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The sun., 1916-12-31
COTTON WINDS UP
1915 IN QUIET WAY
Fluctuations Narrow, Ac.
counts Having Been Well
Evcned Up Previously.
MILL BUYING EXPECTED
The Domestic Manufacturers
Stock Of Raw Material
Needs Renewal.

The cotton market was QUIET yester.
day. with fluctuations corrcspondinr,y
narrow. /, was evident that scattering
accounts had previously been we'll eyened
W for over the turn Of the year, and that
the trade found nothing In the news 10
inspire fresh commitments OIL the eve OF
the holiday.
Buying OF October by foreign tradc in
;cresis gave the new crops a relatively
steady o during the entire morning.
Otherwise there was little trading feat
ure, with an opening advance followed
by reactions under scattered local and
New Orleans selling. The close was
barely steady. net unchanged to ii points
higher.
The market opened steady at an ad-
vance OF ? to IL points. but soon eased
on under selling. with present crop de-
Meries working about z to 3 points net
lower. while October cascd back to With
IN = points OF Fridays close. A sharp
rally followed In sympathy with New
Orleans. but was not fully maintained.
Expectations OF an improving trade demand
sft"r the hrst Of the year seemed TO en-.
ts.n further selling on the ums.t,,"d .,nort
situation. Generally speskins. however, the ,r.
rgulsriy wss attributed 10 further evening
up for over the holiday and business was not
active enough 70 suggest tho prescnce Of any
Reports from Fall River Indicated a con.
mills wore closely cold up for the ncst two
mcutAs end were expecting renewed activity
some time during January. According TO local
SPOT pcople domestic manufacturers made few
frsh purchases In the last mouth. and bulls
erpect that any improvement in the demsnd
f~r goods Will b Quickly followed BY q re-
wal IN the demand for raw material.
o. the other hand. there are approximations
n q falline OF In the export business owing
10 the increasing scarcity OF tonnage and ad-
vsucing costs Of importation. Continued con-
Msnce 10 eIpreoesA In the increased acreage
n'!t sprins. hut buycrs are emphasizing .
a~ehclency Of precipitation in the Southwest
situation With Yrfcrenr~ 20 fert,liiers. This
10 expected 70 offset the increased scrcasr 20
pems extent, end the turn Of the year prob.
ably Ands the market viii q much redu-ed
speculative interest outstanding end . better
divided sentiment - 10 the future Of pricrs.
local epot markpt steady and unchanged
o. l,.e5c. for middling upland; sales nil.
eouthern spot markets and Gales:
Galveston steady. unchanged. 17.2,c; $40
NSv Orleans stesdy. unchanged, l;..Sc.: 30
Mobile nominal. u~uch2nxed. lie.
esvannah nominal. unchanged. lSsc.: go.
WILMINGTON etesdy, isc. higher. lie.
Scriolk steady, II .. higher. lie: ~.
baltimore nominal unchanged. lIxc
AuSusa uesdy. UNCHANGED. ii!Soc.; -.
Memphis noe quoted: -.
-. Louie nomlpal. unchanged. 1sc.
Houston steady. 10 r. higher. I'.loc.: f.S3s.
Lttle Rock stesdy. unchanged. l1..5c.: Ills.
The sun., 1916-12-31
CHICAGO AND NORTH WESTERN
RAILWAY COMPANY,

,,.I IT. OF HE TKENSCELIIl
III broadway, New York, Dec. 81, 1915.
.N9t.rc Is hcrehy giysn that "nou.h 4 IN.
SINKING FUND BONDS or 49,. of this
Cnnpany, both SIN AND FIVE PER
CENT, "u' be drawn by tot on Wednesday.
January "a 1917, az the rate Of .Ut and
4, ru,l interest, 10 absorb the sum O.
>I'i,too:e' deposited !n tn" SiuhiIg Fund
~ tho FarIn"rr' Lidn and frgst company.
trustee: ana ii.tor"s' wi 'ease t. accrue
l~hnlt'y u, '@lI, upon publication " the
hu'lhrrs designating tho drawn bon h.. rur-
.uant 10 the terms % tho mortgage securing
tho same,
Two Ftdernl Income Tax VII be withheld
irorl tho accrued interest on tr ,irawu
nonis, unless propsrlv executed certificates
90 -" ncrship Claiming exemption accom-
prny the bonds when presented for redcrp.
lion,
~ :, PIERCE. Treasurer.
The sun., 1916-12-31
LIVE STOCK MARKET.

BEEvEs-Rscsipts. ++5 head; none on
s:,;i in y fs,n asm no%Inc eomm sss.a sS PRIME n.sI ss,
tive sides selling 1T II Vioh We. per ID
CALvES-Reoeipts. IS head; only . few
on sale. Market steady. .veais sold at
per H.; country dressed. 1870 49,.
SHEEP AND IAMBS-Rscsipts. 49,
head: one car on sale. sheep steady
lambs hrm TO higher. Prime lambs sold
At SiA..6 per 100 lbs, Dressed mutton
steady at 1iC 1+c. per IN. dressed lambs.
" J10c. Country urerssu dollhouse lambs,
sale.--S. Sanders. gu 81. - lambs. 90
h.. average, Wa, cer In lbs.
IIOGs-R,ccintr, i,TiO head; Aons on
hogs IN modsrat. demand ~, I2H D Ice.
PEI H.; rSsstins pigs fseece.
The sun., 1916-12-31
MISCELLANEOUS NEWS.

ADMITTED TO FiRM-R. II. simpson
4 10. IL broadway. announce that they
I'D admitted Robert q. Hanks to mem
t"rship In the Nrm. Recently a sent on
the New York stock Exchange was par
""aSsd by the urn for Mr.. Hanks.
rOrkd at the New York Custom House
!est.rdsy amounted. to eis.teS:sIl: tn
I's,:' ::;,s,:';; ,r rs: %' , rs ;sc''''
The sun., 1916-12-31
THE HNNONlR N\TiOHNL BANK
OF lie tlIN OE NV NOkk.

NV NOrE, D'NNInlrr -.nI, 1915,
rhs Board OF Dire tors have this day de
elarcd a dividend Of 81. PER EN- paw
allie on and after J nusry mi. 1917. TIL,
transfer'boVks will romaiu cloeed until tina
ELMER /. WHITAKER. Cashier.
The sun., 1916-12-31
TIE MERCHhNT> NATIONAL BANK
OF TIN CIT. OF NfW YORK.

T"I' IOO"r ETff, IHIt.
The Ro,rd ~ tIr""'":- hos this day do
r'sred Il I~i.!d"nd ~ four por cert. tt% >.
payable ~ i~auu.rv mi 49,. 10 s'onkhoid
ers % -rcori At Tho clo-H - t.siuees De.
cciUbcr -ttA, iHlH
JOsEI1I MYMNE rn,hicr
The sun., 1916-12-31
psrn..yiv.,i. Grad. OH Market.

O3I. CRY. Pa. Dec. 30.-Credit bal
aaot y, sass. Runs. 2l.1sl bbls. aver
sseA 777.llA. Shipments. 2s.ss2; aver
age,i 53,6ii.
The sun., 1916-12-31
WATERFRONT PROPERTIES
0v0 & c0R0lA SPECIALIST.
'@VSU D sVnoSN 10 Wall ST., \. Y.

ELF CTIONs AM MEETINGS.
The daily Nome industrial worker., 1916-11-22

notwithstanding all the subterfuges of the legislators, there is no intrin- sic difference between the labor power, the raw material and the machinery as commodities. They are all treated alike and all scrapped alike when not suited to the opera ton of production.
 Why the men of the Gompers mind will persist in sitting on this artificial egg in the hope that it will hatch out a new conception of things, beats all. Why should we decieve ourselves with such a chimera? Indeed, isn't the whole purpose of the very Federation over which he presides, to sell labor power at the highest possible price. What are we selling, commodity or not? Is 1t not for sale to the highest bidder? Does it not like every other commodity represent a certain value; the cost of its repro duction? Will the owner of labor power be able to sell if the buyers can find no use for it?
 If labor power is free, how is it a man in a mine or a factory cannot choose the work which he will carry | on? How is it he must attend the identical machine in the proper fac tory, in the particular room that the labor power is hired for? What freedom attends the movement of the worker inside or outside the plant? All the freedom he has got is to sell his industrial power to some industrial plant or to starve. The sale of his labor power is the sine qua non of his existence. And what he sells he gives up to the employer certainly and beyond ques- tion as a definite and well deter mined piece of property.
 Suppose the man who was hired i to tend a machine claimed the pro- duct of his machine tending, less a certain amount for machine wear and tear, less another certain amount for the raw material and for l the mechanical power, where would i he get off at? He would be arrested as a thief and immediately com pelled to sever his connection with his "job'.
 The boss buys labor power. That labor power comes from the man, and there is no use disgusting the fact that just as long as the man is working for another his employer has a chattel interest in such em- ployee.
 Whats the use of denying the ob- vious in order to delude ourselves with an imaginary condition of free dom that most certainly does not exist. Better know the full extent ot our industrial servitude so that in- stead of hugging our chains we may break them for ever. The present condition of wage slavery is no myth and because it is no myth il is worth wiping off the face of the earth, so that the workers instead of hugging to themselves a delusion may glory in the morning light ot real industrial freedom.
The daily Nome industrial worker., 1916-11-22

by the Massachusetts Supreme Court wherein the right to work is de clared to be property, it is as much property, says the decision, s.as the more obvious forms of goods am merchandise, stocks and bonds. :. That dec;sion was handed down in the case of John Bogni ct al. vs. Giovanni Perotti ct al.
 Senator .-afoilette commented It length upon this decision in a very incisively indignant way. He argues that "Labor cannot be property un- less men gre property. It is the exercise ot Lower. The only way to possess labcr is to posses men. l hat means slavery. The struggle of the christian 8o.ld has been .o make men free aud to keep tnem fee.
 Further he said that "tne doctrine that labor is property was asserted as dictum by the supreme court cf the United States in the matters case A wave of protest swept the country. There arose an insist ent demand for the enactment of statutes that should distinguish hu- man power from property, work from chattels, merchandise and com modities; and that should define and for ever establish the status of labor on the foundation rock of human freedom.
 "So Congress of the United States enacted in the Clayton law clause specifically declaring that labor is not an commodity or article of commerce This principle was made part of the statutory law of many states including Massachus- etts, but the recent decision of the court nullifies the principle and holds the statute unconstitutional" !"
 Lafollette laments such a crushing state of affairs, and declares that "the American people will not stand for the yoke'.
 It is extraordinary the confidence that some solons place in a legisla- tive fiat. Suppose Congress were today to declare that eggs were not commodity, or that goods of any kind were not, are we to suppose that this would remove those goods
 from such an economic category? It is quite immaterial what action Congress takes. We know very
 well that labor is commodity; that labor power is bought and sold just the same as any other form of mer- chandise. Legislation will not alter the fact by merely declaring other
 wise. That at least is certain. Tn the relation that takes place between employer and employee,
 what we see is that the employer
 buys the labor power of the man he hires. That labor entering into the
 raw material and applied to the ma
 chinery results in the production of another commodity which must be
 greater in value than the raw ma
 terial, the labor entering it's make up and the wear and tear of the
 machinery to which the labor power
 was applied. If the raw material 1 is not suited to the purpose, if the
 machinery is useless, if the labor
 power is inefficient, it is replaced by
 new purchase. But economically,
The daily Nome industrial worker., 1916-11-22
IS LABOR PROPERTY?

Great concern is obvious among the leaders of the American Fedora tion of Labor lest labor be consid- cred property. This concern is heightened by a decision this year
The daily Nome industrial worker., 1916-11-22

GET TEE NEWS RiGHT. kE6b THE WORKER.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-04-07
AIbinos for the Aquarium

Arthur Briggs of Winthrop, general
superintendent of State fish hatcheries.
arrived in the city late Thursday af-
ternoon from Caribou with consign-
ment of II albino salmon from the
Caribou hatchery, l.. NJ. Allen super
lntendent, for the aquarium at the
State House. They are all handsome
chaps and stood the journey in the
shipping cans very well. being as lively
as old settlers when placed in the
tanks.
They consist Of one 5-year- old, four
4-year- olds, four 2-year-olds and two
little 11-months- chaps. The larger
ones were placed in with fellows with
whom they could stand their own and
who are able to take care of them
selves. The two little fellows, hardly
two inches, were placed in with the
smelts and sinners and appeared
frightened. They may be found in the
morning, but it seemed doubtful last
night.
Quite party soon gathered and
witnessed the introduction of the freak
fish in their new home. The lone sur
Vivor of a previous lot of albino SAL
mon is in one of the tanks with the
newcomers, but paid no attention to
them. not even showing the beauties
and comforts Of the residence.
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mch3odtf

John F. Buker of Bowdoinham, one
of the speakers attached to the agri-
cultural departments staff, was a
caller Thursday on Commissioner of
Agriculture VIM. T. Guptill.
Lieutenant F. H. Farnum, U. S. A,
inspector-instructor was in Dexter
Thursday for the purpose Of giving in
struction to Co. A, End Inf, N. G. S. NJ.
Dairy Inspector c. W. Wescott and
Assistant Dairy Instructor E. A. Rog-
ers were also at the agricultural de-
partment Thursday.
Leon G. c. Brown of Milo, member of
the Inland Fish and Game Commits
sion, arrived in the city Thursday and
was at the department during the
afternoon.
Nathaniel Colcord, well-known
newspaperman Of Portland, was at
the Capitol Thursday.
State Superintendent of Schools
Payson Smith. Josiah w. Taylor,
agent for secondary schools, Harold
A. Allan, agent for rural schools, and
Miss Florence NJ. Hale, agent for ru-
raj schools, left Thursday evening for
Bangor en- route to Ellsworth, where
they will on Friday attend the Han
cock County Teachers convention.
Visitors who registered at the State
Museum on Thursday included: Mrs.
F. Arthur Savage OF Fairfield; Mrs.
George Croker, Manchester; Mrs.
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tail and making palmer the States po-
sition in the matter. 1t follows:
April 5, 1916.
Hon. Frank E. Mace,
Land Agent.
Augusta. Maine.
Dear Mr.. Mace:
Replying to yours of March q, as
sumo that your inquiry relates to cases
where the timber and grass on public
lots have been sold by the State to in
dividuals prior to the passage OF Chap
ter 3O6 of the Public Laws Of 1915.
In order to construe the act Of 1915
so that it would not be open to the
objection that it's effect would be to
impair an obligation already entered
into by the State, it must be held that
under this act no lease Of camp sites
could be given by the State which per-
mitted in any way an infringement Of
the rights of the owner Of the timber
and grass. You have observed undoubt-
eddy that the sale by the State to va.
rious parties Of the so-called timber
and grass rights really consist of moth
ing more or less than permit to cut
and carry away timber and grass. the
State reserving the title to the soil.
OF course, the right to cut and car
ry away timber and grass carries with
it the implied right to enter upon the
premises for that purpose, to maintain
roads and to do anything that is ne
cessary in order to carry out the rights
granted.
The objection to the State leasing
land for camp sites would be that
parties must necessarily in a
limited way at least injure either the
timber Or grass or both. In the form
Of lease which you have already drawn,
you have carefully safeguarded this
danger by inserting the clause that
nothing in the lease is to be construed
as granting any right to cut or destroy
the timber or grass and have added
thereto the warning that such rights
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must be obtained from the owner OF
the timber and grass
1t seems to me. however, that 1t
would be much safer and much more
likely to avoid future litigation if leas-
es for camp sites were either executed
Jointly by the State Land Agent and
the owner Of the timber and grass or
else drawn by the Land Agent and con-
scented to in writing by such owner.
l do not see how the owner Of the tim
Der and grass would have any authority
on his own account to lease camp site
to anyone. His rights are very limited
indeed On the other hand without his
consent 1 do not deem it safe for the
State to lease land for camp sites real
izing that in every case where camp
site is occupied there must of necessity
be some injury to the property which
the State has already conveyed. Joint
action on the part of the State and the
owner of the timber and grass is. there
fore, not only advisable but in my opin-
ion necessary in order to give the par
ty leasing the camp site such rights as
he would need to enjoy to make his
lease worth anything to him.
Yours very truly.
(Signed) w. r. PATTANGALL.
Attorney General.
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w. T. johnson.
Percy v. Hill
C.. s. Hichborn,
w. M. Sanborn

mon; par value, 81; nothing paid h.
Pres, T. L. Croteau, Portland; Treas,
A. B. Farnum. Portland; clerk, Alber
F. Jones, Portland; directors, T. L.
Croteau and A. B. Farnum of Portland
and George S. Soule Of South Port.
land. Approved April 5.
Choctaw Power and Light Co., on
ganized April 5 at Portland to build
street, suburban. interurban and 9th.
er railways; produce, furnish and deal
in electricity for light, heat, power
etc, carry on any transportation bus.
mess using electricity and carry on
a general electrical business Capital
$780, 900; common, $1,000, 900; preferred
s250,0o0; par value, 500; paid in $loN
President, Sherman 1. Gould, Port.
land; clerk and Treas, Charles e.
Tolman, Portland: directors, the aboys
and Samuel s. Rumery and John T.,
Pagan, Portland and Embert L. Jone,
Of Gorham. Approved April s..
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It looked like large bunch of mail
to be returned to the writer's and no.
ticing the puzzled look on the face Of
the reporter, Secretary of State J. E.
Bunker said:
well, l don't wonder you look at
them. II you knew what they are
though, you would wonder why peo-
pie can be SO careless. This bundle is
made up of letters. being returned to
applicants for automobile licenses, be-
cause they have not compiled with the
very simple requirements in such a
matter. These people have written to
this Office with instructions Send me
a license for my machine, the same
one as last year. You can find it on the
book or Send me my 1916 license
You can look up the old license"
Every registered owner, operator,
etc, of 1915, has been sent the proper
blank for use this year, If he desired
it. All the public garages have been
supplied and if a person so desired he
can obtain all he needs from this Of
flee. All he has to do is fill out the
blank, enclose it with the proper fee
and mail it to the secretary of States
office. His number plates and license
will be promptly forwarded. If he
neglects this simple form, this correct
way Of applying, he will find the de-
lay necessary to return his letter and
for him to send a proper application. 1t
sometimes provokes him and it makes
no end Of unnecessary work for the Of
flee force here.
I'm telling you all this in the inter-
ests of the people who wish to have
their applications for licenses, ETC.,
promptly attended to. Those who do it
correctly will receive the best posi-
BILE service we can give them-but those
who slip up in the matter should not
blame us for the delay. which is not
our fault. We regret the delay, but
cannot help it. That's all. Good day."
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FROM CIRLHOOD TO OLD
AGE WOMEN ARE HELPED

At the FIRST symptoms Of any de-
rangement of the feminine organism at
any period of life the one safe, really
helpful remedy is DR.. Pierce's Favorite
Prescription. *
Tens of thousands of women have
taken it with unfailing success for
every conceivable ailment and disease
of womanly nature. It is a woman's
temperance medicine and its ingredi-
eats are published on wrapper.
DR.. Pierce's Favorite Prescription is
true friend to women in times of
trial and at times of pain when the
organs are not performing their func-
tons. For headache, bachache, hot
flashes, catarrhal condition bearing
down sensation. mental depression,
dizziness, fainting spells, lassitude and
exhaustion, women should never fail to
take this tried and true women's medi-
cine
Prepared from natures roots and
herbs, it contains no alcohol nor mar
cotics, nor any harmssl ingredient
Medicine dealers everywhere have it on
hand in both tablet and liquid form at
all times. If you want specialist in
women's diseases to diagnose your case
absolutely free of charge, write DR..
Pierce's Invalids' Hotel, Buffalo, N. Y,
to-day. 136-page book on womens dis
eases sent free.-Adv.
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New Corporations

The attorney generals Office of the
State Of Maine has approved the arti-
cles of incorporation # the following
corporations:
Federal Utilities Company, organic
ed April 5, at Portland, to organize. re-
organize, finance and aid and assist
financially or otherwise, companies,
corporations, joint stock companies,
syndicates, partnerships and corpora
tons Of all kinds, particularly those
operating public utilities, and to I'M
derwrite. subscribe for and indorse
the bonds, stocks, ETC., Of any such
company, etc. Capital, $1,000; all COM
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The Bob Cat Bounty Ap.
preparation Exhausted

The appropriation for bounties on
bob cats has been exhausted, it was
announced Thursday at the department
of inland fisheries aad game. AS there
are likely to be many more claims
come In for such bounties it is prob
able that at the next meeting Of the
Governor and Council the department
will request that some further revenue
be provided for the payment Of such
bounties.
The department Thursday morning
received box in tho mail containing
20 bob cat tails, which were sent III
by George NJ. Coffin. treasurer Of the
town Of Columbia. A statement from
Mr.. Coffin said that 10 of these tails
for which reward was sought were
sent in by Allison Worcester and 10 by
A. L. Tarbutt. The payment of the
bounty upon these &c tails will COM
pletely exhaust the balance remaining
Of the appropriation and 81 besides.