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DISCONTEyT IN THE BUILDING
TRADES.
The Million Who Provide ShelterifCr the
Other no, 900 600 workers.

To THE EDITOR or THE SUX-Sr: Speaking
OF the fact brought ont SO forcefully In your
editorial this morning. that society Is being
dashed out Of It's sleep and indifference in
regard to the strikes. iookoyts. &c, one is
reminded that the cnstlgatlon must lie kept
UP In order to prevent a relapse.
A surprising fact In connection with all
the recent labor retrenchment-if such II
can be cnlled--is thut the rate OF wages In
New York city has not been reduced. but. on
the contrary. has been In most cases in
creased, The basic cause Of this Is the COM
bination between employers and employees.
which must be broken UP and which will be
broken up unless the public goes TO sleep
again. This combination works in the fol-
lowing way The books Of the unions are
closed and no new workers are wanted and
none will be admitted. The unions are closed
because the employers. who can open them
II they wish to, do not want TO open them,
Society feels this directly through the ever
increasing cost Of that primal necessity,
shelter. and indirectly through the discon-
tent finally verging on desperation that Is
engendered In the minds of the less fortunate
workers who never will be able to get the big
money that the building trade monopolizes
And 1t is this indirect effect that Is more far
reaching and fraught with more menace to
the peace Of this country hundred times
over than the direct loss resulting from high
costs.
How does the labor agtator among the
garment workers or among the beef packers
or any other Of the poorly paid workers IN
splre his followers with zeal? He does 1t by
talking about the hod carrier who gets s. so
Q day.
Lawlessness-even anarchy itself-is the
natural and inevitable result Of preaching
from the text OF high wages in the building
trades and the public must to see to it that
these wages are brought down. because 1t is a
natural impossibillty that the low waged
class CON be brought anywhere within haiing
distance Of the others. There are thirty
million people in the United States engaged
In satnful occupations and about one million
are engaged in the work OF providing shelter
for the other twenty-nine million workers
and The women and children. To bring the
twenty mine million up to the average OF the
one million 1t would be necessary to double
their wages. The mpossibiity OF such q thing
as this Is manifest to the simplest child.
The question for the public to settle Is |
whether they can afford to allow the red rag
Of discomfort to continue to be aaunted In the |
face Of the working people Of this country.
NEW York. Sept a. A BUILDER
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Proposed Municipal Merry re.round.

Would II not be good idea for Elkn to purchase
and operate a merry go round' We think that
$500 would be q very conservative estimate OF the
business done by the company operating the one
that left here for Independence. Va. last Monday.
In this way the town could raise all the revenue
necessary TO pny the interest on outstanding bonds
pay the current expenses Of the town government
and keep large force OF hands at work OH the
streets. Every street In town could within year
or two be graded and macadamized. provided, OF
course, that people did not bankrupt themselves
riding the merry go round. In this event the town
authorities could hire the people TO work on the
streets. thus paying he money back to the people,
who would spend II again hiding the merry go
round. In this way the money would be kept con-
tinuously passing from the people to the town.
and then again from the town 10 the people mis-
would be kind Of perpetual motion system of
finances. The town run the nerry-go round and
the merry 70 round run the town. This would
be reciprocity with all partisan features ellml.
mated.
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To THE EDITOR or THE SUY-sfr: In this Great
and Glorious" we enjoy certain amount Of free
dom. especially in manners; and why should not
that SO called freedom extend TO the privilege OF
dressing as best sults our comfort and wearing q
straw hat when the thermometer stands at 10 de-
grccs without being subject 10 insulting remarks!
Ono hears SO often that the charm OF New York
10 that It Is so cosmopolitan. but appear TO be
blinded By conceii. and II we could sometimes call
TO mind the lines OF the poet Buns, oh rad some
power tho giftie gle US oursels as others see
u.s." there might be some hope Of reform.
NEW YORK. Sept. n. USTRhMMRLIEp.
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Politics in the Sunday School Lesson

70 THE EDITOR OF THE SuE-sf,: You started
on this campaign to have fun out OF 1t, and think
here Is the funniest Item yet out. II was cut from
the Sunday School Lesson" In the Lerrsfon journal
of last Saturday evening. The text was from the
Book Of Kings and the theme was Elijah and His
Successor" Here II Is:
The prophet Elijah was stricken with grief be-
cause he had lost his great teacher But as Roose-
welt did not cease to take active hand In shaping
events as President because OF grief at the loss Of
his great associate so the prophet Elisha got into
the game more vigorously because OF the inspire.
tion from the life OF the dead hero who was more
alive after he went hence. though he was very
much alive here" b.
POLAND SPRINGS, Sept. n.
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URGE HASTE ON ISLAND BRIDGE.
Queens Grand Jury Asks Commissioner
Beat n He Cannot Hurry Matters.

Bridge Commissioner George f. Best wa,
before the Grand Jury In Long Island City
yesterday morning and was Questioned at
length concerning the new Blackwellu
Island bridge. The contracts for this
bridge call for its completion In january,
1907. The Grand Jury asked Mr.. Best
II II were possible to have the bridge CON-
pleted before the specified time.
Commissioner Best told the jurymcn
that any attempt to shorten the time speci-
fed In the contracts would result In a great
deal Of litigation In the courts. He sug-
gested that II would be better plan to al
low the present plans for the construction
Of the bridge to proceed without any inter
ference Commissioner Bests explanation
was apparently satisfactory to the Grand
Jury.
II Il said that the action Of the jurymen
was inspired by a committee OF citizens
who are In hurry to have the bridge COM
pleted.
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4 Plumb Denial.

we stand at the parting OF the Way. -.y,,a,.
Parn$r's iefter OF acceptance.
Oh, no, we don't!
We never stand
wc'ro hustlers
In thh happy land:
And night and day.
In cloud or fair.
We're always up
And getting there.
The ways nay part.
Ru. not for long:
We're on the watch
For what Is wrong,
And when we see
Where harm IL done
We get together
Into one.
And such a one,
II canno, lag
One God. one People
And one FLAG:
great republic.
Glorious
The Unum OF
Piuribus.
In tina, VIC move;
We cannot stand:
We hustle for
Our common land.
And Judge. look round:
Your eyes can tell
II We aia't doing
y. D. well. will
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S4I2,0rs TO BEET SUGAR MEN.
The state Has Paid That Sum in B0untlcs
to Foster the Industry.

ALBANY. Sept. 2s.-Investigation to-day
showed that since the beet sugar law has
been In operation, since 1897, $il2, oiS has
been appropriated out Of the State Treas
ury to foster this industry. During that
period three factories have been bene-
flied by the beet sugar bomties, although
now Only one is In existence, that at Lyons,
In which New York city capitalists are in
terested. Attorney General Cunneen In
sists that the payment of this money from
the State Treasury has been in wifll vio-
lation of the State Constitution and per-
version Of public funds.
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And Ia THIS Fame?

To TIE EDrToh or THE SUS-.s1r. who the deuce
Coi Posey $. wilson besides being clever euss,
il he Kentucky Colonel. Union Colonel or
Confederate Colonel'
Has he ever held once or does an once now hold
him.
Ten US all about him. He tells us a treat deal
NEW YonK, Sept. s A sun RRIpun
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Preparing to Split the Ticket.

The hrststep to be taken by the citizen
who intends to cast his vote on election
day for ROOSEVELT and HERR1cK is ia
get his name properly upon the list of reg
istered voters. In cities and in villages
having 5000 inhabitants or more there
are four registration days. They are:
Friday. ootoberIa
Saturday. October is.
Friday October II.
Saturday. October q.
On each OF these days in cities of the
first class the election officers will be in
attendance from O'Clock in the morning
until 10 o'clock In the evening. In other
cities and In villages Of 5000 or more in
habitants the officers will be present to
register voters from o'clock A. M. until
o'clock P. M.
In all election districts not included
in cities or villages Of 5000 inhabitants,
the days Of registration are these:
Saturday. October Is.
Saturday. october a
In election districts which have but
two meetings for registration the officers
will be on duty to transact business
on each day from o'clock In the fore
noon until o'clock in the evening. In
cities and villages Of 5000 inhabitants
or more personal registration is re-
quired. In the smaller districts voters
names are carried over from year to
year on the lists, but even in these dis
tricts the cautious citizens will visit the
registration places and see to it that their
names are properly on the list.
Would-be voters should take advan-
tage Of the first opportunity to get their
names upon the registration list Every
man qualified to vote in this State will
have that opportunity on Oct ia or
Oct. 10. His name upon the list the
citizen will be in a position to 60 early
to the polls on Nov. and cast his vote
for the Republican candidates for cleo
tors Of President and President and
for the Hon. D. CADT HERRIcK and the
Hon. Francis BURTON HARRISON, the
Citizens candidates for Governor and
Leutenant-G Governor.
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No act Of the Republican State Administration
could bring blush 70 the face Of any Republican
Senator ELSBERo.
Marvellous that 30 immaculate q thing
should diffuse such an appalling stencil!
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Inc commission appointed by Archbishop
FARIEr, In response to recent utterances
OF the Pope touching the musical services
OF the Roman Catholic Church, recommends
reforms which can be accomplished without
the radical changes that would have been
necessary II the Pope's original views
been carried out In their entirety. The
prohibition Of any but the Gregorian music
in the services Of the Church would have
produced lasting confusion. The perform
ance of much OF the music that would have
to be used would be all but impossible for
the choirs, as well as for the priests who in
the services would have to sing its difficult
passages.
The commission, while urging the Use Of
Gregoriap music when practicable, allows
the works Of the school OF PALEsrRINA and
the moderns who have written in the same
modes. Such music as IL absolutely pro-
hiRted has for some time been banned In
many Roman Catholic Churches Of New
York. The ford masses of HAYDN and
MozART, in which the words must be re-
peated almost infinitely to meet the demands
OF the music, the sentimental and theatrical
church music OF GouNoD, as we'll as the ope-
ratio masses and yespers composed by the
modern Italians Of whom PERosr isS typical
figure, have been shut out of churches for
years, and care has been taken to make
the music conform to the frequently ex-
pressed ideas Of the Congregation of Rites.
When the suggestions Of the report go into
actual effect, music Of this kind will pass
out Of use altogether. That result would
in any case follow the abolition of women
singers, since few choir boys could ever
master its difficulties.
The establishment in all the parochial
schools Of classes for singing in which Gre
gorian and other approved music is to be
taught may make the restoration OF Gregg
rian music in a much fuller sense possible
In after years. =.
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Knoker-whAt Is your idea OF split tioketf
Boeker-A fun dinner pail and an empty grocer
store,
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1t Is unfortunate that a Judge upon the
bench OF even an inferior court should be
Ignorant Of the important statutes affecting
Ambassadors. their domestics and their
domestic servants; and the Commonwealth
OF Massachusetts, will unquestionably see
to 1t that her crring servant Is punished
properly. At the same time it is fair to
observe that diplomatist SHOULD OF avail
himself OF his right Of exemption from arrest
to violate the reasonable police regulations
OF the nation to which he is accredited.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1904-08-26
Young Girl Murdered.

Trinidad. Aug. 2o.-About 8 o'clock
yesterday morning a sensational muir
der was committed at Trinchera, a sta
tion on the Colorado & Southern. about
twenty-five miles south Of Trinidad.
The victim was Miss Josefa Madrid.
tho sixtecn-year-old daughter of +.
Madrid. a prominent Mexican OF that
section. The shot was fired through n
window into the house. the bullet
piercing her brain and causing instant
death.
The father of the dead girl came to
Trinidad at once and returned to the
scene with the coroner and officers.
who took with them warrant for the
arrest Of Linz Apodaca on charge of
having committed the crime.
Apodaca. who is broncho buster in
the employ of I. Vigil. is well known to
Mr.. Madrid. He is about eighteen
years old. Mr.. Madrid says that Apo
daca had not been keeping company
with the girl and that II Apodaca is
the murderer. he Is at a loss to COM
prehend the motive. officers have been
searching the country for Apodaca. but
up to a late hour tonight had not sue
cecded in finding him.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1904-08-26
JAPANESE ARE TRUE POETS.
Chicago Club Woman Recalls Some Of
Their charaeterjstics,

An obscrvant Chicago club woman
who recently returned from Japan tells
tho following interesting characters.
ties Of the little brown man:
''HIc is always student and always
a poet The sight OF an almond treo
in full bloom will cause him to pour
forth his admiration In poetry, which
he writes on strcamors of rico paper
and attaches To the limbs Of tho beau.
tiful pink towering tree. Such a tree
may in n few days become the shrine
OF hundreds Of dcvotees. each inspired
by the sight to a high pitch OF poetic
fervor. which vents itself in the form
Of more poems. so that before the al
mond season is over whole orchard
Is often fiuttcring mass OF poctical
tributes to the beauties Of flora.
Il have known hard working Jap
anese to save a whc'1 year in order TO
take his family on n trip to the noun.
tains to hear and study the music Of
. distant waterfall"
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1904-08-26
THE FARM AND RANGE
Phosphate Rock Fertilizer.

There are three states In the Union
OF which the farmer should think no
ill-Fiorida. South Carolina and Ten
nessee-for these are almost the ex-
elusive producers OF phosphate rock
In this country. They hold out hope
to the owner OF the mos, barren soil
In the United States and the fnme OF
their fertilizers has gone even abroad.
Those interested In the subject may
learn the latest facts concerning The
1908" from report by T.. o. Hoyey
Production OF Phosphate Rock in
bearing this title. which has been
recently published by the United
States Geological Survey as part Of
It's annual volume Mineral Resources
OF the United States. 1903"
The total quantity OF phosphate
rock marketed in the United States
during 1908 was l.5si.576 long tons.
valued at s5.3i9.29i. OF this quan.
tity Florida contributed S60.33G Ion.
tons worth 3e.9s6.s2i: South Caro-
lima 25S.5t0 long tons. valued at $685..
sos: Tennessee t60.S30 long tons. with
q value OF Sl.5s3.5s7. North Carolina
and Arkansas are the only other
states that reported production OF
phosphate rock during 1903. North
Carolina reported forty.nve long tons
Of high grade rock. valued ~ $500.
and Arkansas reported n marketed
production OF 2.i?5 long tons valued NJ
$1,000.
Florida is now the leading phosphate
producing state. It's output forming
more than half the total produc.
tion Of the country. A compari'
son OF Its production by vari.
etics during 1908 and 100: shows that
there has been n decrease OF nearly
four per cent. In the output OF hard
rock. an Increase OF more than eleven
per cent. In that OF land pebble and
that more than ten times m much riv-
or pebble was mined last year rs In
the year before.
In South Carolina the diminution
In production which has been shown
In the reports OF the last hvc years
has continued. The falling on has
been particularly noticeable In the
amount Of river rock marketed.
Tennessee showed. In 1908 the
largest marketed output since the
beginning OF the industry. ten years
ago.
Mr.. Hovcy's report Is published for
Eratuitoua distribution and may be
obtained on application. to the director
OF the United States Geological Sur.
vcy. Washington. d. c.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1904-08-26
Perfect Harmony.

Mr.. Martin was FOND OF pes. and
was somewhat inclined to boast Of tho
friendly feeling existing among his
dogs. guinea pigs, owls and fancy
pigeons. One day neighbor. who
had reason to suspect that all was not
going well on tho Martin side of the
fence. asked II the latest acquisition.
fine Angora cat, was living in
harmony with the other animals.
How" asked the neighbor. do
your young rabbits and your new cat
agrce?"
beautifully" replied Mr.. Martin
"The cat eats the rabbits and the rab-
bits agree with the cat."--Smart Set
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1904-08-26

Some curious statistics have Just been
been published upon what an Insurance
artuary would describe as the cxpccta-
tion Of life In animals. For the horse
and the jack the extreme limit is about
thIrty-fivc years. but for horned cattle
about thirty. For the dog II is given
as twenty-five. while sheep. goats. pigs.
and cats are grouped at fifteen. Strans-
cr dispariticS occur anon. birds.
While the goose may live thirty years.
a sparrow twenty-five and a crow as
many ms one hundred. ducks. poultry
and turkeys die Of old ase at twelve
years The palm for longevity Is di-
vidcd between the elephant and the par
rot. Both pass the century.
A pertinent instance Of the profits
Of sheep raising in the West Il found in
the career Of three brothers who came
out to Wyoming in 1853 from Vermont
with Si.SCO in cash. They now own
G0.O0O head Of sheep. dominant invest
mcnts In half dozen banks. together
with several mercantile establishments
scnttercd through the central West.
Each Of the three brothers counts his
actual cash Investments. aside from his
sheep and mercantile business holdings
by the hundreds of thousands Of dol
lars. They marketed 100000 pounds OF
wool this season with n cash return OF
$4,000. or course II could not be cx-
pected that every man could do as well
in the business and as q matter OF fact
not one in a thousand could make 80
much profit as these Wyoming boys
have done.
Investigations carried on during the
last year by Mr.. s. W. McCallic. assist
ant state geologist of Georgia. acting
In cooperation with the United States
Geological Survey. have revealed the
presence of interesting and perhaps
valuable properties in some of the arte-
sian waters In the Coastal plain Of that
state. Water taken from deep well at
Baxlcy showed on analysis SIS parts per-
100000 of phosphoric acid. which
would Indicate that II might be used
for fertilizing as well as for irrigating
barren lands. In other words. 1t may
be acceptable to the desert land as both
food and drink. It is estimated that
layer OF this phosphoric acid-bearing
water twelve inches deep over one acre
Of land would exert n fertilizing effect
equal to that OF 200 pounds of CONNER
cinl fertilizer.
While we may have said so before
We believe that now is the best time to
purchase pure-bIed cattle 10 establish
a herd. Fine animals can be brought
together for less than a hundred dol
lars. while such herds in the prosper
ity of the past have averaged $500 to
$3.50 each. The prices will go UP again
in time because everybody makes mon
ey when they get a fair and reasonable
start and then the boom begin. No
one can do wrong who starts herd
OF pure-bred cattle when prices are way
down and II Peter Cooper were here to-
day he would be picking UP nice lit
tie bunch of Shorthorns as a sort OF
flyer in the cattle business. He became
a very wealthy man by starting on
run while the other fellows were stand
ing still and this was the secret of his
great success. We need more Peter
Coopers out West nowadays.-Field.
and Farm.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1904-08-26
roRNApo's DEADLY WORK.
Causes Destruction at North st.
louie,

st. Louis. Aug. 2l.-A tornado of ex-
treme fury swept down upon the resi-
dence portion OF North st. Louis late
yesterday, killing John Ellington. in
JurinK about my persons. ore of
whom may die. and causing damage to
property estimated at 100000.
The atmosphere became murky and
a dark cloud was noticed In north st.
Louis approaching from the south
west.
Suddenly an arm seemed to shoot
downward like n gigantic cable. twist
Ing and turning. The end touched the
ground at Nineteenth and Angierod
streets and with incredible swiftness
and force swept east along Anglerod
for ten blocks.
Then Il turned north and swept
three blocks along Broadway. when It
jumped eight blocks northeast to tho
foot OF Bremen street and the river.
where much property along the river
front was destroyed.
The tornado then jumped to about
the middle OF the river and encoun.
tered n fcryboat. which was turned
and tossed about hut not sunk.
Tho tornado once more lifted and
struck the Illinois shore near Madison.
where II demolished several dwellings.
the lAcuetkrnnx nail ana bicw oOvu y
portion Of the Madison cooper works.
killing John Ellington. Severe dam.
ago was done also to buildings at
Venice and Granite City. which nd.
Join Madison. and number OF per.
sons were injured.
So quickly did the tornado sweep
through north ST. Louis that the citi.
Gems could scarcely comprehend what
had happened. 1
Not n telegraph or telephone or
trolley pole was left standing along
the streets swept by the tornado and
trees were piled In heaps. The path
Of the tornado was about n block and
q half wide. aion. which houses were
unroofed. window pancs broken. sew.
crai manufactures partially dcmol.
ishcd and the streets Uttered with do.
bfis.
A Broadway trolley car containing
eleven passengers was struck by fall.
Ing telegraph poles and wrecked. The
passengers had n remarkable escape
from injury. Only the motorman re.
ceived slight bruises. --s.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1904-08-26
EIGHT WERE DROWNED.
Flood ., Globe. Ari.en..

Disastrous Flood At Globe, Arizona.
burst Wednesday afternoon caused
town on Pinai creek. ninety miles east
Of this city.
Eight men arc believed to have
been drowned. including o. d. Wilson.
n railway clerk. and n. n. Mitchell. a
railway machiniHt.
Five bodies have been recovered.
Nearly n mile Of the track of the
Gila Valley. Globe & Northern Railway
was washed away. rs were the rail.
road shops and roundhousc.
The road il In such condition that
trains cannot be run for days.
Globe II located on the side of n
broad valley that slopes down to the
creek. which at one point near the
business center OF the camp crosses its
main street. Most Of the damage Is
assumed to have been below this
point. where the Stag dump OF the Old
Dominion Copper Company backs the
waters of the creek Mt flood into n
group of miners cabins.
About week ago Globe resident
while attempting to ford the stream In
a buggy was drowned in n food then
considered record breaker.
II Is improbable that the main part
Of the camp can have sustained any
damage from the creek. however high
II may have gotten.
Later four bodies were Identified rs
Charles Sims. young man who
boarded with ". r. Mitchell: Mrs.
Hurd and Miss Moody. who also lived
at Mitchell's. and an old man named
Uncle John Epley.
Sims lost his life while trying to
save Mrs. Hurd.