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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-05-08
The Coal Monopoly
AS Developed in the Investigation at
New York

President Baer has not been always
in the best of temper when giving his
testimony before the Interstate Com
merce Commission at New York, but
it may be that to that very circum-
stance we owe a candor on his part
which has been of great value in
throwing light on existing conditions
in the anthracite coal fields.
1t is plain from Mr. Baer's admis-
sions that there not only exists IN
Pennsylvania combination of coal
operators and carriers which has the
power to suppress competition and to
restrain commerce, but that this pow
er is actually exercised, and, so far as
Mr.. Baer is concerned, openly avowed,
Mr. Baer does not deny the facts; he
simply takes the ground that whatever
has been done is lawful and right, and
he declares his readiness to defend 1t
before any proper tribunal.
The transactions which Mr.. Baer
admits are not only in apparent viola
ton or evasion of the antitrust act
and the interstate commerce act, but
also of the constitution of the State Of
Pennsylvania That constitution de
clares that no railroad corporation
shall engage in coal mining, and that
no coal mining company shall oper-
ate a railroad more than fifty miles
long. The intention, obviously, is to
prevent the mining and transporta-
ton of coal from being In the same
hands
The Philadelphia and Reading
Railway Company as such does moi
mine coal, and the Philadelphia and
Reading Coal and Iron Company as
such does not operate the railroad ;
but it is admitted that a majority of
the stockholders of the two corpora
tons are the same, that both are con-
trolled by the Reading Company
and that they work together in min
ing, transporting and selling coal. If
this hoeus-poeus is susceptible Of legal
defense, not much worth mentioning
IS left of the constitutional inhibition.
1t is inevitable, in our judgment,
that President Baer should sooner OF
later have the chance which he seems
to crave of explaining these and other
similar arrangements In court. AS
the whole supply of anthracite is con-
tanned in the State of Pennsylvania
and is controlled by small group OF
capitalists, of which Mr. Baer is the
central figure, it is of vital importance
to the public interest that the ques-
ton should be determined whether
this group is in harmony with the
constitution and the laws. If the
courts do not agree with Mr.. Baer
then it will be necessary either fol
Mr.. Baer to amend the constitution OF
the State or the constitution Of Mr.
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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-05-08
REPRESENT SCIENTIFIC
CONGRESS AT ST. LOUIS

Prof. Simon Newcomb has left Wash
ington to go TO New York, and on Fri
day he will sail for Europe.
He is crossing the ocean on behalf
of the Worlds Fair commission to in
sure the success OF the scientific con-
gress which is to be held in St. Louis
during the exposition. Two other emil
nent scientists. Prof Hugo Munsterberg
of Harvard. and Prof Albion w. Small
OF the University of Chicago, will also
go to Europe for the same purpose. The
State Department has issued special
credentials to the scientists
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-05-08
The Field of Politics
Warm Campaign Ahead.

One of the most important as we'll
as one Of the most interesting political
contests to be waged this fall will be
the municipal campaign in New York
city when a successor to Mayor Low
will be chosen. 1t will doubtless at
tract more attention than any State
election, and the result will have greater
effect upon the national campaign next
year than the election Of governor
in any State. Greater New York with
its three millions of people is laI ger
numerically than any one of three
fourths of the States, and the control OF
the local government of that cosmopoli-
tan municipality means much to the ma
tional Democracy.
OF course it is possible for Roose-
welt to be elected in 1904 without the
electoral vote of New York State, but
in order to win the Democrats must
carry it. The majority must be gotten
in New York city. and Tammany must
get it. So that under any circumstances
the aid of that greatest of all political
organizations must be had before the
Democrats have any show of winning
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-05-08
HEARD IN HOTEL CORRIDORS.

any kind of business are used, and with
evident success. l came to the United
States for the benefit OF my health, hut
have taken little care of that in my de-
sire to see the sights of the Nations
Capital"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-05-08

b At the Alabama Republican convention
the whites sat on one side OF the nail
and the blacks on the other. That was
race prejudice. But they all cheered
President Roosevelt's name with una
nimity. That was patriotism.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-05-08
An Unregistered Guest.

One of the guests OF the Shoreham
not registered is the little daughter of
Roscoe and Mrs. Tompkins, of 1906 K
Street. The little one arrived Tuesday.
Mr. Tompkins is the genial room clerk
OF the Shoreham and is we'll known In
hotel circles.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-05-08
HENRY'S LAST CRUISE.

BERLIN, May S.-Admiral Prince
Henry Of Prussia has just started on
what Is expected to be his last cruise
before his retirement from sea duty He
is commanding the battleship squadron
which is maneuvering off Cherbourg.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-05-08

Talk about complicated family rela-
tions. Here's Miss Gladys Crocker Ashe,
a California girl, with million, married
over in London to Powers Gourand, her
mothers brother law. That makes her
sister-in-iaw to her mother and step
father, and aunt by marriage to herself!
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-05-08
Struck an Empress.

Just before the Dowager Empress OF
Russia left Copenhagen she was sub
jected to a rather unpleasant expert
ence. While walking with her father,
the aged King, they encountered a
drunken soldier. who commenced TO
abuse his sovereign, and who finally.
when the King extended his hand TO
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-05-08

of the Mediterranean and Eastern ques-
tons
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1903-12-30
RATE HAS FALLEN.

The arrival OF the French bark La
Bruyere at Port Los Angeles has caus
ed the rate on the French bark Paris.
now long overdue for this port, to fall
considerably. The Chronicle of Dc
cember 20 says:
To the surprise OF the shipping COM
munity generally the French bark La
Bruyere. PIG days out from the Tyne
via Newcastle, Aus. for Port Los An
geles, arrived yesterday morning at her
destination. She had turned back from
! Cape Horn and taken the Cape of Good
Hope passage. Reinsurance on the bark
had been quoted at As per cent, the
been considered bad for the vessel.
From the Tyne to this coast is a pass.
age that should have been made In $50
days or less. Some little speculation
was made on the bark, on the basis OF
her arrival, and these spectators have
won.
No time was lost, upon the receipt
Of rival, telegram announcing La Bru-
yere's arrival, in reducing the reinsur-
ance rate on the French bark Paris
now out 223 days from Hamburg for
Honolulu, from 10 to Oper cent. The
"trip of the Paris is or should be about
the same as that Of La Bruyere. both
vessels probably encountering extreme
! ly rough weather and perhaps weeks
OF eXasperating Gains. Speculation
has been heavy on the Paris, Her safe
, arrival appears to be more probabls
than for weeks past. There were NC
other changes yesterday among the
Qyerdues.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1903-12-30
PLANTATIONS ASK
FOR RtHtAR|NG

Eva and Kahuku Plantation COM
panies petition for rehearing in the
case between the Oahu Railway Co.
and themselves, basing their prayer
on the ground that certain decisive
questions have been overlooked in the
decision.
Petition quotes from the Supreme
Courts decision as follows:
at Is no defense that thu taxes were
not assessed upon the sub. leased por.
tons of land separately. The private
agreement of the parties was not bind.
ing upon the assessor and the latter
was under no obligation to make a
separate assessment by reason Of such
agreement
Commenting on the above, petition
crs say:
THE court has clearly overlooked
the point made in our brief, that the
interest of the Oahu Railway q Land
Co. in each of the demised premises
iG a separate item, and as such Is 10
be separately taxed. We did not con-
tend that the agreement to pay taxes
had any effect upon the method OF
assessment, but that II any taxable in.
terest in the demised premises was left
or created by the leases, such interests
we're separate items, and under the
provisions of the tax law must be sep
arately taxed, which was not done
and therefore no valid tax was laid OF
the demised premises and we wer'
not obligated by the agreement to pa,
anything but a valid tax"
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1903-12-30
COUNTY CASH AND CUTS

Erapher and clerk, $l25; clerk, $50:
messenger, $40.
District Attorney Rawlins recon-
mended deputy attorney at 5000; law
stenographer, $3.50; messenger, $50.
1t was recommended that $4,000 be
allotted for pay of the police.
Further business was deferred until
this morning.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1903-12-30
ONE CAT FOR EACH.

AS Admiral Evans feet steamed off
for the Orient yesterday morning the
lnter.Island wharf cat, which is a pet
OF all the waterfront, was delivered OF
seven healthy kittens. The seven
young pussies have each been named
after one of the seven warships ia
commemorate the queer coincidence
The Tupelo journal., 1903-04-03
HOW MUCH CORN PER ACRE.
1t Depends Very Largely on How
One PlOvs-Deep Flowing In
sures Heavy Crops.

There are one or two important
points in growing good crops of corr
which We omitted at the proper place.
1T you wish a large yield you must
have plenty of stalks upon an acre.
With 1000 stalks you can hardly make
more han 20 bushels. But with 1000
ak you can hope to get 40 bushels.
And with 5000 stalks you can make
from so to 100 bushels. 1t usually
takes 100 stalks to make one bushel.
But many are ready to say you
must not crowd corn. You must give
each stalk room or you will have no
ears. Well, with three inches of soil
hat is true; but with II to Is in
ches of soil the chance is different.
Corn needs cubic space of soil to feed
on, not square space. So you can
have a great deal more cubic space to
furnish food and water to 5000 stalks.
on land broker IL inches, than you
can to furnish 1000 stalks ON and
broken three inches. Once below the
hard pan, your roots can GO on down
indefinitely and will go six feet.
again, NOuI iuice lliCDCS 10 lEiDIe W
get so dry that it will furnish very
little water or food.
We had rather risk 5000 on IL
inches than 1000 on four inches.
Plant plenty of corn per acre. You
have seen it grow thick on bottom
land. so it will grow thick on upland
hat has been broken deep and fer
tilted heavily.
1t is not safe to risk much fertilizer
on land that has been plowed shallow.
But you car afford to risk a very
large quantity on land that has the
hardpan broken so that roots can find
water in dry times.
a ton per acre on deep soil is safer
than 1000 pounds on shallow SOIL
Dixie Farmer.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-04-03

most every city of this country, and
it is usually the imported article"
Nearly everybody is familiar with
the German food importations, and
the American limitations of them.
Upon many American tables it is GUS
tomary to find. sauerkraut, sausages,
picked behring's and soused mackerel.
But, particularly in winter time, the
German-born citizens import wild
bears and hares, and a singular con-
lection called matzapan, which is
made of white sugar, cream and
blanched almonds. They also import
various kinds of bread and pastry, oc-
casionally bringing in German cab
bages and potatoes. Their cabbages
are very small; little baby cabbages, in
deed. But they are of finer fiber and
more delicate flavor than ours. Their
potatoes are very small and every way
inferior to product; and yet, a cab
bage soup, enriched with those pota-
toes, will stick to the ribs, and make
you send up your plate for a second
helping; indeed, they expect you to
call for a second dish of soup of their
own importation and of their W
making. If you are being entertained
by a German-born friend who wants to
give you a full %fatherland meal YOU
may expect goose breasts, which have
been dried, smoked and picked, and
you don't dare turn up your nose at
The Tupelo journal., 1903-04-03
OF LABOR.
Thinking and Planning Now to Dc
Things With the Least Labor
is Not L~axiness.

There is much in heredity. The
leopard will be spotted, the bear
black, and the sheep white, because
they are born that way. A man will
be tall, or short, or dark, or light, or
conscientious, or constituencies, or
energetic or lazy, as a result OF
heredity, and that much he can not
help. But in mental and moral con
stitution, and to some extent in ply
steal form, one may overcome heredi-
ty to a large extent. And even where
but little impression can be made on
natures handicap, it may be counter
acted, and the result be the same as
if the hereditary obstacle had W
existed. One of the best farmers we
have known was the champion lazy
The Tupelo journal., 1903-04-03

man Of the neighborhood. His body
loved ease, but his mind was active
and energetic. His neighbors were
solicitious lest his family %starve, and
much sympathy was lagished upon
the wife and four children. But when
they found that his crops were better
and more varied and his horses, cattle
and sheep and hogs fatter than any
others in the neighborhood, they said
unto each other: "How is this thus"?
The true explanation appeared after
awhile, when it was found that our
neighbor, Andrews. lay awake at
night, thinking and planning and
scheming. how he might do a large
amount of work with a small amount
OF effort. The result was, that if
he made a fence or a gate, or any
building, he was ii long time at it,
but it never had to be rebuilt, at least
during his lifetime. When he planted
a crop or cultivated it. the soil was
prepared with great are and when
he followed the pillow no stalk was
passed until it was properly plowed.
He did this to "save labor He cult
waited but little land. but did it well.
There is really no excuse for being Il
poor farmer. If one is born wrong in
any way he can rectify himself. If
he lacks knowledge he can acquire it.
IT he lacks industry he can put in a
good substitute in the way of brains,
which is the greatest labor-saving in
vention of this or any other age. If Il
man does not rise superior to heredi-
ty, it is not because he can't, but be-
cause he does not want to. If he
wants to he will. You can't keep a
man down who wants to rise. The
place TO begin reforms is at the top.
Make a mans head right and he will
soon be standing upright and ready
TO move forward as Don as he is
sure OF his footing.-Texas Farm and
Ranch.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-04-03
The Misery of Leisure.

j. In this world those have a hard time
who have nothing to do but amuse
themselves. Pleasures have a way of
becoming insipid. Il wish," despair
ingly exclaimed a society young wom-
an, shat 1 had something in which /
could get really Interested" She had
learned to draw and paint a little, and
for awhile did SO with zeal; she had
taken up music, and with the same re-
suit; then she studied law for a year,
but dropped it because she had no OBJ
ject in keeping up the study. Poor
thingi We do not enough pity the
miserably rich. This young woman
might have been reasonably happy if
onlynecessityhadc to fol-
low some occupation. Then she might
have become sufficiently the master of
it to enjoy it and to enjoy life also.
The misery Of leisure consists in the
The Tupelo journal., 1903-04-03

this delicacy, either. All of their vari-
kinds Of ham are delicious, and
their mushrooms, grown in caverns
along the Rhine, are almost fit for
angels food.
Nobody will be glad to hear it,"
continued Mr.. Cayanaugh. but it
is a fact that the villainous race re-
Gently driven off of this hemisphere
by Sehley and the other men behind
the guns knows more about sausages
than all the rest of us. They inn
port long, thin, narrow sausages,
smoked until they are almost as dry,
black and hard as a piece of wood,
and call them Vic. Catalan and
Basque sausages. They r finer
than any sausage that comes to this
country, or than any other people
on earth can make. And / guess j
know something about good eatin'
myself"
And he does. Big Tom Cavanaugh
knows more about delicatessen than
any other man in this ten-miles-
square seat of government.
These people who used to call us
American hogs have good ideas of
The Tupelo journal., 1903-04-03
DISHES FROM ABROAD
Europe and Asia Supply Us with
Some Strange Foods.
Jews and Gentiles, MOhanmcdnns
and Confucians, Import Their
National Dainties with
Great Regularity.
Especial Washington letter.

EfENun reauAng curing the Lenten
season your 1lsh story was
creuitabie," says Tom Cava-
nauah. a veteran customs inspector.
he aaded: but you ought TO zen
your readers something about the
mu~ltitarious foods which pass through
TIE customs houses.
\ Gu are probably not aware OF the
fact that upwards of 70 nationalltles
are represented in cur composite cltl-
zenshIp. At some time every year each
one Of these nationalities Will appear
on the books of some port of entry,
because of the desire of the lmml-
grants for home dishes. There are
hundreds Of these dishes, and all OF
their names are unfamiliar to our peo-
pie.
The Irish cannot make many boasts
concerning the excellence of their ma
tive gastronomy; and yet they import
regularly pieces Of bacon, genuine
'murphies' and Irish moss; a peculiar
kind of dried seaweed which is gathered
on the western coast of old Ireland.
Ills - SdIQ W Dt CSpttidip
for persons disposed to be dyspeptlc.
1t is not very attractive in appearance,
to Americans. 1t looks somewhat ike
the material used at our coast resorts
for the preparation of clam bakes.
When it is cooked, however, according
to TIE notions of the cid folks, it de-
velops into a dark gelatinous mass
which is very agreeable to the taste,
and undoubtedly beneficial to the
health.
There is a seaweed very like the
Irish Importation which the Scandi-
nav:ans import from Norway and
Sweden; and they also import several
kinds of bread, and a very small cab
ba9e. There are three kinds of bread;
one like German p~umpernickel, n
like unleavened bread, which the Jews
call matzos, and another kind which
seems to be betwiXt and between the
two. All of these breads are ~palatable,
and extremely nutritious. They are
usually toasted and served with milk,
cream. butter or cheese.
The amount of food which a French
man will import is limited in quality
and quantity only by his financial
limitations. The French have no re-
ligious belief more deep seated than
their belief that their people alone
have been blessed with an absolutely
perfect understanding of what to eat,
and how to prepare and serve it. They
import everything that goes on their
table, if they have money enough.
They will even eat and declare that
they enjoy chewing the toughest of
leather, in the form of imported cox
combs. The animal tissue Of the coXs-
comb is sometimes put up raw, but is
usually half cooked, and then picked
or spiced. 1t is brilliant, but makes
the molars of an American work over
time while acquiring the taste. But
imported French blood pudding, dark
Ell. heavier than the German blutwurst,
is the worst of them all. Made from
the blood of beeyes and horses, these
buildings are so extremely disagree
able that very few Americans can ac-
quire a taste for them. Blood pudding
can be found on the tables of French
restaurants and boarding houses in al
The Tupelo journal., 1903-04-03
HERE AND THERE.

-"Contentment is~fat," and every
little thing that adds to the comfort
of the animal or makes him more con-
tented increases the gains which he
makes from each bushel of grain.
If a COW kicks, try kindness
get into her confidence. Try to I'M
derstand her. She may have some
Just cause for kicking. and be thus
expressing her intelligence, You may
be the cause. Absolve yourself be-
fore you condemn her.
An excellent way to feed corn
that is easily shelled to fowls is to
chop it into two-inch lengths with a
Ratchet and throw it on the chatf-
covered scratching shed foo.'. The
birds are compelled to eat it slowly
and to take exercise while doing SO.
The successful dairymaE is the
one who is in it to stay in-his farm,
buildings, dairy and himself properly
equipped for the work. One essential
for the proper equipment of the dairy
is uniformity of individuals. This can
be had only by raising ones own
COWS.
Let the cow be fed promptly at
regular times, in the same order and
so far as possible by the same feeder.
Feeding should be done as quickly as
possible, only insuring thoroughness.
When the cow is excited or eNpectant
she is using potential energy from
milk-making.
The apples. exported from the
United States mainly go to Liverpool,
London and Glasgow. The largest
number of barrels exported was in
1896, the total number being 2,919,sA6,
or nearly double the usual amount.
The exports of 1902 equdled, if not
exceeded. those of 1896.
Many of the cows of commerce
! are discards from herds that wise
dairymen are breeding up. They have
been skillful feeders and tenders, and
all their cows have been given a
chance. The reflections have been
weighed in the balance, and not
wanted. If not good enough for them,
why for you?
The census Office reports show
that the following states lead in the
production of Irish potatoes: New
York, Wisconsin, Michigan and Penn
sylvania. The leading sweet-pctato-
growing states are North Carolina,
Georgia, Virginia, Alabama, South
Carolina and Texas, but i'll onions
New York, Ohio, Michigan and Massa.
chusetts lead.
According to the Hay and Grain
Reporter the hay crop is one OF the
most profitable, and costs less to
harvest and market than most other
crops. The fact is overlooked, how
ever, that there are other crops, such
as Kaffir corn. sorghum and millet,
which are much more certain and re-
liable in localities subject to mid
summer d%roughts.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-04-03

can heartily recommend Peruna as a
catarrh remedy. Mrs. Elmer Fleming.
Treat Catarrh in Spring.
The spring is the time otreat catarrh.
Cold, wet winter weather often rctards
a cure of catarrh. If a course of Peruna
is taken during the early spring months
the cur will beprompt and permanent.
There can be no failures if Peruna is
taken intelligently during the favorable
weather of spring.
Asa systemic catarrh remedy Peruna
eradicates catarrh from the system
wherever it may be located. 1t cures
catarrh of the stomach Oh bowels with
the same certainty as catarrh of the
head.
If you do not derive prompt and salts
factory results from the use of Peruna,
write at once to DR.. Hartman, giving a
full statement of your case and he will
be pleased to give you his valuable ad-
vice gratis.
Address DIR. Hartman, President of
The Hartman Sanitarium, Columbus,
Ohio.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-04-03
An Adjustable Limit.

1t was a Maine girl of whom the story is
told that she refused to marry a most de-
voted lover until he had amassed a fortune of
$4,000. After some expostulation he ac-
cepted the decree and went to work. About
three months after this the vivacious young
lady. meeting her lover, asked:
We'll Charley, how are you getting
along"
"Oh, very well, indeed" Charley returned,
CHEEKY. I've saved SIS" =
The young lady blushed and looked down
at the toes of her walking boots, and stabbed
the inotfensive earth with the point of her
parasol. Il guess" she said family, Il
guess, Charley. that's about near enough
Philadelphia Public Ledger.