BACK ACME-A SIGNAL -OF EDiSTRESS
A WARNING THAT MUST NOT BE IGNORED
Pain In the back la the kidneys signal of distress! If this
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EXPERIENCE
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IB. B
President, In Message, Presents
Plan of Railroad Reflation
and Corporation Control.
CHECK ON SECURITY ISSUES.
Legislation Is Asked to Prevent Wa
tering of Stocks and Other
Kindred Evils.
beiyPicture
Tells A Story.
Doan's Kidney Pills Make Lasting Cures
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The above statement was made on Sepf, IB,
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severe was the pain In my back. I did not rest
with any comfort and any sudden movement sent
sharp twinges through my kidneys. After plas
ters, liniments and various remedies which I
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fected a cure. I have never lost an opportunity
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Needed Attention.
The Parent Are you sure you give
fc y boy as much attention In school a
fou do the other hoys?
The Teacher Attention? Why, say,
I'm afraid to take my eyes off that
key of yours. Yonkers Statesman.
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f Pine compound pure and eight
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will cure any cough that is curable,
tjid is not expensive, as It makes
enough to last the average family an
tmtlre year. Virgin Oil of Pine com
pound pure Is prepared only In the
laboratories of the Leach Chemical Co.,
Cincinnati. Ohio
There la a union of hatmakers M
Mans. France, in which the offlaei
f president, vice president, aecreUr
nf treasurer are held by one man.
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in the efficacy of the remedy, else
they would not undergo this great expense.
The Chinese government has decided
to increase the duty on cigarettes
rapidly-growing Import of that empire.
A NOTRE DAME LADY'S APPEAL
all knowing sufferers of rheumatism,
arhether muscular or of the joints, aclatlca,
Vsmbagos, backache, palDS in the kidneys
e neuralgia pains, to write to her for a
asm treatment which has repeatedly cure
all r tha tortures. She feels it her duty
$ send it to all sufferers FUBU. You cure
4wlf at home thousands Will testify -
ka rhinn or enmare ueinir oeccitrj. ,m
almnle dlscorerv banishes uric acid from
he blood, loosens the stWened joints, purt
f the blood, and brightens the eyes, glrlng
llsrtlclty and tone to the whole system. If
the abore interests you, for proof address
Vrs. M. Summers, Bex 3, Notre Dame, ind.
A doctor advises his patients to be
bright and frivolous at meal times if they
would preserve their digestion ID lull
vigor.
PILES CURED I! 6 TO 14 DAYS
TAZO OINTMENT Is guaranteed to cure any
cue ol itching. Blind. Weeding or Protruding
Piles in 6 to 1 days or mister reiunuru.
A Coolness ." ueiu Now,
"Do vou mean to tell me, colonel,
vou are 53? Why. I shouldn't have
taken vou to be over 40."
-i fpar ma rln m. you are not a good
1 nil ire of aj?es."
"O vrs. I am. colonel; but I though!
I'd lie Just a little, to please you"
1TKRT DAVIS' PAINKILIr.fi
wh-n timruuifhlr ruul.rd In relle alraine arid
.pmins in j."nn ' "lunrlM from .! . A I
aniomlle.
It is said not only that decoctions
or the leaves dried and powdered of
the common camomile will destroy
Insects, but that nothing contributes
no niiKn to me neaun oi a gitrucn us
number of camomile plants dis
persed tnroiiK'i u. .mi jrnruuuum
Hothouse should be without camomile
In a sreen or in a dried state; either
tbe ;aJks or tha flowers will answer.
OLD ANNE BOYALL.
Sha Was Once One of tbe Quaint
Characters of Woahlngton.
Old, queer, sharp-tongued Anne Roy-
all, traveler, editress and interviewer,
was for many years a familiar figure
In the streets of Washington, trotting
Indomitably about her business, very
poor, very persistent, often trouble-
Bome, often rebuffed, but with qualities
of honesty and courage to be respected.
There Is given In the story of her
life by Sarah Harvey Porter a delight
ful glimpse of her vialt to ex-President
Madison and his wife. The contrast
between the gracious mature beauty
of charming Dolly Madison, elegant In
her rustling black silk, and the funny
little limping, shabby figure In anti
quated skirts and ridiculous wadded
(bonnet, could scarcely have been en
hanced.
As usual, old Anne Royal 1 had
tramped to save carriage hire; as usual,
her errand, probably none too welcome
to her hosts, was to secure an inter
view and use a descriptive background.
But Dolly (Madison saw In the absurd,
Inquisitive, bespattered person before
her neither the reporter nor the guy
only an aged and weary woman who
iras her guest. She hurried to bring
her a glass of water, then quite sim
ply stooped and retied her loosened
shoe lace and wiped the Virginia mud
from the tired old feet.
It is small wonder that Mrs. Royall's
clothes were queer. She was scarcely
of a bent of mind frivolously to pur
sue the fashions had she had the time
and money, but she had neither. Her
paper, the Huntress, of which she was
owner, editor and chief reporter, once
published conspicuously on the edi
torial page a notice which is perhaps
unique In Journalism:
"No paper will be issued from this
Office this week. We really must take
one week once in ten years to fix up
our wardrobe, which is getting shabby.
Our next issue will welcome Congress."
rictus ... -
The Inhabitants of Borneo make use
of the same means for fixing the times
of their agricultural seasons as were
used by the early Britons and In Egypt
between 1,000 and 2,000 B. C, says the
Journal of the Asiatic Society. They
rely, that Is to y. on tho time of ris
ing of certain constellations Just be
fore the sun, known to astronomers ns
their heliacal rising. Th Kenyans and
Kayans make use of the length of the
shadows cast by a stick at noon to de
termine their seasons. Situated as they
are between the tropics, the shadow Is
cast on the north or south of tho stick
according to the time of year. The
length of tbe shadow also varies as
the sun passes from Cancer to Capri
corn and buck. Tbe shadow is meas
ured bv means of a notched stick. The
notches represent the lengths of shadow
which experience has shown to corre-
sHnd with favorable times for their
vurlous agricultural operations.
The Samoans, on tbe other hand, Ox
their Reasons by tbe appearance of a
curious marine worm which they call
the palolo.
No Chance for an Argument.
If you had any life In you, Henry,"
she snapped,
"You'd go out thera and fire the
cook!"
"But I haven't, you see, Flo," he pla
cidly yapped;
And he burled himself la a book.
Chicago Tribune.
REMEMBERS HIS OLD HOME.
Not Ashamed of the Hnntble Cot-
ttge of Ills Moyhood.
'lour business, you say, Is house-
moving?"
"Yes."
"You seem to havo made a lot of
money out of It?"
T have. You see. I don't work tbe
way other house movers do. I have a
plan of my own."
Lighting a 50-cent cigar, the house
mover mused a moment Then he went
on.
"Years ago, when I was a little boy,
my father used to take me on bis knee
and talk to me. 'Johnny,' he would
say, 'although you have been born in
poverty, you are smart, and you will
rise to wealth some day. But never be
ashamed of your first home, my boy.
Be as proud of it as if it were a state
ly palace.'
"It waa a four-room cottage where
we lived then.' And when I went out
to make my way In the world, my
father's last words were these: 'My
son, wherever you go, whatever you do,
remember the old home. It will be a
star In the heavens to you in tbe cloud
iest night of despair.'
The house mover dropped a lump of
cigar ash upon a diamond-studded tray
and continued:
"I have never forgotten my father'a
words. Wherever I have gone, what
ever I have done, I have remembered
the old home, and it has been my guid
ing star to fortune. My parents have
long departed this life. Tbe cottage Is
my most dearly treasured possession
now. In fact, It becomes more valua
ble to me every year. I have a friend
in the city hall. When tbe city la
about to open up a new street or lay
out a park, I get a quiet tip from my
friend, and as quickly ns possible I
move my cottage to where tbe new
street or park Is to be."
He flicked a flake of ash from his
moleskin waistcoat.
"Persecution follows my old home
wherever It goes," he sighed. "The
street and park people have condemned
it fifty times, but I have defended it
manfully and cotniK-lled the municipal
ity to shell out handsomely every time.
I figure that my little four-room cot
tage has brought me In f200,000 in the
last twenty years. House moving," he
added, "Is -a profitable business if a
man goea at It projierly." Newark
News.
WOULD RETAIN SHERMAN LAW.
Alma to Poster "Economising' !
Inrei of Combinations and End
'Monopolising;' r'.rlle.
n i u inw imiTniHip v ommcrce
sslnn of the amount of stock ami
to be lsued by any railroad conl
ub.lecl to this act upon any reor-
A Miracle of Science.
Aeroplaning is another miracle of
practical science another impossibil
ity shown to be possible another
dream of centuries realized, but real
tzed in a manner which none but this
generation could have understood.
Will tbe history of the steam locomo
tive repeat Itself? The actual maxi
mum speed on railways Is no higher
to-day than it was sixty years ago,
though, of course, the train loads are
very dlffereut. Will it be so with tha
aeroplane?
A Burning- Eruption Covered Her
from Head to Feet.
"Four years ago I suffered severely
with a terrible eczema, being a mass
of sores from head to feet and for six
weeks confined to my bed. During
that time I suffered continual" tor
ture from Itching and burning. After
being given up by my doctor I was ad
vised to try Cutlcura Remedies. After
the first bath with Cutlcura Soap and
application of Cutlcura Ointment I en
Joyed the first good sleep during my
entire illness. I also used Cutlcura
Resolvent and the treatment was con
tinued for about three weeks. At the
end of that time I was able to be
about the house, entirely cured, and
have felt no ill effects since. I would
advise any person suffering from any
form of skin trouble to try the Cutl
cura Remedies as. I know what they
did for me. Mrs. Edward Nennlng
1112 Salina St., Watertown, N. Y.,
Apr. 11, 1909."
iTTQLISH HALF-PENNY FAPESk
Jrltlsh Writer Objects to Sllll
and Flippant Press.
They are so silly, so flippant with-
8ut being funny, so solemn without
being serious, and. withal so dull,
lays Edwin Pugh in London T. P.'i
Weekly. The special articles by ae
credited experts, which they are In
the habit of publishing occasionally,
ire always too short to deal adequate
ly with their subject, while the clever
writers of the lighter articles seem
alwaya to be too heavily obsessed by
the feeling that they must be topical
at any cost to do themselves Justice.
And this rage for topicality 1 yet an
other irritating fault in itself. 1
know that the staple of a newspaper i
contents should be news; neverthe
less, I cannot see why one particular
event even if it be the birth of a for
sign princess Bhould crowd out or
whittle down all other items of news;
and this not always for a day or two,
but sometimes for weeks on end.
can imagine that It is not easy to
edit a newspaper, and I suppose that
Is why they are not edited, but In
their general policy left to drift be
fore tbe cross-winds of their readers'
fickle favor. At tbe same time, I re
member that the English press wal
once the most potent force In our na
tional life, that it is to day more pow
arful than It has ever been and 1
am aorry for the nation if It has go'
e press it deserves.
tor Mailt Aroano) Graveyard.
One of tbe big New York depart
ment stores is built on three sides of
au ancleut cemetery. The windows
that give view over the spot are more
than hreast hleh for a tall man, so
that the average patrons of the place.
ualess they make an effort, could not
tee the grayeyard, and would pasa and
rapass It for years without suspecting
tie existence
I'areasonable Woman.
Wife Now, see 'ere, Jim: It yer
don't provide for me better I shall
quit so I warns yer.
Husband Provide better? Well,
like that. Why, ain't I got yer three
good Jobs o' work this last month?
London Sketch.
It Interested Hint.
"What Interested me most in my
travels," said Henpeck, "was tbe mum
my of a queen I sow In Egypt."
"Wonderful, eh?" asked bis friend.
"Yes, it's wonderful how they coulfl
make a woman dry up and stay thai
way." Philadelphia Press.
Krm to Our Headers.
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aoair a-reuoa tuxi Oranulatloa.
President Taft has sent to Congress
his long delayed and much discussed
message on Interstate commerce and
anti-trust legislation.
In It he strikes at the existence of
holding corporations by which major
trusts control their subsidiaries and
at the watering of corporation stock.
To insure the more complete control
of railroads by the government he de
mands the formation of a Court of
Commerce, to comprise five judges,
having power to act as a court of ap
peals from the ruling of the Inter
state Commerce Commission. The
President dips into railway employes'
eafe-ty also, urging new features of
the liability law.
State control of corporations is vig
orously attacked; the President
charges it with the responsibility for
many corporation abuses, and he takes
a Arm etand for centralized power.
He demnnds that railroads be for
bidden to control their competitors and
would give the Interstate Commission
sweeping Increases in power.
Declaring distinction between good
and bad trust to be impossible,' the
President says emphatically that if the
trusts are to be kept within the law
new legislation creating national cor
porations under ' charter is urgently
needed. This, the main provision of
the anti trust section, was announced
sometime ago, as were many of the
other terms of the message.
Such a move, the President points
out, is not to afford the trust a refuge,
as the Sherman law's repenl Is not
contemplated. 1
The proposed statute, according to
the message, "la not to be framed so
as to permit the doing of the wrongs
which it is the purpose of that (the
Sherman) law to prevent, but only to
faster a continuance and advance of
the highest industrial efficiency with
out permitting Industrial abuses."
The President alao includes a vig
orous promise that the United States
prosecution of trusts will ba continued
unremittingly.
President Taft'a Meaimwe.
To the Senate and House of ltciiriwntu-
tives:
What Is of supreme Importance Is that
uniformity of del-lslon be secured so
as to bring about un effective system
atic and scientific enforcement of the
commerce law, rather than cunfllctlnr de
risions and uncertainty of final result.
for this purpose 1 recommend the es
tablishment of a court of the United
Btates composed of five Judges designated
for such purpose from among the Circuit
Judges of the United States, to be known
the "United mates Court of Com
merce," which court shall be clothed
with exclusive original Jurisdiction over
the following classes of cases :
(1) All cases for the enforcement.
otherwise than by adjudication and col
lection, of a forfeiture or penalty, or by
Infliction of criminal punishment, of any
order of the Interstate Commerce Com
mission other than for the payment of
money.
(2) All cases brouicht to enjoin, set
aside, annul or suspend any order or re
quirement of the Interstate Commerce
Commission.
(I) All such cases as under section 3
Of the act of Feb. It, 1903, known as the
"Elklns act" are authorised to be main
tained in a Circuit Court of the United
States.
(4) All such mandamus proceedings
as under the provisions of section 10 or
Motion 21 of the Interstate commerce
aw are authorised to be maintained in
a circuit court or me iinusa mates.
In my oDinlon all litigation affecting
the government should be under the di
rect control of the Department of Justice,
and I therefore recommend that all pro
ceedlngs affecting orders and deoreea of
the Interstate Commerce Commission be
brought by or against the United Mates
et nomine, and be placed in charge or
Sn assistant attorney general acting un
er the direction of the attorney general.
I see no reason why the commission
should not be authorised to act on its
own Initiative as well as upon the com
plaint of an Individual In investigating
tha fairness or any existing rare or prac
tice ; and I recommend the amendment of
the law to so provide j and also that the
oommlsslnn shall be fully empowered, be
yond any question, to pass upon the
classifications of commodities for purpose
of Axlna rates. In like manner as It may
now do Wltn respect to me maximum
rate applicable to any. transportation,
Knd Kali Combines.
I recommend that the law shall be
amended so as to provide that from and
after the dnte of Its pimhane no railroad
company subject to the Interstate com
merra act shall, directly or indirectly, ao
autre any Interests of any kind in capital
toctt or purchase or lease any rsnrosu
of anv other corporation which competes
wilh It respectliiK business to which the
Interstate commerce act applies.
But especially for the protection or the
minority stockholders In securing to them
the best market for their stock, I recom
mend that such prohibition be coupled
with a nrovluo llmt It siiu.ll not opriuia
to nrevent any corporation, wlilcli at lite
date of passaKS or mini uci, aiiuu own
not l:ss than one-half of the entire issued
and iiiitHtunillnii capital stock of liny
other rsllroad company, from acnuirliiK
11 nr the remainder of such stock.
I recommend the enactment of a law
providing that no railroad corporation
eneject to the Interslnte commerce act
slmll tisreafter for any purpose eon
nected with or relating to any part
of Its business governed by said sot. Issue
any capital stock without previous of
simultaneous payment to It of not less
thsn the par value of such stock, or any
bonds or other obligations (except notes
maturing not more than one year from
the date of their Issue), without tho pre
vious or simultaneous payment to such
corporatldn of not rp than the par value
of such bonds, or other obllgstlons, or.
If lued st less thsn their par vslue,
I hen not without Such payment of tin
reasonable market value of such
bonds Or obllgstlons as ascertained by
the Interstate Commerce commission ; and
that no property, service, or other thing
tlmn money, shall be taken In payment
lo such carrier corporation, of the par or
olhtr required prliie fit such stock, bond
vf iui&I cWlaeflohj except the fair vslue
of such proerty. seHMcse or other ihlng
ascertained by the commission! sod that
such act shall also conUiQ provisions to
prevent the abuse by the Inlprovldenl 6t
Improper Issue of notes maturltl at B
period not exceeding twelve months ffOnj
d;ite, In such manner1 as to commit the
corn. m lesion to the approval of a larger
Af-ownt of sIock cr bonds In order to
retire euch lint tt'utn should legitimately
have been retired.
Such act Should also provide for the
approval by the interstate Commerce
Commission of tl
bonds t
p.-iny sub
Kanlzntlon, pursuant to ludllcal sale nr
oilier legal proceedings, In order to pre
vent the Issue of stocks and bonds to an
amount In excess of the fair value of the
properly which Is the subject of such
reorganization.
Would Prevent Kvil Practices.
1 believe these suggested modifications
In and anif ndments to the interstate com
merce act would make It a complete and
effective measure for aeeurlng reasonable
ness of rates anil fairness f practices In
the operation of Interstate railroad lines,
without undue preference to any Indi
vidual cr class over anv others, and would
prevent the recurrence of many of the
practices which have given rise In the
past to so much public Inconvenience and
loss.
In addition to the forcKulng nmend
ments of the Intersflite commerce law,
the Interstate Commerce Commission
should be given the power, after a hear
Init. to determine upon the uniform con
struction of these appliances such as
sill steps, ladders, roof hand holds, run
iiIiik boards nnd hand brakes on freight
cars engsaed In Interstate commerce
used by the trainmen In tho operation ef
trains, the defects nnd lack of uniformity
In which are apt to produce accidents
and Injuries to railway trainmen.
The question has arisen In the opera
tion of the Interstate commerce employ
ers' liability act as to whether suit can
bo brought against the employer company
In any plnre other than that of Its home
otlli-e. The right to bring the suit tinder
this act should be as easy of enforcement
as the right of a private person not In
the company' employ to sue on an ordi
nary claim, and process In such suit
should be sufficiently served if upon the
station ncent of the company upon whom
service Is authorised Is made, to bond the
company in ordinary actions arising under
state laws. Hills for both the foregoing
purposes have bean considered by the
Hoiiho of Kepreeentatlvfcs and have been
passed, and are now before the Interstate
commerce committee of the Senate. I
earnestly urgo that they be enacted into
law.
Antl-Trnst Ijiw.
The Increase In the capital f a busi
ness for the purpose of reducing the cost
of produutlon and etrectlng economy in
I he management has become as essential
lu modern progress as the change from
the hand tool to the machine.
Monopoly destroys competition entirely
and the restraint of the futl and free
opornlion of competition has n tendency
to restrain commerce and traoc.
The object of the antl-lrust law was
to suppress the Hhiisq of business of
the kind described. It was not to inter
fere with a great volume of capital
which, concentrated under one organisa
tion, reduced the cost of production and
made its profit thereby, and took no ad
vantage of Its sixe, by methods nkln to
duress, to stlfto competition with It.
I conculve that nothing could happen
more destructive to the prosperity of this
country than tho loss of that great econ
omy In production which has been and
will he eft" ct ml in all manufacturing lines
by the employment of large capital under
one management. I do not mean to say
that there Is not a limit beyond which
the economy of munugement by tho en
largement of plant teases, and where
this happens and combination continues
beyond th.ls point, the very fact shows
Intent to monopolize, and not to econo
mize.
Feared I nltersal Trust.
There are. enough, however, of such
successful combinations to arouse the
fears of good, patriotic men as to the
result of a contlnuanoe of this move
ment toward the concentration In the
hands of a few of the absolute control
of the prices of all manufactured products.
The question which I wish In this mes
sage to bring clearly to the considera
tion and decision of the Congress wheth
er to avoid business danger something
cannot be done by which these business
combinations may be offered a means,
without great financial disturbance, of
changing the character, organlr.ation and
extent of their business Into one within
the lines of the law under federal control
and supervision, securing compliance with
me anti-trust statutes.
Many people conducting great business
es have cherished a hope ami a belief
that in some way or other a line may be
drawn between "good trusts" and "had
trusts." Certainly under the present
anti-trust law no such distinction exists.
Through all our consideration of this
grave Question, however, we must Insist
that the suppression of competition, the
controlling or prices, nnd the monopoly
or attempt to monopolise in interstate
commerce and business are not only un
lawful, but contrary to the public good,
and that they must be restrained and
punished until ended.
Aaka .National Corporation) Law.
t therefore recommend the enactment
by Congress of a general law nrovldlng
for tha formation of corporations to en
gage In trade and commerce among the
States and with foreign nations, protect
ing them from undue Interference by the
States and regulating their activities so
as to prevent tbe recurrence, tinder na
tional auspices, of those abuses which
have arisen under Htate control. Such
a law should provide for the Issue of
stock of such corporations to an amount
equal only to the cash paid In on the
stock ; and If the stisrk be issued fur
property, then at a fair valuation ascer
tained under approval and supervision of
federal authority after a full and com
plute disclosure of all the facts pertain
ing to the value of such property and
ttie Interest thereby of the persons to
whom It is proposed to Issue stock In
payment of such property. It should
subject the real and personal property
only of such corporations to the same
taxation as Imp.'ed by the Btates with
in which It may be situated upon other
similar property located therein, and It
should require such corporations to file
full and complete reports of their oper
ations with the neparlment of Commerce
and Lrfibor at. regular Intervals.
Corporations organised under this act
should be prohibited from acquiring and
holding stock In other corporations (ex
cept for special reasons upon approval by
the proper federal authorities) thus avoid
ing the creation, under national auspices,
of the holding company, with subordi
nate corporations in different Ktates.
which has been such an effective agency
In tbe creation of the great trusts und
monopollles.
Mure of Opposition.
Such a national Incorporation law will
he opiwised, first, by those who believe
that IruHts should be completely broken
up and their property destroyed. It will
be opposed, second, by those who doubt
the constitutionality of such federal In
corporation and even If It Is valid, object
to It us too great federal centralization.
It Hill bo opposed, third, by those wll-l
will insist that a mere voluntary Incorpoi-
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It was against his will that Seu
ator Hernando I)e Soto Money, of
Mississippi, was chosen minority lead
er in the Upikt House of Congress.
He was the logical candidate on the
retirement of C. A. Culberson, but,
beraime of ill health, he would have
preferred to pass the honor to Senator
Bacon. HU fellows, however, over
ruled his objections.
Senator Money Is a native of
Holmes county, Mississippi, and Is 70
years of age. He has a university
education and Is a lawyer and plant
er. He served la the Confederate
army from the beginning of the war
until September, 1S64, when defective
eyesight forced his retirement. After
serving In the House of Representa
tives for 14 years he was elected to
the United States Senate, where he
has remained since 1897.
CURRENT NEWS NOTES.
Fifteen men were Injured In a lire
which destroyed tho Delaware ami
Hudson Itallrnad'a freight depot at
Bandy Hill, N. V. The loss Is $20,000.
A cry of "fire" started when a worn
an fell downstairs from the balcony of
tbe Majestic Theater at Cleveland
caused a panic in the crowded house.
Famucl F. Fullerton, formerly State
game and tlsh warden but lately su
perintendent of the Minnesota fish
hatcheries, has been removed from of
fice by tha Slate game and flab wm-Bolaalen.
r'lrat Mieu In Copper Meruer.
The merging of the big copper In-l-'i'i-stH
by the Morgan cliiue, which
has been talked of In Wall atrcet for
some time, was definitely decided upon
ut a meeting of the vurlous hoards of
directors of the Ouggenhelin companies
nt New York. The directors of the
Utah Copper Company authorized an
Increase of capital stock from 750,000
shares to 2 600,000 to carry out the
plan. The Huston Consolidated Copper
Company Is to be taken over and part
of the new stock Is to he used for In
creasing the output of this and the
Utah companies.
ation ilko this will not nt tract to Its as
sistance the worst of the offenders against
the anti-trust statute and who will there
fore propose histend of it a system of
compulsory licenses for all federal cor
porations engaged In interstate business.
The third objection, that the worst of
fenders will not accept federal Incorpor
ation, Is easily answered. The decrees of
injunction recently adopted In prosecu
tions under the anti-trust law are an
thorough and sweeping that the corpora
tions affected by them have but three
courses before them :
First, they must resolve themselves
Into their component parts In the different
states, with n, consequent loss to them
selves Kf capital and effective organiza
tion and lo tho country of concentrated
enerey and enterprise; or.
Hecond, In dellance or the law and un
der some secret treaty they must attempt
to cmitlnuo I heir business in violation of
the federal statute, and thus Incur the
penalties of contempt und bring on an In
evitable criminal prosecution or tne indi
viduals named in the decree and their
associates : or ,
Third, they must reorganize and accept
In good faith the federal charter I sug
gest. A federal compulsory license law.
urged as a substitute for a federal incor
poration law. Is unnecessary except to
reach that kind of corporation whoh, by
virtue of the considerations already ad
vanced, will tako advantage vclunlarlly
of un Incorporation law, while the other
state corporations doing an interstate
business do not need tne supervision or
the regulation of federal license and
would only be unnecessarily burdened
thereby.
The attorney general, ai my sugges
tion, lias drafted a federal Incorporation
law, embodying the views 1 have attempt
ed n act forth and it will be at the dis
position of the appropriate committees uf
Congress. ..... . ,
Hll.UAM tl. jxr i.
SEA TRAVEL NEAR RECORD.
Business for 1909 Little Behind
Banner Tear of 1907.
Transatlantic passenger travel for
the year 1909 shows soma improve
ment over that for 1908, but la below
that of 1907, which was a banner year
In the steamship business. A state
ment recently issued shows that west
bound or Incoming figures hare re
turned to normal, except In regard to
steerage passengers. In 1908 the east-
bound or outgoing passengers were
greatly in excess of the incoming, due
to the industrial depression of the
United States.
During the year 1909 all steamship
companies operating from New York
carried approximately 1,720,000 pas
sengers, of whom 1,247,244 were west
bound and 482,706 east-bound.
The first cabin business during 1909
in both directions was nearly as good
as In 1907.
More Steel Profit H ha ring.
The United Statea Steel Corporation,
with a great labor war confronting It,
Is believed to be depending largely up
on the loyalty of those employes who
In the past have bought shares of the
common stock. It Is expected that these
men will resist the efforts of the fed
eration of Labor to bring them Into
the unions when the light begins. In
line with this so-called profit-sharing
policy, the Steel Trust has now made
public the terms upon which it will Is
sue 24,000 shares of preferred stock for
subscription by employes ut 1124 a
share. In addition to this, 11,000,000 in
stock Is to be awarded to the employ
es us it bonus, this consisting of both
common and preferred. Aa formerly,
the employes have three years In which
to puy for their holdings, the money
being withheld from their pay envel
opes mouth by mouth In proportion aa
they may doBlgnute, not to exceed 25
per cent, if they hold the stock for
five years they are to get a bonus of
$5 a share in addition to the dividend
of 7 per cent, In addition to the ho
mines of those others who do not hold
on.
Thudileus 8. Wilson, arrested at
Knnsus City on the (hinge of writinir
letters to It. A. Iahik, a wealthy lum
berman, demanding $5,000, pleaded
guilty In the federal court to using tha
malls to defraud.
New York's firemen have appealed to
tho board of estimates for t200 a year
Increnso In pay. They now receive
from isoo to 12,100 a yeur.
Andrew t'urnegle has uwarUed a $5,
000 annual scholarship to Dennis Cha
bot, a boy pianist of Pittsburg, wht
will study in Kurope
