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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-08-12
BY Water and by Land.

Under the caption, Freight by Sea
and Railway" the July bulletin of the
department of commerce and labor
gives the following striking illustration
of the enormous differences between
the tariff on freight by water and the
tariff charged by the railway to the
shipper and paid, i'll the end, by the
consumer:
Consul X. b. Mosher of Port Eliza,
beth, Cape Colony, reports that Il ton
of galvanized iron which is brought
from England to Natal, 1000 miles, for
$G07, costs by rail from Natal to Jo-
hannCsburg, 4S3 miles. $2G.77. From
the same places barrel Of cement
costs 9S cents and $4.7S. respectively.
In itself that one statement. made by
an official of the government of the
United States to the department of
commerce and labor, ought to be sufli-
CiCnt to impel the pTOmptest action on
the part of the government to a fixed
a well defined and a continuous policy
of Improvement of the inland water
ways of the United States. That Jones
pays the freight is a serious mistake
II is the purchaser who pays the
freight i'll addition to the losses he sus
tains by the constant and veXatious de
lays caused not by unwillingnesS on
the part of the railway, but because OF
inadequate facilities for transportation
and the tremendous growth of the in
land trade and commerce of the United
States, UNNECESSARILY in excess of the
| foreign trade and commerce, which biz
| defiance to any efforts the railways
may make to keep pace with the neCes
sites and the demands of transpOrta
ton.
England solved the question for it
northern shires by the construction o
the Manchester canal. Germany
France and Holland are solving it il
| the phenomenally large appropriation
annually made for waterway improve
ment 1t can be solved equally to tn
satisfaction of shipper, received AM
consumer in the United States by tn
improvement of the inland waterway
THE natural avenues of trade an,
commerce. With the work accomplish
ed, there would be no such eXorbitan
rates for rail carriage as Consul MOsl
er reports, and they obtain in the Unit
ed States, as shipper and receiver know
to their mutual loss.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-08-12

1t must be. Il dainty mOrsCl to tempt
us in the hot summer afternoons and
evenings, and yet an appropriate little
spread is just the thing to refresh one
on an oppressive day.
1t is impossible to buy fresh biscuit
or waters in bulk. To be good, they
must he newly baked and perfectly pro
tCcted.
The National Biscuit company comes
ito the rescue with biscuits and waters
,of all kinds in moisture and dust-prool
packages that so preserve their oven
freshness, that their real age dates
from the time the package is opened.
Perhaps the most popular for the
summer season are Social Tea Biscuit
For porch or lawn, picnic or party
luncheon. supper, tea or dessert, they
are equally good and always appro
pirate.
Social Tea Biscuit should be served
from the original package if you wish
| to enjoy them to the fullest extent, be
cause when the box is opened and the
crisp little biscuit eaten at once, it is
| just like taking them from the oven
| All their goodness and flavor is there
! for you to enjoy. The package itsel
| is so artistically designed that its at
| tractive appearance alone would promp
you to serve Social Tea Biscuit in thi:
way. The first trial will suggest Il
you at once the various uses and occa
sions for which they would be just tn,
thing.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-08-12
Hjuh WAGES For lawmakers.

Anxious 10 save their big crops OF
hay and thereby retrieve part of their
losses on other crops caused by the late
spring, farmers all over New England
are offering record wages for laborerG
who go into the hayfields and do +
days work, says the Boston Transcript
AS high as $50 Il month and board have
been offered by many farmers, but gen
orally without result. The average.
wages paid a farm laborer are 500 =
month with board, and comparison OF
the average and the present wages
shows how anxious the farmers are to
get help.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-08-12

With the news that +. Ii. Michigan,
one of jim Hills lieutenants i'll the
Great Northern railroad. has quit his
service after assaulting him for harsh
conduct toward him. preceding the in
formation from John ID. Rockefeller's
brother that the former is a pitiless
monster who ought to be stoned, the
worlds suspicious as to the real in
ward nature of the men whose selfish
ness has brought them fabulous wealth,
are being rapidly verified.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-08-12
Sciatic Rheumatism Cured.

L. Wagner, wholesale druggist, Rich
mond, Va, says: 81 had a fearful at
tack of sciatic rheumatism; was laid
up almost two months; was fortunate
enough to get Mystic Cure for Rheu
matism. This cured me after doctors
prescriptions had failed to have any
effect | have also heard of fine results
from others who have used it." Sold BY
Otto Grotjan, 1901 Second avenue
Rock Island; Gust Schlegel &c Son, 22(
West Second street. Davenport.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-08-12

II is interesting just at this time to
note that the typographical union of
Washington has made war on Public
Printer Stillings, denouncing him in
resolutions for an alleged attempt to
demoralize and disrupt its membership.
His cruelty and tyranny have resulted
in the discharge of more than 200 wo-
men," they say. Mr.. Stillings is pet
of the president. and is said TO be car
rying out the Roosevelt policies
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-08-12

Governor Hoke Smith of Georgia
wants a higher tax on the property of
railroads. He believes that when the
agents of roads swear in court that
their property is worth sum twice or
three times as much as its assessed
value, there is something wrong. Every
railroad should have its value asCer
tanned and be taxed accordingly.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-08-12

John D. Rockefeller has been de
nounced by his brother Frank Rookie
teller as pitiless monster. whose in
humanity to man is hidden behind the
mask of piety. and that the people o!
the world will stone him when they
learn his true character. And yet
Brother Frank has not told anything
so awfully amazing or even surprising.
The people have been OH to John d. S
curves for some time
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-08-12

The Argus has received with the
compliments of Secretary of State
James a. Rose, the laws of Illinois for
1907. Provisions of the important Ell
actments of the last legislature wer-
published in complete form in the A.
gus at the time of the legislatures al
JOuTnment
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-08-12

All trusts are bad trusts, be
cause the very object of every trust is
to restrain trade, and thereby eXtOrt
unfair prices from the consumers OF
trust-made goods. One might as well
talk about good thieves as good trusts
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-08-12

The Sioux City 0owa) Tribune has
issued a gay and attractive golden jul
hilee edition i'll honor of the 50th ami
versary of the founding of the north
western Iowa municipalities. II is full Of
information of historic and general in
teTeSt
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-08-12

Senator Forager has sent i'll a gen
eral fire alarm to Ohio republicans to
arouse them to fight against endorsing
Taft for president. AS Taft is regard
ed as an understudy of the president
there would appear to be anything but
harmony amongst Ohio republicans
Turn the rascals out
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-08-12
Not the Devils Fault,

Judge Lands of Chicago is making
Il great reputation. He not only makes
Standard Oil magnates explain how
they don't know ANYTHING about their
own business, but he comes sQuarely
out as a defender of the devil himself
against the calumnies of dignitaries
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-08-12

1t was a happy thought of that North
Carolina judge to put lawbreaking rail
road officials in the chain gang. 1t
worked like a charm, and now Teddy'i
admirers are wondering why he never
suggested it as a mode of trust bust
ing.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-08-12

The Mississippi river carries out a
greater amount of dirt each year, dur
ing its summer floods, than will be dug
from the entire Panama canal, and the
problem of saving its farms and naviga-
ton is daily becoming more difficult.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-08-12

The inland waterways commission, re-
Gently appointed by the president, has
made an expedition down. the Missis-
sippi, and were one and all deeply i'm
pressed by the perceptible lack of nav
igation and shipping.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-08-12
a Good Investment,

The greatest health regulator is g
bottle of good beer taken with meals
Cross-Country is the best obtainable
Telephone West 50 old, or 60S9 new.
ROCK ISLAND BREWING CO.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-08-12

The Sherman antitrust law is now
said to be unavoidable" There seems
TO be no way for the republican leaders
to make a trust unavoidable, however.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-08-12
THE ARGUS.

Published Daily and Weekly at 1924
second avenue. Rock Island, Ill. tEn-
tered at the postoffice as second-class
matter.1
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-08-12

Since passing its prohibition law.
Georgia has developed some kickers,
but more GROWERS.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-08-12

TO the penitentiary. Let us hope his
first name was Phallen.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-08-12

This would be good time for the
government to take over the telegraph
lines and operate them itself.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-08-12
WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON.

The president the
lie Washington
of
to to
presidency Wing log
cab
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-08-12
Charles E. Hodgson,
FIRE INSURANCE
AGENCY.
1914

American Insurance company, Newark
American lns. Co. -....Newark, n. J.
Continental Ins. Co.. New York
Agricultural Ins. Co. New York
Farmers lns. York, Pa.
Williamsburg lns. Co.......New York
New Hampshire Ins. Co. N. Hampshire
Northern Ins. Co. York
Security Ins. Co. New Haven, Conn.
Ins. Co. State of Illinois Rockford, Ill
Connecticut Fire Ins. Co. of Connecticut
Office, room 3, Buford block. Rates
as low as consistent with security.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-08-12
Plan to Stop Powder Accidents.

Professor Charles Totten, the former
Yale instructor and later prophet or
disaster. recently sent word to the
government that future explosions like
that upon the Georgia could be pre-
vented by making all the powder bags
of asbestus cloth, says a New Haven
special to the New York Times. When
asked how he would convey fire to the
cartridge in such form he said: Easily
enough. 1 would have the friction
primer in the form of long q caliber
pistol cartridge, with a bullet to cut
through the bag and make way for
the fire"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-08-12

DeWitt's Little Early Risers don t
sicken or grippe. Small pills, easy to
take. Sold by all druggists.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-08-12

BY THE ]. w. POTTER CO.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-08-12
Bonds
I'm Haste

n We furnish all bonds used in the
collection of debts, such as Cost
: Bonds, and Bonds in Attachment
A and Replevin Proceedings.
Our promptness in supplying these
often proves of valuable assistance
to manufacturers and others in coll
3 lecting from distant creditors.
a With an agency system that covers
81 every business point in the coun-
try, we are in a position to wire
our agents to give security for
r responsible concerns without delay.
Parties whose wide business trans
q actions involve great risk often
save themselves from loss by cen
Sulting US.
Fidelity, Official, License, Contract
81 and Probate Bonds also promptly
furnished.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-08-12

TERMS Daily, 10 cents per week.
Weekly, 81 per year in advance.
All communications of argumentative
character, political or religious. must
have real name attached for publica-
ton. No such articles will be printed
over fictitious signatures.
Correspondence solicited from every
township in Rock Island county.
The San Francisco call., 1907-03-31
SAN FRANCISCO SEEN THROUGH BEER GLASS

A. HE Milwaukee Wisconsin discussing the population of cities
in the first cass-upward of 300O00n connection with the
estimates of 1904 has this to about two
by conagraon-San Francisco and Baltimore
of cities of the first
and
believe Baltimore published
remarkable
the dreadful calamity which
still
earthquake
present continued in 1t has
earthquake fire has deprecated harbor which
world Rebuilt
judgment
dinterested visitors the will be painfully slow
"Stil covers from the shockp Milwaukee
queer things you behold when you look through the bottom
OF glass The estimates Of 1904 which the
Wisconsin its entertaining gave San Francisco
3S2 population That than and the
OF the city had grown rapidly that had close
100000 people If have less than that 1t because
put them We shall get them all back and
more Just provide house and shelter We
have built 10000 houses since the fire
In the meantime nobody San Francisco Is observed to
COVER We enjoying of grand opera, OF higher
Milwaukee There theaers
full than Everybody is work and
wages high We conducting most instructive and mu
ng municipal housekeeping, which we invite the attention
Of Milwaukee between drinks
The San Francisco call., 1907-03-31
HE WOULD REPEAL HUMAN NATURE

~ NCE who proposes make end Of
Wall street, the money power and the stock gamblers.
Naturally he from Kansas but for all that he neither
novel His predecessors in the line of endeavor
have busy thousand years The
Representative Campbell of Kansas He edoubtable
champion and his belt OF the tenaces of the octopus
he in fact, who brought about the big Standard Oil
investigation Now he ready stop gambling in Stocks and
After his interview with the chief executive he said
threatened Wall manipulation
gamblers The
the stock feeling that
shall of
that will end tremendous gambling
gambling
that
and Congress should If the situation be reached
reaching State legislatures legislation that will
shall make thorough investigation and bring the
of Congress at the next session
We fear that Mr. Campbell small encouragement
President Mr. Roosevelt has the advantage of the
that he the lessons of history He
wrong gamble and he knows that all do gamble
will gamble Some call buying securities, and others
plain business swapping aives insight
they all ready chance shape another
there always have been like Congressman Campbell trying
repeal human nature The only way reform Wall
make il less danger the country put stiff bride on the
bankers who risk their depoos funds operations
of reckless spectators Make the gamblers risk their
if they gamble The recurring squeezes in Wall
the have been mostly due the
been too liberal with loans TO the gamblers.
The San Francisco call., 1907-03-31
sEM1PRoFEss1oNAL1sM IN COLLEGE SPORT

HEY take their football very seriously Harvard the
echoes Of the loud the
EARTH with President Roosevelt side denouncing
ollycodde and President Eliot other protesting
against the sports of the babarans It
basns had for the In
Of the Harvard Oversees in favor of continuing sport
Boston remarks that oday great
undergraduates Cambridge alumni
all the country 1t that the souls of the had
been oppressed with gloom for fear the moycodde might prevail
The report altogether reassurng admits that
abuses have about the One of
the that has of the
receipts of gate money. On this subject the report
At time the of the athletic
The Students subscriptions athletics less today they
The San Francisco call., 1907-03-31
New World Goods Poorly
Handled in the Old
H. w. HARRIS of Mann
helm gives the following concrete

~ONSUL H. w. HARRIS of Mann
helm gives the following concrete
I } examples of the cumbersome
methods sometimes adopted by
foreign agencies-probably of their own
choosing-that he says would not be
tolerated day in the United States:
This consulate has knowledge OF a
small American life insurance policy,
handed to the applicant five weeks after
the medical examination. with no ques-
ton in dispute and no word OF inform-
alton in the meantime whether policy
would be issued or not With the Issue
OF this policy and the payment OF the
first two premiums upon it, the offices
at New York, London, Paris. Berlin and
Franfort. together with local agent,
have each had something to do.
The consulate has knowledge of an
American resident OF this district who
desired an American flecase for his of
flee. He applied to the local agent in
the town in which he lives and was
told that application to the agent at
Berlin for price would be made. Six
days later price was furnished. with
the explanation that he had to write
the agent at Frankfort The Frank
fort agent wrote Berlin and the answer
came back through the same channels.
He added further that the case could
be delivered in three weeks. All this
between two cities scarcely ESQ miles
apart
The same American desired q type
writer, and there being no agent in the
town where he lives for the machine to
which he was accustomed, he wrote the
factory in the United States, explaining
why he wrote and saying he wished
that particular machine. Three weeks
later he received a brief letter from the
Berlin agent. stating that the machine
was an excellent one, which he was
prepared to sell at certain price. OF
effort to SELL or to follow the matter
UP there was none. Similar facts must
have come within the observation Of all
Americans living abroad. American
products known everywhere in the
United States are kept before the pub
lie there by the constant expenditure Of
large sums for advertising The same
goods are Hoffered in a foreign market
and take their chances without any ad-
vertising matter whatever.
But the case as a whole Is by no
means a discouraging one. On the con-
trary, no one can survey Americas for
eign trade without seeing abundant ev-
fdence of the splendid organization and
enterprise which have pushed II for
ward That the limits have been even
approximately reached no intelligent
man will believe. Rather does such
survey give a faint forecast Of what
this trade will be when this same or
ganization and enterprise have been
carried into all fields as they have In
some.
The San Francisco call., 1907-03-31
Gossip of the Doings of
Railroad Men

G. l.. Seagrave, general colonization
agent Of the Santa Fe, arrived in the
city yesterday and will leave this even
ing for his headquarters IN Chi
cago. I'VE are doing all we can,
he observed yesterday, ito build
up California, as our people are
convinced that you have the gar
den spot of the world Your greatest
rival is, OF course. the Southwest, where
land is cheap and where the agent Is
enabled to pile up a big commission. He
works for his own interests. of course.
and booms that territory. The Pan
handle Of Texas, Indian Territory and
Oklahoma are taking a number of peo-
ple-people who should really come
here. The cheap land is, however, AL
most all sold of and that immigration
will soon be diverted to this coast"
THE mild Hindu" Is beginning to
realize that the West Is not suited to
his particular temp perament and to his
fastidious tastes He has been work
ing in large numbers on the Western
Pacific, in the neighborhood OF Oro-
vile. but he does not come up to the
exacting requirements of the contrac-
tors. He does not do full days work
that being against his religion He
will not patronize the butcher shop
milk and flour. He has been weighed
in the balance and found wanting, and
the result is that no Hindu need apply
for work on the Western Pacific 1t is
to him "darwaza band" which. in his
language. means "the door Is closed !"
The rebuilding of San Francisco, say
the freight men of the foreign lines, Is
already beginning to have an effect on
the shipments of redwood lumber to
Eastern points All of the firms in
California that have been shipping
their products to the East are swamped
with orders which they cannot fill on
account of the big local demand. This
extends not only to the rough lumber,
but to doors and holdings.
Freight is beginning to be received
from the East in the city and 120
through cars arrived In Oakland last
Friday. There were 16S cars on the
western division yesterday and General
Superintendent w. s. Palmer of the
Southern Pacific issued orders that all
should be moved into the Oakland
yards so as to clear the division. There
were only 55 unloaded cars in Oakland
yesterday and about 800 on the coast
division.
Edward Twigss severed his connec-
ton with the passenger department OF
the Union Pacific yesterday and joined
the forces of R r. Ritchfe of the Chi
cago Northwestern. Before leaving
the Union Pacific the ONCE force pre-
sented Twiggs with handsome silver
toilet set.
Five hundred .colonists passed
through Ogden on Friday for Califor-
MIA and the majority Of the travellers
were headed for San francisco.
E. 2. Penn~lwho-has bsen~ticka<-.-----4
The San Francisco call., 1907-03-31
Chile Seeking Means
to Attract Labor

-. ONSTJI, Alfred A Winslow OF VAL
paraiso reports that the labor
I question in Chile is becoming a
very serious matter and one that
Is keeping back the development Of the
country along all lines
There is a great lack Of iaborers both
In the city and on the farm, and be-
high wages and are so independent
that in many cases they are OF little
service There are no labor organiza-
tions, but workmen are so scarce that
any one who wishes to work can de-
maud and obtain almost any price
Common laborers have been paid eight
and ten pesos per day, which means
from $40 to So United States gold. The
usual wage is from five to six pesos
($150 to $500 per day, and skilled
labor in proportion. Even at these
prices it is impossible to get near
enough men.
One firm in this city with very large
interests in this country has arranged
to bring over 1000 coolies on contract,
and a corporation Is considering the
matter of bringing in like number OF
workmen from Argentina 1t IS con-
servatively estimated that 10000 men
could be given employment for the next
two or three years in rebuilding the
city of Valparaiso. Where these men
are to come from is a mystery. The
Government realizes this, and is con-
sidering the question of immigration.
1t is proposed to grant liberal land con-
cessions to actual settlers. There is
still much valuable land not occupied.
and the agricultural products are need
ed for the country to supply food for
workmen in the cities and in the mines
at a reasonable price. AS 1t is, living
Is very expensive hero.