legitimate insti.
tutions.
While the auditor makes no recon-
mendation in that regard, it is very
evident that he is of the option that
the existing law could with propriety
be amended SO as to bring the in
Vulnerable fraternal life insurance
bodies operating in the state under
the Il supervision and control as
are exercised over what are known
as the "old line" companies. No good
reason can be advanced why they
should be exempted from the prOvi-
siCns of the law: even though sup
rosedly fraternal in character. Right
fully considered. they are insurance
companies pure and simple, although
operated upon different bases than
the regularly recognized companies.
Those who hold membership in them
Gre to all intents and purposes only
policy holders and should receive the
same measure of protection afforded
10 the insured in other concerns.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-12-09

injunction against a corporation, and
as this labor union is a powerful one
the ase will probably be carried to
the highest tribunal in the land for
decision.
This case is anomalous, since the
glass blowers assume the position OF
capitalists who are being i%nterfered
with while on strike, and they ask that
the company show cause why it's in.
reference with it's late employees shall
not cease.
Hearing of the arguments in this ap-
%plication for an injunction will be
before the greatest lawyers of the
state. The allegations of the labor
union have all been carefully drawn
and the issue will be carried as far
as it can be legally.
The case that the labor
union has exactly the same legal
status as the corporation, and is a
unique case of labor's turning the
tables squarely on it's adversary, as
they have frequently been turned on
it. The final decision will be inter-
esting.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-12-09
A FOOD TEST.

Minneapolis Journal: A peculiar
ton, when twelve clerks in the depart
ment of agriculture entered upon a
practical demonstration of the effect
of adulterated food upon the human
system. Each man was weighed and
provided with a thermometer, with
which he is expected to take his tenn
perature three times a day. For two
weeks they are to be fed on plain,
substantial food; at the end of that
time the six who have kept their per-
sonal records most carefully and show
the best condition would be set apart
and to them food treated with, pre-
servatives will be fed. The first six
will have a test of two weeks in that
way, then they will go back to un-
adulterated food and the other six
will take their places.
The experiment will last for six
months, and is to show the effect of
certain authorizations of food upon the
This might be called a
practical test; it certainly is a serious
proposition for the twelve who have
submitted themselves to be expert
mented upon. What the effect will
be upon their health may be antic-
ipated, but their experience may be
very valuable for the general public,
and it may be very damaging to some
manufacturers, who are taking a great
deal of interest in the test. 1t is a
striking commentary upon the prev
alence of food aduleration when it be-
ome important for the government
to make a test of this character. And
yet if the results are to be relied up
on such a test ought to serve a very
useful purpose, for unquestiOnably,
many, if not most of the ills and par
ticularly the stomach troubles of the
present day are to be traced to food
adu%lteration. Some day we shall
probably arrive at a point where food
adulteration will be such a serious
crime and carry such heavy penalties
that it will be Improbable for man
ufacturers to indulge in it-when we
shall no longer get sand in u sugar,
chalk in our starch, deleterious acids
in our vinegar.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-12-09
PUSH 1T ALONG.

Kansas City Star: The Nebraska
nan who was startled at breakfast
Thanksgiving morning by reading an
account of his divorce from his wife
at the table had a unique experience,
hut he may yet have cause to be
thankful. Divorces are not often
surprises to those affected by them,
but where a wife shows such a lack
Of confidence in her husband as not
to let him in on her plans for separa-
ton, divorce in any form ought to be
q pretty good thing.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-12-09
WORSE THAN

In this instance as we'll as in all
others no doubt fairness demands a
suspension of judgment until both
sides shall have been heard, but for
all that the average man will find it
difficult to refrain from forming an
opinion as he reads the mass of testi-
mony daily adduced by the prosecu-
ton, so to say, in the hearing now
in progress before the anthracite
strike commission. And that opinion,
1t is safe to venture, is not favorable
to the mine ner The statements
made under oath by the miners rela-
tive to their earnings and the condi-
lions under which they are forced to
slave for the mere pittance most of
them are able to earn are well cal
culated to make men stop and ask
themselves whether the recitals are
those OF men toiling in some of the
slave pens of foreign countries, or
whether they are really the simple
tales OF American workingmen en-
ployed by supposedly American en-
ployers.
The mine owners will find it diff
hcult to satisfy the people of the
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-12-09

country that they are dealing Justly
and honorably, not to say humanely
with the men compelled to rely on
them for work when they pay
wages SO contemplate that those
earning them at the expiration of
seven years of toiling and s~elf-denia]
can show no greater savings than is
represented by the sum of a paltry
$50. They will also find it extremely
hard to convince the people that $500
a year is enough money for the heads
of families to ear and with which
to real their children and feed and
clothe them, beside laying by some
thing against the time when old age
shall make it, impossible for them to
toll any longer. It will be interesting
to hear what President Baer may have
to say when asked to explain how it
is that Notwithstanding the munif-
cence of the wages he says his miners
receive it takes one of them six years
to pay off the debt incurred by the
death and funeral of a member of his
family.
It must not be thought that the
testimony of the miners stands alone
and unsubstantiated. That of other
men corroborates it. Among those
who are testifying for the miners are
ministers of the gospel, men who have
spent the greater part of their lives
in the mining regions and who because
Of the sacredness of their calling
must be relied upon as telling the
truth. The stories they tell but add
to the horrors exposed by the COM
missions inquiry and only strengthen
the belief long entertained all over
the land that in comparison with the
life of the anthracite miner the life Of
the Russion convict doomed to slave
in the mines of Siberia is one of hap
piness, ease and comfort.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-12-09

President Roosevelt might have
gone much further and made a less
happy selection of a successor to the
late Minister Buck as the nations
representative at the court of the
mikado. Mr.. Barrett as consul in
the orient proved himself to be a
man of more than ordinary bright
ness and of his equipment for the new
and higher position for which he has
been named, both as regards expert
enc with the oriental peoples and
ability there can be no doubt.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-12-09
U LEGISLATION,

The representative or senator VIII
fails - introduce a bill calculated lt
regulate trusts, mergers and all 9th
er forms of combines at the presen
session of congress promises to bt
the exception -l.ner than the rule
Already leVeIul sucl measures have
been submitted and we are told thai
they are only a beginning of what
may be expected before the session
will be much older. Senator Cullon
was the first to break the ice with an
amendment to the Sherman antitrust
law, and to the lay mind it would
seem that his bill covers the matter
in a thorough and effective manner
apparently being comprehensive and
complete. It's terms certainly may
be properly described as drastic.
Then there is the Littlefield bill in
the house, and which has already been
favorably reported. If anything it is
even more sweeping than the Cullom
bill, that is in many respects, and ap-
parently was drawn with the desire
to leave no possible loophole for eva
sion of it's requirements and to make
it as effective as possible under the
limitations Of the constitution, to
which all laws must conform. The
strongest possible endorsement that
the bill could be given is contained in
the statement of an esteemed demo-
cratic contemporary, an avowed trust
swatter, which says that the measure
is very much like one that was adj
vocated by the democrats two years
ago. who contended that additional
legislation a needed as a protec-
tive measure against the menace of
the trusts. The fact that the same
paper now processes to believe that
while publicity then might have been
effective it is too late to attempt to
regulate and control the trusts in
that name at this stage Of their de-
velopment, does not e that the
bill is less stringent in provision than
would be a like introduced
by a democrat. If anything, it means
that the paper referred to sees in it
a promise of legislation very likely to
be productive of the results it claims
to be anxious and eager to see ac-
crue, but it's partisan prejudice is too
to permit it to say any
thing commendatory of it's political
It realizes that the bill
is a good n and that if enacted into
law it will be a long step in the
direction of the regulation of capital
istic combinations demanded by the
people, but being a republican meas
lre it is too narrow minded to make
admission of the fact.
At this time and distance it Ger
tainly is safe to say that strong anti
trust legislation will find place on
the statutes of the United States and
it will be of republican introduce
ton and republican enactment.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-12-09
AUS AND EFFECT.

Boston Globe: President Roose.
velt's remarks to the British labor
modern industrial progress goes on
there is a tendency to work in fedora
ton or combination, both among en-
ployers and among employees, in cor
porations and in unions" was followed
promptly by the announcement Of
a potato peelers' union in Chicago.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-12-09

Were such an organization still in
existence in Montana, it is more than
likely that the leaders of the populist
party would call on the Hon. Cal Ed
wards for an explanation as to why
he rel possessed himself of that
insignia of the bloated plutocrat and
millionaire dress suit. Fortunate
ly for him the late disintegration
spares the estimable gentleman
that ordeal.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-12-09
SEASONS w SCORES.

Chicago Post: Foot ball season
score: Killed, fourteen; manned and
hurt, ninety. Deer shooting season
score: Fourteen hunters killed,
still considerable of a lead.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-12-09
Notwithstanding the continued as

Notwithstanding the continued as.
sertions of the democratic newspapers
OF the state that it was not the re
publicans who carried Montana some
thing like a month ago, it is noticeable
that the majority of election certif-
Gates that have been issued since
then r in the possession of mem
bers of that party. If it is any COM
fort or pleasure to the democrats the
republicans will subscribe to an agree
ment to permit them to Garry" the
state in the same n every time
an election takes place in the future.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-12-09

VAS if it were not dis
graceful enough for one in
fight, the Anaconda chief of police
further disgraced himself and his Of
flee by permitting himself to get lick
ed. The latter consideration, if no
other, should induce the city council
of his town to summarily discharge
him.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-12-09
MORGAN NOT TEMPTED.

Chicago Record-Herald: Silver
seems to be about the only thing that
isn't getting higher in price. Evil
IDENTITY the people who form trusts
will have nothing to do with it.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-12-09

The fear of possible poisoning by
germs and microbes does not seem to
have been strong enough in the minds
of the distinguished gentlemen who
did business with the Bridger bank
a few days ago to insist that the cash
Ter sterilize the money before handing
it to them. They had evidently not
read the learned treatise on the dan
ger of infection from handling cur
rency that but recently emanated from
the pen of an eminent scientific gent
across the Minnesota line.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-12-09
U THEY WON'T.

Brooklyn Eagle: Not a single army
officer is in favor of abolishing the
canteeen. Every officer has found it's
abolition an injury to the morale of
his men. Now, will the we'll meaning
but meddlesome prohibitionists keep
silence for a while?
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-12-09

OF course the fact that a removal
of the tariff would tend to kill what
competition still remains has no con-
sideration in the minds of the trust
smashers. They are the Carrie Ma
tions in the trust business and are
bound to bust" them wide open.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-12-09
COMMEMORATE GENEROSITY

Cleveland Leader: The Union Pa
ciic Railroad company is to pay pen
sions to it's employees amounting to
$500, 900 a year. That is generosity
on the part of a corporation which
must be commended.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-12-09

Even the bitterest enemies of the
president will admit that for brevity
and conciseness his message has
much to commend it.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-12-09

Money to loan on city and farm
property. T. J. Bouton. 55-tf
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-12-09

Being a democratic organ, it was
not expected of the Anaconda Stand
ard that it would strain itself in an
endeavor to find words expressive Of
it's commentator of the presidents
message, consequently it's treatment
OF that document comes as a refresh
ing relief to the diatribes of some of
it's democratic contemporaries on the
same subject. The Standard gives
Roosevelt credit for being fair and
honest, although it doubts if any of
the more important recommendations
he makes to congress will receive the
consideration it believes they merit.
By admitting that there is a warm
spot in every westerner's heart for
President Roosevelt" the Standard
has made a bid for more of the lee
lures on party loyalty that have been
read to it in the past by it's ponderous
democratic compeer up Butte way
and another effort will probably be
IHdue ny the SAME pupllcdllOH W iedu
it out of the party. By speaking fair
ly and honestly of the message the
Standard probably also laid itself
open to attack from some of the other
papers of it's own party in the state,
but Judging from the Indifference in
that respect which it has displayed
in the past it is very unlikely that any
APOLOGIES will be forthcoming from
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-12-09

If the hustling trio had known that
the distinguished Mr.. Butch Cassidy
had been seen recently naa the Mon
tana line they probably would have
postponed their little transaction
with the Bridger bank a few days
longer. 1t is also an ven bet that
should he learn of the C that
attended it they will find themselves
ir the disagreeable position of hav-
ing to surrender their hard earned
gains at the point of a sixshooter or
make a fight, a possibility not pleas
ant of contemplation, for Mr.. Cas-
sidy has the reputation of being a
man who has never lost n of those
pleasing if exciting diversions.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-12-09

The state board Of education hav-
ing gone on record, unanimously,
against consolidation of the various
educational institutions of the state
and will report so to the legislature,
it is to be hoped that the senseless
and dishonest agitation in favor of
consolidation will now cease. The
legislature should adopt the report,
and by a like vote, n also record
itself as being in favor of guarding
the states honor, which in a measure
may be accepted as standing pledged
that the institutions shall remain
permanently where they were orig
inally located. Economically the
proposition of removal and CONSOLE
dalton has but little to commend it
and as a matter of right there is still
less to be said in it's favor.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1902-10-20
A REMARKABLE CLERK.
Oom ntsssiOner Ware Posts His Rec
ord M n Rebuke Ia Others.

washington. oct. 20. - The most
UNIQUE official announcement made in
the history of the pension bureau has
heen posted on the bulletin board there.
ny commissioner of Pensions Ware as
rebuke to those who abuse their
leave privileges and lrarass the office
with pleas for promotions The an
nolncemenl and order follow:
Record Of j. S. Virgins, Georgia. is
rs follows. First. annual leave in four
venrS, fourteen days; second. not day
SICK leave in eight years: third. on mer-
it.. excellent: fourth. his chief recon-
Fncnds him: fifth. he has stecrod no
statesmen up against the commissions
r.; sixth, he has not told the commits
S9onel about his pedigree and diS,in-
-lllsheu relatives: seventh. he has not
1old the commissioner how capable he
(Wiggins) is and how deserving of pro-
notion.
Mr.. Virgins will be promoted from
$1,000 to $1,000. and chiefs are re-.
1,ested to furnish the commissioner
whh the names Of all others in the bu-
~tau with similar record.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1902-10-20
Train HIS TroiIey car.

Waterbury. Conn. Oct. 2e.-An el'f-
trio car on the line of the Connecticut
Railway and Lighting company was
struck by the Winsted express on the
Nnugntuck division Of the New York:
New Haven ana Hartford railiohd
About twenty passengers were slightly
injured. The accident occurred Ht th'
West Main street crossing about !
o'clock. On account of n high boart
fence running parallel to tn" rnilroHd
tracks the engineer coj..I ~ I : Z.
car in tine to bring the train to Il stol,
The car, with one side crushed in. Wa
thrown from the track. and many OF
the passengers were injured by spin
ters and flying glass. Traffic was not
delayed ON cit her line.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1902-10-20

Nitnna. oct. 2o.-Ille struggle for
predolninHncc between Germans ana
CzechS in Moravia led TO rotors
scenes at OlmuetZ at a meeting held
to elect Il president of the chamber of
commerce of that city. for which post
candidates. Some of the CZechs threw
little shells filled with ammOniac gas,
chloride of lime and saltpeter into the
election hall. and several of those
present were rendered unconscious
from the fumes. Finally. after great
disorder, the German candidate was
elected
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1902-10-20

Utica. y. V. Oct. 20.-Two Judges Of
ZINE United States circuit court here
fhavr decrecl that the sale of the New
York and Ottawa railroad shall take
rihce on Nov. 20. An appeal has been
interposed. and the United States su-
rreme court must now pass upon the
question. 1t is said that the Delaware
and Hudson Canal company and the
New York Central company are both
anxious to get control of this road.
which touches many Adirondack points
and has a valuable right of way
through ether sections of the mountain
region.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1902-10-20
AN INDIAg vr,OrcaT.


ithaca. \, ", Oct. 20.-Th0 Cornell
football eleven was defeated on Percy
field by the Carlisle Indians. The
score was ~ to Il. and all of the scor
ing was done in the first half. The
Indians were at their hest, and they
couli not have met Cornell when the
lhayalI> were in worse shape. Cor,
npll'S back field WIS crippled, AMI
CaacA Morrison was obliged to send
nto tLr fray substitutes whose ability
WI, q l"@tioned and who had had little
ty,mi.acr IN games.
=. ia-ipr. more determined ]ot OF
fou-iHi players than the Indians
rry f. came Ia Percy field I'hch' PLAY.
yt4r we'll conceived and were levcrly
yf.Ied. while tneir interference was
stpplb y play which nnssed quick.
!, on tackle N:s used with great Of
fprtyenpS>' and was respop sible for
q large nlnlber of Indian 81 ms. while
tackle. back and end shift formations
kept Cornell guessing.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1902-10-20
A Story Of Henry Clay Dean.

A good story is related Of lienr!
Clay Dean, the famous orator pf q
generation or SO ago. Mr.. ! can WAS
generally referred to as "Ilehry Clay
Dean Of Iowa. even long after he had
established home in Missouri. He
explained his change of habitation in
this way: "You see, they passed II me-
farious prohibition law in Iowa. and
there's your whisky gone. Then they
abolished capital punishment, and
there's your hanging gone. and now
the whole population seems To he
drifting toward Universalism. and
there's your hades gone. can't live
in state thas has neither hades,
hanging nor whisky. "-Argonaut.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1902-10-20
Mitiuatiug circumstances.

Are you aware of any mitigating
circumstances in your case" asked /
magistrate of negro convicted OF
stealing Il coat.
Eyes, sab; lots oh 'em. Ef ] ha'
time, jedge. could talk to you for t
week on dat subject"
eff you know of any mitigating cir
cumstance. please state it,"
"Yes, sab: I'll tell you oh one RICH
now. sab. How easy would it have
been for me to bring my family intc
disgrace and misery, sab. l jess re
manned single. nebber married. sab
Anudder mitigatin' circumstance am
"Officer, remove the prisoner"
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1902-10-20
Knew Who to Blame

In city not subject to earthquakes
there lived family which had one Of
those domestics of the break every
thing they touch sort. Recently the
town experienced slight shock. Pic
lures were thrown down, crockery and
furniture ratified about. In the midst
Of the tumult the mistress went to the
head of the stairs and called out in a
would be patient tone, MARY Ann,
what are you doing nowT'
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1902-10-20
The Doctor Didn't Count.

A Celtic cook asked her mistress one
Monday for leave Of absence the fol-
lowing Sunday to attend her brothers
funeral.
"Why," exclaimed the mistress, this
Is only Monday! Surely, nobody's go
ing to keep dead body whole week:
Hes not dead yet, num-" explained
the cook
no? Well, he may die today or he
NAV live month. No doctor can safe
ly say that person will die at such a
time that a day may be set for the fu
neral"
1.-THE doctors nothing to do wild it
num-" was the further explanation
"Oi'm sure Sundayll be all roight, fl
he's sntinced to be hung Friday
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1902-10-20

New Ildten. Conn. Oct. 2O.-Yahv
defeated the Pennsylvania State col
lege eleven at football BY the score of
II to 0. The game was the hardest
that Yale has been called upon to
play SO II this season and afforded
mvaluabia practice. The play was
riarred by the fact that the ground
was muddy and the ball wet and slip
perry because of tho ,fain that fell be-
fore and all during the game, and
players were several times compelled
TO he content with small gains because
they slipped and fell.