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The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-08-05
Wells-Fargo.

The official disclosure of surplus of cash and cash assets of S7OO0,0o0 in the Wells Fargo treasury calls attention to the profitableness of express companies. It Is stated that the Wells-Fargo sur plus has been added. too. at an average rate of $3,O0000o a year for the last five years Wells-Fargo & Go. add banking to their regular express business, and the profits from this branch are, no doubt, large but aside from that the revenues from the transportation are very heavy and pay handsomely. The same Is true of the United States and American Ex- press companies The three companies are closely allied, and are wheels within wheels of the great transportation ma ohienry of the country. Primarily they are leeches on the railroads, and sub tract from the sum total of the income which should go direct to the carrying companies. The Merchants Dispatch Is another illustration of inside graft. This Is one of the New York Central's wheels within wheels, which revolve for the benefit of insiders. The Merchants own SOaO cars. It Is controlled by a little clique and pays enormously, most of inc work being done by clerks paid by inc New York Central. Many railroads and industrial corporations ar bled by inside construction and finance companies which get a rake-off on everything that is done in the way of providing equip ment building extensions and floating new securities. striking example of this corporation abuse Is found in the Traction Improvement company, long Identified with the Inner workings of the big Brooklyn Transit company.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-08-05
THE POLAR TRIP.
Success Is Predicted for Mr. WeIlman.
 Importance of the Enterprise.

From the Chicago Record-Herald.
 Belief that the aerial route to the pole is the most feasible was expressed by Bruno H. Buergel in an article contrib uted recently to Western and Daheim, German newspaper of this city, Mir. Buergel is sanguine about the ultimate success of the Wellman-Chieago Record Herald polar expedition. to discus sion of which almost an entire page of the newspaper is devoted. accompanied by pictures of the airship and equip ment.
 In his article MT Buergel says in part:
 With great appropriateness did the famous geographer Andree in his time coin the phase, "The Battle for the North Pole It Is indeed a battle, century old, against the rigid forces of nature. Slow. infinitely slow, is the fight daring ex- plorers to gain ground against the insur- mountable barriers of ice and snow, struggling fleroely every step of the way for footing. When we think that Parry in 1927 rached s2 degrees 45 minutes and that Nansen in 1895 finally reached s6 degrees minutes, a point which the Duke of Abruzzi in April. 1900, out stripped by just half a degree tss degrees
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-08-05

rank and file of bankers and the spokes- men for other business interests refuse 10 give the slightest encouragement to the idea that this colossal imitation is case of balloon filling. which must ultimately result in disastrous explosion.
 The gold production this calendar year will approximate S4O0, 100000. of which at least s300, 0oo.oo0 will go to reinforce the worlds stock of metallic money. an in- crease which will he accompanied by corresponding enlargement of paper money, the two together forming q basis for further credit imitation. II is this situation upon which rests the fabric of business and speculation. It tends to the continual rise in prices and goes far to explain why quotations should be marked up in the face of conditions which. in former years, would have been as sure forerunners of protract- ed reaction.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-08-05

S3 minutes), we see how difficult progress is, and how little outlook we have at this period to gain the central point in the land of crystal fields with all it's night and It's problems.
 It Is an indisputable service of the de- parted Address that he pointed out a new way into this Ice labyrinth, a way which in the highest probability will lead more quickly to the goal. The proposal to at tain the pole not through, but over. these impossible fields Is a happy one through out. let the wise ones now, after Andree's balloon expedition has come to grief, pass judgment depreciatingly as they will. The duration of such a balloon ex- petition amounts, under normal condi- tions to days, while 0 ship and sledge expedition takes many months. The fact that the first undertaking of this kind was unfortunate will not say the last word. For how many other polar expe- ditions have been lost in the ice wastesl
 "So this new undertaking of this kind, Wellman's balloon expedition to the pole, Is not by far so hopeless as has been declared in many quarters. Walter We'll man is a learned American explorer and correspondent. He has number of times shared in polar expeditions, and ir 1899 he himself managed a small polar trip whichsended at Franz Josef Land.
 Even as Stanley in his time began his successful African exploration in the service of the New York Herald, We'll mans brave undertaking Is also connect ed with the nameof highly esteemed American newspaper, The Record-H Herald bears the expenses of the balloon expe- diton to the north pole. The follower of Andree is now in Norway to perform the last preparations for the journey. Several noted men have determined to accompany him-H B. Hervey of the central weather bureau and of the state geographical institution, Major Reisen- berg of the coast survey office, as nauti- cal expert; the physicists Maxwell and Smith and the aeronaut Lowenthal, a co-worker of Count Zeppelin.'
 A full description. of the big airship is given, In closing, Mir Buergel writes
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-08-05
St Paul Road.

The Hartman denial that Union Pacific has bought control of St Paul or intends to buy it is looked upon as technical His voluntary announcement that the story was started by some one having an '.ulterior motive" has set people to wondering what his own ulterior motive might be in departing from his policy of silence in this case. Mr. J. J. Hill Is quoted as saying that he understood that an arrangement has been entered into for an alliance between St. Paul and Union Pacific, gave MT Hartman an ex cuse for his volunteer statement. There is a well defined theory that when the deal referred to is announced that South ern Pacific will turn up as the holding company into whose hands St. Paul will pass. Southern Pacific and St. Paul be- ing about 1000 miles apart cannot be ae- cused of being competing roads, which might be the case if union were to be attempted directly between the Harri- man parent system and St. Paul.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-08-05
Harriman's Defeat.

Wall stret forgot to put on crape over E. H. Harriman's defeat by MT. Fish of the Illinois Central. MT Hartman Is distinctly not popular in the financial district He Is arrogant and unsocial in his financial life, beyond anything known here His plans and campaigns are or ganlzed and carried out regardless of ambitions, comforts and arrangements of others in the same field. He is inees- sanity and aggressivey grasping for more power, and as he Is utterly fearless near lyl everybody Is more or less afraid of him From the very beginning he never for d moment hesitated to grapple with the biggest giant on the street. His first encounter with J. P. Morgan was over the last reorganization of Erie, when single-handed he forced that great tinan- cier. then the unehallenged king of Wall street, to reshape his plans. There has been open i'll feeling between the two ever since, and on more than one oeca- sion battles were fought that shook the market to its foundations
 In every instance Hartman was the aggressor, and he is still after the Nor gan scalp as hard as ever. Repeatedly it has been necessary for the Rocke- feller interests to repress his activities and In this the Standard oil party has reCelNeu tlt llbft lldli pd9SlNN Nb-1PSAh- tion of Kuhn, Loeb & Co. although the latter firm is regarded as Mir Hartman 8 backbone. If curb was not occasionally put on the aggressive little giant he would he intolerabe His attempt to wrest the Illinois Central from the conservative management of Mr. Fish was about the most tactless and ineXeusabe perform ance Mr Hartman has engaged In for many a long day, and 1t was considered absolutely necessary for the well being of the street that he should be disci- pllned At the present writing Mir Harri- man has more fights on his hands than anybody in the financial district, and among his enemies are ranked several powerful factions who seem, for the first time to be combining and to be galn- ing courage by the success attending their preliminary maneuvers for self-protection. MT. Fish commands the entire respect of the investment public and the railroad men generally That he should have been turned down to gratify selfish revenge of one man whose plans he had right eously interfered with in a matter en- tirely foreign to the management of his property Wall street should have received a blow from which it could not hope soon to recover. It would have done more to shatter confidence than anything that could happen at this time
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-08-05
Sat On the Wrong End.

Philadelphia Cor. Washington Post
 When William Stirling recovers from various bruises about the head, shoulders and legs, from which he is suffering at the Samaritan hospital, he is to be award ed the palm victory for absent minded ness.
 He forgot on which end of the limb of a tree to sit while saving 1t off. Instead of taking his place next to the trunk he sat on the far side of the amputation.
 He is a husky lad of 20. and the saw had only penetrated half the limb when, with a rend and tear, the wood parted and the youth went flying through the air a distance of almost 30 feet,
 Now, like all events of this sort, 1t was not the falling which hurt, but the sud- den stopping, and the sum total of the in- discreet young mans injuries, when all had been counted at the hospital, amount ed to a Sadly bruised chest, head full of sundry bumps and a turned ankle.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-08-05
penreclatlon Account.

movement seems to be gaining head way for the creation of a depreciation account in the regular system of raii- road bookkeeping, such account to cover legitimate wear and tear on roadhed equipment, buildings, shops and other classifcations of property. "Deprecia- ton" enters into the bookkeeping of practically every industrial corporation and into nearly every line of private busi- ness. It's introduction into railroad ac- counts and an annual appropriation out of earnings to meet such legitimate de- precation> might tend to check unhealthy expansion of capital and give stockhold- CTS a better understanding of the actual condition of the property in which they have their money invested. The inter state commerce commission Is likely to consider this matter in framing the uni form system -bookkeepers on which 1t is now at work
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-08-05
WoMAN'S HOTEL.
Bars All Females Who are More Than
 Thlrty-Five Years Old.

From the New York World.
 With a kitchen finer than that of the Waldorf-Astoria. a capital dancing floor, a chain of small parlors for the quieter entertainment of friends and 250 light and airy bedrooms, Trowmart Inn, ho- tel for young women, will open its doors on August l.
 It is situated on Abingdon square in what Is called old New York, within a stones throw of the business center, whence it's permanent guests will be drawn. No one of It's patrons will pay more than s5 a week tone in room), and those who prefer only &5o (two in room). Breakfast and dinner are in cluded in the weekly rates. Luncheons. at 15 cents. will be served only on holidays and Sundays. Every advantage will be given the young womenl to save their purses at the expense of Title labor, for W hich the most generous facilities have been supplied. The only restrictions im- posed are those of having position which pays $1O or SIP a week and a sufficient capital of youth. All the guests at the Trowmart must be under SS.
 MT w. R. Martin, who built the hotel after plans he has for years been de- veloping, seeks to offer a comfortable uWelllnR DlaCt lO klilS MHo HaNo OSch obliged to lodge uncomfortably for lack of means to pay current rates. He has no intention of catering to those who have homes in the city To keep his guests in of an evening he will provide a mechanical piano and piano player with which to amuse themselves, a we'll chosen library, good-slzed room to dance in when the spirit moves, or cards for a quiet game Their men friends will be as welcome as women friends to these rooms, and soft drinks, cheaper than they can be bought anywhere else in the city, will be served.
 sewing room, with machines, will be open for the use of the guests with irons to press clothing and other little acces- sories to aid in the preservation of a ward robe. There will also be a laundry with porcelain tubs and hot and cold water. All that the girls must supply will be the soap. A steam drying room is an other comfort On each of the floors five bathrooms are to be found to each fifty rooms Mrs. Minnie K. Shepard is the general manager. F.
 When girl presents herself she will be asked to give the name of her employer the amount of her salary-these being con sidered in the light of a reference which may be readily investgated-and to give assurance that she is not 35.
 MT. Martins reason for the. latter pro vision is interesting. The woman of 35 he looks upon as somewhat settled in her views of life and likely to be bored by the giddler pleasure of the girls from IS to 25 who will make up the majority of the clientele.
 There will be no restriction as to hours unless a girl stays out several nights a week as inconsistent with sincerity in work In that event she will be asked for her room.
 While transient trade Is not coveted, few rooms al 50 cents a night will always be held for girls who may be stranded.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-08-05
Standard oil.

The Standard oil magnates do not rel ish being advertised as having gone into the business of disciplinng the business world in order to show the administra- ton at Washington what a mistake it made in interfering with trusts. Hence the activity of it's publicity bureau in trying to correct the impression which has been formed that Standard Oil was behind the liquidation in the stock mar ket, which produced a big break in prices. The governments fall-down in the Ohio prosecution of Standard oil multl-millionaires and the contemporan- eous return of John D. and William Rockefeller to the United States, coupled with a miraculous turn for the better in the stock market were incidents used as a peg to hang the story on that Standard oil and the Washington administration have made up. and are again sleeping to- gether peacefully It Is beautiful theory with many facts citable in proof of it's. correctness.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-08-05
Bond Market,

The bond market is dead. and many railroads are bridging this apathetic con- dition by borrwing short-tlme money fromNrich stockholders and friendly bank ing connections, paying as high as to 515 per cent. Union Pacific paid 51a per cent for $l0,OOO,000 the other day, although reputed to have $75,000,000 to l0O,00O000 in cash and cash assets in the treasury MT. Hartman would hardly be paying any such rate if he intended to inaugurate dividends of Southern Paeifie-unless per chance the Union Pacific is borrowing usuriously the deposits of Southern Pa ciffc and other auxiliary corporations A scalp of to per cent on $2,OoO,000 to $5O.- coo 900 would not be so bad these dog days, although assurances are given that graft of every description has been abolished.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-08-05
Volume of Money.

In speaking of the continuous increase in the worlds volume of money due to the enlarged production of gold care is taken in financial quarters to avoid the ushe of the word imitation" Bankers use of the word initiation" Bankers which the use of that word expresses. They prefer "expansion." In sounds bet ter, and does not give rise to such un
 pleasant thoughts. They prefer to fos- ter the theory that the stupendous in- crease in the quantity of money which Is continually going on represents an entirely healthy growth and that the money structure is building solidly from rock foundations. They preach that tine increased output of gold is a wise inter- position of Providence to enable man kind to finance this wonderful age of progress and prosperity. and there is no possible danger In their public talk the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-08-05
Money Kept Busy.

One thing about Standard oil and the rich men who are recognized as the Stan dard oil group-they keep their money busy. They have it invested in railroads, industrials, mines, steamboats and num- berless other going enterprises. They give employment to hundreds of thou sands of men, and they are actively de- yeloping the resources of the country in every direction The leaders of the Stan
 dard oil group carly acquired habits of industry, close attention to business, the knack of applying improved methods to the conduct of their affairs and cal lous indifference to the opinions or the welfare of whoever might run against them or their plans In the making of their money they have always recognized the fact that they must keep their cap
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-08-05
Steel Common Dividend Will
 Make Market BuIIiSh
FISH DEFEATS HARTMAN
Wall Street Not Lamentlne Because MT. Hartman Cannot Control Illinois Central-Standard
 Oil Money Kept Busy.
BY w. G. NICHOLAS.

New York. August A reinstatement basis is expected to bring the public into the stock market and bring about an- other enthusiastic bull movement It will take about s1O,0OO00o to pay the 2 per cent dividend on Steel common for 8 year, and as the corporation is earning more than $150,00Oo0O, 1t would appear that the amount can be spared. It might even add to the credit of the company, should the management deem it wise in the future to borrow money and issue more bonds for the requirements of Ten ness Coal and Iron, Colorado Fuel and Iron, "Jim" Hill Ore deposits and other outside properties. The Steel dividend declaration adds to the tangible proof that the powers of Wall street are friend ly to the stock market and willing to sec prices go up.
 There is a midsummer abundance of call money at PIE per cent available for speculation in securities. The fact that much of the money which is loaning on call represents a temporary over supply to the credit of prudent borrowers who have made their time arrangements Into the next year on a basis of and 512 per cent enters not into the calculations of buoyant bulls. They are happy in the present and blind to the certainty that within sixty or ninety days the cheap money, which is now in evidences will be needed by its owners. Sufficient unto the day Is the evil thereof, and, therefore let us plunge ahead and buy stocks on the strength of day to day 21a per cent money. Besides. the banking interests will have need to distribute great mass of stocks between now and fall, and they would like to get good price for the same. Everybody come in the water is warm
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-08-05
A Poets Color Blindness.
ne Yon1h $ Companlon.

From the Youths s Companion.
 It is well known that the poet Whittier was color blind, and unable to distin- guish red from green He once bought hlmself necktt which he supposed to be oi- aa modest and suitable olive tint and woraN lt-once. He never wore it again, for his friends soon made him aware that Nit offended against the tra ditional auie1ness of costume enjoined nike by the hAabts of the friends and by his own taste. 1 The tie was of flaming scarlet
 On another occasion when he found a little girl in distress on account of a rev gown, madei over from her elder sis ter's, which wals not becoming to her eoloring and complexion, he tried to con sole her
 "1 wouldn't min1d what rude boy says about it. Mary he said kindly. .'Thee looks very well indeed In iL-liiSe an bread, Mary drlessed all in green"
 Unfortunately Mary was not dressed in green. She was red haired and her dress was red that was the trouble
 Once. on a day ih mld-Aiareh when out walking with a frliend and deeply en- gagged in conversatioif, MT. Whittier ap- proached too near foS safety to a place where blasting was g9ing on. The danger signal was shown, butt neither friend no- tieed it. until a workman. violently wav- ing his arms and shouting, leaped before them and warned t1em back
 "I didn't see the hag at all" said MT. Whittier's companion
 q saw it." reieined the poet, with a twinkle in his eyeI but thought It was fin honor of St. Ihatrick-thee knows my defect I can't tell Erin from explosions, except by the harp
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-08-05
Canadian Pacific.

Friends of Canadian Pacific take issue with critics who claim that the bulk showing of big revenues accruing to that road during the last two or three years will not stand analysis because there is not a proper separation between legiti- mate transportation earnings and the sales of millions of acres of land given the corporation by the Canadian govern ment They advance the argument that though the charge be true. the facts are nevertheless, bullish, because the land has been sold to settlers and the popu- latlon is a far better asset than the land In this connection. 1t would be interesting to know exactly what per centage the land sales by the Canadian Pacific represent actual immigration and what per cent more speculative invest ments
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-08-05

Tt is of particular interest that wireless stations, which will be built by the American Forest Telegraph company. will be established at Hammerfest, the most northerly city of Norway, and on Danes Island. A station for wireless telegraphy will also be erected in the ship Itself, so that at all times 1t can be kept in connection with Hammerfest, Danes Island and likewise with all the points of the civilized world The expdi- tion contains the very highest quality of equipment, such as did not stand at the disposal of Andree."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-08-05

And should they present themselves at any hour, with or without a reference, no questions will be asked.
 It Is a broad philanthrophy on a purely business basis which MT. Martin will put to the test In his lifetime and commit to trustees when 1t has proved its possibil- ites During the first year, while he will not come into personal contact with the guests, the Trowmart will be under his personal supervision. It's cost was $3o0,- 0O0. The hotel was to be opened on July l, but was damaged by fire and has since been made as fireproof as known agencies warrant
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-08-05
No Use for Them.

From the Woman's Home Companion
 Canvasser-Madam, would like to show you the beautiful silver forks that we are giving away with every half dozen bars of Skinhynt soap
 Lady of the House-We don't never eat with forks in this house. They leak
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-08-05

The James Sanatorum, which is the only sanatorium in the United States where the medicines used the measures applied and the means employed. are open to the observation of the family physician. will be pleased at all times to receive physicians who desire to thorough ly investigate.
The daily tribune., 1906-02-02
SIM on Llst.

Boulder. Colo, Jan. sl-senator M.
3. Lewis. Florence. Colo. Dear
sir:-In reply to your inquiry Of
January Goth will say that 80 far as /
know, no action has been taken to re.
move the Florence High school from
the accredited list. 1 am quite sore
that any action Of the High school
committee or Of the faculty would
have impressed itself upon my mem.
ory. With best wishes for you and
the school which you represent. am
very truly yours. James H. Baker.
president State University. Boulder.
Colo.