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Scent tax, which should become effect
| i've only after the syndicate had had
| time to bring in, from its various ware
hhousing centers, a supply large enough
! 70 last the country for year or more.
| Confident that this tax was going to
| be put on, the syndicate started ship
ping its coffee here. Shipload after
| shipload poured into New York, to DC
known, there was protest, and the
3-cent duty finally had TO be dropped.
Control Complete.
But the syndicate had got it's coffee
in. and its control of the market and
the supply was so complete that 1t has
been able to go right ahead and raise
the price, as the experience of the last
few months has shown. without the aid
of the tariff tax which was intended 10
keep out competitors.
The advance in prices at wholesale
is astounding. I find that in the be-
ginning Of the movement given grade
OF coffee gold at cents; that grade has
gone up as high as l3. Others in pro-
portion. Prices at retail have advanced
40 to so per cent in few months. II
costs only about half cent TO roast
coffee, so-that the profits of the inter
mediaries are, incidentally, shown to be
immense.
How American consumers have been
Disseminated against is shown by the
lied to stimulate the demand for cOf-
fee in England. The United States
uses annually twelve pounds of coffee
per capita. Only one country, Holland,
uses so much. Great Britain uses only
about half a pound.
1T was decided 10 educate England
in the use of coffee. One firm was paid
$2335, 900 to take charge of the big cam
paign of education: huge commissions
were allowed to wholesalers to induce
tharD IN nnSh coffee. retailers got %
per cent commissions. The grades of
coffee which we pay IS and 40 cents
for in this country were sold in England
for 30 and 32 cents, despite the pay
ment OF these immense bonuses to
induce development OF the demand.
Situation Unique.
II have studied the antitrust law
carefully. and find the situation unique
We cannot, of course, prosecute a for
eign government, or foreign citizens,
for violating our laws; but under that
act have no doubt that we can pro-
Ceed against the Americans who are
concerned in the syndicate. In addi-
ton to that, ] want to know whether
the ma Xmum and minimum features OF
the tariff act do not provide us a
means to retaliate against Brazil"
Judge Norris drew his resolutions
one addressed to the State Department,
and the other to the Attorney General
in such form that he believes they will
be held privileged, and may be forced
TO passage without being held up In
committee. He intends, if no action is
secured this session, to open the cam
paign in the new Congress the moment
1t is organized. and to press 1t with all
viGor.
Il believe when all the truth is known
about IT," he said. that this syndicate
will be found to be the most gigantic
and remarkable scheme of controlling
the world $ supply of a great necessary
of life, that was ever undertaken. The
question whether any nation can control
an international organization is certain
iy most interesting"
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seven, six of whose members were NOM
| mated by these banking houses, and
one by the Brazilian government. The
coffee was waTehOused In London, Brus-
sells, Paris, Berlin, and New York, in
Quantities and under conditions dictated
| by this committee, to be fed out TO the
markets of the world at the most ad-
Vantageous times and under conditions
which should assure the best prices.
or course, with such an immense. pro-
duCtiOn under control, and such power
full financial backing, the combination
has been able to control prices, and this
control has been the more effective, be-
cause of the remarkable measures taken
by Brazil to limit the output.
Taxed Levied.
For example, Brazil agreed with tho
syndicate to levy an export tax of at
least francs (SD per day of 1873 pounds
The amount collected under this tax
was to be rCmitted weekly TO the syndi-
cate committee, toward amortization of
the bonds, paying the per cent interest
on them, etc. cannot ascertain GER
tainly whether this system of remit
tanCes continues now. but assume it
does.
Brazil vigorously enforced laws
against planting more coffee trees. If a
planter set out more trees, they were
torn up by the government inspectors,
who fairly infested the coffee-raising
country; and in addition the offender
was severely punished. Planters how
ever were permitted TO plant new trees
In place of those which died.
The production did not decrease so
fast as had been hoped, even with these
rigid limitations, because at the time the
scheme was set on foot a vast number of
yeung trees were just beginning to come
into bearing, and these could not be de-
stroyed under the laws
However, in few years the results
of the system showed The managers
of the project had calculated to the
utmost nicely, as a life insurance
actuary would calculate the NOR
tallty chances of group of risks, just
what the production would be in each
year, what the natural increase in the
worlds demand would be, how much
the demand could be stimulated by
properly pushing the article and Great
ing new markets for it,
An Illustration
To illustrate the extent of the effort
TO limit production, 1t Is fact that a
bill was at one time Introduced in the
Brazilian congress. prov iding that 10 per
cent of the crop each year should be
ConfisCated by the government taken on
government vessels out into the deep
sea, and there weighted and sunk
have been unable to learn whether this
became law, but suppose 1t did not, as
such law would be known to the whole
world. 1t was, however, seriously dis
cuSSed.
when our tariff revision of 1909 came
on, this syndicate and its American
subsidiaries, in control of this market
undertook to have a tax of cents per
pound placed on coffee at our custom
houses. 1t will be recolleCted that in
the original draft of the Payne bill this
tax was put on. under the plea that the
revenue was needed. A great campaign
was conducted, to convince the country
that coffee was a peculiarly proper
article to tax for revenue.
The real project was to put on the
The Washington times., 1911-02-23
Brakeman Dies From
Explosion Injuries

The body of Samuel A. Markey. the
Baltimore and Ohio brakeman who died
last evening in Providence Hospital from
injuries received In the explosion of a
freight engine near Halpine, Md, Mon
day. will be taken TO Baltimore at
o'clock this afternoon. Arrangements
for the funeral. which will be held from
the family residence, in Baltimore. will
be completed this evening.
Markey was scalded by steam and
water and internally injured. No hope
for his recovery was entertained from
the first.
II. c. JACOBS. the engineer, and +. ].
Welsh, fireman, who were also injured,
were taken to their homes in Baltimore
knnmediatelv after the accident
II had not been determined this morn
irg what action would be taken by the
Montgomery county authorities, but an
inquest will probably be held within the
next few DAYS.
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system by unequaed tonic effects 1t goes down into the
circulation and every of impuriy foreign
other words S. cures Caarrh by purifying the blood so that
surfaces and Innings Of the body supplied with
healthy blood instead Of being constantly ated and diseased from
e Sauraion Of catarrhal impurities Then the named men,
branes heal the discharge checked noises all cease
the stomach toned up the throat is longer clogged with
phegm bur every annoying symptom Of Ca is corrected
There but Caarrh-purify the blood and
there absolutely safe and blood purfer-S S. S.
We have special book Catarrh will send this book and
also any medical advice desired free to all who write
THE SWIFT SPECIFIC CO., ATLANTA, GA
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COFFEE CORNERED
BY GREAT COMBINE
Investigation Of International Trust Demanded By Norris
Resolution, Calling on State Department and At
torney General for Information.

Continued from First Page.) :
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Gentlemen:-I wrote you some time
ago giving you an account of my suf-
ferings with an awful case of Catarrh.
I had all the symptoms that accom-
pany this disease, such as mucus drop
ping back into the throat, a constant
desire to hawk and spit, feeling of
dryness in the throat, cough and spit
ting upon rising in the morning, scabs
forming in the nose, which required
much effort to blow out, sometimes
causing the nose to bleed and leaving
me with sick headache l had thus
suffered for five years. As soon as
heard from you / commenced TO take
S. S. S. as you advised, and after 1 had
taken several bottles, I noticed a /
change for the better. Thus encour-
aged, continued to take il, and in a
short while was entirely cured.
JUDSON A. BELLAM.
II W. 10th Street, Manchester, Va.
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Strainlng so troublesome to
Catarrh sufferers.
Other ordinary Symp-
toms Of the disease are head
aches, pains above the cheek
bones, roaring sounds in the
ears, etc. These symptoms
too point directly to diseased
blood, and are caused by
congestion of the circulation.
The impurities and catarrhal
matters in the blood stream
interfere with its easy and
natural flow, and it becomes
feveriSh and thus affects the
delicate fbreS and membranes
Of the throat and head.
S. S. S. cures Catarrh by
cleansing. the blood of all i'm
pure catarrhal matter, and at
the same time building up the
The Washington times., 1911-02-23

The diagnosis Of disease the fst and really important
step the successful treatment Of any trouble In other words
first Rnd the cause and then the remedy
naturally and scientifically suited to the condition.
We do believe there any disease in which improper
often used than in Caarr So many persons
treat the symptoms without giving thought the which
produce these symptoms and the result that Catar consd
cred ncurab by great many simply because local
has failed to accomplish the desired result
Every symptom of Caarrh points impure blood
short analysis Of the disease and its symptoms will convince any
that this First have irritated and
named membranes Of the head and throat from
which there and copious discharge of watery
This from inflammation Of these surfaces and is
caused by catarrhal and impurities the circulation Ma
intends that these membranes shall all be noued by the
blood and long this vital fluid pure satisfactorily performs
this necessary work. but waste matters and impurities deposited
into these delicate parts inflammation and the discharge
natural result When this secretion begins dry thicker
proportions and becomes sticky then adhers the throat and
upper back portion of the mouth causing the hawking and
The Wilson times. [volume] (Wilson, N.C.) 1896-19??, 1911-07-14
Enaaaement Announced.

Washington, N. c., July 13-On
Tuesday morning at half past ten
O'Clock a few intimate friends gath
cred on the porch of Mrs. Louis Mann,
ostensibly to sew. After chatting
merrily for a while, Mrs. Mann, in
her own graceful way, announced the
engagement of her sister, Miss Annie
Plummer Nicholson, to Mr.. Danford
Edmondson Taylor, of Scotland Neck,
N. c., the wedding to take place on
the 18th day Of October
After good wishes and congratula-
tions had been expressed, delicious
refreshments were served
The Wilson times. [volume] (Wilson, N.C.) 1896-19??, 1911-07-14
Rebates Given To Corporations.

Washington, D. c., July 13.--Rail
roads give, or are still forced to give,
rebates to big corporations and to
the detriment of small concerns, was
the declaration of Frank G. Lowry
Of New York, general salesman for
the Federal Sugar Refining Company,
before the Sugar Trust" investigat
ing committee. In explanation of his
charge, Mr.. Lowry declared that his
company did not receive an allowance
for lighterage in New York harbor as
the Sugar Trust" does.
Frank l.. Neale, a Philadelphia
shipping agent, testified that while
uniform rates are in operation, big
concerns with inside information"
about intended changes in rates, or
which received advantages in the
shape of drainage, put smaller deal
ers under handicap.
RATES are SO complicated" he de
c1ared, "that big concern like The
American Sugar Refining Company
must employ rate expert at $4,000
its directors would go to Jail for vio-
lsting the interstate commerce laws. ,
Representative Fordney, of Michi-
gan, expressed an opinion that any
wide awake man would know abouI
proposed changes in rates.
'Yes," added Representative Baker,
of California, "the same kind of wide
awake fellows have been cheating
the public for twenty or twenty-five
years." -
The Wilson times. [volume] (Wilson, N.C.) 1896-19??, 1911-07-14
SOLID WALL
OF fire
is SWEEPING NORTHWARD OVER
MICHIGAN. SCORES DEAD.
TOWNS WIPED OUT
GOV. ASKING FOR help

Bay City, Mich, July ia solid
wall of flames is sweeping northward
threatening to blot out the entire up
per part of the lower Michigan PEN
insular.
Twenty-one counties are on fire.
Villages and hundreds of outlying
homes are obliterated
Scores of dead and hundreds are
doomed with fire.
Starvation is adding to the fire
terror.
Women and children are fleeing
through the country while the men
are trying to fight back the fires
onslaught.
Governor Osborne is campaigning
for succor for the homeless.
First Fire Soldiers Ordered Out.
Detroit, Mich, July 13.-Three COM
panies of militia are mustered in to-
day by Governor Osborne to do SER
vice in the fire-stricken region.
Damage 100000.
Detroit, Mich, July 13.-Hundreds
of fire refugees are arriving and the
citizens are caring for them. Troops
have been ordered out to take charge
Of the fire fighting.
Waters, the latest town, has been
attacked by flames.
Frederick, a big lumber camp at
Grayling, has been destroyed.
A conservative estimate of the total
damage is ten million dollars.
Horror Growing Hourly.
North Bay, Mich, July 13.-Three
hundred were suffocated or burned to
death or drowned in the Northern
Ontario fire horror.
The magnitude of the catastrophe
increases at every report.
1t is estimated the property damage
in this region is over five million dol
lars.
The people are panic-strieken and
stampeding to the lakes and rivers. :,
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New York, July 13.-Cotton opened
as follows: August, 1885; September,
1905; October, 1888; December.
1875.
The close was as follows: July,
14.05; August, 1875; September,
1928; October, 1874.
NEW YORK STOCKS.
New York, July 13.-Stocks opened
irregular. Interborough preferred
gained one point while Brook1y Rapid
Transit declined 3-4. Steel, common,
is up 1-8. Southern Railway, Reading
and Pennsylvania are up 3-8. The
curb is off 3-4 due to the forest fires.
Americans in London are steady.
GRAIN AND PROVISIONS.
Chicago, July 13.-July wheat
opened 88 7-8; September Corn, 67
1-8 to 5-8.
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SHORT A MILLION DOLLARS.
Prominent Member of Big Brokerage
Firm Loses This Amount In
SpecuIation

Prominent Member of Big Brokerage
Firm Loses This Amount In
Speculation.
Minneapolis, Mimi, July 13.-As a
result of the belief that Petit was
short approximately $1,0O0,O0O, lost
in speculation, and said by officers
of the Peavey interests to have been
in direct violation of the instructions
of the Minneapolis office, bankers and
officers of the company met at F. H.
Peavey & Company's offices here. A
statement issued after the meeting
says:
"On Saturday afternoon, July 8, fol-
lowing the death of James Petit, a
representative of F. H. Peavey &
Co., who had been sent to Chicago to
assist in the Offices of the Peavey
Grain Company during Mr.. Pettit's
illness, discovered that certain un-
authorized and concealed speculations
had been going on in the business,
which subsequent investigation
proves will result in a shortage of
approximately $1,000,OOO.
3.Mr. Petit, general manager of the
business, had apparently in no way
profitted by these speculations, and
they were carried on absolutely con-
trary to the instructions of and with
out the knowledge of F. H. Peavey &
Company, and in direct violation OF
the wellknown policy of the Peavey
interests.
"F H. Peavey & Company's inter
ests in the Peavey Grain Company
arises from the fact that it is the
owner of the stock of the Peavey
Grain Company of Chicago"
The Wilson times. [volume] (Wilson, N.C.) 1896-19??, 1911-07-14
THE WARE KRAMER TOBACCO CD, GETS
VERDICT FOR $4,000 AGAINST A. 7. co.

brand, and that this was $4,000; and
that when there was bankrupt sale,
machinery bought $4,000, written up
to $4,000, brought together with the
brand but $4,000, and that it was
now claimed by Mr.. Ware to be
worth 100000.
Mr.. Daniels here arose to say that
it was after 1907 that Mr.. Ware put
value Of 100000 on the brand, while
it was at the height of white Rolls"
life, and that the $4,000 was the es-
innate made in January, 1909, when
the company was getting towards it's
last legs. Ex-Governor Aycock in
sisted it was mere matter of select
ing an amount and that Mr.. Ware
could have just as well said $40O,000.
AS to the "Mrs. Duke picture" the
speaker held it to be an outrageous
incident. He agreed that it was made
before Mr.. Duke was married, that
it was then known as the '"Trust Wo-
man Picture" but that soon after Mr..
Duke was married the picture became
known as the "Mrs. Duke picture
and was SO referred to in correspond
ence between Ware-Kramer Company
people. He declared it to be a most
unjustifable act in caricaturing a
woman, that it was outrageous, and
that it was a singular thing that from
the time that picture was hung at the
Jamestown Exposition the Ware
Kramer Tobacco Company began it's
decline.
Ex-Governor Aycock concluded his
argument at 1:45 and court adjourned
till 2:45 O'Clock, at which time Judge
Connor read his charge to the jury.
Mr.. Ware says of himself in his let
ter that he was no business man, a
plunger, no financier, and there is
the reason for the failure of the
white Rolls cigarettes. The Am
erican Tobacco Company with its
millions would not have saved white
Rolls" with Ware as the manager.
Under the management of Roscoe
Briggs the Wells Whitehead Tobacco
Company succeeded despite all the
American Tobacco Company competi-
tion, but when Bill Carter took
charge the company began to fall.
Just a. change of management did it.
1t was the management of Ware that
was at fault. And in his letters he
admits that he was severely criticized
by the directors of the company for
what he did at times in the conduct
of the business. If it was the Ameri-
can Tobacco Company, or Bill Carter
that wrecked the Ware-Kramer Com
pany why was there not something
said of it. But in the letters there
is no reference to these as factors
that broke the company.
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Under The Sherman Act This Amount
is Trebled and the Court Enters
Judgment For 100000
EX-GOVERNOR AYCOCKS ABLE SPEECH YESTERDAY

RALEIGH, C, 1s-THE WARE E-KRAMER TOBACCO
A
COMPANY.
s:wJ EsA
UNDER THE SHERMAN ANTITRUST THERE PROVISION
THE COURT WILL ENTER JUDGMENT AGAINST THE
COMPANY 100000
The Wilson times. [volume] (Wilson, N.C.) 1896-19??, 1911-07-14
SUMMARY LEAGUE GAMES.

National League.
At New York
New York 4 Pittsburg 8.
Brooklyn 5; Chicago 8.
At Philadelphia
Philadelphia 4; Cincinnati 6.
At Boston
First game: Boston 6; ST. Louis 13.
Second game: Boston 6; ST. Louis q.
Called at end of 10th; darkness)
The Wilson times. [volume] (Wilson, N.C.) 1896-19??, 1911-07-14
Virginia League.
creenviIIe Defeats Kinston.

Greenville, N. c., July 13.-With the
mighty Sloan on the mound, Kinston
Tuesday met crushing defeat at the
hands of the Greenville sluggers, the
score being II to 1. Kinston began
in great style, taking the lead in the
first inning, but in the second the
Greenvilleites got Sloan for safeties,
and these, coupled with several mis-
plays, netted seven runs. Features CT
the game were Darden's running one
hand catch and Forbes home run.
Score: R. HE.
Greenville .O70 0O2 O12-12 Is 2
Kinston -. 100 900 600 I 8 6
Batteries: Lanier and Riddick;
Sloan, Pittman, Fleming and Rodgers.
The Wilson times. [volume] (Wilson, N.C.) 1896-19??, 1911-07-14
Will Hold In Nashville Next Year.

Washington, D. c., July 13.-The-
executive committee of the Southern
Commercial Congress has unanimous-
ly accepted the invitation to hold it's
next annual convention in Nashville,
in the spring of 1912. The Nashville
invitation came from the Industrial
League and the Board of Trade.
The Wilson times. [volume] (Wilson, N.C.) 1896-19??, 1911-07-14
American League

American League
At Cleveland
Cleveland 4; Washington 3.
At Detroit
Detroit 9; Philadelphia 0.
At st. Louis
ST. Louis 2; New York 12.
At Chicago
First game: Boston 3; Chicago 6.
Second game: Boston /; Chicago z.
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Washington, July 13.-For North
Carolina: Fair in west and local
showers in east portion tonight or
Friday. Light, variable winds.
Weather Yesterday Over Cotton Belt.
There have been showers in all
districts except the Savannah. The
rainfall in Texas was very local and
confined to the eastern portion of the
State.
Decided warm weather prevailed in
the Wilmington, Oklahoma and Hous.
ton districts.
The following heavy rainfalls are
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WHERE THEY PLAY TO-DAY.

National! League
Pittsburg at New Yor.
Chicago at Brooklyn.
st, Louis at Boston.
Cincinnati at Philadelphia.
American League
Philadelphia at Detroit.
Washington at Cleveland.
Boston at Chicago.
New York at ST. Louis.
The Wilson times. [volume] (Wilson, N.C.) 1896-19??, 1911-07-14
Better Be Good, Then.

Havana, July 13.-The Liberal
party convention resolution pledges
the sacrifice of life, blood and prop
erty" to prevent the third American
Intervention. Gomez notifies the con-
vention that he will not be a candi-
date again for the presidency.
The Wilson times. [volume] (Wilson, N.C.) 1896-19??, 1911-07-14
Aurora Defeats GreenviIIe.

Greenville, N. c., July 13.-In D
|snappy game of ball here today the
fast Greenvi11e ball team was de-
feated by Aurora, the champion anna
teur team of Eastern Carolina. Fike,
of Aurora, was at his best and was
never in danger. The score was: Au-
|rora 1; Greenville O.
The Wilson times. [volume] (Wilson, N.C.) 1896-19??, 1911-07-14
HOT OFF OF
THE WIRES
Ten People Injured.

Chicago, July 13-Ten persons were
injured when a Pittsburg, Cincinnati,
Chicago and ST. Louis passenger train
hit crowded Forty-Seventh street
car this morning.
The Wilson times. [volume] (Wilson, N.C.) 1896-19??, 1911-07-14
IMPRESSIVE CEREMONIES.

In Old CarnaVon Castle Where For
Six Centuries Thine Royal House
Has Been Abode of the Prince Of
Wales.
Caravan, Wales, July 13-For six
centuries the old Carnavon Castle
ceremonies have been little less i'm
pressive than the coronation of Prince
Edward today who was invested with
the title of Prince of Wales.
The Wilson times. [volume] (Wilson, N.C.) 1896-19??, 1911-07-14
Murder and Suicide.

Exeter, N. Y, July 13.-The police
say that w. J. Mullen shot and killed
Mrs. Frank w. Durant and then kill
ed himself. The body Of the woman
was found today.
The Wilson times. [volume] (Wilson, N.C.) 1896-19??, 1911-07-14
Mrs Lane Nerx ILL

Mrs. Lane Very III.
The many friends of Mr.. and Mrs.
Henry Lane will regret to learn OF
Mrs. Lanes serious illness and hope
for her early restoration to health.
The Wilson times. [volume] (Wilson, N.C.) 1896-19??, 1911-07-14

New York, July 13.-Commissioner
Waldo is on the trail of the ice
trust, which refuses to furnish indie
pendentS with supplies.
The Wilson times. [volume] (Wilson, N.C.) 1896-19??, 1911-07-14

Elks' Festival Ends In Grand Ball
Atlantic City, N. j., July 13.-The
last session of the Elks convention
was spent in sightseeing. There will
be a grand ball on the million dollar
pier tonight.
The Wilson times. [volume] (Wilson, N.C.) 1896-19??, 1911-07-14
Fire DESTROYS MiIIino comnanv

Buffalo, n. Y, July 13.-Fire de-
stroyed the $4,000 plant of the
Tonawanda Valley Milling Company
at Attica today.