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Hattiesburg Daily News Published (Except Monday) by the Hattiesburg Printing A Publishing Co. Every Morning H. A. Camp, President; F. R. Bird sail, Vice President and Manager; Macey Dinkins, Sec'y-Treas. .Editor Managing Editor F. R. BIRDSALL E. G. HARRIS ... g£„ Office, 112 Front Street. Telephones: f Cumberland, 904 Home, 30 Subscription: One Month, by Carrier . One Year by Mail or Carrier ....$0.00 50c The Daily News prints no unclean or objectionable advertising. Neither does It print whisky or any liquor ads. Entered as second-class matter on May 22, 1907 at the postoffice at Hattiesburg, Miss under the Act of Congress of March 3. 1S79. Member Associated Press I UNION 1 ABOUT HATTIESBURG. 800 In 1890 . In 1895 . In 1900 . In 1906 . In 1907 . In 1910 (estimated) 1,000 4,600 21,000 26,000 40,000 Fastest Growing City in the South. HATTIESBURG HAS Four banks with combined capital and surplus of $1,000,000. Deposits of $5,000,000. Lumber mills bringing into the city's trade territory not less than $15,000,000 a year. Wholesale establishments doing an aggregate business of over $5,000, 000 a year. Seven miles of street car track, five miles of paved streets, electric lights, gas, sewerage, three flue fire stations, five handsome public school buildings, numerous fine churches, handsome business blocks, including five and six story office buildings. Fine artesian water. Health conditions unexcelled. Four railroad systems, radiating in seven different directions. . { Numerous mills and factories. Handsome $300,000 Hotel. Come to Happy, Hustling Hatties burg, the Future Great City of Mississippi, The Tariff and the Trusts It has been asserted so often "The Tariff is The Mother of Trusts" that it is generally believed. It is known that if there was no duty on steel rails, the Steel Trust would be forced to compete with British and Belgian manufacturers and that rails, selling at $20, could be purchased at $12. For this statement there is authority no less than Chas. M. Schwab, the first President of the billion dollar trust. In this case the tariff did not create now an the trust, but it is distinctly respon sible for its overcapitalization and the consequent high prices maintain ed by the trust. To get at the bot tom of a subject, let us investigate what is a trust. When various manufacturers of the same commodity combine to keep up the price of a commodity, a trust is formed in fact. It becomes a trust in law when the several factories are bought up, often for a certain agreed amount in cash and the balance in stock of the corporation which is thus formed. assumes the management of the eral factories regulating the output according to the demands of the ket. In this case the corporation sev mar Thus far there appears nothing criminal in the combination, except that it is created for the purpose ot keeping up prices by venting the overstocking ot the ket. Criminality appears when such a trust temporarily lowers prices be low the cost of production other purpose than to prevent lawful competition by ruining manufactur ers not in the trust. express pre mar for no In many cases, however, it is the ..public and not the tariff which Is di rectly responsible for the trust. The f "Big Four" packers of Chicago sell r meat In almost every community of the United States. There is no Beef §f Trust, that is the packing bouses have of the not incorpor ated; but the criminal element owners pre vails, although it Is extremely doubt ful if a law can be made to prohibif between two or a verbal agreement more men. Suppose, now, that a practical butcher opens a shop in Hattiesburg, he buys his cattle, hogs, etc., from the neighboring farmers and thereby saves the transportation of the stock to Chicago and of the dressed pro duct from the stockyard to the local market. He sells his goods at a liv ing profit, but Armour & Co., or Swift & Co., immediately lower the price of these articles below that asked by the butcher,—and the public flock to the Trust stores to benefit by the reduction. In a few days or weeks, the local butcher must close his shop when the trust makes the people pay for its temporary loss. What has the tariff to do with this condition of affairs? Nothing, be cause the United States produces all the meat it can consume. The blame rests entirely with the public. If it would leave Armour and Swift alone and keep on patronizing the local butcher, other shops would be opened and competition would keep prices Arm^|r and Swift would withdraw. In de ^^orbidding the combina tion of the great packers, the public gains nothing and admits that it needs a guardian. This is the plain logic of this case. This simple illustration proves: 1 —that the public is directly respon sible for the trusts affecting the necessaries of life, viz., food, cloth ing and shelter, and 2—that no law can be drawn up to prevent combina tions, because such a law would in tetfere at once with personal liberty and consequently will be declared unconstitutional by any judge. After all, the combination of capital and down, and be compelle manding }r " its effects are the result of a very If it simple problem In arithmetic, takes 3 meflr to do a piece of work in 4 days, four times three men can do it in one day. If the consumer de sires this particular job performed in twelve days, one man should be sufficient. Trusts have been justly blamed for the ruin of a host of small competi tors, but how is the law going to interfere? John Wanamaker's huge ^department store In Philadelphia has caused the closing of hundreds of small stores in the Quaker City. He can buy in vast quantities and there by secure lower prices or larger dis counts and thus undersell his smaller competitors. Is John Wanamaker to blame, or Is it the public which, at tracted by the bargain counters, flocks to his store in crowds and keeps on emptying its shelves? What law is going to stop Wanamaker's buying and selling at reduced prices, or to prevent the dear public from buying where it can secure the great est bargains? The Department Store is a Trust on a small scale,—but it has come to stay so long as our busi ness principles prevail. Financial Flurries In the East When Tom Lawson in his articles on Frenzied Finance exposed The System, that is the combination of large corporations to inflate or de press the stockmarket as the inter- 1 ezt of the capitalists required, he mentioned H. H. Rogers and William Rockefeller as the heads of the com bine. Good authority (Henry Clews), declared some time ago that the enormous sum of three billion dol lars had been squeezed from water ed stock, that is, overvalued stocks, and observed that this depression had caused no real loss. On his last trip ending with the visit to Nashville, the President de clared his Intention to prosecute criminals high or low. That he might not be misunderstood, he reiterated that he proposed the curbing of criminal and illegal transactions of great financiers. Prior to this repeti tion of his purpose, Wall Street and the Stock Exchange were sitting on the fence. Such trading as was re ported seemed for the purpose of keeping up the game; but no sooner has doubt g'ven away to certainty or a financial crisis is precipitated. These data, known to every news paper reader, point to a determined effort on the part, of the threatened capitalists to provoke a panic which will discredit the President and his policies. tempt would have succeeded but now it is doomed to failure, losers will be the capitalists who pre cipitated the panic. It will be remembered that K. H. 1 A few years ago the at The only Harriman while contending for the management of the Illinois Central with Stuyvesant Fish, declared that he had a very Important meeting on Monday (yesterday) morning in New York. Harriman had the use of Standard Oil capital, and he and John D. Rockefeller are the two prin cipal leaders in the financial juggling which has incurred the popular aver sion. These facts point to a deter mined plot which will fail owing to the prosperity of the agricultural sec tions. The Proposed Conference of Legislators It Is earnestly hoped that the con ference of members of the next leg islature as proposed by Hon. Theo. Bilbo, will materialize. Aside from the fact that South Mississippi, ow ing to its growth and prosperity, has several lawful claims, it is highly de sirable that an understanding should be reached about a safe and sane policy concerning railroads and other corporations. Frantic and hysteric utterances have led several states to take up a line of action which they are sure to regret. Illegal acts, whether from railroads or legislatures, intended to restrict or Interfere with the legal pursuit of trade and its promoter, transportation, are sure to upset busi ness and to lead to distress. Imitation by itself is always to be deprecated because it obstructs origi nality that is the very principle of progress. To draw up laws, simply because other states have done so, is silly. Railroad baiting has grown into a fashion or a fad to which South Mississippi is strongly op posed. What would Hattiesburg be without its railroads? men living in this community who remember that timberland sold for ten cents an acre and went a-begging at that price. Do we want a return of such conditions? Those who do so will obtain their wish by destroy ing the means whereby actual condi tions were created; but they should remember that capital, once driven away, will be slow to return. The legislature had best leave the railroads alone. It is exceedlnngly doubtful if a majority can be found able to discuss Intelligently the prin ciples covering the operation of such roads. If no intelligent discussion is possible, the members will but ex pose their ignorance, which 7s no great recommendation for <re-election. There are Safety in Sanity One of the best evidences we have of the growing intelligence of our people Is the sane, common sense they are displaying amidst the con ditions prevailing now and which have existed for the past nine months. This is easily understood when we consider the educative influence of the press. More people are reading today than ever before in the history of our country. The teachers of the people, the country editors, are also unquestionably of a much higher class than in former years. This class of teachers are not possessed of more native ability than their predecessors, but the times demand and obtain a more pronounced ex pression of sane and intelligent views on questions of public movement There is beyond doubt a great ad vantage afforded the people by the presB, in the fact that news require ments cause the presentation of every side of each public question. With intelligent information guide them, the people can general ly be trusted to do the right thing. The columns of the Daily News have been sacredly devoted to a faithful presentation of the news, as news, and in this manner it hhs contributed to the public enlightenment on sub jects of public moment. The Daily News therefore rejoices in noting that the people throughout the land appear to be accepting the views of the optimist rather than those of the pessimist. The editor of the Manufacturers' Record has doubtless done as much as any other one man in the South to direct attention to our inexhausti ble and ever increasing sources of native wealth. The Daily News takes pleasure therefore in reproducing an article taken from a recent issue of the Record on the subject of existing conditions. The fact that "The sun still shines" has pj£vi*osly been em , and we now phaaized by this to irffen iTrt* MR. MAN MRS. WOMAN r* / ' ft n i £ | | I. v. Are you acquainted enough in the selection of good clothing to tell the difference in the makes of today? If you are not, you should demand a brand that carries with it a reputation of superiority the world over. 4 f. n. II & ■ P "ii m ij / I wm » STROUSE & BROTHERS \ i ■ HIGH ART CLOTHES, NM L Have no equal in holding their stylish shape and long wear. 0 Everybody Knows What They Are ^OrVRIOMT IOO? ^rnousE a Prices from $18 to $25 Suit We have these goods in Boys' and Youth's sizes at right prices. Call and look Q l our ^ ne °f clothes. You are as welcome as if you bought S. & H. KATZ, Clothiers and Furnishers Front Street invite a careful reading of the article mentioned as a good sermon for the times, and to show there is safety in sanity. Hattiesburg's postoffice takes third place among Mississippi cities in the volume of Its mail matter and in cash receipts. Jackson being the state capital and a little larger than any other Mississippi city was expected to lead. Vicksburg comes second with Hattiesburg a close third, and Me ridian takes fourth place. Five years ago few people susplcloned that Hat tiesburg would so soon become the third city of Mississippi, and there are still those who doubt the asser tion that this marvelous, magic me tropolis of South Mississippi is des tined to take first rank before the cen sus of 1910. You can bet your money on Hattiesburg. The Gulfport Tribune and the Gulf port Record have consolidated under the name of the Record-Tribune and the first issue of the hyphenated prod uct reached this office yesterday. It is a newsy Beven-column four-page pa per and is chock full of live local ad vertising. Both the Tribune and the Record were good papers, but the field was too small for two afternoon pub lications. The Cumberland Telephone Com pany seems to care about as much about State laws and mandates Issued by the Railroad Commission as tl Standard Oil Company does for t' f $29„000,000 fine. It is one thing to r a decree and quite another thi' compel its enforcement. -> The financial scare in Wp ) e time. In the count' :nor of ' did pro ficent ' - Wm rt. h V He I Ir. . //• insists i Demo 4th John him the A party for That Vicl that Mr. F crat ough Temple nomine Presid H. M fiction is now ippl than in all n jOk other Southern States combined—and all because of the fact that Mississippi has given the railroads a "square deal." The Florida Times-Union is inclined to the opinion that airship naviga tion will develop a race of rubber necks. The Hattiesburg man who bought four turkey b for $4.60 will have the laugh on his neighbors before Thanks giving. An honest conviction is usually fortified by ample arguments as to its justice. How about a Hattiesburg exhibit for the state fair? 4 ❖ ❖ TO THE POINT. ❖ ♦ ♦ • Our Fondest Dreams. If woman is a delusion it should also be remembered that most men hug a delusion.—Philadelphia Re cord. '• In the Public Eye. Curveless women are the style, ac cording to the fashion dictators. But thp other kind attract all the atten tat the same.—Rochester Her . jpreme Test. lile ride failed to dis .t colonels of the army, .hing for the war depart Spitf* f> now but make the su V, .—set them at crossing their eveland Leader. . U. M. ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ❖ MOST ANYTHING. « ♦ Our Esperanto Joke. Here is another easy lesson in Es peranto: It is so easy that It is obvious. Take a shy at it; you can't miss it. Question—"Yhw seod ylrecaR refer ot slh gulrts to ecar sesroa sa sana nab ?'' Answer—"Because they're off In a bunch?" Liz-en to This: "You aVe Mag-niflcent, my tear; No Sophie-stry I state." ft Daily News' Busy Column i Make Your Wants Known Here V, Advertisements will be Inserted un der this head at one cent a word. Cash much accompany copy. "Posi tion Wanted three time free of charge. ads will be printed FOR SALE—Five horses, two hacks and harness. 'Phone 217 or 793. , Both 'phones. oct24-6t WANTED—Competent stenographer; permanent position to right party. Llndsley Lumber Co., 202-204 Ken oc24-3t nedy Building. WANTED—To rent a good type writer, either Smith Premier or Remington. 448 .West Fourth street. Address with price, oct24-lt FOR SALE)—Nearly new drop-head Singer sewing machine, with all at tachments. $30 cash vHll take it Cal at 121 Third street FOR SALE—Almost new drop-head Singer Sewing machine with all at tachments at less than half price. Address, "H" Dally News office. WANTED—Housekeeper for small family; elderly lady preferred. Ad dress "Housekeeper," care Dally News, or Cumberland phone 789. ac. 24-2t LOST—From my place, 1024 Main street, one dark bay mare, 8 or 10 years old. Will pay for information leading to recovery or return to } Cline-Helmes Lumber yard. A Wainwrlght. It Mollle-fled her much to hear His praise so dell-Kate. Question—Is It possible that the harness of hats Is in the inverse ra tion to softness of Jieads? PERT PARAGRAPHS. The water of life doesn't foam over the top. The more we lose the nearer we come to a new start. A square man alWays comes round when he owes you money. Heaven is a well known place that ie strange to evei ly WANTED—Position by first class grocery clerk. Apply this office. oct22 BOARDERS WANTED—Board can be secured by applying at 702 Second oc24-5t street. FOR SALE—One lot ot old newspap ers, at this office, 16c per hundred, while they last WANTED—A position in bookkeeping, lumber business preferred. Address "X. Y. Z.," care Daily News. oc!8-9t FOR^ SALE—A f7 11 iiJi J Reming ton typewriter, good as new, ~wlIT sell cheap. Apply at News office. STRAYED OR STOLEN—Shepherd pup about 8 months old, description: Half ring around neck, small white streak -on forehead, wart on under 1 lip. Notify F. J. Dalton, 313 New man street and be rewarded. oc22-3t WANTED—Any informtion leading to the location of Oliver Blakeley of McHenry, will be rewarded by noti fying S. T. Witchell, Moselle, Miss., was last seen at McHenry, has not been heard from in five years. oct22-3t' FOR SALE—Desirable 6-room house with cellar; newly built and painted, with wire fence; location high and dry, on Royal street, Hattiesburg Abstract of title furnished; price $900. Miss. Emile Landln, Hattiesburg, As a reference a bank account is sometimes treated as no account, but not often. A bale of bills stands in place/of. ^ their wives Ih the minds men. A woman who should thoroughly train her husband in the art against a time of need. The way to Impress a woman is to suppress hre. Being selfish is only being natural, after all. The less we see of some people thW more we hear about them. To be able to seize an advantage and hold to it is a great advantage. > of Is a good cook