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The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-09-06
Business Review of The
Past Week by Henry Clews

firmer money, no excessive bull move
ment is likely to prove successful un-
less based upon the assurance of larger
dividend returns. Stockholders are
now looking for better returns and cor
poration managers are already begin
ming to feel this demand. 1t need
hardly be recalled that recent ad-
vances have been mainly confined To
stocks in which larger dividends were
either imminent or had been declared.
In many cases. however dividend in
creases have been amply discounted.
and buyers generally are thoroughly
imbued with the idea that the market
is too high, though still supported bv
those who have or will have plenty of
securities to sell.
In the business outlook there is less
enthusiasm than two or three weeks
ago, Immediately after settlement of
the tariff This is probably due TO
failure of extravagant expectations ID
materialize: also to deterioration iii
the corn and cotton crops which took
place in August. The yield of both
these great staples will now fall below
earlier expectations. The corn crop
may still favor us with the biggest
yield on record; but a somewhat seri-
Gus deficiency is practically certain in
cotton owing to prolonged drouth in
the Southwest and this cannot but
have a retarding effect upon sections
where the shortest is greatest Some
compensation will be derived by the
high price of cotton, but prosperity in
the South will be spotty, and some OF
the railroads will have much less cot
ton to carry than usual. The lower
prices realized for corn must also ef-
feet the West. Last year this crop
was valued at 81 90 900, eco and cotton
at 100000 600, and it is now question
able whether either of these two crops
will exceed in value the yield OF 1908.
1t has been estimated that this years
agricultural products would reach the
sum Of SS.OD.OOO, 900, compared with
s.. 700 100000 last year. This figur.
still seems possible in view OF the bet
ter yield and good prices for many
other crops: but the too hopeful har-
certainly been modified by last
months unfavorable weather condi-
tions. In spite, however. OF the ton
ing down Of extreme optimism. the
business situation is very satisfacto-
ry: bank clearings in August were
more than 80 per cent ahead of year
ago: trade is steadily increasing in
volume: conditions are sound. and
there is every prospect for continued
expansion during the remainder Of the
year. At no time since the panic has
the volume of trade been so large. and
it is several years at least since the
relations between production. con-
sumption and credit have been as
sound and satisfactory as they are to.
day.
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New York Sept. 6.-The stock mar
ket has been taking the rest cure.
which was much needed after the late
collapse in the Hartman issues. The
suspension of business for three sue
cessive days also induced further qui-
etneSs. 1t Is perfectly evident that
for the time being at least the spirit of
the bulls has been impaired. Their
leader and magician has withdrawn,
probably to never again resume his
former active command. No longer
can the mysteries conjured up in Mr..
Harriman's influence be used to ma
nipulate the stock market and here
after his specialties will be Obliged ID
sell more strictly upon their merits. II
condition that will be wholesome and
will contribute to financial stability.
Upon the whole it is highly fortunate
that the market is relieved of the bane-
full effects of wild speculations. Prob
ably Mr.. Hartman never intended
that his plans should have the peculiar
influence upon the public mind which
they did: yet his dominating and arbi-
trary personality appealed to the i'm
agination and completely hypnotized
the unthinking class. SO that his secur-
tiles readily became the basis of wild
and hazardous orgies in the specula-
tive arena; and while Mr.. Harriman's
great speculative transactions proved
successful. thanks largely to good for
tune. the effect was dangerously in
flammatory upon individuals of a spec
ulative disposition. Happily the fever
which these operations induced Is now
subsiding, and the market is settling
down into saner and safer conditions.
Whatever of merit there happens to
be in Mr.. Harriman's great schemes
will remain, and on such it is to be sim
cerely hoped that he will be able to
carry them to completion. If not.
however, there is no reason to suppose
but that competent successors will ap-
pear who will safeguard the future of
the entire system.
Concerning the market as a whole.
reckless speculation has received 4
much needed check. Trading is still
largely confined to professionals and
big operators, the public having per-
sistently refused to take the offered
bait. This last failure to arouse a
speculative furore in order to enable
the big holders to dispose of their SUI
plus stocks at large profits is very sig
nificant. 1t shows-that not only has
the average operator had his eyes
opened to the real situation, but that
the ordinary investor is also upon his
guard. In reality there is great
plethora of funds seeking investments
This is shown not only by heavy bank
deposits. but also by the promptness
with which desirable new issues are
absorbed. Meanwhile prices of all
active Stock Exchange securities are
still held upon an abnormally high ba-
sis, and in view Of the prospects Of
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-09-06
TO HOLD A SESSION

The advisory boards of the different
townships of the county will meet
with the different trustees and town
ship assessors tomorrow and fix the
township tax levies. The Wayne
township advisory board will meet
with township trustee Howarth at
1870 o'clock in the afternoon. Mr..
Howarth announced that it was not
probable that the township tax levy
would be lowered any and that he
did not expect it would be increased.
However the township has been to
considerable expense as several new
school houses have been either erect
ed or repaired.
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Items Gathered in
From Far and Near
A Bigger and Better Chicago.

- ot88ST duo oSbSCT SUtCdQOs
From the Providence Journal.
Chicago now estimates it's popula.
ton at two and half millions What
Is more to the point is that the great
city on Lake Michigan is becoming
more attractive. as we'll as increasing
in size. with its remarkable park sys-
TEN. lake front reclamation. libraries
and museums. Those who scott at
Chicago merely because they think it a
heterogeneous mass of disagreeable
tendencies, do it scant justice 1t is
far from being an ideal city, but what
American community can lay claim to
such a distinction? And in the midst
of its rush and whirl it is finding time
to devote to its esthetic and intellec-
tual needs as too few of it's contem-
poraries are doing. The next ten
years will work a marked change in
this respect II present plans are car
ried consistently forward.
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ONCE AGAIN
And SO it happened.

And SO it happened.
The first really serious automobile
accident
Yesterday we commended the care
full driving Of our many motor owners
the same day there was hideous ex-
ample OF what happens when there is
machine which is not under control
It is true that the owner of the me-
chine was not a Richmond man-but
there are some drivers still in Rich
mond who might have done the thing.
There is no way to prevent death
and serious accident except by careful
driving. AND THE ONLY WAY TO
DRIVE CAREFULLY IS TO HAVE
THE MACHINE UNDER CONTROL.
Fifteenth and Sixteenth streets are
the most dangerous crossings in Rich
mond. This is true because the
buildings are built up to the corner SO
that there is no possibility of seeing
what is coming. People are uncon-
sciously careful in the built up dis
tricts. In the outskirts where the
same conditions are present, the dan.
ger is even greater at the street cross
ings.
Suggestions have been made that at
all corners the horn should be blown.
This is not so necessary as that the
speed ordinances be obeyed. There
Is ample provision for corners in the
terms of the speed ordinance.
All there is to say is to repeat:
HAVE YOUR MACHINE UNDER
CONTROL.
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ped by union workers: that Is. II
they would come to an agreement with
the Shippers union by which the
label would stand for union stripping
as well as union making. The objec-
lions to debarring the Traisers from
having their tobacco stripped else
where would be overcome. At present
they seem insurmountable to me-"
Mesxrs Gompers and Mitchell as the
majority gife a decision on the place
Of handling stock question which vir-
tually lays down a principle of organ
lied labor on all such matters and one
which would apply equally to other
cases Of recent origin in New Eng
land. They say: There has been a
unanimity OF opinion in regard TO the
award Of wages and most IT the condi
tons OF the award Differences of
opinion have occurred. but over most
OF them the arbitrators have had nc
Jurisdiction. We have been coustrain
al to the conclusion that. having
agreed TO award the schedule Of wages
II would be devoid Of any meaning
Gid we decide that the work nigh: b.
performed by workers in any other
city than Boston and particularly at n
lower rafe."-Boston Globe.
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tn. Frank K. Foster Fund.

The trustees Of the Frank X. Foster
fund made their INA. report a few
Gays ago The report included the re
ceipts and expenditures OF both the
funds OF the Massachusetts state
branch. American Federation of Lab Dor.
and the Boston typographical union
No. IL. The receipts Of the Massachu-
sets state branch fund were 81 .S63.2 81
and Of the Boston Typographical union
fund $1.144.47 As balance Of $1O-21
Of the typographical union fund was
transferred TO the state branch fund
in the closing Of the typographical
fund accounts the combined receipts
Of both funds we're $3537.47.
The expenditures from both funds
were: Mclean hospital. total payment
from both funds. 4o3A13: funeral ex-
penses. $3.50. and total payments TO
Mrs. Frank X. Foster. $2.366. a. Those
were the only items Of expenditure.
the trustees stating that there are no
expenses reported for collecting and
conducttng IL fuD1
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Work for Prisoners.
ON the Providence Bulletin.

From the Providence Bulletin.
Humane treatment of prisoners is
one Of the chief needs of our system
OF dealing with crime. We are still
almost wholly concerned in the detec-
ton and punishment Of criminals: as
a people or nation we have little re-
gard for their physical or moral well
fare. How lacking we are in charity
for those who have broken the laws Of
society is shown in the alarming
spread OF insanity among the inmates
Of the Riverside penitentiary near
Pittsburg. Because of lack of work,
the result OF the laws of Pennsylva-
MIA which limit employment to the
space inside prison walls and restrict
the use Of machinery even there, mel
ancholia Is prevalent and insanity is
attacking large numbers.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-09-06
BED IS MOST IMPORTANT.

Article 81 Furniture Upsn Which .
Generous Expenditure 10 Wise.
The bed il Acknowledged to Be- the
most Important article In the house by
that law which declares that. NO mat
ter what q mans obligations to his
debtors. his bed he may not be depriv-
ed OF. 4 generous expenditure on that
piece Of furniture on which you spend
q good third Of lifetime and on whose
comfort your health 80 deeply depends
Is therefore more worth while than
some women Of limited incomes would
seem to realize.
In choosing the mattress. to begin
with, IL is well TO know that most hair
mattresses for full sized beds weigh
forty pounds. When the hair Is short
er they are sometimes made to weigh
forty -five pounds. The cost Of the
mattress varies according To the quail
ty OF the hair used and the amount.
The best hair Is the pure South Amer
lean drawsags-that is. long hairs. very
curly and full OF vitality. drawn from
the tails and names OF South American
horses. says Harper's Bazaar.
The prepared cotton felt mattresses
are both sanitary and comfortable.
They cost about SIS. They are in
finitely better than the poor quality
hair mattresses.
Cheaper than these and not compar-
ing with them in value are those made
OF ordinary cotton felt. costing about
$50. still better than poor hair: cot
ton and wool at 81. African fiber with
cotton top at $3.50 and. least desirable
OF all. the excelsior with cotton top and
bottom ut $3.50. Neither the fiber nor
the excelsior il comfortable. and the
excelsior soon breaks and mats down
very uneven!y.
In buying mattresses as well AZ box
springs il Is well to remember that
Imperial edges and fancy ticks. al
though attractive. add no real value to
the mattress and Increase the price
considerably. Divided mattresses for
double beds cost 50 cents more than
the single mattresses.
The best pillows are made Of live
geese feathers. The softest are made
Of live geese feathers and down. but
they are not the most practical. PHI
lows made from duck feathers are not
SO good and much less expensive.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-09-06
Mrs. Taft's Log Of Travel.

In Mrs. Taft's tally Of miles she
easily outstrips the wives OF all other
American presidents since that his
toric day when Liberty bell rang out
its famous message from the town OF
Independence hall. says Human Life.
She has seen moonlight nights on the
broad waters Of the Pacific from the
bridge OF that monster ship. the Min
nesota: she has watched the dirt ny
at the big ditch down in the Panama
country. and she has risked her life
on the Transsiberia railway in that
5000 mile dash across the gisanfk.
width Of Asia which the car planned
as a spectacular affair TO catch the
worlds attention.
She has fisbed in the royal lake ut
quartered in one Of the mikado's PAL
aces during its japanese visit; she has
danced the queer native rigodon in the
Philippines: over the SHOWS Of 81.
Petersburg she has had. fur bundled.
sleigh rides such NJ only Russia knows.
and to beguile Transatlantic hours she
has played Switchboard with that gold
braided gentleman. the captain. whose
word Is law on the liner.
On practically all OF the missions rs
a popular peace envoy Mrs. Taft has
accompanied her husband. In the
matter Of distance this would mean
more miles than one would care to
figure for no American outside Of the
navy has ever covered SO much Of the
earth's surface in behalf Of the gov
eminent as the new president
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-09-06
THE EMANcIPATED BEE.
4 Story With Mighty Good 8uAra-
setts Moral.


A colony of bees 10 demonstration
OF the capabilities Of the weaker sex.
They manage everything and see to
everything. and the most ardent Op-
poser OF the suffrage must admit that
the work II well done. that the hive il
q model Of cleanliness and order and
greatest wonder Of all-the large fam
lily Of many hundred members live
happily together. There Is no III will
against the drones. They are housed
and fed until the winter shortage OF
food makes such philanthropy impossi-
BILE. There is no choice In the mat
ter Of this determination. and no favor
is shown. 1t Is a different matter to
the swarming. which drives half the
inmates out Of the hive to seek a new
home. But Of all the incidents In the
lives Of the bees that which stands out
with terrible insistence Is the death OF
the queen when she has reared her
broOd-a death which seems q fitting
termination to a life Of royal despot-
ism. 1t Is not a violent death: no sting
is inflicted to end her life. but q crowd
Of workers closes round her. and In
luis Sue Oso"
There are other things about bees
quite as wonderful rs their rule Of life.
Their eyes reflect In . hundred facets
many things which perhaps we cannot
see. and those triple eyes set In the
center Of the forehead have. 1t may be.
q powerful vision more wonderful still.
Bees may hear sounds which are be-
yond our range OF bearing with the
same supcrabundance Of a single sense.
These endowments are no part Of
their powers Of work. for the eyes Of
the drones are yet larger and more
powerful than the eyes of the workers
"a necessary qualification. perhaps.
for those who look on. do they criti-
else the busy Marthas who toll around
them. as is often the way Of the idle?
II SO. the workers heed them not. but
still so working on.
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ciGAn o.n,rrcnS UPHELD.
Arbitrators Decide In Favor Of Union
Wages and Conditions.

ArotFatorS Oectde IN t9vor OF Union
Wages and Conditions.
President Samuel Gompers Of the
A. +. Of L.. John Mitchell. national sec
rotary of the arbitra tiou board of the
Civic federation. aud Edward A. FL
ieEe Of Boston. the arbitrator ap-
pointed ut the time of tie temporary
adjustment of the strike of the Cigar
Factory Shippers union at the n.
Traiser shops a year ago last May.
have just rendered their decision. The
strike had been to maintain the unions
wage rate from any reduction and also
to prevent the sending OF stock to be
stripped to Il nonunion factory in New
York in violation OF an alleged previ
GUS agreement on that question and
caused an interest Of national extent
owing to the question involved.
The arbitrators are unanimous in
granting the union its claims on wages
and working rules and regarding treat
mcnt of stock. Mr.. Fiiene gives q
minority opinion as regards the righi
Of having stock treated wherever de
sired. On that point Mr.. Filene says:
The situation presents itself to me
il this way. / may justly say that
the union may justly claim an awarC
OF living wage within its jUrisdic
top. and to the manufacturer that BE-
shall not have work done In this juris-
diction unless he pays such a wage.
But the manufacturer must have the
right to move all Of his factory to an
other state and TO manufacture part
Of his output there should be feel 80
inclined. l believe. however. that the
union has the right to follow him to
such states and endeavor to organize
the operatives there 50 a. to compel
him to pay union wages there" Con-
Guiding. Mr.. FiIeue says: May !. In
conclusion. point out another situation
which. II remedied. might furnish q
solution Of the question at issue 1t
might be satisfactory to the Shippers
union, and II seems to me desirable
and Just. It would come II the Cigar
makers union would refuse to give
its label to ans cigars excepting those
the tobacco in which was elw1ys StriD-
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-09-06
Greek Letter Erats.

Miami university Is distinguished as
being the mother of college fraterni-
ties as we'll as OF great men-the fra
ternities Of Beta Theta Pi. Phi Delta
Theta and Sigma Chi. known as the
great triumvirate," having originated
there. The first was founded in 1889.
the second in IS4S and the third about
1880 There are only a few older than
these. and the first mentioned two
nave each $4,000 alumni scattered all
over the country. All three have erect
60 memorials At their alma mater
Argenaut. !,
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-09-06
BOARD HAS MEETING

The county commissioners at their
session this morning allowed a long
list OF claims and granted liquor H.
cense to William Haberkern, who op-
crates a wholesale establishment be-
tween Fifth and Sixth streets on Main.
c. E. Wiley, president of the board,
also stated that the commissioners
would try and call out a few of their
original asked for appropriations, in
order to substitute an appropriation
for a county insane ward
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-09-06
MAKE SCHOOL PLANS

Two rooms in the residence of
George Cook, at Middleboro, have
been rented by township trustee How
arth for the purpose of holding school
there until the new school building is
completed. Mr.. Howarth expects that
the building will be finished in two
weeks time The teachers and pu-
pills Of the school are preparing to
hold dedicatory exercises at the time
Of its completion.
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This is an age Of invention" re-
marked the bumptious philosopher.
Then" said his friend. may be you
can concoct q new excuse for me to
give my wife for not going home to
dinner tonight"
Whereat the punctufed philosopher
subSided.-Clev Plain Dealer.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-09-06
Avoiding the Capital Letter.

Whats the matter with your early
education" said the friend In this
letter you wrote me you use a little
Il" for the first person. singular!"
Il did it on purpose" was the an
swer. There is no telling these days,
when the alienists may be on your
trail. I want to avoid anything which
in the slightest degree looks like ex-
aggerated ego
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-09-06
TWINKLES
(By Philander Johnson)
An Entirely Selfish Theorist.

An Entirely Selfish Theorist.
DO you believe in the theory of
reincarnation? asked the serious girl.
You mean to ask if I think We'll
keep coming back to this earth again
and again." rejoined the flippant
young man.
yes"
II have my doubts about it. The
creditors may all come back. but we
debtors are apt to go wandering along
to other planets if we can possibly ar
range it."
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Monday. Sept eRichmond Com
mandery. No. s, K T., stated con-
claye.
Tuesday. Sept 7.-Richmond Lodge
No 1856. r. e A. NJ. stated meeting.
Wednesday. Sept S-Webb Lodge
No. "a. F. & A. NJ. work In Fellow
craft degree.
Friday. Sept 10-King Soaomon's
Chapter No. 4. r. A. -. Stated meet
IND.
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Nature at Her Worst,

"You must enjoy seeing nature in
all its beauty" said the boarder.
WELL" answered Farmer Corntos-
sci. Il hear you folks talkin' bout the
beauty of nature, an try to git en-
thusiastic with you. But I want to
tell you that viewin' nature on a win
ter mornin' before sun-up is a good
deal like SEEM the women folks at
breakfast afore they git their hair out
O. curl papers"
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-09-06
Treat the Cow Well.

From the st. Louis Star.
The gentle COW at last is coming into
her own. Appreciative OF baths, teeth
cleanliness and other innovations for
her comfort, she responds with addi-
tional quarts OF milk. We know OF
few animals more deserving of good
treatment than the cow. A happy and
ccntented bossy means optimistic but
ter. smiling cheese and sunny cream.
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Finances of the carpenters.

The Brotherhood Of Carpenters and
Joiners' International unions financial
statement for June shows receipts OF
$43.62I-23. Death and disability pay
ments aggregating So3.3T4.5O were
paid. The balance in the general fund
July / was 1881 ,99O.12.
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From fluffs unto furs is well known;
She still is the pet of the nation,
Each season she claims as her own.
But that other career so high-flying
Seems ended e'er scarce it began.
And the chill winds are mournfully
signing,
''Oh, where is the Summer Young
Man,"
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-09-06
Had to Go to Work.

He hlossomed awhile in his glory,
The monarch Of all the hotel,
Like the hero serene of story
He played his part briefly, but well.
Correct from his headwear. so natty.
Clear down to his footgear of tan,
Obliging and graceful and chatty-
Oh. where is the Summer Young
Man?