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New-York tribune., 1908-08-04

so 50 10 at Sc So go Vest virgnia do 90 n at g So
tGeky sheep. 10 n. at 81 20 DO 100 fe at "a; 30
I20 n. at s. 26 DO $50 ~ at S. do. ll5 10. at S 90
Tohn s shannon: 24l Kentucky lambs 81 10 a. y -
PSI 65 10. 50; 22i Virginia do 20 ~ at 81 70 DO
90 Ib at 50 90 20 do ea 10 at So SO Isnnsyiv.na de-
TS 10 az Sd 50 - Pennsylvania sheep los 10 al 50 10
Virginia do, 81 ~ Al s3,
Shippers Commission Company: 2l6 Kentucky lambs
68 10 at ST 35 2l3 do IS 10 81 % 2S do. IS 10 al
81 2os Virginia d. G7 70. at Sd go 10 Kentucky sheep
i21 n, "a 20
81 50 279 do so; 354 ViFsria do. 70 10 al
s. Ohio yeaFlinEs io2 10, 50 % id4 ohio sn1sP
iOT Tb S4 T5 do ~ ss 90. $50 10: at 50 so
Virginia do, % 10 al 81 so; ls5 do. l0a 10 at ss'
3 10. 100 10. al So so -
McPhsrsoR sT2 Virginia lambs 81 N. al 81 SCI
81 10 50 rs; 163 Maryland do. IS 10. at - -
Maryland sheep $50 10. s4 ST virginia do 30 10 al
So SO - 70 "a
kentucky sheep rs 70, at 81 ~, ..aa
Frederek Kratz 24a Virginia lambs. ~ n a. - so
s Sanders: 23 lambs 81 10. al 70 90 "a stas
sheen i0s n. 81 IS; do, JOG 70 at u o. 40 II"
10 az SO so; / buck, $50 10, at 81 so
], p. Nelson; II state lambs 20 AZ 81 s'N'0
sheep 100 10 at ss: 1 do 2l0 -. az IS 90
HOGs-Rscepts IS cars, or tsS head IN
cIdng goo head for the market The feeling was nrm
for ali weights New York stata hogs sold az SOY 5o
per n rouxhs ssase 30 stays si hoa 81 ooGs2 10
salsss sanders: iss state hose 10 20 = syefsSs
IS rouEhs Dos n. al IS 3d. do i1o m at ssioi
New-York tribune., 1908-08-04
DEFAULTS ON IT'S BONDS
usTNE STEAMSHIP co.
aTs-r Hauen Road Osuns It-Money
Earned but Interest Not Paid.

,-,a,+ was made yesterday that the
- steamship Company OF New Jersey whch
- hv the New York, New Haven q hartiogo
= - Company had defsulted in the payment
=. interest due August l on its first lien sod
O = -s,ich there are 81 ooo.oo outstanding NO
- vas assigned for the default and as the
-,nrs Of the operating company the MAINE
---<hi- Company of Maine, all OF whose STOCK
- bv the New Jersey company. which IS the
- concern are understood TO be good. me
,,ee of the non-payrnenr OF '''e '"'e
- 10 Wall Street
- sr.rr work New Haven & Hartford Railroad
- - in addition to the stock owns s263oo
= -. 81 eaoeaa bonds OF the steamship company
A. "a considered strange that it should ailo"
= .-+srest on the bonds to be defaulted That Il
-. some purpose in view In dong SO Is evlusH1'
= ,-hst this purpose is no one could be touno 10
80, . yesterday TIE bonds in question are Sc
- nv the stock OF the operating company the
,s..-s steamship Company o. Maine.
IL -s-s - . committee which has been formed
S-.-sc+ the interests Of the bondholders could
- ~ light on the matter We don't know any
.s,, eo- It" one Of the committee salo no
- sssilv earned the interest on its PONDS
- = u-ss taken over by the New Haven COM
- and We know Of no reason why Il snonlun
- continued 10 DO SO. Its earning power Is
- s,5 Ue should be glad TO forecose on the
~ ~ the operating company, by whlcn tne
.-5s are secured. and get control Of the company.
--ss-be- his viii be done not am unable TO
ssv Al present
~. n-otective committee is composed Of Il h
49, Phflio Lehman, Roswell Eldrfdge and wal
- REV Mr. Frew is vice-presidenf OF the
CIR Exchange Bank. which is the hscal agent OF
the compa1y- -,.,z
~ o-a- York New Haven & Hartford Railroad
---,.,,- cb+ained possession OF the Maine Steam
4i, con,nanv of New Jersey in January. 1907, pay
- sso = share for the 100000 shares Of stock
v5,ch have par value Of 800. The officers OF the
company are: Stevenson IaSloI, pres-oeh'' 'oii' %
- ~r.rv.z- ,-ice-president and 3. P Roome, sec
- .-5 treasurer The directors include the two
ro--ne- and F. ? Palmer, George @ Palmer. n. F.
- Cs--o1l { Smith end George z. Weed
New-York tribune., 1908-08-04
PRODUCE RATE DECISION.
Opinion on Shipment of Florida
Fruits and Vegetables Filed.

Washington Aug SIN an opinion rendered by
Commissioner Proutv. the Interstate Commerce
Commission to-day decided that the aIl-Tail route
rates o. oranges and pinespples from points in
Florida 70 the Florida base points were not un-
reasonable but that the carload rates on such ar
uees from the base points TO Northeastern cities
were unreasonable. Certain Elaxima rates were
established and ordered 10 be put II force by Sep
tsniber & next The rail and water rates these
commodities between such points were not found
unreasonable and the commission decided 10 eStab-
lsh carload rates by rail and water. The commits
son he'd that the rates on oranges from the Flor
ia base points territory north Of the Ohio River
ought Tot u be higher on the average than from
California said destination points; but said that
the establishment OF blanket rate TO that terri
tory was not justified.
The present rail-and-water rates on vegeta bles
from Florida base points TO the Northeastern cities
were found 70 oe excessive, and lower maxima
rates were established and ordered TO be put in
foroe Whether lower carload rates should be es-
'ahished upon vegetables TO Eastern markets was
left unsettled The present any quantity all-ran
Esies upon vegetables were found reasonab bic, ex-
esptng 10 Boston. and the vegetable rates from
Florida 70 points north Of the Ohio River were
found reasonable
The commission decided that the minimum car
losd weight established for the transportation Of
berries from Starke and Lawtey, Fla, 10 New
iofk City and 10 other points at present taking the
NeT York rate should be reduced from 900 crates
csr 70 175 crates q car. and the rate should not
ezeeeo Z g crate, including refrigeration The
refrigeration charges fruits and vegetables from
F4aEl9a u Northern markets were not found 10 be
excessive
1nlS decision was rendered IN the case Of the
Elerlos Fruit and Vegetable Shippers Protective
sS'2ls'ion ast the Atlantic Coast Line
New-York tribune., 1908-08-04
STATEMENT FROM PAPER COMPANY.
Inc International Gives It's Side Of Trouble
with Employees.

1ts International Paper Company issued the fol
N-ng Statement yesterday IN regard TO che strike
- rs employees which began yesterday morning:
,aoeat year ago the company made q wage
sSSoS-'Shl R1Lh three organizations. In each
~ss-Sslleh1 Tie wages were advanced, although the
sse-.tS-g had bu1 recently adopted the eght-hour
e.SA n wages day- In the month OF July.
= t-s company found Il advisable 10 economic
49, To meet conditions IN the Industry brought
- pg me general business depression. Among
1ass OF economy was a reorganization in the
sale Of salsr-ed employees. including superln-
fssssf-oas nlils. the Of wages revised being
80 % the capacitv Of each plant department
49, - II the reorganization and the readJust-
= - @ss upon basis that equitable and just
srs.-. .AlF9lFec Little CT no complaint was made
s,-.gt q applying 10 q few positions occupied Dy
- c<sESo u the PAPER makers union The salaries
so--s- Iorelnen were for the time being reCuced
AilSfsly Z per cent this reduction beiag the
- cfshse that mas become effective The paper
rs-@stts r1s5tnizaton made issue Of this com
f---.l-s s43sht reduction and resolved on Satur-
rssr.s,s- 5s-. y put strike into effect on Mono4y
: T-ss,----s lli@ss The cd wages We're restored II
N'sh ordered CIT.
-s strike Los . practically all o: the plants
.a @'7a D. the corporation that We're Hlanufactur-
tapfS re company employs approximately
-. u asatd expert paper machine operators ana
- hFe thousand Eve hundred other mill EN-
s'sss' besides The mea operating in the forests
= seaersiiy understood that the company has
setired surplus OF paper that viii be ample
1'siF al lis customers for some time 70 come.
New-York tribune., 1908-08-04

Jene, Wright CO. - yssf >ss ise r. se at = - 90 90
85 b. s. % IS de- l25 lb at 81 n @ aO Al 5oG io e1s a'
fSs h. so; II do 14S H. at ~ % out'erniiiAS
1s0 IL at So 10: do. III lb. at 80 90 ., go. q
B w Otis s Co: 40 veais. Dol To- at - 81 a .
G. l. 5 Dnlenbaeh Y yesls Is4 Isl b h. at at 5S S
- do ISs b. SO 7ai hut.eTmilhs IA s TO- al ss
sanders: 2o6 veas 195 ID. at IS 90; "a dS & lfo IL
at IS 2s DO $50 10 at ss d. ia l5 e' i,: s6i y
do 1ss ib at So; ITO H. at 81 70; II DO teusl
156 ID. at 81 6o yearling $40 iS at So % do
s Judd x Co: 80 vsals las lb at 81 oo' = 90
1s5 I6. al IS; do. 10 ID At So do (eqilsI 18s lb
AT as: 132 kansas city do 1S2 h. at 81 100 Maryland
90 N23I III at IS rs; So do 2S7 h. at So
robin q Shannon: 151 vesls. 152 lb, at s5 90 l
do I20 Id, ST. % do. Isl Ii. at So DO 100 To-
st s5 so! do 222 Ia at So; Z do, 2i5 10, az sf
sHEEP AND LAMBs-Receipts were - cars or
head Including u for saagherers and 80 for
the market making stale stock 50 cars on sale
ali al Jersey City with the exception OF about 20 head
THO market and higher for both sheep and
lambs sheep l5a25o higher than at the close of
last week lambs advanced 25gS5c The offerings were
sod cut Common choice sheep sold az sa9s4 "a per
10O ~. euIls at 81 choice lambs st "a b0
s. as: ear 81 so Dressed mutton steady at 1890
per Id: dressed lambs. sis sG125sc; few al lse,
saIes-Ne~ton CO. 244 Kentucky lambs fs IL aver
age per 700 10; Ie3 DO. 20 70 az sI 2o do II
n a; 81 2s1 do "a 10 at 81; 222 DO SO o at So 30 277
New-York tribune., 1908-08-04

GOVERNORS ISLAND. y Y. H. AUGUST l. 1905
VI Sealed proposals. IN tplleate. Ger furnishing
and required tn yesr
endng Jans 80 1909 viii received until
!. 1905, Z. s right reject
al proposals Fart Thereof Infornatcn FUR
nished application Envelopes containing VII
endorsed Proposals for Forage and Straw. -"
c. A II. McCAUIEY. A c. M c.
New-York tribune., 1908-08-04
THOMAS w. LAWSON.
ProposaL.

CONSTRUCTION OF SEA WALL CRIB WALL
u TRANSPORT WHARVES AND SEIEDs--Forr Maso1-
Cal. July II. isoS-Sssled ProposAa -
trpIIeate, received hers until nocn Pacific T,rs
August 1905 and than publicly op-aSc Er eorseac
crfb wall transport wharves and sheds for Army
Suppy Depot cuarternasesrs Department z. q A..
in strict with drawings and speei1cetorr ~
Rankin. Crane. Architects 1912 Walnut ST.
Philadelphia. OF Shtch had
pIicaton Depot Clusrtsrslasser. Nsv YORK.
Lakes chicago, Alternative proposals will Alp %
received based form OF permanent CONSTRUCTION
Such alternative proposals be accompanied ey S1
drawings specifications 70 be Considered AL
drawings Specifications
companied BY a check. IN $4,000 uads
proceeds Re retained until ot AL
drawings specthcAtions Envelopes containing pro-
posals endorsed Proposals for Army Supply Depot
and addressed Major GEORGE Mex WILLIAMSON.
O. M, Z 3 A
OFFICE OF THE DEPARTMENT OF PARKS.
~ Building Ftfth avenue and stxty-fsrrr,
street. Borough OF Manhattan. the City OF New fark
SEALED BIDS OR ESTIMATES viii b rsestvst D.
the Beard above oes o< the Department *
Parks until o'clock ?. NJ on
Thu RsDAY, AUGUST 20 1903
Borough o Manhattan
For work and material execution OF ths
proach exterior the building ot the Ssw YORK
Public Library, Astor, L-uox and Tfdsn foundS;ions.
Fifth avenue Fortieth and Ferty-seeond strsss.
HENRY SMITH.
President
JOSEPH 2 BERRY.
MICHAEL J. KENNEDY.
Commissioners OF PARKS
Dated August 3 1906.
New-York tribune., 1908-08-04
COLORADO & SOUTHERN REPORT.

Denver Aug. 3.-The annual report OF the Colo
rado & Southern will show that the company had
a surplus for the year ended June 30 of S2127, SO
after paying all operating expenses. interest and
dividends. and taxes. The surplus increased
ss5, ,66s over the previous year The total gross
earnings for the fiscal year s14 2so.5S5 in
crease Of 1906 731 the year previous. The cost
of operation was se5e4.oeo increase of ssl2,S76,
The net operating revenue was $4,6S 1863, an in
crease Of s73,47
New-York tribune., 1908-08-04
coTTon MILLS REDUCE WAGES.

= 4ifiane' Aug. 3.-Sotices were posted today
). - sail's o. tie United States Cotton Company
,s...-fsi fsi Fails that one week from to-day re-
:, - y wages would go into effect. The rate
So 1eeoon vas not mentioned. but il IS under
D the operatives 10 be a 10 per cent one.
p....'.o 'naPany employs ave hundred hands and
cotton sheeting and cambrics.
New-York tribune., 1908-08-04
RAILROAD EARNINGS.

Me- earnings le SIS 23s So. 9a52 2sSsaa
MINNEAPOLIS. ST. PAUL & sAULT STE. MARIE
New-York tribune., 1908-08-04

do $40 ro al So. scars. 81 rs: %. go
n. 81 so. - :.
Andrew Mullen: - state hogs iss n, a. 81 % 8
rouxhs sTa 70. % IS. stays. asa ~ a. ~
J. p Nelson: ss state hoss. iAz n az 81 % II rocsnA
r & curtis = son; s.ss asss ta y. - ~ - =
rcuxns. zS3 ~ AZ 50 -
The daily tribune., 1908-12-21
JOHN cAVANAUeH DEAD.

Last evening about 7 O'Clock, John
Cavsnaugh passed away at his home
on West Railroad street. While he
has suffered more or less from heart
trouble for a number Of years and was
getting along we'll past middle life.
yet his death was not expected. He
WAS born 60 years ago in Ireland, and
40 years ago. at the age of 20. left
that country and settled In Pcnnsyl-
vania. From there he went to Kan
sAs, then to Missouri, and seven years
ago came to Florence were he en-
gagged in business.
On last Monday he WAS feeling
badly from having contracted cold
which, complicated with his heart
trouble, caused his death from pneu-
monia.
His widow survives him. also FIVE
children: Thomas Cavanaugh, Of
Florence; Mrs. O. L. Savage, Of
Guthrie. Okla. Mrs. Harley Holt.
Of Wichita. Kans. Mrs. WIN. Hawk.
ina, OF Camden, Missouri. and Mrs.
william Hick-, Of Richmond, Mis:
souri,. The distant relatives have
been notified by telegram Of his de-
mise, and At least part Of them are
expected to be present at the funeral.
although so far there has not boen
sufficient time for reply. Until
they have been heard from no definite
arrangements will be made for the
funeral other than that he will b.
buried from his home. and intermen'
will be made In Highland cemetery.
Mr.. CAvauaugh has for many year
been member Of the l. O. o + IL
Missouri. also the /. o. r NJ. Of Pue
bio. The services will probably be
conducted by one or both Of these
orders
The daily tribune., 1908-12-21
c.tarrh Cannot Be Cured

with LOCAL APPLICATIONS, as they cannot
roach tho scat Of tho disease. Catarrh H. a
blood or a constitutional disease, and In ordsr
Halls Catarrh Cure Is taken internally, aud
acts directly on the blood and mucous surfaces
Halls Catarrh Cure IL not qusck medicine,
II was prescribed by one OF tho best physicians
In this cpuntrx for years aud IL u regular pre-.
-cription. II is composed of tho best tonics
known, com bined with tho bo-t blood purifiers
acting directly on III. mucous surfaces. Ths
perfsct com binmtion OF tho two ingredients !,
what produces such wonderful results In cur
ing Cstarrb. ssnd for testimonials free,
FL CHENEY 4 co. Toledo, c
Sold by Druggists, TO,
Take Aali's Family PILLS for Cons ipstiop.
The daily tribune., 1908-12-21

NOTICE OF ANNUAL MEETING
Notice is hereby given that the all
nual meeting of the stock holders OF
The Colorado Portland Cement com
pany, will be held ia its offices, In
the First National bank of Pueblo on
Wednesday. Janary l3, 1909, at 3 :3C
O'Clock p. m. for the election of Il
board Of directors for the ensuing
year and the transaction of such other
business as may legally come before
said meeting.
tSigned) r. J MORSE,
92.l Secretary
The daily tribune., 1908-12-21
BIG POOL TOURNAMENT.

Open to all Fremont oounty-oash
prizes; for particulars address Russ
Sartor's Cigar store, Canon City,
Colo. Ola
The daily tribune., 1908-12-21

A fne selection of diamond rings and
diamond brooches juAt received at l.
o. Honeymau's. Come In and see
thsm 9S.tf
The daily tribune., 1908-12-21

Finest line of Bria and Meersc haun
pipes in the city. p. o. News Stand
80 "
The daily tribune., 1908-12-21

for supplies and repairs would bo sent
In. and Florence would be recognized
a. the natural base Of supplies for the
ntire eastern end of the county
The daily tribune., 1908-12-21

FOR SALE-Seventy five acres Of
good farming land one-half mile
east Of Howard, with six-room modern
house, new barn 70x44; head of
horses and complete lot of farming
implements. Will sell cheap for cash.
FELIX MIRLO,
S6.t Howard, Colo.
The daily tribune., 1908-12-21
WHY so wEAka
Kidney Trouble May be Sapping
Your Lille Away, Florence Peo-
pie Have Learned This.

When healthy man or woman be.
gins to run down without apparent
cause. becomes weak. languid, de.
pressed. suffers backache, headache,
dizzy spells and urinary disorders,
look to the kidneys for the cause of 1t
all. Keep the kidneys we'll and they
will keep you we'll. Doan's Kidney
Pills cure sick kidueys and keep them
we'll. Here is Florence testimony to
prove It,
Mrs. Albert O. Pulliam. of Ito
West 18th street. Florence. Colo. says
II was troubled by an almost constant
dull pain in my back ALSO by frequent
headaches. Often l would be so miser-
able that 1t would he useless for me
to attempt to do any work. At night.
the pain in my back would awaken
me and l would be unable to sleep
we'll. There WAS also difficulty
with the kidney secretions. l WAS
weak, lacked ambition and in fact W
generally run down | WAS induced
fiom rending an advertisement about
Doan's Kidney Pills to give them
a trial and had my daughter get box
for me at Daniels drug store. The
contents of this box made wonderful
improvement in my condition and en-
tirely freed me from pain
For sale by all dealers. Price so
cents. Foster. Milburn Co., Buffalo,
New York, sole agents for the United
States
Remember the name-Doan sand
take no other. m VI
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1908-05-01
SLIDING
MOUNTAIN
SHIPPED THE LIVES OF
THIRTY PERSONS.
A FRENCH HAMLET ON LIEVRE
RIVER, IS MILES FROM BUCK
iNGHAM, QUEBEC.

Buckingham, Quebec, April 2S.-
Half the little French hamlet of Notre
Dame de Salette, 16 miles from here
on the Lievre river, disappeared Sun
day under a sliding mountain and at
least 30 of it's small population are
known to have persisted.
The river Lievre winds at the foot
or the hamlet and a mountain towers
behind it. Heavy rains for days have
Deen melting snow and ice on the
mountainside and streams have been
courslng down to the river. At 5
Sunday morning, just as the little
hamlet began to stir for early mass,
part of the mountain started to slide
toward the river. 1t tore path of
death and destruction in it's way and
those who were not killed when their
homes were engulfed were left buried
under the mass of rock and earth.
Camille Lapoint's house stood first in
the path of the avalanche. He and
MS family of II are known to have
pa A'A'Su i1iSHI OluSIS, WuOS0 names
nave not been obtained, are missing
and the rescuers are attempting to find
definitely how many more are missing.
Mrs. Desjardine's cottage also was
swept away and she and her two chill
dren, a domestic and a hired man are
known to be buried in the landslide.
With Roar 1t Rushes Down.
De Salette, like many hamlets of it's
kind, rambles into the gardens and
little fields on the mountain side. so
about half of it was not in the path
OF the slide. The sliding mass rushed
with roar and spread over part of
the place and dumped itself in the
swollen stream at it's foot. Cut off
from the outside world, messengers
were dispatched to Houpere, the near
est hamlet. Those who arrived first
estimated that at least a dozen houses
were crushed in the path of the land
slide. Buckingham was appealed to.
but the flight of the messengers across
the spring roads was slow. Those first
on the scene found De Salette in a
panic with the uninjured ones packing
their belonging for flight
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1908-05-01

deed to hundreds widows weeds
dressed but all
Not
training for there
hee but fortune
not see the effect his after ebu will be little thing
ntuth bubbles
and evad the truth
companions and him
best of him. You have taught him dpci
much
block that
AS he older
that understandable
have a
healthy
mother knows so little about and his
practically
II you enter
Will he weches
be there to speak the word Of warning
duty to be hand while her
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1908-05-01
YUKON MINERS FIND MAsToDoN

Huge Animal in Perfect State of
Preservation Is Dug Up.
John Froling has just returned to his
home in this city after an absence of
nearly seven years in Alaska and the
Yukon territory, says Tacoma dis
patch to the New York Herald. Dur
ing his absence Mr.. Frollng Travelled
over the mountains and followed the
river and creek valleys Of the far north
for years, In fevered search for the
yellow metal.
Mr.. Frollng brings the facts of the
hnding of the remains Of mastodon
IN an almost complete state of preser-
walton. The body of the mammoth was
found forty feet below the surface, Mr..
t'roling says, seven miles up Wood.
choppers creek. a small stream that
flows Into the Yukon about forty or
fifty miles above Circle City.
Several miners there had staked out
claims and were going through the
frosty earth In an effort to strike paw
dirt They were operating a steam
plant. running down points, and were
one day surprised by noticing a Pc
culiar smell Of flesh emanating from
the excavation.
Upon investigating they found that
they were Immediately upon the car
cass Of some immense animal. which
the almost red-hot steam was rapidlv
decaying after It had lain in the frozen
clasp Of Its earthly bed for untold
years.
BY great effort they got the carcass
out Of the earth. the task proving n
most disagreeable one. owing to tho
fetid odors arising from It. Much OF
the meat was still In a good state Of
preservation and was eaten by the dogs
and wild animals that came about the
camp at night. The bones of the nam
moth were all intact and the Inst Mr.
Froling heard arrangements were being
made to preserve the skeleton.
In his long travels over the Yukon,
country Mr. Froling found many SPOTS
where the bones of the mastodon were
numerous. everything pointing to n
time when some sudden cataclysm had
brought unexpected death upon all the
animal life. He says these spots where
the mastodon bones are found so nlon.
tiful are invariably sheltered valleys
where the animals undoubtedly congra
gated In their extremities to shelter
themselves from the hardshlps of the
weather
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1908-05-01
ABOUT might RIDERS"
Reason Why They Raid Tobacco
Farms in the South.


Farms in the South.
Press dispatches almost daily tell
of another might rider" raid in Ken
lucky. With change of date and loca-
ton, one dispatch will serve for each
account. A band of men ride into
town, burn a tobacco warehouse, hurt
somebody that amounts to an interior
ence maybe-and ride out again.
Today the Kentuckians are fighting
not only for the right to reasonable
returns for labor and capital, but for
the very right to exist. Their enemy
is the most relentless and most COM
plete monopoly with which this coun-
try is cursed-the tobacco trust.
Having absorbed all American and
perfected working agreements with
foreign purchasers of raw tobacco, the
trust laid it's heavy hand on the pro-
Queer. In 1898, with a greater retail
demand than ever before, the price
paid the growers began to fall. From
that time their income was steadily
forced down from ~ cents to cents
pound in a few years-this in a
period when labor and living expenses
were on constantly ascending scales.
The trust finally announced that the
growers must sell the 1906 crop for
5 IL cents or go out of business.
Many Of them chose the latter, as
either proposition meant the same
thing. The growers finally organized,
agreed to sell no more tobacco at less
than Is cents per pound and to per-
init no other tobacco to be supplied
the trust at less than a living rate, if
they could help it.
That is why night riders" are burn
ing tobacco sold to trusts and whip
ping growers who attempt to fur
nish it.
The governor of Kentucky, former
attorney for the tobocco trust, stands
ready with a veto for remedial legis-
lation that is the basis of desperate
struggle in the legislature.
The might riders" are recruited in
the heart of the blue grass region.
They are neither ignorant nor law
less. They are fighting as free men
will ever fight with the only effective
means at hand against injustice and
crime their country's legal machinery
will not reach.
And the best feature of their fight
is that they are bringing the trust to
terms after holding their crops and
starving along cor three bitter, dis
couraged years.