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The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1909-01-01
VIOLATED no LAW


Jasfies Mrsgfst II tbs ggyFeGD
Cs1rs Of the DlSsrSg1 % ColsEnsaa
wfsD 90 abe &c alt, sd5Sad9so ram
asi SOsRp~rs. president, John Mliek
\ Ell WEE PRESIDENT. and FRANK NOs
ris<,o. sserstzsy u size AEbssfesi
Federation u L4ssoF. guilty u con
tempt u eDurt. aszs6 ss TIE e0nelas
sl4n ~ BIsE Opisi0E II either VI 10.
d@fe1c&Hts had anything - ssy wf,
jSdSrSsni sSs01Ic not s,~ PASSED g,,gs
tina DIR. GGEnpers arose, and ed
orsEgsDg tte C09r1 ssId.
II Sn not conscious ~ any tlus.
during my life u lAavi1s ylolste<
any Law N tie country or Of ia.
sssss@ 30 wflieh live. I w0nlc ns,
eonset0zsly Violate . las nov nOs
a. any time during ny fall life. II
IL possiDss that under circumstances
ffst ] am before your Honor iilIs
morning, and after nsssninz 70 what
y0u have sslc, tkas ! have done no.
but, sir, perEiSt that Freedom u
speech and fress9Osn Of the press has
moi been granted There are thfngs
that would like 70 ssy, bg, can
not do IL now"
~ THE pOint Mr.. GoBsysrs said
be had ssld ali be cared 70, hut.
after a sbOr+ pause, said sss would
Ike % make = few more remarks.
Il may gay, - be added, that tl1ls
10 struggle " the working people
Of our country and IL IL a struggle
Of the working people for rsght. Il
IL a struggle u the ages struggle
81 the men Of Labor ~ throw On SOM
Of the burdsnI which have been
issa5se upon them; TO abolish some
u the wrongs and ~ secure sOnoe ~
the nights too long denied II roe.
must suffer because they dare SPEAK
for the masses Of the men 0f the
country n a man must suffer BE-
rauss he has met the ssrcfd greed
be must bear the consequences.
But" continued Mr.. Gompsrs,
II cannot discuss grave prODlefns
Issues 10 which the people
sl over O1r cOontry are interested:
. sJ'sseh made by IBs during q po-
iileai campaign, after the eIoss Of
his ease II TIE speeches In fBthsr-
soes u Zrsai principle or a Srsa,
-iIbt are ~ b. held a. against me, I I
hall have 70, bat arr willing 70 bear I
DE consequence. would not have 4
fou believe me a man u q Geiiamt 4
'haTactsf IN disposition Or In con-
iD'ss. But 10 the pursuit Of honest 1
'OByic;iOn and 81 the futhersEes of
he common interests u ms felloE- \
nan, spaIl not only have 70, bot /
y willing % subDfif 70 whatever 4
our Honor may impose
Dir. Mitchell f0IlO~ed III q strong.
ss0nznf voice
y thoroughly and nnssseryedly 1
ladorse what Mr.. Goaupess has sald.
should like his expression - be-
eesptec a. my own
Mr.. Morrison spoke laza. II In
orse, " said be, what sfr. Gompers
a. said. ] sfn conscious of doing
0 wrong or having in sDy way VIC
TED ANY lsS, and II IL my Relief
nat In every act ! have committed
bat have exercised my rights under
BE- Constitution and the laws Of
Die land. /"
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1909-01-01

Have you noticed tiss low price Mt
which The TlsEs einbs witt the
Daily Rural Route edition u the "a
Louis kspublie--OBiy sZ50 a year
for the twO papeFs. We win even
do better than this. seDd us two
new subscribers with your own, and
we will seEf The TfkEs and the
Daily Republic to the three for ~ 90,
or only sz.g0 for each.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1909-01-01
THE STANDARD OUsTED.

By a deeisiOD handed down b
l the supreme Court ~ this Stat,
on the 2S1 nit The Standard Oi
Company Of Indiana aud the Re
pablie OiI COMPANY Of New Yori
were each fined sJ0.OD0 and de.
priyed Of doing business in Mia
soar for violation otlthe anti -trusi
Law. and the WsisrS-PIeres Of
Company, which IL Missouri cor.
porstion, was fpsd $1,000 and
the dlsAOiution Of its character or.
dsred uniess its reor4aDization %
effected independent N the Stand
ard Oil. This dseisiop IL the re.
suit Of suit brought sgsins; these
eoDDauiss b. Attorney General
Hadley. The Waters Pierce Oh
Company nsy continue 70 DO busi-
ness 10 the State II II pays the fine
Of $4,000 by the IEt Of March and
submits eyidepee by January Is.
1909, that II has severed all eon.
nsetlons with gniswiul combines.
pools. trusts. etc. and is 10 fact
o. independent oil COMPANY. Fail
IRE 70 comply With this order vii!
result 10 the dissolution u IT,
charter.
i, was shown tia, the Waiers-
Pierce OIL Company, tbOuRh char
tered 10 this Sssts, was bat en- of
shoe, Of the Standard Oh. which
controlled 8 majority Oi iis st0ak
that the business ~ the several
companies was parceled Out TO dit
fsreut sections aud the price regu
lated By the combine. Whist Fl. /
feet this decision 0. the court will l
have Dp0u The oil trade remains 70 |
b seeu; but one result, n tbef
Waters Pieree Company IL rs0rgsu. /
wed on the lines laid down 10 the
3scIsIon, will b. the establishment |
Tor the prsssui, st least. u the
very thing which the suit was 10
ended 70 break uD-s practical 1
Of the oil trade 10 this
State BY the one company instead
" by the three.
The Oil supply ~ the Wsiers-
Pierce Company came from the
OH Company. aud II ri
business iis supply mus,
'otne from the same source. a. the
after company practically controls
be oil output u the country sbd
arbitrarily fxss the prIee o. that
commodity. This shows how far.
eaehing 10 the oil monopoly that
'as been built up BY what ia gene, :
rally known az the STANDARD Oil
'ompapy, the Republic OH Con.
any Of New York being bat q
ranch Of the former. That the
ublie will reap sSy beneG, from :
be breaking up VI the combine {
this State in the way oi lower b
rIess, or that the Standard Oil .
Ill be crippled or shOrn Of any Of !.
. power 10 control the oil trade
nd dictate prizes. ia questionable
.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1909-01-01
GoNPER's CONTEMPT CASE.


Justice Wright Of the Supren
Court Of the District Of Column is
on the I'd ult., issued bis decision
IN the contempt case against Sam
oel GOmpers, president, Job
Mitchell, vice president. and PrsuI
Morrison. secretary u the American
Federation Of Labor, charged with
violating al order enjoiuing then
from placing On the unfair" u
We don't patronize" list tho Buck
Stove and Range Company Of -.
LOuis. This decision vas sgsins,
the defendants and Mr.. GOmpsrs
was sentenced 10 one year in jail
Mr.. Mitchell to nine months and
Mr.. Morrison 10 six months. The
case was appealed 10 the United
States Supreme Court and the de.
PENDANTS released on b0Dds Of g.. %
900, a 900 and g.. 900 respectively
The ease grew oct Of an action
Of the American Federation Of La
Dor. which had had some trouble
with the Buck Stove and Range
Company, placing that firm on ~
unfair" or we don't patrOnize"
list. which list wa Published 10
the American FedsratiJnist. the
official journal Of the Federation,
of which Mr.. Gompers il editor.
Suit was brought b. the Back
Stove and RsnRe Company to en-
join the publication Of tbis list
under the boycott Iaw, and the 81.
preme COurt Of the District Of Co
lurnbia granted the injunction.
After the Issuing Of the injunction
the list was discontinued in the
Federstionist, but Mr.. Gomperz
published the order Of the court 10
full With some respectful criticisms
this, together with other writings.
interviews and speeches. was con.
sirued by Justice Wright Of the
District Supreme Court a. contempt
Of court, all Of which be held wss
wilfai disobedieBce Of the order Of !
injunction
Mr.. Mitcbell's alleged violation |
Of the order Of injunction and con
tempt Of court was in permitting
The matter 10 be brought before
miners meeting at Indianapolis.
'ver which be presided, and Dir.
dorrison's IN recording these mat
.ers az secretary Of the Federation. !
The defendants c0utendsd that
hey had not violated any Law nor
ilsObeyed the mandate Of the
.0urt; that they bad but exercised
he right Of free speech. without
ibuse. which is guaranteed BY the
constitution 10 every citizen.
The decision is variously re.
.ardedi favorsbly BY those op-
'osed 10 organized labor. an az out
age by its advocates. and with
ONE doubt and misg;ving By the
Conservative masses, az involving
be right Of free speech. Judge
Vright's declaration in bis opinion
bat the constitution nowhere con
erred the right to speak. to priS: ,
r publish. while strict, true, 10
OF assuring. These rights are 10 Q
erent and the constitution simply
eelsres that tbey shall not be
sridged. Judge Wright sssesI B
lie to mean that II guarantees a
zig In 10 far ss the general gov. y
nmenf 10 concerned that its Con =
ess shall NOT abridge. and leaves :"
e subject to the regulation Of the
veral States where it belongs. /" nj
The decision Of the United States .
preme Court on this question. =
90 it comes to sum mp fhe esss.
] BE- looked forward to with con
ersble interest. 'pi'
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1909-01-01

IzEaiius Roth, 5r., Of re. Oans-
We've county, died on the Y1h ait.
aged ~ years. He had been g real.
dent Of Rte. GsBevlsye eGunty since
DsI. His wife and five children
survive him, besides u grABdehgld-
dren and II gYeat-RTAndchildsen.
ON the 18th ult., SeDstile. Beng,
aiso Of Ste. GsnsvisTe county. died,
aged I'll Year,.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1909-01-01

Alfred Lalam0ndler " rte. Gene
We've was thrown out VI bls wagon
by bic horses running sway Oh tie
9TH uIt., and fseeissd very serious
injuries. A daughter who was with
him jumped fron the wagon ana had
her lex broken.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1909-01-01

Robert Garth, who iives near Bes.
ME, recently cut q tree dowa and
found snake den In IL. There
we're fifty-sbres bnakes In n, all Of
which were klIied.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1909-01-01

The Moothart BUSINESS Col
lsge does the work-gets re-
suits quickly. Its graduates
ere I'm demand.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1909-01-01

a Durkiin county SOW hos he'd a
pI<s 10 three Iitssrs.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1909-01-01

"A Republican President, 10 a
spssseh or the occasion Of the See..
cation Of the new Pesnsyisanla
Capitol, announced that there should
ts secured 70 the Federal Goserr-
meat an increase Of pOwer Dy TIE
action Of the thres DEPARTMENTS n
the Government. His Language
waz:
1--WE need through executive a.
ton. through Legislation and through
Judicial Interpretation, aud eoHsffne-
ton u lss a. Increase the pOssf II
the Fsdsrzi Government.
IF ~ gsurpatlOi. ~ thus recon-
InsDasd hy the President, the Con-
stitatien ezH b. set aside. IL ear -
repealed As whole, and bs mad
mere waste paper. THIS utterancss
quoted IL only ODs Of many, ard
TIE President, ia his message -
Congress, iiivsigbs cOntesnys nous Z
against the exercise By the stase :
u their constitutional fghte.
Another cardinal principle of ti,sI
Democratic party IL that the CO.
eminent shall BE- economically a.
tninEss@rs1, while there shall b..
legitimate expenditure for aII Iegftj
mate Sbteets, and tina, only a SAT-
neisfey Of money for falss puYposs
shall BE- eOliect1d from the peogis
Bat the EApubIicsn parry favors
and fosters 9 Uacss extfsyaxas andi
wassef1i expenditure Of puiilq
money.
ITO the suggestion now freely
made that tssose men Of the ssutl. !
s:sc bsfisye IN the Democratic paris
ssssaIs, for political po~er and
sp'sfls, sbaadon these principles and
dlsbeDsr siss rseorc Of forty year.
vseis recall the example u the
Master when be- was shown tn |
wealth and power Of I'll the earth he
vAs tod sbonid BE- bis n he would /
~ down 70 tsssf wbieb he hn~w /
rs ey1s.9 /
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1909-01-01
D2MMRLCy'S FUTURE


wass,snzs1g u.e 8-.S~us.,
aa,,.,,,. a g.. ;, -,
-,
$500 ''''- ''''1''1 W W. s'a-sR'S'
~f'fs iSf@fs N TIE DsSHaer3ise paris
printing out tn sg3ln isszes ngso
which il 10 st,sOlsieiy OS,D4sa@e .
the k>psyblleza parry.
The gges--alntv A. e, the s...,
ea,.a1.,,,.. 80 ,.......-,. =.
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" D' w 1's'''S'7~ H1sss
ifff'faesheADss " forecast with par
tieEi&rify ti1e eSurss which Il ma,
he advisable 10 vg,s.. ~ ala a.,
z4r..,.. ..-r,, -, -,
-,
v @7-''''' -" iA''h Afs N'0i'sa a
sFssy contest. just "a the wsii=aS
ssrlslhed principles Of the E.vstss
el,FaEas,r law me arptlss "a -.
-.
! ~" 80 pfiise's''ss we DsiEss''
- s. 500 ne,,S"lNah b@fisss are
'Asssfs'Ssfiesi'y vpr'Dsed- In future
r1'sN t''s Ds4De,ff@tE parry
si''1N' A'1Nf 10 iisni sS'<'n essential
''s's''/sf ~1's bf'hsip'sf.
E71l h-s@ts 70 AL
"Ohs u tie most generally kpowp
81 tfssse ssasutlAl pripeiyles IA the
great fundamental principle Of sszusl
M i4ts ~ all and special privilege
- none. TgIls IL the foundation o,
the party sdisee. On the contrary.
the mus; prominent aud Distinguish.
iDY feature Of the faith and prae.ies
NJ the Republican Parry IL .be Al.
yOessy and eslaetussn, Of measure
through which rigiIis an1 privilege,
are given % sDnls yhleb are degls,d
% Otbsrs.
Another fundamental Democratic
dssetriDs 10 tia, constitutional rizh,s
and Limitations shall b. maintained
and that the three Departments u
the Government shall i,s Eeta sss,s.
rate.
Another Fundamental Uernsseya,.
IL principle IL fia, Lyih the Federal
GSssrnDsut and the states shall D.
To- ;hsi, constitutional
.sywsrs, ADD neiths, shall usarp the
81 tie Othsr. This asds
seant favor Be- the fai,h and practice
u the Republican party.
Ey this falth snc practice. II IL
essential t5ni Increasing s,,,ger shall
- concentrated IN the Peasral Goy-
sfBmsga ~ Drdsr tina, strangers mas
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1909-08-24
CHURCH CONDITIONS IN THIS
COUNTRY

If church membership anything pessmisc statements that
this an reou country and the churches on the
efectual
the United States Bureau
millions the
slightly overt
millions must be added the twenty-five millions credited these
country be safely put at this time between sixty and seventy mil
the millions actually
million who
services and the that have reared families but
affiliated with fail direct interest
in
be called though strongly the faith their
Catholic communicates of
the leaders of that great body state that the number of Catholics the
country
allegiance host whose
leading prelate declares Catho
held all Catholics
fully half the population the claim that
ditons
The stated clerk Presbyterian Assembly North
by the result of an enumeration made 1906 and
he claims that the church membership OF the land today is really about
the membership the
the population the
the cities the actually rrelgous and entirely
large believed
seating capacity
youngest
buildings United States
other land
different
establish doubt all the scofers
this Christian nation
dpelorable
cegymen will be in danger of drifting into
condition today in France.
a religious
qualities
steadfast the old religious
the faith that back Calvary
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1909-08-24

refuses a proffer Of officers from the
regular army because its own civilian
leaders want the posts. The trained
force remains separate and distinct,
and the unframed men are practically
without an officer of experience. Such
was the army of the North in the
civil war. The army of the South was
however, different. Southern men
who had been trained in the regular
army resigned their posts, went home
and enlisted in the army of the Con-
federacy. With the same material
the South did vastly more effectual
fighting, and for this very reason.
This nation has but 100000 trained
soldiers. Should a war break out
that required 100000 men, there
would be two groups, the smaller and
thoroughly trained men and officers,
men or officers who had ever seen SER
vice. These groups would no more
mix than oil and water. The fate
of the nation and the lives of all the
participants might rest in a crisis up
on these undrilled men.
We're the spirit of interchange be-
tween the two branches developed,
however, there would be a body of
$4,000 men with the steadying inf1u-
ence of veterans in every corporal's
guard, and trained officers in every
company. The whole would be a lit
| tie less efficient than a trained army
of its numbers, but of probably dou-
BILE the efficiency of the armies of the
civil and Spanish-American wars.
Any state that asks for them may
have one or more of these veteran
| sergeants attached to its militia. 1t
required an act of Congress to make
| this detail possible, and it will re-
| quire many more steps in the same
direction before the ultimate results
are reached. Congress is slow to act
| in military matters in time of peace.
| The military authorities know what
the need of the nation is, and they say
| the desired results may be reached
without additional expense. The de-
mand is for an efficient army in time
of war, made up of men in private
| life in time of peace. Interchange be-
tween the two branches of the ser
| vice will do much toward accomplish
| ing this.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1909-08-24
HARTMAN IN CENTRAL.
New York World.)

On the assumption that Mr.. Harri-
man has now better grip upon the
New York Central Railroad, Wall
street is bidding up it's stock to a
point where it precariously pays
something like savings-bank interest.
The same sapient street has trebled
the market quotations of Harriman's
Union Pacific in five years.
The Central has suffered from
shameless stock-watering long ago,
from the milking processes of termin-
al companies, bridge companies and
other methods of inside advantage,
and from neglectful owners. It's rails
ing of it's dividend-rate when con-
fronted with vast expenditures, and
when it's old rate was earned with
increasing difficulty, was piece of
indefensible jobbery.
Mr.. Hartman is a homeopathic doc
tor of railroads. He will doubtless
treat the waterlogged Central and the
dropsical old Erie-Which he is also
said to be f'in''-as he has treated
Union Pacific, Alton and Illinois Cen
trail, by issuing floods of new securi-
ties. Probably he will also continue
using the assets of one corporation to
buy control in others. This process
Wall street found very wrong when
employed by Charley Morse in his
chain of banks; but below the City
Hall it makes a difference who does
things.
May not the country be paying too
dear for it's Hartman, as it did for
its Gould? The little wizard of Union
Pacific is not a railroad builder like
Hill, combining resource and fore
sight with economy. He is not even
a combiner of roads built as an engi-
neer would understand it, He likes
vast Improvements not as a construC-
tor, but as an unrivalled manipulation
of the pump. AS to the legality OF
his operations, president of the Uni
ted States had once to advise the gov
ernor of great state not to prose
cute a characteristic coup under the
criminal law test, it should disturb
business" Physically Hartman il
frail, slender reed to lean upon.
Will railroading itself prosper, will
the public service be better perform
ed, by the increasing substitution Of
one-man control and Wall street ex-
ploitation for the old-fashioned boards
of directors who directed, owners who
attended meetings and presidents who
lived on their lines?
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1909-08-24
REVOLUTION A BLUNDER?
Mcclure Declares That America Can
Absorb British Empire.
(Chautauqua Dispatch to the New
York WOrld)

(Chautauqua Dispatch to the New
York WorldD
S. S. Mcclure of New York, in a
public address Saturday, said the Brit
ish empire is in momentary danger Of
destruction at the hands of Germany
and ready, merely for the asking, to
accept the dominance of the United
States and see the empires real scat
of authority transferred to Washing
toll
When orators in the national con
vcntion of revolutionary Franco de-
claleG that British power had been de-
stroyed, Mirabeau asked where, when,
and in what latitude. Fifty years later
Ledru Rollin, who became vice presi-
dent of one of the French republics
wrote a book on 1.-The Decline of
England" Since then England has
not declined any territory increasing
her possessions in both Asia and
Africa.
Mr.. Mcclure called the parting of
the United States from England il
1776 disastrous mistake, and read a
statement from Lord Roseberry in
which that statesman predicts that if
England and her American colonies
had not separated at the time of tie
revolution the seat of government of
the British empire would already have
been transferred from the British
isles to what is now the United
States, and those islands would simply
have been the sacred historic shrine
of the great world empire of the Eng
disappearing people.
When a business man makes a
mistake" Mr.. Mcclure continued, "he
does whatever he can to remedy it and
eliminate it's effects. We made a dis
astrous mistake in parting from Eng
land at the time of the revolution,
and should, as nearly as possible, re-
turn to the conditions that would have
existed if we had not made it. The
United States should secure domi-
nance in the British empire, and this
in the present condition of that realm
can be had merely for the asking.
The present situation of England
and Germany is that of two farmers
living side by side, one of whom is a
first-rate prize fighter has trained
his people to be prize fighters, and
says to his neighbor, who has been
| peaceably engaged in cultivating his
estate, L want some of your property
and I'm going to have it. The posi-
bic destruction of the British empire
which this means, is the most terrible
problem before us today"
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1909-08-24
OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES.
christian Science Monitor.)

christian Science Monitor)
ter Review, lis the most cultivated
wit if not the greatest humorist
America has ever produced A mod
ern essayist asks: Who, of all our
authors, has prepared an intellectual
and spiritual feast of such variety of
wholesome food and pure enjoyment,
with something to delight and satisfy
all conditions of humanity, as our ge-
NAL autocrat, Oliver Wendell
Holiness" He was among the most
loving as he was among the most low
able of all the American authors of
his time; there exists in the hearts
of tens of thousands today a greater
affection for him than for any other
of the great wits and humorists we
have given to literature.
From the beginning of his work to
the end, his aim was to make men
and women-and children-happier
and better. He strOve to heal, not to
wound. He never employed his great
gift of humor to the injury of others.
He who could say: Truth is tough;
it will not break, like bubble, at
touch; nay, you may kick it about all
day, like a football, and it will be
round and full at evening"" was never
in any danger of deserving it or of
being deserted by it. And it was as
easy for one of his generous and gal
liant nature to say, God bless all wo-
men; to their soft hands and plying
hearts we must all come at last as
it was impossible for him to hurt one
Poet, wit, philosopher, citizen, he
was ever the true friend, the honest
man, the genial companion. What
better testimony of this need be ask
ed than that which is made clear by
the fact that he enjoyed the affec-
tionate regard of every one in the
brilliant galaxy to which he belonged?
Bryant, Emerson, Longfellow, Whit
tier, Lowell, Agassiz, Sumner, Phil
lips, the Fields, Julia Ward Howe,
Judge Hoar, Bayard Taylor, w. D.
Howells, Edward Everett Hale-all
regarded him with deep affection.
The centenary of his birth will be
observed on the 10Th of the present
month. There are special reasons, of