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Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-02-21

and of the several States sc as TO en-
courage legitimate and honest business
at the same time that he wars against
all c~rookedness and injustice and IN
fairness and tyranny in the business
world (for. of course, We can only get
business put on a basis of permanent
prosperity when the element of In
justice is taken out of it,.
This is the reason why | have for
SO many years insisted, as regards our
national government that ii is both
futile and mischievous to endeavor to
correct the evils of big business by an
attempt to restore business conditions
as they were in the middle of the last
century. before railways n telegraphs
had rendered larger business organi-
cations both inevitable and desirable.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-02-21
Believes in Short Ballot and Says
Good Service Cannot be Gotten by
Hiding Candidates in Long List.

II will give you my views as to the
kind of governmental machinery which
at this time and under existing social
and industrial conditions it seems to
me that, as a people, we need.
I'm the first place | believe In the
short ballot. You cannot get good serv-
ice from the public servant If you cam
not see him, and there is no more eff
fective way of hiding him than by mix
ing him up with a multitude of others
SO that they are none of them i'm
portant enough to catch the eye of the
average workaday citizen. The crook
in public life is not ordinarily the man
whom the people themselves elect
directly to a highly important and re-
sponsible position. The type of BOSS
who has made the name of politician
odious rarely himself runs for high
elective Office. and If he does and is
elected the people have only themselves
to blame. The professional politician
and the professional lobbyist thrive
most rankly under a system which pro-
vides a multitude of elective officers,
of such divided responsibility and of
such %obseurity that the public knows,
and can know. but little as to their
duties and the way they perform them.
The people have nothing whatever to
fear from giving any public servan
power so long as they retain their own
power to hold him accountable for his
use of the power they have delegated
to him.
"fOu will get best service where you
elect only "A few men, and where each
man has his definite duties and re-
sp0nsibilities. and IL obliged 10 work
In the open. so that the people know
who he is and what he IL doing, and
have the information that will enable
them to hold. him to account for his
sfexyardshfn
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-02-21
Judge Should Not Forget That He
Is As Much a Servant of People As
Any Other Official.

"Justice between man and man, he
tween the State and Its citizens, Ia n
living thing. whereas Iesaiistic Justice
is a dead thing.
Moreover, never forget that the
judge is just rs much the servant of
the people as any other official. OF
course he must act conscientiously. So
must every other official. He must not
do anything wrong because there is
popular clamor for 1t, any more than
under similar circumstances a Gov
ernor or IL legislator or a public utili-
ties commissioner should do wrong.
Each must follow his conscience, ever
though to do so costs him his place.
But In their turn the people must fol-
low their conscience and when they
have definitely decided on a given pol
icy they must have public servants
who will carry out that policy.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-02-21
Roosevelt Sounds Keynote Of Stand; For Progressive Legislation

is sustained, well and good. If not,
then the popular verdict is to be ac-
cepted as final, the decision Is TO be
treated as reversed, and the construc-
ton of the Constitution definitely de-
cided-subject only to action by the
Supreme Court of the United States.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-02-21
BooKKREpER $40, 900 SHORT.

POMONA, Cal, Feb. 2f.-Experts
wording on the books Of the American
National Bank here finished their work
officials of the bank that Bookkeeper
Earl Standards shortage of
amounted TO $149,0 0 instead of $780, 900.
as first announced. The directors and
stockholders of the bank ave made
good the shortage and nave increased
the capitalization of the bank. =
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-02-21

have meant thai in all similar cases
thereafter justice and not injustice
should be done.
"yet the court, by Il majority of one,
decided, as l do not for one moment be-
Iieve The court would now decide, and
not only ~pcrretuated "A ~Iamentabie In
justice in the ease of the man himself.
but set q standard of injustice for all
similar cases.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-02-21
Antitrust Law Does Good So Far
as it Can Be Invoked Against Combi-
nations.

THE antitrust law does good In so
far as it can be invoked against COM
binations which really are monopolies
or which restrict production or which
artifcially raise prices. But in so far
as it's workings are uncertain, or as 1t
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-02-21
is
the ENGINE OF
THE HUMAN BODY
TO KEEP 1T WORKING SMOOTHLY
Eat LAXA-B BEANS

People who
have weak and
impaired stom-
achs and who
do not properly
d G g $ t their
food, will soon
find their blood
has b e c ON c
weak and i'm
poverished, and
I n "a / I n a | =.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-02-03
Maine'S Hulk
 Is N0W Raised
After-Section of Battleship, Unhurt by Explosion,
 Successfully Floated

Havana. Feb. 3-The iong-protract- ed task of raising the sunken battle ship Maine was crowned with success yesterday when the after section, which was not injured by the explo- sion and which comprises approxi- mately half the total length of the hl-fated vessel was set afloat.
 Barely sufficient water was admit ted wi hin the cofferdam to free the hulk from the mud, in which it was deeply imbedded but now it floats almost on an even keel, though some what down at the stern and much above it's normal line of Notation in consequence of the removal of the heavy weights on deck, especially the after turret and it's guns. The hull. into which a bulkhead has been fitted, proved perfectly water tight
 Major Harley B. Ferguson. chief engineer in charge of the work in tends not to cease admitting water within the cofferdam until the DOT tions of the shattered forward sec tion of the battleship are removed which will be a matter of a few days. After this it will be a simple matter to admit sufficient water to raise the hulk to the harbor level. Then sec tion of the cofferdam will be removed d and the hulk will be floated out into the bay.
 Three bodies were found last even ing during an exploration of the eX- treme bow section of the Maine.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-02-03
GOV. HARMON 66 TODAY
Ohio's Chief Executive Looking Rugged and Buoyant-Says He Feels Young.

Columbus, Ohio, Feb. 3-Reminded of the fact that today would be his sixty-sixth birthday, Gov. Harmon said yesterday that he had not thought of it. Looking rugged and buoyant. he said he felt no older than he did when he was a young man. He is ( feet tall and weish hs 210 pounds. When standing he is straight as an arrow. His hair, what there is left, is white. His eyes are grey and look at one straight from under shaggy brows. A c ose cropped grayish moustache GOV CTS a mouth that. stands for determln- ation, but can smile' pleasantly and break into an open and hearty laugh. His chin is square and indicates a fighter
 T perceive no difference in the ap- proach of this birthday from that of earlier ones, except that each seems to come more quickly than the oth- ers,'' said the Governor. My first feeling is gratitude to the ancestors from whom I inherited a strong con stitution and to the parents who trans mitted it with a training which has enabled me to preserve and enjoy it."
 Gov. Harmon is methodical in his hahi+s, excepting in bad weather he walks a distance of two miles to his night He is at his office at a. m. and never leaves until D. m. The Governor is great home man and will srend the evening of his birth day quietly with his family. He is devot ed to children and is a great favorite among the little ones in his neighborhOod.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-02-03
Peach Crop Prospects
Northern Fruit Killed, But
 Georgia May Have Lots

J. H. Hale. the peach expert of this country, was asked the other day by a Hartford Courant reporter how about the peach crop of 1912. MT. Hale said that the crop in this Stae was prac- ticaIly all done fora years work lest in a single night. The tempera ture dropped and away went the life of the buds. In Glastonbury there remain only a few buds, presumably not enough to make gathering the yield for market worth the while. In part of Wa lingford there was considerable salvage, and in other parts all were killed In seymour only a few sur vive. This condition is not limited to Connecticut. Practically all the peaches are done for from the Caro- linas northward and as far west as Chic and the Great Lakes. Down in Georgia, where the largest Hale or chards are, the coz weather simply served to hold back the developing buds and the prospect now is for one of the best crops that region has pro- duced
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-02-03
EXTORTIONATE
 EMPRESS CHARGES.

The Adams Express Company Is un- der investigation by the Interstate Commerce Commission. It appears that identical financial interests con trol the companies and the principal railroads. The average yearly gross receipts of the Express companies are 0,OOO,OOO, of which the railroad get SS5, 5,5OO,O0O. or more than 57 per cent. Out of every s55 which they receive for express service the rail- roads make a profit of s21.
 The share of the profits enjoyed by the companies is even more startling. The property used in the express bus mess is valued at but s6.645,413. The annual profits are $9,926.642, or 150 per cent. on the investment. The com panies have had above dividend re- quirements, up to 1907. profits of $67,064,S4S.
 The effect of these extortionate charges lies hardest upon the small consumer. Forty-nine per cent. of the business is done in small pack ages, which bear the heaviest rates.
 The commission found in the )s- session of one of the companies $9I = 900 collected through various over- charges, including charges to both sender and receiver of the same par eel. The receipts of the Adams Elk press Company are found to be nearly
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-02-03
GROWING EXPENSE AND THE DANCER OF BONDING

the cost of permanent improvements by laying from year to year a spe- cial tax of one mill, the sums so de- rived to go into a permanent i'm provement fund, to be drawn on as needed.
 The city would thus pass from the position of a borrower to that of a lander, and, instead of paying twice for improvements would pay less than once, since the fund would yield some profits in the form of interest.
 Elements forceful in politics un- doubtedly will seek to manipulate deeply into debt, with the idea of preventing the city engaging in pro- ductive enterprises.
 To offset these designs upon the well being of the municipality the principle that there shall be no bond ed indebtedness without the consent of the people has been established. This principle the voters should protect.
 The administration has done it's share. all that could be expected in a single year, for tax equalization. The equa1zed grand list, rapidly incrSaS- ing from year to year, should furnish sufficient revenue to pay running ex- penses and pay for necessary improve ments. A policy that would estab- fish a great bonded indebtedness and infiict upon the citizens enormous in terest payments for unproductive things is a policy of extravaganza that cannot be too severely repre- hended.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-02-03
William A. Tomlin~on Opens a Studio and
 Piano Warerooms

One flight up in the SagaI Building, Room 1O2, you will find an upto-1aT e line of pianos and player pianos. IT. ey include such famous makes as me Ivers & Pond, LaF'argue, Jansen, We ser Bros, Schumann & Sons and oth- CT reliable makes. The store. if s1cn it may be termed, is the outcome oI the broad experience of Will fam A Tomlipson, who has been successfully y engaged in the selling of pianos Tn this city for some years past, haVlng g been associated with an old and rel able firm.
 MT. Tomlinson's advent into the commercial field of Bridgeport will be with the best wishes of arge circle Seaside, Algonquin and Seaside Out ing Clubs of the Elks and var1ous 5 other fraternal organizations, beside holding a prominent position Tn the Musicians Club of NSw York gives him entree into exclusive musical cir cles in the metropolis, whe-e his voice has been heard on various occasions, as a solo'st. He has a rich sweet voice. full of tone, well controlled and Is the tenor soloist at the First Pres hyterian Church. this city.
 MT Tomlinson has succeeded iii Se- curing for the development O. his bus mess two men who are also well known in musical circles in this city. MT George Finklestone, graduate lawyer, who is recognized as one of the best pianists in the state and who has been playing in concert since he was 12 years old, and MT. Edward A. Rogers formerly chief erl1 to yard master L. P. Bristol os the New Yer k. New Haven & Hartford Railroad, ard a musical critic of ability who will re remembered as former tenor so olst for both St. Charles and Scored Heart Churches. MT. Finklestone will as sist in the Studio and MT. Roge~s in the general management of the busl- ness.
 The quarters in the SagaI bui' dine have been finely fitted up by Fay. the decorator. and are parti~ ularly adapt ed for the business for which they are selected. Centrally loca ed, wi h elevator leading to the door, and CCn- sequent low rent due to an mp sta 'rs location will enable MT. Tomlinson to offer some unusually attractive values.
 Although the rooms have been oP- cred for some time, a formal Onenfng will be announced in the near future when souvenirs will be given and d musical program arranged.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-02-03
SaVin Rock Hard
 Place To Sit On
New London Editor Says It's Waters Looks Like
 Mulled Cider

The New London Telegraph in com menting upon the proposition to make a state reserve at Savin Rock, has this to say:
 West Ravens Civic association ad- vances the proposition that the state should purchase Savin Rock and make a state reservation of it. Saw in Rock is no place for a state reser- vation-unleSs for the Indians that foregather there in summer time. The idea is all right in the abstract the state should have a shore reserva tion but Savin Rock is too concrete. It is a hard place We know it is a hard place because we have sat upon it. Sitting on Savin Rock was fla vorite pastime when we were in col lege. The. habit still prevails there to a noticeable extent.
 Between the Connecticut river and New London there are acres and acres of shore property admirably adapted for a state reservation. The rocks along there may be just as hard as at West Haven, but they are by no means so tough. There are no dance halls or saloons. Nature Is beautiful and unspoiled. The water front Is not o-thirdS composed of mud flat And 1t is possible for campers there to sleep undisturbed by the flat wheels of trolley traffic or the conSlomerated noises of a white city, If the state wants to establish summer amuse- ment palace we know of no better site for it than Savin Rock. Amuse- ment seems to be natural to the place. But a reservation-a sea shore camp. ing swimming, fishing. boating and vacation ground for those who need it-should be located where nature still wears her petticoats and bathes her feet in water that doesn't loot so much like a poor grade Of mulIad Rock The West Haven Civic asso- citation is i'll advised.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-02-03
THE HIGH COST OF LIVING

President Taft recommends anoth- CT investigation into the high cost ef living He says that the constant ly increasing distances between a dol lar and what it will buy is a phenom- enon that cannot be understood un- less a commission makes a $20,O00 inquest into the subject, during a junket among the nations of the world.
 The affectation of ignorance as to the reasons behind the increasing cost of living is common among a class of writers and economists who do not wish to know. It must be as- stunned, however, that President Tatr is sincere in his failure to know the leading facts of the miracle of rob- bery and extortionsto which the Am erican people are submitted. That the knowRdge is able to pass him by must be attributed to the burden of his great duties as head of the na- tion
 Let us see if some of the reasons cannot be made plain?
 Readers of The Farmer are famil- jar with the investigation of the ex- press companies. They have seen these companies making 15O per cent. profit on their investment in single year, paying labor little, taking much for a few.
 Upon the floors of Congress sew ing machines have been seen in trans portation to be sold abroad, at fig ure ridiculously small beside that charge to the home consumer.
 Cash registers sold in Europe at half their price in America are part of the same kind of evidence.
 The high cost of living is due to the fact that trusts and monopolics and dealers in a multitude of lines have4sheen able to combine to raise prices to the American people, with out at the same time increasing wa ges, or, perhaps, even cutting wages.
 Thus with the Wool business. which protected by tariffs as high as- 200 per cent imports Syriaps and other for eignerE who are willing to accept a very low wage, charges a monopoly price to the consumer; and after skinning laborer and consumer, ar rive at results like these:
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-02-03

American Woolen pays per cent. { on $69, ,5G0, O0O,; Pacific more than F Q per cent. extra in cash-or $5,OOO,- 900 in hard coin-and in 1905 the Ar | ington Mills paid a dividend of B per cent.
 And so it goes in multitude of i'm dustries. Wages are cut to the. linn it on one side. Prices are infiat ed to the top on the otber side. And all the time the market is be- ing destroyed. The Syrian in the woolen mills of Lawrence, earning an average of $5 a week. cannot buy much.
 Thus is an old problem raised again. One of the economic motives behind the anti-slavery agitation was the existence of a non-purchasing eI- ement in the South, which afforded no output whatever for American goods.
 The nearer labor approaches the condition of receiving nothing for its toll, the more the market for goods is destroyed.
 A man in the woolen industry who creates $2O worth of value and gets but $5 cannot buy back much uf what he creates, and if the same con dition were extended to all industries the result would be increasing inn poverishment, stagnation and indus trial despair.
 Again, prices are increased, as re- cent Congressional investigations have proved by the opera a-ion of trusts and monopolies in limiting produc- ton.
 Just as the woolen mills keep hm- iting production by running their mills only part of the year, so does the food trust, by restricting thu. price paid to the producer for h1s cattle and other products. The farm CTS who are unable to make a profit on their cattle stop railing cattle. The beef trust, to decrease the production of beef in any section has but to re- duce the prices it pays in that sec ton.
 President Taft need not go far afield to find that monopoly, accom- panied by restricted products, low wages and high prices is the main factor in the problem which Presi- dent Taft wants a commission to solve.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-02-03

aIUO,UUv uay, more than nall or which represents profits to the rail roads or the companies
 As a result of its investigations the Interstate Commerce Commission has announced that criminal suits will be brought against the companies.
 Two results seem likely to folio W the investigation. The sentiment in favor of general parcels post will be increased. The commission may order the establishment of a zone system with a flat rate applicable to the several zones.
 The enormous profits earned by the companies were not reflected in it's treatment of it's employees, the aver age wages paid being surprisingly low.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-02-03


 It becomes daily evident that the plans of the administration will not be accomplished without some addi- tionaI expense The requisition of s2o,oOO for an audit of the city's books and the installation of a sys- tenn of accounting, is a pretty stiff figure. The benefits are entirely in the future The results that flow from the work may be highly beneft- ciaI, they may result only in the in- staIIation of a more expensive meth cd of keeping books than that now in vogue
 The Board of Contract and Supply is evidently to carry its share of tax burdens, as the creation of a high salaried office for the clerk of the board indicates. The advantages that may bs derived from this system of making purchases are also in the fu- ture. Properly administered, good re- suits may follow. The centraliza ton of purchasing power has been foup l in practice, however, to be attended with serious dangers.
 The design of the administration ev- identiy is to increase the expense of the engineers office. The effect of changing the ordinance, making sal aries at the will of the engineer, is another step in a policy of centraliza- tion, which does not upon its face promise an economy. Indeed tho purpose apparently is to raise salar- les in some directions. It would be interesting to know in advance just where salaries are to be cut, and just who is to obtain the advantage of the proposed increases.
 One thing is certain. There must necessarily be heavy cutting some where if the tax rate is to be kept down and keavy charges added to the budget for the conduct of investiga- Iions and the creation of new offices.
 The administration has promised to put the tax rate to 5 mills. There seems absolutely no reason why I; should go higher, in view of the splen- did results that have been secured from tax equalization and the rapid growth of the grand list.
 But no policy of reducing tax rate and filling in by the creation of an interest bearing debt should be con sidered.
 The city should not bond for all permanent improvements. It should not bond except when absolutely necessary, or for the purchase of 'util- ities which will pay their own way. The effect of bonding is ultimately to double the cost of the thing purchas- ed. The new High School for in stance, will cost the taxpayers $500, 900, instead of $4OO.oOO, the actual physical value of the land and pro- posed buildings.
 Now the present budget includes an interest and sinking fund or serial bond payment account representing considerably more than a mill on the grand list
 Much better would it be to meet