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1. A. GRIFFIN REPLIES TOl
DAILY NEWS EDITORIAL ON
FREIGHT RATE ADVANCES
(From Chlcngo Daily News.)
Mr. Griffin Replies.
I desire to call attention to nn edito
rial printed in The Dally News, May
21, headed "Hack Fire on the Shippers,"
In which you make the following state
ments: First, that my representation
of the caso is not candid; second, that
what I did have to say was based upon
the action of the shippers' conference,
and. third, that I had no right to pose
as n business man having Interests in
common with tho shippers.
The circulation for signatures of a
statement relating to freight rates was,
as far as I was concerned, confined to
fellow members of the Hallway Busi
ness association, and no reference was
made to tho shippers' conference. I
personally attended this conference
nnd havo no criticism to make on any
thing that was dono there nnd none
was made or intended by mo, but what
I "deprecated" was contained in an nr
tide sent out by tho Illinois Manufac
turers' Association, dated May 7, nnd,
as a member of thnt Association, I
personally wrote a letter to each of Its
Individual members, dated May 17. In
this 1 referred to tho misleading and
unfair statements contained in the
circular of May 7 mentioned above, nnd
in doing so I wbh "candid." I said
that the statement "that railroads are
rapidly increasing their net earnings"
was not truo and us to the correctness
of my statement I beg to refer to the
following:
Tho latest interstate-ooinnicrce com
mission reports show thnt during the
month of March eleven systems, repre
senting every railroad north and west
on a lino drawn through Chicago nud
St. Louis, show an increase in gross
earnings for the month of Mnrch, of
nearly J7.00O.O00 compared with Mnrch,
1909, whllo the net earnings for the
same roada In the same period show
a decrease of JOC5.000; nnd tho Inter
state commerce commission figures for
the ten months, July to Mnrch 31, in
1910, aB compared with 1909, show an
,increnso in gross of over $50,000,000,
whllo the net earnings of these same
B.vsteniH in tho same period of compari
son, show n falling off of over J.I.COO,
000. And, as comparatively llttlo of
the Increases in wages had even gone
Into effect during March, tho railroads
must provide some means to increase
a revenue thnt is already decreasing
on nn Increased amount of business,
and thero 1b no way for railroads to
provide this except by increasing their
rates, and surely there is "roaHon for
the need of it."
In the third paragraph on the sec
ond pngo of this Illinois Manufac
turers' Association circular of May 7
it Is stated that 7.99 per cent, wns
earned on tho dividend-paying stock,
making no allowanco for the 34 per
rent, of stock on which no dividends
were paid. I might, with equal propri
ety, make tho statement that there
was no dividend paid on the non-divi
BOYS TAKE A BACK SEAT
Spelling Contests Held in New Orleans
Prove Girls Superior to Their
Brothers.
The result of tho spelling contests
In the New Orleans public schools
ngnin demonstrates the superior pro
ficiency of tho girls, practically all of
tho victors being members of tho
gentler sex. Last year the same thing
was truo and tho matter was quite
generally commented on in tho press
and at gatherings where educational
subjects were discussed.
So far as our information goes thero
have been no contests to determine
the pupils in other branches of study,
but it would bo interesting to know
If this feminine superiority Is found
to exist in all studies, or if they nro
confined only to particular branches.
Doubtless this result is duo In part to
the fact that tho femalo mind ripens
at an earlier ago than Is the case with
the inusculino mind, although thero is
llttlo doubt that tho feminine intel
lect along certain lines is more acuto
than th masculine, which would seem
to Justify tho conclusion that certain
branches of study nro more readily
mastered by girls und women.
In view of tho growing number of
young women that are going Into po
sitions as stenographers, typowrltlsts
nnd other positions requiring an ac
curate knowledge of spelling, this dem
onstrated proficiency Is most gratify
ing. Tho public school administra
tion Is to ho commended upon tho ef
forts It haB mndo to Improve tho
spelling of the public school pupils
and tho triumphant girls to be con
gratulated upon their easy victory
over the boys.
Long Walt.
"Why don't you wait on a sport
llko me?" demanded tho patron who
had mndo the tenth unsuccessful nt
tempt to give his order for "ham
and"
"Sport!" laughed tho sarcastic
waiter, "you look llko u sport. Why,
you need a shavo!"
"Well, that's your fault if I do. I
didn't need It whon I caino in.'
Invitation Accepted.
It is told that a certain Indy of a
western KatisaB town desired to Bhow
kindness to the captain of the local
atato mllltla company nnd wrote tho
tho following Invitation: "Mrs.
requests the pleaBuro of Captain s
company ut a reception on Friday eve
nlng." ,
A prompt ro'ply came: "With the
exception of three men who nre sick
with measles, Captain 's company
accepts your kind invitation and will
come with pleasure to your reception
Friday evening."
dend paying stork For a clearer defi
nition, the average earnings should lie
bused upon the entire stock, nnd not
upon the best paMng portion of It, tin
less there is rome renton why the
$2,Ci0O,O00.(KlO representing the H per
cent should not have ri-rehed any divi
dends at nil.
In the llnnl pa nigra ph of the edito
rial it Is stated that I should not be
allowed to pose as a business man.
"having no Interest In common with
the shippeis." Inusnnich as my con
cern shipped an average of 350,000 tons
of finished product during 190G and
1907, and we weie obliged to receive
more than 350,000 tor.s of Iron to fur
nish this, plus enoiti .is quantities of
coke, coal and oilier supplies, 1 can
snfely claim to have shipped In and
out 750X00 tons a year, and as there
nre nd railroads who can nffoid to haul
this material, or any part of It, without
having a revenue from It, an Increase
of 10 cents a ton on my hauling charge
would amount to $75,000 nnd, there
fore, I liavfc "business" Interests In com
mon with other shippers." The 350,000
tpns of finished product shipped repre
sented In the neighborhood of $10,000,
000. This $10,000,000 represented most
ly labor, with the exception of tho
cost of the ore and coal In the mines.
All the balanre was made up of wages
and prollt on the different conditions
of tho raw material until It was iln
lshed product.
My Illinois plants produced CO per
cent of this amount, or $G,000.000 a
year. For three years our Chicago
plants have not run more than half
capacity. Therefore, there was $3,000,
000 a year less In distribution because
of a corresponding shrlnkngo In sales.
As most of our iron and coal comos
from Illinois, this $3,000,000 n year was
not distributed In Chicago,' as would
have been the ease had we worked on
the same output that we did in 1900
and 1907. And a great deal of that
$3,000,000 which was not paid was
taken out of the business firms situ
ated in or near Chicago by the non
purchases from their vnried business
on tho part of the community that
would have received the $3,000,000 a
year for three years. That is the rea
son why I have a right, as a business
man, to deprecnte any unfair or uncalled-for
obstacles that are placed In
the way of my business nnd the hun
dred other varieties of business In thin
country that are affected by the money
put Into circulation by tho railroads.
When It is further considered that my
business constitutes but 10 per cent
of the cost ot a car and thnt thero
were nine other units slinllnrly affect
ed, most of which would have been
tributary to Chicago, anyone can see
how Important It is to his individual
interests that the railroad companies
should hnvc ample funds to make these
improvements and purchases, nnd will
realize how comparatively easy It will
bo to stand a reasonable advance on
the freight for any nuiterlnl he will
need. If ho Is receiving Increased
orders.
Chicago. T. A. GRIFFIN.
(Advertisement.)
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If you want to havo a good time
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Don't grumble, fidget or expect Im
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and tho glitter of n summer hotel.
Don't attempt more than you havo
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Mnke your outing como well within
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Season nil with n determination to
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never let your temper run nwny with
you.
Pocket Wireless.
Tho Italian savant, Mgr. Cerebotanl,
papal nuncio nt Munich, Is tho in
ventor of nn instrument like u largo
watch, which enables a person to re
celvo messages transmitted from
"wireless" stations. The apparatus is
merely a pocket-receiver, nnd the only
accessories aro a bobbin of wiro and
n metallic encased cane. A person
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receive communications from a station
within a radius of twenty to thirty
miles.
Midas.
Mldns had come to thnt 'point in his
career where everything ho touched
turned to gold.
"Whnt shall you ever do with tho
stuff?" asked his entourago in vlslblo
alarm.
Midas affected not to bo uneasy.
"Just wait till the boys begin to
touch inn!" quoth he, displaying an
acquaintance with economic tenden
cies far In advance of his age. Puck.
Truly Wonderful Climate.
Hyperbole OaBsaway went from hero
to a little town In southern California
for his health. In two weoks ho wroto
homo that he felt ten years younger.
Some days later he wroto again that
he felt 20 years younger. Then IiIb
family heard no moro from him, They
telegraphed the mayor of the Cali
fornia town for information about
their Hyperbole (Jnssaway aiid got
thin answer: "I regret to Inform you
that your beloved husband nnd father,
after a month's residence here, died
from cholera Infantum,"
We OldTTmeCelebration
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THE old-time celebration is the kind 1 like the 1cM
The glils, they looked their sweetest, all in iluffv inu.slln drti.sed
And the marshal of the duy,
Mounted on n prancing boy,
Rode nbout n-shouting orders, and n-clearlng of the way.
Into town the folks enmc pouring,
While the nnvll shots were roaring,
With the bird of freedom soaring
All the dny.
Oh, the old-time celebration always meant n big pnrnilr
Thirteen floats of lovely maidens, nil in ktnrty Huge, nruiycd,
And the Goddess, Lib-cr-tee,
Waved the emblem of the free,
8rttlng on her throne of beauty, unconcerned at she could be.
And the "horribles" enme nfter,
Clad In rags nnd cnusiug laughter,
And nobody ncted dnfter
Then thnn me.
The old-time celebration meant ft picnic in the grove
Ob, the patriotic frenzies thut the "noted speakers" wovrt
Why, if England with her men
Had 6wooped down upon us then,
We who "licked her twice already" would have "licked" her once ngnlnl
For we tweaked the lion's tail
Till we seemed to hear his wall
Echo over hill nnd dnte,
Field and glen.
On the old-time celebrntlon there would nlwnyr. fall n nhowrr,
Splashing on the red umbrellas, dripping from the Irnly tiowrr )
And the women, helter skelter,
Seized their skirts nnd ran for shelter,
While the air was cooled nnd freshened, which beiote hud made ua trwclter.
Then the bunting's dripping red.
In the lemonade was shed,
And on many n lady's head,
There to welter.
8o the old time celebration, which we celebrnte In story,
Ended when the day wns ended, ended in n blaze oi glory I
With the pin-wheels flashing, whizzing ;
And the rockets crushing, sizzing,
With the anvils booming, ronrlng ;
And the fireballs looming, soaring,
There were bombs thnt broke in air,
Throwing stnrllght everywhere ;
Roman candles, fire balloons,
Firmnments of stars and moons;
Then the set piece "Washington" .
Told us that the day was done
Died nt last each glinting spark
And home we traveled through the dark.
Declaring
Her
Independence
ROM tho time sho was
flvo years old Gloria
West had been Imbued
with patriotic feeling
and n revorenco for
the constitution of her
country.
Her father had been
a soldier and hor grandfather beforo
him and when she was so llttlo as to
be tmablo to get up Into n chair with
out being lifted, ahe had to sit solemn
ly by the sldo of her sisters and
brothers and listen to tales ot hero
Ism told by her futher.
On every Fourth of July, as regu
larly as that dato rolled around, Gloria
and nil tho members of her family had
boon forced to sit patiently and re
spectfully In a circle nbout tho old
dining room while their father read,
impressively so sho had believed
every word of the declaration of In
dependence. No firecrackers, no torpedo, no cele
bration of any sort took plnco in tho
West family until after this patriotic
duty had been done. And then tho
old flag was drawn high on lta polo
nnd tho various membors of tho
family wore allowed to celebrato In
their own ways.
Gloria was nineteen now, nnd
though her father had long rttneo
passed on to the resting place of
bravo soldiers, tho old custom of
reading tho declaration on the morn
ing of every Fourth of July still pre
vailed In tho fnmlly.
And thero wero many candidates
for Uio place' at Gloria's Bide. Tho
young men in the pretty western
town would glndly have Joined tho
circlo even though it meant absolute
submission to the will of the beauti
ful Gloria.
"I wouldn't be married and submit
to tho wishes of a mere masculine per
son," she said to her sister ono eve
ning when the latter young woman
was preparing to go to make a dis
tasteful duty call for her hUBband.
"And what would you do?" asked
the Bister, Indulgently.
"I'd aBsert my Independence and "
"And havo war Instead of penco In
your family," Interrupted the wiser
sister.
"Not nt all," protested Gloria .laugh
ing, "we're going to havo a constitu
tion in our family," sho added with
unduo stress on tho progressive pro
nouns. "And ho shall abide by It."
"Ho?" askod her Bister In surprise.
"Then, havo you decided which ono It
Bball be?"
Gloria waB noncommittal. "At
least, If I havo, he doesn't know It,"
sho said. "It 1b poor policy to dis-
erase me maneuvers or war, you
know."
"You're bound to have war at all
'events," waa her sister's parting com
ment. Following a fancy, Gloria had askod
bIx ot her most constant admirers to
tho reading of tho Declaration at the
old homestead on tho mornlng'of her
nineteenth Fourth of July.
"I shall declare my own Independ
ence on that day," she said to John
Hammon, "and every ono of you' boys
Bhall Blgn it. Won't It bo fun? for
mo?," she added roguishly.
"And may I draw up a constitution
to inouro a perfect union, Gloria?"
the young man asked, half in Jest,
halt In earnest.
Even Gloria's quick wit failed her
Ull"" iV In
for n moment. There wore so many
ways to take Unit.
"Ycb," Bho wild with a gleam of
daring In her cycH, ns she looked
squarely nt him, "draw up u constitu
tion nnd we'll have It put before the
whole house."
In the merry Jest of the morning
when Gloria hnd laughingly presented
to her professed admirers n document
wherein she had set forth her actn of
independence, cwli had felt an un
derlying strain of seriousness nnd
Gloria Turned and Saw Him.
each wanted to talk with her. Joking
ly they had signed It, thereby mnklng
themselves nlnvoB to her whims hence
forth, then, and forever all but John
Hammon.
Even in view of Its being tho
veriest Jest, ho refused, laughingly
though It was, to add bis name to tho
list under Gloria's perpendicular
scrawl. Gloria had been accordingly
plquod, and though she smiled and
danced and mado merry, still she won
dered why he hud refused so trifling
a fancy on her part
At last they were all gono and
Gloria waB standing on the threshold
listening to their footsteps dlo nwny
on tho old brick walk. Presently she
heard one pair of steps coming back.
Someono had forgotten something.
"Gloria," said the doep volco of
John Hammon, "Just ono moment bo
foro you go."
Gloria turned and saw him In tho
moonlight. "Yes," Hho acquiesced in
such a strange little voloe that sho
hardly recognized It
"I that 1b I have drawn un thn
constitution," he said, bis hand cm
bis pocket.
"But you didn't sign tho declarn
tlon," Gloria reminded him, a little
pout on her lips.
"I'll Blgn anything If you Bay this
Is all right read It," ho broke off
suddenly, throating a folded paper
Into her hand. "Look at It and toll
mo If you think It will Insure us a
perfect union, dear."
And In the moonlight Gloria unfold
ed the paper, to find lying tied within
its folds a ring. Bho did not speak.
"Dear, give me your hand and let
mo draw up our constitution," he
said. "Will you?"
She did; and It fitted bo well was
so fitting, us Gloria put it some long
minutes afterward that sho decided
to accept It.
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