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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-09-14
ILLINOIS GAME EXHIBIT.
State Game Warden Wheeler Will Ex.
hibit Beautiful Birds and Fowl.

hibit BeautlfuI 6irdS ana Fowl.
Immediately east of the broad road
at the main entrance to the Illinois
State Fair Grounds, during the State
Fair, Oct. 10, State Game Warden
Wheeler will display a score of vari-
cites of pheasants, grouse, quail and
other game birds which his depart
ment is propagating on the State game
farms. Waterfowl in many breeds and
other animals with wings" will form
part of this matchless exhibit. The
bright plumage of the birds, the dis
tant countries from which they were
imported and the certainty that they
will soon be plentiful enough in Illi-
nois to serve as delicate morsels for
the palate, make this one of the pref
tiest sights and most interesting stud
les on the Illinois State Fair grounds.
They are protected by law under
heavy penalties for several years.
Not minnie should be lost when
chill shows symptoms of Group.
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy given
as soon as the child becomes hoarse,
or even after the croupy cough ap-
pears. will prevent the attack. Sold
by all druggists. xa1nsulen = sSsRt enaa
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-09-14
why IL This :

If low tariff rates spell ruin, why is
it that England, the only one of the
great nations having free trade, leads
the world in shipping and shipbuild-
ing?.
And why is the United States. under
high protection, the possessor of fewer
ships than Germany, France, Russia.
and even Norway?
The favorite answer of the protec-
tionists that England is making great
er gains in the maritime industries
than the United States because of its
colonial trade, is not the correct ans
wer. This can easily be shown.
In 1907 Englands total foreign trade
amounted to S5,657 100000 OF this
, amount "A per cent represented trade
with foreign countries. while only &c
per cent represented trade with Brit
ish possessions. This shows that Great
Britain would still lead the world in
shipping if it had no colonial trade.
England's foreign trade, between 1902
i and 1908, has increased five times as
much as its colonial trade.
The shipping of the United States
engaged in foreign trade, which
! amounted to 100000 tons in 1861, had
! fallen to 100000 tons in 1906, de-
| crease of nearly two-thirds.
! In 1905-06 only two steamers of
! G,000 tons each were built in the Unit
ed States for foreign trade. In 1906
| England built SIS steamers of 1900
| 600 tons in ALL
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-09-14
THE REAL REASON FOR
LACK OF AN AMERICAN
MERCHANT MARINE
CONTINUED from Page one.)

liners running to the United States,
Canada, the West Indies, to China
and Japan, to India and other places,
amounting roughly to 1,3O0 vessels,
it has also an immense fleet of steam
ers and sailing vessels known as
tramps, numbering more than a.
900. These go everywhere.
The amount of shipping passing
through the Suez canal is ther-
mometer by which may be Suaged
the trend of the worlds maritime
commerce. Between 1900 and 1906
the gross tonnage of vessels passing
through the canal increased from H.
699.237 to 1S,S1O,71$ tons, or 70
tai increase of 5,111,476 tons. OF
this increase 3,72I,933 consisted IF
British tonnage and 975,537 of Ger
man.
Forced to Charter british Ships.
British ships are carrying Ameri-
can exports and imports extensively.
The United States even found it nee
essary to charter British steamers
to coal the battle fleet from the At
lantic to the Pacific, and in case OF
war would have to avail itself OF
foreign bottoms for the transpOrta-
ton rot only of coal, but of supplies
The absence of American shippine
from the great ports of the world is
| more than noticeable. The United
! States consul general at Calcutta
reported in 1906. mot a single Amer
lean ship, so far as | can learn, ha:
been in any Indian port for years.
Says the United States consul i:
Glasgow, Not a single America,
freight or passenger vessel entered
or left this port during the yea
1906"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-09-14
should Equal Great Britain.

Americas natural resources should
give the United States a position in
maritime commerce equalling that of
Great Britain. The United States is
the wealthiest country i'm the world.
is the greatest producer of iron. steel
and coal, and possesses a sea coast of
thousands of miles with great basins
and CULTS extending into the interior
which ought to make us great ship
builders and carriers.
and the United States? That high pro-
lection is principally to hlame is undis
putable. The building Of ships in the
United States is practically prohibit
ted by the increased cost of iron, steel
and other materials
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-09-14

Launch With Four Sinks.-Four men
in the launch Zelma H., which is said
to be the fastest one in the local
waters. had a narrow escape from
drowning Sunday evening while re-
turning from Campbells island when
the boat struck Winnebago reef and
damned a hole in the bottom of it.
The occupants of the launch were p.
II. Hanson, the owner; Harry Weston.
Arthur Johnson and j. Hanson. AT
first the men thought that only the
machinery had been disabled and
made for the camp on Winnebago ISL
and. They reentered the boat and
started for Moline, but had not gotten
far into the channel before the boat
began leaking. water coming in faster
than they could bail it out. They
called for help and several people who
we're along the illinois shore at Forty
fifth street Witnessed the mems dan
gerous situation and rescued them
from the boat just as it sank in eight
feet of water. The boat was raised
yesterday.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-09-14

To Hang 20 New Lamps.-Twenty
additional street lamps are to be hung
this fall by the Peoples Power COM
pany, giving Moline 800 lamps in all.
A number of new lamps were hung
during the summer months, but they
were n part of last years work. The
new lights come under this years i'm
provements, and the fire, water and
light committee of the city council is
acting early that there may be no de-
lay such as was experienced year
ago. Members of the committee Gov
cred the town Sunday 10 decide on the,
corners at which the new lamps shall
be placed. They may be ready to re
port at the next regular meeting of the
city council and Immediately following
it is expected the Peoples Power com
rany will be ready to proceed with the
work
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-09-14

Obituary Record. - Mary Baxter.
wife Of c. f. Baxter. died at Moline
hospital Sunday night after short i'll
ness caused by obstruction of the
bowels. Mrs. Baxter was "a years of
age Mr.. and Mrs. Baxter have not
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-09-14

May Merge Clubs-The committees
of the Moline club and the Moline
Business Mems association have been
considering for some time the pro-
POSED merging of the business associa-
ton in the Moline club. Nothing def
mite has been decided and will not be
until a conference is held between the
directors of both the organizations.
However, it is probable that the di-
rectors of the Moline club will put the
proposition to the members. The
members will be asked if they are III
favor of adopting the commercial de-
partment as handled by the Moline
Business Mems association at the
present time. In the event that the
club decides to do this. of course, the
social department which has proved
so popular with the members will still
be continued but with the adoption of
the commercial department, the club
will enter into a work which it is fitted
to take charge.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-09-14

Reflects Officers.-Directors of the
Wright Carriage Body company have
organized by rejecting officers of lasi
year as follows: President, #. NJ
Sechler; vice president, II. c. First;
secretary end treasurer, e. II. Wilson.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-09-14
Costs More Here.

1t costs about so per cent more to
build vessel in the United States
than in England Even if the Ameri-
can ship is only repaired abroad, the
owners must pay tax on the amount
of the repairs before the vessel can
return home.
Lloyd-George, the leader of the lib
eral party in parliament. gives two
reasons for the supremacy of British
shipping over American:
l. England's free trade policy.
which makes Great Britain the market
place of the world, at the-same time
giving British shipbuilders and manu-
facturers the advantage of cheap raw
materials.
2. Americas high protection policy
which shuts out imports, thereby shut
ting in exports.
A third reason (recognized in
Great Brittany why the American
merchant marine for the last 30
years has, in comparison with other
countries. been little known upon the
ocean, is our barbarous navigation
laws. There is in the statutes of the
united States a law handed down
with few changes from the 18th ce /.
fury prohibiting the American reg.
istry OF any ship built in foreign
country. A foreigner may invest IN
any industry in the United States
put II he has an interest to the
amount of 81 in ship, it cannot he
registered in America.
For BENEFIT of Cramps.
The absurd navigation laws which
aid the protective policy in diminish.
ling American shipbui,ding, thereby
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1909-08-12
500 Reward, 500.

The readers of this paper will be
pleased TO learn that there is at
least one dreaded disease that
science has been able to cure in all
its stages, and that Is catarrh. Halls
Catarrh Cure is the only positive
cure now known TO the medical fra
ternity. Catarrh being constitution
al disease, requires constitutional
treatment Halls Cattarrh Cure Is
taken internally, acting directly upon
the blood and mucous surfaces or
the system, thereby destroying the
foundation of the disease, and CIV
ing the patient strength by building
up the constitution and assisting ma
ure in doing its work. The proprie-
tors have so much faith in its cura-
tive powers that they offer One Hun
bred Dollars for any case that 1t
fails to cure. Send for list OF testi-
monials.
Address: f. j. CHENEY & CO..
Toledo, Ohio.
Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Take Halls Family Pills for con-
stipation.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1909-08-12

Oakland. Tr>as August d. cal
5fornu real estate dealers Who ha'c
r.sourd f, rocked method espo-
tislIy tho4. who make @ speciality Of
.takiuA 100 trud,fi.et from the
east. are "a be driven from che Col
den state. This determination was
arrived al yesterday D, the members
of the California state Realty FEEDER
alton. which began three days
session IN Oakland this morning.
The federation has for its purpose
the correcting Of all abuses in the
realty business. These have been
many especially in southern Califor-
mia cities. where every other man is
d real estate agent. Many OF these
self-Styled agents have their offices
I'm their hats. ana their transactions
have done much to prejudice new
corners against California.
Many entertainments have been
provided for the visiting dealers in
California dirt. A banquet will be
held this evening, and tomorrow
there viii be boat ride on the bay.
will be automobile day,
when the delegates will be taken on
an extended tour.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1909-08-12
NEGRO PORTER ARRESTED.
Charged With Murder Said to Have
Been Committed Three Years

Dallas, Texas, August 12.--Jesse
Gilmore. a negro, was yesterday ar
rested in wholesale millinery store
on Elm street, where he was employ
ed as porter He is charged with
murder because of a killing commit
ted three years ago. Frank Eckels,
another negro, was killed at Lane
and Jackson streets in Dallas at that
time and Gilmore disappeared. He
returned to Dallas three days ago,
much changed in appearance, but
his presence was given away by a
negro friend to the sheTiff's depart
ment He had been traced to Chica-
so. Washington and various other
places but the trail was lost at the
national capital. Gilmore has been
under Indictment for more than two
years,
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1909-08-12
THE DULL SEASON

What is popularity known as the
dun season among business men
and almost generally accepted as
such by the consumers of merchan-
disc, is now upon the country. The
months of July and August have
come to be known as time when
the average business man is satisfied
apparently, if he can keep his ex-
penses from cncroaching on his bank
account, says the Salem co. News.
OF course, there are exceptions in
the cases OF merchants who assure
the public that they recognize no
"Gull season ~ trade, but continue
to do business Twelve months in the
year. Among this class of business
men will be found those who are the
more persistent and consistent adver-
Users. These men refuse to be bound
by the feeling that trade must in
evitably be duh because an accepted
custom has decreed it so.
III Il liullAtu SthSt II must NC az
mitted that the midsummer months
are not conducive to active trading
owing to the fact that many people
are taking vacations and are spend
ing little money outside the amounts
necessary to give them a good time.
While this is true in the case OF some
there yet remains the large mass of
people who 90 right on with their
work regardless OF the heated sea
son. These people are quick to ap-
preciate bargains In dry goods and
other forms Of merchandise and be-
come willing customers Of the mer-
chants who have the enterprise to
bring the goods TO their attention
through the medium of newspaper
advertising.
Practical business men. especially
the proprietors OF the large depart
mept storcs, have demonstrates 10
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1909-08-12

County Auditor Spalding, who has
been occupying room in the base
ment of the courthouse for a num-
Der of years, will hereafter be found
in the county treasurer's office. His
office furniture was moved Thurs
day morning. County Surveyor Neal
who officed with the county treas
urer. has his desk temporarily To-
Gated in the sheriff's Office.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1909-08-12

Paris, August 12,-The Foreign
OFFICE Museum formally received a
notable addition to its collection to-
day It was the pen with which
President Mckinley and jules Cam
bon, then French ambassador at
Washington, signed the spanish
American preliminary peace agree
ment eleven years ago today. The
pen was presented last month to
Stephen Pinchon, minister of foreign
affairs, by NJ Thiebault, former first
secretary of the French embassy at
Washington and now minister to Ar
gentine, but It's formal presentation
TO the museum was reserved for to-
day, the anniversary OF the signing
of the historic document.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1909-08-12

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b. hnaH H HtttB btaHt ths Hftud
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.iHHt fu.uHHIu is uf fan.t bite
tha8aH. tu ah AmrI.H Accord
ma p. HHa tHs vase utauH, Hoes
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WHH I IHr ae. na aHua that
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H,.u 81. Colorado an tua.. ard #.th
.ua.a fHaf uoHIH Huntas, Ia g.
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w .oa1 .n.p lsauu,a thar rival
Mnl los Euapy CO.. Am,rca ue
,4ss Know that There BE- such place
a Corpus christi but be- bias never
occurred to him that this section
would tax, fht biue ribbon iu COM
petition With The Mediterranean A.
foI the Brownsville country. he BE-
more familiar Vith the coasts of
Labrador The chief trouble. of
course. }. the uacDossjbiity of much
OF this territory The wis" mon who
make our laws can't get in into
their heads that Texas i- vast em-
pire-t that all OF il doesn't lie be
tween Tyler aud Brentwood aud
so they get abroad with their toma-
hawks and make for themselves
great populations a. funeral direc-
tors. But IL is regrettable. brethren
beloved that the average OF Us
knows % little about this imperial
commonwealth about its great
coast line and its magnificent noun
taius and its sleeping under cover in
summer plains and its varied miner
al waters and its iron ore deposits
and its thousand-dollar-s crop
lands and its great pine forests and
it's fine water courses which, accord
ing TO the engineering department
OF the government, run in the right
direction, the chief being our own
satisfying Brazos We neglect Woot-
en- Wells. whose waters have
wrought miracles, We slight Glen
Rose which is paradise restored;
We are scarcely on speaking terms
with Lampasas. with its celebrating
baths, and some of us right here in
Waco have never been out to the
Country club, with its matchless
landscape Turn which way we viii
there is a surprise wonder, a
feast, a delight. a restoration, a res
and yet our eyes are Of
ten holden, due to our provincialism,
and We say that in all kindness.
brethren beloved. We need to study
more and to get about more. and
that's one reason why-here's the
hobby horse-we are urging that
Red 10 the Rio Grande roadway. We
have got the rest of creation beat a
standard quarter as to natural re-
sources; let's do our part toward a
full Tealization.-W Waco Times-Her-
aid
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1909-08-12
Travelled 1000, 900 Miles.

Elgin, H., August Charles
Wilson, who died here Monday
night, was the Oldest passenger con-
ductor in the central states. For fif-
ty-three years he was employed as
an engineer. and as master mechanic
for fourteen years. As An engineer
ne travelled 100000 miles, carry
Ing 100000 passengers without 40
ssx1aaat.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1909-08-12

Ignorance may excuse filth and
regard flies and mosquito es as
harmless pests, but men who are
properly qualified TO hold office and
assist in the control of a city do
not take such positions. Intelligence
realizes that from these sources
come disease and death, and TO pro-
tect the public health is the first
duty of those governing. Condi-
tions in Waxahachie are not what
they should be, but If our admins
tration is composed of the right kind
ceive prompt attention and correc-
tive treatment.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1909-08-12

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The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1909-08-12

When ii is almost necessary for
the citizens TO take lantern with
him to find the street lights" 1t oc-
ours to US that the time for some
thing better is at hand For several
weeks the city council has been con-
sidering a street light proposition and
the hope has been entertained that
an administration which stands
pledged TO give the city relief in this
very matter would be able to at least
report progress as an excuse for ask
ing for further time. There has been
enough time spent in splitting
hairs" If the proposition submitted
is unreasonable let it be dismissed
and relief sought for in some other
direction But this should be borne
in mind the city owes it to its peo-
pie to pay just and reasonable COM
pensation for service rendered. And
In the meantime, gentlemen OF the
council, put this in your pipes and
smoke Il: Waaahachie needs better
street lights and the people want
them now,
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1909-08-12

Having voted the bonds for the
building of pike roads in the Wax
abachie precinct an effort should be
out unnecessary delay and get down
to real work just as soon as pos
sibie. Many people are in need Of
this work
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1909-08-12

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much relative fn fhH Ueff,. N.
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good sFpu.a tH, national Officers
.a,.lH, fa,ofatiy 81 vNl mrHH Chat
iu addition 20 tHo regular pu,u 1901
and prizes offered bt the rair own.
pra of fine fowls will have au oupor-
mniy Of connecting for betAoeu
800 aud $500 ir trophies and cups
Superintendent Van Wrinkle I- a
fapai,r we'll known 10 the raisets OF
poultry in the southwest Ila do
.clsr,g that Texas Is nov second TO
none i, the United states in this in
dusiry and prediets that If the ma
.tionaI association does decide to
show at the Fair this fall. that the
larger portion Of the special trophies
viii be left in Texas and other por-
tions Of the Southwest Mr. Van
Wrinkle said.
The importance of the Texas
State Fair poultry show is recoRniz-
ed by the fanciers of the North and
East. Last year nearly 5000 birds
LOT the very best were displayed. and
Ia was then declared that the Amer
lean Poultry Association favored the
placing of Dallas upon the national
circuit. The state Fair management
offers in the poultry department this
year premiums totalliug $1,000.
With the $500 added by the Ameri-
can association the awards offered
to exhibitors will eclipse those of
any fair in the United States or
Canada"
In the richness OF its poultry pri-
yes the Texas State Fair leads. The
first premium pen prize viii be $3.50
and the second 81. There will be spe-
cial pen prizes as follows: Best pen
of white birds $25 first and $3.50
second: best pen of black birds $25
first and $3.50 second: best pen
of buff birds S25 first and $3.50
second: best pen of part colored
birds $25 first $3.50 second; lar
gest and best DISPLAY Of poultry by
Ian exhibitor $40 first and S. second:
Largest and best DISPLAY Of any one
variety $40 first and IS second. The
Judge will award these specials as
follows: Each single entry to count
one point pens to count Two. and
first premiums to count four points.
second premiums TO count two points
and third premiums one point.
The display of turkeys. ducks and
geese promises to be large The man
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1909-08-12

A park proposition is something
that ought to appeal to WaXahachie
and now is the time to make proyis-
ions for such necessities.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1909-08-12

II is to be hoped that there is
something more than wind behind
the latest Observation-Disclosures inter
urban proposition.