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The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-08-07
PRODUCE.

The market was rather quiet this
morning with prices steady TO Arm. The
sudden fallinf on In berry receipts and
the fact that southern peaches are prac-
tically done. make a big hole in the
volume OF trade. Huckleberries are
plentiful yet. bat aside from that a
few blackberrtes and very few red
raspberries make up the onerinEs
Michigan peaches are in good supply
bat these are the clingstone variety and
run very small. There Is an excellen;
demand for hens. but spring chickens
are hard TO move, inside prices prevail,
ing. Butter and eggs are steady and
only moderately active.
Ayples-Fancy, ss.soQ4so: common
Butter-Offciai prices: Extra cream
cries. .lc; nrsts. 1sc; crooks. l7c pack
ing stock. lac per ID.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES So per blu.
Cabhage-soc per dos: $3.50 per Dbl.
Cn"iiuouer-Caiiforn n.7s03 per
Ceiery-l50aoc per doa
schwsitzsr. old. ISc: new. lsc per, ID.
Gal,sor.,s rrSit:-.A 2 tsSs; sfsS Q
peaches. u pc. box: plums: $3.50 per
;s,55 as par box: - :.
Co ne ,ni eonse' 'i@s0is'ss
Dre:.sd Cslvs.-Fancy. sasho: COM
uon. ca 1c por Id.
nrss: s case count. 1se per aou receipts
s4so; second patent ia7s: .trsisht
SO slea5i ss,S ,S D:r S BRAN ,,s
corn meal, ts4; corp and oat chop. 3si
coarse middlings. see. fine middiinss
S2s per ton.
per dog: eucumbers, ss@1oc per dog
lett :ssnGs sS p.s sc pinaeh Sss
wax beans. soc per box; green beans
900. per hamper: homegrown tomatoes
Ss r::s rfgHs,'1 oe per per Basket. SS Della
Green cor.@.s 81 zoe per dot.
.nS per e.n. o 2 poultry so no, shss
Bstss sp wire. $50: No. : snnesled wir.
Ia, Der ni scd Fee. scf2 ss sns LIB
Joint ssvetrough. 81 and 10 per cent
on: round and eorrussssd sonduc'o'
,0Sl,Ss {. :a s,., s Sss 81 per ID
following prices Tor new baisd hay !,
car lots. Q; ,. Dstro,s; No; timothy
mi..s 49, H Ss. :;r. sa.iSSl Mi.s s0.s,
oat straw II ton. in car iota
Hsdes-No. 1 cured. sbc: No. . cured
shc: No. 1 green. Sc: No. 3 green. &c
green. No: 1. DC; No. 2. nc; calf cured
40 l., l3hc; No. 2. l2S: green. No; !
No. / ~, is 5 SS. 81 sheep skins as Il
Huckisb srrsss--S3 per bu.
Li..~.--Si at.25 psr 100.
Lemsss-Caiifornia. s4.s0@6.so pc
box.
maple sugar-New. pure. l5c per ID.
Melons-Arizona Rocky Fords, 80 q
$50 per case. watermelons. 400 35c
Gems. $50 soc per basket
Meshrooms--sor Der ip
Ontons-!Spanisb. $3.50 Der crate
sou.hern. $3.50 per 7o-lb sack;
:ssd <se gal. isss ! per cent tcr ca az.
.sne. SIC: turpentins. In barrel .ots
or.ssss-valenciss. Has9t7S pei
Pe.r.-,issai.So per blu. ssto9'
fis-appie.--Fiorids. s2So92fs 80
case.
Observation-Disclosures, LIS bu baskets
80 q 35c; 6-bask. crates. s2.15m3: Mich
igan, 15c qfl.25 per blu
Flums--si 25I1.5O per bu.
Pop Corn--Ear1 "a Me per 10.
Petntoes-Virsinis white. 10s.i'
PEI bbi
Pouitry-IIens. lie: springs, I5dIsc
geese, Sc: ducks, sgloo; turkeys. 10
per ID.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-08-07
MRS. SAGE To BUY
CONSTITUTION
ISLAND

NEW YORK, Aug. s.-Mrs. Russell
Sage is said to be considering today
u plan which may result in her pur.
chase OF Constitution island. in the
upper Hudson. opposite West Point.
and presenting II to the United States
government as site OH which to
erect the worlds greatest preparatory
school. an institution which will be
like Elton IL to oxford and Lawrence
Vile is to Princeton, "
Mrs Sage Is In earnest about this
project She will send a representa-.
tive TO West Point within few days
to look into the matter and put ner
In possession OF all the facts concern
ing Constitution island, the attitude
OF the West Point authorities toward
the idea and whether or not congress
is likely TO give It's sanction Ia the
event OF Mrs. Sage obtaining title TO
the property.
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GIRL E[OPES WITH
CHAUFFEUR IN
STOLEN AUTO

PITTSBURG. Aus. 6.-Daniel Sia'
terry, a young chauffeur OF tnc east
end district. who mas been motoring
for many OF the rich families, clipped
with Miss Madeline Zeigler, only
daughter OF Mrs. Margaret Zeigler.
one OF the rich east end society wom-
an, for whom Slattery had often driv-
en- an auto.
Slattery and Miss Madeline went In
hurry on finding that Mrs. Zeigler
had employed detectives TO look up
his record on learning that he had
been making love to her daughter
Mrs Zeigler had two warrants issued
for the chauffeur's arrest on charges
which he asserts were trumped up,
and when he met Miss Madeline in
the afternoon he told her OF all his
troubles and suggested that they -lope
Immediately.
Where. and with WHAT" asked
Madeline. who had only a few dollars
In her purse and she knew that Dan
ny never had q whole lot of money.
Come on. I'll borrow machine"
said Danny. hopefully, as he started
down street. He pushed Miss Zeig-
Ter into the first auto they saw stand
ing in the street and fed TO West
Virginia, where they were married.
They returned today.
Eddie Bald, the bicycle rider whose
machine II was they had borrowed
In the mean time had warrant is
sued for the thief, not knowing It was
Slattery. who IL his friend. On learn
ing that II was an elopement OF his
friend. Bald had the warrant cancel
ed. but not SO with the angry Mrs.
Zeigler She sent word that she want.
ed the warrants she had sworn out
served and that her daughter must
never again darken the Zeigler door;
that the Zeisler money would go 10
charity when she was through with
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ALLEGHANY BANK TO
PAY ALL DEPOSITORS

PITTSBURG, Aug. 6.-"There is no
longer any doubt that every deposition,
individual, state and city, will be paid
In full and with interest by the Allie
eheny National bank OF Pittsburg,"
go the assurance given by Albert J.
Edwards. representing the common
wealth OF Pennsylvania. Following a
ronference between himself and
a<ate Treasurer Sheath with directors
~ the bank. Mr.. Sheath came 10
11itteburg to learn from the directors
- che defunct bank and Receiver Rob
- LYONS what progress waB being
-~ae toward arranging for the pay.
.s~f OF the state deposit, amounting
~ 1<1a 900. Before leaving the city
~ <1n>ed that he was very well pleas
y y --1fh the showing made.
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Prax,siousNass

Provisioas-Mess pork. $3.50; family
pork, sisuik.5O; light. clear, Si6.Ts,
heavy. $3.50; smoked hams. $50 10 ~ g.
dry saited briskets. l0ml0hc; shout
ders. sc: picnic hams. So. nsc: bacon
131l3lsc; hard. In tierces. loo; kettle
rendered. lac per 10,
Haspb~rri-s-Red. - per bu.
sweet Petatoss--sf2S DER bu.
suxar-Crystal dominoes. $50: eagle
So 40; xxx powdered. ssio: sranu-
lated. extra coarse. S5.75: granplated.
ton bags. 1870; Michigan granulatef.
$3.50: eonfectioners. A. $3.50; No. I.
ss5e: No. Z. ssssSS: No. 2. :sse: No. :.
1870: No. s. 1855; No. .. $3.50; No. 10.
ss.25; No. II. s5.20; No. IL. s5.15; No.
is. ss,io:. No. IA. $50: No. is. 1910
ner 100 Lbs
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RosToS "COPPER" SALES

nished by Hayden. stone & Co: Adv.
$50; Anal s.573; All. 71s: Am Zinc.
leo; Anc.. 10: Are. ~; Ariz Com, $50;
Att. so; Bing.. 120; Bos. Con-, $40; Il.
A. ESQ: c. x H.. :: Cent, 1880; Cons.
Mer.. 500. Cop. Range. 2.45s; y. W. ice,
Frank. $40: Or. 10; @. c., 2.4ss; Isle
HGy M sss 1as M s2 ss N ESQ., caes
10: Newh., ESQ; ". b., 2.767; .. c.. 100;
O. D.. 4.350; Csc. III: Par. 74S GU.
ISL; X. l.. $40; >. be. 100: Shan, 500:
Trim. 2lsi: u. s. r. 9se: do pfd. Ill
Uni Cop. s25; Utah Cons. 1906: Utah
Cop. 1855: Wet. IS; Win, 100; Wyan.,
"a
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march OF the bulls for higher prices.
which appeared 10 be irresistible On
Wednesday. was checked on THURSDAY
This clipped about cent on the price
and the market did not appear weak.
Dealers believe enough harm has al
ready been done to make the spring
wheat yield a short one even with
future favorable weathera The three
states are badly spotted With rust ana
blight There was rain In the north
west on Thursday. which was greatly
needed In order 10 prevent a crop dis
aster.
Wheat cuotations-Cash No. 2 red
ic ct &c. huctuated within narrow
limits. and closed at sic: December
opened at ssAc. lost NC. and advanced
20 sshe; May opened at si.os declined
red. csc: No. ! white. CSC.
Coarse grain quotations: Corn-Cash
No. 3. soc. No. 8 yellow. cars at SIC;
No. yellow. ! car at sic.
Oats-Cash No. white. 8 cars at
81 +c: No. 3 white old. soc: new. cars
at 50hc; August. 5000 blu at soc, 5000
5000 bu at 4Sisc; No. white. car
Rye-Cash No. 2. cars at 7sc: Au-
Beans~cash. sass; October. $40:
Clover seed-prime October. 100 bags
at S. 60: March. 200 bags at $3.50: sam
pie alsike. 12 bags at 80. at $3.50. 9
Timothy seed-Prime spot, 40 bags at
1915.
Thursday. included I 800 bbls of flour.
cars OF wheat. 8 OF corn. 10 OF oats.
and OF rye. Withdrawals were 4a0
bbls OF -four and Ass bu OF Gate
Stocks are s2.s2o bu Of wheat. s22.tol
bu OF corn. s.47s bu OF oats. and l0.0To
blu Of rye
Wheat receipts Mt 81. Louis $4,000
bu: wear ago. 1000 blu.
Wheat in Liverpool closed u a high
err. and corn unchanged.
Kansas City received 1919 cars of
wheat. against s52 year ago.
Northwestern wheat receipts Thurs
day. l91 cars; year ago 15l.
Wheat receipts at primary points
Thursday s66.000 bu; year ago. 1857
600 bu
Exports OF wheat and -four Thursday,
$4,000 bU
CHICAGO GRAIN.
CHICAGO. Aug. O.-railure or the
foreign market 10 respond 10 our al.
vance OF yesterday, caused lower anu
weak opening In Inc wheat pit. open
ing prices We're :. q i &c lower than
the close. The cool weather In the
northwest and rains in the corn DeIt
also contributed TO the weakness. AT
tue decline OF cent, all offerings werU
well absorbed and rrmer feeiing
made manifest
Opening: Wheat-Sept, scVse
Corn-Sept., 7547tAc. Oats-Not quot
ed. Pork-Sept,. sio,15 "a; Lard-oct..
1896. Ribs-Sept. $9qs,97.
The bears carried the day In all che
grain markets on the board or trade.
The bulls refused 10 support values
even on the lowest levels reached. Net
losses were shown OF Il. q nc In
wheat, ssGlisc In corn, isc up TO J. y
ssc in oats, and "a 412isc on Tor hog
products.
Closing prices: Wheat-Sept, 30 .
bid. Corn--Sept, 75hc. Oats-Sept.,
47Sc. Pork--Sept, $3.50. Lard-Seps..
1897. Ribs-Sept., 1897 bid.
nuntaiinna by HAYDEN. Stone s. Co:
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.cZNARKETS AND FINANCE


, weak TO shade lower beeVes, S57ew
100. Texas steers, $500 535; western
steers, '$3-o0U5.sO, stockeTs and feed
ers, s2.f0U4.4O; cows and heifcrs. 81 %
G65O Calves---s5. 5Ou7.25. sheep
Receipts 1900. market weak TO Toe
lower natives, s25Ou4tV. western,
native. s4.2sus.5O; westerns. $500
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-08-07
FIRE DANGER PASSED;
REBUILDING is BEGUN

SPOKANE, Wash. Aug. 6.-Turn-
ing away from the scorched and panic
stricken town OF East kootenat. the
great forest fire which has terrorized
the people OF the Elk river valley for
the last four days has rolled toward
the north and swept over the noun
tains into an almost uninhabtted re-
gion Michel HosmeT and crow s
Nest are out OF danger unless the
wind whirls toward the south again.
The Danger seems practically TO
have passed and the work OF rebuild
Ing has already started at Fernie.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-08-07
U. S. GOVERNMENT BONDS

Bond quotations. furnished by Hay
den. stone n Co; New 2s reg, 1884, U
lot; do, coup, 1908. bid. new IS reg,
i0oia Gl0la do, coup. zoos. q i0i =
new As reg, i2ots q isis do. coup"
lolt. MIA
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NEW YORK METAL

NEW YORK. Aug 6.-At the Metal
exchange today. copper was firm put
unchanged. Tin was quiet. Lead frm
and higher, and spelter steady. un-
changed. Lake, 13.S7is q 13.6:hc: cleo
trolytic. 1s25&l3.5oc; castings. $50
1926. spelter, 4.7Oq4.75c; lead, 1914
1462lac; tin, 3O.50p4lc
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-08-07

&c. I.aston, an Englishman. who
Mas lust issued challenge 10 the
world for the memory championship.
although only young man OF % years,
ia A verltable walking encyclopedia.
for he has memorized 10000 dates of
tho principal events in the worlds
history since the creation.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-08-07
NEW YORK COTTON.

NEW YORK. Aug. Cuisines at
the opening OF the cotton market this
morning was quiet First prices wcie
steady at an advance OF points. TO n
decline Of points. The weather map
was again favorable, except for the
high temperatures I'm the south, Allan
tie. and the west gulf coast.
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Busfness-isks Prfnsisg. 80 russ and
no feathers, The plain, neat kind. that
looks right. Times Printing Co., Is
John R-st Phone 1898
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LOCAL STOCKS.

The following qlotations furnished
by Lewis O. Gorton l4lJ Majestic bldg
Aus {, 1908:
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Quotations by Hayden. Stone 81 Co:
open. High. Low. Close.
LIVE STOCK.
MICHIGAN CENTRAL STOCK YARl

MICHIGAN CENTRAL STOCK YARDS.
DETROIT, Aug. e.--Cattle-Butchers
cattle active and st s.r f.sd.a. au psees
ranged AS follows: Choice steers. aver
aging from 1000 to 1000 lbs $3.50
$50. choice handy killers. et1 $50:
ers. s2.75Q3sO: common killers and fat
cows. So 5OQ4.S0: Gamers cows. tl.2s
a 70: common to prime shipping bulls,
ss bn Light ,ss gssssl seeker aS ans
G tSsSsrs. 9 $50 s Veal Calves
Higher. sSg7.50 per cwt. 80
ces shssR R,r sna aaaisy Common enolos
lambs. y6ae5o; light to fair. 5000
5<5O. common To prime sheep. $Sgs.6o:
mixed sh s, and I s%ss, luis sd ssS
III HoySs1Activs and is@ss cents high.
er. quality fair; prime mediums ana ias
workers.. ss;seS,; lisa, workers ana
Receipts.Csttie. ssi; calves. ses,
sheep. sss; hogs, s,S24.
EAST BUFFALO.
Report OF Market Openins BY ssdlss.
Rorfck a Co.. CsmmasssOu Msrchsnts.
huFEALo i,Ss; ana sFo% Hos
Receipts 1000 and slow: heavy, SLIP y
Z go; yorkers, t1a7lo; pigs. seIsgu s. ~.
light and steady; Dest
lambs. 81. Calves-ts.
MARKET CLOSE, 49,,
BUFFALO. ". Y. Aux. Seattle
Receipts $50 head. quiet and steady.
Veals-Recefpts 100 head. active. nrn:
cuIls to choice, SOS. Sheep and Lambs
Receipts 500 head. active, steady;
spring lambs. ss2sHs; yesrlinss' 80
s42n mixed sheep. s2.75Q $50. Hogs
Receipts 1910 head. slow and steady:
workers.. s6.60d 7.15: pigs, $3.50 40;
mixed and hesvtss. tf1oQI2o; roughs.
81 so " $50.
CHICAGO. Aug. e.-~Hoss--Recetpts
1 : 600 market strong. SOC higher. bulk.
$3.50 a ESQ: hight. ss.2sqs;so; workers.
AZ tOG S.a6: heavfes, s6.20Qs.e6; good TO
choice heavies. ts.46mSs5; roughs. s6.25
4, 4 AZ cattle Receipts 1000 mark Il
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snrEp AID LAMns.

Fought BY Sullivan OF smith, lambs :.
average weight 66. price s6.25: Bishop,
y. s. H.. lambs IL, GO 81; do. lambs 3.
20. SO so do. sheep 3. 80. $3.50. do.
s.. 10, sheep ?. l40. S. so. do. lambs
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3,75P:3Rsk ~ s' rs: "sAt Shca "'i i1 ss''''
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MANY LIVES SAVED.

\ eminent physician of this
city recently said: vvery
thin people live from hand
to mouth, and have little
reserve for emergencies"
OF course we know of per-
sons whose nature il is To
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GRAIN AND PROVISIONS.

.Ex-dividend. Is. per cent.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-02-15
Democratic plurality.

~OeUOCTdllC pluTdllty.
He concludes that had the, negroes
voted for Bryan In 1900, the states of
Idaho, Indiana, Kansas, Montana, Ore
gon, Washington and West Virginia,
all of which gave their electoral votes
to Mckinley and Roosevelt, would
have been thrown into the democratic
column. In a closer contest such a
loss of the negro vote would have put
Nebraska, New Jersey and Ohio in the
list of doubtful states On this as
sumption General Burt urges the re-
publicans to nominate some candidate
sure to hold the negro vote IN the
north.
General Burt has evidently been
taking Senator Foraker's talk too seri-
ously. Admitting for the sake of ar
gument that many negro voters are
angered at President Roosevelt's atti-
tude in the Brownsville case. there is
no proof or indication that they have
any resentment toward Secretary Taft
on that account. But the Brownsville
affair is trivial. after all, compared
with other reasons why self-respeeting
negroes of the north can not, under
any circumstances, support the demo-
cratic ticket in national election.
They have before them the constant
and persistent efforts of southern dem
ocrats to disfranchise them, and, as
the democratic party is now consti-
tuted, its triumph in a national cleo
tion would place the south in the sad
die and enlarge their possibilities of
keeping the negroes from participating
in political affairs. Most of the negroes
of the north use their ballots intelli-
gently and they are not to be led into
any trap for their own destruction.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-02-15

swered those who claim that accounta-
bility to federal authority which has
resulted in such marvellous prosperity
to American railroads is now to result
in disaster to them. Replying to that
charge, the senator said:
Unfriendly criticism has portrayed these
steps as bearing fruit only in the distur-
bance Of business. To this the facts fur
nish a complete refutation. No more can
the progress accomplished be turned back
The principles established are permanent.
Practically the only point upon
which Senator Knox failed to agree
with the president turns on the need
of additional federal legislation to COM
plete the extirpation of existing COM
mercial tyrannies. The president has
recommended several additional enact
ments, supporting those already
adopted. The position of Senator
Knox is thus defined:
There is nothing in present conditions re-
quiring any strain upon our institutions to
supply a remedy for any mischiefs that
plague the public, and there are no mis-
chiefs the correction of which may not be
attained without disturbing the public well
fars. There is enough federal power If not
federal legislation, to meet all federal
emergencies. There is nothing affecting
the external affairs Of the nation or sucn
internal ones as are committed to its
charge that congress cannot regulate.
There is nothing which does not belong
to the federal jurisdiction that congress
should attempt to regulate
Omaha daily bee., 1908-02-15
KNOX ON RAILWAY REGULATION

KNOX ON RA AILWA,Y REGULATION
With his fine faculty for illumi-
mating and simplifying subjects which
usually are considered dark and COM
plicated, Senator, Knox, in speaking be-
fore the Lincoln club of Kalamazoo,
Mich, has made one of the most nota-
BILE contributions to the literature re-
lating to the government and it's pow
ers and duties in regulating interstate
commerce. Though largely historical,
his address throws much new light
upon the development of the federal
power and the removal of trammels
upon transportation between the states
that existed in the earlier days of the
republic.
Attention was called to the fact by
Senator Knox that just prior to the
civil war railroad between PhiIadel-
phia and New York City obtained from
the state of New Jersey the exclusive
right to transfer passengers across that
state between those two cities, or to
tax all passengers so crossing the state.
A congressional act, passed in 1866,
was the first step toward exerting fed
eral power over railways engaged in
interstate commerce. The growth of
this principle was slow, but sure, until
the interstate commerce law was en-
acted in 1887. Since that date there
has been constant and persistent
tendency toward larger federal regu-
lation of railways for the protection of
the people against abuse of the enor-
nous power which the great transpor-
tation companies had acquired under
the protection of national legislation
and freed from the restrictions which
many of the states were disposed to
adopt. Out of this growth of senti-
ment has come the federal rate law,
the anti-rebate law and other meas
ures for the correction of allied evils.
Senator Knox was emphatic in as
serting that no legitimate interest has
been injured or will be injured by the
enforcement of the recent railway reg
ulation legislation. He insisted that
these laws include no attacks, enmity
OF injury to sound business interests,
either corporate or private. They
mean sounder, stronger and more
widely diffused prosperity for the real
corporate interests, namely, the own
ers of railroad shares and securities" ="
The senator. who never has been
ciassed as a radical. served notice upon
the corporations and the country that,
Notwithstanding denunciations of Pres
ident Roosevelt, there can be no turn
ing back from the principles of his
policies and their further enforcement.
On that point he declared:
The principles established are permanent
The policy OF legislation the subordination
of corpor-te operations TO it. the law Of
impartiality in rates and accountability to
federal authority for integrity and Impair
tiality in the conduct Of the great transpor-
tation services OF the nation are now fixed
and rooted in our Jurisprudence and legis-
latiOn. Postulating only the essential fac
tor of fair. earnest and faithful enforce
ment, We may rely on this body OF legisla-
tion for adequate protection against the re-
turn OF the evils which have evoked the re-
forms. without invoking acts OF q vindic-
tive and destructive nature.
Senator Knox further effectively an
Omaha daily bee., 1908-02-15
THE RLaGKSr LeR nF-ALL.

The State Railway commission has
given public notice that it will take up
next the question of the reasonable
ness of the rates charged for freight
transportation between Nebraska
points as a whole. This is the biggest
job yet, because 1t involves the entire
question of rate-making and the prin-
ciples of tariff construction upon
which there is no consensus of opinion
nor even preponderance of authority
to serve as binding precedent.
So long as the commission confines
itself to correcting fragrant inequali-
ties or passing upon complaints as to
charges for specific service in compari-
son with charges for other specific
service, it has guide posts to go by, but
when it undertakes to open up the
whole subject of rate-making it is
likely to find itself up against an al
most interminable task. This ques-
tion, however, would have to be
threshed out sooner or later and per-
haps it is as well for the commission
to tackle it now as to have it remain
hanging over it's head like suspended
sword
The railroads of Nebraska have sub
mitted without contest to the commod-
ity rate laws enacted by the last leg
islature, making Is per cent reduc-
tions on the principal farm products
and building materials, but they are
not likely to accept further reductions
without strenuous objection. 1t will
be for the commission to determine
when it goes into this inquiry whether
the rates now charged are. or are not,
excessive and to see to it that both the
shippers and the raill Dads get a square
deal-no more and no less. ..
Omaha daily bee., 1908-02-15

Democratic editors throughout the
country are selling with avidity some
figures prepared by Brigadier General
Andy" Burt on the possible effect
upon the republican vote in the com
ing election IL all the negroes Of the
north should vote the democratic
ticket. Using the latest available cen
sus statistics. those of 1900. General
Burt argues that II the negro vote had
gone to Mr.. Bryan in that year he
might have been elected. On the same
basis the general figures that the loss
of the negro vote because of hostility
to Mr.. Taft might make Mr.. Bryan
president The table prepared by Gen
eral Burt is as follows: