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The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1911-12-23
PROFIT IN POSTAL SERVICE
Annual Report Shows Remarkable
Record Made Under Republican
Administration.

The auditor for the post once de-
partmeut. Charles A. kram, has sub
mitted TO the postmaster general his
annual report showing the financial op-
erations OF the post Office department
for the fiscal year ended June so. 1911.
The audited revenues were $231 49,
$50. the audited expenditures $237.-
Gas. .Ses6s. and the surplus. after de-
ducting all losses. $2l9.11s.12 This is
the FIRST time since the fiscal year 1888
that the postal service has been con-
Quoted at q net profit to the govern
ment In "a months the conduct OF
the postal service has resulted In
changing a deficit of s11.47s.770.F for
the fiscal year 1909 to a surplus OF
s2l9,11s12 for the fiscal year 1911.
During the fiscal year 1911 there
were 8l.e06, ,027 domestic money or
ders issued. aggregating $500. .o34.-
432.52. and 4.060.413 international
money orders issued. Aggregating $780,
6sl .2l1.s5. The ratio of increase in
the number of international money or
ders issued for payment In foreign
countries was not as great by is per
cent as II was one year ago
In addition to the data usually fur
nished relative to revenues. expendi-
tures and appropriations. the post Of
fee department is. for the first time
in its history. furnished with state
meut of its financial condition show
Ing the assets and liabilities at the
close of the fiscal year. This state
ment shows that. in addition TO the
funds in the hands OF postmasters and
others. more than $4,000. 600 is held by
the treasurer and assistant treasurers
of the United States for the use of the
postal service, and that more than Sc.
100000 is similarly held for use of the
money order service.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1911-12-23

herculean. The soil, however. is fer
tile and although it is cultivated by
hand, or by the rudest OF farming I'm
plements, not an available foot of 1t is
permitted TO go TO waste Fences.
which occupy space, are rare in
China Even grass, which In compar-
isDn with grains. such as wheat. bar
ley and corn. eonduces less to the
support Of life is denied room, Fish
IS abundant and rice is the staple
food for the bulk OF the population.
All decayng matter is returned to the
soil to fertilize ii and. thus replen-
ished. the land continues TO yield rich
haryests
In the mechanical arts the Chinese
are as Industrious and patient as in
the cultivation OF the soil. but they
lack the tools and. more than the
tools, that spirit OF initiative and prog
ress which means success today. In
some of the arts they are wonderfully
skilled. But as an industrial people,
as the term is understood in progress
sive America. they lag far behind
Some Great Achievements.
To the student of history they seem
a different people from those who
built the Grand canal, the most re-
narkable waterway in the world; who
carried the Great Wall over rivers
mountains and canons for nearly l 800
miles as a barrier against Tartar in
vasion. who first devised the system
crude as it was. OF movable type and
who first used explosives in the art Of
warfare. This was. however. before
the period when their national life
seemed to crystalline and progress
was turned backward.
Among the monuments of mankind
the Great Wall is unique. 1t includes
a greater mass OF masonry than all
the works of ancient Rome and Egypt
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1911-12-23
Built Up Under Protection.

The youngest industry of its size in
the United States is that OF the cleo
tric railways. Twenty-Five years ago
ii was a dream. Now the companies
running electric railways are capital
iZed at total of $4,000. 100000. en-
ploy 100000 persons and pay them
$3.50, ,0oo. 900 a year That is an aver
age Of 5000 for each employe. There is
not a sane man in the United States
who will claim that that could have
been possible in free trade country
containing no more than go 900 600
people. even though ii were admitted
that the people as a whole would have
been fairly prosperous under free
trade; for instance. as prosperous as
the people of England are now. There
is nothing on which to base an esti-
mate that that tremendous new bust
ness would have been developed in
this country under an industrial sys-
tenn different from protective tariff No
other country has anywhere near ap-
proximated that development in pro-
portion TO its population. More than
10, ,0oo. 100000 fares are taken on the
trolley ears in year. That means
gross income OF $40 600 900 year on
1850 railways, which run 100000 cars
on $50, 900 miles of track. And that is
all new business in a quarter of cen
tury. The estimate of men in the in
dustry is that the carrying capacity OF
the electric roads will be more than
doubled in the next 25 years, provided
the country goes on with its prosperity
and does not have to haul up on the
sidings and wait for the free trade pro-
cession to expend its hot air energy
Worcester Telegram
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1911-12-23
The Corooration Tax.

The report Of the commissioner OF
internal revenue shows that the cor
poration tax brought in $33i05.s5l In
the fiscal year ending with June 80
last. In that period 1.112 new corpo-
rations became subject to the tax,
bringing the number up to o,202 with
a capital stock aggregating $61.Ss6,-
430,5l9. The aggregate net income OF
these companies was $3,360.250.64z
This is an increase of 1924. .564.5 in
year.
1t will be recalled that the corpora
ton tax was bitterly fought because
IT would put hobbies on business.
cause the abandonment OF the joint
stock scheme for the partnership
scheme. turn corporations into insti-
tutions the principal product OF which
would be lies and. after all that. fail
to bring in income enough to warrant
the levy.
Time does play the mischief with
prophets.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1911-12-23
Tarln on Meats.

A cent and a half a pound is all tina.
stands between US and free trade in tho
Canadian, Australian and other foreign
meats that are supposed to be shut
out Yet the prices OF these products
ffuctuate far more than a cent and .
half. up and down. The antitarin agt-
tators go so far as to say the extor-
tionate prices are caused by this tar
III. Some of them even stoop to mis-
representation by denying that the
Payne-Aldrich law reduced the tAria
at all But it did reduce it by IS pei
cent, which is one of the reasons the
farmers OF the west are SO dissatisfe
with it-Brooklyn Standard Union.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1911-12-23
Clothes Her Hens,

Colorado Springs, Colo.-Mrs. e.
stocker OF Colorado City. rather than
see her chickens. which had moulted
late In the season, suffer from the
cold, has made neatly fitting coats
which button under the wings and ha1
provided the chickens with soft fian-
mel caps. fastened with dainty colored
ribbons that tie under the beaks Of
the fowls. The chickens strut about
apparently comfortable, and from ali
indications are proud Of their clothes.
Mrs Stocker said that the hens, Just
to show their gratitude, are laying
eggs to their full capacity every day
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1911-12-23

-aqueducts and pyramids-con bined
Twenty feet high, IS feet wide at the
base and Is feet at the top. with
huge towers from 81 to so feet high
rising at intervals of 100 yards for
the accommodation OF armed men, 1t
is carried over a broken country a
distance of 1859 miles. And this
great work-the most supendous line
OF defense ever erected by man-was
built more than 200 years before
Christ. while the shadow of ancient
Rome lay over the world
The Chinese race has had its win
ter and now it seems that this won
derful people have again reached
spring in the cycle of the centuries
The shackles of a benumbins con-
servatism are being broken and the
leaders OF the race while reverent Of
the past are looking toward the fu-
ture-toward light and power and
progress
The revolutionary movement today
is more than anti-dynastic. II means
more than the expulsion Of the Man
chus. who have lorded 1t over the
Chinese since they were called in to
aid in the suppression OF a rebellion
in 1913 and finding the country so
good and so favorable concluded 20
remain. Corrupt as may have been
many OF the Manchu rulers. they
cannot justly be charged with all the
miseries which have aflicted China
during the period OF their ascendancy.
These evils. while undoubtedly aug.
mented by Manchu rule. may be
traced to the system under which the
spirit Of Chinese progress has been
throttled-a system which was found.
ed by her sages and which during
thousands Of years has become crys
talized in her national character.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1911-12-23
STATUTE MADE PLAIN
PRESIDENTS MESSAGE ON TRUST
QUESTION MOST TIMELY.
Evils Of Monopolistie Organization
Curbed Without Injury to LesitI-
mate eusiness-System Worthy
Of Consideration Outlined.

The initial message OF the president
10 congress was devoted exclusively 10
the antitrust statute The president
view of the situation with regard 10
the suppression Of illegal combinations
is that the statute Of 1890 is vindicat-
ing itself IL is recognized that early
cases were used to create an opinion
that the Law is futile and that the
knight case especially seemed 10 re-
NIT to the states old power with re-
gard to suppressilg the evils OF mo-
nopoiistic organization. The message
recognizes the error of that judgment,
but holds that il has been corrected
by further decisions. The STANDARD
Oil and tobacco cases especially are
specified as showing a drastic and el
fective means of abolishing the wrong
without destroying the legitimate po"
er to do business. With regard to the
forms OF dissolution adopted in the
two cases the message seems rather
optimistic
1t is, however, true that IL the com
panies or stockholders OF the new com
pauies created by reorganization COM
bine or attempts to combine TO nam
tain arbitrary prices they will be liable
FOR contempt against the present de-
cree or TO fine and Imprisonment un-
der fresh proceedings. II, therefore.
the prosecuting officials and courts are
persistent and vigilant in enforcing
the DEGREES the dissolution method
will turn out to have accomplished its
purpose.
A very timely word is said b. the
president in answer to the claim that
the statute is indefinite and that men
may. while intending to observe the
law, unwsttingly do some act that
brings them under its penalties. The
answer to this hypothetical case, says
the president. lis that when men at
tempt to amass such stupendous capt
tai as to enable them to suppress com
petition. control prices and establish
a monopoly they know IL. Men do not
do such a thing without having ii
clearly in mind" That is the exact
truth. and IT may be added thereto
that the real complaint is not that II
penalties innocent wrongdoing-if
We may imagine such paradoX-out
that it incIusively prohibits the aim OF
suppressing competition.
Having stated the Importance and
value of what has been established,
the president sees no objection and
comedies decided advantages in the
enactment of a law which shall de
scribe and denounce methods OF com
petition which are unfair and are
badges of the unlawful purpose de-
nounced in the antitrust law. He
therefore outlines a system of volun-
tary federal charters, with federal
corporation commission. defining and
prohibiting specific acts or sets OF acts
that are unlawful all to be supplement
tary to the general law and to aid in
its enforcement but not TO take its
place or narrow its general prohibi-
tions.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1911-12-23
real name is Elsie Cotton. but when,

real name is Elsie Cotton. but when.
at very youthful age, she appeared
in the provinces" as a member of a
theatrical troupe she was appropriate
ly called Lily" by enthusiastic ad-
mirers and SO as Lily Elsie" she has
since been known. Her rise 10 one
of the romances of the stage.
While yet in her teens she became
a favorite in London and at the time
Of her marriage, which took place re-
Gently, was reckoned as the most
beautiful and winsome actress in all
the vast English metropolis. Natur-
ally, titles and fortunes have been
laid at her dainty feet, but OF them
all the Yorkshire Lily choose the dig
nified Scotchman. For her is pre-
dicted a triumphant reign as a society
queen, for even the haughtiest Of
aristocrats are forced to own her
charm.
The illustration shows Lily Elsie
clad in her wedding gown which was
copied from one worn by the famous
Empress Josephine.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1911-12-23
Why He Wanted to Go Home.

A man who takes his vacation IN
northern Michigan every summer
brought back to Cleveland the ottN
day man-seryant who had neI 81
been in a city before. The sights arr
scenes along Euclid avenue impressed
him peculiarly. Recently he went 10
his employer and said:
Mr.. Ebergardt, 1 guess I'll have to
go back home"
why, jim, haven't we treated you
well here?"
'Yep-treatmetn's all right. But I'm
scared about my health"
Are you sick, JIM"
Nope But | seen four funerals
goin' past this house today, and guess
Cleveland amt a healthy town"
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1911-12-23
PARTY Know, Only One Plan.

Not one of the % investigating com
mittees which were constituted in the
Democratic house during the extra ses-
sion, with the hope that they would
nose out something valuable for cam
paign uses next year. has made a find
that is worth mentioning by stump
orator even out in Oklahoma or down
in Texas But the Democratic party
never learns by experience. The Dem
ocratic house will doubtless continue
to play politics, even unto its finish.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1911-12-23
Regulating the Trusts.

Practically every newspaper and
every public or business man with
standing enough to expect to be
quoted but has . positive conviction
that something should be done with
and about the trusts Nobody seems
to favor . donothing policy. And
there are = dozen well-de6ned poll
cies advocated Let us repeat,"'In q
multiple OF counsel there Is safety. :"
There IL no safety either in jumping
at conclusions or declaring that your
plan Is the only one that will work
St Joe Gazette
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1911-12-23
cANDLEsTlcKs USED IN 1929
loom Pair That Make the Antique
Searchers Envious.

Indiana napolis.-Mrs. George Bolin,
S39 South Delaware street, is the pos
SCISSOR OF pair of parlor candlesticks
that would make the eyes Of the
searcher for the antique glow with
covetousness. They are OF solid
glass, as clear as crystal and Of per
feet smoothness, and weigh within .
fraction Of three pounds. They arc
twelve inches high and are cupped
to hold a receptacle for candles.
Mrs. Bolin has the candlestfcks As
an heirloom They were handed down
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1911-12-23
A Cruel Question.

Skeezick's car had turned turtle, and
as he sat gloomily contemplating the
situation Uncle Silas reined in his nag
and stopped outside.
Turned over. hain't she?' he OBJ
served.
yep, said Skeezick, shortly.
want TO sell?" asked Uncle Silas.
Yes" said Skeezick. III sell out
cheap"
whats your upset price, asked
Uncle Silas with a grin.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1911-12-23
Grabbing the PIums.

did yes notice, Pat, that Read Ad-
miral Hugo Osterhaus was in com
mand ay the fleet that President Taft
reviewed in New York the other day."
''Yis''
@+And the sicretary av the navy is
a man be the name av Mayer"
rs he?"
And Schultz got the autymobile fer
bein' the best player in the Naytional
league? Dinnis, the furriners are
breakn' in everywhere over here"
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1911-12-23
IN THE GARB OF AN EMPRESS
So Gowned london's Most Popular
Actress Becomes the Bride OF
Scotch Laird.

London.-From a little Yorkshire
lassie. playing barefooted and tousle-
headed about the streets Of the quaint
English town where she was born,
TO be the bride OF Ian Bullough. q
Scotch land owner Of a vast estate.
and holding an honored place in the
highest social circles Of Great Britain
such. in brief. has been the re-
markable career Of Lily Elsie. Her
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1911-12-23

The farmers free list includes foot
wear fro,u abroad. where wages are
from IS to $3.50 a week against SIS
to S25 in this country. Such competi
tion would bring wages down or close
American shoe factories up.-Norwich
(Conn) Bulletin
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1911-12-23
A Prophecy.

We predict that within the next fve
years, the tariff In the United States
will be taken entirely out Of politics.
and that the combined principles OF
protection and tariff commission will
be so thoroughly established that
every rational citizen will look back
with amazement at the methods which
have hitherto Observation-Disclosures
Wool and Cotton Reporter.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1911-12-23
Fair Method Of Procedure.

Let US try out" the antitrust law
for a while. but let US remember that
1t applies not to machines or lifeless
organizations. but to men presumably
endowed with knowledge Of good
and evil" and capable Of applying tho
rule OF reason" to their conduct
New York Journal of Commerce.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1911-12-23
a Cautious Customer.

Il don't like these fuzzy hats" de-
clared the man.
"Here'c something nobby in a der
by" said the salesman.
Il don't care for a derby the depth
of 4 soup plate
These are the only models We
have"
We'll. gimme a dozen Of each. Id
better lay in a stock before the styles
get any worse"
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1911-12-23
One on George.

"Oh, my" she exclaimed impatient
ly. We'll be sure TO miss the first
act. We've been waiting god many
minutes for that mother of mine"
Hours, should say" he replied
rather tartly.
Ours" she cried joyfully oh.
George, this is so sudden." -
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1911-12-23
Ancient candlesticks,

from her grandmother. Mrs. John B.
Crawford. ST.. late of New Albany
Mrs. Crawford. with her husband. set
tied in New Albany in 1929 and tho
candlesticks were part Of their house,
hold equipment. The candlesticks
we're highly priced in those days and
were admired by all visitors to the
Crawford home.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1911-12-23
Fairness to Sherman Law.

II the (Sherman) law fails OF Its OBJ
ject. after trial. then repeal or amend
ment would be in order. To throw
overheard a statute intended to cor
rect admitted evils. without first put
ting it to the test, is like hanging q
man for murder without actual proof
that the murdered man is not still
alive.-Philadelphia Record.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1911-12-23
innocen

Rastns-"What you think is de mat
tab wifi me, doctah2 ?"
Doctor-"Oh, nothing but the chick
enpox, guess.
Rastus tgetting nervous)-l clare
OF NAH honor, doctor. | amt been
nowhar [ could ketch dat"
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1911-12-23
Name the Policy,

That cheerful optimist, Speaker
Champ Clark. says in recent inter
view: My general impression is that
the Republicans are more split than
they have ever been. and the Demo
Gratis are more thoroughly united than
they have been at any time since
1892" On what? On the Clark policy
of Canadian annexation buffalo
Commercial
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1911-12-23
To Be Taken Seriously.

Take advantage OF your opportuni-
ties, but don't take advantage" OF
them.
1t seldom requires very strong
levee to Withstand a flood Of generos-
fly.
You can't convince an average man
that he isn't little above the ay-
erage.
He who knows who to make much
Of little generally base something to
spare.
Sometimes when you say writer IS
beyond his depth, it simply means he
is beyond your depth.
When you begin to suspect fault
in yourself you may be sure it is quits
plain to others.
Most OF US feel that we could have
done great things il it hadn't been
for the little things.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1911-12-23
Her Daily Habit.

i've been courting girl lately. but
I think I'll stop seeing her, as I'm
sure as a wife she won't do
Who is she?"
She's telephone girl.
"Ha, That's why she won't an
swer."
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1911-12-23
A Roorback.

Wise men make proverbs and fools
quote them,' observed A
That's so," agrees B. BY the way.
who was the author Of that one?"
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1911-12-23
AND NEW YEAR HOL1.
DAY EXCURSION FARES
VIA
THE DENVER 4 RIO GRANDE
RATURnAn

the Scenic LlAo Of the W0e1F ,
One fare for the round trip between all
stations in Colorado and New Mex
leo on the Denver 4 Rio Grande
system, also correspondingfy 10"
rates to points on other lines.
Tickets on sale December -. -. IS, 50.
81 and January I, between all sta
tions in Colorado and New Mexico.
Denver. Colorado springs. Manitou.
Pueblo, Trinidad. Canon City. Saiiae
and intermediate points and La vets
Dolores. Telluride. Ridgway and In
termediate points.
Final Return Limit January 3, 1vlA
For Rates and full particulars, call On
Rio Grande Agent.
FRANK A. WADLBI6A01
General Passenger AleA
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1911-12-23
HOMESEEkERS ExcU RSiO
RATES TO TEXAS AND NEW
MEXICO POINTS DUR =.
ING 1911

On the first and third Tuesdays0
each month during the entire year
The Colorado and Southern Rail.
way will sell round trip homeseekers'
excursion tickets to a great many
points in New Mexico and Texas at
greatly reduced rates. Final limit
Is days allowing liberal stop-over
privileges. For detailed Information.
rates, ETC., call on your nearest Colo.
RADIO and Southern agent or address T.
E. Fisher. General Passenger Agent.
Denver. Colo.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1911-12-23

'-Mr Bryan has his eye on the presi-
dency." But William Is too shrewd
to have any money on It
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1911-12-23

BON |. LOOK Gsa Dsnlsr Sn.s II all Kind. Of nL..
log mailed free. Cor. 18th 4 Blake. Denver.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1911-12-23

HE history Of the human race
affords no more interesting
study than that OF the huge
Chinese empire. which after a
slumber of many centuries is
Decorah-posten og ved arnen., 1911-02-14

Sen. 9Ianco bar m meaet minore
Stprfe unber liz en- Rnporro.
SpiS 9aparro mar %SliareS isrit,
oil Gen. Sro5co rimeIispiS bli nsbt
til at opgipe ansrebet, ielp ON ban
IfuIoe faa unoi9tning baaoe ira Ella.
mis- % 9Ionco.
Sen. alanis bipuafereoe iaaar
Nat i Saraspia, Ell Ii0en 2anosbp
pna Den merifanife SIDE al Iio
@ranoe ~ Nil / Eit berira. s Nat.
tens Sob bIep Der fra ben amerifanife
SIDE al SIooen ienOt BAN betpoe.
.lige acknowledgements, og ioag
9forges par ban foriounoet. Oct on.
tases, at ban bar itsOt til General
Srosco.
en- fombineret gioeIing american.
tie reguIGre Sropper o. NotionoI.
aarOilter itoppebe ibag en- Slot pao
81 Werifanere, iom ira Den alneri.
fanife Sine at 6Ipben is9te at iette
oper til Sprsrernes 2eir paa Den
an0en.
Decorah-posten og ved arnen., 1911-02-14
en- ~laneparie Jloebrano

granop9ienet / 9&tp Dorf giorbe
/ 9srbags anmeloeli, ON, at oct net.
op par lpffeoes bet at faa iliiffet en-
Slbebranb, iom bar paret ~uaibruot |
oper to Mar.
SIben uobrso t 1908 pao 8ifer's
SsIano / Gait &iuer; Ben bar opitaoet
paa en- Strpfnirg, iom par inc.
purtoet fra Slooen peb at Itprtc aife
og dn0et affaIo Ganbet inoenfor en-
et Stnffe noe / 6looen opisrt Otur.
3robs Hegn og Sne og @runbppie.
nets ~gientagne InitrrugcIier bar 81
ben itaoig bolot iig ilipe. Non fro.
zoe, man bapoc fnaet 9ugt meo ben,
men bebit iom oet bar, log Den after
no igien / Spr og Slomme. s Scr.
bags bIep en- 8reu al ielpe 6looen
lebet inb per StrPfningen, og Oei
bialp.