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The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1909-04-16
NO CORNER in WHEAT
James A. Patten Denies That
He Controls the Market.
55,O9O,OOO BUSHELS NEEDED
Wheat King Has Preached Gospel @
Higher Wheat Because the Grain
Bins Are Empty.

Chicago Ill.-The appeal of Pitts
burg bakers to Secretary Knox 70
take steps to end manipulation o.
wheat and other markets, exclteo
comment by James A. Patten OF chi
cago. popularity alleged to control the
present market for the high-prlced &C.
real.
"In the first place." said Mr.. Fat
ten. 81 don't control the market. NY
line at no time has run over lV,OVV'-
600 bushels. | have preached the
gospel of higher wheat because | saw
what was coming. / saw it tlrst, l
believe, but when it comes to CON
trolling the Market there are TWO
or three hundred other men who nave
bought who have something to say
about that"
'spm a grain trader and don't IN
tend to quit. | bought when the mar
ket looked cheap, as did others VINO
accepted my views, and I'm gong 70
sell it at a profit, if can. nave al
ready sold a great dear
"This is no corner; no manlpula'
ton: others who bought may sell as
demand develops"
Mr.. Patten then diagnosed the sit
uation as he understands it.
'sFor three or four years this has
been coming, and / saw it. At the
end of each crop bins were empty
everywhere. With increased popula'
ton here and abroad it was obvious
that sooner or later the crop of one
year would be exhausted before a
new crop was at hand Last fall, II
not earlier, saw it. coming. / bought
wheat and my friends did likewise.
9'The great unthinking public here
and in Europe would not, or could
not, see what was coming. Liverpool
would not buy months ago, thinking
the prices of that day too high. Now
Europe wants N55,00O,0OO bushels. The
harvest was early last year. It has
been trying to cover thirteen months
instead of the usual twelve, and 1t
can't dG It, We need wheat for the
mills right A.Gre in Chicago now"
Maybe some of the shorts will de-
liver it to you on your May con-
tracts ?55 was suggested.
Il wish they would, for there is
not any to speak of here. We could
use half a million for the local mill
ing trade.
Here's another point. If we hadn't
bought wheat mean myself and
Others-the price would be higher
here than it is. Europe would have
taken it, for the foreigners finally rec
Ognized the weakness of their posi-
ton, and where would the domestic
supply have come from? We would
have been compelled to buy from the
very Europeans we sold to. / regard
it as fortunate that it was Americans
who first diagnosed crop conditions
and took advantage of it.
'"This was not philanthropy. My
business is buying and selling grain.
/ trade to make profits, but this talk
of manipulation is all rot"
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1909-04-16
ALASKA-YUKON STAMPS.
Design for Special Issue is Approved
BY Postmaster General.


Washington, D. c. Postmaster
General Hitchcock has approved one
of number of designs submitted for
Ia special issue of stamps commem-
orative of the Alaska-Yukon-P acific
exposition.
The new stamp is rectangular in
form and of the same size as that
issued to commemorate the James
town exposition. Panels at the top
and bottom contain respectively the
words "U. S. Postage" and Two
Cents" In the center of the stamp
the larger part of circle rests on
the lower panel, and encloses rib
bon bearing the inscription Alaska
'Yukon~Pacitic, 1909" the circle frames
the picture Of fur seal standing on
a cake of ice. On the other side of
the stamp is an ellipse containing
the Arabic numeral 2, with laurel
branches as a background.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1909-04-16
AMERICANS UNHAPPIEST OF ALL.
Prosperity, Freedom and Education Are
Responsible for Misery.

Responsible for Misery.
Chicago, Ill.-sWe modern Amer1-
cans are the most unhappy people
that have ever lived on the face Of
the earth. Why?
Il. Because we are the most pros
porous people.
2. Because we are the freest peo-
pie.
g. Because we are the most high
ly educated"
So says Professor Albion w. Small
of the University of Chicago in q
communication to the Chicago Won
ans club.
Freedom and education" contin-
ues the professor, make for unhap-
piness. They bring serious RESPONSE
bilities. : They make the individual
see and feel the actual inequality of
men. They food society with prob
lens that tax the mind and scar the
heart.
But let us not despair. The talent
for misery is the fountain of prog
ress. 1t is only when men can pic
ture to themselves what they lack
and what they want, and can work
up enough genuine dissatisfaction,
that they accomplish things worth
while"
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1909-04-16
COTTON HATES REDUCED.
The Commerce Commission Decides
Against Seaboard Rate Contest.


Washington, d. C-The Interstate
Commerce Commission, in a decision
rendered in case involving the rea-
sonableness of rates in cotton from
Florida points to Savannah, declared
that the rate. of 80 cents per 100
pounds on sea island cotton from
Alachua to Savannah, when shipped
over the Seaboard Air Line, will al
ford it reasonable compensation for
the haul and will, therefore, be a rea-
sonable rate over that line for the
future. The 40 cents rate over that
line from Gainesville to Savannah are
held to be unreasonable and unduly
discriminatory
The commission said that the rate
from these points to Savannah ought
not in the future to exceed the rate
here fixed over that line from Alachua
to Savannah. The case was that of
the railroad commission of Florida
against the Seaboard Air Line Rail-
way and the Atlantic Coast Line Com
pany The complaint involved the
relation of rates on sea island cotton
from Alachua, Gainesville and Haw-
thorn, Fla, to Savannah, Ca, the re-
spectiVe rates being 80, 40 and Is
cents per 100 pounds via each of the
defendant lines. The Florida Rail-
road Commission regarded this adj
Justment as an undue preference to
Alachua. 'The commission held the
complaint well founded as to the Sea-
board, but made no findings as to the
Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Com
pany, because Of its greater length
yof haul.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1909-04-16
RAILROADS LOST MONEY.
Panic of 1sO7-os Caused Loss Of
100000. 600.

Chicago, IlI.-An advance abstract
of statistics of American Railways
for the year ending June 80, 1908,
as compiled by the bureau Of rail
way news and statistics, was made
public here by Slason Thompson, the
manager Of the bureau. The report
says:
Instead Of a decrease Of only
$164,464,941 in gross earnings as the
result of the temporary financial de-
preston Of 1907-08 as set forth in the
preliminary income report Of the in
terstate commerce commission for the
year ending June 30, 1903, the panic
of 1907 resulted in a loss of over
1886, 100000 This statement is based
on table giving the earnings for the
twelve months ending November 30,
1908, when the full effect of the bust
ness depression became evident, com
pared with the preceding twelve. This
avoids the error of including the fat
test months in railway history in the
same year with the lean months that
followed it.
I'm the same way, the loss is net
earnings is shown to have been S12g-
540, 400, instead Of $111O51, 1906, as
given in the commissions statement.
The 2-cent passenger fare legislation
caused loss Of $25,OO0.OOO in gross
earnings, although more passengers
were carried. This is accounted for
by a reduction in average receipts
per passenger mile on "a per cent OF
the mileage from 2,O14 cents In 1907
to 1882 in 1908.
The heavy loss in net earnings is
partly accounted for by the expendf-
lures Of approximately $32,O00,0O0 ne
cessitated by arbitrary innovations in
accounting methods and requirements
in regard to the hours and conditions
Of labor Of certain classes Of en-
ployees."
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1909-04-16
SOUTHERN STEEL COMPANY SOLD.
Bankrupt Company Brings $5,111,ooC
in BIRMINGHAM.

Birmingham, Ala.-The Southern
Steel Company (bankrupt) was sold
at public cutlery in front of the Bir-
mnigham court house.
The reorganization committee,
through w. w. Miller of New York,
bought in the properties,
The properties as a whole brought
to+a1 of $5,111000. John w. Tom
.linson, filed notice that the sale
would have to care for the pending
LITIGATION against it.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1909-04-16
NENSY PARAGRAPHS.

George Harmon, aged rs, and Mrs.
Grace Dawson, aged %, were mar
ried at Wichita, Kan. Mr.. Harmon
is wealthy widower. Mrs Dawson's
husband has known her since baby
hood. He declares he is marrying her
to legalize the disposal Of his wealth,
as he wants her to get it without pos
sible tangle or technicality interyen'
ing.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1909-04-16
Politics TO Be Barred.

Washington, D. C.-President Taft
has instructed Director North Of the
census bureau to disregard party lines
in securing suitable men for super
visors and other appointive places
under the new census act. The in
structions, it was said, have especial
reference to the south.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-01-10

be placed at intervals of two and one-half
feet, the concrete being between. The
cylindrical section will be of vitrified paw
ing brick, three and one-half courses thick.
The entire Union Pacific section will be
Of reinforced concrete construction, steel
''I' beams and a network of smaller steel
rods to be used to give great strength to
the structure.
The North Omaha main sewer is a sewer
with a history dating back as far as 1873.
In that year r. c.. Philips, chief engineer
of the District of Columbia, drew plans for
it as well as for a complete sewerage sys-
tenn for the city. The plans were drawn
at the instigation of former United States
Senator Willard. who was then mayor of
Omaha. But a portion of the plans were
adopted the North Omaha sewer being left
out.
Eight years later, in 1881, Andrew Rose
water, the present city engineer, was APP
poin ed to the position and he drew an
other set of plans calculated to drain the
north section of the city. These plans
were discussed pro and con and finally
laid on the shelf and nothing done until
1884. In that year a section of the present
lizard street sewer was built, the outlet
being in a creek near Fifteenth and lizard
streets.
AS forecasted before It was built, the
sewer was not large enough to take off
all sthe storm water of the section, and ir
1891 the city contracted to build the now
famous Tor infamous) double barrelled
sewer known as the lizard street sewer.
City Engineer Rosewater was ther
stationed in Washington. d. c.. but hap
pened to be In Omaha when the council
decided to construct the double sewer. He
went before the council in the capacity OF
a private individual. with the best wishes
OF the city uppermost. and told that body
thai the double contraption would never
do and that a mistake would be made II
1t was built. The council thought that q
double would carry off a double
amount of sewerage, but this the engin.
Ger showed would not be the case on &C
count Of the extra friction. Nevertheless
the sewer was ordered built and the con
tract let to Hugh Murphy.
Mr.. then told the contractor
to be on his guard while doing the worl
for II a heavy storm came the rain would
split the pipes. Mr.. Murphy took the ad
wise given and filed with the council
protest to protect himself. The protes
was refused. Luckily for the contractor
though, he completed his work and tn,
sewer was accepted before a storm came
Less than one month after this, how
ever, a terrific storm came and the rail-
fell in torrents. The double barrellet
sewer was split in a number of places
manholes were lifted up throughout almos
its entire length. and as far west a
Tw~enty-fourth and Cunning streets tn,
Omaha daily bee., 1909-01-10

extend west through the hill on Twenty
fourth street to Thirty-fifth or Fortieth
streets, will also empty into the big main
now being constructed. The North Omaha
main sewer is intended to drain practically
three-fourths OF that part Of Omaha lying
north Of Cunning street.
The first sewer construction on lizard
street was in 1884. when an eight and one
half-foot sewer was built for a short dis
lance on that street, the piping taking the
place Of a small creek which ran through
that section Of Omaha before the growing
city compelled its displacement,
When the sewer was built a ravine ad-
jacent to the creek was filled and the four
story brick building OF the woodman OIL
works was built on this filled ground
Shortly after the completion of the short
sewer and the erection of the building,
a terrific storm broke early one morning
and flooded the entire north section of the
city. The water rushed down in torrents
where the old creek used to be and not
stopping for the four story brick building
tore a hole fifteen feet in diameter in it
and went rejoicing to the river.
Naturally, when the storm abated con-
sternation reigned.
First thing in the morning when the
cAleHl VI lle SAOTHn udAldBe WIS hnOWn,
the Board of County commissioners and the
city council were both called together in
an extraordinary session. The commission
ers had previously decided to abandon a
bridge across the creek, but they resolved
that: Whereas, 1t is impossible to put a
bushel in a peck measure" or in other
words, to put a creek into q sewer pipe,
they would not tear down the bridge. The
council talked all forenoon about the advis-
ability of abandoning the whole North
Omaha sewer project, and Mr.. Woodman
~treatened to bring suit against the city for
damages to his building.
The council tooksno definite action and
Mr.. Rosewater, who was then city engineer.
started out to make a thorough investiga-
ton, for. as he says, as he looks back now
to that day. when he was a young man
practically starting out in his career, he
was somewhat nervous. For If the damage
done by the storm had been his fault it Is
quite probable that he would not now be
city engineer of the city of Omaha.
But be that as it may, the city engineer
made a thorough investigation and proved
to his own satisfaction as we'll as to the
satisfaction of the city council that he
was not at fault
The city engineer began at the Woodman
Oil works and traced the swath of the
storm up TO Fortieth and Farnam streets,
where the old county road was in the
early days. The land was low and a
high grade had been built for the road.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-01-10
A PoIiticai E1igrncr.

The old saw says that politics makes
strange bedfellows," and it is likewise "a
fact that the professional politician is fire.
quently moved by the 'exigencies OF the
case to acts that will not stand close
scrutiny, Not alone is this so in the pres
ent day, but IL was so in the days OF II.
fathers"
When Hannibal Hamlin first began his
political career he was once at a caucus
in Hampton, the only attendant besides
himself being a citizen Of very tall stature
and pOnderous build Mr.. Hamiin had
some resolutions to pass which began by
representing that they were presented by
Omaha daily bee., 1909-01-10
Unfortunate Paraphrase.


General Sheridan used to take delight in
telling the following:
"A young mar seated at dinner one time
said to his wife:
" Ellen, IL you are good at guessing,
here is a conundrum for you. II the devil
should lose his tail, where would he go to
get another one?"
After some time spent in guessing she
gave 1t up.
Well said he where they retail spirits.
Eager to get it off, she fastened to a
lady friend with:
"'Oh. Marian. l have such a nice conun-
drum; Joe just told me of il. l know you
can't guess IL. If the devil should lose
his tail, where would he get another one?'
Her friend Marian, having given It up,
she said:
Where they sell liquor by the glass
Marian couldn't see the point OF the
joke. philadelphia Ledger.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-01-10

Omaha main has been completed during the
current year and two others are now in
course OF construction. That which has
been completed is what is known as the
Bedford Place sewer, extending from
Thlrty-fourth and Pinkney streets south
westerly to Bedford avenue. This cost
approximately $4,000.
The sewers now being built are the con-
crete storm water sewer on Forty-seventh
street and the extension to the Jones
street sewer.
Offerman Bros. of South Omaha are
building the former which will extend
from Hamilton street to Military avenue,
a distance of ten blocks. This is a four
foor sewer and will cost $4,000, The other
sewer will be $500 feet long and will cost
Omaha daily bee., 1909-01-10
Priest ResIsts Gravity.

The Rev. Philip Shredanovich Of the
Greek Orthodox church of Butler, Pa,
claims that he has perfected an invention
by which he hopes to conquer the laws OF
gravity, which will make It possible for
man 10 navigate the air without fear OF
falling back TO earth.
What will make the contrivance p%articu-
larry interesting is the fact that. according
10 the inventor, il can be made to-clrcum-
navigate the world in a day by sailing In
the direction Of the rotation Of the earth.
The priest, in answer to his critics, said
yesterday, Wait until you know the secret
and you will not scott, Small men are
not able to see higher than their noses
anyway.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-01-10

about $4,000. 1t will vary in dimensions
from four feet two inches to eight feet in
diameter and is being built by r. L. Kenny
of Omaha. 1t will extend from Sixteenth
and Pacific street four blocks west
to Twentieth street thence south to
Center street and thence west to
Twenty-first street and Lincoln avenue.
Both the Forty-seventh street sewer and
the extension to the Jones street sewer
are to be done by May !, 1909. The forty
seventh street sewer is being built of con-
crete while the other is OF brick construc-
ton.
With the completion OF these sewers,
Omaha will have a sewerage system OF
over 1870 miles, the total cost being con-
siderably in excess of S2,50O,0OO.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-01-10
wit ON the Bench.

The late Mr.. Justice Day did not often
joke, but when he did his wit was un-
doubted, An undertaken was defendant
in a SANDER case. and in evidence said
he left his card on. the plaintiff. In cross
examination he produced his trade card,
with a telegraphic address. Mr.. Crispe
asked him what he wanted a telegrapnic
address for. oh" said the Judge, inter-
posing. Il suppose it is for the benefit of
people who want to be buried in a hurry"
London Globe.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-01-10
Short Tales Cleaned from the Story Teller's Pack

50 stiff and sticky; and its awfully odd,
but 1 was just about to remark, when that
turnip struck me. that l preferred turnips
to ~eggs-only would it be asking too much
of you to boil them first?' st, Louis
Globe-Democra
Omaha daily bee., 1909-01-10

What's the trouble, captain?" ask she,
9Th fact is, ma'am,' was the response,
''our rudder's broken
"Oh, I shouldn't worry about that" said
the lady. Being under the water nearly
all the time. no one will notice that it's
gone, "-Harper's Weekly.
A Foolish Observance
w. H. Singer. the Pittsburg millionaire,
who, on his golden wedding anniversary,
distributed SIC, c0l,OOO among his four chill IL Ell
imputes a part Of his success to plain,
straightforward and frank dealing.
Time and money alike are lost" said
Mr.. Singer recently, by the observance of
useless form and ceremony. Think of Dr.
Jobson!
"Dr. Jobson. you understand, was a
famous specialist. He had a rule-it ex-
pedited business-that each patient must
divest himself Of his garments in an outer
room before entering the private office 70,
examination. Jobson grew very testy if this
rule were d~isregarded.
"A man one day entered the doctors
office, fully clad.
~ don't know what you mean. SIR
said Jobson, angrily. All must remove their
clothing before coming in here to me. That
is my rule, and IN request you to observe
II"
With a hasty apology the man Withdrew.
He returned in a few minutes with nothing
on. DR.. Jobson smiled.
And now. sir. what can / do for you?
he said, graciously.
81 have called said the naked man.
about that bill Of Tailor Ships. 1t is a
long time overdue, Doctor. "-Minneapoli
journal.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-01-10

a large and respectable" gathering OF
voters, and he proceeded TO read and
vote" them on to the records of the
caucus.
Hold on cried the other man. 1--WE
can't pass that. for ii amt true"
"Wha isn't true?" demanded the willy
Hamlin.
1T amt a large and respectable eau
GUS objected the other member of the
assembly. There's only two Of Is"
That's all right, brother; that's all
right" assured Hamlin. TT gees as read.
jest you keep still. This is a large and
respectable caucus, all right. You're large
and l am respectable"
And the resolution passed" without fur
Their demur.-New York World.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-01-10
Prefcrred Them Sod.

Nine. Sembrich, at one Of the dinners in
New York that the unwelcome news OF
her approaching retirement elected, vi
yaciously related stories of the stage.
Il know" said Nine. sembrich, that
you have in America a ~tragedian who plays
Hamlet behind a screen, selling ID
grocers after each performance, the fruit
and vegetables that have missed their
mark.
This tragedian must be amusing, I re-
greet that I've never seen him. | have.
though. in Texas, seen Gallo. Gallo sings
in falsetto the tenor role OF Puccinis
'Tosca.'
THE public, especially in the star song,
makes a target Of poor Gallo, and the after
moor / heard him sing. the creature was
pretty badly bruised.
I'm the midst OF his star song, some
one hit him with a turnip. His nose began
to bleed and he held up his hand for
silence. When the music stopped Gallo
said:
Ladies and gentlemen, in the last act
your missiles were chiefly eggs. Bggs are
messy things, they make ones costume
Omaha daily bee., 1909-01-10
Short
Beneath Notice.

Beneath Notice.
HE captain Of a certain yacht
had evinced an anxiety touch
ing a mishap to the craft that
had at once attracted the at
tention of a fair passenger on
board.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-01-10
His Deficiency.

A certain Chicago merchant died. leaving
TO his only son the conduct OF an ex-
Omaha daily bee., 1909-01-10
Helping the Doubling.

Bog Fitzsimmons, in the course OF one OF
the lessons in physical culture that he has
bGen giving to the police OF Plainview, N. J..
paused and said:
II don't take much stock in feints and
tricks. l like best, open. straightforward
work, both I'm boxing and wrestling. With
tricks, as a rule, one only gives ones self
away. II Is like the case OF a beggar.
"A beggar, you must know. sat on a
cold and windy corner with a sign on his
breast. Deaf and Dumb
Two men passed, and one. a kind
hearted chap. stopped, looked at the beg
gar, and said:
I'D hke to give this man something,
but how am l TO know that he Is deaf
and dumb2'
Read the sign, sir the besgAr Whis-
pered cautiously. "-R0rehestsr Hsrald
Omaha daily bee., 1909-01-10
The EmperSr,s Orderly.

Frenchmen Of every rank and class dearly
love titles. The manager OF a Paris in
surance company was decorated with the
Legion of Honor a few days ago, and the
clerks in the employ OF the company
presented him with a piece of plate to
which their visiting cards were attached.
On looking over these he was a good deal
puzzled and amused by the visiting card
OF the office boy" an old soldier from
the Invalides, who was employed to open
the office doors from nine till four. Under
the mans name was the title. 1.-THE EN-
peror's Orderly" He sent for the old
soldier, who stumped in and saluted.
"Of what emperor are you the orderly,
and how?" he asked. The old Invalide
drew himself up to attention.
Il am the orderly OF the emperor" he
said. Napoleon, lie Petit Corporal"
But he is dead. He has been dead some
time" nswered the puzzled manager.
Il dust his tomb for him." growled the
old soldier,-Lond Express.