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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-05-15

It was Williams who fastened the designation of kid congressman to new members. MT. Wharton, a boy ish looking recruit from Chicago, in terrupted and wanted to know what te meant by 'kid" congressman.
 ''Mr Speaker.' said Mir. Williams with wave of his hand toward the member from Chicago, with that dc gree of reverence which the personal in my mind should say that he is perhaps tie last persoH in the house who oue'lt to ask the question" where. at Mir Wharton subsided
 General Grosvanor was designated by Mir Williams as the most exuber- ant and unscrupulous prophet that this part of the world ever saw.'
 The minority leader once had a Democratic caucus called. and the re- porters Were wild to find out the req son. Williams was very short with them at first, but finally thawed out and said:
 Boys, I have decided to confide in you. called that caucus for the pur- pose of advocating q return to govern ment by eonsu!s, under which system the Roman republic prospered for a thousand years'
 Nobody bothered him after that.
 John Sharp was once denouneing the committee on rules. popularly known as the house machine.
 1.-The gentleman himself is mem Der of the committee on rules" put in member.
 Yes drawled Williams, nominal ly.'
 Ihe house recognized the thrust with roar, but the other man persisted.
 lou attend the meetings of that committee" he said
 T am invited to the seances" re- turned Williams but am never con suited about the spritualistc appear, ances"
 When Williams first ran for congress his opponen was famous coon hunt CT and ga!'ed much support by the fact. Williams had never hunted coons. but saw that something had to be done. Buying bunch of ron,a. candles. lie went out with the boys fired the candles among the branches till he scared the coons out of the trees made record hunt and won tine cleo ton.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-05-15

At the time Mir. Williams was men, toned as ] presidential candidate be had considerable dry fun with the re- porters over the matter. To one news paper man he said: My boom is mak ing tremendous strides My private secretary is unreservedly for me. and I have hopes of securing the support of Charley Edwards. the clerk of the minority room
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-05-15

To somewhat young and caliow re- porter John Sharp, with eNeee3A: gravity. said he had quite some horeS of getting the nomination. 6eucr*:- from Mississippi were especially e9- couraein@.
 '.Toomsuba Ofanoma. Noxopater Nanachehaw. Toccopola Tabbyille and Grubbs Springs. I am told" he sais' are already for me. while have aE- cry reason to believe that shall haTa the undivided support of such places as Sittayuma, Wahalak. Bolatusha Hushpukena, Ittabena, Pelahatehie Mittayuma Skutch, Cinqupin. Paw tickfaw. Octoc, Leggo. Yellow Rabbit Chunkey Station, Hambone, DeoTo lente and Nhynot."
 Upon being asked to spell the names he did so with great gravity.
 On later occasion, when the news paper men asked him concerning his candidacy. he said that Mrs. Williams had objected that with her sick head aches she never could stand the White House. so he would have to give up the presidency.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1907-10-31
WEALTH BY BILLIONS
VALUE OF FARM PRODUCTS FOR
THE YEAR 1907.
WHAT THE EARTH PRODUCES
AgriculturaIists Have 1t In Their
Power to CurtaiI the Operation of
Trusts and Prevent Unequal
Distribution of Money.

Farms of the United States In 1907
will produce more wealth than all the
gold mines of the world have produc-
ed in 20 years. Conservative estimates
place the value of all farm products at
approximately $1,000 000. 900, or about
$200,000,000 more than their value in
1906. The farmer is the magician, the
-alchemist, that makes use of nature to
enrich the world. The farmers corn
crops alone average a billion dollars
a year, and all the other cereals an
other billion, with cotton, tobacco, hay
and flax worth another billion, and the
fruits, garden truck and animals a few
billions more. Thus it can be seen that
the farmer, produces wealth greater
than taken from it by the miners for
its precious gems and minerals There
Is no other foundation for the wealth
and business of the world other than
thS land. Men cannot eat gold the
coal is only useful to him as a means
of utilizing what the earth grows;
there Is nothing in the mineral world
that will sustain life, or anything that
is necessary unless mortals eat, drink
and wear clothes. When there is
abundance of agricultural productions,
there are prosperous times, and fam.
inc when the opposite occurs. The
whole financial fabric, the entire COM
mercial system, is dependent upon the
farmer, and his work
One billion dollars is an amount be-
yond the comprehension of the aver
age man. The life of an individual Is
not sufficiently long to count 1t cent
by cent should he work ten hours a
day, from his tenth year until death.
This is the average value of the corn
crop alone that the farmers of the
United States produce yearly.
One would believe that IL only a
small portion of the vast wealth,
which the farmers produce could be
only retained in the agricultural com
munities, there would be class of
Tich men greater than in any CONNER
cial community. Yet statistics show
that for the amount of wealth yearly
produced, the farmers are retainers of
only small portion of it. The tend
sency is toward concentration of
wealth in great financial centers. 1t is
in these places, and by the control of
this great wealth, that trusts are built
up, and the machinery put in opera
-tion that Systematically draws from
the agricultural sections the great
wealth produced. Farmers can, if they
will bring about change by a sim
pie adherence to the home trade prin-
ciple; by patronage of local business
institutions instead of the concerns in
the large cities. D. NJ. CARR.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1907-10-31
DR.. GILLETTE is CONVICTED.
Ex-Vice President of Mutual Life In.
surance Co. Is Found Guilty of
Perjury.

New York City.-The first con-
viction in the cases based on the dis
closures in the legislative investiga-
tion of insurance affairs in 1905-1906
was obtained by the district attorneys
office last night when a jury in the
criminal branch of the supreme court
found DR.. Walter r. Gillette, ex-vice
president of the Mutual Life Insurance
Co., guilty of perjury in the third de-
gree. The verdict was accompanied
with a recommendation for mercy.
The maximum penalty for this degree
of perjury is ten years Imprisonment
After the report of the jury counsel
for DR.. Gillette moved for a certificate
of reasonable doubt and an arrest of
judgment Justice Bowling announced
that he would hear the motion next
Monday and for the meantime remand
ed DR.. Gillette to the Tombs. During
the trial the defendant has been at
liberty under $4,000 bonds. The jury
was out one hour and % minutes.
In the interval DR.. Gillette chatted
with his son and daughter. When
called to face the jury he paled per.
ceptibly, the pallor giving way to a
flush as he heard the verdict For a
moment he appeared surprised, but
promptly recovered himself. He was
accompanied by the son and daughter
to the entrance of the Tombs.
DR. Gillette is 67 years old and is
we'll known in medicine, from the
practice of which he retired some
years ago. He was born in Philadel-
phia.
The specific charge upon which DR..
Gillette was found guilty was that he
had testified falsely before the grand
jury on May "a, at which time he was
vice president of the Mutual. The in
dictment alleged that at the time, un-
der examination by District Attorney
jerome, he stated that certain moneys
in the Dobbs Ferry bank were his per-
sonal funds and that subsequently he
had admitted that these funds were
really the property of the Mutual Life.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1907-10-31
CRIES OF THE SIREN.
Allurlng Promise Made in Exaeaerat-
ed Advertisements to Gain Trade.

Don't be robbed" Save the profits
that your storekeeper makes" and
many like catch phrases is tAe princi-
pal advertising stock of the concerns
who claim to sell at wholesale"
prices direct to consumers. Their ar
guments appeal to women and men
who have little knowledge Of CONNER
cial methods. 1t is the appeal of self
ishness that wins for the concerns
who seek business among the resi-
dents of farming districts rather than
any merit that the arguments present
ed may have.
There can be little doubt as to the
mail-order way of doing business be-
ing permanent fixture in the mercan-
tile world. The fact cannot be dis
puted that in certain lines of goods
which are offered as leaders" lower
prices are quoted than like goods are
generally sold at in local stores. But
the average price on all lines cannot
be lower, character and quality con-
sidered, than the same goods could be
sold at by the local merchant.
nc buolhtSS vi Luc DlS Hldll-OTQeF
concerns has been gained by extensive
advertising and continuous aggressive
work. 1t has been the apathy of the
merchants in the country towns that
has allowed these concerns to take
trade from under their very noses"
Conditions that allow the steady drain
OF money from the agricultural dis
tricts and small towns to the big cities
are to be deplofed. There cannot be
doubt as to the evils of the mail-order
systems as factor in the concentra-
tion of wealth in the great financial
centers, and the resultant building up
of trusts. For the past quarter Of a
century the trust evil has been con-
stantly developing and keeping pace
with it, is the mail-order system.
Much like the leprosy, it's progress is
such that the evil has firm foothold
ere serious attention is paid to it. The
cry of Save the dealers profits" Is
synonymous with Kill the industries
of your own town; help us bind the
trust ties flrmer about your own
hands" Don't be traitor to your
home town, even though there is
promise of small saving in cents and
dollars. Do your part to head off the
business concentration evil.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1907-10-31
POOR GOODS, CHEAP PREMIUMS.
How Money Is Sometimes Squandered
in Patronizine Prize-Package
Concerns.

The economical housewife IS a
blessing She who will watch the
pennies and dimes can greatly assist
her husband in accommodating nancy
for use during days of adverSity.
Quite often women through their Snx-
iety to assist in saving, and not having
a training along business lines, make
foolish expenditures. How often do
we find women in the country towns
and districts engaged in buying soaps,
spices, teas and coffees from some
club-order concern with view of get
ting cheap premiums that are offer
ed with each lot of goods? There is
no economy in this method Women
as well as men should remember that
there is never anything of value given
without an equitable compensation,
and when purchased on the club plan
the profits paid are generally enor-
nous. You cannot get something for
nothing. If you desire to purchase
$40 or $40 worth of groceries, the best
place to buy them is at some re-
sponsible grocery establishment in
your own town. You can see what
you are getting, and you know that the
goods must be good or you can re-
turn them. When you get a premium
with lot of soaps or spices or ex-
tracts, you will find that while the
goods may appear all right, there Is a
great chance of fraud that you little
look for. The bars of soap will be
OF light weight, poorly dried, made of
cheaper materials, and would be dear
at your home store at half the price
that you are compelled to pay for
them. The spices will be half ground
bark, and the extracts synthetic, never
made from fruit f1avors, but out Of the
dirty-looking coal-tar, by-product OF
gas-manufacturing, and even the teas
and coffees will be of the poorest kind
and doctored up to look well. Then
how about the premiums? You will
find that they too, are of the cheapest
class. and could be purchased at the
local store for half what they are
represented to be worth. Women are
only doing their duty in trying to as
sist their husbands, but too often they
waste money by patronizing premium
and club concerns that operate from
distant cities in small towns and ru-
raj communities.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1907-10-31
MORGAN PREVENTS A PANIC
FORMS A POOL AND LENDS MIL
LIONS IN WALL STREET.
Worst of the Financial Crisis in New
York City Is Believed to be Over
Three Small Banks Fail.

New York City.-As a result Of
Thursdays developments in the finan-
cial world there is every Indication
that The crisis in the banking and
trust company situation has been
safely passed. The Trust Company of
America all through the day paid out
money to depositors and closed the
day with all demands having been
met.
The day was marked by noteworthy
episodes. First came the announce
ment of trouble in three minor state
banks in Harlem-the Hamilton bank.
the Twelfth Ward bank and the EN-
pire City Savings bank. These banks
transacted only a neighborhood busi-
ness and their suspension of payment
was absolutely without significance as
bearing on the general situation.
By far the most notable episode of
the day was the emptying of millions
of money into the stock exchange
through pool headed by J. p. Morgan
and other financiers, in order to avert
ruthless selling out of stocks held by
brokers which was threatened be-
cause of their inability to obtain re-
newals of loans on which these stocks
mad been carried. A remarkable con-
dit1on brought about this extreme
sUingency in money, which had gradu-
ally forced the interest rate up to an
almost unprecedented figure. Certain
large interests with great financial re-
sources had been charging usurious
rates of interest on call loans. One
institution that had been engaged in
this practice was a member of the
clearing house and was severely criti-
cized by other bankers for it's action.
AS a result of the criticism this in
stitution withdrew it's support and de-
clined to offer money ON call on the
stock exchange. The effect of this
was to run the rate for money up to 100
per cent. and when that figure was
quoted an extremely sharp decline re-
suited in the stock market, Union Pa
cif1c, 10 per cent. stock, selling down
to par
Notwithstanding the high rate for
call money that might have been OBJ
tained, the National City bank, John
ID. Rockefeller and other prominent
moneyed interests sent funds to the
stock exchange to be lent at per
cent. These sums, however, were not
sufficient to meet the demand.
At the time that excitement was at
its height announcement was made
that pool had been formed, with ].
P. Morgan at it's head, to come to the
rescue of the brokers for whom it was
necessary to provide funds at once, in
order that they might carry the stocks
they were holding for their customers.
The Morgan pool brought $25,0OO,OOO !
into the loan corner of the exchange,
where it was quickly distributed
The effect of this relief measure
was instantaneous and the rate on call
money dropped from 100 to 10 per
cent. Stocks advanced more rapidly
than they had declined.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1907-10-31
WEEKLY BUSINESS BULLETIN.
The Leading Industries are Generally
Active, Although Many Tin Plate
Mills Have Closed.

New York City.-R. G. Dun & Co. s
Weekly Review of Trade says:
Monetary pressure eliminated this
week in the closing of several bank
ing institutions, but a serious panic
was averted by the prompt action of
MIR. Morgan, who assumed the leader
ship of concerted movement to
strengthen the situation, while the
formation of a trust company COM
mittee similar to the clearing house
committee did much to restore conf
dence.
Trade reports are irregular, the
events of the week at this city tend
ing to cause conservatism in prepara-
tions for the future, but current re-
tail trade is active throughout the
nation, and the leading industries
maintain active machinery at most
plants. An encouraging sign is the
absence of cancellations. Transport
ers are unable to handle promptly all
the freight offered and railway earn
ings in October thus far surpass last
years by 6.S per cent.
1t is encouraging to note in dis
patches from Pittsburg and other
leading centers of the iron and steel
industry that no cancellations have
been received and that specifications
on old contracts maintain activity at
most mills and furnaces. New busi-
ness is light, but plants are fairly
well occupied, except tin plate mills,
which have shut down about so per
cent. of their capacity. Many plate
and structural steel mills have con
tracts covering output up to the end
of the year.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1907-10-31
FREE TREATM EMIT.
A Method That Should Cure People Of
the Habit of Patronizing Quack
Doctors.

1t matters little how widespread
through the press is the information
as to frauds being operated in the
country, there is always field for the
people who live by petty graft One Of
the latest plans to defraud has re-
Gently been worked in number of
western states. Strangers, purporting
to be agents of free hospital, would
approach farmer, inquire as to his
health, and promise him free treat
ment should he be ailing. claiming
that the state medical department
would furnish the medicine free. A
lengthy statement of his complaint
would be written and his signature
secured. I few weeks later a note
duly signed by the farmer would be
presented to him by his home bank.
This appears to be filmy scheme.
but nevertheless more than score of
farmers in one Minnesota county were
caught for from $50 to 5000 each.
Don't sign any contract or statement
unless you are positive Of its character.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1907-10-31
BURGLAR Assaulted a Woman

Pittsburg, Pa.-Stepping from her
upstairs apartments in Bellevue, a
suburb, Friday, to investigate a noise
in the rooms of Mr.. and Mrs. J. J. Ad-
ans, below, Mrs. w. M. Rogers was
seized by burglar, bound to a chair,
gagged and slashed with razor af.
ter which the robber ransacked the
Adams place, escaping with SIPS.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1907-10-31
FOR THE HOME TOWN.

Be booster" for your home town
BY patronizing other than local insti-
tutions you are using a boomerang
that is likely to fly back and do you
injury when you least expect it, No
one can be an ideal citizen and talk
and work against the interests of his
home town. So long as you are a resi-
dent of community, do your part
towards assisting it to greater
progress.
Those who are opposed to the evils
of capital concentration, the building
up of trusts that work against the in
terests of the masses, should consider
the fact that any and every system
of business that depletes a section of
the country of the wealth it produces
strengthens the system of business
and financial concentration One of
the most baneful systems that at the
present is working against the inter-
ests of the smaller cities and towns,
and is the greatest medium of drain
ing wealth. from agricultural communi-
ties, is the mail-order plan of doing
business. From some rural towns
from 40 to so per cent. of the trade
goes to foreign concerns. If this trade
were confined to the home town, it's
business would he doubled, employ
ment given to twice as many people;
the profits accruing from mercantile
business would seek local investment,
and within few years the population
-
ibled, and all living within the district
would be benefited.
Every kind and Glars of goods have
"a real value, and this value is based
upon the cost of the raw material, the
price of the labor in producing it, and
the cost of distribution Whenever
there are big bargains offered in any
line, and goods offered below Talue,"
be careful and see that you are not
getting an inferior article,
While the farmer mar receive q
dozen papers from the large cities, he
invariably reads his local paper. 1t
is to the interest of the farmer as well
as the merchant that the latter use
its columns freely to tell of the latest
prices, goods freshly received, etc.
The farmer wants to buy, and the
merchants want to sell, and Abe farm
er will buy when and where he can
save money. The merchant who let's
business go away from his town
through lack of advertising rightly is
not very enterprising business man.
1t Is well to be on guard when deal
Ing with Inherent agents, sellers of
groceries, carriages. machinery. pat
ent rights, etc. 1t Is a pretty good idea
to never take grab-bag chance when
Vou wish to buy an article. See what
you are purchasing before paying .tor
1T
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1907-10-31
The Lusitania Lowers a Record.

Queenstown, Ireland.-The Cunard
line steamer Lusitania arrived here at
$3.50 last evening. She broke the best
previous eastern record. The best pre-
vious record from New York to
Queenstown was days, hours and
19 minutes. This the Lusitania made
on her previous run from New York.
Her time of passage has been days,
% hours and 46 minutes.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1907-10-31
UniversaIists' Convention Beoins.

Philadelphia, Pa. The biennial
session of the Universalist general
convention opened here Thursday
with prospects of drawing together
one of the largest and most enthusi-
astic gatherings in the history of the
church.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1907-10-31
HoIdup Man Killed by a Train

Chicago, III. - After having been
shot while attempting a holdup,
captured by the police and escaping
while under guard at the county hos
pital, John Kroll, 2S years old, was
killed by an express train last night
at Avondale, suburb.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1907-10-31
100000 Fire Loss.

Marshalltown, Iowa.-Fire Friday
night destroyed the Iowa Central car
shops, paint shops, machinery, stock.
coaches, cars and lumber, entailins
loss of 100000.
The independent., 1907-02-14

6,495 barrels; exports, 1865 barrels; mar
ket steady but quiet.
Rye flour-Firm.
Buckwheat flour and cornmeal-Quiet
Wheat-Receipts, $1,000 bushels; exports
1898 bushels. Spot, easy; No. 2 red, S2Ac,
elevator; No. red, 85c f. o. b. afoat:
No. l Duluth, 92$4c f. o. b. aHoat; No 2
hard winter, 8Sc f. o. b. afioat. With the
exception of a short time after the open
ing, wheat was inclined towards weak
ness today and at the close showed %c
net decline. lack of aggressive bull
support, some heavy afternoon selling and
prospects for larger northwest receipts,
owing to fine weather, were the principal
bear influences. May closed at 85Ac; July
closed at 85c.
Corn-Receipts. 1880 bushels; exports,
1858 bushels. Spot. steady; No. e. 5Sc,
white, size: No. yellow, 531sc f. o. b.
afloat Options were quiet but steady,
closing net unchanged.
Oats Receipts, $3.50 bushels; spot,
natural white, 20 to 80 lbs, 4Sa5ikc;;
clipped white, 36 to 40 lbs, 5005312c.
Lard-Easy; western prime, $40. .OO@1O 10;
nominal: refined barely steady; continent,
$40. 40; s. A.. $11 60; compound, 8hG8Ac.
Poultry-Alive, firm; fowls and turkeys,
14c. Dressed, quiet; western chickens,
136t1Sc turkeys, 14@17c; fowls, S0131lc
Butter-Strong; unchanged.
Cheese-Firm; unchanged.
Eggs-Firm state, Pennsylvania and
nearby fancy selected white, 30Gt31c;
same, choice. 2Sm29c; same, brown and
mixed extra, CSC; western frsts, 26c; (of-
fetal price, firsts, 26c); seconds, 241s@25c;
irsts to extra firsts. 26D27c.
Sugar Raw, steady; fair refining,
31-32c; centrifugal, So test, 3 7-16c; mo-
lasses sugar, 23-32c Refined, quiet;
crushed, $40; powdered, $3.50; granu-
lated, $40
Coffee Steady; No. 7 Rio, 7c; No
Santos, Sc.