Jasper County Democrat, Volume 7, Number 29, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 October 1904 — Page 6

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THE BLIGHT

Of Trust Domination As Evidenced In Delaware and Madison Counties. Mills and Factories Shut Down, Workmen Out of Employment, Houses Vacant or Rented for a Song, and Trade Demoralized—Muncie’s Loss $8,000,000 Annually. Perhaps in no state of the Union fins the withering blight of the evil genius known as the trust fallen with a heavier hand than in the two counties of Delaware and Madison. With the discovery of natural gas many factories ■were organized with local capital, and many others came to the two counties from the East where they had been operating for years. Thousands of men were given employment and this particular section of the gas belt, in common with others, seemed destined to be prosperous regardless of what other sections of the Country might Buffer from financial depression. Then came the era Wf trust domination and many of the factories, which had been organized with local capital, passed into the hands of the combinations, some of them being forced to do bo through the manifest intention of the trust organizers to force the smaller establishments out of business if they did not sell their plants. Factory after factory was thus absorbed, and for a few years there was no apparent change from the conditions that had obtained while each individual plant was owned and operated In compel ition with all the others in the Same line of manufacture. But the trust had entered the field to do away with competition, and it soon began to use the power which it had secured through the purchase of competing plants. The employes found that they had no certain tenure of work, that they were employed today and iulo tomorrow, and that these periods of employment gradually gTew further and further apart and the periods of idleness gradually became longer and longer. Then came the final coup and mill after mill and factory after factory was closed indefinitely. Some have now' been closed for three or four months, some for a year and others for two or three years and everything is uncertainty and discontent. where it was once steady employment and a certainty of good wages. The effect of this in the cities of Muncie, Alexandria and Elwood is distressing in the extreme. Business lias fallen off, rental property has depreciated in value,, hundreds of houses are vacant and idle men are on every Btreet corner. Many have left the Btate in search of work in other places and many others would go but their long periods of enforced idleness have left them without money on which to move their families. Some of the skilled workmen of Mancie are working as day laborers in ©f Delaware county, some are driving Ice wagons and others are engaged on odd jobs about the town wherever they can find work and for anything that the employer offers. The business of the city of Muncie has suffered a constant annual reduction under these adverse conditions, and conservative estimates place the loss to the city’s business at not less than $8,000,000 a year. In contrast with the attitude of the trust toward Its factories, the plants owned and operated by private capital are running practically full time and the employes are all at work. Only the employe of the trust is walking the streets or working at seme m ploy men t at a wage wholly Inadequate to the need* of his

family and commensurate Tn no aaaaa with the year* of aarrlce which brought him hia akill aa a craftaman and entitled him to a better wage. On every hand he can aee the mill or fael tory In which he once worked, with doors locked, fires drawn, the smokestacks rearing their heada toward the aky and the buildings dust-covered and uninviting, the whole a monument to the greed whlrh has throttled competition and sent him out Into the streets to earn a precarious existence for himself and family. Here Is a partial record df the factories purchased by the trust and closed down In order to lessen she output of the combination: American Sheet Steel and Tinplate Company at Muncfe. Organized with local capital and afterward sold to the trust. Employed 1.000 men. Number of employes reduced to 500 the first year and closed in August, 190,3. Has not run a day since. American Rolling Mill Company. Established by Muncie capital. Employed 700 ,men. Passed Into hands of co-operative company, and after eight months declared a dividend of 25 per cent. Sold to the trust and was shfit down in December, 1903. Muncie Iron and Steel Company, known ns the “Grasshopper” mill. Was built bv Muncie capital. Sold to the Republic Iron and Steel company, the trust. Finishing department closed for fifteen months. Puddle-de-partment closed four months ago, throwing 300 mon out of employment. Merrlng-Hart Window Glass Company, organized with local capital and sold to the American Window Glass company, the trust. Was never operated a day after the purchase, but was bought simply to get It out of the way as a competitor. Its 300 employes turned out in the cold. The Muncie ,'ulp mill, also organized with local capital and gold to the trust. Ran a kHek or two at a time after the sale, biit was closed permanently four months ago; 300 employes let out. C. H. Over Window Glass factory. Sold to the trust and closed, its 300 employes turned adrift. United Boxboard and Paper company at Yorktown; bought by the paser trust and closed six weeks ago. Employed 100 men. The conditions at Alexandria, while showing fewer factories on the list of the closed, are even worse because the town’s business was almost wholly dependent upon the factories. Prior to the raid of the trust on the industries rents averaged $2.50 per room or $12.50 per month for a five-room house, $lO per month for a four-room house, and so on. Now there are any number of vacant houses in the town, rents have fallen to an average of $1 per room a month, and many families are getting their house rent free because owners would rather have them occupied than have them subject to vandalism, as would be the case if they were vacated. Here is a partial record of the closed factories and of the number of men thrown out of employment:

s- American Window Glass Company; closed two years ago; employed 500 men; has done no work since that time except experimenting with blowing machines. Big Four Window Glass Company; fell into the hands of the trust and was dismantled and 200 men forced into the ranks of idlers. Republic Iron and Steel company; has been closed nine months and its 750 employes have been idle. This is the trust whose baneful influence has been felt in several of the cities of the state. It was organized to purchase rival plants and curb production, and has abandoned two plants at Terre Haute, two at Marion, one at Frankton, one at Alexandria and one at New Albany. The Kelley Ax Company at Alexandria is moving its plant to West Virginia, and its 1,500 employes are added to the list of idle. Many of them, however, will follow the plant to its new location. One of the effects of the wholesale closing of factories by the trusts Is seen in a weed-covered roadbed and piles of unused cross-ties between Muncie and Alexandria. This was an electric line between the two cities, and the grade was all made and the ties distributed, but when the factories began to close travel between the two places practically ceased and the road has never been completed. The impression is that it will not now be finished, not at least till conditions improve, and the prospect for this is very remote. a - Conditions at Elwood are practically on a par with those at Alexandria, and from the same cause. There are many vacant houses, rents have fallen off in consequence, and the business of the merchants and others has suffered by the growing depression resulting from the closing of factories. There have already been several business failures, and this is in marked contrast with the general prosperity of the town before the blighting hand of the trust fell upon it. Such,-indeed, was its prosperity when the factories were run independently that there was but one mercantile failure In the paaid of 1893. Here are some of the more important factories that have succumbed to trust manipulation: Diamond Plate Glass Company; organized independently and was gobbled up by the trust. Employed 400 to 500 men. Has been closed since December, 1903. American Window Glass Company; employed from 100 to 150 men. Organized by local capital, bought by the trust and run one year; closed In 1901 and has been closed ever since. American Radiator Company; employed from 40 to 50 men; ran the plant one year, moved the machinery away; still owns the building, but won’t sell it because of fear of competition. Macßeth-Erans Lamp Chimney Com-

WARNING TO DEMOCRATS

Do not move out as your township till after the el action, and remember that you can not change your residence from one precinct to another after October 8. If you do you will lose your vote.

pany; closed last season but promised to run this fall on reduced wages, which employes refused to accept. Employed 200 to 300 men. American Tinplate Company; employs 1,500 men and plays shuttlecock with them. Employes accepted reduction of 18 per cent under promise of steady work, but have received employment only about half the time since reduction went into effect. From the foregoing, which is but a partial list, of course, of the number of men thrown out of employment by the trusts, it will be seen that in the three cities of Muncie, Alexandria and Elwood the aggregate is in excess of 7,000 men. Hil estimate includes hut 750 of the 1,500 employes'of the American Tinplate Company at Elwood, for the mill is not closed, though it gives employment to its men only about hajf the time, making really 750 idle all the time.

The Republican campaign text-book is out, and for the asking anyone can learn the real truth about Teddy and the trusts, how to have reciprocity without, reciprocating, how the door has been opened in China, but we can’t get in; how honestly and capably the administration has run the government without fraud or guile, and bow the Republican party has put up the price of wheat for the farmer and reduced the cost of living to the balance of ns. In a letter to Chairman O’Brien of the Democratic State Committee, Chairman Sheehan of the National Executive Committee gives the lie to the Republican stories of friction in the national committee. He says the stories are without foundation, for all the members are in complete accord on all questions relative to the campaign. "X

Do They Pay for Protection?

The New York American on August 29th published an astonishing story concerning the contributions of the trust to the campaign fund of the Re publican party. That newspaper asserted, upon what it claimed was unquestionable authority, that the Standard Oil company had donated $1,)00, 000, and J. Pierpont Morgan had given $250,000. It also announced that the members of the Union League Club of New York had contributed SIOO,OOO to the fund. In regard to these trust contributions. alleged to have been made, the American quotes its informant as saying: “Morgan’s enmity to Roosevelt ended with the appointment of his banking firm as fiscal agent for the purchase of the $40,000,000 Panama canal. The $750,000 pledged by the steel and iron trust was not difficult to exact after the Chicago convention, with the approval of the president, promised no tinkering with the tariff ‘except by its friends.’ ’’

Chairman Babcock of the Republican Congressional Campaign Committee has issued another statement in which he declares that if the election were held today the Republicans might elect Roosevelt and lose the lower house of congress. Of course this statement is issued in order to get Republicans at work, and it ought to have the same effect upon Democrats. When the Republicans issue statements under “scare” heads, it is for a double purpose; first, to awaken members of their own party to effort, and, second, to lull Democrats Into repose. The opposite should be true of all Democrats. If they have a chance to control Congress they should go in to make that chance certain. There is no doubt but, if the election were held today, the party would both elect Parker and a majority in congress. But this is not the day for the election, and it is incumbent upon all Democrats to see that what is true of conditions now shall be true on November 8. Collier’s Weekly, a Republican paper, expresses the hope that if Roosevelt is elected the Democrats will at least control the lower house of congress. And here is the reason It gives: “There is no doubt that the President would be a better President with a Democratic house to criticise and sometimes thwart him than he would with a Republican house subservient to his impatience and to his lack of respect for certain principles and distinctions that have been among the soundest elements of American democracy.” The nomination of Frank W. Higgins. present lieutenant governor, for governor of New York is regarded by the Independent press of that state as virtually admitting that the Democrats will carry it in November. Elihu Root, John G. Hay and other men of that caliber were urged to accept the nomination, but refused and Higgins was nominated as a last resort. Senator Beveridge is said to be searching statistics with the hope of finding some good trusts. We hope he’ll succeed, for the people would like to see one—by Its fruits. The Republican campaign book declares that “the trusts are utterly unable to control the market.” Evidently the man who got up the book hasn’t keen around to see.

FARM FIELD AND GARDEN

THE ART OF BUDDING, Thr Season, Necessary Materials and Details of the Operation. 'xue cut quite plaftily represents the details of the operation of budding. The points may be given in brief as follows: Budding Is performed in tlije north from the beginning of July to the middle of September, beginning earlier In the southern states. Stocks should be at least three-eiglitlis of an inch in diameter. Leaves should be rubbed off from the base of the stock just before budding. On young stock buds are Inserted as low down to the ground as the budder can work. On trees of considerable size the new growtli of high branches is selected. The north side of the tree is generally considered best, as it is shielded from the sun. The scions from which the buds are to be taken are cut from shoots of the season’s growth, usually on the outside of the tree where they have been exposed to sunshine, as they must be strong and well hardened. The growing end of the shoot is cut off. The leaves are removed, but a part of the stalk of each leaf is left. Thus the “stick of buds” is formed. In preparing the stock two cuts are made, one vertical, about nn inch and a half long, and one horizontal, across the top of the vertical. At the same time the bark, if it is in the right condition and the operator is expert, is

EVOLUTION OF THE BUD.

fFig. 1. a stick of buds; Fig. 2, budding knife; Fig. 3, stock cut for budding; Fig. 4, a bud; Fig. 5, the bud inserted; Fig. 6, the bud tied ] lifted by a peculiar turn of the knife. When the bark does not slip freely, it is raised by a sort of lifting and pushing motion with the thin bone scalpel at the end of the budding knife.- Many budders use the rounding point of the blade. The bud is cut about an inch long and taken away at the deepest point, about one-fourth of the diameter of the twig. Some growers strongly recommend removing from the bud the little bit of hard wood that is thus cut out witli it from the stick. The bud is inserted at the upper end of the long incision on the stock and pushed gently down to place. If the upper end of the bud extends above the transverse incision, it is cut off to fit. The bud is tied immediately, beginning at the lower end, winding upward. covering the incisions securely, but taking care to leave out the foot stalk and the bud. A string for budding is cut about a foot long. The lower end is secured by wrapping over It tbe second time round, and the upper, end is finished with a knot. Woolen yarn, candle* wick, narrow strips of muslin, basswood bark or the imported raffia may any of them be used for tying. When the bud has successfully united with the stock, the tie is taken off, in about three weeks.

Forests and Stream Flow. In considering the relation of forests to stream flow James W. Tourney expresses the opinion that, although the forest may have, on the whole, but little appreciable effect in increasing the rainfall and the annual run-off, its economic Importance in regulating the flow of streams is beyond computation. fThe great indirect value of the forest is the effect which it has In preventing wind and water erosion, thus allowing the soil on hills and mountains to remain where it is formed and in other ways providing an adequate absorbing medium at the sources of the water courses of the country. It is the amount of water that passes into the Boil, not the amount of rainfall, that makes a region garden or desert. Manuring Grass Lands. An English authority says; “It is better to lay up the same land for hay each year, grazing the aftermath only, and in the same way always to graze other land rather than graze and hay in alternate years. In this way we obtain the fullest development of those grasses and clovers which are suited to baying and grazing respectively. For tbe same reason the system of manuring once adopted should be varied as little as possible, for even manures «■ similar as nitrate of soda and sulphate of ammonia encourage different kinds of grass.*

I FARHER FRIENDS,* i >ViIl this Interest You? t J The line of goods I shall handle this season are all Y J high grade, every Buggy and Carriage will be a guar- T anteed job. I have several good makes —Studebaker, J Page Bros., Gates, Osborne and others. : Studebaker Farm Wagons are the best ironed and x have the best box ever put on a wagon.* J The two best mowers and binders on the i J McCormick and Milwaukee. 1 have extras for both J machines. The best of all, the Kemp Manure Spread- * er, makes farmers more money than any implement J ever put on the farm. I have the Birdsell Clover * T Huller of South Bend, Ind. it gets all the seed. An J English sparrow would hurt|ry on the seed it J X leaves in the straw. I have the McCormick Shredder, and Corn Harvester, the world’s best. Come and see. 1 am, yours truly, On Front Street C. A. ROBERTS. ♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ M B Hi|| f| p* IfU ms. |\ ! jH 1 44 pages 9x12 inches; 22 pages showing in natural colors varieties of Fruit, with concise description and season of ripening of each; 64 half-tone views of Nurseries, Orchards, Packing Houses,etc. Send 50cts. for book (post-paid) and Rebate Ticket permitting return of book by mail within 60 days ar.d we refund the Or, mail us within 1 year, Rebate Ticket with sl2 order for nursery stock and we will credit SI.OO in part payment on your order and you keeu ti:e eooic free. WE PAY THE FREIGHT. it TJ _ /"l _1 weekly and went nore home and traveling salesmen. OUTFIT Al 0 r3y vdSII fkee. —Stark Bro’s, LOUISIANA, Mo., Atlantic,lowa, Fayetteville, Ark.

PUBLIC SALES. If you contemplate having a public sale this season don’t forget that the place to get your bills printed is at The Democrat office. No office in the county gets out a more artistic or better bill than The Democrat, and our prices are as low as any office in the county. Coupled with this is the fact that a free notice of each sale is published in The Democrat, and “everyone reads The Democrat.” Such notice really does you more good and is read by more people 'than your bills. Remember the advantages of getting your bills printed at this office and be sure to come here for them. Special Homeseekers EXCURSIONS VIA Lousville &Nash ville R, R. TO ALL POINTS IN SOUTHEAST October II and November 15 Less than One Fare for the Round Trip. Tickets limited to return ai days from date of sale. For full information, rates, schedules, time tables and literature, descriptive of the various resources, agricultural. mineral and timber lands along the line, call on or address J. E. DAVENPORT, D. P. A., - St. Louis H. C. BAILEY, N. W. P. A., - Chicago F. D. BUSH, D. P. A., - Cincinnati J. H. MILLIKIN. D. P. A., - Louisville c. i. stone, Gem ». Hoi.. Louisville. Ky. WHEN IN CHICAGO ...STOP ATTHC... New NortKem Baths Hofei Badhs Combined. For Gentlemen Exclusively. {Occupying entire building of 8 stories.) Traveling men are assured every comfort and attention. The most complete and attractive establishment of its kind in the United States. Unrivaled accommodations at only SI.OO A Bed One Night at this price—which is less than the cnargeat first-class hotels —and a Turkish Bath thrown in. Balha—Tu-kish, Russian, Shower. Needle and Plunge—the most sumptuous--1 ly appointed that you can find anywhere. Restaurant— On the European plan. A good chef and moderate rates. Reading Room— Where you can rest and be thankful. Chiropody, Manicuring. OPEN ALL NIGHT. &rs< .d /or Illustrated Booklet. BJM northern BATHS & HOTEL 14 Quincy St., CHICAGO. KIDNEY DISEASES are the most fatal of all disFOLEY’S or money refunded. Contains remedies recognized by eminent physicians as the Best for Kidney and Bladder troubles.

MOTICE TO HEIRS. CREDITORS ANDLEGATEES. In the matter of tbe estate of David A. Phegley, deceased. In the Jasper Circuit Court. November Term, 1904. Notice is hereby given to the creditors, heirs and legatees of David A. Phegley. deceased, and all persons interested in said estate, toappear in the Jasper Circuit Court, on Monday. the 14th day of November, 1904, being the day fixed and endorsed on the final settlement account of Albert J. Biggs, executor of said decedent, and show cause, if any, why such final account should not be approved and the heirs of said decedent and all others interested are also hereby notified to appear in said court on said day and make proof of their heirship, or claim to any part of said estate. Ai.bert J. Biggs. Administrator. Edward P. Honan, Attorney for estate. NOTICE TO NON-RESIDENTS. The State of Indiana, / Jasper County. ) In the Jasper Circuit Gburt. Novemberterm. 1904, James M. Hill, ) vs. > Complaint No. 0725. John A. Yale.etal) Now comes the plaintiff, by Edward P, Honan, his attorney, and files his complaint herein, together with an affidavit that the defendants. Rosalia Jackson and Warren Jackson, her husband; Louisa Free!, Amos Freel, her husband; Ellen Freel and Amos Freel, her husband; John Allen Yale, Mrs, Yale his wife •_ William Merrill, Mrs. Merrill, his wife; Charles Goff and Mrs. Goff, his wife; Henry Baugh; Mrs. Baugh, his wife;arenot residents of the State of Indiana. Notice is therefore hereby given said defendants that unless they be and appear on the 23 day of the next term of the Jasper Circuit Court to be holden the 2d Monday of November, A. 1)., 1904, at the Court House in the City of Rensselaer, in said County and State, and answer or demur to said complaint the ?aine will be heard and determined ir» their absence. in Witness Whereof, I hereunto set my / , hand and affix the seal of said Court. Iskalv ut Rensselaer, Indiana, this 12th day ' ’ of October, A. D. 1904. C.C. WARNER, ClerkE. P. Honan, Atty. for plff. JSJOTICE TO NON-RESIDENTS The State of Indiana, 1 Jasper County. V In the Jasper Circuit Court, November term. 1904. Adolph Rosti / vs > Complaint No. 6726. Dallace C. Pierce, et al.) Now comes the plaintiff, by Jasper Guy, his attorney, and files his complaint herein, together with an affidavit that the defendants. Dallace C. Pierce, iwrs. - Pierce, unknown wife of Dallace C. Pierce; Mrs. Pierce. unknown widow of Dallace C. Pierce, deceased; Lawrence J. Frees, Mrs. Frees, unknown wife of Lawrence J. Frees; Mrs. Frees, unknown widow of Lawrence J, Frees, deceased; all the unknown minor and adult heirs. legatees, devisees, executors, administrators and creditors of each and every of the above named defendants, and all the unknown minor and adult heirs, legatees and devisees of all the unknown heirs, legatees and devisees of each and every of the above named defendants, are not residents of the State of Indiana. Notice is therefore hereby given said defendents. that unless they be and appear on the 26th day of the next term of the Jasper Circuit Court to be holden on the 2d Monday nf November, A. D., 1904. at the Court House in the City of Rensselaer, in said County and State, and answer or demur to said complaint, the same will be heard and determined in their absence. In Witness Whereof, f hereunto set my hand and affix the seal of said Court 5 seal > at Rensselaer, Indi -na.this I4th day ( >—'' of October. A. D„ 1964. . C. C. WARNER. Clerk.

APPLICATION FOR LIQUOR LICENSE Notice is hereby given to the citizens of Walker township, Jasper county, Indiana, that the undersigned resident of the said Township, will apply to the Board of Commissioners of Jasper county, Indiana, at their November Term, 1904, for a license to sell, bartervand give away vinous, malt, and all other intoxicating liquors as a retail dealer, on tbe following described premises, to wit: In the one story frame building bounded as follows: Commencing e’ghteen inches north of the southeast corner of lot number six (6), in brock one (1). in the town of Hogan, in the said township of Walker, andStateof Indiana, and running north parallel with the west line of said lot for a distance of twenty-one (21) feet; thence due west for a distance of eighteen (18: feet; thence south parallel with the said west line of said lot for a distance of tweDty-one (21) feet and thence east a distance of eighteen (18) feet to the place of beginning. The applicant says that the said room and building fronts on a public street in said Town of Hogan, that the said room is so arranged with lights and windows in the front and rear that the whole of the interior thereof may be viewed from the said street; that the same may be securely locked and admission prevented; that there is no partition in said room, and tbe same is separate and apart from other business. The applicant says that be is qualified as an applicant for said license for the said place. The said applicant will also ask permission to sell cigars and tobacco in connection with said business. Said license will be asked for a period of one year. William Ballinger. Oct. 8-15-22. An armload of old papers for a nickel at The Democrat office. Craft’s Distemper and Cough Cure tss&x Sold b j As F. Lone*