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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-06-19
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the weapon which will hammer to frag-
mcnts the Institution which Is RESPONSE
bic for the permanence and sharp align
mcnt Of the two great classes. the rich
and the poor OF the United Kingdom.
And who was responsible for the agita-
ton which, has made it possible to force
so revolutionarys;l measure through the
ruling Legislative body In Great lBrltain
The conservative and hard-headed
Scotch" For generation the famous
John Ferguson OF Glasgow, has been agl-
tating for this and for other radical re-
forms. AT this inception his crusade was
not to listen to sneers. He was q man OF
wealth and OF tireless energy. He wrote
pamphlets on land reform and on temper
ance. He carried Bible in one e., pocket ct,
Il copy of Progress and Poverty IN the
other. lie called conventions, made i
speeches and converts. and recently mad
the satisfact OF attending a national
tie great cities OF the Kingdom The
Scotch people are practically unanimous
for this drastic reform, and In the bill
now before Parliament the provisions for
Scotland are far more radical. ana are,
in fact. retroactive.
This may be n new view of the Scottish
character, but 1t Is fortified by more proof
than that just cited. II offers an explana-i
ton Of the undisputable fact that Gas-
gov Is the pioneer of municipal public
ownership not only In Great Britain. but
| In the modern civilized world
Glasgow Is an old town but young
! city. It was founded hundreds OF years
/ ago. but, it was otauntil the last CEN
\ tury that 1T began to force its way into
|. tie group of the worlds great centers
| There are American cities which Justly
| are proud of rapid growth and advance
| nent and whose citizens believe that
lathelr records cannot be duplicated outside
Of this republic. They will be undeceved
when they study the figures which re-
veal Glasgow's phenomenal advancement
In population. In 1850 It stood al less than
Is, 900 In 1911 1t was 100000; In 1881 700
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Manchester Not Only Owns and Operates LIS Street Rail.
ways, But Also Constructs Its Cars and Its Motors
Open Recognition Of Trade Union Wage Scale

! The capital outlay at present amounts to
about 375oo,00o. and under the charter
| its borrowing power ls practically ,uhlln,-
| tied. There yet remain d few miles t'f
privately operated tsnlnway In the city.
| but II ls Inevitable that these Will soon
| pass to tho control of tho municipal cor
! poratlOn "A 4
No Civil Service System,
The whole Of the work OF rcconstrtic-
ton within the city was carried out BY
the departments workman, without the
| intervention Of contractors Tho consult-
ing enginccr's estimate WAS s2,0o0.O01, but
the city did tho work and saved $3.50.
UOp. Contractors nskcd for q million Of
dollars 10 install the overhead ednlp-
! ment, but the department executed the.
| work III first class style for s7S5.O0O
The Manchester CORPORATION 1'rainways,t
wien completed. will unqiestonably exc
Gel any system In Great Britain, Liver
lspool Will not agree with this nssertion,.
and neither Will Glasgow. but a careful
Investigation of the three plants CON
vinces me that Manchester Ia entitled to
the great credit. There Is now erecting
Il modern cnr building shop. In which
will be manufactured and repaired not
! only the cars, but the motors and all
or the devices appcrtaining to street rail-
way rolling stock. General Manager r.
NJ. McElroy lis the head Of this great dc.
| rartmcnt, and 1t Is Ills settled policy to
construct plant which shall be nj.
most absolutely independent Of outside
producers.
The car sheds arc the largest III Europe,
the Queens road shed having accommo-i
dations for $50 cars. 1t Is an enormous
| building and ie fitted with Appliances
selected after an inspection OF the best
plants in New York. Chicago. 'ittsblirg,
Washington and other American and con-
tinental cities which employ up-to-date.
methods. In 1t are club rooms for the.
conductors and motormen. a boxing in-S
structor trains them In the art Of hand
ling rowdies and other unruly passen-t
gers. There are reading rooms. libraries.
baths and shower baths and heating con-
vcniences. so that the men can warm
their luncheons and make tea or cot
fee. None OF these are expensive lux
uries. and the items charged against the
receipts are SO small that they do not
al rouse the resentment Of taxpayers. The
men work ten hours less week than
they did when employed by the private
company, and they also receive more
pay for the shorter time There have
been no strikes and no Iockouts.
Local Patriotism. ta
There is no civil service system, as We
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-06-19
ing the upper deck. The Illustration

ing the upper deck. The Illustration
shows cars of the American type stand
ing in the Queens road sheds.
d, The balance sheet of the last fiscal year
shows that the Manchester municipal
tramways earned above all expenses the
sum of s65O,OO0 The rental from the pri-
waite company had been $4,000. and the
decided increase seemed to justify the
policy of those who urged that IT was
expcdient to introduce electrical trace
ton. reduce the rates OF fare and sub
stitute municipal for private control. The
Tramways Department contributed $780,
00o to the taxpayers and placed the ball
ance to8the credit OF the reserve and sink
ing funds.
In taking leave OF Manchesters instltu-
tions, l must record my admiration and
respect for the men who are RESPONSE
BILE for their success. From street la
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and enjoy all the pleasures OF tho suns
mer. ,5aii
The boys learned the attractions of the
opera house and only worked as bill pos
ters or other irregular employees OF II
The father found day work hard becamc
a drinker and finally gave up everything
except an occasional day fishing. When
| the summer throng went their were moro
| generous people who saw to IT that tile
| poor were fed. III there was heavy snow
Thought of asking the young men Of this
| family 10 do II In their high hats and
collars. There was a city fund for the
poor. They could get food in that way.
And they did.
England Our Best Customer.
Tight little England, no bigger in area
than New York State. yet with popula-
'tion OF 100000, is by far the largest I'M.
markable feature of Engand's trade with
the world IL the immense prepondarances
OF trade carried on with the United
States, During 1908 Great Britain bonght
from he United states more than sisht
products. and this Anglo American traGp
Is by far the largest trade hetWeel any
two countries on earth. The amount
named exceeds by more than half y bll'
lion dollars the value of imports from me
next largest seller. namely, France nus
mt the outset II is not hard ia understand
that with the output pf. our plantations,
farms, ranches and dairies, and With thaiS
products of our mills and factories. We
feed. cothe and shelter and provide the
people OF Great Britain Ellison sViitets.T
In Leslie's Weekly. ~
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borers to honorable aldermen all seem
actuated by a genuine pride in
tleir work and in their city.
No growing Western town is Inspired by
higher local patrotism The voters
Of Manchester believe in their city. IN
Its present and in its future. Men Or
wealth unhesitatingly respond TO requests
from the municipal departments for
money with bonds as security. AS a rule
the city treasurer will redeem on demand
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any OF these evidences Of Indebtedness,
though not compelled to do so. The
municipality performs the functions of II
bank, in which citizens deposit their say
sings, draw interest on them. the funds
thus deposited being invested in repro
.ductive Investments But tho time has
arrived when we must Journey across the
scotch border and study the municipal
wonders of it's metropolis, Glasgow.
1t is mystery to me how the Scot
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to bear the burden Of conscrption. which
is being felt more every year.
Tho volunteers are estimated to cost
ss5 head and l fail utterly to see how
an army for home defence raised by con-
scription can be produced at any but u
far greater cost than this,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-06-19

Glasgow tho Mecca Of the Student Of Public Ownership
History Of the Inception and Growth Of the Move.
ment--How 1t Differs from English Cities.

600; III 1851. 10000; IN 1911. 4is,poo, and ia u
1881 II had reached d. total of GA. go ,ro.l N
day. within a district covering less than
twenty square miles. there is a population y
OF 10000, and the city proper. With
suburbs, numbers more than 1000, 600 rTt III $s
When one reflects that the corporate
limits Of Glasgow Include only 20 saiiatci
Philadelphia, 10 for Washington and sos
for New York, 1t must be apparent that NJ
the Scotch metropolis has been con fronted5 "
with problems unknown In this country
Leader in Municipal Progress.
Glasgow was the leader In blazing tho
way to municipal progress and trt'i,mph y;
Long before The s,iea l., Of tie Rn,tea
which have made them great. despite ma.
tura landlcaps. Glassow liad transformed
pnrling brook int9 e one Of the e most tor na
Where .huge ocean liners now are fasfl u
toned from steel and oak. the famous s
Clyde was brook which, \, boy q gilt
member when the town was inland. and 4
when no one. dreamed q day would CONE
when 1t would rank rs = seaport OF DOM Ii
born who carved a way from Nlanc hester
to the sea Glasgow had accomp lished that
stupendoiis task and had set the pace In
Gl 4 { there be one lesson which a certain
class of our people should learn II !, - !
thu t. foresight, enterprise, and amb1tlof1 s
are not traits absolutely indigenous to-
4 Am rtcan soil The constant opposit re-
Iteration Of this unfounded claim breeds
q false pride and gives rise to a conft-s
dence which may be misplaced. We utl-s,
sdouhtedly are Il great people. but, to use
III pat colloduial isn. there are. others.''S
Unless these articles Intimate that per-
on the other side or the water viii eh are I
worthy OF study II not Of. Imitation or
adoption, they are written In vain;
Eta When democracy was bequeat he'd toe
Glasgow In 1888. 4 moved forwa ard 5t5 BIZ, Il
leaps and bounds. Prior to that time the /
city was governed by the guilds and the
incorporated trades Of the city; IT was.
gates selected by the Chamber of Conn
merce and the Federation OF Labor. " TIE
guilds were composed of the merchants
and they had a slight numerical rrepon-s
derance over the aftsmen. hi But III this \
vas swept away by the rising spirit ofa
in 1893 to pass the reform burgs act. u
which provided that towns should be gov
erned IN by d elegates elected directly by
the tax payers. And in passin g Il will
say that to-d day, not onlyin Scot4and but +
mall parts of the Kingdom, ffrage lis
as shouseholders. 1t may be wrong to
exclude those who cannot thus quality,
but at Works so well as to cast a doubt
ION the wisdom Of our more promi scuous
system sf$ lts IA 2sg ~
Within the memory OF many now lIv-
by law from opening q shop for selling
shoes unless he belonged to the Cord
wainers' incorporation. or from making
and selling bread unless by birth or &pur-
chase mernberSo of the Bakers Incorpo-s
ration. parliament put an end to this
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Deepening Of the Clyde.

e # j r = 4 2 + s. q
Glasgow began to deepen the Clyde in y
1862 though abortive efforts had been
made before Ten years later it, had
secured 2 feet Of water at the " Broomie-
law. the present business center Of the
city. From that date It's efforts have
been nnceasing, and the municipality has
ssq NndR hf eonSSnS y fasGs M
| Trust" There has been expended in this
enterprise by the municipality In cooper
alton with private Interests g to tal not
much less than $lC0 900 600 Il is IA favorlte
saying In the Scotch metropolis. "Glas-l
gov made the Clyde-the Clyde made
8Gflasgow. = 55 Ri
~ Those whose tlmfdity is. aroused over
the tendency of Municipalities to absofb
new powers and to embark on new enter
prises do not seem to realize that the h
movement is u perfectly natural one and q
that the present evolutionary ia to OF &C
CELEBRATION is no faster and In most In.
cedlng periods. The story OF Glasgow Is
4 the more startling, Sut the magician has @
been at work In every city off, conse- Il
pied with drinking water from wells.
There was one well to each thousand OF (
the population, but from where was New
time? The man who first. proposed that
Glasgow should supply It's inhabitants
with water drawn from pure sources A1d
who argued that this was a duty the
city owed to its inhabitants was a holder
reformer than his successor. who claimed Nj
1t was proper that the municipality should "
prOVlu6
Cities have become great in proportion s
as, they have executed Undertakings which
private Interests might have done, but
which they refused or neglected to do
Less THIN century, ago the housewives A
of Glasgow threw Stops into the streets X
from the windows. and tho only regula-
ton governing this practice was one
warning to the pedestrian. There were
no public schools, It did not occur to. the
authorities that the town was under the n
8s1lphfnSt OhliRatiOn tn nrOVldat and
tain public parks, Street paving and
cleaning were matters Of private option. B5
Those who urge that the extension ofslnu-3&5
nclpal enterprise limits the activity OF "a
the individual should reflect that the in M
dividual made small use of his opportuni-
ties In the years prior to the time when II
the municipalities substituted collective
for private enterprise, ~ i En- IA
In the two papers which follow Z shall Y 4
attempt to present the facts. concerning IL
the public institutions OF Glasgow. the $s
most remarkable of all the cities In its Mi
display of civic enterprise and initiatEe
Copyright 1904, by Frederick Uphum h
Adams,) ~ .i5 i4
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-06-19

HOSP employers who refuse
recognition to trade unions
and MI OF those WHO ARE cor
cerned III the world vide
struggle between capital aud
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DINING ut this time, when so
much is being done by our own
government to bring our vol
untecr militia up to the stand
ard OF the regulars, this artl-
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Within the memory many now lIv- 4
lby law from opening q shop for selling
shoes unless he belonged to the Cord
wainers' incorporation or from making "
chase a member Of the Bakers Incoir rss
ration. parliament put an end to this
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1904-12-24
Bvie{s Of NE Week


Merry Christmas.
Q. c. Mack, the Jeweler.
See Weller for Photographs.
Lou Otto is home again and in the
grind.
Holiday Goods in great profusion at
Mack, the jewelers..
Miss Myrtle Severance Is home from
College for the Holidays.
Nickle-Silverware makes elegant
Christmas presents. Siroebel Bros
Miss Ida Eberhart OF Bay City i,
guest of her sister. Mrs Clark HARE.
Miss Rebecca Jak of Traverse City,
who has been guest of Mr.. and Mrs
Joseph Zess, has returned home.
A little girl came to live with Mr..
and Mrs. r. L. Lorraine Monday. both
mother and child are doing WE'LL
Wolverine Express. .
Some people go to church to weep,
OOLclo w nICSp. r'lilS w 'hCil "iN'o
to please. their conscience others go to
ease. Some go To- tell their woes,
Others go to show theirclothes. Some
60 to hear the preacher, Others like the
solo screecher. Boys 60 to reconnoit-
or, girls go because they oughter.
Many go for sage reflection, precious
few to help collection.
See Weller for Photographs.
The Slayton Jubilee Singers, whe
appeared here last Friday evening
under auspices Of the High School
Lecture Course, were all that could be
desired for a musical number. The
program from start to finish was eX-
cellent. AS this Is the first number
OF the Courseit is very gratifying that
such good talent was presented. The
Second number will be given Jan'y 10
Musical Instruments in great pro-
fusion at Mack's Jewelry Store.
-Four fine prizes will be awarded al
the "Chara, ter Masquerade Ball" tC
be given a, the Loveday Opera House
on New Years night End
To the gentleman and lady each best
portraying some well known character
barring the tramp character). to the
person, either lady or gentleman. with
funniest outfit, and to the spectator
who proves to be the fortunate one
will be given prizes which will be cred
: liable souvenirs OF this occasion.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1904-12-24

Christmas.
Holiday vacation.
t,hinaware at Mack's.
First door east Of the Bank.
See the large display of "lS47" Sill
Vbrware at StrOebel Bres.
Ladies', Mems and Boys Skates in
great variety at lowest prices at the
w. &c. Malpass Hdw. co.
Get some Calling Cards printed at
The Herald office for your friends
Holiday present. Nothing nicer.
Att'yJ. Ernest Converse left yester-
day for Lapeer, where he spends the
HOLIDAYS with parents and friends.
Don't miss the Character Masquer-
ade Ball" to be given at Loveday
Opera House on New Years night
Jan'y 2nd.
-. The Stale Board of Canvassers find
that Warner won by 60,22S and that
Roosevelt had the tremendous plural
ity OF 227,7l5.
George b Horton. who has been
mister of the State Grange for twelve
wears, was reelected last week at the
Grange meeting in Lansing.
= Mr.. and Mrs. John Kenney. with
children Misses ella US and LenOre,
left latter part Of the week 70 spend
the Holidays with Chicago friends.
f. e. Shelters was declared a volun-
tary bankrupt in the u. 5. District
Court at Grand Rapids, Tuesday.
Atty ]. Ernest Converse is represent
ing Mr.. Shelters.
A. NJ. Haight. Manager Of the East
Jordan Cooperage Plant, was absent
from the city first of the week on q
business trip to Saginaw, Bay City
and several other places
a frame boarding house on Lake
street, Petoskey, conducted by Mrs. J
Smith and owned by a. F Ruch
bSEned one morning last week causing
total loss of 81, 800. The fire started
from a pan OF ashes.
Treasurer Of South Arm TOWNSHIP
Dan e. Goodman will be at his store
every Friday from now on, to receive
the township taxes. Those paying be-
fore lan'y 10th will be charged one pei
cent, while after that three per cent
will be added
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1904-12-24

Wednesday was shortest day.
Mrs. w. f.. Mapass has returned
from Traverse City.
Complete line of Fountain Pers can
lie found at Mack's.
Harrison Liskum is here for a visit.
He has been in Montana for number
Of years.
Mr.. and Mrs. W. L. French are en-
tertalning the latter's sister, Miss
Jessie Supernaw.
Chester Thompson, former resident
Of East Jordan, is h ere from Traverse
city visiting friends.
Miss Lou A. Rice the popular school
ma'am Of Chaddock district is taking
a vacation with her relatives at X aska.
Frank Severance left on Monday for
an extended business trip. He visits
Little Rock, Ark, and from thence
goes to Texas.
Someone has discovered that G. IT. &
ID. p. NJ. the initials Of the new G. II.
& ID. and Pere Marquette CONSOLIDATE
ion-stands for Cheap Help aud d.
Poor Management.
Mrs. Moses Larrabee was at Pellstou
first OF the week looking up an offer
Of parties there for her to conduct a
boarding house. III the prospect
pleases her, she will move there in the
near future.
MOUNTING SOARD.-For the cOnven-
fence Of number OF our patrons who
wish TO use mounting board for Kodak
work we have put in a supply to retail
at l0c per sheet. size Of sheet % by 2S
inches The Herald.
The inability OF the railroads to
handle their traffic. at least in this
section. is brought To light in one way
by the fact that there were Ga loaded
cars ready for shipment in the Bellaire
yards Saturday, SO Of which were car,
ried over sunday. Bellaire Independ-
ent.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1904-12-24

Lle experienced farmer
has learned that some
grains require far differ
ent soil than others;
some crops need differ
cnthandling than others.
He knows that a great
deal depends upon right
planting ct the right
time, and that the soil
must be kept enriched.
No use Of complaining
in summer about q mis-
take made il the spring.
Decide before tie seed
is planted.
7Ee best time TO rene
dy wasting conditions in
the human body is be-
fore the evil is too deep
rooted. At the first evil
dence Of loss Ct flesh
SCOTS Emulsion
should be taken jmme-
diatsly. There is moth
ing that will cpair
wasted tbs sue more
quickly or replace lost
flesh more abundantly
than SCOTS Emulsion.
It nourishes and builds
up the body when ordi-
nary 70 cd s absolutely
fail.
We 1eM send You : sample free.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1904-12-24
jas. l.. HACkETT

Rooms and Votruba Block,
Will write Fire Insurance
line of legal
will loan first improved farms interest In
of 800 TO $4,000
which entitled Order Commissioner
Pensions approved March l5 1904? If ass
NOTARY PUBLlC-wITH SEAL.
The Washington times., 1904-10-03
COLONEL DILLON NOW
SLIGHTLY IMPROVED

The condition oil Colonel ". =. Dillon
was this morning reported as slightly
improved
For several weeks Colonel Dillon has
been centred TO his home lU Cleveland
Park. suffering from ma-ar-aL fever.
which ne contracted dErluE his summer
vacation iu EaUtaE. Nova Scotia.
DWiGE IN the severity OF lHe attack.
Joined with The old age OF the patient.
buJ slight hopes We're entertained for
his recovery yesterday, however. Ee
rallied slightly and his nurse IS report. q
a. saying that 81 ue could be kept iu ais
present c0udiyiuu until tomorrow there
might Doe "a FAIR chance for ultimate .e-
.gEUrV
The Washington times., 1904-10-03
Investigation Ordered.

Attorney General Moody appointed oil
irer Faeiu. AN Assistant. special att0r-
leg TO attend 90 the case. with Secret
Service Operator BTcziHzki and several
inspectors oft the Steamboat service, Mr.
f-=Iu seut to New York and Trenton.
where hl prepared the prosecution
The facts were laid before the United
States grand jury al Trenton and asa
Indictment followed.
The Secret Service men round tine
workman vino pat the iron 5u the C0rE
lie pretended that he wanted 10 HuE
some OF The extra heavy blocks The
workman admitted putting the iron iu
them. and said that Le had better
scheme. one of putting iu two bars, one
aT each END. The workman could not zee
member how many of the -T0u. loaded
blocks Dee had made. Uut supposed that
they numbered several hundred.
This started the Secret Service man on
. long hunt and he examined the pre-
servers on dozens OF vessels. but could
md none containing ths extra heavy
blocks. IL is believed, however that
some OF them are ll USE
Immediately after the Indictment war
I rants were issued and the arrests fol-
. lowed
The Washington times., 1904-10-03
KhanweileTs Protest.

KhauWelleE d. once wrote t1 the cork
COmuauE- demanding the meaning of
the fraud and saying that should these
bars be discovered il lie DrezerveTs on
which the firm had TO- pat it's name the
result would be imprisonment and ruin
Tho cork company replied that the
firm should not make such "a fuss over
so small e. matter.
Tine ElauWelloEs Immediately wrote TO
Inspector BTaIie. OF the steamboat sarg-
ice iu New York. giving him all OF the
facts. The latter reported them 10 Act
uE Secretary I.a WTauc- -. Murray. of
Lle Department 81 Commerce and La
Dor. who ordered ETDI5C 90 keep quiet
and await results.
NE Murray carefully prevented the
facts from leaking out iu Washington
and turned Lha whole matter over I'd the
Department of Justice.