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The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1906-04-19
OVER PRODUCTION

What has become of the politica
economists and politicians that were
wont to explain hard times by claim
ing over production o.be the cause
The production of everything from the
farms, mines, looms and factories o.
our country, and of the world have
exceeded all previous records for foul
successive years, each showing phe
nomenal and unprecedented gain ovel
the preceding year, and as yet nj
sign of over production is visible il
any quarter. And the price of al
things are high, the index number rep
resenting the average of all price:
reaching new high figure.
Wages are higher than ever before
and there is positive scarcity o.
labor in many departments of indus
try, with our population wholly EN-
ployed The only over production tt
be found anywhere is an overproduc
ton of corrupt politicians and graft
ers, and they are receiving deserved
attention at the hands of the people
and their occupation is becoming
more difficult and hazardous.
When we were told that over pro
duction was the cause of industrial
paralysis, people by the millions were
starving and perishing for want Of the
necessaries of life, and labor coult
find no employment even at a scan
wage. Money was idle in vast horde.
in the banks at the money centers
and borrowers could not be found
for it although interest rates were
low. At such a time and under sucl
conditions the philosophers of despair
ascribed the cause OF distress to ovel
production.
During the periods OF industrial par
alysis that have occurred within thu
memory of most men now living, ever,
natural condition favorable to pros
perity were present, namely, abundan
harvests, good health and profount
peace. Yet, in the midst of abundance
poverty and distress held high carni
val in the land
The reason for the conditions tina
existed then, and for the condition:
that exist now, is found in the none,
supply. In considering the question
of money supply let us, for the time
being, forget that there is such a thin.
as gold, or silver and consider tn,
functions of money divorced from thu
material of which the tokens are made
Let us accept for present purpose
the definition of money given by tn,
late Prof. Francis A. Walker, in hi
great book, Money Trade and Indus
try" Prof. Walker defines money a
follows: Whatever passes freel
from hand to hand In exchange 70
commodities and in final payment 0
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rate regulation will the heart beats
of the nation that in the matter be-
fore congress his word carries with
it the authority of the American elec-
torate, and invests him with power
which, if properly appreciated and
used, will command obedience from
the large number of time servers in
congress who are impartial between
right and wrong, and whose only
trouble is to be able to make the right
guess as to the course to pursue to
insure their own political future.
The president unfortunately does
not measure up to the requirements
of the situation, and has committed a
fatal blunder of yielding to the bland
ishments of the enemies of rate regu-
lation. He has fallen into their trap
and it is to be feared that his blunder
may prove fatal to the outcome of a
measure, the success of which meant
for him imperishable fame, and for
his country a long step towards the
solution of the most yexed question
of modern times.
The speeches of Knox and Spooner
failed to produce the desired effect
upon the country. People waited to
hear from Roosevelt. And, when the
word finally came that he had fallen
a victim to the cunning sophistries
of the railroad attorneys, and had con-
scented to an amendment that would
incorporate in the bill the right of the
United States district courts to in
stantly suspend all orders of the inter
state commerce commission upon ap-
plication of the railroad to have this
done, all was not yet lost. The fates
still held another chance open for
President Roosevelt to discover and
retract his blunder.
This time, however, it came from
a different quarter Like lightning
from clear sky the masterful speech
of Senator Bailey electrified the coun-
try, and surprised alike both the
friend and the enemies of the bill. The
argument of the great Texan was
forceful, lucid and irresistible. He
quoted decision after decision, not
garbled, exactly to the point and ire
sistable. He quoted Chief Justice
Marshall and long line of supreme
court associates to clinch his conten-
ton that what congress can give
congress can take away, and hence
has the power to modify" Challeng-
ing contradiction withour reply Sena-
tor Bailey smashed Spooner's sophis-
tries, crushed Knox's casuistry and
routed the railroad hairsplitters with
the unanswerable demonstration that
If congress can create and destroy an
inferior federal court it must follow
as night follows day that congress can
strip its own creature of the power
to neutralize and set aside it's own
orders in the matter of rate regula-
ton.
The action of the hard headed SEN
! ator from Maine, Mr.. Hale, an able
lawyer himself, ripe with more than
thirty years of continuous legislative
experience in publicly accepting the
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The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1906-09-01

sented and did his work so well thai
| the plan worked out to the end. 1t did
not rouse the man even When the
Elixir made him drink the soup and
relieved him of a rusted revolver, some
cartridges, and an ugly knife with
black-red rust spots On the blade. Then
the moon rose in clean-swept sky,
and the Elixir proposed that we start
at once lest the people of. kalgoory
do the same
We borrowed a cob from the half
caste for the prisoner. who was evil
IDENTIFY an Old horseman for he sat the
saddle by instinct. He would not pay
the slightest attention TO me, but heed
ed every suggestion of the Elixir, to
whose watchfulness he owed his life
many times over during that rapid and
dangerous jou.. icy.
The officers VII a physician met US
at Baldwin's, - for the first time the
prisoner bee e ObstreperOus. He
chung to his @.liverer, fighting and
yelling, and king every one else,
till for the sal, Of peace they persuad-
ed him to con. rue with them, and we
parted abruptly, at least never more
reluctantly.
Two weeks later. back in the bush,
letter came to NE by way of kaL
goory
Before you open this I shall have
left the Convict Isle for quarters I'm.
discOyera BILE. as it Was | who killed
the demon at kalgCorE. Finding my
self in a trap. ard. worse, that | was
recognized by the fellow who came in
on us, looking SO like the printed pic
ture of my so-different self, I was
forced to utilize him, and incidentally
saved his life by getting him to hos
pital in return for his getting me out
of the trap. | must make this unfold
ing to you, that you may stand by him
again if by remotest chance the suspi-
cion should cling to him. | did it.
but, lest you smite yourself for having
helped me unwittingly, let me add:
if you had been in my place you would
have done as | did to the fiend who
wore that ring. l have kept it as my
only consolation through whatever
years are left. If | could tell you the
story of the ring, you would not regret
having aided +
Your Friend of the Mountain Inn !
-Lippincott's Magazine. i
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1906-09-01
JOHNNY F'uDsl THE TICKS
youngster Ex,minlks papa's wa'
ard Mamma CSets Excited.

A Youngsters de. ire to learn what
made the ticking o watch estS'
the finger OF suspic len to be pohta
at an innocent wcn pan one day az
week The mystery was not efsla
until the child han completed BIZ
search for the .ticb" and brought M
remains az no watch to his motg.
The case" said III detective 'h
investigated it. "occ1n red last Thus
day. 4 womaH came 0 heaoqu4s.
and said her bushan1 his watch BAD
been stolen from his u ias'codl' aaD'
ing in the hallway at I'D PINE" As '''.'
was no enc but her sd pn JOHNNY, ID
wears old and a woman in the house
She wanted the other woman arrest
ed.
After assnrinr no. such adla
wo,,ld no taken if nee essary, Fei'
to tho house. Il
II fonna tho woman story al u
tho ,oss covreot W., ths suspela
woman vasn c,es.fo, ID lisea1s'
All lnow1edae Of tho missing en'
piece. ..
Pint tfa climax W. rcasbt sna
nv littla Iopnrv who i ID been CD
spicuous by his absence. he ~. "A,
he bald lunch 81 snri, e and "
case ca nf what pu''' vas s. cree 1p ny
watch.
Oh. mamma he sale
where the ticking came DVu
heard in fathers pocket t, rE 4.
1ss nav" ,wo p bonrs '"I', have - fo, ,asaa
under this big spring ~,
Needless to say, there Y .ras
ogy by the mother. This .s5
ed, suppose, by seance W ~
shed, where Johnny wa IN
to a slipper welded b,
mother. "-Washington
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1906-09-01
81 RANGE SNAKE IN soe...
Site is Followed by Ecs,st,
For Hours Before n.,. .a'sus

SieTe Death
-. Ut J.. Jo4' Nees'och, Ct Lcndo, :,
mas just completed three vsss . VIZ
in Borne ana liole known ' js,,s, f'o'
the Northern Pacific ocean, a,r iras j
New YORK recently from ~ s,'Ttt il
coast, and will sail fer Engle e raeis
Nedne sdaE, His specially is ,a. asl
ogy and the principal o5jec, 'o.'s o
"trip was to study and analyz =. q. ~
poison Of venomous serpen,s d
III. IN Borneo'" said Dr.. we,sto,, !,
found a snake, apparently anEs ,oss
the majority Of students Of wv 3
history. ! have examined tho l ~.
saes and their contents Of tho , ,.a'a
can attlesuahe. the eopperhea fl4 ~,
the smaller variety Of vipers, and s ~
numerous family Of poisonous ss as
in India. chief Of which is tho oass
The effect of bic from any o r,'' !.
these is s!milar-a partia, n., ~ u
intense 1hifst, sluggish in circrlati,
and death. The bite Of the cob..
American ri,tIesnake end fa,s,
about fifteen o. twenty mjnp.ss -. !
there is intense physical suferir,
The snake ! discovered in Row..
about 40 miles north Of KIM p.,.
and which 80 far as | know has,,
been classified, is ten inches )ons ~. W.
not much thicker man a lead na, as'
The head ot the specimen obtsi,a
was 1hree-quarters of an inch !, !.
conference, and the retroverted vi
son fangs were one-thirteeptb y,
inch in length
Its existence is known "a mi,
few of the older Dyaks. and :, i.
sixty or seventy years ago one 4
these snakes was ar heirloom and
used exclusively TO infict death AZ
The very Old ana on the bedrtads,
- did mot 500 .n,. &c ,,,..
sacEiticeS. but experimental N
numerous dogs and pigs and was i |
farmaI hat the effect on the huua
su5jeGT is tn" same. Immediately 4 |
ter thy snake struck a pig, the ali
mails 3.TG- hur9.tlp r1azad ars a.
t1I. ,,,,:., '''-,u anu
t.,ra. x s,,1. .r,1 ".,' 'ne A
,..,,.,.u.,.. '.'''-lo' 'u4s'a
- i'',,-' ~ am'eu Cue
aa d...-. (v-ss ,,;,.,, n,,.,, ~.
aaior5x Win wei. v..o,r bonr, s'4
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1906-09-01
HOW CONViCTS KILL TIME.
Some Have Made Useful Articles
One Committed to Memory Old
Testament


The convict whoes IDLE hours are
! the bitterest of his term OF imprison-
ment must kill time clanAestinely I'M
! less the governor or chaplain is will
4 Ing TO take a very broad view of the
! regulations in order 10 help him.
I Sometimes Skilled workman of an
industrious turn Of mind Will appeal
I 10 one or other Of these gentlemen to
find him some employment Tor his
spare time. Thus 4 clever wood car
yer mentioned in recent report of
the prison commissioners was able to
present to the chapel a really mag
! nlfcentlT carved eagle lectern in oak,
! entirely The work OF his own hands,
done in hours which might otherwise
have been spent in solitude and idle
ness.
An ex-governor Of a great prison
mas in his possession a remarkably
handsome side-board in walnut which
was made for him by a convict Of a
prison where he was governor for some
ten years. The man appealed to him
for some means of killing time, and
knowing the man to be a cabinet MAX
er, he provided him with wood and
tools. The side-board was the sur
prising result and in consequence of
it. when the convict took his dis
charge there was a substantial pres
ent from the governor to help him
in making fresh start in life. More
was not losing its canning nor his
mind lying fallow, and his chances
of leading an honest life thereafter
were therefore greatly increased
On the other hand, prisoners have
been known to kill time secretly by
mats and baskets of straws taken
from their beds. rather than simply
sit and brood. Others have set them
selves to count the number of times
certain letters occur in the Bible,
with copy of which every convict
is provided, and it is quite a COM
mon practice for the prisoners to learn
whole chapters, gospels. and epistles
by heart A certain hardened char
acter once committed to memory the
whole of the Old Testament, but the
moral good it did him could not have
been very great, for two days after
his release he committed burglary, |
for which he was sentenced to three
years imprisonment t
The chaplain of the prison possesses
considerable powers in the way of
providing convicts with spare time
occupations, and with his cooperation +.
an educated convict will sometimes
indulge in such literary pursuits as
inditing his autobiography, which
many chaplains consider an excellent
method for getting prisoner to
weigh his own character, though they
are often disappointed by the measure
Of hyprocritical claptrap such auto
biographies contain.-London Tit-Bits.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1906-09-01

1t isn't the plain nor the mountain,
Nor the ocean that rolls afar,
Nor the waving field nor the fountain
That makes us the men we are.
When toe shadows Of want and grief
expand.
1t is then that we know the worth
OF gentle heart ard stalwart hand:
It's the people that make the earth
Washington Star.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1906-09-01
THE PEOPLE,.

1t isn't the streets nor the buildings
TIL are reared meath prosperous Skies
Nor the domes with their splendid gid
ingS
That we truly revere and prize.
For houses may fall and their wrecks
may Strew
The place meath misfortuncs frown;
But great voice cries We will build
anew
Its the people that make a town.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1906-09-01

beans, onions, fresh and III 49,.
hSh' lard, bread sugar and a; s. asef' VI
,ea VIII IN. occasional po,at cesse ~ "
5a-As and hanaras. The nr@ plsA
as chaasad TO salt The 9at girupo'tia.
q each ms, and the WHOM tass|
mas the approval Of our ,a.s e fata|
Department. Aa'.clltual
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1906-09-01

When at Elton, it is said, the Duke
of Westminster was known as Jack
Shepard" He was at that time a
small, thin boy with g sharp figure
and face.
Bisbee daily review., 1906-06-20
MARKET STILL LEIEss GOLD EXCITEMENT IN TERRA DEL FUEGO

arriving Panama last rom gold liner ando in a Fuego, which which has machinery for del American in mmi notwithstanding fact
  which believed wildcats" The Buenos asserted have been merely repetition of the excitement periodically gullbe their wealth. least portion of it. and which is made by Ageninians dabbe who went into Southern Patagonia personally investigate the alleged gold district, which exploited they tat n seemingly found in  mainly inhabited Indians Indans distinguished the Paagonan main asounds wild fowl have be miners
 
 dyke and has the additional
Bisbee daily review., 1906-06-20
PROBATE NOTICE.

In the Probate Court of the County of Cochise. Territory Of Arizona. In the matter of the estate of Charlie NcMulliu. deceased.
 Notice Of hearing petition.
 Notice is hereby given that William k. Mckee has flied in this court his petition prayin gfor letters of adminis- tration of the estate of Charlie Nc Mullin. and that the same will be heard on Tuesday, the 2Gth day of June, A. D. 1906, at 10 o'clock in the forenoon of said day, at the court room of said court, Tombstone. county of Cochise. Territory of Arizona, and all persons interested In said estate are notified then and there to appear and show cause, If any they have. why the prayer of said petitioner should not be granted.
 Dated June 14th. 1906.
 J. E. JAMES.
 Clerk
Bisbee daily review., 1906-06-20
Conservative Buyers in Back Ground Waiting for
 Snaps.
STOCK SHOULD BE
 TAKEN GRADUALLY.
(5y Frank ]. 6raf.)

BISBEE, June iS.-There is no use getting around 1t, the market is hfe- less with conservative buyers in the nackgrouud waiting to pick up snaps. To the intending buyers We advise them to watch the market with inter est and take on stock gradually, and not 10 buy up all at once, whatever they may be after. Take it gradually. ard we can fill your orders without disturbing the market. After today we will call the Consolidated stock Calumet & Pittsburg Con. as already
 this stock has been confused with the Bisbee Con-. which is located ten or twelve miles from Bisbee. There IS no doubt that the stock VIII be called Calumet & Pittsburg Con. All stocks
 are more or less at a standstili and holding their own. Raven continues 10 be sold a. g. We understand that the depression of this stock has
 been caused by the Amalgamated poo ple requesting them to discontinue
 work on their shaft as they were in need of it. If you will remember, the Raven people were working through a shaft that was the property of 'he Amalgamated. Butte Coalition Safes were made al $G1.50 and American aI SIl- Thee are some very attractive buys on tfe market at present, and We cannot see ho& anyone can be hurt by buying up at these prices.
Bisbee daily review., 1906-06-20
BUTTE COALITION CO.
Good Opinion That It Will Soon Be Nothing More Than
 Subsidiary Co.
ANAL GAMATED INTERESTS
 IN CLOSE RELATION.

The interest now being taken in the affairs of the Butte Coalition by the An algamated. people has again drawn attention to the company, and is taken to indicate that a closer relationship will exist between the properties than has hitherto been deemed possible. In fact Butte men who are close to the insiders are of the opinion that Coali- ton will at no very distant date be little more than one of the subsidiary properties of the big company much as Anaconda is at the present time.
 From this view point 1t Is claimed that Amalgsmated will become the owner of a still larger proportion of the shares of Butte Coalition in the near future. All this indicates an early consolidation of all the larger Butte properties under the general head of AmalGamated.
 This point to the concentration of the Butte mining industry under one head to become in time the unit of an immense mining and smelting concern. which shall extend to all the copper producing can1ps of this continent.
 As regards the development of the Coalition, the engineers 10 whom the work has been entrusted are just now finishing up a careful study of all the properties that have passes into
 it's control and are laying out plan
 of deve!oDment which will be followed while the Washoe smelter is being GA tended and enlarged so as to take care Of 900 tons a day extra which Will be devoted to the Coalition ores. The underground scheme of development will be made to keep pace with the surface work so that when the mill Is ready for the reception of ores there will be a large extra tonnage ready to maintain permanent operation. Fol lowing the general Butte practice plans are now being made 10 searcf the veins in the Coalition properties at greater depth than has yet been attempted.
 IL is ihe general belief that the Coalition will use the Red Metal smeit CT until such time as the WaSnOe l! ready to handle the enlarged output and that af, that time the Red Meta | rIant will either be disposed of ol shut down. It is common talk 1T 1 Iutte that the present arrangement i, ] ] II a temporary O-e.
Bisbee daily review., 1906-06-20
COL. eREENE'S TIMBER R. R.

J. P. Hailihan, chief engineer of w. C. Greene's railroad enterprises in this state, passed through the city this week on his way to Fl Paso. Mir. Hal lihan stated that the timber railroad from Temosachic to San Pedro Springs. a distance of g kilometers, was about one-third graded and that the work Is progressing finely. He also stated that all the materials for the construction of the road are on hand. This inSures the completion of the road at an early date.
 MT. Brady, the manager of the lum- Der department is in the United States getting Saw-niil machinery and the plan is to be ready to turn out 500,000 feet of lumber daily as soon as the railroad is completed.
 The lumber enterprise is controlled by the Greene Consolidated Copper Co and W. C. Greene and this enterprise means that the vast amount of lumber and timber used at the great Cananea mines will soon be obtained in the Sierra Madres of this state shipped through Chihuahua and Fl Paso tC Cananea.
Bisbee daily review., 1906-06-20
NEW YORK MARKET.

NEW YORK. June 19.-Professiona! transactions have been the feature in foday's trading. A heavy short in Serest remained uncovered last night on the selling of Pennsylvania. which was given bear rout on the opening today. The placing of the Pennsylvania loan has had beneficial effect on sentiment in some quarters that have been bearish and the action of 3. x O. stocks in it's steady advance gives promise of an increased distribution 10 stockholders which Will be a fu". tlser favorable incident in the general market situation. Sales, 0O7 500. Money. 3 to 1-2 per cent.
Bisbee daily review., 1906-06-20
EAST BUTTE MINING co.

At the present time the work on the
 East Butte property is largely confined
 to sinking the central shaft and the installation of machinery, compressor, etc. LesSerS are still working on the property in the surface shafts from the 200fOot level up. The company is de- irving about s10,00O net per month from this source, and this figure about covers the total operating expenses of the company in sinking and develop ing. The company now has a total of 132 acres of property entirely paid for and approximately S100,600 cash in the treasury. It has bought five pieces of mining property since it's original purchase. the last purchase comprising one-eighth interest in 1f5 acres of well-located land. .