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The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1911-07-22

The wickets At the government dam
AZ McMechen will be raised now and
this morning the tidewater is expect
ed 10 reach n stage of eight feet or
more here. This will make good
pool for the Kanawha. and she will
not have any trouble in departing for
the south Sunday. The Pearl. San
lord Hay and the Indian are making
their regular runs and are doing an
excellent business.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1911-07-22
NV Notaries.

notary COMMISSIONS have been
issued 10 the following
IS r. Payne. 81 Holden. Logan
county.
J. p Sebert. o. Enon. Nicholas
county
- r. Clayton. OF Charleston. Kama.
wha county.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1911-07-22
ADVERTISING TALKS
WRITTEN BIT
WILLIAM {. FREEMAN.

Mr.. John J. Irving, mayor
of Binghamton, n. Y, told
me the following advertising
story recently:
My mother always did some buy.
ing in the old A. T. Stewart store,
New York.
one day while making some pur-
chases she overheard the following
conversation between a woman Gus
toner and a salesman:
is this ALL WOOL? asked the
woman. picking up some material.
Yes. madam, 1t is answered the
salesman.
Are you quite sure? again asked
the woman.
'Absolutely.' answered the sales
man.
Then ! will take IT, she said
"A man also had been standing near
enough TO overhear the conversation.
When the woman received her
package and was starting out OF the
store this man asked her II she would
mind stepping mp TO the main Office
that he desired to talk to her about
the purchase she had made
She assented. and when she
reached the office she asked the man
who he was. and he replied.
I am \. T. Stewart. the man who
owns this business. think | over
heard that salesman tell you that the
Material YOU Just purchased is all
wool. Did I understand correctly
Yes. sir, you did the woman re
piled
Well. madam. IN Is NOT ALL
WOOL. II is part cotton. | don't
want you or anybody else to buy any
thing in this store THAT is NOT
EXACTLY AS REPRESENTED. VIII
You please go with me 10 that sales
man."
They Went to the counter and Mr..
Stewart SAID To the salesman:
You told this lady that this ma
terial Is all wool. did you not? You
know better than that
The salesman did not know Mr.
Stewart. so he answered rather Nip
PANTY:
mo. l did not tell her that il is
all wool
Mr.. Stewart then said.
Go 10 the Office. Young man. and
get your money don't want any
salesman IN my store who will lie
about my merchandise. am Mr..
Stewart. so go"
tie went
Nov. that was great many years
ago
THAT incident made great i'm
preston on my mother. She told ID
TO her friends She always had IN
BOUNDED CONFIDENCE in the
Stewart store after that"
The name \. I. STEWART
is remembered ny everybody
in America ana always will he.
He was 4 great merchant, ana
it is because he was both great
ana HONEST that he is re-
memHereL.
How about Salesmen ana
: SaleSWOmen who are taught
not to tell the truth hut are
Taught To lie about the QUAIL
. lTI AMI PRICE of the mer-
,haniiSe they SELF
Wouldn't it he Just rs well
Tor modern merchants To fol
low in the footsteps of Mr..
/ stewart
Does anybody know of q
8 better way To buili up a good
name in business than w
GIVING THE PUBLIC \
SQUARE DEAL,
And which is hetter-a
good name, or a lot of money
3 with a name that won't stand
the sunlight
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1911-07-22
New Charters.

Elliot. y. C.: :. y. Thomas and Il. +
Dunlap. Hinton. ". Va.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1911-07-22
REPUBLICANS
TO HARMONIZE
Great Progress Expected to Be Made
at Coming State Committee
Meeting.
ANNOUNCEMENTS WILL BE
MADE AT THAT TIME
Gen. Elliott to Visit Camp Of Guards
men-Many New Charters
Are Issued.
BY CAL +. YOUNG.
Inteilgencsr Bureau.
Charleston. w. va, July al.


Some expected political announce
ments will not be forethcoming until
after the meeting OF the Republican
State committee on September 20.
This can be stated positively. An
nouncements that were expected TO
be made before the middle of July are
withheld for the reason as stated
above. so that any announcements
time the Republican State committee
meets could have no bearing on what
ever action the committee might take.
That there will be a change in the
present personnel of the Republican
State committee now seems certain,
but Just where the changes will be
made is a matter that will not be de-
cided until the meeting OF the COM
mittee. There Is feeling among the
probable candidates for state Offices
at least for the nomination for such
ofices-that nothing shall be placed
in the way of arriving at a proper ad-
justment of any differences there
might still exist between some OF the
Republican leaders and some OF the
members OF the State committee.
Adjust Differences
Whatever these differences are.
whether great or small. whether we'll
founded or not we'll founded, they are
going TO be adjusted and adjusted to
the satisfaction of those who manifest
n disposition to give and take.
No man has a cinch for any Office.
except Judge Nathan Con. The great
army of Republicans of the state
stand ready to give him their support
for any office he would Indicate he
would accept. and IL is pretty gener-
ally understood that when the pro-
per time comes Judge Con will make
proper and public announcement OF
his intention TO stand as candidate
for the United States senatorship. OF
such Information will not be glad
news to the Democratic manipulators.
With no promises To fulfil to pOlti-
cal tricksters the Republicans can Sc
lect their man with confidence that
the nomination had not been sold or
pledged TO two. three or four persons
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1911-07-22

Mr.. John J. Irving, mayor
of Binghamton, n. Y, told
me the following advertising
story recently:
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1911-09-29
New York.
NEW YORK, Sept. %, 1911.

Except that the market is still count
ing up the loss caused to the cigar leaf
crops last week by frost and hail,
nothing has transpired to make the
week especially noteworthy. Business
seems to be in an even flow touching
all types. The only anxiety prevailing
is in regard to an insufficiency of binder
stock Trading otherwise runs smooth
ly in all types. The fall inscriptions,
which started at Amsterdam yesterday,
are not likely TO increase the stock Of
light wrapper in this market. In fact,
but limited quantity was acquired by
American buyers.
There is evidently a good deal of
switching going on in the western and
southwestern cigar centers, and it has
not all favored the New York nickel
cigar manufacturers. The large aggres-
sive Philadelphia factories have been
campaigning hard for business and they
have succeeded in displacing the brands
of other concerns with some of the very
best jobbers for the reason, it is said,
that they are willing to undertake all
sorts of expensive booming movements
to help these distributors, and some of
the New Workers cannot see where they
are going to get off on this policy see
ing that the nickel houses of the coun-
try are all more or less up against a
stiff proposition in the securing of de-
sirable raw material. There has been
some talk of cutting wages, but that is
admitted to be utterly impossible and
as a matter of fact two of the largest
firms in the city have just raised wages
between and 10 per cent at couple
of their out-of-tow factories. The
manufacturers are also now worrying
over the retroactive "joker" in the In
ternal Revenue Commissioner S circular
and varying opinions are expressed. :
Journal
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1911-09-29
WISCONSIN TOBACCO MARKET.
EDGERToN, WIS, Sept. %, 1911.

EDGERTON, WIS, Sept. %, 1911.
No organized effort to continue the
buying movement can be detected in
any of the growing districts at the
present writing and the big operators,
most active heretofore, apparently have
dropped out of the field. Trading now
is largely by local dealers and con-
Quoted with moderation for the quality
of the cured leaf crops can now be
seen.
Sales coming to notice showing the
range of prices are:
Ole Swenson, la at 131&3c.
j. ]. Hageberg, LA at 10&3c.
Austin Holton, 10a at 12&3c
Ole Sloten, la at 10&3c.
A. P. Anderson, Ala at 10, 5&3c.
August Schmeling, 5a at SC straight.
Will Somerfeldt, 10a at SC straight.
Albert Lempke, 10a at 7c straight
VIM. Somerfeldt, 5a at &c straight.
The market for old leaf continues
along quiet lines with moderate sized
transactions ruling. Andrew Jenson &
Sons purchased 42cs of '06 of E. E. &
w. A. Bitters. Geo. Rumrill reports
the sale of about 50cs for the week.
The last of the belated crops will be
harvested this week and secured from
the danger of frost. The early tobacco
is curing down quite satisfactorily ac-
cordinQ to all reD0rtS.
Sampling Of last seasons packings is
going forward and very little fault is
found with the results.
The shipments out of storage reach
700 cases from this market to all points
for the week.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1911-09-29
New England.
SPRINGFIELD, MASS, Sept. 18, 1911

SPRINGFIELD, MASS, Sept. 18, 1911.
The most disastrous early frost in
New England since 1882 damaged the
standing tobacco last Wednesday night
to the extent of $500, 900. The frost
was not altogether unexpected. The
season has been backward and frequent
rains the past month have delayed har-
vesting operations. There was prob
ably 1000 or 5000 acres of standing to-
bacco in the Connecticut and Housa-
tonic valleys last Wednesday night.
Tobacco growers went to bed that
night with gloomy forebodings. In the
morning thousands of acres of leaf
were covered with thick, white frost.
When the sun came out the frost
quickly disappeared. In few minutes
the leaves began to droop, to wither
and to turn black.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1911-09-29
NOTE BOOK SKETCHES


With manufacturers steadily increas-
ing their output month by month, as is
disclosed by the revenue returns, while
the tobacco growing districts are grad
ually decreasing acreage as well as
total yield, the quiry arises, how long
similar conditions may exist without
being reflected strongly in the price of
domestic leaf? The governments Sep
tenber crop report gives the condition
of the growing tobacco crop at II per
cent, as against 81 for a ten year aver
age; and hail and frost since will still
further reduce the September estimate
several points as relates to- the cigar
leaf prospects. The crisis seems likely
to be reached the present year in do
nestle binder stock where the visible
supply is far below the normal demand
of the market Country packers are
practically sold out, neither is there
much surplus in jobbers' hands. The
large manufacturers alone are the only
ones that are fortified for the occasion
and are able to bridge over the short
age Of a season.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1911-09-29
Ohio.
DAYTON, O., Sept. 16, 1911

DAYTON, o., Sept. IS, 1y1I.
The early tobacco Of the 1911 crop
has been in the shed for about week
and looks excellent. We had con-
slant rain for two days this week, and
the late tobacco, which was short a
week ago, is coming on in great shape,
and as there is tendency for a late
fall in Ohio, the tobacco will get a
good growth if it stands another week
or ten days. Some of the growers cut
their tobacco after the rain, and these
crops naturally will be thin and prob
ably may make binders.
Adjustment of the insurance on the
julius Marqusee tobacco warehouse
shows loss of little more than $103, =
900, while the salvage sold for $5, 900.
The insurance was S135, 900.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1911-09-29
Pennsylvania.

LANCASTER, Pa, Sept. 20, 1911.
Until last Wednesday not over 25
per cent of the new tobacco crop of
Lancaster county was cut, not because
it was not ready for the knife, but be-
cause the continued rainy weather made
it impossible to house. However, by
the time this letter reaches the readers
one-half of the crop will be under cover.
1t was thought that the rapid grow
ing squirt of few weeks ago, due to
sufficient rain and warm weather, had
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1911-09-29

While in every tobacco community in
the state there has been complaint
against the grasshopper pest, there is
occasionally man who seems to know
exactly what TO do in an emergency Of
that kind. Grasshoppers bother any
growing thing to obtain moisture in a
dry season and after the grass comes
tobacco if it is conveniently located.
Corn will also suffer but the leaves,
being coarse, the hopper prefers leaf
more succulent and pliable, SO it pays
attention to the popular weed and the
growers suffer in pocket to consider
able amount. Will Bitter of Dunkirk,
who has been a tobacco producer forty
years, found his small plants being
filled with holes by the pest, so he
moved three coops of young chickens
into the field, 156 in all, and when a
buyer came along this past week and
saw it Mr.. Bitter received an offer of
IL and 4 cents pound in the buudle,
which he promptly accepted. Mr.. Bit
ter's example will be followed next
season by the whole township.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1911-09-29

A little insight into the enormous
profits of the big tobacco trust is given
in the report of Corporation Commits
sioner Herbert Knox Smith, just made
public The great tobacco combina-
ton, which centers around the Ameri-
can Tobacco company, started in 1890
with S25, 600, 900 capitalization, operat-
ing only in cigarets. By 1908 it con-
trolled about four-ifths of the whole
domestic tobacco industry, except CT
gars, and it's net capitalization ex-
ceeded S316, 100000. This concentra-
ton is the basis of the combination S
great earning power. In 1890 the COM
bination's earnings were over IL per
cent on the actual investment. They
rose in 1891 to more than Fl per cent.
1t was then operating principally, and
with practical monopoly, in cigarets.
In 1895 came expansion into other
branches, keen competitive struggle,
and a sharp drop in earnings. But by
1900 the combination broad domina-
tion of the whole industry took effec-
tive shape. It's earnings from that
date cover the great bulk of the indus
try. In 1901 they were 13 per cent, in
1903 over 16 per cent, and from 1904 to
1908 the average was 19 per cent, or
S31, 100000 yearly. In the earnings in
particular branches there appears, even
more strikingly, the earning power of
concentrated control. In the snuff
business the combination has an almost
complete monopoly-96 per cent of the
whole business. From rate of less
than 9 per cent in the first year 190D,
the earnings rose in 1903 to Is per cent
and in 1906 to over 22 per cent. The
common stock of the snuff company,
originally all water" paid 20 per cent
dividends in 1909 and 27 per cent in
1910. In the highly controlled ''smok-
ing tobacco business the average
earnings of its important subsidiaries
increased from IL per cent in 1900 to 55
per cent in 1908. Conversely, the sub
sidiaries engaged in the fiat plug busi-
ness, with more active competition, in
no year earned 19 per cent, in 1906 less
than s per cent. In the cigar business,
of which the combination controls not
over Is per cent, its earnings has never
exceeded per cent, and from 1904 to
1908 averaged less than 6 per cent.
This business, moreover, showed ex-
ceedingly heavy losses in 1902 and 1903.
Here were severe competition and low
earnings. Through adroit and frequent
adjustments of the securities of the
combination large part of its great
earnings have gone to small group of
insiders, who have retained substantial
voting control.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1911-09-29

A tobacco raiser of Arcanum, Ohio,
gave the following estimate of the cost
of raising an acre of tobacco. The es-
innate is made upon an average of six
growers from six counties, and wages
ara based ON 81 20 for ten hours.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-08-31
Effect on Cities.

Electric Railroads as Factor in
Twentieth Century Transportation"
is the subject of clever and com
prehensive article by Chas. n. Wilson.
THE innovation in transportation
in the central states is nothing short
of marvellous writes Mr. Wilson,
when one takes into consideration
the fact that within period of ten
years the states of Indiana, Ohio,
southern Michigan, have been prac.
tically honeycombed with electric
railroads. On the 18th day of Janu-
airy twelve years ago the first cleo
trio car was operated in the state of
Indiana and during the same month
and period the first electric car was
started in operation in the state of
Ohio, since which time 1850 miles of
modern electric railways have
been constructed and put into oper-
alton in Indiana, and 2,240 miles in
the state OF Ohio. In addition to
this there are now building in the
two states named 200 miles of new
road and an equal amount being
promoted.
Tn order that readers may have
some reasonable comprehension OF
the extent of the benefits which are
derived from introduction of this new
mode of travel; the writer dwells tc
some length on some figures and
facts by way of illustration.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-08-31
Development Rapid.

The rapid development of the rail-
way in the United States is truly
remarkable. In 1886 there totalled
& miles in operation. Three years
later there was 500 miles in opera
ton with $4,000 cars in operation. 1t
was at this time that electricity as
means OF transportation was given
general recognition Many OF the exist
ing horse-car lines were being trans
formed into electrics, and several
new railways, to be operated by cleo
tricity from the start, were projected.
The next ten years witnessed an
enormous growth. In 1889 the electric
railway mileage had increased TO III
e65. and the number of cars in opera
ton was 1853 The capitalization OF
electric railway companies at this
tine was s1,773,S76,229.
But wonderful as this development
appears, it proved TO be a beginning
of that which was TO follow. In 1911
we have more than $4,000 miles of
electric railways in operation and the
number of cars in service is nearly
$4,000. The combined energy requir-
ed to operate these roads is equal to
2,o00. 900 horsepower, and the capitali-
cation Of the companies is over $4,000
100000. And though this is not enough
10 prove their enormous growth it
might be added that money invested
in electric railways is increasing at a
better rate than 100000, o00 a year.
But the GROWING zenith of the cleo
trio railway has by no means been
reached The future viii reveal the
real importance Of the wonderful rec
ord made in the past The late Ed
ward H. Hartman predicted that
within a few years the transcontinen-
tai railroads OF our country would be
operated by electricity, and no one
doubts the ultimate fulfillment Of
prophecy. Already several of our great
steam railway systems have installed
electrical equipments. At first they
were experiments but they have prov
en- their practicability and their abil
ity TO reduce the operating cost.
That electric interurban lines are
making serious inroads into the etrn
ings of the steam operated lines is al
accepted fact The competition is be
coming more real every year Tn
first encroachment of the electrics il
TO the field heretofore monopolized b
the steam lines, as near as can b
recollected, was in 1892 when Wi
liam Christy started the constructio
= OF line from Cleveland to Akro
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-08-31
with trade centers. 1t builds up
alike communities, villages, and
cities and from no point of view is
the electric road to be despised.
Chinese stIll At II.

Congressman Murdoch. the insur.
gent who insurged all OF the time
during tho last years of the Cannon
regime, says that after reading lot
about Chinese tongs and their muir
derous work, he went to bed and
dreamed Of them. In the morning. as
he looked over his morning paper, he
found himself murmuring: Those
Cinnamon are still at It" The head.
line which attracted his attention
was:
Shot Wife OF Chum."
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-08-31
Five Million Passengers.

Two years ago Indianapolis with
pride pointed to fourteen electric
roads entering million dollar ter
minal station and jointly operating
400 cars in and out of Indianapolis
every "a hours During the year
1866 the interurban road carried in
excess of 100000 people into and
out of indianapolis or, to make it
more plain, the inLerurban roads
handle as many passengers daily as
will equal one-eighth OF the popula-
ton of that city, which at that time
had a population of 100000.
indianapolis since the advent of
electric cars has increased in popula.
ton from 178.ooo to its present fig
ures; its merchants have prospered
and the building record and pros
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-08-31

The era of interurban construction
in this vicinity seems to be approach
ing. The proposed western Illinois
system will comprise mileage OF
rs. Other lines in Iowa that Will en-
ter Keokuk will likely be built in the
coming few years. This electric con-
struction will receive an additional
impetus here on account of the build
ing of the Keokuk and Hamilton wat
er power dam.
When Thomas Davenport of Bran
den. Vt, in 1884, constructed top
motor mounted on wheels and sent IT
spinning around few feet OF track,
propelled by primary battery, he little
realized the important part his TOY
was destined to FL in the Industrial
progress OF America.
In 1885 Davenport exhibited his
electric car at Springfield, Mass, and
several years later at Boston. This was
ten wears after Farradays discovery
that electricity could be used as mo-
tive power, and three years after
Henry's invention of the motor. For
forty years after Davenports lnven-
ton inventors labored with practically
no results. During this time and n
fact until 1885, hundreds of patents on
electric cars were applied for and as
many different styles and models were
demonstrated in different parts OF the
world
But not until 1886 did the electric
railway assume any degree OF prac
ticability as means of transportation
In that year Charles ]. Van Depoele
a Belgian by birth, built, at Soutf
bend, Ind, a trolley line two ane
one-half miles in length, and thous
ands OF passengers flocked to tha'
city to ride on the then famous cleo
trio line. During that same year
line. three-quarters of mile lons
was erected and demonstrated at the
New Orleans exhibition and proved
great attraction.
Minneapolis, MINI, has the dis
tinction of being the city wherein th'
electric motor was given its mos
DraCJlCdl TEST. LII IliS NAAitNA ~
fifty horsepower electric locomotlv'
was built for the Minneapolis Lyndal
and Minnetonka railway. The roa'
was operated b. steam but the use
steam engines was prohibited witni
the city and the electric motor wa
ordered. On this road, in MlnneaI
oils, electric motor cars received thei
severest test and as many as eigh
loaded cars with an estimated weigh
of ninety-one tons were hauled up
az per cent grade. The signal sue
cess attained by the Minneapoli
line. resulted in the construction an
equipment of many electric railway
throughout the United States, all 9
which proved equally successful. )
then, it is from this year-1SS6-th
history of the practical side Of electri
railway begins.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-08-31
Hint to Housewives.

a helpful hint to housekeepers, from
the Manhattan (Kan.) Mercury:
"Charlemagne is said 10 have had a
tablecloth made of asbestos and used
to clean it by throwing 1t into the
fro to consume the dirt. The best as.
bestos has fine silky fiber and can
be spun in a thread that runs as high
as 225 yards to the ounce. Why not
buy asbestos clothing and do away
with family washing?"