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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-03-06
CENTRAL'S NEW CARS
For Freight $50, for Passengers
2dS-.4Is0 II Locomotives.

= r,-ov-n president Of the New York Cen
-o,,,ced yesterday that the systems equip
pN' -5e-s for 1908 delivery would include {, 40
rneH, ars oa9 passenger cars and Il locomotives
st,z an outlay OF about 100000, Only few
Nv 80 Mr. Brown announced that the New
da.s --sr had placed contracts for 10, 900 tons
To- rails for delivery this year, 10 cost 100000
o. -. its total expenditures Cor equipment and
- 81. Cor 1909 viii be approximately $l100o0OO.
Ia- .oc.z have been already let, Mr.. Brown
- for $50 freight cars with the following
sla- + coma res: 1000 self-clearing steel hop
eaU'i 70 the Standard Steel Car Company; LOO
"a - boxcars 20 the Merchants Dispatch Com
ST. ON stock cars. TO Haskell & Barker; $50 fat
paA' .re New York Centrai's shops at West
ca O. and 1.e00 steel hopper cars 10 the Ameri-
49, - and Foundry Company. Contracts have
ca -, nIaoed for i55 Of the total of 203 pas
Al' ,ors "a he ordered. follows: 80 with the
sens car and Foundry Company. 81 with the
60 Company, 10 with the Barney & Smith
-.-snv. 10 with the New York Central shops
o - Rith Osgood, Bradley & Co.
-..-sc-s FOR the locomotives have not yet been
- g was stated that they would probably be
- ,,- IN a few days Bids are being received
3 .te remainder Of the freight equipment and it
iU o..s5 that the orders viii be placed shortly.
y si-e 10 The Railroad Age Gazette" the
- Tailroad companies have also placed or
-, zo- eouiprnent in the last week: Atchison,
- T. Santa Fe two all-steel 2e0-horsepOwer
from me MCAeen Motor Car
e.rv- Minneapolis & St Louis Railroad, 800
:. -. h,x and 1o6 cotton gondola cars, from the
g. Vernon Car Manufacturing Company;
..,,rs & Arkansas Railway Company. two
-. ard one combination mail and baggage
- .-o-, the Barney & Smith Car Company. and
=, eo.++,e Electric Company. thirty single end
- i,b side and end doors. from the St Louis
- ,-,-,-erv The Canadian Pacific Railway
([aarv * reported 10 have ordered 600 steel cars
-, +be ro-ninion Car and Foundry Company.
:. mas suthoritativey stated yesterday that sew
=, = he leading iron producers in Eastern Penn
-. and New Jersey were contemplating
.z.-so, n 70 Per cent in the wages of furnace
- 70 take effect on March Is An official
,csr,ent Of the proposed reduction. II was said,
-,Is nrnhably he made early next week. Il is be
,,s,s5 in the trade that cut IN wages by the
Fsstern iron producers Will be followed by similar
action on the part Of all the merchant furnaces in
me country. Between $1,000 and 1890 men would
he affected in that case
That there VIII be general reduction in the
wages o. steel employees by the middle Of the
month is regarded as foregone conclusion in steel
circles and strength was lent this belief by the
remarks Of Charles NJ. Schwab his return from
Europe yesterday. He declared that, IF steel
prfces 60 down. it is but natural and almost in
syitsble that the price of labor will likewise fall
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-03-06
HARRIMAN RUMOR BOOM.
Kansas City Southern Stock Jumps
1 IS Points on Heavy Transactions.

The common stock OF the Kansas City Southern
Railway Company advanced 4Is points yesterday to
4e5s, new high record figure, closing the top, on
heavy buying which accompanied a report that
the road to be absorbed into the Hartman sys-
TEN. The transactions In the stock were nearly
5000 shares, total exceeded by only three other
issues and compared with sales OF only 1880 shares
during the whole of last week,
One version OF the alleged arrangement that
Mr.. Hartman and his associates had already &C
CURED the control of the Kansas City Southern.
and another that they had obtained option on
the majority holdings of common stock owned in
Amsterdam. at 50 at So. and would exercise their
option Leading interests in the company declared
that they knew nothing about the rumored transfer
Of control.
About month ago a traffic agreement was en-
tered into between the Union Pacific system and
the Kansas City Southern under which the latter
became a through line for the transportation OF
freight interchange by the parties between points
west OF the Mississippi River and between
points in seaboard territory. Ever since that time
the belief has been growing in the Street that the
Kansas City Southern would eventually be alb
sorbed by the Union Pacific system, of which It
had formed a part for several years prior TO May
1905. when Hermann Sielcken and his friends Sc
cured the control: and this belief has been re-
fected in the advance in the market price OF the
common and preferred stocks.
Possession of the property by the hartman sys
TEN. ii is pointed in addition to giving that
system an independent outlet from Kansas City
of the termini of the Union Pacific. TO the Gulf
of Mexico, might also be regarded desirable in
view Of the recent acquisition Of the Colorado &
Southern by the HiI system. the Hartman sys
rival.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-03-06
THE .MCURDYS SETTLE.
Paa Mutual Life Insurance Co.
SSI5 900 to Stop Salts.

The several suits brought by the Mutual Life In
.urance Company nearly three years ago against
Richard A NcCurdy, its former president: his son,
Robert Il. McCurdy: his son-in-law, 4. 4. Thebaud.
and other officers and agents Of the company 70 re
cover moneys alleged 10 have been improperly ex-
pended have been settled The suits were for sums
sggrsgating s640o10 The defendants have paid
10 the Mutual Life $4,000 in full settlement, and
The actions have been discontinued in the Supreme
Court.
The settlement Of the long standing litigation was
effected by the payment Of $4,000 in cash The
other $500 offset by claim against the COM
pany for supplies. One OF the terms Of settlement
was the release Of the Mutual Life from all claims
brought against the company by the defendants.
Proposals looking 10 an adjustment Of the suits
have been under negotiation for several months
They were referred by the board OF trustees TO a
committee consisting Of General benjamin T.
Tracy Henry u. Taft Frederick 4 Eaton. Edwin
S Marston and Il Rieman DuvaL This commit
tee after carefully canvassing the situation, ad-
rissd 2 settlement on the terms already stated.
Joseph H. Choate was special counsel for the Nut
ual Life in the litigation, and James Mcheen gen
era COINS for the company
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-03-06
ROAD PATROL SYSTEM.
Planned By Nee Commission
Work of Board DiUided.

Albany. March 5.-That the State Highway Com
mission intends 10 employ patrol system for the
maintenance and repair OF improved highways
Throughout the state, such as is III vogue in Mas
sschusetts. was announced to-day. Under this
system the state viii employ about 80 men. each
nnoer contract 70 keep in repair about ten miles
OF highway. Each Of -hese men viii have a
morse and cart, and Will be required 20 traverse
DIS section daily. with necessary devices 10 keep
the road n proper condition
The great Increase in automobile FL. 5,,- .,
recent years says the commission. has rendered
.Ie o.-alnon OF many Of these roads such that
---'.'eo'@'e steps must be taken for their proper
ei'eie nee and It is the opinion Of the com
Oii e'la' The proper repair and maintenance OF
e ioaos already constructed IS a point recurring
1-os' careful and immediate attention. and IS. in
-. - - inoFe pressing Importance than the con-
stIacuon Of new roads"
commission has also voted 70 establish i'm
,,.-..1s d bureau Of research for the purpose Of
81 - -s 'lle various methods Of construction
- - III helghboring states for conducting ex
pe'1ilents with a view to ascer,af,ir ~, -.
IN Vi construction which will 10 .5.-.,,7 -. -.
-. o-i1ilions having in mind esneriary. tho
III ee caused by automobile traf7c THE
-, 4i'e'uoe the chemical analvea, % -,
80 el ana OIL products and the feaef,.lf,.. ..
- U.s. -or road building uurroses :,
,.o - '--s COMMISSION that by careful inyee,ivs
g. :. ~ Al'7iiiieht along these lines tho -
LII o. construction Will 10 deyeload 's proper
Ahe commission has divided ~
chairman Hooker viii ba,,a - "oIH so that
" financial nature reports an, -. al matters
60 including appropriations and Iag.1 sd
ISsiorer Earl the enforeer,e,, -
So. eve pubic hearings and purctas. AZ L.
'sE supplies. and Conmiseio,a- OF neces-
Slneering work AMEN the en-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-03-06
RAILROADS DOING THEIR PART
. G. Board Urges Buffalo to Make wav c,...
Tor Building Stations

soa "a I,,s ,@5ch 5The Public Service Commits.
railroad soa,Ds-,s- statement tonight says M.
sebs- 1-- mace satisfactory progress ,.+[ '' us
quste 80 soL making Their stations al esI ',' ana
pue ~ sa'lsiac'ory There has been 80 ',e
corpps,-- oFed railroad facilities 60. Us
T p and the city AUTHORITIES De'"eeh the
opers,o1 ar says that withou, the .c,,,.a
ana lan5 na. se city in relation to The co
Procession Of ef3. Tor station purposes the ~hoIe
ar stress Is IaIs - stations must fan Partteg-
sanae its bc~6l. :, ne necessity q the ctys as
tie slls ana approaches are conca-re1 50 Jar
may -'.'pw without delay.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-03-06
USE FOR AMERICAN ICE BONDS.

The proceeds Of the recently authorized issue OF
100000 first and general mortgage per cent
bonds Of the American Ice Company. It was learned
yesterday. TO be applied to payment Of the
following Indebtedness: Sl5.Co first mortgage 5
per cent bonds OF the Knickerbocker Ice Company
Of New York, the outstanding mortgage notes Of
the American Ice Company for $4,000. all Of the
$4,000 consolidated mortgage 6 per cent bonds CT
the company and all OF the bonds and notes. Sc
cured by mortgages the property OF the
Knickerbocker Ice Company OF Philadelphia. which
are due or nast due
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-03-06
EXCITEMENT IN WHEAT PIT.

The wheat pit fun Of excitement yesterday
from start TO finish Holders OF May. alarmed over
the weakness of cable messages and reports Of
private settlement at Chicago. dumped over their
wheat in avalanche that broke prices 80 cents
from Thursday nights close and practically 5 cents
from the seasons high point. The close was at
s. 1855 July broke cents a bushel The late
afternoon weakness was accelerated by sensa-
tional rumor that United Kingdom interests had
offered to resell a round lot OF winter wheat -four
10 New York merchants for 60 cents barrel less
than It could be laid down from the West.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-03-06
MI VILLAIN MN. spEER, a u,-,,-o

Who has -,--.llfle spesr Ia xyer and -,
eDtoz traslr '-'iy written series q art
sines, 4~'ns ana gambling IN sc,r,, ar'ices On
Street irres,..y before Governor Hue5ss Us "a
upon Kaicl s 5s committee ard gave III "a. a.
has been sskee to s s's Of s Financial World 90
o esrts,r major REGARDING qusstIopa, li'lee and
VII Rs esils.ta IN the Sure, r, practices
e aa'ti'sr meeting tc-d sirl'' The committee
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1909-07-23
Why 1T FAILED

The Jasper News thinks the failure
of the last legislature to measure up
to expectations was largely due to the
fact that so many of the members
were elected because of their advoca-
cy of some particular hobby that was
of really small importance when sift-
ed down, but which caught the votes
nevertheless When these hobby rid
ers got to Tallahassee they began a
scramble to secure the enactment of
their particular little bills and lost
sight Of pretty much all else. There
can be no doubt that the well-rounded
man with some idea of state and
county government and familiarity
with the agricultural and business in
terests of his county and state makes
a more useful member of the legisla-
ture than the man with some scheme
for curing all our troubles. We are
never going to get away from trouble
this side of the River Jordan, and the
pest our legislature can do Tor us is
to pass laws that are fair to all class
es and that meet the needs of rap
idly developing state. To accomplish
such legislation it is necessary to send
to the legislature fair-minded men
with some breadth of information. Lit
tie need be expected of the candidate
for the legislature who has nothing
better to commend him than some lit
tie "vote-catcher" bill. The measures
and advocated by this class
of legislators are usually so far-fetch-
ed or impracticable that a majority
of the members cannot be induced to
vote for them and they fail of passage,
thus leaving their advocates with a |
record of nothing ACCOMPLISHED
Starke Telegraph.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1909-07-23

Suwannee county possesses that
which is necessary to make Il The
most prosperous section Of this grand
state. All that is needed Is for the
thousands of acres OF wild lands o. b.
converted into fields of corn. cotton.
etc. There Is no better
horticultural, agricultural or live
stock section in the whole south. and
the climatic conditions. scenic attrac-
tions, mineral springs and resorts.
hunting and fishing are unsurpassed
farms can be bought here
now at a very reasonable price. and
good productive wild lands can BE-
had from 81 to SO per acre. In a
very few years this whole country will
be settled up-nearly every acre OF
and in the county can be cultivated
and there will never be another op-
to buy lands for so little
money. If you ever expect or intend
o buy land in Suwannee county. now
s the time-Live Oak Democrta.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1909-07-23

When the government Of India
made certain concessions to the Eas,
India Trading Company. composed on
a few merchants of Liverpool and
London, it did not know that Il was
signing away an empire. But so II
turned out. The East India Trading
Company, through fraud and corrup-
ton and all other evil influences OBJ
tanned greater and greater hold on
India and finally dominated the i'm
mense empire. and during the. reign
Of Victoria it was formally passed
over to the British crown. Beside the
East India Trading Company the
Standard Oil Company is a mere baby
midget.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1909-07-23
Is IT A BREAK-UP7

Gov. Marshall of Indiana has sound
ed the key note, and proclaims ''tariff
for revenue only" as the democratic
paramount. 1t is pretty well under.
stood that he is candidate for presi.
dent. After the defeat of Horace Gree.
ley Henry Watterson rallied his party
around that idea, and democrats of the
south and west embraced it almost to
a man. So did a big majority of the
eastern democrats; but the leaders be-
lieved in it-Carlisle, Mills, Morrison,
Beck, Vest, Vance-all of them. in.
deed, except Randall and a few 9th.
ers.
1t does not look at all as if the dem
ocracy of this day believes in the prin.
ciple of tariff taxation exclusively for
public purposes. Florida and Louisi-
ana are as storing for protection as
massachusetts, and Pennsylvania: Vir-
glnla is stronger for protection than
Ohio; North Carolina is more of a
protection state than Illinois, and Wis
consin and Iowa will vote for a tariff
strictly for revenue sooner than Ala
bGma.
Meanwhile, the divisions on the re-
publican side of the hedge are serious.
and already have resulted in much
bitterness. Maybe the long-predicted
breakup of parties is at hand
Washington Post.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1909-07-23

The price of cotton advanced when
the government report was made pub
lie few days ago. and since that time
the weather conditions have been
very unfavorable and the indications
are that the crop will be short IN
many sections of the cotton belt. The
crop in this county has been damag.
ed to some extent by the recent heavy
rains, but Notwithstanding that fact.
Suwannee county will this year pro
duce the largest Sea Island cotton
crop in the history of the county. and
the prices will be good, too.-Llve
Oak Democrat.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1909-07-23

Tampa is just sure to get that union
depot p. d. O., now. The Florida rail
road commission Is going 10 give a
hearing" on the proposition. The
commission is not hard Of hearing"
perhaps; but it has never learned 90
make signs"-that is. signs that can
do anything. All. yes-the railway
commission will get a depot for you
lin siXty-seven. Lakeland News.
1t was only a few days since that
we read a suggestion from a Florida
newspaper that struck us very forci-
bly,. The suggestion was that some
member of the Florida railroad com
mission prepare and send to the Flor
ida newspapers a series Of articles
about the work of the commission.
The average citizen believes that b.
pays taxes to support a commission
that is worthless TO the state so far
as equitable rates are concerned. and
he would welcome information that
would either confirm this opinion or
refute it.-Apalachicola Times.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1909-07-23

Pastor" RusselPs sermon in last
Mondays Times-Union predicts the
second coming of Christ in 1914, at
which time the Gentiles will lose their
grip on the governments of earth, and
the God of heaven will set up his
kingdom with the Jews in control.
I'VE do not expect" says that crank
prophet, that universal peace will
ensue because Christ is styled the
Prince of Peace. On the contrary, to
our understanding, the collapse of the
nations will be through a fierce strife,
a time of trouble such as there never
was since there was a nation in
which there shall be no peace to him
that goeth out, nor to him that COM
eth in because God will set every
mans hand against his neigbbor. Our
belief is that the warfare between
capital and labor, emperors and poo-
pies, will be short, sharp decisive, and
bring untold calamity upon all con-
cerned." Remember the date-Octo-
rer, LELAND take no other.-Palatka
News.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1909-07-23
COTTON PROSPECTS RRIeHT

Cotton will bring high price this
year, because in most of the "belt''
there is marked shortage, and a few
days ago the price jumped three dol
lars a bale on the government report
being made public. Florida's average
acreage and condition is higher than
the last crop by per cent. Another
straw shows how the winds of pros
perfty are bolwing toward this state
during 1909. It's Florida year.
Tampa Times.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1909-07-23

s. S. Savage Of ocala has become
art owner. associate editor and Joint
.nnager with Hon. G. G. Mathews of
he Barlow Record. Being a gentle
/an Of many accomplishments, he
I'm add much to the usual force and
..<acity of the Record, and thus that
|oer with it's two able editors will be-
ONE a greater power in the land
sr1fs Gorda Herald.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1909-07-23

since reading the statement that an
|.Iomobile concern was going to fur.
49, Claude L'Engle an auto to can.
.s Florida for the United States sen.
q as an advertising scheme, we've
.ciuded to DO a little running our.
~ prorideJ we can make the same
.>l II doesn't make any difference
.h,f once we run for. it's the automo-
he we're after. Nun sed.-Manatee
.tnnty Record.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1909-07-23

Mater in the Everglades is reported
/. .her than it has been for years, and
some places in the drainage dis
|-.rfr where the ~drudges" have been
work for years, water is said to be
.,m six to ten feet deep and still ris-
81 After a long continued drought,
~ drainage scheme looked all right,
|.I one good old-fashioned rainy sea-
.r makes the whole scheme look i'm
-.rt,cable.-Live Oak Democrat.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1909-07-23
A NEW WAY TO WAGE WAR

Take this matter of war and Of pre-
paration for war. We who believe
that it will be ere long regarded as
the most extraordinary deluSiOn OF
history, we who have faith to believe
that if at this moment the president
and the congress of the United States
and all the newspapers and all the
ministers and all those who profess
| to follow the Prince of Peace-that is
to say, all the Christians and all the
women, the mothers and sisters of
men-should unanimously declare
that from this time forth not another
dollar should be spent for warships,
that all the forts should be dismantled
and turned into public parks, that the
billions which it had been intended to
put into smokeless powder and costly
cannon and quickly perishing cruis-
ers, shall be released and used for the
benefit Of the world, how long would
it be before there would be such a
clamor from the army-ridden nations
of Europe to follow the beneficent ex-
ample that the blind leaders of the
blind would have to heed it. What |
an effect it would have on China,
which has lived through centuries !
with no army, and which is certainly |
taking step backwards when under
the leadership of German officers it is
desperately trying to come into line
with the beligerent nationsI
Suppose an invasion should threat
en- US? Suppose the women of the
country, the girls and the young ma
irons, should put on white dresses and
with waving white flags of peace, go
to meet the hostile army and say,
Come and feast with us, come and
dance with us, come, we offer you
festival of joy? After you have eat
en- with us and tasted the fruits OF our
land, then we will settle this petty
question which is only a misunder-
This is not utopian. This
IS only common sense.
Let us cease, then, building war
;hipsl Why should not we-the great ;
country of the Pilgrims-be the first
% set the example of disarming? We {
lon't want warships. They are waste {
ul, costly and inartistic baubles. !
spend the money on continent-cross- {
ng roads. Put an end to this clamor ,
or work on the part of the unemploy- {
ID. Endow universities, schools, mu-
eums; build magnificent public edi- {
ices; educate the people in humanity
md art and science. They are hun.
Try for it. How many men have grad I
lated from Harvard and Yale and I
princeton and Cornell and all the 9TH 9
r universities? And yet the years ex- 7
on our big navy swallows 8
p the endowments of all our univer- (
tiles! Think of it! {
1t is simple matter to utter pro- t
hecy, and yet how heartbreaking it {
5! The fruit must not be eaten Until 1
is ripe. The child cannot do the 4
asks Of man. 1t takes years, per- o
APPS centuries, to educate a nation. O
tut the time is coming when our chill T
rem will say: How blind were our S
athers to believe in war and the ne n
essity of war!-Nathan Haskell Dole,
New England Magazine.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1909-07-23

Major Geo. p. Healey, familiarly
Town as the ~Bald Headed Eagle of
'oIusia," has been confined to his
BON in Jacksonville for several
sonths from what his physician has
|Iaenosed as a leak of the heart. He
+ one Of the most widely known men
E Florida and was a great power in
|.ate politics for many years.-Gaines-
|.IIe sun.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1909-07-23

Hon. w. A. Blount, of Pensacola
VIII become candidate before the
primaries next year. He is a native
OF Georgia but has been a resident of
Pensacola for upwards of twenty
years. He married a Florida woman
and is thoroughly identified with the
interests of the state. He stands at
the head of the legal profession of
Florida and is a ripe and finished
scholar.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1909-07-23
prosperity would have Overspread the

prosperity would have overspread the
whole country.
Suppose that Bryan, instead OF NC
Kinley had been elected president in
1896. the silver mines would not have
closed down, money would have been
abundant, there would have been no
Roosevelt panic, and the country
would have been saved the calamity
of the Dingley and Aldrich tariff bills,
and the south would have been saved
the apostacy of it's democratic mem
bers.