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The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-12-03
MAYOR SHANK OFF INDIANAPOLIS
The Only American Mayor Who Sells Food
to His People In an Effort to Cut the Cost
of Living and Defeat the Market Pirates

group Of the best in the party advisers and
he guided by their advice in the management of the
thirty men, uding clergymen brewers manufactur
eTs, organized labor men, merchants lawyers, physc
ed IN getting expert advice every subject that has
example Of how seriously the Indianapolis mayor looks
upon his office and what keen insight he mas into
The situation with regard TO prices of foodstufs in
Indianapolis when Mayor Shank went into office was
city. The housewives all the country encounter
the same high prices that faced those in Indiana s
which they laid aside for the weeks marketing does
not buy such good quality it did few years ago,
more about Thursday Friday. This was Just the
thayo way It twas was in Indianapolis few of the
with ne started an investigation.
He found that fruit growers within FIVE miles Of
peaches, pears and berries to Chicago Cincinnati ST
own capital These producers insisted that the
was that the commission men always beat the price
While they hp her o other
ei5Ies and pay reghts and make more money than by
same men who bad bought the products cheap from
the Farmers because the market was oversuppied
high price, telling them that there great scare
n.y. In this way the middlemen Were making an enor
Mayor shark saw mmedately a what Ts Should be
done to stop the injustice, The commission
competition They all played the same game and ' as
they were all getting rich by the process of them
sh his own profits. This state of affairs would prob
ably have continued indefinitely had not Mayor
Shank stepped IN. He knew that unrestrained com
petition was TO bring down the price Of any
modify. So he resolved to establish competition.
III E began with potatoes lie sent an agent TO Mich-
L gan and had carload of potatoes imported This
good test Of how high the local prices ought to
be- He was thus obliged to add the cost of trausporta
ou, handling, etc. to the price he asked of his Gus.
toners thus making the price much higher than If
would be when the potatoes were hauled in from the
country surrounding the city At that time the house
wives of indianapolis were obliged pay from 81 %
up per bushel for all the 'spuds" they bought The
commission men were getting SO and 50 cents bushcl
from the grocers as the wholesale price. Mr. Shank
bought his potatoes in Michigan for 6S cents and by
the time he had had them sacked and had paid the
freight he found that he could retail them 10 cents
it may be readily believed that the housewives OF
indianapolis focked TO the mayor potato wagon when
they heard those prices The tubers went in hurry
When the first carload arrived Shank took personal
charge of the sale and worked side by side with tho
negro lanltors OF the market house A limit of five
bushels TO one person order thu, ALI
the orders might be filed There were many who did
not take their full limit but IL almost no time he
fore all the potatoes sold The mayor found that
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he had lost very little by the arrangement but
potatoes after the full It accomplished
his purpose perfectly That very day, the market ad
potatoes anywhere in Indianapolis for 80 cents
Mr.. Shank had ordered seven cars of potatoes in
all and he had no difficulty in disposing Of them:
Not only the working people but many families of
means Daronlzed his wagons. In reality the demand
could not be supplied Orders poured into the mayors
e@ es dt t he had to hire e to oo % ter
city. Some citizens bought four FIVE bushels and
crowded around the wagons Saturdays at the city
market and contended with one another for chance
Many went away disappointed because the supply did
not hold out The mayor had in all disposed of 5000
ing the charge made for deliveries
The next commodity on which he undertook to lower
sixty cents bushel in indianapolis, but the mayor
put them the on sale at thirty cents aud the price through
shipper in the northern part Of the state gave him
The the idea of trying IT. to bring the price of that fruit to
agreement out of the Indianapolis commission mer-
mission less freight charges which would give him
only about fifteen cents bushel in spite of the fact
The mavor then told the shipper to send his pears TO
Indianapolis and put them sale at thirty cents.
This he did and had difficulty in disposiug of the
600 bushels at that figure Pears Immediately dropped
to that price throughout the city
- TILL more recently Mr.. Shank has gone from The
- field of frut and vegetables into that Of meat
And he promises TO make just merry time in that
Otner. a
a personal trip 10 the country where he talked with
the farmers along the road about securing hogs. He
found several men who were willing 10 sell killed and
dressed 220poupd hogs at SD head This proved to
hlm that the prices in the city too high. So he
has decided TO offer pork to the at the cost
OF producing it for sale direct from the farmer thereby
cutting out mlddleman's profits. He intends in the
near future TO hold big sale of these products which
would include smoked ham, bacon, lard, etc. the
city market so that the housewives who desire may
stock up on such for the winter He is certain that
with such sale going there will be drop in The
price of pork Just there the case of fruits
n tHp taxa
advantage OF the drop and stock up
Mayor Shank Is intensely interested in his new
plan and If energy and determination can put il
through he Will do it. In summing up his idea he
said:
60 to The market those who must get all they can
FOR dollar, so they can make ends each week or
month To bring the consumer and the producer TO-
gethcr on a basis whereby the producer may make a
lalr pToht and the consumer get all the benefit Of the
proht beyond that rs the only solution of this question
II somewhere IN the deal the middeman must get
it, 0' P''
, The mayor has succeeded in endearnc himself TO
tnc housewives of indianapolis. They are now back in
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-12-03

Luckily he was not hurt much as | thought; his
arm badly bitten. and his face was knocked about
where he had struck 1T against stumps aud stones
while being carried What had saved him was the
thick military overcoat; the ioness had such good
grip on it that beyond his back being greatly bruised
bY her teeth, he not much the
now helped him along to whore / had left my
boy as there trees there. AMI felt that II
second lion came along Gray would feel better oil
uD n tree. Fortunately the boy had not bolted lie
pointed to fatr-sized tree and said he had watched
the whole performance from that. He could not be
lleye that Gray alive but stared him, saying,
"Tagati! Tagati' C'Nagic! Magjc'') the while.
| wanted 10 send him back for the pony take
Gray home, but coudn I get him to move; he SAIL
would be eaten by the lioncss s mate. thought 1T
quito probable, but did tell him so. So there
were, nearly FIVE miles from the wagon and oil
ms utterly helpless. However. reged up rough
belts. and eventually reached the wagon after
TEDIOUS Sn Journey From there Immediately sent IN
GRAY shoulder, for what with the shock and loss OF
blood he nearly off his head. Luckily
police, like a good fellow, just before
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-12-03

He differs from that GROWING masterpiece of Mr..
sherman long career in that he has restricted his
feId of operation and thereby succeeded
% s 2a S the The f iT W
but Mr. Shank merely wishes to put the frugal house
III 1vfi bcr Of mae whpu compct
their pock books Already the Shank idea is spread
satisfactory s and come nesrer to giving the people
what they than the dissolution of the big trusts
attempts to correct evils on wholesale, plan His
chief characteristic is practically When Shank
twice as much for their potatoes necessary he
decided that the matter should be looked into They
entirely unnecessary. That all Shank needed to
know He did not sd hunt a about for m combine of potato a
visionary unreasonable restraint of trade Nor
sold potatoos at high rate as So many have tried
TO do in similar circumstances.
He merely ordered carload of potatoes from
Michigan and sold them direct to the consumers at
cost plus small sum for buying handing and deiv
livered.
That is the Shank idea and its effect has already
heen enormous, Instead of appeals and counter suits
and subtcrfuges and excuses with the price remaining
just where it was, no one has had chance to say
word There was nothing for any one to make excuses
s to- spd % %e %res that G @ Of M
dsuapolis longer cringe when they show their hus
pedency Of kissing them twice when they come home
from work the day the bill arrives, or of cooking them
them as they suroke before presenting the horrible
paper. No, they simply hand them the bill with
so happy And husband is proud of his
mica little wife that he gives her the amount of money
she has saved TO buy dresses and hats and things
with
THE and efficiency of Shank's plan lies
IN the fact that he got the of the matter.
Instead of trying to prevent somebody from doing
something which caused another force third to
demand high price for the necessities of life. Mr.
Shank simply wentointo the market himself, created
competition and brought the price down by force Such
tactics characteristic of Mr. Shank. His methods
may bc unconventional and extraordinary, but they
always have the virtue of bringing about results and
the fact that they unusual only rebounds more TO
his credit.
Tor nomination TO the office of mayor he was asked
what hIs purposes He replied that he knew that
, ms experience and training did not fit him for the
9aiee and that he not such fool think that
ne could the city witout the aid OF the
ocst in it, He said that If elected he would select
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down and between made sure That all tae
wounds were thoroughly cleInsed, 1t was not tlii
morning that Gray was able give MS an account OF
his adventure Apparently he had been suffering IRON,
acne and that cvcntfuI morning had taken rug and
4 big cloak and laid down in the Hat rock
some warmth into his chilled blood He must have
dozed off for the next thing he remembered was yns
alongside the rock. with bad pain IN his snoulder
and a Goncss standing over him He could hear his
bows at the wagon shouting, and hoped that perhaps
they would scare the brute off ittle so that ne
could make bolt for it. The ioness however, TOOK
no notice OF the noise, and after smelling MN az an
over started TO drag him along by the shoulder me
pain was terrific but he did his best not to yell, al.
though he could not help grunt escaping DOW anu
them Eventually the Honess finding the dragging
process too slow. seized him by the middle and that
way made better progress. When the burylng stage
arrived GRAY rectonel it his last chance, ana de
termined when the ioncss had gone any distance TO
make n sprint for the aud get INTO one OF tne
noos of water. The most awful moment, he SAID, was
when the honcsS had covered him mp and kept coming
back and smelling him. That absouteiyo unncfNea
him, he ,yas unable the direction she took, ana
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her repeated Withdrawals and returns nearly drove
him frantic. When he heard my shot he told me he
could not realize he was saved until he staggered to
second he expected to hear the lioness be-
hind him. or 10 feel her paw striking him down.
The bows at Gray s wagon, after seeing him dis
appear, had made their way to the nearest kaflr
kraal. and from there message came into Tu
porting tiray's death While the matter being
debated nv boy turned up with the news of his
safety.
went back TO the scene of tho incident couple
of avs after, but the ackals and wolves had not lett
much oness for to skin. A couple OF tho police
and myself hunted around to If we could Ind any
sign of her cubs the male hon, but found no trace
of them
had had enough OF the lpargi river; and after
taking GRAY into Tul | started my shooting trip
along tho old road from Tul to the Mangrue Pass As
this road has not been used since 1875 had al SORTS
of troubles and adventures but so startling as
when | watched d boness officiating as undertaken
GRAY got his wounds in no time, thanks to
good constitution and when last heard of him lew
wears go was still at his old work of prospecting
do think. however that he has taken sun baths on
flat rocks
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-12-03
Bv Almer C.. Sanborn.

a FAVOR SAMUEL SHANK of Indianapolis is a
IN I'll young and militant trust law. Flo is some
lVU what like the famous Sherman variety except
that he is much more sensible and efficient.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-12-03

their old positions where they get good food for
and have little left over occasionally to get some
little luxury that husband likes. If the truth were
known, Mayor Shank has undoubtedly found the
edy for many marital quarres and has reconciled many
unhappy pair by his crusade against high prices
Every day he receives letters from mayors and
other city officials all narts of the country asking
full cxpanaton Of his plans aud the results To
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Communication Road Tax will be re-
ceived at same time. The time for
payment OF Road Taxes expires
March 1st, 1911.
A. D. FAIR,
County Treasurer, o. G.
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gaining his apartment in One Hun
dred and Eighteenth avenue. His
day was over.
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TAX NOTICE.

Office of County Treasurer, Orange
burg County, OranGeburg, S. c..
October 1st. 1910.
The regular Tax Duplicate will be
open for collection Of all taxes due
State, County and School for Orange
burg County, from tht 18th day OF
October to the 31st of December, In
a,
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The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-06-24
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rHE cAtLp wHo WAS BEATEN.

rAE CHILD WHO WAS BEATEN,
I tIe or She who lays the heaNy
hand Of Anger or the body 81 g
little Child nroYe themselNesato he
\ the worst ot towards and degenerate
I in the Instincts that should up0lt
To the Aleher things The instances
/ Of brutal beating of little children
| raises the question 0f the mental
an3 moral injury 70 the child rather
than to its physical being, And
these Instances raise all the indis-
nation Of rightly constituted persons
to the boiling point.
The other day little girl Of sew.
on 0r eight years was taken into
court in New York The indignant
aud sorrowful relative who took her
there la answer to the magistrates
questioning. stripped the upper part
oi the little body OF clothing and
exhibited back and arm SO hrut-
ally beaten that even the officers and
the magistrate were moved TO indigs
nation and pity
The child had been the victim OF a
stepmother's dislike and wrath she
had been beaten once because she
said she felt TOO sick 70 scrub the
kitchen A few days later she was
given q beating because she said her
back and legs were too raw and sore
10 permit her 10 stoop over TO do
the same kind of work Then she
was given 4 fiaying that almost took
the flesh off her back. shoulders,
arms and legs. The beating was done
Nah heavy strap welded by a
woman who had the muscle OF
man
It is to be hoped that the court
win give the woman punishment
severe enough q impress upon her
mind that this is land where the
persons Of children are supposed to
he held sacred
We read Of stories OF er1elty to
children and shudder, then pass on
to something more stirring and for.
get all about the child We cry over
the story Of little Cosette in Les
Nis2rables." and the stories of othcr
children Of romance but we forget
all about the others In real life who
are abused.
Not all of these children are beat.
en-, but there are other ways Ia
which the young can be abused and
their whole nature stunted Every
child who doesn't get fair chance
IN life il being abused but society
is being abused also. and sooner OF
later society must suffer If not in
one way, In another.
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The ELECTORAL COLLEGE

NEXT YEAE
The reapportionment bill passed
Ivy the house MAY 8. and upon which
tie senate has thus far failed to take
action would not become effective
even if passed by ,he senate until
March. 1913, and hence would have
no effect upon the electoral college
lot 1912 says the Schenectady Union
| That college could be affected by the
admission OF New Mexico and Arizona
with three votes each. but II Is i'm
probable that they viii be permitted
10 enter the dnion at the extra ses
sion
It is probable, therefore. that the
electoral college will stand unchang
ed In 1912, and that the votes Of the
states will be. Alabama, ii: Arkan
sas, q California. 10, Colorado 5,
Connecticut, Z Delaware, 8. Florida
n Georgia, lS; Idaho. 8 Illinois, "a,
Indiana. Is. Iowa. Is, Kansas. 10,
Louisiana, 3 Maine, s Maryland, s,
Massachusetts, 16. Michigan. IA.
Minnesota. IA Mississippi, 10. Mis-
souri,. IS. Montana. 3, Nebraska. s;
Nevada, New Hampshire, 1 New
Jersey. 12. New York, 30: North Car
olina. ~ orth Dakota, 4; Ohio, %.
Oklahoma, z: oregon, 4, Pennsyl
vania 54, Rhode Island 4 Tennes'
see. l2. Texas, rs; Utah, 81 Vermont
q Virginia IL Washington, 5, West
Virginia, Z; Wisconsin, l3 Wyom
irg, q
The total number Of votes III the
college will he 4S3 and the winner
of the 1912 battle will have to secure
al least a46 to be succesg nj
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-06-24
pEspAIRgNC MgLllONAtREs

There Is weeping and wailing and
gnashing OF teeth among despairing
miiliOnaires and trust magnates. II
is not for themselves theg g;ieye,
but for the poor country and the
feeble minded supreme court Con
cerning their STATE Of mind, the New
York Evening Post SAYS
III It were not for the coronation,
il is difficult to think what our
ruined and discouraged spectators
would al 70 take their minds of oi
the ravages made BY the supreme
courts trust decisions AS James A
Patten lamented yesterday idst be.
fore he sought the shelter Of the
Mauritania There Is No business
today The people are buying moth
ing but necessities No one Ia in.
yesting And the cause OF this
dreadful condition. Prosecution of
the trusts has brought this condition
about II man does well III busi
ness the government prosecutes him.
II fellow makes more than two
dollars a day. the muckrakers get
after hlm | don't know when OF
where il will all end Between the
government and the muckrakers. Ii
n enough 70 make ore sigh for the
good old days ~ Croesus But all
is not yet lost After the corona
fion comes the Durbar with It's brave
attempt az spending money FOR some
thing besides necessities. Surely. Il
sight Of the gayly decorated ele-
plants the train ot officials garbed
IN Oriental maEnlfieence and the
costly thrones FOR the emperor and
the empress win be enough to send
our despairlng millionaires back t6
us n better humor perhaps even
ready for try al annf;her "coss
n%rr
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clMARaoN VALLEY NOTES


Coyle okla, June 24-The Clipper
says Lon Muxlow was here from
Guthrie Sunday visiting the Gibsons
Professor and Mrs. Richardson Of
Ripley. spent Sunday With Coyle
friends
Attorney Mintonye was here from
Guthrie Monday on legal business
Mir knight. of saltwater. father of
NJ ID, Ii here for few days visit.
The report was brought to town
last Sunday that q bunch of wild
cats had just been seen on the Dob.
son place east OF town Some Of the
blapest OF our citizens proceeded TO
atm themselves with rifles aud shot
guns ana marched off to the scene OF
action They failed To find any cats
though the field was looked over
We wsn stop eight here
however, to bet that there wasn't a
one in the bunch that can tell what
il was that made the wild cat wild
A bahy was born to Mr. and Mrs
Chalmers Glfln Monday but the lit,
tie one lived only a short time. NIr
and Mrs Gitfln have the sympathy OF
the community.
AIRS Anderson came up from Ok
lahOma CITY Friday evening for VIA.
i With her parents Mr. and Mrs al
G Taylor, and other relatives. re-
turning Sunday morning.