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Omaha daily bee., 1908-09-22
Gained Quarter in Weight.

Then the chemist department secured a
lot Of fresh oysters from the wholesaler
right fresh from the coast. One pint OF
the oysters were genuine oysters after
being put through the seive and all wa
ter drained off was put in fresh water
and left over night. In the morning they
were drained off and weighed ard were
found to have gained Is per cent in weight.
The tricks in the oyster business are that
oysters left in water will absorb water very
rapidly. So the oysters are shipped in
water. The wholesaler drains off what is
left and puts in fresh water and ice, and
the oysters absorb still more. Then the
dealer again puts them in fresh water and
ice, and they gain still more. 1t is claimed
that all last winter, when oysters were sell
ing wholesale for $1.O a gallon, they were
being retailed at 80 cents a quart. Puzzles:
Find the retailers commission. Answers:
Water. The rest of the trick is that the
| oysters are left in water when sold and
besides the water that they have soaked
up they are floating around in still more
water, which is sold to the customer at
the same rate per quart as the oysters
bring. p
Many people have been accustomed to
buying oysters floating around in water
Tor so many years they nave come 10 CON
slider the water as being part of the oysters,
the juice, soto speak, and have been by
custom lead to believe that this was a
| necessary part Of oysters. State Food and
, Dairy Commissioner H. r. Wright. who
has been making a study of the matter,
says this is not so. Now 1t is proposed to
make the oyster dealers ship their oysters
packed in ice, but with no ice or water
coming in contact with the oysters. They
must be put in small casks with the ice
on the ontslde- ns the cask.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-09-22
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Omaha daily bee., 1908-09-22
TRICKS OF OYSTER TRADE
Iowa Food Commissioner Takes Fall
Out of "Bloating."
PEOPLE TO GET WHAT PAY FOR
Interesting Savings Bank Case Will
Come Up Before supreme Court
on Petition for RE-
hearing.

NfTOm n SlaII correspondent
DES MONIES, Sept. H.-(Special.)-
There are tricks in all trades and one of
the tricks is in the oyster trade? where
water Is converted into oysters at the rate
Of % per cent OF the weight of the oys-
tiers every twenty-four hours. Then the
oysters are left in so much loose water
that the customer buys about half oysters
and about half water.
IL you buy oysters that are half water
notify the state food and dairy cconmis-
sloner and he will have the dealer ar
rested for violating the state law.
State food commissioner all over the
country are getting busy on the oyster
business and the dealer who has been maxi
ing a fat thing in oysters Is in a way to
have hard shedding during the coming win
ter months. The state law says that oys-
tiers that rave been doctored in water or
when a large part of the bulk is water
are adulterated, which is against the state
law.
There are really two tricks in one in the
oyster business. Food Inspector John
Tate OF the state commissioners office
went to a Des Moines market a day or two
ago and bought a quart of oysters. Then
this is what happened to those oysters
after they got into the hands Of Chem
fist Chittick in the office of the state food
and dairy commissioner First, 1t was
found that the quart was an ounce and
a half short of being a quart. Then the
oysters were poured into a seive and A
per cent of the quart ran through the
seive, leaving but IS per cent of oysters.
The morning journal-courier. (New Haven, Conn.) 1907-1913, 1908-03-13
A TAFT CONVENTION
Nebraska State Delegation for Him
First. Last and All the Time.

Omaha. Neb., March 12.-Without a
voice of dissent the candidacy of Will
liam IL. Taft for president of the Unit
ed States was endorsed by the repub-
lican state convention of Nebraska to-
day, and a solid delegation for the Sec
rotary will go to Chicago instructed
to vote for his nomination first, last
and all the time.
1t was Taft convention from start
to finish despite talk of division. and
when the question of selecting dele
gates-at-l large came up for considera-
ton the state delega
Sheldon, Senator Norris Brown. Victor
Rosewater of Omaha. and Judge Allen
w. Field Of Lincoln--was chosen with
a rush.
The morning journal-courier. (New Haven, Conn.) 1907-1913, 1908-03-13
HE MORNING L-couRIER, FRIDAY, MARCH IS,

practice of journalism as g. profession
hardly closer than the ability to con-
duct an advertising department. sure
ly. TOO. one can be taught how to Wrlle'
edit. think, even how TO perceive do
readily in a college as in newspaper
office, the only conceivable advantage
of the latter being that-of inesunia-
BILE value, to be sure-wnlch is deriteu
from enforced practice; but even TINS
cannot be regarded as unattainable' II
the mental energy and ingenuity SAID
to be exercised by some undergraa-
yates in striving to avoid work coulu
be diverted into other channels
Journalism can never be history; lts
unceasing activities deprive it OF the
advantages of scientific inquiry. IL
cannot even be the rounded TRUTH since
the necessity of prompt presentation
of what seems to be fact renders I'M
possible. the gathering and Weighing
of all evidence which bears upon an
event that must be chronicled. AS
purveyor of what we call news, the
newspaper cannot present daily pno'
tograph happenings; 1t can only
give a picture, imperfect because pant,
ed by fallilbe beings. As guide, II
must form opinions and pronounce
judgment instantly; the delay OF
day or even an hour at times wouic
be fatal to full effectiveness. Hence
the necessity for the most complete
and finished mental training; anc
where, pray. can we look for the build
ing of thoroughbred minds If not Il
the university?"
The lecture next Monday night by
| Mr. Harvey will be extemporaneous. A
! the close of his lecture he will answer
any questions from the audience bear
ing on the making and printing OF
! newspaper.
The morning journal-courier. (New Haven, Conn.) 1907-1913, 1908-03-13
BRETHAUER WILL
RECEIVE HIS PAY
Continued from First Page.l

Continued from First rage.
service laws had been violated except
technically.
Controller Jonathan Rowe said the
point he was most interested In was TO
what extent he was TO be held liable for
having paid Brethauer for his work.
THE letter written by McGovern's at
torneys puts the issue up to me- he
said. The mayor then said that he
thought Il would be good Idea for the
board of finance, the corporation coun-
sci and the civil service commissioners
to get together and discuss the ques-
ton in all It's phases.
Mr.. Foley then said he had made no
appointment. but when he saw that
Clerk Bassett would not be able to get
the department statement ready by the
18th of January, which was Imperative,
he did what he thought was best, en-
ployed a bookkeeper to help out Mr..
Bassett. "Mr. Fox was n clerk In this
department when | became the direc-
tor, and he was not a civil service ap-
pointee. Director Foley said that Sec
ton n Of the city charter gave MN
the right of employing temporary
clerks. Alderman Miller believed that
If the civil service commission had
thought there was a violation OF the
law, they would have taken action
long time since. They have done noth'
ing officially as yet
After some discussion II became evil
dent that the board was inclined to sac
with Mr.. Foley in the matter, and Mr.
Miller moved the adoption of resolu-
ton. adopting the payroll withou,
| striking out the Brethauer item, anu
which was so worded that Controiler
Rowe can not be held liable for paying
Mr.. Brethauer for his services.
Alderman Miller then read his report
on the nencil and pad question, Whicn
| Mayor Martin and he was authoiiheu
al the last meeting to take up with the
board of education. He said Superimi
| tendent of schools Beede and James
Moran, and in behalf OF the poaI,u -
/ 81 coo they could supply the scnooi W
/ nils with pads and pencils for the reSe
Of the school year. If the board ~
finance would allow the school boaid
TO use 1915. which had been approx "a, -.
ed for the covering of books. Tue "a
ter board would make up lhs uil - -
1.-The fiuance board will have to trdlStti
money to the board of education lor
the book covering in July. or they
won't be covered. The, board voted Ne.
the educational authorities use ,l ~
1915 The book cover question VIII NC
y quiescent .,,,,
I The financiers took MP the duestlon
of The terra Gotta cornice for the new
Wooster Square school. which was IA :
bled at the last meeting. letter w
read by Mayor Martin from George
Seymour relative to the matter
stated that while 4 terra Gotta corntee
would cost little more in the hIs,
place. in the long run the city woaiu
save a lot of money. The MAYOR laNVA-
ed the change in the specifications, as
did Controller Rowe The board No,e'
that the board of education De ~ N,
structed to make the change III VII
entail an additional cost of S6oS, ne
board then adjourned,
The morning journal-courier. (New Haven, Conn.) 1907-1913, 1908-03-13

ing was derived from association with
men, While theirs came from intimacy
with books. But take him all in all
as a journalist. and few essentials will
be found wanting. He was bold yet
not daring for daring's sake, consci-
entious, both high minded and broad
minded, firm in conviction, selI-respect-
ing, considerate of the weak, independ-
emf of the strong, Gnsordid, resolute
in purpose, lucid, direct, convincing,
able to perceive with the quickness OF
lightning flash, to comprehend with
the wisdom of a sage, and TO deduce
conclusions that seemed irrefragable
to other minds because SO they We're
felt to be by his. Despite the restric-
tions imposed upon him, it VIII not be
surprising If the history of his gem
Grafton shall accord first place in
American journalism-as journalism
pure and simple-to Samuel Bowles,
Herein we find a lesson. If it be
true that Bowles outranked his gifted
contemporaries, retaining to the end a
truer perspective and sounder .judg-
ment, his pre-eminence obviously cam
not be attributed to either mental or
moral superiority; it must have sprung
necessarily from another underlying
cause, Such, in truth, is the fact.
Bowles was free. Almost all of the
others at some stage IN their careers
wore the shackles of personal political
ambition. Greeley was titful asplr-
ant to public office from the day his
journal became a power, and he died,
finally, broken hearted by his inabili-
ty to attain the presidency. for which
hardly a man then living was less fit
ted. Raymond after years of active
participation in practical politics, per
ceived the folly of his course and fore
swore further entanglements, only,
however, to discover that the habit had
become irresistible, and at the time OF
his death he was chairman of State
committee. Dana's life was embittered
and his Judgment clouded by the re-
fusal of President and governor ts
recognize his personal claims Even
the incorrigible Bennett was hashed BY
the offer of diplomatic mission.
The morning journal-courier. (New Haven, Conn.) 1907-1913, 1908-03-13
Can Journalism Be Taught?

'Can such an ideal be attained
through education? or, as is often
asked, Can journalism be taught?
Greeley not only dismissed the sug-
gestion contemptuously as unworthy
of consideration, but even went so far
as to decry the academic training OF
tho intellect, and he prayed for deliv-
eranoe from those horned cattle. the
college graduates. The scholarly Dana
also maintained that the only success
full school of Journalism is newspaper
office; and this, l suspect, would be
found upon inquiry to be the opinion
of practically all journalists now in the
front rank, with one notable excep-
ton. But will the common saying that
Journalist is born. not made stand
the test of analysis? Is 1T any more
than assertion? Has any one ever tried
to demonstrate its truth by process of
reasoning, or could Zone hope to sue
coed In such an attempt in these days
of wider and freer intellectual devel-
opment in the universities? True, the
familiar declaration that Journalism
cannot be taught as surgery or engin-
ecring Is taught seems plausible, but
is it indeed the fact? We may grant
that certain technical knowledge re-
specting the mechanical construction
of a newspaper can be derived most
easily If not solely, from actual ex-
perience; but that experience can be
obtained as well without as within a
newspaper office IL the facilities be af-
forded This form of proficiency, more
over IS Of the smallest comparative
value, and bears a relationship to the
The morning journal-courier. (New Haven, Conn.) 1907-1913, 1908-03-13

cogs-hence his Yariableness of policy
which became a byWord and sappeu
his authority.
1.-THE master journalist must nave
conscience. character, conVictioh' ms
aim must be to uplift humanity, not 70
profit by its degradation. Bennett had
personal integrity; he never SOFA an
opinion; he never cheated or hea OF
bowed before mammon-and ne was
the most energetic and successful gath
erer of news the world has produced.
But he was Indifferent to principle,
contemptuous of things held most sa-
cred by his fellow beings, and strove
solely to detect the trend of popular
sentiment that he might hasten 10
please the mob and pay additional tri-
butte to his great and only god-Suc-
cess! a curiously complex, marvellous
ly self developed manufacturer of food
and poison, piled and labelled to graft
fly any palate and to meet all concelv-
able demands.
1.-The master journalist must cherish
no personal animosities though re-
lentless In pursuit of wrong-doers, he
must be lust and forbearing when vim
dictiveness could only intlict pain up
on the innocent and serve no useful
purpose. Dana was the prince of his
craft, the skilled workman, the artist,
the developer of style, the first and SO
far the last hand at the loom from
which spins the finished product TO
the intensity of his nature we must
attribute the unforgiving spirit which
marred a professional career other
wise unmatched in proficiency.
The master journalist is suggestive
constructive. Godkins talent was great
and facile, but his instrument was the
rapier: his hand never knew the
trowel.
Samuel Bowles.
A significant omission from this
enumeration of men, the mere mention
of whose names even in Illustration
of their defects evokes recognition OF
their distinction, is that of Sam
uel Bowles. 1t was not fnadvert-
ent: it was deliberate and purposeful
Bowles embodied a combination IL
greater or less degree of the finest quail
ities possessed by his famous contem-
poraries. Though In the view of the
people he was less appealing thar
Greeley, in fact he was quite as earn
est, quite as enthusiastic, quite as res
olute In determination to supplan
wrong with right at whatever hazard
His expression, except upon rare oc
casions when excitement burned
through his veins, was less vivid, les
brilliant than Raymond's, but 1t wa
always forceful, always rang true. ant
his discernment never wavered from
the line of accurate diagnosis and thu
logical remedy. Unlike both Greeley
and Raymond. he was able to curl
his natural impetuosity and enhance
by his very restraint the ultimate eff
feet of his htterance-and his sound
sane Judgment always sat at his ell
bow. He was not and could not have
been. under the same conditions. pee
of Bennett in. the cleaning and pur-
yeying of news; his didactic instincts
were too dominant his other Interests
too varied, but in his comparativel.
clrcumscrbed field his work was char
acterized by no less painstaking thor
oughness. His editorials lacked the fin
ish that stamped those of Dana anc
Godkin. because his intellectual train
The morning journal-courier. (New Haven, Conn.) 1907-1913, 1908-03-13
Only One CHROME qUININE.

That is LAXATIVE BRoMo oUININE.
Look Nor the signature of L. w.
GROVE. Used the world over TO cure
Cold In One Day. 25c.
The morning journal-courier. (New Haven, Conn.) 1907-1913, 1908-03-13
EDITOR HARVEY
ON JOURNALISM

CONTINUED from First Page)
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1908-09-01
DRAINAGE DISTRICT CREATED.

Complying with the request of land
owners residing in the southern end
of the county, whose holdings are liza.
BILE to overflow by the Brazos and
Navasota rivers, the county commits.
sions in special session Monday aft
ernoon established Brazos County
Drainage District No. /, embracing
the property mentioned in the petit
ton, and ordered that a survey of
same be made and an estimate OF the
cost of constructing levees for the pur-
pose OF protecting from overflow be
made and submitted to the court. T.
X. Bate, Jr., was appointed engineer,
and he is to furnish estimates as to
the cost OF the construction work, and
the probable yearly cost of maintain.
ing same. Nearly 5000 acres of val.
liable farming land will be protected
from overflow by the construction of
the levees proposed.
When the estimate is submitted n
bond election will be ordered.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1908-09-01
SNAPPED PRISONERS.

Wesley Pierson, colored, charged
with theft of a mule from HAYS
Thomas, was delivered to Sheriff
Henslee of Burleson county 1.-THE
crime having been committed In that
county on August 24th) at noon Mon
day. The transfer occurred in the
middle of Pitts Ferry bridge on the
Brazos river, which unites the two
counties, Constable Baker represent.
ed the sheriff of Brazos county in the
transfer. At the same time and place
Sheriff Henslee turned over to the
Brazos county officer Jeff Rogers. who
is wanted here for a misdemeanor
charge and was arrested at the in.
stance of Brazos county officers and
held in Caldwell until Monday.
Officer Baker Larkin left for Frank.
lin Monday with Rector Stonam and
Gus Harrison, who have been occupy.
ing quarters in the Brazos county
Jail for several days past. Both of
these are darkies and will stand trial
before the Robertson county bar of
justice on a charge of gambling.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1908-09-01
SCHOOL ApPoRTIoNMENr.
Sums Appropriated to the Various
Schools Of Brazos County.

The school fund of Brazos county
apportioned according to scholastic
population, will be divided among the
various schools of the county for the
1909 session as follows
District No. 8, sl.O472O; district No
6, s1,6S2.OO; district No. Z. s2,1216O;
district No. s. s6696O; district No. .,
$564.4O; district No. 10, $1.10S40; dis
trict No. II, $SS4.OO; district No. r.
$4,000; district No. 10, S4320; dis
trict No. IA, s59l.6O; district No. To-
$9O32O; district No. 16, $142.S0 dis.
trict No. II, s1,9S56O; district No. IS,
$2,590SO district No. 10, $622.4O; dis
trict No. 20. s673.2O district No q,
$4,000; district No. %, S37400; dis
trict No. %. $49640; district No. "a
s2992O; district No. 25, 1920; dis
trict No. 81, $3.50; district No. rs,
s23S00; district No. 20, $3S0S0.
II will be observed that districts l.,
2, 3, 4, and 26 are omitted in the list
1t was impossible TO include these In
the calculations today, but the
amounts apportioned to these schools
will be published in subsequent is.
sue of the Eagle.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1908-09-01
MERCHANTS ORGANIZE.
Bryan Business Meg Affysse With
the State a. MA.

The initial steps toward organizing
a retail merchants association in
Bryan was taken Monday afternoon
when about twenty business men, rep
resenting every line of commerce, met
in the reading room of the X. of p.
hall, and after hearing an instructive
and valuable talk by State r. NJ. A.
Organizer j. Homer Gaddy of Waco,
went into permanent organization and
got down to business.
Preceding organization, Mr.. Gaddy
stated the objects of the organization
and recounted a number of instances
in which the value of membership
in the association had been establish
ed. Mr.. Gaddy also stated, in the
course of his remarks, that the pur.
poses of the Retail Merchants asso-
citation are approved by the Farmers
Union of the State.
At the conclusion of Mr. Gaddy's re-
marks. permanent organization was
effected by the unanimous election of
Mr.. Eugene Edge as president and Mr..
e. ]. Fountain as vice president of
the Bryan Retail Merchants associa-
ton. These officers selected the fol.
lowing executive board: Messrs. Ed
Hall, e. F. Parks, ]. T. Maloney, A. w.
Buchanan, J. l.. Edge, Ed Derden, and
John NJ. Lawrence.
Among other duties of this COM
mittee will be that of selecting a sec.
rotary for the association.
President Edge also appointed
Mayor j. T. Maloney, G. NJ. Brandon
and J. l.. Edge a committee on mem
bership, and these gentlemen, accom-.
panied by Mr.. Gaddy, will call on bust
ness men of the city who did not at |
tend the meeting Monday afternoon
and invite them to sign the member
ship roll.
On constitution and bylaws the
president appointed Messrs. Ed Hall,
chairman; e. ]. jenkins, E. F. Parks
and w. ]. Coulter.
Following the appointment of the
above named committees, the associa.
ton adjourned subject to the cali of
he president. II
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1908-09-01
THEY HAD TO DO IT.

This from the Topeka Mail and
Breeze. a Republican paper, is the
clearest and most pointed statement
OF the cause Of panics and the best
way TO prevent them that we have
seen:
1T is our opinion that II there had
been good guaranteed deposit law
last year there would have been no
panic. The objection urged by Mr.
Taft and other opponents of guar
anty law is that 1t forces the sound
banks to stand for the reckless banks.
That is just exactly who they did last
year and If they had not done that
very thing the panic would have been
a good deal worse than it was.
The reckless bankers were in
New York. They loaded up with doubt
full securities and when the country
called for the cash they did not have
IL and refused payment. And the
banks big~and little with a few ex-
ceptfons, from Maine to California,
Stood by the New York banks. They
had 10 do IL. They had to violate the
law and refuse to keep their contracts
with their depositors who had a right
to draw out the money they had de-
posted. Now If the banks of the
United States had right to stand to-
gether to protect themselves against
their own depositors. haven't the de
positors the right to ask that these
same banks be compelled to stand
together to protect their deposltors?"
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1908-09-01
MEETING AT srEeP HOLLOW.

An audience of 500 people enjoyed
the rendition of a program of recita.
ton, dialogues and music by the lit.
erary societies of Steep Hollow and
Harvey, which occurred Sunday night
on the lawn of the Missionary Bap-
fist church at Steep Hollow. On des-
ignated occasions the literary socie-
ties of these communities meet in joint
session, at which time a specially pre-
pared program, participated in by
members of both societies, is given.
The meeting Sunday evening, both in
point Of attendance and literary merit,
is said to have never been excelled.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1908-09-01
NOW, LISTENI

We will put our machine in your
house for a reasonable length of time
on trial You can investigate as to
our honesty and sincerity of promises.
And as to the superiority of the Sing.
er or Wheeler & Wilson machines, it
is an undisputed fact that they are the
leaders the world over. Singer Sew.
ing Machine Company. T. A. Satter.
white, Salesman. Phone los. II
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1908-09-01
MARRIAGE ANNOUNCEMENT.

Mr. and Mrs Chas. ID. Stems of Lib
erty, Texas, have announced the APP
preaching marriage of their daughter,
Miss Laura Stems, TO Lieutenant Alb
bolt Boone, b Cavalry U. s. A., on
October 81.
The bride-elect is a graduate Of
villa Maria. She has many friends
in this city who will wish for her a
long life OF happiness.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1908-09-01
DEATH OF A CHILD.

Relatives and friends in this city
were advised by phone Monday even
ing of the death of little Anna Lee, the
ten months old child of DR.. and Mrs
W. A. Gustavus of Ballinger, which oc
CURED at $40 o'clock in the after
noon. The coincidence of many Bry.
an friends will be extended the sor-
rowing parents in their affliction.