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St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1905-03-25

.LOSr-A Large Gold Locket,
with Head on Que side, monogram
q. H. S. on other side. Return to
J. F. Doty, of the Doty Laundry
Co., Ltd. and receive reward.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1905-03-25

1t sou do not want your name to
appear in the Delinquent tax sales,
you had better see Sheriff Brewster
within the next few days.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1905-03-25

FOR RENT-l'he Ford cottage,
centrally located, near the FARMER
Office. Apply OH premises.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1905-03-25

Judge Burns believes in strictly
enforcing the law against carrying
concealed weapons, and the Parish
treasury Is very materially enriched
at every term of the District Court.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1905-03-25

The roads are getting dry and
dusty, but it is a relief from the
long wet spell.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1905-03-25

DlED-1n Covington, La, Fri
day, March II, at p. M, Elmyra
Carpenter, wife Of Z. B. Thomas,
aged so years.
The remains were taken to the
Carpenter Cemetery for lnterment,
and the funeral was largely attend
ed, Rev. j. e Pounds, officiating.
She leaves grief stricken husband,
three brothers and two sister, who
have the sympathy ola large circle
of friends in their bereavement.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1905-03-25

The fiLe Lake steamer New Ca.
melia is being thoroughly renovated.
and her many patrous hope soon to
see her re-enter the trade for the
summer season.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1905-03-25

The total rainfall last SATURDAY.
night, Sunday and Sunday night,
amounted to 1888 inches.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1905-03-25
Sixteen squares of Slate, lox2o
for sale at IS 90 . square, apply
to Z. Beaucoudray.

Deputy Sheriff Hiram Cook, with
the prisoners, tits week laid out the
right IL way of the road from the
river hank to The Vaudeville road J,
IN the east end OF the route OF tue
nronoeed new steel bridge over the
BoQue Falia, ut Coviugton.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1905-03-25

Spring commenced last Tuesday.
March FL.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1905-03-25

DIED.-March. II, 1905, at 8
o'clock A. NJ. Emile Wunderlicll,
son Of the late Emile G. Wunder,
Itch and Alma Hopkins, aged 43
years, 8 months and, s days, ma
tive of New Orleans
The deceased wa we'll known in
Covington, and the sad news Of his
death was received with regret BY
his many friends here.
Pure bred White Wyandotte
eggs, 81 so a setting.
Not quite, pure, but all good
sound stock, 35c dozen.
q. f. MILLAR,
p. y. Box 8. Abita Springs, La.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1905-03-25

We have received from Congress
man Broussard, two large sacks OF
garden seeds, for free distribution.
Call at the FARMER Office and pet-a
supply, while they last. They were
sent to Lieut.. Governor Jared Y.
Sanders. but owing to lis absence
they were left with Us. r..
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1905-03-25

The Covlngton Photo Studio are
showing q fine line of samples,
Photos of all sizes.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1905-03-25

Mrs. r. G.. MADDEN, aud Mrs. L..
DAquln, OF New Orleans, are
among the guests Of Miss Laura
Hosmer.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1905-03-25
WEATHER REPORT.

C. CHAMPAGNE, Observer
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1905-03-25

Thieyes entered Tue home OF
Joe.ph spir.. in New Orleans. last
Saturday night. and sto'e slooo'
-h;ch vas hid in . tin box IN the
,,o+tom ~ 1 trunk. 1t would have
been the part Ut economy for him
= have c.,me over here and placed
NJ. money with the Covi"Rton Bank
md .r:ust Company. the same IS
-, nrudept citizens do 1t Is the
only wise and safe plan
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1905-03-25

The unusually hard rain OF last
Saturday night aud Sunday caused
. sudden rise in the rivers, especial
10 the Abi.a and Tchefuncta, which
we're impossible for day or two.
The water receded BY Tuesday
afternoon, and no special damage
was done, so far ae we have learned.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1905-03-25

The well-known LOG Cabin" near
tie Abita Springs depot, was de-
stroyed by fire last Thursday night.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1905-03-25
COURT ITEMS.

District Court adjourned last
Saturday night, after being in ses-
sion all the week. The following
cases were tried and decisions rem
dered:
The news & observer., 1905-12-06
PRESIDENT ROOSEVELTS MESSAGE TO CONGRESS

act decently; and this is only anothe,
way of saying that any benefit which
comes to the less able and less for
tunate must of necessity come even
more TO the more able and more for
tunate. II, therefore, the less fortu-
nate man is moved by envy Of his
more fortunate brother to strike at
the conditions under which they have
both, though uneGually, prOspered. the
result will assuredly be that while
damage may come 20 the one struck
at. it will visit with an even heavier
load to the one who strikes the blow.
Taken as a whole we must all go UP
or go down together
Corporations.
Yet, while not merely admitting, but
insisting upon this, ii is also true that
where there is NO governmental re-
straint or supervision some of the ox-
ceptionaI men use their energies not
in ways that are for the common good,
but in ways which tell against this
common good. The fortunes amassed
through corporate organization are
now so large, and vest such power in
those that WELD them, as to make it
Ia matter of necessity to give to the
sOVereign-that is, to the government,
which represents the people as a
wholesome effective power of super
vision over their corporate use. In or
der to insure healthy social and in
dustrial life. every big corporation
should - held responsible by, and
be accountable to, some sovereign
strong enough to control its conduct.
am in no sense hostile to corpora
tions. This is an age of combination,
and any effort to prevent all combi
nation will he not only useless. but
in the end vicious because OF the
contempt for law which the failure to
enforce law inevitably produces. We
should, moreover. recognize in cordial
and ample fashion the immense good
effected by corporate agencies in a
country such as ours, and the wealth
of intellect. energy. and fidelity de-
voted to their service, and therefore
normally to the service of the public,
by their officers and directors The
corporation has come to stay just as
the trade union has come to stay.
Each can do and has done great good.
Each should be favored 50 long as it
does good. But each should be sharply
where it acts against law and
justice.
So long az the finances of the Ma
ton are kept upon an honest basis
no other question of internal economy
with Which the Congress has the pow
er to deal begins to approach in inn.
portance the matter Of endeaVoring to
The news & observer., 1905-12-06

secure proper Industrial conditions un-
der which the Northumberland es-
pecially the great corpOrations-do
an interstate business are 10 act The
makers of our National Constitution
provided especially that the regula-
ton of Interstate commerce should
come within the sphere of the General
Government. The arguments in favor
of their taking this stand were even
then overwhelming. But they are far
stronger today in view of the enOr-
nous development of great business
agencies, usually corporate in form.
Experience has shown conCluSiVcly
that it is useless to try to get any
adequate regulation and supervision of
these great corporations by state ac-
ton. Such regulation ana supervision
can only be effectively exercised by a
sovereign whose juri dction is cock
tenSiVe with the field of work of the
corporations-tha is, by the National
Government l believe that this reg
ulation and supervision can be oh
tanned by the enactment of law by
the Congress. If this proves impOssi-
bic, it Will certainly be necessary ulti-
mately to confer in fullest form such
power upon the National Government
by n proper amendment OF the Consti-
tuition. 1t would obviously be unWise
to endeaVOr to secure such an amend
ment until it is certain that the re
suit can not be obtained under the
Constitution as it now is The laws
of the Congress and of the several
States hitherto, as passed upon by the
courts, have resulted more often n
showing that the States have no pow
er in the matter than that the Ma
tiCnal Government has power; so that
there at present exists q very unfOrtu-
nate condition OF things, under which
these great corporations doing an
Interstate business occupy the position
of subjects without a sovereign, neith-
er any State government nor the Ma
tional government having effective
control over them. our steady aim
should be by legislation. cautiously
and carefully undertaken. bus reso-
lutely persevered in. 20 assert the SOW
orcignty of the National government
by affirmative action.
This is only in form an ;unovatou
in substance it is merely restOra-
tion: for from the earliest time such
regulation Of Industrial activities has
been recog 1ized in the action Of the
law-making bodies: and all that 7
propose is to meet the changed condi-
tons in such manner as viii prevent
the Commonwealth abdicating the
power ii has always possessed, not
only in this country but 2i~o in Eng
The news & observer., 1905-12-06
&. Dslilies i1 News and Circulation

| til the National government obtains
! in some manner which the wisdom OF
the Congress may suggest, proper con-
! troll over the big corporations engaged
| in Interstate cOmmerce-that is, over
the great majority of the big corpora
tions-it win be impossible to deal
adequately with these evils.
1 am well aware Of the difficulties
of the legislation that I am suggesting,
and of the need Of temperate and
cautious action in securing it. I should
emphatically protest against improp-
erly radical or hasty action. The first
thing to do is to deal with the great
corporations engaged in the business
Of Interstate transportation. As !
said in my message of December G
last, the immediate and most pressing
need, 50 far as legislation is con-
cerned. is the enactment into law of
some scheme to secure to the agents
OF the government such supervision
land regulation of the rates charged by
the railroads Of the country engaged
in Interstate traffic as shall summar-
lily and effectively prevent the impo
SitiOn OF unjust or unreasonable rates.
1t must include putting a complete
stop to rebates in every shape and
form. This power to regulate rates.
like all similar powers over the bust
ness world should be exercised with
moderation. caution, and Self-restraint
but it should exist, so that it can be
effectively exercised when the need
arises.
The first consideration to be kept in
mind is that the power should be af-
frmative and should be given to some
administrative body created by the
Congress. If given to the present inter-
state Commerce Commission or to
reorganized Interstate Commerce
Commission, such commission should
be made uneQuivocaIly administrative.
] do not believe in the government in
terfering with private business more
than is necessary. I do not believe in
the government undertaking any work
which can with prOpriety be left in
private hands. But neither do I be-
lieve in the government finching from
overseeing any work when it becomes
evident that abuses are sure 20 obtain
therein unless there is governmental
supervision. It is not my province to
indicate the exact terms of the law
which should be enacted; but I call
the attention Of the Congress to GER
tain existing condition. with which 4
is desirab bic to deal. In my judgment
the most important provision which
such law should contain is that con-
ferring upon some competent admins
istYative body the power to decide,
upon the case being brought before
The news & observer., 1905-12-06

they have now grown to such an ex-
tent that they are demoralizing and
are used as rebates
The best possible regulation of rates
would, of course, be that regulation
secured by an honest agreement among
the railroads themselves to carry out
the law. Such a general agreement
would, for instance, at once put a
stop to the efforts of any one big ship
per or big railroad to discriminate
against or secure advantages over
some rival; and such agreement would
make the railroads themselves agents
for enforcing law The power vested
in the government to put a stop to
agreements to the detriment of the
public should. in my judgment, be ac-
companied by power to permit, under
specified conditions and careful super
vision, agreements clearly in the in
tereSt Of the public. But in my judg-
ment. the necessity for giving this
further power is by no means as
great as the necessity for giving the
commission or administrative body the
other powers [ have enumerated
above; and it may well be inadvisable
to attempt to vest this particular pow
er in the commission or other admin
istrative body until it already possess
and is exercising what / regard as by
tar the most important of all the pow
ers | recommends indeed the vi
tally important power--that to fix n
given maximum rate. which rate, af-
ter the lapse of q reasonable time,
goes into full effect. subject to review
by the courts.
All private-car lines industrial
roads. refrigerator charges, and the
like should be expressly put under
the supervision of the Interstate
Commerce Commission or some STINT
lar body SO far as rates, and agree
ments practically affecting rates, arc
concerned. The private car owners
and the owners of industrial railroads
are entitled to q fair and reasonable
compensation on their investment, but
neither private cars nor industrial
railroads nor spur tracks should be
utilized as devices for securing prefer
entail rates A rebate in icing charges,
or in mileage, or in a division of the
rate for regrigerating charges is just
as pernicious as a rebate i'm any 9TH
ar way. No lower rate should apply
on goods imported than actually OBJ
tains on domestic goods from the
American seaboard to destination eX-
cept in cases where water competi-
ton is the controlling influence. There
should be publicity of the accounts of
carriers; no common carrier
engaged in Interstate business should
keep any books or memoranda other
The news & observer., 1905-12-06

land before and since this country be-
came p separate Nation.
II has Econ 2 misfortune that the
national laws on this subject have
hitherto been of negative or prOhibi-
tive rather than an affirmative kind,
and still more that they have in pan
sought to prohibit what could not be
effectively prohibited, ana have in part
in their prohibitions cOnioLnde4 WHAT
should be allowed and what should
not be allowed. 1t is generally use
less t. try TO prohibit all restraint on
competition, whether this restraint be
reasonable or unreasonable, and where
ii is not useless it is generally hGrtful.
Events have shown that it is not pos
sible adequately to secure the enforce
mcnt Of any law Of this kind by in
co SAINT appeal to the courts. The De-
partment Of Justice has for the last
four years devoted more attention to
the enforcement of the antitrust leg
iSlatiOn than to anything else. Much
has been accomplished particularly
marked has been the moral effect
of the prosecutions; but it is incrcas-
inely evident that there will be a
very insufficient beneficial result in
the way Of economic change The
successful prosecution Of one device
10 evade the law Immediately develops
another device to accomplish the same
purpose. What is needed is not sweep
ing prohibition or every arrangement
good or bad, which may tend to re-
strict competition, but such adequate
supervision and regulation as will pre-
vent any restriction of competition
from being to the detriment of the
publiC-as we'll as such supervision
and regulation as viii prevent other
abuses in no way connected with re-
striction of competition. OF these
abuses. perhaps the chief, although by
10 means the only one is Ovcrca pital-
iZatiOn-generally itself the result of
dishonest romotiOn-beCause Of the
myriad evils it brings IN it's train; for
such Overcapit2lization often means an
imitation that invites business panic:
it always COnceals the true relation of
the profit earned TO the capital act
ually invested, and II creates a bur
den Of interest payments which is a
fertile cause Of improper reduction in
or limitation Of wages; it damages the
small investor. diecOurages thrift. and
encourages gambling and speculation;
while peThaps worst OF al is the trick
mess and dishonesty which II implies
for harm to morals is worse than
any possible htTrn TO material inter
csts and the debauchery of politics
and business fv great dishonest cor
po"atiors il tar worse than any actual
evil they 90 the public. IN
The news & observer., 1905-12-06
To the senate and Iousc of Repre-

scntatiVes:
The people of this country continue
20 enjoy great prosperity. Undoubt-
edly there will be ebb and flow in
such prosperity and this ebb and flow
VIII be felt more or less by all men,
bers of the community both by the
deserving and the undeserVing.
Against the wrath of the Lord the wis
dom of man can not avail, in times
of flood or drought human ingenuity
can but partially repair the disaster.
y general failure OF crops would hurt
all of us. Again, if the folly of man
mars the general well-being, then
those who are innocent of the folly
viii have to pay part of the penalty
Incurred by those who are guilty of
the folly. a panic brought on by the
speculative folly of part of the bust
ness community would hurt the whole
business community. But such stop
page of welfare, though il might be
severe, would not be lasting. In the
long run the one vital factor in the
permanent prosperity of the country
is the high Individual character of the
average American worker, the average
American citizen No matter whether
his work be mental or manual.
whether he be farmer or Wage-Work-
er, business man or professional man.
I'm our Industrial and social system
the interests Of all men are so closely
mtertwincd that in the immense ma
jority of cases 'straight-dealing man
who by his efficiency, by his ingenuity
and industry benefits himself must
also benefit others. Normally the man
of great productive capacity who be-
comes rich by guiding the labor of
many other men does so by enabling
them To produce more than they could
produce without his guidance; and
both he and they share in the bene-
fit, which comes also to the public at
large. The superficial fact that the
sharing may be unequal must never
blind us to the underlying fact that
there is this sharing, and that the
benefit comes in some degree to each
man concerned. Normally the wage
worlIe-. the man of small means. and
the average consumer. as well as the
average producer are all alike helped
by making conditions such that the
man OF exceptional business ability
receives an exceptional reward for his
ability. Something can be done by
leG lation TO help the general pros |
perity but no such help OF a perma- t
nentlv beneficial character can he
given 10 the less able and less fortu- /
nate. save as the results of 4 policy |
which shall inure to the advantage of I
all Industrious and efficient people who
The news & observer., 1905-12-06

it, whether a given rate prescribed By
z railroad is reasonable and just, an
if it is found to be unreasonable and
unjust then after full investigation Of
the complaint, TO prescribe the limit
of rate beyond which it shall not be
lawful 10 gO--the maximum reason
able rate, as it is commonly called
this decision to go into effect within
Il reasonable time and to obtain from
thence onward, subject TO review by
the courts. It sometimes happens at
present, not that q rate is too high
but that q favored shipper is given
TO low rate. In such case the COM
mission would have the right to fix
this already established minimum rate
Us the maximum; and it would need
only one or two such decisions by
the commission to cure railroad com
panieS of the practice Of giving ina
proper minimum rates. / call your at
tentiOn to the fact that my proposal
is not to give the commission power
10 initiate or originate rates generally,
Dut to regulate a rate already fixed or
originated by the roads. upon COM
Dlaint and after investigation. A heavy
penalty should be cxacted from any
corporation which fails to respect an
order of the commission. | regard this
OOWer to establish q maximum rate as
being essential to any scheme of real
reform in the matter of railway reg
ulation. The first necessity is to Sc
cure it; and unless it is granted to the
commission there is little use in touch
ing the subject at all.
Illegal transactions often occur un-
der the forms Of law. 1t has often oc-
Cured that a shipper has been told by
a traffic officer to buy a large quantity
of some commodity and then after it
has been bought en- open reduction is
made in the rate to take effect imme-
diately, the arrangement resulting to
the profit of the one shipper and the
one railroad and to the damage of all
their competitors; for it must not be
forgotten that the big shippers are at
least as much to blame as any rail
road in the matter of rebates The
law should make it clear so that no.
body can fail to understand that any
kind of commission paid on freight
whether in this form or in
the form of fictitious damages, or of a
concession. free pass. reduced pas
senger rate, or payment of brokerage, !
is illegal. It is worth while consid-
ering whether it would not be wise
to confer on the government the right
Of civil action against the beneficiary
Of q rebate for at least twice the
value of the rebate; this would help
top what is really blackmail. Eleva-
tor allowances should be stopped for
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-03-31
New York Markets.

TALLow-Dull; city, 4ssc.; country. 4ss
 HAY-pul; shipping. sOas7lAc.; good to
 PoTAToEs7,ou Long Island, s.5o I2: state and western, Sla1.20 Jersey sweets, per cloth top barrel. s3I5.
 STRAM-Weak; long rye, SaSc.
 g 1g225: pea. q so: red kidney. g 75I2 SO
 WOOL-Steady: domestic fleece. 3ld34c.
 HOPS-Steady: state, common to choic0 1904. 25d29c.; 1903 29u.5c.. o!ds. llal3c. Pacific coast. lsOI, 95a2sc.; 1903. 2la24c.
 BuTTER..Creamery. extras. per pound. Sa2slzc. Mercantile Exchange official quotation. extras. 2scJ: firsts. 26a27iac. seconds. 23ISc.; thirds. 20a22c.; held. ex- tras. 16azsc.: iirsts. z3q25c.: seconds. 2lG .3c.. thirds. 20C.; state dairy. tubs. extras. 25c.: firsts. AdaGc.; seconds. 22m23c.: thirds. aOq:1c
 CHEESE-State. full cream. small. col ored and white, fancy. l4c.: fine. 13isc.: late made colored and white. choice. l5c. fair to good. l2al=izc; poor. loi4dllisc.; fine. l3aI%lc.: late made. colored and white. choice. 1s1.c.; fair to good. l1al1i1c. poor i0Il0s.c.: light skins. small. choice 1oploi4c,: prime. sLIei:c.: part skins fair. s+.a.tr: fuii skirns. 4a5c.
 EGGS State. Pennsylvania and nearby fancy. selected white. lslaa1sc.: first. 17t.c.; seconds. 16iznl6sac.
 L. l5c: chickens. per pound. l2c.: roosters old. per pound. lOc.: turkeys. old. pei pound lsc-. ducks. average. per pair. .0l Soc: geese. average. per pair. $1.3fnl.62 pigeons per pair. .0c.
 DRESSED POULTRY-Chickens. Phila delphia to 10 pounds to pair. per pound Dds1c-: mixed sizes. 1SalSc.. other Penn sylvania. to pounds to par. fancy. pei pound. Isc-: state and Pennsylvania. mix ed sizes i4qlSc: scuabs. prime. large white. per dozen. 8; mixed. szS; dark
 DRESSED MEATS-Beef in moderate demand but firm at sIzGsc- per pound fol inferior to choice native sides: city dress et veals in fair demand at .Il<izc- pei pound with strictly choice bringing iSc- country dressed were in liberal supply and mary of them in poor condition owing ts tfr- warm weather: prices ranged iron TGl0--c. mutton higher at s1ilc- pei pou1d- lambs al 1-li.c-: country dresseS spring lambs lower at s3G5 per carcass country dressed hogs steady at 5iz6sc- pei pound for heavy to light weights