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The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1913-01-02


large percentage OF the cloths now sold to The con
sumner as Imported are made here
The American public has been led 10 believe 'na'
there are no actually pure wool domestic fahrS "hereds
% percent Of the cloth used IN the manufacture 81 men
clothing contains no cotton
This prevents the domestic manufacturer from S=.'5
ing any but the closest price Tor ms market
Any tarh legislation mat VIII result !" NIX ~
crease in mporations will aeeentnae these conditions AM
make the position OF the average manufacture 81 8Sa
nnenable If 1t does not largely destroy me INDUSTRY u
seen IN the ease OF canadian manuaf'orers under
similar condition.
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" nave zee" ""u' III '"' WIZ
the last ten years Competition has gwen The American
public cloths as demanded by the mutations VI '"N'n ""
a basis of = very meagre return on the capital invested
VIII il nav the American public zths ultimate eou
sumer) 10 destroy OF seriously s'''' ~
aud wool manufacturing industry
m ,,. - ,r I .,,1 ..,ri,,g industry
=, : - ,t - soooooa0 900 IN say
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7 I'll ., .l ,o,y.,c,,t Of ,aarlv
tt .,. ~ lt,,,, ~ GOO 600 and
s'@o noo oon o,sa toor,riy ot least disaster los,
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looo ooo 1 , ~ l 3ir.l, 1.,cnaent ON them
- ,11 ir, rt M. ,,in bosiness community
,: :, .ho if ,I, ,,,b,ytr, i , Iar,c factor
,.;, Tho <.. Fnolapd States Pennsylvania and por
t;o,v of Nov York and New Jersey
The reduction Of the amount received from his pro
lo b, thu, wool grower would result in the deeimating
bs aoks f sheen raising the price Of mutton and sympa
+btilly incr,sno the rrjre II All other meats to tn
consumer
4ftar liis ,,as ACCOMPLISHED npd this magnificent
MARIO, for manufacturers Of wool amounting to $25OOO0
aoo ,oor, , turned oyer IN the foreign manufacturer
= ,old ga t bia ability IN s1npIy the demand (af;er
olr home wool and WOODEN industry had been drstroyed
that the foreigner both principal and operative would
lie able 70 secure AN advanced price which would partially
# not entirely Vpc ont the temporary saving approx
lnatey 81 p per year per consumer
factarcrs compete with European
~ ~ t tan;y ti o.t
them per than the cost to the foreign manu-
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The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1913-01-02
Hardware
L. Z. JACOBS.

Il get twenty-five per cent of my
business from the operatives OF our
worsted and wooden mills" says l.. K.
Jacobs of the hardware firm of Blunt
Hardware Company. They buy what
they need and pay cash. They do not
buy in large lots, therefore | get fair
percentage of profit from them. If a
man came into my store and bought a
hundred dollars worth of goods at one
time | should expect to take off GER
tain amount for the size of the order,
He would expect it and it would be
done These mill operatives, conse-
quently, are better for the business
men than the ones who buy SO much
at one time. With twenty-five per
centtof our business gone which would
be lost by the closing of the mills our
wholesale houses from whom We buy
large quantities of stuff would suffer.
These would include Emery Water
house Company, Boston; Dana Hard
ware Company, Boston; James II.
Prince Paint Company, Boston; Car
penter- Morton Company, Boston !;
Chase. Parker & Company, Boston; T.
B. Davis Company, Portland; Ameri-
can Steel & Wire Company New
York"
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HERBERT {. JlDKlNS.

The best trade that | have comes
from the employees of the spinning
mill. worsted mill and WOODEN mill, and
If these mills should close | might as
well shut up my shop That | do a
big business with these people and that
many of the wholesalers of dry goods
throughout this country have chance
TO realize it is shown in the fact that
| buy goods from such companies as,
Brown, Durrell Company, Boston; Cal
lender McAuslan, Troup Providence,
X. l.; Stanton Brothers, New York;
Farley Harvey Boston; BlodgettOrd-
way Company. Boston; Gilbert Manu-
featuring Company, New York;
Schultz-Guthrie. Worcester, Mass;
Charles Levine Company, New
York; Poughkeepsie Undermuslin
Company, Poughkeepsie, N. Y; Burr
& Hardwick, New York; Conner-Wal
lace Company, New York; Exeter TN
brella Company. Exeter, n. H.; WELLER
brothers, y. y, Alteman- elpDerg,
New York; Parker & Towns Company,
Portland, Me; Cook & Atwood, Phil
lips. Me" This is what comes from
Herbert G. Judkins, one of the leading
dry goods dealers in Skowhegan. He
also says. The people Of the mills as
soon as they are done with their work
on Saturday come Immediately to my
store and the business man has now
begun to realize that they mean much
to him and if this trade were taken
away from him a merchant could hard
ly exist. These people buy good arti-
cles. buy them often and they pro-
duce the life of trade"
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FRANK THOMPSON.

"A tariif revision that would neces-
state the shutting of the worsted and
wooden mill in Skowhegan would
mean the loss OF one half OF my bust
ness" are the words coming from
Frank Thompson. for more than 25
years In the meat business here. He
says. Il would not be the only loser
but the farmers in this county would
be as great losers. | do about $15.-
GOO worth OF business with them in a
year. buying cattle and sheep of them
and many depend on me for their
market and raise stock for me. | OF
course do a big business with Swift
Co and Armour Company of Chicago
and one may readily see that it would
not be the greatest loss to me but to
che farmers and wholesale supply
houses.
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A. c. NEWTON.

The milk men of Skowhegan can
not furnish as good milk with the
worsted and WOODEN mills OF our town
closed as they now do" declares a. c.
Newton, one of the biggest milk deal
ers in this county. He says further.
The farmers depend upon the trade
Of the mill employees as much as any
class OF men in the town. They get
as good satisfaction dealing with them
as with any other class. BY having
them new demand is created and
therefore the farmer is able to keep
up-to-date in the way of machinery
and equipment l am able by having
the mill families to buy my milk to
give the public cleaner milk and have
bought from the Champion Milk Cool
er Company of New York a cooler so
that my milk is always kept from
turning and too. the Creamery Pack
age Company of New York was able
to sell me a bother to keep my milk
clean and sanitary; and the Thatcher
Mfg. Co. of New York sells to me as
well as to other milk men in the
state many bottles, whereby If we lost
the trade that the mills AFFORD 1t
would be impossible to give the pub
lis the benefit OF these Improvements 20
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Dry Goods
AlBERTR DYER

I have been "a fhe dry goods bur
ness here for many years and the
people In the worsted and WOODEN
mills are smoug my very best Gus
toners I have customers among
them thaf haze done business With
me for a great many years They are
az permHent residents and With the
closing OF these mills would do away
with the greater part Of The dry goods
bu8luess That this Is 50 Is proved
b. the fact tA8t a feR months ago
when the shoe shop vas closed bust
pes fell II q great deal in skoWhe-
gan and nea notice renewed bust
ness eith is reopenius A young lady
came into my store a short time ago
aud oheerfaIlY said that she VAS go
ing 10 buy certain things later as she
would soon De at work again In the
shoe shop The operatives of these
mills are progressive. They believe
I'm living op-to- date and they buy
many clothes. fine clothes and buy
them often" relates Albert f. Dyer,
one OF the leading dry goods merchants
in Skowhegan. Among other things.
ne says. People with few thousand
dollars are apt to be conservative,
spend 1t cautiously and do not make
business especially active, but these
mill employees give all merchants
better business which makes II neces-
sary for us to buy big supplies OF
goods from such leading firms as
John L. Ainsley, Boston; The
New England Cloak Company, Bos-
ton; Epstein Quinto, New York; At
as Manufacturing Company, Boston;
Eclipse Manufacturing Company, Bos-
ton; Calender McAuslan & Troup
Company, Providence, r. l.; Blogett,
Ordway & Weber Company Boston;
May Company. Boston; ]. w. Freder-
lex Company, Boston. With the trade
that these houses receive from me the
loss of the mill trade would material
ly affect these wholesalers.
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f. L. HORNE.

Il should say that there were pref
ty nearly half of my customers that
are of the families employed in the
three big mills Of Skowhegan and
closing these mills would reduce the
market of milk not only for myself but
for other milk dealers to a great eX-
tent and not nearly as many milkmen
would be required to supply the de
mand," is how F. l.. Horne. a prom
inent farmer living in Norridgewock
and supplying milk In Skowhegan.
puts It, He has improved his farm
extensively, adding a new silo which
he bought from the Tank & Tower Com
pany. Auburn, and he says, with
these mills closed farmers could not
afford to make improvements because
of the lack of market that they now
have for their products, which has
enabled me to put In a large amount
of new machinery which | got from the
Bracket Shaw, Lunt Company, Som
ellsworth, N. H., and other equipment
for my milk business from the Sterlac
Company of Boston"
Continued ON page ninel
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Clothing
CHAS. F. WARD,

1 enjoy dealing with the operatives
OF our mills. They buy the best class
CT clothing, pay cash and buy often
SAYS Charles F. Ward, the leading
clothier In Skowhegan who has been
in the business here for 81 years
The adding of one of these mills has
meant more business and the taking OF
them away would be disastrous to
business These people like to live In
STYLE, dress up-to-date and where an
other class OF people will buy good
suit of clothes yet no better than these
years and the mill operatives buy a
suit of clothes at least one a year.
/ get a good trade from them in all of
ny goods and sell perhaps the most
In furnishings of underwear and my
trade demands me to buy of the best
Wholesale houses such as Barron, An
derson Company, Sc Otis Street, Bos-
ton; A Shuman Company, Boston;
Holley-Folsom Company, Boston;
Lamson & Hubbard, Boston; Hart,
Schaffner & Marx Company, Chicago;
Lanpher- Skinner Company, ST. Paul;
William n. Prince & Company. Port
land. No merchant can afford to lose
any one of These mills for the loss of
them would ruin business in town"
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GEORGE l.. A. SMITH.

The clothing business would get an
awful blow if change in the tariff
should cause the closing of our worst
ed and wooden mills, and even If there
should be reduction of the tariff to
cause the mills to go on shorter time
our business would be seriously affect
ed" states George l.. H. Smith of the
firm of Smith & Bussey, Skowhegan.
He continues, The people in these
mills are good workers when they can
get work and are also good spenders.
We get our share of their money and
we buy clothing quite freely of the
twenty dollar suit type from David Ad-
Ter & Sons Company of Milwaukee and
a large per cent of this clothing is sold
to the employees of these mills and
there is still another important class in
these mills that buys our fifteen dollar
suits and buy them often, that we get
from Davidson, Finklebrand. New
York Then too, We do a large fur
nshing goods business with Cluett
Peabody & Co., Boston and Troy N.
Y; the Geo p. Ide Co, of Trey and
Jacob Dreyfus, Boston, Mass. A
third of our business comes from
employees of these mills who for
their everyday wear buy clothing that
we get from Duchess Manufacturing
Company Poughkeepsie, New York
and Frederick II. Sprague Company
Orange, Mass. 1t can readily be seen
that with our business reduced we
shall carry less stock and patronize
less these wholesale furnishers."
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W. b. STEWARD.

To tell just how much my business
would be hurt, or business in general,
by the closing of the Wesserunsett
Worsted mill, the American Wooden
mill and the Maine Spinning mill in
Skowhegan is hard thing to get at;
but this much is sure, that business
would be seriously hurt. | think all
merchants with myself noticed a big
difference in trade when the shoe shop
closed few months ago and all bust
ness men were glad to welcome it
back a short time ago. The closing
of these mills would hurt everybody"
is the idea coming from w b. Stew
ard, the Oldest dry goods merchant in
Skowhegan, he having been in the
business here for 80 years. He has
been here when there was only one
mill and as the others came In, and he
has had chance to realize what a
mill meant to this town. Il find that
business in Skowhegan mills Is
steady" he says. The employees have
regular time. The people that work in
them have come here to live. They
max good citizens and add spirit to
business and have an interest in the
welfare of the town. Because of this
class of people and with the rest of
the people that deal with buy goods
of Brown-Durrell Company, Boston; ;
George U. Thomas & Company, Bos-
ton; Wilson-Larabee Company. Bos-
ton; Epstin & Quinto, New York: and
Atlas Manufacturing Company. Bos-
ton"
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1913-01-02
WARREN FUTILE.

Our hotels have in recent years.
on account of the mills, been greatly
benefited through the travelling men
that have come to Skowhegan from
the various supply houses and espec-
tally for the clothing stores" are tho
words of Warren futile, proprietor
of the Skowhegan House, one OF the
leading hotels in the county. He states
by the closing of either the worsted
or wooden mills the hotel business
would be materially injured. | find
that the people that work in these
mills are for the most part permanent
residents and buy freely from the
yariotis stores and these stores are
replenished from the wholesalers
through their travelling men that
make their trips here every week
An illustration that the hotel bust
ness was hurt was shown in the clos
ing of the shoe shop few months
ago when some of the people moved
from the town and fewer ealesmen
came into town; and the renewed
benefits to the town when the shop
re-opened few days ago by the re
turn of business not only to the
traders but to all people who deal
with the public"
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1913-01-02
What a Radical Revision of the
Tariff Means to Skowhegan
Interviews with Prominent Men in all
Walks of Life
Hotels
ROBT. II. HAINES.

The closing OF the worsted mill,
wooden mill and spinning mill or any
one of them would either ruin the no
tel business in Skowhegan or cut into
it so that 1t would be hard work TO
carry 1t on" Is how Robert H. Haines,
proprietor of the biggest hotel in Som
erset County, owner of Hotel Coburu,
and in the business for 80 years. feels
about a revision of the tariff watch
would affect operation of our mills,
MY business depends upon the travel
ing men who come to Skowhegan 10 do
business from the wholesale houses
with our merchants and travelling
statesmen tell me that Skowhegan Is
a model place to sell goods because of
the fact that her mills have always
run on steady time, for the most part,
and for this reason the business men
have good trade and have to buy their
goods. They come here every day in
the week and every one of them gets
an order, SO that the wholesale houses
throughout the country sell through
their travelling men, thousands of dol
lars worth of goods each week TO our
merchants. The closing of the shoe
shop a short time ago for few
months hurt the hotel business tre-
mendously and fewer travelling men
came into town but now that 1t ia
started again see an increase In my
business. 1t would be an awful thing
If these mills should close"
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1913-01-02
Viii It Pay The Ultimate Consumer

Brief Submitted the Congressional Ways and Means Commute
The Hon Oscar Underwood Chairman by E. B. Moore,
Treasurer WesserunseH Worsted Co.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1913-12-02
HOW CAN THE INTERESTS OF PENSACOLA
BE ADVANCED7

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The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1913-12-02
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THE TIMES UNION AND
ITS CORPORATION OWNERS.
Ocala Star.
> . . = = = . = . . . = =
oca-la Star.

The article from the Pensacola Jour-
nal, which we print on another page,
states the great fault of the Times
Union. 1t doesn't print what its own
ers do not want the people to know.
The Times Union has a right to its
opinion, and it followed only legitimate
methods of impressing it's opinion, no
man would have a right to crititise it,
no matter how much he might disa-
gree with it. It's owners are following
a foolish policy. The paper has very
able editorial writers. If they were
given unrestricted liberty to advocate
and defend the policy of the paper.
they could do so in a manner that
shackles on their pens. AS it is, no
man familiar with Florida affairs has
any respect for the opinion of the pa
per, because when he reads 1T he
knows, or doesn't know, how much Of
the truth it is concealing The two
of this. The Flagler divorce bill was
rotten disgrace. 1t bought its way
through the legislature, which 1T could
not have done If the people had known
port such affairs as the big Stockton
was another The Star is
supporting Senator Fletcher, but if Mr.
Stockton's friends hold a big meeting
in its community, they shall have all
the notice they deserve. Trying to sup
press mention of Stockton's friends
will hurt Fletcher. Anybody but a fool
should know that. A big newspaper
may sometimes suppress a piece of
news to prevent hurting the feelings
of woman or an unfortunate man. 1t
has no right to suppress that which in
to big interests or promi-
nent men. The bigger the paper the
less right it has to suppress such
news. When a paper with large capt
tai behind it. and the means to en-
pIoy the best of editorial talent, tries
to mould public opinion by suppress
ing news, it Is adopting a. policy that
the Bingville Bugle would be ashamed
Of
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1913-12-02
Cannot This Nuisance
Be Abolished? 4

How much longer are the people of
Pensacola going to stand for that in
tolerable nuisance at the north of the
city, known as the fish fertilizer fac
tory?
Every time the wind blows from the
north. which is frequently. there is
waited down over the city the vilest
odor that tbs imagination can con-
ceive.
This may or may not be dangerous
TO the health of the community. but it
is about as isagreeable as. anything
couldsb 1t is nuisance of the vilest
sort and it ought to be abated
The nuisance is located outside of
the city limits, and the city commits
sioners have no jurisdiction over it.
There is no county board of health
Therefore the state beard of health is
the body to act and it should do so at
once.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1913-12-02
vOx POPULI.
MRS. SHEAR WRITES OF
TREATMENT BY PHYSICIAN

Editor Pensacola Journal
In reply to the statement of DR.. G. E.
Gavin, which appeared in Monday
mornings Journal / will say that 7
have seen and talked with that gem
tlernan twice since my release from the
insane asylum. When in his Office,
about three years ago, I asked for no
treatment; simply conversed with him
a few minutes in regard to incidents
which occurred before my incarcera-
ton. When / saw him in July of this
year I had attended a picnic in a grove
near Buckatunna, and while there had
been poisoned by plants or insects. l
asked him for some outward applica-
ton. He suggested medical treatment.
but I refused it. When I was taken i'll
in Chicora, in the year 1900. DR.. Gavin
was out of town, and his partner was
called in. This physician is a younger
brother OF DR.. Gavin.
l know from what has been told me
since that DR. Luke Gavin saved my
life, and for him I have feelings of sin
cere gratitude. DR.. Z. G.. Gavin came
to my house after his return, but he
did not have charge of the case. | saw
Dr. Luke Gavin three years ago, ana
he told me that he had never seen
patient recover from such commissions
as I had at that time. AS soon as /
was strong enough, / was taken to
Milton, Florida, and Immediately prior
to going there these papers are said to
honorable physician have dreamed of
examining me as to my mental condi-
ton at such q time-when I had just
been snatched from the very brink of
the grave2 Why did DIR. T. G.. Gavin,
who was not my physician in this case,
sign the papers? Why were they not
signed by his brother?
OF course 1 treated DR.. Gavin civilly.
I learned while in that asylum to keep
my opinions and prejudices to myself.
] had a distinct object in view in meet
ing all those who were concerned in
having me locked up in that institu-
ton. / wanted to give them an oppor-
tunity to confess. / wanted to know
If they regretted their share in that
terrible affair. But not one of them
has ever expressed the slightest con-
triton for their completely in the
greatest offense ever committed against
a weak. tiefenseless woman. I hope il
is the greatest. would be sorry to
thin( e~e4 tn any civihzd country, 4
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1913-12-02
Pensacola Wins


Ever since Mr.. Taft's secretary of
the navy closed the Pensacola navy
yard. that city has been in fighting
mood, and justly So There has never
appeared any good and sufficient rea-
son for the. closing of this station and
Pensacola has been working determin-
edly to have the station ablished.
This fight has now been crowned with
success. Secretary Daniels has or
dered the placing of $50 marines at
that point and the navy yard will be
rehabilitated and put into first-clasS
operation. Pensacola is an admirable
place for this purpose and it was so
recommended by naval board which
recently made an investigation. Sec
rotary Daniels and Assistant Secre-
tary Roosevelt have personally visited
that city and inspected the situation.
The order follows. The Tribune con-
graduates Pensacola on the restoration
of it's naval station and the recogni-
ton of it's superior advantages in this
respect. The city may also thank
Editor Frank L. Mayes in this connec-
tion for he is a personal friend of Sec
rotary Daniels and has been working
diligently to bring about the reopening
of the yard.-Tampa Tribune.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1913-12-02
The journals Presidency.

The Pensacola Journal is consistent,
persistent and almost ferocious in its
war on the railroad pass system in
Florida. 1t has led the fight against it
for years, and successfully, too, for the
only persons who can legally ride on
railroad passes in this state are en-
ployeS of the roads and sheriffs. But
the Journal is not satisfied; it wants
the next legislature to cut out the
sherfffs from the pass system and to
let only such railroad employees ride
free as draw regular salaries from the
road. To be fully consistent, why not
make a clean sweep and compel ev-
,erybody to pay except the train crew?
Lakeland Telegram.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1913-12-02
DREOGE TOWEO
TO GALVESTON
THE PENSACOLA, WHICH MADE
FILL AT G., r. G. A. DOCKS, LEFT
YESTERDAY IN TOW OF THE
SEA KING.

The big suction dredge Pensacola,
which was used to make the thirty
five acre fill for the Gulf, Florida e.
Alabama railroad, left for Galveston
yesterday afternoon in tow of the tug
Sea King
A barge loaded with pontoons on
which the pipe lines were placed also
left for Galveston, the barge being
towed by the tug E. E. Simpson.