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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1913-10-28

Possibly General Fe tx Diaz might
have stood first i'm the returns if he had
promptly accepted that invitation to
come to Mexico City and confer with the
other candidates. Uerhaps he feared HUI
erta not wisely, but too much.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1913-10-28

The Herald suggested to Feliz Diaz
that he should conduct what little re
manned of his presidential campaign
from Cuba. He either failed to get the
paper or deliberately neglected the adj
vice. 1t is too late now. but right here
is where we stop advising Felix Diaz.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1913-10-28
( x x x x x X * x x
THE CIRCLE CONTEST.

Is growing in interest. The chance
to pick up $500 90 without one cents
cost is what causes the interest to
increase every day-extra cards
with the puzzle plate can be bad by
applying to the Herald.
Rmember the dividend feature
the prize you win depends upon the
amount YOU send i'm. N
x Y Y x x x x x X x
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1913-10-28

Senator William Borah. who is i slf-
fragist, has refused to take part in meet
ings where Mrs. Pankhurst is present.
Shucks, Senator, that is no wa tc treat
a stranger. Also it is not the way to keep
Mrs. Pankhurst from getting a crowd to
hear her.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1913-10-28

Newspapers announced yesterday that
England was quietly awaiting the results
of the Mexican elections. This may be be
cause there was no other way for Eng
land to await results.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1913-10-28

A poor little mule, just ab,e to bray
was found i'm the ROckdale nj he. At the
risk of becoming the object Of some en-
vemOned jest. we venture to hop. that
the needs of the poor little hungry don
key were not neglected.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1913-10-28

AS to Ulster. talk in England is
that the proper thing would be to set
the erring sister stay If she cares to
remain under the ru9 of the imperial
parliament, let her stay. That is about
what Ulster is proposing to do anyhow.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1913-10-28

That speech of Don Belisaria Domin-
uez was an able effort. a fearless hrillt
ant utterance. Yet where is now Don Bel
ario Dominguez Where are the SHOWS Of
yeSteryear?
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1913-10-28

The postoffice department is interested
in good roads. POstmasters are instruct
ed to cooperate with local authorities in
influencing good roads.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1913-10-28

With five tickets in the field the best
that anyone could expect would be a plu-
rality. thOufigh Huerta ran away ahead
of the tickets at Piedras Negras.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1913-10-28

There was killing frost" in North
Texas yesterday. 1t worked its way on
down toward the center of the state.
There was also a little frost this side
the center of the state.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1913-10-28

Well, an elimination prOmacy might
not be a bad thing for the pros Might
be a good thing for the ants. There is
no use to talk about eliminating the pro
hibitiOn issue from the campaign.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1913-10-28

Mrs. P%ankhurst announces that she
will never be tried by a jury of men. She
contends that under the British consti-
tuition she has a right to be tried by a
jury of her peers.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1913-10-28

@ The wife of Mr.. Spencer-the one
whom he somehow forgot t. MURDERS
sueing for Il divorce. On the ground of
incompatability perhaps.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1913-01-02

WAf. L. WALKER.


The closing OF the worsted mill,
spinning mill and wooden mill in
Skowhegah would hurt the business Of
the farmers terribly. Farmers are
able to get AFT excellent market b.
these mills and then the business men
receive more OF a benefit from the
farmer than they otherwise would.
Much OF the produce that IS realized
upon the farm is sold to families con
nected with these mills and that en-
cOurages farmers to raise more prod
ucts. This is the idea of William l..
Walker. prominent farmer i'll SkoW-
hogan, and State Senator from Som
erset County. or course the closing
of these mills would reduce the yalua-
ton of real estate. he says. and less
machinery that is nov bought for the
carrying on Of farms which comes
from the International Harvester Com
pany; the John Deers PloW Company.
Moline. Ill. DeLaval Cream Separator
Company, New York, etc would be
bought by Skowheean farmers
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CHAS. FOLSOM-JONES

4 believe in low tariff but | do not
believe in radical revision of the
tariff that would close the mills of our
town. speaks Charles Folsom-Jones,
who is the Oldest insurance agent in
the county and who does business with
the biggest insurance companies in thu
country such as, The Insurance Com
parry of North America, Philadelphia,
Pa; Phenix Company, New York; I.iy-
erpool Insurance Company, New York;
North America, Hartford, Conn. He
says: Business would be hurt a great
deal by the closing of these mills and
even though the employees do not
all own their homes they work stead
lily and Skowhegan business men get
good dead of their money"
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Markets
y r IEAA EFT

- the worst.i. aoolea u spinning
mill should close. ny business would
L. cut down one-third ! DO cash
business and since I have g5ne ohio
this system my business mas iucreas ID
and get good trade from The opera
tiFes Of these mills. They are good to
pay and tiny good things and buy often
and it is this class of trade that makes
for the aetive business o. the town
This is what A. r Jewett. a big meat
dealer in ~kowheean says i cannot
AFFORD TO lose this business and those
that would suffer With me would he
the wholesalers whom / buy a large
amount OF goods from such as
Armour Co, Chicago; Swift Beet Co.
Chicago. John p. Squire Cambridge
Mass. TRitchell & Champlin, Port
land, Me. Millikin d Tonlinson, Port
land; Chase d Sauboru, Boston. Alex
ander Bill Co. Boston, Cobb d Yexra.
Boston, and Loose Wiles Co. Boston.
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Photos
c. T. HUFF.

c. T. HUFF.
Nothing could cut into my business
with more injury than by a revision
of the tariff which would close the
worsted and wooden mills in Skowhe-
gan is the pronounced declaration
of c. T. Huff, the largest photographer
and camera supply-house in this part
of the state. 81 sell the biggest part
of amateur camera supplies to en-
ployees of these mills and a large
part of my business in my studio
comes directly or indirectly from
these people. These people get their
money and spend it and on account
of this | have had to buy more sup
plies to meet the demands of these
people from my wholesaler: East
man Kodak Company, Rochester, ~
Y. The nridges Manufacturing
Company, Poughkeepsie, N. Y, and
the Ansco Film Company, New York
1t is with this class of trade that
can afford to do much higher grade
work. These supplies are ordered
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FRED A WOOD

IF the Worsted and WOODEN mills in
Skowhegan should close would have
to go out of business. get "a bis
lot of business from the employees Of
these mills They make up a class
that buy lot of stoves and are con-
tinually making improvements on
their homes which they invariably
own Thus speaks Fred A Wood,
who is the biggest dea,er in stoves in
dis section OF the state and one OF
the leading tin-kLockers and plumbers
in the county. He says further:
With the trade of these people it Is
necessary to order large supply of
stoves and awhile ago | had come to
this station the biggest carload of
stoves that ever came in this section
of the state at one time and good
part OF these have been sold to the
people employed in these mills. |
trade with the wholesalers, Weir
Stove Company, Taunton, Mass; Aus
tin, Dolton, Boston; Portland Stove
Foundry, Portland; and from these
firms I get stoves, tin plate, etc, to
satisfy the demand. There is no ques
ton If these mills should close but
that all business would be killed in
= ko whegan."
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closing OF these mills would be blow
to Skowhegan farmers, to my business
and to the K. A. Strout Farm Agency
In New York"
The Citizen
JOHN ROBINSON.

This country must keep protective
tariff 1t Is unlike any other country
in the world, particularly il that all
the necessaries of life can be produced
here and it would be disaster TO
make q radical revision In the tariff on
wool which would close our mills" is
the reasoning of John Robinson, an
Englishman by birth and nov assist
ant superintendent OF the Maine Spin
ming mill in SkoWheRan. For man.
years Mr. Robinson held the same pos.
ton in a mill in England. has also
worked in Spain and has been ii
Skowhegan for eight years His juds
ment has been sought after by the
tariff commission OF the United States
and he has full understanding of the
conditions of the mill operatives in
England under free trade as compared
with the same class in the United
States" The position that | now hold
commands about one-half as much In
England in wages as in the United
States. Not only that, the mill class in
the United States has moro social lib
critics and advantages. These employ
ees can be Independent and they make
up an important part of town or
city. AS assistant superintendent of
the spinning mill here | give my en-
ployees the greatest advantage of
what they may know. To be sure
oversee everything, yet | let the help
use their own judgment as far as they
can in carrying on their work. Be
cause of this | get the best work out
Of my help; they enjoy the work and,
/ too people under the wage system in
! our mills at young age may 70, 10
work and demand as good wages as
! many positions command with more
training and education. We have
young people working in our mills
/ that are demanding $1,000 a week and
these people before they are of yot-
ing age add a greet deal to the bust
ness OF the town. Under the pro-
/ teCtiye tariff system which we have
been running under, at least since our
mill started. we have been able to
run steadily all the time and our ex-
penditures amount to about 500, 600 q
year As an illustration of what our
/ help get from rs mention that each
year We take the entire help on an
outing trip at our expense to Old
Orchard, distance of about go miles.
aud at times have even shut our mill
down to give the entire force at our
i expense the enjoyment OF theatre III
4 own. engaging the best seats in the
7 opera house. Our help appreciate It
and we are able to give them these
/ liberties as We are able to run OH
regular time. | remember, under the
administration OF Cleveland, when his
term was about to expire and the Re
/ publicans were about 10 be installed
into office that foreign countries rush
ed their goods TO this country before
protective tariff should be issued in
again by the Republicans \ radical
/ change in the tariff at present would
ruin the business of this country"
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Pharmacist
". BUCHANAN.

The closing Of ou- textile mills in
town would SO cripple the drug bust
ness at Least. have my doubts as to
Wether or not We could ever recover
from tae blow sa.s F w Bucknam.
proprietor of the largest drug stora In
the county and this section of the
state. i get a good trade from the
operatives OF these mills and all bust
ness depends upon tn man with the
dinner pail and from this man or this
class of people comes the best trade
carry the fLest line Of goods and
these people want what is best. and
under this condition | deal with such
wholesale houses as. Eastern Drug
Company Boston; Park Davis & Co..
New York City; s. 5. Pierce & Co.
Boston: Cook, Everett. Penhelf. Port
Ind; John " Perkins Company.
Portland; J. f. Could & Co. Portland.
and LoriHe. Short q Harmon, Port
land"
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Groceries
c. w. DAY.

c. w. DAY.
i find that the employees of the
Worsted and wooden mills are people
that are good to work, good to spend
and the grocerymen get a good share
of the money that they spend arr
the words coming from Charles w.
Day. for over twenty years in the
grocery business in Skowhegan and
one of the biggest grocerymen in
the county. He goes on: I'VE would
have to go out of business if the wool
en- mill and the worsted mill should
close or wages become reduced.
buy goods from Armour & Company,
Chicago; Swift Company. Chicago;
and enough of these goods is sold to
mill employees to make 1t necessary
for travelling men to call on me pretty
often. My coffee trade with other
groceries that come from Dwlnal &
Wright, Boston; w. S. Quimby, Bos-
ton; Chase & Sanborn, Boston; II.
L. Mudgett, Boston; H. S. Melcher,
Boston; Fuller Holway, Augusta. is
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The Banks
CARLETON P. MERRILL.

CARLETON p. MERRILL
1t requires no expert to foresee
the local effect such an eXtereme re-
duction in tariff would have as would
result in reducing wages or closing
mills here in Skowhegan' 2fIirms,
Carleton p Merrill, treasurer of the
Skowhegan Savings Bank, and con-
sidered one OF the best bankers in
Maine lie says further, We are a
mill town depending largely upon
outside capital, and to a great extent
upon the wooden industry. That We
are now prosperous is we'll shown by
the size of the deposit of this bank
the largest of any Maine town and
exceeding that of many of our cites
and our prosperity depends 20 quite
degree upon that of the wage earn
er. Therefore we, too. are some~ hat
concerned with tariff reduction, and
inasmuch as our investments are well
distributed what effects us must in
directly effect quite a territory tc
some degree. At first thought one
might think that the curtailment oil
the output of our mills was of local
only, but when he considers the chan
nels into which the revenue derived
must and will go he will be surprised
that it is possible that it may effect
interests all over the country. Tariff
adjustment is matter SO delicate and
Of such widespread importance that
the least we can do is to demand that
whatever change IS made should be
the result only of a most careful con
sideration of all interests, for We are
all concerned.
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l.. G.. TRAFTON.

There would be 20 per cent de
crease in the valuation OF Skowheean
farms by the closing Of the Norstad
or the WOODEN mill in the town. or if
any revision of the tariff affected the
runnins-timo of either of these mills.
declares l.. c. Traiton, probably one
Of the biggest farmers as Nell as one
Of the most prosperous in thu county
He freely SAYS; Our mills are the
things that make fer the prosperity
OF Maine farmers the value Of the
farms and the progressive results thar
are NOW being attained Dy Skawh'saA
farmers. In the last thirtt Years
Skowheean farms have increased very
materially in valuation. The mill
have created A market fer arm Yrs =
ucts, farmers hase Sen able 10 orHe
about more Improvements and ua
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Millinery
CARL CURTIS.

The millinery business is one that
gets Zig trade from the operatives
Of tn Worsted and wooden mills.
Th.so people will have the best there
is and We have never yet had any
trogbie in getting their business and
getting them to pay" is the way Carl
curtis, successor to e. B. Curtis, prob
ably the oldest millner in the state,
talks. "If these mills should close, "
he says. would have to close my
shop, whereas now | am able to order
frequently goods OF some of the big
gest wholesalers in the country who
are Bowditch & Clapp Company, Bos-
ton; T. r. Fiske Company, Boston;
Thomas Long. Boston; Frankel &
Schmidt Inc, New York; and Fried
man & Distillator. New York, who re-
oeiFe my orders by the dealing that |
have with the employees of these
mills. Nothing could happen that
could be worse for the business Of
Skowhegan than the closing of these
mills
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realize the great injury to the town
II these mills should close
J.. " GEHRtSfI.

l.. " Cornish. Superintendent o
schools has every reason 10 belize
that educational advantage would be-
sery much impaired by the CLOSING
Of the Wesserunsett and American
~oolen mills in skoRhegan or even i
they We're driven to shorter time r
states: At present there are not 81
young men and women All told und-r
fifteen. working in the mills, and all
others are enjoying the best eeuca-
tional advantages. Vow With thrse
mills shut down, taxpayers would
suffer. il would be impossible TO raise
as much money for schools; and edu-
cational advantages would be cut
down at least one-third At present
as far as I know there are no families
that derive their income from these
mills that are wanting for the neces-
saries and conyeniences of lie, this
condition being due to these mills
running on practically full time and
employing about five hundred hands
beside the Spinning mill that employs
about 80 hands
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Druggist
GEO. SAMPSON.

George Sampson, the oldest drug
gist in Skowhegan, having been in the
business since 1894. says: Nothing
could hurt the drug business, as we'll
as all other business, as much as any
interruption of the work at the worst
ed and wooden mills. The operatives
believe in spending. they enliyen bus
mess and the town is made better by
it. buy a great deal of my goods
from II. K Wampole of Philadelphia;
Cook, Everett & Pennell. Portland,
Me; j. W Perkins, Portland, Me; j.
E. Gould & Company, Portland. Me-;
and of course if | suffer these people
also are injured | not only suffer
but all other drug stores in the town
would be hurt"
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CrOckepY
c. A. ROSS.

One of the greatest calamities that
could happen to the business of our
town would be the closing of any one
of our three big mills. 1t is from these
mills that we derive large part of
our trade. The people in these mills
are Industrious, good citizens, own
their homes for the most part and seek
to improve their houses and In so doing
am able to sell them a lot of mater
ial such as furnaces. crockery and
other things that go to make for the
building of a home. The credit of
these people is good. They want the
best class of goods and are willing to
pay for them, and they pay cash. The
people that work in these mills have
come here to make their homes and
many of them have been here a gerat
many years. They like to live here
because they have always had steady
work, expect it and therefore take an
interest in the place. This is what {.
n. I(OoS Says, inc SecOuu elutSI puoi-
ness man in point of service in Show
hogan and one of the most prominent
men of the town. He has been mer-
chant in the town for Sc years, deal
ing in stoves, crockery, coal and roof
ing and has always had considerable
voice in anything meant the improve
ment of the town, and he says: "Busl-
ness would be paralyZed If anything
should happen to our mills. | deal
with the biggest wholesale houses in
the country and these wholesalers get
a lot of trade from me on account Of
the business that ! get from people In
the mills. Mitchell Woodbury. Com
pany, Boston; MCGEE Company, Bos
ton; Herrick & Company. Boston;
Braman & Dow, Boston; A. R. Wright
Company, Portland; ndall-McAllis
ter, Portland; Emery aterhouse
Company, Portland; Kendall & Whit
ney Company, Portland; od-Bishop
Company, Bangor; Bawo & Dotten
Company, New York; Wheeling Cor
rugating Company, New York; Burger
manufacturing Company, Boston.
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j. P. OAK.

When, the. people working in the
worsted and wooden mills in Skowhe-
San do thing they do 1t up brown.
They get good money and they spend
we'll They are permanent residents
of Skowhegan and take pride In own
ing their homes and finishing them
we'll and here is where the furniture
dealer gets his share of their money.
They buy good furniture as we'll as
other things. If they buy an article
they want the best. If they are going
TO make present as they often do to
their friends they give something of
vflue. Not long ago one of these en-
ployees came into my store and
fought a present paying fifty dollars
for it for a newly-wed couple among
their friends" These are interesting
words coming from ]. p. Oak, the
largest and most prominent furniture
dealer in Somerset County. He con-
tinues, 1T doesn't require much
brought about that would close our
worsted and wooden mills or impair
their present running standard would
injure the business in Skowhegan. On
account of the trade that | have with
these people | have to buy great
deal of furniture, crockery, etc, from
In, fhn frN
such as the following: Loring, Short
& Harmon, Portland; Thomas P.
BeaIe, Portland; Haywood Brothers,
Boston; Jamestown Lounge Company,
Jamestown, N. Y; S. X. Pierce &
Son, Gardiner, Mass; Ferguson Bros,
Hobokep, n. j.; from Arnold, Con-
stable Company. n. Y; Parks Mills
Carpet Co.. Philadelphia; S. F. San
ford Company, Amsterdam, n. Y; Or
pia Brothers. somerville, Mass;
crockery from MitchellWoodbury
Company, Boston; Jones, McDuffee &
stratton, Boston; Steubenyille Crock
cry Company. Steubenville, Ohio. |
entertain the drummers from these
wholesale places with orders quite
freely but with a curtailing or any
thing to stop the people in these mills
from buying, these wholesale houses
would get very little business from
Skowhegan, for it Is through these
mills that business is now good in
Skowhegan and with them closed the
merchants would have to depend on
the farming section; but as it is now
not only business is made better but
the farming section gets the benefit
as we'll"
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MARSTON co.

BY the elimination of our Worsted
decrease seyen-tenths" is the feeling
of c. r. Oliver of the Steward & Mars
ton Plumbing Company, one of the
largest firms in Maine In regard to
the matter he says, THE people that
work in these mills have become more
Independent because of their pros
perity which has come through steady
work and they are now able to have
the equipments in their homes that
Years ago were not known to them.
We are installing bath fixtures, etc,
into twenty homes now where few
sears ago we did not have one and this
is among the homes of the people in
the worsted and wooden mills BY
losing this business which we would
necessarily by the closing of these
mills, the wholesale supply houses, We
do business with, such as Avery &
Saul, Boston; Wheeling Corrugated
Company. New York; F. w. Webb
Manufacturing Company, Woolworth
Manufacturing Company, New York;
e NJ & II. G. Plummer OF Portland;
and w L. Blake Company of Portland;
aud Central Brass Company of New
York, would suffer materially and
they would suffer more than We be
cause of their statesmen"