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The Penn's Grove record., 1903-04-24
ORGANIZING IN VERMONT.
Business Men VIII Form an EmployerS
Association.

Burlington. VIA meeting of bust
ness men of Vermont has been called
to meet in Rutland md form an or
%ganization to be known as the EN-
ployers' Association of Vermont, SINH
lar to a business mems organization
formed in Ohio. The OBJECTS of the
organization will be-:
ITO protect its members in their
rights to manage their respective bust
nesses as they shall deem proper; the
adoption of a system whereby members
may ascertain who is and who is not
worthy Of their employment; the in
vestigation and adjustment by proper
officers or committee of the association
of any question arising between the
members and their employees when
such question shall be submitted to the
association fer adjustment; to endeavor
to make it possible 70: any person
to obtain employment without being
obliged to join a labor organization;
to protect it's members against legisla-
tive. municipal and other political en-
croachments."
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I0AFERT FREIGHT T|E-UP
Western Railroads Pay $l7o,o5s 900
For New Rolling Stock.
70 MOVE GREATEST WHEAT CROP

Traffic Believe They WIN Be
Able to Handle 1t, But Cannot Make
Positive Prediction-Coal Strike Con-
tributed to the Block Between the East
aud West Last Fall.
Chlcago.--In view Of the Govern.
ment's forecast OF the biggest winter
wheat crop in the history of the coun-
try, and the prospect Of an immense
acreage of spring wheat and corn. the
serious question Is being asked, Will
the railroads be able to move the crop
n at the same time take care of their
other traffic without a repetition of last
falls freight congestion?
So far not a railroad man in the West
is bold enough to predict that there will
be no such ~hindrence of traffic. but
trat1c managers and other officials talk
hopefully and cite various reasons why
they believe the experiences of the past
season will not be repeated.
1t IS pointed out that freight traffic is
so uncertain and irregular and railroad
business SO peculiar that a congestion
is likely to result temporarily at any
time, but, looking at the situation in its
larger aspects, traffic observers disbe.
lieve there will be a widespread and
long-continued Interruption Of public
carrying operations the coming year..
Briefly stated, here are the reasons
for a hopeful view:
First-Car capacity and traction
power are being greatly enlarged.
Second-Terminal facilities are un-
dergoing great extension and improve
ments.
Third-Better methods for returning
and utilizing empty cars are being for.
mulated.
Fourth-There probably will be no
big coal strike and attendant conse-
quences to upset calculations or dis
turb natural movements of freight.
Fifth-Elevator and storage facilities
will be better than heretofore.
Sixth-Much freight hitherto passing
through Chicago to the East will be
diverted to Canadian and Southern
lines, going to the Atlantic by rail
through the provinces, and by water
from New Orleans.
Seventh-Roadbeds are being hard
ened, grades reduced and curves elm
mated, thereby increasing the drawing
power Of locomotives.
The figures show that the in the last
three years the roads in question have
spent a total Of $40. O53, 900 for loco
motives and freight cars, counting the
average cost Of locomotives $17,O OO and
of freight al $1,000.
Based on the tables prepared by the
Illinois Railroad and Warehouse Com
mission, these returns show an in
crease of equipment of nearly forty
three per cent. in locomotives and for
ty-one per cent. in freight cars, while
in power and carrying capacity the
new equipment marks an advance of
almost half as much again as these
percentages indicate. The reason for
this is that the average ~tractive power
of locomotives, as it is called by rail
road men, has increased from 1905
in 1900 to 23.634 in 1903, and that the
capacity Of the freight cars has been
enlarged similarly.
The following table shows the num-
Der of locomotives and cars under con-
struction at the present time, and what
the total equipment will be when these
are completed and put into commits
sion:
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FEDERATION OF EMPLOYERS
300 Omaha Business Men Organize
to Fight Union Labor.
AGAINST SYMPATHETIC STRIKES

Desire Freedom TO Employ Non-Union
workers and Oppose Restriction Of
Output-Association Possibly an Out
como of Manufacturers Convention In
New Orieans-A similarOn In ermon
Omaha, Neb.-Backed by the Ma
tional Manufacturers Association, 800
business men Of Omaha have organized
into the Business Mems Association for
the avowed purpose of protecting
themselves from the demands Of union
labor. 1t is said hat the new organize
tion will fight the labor organizations
to the death. It is believed that this
organization is an outcome Of the
meeting Of the National Manufacture
ers' Association at New Orleans, and
that it is the forerunner of the EN-
ployers' Federation spoken of in the
annual report Of that body. The lead
ers In the movement here issued a
statement, part Of which follows:
THE organization is known as the
Business Mems Association. and its
purpose Is purely defensive, and made
necessary, as it has been thought by
the various business interests identi-
fed with it. by the apparent deter
mination on the part of the labor
organizations Of the city to either con-
troll or ruin every business enterprise.
The great object of the association
is to protect its LENDERS in their
rights to manage their respective bust
nesses in such lawful manner as they
may deem proper and ~expedient, en-
ploying such help as seems best
adapted to their purposes, under such
contract as Is mutually satisfactory to
the parties concerned, and not to an
tagonize any individual or orgaHiza-
ton.
1.-THE platform Of the organization
embraces the following principles:
"First-Freedom to employ union or
non-union labor without discrimina-
ton
"Second-No limitation or restriction
to output.
"Third-No sympathy strike"
Should the report that the National
Association is behind the Omaha move
ment prove true, the fight will be very
bitter. Already the labor organizations
are asserting that they will have the
support of organized labor everywhere
in the coming fight.
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a NEW 1 D1sG :ss cry: : ,',;;
cases. Book Of testimonials and 10 lay, treatment
Free. DR.. 4. 4. GREEN 3 Soma Bsx ,. Atlanta. "a,
A Veteran Steam Engine.

One Of the earliest steam engines
built is still the main source of
power in some rolling mills at Birming-
ham. 1t was set up in 1857, and the
original wooden beam has lately been
replaced by an iron one. after 1876
years Of continuous service. Aside
from this iron beam and a cylinder
that was put in new in 1902 the engine
is the same rs at first, even to the
connecting rod. For its special pur-
pose the old engine has been pro-
nounced more economical than many
modern engines, and 1t Is likely to do
duty many years more
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The foregoing table is made up from
the returns of fourteen roads. Other
Chicago systems not included in the
above table report the following total
equipment, covering the last three
years:
Locomotives ...... $50
In addition to these there have been
added since 1900 nearly 10000 other
cars, known as gondolas, hoppers, Gin
der cars, tank cars, ore cars, vegetable
carr and the like.
western roads and the big Eastern
lines are doing their best to anticipate
and avert another congestion" said MI.
Thompson. "The situation last fall
and winter was an abnormal one, on
account of the big coal strike in the
East. It brought about a condition
which hindered the handling of all
other kinds Of freight. The grain
traffic, corr and wheat together, does
not in itself cause a congestion. The
trouble comes when there is a sudden
and prolonged rush Of all kinds
of freight. I don't look for great
difficulty in handling the coming
crops of corn and wheat. Much de-
ponds, Of course, IN market conditions
and the eagerness to deliver grain on a
good demand at attractive prices.
With anything like a uniform distribu-
ton of the grain movement through
the delivery period there is nothing to
fear. The new winter wheat crop
will not begin to nov in quantities
before the middle Of July or the first
of August"
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$4,000
CURLING Russian students.

By a law recently enacted in Russia
any university or high school student
who creates or causes disorder shall be
drafted into the army for a period of
from one to three years. This is to
curb the rashness and fondness for
mischief Of college students who imag-
inc they have the privilege to annoy all
creation.
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Two More Blast Furnaces For Steel Trust
The United States Steel Corporation
awarded contracts for two additional
Dlast furnaces to be erected at a
"a, at a cost of 100000 each. The
I'VE stacks will have a daily capacity
OF 1000 tons Of pig iron. The Steel
Corporation has one stack in operation
and two building.
The Penn's Grove record., 1903-04-24

Michigan has a family, five members
of which have celebrated their golden
weddings. This Sparks family came
to the State from North Carolina in
1928 and settled in Berrien. There
were eleven children, ten of whom
married. But five are living and all
these have been married fifty years or
more, and one has lived fifty years
with his second wife. Joseph Sparks
was married first in 1888 and again in
1853. Elizabeth was married in 1910.
Levi was married in 1915. Ira was
married in 1851, in which year SasaB
was married.
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INNOCENT NEGRO LYNcHED.
Wrong Man Shot a. the Murderer Of Mrs.
u--~.d nv n Mob.

wrong Man hot a. tho Murderer OF mrs.
Matthcws-Badly Burned by a Mob.
New Orleans, Lat is now estab-
lished beyond a doubt that the negro
Killed near Shreveport by two police
omcers as the murderer Of Mrs. Frank
matthew's and her little daughter, n
whose body was burned by a mob, was
not n could not have been the MUIR
derer. He was reported to be Ed Por.
ter. 1t turns out that he was Albert
washington, from the Vance planta'
ton, In Bossier, who had come to
shreveport to find his wife, who hao
deserted him.
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Now Twelve-Inch Rins For the lows.
Rear-Admiral O'Neill, Chief Of this
Bureau Of Ordnance, at Washington,
has ordered shipped to the Brooklyn
Navy Yard a brand new twelve-incb
rifle to take the place Of that recently
destroyed by an explosion on the Iowa.
The Penn's Grove record., 1903-04-24
BOYS BURIED BY LANDSLIDE.
They Went to the Riverside to Dig and
We're Overwhelmed.

Were Overwhelmed.
HOlyoke, Mass.-Bernald and Walter,
ons of Charles Axmann, aged thirteen
and ten years, respectively, were
buried under a landslide in view OF
their home and were e~suffocated to
death. The boys left their home near
Ingleside, saying that they were going
to visit relatives r the river. In
stead, they took shovels and went to
play beneath a high bank OF sand
which the river had shelved.
When the boys did not come back
men dug beneath the bank and found
the bodies, which were buried beneath
several tons Of earth.
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Tho Rritfsh Food Supply.

A royal commission has been ap-
pointed to inquire into the question
of Great Britain's food supply in time
of war, the Prince Of Wales being a
member and Lord Balfour Of Burleigh
the Chairman.
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The oldest woman in tho World.

The Oldest Woman in the World.
Another contestant for the honor of
being the oldest woman in the world
has been found. This is a Mrs. Anne
Charsley, who lives in Cape Colony.
She was born in England in 1881 and
has documents to prove 1t. Therefore
she is 1872 years old.
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STATE OF OHIO, CITY OFT oLEDo,
LUCAS COUNTY.
FRANK j. CHENEY, make oaththat he is the
senior partner OF the firm Of F. j. CHENEY &
Co., doing business in the City of Toledo,
County and State aforesaid, and that said
firm will pay the sum of ONE HUNDRED DOL
LARS for each and every case of cATARRH that
cannot be cured by the use of Halls
CATARRH CURE. FRANK J. CHENEY.
Sworn to before me and subscribed in my
- presence, this 6thday of December,
SEAL. A. D., 1886. A.. w. GLEASON,
49, Notary Public.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally, and
acts directly on the blood and mucous sur
faces of the system. Send for testimonials,
free. F. j. CHENEY & Co., Toledo, O.
Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
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BROKER SENT TO PRISON.
e. J. Duaninx to Serve Not Less Til

e. J.. Duaninx to Serve Not Less THAI
Five Fears.
Boston.-Edward ]. Dunning, the
Boston broker who recently was found
guilty Of the larceny Of $4,000 from
the estate of Francis G. Brooks, was
sentenced to serve a term in State
prison. The penalty is one Of not more
than eight nor less than five years, the
first day to be in solitary confinement.
The evidence presented against Dun.
ming was to the effect that he obtained
the money from Mr.. Brooks by fraudu-
lent stocks transactions.
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Aching backs are eased. Hip, back, and
loin pains overcome. Swelling Of the
limbs and dropsy signs vanish.
They correct urine with brick dust sedi.
ment, high colored. excessive pain in pass
Ing, dribbling, frequency, bed wetting.
Doan's Kidney Pills dissolve and remove
caiculi and gravel. Relieve heart palpita-
ton. slceplessness, headache, nervousness.
SALEM, MASS, March 81, 1901 received
the sample of Doan's Kidney Pills, aud with
the use of one more box from my druggist 1
am entirely cured of a very lame back.-W.
A. CLEVELAND.
GALEsBURG, ILL, March 80, 1903-The sam
pie OF Doan's Kidney Pills came to hand.
also got one 50-cent box from our druggist.
and am thankful to say the pain across the
small OF my back disappeared like a snow
bank in hot sun. Doan's Pills reach the spot
ELMER WARFEL.
Rose GLEN, Pa, March 20, l9O3.-The free
trial Of Doan's Kidney Pills have been of great
benefit TO me. Since using them / have no oc-
easlon to get up so often at night. MY COM
plant affected the bladder more when catching
sold.-JosEPH LxPPERAL.
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Sudre Carluck : Cho,.r. yict,,.

Judge Carluck . Cholera Victim.
Judge Carluck, Of the Court Of First
Instance, in the Philippines. is dead in
Cebu from cholera. The epidemic OF
cholera is practically over, there being
but a few cases in the southern isl.
andS.
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Died at tho Axe OF 11s.

Scott B. Anderson, a negro, for many
years a resident of Bangor. Me-, and
for some time an inmate of the aims
house, is dead. Anderson's age is given
as 113 years. He asserted that he was
born in Iowa in 1870.
The Penn's Grove record., 1903-04-24
Th. suitan Arafn Warned.

Representatives Of the powers at
ConstaEtinople, Turkey, have again
urged on the Sultan the necessity Of
suppressing the disorders in Albania.
The Austro-R Russian entente as regards
the Balkan situation remains I'M
broken.
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Has Raised q Largo Family,

Mrs. Lydia Luntham, of Chester,
Pa, recently celebrated her ninety
third birthday. In the family reunion
we're sixteen children, seventy-fiv
grandchildren and an even hundred
great-grandchildren.
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CAMBRIA, WYoMING.-Previous to TAKING
the sample Of Doan's Kidney Pills / could
scarcely hold my urine. Now can sleep ali
night and rarely have to get up, and that ach-
ing across my back a little above my hips is
gone.-IsAAc w. STEPHENS. Cambria, Wyo.
The Penn's Grove record., 1903-04-24
CsAl Miners Locked Out.

Thirty-two Of the Reading Coal and
Iron Company's forty-three collieries
in Pennsylvania were closed, the men
being locked. out because they refused
to work nine hours on Saturday: more
than 10000 men are out Of work.
The Penn's Grove record., 1903-04-24
American Dentists Barred.

American Dentists Barred.
American dentists in Dresden, Sax
ony, have been forbidden to use a
Doctors degree or sign where their de-
grees have been obtained from Chicago
institutions.
The Penn's Grove record., 1903-04-24

During 1902 the lifeboats of the
Royal National Lifeboat Institution
were launched 2S9 times and saved
456 lives.
The Penn's Grove record., 1903-04-24
Famine Kills Chinese by Thousands.

Famine Kills Chinese by Thousands.
The famine in Kwang-Si Province, in
China, is killing tens of thousands Of
persons. and women there are selling
themselves into slavery to escape star
walton. The American Consul at Can
ton has inaugurated a relief fund.
The Penn's Grove record., 1903-04-24

Mug deress Denied New Trial.
A new trial was denied Mrs. Lena
Lille, who murdered her husband, a
grain broker. at David City, Neb.
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Mrs. Susan d. Crossman, of Beloit,
Wis.,, recently celebrated her Tooth
birthday. She was born in Massa-
chusetts, her father having been one
Of the Concord minute men and after
ward a major in the Continental
Army. She has lived in Wisconsin
since 1S4S and has fifty descendants,
representing five generations.
The Penn's Grove record., 1903-04-24

For the murder Of ID. 3. Donegan. 9
miner, aged Dr.. James /. Gartrell, for
merly a Texan legislator, was hanged
at Butler, Mo.
The Penn's Grove record., 1903-04-24
No Mead Far m,

No Need For British Iron.
indications are multiplying that
america is no longer in need of British
pig iron. and has, indeed, ceased to be
q buyer
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-Four aloucester Fisherlnen Lost.

The fishing schooner independence.
the first oe the returning feet, reached
Gloucester, Mass, to report the loss OF
four men, who were knocked overheard
during a storm.
The Penn's Grove record., 1903-04-24

Germany Suffers From Snowstorm.
An~4usuafly heavy snowstorm has
caused much loss and suffering
throughout Germany.
The Penn's Grove record., 1903-04-24

Ask Your Dealer For Aliens Foot-Ease,
A powder to shake into your shoes; rests the
feet. Cures Corns, Bunions, SWOLLEN. Sore,
Hot, Callous, Aching, Sweating Feet and In
growing Nails. Aliens Foot-Ease makes new
or tight shoes easy. At all druggists and
shoe stores, % cents. Sample mailed FREE.
Address Allen s. Olmsted, Leroy, N. Y.
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Ada Britain, of sekitan, O., writes:
three months l have had great relief. l
had continual heaviness in my stomach,
was bilious, and had f~ainting spells, but
they have all left me since using Peruna."
Ada Britain.
If you do not derive prompt and salts
The Penn's Grove record., 1903-04-24

FITS permanently cured. No fits or nervous
ness after first days use of DR.. Kline's Great
NerveRestorer. $2trialb ottleandtreatisefr free
Dr.. III. KLINE. Ltd, 931 Arch ST., PhiIa., Pa.
The Penn's Grove record., 1903-04-24

The unexpected seldom happens to the
people who are always looking for it.
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BIZ Allowing r..c.fa, Pieketlng.

III kffO"1HB
Boston.-Without debate the House,
by a vote of 10 to Al, passed to be en-
crossed the bill to allow peaceful pick.
citing during strikes and lockcuts.
The Penn's Grove record., 1903-04-24

PUTNAM FADELEss DYES produce the
brightest and fastest colors.
The Penn's Grove record., 1903-04-24

An immense flow Of oil las been
struck at Hartford, Ohio. in new terri
The Penn's Grove record., 1903-04-24

A red-colored solution now obviates the
need of a lark room in photography.
The Penn's Grove record., 1903-04-24

Kerosene was first used for lighting
in 1926. n. Y.-11
The Penn's Grove record., 1903-04-24
MERGER DECISION SUSPENDED.
Action Of Court Releases Over s~4.00a.o0e
in May Dividends.

in May Dividends.
st. Paul, Minn.-Judge Sanborn, in
the United States Circuit Court, has
granted the application Of the Northern
Pacific and Great Northern railways
that the decree enjoining the Northern
Securities merger be suspended, pend
ing the outcome Of the appeal to the
Supreme Court, insofar as 1t prevents
the paying Of dividends by these rail-
roads to the holders Of Northern Secu-
rites stock. The decision releases over
$1,000, 900 in May dividends.
st. Paul, MINI. Counsel for the
Northern Securities Company and other
defendants filed their appeal from the
decision Of the United States Circuit
Court in the railroad merger case.
Thirty-four points of error are alleged.
Exceptions are noted to every para
graph in the decree, and the court is
held to be in error in rendering any de-
cree save one for dismissal Of the petit
ton and proceedings.
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wisconsin's Centenarian.

A woman doesn't have to be a c~onjurer
to change her mind.
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Polo is probably the oldest Of athletic
sports. 1t has been traced to 900 B. G.
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factory results from the use of Peruna,
write at once to DR.. Hartman, giving a
full statement of our case and he will
gratis.
Address DR.. Hartman, President of
The Hartman Sanitarium, Columbus,
The Penn's Grove record., 1903-04-24

We sell the Chinese about S. 00, 900 a
year more than we buy from them.
The Penn's Grove record., 1903-04-24

Herr Krupp's income, the largest ever
known in Germany, was 81, 760, 200 a year.
The Penn's Grove record., 1903-04-24
srArr OF ONO. Cry OFT oLEDo, 90

An iceboat is now propelled by an cleo
trio motor driven fan.
The Penn's Grove record., 1903-04-24

Iiso's Cure Is the best medicine we ever used
for all affections of throat and lungs.-WM.
O. ENDsLEY, Yanburene Ind. Feb. 10, 1900.
The Penn's Grove record., 1903-04-24

Look forthis trade ark:ssThe Klean, Kool
Kitchen Kind The stoves without smoke,
ashes or heat. Make comfortable cooking.
The Penn's Grove record., 1903-04-24

Miss Della Janveau. Globe Hotel, Ottawa. Ont, is from one Of the oldesta aud best
known French Canadian famihesin Canada IN q recon lGer to The Peruna Medicine
Co, of Columbus, Ohio she says:
"Last spring M blood seemed cLoggcd up, nay digestion poor, my head
Gched and I felt angmid and tired all III tins. My physician prescribed
for me ut a friend Gdvisedm me o try Peruna. I tried tt and am pleased
to tate that Hound II a WONDERFUL cleanser and purifier Of the system.
N three aOeeks I ta sLke a ,ComGn, my appetite had Increased, Ifett
liable fanntLu medicine
The Penn's Grove record., 1903-04-24

Mrs. Wilslow's SoothingSyrup for children
teething soften the gums, reduces infiamma
tion ,allays pain, cures wind collie. 25c. abottle
The Penn's Grove record., 1903-04-24
FASTEN AGE MARKS.

Sick Kidneys make people look older than they are; hasten the evening
days o life; fasten the marks of premature old age. The world over
Doan's Kidney Pills is the recognized Kidney Specific.
The Penn's Grove record., 1903-04-24

A little lie generally travels faster than
a great truth.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-07-14

to tine verge of bankruptcy. She is
in no condition to invite war with any
first class power; the result Of which
would certainly be defeat and prob
able dismembership Of loosely con
nected empire. There is therefore lit.
tie or no danger of serious difficulty
with Russia, and alarmist newspaper
reports may be read with equanimity
The plain dealing and firmness OF
American diplomacy will probably &C.
complish what we desire without seri.
GUS friction; so far as stock market
factor the Russian incident should not
receive undue weight; though it might
easily developed sufficient Importance
to interfere with ordinary speculative
movements.
In the absence of unfavorable de-
velopments prices should soon begin
to work gradually to a higher level;
there being a number of good, well
seasoned railroad stocks that are an
investment purchase on all decided de
clines. The industrials, it need hardly
be said, are not in high favor, the col
lapse of many of these and the fact
that they are more susceptible to the
effects of trade reaction than the rail
roads causing more or less discrim
ination in favor of the latter.