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The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1907-05-31

Constant attention 10 a sick man
brought $4,000 to Mrs. Grace A. Gil
lies. nurse, OF Fennville, who faith.
fully attended Charles Moore. OF
Douglas, during his many weeks of
Illness. Mrs. Gillies is a widow with
three small children.
Clarence Madden, OF Mason, has
been sentenced by Judge West from
to 10 years in Jackson prison for as
sault and battery with intent TO do
great bodily harm, his victim being a
12-year-old boy who chased him as he
was running with some stolen proper.
~. Madden struck the boy on the head
with a piece OF iron.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1907-05-31

Two railroads have been granted
franchises through Bay City, the De-
troit. Bay City q Western and the Bay
City e. Port Huron. The first proposes
to operate between that city and Caro-
and the second between IL and Port
Huron. The d.. h. G. & w. allowed its
first franchise to expire.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1907-05-31
Grain, Etc.

Detroit-wheat-.cash No. red. 81 !;
May. 5000 bu at 81 Ola 800 bu at
81 90 y, 5000 bu at 81 1000 bu az 99h G.,
5000 bu at 81 00A, 1000 bu at 81 July.
900 bu at 81 OF, $4,000 bu at 81 Oh q !,
%, 900 bu at 81 o15s $4,000 bu az 81 OF q,
10000 bu at 81 00N. $4,000 bu at 81 OOss
10000 bu at 81 00h $4,000 bu at 81,
10000 bu at 81 00h, IL, 900 bu at 81 0O& |.
10. 900 bu at 81 OF, 10000 bu at 81 OF u 4.
10000 bu at 81 OO% September. $4,000
bu at 81 %, 10000 bu at 81 03%, 10000
bu at 81 O3h, 10000 bu at 81 O3H, $4,000
blu at 81 OF, 5000 bu at 81 o2x 10000
bu at 81 o2IE 10, 900 bu at 81 o2x. 5000
bu at 81 03, 10000 bu at 81 O3k, 10000
bu at 81 ON; No. red, &c; No. 1
corn-cash No. 3. 54hc; No. 3 yellow.
STAG.
Oats-Cash No. 3 white, 4sc: TO ar
rive, car at 4Shc; No. 4 white, car
at 4Si2ci sample, ! car at 4Sc
Rye-Cash No. 2, car at SIC.
Beans-Cash. 81 20; June. cars at
81 20: July, 81 20.
CIoverseed-Prime spot. SO: October.
IS bid: December. IS 10; sample. bags
at IS SO, at 81 so; prime alslke, 5 bags
at 81 25.
Timothy seed-Prime spot. 30 bags at
50 O6,
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1907-05-31

East Buffalo.-Export and heavy
shipping grades barely steady; butcher
stun 10d15c higher; export steers.
SIS 60G6; best 1000 to 1.3O0-lb. ship
ping steers, SIS 30@5 so; best 900 to
1,1oO-lb do, .$5@5 so; best fat cows,
s4q4 so: fair to good SO 5000 trim
mers. 81 25d2 so: best fat heifers.
IS Q5 %: medium to good. 81 25Q4 so;
best feeding steers. 81 4064 SIS; year
lings. So 50q4 common stock steers,
3 25@3 so: export bulls, 50 5o@5; bo-
logna bulls, SO 1904 25; stock bulls,
5OQ3 so. The COW market was
about the same as last week good TO
extra $3.50 55: medium to good S350
40: common. S206D25.
Hogs.-Market steady; heavy. SO so
06 70: medium and mixed Sc 1906 so;
workers.. Sc so; pigs. Sc 5000 So: the
market closed steady; 5 cars unsold.
Sheep.-Marke active on handy
sheep and lambs. but on the heavy
kinds there are about 10 cars unsold
TOP lambs. sS@S 10; culls. $6D7;
wethers. s6 25@6 80; culls, s495;
yearlings. S7@7 %; ewes, SIS 25G5 75.
CalVes.-Strong; best, 81 soar as:
medium TO good. IS 50q7; heavy, $40
so.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1907-05-31
THE MARKETS.

Detroit-Extra dry-fed steers and
heifers, 81 50G5 15. steers and heifers,
600 to 1000 lbs. $505 so; steers and
heifers, 500 to 1000 lbs, 81 1905 25:
steers and heifers that are fat, 500 to
zoo lbs, 81 1915 GO; choice fat cows,
"a 25M4 65, good fat COWS SO 1904 Is;
common cows. 5000 so; Gamers, 500
= IS; choice heavy bulls,,$4 2504 so;
fair to good bolognas. bulls, So 1904;
stock bulls. SO 2503 80; choice feeding
steers 500 TO 1000 lbs, 81 50@5 %; fair
feeding steers, 500 to 1000 lbs, SO $50
a %; choice stoCkers, 500 TO 700 lbs,
50 75M4 so; fair stockers, 500 to 700 lbs,
SO 25 a 4: stock heifers. SO 25@4; milk
ers. large. young, medium age, $4,000;
common mixers, $1SG25.
Veal calves-Market strong soc
higher; best. Sc 50@7; best. 81
Mich cows and springers-Steady.
Sheep and lambs-Market steady to
strong, last weeks prices. Best lambs,
So 10: fair TO good lambs, Sc 1907 so;
light to common lambs, IS 50@6 so; fair
TO good butcher sheep, IS % so; culls
and common. 81 5000.
Hogs-Market sc higher than last
Thursday Range OF prices: Light to
good butchers, Sc so; pigs, SO so; light
workers., sc so; roughs, IS 1906; stays,
l-3 off.
La Junta tribune., 1907-06-01

by Simons Brothers famous orches.
ira of Las Animas. A glorious good
old time is assured. You are in-
vited.
C. r. Yates, who has been confin.
ed to his home for month on ac.
count of serious illness, is able to be
out once more.
Mrs. M. c. Drury left last Sunday
night on No. for Topeka, where
she will make brief visit with her
daughter, Mrs G II. Nelson.
Bob Chatter came down from Den.
yer last Saturday. and is now at the
Santa Fe hospital undergoing q
course of treatment for rheumatism
Next week is commencement week
at the Colorado Agricultural Col.
lege, Fort Collins. The commence.
ment exercises take place on Thurs
day.
Miss Kate Fleetwood and Herman
Biemer. both of La Junta. were
joined in marriage in this city May
10th, Rev. Reace of the NJ +. church
performing the ceremony. .-Raton
Range.
l.. r. Tanning, formerly a mem
ber of the Ration baseball club. came
in Wednesday from Amarilla. Texas
leaving the next day for the Pacific
coast. Ration Range.
|. w. Downer, of Lamar, was the
guest of his brother, G. H. Downer,
over Sunday. Mr.. Downer has a
grading outfit on Horse Creek and
is doing some work for the Fort Lyon
Company.
John Turner, formerly chief clerk
in the master mechanics office, sold
his residence on Cimarron avenue,
between Seventh and Eighth street,
last Saturday, to Joseph X. Hick-
man. The consideration was 81 800.
Andrewcott & Page, artesian well
drillers of Las Animas, passed
through La Junta last Sunday on
their way to Horse Creek, where
they have contracts to bore several
artesian wells. When their work
there is completed they expect to
put down number of wells in La
Junta.
La Junta tribune., 1907-06-01
UP AND DOWN the VALLEY.

The BARRIERS of Rocky Ford have
formed trust and established a
scale of prices.
Sports of Lamar enjoyed a ten
round boxing fiesta at the opera
house last Saturday night.
A postoffice has been ordered es-
tablished at Wiley. one of the new
towns on the Arkansas Valley rail-
road.
The First National Bank of Ord
way" has succeeded the Bank of
Ordway" The capital stock is
$25, 900.
Work was commenced last week
in amar on a new county Jail. 1t
will be constructed of brick. 23x36
feet in dimensions, two stories with
a basement, and will cost So, 200.
The beet acreage around Holly is
reported to be 5000 acres this year
almost double that of any previous
year. and it is rumored that an in
dependent sugar factory will soon
be located there.
On account of there being so many
automobiles in Ordway that burg is
in the throes of a gasoline famine. A
petition has been sent in to the
Standard Oil Company requesting
tho establishment IF tank System
Three Mexican sheep herders were
killed by lightning in Bent county
during storm about a week ago.
When the storm was at its worst
they took refuge in a tent, and
when the men had settled them
selves comfortable, a bolt of light
ming shot out from the dark clouds
above. entered the tent and killed
three of the occupants.
Lamar celebrated her twenty-first
birthday last Friday. 1t was plated
by bunch of Kansas land boomers
in 1886 and in three short years
reached population of 1900. In
one short year, however. the popula-
ton decreased to 500. and Lamar
reached the lowest ebb in her his
tory. Since the Inauguration of
farming by irrigation Lamar has
witnessed steady growth and now
La Junta tribune., 1907-06-01
REMINISCENT
. . .
CoSsDiisd From Trfbsns
FHss ss
y~enty Years Aso.

Land seekers are pouring in every
day.
II. H. Norton cut alfalfa four
feet in height.
A hard rain, accompanied by hail.
ruined all the gardens in La Junta.
Conductor J. A. Judd and Miss
Lille West were married at Topeka.
Rev. Mr.. Pollock. Presbyterian
minister, was in town looking over
the field.
Dick Dalton is doing big busi-
ness in the implement line, having
already sold over dozen Champion
mowers.
La Junta is enjoying a steady
building boom. and still the cry is
for more houses. The same old
big holler."
Bomgardner Bros. have purehas-
ed the grocery department of R. G.
Dalton's and will continue the bust
ness at the old stand.
Jas. McNeen commenced work
tearing down the skating rink, which
had long been an eye sore to those
holding property near it.
j. A. Burwell attempted to wade
across Crooked Arroyo to get to get
to his ranch. The swiftness of the
current very suddenly placed him in
a horizontal position and Jim had
considerable difficulty in getting out.
| A report that the Purgatoire was
coming down in wave twenty feet
high. caused half the citizens of Las
Animas to move onto higher ground.
The report proved to be without
foundation and the frightened deni-
zens of that burg turned around and
moved right back again.
Volume l, No. /. of the Rocky
Ford Enterprise, published by II.
V. Alexander, arrived at the TRIB-
UNE Office. Concerning the inaug-
ural number the TRIBUNE comment
ed as follows: The editor exhibits
a lamentable want of enterprise and
an extreme lack of sound judgment
in starting out by casting slurs at
La Junta, town that will be city
of 10000 inhabitants when Rocky
is merely hole in the ground"
La Junta tribune., 1907-06-01

boasts of a population of 1000. Joe
Lawless boasts that his burg will be
the agricultural center of the Ar
kansas Valley ten years hence with a
population of $1,000.
Ordway will soon have an alfalfa
mill The New Era in designating
the site says the mill will be located
"opposite the old brick kiln in the
southwestern part of town, or about
where the pile of rubbish is now
situated"
The fats" and leans" of Fowler
engaged in a terrific combat last
week for honors on the diamond. The
game resulted in a victory for the
'.leans" by a score of "a to 81. Time
Of game, two hours. and the fats"
had to be taken home in an ambu-
lance.
A company of fifty japanese are
camped north of town in the timber
along the Arkansas river. They
came from the steel works in Pueblo
and other points where public work
has been going on to labor for the
next six weeks in the beet fields
thinning beets. Probably $50 men
Of this one nationality will be en-
ployed at this occupation in the
loBer part of the Valley Manzan-
ola Sun,
La Junta tribune., 1907-06-01
SOME MORE LOCAL ITEMS.
Ask for Dunkin's bread.
Trade with Fl. G. Todd.

ftSh loI iJuIlklil - VI eau.
Trade with II. G. Todd.
Trade at the Palace Drug Store.
The annual dog tax is due today
June 1st.
How much is in the pot at Max.
wells? The pot holds money.
For SALE Household goods. In
quire of George Fernsel, 7o2 Colora-
do avenue.
Mayhem House Furnishing CO.,
and embalmers. Phone,
East "A; night phone, Junta "A.
Gem" -four, best in the market.
Every sack guaranteed or money
refunded. La Junta Milling Co.
There will be big dance in the
Horse Creek hall, Thursday night,
June 9th. Music will be furnished
La Junta tribune., 1907-06-01
"ye Co. ni..n."

Cards are out announcing the
m marriage of Mr.. Cecie E. Sydner.
of Las Animas, and Miss Myrna
Louise Wood, at Grace Episcopal
church. Colorado Springs on June
5th. Mr.. Sydner is well known in
La Junta. and was at one time asso-
ciated with Fred A. Sabin in tie
practice of law.
La Junta tribune., 1907-06-01

who take vacations in Sanitariums,
on featherwe;ght rations. but the
healthy vigorous manhood and
womanhood that constitute the
useful majority. The first roasted
packaged coffee; sales Of Arbuck-
les ARlOSA Coffee for 81
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1907-03-29
..CAPITAL JOURNALS EDITORIAL PAGE

turn in public union labor when occu ~
thereafter
English statutes ol io-
the United States VINO
disposed mother country broke away % an
cent precedent legazng labor unions anu
thereof such extent that tne
labor finding itself iree Sc. au y 49,
political became tremendous anu was
which seemed W Ca
the liberties OF united aDo
strikes boycotts, picketing persuaon AM ~
COMMENDED as legitimate means Oh
of employers OF non-unon
shift for themselves In extending ne sn
corresponding check was placed upon the ep
Combinations protection against the powertul
declared Illegal by legislatures ana e
courts and PENDULUM OF THE LAW SWUNG FAX
LABOR UNIONS and 1t OF comparatively
where lies equal 10
labor nnunion LABOR ana employer
respecting unions
United court granted
the of force which was quickly
the
in In holding
abo wit o
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1907-03-29
NOTES ON PROGRESS OF WOMEN.

TIL (ohio) official
sio In
editorial the subject closes with the words They must
be this service OF the state
HELD BY "ELECTORS' THUS
MATTER HOW WELL QUALIFIED.
of election
members the Finland the
proportional representation
reported them
large interest the
ceedIngs"
A YEAR FROM THE DAY OF SUSAN b. ANTHoNY'S
the first
Winchester Commercial club banquet the 9th day Dha
Herald said in the of his
add
radical forehers established principle the
political development the whole world.
They he o MANHOOD ALONE
EQUAL REPRESENTATION BASED NUMBERS They
the o
purposes"
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1907-03-29
WARNING ON SENATOR FULTON.

The uned sates department agriculture forestry
sends printed whichwe publish elsewhere
Is recognized ORGAN OR
THIS GREAT FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
Wilson, he farmer
Of tho Pincho
fault FIFTY MILES
WHERE HE WAS and could have him had We
the habit
print loyal
American ought to do It,
stuck the extension Of the ENDLESS FOR
RESERVES IN OREGON.
the stalking horse behind which
poraions haves millions of
blocked the development the AND
PREVENTED FILLING WITH PEOPLE
The system building thousands Of perpetual officials in the for
reclamation irrigation geologic and agricultural depart
bese civil service departments are filled with class of persons
POWER THE ALsnGHT HIMSELF TO REMOVE THEM FROM
appauded the Salem Re
publican banquet where he roasted unlimited and unesaned forest
ree policies ma Will bo
represented by its for
specials not upheld outside OF few professional and heoret
college politicians
that
the sake of favor
uphold Pncho and the department of agriculture
tho As
FAST As THEY CAN GIT AT THEM or ANYONE WHO BACKS
offensive
people the South
policies paenasm that be the
Washington an the Amer
OFFICIAL.
senator o depart
Washington Is FLOODING THE STATE WITH
PRESS MATTER AGAINST HIM
1t proceeding the TO
who should be the U. Ore
represent the people OF oregon
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1907-03-29
Pool Selling Abolished.

There will be no poolselling or
gambling of any description allowed
at the state fair this year, is the de-
cision of the state agricultural board
The members have arrived at this
decision after a lengthy discussion
and base their arguments against It
on the fact that Illinois, Iowa and
Minnesota have eliminated gambling
from their state fairs and they have
proven best as general financial sue
cesses.
All Of the superintendents Of the
different departments of the fair
were appointed at this afternoons
meeting, as follows Pavilion, w. II.
Savage, Of Corvallis; ladies' waiting
room, Mrs. r. A. Holden, of Salem.
poultry department. S. c. Shelhous,
of Portland, eX-secretary of the
State Poultry association; ticket de-
partment, Frank Lee, of Portland:
forage, j. T. Beckwith, of Jefferson;
camp ground, Albert Tozier.
The American Shorthorn Breed
ers' association, Of Chicago, has Of.
fered S2OO in cash prizes, and the
Angora Goat assocltlon. of Kansas
City, besides the cup entered, has
posted $50 In cash prizes. The bar
privileges have been awarded to w.
b. Ayres, of Portland, at s30O per
day.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1907-03-29
UNIoNIsM AND THE LAW.

organized labor England and America and the
tanaon Of trade unions from ouawed criminal eon'paee power
chapter In the worlds
history and interesting TO compare the legal status Of organol
With the successive stages WHICH HAVE MARRIED ITS
PRoGuIass ALMOST TWO CENTURIES.
right abore mutual
protection D., the adoption English statute
continuous between
employee ompoyo ana while legislative bodies In the United snte
and the other civilized countries made commcudobe
years ESTABLISH AN EQUITABLE RELATIONSHIP nE-
TWEEN THEM tho lack OF uniformity bo statutes and decisions ON
tho subject ondorl of the most unsettled branches OF the law
valuable Information On this connection. indebted
10 Judge Alton parhcs treatise Labor Unions published Ia
cyoca Law and Procedure tcc which not only traces the
a organized labor from m inception but aso clearly ana
os the this subject as Is rocognzod by the courts through
appears prosecution 1874
$40 "Jourueyman Cambridge found
seU conspiracy amons themselves to raise their vases and upon
held that while privilege nd
same purpose was neea and the members Of the union
oHGANzrD 10 RAISE WAGES WE'RE GUILTY on CONSPIRACY
~ ,seS ~ g ol ~ - ,ss rsrsS,1 N, r.r 'n,,s y, , ~" Sy
prohibited ahorers
EnRsh followed tho
early part OF the e century and e combination OF wokmen to raise
~ sEyERAI CAsEs CONSTITUTE a CRIMINAL CONSPIRACY
York Philadelphia aud rtthus that period the hot beds
number bitterly
which resulted uumorabl he uuonsm Notable
ia. uicd New York whom held
Cordwauea "uuawfu
eue and combination and OF adopps unlawful "a~s rules and
thereby governing themselves
wotmen an sr ayt ANA mot bsus content TO work the usual
prices hy Jouruemon we're
and accustomed 20 work falsely aud audueny consped UNJUST
workmen. EXACT on
MONEY FoR rnl.R LABOR AMI HRH IN rIIE SAID ART,
rfN ErC"
sny or their unless such worn hous nav 10 be club suss
should be penalty the breach OF such uniaw
a rules and that they did refuse
Charles
Edward whs eordwainer who such and
refused 81 penalty" That attempted deprive
and hinder the whtss following ala
impovcrsh him." WHILE A CONVICTION CONSPIRACY
shcvRED IN rms cAsE rHE NOMINAL FINE IMPOSED COZ and
eol his Clinton, passing
yadsment hAaeerng the oEnese committed through no
the Oreshadowd the
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1907-03-29

In accordance with its policy to-
ward the conservation and with eco
nomlc use OF commercial woods, the
forest service has made a careful
study OF red cedar and has come TO
the conclusion that Il can prontably
be grown In regions OF its develop
ment Several changes are recon-
mended In present forest manage
ment In order TO secure the desired
growth. In the southern forests the
cedar will have to be given a better
chance instead OF being considered,
as now, a negligible quantity In its
younger stages. and many OF the for
est-grown trees which are now cut
FOR fence posts can proHtably be left
to attain their fun development and
thus become available for pencil
wood.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1907-03-29
CEDAR WOOD ron LEAD PENCILS
Now liought by the Pound aud Grow
ing SCarCcr Each Year.

The lead pencil Is one OF the most
common articles ip every day use.
and nearly sso.OOO,OOO pencils are
manufactured In this country every
year. To manufacture these millions
OF pencils there are required no.
goo tons, or 100000 cubic feet OF
wood, SO that each day In the year
500 tons. or 10000 cubic feet, OF
wood are used for pencils, Since
practically an of the wood Is red
cedar. and since the pencil industry
is steadily growing. che supply OF
red cellar Is greatly depleted; set no
substitute has been found for Il
Leaving out of consideration the im-
ported pencils, the average educated
American aver 10 years of age uses
SIS penclls of home manufacture each
year. Ten years ago be used less
than nve
Red cedar has SOFT. straight
grain, aud when grown uuder best
conditions Is very free from defects.
Because OF its peculiar qualities no
equally good substitute for Il has
ever been found. and q Is doubtful II
ANY wood-uslng industry Is So de-
pondont upon single species as the
pencil industry Is dependent upon
red cedar. In fact. red cedar suit
able for pencil manufacture is the
only wood the price OF which is al
ways quoted by the pound.
Strange as Il may seem. no steps
have heretofore been taken 20 pro-
vide for a future supply OF red
cedar. This has been lArgely due TO
a lack OF Information on the rate OF
growth and the habits Of the tree.
and 90 the widespread belief that sec
ond growth rcd cedar never reaches
merchantablN slEN
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1907-03-29
LITTLE THINGS WELL DONE.

the Scripture than the that he
who faithful In little things shall stand before princes.
this the the they In the
THE REAL JUDGES OF PUBLIC OFFICIALS.
repeatedly called excellent
Board OF Education.
AMBITIOUS SERVE PUBLIC
health
dollar that through their hands
Education did
of
% NEEDEDTO SCHOOLS.
making public record
that ouutles them o the highest u ho
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1907-03-29
To Turn Over secuutn

Washington, March 2s.-Tau|
order of Justice Clabaugh, h.
District OF Columbia sugpu, 3.
the creditors Of Walter Hlssn ,
surrender all the securities IA 4
possession belonging to Ha|
Justice Clabaugh had prevlcutI
proved the bond dled By Ioh
Shields, receiver for said Hlsgn
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1907-03-29
Iowa Legislature AdiounnaI

iowa iNeiNiAiuif A'V'"''
Des Molnes, March, 2g-Ia
cations are that the leglslll1H
adjourn the FIRST week ID 4
though # the primary blll s'a z
the way the adjournmeai nay
today. As the two-ceni iie
passed, there IS nothing inPo'a'
walt for
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1907-03-29
PILES CURED IN 0 TO "A n

PAzo OINTMENT Is Eau.|
to cure any case Of Itching. u
Bleeding or ProtrudIng Piles 4 h
IA days or money REFUNDED yk
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1907-03-29

The secret Of fashionable ID
I asked the question Of a noted
ty specialist. In order to hHl
rosy, plump, very pretty and a
take HOLSTERS Rocky Noll
Tea. 80 cents. DR., Stones \
Store.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1907-03-29

The work on the buildings IA
gin at once under the al,v,,,,'
S. A. McFadden.
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1907-10-21
NO CEMENT TRUST.

A writer in the Cement Age asserts
that although nearly every industry
and line of business has it's combina-
tions and its trusts, the cement BUSH
ness has never yet been placed under
the control of powerful few and, In
fact, is not liable to be. This writer
admits that IL there is any possibility
that one large cement corporation can
acquire control of most of the available
deposits of cement material in the
United States. 1t will be possible to
form a real American cement trust, to
defy competition and to raise prices to
an unwarranted level ss
In support Of his contention that
such combination is not possible, the
writer, who is no less an authority
than Edwin C. EZEKIEL of the United
States geological survey, says:
1t is safe to say that more than 20
per cent of the area of the United
States Is underlain by raw materials
out of which cement could be made il
prices were forced high enough. The
Standard Oil company, the United
States Steel corporation, and the
United States government could not,
by combining their financial resources,
hope to secure control of any large
fraction of this immense reserve Of
raw material.
Since the supply of limestone and
clay can not be cornered. since no es-
sentials of the process of manufacture
are covered by exclusive patents. and
Eince transportation companies will
seek freight. is is reasonable to be-
Iieve that no cement combination can
succeed in permanently raising prices
10 unfair rates. AS already stated
there is nothing in existence at pres
emit even remotely approaching a ce-
ment trust. The trouble is rather in
the other direction. The prosperity of
the last few years. with reports of en-
grmous profits earned by existing com
panies, has led to the building of many
new cement plants A fair proportion
Of these are either too small, badly To-
Gated, faulty in design, or badly man
aged; and with the first general busi-
ness depression and the commence
1nent of falling prices, such plants will
necessarily become danger to the en-
tire industry.