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The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1906-07-28
prpDs PERFORMING GOOD SERV-
ICE FOR COTTON GROWERS.
Investigations by the Agricultural
Department Prove That Feathered
songsters Are Helping to
Destroy Pest.

Investigation has proved again that
in the birds the farmer has an unlail'
ing friend. Scientists employed by
the government agricultural depart
ment have discovered that Is species
of birds feed on the cotton boil Weevil,
that great pest of the south, which at
one time threatened to destroy the
cotton growing industry of Texas ana
some other states. And of these 20
species, the oriole, in summer, the
blackbirds and meadow larks, in win
ter. and the night hawks are shown TO
hold the highest records for efficiency
as weavil destroyers.
The problem OF controlling the raw
ages of this cotton pest in the cotton
growing states has been one of such
serious moment and great Importance
that the United States department
OF agriculture undertook the careful
study of the matter.
Accurate information as to the value
Of our native birds as destroyers OF
this pest, which is of such great i'm
portance to the cotton grower, could
be obtained only by means Of careful
and continued observation in the field,
supplemented by study of the stom-
ach contents of the birds. Field OBJ
seryations alone, unverifed by stom-
ach examinations have proved unre-
liable. Birds may be observed picking
insects from cotton plants, but it does
not follow that the insects are boil
weeyils; nor is the statement that
boil weevils have been found in birds
stomachs, if made by persons unac
customed to the Identification of in
sects, to be accepted as conclusive. In
sect remains in a birds stomach are
nearly always in a more or less disin
tegrated condition, so that identified
ton Of the species is difficult and re.
quires the services of a specialist
As a result of the investigation of
the relations of birds to boil Weevils
% species have been ascertained tC
feed on the weeyils. as follows
Kildeer. Cowblrd.
quail. Redwinged black
Nighthawk bird
5 G j S $ q r-taed fly Meadow lark.
catcher. Western meadow
Phoebe. lark.
Orchard oriole. PyrrhulOXia,
Baltimore OriOle. Painted bunting.
Bullock Oriole DiCkCiSSel
Brewer blaCkbird. w h L -r u IN p e
Great-tailed graCkle shrike
savanna Sparrow. American pipit.
Lark sparrow. MoCkingbird.
White-thrOated spar Brown thrashar.
row. Carolina Wren.
u.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1906-07-28

neyed to England
for the purpose of
bringing back the
Davis trophy, but
in which they
were unsuccessful,
Is credited with
being credited
with being the
coming man at
the net game in
II, -. ~
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1906-07-28
Different.

Miss Lakewood-WSat a lovely new
yacht Mr.. McSosh has Is it a center
board boat?
Miss Cleyeland-No-no-from wha,
they tell me, l think its a sldeboara
oat.-Cleyeland Leader
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1906-07-28

Ranter says he has never had
stage fright.
1t Is evident. then. that he Ism.
afraid Of spoiled eggs and decayea
vegetables - Chicago Recon. Herald,
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1906-07-28

r. d. Little one of the American ex-
pert tennis players who recently jour
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1906-12-03

preme court in the transmissouri case
and the Joint Traffic association case
has produced no practical effect upon
thc railway operations Of the country.
Such associations, in fact, exist now
rs they dd before these decisions and
with the same general effect. In jus.
tlce 70 all parties we ought probably
to add that It is difficult to see how our
Interstate railways could hc operated
with due regard TO the interest OF the
shipper AMI the railway without con.
ccrtel acton of the Kind afforded
through these associations
This means that the law as construed
10y the supreme court is such that the
business of the country cannot be con.
ductcl without breaking IT, | recon
mend that you give careful and early
consideration 10 this subject and. II
you find the opinion Of the Interstate
commerce commission justified. that
you amend the law so as to obyiate the
evil disclosed.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1906-12-03

be considered In all legislation Of this
kind It Is we'll to advance cautiously,
testing each step by the actual results.
Tho step proposed can surely be safely
taken. for lie decisions Of the commits.
sion would not bind the parties iu legal
flshion and yet would give a chance
for public opinion 10 crysta.lizc and
thus tD exert IFS full force for the right.
Withdrawal Of Coal Lands.
II IS not wise that the nation should
alcunte its remaining coal lands.
have temporarily withdrawn from set
tlcmcut all the lands which the gcol1g
icul survey has indicated as containing
or In all probability containing coul
Tho question. however, can be proper
ly settled only by legislation. which, In
my judgment, should provide for the
withdrawal Of these lands from sale
or from entry save In certain especial
circumstances. The ownership would
then remain In the United States,
which should not, however. attempt 60
work them, but permit them to bc
worked by private individuals under a
royalty system. the government keep.
ing such control as 10 permit IT tp see
. that no excessive price was charged
. consumers. II would Of course hc as
necessary 10 supervise the rates charg
ed by the common carriers to transport
the product as the rates charged by
those who mine It, and the supervision
must extend to the conduct Of the com
mon carriers. so that they shall in N
way favor one competitor Mt the eN
pcnse Of another. The withdrawal OF
these coal lands would constitute ;
policy analogous to That which has
been followed I'm withdrawing the for
est lands from ordinary settlement
The coal, like the forests, should b
treated as the property of the public
and It's disposal should be under condi
tions which would iuure to the bcucii
Of tie public as a whole.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1906-12-03
CORR GRAFTON CONTROL.
Far More Complete Supervision at Early
Date Required.

Date Required.
The present congress has taken long /.
strides I'm the direction of securing /.
proper supervision aud control 10y the F.
national government over corporations F.
engaged In Interstate business, and the .
enormous majority of corporations of
any size are engaged i'm Interstate busi .
ness The passage of the railway rate
bill und only to less degree the pas
sage of the pure food bill aud the pro
vision for increasing and rendering
more effective national control over the
beef packing industry mari, an impor-
taut advance In the proper direction.
In the short session II will perhaps he
difficult 10 do much further ulOug this
llac. uul It may bc best to wait until
the laws have been In operation for
number of months before cndcavoring
10 Increase their scope. because only op-
Grafton will show with cNactucss their
merits ana .hclr shortcomings and thus
give opportunity to define what fur
ther remedial legislation Is needed.
Yet. in my judgment, II VIII in the end
be advisable in connection with the
packing house inspection law TO pro
vide for putting a date on the label
and for charging the cost of inspection
10 the packers. All these laws have
already justified their enactment The
Interstate commerce law, for Instance.
has rather amusingly falSIned the pre-
dictions both of those who asserted
that II would ruin the railroads ana Of
those who asserted that ii did not go
far enough and would accomplish
nothing During the last five months
the railroads have shown increased
earnings and some of them unusual
dividends. while during the same pc
riol the mere taking effect of the law
has produced an unprecedented, n
hitherto uuhDard of. number Of yolun-
tary reductions I'm frcights and fares
10y the railroads. Since the founding
of the commission there has never been
time of equal length in which any
thing Ike SO many reduced tariffs have
been put into effect. On Aug. -, for
instance. two days before the new law
went into effect. the commission re
ccivcd notices of over 1900 separate
tariffs which represented reductions
from previous rates.
1t must not Ice supposed, however,
that with the passage Of these laws II
will bc possible 10 stop progress along
the line of increasing the power OF tho
national government over the use Of
capital I'm Interstate commerce. For
example. th'rc VIII ultimately he nceI
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1906-12-03


inal outbreak. The one hope for sue .
cess for our people lies In a rcsolute .
and fearless but sane ana cool headed .
advance along the path marked out
last year 10y this very congress. There
must be a stern refusal 10 be misi'd
into following either That base creature
who appeals and pandcrs to the low
est instincts and passions iu order 60
arouse one set OF Americans against
their fellows or that other creature
equally base, but mo- bascr. who inN
spirit Of greed or 10 accumulate or
add to an already huge fortune seeks
10 exploit his fellow Americans with
callous disregard 10 their welfare Of
soul and body. The man who de
bauches others I'm order 90 obtain a
high Office stands on an evil equality
of corruption with the man who de
bauchcs others for financial profit, and
when hatred Is sowu the crop which
springs up can only be OWL
Demagoguo end corruptionist.
Tie plain people who thiuk-thc me.
chaulcs. farmers. merchants, workers
with head or hand. the men to whom
American traditions are dear, who love
their country and try 20 act dcccntly
by their uciglhors owe II 10 them
selves TO remember that the most
damaging blow that can be given popu-
llr government rs 20 elect an unworthy
aud sinister agitltor ON II platform Of
violence and hypocrisy. Whenever
such ana issue is RAISED In this country
nothing can h' H1iu"d 10y hlnchlnS
from IT, for in such case democracy i5
lis'II on i'AL popular H'II government
under republican i.f@8 l' Ils'It on
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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1906-12-03
INCOME TAX DISCUSSED.
Both This and Inheritance Tax Strongly
Advocated.


Advocated
The question Of taxation IS difficult |
I'm any country but II Is especially dif |
fcult IN ours with It's federal system ~ |
government Some taxes should on cy. |
cry ground he levied in small dis. |
trct for use IN that district Thus tho
taxation Of real estate IL peculiarly
one for the immediate locality in which
the real estate Is found. Again. there
Is no more Legitimate tax for any state
than a tax on the franchises conferred
hv that state upon street railroads and
similar corpo,atious which operatc
wholly within the state boundaries.
sometimes I'm one and sometimes In
scvnral ,1unicipnlitics or other minor
divisions of tho STATE. rut thcrc grc
r,rv rr,rs or tayns which can only
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auguratlng any such system save in n
spirit Of entire Justice and moderation.
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remodel our taxation SYSTEM along the
limos surror ted wc must make Il clear
IorgrI nnradvcutrrc that our aim Is to
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Morris tribune., 1906-06-23

the president had sent the Neill-Reyn-
olds report to congress, was defeated
to in the house committee on agri-
culture. A substitute was then adopt
ed and an appropriation Of 100000
was recommended to cover the cost of
inspection. The substitute provides
antemortem and postmortem inspec-
ton of all carcasses to be prepared for
human consumption either in inter
state or foreign commerce. and all car
casses found to be unhealthful or unfit
for human food are to be destroyed un-
der the personal supervision of an in
spector. All meat products found to
contain chemicals or dyes which rem
ders them unfit are to be similarly de-
stroyed. The labels on canned goods
are to state that the contents have
been duly inspected. Inspections are
to be made at night as we'll as day.
The opponents of this measure say
that it was drawn to meet the require
ments of the packers and point out
that inspectors appointed during the
first year are not to come in through
the civil service. The substitute was
reported to the house promptly.
The Presidents Travelling Expenses.
Notwithstanding that the provision
Of the sundry civil bill appropriating
$4,000 for the travelling expenses of
the president of the United States was
ruled out on point Of order made by
Leader Williams Of the house minority,
who said it merely meant an increase
in the presidents salary, a bill was in
troduced later by Representative Wat
son of Indiana authorizing this expen-
diture, and it was expected that
special rule would hasten it's passage.
Williams ridiculed the statements that
the president had to travel round the
country in order to "get acquainted"
He also opposed the idea of a pension
for the president.
Morris tribune., 1906-06-23
Gle n 7 FIG
Tuberculosis System.

Pearson's Tuberculosis System.
It is announced through the Univer-
sity of Pennsylvania that the Pearson
system for curing tuberculosis by vac
cination has been proved successful
beyond a doubt An infallible method
for the prevention of tuberculosis in
cattle has been found and it is now
made immune and the disease arrested
even in it's final stages. The expert
ments conducted by DR.. Leonard Pear
son, dean of the veterinary department
and assistant director Of the Phipps
tuberculosis institute, have extended
over period of six years. Plans have
been perfected for the vaccination Of
all cattle throughout the state of Penn
sylvania.
Electrically Stimulated Vegetables.
That it is practicable for any farmer
or gardener to advance the growth
and quality of table vegetables through
the direct application of the electric
current. and with very little expense,
Is in process of demonstration by War
rem H. Rawson of Boston. Heretofore
this has been done by the use of cleo
trio lights Mr.. Rawson found that if
a copper plate was sunk in the loan
at one end of the bed and connected
by an overhead wire with a zinc plate
In the soil at the other end of the bed
a measure BILE current of electricity was
set up from chemical action of the am
monia and other salts upon the zinc
plate. He found that lettuce thus treat
ed was ready for market week ahead
Of that in the ordinary beds and the
heads were also larger.
Cobalt For Storage Battery.
Thomas A. Edison in an Asheville
a. c. interview said he had found in
that section cobalt that would reduce
the weight of storage batteries in auto
mobiles one-half and the cost of city
traffic more than half. He says the
vein of cobalt runs from a point east
Of Nashville, Tenn, into North Caro-
lima and traverses four counties. He
thinks it means a revolution in the
electrical world. Most of the cobalt
hitherto known to the world has been
found in France and Australia. Cobalt
is a hard white metal with granular
structure which is malleable at red
heat and capable of receiving weak
magnetic power when rubbed with
magnet. 1t is nowhere found native
except in some meteorites, but usually
exists as an oxide, and the ores are
known to have been in use in the six
teenth century for imparting blue
color to glass.
Morris tribune., 1906-06-23
COM MERCIAL
Our Trade With Japan.

Our Trade With Japan.
The trade of the United States with
Japan is larger than with any other
oriental country, according to bnE-
letin issued by the department of conn
merce and labor, and aggregated in
the fiscal year $1OOOOO,OOO. Exports tn
that country have grown from about
100000 in the calendar year 1895 to
over 100000 in the fiscal year 1906
and imports from that country from
$27 100000 in 1895 to nearly $1,000
600 in 1905.
AraIsamated Copper's Big Gain.
A summarized report of earnings and
expenditures Of the various subsidi-
aries Of the Amalgamated Copper COM
pany for the year ending June 1 shows
net earnings of $13, 805,812, being
gain over last year Of S., 1885
To Combat Public Ownership.
The National Electric Light associa-
ton in convention at Atlantic City.
N. J., went on record as in favor of a
policy Of Cancellation toward the pub
lie as the best means of combating
claims for public ownership. Presi-
dent Arthur Williams recommended
that lighting corporations better their
service lower rates and exercise eF-
cry means of arbitration in disputes
with either municipalities or indivfss-
uals. More publicity, especially in re-
gard to dividends, was recommended,
ofot h0f a
average dividends paid by lighting
companies in this country is only 3
per cent, and if the public could be ap~
prised of this there would be less COM
plant" y r.
Loss to Meat Packers $15o,ooo,ooo. "a
Reports from various meat packing
centers indicate that this industry has
suffered a loss of $15O000,O0O on ac-
count of the crusade against doctored
meats. Chicago packers have had a
full page advertisement in the local
papers inviting the people of the Unit
ed States to inspect their plants. New
ertheless improvements ordered by the
city authorities will cost the packers
$1,OO0,00O.
Ship Trust Shows Profit.
The report of the International Mer-
camille Marine company shows an in
crease in gross and net earnings, leav~
ing a surplus of $2,026689. The COM
pany carried one-quarter of all the pas
sengers between this country and Eu-
rope and half of the first class passea-
gers.
Morris tribune., 1906-06-23
To Probe All Railways.

The interstate commerce commission
has extended its inquiry to include all
the railroads in the country. Circu-
lar letters were sent to the officers Of
84S companies operating 213,94O miles
of railroads calling for information to
be furnished before July Is. Presidents
of the coal roads are to have full op
portunity to be heard.
The Pennsylvania committee made
public the answers Of Cassatt to the
questions asked of all officers and en-
ployees. He denied that he held stock
in coal companies or that he had ever
received gifts from them He also de-
MED having any interest in the Key
stone Coal and Coke company, the
Henrietta Coal company or the firm
Of Cassatt & Co. He also denied con-
nection with the Berwind- White COM
pany since he became president of the
railroad He admitted that he owned
$35O,0OO worth of stock In various steel
rail and equipment companies.
Morris tribune., 1906-06-23
LEGAL CRIMINAL
Mutual Officers Indicted.


Former Vice Presidents Granniss and
Gillette of the Mutual Life Insurance
company were indicted by the special
grand jury at New York ON charges OF
forgery and perjury. Gillette is ac-
cused of having made false entries I'm
the books of the Mutual concerning the
payment of money to stationers for
goods never ordered or delivered, and
the money for which went to Andrew
G. Fields to be used in legislative
bribery. Gillette is also accused OF
having sworn that bank account kept
by him was his personal account, when,
in fact, 1t was money belonging to the
Mutual. The jury was dismissed with
out filing indictments against any 9TH
er officials of the company, although
District Attorney Jerome announced
that only one phase of the management
had been investigated. After his va
cation he expects that the inquiry win
extend many months and will Include
the New York Life, Equitable and 9TH
er companies Both Granniss and Gil
lette gave bail, the former In '$5, OOO
and the latter in $4,000, and will not
be tried, until fall Jerome defends his
course by saying that he was unwilling
to rush through any indictments with
out being sure that he had evidence
that would stand in the lower and high,
er courts, and he points out that many
of the graft cases brought by Folk in
Missouri were thrown out by the high
err courts and the accused set free be-
Continued on pages =
Morris tribune., 1906-06-23

because the upper court might remains
the case. Replying to Folk, Jerome saiu
he agreed as to the value or puDlhlS
in overcoming evils through the prop
erly constituted authorities, sucn az
legislative committees and the conF
merce commission. He insisted, now
ever, that it was not the function 0f
duty Of the district attorney to De the
censor of public morals He had never
questioned Folks sincerity and admit
ted that he had done great work.
Pennsylvania Democrats Revolt.
Throughout Pennsylvania prominent
members Of the Democratic organl2a~
ton have joined In q movement to de
pose J. M Guffey. the oil millionaire,
from the leadership and to bring about
the Endorsement Of Emery, the nominee
Of the Lincoln Republicans for gov
ernor.
Allegheny Opposes Union.
The proposition to consolidate Pitts
burg with Allegheny into Greater
Pittsburg was accepted by a 25,oco
majority in Pittsburg but rejected hy
a majority of 5000 in Allegheny. Inc
matter will now have to be taken up
by the supreme court to test the con-
stitutionality of the law.
Minnesota's Dark Horse.
The Republican state convention OH
Minnesota resulted in the nomination
Of A. L. Cole for governor, who had
been regarded as one of the weaker
candidates. The platform approves
pure food legislation, direct vote for
senators, two cent railroad fares, aboii-
ton of passes and reimbursement OF
freight rates.
Declines senatorship.
F. D. Coburn having declined Gov
ernor Hoch's appointment as United
States senator, in place of Burton, the
office was rendered to and accepted by
Judge A. W. Benson, a banker Of OF
tawa.
Morris tribune., 1906-06-23

the choice Of the
Republican eau
Gus, was elect
ed. Addicks re-
ceived only one
vote. Colonel Du
Pont, who at
present is in Eu-
rope, Is the head
of the big pow
der factories of
Ella W are, or
powder trust.
During all the
years that Ad-