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The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1910-09-22
OUR MEAT BUSINESS SHRINKS
Government Bureau Points to a
Marked Falling OFF In Foreign
and Domestic Trade.

Considerable shrinkage in the COM
mercial supply of some of the prime
necessaries of life is indicated by the
movements of live stock and meat
products in the United States during
the first half of the present year.
This decline was shown both in do
mestic and in foreign commerce.
According to figures prepared by
the Washington bureau of statistics,
the shortage in the commercial supply
of live stock is best shown by com.
parison of the half-yearly figures,
which totaled 16,463,756 head for the
first six months of 1910, as compared
with more than 20,000,00O in same
period last year and nearly 21,000,000
for the corresponding period of 1908.
This loss is due almost entirely, 1t
is reported, to the smaller number of
hogs brought to market, the shortage
in them thus far this year being
about 20 per cent. The curtailment in
the commercial supply of cattle so far
this year has been six per cent less
'hoh Iut TtC6lDlS OI
sheep at the seven leading markets
shows decline of II per cent The
decline in the supply of sheep began
after 1906, that Of cattle after 1907
and that of hogs after 1908.
Instances of the heavy losses in ex-
port trade are shown by the fact that,
while more than 200O0O,0O0 pounds
of fresh beef were sent out of the
country in the fiscal year 1908, only
15,OOO,OOO pounds were sent during
the fiscal year just closed; that the
shipments of bacon dropped from 241..
100000 pounds in 1908 to 152, 900 600
pounds this year; of hams and shoul.
ders from 221,O00,0O0 pounds in 1908
to 146,OOO,000 pounds in 1910, and of
lard from more than 600, 900 900
pounds in 1908 to 100000 pounds
in 1910.
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1910-09-22
Our Embassy at constantIno,I.

Constantinople is the only place
where the United States government
owns a suitable embassy, and that ia
a matter of congratulation although
it is due to necessity and not TO tbe
generosity of congress. 1t is ahso.
lutely impossible to rent house
there, simply because there are M
houses TO rent, and Mr.. Leishmann
the previous ambassador, like his pre.
decessors, was compelled to live In
a hotel or take a suit of rooms IN
an apartment somewhere for the hrei
ness of the embassy. Finally this nm.
dignified situation was imnressod
upon congress to a sufficient degreo
to secure an appropriation of $40,
600 to purchase stone mansion now
door to the principal hotel, which was
erected many years ago by an TtaI,
ian merchant and offered for sale by
his widow at a great sacrifice.
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1910-09-22
SHERMAN A GREAT BALL FAN
Lets Statesmen Wait
While He Chats With
Ty Cobb.

Vice-President Sherman can hold
up all the dignity of his office and
then some. But just the same. he is
a baseball fan from away back. A few
days before congress adjourned, Ty
Cobb, Detroit's famous right fielder,
entered the vice-presidents room
in Washington, with Secretary Ben
baseball player few feet from the
vice-president, and started TO intro
luce him to some friends. The vice
president overheard the introduction,
and breaking off his conversation with
the senators, turned quickly and hur-
ried toward Mr. Bennett.
What's that?" asked Vice President
Sherman. Did hear you say Ty
Cobb? | don't want to miss anything
like this"
Secretary Bennett introduced the
baseball player, and Ty complimented
the vice-president on his good taste In
being such an enthusiastic baseball
rooter
Il am going out to the game this aft
ernoon." said the vice-president, "and
want to see you knock the ball out
of the lot"
You look much bigger In uniform
than you do now,'' added Mr.. Sherman
edging off and sizing up Ty from his
heels to his head
By this time Senators Clay, Bacon,
Purcell and others had begun to won
der who the bronzed individual was
that the vice-president was so inter-
ested In. They soon found out, and
shook Ty's hand. The Detroit player
had luncheon in the Senate restaurant
and was the center of attraction.
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1910-09-22

The Washington pension office is
house cleaning. Ninety picked clerks.
who are supposed 20 know the value
of records, have been engaged in the
stupendous task of sorting out and de-
stroying all correspondence and rec
ords that can never be of any further
use in the adjudication of pension
claims. II is estimated that the total
will amount to at least 200 tons. For
this paper mill contractors pay ap-
proximately six dollars ton. The
records go back as far as 1862, but
some of them are of recent date.
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1910-09-22
He Knows the Game.

According TO the Metropolitan Meg
azine Fire Chief John Conway of Jer.
sey City, has solved the baseball ex.
ouse question by the posting of the
following printed notice on his desk
at fire headquarters:
"All requests for leave of absence
owing TO grandmothers' funerals, lame
back, house cleaning, moving, sore
throat. headache. brainstorm, cousins
wedding, general indisposition, etc.
must be handed to the chief not later
than ten o'clock on the morning Of the
game"
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1910-09-22
CHIEF ARTICLES OF EXPORT
wasbInoton statlstlolans Say Marked
Decrease is Shown In CORN
Wheat, Flour and Meats

Cotton. copper Illuminating OIL
wheat-these articles In the oruei
named. formed the most important ar
ticles exported from the United States
during the last fiscal year, The vaiue
of the cotton exported was S45O,OOO''
900; of the copper, $S3 100000; OF the
Illuminating oil, $62,5OO,OOO. ana OF the
wheat, s47O00,000. other articles Oh
export ranked in value as follows
Flour. lard, tobacco, lumber, leather,
corn. bituminous coal and lubricatlng
oil
In nearly all of the articles oil ma
tural production there was marked
decline in the exports OF 1910, as com
pared with previous years, while IN
certain manufactures the figures Tor
the year are larged than for any pre-
vious year and the total Tor all manu-
features probably will exceed that OF
any earlier year The bureau OF STATS
tics, which has given out these figures'
has not yet completed the total value
of the manufactures exported.
The falling off is most marked IN
corn, wheat, -four and meats; wheat
falling from s161, 100000 in 1892, the
high year, to $47OOO,OO0 in 1910; corn
from sS5,OOOOOO in 1900 to s25,5OO,-
600 in 1910; flour from S75,O0O,OOO in
1898 to $46,500OOO in 1910; lard from
$50, ,000,O 900 in 1906 to S43,000,OOO in
1910; bacon from SAG 600 in 1898
to SIS, 100000 in 1910; fresh beef from
100000 in 1901 to $1750,OOO in
1910, and cattle from $42,000,000 in
1904 to $12,00O,O0O last year
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1910-09-22

Census bureau figures given out at
Washington show that preachers are
the poorest paid class of men in the
country, The average pay of the cler-
gyman is estimated at 1868 per annum.
City preachers ger much higher wages
than those in charge of rural flocks,
except in Catholic churches The aver.
age salary of the Unitarian, which is
the highest average salary paid any
denomination. is about 1883 per an
ium.
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1910-09-22
PUZZLED
Hard Work, Sometimes
Children.

Children's taste is ofttimet
curate, in selecting the rls1
food to fit the body, than
adults. Nature works more
ly through the children.
A Brooklyn lady says:
boy had long been trouy
weak digestion. We could
suade him to take more tha1
of any kind of cereal 1000
a weak little chap and wei
zled to know what to feed
"One lucky day we ul
Nuts. Well, you never
eat with such a relish, ana
good to see him. From
it seemed as though we c1
see him grow. He would
Nuts for breakfast and SUI
think he would have !ikee
for dinner.
"The difference In his app'
sanething wonderful. b
my husband had never
real foods of any kind,
came very fond of Grape'N
been much improved m
using it.
I'VE are now a healthy
naturally believe in GrapeM
"a friend has two chilai
formerly afflicted with rlc
satisfied that the disease
by lack of proper nourish
showed it. So | urged
Grape-Nuts as an experln
result was almost maglVa1
"They continued the ioT3
both children are wen a.
any children in this w.,
course, my friend is a nri
Grape.Nuts for she has
before her eyes every a. XII
Read "The Road to Wel
in pkgs. "There's a h.|
Ever rend the above ,S w.
me appears from 'd an
re genuine, true, nv" W
4ttcreHt.
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1910-09-22
azs,szsy zasrs,
kN r lSWl4ll1kR q ar
SE6Hg SsscszxS5s

to be tnat
the government scheme will be imi-
tated by the banks. which will find it
cheaper to do their own washing than
to pay express charges on money to
and from the Washington laundry
The cost of installing a money wash
ing plant is not expected to exceed
from $500 to 500 in most cases. The
government Is planning to give the
bankers the benefit of what it learns
from It's own experiment. The whole
process is quite simple. According
to Moodys Magazine IL has been
found that the best medium for
cleansing, the bills is soapsuds made
from almost any good grade of pot
ash soap.
Following a vigorous churnng in
soapy water and bleaching the bills
are rinsed in warm water. One stage
where care must be exercised is in
the bleaching operation, and It is
not yet determined just what in
gradients in bleaching powder give
fullest assurance of inficting no in
jury to the bills. All the bills of low
er denomination have been found to
launder satisfactorily, but the ink en-
ployed in the printing of some Of the
bills of high value shows tendency
to run when washed. However there
Is little need for laundering these
longer lived bills.
After the washed bills are dried
by artificial heat they are put through
a sizing machine, which by means of
bath of alum and glue restores the
finish of the paper Finally the bills
are packed between large sheets of
cardboard and run through a press,
which in addition to the application
of great weight imparts a peculiar
elongating motion to each package,
with the result that the rejuvenated
bills emerge with all the crisp ap.
pearance and body of newly manu-.
featured currency.
1t has been suggested that the laun-
dering include a sterilization of the
money either in conjunction with or
Immediately following the washing of
the bills, but the officials have not yet
decided whether or not there is neces-
sity for such chemical publication.
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1910-09-22
Beware the Don,

A family moved from the Z
suburban locality and were I,
they should get a watchdog h
the premises at night, So they
the largest dog that was for
the kennels of a neighboring
cier, who was a German.
afterward the house was ent|
burglars, who made a good had
the big dog slept. The man
the dog fancier and told him
well, vat you need now"
dog merchant, "is a leedle dog|
up the big dog. ."-Everybody'sl
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1910-09-22
Perfectly Harmless,

A little girl of three year,
father had bo'sght her some 4
ers and skyrockets for the n
July, wanted to know what tlI
for. On being told their purI
anxiously inquired If they wo|
anybody. When told they wJ
she seemed relieved, and th}
when saying her prayers, sh4
"An', bod, don't 90 be 'faid
poppin' fings when zey make
tomorrow, 'tause zey won't d
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1910-09-22
Tribute to Hold.Up Art

"The train doesn't stop ali
Gulch any more"
NO" replied Three-Finger|
I'm afraid the town dOa
much respect from the railra
Respect! Why that raj
clean terrified. Ever since
got around that Stage Coach
had settled here thai train \
one Shrek and jumps out Ol
The years write their re-
mems hearts as they do q
inner circles of growth whid
can see.-Saxe Holm.
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1910-09-22

time time I began using Doae', Do s1l' |
Pills and soon felt RELIEF \
and was cured" cog
Remember the name-n
For sale by all dealers. OTap "a ! ]
box. Foster-Milburn Co, Rn,O, w
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1910-09-22

p n ialled to hel
as. as helpless as |,
NJ MY =. back throSt
tti II 1t we would bre,''
the. the kidney s,c' sscr
we're %ere in terdbII
altlon' The 4
held out no hoI
| was resleDsS1 al
fotA oNu
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1910-09-22
WASHING THE MONEY
LAUNDRY RUN BY THE GOVERN.
MENT PROVES SUCCESSFUL.
Opinion Seems TO Prevail That the
Banks Throughout the Country
viii Also Adopt This Plan Of
Cleaning Their Currency.

Uncle Sans money
washing soiled paper
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1910-09-22

been the sub
ject of much
c O IN III g n l
The general
opinion seems
to ha that
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1910-09-22
GIVEN UP TO DIE
ooan's Kidney Pills re...
Recovery. "'T

..Nn. Mrs a M. "A. A. JinRins. QusD,, !
clans but thew an s.ne 'ne best
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1910-09-01
Socialism and Savagery

horrible to contemplate, and too hellish
to tolerate.
How much happier is the wild savage
roaming in the jungles of Africa or
Australia, whose swift legs, keen eye,
and strong arm seldom fail him in get
ting a dinner? He is, OF course, hourly
in danger of becoming a dinner for some
quahruped brute, but, then, he knows
wherein his danger lies, and is prepared
to meet his foe in an equal, fair contest
The woods, the lake, and the river are
his, and being the most gifted animal
and best endowed by mother nature in
the tooth and claw world he inhabits, he
il, usually, the victor in the struggle for
food, and can get along quite comfort
ably, provided he manages to keep
within a safe distance away from the
scourge known civilization.
The savage or barbarian is a free man.
He does not have to labor for master,
nor is he subject to any desPotic domino
ton of those who now despoil the work
crs of the fruits of their toll. His rights
as we'll as his duties are co-equal with
those OF his fellow-tribesmen. He is
pI 1SkiciHS lhe iioSI PeiiSSt SoSiai oeiioS'
racy prevalent today.
Contrast with this democratic, free,
independent savage brute-hunter of the
jungle, with the ''civilized' job hunter
of say, Philadelphia, the latter having
the disadvantage of association with
100000 fellow creatures, selfish, jeal-
Gus, cheating. fighting maniacs, madly
racing after dollars, utterly regardless of
what hardships, suffering, and pain their
vicious, social order entails upon their
joblcss, hungry feliowmen-and get what
consolation you can out of the COMPARE
son.
Verify, I'd thousand times prefer
being dcnizen of the jungles rather
than roam in the wilds of "cvilized"
Philadelphia, unsuccessfully hunting for
Il job.
BY all means, let lis either vote in col
lcctirc, cooperative Socialism, or, else
adopt the rude communism of the tribes
men OF the South Sea Isles.
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1910-09-01
BY JOHN y. LANDBERG.

Our present day ubiquitous social
system is wrong and vicious in SO many
aspects, that it is difficult to point out
which OF its failures and defects have the
most pcrnicious effect upon the lives of
the great masses of the people.
Its crimes against childhood, woman
hood, and manhood, are so stupendous,
20 far-rcaclIn2, SO destructive in their
bearing upon the material, moral, and
ethical urbuilding OF the human family,
as to battle the imagination OF any one
attempting to single out one particular
phase in the operation Of the System"
as the most condemnable.
My darkencd vision does not discern
more sinister ghost ever present in
our midst than the spectcr of unemploy-
mcnt.
1t is universally agreed that we have
standing army of 100000 jOblcss men
in times OF prosperity" which swells to
four or five millions in disastrous
periods of industrial dcprcssions, crisis,
or panics.
That little helpless children and fruiI
women should bc cnslavcd in ill-lighted,
ill-vcntilated factories, shops, and mills
for 4 pittancc, is cruel and sad. That
povcrty-stricken, pcnnilcss men, pittcd
against the other in the competitive
labor market, should be forced to hire
themselves for low pay to slave at the
most hazardous cmploymcnts, which, at
best, affords them a hand-to-hand exist
cncc, one weeks wages separating the
toilers from the poorhousc or the sui
cide's grave, is melancholy indeed.
But that one million human beings
right before our eyes, should tramp the
streets OF our cities and towns. vainlv
seeking for the priceless privilege of
finding master to work for-homclcss
hrcadlcsS, unwaShcd un-havcn, without
n friend to talk to or receive n helping
hand from, wandering day after day,
week after week, month after month, in
rain and cold, clad in rags is II sight too
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1910-09-01
MAYOR SIEDEL
Refuses to Act on Teddy.
the Buffer, Reception
Committee.

Milwaukee,, Wis. August 3l.-EinII
Seidcl, Alilwaukcc's Socialist mayor.
dcclincd to scrvc/ on Roosevelt rrcep-
tion committee, and gives as his reason
the '.unschoIarly and unfair position that
Roosevelt has taken in the discussion of
the movement for which / have spent all
my spare time and energy
In his letter to Frank Cannon. chair
man of the rccction committee of the
Milwaukee Press Club, whose guest
Colonel Roosevelt will be on Scptcm-
her !, the mayor concludes as follows ::
Your valued communication of re-
cent date notifying me of my. appoint
mcnt to the reception committee on the
occasion of the visit of Roosevelt has
been received Let me assure you that
the distinction intended by the committee
to he conferred upon me by this appoint
mcnt is appreciated. | regret. however,
that in view of the unscholarly and UNI
fair position that Roosevelt has taken
i'll the discussion of the movement for
which l have spent all my spare time
and energy, it is impossible for me TO
accept the intended honor
However, / wish to assure you mat
as chief executive of this city l extend
to your guest the courtesy that every
man is entitled to in Il republic.
Hoping that it will be possible for
capacities in the future, 1 beg to re-
main, your truly,
EMIL SEIDEL, Mayor"
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1910-09-01

by the solidarity OF organized labor and
1.-THE Socialist movement, revealed the eX-
iistence of Il far-reaching and I'M
dscrupulous conspiracy by the ruling class
against the organizations of labor.
In their efforts to take the lives of
the leaders of the miners the con-
ispirators violated the state laws and the
federal constitution in Il manner seldom
iequaled even in country so completely
dominated by the prolit-secking class as
lis the United States.
The congress of the United States has
shown its contempt for the interests of
labor as plainly and Enthusiastically as
have the other branches of government,
The laws for which the labor organiza-
lions have continually petitioned have
failed to pass Laws ostensibly enacted
for the benefit of labor have been dis
torted against labor.
The working class of the United States
cannot expect any remedy for its
wrongs from the dominant parties So
long as small number of individuals
are permitted to control the sources of
the nations wealth for their private.
profit in competition with each other
and for the exploration of their fellow
men, Industrial depressions are bound to
occur ut certain intervals. No currency
reforms or other legislative measure pro
posed by capitalist reformcrs can avail
against these fatal results of utter
anarchy in production.
Individual competition leads inevi-
tably to combinations and trusts No
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1910-09-01
Comrades !

The Executive Committee of the
Socialist Party of Kanawha has lust
recently been organized and as we are
entering into campaign it is necessary
to have funds to enable US to get speak.
ers and place our propaganda in the
hangs of the voters. The members of
the rty.must finance the campaign by
voluntary contribution and for that pur-
pose l have had cards printed that will
send any local or comrade on request.
lhe organization is very important
factor in our political life and would ad-
wise that every Comrade make it a point
to attend his local meetings regularly.
l will further request that the local
secretaries report promptly the last week
in each month to the Secretary-Treasurer
of the County Committee, COS Virginia
street, Charleston, w. Va
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1910-09-01
GENERAL DEMANDS.

!. The immediate government relief for
the unemployed workers by building
schools by rcforesting of cut-over and
waste lands. by reclamation of arid tracts
and the building of canals. and bv cx-
tending all other useful public works.
All persons employed on such works
shall be employed directly by the gov
eminent under an eight-hour work day
and at the prevailing union wages. The
government shall also loan money to
states and municipalities without in
terest for the purpose of CARRYING on
public works. 1t shall contribute to
the funds of labor organization for the
purpose of assisting their unrm pIoved
members, and shall take such other
measures within its power as will lessen
the widespread misery of the workers
caused by the misrule of the capitalist
class.
,. The collective ownership of rail
roads. telegraphs, telephones. steamship
lines and all other means of social trans
portation and communication of all land
There can he no absolute title to land
All private titles, whether called fee
simple or otherwise, are ana must be
subordinate to the public title. The so.
cialist party strives to prevent land from
being used for the purpose OF exploita-
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1910-09-01
Socialist and Labor
Paper Your Best Friend

The metal trades on strike at Sc
attic are highly indignant at the shabby
manner in which the newspapers are
treating them. The labor side of the
present controversy is given scant CON
Sideration. a committee went to one
OF the newspapers and wanted to in
Scrt reply to statement given out
by one of the bosses. The committee
was bandly informed that the article
would cost $3.50. A misdirected bill
showed that an employers statement
was printed for $l5-the charge was
originally $50 and then cut in two.
Now the Western workingmen are get
ting their reward for purchasing and
building up the daily papers that are
giving them the worst OF it. They had
no pennies for the labor or Socialist pa
pcrs-only for the p1ute sheets. Maybe