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j P hi fc BY OXNARD Manufacturing and Importing Interests Antagonistic OIIJKCT OP TRUST IS DISCLOSED An rirorl In Itltcrt AtlnMlmi rnnii llm Working of Onn r I It lcintlni Mii llr Mr Oxiuuil DcT In llm Tit HIT Tun IpiiiIIiir Trunin urn mil Trolnrlful At tho time of tlio organization of tho American Hoot Sugar company to which tho Norfolk factory belongs it was usso dated by many with tho American Su trar Refining company of which II O Havomoyor tho trust magimt1 is tho honil Tho former howovor is cxclu Hivolyii manufacturing concern whilo tho latter attends almost wholly to tho Importing business tho two interests thoroforo bolng rivals in tho market Tho testimony given by Mr Havomoyor boforo tho industrial commission in which ho Books to direct attoution from tho trust to tho protective tariff by charging tho tariff with lwing rospon nlblo for all trusts has callod forth from Honry T Oxutird prosidont of tho boot nugor company tho following convin cing article in roply In it ho charges Havomoyor with gross mlsstatomouts rind with Hooking to destroy tho boot su gar industry which is proving sucli a clangorous competitor of tho trust Tho following is Mr OxuardH artiolo In juBtioo to tho homo sugar pro ducers and as president of tho Ameri can Boot Sugar Producers Association I wish to call attoution to a fow of tho inacouracios in H O HavomoyerH ro cent mid woudorfully fallacious argu ment boforo tho industrial commission nt Washington Mr Havomoyor makos claims whloh ho cannot in any way Hubtantiuto A fair sample of his Illogi cal argument is found in tho first lino which forms tho basis of Ids whole argu ment viz Tho customs tariff is tho mother of all trusts Mr Havomoyor says that tho tariff is responsible for all largo trusts booauso thoy are inordinately protected except tho sugar trust Tho two largost in facttho plonoor trust in this country is ovory one knows aro tho Standard Oil and Sugar trusts Tho Standard Oil company uoos not enjoy its monopoly from tho tariff and tho American Sugar Refining company according to Mr JIavemeyer receives only Ili per cent protection How absurd thou this is to wiy that tho tariff is rospouslblo for trusts But right bore I wish to dlsputo Mr Havomoyors statomont regarding tho protection afforded to sugar refining claiming that it only recolvos a protec tion of i per cent In tho Dingloy tariff act sugar rolluiug rocolvos a pro tection of an olghth of a cont por pound nud tho testimony produced boforo tho ways and moans committee of which Mr Dingloy was chairman brought ont tho fact that sugar in a modern re finery with Iwst machinery well loca ted cau bo refined tit a oast of about a quarter of a cont por pound Wo there fore find that sugar rolluiug under those conditions is receiving a protootiou of not M but fit per oont ad valorem based ou tho cost of refining sugar Tho error in Mr Havomoyors argu ment is that he arrivos at tho protootiou to sugar rofiuod based on tho valuo of roflnod sugar Iu othor words basing tho valuo at 1 couts per pound and receiving a protection of only 13Jj cents Mr Havomoyor would bo right iu ayiug that ho receiver ouly a protection of approximately 4 por cont but Mr Havomoyor does uot produce the sugar and his only interest is in tho cost of making raw sugar white or iu othor words refining raw browu sugar and bis protootiou must be based on what the cost is of refining instod of tho valuo of the sugar whloh brings his protection from 4 por cent up to 40 or 60 per cont Tho protootiou granted tho sugar pro ducers wuo uiuKo tuo article or of sugar itself is 40 per cent ou tho cost of raw sugars to day or idoutical with tho pro toctiou granted tho sugar refiuiug com ponies Should Mr Havomoyors selfish sug gestious be adopted it would wipe out entirely tho American home sugar iu 04 The Thorn Comes Forth With Point Forward The thorn point of disease is an ache or pain But the blood is the feeder of the ivhole body Purify it with Hoods Sarsaparitla Kidneys liver and stomach will at once respond No thorn in this point Blood Poisoning Tlie surgeon said wlit n he took out the brass shell received in wound at San Juan Hill two weeks before that it would have poisoned me If It bad not been for my pure blood I told him it was Hoods Sarsuparllla that made it pure Geoboe P Coopeb Co O 25th U S Int Washington Uarracks Washington D C Rheumatism -Myself und u friend both 6 u II u red from severe attacks of rheu matltmi Hoods Sarsuparllla cured both We would not be without It Wm II iKiTni C5 Leonard St fall Klver Mass JfhodS SaMafHVill llo il Illlicurellver il the 11011 Irritating ui dtistry and allow Mr Havomoyor to contlnno refining foreign raw sugars Wo must look to tho reason which led Mr Havomoyor to niako this won derful and fallacious attaok on homo sugar production In tho first placebo knows porfoctly well ami can read tho handwriting on tho wall which says that tho production of sugar from sugar lieots carried out on tho lines on which tho industry is Iwing devolopod in tho Unltod Statos will finally rosult in pro ducing tho sugar consumed by tho people of tho Unltod States In a thousand boot Riigar factorlos dottod all ovor tho union and rondor nsoless tho roflneries on tho const Thoso factorlos will employ a hundred men where ono is employed to day by tho sugar trust and give tho farmers tho bonoflt of a protcctlvo tariff ou a new and profitablo crop which is a doslrablo end to bo obtained for tho ugrcultural clussos who aro not usually benefitted by nny tariff protection Mr Havomoyor as prosidont of tho American Sugar Refining company is perfectly right to do everything iu his powor to protoct tho industry ho ropro flouts and his suggestion that raw su garswhich aro his raw uuitorial should bo lot iu duty froo 1b undoubted ly ou tho lines most favorable to tho su gar trust Ho suggests that sugar bo admitted duty froo from Oulm knowing full woll that this would at tho prosout time pre vont tho development of tho homo boot sugar iuduBtry which Is a now Industry iu this country only having had a prac tical existence sluco tho MoKiuloy act but a most promising ono and ono whloh will If fostorod during tho uoxt ton or fiftooti yoars supply tho Unltod States with thoir own sugar iustoad of sending abroad ovor one liuudrod million dollars for this agricultural articlo of dally uso Auothor reason for Mr Havomoyors attaok on tho tariff iu gouoral and tho homo sugar Industry iu particular may 10 aocountod for by his dosiro to direct tho attoution away from trusts and have it contorod ou tho tariff Tho oxpori oncos of doprossiou following tho Wilson act contrasted with tho prospority which succoodod tho MoKiuloy law will hardly fool tho majority of tho Amer ican pooplo Mr Havomoyor and othors havo selfish intorosts to protect notwithstanding Mr Havomoyor wants raw sugar froo and favors Oubau planters against American farmers This might be an udditiouul reason for his suggestion that Oubau sugar should be admitted froo but tho main nud iu my opinion underlying reason for his statement rosts ou the fact that ho sees tho final destruction of tho sugar rofiu lug Industry throatouod by the coming prospority of tho homo beet sugar indus try which is beginning to assuino most important proportions and whiuh oxists today in California Oregon Washing ton Utah Now Mexico Colorado No braslcu Minuosota Wisconsin Illinois Mlchigau and Now York having de veloped phenomenally iu tho last two years There is no trust among tho sugar producers of this country aud thoro never can be for the simple reason that tho boot sugar industry can be started iu almost any part of tho uuion I concludo by calling attention to the faot that tho homo sugar industry which Mr Havomoyor claims to bo inordinate ly proteoted is uot iu a trust whereas tho sugar refiuiug industry which ho claims does not recoivo oue half of the protection it requires Is with tho Stand ard Oil Company the plonoer of this uew buslnoss consolidation kuowu as trust I will not disputo Mr Havemoyors claim that 10 per ceut is sufficient pro tection to tho sugar refining intorosts which he represents but I do assert that he canuot make the American peo ple believe that the industries of this country aud business prospered during the years we were struggling under the Wllsou law whou tho average tlou amounted to 40 per cent ad valorem If Mr Havomoyor had said that keon and losing competition iu busiuess led to the formation of trusts he would bo right for tho tariff has nothing to do with tho formation of truBts Henby T Oxnard lload Notice to Landowner To All Whom it May Concern The commissioner appointed to velw aud locate a road comuiouoiug at the northeast ooruer of the southeast quarter of the southeast quartor of soo tiou JW iu township 22 north range 1 west iu Madison county Nebraska aud the northwest coruer of the southwest quarter of tho southwest quarter of sec tion 31 lu township 23 north range 1 east in Stantou county Nebraska run ning thence south ou couuty lino about 80 rods to the township line betweeu townships 31 aud 23 thence west ou said towuship line iu said Madison oouuty oue mile to oounoot with a pub Ho highway leading to the city of Madi son already established and recorded has reported iu favor of the establish ment thereof and his report having been endorsed and concurred lu by a like commissioner from Stanton county all objections thereto or claims for dam ages must bo filed iu the couuty clerks office ou or before noon of tho 13th day of September A D 1899 or said road will be established without reference thereto E G Hkilmak Couuty Clerk Mrs Maria Lobuow is ou the siok list THE NORFOLK NEWS THURSDAY JULY 20 1899 FRIDAY FACTS Ira L Hangorford went to Madison today A F Lowis has gono to Omaha on business H Sohostay was lu from Columbus yesterday M T Krygor of Nollgh Is iu this me tropolis today F K Pondor was a city visitor yostor day from York F J Halo was in town from Battlo Crook yostorday V E Bralnard was In tho city from Noligh yesterday Mrs 1 A Rood has gono to Vordlgrls to visit a fow days 1 S McOlary was a passenger for Omaha this morning II Lohrinan Is in tho oity from Stan ton today ou business Attorney F II Froo was a passougor to Madison this morning Ohostor A Fuller had nbstract busi ness iu Madison this morning Mr and Mrs Asa K Leonard wont up to tho Plainviow rouuiou today Mrs W O Brandt of Omaha is lutho city visiting her Blstor Mrs II T Holdou Tho frouf of Sharploss Sistors milli nery store is being treated to a now coat of paint Attornoy Tas Nichols came up from Madison last ovouing aud roturuod this morning J W Tiunor W M Might and H L Ilousen woro city visitors from Wayno yostorday Chas Blakoly of tho Fair storo re turned last evening from a trip to Con cordia Kansas A F Eiios editor of tho Stanton Picket was iu tho citytoday and mado this olllco a call Mrs M W Caso of South Norfolk do parted today for Eaglo Grovo Iowa whoro she will visit S S Towusloy and son J Boyd Towusloy of Vormillion S D aro iu the city on business A shooting gallory has opened up for business ou tho vacant lot east of B O Wnltors socond hand store W W Craig camo down from Battlo Creek yesterday to spend tho day with his daughtor Mrs A F Lewis A largo number of Norfolk pooplo aro preparing to attend tho Bryan demon stration at Humphrey tomorrow Maungor G T Sprechor of tho telo phono exchange has gone to Stanton aud Pilgor on a trip of inspection Arthur Taylor of Cedar Rapids Iowa who has beou visiting his cousin C S Hayos left today for David City to vis it an uuclo Miss Emma Kuover came ovor from Winsido this morning to visit at tho homo of Goo Cristoph nud with other Norfolk friouds Postmastor P F Sprechor made a business trip to Schuyler yesterday re turning last nveniug Ho was accom panied home by his noico Miss Ethel Sprechor who will visit hore CougitBsman oloct John S Robinson was iu tho city betweeu trams today Ho was ou his way home from Plaiu vlow whore ho addressed tho old soldiers aud thoir friends last evening 0 D Jonkius late steward of the Norfolk hospital for the insane has pur chased a half interest in tho Fair storo from O E Sliurtz Tho proprietors are uow invoicing the stock preparatory to making the change Miss Mno Olney very pleasantly enter taiued about 20 of Iter friouds at tho 01 uoy home coruer First street aud Mod ison avenue last evening in honor of her friend Miss Emily Holt who Is visiting relativos hore The oveuiug was very pleasantly spout choice refreshments being served A youug fellow giving his home as Noligh made complaint to the officers this morning that he had been robbed of quite a sum of mouoy while in the row last night At the timo he made tho complaint ho was considerably the worse for liquor aud was advised to sober up bofore attempting to recover his property A party consisting of Julius Alt sohuler Sam Ikouberg Gus Kuhl aud Henry Bovee tried thoir luck at fishing at the dam lost evening Sam carried a box of bottled bait which he claims was in great demand The party reports a string of 13 fish which were eaten for breakfast Auother report however places the number of fish caught at four Mike Flaherty who several years ago called Norfolk his home was soen ou the streets this morning He was on his way from Plainviow to Humphrey Since livlug here Flaheaty claims to have been iu Africa England and other foreign countries as woll as having traveled extensively over the United States He was at one time reported dead but his reappearance brands tho report aa without foundation The following officers were installed In Norfolk lodgo No 40 I O O P last night by 0 F W Marquardt dop uty grand master Dr William Kiesau N G Dr F W Kiesau V G Andrew Gould V E E Beels It S N G S R MoFarland L S N G W H Clark I G Other officers will be installed at the uext meeting Tho roprosontativos to grand lodgo which moots at Hastings In Ootobor aro 0 F W Marquardt and II D Kolly An editor always has a good word for his friends oven though his frlonds find suicido nocossary A tributo to ono of thoso was paid lu tho following touching stylo Poor John slung his earthly garments on a limb and swam tho rlvor yostorday Ho didnt stand back bocauso tho water was cold but plunged In roso smiling and struck out for tho othor shoro whero angola woro waiting for him with a finor buit than ho had over woru in his llfo boforo John was a poor man but ho paid IiIb subscription to tho homo paper and got thcro In good shape SATURDAY SIFTINGS A H Ellis was in town yesterday from Wnyuo Mrs Trcdwoll of Stantou was a city visitor yostorday Miss Lizzlo Kleutz joined tho crowd to Humphrey today Tas Gary was In tho oity yostorday from Emorsou Miss Nellie Williams has gono to Humphrey ou a visit 1 F Frouoh was a Sugar City visitor from Wayno yostorday Mrs Wm Gorocko was up from Stan tou yostorday grooting Norfolk frlonds Dr Frank Salter roturuod this morn ing from a professioual visit from Win sido H J Billorbeck nud daughter of Vau3a wero visiters in this metropolis yesterday Ex Sonutor W V Allen was iu tho city today ou his way from Plainviow to Humphrey G T Sprechor aud Chas Hagoy wont to Omaha today to visit and attoud to busiuess in at tors Miss Minnie Fricko who has boon visiting Miss Irono Dexter returned to her homo in Madisou today Dick RichardB came in from Sioux City this morning and will visit for a whilo with Norfolk friends W B Ilight of Edpowater Park is having his houso improved by tho appli cation of a new coat of paint Miss Faunio Norton came homo last night from Albion whore sho has been visiting for the past ten days Fritz Glanders attendant at the hos pital for insane is enjoying a two weeks vacation bogiuuiug yesterday It is expected that Laud Commissioner Jacob V Wolfe will make an official visit to tho hospital for iusauo tonight T M Hull supervisor at the hospital for insane was among the crowd that went to Humphrey to honor Bryan to day O S Evans was a visitor to tho county seat yesterday in the interest of tho Times Tribune which was sued by Ira L Hungorford Billie Ferguson has purchased from Robt Bailey the peanut stand on the corner of Main aud Fourth streets and has again opened It to the public J B Donovan of Madison head mau of tho Star and Madisou Couuty Report er of Newmau Grove was iu tho city to day looking after busiuess interests Mrs F G Bilger celebrated her 48th birthday last ovouing at her home ou First street A small company of friends enjoyed the occasion very thor oughly The Journal is uow published all at home having dispensed with the patent innards The service rendered is quite au improvement and will no doubt be appreciated Miss Auua Lobuow who has beeu holding down a case on Tub Nkws leaves tomorrow for Fremont where she has accepted a good position iu the tele phone exohauge Frank Yost formerly a resident of this oity but who has lately been con nected with tho Omaha tolephone office has beeu advanced to the position of stato inspector for the Nebraska Tele phone company Adjutant General P H Barry was in the oity yesterday ou his way home to Lincoln from the Ploinview reunion He inquired iuto the affairs of Company L and seemed well pleased with the manner iu which they are being con ducted Noligh Leader Billy Woods aud Ell RaBley ofNorfolk havo rented the Weir livery barn and will oonduot It as a training and boarding stable Mr Woods is a horseman woll known throughout Nebraska aud has handled some fast trotters David Whltla of Battle Creek was transacting busiuess in tho oity today He and his wife have recently returned from a trip through Wayne Pierce Knox aud other counties aud Mr Whit la says he uever saw the equal of the crops throughout this district Madisou is arranging for a big recep tion to be giveu iu honor of the mem bers of company F of the Fighting First ou their return from the Philip pines There is no question but that tiie bravo soldier boys will be gladly welcomed wherever they may appear There wero 41 round trip and 10 oue way tickets 6old at tho Uuion Pacitio depot tills morning for Humphrey This was not a large crowd but was un doubtedly materially increased at other W n III II lfV -- y Before starting on a run a refreshing wash with Ivory Soap gives new energy It lathers quickly in any kind of water and does not cost more than common soap The luxury of being clean is not realized without using Ivory Soap You need not fear alkali or other injurious ingredients found in many soaps Ivory Soap is nothing but pure materials combined to make a soap that will clean and rinse quickly thoroughly satisfactorily IT FLOATS coprmQHr ua av thc proctih i aimc co oincinnati stations aud by tho time the train reached its destination it was probably crowded Mrs Josephine Hull took several fiuo productions of hor brush to Humphrey this morning One was a fruit paint ing which sho was about to deliver to a customer aud was au exceedingly fiuo picture and true to nature The other two wero excellent likeuetses of Mr Bryan aud Ex Seuator Allen Tho cold storage people shipped an other carload of oggs to headquarters at Lowell Mass yesterday Since coming under tho now management the cold storago is proving au important busine factor iu Norfolk and North Nebraska The people are pleased to witness its success and hope it mny always continue Tho German Lutherans are arranging for a missionary picnic to be held in the grove of Herman Newman this side of Stantou tomorrow A good program of oxercises has been arranged and dinner will be served Rev King of Hadar will preach in the forenoon and preach ing will also be held in the afternoon Everybody is invited to attend the picnic The trustees of Gates college havo se cured a meeting of the Congregational board of education which will be held uext week whou the collego will be re organized on au academic basis No funds have yet been received to pay off the old indebtedness of tho college but it is hoped that some arrangements for wiping out tho debt may be made at the meeting of the board Emerson the young sou of Supt D C OConnor this inoruiug fell from the roof of the house and sustained some painful bruises Repairs are under way on the property and the ladders were too great a temptation for the little follow to resist Had it uot beeu for the foot that considerable loose dirt had beeu filled lu around the house the fall might have resulted far more seriously The grading that has beeu done ou tho sugar factory road over whloh form erly nm the electric street railway tracks is au improvement that all who havo occasion to drive that way will ap olate There aro other roads leading out of the city that could be benefitted by simtliar treatment aud It is hoped that tho good work will uot be allowed to lag until all causes for complaint by farmers who make this oity their trad ing point has beeu removed Madison Chronicle L O Largen electrician from Wayno was iu tho city Thursday aud Friday of last week look ing over tho ground and Intervelwiug the city council preparatory to drafting plans aud specifications for au electrio light plant at this place It is a rec ognizee fact that Wayne has one of the very finest plauts iu the state aud Mr Largous draft will be ou a similar plau no doubt Mr Largeu is expected here again this evening to attend a meetiug of the citizens at which time his plans and specifications will come before that body A Winsido sheop raiser F W Sorn berger made the first shipment of wool ever sent to market from that point this week It was tho seasons clip from 250 sheep weighed 1800 pounds aud brought 203 It averaged por sheep seven aud oue half pounds the price averaging 103 per animal Iu addi tion to this Mr Sornbergor has an in crease of 225 lambs from his flock it thus being nearly doubled The gontle mau Is much pleased with his veuture He bought the Mock last fall aud figures that the increase aud wool by this fall will be worth all the original flock cost As the feed of tho Bheep costs very little they beiug ablo to live aud grow fat where other auimals would starve it will be seen that as a profit producer sheep aro hard to beat An investment that will almost double each year is bet tor than loaning money at 10 per cent Grasshoppers and locusts aro playing havoc with tho crops in various parts of tho state aud country This leads Prof Lawrence Bruuer entomologist of tho university to renew his plea for the protection of tho birds ns thoy are all very fond of locusts and especially of the young ones A single bird will des troy many thousands of these insects Only a fow weeks ago Prof Bruuer saw dozens of birds feeding upon the young of the migrating locusts in Sioux couuty where the insects had hatched in one of the vilWs by millions One of the best artifioil means of destroying tho pests s the hopper dozer which is an ar rangement of pans containing water and kerosene to bo hauled over the ground with a screen at the back The hoppors fly against this screen fall into tho pans containing tho kerosene and are thus killed This machine may be built any size to be handled either by hand or team The hoppers have not yet made thoir appearance in this vicini ty in any uumbers and it is to be hoped thoy will uot The force of habit says the Louisville Times is pretty strong almost as strong as the ruling passion which is in at the death It has become the fashion to fol low every little address or song with upplaue sometimes as a mark of cour tesy sometimes because the audience is really delighted People become acous tomed to this and respond automatically to any publio remarks Oue day lately at a meetiug a woman member of au organization prominent iu southern cir cles of society arose and made a pleasant little speech to her sister members Later on she bowed her head solemnly aud offered up a touching prayer All cast down their eyes aud looked im impressed aud when ameu was breathed a member who had succumbed to tho force of habit forgot herself aud clapped her bands loudly iu applause of the prayer Everybody caught on to the mis take aud not even the solemnity of the oc casion prevented tho other members from griuuiug aside or casting playful glances at the luckless maker of the break The Dodge Criterion The editor Fourth of Julyed at his home near Mead ow Grove with his poreuts While me andering arouud among the young moun tains north of tho Elkhoru river one ele vation higher than its neighbors was uoticed to be void of grass on its summit Suspeotiug that it was a prehistoric graveyard spades and shovels were pro cured at once aud excavations beguu lu earuest The search was soon rewarded in tho discovery of two good Indians who must have been buried there from sixty to one hundred years or more iu tho past Judging by the pluuder that had been buried with thein they be longed to a raco that lived ou the spoils of war and the chase Three iron sad dle stirrups of ancient make were fouud iu one of tho graves As uear as we have beeu able to learn they were of the style of the sixteenth century aud might have been taken from some uufortuuato explorer of that period Beads pieces of deer skin aud ornaments were found lu profusion This was not the ordiuary way of celebrating our national anniver sary but it served iu a most Impressive manner to illustrate the changes that have taken place on this continent aud iu this country within the last two dred years Two hundred years ago the mighty expause of western plains was inhabited by wild auimals aud roaming savages who worshiped the god of war j today its teeming millions are engaged iu the peaceful pursuits of the commerca of civilization and eulighteumeut aud the worship of the God of peace if i 6 -