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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-06-14
Points in the NELL Report.

Potted ham s made with the help Of
meat scraps unit to be eaten bits OF
rope and other rubbish.
There are no restrooms and women are
stationed in the washrooms to prevent the
girls from resting there.
There are no lavatories or sinks where
employees may wish their hands before
plungins them into meat products.
Even the ordinary decencies of life are
ignored in the sanitary arrangements
made for tF3 men and women employees.
The Qhraseology of the labels alleging
government inspection is wholly unwar-
ranted and tends TO deceive the purchaser.
Canned meats moldy with age are ''liv-
ened up by being heated, relabeled and
placed on the market.
Girls of Is stand ten hours day, al
though their work could be done just
as well if they were permitted to sit
down.
Workers climb over heaps of meat with
their dirty shoes and cut up sides of beef
holding them against iHdescribably filthy
aprons"
L AACS VI Sdu>dStS anu ulOIIy
meats, supposed TO be tanked, may at op-
ton of the superintendent be turned into
sausage, after being treated with chemi-
Gals
Girls and women are forced 10 work in
room at a temperature of So degrees,
with a water-covered floor and a leaky
ceiling, although all these conditions ap-
parently are unnecessary
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-06-14
Interesting News Items.

President Roosevelt's autograph brought
$15 in New York in aid of San Francisco
sufferers.
The italian consul at New Orleans. G.
Fara-F orni has been transferred to Phi
adelphia.
The National Clothiers' Association has
elected Marcus NJ. Marks of New York
president and L. II. Kohn of Chicago vice
president.
Chancellor Won Bulow has left Berlin
for the Island of Nordeney, off the north
ern coast of Germany, where he will spend
his three months holiday
. King Victor Emmanuel received in pri-
vate audience Silas McBee, editor of the
Churchman of New York, with whom he
conversed on the relations between church
and state in Italy.
II. ]. Croker of San Francisco was
awarded a gold cup for his exhibit of
Hawaiian stamps at the International
Philatelic exhibition which is now being
held in London
Chairman T. r. Shonts of the isthmian
canal commission will be the chief speak
er at the twenty-ffth anniversary ceebra-
ton of Drake university at Des Moines
Iowa, on June II.
The consumption of beer and whisky
in Cincinnati during April was consi,i-
erably heavier than the corresponding
month last year, despite the new midnight
closing law.
Donald Grant of Chicago was elected
president and Henry Meyer, cashier Of
the Hamilton National bank, vice presi-
dent, in the reorganization of the San
Francisco, Idaho and Montana railroad
at Boise, Idaho. Both are of Chicago.
Announcement was made in Oberl;n.
Ohio, of the breaking of the enga geme1-
of Prof. Julius A. Brewer. \. NJ. Phi. D..
of New York, to Miss Mary Katherine
Barrows, daughter of the late John III.
Barrows, president of Oberlin College
Representative Goulden of New York,
testifying before the House committee on
judiciary Monday concerning the propos-
ed insurance law, said that to be a State
Senator at Albany was worth anywhere
from $4,000 to 100000 a year, and that
this money came largely from insurance
companies which want to get or defeat
legislation. He said his company, the
Pennsylvania Mutual, in 1896, had been
coerced into giving $4,000 to a cam
paign committee.
Mrs. Lydia Titus of Rockland, Me-, /
is trying to raise funds in Boston TO
search for the body of her son, Edgar NJ.
Titus, who disappeared in Death Valley,
Cal, June 26, 1905.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-06-14
MAY CORNER RUBBER
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER, JR., IS
BACK OF SCHEME.
Manufacture of Rubber from Me1i-
can GuayuIe to He Means of
Breaking Down Existing Trust
and Building Up Another.

John d. Rockefeller, Jr., and his
brother-in-law, Z. b. Aldrich, son OF Sen
ator Aldrich, have quietly planned to
control the worlds output of rubber.
Young Aldrich became in terested in the
manufacture Of rubber from the guayule
plant, which grows wild in Mexico and
other countries, and from which an in
ferior grade Of rubber has been manu-
featured in small quantities for years,
but on account Of it's inferiority to the
product Of the rubber trees has never
given the men in control of that class OF
rubber any concern. Aldrich found that
he could gain control Of Il recipe by which
this rubber could be refined to a grade
equal 10 the best Para rubber at a nomi-
nal cost, and Para rubber at this time
was quoted at $1.3S per pound. The
young man conceived a scheme by
which, through the organization of a com
pany with a strong backing, the gIayule
rubber production could be monOpolized
and then, by threatening the market, the
whole rubber industry could be captured
and one Of the g eltest and most protita-
BILE trusts ir ,l.e world formed. He I'M
folded his plans to his brotber-in-law,
John ID. Rockefeller, Jr., and the astute
mind of that young man, who has already
proved his mettle in large financial deal
ings, grasped the possibilities immediate
Iy and the plans were quickly laid. Six
months ago the Continental Rubber Com
pany of America was quietly launched
in New Jersey. 1t was incorporated
with a capital Of $3O,000,000, and its in
cOrporators were all dummies. No at
tempt was made at permanent organiza-
ton, but Immediately upon fling papers
of incorporation the new concern took
possession of the largest part of the ninth
floor of the Trinity building and the
temporary officers" were installed and &C
tive work commenced. When the perma-
nent organization is effected this fall the
world will know that John -. Rockefeller,
,Jr., is president; Howard Page and w.
III. Stayton, vice presidents e. b. Aid
rich, treasurer, and the board of direc-
tors win include Thomas f. Ryan, Ber-
nard Baruch, the Guggenheims and mem
bers of the board of directors of the
Standard Oil Company.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-06-14
tDGEs Z!AslS22zERS
S@s.a. -H6lCr

icago-Cattle, common to prime
$500 to $500 hogs, prime heavy, S4.00
to $500; sheep, fair to choice, $500 to
5000; wheat, No. =, SIC to soc; corn,
No. >, 49c TO ole; oats, standard, Soc 10
37c; rye, No. ,, Gle to 65c hay, timo.
thy, $3.50 to $1400; prairie $500 to
S140O; butter, choice creamery, 16c to
19c; eggs. fresh, 14c to 49,; potatoes,
new, S1.10 to $1.35.
Indianapolis Cattle, shipping, $500
to 1919; hogs, choice heavy, $500 to
S6.42; sheep, common to prime, $3.50 to
$3.50; wheat, No. ,, SSc to S9c; corn,
No. 2 white, 49c to sic; oats, No.
white, 33c to 35c.
st. Louis-Cattle, $50 to $500;
hogs, $500 to $3.50: sheep 800 to
S61j; wheat, No. 2, Soc to Ole; corn,
No. =, 47c TO 49c; oats, No. ., &c to
34c; rye, No. ,, 63c to Gle.
Cincinnati-Cattle, $400 to 1925;
hogs, $4.cJ to $3.50 sheep, $500 to
$500; wheat, No. ., 90c to Ole; corn,
No. mixed, SIC to 53c; oats, No. 2
mixed, SIC to SIC rye, No. :, &C to
CSC.
Detroit-C Cattle, 800 to $40 hogs,
800 to $3.50; sheep, $3.50 to $500;
wheat, No. ,, SIC to SIC; corn, No. 8
yellow, SIC to 53c; oats. No 3 white,
Soc to Bic; rye, No. =, 65c to G6c.
Observation-Disclosures, No. northern,
S3c to SIC: corn, No. 3, 49c to ole;
oats standard, SOC to BIC; rye, No. /,
&c TO 65c; barley, standard, 34c to SIC;
pork, mess, S16.U.
Toledo-Wheat. No. mixed, SEE to
S5c; corn, No. 2 mixed, 4Gc to 4Sc;
oats. No. mixed, Bic to 33c; rye No.
>, &c to &c; clover seed, prime, 500.
Buffalo-CattIe, choice shipping steers,
S4.OO to 500 hogs, fair to choice, $4.OO
to $G.75; sheep, common TO good mixed,
$4.OO to 1913; lambs, fair to choice,
$500 to S7.20.
New York-Cattle, $500 to $3.50;
hogs. $500 to $3.50 sheep. $500 TO
1913; wheat, No. ? red, 93c to soc;
corn, No. 2, SIC to 5Sc; oats, natural
white, Ale to 42c; butter, creamery, lie
to Zoe; eggs, western, 15c to lie.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-06-14
PACKERS MAKE REPLY.
Deny Charges Made in the Report
Sent 70 Coup-raSx


Sent to Congress.
Chicago's leading packers were quick
TO make reply TO the charges in Presi-
dent Roosevelt's message to Congress.
and TO the report of his commissioners
on the conditions they have found at
the stockyards. The message and re-
port had no sooner become public than
a conference was called in the offices
OF the National Packing Company. at
which representatives of eight leading
packing concerns assembled to prepare
an answering statement for the public.
accompanying the statement sent out
al the conclusion of the conference was
a report by two experts in reply to the
detailed allegations of the Neiu-Rev
nolds report. This report has been
made to the packers by Professor T. ]
Burrill, vice president of the University
of Illinois and professor of bacterioIo-
gy there, and Professor II. S. Grindlev
professor of chemistry in the same uni.
versity. Their investigation of condi-
tons at the stockyards lasted two DAYS
and, according to the packers. was
made at the initiative of the university
men shortly after the government ex-
perts had finished their work
In their statement the packers ac-
cuse President Roosevelt of absolutely
ignoring in his message the question
whether diseased meats are sold from
the packing houses. The same question,
the packers declare, is all but omitted
from the Neill-Reynolds report. With
this complaint the packers express
themselves in favor of 2 more efficient
inspection at the slaughtering- houses,
and OF an extension of the laws to
cover the sanitary conditions. While
insisting that their methods are good.
the packers profess their readiness to
adopt any practical suggestions in the
line of Improvements.
A general denial is made of the
charges of uncleanliness and insanitary
conditions. 1t is declared that thu
packing-houses are kept clean, that the
methods of manufacture are sanitary,
that the products are wholesome and
that there never has been any secret
about the methods of manufacture. Fol-
lowing is from the packers statement
Every pound of meat in our packing
houses comes from animals which are
inspected and passed by trained veteri-
nary agents of the Department of Agri-
culture. This is the absolute fact. We
are not interested in animals condemned
before slaughter. We do not buy them.
Every animal bought by us is inspected
both before and after slaughter, in ac-
cordance with the strictest inspection reg
ulations ever devised in any country, not
even excepting Germany. Every animal
or carcass that does not pass this rigid
inspection is condemned and disposed of
under the personal supervision of the
agents of the United States Department
of Agriculture.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-06-14
CHINESE ARE TAKEN BACK.
Government at Peking Pays for
Their TRANSFORMATIONS

Nearly $50 Chinese were sent home at
the expense of the Chinese government
on the steamer Hongkong, which sailed
Tuesday from San Francisco for the
Orient. The Chinese lost heavily in the
fire, and as there is no immediate pros
pect of their being permanently located
in San Francisco, they expressed a desire
to return to their native land. The con-
sui general in the city sent word to Pc
kin. and in reply received word that the
government had appropriated money for
the transportation of all Chinese in Cali
fornia who were DESTROYS of leaving. The
liner Korea, which viii sail June il,
will carry a large number of returning
celestials. For the information Of Presi-
dent f. 81. Hartman and Traffic Direc-
tor j. c. Stubs of the Southern Pacific,
General Passenger Agent James HOrs-
burgh, Jr., and Assistant General Pas
senger Agent Paul Shoup have had
census taken of the persons in the camps
of San Francisco. 1t shows that June
l, boss persons were in the permanent
and 1888 in the temporary camps. 1t
also shows that June 1 rations were sup
piled Al ,236 persons and free meal tickets
to g. 159
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-06-14
National CanifnI Notes

Ex-State Senator G. e. Green of New
York and w. d. Dorenus were placed on
trial in Washington, charged with con-
spiracy TO defraud the government postal
service.
Representative Gardner of Texas has
introduced a resolution directing the Sec
rotary of Commerce and Labor to ascer-
tain if there is a difference in the price
at home and abroad of iron and steel
products; also to ascertain whether the
United States Steel Corporation owns or
controls other corporations in violation of
the Sherman antitrust law.
The Russian government has informed
the State Department that it has directed
the local officials at Batum to do every
thing in their power to secure. the arrest
and punishment of the murderers of Vice
Consul Stuart at Batum. Several ar
rests have been made. but there is no GER
tainty of the guilt of the parties.
John G. A. Leishman, the United
States minister to Turkey, had a long
conference with Secretary Root, after
which it was confidently expected by the
department that Congress will raise the
American mission at Constantinople TO an
embassy and Mr.. Leishman doubtless will
be continued there when the post is ele-
waited.
The Secretary of War has authorized
the announcement that it had been de-
cided by the President to appoint Col
Stephen 2. Jocelyn, who is the senior
colonel of the line, now serving as a
member of the general staff in San Fran
cisco. as a brigadier general 10 succeed
nj oil
gan. now on the Philippines First in
fantry. TO succeed Gen. Frank ID. Bald
win Both of these officers are Civil War
veterans.
Representative Fletcher Of Minnesota
extended to the President an invitation
20 attend the State encampment of the
G. A r., which is to be held in Mime
apolis next August.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-06-14
GUILTY MAN LOSES JOB.
Joseph Boyer Dismissed for Accept
ing Money from Coal Companies.

Joseph Boyer, the Pennsylvania rail
road employe who testified before the in
terstate commerce commission to having
received large sums of money and other
gratuities from producers of coal on the
Pennsylvania railroad lines, ha, been dis
missed from the service CT the company.
When the matter was brought to the at
tention of President Cassatt he directed
the immediate discharge of Boyer. Boyer
said he had accepted more than $4,000
from five coal mining companies during
period of three years. He was chief
clerk in the Office of A. W. Gibbs, super
intendent of motive power of the Penn
sylvania Railroad Company, anG purchas-
ed the fuel coal used in the locomotives
of the company.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-06-14
SAVED BY ELDER BROTHER.
Boy of 6 Held All Night Above Wa
ter hY Lad of s.

ooS VI y Je1u All AboNS
ter by Lad OF s.
Little Davie Mego, aged s years, saved
his little brother, years Of age, from
drowning and stayed by a creek into
which the brother, Louie Mego, had fall
en-, holding him to prevent his slipping
to certain death in the waters. Davie
Mego's vigil lasted through the entire
night of heavy rainstorm, but he stayed
ut his post like a veteran. The two chill
dren were returning to Petaluma, Cal,
from an errand into the country and at
tempted to jump a small stream. The
younger child failed to clear the stream
and could not get out. Davie could not
pull his brother from the mud and water,
so he calmly sat down by the edge of the
stream, took hold of his brothers cloth
ing and remained holding him all through
the long night in drenching storm. At
daylight he had succeeded in getting his
brother out of the stream, but the little
fellow was 50 cold from remaining in the
water he could neither walk nor talk.
When the elder brother returned with as
sistance the child had become unconscious
from his experience and was with diff
Guilty resuscitated
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-06-14
RACE CULTURE IDEA.
Luther Burbank, Plant Magician,
GiyeS Country IL MILD shock

Gives Country Mild Shock.
Several months ago friend of Luther
Burbank, the California magician OF plant
life, gave the country a mild shock by
announcing that Burbank proposed to APP
ply his principles of plant culture to the
betterment of the human species. Now,
in the May Century, Burbank deals with
this subject for himself. He says that
he has constantly been impressed with the
similarity between the organization and
development of plant and human life. He
thinks that the present variety of races
in this country affords splendid Oppor-
tunity for developing the finest race the
world has ever known. H. would have a
dozen normal families, who represent the
blending of the races, live apart in a Sc
lected environment, so that their children
should always be treated honestly and
have fear kept out of their lives, while
being supplied with plenty of fresh air
and nourishing food. The physically weak
and unfit should be kept from propagat-
ing, and the mentally defective would thus
be eliminated. Judging from his expert
ence of plant life, he believes that ten
generations would be ample to fix any de-
sired attribute.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-06-14
PLOT TO FORM REPUBLIC.
Portugal Prevents Beers from Or
ganizing in south Africa.

Reports of plot to establish a Boer
republic in Portuguese Angola, South At
RIGA, which have attracted a great deal
of attention, resulted in the authorities
taking active steps to see that the scheme
is not carried out. Gen. Pienaer, who
took an active part in the Anglo-Boer
war, was the leader of the movement.
Pienaer had been engaged by the Portu-
guese government to command column
of Beers in the Angola expedition against
the revolted Cuarhama tribes. The con-
spiracy was then formed for the Beers
to establish themselves in the districts of
Humble, Chibia, HULA and Lubango and
set up a republic. 1t was the intention to
elect Pienaer president and establish the
capital at Mossamedes. The Beers be-
lieved Portugal would not go to the great
expense of fitting up an expedition to ex-
pei them. Pienaer and several other
Beers who were concerned in the plot
have taken refuge in German Africa.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-06-14
CHICAGO.

GlllGdgO. tons being mainly favor
able, satisfactory tone
characteriZes the business situation. A
holiday this week affected the volume of
bank exchanges, these showing smaller
than expected, but it is to be noted that
productive capacity is engaged further
ahead than at any time heretofore, and
distribution is of an extent exceeding all
former experiences. The holders strike
yet retards foundry work. but, notwith
standing this, labor forces never before
were so fully employed at good wages.
Retail trade is unusually good in sea-
sohable necessaries, a quick recovery
having been made from the adverse eff
Iect OF low temperature, and the or
uefs In the jobbing lines have furnished
ralr activity in shipments to the inte-
rior.
1he expanded volume of distribution
Is reflected by continued gains in west
ern railroad earnings. much of the ton
mage including heavy shipments of gem
eral merchandise for Pacific points.
Lake transportation returns exhibit
greater forwardings of ORE fuel, cop
per and breadstusff The total move
ment of grain at this port aggregated
6,110,332 bushels, against 6,362.1 1913
bushels last week. and 5,431 500 bushels
year ago. Receipts gained 1873 per
cent over those in 1903. and the ship
ments improved 1919 per cent. Live
stock receipts, 1S7, 100 mead, compare.
with 215,0S1 head last year, Hides re-
ceived were 2.569,429 pounds. against
2,15S,374 pounds last week and 1886,
9S7 pounds year ago Lumber re-
ceipts aggregated only 39.576,000 feet,
against 46,079,000 feet in 1905.
Bank clearings, $171,943, 43S. exceed
those of the corresponding week in
1903 by 10 per cent Money appears
to be in ample supply for present needs,
and the discount rate has eased, but
the markets for securities indicate
rather light investment operations.
Failures reported in the Chicago dis
trlct number 20, against n last week
and 13 year ago.-Dun's Review OF
Trade.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-06-14
TWO STRIKERS KILLED IN CLASH
Six Others Wounded in Fight with
Pennsylvania ConstabuIary

Six Others Wounded in Fight with
Pennsylvania ConstabuIary.
The new mining town of Ernest on
the Buffalo, Rochester and Pittsburg
railroad, FIVE miles from Indiana, Pa,
was the scene, early Friday, of conflict
between a detail of State constabulary
and striking coal miners, n which two
strikers were killed and six Others wound
ed. Shortly after daylight body of
strikers headed by brass band marched
from Anita mines in Jefferson county to
receive one of the mine officials expect
ed from Punxsutawney. On the way to
the station the marchers encountered a
detail of twelve members of the State
constabulary as they passed a member of
the band fired his revolver at the troop.
No one was struck, but the constabulary
Immediately retaliated with volley from
their carbines. When the smoke cleared,
eight strikers were lying on the ground
and the others had fed down the hill.
Two of those shot were Killed instantly
and the six others were seriously wound
ed. The mines at Ernese are owned by
the Buffalo, Rochester am Pittsburg Coal
and Iron Company. April a strike was
begun, and the men have been out since
then. Three weeks ago lie plant was
started with a non-union force, and a de-
tail of the constabulary has been guard
ing the coal company's property. About
half of the regular force of 400 men is
at work in the mine.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-06-14
Automobile Efficiency Contest.

In the recent efficiency test of motor
vehicles, conducted by the Automobile
Club of America, sixty-fve cars started
from New York, each limited to two gal
Ions of gasoline. Under unfavorable
weather conditions fifteen of them exceed
ed forty miles, and twelve horsepower
runabout went eighty-seven miles, to
North Haven, Conn, with a weight of
1900 pounds, including two passengers
and a handicap of 800 pounds Five
went beyond the ffty-mile point.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-06-14
LOCK OUT CARPENTERS.
Association of Employers in New
York RetaIiate for Strike.

York RetaIiate for Strike.
-Four associations of employers in the
Building Trades Employers Association
in New York who employ carpenters met
the other day and passed a resolution de-
claring a lockout of the Brotherhood of
Carpenters. The lockout affects 1900
carpenters in the metropolitan district
and throws into idleness thousands in 9th
er trades. The associations which took
this action are the Master Carpenters
Association, the Metal Door and Win
dow Frame Association, the Parquet
Floor Association of Employers and the
Interior Decorators and Cabinetmakers
Association. The lockout is to continue
until the striking carpenters in Brooklyn
return to work in accordance with the ar
bitration decision of Justice Gaynor. This
decision has been submitted to the local
unions for a referendum vote OF approval.
The voting will take about ten days.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-06-14
MANILA TO BE A PROVINCE
Capital of the Islands to Have New
Dignity.

Gov. Ide announces that a province
will be formed of Manila, for the purpose
of giving the city representation in the
Filipino assembly. The orig nal plan was
that Manila, like the District of Column
bia, should have no representation in the
national assembly. The law provided for
representation from all the provinces, but
failed to make special provision for Ma
Mia. The police force of Manila is to be
reduced to 800 men, of whom 200 shall
be Americans and the remainder Fill
pinos. As a result, 100 American police
men are slated for dismissal. The change
is to be made within three months.