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The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-07-26
AN INCREASED ACTIVITY
The Break on Monday Last Was Trace
able Largely to q Well Organized
Bear Raid-Icading Bulls Deny
They Have Abandoned Deal and Are
Aggressive Buyers OF July and Aug
HSt-ManctleSfer'S Trade With India
Improves - Continental Spinnc
Buyers OF Futures.
lBy the Associated Press)

New York, July 22.-The past week
In the cotton market has been char
acterized by increased activity in the
speculation and by frequent and at
times violent fluctuations in prices.
For instance. In a single day-Tues-
day. July 19-prices broke 81 a bale
on July, IS on August, and s1.25 to
50 a bale on the later months. The
break on Monday was traceable large
~ to a we'll organized bear raid. AS
a prelude to the bear attacks were
sent broadcast, and the bull pool had
sold out it's holdings and that the deal
in July was over. London operators
and spot interest of prominence at
tackled the market vigorously. Many
StOp-lOSs orders were uncovered in
the whole list and for a time support
was lacking. Yet the general list has
recorded a net advance for the week.
leading bulls denied in vigorous fash
ion that they had abandoned the deal
and they followed this announcement
with aggressive bidding and buying.
not only Of July and August, but also
Of the Fall months. Moreover. much
of the crop news has been unfavor-
able. Many believe that the situation
in important sections Of the South is
such as to preclude the possibility OF
a yield Of the requisite size. Trade
reports in some cases are rather more
favorable In the local dry goods mar
ket the demand has improved and at
some advance in prices.
Manchester is said to lave done a
good business With India of late. Con-
tinental spinners are said to be car
rying very small supplies Of raw ma
terial. Spinners have been prominent
in the buying of futures here espe-
cial1y continental %spinners. The South
has also made purchases. On the
other hand. the weather Of late has
undoubtedly been much more favor
able over many sections Of the South,
The sales of the actual cotton have
been small on both sid es of the water.
Some contend that the reports Of the
sales of spot holdings Of leading bulls
at I to 1 IL cents under ruling Off
Wal quotations, reveal an artificial sit
uation. Large quantities of cotton
have been received here for July deli
very and more Is said to be coming.
There has been a noteworthy increase
in the local certified stock during the
past week. Today. Friday. the mar
ket was dull and Irregular. old crop
months ending at a small decline and
new crop months at small advances,
July notices for about 25,OO0 bales
were issued. These were promptly
stopped by New Orleans bulls.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-07-26
Cotton Seed Oil.

New York. July 23.-Owfng to a
scarcity OF old crop oil the cotton seed
oil market continued firm today, with
a fair commission house demand.
Sept.-Oct. 1888; Nov. 6.81@6.83; Dec.
6.58 80.
Prime crude nominal: prime crude
summer yellow $50 a 800; prime win
ter yellow $500 10. 90: prime summe
white $50.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-07-26
New York Money.

New York. July 23.-Money On call
nominal: time loans much softer and
very active: so days. sos IA and 80
days, 3 3-4@4: six months, 5@5 IA.
Prime mercantile paper. 5 la to 6
per cent Sterling exchange about
steady, with actual business in bank
ers bills at 4.S3.55@4.83.60 for so day
bills. n at 4.85.6O for demand. Com
mercial bills, 4.83@4.83 Ia. Bar
silver 81 3-8. Mexican dollars, A.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-07-26
New York Cattle.

New York. July 2S.-Beeves. re-
ceipts ITO: feeling steady.
Calves, receipts S65. Veals and but
termilks steady; western lower. Good
veals sold $1,000; common western
calves $4.T4.
Sheep and lambs. receipts 1929.
sheep 3.50@4.50: lambs 100 to 1851
Hog receipts 1.744: steady.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-07-26
One Charter Yesterday.

A certificate Of Incorporation was
FLED yesterday by h Carolina ore
cornnany. of Wfnston-Salem. Author
lied capital, $685. 900: subscribed. FL
600. r. H. Fries. ct a.. incorporates.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-07-26

The Southern Pines fruit w
are now shipping grapes TO the North
ern markets 1t is stated that the
grapes In both quality and quantity
we're never finer.-SanfOrd Express.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-07-26
Dry Goods.

New York. July 23.-The market
on cotton goods was firmer during
the day. Trading continues steady,
but of moderate volume. Staple
prints and dress <jnghams are being
ordered more freely. Interest in mems
wear and dress goods is increasing.
Jobber did q good business for the
day.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-07-26
New York Produce.

New York. July 23.-F1our dull and
unchanged. Spring patents 5.75@
6.15; winter patents .....
Rye nominal.
Wheat easy; No. 2 red 10 elevator
to arrive c. i. f.; No. 2 red New York
III IA f. o. b. ahOat; No. l northern
131 3-S f. O. b. Options closed $50
2 1-2c. net lower. July lit; Sept
10 3-S.
Corn easy. Options closed $50 SIC.
net higher.
Oats dull. Mixed nominal
Beef steady.
Lard easier
TalloW steady.
Rosin firm. fssStN
Turpentine easy s
Petroleum steady.
Rice steady.
MoIasses quiet.
Raw sugar firm. Refine sugar
steady.
Coffee futures closed steady: net five
points lower to three points higher.
SPOT coffee steady: Rio No. 7. 8 5-8;
Santos No. 4. 9 SIS: mild coffee steady;
Cordova 10 Il IA.
Butter steady, unchanged.
nearby hennery white 29W32: do.
brown 25 %; fresh gathered seconds
16@17.
Potatoes weak: Long Island per bar
rel 137@162; Jersey and DelaWare
1,5015O; Southern 112615O-
Cabbages steady,
Freights and peanuts unchanged.
Eggs firm; State. Pennsylvania and
exports 100 boxes.
Cheese steady. unchanged: Weekiy
Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-01
Discovery Of a Soul.

The decision Of the New York SUI
preme court that the corporation has
a soul and that it can be punished
under the law for acts done in its
name is a long step forward toward
common sense and equity, and in its
far reaching effects is apt to prove
epoch making. Courts have been held
blamable for slavishly following prece-
dents sometimes based on wrong
premises, among these being the long
heralded doctrine that corporations
have no souls, a p~erpetuation of a
legal fiction devised to enable corpora
tions to escape the consequences of the
common law definition of conspiracy.
In the rapid evolution of modern
finance and commerce, men took ref
uge under the corporation plea from
the possibilities of prosecution as gen.
nine c~onspirators. AS the New York
decision states, the practice of organ
izing corporations was extended largely
for the purpose of avoiding the pen
alties for illegal acts.
So fragrant has been the Haunting
of immunity in the face OF the people
under the boast that the corporation
was the cloak where offenders might
find for themselves secure sanctuary
beyond the reach of the law that II is
safe TO say that the denial that. cor
porations had souls to reach or bodies
to chastise has been responsible for
most of the enmity aroused in the
public mind against them. The annals
Of our courts are filled with case after
case in which the people sought yainly
to bring corporations to book for their
transgFessions, always to be met with
the same defiant reminder that the
corporation had.no soul. It is this which
has been 80 largely responsible for the
growth OF monopolistic aggression; II
Is this which has hindered the people
in their resistance TO greed; and this
legal fiction has been the basis Of the
special pleading Of those shining legal
lights to whom the public would natur-
ally turn for RELIEF from injustices,
but who would Invariably utilize the
"no-soul" argument as a loophole for
the escape Of the corporation conspir-
ators.
No greater New Years gift to the
Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-01
GREATEST YEAR FOR GIVING.
Astonishing LiberaIity Toward Many
, Good Causes.

Astonishing ~LiberaIity Toward Many
, Good Causes.
st. Louis Globe-Democrat
A summary Of large public benefactions
in the United States during 1909 gives a
total OF s141, $50, 900. which is $40, OOO,O 600 be-
yond any former year and double the ag-
gregate OF 1908. A third Of the amount
was bestowed on public education, which
has always figured at the head Of the
list. Some Of the gifts are from persons
who led exceedingly simple and quiet lives
and whose wealth proved to be much
greater than was supposed. Their plans to
dispose OF IL were also unknown until their
Wills were read. During the last decade
large benefactions in this country have ex-
ceeded $500, 100000, a fact that will be viewed
as surprising in any other nation. The
movement on this scale Is distinctly Amer
lean. Something must be credited to the
fact that this is the wealthiest country in
the world, but other races are rich and not
disposed 10 give to anything like his ex-
tent. Gifts in the United States amounting
to S1O,OO0,oo0OO0 is a conservative estimate
for the next century.
Although this country has long led all
others in liberal provisions for public edu-
cation the gifts this year for the purpose
footed up nearly $4,000, 900 Public libraries
have multiplied to such an extent tha the
supply has almost overtaken the demand.
Numerous departments of science have
been expanded by gifts. Endowment have
been given for the study OF certain de-
structive diseases and for the promotion OF
the health OF the people in general. Hos
pitfalls have not been overlooked. but many
more are needed. and on a larger basis.
Museums for art collections have been gem
erously remembered and deserve a great
deal more. Their utilities apply to bust
ness as well IS the social and rsereatlve
life Of the people. Special funds, like that
rewarding acts Of heroism. mark the broad
enlng out Of philanthropy in a country
whose success In self-government is certain
to be thoughtfully observed by every civil
lied community.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-01

The year Just closed was one OF I'M
usual activity in all directions. The
word was forward and mankind
generally felt the impulse to greater
achievement. Not only in a material,
but in moral and intellectual ways was
a distinct advance noted. 1t will not
be alleged that any Of the problems Of
life we're settled during the last twelve
months. but many of them were moved
distinctly nearer to probable solution.
The activity Of the year brought with
It turmoil and strife, but these are the
essential accompaniment of progress.
Peace means stagnation, and there was
no peace in 1909.
For 1910 the outlook is most en-
couraging. The future beckons eter-
nally, and the restless ambition Of
mans nature spurs him on to greater
attempts and greater achievements. So
each New Year finds him less and less
inclined to waste his time in RETROSPECT
ton, and more resolved to do better
things. Experience is still the one safe
guide, but the fruits of experience may
be enjoyed without hampering the
present with the incubus of the past.
At the beginning Of the new year it is
we'll to close the books, strike a bal
ance, carry forward the credit or debit
and take up the work at hand with
new energy and determination.
For Omaha the year dawns with un-
usual promise. Nineteen hundred and
nine vas a record year in all material
ways for the citizens of Omaha, and
yet the progress in commerce and in
dustry was not greater than that made
intellectually and morally. The pro-
gram for the year beginning today con-
tains nothing but encouragement. The
business outlook was never better. The
industries of the city were never more
active and prosperous and the men
who are concerned in the development
of Omaha's greatness were never more
alert or in earnest. The forces that go
to make for a city,s growth in a social
way are equally active. Never since
It's foundation could Omaha look back
on q year with more satisfaction than
will be afforded by a review of 1909,
and never was there a year presenting
greater promise than 1910. 1t merely
requires persistence. along right lines
to bring Omaha to what 1t ought to be
the great metropolis of a region of un.
paralleled resources where progressive
people can find ample scope for ambi-
tious enterprise in a social atmosphere
that is unexcelled.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-01
Saloon License in Omaha.

Once more the annual nightmare for
the Fire and Police board Of Omaha is
over. The matter of saloon licenses
for the coming year has been adjusted.
The action Of the board will commend
itself to fair-minded advocates on both
sides Of the liquor question. No effort
has been made to oppose zealots on
either side. Champions of the wide
open policy will find no consolation in
the attitude of the excise board, nor
will the defenders of prohibition find
therein much encouragement. The
citizens in general, however, will see
In the action taken a determination on
the part of the Fire and Police COM
m%issioners of Omaha to enforce the
law and secure its observance as far
as possible. Applications for new sa-
looms were turned down, applications
for permission to change location of
certain saloons were denied and others
that had become notorious as evil re-
sorts were rejected. In all of these
matters the board acted with due de-
liberation, and for the purpose Of Sc
curing the best possible conditions I'M
der the law. Matters of law on which
there was a dispute we're submitted to
the courts for adjudication, and on the
decision of the court the action of the
board will be based.
Saloon men are entering on a new
year with full knowledge of conditions
under which they will be permitted to
do business. They will not be sub
jected to change of contract such as
was enforced by the operation of the
early closing law. They know that the
law is operative, and they know that
the authorities will insist on its strict
observance. In all ways the license
board appears to have acted wisely,
and if the liquor dealers will consult
their own interests they will assist, In
every possible way, the Fire and Police
board in carrying out the work so well
begun.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-01
Our Neighbor's New Leaf.

The American people cannot but feel
sympathy with the Nicaraguans in
their rejoicing over the opportunity
for destroying m%onopolies since the
flight of the dictatorial spokesman, ze-
laya. While the dam of the new year
finds the inhabitants of our neighbor-
ing republic with it's house not COM
pletely set in order, still so much en-
lightened progress has been made that
the revolution-troubled country may
be considered as having turned eve a
new leaf with some effect.
True, the way to good behavior was
pointed out by the United States, but
the earnest application of the wise
resolutions rests with the Nicaraguans
themselves, and they have thus far
manifested a genuine desire for re-
form. BY Selling so instantly upon the
chance of Kidding themselves of SO
many obnoxious expressions operating
under the concessions Of the dethroned
tyrant, they indicate an intention of
removing industrial oppression, a chief
bar to progress. With the United States
for a godfather, not only Nicaragua,
but also other Central American states
can greet the new year as giving prom
Use of happiness and peace.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-01

public could have been devised than
this court decision, for this discovery
to the world Of the soul Of the cor
p%oration must come to near mortal
combat for those unjust interests that
have been skulking behind the legal
fiction now so effectually demolished,
The judges who the new doc
trine clearly must have grown weary
of hearing the old cry as voiced in the
particular case at bar, that the COR
poration had neither soul, conscience
nor feeling" and must have felt a
glow of righteous fellowship with
truth and justice in announcing that
"the court had reached a different IN
clusion." The decision is death to an
old lie; the practice that is sure to
follow it will mean the end of many
of the corporation tyrannies which the
people have suffered, for the corpora
ton now stands before the public with
it's soul exposed, and it is vulnerable
for its venality to the violated law.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-01
League Against Combines

Organization of a national anti
trust league, now under way, with
headquarters at the capital, may be
regarded as an effort to crystalline the
sentiment of the consumers against
excessive prices charged for some
products which have fallen into mo-
nopolistic hands. The means Of oper-
ating a national boycott, however, in
the effort to bring prices to a popular
level, may involve the promoters in
some legal difficulties, for while the
primary boycott is possible without
conflict with the statutes, still the
courts have shown themselves hostile
to some measures for enforcing it.
1t must be admitted, however, that
the consumers are but following the
lead of the United States government,
for It is but a few days ago hat some
of the officials at Washington decided
that the purchasing agents in their. de-
partments should not be permitted to
buy supplies from a corporation which
had been declared to be illegal because
operating in restraint of trade. 1t will
be interesting to observe how sincere
the mass of u are in their ex-
pressions Of hostility. for their SINGER
ity may be gagged by the eagerness
with which they take hold of this
weapon now held out to them.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-01
NEW YEAR REFLECTIONS.


Mr.. Happy N. Y. has the floor.
Swear off, IL you must, but don't wrench
the m~egaphone.
Last years resolutions, brushed up. will
serve and save labor.
Turning over new leaves is a delicious
exercise, warranted harmless to the most
delicate constitution, a.
For the 'steenth time IT., is proper to
remark that good intentions help to boom
paving in certain localities. nc
The larger the crowd on the water waftSn.
the more touching will be the note
"Oh, how Dry 1 Am"
Prince Nicotine Is booked for a series of
short frosts. For him is the fun Of piping.
off the pipe dreams. '
If the weather man highly resolves to
drop the "boreal' scenter from his stock
On hand, much Of his past will be for
given.
What a glorious year It would be II the
owners sent their hammers where good
resolutions go. That would be a movement
worth while. s-f q"
Again, profession without performance
a..es no impression on the record. Be-
sides, some knocker may insist on telling
It to the Danes" .i
Old habits are like old friends-not easily
Jhaken. Gently handled they yield to the
master will as readily as the stubborn hus-
band admirese the line Of Vision of the
diplomatic wife. ".rF N-
What a comfort is would be IL some off
The exuberant cheerfulness of today could
be distributed over the remaining days of
the year. ut amt so great a credit"
nurmers the poet, ito sing when all is
bright, as it's to face de stiddy toll dat
keeps thing goin' right. An dar Is several
folks l knows dat earns a Share o. praise
by savin' up some cheerfulness for ordinary
days" T.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-01
All Aboard 1910.

The train Of the Old Year is lost to sight,
But in mem'ry has its existence;
Its clang and Its racket are lost to the
ear,
Its smoke mellowed out into distance.
And we wait on the platform the train OF
With eagerness hail it's advanoes;
We know not what good things 1t has
But are willing to take our chances.
The train Of the Old Year bore tourists
Some agreeable. some most contrary;
And some with faces exceedingly dark,
And some were exceedingly merry.
There We're Blunders aplenty and Sorrow
and Pain,
Regret and Folly and Care;
There were gTim-visaged Toll and, close
And Joy heamed with radiance there.
III.
There were Hope and Depression. who
And Courage and Doubt and Achieve
ment,
And Happiness, too; Contentment and
And, next to them, sad-eyed Bereave-
ment.
There were bad faces, truly, but each in
Seemed to brighten and strengthen the
As se,aGows in pictures may not be left
Lest the meaning he misunderstood
These tourists hold transfers from old
Nineteen-nine,
With others too many to name;
And the whole pack and posse" will
board Nineteen-ten
l eXpect-to continue the game.
Then here's to the dawn of the Happy
New Year!
May its joys make us hold our lives
dearer,
And, as in a picture, it's dark places serve
But to make the bright places shine
clearer.
Omaha. NE TRELE %
Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-01
WEIGHT AND AGE LIMIT.
A~bsurditieS of Rule Enforced by q
Railroad Company.
Indianapolis News

Indianapolis News,
Nineteen employees of the Delaware &
Hudson railroad shops at C~arbondale, Pa.
have been discharged, The men say they
were discharged because they weigh Less
than $50 pounds, and that others are to
be let out for the same reason, the COM
panyl holding that a man weighing less
than 15O. pounds has not the physical
strength to do q fun days work as the
company measures It. 1t is asserted that
general orders have been issued from AL
hsny that not only all shop employees
weighing less than $50 pounds be dis
charged, but also all who are over As years
old. And so, II all this is true, a new
complication has been added to the strug'
gle for existence. Heretofore physical size
has not entered seriously into the question
OF getting or holding a job. OF course,
men of large physique have naturally been
selected for very heavy work, but except
in the case Of fighting men, such as sol
dlers. sailors and police, a general order
concerning size has been extremely rare.
Now, a ma Weighing LEO pounds Is not
a large man, as men go in this country,
but there are legions of them who weigh
less, and never will, through any course
Of training, be able to acquire the speci-
fled weight. Some of them have great
physical strength, and, generally speaking,
the man who weighs less than $50 pounds
will be more physically active than the
man who weighs more, with the physical
activity decreasing in proportion to the
increase Of weight. So a general order Of
this kind is not only an injustice to the
worker, but an injustice to the employer.
The rejection OF a 40 .pound man to employ
q I6O-pound man is just as likely to mean
that an employer will get a less efficient
one, and precisely the same result is likely
to follow the rejection OF a O-year-old man
to employ a 4O-year-old man.
The fact OF the matter is that up to a
pretty well advanced age, and down to
a pretty light weight, the question az eff
ficienoy depends entirely on personality.
Physical strength is much, but strength
without willingness and ability falls far
short OF furnishing the best Of service, No
hard and fast rules concerning weight and
age can settle such questions to the best
advantage.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-01
NEW YEAR RESOLUTIONS.

Ten resolutions New Years a so Tne:
One got very thirsty, then there were Nine.
Nine resolutions, v%lrtuous sedate;
One smoked a perfecto, then there werc
eight.
Eight resolutions, leading straight to
One sat in a little game then there were
seven. ''
Seven resolutions, set agalnst''all tricks;
One let out a cuss word, then there were
six.
Six resolutions, trying hard to thrive;
One ate a Welsh rabbit, then there were
five,
Five resolutions, feeling very boar;
One went out to borrow, then there were
four. ,.,a
Four resolutions, ~stiff-backed as could be;
One went down to Wall street, then there
were three. .rsr4st.,
Three resolutions, quite a sturdy crew,
One got engaged again, and then there
were two. Tt
Two resolutions. holding off for fun;
One Of them began to speed, then there was
one.
one resolution missed the Using sun,
Busted all to flinders, then there were
McLandburgh Wilson in Judge.