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Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1911-11-25
Called Deal Stealing,

"'Mr. Gates, we've got laws in our
country. To do what you want to 90
would land us in jail. Mr.. Rockefeller
with his s70.O00,0O0 can't make us
do that.
Il turned to Gates and said: Mr.
Gates, you came from John ID. Rookie
Teller. Go back to John ID. Rookie
Teller and tell him that when l steal
for a living | will steal for myself.
ut was soon after this interview
that was notified that we wolld have
twenty-four hours. 10 take up our
Rockefeller loan. There | was with
all my stocks up--stocks that | have
never seen since. | didn't have money
enough to get home. with. Gates seem
ed to be amazed to think that | would
not do what he wanted me to do and
at one time told me | would have to
walk home on thu ties"
Merritt said that he had never been
able to realize just how Rockefeller
took over his stock.
II know | went to New York think
ing we were worth several millions
After II was ever | was left without 8
cent. l. hadn't even fare home, and
when | got home my people wouldn't
have enough for car tickets. | was q
| wreck physically and mentally for 9
long time. My brother, Cassius. 9
stronger man than l. died from the
4 shock OF the affair"
Representative Beall asked Merritt
whether he understood when he put
up his collateral with Rockefeller thai
it was only for a short time, and b
| said that he SO understood,
I II was assured all the time, sait
Merritt, that the collateral would b.
up only a short time. Gates told me
that. Gates was my Rockefeller
What was the value of your sc
curities put up to cover that Rookie
Teller loan?" asked Mr.. Beall. "Abou
ten Million" Merritt answered.
Then your negotiations with Rock
efeller lasted only few months?
YES" ~.
at the end OF that time did yo
own the railroad" No
What did you haye?" Il had
chance to walk from New York t
Duluth op the ties That was all
had in sight ~ -@.,.. p.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1911-11-25
Accused of Crushing First
Owners of Ore Lands.
STEEL PROBE OFF FOR TIME
Witness Declares Oil Magnate's
Manager, Who is Preacher, Lied
to Him in Deal in Which
He Lost All.

| Washington, Nov 20. John ID
| Rockefeller Will be called to appeal
| before the house steel trust investi
| eating committee and tell the detail:
| OF how he got hold of ore and railroad
properties now owned by the United
States Steel corporation and valued al
| 800, 100000.
This declaration was made by Rep
iec.alative Stanley, chairman OF the
probers, after the committee had
heard Leonidas Merritt, with bitter.
ness that lent emphasis to his utter.
ances, ana at times fairly beside him.
self with pent-up rage, tell a personal
narrative OF his dealings with Rookie
Teller and how the latter had forced
him out OF business in Minnesota.
With the expressed determination
Of the chairman to have Mir. Rookie
Teller appear, the committee adjourn
ed not to met again until after con-
gress convenes
The lands and railroad properties
involved were controlled and largely
owned a few years ago by Alfred and
Leonidas Merritt. The former declar-
ed and the latter reiterated that the
''oil king got the properties by call
ing a loan OF less than $l,000,000 in
the panic days of 1893, although the
Merritts said that they had been as
sured by Rev. Gates, chief almoner
now for Rockefeller, that they would
not be pushed for the loans
Alfred Merritt also declared his be-
lief that Rockefeller had closed the
financial world to him so that he could
not redeem his properties within the
year allowed by. Rockefeller.
1t also was declared that the Rev
Gates. who figured in the witness ae-
count as the intermediary of the @otl
king" who brought about the crushing
OF Merritt and his brother. Alfred
Merritt, would be summoned as q
witness.
Mr.. Merritt declared that it was. at
ter he had turned down proposition
from Mr. Rockefeller. which he char
acterized as stealing" that RoekefeL
Ter called upon him to pay million
dollar loan and brought about his
downfall. The proposition, Mr.. Merritt
said, came through Rev. Gates, Mr..
Rockefeller's almoner.
The witness said that Gates out
lined to him how Mr.. Rockefeller and
his interests could throw him and his
brother out of the company to protect
other interests, but as they had borne
the burden and heat" OF the daS he
believed that they should reap the
benefits
Gates said Mr.. Rockefeller would
rather deal with u.s." Merritt contin-
ued, land If we would deal with him
we could remain in the company and
be taken care OF. In order to do that
he said we would have to do the wilE
OF Rockefeller. listened in amaze
ment when he said that IL Rockefeller
protected us the stocks of others
would be thrown down, and he mem
toned the names of several men. My
brother. who was present. turned to-
Mr.. Gates and said:
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1911-11-25

Old uaDers ir sa;e at this office
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1911-10-07

ter. Energy Determination! Those
two words explain why some men
reach fame, wealth and power Those
qualities absent and no man will leave
much of an impress upon his genera
ton. To use as example the great
founder of this state, Brigham Young.
\ pcrscn who knew Inn well re1iA; K
ed recently, He could not be downed
He went forward in the course he had
determined upon, surmounted eveTv
obstacle, overcame every difficulty
What splendid tribute to pay to
man. And the secret of his success
was that he believed in himself and
knew he could accomplish evcry task
laid before him. Let the inspiring
words by young Knafman sound In
every ear. '1f you don't believe in
yourself you've lost before you've
fought"
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1911-10-07

" is worthy of the political deina-
gogery of Lafollette. Bourne, Borah
ana the others that they should ar.
rcgate to themselves the term pro
yressive" Progressive means the abil'
ity and the disposition to go for~a'J
as well as the actually going FOL ward.
The insurgents may set up that they
have the disposition and the ability
to go forward, but they cannot bring
forth scintilla of evidence to show
that they have ever gone forward. In.
asmuch as ability can only be tested
by results. the iDsurgent claim that II
has the ability to go forward may be
doubted in view of the fact that II
never has progressed.
President Taft is real progressive;
the sort of progressive that looks
at results rather than at the route
when is traversed to get those re-
suits. He walks in the middle of the
road as he himself has said; he is
sufficiently progressive to keep NOV.
ing as rapidly as possible and suffi-
ciently conservative to prevent hasty
and lll.considered action. While the
insurgents have Illuminated about pro
gressiveness and secretly have at
tempted to prevent real progressive
ness, the president has followed the
eS en- tenor of his way. doing more for
the people than the insurgents ever
thought of doing, and doing II in
spite of insurgent opposition.
The Cache county Republicans have
done themselves proud. They have re-
Elected the opinions of all the Repub-
lcans of Utah. This state is Loyalty
Republican and personally loyal to
Mr.. Taft
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1911-10-07
RESOLUTIONS COMMENDED.

Last Saturday the Cache County Re
publican Central Committee met aud
passed some resolutions. The people
OF Cache County applauded them.
Now it will be interesting to know
what the people Of the state thinks
of them. The Herald-Republcan TN.
der the caption Utah Republicans
stand Solidly in Support of the Prcsi.
dent" writes as follows: When Mr..
Taft comes to Utah next Thursday he
will he the guest OF state that is
loyal to him and TO his policies His
attitude on the various questions that
have been presented to him since ne
grasped the reins of the national gov
eminent when they were surrendered
by President Roosevelt has becn such
that the Republicans of Utah endorse
| what he has done. The action of the
/ Cache county central committee IN
adopting resolutions of approval and
| support shows the feeling IN that
! prosperous valley and exhibits an ap
probation of the protection the presi
dent has thrown about those indus
tries which are important to thi.
state.
The Cache county Republican
could have hit upon no EXPRESSION
that better exemplifies the spirit Z
) the president and his loyal supporter
Thar the following phrase ir lis resc
lrtions:
Resolved, That we deeIara and W
90 declare that the Republican part
!, Is and has demonstrated that a is tn
: party Of progression persenif'sd 80.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1911-10-07
IN 1910 NEW YORK CITY
EXPENSES WERE $451 200, 900

New York, Oct. 3.-The cost Of run
ming the municipal government of
New York City in 1910. was more
than the combined expenditures of the
10 next largest cities in the United
States, according to the annual report
of the controller. The years cash
payments reached total of $451 $780,
900. OF this sum sSl 100000 went for
improvements, s29,50O for interest and
$2OS. 900 for redemption of bonds.
For educational purposes, $35,5O0,-
goo was spent; for the police and fire
departments s44.OOO,OOO and for chart
table purposes $4,000, 900.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1911-10-07

It is said that II all the precious
metals miner in America since the
day of its discovery by Columbus
down to present time were totalled
up. II would amount to $4,000 millions
of dollars. Something incredible. But
not so much as the fact that the value
OF the farm crops in the United
States loses the metal production in
invidious comparison. Statisticians
aver that three crop productions like
We had last year would Just about
counterbalance the $1,000 millions of
metal production. The question now is
What would be the value of the
farm products in the same length of
time?"
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1911-10-07

Resolved, That the American party
in convention assembled request the
President of the United States and
the secretary Of the navy to accept
for the battleship Utah silver service
the silver tray showing "a patriotic de
sign and reject the tray showing the
design of Brigham Young and the
Mormon temple"
This is the resolution passed by the
Bransford-American party convention
at Salt Lake CITY Saturday last.
Bransford has been mayor Of Salt
Lake city now for nearly four years.
He is the man our contemporary new
er loses a chance to sympathize with.
when assailed by the Herald-Republi
can. II has been intimated that the
recent Des Moines plan was intended
to do away with the American party
on account of which our friend down
the street has sent up many a wall.
The above is the Bransford-American
party Tribune resolution. Why don't
our neighbor applaud?
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1911-10-07
Praise for Plano pIavers,

In the course Of the past few years
an ingenious invention has made all
departments Of musical composition IN
certain degree accessible even to
those who are not expert pianists. I
refer to the mechanical plano players.
which were at first looked upon with
suspicion and often with adherence
by professional musicians, but which
are proving themselves an agency of
immense usefulness In diffusing good
music among the people.-Prof. q.
Dickinson, THE Education Of a Mu.
sic Lover"
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1911-10-07
ARREST THE PoTHuNTERs.

Since the duck law opened, the pot.
hunters of the valley have reaped a
big harvest, so we are informed. Not
content with killing during the hours
of sunrise and sunset, we have heard
an incessant bombardment out west
AZ late as SIS in the evening as well
as in the dark of the morning, long he
fore sunup.
Sportsmen, If they are really sports.
men, will rise up against these depre.
dators, as their work not only de.
stroys the sport for legitimate hunters
but is cowardly way to fill the
market basket, especially at the dark
OF morn or night
The law pTescribes heavy penal.
iy for those who violate its provisions,
and this is most vital clause in the
whole law which should be kept in,
tact from the yolators.
1t would be well for the game war
den to have a few legitimate sports
men sworn in as extra deputies, who
Will help see that the laws are strict
ly enforced,
Gentlemen having the sporting in
stinct and who hunt for love of thu
thing, will not violate the provisions
Those who are not gentlemen shout,
be caught and summary death with
The law is supposed to be worke
for good, not an ornament!
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1911-10-07
UNCLE SANS BIG JOB.

According to Frank G. Carpenter
the versatile correspondent Uncle
Sam has undertaken big job for the
betterment of the farmers, the wealth
producers of the United States, and
an idea of what he has cut out for
himself is contained in the following
excerpt, which will be of interest to
Agricultural readers:
But what a mighty job IL is. Think
of going over the United States with
an augur, an inch and half in dia-
meter and three feet in length, and
| boring down into every l0-acre field
! to find what kind of soil il contains.
That is just what Uncle Sam is do
ing. He has already tested the most
of the land of the great plains, and
has actually made soil maps and
working plans for a territory larger
than France, Germany or the Span
ish peninsula. He has mapped and
analysed the soils of considerably
more than lOO,OO0,000 acres in the
eastern part of this country, having
completed the work over enough land
to make four states as big as Illinois.
or five the size OF Ohio or Kentucky.
This testing has been done by
counties or small areas picked out at
some distance apart, so that gen.
eral knowledge of the soils lying be-
tween is already known. 1t shows just
what the soils are. and to what crops
they are adapted and how they may
be improved. 1t has been so done that
we now have fair knowledge of the
soils east of the great plains and maps
have to be made for each county, and
this work will go on for decades 10
come.
An army of experts is now at work
in the dry-plains region, mapping The
country from North Dakota to Texas.
Other experts are testing the places in
the Rocky Mountain basin where the
reclamation plans are being created
and considerable surveying has been
done in California and in other parts
of the Pacific slope, as we'll as in the
gulf states and the Mississippi valley.
The work has been such that we have
now a general outline of our soil ter
ritories as well as accurate knowledge
of about per cent of the whole. The
total land of the United States pro-
per aggregates about 1900 million
acres, and, as / have said, of more
than 100,000,000 acres we have al.
ready completed surveys, The work
began about II years ago. 1t is car
ried on by one of the chief bureaus
OF the agricultural department, whose
scientific laboratories and other ar
rangements are among the finest OF
the government. In addition to the
actual exhaustive surveys, prospecting
surveys have been carried on in many
sections, and there are on file re
quests for 500 and more additional
surveys, covering about one-fifth OF
our country.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1911-10-07
BELIEF IN ONES SELF.

IF you don't believe in yourself
you've lost before you've fought" So
writes young Herbert kaufman IN an
editorial in the Chicago Tribune. It
Is great truth, old as mankind, and
shoulo be constantly sounded in ey
cry mind. The man who lays down IS
the one who is whipped. The man who
persists, rises after he has fallen,
taken heart after he has been revers
ed begins anew and ever anew, with
finn determination not to be downed
Will usually get what he set out az
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1911-10-07

Don't use harsh physics. The reac-
ton weakens the bowels, leads to
chronic constipation. Get Doan's Reg
ulets. They operate easily, tone the
stomach, cure constipation.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1911-10-07

1t is said that the planet Saturn Is
$40, 900 miles away by actual
astronomical mathematics. Travelling
at the rate of 200 miles every twenty
four hours, it would take us $1,000
years to make the journey one way.
Did you ever stop to seriously consid-
er what a wonderful and Incompetent
sible thing this armament is?
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1911-10-07
Changing Hospital Character.

The question in hospitals has grad.
aaiiy become not is this patient poor
enough to be admitted to the hos.
pitalf" but is he Ill enough. or is his
illness Of the kind to require the spe-
ciai services which the hospital is or.
ganized to render?"-British Medical
Journal.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1911-10-07

Bermuda will soon have salt water
fishing preserve covering an aret OF
about five square miles. 1t will be
made by constructing sill OF con
crete across she single narrow open
ing which united Harrington sound
with the ocean, and fixing a screen to
prevent the exit of the fish.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1911-10-07

The average man in health has the
dies, one pound Of nails, carbon suffi-
Gent for 500 pencils, bindings TO siA-
teen octave books, 500 knife handles.
twenty.eight violin strings, twenty
teaspoonfuls salt and one pound of
loaf sugar.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1911-10-07

Emigrants leaving Germany for
other parts of the world are fewer In
number than formerly. In 1882 their
number was above 100000, while that
of last year was but $4,000 In round
numbers. or this $4,000 the emigrants
coming to the United States were 23,-
00O
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1911-10-07

The manufacture of cotton seed pro-
ducts on commercial scale had its
beginning in England, and as late as
1870 that country, with an annual
crush of 200, 900 tons, was the leading
cotton seed oil producing country in
the world.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1911-10-07

Spain is now the worlds greatest
producer Of olive oil. The production
Of olives last year amounted to 1,349,-
473.62O pounds, against 9,076,247 $50 in
1909. Olive oil to the value of S4,i74,-
$50 was exported last year.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1911-10-07

one farm exclusively for opossums
has been started in Gippsland, Victor
la, which comprises 1000 acres of
eucalyptus bush land. Another Farm
comprising 500 acres has been started
in southern Tasmania and another of
$50 acres i'm New South Wales.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1911-10-07

The death duties collected in France
during 1909 amounted to over $4,000
0oO. The estates concerned numbered
bout 375.O 900, with an aggregate net
value above thousand million dol.
lars.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1911-10-07

There are ninety-three postoffices
in the five principal islands of Hawaii.
These islands have telephone systems,
with rates about the same as in the
United States proper. m
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1911-10-07

In order to handle automobiles cas-
by several railroads have adopted a
new style of freight car, having doors
the full width and heighth of the car.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1911-10-07

always be appealed to and that with
success If they are only approached
by the right way.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1911-10-07

Within ten miles of the city hall,
New York, there are ten suburbs on
Long Island, where agriculture is pur-
sued on fields assessed at building lot
prices
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1911-10-07
AND
GENERAL.

In the German textile industry the
tendency is to use female in place OF
male labor.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1911-10-07

A German scientist has invented
tiny electric oven, small enough to
be placed on the platform of a micro
scope. It's purpose is to dry objects
to be examined under the glass.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1911-10-07

There are over 9,l70 miles of rail-
roads in Spain. Among the new rail-
ways in projection is one from San
lander to Burgos and another from
Madrid to Bilbao.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1911-10-07

God tempers the wind to the shorn
lamb" is not a scriptural quotation.
The sentence is taken from The Sen
timental Journey" by the Rev. Lou
renee Sted'ne.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1911-10-07

Queen Mary's automobile Is equip
ped with tea basket. The car is of
English make, painted green, picked
out with fine lines of lighter green,
and the mouldings are black.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1911-10-07

The Rev. c. Preston Tonge Of ST,
Paurs church, Yarmouth. England in
his Parish Magazine, under the head
ing Of Acknowledgements" says
Several anonymous contributions Of
buttons have been received. We are
still wondering how to use these gifts
to the best advantage in the district,
az. for obvious reasons, they are 'un-
suited TO the needs of the heather"
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1911-10-07

The perfect fossil Of a huge sea tor
toise, thirty inches in diameter has
been found in Mt. Badly, 5000 feet
above the present sea level, near Los
Angeles, Cal 1t is thought that this is
relic of a geological age 100000
years ago, when all the western part
Of the country was still under the sea.
and the Rocky mclntalns were either
submerged or only showed their tips
as jagged islets.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1911-10-07

Entered as Second Glass Matter at
Logan, Utah, under act of March
Bird, 1879.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1911-07-21
PROGRESS AND MISERY.
The Progress Must Go on, and the
Misery May Be Modified.

The Progress Must Go on, and the
Misery May Be Modified
Many Of the inventions of civiliza.
tion have their unhygienic side. The
! invention OF houses has enabled man
! kind TO dwell in all parts OF the world.
but it is responsible for tuberculosis.
especially after glass was devised
which, while letting in the light, keeps
out the air The invention OF the al
phabct and printing has made possible
the accumulation Of knowledge, but it
has produced eye strain, with all its
attendant evils.
The invention Of chairs has added to
human convenience, but IL has led to
spinal curvature and abdominal con-
gestion. The device Of n division OF
labor has added to wealth. but has
destroyed the normal balance Of men
tai and physical work, recreation and
rest. Similar fault may be found with
clothing especially corsets. shoes and
hats, and with numerous ether CON
trivanc~~
Yet IT would be foolish, even if it
were possible, to attempt TO return
10 nature" in the sense Of aboliShing
civilization We must not 90 back
ward. but forward. The cure for eye
strain is not in disrcgarding the inven-
tion Of reading. but introducing the
invention of glasses. The cure Of tu-
bcrculosis is not i'm the destruction Of
houses, but in devices for ventilation
Dr. Irving Fisher in New York Chris
tian Advocate.