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INTERESTS OF THE FARM.
SOME POINTS FOR POULTRY MEN.
plenty of land is required.
Only the Expert Can Make a Flock
Pay in a Small Yard.
Trying to raise large flocks of poultry
upon small areas of ground tpll, as a
rule, result in loss and failure. To be sure,
a few eases are on record where experts
or specialists have succeeded in raising
several hundred fowls upon one or two
acres, but where one has sueceded in mak
ing a living from a single acre of poultry
many more have failed, says the New
York Tribune Farmer. There is quite
a difference between keeping a nice flock
of from 20 to 50 fowls and keeping a flock
of from 200 to 1000. It is one thing to
keep poultry in a small way for pleasure
and incidental profit and quite another
thing to make one’s living from poultry
alone. Frequently we hear of some one
who thinks of going into the poultry busi
ness to the exclusion of nil other ways
of making his living. Some of these peo
ple have very vague ideas of poultry cul
ture. One man told me a few days ago
that if he had an acre of land and 50 hens
he could make more money than he was
now making in a factory.
Possibly he can do so. but probably he
cannot. It is wrong to urge a man who
knows nothing about the wants and re
quirements of a flock of fowls to enter the
thinking that a flock of 50 or
100 chickens will support a family. There
Is so much to learn and so much to take
into consideration about raising and mar
teting poultry that the novice has not yet
tiiouglilr-of that if he is allowed to tackle
the entire poultry proposition without any
leal preparation he will be overwhelmed
with disappointment. How large an area
is required for a self-sustaining poultry
plant? Well, from 5 to 40 acres. Much
depends upon the nature of the plant, the
kind of fowl kept and the market. Is
it to be an egg farm, a broiler plant or
n general poultry farm? To make a poul
try farm support a family will require a
stock of 400 hens at least. Men have
done it with fewer, but such instances
are not frequent.
One may not need such a large space
for his buildings, or even for his runs, but
there are many other things that enter
into the problem. An experienced poul
try man said that he wanted at least 10
acres simply for the sake of "peace of
mind." He said that unless the business
was relieved of all unnecessary vexations
very few would have the patience to fol
low it.
One must raise his own feed. It hardly
pays to raise animals of any kind if all
the feed must be bought. Even if grain
is bought, one wants grass, clover, green
stuff, cabbage, roots and such grains as
he cannot always find in his nearby seed
houses. But it will pay him to raise his
own grain. Corn, wheat, millet, outs and
other grains can be raised more cheaply
than they can be bought and hauied home.
Then comes the question of straw and lit
ter. One cannot keep his fowls healthy
and contented unless he has an abundance
of clean, bright straw or other litter. Noth
ing makes the place seem so homelike to
the old hen as a great big straw stack.
Nothing will make her like her quarters
as will a good litter of elemi bright-straw,
and unless you raise this litter you are
not sure of it.
Then comes the annoyance of having
your fowls stray away from home. You
want them to remain upon your own prem
ises. Your relations to your neighbor will
always be strained if you allow vour
fowls to trespass upon his domain. ' His
lawn may bo nil overgrown with dock and
woods, but he cannot tolerate the presence
of your fowls upon it. His garden may
be worthless and hopeless, but it will seem
very valuable to him after your chickens
have walked across it. He may not have
very sanitary conditions about his back
yard. Your fowls may contract disease
there and bring it home to the entire flock.
There are man^ reasons why you do not
want your' hens upon your neighbor’s lot.
More especially is this true if you are
keeping poultry that is pure bred and vour
neighbor is keeping fowls of another or no
breed.
But if you and your neighbor agree that
you do not want your fowls upon his
grounds it is easy to gee why you, at
least, will not want his fowls upon your
grounds. His fowls may contaminate your
nock or your grounds in mans- wavs Take
the matter of vermin, for ‘instance. Of
what use to disinfect your premises, to
dust your fowls and to keep them free
from all kinds of parasites, the building
tree from nntes and the yard free from
gapes, if your neighbor, who is careless
abm»t these matters, allows his fowls to
cross your yards, enter your buildings and
minsle with your flock? Children, dogs
ami even visitors may do much damage
by passing from one yard to another Rats
van be kept away from your lien house
if you have it nil to yourself, hut von
cannot keep rats away from the premises
of your neighbors. So it is well to be as
far as possible from vour neighbors and
their poultry yards. Do not torture vour
family by leaving them to guard vour
poultry or to ehase away the fowls of
your neighbors. If you want pleasure and
profit, success and peace of mind secure
at least a five-acre plot before yon tackle
the poultry proposition upon a large scale.
A NEW BREED OF HENS.
Buttercnps Said to Be More Profitable
Than llhorle Island Reds.
In the Rhode Island Reds it was thought
the maximum yield of eggs was to be
found. Ihe "Rocks” were outranked by
the “Hamburgs" and in turn the "Ham
burgs” had to give way to the “Reds.”
Our experience with the •’Reds” lias been
a very satisfactory one In every respect,
says a writer in the Indiana Farmer But
now comes a rival to the "Reds” that bids
fair to bear away their well-earned laur
els. These newcomers are known by the
name of Buttercups given them from the
very peculiar comb that adorn* their
heads. This comb differs from that of
others very much. It is an appendage on
top of the head resembling n cup or saucer
the edges of which are marked like the
buttercup flower, hence the name.
A sen captain, while loading his vessel
with oranges and lemons in Sicily, pro
’ured a lot of poultry for use ou the ves
sel while on the voyage home. A num
ber of the ileus laid so contin
uously that he reserved these for
landing, with a view of testing them.
James Dumaresq, learning of this took an
interest in the breed and found them very
promising. While Mr Cleveland was pres
ident Mr Dumaresq was consul-general to
Italy, and having ample opportunities to
further investigate the merits of the breed
he found them even superior to his home
experience. At the expiration of his time
he returned and hegnii improving his
stock, He imported from Sicily select
strains to add to his fiens. Unfortunately
Mr Dumaresq died early Inst spring but
hl* work of improving is now being car
ried on by enthusiastic hands and we will
soon have the new breed in many sections.
A few of their claims of unusual merit
are here given: The first and best claim
, is the great number of eggs produced, as
j high as 300 eggs per year per hen being
। not unusual. They are nohsitters and
lay practically the entire year under proper
treatment. The eggs are uniformly large
and white in color. They mature very
early and begin laying while yet young.
A pullet hutched on May 1. 1907. .began
hiyiUu August 15 following, being hut 3%
mouths old. They acquire their best egg
producing qualities at from two to three
years of age.
Mr Dumaresq made a test of the time
the hens would lay and found some in
| stances where laying was continued up
| to the sixth year. The plumage of the
male resembles that of the "Reds,” hut
the flight wing feathers and mane and tail
are black. The rose comb is superseded
by the buttercup comb. They weigh from
five to seven pounds. The liens are buff
red with spangled lacings similar to the
Golden Hamburgs. Their weight runs
from four to six pound*. The legs are un
like any other breed in color, being of a
willowy green east. The chicks are hardy
and vigorous. They are active foragers
on rangd and require but little feed when
out. Unlike other Italian breeds they
are tame and docile. Bodies are plump and
are excellent for broilers but not so good
for roasting on account of size. Small
bones and golden yellow flesh are char
acteristics.
Twenty-five Buttercups can be kept ou
range and feed sufficient to keep 15 Leg
horns. M’hile all those good traits go to
show their value yet the one chief claim
we repeat is their yield of eggs. We are
not a breeder, have nothing to offer but
expect in due time to exhibit some of the
finest fowls to be found.
STATE GRANGE FIELD MEETING.
PLEASANT OUTING AT RIVERSIDE.
Interesting: Addresses Iloard anil
, Same Fine Melons Sampled.
The last of the series of field meetings
of the state grange for this season was
held at the home of Henry B Barton of
Riverside, master of the Connecticut Val
ley Pomona grange, Saturday, the two
organizations uniting. The day was ideal,
and a crowd of 600 people gathered. The
Barton farm at Riverside, just across 'he
river from Turners Falls, has long been
noted for its choice melons, mid Saturday
the host "cut many melons” for his guests.
In the morning there were a few field
sports, but the bail game scheduled before
dinner between the Gill and Bernardstou
nines wns put off til! the close of the
speaking after dinner. A numerous dele
gation from the Deerfield Y’alley Pomona
grange was present. Soon after the din
ner was over, Mr Barton in a few words
welcomed the people gathered and referred
to the historic interest which attaches to
iho locality as being near the scene of
the "Falls" fight, in which Capt William
Turner routed a band of Indians en
camped by the falls, put many to death,
while others were swept over the falls in
their haste tn escape pursuit by the
whites. He also spoke of the geological
interest the locality has by reason of the
famous "bird track” quarries near by.
After a song by Mrs George Cowan <f
Greenfield, Mr Barton introduced George
Clark of Colrain, master of the Deerfield
Valley Pomona. After an allusion to the
equal; standing allowed women in the
grange, Mr Barton introduced Mrs D. I’.
Bardwell of Shelburne, lecturer of the
Deerfield Vnlley I’onoma. Mrs Bardwell
said the real strength of the nation is in
the farming communities rather than in
the cities. Those foremost in statesman
ship and finance are pretty apt to have
sprung from the farming classes. The
farmer is accorded more respect than was
the case years ago, when ho was carica
tured so freely. The place to begin iden
tifying ourselves with the grange is at
homo. The motto, "Stick to it,” is a good
one for grangers.
Mr Goldthwait of Chnricmont, a past
master of the Deerfield Valley Pomona,
and now master of the grange in East
Charlemont, spoke briefly along the line
of the helpfulness of the grange in equaliz
ing conditions. This is evident in the more
respectful treatment accorded the farmer
who has something to sell. Carlton D.
Richardson, master of the state grange,
in opening referred to the fact of the
gathering being the last of the field meet
ings of the state grange for the season,
and being the sixth he had attended dur
ing the week. He could not conceive of
a more ideal place or day for such a
gathering. He said the farmers are bend
ing their energies too much to dairying and
paying too little attention to other
branches of husbandry. After speaking of
the increase in the number of the sub
ordinate granges, he said the value of agri
cultural products in the state had increased
in proportion. MaSsacJiusetts can produce
in a far greater measure than at present
the food products needed tn feed its peo
ple, and tile growers have the advantage
of a near-by market. Through the granges
conditions nre changing for the Letter in
rural communities. The development of
voting mon and women is being accom
plished by the grange. Next to the church.
Mr Richardson would place the grange in
so far as it is helpful to the community.
If we are to continue to drift citvward as
we have ii^ the past it is of the utmost
importance to rhe urban population to
have the beneficial work of the grange go
forward. The grange is felt in educational
affairs. School superintendents are now
employed in all communities, instead of in
those able to pay them, as in the past.
After a song by Thurman Keet of Ber
nardston, Mr Bardwell introduced Elmer
F. Howard, superintendent of schools in
the Northfield district of which Gill forms
a part. At the outset of his remarks, Mr
Howard emphasized the importance of ed
ucation, which, in its broadest sense,
touches every power of man. More ami
more is the educated mind coming to dom
inate the world. The edncailonnl mind is
one that succeeds—it gets results. The
triumphs of chemistry are of the utmost
service in turning what was hitherto wast
ed into a means of profit. The agriculture
of th<' future is to he determined by the
educated farmer. There is somewhere in
the. community a man to tell the farmer
what to do when'he faces perplexing prob
lems of farm managemetit. In the matter
of determining relative value of low and
high grades of fertilizers, ihe educated
farmer stands in a much bettor position
than the one without educati >n. YJr How
ard said the educational work of the
grange is the most important one. It was
a new thought to him that the grange
should outline n course of study along the
familiar Chautauqua linos, by which a
thorough education could be obtained by
such ns nre unnblo to pursue a course in
the schools or colleges. In conclusion ho
said the grange hnd always stood for the
best in education hero in Massachusetts.
After a song by Mrs George Cowan,
1.. T. Healy, master of the Connecticut
state grange, was introduced as the dos
ing speaker in place of Mr Hadley, mas
ter of the New Hampshire state grange,
who wns unable to keep his engagement to
be present. Mr Healy stated that in Con
necticut they had Just brought to it dose
a series of field meetings of the state
grange. Ho alluded to the advantages of
holding the field meetings at the home
rather than in some |H«iv of popular re
sort. The example of such n place ns the
meeting of Saturday was hold in was of
greater value than till the lectures mid
talks that, could be made. After singing
"America” the people scattered, some to
return home, others to watch the ball
game and other sports.
“The Story ot Holstein Milk.”
The Holsteiu-Friesian nasocintion of
America, which has Its Iwadqnnrters at
Brattleboro. I t., has issued an attractive
booklet under the title of "The ston of
Holstein milk.” with the view of letting
people know a hit more than they do about
THE SPRINGFIELD WEEKLY REPUBLICAN: THURSDAY/ SEPTEMBER 2, 1909
the food properties, eapedally for babies,
of the milk from this breed of cuttle.
Many hints for young mother* in regard
to feeding Infants arc included and tm re
are a number of testimonials from New
I England physicians who believe In this
i milk. A history of the introduction of
the Holstein from Holland into this
country is included and many points are
told in favor of the gentleness nnd worth
of these cows whose history goes far hack
into the ages.
j TROLLY MANAGERS CHANGE.
; H. C. Psge Goes to Worcester-—-El J.
» . Dickson Manager Here.
Important changes in the managing
; officials of the properties of the New Ea-
I gland investment and security company
were announced last week by President
Lucius S. Storrs. Henry C. Page, gen
eral manager of the Springfield street rail
, way, is to go to Worcester, where he wjl l
be at the head of a large group of roads.
His place here will be taken by Edgar
EDGAR JAMES DICKSON.
[New trolly general manager for Springfield.]
J. Dickson, who has beta manager of a
group of font roads in the eastern part
of the state with beadquarters at Attle
boro. The arrangement of the organiza
tion is due to the fact that E. G. Connette,
heretofore general manager of the Worces
ter group of trolly properties controlled by
the New England investment and security
company, has resigned, to take effect
September 1, to take service with the pub
lic service commission for the state of New
York as transportation engineer.
It was explained by Mr Storrs Thurs
day that it was necessary to take the best
man available for the Worcester group,
which is not only isolated from the head
quarters of the New England investment
ami security company here, but is to be
enlarged by adding to the YVoreeSter con
solidated lines the four roads of which Mr
Dirks .n has been mnimger, the Uxbridge
mid Blackstone street railway company, the
Milford. Attleboro and Woonsocket street
railway company, the interstate consolidated
street railway company and the Attle
boro branch railroad. This will make a
large and important group of nine roads
under Mr’T’age. including altogether about
300 miles, of which 225 is in and around
Worcester and 75 is in the territory for
merly managed by Mr Dickson. Mr Dick
son. with the management of the Spring
field street railway the Western Massachu
setts street railway and the Central Massa
chusetts electric company, will have charge
of about 175 miles. Ip th? YVotfester
position, taking the place of two gener
al managers. Mr Page will be confronted
with large problems of power, improve
ments and extensions.
Mr Page is reluctant to leave this city
because of the warm friends he has made
here, but he naturally feels complimented
on the larger position he is called upon to
fill. Mr Page has bad a wide experience
in electric railroading and has been a
popular official here.
Mr Dickson, who left Attleboro this
week for Ms Springfield headquarters, aft
er two years of work in charge of street
railway lines adjacent to northern and
northeastern Rhode Island, has made
many friends and no enemies in that ter
ritory. He is a man of wide experience
in railroading, first on steam lines and
then on street railways. He is one of the
tiew school of pleasant, active and ef
ficient railroad men. and has risen to his
present high position through various
grades in the service, after a start as
clerk. lie was born at Joliet. 111., 37
years ago.
Farewell Banquets to Mr Pnire.
Two farewell banquets to Henry C.
Page, former general manager of the
Springfield street railway company, who
left yesterday for Worcester to take
a similar position there, were given
Tuesday night, at the Highland hotel,
by the employes of the company.
'lhe first banquet, at which there
were gathered about 250 of the men wl.u
have worked under Mr Page, was held at
8 o'clock. This farewell was for the
benefit of those who me off duty during
the evening, while the night force of men,
to the number of about 125. snt down to
the tables about 12.45 yesterday morn
ing. Both banquets showed the esteem,
respect and good will that has existed be
tween the men and Mr Tage during hi*
four-years’ stay in this city.
LABOR ENJOYS PROSPERITY.
Boston Appears to be Especially AV ell
Off—Few Unemployed There.
Skilled labor is at a premium in Boston
to-day. not one man who wants to work
being reported idle by the business agents
of th® different trade unions of thaXcity,
as against the report of one year ago.
when from 30 to 75 per cent of the same
men were unable to obtain employment
under any conditions. So marked is the
improvement that in one trade, the plas
terers, where 500 men have been on strike
the past month, every one of (he strikers
was snapped up by independent firms out
side the regular employers’ association.
And at the state free employment bureau
on Kneeland street it is said that condi
tions are fully TOO per cent better than a
year ago. with an unprecedented demand
for skilled labor.
Last year there wore 1000 of the 4000
persons employed in the cigar industry of
Boston who were unable to obtain work.
Seventy-five per cent of the stone masons
wore unemployed. Fifty per cent of the
1400 bricklayers were walking the streets,
nnd 25 per cent of the electrical workers
idle, with a corresponding condition pre
vailing in other trades.
Thlft this prosperity is not confined tn
Boston alone, but is becoming general
throughout the entire country, is evidenced
by the statement of .Tames J. Fox of
.Rochester, N. Y., special representative of
the bricklayers’ and masons’ international
union, in Boston on business connected
with the organization. He said: "Aside
from a few men out on strike in Pittsfield.
Waterbury mid Bridgeport, three New En
gland cities, I don’t think there is a brick
lu.i er in the country out of emplovment to
day who is able and willing tn evork. YVe
have 150JXXI members and II.VW» local
unions, and last year at least 75.001 of ( ,u r
men were idle as a result of hard time*.
Now. every one is at work, and in many
Instances nt a higher wage than before the
recent panic started."
' A STATEMENT BY HARRIMAN.
SAYS HE IS DOING WELL.
Admits Having Hnd a (nnMnltatfon of
Phy«ic!anß.
Edward H. Harriman, urged by weary
representatives of the press who have
camped about hi* mountain home at Ar
den, N, Y'..since Wedn-sday last week,came
out in the open Monday with a state
ment that lie was all right. Though brief,
the statement is straightforward and ex
plicit. with perhaps a touch of patient
resentment at the surveillance to which
he has been subfeeted. and a request that
reporters withdraw, not so much for Ilia
sake, but for his friends, who have been
intercepted daily coming so and from his
I residence by zealous interviewers eager
for the latest bit of information. It con
cludes thus frankly: "If there should he
anything s-erious, 1 will let the press know,
and as 1 have never deceived them, I ask
that the press now withdraw its repre
sentatives and rely ou me.”
Tue message was so characteristic of
Mr Harriman’s affable attitude to news
paper representatives, an attitude which
was marked when he underwent the strain
of an extended interview on the day of
his return, that most of the men who
have lieen at Arden during the scare over
his illness returned to New York Monday
night, relying on his word.
The newspaper representatives had held
a conference early in the day. nt which
they drew up a letter and sent it to the
Arden house by special delivery. It read
as follows:—
Owing to the sensational stories from irre
sponsible sources, we ask that you issue an
authoritative statement In regard to your
physical condition. Nothing but that can re
fute these alarmist reports.
Mr Harriman evidently decided to act
soon after the receipt of the letter, for at
4 o’clock Monday afternoon Superintend
ent Ford of the estat- brought his em
ployer's answer down from the house. In
the statement Mr Harriman admitted that
there had been a consultation of specialists
at his house, but that they had decided
that there was nothing serious the matter
with him. He did not mention the possi
bility of an operation.
With the reassuring news of Monday,
the New York stock market settled itself
and advances were general. The effect
on the Harriman stocks was of course
I most apparent, but there was a buovaut
tendency everywhere manifest. Residents
about Arden received the statement with
gratification, for many of them, despite
private information of a reassuring nature,
feared that their prominent neighbor was
in a critical condition. Mr Harriman's
statement follows:—
"1 am pursuing the course laid out before
I went abroad and advised by the phvsi
। ians. I intended taking a rest as soon" us
my responsibilities would permit. My treat
ment abroad reduced my strength and
vitality and weakened my' digestion. The
most expert physicians in Munich advised
me to have an examination by surgeons
as a matter of precaution. This has been
done very carefully by Drs Brewer and
(.'rile, in conjunction with Dr (Valter
Janies and Dr Lyle, and the whole result
is that they find nothing serious and re
new the advice previously obtained that
I should have a rest ami not see many
people at one time, and this 1 am trviug
to do.
’This covers the whole <as<>. and Inter
ou, if the representatives of the press de
sire and there is any purpose to be ac
complished. I will see them up here, but
now I ask that the surveilbime of the
operations of my Inline be withdrawn, not
so much on account of my family or my
self. but that thejgomjag ami going of uiy
friends may i>e interfered with. I
appreciate the ißhfrcet shown in mv wel
fare by the presslaud by friends in all
“ Vtums. and perhh^is by some others. If
there was or should he anything serious
1 will let the press know, and ns I have
never deceived thixn, I ask that the press
now withdraw its representatives and relv
upon me.”
HARRIMAN GAINS TWO POUNDS.
Reports from the Harriman home at
Arden, N. Y., Tuesday were even more
encouraging than those of Monday. Mr
Harriman, it was said, spent practically
the entire day out of doors, resting com
fortably in a chair on the veranda nnd
walking about at intervals with the as
sistance of a cane. That the after-cure is
having its effect is indicated in that Mr
Harriman has gained nearly two pounds
m the last five days.
DEFICIT OF 8453,613.
Annual Report of New York. New Ha
ven and Hartford Rntir.iad Made
Public.
The annual report cf the New York.
New Haven and Hartford railroad for
the fiscal year ending June 30, 1909,
which was filed with the railroad commis
sioners of Massachusetts Monday nnd
a copy of which was made public at New
j Haven. I t., shows that the net income
was $7,430,228.98, that the dividends
amounted to $7,883,842. and that the
deficit for the year was $453,613.02. The
operating revenues were $54.347.630 07.
and operating expense.. $81>.080.306.54.
giving net operating revenues of $18,267.-
324.43. The net revenues from outside op
erations were $1,214,306.52, making the
total net revenue $10,481,630.95. and, less
accrued taxes of $3,446,125.98, an operat
ing income of $18,035,504.97. Other in
come wns $8,237,803.74, gross corporate
income $24,273,308.71, deductions from
gross corporate income $16,843,079.73. net
income $7,430,228.98.
MISSOURI RIVER RATES.
Railways Await Supreme Court De
cision Regarding Powers cf Com
mission.
The Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific
railway company ami seven other railway
companies interested in the order of the
interstate commerce commission instituting
a now rate schedule between Chicago and
Des Moines. In., withdrew at Chung)
Tuesday their suit to enjoin enforcement
of the order. The withdrawal was due to
the recent decision of the United Stilles
circuit court in the Missouri river rate
case, in which the alleged power of the
commission to make new rates was de
nied. The principle involved in the Des
Moines case is the same ns that decided in
the Missouri river rate vase, which will
be reviewed by the supreme court of the
United States.
The decree in the Missouri river rate
case wns entered Tuesday and immedi
ately followed by this action the appeal
to the United States supreme court was
perfected. The appeal is based almost en
tirely ou the dissenting opinion handed
downjhy Jud^c Baker, who could not agree
with his majority colleagues in their de
cision denying to the emnmiision the rate
j making jxiwcr which it hnd sought to en
force in the Missouri river rate case.
THE SOI TH I* MAKING SILK
[From the Baltimore American.]
"There are fen people who know thnt
North Carolina, among its diversified in
dustries, has n number of silk mills.” re
marked Thomas J. Pence, a prominent
Raleifh man, who is staying nt the Stafford
hotel.
"In the growing town of Wadesboro
there are two silk factories, one employ
ing white labor operatives. They are both
prosperous and their only handicap is a
scarcity of help. The raw material in ths
form of <w»M comes from China, and
costs from $2 to $360 n pound delivered
' at Wqdeeboro. but when spun into silk
yarn it briaga the mill owners $5 a pound
and up, according to the state cf the
market. The owners maintain headquar
ters in Dover, N. J., but the product of
the mills goes to New York. The work,
which is light and clean, gives employment
to many girls and boys, who are able to
earn from $5 to $7 a week. In th® plant
where the colored hands work a cheaper
quality of silk is produced, the colored
employes not having as yet acquired the
skill necessary to turn out the finest graces.
There are also other silk factories in th®
state, located at Fayetteville. Kinston and
Hiah Point, and I believe they are all
making good money on the capital in
vested. ’
MONEY AND BUSINESS.
THE HARRIMAN SENSATION.
It is an extraordinary tribute to bis
power in the railroad world that the New
Y ork stock market has been paying to E.
i H. Harriman the past week. Some of the
Wall street commentators are saying
that nothing like it has ever before been
seen, and this appears to he the fact.
Assassinations of presidents of the United
States have produced much less effect
upon quotations ami speculative sentiment
than Mr Harriman's possibly mortal ill
ness has been producing, and for con
sc<|iien<es in the same direction the pass
ing of neither Commodore Vanderbilt nor
his eon, William H„ nor Jay Gould, nor
any of the others is to be mentioned ex
' ept by way of sharp contrast. The mar
ket was in a constant state of ex
citement al! of last week, much assisted
by ihe mystery in which the man and his
physical stat® have been enveloped: and
under the lead of the Harriman issues has
plunged about like a spent swimmer in
a stormy sea, and at the close it was
still plunging, with further heavy losses
in those stocks piled on to the heavy
losses of the previous week, but with the
general list down not more than two or
three points on the average.
It is all very admirable as a speculative
tribute to the financial power of this 100-
ponnd man, but it would all be very
ridiculous had not the prior booming of the
Harriman share* been carried to a ridic
ulous extent. So it is a question whether
the street has not been paying tribute
as much to its own insanity as to the
power and genius of Harriman. The
market had been carried into a very
vulnerable position in the active list and
only the occasion has been wanting for
some weeks *> precipitate a fall: and the
Harriman eissodo supplied rhe occasion,
and the great reason for this lies less in
Mr Harriman's power as a builder of
permanent railroad values than in his
ability to fire the speculative imagination
with prospects of now "deals" and al
liances and consolidations which are to
yield "rights," "melon ruttings" and
greater worth to other railroad shares.
After a bull movement in stocks has
reached a point which amply discounts all
immediately prospective business improve
ment, there is invariably resort to rumors
of new and peculiar developments af
fecting the value of particular stocks; and
these rumors usually succeed in carrying
the bull movement beyond reasonable
bounds. The inscrutable and nervously
active, restless, ambitious Harriman has
always been made an inexhaustible source
of such rumors or possible happenings
ever since he reached high estate in the
railroad world. Union Pacific as' a 10
per cent stock is worth 200, but not much
more, considering thnt it is well cal
culated at such figures to invite restric
tive legislation. But with Harriman, says
the street, there is no top to anything.
Segregation of security assets or larger
dividends are to l>e expected, and so the
stock is pushed along up to 219 and go
ing much higher. New York Central as
n 5 per vent stock, going toward 6, is
worth 120 or so, but Harriman is get
ting .into control, things will be doing
and 150 becomes a low price for Cen
tral. The Wabash stocks are not worth
much of anything ns they have stood, but
rumor has. Harriman taking Gould into
his arms, anil who can then place bounds
to the worth of the Wabash issues?
Such are the gossip and the guessing
which are used in the later stages of a
bull movement to sustain and carry it fur
ther along: and shrewd traders are accus
tomed to murk the time of culmination by
the multiplicity of such rumors. They
were never more plentiful than when Har
riman suddenly sailed for home in unex
pectedly poor health, and it is not detract
ing from the genius of Mr Harriman as a
constructor of railroad values to say that
the great agitation and decline of the
stock market are less a tribute to that
genius tliau to the ability of rumor-mon
gers to set him up in the street as n verita
ble lamp of Aladdin. Union Pacific after
Mr Harriman has gone will still be worth
2'«t. no doubt, but what will be the worth
of this and that other stock inflated on
Harrimau rumors is another matter.
All sorts of stories have been finding
circulation to illuminate or explain these
Harriman episodes. One which finds large
acceptance is that the man is not as sick
as appears; that he cut short his stay in
Europe not for an operation at home or
ou u< count of his health, but because a
crowd in the Union Pacific directory were
running away with the property and were
backing up their high-flyhig of the stock
in the market with an immediate purpose
to segregate assets and increase dividends.
So iie was rushing home to stop them,
"selling stocks all the way" as he came,
and denying all segregation rumors as he
landed. We notice that so unsensational
a journal as the New York Evening Post,
at first treating such yarns as ridiculous,
is now giving credence at least to the
claim that men heretofore close to Har
riman were back of the sensational mar
ket rise in Union Pacific stock to 219;
that Harriman returned in anger at their
operations and attempts to anticipate his
plan*, and that he sold his stocks heavily
nt the high prices. Nevertheless there can
be no doubt that he is a very sick man.
and his life is likely to hang in the bal
ance for some time to come with very
nerve-wearing effect upon the stock mar
ket.
Meantime it is well to note that things
marketwise are not as they are being
made to appear. Mr Harriman is very
far from being the "whole thing" or any
considerable part of it when we come to
deal with substantial matters. In the
general business world all goes very well
indeed. The crops are evidently coming
on finely, even though James J. Hill feels
obliged to issue a warning to the wilder
boonwfs that the northwestern crops will
bo below “bumper" proportions. Railroad
truffle continues to increase, reducing the
number of idle freight cars much lower
than nt any time since the panic and giv
ing rise to large orders for new equipment.
The barometric steel industry also con
tinues its phenomenal expansion. It is
enough to say for this industry nnd for
tendencies in all other industry that the
Carnegie steel company of the United
Stales steel corporation is now operating
95 per cent of its blast furnaces, or more
than wore in operation before the panic;
that it has ordered the few remaining
stacks to be put in blast; that still neither
the great corporation nor the independents
can obtain all the steel they need; nnd that
prices eontuine to harden all along the line.
Bosstemcr pig-iron being quoted as high as
$lB a ton arbnnd Pittsburg for early next
year delivery.
TUESDAY’S MARKETS.
Ronits nnd Storks at Boston.
The demand for money at Boston is a
little more active and rates are a shade
firmer, although not quotably higher. The
rates Call loans, 2W3t^ per cent: time
loan*, short dates, 3YjAH per cent; time
loans, six months, per cent; time
loans, year, 4<B4V» per cent; commercial
paper. 4 ! t WS per cent; cßaring-hocrse
loans, 2 per cent. Th® vomwr market was
dull and firm Tuesday, There was great
activity in the specialties. Following are
rhe opening, highest, lowest and last sales
at the board. Tuesday:—
Bonds.
, Open. Hicb. sale*.
Am Az (hem u s 102 102-- iq? pro..
Am Tel A Tel 4's 5*3 3 4 ir? 1 ? iw.
do cv 4's 105 105 inj jqj
AUGjkwrss.rs 71 71 tog
Mass Gas 4U r MG ami own.
I jy H * I*** 15*4
I 8 Coal &OH 0 s 142 142 142 ’ 112
Stocks.
Adventure Mln 7 7 7 7
Allouez Mln 471, 4* 471; 4H
Am Ag Chern 40 49 48G 4XG
do preferred 103 G I<BG 103
Amalgamated Cop *4G 83% 83%
Ara Pneu Service mi 4 xi..
do preferred 20 20‘<j 20 20%
•Am Sugar Kef 12944 129% jjm
do preferred 128 128 128 128
Am Tel & Tel 140% 142:; 140% ma
Am Woolen 40 40 pi 40
do preferred 100% 100% log jqq
Am Zinc Lead &8m 30% 31% 30% 31%
Arizona Commerclel 44% 44% 4.3 g, 43a,
A'eb Top * S F 118% 11«% 11*% 11^
Atlantic Min 10*4 l(Ai ]Oi.. ton.
AC Gulf A W I 8 8 » 9 9 9
do preferred 2.0 29% 29 29%
Boston Cons'd Min ]5% 15% 15 15
Boston & Corbin Min 21% 21% 21% 21%
Boston Elevated 129% 129% 123’. 129%
do sub 855 paid 72 72 72 7’
Bntte Coalition Min 25% 25% 23% ”5%
Calumet A Artz Mln 194% 105% 1041, pts%
Calumet & Heeia Min 080 680 ego 680
Cemennlal Mln 37% 38% 37% aw,
Cons'd Mereur Min 24 .24 'I 04
Copper Rann® Mln 81% 82% 81% 82%
Daly-West Mln 8 s g g
East Boston Land 10% 10% io% 1014
East Butte Mln 11% 12 11% 12
Eastern Steamship 74% 74% 74% 74%
Edison Ele-trie Hl 254 35* 254 "54
Franklin Miu 16% 16% 16% J 6%
General Electric 169 160% pto jgn '
Giroux Mln 10 10 9% 9%
Granby Cons'd Min 100 100 10i ioq
Greene-Cana nea Mln s>% 9% n% 9%
Helvetia Min 6% 7 q% 7
Isle Royal® Min 28 28 28 "8
•Kerr Lake Mln 8% 8% «% sti
Lake Copper Min 33% 37% 33% 35%
Mass Electri® 15 15% 13 15%
do preferred 74% 74% 74% 74%
Mass Gas 65% 65% 64% 64%
do preferred 91% 91% 90% 91%
Mass Mln 7% S% 7% 8%
Miami Copper Mln 16% 16% 16% 16%
Michigan Mln 8% s% gC S
Mohawk Mln 63 63% 63 63%
N E Tel k Tel [phone]
Nevada Cons'd Mln 24% 24% 24% "4%
Newhouse Mk Sm 3g 3% 3% 3%
Niplsslng Mln 10% .10% 10% 10%
North Bntte Mln 61% 'cia, gu? gii?
North Lake Min 9 9% n 9%
X Y N HAH 170% 170% 170% 170%
Olibway Min 10% 10% 10% iq%
Old Colony R R 210 200 200 200
Old Dominion Min 57 30% 57
Osceola Min 146 146 146 146
Parrot Mln 32% 33% 32% 33%
Quincy Mln 90 90 90 90
Reece Buttonhole 11 11 u jj
Rotary Ring Spin 8« 9% «% s%
Rutland pr 36% 36% 36% 36%
Seattle Rlectric 115 115 115 115
do preferred 107 107 107 107
Shannon Min 16% 16% 16 16%
Superior A-Bos Min 15% 15% 15% 55%
Superior Copper Min 59 59% 59 59
Superior A lutts Miu 16% 16% 16 16%
Swift &Co 110% 11i>% 109% no%
Torrington Class A 25 25 25 25
Trinity Mln 12% 13 12% 13
Union Facia® 2>2i., 203 201% 201%
do preferred 105% 105% 105% 105%
United Fruit 149 149% 148% 148%
United Shoe Mach 64% 65% 64% 65%
do preferred 30% 30% 30% 30%
r S Coal & Oil 33% 34 33% 33%
US Sm Ref & Min 57% 57% 57 57%
do preferred 32% 52% 52% 52%
r s stc®i 77% 78% 77 77
do pr^ferrod 12« 126^ 125 U 128
Utah Ap^x Min 4^ 4^, 4%
Utah (’on«‘d Mln 44^ 45% 44’^ 45*4
Utah Copper Min 51 51 51 51
Virtorta Min 4 4 4 4
West End St Ry p r m infix.
Western Tpl & Tel 11' 11^ 11 11^<
Winona Min s*^ fi 5% fi
Wolverine Min 15« LV 156 156
Wyandot Min ’ 24 2^ 2^ 2H
•Ex-dividend.
Produce and Provision*.
At Boston: Flour quiet and steady, to ship
fn-m th»* mills, spring patents old $64i&40.
new 5.25<?i5-d.’. clears 4.40^5.10, winter
paints straights 5^5.40, clears
4.95^515, Kansas patents in jute 5675.40.
Rye flour s4.lOti4.d<), graham 4.35@5.60.
Corn quiet and easy, car lots, <>n spot. So 2
yellow sic, steamer yellow 80H. No 3 yel
low 8*?, to "hip from the West, all rail. No 2
yellow No 3 yellow "W/TpUj. lake
and rail shipments per bushel less, oats
dull and weak, car lots, on sp*»t. No 1 clipped
white 4729 c, No 2 45. No 3 4m. rejected
white 43^. to ship from the West 34 to BH-Ib
clipped whit- 4:3^43^0. 36 tn 3Sdb 45<45^5.
XS to 40db 40 to 42-lb 47tt47^. Corn
meal sternly, bug meal |1.52^1.54 100-lb bac,
granulated per barrel bolted 3.70^
3.80. Oatmeal steady, per barrel rolled £kso
C 05.75, cut and ground 6.05(qG.35. Mill feed
dull and easy, to ship from the mills, spring
bran 52W24.50, winter 24.25*824.73. mid
dlings 25fti29. mixed feed* 2^o2i\ red dn^
32.30^33. cottonseed meal 31(n32. gluten
140.85, hominy feed 30. stock fwbd 29.30. Hay
quiet but firm, western No 1 hew sl9<d2O.
No 2 17V 17.30. No 3 Ls.so'aM> Straw dull
and easy, rye .<l7.sO>’is, oat Pork
firm, backs and short cuts, heavy $25.23.
medium 24.50^24.75. lone cuts 26.50. lean
end? 27. he«n pork 20.7^ q 21.25: shoulders,
cornwl lie, smoked liu. fresh 11%,
Interest Allowed on Deposits
THIS BANK, the largest and strongest
in Western Massachusetts, pays 2%
on check accounts and 3% interest on
Certificates of Deposit. On check ac
counts of large size we offer special
rates.
We should be pleased to have YOU open
an account with us.
UNION TRUST COMPANY
Springfield’s Leading Commercial Bank.
BANKING AND FINANCIAL
Joseph H. Wells
1 Court House Place, SPRINGFIELD, MASS
Railroad and Public
Service Securities
For Your FALL INVESTMENTS
List on Application.
Redmond & Co. Stone & Webster,
Naw York Carre looad eat Boston Cxrraspoadcnt
SLMM6R RESORTS
STRATFORD
j.. tnira floor from oeraa;
pood table; Sept. ST. s<i rooms. A. W. Lym&u.
nlw l.ri/16 raw leaf 1+%,. r rMMtaS
leaf 15%. pure laid 14%. Beef rw. <hol.-e
hln.U 12'yci:8.. f„ t .a Lamb, -vens,
.pringera, halve heavy 11%«112%C, itabt
« cck lOSill. Mutton steady at SWIOe for
e*L yearling* eMaHy at 7'htO Vaal firm
at 138114 c for choice. Poultry firm. fow*e.
northeru and eastern 20@21e. western 18^,29.
h oller ■ hlcken*. e-nrby 22i»24. western 11%*
21. native gre/n ducks 208122, westera tur
keya 2Wi—. live fowle itWt :<;% cUekeM 17'-/
1« w.ter* Reaus duß. New Torii
pen *2.65412.70, medium 2.7062.75, small
California whit® Wl 27., yellow eves 4.23'u
4 50, retl kiduey 2 67/02 75, foreign pea 2.3%|
2.50, dried lima, per pound 5%4i3%c. Pota
toes easy. Aroostook cobbler* per 2 bushel
bag *1 Horn 1.67,; sweet potatoes steady, per
barrel, Virginia *2.30dr3. North Carolina 2.25
412.75. String beans ner bushel *1^1.50. shell
peans per bushel 73c4aSl. lima beans per
bushel 1.27411.75 Cabbages, barrel, drum
head 3WI2S. savoy Mill 27>. red per box 75c
'o*l. Cucumbers per box *l*l3. Celery per
dozen 73o*iS1. native. Egg plants per box *1
811.27, Lettuce per >«x 4t4i6oe. Onions,
nearby yellow per bushel TXotojl Conueetl
ent valley per l«Hb bag 1 27*91..V>. pieklbig
onions per bushel I SO^SJiO. Squashes, mar
row per liarrel *l4il2H>, summer per hot 564*
7.V. Tomatoes per bushel 75c%31.27>. Tur
nips. yellow per barrel *1.254149. white per
bushel 75c^*i.25. Native peppers per bushel
■'•'o?l. P®ns per bushel *12X51.73. Green
corn per box 609 <oc. Cauiifinwers per box
60975 c. per barrel Ik>x *1 .'2X3I.Mi Apples
firm, per barrel Duchess ivrl. Williams J. 3»
'al Sweet Bourhs 2.5093.25. Gravenstelns 4
8/4.50. box fruit *1%2. Bankfhs. pet stem
yellow *1.27893. red 1.5093.27. Bluelierries,
per quart 128114® Cantaloupes, per crate
Arizona *292 50. New Mexico 2-5092.75, Col
orado 1.75*12.73. <-raul>erries. Cape Cod
per barre! *7.50fi8. per crate 2.75<9X
Grapes, Hudson river Moores, Wordens and
Champions, per crate *l<il.sO. California per
orate. Malagas 15091.75, Tokays '27&5i
Thompson seedless 1%1.25 Grape fruit, lee
Isix California *5. Lemons, per box Cali
fornia *4*55, foreign 3 5096.50. Oranges,
nor box Mediterranean sweet* 2^12 77,,
late Valencias 3.50@4. Pineapples, per crate
*3 -W?7.50. Peaches. California per box
*1 500i1.77,. Conneotlcnt per basket 75c«5*1,
Hudson river per 6-ba»ket carrier 2 XMJ3.X'.
Pears. California ner box *3 7X84.25. native
Clapps per bushel *1.2X81.75. Bartlets 1.50
82. Plums. California p*r crate *1.5083, na
tive per bushel 182- Watermelons 2f>B-V«
apiece. Sugar firm, basis of 5.25 c for gran
ulated.
Springfield Family Market.
MEATS.
Baron 22'g2S-Trine 1
Sliced bacon 25<ji23i " honeycombed 12
Lard 12416 Tongue 18Q24
Pork— Fall lamb-
Halt 14016 Hlndquartere 18®2O
Roast 16^15 Forequarter* 1V220
Chops 18<S2O Chop* W 35
Roasting pigs (each. Spring lamb—
-2.50^3 Hlndquartere 20023
Sausages 128J25 Forequarters 16@18
Frankforts 12<18. Chops *OB4O
Eolouga 12 Mutton-
Beef— Forequarter* 14 ,
Chuck IMIS Legs 16020
Round 22a2S Chops 30p35
Rump 30®5 Calf's liver 25fiM>
PoterhooM 309.35 Veal-
Hamburg 150251 steak 25030
Roast 16025 Cutlet 2*050
Short 28030 Roast 14025
Corned 10g20 Chops 20Q25
Corned pressed Forequarters 10
15020! Fowl 16W25
Dried 30035 Chicken 180; O
Smoked 200.3 X Philadelphia do 25®'w»
Liver 'Western broilers 25030
Suet MjS Native broilers 30035
Smoked shoulders ' Squabs (pair) 60®k>
10012 Pigeon i pair) SO
Hama 14020 Turkeys 28030
Hams sliced 25igao Spring ducks 25030
GROCERIES.
Butter— Sugar—
Tub (new) 32 Granulated (2D 1.00
Creamery 38 Brown (18) 1.00
Cheese— i Cut loaf (12) 1.00
New 180221 Powdered <l2> 1.00
Factory 16020 Molasses (gal.) P R.
Edam (each) 9001.901 50®60
Eggs (dozen) Maple sugar 20
Eggs 'dozen> 'local! 40 Maple sirup (gal.)
Pickles 'gal.) 40Q50! 1.00®1.23
Vinegar (gal.) 2«025i
VEGETABLES AND FRUIT.
Parslev (buach) s®. 10 Red bananas (din) 40
Lettuce 7‘Fresh cocanut 10
New cabbage (lb) 3,California Bartlett
Pil eapples 10240 pears (doz) 25(235
Orange®— California plums
Valencia 4<Xgso: (dox) 10®17,
Green peppers (doai 35 Peaches 'basket) 50
Bananas 30025 Large basket lilt
Figs 138-25 Lemons (dozen) 15023
Dates lib) 10®12!Blackberries (tjQ 10
■ Pickled onions (qti Watermelons SOftS't
20025 Muskifielons 1(43515
M’xed nuts 13Q20. Rocky Ford melons .
Beets (bunch' o' 10920
Carrots ibuneh) teCanfornla mnsk-
Cneutnbers 4. melons lOgl-5
Squash tsummer) 5i Apples <nt> Sigio
Tomatoes tlh) 5: Corn 'dozen' 15
New potatoes (pkl St Shell beans rqt) 7
Sweet potatoes lib) 3 Lima beans (qt>
Onions— New turnips ibunch) 5
Texas (lb) 51
GRAIN AND FLOUR.
Wheat— Oatsibul 58060
No 1 white (cwt) 'Cornmeal (cwt) 1.65
2 40'Oatmeal (lb' 5
Bran (cwt) 1.4501.5* Hay baled (top' 20<S’2l
Middlings tcwti (Straw tewt) 1.25®!.35
1.5521.701 Provender 1.75
Rre feed 'cwt' Linsed oil meal l.*o
1.5501'0 Cottonseed 1.80
Mixed feed (cwt) 1.90 Flour—
Gluten icwt) 165 St Louis S.I'AIM.rG
Rye (lb) 304 Haxall 7 (WS.OO
Corn— Graham 6.2X<t6.T5
West fewt) 1.63! Entire wheat (lb 1 )
Northern (bn) 35 4%0-?
BANKING AND FINANCIAL
INSURANCE
SPRINGFIELD
FIRE AND MARINE
INSURANCE COMPANY
ANNUAL STATEMENT. JANUARY 1. 1909.
Capital stock $2,000,000.00
Reserve for reinsurance 4.033,01A*tf
Reserve for all other liabilities.. 3b4.013.4T
Nel surplus 1,003.900.03
Total
Surplus to policyhnldere $3,903,900-63
A. W. Damon. President.
CHAS. E. GALACAR. Vlee-Fresldekt.
W. J. MACKAY. Secretary,
r II WILLIAMS. Treasurer.
Sprlnctteld Acents:
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