davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1910-02-25

horse power sun engine run by focus
ing the rays on water and using
steam turbine In steaming volcanoes
there is power which might be con-
verted into electricity and distributed.
ITO get rid OF friction in our ma
chimes is one Of the future problems.
The only machine without friction that
we know is the world. and II moves IN
the resistless ether.
The monorail does not appeal TO
me. II was a fundamental mistake
that our railroads were built on four
foot nine and one-half inch gauge In
stead OF six-foot gauge, which We
will probably have TO come to yet
The aeroplane OF the future will. |
think. have to come TO the helicopter
principle. A successful air machine
must be able to defy the winds. II
Wright's aeroplane had one-twenueth
OF its surface the wind would not al
feet IT,
The helicopter principle is the only
way TO rise above the atmospheric con
ditions. BY increasing the velocity oil
propeller revolutions the size OF the
machine can be diminished. and there
by we vanquish the hostility OF the
wind. A helicopter could have loot
sire planec contributed on 100 to
$50 foot circle and controlled from
the center by wires.
chemical food has been worked out
pretty well. but II won't be a CONNER
cial proposition. There are lots o.
svnthetic things being made. but yot
cant beat the farm as a laboratory
/ I'm that line.
"The clothes OF the future will be 50
cheap that every young woman Will b'
able TO follow the fashions-and there
will be plenty Of fashions. Artificial
elk that is superior to the natural ar
,icle Is now made of wood pulp.
,b,nk that the silkworm barbarism vii
go In so years. just as the indigo
india went before the synthetic pre-
auction of indigo in German labora
tories.
.In 200 years by the cheapening Q
commodities the ordinary laborer VII
live as well as man does now wit
5000 600 annual income. Automatic ms
cbinery and scientific agriculture WI
bring about this result.
Not indIvidualism. but social labo
will dominate the future; you can
have individual machines and ever
man working by himself. Industry wi
constantly become more social and II
terdependent. There VIII be no mar
nal labor in the factories OF the futur'
Tho men in them will be merely 81
ner,ntendents watching machinery.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1910-02-25
Meaning OF Cemetery.

II is not correct TO say that Gene
terry" means the city Of the dead. :
The word is from the Greek "Koime-
terion." meaning sleeping place. not
the place of the dead. There is nothing
in the thinking that II was originally
intended to convey the idea that the
departed were really dead any more
than there is in the old Hebrew term
for cemetery-"Betha im'-the house
OF the living.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1910-02-25
BeIaium Has No Navy.

Belgium is. perhaps the most pros
porous state in Europe. as well as the
most thickly settled. The late kings
reign was at least marked by an enor
NOUS advance in wealth and social re
form one of the country's special ad
vantages is that its international neu
tralization permits IL TO dispense will
a navy. while the Belgian army is main
tanned on very small and inexpensive
basis
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1910-02-25
THE STORY OF THE PEANUT
SHELLS.

As everyone knows. c. w. Post OF
Battle Creek. Michigan, is not only a
maker OF breakfast foods, but he is a
strong individual who believes that the
trades unions are a menace TO the lib
erty Of the country.
Believing this, ard being a natural
born" scrapper for the right as he
sees t.. Post. for several years past
has been engaged in ceaseless war.
fare against The Labor Trust" as he
likes 20 call IL.
Not being able to secure free and
untrammeled expression Of his opin-
ions on this subject through the regular
reading pages OF the newspapers he
has bought advertising space for this
purpose. Just as he is accustomed 20
for the telling OF his Postum story"
and he has thus spent hundreds OF
thousands of dollars in denouncing
trades-unionism.
AS a result OF Posts activities the
people now know a whole lot about
these examinations: how they are
honeycombed with graft, how they OBJ
struct the development of legitimate
business, curtail labor's output. hold
up manufacturers, graft upon their own
membership, and rob the public. Natu-
rally Post is hated by the trades
unionists. and intensely.
He employs no union labor, so they
can not call out his men, and he defies
their efforts at boycotting his products.
The latest means OF getting Post is
the widespread publication OF the story
that a car which was recently wrecked
in transmission was found TO be loaded
with empty peanut shells, which were
being shipped from the south to Posts
establishment at Battle Creek.
This canard probably originated with
President John Fitzgerald of the Chi
cago Federation of Labor, who, II IL
said. stated IL publicly, as truth.
Post comes back and gives Fftz-
gerald the lie direct. He denounces
Fitzgeralds statement as a deliberate
,alsehood. an undetermined and coward
ly attempt to injure his business, hav-
ing not the slightest basis in fact. As
ruch an effort 1t must be regarded. IL
Is significant that this statement about
the peanut shells" is being given wide
newspaper publicity. In the patent
inside" OF an eastern country paper
find IL. and the inference naturally Is
that labor-unionites are insidiously
spreading this lie.
An institution Cor mani which
u - fpt and
to physical force that will destroy ma
chinery and burn buildings. that will
MAIN and kill II necessary to effect It's
7nds, naturally would not hesitate &c
spread falsehood for the same pur
poses.
We admire Post While we have nc
enmity toward labor unions. so long al
they are conducted in an honest, live
snd-let-live" kind of way. we have hat
enough of the tarred end OF the sticl
to sympathize thoroughly with what b
Is trying to do. He deserves support
A man like Post can not be killed. ever
with lies. They are boomerang. ever.
time Again. we knoic, for hasn't thi
weapon, every weapon that could b.
thought OF, been used land not simpl.
by labor unions) TO put us out Of bust
ness. too?
am going to drink tico cups o
Postum every morning from this tim
on, and put myself on diet OF Grape
Nuts. Bully for post!-Editoridl Il
The American Journal Of Clinical MED
kine
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1910-02-25

Write Murine Eye Remedy Co. Chica-
go. for 4spage illustrated Eye Book Free.
Write all about Your Eye Trouble and
they will advise as 20 the Proper Appli-
cation 81 the Murine Eye Remedies In
Your Special Case. Your Druggist will
tell you that Murine Relieves Sore Eyes
Strengthens Weak Eyes. Doesn't Smart
Soothes Eye Pain. and sells for Soc. Try
II IN Your Eyes and In Baby's Eyes fol
6caly Eyelids and formulation.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1910-02-25
POTATOES

Largest Growers Seed Potatoes in America. yield
ing from $50 to 600 bushels per acre for each and
every acre you plant Price range from $500 TO $500
per Barrel
No other Seed House has kept IN such close touch
with State Agricultural Colleges as the John A. Sal
ger Seed Co This great Seed House specializes in
the pedigreed varieties OF seed that are brought
forth by State Colleges of Wisconsin, Iowa Mime
sofa the Dakotas and all other Agricultural Colleges
in the Middle West.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1910-02-25
She Had Noticed Il.

Mrs. Knicker-They say the pur-
chasing power OF dollar has dimin-
ished
Mrs. Bocker-Yes. IL used TO buy a
bargain worth slss. and now 1t only
gets something worth s149.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1910-02-25
The unterrlfled Improver.

First Angel-What is the rumpus in
the seventh heaven2
Second Angela moral uplifter has
broken through the roof trying TO ind
an eighth heaven.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1910-02-25
ALFALFA
pronounced AbsoIuteIy Pure. No Meeds

Pronounced Absolutely Pure, No Weeds.
Largest growers Of Glover, Timothy and Grasses.
Oats Barley and Potatoes in America.
EX-GOV. HOARD OF WISCONSIN, from 50
acres sown TO Sazers goth Century Alfalfa. har-
vested within "a weeks after seeding $500 worth
OF magnificent hay at the rate Of ss333 per acre
Sazer's Alfalfa Clover will produce crop on
anv farm in America where timothy will grow. II is
famed for its stubborn hardness and prodigal vgor
Price goth Century (Pure Seed)-sow 20 lbs.
per A-20 lbs, "a 90; 100 lbs, $1,000.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1910-02-25
SaIzer'S Catalogue

It's the most original seed book puonshed ana
G. gladly mailed to intending purchasers free; or
remit ioc and get lots OF remarkable farm seed
samples including Billion Grass. Alfalfa, Speltz.
etc worth little farm TO get start with. or send
ia and we add a package of Nameess Corn.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1910-02-25

When common sense takes a vaca-
ton il is time TO stand from under.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1910-02-25
A CAUTIOUS HUSBAND.

Mrs Henpeck-John, what's your
honest opinion Of my new hat?
Mr.. Henpeck-Don't ask me. Mary
You know you're much bigger and
stronger than | am
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1910-02-25
THE JUDGES

We are fortunate in securing three OF the most
canable and prominent men in Wisconsin TO sit as
Judges in our big corn-naming contest. They are
prof r. A. Moore, Wisconsin State Agricultural
College; Hon J. J. Eseh, Congressman from Wiscon-
sin. Hon Robt Calvert, U. s. Customs, La Crosse.
These eminent will weigh carefully the
name YOU suggest. and. IL il is most suitable. you
will get the $500 prize No matter who you are OF
where you live. you will be given falr' square
opportunity TO land the money. .
FIN out the free corn-naming coupon with pencil
or pen as you please but be sure TO give your COM
piafa home address
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1910-02-25

Commonplace though It may appear,
this doing OF ones duty embodies the
highest ideal of life.-Smiles.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1910-02-25

It is easy to offend people who have
no use for you.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1910-02-25

DON'T SPOIL YOUR CLOTHES.
Use Red Cross Ball Blue and keep them
white as snow. AL grocers, SC a package
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1910-02-25
ALIENS LUNG BALsAM

IA the old reliable cough remedy. Pound in ever
druy store and in practical every home. For a.
by aii druggi SIS &c. 50c and tltO bottles.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1910-02-25

TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY
Tske LAXATIVE BROMO Quinine Tablets
DruErsts refund money = IL fails u cure b W.
GROVES signature IL on each box. DC.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1910-02-25
lnnortantio Mothers.

Labor 10 keep alive in your breast
Correct.
Teacher-What is an ocean?
Johnny-A body OF water necessitat-
ing battleships -New York Sun.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1910-02-25
BILLION S GRASS

Positively the greatest
grass of the century.
Sown when the ground is
thoroughly warm, ii will
produce from two 10 four
crops OF hay the first sea
son, yielding all the way
from 10 to Is tons per
acre. II is prodigiously
prolific.
1t requires 20 lbs. seed
per acre.
Price: Sslzer's Supe-
rior, 20 lbs. s1.75; 80 lbs.
$500; 100 lbs. $3.50.
Salzer's goth Century,
90 lbs. S2.25; 80 lbs.
$500: 100 lbs. $3.50.
We commend our 20th
Century strain as the pur-
est, we believe, on earth
New-York tribune., 1910-01-02
COAL, TRADE IN 1909.

The condition of the coal trade, both an
rhracite and bituminous, is more salts
factory al the close of the year than II was
at the opening II is not, however, In any
thing like so prosperous a state as was
nredicted in some quarters. and there is
good deal of grumhling among producers
because of the slow resumption of demand
and failure Of prices to increase. Generally
speaking there has been an advance In de-
mand, estimated by some operators as oeihs
between Is and 20 per cent over that OF last
year The more disappointing feature or
the position Is the failure of prices to ad-
vance In spite of the better demand op-
orators have found il impossible 10 raise
urices to the level obtaining before the
crisis and i'm many classes of fuel the year
has not resulted in any increase.
The outlook for 1910 is fairly bright Ihe
anthracite market continues TO make SLOW
" increasing demand, and any change III
price. except the usual seasonal changes
which occur every year. Is likely 10 De III
what operators and dealers consider TO Dc
,he right direction The bituminous traue
enters upon the new year without any den
mite prospects It is certain that there WIZ
he a greater request for this class OF fuel
than there has been in 1909, but 1t is I'm :
,,oesihIe To foresee where the bulk of the
demand viii originate. and operators say
that the question of advanced prices y .oo
complicated TO permit an immediate SOU
tion II is however. perfectly safe 10 pi'-
dict that laio will bring in quite as Sreat q
nercentage Of Increase of demand over iso'
al 1903 did over Ina
New-York tribune., 1910-01-02
CoNsoLIDATED'S YEAR.

The great feature of the year 1899 on
the Consolidated Stock Exchange has been
a broadening out Of The market the
floor in respect to variety of issues dealt
in The trading has been extended 10 take
in many previously inactive stocks.
portion of the floor, centrally located, has
been given over for several months to the
operations OF a large number of brokers
who have made a speciality of dealing in
such issues The broadening out of the
Consolidated market began to be particu-
larlv noticeable last May, after the pas
age of rule by the New York Stock EX-
change governors forbidding the members
OF that exchange from having dealings
with active members Of the Consolidated
Stock Exchange. After that commission
houses connected with the exchange made
II a point, so far as possible. TO execute
orders in issues previously inactive di
rectly with members of the exchange itself.
Total sales for the year 1909, with the
last few days of December estimated, were
Il $50 S34 shares. comparing with S9,757527
shares in 1903 This decrease is accounted
for bv the retreat of the public from the
market The following table shows the
total business in stocks in the year 1909
by months
New-York tribune., 1910-01-02

many large buyers held out of the market
so long that when the uncertainty was re-
moved they were compelled TO operate on
a very extensive scale and this active buy
ing materially stiffened quotations. Tan
ners also curtailed production. and this
was an important factor in advancing the
market
BOOTS AND SHOES.
There was every indication a year ago
that the shoe business during 1909 would
be generally good and that trade would
rapidly recover from the depression of
1903, but several unexpected factors en-
tered the situation and the resumption OF
activity did not materialize until the be-
ginning of the third quarter of the
year, even then not approximating the
standard of 1906. The important question
of prices was the main disturbing ele-
ment, and this was later accentuated by
the agitation for the repeal of the duty
on hides. In consequence. buyers became
very conservative. and. in contrast to their
usual custom of placing their orders far
in advance Of their requirements. bought
only for immediate wants. For the mcst
part manufacturers held prices firm, al
though some producers, because of the
prolonged duinssS, granted concessions to
secure contracts TO keep their plants in
operation. After the tariff bill became
law and value OF hides reached a point
that caused another advance in leather. a
slight increase was placed on shoes Then
the market displayed more activity. "a
marked tendency on the part OF buyers
being shown to cover, and by early fall
orders for shoes assumed larger proper
tions than for any period within two years.
COMMERCIAL. FAILURES
Failure statistics are always of great
value as a barometer OF trade conditions,
and the figures for 1909 bear striking testi-
mony to the pronounced improvement
recorded in the business world within the
last year. With credit and confidence
established on a firmer basis and banks
extending accommodation freely at decid-
edly easy rates. losses greatly diminished
in all lines although a few failures of
exceptional size affected the general COM
parison, one notable instance being the
suspension of an iron and steel concern
early in the year for over s5,00o0oN. Not
withstanding this heavy addition to the
total liabilities. the figures for the first
quarter showed a reduction of more than
spending three months in 1908 although
there was an increase OF about 1880 600
as compared with 1907. Each succeeding
quarter made a most favorable exhibit
with the previous year, while in the last
half the aggregate of defaulted indebted
ness was over s65GoeH Heo smaller than in
the closing six months of 1907. despite an
increase of about 10 in number.
New-York tribune., 1910-01-02
DITIDENDS IN 1909.
Heavy Disbursements; Many
Stocks Placed on Higher Basis.

Dividend and interest disbursements in
1909 we.e enormous. and including the divi-
dends and interest declared. payable in the
current month. aggregating s24o, 100 ,ooo sup
ply a record never before equaHed. In
creased dividends and extra dividends by
railroad and industrial corporations and by
banks were a feature OF the year. confirm
ing the predictions made in 1905 that 1909
would witness a return OF normal times in
the business world and be marked by the
beginning Of a period of great prosperity
In industrial and financial circles
In the year 1903 eight trust companies of
this city increased their dividend dishurse-
nents, two declared initial dividends, one
resumed its dividends. which had been dis
continued since 1907. and three paid extra
dividends in addition 10 their regular dis
tributions-
Following is a list of trust companies
which have either increased, resumed or
paid extra dividends during the year:
r-T7T-
New-York tribune., 1910-01-02

Changes in currency holdings in the New
York banks before and after the panic OF
1877 DO not. however. reject the severity
OF the pressure which fell upon the bankers
Of this city The special report Of Sec
retaTy Cortelyou on the Treasury policy
during the panic estimated that s2iS.275.3 3o4
WAS absorbed in currency through the
channel OF Ire New York banks between
August % and the close of December 1907.
The reason that the entire currency hold
ings Of the New York banks did not dis
appear vas because they were fed by gold
imports or ss4. 10000. increases IN public
deposits of 100000 an increase in bank
note circulation. and the reduction OF cash
In state banks and trust companies
The National Monetary Commission has
compiled q statement made I'D from all
classes Of banks In the country. showing
that total resources have increased from
s17.047. .113.443 for 1908 TO 81 0e5 - 400
IN 1909. the latter figures including s-,o39.-
eee,o 600 cash, and. taking the whole OF avail
able quick assets, the ratio 10 liabilities
makes z most favorable exhibit. At the
close Of the last year the Clearing House
banks Of few York reported cash holdings
Of s29e.12l50o. against s35L174.200 at the
same time in 1908 and $3.50. 500, 900 in 1907;
loans Of sl.Is4.610.7e0. against s1.273,220,-
700 in 1908 and s1,132s71,s00 in 1907; de-
posits Of s1.171, 732 400 against s1,13G,s67,
500 in 1905 and s1.e4S.465.S00 IN 1907. and
reserve above legal requirements Of s7.1ss,-
zee. against sea.s57.3e0 in 1908 and q def
cit Of s1I,509.559 in 1907. Bank cIearings
IN the first week of January 1909, amount
&c 10 s2.s3e.657, ,67i, while in the last week
of the year they were s2,962. 790,3s5 an in
crease Of s1S9.1 ga. In the year the
Secretary Of the Treasury withdrew $50
0o0. 600 Of federal money from national
bank repositories in order TO increase its
working balance. and the Latter institutions
now hold only s57.676943 of government
funds, while the Treasurys working bal
relatively small sum Of s24,I60, ,365. Though
government finances still show a deficit on
income account, il is encouraging 10 note
that receipts are increasing. with the pros
poets favorable 10 gradual reduction in
the deficit in 1910. especially as Panama
Canal expenditures will be met by new
government financing, which must be reck-
cned with IL the money market in the cur
rent year For the fiscal year TO date the
deficit on ordinary account amounts TO s2s.-
o9e,71o. against s55,s30.95S in the corre-
spending period in 1903 while on all ac-
counts there is a deficit Of So, ,o43412. com
pared with ss3.33s.955 at this time a year
ago With the exception Of 1907 govern
nnent receipts in 1873 were the largest in
tire history Of the country. against expen-
oitures heavier than ever before reported.
New-York tribune., 1910-01-02

Increased capital from s5oo.Ooo 10 81. ooo. 600.
The Lincoln. Central and Bankers Trust
companies increased their capital stock dur
ing the year The Lincoln Trust Company
increased its stock frcm $3.50. 900 10 81 ,000,
eae, and the Central and Bankers each in
creased its capital from si.000.000 to S.,
GOO 900. Although there were various ru-
moTs in regard 70 mergers of different trust
companies, only one was effected, that Of
the Bowling Green and the Equitable. The
Coal and Iron National Bank increased its
capital from 100000 to s1,900,0o0, which
increase took effect during the year. The
Fourth National has voted to increase its
capital from s., ,000. 900 to SIS. 000 900 on the
first of the year. and the Chatham National
will add $50, 600 to its capital. making It
$500. 900.
There were two new national banks formed
in 1909. One was the Audubon National,
opened for business in the Washington
Heights section. and the other was the Ma
tioral Reserve Bank. The latter is a con-
solidation of the Oriental Bank and the
Consolidated National Bank Another mer-
ger announced was that of the Mechanics
National and the National Copper banks.
This does not take effect until 1910. how
ever. One of the most gratifying features
of the year Is the fact that there were no
failures reported, either among the trust
conlpanes or the banks.
The Delaware, Lackavanna & Western
Railroad declared a special cash dividend
of SO per cent and a stock dividend OF IS
per cent at the time of the forma ton of
the Deleware, Lackawanna and Western
Coal Company. Wells Fargo & Co. de-
clared an extra dividend Of 900 per cent.
The following table shows the chief rail
road. industrial and mining companies that
increased or resumed dividends in the last
year. the actual per cent paid in 1908. and
the annual rate Of present payments: