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or merchantable lumber. The southern milmen then thought they were making some money when they realized an aver age of S4 q thousand feet at the mill; but The Southern Lumberman warned them repeatedly during the past eigh- teen years that they were not making = cent of profit The price of stumpage advanced faster than the price of lum- Der. Capitalists bought up vast tracts to hold for a rise in price. The milman with a few thousand acres of timber bought at fifty cents an acre thought, when he had cut it all into lumber and sold it at current prices, he had made whole lot of money but he found that, owing to the advance in price of stump age, all the money he had made would not buy sufficient timber of equal quail ity to make aa much lumber as he had sold
 The Rise of Lumber Associations.
 It was discovered at last that this hand to-mouth, and every lumber manufacturer doing business according to his own lights anu after his own peculiar manner re- dered it impossible to conduct the lumber trade along methodica1 lines like all other successful business, and an attempt was made to gather into association all those engaged in similar methods of handling the same species of forest products. The plan had been in operation for years among the lumbermen in the white pine and other sections where the lumber business is older and reduced to method ical systems, and proved beneficial. In the southern states the association idea has never crystalzed into the compact methods that mark some of the white pine associations. The only things they have accomplished are: It has brought the lumbermen into personal acquant- anee with each other and established something like a spirit of comradery among them; 1t has caused more uniform methods of manufacturing, inspecting and grades and kinds of lumber, it is done solely 10 give it's members an idea of what the consensus Of opinion of it's mem bers is as to what the demands of the market will justify. No association was ever guilty of the absurdity of suppos- ing that it's members would all stick ab- solutely to the price list adopted The idea is utterly impossible No lumber as- soeiation has ever been able to gather into it's membership q controlling major ity of the men engaged in the line of trade it proposes to promote. The lab sent majority" as the non-members came to be called twenty years ago. has been the bane of the association idea always. and 1t cannot only prevent sales above actual market value, but most often produces depression by cutting prices far below what market conditions would ae- tually warrant. The fixing of prices by the associations can never sell lum- Der above the actual market conditions and demands, but serves to prevent ex- cessive undercutting by fixing a point to cut from. For instance, man with large lot of lumber that he is com
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, by including cotton, etc, was voted down.
 By MT Glover-Resolution providing
 for appointment of two stenographers at s each per day.
 By MT. Farley-Amendmen to employ one stenographer now and the other when need. Adopted and resolutions passed
 The action taken and the allegation up- on which it is based are so utterly ab- surd and ridiculous as to be unworthy of serious notice but for the fact that a legislative committee of a great state like Mississippi, appointed under a gross mis- statement of facts, and acting under a wholly erroneous view of the industrial conditions, may, through the vast powers given it, work untold injury 10 one of the states most important and flourish ing industries. To forestall such unwise, injurious action the Southern Lumber man proposes to give a few facts and figures that may not be generally known and which are incontrovertible.
 Some Recent Historical Facts.
 Some forty .ears ago the state of Mis- sissippk in common with eleven other southern states, emerged from terribly devastating war. not only financially bankrupt, but with its political, social and industrial system utterly disorgan- ized, demorallzed and with large popu- lation of recently liberated slaves Of low type of intellect and absolutely un- der the political control of the veriest scum of the earth that ever followed an invading army The usual sources or wealth could not be proiitably worked with the kind of labor available. Mlssis- sippi and all the gulf and South Atlantic states possessed vast stretches of the densest forests of the finest timber that ever grew in a temperate climate, put the timber was not then commercially val uable The northern states, at that time, also had abundance of pine and hard wood timber, well equipped saw mills and all kinds of woodworking plants, and the greatest plenty of money and labor to operate them. With a plenty Of the finest of timber. the meager surplus earnings of the southern states were paid out for northern lumber at famine prices and shipped on extortionate rates.
 A few energetic men foresaw the time when the southern forests would prove a source of boundless wealth, and began the manufacture of rough lumber and timber. For years the business was improbable. Yellow pine and southern hardwoods were looked upon as inferior to the timber grown in a colder climate and could be sold in the northern mar kets only because of their greatly lower price 1t was only about twenty years ago that yellow pine could be sold at all north of the Ohio and Missouri, and then ali about one-half the price of white nine This could be done only because the cost of yellow pine stumpage-stand- ing tifnber-was merely nominal say about fifty cents to two dollars per acre, that would produce from 5000 to 4o'oOO feet
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-01-28

to find interesting game, thought he would send 8 few shots at a rusty powder can that was some yards away His aim was deadly correct, for he had hardly fired his rifle when there was terrible explo- sion in the neishborhood of the can. Sev eral miners appeared and the actor had to settle a big damage bill. He went home without any game
 E. H. Sothern and Julia Marlowe have been tremendously successful the present season in the new Shakespearian preduc- tions made by Charles Frohman, and it is gratifying to know that the financial outcome has been equal to the artistic results. The three weeks engagement of
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-01-28
THE ALLEGED LUMBER TRUST.
Question of Great Interest Discussed
 by an Authority.
From the Southern Lumberman. Nash

 From the Southern Lumberman, Nash
 vile, Tenn.
 In our issue of January 10 we made a brief mention of joint resolution intro- duoed in the upper house of the Missis- sippi legislature to the effect that the price of lumber has been put up by the manipulation of the lumber association to point that restricts the building trade in that state. Since then we are in receipt of d copy of the "concurrent resolution" and proceedings had thereon, which are as follows:
 Whereas, it is being charged that the wholesale lumber dealers in Mississippi have formed a trust and combine for the purpose of regulating and fixing the price of lumber material, resulting in an ad- vance of lumber and building material to an exorbitant and unreasonable price, and thus retarding the building progress of the entire state; therefore, be it
 Resolved, by the senate, the house con curing, 1. That a committee of two on the part of the senate and three on the part of the house be appointed whose duty it shall be to investigate existing rumors, charges and complaints, and ascertain the names of all persons and corporations engaged in the manufacturing or sale of lumber or building material who have entered into d trust and combined as de- fined under existing laws prohibitory of trusts and combines.
 '.2 Said committee is empowered with the authority to summon witnesses before them and said witnesses with contempt for failing to appear and giving their testimony, to employ competent stenog- rapher, and said committee shall have such other authority as may be necessary for full complete and thorough investt- gation.
 "3 Said committee shall furnish the attorney general with a copy of all evil dence taken before them and report their entire proceedings to the senate and house at the earliest possible date. Adopted
 By MT. Bloomfeld-AIotion to amend
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the company in Boston approximated $60,OO0 In Philadelphia MT. Sothern and Miss Marlowe are playing to capacity business Their present seasons roper Shrew," 'rhe Merchant of Venice" "1'wefth Night" Romeo and Juliet and Hamlet"
 It has not yet been decided what play they will present in this city.
 But few artists in the operatlc field have scored so signally as Alice Nielsen. She is now one of Europes favorlte so- pranos. The leading musical critics of the day speak of her as the equal of the most famous stars now singing in grand opera.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-01-28
A Custom In Toulouse.

From the Pail Mall Gazette.
 Toulouse has preserved a quaint cns- tom It has it's corps of 'serenos'' Gas they are called in Spain)-able-bod persons who are ready to accompany the tardy reveller to his own door.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-01-28
PLAYS AND PLAYERS
lcontlnued from Twenty-sixth Paoe)

AContinued rom iWenty-siSth Pa9e) '---~--------~---------- chorister was developed la Lefty Lind and her associates. The next change came when frislshaess was introduced in the Belle of New York by George Lederer, and this fashion crossed the Atlantic from New York to London, reversing the usual process. The latest idea is exem- plifed in the Drury Lane spectacle, .Humpty Dumpty." in which Mr Wil- liam Carleton, the stage director man ages the hosts of young ladies who make this Drury Lane spectacle a conspicuous beauty show.
 While hunting in the Arizona noun tains last summer Ernest Lamson, failing
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-01-28
Appreciative Germany.

From the Nashville American.
 Bismarck has more statues. perhaps. than any man who has ever lived There are 20i of him in Germany, and 3l more of them are to be built
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1906-12-22
i MORAL uPLiE1.

The following 10 an extract from
an article by VIM. J. Bryan recently
published in the Saturday Evening
Post:
There has already been an outcry
against what is known as graft, a
form of money-making in which the
office-holder enriches himself at the
expense of the public. Graft appears
in a multitude of forms, but it has
its roots in the betrayal of public
trust. 1t is the easiest form of in
Justice to correct, however, because
no one defends the CRATER when he
is once exposed. the legislator who
sells legislation, the purchasing ag-
ent who collects a commission from
those from whom he buys, and the
executive who puts a price upon i'm
munity-a1l these lose their friends
as soon as their misconduct is made
public. But the big grafters WHO re-
main in the shadow, and make for
n by the corruption of less prom
inent men-these are the greater GRIM
inals, and their wrongdoing is more
harmful to society. Their punishment,
too, is o difficult, for they not on
ly stand high themselves but have
influential friends.
"a moral uplift is now manifestine
itself in the effort both to punish the
Offenders and to protect society more
EFFECTIVELY from the conspiracy ag-,
ainst it's welfare"
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1906-12-22
Classified "Ad5.' :
FOR SALE.

FOR SALE Land scrip.-W. G.
Skillmal. Aft
FOR SALE One rotary and drop
Austin well drilling machine. Phone
Oh write the Oasis Ranch. 29tf
FOR SALE:-Bowling alley, three
tracks, very cheap. Address Thorn
as Carson, Amarillo. Tex. Site.
FOB SALE White Wyandotte and
Black Minorca cockerels.'T- A.
Kyle, 1886 N. Mo. ave., phone SAT.
50t3.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1906-12-22

Perhaps ministers are not much
better of-hand judges of candidates
for office than other people-but there
is need in politics of the higher stan
the qualifications of a pub
lie ervant. Some people can guess
closer han others to the weight of
a nog-but put him on al honest set
of scales and there is no more CUES
work about it.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1906-12-22

Having defeated the New Mexican
in a showdown for the official print
ing of Santa Fe county, the Eagle
probably will be right in the fight
when it comes to awarding the Ter
ritorial printing.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1906-12-22

There is a popular prejudice ag-
ainst a man blowing his own horn,
but what in the world has he got a
horn for if not to blow. Be honest
and open about your advertising. If
you have the goods and make the
right prices, the people will do the
rest.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1906-12-22

Laboring people VINO have not
been in the habit of apv
church, might near something worth
while by going to the Methodist
Church, South, Sunday night. Rev.
John w. Smith will preach on Christ
and the Masses"
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1906-12-22

Did you read the letter of Col. Par
ker Earle in yesterdays issue of the
Record. in regard to street paving?
With the present prospects of sIrik-
ing oil right here at home, perhaps
we are neare street paving than
we had thought.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1906-12-22

Taxes in New Mexico are about
six times as high as in Texas, and
yet there is a newspaper in New Mex
leo which has the brazan e%ffrontery
to say That taxes are not high in
New Mexico.-Santa Fe Eagle.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1906-12-22

1t might not be a bad idea for the
Salvation Army to include a few BIZ
bles in its Christmas baskets.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1906-12-22

Adversely is a trial of principle.
Without it a man hardly knows whe-
ther ne is honest or not.-Fielding.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1906-12-22

To be angry about trifies is low
and childish; to rage and be furious
is BRITISH; and to maintain perpetual
wrath is akin to the practice and
temper Of devilS.-Barrow.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1906-12-22

The Record is authorized to an
nounce the candidacy of j. H. Tay-
lor for the office of Constable OF the
newly consolidated Precinct No. 1,
subject to the will of the voters of
said precinct.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1906-12-22

Reform spelling having been de-
feated the word graft nay still be
retained as a mild substitute for
thief.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1906-12-22
NNoUNcEMNTS
Justice of the Peace.

Justice of the Peace.
The Record is authorized to an
ounce the candidacy of J. B. Bailey
for reelection to the Office of justice
of the peace subject to the will of
tn voters of Precinct No. 1, which
mas been consolidated with Precinct
Nc. 2 for justice office.
The Record is authorized to an
nounce the candidacy of j. H. Ham
ilton for the Office of Justice of the
Peace, subject to the will of the
voters of Precinct No. /.
announce the candidacy of D. P.
Greiner for the Office of Justice of
voters Of the newly consolidated Pre-
cinct No. 1.
announce. myself as a candidate
for the Office of Justice of the Peace
in Precincts Nos. L and 2 %consolidat-
ed, in Chaves county, N. M. Election
the 14th day of January, 1902.
JAMES A. POAGE.
The Record Is authorized to an
nounce the candidacy of A. J.. Welter |
for the office of Justice of the Peace
in the newly consolidated Precinct
No. 1. subject to the will of the vot-
ers at the election jan IA, 1907.
The. Record Is authorized to an
nounce the candidacy of J.. C. Gilbert
for the Office of Justice of the Peace
in the newly consolidated Precinct
No. 1, subject to the will of the Dem
cratic party of said precinct.
The Record is authorized to an
nounce the candidacy of F. Williams
for the office of Justice of the Peace.
subject TO the will of the voters of
the newly organized Precinct, No. 1
Chaves County.
The Record is authorized to an
u1c the candidacy of J.. w. Wat
kins for the Office of Justice of the
Peace in the newly consolidated Pre-
cinct No. L, subject to the will of the
voters of said precinct.
For Constable.
The Record is authorized to an
nounce tae candidacy of Walter L.
Ray for the Office OF Constable of
the newly consolidated Precinct No.
1. subject to the win Of the voters
o said precinct.
I hereby myself a can
didate for the Office of Constable of
Precincts / and 2, now consolidated,
subject to. primary election or
conpention-of the Democratic party,
or II none, to d voice of the people
On election day.
GUY H. HERBERT.
i
The Record Is authorized to an
no,r,ce the candidacy Of NJ. ID. crust
lerA Loveless, for "a Office Of Con-
stab1e Of the newly consolidated pre-
c,nct No. /. subject to the VIII OF the
voters Of said precinct.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1906-12-22

We fail to see just how the fact
of being opposed to the holding of a
constitutional convention makes one
a tax dodger and a knocker.-Las We
gas Optic.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1906-12-22

The Santa Fe New Mexican mas
to the Democratic ranks-which
mean that the Optic is no longer a
mere echo Of the Almanac.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1906-12-22
FOR RENT.

FOR RENT Nicely furnished front
room, 215 w. 3rd ST. 49t6*
FOR RENT:-Furnished room. In
qufre at South Side Market. 51t2*
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1906-12-22

/ The Santa Fe New Mexican init
mates that it has not yet e con-
suited as to what the next legisla-
ture shall do.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1906-12-22
LOST,

LOST Telescope full of dirty
shirts. Lost between here and
where r. R. crosses Pecos river
Return to R. c. Graves and receive
reward. 49t6
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1906-12-22

The FL Paso News rejoices il the
belief that those discharged negro
troops will not organize a colored
Democratic club.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1906-12-22
NOTICE.

BOARD AND RooM--1l s. Pa
I'VE. Phone sos. 50t3
HIGHEST PRICES PAID FOR SEC
n Hand Goods. Makin's Second
Hand Store.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1906-12-22

The man who would steal a Bible
is a problem that the "Parson" will
pass up to the regularly ordained
expounders of righteousness.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1906-12-22

1t may be safely stated thai by
the time the next election is held in
New Mexico it will not be considered
proper form to last votes by proxy
in Valencia county. The practice of
voting sheep has been discontinued
to a great extent there and there are
strong indications that voting by
proxy will soon be supplanted by the
new style of each individual voting
his own ballot.-Santa Fe Eagle.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1906-12-22

County Chairman Burrus informs
The Record hat h statement in re-
gard to paying the expenses OF Hon.
u. S. Bateman at the Territorial con-
vention was misleading. Mr. Bateman
simply gave his own cheek at Santa
Fe for one hundred dollars to the
Territorial campaign fund, depending
upon the Democrats of Chaves coun-
ty making up this amount This
the county Democracy did by popu-
lar subscription, and h payment to
Judge Bateman by the county COM
mittee was simply to make good the
money he had advanced for the
county, and not in any for the
purpose of paying h expenses of
his trip to San Fe.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1906-12-22
WANTED.

WANTED:LR- R.Ticket to Wichita.
Rosvsli. ks22a Main ST s1ts.
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p. v. G. NJ. {. TIME TABLE.
(Rai1road Time.)

Fine white corn whiskey, double
stamped.-Oriental Saloon. 22tf
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1906-12-22

All advertisements to insure inser-
ton In the same days issue Of The
Record should be in the printers
hands before clever o'clock in the
morning. Orders for taking out any
standing ad. should also be In h Of
nce by eleven o'clock to prevent it's
oelng run that day.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1906-12-22

The Record is authorized to an
no,,-,ce the candidacy Of NJ. d. (Rust-
her. L~oveless. for the ONCE OF Con-
stab1e Of the newly consolidated pre-
ctnct No. /, subject to the VIII of tae
voters Of said precinct
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1906-12-22

The Record Is authorized to an
nounce the candidacy of A. j. Welter
for the Office of Justice of the Peace
in the newly consolidated Precinct
No. 1, subject to the will of the vot-
ers at the election jan IA, 1907.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1906-12-22

The. Record is authorized to an
nounce the candidacy of j. C. Gilbert
for the Office of Justice of the Peace
In the newly consolidated Precinct
No. 1, subject to the will of the Dem
cratic party of said precinct.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1906-12-22
For Constable.

The Record is authorized to an
nounce tae candidacy Of Walter L.
Ray for the office Of Constable of
the newly consolidated Precinct No.
1. subject to the win of the voters
of said precinct.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1906-12-22

The Record is authorized to an
vi the candidacy of F. Williams
for the Office of Justice of the Peace,
subject to the will of the voters of
the newly organized Precinct, No. 1
Chaves County.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1906-12-22

The Record is authorized to an
nou1ce the candidacy Of J.. w. Wat
kins for tine office of Justice of the
Peace in the newly consolidated Pre-
cinct No. L, subject to the will of the
voters of said precinct.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1906-12-22

The Record is authorized to an
nounce the candidacy of j. H. Ham
ilton for the Office Of Justice of the
Peace, subject to the will of the
voters of Precinct No. 1.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1906-12-22

The Record is authorized to
announce the candidacy of D. P.
Greiner for the Office of Justice of
the Peace, subject to the will of the
voters Of the newly consolidated Pre-
cinct No. 1.
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announce myself as a candidate
for h office of Justice of the Peace
in Precincts Nos. 1 and 2 consolidat-
ed. in Chaves county, N. M. Election
the 14th day of January, 1902.
JAMES A. POAGE.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1906-12-22

1 hereby myself a can
didate for the Office of Constable of
Precincts ! and 2. now consolidated.
subject to any primary election or
conpentfon-of the Democratic party,
or II none. to the voice Of the people
On election day.