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they will not be shipping off slices Of
ears or gouging ont their cheeks with
careless sweeps.
Following out instructions from the
president, board of special officers Is
considering the adyisa bfIify of dropping
the rod bayonet that was adopted only
few. years ago. This device was one
of the developments of the Boer war.
That conflict made it appear that the
days of hand o-hand fights between op-
posing armies had passed. and that long
range artillery duels would determine
the victories of the future. Accordingly
the old knife bayonet, which had baan
employed in our army for years, and
with which our soldiers could cut down
an enemy. or throw up entertainments
| with equal facility, was tossed on to
| the junk heap. In its place was substt-
tuted slender rod with a pointed end.
which is described by officers as neI-
Their a good ramrod nor a good bayo@
| net.
| This rod bayonet was adopted at the
| time the Krag-Jorgensen was ahan-
| doned for the new Springfield rife. The
| latter weapon has a barrel six inches
shorter than the krag, and measures but
| "a inches This makes the rifle used by
/ the American troops the shortest carried
| by soldiers anywhere in the world. Ex-
tended experiments with 81 and S0-ineh
rifles showed that the shorter type could
be adopted without losssof accuracy or
penetrating power Instead of inereas-
/ ing the length of the bayonet to make up
for the lack of t.reach" Of the gun prop
| err, this attachment was shortened also.
| Now. the strategists of the war DEPART
ment realize that the army is equipped
with a rife that is anywhere from seven
inches to foot and half shorter than
/ those used by the leading military ma
tons In view Of the reports of battles
/ that are being won in the far east by
bayonet charges. this fact is giving much
concern not only to Secretary Taft and
members of the general staff, but to Pres
fdent Roosevelt as we'll.
| The length of the United States army
service rifle with bayonet is only 81
inches The extreme length of the lie!
bel rifle, with which the French army
is equipped is 71.85 inches, or foot
and half longer than the new Spring
field. Germany clings to the Mauser
rife, with an extreme length OF GAS
inches or 1853 inches longer than ours.
The rife employed by the Russians is OF
the Moulin pattern and measures S. II
inches from Quit to bayoner tip. Tho
japanese weapon is a tride less than
three inches shorter. English troops
are equipped with the Lee-Metford rife
which is the shortest weapon in use, ex
eepting the new Springfield. It meas.
ares 61.45 inches and is 745 inches long.
er than ours. The greatest objection tc
the rod bayonet is based on the fear that
our soldiers, realizing that they are al
a big disadvantage in the matter Of
reach when it comes to hand-to'
hand struggle, will shrink from COLI
sions and give way at the crucial mo
ment Of combat.
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stockholders of railroads suffer that
they may get the rake off

they may get the rake off.
At the Threats Of the Railroads.
The packers have been at the threats
of the railroads since the early eighties,
when the Chicago. Milwaukee & st. Paul
railroad built TO Kansas City and Oma-
ha, and to secure the meat business Of
fered to pay mileage charge for the use
of the packers refrigerator cars. This
was an offer which the other Missouri
river railroads had soon to follow. and
thus was the mileage graft saddled
upon the railroads of the country.
There was time when the California
Fruit Transportation company was SUI
preme in the California fruit trade. But
the Armour interest got contract with
one of the two great fruit shipping
| houses by promising that house $40 a
car rebate on every car of fruit; then the
Swifts bought the rival concern, which
by reason of the decline Of its business
| as result of the Armour inroad had
gone to smash, and then by a quiet mu-
tua1 agreement the SWifts and Armours
/ had things their own way.
| The contracts with the railroads re-
quire of the roads that they use no other
refrigerator cars than those of the beef
trust, called by 20 different names; they
| require that the cars shall be returned
as speedily as possible. aud in fact the
railroads give the preference to the beef
/ trust cars over their own few refrigerat-
or cars The minimum loading weight
is as low as possible, SO that the ship
ments shall require as many refrigerator
cars as possible, with consequent in
crease in the mileage.
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trusts have Impoverished farmers and
stockmen, have broken banks, have pre-
cipitated strikes. and have caused sui
cides, have ruined towns and cities. but
the personality Of ]. Ogden Armour is
that Of an interesting, manly and Inc
type Of American manhood. At his sug-
gestion railroads may dismiss the gen
eraI manager. and commission mer-
chants may be bIaeklisted aid ruined,
for the beef trust is Unsuitable and re-
morseIess. but =. Ogden Armour is re-
speeted and cordially liked by the en-
ployes who know him, and although he
is hated in Wall street, among his
friends and business associations, and
fellow members of his clubs. he is popu-
lar and aeompanIon eagerly sought for.
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fayus f. Swift, now dead, of Philip ..
Armour. now dead and of Michael Cud-
ahy have developed to the Industrial
mammoth of the present, had its small
beginning in the slaughter Of 613 head
of cattle.
a. Billion-DoIlar Business.
. In 1904 the product Of the beef trust
amounted to over billion dollars. In.
1903 the combination slaughtered $751;
697 head Of cattle.
ID well laid were the plans Of the
founders Of this monopoly that it has
gained momentum beyond the power
af its heads to control; the ever growing
stream OF its immense profits pours IN
mon the beef trust from sources which
are so resistless that the downfall OF
standard Oil supremacy among trusts
seems certain.
Founders Of the Trust.
Ttis tribute well earned by Gustavus
swift and Philip D. Armour to say
]. they we're the founders Of the present
=hsaf combine; that Michael Cudahy was
) powerful -de-earlp and that Nelson
Morris, George H. Hammond aad others
of the Cl1dahy brothers had been aole
assistants. The great advantage OF the
oono,ine over the independent packers
u,s like that of the Standard Oil COM
nanv rebates from railroads which gave
4 man, immense profits when others were
doing business at loss the grip oI
fna beef trust is upon so many more peo-
s,Ia ord affects the three meals per day
- all If them so vitality that Standard
oil empire is likely TO be outdone unless
me present federal inquiry and the re-
.9oent decision of the United States SUI
verne court sustaining Judge cross
d :, Injunction against trust methods
cuts III the enforcement OF the laws
of the land.
= The standard Oil company deals N
s.. .,,i ifs products, and its profits are q
] g, 49,, ID the Independence Of TIE
! merican people. The beef trust goes
f,.4a far more homes and names the
. . ..rio not only for the fresh meat, the
81 pT ,,,aat and the smoked meat for tne
ss1a the glue, the hides, the fertlllze1s,
: 49, ti,o products OF the beef and hog out
~ saueaI., but it also hxes. the prices
- u, ! fr1its of California. because the
90 .sa.s +r,,sf owns the refrigerator cars
~ seas ss g move that fruit. 1t names
ia ,,r.iee FOR tiia cotton grower Oh ths
. s.,s at which ne may sell his product
. fIae cotton grower IS Dependent
] g ~ reef trust for fertilizer for NJ
-. s.t.,Tafiau or his ten acre held. Inc
.of New York state and OF
sTexas. of Colorado and q una = looiA - =
ls n Tor the figures hy Vaaen 1o -
heir prices and By refr1gef
- ss 80, eay rates hundreds Of producers
,,sra been made and hundreds have been
Pubic It It's Nercy
sI--ssls r1osE serious plsN e 80. -. e
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KEEN-EDGED SABERS
UNITED STATES ARMY TO pRoE1
IT BIZ CONFLICT IN FAR EAST.
cavalry,s Weapon to Be Remodeleas
and Sharp Rod Bayonet to Be
Replaced by Those with
Knife Edge.

Military experts of the United States
army have been watching with keen in
terest the conflict in the far east and
have been quick to note the directions
in which improvements can be made IN
the equipments of our soldiers, and IN
lighting methods. It has become evident
that the hand-to-hand conflicts in the
trenches and in the open will Gecide the
battle of the future, and for this reason
Secretary of War Taft has just issued
an order that blunt sabers of the cavalry
should be sharpened to keen edge. An
other change which is likely to be made
soon is the adoption of the knife bayo-
net. This is the old-fashioned attach
ment Of the Krag-J orgensen rifle. but
is more effective than the short rod bay
onet of the new army rife recently
adopted, and for this reason great
prejudice has developed against the lat;
ter.
The army saber has been regarded as
an obsolete weapon for the past 2oyears
or more. Now it is coming to the front
again. So useless has it been considered
that up to month ago our government
had not bought any since the civil war.
Secretary Taft has just entered into %
contract for the purchase of a large num-
Der Of sabers from the a1nes SWord
company, of Chiekopee Falls. Mass. An
order for several thousand has also been
placed with the Springfield arsenal.
The command to sbarpen the edges
of the instruments applies to officers as
well as to enlisted men. The cavalry
men will now be drilled with more care
in the fourishing of their blades so that
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the hooYo tHe realized that the beef
business would surely grow and that the
economy Of the new method would mean
a great deal Of money. He formed de-
termination which later discourage
ments showed nothing could break to
succeed in shipping dressed beef.
About that time an-inventor by the
name Of Tiffany had invented and pat
ented refrigerator car which promised
to be successful He tried to get back
ing, and Morris refused it. GustaVus
Swift. practically unknown, asked the
railroads to furnish some Of those cars
and he would furnish the dressed beef
for the east The railroads refused. To
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tries of the American people lies in the
ability Of the beef trust to fix the prices
of the products Of the ranchman and the
farmer, throughout every state and ter
rltory Of the United States, the price OF
hogs, cattle and sheep, and consequent
y the price Of wheat, corn and oats.
This blow is aimed at every home and
every merchant Of the hamIets, towns
and cities. for the old days of competi-
ton have been relegated to the past by
the big packing interests. The EN-
pire of the great Chicago combine de-
ies the law and has the public at its
mercy. At every turn OF the wheel it
grows stronger and greater, more insid-
ious and more far-reaching- The beet
trust owns steam and electric railroads,
it oV factories, stoekyards, mills,
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humble Beginnings 81 the Men Who Built
mis- the Largest of American Indus
tries-Their Interesting
Personalities.
By CAMERON LANDoN.

This is page from the Arabian
Nights tales, with Aladdin outdone, the
Story Of the rise Of the Armours, the
sRlTts, and the Cudahys-the Arnours
from the farm barn yard near Stock
]. bridge, n. Y, the swffts from the killing
pen Of butcher shop in Barnstable,
Mass, the Cudahys from the.p peat hogs
al Galian, in county Kilkenny, in Ire
land, to the height Of an ability to or
game an Industrial combine with cap
ltalization Of 100000, 600.
Less than half a century has seen the
comparative poverty of the beef trust
n1agnates transformed to an opulence
oeyona the dream Of king or courtier of
q century ago.
In 1866 the packing industry in Chica-
go, which the giant intelIeets of Gus
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tavus F. Swift, now dead, of Philip D.
Armour, now dead, and of Michael Cud-
any have developed to the Industrial
mammoth of the present, had its small
beginning in the slaughter of 613 head
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SUMMARY OF FACTS ABOUT
BEEF TRUST.

Statements taken from report
, OF Commissioner of Commerce
James r. Garfield:
Profits from dressing beeves,
i. SO cents each.
Profits additional from by.
products, SO cents per head.
Number of cattle killed during
1903, 5,52f ,6e7 head.
Percentage of total number of
cattle slaughtered in United
States, As per cent.
, Average price paid per hun
dredWeight, $4.45.
,, Average live weight in 1908 :
] was lis pounds.
Average profit from operation
of private refrigerator car lines,
IS cents per head.
Profit from refrigerator cars,
II TO II per cent. on investment
Profit on slaughter of cattle,
f3.f to 1875 per cent. on invest
. naent.
Number of refrigerator cars
! operated, $4,000.
. Profit from charges for "icing'
these cars, not considered in re-
port.
Industries controlled or prac-
tically controlled by the "heef
trust" Fresh meat, salt meats,
smoked meats, canned meats,
; fertilizers, melons in Colorado,
! Colorado fruit, poultry, hides,
I bristIes, horn products, bone
products, refrigerator cars, Mich
) loan fruit, tropical fruits, eggs
and butter.
; Efforts toward breaking the
!, Injunction granted in Chicago
by Judge Grosscup, sustained by
United States supreme court,
opinion unaninouo.
: eleven indictments under the
z German antitrust law and in
3 various states under state laws.
Z In Missouri packers found
!. guilty as trust and fined So, 600.
; Federal government investi-
Z oated '.ieeef trust" and no prose
!. eution is yet. begun for violating
E injunction or Sherman law.
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The First Refrigerator Cars.

Nelson Morris, who was rated as enc
of the cattle kings in the Chicago
yards even then, had been experiment.
ing with the shipment of meats in box
cars packed with ice. These experiments
had been very crude and not entirely
satisfactory to Morris, but Swift had
watched them with keen interest. He
seemed to have a prophetic vision of the
present day. He could see that if meats
could be shipped east dressed there
would be great saving over the method
OF the day, shipping live cattle, beef On
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Insulting

8 Lawyer (cross-examining witnessl-
Where was your maid at the time,
madam
Ladyshe was in M boudoir arrang-
ing my hair.
La9xer-And were you there also? i
Lady indignantly Casselys s.
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ment was recently made that it also
owned politicians, legislators and con-
gressmen.
Birth of Chicago stockyards.
Chicago didn't have cattle market
until John T. Alexander, of Jacksonville,
Ill, the biggest shipper Of cattle in the
country at that time, in 1866 was offered
special inducements in railroad rates it
he would bring his cattle and hogs to
Chicago. Thus it was discrimination
in freight rates which started the indus
try. as it is unequal rates which built
I'D the beef trust Alexander accepted
the offer. moved to Chicago and his in
crease OF cattle shipments stimulated
rivalry between the Pennsylvania rail-
road and Jay Gould's road, the Erie,
which, in 1868, resulted in cut-throat
rate war On livestock. which gave a
great upIift to the livestock interests in
Chicago. From that time on the pack
ing house business grew in Chicago, and
when Gustavus Swift in January, 1875,
arrived there to engage in livestock bus
mess. a new page IL the history Of the
industry was begun.
Colossal Achievements.
Swift Bros. & Go. established its main
slaughter house in Chicago, and estab-
1ished branch houses in New York,
Pennsylvania, Connecticut. New Hamp-
shire. The annual business Of Swift &
Co. when the combine is said to have
organized. was 100000, and the
value of it's capital stock was ae-
cepted at S75,000,00O. It has branch
houses all over the east and west, and IN
Europe. It has packing houses in St.
Paul, Kansas City. st. Joseph, st. Louis
and other cities. The death Of Gustayus
Swift and Philip d. Armour did not take
Mace until both men had seen the re-
suits of their achievements in mammoth
packing plants, and ledger figures of
millions. The control Of the business is
virtually now in the hands OF D. Ogden
Armour. who began work for his father
| at $40 a week as clerk, and who now IS
the dominant factor in meats, grains.
fruits and dairy products il the United
States.
A Chapter of Beginnings.
Only America can furnish examples Of
| such personal achievements as the life
stories of Swift, Armour and the Cuda-
by brothers disclosed. Sandwich, Mass,
| is a small town, and Gustayus swift's
parental home near there was a stony
and Improbable farm When ne vas
| born, June p, 1889. there seemed no
i nrnsnaef for the child Int 10 live the pro-
sale life of a farmer, such as his father
and his fathers father had been. He
j grabbed amongs the stumps and the
stones and fought with nature for q
meager crop until he was . years old.
Then he moved to Barnstable, full Of
confidence that the ability be had shown
in buying and selling cattle. and swap
, 1905-08-30
FATAL ACCIDENT
Frank H. Jones, of Aldine, N. j.,
Dies In the Jefferson Hospital

A sad accident occurred In the shoot
ing gallery of the Casino Pier about I
O'Clock Tuesday night, terminating
fatally at an early hour this (Wednes-
day. morning.
Frank II. Jones, aged rs years, Of
Aldine, N. j., who with his brother has
conducted the gallery this summer,
was shot in the stomach by the dis
charge Of a rifle in the hands of a
youth who had BEEN practicing on the
targets. The boy, it is alleged, selected
a three-shot rifle and it was thought he
was through shooting, when Jones
went to wipe off the target, when the
lad pulled the trigger with the result
as stated.
The injured man was removed 10 DR..
Cohen's office, where medical aid was
rendered and later sent Il the Jefferson
Hospital, Philadelphia, on a special
train. where the surgeons proted for
the bullet in vain. The unfortunate
man died a few hours later in great
agony.
1t was on Tuesday that Jones re-
turned to Wildwood from a brief visit
to his home, accompanied 10y his wife
and four-year-old daughter, for the re-
mainder of the season.. Both were
near the scene of the accident and the
widow is Frustrated with grief.
, 1905-08-30
Amende Honorable.

In the report of the parade of the
Allied Merchants and Trades League
in the lat issue of the JOURNAL, our
worthy friend and honored citizen,
John N. Newcomb, was overlooked by
the reporter. 1t was indeed an over
sight, for Mr.. Newcomb was very
much in evidence in his old English
trap, accompanied by his wife and
daughter aud Mr.. Cobb, manager of
the Newcomb stables. The trap was
drawn by a spirited pair of six-year
old horses, driven by their owner.
More than this, the four white horses
which drew the tw%enty-four young
ladies in the Wild wood float were from
the Newcomb stables, as were the four
which drew the Mech float, and ten
others, making sixteen horses belong
ing to Mr.. Newcomb in the parade.
Mr.. NewcOmb is the oldest permanent
business man in the two towns and
there could be no intention to slight
such a respected citizen. Hence, this
amende honorable!
, 1905-08-30
Watermelon Party.

A very pleasant affair was the water
melon party given on Friday evening
last by T. w. Horney, assistant mana
ger OF the Bartram, to a few of his
friends. Later a moonlight dip in the
ocean and supper at the Ruric were
events of the evening. In the jolly
company were Misses Nan O'Neill,
Anna Roberts, Florence Hudson,
Eleanor Hamilton, Helen Mergher,
Mary Witty and Margaret Brown,
and Messrs. Charles and H. McCarty,
Mike McCusker, John Quig, Frank
Young, G. f. Johnson and e. Hamp-
shire.
, 1905-08-30
Yacht Club Bal

The Hollv Beach Yacht Club will give "A Ball.
BE sure to attend il one and all.
Through Anglesea, Wildwood and Holly
Beach,
The fame of ii is sure to reach.
Sc take your sweethearts one and all,
And let them enjoy the Yacht Clubs Ball.
The waxen floor, the pride of Roselle,
WI be managed by Bright, and culver AS
well.
If Woolston and Norton raise a Rauch row
Reese and Nickerson will do Sutton ] VOW.
For the reception committee they compose,
And to make you welcome they propose.
The arrangements were made for every one,
BY Bowler, Menamin and Johnson.
Conductor Hoffman will lead you right,
Ably assisted by $. +. Mcknight.
SO 20 and enjoy it one and all,
And be glad you attended the NacLt clubs
Ball.
, 1905-08-30
OE"aO
Entertainment for ST. Simeon's

A benefit concert for st. Simeon's
p. e. church of Wildwood will be given
at Hotel Sheldon On Saturday evening,
Sept. I'd, at $50 O'clock. Mr.. and Mrs.
Haswin, II. Hanley Parker, Mrs. He
der Crane, Miss Katherine Baker, Mrs.
Joseph Geisenberger, Mrs. G. f. Nae
gele and Miss Elsie Bentz will appear
on the program. Tickets, 35 cents, for
sale at hotels and Ryan's store. The
names of the artists in insure an excel
lent entertainment.
, 1905-08-30
WILDWOOD FOREVER"
SAY OUR VISITORS
AND THEIR FRIENDS ARE LEGION
The Past Week a Gala One With
the Thousands of SOiOurners
Here. Harvest for BOn1-
faces. Some Personal
Notes of Interest.

The past week has been a gala one
with the thousands of pleasure seekers
here resting by the sea. The ocean pier
theatre and Bakers theatre have af-
forded amusement to theatre goers and
the weather for theatre parties has
been all that could be desired. The
basket ball games at the several places
of amusement have been largely atten-
ded and heartily enjoyed. The game
rooms at the Casino and Pier have e n
tertained their quota OF lovers of the
sport, and there has been no end to
amusements of every nature. The
pretty beach has been thronged daily
with devotees of the surf, and the
boardwalk literally crowded with those
who delight in promenading. When
the season of 1905 shall finally close it
can be truthfully said that not a single
hotel keeper or cottage boarding house
lost money; but on the other hand
reaped a harvest from early until "the
end" 1t is "Wildwood forever" with
this seasons tens of thousands of visi-
tors, and their friends are legion.
For Sale-Ocean front, corner prop
erty, most desirable location in Wild
wood. Also for exchange splendid
Philadelphia business property for
Wildwood property. H. S. Fulmer,
1897 Columbia Ave-, Phila.
The four Dukes from Philadelphia at
the Dayton include Mr.. and Mrs. J. G.
Duke and Helen and j. Carleton Duke,
Jr. Other guests include Mrs. Richard
Twelves and her pretty daughter,
Beatrice, of Camden; w. G. Went
worth and family, Pittsburg; H. r.
Cadwallader, DR.. and Mrs. j. Howard
Ozias and their lovely daughter; Miss
Helen Amber, Philadelphia; S. John
Lea and wife, Elkins Park. Mr.. Lea
has large hotel interests in Atlantic
City and is prospecting in Wildwood.
Frank b. Jess, financial editor of the
Philadelphia Evening Bulletin and a
member of the New Jersey bar, was
among the Sunday visitors at the
Dayton. Mr.. Jess is prominently
mentioned as a candidate for Assembly
honors from Camden county this fall.
He resides at Haddon Heights and
will in future practice law in Camden.
The launch "Bob White" owned by
j. H. Schild and DR.. j. H. DreXler, OF
Glenwood and Pacific avenues, was
the first launch to pass through Hams
canal, to the sound. This is not only
an honor to the owners of the "Boh
White" but a great convenience to all
who wish to reach the sound from
"Sunset Lake" A. J. Bell, bookkeepel
for Peter Schemm & Son, and John H.
Drexler, Jr., accompanied them on
this trip.
Mr.. and Mrs. Daniel Callahan, OF
Philadelphia, were the guests during
the week of Mr.. and Mrs. William H.
Pierson, at an Atlantic avenue cottage.
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