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The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-01-18


I How did the panic start? Nor
gan and the Standard Oil went aft
err the Thomases and Heinze But
that did not shake the financial
structure. What first did? When
the Commercial bank, owned by
Morgan and Ryan, refused to cleai
for the Knickerbocker Trust Co
That started things. That started
the runs. And then, at the com.
mand Of Morgan, the banks in the
clearing house association refused
to pay cash to their creditors. They
refused to send balances due west
ern bankers. Which forced west
ern banks to the clearing house
basis-which precipitated all the
alarm and financial trouble that
happened.
The power of Morgan at that
time and afterward is well shown
by what occurred. When the force
of the created panic became greater
than anticipated when 1t began to
threaten the Morgan and Rookie
Teller interests, Morgan himself
took, command. What was the first
thing he did? He ordered the ces
sation of all margin stock specula-
ton. His command went to the
100 members OF the stock ex
change, and with it went a threat
of financial reprisal of any offend
er. And the order was obeyed. He
knew that when a customer put up
100000 as a margin the broker
puts up like sum, and that some
bank must furnish the other $780,.
600 for the million-dollar gamble.
This takes money away from the
legitimate business of the country
1t depletes the cash reserves, and 1t
drains the channels where money
is needed in proper commerce.
Who won in this panic? The
government turned over many mil
lions without interest to the Wall
st. banks. The steel trust gobbled
up at bargain price it's chief COM
petitor, the Tennessee Coal & Iron
Co.. the New Haven railroad crowd
swallowed the competing boat
lines, and after the little bargain
counter ARRAY is over. Mr.. Carne-
gle opines that it is IAN act Of
Providence" while Mr.. Morgan
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this man to apply the lash to the
barred backs of his fellow men in
the Wilmington prison
He has watched men fashioned
like himself, with the same love
of life, the same dread of pain,
writhe and cast imploring eyes to
the braZen eavens while his
hand raised great red ridges on
their shrinking flesh.
Seeking for any sign of repent
ance or desire to atone for their
wrongdoing in the hearts of the
men he has beaten by the laws
command, he found instead bitter
resentment and black hatred.
Then, nauseated by what he had
done in the name of justice, he re-
signed and went back to private
life
1t is a well-defned principle of
penology that in order to reform a
man every effort must be made to
build up his self respect. to re-
store his good opinion of himself
and bring him into harmonious re-
lations with his fellow men
Are so lashes well laid on, with
the victim pilloried before the pub
lie eye, calculated to restore self
respect? Will the prisoner be a
better man for this additional de-
gradation-for all the agony
mental and physical, that he must
suffer?
To punish violence with violence
is barbaric, crude and unchris.
tian-unworthy the enlightened
civilization, the great opportunity
that is our today.
"A new commandment l give
unto you, that ye love one an
other"
But, even if the words of Christ
meant nothing to us today, there
is another motive, that of sell
interest.
Every man that goes under the
lash formulates new conception
of the law. He must be reyenged
for the wrong done him.
Sometimes so or 60 lashes are
given, and the raw, quivering flesh
resembles so much chopped meat
One man who stole three macker
eel was given 10 lashes and one year
Imprisonment in New castle county
workhouse. The cat" is resorted
to for the most trifing misdemean
Ors
The drunkard. suffering from g
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-01-18
BY ALFRED o. cRoZIER

The Joker" in the Aldrich bill
is section five, which seeks to give
power to private banks to contract
the volume of currency at will Nc
motive is required. No government
supervision is granted. Just a plain
case of power in Wall st. banks to
crimp the currency at any moment
to the tune Of $3.50 100000 and as
much more as the loans based on
this sum would permit.
Expansion of currency is a
good thing-some people think.
But whatever is good in 1t is good
only because it offsets scarcity or
contraction in currency. Expan-
sion is the remedy; contraction the
disease. Expansion is never dan
gerous in it's immediate effect. But
the Aldrich bill places all kinds of
safeguards around the expansion of
the currency, while it places abso-
lutely none around its contraction.
Contraction is dangerous. Section
five gives the banks power at any
moment to call in the emergency
issue-to redeem it and retire it.
Think of the effect on general
business of such a power exer-
cised suddenly. Ready money is
made scarce. Interest rates mount.
Gail money is hard to get. Securi-
ties are dumped on the market. The
alarm spreads. 1t is panic.
Have we not seen enough of the
power of Wall st. to create panics /?
Created? OF course this panic
was created. 1t can be proved
that J. Pierpont Morgan warned
the directorate of the New York,
New Haven & Hartford railroad 10
months ago that panic was due
at this time. He said he was ready
and told them to get ready. They
borrowed 100000, 0OO-which they
still have untouched-and were
also prepared.
And then what happened? Who
profited by the forced sale of the
steamship lines on the Atlantic
coast of which the Thomases and
Morses had to let go? The New
York, New Haven & Hartford rail
road. That road bought them in.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-01-18
PUBLIC MARKET
PLAN TAKING
SHAPE
CITY OFFICIALS STUDYING Sc.
ATTlE ORDINANCE WITH
VIEW TO FOLLOWING SAME
IDEA IN THIS CITY.

The public market project is al
last assuming definite shape
through the energy of Commission
er j. T. O'Brien, who has secured
copy of the Seattle ordinance. One
of the principal advocates of a pub
lie market is Mayor Moore, who
this morning reiterated his state
ments in favor of it and said that
1t would be one of the greatest
booms possible to the people Of this
city. The mayor suggests three
sites-end of Front av. north of the
w. w. P. Co. building; on Second
av between Howard and Washing
ton sts.; near the Northern Pacific
depot.
IF We had a public market" said
the mayor, there would be no such
thing as boosting products to a
fictitious price as now prevails"
The Seattle ordinance is being
studied by city officials, all of whom
seem in favor of the project In Sc
attic little travelled streets are set
apart to market places and covered
so as to shut out the rain. The ordi-
nance prohibits anyone but farmers
or manufacturers of fruit or vege-
able products from using the space.
Peddlers who have taken out H.
Genes are not allowed
When a public market place was
set aside the street superintend-
ent divided the space into seven or
eight foo stalls. The wagons pass
along the streets and back UP
against the curb line SO that pur-
chasers may do their bargaining
from the sidewalks. The chief OF
police assigns an officer to each
market place. The markets are not
allowed to be used on Sundays and
on week days only from 5 to - a
M, and on Saturday from 5 a. n
to 9 p. m. No wagons are allowed
to be replenished at the stands but
must be moved away to be replen
ished No fowls or trimmings Of
any kind must be deposited in q
common receptacle.
Anyone who violates any of the
provisions of the ordinance Is
deemed guilty of a misdemeanol
and on conviction subject to a fine
of not more than 500 or 80 days il
Jail.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-01-18
GR0CERS ARE
ALL GOBBlERS

Spokane grocery dealers held
their annual banquet and social ses-
social and business session last
night in Masonic temple with a big
attendance of local business men
and several guests from other parts
of the state. j. j. Higgins, secre-
tary Of the state grocers' associa-
ton, was one of the respondents to
the call of l.. G. Brown, POSTMASTER.
Pres. Allen urged all grocerymen
not members to join the association
pointing out the benefits Of united
efforts.
A funny feature Of the evening
was the organization of a branch of
the American Order of Gobblers,"
by Lovett M. Wood, of Seattle.
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MORE RIOTS
OVER RENTS

NEW YORK, Jan. 1S.-Police re-
serves were called out last night to
dispense crowd of several thous-
and sympathizers Of families evict-
ed in the rent strikes on the East
Side.
In the fighting that followed the
police used their clubs and made
number of prisoners among them
being several women. AS result
of the demonstration the officers
gave up trying to evict the unfortu.
nate families.
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END SESSIONS
IN BANQUET

A final banquet last night ended
the festivities that have attended
the two business organization con-
yentions that have been in session
in Spokane this week The hard
ware and implement dealers last
night drowned business cares in
feasting at Davenport's with the
customary addresses and social fell
citations. The best of humor pre-
vailed and the occasion was fit
ing close of a successful conference
on trade subjects. M. w. Weeks
presided at POSTMASTER last eve
ming.
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milwaukee HERE
NEXT YEAR

SEATTLE, Jan. 1S.-A. M. Inger-
soil, western representative of the
Milwaukee, is authority for the
positive statement that the road
will be ready to handle its share OF
the wheat crop of 1908 and that the
company will be operating through
trains by August, 1909. He also de-
clared that the company would
have completed by that time sys
TEN of warehouses and elevators to
receive grain throughout the North
west. His statements were made
in conference with the Tacoma
council over street vacations in that
city.
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BY NORMAN ROSE,
Staff Correspondent Of This News
paper.

Aboard the U. S. S. Georgia,
At Sea, Jan. 8.
The admiral commands the fleet
division Or squadron: the captain
commands the ship. The executive
officer commands the men of the
ship.
To civilian, it might be put this
way; What the president of the
company is to a big manufacturing
or trading house, the captain Is to
the warship; what the superintend-
ent or manager is, that is the execu-
tive officer of the ship.
While the ship is at sea, and each
one of its 500 men is doing the daily
duty assigned to him, there must
naturally be many conferences be-
tween the captain and his executive
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officer. Sometimes these conferen-
ces are held in the captains office,
sometimes during inspection of the
ship, when the two officers go over
all it's departments together, some
times on the quarter deck.
On Georgia Lieutenant Command
er G. w. Kline is executive officer
to Capt. Henry McCrea. The ac-
companying picture shows them
walking the quarter deck, Capt. Nc
Crea earnestly talking to Mr.. Kline
on some matter of the ships bust
ness. Capt. McCrea is on the right.
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comes round tapping his chops and
wearing a halo, as the savior of the
nation.
That shows what the giants of
Wall st. can do with their present
power. But are they satisfied? No.
Two other things the panic was
planned to do. One to defeat Roose-
welt, and the other to get congress
to pass law which will give them
power to contract the currency at
will. The latter is provided for in
the Aldrich bill.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-01-18
~ JESSIE partition

The whipping post Is failure.
II stirs up all the beast instincts in
a man and makes him doubly dan
gerous to society,"!
These words were spoken by a
man who ought to know; man
who has had more experience with
the whipping post than any other
person - Ex-Warden Meserve Of
Delaware.
For years it was the duty of
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-01-18
WHIPPING POST MEANS
VIOLENCE FOR VIOLENCE

disease he cannot control; the
thief, ofttimes marked before birth
with the passion for stealing; the
hunger driven victims of social
conditions-all must pass under the
lash.
One hour at the whipping past
is enough to sap the most optimis-
tic persons faith in the progress of
mankind. There is more of justice
in the jungle.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-01-18
SPOKANE GIVEN
DECISION

The decision in the high school
debate on the initiative and refer
endum last night was given to the
Spokane team, Randall Pratt, ana
Alva Kit, who took the negative.
Frederick Ellis and Lyman Eliot
well, of Wenatchee, argued for the
referendum. The judges were Prof
Beach, of Washington State col
lege; w. D. Lyman, of Whitman,
and Rev. P. F. Schrock A big audi
ence heard the debate.
The evening ended with a ban
quet to the visitors at the Winsor,
over which Dr. Allen, of the school
board presided.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-01-18

MT. GILEAD, O., Jan. 1S-James
Kelker, after returning home from
an oyster supper, dropped dead.
The doctor claimed that his death
was caused from eating too many
oysters
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MADE PANIC TO ORDER

CAS- the text of Sen Adrchs
submitted to Alfred O. Cozer with the question
Joker" this bil?" .a.
Crozier is the author of 1.-THE
pont Morgan and other familiar figures
the hidden current and sunken (
The following article is Croziers repy-Editor.)
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Capital Punishment will be the
subject of Miss Partlon's next
article
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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-12-10
RECIPE FOR REAL TROUBLE.
cheerfuIIy Contributed to an Already
Unhappy World.

Trouble making is an older industry
than the manufacture Of steel. Cain,
the trouble maker, got into action be-
fore Tubal Cain, the iron worker;
and Eve got Adam into hot water long
before the Boiler Makers union began
business.
There + three kinds of trouble
imaginary, borrowed and real.
Imaginary trouble consists of rail-
road accidents, earthquakes, fires, sui
cides, the poorhouse, death, and the
grave, carefully mixed and taken
after a late dinner, or a drop in the
stock market.
Borrowed trouble is the kind we get
from u relatives. It's principal in
gradients are visits, borrowed money,
birthday presents, advice and expecta-
tons. But the real article is pro
duced as follows: Put the sandals of
endurance on your feet, take your life
in your hands and follow by turn the
How-to-Be-Happy Philosopher, the
Preacher of Physical Culture and
the Apostle of Diet.-Puck.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-12-10

suspected his errand, and purposely
put him at a disadvantage, plying him
with questions. intending to leave him
no opportunity for personal topics.
But for once she met her equal. She
took the N topic that could best fire
him; and in turn he caught her spirit
in the fame of his enthusiasm, and
consumed her society veil in a single
sentence.
do tell me something about the
railroad. l miss it powerfully"
i've just returned from the Front;
got back yesterday"
"Oh. go" She hesitated. He
could e her eyes shine, knew she
was going to say "gosh!" and his self
possession flew home again.
In a breath Sally B. caught herself
and went on.
I'm just that hungry to hear all
about things. Where'd they run the
line? Across by Battle mountain
know that; and where else?"
"They run 100 lines, l guess; JUS
kept the surveyors sticking pins into
the whole American desert till they't
picked out the best one. They've got
the track away by Battle mountain
now; past Be-o-wa-we, Argenta-that's
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CHAPTER xxvI.--continued.

But, Gideon, you won't like that
life!"
Like? Life?" he repeated gloomily.
Il shall do no harm there. That is
ALL"
Utter hopelessness was in voice and
face. Yet Esther could think Of no ade.
quate word, and drove on in silence
till they stopped at the doorway.
will you come in?"
mo, Stella. l shall not annoy o
further. This is farewell"
She looked into his sad face and
saw two generations Of tragedy there.
Resentment, aversion died. ooh, Gid
con-, you are Of my blood, the only
one, my almost brother. Whatever you
have done, will do, is mine to bear by
right of kinship. Don't think | shall
reproach you. Come to see me! l will
be good to YOU"
His face lifted for a flashing instant,
his eyes softened with glad tears. But
the transformation passed almost as it
came. mo, no, Stella! Thank you
for those dear words. But it I have
only to atone. It's impossible! Good
bye"
He started hurriedly down the walk,
but halted, turned back. Il saved Vim
cents life once, here in the city. Never
speak of it. I've only told you be-
cause-because | want you to know
I'm trying to even UP the game"
He wheeled and went swiftly
through the gate.
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TORTURED SIX MONTHS
BY Terrible itching Eczema-Baby's
Suffering Was Terrible - Soon
Entirely Cured by cuticura.

Eczema appeared on my sons face.
We went to a doctor who treated him
for three months. Then he was so bad
that his face and head were nothing
but sore and his ears looked as If
they were going to fall off, so we tried
another doctor for four months, the
baby never getting any better. His
hand and legs had big sores on them
and the poor little fellow suffered so
terribly that he could not sleep. After
he had suffered six months we tried
a set of the Cuticura Remedies and
the first treatment let him sleep and
rest we'll; in one week the sores we're
gone and in two months he had a clear
face, Now he is two years and has
never had eczema again. Mrs. Louis
Beck, r. F. D. 8, San Antonio, Tex,
Apr. Is, 1907"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-12-10

the junction for Austin and Reese
river-oh, they were way by Toano
when l left"
81 knew them places; come acrost
there in "a. Paw emigrated from Ore
gon to Salt Lake, didn't like it there,
an come over to Californy-Cali-
fornia." She had almost forgotten her
elegance.
Alvin breathed freely. my! Butts
it's cold over there!"
Il bet it u.s." she Endorsed, emphatic
ally. "How's Charley Croker, an
Gregory, an all the rest? Lord! /
can smell the sage-brush now!"
Working like blazes! Laying track
by moonlight and stars! Just think Of
that! And big sage-brush bontires to
help out. 1t was the strangest sight;
the men looked like COLLINS, and the
hammer blows sounded far away, and
made you creep"
Gosh! They must be runnin' them
U. p. folks hard"
mot SO hard as I'd like to see. The
U. P.'s are coming like lightning, just
a-whoopin' EN- up! They have a man
for every rod for 100 miles. They've
got good fuel and plenty of stuff.
Glory! / wish u folks could hurry
up some of those 35 iron ships out on
the ocean, and scare up more men.
That lot of rails the Washoe took up
won't last any time"
Say! That was a snifty trick, the
way they snooped them 500 Cinnamon
straight from the ship to the train an
got EN- to the Front before they knew
where they was goin'. / read about 1t
in the paper" She moved her chair a
little and the light reached her face;
Alvin saw the old spirit looking out
Of it.
ITS awful, what our folks have to
buck against. They can't build shops
for lack Of men and ~stuff-stuff that's
coming in those ironships. And there's
~freeze-ups, slides, and wrecks-nothing
settled and inished-and the i'm
mense cost of repairs, when they've
nothing fixed right to make EN-: Why,
a waterspout over on the desert sliced
out a mile and a half of track as
! clean as a piece Of cheesel And then
the papers, and San Francisco"
THE Lord pizen them Clarion men!
I wish't he would! There!'
80 do II" Alvin assented heartily.
Sally BIS answering smile held a
world Of craft. She drew a deep
breath of satisfaction. by links! It's
plumb good to talk railroad once more.
Bill don't keer for 1t, but | do. I'd
ruther live" She changed the topic
abruptly. AS Billy Dodge over there
anywhereY
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-12-10
Ono Of the Most Powerful Attractions
in a Woman.

Very few women realize what al
effect a sweet voice has on a nan
A woman may be very pretty to look
upon, may be faultlessly and bewitch-
ingly attired and attractive In every
way, and yet directly she opens her
mouth and speaks the spell is broken,
the charm is gone. And this need
never be.
Very few voices are SO naturally
bad that they will not succumb to
training, and the voice can be trained
to be just as sweet and gentle as one
pleases to make 1t.
A woman should speak in a low
voice. She should not allow her
voice to raise itself to a high pitch.
A shrill-voiced woman is terrible.
She should not shout her orders to
the servants down the stairs, nor call
to any one who may be In another
part Of the house. This shouting and
raising OF the voice spoils the tone
and quality of the voice and tends to
make It harsh. "A pretty voice Is a
powerful attraction in q woman and
she who would ada to her charms q
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-12-10
LAME BACK PRESCRIPTION

The increased use of "Toris" for
lame back and rheumatism is causing
considerable discussion among the
medical fraternity. 1t is an almost in
fallible cure when mixed with GER
tain other ingredients and taken prop
erly. The following formula is effec-
tive: ITO one-half pint Of good
whiskey add one ounce of Toris Com
pound and one ounce Syrup Sarsapa-
rilla Compound. Take in tablespoon
full doses before each meal and be-
fore retiring"
Toris compound is a product of the
laboratories Of the Globe Pharmaceu-
teal Co., Chicago, but it as well as the
other ingredients a be had from any
good druggist.