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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1906-12-20

residents that the frogs deserted the
pond, which has been their breeding
place for years. because the water is
too low-Pottstown Correspondence
PHILADELPHIA Press.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1906-12-20
Care of Employees.

OdIC W -hiFsOyOSs
Next in Importance to the problem of
sanitation. and indeed now Of equal i'm, m,
caring for the mechanics, laborers and
other employees who actually do the work
on the canal ana n 1he he eon Ihs 81 @
Jackson Smith, and on the whole has
been well done. At present there are
some 5000 white employees and some
Is, 900 colored employees on the isthmus.
/ went over the different places where
the different kinds OF employees were
working! l think / saw representatives
of every type both at their work and in
their homes: and I cOnverSed with prob
ably a couple of hundred of them all
told, choosing them at random from
every class and including those who came
especially to present certain grievances
olnost invariably expressed far greater
content and satisfaction with the con-
ditionS than did those who called TO
make complaint.
Nearly 5000 of the white employees had
come from the United States. No man
can see these young. vigorous men
a thrill of pride in them as Americans.
They represent on the average high
class. Doubtless to congress the wages
paid them will seem high, but as a mat
ter of fact the only general complaint
which found had any real basis among
the complaints made to me upon the
surroundings, the cost of living. and the
distance from home, the wages We're
really not as high as they should be. In
that he ought to be receiving more
mOney-a view, however, which the aver
age man who stays at home. in the
United States probably likewise holds
as regards himself append figures of
the wages paid, so that the congress can
judge the matter for itself. Later / shall
confer on the subject with certain repre-
States, as well as going over with Mr..
Stevens, the comparative wages paid on
the zone and at home; and / may then
communicate my findings to the canal
committees of the two houses.
Chinese and Other Labor.
OF the $4,000 or 10000 day laborers
employed on the canal few hundred
are Span1ards. for anese to 40 excellent en-
they did twice as well as the West
Indian laborers. They keep healthy
and no difficulty is experienced with
ers are also employed in connection
with the drilling. AS might be ex-
pected with labor as high priced as
at present in the United states. it has
any ordinary labOrers from the United
States The American wage-workers
on the isthmus are the highly paid
toned previously. A steady effort is
being made to secure Italians and es-
pecially to procure more -SpaniardS
suits that have come from their en-
ployment and their numbers will be
Increased as far as possible. 1t has
not proved possible, however, to get
needed for the work, and from present
appearances we shall in the main have
to rely, for the ordinary unskilled
WorR party Vest upon nert1a na5
Chinese labor. 1t certainly ought to
be unnecessary to point out that the
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1906-12-20
Train Kills TWO a Elm Grove.

Milwaukee.-Henry Smith, farmer
living near Elm Grove, and John Boil
ter were instantly killed by Chicago,
Milwaukee e. st. Paul train in ELM
Grove. They were crossing the track
in wagon when the train came upon
them
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1906-12-20

Philippines, and belonged to the best
type of American soldier. Without ex-
ception the black policemen whom /
questioned had served either in the Brit
ish army or in the Jamaica or Barbados
police They were evidently contented,
and were doing their work well. Where
possible the policemen are used to corr
troll people Of their own color, but in
any emergency no hesitation is felt in
using them indiscriminately.
Inasmuch as SO many both of the white
and colored employees have brought their
families with them, schools have been
established, the school service being IN ,-
der Mr.. O'Connor. For the white pupils
for the colored pupils there are also some
white American teachers, one Spanish
teacher, and one colored American teach
from Jamaica, Barbados and st. Lucia.
The schoolrooms were good, and it was
a pleasant thing to see the pride that the
teachers were taking in their work and
their pupils
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1906-12-20
n CROSSE Pioneer Dead.

La Crosse.-David Wallace, pio-
neer contractor of the northwestern
states, died, aged "a years.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1906-12-20
Fails on Slippery Sidewalk.

Janesville.-With the sidewalks
slippery for the first time this year,
John M. Kneff, veteran tailor, fell
and fractured the bones Of one Leg
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1906-12-20
Former osceoIa Man Dead.

Osceola.- has been received
here of the death Of Fred Vincent at
Dickinson, N. d.,
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1906-12-20
Noted Poetess Dead.

Brodhead.- II. H. Charlton.
the poetess, temperance and relief
worker, died here.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1906-12-20

Next day the letter containing the
money was delivered safely to his Of
fee.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1906-12-20
PRESIDENT ON PANAMA

this honest cnmn1aint was tvniral of
what occurred when investigated most
OF the other honest complaints made TO
me. That is. where the complaints
We're not made wantonly or malicious
~, they almost always proved due to
failure to appreciate the fact that
time was necessary in the creation
and completion of this titanic work in
a trop1c wilderness. It is impossible
TO avoid some mistakes in building
giant canal through jung1e-covered
mountains and swampS, while at the
same time sanitating tropic cities, and
providing for the feeding and general
care of from 10000 to 10000 workers.
The complaints brought to me, either
OF insufficient provision in caring for
some OF the laborers, or of failure to
finish the pavementS of Colon, or of
failure to supply water or of failure
to build wooden sidewalks for the use
or the laborerS in the rainy season,
on investigation proved, almost with
ont execution. tn he due merely to the
utter inability of the commission to do
everything at once.
Unjust Criticism.
Care and forethought have been exer-
ciSed by the commission, and nothing has
reflected more credit upon them than
their refusal either to go ahead too fast
or to be deferred by the fear of criticism
from not going ahead fast enough. 1t is
curious to note the fact that many of
the most severe critics of the commission
criticise them for precisely opposite rea-
sons, some complaining bitterly that the
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1906-12-20
Sends Special Message to Corgres Giving Re-
suits of His Observations In Canal Zone
Replies to Critics and Makes
Recommendations.
Recommendations.

The following is the text of President
Rooseyelts special message to congress
on the subject of the Panama canal:
To the Senate and House OF Representa-
In the month of November I visited the
Isthmus of Panama, going. over the
Canal Zone with considerable care; and
also visited the cities of Panama and
Colon, which are not in the zone or
under the United States flag, but as to
which the United States government,
certain sanitary purposes. chose the
month of November for my visit partly
because 1t is the rainest month OF the
year, the month in which the work goes
forward at the greatest disadvantage,
and one Of the two months which the
medical department of the French CandI
company found most unhealthy. ,,os.
Following the introduction to the mes
gage the president gives a resume OF nus a,s
programme during the days he was on
the tsthmus, and then says: .,,,4o
to the amount of work done by IN! me
French Canal company under very oi iii
cult circumstances. Many of the pulio3
are still In use, though, naturally, the
houses are now getting out of repair am
are being used as dwellings only uuCl e
other houses can be built, and mucn o.
the work they did in the Culebra cut Gut,
and some of the work they did in dlg-
ging has been of direct and real penens.
This country has never made pettef
Investment than the $4O000,O00 which it
paid to the French company Ior WIN oi
and betterments, including especially the
Panama railroad. 49,
height of the rainy season served 10 coz
vince me of the wisdom of congress ~
refusing to adopt either hlgh-1eVGl Vi
q sea-level canal. There seems TO pc q
universal agreement among all peopie
competent to judge that the PanailSa
route, the one actually chosen, is illu ,,d
superior to both the Nicaragua anu
Darien routes
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-02-16
A TWOsFOOt Rat.

A warehouseman at the Oriental
dock, in Baltimore, had the distinc
ton the other day Of killing the larg
est rat ever seen along the local water
front. The rodent Weighed nearly
seven pounds. and from the tip of his
nose to the end of his tail he measured
two feet.
1t was only after a desperate fight,
lasting twenty minutes, that the i'm
mense rat was killed. For some time
scraps of paper and wood in the tool
room of the warehouse indicated that
a SWAIN of rodents was at work. Then
one morning the warehouseman en-
countered the big fellow. With a
broom handle he attempted to put an
end to the rodents life, but the rat
showed fight. Back and forth he
scampered. and when cornered he
rushed at his assailant. Once he hid be-
hind coil of rope overhead, and then
he dashed at the mans head. The
latter lodged but the rodents sharp
teeth grazed his face. At last the rat
was killed and measurements proved
that he was the biggest ever seen in
port.
The animal is supposed to be spe-
cies found in South America and it is
believed he came here in a ship, all of
which carry many rodents.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-02-16
OUR SUGAR CONSUMPTION
Beet Sugar Nov More Than Hail the
Worlds otaI Production.

OF the more than 1900 million dol
lars worth of merchandise brought in.
TO the United States during the last
year more than $50 million dollars
worth was sugar. Sugar formed by
FAR the largest single item in this larg-
est Importation which the United
States has ever made in any single
year.
The Lifted States is increasing
steadily and rapidly its consumption
of sugar. The sugar producers at
home are increasing their output of
both cane and beet sugar, but even
their rapid increase in production is
not keeping pace with the increasing
home demand, and as a consequence
the quantity of sugar brought into the
country increases from year to year.
1t has doubled in the last twenty years,
while population meantime increased
but so per cent. The annual average
importation during the flve-year period
ending with 1885 was 1,031,149 tons.
and diving the five-year period ending
with 1905 the annual average was 2,106,
DAB tons, despite the fact that the sugar
production at home had grown from
176,035 tons in 1885 to approximately
600, 1000 tons in 1905.
The United States Is the largest
sugar-consuming country in the world,
though the per capita consumption In
this country is not as great as in the
United Kingdom. The total consump-
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-02-16

prominent citizens recommended by
legislators should accept paltry places
at the foot of the list was intensely
repugnant to the Senatorial sense. AS
statesmen representing watchful and ex
pectant constituents. many of whom ex
ercise valuable influence in behalf of
their party, they could not consent to
closing the door of hope. Every Con.
gressional di~trict has it's share of
elderly and highminded students of the
worlds affairs. men who may have been
rudeIy buffeted by fortune and who
cherish the hope Of lodging further
cruel strokes by landing in a pleasant
consulate. They are men who have
done yeoman service for their party.
and often they retain connections that
can not be ignored. Are these to be
superseded and thrust aside by pop
mays? Are the oxen that tread out
the corn to be muzzled? Is the occurs
ed thirst for gold to commercialize the
honorable office of consul, so long the
haven Of ancient Marines tempest
tossed on chartless political seas. the
asylum Of Indulgence, the badge of de-
cavpd gentility?
The Senate Committee on Foreign
Relations viii not have 1t SO. That
committee, consulting fits bowels OF
COMMISSION. insists that Congress shall
share with the President the pleasures
Of rewarding the faithful with the tat
test consular Places 1slna ~
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-02-16

IN IRoNCAL VEIN.

Senator Lodges bill providing for
the reorganization of the consular SER
vice has been shorn by the Committee
on Foreign Relations of its most In
cendiary and detestable features-the
provision for examining candidates
for appointment, and this still more
Objectionable section:
THAT whenever a vacancy shall
occur in the office of consul general,
or consul above the sixth (s4,000) class.
members of the two classes next below
that in which the vacancy occurred
shall be deemed eligible to be selectf
to fill such vacancy"
This was a paluable attempt TO en-
graft the merit and promotion system
mon the consular service, and thereby
to deprive national lawmakers OF their
ancient sacred right TO assist the Presi.
lent in selecting consuls general and
highSa1aried consuls. A majority of
the committee regard It as the sordid
Injection Of commercialism into a pure
w poiitieal matter. on the fiimsy pre-
fence that the consular service Is a
business Institution.
IT the Committee on FOREIGN Rela-
tons had permitted this section to-
stand. II would have been an AFFECT cap
ifuiafion to the force that are sur
rentitiousiy rchbing Congress Of its
patronage powers. The idea that
young corsuls that have made good re
cords should be promoted end that
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-02-16
Famous for artificial Noses.

The city of Indore is modern and
ugly and uninteresting. Apart from
being the prosperous capital of rich
native state, its chief olaim to motor
iety rests upon its hospital, which has
won universal fame by the manufac-
ture of artificial noses. That may
seem very limited industry on which
to build name. But in India there
are several ways Of promoting this in.
dustry. When woman comes to the
hospital carrying her nose in a napkin
you may fairly assume that her hus.
band suspects breach of the Seventh
Commandment. When a man appears
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-02-16

When you buy Wing Piano, you buy atwhole-
only our wholesale profit added. When you bsy
plano, as many still do-sf retail-you pay the
retail dealers store rent and other expenses.
You pay his profit and the commission or salary
OF the agents or salesmen he employs-all these
on top Of what the dealer himself has to paw 10
the manufacturer. The retail profit on piano
IS from SIS to $500. Isn't this worth sayingf
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-02-16
INTERIOR OF A MAIL CAR.

don their dear-bought fame as models
of industry and hilariously devote to
sport or idleness all of their time ex'
cept just enough in each day to satisfy
that days hunger. No. doubt this tale
will shock and grieve a large number
Of estimable people, but for our own
part, says the Times, it very consider
ably increases such little affection as
we previously had for these tiresomely
virtuous fowl and therefore will we
do our best to believe it. There are
some difficulties in the way of doing
that. Bees, despite their reputation for
intelligence, are evidently about the
stupidest things with wings-merely
animated acquisitiveness, indeed work
ing as hard as an American million.
aire to pile up wealth fa- beyond any
possible needs, without a single talent
except to get, get, get.
AS fighters, while bees are brave
enough, they are unable to strike more
than a single blow against any of their
more dangerous foes, dying themselves
as a result of it, while the foes, after
bowling with pain for bit, calm down
and hunt more honey. 1t is almost
incredible, therefore, that a creature
incapable of seeing the futility Of work
carried to an absurd extreme only for
the profit of human robbers should be
able so quickly to draw an inference
from the failure Of winter to appear
when expected almost" is not
quite" however, and we, too, can be-
lieve what we want to believe. So we
will not question the story from Aus.
tralia-where everything is possible,
acyhow-and we hope that somebody
will take few of our ants down there
and prove that they, also, are indus
trious only because they have to be-
that they are not bit fonder of indus.
try than are the butterflies or any of the
who have always had the
sense to see that between toll to-day
and hunger tomorrow there is so little
to choose that differences of opinion
on the subject are entirely permissible.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-02-16

ton in 1904 aggregated 2,767000 tons,
making an average consumption for
each individual for the year Of about
75 pounds.
During the half century prior to 1890
beet sugar formed small proportion,
of the worlds sugar production,
the percentage which beets supplied
of the worlds sugar product being in
1910 but 4.3 per cent, in 1850 14.3 per
cent, in 1890 63.7 per cent, while 1900
showed for beets the highest proper.
ton in the worlds production Of sugar,
ST. per cent
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-02-16
GhOstIY Ashes.

They had Just moved in the house
and, as is usually the case, the former
tenants had left much rubbish behind
them.
"Just look" complained the little
woman, here are three horrid pals
of ashes in the yard"
"Ah," laughed the big husband,
speak of them with more reverence"
Reverence. Why should I?
"Why, they are the ashes of the de-
parted"
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-02-16

tie wide. The comparatively light
tender and mail car responded instant.
ly, while the heavy baggage and
passenger coaches constituted a drag
that broke the coupling. Relieved OF
mail car shot ahead and leaped the
twenty-foot draw, landing on the 9TH
or side in safety. he engine ca ened
and side-wiped the iron bridge wc.%.
tearing its jacket 70 tattors and
knocking the cab into the riv~ The
rest OF the train, with brakes set au-
tomaticaIly, came to stop without q
foot to-spare.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-02-16
nTOO MUCH LAW.MAKING. y
REPRESENTATIVE BOHERS0CK,
OF KANSAS CLTY, CRITICLSES
BILL MAKERS.
Says SeIfishnesS and Amhiticn Lead
them through Wilderness of Folly
end Buncomb and Valuable Time
is Wasted.

| and Buncomb and Valuable Time
is Wasted.
Il have long criticised and seriously
objected to the making of so many
laws, and l have long eontended that
men are not made good and honest by
statute" remarked Representative
Justin D. Bowersock, of Kansas, re-
Gently.
"The comparatively indIscriminate
enactment of legislation on all subjects
general, special and personals a
great evil and greater folly. ! have
insisted that selflshness and prejudice
are at the basis of too many enact
ments, and that human nature and
the settled principles of business and
commerce, honorable competition, and
the results of supply and demand can
hardly be changed by law to any ben
eicial extent.
Corporate greed, cupidity, and cor
ruptione can be, ought to be, and will
be modified, curtailed, and brought
within decent limits, to say the least.
No man desires this ore earnestly
than | do; no man will go further
along any reasonable lines in any le-
climate and practicable effort to
bring this about, whether it be in con-
.nection with railroad rates, Standard
Oil rebates, beef trust, unlawful COM
bination, watered stocks, or whatever
or whoever may burden the consumer
or producer, unduly or unjustly, for
extortionate gain.
Equal rights to all, special privil-
eyes to none will not come through
impracticable, uncomfortable laws
drawn on the theory that we have
reached the millennium.
''The ordinary legislator, and his
name is legion, has legal panacea for
every i'll. If he had as much honesty |
as assurance, the title of his bills
would be:
"'An act to make men do business
on earth as it is done in heaven
consummation devoutly to be wished;
but let us not forget the effect of the
Pope's bull against comet and the
beating of tom-toms by the aborigines
on an eclipse"
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-02-16
Bees Natural Spendthrfffs.

The New York Times reprinted from
a Montreal paper-which doubtless
lifted it from one in London-a most
amiable story to the effect that when
bees are taken to Australia they learn
in single year the uselessness of stor-
ing honey for a winter that never
comes and that they thereafter aban-
Seward weekly gateway., 1906-02-17
SANTA CLARA IN AND OUT
Steamer Brings Ninety-one Pas
 sengerS and IFS Tons

Steamer Santa Clara, Capt. Schage, reached port last Monday morning with twenty-four cabin and sixty-Seven steerage passengers. She also brought l75 tons of freight for the railroad company and Seward merchants. She reports a pleasant voyage except that that the inside passage was foggy and she was compelled to travel slowly until she reached the outside. From there the sea was calm as in summer. The steamer sailed again for the southward Monday afternoon.
 The Santa Clara carried to Valdez l35 passengers for the Panama. The cabin was packed to sufrocation and men who paid first class passage but could not get berths slept on their blankets in the halls and even around the smokestack on the deck Officers of the boat report that steamer reser- vations are now sold far ahead. When the Santa Clara sailed the Santa Ana was nearly sold out although she was not due to sail until five days later.
Seward weekly gateway., 1906-02-17
10 BUILD BIG
 SEWARD HOTEL

W. II. Kennedy of Seattle has leased the two lots belonging to Capt. Schage of the steamer Santa Clara at the southwest corner of Fourth avenue and Adams street, for five years, and will erect upon the ground a large hotel. He will begin work in March and eX- poets to have the building ready for occupancy early in the summer.
 Mir. Kennedy is q hotel man of Seat tie. He was in Seward last month and on his return to Seattle he negotiated the lease with Capt. Schage, who re- ported the consummation while iu Sew ard yesterday. To "a friend in this city MT. Kennedy wrote that he will be here not later than the middle of March to begin building.
 Capt. Schage did not know the exact dimensions of the building Mir. Ken nedy proposes to erect but understands that it will nearly cover the two lots, which are 6OxlOO feet. and probably be three stories high.
Seward weekly gateway., 1906-02-17
SANTA ANA REACHES PORT
Arrives from Seattle and Sails
 Westward on the Dora's Run

Steamer Santa Ana reached port yesterday afternoon at o'clock and sailed westward at this afternoon on the Dora's run to fill the engagements of the missing steamer and incidentally to aid the cutter Rush in the search for the Dora. The Santa Ana is still commanded by Capt. F. $. Moore, brother of Capt. Feb Moore of the Dora. It is the steamers first trip since Dec ember as she laid up twenty days for repairs when she returned to Seattle in January.
 The Santa Ana brought eight first class passengers for Seward. She took ten to the westward. Her Seward cargo amounted to 214 tons of general merchandise, and stores for the rail road company. She reports a pleasant voyage from Seattle, which port she left February 6.