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The Washington times., 1911-03-19

In each instance these notes, when
issued or offered, were grabbed up in
scribed, the interest yield Of from to
8 per cent proving highly tempting TO
institutions in the present to 215 per
cent call money market.
Naturally the recourse of corpora
tions to temporary borrowing at high
Interest rates in the present stagnant
money market supplies a never-endfng
source of discussion among bond men
as to the basis upon which corporations
could engage in permanent financing,
and, OF course. il raises some question
as to the duration of the prevailing
period of cheap money. But while
these features are undetermined II Is
quite clear from the very extensive
volume of short-term notes this year that
investors are not satisfied with the old
standard of income yield from a perma-
nent investment.
Quiet Business Conditions.
As TO general Industrial conditions, the
trade authorities note that improvement
is very slow and irregular, which is to
be expected not only because OF the
between seasons period, but because of
the sentimental influence of the impend-
ing special session of Congress and
some further Tetrenchment on the part
of the railways, traceabIe to the action
of the Interstate Commerce Commits
sion in denying freight rate advances.
Recent orders for finished steel prod
ucts have been on a somewhat dimin-
1shed scale and bookings are not up
TO the February average. but the pig
iron situation is improving, and aside
from copper, which is feeling the ef-
fects of extensive Overproduction, the
great industries of the country are not
in a bad way
Conservatism, of course, prevails eV-
erywherc, as is indicated by the accu-
mutation of idle railway equipment and
the further contraction in bank clear
anCes, those of the week decreasing
l5.9 per cent, as compared with the
same interval last year, but then, as
pointed out elsewhere, the underlying
situation is good, and quiet business is
greatly assisting the processes OF read
justment, while Offering no serious i'm
pediment to discriminating investment
operators in bonds and the highest
grade stocks.
The Money Market.
Time money rates eased still further
during the week. with short-term loans
available al 2l5 per cent and five and
six months money offered in excess OF
requirements At per cent. Despite
this very little commercial paper can
be sold under per cent, and railroads
and Industrial corporations do not seem
able to borrow on short-term notes
under ~: to per cent. Still no one is
worrying about money, but the loan eX-
pansion Is enormous, those of the ma
:lonal banks having increased SI0T,-
vOO.0O0 between the January and March
call of the Comptroller, and the full re-
port of the country under the last eau
for conditions Is awaited with much in
terest. There was further loan ex-
pansion of 81. .43o,0O0 in the bank state
ment of averages today. attended by an
increase of SO, ,236.O0O in deposits. and a
cash loss of S705,l0o. The surplus re-
serve decreased $3,254.100 and it now
stands at SS1,375,275 above legal require
ments, but nearly three-fourths of this
amount is in single bank, which adds
to the difficulty of appraising the actual
situation.
The Washington times., 1911-03-19
Curb Prices for the Week
The Weeks Stock Trading

Daily transactions on the Stock Ex-
change during the week have been as
follows, compared with one and two
years ago:
The Washington times., 1911-03-19
THE STOCK MARKET OF THE WEEK


STOCK
Exchange 1910 and 1911 to
date:
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-10-03

When he could open up the little .as
Bank-Book and see in plain sigh, a
Ice Box and the Talking Machsr. .rs
the Dining-Room Chairs, then. ana
not until then. would he ask q \>
Girl to cav a Comfortable Home ana
take a Gamble.
Number One picked out j -Stene--a-
pher who was ready 10 retire. on SD
count of her Spelling. n then ra
called on the License Clerk. a Fressv-
terrain Minister and the WeekIy pa.-
ment House, whose Announcement
will be found N another Column.
He packed up his Banjo ana tae
| Military Brushes and left Numa.-
Two marooned in the Rat Pit w.th
the Oak Dresser and the Pictures o.
Lillian Russell on the Wall.
Number Two said he would SIX m
the River and join him in the Prom
ised Land a. soon as he was Two
Thousand to the Good
Soon after the breakup OF the Da-
mon and Pythias Combination. one =
them vas transferred to the Detroit
Branch.
They did not meet again until ten
years later.
One day the Benedict had little
Marjorie and the Baby out at the Pub
lie Zoo. so they could hear the Sea
Lions bark, when Number Two came
along N a Sightseeing Automobile
with other Delegates TO the National
Couclave of the Knights Of Eeuras-
thenia-
It was a Happy Meeting between
the ~ Old FRIENDS.
Number One reported that his Lit
tie Girl could recite Ions Poems by
Heart and was about to AXE Music
Lessons. He was living in a Flat bat
was about to move.
Number Two said he was Finer than
Silk except that Hotel Cooking had
got to him at last and he had to stop
in n see an Osteopath every Morn
ing.
You are still Unmarried %" ask 81
Number One.
Yes was the Reply. & am sim
1920 Shy Of what a Guy needs before
tackling such a risky Game. How are
yOu making it,"
4 am Broke, thank you" replied
Number One.
With the utmost Good Feeling re
established between them, they took
Marjorie and the Baby over to see the
Lions and the other Dumb Animals.
MORAL: Opportunity knock. nee
IN Knocking.
| Copyright, 1911, by George Ade)
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-10-03
THE WAGE FARMERS
AND IMMIGRATION
Continued From Page Five.)

labor reaches from America to Eu-
rope. Pity, a desire to help, hope for
a better future for all labor, a faith
in human nature in It's 1oWliest estate
these are sentiments usually aroused
in the breaS of the American work
ingman in contemplating the hard
fate Of his brother in Europe. Aye,
and on that string has the cunning
hand OF master manipulators Of b
long played. Great wealth has been
absorbed by the steamship lines car
rying the millions of immigrants to
ducrd by the help of the immigrants
for she men getting far more than
their share Of production. It is the
first brSipesS of steamship companies,
big many acturers and great corpora
tions to procure dividends. Their on
Germ for the workmen, for a just So
ciety, for permanency Of the demo-
cratic institutions of America is sec
ondary. But since, as we have
immigration is to the American work
ingmen first Of all a ages question,
the organized Wage-earners have been
obliged to study it closely. have hence
moved beyond the merely sentimental
stage in contemplating it, may have
many a time soberly discussed it in
their unions and at their conventions,
and finally have decided how duty to
themselves and their country requires
them to act.
The annual convention of the
American Federation of Labor held at
Toronto, Canada. November, 1909,
voted for restriction; it resolved to de-
mand an illiteracy test, a money in
pocket test, an increased head tax,
and the abolition of the Government
Distribution Bureau. Since that time
the policy of organized labor then
00DtPd has hapn Ctran OthanA3 nv h
findings Of the United States Immi-
grafton Commission. TIE most strik-
ing passage in the commissions re-
port was:
The Investigations of the com
mission show an oversupply Of I'M
skilled labor in basic industries to an
extent which indicates an overSupply
OF in the industries OF
~the>country as a whole. and there de-
mands legislation which will at the
present time restrict tka further adj
mission of such unskilled abor."
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-10-03

urbs. He looked up into the Pipe
smoke and caught a Vision Of a Bun
gaIow with H~ollyhocks in front and a
Hammock swinging in the Breeze.
Somehow he felt that he never would
save any Money until he took the
High Jump and became a Family
Man.
Number Two had a vague Yearning
to experiment with Matrimony but he
said he would wait until he was Fixed.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-10-03
TOBACCO TRUST ROBBERY
The Trust Has Committed Whole
sale Robbery
The Farmers Union Is Makins a Fight
to Get Living Prices for Their Products.
Can They Succeed Against the Trust?

(Caswell DemOcrat)
The tobacco crop this year is excelling
IN weight and quality, for many years, and
hardly any complaint is heard. The sales
have been small SO far, although the prices
are reported to be satisfactory, on a.
count of the late planting, it will be
thirty days before the crop begins to
move. The farmers organization are ready
to receive for storage the crop, which has
been pledged to a large extent throughout
this county, and the little rise in the
prices ought not to discourage any man,
who has promised his crop for storage.
The Farmers Union have secured lib
eral prices for other products and il there
is any sane reason why they cannot care
for the tobacco crop, we are unable to see.
1t is a notorious fact that the tobacco
trust have ridden over all virtues of re
! duction downward for tobacco. thereby
committing a wholesale robbery against
the producer who has suffered to IN ex-
tent of producing below the cost of pro-
duction. While the farmers have the raw
material in their own hands as advocated
by the Farmers Union they have the key
to the situation, and II they let loose.
what of the result. The expensive cult
waited staple tobacco, will be barga ned to
the highest bidder at half value. and the
throttle of the American Tobacco Com
pany viii be again fastened about their
necks. This paper believes the farmers
are only asking liberal treatment. living
prices. it has been and felt TO what extent
the trust cares for them, only by syste-
matte robbery. and at present. what re
mains to be seen. Whether the men who
own tie raw material VIII be brothers for
the next few years. and place Their hands
there until the monster vomits up Il liv-
ing price. 1t is up to = farmers to he
men. and justly be rewarded upon the oc-
eas.on, now SO handsomely presented.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-10-03

All the Blame Should Not Be Placed on
the Governors Judges, Solicitors and
Those Who Recommend the PardoBs
Should Also Be Criticized.

Lumberton RobeSonianO
The Wilmington Star says that the ac-
ton Of Governor Kitchin in committing 10
life Imprisonment the sentence OF Il VIII
mington negro murderer who was sen
fenced to be electroeuted Friday does not
meet with the approval of the people of
that city who have been somewhat
alarmed over the large number Of homi-
cides among the coIored people during
the past few months" The pardouing
power is one that is bound to give a Gov
ernor lots of trouble. Governor kit"hin
has exercised it freely. many think too
freely, but what is a Governor to do when,
as in this Wilmington case. the tTaI
Judge. the solicitor and the twelve men
who found him guilty recommend cOmmu-
tation? We don't envy the Governor Lis
pardoning power at all.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-10-03

Once upon a Time two Mavericks
lived together in a Cubby-Hole in a
European Hotel in a surging Metrop-
oils.
They worked for a grinding Corpo-
ration, each pulling down q Stipend
that enabled him to indulge in Musi-
cal Comedies, Rotation Pool, Turkish
Cigarettes, Link Buttons and other
Necessities of Life.
Often they would put their Feet on
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-10-03
Up TO THE SOLICITORS.
What Are They Going to 30 H3'"'
Men Who Make Themselves l:i'ia
lacio GniitYo

(Washington PrOgreas-I
The names of all parties .
State who hold United St tes Ire--s
to sell liquor has been ~puh--f@s
TIE holding of UGH license : pE."'t
faCie evidence that liquor Is 'e.i-
sold The question is what sal II"
erious solicitors and Otter c6'
whose duty it is 10 enforce the L5"
do about this matter? The. %H''
W here to find the evidence and u me-
fail to utilize il the public oL3 -
sit up 4 take notice OF the i@~-
It is no likely that Any one IS Pa
triotic enough TO pay Uncle sam -
for a license and thcn not u G IL
such an one wants 10, do a chaTllAit1
acj he CT she woI!i prefe- 70 10 -
through some Other
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-10-03
Other Judges Should Do Likewise

fSnow Hill Standard-LacOnjc.p
Last week Judge PEBBLES over ~
Smithfield fined a fellow 500 Tor
selling cigarettes to a minor III
the officials would get busy and some
other judges in North Carolina W"uld
do likewise the school fund wound
grow in d hurry. On the streets 81.
any town one may see BOYS OF all age
putting away. Where do they tf'
them? In nine cases out Of ever
ten they buy them
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-10-03

the Radiator and talk about the Flu
ture.
They said that every Man should
have a Home of his Own. To the
Beanery thrice a Day and then back
to the Kennel was no Life for q re-
fined Caucasian.
Number One had q Theory hat Two
could get along as cheaply as One. if
the Wife Woul practice Rigid Econ
Omy. Rents were lower in the Sub
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-10-03

Man is his own star; and hat soul
tina can
Be honest is the only perfect man.
Fletcher.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-10-03

Inc COMMISSION nelO II TO De 00S1r-
able that "a sufficient number be de-
barred to produce a marked effect
upon the present supply OF unskilled
labor" 1t recognized as possible the
first three of the four methods of ex-
c1usion recommended by organized Ia
Dor, with others, the most significant
Of which was 'the Limitation of the
numbe of each race arriving each
ear to a certain percentage Of the
average Of that race arriving during a
given period Of years"
Congress adjourned in August with
out acting in this matter of pressing
Importance. But it may safely be as
serted that organized abor will not
let it drop. OF what avail are com
missions on congestion in our cities,
state labor exchanges" committees
OF investigation into the condition OF
the poor" surveys Of industrial cen
ters," and similar social reform agen-
cieS or movements, If they do not re-
suit in emphasizing properly the real
menac to the American working
classes and to all American society?
That menace. clearly. lies in the many
millions OF the victims Of poverty and
ignorance, Of wretched government
and backward civilization. in southern
and eastern Europe. To European
steamship companies and great Amer
lean CAPITALISTS their exploitation has
been as mines Of gold n quarries Of
diamonds.
n talks OF culture. long and deep,
Though Ann, indeed, is not mag
netic.
She talks until I fall asleep
A sort Of gentle Ann esthetic.
| OF fair Louise / sing for she's
A dream in bathing suit Of blue.
! She Sc emed today a. mermaid gay,
And thus l met my water Lou.
There's Anna; she was quite morose;
To melanoholia she seemed fated.
She married. Now she's quite jocose,
The wedding made her Anna mated
aurora causes me to sigh,
She melts my hear that's far from
callouS.
Light of my life. She's really my
Most bright aurora b~orealis.
Town Topics.
Bebbars must be no choosers-Beaumont
and Fletcher.
Jack shall pipe and I'LL shall dance
George Wither. ~
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-10-03

Bebbars must be no nmo,,
and Fletcher.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-10-03

Jack shall pipe and ILL ehau .no>
George Wither. ~"
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1911-03-04
Silver Horn of Plenty.

Ed Hu.cr, superintendent of the Sill
yer Horn Mines company made a tria!
shipment of ore from the streak that
runs from one to six inches in width in
the 200 foot level and gave returns of
about $50. 90. In the 100 foot, level
this ore body is in evidence thus STOW
ing its continuity between the two
levels that are 100 feet apart The
driving of these levels is opening up
these veins in n most encouraging man
ner. This property will be cut by the
Burns Moore tunnel, when projected
under the claims, at depth of over
1000 feet. This should show very
large vein il the same proportion of in
crease IN width continues as is now in
evidence and there can scarcely be any
doubt about it MIR. Mclean had me
of the ore assayed this week that
showed 6. 20 in gold, 1912 ounces in sill
ver and while no assays was made for
the copper. yet it is estima ed that it
Will run from ten to twelve percent
in this copper.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1911-03-04
Telegraph Your Letters.

The Western Union Telegraph Com
pany inaugurated March II new form
of telegraph service called the Day
Letter which we believe, will immedi-
ately commend itself to you as afford
ing decided advantages in telegraph.
CORE spondence. The Day Letter is
designed to be the day companion TO
the Night Letter, which doubtless you
have used on many occasions. The
rate charged for boy Letter of fifty
words or less is one asd one half times
the Night Letter rate snd for each ad-
ditional ten words Or s,s ona-fiftn the
initial charge. Day letters are to be
written in plain En- lsh, thus avoiding
the delays and complications of code
words a code language. They may
be filed at any time and are to be trans
mitted as the facilities of the company
may permit during business hours, full
rate kilograms having priority of trans
mission. As the wires of the Company
are in much demand during the mid
day hours it is advisable that Day
Letters be filed as early in the day as
possible Day letters will be accepted
at all offices of the Western Union for
transmission to any of its offices in the
United States. The Day Letter and
the Night Letter give to the United
States the cheapest telegraph service
in the world and enable the business
man to conduct his correspondence by
wire with all the advantages that re-
suit from saving time elimination OF
distance and the immediate stten tion
invariably accorded to kilograms.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1911-03-04
Visits Old Home

After an absence Of nearly forty
years, Judge Walter S. Hobbs, Of the
Chambers County Court, Georgetown,
Clear Creek County, Colo, has re
turned to New Orleans for a short
visit. He is accompanied by his wife.
They are guests of his neice, Mrs.
Corale Reams.
Judge Hobbs was born and reared
here and was orphaned while boy
He received excellent training in the
Offices of the late Judge A l.. 7 ssot
and former Senator Benjamin F.
Jonas, and 1870 decided to strike out
for the West going to study old Spanish
land grants.
He spent nineteen years in SanFran-
cisco and Los Angeles and became
prominent in law there. Afterwards
he went to New York, but the lure Of
the West called him back and after
spending some time in Chicago he tar
ted for Cripple Creek. He did not get
he has been ever since. He practieed
law successfully and was active in
politics. He is serving his first time
on tue bench, and has made a splendid
record. 1t is scarcely necessary to say
Judge Hobbs is still a Democrat.
81 have not had an opportunity to
get around much as yet. said Judge
Hobbs, but am very much impressed
with the tran forr, tioo that has takap
place in New Orleans. When | lived
here my home was in the old French
section, and it is not greatly altered,
but the business in other parts of the
city have grown amazingly and ak de
I lighted TO see evidences on every side
of prosperity"
Judge Hobbs expects to be here for
ten days. Tho Daily States, New Or
leans, La.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1911-03-04
Why Not Party Ticket?

The siftings-N ews has advocated the
selection of . straight republican n tick
ct. It believes that is is the true
political course to pursue There are
many voters who agr ee with this prop
osition. There can be 10 valid except
ions taken to this position because po-
litically it is right. Yet it seems that
those who have the laying out of plans
think that the old custom of indepen
ent tickets should be c-ntinued. |,
simply means 4 ticket without party
behind it to be responsible for its acts.
1t means that individual responsibility
is to bs called into account with
out the res possibility of party
and party members. This policy
Of straight ticket will euentu-
ally prcva !, unless commission form
of government is adopted when there
can be true, non-psrtisan election and
when strife and bitterness will be lar
gsly eliminated. A number of the in
fuential citizens met last Wednesday
night to talk over the coming election.
1t is stated that there was much en-
thusiasm and that the conditions were
carefully gone ovar. The canvas was
made of men for positionz, and while 1T
does not appear to be the intention to
call 4 republican caucus, yet the men
mentioned for the positions are for the
most part republicans. The meme OF
George Hanson was most favoraoly
mentioned for mayor, while that of Ed,
Rouse WAS mentioned for clerk. They
are both good men auc excellent citi-
zens. 1t is also learned that in the
hrst ward E NJ. Moseript and VIM.
Pearc e; lnthe second, 2. J. Peterson
and jeff Clark; in the fourth, W. J
Woodward and A. A. Warren: in the
fifth, George Curnow and al. Akin
have been most favorably mentioned
while in the third the names Of A. e.
Straub and P. P. Barbour have beer
talked of. They are all representative
citizens and if nominated and electec
would undoubtedly look after the city:
interests in an economical but not par
simonious manner.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1911-03-04
Notice Of Annual Meeting

The annual meeting Of
The Idaho Springs CONNER
cial Assoc: alton will! be held
at the office Of the City Clerk
on Monday, March I3, 1911,
at eight o'clock p. m. for the
purpose Of electin2 Board
of Trustees, consisting of
eleven members, for the en-
suing year, and to transact
such other business as may
roperly come before said
meeting.
John H. Edwards,
Vice e>President.
lanes Underhill,
Secretary.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1911-03-04
, Seeking Sanitarium Property

For several days parties from st
Paul, Minnesota, have been stopping
at the Sanitarium baths, having for
their object the investigation of the
conditions there with the idea of inves-
ting in the new company that has
taken lease on the property and that
i'd now raising necessary funds to carry
out their part Of the agreement So
far the old company is concerned it
is stated on good authority that their
end of the de al is in shane to be ma
tured Just as soon as the new people
complies herewith The visitors are
w. H. Robins, who was here "A few
weeks ago for the same purpose, E.
J Seitz, NJ Ryan and Fred Michel all
of St Paul On Thursday George d
Parks of Denver arrived in the city to
confer with these parties and lcoi over
the property He is the active promo
ter of the Idaho Springs Sanatorium
and Resort company. On account OF
sickness he has been somewhat retar-
It'd in the work getting things in
shape In an interview with him he
stated that 1.-The deal would go throug h
and brought to full consumatio1 just
fast as could be DONE. The new com
pany is doing extensive advertising of
the springs.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1911-03-04
Boys Organize Lodge

Several of our enterprising young
men have organized what is known as
the o. NJ. club. Its object is social
and self improvement and advance
ment. For the present their place of
meeting will be in the basement under
the w. L. Shaffer assay office. The
officers for the present tern are:
Presideat-Paul Roberts.
Vice Prssioent-Noble King.
Secretary-Trsasurer-Phillip Ander-
son.