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The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1905-09-28
SEPTEMBER Is, 1905

has been greatest. Again, the commodities
chosen are generally staple and least subject
Of all to manipulation or the arbitrary price
control of combinations. Accordingly the
whole inquiry of the bureau regarding wages
and prices has been turned into directions
calculated to present prosperity on its best
side in relation to the masses OF the people.
Suppose the inquiry were to extend into the
employments where combinations to force up
wages have little place or power; and into
commodities which have been most subject
to the control of trust combinations! ~
would there be found, without much OF any
question, that real wages, or wages In reia-
ton to purchasing power, have suffered
material decline
The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1905-09-28

The Hon. Champ Clark, who has been givin,
he tariff question close study of late, declares
hat the tariff on lumber is responsible for tn
destruction of American forests:
When that tariff was placed on lumber
it practically shut out the supply of Cana
dian lumber, and it will never begin to come
in in quantity until the home supply is so
nearly exhausted that the imported article
can pay the tariff rate and still compete with
the highly enhanced domestic product. In
fact it will not come in until ours is so scarce
as to be extremely high priced so high that
home builders can pay the high tariff on
Canadian lumber and still buy 1t cheaper
than the domestic article. When will that
be? When the domestic supply is practically
exhausted. ALI authorities agree that the re-
moval OF the forests mean that the rains will
be greatly diminished. Working on the
theory that the denudation of our forest
lands means the decline of agriculture and
consequently the decline of our civilization
the republican administration is booming the
work of the bureau of forestry of the agri-
cultural department Congress is doubling
and quadrupling the appropriation for this
bureau, whose business it is to devise ways
and means to make the domestic forests go
The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1905-09-28
LIGHT ON INSURANCE GRAFT

The New York World, which has been I'M
RENTING in its attacks on life insurance graft
affords much light on the recent disclosures II
It's running comment from day to day. Extracts
from the World follow:
These facts have been proved by the con-
fessions of the officials themselves: l. The
money of the policyholders has been given
to political committees. D. Assets which
should have gone on the ledger to the policy
holders credit have been diverted to secret
funds and payments have been made OF Wnlcn
no record appears in the public statements.
3. The custom was general for o1ncers ana
directors to speculate with the trust Iuhds
in their keeping. 4. 1t was also the custom
for the officers and directors to manufacture
securities and sell them to their own COM
panies. 5. 1t is admitted that the omclai
annual reports are false and that the state
superintendent certificate Of their accuracy
is lie. These shameful conclusions are SUD
stantiated by the testimony.
Thirtyeight years ago Mr.. Hyde secured
an amendment to the insurance law striking
out the requirement that dividends must De
declared at least every five years he m
vented the WhipsaW endowment policy Dy
which man pays for both life insurance and
an endowment and by no possibility can get
both It is this device which provides an
annual fund for the enrichment OF the in
siders. Last year SAT 100000 was expended
by these three companies in other ways than
in payments to their policyholders. What
those ways are it is now the duty OF the
committee to make public The checks to
the Republican National committee and to
Andrew Hamilton account for only small
fraction After full publicity the remedy
will appear: First, the facts. Second, punish
ment and restitution. Third, the destruction
of the system which bred life insurance and
political corruption.-New York World.
AS vice-president of the New York Life
Mr.. Perkins sold 100000 of the securities
to Mr.. Perkins of the firm of J. P. Morgan
& Co. This was on December 81, 1903. Then
on January g. 1904, Mr.. Perkins OF J. T.
Morgan & Co. resold the securities to Mr..
Perkins of the New York Life, and the in
surance examiner was none the wiser. AS
for being faithful, Mr.. Perkins eventually
developed more faithfulness than ever the
New York Life could make use of, so the in
surance company retained $4,000 worth or
It year and the rest went to ]. p Morgan
& Co Mr. Morgan at first questioned Mr..
Perkins ability to fill this dual position"
He wanted to monopolize all the Perkins
faithfulncss himself.
The evidence also multiplies of the
The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1905-09-28

The evidence also multiplies of the
fraternity between the insiders in all the
big companies. Mr.. e. H. Hartman con-
descended to borrow from the New York
Life as well as from the Equitable. Presi-
dent John R. Hegeman of the Metropolitan
was also not above borrowing the New York
Life money for his personal use at 1h per
cent interest The hundreds of millions of
dollars of assets were accessible to every
body with the right kind of pull, and the
only people connected with the matter who
did not get their share were the policy
holders And all this time Francis Hendricks
was superintendent of insurance and Fred
erick D. Kilburn was superintendent of banks.
Year after year Francis Hendricks has
attached the seal of the state of New York
to certificate falsely certifying to the state
ments Of the Equitable, Mutual and New
York Life Year after year Frederick d.
Kilburn was allowed the yellow-dog loans
The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1905-09-28

In national taxation alone the common
people have been overcharged billions of dol
lars in the last few years, while the rich
have been undercharged like amount. The
proposed duty on coffee will get as much tax
from the poor man as from the millionaire
and is an example of how the wealthy evade
paying their share of the expenses of the
government-Missouri World
The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1905-09-28
PROTESTING AGAINST HIGH TARIFF

The evils of our present tariff system con
inue to arouse the indignation Of men in al
parties and the demand for revision is steadil.
The anti-reciprocity people will have to
muzzle the United States cOnsuls with the
rest il they expect to conceal the facts OF
the tariff situation from the people at large.
Here is Peter Lieber, now for sixteen years
consul at Dusseldorf, reporting to the state
department: German manufacturing inter-
ests have stood the unjust competition as
long as they will, and as the only means Of
retaliation lies in the same method OF high
tariff schedules, the next Rechstag that
meets at Berlin will place high tariff wall
about Germany so high that American pro-
ducts will be almost wholly excluded from the
kingdom. At the present time German man.
ufacturers, though as good as any in the
United States, cannot sell their wares in
this country at profit on account of the
high tariff system maintained by the present
administration. The stand Germany is TAX
ing is simply the beginning of what will later
spread across the continent. They are will
ing to stand on an even level with competi-
tors in the United States but If this country
persists in shutting out foreign goods, why it
is only natural for Germany to do the same
thing. How much better to look the mat
ter square in the face, rather than attempt
still doing, we believe, to make it appear that
a retaliatory tariff is myth or invention. i'm
probable if not impossible-Boston Record.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-03-21
SMASHED VIADUCT LIGHTS,
Then Canute Peterson DIved for n Far nm
Street-COD Saved Him by Leg.

Then Canute Peterson Dlved for n Far OT
street-COD Saved Him by a Leg.
Canute Peterson Of 2lp Fifth avenue
took a dislike 20 the electric lights on the
viaduct that crosses Ninety-sixth street
on Riverside Drive on Sunday night. He
armed himself with a six foot limb of a tire.
climbed the granite column Of one OF the
electroliers and began 10 smash the lights
on the projecting arms.
Up came Policeman Greber OF the Tooth
street station house on the run. He in
vited Peterson 70 come down and be locked
up. Peterson jabbed at him with ME
tree limb and then climbed higher on the
eleqtrolier and started smashing the arc
lighta at the top.
Greber climbed within reach and rapped
Petterson's shins with his club Peterson
slid down the granite shaft and Owed
headlong over the railing toward the STONE
paved street. thirty-fve feet below. GnebeT
grabbed a leg as he shot downward and
brought him up short, with only his
foot above the railing. With the aid OF
Policeman Nethercott he hauled him IN
and stood him on his feet.
In the Yorkville police court Yesterday
Petterson pleaded spirit in1uenoe-aloo-
holic spirit he said He was held In $500
for trial on a charge Of malicious mis-.
chief.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-03-21
BROKERS BANK ROLL TAPPED.
Pittsneld Man Separated From $1,000 by
Oldest Wire Game.

How Newton Wood, a stock broker Of
Pittsfeld, Mass. was trimmed to the tune
Of 5000 by the old old wire tapping game
was told in the Tombs police court yester-
day when Rudolph Ganter, 20 years old,
of $40 East Fourteenth street and Harry
Cohen Of "a West Sixty eighth street were
arraigned in the Tombs police court. Wood
said he met Ganter in Pittsfield last No
vember and was induced to come TO New
York on the strength Of a story that Ganter
had friend who was at the head of the
racing department Of the Western Union
Telegraph Company The friend, he was
told, he said, could hold back racing in
formation while he bet on the horse in
any Of a dozen poolrooms which Ganter
knew.
At the Grand Union Hotel, on Nov. 27,
Wood said he met Cohen. who was introduced
as the racing superintendent Together
Wood SAYS they went first to a poolroom
in West Twentv-ffth street and then to
another in West Thirty-fourth street,
where he bet SIS on Go Between and won.
Next day no put up 1000 and lost. Then
he telegraphed home for $1,000 more and
lost that.
Ganter and Cohen. Wood says, then
fed, and he told his story to Commissioner
MCAooo. Warrants were secured and
Detective Sergeants Fogarty and Mundy
arrested the two men after a search Of
several months. Abe Levy and John
McCauley appeared for the men yesterday.
Magistrate Whitman held them in 81 600
bail for further examination.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-03-21

to be Morales's agent in the United States,
and also what connection William Nelson
Cromwell had with the scheme Mr..
Weed said:
know Senator Morgan very we'll He
and / fought shoulder to shoulder for the
Nicaragua Canal, and have the very high
est admiration and respect for his ability
and honesty, and II he has been quoted as
indicated, then he has simply been mis-
Informed, that's all.
never knew OF heard Of the Reader
syndicate OF Of Mr.. or Mrs. Reader, nor
nave ever in all my life known OF heard Of
anybody named Reader having anything
10 10 with Santo Domingo Affairs in any
way shape or manner, until ! read IL in
senator Morgan's speech a day or two
ago You may word my denial to suit
yourself II you know how to make il any
stronger than have made Il.
In regard TO William Nelson Cromwell,
! viii say that / do not remember now OF
having ever met the gentleman, but have
never known OF heard that he has now or
ever has had any connection with any mat
ters relating TO afairs In Santo Domingo,
until read il in Senator Morgan's speech
above referred to"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-03-21
CHECK DIDN'T FEAzE TELLER.
II Was Only for -. 800. OOO-Bsarer Sent
TO COna for IL


a neat young man, carrying a small
satchel, went into the Jarmulowsky Bank.
at i69 East Broadway, yesterday afternoon
and approaching the paying teller. said
with smile Please cash this check for me. 4"
The teller gave a look at the check. It
was made out for $500, 900 on one of the
bankss check forms. Ii was payable to
Nicholas Wise and signed by him.
1t is too bad said the laying teller,
recovering his nerve. that we have not
that much money here in the bank at pres
enV put We will send you around to our
other bank, where they will cash it easily
The teller motioned TO the special police
man detailed to the bank and said: Take
this gentleman around to our Madison
street branch and get this check cashed
for him."
The young man went along willingly
and soon found himself in the Madison street
police station. He described himself as
Mlcholas Wise. rs years old. Of 1857 Fast
lWenty-thlrd street. He told the police
that he had been defrauded out OF "a 600 600
worth OF coal lands in Virginia. He also
said he had been in a Virginia insane ASYLUM
for year and a half
He had In his pocket a card sent from
the White House on Nov. r. II was one
OF those sent out in answer TO thousands
OF congratulatory kilograms and letters
sent 70 President Roosevelt after his cleo
ton.
The young man would not tell ANYTHING
further about himself The bag he carrisS
was opened gingerly by the police. IL
contained nothing but a few old papers.
''-
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-03-21
Court Calcndars This naY.

Appellate Diylson-Supreme Court-Nos IFS.
iie Z. 49, So A, s., u, IS, g. 81. rs. lO5 iO7 ia
es STPs called SoY a. & Pa FI
matters. Part Ill.-CaSe unfinished Motions DE,
murreH-No, 7Ss Preferred cnuses-Nos, z72l
100 So st2A, So, SIS sos osS. 7G7 oal ia iSSI
lp5A, 1887, 1892 2Sa 1854 l035, 1872, 2O3j, 67s 654
sjS 755, 80, 76a SOL 7t5 1850 lo46, 0lS, 1894. 1891
NZ2 1904, 1870 20S4 209 2OI6, 2th2, 1851 1915. Part
lv.-Case unfinished. Cases from Part lll. Part
Nl-Clear Elevated railroad cases. Part VII
Clear. Cases from pAu III. Trial Term. Part ~.
2sS SOS is giSs $50 St ~ do ,SS' PAR
Case unfinished. Nos 1872, III, i767 III, rs, 7SS.
u.s. g. s 49, S. ss s9 50 s sS s Ss s IS M
SOC, 30 g23, QS2 Sal, 100 stOia St3. Par lN-Case
unfinished. Cases from Part III. Par .N.----Case
Nos eG2 soS as a. o5s as $50 cas- sd so so s
g. 49, 40 5 ~ Psr Villas 90 Soc an mn
Gases from iron, Per p VII Per- lXCass gnsnshsd
Nos az, jS st SIS Va az. 2S, se s yhn sso
iist' ssa, $50, slos. iais, ius So SIS. iS7 lbs,
finished. Cases from pan X. Par Xll.--Case
unfinished, Cases from Part y, Pan NIL
'G Sur T9H SouChsrmSbb%ss calendar
PosS A,R my ar E9S'! smy S' Robert S S9a'
May, Caroline M. Luqucer, George C. Keli Al 80
N. Elizabeth Keller Martin KSib, Chester d.
DeNoyeiles; MeTgaTe! oDonnel Alirsd Nugcnl,
~ 2:3O p. NJ. Thai Icfm,-NOs, ZOOS, 2Oel 20Sf,
City court-speclal Tern.-cour opens At 10
,lOs Sos. il7i, oslO 2s72 ii77 siSS iios al. 1919
pat ll.-Clear. Nos. 40d5ls, Ss06. SOS. s7t? Part
case diminished. Short calses-Nos. esi7, ioeoo
IOs7t 1850. 7ies, i0sa5. iOasS. iOO5I iOo6l iOaS5
g2sj sSSs loiS ,,o Equity SesSse.No. S?t Pan
I726. SPAS. o5oi 36fe, 3gnt.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-03-21
GREAT RUSH TO BOY REALTY.
1T IS KEEPING TITLE SEARCHERS
AT WORK NIGHTS.
Registers once open. TIL IL p. VI. and
sim Is Unable TO Have Its Records Up
TO Date-ReaIty Men Think That stock
Investors Are Seeking q New Field.


The rush to buy Manhattan and
Bronx real estate has grown to such pro-
portions within the last two or three weeks
that some Of the large title insurance com
panies and realty trust companies have
been forced to work their clerks and title
searchers in night shifts The vice-presi-
dent OF one Of the large title insurance
companies, speaking Of this situation, said
yesterday:
Il have been interested in real estate
for a number Of years, but in all my eN-
perience | have never witnessed such a
rush 20 buy. People are buying with an
air Of certainty; every one knows just what
he wants and prices seems TO cut a small
figure The question seems to be, can the
property be bought at any price?
Another remarkable feature is the class
Of people who are buying. The large in
vestors are in the field, but conine them
selves more TO high priced Manhattan
property. Those who are really making
what may justly be turned a boom in
real estate, however, are Of the great middle
class, the type Of man who has only thou
sand or two TO invest. In The Bronx, in
Brownsville and many other suburban
localities this type Of buyer has rushed
10 invest, and the number Of investors is
increasing rather than decreasing
A man prominent in the real estate BUSH
ness said:
There is no question but that this sum-
mer's business will far suTpass that Of last
OF Of any previous year. People from up
state and from other States are eagerly
buying here, ] have had men offer al
kinds Of stock in trade for real estate, which
81 - h. To- ~ Nlaa. Il
at the present high valuation, doesn't show
a price equal 10 that Of the securities offered.
There Is no doubt in my mind, but that
many men who ordinarily invest In stocks
are now turning their attention TO the real
estate field
Al least four Of the large title insurance
companies are keeping their employees at
work nights on extra pay, and still are
unable 10 cope with the enormous business
The Register office is responsible for some
Of this delay, as the force OF clerks Is in
adequate TO meet the demands made upon
Register John H. Ronner, in speaking OF
the added amount Of work being done by
the title companies, said
We feel the effects Of II here. On nearly
the same appropriation that we have re-
oeived In the past we are trying 10 do 90
per cent more work than before. We
have doubled our force Of clerks, but the
records are still behind. We extended
our closing time from p. NJ. 20 p. NJ,
but that failed to answer, and we have now
extended il 10 II p. NJ, yet at that hour
theIoffioe is still crowded,
PERHAPS some idea Of the situation can
be formed from the fact that, In 1908, Of
alone, there were recorded
II $40. and in 1904 there were a Gal recorded |
We hope 20 get into the now Hall Of Records |
noon, but the fixtures there are not ready !
Tor w. We may be forced TO move from
here anyway II the rush continues, and !
~ no sign OF its abatement.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-03-21
JERSEY GOES QUAIL HUNTING
And Rags Nearly $50, 900 worth. In Fines,
In Cold 6t0raEe-LAM TO BE Teafed

Ana bags Nearly $4,000 worth. IN Fines,
In Cold storaEe-Law 10 he Tested.
The game laws Of New Jersey, right or
wrong, absolutely prohibit the possession
OF game in that State sixteen DAYS after
the shooting season closes, and the law il
interpreted TO affect game killed in other
States as we'll as in New Jersey. joseph
3 Mundy, an engine manufacturer of
Newark and a most ardent sportsman
Is involved with the game wardens Just now
and says that he is going 70 make a test OF
the matter.
In raid upon a cold storage house in
Newark on Saturday the wardens found
thfee cases Of Southern quail marked soua bs
and bearing Mr. Mundy's tags. Tbere were
1872 birds In the lot and the penalty for
having them is $50 each. Mr.. Nn1dv's
bill TO the State was consequently a 20
although the birds were shot in Nortb
Carolina, where Mr.. Mundy was lioansed
to shoot, but where the export OF ouaii ia
restricted. Mr.. Mundy has retained Riker
a Rlker OF Newark 10 contest the 800
he had nothing to say about the rnattar
yesterday. The quail were seized ara
carried on by the wardens to be distTibuted
among the hospitals.
The same wardens searched a cold storp %
house in Jersey City on SATURDAY. afternoS1
and found birds enough to bring the agSre-
gate OF fines up to nearly $50 900. Action
Will be brought against the owners ~ the
birds IN each instance, the cold stora ge
was in the boxes. ""ae
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-03-21
MRS. EVANS HAS HERSELF HELD.
Goes 10 JAN Voluntarily 20 Appear in Pro-
Ceedings Against Her Husband.


Ceedlngs Against Her Husband.
Mrs Florence Springer Evans the girl
bride Of Lee NJ Evans, Jr., was arraigned
In the Gates avenue court in Brooklyn
yesterday for a hearing. The charge
asanst her was vagrancy. but the police
say she was an able assistant TO her hus-
band, who was arrested by the Jersey City
police and held for e1tradition on the charge
Of passing checks TO which the name Of
his iathcr-in-law had been forged The
police wero not prepared TO bring any
further charge against her yesterday and
Magistrate Flrlong was about to dismiss
The complaint.
=, I'm willing TO 60 to jail, judge said
the girl, to await the extradition Of my
husband. Aunt Anne Mrs. Lee NJ. Evans.
the aunt who accused the girl Of stealing
$50 worth Of diamonds and jewelryl is
tnNous 10 have me stay and appear In the
Proceedings against Lee. ] am wiling
The Court adjourned the case until to-
morrow 10 give tho police time 10 secure
NE appearance Of Evans in the Gates ave-
nue. court, W. T. Springer, her father,
whose complaint secured the warrant for
the arrest Of his son-in-law. Is still In Wash
hgton, and has not as yet signifed what
De Intends TO do.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-03-21

tours along unprescribed routes and me-.
the patrolmen at unspecifed times. They
report back 10 the inspectors once and
have nothing to do with their precincts
for the time being. The roundsmen will
be constantly shifted about. Schmitt-
berger is at present in charge Of the two
distri cts.
Another scheme Is being tried In the
Tenderloin, where the roundsmen do duty
in one side Of the precinct part Of the day
and in the other the remainder. The Com
missioner has had no report on how that
works yet.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-03-21
New school for 81. Monica, Parton.

Plans have been fled with the Building
Bureau for a new four story and basement
school. 20 be built at the southwest corner Of
Barrow and Washington streets, for the
Roman Catholic Church OF ST. Monica
II viii be loox75 feet and will have q facade
Of Flemish brick. The basement will be
fitted a. separate Fairgrounds for boys
and girls. The cost u estimated At 900 600
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-03-21
Di.mI..ed Court ner.. % Try Mandamu,

Chief Clerk Smith Of the City Court has
detailed clerks from the record room to
act In place Of the dismissed Trial Term
clerks Counsel for the dismissed clerks
said yesterday that mandamus proceed
ings would be brought requiring Mr. Smith
instated number Of the court attend
ants have announced their intention Of
taking the civil service examination for
assistant clerk, should they pass they
VIII have tho rrafcrenoo T. appointment.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-03-21
ROUNDSMEN TO BE "sHOOFLIEs"
New Experiment In watching Cops 20 BE
Tried In Downtown Districts.

The experiment Of making all precinct
roundsmen practically "shoohies- will be
tried to-day in the First and Second police
inspection districts, which cover all Man
haitian below Fourteenth street. Com
missioner McAdoo issued the order last
night. The roundsmen will all report
at the inspectors Office, and from there
will be sent out in plain clothes to make
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-03-21
SENATOR MORGAN MISTAKEN.
smith VI. weed says He Never knew Any
thInE About the header slndIcaie.

thing About the Reader syndicate.
PIATrsBURo, n. Y, March 2O.-Smith
NJ. Weed Of this city, who is president Of the
San Domingo Improvement Company, was
seen at his home here to-day by TIT Sun
correspondent, and a despatch was shown
70 him which stated that Senator Morgan Of
Alabama had been quoted as saying that
Smith NJ. Weed could tell all about the
Reader syndicate and Mrs Readers scheme
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-03-21
SELL ASrOR PROPERTY ron TAXI
Niy Put Il on the List Because Tenants
Had Not Paid water Rents.

Had Not Paid water Rents.
In the catalogue Of parcels Of real astate
70 be sold by the city on June IL, for UNI
paio taxes and water rents. appear several
pieces Of property belonging TO John Jacob
AstoT and Mrs. Astor. Yesterday repre-
entatives Of the Aston estate visited the
bureau for the Collection OF Assessments
ND Arrears, 20 find out what the matter
es II was discovered that few hundred
SNlere Tor water rents which tenants
I've not paid bad nut the nroparty on the