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Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1908-01-25
Competition or LegislationP

Mining News has number of good
friends in Elk City, and, doubtless, else
where, who have opinions regarding
patronizing catalogue houses that are
contrary to our own. Two or three of
our local friends have been fair to us
by stating personally their objections
to the editorial of last week, though all
have agreed that the truthfulness of
the statements cannot be denied. We
learn from those with whom we have
talked, and, indirectly from others, that
patronage is given the foreign concerns
to escape what appears to the customer
to be exhorbitant prices at home.
First of all, Mining News wants its
readers to know that the editorial of
last week was general discussion of
catalogue house effects, and we do not
wish to be understood as applying it to
any particular community. However,
it is not fair to compare prices in Elk
City and other mountain points with
places outside, any more than it would
be to ask the laborer to work for 81 a
day because labor can be secured at
that wage somewhere else, or to ask
the rancher to sell his hay for SIS to $40
per ton because you can buy hay at that
price on Camas prairie.
Mining News man has always added
what he could to the opposition to cata-
logue houses, and the disposition is so
thoroughly grounded in him we suppose
if the time ever comes when the big
concerns have corner on shirts and
socks he'll take his without them. The
cry of high prices is heard in every
community. Places where there is real
cause for such complaint usually 60
along until some outside business man
recognizes an opportunity. He furnishes
competition. The problem is solved.
The means was offered and the people
solved the problem themselves. Do you
think the problem of the catalogue
house evil will be so easily disposed of
when those organizations of greed and
power have firmer grip on the sources
of production and have established
centers in all the large cities? To get
rid of them then will require legislation.
Legislative bodies and courts of justice
move slowly, as witness Standard Oil,
and other trusts.
Will you take competition or will you
take legislation?
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1908-01-25
Hepburn and the Finances

y
Citizens of Idaho who object to d
number of the provisions in the Aldrich
financial bill, as also those who can see
no good to the country as whole in a
bill that originates in the corporation
senator from Rhode Island, will derive
some satisfaction from the fact that
Senator Hepburn objects to some of the
provisions of the bill The Washington
Post regards the senator from Idaho as
one of the strongest opponents to the
bill in the upper house, and the senate
representative for the paper secured
from Senator Hepburn statement of
objections. The senator cannot see at
this time that the issuance of $3.50, 000-
900, as provided by the Aldrich bill,
would do any more, if anything, than
replace in the national banks and in cir
culation the amount already held by
them as loan from the government,
and would not really add to the volume
of circulation to any great extent. -
Further in the interview in the Post
the senator refers to his own bill, and
points out a number of it's provisions
which he is sure would have more bene-
fetal effect for the monetary system, by
bearing directly upon the weaknesses
that brought on the recent furry. His
plan is to make moresafe and conser-
vative distribution of the reservoir
fact. to keep the reserve fund in the
community to which it belongs. The
senator believes the creation of the CEN
trail reserve and other reserve banks
was at the instance and in the interest
of the speculative money centers, that
they might have the use of the money
which otherwise would be standing
guard at it's home over financial condi-
tions there. In his Judgment, there is
not sufficient reason for the establish
ment or maintenance of these central
and other reserve banks. They are
temptation to the country banks to send
their money where they can get a
higher rate of interest for its use at the
expense of assured safety to the depos-
itors and to the banks seeking higher
rate of interest.
Financial legislation always has been
largely an experiment. The monetary
system of a nation is the most Elusive
problem with which statesmen have to
deal. Whether Senator Heyburn's bill
would remedy the defects in our present
system not all 6nanciers would agree,
but it appears to this paper he is on
lire. that is in harmony with the opin-
ions of the editors of the newspapers in
his state. 1t Doesn't require in per
son any great knowledge of the ways in
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1908-01-25

lures for car fare was less than 81.
For 40 years he did not vote. He would
not smoke because it cost IL cents a
week. When he died he was worth
81, 500, 000 And vet, who is there who
would envy him for his wealth?
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-04-11
WHOLESALE MARKET REPORT,

Quotations given below are for large
| lots. Jobbers' prices are higher.
EGGS: Nearby fresh Virginia, IS;
west Virginia and southwest Virginia,
I4a14h; Tennessee. 14a14s; duck eggs.
Western frsts. 3oa3Ok seconds, :5a25.
Process. fancy, 25a26: fair to good, 22a
%. Store packed. fresh. 19a20.
CHEESE New York state factory.
| new. large. 16aa17.
PoULTRY.-Chickens spring. per h..
h.. 14h; ROSTERS, per lb. z; keats. per
h., L.; turkeys. toms. per h.. 14a15
| turkeys, hens, per h., 16a17: ducks. .-er
! h., 13a14.
DRESSED PoULTRY.-Hens. choice.
per 10: 10; r soos s.snc Per h. 7as;
lSa1e: turkeys. hens. Per h.. l7a18: tur.
keys, toms, per h.. l6a17.
VEGETABLES. ~ Potatoes. per Dbl.
No. !. 1.60a2.25: per bu., s5a00; No. 2.
per Dbl. 5oaloo: sweet potatoes, per
cucumbers. Fla, per basket. 250a&.bo;
onions, per Dbl. 2.00a2.25; onions, per
| bu., 90; peppers. Fla. per carrier. l.50a
zoo; cabbage, early Yorks: per Dbl, 2; 90
a2.5o; cauiif1ower. per basket. 1boa2 .25;
LOCAL so: eggplant. per crate. 1.75a2.50
squash, Fla, per crate. 1.75a3Oo: snap
| beans. Fla. per basket. 400: new
beets:: per bunch, 3ab; lettuce. Fer Las
z 20 celery. per bunch. eoai.oo: celery S:
Fla. per crate. 2.O0a275; brussels
sprouts per at.s sa1o; tomatoes. Fla.
per crate, 1.50a2.5o; peas. per basket.
1-50a250: asparagus. per dog. punches.
2.OOa30o; rhubarb, per dog. punches. IS
AIS.
GREEN FRUITS. Apples: per Dbl.
c.5Oa5OO: oranges, Fla, per box, 2.50a
800: navels. Cal. per box, 2.s0a3.25;
grape fruit. per crate. s:ooa5oo; tanger-
fla per crate. 8.ooa40o: cranberries.
Der box. 2.0Oa2.5O: cranberries. per bbl.,
7.Ooa1O00: Strawberries, Fla. per qt.,
l5a3O.
HAY AND STRAW. - Hay, western.
No. /. 17.OOa175o; No. 2. le.0ea1650:
I3. 6Oa14.oO: rye. machine thrash, e.0oa
$50: wheat, 6.50a7.00; cat straw. per
ton, 9.Ooa9.50.
DRESSED MEAT.-Pork. small and
neat. per cwt.. 500: large. 7.5oasoo.
LIVE srocK:-cattle. extra, per cwt..
sooae5o bgtchsT per so.s s%s 200 50;
cwt., gross, 6oOa8.5O. Sheep, per lb..
5a5h fall lambs. choice, per h., ~ as;
spring lambs. choice. per h.. 10a11.
Calves. choice. per h.. 7h; medium,
per h.. 6a7.
BEEF CUIS.-RlpS, NO. !, Per Io.s Los
No. 2. IA; No. 8. II. Rounds. No. I. per
lb.. 12h: No. 2, 8: No. 8, g. Loins No. !,
per h., il: No. 2, 10: No. 3, IL. Chucks.
No. l. per h.. 9; No. 2. 8: No. 3. I.
WOOL AND HIDEs.-Wool. washed.
free Of burrs. per h.. Is; unwashed. lisa
81. Hides, green. per h., s; dry. per lb.,
Call. Sheepskins, green. each. 5oa75;
dry, each, 25a6O. Mink, each. 2.0Oa2 so;
raccoon. 25a75: red fox. 1.25a1.60; skunk,
25a75: opossum. 1Oa15; gray fox. 35a60:
muskrat, 15a27; muskrat kits, 8; rabbit
| skins, 1. Calfskins green. each. 1.00a
sailed hides, s.
GRAIN.-Wheat. per bu.. s1a95. Corn.
shelled, new, 7Oa75; ear, 325a3.50. Oats.
western white. No. 2. per bu.. 60a65:
mixed, 59a63. Bran, per ton. So.00a22. 90
Middlings, per ton, S0.OOa32.0Q.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-04-11
NEW YORK BANK cLEARANcEs

NEW YORK, April 1.-THE statement
of clearing house banks for the week
shows that the banks hold 43,265675
more than the % per cent reserve rule.
This is an increase of $2,575,375 in the
proportionate cash reserves as compared
with last week. The statement follows:
Loans s1,1S7. All. 800. increase S7,053. 100.
Deposits sl.2a5. go, 800. increase $1i,5S6,-
500
Circulation $50 9eS 500, increase S674. 400
Legal tenders So. Sol 800. increase $24S,-
600
Specie s2s7.l44.6OO. increase $a31s,4OO.
Reserve $349, 645. 800. increase 5.467 400.
Reserve required o6,3sO.2 25, increase
81 sol SO.
Surplus s43.a6o e7s. increase s2,575,s73.
E1-U. S. deposits So, ESQ. increase
s.. 1aS, 375.
The percentage of actual reserve OF the
clearing house banks at the close of busi-
ness yesterday was 1853
The statement of banks and trust COM
panies of Greater New York not members
of the clearing house shows that these in
stitutions have aggregate deposits of
ssO5, 10000; total cash on hand, S57,l0S,-
800. and loans amounting to $Sl2, $50 200.
Money on call nominal.
Time loans easy; sixty days, 21sa2Z, and
ninety days. ~ a3; six months 81.
Prime mercantile paper. 41ea5 per cent.
Sterling exchange firm, with actual busi-
ness in bankers bills at 1876 7Oa4S6 IS for
demand and at 4S4. 25a4S4.35 for sixty day
bills. Commercial bills. aS4ha4S4h. Bar
silver, 541a. Mexican dollars, 81. Govern
ment bonds steady. Railroad bonds firm.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-04-11
THE COTTON MARKETS.

NEW YORK. April 1.-THE cotton mar
ket opened steady at . decline OF Bal
points in response to lower cables. and
during the early session sold about to
points net lower under liquidation. which
was encouraged by good weather, disap'
pointing weekend figures and talk OF
further curtailments In manufacturing
circles. Wall street bought early, but
selling was more or less general.
Futures opened steady. May. 9.S1; June,
-; July, a.a3: August. Old. $50: October,
aa2: December. e.a4, January. 8.s5aese.
Futures closed barely steady. Closing
bids: April, els: May. 9.2S; June. 9.27;
July. $50; August. 924; September. s.23:
October. $40: November. 9.2S; December.
D.30: January, eS1: March. 9.3S.
Spot closed quiet; middling uplands.
1925; middling gulf. 1880; no sales.
The market closed barely steady, with
prices net7al0 points lower.
Estimated receipts at the ports today.
1900 bales, against Il, $40 last week and
8279 last year. For the week. 10000
bales. against $500 last week and S3.695
last year. Today's receipts at New Or
leans, 2O73 bales. against 1858 last year,
and at Houston. 1,511 bales, against 3,477
last year.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-04-11
GIFTS NOT TO BE ACCEPUTED,
Princes Of India Safe in Offering
Jewels to British onicers.
From Tit-Bits.

from T1t-BftS.
There is a curious custom at the courts
OF the Indian princes. When q British
officer or physician calls upon q rsjah
he Is shown into the reception or throne
room, where sits the rajah surrounded
by the great state officers. After the ex-
change Of the usual saiutations one OF
the officers briggs in a tray on which are
displayed jewels and golden ornaments
studded with valuable stones, perhaps
worth G5O.OO0 or more.
The trayful of Valuables is supposed to
be present from the rajah to his visit
ors and 1t is offered first to the gentle
man. who inclines his head. touches the
edge of the tray with the tips OF his
fingers, and it Is then passed over to the
lady who invariably accompanies the
British officer. If he is married, on such
occasions. She follows the example Of
her husband. and the tray and ito con-
tents are then returned to the jewel room.
In lieu Of the unaccepted Jewels q long
necklace Of tinsel. Of little value, ia placed
around the neck Of EACH where 1t remains
during their stay within the palace. There
is very strict law against any British
officer accepting any gift from 3 native
prince. "a
Even when a. doctor may have per-
formed some serious operation upon q
rajah. who. being grateful. wishes to give
exclusive OF money tee, varying from
420O to 91,O0O. according to the operation
perforInad-a present Of a shawl, golden
cup or some similar valuable, the doctor
must obtain special permission from the
vceFoy before he dare accept the present.
If any oflcer accepts gift Of any value
without such permission he may have to
resign. This rule was made because in
the old days, when tho East India COM
pany governed India, an officers pickings
and the presents. often extorted from the
Fa3ah. were worth euuch mora e him than
,h3o Aala5E -
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-04-11
THE COURT RECORD.
United States supreme Court

United States Supreme Court.
Proceedings after The Star went to press
No. Original. Commonwealth Of
Virginia. complainant. agt. state OF West
WrSinia; arfn%snt concluded ono zoe by INT
No. 100. Berea College. plaintiff In err
ror, aEt. commonwealth OF Kentucky:
argument commenced by Mr.. Guy Ward
Mallon for the plaintiff In error.
Adjourned until Monday next at IL
The day call for Monday. April IS, will
be as follows: Nos. 100. I'll, 19e, 109,
2o1, zoe, 2o5, 2o4 land 2O6). EOS and 2o7.
Court Of Appeals.
Proceedings after The Stars report
closed yesterday:
No. 1896. Standard OIL Company agt.
Brown; argument commenced BY MT. A.
tinued by Mr.. W. GTyun Gardner and
Mr.: Greed N: Fulton for appellee.
mitted.
Adjourned until Tuesday. April H. 1908
District Suprems Court.
EQUITY COURT NO. 2-Justice Could.
Curtin aSt. Curtin; proof ordered taken
Compartments solicitor. Oscar Nsuck; de.
PENDANTS solicitor, G. J. F. Graf.
CIRCUIT COURT No. l-Justice Wright
United States ex rel. Newton agt Sec
rotary OF the Interior; ieeve TO dle amend
ed petition. with twenty day. thereafter to
respondent to answer; plaintiffs attorney.
B. II. Warner, jr.; defendants attorney,
.. w. Baker and Stuart McNamara.
Gichner agt. Hill: hearing Of motion dor
attorney. l. J. Mather: defendants At
torney, W. A. Johnston.
BANKRUPTCY coURr-Justiee Bar
uArd.
In re- George e. Linkins: rule on trus.
tees to show cause why sale should not
be enjoined.
CRIMINAL COURT isrs No. '-'"'t''' STAT
United states ast, Thomas Lawndes; as
sault to rape; sentenced to Penitentiary
for dfteen years; attorney, J. c. Foster.
United States AT. Louis Eye: grand lar.
a months. :e attorney. ). G. Foster: ~ 90
United States agt. Emmet Smith and
Louis Smith: housebreaking and larceny;
sentenced to workhouse for six months
each; attorney. J. c. Foster.
DISTRICT CoURT-Justtoe Barnard.
In re extension Of ed street TO Kalo-
rama road; hearing concluded.
PROBATE CoURT-Justies Gould.
Estate OF George Norman; will dated
March %. 1903. fled.
Estate Of Jesse N. Scale: order author
ising certain expenditures; attorneys, Cole
& Donaldson.
Estate OF Sophia s. Scale; order author
izing certain expenditures; attorneys. Cols
& Donaldson.
Estate Of william T. Hardin: petition
for probate Of will fied; attorney, George
z. Fleming.
Estate of Mary e. LoemeF; VIII dated
October 20, 1908. filed.
Estate Of Robert Wheeler; win dated
Sc ptember %. 1892. filed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-04-11
THE GRAINN MARKETS.

CHICAGO. April 11.-Wheat today OPEN
ed strong. prices advancing about 1c at
the opening. Absence Of rain in Kansas
and fear Of possible damage by drought,
together with strong cables, caused an adj
vance. May opened Aass to .1a1,s higher
at 9l1s to 92k, and sold at 92H.
May corn opened Wax to Nc higher at
671ea67S and sold at 67X.
May oats opened unchanged at 5311s and
sold at 53%.
May provisions opened firm: pork SC
higher at 1910: lard. ch higher at S.37,
and ribs, 2h higher at 100.
Wheat sentiment continued bullish all
day. May selling up to e3h. Some reac-
ton took place in the last half hour on
profit-taking. but the close was firm with
May. Na1c higher, at 92A.
The corn market continued strong and
May sold up to 6s&. The close was strong
with May. hahc higher at 673sa6s.
s Nay coyn Ell Msv Ja as sasSH x
649s; September, ssA. Oats, May. old.
$3.50; May. 52A; July. old. 46a46,s: July.
~ September. 80. Pork. May, 1924;
July. 1873: September. 14.O5a14.07h. Lard,
May. a371s; July. $50; September. s.771za
$50. Ribs. May 7.2oa7 22h; July. 7.45a
7.471s: September. TO. Rye, cash, 76a7a
Barley. cash, Ssas4. Timothy. April, 40.
Liverpool Grain Prices.
LIVERPOOL, April 11.-Closing-W Wheat:
Spot. dull, No. red. western winter Is;
futures steady; May, IS Had: July, Is
sd: September, IS lloyd. Corn-Spot
prime mixed American, new steady, IS Sd ::
prime mixed American old, firm, IS I'd: fu,
lures quiet; May, 5s SID; July, nominal.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-04-11
RUSSIAN HOSPITALITY.
American Sailors Find It to Super,
lative Degree in Siberia.

From st. Nicholas.
The word south" always stands for hos
pitality. Therefore we are surprised to
find 1t in such a superlative degree In
Russian Siberia. where tcebergs were
baskinE in Mays sunshine. We are tho
first man-of-war to have visited viadi-
vestek since the Marion. and that is so
long ago no one has been able to tell
me when. We were there by special in-
vitation to witness the celebrating Of the
cars coronation.
There Is nothing inviting in the barren,
unfertiie landscape with its unattractive
square buildings. nor pleasing in a people
as coarsely dressed as their soldiers,
whose uniforms are made from a ma
terial that resembles the lining of sad
die pad. They are all Of dull color, and
all seem to be cut to fit one man. It is
barracks town. SO we saw little beside
the army and navy and their hospitality.
Not a man Of them spoke English, nor
could we 'inskys" still we were made to
understand that the town was thrown
open to US. We walked into their houses
| and rode in their carriages. Not a penny
could we spend for anything.
Unsightly as the picture Ia by day. the
night g. Of ;, the s celebration unveiled one
all Of Ruasia's shipping lay at anchor,
was illuminated In q manner that prob
ably surpassed all the water carnivals
heretofore known. Every craft in the
bay. battleship or fishing smack, from
it's truck to its rail. was outlined in vari-
colored electric lights or hung with gaudy
lanterns. Throughout the evening bands
played from their decks and from the
shore. and when it grew late a czars
salute was fired from all the warshtps
(our own guns joining). and then as dark
ness stole over the waters we espied on
the barren cliffs. line after line. like glow
worms crawling. faint lights that grew
and grew until, to the delight OF the be-
holder. Russia's great double eagle blazed
out in electric lights and dominated the
scene. Although many miles away, it was
q fitting tribute to the new car.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-04-11
Breeding Butterflies.
From the Technical World Magazine.

At time when all sorts of animals and
plants are bred on q large scale 1t ia not
wholly astonishing endeavors should have
been made to raise rare. beautiful and
valuable butterflies by artificial means
In fact, the first butterfly farm was es-
tahlished some years ago by an English
entomologist, William Watkins, at East
bourne, a small channel harbor. who has
devoted to the industry extensive grounds
covering an area Of about an acre In ex.
teat. protected against ocean winds and
planted with flowers shrubs and trees. II
this farm many thousand OF insects o!
varied species move shout In 4 state Q,
perfect liberty. inside high lattice work
fence. which separates them from the
outside world till they are purchased by
collectors at high prices.
Similar plants. In which more elaborate
methods of butterfly breeding are en-
ployed, have of recent years been in.
stalled. the hest-known being those found
ed by Dr.. HuEhes ct ChQmsrae and b
u. Andre at Macon respectively.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-04-11
COLLEGE COURTESY.
No Fixed Rule as to Salute fol
Professors.


From the New York Sun.
There is apparently no settled custom
which dictates the proper courtesy to-
ward ones instructors in college. In some
places the students arc expected merely
to bow to the instructor. In others cour-
tesy seems to demand that the hat be
raised entirely from the head.
A Columbia man was walking about
the brick quadrangle on Morningside
Heights with a Harvard friend. and oc-
casionally bowling, according to the Co
lumbia idea, to various instructors.
DO you have to take Oft your hat to
all those men?" asked the Harvard man.
.,. Ga' no. the &c Gol paas man replied.
We'll. we'd hardly think OF bowling to
every Instructor we met In Cambridge -
said the visitor: Gin the case Of some Of
the older men. maybe. but not with all. as
you do here"
In most colleges the younger men In the
faculty have to be eontented with q bow.
The older mon, and Of course the presi-
dent. are likely to be greeted by removing
the hat.
At Princeton. Cornell, Brown. Yale,
Stanford. Pennsylvania, California, Indi-
ana. Purdue. Colgate, Hobart. among
others. the graded salute obtains. The
average man In the faculty Is permitted
to go by with merely the raising OF the
some of the men in those institutions to
take of the hat to a man who year
before was an undergraduate and one
of their intmates.
When Seth Low was president Of CO..
lumbia he was very punctilious in tho
matter of courtesies, and he was accus-
toned to bow to every man he met on
the campus. whether or not he knew
him personally. DR.. Butler makes It .
practice to bow to those men whom he
knows. but returns the salute Of those
who greet him.
Men from most colleges point out that
the president is likely to greet the men
whom he meets, even II they are not per-
sonally acquainted with him, on the gem
erai principle that he should do some
thing to show that they are members of
his academic family.
The matter OF the younger members of
the faculty always recalls little hap
pening at Columbia, where q graduate.
the year after he received his Al, en-
tered a department as an Instructor. He
had been track athlete.
In the division which he Instructed
there WAS one man. a freshman the year
before. who had been on the track team,
too. This man was repeating the course,
having failed in it at the previous ex-
animation.
One day a discussion was going on
about some point. and the freshmen were
answering questions, calling the In
structor Mr.. Blank. OF q sudden the
sophomore had an idea and blurted out:
Say. look here. Frank
The young instructor turned a pretty
pink, and the unfortunate sophomore
suddenly remembered that knowing a. MAJ,
as track athlete was bit different
from classroom relations.