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The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1909-12-10
EFFECTIVE WORK PLANNED.

The genuine interest taken through
out the upper peninsula in the can
didacy for governor OF Chase S. Os-
born Of the 500, was shown by a
meeting here yesterday OF represen-
tative men from all parts OF the
district for the purpose OF formulate
ing plans for systematizing the cam
paign that will be put up in his be-
half in this part OF the state. says
the Mining Journal editorially. the
gathering was satisfactory one, botr
in point Of size and personnel ano
the work done assures that Mr.. os-
horns interests in the upper peninsu-
Ia viii be well looked after during the
months ne will have to give his per.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1909-12-10
NOTES FROM THE LABOR
WORLD.


A new bricklayers' union has been
organized i'm Aberdeen. $. d.
About IS per cent of labor i'm the
building trades at Hot Springs, Ark,
is organized
According to figures of 1907. recent
ly issued. Spain has a trade union
membership. OF 32,612.
Brewery Workers international has
jumped in membership from 10000 to
$4,000 in twelve years.
A new union. composed of chauf-
feurs ad helpers, was organized re-
Gently i'm San Francisco and is gain
ing. ...-. .,........
Boston. Mass, has another new
transfers union. 1t will include the
men doing one special line of work.
The total income OF the Austrian
Woodworkers' union rose from $4,000
in 1902 to $143,5OO in 1908; the ex-
penditures from $500 in 1902 to
s155, 900 i'm 1908.
At the close of the third quarter OF
the current year the Carpenters Union
of Sacramento. Calf, had 564 MEM
bers in good standing and $4,000 to
its credit
The Salt Lake CUtah) Typographical
Union has started a campaign to OBJ
tain the session of the international
union for 1911. San Francisco is also
in the field with an offer
The working women of England are
rapidly joining organized labor. new
recruits being received into the unions
every week The total number en-
rolled up to the present is nearly 200,
600.
Steps are being taken by interest
ed members of some of the railway or
CARNATIONS to bring about thorough
organization of all lines of workmen
in the railway yard service i'm all
parts of the country.
Since the organization of the Cloak
and Skirt Makers Union No. Sc. at
Boston, Mass, seventeen months ago,
more than five hundred members have
been enrolled. about half of the total
number of the craft in the city.
Special committees have been
appointed by the dual unions of stone
cutters to confer on the question of
amalgamating. Members of both UNI
| ions are said to be in favor of the
plan and the matter is to be arrang-
ed by the committees.
St Paul, Mimi, Carpenters Union
has been considering the feasibility of
building a large labor temple for the
unions of St Paul. The union has
$50, 900 in the bank, and many members
wish to invest it in a permanent home
for the labor unions
Under new law which has just
gone into effect in Connecticut writ
ten reports must be made To the fac
tory inspector of every accident I'm a
| factory or mercantile establishment,
| by which the death of an employe or
his serious injury is caused. The in
spector or any of his deputies Is
authorized TO make an investigation,
| but the records Of I'm the investigation
are to be confidential and neither the
inspector nor any of his assistants
is to be competent witness con-
corning the facts ascertained by the
investigation. Failure to report an
accident is punishable by a maximum
] fine of 500
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1909-12-10

The selection of Representative w.
r. oates Of Laurium as president of
the Upper Peninsula Osborn club, or
ganized at Marquette Wednesday, is
an excellent one. Mr.. Osborn has no
better friend nor one more active in
his behalf than the genial Bill" Mr..
oates can be depended upon to do
more than his share to keep up the
enthusiasm i'm the Osborn campaign,
and under his able direction the coun-
" clubs to be formed will be instru-
mental in getting the voters to enroll
in the spring.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1909-12-10

Charles Klein's new play. entitled
"The Next of Nn," and Cir Conan
Doyle's latest melodrama, "The Fires
of Fate" will both go to Chicago some
months before they will be produced
in New York
Divorce" the new play by NJ. Paul
tized from NJ. Burgets novel "Une Di-
vorco." is To be produced this season
by Mr.. F. c. Whitney at a series Of
matinees i'm New York.
Edmund Rostand has sold TO Char
les Frohman all the dramatic rights
outside of France to his "L'Anglon.'
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1909-12-10

II is the intention OF Mr.. Frohman ~
present Miss Maude Adams in this
play when she visits England
f. ziegfeld, jr. is to establish
permanent musical stock house in Ne,v
York In the near future Mr.. Ziopfeld
viii make his first stock production
at the New York theatre Immediately
following the run of Raymond Hitch
cock i'm The Man Who Owns Broad
way IL is reported that an excel
lent company has already been en-
gagged and that fully one hundred ana
fifty persons will be employed in these
stock productions.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1909-12-10

BY way of suggestion, few strictly
fresh eggs also would make very
acceptable Christmas gift.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1909-12-10

Possibly the people who didn't like
Tafts message failed 10 read it.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1909-12-10

Are you using the Christmas stamps?
At the same time do not forget TO use
Uncle Sans as well.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1909-12-10

Ze-la-ya, Sounds very much like
Central American cuss word.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1909-12-10
THIS DATE IN HISTORY"

16s7-Population OF New France. ex-
elusive of Acadia. reported as s.515.
17ss-Royai Acade.>'-~ Dpdon in
stituted.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1909-12-10

Got your skates on yet?
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1909-12-10

You still can shop early.
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TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION;
BY Mail or Carrier.

complaints OF irregularity in deliv-
cry viii receive prompt and thorough
investigation.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-05-13
WHEN HER BACK ACHES.
"A Woman Finds All Her Energy and
Ambi, n Slipping Away

Keokuk women know how the aches
and pains that come when t1e kidneys
fail make life burden. Backache,
hin pains, hea 4aches, dizzy spells, dis
tressing urinary troubles, all tell OF
sick kidney and warn you of the
stealthy approach of diabetes, dropsy
and Bright's disease. Doan's Kidney
Pill, permanently cure all these dis
orders Here's proof of it in keo-
kuk woman words:
Mrs. R. Jones, Ill South Sixteenth
street, Keo,.,.k, Iowa. says: If am
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Do.n's Kidney Pills and will always
do so when the opportunity occurs.
have used then off and on during the
mast eight years and they have always
given me relief from pains in my back
and other symptoms of kidney trouble.
first procured Doan's Kidney Pills
from Wilkinson & Co.'s drug store
about eight years ago and they were
so beneficial that was pleased to rec
ommend = em publicly -oday glad
ly confirm that statement"
For sale T.. all dealers. Price 80
cents. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo
New York, sole agents for the United
States.
Remember the name-Doan's-and
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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-05-13
REGULATION
AND CONTROL
OF RAILWAYS
Continued from page 4


delegate their authority in the super
vision and conduct of public service
corporations to specially created com
missions. Theoretically, at least, this
appears to be movement in the right
direction; that is, it shifts the control
from a body so large that it is diff
cult to clearly establish responsibility
to a small body on which responsible
ity can be fixed and of which fair
degree of expert knowledge can be ex-
pected. On the other hand, the plan
is still experimental and is by no
means proved success 1t is opposed
to the basic principle of democracy
which. as / understand 1t, maintains
that the average common sense OF a
large body will produce better results
in the long run, than the special know
ledge Of small body of men. 1t
sometimes happens that even a we'll
selected commission is not given
fair chance-.the unreasonable is eX-
pected of it.. Public opinion some
times forces action when it should per-
nit deliberation and careful study. 1t
is unfair to expect a group of three,
five. or seven men who have not been
trained to transportation problems, to
grasp, within few months. subjects
which are considered intricate by men
especially trained by long experience.
And yet, that is what many Of our
states demand.
Note.-In the case of the Interstate
Commerce Commission we have a
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-05-13

commission, instead of busying itself
solely in defining the duties which this
road or that should perform and the
improvements which should be made,
might very properly study the sources
of revenue of the railroads, ascertain
why 1t was that the roads were not
more profitable, cooperate with the
management in effecting economies or
increasing earnings, with the certainty
that every dollar profitably invested in
the railroads will attract additional
dollars to the state. / have not heard
Of any state commission that has gone
about it's work in this way, and per-
the point where a commission so
minded would have public support;
but certainly commission could safe
ly assume this attitude, for 1t would
be in a position to use it's regulative
power at any time in protection of
public interests if it saw the railroads
gathering in excessive profits and
failing to do their full duty to the pub
| lie My own experience in the study
of railroads of the country convinces
me that even the richest railroads are
paying only moderate returns on the
capital actually invested and are max
ing large expenditures for betterments
and improvements out of funds which
might rightfully have been applied to
| dividends.
Finally, let me remind you that the
capital invested in railroads was in
vested with the hope of return-and
while neither state nor federal govern
ment gave any guarantee of return,
| neither did they place limitation on
! it. Only in very recent years has any
court suggested that the return should
be limited. In other words, it now
appears that while the bona fide in
weston here or abroad stood to lose all
| the money he put in (and cases are
very numerous where he did lose all)
! he now finds the trend of recent de-
cisions limiting the return to say
per cent. Remembering that the theory
underlying the investment of capital
is that the possible reward or return
on the investment must increase about
in proportion to the hazard incurred
does any one suppose that our rail.
ways. especially in the far west, could
have been built without any guarantee
| if there had been an intimation that
| 6 per cent was to be the limit of profit
on the most successful operations?
The answer to these questions l can
safely leave to you, confident as | am
of your fairness, and confident, too
that all we need is a more thorough
knowledge of conditions and less dis
position to cure every ill with new
law.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-05-13
YOU

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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-05-13

ciates in a slo,ooo,ooo underwriting
California bond. A report is also cur
rent Morgan is considering other in
vestments here
Billiousness and Constipation.

For years l was troubled with bill
liousness and constipation, which
made life miserable for me. My ap-
petite failed me. / lost my usual
force and vitality. Pepsin prepare
tions and cathartics only made mat
ters worse. do not know where l
should have been today had | not
tried Chamberlain's Stomach and
Liver Tablets. The tablets relieve the
i'll feeling at once, strengthen the di-
gestive functions, purify the stomach,
liver and blood, helping the system
to do its work naturally.-Mrs. Rosa
Potts, Birmingham, Ala. These tab
lets are for sale by Wilkinson & Co.
and j. F. Kiedaisch & Son.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-05-13
500 Reward, $500.

The readers of this paper will be pleas
ed to learn that there Is at least one
dreaded disease that science has ben able
to cure in all its stages, and that Is Ca
tarrh. Halls Catarrh Cure is the only
positive cure now known to the medical
fraternity Catarrh being constitu-.
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internally, acting directly upon the L.ood
and mucous surfaces Of the. system:
thereby estroying the foundation Of
the dis ase and giving the patient
strength by building up the constitution
and assisting nature In doing. it's work.
The proprletors have, SO much faith in
its curative powers that they oner one
Hundred Dollars for any case that 1t
falls to cure. Send for list of testimon-
ials. ,
Toledo. o.
Sold by Druggists. 75c.,,
Take Halls Family Pills for constipa-
ton.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-05-13

troll Is the ideal method unless 1t is
pushed to an extreme where 1t neces-
sarily breaks down. In other words.
1t can be pushed to the extreme where
there is no incentive or inducement
for private capital to enter; where
even though the capital already in
vested may not be withdrawn, no new
capital will come in; expansion and
development ceases. We are nearer
than the railroad men care to admit;
but actions speak louder than words,
and you can see the results of dimin-
ished capital investment in railway
enterprises, in the diminished pur-
chasing of material and the cessation
The railroad men of the country would
like to see an end to this condition of
affairs, but / for one say it would be
| better that the lesson so dearly
bought should be learned and compre-
hended by all i doubt very much If
porous with the greatest single in
dustry on starvation rations. There
never was time when there was a
greater need for thorough study
courageous, patient good-tempered
study of such great public questions.
Better the Frenchman's "Laissez
faire" policy than the pin pricking"
| policy, the thoughtless tinkering with
legislation, of which we have all seen
SO much.
AS has been said already, the worst
OF this storm has passed, and even
though conditions are still depressed,
it is better that the railroads should
be patient than that they should adopt
harsh or retaliatory tactics. For this
If for no other reason, it would be
better that railroads should continue
to live on starvation basis and from
hand to mouth, than that any sum-
mary action however justified it may
be, should be taken The railroads of
the country are suffering-and suffer
ing sorely, there is no doubt about It,;
but they can afford to suffer If by so
doing, the community as whole is
learning Iue lSoSOu WHICH Siiouiu w
learned by such an experience. AS a
nation. we have had a sharp spell OF
sickness. and it would be dangerous
for us to assume that because we feel
better we have entirely recovered our
strength. Let us thoroughly under
stand the cause of the malady, and
after the disease has run its course
we will be ourselves again, immune,
hope, from this particular complaint.
The great state of Missouri-one Of
the greatest in the union in area and
natural resources-is surely not ready
: to say that it invites no more capita
: for investment in railroad improve
, ments expansion and extension; ano
even if not a single mile of railroad
were needed in this state to develoI
unoccupied areas, there Is scarcely
mile of existing trackage in which
some sort of betterment or improve
ment is not desired. How shall the
capital to make these improvements
be obtained? Certainly in one way
and one way only; that is, by making
the enterprise reasonably profitable
T, And you will pardon me for suggest
, ing It, for cannot help thinking 1T IL
the wise course, that public service
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-05-13
ELKS' CONVENTION
AT SPRINGFIELD
Giant Parade and Election Of Officers
Principle Features Of
Today.

SPRINGFIELD, ILL.,, May 13.-With
the election of officers, and parade,
the sixth annual state convention Of
the order of Elks came to close to-
day. Henry A. Shepherd, member of
legislature from Jerseyville, was
elected exalted ruler. The principal
business before the convention has
been the question of the succession in
office. 1t will be settled today. The
city is lavishly decorated, $500 Elks
being present.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-05-13
Word From the East.

President Norris King Is awaiting
word from DR.. George Fisher, head at
the A. l.. N. A. and James e. SulD.
van, head OF the A. A. u, both gen.
tlemen living in New York City. The
amateur standing of the Hamilton
baseball team has been taken up with
Mr.. Sullivan, who is comforting on
the matter with Mr.. Fisher Word is
expected to reach the city some time
tomorrow and If 1t is favorable to the
Hamilton team then the Commercial
league will have sixth member with
no more difficulty; if not then sixth
team will have to be looked for. Ii
Hamilton is admitted then schedule
will be drawn up Immediately and the
season will open as planned.
j. w. Huiskamp, who suffered a
rather disastrous season last year. af-
ter having the best team in the league
according to the advance season dope,
is making no predictions this year
Whatever. He confidently expects
to have a winning team, however, and
is making great effort to fortify ali
weak positions. The team has been
quite Inactive thus far and it is diff
icult to get a line on its strength.
lrwin-Phillips look good from the
word go. The team will have Harry
King as catcher, Nick Hubinger on
the mound and one of the best infields
IN the league. j. McAndrew will be
on ilrst, Dickey on second, Weimer on
third and Stephen Irwin Mt short. The
outfield will be strong one composed
OF heavy hitters.
3. Hamill Co. will have a team com.
posed of players who have not taken
part IN tle national game for several
years and the question is: Will they
De able to round into share again? The
'eam mas been practicing more than
any other in the league and the play
ers should be in good condition when
'ne season opens.
Inc High school team will have a
sWo montl's lead on the other clubs
aau should be ready to start whirl-
N.na season. The high school team
win be almost as strong as last year,
having Paul King and Craig McManus
uacK In the game, with Weisman and
salzer as pitchers.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-05-13

notable example of an unreasonable
requirement by the public. Here is a
group OF men who are required to ex-
ercise inquisitorial, administrative.
and judicial functions. We might as
reasonably expect a court to act as
prosecuting attorney, listen to the evil
dence, decide the case, and administer
the law.
mat dealing with these problems
requires special knowledge and train
ing can hardly be contradicted by any
one when one reflects on the nitric
acles of other business. Is there a
single vocation in life which is not
more complex today than that same
vocation was twenty-five or fifty years
ago! Is there single vocation. pro-
Iesslon, commercial or manufacturing
undertaking which does not demand
a greater training and a greater de-
gree of specializing today than it de-
manded twenty-five or fifty years ago?
feel that may safely say there Is
not, and, further, that the railroad is
no exception.
A year or more ago when the rail-
roads were smarting severely under
the heavy depression in business, and
concerted efforts were under consid.
Grafton to advance rates of freight as
preferable to any scheme of reducing
wages, the railroad officials Of the
country, in spite of their own convic-
tions as to the justification for an adj
vance, concluded to "go slow" and not
make advances. Repeatedly, have
been asked by prominent manufac-
facturers of railway supplies, "Why
| don't you advance your rates? This
Is the only way you can improve your
credit, increase your purchasing pow
err and enable you to again come into
the market and buy our goods?" MY
answer has been, just as that of many
others, that 1t was not feasible to ad-
vance rates generally until the COM
munity at large were convinced OF the
justice of the proposition. Not until
some Roadway was made against the
hostility, which, rightly or wrongly,
exists against the railroads, can we
get an advance in our rates which
4 will be remunerative and which will
again restore the purchasing power of
the railroads.
You may argue, as many have
argued, that this panic started in Wall
Street, and that it existed nowhere
else-and, indeed, it is fortunate for
the country that our immense agricul-
tural sections have felt the panic and
recession SO very little-but If you do
not know what the panic has been, |
would advise you to go into the manu-
featuring sections of the country, to
any of our large cities or the centers
of the iron, coal, and coke industry
1t Is true that these industries have
been talking brave, just as many rail.
roads have been talking brave. In
fact, it often happens that the of
ficers of railroad corporation are in
the same sort of position as
! the officers of bank, wher
they fear a run on the
bank" 1t won't do to admit to the
public that your credit is weak, that
you are well-nigh insolvent, that you
are not earning the interest on your
debts. You may at that very minute
be trying to borrow money to tide
, you over the bad period. SO it hap
pens that the railroad man must dc
the same thing that the banker or the
manufacturer or the merchant does
when he is put in a similar position
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-05-13
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Morgan Golno West

(. san FRANCISCO, May 1s.-word
mas mas oeen received here that ]. Pier
p p Morgan will shortly visit the
aaclhc coast. 1t is understood the
, as,' IS IN connection with the recent
Investment of Morgan and his asso-
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-05-13
DR.. CORAL r. ARMENTRoUT
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON

ofnce-Y. M. C. A. Building. Resi-
dence s12 Fulton street. Office hours
io to a. M; 2 to 4 p. M; evening
hours by appointment Iowa phone.
52s-Y, and Hub. phone 2o92, office
phone Residence phone. Iowa 12-M;
HUI 3515.
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DR.. J. EATON JOHNSTON
MUSICIAN AND SURGEON

n 0IOIA1N AND SURGEON
Inc only physician practicing Oste-
opathy in the county. The Smith
sonlan truss fitted and guaranteed.
only truss that holds. Office
North side of Main street, third door
above Fifth. Phone SO. Residence.
Ninth and Webster. Phone 4S4. p.
o. Lock Box, Al, Warsaw, Ill.