The Meridian Tribune. (Meridian, Tex.), Vol. 11, No. 17, Ed. 1 Friday, October 6, 1905 Page: 3 of 8
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Farmers’ Co-Operative
Union of America.
LABOR’S RIGHTS.
Some Extracts From a Speech By
Judge J. F. Cunningham.
I believe that you should continue
your organizations. Of all the
agencies that have helped the labor-
ing masses for the past quarter of a
century in my judgement, none have
done more than organization, and in
this connection I mean not only the
organization of laborers, who are
wage earners, but farmers also, who
are likewise laborers. I know there
are those who believe it is alright
for bankers to organize and for
merchants to organize and for huge
corporations to consolidate, but say
that the laboring people should not
organize because their numbers are so
great that they drift into politics and
thus desturb the equilibrium of bus-
iness.
I am one of those who believe in
fighting the devil with fire, and
when all employers are organized
whatelse can labor do but organize;
for we know that in organization
there is unity, and that in unity there
there is strength, and hence when
the employer acquires strength by
organization, the laborer has a right
to do likewise.
I am a young man, and yet I have
seen immense good come from or-
ganization by the farmers. In my
boyhood days, in Arkansas, I re-
member the Grange, a farmers’ or-
ganization. I used to see them gath-
er together in the log school houses,
little dreaming as to what they were
doing, but when I became a man and
took up thestudy of law, 1 read in
the books the cases called the Gran-
ger cases, many of which went to
the Supreme court of the United
States, and in these cases the Garn-
ger settled in this country the doc-
trine of the right of the govern-
ment to control and fix rates of rail-
roads and other common carriers.
The grange passed away and the al-
liance came, a farmers’ organization
originated in Texas. In a little
while they began to discuss the
commission question, and in a short
time elected Jim Hogg governor and
a legislature who passed present
railroad commission law, the stock
and bond law, and the alien land law,
in my judgement, three of the wis-
est laws passed in Texas in recent
years. The alliance went like the
grange, and soon thereafter came the
Farmers’ Union, an organization too
young to have affected legislation.
But we all Know that when, by the
fraud of government statisticians, at
Washington, and otherwise, the cot-
con crop last fall was estimated at
14,000,000 bales; cotton continued
until it had fallen to $15.00 a bale;
and the Farmers’ Union by their
organization and concerted action
held a very large portion of the cot-
ton from the market until reaction
Cats as Food,
In northern Italy the cat is a favor-
ite article of food, even though people
are forbidden by law from partaking
of the animal. Indeed, cats are fat-
tened and grown for the market with
great care, and the Italians believe
that they far surpass rabbits in every
good quality. The method cooking
the animal is to roast it in an oven
until brown, with onions, garlic, pars-
ley, bay leaf, red wine, and some
fragrant herbs other than those men-
tioned.
Senator Clark’s Fine Home.
The wonderful mansion built by Sen-
ator Clark of Montana in Fifth avenue,
New York, is nearing completion. The
total cost will be about $5,000,000. It
is not so large as one or two others in
that neighborhood, but is by far the
most costly of any of them.
Society Man to Practice Law.
Robert Goelet, the well-known New-
port society man, has filed application
for admittance to the bar of Rhode
Island.
South African Woman Is® Good Shot.
Mrs. E. J. Way, from South Africa,
has been winning honor as a crack
shot in an English shooting tourna-
ment. Clad in a brown shooting cos-
tume, she shot in the full military
prone position at 200 yards and in a
sweepstake made thirty-one out of a
possible thirty-five. When aiming she
brings the brim of her hat closely
over the sight, so that the bar is in
perfect shade. She twists her Boer
pattern sling around the upper arm
and shoots with great steadiness.
came or the price advanced, and thus
saved to the farmers of the south
many millions of dollars.
Then again, the organization of
the laboring people who are wage
earners, by their organization and
unity put in operation the great
principle of arbitration which has
saved millions of dollars in litiga-
tion, has become graven on the stat-
ute books of many states, and has
spread and grown until it has become
an international idea. They passed
the Chinese exclusion act, anti-black-
listing laws, the fellow servant act,
and many other similar provisions
by which crippled and disablee lab-
orers have been enabled to recover
millions of dollars for their injuries
that would have otherwise gone into
the coffers of the rich. In conclus-
ion let me offer one more suggestion,
which is: That you take life insur-
ance in some good fraternal order,
such as the Woodman of the World,
the Knights of Pythias, or Knights
of Macabees; that you live sober,
temperate economic, upright, and
vote rightand victory will be yours
in the end.
The Dallas News is an able publi-
cation, and every word it says
about the evils of the mortgage is
true as Holy writ,” but the News
has overlooked a large fine life pre-
server that is floating near by the
poor mortgage-ridden victim. The
warehouse system is intended pur-
posely for his use while he is stag-
gering in the deep and impassible
waters. The man who needs no fin-
ancial aid needs no warehouse “to
help him hold on.’’ But as no ship-
wrecked man expects to continually
use the life preserver, so no sensible
person for a moment expects to con-
tinue to rely upon the warehouse and
its loan, This is only a step to in-
dependence. That there will always
be a shiftless element none pretends
to deny, but the Educational scheme
of the Farmers’ Union is intended to
so modify and reduce this element
that its potency will be inconsider-
able. It is Educate, Educate, Edu-
cate, all the time, ignorance, vice and
poverty are inseparable. Let in the
light and vice and poverty take
flight like all the minions of dark-
ness. Educate, Educate, Educate,
The removal of the Texas head-
quarters to Dallas, the central and
greatest Texas metropolis, will be of
great benefit to the Union all over
the state. From Dallas eminate the
great state papers and from there
comes the best market rdports: Dal-
las is a news disributing center and
being a great publishing center—the
greatest in the entire south—the
Farmers’ Union will receive special
attention that it has hitherto not re-
ceived. The move is a good and a
wise one for the Union.
Little Things Count Big.
The half-inch United States stand-
ard screw-thread has thirteen turns
per inch. Mr. Welsh, the original su-
perintendent of the Westinghouse
air-brake works, used for the half-inch
bolt twelve threads instead of thir-
teen. This decision has proved to be
a mistake, and the company would be
glad to change it, but the immense
number of brake equipments, which
are out all over the world, the con-
stant call for repairs and extensions
make it impossible.
Will Start Buffalo Ranch.
C. J. (“Buftalo ’) Jones, who lived
in Oklahoma and who went from there
to serve as game custodian in Yellow-
stone Park, has resigned his position
to engage in the raising of buffaloes
and mixed bloods, known as cataloes
on his ranch near the Grand canyon
of the Colorado river in Arizona.
King Worth Kidnaping.
When the king of Siam has on his
full regalia he is supposed to repre-
sent an outlay of more than $1,000,000.
Costly Monument to Mexican Woman,
What probably will be the cost-
liest monument erected to the dead
in recent times will be placed above
the grave of Mrs. Margarita Alvarado,
the late wife of Pedro Alvarado, the
peon mining king of Mexico. The
monument will be of Italian marble
and solid silver. Two tons of silver
from Alvarado’s famous Palmilla mine
in the Parril district will be used. A
steel frame will be built around the 1
grave to guard against the theft of
silver from the monument.
ALL OVER TEXAS.
A postoffice has been established at
Robstown, Nueces county, with Au-
gust Keuhm, postmaster.
A much needed rain fell at Sherman
Sunday evening, putting the soil in
good condition for the fall crops.
The board of directors of the Waxa-
hachie Chautauqua held their first
meeting Friday in preparation for the
season of 1906.
The first consignment of cotton for
the season, thirty days late, was made
Saturday at Monahans by Sweatt Bros,
of Grand Falls to parties in Galveston.
The Southern Pacific Railroad Com-
pany will improve Sutherland Springs,
in Bexar county, so as to furnish bath-
ing and swimming on a large scale.
Ward county was thoroughly soaked
again by heavy rains Saturday. This
will insure heavy fodder over the
ranges for live stock during the win-
ter.
The gin belonging to the Redwood
Gin Company, five miles from San
Marcos, was badly damaged by fire.
The loss is fully covered by insurance.
Bryan has received to date 13,000'
bales of cotton. The gin men, who are
in a position to know the trade condi-
tions, state the bulk of the crop is out,
and from now on the receipts will be
light. •
L. F. Powell, who fell down an ele-
vator shaft some ten days previously,
died in West Dallas Friday. Mr. Pow.
ell is an old time and well known news-
paper man.
Alvy Brannon, the 17-year-old son
of V. I. Brannon, had his arm’ caught
in a gin at Bangs and it was torn up
so badly that it had to be amputated
close to the shoulder.
The building of the Cuero extension
of the Galveston, Harrisburg and San
Antonio Railroad will open up a good
timber country tributary to San Anto-
nio.
Grundy Lotinds sold a bale of cotton
at Clarksville for 13 l-3c, that being
the highest price paid for cotton there
this season. The staple measured 11-4
inches.
The Stone & Webster syndicate of
Boston, Mass., recently sent an engin-
eer to Austin who made a thorough
study of the dam and he has just re-
turned to Boston to make his report.
Sherman is excited over the report
that a wild man is hiding out in the
suburbs of that city, who is seen only
at night or dusk, and who goes about
on both hands and feet.
The contract for the new Broadway
Baptist church, Fort Worth, has been
let. The new edifice will be on the
old Broadway site and will cost some-
thing like $30,000. It will be of red
brick, trimmed in white limestone.
Hon. Robert A. John of Jefferson
county has notified his friends that he
is a candidate to succeed Judge John
N. Henderson of Brazos county on the
Court of Criminal Appeals .before the
democratic primaries next July.
President Harrington of the A. & M.
College has announced that all the
rooms in the dormitory are now full
except a few that are being held for
old students who are expected to ar-
rive during the next few days.
A slow, quiet rain began falling at 2
o’clock Saturday at Sanderson, contin-
uing till late in the evening, the fall
being 1.10. News reached Sanderson
that the rain was general, and will
mean good rain for stock, this winter.
Rain was very much needed and same
just in time.
Joseph W. Fifer, former governor of
Illinois, will retire from the Interstate
Commerce Commission next January
to return to the practice of law in Illi-
nois1. This is in line with the presi-
dent’s determination to reorganize the
commission.
Quite a great deal of cotton is being
brought into the compress at Hearne,
and the plant is making several runs
per week. The farmers marketed
their cotton as fast as it was gathered,
and took advantage of the prices which
have, been paid during the past month.
Sullie Powers, a Grayson county ne-
gress, sometimes called “Grundy,”
broke the record at cotton picking
last week. Between suns she picked
631 pounds. It was Red river bottom
lands. Men have exceeded this record
but no woman reached it.
The formal consolidation of the
Beaumont National and Gulf National
Banks took place last Thursday, and
the Gulf National paid all checks and
handled all business next morning that
was formerly handled by the Beau-
mont National.
Regulation for Well Shooting.
Beaumont, Tex.: District Judge
Pope issued a restraining order today
prohibiting anyone from “shooting’
any wells on Spindle Top with dyna-
mite, except under the supervision and
with the consent of the receiver of the
Hill-Mally Eastham.. This is the re-
sult of various complaints recently
lodged with the court tnat parties are
shooting wells which results in ir-
reparable damage to the field gener
ally.
A Census Oddity,
Among the census oddities is the
Hingham report, where the same fig-
ures are shown that the town showed
10 years ago. Pittsfield registers an
even 25,000. In the national census
of 1900 the nearest approach to even
thousands among places of consider-
able size was South Omaha, Neb.,
which had 26,001.
Built Nest in Skeleton.
Twelve months ago a crow was shot
by a keeper in Down Ampney Park,
near Swindon, Eng., and hung in the
coppice. A wren’s nest has now been
discovered inside the skeleton.
J3-chn -funiPruPhrw car-cin
Milady’s Purse.
She was an heiress and the purse
She carried in her dainty hand
Might well the fortunes reimburse
Of any spendthrift in the land.
At least, most men imagined so,
Yet they for years might rack their
brains,
And after, all would never know
The total wealth that purse contains.
So here in full we give the list,
From which no item has been missed:
Ait
FAR ROUND
A bit of string, a button hook,
A clipping from a cooking book,
A little Turkish cigarette,
A bit of gum (unused as yet),
Samples of gingham, organdie,
Chiffon, crepon and dimity.
Besides a shred of mousseline
De soie, a worn-out safety pin,
A collar button made of bone,
A lock of hair (perhaps her own),
A fashionable modiste’s card,
A strip of blue and white foulard,
A. picture postal card from Rome
And half a dime to take her home.
—Catholic Standard and Times.
Dueling on Bicycles.
Dueling on bicycles is reported to
be a new diversion in Spain.", Two
members of the Bicycle club of Gran-
ada recently met in a knife duel,
which is probably the first encounter
of the kind ever fought upon wheels.
Accompanied by their seconds, they
wheeled out some distance on the road
to Malaga, to a secluded spot. There,
posted 700 feet apart, at a sign they
wheeled toward each other, each di-
recting the machine with the left
hand, and brandishing in the right
that terrible knife of Spain—the nava-
ja. At the first clash Perez pierced
the left arm of Marcus, but at the
third encounter Marcus thrust his
knife into Perez’s right breast. In a
few minutes the latter died of internal
hemorrhage.
Makes Money on a Tiny Farm.
The most successful farmer in the
United States resides at Hyde Park,
Pa. His farm contains three and one-
half acres of land, only two and one-
half of which are cultivated, but they
yield him annually ,$1,200 to $1,500.
From the profits of his intensive farm-
ing he has paid $3,800 for his property,
which consists of a modern two-story
brick house, with barn, chicken yard,
orchard and three and one-third acres
of land, and he has besides raised and
educated a family of three children.
He has no other occupation.
The name of this unusual man is
Oliver R. Shearer. He is a Pennsyl-
vania German, whose ancestors were
Pennsylvanians for 100 years.
SARCASM OF DEAN SWIFT.
Colored Wood.
A considerable industry has recent-
ly been developed in Sweden on the
basis of an invention made by Joseph
Phister, an Austrian, whereby coloring
matter is forced into fresh-cut wood.
It takes the place of the sap, and gives
to the wood a brilliant color, which
does not fade after the wood has be-
come seasoned. Birch, beech, alder,
maple, elm and basswood are the va-
rieties most successfully treated. The
dye can be forced through lengths of
wood as great as 13 feet. When sea-
soned and polished the colored wood
presents a beautiful appearance, and
is largely used for making furniture,
and also for the fittings of ships and
street cars.
Nature’s Curiosities.
Corea has two springs of water, sit-
uated at some distance from each
other, which are very peculiar. Al-
though they have the entire breadth of
the peninsula between them, when one
is full the other is always empty.
They are, of course, connected by a
long underground passage, yet the
water in one is bitter and the water
in the other is pure and sweet.
There is a cavern named Cold Wind
cave. From it a wintry wind blows
perpetually. So fierce and strong is
the icy current of air, travelers say,
that an athletic man is unable to stand
up at the mouth of the cave.
American Irony.
The American habit of irony crops
out in the desert as in more favored
sections,
stopping
Springs.
In Death valley there is a
place called Saratoga
Here a spring of clear
sparkling water bubbles from the
sand. It looks inviting, but is tepid
in temperature and so laden with sul-
phur and other minerals that when ta-
ken into the stomach acts as an emet-
ic instantly. This sign stands above
the spring: “Saratoga Springs, Christ-
mas day, 1900. Twenty miles from
wood. Twenty miles from water.
Forty feet from hell. Keep off the
grass. Don’t waste the water.”
Strange Imposed Sentences.
Court records at Exeter, N. H., show
that in 1793 Aaron Whitehouse was
sentenced on two indictments for
theft amounting in all to $195. On the
first he was to receive 20 stripes and
pay aggrieved party double damages.
On the second he got off with double
damages and costs, with the alterna-
tive of being marked with india ink
across his forehead and from the mid-
dle of that line to the end of his nose.
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Healthful, Invigorating.
# LEAVES A PLEASANT FAREWELL
5 —-A GRACIOUS CALL BACK.
AT ALL SODA FOUNTAINS
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DALLAS, TEXAS. •
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We Do Good Job Printing
and deliver Work when promised.
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Humor in His "Rules and Directions
for Servants.”
There was a servant problem when
Dean Swift was alive just as there is
to-day, and he died in 1745. in his
“Rules aid Directions for Servants”
he wrote: “When you have broken
all your earthen vessels below stairs
—which is usually done in a week—
the copper pot will do as well; it can
boil milk, heat porridge, hold small
beer; apply it indifferently to all these
uses, but never wash or scour it.”
And again: “If you want paper to
singe a fowl, tear the first book you
see about the house. Wipe your shoes
for want of a clout, on the bottom of
a curtain or a damask napkin.” “In
roasting or boiling,” he goes on, “use
none but the large coals and save
the small ones for the fires above
stairs.” Another touch that might
have been written to-day is the follow-
ing: “When a butler cleans the plate
leave the whiting plainly to be seen in
all the chinks, for fear your lady
should not believe you had cleaned
it.” Once more: “There are several
ways of putting out a candle; you
may run the candle end against the
wainscot, which puts the snuff out im-
mediately; you may lay it on the
ground and tread the snuff out with
your foot; you may hold it upside
down until it is choked in its own
grease, or cram it into the socket of
the candlestick; you may whirl it
round in your hand till it goes out.”
DOES NOT LIVE IN FIRE.
Popular Idea About the Salamander
Is Fallacious.
Now that “spontaneous generation”
has exchanged the realm of supersti-
tion for that of fact, an older theory
about it becomes interesting. In An-
drews’ “Anecdotes Ancient and Mod-
ern” (1789), one reads: “Should a
glass house fire be kept up, without
extinction for a longer term than sev-
en years, there is no doubt that sala-
mander would be generated in the cin-
ders.” This probably accounts for the
popular idea that a salamander lives
in the fire, a fallacy so far removed
from the truth that the curious lizard-
like beast so called cannot endure
even the heat of the sun, but skulks
away under stones to avoid it. It will
never lose its reputation for fire-eat-
ing, though, which lingers still in the
heating utensil that is named after it.
We are going to Memphis to at-
tend the convention of the Credit
Men’s Association, and see if we can’t
git ’em to forgit the past. We have
always been a friend of the credit
men and the railroad men. Without
the assistance of the former we could
not live in this here burn town, and
without the latter we never could git
out of ' it.—Hardeman (Tenn.) Free
Press.
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