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Bisbee daily review., 1909-12-05

hACoN, "a. Dec. Att was aa-
nounced here today that "Ty'' Cobb
and Hans" Wagner will soon leave
on an executive hunting trip. Later
Bisbee daily review., 1909-12-05
The Peter Johnson
MEAT MARKET

In Main street
with
pork position patrons
Phone wiz
satisfaction.
FRANK RAMSEY,
, 1909-12-29

crosswi5e, and provided with two pumps,
one on the mems side and one on the
women's.
A few words.shouId be added as to con
struction. All walls and hoorings are made
Of a strong concrete OF cement and cinders
strengthened by iron, which latter h salso been
largely used in the building Tor all uprights
and the like. The floors, except in the wash
house and bathrooms, have furthermore been
covered with a slightly elastic material, red
dish brown in colour and having . smooth
surface, which is pleasant to walk on, while
t looks nice and Is easily kept clean
II weu4d that all the walls have been
Hhite-wa~hed and the iron and wood work
neatly and tastefuIly painted, we have
about completed our description.
With the national flag and the flag Of the
Odd Fellow Order flying above the roof Of
the administrative building, the whole com
pick presents q pleasant appearance, which
we must hope to be q promise Of the good
success of the bencticent work which has
been begun and VIII be continued there.
, 1909-12-29
lOulLnnL. Ao-

In its issue last week The Oasl.,
scribcd Che late MI. John Stewart Ken
nedy as a man WIN, a.tor hs retirement
from b Isinoss, applied lns ouergv. and ms
working power to wider end more lmpar-
soual interests, adding tIal MS chief 10Y
Iu life wua 90 help with wise g.ts Of money.
The magnitude Of those gifts and their
number were probably known 10 no living
person. Mr.. kouncdz himself had prob
ably forgotten many Of thCm for it Is the
nature OF such a man to forget his virtues
and remember his aults. The Outlook's
Judgment Of tins idle aud loRgo bcarted
man received druu.Go e~OutruaIou when
his will was published, II is estimated
that Mr.. Kennel WeQlth exceeded SIX
~ millions, aud that under his Wild at
least half that amount will be distributed
for the be. -rlueut Of men, III educational,
religious, on philauthropic ways. These
gifts are made without conditions. "A fact
significant alike of AIR. ksuncIy's wisdom
and OF bis generosity for it rarely happens
that a mann stapdlng outside the mnnaee-
ment Of m institution can foresee circum-
stances that will arise in the future and
determine the direction in which his bon
ehceuce shall be applied. Mr.. Kennedy
did not attempt to control this great mass of
wealth after his. death. He selected tho
objects Of his beneicence with the utmost
care. and then trusted the management of
his funds implicitly to their integrity aud
skI.
These colossal gifts involve n c~oIossqb
fortune accumulated through mauy years
Of t%roless energy and unusual capacity for
affairs. 1t is. u significant fact that Mr..
Kennedy, although one Of the richest men
il the country, counting his millions by
the score, had never been attacked as a man
Of wealth. He had never been mlsrepres-
ented or abused. SO far as the records
show, no man has envled him his great
possessions, nor has any class made war
on him. The Outlook has protested many
times against the assumption that the en-
deayour to impose regulations of various
kinds on great accommodations of active cap
itol was un attack on wealth. The AmeIi-
eau people are not an e@nvious people, nor
are they n any large, Number c~ommunistic
" '~4lcaly socIalistic in their temper Of
4; They have an ingrained and proba.
, 1909-12-29
FIederikste

Dec. 25th-Per sloop OIizpah from St.
Thomas-Chr. Messar, George Simmons,
Mrs Manning James and 3 children, Henry
Francis and Edwin Philips.
Dee. 25th-P,rs, S. korona from Barba-
dos-Ar. G. Herod, Miss b. BeIIamy. From
Auti8ua-Miss b. Fleming, Miss NJ For
mers, Masters f. Heyn, T. Quiu, T.
Armstrong, Kenneth Armstrong, Keith
Armstrong and Miss NJ. Podd. For st.
Thomas-Mr. e. A. Brewer, George Payne,
Leonj Sewer, Sergeant Germundsen wife
and two children, DR.. Jas. Gordon and Miss
Gordon and Judge and Mrs. WeIejus.
, 1909-12-29
81. UIiOIN ST lTION

N'NC'N '4 y . '2-'
London, Dec. 25th-A despatch from Ma
drid states that KING A%Ifous3's condition
necessitates another operation, which is soon
to be performed, while ostenslUIy he Is hunt
ing.
A Helsiu4fors telegram states That the
Russian all ollt IS are taking precautions
usual at wartime a ainst any surprise attack
by warshlps or an army, and presumably
such precautions are against q possible re-
volt Of the Firms, who declare they are need
less.
Princess Louise, the late King Leopoll's
daughter, has left Brussels uurocoHcjled with
her sisters. She elected to reioIH Count
Mattatich rather than resume her place as
Princess. The iuyentoryIug of the late
Kings estate VIII be commenced ON Monday.
Advices from Picking say China is pre-
naring q formal protest against Japau's op-
Grating any telegraph concession in Mgn-
cburia competityeIy with China 5, as being
v~ioIatiye Of the conditions Of Tia Convention.
Montreal Dee. 25th-TLe provincial Couu-
oil viii return to the Attorney General Judle
report with a refusal to pay pha
costs levied upon the maIversatng members.
The rino rdicules any prosecution and do
MT annreciate its condemnation bv public
]oninion,
CIV York Dee. 25th-Commander Poary
axnlains that he will merely cooperate m
Antarctic exploration. his active personal
New-York tribune., 1909-02-28
Our G l2EAT AptIla

New york. With 1ss mills MassaehqsseEtss ts Es
h 81 h m Tie6 m Qh Wth M New
Jersey, with So; Indiana with g; New Hang p
snd yermo, w1o ~ WITH 20 mig In the thirty
states there are 25s ton; with oH an r90ss de-
psndent on this Industry; 1o7 towns with 36s,4o9
which supported TO- the extent OF at esst sa 20 -
the prosperity OF which the paper mill Is by no
means negligible factor.
indicating the extent to which this industry main
ans or contributes to the nal o. Of e
United States; its inadequacy must be acanoWI- owl
supported by this Nor would the number OF
etc .a,778; officers of corporations. 71s; general
superintendents. managers. etc. S05g; and own %
ers. 500, in the paper industry. multiplied by four
and half give a satisfactory total for the reao ga
streams employed in cutting and driving" tim
Der. not counted therein; they could not be.
the mill owners All told those supported by the
paper industry must constitute vast army.
to many thousands OF whom, by the way: the
hood. II would not be proftable to attempt the
segregation here of the components Of the multi
neT since their departments Of service viii have
to be dealt with more particularly later
the mn" mind of W the % lay reader and that is that such
ely small nubf6 6ot OF s s shoGa n 5s f 1g
column OF Table l. and should have much of it
ow6 In IN Ta6e Bn Rs aRf Win P eas
stood when 1t is explained that, aside from the
great upon which the average plant IS erected
(and of them occupy fully 100 acres, each
for storing their bulky raw material, wood as Well
as for the housing OF their pondsrous and com
Dex machinery and for their tracks. etC-), II must
have thousands or acres OF. woodlands, upon which
Il can depend for its present source of supply and
thousands for its future and efficient. and
necessarily costly water power. Thus the lo0-ton
per dav mill will investment OF some two
and q half million dollars
In the divisions Of the industry with which this
article will more particularly deal there were, ac-
Cordfnr 10 the Census of 1905 80 mills divided
follows: ''Newsprnt 50; book" ia; writing"
New-York tribune., 1909-02-28

Alexander OF Macedon and was used there very
generally until the eighth century when together
with parchment, 1t began TO be replaced oy papei
made quite differently, upon principe "hlcl mas
survived to the present day
Early Paper.-PapyTus Is Iost Sight VI III 'i-0
twelfth century The paper was or Asiatlc
origin It's fundamental difference from PapsIus
was that the material in making paper was
first reduced pulp; that is the natural stf
was broken down. so as to separate the component
ehras which were then rearranged 10 form lam,
ina or thin sheet In China. Formosa, Korea. anu
.erv likely elsewhere in Eastern Asia. this Prin-
Though Pny truly says Ihe renetiioa j.S ~ W
ron. of fate paper has failed TO record It's own
origin, and much Of the early hlstoIg o. ~ ,tanor
making took was from China and other oriental
countries 10 the eastern extTeinlIy F UI t5s s16 b
persia and Arabla), apout tioa oLy os The
whence the Saracens carried the pIacuce oL t1le
in the eighth century The consequent dsruptlo9
of commercial relations with the EgypL,laHs Ga 81
@ rUi u frdrn Dana sous had at about the
time found its way into Eastern Europe nut ne
first paper mill in Europe established by tue
saracens in Spain. The spread of the industry
throughout Europe was slow, and its route ana
early development cannot pc surely uSCtu acc n3
to make paper in nSs; in Germany the FL aEsi 81 all ali
was built in 1890 while for the beglnhins sn 0I
date The Western Hemisphere was reached IN
Penn by william sRiStenhouse. 1t is a curious
sequel that to-day there Is abSolutely, no pdPeii
for so many centuries with papyrus, and that the
Chinese and other Orentals, who contributed the
fundamental principles of modern paper ma King,
have made little or no progress themselves m Dc
ycIoping the art Although they have characterls-
ticaIly adopted Western machinery, to limited
extent they stn in the main cling to archaic meth
eds Of making papers which are Of slight CONNER
caI Importance The industry is now practcaLy
confined to Europe and North America.
Paper making in this country, however. got ITS
real start as an industry only some thlrt|-odd
wears ago when the German wood pulp patents
were brought here. Since then it has expanded
wi tn wonderful rlpidity. and now ranks thirty
sixth in number of establishments, seventh in
New-York tribune., 1909-02-28

directly upon the subject. and that, they had q
distinct value But they have been confined
In one or at most. q few features of the discus
sion and have. apparently. been addressed rather
the parties directly in interest than TO the gen
erai public. for they have seemed 10 assume a
knowledge. on the part OF those appealed TO, Of
technicalit lities and fundamental principles that
could by no stretch Of the imagination have been
accredited 20 the lay reader.
Therefore. il is thought. coherent and-as far
as possible in the columns Of the daily newspaper
which is always pressed for space-exhaustive
planation Of the questions issue, and some
description Of the industry. and of the conditions
which have attended its growth, and Of those
which now confront It, may not only prove in
teresting TO The Tibune's readers. but may, in
their effect. be of value 10 the country at large.
The latter always suffers when. through icno-
rance II Is msled TO do injustice. whether to the
individual industry: for the withdrawal
Of its confidence. esteem. the hasty and III
considered determining Of tie course to be pur-
sued with regard 10 any Of its cOmponents. in
variably works harm TO the victim And II that
victim be one Of the country's great supply agen-
cies the resultant loss TO itself is even greater
than 20 the former.
Bu; this industry. great as may be the degree
Of its Importance source Of supply for OF
the supreme necessities Of modern civilization
and one needs only To consider the innumerable
uses Of paper to form. with some accuracy. fair
estimate 1hereof-and. much its prosperity may
mean to the country in she present as one of its
sources of income. and as an integral part Of its
vested capital has an even higher function. It
holds, viii be seen. in trust for posterity an
agency upon which depends the welfare of these
unborn generations. and. IN the hands Of men less
intelligent. less conscientious and less patriotic
than those who captain It, meagre indeed would be
New-York tribune., 1909-02-28

five years preceding that date. the output for 100:
approximately 6,690000 tons, with a value OF
about 235,510000. and an increased value OF some
s46,70O00 These figures cannot be very far astray,
however experts have estimated the 1908 pro-
duCtion OF newsprint 1,205.S52 tons, and book
$4,000
The ''newsprint'' divisions ability to maintain
the ratio OF increase in production should be an
excellent gauge for II has. perhaps, suffered most
from drOuth fires, strikes and other Tetarding IN
fiuences. especially In the last year and a half;
and the rest Of the industry Ut least be sup
posed have kept step with II n production
And is Il not a MAGNIFICENT shOwing2 Does it
speak well for the courage and efficiency or
tie managers OF this great industry that, IN the
face Of the severe and wOI divide business de-
presson-tO say nothing Of .rimical natural forces
and Of an agitation that threatens It's very exist
enCe-it has been able 20 Keep going at pretty
nearly the normal those dependent upon II, the
workers whose daily Is the support OF nVe
times their number. and the consumers whose pay
roll performs a like service. and whose output Or
newspapers is such vital factor OF modern civil
lied Ife2 Nothing but the longest look ahead. the
keeuest study Of WAYS and mr91s. tne sIresC 1udS-
ent of economic values the trairad skill TO MAKE
every edge cut the utmost daring IN experiment
and the most unfaltertng determination 20 1--we up
all their Obliga tiODs regardless Of the cost 70
themselves. have enable them 10 Offset untoTaTd
circumstances and conditions 10 conquer the stead
fv increa sing obstacles To their progress. and 70
meet the legitimate, but progressively increasing
New-York tribune., 1909-02-28

For year or more fuininations OF one kiho
ana another have been hurled through the nicola
Of editorials signed and unsigned aruCies, a44N
less irresponsible reports anu iIiI' ~
ne columns ,f q certain portion of the newspaper
press-aRainst one Of the foremost Industries
OF the country. but no sufficiently comprehensive
aocouut Of the conditions complained or aHd sought
TO be rernedied. has appeared. and as II mas not
been possible FOR the most dihgent news
rsnsr readers 10 assemble these distointed memo
randa 90 an extent that would give them the
puiview OF the situation that would enable them
20 form an intelligent opinion of its merits they
stil be wondering what 1t Is al ABOUT. Anu
,bss r-itf.ont rreiudice 10 the memorandum
.srt; cor there have been presented, and in very
worthy publications. 100, papers that have been.
within their scope, Illuminating; tnat have borne
New-York tribune., 1909-02-28

II we're bootloss To offer further analyses Of
the foregoing without first examining into. and
at some length. the recent onslaught upon the in
dustry, and the animus Of the same: for this table
prepared. indeed all the others offered
I'm these series OF papers for the purpose Of de-
termining whether no the charges against the
industry would lie. Finding II Impossible live
by selling their bulky products Ut less than the
cost OF the material upon which they are
printed; hopeless to the success of any attempt
further raise advertising rates their already
overtaxed patrons-for. while advertising experts.
II is true, to the army of advertisers only a
'corporars guard" II must be patent TO even the
novice that the purchasing power OF the penny
OF its circulation. and that, therefore. there's a
limit to the rates TO be equitably charged for
advertising space. a limit which. in many instances,
has already been Overstepped; ami fearful. also,
that the raising of the price per copy would lose
them much OF that patronage 70 which the Low
cent newspapers combined in attack the
paper making Industry, with the view OF eXac1ing
OF II lesser price for its output tHan that which,
II has claimed, has already imperiNed the invest
mCnt
White many of the more important newspapers OF
the country have refused Join in this crusade,
number of misguided journals. which really have
nothing IN common with these crusaders have,
through that curious feature of human nature
which some has termed crowd psychology"
gathered about this small band
As the most drastic method of forcing redLc-
tiou in the price of paper, the assauting parties
have attempted to have Congress remove the pro-
teCtive duty paper and pulp. Many have ex-
pressed the opinion that 1t is to be depored that
the arguments in favor of that course have not
New-York tribune., 1909-02-28
A MOST EFFICIENTLY CONDUCTED IN
DUSTRY.

While the progress of this industry has been ex-
trenely rapid as shown. the courageous enterprise
displayed in IT'S conduct has been tempered by
sound aaC conservative Judgment. Therefore, IN
stead OF the numb-r Of establishments being reCk-
lessly notwithstanding 10 the spirit of the
times, which impels everybody and his brother to
rush helter skeIter into any field that seems
to hold tho slightest promise OF future
rIches-neither the practice nor the profits Of the
pnper makers generally have been such invite
inrush OF the speculative horde Besides adding.
from time time, large sums IN the way OF fresh
capitaI they to have reinyested in their busi
ness nearly every cent they have earned and to
have devoted themselves T. the tasks of improving
the machinery and appointments and OF expanding
the facilities OF existing plants OF providing them
with increased water powers and with sources or
supply OF Of their chief raw materials pulp
wood, commensurate 10 their working demands,
with the view not merely Of aUEmenting their out
put. hut of lessening the cost Of Its production,
while lettering its quality Thus, as shown by
the following table.
New-York tribune., 1909-02-28

been confined TO the economic phase of the 5 b
ject. but have wandered far aheld and have been
accompanied by extraordinary array OF unsup-
ported charges and by violent and intemperate
near TO billngsgate. Indeed, the paper makers ap-
pear to have been arraigned for almost every crime
in the calendar that of murder. and even with
that they have been indirectly charged. in that It
has been endeavored to be shown that they nave
been starving their labor. AS managers of a great
industry they have been declared by their antago-
Eists to have been inefficient and nOn-progressive,
business men they have been described as lack
ing in integrity, and as citizens they have been
interests of the Republic in that they had formed
q combination IT, restraint OF trade" While as
members of the human family they have been ac-
cused OF laying up a woful heritage for pOsterity
in the wasteful destruction OF forests and water
courses. In short. they seem 70 have been charged
New-York tribune., 1909-02-28
! ii1FhllDlyS1RY

To be progressive in spirit is communicable. but
to show progressiveness by results Is thu test OF
efficiency; for the only convincing evidence or tae
latter is the winning against all odds And tnak
there were at least long odds against them Is svi-
denced by the great increase in the cost OF every
thing that enters into the manufacture or paper.
wages raw materials and fuel. the heaviest items
Of cost showing each a tremendous adyancei Dy
the evef recurrent labor and expense or nRntlns.
and losses from forest fires; and by the frequent
necessity for closing down, oil account OF low
water or no water, in less lengthshel
periods OF drouth And yet. In the face OF az
this 76f establishments of 1905 were aole 20
give employment TO 32-G per cent more wage
earners than the 1863 of 1850 and TO produce 905
per cent more tonnage, at an increased VALUATION
OF 4S2 per cent at. -.
rvil show the progress of the industry from 1850.
but If it maintained the ratio OF increase OF IhS
New-York tribune., 1909-02-28
y Value to the Country
To-day Second Only to Its
~ import for POsterity. 81

the heritage. That they to the fullest recognize
the magnitude OF the trust. and are earnestly
solicitouslyi endeavoring 10 prove themselves
worthy of It, VIII develop this story proceeds
Liberal. liberal as they have shown themselves
in their time OF trial TO he courageous and well
poised, they do not claim 10 be the fountain source
OF all knowledge even of the affairs and interests
TO which they have devoted a lifetime of research
and experiment, and recognizing too the vital
the whole country has in their stewardship
they receptive to suggestion and 10 teaching
that may prove themselves Fearless, because con
scious of rectitude, they have submitted to
more eagerly assisted-an inquiry into their most
secret affairs. more searching and detailed than
any TO which any other industry has ever been
subjected in the whole history of the country, IN
the hope that that country would be benefited quito
much thereby would be their own interests
To one thing only have they made objection; and
against that they have raised their voices In no
uncertain tones. Calm and Intelligent discussion
in their view only could meet the gravity OF the
issue; honest and intent. and clear headed
reasoning-in the light of indisputable evidence
only could determine II. And self respecting
men, proud Of their unstained regulations and jeal-
Gus of their birhrighs as American citizens. they
have resented aspersion OF motive. false accusa-
ton conduct, and condemnation without trial;
while, first rate business men. they have de-
plored. and have vigorously protested against the
Introduction into what should have been calm and
enlightened inquiry and discussion spirit OF dis
tempered snarling a. of scurrilous abuse, !
and avalanche of irresponsible charges and, mis-
called evidence that have only hindered debate
and befogged the issues. where they have not,
at times buried the latter out Of sight
New-York tribune., 1909-02-28
TABLE ".

I'm twenty-five years the mills had increased in
number only nineteen while the capital invested
had increased nearly 80 per cent and the value OF
the product nearly go per cent And. 1t Will be
observed these increments exhibit steady rate
OF progresson--the only serious check thereto
seems to have been in 1890 when the number OF
going establishments fell of nearly hundred
This however. did not prevent the capital showing
an increase I'm the decade OF over S5 per cent and
the value of products a trife STia per cent