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its funds upon few OF them at a time.
and thus is achieving great practical
results.
ut would never have been permitted
TO do this il the direction Of details had
remained in the hands OF Congress. It's
liberty OF initiative is an example Of
what may and should De done IN the
kindred work Of river Improvement.
As there is no other system according
TO which public money can be spent
wisely and productivity on Our water
ways. so there is little hope Of the en-
bodiment Of this one iu practice until
we have q body or trained men to con-
slider permanently the problem Of water
way Improvement. inland and seaboard.
as a whole, and 10 arrange the order Of
its details. The time has come when
we must have the work systematized
and controlled by central body. like
the Interstate Commerce Commission
in its office and scope. Greeted by Fed
cral statute and authorized 20 plan,
select contract for. and prosecute wa
terway improvements. II must be per-
mitted 10 use annual appropriations ac-
cording 10 its judgment and transform
our system into a scientific method be-
fore we can get real waterways or
escape from the vicious circle Of log
rolling appropriations.
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Railroad Failure

TlKUR HILL. FEB the face Of those
Iva facts what mas brought about
the existence ct such systems as are
now operating
why. failures have brought about "a
great many consultations OF small
roads with larger systems.
THE failures among RAILROADS i'm the
past exceed those in any other kinds
or business Yet in this alone no prof
IT may DE enjoyed except such as the
courts declare to be reasonable n q
railroad proves Improbable. the people
take the property into their own charge.
h9Ddle Il through receivers whose GER
tifcates are a hen prior 10 that Of stock
and bond holders. and either sell it
TO the highest bidder or return the rem
nants Of the investment after the eS-
pensc OF the proceedings has been paid.
But II it is 50 managed as To Dc prof
table the company that declares div
idend much exceeding the open market
rate FOR money. or that wisely acCum-
ulateE q surplus 20 make Improvements
or as a safeguard against lean years
10 come @ ordered 10 reduce fits rates.
and this ahilc no profit Is guaranteed
10 ~.
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Agriculture

FsRUT suppose you could take the
II graduates of. our State colleges
Of agriculture. Minnesota has about
unity agricultural counties Say about
2,g graduates of the college That IS
-ogr to the county. Now suppose we
could hire the whole 200 at SO a week
TO 20 down 10 the farmer and show aim
how 20 cultivate, say. three acres in
wheat, or one i'm wheat, one in corn. and
one i'm oats. Suppose he went a week
or ten days before planting time and
helped choose the seed. not oats that
weigh twenty-siX hounds 20 the bUshel
but thirty five or thirty-eisht pounds.
Suppose, then. ne helped that farmer
grow thirty bushels OF wheat instead
of fifteen. lie could well spend his tine
ON eighty acres of land instead of 15H.
But he'd get more profit out of those
eighty acres ana have more time 20
spare than be could under the old sys-
tenn ont o. the $50.
''Tne effect of a constant decrease
i'm the number OF those engaged IN
producing any fOodstuff. while the
number or consumers steadily grows,
is already evident I'm our markets.
We exported last year about $1,000
900 bushels OF wheat. which was
"''"' '''O'''''' puS'lS'S ''o' 'i'"H
we Had 10 spare We drew down our
supplies TO that extent and the mar
Net responded with the highest price
Niv"" ioi years MS SDdS"H 'lieI g
VIII be an unusual wheat crop, prob
ably 100000. 0Oo bushels or upwards
Al six and a nalT bushels pcr capi+a
49,.
TOT nome ''hSuilptio" an" see" 'ilIS
leaves us a. surplus or ii7,VoV,o'o
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Conservation

CT ET mo recall 70 you the movement
l. for the conservation OF our ma
tionaI resources that has lately as
sumed large proportions. Vow one
resource. among the mishuest Of an,
had not been included I'm the list
because it is not material. but iutan-
@ibIe 7 refer to the national credit. OF
an our resources. perhaps this one
should be guarded with most Jealous
care The only safe rule IS to place no
burdens upon il that may be avoided.
TO save il for days Of dire need. only
people give up their money for any
thing is their judgment OF its worth
and necessity 20 be trusted. Much of
the extravaganza and corruption so
often accompanying the construction Of
local public works springs from the
careIessness incident 10 the spending Of
borrowed money. II the people had
spent each year only what they proyid-
cd for taxation, they would have had
as many necessary improvements for "a
fraction Of their cost in bonds And
freedom from heavy interest charges
would enable them now 10 spend at a
largely increased rate
What has happened to our forests
will bcfaI our credit. We have made
"a beginning. The first proposition was
10 pay for the Panama canal as il was
built. out Of current revenue But a
bond issue is easier than an increase Of
taxation. The friends or waterways
should be the last 10 dig trench which
would eugUlf the nation I'm "a sea OF
debt
Look at it merely as a business prop
osition. The interest on SIoyo00Uo00. at
per cent, if such a sum could be OBJ
tanned by the issue of bonds at that
rate. is $4O0C00o0 year The largest
demand made by the waterway move
ment as whole has been am annual
appropriation of N0.uoO.W0 and this is
an that can DE spent proHtably There
is thus only the tuhiuE difference Of
so, eco0 900 a year in cost between the pol
icy of cash and that OF credit, but bs
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UnCanny Memory

q IL this did not come forth ms "a tor-
rent. 1t IS the substance of a great
deal OF questioning and answering and
in particular connections the answers
came in the form OF paragraphs marked
in speeches delivered, here, there. or
somewhere else. Mr. HilI's memory is
uncanny. lie pours figures out of #
aG readily as most men might pour
concentrations and the determination
that made him confident as 10 the prob
lens Of the Northwest forty years back
has made him confident now about the
larger problems OF tho whole nation 4
talk ne had just delivered I'm Chicago
before the National Association of our
American bankers suggested a series
OF questions. The first was this.
How much Of tho increased price OF
living do You attribute TO adjustment
of transportation facilities so that the
supply of the whole world is more and
more available for the whole worId2'
Here is Nh Hnrs answer. made with
cut the Hesitation OF a minute.
FL don't know. The world has been
made very much smaller The nations.
commercially speaking. are i'm closer
touch with one another now than were
the States az the close Of the civil war.
Put that is far from the only Consid-
Grafton. Thus, the farmer was far more
ready 20 feed corn 10 stock at % or 30
cents bushel than he is at 90 cents.
"Then VIC Americans are a wonder
fully uastcful people. That one item
Of waste compucates the problem deem
ly. The people have neglected the pres
crvation Of tine soil They take away
all and give nothing back Agriculture.
:n the NEST intelligent meaning of the
term. is something almost unknown in
the United states. We are satisfied with
"a national average annual product of
Sis per acre nj the cost of q diminish
ing return when VIC might just as wei
secure from two 90 three times that
sum.
"Ae pioneers we offered to our in
creased population, whether Immigrants
or otherwise. AN apparently endless do
main Of puHlio land. Now that is pr; C.
ticalIy AN gene. We must distribute more
evenly over lands already partly DO
cupiod The increase equals about . r.
pel cent. or over 20Gl0lJ q year. Some
estimates give the number of the un-
employed i'm England as $4,000 sun
pose s-e put il as low as 100000 There
probably are three dependents TO each
workman idle The total then is S.0O1.o0o
"a dfth of the population. and it is we'll
for MS 10 remember that we may not
be SO far behind Great Britain in this
regard as we think
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until he. too, comes in contact with
the same driving personality behind It.
and likewise walks out into the street
afterwards to wonder why, as IN a turn
OF the hand. the earth has become so
suddenly quiet But, near or afsr, ne
must wonder what all this insorma-
ton. all this energy. all tais power over
other men. has wrought for him who
Possesses It all
First II has wrought a sense Of ner-
vOus. driving, ceaseless activity among
tie whole army of his suborifnates
''afr- Hill expects everything TO be done
yesterday" said one Of his contractors
A certain stenographer had been pro-
NOTED rapidly~tO become head OF a de-
Dartment. only 10 be discharged after
a weak OF trial
Why rot keep him as first assistant.
whes. he had done 50 weH?'' asked an
associate.
"JH hove no failures in my business"
was Mr.. Hills answer. and the effect
was not lost anywhere along the lines
OF the Great Northern. the Northern
Pacfic. or the Burlington.
1t has wrought something OF a con-
tempt for large salaries. Mr.. Hill has
Continued on Sixth Page)
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Building Up

sGT HAVE Tor years been urging
that the building up OF n
tran sBoftation machine commensurate be-
with The growth Of tho country should
not only be permitted. bat cncoura gcd
in the only two possible ways.
First by encouraging capital 10 in
vest IN railroad construction. instead Of
soaring 81 away by hostile and unjust
legislation and.
Second. by comprehensive and ra-
tional system or waterway improve
mcut.
There Ia no other WAY now. nor viii
there ever be. By which the business
or the country can be done.
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STORY Of A MAN
Who WORKED WE'LL
A Success From Digging of
Dirt and Laying of Rails,
Not of Ticker'S Whirr.
MASTER WHO CAME
UP FROM THE RANKS
One Who Developed Great North
west for Good of the
People
ccontnued from Fourth -


There are only three ways, then, OF rails
ing the money. one is 70 wait until the
increased traffic provides it. That is a
very sloU way. Another is to raise the
freight and passenger tariffs. And the
last is to borrow the money I'm which
event. plainly, the public must pay the
interest in the form OF charges Tor serv-
ice).''
DO YOU expect. then, MT Hill. an i'm
crease in freight and passenger tariffs
according as the demands for Increased
service are granted I asked.
Il don't know was the answer
THAT has been tried once and failed.
If YOU and I and three others would
start bank with Sl,00000) capital or a
mercantile house. or commercial cor
poration, there is no one 20 hinder. We
can enter upon IT, VIC can make profits
ar high as 10. T.. or % per cent, and
there is no agitation over IT, But if we
uut that same &l,eD,E0 into railroad
and earn the same 10 per cent, then
comes some one to object that our
profits ere too large and that more scrv-
ice must he granted while no profit is
guaranteed WHY The railroads have
not tainted the drinking water or
poisoned the air have they2'
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HILL-HARRIMAN FIGHT
AND PRESENT RESULT
How Former Stood Aoof From Manipulation of Stock,
and Won Because His Forces Were Not
Rooted in Wall Street

get that every nation that has neg
lectcI the quality of it's soil has ceased
to exist"
This was Mr.. Hills message to his
farmer neighbors. In November, 1907,
he was speaking as an expert in rail
road management to the Commercial
Club Of Kansas CITY. A year before
that he was writing the governor of
his State-in whose death probably no
citizen mas felt a keener loss than Mr..
Hili-On the whole subject of trans
pOrtation in the United States The
ring of his talk to the NatiOnaI
Rivers and HarbOrs' Congress in
Washington, in Decem Der. 1907. still
sounds in the ears of those who heard
him. And he stood at least abreast OF
any other speaker at the opening OF
the Seattle Exposition. planned TO
commemorate the development OF the
section which owes so much TO him.
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Waterways

at HE future OF the waterway is as
sured. not so much as com
petitor, bJt as a helper OF the railroad.
The traffic Of the country Will need
all the assistance that waterways can
give II will be the deep waterway
that helps business, Just as il is the
deep harbor that has Dmlt mp trade and
lowered rates Joy making it possible
90 ran boats Of greater tonnage. A
barge that carries only 1000 tons can
rot compete with "a box car. with o.
steamer carrying 1o.oo0 tons you have
beaten IT,
Waterways should be made as other
great works arc created. Locate your
trunk lines FIRST open a way TO the
sea los the biggest, frccst outlet. Push
the work as nature Indicates, from the
seacOast up the rivers.
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probation Of life i'm the country and
better methods Of agriculture.
Our public Schools answered Mt.
Hin, are educating our children away
from the occupations for which they
are best fitted If they would teach
the children 10 read. to write plainly. TO
correctly add a column of figures. they
would do the children a lot more good
than they do now. don't look for n
solution of the form problem through
the schools 1t would take twenty-five
or fifty years for the problem 10 work
ont that way.
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Irrigation

s1XyYHEN the Government went into
w the irrigation business taught. I
am proud to say. by the railroads,
which AT their own cost initiated the
work and educated the people in a
knowledge Of it's Importance, lie re-
cIamation service did not divide i's re-
sources into little pickles of money and
spend them in laying a few stones Of a
dam in each one Of an localities where
lands were 10 be Irrigated. IL arranged
projects I'm the order 81 their import
ance, engaged its engineers and spent
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field outside of this that legislative ac-
tvity has been most pronounced and
destructive. Within that short period
thirty-three States have enacted to-
tai of 334 laws regulating railroads with
i'm their Jurisdiction, and nearly all OF
these laws have been enacted without
investigation OF knowledge Of their ef-
feet
1T is, perhaps. needless for me to
say that IF this were TO continue the
future of railroad transportation would
end in the destruction Of tine business
of the nation. Fortunately we have
reason 20 believe that sauer counseIs
VIII prevail. Regulative authority there
must be- No railroad can object to
that Bat such super vision as the
public sees fit TO exercise should be
conGded TO one body. There can be
but one authority over the railroads
The greater cannot yield to the less.
nor tine interstate traffic, which con-
stitute4 from g. to- - per cent or the
total over large portions Of the coun-
try. accept directions from the com
parauvely trihiag percentage Of state
business.
ANY other business is judged by it's
average conduct, its average return.
The railroad system OF this country
IS not "a failure, as has been charged
by men who are without knowledc, Of
the facts, and whose opinions are con-
sequently OF no value. On the con-
trary, il is. when judGed 10y results.
10y official records. perhaps the most
conspicuous success achieved iu the
delevolpmeut of the United States.
Costing but from one-half 90 onc-nfth
as much as thc systems OF other cDun-
tries and charging rates from one
half to ouc-third MS great. il carries
nearly double the business per mile
and pays twice the rate Of wages.
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The Hidden Force

II HE reAIer cannot possibly get from
the cold type Of a report like this.
or from his printed speeches. a realiza-
ton of the force which underlIes these
opinions on so many subjects. No one
can realize She strength Of such a mind
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continue until the enormous principal
-of the debt is paid, while the former
buys something. pays for it, and enjoys
it. and has money ia pocket from next
years labor 20 psH for another step
forward 90
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Railway Legislation

IGXYJ HILE in these last five years If
w teen State railroad commissions
have either been created or received
large extensions Of power. II ls in the
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1909-09-09
Hades on the River.

Henry Burkhart of the Fayette
Advertiser, says he paid recent visit
to Hades and worse still, his hell was
afloat. Henry joined Old Nick in St.
Louis unintentionally, taking Fam
ily' boat for an excursion on the riv-
err. All kind of boozing and gamb-
ling and general cussedness was
rampant on the boat, and Henry says
that Hot Springs is a Sunday School
convention in comparison. The
policeman on board was there only to
stop fights. Men, wemen and chill
dren joined in the debauchery. For
this condition of affairs Gov. Hadley's
police board in st. Louis is RESPONSE
BILE. A boat leaving St. Louis isunder
the jurisdiction Of St. Louis, until it
arrives at its destination. If things
are as bad as the Advertiser paints
them, the Governor should take a
hand and make the family excursions
at least respectable for a St. Louis
family.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1909-09-09
Keep the Good SOws.

The present satisfactory prices for
hogs going over the scales are going
to continue, if we may Judge from
the increased consumption that trade
reports are giving us. The amount
of fresh pork that will be used during
the fall is not going to make the de-
mand any the less. The surplus that
wa was supposed to be in the country did
not materialize, and packers were be-
wildered somewhat. Many farmers
who have been tempted to dispose of
their brood sows and everything else
available for the packers are going to
be forced to pay about as much for
brood sow stuff this fall as they sold
for. We have heard of goodly
number who are going to begin grow
ing something better than just hogs
for the scales. They have sold out
the cheap sows after a few weeks
feeding to good advantage and now
will pick up from twenty to hun
dred sows each of good breeding at
fair prices thus get started cheaply
and well in the growing of pure bred
stuff for market toppers.-National
Swine Magazine.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1909-09-09
Wrangle Over Junk Along Big
Ditch.

While the big dredging machine of
the Timothy Foohy & Son Dredging
Co. was engaged in digging the big
drainage ditch, numerous breakages
of machinery were encountered, and
many new pieces of machinery were
installed, the old or broken parts be-
ng thrown to one side. When the
ditch was completed, the Dixon Com
pany of this city purchased the junk
along the route of the ditch from
Messrs. Foohy.
Mr.. Dixon has had his junkers
picking up the iron and hauling it to
his yards in this city, and all went
we'll until they reached the old Beall
farm north of town, now owned by
Mr.. Lewis. When they entered his
premises and hauled away the junk,
hesued the mentor stealing the same,
and the matter will now have to be
settled in court.-Rich Hill Review.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1909-09-09
Motor Car DESTROYED.

A farmer by the name Of Murray,
living in the Garden City neighbor-
hood, has been the proud possessor
of an automobile, which he has been
using in gathering milk and cream on
a milk route in that section, but last
Sunday night some unknown party or
parties entered the building in which
the machine was stored, stole the car,
ran it down the road about a quarter
of a mile, and there set fire to it. Mr..
Murray knew nothing Of his loss UNI
til the next morning, when the char
red embers were found in the road.
The machine was a total loss. The
outrage has aroused considerable
feeling in the neighborhood and there
is no question but that the guilty par
ties will be prosecuted to the full ex-
tent Of the law, should their identity
be ascertained. -Cass Co. Leader.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1909-09-09
WHY EPHRAIM
WANTED TO QUIT.
He Feared the Cow Had Been
Giving Away Some of
Their Secrets.
From the New York Morning Telegraph.

From the New York Morning Telegraph.
Ephraim was the hired man who
attended to the horse, chickens
and cow of Ia Southern doctor.
His most important duty was
tide milking, but for some reason the
cow did not seem to produce as much
as she should. When questioned
Ephraim could not account for it, but
his master, who was somewhat of an
amateur ventriloquist, decided that
he would hide in the barn when
Ephraim drew the evenings milk.
Just as the darby had finished his
job the cow turned her head toward
him, and at the moment the physician
projected his voice until there SEEM
ed to come from the cows mouth the
startling remark:
"Say, niger, you amt goin' ter
steal the milk again tonight, are
you?"
Ephraim dropped the pail, and with
a wild yell fled from the barn.
Later in the evening he came to the
Doctors office.
'Marse JOHN he said, would
yo-all min givin' me nah wages?
All done want tub quit."
why, what's the trouble, John?"
asked the doctor. aren't you salts.
fien with your place here2"
Deed All am, boss" replied the
darby, but All JUS materially feels
All ought to be on nah way. Yes,
you-all done treated me fine. All
amt got no kick, but All JUS has tub
be goin', OATS all"
Not being averse to losing the man,
the doctor paid him, wished him vel
and turned with a chuckle to his
work. At the door Ephraim halted,
hesitated a moment and then said:
"Marse John, Alive always done
NAH wo'k satisfactory. ain'tIa No.
body never done complained about
line, did they?''
why, Of course not, John. We've
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1909-09-09
MILITIA ALLOTMENTS OUT.
Missouri Gets $4,000, Kansas
$4,000 and Oklahoma $4,000.

Washington, Aug. 3O.-Four mil
lion dollars, appropriated by Congress
for the militia, has been allotted
among the several states and terri
tories by Lieut.. Col. E. M. Weaver of
the general staff corps of the army,
who is chief of the division of militia.
The enlisted strength of the militia,
as shown by tables prepared by
Colonel Weaver, is 1O9, 76l, and the
allotments under various heads in
clude 81, $50 for arms equipment
and camp purposes; $3.50, 75O for pro-
motion Of rifle practice; 1914, 564 for
ammunition and $970, 65S for supplies.
The allotments for the states and
territories in round numbers include
the following: Missouri, $4,000;
Kansas 69 600 Nebraska, As, 900;
Oklahoma ~, 900,
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1909-09-09
A White Sparrow.

The employees at the Missouri Pa
cific shops discovered a pure white
sparrow flying about the shops. The
bird is about the same size and SINH
lar to all other sparrows except its
color. The men were unable to catch
the mysterious little stranger but
may be able to do so the next time it
appears. Nevada Mail.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1909-09-09
The Old Settlers
18th Annual Reunion
Wednesday, Sept. %, 1909

President-Wm. E. Walton.
Vice Pres. j. N. Barrows.
Treasurer-T. L. Pettys.
Secretary-0. d. Austin.
Marshal-W. ], Bullock.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1909-09-09
Collar Bone Broken in Runaway.

Mr.. Grisholm's team became
frightened by piece of tin blowing
from the roof Of w. T. Ballagh's new
porch now in course Of erection, and
ran away this afternoon MI. @. was
thrown out Of the wagon and suffer-
ed a fracture Of his collar bone, He
resides in the Deeffield vicinity
Nevada Mail.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1909-09-09
Col. ]. L. Pace Has Resigned.

Higginsville, Mo-, Sept. The resig-
nation of Col. j. L. Pace, superin-
tendent Of the Confederate Soldiers
Home here, was accepted by the
board Of managers. C. j. r. Wal
ton, Of Nevada, was unanimously
chosen to fill his place. Colonel Pace
has been in poor health, a wound re-
ceived while with Shelby troubling
him. His resignation will go into eff
feet October 10. Colonel Pace has
been superintendent of the home
here eight years and has made many
betterments there. Last january
charges Of improper conduct were
preferred against him, but none was
sustained.