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Mexico weekly ledger., 1904-10-27
COST OF TRANSPORTATION.
Monopolics and Trusts Receive Re-
bates While Other Shippers suffer.

AS a strong argument against the
trusts, which are fostered under the
Ubiquitous Dingley Tariff bill, a paper
read by Mr.. A. B. Hepburn, President
of the Chase National Bank OF New
York, before the American Bankers
Association, at the Waldorf, in New
York recently, may well be considered.
MIR. Hepburn has some positive ideas,
and among them was this:
Recurring to the initial thought Of
this paper-the desirability of stable
business conditions and uniform cost
of transportation, and reasonable uni
form rates for money. we, as bankers,
entirely apart from legislative or CO.
erciye measures, can exercise great in
huence in bringing about such eondi-
tons"
Uniform cost Of transportation means
that one shipper must have the same
rate as another. Twenty years ago
the men who control the Standard Oil
Company and nearly everything else
in the country. saw the advantage of
a rebate. They gave the other fellow
an even chance in production, but they
cut his throat in getting a cheaper
freight rate than he could, and the
competitor went out of business.
There is a coal trust that controls
every pound of coal consumed in New
York and New England. Mr.. Baer is
at the head Of this. Several years ago
the coal market of New York was
open. The coal trust was formed. The
members got an advantage in freight
rates from the railroads. 1t was small,
but it was enough. 1t put the competi-
tors out of business. This rebate killed
competition, made a coal monopoly
and coal bills appreciated about fifty
per cent,
This is but an example which could
be stretched out ad infnltum. Every
criminal trust that lives gets its life
from a special privilege, and the ma
jority Of those special privileges are
given by virtue Of the Dingley Tariff
Act.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1904-10-27
CORRUPTION
CAMPAIGN FUND
Republican National Committee Holding
Up Corporations RIGHT and Left.

The Wall Street Summary, than
which there is not n fairer non-parti-
san financial journal in the country.
says, touching the Republican efforts
to raise a corruption campaign fund:
ALREADY n number of the largest cor
po%rations in this country, popularity.
Ell in many cases ~misleadingly, spok-
en- Of as trusts and hence likely to
lie under the ban. of the Sherman An
thrust law. as interpreted by the Su-
preme Court of the United States in
the Northern Securities case, have
been approached, yes. actually impor-
tuned, by the managers of the Repub-
lican campaign or their authorized
emissaries to contribute to the treas
ury Of the National Committee. In
some cases have been CIV
en- in the White House, that now that
the issue raised by the Government
in the Northern Securities case has
been sustained by the Supreme Court.
certain aggregations of Industrial en-
terprises would not be held as coming
within the purylew of the decision
mentioned.
ave can state further that the ex-
ecutives Of some of the corporations
that have been approached, as de-
sefibed above, are not members of the
political party in behalf Of which the
appeals have been made, yet they have
deemed it good business judgment to
give the matter their favorable consld-
Grafton.
"The most fragrant case of this char
acter that has come TO our knowledge
is that of the executive of one of our
larger railroad systems, who has vir-
tually decided that it is for the best
interests Of his corporation that in
some way a substantial contribution
should be made to the cause represent
ed by Chairman Cortelyou. because
the Chairman is slated for the position
Of Postmaster General after March A,
should his efforts to retain his party
in power be successful. This corpo-
ration, in common with all other trans
portation companies, has constant and
sometimes conflicting relations with
the Postolhce Department, a fact that
carries great weight with the execu-
tive referred TO, as 1t doubtless will
with others similarly situated when
they are appealed to for campaign con-
tributions.
This paper is not a political organ
in any sense of the word. but, as its
readers know. stands for what is hon
est and upright in the management of
our Governmental affairs. as well as
In the conduct of commercial and
financial transactions. 1t seems pro-
per, therefore, and entirely within the
province of m independent, non-partl-
san newspaper to refer to such facts
as they come to its knowledge from
time to time. rs have been reclted
above, leaving those who read them to
draw their own conclusions"
Mexico weekly ledger., 1904-10-27
BRYAN PROPHESIES FULFILLED.
Tariff and Trusts Wrecked Small
industries of Indiana Town.

A special dispatch to the New York
World from Indianapolis says:
Fifty-twO speeches will be delivered
by Mfr. Bryan in Indiana in eight days,
from October 10 to October 20. Alto
gether the Democratic State Commit
tee will get about sixty-fve speeches
out Of Bryan in Indiana in ten days,
IL his voice and strength hold out.
Bryan will be hurried over Indiana
on a special train, which will be made
up at Terre Haute the morning Of De-
tober -.
Upton and Alexandria will be
among the places visited. Mr.. Bryan
passed ElwOod on the journey from one
place to the other when he made a
prophetic speech last campaign-that
tariff and trusts would wreck its fac
tories. He then said:
Ere another campaign your factor
les will be idle, your tall chimneys
send forth no smoke, and although Re-
publican legislation might be claiming
all accomplishment of improved manu-
featuring conditions. you will know,
and know TO your own sorrow, the fal-
lacy of such claims"
Since his visit the radiator works
have closed, the American Window
Glass is a wreck, the Pittsburg Plate
Glass Company is closed. the Roderfer
Brick Company is in the hands of a
receiver, the Elwood Furniture Com
pany has been sold at receivers sale,
the lawn mower company is moving
away and other factory wrecks
abound.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1904-10-27

After his terrific Indictment of cor.
ruptionists In his own administration
this is what he has just said in his let.
ter of acceptance:
we base our appeal upon what we
nave done and are doing, upon our rec
ORD or administration and legislation
curing the last seven years in which
we nave had complete control of the
government. WE INTEND IN THE
FUTURE TO CARRY ON THE GOV.
EMINENT IN THE SAME WAY
THAT WE HAVE CARRIED IT ON
IN THE PAST"
How did the administration proceed
to cut all the awful, ~disgraceful, de-
grading corruption to which the Presl-
dent pointed the finger of righteous
scorn in the departments?
Just two or three offenders were in
dlcted. Not 4 single criminal in the de-
partments has gone to any Jail. Not
n OF them has ever been punished,
Yet In these departments, according to
President Roosevelt himself, were men
guilty of frauds, ~forgerles, perjuries
and shameless briberies."
He went after these rascals as he
did after the trusts. He quit as soon
MS he began, as o as the pursuit of
rascai.iy lad the appearance of suc-
cess.
Was II am quality of mercy which
caused Mr.. Roosevelt to suspend the
cause OF justice, or was IL because he
was a candidate for President?
Mexico weekly ledger., 1904-10-27
Parker Pleased Him.

John Il. Wilson. a leading Democrat
Of Indianapolis. was in New York re-
Gently and met Judge Parker. To a
reporter, after his return home, Mr..
Wilson said:
"He is undoubtedly a very impress
sive man. He is n large, well-built,
strong man physically. and is intellec-
tually on the same large scale. He i'm
presses you as a a with perfect har-
mony Of faculties. each highly devel-
oped. In manner he reminded me Of
Joseph Il. Macdonald. He is genial
and kindly. You cannot think OF his
being rash in action. There is that self
poIse that shows that he thinks before
he speaks. All In all, he possesses an
exceedingly attractive personality"
Mexico weekly ledger., 1904-10-27
PROTECTION and The FARMER.
Agriculture Receives Absolutely No
Benefit Out Of the Tariff.

Mr.. Roosevelt, in one of his many
books, said that 'there was no doubt
about the fact that the high tariff
against which South Carolina so vigor-
Ously protested was a discrimination
against the purely agricultural COM
munities."
So certain is 1t that a protective tar
if cannot help the producer of staple
agricultural products, that not long
ago Mr.. Lubin, a Republican, came to
Congress demanding that Congress
should protect the farmer as well as
the manufacturer.
When he was told that there existed
duties upon Indian corn, wheat, ETC.,
his reply substantially was that every
man knew it worked nc protection, So
called, 10 the American farmer. He
said that the Government could help
the manufacturers of certain products
by leyying import duties, making, of
course, the rest of the community pay
the price of the help; but the only way
in which they could help the farmers
was by giving an export bounty, and
he demanded that bounty very serious
~ in hearing after hearing before the
Committee on Agriculture in the House
of Representatives.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1904-10-27
TO KEEP STANDING PAT.
Roosevelt TO Go ON as Before, Not
withstnnding n Bad Record.


The President, in his letter of ac-
ceptance, says: "We intend in the fu-
ture to carry on the Government In
the same way that we have carried il
IN in the past" That is to say that
the Government will be carried on in
the future with that degree of reck-
lessness and extravaganza which is a
part of the record of his administra-
ton during the last three years.
The New York Evening Post be-
lieves that too much prominence can
not be given by the Democratic and in
dependent press and speakers to this
extremely bad record. "Take the sin
gle matter of naval expenditures" says
the Post. "In 1884 the appropriations
were $15 ,9S0,437, and in 1885 less than
$4,000, 900. By 1890 the sum appro-
priated was $50, 456, 113; in 1898 1t was
So, 5T4, 0S2; and in 1901. $55,623,422
But this amount is modest compared
with the expenditure since the pres
ent administration has really warmed
to its work. In 1902 the naval estab.
lishment called for SCI, S03, 1913; in 1903
for $S2,61S,034; and the last approprla-
ton was $9S,005, 140. These figures
speak for themselves. We have
plunged into this business up TO our
necks. and unless there is a sharp
change, we shall be ove our heads"
Mexico weekly ledger., 1904-10-27
WORTH THEM ALL.
Trust Question Transcends All Other
Issues in Importance.

John A. Wiston, of Lansing (Mich.),
ex-President of the Michigan knights
of the Grip. has this to say:
"The trust question is worth all the
other issues ten times over. Travelling
men are pushing that issue for all it
is worth. Particularly is this true in
New York and Indiana. Judge Par
decisions are a splendid record
against the trusts. In the minds Of
the masses it is the paramount issue.
The best workers outside Of the retail
and commercial travellers for
and Davis are the women
They all understand the trust question.
1t is not necessary to tell them how
the trusts have put up prices of almost
everything and increased the cost OF
living one-third."
Mexico weekly ledger., 1904-10-27

law. bind the hands of a usurping
President, as the English Parliament
has done with English kings, but the
Congress will have to be anything else
but a Republican Congress.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1904-10-27

Every family pays tribute TO the Re-.
publican Trusts which control the
n~ecessaries of life. If you wan. to
stop that tribute
VOTE FOR PARKERt
Mexico weekly ledger., 1904-10-27

II you believe In a tariff that will
protect every legitimate industry,
without allowing the Trusts to rob
and Cypress the public,
VOTE FOR PARKERl
Mexico weekly ledger., 1904-10-27

The Trusts, under Republican pro-
lection, are driving retailers out of
business. II you wan fair COMPETE
ton for everybody
VOTE FOR PARKERI
Mexico weekly ledger., 1904-10-27

If you wan; your boy to have a
chance in life and not be d trust slave.
VOTE FOR PARkERl
Mexico weekly ledger., 1904-10-27

It's the Trusts against the People.
Roosevelt sands for the Trusts Par
ker stands for the People.
VOTE FOR PARkERI
Mexico weekly ledger., 1904-10-27

rKTs " EfHrurao s~Sao ssSsSr gsV~S -
the reputation he made in Indiana,
Mexico weekly ledger., 1904-10-27

II you want a government by the
People Instead of a government by
Trusts,
VOTE FOR PARkERl
Mexico weekly ledger., 1904-10-27

relatives at Bowling {
Mexico weekly ledger., 1904-10-27

Mrs Geo. Interpreter attended the
st. Louis Fair last week.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1904-12-24

the current and Sprang forward along
the shining ribbons OF steel which show
ed up in the glow of the headlight In the
endless stretch of white ahead
The city had been left behind and the
farm houses quickly slid back into the
shadows as the car sped by. The shin
ing rails no longer showed up ahead. 1t
was all a dead level OF white. The swift
ly-falling snow had covered with it's
mantle the rails of the line, but the
wheels still sunk through 1t and clutch
ing the rail drank In the electric fluid.
Thoroughly acquainted with the road,
and with the car under perfect control,
Wemper one Of the most careful bur
also one OF the newest men on the road,
had no misgivings as he sped along the
snow covered way. Suddenly ahead there
was a blush light which seemed to dance
in the air. My God what's this?" he
exclaimed as he sprang from his seat
white rs the driven snow which sur
rounded the car lie shut off the cur
rent and put on the air with such force
as TO bring the car almost to a stand
still, and throw the passengers from
their seats. Quickly the controller sw ung
around aud the car slowly started to
move backward. To the man in the
vestibule it seemed ain age before the
wheels began to reyolve back ward The
car was on a long but abrupt curve
Wemper knew what the blush light
meant. 1t was an inbound coming to-
ward him at full speed
What caused the mixup Wemper did
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not know, but he did know that to be
caught on that curve meant certain death
to himself and the sixty odd passengers
on the car. The headlight of the APP
preaching car now doomed into view 1t
was coming at breakneck speed, but
Wemper's car with its load of human be-
ingS was now also speeding backward.
There had been no orders at the last
telephone booth and the outbound car
was supposed to have clear track.
Whatever the error, it was a palpa Bile
fact that the coming car was upon him.
There seemed to be no effort on the
part of the man in the other yestibule to
attempt to check the speed aud the most
kemper could hope to do was to lessen
the force of the collision. On came the
opposite car until less than 100 feet 1t
was one of the newest and most power
full ON the road and Kemper's heart
dropped as he realized that fact. The
passengers by this time had ascertained
they were speeding back. and the con
dnctor had his hands full striving to
check the panic
Looking now right into the vestibule
of the opposing car, Wemper saw a livid
face with glazing eyes. One strong, bony
hand clutched the controller trying To
force it still further around to get more
| speed. There was a terrible smile on
the white face. The man was mad. A
cold sweat broke out on the forehead OF
Wemper. A cottage within which sat a
woman smoothing the hair of little boy
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5A0R< z I ~ S5N@Se
i ON THE MAIN LINE. 4

THE city's streets were thronged
! Crowds OF Christmas shoppers bur
ried to and fro. Electric lights from
the big stores shone on their rosy and
happy faces, and the younger ones
laughngly shook the snow from their
hair and capes Charlie Wemper noted
all this as with his hand on the con.
troller he held the big suburban car In
check. 1t was crowded to the doors as
1t started on its trip into the country
with its human freight. The passengers
were in a merry mood. They had re-.
manned until the last car, the opera run.
and were going to their homes on the
line, with their arms full of bundles and
their hearts filled with good cheer.
All this swept through the brain Of
the tired motorman, and there was no
answering smile as gay laughter reached
him through the closed doors of the vas.
tibule. Here it was Christmas eve He
had had fairly steady runs up to the time
the summer business began to slack off
when the time table changed and he went
oil the board as first extra. A wife and
two little ones at home had to be fed
and clothed. and his 20 cents an hour
with an average of six hours a dav had
not placed him in a position of afluence
nor enabled him to look forward to the
glad Christmas time with any degree Of
joy. He thought OF the scant supply OF
coal in the shed. the almost depleted
larder and empty purse with pay day
still more than week off, and sighed t,
himself.
Eight dollars and a half coming I,
me-" he said, as he almost sayaeei,
swung around 10 ak points. The car lei
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numbers from one to ten or one to TWEEN
ty-6ve, according to the size of the tree
Each person playing is blindfolded In
turn and is given a rosette with which
he must decorate the tree" Each per-
son aims to pin his or her rosette on or
near to the highest number of the tree
Each competitor has three trials, the
three numbers to which he pins nearest
being written down to his credit by the
hostess, who keeps tally. The one whose
three numbers added together gives the
largest sum total wins the first prize
christmas candles" Is good old
time game. A lighted candle is placed
upon table. The player is blindfolded
and stationed with his back to the candle,
about foot from 1t. He's then told to
take three steps forward, turn around
three times, then to walk four steps
toward the candle and blow it out. His
attempt to do so will probably be as
amusing to the audience as disconcerting
to himself.
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a quarter of a mile, and the power was
once more turned on. During his absence
the truth was discovered and when he
paratively uninjured car, a cheer went
up. The men passengers grabbed him
by the hand, while the women shed tears
of gratitude. His own eyes moistened
and a lump came in his throat as he
thought of the cottage and its occupants.
Coupling the two cars the journey was
resumed and the passengers began to
get of As they did so every one drop
ped something in the hat at the door.
When the end of the run was reached. a
man came forward. In his hand he held
hat which was stuffed full of bills and
silver. Taking a slip OF paper from his
pocket the passenger folded it and turned
it with the other contents of the hat, into
the cap of the astonished Wemper.
Take this with a Merry Christina $
and God bless you from the passengers
you saved from DEATH" he said, and then
left the car.
His eyes glistening, Wemper counted
the treasure. There was over hundred
dollars in money. The slip of paper was
the check of a prominent banker of the
town at the end of the line for 500.
"A Christmas for the wee ones. after
ALL" exclaimed Wemper, his face light
ing up. Here, Bill" he shouted to the
conductor. I'VE go whacks on the
cash."
| Bill was 10th to accept. but finally con.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1904-12-24
FEEDING THE BIRDS
A Happy Christmas Custom Among
Swedish Pcasauts.

Christmas is celebrated in Sweden to
an extent unknown in our country, and
the celebration is not over until Jan. ID,
or twentieth day Yule." A very pretty
feature of the festivities is thus describ-
ed by writer who has visited that
country: One wintry afternoon. at Jul
tide las the season is called, had been
skating on a pretty lake three miles
from Gothenberg. On my way home |
noticed that at every farmers house
there was erected, in the middle of the
yard. pole, to the top of which was
bound large. full sheaf of grain. "Why
is this?' | asked my comrade. "Oh.
that's for the birds, the little wild birds.
They must have merry Christmas too.
you know" And so it is; not peasant
in Sweden will sit down to Christmas
dinner within doors until he has first rails
ed aloft Christmas dinner for the birds
in the cold and snow without.-Pitts-
burg Dispatch.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1904-12-24
CHRISTMAS IN SERVlA.
Santa Claus Receives Presents Instead
of Giving Them.

of Giving Them.
In Servia they keep Christmas eve in
n somewhat peculiar way. The father of
the family goes into the wood and cuts
down a straight young oak, choosing the
most perfect he can fnu. He brings it
in, saying, Good evening and a happy
Christmas" to which those present say,
May God grant both to thee, and
may est thou have riches and honor"
Then they throw over him grains of
corn. Presently the young tree is placed
upon the Goals, where 1t remains until
Christmas morning, which they salute by
repeated firings of pistol.
The national dish In Servia is pork.
The poorest family in Servia will pinch
themselves all through the year so as to
have money enough to buy a pig at
Christmas. Skewered to a long piece
of wood, the pig is turned over blazing
fire until cooked, the guests watching
the process with increasing interest. Al
ter dinner stories are told and songs
sung. Santa Claus, who, in the person
of an honored guest, is present to receive
instead of to give presents, departs al
ter the feast, decorated with long ring
of cakes around his neck and laden WIN
such gifts as his friends can bestow.
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while her body swayed gently to and
fro as she lulled the baby TO sleep, came
before his vision. Who would hll the
empty larder now? Who replenish the
dwindling coal pile? A groan burst from
by the power station aud back over the
switch. There was no danger from be-
hind and they dashed on back into dark
ness. leaving the snb-sta mon keeper root
Ell to the spot with establishment. The
fatal race was drawing to a close. Not
ten feet now interviewed between the
headlights OF the two cars when sud
denly there was pitch darkness The
speed of the cars slackened and the
Wild inbound gently came upon the spe-
cial. There was a crashing of glass as
the two headlights, now dull and dark.
came together; a slight jar and the dan
ger was passed. The sub-station tender
with a heaven-born CLEAN OF common
sense had stopped the machinery and
turned off the power.
Sprnging from the vestibule as soon
as he realized what had happened, Wem-
per climbed -into the veStihule of tbe
other car, livid with rage at the danger
into which the other motorman had
placed him. There was no need for his
anger for it was dead hand that held
the controller. and the stare was one of
combined madness and death. Not
living soul was on the inbound car.
Turning off the current Wemper took
the controller from the suffering fingers
and ran back to the sub-station. about