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The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-09-24
NEWS AND NOTES
FOR INVESTORS.

: The large cities .Sre taking very little
commercial paper. according to reports.
There was some absorption from this State
in New York and from nearby States.
Money continues active and firm in proml-
nent grain centres, but banks in smaller
in the West seem to be well sup
piled with funds, and these institutions
have been current buyers of paper. The
rate for prime names is maintained
at 7 per cent.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-09-24
LOCAL SECURITIES

The appended list Of quotations. on the
active local securities Is furnished by Her
man ]. Egner, room COG, Prudential build
ing: Bic Asked.
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New steel orders show no tendency to
increase. The amount of business that has
been lone so far this month, according
to many of the large companies is con-
siderably below the corresponding month
Of last year. The wire, steel hoop and
steel structural branche are holding up
well, however.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-09-24
CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE.

Furnished by Byrne & Mcdonnell. stoet
brokers, 500 Broad street. Telephone 61p.
OPENING. Closing
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BOSTON STOCK EXCHANGE.

BOSTON, Sept. 24.-Following are quota
lions of the active stocks >deait in on the
Boston Stock Exchange:
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1t is more than probable that the con-
s~truction Of the long-delayed corn products
refining works at Summit, Ill, will be COM
menced. President e. T. Bedford of the
company now estimates that the cost of
these works will range between S3,O zoo, 600
ard 100000 and the construction of the
various buildings number about thirty.
The independent., 1907-04-18
UNIVERSITY TUITION.

The decision OF he regents Of the
university to charge a tuition fee Of $50
a year to students who do not reside
in Nebraska hints at a reversal OF the
policy that has heretofore prevailed in
this institution. For thirty years IL has
been the ambition of every administra-
ton TO make q showing of growth IN
numbers. New and attractive courses
have been offered every year and stu
dents have been welcomed from the en-
tire world and giyer virtually free in
struction. The growth has been graft
flying and the university has oeen able
to extend IT'S influence widely. but the
cost OF such aItruistic effort has pro-
Vo6ed criticism. The regents seem TO
give notice by this adoption of a tut.
tion charge that Nebraska Is no longer
Ia the rac1 for numbers. II viii oTer
the best Instruction possible to It's owr
sons and daughters freely. but stu.
dents from outside the state must bear
share oil the added expense eausee
by their attendance.
After the effort 20 cause a growth In
numbers every yenr II definitely ahan-
doncd the university can safely throw
The independent., 1907-04-18
TRADE FOLLOWS THE PERIODICAL

Canadians believe that trade tends
more to follow the periodical than the
flag. At present there is no postal wall
between the United States and Canada
Canada delivers without charge what
ever United States mail comes over the
border The United States reciprocates.
In the matter of letters the advantages
are about even, but not SO with news
papers and magazines. Canadian
newspapers. and particularly maya
zines, cannot compete successfully with
those of the United States. having too
small a field for either advertising or
circulation. This. according 10 the
Toronto Mail and Empire. means that
Canadians are better informed about
and more Interested IN affairs In the
United States than in Canada, aud are
tempted moreover Ly the advertise
ngents OF American goods. TO permit
Canadians. 20 nuke Canada a practical
even though not technical province
this means. IN the opinion Of many
of the unltod states. They propose nc.
pofalnEly 10 put a stap 10 this literary
conquest by abr1gatlng postal reelproc.
icy insofar as IL pertains 10 the press
The independent., 1907-04-18
MENACE OF BREWERY.

To George Kibbe Turner'S mastery
diagram of the operations and align
ment of the forces of vice in Chicago
we are indebted for a flash light view
of the liquor influence in the affairs
Of any city, Because Americans drink
more and mere beer. relatively to other
liquors, the brewers have become the
central power of the liquor business.
Brewing establishments many of the ]
overcapitalized crowd the land. To
keep running they must sell beer and
more beer The more saloons there are
the more money for them. Under their
pressure saloons have been established
in Chicago, 80 per cent of them are m
charge of men who are practically
brewers agents or employees. In every
town or locality where beer might be
sold, not only the efforts OF some man
who wants to start saloon are given
over to bringing about its sale but the
tremendous power of the brewers, eyer
in search of a market, stands behind
to help. This explains why there Is
never any dearth of campaign FUNDS
on one side when the annual struggle
between the saloon and the anti-salo9n
forces takes place in Nebraska towns.
Political power is highly desirable IN
this ir perialistic progress. Tfat comes
easy. Every saloon established pro-
duces it's circle of inebriates who can
be used at the polls iE the liquor IN
terest. Thus the association of brewers
and liquor dealers in Oregon wrote
every retailer last year during the >Wo-
man suffrage campaign: ut will take
| SO 900 votes to defeat woman suffrage.
There are 1000 retailers in Oregon.
| That means every retailer must him
self bring in twenty-five votes on cleo
1 ton day. Every retailer can gel
| twenty-five votes. Besides his en-
| pIoyes. he has his grocer, his butcher
his landlord, his laundryman, anf
every person he does business with. II
every man in the business will do tEis
we will win"
The independent., 1907-04-18
Subscription S1.OO

overheard q large number of courses
offered for the purpose of attracting
students and give its entire strength
to fundamentals. 1t will then be pos
sible to increase the pay Of the menu
bers of the faculty instead of increas-
ing their numbers and to secure
much better plant because the growth
will be slower and more attention can
be paid to permanence and to archi-
tectural beauty. The university has
grown in size I'm the past at the ex-
pense Of the quality of it's work and at
the the Expense OF Of the the men, iio have been
compelled TO give valuable service for
small salaries in order to leave funds
to provide for a rapid increase in num-
bers. That day is evidently over.
The independent., 1907-04-18

interest of promoters. Nebraska al
ready has its share Of weak and rick
ETY. railroads threading tortuously here
and there according as this township
voted bonds and that did not, built TO
pay as a promotion and not as rail
road. The 1.-THE innocent purchasers
of such roads have in the past been
permitted to save themselves at public
expense, but that was because me
public was foolish or ignorant. The
thing cannot be done again.
The independent., 1907-04-18
ECONOMIC WASTE.

Central American states, one and all.
havo discovered that war and the con-
slant immlnence of war are q bar 10
their prosperity, They are reported to
be therefore in a mood TO make ar
rangements to insure perpetual peace.
'rhe most hopeful element in the world
peace movement is involved IN this ce-
cislon. a comprehension OF the cost Of
war. Heretofore the talk against war
has been based malr y ON moral
grounds. itu wlckedncas and cruelty.
That was well. but II needs to BE- not
ed that moral movement thrives best
after the world lie convinced that II Ia
an economical movement also. Much
The independent., 1907-04-18
The ROOSEVELT WAVE

The New York Times has been in
quiring of republican editors in eyerry
state concerning the popularity of
President Roosevelt as compared with
his standing with the people when he
was elected in 1904. The result is re-
markable chorus to the effect that the
president is even more popular than
he was three years ago, and that the
demand for his reelection, or of a man
who represents his policies, Is aNar-
whalming. The republican party, ac-
cording to these letters, is completely
under the domination. of the Roosevelt
sentiment. The expressions on this
point are so strong as to justify the
warning that the breaking away Of the
rank and file from the old 'conserva-
tive leadership is complete. The nom
nation of a reactionary candidate in
1868 will invite certain disaster.
Now and then IN the letters pub
lished by the Times may be seen a
sign of unwillingnsss to concede that
the country is going unreservedly with
the president and with his policies. An
interesting side light on the situation
IS thrown by the editor Of the Rurlins-
toa Hawkeye, who is supposed TO rep
resent the politicians Of the Burlington
railroad, whose methods are SO familiar
Iowa This editor at the haads'.ee-. = :. 80
JI rrle burlington Reservation writes.
President Roosevelt is unquestion-
ably very strong in the popular esteem
among citizens Of all parties in Iowa.
There is noticeable, however. a growing
restlessness among business men be-
cause OF the fear the presidents atti-
tude toward railway and large business
interests will be detrimental to The
prosperity Of the country. IT is recos-
nized that radical legislation in Iowa
and other states relative to railways
and other corporations contributes
| largely to the fears for the future and
| there is a disposition among some Of
| the people to attribute to the president
| the inspiration of the state Legislators
who take the cue from him. when, as q
matter of fact, many of their acts
would not have the presidents appro-
val.
When it is understood that the
growing restlessness among the busi-
ness men" Is altaos.. wholly confined II
those engaged in railroad enterprises
the statement becomes self evident ano
self explanatory
The independent., 1907-04-18
PHYSICAL VALUE.

W. r. Stubbs, the Kansas railroad
gave some time ago to the effect that
he could replace the main line railroads
of Kansas for $4,000 a mile, and the
branches for $4,000 a mile, exclusive
Of terminals, shops and general offices.
Mr.. Stubs has built railroads nearly
all his life. and therefore speaks with
authority when he says that these fig
urea viii not only build the lines In
first class condition hut will yield the
contractor q mice profit" The figures
for single track main lines In detail.
as given in the interstate commerce
nearing, srre as IurTuws.
Rails, 140 tons to the mile at $50. a. 200
Spices, spikes, bolts per mile. 400
Ties, per mile. e......................... 1,DW
Grading, per mile. ilc...................... 5000
Tracklaying, per mile. e................. 600
Bridges. depots, roundhouses,
right of way and engineers,
per mile. e...,....................... COCO
Ballast, per mile. 1900
Incidentals. freight etc.............. 2,sOO
Total ............................ .S25,O 900
Cost Of reproducing Kansas branch
lines:
Rails, 100 tons per mile at $3o.s $500
Splices, etc ........................ 400
Ties ...........,............. .zVV
| Bridges, .......,............4,e
| Y. II 4.Io
The independent., 1907-04-18

The further testimony that railroa J
construction Is exceptionally cheap In
Kansas is of interest in Nebraska, for
the conditions here are identical with
those Of the neighboring state. Mr..
Stubbs expressed the prevailing send-
ment in Goth states when he said that
he wanted to bc fair to the railroads,
as he understood the benefit they are
TO the state. He was willing to see
them valued on a liberal basis and
then be allowed to make liberal
profit on that valuation" The public
is not inclined to complain until the
capitalization Is watered with lib
eral hose. and then Is doubled at one
stroke as In the case of the Burllng-
ton or put through the doping process
that ruined the Alton.
The Washington bee., 1907-07-20

let him carry a basket, while, to haul
their shares, they are accompanied by
four-hOrse trucks.
BischOf became a barber Ill war
times, and in 1878 he branched out as
the proprietor of a shop in Wall
street. Friendly tips on the market
given him by fnanciers set him go
ing on a very comfortable tide of
prosperity, and in time he accumu-
lated several tenement houses. In
these latter years, acting under the
advice of budding biIIionaires of the
new school, he has sold the houses
and gone in for real capitalism. He
speculates not at all, but is an in
vestOr.
Despite his wealth BischOff contin-
ues at work. He has a set of early
morning visits to attend to his fa-
VOTed cstOmers. At Gas a. m. he is
at the home of James T. Woodward,
president of the Hanover National
bank. Half an hour later he is at
the dressing room of James Stillman,
one of the big men of the Standard
Oil company. After Stillman, senior,
his son passes under the razor. At
$50 o'clock, always on the dot Bis
choh reaches the home of Thomas F.
Ryan. Then three sons of the latter
receive his attention in their Wall
street office. After that BischOff is
is on deck in his shop, where mil
lionaires come trailing in all day.
Bischoff says of his early morning
customers that all leave their beds
in good humOr. and appear to be
bright and eager for the days work
He also observes that it seems to
be characteristic of the big fellows
that they have tough Wiry hair He
did not say bristles.
The Washington bee., 1907-07-20
MAINE HAS A UTOPIA
COMMUNITY OF TEMPERANCE
ADVOCATES THRlVES.
Vice Unheard of In Benedicta-ls
Without Jail, Poorhouse, Free
from Debt and Has Cash
on Hand.

Boston.-Benedicta, in Maine, is the
Roman Catholic Utopia and the dream
of the W. c. T. U. come true. 1t is
tabloided Home Rule. Irish Catholics
settled in it. Their descendants.
sturdy Americans, run it. Only Cath
olics live there now, and probably
only Catholics will ever live there.
1t is crimeless, jailIess, poorhouseless,
free from debt and ideally admins
tered.
As a community Benedicta is more
ideal than MOOre's Utopia" or Ba-
cons New Atlantis" Though 40
miles from any other town and 100
miles from a railroad, Benedicta has
electric light service, a municipal
water supply, several fine buildings,
and all the cOnveniences of a thor
oughly modern city.
Benedicta is not only free from
debt, but has a surplus in the treas
uTy. Moreover there is not a poor
family in the place and there never
has been any occasion for the estab-
lishment of any OF the usual institu-
tiOns for the poverty stricken or peace
breakers.
When Fenwick started his colony
he purchased more than 1900 acres
OF fertile timber lands. comprising
the western half of a township in
ArOOstOok county. There he began
to build up an ideal community of
temperance residents
Though many of the younger gener-
alton have gone to cities for work,
leaving their elders on farms, the cen
sus of 1900 showed that the colony
numbered $50 persons.
Benedicta got its charter as a town
in 1874, the name being bestowed in
honor of its founder
The nearest place where any liquor
can be bought is HOulton, Al miles
away through the woods to the east,
and the nearest point Of railway CON
nectiOn is Bangor, more than 100
miles to the south
The Washington bee., 1907-07-20

from the south side, balustradsd ter
race adm a pillared portico adjoining
from the west and two smaller rear
pOrticos in the rear, a loggia, fat top
ped and surmounting rows Of sqGape
columns has been constructed upOa
the fat roof OF the new house Wkers
an outdoor life the season round may
be passed without great discomfort
in case the latter mode Of existeRee
is desired.
Indeed it has been planned to
make this roof garden, situated SeF-
eral hundred keet above the sE
rounding level, one of the most DE-
lightfully ideal places of private
abode in New England
The Pearmain estate is one OF the
links in a chain OF country side
places built by wealthy BOstOnians
that extend from the vicinity OF
the old Wayside inn back TO the
southwark into the Framingham town
boundaries
The new house, which is almost eS-
tirely of concrete construction. tops
the summit of the biggest hill in that
part of the state and at a distance
gives the effect OF a somewhat mod
ern Italian palace
In addition to the outdoor diversiO0s
which the house itself offers, a mon
ster private swimming tank, 20 feet
wide and 20 feet long. all of concrete,
has been built at the foot of the hill
upon which the mansion is located.
The Washington bee., 1907-07-20

tached 10 the New York navy yard,
and who has just returned from Ma
Mia, where he has been stationed for
two years. 1t was Immediately prior
to his departure from Manila that the
chief bOatswain paid a visit to Agui-
naldo at his ship yard AguinaIdo, he
says. employs about $50 men. is do
ing d thriving business, accommodating
many of this worlds goods, and
getting fat
Let me have men about me that are
fat,
SIeek-headed men, such as sleep o
nights"
This Cassius no longer wears a
lean and hungry look, and is no more
of that dangerous class who think
too much. \ much-changed Emilio,
he is. according to his recent visitor
No more does he issue prOclama-
tiOns whose pOignancy of style was
rivaled only by that OF Manilas bonn
bastic Captain General Augustin, and
no more does he send forth evil
communications TO corrupt good Fill
ipinOS.
AguinaldO. who is now about IS
years old first came into fame in 1896
when he led the revolt of his country
men against Spanish rule. Thereafter
he was constantly active as an insur-
gent until America conquered Spain,
whereupon he JooE mp arms against
the cOnquerOIs and caused this coun-
try far more trouble than Montojo
caused Dewey until ne was finally cap
tured by Funston. tguinaldo, it is
said, had been close student of the
life of Napoleon and was credited with
an ambition 10 be a military leader
The Washington bee., 1907-07-20
NEW YORK LEADS WORLD.
Surpasses Even London in Wealth and
Variety of Business.

New York.-This city. which ranks
second among the worlds cities in
population, largely surpasses London
in wealth and in the volume and
variety of its business activities. The
United States passed England in ex-
tent of manufactures in 1880, in iron
and steel production in 1895 and in
coal output in 1900. and its leadership
in each of these fields is rapidly
leHgthening.
New York city is the business capi-
tai of a country which produces 20 per
cent. of the worlds wheat, 25 per
cent. of its gold, SO per cent. OF its
coal, % per cent of its manufactures,
40 per cent. of its iron. 42 per cent. of
it's steel, 50 per cent. of its petroleum,
30 per cent. of its copper. 20 per cent.
of its cotton and so per cent. of its
corn.
The wealth of the United States in
1907 is Sis, 900. 100000 OF as much as
that of its two nearest rivaIs-Great
Britain and France-in the aggregate.
As the United States natural re-
sources are only in the early stage Of
their development and as it's su-
premacy over the rest of its old time
rivals is steadily increasing, its social
and business leadership in the world
is assured.
The Washington bee., 1907-07-20
SIMPLE LIFE
NOTHING MORE HEARD OF ONCE
FAMOUS AGUINALDo.
Distinguished Trouble Maker NoW a
Successful Ship-Builder in Phil
ippines and ReconciIed TO
American Rule.

New York; correspondent writ
ing to a contemporary, asked what
has become OF AguinaIdo, the once
conspicuous Tagal, Son of Destiny"
but who seems 10 have dropped so
completely out of public notice that
the paper to which the inquiry was
addressed replied by saying that
patient and painstaking search of
The records discIoses the fact that the
lan..us Filipino chieftain, who for
many long months was chased from
one end OF the Philippines to the
other b. practically all the armed
forces Of the United States. and who
was finally surprised and ca cured by
stratagem by Gen. Frederick Funs-
ton, the daredevil of the American
army, has dropped ont OF siSht as
completely as if the earth had opened
and swallowed him at a single sulp.
1t is true that this distinguished
trouble maker, who once commanded
the first column on the front page, has
dropped out of the notice of the read
ing world But he is still very much
alive, and-you would never guess il
"a well-tO-dO shipbuilder, has ship
yard on the NeimOs river, at Cavite
Feyo, village near Cayite; is thor
Oughly recOnciled TO Aemrican rule,
has taken the oath of allegiance; the
surveillance upon his movements,
once SO keen though unObtrusive, has
= 1. ~,E H.
tiny" is now engaged in leading so
much of the simple life as goes with
the building of cOastWise craft and
the patching up of those that are in
need of repair.
This information about the Filipino
leader who gave so much trouble to
Spain and to America was furnished
by James II. DGyle. chief bOatswain,
United States navy, who is now at
The Washington bee., 1907-07-20

Two large masses of aggIomerated
lava from former eruptions on each
SID. gl the crater slope down to the
sea- and in case of eruption lead the
lava torrent 10 the sea, preventing it
from spreading over the island.
These natural projections render
Tie sIaud habitable and almost i'm
mme from the effects of eruptions.
The soil is purely volcanic and com
posed of basalt, lava, scoriae. IapilH
and ashes The island is very fertile
and covered with vegetation, nOtwith-
sanding the scarcity of water The
uuors emitted from the volcano are
naturally condensed and converted
into water which runs into a spring
known as the Schicciola.
Su1mbot is in continual activity
ami mas been so from time immemo-
ria. so much so that to the ancients
TINS volcano served the purpose of
a natural lighthouse in the naviga-
ugu between Sicily and Magma Grecia
and the Campania. During the mid
d.. ages the island was used as a
H..a. settlement where convicts were
sem. instead of being executed.
... volcano has been studied dilli-
--. since 1889 and a record has
. Kept of the different phases of
..EEiry. Generally eruptions hap
. n the following manner:
... Volcano begins to show its ac-
... ag loud detonations and eXplo-
. Subsequently a sound like
a. steam escaping from d boiler
H heard and the crater is covered with
sa Lately the explosions accom-
la..lg eruptions have been very
intense. and resemble the firing of
heavy artillery.
Although the volcano is continually
active it has periods of repose and
... longer these are the more in
..se is the activity that follows
m. still the eruptions have been
called parOXysms of harmless anger
More dangerous than the eruptions
The earthquakes, but these, fortu-
-a.oIy. are very rare.
The Washington bee., 1907-07-20
OUTDOOR LIFE IN A HOUSE.
Boston Millionaire introduces Unique
Ideas in His Summer Mansion.

Boston.-UpOn the summit Of tbs
famous Notscott hill in the town o.
Farmingham and d short distance
from the old Wayside inn. there has
just been completed one of the most
unique summer homes IN New Eng
land
Mrs. 8. B. Pearmain, a Bostoa 30
ciety woman. is the architect OF this
modern palace Mrs Pearmain, n
planning the house, has introduced a
number of novel ideas of her OWE
which make the mansion close rival
to the much talked-of Gardner Italian
palace in the Fenway.
The feature of the new building.
one that has been emphasized par
ticularly, is the possibility that has
been afforded for outdoor life. Be
sides an extended pergola built out
The Washington bee., 1907-07-20
Hard Toothpicks lniurious-

Twenty-Five years ago wood tooth.
picks were made of soft pine" two
and one-half inches long, hattened
like a wedge at both ends, and really
so soft that they did not endanger
the enamel of the teeth or injure the
gums. The toOthpicks of to-day are
made of the hardest kinds Of wood.
round-pOinted bIunted, brittle They
hurt the teeth and gums. When q
point breaks OF il IS often necessary
to go to d dentist to have it removed.
N. 7. Press.