The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-06-03
EDITOR ROSCOWER,
Finder OF GRAFT
Tarheel Who Saw 1t First in
Frisco Starts on Hike
Number Three.
TO TAKE MEAL WITH BRYANs
Owner Of Headlight Ready Now
to Turn It on Industrial
Conditions.
TO TAKE MEAL WITH BRYANs

Arthur Roscower editor of the
| Goldsboro IN. Co. Headlight. was here
| Yesterday, hot on the trail, for his
pursuit will extend over 10000 miles.
| 1t was Roscower who discovered tho
mammoth morass of graft out In San
| Francisco. which has involved Mayor
schmitz and his tools In the most
| startling chapter in the history OF
municipal dishonesty and corruption.
| Yet, this time. the man from Colds
| boro is not looking for the municipal
malefactor; he has gone a-gathering
| Industrial, educational and agricultural
| Information from tho Far West, so
| that he may come back and write the
story of how they do 1t for tho rest
of the country. He is master-collec-
tor of such information. and he makes
his knowledge thus gained useful to
the people generally by syndicating 1t
In 200 papers in every part of tho
United States. Twice before he has
toured the country In quest of such
valuable information, in 1895 and In
1906.
Carries Seal OF state.
Bearing the benedicite. with the seal
of the state thereunto affixed. OF
Governor VIII Kitchin, and most
complimentary letter from Furnifold
NJ. Simmons. the senior United States
Senate from North Carolina. Mr.. Ros-
COVER left the Tarheel State yester-
day. staying few hours in Richmond.
From here he went to Omaha, and
will thence go through the West into
Mexico and Canada.
One of his especial destinations Is
.Fairview, Neb., the farm upon which
Farmer william Jennings Bryan grows
alfalfa and hay. II know the Bryans
we'll" said Mr.. Roscower yesterday.
and ! am going out to see them. Tho
head of the house Is in europe. but !
shall visit the family. Mr.. Bryan has
wonderfully fine farm.
Il shall study the immigration aues-
ton profoundly" he continued. while
am in the West I desire to investi-
gate to find out what sort OF immi-
grants are best to bring here into the
South wish to know whether white
or colored immigrants are the best. 1
am going to look closely into this
matter and report to the people of the
South.
Then, too. shall look fully into
the labor saving devices In farm ma
chinery, which are used so extensively
in the West. Just what they do and
how they do 1t I will tell In my let
ters back home. think we have much
to learn from the West in this dircc-
ton"
Asked about his connection with the
San Francisco graft investigation, Mr..
Roscower smiled deprecatingly. and
said. "Why. yes. 1 discovered it. I was
on a trip similar to the one am now
taking, and arrived In San Francisco
shortly after the earthquake in 1906
rottenness. and the people being held
up and robbed by those who were
stealing from them.
How He Fooled EN-.
Large amounts of money were be-
ing sent to the city officials by per-
sons who wished to relieve the earth
quake sufferers who were starving
The city officials and their henohmen
We're pocketing the money unblush-
ingly, and the penniless people knew
nothing about 1t Carloads of -four
and provisions Were sent for the relief
OF the destitute. only to be sold at
auction by Schmitz and his tools for
the increase and benefit of their own
purses.
The meals sold to the starving peo-
pie, supposedly under the auspices OF
sweet charity. were the source OF stu
pendous graft. Sold, at Is cents, they
did not cost cents. I went into ono
OF the tents. but I was known to be
Investigating, and they served me
really good meal to try to throw me
off the track. However. slipped by
them, and got a typical meal. and -.
was indescribably poor. 1t was graft
here. graft there. graft. holding up
and robbing. taking the last morsel
from the lips of the dying.
II took the matter up. wrote stories
to the New York papers, and as a re-
suit Of what I wrote, the now famous
investigation was Started and a gi-
gantic mass of graft was unearthed,
to the lasting shame OF the men
higher up In San Francisco"
Fined for Sneedinr