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The Savannah morning news., 1903-01-04
NOT A POPLAR SCHEME.

The United States Steel Corporations
profit-sharing scheme is not popular
with its employees. The details of the
scheme We're given in our dispatches on
Friday. In brief the proposition is to
permit the employees to purchase shares
of the corporations preferred stock
during this year at a certain price-a
price a little below the market price
and to assist them in paying for 1t
from the profits of the corporation. The
amount each employee is permitted to
purchase at the price in question is de-
termined by the amount of his sal
| airy. An employe earning $1,000 year
is permitted to purchase $3.50 worth,
and one earning $1,000 can get $500
worth. In other words every $1,000 of
salary carries with 1t the right to pur-
chase. at the price fixed by the corpora
ton, $3.50 worth of the preferred stock.
OF course the employees can go into the
open market and buy as much of the
stock as they can pay for. but in the
open market they would have to pay
for it a price higher than that asked
by the corporation. Besides, the stock
obtained from the company carries
with it share of the profits, though
a very small share.
But these shares have one great
of them is not given to the purchaser
for five years. They are not of course
to be paid for in cash. They are to be
paid for from the wages of the en-
| ployes, so much each year, and the
share of the profits set apart for the
| employees. 1t is the expectation that
the shares will be paid for during the
| FIVE years the shares are to remain in
possession of the corporation.
The reason the proposition is not
popular with the employees is that it
would destroy their independence. If
there should be trouble between them
and the corporation. and the employees
should give up their places they would
lose their stock. 1t is so provided In
the contract.
| 1t looks therefore as if this co-opera-
tive scheme were nothing more than
an effort on the part of the corpora
| ton to prevent strikes. The employees
who have been interviewed in regard
to it. and who have expressed opin-
IONS say that it looks to them as If
the corporations purpose were to pre-
vent strikes and to get rid of some of
its shares. There are 16S,000 employees
and il the scheme We're generally ap-
| proved by the employees, the number
of shareholders would be increased to
such an extent that there would be
noticeable increase in the demand for
the shares. and hence an increase in
the price of them.
OF course the employees may be
wrong in assuming that in making the
! proposition the corporation had its own
interests in view and not that of its
employees. But whether it had or not,
| it is evident that the proposition is not
popular with the men, and the indica-
items are that the number of them that
will accept it will not be large. The
employees prefer TO put their earnings
IN savings banks. They can get Il then
The Savannah morning news., 1903-01-04

A Chicago newspaper says it has
come into possession of a letter writ
ten to a provision dealer in that city
from Charleston. S. c., asking for
consignments of bad meat. The Char
lesion mans letter is quoted thus: II
have large demands for rejected and
number two meats Of all kinds, also
cut and scrap pieces of meat. Quanti-
ty and quality no object to me. 1
can sell any thing in the line of meats.
no matter how bad It may be-" The con-
sumers of these bad meats are. Of
course. 70 Re found IL the large negro
element with which Charleston is sad
died. 1t is probable that in every
other Southern city having a conid-
cradle negro population there exists a
similar demand for bad meats. And
there can be no doubt that the con-
sumption of this improper food is one
reason why the merge death rates is
so much higher than the death rate
of the whites.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-01-04
Fears to Wear His Uniform.

An army officer, stationed in Wash
ington and residing with his wife in a
small apartment house of the north
west section of the city, had a remark
able and pathetic experience a few
evenings ago, says the Baltimore Amer
lean. 1t is his wont to appear in the
public dining hall for dinner, clad in a
tuxedo. He does not like to wear
a uniform, as few army officers do,
unless it be on very formal duty. There
had been some disaster to his evening
clothes when he entered his apartments.
and his citizens clothes were drenched
with rain. Nothing remained for him,
but to wear his uniform down to din
ner.
No sooner had he entered the dining
room than an estimable lady, widow
of an officer who lost his life not long
ago in the service, on seeing the uni
form shrieked and fell in a swoon. The
unexpected sight revived recollections
of her own sorrow. She was carried
out and a doctor summoned The ma
Jor was much affected but ate his
dinner and again retired to his apart
ments, still considerably disturbed
Soon thereafter, the bell rang and an
other lady, whose husband was killed
in the Philippines, appeared. She, too
was unaccustomed to seeing him in
uniform, and tainted at the portal
That was more than be could stand.
and the major put on his wet clothes
and wore them till bedtime. He is
afraid to wear his uniform more in his
own house, where callers are likely to
behold him.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-01-04

when they want II, and they will be
free to leave the corporation at any time
they think it is their interest to do so.
If the corporation wants to do some
thing which its employees can accept
without feeling that they are being de-
prived Of freedom of action-are not, in
fact, being made the victims of the
corporations greed-let it modify the
scheme so that the employees will have
the shares whether they remain with
the company five years OF not-that is.
let them have as many of the shares
as are paid for when they decide TO
sever their relations with the corpora
ton. Offers to share profits with en-
ployes have been made by other cor
porations. but as far as we are in
formed they have not been received
with favor.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-01-04
Personal.

Navy men are subscribing for a
monument Cat Erie, Pa to the late
Capt. Charles V. Gridley of the Olym-
pia and Manila bay.
Samuel Smiles, the author, has just
celebrated his ninetieth birthday. He
is still in fair health and manifests
considerable interest in current politics
and literature.
The two grand old men of Ger
many just now are Profs. Theodore
Mommsen and Adolf Mcneil, whose
united ages reach the imposing total
of l13 years, of which 81 go to Mcneil,
Mommsen being year younger.
Col. r. =. Creecy, editor of the
Elizabeth. n. c., Economist, has just
celebrated his eighty-ninth birthday
He is the oldest journalist in active
service in the United States, having
been in the harness upward of sixty
years.
Sir Henry Campbell Zimmerman is
quoted as saying regarding the Brit
ish Empire: ut is the essential policy
of this country to consolidate intimacy
and encourage friendship with the
United States"
At one time in his career as
sportsman Grover Cleveland was far
from being the good shot he is to-day.
When young man he used to go to
Waretown. n. j., after ducks, and the
uncertainty of his aim is still recalled
when the good people of that place
hear of his shooting expeditions. One
day he went duck hunting with Joe
Coburn, a veteran guide. Mr.. Cleve-
land shot worse than ever before,
though flock after flock went over his
head. After a great waste of powder
and shot he finally brought down a
brace of ducks. saying with delight as
he did So Hit 'em that time, didn't
I, Joe?' The guide replied with de-
liberation: Yes, sir, they will fly into
it once in a great while" Mr.. Cleve-
land did not fish for any more compli-
mentS that daV
The Savannah morning news., 1903-01-04
BRIGHT BITS.

-Politician-I'll do what I can to get
work for YOU.
Citizen-I don't want work; what I'm
after is a city job.-Boston Transcript.
Mrs. Fortey-He was pleased to
say 1 held my age very we'll.
Mrs. Snappe-Why shouldn't you?
Think of the years of practice you've
had.-Philadelphia Press.
-She-After a thirty years court
ship a couple have just married at
Leeds, England.
He-Isn't that too bad after so many
happy years.-Yonkers Statesman.
why do you call them French
duel pills." asked the customer in the
drug store. Because thew cool hot
blood and are harmless" replied the
bright clerk--Chicago Daily News.
City Friend-In this house occur
red New York's most famous murder
mystery.
County Cousin-Indeed? Which do
you mean?
City Friend-The one the police
solved.-Judge.
well" remarks Gladys, 81 sup
pose you are all through your holi-
day worries, aren't your" Yes" re-
plies Nanette, 81 exchanged my last
misfit present this morning, and have
settled down to enjoy myself."-Cin-
cinnati Commercial Tribune.
George" said Mrs. Ferguson, cts
too bad about that lot of mechanical
toys you gave Willie for a Christmas
gift. Every one of them went to pieces
in less than twenty-four hours"
Yes replied Mr.. Ferguson; 1.-THE
chap I bought them of promised they
would. Chicago Tribune.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-01-04
Military PunctiIiO,

The following true story, says the
Manchester Guardian, comes from
Vienna under the title of THE brave
lieutenant and the old ass" and is a
pretty commentary on the manner in
which the greenest of officers may,
and do, avenge insults (often unin-
territorial, but that makes no differ
ence) offered to their uniform by pos
sibly wiser civilians. Two men stood
on a railway platform-one a vision
splendid in uniform, the other quite
an ordinary old gentleman. The latter
stumbled, and in so doing committed
the crime of treading on the Visions
toes. Il beg your pardon" said he.
You might look what you're about,
you old ass" responded the other
Upon this what happened? The old
gentleman actually death the lieu
tenant one straight from the shoulder"
Needless to say. the sword was drawn
without more ado. and but for the in
reference OF their fellow-passenger
the man might have shed blood The
next scene was at the police station.
Here the old gentleman wished to have
first say. He was, however, overruled
in Difference to the Service" But at
length his turn came.
who may you be?' was the ques-
ton put.
Field Marshal, retired list" came
the answer. A general collopse fol-
lowed.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-01-04
A NEW ENTERPRISE IN FLORIDA.

According to a dispatch from our
correspondent at Starke, Fla, it is
only within the last few days that
there has been anything definite in re-
gard to the proposed spool cotton fac
tory at that place. The enterprise has
been discussed extensively among the
cotton farmers of Bradford county and
the sentiment is strongly in favor of
1t, but until very recently there was
much doubt as to whether or not there
would be anything done about it.
1t looks now as if the factory would
be built. There seems to be no doubt
that it could be made to pay. The cot
ton farmers feel that way concerning
the project, and they are ready to
provide the necessary money.
Starke is situated in a section where
the long staple cotton is grown extern
siyely. Indeed, that kind of cotton is
the chief crop of the county. And the
farmers who cultivate this cotton are
back Of the factory movement 1t is
their opinion that with a factory close
at hand they would get better prices
for their cotton than they are getting
under present conditions. Every season
they hear of a combination of the
thread mills to get sea island cotton
at price fixed by the mills, and they
are satisfied that they do not get for
their cotton what it is really worth.
There is no good reason why spool
thread cannot be manufactured as
successfully in Florida as in New Eng
land or Scotland. All that is necessary
is capital, and If the Bradford county
farmers demonstrate that spool thread
can be made at a profit near their
cotton fields it will not be long before
there will be factories of that kind in
the long staple cotton centers of Geor-
gia.As matter of fact the great bulk of
the long staple cotton is grown in this
state. 1t is only a question of a little
time when the necessary capital will
be put in spool thread mills in this sec
tion. A very good quality of spool
thread is now made in Columbus, Ga.
The splendid water power of that CITY
makes it an ideal place for manufac-
turing Electrical power is furnished at
a remarkably small cost. 1t will be
quite an honor for Starke to be the pio-
neer of spool thread manufacturing in
Florida.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-01-04

From the Chicago Tribune.
How good we feel when we forgive
Another, who has done some vrongi
1t thrills us like the cadences
Of some joy laden, lifting song,
We feel the true nobility
OF gentlehess; of how to live:
We mark his thankfulness with pride
When we forgive.
To know that we may rise above
The pettiness of rage and hate
And wipe away all trace of hurt
Is something fine, and something
great.
To let our deep resentment flow
Like needless water through
sieve
1t makes the better men of us
When we forgive.
To clasp hands with the erring one
And VOW that what is past is past
Will coax the sun of gladness out
Where now the sky is overcast.
All! Life is happy, after all.
And more than worth the while to
live.
We always realize our good
When We forgive.
We understand the weakness of
The other man; and so at length
We come to grasp the wondrousness
OF our transcendent moral strength.
When We forgive we only learn
our better part, and do not see
That we are being kind to one
As bad as wei
s-Wl p. NesbIt,
The Savannah morning news., 1903-01-04
CURRENT COMMENT.

The Memphis Commercial-Appea
CDem.) says: Cuban reciprocity is
said to be in peril; but why. mourn
about it? Reciprocity is a sacrifice
that the vice of protection makes to
the virtue of necessity. If reciprocity
is right, tariff for revenue only is
right. If reciprocity with one country
is the proper thing, reciprocity with
all countries is the proper thing, and
there should be absolute free trade be-
tween England and the United States.
The Republican who grows virtuously
Indignant because Cuban reciprocity
is in peril and then declares that no
impious hand must be laid on the tar
if is simply windy humbug."
The Chicago Chronicle (Rep.) says:
1.-THE insinuation that it will not be safe
to ratify the Cuban treaty because
Germany may request similar treat
ment is a pitiful excuse for persisting
in a wrong course. 1t would be more
to the credit of congressman who are
against reciprocity with Cuba if they
would say frankly that they oppose
it because beet sugar men whom they
fear to offend have bid them do so or
because they are afraid that the ratifi-
cation of one treaty will lead up to the
ratification of another which will low
er the duty on some petty local in
dustry which appears to them of more
Importance than the other industries
of the country"
The New Orleans Picayune (Dem.)
says: "The Southern states, in which
there are overwhelming negro majori-
ties, cannot for a moment cease to re-
sist the movement for negro political
and social equality, which, backed up
by Northern millions, is being forced
upon them. The trusts are never safe
from attack while the Southern states
are the stronghold of Democratic prin-
ciples; therefore, the South must be
RepublicaniZed by teaching the negroes
to read and write. There is no Won
der that the great trust masters of the
Northern states are backing up the
Southern educational movement" to
the extent so it is given out, of al
most unlimited money. With negro
domination established In these states
the trusts will be able to control the
national and state machinery. 1t will.
be a government by the trusts. for
the trusts. The movement is ali the
more dangerous. because il comes in
the form OF "A benefaction. II is so in
sidiods that IL Is calculated to deceive
the elect themselves. and II Southern
patriotism fails TO stand on guard. the
very worst may hefall these states,n
The Savannah morning news., 1903-01-04

You talk about luck!" said the
man, according to the Cleveland Plain
Dealer. Look at Jim Buckshaw. The
other day when the cold snap came on,
big icicle formed on one of his caves.
1t must have been ten feet long and
Jim got afraid it would drop down
and brain somebody. He used to
stand by the gate warning people to
look out for it because he didn't want
anybody to get smashed, and have to
pay damages"
Yes. l 'spose it fell at last?"
Yes, it fell the day the sun came
out good and strong. 1t fell straight
down, just missing Jim's wife and en-
tered the ground, and at once disap-
peared. That's right. And this amt
the most wonderful part of it,"
Go ahead"
We'll. sir, it wasn't ten minutes
after the icicle went down before oil
began to flow from the spot where it
entered. That icicle struck oil, sir,
and Jim has a well there now that
runs hundred barrels a day. Queer
about some peoples luck, isn't it?"
The Savannah morning news., 1903-01-04
DIR. LORENZ's WORK,

The othopaedic physicians of Phila-
delphia are by no means satisfied that
the effect of Dr. Lorenz's work in this
country will be beneficial. They have
no doubt of his skill, and they admit
that he is very successful, but they
point out that 1t takes a very high de-
gree of skill, skill that can only be
acquired by long experience, to pro-
duce the results in hip dislocations that
he produces. What is going to be the
result, these Philadelphia physicians
ask, when physicians in all parts of
the country begin to try his method,
physicians who are unable to make
correct diagnoses-that is, who are I'M
able to tell whether or not a case is
capable of being treated by the Lo-
REM method? Is it not apparent that
much needless suffering will be caused
and perhaps many lives sacrificed?
Dr. Lorenz has treated successfully
over thousand cases, and yet he him.
self admits that he is successful in
only about so per cent. of those he
treats. OF course, this is a much larger
per cent. than is obtained by the use of
the knife. only about rs per cent of
those so treated being cured.
In his clinics in this country DR.. Lo-
REM selected only cases which he dag
nosed as easy, and yet he met with
mishap in Chicago, had bad luck in
Boston and in Philadelphia one of his
cases turned out to be as difficult as
any he ever attempted to treat. This
shows that it requires exceptional skill
in diagnosing cases.
Another thing that is to be borne in
mind is that a case is not out of the
physicians hands when the joint has
been adjusted. The limb is put in a
plaster cast, where it has to remain
four, and sometimes six. months. At
the end of that time the most deli
cate part Of the operation remains to
be performed. After the plaster cast
is taken off an accident is likely to hap
pen in the effort to put the limb in
use. Unless the physician knows ex-
actly what to do the condition of the
limb is likely to be worse than it was
before the operation.
The Philadelphia surgeons. therefore,
are of the opinion that for the present.
at least, it would be advisable to con-
tinue along the lines that were fol-
lowed before DR. Lorenz's coming.
These lines include the Lorenz method
the use Of the knife. and both methods
when conditions seem to favor the use
Of both.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-01-04

An Indian Territory editor has this
to say of his work:
Editing a newspaper is a pleasant
business-if you can stand it.
IF it contains many advertisements
a subscriber complains that they take
up too much space. If there is lack
of advertising it is unpopular and the
people won't have it.
IF we attend church regular they
say we go for effect. If we stay away
from church they say We are mon
strously heathenish.
IF we accept an invitation to a
wedding they say we are only in
vited to write it up
If we go to the opera house they
say We go on free tickets. If we are
seen upon the streets too often they
say we neglect our business. If we
avoid going on the street they say we
don't hustle around after the news.
IF We publish a man who has
brought disgrace upon his family, the
friends of the family never forgive US.
If we, out of goodness of heart, decline
to say anything on the subject, the
mans enemies are disappointed and
we are branded as white-livered cow
ards"
The Savannah morning news., 1903-01-04
RELIGIOUS WAR IN THE PHILIP
PINES


The administration is greatly con-
cerned in regard to the trouble between
the religious factions in the Philip
! pines. particularly in the island Of Lu
zon. There is a condition of affairs
there which may become extremely
troublesome.
A new church has been organized
which calls itself the National Filipino
! Church. At the head Of it is an ex-
communicated catholic priest named
Aglipay. He has been proclaimed
archbishop. He served with the in
surgents and is a man of influence
among the Filipinos. one Of the lead
ers Of the new church organization Is
Senior Buencainno. who was promi-
nently identified with the insurgents
in fact. was a member OF the insur-
gent government The new church
is modelled after the Church of Eng
land and is extraordinarily popular
with the natives. one of its aims is to
drive al the Spanish friars out of the
Philippines, and it seems to be in
fair way of accomplishing it's object
1t is taking possession of the
churches, claiming that they are really
owned by the people and not by the
f~iars. This of course brings on a
conflict between the new church and
the Catholics and from all accounts
there is danger of a religious war.
Both factions are as yet loyal to the
United States, but it is impossible to
fOrsee whether this condition of af-
fairs is likely to last.
Each faction is striving to interest
the United States Government in its be-
half The new Filipino Church insists
that the United States shall assist it
in getting possession of the Catholic
church buildings and the Catholic
Bishop of Manila has called on Gov.
Taft to interfere to prevent the Catho-
lies from being deprived of their prop
erty. Gov. Taft has been trying to
make both factions understand that
the United States do not interfere in
religious matters, and that they will
have to settle their difference in the
courts. Thus far he hasn't succeeded
in making either faction comprehend
how the United States can be indIf-
ferent in so important a matter, and
each thinks that they will eventually
take stand for one faction or the
other and establish a church at the
point of the bayonet.
The agricultural lands of the friars
are not involved in this dispute. 1t
seems that the new church confines
it's demands to church buildings. The
question as to what is going to be the
outcome Of the trouble is a matter of
great deal of speculation. 1t is the
cause of much uneasiness at the War
Department. Gov. Taft's attitude of
strict neutrality is commended. Still
he may have to use force to maintain
peace. and in that way a misunder-
standing may occur that will lead to
a vast amount of trouble.
Problems will be presented for solu-
tion in the Philippines as long as we
retain control Of the islands. They
have been source of great expense
to US thus far, and there is nothing
in sight which indicates that we shall
ever get adequate compensation for
what we have spent upon them. If
we have gained any benefit from them
whatever it has been indirect, and the
indications are that all the benefit
they will ever be to us will be in
direct.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-01-04
TroubIe Coz the Proofreader.

'If you think that 1 am going to
pay you penny for this advertise
ment of mine in your measly old pa
per, you are nightly mistaken, my
friend" said an irate business man as
he slammed down a copy of the Morn
ing Revelle on the counter of the bus
mess Office of the paper, according to
LippincottS.
What is the matter with the adver-
tisement?' asked the business man
ager of the paper as he came for
ward.
I'D ask what is the matter, If 1 were
youl What / wrote was "A fresh in
voice of dairy butter every day Will
you just cast your eye on that ad. of
mine and see what you have printed ?"
The business manager cast his eye"
on the 'ad." indicated and booked for
place of safety when he read:
"A fresh invoice of hairy butter ev-
cry day!"