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The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1907-07-12
MORE PAY ALL AROUND.

There is universal demand for more
pay. 1t comes from the -earners
in many walks Of life. 1t comes from
the rich in the form of more income
needed to keep their ends up. Turn
where one will one will find the pres
sure heavier and heavier and the Choir
US the same: More money.
We have no knowledge Of the ability
Of those concerned to meet these de-
mands. In some instance we regret to
say those who need or think they need
more money are taking 1t from other
peoples vaults, but these are incidental
to the great upward march of prices.
Broadly speaking the majority want
money to meet not new and fanciful
needs but the old familiar ones, those
of clothes, lodging and food. The
old wage would satisfy them If the old
wage would produce the necessary re-
suits. Comparatively few people want
twice as much for the sake of receiv-
ing twice as much, because compare
lively few people are thrifty They
want their needs gratified. Hence the
cry Of more pay and larger incomes.
1t is this incident of the present ma
tional prosperity which makes so many
wonder Of what real prosperity con.
sists Confronted with a constant in.
crease in the price of necessities ant
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1907-07-12
rA1rpnoNE 1raIs1Ar1ox.

The judiciary committee of the gem
eral assembly has reported a bill re-
gardIng the organization Of telephone
companies In the State of Connecticut.
II the bill should become a law ANY
three or more persons may associate
themselves to carry on a telephone ex-
change business without receiving
special charter from the legislature.
They can take advantage Of the gem
eral telephone law and If they can
prove to the satisfaction Of the court
that their enterprise Is encouraged by
public convenience and necessity"
they may start out.
This Is a fair settlement Of con-
troversy which has been remarkable
for the eagerness of woumbe promot-
ers to get special dispensation from
the Legislature in order to dodge the
requirements of the general telephone
law. 1t is perfectly proper that in
event of inferior service by the older
company or neglectful conduct another
should be considered justified COM
petitor for the telephone exchange
business. Because the older company
has invested a pot of money and UNI
dertaken to care for the interests Of
the State in that connection its claim
to superior consideration Is not neces-
sarily convincing. But the fact that
It Is the older company is Of the great
est weight provided II does all in Its
power and in spite of natural draw
backs to give the people an adequate
service. 1t Is the policy of the State
of Connecticut and should remain the
policy of the State Of Connecticut to
protect public service corporations
from vexatious competition which
have invested their money under terms
agreed upon and which are sincere in
their determination to give satisfac-
ton. If this rule applies to street rail-
roads and steam railroads 1t should
apply to telephone business.
The larger satisfaction that will be
taken in this report of the judiciary
committe with regard to the telephone
controversy among thoughtful people
will spring from their satisfaction In
knowing that the special legislative
habit has in consequence been serious
ly weakened. Aside from the inner.
ent inefTiciency of the present legisla.
ture, which kept It asleep for the first
four months of the year, the attention
demanded by special interests is prin.
cipally responsible for the long session
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1907-07-12
EAsY.

Nan-"Has Harry proposed YETI"
Fan--"Partly. He brought up the
subject of divorce when he called the
other evening. Chicago Tribune
did you follow the diet I advised?"
81 did" "Religiously?" why, tolera-
bly, so. l said grace about three times
out of Ave, l should guess, PUCK.
Knicker-What books have helped
you most2
Bocker-Cook books, they saved my
life when I was first married.-New
York Sun.
II observe that you do great many
favors for that influential citizen
'Those aren't favors," answered
Senator Sorghum; those are invest
ments. Washington Star.
Il can't sell my poetry"
Whats the reason?"
"Well, for one thing, figure there's
about five million dollar conspiracy
against me. '-Pittsburg Post
"Prlnkly is a self-made man, isn't
he?"
les b1u Ilo IL always giving IltIl-
self testimonials as to the excellence
of the Workmanship, Chicago Tri-
bune.
Her Husband during the spat)-
Don't you think for a minute that you
can impose on me. There are no fools
In our family.
His Wife-Why, John, you forget
yourself!-Chicago News.
Pat-The next wan o. them chauf-
feurs as runs over me II be sorry for
, ut.
Thomas-And why's that?
Pat-I've got a tin O. nitroglycerine
in me pocket.-Punch.
1.-THE average woman" said Grum-
ball, has but one idea, and that
dress"
"Huh!" snorted Marryat, my wife
usually has at least dozen ideas, and
they're dresses" Catholic Standard
and Times,
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1907-07-12
The father of Saratoga chips Is dead,
but chips can still be had in Saratoga.
IMPRESSIVE.

The statement that the deposits in
the Bowery Savings Bank in New
York have reached s1OOOOOoOo Is i'm
pressive. 1t indicates several things.
It indicates that there are men Of
ability who believe that honesty is the
best policy and are honestly using
their ability for the benefit Of those
to whom the $1OO,OOOO0O of deposits be-
longs. 1t indicates that there is great
prosperity, when one savings bank
can have deposits of 100000, 600. 1t in
dicates that in spite OF the talk about
extravagant living there are many
who are not living extravagantly and
are living prudently. 1t indicates that
there are many who have more inter-
est in stable government and stable
business than some of the demagogues
would have us believe. And 1t indi-
Gates that, on the whole this is, and
is likely to continue to be, a pretty
good country to live in.
And when we remember that saw
ings banks all over the United States
are, according to the places where
they are situated, making showing
similar to thar Of the Bowery Savings
Bank, there is cause for being still
more impressed, even to the point Of
wonder
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1907-07-12
OUR CONTEMPORARIES.
A Dangerous Precedent.

(Hartford Courant.)
The action of the Senate yesterday
in voting to submit the question Of
bonding the State to popular vote,
establishing the referendum for legis-
lative action, is alike novel and sur
prising. 1t seems hardly possible that
the House will fall into line and thus
suddenly and without any general
demand reverse the entire policy Of
Connecticut,
we arc not aware of a single in
stance in which such action has been
previously taken. 1t can onlyNbe re-
garded as evidence. OF cowardice. on
the part of party leaders, who, fear
ing to take 4 radical step, thus throw
the final responsibility on the people
themselves If they do this in this
case, they will do 1t on the next
close question, too, and pretty soon
they will not be legislators but mere
ly suggestors.
There are a number of interesting
side questions connected with this
large one of new bonded debt The
proposed bonds are for three specific
objects, but they are all Jumped and
nobody is allowed by the bill to ap-
prove any increase of the public in
debtedness unless he will accept them
all 1t is reported that the House is
inclined to separate the Items.
That, however, important as it may
seem to many members, is secondary
to establishing the principle that legis-
lation Is not complete when the LeSis-
has signed the bill. The referendum
IN accepting amendments to city
and other charters is entirely distinct
from such question as this, and the
referring of constitutional amend
ments TO all the people Of the State
- e-Af fsk. LrAa
the fundamental law and the statutes,
Election to the General Assembly car
ries with it a due responsibility,
Dodging it in this way Is neither dig
nified nor judicious. The precedent,
II established. would surely come home
and bring a lot of trouble with 1t. 1t
is the most radica' proposal the Legis-
lature has had before 1t for many
years and 1t ought not to be rushed
through
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1907-07-12

Matters Of general Importance have
been VIGOROUSLY neglected as is always
the case when special interests are
given the right of way. But the fact
should not be lost sight Of that If the
continuance of the general telephone
law is along the lines of good govern
ment the adoption of a general law
for the control Of all public
service corporations would be
along like lines. Connecticut cannot
too soon hang out its sign on the out
er walls of the capitol building that
mo special legislation is granted here.
For favors see the general law"
II was an error of judgment on the
part of the General Assembly two years
ago to repeal the general railroad law.
1t was good law and Just law from
the point of view Of the public and gave
a sufficient protection to the older rail-
roads Of the State. Had it been en-
forced Instead Of being allowed to sus-
pend itself Connecticut would have
been spared deluge of wind and wa
ter" provoked by the thunder and
lightning Of special charters. Had IL
been in force this winter and all ambi.
tious promoters of new trolleys had
been referred to 1t for encouragement
and direction, the discreditable conflict
which finally resulted In the house Of
representatives would have been avoid
ed Let us hope that the day of gen.
eral legislation has dawned and thai
public convenience and necessity ha,
come into it's own. No one win weeI
but the lobby.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1907-07-12
nlpnitics.

Or there or here, to toll or pleasure led,
The tenants pass and cut each other
dead;
Jones, second floor, administers afrronts
Because his father was Governor,
once;
The third-hoor Smiths regret the
fourth-floor Browas;
The latter deprecate the fifth-foor
gowns;
And Mrs. Carrollton the first -floor--she
Whose carriage ehllls the street., from
nine to three--
Bemoans the fate that here hath fixed
her tent,
And queries how those people pay the
rent
Meanwhile, beneath their several sta
lions sunk,
The janitor abides, serenely drunk,
! wonder whether, II the boiler burst,
He or the Carrollton would come out
first.
House Beautiful.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1907-07-12
OUR COAST DEFESsES.

We live and learn. "a correspondent Of
the New York Sun makes an interest
ing statement concerning the propaga-
ticn of mosquitoes, which he received
from an army officer stationed at Gov
ernor's Island. This officer said that
mosquitoes were no longer found on the
island except such as were blown there
from New Jersey or Staten Island He
said further that at one time they were
indigenous to the island, but that they
had been driven out, and that by
chance 1t was discovered that their
chief breeding places were in old can
non and in shells. Into these the rain
fell and there the mosquitoes throve by
the million. He said that more mos
quitoes came out of one big shell
warmed in the sun during peace than
destruction could possibly come out OF
1t during war.
Can it be that our coast defenses" at
Lighthouse Point are responsible for
the mosquitoes which infest that re-
gion? If they are, only the imlninence
of that war with Japan will enable the
East Shore folks to longer tolerate the
defenses.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1907-07-12
THE CHANGE IN KENTUCKY.

Some may think that the reason fam
Gus brands Of Kentucky whiskey are
advertised for sale SO cheap in some
places is because the advertisers are
dishonest and are misusing the famous
brands. But perhaps one Of the reasons
Is that the consumption of whiskey has
80 fallen off In Kentucky that there is
overproduction and underconsumptlon.
as the campaign orators used to say
about the hard times. Anyhow, as
tonishing things are happening in the
State celebrated for its whiskey.
Geographically ninety-seven per cent.
Of the area Of the State Is dry, and In
that territory dwell seyenty-two per
cent. Of the population. Only the other
day Bowling Green went dry. thus clos
ing the last saloon between Louisville,
Kentucky, and Nashville, Tenn. There
Is but one wet town in the historic
Eleventh Congressional district, and
but one in the renowned Gibraltar dis
trict. These represent the extremes Of
the State geographically and politically,
every county in the one being Repub-
llcan and every county in the other be-
ing Democratic.
This shows what can be done, And
II may be added that the people of
Kentucky intend to have prohibition
prohibit, and are very effectively work.
ing to have it do so.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1907-07-12

uniform resistance in their attempt to
get more for their labor, is It a won
der they ask themselves what great
prosperity is that 1t should accent SO
grievously needs which they did not
create? Somebody who has the conf
dence of the people should explain what
1t Is we have got hold of.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1907-07-12

There are some interesting things in
our colonies. Callers at the Paris build
ing this morning, says the Manila
Times, enjoyed the sight of snake
skin of mammoth proportions. 1t was
that Of boa constructor shot forty
miles north Of Zamboanga by two
American prospectors, Bell and New
man, The skin measures twenty-nine
feet, but Mr.. Wickersham, who brought
the skin to Manila, says when first
killed the snake measured thirty feet
six inches. At the time 1t was shot the
constructor had Just seized a deer by
the nose and was choking Off its wind.
The constructor received a charge of
buckshot full in the neck and fell With
out struggle. The wound is now rep
resented by q Jagged hole in the skin
about three inches In diameter. Mr..
Wickersham says he has seen one con-
.strictor even larger, thirty-slx feet For
the purpose Of convincing the skepti-
cal that there are such monsters in
these islands he has agreed to place
the skin on exhibition.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1907-07-12

A Philadelphia man who is very Ill
is greatly troubled because the ghosts
of all the black bass he has ever caught
are haunting him. Perhaps he didn't
tell the truth about them.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1907-07-12

A Cleveland woman kissed a burglar
in the dark. thinking 1t was her hus-
band. The husband doesn't feel COM
plimented, and the burglar doesn't
know whether he ought to or not.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1907-07-12
SAYINGS AND DorvGs.

my name also is Rockefeller, but I'm
only brakeman" said train hand
to the Standard OIL president on the
way from Chicago to Cleveland. well,
my poor young man." was the response,
"ycu had better change that name; It's
q handicap"
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1907-07-12

Vicente segura, a young millionaire
of the Mexican capital has adopted
bullfighting as a profession. segura has
already appeared as matador, or slayer
Of the bull, in two public performances,
and on both occasions acquitted him
self with credit in the eyes of those
who are experts in judging such mat
tiers. Senior segura says that his riches
make it unnecessary for him to engage
in active business and that his love for
adventure caused him to seek a calling
that would give him pleasure. 1t is his
ambition to appear before critical
crowd in Spain.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1907-07-12

Jones pays, or did pay the freight,
but who will pay the fine that is going
to be imposed on the Standard Oil Com
pany?
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1907-07-12

become so completely reconciled to
American rule in the Philippines that
he has come to the United States to
perfect himself in practical railroad
building and operations. He Is now en-
plcyed by the Erie, and is learning
rapidly all he can about construction,
maintenance, and so forth. with a
view to turning his knowledge to &C.
count in the building of railroads in the
Philippines. He is a member Of prom
inent and wealthy Filipino family.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1907-07-12

Wine adulteration in Germany isn't
looked on with favor. A dealer at May
ence, who was caught in the act Of
selling spurious Johannlsberger, had to
pay fine of a thousand marks and to
spend a month in the workhouse His
watts were unceremoniously hauled from
his cellar bins and emptied into the
gutter.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1907-07-12

The Missouri mule is found to be
very valuable in the rural delivery SER
vice. Is that because he gets there
with both feet?
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1907-07-12

The highest tree in the world, so far
as has been ascertained, is an Austral-
ian gum tree of the species of eucalyp-
tus regnans, which stands in the Cape
otway range. 1t is no less than Ais feet
high. Gum trees grow very fast. There
is one in Florida which shot UP forty
feet in four years, and another in
Guatemala which grew 100 feet in
twelve years. This corresponds to a
rise of ten feet in year, or nearly one
foot month.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1907-07-12

Raphael Auglera Dimayuga, formerly
the chief lieutenant of Aguinaldo, has
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-02-08
THE PUGILlSTS.
CANS DROPPED
 HIS PILE.
Money He Won in Last Battle Went Out in . Crap Came
 More Fight News.


 "Joe Cans did not get away with a dollar after beating Kid Herman at Tonopah," said Mike Riley, the promoter of the mill, to reporters in San Francisco the other day. His share of the purse was $14,0O0, but l had his markers for most of that before he entered the ring. Joe is an inveterate gambler. and what he did not lose shooting craps he dropped on the ponies in my pool room. Herman got away with but a small share of his earnings, too. as he played the races all the time with poor success. As for myself I won $21,000 or the fight. 50 that I came out ahead despite the small crowd. The Gans-Britt fight is going to be a corker, as both men are clever. But Cans will win sure. The only man in my opinion who has a chance with the lightweight champion is Harry Lewis" Riley's statement does not agree with the one made just after the Gans-Herman mill that the Ton opah club lost nearly $30,000. But from his remarks 1t appears certain that the Gans-Britt fight will come of as scheduled.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-02-08
JIM BARNES WON.

Springfield, Feb S.-In one of the fastest wrestling matches ever wit messed here, Jim Barnes, Spring fields favorite wrestler, Wednesday night in Graves's hall, took two falls from Oscar Sundstrom of Worcester. The first bout, Graeco- Roman style, was taken by the Worcester man, but in the next two, which were catch-as- catch-can style, he had to admit the superiority of Barnes. In Sundstrom Barnes found a foeman worthy of his steel, and it took all his strength and cunning as mat artist to get the better of the big Swede.
 First Sundstrom would apparently have the upper hand and then Barnes would appear to have the advantage. Time and time again they rolled from one corner of the ring to the other with lightning-like rapidity, but both always managed to squeeze out of dangerous holds. After 22 min utes of the fastest kind of work, the Swede got a hammer lock hold that Barnes could not wriggle out of and the bout was over.
 During the progress of the second bout Sundstrom bumped his nose against the floor and 1t bled freely for awhile. Barnes was the aggres- sor most of the time. for he was anx- ious to gain fall inside of 22 min- utes, the agreement calling for the naming of the last style by the man who gained the quicker fall. Barnes finally got Nelson and further arm hold on his man that brought him to the mat in IS minutes and 30 sec onds. Barnes selected catch-as- catch-can style for the deciding bout.
 The last one was fully as fast and interesting as the other two. It was brought to quick finish at the end of 12 minutes and 30 seconds, when Barnes got a Nelson on Sundstrom and quick as flash had rolled him into a fall before the Worcester man or the spectators seemed to realize 1t.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-02-08
WRESTLING
YOUNG TURK
 DOING WE'LL
Former Waterbury Lad Wrestling in the South -Par's Match
 in Birmingham.


 Sam Shakra of this city, who is now living in Birmingham, Ala, and Is still wrestling under the title he had here, the Young Turk" writes an interesting letter to James s. Car roll of this city. He took part in the preliminary match that was pulled off prior to the Jim Parr and Jesse Westergard contest down there on January 29. The Young Turk" wrestled chap named Knowles of Knoxville. Knowles won the first fall In twenty-four minutes and the Turk" took the next two falls in seventeen minutes each. In the main contest between Parr and Wester- gard the report is that 1t was the most spectacular wrestling contest ever 1een in the south. Parr weighed ITO pounds, while Westergard tipped the scales at 197. Parr won the first fall in twenty-three minutes. Wes- tergard took the second in three min utes and Parr took the third and de- cidtng fall in fourteen minutes. The match created the widest kind of for 1t was the hardest fought contest they had ever wit messed down in the sunny south.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-02-08
HAND HARPooN OUT OF DATE.
Weapon for Slaughter of Whales Now
 Fired from Gun.

The Norwegian whale fisheries ex. tend over nearly the whole of the Arc. tic sea. from the north of Norway to- ward Spitxbergen and even to the Shetland islands.
 The whales are shot from small steamers. the implement used being the so-called bomb harpoon, an arrow. shaped iron spear furnished with a line. which is discharged from . small cannon.
 The whale often drags the vessel . long distance until 1t becomes ex. haustec and expires. It Is then towed to the anchorage. where 1t is stripped of the blubber.
 This whcle fishery was begun by a well-known Norwegian. Svend Foyn. in 1868. While only 30 whales were killed in the first year. 1.os0 whales wero taken in 1ss7, when 513 men were engaged on 25 steamers. At hrst only the blubber was utilized for train oil; now the bones are crushed for manure and the flsh is used for fodder.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-02-08
RYAN WILL BE BUSY.

Tommy Ryan is quoted as saying that after he gets through with Hugo Kelly he will make a match with Joe Thomas, providing, of course. that he defeats Kelly, and that in the event of victory over Thomas he will then go after Philadelphia Jack O'Brien. But Ryan wants to make O'Brien weigh 15S pounds. some thing that the crafty Quaker does not particularly care for. If O'Brien balks, therefore, some ring experts would like to know whether Ryan will take Joe Cans on at catch weights. Cans has offered to fight O'Brien at 154 pounds ringside, and as this weight suits Ryan down to the ground the latter may have a chance one of these days to mix it up with the Baltimore pugilist.