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The Washington herald., 1908-07-12
FOREST WEALTH REMAINS
IN WASHINGTON COUNTY

Unlike many Of the counties Of the
Eastern States. forest stripping has not
been carried to extremes in Washing
ton County. In consequence there is
considerable excellent hardwood within
easy access Of the towns factories. At
no great distance from the CITY are
plentiful supplies Of oak forests. which
furnish unlimited product 20 the tan
neries at Williamsport.
il is IN manufactures that Hagerstown
takes first rank among the cities Of the
East. There are within the corporation
limits or within a mile or so upward Of
lOO active factories employing from one
dozen TO 1000 hands. This list includes
automobile and bicycle factories furpI-
ture factories, silk mills, hosiery mills
glove factories. spoke and wheel factory.
and numberless minor factories. There
are in Washington County upward of $50
manufacturing concerns, large and small.
The output Of the mills and factories
per annum approximate 5000 600. The pay
roll Of these factories is in the neighbor-
hood Of S3,O00,0O0 and yet Hagerstown and
It's surrounding country are not notable
for extremes in the matter of wages, either
nigh wages or low The employees OF
Hagerstown, which include the manufac-
turerS as the most important subdivision,
have always occupied a relation toward
their employers that is we'll nigh ideal.
Labor unions in and around Hagerstown
are well organized. The entente cordial
between capital and labor seems to exist
actually in and around HagerstOwn. There
has not been a strike Of any Importance
there is thirty years There has not been
lockout or an unadjusted difference be-
tween capital and labor in Hagerstown
In that period. Just what makes this
condition no one quite attempts 20 ex-
plain. IT Is not because the laboring peO-
pie are of the cowed and terror-stricken
imported element, for the bulk OF the
labor OF this community Is done by ma
tiye-born and native-bred Americans, usu-
The Washington herald., 1908-07-12
RICH FARMING LANDS
SURROUND GROWING CITY

Hagerstown is the county seat Of Wash
.ngton County. which is by far the rich
est county in the State. The population.
urban and rural. Of Washington County Is
In the neighbOrhood OF 5000. OF this
nearly one-half are engaged in agricul-
tural pursuits. The notable quality Of the
soil is in production Of grain The county
average per acre Of wheat is considerably
in excess OF thirty bushels to the acre
while n the rich bottom lands skirting
the Potomac. in the cOunty's southern
edge, forty bushels are not unusual. and
fifty have been occasionally reported. The
hillside produces superior apples. and on
the mountain slopes are hundreds OF
peach orchards. The grazing is generally
good.
Among the natural mineral resources Of
Washington County are an abundance Of
limestone. The whole county may. IN
fact. be designated a natural limekiln.
Iron. coal. glass-sand. and marble in vast
quantities, and just now they are talking
OF rich deposit Of copper only a short
distance from the county seat.
As a railway center. Hagerstown pos
sesses superior advantages to any city
OF similar size in the world. This may
sound Ike pretty broad statement, out
Ii is true. Where between the oceans
can one discover town of 10000 with
four railways centering therein? Not
four centering divisions OF a single sys-
TEN, but four rival railways. between
two Of which. at any rate. exists n
rivalry which finds It's only limit IN the
rate-adjusting power of the Interstate
Commerce Commission. The freight rate
from Hagerstown to New York, Bos-
ton. and Philadelphia is identical with
that OF Washington and Baltimore. To-
ward the growing Industrial and agFl-
cultural centers OF the South, Hagers-
towns rate is likewise equal with that
OF Pittsburg. Wheeling. and Baltimore
The four great steel arteries which
connect Hagerstown with the outer world
are the Baltimore and Ohio, the Wa
bash System. the Cumberland Valley
and the Norfolk and Western.
The Washington herald., 1908-07-12
BREAKS ENGINES IN
Locomotive Buster" a Use
tUl Person in Factory.
SOME MACHINES FRACTIOUS
Experts Go Over Mechanism and
Perfect It-EnEineer Experiments
with II. Running Back and Forth
in Yard-If Refractory, He Dis
clpIiues 1t Like a Colt.

From the Chatanooga Times.
All are familiar with numerous and
varied experiences Of a man undergoing
the ordeal Of Harvesting colt fcf the
first time, teaching the animal TO obey
the pull Of the rein and breaking the
animal into the duties for which it is
destined
Few persons outside the realm Of the
operating department of a railroad know
anything Of the ofttimes veXatious pc
culiarities and not infrequently seemingly
intelligent capers of a locomotive when
being broke 10 its mission in the world
Each new engine must undergo set
training or test before it is put into ac-
tual service, and each locomotive which
has gone through the shops for repairs
is given a certain working out before it
is returned TO its erstwhile duties.
Some locomotive manufacturing COM
panies complete their engines ready for
actual service before sending them out.
others ship them 10 the destination In a
partial 'knock-down state" and they are
completed in the shops of the road to
which they are delivered.
Mechanics Fit IL Up.
When a new engine is taken into a
shop 1t is turned over to mechanic
whose duty it is TO 1T it up-make all
connections and adjustments OF the In
terror mechanism. This completed, the
engine is turned over 10 a fireman, who
steams 1t up and blows it on in order 10
remove any grease that might have ac-
cumulated in the boiler or any such for
eign substance as might cause boiler
TO foam while in service. The engine
is then turned over 10 an engineer, whose
duty it is 10 break II in. The engine
is steamed up again, and If it will run
is taken for a little try-out about the
yard.
The science Of locomotive building has
been developed to such fine point that
there is little danger now OF an engine
''bucking' on its first trial. The main fea-
ture In the test is TO see that there is no
heating in the journals or rod brasses.
II there is no heating the engine is run
about the yards for about half a day and
the steam is again blown from the boiler.
for a long run on the main line II dur
ing this test there are no capers cut. the
engine is sent out for its first trip with
about 500 tons 20 draw.
II 1t runs all right the tonnage is grad
ually increased TO $50 tons. The tonnage
depends greatly upon the size of the
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The Washington herald., 1908-07-12
HAGERSTOWN IS SERVED
BY FOUR BIG RAILROADS

The Baltimore and Ohio reaches Hag-
erstown by way Of its Washington Coun-
~ branch. twenty-four miles In length
which connects with the main line OF the
system at Weverton. giving outlet both
east and west.
The Wabash system. at present as the
Western Maryland connects Hagerstown
with Baltimore on the east and the vast
coal fields of West Virginia on the west
On the completion OF short link In the
the Western Maryland will become the
Eastern outlet of the great Gould lines
OF which the Wabash is the Central
States system. over it's lines. right
through HagerstOwn, will pour the bulk
Of the east-bound freight Of more than
The Washington herald., 1908-07-12
ZION REFORMED CHURCH AND CHURCH YARD

10000 miles OF the greater system. and
the returning Eastern manufactured
freight and the imports from the sea-
ports
The Cumberland Valley Railway, an
alliance Of the Pennsylvania. connects at
Harrisburg with .the main line Of Amer
teas biggest railway system
HaEerstOwn is the northern terminus OF
the Norfolk and Western, which trav-
erses the whole length OF the Valley Of
Virginia, connecting for the whole great
South and Southwest at Roanoke. Va.
BY reason OF these tremendous railway
facilities, Hagerstown has been able TO
keep up the remarkable pace which has
doubled her population and multiplied her
value by five since 1890.
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ally also the children Of native-born
Americans. At any rate Hagerstowu is
free from labor troubles. and always has
been. and business prosperity seems meas
ured BY her freedom therefrom.
The Washington herald., 1908-07-12
STATES BEST ASSET
Dean Johnson Says 1t Is the
Business Nan.
TELLS STUDENTS THEIR DUTY
Educator Declares They should
Keep I'm Closer Touch with COun-
try's Needs-BusineSs Men InvaIu-
able When Interest Is Conferred
I'm Good Government.

The necessity OF business men taking an
active interest In government was en-
phasized recently by Dean Joseph French
Johnson in his address to the graduates
OF the New York City High School of
Commerce. He told Of what constituted
good citizenship, and declared the ques-
ton taxpayers would ask Of the school
was whether its graduates were better
citizens than the average in the business
world
'If high schools Of commerce have a
just claim upon the taxpayers for sup
port" said Dean Johnson, at must be
because the educated business man IS a
better citizen than an uneducated one.
The graduates of this High School OF
Commerce are as individuals Of little con-
sequence TO the taxpayers OF New York
City. individually they may wax rich or
may spend their days I'm bankruptcy-the
taxpayers Of New York City will know
and care nothing about their Individual
fates and fortunes. There IS only one
question that will be asked about them
and an answer will be insisted upon II
Is this: Has the citizenship OF these grad
yates been above the average in the busi-
ness world?'
Graduates Must Make Good.
IF these schools are to justify founda-
ton and maintenance at the public ex-
pense. they VIII not do it by the gradu-
ates merely making money. They must
above all things make good as citizens
1T is hardly necessary to define good
citizenship. 1t means more than casting
ballot on election day. It means even
more than attending primaries and Sc
lecting candidates. It means willingness
10 do everything in ones power to i'm
prove the conditions under which we live
and work. A good citizen abhors dirty
streets. bad smells. contaminated drink
ing water. barking dogs in apartment
houses. brawls in public places. unneces-
sary noises. Ill ventilated tenement
houses, graft in public office. the private
exploitation of public utilities, low wages
and long hours for trolley car motorner
or locomotive engineers, adulterated
foods, unwise and unnecessary tarin
laws, the exemption Of the rich from
penalties which are imposed on the poor
and so on through a long list of evils
which might be recited.
He abhors and opposes them al
through. not because they hurt him. fol
he may be shrewd enough to escape their
effect. but because he loves his country
and knows that no improvement can be
expected unless all good citizens vigor-
The Washington herald., 1908-07-12
PLAN DEVELOPED
FOR new HARBOR
Cost of Improvement Would
Be S2,775,O00.
WOULD WIDEN CHANNEL
Special Commission Makes Pub
lie Elaborate Report.
WOULD WIDEN CHANNEL

Recommends Government Purchase
and Control of River Front within
District BOundaries-PrOpOse that
Water Street BE Made 100 Feet
Wide-WOuId Reclaim AnaeOstIa
River to MHssachusetts Avenue.
The Washington herald., 1908-07-12
HAGERSTOWN LEADS
WESTERN MARYLAND.
It's Location Assures Rare
Industrial Progress.
HAS FOUR RAILROADS
Stands in the Center Of a Rich
Agricultural Region,
HAS FOUR RAILROADS

Washington County Wheat Lands
Most Productive I'm the State.
Mineral Resources Match Those OF
Any Similar TerritOry-MiIIs and
Factories Have Always PrOspered.
Banks Are Stable as the Hills.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-09-10
a administrators Notice.

Estate of II. W. IARTTNDALE, Deceased
I FILTERS of Ancilary Administration on the
Il Estate of II. w. Martindale, deceased have
been granted to b. w. Green, residing in the
Borough of Emporium, County of Cameron and
state ofPennsylvania, to whom all persons indebt-
ed 10 said estate are requested to make payment,
and those having claims or demands will make
known the same without delay.
b. w. GREEN,
Anciary Administrator.
August Is, 1906 27-it.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-09-10
Union Iahor Nnte

Hon. William III. Buchanan is one of
the leading union men of western New
York and in 1907 was the Democratic
candidate for assemblyman in Chau.
tauqua county. This is what he has to
say Of the effort of Mr. Gompers to
turn the labor vote over to Mr.. BRYAN:
Il am a union labor man, and L want
to say further that no man can carry
the labor vote into the Democratic
camp. l know how union labor men
feel in this city, and three-fourths of
them will stand by the Republican
party because only in that way have
they the assurance of freedom from
the business disturbance that Mr.. Bry-
an promises for at least four years if
he can be elected. We workingmen
can't earn wages if statesmen are put
in Office to disturb business and make
trouble"
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-09-10
Campaign Funds,

eve welcome Mr.. Taft to this ad-
vanced ground" said Mr.. Bryan in one
of his numerous interviews since the
Denver convention. The ground refer
red to is Mr.. Taft's statement that no
campaign contributions would be re-
ceived from corporations. Mr.. Bryan
intended to convey the impression that
Mr.. Taft had come to that determine
ton after the Denver convention. In
that the Democratic peerless one" is
not honest. Mr.. Taft is law abiding
citizen. Such contributions are unlaw-
ful, made so by law passed by a Re-
publican congress at the instance of a
Republican administration of which
Judge Taft was part six months be-
fore the Denver convention. Be hon
est, Mr.. Bryan, If you can
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-09-10
DENIES THAT BRYAN
GOULD DO NO HARM,

Congressman Burke Says Office c
President is Infinitely More POVERTY
Than Congress.
Congressman James Francis Burk
of Pittsburg in an address on "Th
Powers of the President" says:
"The American people can make II
greater mistake than to elect Mr. Bry
an on the assumption that he can d
no harm In the face of an adverse sen
ate. AS between the executive an,
legislative departments of the govern
ment, the former has infinitely create
power to rule and ruin than the latter
Mr.. Taft and Mr.. Bryan are who'll.
different types of men. Each pos
sesses a strong individual character
which would certainly assert itself il
the White House. What either o
these men would do during a fou
years term in the White House i
causing as much anxiety anon
thoughtful Americans as the mer.
matter of the election alone.
"As disturber of moneys the pres
ident is without a rival in the world
Through the agencies under his con
troll he will this year disburse a billion
dollars, showing the great things W.
are doing in adding to the unparalleled
list of the worlds achievements.
In view of the fact that during til,
fifteen years of Bryan leadership th,
states controlled by his party have de
nI TO
senators from As to 81. the number o
representatives in congress from 22t
to 1G4 and in that time the Democrat,
party was in control of the ground
whereas it is now. as a consequence o
his teachings, a hopelessly hetero
geneous mass of Populistic elements
the American people can see little pros
poets of constructive policy if Mr.
Bryan should succeed"
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-09-10
Things Bryan Would Forqet.

The most important. because the
most curiously novel, feature of Mr.
Bryan's address is his apotheosis O
the party platform. A new doctrine OF
infallibility is embodied in these sen
tences at the very beginning of Mr.
Bryan's speech:
A platform is binding as to what i
omits as we'll as to what it contains
\ platform announces Il party's posi-
ton on the questions which are at is
sue, and an official is not at liberty tt
use the authority vested in him to urge
personal views which have not beer
submitted to the voters for their ap
proval
1t is natural that Mr.. Bryan should
dlsavoW certain "omitted issues" suct
as free silver, government OWNERSHIP
Of railroads. the initiative and refercn
dunn, attacks upon the courts and 9th
er theories which at times he sanction.
ed oyerhastily in the past. But he is
unfortunate in his manner of express.
ing that disavowal.
\ party platform is not politica
holy writ. The American people
choose for president a man, not q
clerk, to carry out the orders of a con.
yention committee. a platform is not
a prophetic code of conduct. but a
summary of basic principles, to be al.
tered, amended or enlarged according
to the country's Philadelphia
North American.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-09-10

year nineteen hundred and ten. and until
the Legislature shall otherwise provide,
all terms of city, ward borough, town.
ship. and election division officers shall
begin the first Monday of December
In an odd-numbered year.
All city, ward, borough, and township
officers holding office at the date of the
approval of these amendments, whose
terms OF office may end in the year one
thousand nine hundred and eleven, shall
continue to hold their offices until the
first Monday of December Of that year.
All judges Of the courts for the several
judicial districts and also all county ofti-
GERS, holding office at the date of the APP
proval OF these amendments whose terms
of office may end in the year ono thou
sand nine hundred and eleven. shall con,
tinue to hold their offices until tho first
Monday OF January, one thousand nina
hundred and twelve.
4 tsuo copy Of Joint Resolution No, 3.
ROBERT MchTEE,
Secretary of the Commonwealth,
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-09-10

Section II. That no Inconvenience may
prise from the changes in the Constitu-
tion of the Commonwealth and in order
to carry the same into complete opera
ton, it is hereby declared that
In the case of officers elected by the
people, all terms of office fixed by act of
Assembly at an odd number of years
shall each be heightened one year but
the Legislature may change the length OF
the term, provided the terms for which
such officers are elected shall always be
for an even number of years.
The above extension of official terms
shall not affect officers elected at the gem
eral election of one thousand riEe hun
dred and eight; nor any city. ward, bor-
ough, township or election division Off
GERS, whose terms of office, under exist
ing law, end in the year one thousand
nine hundred and ten.
In the year one thousand nine hundred
and ten the municipal election shall be
held on the third Tuesday of February
as heretofore; but all officers chosen at
that election to an office the regular term
OF which is two years. and also all cleo
ton officers and assessors chosen at that
election, shall serve until the first Mon
day of December in the year one thou
sand nine hundred and eleven. All Off
GERS chosen at that election to offices tho
term of which is now four years, or IS
made four years by the operation of these
amendments or this schedule shall serve
until the first Monday OF December in
the year one thousand nine hundred and
thirteen. All justices VI the peace, mag
istrates, and aldermen. chosen at that
election. shall serve mtfl the first Mon
day % Dec mber in the year one thou
sand nine hundred and fifteen. After the
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-09-10
NUMBER THREE.



Proposing amendments to sections eight
and twenty-one of article four, sections
5leven and twelve of article five, Sec
tons two, three. and fourteen of article
eight, section one of article twelve, and
sections two and seven of article four
teen, of the Constitution of PennsylVa-
MIA, and providing schedule for carry
ing the amendments into effect.
Section /. Be it resolved by the Senate
and House of Representatives OF the
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in Cen
cral Assembly met That the following
are proposed as amendments to the Con-
stttution Of the Commonwealth of Penn
sylVania, in accordance with the provi-
sions Of the eighteenth article thereof
Amendment One-To Article Four, Sec
tion Eight.
Section 2 Amend section eight of art-
Gle four of the Constitution of PennsyI-
vania, which reads as follows:-
He shall nominate and, by and with
he advice and consent of two-thirds of
,,l the members of the Senate, appoint
"rctary OF the Commonwealth and an
A,.orney General during pleasure. a Su-
pei ntendent of Public instruction for four
years, and such other officers of the Com
monwealth as he Is or may be authorized
by the Constitution or by law to appoint;
he shall have power to fill all vacancies
that may happen, in offices to which he
may appoint, during the recess of the
Senate, by granting commissions which
shall expire at the end of their next ses-
sion; he shall have power to fill any va.
cancy that may happen during the recess
of the Senate, in the office of Auditor
General State Treasurer Secretary of In
ternal Affairs or Superintendent of Pub
lie instruction, in a judicial Office. or in
any other elective office which he is or
may be authorized TO fiji; If the vacancy
shall happen during the session of the
Senate, the Governor shall nominate to
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-09-10
NUMBER TWO.

A JOINT RESOLUTION
proposing an amendment to the Consti-
tuition of the Commonwealth, allowing
counties. cities, boroughs, townships,
school districts, or other municipal or
Incorporated districts, to increase their
indebtedness.
d2e it resolved by the Senate and House
OF Representatives of the Commonwealth
OF Pennsylvania in General Assembly
met That section eight, article nine, OF
the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, read
Tag as foilows:-
"Scction s. The debt of any county
city, borough, township, school district,
o. other municipality or incorporated dis
trict, except as herein provided, shall nev-
er exceed seven per centum upon the as
sessed value of the taxable property
therein; nor shall any such municipality
or district incur any new debt or increase
its Indebtedness to an amount exceeding
two per centum upon such assessed valu-
alton of property, without the assent of
the electors thereof at a public election.
in such manner as shall be provided by
law; but any city, the debt of which now
exceeds seven per centum of such as
sesscd valuation, may be authorized by
law to increase the same three per cen
tum, in the aggregate, at any one time,
upon such valuation" be amended in ac-
ccrdance with the provisions of the eight
eenth article of said Constitution, so that
said section, when amended shall read
as follows:-
Section s. The debt of any county, city.
borough, township, school district, or
other municipality or incorporated dis
trict, except as herein provided, shall new
er exceed ten per centum upon the as
sessed value OF the taxable property
therein; nor shall any such municipality
or district incur any new debt or in
crease its Indebtedness to an amount ex-
ceeding two per centum upon such as
sessed valuation of property without the
assent of the electors thereof at a public
election, in such manner as shall be pro-
Yided by law
A true copy of Joint Resolution No. 2.
ROBERT McAFEE,
Secretary of the Commonwealth.