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men they send around to take orders cost
them a great deal. If patrons want such
extra service. they should be willing 10
pay for it. So If they charge high prices
for potatoes their standard need not nee
essariy be accepted.
Il pay 60 cents a bushel for the best
potatoes on the market. They retail at
20 cents a peck, or so cents bushei
But the loss of small. unmarketable po-
tatoes that come with every wholesale
lot and losses by spelling are to be
taken into consideration.
II buy ka.e at M cents barrel and
sell il at ~ cents peck | figure that
get about seven becks in a barrel. but
when ] sell l have to give heaping meas
ure, so | really sell only about six pecks
from each barrel. 1 gel 20 cents peck
or S1.2O for my barrel, making profit OF
~ cents Ito the barrel.
ON canned vegetables and similar
goods l figure to make@a profit Of from
. to 10 per cent.
Grocers Elect Officers.
At a meeting Of the Retail Grocers
Protective Association, he'd in the Hutch
ms building last night, the question Of
| the cost of living was discussed, and It
is probable that some action will be taken
by that organiza ton. Last nights meet
ing, which was for the election of Of
fcers. resulted in the choice of the fol-
lowing men:
F. a. Dodge. president: j. II. Goodrich,
first vice president: George E. Bohannon.
second vice president; E. E. Fisher,
treasurer; Perry P, Patrick secretary:
| and Charles F. Diggs attorney. The fol-
| lowing were elected directors: ]. II.
Goodrich. E. E. Fisher, T. j. Fowler. II.
S. Haight. r. f. Smith, l.. F. Lusby, IL.
c. Rothery, George F. Bohannon, c. v.
Sparrow. J. Brayshaw, jr., F. A. Dodge.
r. E. w. Schmidt, HI. T. Cover, ]. D.
Rollins and F. A. Newman.
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Mr.. Cans Resolution.

take up the question of the cost of liv-
ing in Washington. make serious in
vestigation of it and discover. If possible.
the responsibility and the remedy for it.
is the opinion of Isaac Cans, a member
Of the chamber.
Il shall introduce a resolution at the
meeting of the chamber next Tuesday
night" MIR. Cans told a Star reporter
today. calling for an investigation of
the cost OF living and the wage rates in
tie District. These are questions upon
which the chamber should have first
hand information of its own. and I FEEL
sure there will be no opposition to such
an inquiry.
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NEW PUBLICATIONS.
ALFRED HENRY LEWIS
Shoots Straight and Hits Hard

Before travelling with Mr.. TAFT
o. Milwaukee, let me 90 back Tor
moment 10 Beverly and August. rhe
hour was evening. The reporters
that fiattered yet no less hated litter
had retired to their inkish lairs.
Mr.. Taft. in his rocking chair of
double width and strength, was seat
ed upon his Beverly porch. His man.
ner was one of anxious waiting, and
since no sun meant no camera, the
usual smile had faded from his
face.
on shore a yacht-chattel of
Trust magnate-was heading for the
land. 1t had spent the afternoon over
beyond the rim of the world. out Of
reach of casual eyes. Now, under
cloud of night. it was steaming in
with all the skulking secrecy of a
smuggler.
The Trust yacht ran in shore as
close as good seamanship would war
rant. and then landed four gentlemen
by means of its small boat The four
were not without notoriety. however
far they might fall short of fame.
They were Speaker Cannon, Mr. Nc
kinley of Illinois. Mr.. Hemenway of
Indiana and Mr.. Sibley of PennsyI-
vania.
Speaker Cannon-I need not say
is as the right hand of Money to
smother Congressional investigation
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INQUIRY |NT0CAUSES
Proposed Investigation Into
High Prices for Food.
CANS DRAFTS RESOLUTION
Will Submit It to the Chamber of
Commerce.
WHAT DEALERS HAVE TO SAY
Wholesalers and Retailers Declare
That the Profits of Handling Meat
and Vegetables Are Small.
WHAT DEALERS HAVE TO SAY

With four resolutions for investigations
into the increased cost Of living pend
ing in Congress the indications are that
the question will be given serious con-
sideration at the Capitol soon. Senators
Elkins of West Virginia and Crawford of
South Dakota introduced such resolu-
lions in the Senate yesterday. while one
was introduced in the House by Repre-
sentative Moore Of Pennsylvania. who
also introduced a bill to regulate the
time of storage OF food In the District.
Aroused by the existing conditions in
the District, members of the Chamber
of Commerce may take up the matter at
the next meeting of that body, which
will be held on the evening Of next Tues
day. A resolution will be introduced call
ing for the appointment of a committee
to conduct an exhaustive Investigation
into the cost Of living and the wage rates
in the District.
The same question will be gwen careful
and serious consideration at the next
meeting of the Central Labor Union.
which VIII be held next Monday. To
the members of many of the local unions
the cost of living is working great hard
ship, since they have little work during
the winter months. An effort will be
made by the central body to discover
some maens of remedying existing con-
dtions.
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Views Of a Retailer.

Now, as TO prices on general food sup
plies" said NJ. J. Whalen. who conducts
a general grocery. in discussing the ques-
ton. Take the meats to start with.
The meat question is a complicated one
and few customers can understand il.
They think that If we retailers buy
whole bullock or a half bullock, dressed,
at from to 10 cents pound-these be-
ing the wholesale figures on first-class
beef-and sell 'porterhouse steaks at from
20 cents to % cents a pound, we are nat
urally making more than 100 per cent.
But they forget that there are portions
of that bullock that we must sell at less
than the fiat rate per pound 1T cost us.
We have to strike an average.
1T is also unfair to figure on the high
est grade Of beef. That goes to the
Weather classes. Now here are the
figures 1 make on beef, sold TO what
might be termed the average citizen OF
the small business man. and other classes
with moderate incomes who make up the
great mass of the population and whose
expenditures on living are the ones that
count:
Profits on Potatoes.
Il have just bought five bullocks from
one Of the Chicago firms. They are what
we call medium grade beef, cOrn-fed,
wholesome and good, but not Of the high
est quality 1 paid six and a half cents
pound for the bullocks. My retail
figures on the cuts are, chuck steaw, ten
cents a pound; stew beef, six and half
cents pound: round steak, twelve and a
half cents pound: sirloin steaw, fifteen
cents a pound: porterhouse steak. eigh-
teen cents a pound. l figure that on each
bullock I will make a profit of about
twenty per cent.
PERSONALLY, thing there is no kick
on the price of beef this year. Hogs
are eiAerent. Last year the market here
was overloaded with hogs Low prices
prevailed. and the farmers did not raise
many hogs this year. Naturally the
price jumped up. but the wholesalers are
not making much on hogs. Their figures
run pretty close. and L figure TO make
about is per cent profit. The whole
salers pay 81 cents for hogs alive and
sell them at II cents. l doubt II they
more than make expenses after the cost
of dressing and shipping is paid
Now as to other articles of food. The
stories about potatoes selling for 10 and
IS cents a peck are not justified by the
facts. It must be remembered in figur-
ing the cost of living to the average
Washington householder that the high
prices that prevail in the northwest
should be thrown out rs belonging to the
luxu y class. Grocers N that section pay
high rents, their delivery service and the
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Terrible Experience in Blizzard.

HALIFAX y. g.. January 6-Several
OF the fishing boats. manned by fishermen
from Canso White Head and Dover.
made port today after a terrible expert
ence i'm the blizzard which blew when of
shore on Tuesday. 1t is believed that
there will be little or no loss Of life
among the fishermen. Some who reached
land today reported sighting other fisher
men safe yesterday. while il was said
that the crews of two boats had been
picked up at sea by steamer bound for
Halifax.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-01-06

OF its villainies,
and forge what
law toois are
needed Ia car
ry Oh its ra-
pines. just az
there are black
smiths who nnd
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Wholesale and Retail Prices.

Here. are the wholesale prices given on
carcasses which cost. after the expense Of
buying on the hoof. commissions to buy
ers, transportation and preparing are
taken into account, from I to 10 cents a
pound:
Hind quarters. to 10 cents; fore quar-
tiers, to cents: lOins. 10 to IL cents:
ribs. 10 to IA cents; rounds. to . cents;
chucks, 6h to = cents; shoulders and
shins, 8 cents; plates, cents.
From the Joins the retailers get porter
house steaks. which they retail at from
20 to % cents. and sirloin. which they
retail for II to % cents; from the rounds.
round steaks. which sell at. from 121s to
Is cents; from the fore quarters, rib
roas,s selling at 10 cents, and from
chucks, chuck steaks. which sell for 1211a
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FAITHFUL DOGS DEATH.
Torn to Shreds by Wild Boar in De-
Tense Of Master.

SANTA ROSA. Cal. January 6-Let-
ting itself he torn to shreds 10 save its
master. faithful dog met death near
Skage. Springs. A wild boar hunt
is being held to exterminate a
herd that has ferrorized travellers through
the forests for years, and one OF the
hunters was without a weapon when a
huge boar broke from the underbrush.
and was cut to ribbons before the boar.
was killed by other members OF the
party.
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Various Causes Assigned.

Much Of the blame for the cost Of
food in Washington is laid by whole
sale and retail dealers with whom Stal-
reporter talked today on the extrava-
gance Of the average Washington citizen.
on the commission merchants, on the
trusts and on the general law of supply
and demand.
One meat retailer in the Center market
who does a big business said his books
for the year just ended would show a
profit of 21s per cent.
IF / could make the ~ per cent on
the sale of meats which Secretary Will
son says is the profit made by Wash
:ngton beef retailers. / would be rich
enough after one year at it to retire for
life. | do a $50O.oOO business. The 2h
per cent profit nets me $4,000 and
think ] am doing WE'LL
An independent wholesaler said that
he had to scratch to make living, and
that if he had his life to live over again
he would choose a different occupation.
Asked TO give his figures on first-class
beef. and what the retailers made, he
called off a list Of prices.
The manager OF Chicago packing
house branch not far from the office of
the Independent wholesaler was asked to
give a list Of prices. His list tailed with
that OF the independent dealer. Asked
later, why they were SO near to each
other. the Independent man said that he
had to trail the trust man.
Not because they would put US out o!
business. but because their prices are low
Before the trusts came to Washington
l made more money than l do now" was
the reason he gave.
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For W0rnnen's
Needs

Every woman should fortify
herself against those weaknesses
and arrangements which are usu-
ally present at times when nature
makes extra demands upon the
system.
For women's special ailments
there is no known remedy SO safe
and reliable as
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Miss Mary Elizabeth Bowlus and John
Franklin Fox, both of near MiddfetoWn.
Md. went to Myersviile and were mar
ried. They will reside near Myersvilis.
where the groom Ii engaged In farminS,
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account In making burglar tools. so.
too. We have Congressional black
smiths ready to furnish what law
Jimmies are required by criminal
Money in prying loose the shutters
of popular veal. Mr.. Hemenway.
Mr.. Mckinley and Mr.. Sibley. also
on the side Of evil Money. act as it's
field marshals OF legislation i'm its
wars upon Man. Mr.. Sibley, indeed.
is that careless one who wrote letters
to Standard Oil Archboid. comfort
ing that little. grimy thumb OF Satan
with tales of how he (Mr. Sfbley)
was frightening Mr. Roosevelt.
The quartette. being landed, wen
cat-foot to Mr.. Taft's.
Oh. IL was all right. Nothing
specifically disastrous was planned
against the house or its belongings
The furtiye four were in fact, there
by invitation OF Mr.. Taft. Only, in
his letter to Mr.. Cannon arranging
the visit, Mr.. Taft had said that,
unless it could be managed without
getting into the papers,. 1t was .
pleasure he would prefer to forego.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1910-04-16
NEW DEPOT FOR ROCK
ISLAND AT TUCUMCARI.

TucumcaIi, April 12.-Mater&al is
arriving on the ground for a new Rock
Island passenger depot and work will
begin within a lev days. The new
depot will be of concrete and will be
a large and modern structure. The
interior will be mission finish. The
old passenger depot will be used as
a freight store house.
1he last spike on the Tucuncari
and Memphis railway was driven last
Wednesday and a construction train
was run from this place to Amarillo
last Thursday. The road has not yet
been turned over to the company by
the contractors. but will be within a
few days. IL is thought through
trains will be running from Memphis
to this place within the mex thirty
days. When passenger service is in
stalled on this road it will be the
shortest transcontinental route by
about 100 miles, going by way of
Memphis. Tucumcari and Ell Paso to
the coast, and will make Tucumcari
one of the o important railroad
points In the southwest. There will
be a jubilee here the day the first
through train arrives. as the people
have been looking forward to the
completion OF This road for the past
six years
Tie Southwestern Bricl% company.
an incorporated company. of which
E. w. BInce is manager. viii install
$4,000 plant ear Tucumcari For
the manufacture OF pressed brick. II
will be the only factory of this kind
in this part of the southwest. and
wiz have a capacity Of $4,000 bricks
per day. The company In i~ncorporat-
cd for $780, 900 and In backed by In
diana and Arizona capital Mr.. Bunce
N bad some Of the same brick
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ORDINANCE NUMBER 2o4.

An Ordinance directing and requir-
ing owners and persons in charge of
h property fronting and abutting
upon the streets hereinafter named
to construct Cement Sidewalks along
said Streets.
The City council of the City of Ros-
well being of the opinion that it is
necessary to build cement sidewalks
On the streets and avenues nereinaf-
ter named, now therefore,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY
COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RIOS
WELL:
Section THAT notice be and the
same is hereby given to the owners
and persons in charge of the property
sidewalks in the City of Roswell, a.
butting on and fronting the streets
and n hereinafter described as
follows:
On the North side OF Fifth Street
from the Eastern Railway Conpany's
right-of-way to Garden Avenue.
On South Side of Third Street from
Virginia v to Grand Ave. on 10Th
sides of Third Street from the Rail-
road Company's ~right-of-way to Gard
en- Ave
On the East side of Railroad Avenue
from 5th Street to Sixth Street.
On the North Side of Second Street
from Virginia Ave. to Garden Ave.
On both sides of Sixth Street from
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Ordinance No. 2o9.

An Ordinance Amending Section
II of Ordinance No. 143, passed Aug
ust 4, 1908.
BE IT ORDAINED by the City
Council of the City of Roswell:
Section /. That Section Seventeen
40 OF Ordinance No. 143 be and the
same Is hereby amended so as to read
as follows:
That there is hereby created the
office of City veterinarian, who shall
be appointed by the Mayor and con-
irmed by the council, whose term of
office shall be two years. He shall be
a regular veterinarian of good stand
ing. and his duties snall be TO inspect
diaries and apply tests for tuberculo-
sis at least one a year., or as often
as may be deemed necessary by the
veterinarian and sanitary committee
TO every COW from which milk is sold
in Roswell, and each bull STRIVING
such cows, ana he shall be entitled
to collect from the owner thereof a
fee of $500 for the first cow, $500 af-
ter the first COW up to and including
four Cd cows, after four ca
cows, $1.5O up to nine (9l COWS, N
all over line t9) cows. $1.O0 for each
COW or bull so inspected. All fees
shall he paid in advance. 1t shall be
his duty to keep 4 careful written
record, name of owner and number
of each animal so inspected. The in
spection herein provided for shall ap-
ply to every animal from which milk
or cream is sold in the city of Ros-
well, the same being deemed and con-
Sfdarad N dairy uithin the nrOviSinnS
of this ordinance.
Any person selling milk without a
certificate of the City veterinarian
showing the payment of fee herein
above provided, and tnat the animals
from which milk or cream is sold are
soaind and in good health, and the
dairy lot, or diaries II in good and
sanitary condition, shall be deemed
guilty Of a n~isdemeanor and upon
conviction thereof shall be punished
as provided III Section 46 of this ord
nance. and thereafter prohibited from
vending milk until they have COM
piled with the terms of this ordinance.
Section Q. That Section 20 of Ordi-
nance No. 143 be and the same is
hereby amended so as to read as fol
lows:
Section 20. 1t shall be the duty of
the City Physician to test samples of
milk vended in Roswell from all
vendors. for hutter fat and adulter-
alton with water or otherwise, such
samples taken summarily, and any
vendor found guilty Of selling milk
containing less tnan 3.5 per cent but
ter fat. or in any wise adulterating
such milk shall be liable to the penal
ties OF this ordinance.
Section 3. This ordinances snail take
effect and be in force from and after
publication as required by law.
Passed this 18th day of April, A.
ID. 1910.
Approved by me this 18th day of
April. 1910.
q. A. RICHARDSON,
ATTEST Mayor.
w. r. PAYLOR,
(SEAL) City Clerk.
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Railroad Avenue to Garden Avenue.
On the West Side of Garden Ave.
from Fifth Street to Sixth Street.
On the West side of Michigan Av-
enne from Third Street to Fourth
Street.
On the South Side of First Street
said Lea Ave.
On the South side of Fourth Street
from Michigan venue to Union
Avenue
On tine East Sid of Kansas Avenue
from Third Street to Tilden Street.
On the East side Of Kentucky from
Henderson Avenue to Tilden Street.
Said sidewalks to be built within
thirty days from the date of service
of notice herein provided and in ac-
cordance with che specifications laid
down in sections l to 5 inclusive, OF
Ordinance No. 80 of the Compiled
Ordinances.
Section 2. That the City Clerk shall
at once Issue and the City Marshal
shall serve notice upon each OF the
owners or persons in charge of the
lots and parts of lots abutting on and
fronting the said proposed sidewalks
and extension of sidewalks to build
same as herein ordered, by delivering
to each Of said persons a r copy
of this ordinance, or IL uch owner
is a nonresident and has no person
in cnarge of said lots or parts Of lots.
then by posting in the most conspic-
uou place upon said premises a true
copy of this ordinance, and said mar
shall shall make due return in writ
ing showing how he has served said
notices.
Section 3. This ordinance shall be
in effect upon completion of publica-
ton as required by law
Passed and approved this 18th day
of April, 1910.
G.. A. RICHARDSON,
Mayor Of the City of Roswell.
Attest
w. 7. Paylor,
(Sean (ity Clerk.
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Harvard Baseball.

Cambridge, Mass, April 16.-With
a maximum of twenty-five games
ahead OF them the Crimson baseball
squad will shake the classic dust of
Harvard from their feet today and
head for the South. there to begin
the 1910 eason with b University
of Virginia. Two of the twenty-five
games arranged for the contingent
m ties with Princeton ana Yale.
The changes in the schedule are
minor ones. Fordham, enn State and
Colby, which appeared OF the 1905
list are not listed this e Andover
and Tufts. both of which have figur-
ed on Harvard schedules in fuomer
years but not last year.. are given
dates again. A return game by the
University OF Virginia, to be played
in Cambridge, has been arranged,
making a series of three with this
college. The trip to Cornell. which
has been a break in the season mid
season training for three ear past,
is omitted. though Cornell m to
Cambridge for one game in the first
week OF July.
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NO. 2o3.

AN ORDINANCE PROHIBITING
THE USE OF ROLLER SKATES UP
ON THE SIDEWALKS ON CERTAIN
STREETS OF THE CITY OF RIOS
WE'LL.
BE IT Ordained by the City Council
Of the City of Roswell:
Section /. That it shall be unlawful
for any person or persons to go upon
roller skates or to propel himself there
on or traverse any of the sidewalks
or crosswalks by the use or aid of
roller skates or any Sucn devise COM
monty known as roller skates, on
Main Street, from First to Fifth
Street; On Fifth Street from Main
Street to the Santa Fe Depot; on
Second Street from Main Street to
Richardson Avenue and on Third
Street, from Main Street t Richard
son Avenu
Section 2. That any person or per-
sons violating the provisions of this
ordinance shall. upon conviction there
of, be punished by a fine not to Gee
$500 for each offense.
Section 3. This ordinance shall be in
effect upon completion of publication
as required by law.
Passed this 18th day of April, 1910.
Approved by me this 12tn day of
April. 1910.
G.. A. RICHARDSON,
Mayor of the City of Roswell.
w. T. Paylor,
(SeaD City Clerk.
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ly to put the plains road in first
class condition MesSdn.
ger.
District Engineer Reed and p. w.
Dent. government examiner of titles
came from FL Paso Wednesday and
have busted themselves on matters
concerning the project. They will
probably go to Roswell the last of the
week.
John l.. Emerson has been appoint.
cd postmaster at Knowles vice Mrs.
Thurman, resigned. Mr.. Emerson Is
one of the chief boosters for Knowles
and IN fact organized the town. II is
but fitting That he be given this OPP
p%ortunity to further increase mis- use
fulness 10 the community of which he
is so useful a member.
We learn. u~noficially. that Bernie
Mullane has beer appointed land
commissioner at Knowles vice Jesse
Reeves resigned. This is a clear case
of the Office seeking the man, and
there is no doubt but that that job
made a good Job of it when il settled
on the versatile and talented editor
vi III ENtNS W COhtOi hS
d~estinies for the mex four years.
lie has a wide acquaintance among
the pains people. for he has lived
with them more or less for a life
time or S and in various capacities,
a COW puncner, stage driver. mail
carrier and editor and nov ne has at
tanned to the dignity of a government
Office. Observation-Disclosures Ar
u
Mrs. r. F. Doepp entertained a
company of friends at iier home last
Monday afternoon complimentary to
Mrs. Crutcher, of Roswell who has
beer her guesJ for several days past.
Mrs. Crutcher returned TO ner home
Wednesday morning.
County Commissioners Beenan and
Graham escorted by County Surveyor
Cunningham visited the Malaga and
Artesia bridges which are now in
curse Of construction. They report
the work as being done satisfactory
in every particular and recommend
its adoption and approval by the
hoard. They also inspected the earth
work which is being done at the APP
proach to the La HIerta bridge and
passed on it ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Current.