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Newport daily independent., 1905-01-25
WHOLESALE GROCERS
 WANT BETTER RATES.
National Legislation Favored to Better Conditions, Such as Freight Rates, Rebat-
 ing System, Etc.

, Anent the bill now pending in congress to give the Interstate Commerce Commission greater power there seems to be an al- most universal opinion among the business men of the south, and especially the wholesale gro- cers, that the measure should be enacted.
 Recently James A. Van Hoose of Birmingham, Ala., president of the Southern Wholesale Gro- 1cers' Association, called upon President Roosevelt and told him A that the business men of the south were in hearty accord with his policies and views on the railroad rebate question and hoped that he would be able to sign legislation that he regarded as necessary. The president said he appreciated this friendly en- cpuragement from the business men of the south and that he would do all he could to bring about legislation.
 Adolph Geyer, vice president of the Geyer & Adams Company, and a director of the Wholesale Grocers' Association, gave a Lit tie Rock Gazette representative his views upon the subject as
 gy .gAy,x<zaaes interstate traffic kahd freight rates, we are much in need of better, regulations in the interest of the consumer, shipper and merchant. The In- . terstate Commerce Commission should be able to regulate the same and put stop to the sys- tenn of railroad relating.
 "The Southern Wholesale Gro cers' Association is much in fa- vor of national legislation which will bring about a better condi- tion. The association is non- political and stands for business only, for conservatism, just and fair dealings, and it is not it's custom to enter into politics ex- cept on rare occasions when the good of all seems to be involved.
 'The association is strong and represents nearly one hundred million dollars directly and indi- rectly interested. These rate matters and increased power to the Interstate Commerce Com mission are of vital importance and affect the whole American people, and the association hopes that congress will at this session bring about the much-needed legislation.
Newport daily independent., 1905-01-25

All mems, women's and chil- dren's' winter underwear at cost. Bowen's Cash Store. 31b7t
Newport daily independent., 1905-01-25
STATE SETTINGS.

The King-Logan- Keel-Davis antitrust bill, a child of many fathers, whose jealousy for the paternity of this much-mooted measure requires that it's full name be given, was signed by
 your governor" at 3 p. m. Mon- day. Arkansas by virtue of this law assumes the leadership in the antitrust propaganda and is the only state in the union which refuses to any company the right to do business here if they are a member of a trust or combina- tion anywhere on earth. One of the first blasting effects of the new bill is found in the an- nouncement of E. J. Bodman, secretary of the Little Rock Fur niture Manufacturing Company, that the company will abandon the project for the rebuilding of it's plant in that city recently de- stroyed by fire. Plans were being made for the rebuilding of the factory on a larger scale, ex- pending $150, ,00O on it, but this must be abandoned as there is no assurance of protection against fire loss. The company had a pay roll of about S1, ,0O0 a week, and this is lost to the laboring classes of the city.
 Trainmaster Stallcup of this division is urging upon the off, cers of the cities along the Iron Mountain that they enforce the law against trespassers who ride upon trains, and cooperate with the depot agents in preventing hotel porters from unduly an- moving passengers. All very good evidence of MT. Stallcup's progressiveness, and as a further step along these lines of improve ment let the company take up the matter of keeping depot waiting rooms in decent and san- itary condition.
 'The integrity of Pulaski county, the capital county of the state, must be kept inviolate, " so say the Little Rock papers, who have assigned to their sleuth force the duty of exposing the ulterior motives of Mayor Faucette and the Argenta crowd who are thought to have designs of separating that part of Pu- laski north of the Arkansas river into county of itself or making it a part of Lonoke or Faulkner counties. An enactment of the legislature would be required, but since the passage of the Walnut Ridge-Hoxie act, whereby Ar genta flew the coop of the capi- tai city, the adroitness of Eau cette and his followers strikes terror into the hearts of a Lit tie Rock citizen for fear another such coupe will be enacted.
 Captain R. R. Rice, the we'll known turfman who was expell- ed from the Western Jockey club. another trust which the governor proposes to bust, " is lobbying for a bill introduced by Senator Amis, creating a state  racing commission. If Arkansas proposes to get into this line of business, or rather sport, it may we'll be said we are racing to- ward populistic ideas of govern tai ownership.
 The days of the hawk, owl and crow are numbered if the bill introduced by Andrews of Sharp county becomes a law, fix ing the penalty of their obnox- iousness at death and offering a of 25c in scrip of the
Newport daily independent., 1905-01-25

Read the Daily and Weekly Independent.
Newport daily independent., 1905-01-25

Read the Independent.
Newport daily independent., 1905-01-25
Jack Heron

For Granitoid and Stone Walks, Curbing, all kinds of Brick Work. Don't fail to get my figures before contracting.
 My Work Talks For Itself Parties wanting crushed Lime Stone Walks apply to me.
The La Jara chronicle., 1905-11-17
How Diamonds are Cut.

So far, Europe has been the center
of the diamond-cutting industry. In
Amsterdam there are more than $4,000
cutters, in Antwerp, 5000, in the Jura
Mountain district 600, in Paris 200
and in London only $50. They are
divided into three classes, cleavers,
shapers and polishers. The cleaver
examines the rough diamond. and If
he finds a flaw cuts it into as many
perfect gems as the grain of the car
bon will permit. For this purpose the
rough stone is set in mold to which
it is securely attached with aluminium,
and then applied to the cutting tool
circular saw about 5 inches in diam
eter, made OF soft copper, with q mix
The La Jara chronicle., 1905-11-17
Clnednt. Wash. DC
PRESIDENT CABINET 1904.
Moton,H Metcalf Shaw

met officer. Each one has adopted
his own method of Cabinet consulta-
tion. President Roosevelt might be
said to have Cabinet of specialists.
He has selected men whom he believed
peculiarly fitted to administer the af-
fairs of the different departments. At
the bi-weekly Cabinet meetings, which
are held when the President is In his
executive office in Washington, each
Cabinet officer presents a short re-
sumo of the condition OF his depart
ment. II there is any matter that has
arisen under his Jurisdiction that is of
a widespread, general character 1t is
reserved for discussion by himself and
the President, and perhaps one or two
other members of the Cabinet who re-
main after the formal meeting. Great
questions of national and international
policy are not matters of general dis
cussion in Mr.. Roosevelt's Cabinet.
They are taken up and debated by the
President and those Cabinet officers
whom he believes are specially quail
fed to give expert opinion upon them.
The late President Mckinley had an
entirely different method and the
meetings of his Cabinet were actual
state councils. Every matter affecting
the nation at large or bearing upon our
international relations was brought up
at these meetings and each one of the
Presidents advisors was requested to
submit his opinion. The Secretary of
Agriculture was asked for his views
on the advance on Pekin, while the
opinion Of the Secretary of State on
the type of battleships to be adopted
by the Navy was welcomedA Mr.. Nc
Kinley believed in this way that he Sc
cured the best results and 1t also gave
his cabinet officers an opportunity to
exhibit whatever of talent or genius
of craftsmanship they possessed.
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ture of oil and diamond dust rubbed
into the edge The saw rotates at
tremendous speed, being turned by
leather belt running from an engine.
An expert cleaver, if paid so much per
diamond cut could make from $50 to
$50, and as one cleaver furnishes
work for so or 60 shapers, would
quickly work himself out of a job.
Consequently, he prefers to go slowly
and receive a monthly wage of $12O.
The shapers or "bruteurs" outline
the form in which the diamond will
ultimately appear. In this operation,
the "bruteur" takes two stones of SIM
liar size and hardness, fits each into
n metal cap, sets one in machine
that resembles a carpenters lathe, and
as it revolves the second stone is
pressed against it. The dust caused
by the friction is caught in tiny box.
Erfore the invention of this machine,
the "bruteur' held the diamonds be-
tween the thumb and forefinger of
each hand and rested the little fingers
on the sides of the tank, which is
made of brass. In time the constant
pressure on the brass wore the sides
of the box into grooves, while the
The La Jara chronicle., 1905-11-17
A PRESIDENTS CABINET.
SOME SECRETARIES HAVE AT.
Tanned GREATER FAME THAN
THEIR CHIEF.
While Appointments Are Political.
the Cabinet 10 Usually the Presi-
dents Closest Adviser.
James S. Henry.

According to the old saw at takes
nine tailors to make man." SO in the
Government of the United States it
takes nine Cabinet officers to make
an administration. Primarily Ameri-
can cabinet officers are selected to be-
come the heads of the nine great ex-
ecutive departments of the Govern
ment. AS one star differeth from an
other star in glory SO one cabinet Off
Ger differs from another in opportun-
ity. ability and the power to make a
lasting impression upon the history Of
the country. These nine heads of de-
partments are chosen by the Presi-
dent and although the approval of the
Senate of the United States is required
to make their appointment legal and
constitutional, the preference of the
Executive is invariably respected and
the nine Cabinet officers represent his
personal choice. so far as politics
leaves him a free agent.
To be a member of the Presidents
Cabinet has filed the ambition of many
statesmen. 1t is a place only one re-
move from that to which all native
born citizens of the United States have
right to aspire-the Presidency It,
self. If there have been disappoipt
ments and unrealized ambitions on the
part VI lue great lueu WIZ nave Detu
President the world has not heard Of
them. The disappointments, the dis
couragements, the disillusionment, the
restrictions that have been experienced
by statesmen who had hoped to
achieve glory and fame as Cabinet offi-
GERS can be read in the national rec
ords from the foundation of the Gov
ernmen+ 10 the present time. Fail
dre 20 accomplish great plans and to
realize hopes of a lasting place in his
tory has sent many Cabinet officers
The La Jara chronicle., 1905-11-17
MILADY'S DIAMONDS.
HISTORY OF THE NECKLACE.
ITS M4NUF4CT AFFORDS
MUCH EMPLOYMENT.
Raw Diamonds as Dug Are Com
parativeiy yCheap-CreatC Cost Comes
From the Polishing, Cutting and
Filling.

One morning last spring there ap-
peared in the London papers graphic
descriptions of the arrival at South
ampton of the "Cullinan," the 3,O32
carat % or diamond found in the
Premier mine, Johannesburg. i'll Jan
uary. Details of the appearance of
the two agents from South Africa, the
black bag carried by the older and
said to contain the biggest diamond in
tile world. the crowd at the docks, the
detectives sent from Scotland Yard,
niled column. As matter of fact,
ihc Cullinan made the trip from
johannesburg to London in an ordln-
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ary. inconspicuous package through
| the registered mail, postage Two snili-
ings. 1t is not impossible that tne
Southampton romance was conceived
and paid for at advertising rates by
the owners or underwriters to divert
attention, for the diamond was valued
at four million and insured for two
and a half million dollars.
Two more large diamonds have since
been found in the same mine, one
weighing 334 carats and the other AGO
carats, One wonders who can afford
to buy these stones. 1t will cost enor-
mousiy to put them on the market.
Most diamonds are sold outright by
the miner to the cutter, and one OF the
biggest South African diamond kings
has said that the margin of profit up
on which the entire diamond industry
is carried on is but little larger than
the percentage Of gain in any other
line of business.
The jewellers of Paris claim that In
proportion as the value of the dia-
monds in a necklace decreases, SO does
the cost of setting increase. A dia-
mond necklace that sells for $4,000
has cost the jeweller 5000 in mount
ing, while one that sells for 100000
will require an expenditure of only
$500 in the mounting. From the
$780, remaining in the latter case,
still further deduction must be made
for the expense of preparing the
stones. The figures obtained on
100000 necklace in Paris shop indi-
Gated that the diamonds composing 1t
We're valued at much less than Ss9,ooo
when rough. The woman who buys
such an ornament contributes more to
the actual prosperity of the working
class than many of the so-called
social reformers who rave at her ex-
travagance.
The La Jara chronicle., 1905-11-17

continued effort of rubbing the dia-
monds against each other brought on
a nervous jerking of the forearms,
and the strained attitude of the head,
always bent forward to watch the
shaping of the gems, caused great
swellings at the back of the neck.
Usually the "bruteur" spends three
days on the shaping of a stone and
makes from $40 to $500 a day.
The polisher who makes the facets,
uses machine which carries a metal
disc placed horizontally add revolving
at the rate of $500 revolutions per
minute. The disc is of steel with
preparation of diamond dust and puri-
fled olive oil rubbed into the surface.
By means of copper holder and
The La Jara chronicle., 1905-11-17

dent Mckinley and President Roose-
welt, seems yet a living actual per-
sonality in the affairs of the world. II
no other monument had been establish
ed by his long public service. the open
door" policy for which he obtained rec
ognition in the Far East would mark
his craftsmanship for all time. With
his colleague. Elihu Root. who is now
his successor. he shared the glory of
the late President McKinley's admin
istration in which both men were su-
perlative influences.
Sherman's Earlier Fame.
Going back a little further we find
the late John Sherman standing as
the monument Of sound finance and
marking the otherwise colorless Hayes
administration from 1877 to 1881 as an
epoch in the financial history of the
country. In the days of the Civil War.
Stanton. at the head of the War De-
partment, earned the name of being
the greatest Secretary of War the
United States ever had and was the
mainstay of the immortal Lincoln in
the latter's heartbreaking experiences
with traitors, politicians and seif-seek-
ing army officers. The 130 years of
national life of the United States fur
nished many brilliant examples of
what Cabinet officer can accomplish
and the influential part he can play in
the achievements Of an administration.
1t depends largely upon the Presi-
dent of the United States to what ex-
tent Cabinet officer may achieve
prominence in national affairs. Dur
ing the last generation most of the
Presidents of the United States have
been men of iron will and command
ing personality. Most of them. how
ever, have depended upon members of
their Cabinet for expert advice on
great national and international issues.
In the administration of Grant, Cleve-
land, Harrison. Mckinley and Roose-
welt certain Of their ministers were
pfe-eminent in the direction of affairs
of state and domestic policies. These
Presidents were and are strong men.
but ever ready to listen to the advice
and appreciate the statemanship of the
strong men they had chosen for their
Cabinet.
Different Treatment of Cabinets.
Each President has had his own
conception Of the functions of Cab
The La Jara chronicle., 1905-11-17

embittered and disappointed back into
private life.
May Not be Personal Friends.
While the President Of the United
States is entitled to choose the nine
gentlemen who shall sit about his
council table as his Cabinet advisors,
the political system in effect in the
United States often robs this selection
of its personal character. newly
elected President may know OF nine
men In his circle of business, social and
political acquaintances whom he would
like to have around him as counsellors
and whom he believes would make ef-
fcient heads of departments in the
administration of Government laws
and business. rhe exigencies of poll
tics, however, usually compel him to
choose his Cabinet officers from differ
ent sections of the country and in ac-
Acknowledgement of certain potent infiu-
ences, sometimes commercial, some
times economic, sometimes religious,
and often purely political that helped
make his election sure. The Chief
Executive before deciding upon the
composition of his Cabinet inquiries
carefully into the qualifications, ability
and character of the men whom he will
invite to sit at his council table. but
1t often happens that the first time he
has come in personal contact with his
future advisor is when he meets him
to extend the invitation to him to en-
ter the Cabinet.
In the economy of government and
in the soc.cl life at the nations Cap
ital an American cabinet officer oc-
cupies a commanding position, but in
the accomplishment of great deeds OF
craftsmanship and as a power in fash
ioning the policies OF the nation, the
Cabinet minister's own personality, his
ability and genius can alone make
success. There are conspicuous ex-
amples in the history of the United
States where Cabinet ministers have
dominated the Executive and carved
their names higher on the pillar of
fame than the Presidents with whom
they served. The impress made on
national affairs by such men as Daniel
Webster, John C. Calhoun and James
G. Blaine, as ministers of state, is
greater than that of many Presidents
of the United States. 1t is not neces.
sary to refer to musty history for ex-
amples of Cabinet ministers who have
won International fame. The late John
Hay. Secretary Of State unde.' Presi-
The La Jara chronicle., 1905-11-17
To Remove a Tight Ring.

A very simple way of removing a
very tight ring from the finger is to
take piece of small cord or wrapping
thread and push one end of it under
the ring. Then, taking hold of the
other end of the string, begin winding
around the finger from close up against
the ring to the very tip of the finger.
Then, to remove the ring, take hold
of the end of the cord that was slipped
under the ring and unwind the cord.
AS the unwinding progresses the ring
will be carried along with it and re-
moved without difficulty.
The La Jara chronicle., 1905-11-17
Have Several Lives.

=, "At this height" said the guide, as
they paused on the mountain side to
gaze down the valley, far below, "peo-
pie with weak lungs often de-"
Wonderful country, wonderful eli
mate murmured the visitor.
"How's thatT said the guide, sus-
piciously.
"Why l suppose of course you have
a way of bringing them to life again
for the next dying"
The La Jara chronicle., 1905-11-17
LEPERS IN AMERICA.
Three Hundred of Them In Twenty
States and Territories.

"Unclean, unclean." This is a cry
which has struck terror to the hearts
of many people who have journeyed
through the Orient and our Asiatic
and Pacific possessions, but it has
probably never occurred to them, that
in the United States proper there are
nearly 800 lepers. These are scatter
ed over 20 states and territories, but
the states of Louisiana, California,
Florida, Minnesota and North Dakota
The La Jara chronicle., 1905-11-17

at Molokai where often leper is sep
arated from his family by forcible
means. Fathers and mothers are TAX
en- from their children, a child from
its parents, friend from friend-and
all this at time when the afflicted
is to all intents and purposes perfect
ly well Government officials state
however. that is not the idea in the
establishment of this new institution
under the Crane bill. to take any leper
from his family by forcible means
The plan will be merely to isolate all
cases.
The La Jara chronicle., 1905-11-17
PoIishers are Women.

The polishers are usually women.
AS rule they work in groups Of five
or six under n patroness who keeps
a little apartment in a narrow street
of Montmartrc. Gallon, Mail, or some
other cheap and crowded quarter of
Paris. With good luck the patrOness
makes from 81 600 to 81 200 n year.
The polishers are taken as apprentices
at ii years of age. At 16 they may
get forty to sixty cents day, and at
is dollar to a dollar twenty.
The labor of all these craftsmen on
the necklace in mind amounted to
about $500. which added to $1,000
for preparing the diamonds, and
deducted from the selling price of
100000 left only $4,000 to cover cost
of rough stones, incidental expense of
handling. etc. could not have left
any phenomenal profit for the mine
owner who dug and delivered them to
the cutter. Such a necklace is said to
furnish work enough to support 400
families for year. OF course, this
does not take into consideration the
workers in the mines, nor the heavy
staff of clerks and officials necessary
to carry on the big diamond producing
fields. The business of finishing the
raw diamond for the final purchaser
oilers the best paid labor to be found
In Europe. Owing to the duty on cut
gems brought into this country, Amer
lean dealers are building up n similar
industry in the United States, and 1t
Is rational to suppose that the crafts
men employed in this country will
receive even still higher wages than
those paid abroad.
The La Jara chronicle., 1905-11-17

metal fork which form part oN the
apparatus, the diamond is held against
the revolving disc, and as sometimes
a stone less than an eighth of an inch
in diameter has 100 facets, great NICE
" on the part of the workman is re-
Grired, and the position of the dia-
mond is changed more than 100 times
before the requisite lustre and finish
are secured. The polisher works al
ways with magnifying glass, and
makes from $500 to S4.0O a day.
Three Hundred Diamonds in Necklace
In the 100000 necklace mentioned
there We're 300 diamonds. Allowing
three days brutage trough shapingl,
and three months polishing on each,
the sum expended for these two items
alone amounts to $4,000.
After the stones arrived at the jew
eller's, they had of course, to be
mounted. To this end the big shops
of Paris employ a staff of designers,
goldsmiths, silversmiths, settlers and
pOlishers. Usually. the designers are
men who have come into the shop in a
less important capacity, shown talent,
been sent by the firm to an art school
and put through n course of instruc-
ton. According to his ability, de-
signer earns from $50 to S160 a month.
He may work for months without pro-
ducing a single sketch that goes to the
studios, then in a week he will turn
out two or three that meet the diff
cult taste of the employer. Designs
are done in water colors.
| In Paris, the real jeweller is not the
owner of the shop. but the craftsman
who fashions the gold or platinum in
to the skeleton that holds the precious
stones. In America he is called a
gold or silversmith. Each separate
clasp or gem-holder, goes first to the
polisher. Then to jeweller who
ASSEMBLIES, or Joins together, the entire
frame for the necklace, tiara, or
whatever the design may call for, and
again to the polisher.
The setter, as his name indicates,
fastens or sets the diamonds into the
framework, and sends it on a last visit
to the polisher.
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