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The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-07-31
THE SALT INDUSTRY.

Salt production is about the Oldest
Industry in the world In Italy, tho
cradle Of the said industry it has beer
manufactured commercially for $500
years. Salt is so necessary to exis-
tence that in some parts of the world
tribes will sell the members of their
families in exchange for salt.
Salt has been the cause OF wars and
so important has it always been consid
cred that In some places the pouring
OF salt Is established as a token of
friendship. and women throw salt on
visitor as n friendly greeting. In
some countries salt Is so scarce that II
is obtained through the ashes Of grass
es and a species Of palm and other
plants.
While salt Is produced in almost ev-
cry country in the world. II is stated
that nowhere can salt Of such purity
be obtained at anything like the cost
OF mining as in Louisiana,-Ma nufac-
turers' Record.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-07-31

generate folk left on our shores.
a favorable feature of the returns
is the marked increase i'm the growth
of our seaports. fact which tends to
show that our International carrying
trade is progressing; the pity is that
$50 much of the goods thus transport
ed are made abroad and not turned
out in our own factories by our own
people
In round figures the present popu-
latdon of the united kingdom is 49,
100000, being an increase Of some Q
per cent upon the total of ten years
ago, which then numbered 1850, 900.
AS the population of France at the
last census only totallcd 39,25O 900. we
have outstripped that country i'm the
racial struggle but have by no means
approached Germany's tecming popu-
lation, which was more than $4,000, 900
i'm 1905 and had still further increased
at the last quinquennial census. That
unique and vigorous onfshoot of the
Anglo Saxon race, the United States
of America, has of course surpassed
the three European countries referred
to largely ut their expense, and even
i'm the last decade hundred over 75,-
600, 900.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-07-31
QUEEN "a BONNIE WOMAN"

In the midst of his tedious abuse of
the king and royal family, Kier Har-
die allows himself to admit implicit
faith in their queen.
81 confess" he says, ito weakness
for that good lady. She Is the only
royal person / have ever seen who
looks like healthy human being. she
Is not Of the wax doll or professional
type Of beauty. But she is n hand
some woman, or what I'm Scotland
would be called n bonnie woman.
heard ON every hand that she is a
hard natured woman. The statement
Is a libel Queen Mary's features are
those of a woman of capacity. To see
her with her children, as | have, and
To note her hearty laugh and the per-
feet confidence existing between moth
er and sons. Is all the proof needed
of her womanliness."
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-07-31
this DATE IN HISTORY"

1759-General Wolfe was checked
in his assault on the French at Que
bee.
1777-Lafayette made a major gen
eral In the American army.
1sO3-John Ericsson. builder Of the
Monitor, born. Died March 7. 1889
1S1S-Plattsburg. N. Y. taken by the
English
1S31-Completlon of the new London
bridge.
1S71-Phoebe Cary, motel author
died IN Newport. r. l. Born near Gin
cinnati. sept 4, 1924.
1S75-AnGrew Johnson, seventeenth
President Of the y. &, died a: his
Hon' in T-1ressee. Born in North
Carolina, Dec. %. 1873.
1S9S-General MacArthur's force
reached the Philippines.
I:G-SSir James David Edgar. Spea
ker Of the DOMINICA !iouse ~ Conn
n, ~, died. Born IN ,Su.
19OG-Mutinies of Russian troops in
Finland suppressed with great loss OF
life.
191O-John c. Carlisle. former sena-
tor, cabinet officer and Speaker of the
house of representatives. died in New
York city. Born in Campbell County
Kentucky, Sept. 8, 1885.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-07-31
WAGES IN THE ORIENT.

Clarence Poe in Worlds Work gives
some interesting figures concerning
the pay of laborers in various Oriental
countries.
In China n member of the Emperor's
grand council told me that the average
rate of wages throughout the empire
Is probably Is cents a day. In Japan
1t Is probably not more, and in India
much less. The best mill workers I
saw in Osaka average % cents a day;
the laborers at work on the new tele-
phone line in Picking get 10 cents:
wheelbarrow coolies in Shanghai, "a a
month; linotype operators in Toxic.
only 40 cents n day; pressman, so
cents; policemen, 40 cents; the iron
workers in Hankow average about 10
cents; street car conductors in Seoul
make 35 cents; farm laborers about
Nankou 10 cents. The highest Oriental
wages are paid in the Philippines
where the ordinary laborer gets from
20 cents to so cents day.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-07-31
THIS is MY 10TH BIRTHDAY"

Rev. DIR. Robert Stuart Macarthur
the new president Of the Baptist World
Alliance. was born In Dalesvlle. Que
bee, July 81, 1Si1. He graduated from
the University OF Rochester in 1867
and three years later finished n course
In the Rochester Theological Seminary.
The same year of his entrance into
the ministry he was called to the pulpit
OF the Calvary Baptist Church in New
York city and for forty-one years he
has continued as pastor OF that church
DR. MacArthur's fame as an eloquent
preacher Is equalled 10y his reputation
as a writer on religious subjects He
has been a frequent contributor to the
Baptist church publications and num-
erous books OF his sermons have been
published and widely circulated.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-07-31
UPPER PENINSULA BEST.

After returning from a trip that i'm
cluded n portion OF Ohio, and after
having traversed portion Of that
state by means OF trolley lines. the
writer returns TO the upper PENN
sula more firmly convinced than ever
that this section of the state is the
peer Of any section traversed on the
trip i'm question, says the editor OF the
Manistique Pioneer Tribune. Upper
peninsula crops look better than any
II was our fortune to see, elsewhere
Other sections OF the country are suf-
fering from lack Of rainfall, while the
upper peninsula has had plenty OF
moisture. and II the crops have been
damaged anywhere above the straits
IL has been on account OF excessive
rainfall. The hay crop OF the PENN
sula was never better. The same can
be said OF the prospects for the potato
crop. and apples are more plentiful
tree for tree, here than anywhere else.
If Ohio farmers could be induced to
visit the upper peninsula now. they
would become permanent residents OF
Michigan.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-07-31

The Canadian parliament was dis
solved Saturday. The dissolution OF
parliament carries the question OF
reciprocity between the United states
and Canada before the Canadian elect
crate. where the reciprocity issue from
this time until the election. on Sept.
Fl, will be the controlling issue The
announcement OF dissolution was a
fulhllment Of Premier Laurier's ulti-
matum, delivered to the opposition
forces last Monday that continued re-
sistance TO vote would be met by
an appeal to the country The present
liberal government has large major
ity in the dominion parliament. but
the absence OF cloture rule has made
it impossible to secure n vote by which
this majority could adopt the red-
procity measure. In the event Of the
success Of the liberal party at the
polls in September, the new parliament
win at once pass the reciprocity
measure.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-07-31
mAckEREL ON MAINE COAST.

Just as was predicted, the mackerel
have put i'm an appearance again and
indications are just as good as ever that
there will be a good catch Off this port
before the summer Is over. Yesterday
900 pounds were brought In from the
cape by Charles Olsen. He caught
them i'm his traps at Riehmonds Island
az he caught so many before.
II seems now from the indications
that from now on there will be mack
erel caught off Portland harbor. The
spawning season is very nearly over
and the fish should be coming out
where they may be caught. None of
the local SEEMING fleet has landed any,
but It looks as If some good fares
might be brought in soon.-Portland
Press.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-07-31
EUROPE TO UTILIZE PANAMA.

There Is significance In the report
that the Hamburg American Steam
ship Company is planning Ia establish
q line OF steamers between Hamburg
and San Francisco by way of the Pan
anna canal. The company is arranging
for the purchase of sites for docks at
San Francisco Moreover. the plan is
TO touch at some OF the other ports on
the Pacific also. according to reports
At the outset this line will cater To the
trade OF the lower class of immigrants
n is said. Those who want quick
trip to the Pacific coast will touch at
New York or Boston and take the train
across the continent. but the one or
two weeks extra time i'm going by wa
ter all the way. and through the canal
viii not be a drawback to the aver
age immigrant
II is certain that Europe will be "A
large gamer by the canal-probably
a larger gamer than will the United
States. Thus far there has not been
any talk of an American line to travel
between the two coasts, but, of course
this will be had before the canal Is
open many months. Europe Will be-
quick TO take advantage of this short
cut between the big oceans. British
and French steamship companies may
be relied on to establish lines be
tween their home ports and some of
the Pacific Coast towns. Seattle and
Portland are expecting direct COM
munication with Europe through the
canal. They may get it earlier than
they will get it with some of our At
lantic ports.
And yet the United States is pay
ing the bills for the construction of
the canal Europe will not contribute
a cent to the cost For Construction
the canal win probably draw more
than $4OO, 900. 600 out of the treasury,
although the Washington authorities
place the figure somewhat lower than
this. All great public works cost
more than the original estimates. 1t
will be a rather humlllating thing for
the United states To see the merchant
flags of every other marine country
passing through the canal with our
own virtually absent. but this sight is
probable. at least at the outset. A
merchant marine bin has been intro
duced in each branch of congress. but
the fate Of all the recent measures of
this sort gives very little hope that it
will pass. Unless the United States
government consents to give a little of |
the same sort of aid to its shipping |
that England, France, Germany and !
other countries do to theirs those
will continue to monopolize
the worlds deep-sea trade.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-07-31
EYER WATCHFUL
A Little Care Will Save Many calu.
met Readers Future Trouble.


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William Gray, 1913 Amygdaloid St.
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Nothing helped me until used Doans
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For sale by all dealers. Price so
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Remember the name-Doan's-an
take no other.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-07-31
BRITISH CENSUS FIGURES


The population of Great Britain, for
the first time since the census of the
kingdom was taken has not. according
To the report of the register general,
maintained its rate of Increase. Dur
ing the decade just past this rate was
81 per cent. During the previous de-
cade it was 1917 per cent.
Especially striking does this loss of
growth appear when contrasted with
that of Germany, for while Great
Britain actually increased in popula-
ton only about 3.275,OOO in ten years
its greatest continental competitor i'm
commerce is increasing at the rate of
nearly 100000 a year.
The two main apparent causes for
this failure to maintain the normal
rate of Increase Of population are the
great fall in the birth rate and the
great increase in emigration.
The fact that the lowest rate of in
crease has been i'm purely agricultural
countries accounts partly for both the
falling birth rate and the increasing
rate of emigration. AS every one who
has studied the question knows the
British rural population does not in
crease as II should for two main rea-
sons, the lowness of wages and tho
scarcity of housing accommodation.
The former is undoubtedly due to our
antiquated fiscal system, which admits
foreign produce free but taxes heavily
the British means of production, says
the Queen.
The latter is due to the fact that
the capital required for creating labor
ers' cottages is so highly taxed that
II produces a much smaller return than
when employed I'm other methods. The
average rate of interest on agricultural
land, including farm buildings, cot
tages. etc, Is only some per cent, and
now that rates and taxes are constant
~ rising while rent does not increase
proportionately. landowners are be-
coming less and less willing to sink
their capital on such unremunerative
terms, especially when the security
Is a continually falling one.
Hitherto great landlords have been
willing to accept n nominal return for
the capital expended on their estates
largely because of the sentimental in
terest attached to them--the price of
possession, social status. family con-
nectlon. personal knowledge of and
sympathy with the tenants and so on
But now the actual burdens of land.
lordism are outweighing its tangible
advantages large owners are begin
ming to sell Off their landed estates and
the new owners. chiefly farmers or
small holders. are so put TO Il to raise
the purchase money or find the inter-
est on their mortgages that they have
scarcely enough cash left to repair the
laborers' cottages. let alone build new
ones.
Under these circumstances young
couples find IL an ever increasing diff.
ficulty to marry and settle down In tho
country. one consequence is that
young men go to towns to Increase
the competition In the labor market,
and another is that both men and
maids emigrate to the United States
or the British dominions. and so the
country languishcs for lack of re-
plenishing the able population and suf-
fers from the disproportionate num-
Der OF the feeble, old, vicious and de-
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-07-31
HIS WINE BECAME VINEGAR.

How $50 gallons of wine had tunred
TO vinegar in consequence OF the laws
delays was told in Judge Bordwelrs
court at Los Angeles after he had
heard the suit brought by Samuel Zit-
to against II. Gotteber to determine
the ownership Of the beverage.
Zitto made the wine for his person
al use. lie had been sued for an
amount of money in n Justices court
and the wine had been seized for pay
ment. The claim was settled. but when
Zitto went to get his wine the con-
stable wanted storage paid on IT, An
expert on wine testified that the liquid
Is now first class vinegar. The judge
gave Zitto the vinegar.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-07-31

The employment bureau of the Chill
dren's Aid Association of Indianapolis
has learned the history of boys stay
of fifteen months i'm Indianapolis, and
IL is believed to be typical of the eX-
perience of a large class of boys who
come to the city in search Of work.
The boy was l6 i'm May. During his
stay he has worked at eight different
factories, and at all but two he worked
ten hours a day. In one he worked
eight hours and in another he worked
thirteen. II is believed by the head
OF the employment bureau that the
child labor law passed at the recent
session of the state Legislature will
put n stop to the employment of boys
for such long hours.
The association has been investigat-
ing the case of this lad for two weeks.
and has found that his record is the
best. A place In the country has bee
found for him and when fall comes
he will be sent to the Broad Ripple
High School. An Indianapolis dentist
has taken an interest in him and the
aid association believes IL will be pos
sible to give the country boy a high
school education.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-07-31
HW idle rich" certainly had
foundation in fact.
~ THERE NEVER WAS SUCH A CLASS AND NEVER WILL
DON'T CHARACTERIZE A FEW
nisnomer now if it ever had

THERE NEVER WAS SUCH A CLASS NEVER WILL
DON'T CHARACTERIZE FEW
Industry matter of the possession lack of
inherent characteristic The dar the south
the only idle class know of in American And
both rich and idle for long time, the VICES and
FOLES that enes dpossess the drone of his
earned increment.
Until the last five years of position spent their time
and energy winning and holding social LEADERSHIP butterfly
be but requires infinitely MORE brains shine
and than drudge like ant know of profession art
trade that working in today taxing in MENTAL RE-
SOURCE being leader in society," whore you have all of
complex personalities manipulate where you occupy position
that mistake unnoced in lesser light would be fatal you and
opposition it Is subtle and difficult locate
don't believe tho result JUSTIFIES the effort because hui
many large little helped and would consider the
putting forth of such energy that INTELLIGENT service
but there doubt of the essential quality of sheer brain
being a sine qua the social leader.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-07-31

body was found by his wife, dangling
from tree in the rear Of their nome
at the western limits of the city. Leeds
is known to have been respondent for
the last month, owing TO the fact that
m eould not obtain employment.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-07-31

The editor Of the Chicago Tribune
testified that he spent twenty thousand
dollars TO put Lorimer under after the
other side had spent one hundred
thousand to put him over. This would
all have been saved il Lorimcr had run
on the level.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-07-31

The general arbitration treaty be-
tween the :. and Great Britain and
the L. :. and France will be signed in
Washington this week. After the sign
ing Of the treaty there will be a for
NAL exchange between the govern
ments concerned. Secretary of state
Knox viii sign the treaties for the
u. :.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-07-31

Alaska complains OF hot wave. II
is now i'm order for someone to claim
that the Guggenheim Walrus Trust is
planning to mine the public glaciers
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-07-31

We have no doubt that the girl in
the Stokes case who was kidnapped
has struck the management for more
pay. It is not often that a girl of
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-07-31
TO FISH THE OTTER.

A party consisting of I'd. Rompf
George Carroll. II. M. Ingram. Joseph
q. Bertrand. Ivan Hart and DIR. c ~
Ferries left yesterday morning for
the Otter river. where they will enjoy
their annual fishing outing. Although
the trip Is a rather difficult one, it APP
peals to the above anglers as no other
vacation can.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-07-31
TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION; .
BY Mail or Carrier.
MONDAY, JULY 81, 1911.

Dispatches from London tell us that
Lord Camoys is coming to this coun-
try He wants a wife. but he is will
ing to accept the money If he can get
IL any other way.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-07-31

Arthur F. Griffith, Indiana's mathe-
NAUTICAL wonder, who makes his home
at Milford, near South Bend, Ind, out
side Of the theatrical season, figured
out new and extremely knotty prob
lem while i'm this city, which he solved
in much less time than it takes to tell
it. Queried Griffith, as he stood at the
center of puzzled group:
How many United States silver dol
lars and acres of land would a man
have IL he placed his dollars fiat against
each other i'm n straight level row
around all four sides of his land and
used the same number of dollars around
his property as the number of acres
i'm it; and if he put sixteen townships,
each being six miles square, to each
county, how long would il take him to
raise enough wheat from his land at
thirty-three bushels an acre each year
and sell IL at $1.10 bushel to get
enough money to build a courthouse
costing the same amount of money as
the number OF silver dollars that
reached around his land?"
Those i'm the crowd had not recover
ed their breath when the mathematical
wonder answered, ''Forty- seven million
years"
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-07-31
ODDITIES IN THE
DAYS EVEN is

The chief concern of aged Christ
Raumgartner as he tossed uneasily
about the operating table at the Re
ceiving Hospital at Los Angeles was
not for himself, but that his dog, a fox
terrier. be given it's MONDAY lunch.
one OF Baumgartner's ribs was frac-
tured and his scalp was lacerated IN
several places when "A car collided
with his vegetable wagon. His stock
of vegetables were scattered over the
street, the wagon was wrecked ana
Baumgartner and his faithful four
legged friend were hurled from their
seats.
Ambulance men removed the ped
dler to the Receiving Hospital. but ig-
nored the frantic Appeal series OF
sharp. quick barks-ustered by the
dog, To be placed I'm the automobile
ambulance with its master. The dog
raced alongside the ambulance To the
hospital, AMI declined to leap into the
ambulance when IL halted 1t
remained at the curb, wagging a
stumpy tail and wiggling its ears eX-
pectantly each time the hospital door
was opened. Now and then it uttered
a whine which reached Baumgartner's
ears while Surgeon Kidder was at
tending the patient.
"Give mine dog something To eat
and drink" mumbed the peddlor. He
ISIS hundry, and II can wait"
The hospital provided for the dog,
and when its master learned his pet
had been fed, his mind was relieved.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-07-31

Captivated by face in painting
on his friends wall. Victor Morawetz
millionaire lawyer and clubman Of New
York. hurried across the Atlantic bear
ing a letter of introduction to the orig
inal-she was Miss Violet Westcott
daughter of the late Edward Noyes
Westcott, who wrote "David Harum'
met her in Paris and wooed and won
her during an S00-mile automobile trip
They are now ending n honeymoon In
San Francisco and the story Of how
the lawyer fell In love with the picture
week before he met the girl was dis
closed to their New York friends. The
picture that did the work hangs i'm the
home of f. X. Durham. Mrs. Durham
is cousin of the bride
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-07-31

The Smithsonian Institution will
soon be enriched with the skeleton OF
n huge prehistoric animal excavated
this week from sand hill five miles
west of Montpelier. idaho. At depth
OF seventeen feet from the surface
workmen digging a canal encountered
two large bones. Subsequent digging
brought to light two wagonloads of
bones. One knuckle. Identified as n
knee Joint. measured fifteen inches in
diameter. The finders believe they
have unearthed the skeleton of mas
todon. II is in a good state of preser-
walton and is being handled carefully
I'm order that II may be acceptable to
the national museum at Washington.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-07-31

A black cat. one Of four found on the
streets and housed and fed for two
years by Miss Margaret Henry. 76
and her sister Ellen. Sc. caused the
death of the former by gas in her
apartment. on the second floor Of 535
Sterling place. Brooklyn, and the re-
moval Of her sister to the Swedish
hospital. with slight chance OF recov-
cry. The cat was found dead between
the couple. An investigation made II
appear that the cat had disconnected
n tube from a gas stove In jumping
upon II to get a plate of food.