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The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1914-06-26
a Banking Revolution.

The shot that was heard around the
world, fred at Lexington, April 10,
1776, by the farmers OF Massachusetts.
seems to have found a second, after a
century and half, in the new Federal
Bank Bill, il we may trust the attention
the bill has received abroad. We have
at hand an elaborate German review Of
the bill by Dr. Richard Hauser, Of the
Deutsche Bank Of Berlin. of which we
are glad to give the substance.
DR.. Hauser calls attention to the fact
that the American undertaking is one
OF the greatest that has ever been at
tempted in the realm Of banking. The
English reform Of Sir Robert Peel in
1874 was limited to the question OF the
currency; and the, German reform Of
1876 sought only an extension of the
business of the Prussian Bank over the
whole country. In no instance has
such an aggregation OF capital had open
to it such new forms OF opportunity; in
none have such radical changes been
made in the organization and practice
Of many thousands of credit banks as in
this American legislation. The wide
reaching financial scope given to the
new reserve banks cannot fail at once to
exercise indirectly great influence on
the business world.
From all this it will appear that our
new American legislation, though it is
mainly concerned with the situation at
home, is recognized as being of the
widest international importance. But
while it is looked upon as revolutionary
here, and will need to be watched and
guarded with continual care, and will
doubtless be subjected to more or less
important change, as experience proves
the need, its influence abroad will be
felt gradually, and that along lines OF
more natural evolution. Whatever,
therefore, its immediate effect may
prove to be at home, it will, as a whole,
tend to a drawing into closer connection
Of the money markets OF the world, and |
to increasing thier stability and their
general exemption from avoidable crises;
a contribution Of no small significance
TO business everywhere. The Financial
Chronicle.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1914-06-26

son. in Newark, n. J., for 800 dam
ages because divers Stat" ofthe cow.
catcher of the engine we're broken. the
paint on the locomotive was bruised and
the track strewn with litter.
Representative Rainey, OF Illinois. in
troduced bill in the House proposing
to repeal the outage" allowance now
made by law to distillers Of liquor. The
Ways and Means Committee, tits stated,
is hostile to the Rainey proposal.
Attacking the House Railroad Regu-
lation Bill in is present,form, Louis D.
Brandeis told the Senate committee that
the supervision of securities by the In
terstate Commerce Commission should
be more rigid than was proposed.
Reports that the Massachusetts Leg
islature may delay action, on bill to
enable the New Haven to dispose OF its
Boston & Maine holdings caused the
rumor in Washington that McReynolds
would file suit to force dissolution.
Freight rate increases sought by the
L. & N. on agricultural implements
have been suspended pending iDvestiga-
ton by the Interstate Commerce Conn
mission.
Tammany forces in the New York
Democratic conference won when the
meeting adjourned without adopting
any plan to suggest candidates at the
coming primary.
L. G. Dyer, of st Louis, Republican,
representing the Twelfth Missouri dis
trict in Congress. was unseated and
Michael j. Gill, Democrat, declared
elected.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1914-06-26
County Roads.

Over in our neighboring county, Glib
son, they have devised ways and means
and adopted plan whereby the festive
bootlegger" is made useful as well orna-
mental Gen. Rye had the county jail
well filed with breakers of the Adams
law. The County Court to the county
people submitted proposition allowing
the prisoners to be used on the public
roads in any given section of the county
where the people would furnish the
necessary teams, tools, road making
machinery, ETC., at no expense to the
county. The Business Mems Club at
Humboldt were first TO accept the pro-
position and give the scheme tryout
and it has proven very successful and
satisfactory. After remaining in Hum
boldt about one year, during which
time about 80 miles OF road were broad
ened and graded, the county workhouse
will be moved to Milan on July z. The
workhouse has control OF the county
prisoners, and while stationed at Hum
boldt cooperative basis Of work has
been formed between the county and
the Humboldt Business Mems Club,
by which the latter furnished mules
and woodworking equipment to be used
by the county prisoners. With this
combination, the workhouse has adj
mittedly accomplished more during the
past year than during the thirteen years
previous.
The plan is working 10 Gibson, and
it might be well for Obion to study the
plan. Our roads are getting better and
are in better condition. perhaps, than
ever before, but there is always room
for Improvement.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1914-06-26
against the delendant unsiI the faIl tsrm

against the defendant until the fall term.
In the 1S5syears since Shakespeare
we have progressed from dirty bodies
and clean minds to clean bodies and dirty
minds. a doubtful betterment, said DIR.
James J. Walsh, Of New York, former
dean of the medical department OF
Fordham university in an address to
students of Loyols college. Baltimore.
President Wilson issued an executive
order reducing from sixty to fifty years
the maximum age limit for admission
to civil service examinations for appoint
ment OF unskiIIed laborers in federal
offices outside Of Washington, d. G.
Veterans, however, may continue to be
examined without regard to their age.
At conference Of the national Pro-
hibition party in Clinton, Mo-, this
week the treasurer OF the national pro-
hibition committee made the statement
that a Prohibition President would be
in the White House by 1920. Incident
ally he stated that there was but little
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1914-06-26
NEWS NOTES.

A suit was brought at Atlanta against
the Coca-Cola Company alleging that
coca-cola contained an amount of caffein
that would make it violation OF the
federal pure food law to sell it, placing
it in the classification OF added mix
lures deleterious and INJURIOUS" but
this decision upholding that OF Judge
Sanford Of the lower court, is that coca
cola under the meaning of the United
States pure food laws, is neither in
furious, misbranded, nor adulterated,
and il was ruled that the percentage Of
caffeirf in cup of this beverage was
/ 1-5, while a similar cup OF coffee con-
tains 2 grains, and cup OF tea l IL
grains Of caffein.
The river steamer Majestic, the largest
excursion boat on the Mississippi River,
struck the cribbing OF the waterworks
tower near st. Louis Saturday and sank
in ten minutes. OF the 40 persons
aboard at the time OF the accident only
one is not accounted for and it is feared
he is drowned. All those on board were
members Of The crew or the boats band.
The steamer an hour before had dis
charged 900 excursionists at Alton, III.
Nineteen Of the crew and others escaped
to the Missouri shore in life boats.
Holding that efforts SO far honestly
made to obtain jury to try G. Hunter
Raine, OF Memphis, charged with lar
ceny and fraudulent breach 81 trust in
his capacity Of president Of the Mer-
camille bank. had shown utter failure.
Judge ]. w. Palmer, in Division 2
OF the Criminal Court, suddenly brought
present proceedings to an end late Mon
day afternoon by continuing the cases
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1914-06-26


hope for the advancement OF the pro-
hibition cause by the adoption Of the
constitutional amendment now pending
in Congress
What are we coming to? A man has
succeeded in building a boat which can
be turned loose upon the high seas with
out a person on board and controlled at
will by means of the wireless. Mr. Mar
conf certainly opened up an apparently
limitless field when he perfected the
wireless.
On account Of the fact that no food
stuff is coming into Vera Cruz from
the interior of Mexico, the United States
Government has issued an order that
articles of food enter into the city free.
So far there has been no famine, but
foodstuff is scare and such a step was
made necessary il famine was to be
averted.
As the result Of collision between a
team driven by E. " Wilkinson and an
Erie locomotive, the road sued Wilkin-
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1914-06-26

From all sections of the country
comes the cry for laborers on the farm;
from most cities comes the cry of the
unemployed for work There is no need
for any man, woman or child in the
United States to be out of employment
for a single minute II they do not want
to be. The trouble with most OF the
unemployed is that they are not look
ing for any work that is more strenu-
GUS than raising howl against con-
ditions.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1914-06-26

Present indications are that Huerta
will fall long before the price Of meat
does.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1914-06-26


pose Of waging war upon the big cities
aud Memphis in particular
CHANGING over the four-year record Of
Gov. Hooper, one is forced to the in
evitabIe conclusion that he has never
played principle for principles sake,
and that bis entire political attitude has
been influenced solely by desire for
self-aggrandizement.
All denials to the contrary, it is well
known that he was perfectly willing to
forego any prohibition legislation to se-
cure the support Of Shelby County
against McMillin. It is well known also
that he was equally as willing to trade
everything he bad in sight to secure the
support Of the Shelby County legislative
delegation in the last session Of the
General Assembly. 1t is likewise
known by the public that be never
turned against the proposition to let
Memphis alone until be was forced by
the Cox bill to place himself on record
for or against the prohibition propa-
ganda. Then, having secured all that
he believed was necessary at the hands
OF the Shelby delegation, he went de-
liberately back on his word, and began
the bitter, personal war upon Mayor
Crump that has been existent ever since.
II Gov. Hooper had made fight
straight out for prohibition legislation,
if he had declared himself as willing to
stand or fall upon his teetotaI platform,
and had spurned the Crump support be-
cause it was for local option, he would
now be in defensible position. But
having first flirted for that support,
having obtained it for time, and then,
when he believes the sponge to be wrung
dry, has cast it aside, he is in no posi-
ton to cry now for the great principles
Ol law tulOICclutut.
I, When Gov. Hooper's strongest per-
sonal supporters are in position to
pass by the alluring bottle, when bar
room has no longer any attractions for
them, he will then be in a position to
free himself and his followers from the
charge Of playing to the galleries.
The proposition Of the chief executive
to begin his campaign in Memphis
would have more force and effect, were
it not for the fact that his chief sup
porters and law enforcers here are prin-
cipally known by the extreme liSerality
OF their practices. 1t is always case Of
the pot calling the kettle black
1t is also well worthy of note that
friends of the Hooper crowd get by"
while those known TO be opposed to him
are hailed into court.
No man can have the temerity these
days to oppose the principle OF temper
ance, but there are very few who will
not condemn the idea that any politician
can punish friends and reward enemies,
or vice versa, and play fast and loose
with the liquor question for his own
political advancement Memphis Scim-
tar
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1914-06-26

Teddy the Terrible is soon to return,
SO the dispatches say, and will again
strut on his natal shore, putting up
fully as much buster as a Texas sand
storm. He is not TO make the race for
Governor OF New York. This is posi-
tive and comes straight from the Colonel.
Respects will be paid to few political
pets, whom the ex-President would like
to see in his awful condition--way down
and way out. Don't know what he will
have to say about the Democrats. But
he will find something to growl about.
The Democratic "anti-panic plank"
removed most of the Colonel's choice
bits of talk. But he'll talk and he'll
run for President, too. And il the
Democrats can't trim Roosevelt, they
can't do that trick to anybody. He's
the easiest one the Republicans claim.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1914-06-26

Senator Cummins says the President
has obliterated Congress. OF course,
the Senator, when he makes that asser-
ton, must be regarded as political
opponent q the President, and due al
lowance should be made for the fact
that be will not 60. out OF his way to
support the administration in anything,
but making allowance for the exagger-
alton, what is the reaaon for the un-
doubted fact that the President is pow
erful9
One perfectly evident reason is that
the President is the leader of domi-
nant political party. II that party is
to accomplish anything it must follow
leader, and the majority is Loyalty
following the President on all party
measures. What is interpreted as the
power Of the President, therefore, has
behind it the power Of an organized
and disciplined party. The dominance
of the Presidents views is none the less
CALLING to Republicans and Progress
ives because its strength is really party
strength, but it is very different thing
from personal domination Il is also
much whoIesomer thing. because in
the long run the President cannot de-
mand the strength OF the party without
the assent Of the voters who make up
party.
Everyone knows that il the members
Of Congress believed the President was
urging course contrary to the wishes
Of the people they would not follow
him. Their duty aud their political
futures would combine to force diff
ferent course upon them, aud if they
could not make the President see things
their way they would desert him, and
the administration would find itself
is lonesome as President Taft was in
The last days of bis tenure Of office. =
81. Louis Republie.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1914-06-26

The veterans of the war between Mex
leo and the United States are few and
far between these days, and most Of
those who have not crossed the great
divide are too aged and decrepit to get
away from home, hence the national
reunion of these veterans, held at Chill
licothe, Ohio, a few weeks ago, was very
slimly attended,. only six being in at
tendance.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1914-06-26
Why Hooper,

Frequent InImiaations upon the part
Of Ben W. Hooper, accidental Governor
81 Tennessee, appear TO indicate that he
ID raising the old jeff Davis cry OF the
silk stockings against the hill billies
Ii is hard 10 conceive that the people
az Tennessee have reached a point when
they are willing to continue Hooper and
his heuchmen in power Tor the sole pur-
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1914-06-26
Harvesting Day and Night.

Fort Worth, Texas, June %. -Ac-
cording TO reports from West Texas
grain fields to-day, harvesters are work
ing day aud night to gather what is ex-
pected to be the largest grain crop in
the States history.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1914-06-26
Announcement.
For State Senator.

FOR State Senator.
EIKINS.-We are Authorized 10 announce R0ht-
A. Elkins. Of Weaixiey County. as a candidate
for reelection 10 the senate OF Tennessee from
the counties of Weakley, obion aud Lake sub
Jet to the action Of the Democratic party
For Representative.
McDADE-We are authorized TO announce G. r.
McDade candidate Tor reelection as Repre-
sentative 10 the Genefai Assembly Of the state
Of Tennessee. subject 70 the action of the DEM
ocratic party.
For Floater.
CRIFFIN.--We are authorized to announce Dr..
J. r. Griffin. Of Tiplonviiie. as a candidate Tor
Fioterial Representative for the counties OF
Dyer Lake and Obion Ia the General Assembly
OF the State Of Tennessee. subject to the action
of the Democratic party.
cOcHRAN--We are authorized TO announce J. l..
Cochran of Obion County, as candidate Tor
Pictorial Representative for the counties OF
Dyer. Lake and obion In the General Assembly
of the State OF Tennessee. subject to the action
Of the Democratic party.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1914-06-26

The Electoral College is the only one
that dcesn't have to maintain football
or baseball team to keep up its popu-
larity.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1914-06-26

Some Of those worn out Tennessee
politicians should 60 to the photograph
shop and exchange their old records for
fresh ones.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-09-05
AMERICA is SET FREE TO
LEGlSuATE WITHOUT FEAR
Daniels Declares rhis Enct II Greater
Than An. Other Accomplish
fncnt ct Wilson.


BAR HARBOR ME. September r.
Declaring that President Wilson aud
the Democratic Congress had kept all
platform promises. Secretary Of the
NAY. Daniels. IN II campaign speech
here tonight. added that the President
h:,. set America: free to lcgislate with
out fear.
Greater than tho tariff law itself.
greater than tho currency law itself.
greater than all the needed conStruc-
ti>" legislation Of the record making
administrations said Mr. Danl"ls,
looms NJ this fact: that the people
may lerislatc without amy longer fear
Ing that our business is going to he
checked or our prosperity dcstroyod
The right 10 cnact such laws az they
concciv" is best for them, 1T last has
been restored TO them.
Under Wilson. tho ideals cf Jcncr-
sons FIRST inauGma! have hccn realized.
business no longer stranElcs govern
m.nt: privilege no longer holds II NJ
on the highway AMI rifles its pockets"
MIR Daniels took M Legislative meas
ores %ucccssfully urged hy IN. admin
istration. aud said:
privilege had mchili""d its lobby
against them with the rapidttN ~ II
European corps. The propaganda Of
fear he said was worked - the
limit
"Ccrtainly. whatever else c.r 10
said declared MIR Daniels nobody
can say that either the President Or
Congress has dr; an down upon them
selves tina, anath"ma. the Almighty
hates gutter. Ca tho very night
the frcsdcn; signed the tariff bill. he
Said: We have only taken one step.
hud summoned the Congress to 20 FOR
Ward with the next stcp--th" currency
legislation. He did not pause = day ar
even think OF quitting. aud that has
been The record IN every step n admin
istrative policy since tho tth Of March.
1919"
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-09-05

Sew York September 4--sicrcartllc rarcr.
Sterling exchange. easter, Tor cables.
s N-5-l for demand t5d'5'. bar silver. '2',
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-09-05
NO CESSATION IN WAR BULGE
IN CHICAGO WHEAT MARKET
Ar""ts "f Nations Now Fighting Bid up
Values. Being Joined In Buying
by Zig shorts


chicago. September There va. no ccssa-
ton ia tho War bulge in the wheat market
to-day, prices for the dey showed net
gains ~ s's 10 s'sc. Agents OF the nations AT
war hid M values. ana ,ney joined
II tho buying 10y big shorts. which, with
sens.siuhnl market nc nighes; Levels for
y" YER wore reached when September sold
49,. Fne cash m"rke's Of the country
vere up from b. to Size. with the largest
'rhe market WAS n most unusual ono with
The best posted spectators IN the world
| ally hiEh levels reachcr Not only were
reports received from INC larger markets
ana Hour 10y the nations al war. hut nearly
every point with fair sized mill reported
puts for months 10 come. with tho price n
secondary consideration
apol!s ;o-daN by one concern we're reported
at 10000 barrels. mud reports from other
OF several hundred thousand barrels for tho
dry !; was a is, rep"rtsd on the Board of
partial offset TO The large sales Of whea,
io''"o" bushels .! wheat to come 10 this
Export cleornnces OF sr-adstuns thi. week
shows ihat the sea !enc Is wide open. and
thtt grain and nour sold some time ago Is
cd 70 lpoIe.c1l bushels this week. or nearly
double for ihc corrcspondlng period OF 1918
{
I fulIy rs strong a. our own. Winnipeg
! ported that Great Er.tafn has purchase ed
enormous uu,utitic. OF wheat In Canada
aud that orders have been placed for -four
that VIII keep the mills grinding for mont y
: To come. cables We're received al Chicago
aakinF for the names of concerns with nour
for sale This shows that the larger m!llers
h7V" been unable To supply the wants Of the
Importing countries and that foreigners are
nour As we'll
! corn was strong market. the trend being
upward Ia spite OF profit taking. There was
new huy!ng orders. causing not gains Of
~, t"lc+ cash prices 7.U!i.c higher
/ In the Western markets. but cash bushes :
vas oaiy moderate because Of the lighter
ofer.uGs. sales here amounted to sJ.cul
bushels. There seems to bc no long Interest
IN corn that IL Is possible to disturb. as
sentiment IS quite bullish There We're re-
posts here to-day thai corn is being
bought icr shipment Ia canada. presumably
\ destined Tor Europe.
oats were up isnlt.c an further large
export business from the acknowledgements
+ no nast hecn the largest nn the crop This
brought ia renewed speculative buying hut
( this market called 10 sn"p' ns much strenEt n
. "A
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-09-05
Runaway Horse Drowned.

horse valued al $3.50. the prop
crty of the Newcomb Company, u'er-
chants on Bollinghrook Street. was
drowned In tho AppomattoN this morn
ing. Some hogs We're being loaded in
the delivery wagon, to which the horse
was hitchcd. from Il launch ut the
wharf. one of the hogs escaped from
the wagon and jumping on the horse $
back frightened III. animal and caused
him 10 runaway No one was in the
wagon nj the time. Vt u point near the
Furuan Line Wharf. the horse plunged
int" the river dragging the wagon af-
Tor. The horse could not he cut from
he halncss IA time to save H.. life.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-09-05
Court IL Insinnnrh.

owing TO ruling recently made bv
judge Robert c. Southal. Squire
stephen 6. Cowan was prevented from
sitting in the Swansbo:'o Magistcrlal
court yesterday morning In the alb
senc" OF Mag iStratc l.. W. Chcathain.
Squire t-owan was preparing to omen
court. when Attorney i. NJ Turner
FOUND that Judge Soujiail had pro-
hlbitcd one magistrate from taking tho
plac" OF another, as he had no juris-
dlction except In his own district.
large docket was scheduled to tie
Ecafd. among the cases being that OF
eleven young men charged with par,ici
baiihs IN poker game near the Broad
Rock Road on sunday. County officers
Fly nm and TraNlOr rnided the nlnce
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-09-05
his Eight.-t,irs, Anniversaries.

L.. |. E.nuiSc. rs.s"-ctcG citizen ani
Confederate N"trean. to-'!..l celebrated
his eighty -nrst birthday anniverSary.
IA t.nn!Ss As born, on Federal Street.
in this cit?, and. with the exception Of
the tune hc was in the Confederate
arlr$. passing all Of his life in Peters
burg. He served i'll the Twelfth Viz
gina Regiment. Mahonc's brigade and
was III the battle or the Crater lie
was later captured ia the battle at
burgess, in Diuwidd!e County and was
taken To Point Lookout. lie >e"vcd
FOR eight years as a member "f the
Common Council
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-09-05
RAILROADS.
SOUTHERN RAILwAY

PREMIER CARRIER or THE SOUTH
ira'ns Leave Richm"nd- Main - station.
Following schedule figures publiehed
f"r the South.-Dsily: s:j5 a..-r.ccsl
Plh y. NJ. Express, G;p T.. I.-EApress
With Electric Lighted Sleeping cars for Al.
lan'a ana Birmingham. 1852 l.. M.-Expres.
Week DAYS. 500 L. NJ. and eco y. M.-Local.
YORK RIVER LINE
$40 L. NJ .-Stcamcr train tpurlor car, So
ccp, sunday no local stops. aud ,:i6 r. NJ =
Daily. Local CONNECTING Tor Baltimore daily
except sunday 80 M.-Daily --Iocal.
rrains Arrivr Richmond
From tho south: 90, i. NJ. and 500 A. u
-.2a I, NJ. $3.50 J.. IL. dairy. s.t A. ~ and
900 =. NJ TX. sun. From West Point: 81;
n NJ tstcamer trnin), daily except Monday
go a. NJ. and s.t5 T.. VI. daily.
III. I. BISHOP. -. p
81. f.. Main =. Phone Madison AZ,