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The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-03-09
Colonel WatterSOn on
The Editorial Page


TO the newspaper drudge the tutil-
itv of all newspaper writing must Oh
fen edge its way into his tired lanc!
The hest OF IL seems SO quickly sWar
lowed by the ocean OF currency Inc
waves upon the beach. each DAY SUI
ceeded the other 10 efface It's eAist
ence Words, words; even tnouen'S'
thoughts. what does II matler.
Yet Ia those OF us who nVe' move
and have our being in the griho VI
daily Journalism, and in none otnel. -
matters q great deal; so that' al.ei q
~ ~ rest-a night OF sleep-uhuei
tho snur of the news or the lho'hi"s
mavbe under the Inspiration VI
some nrinciple. or dogma, or measuIe
we take up the pen again ana iusu
along the page, and blot out anu NJ
line and read the proof ana rvs
II amid the glow OF effusioh anu Vne
clare n not the glory. or print liz
wardiy exclaiming, Now, thae 10
something-fflSe." 10 see the pooi'
anbameral thraA as a skyrockel' come
down like a sD@k. its coruscatlons
lost forexar-fn the darkness OF iilluni''
able space.
All Of the great newspaper proper
ties are nassing into the ownership OF
corporations or estates. As con1
ouence. the opportunities for lhuisiu
nalism of any sort are few. lhey are
likely 10 grow even rarer sun III
porkhurst's intimation that they are
edited from the counting room. nov
over Is not necessarily reproacn'
To the extent that II means tha' Tue
nevsuaper like other fabrlcatlohs, 10
made IN sell, to yield pront-'nat
II seeks to be selfsustaining. III oruer
that II NAV achieve the glorious PRIV
ileee OF being independent 1t Iea'
Ives an aspiration. indeed INC yea'n
INC OF time when the newspaper
had hard struggle TO Keep allVe'
more or less the slave OF the iissaiu
lv advertisers and the local flhsstel D
oftan ill able 10 call It's soul ito OWL
The editorial page Is .valuaDle III
.h,, dayrea that il aids the reader 10
digeet the news. Under the changed
ccoditions II Is becoming, II IL mas
NOT already become. rather useless
annendage-not even ornamehtal-re
,nindinr one OF those clusters OF aru'
fetal flowers which at the more pre-
,entious railway eating house are sup
noead IN decorate The tables and 10
daccive the wayfarer. Yet ought 1t,
otter the exhilaration-the dlstrac-
tions and excitements--of the news
naees 10 be as a raised dais In the
center of a great hail. seat OF power
and charm; an elevation from whlch
10 survey the passing snow, having It's
lights adjusted the better TO set forth
this passing show, and Its ready
chorus TO explain IL?
An editorial page thus conceived
and executed could not fail to impress
itself upon the thought Of the time. at
once an influence and a feature. an
arm of the service and commercial
asset.
"The humble anonymous writer" Is
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-03-09
The Law
BY ELLA WHEELER WILCOX.

BY ELLA WHEELER WILCOX
The may be couded vet the
Will sweep its course till the cycle is run.
And when into chaos the systems hurled.
Again shall the Builder reshape a world.
Your path may be couded uncertain your goal
Move on, for the orbit is fixed for your soul.
And though it may lead into darkness OF night.
The torch Of the Builder shall give 1t light
You were. and you will be; know this while you are
Your spirit has travelled both long and affair
1t from the Source. TO the Source It returns;
The spark that lighted eernaly burns.
II slept In the jewel. II leaped in the wave;
IL roamed In the forest il from the grave;
IL took strange garbs for long cons OF years
And now In the soul OF yourself II appears
From body to body your spirit speeds on;
IL seeks a form when the old Is gone
And the form that 1t finds is fabric you wrought
On the loom of the mind with the fibre of thought.
AS dew is drawn upward, in rain TO descend
Your thoughts drift away and in destiny blend.
You cannot escape them; petty, great,
Or evil or noble. they fashion your fate.
Somewhere on some planet sometime and somehow
Your life Will reflect all tho thoughts of your now.
The law Is unerring; no blood atone;
The structure you rear you must live In alone.
From cycle 70 cycle through time and through space
And all that YOU ask for and all you desire
Must como at your bidding. flames out OF fire.
You are your own devil you are your own god
You fashioned the paths that your footsteps have rod
And no one you from or sin
Until you shall bark TO the spirit within
Once list 10 that voice and all tumult is done
Your life is tho life Of the Infinite One;
In the nurrying you conscious OF pause
With love for the purpose and love for the
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-03-09

not likely long 10 remain either hum
Bile or anonymous. either obscure or
poor. If he has something OF special
value 10 communicate TO the public
and knows how TO put il for what II
is worth. No mans nose need be. or
can be. rubbed in the dust except he
be some willing or weakling unable
TO stand alone. The silent singers"
OF whom DR. Holmes tells us are ev-
erywhere; they to whom opportunity
has never come; they who, when II
came, let II pass them by.
The London Times In the days OF
Delane was the apotheosis OF the i'm
personal. Yet the personality OF that
eminent man could not be hid. while
the Walter family through three gen
erations stood as the embodiment OF
English conservatism and rich respec-
liability, kind OF guarantee that
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-03-09

"The humble anonymous writer" is
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-03-09
The Railroads Did \
Not Have to Show
EN- in Missouri
They Simply Told the Judge They
Could've Make Six Per Cent On
Their Own Valuations and the
Judge Had To Believe II.

n.
district Kansas City Monday given favorable de-
. cision.
The held by the legislature
would permit of in the roads, and
conhscatory.
railroad property properly built managed the
said should least and above all
Some of the convince the that business
had been conducted under the law profit.
None OF the would acknowledge per business
THE STATES LAWYERS WERE UNABLE TO DIS
PROVE THE CLAIMS OF THE ROADS BECAUSE EVIL
DENcE TO THE CONTRARY. IF ANY. WAS IN THE
HANDS OF THE RAILROADS AND THERE WAS NO WAY
FOR THE STATE TO PRODUCES IT.
The decision therefore people
Of Missouri the other like Legislation has been
passed pending.
The legal department. of the Michigan Central railroad makes
the significant announcement that the road has formally
the law this there probability of the
Issue being pointing
we are going get it.
So trips prepare
now.
The spirit of the Missouri decision may approved
No would desire railroad business loss.
No would object per profit for railroad
the ACTUAL value.
BUT NONE BUT THE RAILROAD KNOWS ITS
ACTUAL VALUE.
Senator Lafoette attempted Republican convention
have adopted resolution calling for the valuation of rail
1t voted down, GIT 63.
The Democratic platform contained this feature and that plat
repudiated by the people.
The people of Missouri doubt realize fully today the effect
railroads by commission
might have had the decision just rendered
The people of Michigan due wake up just
begin paying three mile again railroad trains and
higher freight rates
The of railroad property take into
deraton only physical value the original production
and improvement and such items
authority of the
commission supply with such information
judges could with certainty and with satisfaction
such and such reasonable
unreasonable conhscatory.
the saying that rail-
road should be privileged make its valuation
valued by itself
much because there provision made anywhere
law which would of the further.
dividends regardless
stock corruption funds and campaign conbu-
tons
by Folk Hadley. the people of Missouri
fare and freight
sufficient showing made by them satisfy the legisla
and equitable and the will Of the
Missourans made law.
along law severely
Jared that it will be hard to find the pieces.
And that's the way always goes.
THERE is A SATISFACTORY FEATURE TO THE CASE,
HOWEVER.
GOVERNMENT OWNERSHIP OF THE RAILROADS
GAINS A FEW MORE FRIENDS
There people friendly yesterday
ownership than there ago yesterday
Z yesterday.
Pennsylvania has had her lesson
Minnesota South Dakota Nebraska Kansas and Michigan
there will be still who will have
realize that people will be carried for reasonable of fare and
railroads shall have passed from private ownership into the hands
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The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-03-09
Poet Too Previous.

A tame poet who burst forth into
song OF spring tells OF the golden
rod he will soon gather. A kinder.
garten botanist could have told him
that he will have to wait until au.
tumn to gather the power that no
needed to rhyme with pod.-St. Louis
Post Dispatch.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-03-09

The growth Of the cement Industry
in this country IS shown by the fact
that representatives of plants valued
at S350.000. 600 attended q recent Chi
cago cement show
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-03-09
Tie T,ufb No Mater a.
Wtem II Heips or Hpyr.

The Missouri legislature IN
1907 passed a law prescribing
maximum freight rate and a pas
senger rate of two cents a mile
upon the railroads doing a state
and interstate business IN ana
through that state.
The eighteen railroads affected
Immediately took steps to enjoin
the state from enforcing the
statute and in the United States
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-03-09
"L0ye WAtcheS
By......
JOSEPH
O'BRIEN
y DIN EIN
---------------- Copyright. 1909.

uove,.at,on the
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1909-05-15
Mill and Manufacturing sites.

Mill and Manufacturing Sites.
Magnificent waterfront on Burrard
Inlet; 1900 feet and 40 acres of land;
an ideal site with railroad facilities.
Splendid location on Fraser River
adjoining the biggest saw mill in the
world, the celebrated Fraser Mills,
comprising 500 feet of frontage and
40 acres of land with railway facili-
ties. Price, $25 per front foot. Only
$4,000 cash and balance over three
years.
MCLEOD, MARK & CO.,
Columbia ST., New Westminster, B. G.
MEMORIAL STONES.
OF imported marble may be secured at
New Westminster. You can secure no
better results anywhere at such prices.
Cemetery work a specially.
JAMES MCKAY,
Importer and manufacturer OF Marble
and Granite Monuments,
NEW WESTMINSTER, 3. O.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1909-05-15
ADVICE TO FRUITGROWERS.
Never Put Off Till Tomorrow What
Should Be Done Today.

Mr. Maxwell Smith gave timely adj
vice to fruitgrowerS through the
columns of the B. G. Fruit Exchange.
Going straight to the point he says:
My advice to the B. G.. fruitgrower
Is to Immediately perform the duties
which he may have neglected during
the winter months, namely: Spraying
his trees with lime and sulphur solu-
ton or double strength bordeaux mix
ture before the buds come out; with
young trees less than five years old he
should prune carefully, with view to
directing the future shape and style of
the tree. In this country where the
wood growth is so vigorous, spring
Ipruning is practised too extensively
on bearing trees; better results will be
obtained and more fruit spurs pro-
duced by pruning in June or early
part of July.
Immediately after the blossoms
| fall he should spray with single
strength bordeaux mixture, or one of
the lime sulphur preparations speci-
| ally designed for summer spraying.
He must bear in mind, however, that
these latter preparations are yet in
their experimental stages, and he must
proceed carefully in the use of them
after foliage.
Again he should see that his or
chard is lightly plowed early in the
spring and the harrows kept going
every week during the growing season
in order to conserve the moisture
already in the ground for the devel-
opment of the fruit crop. Over the
province surface cultivation should be
discontinued when the fruit begins to
lripen, and in the irrigated districts no
water should be applied after that
| time
AS soon as the young fruit is form
ed systematic thinning of the crop
should be proceeded with. Not more
than one specimen on twig should be
left of pears or apples and no two
specimens should touch each other
Plums prunes, peaches and apricots
should be thinned so as to leave them
at least one inch apart. The results
will be all the crop the tree is able
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1909-05-15
BRITISH COLUMBIA FARM NEWS

to bear and much more perfect and
uniform specimens, and consequently
better prices realized than If the thin
ming is neglected. 1t is huge mis-
take to leave the thinning operations
until specimens are large enough to
send to market.
Young trees should not be permitted
to bear at all the first season that
fruit sets on them, and the second
year they should only be permitted
to carry limited number of specimens.
In fertilizing economy may be eXer-
cised by applying the fertilizer to the
ground two or three feet away from
the trunk and about two feet beyond
the extremities of the roots, but Gull
tivation should be kept up over the en-
tire surface of the ground.
In districts where natural rainfall
prevails and the trees have tendency
to continue growing too late in the
season, a cover crop should be sown of
vetches, rye, clover, or some other
nitrogen-gathering plant so as to take
up the moisture and permit the young
wood to ripen. The tree may then go
into winter quarters in thoroughly
dormant condition, and guard against
possible damage from winter frost.
The days of haphazard management
of orchards in B. G. are gone, and the
orchardist must conduct his spring
pruning and cultivating operations IN
an up-to-date manner in order to pro-
duce the most satisfactory results, and
also negotiate for the sale of his pro-
ducts in a modern business-like man
ner, in order to justify and maintain
the high reputation gained through
exhibits in the old country and at the
recent national and international fruit
exhibitions of this continent.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1909-05-15
SOIL.

The soil of the hllsides, or bench lands Is
usualIv a good heavy loan varying in depth from
g to feet underlaid in places with clay in 9TH
ers by a stratum of hard pan, and is very pro-
ductive being especially adapted for hay clover
peas and fruits of all kinds. The SOIL OF the Dot
tom lands Cor prairies, as they are called) is
i+Lo,,+ doubt as productive as any in the world
consisting of a mass of alluvia intermixed with
decayed vegetable matter and is of great depth
this class Of soil in particular, requiring under
draining and produces from 2R to tons or nay
ond from so to 12O bushels of oats to the acre.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1909-05-15
CLIMATE.

The climate of the Fraser Valley is highly suit
able for general farming and fruit growing The
winter season is short and is almost entirely free
from any disagreeable extremes Snow is but
rarely seen and while there is liberal quantity of
rainfall it does not necessarily interfere with
farming operations. Spring opens in March and
the summers never oppressively hot The
rainfall is we'll distributed and the Fraser Valley
has the advantage of requiring no irrigation.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1909-05-15
SCHOOLS.

An excellent and liberal system of free school
education exists, with high schools in the Cities
of New Westminster, Vancouver and Chilliwick
in affliation with the Eastern Universities, and
also higher educational institutions. such the
Columbian College (MethodsD, st. Louis College
(Roman Cathoic), situate in the City of New
Westminster whilst throughout the farming dis
tricts public schools everywhere found.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1909-05-15

A vegetable farm, twenty acres in
extent, is now being cleared by the
Canadian Pacific Railway Company on
it's land near Kerrisdale. 1t is said to
be the intention of the company to
use the land for raising vegetables for
use in it's hotels, steamers and dining
cars.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1909-05-15
"The Frazer Valley and ChIwack the Land OF Opportunity
TELEPHONES.

Many Farming sections in the District of New
Westminster particularly well supplied by
telephone communication with the Cities of New
boon to farmers, enabling them at all times to
keep thoroughly posted on the price of farm pro-
duce and to sell when prices are highest. thus
materially increasing their profits.
LAND PRICES.
The prices of land vary greatly according to
location, quality and improvements. 1t is impos-
sible to give than general idea of prices.
In the Fraser Valley improved farm land, cleared
and with buildings, averages about 500 per acre.
This is bottom land of the best quality, close to
transportation. Bench land upland suitable for
mixed farming and covered more or less with tim
Der can be secured from $40 to $50 per acre
cording to conditions. Generally speaking it is
cheaper to buy the higher priced cleared lands all
ready for profitable crops, than to buy the unim-
proved lands and wait for clearing before crop
be reaped.
Fruit lands in the best localities, close to trans
portation and with buildings orchards. ETC., sell
be secured in the more remote sections and by the
exercise of little patience and by careful man
agement can be made to pay great returns as
the better located lands. 1t is generally recog-
nized that these prices especially in regard TO
fruit lands will undergo decided change in the
next ten years. Fruit growing is steadily In
creasing in Importance. AS the fruit farms be-
profitable it is only reasonable that values will
Increase and the day is almost in sight when our
best fruit farms will command prices of $1,000 per
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1909-05-15
WATER.

The supply of fresh, pure water is 1neXhaust1-
BILE and never failing at all seasons OF the year.
All portions of the valley are watered by noun
tain streams from which, in many cases, water
may be piped to supply the farm buildings.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1909-05-15

wANTED-1OO British Columbia farm
ers to visit our factory at New West
minister and see the beautiful DOORS,
SASHES, WINDOWS and PORCH Pill
LARS we make. Do this next Market
Day without fail. Walsh Sash &c Door
Factory, New Westminster, B. G.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1909-05-15
LAND ADVANCING.

We have not sold a single farm that would not
now sell at a profit. Several were tempted to sell
and did sell, others have refused handsome offers
in advance of what they paid. There are still
many farms which offered below their real
value.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1909-05-15
GENERAL INFORMATION
TITLES.

The titles good and undisputed. We always
go with the purchaser to examine the records at
the Government Land Registry Office, before the
money is paid over. It would be fatal to our
business to allow one of customers to pay his
money on a defective title
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1909-05-15
HEALTHFULNESS.

That this is a healthy section is corroborated by
any amount of testimony by those who have
sought and found health in our equable climate
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1909-05-15
CHURCHES.

This section of the country is we'll provided
with Churches, the Episcopal Methodist, Pres
byterians, Baptists, Roman Catholics and Luth-
eran being the leading denominations
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1909-05-15

Milk is a good poultry food; 1t
pays to combine the dairy and poultry
business.
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1909-01-06
GOMPERS ON MESSAGE.
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wise, but that the injunction of Justice
Gould was without warrant, authority or
jurisdiction in that it invaded and denied
the constitutionally guaranteed rights of
free speech and free press, and therefore
the decree was void.
Let us suppose that the President g
recommendation had been the law when
the Bucks Stove and Range Company
pctitiOned Justice Gould for the in unc
ton. There would not have been the
slightest variation from the procedure in
the I'M JUNCTION, in the contempt case
which arose out of it. There would
not have been a scintilla of protection
to the defendants of their rights as citi-
zens and representatives of the workers.
And that which applied to the defendants
applies with equal effect to the two mill
ion men and their friends and sympa-
thizers enjoincd.
A significant fact will be observed that
the President nowhere in his recommen-
dation makes reference to any existing
law to be amended, no statute altered
to accomplish his expressed purpose In
deed, one would look in vain for any Fed.
cral law which authorizes any judge to
issue an injunction as injunctons are is
sued in labor disputes. The fact that
the President s judgment and recommen-
datlons are based, not on the law, but
on the 'practice. And it is this very
pract'~e which is not statute law, but
Judge made law.
We ask a careful consideration of La
DORIS contention upon this all-important
question of our time, and we challenge a
discussion of the points here submitted.
Labor insists that:
The writ of injunction was intended to
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1909-01-06

hended, charged, and tried by the same
process of law and before jury of his
peers, equally as any other citizen of
our country.
1t is agreed by all, friends and oppo-
nents alike, that the injunction process,
benefieent in its inception and general
practice, never should apply and legally
can not be applied where there is another
ample remedy at law.
Labor protests against the issuance of
InJunctions in disputes between work
men and employers when no such injunc-
tons would be issued when no such dis
pute exists. Such injunctions have no war
rant in law and are the result of judicial
usurpation and judicial legislation rather
than of Congressional legislation.
I, Labor protests against the discrimina.
ton of the courts against the laboring
men OF our country which deprives them
OF their constitutional guaranty of
equality before the law.
The injunctions against which we pro
test are fagrantly and without warrant of
law issued almost daily in some section
Of our country and are violative of the
fundamental rights of man. When better
understood, they will shock the conscience
OF our people, the spirit and genius of our
republic.
We shall exercise our every right, and
IN the meantime. concentrate our efforts
to secure the relief and the redress to
which we are SO justly entitled.
| Not only in our own interest, but in
the interest of all the people of our
country, TO rthe preservation of real lib
erty, for the elimination of bitterness and
class hatred, for the perpetuation of all
| that is best and truest, we can never rest
until the last vestige of this injustice
has been removed from our public life.
We regret that necessity has arisen
for a restatement Of Labor g position up
on this great question of relief from the
abuse of the injunctive process; but Con-
gress has not seriously concerned itself
in remedying the wrong and according
justice to the working people of our coun-
try. The Presidents recommendation
is the wrong way to restore right and
equality before the law. So long as these
principles are unrecognized in the law as
well as the practice, Labor will stand
erect and demand right, justice, and free
dom, exactly upon an equality, neither
more nor less, with every other citizen
of our country.-Samuel Gompers in
American Federationists