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The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1909-02-02

for the year ended June 80, 1908. In
all respects, it is the most important
report yet submitted by the bureau of
corporations. The work of the bu-
reau during the last fiscal year was
more varied than during any similar
period since the establishment Of the
department OF commerce and labor.
During the year Commissioner Smith
directed investigations of many i'm
portant industries and he now has on
hand as current work, inquiries into
the tobacco industry, steel industry,
International Harvester company,
lumber industry, cotton exchanges
and water transportation.
The mcst important legal work of
the bureau in the last fiscal year was
in connection with q bill for the
amendment of the Sherman law. A
large amount of work also was done
in aiding the department of justice
in the preparation for trial of cases
against the Standard Oil company for
alleged practice of determinations in
railway rates.
Requisites Of Handling.
"The control of the federal govern
1AlSAI WI wi pOl OC
brcadened into general constructive
system based on tested principles of
supervision, publicity. and co-opera-
ticn. The details OF such a system
in its main features should be as fol-
lows:
"It should be operated by the fed
eral government.
''It should provide for system of
regular reports from the large in
terstate corporations.
Such government Office should
have access at all reasonable times
to the records and accounts of such
corporations.
That office should publish concise
ly the important facts disclosed. 1t
should safeguard from publication
all business secrets.
Corporations complying with these
requirements should be given the ad-
vantage of definite federal registra-
tion.
The system should, if possible, be
voluntary.
FINALLY, supervision must be ad-
ministrative. No other method has
the necessary 1exibility.
I'VE must have system of super
vision which provides a working basis
for conference and cooperation and
which does not rely merely on GRIM
inal procedure and opposition. There
is not only a change in the attitude
of business leaders. There is also
an aroused and intelligent demand
from the public for fair business
methods and for equal commercial
opportunity for all. The future of
the nation must depend largely upon
the stability of it's business machinery
That machinery cannot be permanent
or successful unless it operates open
~ and justly. 1t must place and keep
in control of our commercial forces
men who have risen there solely by
superior industrial efficiency. 1t must
protect such men from the competi-
tion of those who get power unfair
and illegal methods and privileges
practices that rely peculiarly on Sc
crecy. To Go this the government
must have such supervision and con-
troll of that corporate machinery as
will maintain in business the funda-
mental American ideal of equal op-
pOrtunity to ALL"
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1909-02-02
POSTAL SAVINGS BANK
The Bill May he Valid on Tomorrow
in Senate,

Washington, Feb. 2.-Serator Car
ter, in charge of the postal savings
bill. in the senate today announced
that he would endeavor on Wednesday
to get vote on it, although he fully
realized the improbability of that bill
becoming a law in the few remaining
days of this congress-
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1909-02-02
NO RESTRAINT
Bigelow Claim of Cumulative Voting
Not Upheld BY Court

Cincinnati, Feb. 2-The claim of
Albert Bigelow that the attempt of the
Calumet and Hecla company to vote
a large block of stock in the Osceola
Consolidated Mining company year
was an act in restraint of trade. was
denied by the United States circuit
court of appeals today, the decision
of the lower court in dismissing his
suit being affirmed.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1909-02-02

Springfield, ILL.,, Feb AT the con-
clusion of the twenty-fifth joint bal
lot, the joint session arose. The Joint
balloting will be resumed tomorrow at
noon. No change of any moment oc-
CURED in the three ballots taken to-
dar.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1909-02-02
NO SENATORS YET
Wisconsin and Illinois Are Still Bal.
lOting in Joint Sessions.

Madison, Wis. Feb. 2.-Today's
joint ballot for United States senator
resulted in no choice Senator Ste
phenson received 63 votes, lacking
three of majority.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1909-02-02
ALBERTA. FIRE
Several Large Buildings at Wetaski.
win DESTROYED

Winnipeg, Feb 2-Fire in the busi-
ness district of Wetaskiwin, Alberta,
this morning destroyed the Buck
holtz store, the Perkins laundry, the
Alberta opera house. the Alberta ho-
tel and number of smaller buildings.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1909-02-02
NO RUSH
Oklahoma Bank Guarantee Law Case
Not Advanced.

Washington, Feb. 2.-The supreme
court of the United States again to-
day refused to advance on the docket
the case of the Noble State bank of
Noble, Okla, VS.. Gov. Haskell and
other members of the Oklahoma state
banking board involving the validity
of the Oklahoma bank guaranty law.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1909-02-02
CORPORATE CONTROL
Commissioner Of Corporations Out
lines Plans for Government

Washington, Feb. 2.-Commissioner
Herbert Knox Smith of the bureau of
corporations, today submitted to Sec
cretary Straus of the department Of
commerce and labor. the annual re-
port of the operations of his bureau
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-08-22
A BELIEF KNOCKED OUT.

Nothing is romantic to the rigid
the hammer of the iconolast 1t mat
ters not how dear any ola belief may
be. or what halo of romance may
surround and haIlow it, there will al
ways be some one ready with a bunch
of hard facts, or alleged facts. to strip
it bare and show that we have been
deceived.
Take the old copper cent. as a fair
example. We have been taught all
along. and have sincerely and conf
IDENTIFY believed, that on ona side of that
little coin there is depicted the profile
of an American Indian girl or wo-
man crowned with a somewhat fantas-
tic headdress of feathers. 1t is true
that the feather part of the headgear
savored more of the Indian chief than
of young woman, but for all that we
thought 1t might only be the fantastic
idea of the designer, and did not al
low the seeming ineongruity to de-
tach us from our faith in the genuine
ness of the face. If that were truly
the face OF an Indian girl. the whole
may have represented the head of an
Indian princess. and that would make
It all serene. We suppose a real Am
erican princess might wear feathers
on her royal head. might she not? Our
women Of the present time wear feath-
ers. and why not one or their pre-
decessors do the same1
That seemed a sound and invulnera-
BILE argument. and we had no fear tina.
any one would upset it. We. stuck
Loyalty to our faith and belief in the
Indian on the cent. and that has been
one of the main reasons why we siren
uously objected to having that figure
discarded and a head of Lincoln sub
stituted We valued the pronls Of a
handsome Indian princess ABOVE that
of any president of them all. mucn
less one as homely as Lincoln. and in
sisted that she might at least be AL
lowed to retain her humble position on
the humbIest of ouI coins. but Rooso-
Welt butted in and ordered the change
made. and It was done. mucn to our
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-08-22

that the Master needed him. This
young man has possessions and POSI-
tion. and that might greatly help the
infant church. But You see what Jesus
looking what he has. and asking only
what he Is. He deals with him not AZ
. rich man. but simply as man. He
taught the young ruler that wealth -
when our Lord beheld this enthusi-
astic young man He loved nim." But
Mth questions Gped taa he misR Usis
his words and think what he was do
ing. He tested him, to md IL he had
staying Qualities.
seinsh. He asked for some good thing
TO do (not for the sake Of others. nor
for the sake of doing god. butt for
the sake Of his own soul. What good
nal life?" The man was thinking only
of himself. Rich, prosperous. privf-
legged. as he was, his thought centered
On self He had been brought s1a.a, up n
he knew not why. He longed for somer
thing he did not have-r-and what 1t
was he could not tell
He knew he was not living an eter-
nal life: but In absolute ignorance Of
himself and 1t, he cried, what lack I
yetT And Jesus told him plainly what
he lacked. He laid His finger upon the
heart OF the whole matter; for this
young man was not really IN earnest
honestly in his heart he was intent
only upon himself. And when he was
brought to the supreme moment of de-
cision and test--of doing good to his
fellow men at HIS own expense-ne
saw what IT meant, and drew back. He
made the great refusal. We hear of
him no more.
"He was sad at that saying. and
went away .grieved. for he had great
ossessions."
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-08-22
MOVING THE CAPITOL.

Mobile Register.
We note from reading the Montgom-
cry papers that Senator Wilson pro-
poses to move the State capitol to
Birmingham. The only thing to say Is,
Gee What do they want with 1t?
What taste! to begin with. So s"d-
den an outbreak of odmiration for the
"old barn is unaccountable. Besides,
look at the cost. Birmingham could
build two capitois for what Il would
cost to lug the old one eighty miles
up the state. Certainly this is a mys-
terry.
they want. The Magic City" is Eath-
er short of that sort of thing; and II
would be something at least to be
able to say: "On that spot (pointing
to the brass star in the floor of the
portico) Jefferson Davis { when in
Montgomery took the oath OF Office as
president of the Confederacy,' and
Here to the left centre of the front
lawn eve will suppose the lawn Is tax
en- along with the capltoD the Kolb
Rebellion failed to be pulled Off In
1890" and Below there. also on the
left Dexter avenue having been NOV
ed to Birmingham to give proper APP
preach to said capitoD is The Mont
gomery Advertiser ONCE, generally
supposed by members OF the legis-
lature to be filed with birthstone and
presided over by the Devil"
Maybe, however, the talk of moving
the capitol is a misprint. and charge
able to the Intelligent compositor. We
entertain a suspicion of that sort
rather than of the sanity of capital
grabbers of Birmingham.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-08-22

Selected for The Advertiser)
ed to n Him S and SAID eS Good Master. what
shall S 90 that It IT, may inherit eternal
Be belonged to the privileged class.
He was rich he had great yoSns
and was making plans for the future,
and anticipating what great Things he
would do.
at Jesus feet, the Master, looking
down into his expectant eyes. loved
him." Christ was in sympathy with
young men; he understood them as one
Of them Himself. His intimate friends
were young men. So the Master wei
coined this young ruler and wited to
help. g.. Al
world could offer. he was not content
He was profoundly dlssatisned-dls-
satisfied with himself. He was living
a pleasant life. but he had found that
there was pleasure ms m0 oasse co ana joy
Shining in the face of Christ and he
desired to gain that. He did not have
it; he could not buy 1t. how was ne 10
tations, which attract all men, the rich
as we'll as the poor. he had kept hinl-
self upright, clean. honest and honor-
able. His conscience was congenlal 10
by it. But even this did not satisfy
him; he felt that he lacked something
Where could it be found?
There was a difference between MS
life and the life eternal. For eternal
as he understood II, was not an ad1ec-
tive of time or place, but of Quanty.
1t was not the life everlas ding Whlcn ne
would presently enter BY the gate or
the grave. What he wanted was the
heavenly life today and here-a NE
which would be fitted TO go on without
interruption into the life which Is to
what good thing shall I DO" he
cries, that l may have eternal Ire z
1t is possible that he expected the Mas.
ter to direct him to the ofering OF
the flesh; but II 10 more likely that ne
waited for some counsel 20 guide him
in his course. Whatever he may nave
enough that in the mind of Christ the
eternal and the social were vitality con-
nected. In order to live life eternal.
it Is essential that we live q HE IRA
Aspiring to gain his highest hope;
straightway to confer WI Win n,gn Jes so.
SaTit vn FOr is the the sprt Of jesus
Barnett 1.-THE founder OF Toynbee HID
has written about fall OF social enthu-
siasm as applied to social betterment,
The whole idea Is expressed that we
name of God-only by the spirit OF the
Son OF God This Is the conclusion OF
a long and successful experience.
some have tried to plan their social
duty, leaving religion out entirely with
the result that they make man a ma,
chine or an animal, he has mouth and
two hands, but no soul. Others have
tried to solve the question by study
OF ethics. But everything that is need.
full, helpful and true Is already laid
down in the plain Gospel. In order te
attain that social life, which is eternal
we need some thing more than a book
We need a life. The books are all very
needful is that we enter first into the
realized presence of Jesus Unless W,
do that we cannot read the book Alright
nor do our social duty. Tie rich youne
| man came running to Jesus and kneel
ed 10 Him. and we must do the same
| II is the only right way TO begin.
How does Jesus deal with him. I'm
| onediately He stops and asks a search
| ing question. It might easily be sale
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-08-22
Three Great Jurlsts

BrutuS, in Huntsville Tribune.
Virginia gave the world one of the
greatest jurists that ever adorned the
bench of temple OF justice in John
Alabama gave two great men-Rob-
ert C. Bricken. who the historian Will
write of for years to come, and whose
brilliant career on the bench Will be
pointed out to future generations OF
young lawyers as an ideal to look up
to and to emulate.
ing over the South for really great
man, as well as an able lawyer that
could wear the ermine of y. S. judge
with honor and credit to the 4nation
and to the judiciary, he turned towards
Alabama, and discovered in Demo-
cratic Ex-Governor OF the common
wealth Marshall and Brlckell COM
bined. and he made Hon; Thomas @;
Jones a Federal judge for life, and
this is one of the really good things
Roosevelt did for the South. Judge
the the South needed brains. backbone and
courage of convictions on the bench,
and he rose to the emergency.
Some men are born to command oth.
that they are possessed with power
from their early start in life to make
men believe as they. do and
to follow their leadership. Judge
Jones belongs to this class OF men
He is not as popular on the bench sas
he was off of 1T; no man could be ana
do his whole duty towards his God
and his oath of office. A Judge that
every man speaks well of is like min
lister that has preached to please man
and not God for fear he would not
have the favor OF men or might have
his salary reduced. The immortal Sam
p. Jones once told a crowd OF molly
coddle preachers in Cincinnati that had
demanded that the evangelist make an
apology to them for saying thEy had
been too weak to preach the truth,
| that he most humbly apologized to
| them and when he reached home he
would apologize to the Lord for hav-
| ing run into such a weak set.
| This is not the case with Judge
Jones, he discharges his duty in a
| fearless way without attempting to
apologize to any man or set of men
| It is so refreshing to see man on the
| bench now days that has the fearless
| courage of Old Hickory caring abso-
| lutely nothing for what man may say
| but believing he is right in any stand
| he takes and going ahead and doing
! his duty as he sees 1t.
| L was born and bred In the South
and have always believed in the teach.
| ings of our Southern men. Though
| have never believed in mob law and
I think If every Judge in our Southern
| States had the backbone of this greai
/ 1urist, mob law would soon be a thine
| Of the past, and should be for IT only
brings the fair naU" Of our glorious
country into disrepute.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-08-22

Is split Of more or less seriousness IN
the ranks of the prohibitionists. Judge
S. D. Weakley. author Of the new pro-
hibition laws, was in Birmingham to-
day and it, Is understood that he IN
formed some of his friends that he
was going to be forged to make the
race for Governor. The question OF
who is doing the forcing Il what com.
is understood. has the powerful infiu.
ences of Governor Conner and his
friends behind him. but is persona
non grata to Brooks Lawrence, super
League. Mr.. Lawrence. according to
all Indications, will throw all the IN
fiuence he has to Col. H. 3. d. Nal
Tory of Selma; There Is said 70 ps an
According to the best information. COL
onel Mallory. who appeared in Mont
gomery the day before. the constltu-
fional prohibition amendment was - to
for few votes which turned the tide
and carried TO victory the question so
close to the heart OF Brooks Lawrence.
There Is another feature that may
a leader In Presbyterian circles or Biz
mingham. colonel Mallory has for
years been prominent in the amalrs Oh
the Baptist organization Of the state.
THE Presbyterians have taken less In
terest In the prohibition agitation than
any of the other Protestant denomina-
lions, and a number or the most prom
inent pastors of this denomination In
the State are openly opposed to the
prohibition program as Il has been cen car
terIans, numerically inferior to the
Baptlsts of the State, could NOT be ex-
pected to pile up as large vote for a
member Of that church. for the Bap-
lists are famous for standing together
in things political as well as religious giogs
the situation and reached the conclu-
sion that it is better to be on the side
of the strongest candidate. He may
have reflected that 1t has not been
many months since Judge Weakley was
defeated by the people for an N, ONCE ms TO to
then Governor. At any rate there Is
enough in the situation to arouse in
terest and If the local optionists slt
steady in the boat and let the split 80
far enough there may be something do
ing when they concentrate their
strength on some good. strong, clean,
conservative man for Governor OF the
State.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-08-22

They do things on a large scale up
in New York, according to The Globe.
of that city. 1t says that according to
the records of the Republicans them
selves seventy-hpe million dollars
worth of four per cent. bonds have
been used during the past six years
to purchase, property which. at fair
valuation. was worth thirty millions.
Either the bonds were much below par
or somebody got good pile out OF the
fob Both may be true.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-08-22
The Alabama Law.

Chattanooga Times.
Alabama is likely to have some ex.
viii be Of profit to us in Tennessee
provided We shall get In frame OF
mind that will permit us to profit
Alabama had Maine presidents to guide
her, but obviously Maine was too fas
of to have any influence; with US the
result will be right at our doors, as u
were, and we cant help noticing IL
even were we disposed to ignore 1t.
rest of any person having United
States license to sell liquor and such
person Is to be convicted. of violating
the law without any other evidence
or without being charged with any spe-
ctfic crime.
Maine once tried to use the records
OF the United Stat Internal revenue
department and failed. She then pro
used as corroborative and that feature,
II seems. was admitted The first
thing. therefore, that will probably
happen In Alabama when Governor Co
an appeal to the Federal Court. The
United States Government still legit-
imizes the sale of liquor and beer by
the issuance of licenses even IN dry
comfortable revenue from the same
source. which goes into pensions for
old soldiers, public buildings, battle
ships. etc.; and while permitting the
largest liberty TO Tile 0tdtoS W FCBu-
late their own internal affairs. the
national government still has certain
duslsast osspeFfe rInRto nehtng the rights
and liberties of It's citizens that may
noe be appealed. to. I'M vain. The pes
lice powers of a State are not supe-
rior even in its own limits to the fun
damental bill of rights, Under which
we are all supposed to stand equally
protected and guaranteed Justice and
Discussing this point The Brooklyn
Eagle remarks
"AIabamass scheme is to make the
possession of United States certificates
primary and presumptive, not corrOb-
orative. This involves an attack on
the revenue raising laws of the nation,
an attack absolutely unmasked and
vital With such a statute on the
books of every State, nearly 100000
OF revenue would b. taken from the
United States in special tax certificates
alone. and the collection of $156,000, 00a
altogether from taxes on spirits would
be seriously menaced."
The Eagle makes the further sug-
gestion. which in the circumstances
dial to; the Alabamian. that these cues,
tions are to be settled by a Federal
Court, and not State tribunal. which
standing In awe of the wave of po-
litical prohibition now engineering the
prohibition hysteria, is trembling al
the possible consequence of rendering
sound and right decision. The Ala
bama court has already been threat
ened by the Superintendent of the Anti.
saloon League, and 1t Is whispered
that the Governor Is his hacker
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-08-22
SUNDAY, AUGUST a, 1909.
This from The Charlotte Observer:

The two South Carolina newspapers
which were anxious to know whether
mint juleps and hot Scotch were
Vegetable" In Hades are referred 70
The statement of Mrs. Anna Besant as to
the effect that when a bibulous person
dies his craving for drink goes with
linn in an intensified form without
the ghost of a show to get a drink
ii the hereafter" On what authority
she bases her statement we do not
know, as she does not give It. Per-
haps she arrives at that conclusion by
reasoning by analogy from the Dives
and Lazarus water incident-that as
there Is no water in the Internal re-
glons Ii 10 natural to suppose there Is
no other potable liquid. But our South
Carolina friends had as well take on
faith Mrs. Besant's statement as a
trustworthy declaration that Hades is
one place where prohibition truly pro-
hibits.
II that last intimation 10 correct then
Hades is the only place yet heard Of
''where prohibition truly prohibits" so
far as has been heard from. II some
OF the extremists could have their
way. however. Hades will not be the
only hot place where a man cannot get
q good and wholesome drink when he
needs IL.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-08-22
ENSLEY CITIZENS.
Are Disappointed Over Being Forced
Into Birmingham.

Are disappointed Over Being Forced
Int Birmingham.
Ensley Correspondence birmingham
Age Herald.
DR.. t. A. Johnson :"Relative to
the action of the Legislature in fore
ing Ensley into Greater Birmingham
at the instance of Governor Conner 1t
is a matter OF surprise, as also of re-
gret, since only a few days before the
members of both the House and Sem
ate had by large majorities in each
voted to exclude Ensley from the OPP
Grafton OF the bill. This sudden
change of front indicates a spirit OF
subservience to executive dictation.
which to say the least, Is far from
commendable. In this instance the
time-honored principle OF local self
government, a cardinal doctrine of De-
mocracy was set at nought, and the
will of the people disregarded and
that too, by a Governor and Legis-
lature posing as Democrats. All hon
or TO senator Miller: to Representa-
tives Glover and Tarrant. and those
Senators and Representatives that stood
with them in their opposition to this
injustice When 1t is finally decided
that Ensley is part OF the greater
city l shall give my allegiance to II
and try to be as loyal to Birmingham
as have been to Ensley but viii al
ways feel that great injustice has
been done us"