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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-05-10
Argentine Exports Reduced.

Buenos Ayres. Statistics compiled
by the ministry of agriculture give the
total value of wheat, maize and lin
seed expectations in. 1906 as $3.50 ,0O0,-
900, against $164, 100000. in 1906.
Wheat exported in. 1906 amounted to
2.355,71S tons, maize 32.50O,276, liz
seed 523, 1888, and -four 121, 161.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-05-10
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/ AN EARLY SPRING.
BY IONA GALE
'Qe-s'~'Qcass-~~<acr's~~|l cs.~'<N-s.->4
Copyright. by Joseph B. Bowles.)

oseph B. Bowles.)
hardly knew how, but at once I I'm
derstood that her sad eyes spoke but
one wish.
Who is it, Mary?" I asked with a
sudden impulse. rs 1t your sweet
hearth"
"No'm,' said Mary, soberly, "its my
husband"
DO you care to tell me, Mary?"
"Yes'm," said Mary. 1--WE was mar
rled two years ago. We hadn't Meth.
er of us hit our wings against moth.
in',' said Mary, IAN we was married
thinkin' we was always goin' to fly
free; but that amt the way God made
the wOrld-to fly free So when we'd
been goin' along ways somethin' hap.
pened that hurt me, an seq: 1t was
you And there didn't neither one of
us have the sense to see that what
hurt us wasn't neither him nor me,
but just the way things naturally was.
us he dead, Mary?" l asked, lay.
ing the bOn-bons on the dish.
20 ma'am," said Mary. Nom. But
don't know where he is. And he
won't never forgive me-"
Wait and see," 1 said only, "wait
and see"
Up in the attic the sun was stream.
ing through the dormer windows, and
there were laughter and happy voices
and the youth of Lisa and her friends
In aisles of sun. Peleas nodded to
me from his place beside chest OF
drawers.
"This is great moment" he muir.
INJURED, this is the moment when she
finds out that the world is a garden
not an attic.''
And that the prince is sure to
appear there" l said, sinking beside
Peleas.
While I looked I saw how, behind
an ancient, disused sofa, that great
giant of the morning was kneeling on
the floor and touching mysteriously
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-05-10

=8 Burden We Would !. All Assume. @
Rich may be sas burden, but few az,
.is are willing to kick at q bur,3 81
that kind. -1
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-05-10

Truth crushed to earth will rise
again--sif, the politicians viii get OH
and give it chance. 81 d. .s:.55
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-05-10

Are Mr. Resident Of
hog the dollars Of this community Are pouring
the
the city feed 1t
parable stopa
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-05-10
Mans Greatest Value,

a man Is regarded as Of greatest
galue TO HIS country. at the age az II.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-08-07
No War With Japan.

1t would be suicidal for Japan to
declare war upon this country, and
this country will most assuredly re-
frain from being the aggressor in
any war with any country. Japan
taxed her finances to the limit in
her recent struggle with Russia, and
is poor and badly in debt, while
this country is rich and has but a
triAing national debt.
If japan should purposely pick u
quarrel with us, and under the COW
er Of her large navy capture the
Philippines and Hawaii, that would
be the limit of her achievement.
This country would not be required
tostrike back Immediately. Sever
al years, if necessary, could be taken
in the preparation Of a naval force
that could easily drive the Japanese
flag off the Pacific, and then Japan
would be at the mercy not alone Of
this-country, but of Russia and prob,
ably Of Corea. This country is rich
enough to buy or build q navy
greater than any navFsiAsethe worlt
and would undoubtedly do soEifsth,
occasion should require it.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-08-07

artery of commerce, known as the
Santa Fe Trail, and for more than
fifty years before the days of the
railroads the Commerce Of the
Prairies," flowed backward and for
ward over it. 1t is safe to say that
many volumes might be filled with
accounts of the robberies, and MUIR
ders, and battles with Indians on
the Santa Fe Trail. But these
pioneer days in the far west have
long since become matters OF history.
Today life and property are as safe
on the Santa Fe Trail as they are i'll
any part Of Iowa.
procured some cuts of wayside
sights. and if they print properly
they will show some present day
conditions in that territory better
than words can describe.
NEW MEXICO AND THE CITY OF SANTA FE.
Everyone should know the history
of the country in which he lives.
While that is true, it is safe to say
that the early history of New Mex
leo is n closed book, or rather a
book that has never been opened by
but few Americans. This fact was
never impressed upon me until /
visited Santa Fe, and examined the
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-08-07

fore the front, some of which have a
flooring Of brick; the consequence
is that the Streets are very narrow,
say in general 25 feet. The sup
posed population is 4,500.' The
city has not changed very much dur
ing the century which las passed
since the above Was written. The
population has not more than doub-
led and a few good modern build
ings have been erected.
For more than a hundred years
after the Spaniards first explored
New Mexico, their governors ruled
the territory without serious trouble
from the natives, but in the year
1850 the Pueblo Indians revolted.
Their commander sent word to the
Governor that he had two crosses,
one red the other white, signifying
war or peace-that the Spaniards
might take their choice, but if they
chose peace" they must Immediate
ly leave the country to it's original
possessors. The Governor was not
prepared to abandon the country,
and a barbarous war Immediately
followed. 1t was a chapter Of hor-
rors, in which the Indians spared
neither age nor sex; nor did they
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-08-07

ish-American cities, is built around
a small public park, called a plaza.
The palace, in one room of which
Lew Wallace wrote "Ben Hur, oc-
cupies an entire block opposite one
side Of this plaza. The building,
although several hundred years old,
is still an imposing and useful
structure. At present it belongs to
the United States government and.
is used for postoiice and other pur-
poses.
San Miguel's church in Santa Fe,
conceded ! believe to be the oldest
church edifce on the continent, is
still in good state Of preservation.
We were shown through this church
and our attention called to some of
its ancient furnishings. This church
was robbed and damaged during the
Indian revolution 227 years ago, but
It's repair was one of the first things
the Spaniards did after they reoccu-
pied the city in 1903. 1t lis still
used as Catholic house of worship.
There are many modern buildings
in Santa Fe, both public and pri-
vate, which would look well in any
city; and few miles outside the
city limits there is an extensive
Indian college or university.
One hundred years ago when
Lieutenant Pike visited Santa Fe be
| described the length of the city on
the creek as about mile, and that
it was about three streets in width.
Its appearance from a distance"
wrote Lieutenant Pike, "struck my
mind with the same effect as fleet
of the flat boats which are seen in
the Fall and Spring seasons de.
scending the Ohio. On the north
side Of the town is the square Of the
soldiers houses. The public square
is in the center Of the town, on the
north side of which is situated the
palace CIR government house, with
quarters for the guards, etc. The
other side Of the square is occupied
by the clergy and public Offices. In
general the houses have shed be.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-08-07

west of Ration and entered the city
of Santa Fe, only to be arrested by
the Spanish authorities and sent to
the city Of Chihuahua (Chi-wa-wa).
Mexico, where he was soon released.
On his return home he published a
glowing account of the country
through which he travelled between
St. Louis and Santa Fe. While
Lieutenant Pike was not the first
white man TO make-this trip, he was
the first one to publish a good ac-
count Of the journey. Much the
same can be said of Columbus. 1t
is quite probable that he was not
the first European who discovered
the New World, but he was the first
one who properly advertised the
achievement.
Lieutenant Pike described the
city Of Santa Fe, and told of the i'm
mense profits that could be made
on American goods transported to
that city over the route marked out
by him. He called attention to the
fact that the only other route by
which goods could be received was
by sea to Vera Cruz, from there over
the mountain rim to the city of Mex
leo, thence north 1900 or 1900
miles over poor wagon roads through
a mountainous country to Ell Paso,
and finally by semi-annual caravans
up the Rio Grande and across the
tornado to Santa Fe. After such q
long and perilous trip common cal
icoes sold at from 5000 to $3.OC
per yard on the plaza of the Capital
of New Mexico and other things
equally high. these facts be
came public, trading expeditions
commenced to wend their way to.
ward Santa Fe over the route de-
scribed by Lieutenant Pike. 1t was
soon discovered, however, that q
road through Ration Pass was pre-.
ferable to the one travelled by Lieu.
tenant Pike, and to better the noun.
tain grades a small change was
made on that part of the line. This
highway soon became an extensive
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-08-07

For many years the trusts pur-
chased robbing rights, and paid for
them with large campaign contribu.
tons. While Mark Hanna had
charge of the work every under
standing was made good, and Roose-
velt's refusal to recognize the graft
ing .privileges, which the trusts had
good reason to believe were pur-
chased by them from his campaign
committees, came as great sur
prise. They were wholly unprepar-
ed for such an attack. They had
fortified against the democrats, but
never imagined that they would be
fred upon from the house of their
friends. What would Mark Hanna
say if he were alive today?
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-08-07

of the railway cuts near Ration Pass.
The Santa Fe railroad has ma
chine shops at Ration. with month
ly pay roll Of $4,000, and the pay
roll of all the industries and mines
in the vicinity of tho city amounts
in the aggregate to upwards of half
million dollars per month.
THE SANTA FE TRAIL.
While driving in suburb of Ra-
ton l was told that we were passing
over part Of the renowned Santa
Fe Trail. Ny curiosity was aroused
by the statement, and determined
to learn more about this ancient
highway.
One hundred years ago, Lieuten.
ant Pike. an officer of the United
States Army, accompanied by a
small squad Of soldiers, crossed the
mountains few miles to the north
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-08-07
Judges Mother Is Present.
POINTS FROM THE DECISION
How the Judge Replies to the Defend.
ants Contentious.

How the Judge Replies to the Defend
ants Contentious.
Judge Lands took up the conten.
tions of the defense one after the other. |
and these are some of his replies: The
defendant alleged that by authorizing
common carriers to establish rates |
which, when published and filed, shall |
he binding upon the shipper, the law
delegates to the carrier legislative pow
er which is conferred upon congress
exclusively by general grant in the
constitution. This was dismissed with
the comment that the supreme court |
of the United States has ruled adverse.
ly to the contention in several in
stances where the same question arose
On state statutes.
Tie allegation that the company had
a natural right to make private con-
tract TO. railroad rate is met with
the assertion that "candor ob!iges the
court to say that he knows of nothing
to support the proposition, hut the
cminence of counsel who advance it."
and the judge holds that Of the two
parties to the contract one was rail.
way common carrier, that it was a.
public fnnctlonary, that 1t acquired It's
property under the law of eminent do
main. that property thus acquired must
be used for the benefit of the entire
public. The railway was fundamental
~ incompetent to make a private con,
tract, the judge held.
In enforcing this view of the matter
the judge declared that there was no
more reason for tile claim of a natural
| right of private contract in such case
than there would be for the claim of
similar right to private contract with
the collector Of customs or a tax asses.
sor for n secret valuation of properly.
/ The defendant argued that the COM
mcrce involved in the case was not IL
terstate, the argument being that II
was all In Illinois on the ground that
for convenience in transportation
Whiting, Ind, was Included in the
Chicago shipping district. Judge Lands
refused TO accept this view, insisting
that as the oil was Slipped. from Whit
4 ing, which is actually i'll Indiana, to
Sts as1sOuls tNtuhtiS
Illinois. the commerce was interstate.
i An important point, one which act
ually decided the size of the fine was
the one Involving the definition of IL
y shipment. The Indictment charged that
+ the oil trust had shippedsoil from Whit
ing Ind, to East ST. Louis. ILL.,, at 6
4. cents per 100 pounds, when the rate
Il filed with the interstate commerce.
!, commission was is cents. end the in
dictment made every car load ship
Dent. The company insisted that the
number of shipments should be gov
e!med first by the number of applica-
tons at the railway office for rate
: which was-three; or by the number OF
bills rendered by the railway company.
which was thirtyslx; or by the nun
Der of train loads. The Judge set aside
7 all these propositions on the ground
that the rate was on a car load basis
md insisted that n shipment WAS /:
car load. regardless of how many cal
loads we're in the same train. So the
Il fine was assessed on each car load.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-08-07

iards explored New Mexico, and
commenced the work of establish
ing missions, opening mines and
civilizing the natives. This was IL
years before the settlement at James
town, which was the first English
settlement in America, and 81 years
before the Mayhower landed at
Plymouth Rock.
In 1912 the Spaniards founded
the city of Santa Fe, on the site Of
native town. This was % years
before the settlement of St. Angus
tine, Florida. Santa Fe is probably
the Oldest city in North America
and it is certainly the oldest. The
old houses are fiat rooted, mud Gov
cred structures, made out Of adobe
brick; the streets are narrow, and
the walls for the most part without
windows. The city, like most Span
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-08-07

it is claimed that 500 new houses
have been built, and 5000 added to
the population of Ration during the
past eighteen months.
Ration is the county seat of Col
fax county, and Lasanimas county,
Colorado, joins Colfax county on the
north. The writer was assured that
there was more coal in these two
counties than in the whole state of
Pennsylvania. Be that as it may,
he was quite prepared to believe al
most any kind Of a story, after he
had looked out of the car windows
at the great coal veins in the sides
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-08-07

documents prepared by the Histori-
cal Society of New Mexico.
This territory, which is properly
called, "The Land of Sunshine"
was, many centuries ago, the home
of somewhat civilized people
Their ruined shrines and dried up
canals remain on every side to tell
the story Of their prior occupancy.
They were sun .worshipping, cliff
dwelling Aztecs, who occupied the
country until they were destroyed
by the savage Indians who came
down from the North.
During the year 1886, the Span.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-08-07
noAsTs THE CORPORATION
Declares 1t No Better Than Common
Thief in Conduct.

Declares 1t No Better Than a Common
Thief in Conduct.
In his utterances against the oil
company preliminary to assessing the
great fine, and also preliminary to the
calling OF the other grand jury, Judge
Lands clearly expressed his belief that
the Standard fDifso6mpany was no bet
ter than common thief, emphasizing
the position that he has taken through
ont the trial ''1'he men who deliber-
ately violate this law" said he, wound
society more deeply than he who coun.
tcrfeits coin or steals letters from the
mnil.'
The company had pleaded that its
traffic manager had inquired of the
railway as to the legal rate for oil and
was told that it was 6 cents, and that
this rate had been filed with the inter
state board. The judge refused to be-
J!eve that the company did not know
Continued on Page
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-08-07
"SOAKS" THE TRUST
Judge Lands Has the Distinction
Of Having Assessed the World
Record Fine.
OVER TWENTY-FIVE MILLIONS
He Also Roasts the Rockefeller Com.
bine for Total Depravity.
he WOULD LIKE TO JUG SOMEBODY
Starts New Grand Jury lnvestiga-
ton That May Yet Land Some
Big Fish Where He
Wants Them.
OVER TWENTY-FIVE MILLIONS
He Also Roasts the Rockefeller Com.
bine for Total Depravity.
BE WOULD LIKE TO JUG SOMEBODY

Chicago, Aug. 5.-The heaviest fine
in the worlds history-$29, 240, 900
has been imposed by Judge Lands, of
the United States district court, OH the
Standard Oil Company of Indiana, n
branch of John u. Rockefcller's great
cooperation. The maximum fine Of
S2o.tGo IN each of l,4G2 counts charg
Ing violations of the federal laws gov
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-08-07
McCutcheon's Colossal Joke.

McCutcheon, the noted cartoonist,
perpretrated the cleverest joke Of
the season in Mondays Chicago Tri-
bupe.
In the three column space, usually
occuaied by a Nee utcheon cartoon,
there appeared fairly good pictures
Of John d. Rockefeller and the
hoard of directors of the Standard
Oil Co.. Following the pictures
there was we'll written and serious
account Of what ypurported to be the
proceedings of a meeting Of the
board Of directors Of the Standard
Oil Co. The central feature of the
meeting was a remarkable speech by
the president, John d. Rockefeller.
According to McCutcheon he COM
msnced by calling attention to the
fact that he was an old man, and
among other things he has him say,
in substance, that he could do more
good talking to his board OF di-
rectors than he could in building
colleges; that he intended to inaug-
urate a new policy, which would
make the Standard OIL Co. model
Cor companies desiring to succeed
by honorable business methods in
stead Of a model for corporate dis
honesty; that hereafter he intended
that everyone connected with the
Standard Oil Co. should obey the
spirit as we'll as the letter of
the country's laws; that business
methods, which would not stand
publicity would be discontinued;
that he wanted people to feel
sorry instead of joyous when
he ceased to be; that it was not
pleasant to stand convicted in the
courts Of breaking in nearly every
possible way, the laws Of the country
whose mercy and protection made
possible his company's success; that
it was unpleasant to think that the
corporation which lie had spent fifty
years in building was the most dis
trusted and. detested concern in
The world; that he felt that if
he should die tomorrow the
crimes Of his right hand would
ring louder in the ears Of
posterity than the benefaclions Of
his left hand; that he wanted to win
the good will of his fellow IN IN and
grieved over the sentiment of the
nation which was full of threats to
imprison him; that Il Judge, who
had inflicted upon them the greatest
fine in the history of the world, won
by 80 doing the approval of the
country.
"They say we have crushed COM
potion. That is true, as we all
know. They say we have had So
cret dealings with the railroads and
have thus gained advantages not EN-.
joyed by our less powerful rivals
That is true, as we all know. 1t
seemed that success was best gained
in that way, and success was the one
goal we were seeking. We got sue.
cess. We felt that the end justified
the meanness. We crushed every
thing and everybody that stood in
our way. We have not respected
laws that interferred with our sue
cess, for we employed the best OF
legal talent to shell d US from the
penalties which the violation OF
those laws entailed. There has not
been a legal trick that we have not
used nor technical loophole that
we have not squirmed through
Our record is not pleasant one for
an old man to contemplate.
I'VE have pleaded technicalities
instead of innocence, and until at
Saturday we havefmanaged to es-
cape every penalty except the hatred
of our countrymen.
Hereafter my friends, the Stand
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-08-07

ard Oil company shall evade no laws
nor violate any"
Who could estimate the effect of
such speech? Above the pictures
are the words, MOT TRUE" The
man who built the greatest criminal
combination of this or any other age
is not not yet ready to admit the
truth, and it was a colossal joke to
say that he had.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-08-07

Judge Lands, at the end Of a
long opinion in which he reviewed
the conduct of the Standard Oil Co i,
declared: "The men who thus de.
liberately violate this law wound
society more deeply than does he
who counterfeits the coin or steals
letters from the mail"
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-08-07

Counts there would be bossi6le add.
tional fines Of SIS. 100000. Then Judge
lands added further to the troubles of
the great trust by saying: "One thing
remains: 1t must not be assumed that
in this jurisdiction these laws may be
ignored The plain demands Of justice
require that the facts disclosed in this
proceeding be submitted to a grand
jury with a view to the consideration
Of the conduct of the other party to
these transactions. Let ain order be
entered FOR u panel q sixty iucn. re.
turnable the morning of Aug. II at 10
O'clock
Judges Mother Is Present.
In the throng in the court room when
the decision was announced We're sew;
oral women. The most interestc 8 &C.
tGtar In the room was the aged mother
Of Judge lands. who had come from
her Indiana home to hear the last
words In the trial that has made her,
sam a national figure \ chair was
placed for her near the entrance to hi;
chambers. and with undertaking gaze
and rnpt attention she bent forward to-
ward the iuIiSt's bench throughout the
reading Of the voluminous document
and frequently nodded her head in ap-
prevail
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-08-07
Gbe Df,lro1rat.
WEDNESDAY. AUGUST Z, 1907.
1t was quite proper for Judge
Lands to impose the greatest fine
in the history Of the world upon the
worlds greatest criminal.

The consensus of newspaper opin-
ion supports the verdict in the Hay
wood case. The majority would not
trust reformer like Orchard with a
dogs breakfast.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-08-07

crning Tie accepting of railroad rebates
was assessed. This vast sum Of mon-
cy is not 10 be paid without protest,
however. Attorneys for the oil corpora
ton announced their intention of per-
feciing M. appeal to the United States
court of appeals. and from there the
case will go to the federal supreme
court
And There's Worse a.COming.
1t was also recalled that there still
are pending against the oil corporation
seven indictments like the one just dis
posed Of, containing 4,422 counts.
Should there be convictions OH all these