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The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1911-09-29
Albert Fink, Builder Of Bridge, First
Devised the Cooperative Plan
and Tried Il on Southern
RoadO.

The talk was Of the strong political
agitation of the past ten years against
railroad pools, and Senator Chauncey
M. Depew remarked that he pre-
sumed that a majority of people Of
the United States we're of the opinion
that the railroad pool and co-opera-
ton and community of interest
among the railroads were modern de-
vices of the able lawyers employed
as counsel by the railroads and adopt
ed by the railroads for the purpose OF
getting around the decision of the
Supreme court, in which 1t declared
that agreements like that of the
Trans-Missouri Traffic association
and the Joint Traffic association of
the trunk lines we're in violation OF
the federal statutes.
"Curiously enough, however" con-
tinued Senator Depew. 1.-THE man who
worked out the principle of cooper
alton and who created the railway
pool was, in the early part of his ca
reer. associated with the railroads
only as a civil engineer mean
Albert Fink For the first twenty
years OF his active life he was a
builder OF bridges and a constructor
of railway lines. a man of science
pure and simple"
In the early eighties ! heard from
Mr.. Fink himself the story Of how
he came to invent the now famous
railroad pool. At that time Mr.. Fink
was man Of striking physical
characteristics His complexion was
swarthy. his eyes were large and very
dark, and the peculiar tint of them
was intensified by heavy overhanging
eyebrows. He wore a beard and mus
tache, the beard being no more than
broad chin whisker His frame In
Dictated great physical strength. He
spoke with slight German accent,
for he was born in Germany. and re-
ceived his scientific education there.
Much of my early railroad work
was In the south, and In the years
prior to the Civil war" said Mr. Fink.
Il was engaged In building bridges
and constructing railroads, and | had
no thought at that time of any other
professional association with rail-
roads.
After the frightful decentralization
caused by the failure of the Northern
Pacific railroad in 1873. 1t occurred to
me that the policy Of excessive com
petition carried on by railroads was
entirely wrong. | thought that Che
railroads of the United States ought
to be able to find some way by
which, although earnestly seeking
business, nevertheless they would not
attempt to secure It through whole
sale cutting OF rates Furthermore.
believed that the situation in the
south at that time was especially
favorable to an attempt to work out
new policy along this line was
so convinced of the accuracy Of my
reasoning that | spent a year. per
haps more. upon the problem, and at
last ! worked out method OF CO
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1911-09-29

A few years ago NJ BRAND. who
narrowly escaped assassination re.
Gently, was quite unknown outside the
ranks of a few fellow lawyers and the
workingmen and Socialist organiza-
tions to which he allied himself. To.
day he is universally regarded as one
OF the strongest men in France. He
entered the chamber of deputies II
1902, only seven years before becom
ing premier. am it was really the
part that he Ayed in the acute re
ligious- politicA struggle in France
that brought him to the height Of his
fame. He is a stirring orator and O
strenuous worker. Lets have done
with talk; it's time for work." is one
of his favorite phrases He is one
OF the simplest of men, and finds his
chief recreation in fishing. His one
trouble is that the caricaturists re
fuse to put him in the papers. It'll
they do So" he says. Il arr not reall,
popular"
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1911-09-29

control of the apportionment of tramc
and the proportionate allotment Of
income to each company. and l was
placed IN charge Of 1t.
1T was the first successful attempt
to end ruinous railway competition.
| am certain that 1t viii be the pol
icy ultimately adopted by the great
lines and with the sanction of con-
gress and the state legislatures. For
excessive competition. in my view.
Is more harmful than even a monop-
oily would be-"
1t Is an interesting fact that both,
President Roosevelt and President
Taft, more than twenty years after
Albert Fink worked out the plan Of
pooling, recommended to congress
that 1t sanction railway pools, pro-
vided these pools be subject to tho
regulation and supervision Of the In
terstate commerce commission.
Copyright. 1911. by E. J. Edwards. All
Rights Reserved.)
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1911-09-29

OF Christendom will be supreme on the
Bosphorus.
Adjoining st. Sophia's the traveller
sees the Seraglio, where tragedies
beyond count have been enacted. The
palaces. the fast scurrying caiQues,
and the latticed windows Of the
harems of Turkish houses all pass in
review; 1t Is a beautiful and unparal-
lelled picture.
II be arrives by rail, the traveller
beholds the ancient walls of old Con-
stantinople, and Is quickly introduced
to the filthy odors and disorder OF the
incredibly ill-kept streets of Constan-
tinople. But signs Of the new regime
are not wanting. Here is a street
turned up for an electric railway; yon-
der a road engine is at work and
highway Is being widened. A group
OF graveyard expresses Is giving way
to a modern thoroughfare. Actually,
sidewalks are being laid In soma
places.
The ConstantInopIe Dogs.
The famous, or infamous, Constan-
tinople dogs are missing, except for
an occasional stray, at which critics
OF the new administration point flng-
ers Of scorn. Some thousands Of dogs
were gathered up by workmen with
wooden tongs, dropped into carts and
carries to towboats, which bore them
to an island in the harbor. The sim
pie and natural way would have been
to kill them painlessly and end the
matter. or accept some one OF the
commercial offers to clean the city
OF dogs for the sake Of the hides. one
company agreeing to give the govern
ment bonus Or the privilege. But
the Turk has ideas Of mercy toward
dumb animals, albeit rather quixoti-
cal. The poor NANCY, fee bitten ours
were sent to this island, where, 1t is
said. they got nothing to drink or
eat. although supposed to be fed by
government grant. Certain 1t is that
the dogs which at first waded out to
sea in longing for the filthy streets
of old Constantinople speedily be-
came fewer and fewer and all are
now but tradition of dark days that
are gone.
The Press as Archlmedes' Lever.
Most significant of all the signs
which an observer notes in the Con
stantinople of today are the boys and
men who hawk daily newspapers
through the streets. "Extrasl" In
strange, hen-track Turkish, Arabic
and Armenian script are Haunted in
the face of the cosmopolitan passers-
by. They are real newspapers, too.
filled with the doings of the whole
world.
OF course, this means a changed or.
der OF society. You cannot have news
papers without having progress. The
dark ages cannot stand the tidings of
what Ia going on In the world. The
press is one Of the Archimidean lev
ers by which the world is moved. |
What armies and mobs could not do |
In the overthrow OF despotism the |
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1911-09-29
Invention of Railroad Pool

operation between the railroads Of
the south and the Louisville & Nash
vile as the center Of the policy.
which worked admirably.
All unknown to me, William H.
Vanderbilt OF the New York Central.
Hugh Jewett Of the Erie, John W
Garrett Of the Baltimore & Ohio. and
Colonel Thomas H. Scott of the
Pennsylvania were attracted by the
introduction of the cooperative plan
among the railways OF the south, but
/ did not know It until | was staying
In New York city a day or two
awaiting sailing OF a steamship
upon which ! had taken passage to
Europe. | was pretty tired. and was
going to take brief vacation. But
these four trunk-line presidents halt
ed me. They asked for a conference
with me; they wanted to know all
about the cooperative method | had
introduced on southern railroads.
That was In 1877. After l explained
the policy to them. they consulted
among themselves, and then asked
me to work out a policy for the
trunk lines which would put an end
to cut-throat competition and ruinous
traffic wars
Il did SO. showed them how, by
a pooling agreement. they could ap-
portion the freight fairly to the diff
ferent trunk lines. and then divide re-
ceipts proportionately and upon that
basis. The plan was accepted. and
these trunk-line presidents caused
an organization to be created having
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1911-09-29
Sayings Of Famous Men.

Goliath-Go and get . reputation.
Dave.
Henry Clay-Same old story; my
name is Mud.
a rhyminl dictionary, anyway.
Stradivarius-Who in thunder upset
my glue pot?
Longfealow-Tll have to ask my
publishers to advance a few plunks;
I'm short
Darius Green-Ouch"
Jay Gould-Sometimes l wish my
boys were all girls!
Henry Willis a long time be-
tween wives!
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1911-09-29

turn Of the good old days; but their
power has been hopelessly broken.
Turkey is awake never to sleep again.
Her future is an absorbing enigma
that concerns alike the practical
statesmen of the worlds capitals and
the student Of human affairs. What.
ever her destiny may be, the sleep OF
death has passed. The new life Of
the new day Is the latest conqueror
to~sweep over Historic, blood-drenched
Turkey.
Copyright. 1911. by Joseph B. Bowles.)
The Detroit times., 1911-02-09

s1G150. Corn: Fancy Maine, $40:
standard, S5c. Table beets. sl.25 Q1.4o.
Peas: Fancy. early June. $1.35; stand
ard. 81: soaked, 50070c. Salmon:
soekeye, at tan, sSiS: ast. SAG; Alaska
toes. 4sQs0c; succotash. s1@l.1o per
doz.
Coffee - Packet coffee, 1oo-lb. case,
s1S769 22.50. delivered.
Feed-Brar, $25; fine middlings. $2s:
coarse middlings, s26; cracked corn,
$22; coarse cornmeal, $22; corn aud
oats chop, $40 per ton.
FIour-Michigan patents. In wood
best, 500 ordinary patents. sis5;
Rye Hour. 1895 pei. Dbl:
seed. s1.05; Diamond headlight kerr
osene. SC; Perfection. BIC; Eocene,
11hc; crown gasoline. 15c per gal. tur-
pentine. in barrel lots, soc per gal
Provisions-Mess pork. sci; family,
s2l. 50 22.5o; medium clear, s1sgal;
briskets. 13c: shoulders. 1lhc; picnic
hams. 11Lc: bacon, ISL G1s1zc; lard.
In tierces. lose; kettle rendered. IL = 9
per Id.
Edk e. s,b Son. e. Grys Esls a1 snss 4s
cut loaf. $500; cubes. ssI5: xxx
powdered s5.35; standard powdered.
$3.50; graduated, extra coarse. IS; lne.
In bulk. $3.50: in 25-lb. cotton oags,
ayS: Miehigan grsnuia,sd. sSs'
IS TO case. So. lib. cartons. As TO case,
$3.50: diamond A. IS: eonfectioners' A,
;fss: No. !. $3.50: No. s. ;t7s; No. :.
:t5SS: No No. g. ..;so; No; 2, stSs; No No y,
st,s5; No. IL. s4.s5: No. is. slss per
The Detroit times., 1911-02-09

traders In wheat hardly know which
way 90 turn. They want TO bring about
little better recovery from break OF
yesterday. and are encouraged little
by talk OF better wheat and Hour de-
mand and yet they see LONG wheat
coming on the market through COM
mission people on every hard spot.
From best price OF the morning there
was break later OF exactly nc for
May, rally TO the closing Wednesday
figure and market now holding quiet.
July price, s3Ac. nas had only about
&c range all morning. There Is little
in check bv the nncartaintv In regard
TO reciprocity Minneapolis stocks In
creased $4,000 bu for ave days, which
Indicates a decrease OF 10000 bu for
who covered wheat on the break yes
terday We're apparently putting out
fresh lines on the hard spots this morn
ing
The Detroit times., 1911-02-09
u. s. GOVT BONDS.
NEW YORK COTTON.
NEW YORK PRODUCE

NEW YORK. Feb. 9.-Flour: mac
tive and nominal, Pork: Steady: mess.
S2250d23. Lard: Dull; middle west
spot $9s0@e90. Sugar: Raw. nrm;
centrifugal, s6 test. s3.4s; Inusepvado.
SO test, s2.9S: refined. steady: cut loaf,
$40: crushed. $3.50: powdered. $40:
graduated $3.50. Coffee: Rio No. on
spot. 12ts @12&S Tallow: Quiet: city.
7ltc: country. 7G7hc Hay: Dull and
steady. si.10; No. 2. IS "a s5c; clover 50
n 9tc. Dressed poultry: Firm; tur-
keys. 14@23c; chickens, IL q 22c: fowls.
liz @16lsc; ducks. 12m zoe. Live poui-
try: Firmer; geese. 14c; ducks. lsc;
fowls. 1874 G16c: turkeys, l6st zoe:
BOOSTERS. 10c. Cheese: outlet: state
milk, common 10 specials, collie:
skins. common to specials. "a re. full
skins. 2T2kc.
Butter: Firm; receipts. s.914; cream
cry extra. 27a2Thc: state dairy tubs.
ITO 26c; imitation creamery flrsts, IS
m1ec. Eggs: Unsettled and easier
receipts. 1909: nearby white fancy. 80
13Ic; nearby mixed fancy. 21is6
22kc; fresh hrsts, 23W24c.
The Detroit times., 1911-02-09
BIG LOAD FOR
UNIVERSAL TO CARRY


that the
when with the
their n
So the machine
required
machine will
Many had the bright
We ~ - - -
There good demand OF type pro-
manufacture But there
mess that are too well provided
machines viii Of
means that large working capital win
OF financing does leave much
The Universal has chance Of making
successful
made but these the of
It, confidence
into their Uni
ersa but there big load for the
patents -
The Detroit times., 1911-02-09
NEW YoR KsroCK LETTER.

Reported for The Times by Payne.
Weber g. Co., Feb. 9: TRANSACTIONS on
the New York stock exchange this
morning were largely confined to local
traders with little participation by the
outside public. The trading was mar
row and without any particular trend.
Opening prices were generally at a
slight concession from the previous
close, and while there was no decided
pressure on the market there was at
the same time no urgent demand for
stocks The whole tone was dull and
uninteresting throughout the morning
session.
The Detroit times., 1911-02-09
THREE FALL TO DEATH.

BESSEMER, Mich, Feb. 9.--John
Martini, SHIFT Bose Anton Schwaiger
md Mike Katrouitz were Instantly
|<llIed and Felix Novasconi was badly
Injured in No shaft, Colby mine,
Yesterday. They were coming up
>ho skip for dinner, when the car
<umped the track, dumping the men
6oyn the shaft, 200 feet. Novasconi
caught on a timber and did not 60
70 the bottom.
The Detroit times., 1911-02-09
BOSTON COPPER SALES.

Boston copper share sales OF Feb. s.
furnished by Hayden, Stone & Co.: Adv
&C ss5. Att as. Bat SO, Butte 100. & &
A I75. Cal !. Cent 10, Range s. ID w
145. Z SIS. Frank 400. OK 27sO. CIR
I25. G c l35. Han 40. Hely 10. Ind so. I
so, Lake 4s0, L 8 so, Mass 80, Miami
700. Mich las. Mob 2. New 100. New Arc
245, Nip ls0. N p 500. n L s5. ojib Is.
Csc /. Ray 10: Shat 5. ST Marys ss4. s
Trim SO. u s r $50, do pf So. Apex 90,
VI Con $50. Ut Cop IS. Win 100. VOL 5.
The Detroit times., 1911-02-09
uou1D TAX HEr INCOMES.
oohorn Hss Plan TO Settle Con
Iovorsy over Assessing Mines.

LANSING, Feb. IA hearing viii
1o1d Feb. IS TO discuss the PROPOSE
~ a. taxing the net incomes OF all
<usfriaI corporations. Gov. Osborn
1Il have the attorney-general draft
M bfIl providing for such a system.
his a IN lire with the recommends
Hon he made In his inaugural meg
1nxe. and embraces his plan for set
|Illng the controversy over the assess
1oont Of mining properties.
The mining tonnage tar bill was
reported out by the taxation commit
- without recommendation and
placed on the general order. That IL
viii be defeated Is conceded and the
Industrial corporation net income tax
will be substituted In its stead, max
Ing the biggest measure Of the season.
The Detroit times., 1911-02-09
Former Detroit Girl Found.

BERLIN, Feb. "a dispatch today
from Eisenach says that Miss Mar.
garite Damn, the Omaha music stu.
dent, who formerly lived In Detroit,
and who ha dbeen missing since Jan.
"a, has practically recovered from her
illness, and Is planning for an early
return home. Miss Damn was taken
Ill while on her way to Cassel to visit
her father.
The Detroit times., 1911-02-09

AZ: Lake. IS: Mass. ~; Miami. 2oA :
Mohawk. 44h Miehigan, 3: Nevada
Cons. lsh; Nevada Utah. lis; Nipis.
Lake. sx:: Ohio Copper, IN; ojibway.
Z; Shannon, ia: South Lake, 60 sup.
d Bos.. Az Sup. a Pits, itb Utah
cons. IL; u. s. Smelling. 36L. u. =.
smelling. pfd., AZ; Victoria. az Win
cna, 9L Wyandotte. 1A.
The Detroit times., 1911-02-09
suPREME couRI.

LANSING, Mich, Feb. 9.--The SUI
preme court yesterday. heard the fol-
lowing cases: Gardiner vs. Court
right: Lawrence vs.. City of Grand
Rapids vos vs.. Child, Hulswitt A.
Co.: II. J. Cheney Co. vs. Allgeo:
Suenat vs.. Keenan,. Call for Thurs
day: $50. 20, ISL, 152, Sc, 153, i55,
'156.
The Detroit times., 1911-02-09
INDUSTRIAL IS
PURE SPECULATION


PURE SPECULATION more money in it or not The prop
Kerry Is by no sufficiently de-
o
IL speculation considerable conn
dence In your luck 1t Is place for
likely until
With
this Is
to
IL
ducing OF n
advise
Industrial,
elements or
should
shall distinguish
the particular which
N he n
The Detroit times., 1911-02-09
HosToN CoPPER sALEs-Clo-e,

Ariz. Com1, 1b&; Atlantic, Az: Ad-
venture, So Boston Ely. SO. Butte
So: Cal. a Hecls. 525: Centennial. IL;
chief, III: Chino, e3k Davis DAILY.
1s East Butte, isH First National.
"a; Grandy. Ss.; Giroux. so-16; Cold
e-ie; Hancock. 70: HeivetIa. Ia; In,
spiration. LIE: La sale. az Ia Rose.
The Detroit times., 1911-02-09
NEW yOnk MONEY MARkET.

NEW YORK. Feb. 9-Money on call
2s: time money. "a OF for six months
Bar silvcr--London. 80 11-16d: bar sill
vcr--Ncw York, jlasc: demand sterling
"a 90 nj S6.2A.
The Detroit times., 1911-02-09
TO CONTROL EXPRESS LINES.
Senator Seott's Bill Gives Railroad
Commission Supervision.
(From a staff correspondent.)

N'e" Sss" So'TcsPoHuent.)
LANSING. Feb. 9.-Senator F. ID.
Scott, of Alpena, will introduce a bill
this afternoon, placing express COM
ranies operating in Michigan under
the supervision OF the state railroad
commission. The bill provides that
maximum and minimum rates which
Scott says will reduce present charges
10 per cent.
The Detroit times., 1911-02-09
BUTTER AND EGGS.

Butter-Crcameries, extras, 2Sac ID;
nrsts. 24c; dairy, tic; packing stock.
141ac per Id.
EgRs-Fresh current receipts, cases
included, 1Shc per doc. Receipts on
Thursday 372 cases
The Detroit times., 1911-02-09
cHIcAGo PRoDucE.

CHICAGO. Feb. s.--Butter: Extras.
26o; firsts. csc; dairy extras. s2c; firsts.
l9c. Eggs: Prime iirsts. Ice: hrsts.
isS Cheese: Skins, 13h m131ac
young Americas, lax n15c. live poul-
try: Fowls, 13h @14c: ducks. 14m
1Itsc: geese, 11n11hc
The Detroit times., 1911-02-09

OF Lincoln with the announcement
h that It will be closed on Monday.
The Detroit Fire and Marine Insur-
. ance Co. has added $59,319 to the sur
R plus account during the year, just
n closed Gross assets amount to ST.
h 112,93I. gain OF $50, 100. Losses last
year amounted TO $4,000.
The United States Light and Heat
+ ing Co., manufacturers of National
:; batteries' and heating and lighting
systems for all kinds OF conveyances,
have opened an Office In Detroit at
4 No IS Bates-st. in charge OF p. f. Nor
b ris, formerly In charge of the Cleve-
Il land branch of this company. The
factories OF the company are located
. IA Niagara Falls, N. Y.
The Economy Manufacturing Co.
4 annoyed the most prosperous year In
q 1fs history during 1910, according to
z the annual report submitted to the
4 ntockholders In the annual meeting.
e Omcers OF the company were reflect
"a as follows: President, George f..
Burton, vice-president b. G. Beckman;
4 secretary, e. III. Pudrith; treasurer,
August Sengstock. w. J. Burton sue.
ceeds M. b. Squires on the board of
directors.
The Detroit Board OF Commerce
Will send three delegates to the con.
lbrence to be held In Chicago next
( week to consider the proposed reel.
Urocity agreement between the Unit
TT So ND 10 hn fn0
will BE- held under the direction OF the
Chicago Association OF Commerce and
VIII include representatives of bust
ness and commercial corporations OF
the middle west. The Detroit delega-
Hon will consist of President AbneE
y. Larned, George t. Moody, and Sec
rotary Lucius z. Wilson.
A company for the manufacture OF a
new knockdown shipping case, invent
"a BY Martin p. Connolly, of Wayne,
MIch., was organized Monday, In the
o1lcers OF II. ID. Macdonald, a local
promoter, and 1t is the intention of
the officers OF the concern TO start
Manufacturing at once. James Clark,
<of Ypsilanti: l.. v. Noble, Of Detroit,
and A. G. Randall. Of Wayne, together
with the inventor, are the owners OF
fhe invention, for which patents have
been applied for, and are the organ
y iSers OF the new company, which has
been called the Collapsible Shipping
Case Co. 1t is Incorporated with a
capital stock of $4,000.
The Iron Trade Review, of Cleve-
land. says In regard to the iron and
nteel situation: Distinct signs of i'm
& movement continue. Even In the
f piG-iron market which has Jagged be-
Hind finished material, there is in
. croased interest and the scrap iron
market In some centers is stronger.
Bookings OF the United States Steel
Evaporation have sustained the i'm
( movement show In January for the
+ 1rst week Of the current month. AL.
Though there Is a large tonnage OF
basic in the furnace yards in the val
IeyB Il il held by few interests and
HE present outlook Is that prices will
. ~ higher. The advance of 10 cents
pr base box In the price OF template
Iopresents the attitude OF the con-
+ Dervatices In the trades. as some were
"a favor Of greater advance"
The Detroit times., 1911-02-09
ADVICE TO INVESTORS
BY FINANCE


an guide
accompanies by
nssS the sns writer
the
come Will % care
The Detroit times., 1911-02-09

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