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The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-06-13
BOARD OF PUBLIC
 WORKS ENJOINED
Cement Controversy Still Alive
 In Chattanooga
LABOR TROUBLE BREWING
Labor Miners Are Discharged and 1t Is Feared That Mines May Have Trouble-New Terminal Sta
 ton Will Soon Open.

Chattanooga. June 2.-(Special)- MeReynolds of the circuit court has granted to Sloan & Co an injunction against the board of public works enjoin- ing them from specifying that only cer- tain brands of cement shall be used in city contracts. It thus puts stop to the awarding of certain paving district con tracts that had been advertised for. The board of public works some time ago passed a resolution that only certain brands of cement could be used in pub- lie contracts. viz: Royal, Pennsylvania, Lehigh and Atlas. Alpha, Red Diamond and Southern States. While the resolu- tion names several brands of cement, on account of freight rates and other con- derations it is claimed that only one cement can be used in the city's work, and that is the Royal. manufactured by the Dixie Cement company of Copen- hagen, Tenn. It is. said the city en- gineer refuses to allow the Royal cement to De used in city contracts on account of the fact that it has not stood the bnatiou has been entered into to make eligible the Royal brand and shut out the Indiana, Lehigh and other brands of old and tested cements. The filing Of this bill in chaucery is the continuation of the cement controversy which has been before tlie board Of public works for several weeks.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-06-13
St. Vincent Fund,

Additional subscriptions to St Vincent's hospital fund are as follows:
 Dr. Courtney Shropshire ............... .s100 W. H. and H. U. Sims................... 100 Sterling A Wood. d......................... loo
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-06-13

Everything looks more favorable now than ever for the early opening of the new Terminal station. The ordinance just passed by the upper board of the city council granting track concessions, while not without some objectionable features. will be accepted by the railroad com panies, and if the ordinance passes the lower board and a similar one Is passed granting concessions to the Alabama Great Southern, the railroads will at once begin preparations for running their trains into the new station.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-06-13

About August 15 the state board of education will decide what city of east Tennessee is best adapted to the location of a state normal school for this division Therefore. Chattanoogans who are in- terested are beginning to bestir them selves to the end that this city shall not be found trailing behind other asprants when the choice is to be made
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-06-13

Hear Gov. Hanly Tuesday, June 15; Jefferson theatre. Ad- mission free.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-06-13
UNION IS FITTED
 AGAINST UNION

Fit. Worth, June 12-Union is pitted against union. and 1t Is stated that union men are being mustered in as strike breakers as result of the threatened strike of the locomotive f1remen on the Gould system in the southwest, which includes the Texas and Pacific. Cotton Belt and International and Great North ern raiI oads. The Brotherhood of Loco motive Engineers. 1t is said, will man ana run the engines in case the fremen walk out.
 Today st Texarkana the firemen will decide whether they will strike and sen- tlment seems largely to favor this action. Several thousand men will be affected in Texas.
 The controversy arose over the dis charge of Texas and Pacific employees.
 Rains Stop Forest Fires.
 Houlton, Me, June 12.-Heavy showers which fell in Maine and New Brunswick today and tonight prevent ed the forest fires from making great headway. The fires, however, are by no means extinguiShed
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-06-13

Labor troubles are again brewing at the NIpntlske coal mines on Walden's ridge. near Daisy. For two years union- . ism has teen a serious question there, and al one time resulted in the killing of half brother by his relative. Quiet has been p.aintained there principally by perpetual injunction standing against the United Mine Workers restraining them from interfering in any way with the miners at Montlake. This week there haveebeen rumors of trouble on the ridge, and 1t has been deemed wise to take pre- cautioDary measures that would prevent a recurrence of the troubles of last year. To this end the deputies-of Sheriff Con ner have been on the ride for two days, keeping an eye on developments Thirty five nisers employed at the Montlake mines were discharged early this week wien 1t became known that they had joined the Miners union at Soddy. There were runors also to the effect that Dep uty OI ganizer Brandon of the United Mlnc Workers, with headquarters at Sod dy, had attempted to arouse the miners at Montlake in favor of organizing.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-06-13

Railroad traffic, so far as lines running into Chattanooga are concerned, has shown decided increase during the past week. The shipment of vegetables and fruit is responsible for the increased bus mess in freight circles. Watermelons are becoming plentiful in southern Geor- gia, and the movement northward is be- ginning to assume importance. Pine apple shipments are comparatively large.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-06-13

The last legislature passed a bill en- abling Orange Grove, a suburb of this city, containing a population of about 1500, to become annexed to Chattanooga, as Ward No. 10 the question of annexa- tion to be decided by a vote of the people proposed to be annexed A vote was taken on this question Thursday and annexation defeated by a vote of Il against the proposition.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-06-13

An application for a charter has been filed by the East Tennessee Dairy com pany. The capital stock is given at S20,- 900. The incorporators are C. E. Buck, C. C. Lawson, Charles Eastman, S. M. Chambliss and A. w. Chambliss.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1909-08-26

Bro. Morrison of the Mankato
Journal must have been in a pessi.
mistic mood when he penned these
scorching lines:
"The people of this country have
gone wild on wealth until it has be.
come so that a man may be ever SO
big theft he controls millions, no
questions are asked and his wholesale
thieving will be condoned. Carnegie,
Hartman, Rockefeller, Schwab, and
the whole daring gang of industrial
cut-throats deserve no need of praise
from the people of this country; but,
rather words of the strongest con.
demnation. They build in vain pub.
lie libraries, endow colleges and semi.
naries of learning, for naught, as
these great structures will not recall
the lives of those sacrificed that the
wealth of these plutocrats might in.
crease, neither will they relieve the
pain, anguish, and woe that these
captains of industry have caused in
the world in their mad ambitions to
become kings of finance.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1909-08-26

Senator Tillman of South Carolina
is radical free trader but he is per-
fectly willing to impose duty of3oten
cents per pound on tea in order to
protect the growers of $4,000 pounds
of poor tea in his own state. Accord
ing to Farm, Stock and Home, S. NJ.
Ovens paper, this country will i'm
port this year approximately 100, O00,-
900 lbs. of tea. which now comes in
free of duty Ten cents a pound
tariff tax would be S10,O0O,0O0 that
Senator Tillman would assess upon
the tea drinkers of the country in
order to make himself ''solid' with
his little handful of trying-to.g row-tea
constituents. Yet Tillman is a ram
pant tariff reductionist, but like most
congressman of that stripe he draws
Cne line at his own constituency, it
must be protected, let the other fell
lows look out for themselves. In
principle Tillman is not unlike the
most of his associates, of both parties,
but as an illustration of the absurdity
of the principle that gentleman
captures the bakery.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1909-08-26

Will some good republican please
tell US what is to be gained by the
pow-wow that is scheduled to be held
in St. Paul fair week to indorse the
action of ten of the Minnesota delega-
ton in congress in voting against the
Payne bill? A large majority of the
people and press of the state have al
ready Endorsed the insurgents" So
called, and it does seem as if no
further Endorsement was necessary.
From republican stand point we can
not see what is to be gained by the
ratification meeting.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1909-08-26

By decision of the United States
circuit court in Chicago, Tuesday,
the interstate commerce commission
is permanently enjoined from enforc-
ing it's Seaboard- Missouri river
through rates. Some time ago the
commission esta blished rate for
Missouri river towns from the east
practically the same as from the east
to the lake and Mississippi river towns.
Thus Kansas City would get the same
rate from Pittsburg as st. Louis. A
majority of the court Judges Gross
cup and Kohlsaat) held that congress,
in creating the interstate commerce
act, had not intended to place a power
in the hands of a few men to build up
one community or ruin another.
Judge Baker dissented and argued
that, if the railroads had this power
the commission likewise has it. II
this power is too dangerous, to be in
the hands OF commissioners bound by
the sanctity of their oaths, did con.
gress desire to leave it in the hands
of unbridled corporations?, The
case will be appealed to the supreme
court of the United States. If the de.
cision is sustained it virtually takes
away from the commission the power
to fix through rates.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1909-08-26

The International Pressmen's union
has purchased 100 acres Of land and
large hotel fifty miles east OF Knox
vile, Tenn, and it is the purpose Of
the organization to establish home
for aged, INDECENT and disabled mem
bers of the, craft. The International
Typographical union has for many
years maintained an institution of
like nature at Colorado Springs, Col,
which has proved of incalculable
benefit. Every union in the country
should establish home of this kind.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1909-08-26

Walter Wellman made an attempt to
reach the north pole in balloon on
the 18th inst. He had proceeded but
short distance from his ship when a
guide rope broke and he was forced
to return. The dispatch concludes by
stating that the damage to the balloon
was so great as to preclude any
further attempt to fly over the pole
this year. No, nor will he fly over
any other pole higher than bean
pole any other year. Wellman's forte
is in writing trashy sensational polit-
ical gossip for cheap yellow news
papers.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1909-08-26
NEWSPAPERDOM

b. E. McCrea of the Alexandria
Post-News has been appointed super.
visor OF the Federal census for the
Sixth congressional district. and B.
l.. Hollister of the Aitkin Age has
been appointed supervisor for the
Eighth district. Both are excellent
appointments. No better men could
have been selected.
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After this week there is to be but
one newspaper at Onamia, the Breeze
Printing company having purchased
the Mile Laos Pioneer from Mr.. T. F,
Norton. The field at Onamia was
too limited for two papers, in fact
there is hardly a field for one. The
consolidation of the two papers was
a sensible move on the part of both
Mr.. Mackenzie and Mr.. Norton.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1909-08-26

Chicago university is carrying out
the rule adopted by it last year of ex-
polling such students as do not secure
the requisite number of points. Hence
seventy-6ve loafers-all society chap
pies-of last years freshmen class
have been fred from the institution.
It seems to US that this is a very good
course for any college to pursue, for
the drones cannot do other than exert
bad influence over their classmates.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1909-08-26

Some fear has been entertained, in
view oftthe fact that the United States
treasury funds are at a low level. that
sufficient money would not be avail.
able for moving the big crop this fall.
Such fear is, however, groundless, for
even though the treasury will be I'M
able to make further deposits in ma
tional banks, these banks have been
taking out additional circulation and
otherwise adding to the money on
hand. State banks are also in good
shape to meet the demand.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1909-08-26

Thanks to Hon. John Lind, j. W.
Olsen is no longer dean of the state
agricultural college. Owing to Mr..
Limbs justifable opposition MIR.
Olsen was forced to resign, and his
resignation was promptly and unani.
mously accepted. The college will
not be the loser for no matter whom
the regents may select for it's head he
will be an improvement upon Olsen.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1909-08-26
SCIENTIFIC TAX LEGTSL4TTO

SCIENTIFIC TAX LEGISLATION! .
Under the state constitution as it
was the bushel grain tax law (Chap.
483 laws of 1907 would have been un-
constitutional. Sec. l, Art. 9 of the
constitutions prior to 1907 provided
that, "all taxes to be raised in this
state shall be as nearly equal as may
be, and all property on which taxes
are to be levied shall have cash
valuation and be equalized and uni
form throughout the state" That
was wise proviso and never should
have been repealed-it never was re-
pealed by the voters of the state. The
wide-open amendment, which the su-
preme court has decided was adopted
in 1905, provides that, "taxes shall be
uniform upon the same class of sub
jects." Thus it is at present that
grain in elevators or warehouses is
taxed at not to exceed one-fortieth of
what other property is taxed. One of
the large elevators at a terminal point
may have received 100000 bushels
of wheat during the year Immediately
preceding March LIST, and the total
taxes required to be paid on that one
million bushels, worth sl,lOO. 900.
would be $3.50. A farmer NAV have
5000 bushels of wheat in his granarv
but his wheat is taxed on an ad va
loren basis; he cannot escape by pay
ing tax of one-fourth of a mill per
bushel (Which would amount to rs
cents); his taxes on the 5000 bushels,
valulng it at one-third of it's value for
assessment purposes and taking the
average rate of taxation throughout
the state, would be about $1,000.
We we're told by the great city
dailies that if the legislature was
given a free rein, if all constitutional
restrictions were removed, it would
then be possible to enact laws that
would provide for scientific method
E
of taxation, and the bushel grain tax
law is sample of the scientific tax
legislation we we're promised.
The wide-open tax amendment was
conceived by tax-evading corpora.
tions, and each recurring session Of
the legislature will prove the truth Of
this assertion.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1909-08-26

DR.. Corbett, bacterioIogist for the
city of Minneapolis, was much dis
appointed when he discovered that
several Of his sample bottles of Mile
Laos water had been stolen. It is safe
to say that when the fellows who pur-
Joined them drew the corks there was
even a greater disappointment.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1909-08-26

The Wisconsin college of agriculture
is engaged in giving series of farm
Institutes in the fields, directly among
the crops, where experts are practical.
ly demonstrating what can be done
and telling the farmers how to bring
about like results. This practical
demonstration of crop-growing is
something entirely new and there an.
pears no reason why it should moi
prove highly beneficial to the farmers
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1909-08-26

Two specialists in leprosy, Drs.
Hansen and Ehlers of Copenhagen.
say they have determined beyond a
doubt that the disease is neither hered-
itary or contagious. The bacilli,
they say, are disseminated by bed
bugs, gnats and other blood-sucking
insects. That leprosy in it's first stages
is durable has also been demonstrated
by these specialists. Such men as
Hansen and Ehlers, who are devotinp
their lives to the study of this disease.
are of immense value to the world at
large.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1909-08-26

Wheat soaked in wood alcohol and
spread over the roof of the house will
effectually rid the place of BIRDS
Popular Mechanics.
Poison the birds, eh? Destroy the
little fellows which eat the crop.
destroying insects merely because
they gather on your housetop and
Using their praises unto God." Ger.
tainly beautiful doctrine to preach
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1909-08-26

Secretary of Agriculture Wilson has
issued his annual report and it is a
document we'll worth reading, showing
as it does remarkable DEVELOPMENT
of the country along farming lines.
" Farmers are already demonstrating
says Mr.. Wilson, sin the cases Of
various crops and of various states,
that they can provide for population
increasing faster than by the excess
of births over DEATHS"
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1909-08-26

among the many varieties of plants
grasses, fruits, ETC., which have beer
brought into this country by the de-
partment of agriculture from various
parts of the world is new species Of
clover. It was secured in the Hima
laya mountains and is valuable from
the fact that it will grow in the drives
and hottest climate.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1909-08-26

An investigating committee of the
New York legislature that is visiting
the states which have adopted the
direct primary law does not, so far
as can be ascertained, favor the Min.
nesota law of this kind. The more
states the commission visits the more,
in our opinion, will it become opposed
to the law. The report which the
commission will make to the New
York legislature promises to make
interesting reading.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1909-08-26
THE PARA1IOUNT ISSUE.

Il
Commenting on recent good roads
meeting held atsAlexandria in Doug
las county among other. things the
Post News says:
The first step to be taken is to
abolish the system of neighborhood
supervision and to adopt saner and
more businesslike methods which re-
cognize public rather than personal
interests. Piecemeal work, a con-
slant change of ''bosses" and ideas
and the haphazard methods of today
will never give lasting results.
The most essential step is to provide
a state road and bridge fund to assist
in the work of roadmaking. In MANY
of the sparsely settled counties, es-
pecially in northern Minnesota where
SO much land is owned by the state
and railroad corporations, it is i'm
possible for the. settlers to raise
enough money by taxation to proper
" care for the highways, no matter
how economically and intelligently
the funds are expended. In these
days OF automobiles, city people are
directly interested in the establish
ment OF a system of decent roads in
the country and should be willing to
contribute their pro rata share of
taxes. A general state road tax of
one mill on the dollar would produce
a magnificent state road fund each
year, and together with the amount
that could be raised by local taxation,
all to be expended under the SUPER
vision of practical men, would soon
give each county a splendid system of
highways.
The tariff question, county option.
railroad rates, and all other issues
are of secondary Importance. The
burning question of the hour, the
one that more vitality affects the we'll
being of the greatest number of
people, is the question of good roads.
Governor Johnson has it in his
power to help along the cause of good
roads by converting the legislature in
extraordinary session and in terse
message point out to that body the
advisability of submitting an amend
ment to the constitution that will per-
nit Of the levying of one mill gener-
al road tax, then the proposition
could be voted on at the next general
election and, if adopted, the legisla-
ture of 1911 could enact suitable legis-
lation in connection Herewith. If an
extra session is not held the cause of
good roads will be delayed for at
least two years. Good roads is the
paramount issue in this state today.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1909-08-26
"UNDEsIRABLE CITIZENS, },

When the officers of the Western
Federation of Miners were on trial
for their lives at Boise, Idaho, the
main witness against them was a self.
confessed murderer and periurer.
Harry Orchard. Some people in high
places and the editors of corpora
tlon-controlled sheets adjudged the
labor leaders guilty before they had
had a trial. But fearless and intel]i-
gent jurors thought otherwise and
each OF the accused leaders of or.
ganlzed labor was acquitted. The
following press dispatch indicates
that even "a soulless corporation
joins with the laboring men in dis
crediting the monumental liar and
murderer:
San Francisco, Aug. 2O.-After five
years OF litigation the San Francisco
Gas q Electric company has accepted
1ne confession of Harry Orchard, now
serving a life sentence for the murder
OF Ex-Governor -Steunenberg. as a.
per]ured statement, and yesterday the
corporation paid the attorney, Walter
Il. Linforth, $4,000 for damages in
hlcted upon his property on Washing
ton street in November, 1904 During
his trial in Idaho, Orchard told Of
having attempted to kill Fred w.
Bradley, an enemy of the Western
Federation of Miners, by blowing him
up with dynamite. At the time men,
toned by Orchard, Bradley was liv-
ing in one of Linforth's flats. The
explosion, however, was attributed to
defective gas fixtures and Linforth
obtained judgment for slO,SOO.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1909-08-26

Montreal, the commercial capital Of
Canada, has grafters, too. Testi.
mony taken before an Investigating
committee of the provincial govern.
ment shows that the city has lost mil.
lions of dollars in contract work, and
that profitable official positions have
been farmed out for years.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1909-08-26

A Superior newspaper advises its
readers not to find fault with the
butcher if their meat bills are higher
this year than they we're last. The
increase will be chargeable to the in.
famous Payne tariff law. Lake Su.
perior trout are not as plump and fat
as usual this year for which the Payne
law is also responsible
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1909-08-26
'unce that tongue-twister.

st. Cloud has held an indignation
meeting at which funds we're raised
for the purpose of making an effort
to reopen the Jernberg case and oil
melting out ample punishment to the
beast who was given a mere reforma
tory sentence for brutally assaulting
a girl. The villain should be given
the full penalty of the law.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1909-08-26

The fact that Francis J. Heney of
San Francisco secured the nomination
Tor district attorney merely by s:the
skin OF his teeth" gives no great credit
to the city. Heney has followed the
grafters from pillar to post andc been
instrumental in landing many of them
in prison. But from the Vote which
was cast for Heney it is clearly an
parent that many influential grafters
have not yet been landed in the laws
net. More power to Heney.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1909-08-26

Merely because George Vanderbilt
loaned a negro locomotive fireman
$500 to save his little home from the
sheriff's hands he is characterized as
a philanthropist by an eastern paper.
Had the millionaire presented. the
negro with the money the action would
have been worthy of note, but the
word ''philanthropist" applied in the
instance at issue is misnomer.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1909-08-26

1t is not to be- wondered at if that
Sank Center judge pocketed some fees
that rightfully belonged to the city
when he was obliged to hear and de-
termine a cause of action where a man
by the euphonious name of "Brom-
menschenkel" was a party to the suit.
It is worth five or ten dollars to pro-
nOunce that tOngue-twister.