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The San Angelo press. (San Angelo, Tex.) 1897-1907, 1905-01-05
BREWERS AFTER ,tAwLEssNEss
VIII Prosecute Violations Of Sunday
and Gambling Laws as They Have
Been Doivs In Cities.

1t is anBs| ced from Houston
that the rsosent warfare against
violations Of the laws regulating
saloons is being prompted by the
Brewers Of Texas and those Of
other states who are interested in
the Texas business This has
been kept quiet for some time but
it IS generally known now that
this is the case
a great many saloon men of
the state have the names of some
one or the other Of the brewers on
their bonds and are thus more or
less easily handled in this respect.
The latter realize that, their in.
terests like those Of the brewers,
are best served by complying with
tie requirements of the law and
are for this reason all the more
easily brought in line.
This is in reality all that could
he desired by the prohibitionists.
Az long as the law is observed it is
better to have the open saloon
than the club and if the saloon
people will do according to the
plans as outlined by the brewers
1t is believed that the question
will have progressed long way
toward its solution.
The fight of the brewers is not
confined to the violations of the
law by the saloons but will be
made on gambling. In fact there
has already been u system of war
fare waged on gambling in several
of the Texas cities. This, the re-
ports has it, is being done by the
brewers who have gone so
far as to employ detectives in ad.
dition to the regular police force
of the different cities where the
fights have been made to assist
them in locating violators of the
law and in prosecuting them.
FL Paso, Waco, Fit. Worth, Dali
las and some other cities have al
ready had their part of the fight
and now it is said the battle will
The San Angelo press. (San Angelo, Tex.) 1897-1907, 1905-01-05

l.. G. Dupree returned to San
Angelo Monday.
Berry Ketchum went to San
Antonio Thursday,
w. @. Huey and wife were in
from the ranch Friday.
l.. d. Brooks, Jr., was here
from the ranch Friday.
j. D. Sugg was in the city the
latter part OF last week.
Some fine holiday candies in
bulk still on hand. Your patro-
mage solicited. S. A. Williams 1t
John lIubbell came in from the
Carter and Donelson ranch for
supplies Tuesday.
J. r. Westcoat and family
spent several days last week visit
ing relatives in Balllnger,
Henry Ragsbale received u 1925
Mitchell autobike last week from
the factory.
L. B. Baggett, of Ozona, was
here this week on his way to Bel
ton where he is feeding a lot of
cattle. Mr.. Baggett goes to Bel
ton to finish the matter of feed
ing which will require about three
months more, after which time
he will be ready for the market.
The San Angelo press. (San Angelo, Tex.) 1897-1907, 1905-01-05
The Wool Trade.

The closing week Of the year
has been marked by quite II little
addition to the volume of bust
mess in progress, the sales reach
ing good sized total in view of
the interruption caused by the
holiday. The increase i'll busi-
ness was the result of an improv-
ed demand from Philadelphia
worsted manufacturers and every
large consumer of wool. Among
tie sales were 100000 pounds
of Wyoming at full prices and a
half million pounds of Montana.
The year closes with very strong
market, and with prices at the
highest level of tie year The
strength of the situation is in
creased by the last reports from
abroad and from the interior of
the country where the clip of 1905
is being contracted for on the
sleeps back at high prices.
The receipts of wool in Boston
this week amounted to II, 453
bales against 12,7l7 bales last
week and II, 1926 bales last year.
The receipts since January have
been 7l3, 206 bales domestic and
1882 bales foreign woods.
against 667, $50 bales domestic
and 1877, 3O6 bales foreign for the
corresponding time last year.
This is an increase of As, 677 bales
domestic and an increase of SO,
O2l bales foreign.
The sales of the week in Boston
amounted TO 3,7S0,000 pounds of
domestic and 100000 foreign,
making total of 100000
pounds, against total of 2,932,
600 for the corresponding week of
last year. The sales since Janu-
AIRY amount to 27S, 4O7 900
pounds, against 2l2,07l,000 for
the corresponding time last year.
The San Angelo press. (San Angelo, Tex.) 1897-1907, 1905-01-05
y STOCK NEWS y
Annual Wool Review.

In this issue appears our can
nual Wool Review" showing the
stocks of wool OH hand at the
close of the year in Boston and
in the principal markets of the
country, the wool product of the
year, the number Of sheep in the
country. the course of prices, and
the situation as it exists in the in-
terror. The developments affect
ing the market since January /,
1904, are reviewed in detail.
1t is certainly n most remarka-
BILE showing. We cannot recall a
year in which the supplies Of wool
on the market have been reduced
TO such small dimensions as they
are at the present time-certaln-
ly they have not been so small at
the close of any year of which re-
cord has been kept, The cause of
this has been an unprecedentedly
large demand for consumption,
which set in at the beginning of
the summer, at time when the
available stocks of old wool on
hand had been reduced TO very
moderate dimensions The mills
were very hungry for wool, and
for months they were free buyers (;
indeed, at times, there seemed to
be perfect scramble for wool, as
the result of the very limited
stocks carried by manufacturers,
the improvement in the goods
situation and the enlarged de-
mand for fabrics.
The consequence has been that
we find that the stocks of wool in
the Boston market now aggregate
only 90, $4,000 pounds, including
foreign woods and woods of every
description, as compared with 3d.
100000 pounds year ago and 49,
100000 pounds two years ago.
The total stocks of wool in the
United States, exclusive OF manu-
facturers' holdings, are only So
ST. 7S pounds, as compared with
1853, 427, 700 pounds year ago.
The sales of wool in the Boston
market for the year have reached
the large total of 299, 407, 600
pounds, as against 2l2,07l 900
last year. The stocks Of wool
in some of the principal markets
of the country will be seen by a
glance at the following table:
The San Angelo press. (San Angelo, Tex.) 1897-1907, 1905-01-05

X. r Wade went to San An
tonic Monday.
Mrs. 5. +. CAN'T is in Bolton
on visit to relatives and friends.
Mrs. c. D. Sparks, Of Wac ar
rived III the city Monday for 1t
short stay with friends
Mrs. r. !. Collins and children
of Comanchp, who have been
visiting Mrs. Collins sister left
Monday on their return home.
The names of S. A. Williams
fine five cent cigars are; Lam.
prette, Spana Cuba and Single
Binder. 1t
+. II. Taylor WINS in from the
ranch Sunday and Monday to ac-
company Miss Minnie here to
take the train for Denton.
J. V. Ketchum, the popular
and accommodating tonsorial ar
list returned Sunday from San
Saba, after spending the holidays
with home folks and old time
friends.
Some fine holiday candies in
packages and bulk still on
hand. Your patronage solicited.
S. A Williams It
The San Angelo press. (San Angelo, Tex.) 1897-1907, 1905-01-05
Classified Advertisements
For sale.

For SALE.-50O acres good
farming laud, So acres in cultiva-
ton, 2 good houses, plenty OF
water, together with 60 head
Hereford Cattle, for sale cheap if
taken at once. Apply at this Of.
flee.
OLD PAPEEs.-l5c per hundred
at The Press office.
ANY THING-You want trans
ferred on short notice call mp d.
f. Cocreham, phone 1879. 23tf
The San Angelo press. (San Angelo, Tex.) 1897-1907, 1905-01-05

Mr.. Armour of the Fort Worth
packing house says that more
than one-half of the hogs slaugh-
tered in Fort Worth are shipped
there from outside the state, and
that Texas farmers would make
more money raising corn and
hogs than in raising cotton. This
is reminder that the late John
r. HoXie, when engaged in the
packing business at Fort Worth,
encountered the same difficulty of
which Mr.. Armour speaks, and
attempted to remove it by i'm
porting brood sows and selling
them to Texas farmers on credit
to be paid for with hog shipments
to his packing house. The ques-
tion of feed for the hogs vas one
that he was never able to solve to
the satisfaction of the farmers, and
he was finally compelled to admit
the defeat of his plans. 1t is APP
parent, however, that in a land as
fertile as Texas hogs may be rails
ed at n profit, and it would be to
the advantage Of the packing
The San Angelo press. (San Angelo, Tex.) 1897-1907, 1905-01-05
For Rent.

For RENT room house Oh
Harris Avenue. Apply to Mrs.
Sprague. 1t
FURNISHED Rooms for light
housekeeping, close to town. APP
ply to Mrs. w. 5. Week.
NICE ROOMS FOR RENT
Nine nice rooms all freshly
painted and papered. Lower
story Masonic Hall.
SAM POLLOCK,
43tt or j. T. THOMSON.
FURNISHED ROoMs-We have sew
nicely furnished rooms to rent
Apply at Wuertemburg House If
OFFICE Room FOR RENT.-Room
l0X27 feet, front of building,
ground floor, glass front, con-
venientlv located, for rent for
office. Apply at Press Office.
The San Angelo press. (San Angelo, Tex.) 1897-1907, 1905-01-05
Why do Merchants Want Cheap
Labor?

From the San Francisco Examiner
Some of our very good friends
and some of our very good sim
cere enemies are business men
who say to the editor of this news
paper.
II like your newspaper, / be-
l;eve you are sincere. | know
you pay higher wages and salaries
than anybody else, but | think
you 90 TO excess. ! think you
talk too much about good pay for
working people. | think you
don't consider sufficiently the in
terests of business men who need
reasonably priced labor if they
want to prosper.
To all of these we'll meaning
friends and critics We offer the
following statement, clipped from
an old fogy newspaper, one which
knowtows to the man with the
dollar and pays its men as little
as it can:
1.-The 700 shoemakers' shops in
Canton employ 5000 men and 20,
900 women, who work from day.
light to dark Since the recent
introduction of kerosene lamps
their hours even have been length
ened. They get from about $3.50
to So a month in wages, and their
meals, consisting of rice and salt
fish"
From the point of view of the
man who wants cheap men, this
city of China ought to be better
than America. The miserable
slaves Of that countrY work from
daylight to dark-or, rather they
did work from daylight until dark
Now that they have kerosene oil
lamps they work later. They earn
So a month or less and that ought
to leave the employer a nice mar
gin of profit.
But we should like to say, as
we have said before, to the earn
est, well-meaning business man
who citicises our advocacy of
high wages.
Why don't you abandon the
United States, where we insist on
building up wages, and devote
your genius to some commercial
enterprise in that labor
paradise called, Canton, China"
The business man who should
go out to Canton, delighted with
the labor conditions would come
back a wiser man. He would
come back with kindlier feelings
for Il newspaper that wants to
give the people money to spend.
If man started n department
store in China who would buy his
goods?
What could he sell to woman
whose husband makes $3.50 a
month Wouldn't he be glad to
get back to a country where the
woman's husband works for 81
day, while she haunts the bar
gain counter?
If a man started a theatre, who
would buy the seats?
And if he started a hotel who
would patronize it?
This paper does not support
honest, reasonable labor unions in
order to boom business.
We try to promote good wages.
Not that women may have money
to go shopping-although We wish
them to enjoy themselves in that
way.
Our principle desire is that the
American father and mother
should have plenty of money to
feed their children properly,
money enough to keep these child
rem out of the factory.
We demand short hours for the
The San Angelo press. (San Angelo, Tex.) 1897-1907, 1905-01-05

houses of TT. Worth and Dallas,
as well as the farmers of the ad ia.
cent territt ry to cooperate III the
investigation Of the best methods
of increasing and making profit
able the production of hogs in this
State A continuous and stable
revenue may thus be added TO the
farm owners, and an outlet afford
ed to energy and capital that are
now devoted to =over.produc.
ton Of cotton. The Lantern
The San Angelo press. (San Angelo, Tex.) 1897-1907, 1905-01-05

be transferred to the southern
part of the state. custom,
Beaumont, and Il number of the
smaller towns will witness the
same procedure until all law
lessness Of this nature has vanish
I'D
The San Angelo press. (San Angelo, Tex.) 1897-1907, 1905-01-05
Market Letter.
Ieclal to The Press.

leclal to The Press,
Kansas City, Mo-, Dec 20, 1904.
Quite a number of very good
steers were received Monday and
a few Tuesday of this week, and
those got the benefit Of a sharp
The San Angelo press. (San Angelo, Tex.) 1897-1907, 1905-01-05
TOO Late to Classify

LOST On Chadbourne street,
an old fashion stickpin with red
corol setting. Finder please re-
turn to this Office 1t
WANTED-A situation on ranch
for man and wife. Address or ar-
ply to Press Office. If
LosT,-A bunch of keys in the
post.otiice Wednesday. Key ring
is horseshoe design Return to
this office and get reward. 1t
The San Angelo press. (San Angelo, Tex.) 1897-1907, 1905-01-05
Lost and Found.

-FoUSD.-A Laprobe. Owner
will call on II. Pielleusch, at San
Angelo Cigar Factory, pay for
this notice and obtain same.
The San Angelo press. (San Angelo, Tex.) 1897-1907, 1905-01-05

Joe Montague sold last week to
Mauldridge of Fairfax O.. T. 10
3 year old steers at $23 per head.
w. G. Jones sold to +. Hallsey
$50 year old steers at SIG.
W. G. Jones sold to j. W. Bark
ley and Uren Jackson 32O rs at
SlG and $lS per head.
The San Angelo press. (San Angelo, Tex.) 1897-1907, 1905-01-05
Wanted

LADY desires position as govern
ess to small children on ranch:
will also give shorthand, guitar
or violin lessons. Referen C 5.
Address box 1853, Llano, Texas. If
The San Angelo press. (San Angelo, Tex.) 1897-1907, 1905-01-05
Live StociS

For SERvGcE-I. d. Gaflord's
thoroughbred Jersey bull will
stand the season at @. A.
Farquhar's stable, corner Concho
avenue and Court House street.
Service fee $500.
The San Angelo press. (San Angelo, Tex.) 1897-1907, 1905-01-05

Total.......,39, O2S,73l "a, S5G, i6l
lmportations of wool have about
equalled those of last year, They
would have been large if woods
suitable to America had been OBJ
tarnable. But the stock was not
to be had, and this was especially
true of medium and low woods,
especially carpet woods, the de-
mand for these classes Of stock as
the result of the war in the east
having absorbed unusually large
amounts,
There has naturally been II rad
zeal advance in the price of wool
as the result of the foregoing con-
ditions, both at home and abroad.
OF this remarkable advance in
the piice of wool, by far the great
er has occurred in tine last half of
the year. 1t is needless to say
that it has been II profitable year
to the wool merchants, who Sc
cured the clip of the country at n
reasonable price, and who, by
reason of the subsequent advance
in market values, were able to
reap handsome profits,
From the tables presented else.
where, it will be seen that the
size of the wool product of the
country this year has not nateri-
ally differed from that of the pre-
vlous year. The entire produc-
ton was 295, SOB, 029 pounds,
as compared with 29S, 1916, S4S
pounds the previous year, aud the
number of sheep at the spring
shearing, exclusive of Lambs, was
40, 121 All pounds, as against 49,
06S,4 pounds in 1908, The
average weight per fleece, how
ever, was just n triile less, being
G.31 pounds this year as against
6,33 pounds last year,
The San Angelo press. (San Angelo, Tex.) 1897-1907, 1905-01-05

workman because we feel that tie
American mechanic is entitled to
recreation and study as we'll as
the American millionaire.
Just incidentally, we ask the
business men to observe that the
newspaper which fights against
these Canton methods is fighting
il the interests Of every business
man who has sense enough to re-
alize the difference between Can
ton and San Francisco as a bust
ness man who has sense enough
to realize the difference between
Canton and San Francisco as
business centers.
Canton would even be worse
for a department store than it is
for a mechanic.
Business ren please think it
over.
The San Angelo press. (San Angelo, Tex.) 1897-1907, 1905-01-05

Mrs. J. 5. Abbol 1.-the son
Jack left Sunday for Dallas where
they go on visit to Mrs. Abbotts
parents, DR.. and Mrs. Blalock.
Mrs. G.. w. Hoke, of Meridian,
Miss, is in San Angelo for the
benefit of her health and is stop
ping at the Cakes, the guest of
Mrs. A. S. Carr.
Mrs. Florence Stryker and sis
ter, Miss Lille Parks, of Lipan
Flat, returned from pleasant
visit to relatives and friends at
Turnersville, Coryell County,
Tuesday.
Mrs. II. L. Clements and child
rem of Goldthwaite visited Mrs.
Clements parents Mr. and Mrs.
Geo. W. Cunningham during the
holidays. She returned home
Monday.
The San Angelo press. (San Angelo, Tex.) 1897-1907, 1905-01-05
ance at the following table (:

Boston, December 1, 1904, of
which considerable portion is
owned by manufacturers, amounts
to 20, $50, $50 pounds as compared
with 10, S37, O55 pounds year ago,
and the amount Of wool in bond
in Boston, New York and Phila-
delphia may be seen from the fol-
lowing In I'm lntinn.
The Breckenridge news., 1905-10-11
Stick to a Good Job.

a weary little public school teacher,
worried into a state of hysteria by a
long year with a class of unruly slum
children, threw up her position, and,
misled by the success of a friend, un-
dertook to become a stenographer. She
had just the qualities that make n good
teacher, but none of the alertness, en-
durance and steady nerve that are in
dispensable in the shorthand writer.
She remembered that her friend had
spent only three months on a course Of
lessons, but forgot that at the end of
the three months had come a position
at 50 per week with eight hours Of un-
interrupted typewriting each day. after
which, in order to make headway to-
ward a better salary, every evening from
half past seven to eleven was spent in
speed practice. The little teacher put
in a hot summer in n private business
school and later, through the kindness
Of friends, obtained a position in
section of the country most unhealthy
The choice of the right work deter
mines at the start the measure of
success.
The Breckenridge news., 1905-10-11
II. L. SONS, THE PIE NAN.

to everybody even following the
fiercest political campaigns. The
statement made by the inventor from
the Smoky City certainly is a marvel
when it is figured just what the ma
chimes capacity for piemaking is.
Suppose we have the machine running
ten hours Il day, six days in the week,
allowing for holidays and breakdOwns,
making the lemon mcrinSue pies. for
which the machine is specially adapted,
we have, with say 800 working days a
year, the sum total of 100000 pies a
year. If these pies are like mother used
to make, then of course they are each
about nine inches in diameter and an
inch and a quarter thick. Mother al
The Breckenridge news., 1905-10-11
SENATOR MARTIN'S CASE.
denomination of Virginia Statesman
Cost a Small Fortune.

Senator Martin of Virginia is out of
pocket $l1 800 in expenditures to Sc
cure a denomination to the United
States Senate. This is more than one
third of the salary he would receive
during the whole six years of his new
term. The expenditure, it seems, was
necessary. The Senator had popular
opponent who set a hot pace and kept
it up to the end. There was nothing
for Mr.. Martin to do but to canvass
the State from end to end and this,
with other necessary expenses, ran the
total high. This fight of Senator Mar
tin for denomination and the neces-
sary large expenditure, which is looked
upon as entirely legitimate and free
from any corruption, has aroused con-
siderable comment among politicians
and prominent men at Washington, as
being an exceptional clear cut eX-
ample of present political methods and
necessities.
Martins troubles are now practi-
cally over" said prominent Southern
The Breckenridge news., 1905-10-11
ing upon the return of NJ. Witte to his
home.
Would have Presidential Bee.

"The men who make European and
Asiatic history to-day can never hope
to approach their regal masters, who
are in many cases mere puppets, ex-
cept in a manner indicating the utmost
humility. The American who would
perform such service as that of NJ
Witte would return home with a
straight backbone and with the presi-
dental bee buzzing under the crown
of his hat. He would accept as his
right every bit of credit pertaining to
his successful work, and no one would
expect him to perform any act OF hu-
initiation in the presence Of the Pres
ident or any one else."
The fact is, M. Witte began his act
Of humility while in this country. He
referred to the Car at all times as his
august master and while crossing the
Atlantic ocean, when accorded deserved
honor for his diplomacy, was quick to
disavow being worthy of the least
credit for his labors, stating in effect
that he was a miserable creature who
breathed because of the goodness Of his
august master" and that anything he
had done in connection with the peace
negotiations was merely in obedience
The Breckenridge news., 1905-10-11
AT THE RATE OF FORTY A MINUTE.

When this marvellous production OF
Persian artists and weavers was
spread out before his majesty at
buckingham Palace he must have
been reminded of some of the scenes
depicted in the arabian Nights"
1t had been known for some days
past that a special Ambassador from
the Persian monarch was to wait upon
the King, and there was some specula-
tion as to the object of his mission.
The secret was well kept, and it was
not until the arrival of the ambassador
at the palace that any information
could be gained as to the contents Of
the great packing case over which he
| kept vigilant guard.
, For more than two years quite a
| little army of designers and weavers
| has been constantly at work upon
| the carpet, and the result has been the
/ production of what even in Persia
must be considered a royal master
piece.
The design is very curious, complex
and certainly most ingenious; the
colors are perfect and faultlessly
blended; and the manufacture is flaw
less. The rug has been made entirely
by hand.
The Breckenridge news., 1905-10-11
A Pie Tower Magnificent.

Again taking Mothers pies" as q
basis. the products of this machine In
year. if piled one on the other would
give us Il monstrous column over l42
miles high. OF course a generous
housekecper would divide the pies in
hfths, so that if our 100000 pies
were so shared, we would be able to
feed 36OOO,OOO people, or nearly one
half the population of the United
States, or more than 100 times the
number of people living in Pittsburg.
BY using different shifts and working
the machine to its full capacity the
pie line would extend nearly across the
The Breckenridge news., 1905-10-11

number Of stenographers and type
writer's by Gj,OOO; and the list might be
continued through every profession or
trade entered by women. All show Il
greater or less increase, proving that
there is always room for the com
pctcnt. It is only by adding real effort.
perseverance and determination to a
natural talent, however, that the top
is reached. The woman who spends
months, even years, in acquiring skill
or knowledge in some line Of work that
appears attractive because of the few
women in it, and not because she has
any special talent for it, makes fatal
mistake.