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Condition.. OF Establishment.

The commission says that IT also wants
to learn whether these foundations and
the conditions which permitted their es-
Enlistment are contrary to the basic
ideas OF democracy upon which the GOV
eminent OF the United States IL founded.
The commission made II plain at the
outset that II hopes the definite result
OF the Inquiry will be the establishment
OF "A system OF labor supervision or man
agement which will insure "A more even
division OF the fruits Of industry This,
IL IL planned may he brought about either
by statute or by test case
THE characterization or Industry ~
tho phrase which best describes the aims
OF the commission. This. according To
the commiss toner's, means not only that
EMPLOYEES shall share more largely In
the wealth they help 10 produce but also
tina, they shall have a voice in deciding
how and under what conditions they sslall
help to produce this wealth.
The testimony yesterday was essen
tally on the point that employees mus.
share ownership and that absentee owner
ship must be abolished
Mr. Untermyer who was counsel Tor
the Pujo money trust" committee. was
the flrst witness. and the afternoon ses-
sion was taken up with the examination
OF Mr. Babson statistlctan ana
writer on financial topics, The hearing
was held in the Board OF Estimate room
at the CRY Han. The commissioners
are Frank y. walsh, chairman; Mrs j.
Borden Hartman Harris W1nstocN.
Austin b. Garretson. James O'Connell and
John B. Lennon. The room was well
filed with interested auditors, including
several |. w. W. members who occasion
ally sent up questions to which they de-
sired replies.
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He then went on to describe a profit
sharing plan in the Dennison Manufac-
turing Company's plant at birmingham
Mass, where only the men whose wages
are 500 month or more share in the
profits He was asked what good this
did the employees who do not get 500
a month.
The man at the bench" he said. rs
not entitled to profits. lie deserves his
wages and no more, Profits are the re-
suit OF brains and not of hands. There
Ia a difference between wages and profits
and profit sharing will not come into its
own until that fact Ii recognized"
I'm This instance, then" said Commits
soner Lennon, the profit sharing has not
been extended to the submerged 1900 In
that plant, TO those who are the real
producersT
1T has not been extended to them and
/ don't think they are the real pro-
ducers"
do you contend that brains and not
labor are the real producers OF pronts?"
YES"
Then arlstocracy and not democracy
Is responsible for profits?"
Each man Of those 1900 has a chance
20 work up into the 800 a month class"
Are there enough 500 positions for
aIl?"
NO"
What opportunity would there be for
the 200 men who get 500 a month TO
make profits II the other 1900 should
quite"
The 600 would 20 out and buy labor
TO take their places, the same as they
would buy copper or any other COM
modify"
Would ypu say that this buying OF
labor as n II were dead thing like
copper Is the cause OF the indus rial un-
rest"
NO, II must be so Labor must he
bought In the market and In conformity
with the law OF supply and demand
Those who think otherwise make a great
mistake"
Then let us thank Cod" SAID the
Commissioner, that some OF us are sim
making mistakes"
Asked what he thought ~ the law Of
Congress which SAYS that labor IS not n
commodity, Mr.. Babson said that by the
same token Congress- might mass a law
commanding water to flow m hill, but
/ that water would continue TO now down
hill lust the same.
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MIR Babson said that the fact that only
a few OF the stockholders OF our great
Industrial corporations are In control or
the corporations policies In largely re-
sronslhla for the Industrial unrest ana
for the unsatisfactory returns which cap
ital liz receiving from Its investments.
The bankers who control these indus
tries" he went on, have nothing against
labor They arc simply indifferent 10
II. They are too busy with other mat
ters to consider their employees 1t is
a matter OF indifference rather than OF
antagonlsm. Eighty per cent. OF the
control OF our big industries is in the
hands OF men In the office buildings or
New York per cent. In the hands or
directors s per cent. In the hands OF
sala ried officials. 2 per cent. In the hands
OF employees and per cent. In the hands
Of minority stockholders.'
Are the executive officials OF these
corporations qualified TO determine their
labor policies without the aid OF the Gov
eminent or the cooperation OF their en-
ployees?" asked Mr., Walsh.
YES, IL wall Street would let them
alors Wall street In Interested In
dividends and so long as tn-y come along
Wall Street is satisfied, The policy II 20
yet them, by fair means or foul. by good
or poor management II there are no
dividends the office building managers
will improve their plants, increase their
efficiency, but otherwise they let them
60"
Mr. Babson said that the effect on the
general social condition of large fortunes
made under the conditions that have pre-
vailed for the last half century was bad.
He said he could not see why man who
has made a fortune should be permitted
to devise to his children the voting power
ON stock OF the corporation which he has
built up any more than Mayor OF city
can devise his powers to his son.
This statement precipitated long ar
gument, the outcome OF which was that
Mr.. Babson said the heirs should not In
herit voting rights because they do not
live where tho industrial property Is
located.
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CONTROL BY FEW SEEN
AS LABOR'S BIG HANDICAP
Samuel Untermyer and Roger w. Babson Testify Before
Federal COMMISSIONER Rockefeller and Other Phil
anthropc Foundations Taken Up at Inquiry

Two Witnesses, Samuel Untermyer.
lawyer. and Roger w. Babson, statistlcian,
appeared yesterday at the first hearing here
OF the Federal Commission on Industrial
Relations and laid the groundwork for
the series OF hearings to follow.
The keynote OF the investigation was
sounded by the first question put to each
witness Yesterday. II was:
"To what extent. in your opinion, il the
potential control over labor conditions in
the hands OF a few large corporations In
New York city,
In each instance the answer was prac-
tically the same. Both men agreed that
this potential control Is present to n
great degree. and that the exercise OF II.
or the ability to exercise 1t. is the greatest
handicap now placed on either capital or
labor
The commission is here TO investigate
the Carnegie, Rockefeller and Sage
foundations and similar philanthropic
Undertakings. particularly as to their rela-
ton to labor. II wants to find out the
causes for the present Industrial unrest,
which the commission says ls widespread.
1t wants 20 learn II the conditions which
make possible the great fortunes on which
the foundations are established are also
the causes OF Industrial unrest
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j. Lee Dunn. secretary Of the Pam
American States Association in the Hotel
McAlpin. has arranged to display large
special consignment Of South American
GRANTEES and marbles at the Custom
House to-day.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1915-07-06
PERSONAL BRIEFS.
From Saturdays Daily.)

Mrs. F. e. Wilson and son Wal
ter and Miss Edna Moore all of this
city, who have been visiting the c.
A. Guyer family in st. Paul, have re-
turned to their homes, making the
trip to the twin cities and return
overland They were accompanied
home by Miss Elizabeth Cushnell OF
Minneapolis, who will visit, for some
time at the Wilson home.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. S. Heller re-
turned last night from an overland
trip to Renwick.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. H. Pierson and
Miss BERTHE Mars of Centerville, and
Miss Leora Mars of Orient, are ex-
pected to arrive in the city today
overland to spend the Fourth at the
home of the formers daughter, Mrs.
C. w. Black and husband.
Miss Name Macintosh, OF the
clerking force of Shipley & Black,
will go to Mason City tonight to
spend the Fourth with relatives.
The Misses SADIE and Elsie
will leave tonight for Chi
cago where they will visit relatives
for some time. The former expects
to go from there to a German acad-
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1915-07-06
GERMAN AD.
M|RAL SEES A
GRAVE Peril
Questions if Submarine Warfare Is
Worth CHANGING Rupture
With Washington.
HOT CAMPAIGN IN BERLIN
Discussion Likely to Further Delay
Answer to Wilson's Sec
ond Note.
HOT CAMPAIGN IN BERLIN

Berlin, (via London), July g.
Admiral Oscar Won Truppel, at one
time governor of Kiao Chow, the
German concession in the Chinese
province of Shantung, captured in
November by the Japanese, contrib
uted an article yesterday to Der
Tag, warning his compatriOts not to
underestimate the danger of a
breach with the United States and
asking them to weigh seriously the
question whether the value of Ger
many's submarine warfare against
British commerce is great enough to
justify continuance of it's present
form at the expense of rupture
with the transatlantic nation.
The message is remarkable not
only for it's open statement regard
ing the wide reaching effects which
the participation of America in the
hostilities might exercise of the fu-
ture course of the, war-effects
which Admiral Won Truppel says are
greatly underestimated in Germany
but also as contribution from a
naval officer.
All the naval publicists of Ger
many hitherto heard from have been
devoting their energies to accelerat-
ing public opinion against any mod
ification of the submarine campaign
and endeavoring to prevent or to
limit concessions to American de-
mands in the forthcoming German
note to Washington.
The campaign between the, advo-
Gates and the opponents of a COM
promise still is intense and delivery
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1915-07-06

of the note which a few days ago
was scheduled for Monday or Tues
day will probably be delayed several
days. It is hoped by those who fav-
or compromise that these days of
additional consideration will pro-
duce a change in the attitude of the
naval party, whose views thus far
have been opposed to any note of a
character outlined previously in
these dispatches.
This was to the effect that in all
probability the reply will embody
proposals to exempt ships employed
wholly or principally in passenger
traffic from submarine attacks
though making them subject to stop
page and exhaustion. The naval
party, however, has been bringing
heavy pressure to bear upon the
ministers engaged in consideration
of the answer.
"a German-American war or ev-
en- a rupture of diplomatic relations,
the effect of which would virtually
be as great, would injure German
prospects more seriously than many
believe. Though America at first
would be unable to contribute to the
military strength of the entente al
lies except by an acceleration of the
munitions supply, it could in time
cooperate with considerable land and
sea forces and with first class sub
marines and aeroplanes in the COM
plete isolation of Germany. It also
could exercise such pressure upon
the few remaining neutral coun-
tries that these would probably be
arrayed actively or passively in the
ranks of our enemies"
"Can we hope SO far as we are
able to foresee to force England to
it's knees through submarine war
fare against her commerce."
eff the answer is negative our
submarines can find better employ
ment against hostile warships, par
ticularly in the hunting grounds of
the Mediterranean, the Dardanelles
and the Suez canal. Submarine war
fare against merchantmen in that
case could be modified or abandoned
to obtain a more favorable neutral
ity of and the friendship Of Ameri-
ca, which would be of great value
to Germany after the war.
'If the answer is in the affirma-
tive then the law of self preserva-
ton would justify us in the situa-
tion which England has forced upon
us in using to the fullest extent our
superiority in submarines and we
can calmly accept the consequences
of it"
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1915-07-06
Music Director Drowned.

Iowa City, Ia, July 3.-Prof. w.
P. Christy, formerly director of the
university school of music, was
drowned at Spokane, Wash, while
fishing, according to a telegram re-
ceiveG by his brother-in law, DR.. T..
l.. Hazard of the Iowa university
faculty. Mr.. Christy was supervisor
of music in the Spokane schools. He
is survived by his wife and daugh-
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1915-07-06
LIFE OF NOR
CAMS ASSA|L-
ANT A MYSTERY
Wife and Father-in-Law Declare
They Know Nothing Of His
Boyhood.
MUENTER THEORY IS FADING
Holt Himself Says He Was in Ger
many When Harvard Teach.
er disappeared.
MUENrER THEORY IS FADING

Glen Cove, N. Y, July 6.-F'rank
Holt, the university professor, who
shot J. P. Morgan, yesterday declar-
ed that when he is arraigned on
Wednesday he will tell the whole
story of his life, particularly his
recent movements leading up to the
placing of the bomb in the United
States capitol at Washington and
his attempted assassination of Mr..
Morgan.
He also will reveal, he said,
where he bought the dynamite
found on him. Holt made these dec
larations to DR.. Guy Cleghorn, the
jail physician, adding that he was
anxious to tell his story in open
court.
DR.. Cleghorn said, however, that
Holt is in such weakened cOndi-
ton that unless the prisoner shows
decided Improvement by Wednesday
he may report it inadvisable to re-
move him from the Jail at Mineola
to the court house here. District
Attorney Louis J. Smith of Nassau
county, said he would be guided en-
tirely by the report of DR.. Cleghorn
and that, should the latter deem it
wise to postpone the arraignment,
such course will be followed.
Mr.. Morgan, who was shot twice
by Holt last Saturday at the finan-
cier's home near here, continued to
improve yesterday-so much SO that
specialists in attendance announced
he was out of all danger. A bulle-
tin to this effect was the only one
issued. It said also that the patients
temperature and pulse were normal.
The favorable turn in the condi-
ton of Mr.. Morgan was in marked
contrast to that of Holt, the finan-
cier's assailant. Hollis condition
became so grave that late in the day
orders were given at the jail that
he was not to be disturbed and that
no one was to be permitted to see
him but his counsel and the jail
physician.
Holt helped yesterday to discount
the theory that he might be Erich
Muenter, the Harvard professor
who disappeared in 1906 after his
wife had died, it was charged, of
poisoning. Holt declared emphatical-
ly that he had never been in Cam
bridge, Mass. Holt told this to T.
J. Reidy, New York lawyer, who
visited him and then announced
that he had been retained as counsel
for the prisoner.
Holt, according to Reidy, said al
SO that he was in Germany in 1906.
Earlier in the day Holt had told
Sheriff Grifenhagen that he could
not remember where he was in that
year.
Word was received at the Jail
last night that today an officer is
expected to arrive from Cambridge,
Mass, who could positively identify
Muenter.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1915-07-06

Smith & Son clothing store, leaves
Monday morning to take a four
weeks course in the Kniester Win
dow Decorating school of Chicago.
Mrs. Lee Lichtenberger and lit
tie son left this noon for Eagle
Grove where they will spend the
Fourth with relatives. Mr.. Lichten-
berger will join them tomorrow.
Miss Ethel Virtue of Dies
Moines is expected to arrive home
tonight to spend the Fourth with
her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. S. X. Vir-
tue She will be accompanied by
Miss lola Graham, formerly resi-
dent of this city and niece of Mrs
Percival Knowles.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1915-07-06
SEEK TRACE OF
NEGRO IN Vain
Posses Fail to Find Murderer Of
Georgia Farmer.

Macon, Ga, July 6.-Posses fail
ed yesterday in their search for Ne
groes who killed Silas Turner, a
Jones county planter, near Round
Oak Sunday, and precipitated riot
ing that resulted in the lynching of
a Negro and his young son. Sheriff
Etheridge declared last night that
the mob's victims had nothing to do
with the murder of Turner.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1915-07-06
INK RAINS FROM
THE CLOUDS
3arrville, Pa, People Catch Black
Fluid in Buckets.

Lewiston, Pa, July Ga down
pour of inky black water was the
phenomenon witnessed by residents
of Barrville, a, village along the
Seven mountains. The rain fell in
torrents during a heavy thunder
storm, and many, seeing it's unusual
color, caught it in kettles away from
trees and buildings that would like
ly affect it's color.
Students of nature are puzzled,
and will send samples to the state
laboratory for analysis.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1915-07-06

1t appears from press dispatches
that the British steamer Armenian,
sunk a few days ago by a German
torpedo, resulting in the death of
twenty or more American citizens,
attempted to escape after being or
dered by the German commander to
stop and submit to search. If this
be the fact, according to interna-
tional law and the customs of naval
warfare, the sinking of the vessel
was justifiable and responsibility for
loss of life lies with the captain of
the boat. The main reason for the
widespread and just denunciation of
the sinking of the Lusitania was
that the vessel was unarmed and I'M
resisting and had a torpedo fired in
to her vitals without moments
warning. Such a situation does not
obtain in the latest catastrophe if re-
ports are true, and the United States
government will not be disposed to
take the sinking Of the Armenian
seriously as involving grave inter-
national complications.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1915-07-06

There is no law against cutting
weeds at any time, but there is a
law against not cutting them some
time during July and August.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1915-07-06

The horses of Iowa exceed the
value of the farm crops in any one
of thirty-seven states: Alabama,
Arizona, Arkansas, California, Col
orado, Connecticut, Delaware, Flor
ida, idaho, Nevada, Kentucky, Louis
lana, Maine, Maryland, Massachu-
sets, Mississippi, Michigan, Mon
tana, New Hampshire, New Jersey,
New Mexico, North Dakota, North
Carolina, Oklahoma, Oregon, Penn
sylvania, Rhode Island, South Caro-
lima, South Dakota, Tennessee, Utah,
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1915-07-06
" Convicts Hired Out.

Fort Madison, Ia, July 3.-Seven-
ty-seven cohvicts We're hired out to
Lee county farmers yesterday to as
sist in laying by corn. This is the
largest number reported assigned to
outside private work in the history
of the institution.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1915-07-06

"a practical joker" What is it?
A large majority of the so called
practical jokes are no jokes at all.
In fact a practical joke is often
anything but practical.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1915-07-06

Our democratic friends used to
say that the tariff was responsible
for strikes, but not single one of
them has attributed that as the
cause of the big strikes in Chicago.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1915-07-06

Robert Lansing, the new secretary
of state, is having no trouble max
ing $4,000 a year supply his needs
of living. But Mr.. Lansing has not
acquired the extravagant habits of
some of the big politicians.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1915-07-06

July will make great difference
in the corn crop and by the first of
August we shall have forgotten all
about our June troubles.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1915-07-06

1t is only through labor and pain
full effort, by grim energy and res
olute courage, that we move to bet
ter things.-Theodore Roosevelt.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1915-07-06

The Waterloo Times-Tribune is
disposed to poke fun at the Hawk
eye highway and declares that it
should be known as the Hawkeye
byway. But let the Times Tribune
be patient. The Hawkeye highway
is getting better every day and in
few years will be one of the finest
thoroughfares in the state. 1t runs
through the best country in Iowa
and that means the best country in
the United States.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1915-07-06

There is no need of a state COM
mission to supervise street paving.
All that is necessary to insure good
work is for an honest and capable
city engineer backed by council in
favor of giving property owners a
square DEAL Down at Des Moines,
according to a statement made by
Councilman Fred German, council
men too often take the side of the
contractor instead of the side of the
men who are paying for the paving.
A reversal of this situation is the
need of the hour.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1915-07-06

} There will be 10000 automobiles
registered in Iowa this year, which
means that there will be at least
10000 good roads boosters in the
state, and with such an army as that
at work results are bound to follow.
1t would be good idea for the au-
to owners to get together and elect
men to office who are known to fav-
or highway improvements.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1915-07-06

The Sioux City Journal is of the
opinion that Harding for governor
and Cosson for attorney general
would make a great harmony COM
bination. How would Cosson for gov
ernor and Harding for attorney gen.
eral do? That would probably meet
the approval OF Mr.. Cosson and his
friends.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1915-07-06

This country ought to be unusual
ly prosperous. We have sold Europe
the past year more than one bill
lion of dollars worth of goods in ex-
cess of the amount we bought of
them That is a remarkable record
The foreign demand for goods and
wares came at an opportune time
just as depression was settling
down upon business all over the
United States.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1915-07-06

Mr.. Cosson and Allen view many
things in the same light. Take the
suggestion that one of them should
withdraw from the gubernatorial
race, for example, and they are
agreed that the other fellow is the
one who should make the sacrifice,
"for the good of the state"
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1915-07-06
Vermont, Virginia. Washington,
West Virginia, Wisconsin and Wy
oming.

A sixteen year old boy was killed
at Sioux City "a few days ago by the
premature explosion of toy canon
which he had secured to celebrate
the fourth of July. There is bet
ter way to observe independence day
than making noise end having a
rip-roaring time, and many ways
that are not fraught with dangers.
Shooting frecrackers, toy pistols,
canons, etc., is no indication of pa
triotism, yet some people seem to
think it is.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1915-07-06

Swat the weeds.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1915-07-06

The hogs of Iowa exceed in value
the farm crops in any one of twenty
states: Maine, New Hampshire,
Vermont, Massachusetts,. Rhode
Island, Connecticut, New Jersey,
Maryland, West Virginia, Florida,
Delaware, Montana, Idaho, Wyom-
ing, Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona,
Utah, Nevada and Oregon.