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New-York tribune., 1909-02-02
EUROPEAN PRODUCE MARKET.

red western winter IS: futures steady Marcn Is 81
ATsv q 7ssd: ruly IS SID. CORN-SPot STEADY rev
American mixed via Gaveston) IS 5isd futures qls'
March, sd; May. Be 4t-d rsr
e N FTCCR-VVintsr patents steady. rs 3D. t1OF--
In london Pacific Coast steady f2Gf3 BEs-F-Exlr@
115Is mass steady lbs PORR-Prin1s mess West-
ern oiiet rs Cd HANS-shorr cut Il 20 70 p strong -
n C11rbeand cut 30 n firm. SIS oos saGH
Tih 16 II "a n strong 81; long clear nnicdes Hs
% 70 "a n steady. ASS long clear nitoles he-sg'
- A ~ STEADY ASS. clear backs, 10 70 = 70
steadv 4ss clear bellies Il Is 10 quiet 2ls snou
zers sruare II to ID. strong. 40s LsAttD-Frli1'
western in tisrces, quiet. 4ss; American reIel -
CsnaSfsn frest white. 5rm. 61s 81: do col
Crs4 dr-1 6ss Sd TALLOW-Prine city dun - ~ =
I,rlS3-rIN-r. ~ s1srfs n-m s0s ID ROSIN-Con17on
stesdv ess 80. PETROLEUM-Rshoed stesay' 's%1-
IINSEED OIL--Steady. rs
New-York tribune., 1909-02-02
ooNsoLIDATED EXCHANGE.

The floor traders the Consolidated Exchangs
started the day feeling bearigh and they backed
m their opinion by freely offering stocks all
through the morning and early afternoon sent
1neut however, shifted somewhat toward the GIose
C-,tA shsrn raUy The result that prices in
fhe final dealings ruled generally slightly hIsher
COMPARED with quotations on the stock E&change
ION prices Of the day in & number OF important
instances were above the figures reached on the
otl,er hoard cases in point being Reading, lSS5&
against 1SsIk Erie 39k, against 2os, and Brooklyn
Rapid Transit 7olz. against 7o14. St PAU was an
eycention its nigh and low quotations of 1451z anc
i44ss being both one-eishth OF point under tns
other Exchange Special activity developed in TIE
early afternoon in Consolidated Gas 1tS hsa pre- %
s 551s. was one-eighth under the other board De
tailed operations follow:
STOCKS,
New-York tribune., 1909-02-02
OF MEMBER BANKS.

The weekly statement Of averages of the banks
~ New York City, Brooklyn. Jersey City, Hoooken
- ctsten island which not members OF the
New, york Clearing House Association but which
clear through some Of the members IS as follows:
New-York tribune., 1909-02-02
RAILROAD EARNINGS.

CANADIAN NORTHERN.
,aoo zoos 1907.
- zssk in Jam $500 sI25.7OO So 200
o ssn- 2l.---.- e0i3.500 b.Tzz.s 800 Zs4@sSOO
New-York tribune., 1909-02-02
COBALT PRICES IN TORONTO.

1Ished and corrected daily By Stewart & Lockwood.
No. 43 Exchange Place.
New-York tribune., 1909-02-02

practically even for two days Coed winter tenn
wheat belt with the ground well covered with snow
The local firm and higher. closing
follows: ? red. 81 IL a 81 1875 elevator and
81 II 8 o af at; No I Northern Duluth, 81 y 1s
and No 2 hard winter, 81 17is b ahoat. CORN
The actions Of were very similar 20 those OF
wi Sat, except the advance not 20 great
Opening firm. the market had steady rise Of y q ~
the previous close, and left OF within fraction
OF the top. addition further covering there was
fair commission house demand. based on the light
movement and continued good cearances No change
occurred in the LverPool market and Broomhal nade
worlds shipments i,I46.0G0 bushels, compared with
2,21s,0O0 bushels the previous week Only As cars
were received Chicago, and the estimate for tues,
day - cars. the entire west getting $4,000
bushels for the day. compared with 1O0I00e bushels
last The supply decreased 5f00C bushels
Nc corn here quoted 71c elevator and 6sc
T ad0at; No > white nominal and No yellow, 6ec
Z hoat. OATS-The market for oats was steady
all day but rather quiet Cash houses bought while
commission people sold limited orders The visible
supply increased 10000 bushels. Cash oats in the
local market quoted follows. Mixed, - to
81 ID, - 54l5c: natural white, % 70 81 10. 546I &c
and clipped white "a 10 ~ ID, 56ls a sc RYE
Market quiet; No Western. S1izO nominal . .
New York. BARLEY-Narket steady mating "a
7Sc and feeding. roc / New York BUCKWHEAr
New York State quoted 75c nominal.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1909-11-06
AND BHBY NBNT(

The handy pin in re-
garded as "a friend in
need" It ornaments,
while it fastens the col
lar or cuff, little dress
or cap.
It is the essence Of uti
lily. inexpensive and
indispensable. Whynot
q pair Of our cuff pins?
Our name means much
TO you as a guarantee.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1909-11-26
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 2s, 1909.
THANKSGIVING,

Yesterday was Thanksgiving. a day
set apart annually by the president
for returning thanks for the blessings
the PAST rear brought.
While We people of, Lafayette have
reason to be thankful for participation
In, the general blessings of peace, yet
we have reason especially to render
thanks for the hope and encourage
ment that has come to us after the
great depression caused by the boil
weevil at the beginning of last year.
We have made a bountiful corr crop
Tor which a steady market at one
dollar a barrel has opened since the
time of harvest. Cotton has COM
nanded an excellent price. and the
farmers begin the year with certainty
as TO what a be raised profitably.
Besides this We have escaped disease
and pestilence and serious injury from
stoI ~. Altogether the future opens
bright for continued health and a fine
promise for a growing prosperity. We
indeed have cause to be thankful for
u many and great blessings.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1909-11-26
Mr.. Shaw's Predicament,
New Orleans States.

New Orleans States.
That was an interesting statement
which MI. Henry C.. Corsa, formerly
an assistant to the sugar samplers in
the New York custom house, made a
few days ago.. He asserts that be
was discharged from the government
service for refusing to engage in the
schemes to defraud the government,
and when he laid the matter before
Mr.. Leslie NJ. Shaw, then secretary of
the treasury, the latter became inter-
ested in Corsa's case and said that he
would have him reinstated. But Corsa
never got his job back, because after
months had passed Mr.. Shaw wrote
to Wilbur F. Wakeman, the appraiser
in New York. saying: my hands are
tied in the matter. l can do nothing"
Nov, undoubtedly the hands of
even SO high an officer as the score
tary of the treasury a be. tied." says
the Indianapolis News, but it takes
high authority or vast infuence-or
both-to do the trick. Such powers
can render him helpless in his posi-
ton, but such powers can not compel
him to remain in such a ~predicament.
nor compel him to keep silence after
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1909-11-26
Danger In Existing Conditions.
New Orleans States.

New Orleans States.
History says Mr.. James ]. Hill
Shows that the high cost of living is
the beginning of every national de
cline In view of the fact that Mr.
Hill is a multi-millionaire and has nc
occasion to be worried when the bills
of the grocer, the butcher and the
baker are presented, he is in a posi-
ton to study the economic situation
calmly and dispassionately. More.
over. he has frequently demonstrated
his ability to think well on large ques.
tions. Therefore much weight at.
taches to his opinion that prosperity
IL a help but not a cure for present
conditions, and that there must be
deep and serious consideration of the
questions dealing with the high cost
OF food and clothing Of the people.
Such views as those expressed by
Mr.. Hill are timely, because q few
days ago the Indianapolis News pre-
sented some figures from Bradstreet's
reports showing that the American
people are today paying Sc per cent
more for their food and raiment than
they did thirteen years ago, but the
incomes Of wage-earners have mo- in
creased proportionately, and in many
lines Of work there has been no In
crease at all. These facts fully justify
the complaints regarding the high cost
Of living. The average iworkingman
has no opportunity to ascertain by a
study Of statistics that he is now
paying much more for the same ar
ticles Of food and clothing than he
Paid . few years ago. but the mount
Ing cost IL brought home to him by
the bills he has to pay at the weeks
end and by the realization Of the fact
that be now receives much less for
his dollar than he used to get.
Meantime the combinations. says
the Indianapolis News. continue to
increase prices whenever it seems to
them that they can get the moncy
and earn dividends 20 great that It is
necessary for them to water their
stock in order to avoid the appear
Of evil. Meantime. also, more
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1909-11-26
Administrators Sale.

Succession Of Victor e. Dupuis ant
wife. Celeste Magnon. No. 2711, 18tl
Judicial District Court of Louisiana
parish Of Lafayette.
BY virtue Of an order from thu
Eighteenth Judicial District Court. IL
and for the parish of Lafayette. La.
In the matter of the succession OF
Victor e. Dupuis and wife, Celeste
Magnon. No. Pill of the probate dock
ct Of said court, and a commission
issued out of said court, to me di
rected, l will sell at public auction tc
the last and highest bidder, for cash
according to law, between legal sale
hours. at the front door Of the court
house at Lafayette, La. on
Saturday, Dec. IS, 1908.
the following described property, to.
wit:
A certain tract Of land situated In
the parish of Lafayette, La, contain
ing forty-eight arpents, bounded north
by land Of Chenille Cormier, south by
land Of Mistress Roman Francez and
Henry Breaux, east by land of F. Kill
christ, and west by land Of ]. p. Fran
cez.
Another tract of land situated in
said parish Of Lafayette, La, contain.
ing sixty arpents. bounded north by
land Of Emethilde Bernard south by a
road or land Of Lessin Breaux, east by
land of Dr.. ]. P. Francez and west by
land Of Charles Breaux and Adam
Guilbeau.
The undivided one-sixth interest in
and to q certain tract Of woodland in
the parish of Lafayette. La, contain
ing forty arpents, bounded north by
land Of heirs of Mistress o. C. Mou-
ton. east by land Of Jacques Coussan,
south by land Of Esdras Breaux and
west by land Of Charles Dupuis.
Also the following improvements
situated on the first above described
tract Of land, to-wit: Three cabins.
corn crib. blacksmith shop, wagon
shed, hay barn, one large stable barn,
n chicken house, chicken coop, one
residence and ~cistsrn, fencing around
wire fencing around pas
ture.
Also the following improvements
situated on the tract Of land secondly |
above described. to-wit: two cabins
and one crib.
Also one COW and two calves, three
mules, M American mare, three wag-
ons. one buggy and n surrey, one
lot OF farming implements. one inva-
lid chair, two large kettles, etc.
CHARLES E. DUPUIs.
Administrators.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1909-11-26

enormous mergers are being effected,
as witness the copper merger and the
telephone and telegraph merger now
in process of completion. The cost of
| operation and cost of production are
being almost constantly reduced by
the economy of large administration.
and in some instances even the price
of the product is lower than it used
to be, but in no cas- probably is the
reduction in price in proportion to the
saving effected. In other words, the
consumer is getting scant, if any, ben
eft from improved Industrial and COM
mercial methods, while a larger and
larger profit grows out of them for
the people who control them"
There is warrant for Mr.. Hills be-
lief that the national decline is
threatened when the cost of living
grows until it becomes a crushing
burden on the masses Of the people,
while the prosperity of the rich in
creases at a rapid pace. The country
Is now on the threshold of such a
condition, and prices are still going
up, which means that the purchasing
power Of small and fixed incomes is
being decreased. In discussing the
cause of the prevailing high cost of
living the New York Journal Of Com
merce says that one reason appears
to be that as the capacity to consume
or the ability to buy increases, those
Aho with control of capital and pro.
duction purvey fo- rhe wants Of the
community take fnl advantage of 1t
TO get all the profit the traffic will
scar.
Large control of production, trusts,
combinations and associations of SELL |
the Journal adds, do what they !
can to restrain competition and sell
ing, and put prices up, while buyers
for consumption can not combine or
associate, but compete without re-
straint to supply their own wants, and
pay what they have to. The only
they have is to curtail
their consumption"
But 1t is an unfortunate fact that
there Is q limit even to the curtail-
nent of consumption, and the indica- !
are 1t has already been reached !
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1909-11-26
he has relieved himself of it."

~ A~o A~~'>
1t is evident, if Mr.. Shaw has bee.
correctly quoted, that he possess
much interesting information that b
has not yet impaired to the America
people. There is not the least doub'
that he knows why his hands wer'
tied, and who tied them. But it il
not too late even now for the former
secretary of the treasury to take the
people into his confidence, and he car
rest assured that all the leading news
papers in the country will be glad to
give his story full space. In the light
of the frauds which have been dis
closed in the New York custom house,
it would be very interesting reading
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1909-11-26
Stenography
Bookkeeping
Type


All for four dollars
Which is an aveuage of
One Dollar Each. FIN fact,
you will also get English.
mathematics, pennman-
ship. gymnastics. military
drill-and the fine enthusi.
asm OF school life at one
OF our great State institu-
tons OF learning. yWhv
spend 800 somewhere, or
500 somewhere else. or
500 IN some other State
for these things, when
YOUR OWN STATE
provides them for YOU
Free! Free! Free!
land, beside that, our reg
ular academic industria
course will give you the
foundation for your later
college and professional
courses, whether you wish
TO become a lawyer, doc
tor, teacher, chemist, me-
chanical or electrical en-
glneer, Or anything else.
ISend for a Special Circu.
lar, Commercial Depart
ment. And for particulars
write to + L.
Presiden
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1909-11-26

and that the boosted standard of
American living will decline to a point
where the Indianapolis News predicts
that WI shall become a %soup-eating
instead of a meat-eating nation, fore
shadowing an effeteness which we
scOrn in some Europeans"
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1909-11-26
Officers,

Officers.
N. p. MOSS, President;
]. G. PARKERSON, Vice. President;
s. r. PARKINSON, Cashier:
F. v. MOUTON, Assistant Cashier.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1909-11-26
Don't It Jar You?

To have a cough that you can't
leave of-even when you go to bed?
Put it away for good by using SIM
mons Cough Syrup. It. heals infam-
nation of the throat and lungs-gives
you rest and peaceful sleep.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1909-11-26
The Youths Companion Calendar foI

1910.
Thepublishers of the Youths Com
panion will, as always at this season
present to every subscriber whose
subscription ($1.75) is paid for 1910 q
beautiful calendar for the new year
The picture panel which suggests the
title. Venetian" for the calendar was
painted by the famous marine artist,
Thomas Moran. His Venetian scene
reproduced in the calendar by thrice.
color TYPOGRAPHY, will be found well
worth preserving, long after 1910 is
gone by.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1909-11-26
Trials Of Winter.

Do not permit yourself to be a vic
tim to a cold or cough. They lead to
pneumonia, consumption and else
where. Be wise: S Simmons
Cough Syrup. It cures coughs, heals
lungs and will keep you right here to
enjoy the beauties of spring.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1909-11-26

Southwestern
Louisiana
Industrial
Institute
Lafeystts. u
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1909-11-26
Fine Cane.

Mr.. Felix Demanade brought to
town Wednesday an extra large cane
from his place lee town. 1t was nine
feet nine inches in length and weighed
nine pounds and six ounces.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1909-11-26
For Rent,

A nice cottage with two bedrooms,
dining room and kitchen, galleries and
hall, in the center of town. Apply to
Dr.. T. B. Hopkins.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1909-11-26
For Rent.

Two desirable houses in good loca-
ton. Phone ZIG or apply to VIM.
Butcher.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1909-11-26
For Sale.

A few Rhode Island Red ROSTERS
for sale. DR.. T. B. HOPKINS.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1909-07-01
GREAT CARGO OF. ALASKA GOLD.

The steamship jefferson recently arrived in Sc
attic with a cargo from Juneau that included SIX
and half tons of gold valued at $3,20O0OO This
amounts to nearly half the price paid for Alaska
a little more than 40 years ago. and is but
fraction of the shipments for year. When Rus
STA sold her claim to the territory gold had not
been discovered in paying quantities, but was
found two years later
Important is the output of gold Alaska has
other sources of great wealth that are worthy
of consideration and are being amply demonstrate
ed in the Alaska building at the A.-Y.-P. EXPOSE
ton It's fishing industry, perhaps, is receiving
the most rapid development anu mas attained
PROPORTIONS that already oVershadow that interest
on the Atlantic Coast. It's copper is abundant ana
is only awaiting the advent of the railroad now
in process of construction to become strong
factor in the worlds markets. It's coal and TIM
Der resources are likewise abundant and form
rich storehouse for future USE 1t also has splen-
did marble and other matters of great value, be-
sides which it has a capacity for varied agr-
culture that will abundantly provide for large
nopulation of good citizens. All in all, Alaska
looms up large in the present time and richly de-
serves to receive the territorial government now
being planned for her.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1909-07-01
FLAG DAY.

One of the interesting features of the A-Y.-P.
Exposition its observance of the 132d ami
versary of the adoption Of the American flag, now
the Oldest national emblem in use. The special
exercises conferred around the unwilling of he
roc monument to George Washington, made by
prominent artist in Italy, from bronze, and erect
ed temporary base just inside the main en-
trance at the west side of the Exposition grounds.
Judge Hanford presided at the meeting in the
Auditorium at which the Daughters of the Amer
lean Revolution presented the monument to the
University and the State of Washington. Prof.
e. S. Meany made the principal address and Am
bassador j. j. Jusserand briefly spoke of the
deep friendship of France for George Washington
and his affliation with Gen. La Fayette. Pres
ident T. F. Kane, of the University, accepted the
valuable gift saying lit will stand as a monu-
ment of good citizenship and patriotism" 1t was
then unveiled by greatgrand daughter of John
Washington, the last private owner of Mt. Vernon.
George Washington at one time the largest
farmer in America. His original will still to be
seen at the old Fairfax county courthouse, shows
that he the owner of nearly 10000 acres of
land. OF this great acreage $500 acres was In
Virginia In 1853 a memorandum showed that he
had crops as follows $50 acres of grass 400
acres of OATS 700 acres of wheat; 700 acres of
corn; besides several hundred acres of barley,
buckWheat potatoes, peas, beans and turnps.
In that year he killed $50 hogs for the use of his
family and his negroes. He owned between $50
and 800 slaves AS late as 1854 only years
pior to the beginning of the civil war, there were
only three white families living the $500 acres
which Washington had owned.
The tall hagDOle the grounds was also pre-
scented to the University, chorus OF school chill
dren sang "America," and soldiers from Fort
Iawton gave the flag a salute. Later cadets from
Idaho University and Washington State College
gave parades and salutes on the grounds.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1909-07-01
WORKING WITH THE FARMERS.

The first farm demonstration train in Western
Washington is now completing its tour. This is
the third that the State College has made
the practice of conducting farm demonstration
trains over the lines of the leading transporta-
ton companies of the state. The demand for
such instruction has grown in manner that has
greatly exceeded the expectations of the staff,
and it is certain that in the future the farm
demonstration idea, which simply means put
ting part of the State College equipment on
train and taking it out in the country for instruc
tional purposes will be worked out to an even
greater degree of perfection. Ultimately the col
lege authorities hope to reach every city or viii
lage of the state with these travelling colleges
they sometimes called.
The wonderful breadth of the campaign of ed
ucation which has been conducted under the d
rection of the Washington State College and the
experiment station is shown in a biennial report
recently published AS a result of the Farmers
Institutes demonstration trains and dairy schools
the report shows that for the past two years the
attendance aggregated 59,74S The report in sub
stance, is as follows
During nine months of 1907, 60 Institutes
held with a total attendance of 1871; in 1908,
102 Institutes with attedance of 20443; in
three months of 1909, Ia institutes with at
tendance of 1895.
During 1908 the four demonstration trains
made II stops and the total attendance aggregat-
ed 1910. This year the two demonstration trains
made SO stops and the attendance 13425.
In 1907 the three dairy schools held 80 sessions
and the attendance 1854.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1909-07-01

Rain in copious showers fell over the Inland
Empire wheat fields and gladdened the heart of
the farmer. Never in the history of the country
have prospects been bright for big crops and
big prices for farm products at the present.
Many fields of wheat promise fifty and sixty BUSH
els while oats promise from sixty to 100 bushels
to the There is very large acreage of
winter SOWn wheat on summer falOW ground.
The damp, cool weather of the past few weeks
has had tendency to make the spring grain
stool out and cover the ground, thereby retaining
the moisture in the soil The early part of the
dry and this caused the grain to get
well rooted, the rootlets of the wheat in dry
weather go down into the soil for moisture the
same the rootets of eucalyptus tree When
we'll rooted, wheat growers declare, the crops
always greater In rainy seasons the wheat root
lets grow top of the ground making a
lighter crop and the straw has a tendency to fall
down easily.