TIirRSDAV. PECEMBKT?
NEWS OF INTEREST FROM IOWA
TTTK r.MAHA DAILY HEE:
COUNCIL
0f4ce 15 Scott Street
NO DELAY WITH FRUIT SHOW
Building Will Be Ready to Turn Over
Some Time Monday.
WEEK LEFT FOR DECORATIONS
Still trndrlded Where
Temporary ,
Mrnrtnre for "praying- Demon
trntloB and Display of Pre
mlnnl Will Be Located.
"We may find It necessary to work Sun
day, but wa will have the building ready
to turn over to the National Horticultural
congress next Monday without fall," de
clared P. C. DeVol, treasurer of tha Audi
torium company, yesterday afternoon.
"Thla will give the management of the
fruit show a week In which to decorate
the building and place the exhibits In posi
tion." Contractor "Wlckham stated that his men
would complete the laying of brick today,
at there Is but a small portion of the two
tower to finish. The work of Installing
the heating plant la progressing rapidly
and things will be In such ahape that
steam will be able to be turned on before
the end of the week.
As before stated. It la not the Intention
at this time to put In the floor, but for the
purposes of the fruit show the ground In
side the building will be covered with saw
oust and tanlmrk, which will be subjected
to a heavy rolling.
The nianager.Knt of the fruit sihow is
anxious to have Home structure In which
the Implement premiums can be displayed
ana t'ic spraying demonstration held. The
Auditorium company expressed Us willing
ness yesterday to erect an annex on the
east end of the building thirty feet In
w:Jtli, hO feet In length and twenty feet
In height on rertaln conditional, which,
however, the management of the National
Horticultural congress did not feel they
could entertain. A temporary structure will
be erected. In the event of the city council
refusing to grant permission for the plac
ing of this temporary structure on Wash
ington avenue It will be erected at the east
w.il of the Auditorium, where there Is
plenty of space, but where it will be neces.
sary to do considerable grading. The man
agement of the fruit show wishes to avoid
this expense uf grading If possible.
The program for the week of the fruit
show Is to be prepared today and it is
hoped to place It In the hands of the print
ers by Thursday or Friday at the latest.
Rev. J. W. Bell has been given the offi
cial souvenir privilege on a percentage
basis and he expects to have the badges
on sale by the opening day of the show.
HALF HOLIDAY FOR COHX SHOW
School Children to lie Allowed to
Attend Connrll Bluffs Day.
At the meeting of the Hoard of Kduea-
tlon last night It wis decided to grant the
pupils of the public schools a half holiday
on Monday, December 14, In order that
they nmy bo able to attend the exercises
attendant on Council Hluffs day at tho
National Corn exposition in Omaha.
In connection with this It was suggested
that the street railway company be rer
quested to give the school children of this
city on that day a round trip rate of
10 cents. It was argued that the regular
round trip fare of 2n cents would be more
than many of the children would be able
to afford and consequently they would
be prevented from participating In the
demonstration across the rivor on Council
Bluffs day. A committee consisting of
President Kmniet Tinley, who happens to
lie one of the local attorneys for the street
railway company, and Members Klltott.
ghugart and Klllpack. will wait upon the
officers of the company and submit tho
request.
Contractor Wlckham was allowed a final
estlmute. amounting to nbout tf.floo. for the
construction of the new school building
at Avenue K and Seventeenth street, as
was J. C. Hlxny for the heating plant
installed by him In the new building.
With lhe opening of the new school at
Avenue E and Seventeenth street one room
leas will be needed at the Avenue B school
and the board decided accordingly to re
duce the salary of Miss Sue Biidollet. the
principal, from SlOrt to $!3. It Is under
stood that manual training will !e estab
lished at the Avenue It school In the room
thus vaeited.
The ynln'V of Ms I .yd la 8elfert, who has
rrui-cd teaching et the Avenue B school.
-vas fyd nt ST".
statUc-il report for the
The f-V
third m-Miili ( f school, ended November
was ruhm'tted by Superintendent Beve-
rldae:
l'.o.s, 2.706; girls, I.fcVl;
F-tlro 'nioll.rent
to' el. S.r.?R.
ort'' e dliucnt : Hoys. ",tc3;
S.7M: total. COP.
.A vers are oVlv attendance, f. 03.72.
girls,
T"r cent of attendance. !,.7.
"uirber cn of tnrdlness. J10. ,
Number neither nns-Mit nor tardv. 3.61? '
The first semester of the school year will j
clore Jnnuiry 23 and the Christmas vaca- I
tlon of two we!-ti will begin December 21
Protection from River Aakrd.
l).-.?n of land south and east of (he
Villon Pacific railroad bridge are preparing
a petition to be sent to Congressman Wal
ter I Smith, asking him to use his influ
ence In securing an appropriation for the
j'iir;ife of nrotectlng the Iowa shore and
preventing lhe inroads of the Missouri
rtver at this joint.
When the government engineers estab
lished the shore line of the river some time
aso. they established the line on the Ne-
Dc
mother's shapeliness. All of this can be avoided by the use of
Mother's Friend before baby comes, as this liniment prepares the
body for the strain upon it, and preserves the symmetry of her form.
Mother s Friend makes the danger of child-birth less, and carries her
safely tnrougn tnts critical YK.TPvi''
period, i nousanas grate
fully tell of the ben -fit and
relief derived from the use'
of this remedy.
Book nailed fnw to til xoeetant rootbert.
SUE BiUDFIELD REOULA10K CO.
Atlant. Ga.
AYCR'S HAIR VIGOR
Stops railing Malr
Destroys Dandruff
Does not Color the Hair
J C ATT fvT
BLUFFS.
Both 'Phones 43.
brsska Bide sufficiently so as to take In
South Omaha, but on the Iowa side the line
only extends to the Union Pacific bridge.
South of the bridge nothing has been done
to establish the line or to protect the ahore
from the encroachment of the river.
The petition asks that protection be given
to the lands between Iake Manawa and the
river, comprising several thousand acres.
These low lands extend back from the river
for a distance of nearly two miles. This
territory, which under normal conditions
Is rated as good farming land, is subjnct
to great damage from the river whenever
it reaches a high point as was the case
this year.
D. r. DRVDEX DIES SUDDENLY
Attack of Heart Failure In Early
Morning Hoar Fatal.
Drury F. Dryden, a former member of
the Board of Supervisors and prominent
resident of Pottawattamie county, died
suddenly at hl home In this city. 611
Franklin avenue, at an early hour yes
terday morning from heart failure.
Mr. Dryden had been In falling health
for some time, but he had not complained
of being 111 Monday. Ho waa down town
Monday and that evening worked about
the house and yard aa was his custom.
About 5 o'clock yesterday morning Mrs.
Dryden was awakened by the sound of
her husband's heavy breathing and her
lefforts to rouse him wore futile. As
speedily as possible medical aid was sum
moned, but Mr. Dryden died shortly after
without becoming conscious.
Deceased was 6B years of age and 1
survived by his wife, to whom ho was
married 1n Columbus, (V. October 10. If':
five daughters, Mrs. W. I Morris. Mrs.
O. L. Ooodell. Miss Charlotte Dryden. M'fs
Gertrude Dryden and Miss Dee F. Dryden.
and two sons, R. II. Dryden nnd C. P.
Dri'den. He also leaves two brothers.
George B. Dryden, of Farnam, Neb., and
Cyms P. Dryden of Chicago, and two
sisters. Mini Ellen Fitch and Mrs. Har
riet Knowlton of Berea, O.
Arrangements for the funeral will not be
made until absent members of the family
reach the city.
Mr. Dryden was born at Olmstead Falls.
O., and enlisted In the first call for troops
In 1S61 and served three months and re
enllsted In the Nineteenth Ohio battery,
light artillery, and mustered out at the
close of the war as corporal.
He located on a farm In Hardin township.
In this county, In 187i, and was one of the
most progressive and Industrious farmers
and took an active part 1n all public ques
tions affecting the general welfare and
served as a member of the Board of Su
pervisors for three years and was renomi
nated for a second term, but withdrew on
account of falling health.
He retired from the farm In November.
1!i4. and became a resident of- this city.
He took an active Interest In local affairs
and was a prominent member of Abe Lin
coln post, Grand Army of the Republic.
SPECIAL MEETIXJ OF COUNCIL
Important Matters Demand Imme
diate Attention.
As several matters demand Immediate at
tention, Mayor Maloney yesterday Issued
a call for a special meeting of tho city
council this afternoon at 2 o'clock.
The National Horticultural congress will
ask the council to grant It permission to
erect n temporary structure m Washington
avenue along the north side of the Audi
torium building for the week of the big
fruit show. The proposed temporary build
ing is to be of framo construction with
tarpaper roof and to be 13i) feet l;ng by
thirty feet in width. It will be about thirty
feet In height. The extra space to be pro
vided by tills building Is needed for tlu
display of Implement premiums and for
the spraying demonstration.
Officers of the congress will also ask
lhe city council to string a line of electric
lights along North Main street from Broad
way to the entrance of the Auditorium.
An official of the street railway company
will appear before the council with som;
proposition, It Is said, looking to a settle
ment of the controversy over the switching
of the b!g cars at the Intersect'oii of l'.ioad
way nnd Pearl strict. Mayer Maloney con
frrred with tho officers of the street rail
way oompnnv yesti nicy, but the latter
talked aa if the switching was absolutely
necessary to maintain the present service
and that the only way to do away with
the switching would be to cut out a por
tion c.f the service to the eastern part o"
the city.
Ion a Central Wage Scale.
MAP.SI1ALLTOWN. Ia.. Dec. l.ISn.
clal.) A settlement which affects more than
4w conductors and tnglneers and firemen
I an1 brukemen employed on the Iowa Ccn-
-., 1 ,. 1. .,.! L'm. In., 1 . I -
, ,u, " nuHu.j me general
committee of these divisions of labor and
the general of 1 leers of the company on a
wae scale and schedule for the next year.
i ne seuieineni waa enecteu on a basis of
Wmt Is known as the Chicago scale
I several branches of the operating depart
I ment employes Were given Jrtcreused pay.
'lhe wages or tho freight engineers waa In
creased 40 cents per KM) miles and the switch
engine firemen were given an increase of
I from J1.S0 to JJ.25 a day. The gone al com
I mittee and General Superintendent Noonan
I have been at woik on the schedules for
more than u week.
John llronii Convicted.
M ANSON. Ia.. Dec. 1 John M. Brown,
convicted of the murder of his daughter
In-law. Mrs. George G. Brown, waa taken
before- Judge Powers at Rockwell City
and sentenced to not more thun eight
years' penal aerlvlcc at Fort Madison ard
to pay a fine of not to exceed f 1,000.
Brown mil released on $1,000 ball pend
ing an appeal to the supreme court.
7 Every woman covets a shape
ly figure, and many of them
aepiore tne loss of thnr girl
ish forms after marriage.
The bearing of children is
often destructive tn th
An Elegant Dressing
Makes Malr Grow
fTT TiQW-'t Maui
MORE MONEY FOR TEACHERS
ittillion Dollars Added to Salaries in
Iowa During the Year,
TEACHERS SHOW APPRECIATION
Attendance at Normals and Summer
Schools Mum Ther Are Kfiatpplnst
. Themselves Better for the
Work of Instruction.
(From a Staff Correspondent.)
.PES MOINES. Pee. 2.-gpeclal.)-Xearly
a million dollars Increase In salary Is tht
record of achievement on the part of edu
cators In the state as the result of recent
agitation and legislation, according to the
report of State Superintendent John F.
HlKHs. In this report. Just suhmltled to
Governor (Jarst, It Is shown that the teach
ers of Iowa received as salary for two
years ending June 30 last JI4.W9.8iB.So. which
Is an Increase of Jl,K0,ijii;.H9 over the previ
ous biennial period. At least two-thirds of
this amount represents salary increase, the
remainder g ilng to support 112 new positions
and other increased expenses.
Superintendent KIbks declares in his re
port that never before In an equal period
has there been such widespread attention
to teacher preparation, such effort on the
part of teachers to better equip themselves,
such marked Increase In the aggregate
salaries paid teachers, and such a general
turning of young men and young women to
the secondary schools nnd colleges for In
struction. He points out that while the
attendance at county normal Institutes has
been decreasing tho enrollment at summer
schools for teachers nt colleges and normal
schools Is rapidly increasing. The trend
to the summer schools Is all the more
notable, he says, since In these schools In
struction Is given for six full weeks, while
the average length of the normal Institutes
is but seven and two-tenths days. No other
single fact Indicates more clearly the earn
est spirit of preparation on the port of
Iowa teachers.
Attention is called to the fact also that
enrollment at the three educatl'inal In
stitutions has been rapidly increasing,
the attendance last year being about 21
per cent grenter than two year ago. In
these three institutions there wero en
rolled In 19D5-6 a total of C.591 and In
1907-S u total of 7.112.
Of the 526,269 pupils enrolled the last
year 261,720 were In the graded schools
r.nd 264,549 were In the one-room coun
try schools. The average attendance In
the first-named class was 200,650 nnd
for the second 162,913. In tho graded
schools 7,270 teachers were employed and
in tho others 12.571 were required. The
state superintendent estimates that at
least 40 per cent more teachers arc em
ployed In the country schools than should
he required If all could be gathered In
schools of reasonable size.
In regard to tho operutlon of the new
law in regard to uniform county cer
tificates Superintendent Riggs cxpres-sea
great satisfaction and quotes In full a
report made by an Illinois commission
regarding this work. ,
In regard to teaching agriculture In
rural schools the superintendent suggests
that the flrwt step is to train teachers
for the work.
Implement Men Are Here.
Nearly 1,0)0 Implement men are hero for
the state convention of the Iowa Imple
ment Dealers' association. There was no
business session today. Tomorrow morn
ing the convention will be held In the
Young Men's Christian association uudl
torlum. Papers of trade Interest will be
read.
After lusornnce Machines.
The Insurance department of the state
auditor's office Is making, an investigation
of the Insurance slot machines recently
placed In local depots. Uy dropping a
quarter in the slot an accident policy Is
obtained, the time and date being fixed
through the operation of a clock within.
The Iowa law provides that Insurance
policies shall not he issued for foreign
companies except through resident agents;
It furthei provides such agents must have
permission from the auditor of state to
operate. Some action may soon be taken
regarding the machines. They were In
stalled by the North American Accident
association of Chicago.
Slander t'ase Settled.
What had been expected to be the most
sensational trial of years here was set
tled out of court and the action of Bertha
Crowell against C. C. Crowell was today
dismissed In district court. The young
woman was suing her father-in-law for
l.COO for alleged slander, claiming that
lifter she and his son separated he made
remarks defamatory of her character. The
settlement has not been made public. Mrs.
Crowell but recently succeeded In recov
ering the Insurance on the llfo of her
husband. Her claim to this was opposed
by C. C. Crowell, who claimed right to
the Insurance because fcr several years
he had pild the premiums.
Iowa sesvs Motes.
MARSHALLTOWN Walter Canaday,
forme. ly cashier of the Melbourne Savings
d,e;,Vy0tc.e!r,kel,"fUcro,i,r..Wta,y .JtS
elect 1' ranK M. iiaraaon. i ne appointment
becomes effective January 1.
MARSHALLTOWN Mrs. Mary K. Rlftg
ad husband sold today to It. L. Keepers'
and
fifty acres of land two and one-half miles
southeast of this city for an acre.
This makes the top of the prices for cen
tral Iowa land, which have been steadily
Increasing In value for several years.
MARSHALLTOWN-Fdward C. Cole of
Onkaluoaa was today appointed toal fore
man cf engines for the Iowa Central with
territory fioni Oskaloosa, la., to Albert
Lea, Minn. He suceeds W. H. Ferrla of
Lafayette, Ind., who resigned. Mr. Cole
Is one of the oldest engine drivers on the
road.
IOWA CITY After three weeks of in
tense sjffering Emma Miller, the lK-yeai.
old daughter of H. I). Miller, succumbed to
the horrible burns she re eived while start
ing the kitchen fire with kerosene three
w eks ago. Her side and lower limbs were
fearfully burned and from the fl'st recov
ery was doubtful.
ATLANTIC Saturday evening at the
Methodist parsonage occurred the mar
riage of Mls Bertha Aldrh h und Frank
Medearls. The bride Is a daughter of J.
B. Aldrlch and wife, her father being a
prominent contractor of the city, and tho
groom comes from near Wiota. Thev will
live with her parents for the present.
MARSHALLTOWN W. V. Crapser, as
signee of the defjnet Bank of Thornton.
Ia.. has declared another dividend of M
per cent. This dividend has been contem
plated for a long time, but It had been de
ferred to await the decision of the sup erne
court tn the Soren Peterson rase, who asked
that a claim of JJ.OnO be declared preferred.
GRIN NELL Rev. Dr. J. Arthur Hurley,
who has been for three years past the pas
tor of the First Bnptlst cturch of this
city, lias tendered his resignation to tak
effect January 1, lt. the close of his third
year of service. Ha goes to Mollne. 111.,
to take a larger church. The petition cir
culated among his parishioners here to In
duce him to reconsider his resignation was
pot successful.
ATLANTIC The wedding of Charles
Throckmorton and Miss Grace Griffith,
daughter of Rev. A. K. Griffith and wife
of the Methodist church, occurred this
morning, the bride's father performing
the ceremony. The groom comes from
Gibbon, Neb., where he U an electrt.'al
engineer In the employ of the Vnlon Pa
cific railway. The couple left Immedi
ately nfler the ceremony for that place.
GRINNELL Among the champion coin
huskeis of Iowa Is Pert Gorehaio of Siieil
dan township, Poweshiek county, who
hu3cd and cribbed 147 busl-.els ., fid.-
fle pounds In si election iay nn the farm
of Rxlpli Sherman In t'hes.c towns!, Ip.
where (he coin was yielding sixty bushels
er acre. Not only till", but he makes his
m bushels a dav regularly In corn of that
leM. Mr. Sherman, than whom there are
none more reliable, can testify to the cor
lectness of lhe above statements.
IOWA FA LIS A falsi nccl.lent at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Lambert Vslenilne,
living south of this city In Fills township,
Sunday morning cost their son K.arl his
life. In company with his brother Tler
mun, Karl was pr.pailng tJ go hunting
and the latter t' ok down a shot sun and
broke It to ascertain whether or not It
wim loaded. Kail was standing- dl-eitly in
front of the lnuizlc and rcce.ved the full
charge In the left groin, touring his pi.l
frightfully nnd resulting In the lid's death
a lew boms Inter. The shell was dis
charged when the gjn was broken.
ATLANTIC A meeting of a number of
the business men of the city was hell
Sunday for the purpose of talking on
the building of an opera house In this
city. Atlantic has ons opera house, but
It is thought that this Is not sufficient
for the needs of the theater-going pub
lic, heing an old building und not as
modern as they would like. The general
opinion of the men present was that the
building should he on Chestnut street and
should be at least two stories high with
t flft;--foot front, the lower floor to bo
used as two store rooms, with a strict. y
modern opera house with every modern
convenience. Nothing definite wss di ne
retarding the matter and anntlur meeting
will be held In the near future.
UOOSK-Dispatches from San Francisco
this mottling tell of the plight Into which
a former Hoone man, KeRoy Keggett, has
gotten himself. He was arrested In that
city Just as he was preparing to fly tu
Seattle. The charge against him Is h'g
amy and the prosecution Is being pushed
by his second wife. Leggett was married
in this city on February 26. 1M, to ollle
Grlnim of Marshall county, Iowa. Her ags
was 20 and his was given as 35. They left
here shortly afterward and nothing was
heard from them until the dispatches were
received1 this morning. Mrs. Ieggett was
known as Mrs. Stewart, that beins- the
name under which she was married the
second time. A note from wife No. 1 to
the husband. In which she called him "My
dear husband," caused wife No. 2 to sit up
and take notice. She then got busy and
unearthed his wedding certificate and
tu ned this and the note over to tho police,
with the result that he was arrested Just
as he was preparing to fly the country.
After being locked up In Jail he started
abutting his first wife, but Investigation by
the olflcers proved that she was a woman
of excellent character. The first marriage
Is said to never have been dissolved.
COAL CONSPIRACY CASE ON
I'nlon PncMe nnd In I on Pacific
Coal i 'oilman J- Are the
Defendants.
SALT LAKH CITY, Dec. 2.-Hearlng of
the case of the I'nlted States ngilnst tho
I'nlon I'aclfic Ccal company, the I'nlon
Pacific Hallway companj-, Everett Bucking
ham, former traffic manager of the Oregon
Short Line, and J. M. Moore, western sales
nsent of tho I'nion Pacific Coal company,
in which those persons and corporations
were charged wtlh conspiracy to drive
Dnvld J. Sharp out of the ccal business
In this city, was begun in the I'nlted
States district court today.
The exploitations of this case before the
Interstate Commerce commission In 19o6
created a sensation and It was followed
by an Investigation by a committee cf the
I'tah legislature In 1P07.
Mr. Sharp on the witness stand told of
an Interview with Mr. Moore during which
Mr. Moore informed him that if ho did
not atop advertising coal for J1.75 a ton
his shipments would be discontinued. Hu
was unable to procure Wyoming coal after
July 12, 1901, although other dealers con
tinued to receive regular consignments.
Although he appealed to the traffic man
ager, Mr. Uuckingham, and to General
Manager W. .H. Bancroft, of tbxt Oregon
Short Line, Mr. Sharp said he received no
encouragement, r
Mr. Buckingham testified that he had
nothing to do with the stoppage of Mr.
Sharp's coah supply and placed all the re
sponsibility upon Mr. Moore. General Man
ager Bancroft also washed 1:1s hands of
the matter. He admitted thnt Mr. Sharp
may have complained to him, but admitted
that such complaint, If made, would have
been referred to Mr. Buckingham, who had
charge of all mntters of transportation.
A material point In Mr. Sharp's testimony
was the statement th.tt he had made
payment for his coal directly to the rail
road company. The hearing will be con
tinued tomorrow morning.
WANT CANNON FOR SPEAKER
Representative Mann Says lie Has
Hecelvrd Favorable Letters from
Majority of Members.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 2,-Frlends of
Speaker Cn inon profess co be highly
pleased with the responses to letters which
Rperesentatlve James Mann of Chicago has
been rending to members, announcing that
tho Illinois delegation will present the name
of Joseph G. Cannon for speaker of tha
Sixty-first congress. They state that these
answers assure the re-election of tho
speaker. Representative Mann said today
that he had received unequivocal letters
from more than a majority of the repub
lican members of the house saying they
would support Mr. Cannon. This number
has not yet reached a majority of the
house, Mr. Mann stated that a number,
principally new members, had written that
they desired to look over the situation and
Investigate tho situation more thoroughly
before replying In a way that might be
I considered as a pledge.
It Is fald that only one member of the
hT V"' "
1 c " 1 1 "w" ojn-nner. ai-
, tentlnn Is gradually shifting from tho
speakership to the proposal to amend the
. f th . .. . Dr.
that the speaker may not offer much op
position to some such amendments at least.
LAWSUIT ON J3RAIN CONTRACT
I pdlke (irsln Company Asks Dam.
us.es of n St. I.onls
Firm.
ST. I.OriS, Dec. 2-(Ppeclal Telegram.)
The I'pilike Grain company of Omahp. filed
suit In the Cnited States circuit crurt here
today against the P. P. Williams Grain
company of St. Louis asking a Judgment
for J.1.210, with costs and Interest. The,
plaintiff alleges that It entered Into a con
tract with the Williams company to deliver
to the latter by October of this year 100,000
bushels of oats at 50 cents a bushel. Omaha
weights and inspection to govern the sale;
that It dllvered a ptrtion of the consign
ment, which was accepted, but that the
balance, emounthig to 65 931 bushels was
refused after It reached Pt. Iula. As a
lei-ult of this the plaintiff alleges It was
forced to sell the outs, which were valued
at Ju9,906, at a loss. The Cpdlke company
avers that It lived up to its contract in
every particular.
CATTLE DISEASE CONTROLLED
Secretary Wilson Announces Every
Animal Kogml Infected Has
Hern Killed.
WASHINGTON. Dec. S.-8ecretary Wilson
today declared that the foot and mouth dis
ease among rattle, which lias been prev
stent In the states of Michigan, New York,
Pennsylvania and Maryland, was now under
control. Kvety animal which has been
found by the government Inspectors to be
infected with the disease has been killed
and Secretary Wilson says no new cases
have hern reported today. It ia estimated
that IO.) animals suffering from tue dis
ease havs been destioytd.
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I AM 89 YEARS OLD, and never used any remedy
1 tqual to Dr. Bell's Pine-Tar-Honey. It gives quick and
permanent relief in grip at well as coughs and colds,
it make weak lungs strong.
Mrs. M. A. Metcalfe, Paducah. Ky.
LABOR BUREAU HELD UNWISE
Secretary Straus Advises Against it in
Annual Report.
rUBLICITY FOR CORPORATIONS
Best Hi-salts Have Come Tlirouah
Following Out This Iden
Liability Art Is Too Lim
ited In Scone.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 2.-ln his annual
report to the president. Secretary Oscar
8. Straus of the Department of Commerce
and Ivtbor, advises against tbe creation
of a separate department for considera
tion of problems directly affecting labor.
On this Secretary Struus nays:
The question has frequently been mooted,
and doub'less will continue to be, thnt
there should be a separate department for
lbor as distinguished from commerce.
While this Is a sublect which Is purely
legislative, 1 deem It not out of place to
brl.-fly state why I would regard. Ht any
rate for some years to come, such a separa
tion unwise and not uuvantageou for
labor.
I.nbor and the Industries and commerce
are closely allied and interdependent. The
head of a department charged with the
administration of the commercial and In
dustrial activities from which labor de
rives lis chief employment and wages
Is in a better position to guard and pro
mote the best Interests of labor, espe
cially In connection with the direction to
be given for the development nnd expan
sion of commerce, domestic and foreign,
than If his administration were confined
to the Interests of only one of thes- two
great Industrial forces, which are genernlly
classified under the designation of capital
and labor.
That commerce which Is developed nnd
expanded to the detriment, either of the
health or of the wage standard, of the
laborers engaged therein, however profit
able It might lie In the material sense.
Is harmful to a nation's welfare, nnd
should be disc-iurnged. The head of a de
partment who Is charged with the admin
istration of both of thee interests would,
In my judgment, be better qualified to di
rect commerce out of channels which lead
to such serious consequences than If these
Interests were Intrusted to separate ad
ministrations. T refer, for Instance, to tiist
class of Industries which are deleterious
to health or In which the labor of women
and children, because it Is much cheiper.
larsely enters; a subject which Is now
under investlgitlon bv the department.
Corporate Supervision.
With reference to the Bureau of Corpora
tions, the report says:
The five years' experience of the bureau
since its creation In dealing Willi corporate
affairs has made It clear that the greatest
advance toward coinniate reform must
come through some genet nl system of pub.
licit y. The logical conclusion from the
work of the bureau thfs far points to the
Imperative need of n federal constructive
system for the positive supervision of In
terstate corporations, to the primnrv end
of seciirii' efficient publicity In corporate
affairs. Pueh nubl'clty must be of the
sort that is' adapted to the praclicnl re
quirements of Amerliil" 'HlM'c opinion. II
can not content Itself w'th the mere nubll
estlon of ma"ses of feet nnd fiur--s
Tpee olone are not fitted to form th"
basis of nubile oilplon. The government
must collect such f'-'tre. h- to mnk"
t'm of anv use In th eoneect Ion It must
also summarize nnd rUTst theni nnd tire
sent them to the nubile In the shnne of
v,rlef rcllanl' eleHr ennehlf''lr,s s'lo-vili"
Important corporate facts The work n'
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the bureau of corporations thus far has
been directed to tins end. and the results
have demonstrated Its value. It has been
shown in many cases that the more publi
cation of Improper business methods has
led to the Imnydlate abandonment of those
methods. Hut the scope of this work and
Its beneficial results could be greatly ex
tended by the establishment of a general
federal system of supervision of Interstato
corporations.
In the portion devoted to the Bureau of
Iabor, Secretary Straus says:
The law granting compensation to gov
ernment employes, passed at the first ses
sion of the present congress, should be ex
tended In scope so as to embrace classes
of employes not now Included, and should
be made more liberal In Its terms. The com
pensation at present paid one year's earn
ingsis pitifully Inadequate where total dis
ability results from an Injury, or where
de.it h leaves a dependant family.
We are probably the richest nation In the
world. ;ind In the amount of compensation
provided for In this bill we are particularly
n'ggardly In comparison with the provisions
In this regard made by the poorest coun
tries of Kurope.
Dentil of Frank P. "arsreiit.
Secretary Straus refers to the loss of
Commissioner General of Immigratlrn
Krank P. Sargent as a serious one for the
causes for which he labored. Upon the
Biibtect of Immigration and emigration the
report says:
During a portion of the last fiscal year,
nnd extending into the present, this coun
try lias suffered ar. Industrial depression
due to a number of causes, among others
to overproduction, which were world-wide,
but perhaps for the t'me being more ac
centuated In this than In the other com
mercial countries.
The effect upon immigration to this
country nnd emigration therefrom was al
most Immediate. While the Immigration
to this country for ten years and more had
In e.ich year Increased considerably over
the preceding year, the fiscal year 1M,
as compared with the Ifscal year 1V7,
shows a falling off of about S9 per cent,
and us crnipared with the fiscal years 1906
and lOt'5 there were approximate decreases
of and 24 per cent, respectively. The
total nttnirr of immigrant aliens who en
tered the country In the last fiscal year
was TS2.870, being W2.4TO less than in the
fiscal year 1!W7.
Deducting the total departures of aliens
from the total arrivals during the fiscal
year, tho net Increase of alien population
l-.as been SOO.SiiT. Even this net increase
is further reduced by the departure from
the I'nlted States of naturalised American
citizens, concerning which Intter class no
method Is provided by law for collecting
data. While the number perhaps Is not
large, it Is still appicclable.
Aim" of Aliens Admitted.
It Is worthy of note that of the 7S2,S70
aliens admitted, i;i,t71 were between the
nucs of 11 und 44, and 112. 14S were under
the age of 14; only 40,(61 had reached or
passed the ag of 43. Of those admitted,
exclusive of uliens under 14 years of age,
1 ;?,'.':( could neither read nor write, and
XM I could re.ul but not write. About M
per icnt of those admitted 11 years of aga
nnd over we e Illiterate, as compared with
ji per rent for the year lfu7. The total
amount of money actually shown to Immi
i:r ition offii ers by arriving allenx waa ?17.-VM,'S-''.
an average of almost $J3 per capita.
I'.ut it is well known that the amount ae
rially brought oxer was considerably
larger.
Alue'i greater success has attended the
department's efforts to enforce the alien
contract labor law during the last ye.ir
than in any preiedlng year. One reason
Is the Increased scope of lhe law already
mentioned; another, the fact that the last
myw if ii n isnnssnm
act outhorlzed the appointment of spuda.
officers to conduct Investigations for thli
purpose; and a third, the fart that Indus
1 1 la 1 conditions hav been such as to maki
It less difficult to obtain evidence of vlo
latlons than it was during a period whet
not only all domestic labor but all laboi
that could be brought to this country wui
steadily employed.
The greatest violators of the contract
labor laws me the American manufactur
ers, who, ns a rule, do not act directly, but
Indirectly through agents and subagents.
During the year l.f.'i'J contract laborer
were rejected nt I'nlted State ports am)
returned to their countries of origin, an
Increase of 34 per cent over the rejections
for the year 1!H7. notwithstanding a falling
off of 39 per cent In immigration. In addi
tion, there have been arrested within the
I'nlted States and deported therefrom :40
aliens found here In violation of the alien
contract labor laws. Thus It will be seen
that a total of 2.K2 contract laborers hav
been removed from the country.
Places for Laborers.
In a country so great as ours, with Us
multiplicity of industries, it Is not an un
usual condition that when the demand for
labor is alack In one part of the. country
there Is a demand for additional labor In
other purts of the country, and when som
industries slow down there In a denuuid
for adltlonal workers in others. This con
dition frequently obtains In the demand
for farm laborers, and often at seasons of
the year when manufacturing industries
are slack. While these conditions apply
less to skilled than to unskilled labor. It
Is also true that the problem of the un
employed affects chiefly this latter class.
I regard the extension and development of
the work of this division as of the very
highest Importance in meeting this Vjd u"
leni, and the first requisite is to roW'
accessible the Information above referred
to, and the second is to facilitate and
cheapen transportation. This may be done,
perhaps without legislation, by an arrange
ment with the various railroad and trans
portation companies of the country for a
labor-exchange rate. J present the subject
In the hope that It will receive the con
sideration that so important a subl.ct de
mands, and as supplying a remedy, If not
a complete solution. In this country of tha
problem of the unemployed.
A Fortnnate Texan.
E. W. Goodloe, Dallas, Tex., found a
sure cure for malaria and biliousness In
Dr. King's New Life Pills. 26c. Beaton
Drug Co.
NEW DECISION HANDED DOWN
Carriers .Need 'ot Telewraph Con
signor of Itefnnal of Consignee to
Accept (ioods Snipped.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 2-In a decision
rendered today by Commissioner Lane In
the Interstate Commerce commission In
the case of T. M. Kehoe & Co., against
the Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis
Railway company and others It was de
rlared that the commission would not
impose on a carrier the duty of telegraph
ing to the consignor in the event that the
shipment Is refused by the consignee or
the latter cannot be found. The present
practice of the carriers In regard to this
matter Is held to be reasonably expe
ditious. The commission says that It is
not able to see why the carrier that has
completed Its contracted carriage and has
delivered tho shipment to the consignee
who has surrendered his bill of lading and
accepted his shipment, should, as in this
case, atvopt custody f and liability for
the shipment.
The Be Want Ad pagea offer the brsl
advet Using medium.
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