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New-York tribune., 1906-12-30

More than one thousand day Iaborers the
coke works of the Dunbar Furnace Company in
the Connellsville district were informed in Octo-
ber that beginning November l they would re-
ceive additional pay amounting to 10 cents a
day each. This meant an increase in the annual
expense account OF So. 200
The employees of all the pudding mills al Leb-
anon. Penn, on November l received an increase
OF % cents day. their wages 20 be 81 10 a day.
This involved an addition to their wages in the
course of a year of more than S75.Ota.
The employees of the Warren Foundry and Ma
chine Company were made glad by a voluntary
announcement in November from their employ
ers that they would receive an increase in their
wages of 10 per cent.
number of the mining companies Of Mon
tana the Amalgamated. Butte Coalition La
France. Davis-Daly and Original Joined i'm Civ
ing their underground miners an increase OF -
on November l.. This affected eleven thousand
men. and meant an increase in the annual pay
roll OF more than 81 S1tp0W0. At the same time
the wages OF -four. thousand smeItermen. who had
been working for 81 -tp and 81 - a day, were
increased to 81. The American Smelling and
Kennlng Company recently gave its employees an
increase approximating 1o per cent. In addf-
tion more than S.FO.tFp will be distributed in
the fiscal year ending April ~ by tn. profit
sharlnS plan of the company An eight hour
day has also been granted
All coal miners in the northern part of Colo
RADIO have received L. per cent raise, which
viii go into effect on January l.
The Calumet and HeCla has announced an ad-
vance of l" per cent in the wages OF its five
New-York tribune., 1906-12-30

assumption of the responsibility Of the family
for the acts OF its members. 1t was an unjust
procedure. but u often operated as a deterrent
of crimes This has been entirely abolished hy
the imperial edict.
IL mas been a common practice I'm the Chinese
courts 10 examine the accused with the aid of
torture 1t Is based upon the theory that the
prisoner must acknowledge his guilt before he
can De punished The same practice has been
resorted to respecting witnesses. All this has
been zone away with likewise Steps have also
been taken TO put stop 10 another serious
abuse. the detention indefinitely in prison of
persons charged with offences and of witnesses
alleged to be important for the conviction. Many
nave languished for years without a trial II
was a crIlng evil. especially i'm civil cases as
where debtor was kept in prison until some
settlement could be forced out OF his relatives
and hell
New-York tribune., 1906-12-30

stteneant- Even Chinese matron Of the wom-
enc prison ot the Shanghai Mixed Court has
been accused Of selling poison TO those un-
sortunstes who want 20 kill themselves. When
Baron Kornura, OF Japan, went 10 China not
long ago at the head OF a special embassy to
negotiate a new treaty between that country
and his own. result Of the new conditions
resulting from the Russo-Japanese War, he
was asked what China should do to rehabtate
herself His answer was: Enforce honesty in
YOUR administration
In the recent action of the United States f..
,nahing certain changes in the American court
at Shanghai the Chinese government may learn
how IL is possible TO follow Baron Komura's
advice. When charges were made at Washing
ton that an American Consul at Shanghai was
administering the court there for American liti-
giants according 10 the Chinese fashion. for the
money he could make out Of it. these accusa-
tions were not met with shIugs as they would
have been If WashinEton's moral standards We're
like those Of Picking. Instead Of being dis
missed with Oriental politeness. and some such
saying as VERY bad indeed but what can be
Done" the charges at the instance Of President
Roosevelt were made al once the subject OF a
thorough investigation. And on the heels of
tie inquiry prompt action was taken. The con-
sul who Was under fire resigned. His Office was
shorn of its oldtirne judicial function. except in
small civil cases where the sum involved does
ia"t exceed 500, or iH criminal cases where the
punishment IS not over S100 fine or sixtv DAYS
IN jail For all other cases in which Americans
are concerned and which because of the ever
INCREASING American interests in China NOW.
involve many million dollars a year a special
tribunal was. established with a man a, its
head who had made a name Tor himself as
fearless enemy OF official grafters and ,,o1,ica,
crooks
The evils alleged 10 have grown ul in tho
court IN Shanghai We're said 10 ra abo,,. M
hiack as those OF the native Chinese courts tn
resolution introduced by Representative, Hughes
ar New Jersey, asking for AN inoujrz- int ,,,
once Was accompanied by seventeen spe,ie,,-
'iois OF alleged misconduct. II was cba,ye7 ,l,,
me American Consul General al Shaurl,.+ al, -,
lieSlGea over this court, had been f,-jI,,- -. ~
Nn.I t ulss "i eInbezzlenent. Of preeeptirp f.Ies
tlailAS lpi money against his own go,-erI7,,a.,,
- tALotLhg money from litgants and az -,
-''e-'S4a1lu uIIhS American citizens oUt ~ Co.,
elsASis VINO wanted passports from the ar,ari
can minister at Picking. He was saii -
7 "eI q paity 10 a conspiracy with other officials
hN Mhlch bogus Identification papers ,,-.I,. -
eueo 10 whoever could pay the price WI, .
1V1eikief hdd purchased such q r,sr,ar d.
eualeitWsy went TO the American Niinis,ar
presented ms credentials and obtained a 80
poIL fOur Russian aliens one ,Turl, - -.
t1erihan We're named as having received nasse
ports IN this way '1 pass
1nlfreen days after these CHARGES 1rare ,,,.7o
p+Dhc The consul resigned.
New-York tribune., 1906-12-30
Punch.

thousand employees. to go into effect on Janu-
AIRY /.
The Yale & Towne Company OF Stamford
Conn. in December Informed its three thousand
employees that on January 1 they would receivs
an increase IN their incomes. the total for the
year being. $4,000. This was IN addition 10 a
recent increase, amounting 70 $4,000 a wear
General Edward T. Jones. of Binghannton VIII,
pays the freight on his scales will IN ro,
uary l voluntarily tighten the burden of life or
MS workmen by raising the scale OF wages 10
per cent
The standard Oil Company evidently NAV h.
included In the number of the prospering corpo-
rations this year. for it has announced an In
crease in the wages OF $4,000 of it's employees
ranging from to 10 per cent. the greatest per-
centase OF advance going to those receiving the
lowest wages.
Notwithstanding the SO-cent rate set bv .b.
last Legislature. the Consolidated Gas Companv
of this city, early In December announced a 10
per cent increase in the wages of those of irs
employees receiving less than $4,000 a wear This
affects about $500 out OF 5000 employees and
means means an increase in the fixed charges Of S4OO.-
600 year.
These are some OF the notable evidences ths,
the workfngmen Of this country are receiving a
snare in the great profits which have been ao-
crulng from the widespread employment OF can't
tai and labor. Not only are they receiving
higher wages, but never were so many employed
The demands for labor exceed the supply.
Bradstreets" on October % said:
Evidence regarding the scarcity OF labor =,
so conclusive that any question OF that point
clse but he will find it welInigh difficult To
prove the contrary Not only is labor scarce
at an points OF the compass, but operations In
various lines have been considerably curtaied
as a result thereof. Cotton picking has been
hampered. the output Of cotton manufacturers
mas been restricted, the production OF iron and
steel has been cut down. while copper as we'll
as ore mining operations have been reduced
somewhat by the one common cause paucity of
labor At the same time voluntary oincreases
IN wages have recently become quite numerous
while here and there reductions of hours Of
labor have been granted without strikes All
in all, the labOrer has been very successful dur
ing the wear; first. because OF continuous en-
pIOyment> second. because wages have, as a
general rule. tended upward. and third the
hours OF labor have, if anything. been short
ened."
After reading the record Of increases in wages.
after recalling that savings banks. which hal
reduced their rate of interest 70 3fe per cent
are again putting it UP To Z per cent, and after
reading that an official investigation in Russia
shows that the average annual cost OF male
agricultural labOrer 10 his employer including
clothing and food and wages was a few years
ago only S51 the American laborer doubtless
will he thankful that he lives under the folds
of the Stars and Stripes.
New-York tribune., 1906-12-30

graphic arts. His invention consists OF cameras
for making triple negatives simultaneously and
different optical devices for viewing direct well
as for projecting the pictures screen. In any
case however. It is necessary 10 have three posi-
tives on glass. for each OF the primary coiOr5.
and interpose the color between these and
the light
This is what was meant by the term color reo-
ord mentioned above. tor these pictures on glass
are not colored. but merely represent color and.
just as a phonograph cylinder must be placed IN a
phonograph before u can be made TO reproduce tAS
sounds previously Impressed upon 1t. SO these eO'or
records must be placed in kind OF stersoscope or
a magic Lantern before 1t Will select and reproduce
the cOIors
Beautiful as are these color photographs Il Is not
the ideal color photosraphy-the liking OK natures
coIors sheet of sensitized paper as an ordiharS
photography. Like wireless te.esraphy ana me-
chsnical flight. many schemes have been evoNsd
to produce the desired result. but Ike the rcre-
going the processes proposed have been found sadly
wanting The very latest development IN color pno-
tography. and one that seems to come well witnln
the limits exacted by the Photographic cui'' nas
recently been brought out In Germany.
IN this process three negatives are niaccN one
through red glass another through green glass and
the third through violet glass Having oo'aned 'ns
triplicatc negatives. the preparation or tho FaP'.
comes next. The first step is 10 cover 4 sness '.
paper with colcrless solution that tHfns Diue V'
exposure 20 the light. The paper thus coated "a
placed in an ordinary printing frame over the mega
tive that wac made through the red color scream
for blue IS the complementary color OK fes. -
frame Is set In the sunlight and printed un'n "s
paper il "A bright blue when IL is taken out naeu
and washed When the print Is dry 10 Is coSole"
with a colorless solution that turns yellow IN -"
light asai. II is printed. this time over .ae esH
tive made through the violet glass again ~ IL As''
washed and dried. and then for the iase '''l'0
covsrsd with a eolorIess solution that turns Grim
son in the light when 1t Is pnnted over ehs mega
tive taken through the green color scseeh- <Ai,sS
being fixed washed and dried the resulting picture
is a beautiful Photographic prinf IN nsSarl e0ors-
,r,s co, .,ri,tS ar,, not so easy 20 make the
or,ltnar,- ,vclox prints nar durable as silver
prints but the beauty OF the pictures and the aim
plicity OF the process. certainly commend them 70
the amateur who pracSises pho'0si~pas W.
SAKE OF art
New-York tribune., 1906-12-30
ACCOUNTS NEVER AUDITED.

The Judge of criminal court does not. as a
rule obtain as much graft as the head OF a tn
bunaI before which brought civil cases in
which large sums of money are at stake. Yet
fl has been said that certain judge OF the
mixed court at Shanghai. where natives are
tried on criminal charges before a native magis-
trate. cleared as much as $4,000 year from
various kinds of 'squeezes."
What still further increases the temptation OF
the Chinese judge TO fill his purse at the ex-
pense both OF the state and the people is the
fact that his accounts never audited or
pu ublisheG. Accordingly. he pockets as much OF
the fines and state fees he can. pacating MS
superiors by bribing them, and SO wsrdins off
his dismissal. Another incentive dishonesty
is the open encouragement by the government
OF the practice of selling offices to the highest
bidder. Men are no: chosen much because
of their fitness for official positions as because
they can pay more money for an appointment
than their rivals. The sale of public offices.
sa yS George Kennan in THE Outlook, as a
means of obtaining revenue is openly author-
lied hy the government. and no longer ago IMAM
last November (19ua) Chao- -Erb-Shun. the
Nicerov of Mukdei, received permission from
the throne raise funds by the sale of posi-
tinnS and official rs nkS in the province of Fens-
ten
The policy of the Chinese government in SELL
iny Offices and in paying it's public servants
such inadequate salaries that ii practically
forces them 10 practise all kinds of graft is of
sixth Of the revenues Of the empire reach the
imperial treasury. the rest finding their way
into the purses Of the governing classes.
1t is because Of the corrupt methods of the
Chinese courts that foreign countries have been
obliged to stablish courts of their own in China
like the over which Judge Wilfiey will pre-
side Such extra territorial courts also existed
IN Japan until recently. when that country so
,+ .If.f
New-York tribune., 1906-12-30

ing better wages. and the Philadelphia RapId
Transit Company has decided 10 add ono cent
an hour to the pay of its eight thousand en-
ployes
The lake seamen early in the year secured
advantage in fixed hours and better paw for
overtime.
Ihlee or the express companies. grown fat on
the transportation or the merchandise that in
credslng wealth has turned over TO their tender
nlercies, VII! also share with their employees
the returns OF prosperity. The American and
-Natohdl companies have each announced an in
crease or 10 per cent TO all employees whose
wages do not exceed $500 a month and which
nave not been increased previously within
WE'VE months About ten thousand employees
OF the American company will receive between
S6OO.OOO and 100000 a year. Four thousa nd
employees of the Adams Express COMPANY will
also receive advances
BESIDES the tidy little sum which the iron
ana steel workers found in the toes of their
STOCKINGS on Christmas. We're pleasant little
notes announcing that on January !, 6S 600 la
borers in The employ Of the United States Steel
corporation would begin to receive 10 cents a
Day each In addition to their preyiOI,; wages
ana that $4,000 on the payroll OF the Illinois
steel company would receive an increase
amounting to 10 per cent. In the first ca sa this
is equivalent 10 an addition of s212 O0O n wear
10 the payroll, and in the second of 81 600 600
Moreover, the Steel Trust the w p SNYDER
company and other companies owning blast
furnaces IN the Mahoning and Shenaneo VAL
ieyS nave Just announced that beginning with
the new year their employees. the number of
four thousand. will receive increases an1ounfin,
to 10 per cent.
" Nearly year ago thirty thousand uniOn iron
workers received advances puddlers All in
crease Of % cents over the scale which Went
into effect on July l, 1905 and finishers a
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Judge Whitley to Assume
His Duties in Shanghai
witt, the New Year.

In Ci..na the court furnishes one Of the richest
sources Of graft The sale of justice nets such
Sat profits. that Judges frequently retire to
private life with immense fortunes The Chinese
sudge os the Shailgllai Mixed Court. for eX-
smple who Was dismissed from his office last
year for acts which were alleged 10 be notori-
ously corsap;. said TO have sccumulsUed
s.. 10000 while holding this post.
Judicial corruption. according 10 such con-
servstive authorities General John W. Fos-
TEL. former Secretary ~ State. and Baron Ko-
n1ura at present the japanese Ambassador to
the Court Of ST Ialnes's extends 10 all grades OF
court officials in practically every part Of the
Chinese Empire. Not only does the chief msgls-
frate of a province mis- office 10 III his own
private purse, hut also does the lowest court
New-York tribune., 1906-12-30
THE NEW JUDGE.

DeoDeus X Wiley. who has been appointed
'~aee OF the new American court at Shanghai,
and VIII assume his duties next month. was Co.
merry Attorney General OF the Fh,ltn,,,as
"hene among other reforms he made a, ac.,,,a
crusaoe against the dishonest lawyers who
ireyeo upon ignorant natives. He had the sbv-
s'ers olsharred and obliged them 10 leave tba
,Siahos Before going TO the Orient Mr.. Wiley
Won recognition at the ST Louis bar not
10y as an able practitioner but as a man y,
higH integrity and unimpeachable charactar 70
C1, Sluss judge Wiley, the American conr, An
a ING , WI nave district attorney a clerk and
ss,I: = i,LaLshaI: II viii hold sessions NOT onlv IN
Hlanghai It's headquarters, but also ar Csnton "a
Hankow and Tien-Tsin O a. Sanlon'
ShouIo China follow the example OF the r-nttsa
New-York tribune., 1906-12-30
CRUEL PUNISHMENTS.

"The forms of capital punishment heretofore
in practice says General John W. Foster. In
"The National Geogra phic Magazine. have been
changed to simple deca pta ton and strangula-
ton They were fearful indeed. and largely
based upon superstitious ideas of the future
life The execution by ACKNOWLEDGMENT was
termed in Chinese death by scing. or lnGerinS
death. The offender was tied To stako or
cross and the body gradually sliced beyond
recognition. Ii is said however. not 20 have
usually the fatal one. The purpose of this sem
tence was not much the torture of the Grim
na in this world to make his fate more
dreadful in the world to AS his body
unrecognizable here. his spirit will be
unrecognizabe i'm the other world. unless the
fragments of his body can be brought together
again. This form of punishment reserved
for such heinous crimes as high treason, parri-
eide. or the murder of husband.
The punishment OF decapitation. with ex-
posture of the head. was one degree more severe
than simple decapitation. In the latter case the
body is delivered to the relatives. who are per
mitted TO have the head sewn Ca, SO that the
of shades. Beheading the corpse was the prac-
tce OF carrying into execution the sentence of
decapitation when the condemned person had
died in prison and been buried Cases are citef
where the body was eXhumed and cut to pjeces
Strangulation is regarded as less ignorninious
than decapitation. as there Is no dismember-
ment.
Lesser forms of punishment have been brand
criminals, which has been abolished and cor
poral punishment by beating with the bar1boo
which has been lghtened.
ut has been customary in the case of certain
serious onences to punish the relatives OF a
criminal as we'll as the criminal himself for his
crime, the Chinese law proceeded ,,nor, +ba
New-York tribune., 1906-12-30
RAILROADS LEAD.

The railroads. es might be expected. led in
the procession 70 give the wage Garner a greater
share in the prosperity of the nation In the
last three months railroads everywhere have
been announcing raises In pay for their en-
ployes. those benehting being. usually. those
receiving less than 500 a month. The biggest
announcement OF this kind was that CT the
New-York tribune., 1906-12-30

he had been defeated the result Of his own
decision occa sionally a Chinese Judge Is ac-
cused of taking all the money he can get from
both sides and then deciding the case 10 suit
sa,f
New-York tribune., 1906-12-30

peans and Americans became willing TO 'ntrust
their interests TO japanese tribunals
Yet there Is hope that China VIII emulate
Iapan's example and raise the standard OF her
Judiciary to high level as the courts OF the
United States and Western Europe She has
made great advances along other lines. She has
abolished many of the horrible methods OF pun
ishment which had been in vogue for centuries
New-York tribune., 1906-12-30
MINE AND FACTORY.

straight advance Of per cent u prevail
lhrough Januarv and FebruarY last year.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1906-08-24

The stir which the Clement Bu-
reau is making over the alleged
selling of diseased meat to the
Swifts, after the Cattle commits
sion had condemned it, is like the
rest of the political stuff which
they are sending out. The time
goes back more than a year. The
man who owned the condemned
herd was Frank T. Hutchinson
and on July Dist, 1905, he made
an affidavit before John II. Sen
ter as notary public at Montpelier
that he saw his cattle dressed, and
started toward the cooling room.
He did not know what its des-
tinatiOn was, but insinuates that
it was sold. Now this affidavit
was not used in any way, the love
of the people did not assert itself
until it was seen to be political
capital and then love for the peO-
pie of Vermont caused the public
appearance of this affidavit. The
affidavit of Perley E. Pope of
Montpelier which was evidently
gotten under a misapprehension
early this month, was published
in the Rutland Herald, but Pope's
reputation of the affidavit as itI
appeared did not appear for two
full days after it had been sent
in the Herald. This kind of elec
tiOneering disgusts the citizens of
the state. We all want to know
if diseased meat is being sold for
our consumption and Attorney
General Fits is investigating the
matter, not as a political measure
but as he investigates every charge
of unlawful practices.
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DANCING at DensInore's Casino,
Lake Morey, Fairlee, Tuesday, Thurs
day and Saturday evening during the
season. Bowling and pool. Dens-
more's Orchestra will give a concert
Sunday afternoons at 5 O'Clock, at the
Casino Tickets IS cents, including a
10 cents admission to the concert. soft
For SALE. Very cheap for cash.
large sized horse Samson grain
thresher, in first.class condition, fitted
for gasolene engine.
43-6 H. E. KELLEY, Fairlee, VT.
Illumination and Carnival at Lake
Morey, Aug, % and 30. Each cottage
will illuminate and decorate according
to their own idea, as no general con-
tribution will be asked for. 1t is eX-
pected the display will excel any pre-
vious year, as it is left to the pride of
each individual cottager, and they
have never been found wanting in 10y
atty to this beautiful Lake.
There will be a grand dance at
Densmore's Casino, Lake Morey, Sept.
3, 1906, Labor Day. Everybody come
and have the time of their lives. 40
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A game between the Veterans
and the Walkovers is scheduled
for this afternoon. The old liI6aI
up is expected to play balls
game, the teams being rec2l
from the visitors to the