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The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-20
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1908.
A PREDICTION.
The Headland Post says:

The time Is not far distant when the people of South Alabama will be forced to use the cheapest power on earth.
 able in Henry county to turn every wheel that Is now being turned by steam and leave over ntne-tenths Of our available power idle. we expect to live to see the cotton gins Of this section run by electricity.
 The Post is doubtless correct in its prediction. We are not familiar with the topography and streams of Henry county, but take 1t for granted that our contemporary is well informed in that respect; As to that matter, if there were but few waterfalls in the county where electric power could be generated the supply would be suf- flcient. One of the great advantages of electric power is that 1t Is not me- cessary to. use it where 1t is gener- ated. for it can be conveyed to any distance, in reason, and loses little or nothing by the journey. In this respect alone 1t is so superior to other motive powers that there can be no compari- son between them.
 The time cannot be far distant when a substitute for steam must come into general use. Fuel cannot last much longer, and with its disappearance must go cheap steam power and event. uaIly 1t must go out of use entirely. Small cotton gins can be operated by horsepower. as has been done for gen. erations, but that is not always con- venient and 1t can hardly be called economy. Whether it Is cheap or con venient for small gins or not it is not good for large ones. and as steam will soon become expensive or impos- sible, electricity is plainly the thing. Taking it for granted that The Post is correct as u the availability of water-power for the generation of cleo tricity there is no reason why any farmer in Henry county should not have his gin or other machinery driven by the electric current. and we pre- diet that the editor of The Post will not need to live to be a very old man fin orde- to see farmers and others making use of some of the power that is now idle.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-20
TAFT AN ByIGAaA. E
Perspective Judicial Appointlaents
 Causing Senatorial Speculation. Washington Special to New Orleans

Prospective Judicial Appointments
 Causing senatoR1al Speculation.
 WashIngton Special to New Orleans
 Ptcayune.
 Mir Taft's policy in making judicial appointments is causing much specu. lation. As a jurist he has a wide ac- queintanee among lawyers and judges and 1t Is known that he win devote especial consideration to getting the exact kind of men he wants on the bench. One Of the strong possibilities of the Taft administration Is that he may have to make appointments of q majority of members of the Supreme Court. In making these 1t Is conh- dently believed he will be guided al. most exclusively by his personal opinions of the capacity and qualiflca. tfons of men with whose attainments and experience he is thoroughly fa- miliar. All this prospect of executive independence naturally Is rather dis concerting to the Congressional mind. Senators are extremely uncertain how far he will defer to their judgment and political necessities in making Federal appointments within their States.
 From what they have observed thus far they opine that he is not going to seek much advice, and not to seek any unless he really wants 1t, and that he will not hesitate in making appoint ments to follow his own judgment as against that of any ot the politicians s
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-20
This Date ira History
FsbFuaFy 20.

1772-Commodor Isaac Chauncey. distingudshsd naval officer, born in Black Rock. Ct, Died January 27, lS40.
 i7sO-Brltish under General Clinton invaded South Carolina
 ls03-Egypt evacuated by the Brit ish.
 IsAs-First Legislature of Texes un- der the United States met at Austin:
 1s64-Federal defeated at battle Of Olustee. Fla.
 1s7s-Fernando Wood moved in the House for the Impeachment of Vice President ColfaX.
 1Ss3-MRrshan Jewell former Postr Conn.
 isOi--First tarritorial legislature of Hawaii convened.
 1903--President Roosevelt signed the IElkins anti-rabate bill
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-20
CLIPPING RAILROAD INCOME. {
 -~---~9~-A- Protest AgainHt Preposed Scheme For
 Dead line. sE <

balt1morS star.
 Representative Madden. of Illinois, speaking in Congress on Saturday. called the Hepburn rate law forest of legislative Fexoties and a tangled wilderness of words" That looks like, ly. In trying to find a trail through the law, doubtless seeking the light, Mir. Madden has lost his ideas in the woods.
 He would save shippers, little and heavy, money in lower freight rates by drawing 2 dead line upon, railroad in- come. Four per cent net. he thinks, & satisfying return upon a railroad owners investment. He would allow the roads to draw from freight pat. rons a gross income that would pay running expenses and maintenance and leave four per cent to compen sa te them for the risk of their money, but to them he would say: Beyond that you shall not go." All now Gpaid the roads above the limit he thinks, would thereafter remain In the pockets of shippers and their customers, we should never more pay heavy tribute to an 'extortionate railroad monop- oiy," and should revel in prosperous happiness.
 Mir. Madden. does or should grasp the truth that dead line at an income less than the return from a hundred other undertakings is also a dead line upon railroad enterprise. That bust. nesS novelty may impress Mr. Madden, but he has little company in the will deTness. 35S
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-20

The Pittsburg Post refuses to en- dorse the expedient employed by Con- Eress to remove Knox's disability in the matter of a Cabinet position. It holds that while the bar has been technically removed, morally it still remains to shake it's fist in the Faces of President -elect Taft and Senator Knox" Well it may shake it's fist" as much as 1t likes but our guess is that Knox will hold down the position.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-20
This Is My 56th Birthday
Ernest 4. Darlington

Brigadler General Ernest A. Garling- States Army, was born at Newberry Court House, s. C. February 20, 1S5% and received his collegiate education at the University of Georgia. In 1876 he graduated from West Point and was assigned to the 7th Cavalry. In 1883 he commanded the Greedy relief eXpedi- ton and seven years later he was se- indians at wounded Knee. For his distinguished Rallantry in that action he was awarded the Congressional medal of honor. During the war with Spain he was Inspector General of cavalry in Cuba and was present at the siege and surrender of San1ago. Prior to his appointment as Inspector General of the army he served several years Tn the Philippines.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-20
4 RexsnEeful Proceeding.

NoW tOfk WOFl0s
 If proof were needed that these in- dletmsnts arc in reality a political pro- ceeding, instituted by MT. Roosevelt against the two leading anit-R -Republi- can newspapers in the recent cam paign. ft would be necessary only to review his conduct during that con- test. The articles chiefly complained of appeared in the news columns of The World between October 3 and Oc. tober IS. At that time MT. Roosevelt was the actual manager of the Re- publican campaign, and had been en- gagged iu violent personal controver- sies with MT. Bryan. Governor Has kell and various other opponents. If he believed that the; Panama articles printed In The World and The Indian apolis News .Wera.. a libel upon the United States~- government or upon himself or Mir. Taft or Mir. Root or upon anybody else, that was the time to join the issue and submit 1t te the judgment of the American people at the polls. Yet. although MT. Roose. velt's political activities were unceas- ing, never once did he refer to this Panama matter, never 8 complaint did he make In regard to these articles, never did, he challenge the Democratic Party or it's candidates, or any of fits supporters, to meet this issue of crm- inal libel which he now raises on the eve of his retirement from oftlce.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-20

fixed upon the program for the exer- cises in the schools and for the holi. day throughout the state."
 Certainly no one could object to the above statement. but unfortunately fin the headline the words. "slipped" were has a cause of complaint. It is very evident from the statement that the provision as to Jefferson's' birthday was properly adopted by the legisla- ture and Incorporated in the odes--Edi~ tor Advertiser. ,~
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-20
Local Legend Discounted

For some weeks The Montgomery Advertiser has been printing a series of articles on Indian history in Ala bama. The articles were written fifty ward who was a noted Alabama pio- neer and Indian authority. In last Sundays issue the writer refers to the Indians who inhabited Talladega County and relates the story of the friendly Indian who notified General Jackson of the danger threatening the whites at Fort Leslie. The story goes that the friendly Indian, who was q eyes of the Indian braves by encaslng himself in a hog skin Colonel Wood ward says the hog skin part of the story is hoax. The name "Chinna- bee" which is well known here In sev- orai ways. is spelled by Colonel Wood ward. "Chenubby." s.., .
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-20

our soyernment might pay the amount and then make demand on Turkey that would call for a vast amount of diplomatic red tape and perhaps that would be ail. On the whole. and as a strictly business proposition. we don't think we would like to pay premium on this claim.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-20

The German Reichstag is getting to be either brave or desperate. for 1t Is proposing to levy tax on the prop erty of the Kaiser. Wonder if they will make him swear to the value of his property.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-20

That New York college dean who predicts that in ten years the people of this co.ntry will be paying thirty per cent more for living expenses than they do now is a pessirnist to beat the band. .,% 's
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-20

By an overwhelming majority Pitts burg has elected a Mayor who is ac- knowledged to be an honest man as we'll as a lawyer of ability. Now If they can get q city council of the same kind there's hope for the smoky city.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-20
SWORN CIRCULATION.

The Montgomery Advertiser guarantees its tract when reouested1 that It's daily circu- Iation is larger than that of any mornths newspaper printed in Alabama-ana sna. its sunday edition has the largest circo- lation of any edition of any newspaper printed in Alabama without exception.
 The figures for January printed neiow represent the actual net calculation. aaisfe-' turns having been deducted
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-20

In q short time now President Roosevelt. If he is not too conceited. can truthfully quote that famous mon- oiogue of Cardinal woisey's. begin nins' Farewell a long farewell, to all my sreatness.". .rs
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-20

The suggestion is out that the men are to wear direetoire coats next sum- mer. but we beg to register a robust refusal right here and now. We wouldn't know how to get into one of the things
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-20

We are told that one of New Yorks old churches, more than a century old, Co aow a vaudeville theatre. Could not Shat have been prsvented7
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-20

We'll. at all events. we, can't deny that we've been having quite variety of weather lately, some of not of the kind to warm uR the spring poets.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-20

As The Richmond Times-Dispatch views it the first meeting between Taft. and the Constitution was in the nature of . head-on collision.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-20

Alfred Austin, the English poet; de- clares that women are not fitted for great affairs We guess Ali hasn't met Aunt Carrie Nation.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-20

The Buffalo Times argues that if Senator Knox goes into the Cabinet he must go in through the coal chute" -ft
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-20

Fayette Banner.
 4 wonndn lecturer in New York says there would be . panic if women should give up clothes for year. Shes mighty right. There would also be rheumatism and bad colds.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-20

Net Daily Average, Jan. 1909 ....... .1g,2Se Net sunday Ayerages 9an. 1see .:..HsSAv' C.. I. Finigan, Circulation Manager ee The Montgomery Advertiser being ouiy sworn. sDws: t..l The foregoing statement of The Adver- tiser's circulation for the nonth of January. 1908, is true and correct. &nd compiled ax- ter all returns from news boys. news agents spoiied and Ieft-oyer copies have been de- ducted -. C. I. FINIGAN.
 Circulation Manager. Sworn to and subscribed before me this l2th day of February. 1908.
 RIGA ALEXANDER.
 Notary Public.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-20

Congress. seems to have been trying to obtain a marked d-down-on.the- bar gain counter sort Of Secretary. of State. This being the case, 1t should have been no trouble to have secured them in job.lots.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-20

Don't think for minute that all the bright men live in the north. Phil Armstrong of The Montgomery Adver- tiser has discovered that ''the young man in sowing his wild oats uses a great deal of ,rye."-Lincoln (Neb.) State-JournaL
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-20

Talk about a triumphant smile, if you want to really observe one notice the features of a farmer as he drives past a six-cylinjer automobile stuck in the mud.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-20

Johnson avows that he is eager to meet Jeffries 'fn any part of the civilized world"
 The Richmond Times Dispatch says then Texas loses all chance of. Eet-l ting the mill" f5, /; ..s IF
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-20
WAat WouId MaRpaa.

TOmarrOw-TAe SGAmmotA IaeahatO
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1909-03-15

petition from unscrupulous competi-
tors.
Now, it is natural that most makers
of dairy laws and the parties enforcing
these laws have, and should have, up
permost in their minds high standards
and ideal methods of production and
manufacture, and l believe that every
one in this room, who is actually en-
gagged in one form or another of the
dairy industry, is striving in his own
business towards the turning out of
products of the highest possible quail
ity that is consistent with economic
production. We are, therefore, all in
sympathy with the good intentions Of
the officers in charge of dairy legisla-
ton and it's enforcement
Laws Must Be Practical and Consist
ent.
However, all of us who have tasted
or are tasting the strenuousness of
commercial dairying will agree that,
aside from the idealistic or philan-
thropic principles, we must observe
those principles which control the
financial success of our business. No
sane business man or other sound
minded person can entertain any re-
spect for business that does not pay,
no matter how perfect the product of
that business may be.
With the keen competition, both at
the supply and at the market end of
the business, the margin on our goods
has become small and, unless constant
ly watched and guarded by careful
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1909-03-15

and economic methods, the profits are
easily (and too often) turned into
losses. If we dairymen and manufac-
turers are going to produce and manu-
facture milk and dairy products of
high standard, we must be able to do
so without meeting with financial fail
ure.
If our standards are so high and our
laws so strict that, by living up to
them, dairying becomes improbable,
either one of two things must happen;
We must ignore or violate the laws, or
We must abandon the dairy business
and go into something that looks more
attractive to us financially. A law or
standard that is so high that it can
not be enforced is useless; it is worse
than no law at all, because it puts a
premium on violating the law. Such
conditions would be serious detri-
ment to the dairy interests of the
state, and it might mean loss of mil
lions of dollars annually to the state.
These facts are sufficient to show
the great necessity of extreme care
fulness in formulating dairy laws and
regulations, so as not to sacrifice the
welfare of the industry for wrong
ideals. The laws must be consistent
with practical and economical produc-
ton.
And this brings us to another and
no less important factor, namely, the
competency of the inspector We may
have splendid and eminently practical
laws and yet they may work out to the
detriment of the dairy industry, be-
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1909-03-15
OBJECT OF DAIRY LEGISLATION.

In a recent address at the Indiana
State Dairy Convention, Prof. o. F.,
Hunziker of Purdue University dis
cussed DAIRY Standards and Laws"
as follows:
There are principally two parties
directly and vitality concerned in dairy
legislation, namely, the consumer or
the public, and the dairymen of the
state. The public is seriously con-
cerned in dairy regulations, as they
must look to the establishment and
proper enforcement of dairy laws that
will protect them from the purchase Of
dairy products of inferior quality, prod
ucts the food value of which is inferi-
or and misrepresented, and, further
more, to safeguard them against the
consumption of impure, infected, un-
sanitary and unwholesome dairy prod
ucts, dangerous to the health and life
of the commonwealth.
The dairymen and manufacturers of
dairy products are interested in legis-
lative regulations that will protect
them from competition with other DAT
ry states where such laws are in force.
If the dairy industry of Indiana is not
protected by proper laws, our state
will of necessity become the dumping
ground of animals and products cast
out by the states which have such
laws. Again, our dairymen and manu-
facturers of dairy products need laws
that will protect the honest producer
and manufacturer against unfair COM
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1909-03-15

cause the person or persons interpret
ing and enforcing them lack thorough
understanding and knowledge and are
deficient in experience and judgment.
1t is essential then, that we have prac-
tical laws consistent with economic
production, and competent men for
executing them.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1909-03-15

The new dairy law of Oregon re-
quires cleanliness in the production
and handling of milk; it insists on
cream being delivered and used when
not more than four days old in Win
ter and not more than three days old
in summer; it provides for the ap-
pointment of three deputies to act as
inspectors for the State Dairy and
Food Commissioner. AS passed the
bill gave their appointment to the gov
ernor, but this was accidentally(O left
out in enrolling the law for signature,
leaving the appointment to the COM
missioner, where it belongs. This law
was unanimously supported by the
State Dairy Association and the Ore
gon Pure Bred Livestock Association
to extend the work of Commissioner
Bailey, who has held his present posi-
ton II years, longer than any other
dairy commissioner, besides having
been twice president of the National
Association of Dairy and Food Com
missioners.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1909-03-15

A. P. Stockwell, of Aberdeen, Wash,
has recently purchased 13 Ayrshires
with which to start dairy herd.
New-York tribune., 1909-06-29
CUBAN BUDGET PASSED.
House Makes No Cuts-Lottery Bill
Also To Be Lac.

Havana June 2S.-In accordance with the
programme Of the Liberal majority the House
of Representatives passed to-day the budget OF
So. 100000 as received from the President
abandoning all attempts to effect retrenchments-
The Senate will take up the measure to-mor-
row and will probably pass 1t. It Will imrne-
diately be sent 10 the President for his sigma
tUre.
Incidentally. the passage of the budget con-
firms Governor Magoon's purchase of Spanish
cannon for the Cuban fortresses. as 1t contains
an item of $4,000 for the payment Of the hrst
years instalment of the purchase price. $5oo.po-
The Senate tomorrow will continue the dls-
cusson of the national lottery bill. and 1t Is eX-
pected that il will he ready to receive the Presl-
dents signature by the day Of adjournment
T,,na so The Senate also has agreed to appro-
priate $4,000 for a two years mission to the
Latin republics under Major General Enrique
Loynaz del Castillo.
New-York tribune., 1909-06-29
THE TARIFF CONFERREES.
Seniority to Control in Senate
Probable Members from House.
Iron The Tribune Bureau. ]


Washington June 28-While there has been
much gossip regarding the conferrees on the tariff
bill It IS learned that in the Senate seniority vii!
control in this as It in all similar questions
The conferrees on the part Of the Senate will be
Senators Aldrich Burrows, Penrose, Hale and Cu-
lorn. Republicans. and Daniel Money and Bailey
Democrats There is a possibility that Senator
Cullorn, who is not IN the best of health may NOT
accept the appointment as a conferred, in which
case Senator Lodge will be appointed The gossip
regarding the conferrees has been 10 the erect
that Senator Flint or Senator Snnoot would be ap-
pointed in order give the West some represen-
ration but such predictions prove to have been
merely gossip
A great effort is being made by the high pro-
tectionists in the House have one Of the senior
members Of the Ways and Means Committee as
placed on the conference committee by one OF ile
avowed upward revisionists Of the Far West Ihls
effort is being centred on Representative +. J.
Hill of Connecticut. It has been pointed out 10
the Speaker that Mr. Hill has several times oeen
an 'nsurgent' and that he is not at all impressed
with the sanctty of the protective system 1t is
insinuated that Mr. Hill is likely to vote his own
way AZ anv time and for these reasons it has been
asked that his place on the conference comhI'tee
be given to Representative Needhan' OF Cah-
fornia. or Representative Cushman OF Nasl'ns-
ton The ''stand-patters'' hardly dare ask that
Mr. Fordney. of Michigan, be placed on the COM
nittee because Of his ra-protectionlst views
but he would be their first choice.
There are also murmurs of discomfort against
Representative Mccall. of MASSACHUSETTS WHO has
also been numbered among insurgents on Nal'-
Gus occasions and is said by some members to hold
low tariff views where New England industries are
not Intimately concerned.
According 10 one member OF the organization VINO
is in close touch with the Speaker, the conference
committee on the part Of the House VIII he maze
up Of the five senior members Of the Ways and
Means Committee. Representatives Payne. DalzeIl'
Mccall, Hill and Boutell. This alignment leaves
the Far West without representation. but as the
West is chiefly concerned over lumber and fruits,
its interests pretty sure 10 be taken care or