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The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1909-04-15
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the good aimed at WIN not be found
very difficult IN practice, 4 lhe true
Intent 81 The statute Is kept IN mind.
From the facts stated. we think X
plainly appears chat Texhofna, ~
such q place aa the statute conten'
plates, That the town Is "a az which
passengers and freight should De re-
celyed and discharged by the action
Of both railroads IN establishing q
STATEN there"
The opinion further dnds hat the
| average distance between stations rs
ten miles on Inst line. and The near
est Ia Texas 70 the border Is Stew.
ems. which II nine and a half miles.
ID alao suggests that with accommo-
datlons. Texhoma win grow and de-
velop ~ proportion To- the surround
Ing country and other stations IN de-
PENDANTS line. The court further
says
"Thc stAtutea which we h4Ve quot.
ed deal with Texas railroads and inn
Dose duties 10 be performed ia Texae.
The places at which stations are to
be established are 10 ne IN Texas and
not elsewhere, and II follows that this
company docs not meet the statutory
requirements by using the station OF
another company IN another state.
The railroad commission, having
merely followed The statute discussed
10 making The order IN question. tho
validity If the statute ana not upon
the power uf the commission outside
that statute"
lt euggealr That here can pc no
serious auasslon Al 10 ihe validity 81
the provisions uader which the rell.
roads OF TexaH havo been built. hence
The statute Is valid and the order
stands. Texhoma holng a place where
d station must be established
Tire Oklahoma corporation commits
sion has recently made an order sim
llar 70 tie above Ia regard 10 The lo
caiion Of . depot on q state line
which bias been appealed 70 the Sill
PRONE court oi the state The order
was issued laet month and required
ibc Santa Fe @ erect a depot near
Higgins Texas. IA Ellis conn 0n Che
State line.
The Oklahoma commission nolieeea
iiat Ia view 81 ihe above decision
the Oklahoma Supreme court viii ar
arm tho order requiring The depot 70
bo built bg The Santa re N Ellis
counts.
Texhoma where the Texas commits.
sion ordered the Frisco 10 build q
state line depot IS II Texas county
on ghe state liue. half of the town
site IS IA Texas and The ether haif in
Oklahoma.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1909-04-15

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conI and saw Mili Districts 0uiot,
state Factory Inspector 9. z. War.
fep has returned from a several
works. tip through the e%uliheaal part
it the state. Including the coal nln
lug district and The SAN mill industry
districts fie reports business duil Ia
those sections and 4ork sehree. The
coal mlncs have practically closed
down II places and IN The aaw mill dis
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Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1909-10-02

Judge E, n. Gary, chairman of the
board OF directors OF the United
States steel corporation, announces.
after returning from Europe. that "a
decided Improvement In commercial
and financial conditions Is apparent In
France aud England. Investors OF
those countries are displaying increas.
ed interest In American securities.
Their desire for them Is doubtless due
to an effort TO escape taxation, They
seem to put their money into paying
Investments that win not be fully tax.
able" Such expert testimony as TO
the continued prosperity OF this eoun.
try Is always welcomed.
Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1909-10-02

Dr. Cook ls passing through q Diff.
cult ordeal. He has been assalled by
a man whose recognized achievements
as an explorer lent peculiar force to
his formidable impeachment Of the
Doctors yeracity. But even the most
virulent OF Peary's partisans must
now confess that through all the lrri.
tations Of an exasperating controversy
Dr. Cook has maintained GOODNESS
and restraint that compel respect and
encourage belief We are aware that
this dispute over priority In Arctic
discovery has only just begun. The
real fight win develop when Dr. Cook
submits his scientific data TO the in.
spection Of men qualified to pass upon
their value,
Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1909-10-02

A Boston halter has received, by
way Of the dead letter Office, s146 in
as many letters, each envelope having
contained 81 bin. There seems to
be no way Of identifying the sender.
The recipient says the money may
come from man for whom he once
made a silk hat and who failed to pay
for 1t at the time. Allowing for inter-
est and all that, what we would like
to know is how much the tile was sup
posed to be worth in the first place?
Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1909-10-02

There ought to be some way OF put.
ting a stop 70 the shipment and sale
Of green Florida oranges. The
Gainesville fruit dealers are now dis
playing this green fruit and Offering
s. Tor sale. but person with common
sense ls not likely to bite" az the
price OF three for a nickel" Il was
hoped that the new Citrus Fruit Ex.
change would be able to stop the ship.
ping OF green oranges and grape,
fruit this season, but u has not had
the desired effect In this section.
Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1909-10-02

Governor Hughes OF New York and
Governor Fort Of New Jersey are fight
ing along similar lines in their effort
for political reform, particularly in
relation to primaries. The principle
OF direct primaries for which they
stand is in marked contrast with that
which has characterized the Western
movement. In the West parties have
been destroyed and political anarchy
has resulted, In which individuatism
has taken the place Of party organiza
ton, and in which bosses maintain
a supremacy as menacing to popular
rights as that of machine bosses, by
reason of financial resources, by
virtue Of personal magnetism,
or by a cleverness in political dema-
goguery which sways public opinion.
Governor Hughes works along differ
ent lines. He believes In organized
effort. He believes in party unity, in
party solidarity Of the right sort He
applies to politics the truth that in
union there is strength, and believes
that Only in well ordered, carefully
and defined party policy
can sound public sentiment achieve
It's purpose and true democracy And
is best expression in representative
government.
Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1909-10-02
eooD RoADs.

That the farmers Of Hamilton coun
ty are alive to the benefits to be de
rived from the construction of hard
roads is evidenced by the following
from The Jasper News:
THE farmers Of this county are
becoming interested in good roads
AS evidence Of this statement, at the
last session Of our board of county
commissioners a proposition was pre-.
sented to that body, signed by fifty
farmers residing north and east Of
Jasper, that If the commissioners
would furnish the rock they would
meet every Saturday and haul 1t out
IN the roads.
This means fifty wagons hauling
rock every Saturday and this would
soon make good roads for several
niles east from Jasper It would do
away with those terrible sand beds
which extend two or three miles from
town, and the material being rock it
would be a permanent work
This rock, which is just such as
the streets OF Live Oak, Newberry and
other towns are paved with. can be
purchased for IS or IS cents ton
delivered here in Jasper Thus II
will be seen that these farmers pro
pose to pay with their teams and labor
about three-fourths of the expense Of
these good roads.
This proposition our county COM
mlssioners will accept beyond the |
shadow OF doubt. In fact, they can
not afford to do otherwise, because
L is a duty they owe to these tax
payers who so nobly propose to bear
by far the larger part Of the expense.
But our county commissioners
reed no urging, nor argument along
HIS line. for their actions in the past
lave demonstrated their public spirit
nd their desire to have good roads
,uilt,
I'VE complain Of our taxes. and
Justly, too, for they are higher than
n the days of carpet-bag reconstruc. !,
Ion, but burdensome as our State and 4,
ounty taxes are they are not to be
ombared to the tax levied by bad
Dads, Where the Saul of State and
ounty taxation has slain les thous-
nds, the David Of bad roads has slain
3 ten thousands.
These public spirited farmers,
iho thus propose to donate their la I
or, are to be commended; their no
le example emulated, and their
ropositlon accepted"
Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1909-10-02
eatarrh Cannot Ne Cured

with local applications. as they eanno,
reach the seat OF the disease. Catarrh
IL blood or constitutional disease,
and In order 10 cure Il you must take
internal remedies. Halls Catarrh
Cure Is taken internally. and acts al.
rectly on the blood and mucous sur.
faces, Halls Catarrh Cure Is not
a Qnack medicine. Il was prescribed
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Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1909-10-02

For Core Throat, sudden cold and
coughs no remedy has been discovered
so powerful to cure as Perry Davis
Painkiller AS a liniment it has no
equal in curing Rheumatism or Neu-
ralgia, burns and bruises, and wounds
OF every description. It is The cheap
est and best remedy offered TO the
public. Only 35c for a big bottle.
There are other sizes also, 25c and soc.
Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1909-10-02

So the Hon, Ion l. Farris, Speaker
% the Florida House Of Representa-.
lives, has decided 10 go out after
Prank Clark" Mr. Farris made a
spectacle az himself by being on 10Th
sides Of tho Jacksonville charter bin
nt the last session OF the Legislature.
ane is about the weakest man today.
politically. in nuyal county, neither
faction having any confidence IN him
politically II he thinks uhe people
% this district viii entruEt shelr An.
terests In Congress 20 such a political
acrobat he win nnd that he Is badly
mistaken when The votes are counted
Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1909-10-02

Extensions which will add 1000 miles
Of trackage, and will cost 100000, 900,
are announced by managers of the
Hartman system. The master rail-
road builder is dead, but his plans
live on without break, and with some
of his millions as foundation for
building.
Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1909-10-02

The Sun Is In receipt OF the "spe.
ciai Everglades Edition" Of The ma.
ami Daily Metropolis. It comprises
forty.eight pages, OF $50 columns,
handsomely Illustrated with views Of
the Everglades country, and Is a great
credir to the publishers.
Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1909-10-02

Clifford Plnehot's companion, Sen.
ator Flint Of California, got lost ON
Pacific island and rolled down nifty
feet In a canyon, He got some severe
bruises, but feels that he was quite
lucky compared with Mr.. Pinehot
Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1909-10-02

The chauffeurs have organized in
Washington, and hereafter no auto.
mobile wrecks will be recognized that
do not bear the union label.
Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1909-10-02

There are now four candidates for
Congress from this district. Alachua
Dade, Duyal and st Johns counties
furnishing them The race will be
between Alachua and St. Johns coun.
~ candidates.
Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1909-10-02

In a short time the Wright brothers
should have airships in shape to go
rapidly over the routes and verify the
reports of explorers.
Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1909-10-02

A man who returns from his sum
mer outing with a word of pessimlsm
on his lips would be a curiosity these
days.
Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1909-10-02

A headline says John d. objects to
"all games of chance" But very few
OF us can, like Mr.. Rockefeller, nail
down a sure thing every time.
Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1909-10-02

But Il will be fine when they begin
TO keep summer boarders up at the
North Pole, with aero excursions from
al prominent points. Just wait
Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1909-10-02

Having been living on the "Roose.
welt" for several months, It Is only
natural that Peary couldn't think OF
anything else to call Cook than a liar
Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1909-10-02

Now that MIR, Aldrich has received
o acknowledgements from the Presl.
dents hands, Uncle Joe Cannon will
probably take on an expectant look
Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1909-10-02

Congressman Farris?" Wouldn't
that Jar you?
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1909-04-22

acres Of undeveloped coal lands,
therefore, or third Of the amount in
sight. In so doing he loaded up Read
ing with an increased debt to the
amount Of $50,000,000. Hereafter
there existed 5O,OOO,0OO additional
motives FOR monopolizing hard coal.
The result was a pool in 1873,
among the hard coalers, limiting out
put and fixing prices. This continued,
with many vicissitudes, until 1884,
when the Pennsylvania broke away.
The price of coal fell, and Reading,
with its load Of debt representing I'M
developed coal lands, went into the
hands of receivers.
When an individual goes into bank
ruptcy the water is squeezed out of
him. When a railroad goes into
bankruptcy not only is the water not
squeezed out, but more is put in. The
process is called Reorganization"
Every important railroad reorganiza-
ton involves an initiation Of capital.
Reading was reorganized and set 60
ing again. A. A. Mcleod came nito
control, and promptly took mp the
plan to monopolize hard coal. Some
brilliant fnanciering followed. I'm
fortunately the courts upset some of
the Mcleod leases. The whole struc-
ture fell The fall touched off the
panic Of 1893.
Once more Reading went into the
hands Of receivers and was reorgan-
lied. Of course none Of the water
was let out. On the contrary, true to
the basic principle Of reorganization,
more was put in. This time the capt.
talization was lifted above $3OO,OOO,-
600, or about $4,000 per mile of
road.
This reorganization, however,
brought in the powerful friendship
of Mr.. Morgan. Thanks largely to
him, a spirit Of amity began to per-
wade the hard-coal roads; but this bet
ter understanding among the carriers
did not increase the happiness Of the
independent" operators who de-
pended upon them for transportation.
Certain Of these operators projected
Continued on Page Eleven.)
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ing monopoly it is entitled to earn
only fair return upon the invest
ment. How anybody can determine
whether rates are reasonable without
knowing what the investment is, is
beyond merely mundane comprehen-
sion.~ Yet nobody does know what the
investment is. Railroad men do not
wish to know and they do not wish
anybody else to know Only by an
elaborate and costly federal investiga-
tion can the amount of bogus capt.
talization that the railroads are car
rying be discovered. But one fact is
rather significant. That is, there are
not many spots in the vast mass of
capitalization where you can sink a
drill without striking water.
Take, for instance, that conspicuous
group of railroads known as the
hard coalers.'
The anthracite industry naturally
invited monopolistic ambition. The
supply is confined to a region in
Pennsylvania all Of which could be
put within an area twenty-five miles
square. This region, roughly speak
ing, is only hundred miles from
Philadelphia and a hundred and fifty
from New York. Transportation, of
course, is the key.
Eight railroads tap the territory
namely, the Reading, Erie, Pennsyl-
vania, Lehigh Valley, Delaware &
Hudson, Delaware, Lackawanna &
Western, New York, Ontario & West
ern, and the Central Of New Jersey.
There we're, early, various fragile
pools and gentlemen agreements;
but the first really important step to-
ward monopoly was made in 1871 by
F. B. Gowen, then president of Read
ing. He began buying all the indie
pendent coal lands he could get hold
of.
He seems to have had the right idea
namely, that it doesn't make any
particular difference what price you
pay for property provided it enables
you to get monopoly Of staple
commodity. Having monopoly, you
can easily make consumers pay divi-
dends on the purchase price. He
bought about a hundred thousand
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1909-04-22


Trust took over Andrew Carnegie's
Steel Company, worth eighty millions,
and issued upon it 500 millions of
stocks and bonds, what were these Sc
curities but solemn pledges that as long
as law and order shall endure, so long
shall thousands and thousands Of hu-
man beings toll SO many hours a day,
SO many days a week, until death or
incapacity releases them, and that the
product of this toll shall be the prop
erty of these holders Of pieces of
paper? When the Moore Brothers and
their associates sold to the public 189
millions Of similar pieces of paper
upon seventy millions of Rock Island
stock, it meant that the farmers and
merchants through all the Rock Island
territory must continue for years to
come to yield tribute in the shape of
extortionate freight and passenger
tolls to the holders Of these pieces of
paper. By the mere fiat Of some
great fnancier, the product Of I'M
born thousands is pledged to the de-
scendants and benefciaries of the
present holders Of those bits Of paper
Aladdin's lamp could do no more.
Mr.. A. B. Stickney, president Of the
Chicago Great Western, recently dis
cussed railway rates before the Trans
portation Club Of St. Paul. Taking
the complete statistics for 1905, ne
found that the average rate Of in
terest paid on all the railroad bonds
in the United States was 3.65 per
cent, and the average rate of divl-
dends paid on all the railroad stock
was 3.02 per cent.
Here said Mr.. Stickney, sis
the average margin of profits Of all
the railways in the United States.
There is no other business in
the country which is done on so small
margin Of profits as 3.02 per cent
dividend. No other invested capital
gets such small returns as the capital
invested in railroads"
Obviously, if the capital invested in
railroads can now earn only little
over three per cent a year, railroad
rates are as low as they ought to be.
When anybody mentions freight rates,
the railroads always trot out these
average dividend statistics-and
prove thereby that rates are already
so low that there's no profit at all in
railroading.
IF anybody asks how much of the
stock upon which average dividends
Of 3.O2 per cent are paid is water and
therefore entitled to no dividend what
ever they reply that there can't be any
water because the capitalization per
mile of American railroads is much less
than that of English railroads-which
is exactly lige arguing that Florida is
an ideal summer resort because it is
much less disagreeable than panama.
I think every kindly person is sad
when he hears railroad men allege
that their business is upon COM
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SUMMER MODES VERY PRETTY
coIorinas and Materials Most In
Favor Are Wonderfully Dainty
ard Attractive.

There is something wonderfully
dainty and attractive about the new
modes for the summer. Not only are
the colorings specially soft and lovely,
but the materials employed are of the
finest and most delicate description,
recalling. alike in tint and texture.
the old world fabrics worn in the early
days Of the nineteenth century.
One very fascinating costume ID
made in natural Shan.ang silk of pale
shade, and very fine and soft In tex
ture. The skirt fits closely and falls
in graceful folds round the feet Just
below the waist there is a very orig
inal trimming. arranged to give coat
effect. and carried out in silk embroi-
derry of the same shade as the Shan
tung, relieved with applique designs.
IN grass-green corded silk. This en-
broidery appears again upon the
bodice in the form of square collar.
while the chemisette and sleeves are
of tucked ivory-white net, with EN-
broidered cuffs. A sash OF dark green
silk is brought round from one side
and tied with long fringed ends. The
nat Ia of ivory-white crinoline, trimmed
with draperies of white net and a
mount of grass-green feathers.