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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-05-29
We Learn as We Live.

The defenders of big business" tell
us how combines have developed
certain lines of commerce, and how
prices on certain necessities have
been reduced to consumers since GER
tain combinations were formed But
they do not tell us how much lower
prices would have been reduced un-
der the stimulus of heavy competition
In these DAYS of the survival of the
up-to -snuffiest. They do not tell us
how legitimate development is stified
by big businesses with common inter-
ests. They do not tell us how states
have been held up and made to lap
ashes by the magnates and bafons,
but we are gradually finding out and
it is quite safe to predict that day
is coming when we'll know and have
the courage of our convictions.
OF course when we talk about these
methods of converting the peoples
assets into private fortunes, we are
called muck rakers. The newspaper
chine that turns out millionaires on
one side and beggars on the other, is
abusiveIy denounced and derided by
big businesses and their henchmen,
baiters. decoys and toadies. How
ever the truth is being circulated and
slowly digested by the people. Last
week Golfers spoke editorlally as
follows:
"Of course the people of any state
must work to get the best of their re-
sources and must protect themselves
Take Utah for an example and you
viii see that no man need rush West
to claim any get-rich- quick rewards
| The fine coal deposits lie some forty
feet under the pasture-land surfaces
The railroad coal companies boret
down at intervals over two counties
and wherever they found good Goa
they hired homesteaders and grabbed
the land. Coal doubled in price a.
their hold frightened, and today tn,
railroad rate on the coal for the 100
mule haul to Salt Lake IS a scandal
IT is Just four and a half times al
great as the rate on lime rock, hauie,
tne same distance in the same cars II
the same trains TO Friend Guggen
: mems smelters, to be used as a fux
lhe salt Is there, but so also is a Sal
trust. Some engineers of the West
ern Pacific laying the line found tn
SAT-. They figured they could 5000
, II up for about ten cents The tor
The Salt Trust, which gets abou
/, seven dollars ton for salt cosfin,
.hah ltty cents ton to mine
ie. the engineers know that ever
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-05-29

place they started to put that salt on
The market the price of salt would
drop to about five cents a ton. Titan
iron deposits are, as we have said, re-
markable, but years ago the steer
Trust looked the fields over and
grabbed a lease on them, SO that
there they lie, miles from any rail-
road: they Just lie and lie. At Bing-
ham Canon, where the copper is just
scooped up, ii is all scooped into a
Guggenheim shovel A dozen years
ago. before the Guggenheim grip was
made fast upon the smelling field. 1t
cost about $4S per ton to haul copper
bullion from Salt Lake to New York.
And for wool, produced under about
the same relationship with the rail-
roads. the rate was about $4S per ton
also. But as the railroad lobby be-
gan to be hard pressed in Washington
it needed aid and comfort from the
power of Guggenheim. The dicker
ing that resulted brought an i'm
mediate effect on the bullion rate.
Today the rate on wool, produced and
possessed by a fairly large number of
pepole is still $4S. But the rate of
bullion has dropped until it is only
$12 per ton. The GuggenheimS are
about the only shippers. So about
all the people of Utah have to do
with their fine copper deposits is to
watch a large army of Greek, Aus
trian. Hungarian. and Italian labor
ers-living in company owned viii
lages-scoop it UP and pass the profits
along. How long will the System
last?' a&fs a {NMHNR
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Tho cony Team.

! Editor Kennebee Journal
1 Well. well. where are all of these peo-
pie who were always making the state
ment that Cony couldn't play ball, and
| vino were always so ready and willing
| to knock this player and that one2 It
does not seem to me that the knock
ersf have been so much i'll evidence this
| season SO far l wonder why it is
After The conclusion of the ConyefIal-
] lowell game, | by chance heard a per-
| son remark. ITS the same old story,
they cannot play marbles but some
| how that person and whole lot of
Others have kept silent.
| What has been the trouble with Cony
| in the past? | can tell you. they
| haven't had any support from the peo-
| pie of this city, and even the spirit in
the school itself has not been up to the
standard. You cannot expect to have a
winning team with about Il dozen
| Rioters" in the grandstand aud ne
more than that number on the side
| lines. 1t is impossible even if the play
| ers are of major league eaIibre.
1t has always been customary in the
past for some "Sorehead" on the side
| lines to yell to a player. you can't
| play ball. simply because that player
| may nave made an error. Pretty hard
when your own crowd goes back on
YOU, isn't it. | think it is.
Cony has a team this year that has
made them all sit up and take notice,
and the supporters of this team are go
| ing 10 see some more feats accomplish
ed that will make them respect the
team. After being defeated by Hallo-
wen in the first game of the season the
team has hit its stride. and it seems to
be striding right along at the present
The neople rather had the idea that
when the team went up against Gardi-
ner thew would halt Did they2 Well
1 should say not, it was full easier than
! any game they had played, and the
next game will be just as easy.
The school has a battery that is I'M
excelled by any of the high schools in
the state in Mitchell and Harvey.
mitchell has been catching practically
an errorless game. while Capt Harvey S
pitching needs no introduction. The in
field is the strongest that has repre-
scented the school for years. Cooper at
first base is putting up fine game.
both at the bat and in the field. New
bert at second base is going after them
pretty. and Wyer at shortstop is reg
ular Honus Wagner. He seems to be a
stone-wall when it comes to putting a
bah by him. and his hitting has been
excellent. Thyng at third base is an
other fast man playing a very consis-
tent game and his stick work has also
been a feature. The outfield is looked
after by Jim Nichols in left field, Thay-
er and Laiten in center field, while
Marston. Locke and Sampson have oe-
eupied right field. These men are all
fast and cover lot of ground Nichols
hitting has been such that would be a
credit TO any major league PLAYER.
In fact. I might. as we'll say right
here that hitting has been the reason
for the success that the team has at
tanned. A pitcher may pitch his head
off but he cannot win if his team don't
hit tile ball. That has been proven long
ago
Now Memorial Day is the big day.
and what's the reason why at least
1000 people cannot accompany the
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Council.
June 14-Flag Day.
June l7-22-The Bangor Street Fair and
Carnival.
June 17-Prmary elections In Maine.
June 1s-National Republican ConYen-
ton. Chicago.
June 2s-27- Bowdoin Commencement.
June 26-2s-Maine Pharmaceutical Assn
Convention. st. Andrews, n. u.
July Z6-Aug 2-The Young Peoples
Missionary Conference. Ocean Park.
July go Aug. 1i-Fourteenth Good VIII
Assembly, Good VIII Farm. Hnckley.
Aug. 5-l6-Maine Christian Endeavor
Summer School. Charestons
Sept. 3-5-Maine state Christian En-
deavor Convention. Houiton.
Sept. 5-Maine State Detective Associa
ton, at Lewiston.
Sept. 12-13-The 18th Maine Regimentai
Reunion at Lakewood, near Skowhegan
Sept. 25-27-Mane State w. e. L. Z.
Convention Auburn.
Oct S-t0--American Board OF Commits
sioners for Foreign Missions, Portland.
oct. 2a-2i-25-Maine Teachers Associa-
ton. Portland.
Maine Fair Dates.
Aug. 20-22-Waldo County Fair. Belfast
| Aug. 27-29-Houlton Agricultural So
| ciety
Aug. 27-S0-Eastern Maine Fair. Bangor.
| Sept. 2-5-State Fair Lewiston.
Sept. 2-4-Catais Fair.
Sept. 3-5-fIancock Co. Agricultural So
| ciety. Bluehll.
Sept. lO-is-central Maine Fair. Wa
teryile
Sept 25-26-Somerset Agricultural Socie-
| tvs Fair. Arson.
Sept. 2i-26 North Knox Fair. Union.
Oct, -Topsbam Fair.
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Our Coffee Imports.

More f}lan one-thrd of the IL bill
lion pounds of coffee annually entering
the international commerce of the
world is consumed in the United States.
its imports of that article being twice
as much as those of Germany, three
times those of Netherlands, four times
those OF France, nearly ten times those
OF Great Britain. and half as much as
those Of all Europe. next to the United
States the great coffee consuming sec
tion Of the world.
The worlds leading importers of cof-
fee, according to the latest official re-
ports of the various countries thus far
received by the Bureau ,of Statistics,
Department of Commerce and Labor,
are; the United States, s75 million
pounds; Germany, 4o4 million; Neither
lands, 2s5 million; France, 245 million.
Austria Hungary 127 million: Belgium.
50 million. the United Kingdom SO mil
lion; and Sweden s. million, Italy.
Norway. Switzerland and Denmark al
so consume considerable quantities,
ranging from As to 25 million pounds
each. OF the countries on the western
hemisphere. Argentina and Cuba each
import about 20 million pounds per an
mum. Canada, about million: Chile
million. and Uruguay about million
while Australia the island continent,
consumes between ] 12 and million
pounds per annum. Certain of the NJ
rican countries are comparatively large
importers of coffee, the imports into
Egypt averaging about Is million
pounds year; the Cape of Good Hope
20 million, and Algeria, about Is mil
lion pounds.
While the United States is the worlds
largest consumer of coffee, the imports
have not increased during recent years
in the fiscal year 1902. 1850 million; in
1911, S75 million; and in the present
year viii probably aggregate approx
nately 800 million pounds, or consider
ably less than the annual average Of
the period since 1900 In 1871 import.
Of coffee amounted to S1s million
pounds; in 1881, ASS million: in 1891
$40 million; in 1901. S55 million; and in
1911. SIS million. Cocoa has to a iarg,
extent supplanted coffee as an Amerf.
can beverage, the imports having in
creased from 9 IL million pounds il
1871 to over 140 million pounds in 1911.
The worlds leading coffee-producin
countries are, according to the Depart
trent of Agriculture: Brazil. 2 Ia bill
lion pounds in 1903; Venezuela, "a mil
lion pounds; Mexico, so million; Colum
bia, 81 IL million; Porto Rico as mil
lion; Haiti, II million; Dutch East Ii
dies. 80 million; British India, rs mi
lion: Arabia. 151-4 million, and Abyi
sinia, 10 million. The worlds supply
1909 aggregated nearly 8 billion pound
but in 1910 fell below billion pound
due 10 q decrease of about $50 millic
pounds In the exports from Brazil.
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Coming Events

June 3=5-State Universalist conven-
ton. Pittsfeld.
June 4-Waldo Pomona. Belfast.
juno 4-Mane Federation of Labor,
Lewiston.
June Sc. Somerset Pomona. Pittsfied.
June 5-6-Divinion Encampment, Sons of
Veterans, at Gardiner.
June Maine Division, Sons of Vet
Grams. Bangor.
June 6-Yorl Pomona, Limington.
June 6-Somefset County Veterans and
Ladies Auxiliary. at Norridgewoek
June Hancock Pomona, Surry.
Junes<il-university of Maine Com
mencement, Orono.
June 9-12-Bridgton Academy Gradua-
ton.
june 12-Patriarchs Militant. 1. o. o.
f., Brunswick.
june 12-1S- Maine Department. G. A. r..
at Bangor.
June Injecting of the Governor and
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-05-29
Maine Gossip
AS Usual.


He bought hoe, rake. a spade,
Some little seeds To SOW,
At last he got the garden made,
And saw the green things grow.
He worked the rows and beds each day
Each little plant he knew;
And as he smiled and sweat away,
o, Joy! how fast they grew.
No floods came down to wash things
out,
No frosts to kill or blight;
No neighbor's chickens scratched about
No kIne stfayed in at night.
Each seed he planted did its best,
And not a one did rot
No other garden east or west
Such vegetables begot.
But still this man did not enjoy
These vegetables so new,
For every night "a neighbours boy
Stole what the garden grew.
From the New York Evening sun.
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See the Difference?

i Chapter 1885, Resolves of Maine 1911.
| Resolved That for the purpose OF
J PAYING THE SEVERAL CLAIMS. AC-
ICOUNTS AND DEMANDS AGAINST
THE STATE. ACCRUED PRIOR To
AND REMAINING UNPAID ON JANU-
larry FIRST NINETEEN HUNDRED
| AND ELEVEN, BY REASON OF IN
| SUFFICIENT AND LAPSED APPRO-
| pRIATIONS that there be and hereby is
| appropriated the sum of three hundred
twenty thousand seven hundred eighty
| three dollars and thirty cents, for the
wear nineteen hundred and eleven for the
| following purposes:"
| aIere follows, in the Resolve, list of
items)
| Among others we find this item: For
soldiers pensions, nineteen hundred
and ten deficiency, sixty-six thousand
one hundred fifty-fve dollars" This
item was discovered by Mr.. Dodge. Mr..
Dodge is a gentleman from Carmel. He
is state pension clerk. He made ms
discovery known to the public with
much emphatic condemnation. The
Democratic newspapers were shocked
because the Republican administration
had not paid the pensioners the pit
lance allotted to them. The Repubil-
cans had left deficit of s66,lo5. rms
was an awful instance of Republican
depravity. Dishonesty of i. c. MILL
ken, former pension clerk, was lnu-
mated.
January first, 1872, marked the close
of tie first year of an administration
which does things properly; an admin
istration which gives the public all the
facts. on that date the Indebtedness OF
the state for soldiers pensions was
more than $4,000. Every dollar of this
was due cities and towns on account OF
allotment by the amiable Mr.. Dodge
This was some $4,000 more than what
the state owed at the close of the pre-
yious year Has any one heard from
Mr.. Dodge about this? Has any one
read about this in the Democratic
Has any one heard Dem
oerats on the streets loudly talking
-
about it? .~---v.us~ ~.
In this deficiency resolve is also
found S2,S42.2O due for free high
schools. This was discovered by the
state Auditor. It was heralded all
over the State as another shocking ex-
ample of Republican depravity.
At the close of the first year of the
present administration, the administers
ton which does things properly and
gives the public all the facts. we find
that of their own free high school ac-
counts there were more than Sf19,0O9
unpaid Has any one heard any man
ifesto from the Governor about this?
Now the facts concerning these two
matters are as follows: The cities and
towns pay the soldiers pensions and the
free high school appropriations. The
cities and towns are reimbursed by the
State. The settlement is made when
the cities and towns pay their respec-
tive State taxes. This is done, in most
instances, in January or February of
the year following that in which the
State tax is assessed. Thus these ac-
counts and many others are not paid
at the end of the year This is entire
~ proper and business-like. But here
was an opportunity to deceive the vot-
ers of the State and to make political
capital for themselves. The Demo- |
cratic leaders. as usual, availed them
selves of the opportunity. With the
Democratic leaders the habit of jug
Cling with facts and figures is chronic.
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Editor S S Letter Box

The publication of letter In this
department is not to be taken as an
endorsement of its views by the
kennebec journal This column Is
maintained for the discussion of
matters of general public interest
when kept within bounds of reason
+ and not of a ibelous or abusive
nature.
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team to Gardiner. You won't
be sorry for Cony Won the first game
and they are also going To win the sec
ord one. there is no question about it,
hut with your support they will pile up
a larger score.
FORMER CoNY BOY
Augusta, May IS.
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$50 this is gay New York" remark
ed Pittsburg man who was making
his first visit to that city"
Eyes"
THE gay New York that have
heard so much about in the musical
comedies?"
quite So
@And who are those sad looking
eritters2"
"They are the gay New Workers.
Pittsburg Post.
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We Can't Help Saying 1t.
First of the Week-Not Sunday.
IT tIIV = SUI
aSss a !EMalM

We sure liked the water
And were mighty fond of floating
Till we took days vacation
And attempted motor boating.
Just now we're able To he up
And walk about bit.
However with struggling limp
And splints upon our mitt.
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AUGUSTA LODGE DIRECTORY

ROSE OF SHARON CHAPTER, NO.
ID. o. E. s. Stated meetings the first
Wednesday evening of each month at
730. All members sojourning In the city
are invited to attend.
ELIZABETH r. MERRILL, w. M
ELIZABETH A. THOMPSON, Sec
m-w-ftf
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The negro E,lks who have been pro-
hibited by the court from using that
name might reorganize as the Colored
Hibernians. Washington Post.
Or the Brunette Mems Hebrew
Association.
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Yours truly,
JOHN WETMORE
Hurricane Isle.


Joha. believe us, that's some ques-
ton and not to be answered on the
spur of the moment. The proper gar
ments to wear as groom to a noon
wedding the color of a shirt might
well have puzzled James Hazen Hyde
in his most violet-hued days, but we
shall bravely assai the task. The
handsomest groom we ever saw was
arrayed in scotch plaid cap, baggy
corduroy trousers. trimmed with
square bits of white sailcloth, and a
black shirt opened artistieally about
buttonless areas. He was barefeoted
and whistling an accompaniment to
the graceful strokes of a currycomb.
If. in your capacity as groom, how
ever, YOU must appear before the we'd
ding party it might be desirable after
your morning work, to use generous
applications of water or, if this be too
much trouble, to slip on pair of
shoes. AS we are not familiar with
the general hue of shirts on Hurricane
Isle we cannot. without further infor-
nation, aid you with your color
scheme.
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Bath man passed out dollar
for a lunch Saturday night and re-
eeived from the desk in change a
Swedish half dollar, a Canadian quar-
tor and one American dime.-Bath
Times.
Swell lunches served in Bath!
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Wednesday, May 29, 1912.

He is no whole man until he
knows how to earn blameless
livelihood Emerson.
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gan believes she has made the record
hatch of this season, having got 40
chicks from AZ eggs, but Mrs. Minnie
Marson of East Pittston thinks she
can go one better than that, having
set II eggs under five mems and re-
ceiving 90 smart , chicks one egg
was broken after setting, while the
other was infertile. She allowed the
hens to care for their eggs IN their
own way.
Friends in Hallowell his birthplace
and, in fact. throughout the State hail
the appointment of William j. Neal
as advertising manager for Double
day, Page & Co. of New York. But
the Old York Transcript advances
claims as follows:
But to York belongs the association
of memories of having been the scene
of Mr. Meals first efforts along the
line of his present notable career.
In this connection we are proud to
reflect that the editorial page of this
paper once bore his name as Assoc
ciate Editor. when Mr. Twombley was
chief. In fsct. Mr.. Neal gave up his
position on the Transcript to go with
Doubleday, Page & Co. about ten
years ago. And so we take even
greater pleasure in extending to him
now our congratulations and best
wishes. The job" is big. but BIZ
is bigger, and nobody doubts that he
can deliver the goods" So here's
success to Our Billy" Neal. and more
of it.
Farming activities at Shiloh are said
to be full of more promise than for
many years. Flowing. narrowing and
planting go ON apaee and those who
have expressed bitterness against
Sanford are jubilant This year the
farming is under the direct charge of
Almon A. Whitaker, whose wife OBJ
tanned a verdict of S1lO0 against Sand
ford for detention on board the yacht
Kingdom in the summer of 1910. Mr..
Whitaker was at one time a pros
porous farmer in Aroostook county
and seems to have the ability to make
farming a success About 20 acres of
beans 80 acres of potatoes. large
acreage of peas, corn and other vege-
tables will be raised. 1t was stated by
one of the colony that they expected
To raise sufficient this time to get
them through the year. A large acre
age of oats already has been sowed
and if these do well. they will have
enough. a number of acres of pasture
land have been torn up and planted
and some of the old fields have been
turned into the pastures. 1t is said
the Shiloh teams have been hauling a
large amount of fertilizer from Lisbon
Falls for use on the plowed land.
They have man who is an expert in
the seed line and he will assist Mr..
Whitaker in the management.
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The noblest spur unto the sons OF fame
is thirst for honour ~,
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Hurricane Isle, May 81.

Hurricane Isle. May q.
Dear Editor:
Would you please tell me what would
be the proper garments to wear as
groom at a noon wedding the color of a
shirt vest gloves tie and etc and
thanking you for same find stamp en-
closed.
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Lewiston breaks out again with
cartridges in stove wood
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ODD FELLOWS HALL.
ASYLUM LODGE NO. 20. REGUI 4

iEPHTHA ENCAMPMENT. NO. ,
Meetings at s o'clock every second and
fourth Tuesday.
w. l.. HAYDEN, C. p.
c. E. STEWART, Scribe.
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OWLS. AUGUSTA NEST. NO. 1856,
Darby Block. III Water street. Meetings
every. first and third Fridays, at 40 +.
M. Visiting brothers cordially welcomed.
NILES J.. PERKINS, President.
q. II. BANGS. Secretary.
m-w-f.u
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1912-08-23

can get at the facts, this makes in the
neighborhood of $4,000 bushels OF
peaches gathered from three orchards
and does not mean that this is all.
There is yet several thousand bushels
Of late peaches to father and market,
which will bring possibly a better
price than the early ones. Returns on
only two cars have been retceived to
date, and it is impossible to give the
correct amount the peaches win net,
but it will be in the aeighborhood OF
$4,000, and when all have been mar
keted the total will be something like
$4,000. The returns not only benefit
the gentlemen who have money invest
ed in orchards, but nearly 800 people
who were employed to pick, superin-
tend and crate same. The peach crop
has greatly benefited business, and
with good corn crop practically as
sured, We see prosperous times ahead
for our people-Grove Sun.