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The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1907-08-15
FIGHTING AND FEEDING A TRUST.

What would the people of this country
have thought if the national government
during the civil war had constantly fur
nished food and clothing and munitions
of war to the southern confederacy
That would have been a queer way to
defeat the south, wouldn't it?
Just now the national government is
engaged in fight against various trusts
or monopolies. One of these is the pow
der trust from which the government
buys large quantities of powder every
year. The government is trying to break
up this trust and force competition in
the powder business. 1t il asking the
courts for a dissolution of the trust or
for the appointment of receivers to take
over the trusts business and thus insure
competition.
This is one of many similar fights
which the government is making 1t is
bound to be rdfought contest The
powder trust has a capital stock of
$50 600, 600 and consequently is a pow
erful antagonist 1t is so powerful, in
fact, that it would seem that the gov
eminent would need to strike wherever
the trust is vulnerable. Does it? Hardly.
The government strikes the trust with
one hand and protects it with the other.
1t feeds as well as fights the trust This
is done through the tariff, of course.
The duty on powder worth 20 cents
or less per pound is cents per pound :;
that on powder worth more than 90
cents pound is 6 cents. This tariff tax
does not represent protection-the pow
der trust is in no need Of protection. 1t
simply represents holdup of the Amer
lean people. 1t means steadily increased
power for trust that the government
is trying to overthrow. Common sense
would dictate that this source of power
be cut off.
1t is all right for the government to
wage war upon the trusts, but the ont
come of that war would be much more
satisfactory to the people if the shelter
of many of the trusts were destroyed.
A little foreign competition in the pow
der market will be effective in helping
to clip the wings of the powder trust. -
M waukee Journal
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1907-08-15

On Saturday night in his speech at
the Cbautauqua Senator Tillman of
South Carolina logically presented his
version Of the reaton existing between
the whites and the blacks of the southern
states. He said that the negro race in.
habited the Soudan, as far back as the
written history Of the world extends.
without developing IL language or ad
vancing beyond Il barbarous existence,
that the past and present advancement
Of the American negro was brought
about by his beneyoen. masters teach
ing; his lessons IN morality were when
practicable, fostered by the lash; that
at the outbreak Of the war between the
states there wac a feeling Of loyalty in
the slave toward his master, ~ was we'll
attested, when il became necessary To
draft all male persons between the ages
Of ~ and go into service in the army.
while the negroes protected the families
"' PiDP''tJ vi ibtll Iuu5ItIs llRn1
Loyalty; that the fifteenth amendment
should never have been enacted and
that 1t Is now practically dead letter.
by means Of state laws subsequently,
passed which disfranchised every citizen
who cannot read or write and does not
pay taxes on $500 He said that the
people OF the South are taxing them.
selves for the support of schools 10
educate the negro and thereby in the
near future annul their disfranchisement
laws, He told his audience that tine
Yankees engaged in the slave trade even
after they found ont that the slavea
were not pecuniarily advantageous ia
them by carrying in their vessel bottoms
fresh cargoes Of negroes from the shores
Of Africa TO the southern states. He
said Your grand daddies took an nc.
tive part in the nefarions trade no long
as 1t paid them.
He said he was pleased that slavery
was abolished; that the politician wa.
the bane Of the well being Of the negro
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1907-08-15

The tariff duty on pig lead is two and
one eighth cents per pound. Consumers
of lead want an opportunity to buy IN
the open market of the world but are
denied this because the lead trust exerts
its influence to prevent the removal of
duty, which it uses as lever to keep
the price up. OF course the Republicans
will not remove the duty. That would
hurt the trust and help the public, IL
policy which contravenes the doctrine
of protection. So it is in all other cases
of trust. made goods.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1907-08-15
PILOT ADS are Business Bringers.
A Paradox In Aoa.

At an entertainment provided by the
Woman's philharmonic society the
most widely advertised attraction was
dancer. who, so 1t was whispered,
had become too old to teach In the
public schools and had taken to dane
ing for a living" That remarkable
announcement drew a crowd OF curl
GUS persons who were anxious to see
what woman looked like who was
too old to teach but young enough to
practice the terpsichorean art in pub
lie. Also, everybody wanted to know
what the topsyturvy age might be, but
OF course. no one found out.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1907-08-15
THURSDAY, AUGTST IS, 1907.

In his second letter making report
on the petroleum industry in the United
States, from the Commissioner OF Cor
porations, it is shown that disparity ex-
lists between the price OF oil In the
United States and foreign markets. Inc
letter discusses the reasons for this, as
given by the Standard Oil Company and
declares them to be unfounded. Com
parison in prices and rates is gone into
extensively, and the Oil Trust comes In
again for roast from the commissioner.
In concluding his report Commissioner
Smith says, that
THE obnoxious character of the Stand
ards price policy and its methods is thus
made clear from the present report. The
Standard has repeatedly asserted that
combination, rs illustrated by its own
history, is great benefit to the public,
in reducing costs and consequently
prices. 1t may readily be seen that in
some industries combination has had
these beneficial results. 1t is probable
that the Standard, by reason of its I'M
doubtedly great efficiency, could, had it
been content with reasonable profits,
have made prices to consumers lower
than would have been possible for small
er concerns, and thus have maintained
its great proportion of the business by
wholly fair and legitimate means.
The Standard is, however, most con.
spicuous example of precisely the oppo'
site-of a combination which maintains
a substantial monopoly, not by superior
ity of service and by charging reasonable
prices, but by unfair methods of destroy
ing competition; combination which
then uses the power thus unfairly gain
ed to Cypress the public through wholly
extortionate prices 1t has raised prices
instead of lowering them 1t has pocket
ed all the advantages Of its economies
instead of sharing them with the public,
and has added still further monopoly
profits by charging more than smaller
and less economical concerns could sell
for if the Standard allowed them the
chance.
Some of the unfair and illegal means
by which the Standard has been able to
do this have been proved in the reports
already published by this bureau, name
ly, railroad determinations, wide reach
ing in extent and enormous in degree
failure to perform the duties of com
mon carrier in pipeline transportation,
and unjust methods Of destroying com
petition in that business and price dis
elimination Of the most fragrant charac
ter. BY your direction, in view Of the
proceedings of the Attorney General
against the Standard Oil Company, some
OF the more detailed evidence secured by
the bureau regarding price discrimina-
ton is at present withheld from publiCa-
ton; and the same is true of evidence |
regarding other unfair practices, the
most important of which are the main
tenance of bogus independent compa
MES, espionage over the business of com
petitors especially by bribing railway |
employees to disclose their shipments, |
and deception rs to the quality of oils
sold"
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STATE OF WISCONSIN, County Court Mani
- towoc County.
In the matter of the estate of Carl Kriwanek
deceased.
On reading and filing the petition of Anton
kriwanek for assignment of the estate of the
above named deceased to such persons are
by law entitled TO the same
1t Is Ordered: That the facts stated in said
petition be heard at a general term of this
Court to be held at the Office of the County
Judge in the City of Manitowoc in the County
and State aforesaid on Tuesday the Bird day OF
September, A. ID. 1907.
IT Is Further Ordered: That upon said hear
ing the estate of said Carl kriwanek, deceased,
be assigned to such persons as are by law en-
titled thereto.
1t Is Further Ordered: That notice of the
time and place of hearing the petition for the
assignment of said estate be given to all persons
interested by publication of this order for three
successive weeks before said day in the Mani
towoc Pilot, a weekly newspaper printed and
published at the City of Manitowoc in the
County of Manitowoc and State of Wisconsin.
Dated this 9Th day of August, 1907
BY the Court,
JOHN CHLOUPEk, County Judge.
Pub. Aug. s, Is, %
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1907-08-15

| the farms farthest out may be the most
productive. You gentlemen all APP
preciate the advantages of living near a
good town, You have all the advantages
of both town and country. You can buy
anything which you may need, in any
quantity you desire, at any time, at
reasonable prices. For my part con.
slider it very great advantage to live
near good town, where good stocks of
merchandise are kept on sale. To say
nothing of the fact that as the towns
increase in size, they become better mar
kets, which adds every day to the value
of our farms.
"On the whole, there is very little
saved on buying mail orders. Sometimes
you can buy some articles at a saving,
but many times You pay as much rs
you would of your dealer. In the case
of machinery, you seldom get a standard
make to say nothing of the inconven-
fence of sending long distance for re-
pairs, and in many cases you cannot get
repairs at ALL for the reason that mail
order houses do not keep up a line of re-
pairs like the old established houses do.
| have just bought repair for a ma
chine OF mine, that was made ten years
ago, and | will venture to say, had l
bought this machine of mail order
horse, | could not have obtained the re-
pair for any price.
Farmers should not object to paying
reasonable prices for what they buy, if
they expect to obtain reasonable prices
for what they have to sell, and | know
enough about the business to know that
the farmer of today is making better
profit on his farm products than the
dealer is making on his merchandise. /
believe in the principle of live and let
live. | believe in trading with your
neighbors and your own people, thereby
keeping the money at home, instead of
sending it u thousand miles away. This
is what makes the towns grow. 1t makes
the merchants prosperous. You have
better markets and get better prices
and you get part of the benefit in the
increase of the value of YOU farm, to
say nothing Of the hundreds Of conven-
fences and savings effected by living
near good market in which to buy and
sell
"To my mind, the mail order business
is one sided. You buy without seeing;
you buy of strangers; you send your
money out of the community. 1t is n
selfish, un-American way of doing bust
ness. Suppose we bought everything
mail order, what would become of your
towns What would become of your
local markets? What would become of
your town peopleY Why, everybody
would have to turn farmer, and the price
of farm products would decline; there
would be such an overproduction that
we would have to go back to burning
our corn. But this is not all. What
would we do with our children In the
first place, we cannot give each OF our
children farm and many of the boys
born on the farm are not cut out for
farmers. What do we do now2 Why,
those of us who live near the good
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in the South, by deceiving him with the
idea that he was the white mans equal
that God made the negro an inferior
being. He said that the negro problem
in the South paralleled the immigrant
problem of the North
The senator said that South Carolina
has 225, 600 more negroes than whites;
that the negroes who can vote do not
vote, because the present status of negro
interest in the community is small, per-
sonal indulgence in laziness and dissipa'
ton consumes their energies.
He presented no remedy to settle the
race question, but sullenly maintained
that the white people of the south would
never submit to negro rnle.
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Despondent Dou a Suicide.

A valuable bulldog belonging to
John c. Reed, of Binghampton, n. Y,
committed suicide by jumping up
against picket fence until he hooked
his collar over one OF the pickets. He
then swung himself around until the
weight of his body on the leather
strap shut off his wind and he strang-
led. The dog had made a previous at.
in time and taken from the fence, al
though he fought savagely while his
owner unlocked his collar from the
picket.
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TIE MAIL ORDER HOUSE.

| heard the mail order proposition dis
cussed few days ago by some farmers,
who brought out some points which
sounded so sensible and logical to me
that | felt it my duty to pass them IL
round, saysa writer in the New England
Grocer. 1t is possible that the reason
that these ideas looked so well was be,
cause they We're new to me. The gentle
men referred to We're talking about
sending to mail order house for an
agricultural machine The older man
of the group, being called on for his
opinion stated that he would not buy of
mail order houses if he could get his
goods for half price, not because have
more money than ! know what to do
with, but because | feel that the mail
order houses are doing farmers more in.
Jury than any one thing know of at
the present time, he said why? Be
cause they are running out the small
dealer, and the small dealers are the
people who make the small town the
small, prosperous towns are one Of the
things which made our farms valuable
Take it in this vicinity. The farms near
town are worth great deal more than
those several miles out, and the further
you get from town the less the land will
sell for, Notwithstanding the fact that
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1907-08-15
Getting Even"

In savings banks it is customary to
require new depositor to sign an
Identification blank. In certain saw
ings bank recently woman was some
what unwilling to comply with this
request. What is your husbands
name?" asked the clerk. MY hus-
bands name is Peter Jones. What Is
your wifes name?" snapped the fair
depositor.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1907-08-15
LEGAL NOTICES.
Final Settlement

Final settlement
IN PROBATE-MANITowoC County COURT.
In the matter of the Estate Of Mary
Schultz deceased.
On reading and filing the petition of Charles
Esch administrator of the Estate of said deceas-
ed. for the adjustment and allowance of his ad-
minstraton account land the assignment of the
residue of said Estate to such other persons as
are by law entitled to the same):
1t is ordered, that said account be examined,
adjusted and allowed at a special term of said
Court to be held at the Office of the County
Judge in the City of Manitowoc, in said County,
on Tuesday, the 10th day of September, A. D.
1907.
1t is further ordered that upon the adjust
ment and allowance of such account by this
Court as aforesaid, the residue of said Estate be-
by the further order and judgment of this
Court, assigned to such persons as are by law
entitled to the same.
1t is further ordered, that notice of the time
and place of examination and allowance of such
account, and of the assignment Of the residue
of said Estate, be given to all persons Interested
by publication Of this order for three successive
weeks, before said day, in the Manitowoc Pilot,
weekly newspaper printed and published at
the city Of Manitowoc and state Of Wisconsin.
Dated, Aug. 9th, 1907.
BY the Court,
JOHN CHLOUPEK, County Judge,
Burke & Crate, Attorneys.
Pub. Aug. 8, Is, ~.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1907-08-15
A Job In Prospect.

New York was In sight The ship
was entering the harbor. "Ah, free
America" exclaimed a foreigner on
the deck. Free America, re land
where Everybody has an equal
chance!" Going to locate there?" in
CURED friendly American. "Ah, yes,
hat come over to engage in re oil
business"
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Everybody Should Know.

says c. g. Hays, a prominent business
man of Bluff, Mo-, that Bucklens Ar
MICA Salve is the quickest and surest
healing salve ever applied to sore,
burn or wound, or to case of piles. I've
used it and know what I'm talking
about Guaranteed by Henry Henrchs,
Druggist. 25c
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Notice of Foreclosure Sale.
IN CIRCUIT COURT MANITOWOC COUN-
TY, WISCONSIN.
f. e. Guse Il Frank Guse
Plaintiffs

TY, WISCONSIN.
f. q. Guse Il Frank Guse, \
Plaintiffs,
Peter Weber and Stefana
Weber his wife. John
Krumdick, Joseph Clark |
Manitowoc Building Sup
ply Company, Il domestic
Corporation; Wenzel &.
kadow and Mary kadOw
his wife; John NJ Kadow
and Mary &, kadow his
wife,
Defendants
NOTICE Is HEREBY GIVEN, that by virtue
of. and pursuant to judgment of foreclosure,
and an order of sale made and entered by said
Court, in the above entitled action, and dated
on the 18th day of June, 1907 the undersigned
sheriff of Manitowoc County Wisconsin will
offer tor sale and sell, at public auction, for
cash, to the highest bidder at the sheriff office
in the county Jail building, at the corner of sth
and Hancock streets in the city of Manitowoc
in said County of Manitowoc on Saturday the
3lst day of August, 1907, at > O'Clock in the
afternoon of that day all of the right, title and
interest, which the Defendants Peter Weber
and Stefana Weber his wife had on the llth day
of December 1895 in and to the real estate and
premises hereinafter described and described
in said judgment; or which they or any person
claiming under them have since acquired
The same will be sold in order to pay and
satisfy the several amounts adjudged to the
several lien claimants, whose rights were de-
uerlnlneu III SAID action, by Il Judgment entered
therein for principal, interest and costs to-
gether with the costs and expenses of this sale
The following is description of such real
estate, and premises. to wit
The North West Quarter of the North
West Quarter IN. w. a of the n. w. a
of the South East Quarter Is. f. "a of
Section No Thrty-four $40 of Town
ship No. Nineteen 40 north, of Range
No. Twenty-three (23l East Also all
that part of the North East Quarter
of the South West Quarter IN. r.. a of
the S. w a of said section No. Thirty
four 80 which lies between the West
line of the tract last above described
and the easterly shore line of Silver
Lake and Silver Creek and South of
the so-called Calumet road, together
with all the right, title, interest and
privileges in and to the free and full
of the whole Of Silver Lake and
Silver Creek, and the Island situated
in the said Silver Lake conveyed by
deed from Charles +. Spinder to Peter
Weber. Which deed of conveyance is
recorded in volume rs of deeds, on
page 444 of the records, in the Office of
the Register of Deeds for Manitowoc
County Wisconsin all in Manitowoc
county Wisconsin.
Dated at Manitowoc Wisconsin this Eth day
of July, 1907.
GEORGE LAMBRIES,
Sheriff of Manitowoc County.
Burke Il Cratic. Plaintiffs Attorneys.
Pub. July Is, % Aug. l. 8, 10. =,
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1907-08-15

When the druggist dies, goes TO
heaven and is held up for his pass by st.
Peter, will he acknowledge that he hash t
one, but, instead, brings something
just as good?"
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1907-08-15

IAN Arkansas editor, growing conf
Dental, says, You would be surprised
at the number of wives in this town who
have trouble getting their husbands up
for breakfast
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1907-08-15
Making Reparation.

In some unaccountable manner little
Frank had spilled a bottle of ink on
his grandmother's carpet. I'm awful
sorry," he apologized, "but"-thinking
of his little savings bank-"lll buy
you another bottle. grandma"
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1907-08-15

"A Georgia editor is in favor of large
hats for women. He has slept in the
shade of one many a time at church, he
says, without being detected by the pas.
tor"
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1907-08-15

"Givea boy the choice between taking
castor oil and saving wood during the
sucker fishing season, and you will have
fish for dinner Friday"
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1907-08-15

THE only really happy day, the day
which has no sorrows, no annoyances,
no disappointments and no discourage
ments is tomorrow.
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When a man goes out to look for
trouble and comes home with black
eye, further proof that be found what he
went after is not needed
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Published every Thursday by
THE PILOT PUBLISHING co.
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Entered at the Postoffice at Manitowoc,
Wis, as second-class matter.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1907-03-23

PoR CUANTo, habiendo presentado
el abogado don Eugento Benftez Cas-
tafio, una mocion a nombre de To-
mas Andino. para que Sc declare su
favor Ell dominic de la siguiente
finca
"R1stica compuesta de ocho cuer-
das de terreno, radicadas en- Ell ba :
rrio "Sabana Llama de la jurisdic-
ci6n de Rio Piedras y en- lindes por
el Norte, con terrenos de Segundo
Filom emo; por el Sur, con Justo Es-
calera; por el Este, con Vicente Men
doza y Felicita Rivera; y por el Oes-
te, con terrenos de Ramon Calde-
rom.
POR TANTO, habiendose ordenado
por Ell Honora Bile don Pedro de
Audrey. Juez de la Secc;6n pri-
mera de la Corte de Distrito de
San Juan, Sc publique la peticion
por tres veces. EN- un periodlco de
los de mayor circulation de esta
Ciudad, para que los que tengan al
gun derecho real sobre el inmue-
bic descrito, las personas ignora
das a quienes pueda perjudicar la
inscription y en- general todo el que
desee oponerse pueda efectual 10 en-
Ell tGrmino de sesenta dlas natu
rales, libro el presente en- San
Tuan de Puerto Rico & los veinte
diss del mes de Mario de mil move
cientos siete "A. Marin Marien, Sc
cretario auxiliar