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The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1914-04-02
THE BUSINESS OUTLOOK.

Henry Clews, in his weekly New
York letter, says: Washington re-
mains a source of uncertainty and
in regard to delay of
the rate decision. Nevertheless, it is
quite probable that some concessions
will be made to the railroads. not
less, say, than 212 to 3 per cent If
denied, the outlook will prove decid-
eddy serious, and We may anticipate
a series of dividend reductions. the
injurious effects of which would eX.
tend far beyond the many thousands
of stockholders directly interested
Unquestionably serious financial de-
would follow a denial of
fair treatment of the railroads.. The
Mexican situation is another element
of uncertainty. Every week of
"watchfulIy waiting" brings us near
err actual intervention. and ii is sin
cereiy to be hoped that some settle
ment will be reached before prolong-
ed irritation arouses the United
States into evaporation and then ag-
gressive action. The new antitrust
bills now before congress are a source
of much uneasiness among business
men upon whom the initiative de-
ponds These bills are unnecessary,
because the Sherman law has already
been amply interpreted and defined by
the supreme court. They will simply
confuse the situation and might cas-
lily throw away all that has been
gained in the last twenty years. Our
business men, should protest against
any hasty action on this subject.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1914-04-02

ical Survey. The figures for 1915
show decrease of IL per cent in the
tonnage of briquets OF manufactured,
but an increase of over 5ls per cent
In value over the figures for 1919
Seventeen briquetting plants we're in
operation during the year, eight in
the Eastern States, five In the Cen
trail States, and four on the Pacific
coast. Seven of these plants used
anthracite culms or f'fines,P> Ave used
bitumtnous or 1semi-hituminousF coal,
two used carbon residue from oil.
gas works, and the other used mixed
Goals. Coal-tar pitch is the principal
binder employed, eight plants using
it, Patented binders were used at
five plants. ss=ssg .~. .--... ....
If the future of this infant relative
of the coal.mining industry is to be
Judged by the record of 1913, the judi
gment should be based on the in
crease in value rather than on the de-
crease in plants and In tonnage. Bril-
quoted fuel in the United States is
essentially a domestic fuel, for which
there was a slackened demand in
1913, owing to the exceptional mild
ness of the winter of 1928, and of
last November and December In
consequence the consumption OF bri-
quets for domestic purposes, like
that of raw fuel, was generally less
throughout the United States in 1914
than in either 1911 or 1912. An ex-
ception to this decrease is to be not
ed on the Pacific coast, where the
number of operating plants increas-
ed from three to four. and the produc-
ton in 1913 was exactly double that
of 1912, with gain in value of some
what larger proportions.
3. Mr.. Parker believes that the bri-
quet as domestic fuel is bound to
increase in popular demand as its
good qualities come into more gener-
al notice. The briquets which appear
to meet with greatest favor in the
Eastern States are of the boulet type,
egg or pillow shaped and about the
size of antbricite nut. The briquets
that are practically smokeless, as.
they should be, make an ideal fuel
for the open CRATE or kitchen range.
holding their shape until entirely con-
sumed and then falling, when stirred,
into a pulverulent, clinkerless ash.
In the Central and Pacific coast
States the popular type of briluetted
fuel appeares to be the largest size.
about that of egg coal, for which the
raw materials available seem to be
best adapted.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1914-04-02

Banana culture is really one OF
the oldest of industries. 1t seems to
have been known almost since the
origin of the human race Long be-
fore the dawn of history in the Old
World. perhaps before the Old World
rose from the waters, man lived on
tine fruit of the musas. The banana
was generally considered a native of
southern Asia, and to have been car
ried into America by Europeans, un.
til Humboldt threw doubt upon its
purely Asiatic origin, quoting early
authors who asserted that the ban
ana was cultivated in the Americas
long before the conquest. 1t is claim.
ed that bananas formed one of the
staple foods of the Incas of Peru who
lived in the warm and temperate re-
gions of the Montana. 1t seems that
almost all tropical countries claim the
fruit as indigenous.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1914-04-02
OUR FARM EDITION.

Sac City Sun: The Oskaloosa Daily
Herald issued it's annual special edi-
tion last Saturday as farm edition.
II was 56-page, 7.column newspaper,
large enough and rich enough in its
contents TO have come from a metro
politan Office. Such articles as Our
Own Iowa" Profits from an Iowa
Farm. The iowa Corn crop and SO
on Indicate how thoroughly II has
presented the case for Iowa, Mahaska
county and Oskaloosa. d AS 10 Oska-
loosa II makes a,isho@Ing OF about
one and 0he'hairomiIii0n dollars auz
vance in new corporations and I'm.
provements dhrfng the past year,
and its pictures OF typical Mahaska
county farms indicate that the .coun.
try Is not behind the progressive city
In which the Herald is published
Delta Press: The 0skaloosa Her
AIDS Farm Edition cosisted OF fifty
six pages filled with much interesting
reading matter and large number
Df illustrations of the many improve.
In Oskaloosa, and also great
many pictures OF farm scenes through
put Mahaska county. II was most
sreditable edition In eyefyn respect.
But we wouldn't expect anything less
rom tbe Herald II IS 4 mighty good
iaily fpxiSer indeed NJ ana n WeIi.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1914-04-02
MORE CALIFORNIA WEATHER.

II. j. Vail, of Pasadena, in the New
Sharon Star: r. e 49,
California is having abnormalIy
hot weather. Usually we expect a
few warm days in March, days about
as warm as your June weather, but
so far this month the mercury has
ranged from SO to SO, excepting a few
days when ii climbed to 80 In the
shade. March 7th, the Iowans pic
njcked in Eastlake Park 1.-TWO post.
pOnements having been made on ac-
count of RAIN and the mercury went
up to 80. Yesterday (St Patrick's
Day. March II, II was SO, two de-
grees hotter than ii was the previous
day, and today it was &C. AS IL to
make the situation more emphs ti,Y
we had two days of freak wind from
the desert, which reaches within
about thirty miles 10 the north of us
beyond our mile high mountain rang
es. The gail reached. up to a 40.
mile gait, and was loaded with the
hot breath of the sandy plain, and
every inch OFT was ffeighted with
electricity. constituting two of the
most unpleasant days + ever exper.
fenced in California. The wind did
not blow all the time, but came i'm
gusts. with perfectly calm sections be-
tween, and every housewife was given
opportunity to go over much of her
home, into every nook and corner OF
every room after the fine dust that
was over everything, but now that
the busting and sweeping act has been
performed, everybody is looking pleas
ant again."
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1914-04-02
FREE BEEF FAILURE,

A press dispatch from Washington
contains official figures and facts from
a federal report on the beef situation.
1t is presumed that these figures are
reliable, in which case it has remain,
ed for the government to show the
fallaCy of free trade as means for
reducig the high cost of living. The
report says that the meat that Is be-
ing brought into this country is pack.
ed, transported and sold by the same
interests that control the big packing
plants in Chicago. In other words
the big packers have simply been
given an additional weapon for beat.
ing down the price paid to the farmer
and cattle raiser in this country.
There Is no new competition for
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1914-04-02

the sale to the consumer and there
is no reason to believe that the price
will be materially or even slightly re-
duced to the man who buys one, two
1f ten pounds a day. But there is
added competition among those with
ckttIe to sell to the packers. Every
raiser of beef in Argentina and Cana
la Is a competitor of the American
farmer in the cattle market and the
American farmer has already learned
the extent of the cost of that Competi-
ton to him. He has seen his cattle
decrease in value without seeing the
retail price fall any.
That isAwhat free trade insofar as
meat is CONCERNED has accomplished.
1t is well that the government has
furnished the figures to. prove it.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1914-04-02
with a tempting list Of reciI

With a tempting list Of recipes
aud backed by the experience of a
unique and successful campaign in
Boston, the United States Bureau of
Fisheries has undertaken to add a
new. article to the popular diet in the
form Of sea mussels. Since the mid
die OF January, by the aid of Profess
or |. A. Field, of Clark University,
and Mr.. Charles Doucot, chef of the
Hotel Brunswick In Boston, the Fed
eral Government has succeeded In
bringing this hitherto neglected sea
food into such prominence that each
of score or more of Boston's most
prominent hotels and restaurants now
make 1t regular feature of their
bills of fare.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1914-04-02
LONG DEFERRED DIVIDENDS.

Abba Republican,: Electrifying the
Southern Iowa Traction Co, between
Abba and Centeryille recalls some
good work done by our foredaddies.
When the original line was built the
rightof.way through this county was
donated TO the good people. Money
was raised and turned into the COM
pany Golfers. That has been q long
time ago. and almost from the very
start Of the road IL has been fizzle.
Thn big guns ia che railway business
haze had many fight over the land
and money. which was presented
tAzAhf by che people pf this ccmmunS
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1914-04-02
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RECENT COURT DECISIONS.

According to welLknown principles
OF law. person can only be held la
Bile for a personal injury for which he
is not directly responsible where he
Is In position Of some control over
the party directly TO blame for the
accident; the most common example
for this being the masters liability
for injuries caused by his servant to
third persons while following the
course iof his employment. slin Mich.
gam. however, statute was enacted
abfokating thisnrsfle inrespeet 10 the
operation pr automobilas tPub. Acts
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1914-04-02

The oldest private electric plant
in New York City has been in con-
tinuous service since 1883, only four
years. after the invention of the in
candeseent lamp. The three 25 Kill
owatt Edison generators have been
in continuous service for thirty-one
Years -
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1914-04-02
TWO WORDS TELL AL

Cedar Rapids Gazette: He's al
ways broke. He gets fair salary, but
he never has money. ! wonder what's
the natter"
This was remark made yesterday
during a conversation between two
men about a mutual acquaintance.
And the man who was listening an
swered the question: without a pause.
He said:
HE drinks a
II No other explanation was neces'
Bary The reply Of two words told as
much as might have been said In a
book,
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1914-04-02
new RAILROAD
HAS 100000
Continued from Page H.

law requires. This, is the last narrow
gauge line in the state
The operators claim that the Cas-
cade branch canist be. made into a
standard gauge line without prohibit
tive expense. 1t is alleged that the
line goes through billy country and
that the curves are SO abrupt that
standard coaches and cars could not
be used. 1t is claimed that the
change would be as expensive as
building new road.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1914-04-02

Mrs. Sarah Miller, who celebrated
her ninety.fourth birthday recently in
Caldwell, N. j., perhaps has more de-
scendants living than any other wom-
an in the country. she is the mother
of ten children, seven still living; has
thirty.four grandchildren, fifty-eight
great and thirteen liv'
ing great.great-grand.c children, 112 liv-
ing descendants altogether.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1914-04-02

An amusing thing happened in
one of the print shops in town the
other evening. A strange printer APP
piled for employment, and was told
to 60 to work at once by the proprie.
tor. The stranger said he would get
lunch and be back in five minutes.
He has not been back since.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1914-04-02

Experience justifies the conclus-
ion of the Sioux City Journal that.
Political news emanating from Des
Moines is like seed corn, in that it
should be submitted to a careful test
before uSing." ~.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1914-04-02

iowa's farm products, exclusive
of live stock. in 1913 we've worth
more than the fishery products of the
entire word, The value of the
worlds fishery ptDdHets in 1911 was
$440;496,612; Iowa's . farm products
last year were valued at S522,474,227.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1914-04-02

The lamented George Westing'
house knew what he wanted to do
and had the capacity and persistence
to do it. Knowing what to do and
bending every energy persistently to
the doing of it, is the combination
that unlocks the vaults wherein lie
the treasures of success" adds the
Pasadena Star.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1914-04-02
Four Stores Raided,

BloCkton, Iowa, April 1.-The gen.
eral store of Freeland & Hickenloop.
err, the hardware store of Sickei &
Nye and w. NJ. Harrison & Co, and
the King Jewelry store were all raid
ed at this place by burglars, who took
guns, knives, watches, hats, clothing.
and shoes, and some silver money.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1914-04-02

THE standpat papers will have to
quit charging the progressive news
papers with being the wreckers of the
party" says the Boone News.Republi-
can, "and the progressive newspapers
will have to quit charging the stand
pat newspapers with being viciously
reaCtionary before that much sought
harmony can be attained"
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1914-04-02

According to the Enterprise, a
Brighton man who dropped a piece of
meat on the dirty side walk had a
mental struggle between his idea of
cleanliness and the high cost of liv-
ing before he could decide to leave it
for the stray dogs to pick up.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1914-04-02
I'm replacing a railroad trestle I

I'm replacing a railroad trestle re-
Gently burned along the north shore
of Great Salt Lake, engineers have
just found that the piles are still per
fectly sound after, 43 years OF. SER
vice. Looking for the cause, since
these were only of local pine and fir,
they found the timbers were impre-
grated Throughout with salt from the
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1914-04-02

The voters of Des Moines on Mon
day, declared in favor of buying the
water Works, bat G6ted down the is
suance of bonds. Just like Des
Moines, to ask the earth but expect
somebody else to pay for it..
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1914-04-02

If anybody had told you a year
ago that this spring you would be
wearing a head piece similar to that
of the hero in an Irish mclodrama
you probably would have felt insult
ed. And yet there, you are.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1914-04-02

--Descartes and Bacon wrote OBJ
servations on study that were rather
startlingly identical. Could it have been
that Descartes wrote Bacon, instead
of Bacon writing Shakespeare?
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1914-04-02
Statement of the Ownership. Manage.

Statement Of the Ownership. Manage.
... ment, Etc. . -.. $780,. .
OF the Oskaloosa Herald published
weekly at Oskaloosa, Iowa. required
by the act of August "a, 1912.
Note: This statement is to be made
in duplicate, both copies to be deliv.
cred by the Publisher to the Post
master, who will send one copy to the
Third Assistant Postmaster General
division of classification Washing.
ton, d. c., and retain the other In the
files of the Postoffice.
Editor-Phil Hoffman,, Oskaloosa,
Iowa. ~ .'-
Business Manager - Chas. S. Wall.
ms, Oskaloosa, Iowa.
Publisher c. V. HOFFMAN,, Oska-
loosa, Iowa! ..s'@ e"
Owners tifiua corporation. give
name and addresses of stockholders
holding one per cent or more of total
amount of stock j. n.G11.@t e,
Chas. v. Hoffman,, Oskaloosa, la.
Phil Hoffman,, Oskaloosa, la.
Maggie Hoffman,, Oskaloosa, la.
Chas. s. Walling, Oskaloosa, la.
known bondholders, mortgages.
and other security holders, holding
one per cent or more of total amount
OF bonds. mortgages or other securi.
ties, none.
Chas. S. Walling
Business Manager
Sworn to and subscribed before me
this LIST day of April. 1914.
w. G. Burrell,
Notary Public.
" my commission expires july On
1917. NJ llss'slss sa lniiii
fNFEeal.I
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1914-04-02
BRlaUET PRODUCTION

Lpal DrtQnets To- the amount OF
Sl,85e short tons. valued al the
plants az ei,807.s27. were snanufactur.
I'D IN I9ls. apc0xding I'd Edmard W.
Parker, "a Che united States geolog.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1914-04-02

ity. Electrifying tie road at this
time means that the people of the
community are only getting service
which was promised them years and
wears ago.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1914-04-02

1t is an accepted fact that the
fashions for women come from Paris
but for goodness sake where are the
mems styles coming from this year?
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1914-04-02

1t is said that the tOmcat which
kicked over the stick of dynamite at
Allison, lost all nine of them at once.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1914-04-02

--HeIen Keller is living rebuke
10 the el.can't-do-it type of boys and
girls, men and women. T., r" -.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1914-04-02

According to the Atchison Globe,
in the dog world mollycoddle is
q dog that doesn't hate CATS
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1914-04-02

weak, but the Office seekers will ad.
init there are no defects in his vision.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1914-04-02
equipped for the turning out of any
kind of special edition

equipped for the turning out of any
kind of a special edition.
Keosauqua Republican: The Ear
mer Edition" of the Oskaloosa Her.
aid, issued last Saturday, was a
great number. II consisted of sc
pages, fully illustrated and running
over with descriptive matter relative
to the Mahaska county faTtls, and OF
,Qskaloosa and other towns in the
county.stt .>sf7'F =
Fairfield Ledger. The OskaIUosa
Herald has issued one of the biggest
and bulkiest special editions of the
season. 1t is dated March 2lst and
is called Farm Edition" More
than that, it is filed with excellent
matter aud bright advertising pages.
Pella's Week-Blad: De Oskaloosa
Herald van Zaterdag bevatte Sc blad-
zijden, met lezenswaardig nieuws. H.
lustraties, gescheidenis van Oskaloo-
sa enz. Het blad was cen credit Voor
uitgever EN- drukker.
- - -.
Eddyville Tribune. The OskalOOsa
Herald got out large Farm Edition
of seven sections (fifty-siX pages) last
Saturday, nicely illustrated through
out and containing a great deal of in
formation. r-, ...s.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1914-04-02

1he dining room table was blown
through the roof and the home of
Frank Richman at Brooklyn was COM
pletely demolished when an acetylene
lighting plant exploded.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1914-04-02

Those Mexican cattle thieves
would better keep out of the range
% Texas rangers.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1914-04-02

Clergyman: wilt thou take this
woman for thy. lawful welded wife,"
Prospective Bridegroom: We'll, wot
dyer think / came ere for?" ~
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1914-04-02

The range of vision of cater
pillar is limited to twO-tifths of al
inch. t-7-,.. $500
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1914-04-02

The man who never gives news
paper any business is the first to rush
to il with card of thanks"
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1914-04-02

Alaska has a climate as favorable
for agriculture as that of Sweden.
And they raise a great many things in
Cwadpn
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1914-04-02

Iowa seems to the Burlington
Hawk-Eye to be booked for a state
government that viii make Heaven
UNNECESSARY. - s@a77t 's.'-rs'. e..
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1914-04-02
NINE POLICY ADOPTED
Test of the Agreement Entered Into
at Chicago. d.. "'

S. w. White, of Oskaloosa. Presi-
dent and manager of the Crescent
Coal Co, and member of the joint
scale committee furnished the Herald
the following copy of the policy adop-
ted by the United Mine Workers
Committee in Chicago on Wednesday
March 25th: 80
I'VE hereby recommend as basis
of settlement of the wage scale in
the states and districts under the jur-
isdiction of the United Mine Workers
of America, whose contracts expire
March 31st, 1914, or some date sub
sequent thereto. the following:
First, that the representatives of
United Mine Workers of America in
Sub-Districts, Districts, groups of
Districts are authorized and instruct.
ed to negotiate and enter into wage
agreements with coal operators OPP
Grating in their respective jurisdic.
ton, who will agree to the prices
now being paid under the present
contract for pick and machine min
ing, day labor, yardage and lead work
or the equivalent of the tonnage and
mining prices, where and District,
SubDistrict or groups of Districts
either by reason of an act of the leg.
isture or by agreement, may change
their method of mining from screen
coal to mine run.
Second, that with tue adoption of
prices as set forth in the preceding
clause, the right to take up for settle
ment local inequalities both as to
prices and conditions ia the different
Districts, subdistriCts, and groups of
districts, is fully recognized, O., .
Third, that all men employed in
Districts, Sub-Districts, or groups of
Districts are instructed to continue
at work pending a settlement of local
questions where the operators agree
to the prices, hours of labor and con.
ditiOns of employment now in effect,
except that in districts where a
change from screen coal basis to
mine-run takes place, the miners may
continue at work pending settlement
of all questions in dispute, in the
event an agreement to do so is
reached by the representatives OF
the operators and miners of said dis.
tricts.
Fourth, that all contracts be made
for a period of two years beginning
April LIST, 1914, and ending March 81,
1916.
Fifth, that the question of signing
agreements with individual employ
ers, together with all other details of
policy necessary to put into effect
the provisions herein stated, is re-
ferred to the International Executive
Board with full power to act"
=: - -
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1914-04-02

There are. those who regret they
are not subject to the income tax.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1914-04-02

l. Ones piety is best displayed In
II his pursuits.-A. Bronson AlCOtt.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1914-04-02

THE airship has been dubbed the
angel recruiting officer. -. 49,