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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-11-07
UNKNOWNS USETORCH
DEMANDS OF TOBACCO MEN
CONVINCINGLY ENFORCED.
Warehouses in Kentucky Burned,
While Associations visit Buyers
and Notify Them to Quit Field or
Suffer Consequences.

Extraordinary efforts are being made
by the associations of tobacco growers
and by the American Society of Equity to
induce the tobacco growers of the coun-
try to pool their unsold crops and not
plant another crop until the tobacco now
On hand is sold. While the associations
oppose violence, precautions have been
taken to guard tobacco warehouses
against incendiaries. The tobacco barn
Of William Green, near Curdsville, KY,
was burned the other morning and the to-
bacco stored there was destroyed. The
warehouses of John Matthews, near
Greensboro, are under a guard of ten
armed men. 1t is reported that a planter,
S. c. Tichenor of Mclean county, has
been three times visited by night riders
and notified that he must pool his tobacco
or suffer the consequences. To-day an
army of 800 men is being modified at
Livermore. When the forces are organ
lied the army will call upon Massie &
Co., tobacco buyers, and demand that
they quit the field. 1t is planned that
the army will march to Calhoun and call
on John Ramsey, who has bought about
$4,000 pounds of this years crop, and
demand that he quit buying and that he
release growers from their contracts with
him. Squads of men have been sent in
various directions through the tobacco
raising country demanding that growers
hold their crops At Winchester the ex-
ecutive committee of the Burley Associa-
ton. which is a branch of the National,
decided that its members will not grow
crop in 1908. The growers are being as
sured by their leaders that if there is no
crop in 1908 they will get as much for
their unsold crops of 1906 and 1907 as
they would for the three crops, should
they grow one next year.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-11-07
NAVY WORK TIED UP.
TWENTY-FIVE MEN STRIKE AT
MARE ISLAND YARD.
Wages at Critical Time-BOys'
Prank Ends in EIectrocution of
Au.trianTfn Duluth.

Repair work at the Mare Island navy
yard, San Francisco, in preparation for
the arrival of the Atlantic feet, has been
effectually tied up by strike of twenty
riveters. The strikers were at work
on the transport Sheridan at the time
they walked out. AS that vessel occupies
the dry dock, the yard is unable to take
additional work at the present time. La
Dor conditions on the Pacific coast are
such that it is said to be almost impos-
sible to fill places of the strikers. The
men were receiving 1892 a day, when
their helpers received $500 and the heat
ers $3.50 day. The riveters demanded
SO a hundred for one-inch keel rivets
and $12 a hundred for seven-eighth-inch
plate rivets At this rate they would
make in excess of SO a day. out of which
they would have TO pay their helpers
about So a day. According to advices to
the Navy Department the men presented
their demands and walked out, mmedl-
ate!y following the receipt of news that
the President had definitely fixed the sail
ing date for the Atlantic feet. Assist
mt Secretary Newberry felt that the men
had taken unfair advantage Of the depart
ment inasmuch as they had not given the
department an opportunity to consider the
grievance. At the order of the depart
ment the strikers were summoned TO the
yard for a conference. and upon their fail
IRE to appear record was made that they
were discharged"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-11-07
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All over the country farmers are TN
ishing up their seasons work and taking
account of profits. Most of them are sat
isfed with the years labors, for, while
crops are not so great in volume as they
have been for the past two or three years,
prices are such that armerS of the
United States VIII receive almost 81 ,000,-
100000 more for their products than they
got last year.
What this means to the country may be
guessed when it is reflected that the farm
er is the basis of prosperity. When he is
well off, all men in other occupations are
comfortable. When hard times seize him,
all other lines Of business are at once af-
fected. He is the foundation of the ma
tional veal. If the farmer has no money
to deposit in the rural banks, banks have
no money to lend manufacturers and mer-
chants. If he has no crops, railroads can
not earn dividends. Shortage of money
at once reduces industry and lowers the
rate of wages. If it continues, thousands
of men are thrown out of employment and
misery becomes general.
On the other hand, when the farmer is
prosperous money and credit can be OBJ
tanned for merchandising and manufac-
turing, railroads thrive, labor's reward
increases, affluence sprea-s over the coun-
try The earth is the mother of all
wealth. Everything man uses comes out
of it originally, and the men who devote
themselves to cultivating the soil are the
medium between earth's riches and the
rest of mankind.
Farmers should be happy as this win
ter draws in. With abundant profits, in
peace and plenty, they can reflect that
their money is clean. They have not
grown rich through robbing other men.
They have created wealth. Every dollar
they possess represents so much more to
feed and clothe humanity, so much more
of comfort and happiness.
The American farmer ought to be COM
Portable in mind as well as in body. The
soil has given him a competence. He has
paid off his mortgage long ago. He has
good home and owns his broad acres. He
has balance in the bank, and as he looks
forward he can see plenty in the future.
He is much better off than most men,
although he may not realize it.-Chicago
Journal.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-11-07
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CHICAGO.

Trade maintains a steady course, and, >
aside from the sentimental effect of fnan-
claI troubles in the East, there is sustain
ed confidence felt here as to the outlook.
Transportation of finished materials, gen
eral merchandise and other commodities.
exceed that at this time last year, and,
while the aggregate of new demands for
manufactures has narrowed, there is sea-
sonable activity in most Lines of distri-
button Payments through the banks
again make a largely increased showing,
legitimate discount requirements are
promptly extended to responsible borrow
erS, and there is less general pressure for
money for commercial purposes, but an
increased number of trading defaults ap-
pears this week. indicating further elimi-
nation of weak concerns.
Most banking accommodation for indus
trial purposes is amply provided for I'M
I'll the turn of the year, and. while the
drain of currency to move crops has be-
come heavier, there is no apparent rea-
son to question the soundness of bust
ness. Were there any existing difficulty
in dispoSing of the products of the soil
or any evidence of shrinkage in the pur-
chasing power some apprehension might
ensue, but crop marketings continue in
excess of the high aggregate a year ago.
Raw materials exhibit no decline in the
volume of absorption. Consumers hold
out for concessions and prices reflect an
easier tone, although these are quoted
unchanged in iron, steel, hides and
leather.
Bank clearings. S267,471, 15S, exceed
those of corresponding week in 1906 by
2O.9 per cent. Failures reported in Chi
cago district number %, against Is last
week and p year ago.-Dun's Review
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-11-07
NEW YORK.

Trade and industry have tended toward
quiet in sympathy with reports of iinan-
cial unsettlement at New York and a
few other cities, the continuance of mild
weather affecting as it does retail distri-
button, the natural seasonable slowing
down of jobbng trade and the influence
upon retail trade and collections of the
continuance of the holding movement of
crops. On the other hand, the financial
situation at New York, generally speak
ing, seems to be well in hand the New
ork banks, under courageous and expert
enced leadership are meeting conditions
as they arise with discretion; recent de-
clines in prices of cereals and cotton
have encouraged foreign demand for the
country's products, the holding of cotton,
great exchange making medium, IS
showing some signs of>relaxing, and low
cred prices of domestic commodities lead
to the hope that the demand of a pros
porous country, affected by the unduly
high level of some commodities, will
vive
Business failures for the week ending
Oct. 24 number PIT, against 1914 last
week. 1S4 in the like week of 1906, 17S
in 1905, $50 in 1904 and 217 in 1903.
Canadian failures for the week number
80, as against sc last week and % in
this week year ago.-Bradstreet's Re-
port.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-11-07
ONLY TWO SURVIVE.
Terrible Disaster in Bokhara, Prov
ince of Russian Turkestan.
PEOPLE BURIED BY MOUNTAIN.
Horror Follows, Recent Series of
Severe Earthquakes.

The whole of the town of Karatagh,
In Bokhara, Russian Turkestan, has
been destroyed and the entire popula-
ton, numbering about $4,000, was bur-
led by i tremendous mountain slide
following the recent earthquake there
1t is declared that scarcely a score of
the people have survived, and that
their sufferings are pitiable. One re-
port is to the effect that the Governor
of Karatagh and his mother are the
only survivors.
The slide was caused by the recent
severe earthquakes in the mountains.
Karatagh is situated in a narrow val
ley, with precipitOus mountains tower
ing above it. Although landslides are
frequent in that region, following
earthquakes, the people remained in
the town, and when the unreasonable
weight of rock crushed down upon
them they were caught in trap.
The entire town, it is said, is buried
from view. Hundreds were entombed
in their homes. The cold is severe and
adds greatly to the suffering of the few
survivors, The mountaineers hurried
to the scene and are caring for the liv-
ing, but owing to the danger of fur
Their rock slips it is impossible to at
tempt to reach those buried in the
ruins.
Bokhara, or, as it is sometimes call
ed, Turkestan, lies high up in the
mountainous regions of Asia, with Rus
sian Turkestan to the north and At
ghanistan on the south. 1t is a dreary
eXpanse of arid plains, bOrdered and
intersected by mountains. Its popula-
ton is estimated at 100000, not in
Guiding the wandering hordes that exc
out scanty living on the plains and
in the narrow valleys. In summer the
heat is intense and the winters are
long and severe. Earthquakes are fire.
quent.
The country is famous for it's horses
and the breeding of shawl goats fur
nishes a means of livelihood to many
of its people. In recent years the
Transcaspian Railway has improved
the industrial condition of the country
which for ages depended on camel car
avans to carry its produce to outside
markets and bring back the firearms,
the powder and the few other necessa-
ries of life in that wild country.
Although region of poverty now
Bokhara was the seat of powerful
rulers in the middle ages. The people
still retain their courage, but little else
of their former greatness.
Tashkend, from which news of the
Karatagh disaster was sent, is an i'm
portant commercial town in Asiatic
Russia and the capital of Russian Tur-
keStan
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-11-07
TO BRINa MORE GOLD,
Sale of Farm Products Abroad to
Relieve Money Difficulties

Outweighing ali that the most powerful
fnanciers Of the country could do, the
American farmer has come to the rescue
of the finances of the nation and is reliey-
ing the money difficulties. The great
American staples-wheat, cotton. tobacco
meats-are on their way TO Europe, this
being the season of the year when Ameri
can products are marketed abroad. In
return the United States is receiving
credit for many million dollars abroad,
which can be converted speedily into a
stream of geld flowing into the country
1t is this fact which is expected to pro
vide lasting relief, and which backs uI
the efforts Of the bankers and fnanciers
of the country with such force as to make
it virtually certain that the coming
months will be ones of ease in the money
markets.
The natural resources of the country
promise to exert even greater influence
than the sale of American securities
abroad. The latter have suffered dis
credit, to some extent. under recent pres
sure. The intrinsic value of the products
of the farmer. to which must be added
those of the mines and oil fields, and their
colossal aggregate at this time of the
year is beyond the reach of financial dis
trust, above the power of Wall street.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-11-07
Oil Trusts Spy Methods.

While hunting for some explanation of
the big loans shown on the books of the
Standard OIL Company for last year Gov
ernment's Counsel Kellogg brought to
light the trusts system of spying, known
as the Statistical department" 1t was
the purpose of this department to keep
tab on all sales by rivals through an in
tricate spy system. 1t keeps a record of
every barrel. can or tank car load which
has been taken from the oil fields by
competitors. and traces this oil to the
market, with each charge for transporta-
ton and the final selling price noted. An
other device employed by the Standard
is that of the dummy company, which
masquerades as an Independent concern
and is moved from one field to another,
its business being to cut prices under real
competitors of the Standard.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-11-07
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Mulai Hafid overwhelmly defeated
troops of the Sultan of Morocco.
Arrangements were made to bring the
famous Giants Causeway of Ireland to
the United States.
The French ship, Leon MIL, went
ashore on the coast of Ireland and much
damage was. done.
Growth of the ant-American feeling in
Havana was emphasized when United
States flag was Kissed in a theater.
London was stirred by an article pur-
porting to expose irregularities in the an
cestries of British royalty and peers.
Chinese who were refused landing priv
ileges at Mexican port, fought with the
crew of the vessel but were finally sub
dued.
The slayer of Denver girl in Hong
kong was condemned to die at the Grim
inal session of the American Oriental
Court.
The visit of the Crown Prince of japan
to Seoul was marked by hearty demon
STATIONS of delight on the part of the
Koreans.
A tunnel undermining the railroad lead
ing to the Cars palace was discovered.
and a possible attempt on the Emperor's
life thereby averted.
Tit steamer Empress of China sunk
| alongside her docks at Vancouver, British
Columbia, and the blame was at once laid
at the door of japanese.
In Finland twenuty persons, mostly
workmen. members of a secret society.
have been arrested on suspicion of hav-
ing been connected with the wrecking of
the imperial yacht last month on the Fin
nish coast.
The Arbitration Committee of the
Peace Conference at The Hague has voted
| in favor of the obligatory arbitration
project, the vote standing 81 to 9. Ger
many and Austria were the only impor-
tant governments who's delegates OPP
posed the measure.
An imperial rescript forbidding the ser
vice by any colonial authority of any le-
gal process regarding fishery rights aboard
any American vessel and snspending all
colonial statutes authorizing colonial off
Gals to seize American vessels for alleged
fishery offenses was proclaimed at St
Johns, y. F.. Sept. "a This is in view
of the early submission of the fishery
question to The Hague Tribunal for ar
bitration. Americans will now be able to
enter Newfoundland waters and buy her
ring from the colonists without intcrfer-
ence. as they did prior to 1905.
The second stage of the parliamentary
elections in Russia indicates that the Con-
seryatives will be strong in the third
Duma. The peasant and working classes
continue to show their radicalism, but
are handicapped by the new election laws,
which segregate them so as to greatly re-
duce their, electoral strength.
Reports from Havana indicate that the
workmen who came to that city from
New York to break the railroad strike
have not gone to work, as Manager Orr
of the United Railways claims that all
trains are running. and it will not be
necessary to employ the New York men.
The service Of the Western Railway is
said to be still seriously affected.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-11-07
Told In a Few Lines.

The mattresses used in the German
| army are stuffed with little rolls of paper,
and are said to be a great improvement
on straw.
Government crop report contains no
surprises for the trade except for the
claim that the spring wheat quality is
slightly better than last year.
The rebuilding of San Francisco has
been hampered greatly by the very high
wage schedule. The rates exceed by a
dollar a day the maximum scale in New
York
A report from Consul f. L. Harris says
that the raisin and fig crops Of Smyrna
have been very seriously damaged by vio-
lent thunderstorms, accompanied by hail,
in the latter part of August.
Gov. Hughes in a speech at Empire
State day at the jamestown exposition
said no one can be permitted 10 put pri-
vate interest above public advantage in
the government Of the future.
By digging a canal from the Rio
Grande not far from its mouth to the
Mississippi the United States would enjoy
an inland waterway 5000 miles long. The
cost of the work is estimated at $1,000
600.
Experiments made by German scient-
lists show that butter keeps best when
preserved with from 3 to B per cent of
salt. If the proportion of salt is higher
than ebat the results are less satisfactory.
A mild winter, says John Peterinan,
Buffers hornet nest prophet. The hor-
nets are building high in the air. If
the signs are for severe cold, they build
ON the ground, where the snow drifts over
them to protect the larvae from the cold.
If they select place high for their nest,
they prophesy warm, open winter. The
corn husks, too, tell of a mild winter, says
the hornet nest prognosticator. They are
thin and few.-Pun1sutawney tPa.)
Spirit.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-11-07
Paris AeropIanc Record.

Henry Farman. a Paris aeronaut, has
succeeded in navigating the air on his
aeroplane distance of 2SJ meters. thus
breaking the record of 220 meters. held by
Santos Dur4ont. His machine Travelled at
the speed of twenty-five miles an hour,
and was brought to the earth with only
slight damage. 1t employed q fifty horse
power motor. The start was made with
wheel resting upon the ground, but when
a speed of twenty miles an hour was
reached by slight elevation Of the front
horizontal rudder the aerOplane glided
into the air to the height Of twelve me-
tiers: then, by adjusting the rudder, that
height was maintained throughout the
fight. Farman says he is convinced that
he can fly mile or more without the
slightest difficulty
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-11-07
PEACE CONGRESS RECORD.
Net Results of the International
Conference at the Hague.


Conference At the Hague.
The net results of the International
peace conference at The Hague, which ex-
tended from June % to Oct. IS, are, in
the opinion of Gen. Horace Porter,
prominent member of the American dele
CATION, far beyond expectations, instead
of being a disappointment, as has been
frequently reported in cable dispatches.
Gen. Porter said they had done the work
they were sent to do, namely: to estab-
llsh the principle of the inviolability of
private property at sea as a rule of in
ternational law. He says they secured
for this the support of a large majority
Of the powers represented, although they
failed to win. unanimous assent. Besides
this, the conference has placed restric-
tons upon the use of floating mines; has
forbidden the bombardment of undefend-
ed sea coast towns; has prohibited the
levying of contributions by threats; has
shielded the non-combatant in war time
has strengthened the provisions for relief
of the wounded. and has taken precau-
tons against a revival of privateering by
insisting that converted merchant vessels
be formally enrolled upon the naval list
and commanded by a naval officer. And,
finally, just before adjournment, the plan
of permanent Court of Arbitration was
agreed upon, with only a few OF the small
er nations dissenting, not from the prin-
ciple, but as to the method of conducting
negotiations, holding that the judges
should be appointed upon the basis of the
equality of all nations. AS to the collec-
ton of debts by force of arms, the Porter
resolution forbiddng the employment of
force until after arbitration should have
been refused, or after an award had been
set at naught, was unanimously accepted.
At the closing session, President Nell
dof asked the conference to render hon.
age to President Roosevelt for proposing
a second conference, and was authorized
to send him a telegram expressing graft
tude.
The efforts to establish an international
high court of justice and obligatory arbi
tratiOn were unsuccessful, largely owing
to disagreement as to the method of its
creation, although the principle of obliga-
tory arbitration was formally adopted.
The right of the different rulers to sign
the various conventions or agreements
will be open until June 80, 1905.
The general expenses of the conference
Appropriated $3000,000. nearly half of
which was spent for kilograms, and over
100000 to pay for the numerous dinners
given in honor of different delegates.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-11-07
FEWER BIRDS; VAST Loss.
Damage TO Crops Greater than Ma
tionaI Bank Capital.

Because of the decrease in the num-
Der of birds the United States is losing
yearly without protest sum larger than
the capitalization of all the national
banks in the country, according to a
statement by President William Dutch
er of the National Association of Audu-
bon Societies at the annual meeting of
the association in New York. The pub
lie. declared Mr.. butcher. placidly allows
agricultural crops valued at SSOO,OOO,-
600 to be destroyed annually by insects.
This destruction is due entirely to the
rapid decrease in the number of insectiv-
orous birds. IF million OF more dol
lars are lost through the management
of bank or any other fduciary institu-
tiOn," he said, sit creates a wave of pro-
test throughout the country, yet yearly
loss equal to the entire capitalization of
the national banks creates no comment
simply because the public does not real
ize what is going on" Mr.. butcher
said that the association was in a posi-
ton to do good work in the protection
of birds. but that to carry on its work
successfully it should have larger en-
dOwment fund and a far larger member
ship.