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The Oskaloosa herald., 1908-07-30
PENNsYLvANIA's COAL.

In the production of both anthracite
and bituminous coal, Pennsylvania IN
1907 exceeded any previous annual
record, as reported by the United
States Geological Survey in an ad'
vance chapter of Mineral Resources OF
the United States, calendar year 19C
on the production of coal, prepared by
e. w. Parker.
The total production was 35,925, ,749
short tons, having a spot value OF
1919, ,421, ,S26. The production of an,
thracite was 76,432,421 long IONS
equivalent to So tO4,312 short tons)
having spot value of $l63,5S4,O56.
The production of bituminous coal was
15O,32f ,437 short tons, having a spot
value of s155,S37,77O.
Compared with the aggregate pro
duction of 1906, which amounted to
2O0,575,617 short tons. valued at $-o-,'
208, ,345, the output in 1907 exhibits an
increase of 35,35O,132 short tons, OF
176 per cent, in quantity, and OF
s57,213,4S1, or 218 per cent in value
The increase in the production of an
thracite coal was 12,7S7,412 long tons
equivalent to 14,321 ,901 short tons)
or 20.1 per cent in quantity, and $751;
666,362, or "a per cent, in value. In
the production of bituminous coal the
increase was 21,02S,231 short tons, OF
1926 per cent. in quantity, and $25,
547,119, or 1851 per cent in value.
Tho nricoe of hath anthracite and
bituminous coal in Pennsylvania were
higher in 1907 than in1906. The aver
age price of anthracite was s2.35 pei
ton, an increase of cents; the aver
age price of bituminous was $l.04 pei
ton, an increase of A cents. Although
the quantity of bituminous coal pro
duced was nearly twice that of the
anthracite, the hard coal represented
greater value than the sStt.
Until 1902 Pennsy,yama produced
each year more than half the Goa
mined in the United States. but since
then the states output has fallen be
low one-half. by reason OF the great
increase in production in other states
Pennsylvania produces more Goa
than any other single state or coun
try in the world except Great Britain
having in 1907 exceeded for the mrs.
time the production OF Germany
Pennsylvanias production Of coal ex
ceeds. In fact, the combined produc
tion of all foreign countries except
J Great Britain and Germany
The Oskaloosa herald., 1908-07-30
EDDYvllLE.

Eddyville, July 2S.-John r. Sipes
who recently returned from an extend
ed tour OF the south and west, has
again taken up his newspaper work as
city editor of the Eddyville Tribune
and correspondent and solicitor fol
the Ottumwa Courier, Oskaloosa Her
aid and other papers of this locality
For better convenience in securing
news items, subscriptions, ETC., he has
opened up an Office WITH Miller & Son
in the Oldham building on Second
street and will be thankful for all ia
vors accorded him.
Mrs. Henry Arnold and children
left Sunday night for their home al
Webster City after spending month
with her mother, Mrs. -. J. Criswell
and other relatives and friends.
Mrs. N. Secress and Mrs. d. Mater
and daughters, Misses Goldie and
Minta, went to Oskaloosa Saturday &c
attend an Adventist meeting.
Misses Alta and Frances Miller re
turned Friday night from the State
Normal at Cedar Falls and will spend
five weeks vacation here
The tent meetings which have beer
conducted here the past two weeks
under the auspices of the Church o.
Christ, closed Sunday night, and the
evangelist, Elder II. ID. Leach, of Nebo
Illinois, who had charge of the meet
ings, has returned to his home.
Mrs. Hester NJ. Lyon, of Indianola
Neb, arrived Sunday for an indefinite
visit with her nephew, C. S. Britt, and
with friends.
Herbert Kreiger returned to his
home at Burlington Monday, after Z
weeks visit with his brother, Johr
Kreiger, on Bluff Creek.
Mrs. w. S. Barnett, north of town
went to Seymour Monday to spenc
the week with friends. Her little
daughter accompanied her.
Miss Opal Harris, daughter of l.. l.
Harris, south of town, went to Oska
loosa Sunday for weeks visit witt
her uncles. N. L., III. +. and +. l.
Harris, and with Mrs. Shoemaker.
N. l.. Harris, of Oskaloosa, was 8
Sunday guest of his brother, l.. l.
Harris, south OF town.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1908-07-30
The INJUNCTION PLANK.

1t would be interesting to know just
what source furnished inspiration for
the paragraph of the Denver platform
dealing with the issue of injunctions
in labor disputes. Could it have been
the hand of Bryan, or that of the great
chief of the American Federation OF
Labor that inspired this truly remark
able pronouncement
Questions of judicial practice have
arisen especially in connection with
industrial disputes. We deem that
the parties to all judicial proceedings
should be treated with rigid impair
TALLY and that injunctions should not
be issued in any cases in which in
functions would not issue if no indus
trial dispute we're involved"
AS an example of what eminent au-
thorities have pronounced the highest
use of language-the concealment OF
thought--this is one of the most per.
feet achievements of political verbiage.
II ought to turn other platform makers
green with envy. Compared to its
cryptic significance the injunction
plank adopted at Chicago is as clear
as Colorado atmosphere and as def
mite as Pixies Peak. II was never sus-
pected that the ranks of the delega
tions at Denver contained the possess
or of the subtle powers necessary to
the conception of phrase at once
apparently so decisive and actually so
meaningless. For if the Den
. yer injunction plank means anything
there are great many puzzled Amer
lean voters who would like to have
Mr. Bryan, Mr.. Gompers, or anyone
else qualified to do so, explain what
that meaning is. What, in Heavens
name, have cases involving industrial
disputes to do with any other kind OF
cases in which injunctions issue? II
you pray the court for protection
against the enthusiastic efforts of q
mob to wreck your property. what
difference does il make TO the law
whether the mob is made mp of strik
ing workmen or OF leading citizens
and stockholders? Or why should the
court concern itself with what II
might do in a patent infringement
case, Unless the plank means &c
say that the courts are now guilty Of
issuing injunctions in cases of labor
dIsputes-in which case IL is gratui
tous insult such as even Gompers has
as yet not ventured upon-its mean
ing seems destined to provide the
great mystery OF the campaign Of
1908. American Industries.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1908-07-30
-This IS the time Of year when pa

This is the time of year when par
ents cannot be too careful in protect
ing their children from dogs. DIR
Helene Knabe, acting director OF the
meteorological laboratory of the In
diana State Board of Health says thai
when it is suspected that dog Il
suffering with the rabies the anima
should be confined at once and shoult
never be turned loose until an exam
ination has been made by a veterin
airy surgeon or some other competent
person.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1908-07-30
TAFT'S POLICIES.
ARE SET FORTH
REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE is NoTi-
FLED OF NOMINATION.
GALA DAY IN CINCINNATI
Replying to Senator Warner, Judge
Taft Tells What He Thinks
the Next Administration
- Should Do.

Cincinnati, July 2S.--All Cincinnati
irrespective of party affiliations,
turned out Tuesday to do honor to
William II. Taft and witness his for.
NAL notification of his nomination for
the presidency.
So far as possible, business was sus.
pended and the event was made the
occasion of general holiday. The
streets were finely decorated and there
was frequent firing of salutes, from
early morning.
Taking part in the ceremony were
many Republican leaders, governors
of several states and the local officials.
Senator Warner delivered the address
notifying Mr.. Taft of the high honor
conferred on him by the Republican
party.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1908-07-30
THE wear 1907 Witnessed a marke,

The year 1907 witnessed a market
advance in mining in Alaska, Gcsplte
the fact that the value of the -produc
ton decreased $2,5O3,2 ,237 as compared
with 1906. Nearly all of this decrease
was in the output of gold, and Is as
cribed to labor difficulties at Nome
and Fairbanks and to the diversion
of labor to work that is not immediate.
ly productive-the installation OF large
mining plants, which are expected
later to yield correspondingly large re-
turns. The fall in the price of copper
also contributed to the total decrease
in production. AS it was, however
the preliminary estimates show thai
Alaska produced ,l9,600000 in gold
s1,O4O,OO in copper, and $231,771 in
other minerals.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1908-07-30

/ Then, too, he question what is fair
profit is cae involving not only the
rate OF interest usually earned on
normally safe investments, but also
sufficient allowance to make up ior the
risk of loss both of capital and interest
in the original outlay. These consid-
erations will have justified the COM
pany in imposing charges high enough
to secure fair income on the enter
prise as whole.
National Control of Corporations.
another suggestion in respect to
subordinate and ancillary machinery
necessary to carry out Republican pol
icies is that of the incorporation un-
der national law or the licensing by
national license or enforced registry
of companies engaged in interstate
trade. The fact is that nearly all cor
porations doing a commercial business
are engaged in interstate commerce,
and II they all were required to take
out federal license or a federal char
ter. the burden upon the interstate
business of the country would become
intolerable.
1T is necessary, therefore, to de-
wise some means for classifying and
insuring federal supervision of such
corporations as have the power and
temptation to effect restraints of in
terstate trade and monopolies. Such
corporations constitute a very small
percentage of all engaged in inter-
state business.
with such classification in view,
Mr.. Roosevelt recommended an amend
ment in the antitrust law, known as
the Hepburn bill, which provided for
voluntary classification, and created
a strong motive therefore by granting
immunity from prosecutions for rea-
sonable restrictions of interstate
trade to all corporations which would
register and submit themselves to the
publicity regulation of the department
of commerce and labor"
Labor and lnjunctions.
In relation to injunctions in labor
suits, Mr.. Taft said:
''To give to employees their proper
position in such controversy to ena-
Bile them to maintain themselves
against employers having great capital.
they may well unite, because in union
there is strength and without it each
individual laborer and employe would
be helpless The promotion of indus
trial peace through the instrumentality
of the trade agreement is often one Of
the results of such union when intelli-
gently conducted.
There is large body of laborers,
however, skilled and unskilled, who
are not organized into unions. Their
rights before the law are exactly the
same as those of the union men, and
are to be protected with the same care
and watchfulness.
What they have not the right to do
is to injure their employers property,
TO injure their employers business by
use of threats or methods of physical
duress against those who would work
for him or deal with him or by carry
ing on what is sometimes known as a
secondary boycott against his custom
ers or those with whom he deals in
business. All those who sympathize
with them may unite to aid them in
their struggle, but they may not,
through the instrumentality of a
threatened or actual boycott, compel
third persons against their will and
having no interest in their controversy
to come to their assistance. These
principles have for a great many years
been settled by the courts of this coun-
try"
The Oskaloosa herald., 1908-07-30

I'm a friendly criticism the Mar.
shalltown Times-Republican says: II
Attorney General Byers succeeds in
making the Western Union dig up
three-quarters of million in back
fees which it should have paid and IL
he compels the go-easy saloons OF
Iowa to obey the mulct law, La foll,
ette and Hobson had better look to
their chautauqua laurels. The Iowa
man will 'owd somebody off the plat
form.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1908-07-30

-Harpers Weekly: Mr.. Kern has
one advantage over Mr. Bryan. He
began to be defeated away back in
1870, when the Boy Orator was only
10 years old. He was then a candi-
date for the legislature. in 1888 he
was a candidate for reporter of the
supreme court and was beaten. In
1900 he ran for governor, with Bryan
heading the ticket for president, and
both were distanced. In 1904 he
tried again, and again got licked. The
old doctor could hardly have found a
Shirt rendered more congenial by
experience.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1908-07-30
THE BUSINESS OUTLOOK.

Henry Clews in his weekly review
of trade says:
Events during the week were al
most universally on the side OF I'M
proyement Our crops are making eX-
cellent progress; business shows bet
ter recuperative powers; confidence
is rising; the security markets have
been unusually strong, and in general
the trend of the times is towards leav-
ing the panic behind and forgetting It's
The decision in favor of Standard
Oil, upsetting Judge Landis' verdict oi
s29, 900 900 fine against that great or
ganization, was natural sequence
Nothing else could well have been ex-
pected because IL was ridiculously eX-
orbitant. This decision will have
good effect on the market because
with most security holders the idea OF
such q penalty was that it really
meant confiscation of stockholders
property in corporations and they
never knew when the lightning would
strike them, which caused a feeling
of insecurity. 1t was this effect upon
the minds of stockholders generally
that did more than anything else to
intensity the 1907 panic. Standard
Oil stock declined from Slots high
est price-to 390-its lowest figure.
The rise from its lowest point makes
a difference of $270,000,000 to the
81 nF haf nnrnnratinn wifi h.
in a comparatively short time. The
effect of this tremendous advance is to
increase the confidence and courage
of the members of the Standard Oil
Company, who are the greatest COM
bination of merchants that ever exist
ed. welding power, influence and en-
|ergy such as has been previously un-
known. A good deal of this influence
is now in the stock market and has
done much to make the recent ad-
vance possible.
Next in importance to crop pro-
gress and the Standard Oil decision as
market factors was the great improve
ment In the bond market; the result
of bettered financial conditions and
a revival of investment demand. Our
big railroad systems, it is well under
stood. are in urgent need of funds for
carrying ON the improvements preyi-
ously inaugurated. The panic sud
denly cut off their usual source of sup
Iply, throwing many hands out of em-
ployment and intensifying the indus
- onn
ditions the raising of new capital by
stock issues would be impossible, and
bond Issues are the only resort. For
ltunateIy a market can now be found
for higher grades of the latter on reas-
enable terms; thanks to easy money,
and a partial revival OF confidence.
This recovery of the investment de-
mand is one of the most significant
and satisfactory indications of the
times. AS long as capital remained
timid real recovery was impossible,
and labor must have continued idle.
Now that capital has begun to come
out of hiding, recovery will go on and
labor will once more get employment.
The funds now coming to the railroads
from bonds will cause better demand
for steel and other products, impart-
ing new life to many channels OF In
dusrry. The abatement in hostility
TO capital. which was SO rampant last
winter. will also be helpful to capital
and labor alike. On all sides there
are signs Of sure though limited re-
lcuperatIons."
The Oskaloosa herald., 1908-07-30
Mr.. Taft's Address.

In reply to Senator Warner, Mr..
Taft spoke at considerable length, his
speech being a carefully considered
statement of the issues of the day and
his position thereon. lie began by a
discussion of the Roosevelt policies
and gave the president high praise
for what he has accomplished. Con-
tinuing, he said .'
"The chief function of the next ad-
ministration in my Judgment is dis
tinct from and progressive develop
ment which has been performed by
President Roosevelt
The chief function of the next adj
ministration is to complete and per-
feet the machinery by which these
standards may be maintained by which
the law breakers may be properly re-
strained and punished, but which shall
The Oskaloosa herald., 1908-07-30
STATE EAlR RATES.

Special reduced excursion rates are
to be given Iowa people for their
State Fair and Exposition the last
week of August, AS the result of a
conference between representatives OF
the railroads in Chicago and officials
of the Iowa Department of Agricul
ture and representatives of Iowa com
mercial bodies, The railroads voted un
animously to grant to the Iowa people
the old excursion rate of former
years of three cents a mile for the
round trip to the State Fair. This
special rate applies in all cases where
the ordinary rate is rs cents for the
round trip, that being fixed as a mini
mum. So the new rate will be of es-
pecial value to all Iowa people except
in small zone about Des Moines
The railroads announced their readi
ness to cooperate in every way in Sc
curing a large attendance at the Fair
thus aiding and encouraging Iowa ag
ricultural and industrial interests.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1908-07-30

The coal mining industry of Ok
lahoma in 1907 was one of the most
prosperous in the history of the region
for the increased production in 1907
was accompanied by an advance in
the average price per ton-from $l.9z
in 1906 to $2.04 in 1907. The falling
off in the production of petroleum in
Texas and the constant advance In
the price of oil naturally created a
better demand for Arkansas and Okla
homa Goals.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1908-07-30

Some of the newspapers are now
claiming that Betsy Ross, the maker
OF the first American flag, was an i'm
aginary person. One objection to this
theory, advanced by the Keokuk Gate
City, is that it does not doveta-l with
the fact that Betsy has granddaugh'
ter living in Lee county. Flesh and
blood .descendants do not spring from
imaginary ancestors.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1908-07-30

The interstate commerce commits
sion's report for the year ending June
so, 1895. shows one passenger was
killed for every 1,432,631 carried, AM
one injured for every 67,O12 carried, a
little worse showing than the previous
year. One passenger was killed, for
every 45,UO0,O00 odd passenger miles
travelled and one injured for every
2l25. .493 miles.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1908-07-30
Americans to Honor porando.
STEVENS ASSASSIN ON TRIAL.
Korean Who Murdered the Empcror's
Adviser Is Arraigned.

San Francisco, July 27.-In the su-
perior court in this city Monday morn
ing before Judge Carroll Cook, In
Whan Chang, the Korean who on
March 23 shot and fatally wounded
Durham White Stevens. Japanese ad-
wiser to the Korean emperor at Seoul.
was placed on trial.
Mr.. Stevens was shot as he was
about to board a ferryboat in this city
en- route to Washington. Chang, the
assassin, whose first shot had sesi-
ously wounded NJ. w. Chun. one of his
associates who lay in wait for Mr..
Stevens, was captured on the spot
The Oskaloosa herald., 1908-07-30
Train peraiIed; Three Killed.

Fort Smith, Ark, July 27.LThree
persons were killed and three others
injured between Goodland and Hugo,
near here, Sunday afternoon when
Frisco passenger train No. was de-
rallied. The dead are: Mike Hickey,
engineer, e. d. Clark, express messen-
ger. and tramp.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1908-07-30

-Eighty-cent corn, payment in gold,
suggests that the farmers have a
cash surplus, but not that they will ac-
cept Mr.. Bryan's invitation to invest
it in his kind of politics. All through
the campaign of 1896 he declared that
farm prices could not advance unless
the value of the dollar was cut in two.
He was again for free silver in 1900.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1908-07-30

operate with. sufficient accuracy and
dispatch to interfere with legitimate
business as little as possible. Such
machinery is not now adequate.
Under the present rate bill, and under
all its amendments, the burden of the
interstate commerce commission in SUI
pervising and regulating the operation
of the railroads of this country has
grown SO heavy that it is utterly i'm
possible for that tribunal to hear and
dispose, in any reasonable time, of the
many complaints, queries and issues
that are brought before it for deci-
sion. 1t ought to be relieved of its
jurisdiction as an executive, directing
body, and its functions should be lin
tied to the quasi-judicial investigation
of complaints by individuals, and by
department of the government
charged with the executive business
of supervising the operation of rail,
ways.
Railway Traffic Agreements.
1T is agreeable to note that the Re
publican platform expressly and the
Democratic platform impliedly ap-
prove an amendment to the interstate
commerce law, by which interstate
railroads may make useful traffic
agreements, II approved by the com.
missions. This has been strongly rec.
commended by President Roosevelt, and
will make for the benefit of the bust
ness.
Some of the suggestions of the
Democratic platform relate really to
| this subordinate and ancillary ma
chinery to which have referred. Take
for instance, the so-called physical
valuation of railways. 1t is clear that
the sum of all rates or receipts of a
railway, less proper expenses, should
be limited to a fair profit upon the
reasonable value of its property, and
that II the sum exceed, this measure
1t ought to be reduced. The difficulty
In enforcing the principle is in ascer
tanning what is the reasonable value
Of the company's property. and in fix
ing what is fair profit. 1t is clear
that the physical value of railroad
and its plant is an element to be giver
weight in determining its full value;
but as President Roosevelt In his In
dianapolis speech and the supreme
court have pointed out, the value Of
the railroad az going concern. includ
ing its good will. due TO efficiency oi
service, and many other circumstances
may be much greater than the value
OF Its tangible property and 1t is the
former that measures the investment
on which a fair profit must be allowed
The Oskaloosa herald., 1908-07-30

Miss Mabel Kittridge. New Yorb
woman, seems 10 nave solved the food
problem and furnished a scientific din
ner to working people for cents. She
buys the best of material and has a
good cook. The strangest thing about
that item is the fact that Miss Kit
fridge is still spinster.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1908-07-30
County BUILDING.

Much building and improving is to
be noted in all parts OF the county.
Many farmers are building substantial
new homes and others are making
extensive and substantial additions to
their buildings The farmers are tax
ing advantage OF the cheaper prices
in material.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1908-07-30
six refrigerator cars loaded wi

Six refrigerator cars loaded with
the choicest fruits produced IN the
state of Washington will be distrib'
uted among the delegates at the an
nual convention of the National lrri'
CATION Congress at Albuquerque, n,
NJ, Sept. 20 to Oct. ), by the Spokane
Chamber of Commerce, which seeks
the 1909 meeting.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1908-07-30

Some fellow is figuring on start
ing morning daily at Marshalltown,
II that fellow has enough money to
start morning paper at Marshall
town he would better put it in bank
and keep it there. He then would have
it to help out in his old age.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1908-07-30

The old Herald force IS still go
ing to the front. Princess Louise and
her husband, the Duke of Argyle, have
just been entertained at Southampton
and we notice that among the guests
at tea were our townspeople, Col. and
Mrs. A. w. Swain,
The Oskaloosa herald., 1908-07-30

"A movement to celebrate the semi
centennial of peace between the North
and South by holding in 1915 a great
Southern exposition in Cincinnati and
dedicating a Southern peace monu-
ment in that city has been launched.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1908-07-30

The annual convention Of the
National American Woman Suffrage
Association will be held October 18th
in Buffalo. This series of meetings
wilbbe held in commemoration or the
Goth anniversary of the first Woman S
Rights Convention in the history OF
the world, which was held in Wesley.
an Chapel. Seneca Falls, n. Y.