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The Savannah morning news., 1903-10-26
VICTIMS OF THE TRUSTS.

Trusts are justly held responsible for
many evils that have followed hard
upon the wholesale combination of so
many commercial enterprises, and those
who groan beneath the irksome burdens
resulting are willing to ascribe almost
any adversely to the influence of the
great corporations one of the latest
charges that receives the ear of the
public is the decadence of the American
drummer, and his undoing is laid at the
door of the trusts.
Hard upon the heels of consolida-
lions, it is claimed, has followed a de-
crease in the number of those knights
of the grip who We're wont to travel the
country over even unto its uttermost
ends and far into it's deepest recesses.
Drummers it was held in the old times
of keen competition, of striving for or
ders from iobbers and from retail deal
ers, were absolutely essential to the
success of the many component parts
that made up any one branch of COM
mercialism. The houses that had the
most and the best drummers were
those that got the most business.
Every house" that was enterprising
and progressive maintained large staff
of travelling statesmen, whose duty it
was to see that their employers got
more orders than any other concern
in the same line of business. For years
and years this system was in vogue,
and it progressed apace until the dawn
of a new and unhappy era-the era of
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT of those tentacled
linanciers who have reached out and
drawn in for amalgamation practically
all that they wanted of the many en-
terprises that were engaged in what
ever form Of enterprises the octopus
might desire to make his own.
This spirit of combination has been
the death knell of many drummers.
Many of those who Travelled wide terri
tory for great concerns have been with
| drawn, for. with competition reduced,
the need for drummers was lessened.
Dealers had to have the goods the
trusts made, for where else could they
buy? Why then should the trust paw
for such horde of drummers as was
employed by it's various component
parts before they became amalga-
mated?
Drummers of smaller territories rep
resenting concerns not yet in trust
and individual jobbing houses, that, it
is to be hoped will long retain their
individuality, we still have with us. We
would deplore their passing. They con-
stitute a large proportion of what we
term the travelling public" they are
keen instruments of trade; they keep
the commercial instinct bright; they
are circulators of money; they make
life brighter; they are jolly good fell
lows. Long may they live
The Savannah morning news., 1903-10-26

1t was in a Philadelphia public
school the other day that a class in
spelling was going over a lesson in
words of two syllables, says the Phila-
delphia Ledger. One of the words was
mummy" Children" said the
teacher, how many of you know the
meaning of the word mummy After
a long silence one little girl raised her
hand.
well, Maggie?'
'It means yer mother"
The teacher pointed our her mistake,
and explained fully the meaning of the
word. Presently the word poppy" had
to be spelled.
"Who knows what poppy means?'
asked the teacher
The same little girl raised her hand
this time brimful of confidence.
well, what's the answer, Maggie
1T means man mummy" replied
the child.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-10-26

From the Chicago Tribune
The world is full of trouble
The air is full of fuss
The Wranglin hubblebubble
Is something marvellous.
away IN dear old London
A cabinets upset.
And all that isn't undone
Is to be tangled yet
Bulgarians are scrapping
Because they may not shoot:
The TURK will not go mapping,
For fear they reVolute.
Isl Ann is in tremble
Because of dread reform.
She says those who dissembIe
Will find the life pretty warm.
Manchuria is gobbled-
Or wonders if she is
The arch of peace has wabbled
And things begin to whiz.
The truculent Mikado
Is scowling at the Car.
And hints at a tornado
or wreck and wrath and war.
And Castro and the Kaiser
Are interchanging bluffs
Each is his own adviser
And gets in endless huffs.
The shipping trust-a scandal
Or something of the kind
Has grown too hot to handle
Or settle in ones mind.
The woman's clubs are scolding:
The town is full of graft"
Each day sees the unfolding
OF tricks where some ones gaffed
The good and bad detectives
Are giving things away
And charges and invectives
Increase from day to day.
The world is full of trouble:
North. South and East and West.
Each day the troubles double,
And none gets any rest.
There must be a bacillus
That started this somehow
A germ or germs that fill us
With wrangle, rage and row.
w. D. Nesbit,
The Savannah morning news., 1903-10-26

Lemuel Reed of Philadelphia was
model husband. This must nee
essarily have been the case, since it
is in evidence that he did all of the
cooking, all the washing and most of
the housework. The only duty that de-
VOWED upon his wife was that of
spending the money he was able to
earn between times at his trade of
barber And yet the woman would not
live with him. He nearly poisoned
me with his cooking" she told the
court to which Reed had complained.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-10-26

Bill Nye is to be dramatized. VIII
liam Allen White Of Kansas is to write
the book, and Ezra Kendall is to play
the character of the smooth-polled.
genial humorlst. The work is in good
hands, but we fear it is beyond genius
TO reproduce Bill Nye in a manner that
wiz prove entirely satisfactory.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-10-26

There is a difference between Zion
lists and Zionites. The former are Jew
ish religionists who believe in re-estab-
fishing their people in the Holy Land
and setting up there government of
their own. The latter are followers of
Dowie. the false prophet who is run
ming a get-rich-quick scheme for his
own benefit.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-10-26

"In time, says Mrs. Stuyvesant
Fish, in an interview, "our social CEN
ter will be Washington. That is the
logical spot for a combination of poll
tics, literature. art and frivolity, which
alone can make our society interest
ing" Politics is the very thing that
has kept Washington from becoming
the social center. So many incon-
gruous elements drift into Washington
on political tides that well, it is i'm
possible to make 'em mix.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-10-26

Now that the two-minute horse and
the better than two-minute horse have
been found, will speed lovers be salts
fed? or will they set the peg at 1850
and work as hard to reach it as they
did to achieve Tthe 2?
The Savannah morning news., 1903-10-26

Secretary of the Treasury Shaw is of
the opinion that silver will occupy a
prominent place in the Democratic
platform next year. He says the Dem
ocrats have no other. issue on which to
appeal to the country. But Secretary
Shaw is likely to find himself mistaken
IN certain particulars. One point that
the Democrats can urge. and which
will have weight with the people, is
that the treasury. under direction of
Secretary Shaw, has been lending to
certain favored banks large sums of
government money that ought never
have been accumulated.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-10-26

The government party in Hawaii
is now convinced that a monumental
mistake was made in extending the
suffrage to the natives, since in the
last municipal election in the city of
Honolulu the natives outvoted the gov
eminent party and captured about all
Of the offices. The city government,
it is urged, has been turned over
to half-barbarous people only a few
generations removed from cannibal-
ism" These people, it should be borne
in mind, are in their own country, the
land of their nativity. Millions of
half barbarous'' people We're turned
loose on the South and given votes
less than forty years ago to rule over
and govern a white people who had
won the land from the Wilderness
That, also, was monumental mis-
take, though the government party"
at Washington seems 10th to acknowl-
edge it, even at this late day.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1903-02-03
COLORADO GENERAL ASSEMBLY u
AND DOINGS AT THE CAPITAL

In the annual report of the State
Board of Health considerable stress is
laid upon the necessity of special ap-
preparation to enable the board to cope
with typhoid fever, which the report
AYERS is raging nearly all over the
state. In the year 1902 more than s.
900 cases of the disease were reported.
The cause of the unusual prevalence of
typhoid is alleged in the report to be
the existence of germs in the streams.
and the available fund at the command
of the board is inadequate to make the
proper and necessary tests, and to pur-
chase the necessary apparatus. The
report requests the passage of bill to
protect the purity of water supply and
to require consultation with the State
Board of Health relative to the estab-
lishment of systems of water supply.
drainage and sewerage. Regarding
compulsory vaccination, the report
states that its enforcement within the
year no doubt lessened the spread of
smallpox. 1t also recommends some
stringent law preventing the sale of
opium to the Caucasian race, stating
that the use of the drug is increasing
among white people.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1903-02-03
House Bills of January 27th.

The following new bills were intro
duced January 27th:
H. B. No. 95, Cooper-To amend
game laws.
H. B. No 96. McDougal-To en-
large state fish hatchery at Gunnison.
H. B. No 81, McDougal-To con-
struct wagon road.
H. B, No. 9S, Naugle-To provide
for furnishing of bonds by state, coun-
ty and municipal corporations.
H. B. No. 80. Garman-To enact
constitutional amendment for direct
legislation by the people.
II. 3. No. 100, Garman and Norris
To amend constitution as regards tax
alton.
H. B. No. 101, McArthur-To con-
struct a bridge across South Platte
river in Fairplay-
H. B. No. 1902. McArthur-To estab-
lish fish hatchery on north fork OF
South Platte river in South park.
H. B. No. 1O3, Smith-To construct
wagon road in Chaffee county.
H. B. No. 1O4, Lyttle-To establish
irrigation division No. 7. to be called
White River division.
H B. No. 105, Ruble-To approprl-
ate funds for State Industrial School
for Girls.
ii. B. NO. lUb, huDle-lO o afHeHu dct
establishing Girls Industrial School.
H. b. No. 107, Belford (by requesD
TO pay w. l.. Gilbert for trout eggs
furnished the state in 1895 and inter
est.
H. B. No. 10S, Breckenridge-To
erect a bridge over the Rio Grande
river between Rio Grande and Cone
jos and Costilla counties.
H. b. No. 109, Breckenridge-To
amend irrigation laws of state.
H. B. No. 40, Van Horn-To pro-
vide for payment of costs in prelimi-
nary examinations and prosecutions
for misdemeanors in justice courts and
to provide for counsel for INDECENT ac-
cused.
II. B. No. III, Van Horn-To appro-
pirate $4,000 for a building for de-
partment of civil and irrigation engi-
neering at the State Agricultural Col
lege.
II. B. No. 112, Whyte-To amend
act compelling elementary education OF
children in school districts of first and
second class.
H. b. No. 113, Whyte-To provide
for punishment of persons responsible
for or contributory to the delinquency
Of children.
H. B. No. ia. Whyte-To provide
for fees for district attorneys in cases
against juvenile delinquents.
H B. No. 116, Watson (by requesO
TO amend an act in relation to pub
lie revenue.
H. B. No. III, Meiklejohn-Tc
amend homestead laws.
H. B. No. 11S. Meserve-To define
water districts 12 and 13.
H. B. No. 119, Kelley-To pay W.. J..
Hamilton 500 for services.
H. B. No 100, Kinsey-Same as 116
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1903-02-03

On Monday, January Goth, after the
division had been healed the Sen
ate. whose members were, most of
them, very much in need of rest and
sleep, took an adjournment until
Thursday to enable those who wished
to do so to take a run home and visit
their families and constituents.
An important bill introduced in the
House provides for submission of
constitutional amendment which will
change the exemption law for the ben
eft of the poorest class of taxpayers.
At present 5000 worth of household
goods is exempt. The proposed amend
ment will make 5000 worth of personal
property of any kind exempt. The as
SCISSOR now is required to assess me-
chanics' tools or the COW of a poor wild
ow, even though the owner Of the tools
or of the COW may have far less than
5000 worth of household goods. The
furniture of a laboring mans home
may be worth only $50 or 500, yet he
must pay taxes on the tools with which
he labors, while the richer man with
more than 5000 worth of household
goods gets the benefit of exemption to
that amount. The proposed change
would make comparatively little differ
ence in the revenues collected, yet
would, its authors believe, be boon
to those in poor circumstances.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1903-02-03
Bills Introduced January 2sth.

The following bills were introduced
in the House:
H. B. No. 121. Tompkins-To pro-
vide for inspection of slaughtered beef.
II. B. No. 122. Fleming-To build a
bridge across Grand river in Eagle
county near Burns Hole.
H. B. No 1913, Fleming-To improve
state road from Leadville to Eagle
county.
H. B. No 1874, Breckenridge-To ap-
propriate money for state sailors and
soldiers orphans home.
H. b. No. 125, Whinnery-To con-
struct a wagon road in Mineral
county.
H. B. No. 1876. Meikeljohn-To fix
fees and salaries for officers of Delta
county.
II. b. No. 1877, Smith-To relieve per-
sons of assuming risk if injured where
railroads fail to block frogs.
H. b. No. 12S, Smith-To fix liability
of employees.
H. B. No. '129, Davis-To create of
flee of superintendent of royalties of
state lands.
H. b. No. 100, Lowell-To define es-
tray animals, providing for the taking
up of the same. or for the sale of the
same by the state stock board.
H. b. NO. 13l, Churcn-lO approprl-
ate $4,000 to establish permanent
guaging stations upon South Platte
and Arkansas rivers.
H. B. No. 1872, Church-To provide
for the filing of statements of claims
relating to diversion and use of water
through construction, change of loca-
ton or enlargement of reservoirs,
canals. bitches or feeders.
H. b. No. 1884, Belford-To submit
constitutional amendment to the vot-
ers as follows: Any company or asso-
citation or corporation engaged in this
state in smelling, sampllng. refining,
reducing, milling or otherwise treat
ing ores, minerals or metals, shall be
regarded as engaged in business af-
fected with public interest and de-
voted to public use.
II. B. No. 1873, Church-To provide
for the collection of fees in the state
engineers office.
H. B. No. 1876. Belford-To provide
for the branding and marking of live
stock and taxing Of brands.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1903-02-03
House Bills of January 2sth.

The following bills were introduced:
II. b. No. S3, Sanford-To amend
laws regarding medical practice in
Colorado.
H. B. No "a, Sanford-To amend
section 5, article VIII, state constitu-
tion, to allow the last two years of
the medical course at Boulder to be
transferred to Denver University be-
cause of better clinic facilities in Den
yer.
H. B. No. s5. Morris-To give school
boards power to subpoena and compel
attendance of witnesses to testify.
III. b. No. sc, Morris-To pension
school teachers
H. B. No. 81, Church-To create of
fee of state food commissioner.
II. B. No. IS, Dolph-To regulate
the giving of judicial and other bonds
by surety companies and to protect
beneficiaries and policy holders.
II. b. No. SO, Dolph-To regulate
foreign, accident and surety compa-
nies.
H. B. No. 90. Mulqueen-To bridge
II. b. No. 81, McDougal-To build
a wagon road in Gunnison county.
H. B. No. 90, Pace-To construct
wagon road from Durango to point
in the Orc Fino mining district.
H. B. No. 93, Murto-To regulate
laws regarding change of venue in
certain cases.
H. b. No. "a, Murto-To regulate
toll rates of corporations serving the
public.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1903-02-03
House Committees.

The following is revised list of the
committees appointed in the House:
agriculture and rrigation-Watson.
Church, Van Horn, Breckenridge,
Warner Goblin, Madrid. Sanchez.
Smith. Haskins, Marion, Mckinzie
and Naugle.
Appropriations and Expenditures
Breckenridge. Whitney, Watson. Ait
ken, Church. Cook, Van Horn. Stubbs,
McDougal. Kelley and Belford.
Corporations and Railroads-Garcia,
Breckenridge, Whinnery, Dolph, Riley,
Whyte, Aitken. Watson. Church,
Stubbs, Kelley, Murto and Belford.
Education Madrid, Meiklejohn.
Dolph, Richmond. Van Horn, Shire
man. Smith, McDougal and Ruble.
Banking and Insurance-Riley,W Wat
son. Aitken, Breckenridge, Mcleod,
Stephen. Dinkel. Moler and Morris.
Constitutional Amendments = Ste
phen. Doiph, Hoyt, Garcia, Whinnery,
Belford, McGill, Van Horn and Nc
Dougal.
Counties and County Lines-Frewen.
Ryan, Kimball, Stephen, Kinsey, Gar
man, Pace, Stevens and Lyttle.
ngrossment-Aitken, Stephen, Kim
ball, Moler and Ruble.
Enrollment@Stevens Frewen. Kin
sey. Ruble and Lyttle.
Federal Relations-Kinsey Goblin,
Meserve, Warner. Dulin, Tompkins.
Morgan, Morris, and Lowell
Fees and Salaries-McLeod, Davis.
Keen. Cook, Slawson. Richmond, Nc
Gill, Delaney and Naugle.
Finance. Ways and Means-Aitken.
Watson, Kimball, Cooper Mcleod.
Moler, Dinkel, Morris and Murto.
Nd
White. Davis, Meiklejohn, Hoyt, Keen
Smith, Mulqueen and Pace.
Labor-Slawson, Kinsey, Stephen.
Whyte, Cook, Garman, Smith, Tomp-
kins and Morgan.
Mercantile and Manufacturing Inter
ests-Kimball, Davis, Shireman, Kin
sey, Mcleod, Ryan, Moler, Murto and
Haskins.
House Expenses-van Horn, Whin-
merry, Whyte. Warner. Cook, Ruble'
Aitken. Garman and Paul.
Indian and Military Affairs-Hoyt
RYAN. Keen, Whinnery. Richmond,
Lyttle. Whyte, Taylor and Smith.
Judiciary-Dolph. Whinnery, Garcia,
Kimball, Madrid, Van Horn, Stubbs,
McDougall, Belford, Naugle and Hill
yer.
Mines and Mining-Kimball. Aitken
| cooper, BTeCheHIluSe, MNLeou, INiicy
Whyte. Fleming, Whinnery, Mckenzie
Kneisel, Paul and Delaney:
enitentiary-Cook, Garcie, Keen
Hoyt. Richmond, Cooper. Ruble, Gar
man and Morgan.
Public Buildings-Shiremar, Slaw-
son, Stephen, Hillyer, Davis, Marion
Lowell. Stevens and Whyte.
Public Lands - Meserve, Davis
| Church. Ryan, Madrid, Marion, Nor
gan, Kneisel and Taylor.
Printing-Whyte. Dolph. Cook, Ma
drid, Cooper, Kelley, Mulqueen, Gar
man and Lyttle.
State Affairs and Reapportionments
-Slawson, Kinsey, Naugle, Hoyt
Fleming, Davis, Marion, Delaney and
| Paul.
| State Canals and Reservoirs
Church, Watson, Fleming. Goblin. Du-
lin, Richmond, Haskins. Pace and
| Morris.
Revision and OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
GobIn. Stevens, Church. Whyte, Meik-
lejohn. Naugle, Lyttle and Pace
! Roads and Bridges-Sanchez, Breck.
l'enridge, Davis, Goblin, Frewen, Null.
queen, Haskins. Mckenzie and Pace.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1903-02-03

New Jerseys income last year from
giving a legal standing to new trusts
was only $464.064. great falling OF.
And when what industries are yet left
arc made into trusts, then poor New
Jersey will have to 60 back to work
Cor . living.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1903-02-03

Lord Roberts has consented to be-
come the guest of the Ancient and
Honorabls Artillery company of Bos-
ton, his experiences in South Africa
having given him strong predilec-
tion for weird and narrowing adven-
lures.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1903-02-03

Mark Tapley wasn't in it with the
British taxpayer who smiles when he
learns that according to the latest
estimate the Boer war added 81 1,2OO,-
oOO, 900 to Great Britain's national
lebt-
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1903-02-03
A Lake for London.

One of the many plans proposed for
improving the harbor of London is the
construction of a dam across the
Thames just below the city. thus con-
verting the upper river into a huge
lake deep enough to accommodate yes
sells drawing thirty feet of water. II
is estimated that the plan could be
carried out for about $16,000,000.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1903-02-03

A man who put all his wealth into
money orders payable to himself while
in Alaska is having some trouble
proving his identity here. Uncle Sam
does not believe that 1t is more
blessed to give than to receive.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1903-02-03

What is the use of people taking
the trouble to think gloomy and sar-
castle things when they can go to the
stores and buy one of Thomas Car
lyls's books for ten cents?
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1903-02-03

Forty girls in Troy, N. Y. have
formed a club in order to find suitable
husbands. The good old plan of hunt
ing 'em alone, however. will never
60 out of style.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1903-02-03

A Chicago preacher declares that a
girl who has reached the age of
twenty-five without having learned to
bake pies and make shirt waists is
not a true woman. We concede the
pies, but why shirt waists?
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1903-02-03

The army of Morocco is commanded
BY a Scotchman of the name of Mac
Lean. The fact that he seems to be
rather timid indicates that he doesn't
belong to Mary's branch of the fam
fly,
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1903-02-03
In Winter Use Aliens Foot.Ea.s.

A powder. Your feet feel uncom-
Portable. nervous and often cold and
damp. II you have sweating, sore feet
or tight shoes, try Aliens Foot-Ease.
Sold by all druggists and shoe stores.
rs cents. Sample gent free. Address
Allen S. Olmsted. lie Roy. N. Y.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1903-02-03

It might save time hereafter to
have the Hague tribunal o. X. all
international bills before their presen-
tatton.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1903-02-03

Prince Henry may be disappointed
q he comes over here again in 1904.
At all events, he is not likely to re-
peat the dazzling success of his first
reception.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1903-02-03

The only explanation of the state
ment that a Kentucky man has a
bottle of whisky forty-two years old
is the assumption that his stock has
never come within one bottle of run
ming out
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1903-02-03

Why is it that people who pride
themselves on always >aying what
they think seldom have any but dis
agreeable thoughts?
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1903-02-03

France continues to hold her cleo
lions on Sunday. but not because the
French people regard action at the
polls as a religious duty.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1903-02-03

Here's hoping that the new Sham
rock will have all her bad luck now.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1903-02-03

On looking over the Christmas
present" of the steel trust to its en-
ployes has any one discovered where
tho trust is out any money?
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1903-02-03

Don't have the twitters Just because
Max Nordau is seeing nightmares.
Aax's bad dreams will not all come
true
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1903-02-03

A dash OF lemon juice in lemonade
improves the flavor, whether it
destroys the germs or not.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1903-02-03

Somebody suggests the erection OF
. monument to the mothers of the
United States. And don't the fathers,
too, deserve some consideration?
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1903-02-03

did you tell your Sunday school
class that Noah was the first man to
navigate the Arkansas river?" mo:
said he was on the ark. and saw when
the flood began to rise"
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1903-02-03

Reciprocity treaties would be more
popular If both sides could always
get the best of every possible bargain.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1903-02-03

''Hinky Dink' makes $4,000 year
funning a saloon in Chicago. Still,
let US hope that he is an exceptional
case and tnat it continues to pay to
be decent.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1903-02-03

Both John Bull and the kaiser know
enough to avoid a live wire when their
attention has been called to it.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1903-02-03

Marconi suggests the possibility of
putting a girdle round the earth for
forty cents.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1903-02-03

II there is anybody in Saxony who
hasn't heaved stone at Princess
Louise he will please stand until
counted. No one seems to be getting
up.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1903-02-03

Hawaii may now claim to be a
least distant correction of ours.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1903-02-03

1902 brought wireless communica-
Hon with Europe. Will 1903 bring the
dying machine?
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1903-02-03

Nevertheless milk is safer drink
than some others that are consider
ably more expensive.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1903-02-03

Thomas B. Reed was truly great
=sn He left sim pie will in which
there was no provision for cutting any
body off.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1903-02-03

Russell Sage now has a valet.
Uncle Russ" must have had chance
10 get one at bargain.