The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1908-11-18

Newsy Gossip From
Chicago
Chicago, Nov. 1s.-Again the tur-
key crop is short, "alarmingly short"
as it is Just prior to Thanksgiving
day each year in justification Of the
prices charged. AS Chicago consumes
100000 pounds of turkey. in addition
to half million pounds Of other
poultry at Thanksgiving time. the
shortage" cost this city alone pref
ty penny, in the neighborhood of
$125,000. Last year turkey prices
scared like the wise old gobblers that
take to roosting high just prior to the
festivities. the advance coming about
the time the housewives began buying
in earnest. Curiously enough the sew
Gritty of the annual shortage" Of tur-
keys, cranberries. pumpkins and oy-
sters are simultaneously are short
together at the crucial time Every
thing that is handled in South Water
street gets scarce" in the retail mar
kets and the scarcity is traced to the
commission merchanst, whose con-
signors hear only of glut In the Chi
cago markets. Last year the commits
sion merchants blamed the farmers
and poultry shippers, the poultry
shippers pointed an accusing finger at
South Water street where practically
the produce of the city in wholesale
lots is handled, and the retailer put
the blame there also pleading limo
cence of extortion himself. Turkeys
went up to 25 cents pound last year,
cranberries to IL 1-2 cents the quart,
pumpkins to 20 cents each and oysters
to 40 cents, as against IL cents for
turkeys, cents for cranberries, Is
cents for pumpkins and % cents for
oysters. This year the turkey scare
has new wrinkle, appendicitis hav-
ing developed. and of course the crop
is affected. Chicagos Thanksgiving
dinner this year will cost about $2,-
500,0 900. not at prevailing prices but
at the shortage" prices that soon
will prevail.
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Der cutting on lands in private owner
ship is a new departure in the way
OF government regulation which may
be effected this winter, say lumber
men In this city, as result of the
disastrous forest fires which have
made this season historic in the an
nails of the lumber industry. Timber
owners here and throughout the Lake
and northwestern states, who have
begun to figure up the cost of the
fires, have come to the conclusion
that something more radical must be
done than establishing scattered fire
patrols. That this something will
be regulation by the state or federal
governments, which will not only in
sure greater protection from fire but
will also protect the soil from erosion
and the streams from floods and
droughts, is indicated by the publica-
ton in one of the leading lumber jour-
nails Of an opinion by Judge j. w.
Judd, Of the law department of Van
derbnt university, and formerly at
torney for the Louisville & Nashville
Railroad company, on the power of
the government to control timber cut
ting on private lands. In this opinion,
Judge Judd traces the development of
the powers Of the federal government
under the interstate commerce clause
OF the constitution and Of the several
states under their right of police pow
er, and reaches the following con-
illusions: "The federal government
has the power to regulate the use
of the forests Of the great watersheds
OF the country forming the source of
the navigable waters, when such reg
ulation has a direct connection with,
and is necessary, in the opinion of
congress. to the preservation of their
navigability. The states, acting sim
ely or In compact, with the consent
OF congress, can regulate the use of
the forests within their limits, when
such regulation is necessary; to pre-
serve the soil of the land; to provide
food and water for the people: to
preserve the health and comfort of
the people; or to protect commerce
by preserving the navigable streams. -
In support OF these views he cites
a number Of recent decisions, notably
one by the supreme court of Maine
in which It upheld the right OF the
state to restrict destructive lumber
ing in the interest of the general well
fare. This Is substantially the posi-
ton taken by the supporters of the
Appalachian bill at the last session
Of congress. That the lumbermen.
who have hitherto usually fought such
legislation, should be falling into line
is considered significant.
The first results Of the big business
revival have already begun to make
themselves felt In an increased de-
mand for money, declare Chicago
bankers. AT present the volume Of
\ free money in the banks n the largest