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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-06-09
ODDITIES FROM EUR0PH

"A young man charged at Kingston,
England, with assaulting his father.
pleaded as a reason for the act that It
was the first time he had seen his father
sober.
M. and Mme. Vevestele, of Lille,
France, recently celebrated on one day
their own golden wedding, the silver
wedding oftheir eldest daughter and the
nuptials of their youngest.
A Vienna court has condemned two
men to pay a monthly allowance to the
widow Of man whom they told, rs q
''joke," that his wife was not true to
him, and who committed suicide in con-
sequence.
A performance at tho Municipal tbs
alter at Halle, Switzerland, had to be
suspended the other night while the po-
nceman on duty was elected. He had
fallen asleep at his. post and his loud
snoring disturbed the audience.
A boy of five years recently killed \
baby in Liverpool by stufflng bread into
it's throat. He said he did it "for fun"
The doctors call him morally insane"
In English law child under seven Is
considered incapable of crime.
The smallest full-grown elephant in
Europe is on exhibition in London He
80 inches In height and weighs 230
pounds. When he was taken to pho
tographic gallery the other day for his
picture he went in cab. A luncheon
Of buns and brandy and water was. pro-
vided for him.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-06-09
Arc the Packers Receiving Fair Play

Are the Packers Receiving Fair PlayP
When the Garfield report on the
business methods of the packers ap-
pearcd, after eight months investiga-
ton, 1t was severely. criticised and
roundly denounced After three
morths Of publicity it is significant
that those who attempted to discredit
1t have failed to controvert the figures
contained in that exhaustive document.
The public is beginning to notice this
omission. AID the feeling is rapidly
growing that the sensational charges
out OF which the Beef Investigation"
arose were without foundation. II the
official statements of the report are
susceptible Of contradiction, good
many people are now asking why the
facts and figures are not furnished to
contradict them.
The truth seems to be that most of
the charges contain unfounded sensa-
tional assertions. A fragrant example
of this appeared In a recent article in
an Eastern magazine, to the effect hat
'.forty Iowa banks were forced to close
their doors in 1904 by the Beef
Trusts manipulation of cattle prices"
Chief Clerk Cox, Of the banking de-
partment Of the Iowa State Auditors
Office, has tabulated the list Of banks
given in the magazine article and has
publicly denounced the statement as.
utterly untrue. He gives separately
the reasons for each failure mentioned
and officially states that they have
been caused by unwise speculations
and by reckless banking methods. It
may be well to suspend Judgment upon
tho packers until the charges against
them are proved. sSzis&*2 II ~ ~ 40
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-06-09

how I could best loosen the anemones
from it.
1t was so awkward a position that
very few seconds made an almost
unsupportable strain on my muscles,
and l tried to straighten up with a
jerk. My arm had barely moved an
inch, before was brought up sharp
ly. Something had me!
l peered down into the green water
and saw my arm, like a dim, wavy
shadow, in the obscurity. Down
where it was fast l could see moth
ing at first, but gradually. as my eyes
became accustomed to the gloom, I
saw a misshapen object that seemed to
be surrounded with ragged things
which waved necessarily in the cur
rent
BY this time could hardly keep nv
face out of the water, for l lay in
such position that all my back mus
Giles were needed to hold my head up.
Yet the strain on the submerged arm
was growing greater every moment.
and I could distinctly feel that what
ever had hold of it made dull, logy
motions, as if it were trying to drag
the arm down farther.
Strangely enough, I felt no pain of
any kind-only the sensation of a
steady pull, with the occasional tug
Eings. Every time tried to jerk my
arm loose the answer from the hidden
thing would be little plunge.
Suddenly the sun came out strongly
and irradiated the water, shooting it's
beams like golden dust deep into the
sea. looked eagerly down, and saw
. horrible thing fast to my arm.
Squat and muddy, with oblique eyes
and thick, fleshy fms looking hideous-
ly like human hands, the thing that
seemed to be looking up at me was a
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-06-09

Just Discrimination in Railway Rates
All railroad men qualified to speak
on the subject in a responsible way are
likely to agree with President Samuel
Spencer, of tho Southern railway, when
he says: ''There is no division of opin-
ion as to the desirability of stopping
all secret or unjustly discriminatory
devices and practices of whatsoever
character"
Mr.. Spencer, in speaking Of unjust
~ discriminatory" rates and devices,
makes a distinction which is at once
apparent to common sense. There may
be discrimination in freight rates which
is just, reasonable and imperatively re-
quired by the complex commercial and
geographical conditions with which ex-
pert rate makers have to deal. To abol-
1sh such open and honest discrimination
might paralyze the industries of cities,
states and whole sections of our national
territory.
This distinction between just and un-
just discrimination is clearly recognized
in the conclusions OF the International
Railway Congress, published yester-
day:
Tariffs should be based on commercial
principles, taking into account the special
conditions which bear upon the CONNER
cial value of the services rendered With
the reservation that rates shall be charged
without arbitrary discrimination to all
shippers alike under like conditions, the
making Of rates should as far as possible
have all the elasticity necessary to permit
the development of the traffic and to pro-
duce the greatest results to the public and
to the railroads themselves
The present proposal is, as Mr.. Walker
p. Hines, of Louisville, showed in his
remarkable testimony. the other day
before the senate committee at Wash
tngton, to crystalline flexible and justly
discriminatory rates into fixed govern
ment rates which cannot be changed
except by the Intervention of some gov
eminent tribunal, and by this very
process to increase "the temptation to
depart from the published rate and the
lawful rate in order to meet some over
towering and urgent commercial con-
dition. New York Sun.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-06-09
A CHARMING PLAY-GOWN.
Built on Simplest Lines and Construct
ed of Durable Material Is This
Mothers Delight.

There is no more charming little
lady in the land than Miss Simplicity in
her play-a-day froclz, anticipating no
end of fun and ready for anything which
may come to interest her active little
senses. The little play-gown must be,
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-06-09
Way It Affects You.

1--WE explained to you what trunk aud
branch mcan," said the teacher of tho
botany class; "now who can tell me what
'sprig' means?"
II know" cried Tommy, f'it means
you've got cold in your head when
you try to say spring. '"-Philadelphia
Public LEDGER
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-06-09

first of all. simple, in order to be serv-.
iceable. The dress shown here is just
the thing for playing about the house
and yard, wearing to school, or serving
It may be easily made and is suitable
to any material: For medium size
three and one-half yards Of 36-iuch ma,
terial are required. Il - - - =
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Observations.

It is hard to say which is the more di;-
ticulty-iving down a past or living up to
4 future.
Exoerience-the name we give our fall
ures
Impulse-what we regret next day.
Beatrice Sturges, in Smart Set.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-06-09
EVERY WALK IN LIFE.
A. A. Boyce, a farmer, living thres

ana 3 nail
miles from
Tr e n ton,
Mo-, says:
/" A S evere
cold settled
in my kid
neys and de-
veloped SO
quickly that
Iwasobliged
to lay off
work on &C..
count Of the
aching in my
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-06-09

back and sides. For a time was unable
to walk at all, and every makeshift I
tried and all the medicine took had
not the slightest effect. My back con-
tinued to grow weaker until / began
taking Doan's Kidney Pills, and must
say 1 was more than surprised and
gratifed to notice the backache disap-
pearing gradually until it aually
stopped" '@@ 81 80 -
Doan's Kidney Pills sold by all deal
ers or by mail on receipt of price, 50
cents per box. Foster-Mlburn Co.
Buffalo, n. Y. -: r. +. ~ .r.l. ID =.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-06-09

Reduced Rates to Buffalo, N. r, Acct.
Annual Meeting B. p. o. Elks,
July 18th to 18th. The Nickel Plate Road
offers low rates with long Limit and Stop;
information of Agent, or address j. Y.
Callahan, General Agent, Ill Adams st..
Chicago. Ill,
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-06-09

"Hit makes no diffunce ter me-" SAYS
Brother Dickey, *ef De worp is fat or
roun': what's botherin' me is, how not
to iall of."-Atlanta Constitution,
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-06-09

1t is proposed when a certain Atchison
man dies to place his automobile over his
grave as a monument. "He has spent so
many happy hours ander it," people say.
-Atchison Globe
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-06-09
Two Ways of Looking at It.

Two Ways Of Looking at It.
Browne-How surprised we should
be if we could see ourselves as others
see us! '>-.
Towne-Yes; but think how sur
prised the others would be il they
could see us as We see oursslvesl--
Stray Stories.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-06-09
Success Versus SUGGEST

Success Versus Succession.
Rubher-Well, Gen. Lnevitch hasn't
succeeded yet, anyway
Cumback-Oh, yes, he has. He sue
ceeded Gen. kuropatkin. - Washington
Post.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-06-09

Piso's Cure for Consumption il an infauk.
ble MEDICINE for coughs and colds:-N: W.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-06-09

He who rides hobby thinks he is en-
titled to the middle Of the oad.-Chicago
Daily News.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-06-09
Shake into Your Shoes

S6aK0 C6t0 30uT Snoe8
Allen's Foot Ease. 1t cures painful, swollen,
smarting, sweating feet. Makes new shoes
easy. Sold by all Druggists and Shoe Stores.
Don't accept any substitute. Sample FREE.
Address A. s. 'Olmsted, LIE Roy, N. Y.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-06-09
l ! ! ! OPEN lE'1 TIERS
IMPORTANT. TO MARRIED WOVEN
Mrs Mary D1ndnaick Of Washington tells
How Lydia =. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound Made Her Well.

tits with great pleasure we publish
the following letters, as they convinc-
ingly prove the claim we have so many
times made in our columns that MIRA
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-06-09

The other day l spent a half hour
in woman's own private sitting
room, which seemed to me to be char
acterized by everything such a room
should have. The walls were neutral
tinted, and formed the best of back
grounds for few well chosen pic
lures. A rug in dim, somber colors
covered the floor. There was a large
table, and bookcase well 6lled stood
at one side in an alcove; there was a
divan and there were a few easy chairs.
The outlook was over a bay, where the
green waves were ruf1ed by the spring
wind apd the ships went to and FRO.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-12-05

subserviency to rich men. But while
1 fully admit the difficulties in. the way
do not for a moment admit that
these difficulties warrant us in stop
ping in our effort to secure a wise
and just system. They should have
no other effect than to spur us on to
the exercise of the resolution, the
even-handed justice, and the fertility
of resource, which we like to think of
as typically American, and which will
in the end achieve good results in this
as in other fields of activity. The
task is great one and underlies the
task Of dealing with the whole in
dustrial problem. But the fact that
it is a. great problem does not war
rant us in shrinking from the attempt
to solve it. At present we face such
utter lack of supervision, such free
dom from the restraints of law, that
excellent men have often been literally
forced into doing what they deplored
because otherwise they were left at
the mercy of INSCRIPTIONS COMPETE
tors. To rail at and assail the men
who have done as they best could I'M
der such conditions accomplishes lit
tie. WHAT we need to do is to develop
an orderly system, and such a system
can only come through the gradually
increased exercise of the right Of eff
cient government control.
Insurance.
Recent events have emphasized the
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-12-05

new industrial conditions. Most EN-.
pnatically we do not wish to see the
man of great talents refused the re-
ward for his talents. Still less do we
wish to see him penalized; but we dc
desire to see the system of railroad
transportation so handled that the
strong man shall be given no advant-
age over the weak man. We wish to
insure as fair treatment for the small
town as for the big city; for the small
shipper as for the big shipper. In the
old days the highway of commerce,
whether by water Or by road on land,
was open to all; it belonged to the
public and the traffic along it was free.
At present the railway is this high
way, and we must do our best to see
that it is kept open to all on equal
terms. Unlike the old highway it is
very difficult and complex thing to
manage, and it is far better that it
should be managed by private individ-
uals than b ythe government. But it
can only be SO managed on condition
because, in my judgment, public
ownership of railroads is highly unde-
sirable and would probably in this
country entail far-reaching disaster,
that I wish to see such supervision
and regulation of them in the inter-
est of the public as will make it evil
dent that there is no need for public
ownership. The opponents of govern
ment regulation dwell upon the diff
culties to be encountered and the in
tricate and involved nature of the
problem. Their contention is true. 1t
is a complicated and delicate problem
and all kinds of difficulties are sure
to arise in connection with any plan
of solution, while no plan will bring
all the benefits hoped for by it's more
optimistic adherents. Moreover, under
any healthy plan, the benefits will de-
velop gradually and not rapidly. Final
ly, we must clearly understand that
the public servants VINO are to do this
peculiarly responsible and delicate
work must themselves be of the high
est type both as regards integrity and
efficiency. They must be well paid,
for otherwise able men can not in the
long run be secured and they must
possess a lofty probity which will re-
volt as quickly at the thought Of pand-
ering to any gust of popular prejudice
against rich men as at the thought
of anythin@ even remotely resembling
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-12-05

Importance of an early and exhaust
i've consideration of this question, to
see whether it is not possible to fur
nish better safeguards than the sever
al states have been able to furnish
against corruption of the fragrant
kind which has been exposed. 1t has
been only too clearly shown that GER
tain of the men at the head of these
large corporations take but small note
of the ethical distinction between hon.
esty and dishonesty; they draw the
line only this side of what may be
called law-hOnesty; the kind of hon.
esty necessary in order to avoid fall
ing into the clutches of the law. Of
course the only complete remedy for
this condition must be found in an
aroused public conscience, a higher
sense of ethical conduct in the COM
munity at large, and especially among
business men and in the great pro-
fession of the law, and in the growth
of a spirit which condemns all dis
honesty, whether in rich man or I'm
poor man, whether it takes the shape
of bribery or of blackmail But much
can be done by legislation which is
not only drastic but practical. There
is need of far stricter and more uni
form regulation of the vast insurance
interests of this country. The Unit
ed States should in this respect follow
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-12-05
DEMENT, BROTHERS COMPANY

interest Of the public. But, in my
judgment, the necessity for giving this
further power is by no means as great
as the necessity for giving the COM
other powers 1 have enumerated
above; and it may we'll be inadvisable
to attempt to vest this particular
power in the commission or other adj
ministrative body until it already pos
sess and is exercising what 1 regard
as by far the most important Of all the
powers 1 accommodates indeed the
vitality important power-that to fix
a given maximum rate, which rate
after the lapse of a reasonable time,
goes into full effect, subject to review
by the courts.
All private car lines, industrial
roads, refrigerator charges, and the
like should be expressly put under the
supervision of the interstate commerce
commission or some similar body so
far as rates, and agreements practi-
cally affecting rates, are concerned.
The private-car owners and the own
ers of industrial railroads are enti-
tied to a fair and reasonable compen-
sation on their investment, but neither
private cars nor industrial railroads
nor spur tracks should be utilized as
devices for securing preferential rates.
A rebate in icing charges or in mile
age. or in a division of the rate for re-
frigerating charges is just as PERM
cious as a rebate in any other way.
No lower rate should apply on goods
imported than actually obtains on do
nestle goods from the American sea-
board to destination except in cases
where water competition is the con-
, trolling influence There should be
publicity of the accounts Of common
carriers; no common carrier engaged
in interstate business should keep any
books or memoranda other than those
reported pursuant to law or regulation,
and these books or memoranda SHOULD
be open to the inspection of the gov
eminent Only in this way can viola
tions or evasions of the law be surely
detected. A system of examination of
railroad accounts should be provided
similar to that now conducted into
, the national banks by the bank exam
iners: a few fitst-class railroad ac
countants, if they had proper direction
and proper authority to inspect books
and papers, could accomplish much in
| preventing wilful violations of the
law. It would not be necessary for
them to examine into the accounts of
any railroad unless for good reasons
they were directed to do so by the in
terstate commerce commission. It is
greatly to be desired that some way
might be found by which an agree
ment as to transportation within a
state intended to operate as a fraud
upon the federal interstate commerce
laws could be brought under the ju-
risdiction Of the federal authorities.
At present it occurs that large ship
ments of interstate traffic are con-
trolled by concessions on purely state
business, which Of course amounts to
an evasion of the law. The commits
sion should have power to enforce fair
treatment by the great trunk lines OF
lateral and branch lines.
! I urge upon the congress the need
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PRESIDENTS MESSAGE
Continued From Page TwO)

| is given too low a rate. In such case
| the commission would have the right
to fix this already established mini
| mum rate as the maximum; and it
/ would need only one or two such de-
! esions by the commission to cure
/ railroad companies of, the practice of
! giving improper minimum rates. | call
4 your attention to the fact that my
/ PROPOSAL is not to give the commits
| sion power to initiate or originate
rates generally. but to regulate rate
already fixed or originated by the
roads, upon complaint and after in
vtStigatiOn. A heavy penalty should
be exacted from any corporation
Which fails to respect an order of the
commission. l regard this power to
establish a maximum rate as being es-
Sentlal to any scheme of real reform
IN the matter of railway regulation.
The first necessity is to secure it; and
Unless it is granted to the commission
There is little use in touching the sub
Jet at ALL
Illegal transactions often occur I'M
VeF the forms of law. 1t has often Oc-
CURED that a shipper has been told
oyRtraf1c officer to buy large guam
"F,f some commodity, and then af-
'ef has been bought an open reduc-
'uA IS made in the rate to take effect
Immediately, the arrangement result
ts 10 the profit of the one shipper
''Au me one railroad and to the dam
'se OF all their competitors; for 1T
must not be forgotten that the big
SD'ppers are at least as much to
''''le as any railroad in the matter
" REBATES. The law should make it
>''aF so that nobody can fail to I'M
-N's'dld that any kind of commission
f"'1 On freight shipments, whether in
4'S form or in the form of fictitious
@'''"seS' or Of a concession, a free
f'sS' reduced passenger rate, or pay
'"7H' OF brokerage, is illegal. 1t is
WIN While considering whether it
'u'u not be wise to confer on the
'iiiilent the right of civil action
S"'iis' the beneficiary of a rebate
al least twice the value of the re-
' 'his would help stop what is
'saly blackmail. Elevator allowances
1'uia be stopped, for they have now
s'O"n to such an extent, that they
uemoralizing and are used as re-
bates
oest possible regulation of rates
OF course, be that regulation
by an honest agreement
the railroads themselves to
10 out the law. Such a general
~. 'ieft would, for instance, at once
;, stop to the efforts of any one
:, supper or big railroad to discrim-
q, against or secure advantages
sF some rival; and such agreemen,
,. ~ make the railroads themselves
no, ior enforcing the law. The
.. vested in, the government to put
~ 10 agreements to the detrimen1
H. public should, in my Judgment
: e.a - by power to permit
specified conditions and careful
vision, agreements clearly in thu
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Continued on Page Four.)
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Insurance

Recent events have emphasized the
Morgan County democrat. (Versailles, Mo.) 1900-1906, 1905-06-23
A Very Live Wire.

The electric lights went kerfunk
Monday night caused by the breaking
of circuit wire in front of G.. w.
Petty's residence. The live wire
curled up and looked like an illuminat-
ed serpent, but a tree in the yard
kept it from reaching the ground.
The tree was burned to some extent
defore the wire could be mended
LinemAn Blackburn climcd the tree
and repaired the break in the face of
danger hut lights were shut off for a
time. The sight was watched by
those on the street at the time.
Luckily the break occurred where no
damage could follow.