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UNBUSINESSLIKE BUSINESS.
The New York state employers’ 11a
-1411 ty commission has submitted a
sarefully prepared report showing a
fearful waste of human life In indus
trial pursuits. Seme loss of life in
modern industry may be reckoned as
anavoidable, but the far greater pro
portion of the loss which is sustained
. Is the result of unnecessary condi
tions. It Is the direct result of a lack
f safety appliances and of overwork
ing employes to the point of physical
BXhaustlon. It Is a result of unjust li
ability laws and legislative negligence,
lays the Kansas City Times. If senti
ment has no place in business —an
untenable proposition in Itself —at
least business ought to be business
ike. It is demonstrably not good
Business to permit avoidable killing
9t industrial workers and then spend
vast sums In caring for families bereft
>f natural support. It is not good
Business, even though the children are
not neglected, with the chances In fa
vor of their becoming vicious or idle
:itlzens. Stricter employers’ liability,
in automatically applied workmen’s
sompensatlon for Injury or death, and
lirect industrial insurance are all in
surance measures. They provide funds
tor the support of injured workmen
Br of their wives and children. They
Blso encourage safety provisions. Such
Insurance costs would be diffused
Bmong all the people—as taxes and
Ire Insurance or diffused—by being
added to the cost of the business.
That diffused cost would be a prac-
Jical impalpable burden upon society.
Birds have an excellent time In
Japan and our own agriculturists
would do well to emulate the treat
ment meted out by their eastern con
freres to. such birds as the swallow
and martin, says the Wide World.
With a skilled appreciation of the part
these feathered friends play in rela
tion to their crops by keeping down
the insect pests, they exert every ef
fort to protect them and to encourage
them to propagate their kind. Is it to
De wondered at that this sentimental
but withal eminently practical nation
reverences the swallows as messen
gers to the gods and invites them to
build their nests not only under eaves
and rafters, but in every and any room
of the house? In the hotel dining
room were several nests, where the
happy parents reared their families in
complete safety.
There has been much talk regarding
the selection of a national flower. Has
it all been wasted? The Brooklyn
Eagle remarks upon the indisputable
fact that there is no authority in the
Constitution for the selection of a na
tional flower. However, a great many
things have come to be in this country
without specific constitutional au
thority. There Is, for instance, a na
tional bird, the American eagle. There
Is "Uncle Sam” and there Is “Miss Co
lumbia,” with no authority for either,
except the self-assured authority of
the cartoonists. But these are things
upon which everybody is agreed.
. There is not-likely to be a national
flower until everybody is agreed upon
It In the meantime, fortunately, the
country can afford to wait
Scientists report that Halley’s comet
is 500,000,060 miles distant from the
sun, and if it were really the cause of
the recent heat waves, nobody cares
If It gets 500,000,000 more miles away,
or even if it gets lost In the outermost
bounds of the solar system.
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One of the doctors connected with
the health department says . that 60
per cent, cf the dogs that bite people
are afflicted with acute rabies. This
is a good time to round up the dogs
that are permitted to run about un
muzzled.
Edison’s latest invention consists of
moving pictures that talk. If this
keeps up our actors will be forced to
go to work. However, chorus girls
are not half so alluring when shown
on a screen.
The doctors report that the poison
ous secretion In the glands of toads is
a powerful heart stimulant A good
many people will want some other
kind of a stimulant when their hearts
get sluggish.
Will the stocking mills of New Eng
land run up prices or diminish the out
put on the excuse that the advent of
postal savings banks has cut off the
deniknd for their goods as coin de
positories?
There Is to be established in Bos
ton a hospital in which none but rich
people will be provided for. Nurses
who expect to get jobs there wID
probably have to pay bonuses for their
berths.
Being stung by a bee is not a pleas
ant pastime, but the sting of the presi
dential bee Is welcomed with great en
thusiasm by a good many of our pa-
HOUSE ORDERS
INVESTIGATION
Resolution Introduced by Repre
sentative Cox.
A DEMAND FOR INFORMATION.
Intimation That a Representative of
the Guggenhelms, Worked a
Scheme to Grab Con
troller Bay
Washington.—A resolution re
questing President Taft to furnish
the House with information as to
what, if any, representations were
made to him by Richard S. Ryan, of
New York, a “secret agent of the
Guggenheim syndicate,” Richard A.
Ballinger; then Secretary of the In
terior, or Charles P. Taft, the Presi
dent’s brother, regarding control of
lands surrounding Controller Bay,
'Alaska, was introduced by Repre
sentative Cox, of Indiana, a Dem
ocrat.
The Cox resolution requests Presi
dent Taft to submit all papers and
information in his possession relat
ing to his executive order of July 28,
1910, restoring to public domain the
lands surrounding Controller Bay. It
sets forth published charges intimat
ing that Ryan, through Secretary
Ballinger and' Charles P. Taft, in
duced the President of the- United
States to sign the order. ■
It points out that through .this or
der the Guggenheim syndicate “has
now, or will get, control of Control
ler Bay harbor,” and requests the
President to advise the House
whether Messrs. Ryan, Ballinger and
C. P. Taft induced him to sign the
order restoring Controller Bay land
to public domain, which previously
had been set aside as a national for
est reserve, and whether the Presi
dent had information that Ryan was
working in the interest of the Gug
genheim syndicate.
“I am going to push this resolu
tion,” said Representative Cox. “If
the Rules Committee fails to act, I
will bring it up on the floor of the
House. There is something radically
wrong about this whole transaction.
Balked by the refusal of the govern
ment to allow the Cunningham coal
land claims, this gang in Wall Street
is evidently determined to secure |
control of this coal land. They filed
on the Controller Bay land, the only
available harbor through which the
Alaskan coal can be shipped, before
the government could evqn have it
surveyed after the President’s order
withdrawing it from the Chugach re
serve. Failing to secure the land
they have now gone after the only
means of transporting the coal and
with a railroad from the coal lands
to Controller Bay they could abso
lutely dictate to the owners of the
coal land.”
40,000 GET IN3REASE
Secretary Hitchcock Announces
Raise for Rural Delivery
Carriers.
free delivery carriers in the United
States are to receive salary increases
as a result of a decision by Postmas
ter General Hitchcock. The order
will provide for the disbursement
during the current fiscal year of $4,-
000,000, which will mean an increase
of SIOO over the present salary of
S9OO for all carriers on standard
routes, with proportionate increases
on the shorter routes.
Congress provided last session for
the expenditure of this extra $4,000,-
000, but left It to the discretion of
the Postmaster General as to how
much of it should be expended. Mr.
Hitchcock has decided to authorize
the expenditure of the full amount.
His desire to compensate the carriers
for any additional burden which may
be placed on them if the parcel post
system he has recommended for
rural routes is approved by Congress,
was the important consideration.
“Now that the men are to receive
such generous increase in pay,” he
said, "I feel that Congress should
lose no time in authorizing the carry
ing of parcels on rural routes. A
parcel post system on rural routes
can be conducted without any extra
expense to the government, other
than the $4,000,000 salary increase,
which, in my judgment, would be
more than offset by the parcel post
revenue.” i
The rural delivery system was
started 15 years ago with 83 car
riers, who were paid only S2OO a
year. On July 1 there were 41,562
carriers, their aggregate salaries be
ing $35,793,000.
Banking Officials Arreatad.
Reno, Nev..—On warrants charg
ing that they knowingly allowed an
insolvent bank to be in operation the
four men who constituted the Nevada
Banking Commission, including
Lleut.-Gov. D. S. Dickerson, are un
der arrest. The other men are A. D.
Wlchter and Samuel Belford, of Ely,
and Oharles S. Sprague, of Goldfield.
The arrests are the result of indict
ments for the failure of the Eureka
Cpunty Bank.
I GET READY FOR THE BIG NOISE
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GOST OF LIVING ROSE IN 1910
#
Bureau of Labor Shows Farm
Products Climbed 7.5
Per Cent.
Washington.—The high cost of liv
ing is no myth. An investigation by
the Bureau of Labor of the prices oi
257 commodities during 1910 shows
that wholesale prices in that year
were 4 per cent, higher than in 1909,
and 1.6 per cent, above the average
of 1907, which was the year of high
est prices since 1890.
In view of the Canadian reciprocity
discussion, an interesting item in the
bureau report shows that the whole
sale prices of farm products were
7.5 per cent, higher in 1910 than in
1909.
Wholesale prices in 1910 were 19.1
per cent, higher than in 1900; 46.7
per cent, higher than in 1897, which
was the year of lowest prices between
1890 and 1910; 16.6 per cent, higher
than in 1890 and 31.6 per cent, high
er than the average high prices be
tween 1890 and 1899.
The highest prices in this decade
were reached in October, 1907, when
a general decline began, which con
tinued until August, 1908. A rise
then set in and there were monthly
increases without a break up to
March, 1910, when wholesale prices
reached the highest point in 20 years.
They were then 21.1 per cent, high-.,
er than the average of 1900; 49.2
per cent, higher than the yearly aver
age of 1897, and 33.8 per cent, high
er than the average price of 10 years
between 1890 and 1899.
Then followed a slight decline, and
| from June to December, 1910, prices
remained nearly level, and at the
close of the calendar year 1910 they
were still 30 per cent, higher than in
the 10-year average between 1890
and 1900 and 46.4 per cent, higher
than the record set by the lfigh price
year 1897. Of the 257 commodities
considered in the investigation 148
showed an average increase, 26
showed no change and 83 decreases.
Prices of lumber and building ma
terials increased 10.7 per cent.; farm
products, 7.5 per cent.; drugs, 4.1
per cent.; food-stuffs, 3.2 per cent.;
clothing, 2.7 per cent., and the mis
cellaneous group of commodities, 5.7
per cent. Housefurnishings decreas
ed .01 per cent, and fuel and light 3
per cent.
Some extraordinary variations
were recorded during 1910. Pota
toes increased 300 per cent.; eggs,
90 per cent., coffee, 60 per cent., and
mess beef 35 per cent.
BALANCED TO A PENNY
Director Ralph’s Tremendous Stamp
Account Correct.
Washington.—Director Joseph E.
Ralph, of the Bureau of Engraving
and Printing, the man who makes
$12,000,000 a day, has had his ac
counts checked up and balanced to
the penny.
Ten postoffice inspectors swooped
down on the bureau, all unheralded,
on June 10 last to check up the
stamp account of Director Ralph,
which amounted to some $50,000,-
000.
After working for 11 days, they
found that the supply of stamps tal
lied with the records to the last one
cent stamp. When it is recalled
that the bureau prints and handles
something like 11,100,000,000
stamps in each fiscal year, the fact
that not a single stamp has ever been
misplaced since Director Ralph has
been in charge of the bureau ap
pears truly remarkable.
Smuggling Opium In Ship’* Bunkers.
San Francisco.—Smuggled opium,
valued at $22,500, was discovered in
the coal bunkers of the Pacific mail
steamship Siberia here.
FARMER SHOOTS GRANDCHILD
Buckshot In Baby Reported Intended
for Mother.
Pittsburg.—James A. Hasinger, an
aged and wealthy farmer, residing
near this city, shot and probably
fatally injured his grandson, Wallace
Welble, aged 5 years. The infant
victim is in a hospital, perforated by
60 or more buckshot. Hasinger, it.
is alleged, aimed the gun at his
daughter, mother of the injured I
child. / I
HO AGAIN
111 VENEZUELA
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Back Planning Revolution, Says
Report.
ARMY ALLEGED TO TOTAL 1,000
Eludes International Watchers, In- ■
eluding the Uni.ed States, Which
Have Been Trying to Pre
vent His Return.
Caracas. —Cipriano Castro, self
styled man of destiny, who once set
out with an army of 23 ranchmen
and overturned the government, is in
Venezuela and seems practically as
sured of regaining the presidency.
Even many of the military authori
ties here assert that the present
regime is tottering and that only
foreign intervention can save it.
Castro already has an army of more
than 1,000 men. These troops are
equipped with modern army rifles, ;
.using steel packeted bullets.
'*' In the Credit Lyonnaise of France i
Castro has on deposit 35,000,000 ;
francs. He is said to have had the
additional backing of Banker Stlvera,
who asserted that unlimited means
would be at the disposal of the exiled
dictator.
From all sides Castro’s former
friends are rallying to him. Revolu- |
tion has been in the air for months, j
Newspapers here have been devoured
for news of the exile’s wanderings
and of the success of attempted fili
busters from the United States gulf
ports. Even with prison staring them
in the face, soldiers and civilians
have declared they wanted but one
word to fight for their former chief.
There is every indication that the .
arms and ammunition for the rebels
were sent out of Cuba.
Castro means fight, and fight to a
finish. How large his army may
have swelled by tomorrow is matter
of conjecture based upon how long
it will take recruits to sail to Castil
letas.
Castro landed at Castilletas, on ,
Gejira Peninsula, the territory which ;
was in dispute between Colombia and j
Venezuela. This territory is inac
cessible except by ship, and a com
paratively small force could hold it
against all comers. Castro is safe so
long as he remains here, but the gov
ernment knows he will not do that,
and it is likely that the first trouble
will occur in Falcon Province.
In the meantime the Castro forces
have everything to hope for from
their allies in Cuba. With a revolu
tion on that island proba’-le, if not
imminent, and the whole country ex
cited, plans are progressing steadily
to ship out ammunition to this state.
How Castro landed is yet a mystery.
Whence he came cannot be stated.
Caracas, Venezuela.—The govern
ment has not yet been able to con
firm that Cipriano Castro has landed
in Venezuela, or in neighboring ter
ritory. It is not considered possible
that the ex-President, even if he has
secured a foothold in Venezuela, has
been able to get any considerable
number of men behind him. Never
theless, troops have already been dis
patched to the Gulf of Maracaibo.
Eas and Resumes Trance.
Vandalia, 111. Miss Hazel
Schmidt, whose trance-like sleeo has
lasted for 80 days, awakened twice
for two hours, but soon went to sleep
again after partaking of solid food.
Town Nearly Wrecked.
Lexington, Ky.—The town of Haz
ard, Ky„ was rocked as though by
an earthquake, when railroad build
ers exploded 1,500 pounds of dyna
mite nearby to blow off the top of
the mountain. Many persons were
injured. Every window in the town
was shattered, and several buildingß
' were cracked. A mob was formed
and started to lynch the foreman of
| the construction gang, but he was
I guarded by the sheriff.
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$100,000,000 FOR ROAOS
Senator Swanaon Urges His Bill to
I m pro vs Highway—His
First Spooch.
Washington.—Declaring that good
roads would save tho American peo
ple $250,000,000 annually, while bad
roads Impose such a "mud tax” every
year upon the people who haul their
products to market over poor country
highways, Senator Claude A. Swan
son, of Virginia, delivered a strong
speech In the Senate in advocacy of
his bill for Federal appropriations
for the improvement of public roads.
The Swanson bill provides that the
Government appropriate $20,000,000
annually for the next five years for
Improving the post roads and rural
free delivery routes used by the Gov
ernment. The appropriation is
limited to post road:: and rural free
delivery routes to remove all Con
stitutional objections that might pos
sibly be urged.
This was Senator Swanson’s
maiden speech in the Senate and he
was accorded close attention by his
colleagues on both sides, who were
anxious to hear him despite the
sweltering heat.
“There is no question before the
American people today,” declared
Senator Swanson, “more important
than the improvement of the public
1 roads and highways.
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C. A. SWANSON.
United 6tates Senator from Virginia.
“We have the poorest public roads
and highways of any civilized nation,
jOf the 2,155,000 miles of public
, roads in the United States, less than
1 200,000 miles are macadamized and
j improved with hard surfacing. More
than nine-tenths of the public high
ways of the United States during
rainy seasons are almost impassable.
No other enlightened people are
cursed with such a wretched condi
tion.”
Senator Swanson said neglect in
I this respect had been one of the
| greatest misfortunes that had affect
ed Americans as a people. The rem
edy should be applied as quickly as
possible. The internal commerce of
the United States, he said, exceeded
the inter-foreign commerce of the
entire world, and it was estimated
I that 90 per cent, of the internal com
merce must be hauled over the public
i roads. The average haul was 9.4
miles, the average cost of hauling
these products 23 cents per ton mile.
“The cost of hauling per mile over
the splendid roads of France,” con
tinued Mr. Swanson, “is on an aver
age of 7 cents per ton mile. The
i average cost in England and Ger
i many is about 11 cents per ton mile.
| If the more important and main lines
' of our public roads system were as
improved as those of France, Ger
many and England our products
could be hauled over our entire sys
tem of roads at a cost of 12 cents per
ton mile. This would result in an
annual saving in this item of haul
j ing alone to the people of the United
States of more than $250,000,0(10.
“This,” said Senator Swanson, “is
the annual ‘mud tax’ paid each year
by the people of the United States in
hauling their products over poor
country roads. This loss, if wisely
and properly expended, would in 20
years macadamize and furnish hard
surfacing to all the public roads in
the United States.”
Senator Swanson’s bill provides
that the States or local authorities
shall furnish an amount equal to
that supplied by the Federal Gov
ernment. It was the system which
had been productive of best results
abfbad.
Nano end $2f f OOO Refused.
Madison, Wis. —Governor McGov
ern signed the bill returning to
United States Senator Stephenson
$25,000 which hq gave to the State
Park Board on condition that the
new State park in Door county be
named Stephenson Park. The board
named the park “Stephenson,” bul
the Legislature changed it to Pe
ninsula Park.
Breaks Dirigible Record.
Compiegne, France.—The dirigible
balloon Clement Bayard IV, which
started at 10.50 P. M., on a 24-hour
trial trip, flying between Compiegne
and Soissons, descended at 2.45, hav
ing beaten the world’s dirigible rec
ord for time and distance over a
fixed circuit. The dirigible will be
come part of the French aerial fleet
The number of automobile es
tablishments in this country increas
ed from 57 in 1899 to 316 in 1900.
LONG nH IF
English Girl Penetrates Wilds
cf Dark Continent.
Discovers Waterfall on River Mao
Kali and French Authorities in f
Country Name Cataract Les J
Chutes MacLeod. "
London.—Miss Olive MacLeod, who
left England in August last to visit
the grave of her fiance, Lieut Boyd
Alexander, who was murdered by na
tives in central Africa, recently ar
rived in England.
She was met by her father. Sir
Reginald MacLeod, when she landed,
and left for Paddington. Thence she
proceeded by motor car to her beau
tiful home, Vintners, near Maid
stone.
Altogether the African journey con
sisted of 2,700 miles, mostly on foot
or horseback. P. A. Talbot, district
commissioner of Niagara, and Mrs.
Talbot, accompanied her during the
whole of the journey, and were, re
sponsible for the arrangements.
Among the many trophies that Miss
M a eCleod brought home were two
baby lions, which were presented to
her in French Niagara.
Miss MacLeod was very eager to
take them home with her, but, being
now six months old, they were thought
to be rather dangerous pets for Maid
stone, and have been sent to the
zoo.
During the Journey Miss Macleod
traversed land across which no white
wo:an had ever been before. At times
the party included as many as 80 na
tives, these being required to carry
stores and food. ,
Miss MacLeod, with her companions, "
on arriving at the west coast of Af
rica, traveled up the Niger as far as
Miss Olive MacLeod.
she could go in the steamer and
canoes.
After going through southern and \
northern Nigeria the expedition reach
ed French Mbangl in October, and '
the falls of the Mao Kali were lo
cated.
According to the testimo'jy of "*
French officers and natives, these falls
had never been seen before, and in
honor of “the brave English girl” go
ing to visit her sweetheart’s grave,
the French authorities asked for per
mission to name the fails "Les Chutes
MacLeod.”
Pushing on into the heart of Af
rica, Miss MacLeod proceeded through
the Tuburi lakes, and eventually
reached the Bhadi down which she
traveled to Lake Chad.
Here the picturesque rocks of Hadj
el-Hamis were Inspected, which are
held in veneration for miles around.
The highest peak of these rocks
was climbed by Miss MacLeod and
her companions—a feat which the na
tives declared to be Impossible.
Lake Chad was then crossed in
kotoko canoes. This Journey took
eight days, five of which were spent
out of sight of land.
Near Lake Chad the grave of Lieut.
Boyd Alexander was visited—the pa
thetic object of Miss MacLeod's long
journey.
Discussing her travels at Plymouth,
Miss MacLeod said that the greater
part of the route chosen was unknown
to Britishers.
On ariving at Lagos she said she
was surprised to hear rumors that
“Miss MacLeod" had been massa
cred and eaten by cannibals!
Lucky the Snake Crawls.
Cambridge, Mass.—The serpent is
even wiser than the woman tells uS,
according to Professor Maynard, the
noted educator here. In a rather (
starting statement, the professor de
clares that as a result of a study of
snakes he is convinced that had they
been able to develop hands and feet
instead of being obliged to crawl, their
brains would have enabled them to
dominate the world. In that event, be
asserts man would probably have re
mained in a primitive, savage state, or
possibly even as an ape.