The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-07-11
kenosha Celebrates the Birth Of
American independence With
Plenty of Fireworks
.EKERN SPEAKS AT PAOD0CkS
Great Crowds of People Throng to the
Parks About City While Thou
sands Go To Other Cities To
Spend Their Money

and this morning Young America
looking through his defective vision
and nursing his bruises declares that
the day was properly celebrated in
Kenosha. While there was no set
celebration of the day in Kenosha all
sorts of business was closed down for
the dayssand the working man and his
employers spent the day with their
families. Last night many splendid
displays of fireworks we're given in
the city and in the parks surround
ing. The most notable pyrotechnic
displays we're at the Country Club and
at Central Park and thousands of
people witnessed the displays at these
| places. Thousands of Kenosha peo-
pie wentto other cities to enjoy cele-
brations. The Kenosha Knights of
| Pythias and their friends took part
in the big parade in Waukegan and
! hundreds of people went to Wauke-
gan to witness the ball game. The
cars leading to Ravinia Park were
thronged with Kenosha people and
the Northwestern carried thousands
of people.from Kenosha to Milwaukee
and Chicago.
The Italians of the city had one of
the big celebrations of the day at
Carpenters hall, where the one humid
redth anniversary of the birth of Gar
ibaldi, the great Italian patriot, was
celebrated. The music was furnished
by the Italian band, and the hall was
crowded with visitors during the
AFTERNOON and evening. Well known
Italians from Kenosha and other cities
made addresses lauding the work of
the greatspatriot, and in the evening
there was dancing party at which a
large crowd was present.
The feature Of the day in Kenosha
county was the celebration given by
the Old 9Settlers Club at Paddock's
Lake. Over four thousand people
the old-fashioned sort. At noon a
great picnic, dinner was served, and
during the afternoon there were base
ball games and other sports. At
night there was a dancing party at
which more than thousand people
were present.
The Hon. H. L. Ekern, speaker of
the Wisconsin Assembly, delivered
the annual Fourth of July address IN
the morning, and his speech was one
of the most eloquent ever heard on
the Old Settlers grounds.
Speaker Ekern in opening his re-
marks told of the great growth of the
American nation since the signing of
the Declaration of independence one
hundred and thirty-one years ago.
He told of the great men who had as
sisted IN the birth of the nation, and
how the spirit of those men who had
signed the Declaration had been
handed down to even the sixth gener-
alton, andjEthat the bravery of the
American lpeople today was but the
| heritage of those noble men who first
| fought the:battles of the nation. He
spoke of the great growth of the
United States during the period, and
told of territorial expansion and the
had been STRAIGHTFORWARD. He spoke
of local political movements, and de-
clared thatsthe greatest movement in
Wisconsin today was the regulation
of the great insurance companies. He
told of the work that had already
been dones.by the Wisconsin Legis-
lature, and stated that before the
| present session was ended some steps
would be taken for even better regu-
lation of the great insurance compan-
les.
| He spoke especially of the regu1a-
ton of railway rates, and referred
particularly to the work of Senator
LaFollettesin the Senate and in Wis
consin in carrying out the policies OF
PresidentsRoosevelt in regard to rate
regulation. In speaking on this ques-
ton he said:
''The great question coming before
Congress at its next session will be
the valuation of the railroads. 1t has
come to be recognized that the rail-
roads are only entitled to charge a
rate sufficiently high to pay legiti-
mate rate of earning upon their
property. To know what this rate of
earning shall be it is obviously neces-
sary that the valuation of the proper
ty shall be fixed. disqualification does
not depend upon the stocks or bonds
which the railroad has outstanding.
The value should be fixed the same
as that Of any other property, by the
actual value of the actual land, build
ings, rolling stock and other personal
property owned by the railroad. At
the last session of Congress, it was
attempted to give the interstate com
merce commission this power. The
attempt was defeated. The inter-
state commerce commission has now
been granted the power to make rates.
Ihe power to make valuation is a
necessary addition to that power.
When this power has been granted
the interstate commerce commission
will become what it was originally in
tended to be, an effective arbiter be.