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The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1911-04-04
ClTY-BRED TEACHERS DEFENDED.
Former Supt. Race vindiCates Their
Work, in Minneapolis Journal.
To the Editor of The Journal:

To the Editor of The Journal:
A few days ago in The Journal, it
was reported that Joseph Chapman.
Jr., said the city bred teachers, who
were employed as teachers in rural
schools, were a menace to healthy
country life and their presence as
teachers in country schools should
be discontinued on account of this
baleful influence. How much real
data Mr.. Chapman has upon this
very important question and how
much real knowledge he has of the
teaching of the rural school teachers
/ am not able to say, but | do know
that after a personal contact of
twenty years as a rural school super
visor, where | personally met in
daily contact the influence of both
city-bred and the country-bred rural
teachers, never found, as rule,
that the city-bred teacher was a
menace to healthy country life.
There were in a few instances mis-
fits" and disconnected, unhappy city
bred teachers, who did some poor
teaching and who sowed seeds of
unhappiness in the minds of the
children and who bred despair in
=
their work; but fully so per cent OF
these city bred teachers did good,
inspiring work.
The writer recalls distinctly, dur
ing these twenty years of service in
rural work, that thousands of teach
ers were personally met in summer
schools who were in love with coun.
try work. They saw there was SC
much to do. and they enjoyed doing
it. Hundreds of instances are re
called where these city-bred teach
ers, teaching in rural schools. or
ganized Sunday schools, established
literary societies, instituted .lend-a
hand" clubs. created girls sewing
clubs and held entertainments tx
create fund with which to buy Ii
brary books. Hundreds and humid
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1911-04-04

reds of school libraries, established
in the rural districts of this state
owe their existence to the spirit of
interest of the city-bred teacher.
There are in this state thousands
of instances known to me where
these same teachers introduced
higher standards of living, better
sanitation, better heating and venti-
lation, more efficient means Of light
ing and higher standards of personal
cleanliness.
Under wise leadership and direc-
ton, the city-bred teacher has done
much to Improve rural school con-
ditions. She has hung on the walls
of the schoolroom for the first time
in the life of the district. a work of
art to take the place of the cheap
chrome, which was hung there by
her less cultured country-bred teach
err. She has introduced reform in
eating and in dress. She has. in
hundreds of instances, introduced
the use Of the individual towel and
drinking cup. In dozens Of personal
instances, she has aroused interest
in better schools, better home life
and higher appreciation of personal
responsibility for existing local con-
ditions. Her mind is more alert.
and she possesses more of the initia-
tive than her country-bred competi-
tor.
Neither are without faults; both
have much to learn from each other;
but the lone country school has been
touched and quickened by the pres.
ence of the we'll balanced city-bred
teacher-and the majority are quite
we'll balanced.
S. ]. RACE.
Minneapolis, March 81.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1911-04-04

day afternoon, April 10th, in the in
terests of the association, which has
acquired title to five acres of adj
joining property which will enable
the association to enlarge as we'll as
greatly improve the cemetery,
which has already been greatly i'm
proved in appearance under the fos-
tering care of these enterprising
ladies,
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1911-04-04
Christian Science.

Services are held every Sunday in
K. ?. hall at 10:45 a. m. To these
meetings a cordial welcome is ex-
tended to all. Subject for April
9th. Are Sin. Disease and Death
Real"
Sunday school at 10 a. m. Pupils
may be received in this Sunday
school up to the age of 20 years.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1911-04-04
Christian Church.

Sunday morning subject will be
The Necessity Of High Stand
ard. In the evening our subject
will be Lost and Found"
Our Sunday school needs you.
Come and bring some one with you.
C. F. MARTIN, Pastor.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1911-04-04

For Sale 6 full blood White Rock
roosters. Come and look them over
or inquire Of Mrs. w. H. Gold. 36 2
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1911-04-04

Will you be at Mike & Joe's Sat
urday, April 9th? 1t
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1911-04-04

Another bill, marked for slaughter
as a result of the Klemer episode,
was the Spooner bill providing for
5 per cent gross earnings tax. Rep
resentative Spooner explained that he
was entitled to no credit in the mat
ter, as it was tax commission bill.
The mere fact that Representative
Spooner was behind it was enough
for the Klemer supporters. Notwith
standing that most OF them are radi
Gals they went after Representative
Spooner's bill with a warwhoop,
When the smoke OF battle had cleared
away II had been defeated by vote
Of S8 TO -. Most of the radicals voted
against 1t.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1911-04-04

Knutson's bill declaring for com
pulsory arbitration was defeated in
the house by a vote of "a to rs. Rep
resentatiYe Knutson was one of the
men who sided With the house organi-
cation in the f~ht over the Klemer
resolution. The Klemer men had
their knives out for him and voted
solidly against the bill, or almost so.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1911-04-04

Representative Kerry Conley's bill.
regulating the. dimensions of lumber
was killed by the house after spirit
ed skirmish. The bill pre-, :1ed that
all lumber, except dressed stuff, should
be of the purported dimensions.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1911-04-04

The senate committee on finance
cut down the appropriation provided
for in house file $50, bill providing
for state aid for school districts in
proportion to the area of uns0ld state
lands in each district This bill was
introduced by the house committee onI
appropriations and carried an appro-I
priation of 100000. The senate com.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1911-04-04

The senate committee on roads and
bridges has made favorable report
on Senator j. M. Hackney's bill giving
county commissioners control OF all
road and bridge funds in counties
where there are forty or more miles
of macadam or other improved roads,
The house bill authorizing cities Of the
second, third and fourth class to levy
a 2-mill road tax was also recon.
mended for passage.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-05-16
HOW STANDARD OIL VIOLATES LAW

The two broad reasons holding that the Standard "
PAW violated the Sherman antitrust law were s'a'eo y
Justice White follows: ..o
"(Re,ause the unihcation of power and control over
um and it products which the inevitable result %
bning in the New Jersey corporation by the increase
and the OF the stocks o - many o H. an
ageregatne 50 vast capital gives rise IN and OF i'Se " M
ence Of oountervaling circumstances TO say the e' 49,
prima facie presumption intent and purpose 10
dominsncv over the oil industry not as result OF norma
OF industrial development but by new means OF oo"o"N
resored TO in that greater power might DC d'
would otherwise have arisen had normal methods Deen
whole with the purpose excluding others from the
thus centralzng the combination perpetual cono' "
movements Of petroleum and products in the channes OF w
state 49,.
"(B)-Because the prima acie presumption OF intent "
strain trade to monopolze and bring about monopolzat
ultng from the expanding the stock OF the New e9
corporation and vestng such contro OF the OIL
conclusive by considering CD the conduct OF the
or corporaton who mainly instrumental IN bringing do
the extension power the New Jersey corporation before INC
contamination of result and prior to the formation OF inc
trust agreements Of 1870 and 1892 O by considering the PROOF S
what was done under those and the acts winch
edaev preceded the vestng of IN the New Jersey COT
poraon as well as weighing the modes IN which the power
that corporation has been exeed and the results WHICH
have arisen from it.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-05-16
mot CONFISCATORY"
Standard Oil Counsel Says De
cision Protects Property.

CHICAGO. May l5-John S. Miller. chief
counsel FOR the Standard Oil Company IN
the case I'm which fine Of 500 10000 was
assessed against the corporation by Judge
Kenesaw Mountain Lands, said tonight
that the decision was rot of general ap-
pfcation
The opinion vss based on particular
case nc said and IL is not safe 10 gen
eralize or 70 amply it tc other cases The
language Of the opinion protects property
and is not confscatory, and this, 10 my
mind means hat business will not be al
fected &C much as many persons ina CINE.
Lew MAYER. who with Mn Miller. is
conducting the defence Of ton Chicago meat
packers charged with violation Of tho Sher-
man Law, said
No sweeping anticipation OF the illegal
itv Of all great corporate enterprises is
either justihable or sustainable. Each com
psnv will DEPEND for its existence upon
facts and circumstances peculiar TO that
corporation ] believe that legal means
Of reorganization viii be found by all af-
fected corporations.
Alfred y. Eddy. local counsel for the
Standard oil Company. said:
With the provisions of the Sherman law
clearly understood. the Standard oil com
panN will be able 10 so forward with a
precision and certainty II has not known
for years. The Supreme Court has declared
us present organization Illegal under a
little understood law and now il remains
for the manager 70 change The conditions
through reorganization
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-05-16
Notifications Of Decree.

The court said this decree was right and
| should be affirmed. except AS 10 what II
| termed minor matters one of these was
the extension OF the time the decree should
be put into effect from one month TO SIX
months. The other modification was more
| important and had 10 do With the sixth
section Of the decree. which forbade the
formation by the subsidiary corporations or
their stockholders of like combinations.
We construe the sixth paragraph OF the
decree said the Chief Justice, not as de-
priving the stakeholder or corporation OF
the right TO exist. to live under the law o.
the land. but as compelling obedience &c
that law"
lie said it did not follow. because an ille-
gal restraint Of trade or an attempt 10
monopolZe or n monopolzation resulted
from the combination OF the corpora tons in
the New Jersey corporation that a like re.
straint or attempt 10 monopolize or monopo-
lization would necessarily arise from agree.
ments between one or more OF the subsid-
f, larry corporations after the transfer of the
stock by the New Jersey corporation
For illustration said he. take the pipe
lines. BY the effect of the transfer Of the
stock the pipe lines would come under the
control of various corporations, instead OF
/ being subjected 10 a uniform control. II
various corporations owning the lines de-
termlned in the public interests TO so COM
hlne al Ia make a continuous line, such
/ agreement OF combination would not be re-
pugnant TO the act, and Yet it might be
restrained by the decree. As another ex-
ample, take the Union Tank Line Com.
any, one OF the subsidiary corporations.
the owner practically Of all the tank cars
in use by the combination II no possibility
existed Of agreements FOR the distribution
OF these cars among the subsidiary corpora
tionS, the most serious detriment 10 the
pUohc interest might result"
Chief Justice Whites opinion i'm printed
form contained more than twenty thousand
words. For nearly an hour he discussed
the case from the bench. going over most
Of the points i'm the printed opinior h,,, mo-,
cnce referring 10 II 10 refresh his memory
beroro MN sat distinguished audience
~ the best known men Of the country
Sehators ana representatives left their re.
spectlNe chambers IN the Capitol 10 listen
to the epoch making decision. Most eager
TO lear were Attorney General Wickersbar,
and Frank b. Kellogg. special counse, .,
tho government who had conducted ,ha
great fight against the Standard on can
panN' None of the brilliant array OF coun-
sci for the corporations or individual de
PENDANTS was present
To-day as on previous decision DAYS for
months past rival brokers agents with
messengers In line 10 the telephone and
telegraph instruments throughout m. cant
toI' were on hand hut to their dismsy tho
announcement Of the decision was not he
gun until an hour after the stock marie,
had closed nv
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-05-16
JUSTICE HARLAN'S DISSENT
Saws Court Would Usurp Power
Delegated to Congress.

Washington. MAY 15-Associate Justice
Harlan while concurring In the decislon
that the standard oil Company violated
the Sherman antitrust Law. dissented from
part OF Chief Justice Whites OPINION
He held that the opinion read into the act
by inference definition OF unreasonable
restraint of trade change in the law that
hal been sought by interested persons TOT
wears RE contended that this VAS a
usurpation by the judiciary OF the functions
of the legislative branch Of the govern
nent. contrary 10 the express mandate OF
the Constitution.
The antitrust law of $3.50" said Justice
Marian was passed during pertod OF
great unrest in the country Great agere-
cations Of capital had been formed and
were forming. and some had reached out
hand even 10 secure control Of the necessi-
ties Of life Congress deliberated what
should be done. and finally this Law was
passed 10 meet the conditions. They fell
upon this plan To declare Illegal restraint
OF interstate commerce and making pun
ishable the monopolzing Of trade or at
tempts 10 Inonopolize any part of it. There
could be nothing clearer than these words
cr their iutent-not II you were TO say two
and two make four
The men In Congress who framed and
PASSED this law knew what they wanted to
DO and how 70 do IT, They knew the com
mon lav with respect 10 restraint of trade
They knew they could do nothing with do
nestle trade IN state out they knew they
had much 20 do with trade among the
states
The public policy Of q government is
found ir It's statutes and. when they have
not spoken in its courts This question
las come NJ three times and each time
there has been an afirmsnce that con-
tract IN restraint az trade is illegal. Until
now there has been no attempt 70 define
The difference or TO psrticularize between
restraint Of trade and 'unrea sonable re-
sirsint Of trade.
'T,erv one knows that since 1897. at
each session Of Congress. attempts have
been made 10 get the Sherman Antitrust
law amended GO as 70 make illegal unrea-
ronable restraint Of trade instead Of plain
restrain, Of trade The Law never has been
amended in this particular. In my iuds-
roent il never viii he amended along this
lire
Great lawyers have argued before this
snd other courts That the intent Of this Ia"
was TO declare illegal unreasonable re-
.raint n trade, not ordinary restraint of
trade They Contended, as was mentioned
~ the learned Chief Justice, that the
statute lid not go further than the COM
mon law. and that ordinary restraint OF
trade was not sought 10 be brought under
the Law.
THE language Of the statute. however.
is clear The Constitution provides there
shall be three coordinate branches of gov
ernment-the legislative. executive and tu-
dicial each with clearly defined duties.
This decision to-day. says the judiciary. by
Us actlon. shall amend The CONSTITUTION
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-05-16
TAX LOSS FOR NEW JERSEY
Standard Oil Has Paid Into Treasury
S5l, 200 Year.

Trenton, y. j.. May 1.-THE decision OF
the United states Supreme Court dissolv-
ins the Standard OH Company will cost the
State of New Jersey $1,000 a year in taxes.
This is the amount turned into the state
treasury each year by the oil corporation.
under the LAW governing the taxation OF
miscellaneous corporations. The capitalize
ton OF the Standard is 500 n0,'D0. and
under the law il pays each year One-tenth
Of ! per cent on the FIRST 100000. one
twentieth of per cent on the next g. 600. 01
and $50 for each 100000 Of The remainder
Of It's capitalization
The STANDARD oil Company is one Of the
biggest taxpayers under the law governing
miscellaneous corporations. among the
others being the United States Steel Cor
poration and the American Tobacco Com
pany.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-05-16
DEClSlON GRATIFIES HADLEY

Jefferson city Mo. May i5-"since IN,
Greatest combination OF money and power
mar the world has ever known has been
oeiea'eu III It's contest for existence. all
o'her combinations must of necessity sub.
mt IS The view taken OF the Standard on
decision by Governor Herb,rt uad,s,
who. as Attorney General of Missouri oh.
tanned .he custer Of the Standard OH Com
pdny OF Indiana from Missouri
lhe erect OF this decision" he said.
VIII "epehd on how vigorously The GOV
eminent enforces the decree. but the great.
est importance and value OF the decision is
mat u establishes for all time and beyond
all question the subservlency OF corporate
interests TO he law Of the land"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-05-16
Reorganizations Not Numerous.

Il do not agree with the opinion that q
large number Of corporations will have 10
reorganize There are some, of course
that will have 70 change their methods of
doing business. but those that have not
been going contrary TO public opinion and
public policy need not fear that they Will
be disturbed
Attorney General Wickersham has been
trying 10 make for himself a record as a
public officer who saw the enforcement
Of the law as his sole duty, but do not
think he intends or tdat II is the govern
ment policy TO proceed from this decision
to general attack on corporations"
Albert H. Walker, lawyer, who is re-
Sarded an authority on the Sherman anti
trust law. said last night that the decision
of the Supreme Court would mean the
necessary dissolution Of about one thou-
sand different combinations throughout the
country. He asserted that although not
all Of the principles propounded in the de-
cision Of the highest court applied to the
United States Steel Corporation, enough
grounds were established 10 cause the dis.
organization Of that and other large COM
hinations.
The practical operation Of the decree
will be as follows said Mr.. Walker AT
present the Standard oil Company of New
Jersey owns all the stock OF all the other
Standard oil companies throughout the
United States, which number more than one
hundred The stock in each OF those
subordinate companies will have 10 be dis
tributed among all the stockholders in the
Standard Oil Company of New Jersey.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-05-16
Work for Boards OF Directors

"Afterward these numerous persons Will
have to manage each of the companies In
which they hold stock Independently of al,
other companies i'm which they also hold
stock. They can accomplish this legal re.
suit by electing a separate board of d.
rectors for each Of the companies. and
then permitting each of these boards OF
directors to manage its own particular
company. Independently of all the other
companies.
But II John b. Rockefeller and the
other members Of the Standard oil group
were 10 use their ownership Of ma jority
# all the stock in each one of the legally
Independent oil companies 10 cause those
companies 10 combine their operation, they
would be violating the decree affirmed by
the Supreme Court, and would he liable 10
heavy punishment
The decree will not deprive John -
Rockefeller and his particular friends Of
the ownership Of a majority of the stock IN
The more than one hundred oil GONNA MES.
but it will deprive that cluster Of men of
ali power 10 manage these oil companies
in combination With each other as one con
solidated interest
The principles established by the Su-
irene court do not all apply to the United
states steel Corporation. or Ia many other
great combinations. But enough of those
principles apply to about one thousand dif-
ferent combinations In the United State 10
necessitatc their disorganization.
Men who are connected with co,,hi,,
tions which they may know or may fear "a
be- Illegal under the decision Of the Sunr.m.
Court will now naturally and adv,sed,,,
ocmpar" that decision with the facts ~
their respective cases to ascertain whether
they are or are not violating the sherman
law.
4 kno" II - he the expectation Of At.
torney General Wickersham that men who
una they are tlolating the sherman law
viii voluntarily dissolve their combination
without belns prosecuted by the govern.
ment
Blu, also know u to he the nurpose Of
Inc government TO so promptly forward
WIN 'he work Of enforcing the sherman law
against combinations which do not soon
take steps to disorssni1e.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-05-16
Applies Law to Fact..

The chief Justice next took ,ip the facts
and the application of the statute TO them.
AS a matter Of fact. the court found that
the result Of cnarging the capital stock Of
the Standard on Company OF New Jersey
and the acquisition by that company of the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-05-16
c,BsoNs HEADS NAVAL ACADEMY

Annapolis. May 15-Captain John n. Glib
hons assumed the superintendency OF the
Naval Academy to-day when Captain John
NJ Bower. who was forced by il health
70 reiiuduish the post. turned the affairs
of the Institution over 20 his successor
al mis- station an individual farewell, lef,
for Washington