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The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-02-04
TOO LARGE MARGIN ON MQQLM PRICES ASSERTED
)NSPRAT TORS HOARD $3 OOO 600 OF FOOD IN STORAGE
Amazing Figures Show That Packers Have Enough Meat
and Other Foods in Warehouses to Fill the Market
Baskets of All of Americas 20,000,00O Families for
Months s-Great National Conspiracy Of Packers Clearly
Established Here

I tariff will not permit the foreign
producer to come into the United
States and undersell them. Under
lock and key the food hoard is
being held until the day comes
when prices are raised still high
| er. But here are the astounding
| figures. There are 100000 cat.
tie carcasses in cold storage. 9th
er stored meat in these great cold
warehouses the country over, in
cludes 100000 calves, 25,OOO, 900
sheep and lambs and $4,000, 900
hogs, not counting the human ones
engaged in the packing industry.
In IS fish freezing plants there
are fish valued at $25,000,C00. They
will be liberated on the market at
Lent. In other cold storage plants
controlled by the beef barons there
are held 1,S00,OOO,OOO eggs, 13O,-
100000 pounds of poultry and
fruits, and miscellaneous articles
of perishable food worth $5O,OCO,.
900.
There are millions of pounds of
potatoes, turtles, eels, cases of
canned goods and milk, butter and
cheese. This last item alone is
being boarded to the extent of
$100,000,0OO.
There are 9O,oOO,O0O people in
the United States, counting in the
farmers who will never demand
any of this frozen food This
makes 20,000,00O families or less
whose market baskets must be
filled every day or two with food
to replenish the larder The cost
OF this food that the market
baskets carry has risen and risen.
Scarcity of food" the packers
here have cried at the complaining
women with the market baskets.
But according to the trusts own
cold storage figures as given above
-
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-02-04
WHO HIT MAMIE? TWIN BROTHERS
MCCARTHY GIVES LAW A PUZZLER

- CLEVELAND. Ohio Feb 4-John and Michael Mccarthy
West twins Of o. They look alike
dress alike and talk alike Saturday they police
one charged with assault and battery his sister Mamie
The twins had alteration with their father.
teee and charges that the twins struck her She could
not tell however, which Therefore
brought to court Their mother Mrs Katy Mccarthy
the s
side one was charged with the assault and battery 1t
to the court to find which, for both pleaded guilty
court experienced difficulty and Mamie couldn't aid with ident
cation.
The patroman who made the called
the guilty who had been pointed him
the arrest He failed.
The law tried to unravel natures conundrum. 1t failed
ture The twins discharged.
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NEWLyWEDS
ASKED FOR
ANOTHER 81
DEMAND MADE ON 200 COUP
LES FOR DOLLAR RECORD
ING FEE BY COUNTY
AUDITOR.
NOT LEGAL WITHOUTIT
THIS STEP TAKEN AS A SOlU-
TlON OF VExED QUESTION
OF MARRIAGE FEE.

County Auditor Butler states that
the marriage license tansle is rapid.
ly being unraveIed and that within
a few weeks he expects to turn
over the 81 recording fee to the
county clerk for every one OF the
200 or more licenses which we're
ordered filed by Judge HinkIe fol-
lowing the proceedings instituted
by local ministers to compel the
clerk to record the certificates
without fee.
The following letter has been
sent to all persons who are hum
bered among the 200 who secured
licenses for s. and failed to pay
the recording fee:
when the new law changing the
fee from $500 to $500 on marriage
licenses went into effect, August
25, 1909, upon the advice of the
prosecuting attorneys office, We
charged $500, the fee of $l.OO for
recording the marriage certificate
to be paid to tn minister, or part"
performing the ceremony, who
would remit that amount with the
certificate to the county clerk.
when issuing license in this
office, the clerk invariably told .ho
groom to pay the minister, IN add
tion to his fee, an additional fee of
$1,00 for recording the certificate
in the county clerks office.
Marriage license No. -- was
issed to you. and is held in the
] clerks office for want of the re
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-02-04
WHO SWIPED
THE GOAT?

E. n. Stanton notified the
police today that an ansora
goat was stolen from his
slaughter house last night. No
description of the animal was
furnished.
A long black overcoat belong
ing to p. M. Cohen was stolen
from billiard hall on Stevens
street last night. A pair of new
gloves were in the pocket of
the coat when 1t disappeared.
A gray suit Of clothes, size
SO, was taken from a store in
the Rossland house, 307 Maine
avenue, last night.
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cording fee. Kindly remit $l00 to
him. upon the receipt Of which your
certificate will be placed on record,
thus fully legalizing the ceremony.
Trusting that this explanation
will satisfy you of the necessity of
complying with our request without
delay, which this office will deem
a favor, | remain, yours very truly,
r. w. Butler, County Auditor"
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-02-04
REAL FACTS
ON THEC0ST.
Of LIVING
Men Write to Mayor Pratt
on Subject.
A HARD PROPOSITION
Many Living on a Few Hun
dred Dollars a Year and
Paying for Home.

Answers to Mayor Pratt's ques-
tions on the cost of living are still
coming to the city hall. In let
ter received yesterday the writer,
a Iaboring man, who depends on
city work for the maintenance Of
himself, his wife and five children,
makes pathetic appeal to the
city's chief executive for the en-
poyment Of married men. Believ-
ing that publicity will help the
cause along, the mayor has turned
some of the letters over to The
Press. Here is what one man
says:
Il am trying to pay for five
acre tract and pay $6.75 per month.
l have family of five children. 8
years old and under. My house
rent is generally $40 per month in
Spokane. Wood, one cord per
month, $3.50, or $3.50 per rick. My
living expenses are at least 81 per
day, not to say anything about
shoes and clothing. Last year
worked almost steady but only ap-
piled about 500 to my property.
In winter we do not use meat, as
II is entirely out Of reach. | joined
Continued on Page Two.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-02-04

Yesterday was busy day for the
Spokane fire department. Four
alarm calls were answered between
4:3o yesterday afternon and 5:23
this morning by the central station.
Though none of the fires resulted
in any great loss, the fremen are
a sleepy bunch today.
At 4;30 yesterday afternoon the
home OF Lena Wester, 1901 East
First, caught fire as the result of
fumigating candles burning through
the pans holding them and setting
the floor ablaZe.
A dwelling owned by o. P. Hend-
rickson caught fire while residents
of the house We're endeavoring to
thaw out frozen water pipes about
6 O'Clock last night.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-02-04

RETAILER,
CONSUMER
Public Paying Big Price for
Milk Here.
TOO MUCH SOMEWHERE
Either a Combination or
Milk Business Is Very
Expensive.

There must be something radi.
caIly wrong with the retail milk
business in Spokane that it can not
be handled for a smaller maroin
than that which now exists be.
tween what is received by the pro-
ducer and paid by the consumer.
There Is either a combination to
obtain abnormal profits, or else the
retail milk business must be one
of the most expensive to carry on
OF any other line that deals in food
supplies.
The milk that the consumer
pays Gill cents per quart is
bought from the producer at the
ranch for 31z cents per quart. Be-
tween the producer and the con.
sumer is margin Of nearly 200
per cent, which is considered by
those that have given the matter
serious attention too wide differ
ence.
Where the producer places the
milk +. o. b. cars at his closest rail.
road station he is paid at the rate
of l51a cents per gallon. The Spo.
kane milk retailer realizes IS 1-3
cents gross profit on milk bought
at the 20 cents per gallon price, or
80 per cent. On that bought at is
cents gross profit of 100 per cent
is realized.
| The Gill cent price, or II
quarts for 81, is the lowest price
given by the big Four" the
charge going higher where the
patron buys only pint at time,
or buys a quart every ether day.
A single quart is 10 cents.
KICK FROM PRODUCERS.
There is serious kick from the
milk producer, who says that the
Spokane middlemen are getting all
there is in il. Feed must certainly
be bought at the bottom prices, and
labor cheap to make much at the
price of Ia cents per gallon. The
producers that live on the edge of
the city and deliver their product
at the Spokane creameries for the
Is or 20 cent per gallon price fare
a little better, as they get the
hauling charges that otherwise go
to the railroads.
TOO LARGE A MARGIN.
That there is too large a margin
in milk at the current prices is evi-
denced by the price of the Spokane
Dairy Co. Of II quarts for 81. Near
ly all of the owners of one or two
COWS in the outlying districts of the
city sell their milk, fresh from
natures source, at IL quarts for ST.,
or 8 1-3 cents per quart.
One Of these cows owners gave
the following figures today: Dur
ing the last four months, covering
| the winter period, we cleared S5.0S
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COlORED BOY MlSSlNG;
MOTHER YEARNS FOR HIM

Chief of Police Sullivan is in re-
ceipt of letter from Margaret
Watkins Of Madisonville, Ky, who
is trying TO locate her son, George
d. Watkins, who was in Spokane
three years ago. A postscript to
the letter reads: Dear Chief, he
is a colored boy"
Andy White Of Mitchell, Ind, has
written to the police in an effort to
gain some knowledge of the where
abouts of his nephew, Delbert
Wells. White suggests that Wells
may have died in some of the local
hospitals.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-02-04
SEINE ON
THE LEVEL"
/ VERY SOON
Famous July Column Has
Been Ordered Closed.
(By United Press,

PARIS, Feb. 4.-The Seine con-
inues its steady recession today,
and ii was predicted by the fluyial
department that it would reach the
normal level in a week.
Conditions throughout the dis
tricts stricken by the floods We're
generally improved today and the
work OF ministering to the home
less and hungry has been greatly
facilitated.
The July column to the bastile
was closed to the public this after
noon, as many great stones in the
wall and sealings of tombs under
the monument have been loosened
by the action of the water.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-02-04
FOUR FIRE CALLS FOR
THE BOYS IN ONE DAY

A cIgaret stub is thought to have
set fire to box of sawdust which
was used as cuspidor in pool
room and billiard parlor at 211
Stevens street. The fire had been
smoldering some time before It was
discovered. The alarm was turned
in at S:49 a. IN.
A one story frame shack owned
by j. j. McGruder at 727 North
Stone street burned to the ground
at $50 this morning. The place
was occupied by Don Williamson.
The firemen had just gone to bed
after the answering the last call
when the telephone rang and they
were notified that the board OF
health was burning some shacks on
Northwest boulevard. The depart.
ment did not respond. however.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-02-04
ARE
|NSTATE0F
PANIC;
Revolutionary Forces Ap-
preaching Managua-
Win a Battle.
(By United Press.)

WASHINGTON, Feb. 4.-Mana-
qua is in a state bordering on a
panic today, as the result of the
approach of General Estradas rev.
olutionary forces upon the city.
News of the insurgent commander's S
advance was received at the state
department today in an official
communication from Jose Deoli-
wares, United States consul at the
Nicaraguan capital.
The rebels won a decisive victory
at Boaca yesterday, according to
Deolivares' report. After two hours
of severe fighting, the government
forces of President Madriz were
routed with heavy losses.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-02-04

lived in trees and In caves, he has
over-mastering admiration for the
man who is physically supreme
who can hit the hardest.
But this is the twentieth century.
The brute Is still in us all, albeit
moderately we'll tanned. With the
reduction Of muscle and brute in
stinct has come gradual increase In
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-02-04

reached the top runa of the ladder.
Gladstone, Pitt or Disraeli achieved
no greater triumphs in the realm
of statecraft than the brawny
American has achieved IN the prize
ring. Alexander, Caesar and Ma
polean won no greater victories in
war than Jeff in his chosen sphere.
Paderewski may be able to reach
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-02-04
Especial to The Press.)

CHICAGO, Feb. Awhile the
American people are engaged in a
mighty meat strike to force down
the increased cost of living, there
is locked up in the beef trusts cold
storage plants enough food to feed
every man, woman and child in the
United States for months.
This tremendous food hoard is
valued at $3,000,000,000. Tons of
meat and other necessaries have
been accommodating in the strong
holds of the robber food barons
for two, sometimes three years.
The Chicago packing trust and
it's affiliated trusts in every cor
ner OF the country have amassed
this frozen mountain of food in
order that the people may pay in
creased tribute to monopoly and
extortion; at the same time it's
leaders are deploring the ap-
petites of those they refrain from
feeding that their own greed may
be gratified.
The facts in the cold storage sit
uation today are amazing. The fig
ures that follow are not guesses,
but the estimates of the packing
interests themselves, which have
been obtained from inside sources.
The surprising thing is that they
have leaked out at this time, when
the federal grand jury in this city
is investigating the great national
food conspiracy and seeking to in
dict and imprison the rich and
powerful ringleaders.
These figures from the books Of
the food trust, showing the amount
of foodstuffs now in cold storage,
constitute the only needed proof
to show the cause of the higher
cost of living. They show the
beef trust and it's affiliations to
be protected in their miserly
course by the knowledge that the
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-02-04

There are two big reasons why
the men In Spokane eagerly craned
their necks for a glimpse of JET.
fries on the streets, and damned
themselves like sardines into the
theater to see him. One reason Is
that the physical man retains much
OF the animal instincts OF his tree
brother, and, like that brother, who
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-02-04

the soul of music with his delicate
fingers skimming over the piano
worries, but James J. Jeffries can
just as surely reach the solar plexus
of any gladiator.
THE AMERICAN PEOPLE BOW
DOWN AND WORSHIP THE MAN
WHO is pRE-EMiNENT IN ANY
ONE THING. They would carry
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-02-04

the champion coal HEAVIER on their
shoulders II they knew who he was.
This attribute ic emblematlc of
our nation. We are a people Of
doers, and our chief doers, and not
blue-blooded, chicken-livered de-
scendants of old-time doers, are the
leaders.
So here's to the men who reach
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-02-04

AS they watched the big, sway
Ing, eager crowds who followed the
footsteps Of Mr.. James J. Jeffries
about town yesterday, some people
remarked:
al wonder why they are so curl
Gus. He's just a plain man, and a
very ordInary-Iookins one, in some
respects, at that"
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-02-04

brain power. We admit it has been
tolerabIy slow In development, but
1t has come all right.
So now the FIRST reason for
wanting to see Jeffries is not be-
cause he is a man OF muscle, BUT
BECAUSE HE is THE MAN WHO
is AT THE TOP OF HIS OWN
PARTICULAR HEAP. He has
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-02-04

the top Of the heap, say the Amer
ican people, even as did the Roman,
when $4,000. crowdlna the amphb
theater, arose and cheered thsm
selves hoarss over the pIadlator
who stood upon q heap Of the slaln
and brandlshed his bloody sword
over his vIsorsd head
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-02-04
YOUNG MEN SENT
TO PRISON

John Margelin. one of the youth
full hide thieves. who pleaded guilty
to the charge of grand larceny yes.
terday afternoon, was sentenced to
from six months to Is years in the
state reformatory at Monroe by
Judge H. l.. Kennan this morning.
Everett Favies, another one OF
the youths arrested for stealing
hides from the Northern Pacific,
pleaded not guilty to the grand lar.
ceny charge and was released on
$500 bond.
w. A. Boyd and Elmer Lindbled.
the youths found in the Taft lodg.
ing house with Lillian Orlie and
Mary Edwards, 16 year old girls,
were sentenced to four months in
the county Jail by Judge H. l.. Ken.
nan this morning.
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4 CHILDREN
DIE IN FLAMES
(By United Press)

. (By United Press)
= WILMINGTON, DEL, Feb. q.
. Trapped in the attic of their
q home between Camden and I
= Wyoming, the four grand
. children of Ezekiel Hackett,
= farmer, were burned to
= death shortly after midnight.
. The youngest victim was 8,
. and the oldest IS.
Q . % . . q q . . 90 80
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-02-04

Observation-Disclosures of
General Estrada's revolutionary
army fought with government
troops near Acoyapa today. Sew
eral killed. Machine guns used
by both sides. Skirmish indie
ciaive
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-02-04
GAVE NEWS OF
CUSTER'S MASSACRE
(By United Press)

. HELENA, Mont, Feb. A. Z
. A. J. Fisk, pioneer newspa- v
. perman OF Montana, the man
. who first sent to the world Z
= the news of Clusters massacre, 4
= died here early today.
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Man at Moberly, Mo-, can eat
40 eggs at sitting. This is use
full accomplishment, no doubt,
where the eggs are the kind no.
body else wants to eat.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-02-04

received today say Is members OF
crew Of sailing vessel Fortune
drown during wreck of ship off
the Azores.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-02-04

Peter Suyesant the pegegged ruler of old New
stubborn nick
"ardenkoppng Pe"
Ncols armed British
Of Amsterdam
angry that he the letter
This in the history York
in this picture. But
mistake In the picture find 1t?
"a (When Inventor Morse the telegram his he
didn't typewriter because there ypewriters then
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The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-02-04

Fair tonight and Saturday;
continued cold. Max. temp,
"a; min., "a.
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Continued on Page Two.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1910-02-24

autocracy. Joseph persists in being
hypocrttical about it. He pretends
that this majority of which he 10
always prating. must be maintained
to carry on the party's promises. Yet
within the year, President Taft was
icompelled to resort to threats Of q
veto before Joseph would consent to
the passage of the Payne law as 1t is;
and at that the people of the country
refuse to admit that this law redeems
the party's promises on the subject.
Where was this majority that is cor
rallied SO safely by the speaker to do
what the party agrees to do? For
one thing. it refused, abject as it was.
to approve the speakers campaign to
actually RAISE the duties on gloves
and stockings, in a bill supposed to
reduce the tariff. And this was the
one thing that Joseph, boasting his
majority, sought to do with the tar
III.
Farther back. it was necessary for
Roosevelt to coerce Joseph into al
lowing such measures as the rate bin
and the pure food bill and the en-
ployer's liability bill, to 60 through
congress. At the same time. this same
Joseph voted against and secured the
defeat OF o bill to create an Appa-
lachian reserve, one Of the most not
able of the measures undertaking to
preserve the Of the coun-
try.
Today the question that confronts
President Taft, in his attempt to full
fill the promises of legislation by the
republican party, is whether Joseph
will allow congress to put them
through. His opponents, the minority
he calls democrats, have already pub
licly declared their support Of these
progressive measures.
No, Joseph is not content to be
governed by the majority. He wants
to BE the majority.
HH -ELa 4
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1910-02-24
POLITICAL oBL1QU1TY.

It president Taft were a newspa-
per reporter instead of the chief ex-
ecutivo Of the United States. he
would Lave made his latest communi-
cation to congress a great deal more
entertaining to the public. Compara-
lively little notice was given to Lis
letter Of q few days ago concerning
the ublicity feature OF the corpora-
ton tex law. There has been q graf
deal Of complaint from business me
all over the country because this
measure ,roposed to make public the
reports Of corporations. required by
the government Tor the purpose of
levying a 2 per cent tax on all in
comes over $4,000. One provision
Of the law required that rooms should
be reserved In the treasury building
and clerks appointed to classify all
corporation reports. SO that the pub
lie could gain ready access to them.
Now the interesting fact is dis
closed by President Taft that it had
been discovered" that there was a
clause in the Law providing that none
IIof the 100000 appropriated for
the administration of the law, should
be expended in the District of Column
bia. Manifestly. II there could be no
money spent in the District Of Col
umbia. no clerks could be employed
OF rooms arranged for the classii-
cation and display OF the reports.
So far as the publicity clause in
the law is concerned, we believe BUSH
ness was fully warranted in making
q protest. It is not right to open to
the public's gaze the affairs Of q
private concern. unless it has been
properly charged with some viola
ton Of law. But that is no the point
we have in mind. Why didn't the op-
ponents of such publicity defeat this
provision of the law frankly? APP
parently even the president Of the
United States. who proposed and ap-
proved this legislation. was not aware
of the existence OF the Joker" which
so effectively killed the publicity Sec
ton. It may be fairly inferred that
the Joker was not inserted by ac-
cident. Measures affecting business
interests are scrutinized line by line
by the friends Of business in con-
grsss. There is every reason to be-
lieye that. the .joker' was deliberate
" placed in the bill, for the purpose
of accomplishing by indirection what,
for some reason, was not attempted
directly.
It is Just because Of such "discov-
cries" in legislation by congress that
the people have come to suspect its
acts. Responsibility is placed on the
leaders, Cannon and Aldrich. II a
law intended to protect common
rights against the encroachment Of
special privilege does go through
congress. the public wonders wheth-
ser ornoti will be discovered" a
few years later that = word or a
phrase nulliaesz5s II all. II Is just such
aprovision.th the Ellison compromise.