NEED CO-OPERATION ESSENTIAL TO SUCCESS IN ALL BUSINESS UNDERTAKINGS. ON SOME LATE IMPOSITIONS Schemes Devised to Deceive the Peo ple and to Gain Support for Un sound Financial Propo sitions. Harmonious co-operation is essen tial in any successful business. By co-operation is not meant such orga nization as the communistic and mon astic societies found in parts of the European countries, and occasionally existing in America. As co-operation relates to manufacture and commer cialism, it simply means a righteous regard on part of employer and the employed for the liberty and privil ege of both. It means of the laborer, a just day's work for a just day's ■compensation; and for the employer, services rendered for the wages he must pay. Interests of both are paral lel. One has his capital invested, money employed and the other has al so his capita' represented by his abil ity to labor either in a mental or physical capacity. In England and in parts of Ger many, there are numerous societies, the workers in each being common stockholders and participating in all profits according to their holdings, in fact these societies are nothing more than the great railroad com panies and industrial concerns of .America, only that in the latter the stockholders seldom take an active part in the work performed. One who takes the care to study into condi tions in the countries where this form of co-operation exists, will find environments far different from what obtains in the United States. In vari ous places and at different times at tempts to copy aft r the English co operative societies have been made in the United States. Failure has re warded the efforts made. Some few communities flourished for a time, then decayed. Propped up by the success of the few successful organizations in the old country, shrewd schemers have started different commercial enter prises in cities of tlio United States, supposed to be operated upon the co operative plan. When carefully stud ied, and the plans of the promoters dissected, it will be found that co operation in these cases seems simp ly the getting into business on other people's money, and weaving around the enterprise such appearances as leads the unsophisticated to believe that from few dollars invested, great ■savings can be made. In fact the •co-operative plan is more for the pur pose of advertising a private business proposition and gaining trade from those who invest their dollars in the jilan. 3t is a foolish thing for the resi dent of any town or farming commu nity to invest money in such enter prises, which means competition for liis home town, the killing off of its business and the building up of con cerns in large cities. The earnest man or woman can see in their own home place splendid chances for co-opera tion. Established business systems as found in the rural towns, are splendid examples of what co-opera tion should be. The home merchant supplies the residents of the place ■with the commodities that they re quire; the merchant is the medium of exchange of the products of the farmer. In the transactions employ ment is given to home labor, and the little profits are kept at homo for the benefit of all in the community. •Co-operation can be simmered down to a strictly home-trade principle, and there can be no higher form, no sys tem inaugurated that will bring bet ter results to the masses. Before you invest in co-operative mercantile schemes devised by shrewd business men in the large cities, study every phase of the question well, and you are likely to conclude that in your own town there is xilenty of room for co-operative work. EQUITABLE PROFITS. .Cost of Production Should Always Be a Factor in the Matter of Prices. rt'rofits should bear an equitable re lation to cost of production. The farm er who has money invested In lands, agricultural implements, stocks, and other things necessary to carry on bis business, when selling his products must take into consideration the inter est on his money invested, the wear and tear of farm equipment, the wages of hired help and a salary for his own service. When ho sells his products for less than pays the expenses nec essary to carry on his work and culti vate his crops, care for his stock, etc., he is the loser. The samo principles apply to the person engaged in any .other line of business. There is inter est on capital employed, wages, taxes, license and cost of articles which com prise the stock necessary for opera tion. Goods must be sold at a certain percentage of profit or there will ba a case for the sheriff or the bank ruptcy court. In dealing with our fellow men we should always bear ia mind the principles of business, and not exact too great profits or soil or buy at prices other than equitable. It is also a good thing to remember when great bargains are offered that cost of production and legitimate profits must be conslderod. Too low prices give cause for suspicion that goods are inferior in some way, or that there In 9 "uiirtrfir in tbu fmnua." FIGHT AGAINST CORRUPTION Prosecution of Oppressive Combine* Afford a Lesson to Home T-aders. Never before lias there been such a stirring up of the masses anil an awakening as to rottenness in finan cial affairs among the large corpora tions as at present. Some one at one time said that* "when thieves fall out the devil gets his reward." So it seems at present when faction Is ar rayed against faction in exposing crooked operations in great financial and business deals, in which the little fish are swallowed by the big ones, and the men in control, like wolves, lead the lambs to slaughter. It is amazing how farspread are the frauds practiced, and how high up in public estimation are the manipula tors of the rotten deals. The stealings of the millionaires and multi-million aires, the intrigues and their perjuri ous lying and misrepresentations to accomplish their aims; the intricacy of the machinery used in their opera tions, the perfection of the means, the combinations employed to fleece the people of dollars, would do credit to a Gagliostro or a Machiavelli, or a Capt. Kidd. There cannot be doubt that, these various articles appearing in the mag azines and general newspapers will have the result of opening the eyes of the public to things that few hereto fore ever gave serious consideration. They will have the effect of making the people more cautious in making investments of their earnings, and will result in lessons that are bene ficial to the country at large. lloma trade principles preclude the possibil ity of people losing by the operations of such gigantic schemers. Money in vested in your own community in the development of its latent resources will give excellent returns, is ever under your own observation, and while the percentage of profit from some home investments may not be up to the representations made by the ma nipulators of stocks and the shearers of lambs in general, you are not BO likely to be a loser. D. M. CARIt. MARKET DAYS IN TOWNS. Successful Plans to Entertain Visitors and Attract Trade. How to attract trade to towns is a question that interests every business man. There must be some attraction for people of the surrounding country; some entertainment to please. Many means have been putin operation by different towns to bring about the ob jects desired. The people of the small er towns in different western states have inaugurated street carnivals, fall festivals and similar enterprises to entertain people from the surrounding farming sections. These methods have been universally successful, and have resulted in bringing trade to the towns that otherwise would have gone elsewhere. Not alone this, but the residents of the rural districts are brought in contact with the city peo ple on a friendly basis and harmonious relations established that are highly desirable. In many towns market days have been established. From early spring until late in fall one day in the month is set aside for "market day." For this occasion bands of music are engaged, balloon ascensions, baseball games, races and similar attractions are em ployed to interest the people. All these are free, the expense being borne by the business interests of the town. The farmers are invited to bring to tlie town their horses, cattle, hogs, in fact, every product that they have for sale, and the same is auctioned off to the best advantage. On these market days all kinds of articles can be had at bargain prices. Each storekeeper makes special efforts to offer bargains, and generally the sales are enormous. A few enterprising small towns that have adopted the market-day idea have become noted for many miles about as lively trade centers and take trade away from territory in the neigh borhood of less enterprising towns. The market-day idea is worthy of con sideration by business men in small towns who desire to pursue an inex pensive method of attracting trade to the place. Duty of Good Citizens. Home and its protection is the safe guard of all government. That citi zen who has the love of home and fealty to homo interests, is a worthy representative of a commonwealth. It is the mass of such men that are the backbone of any community, and, figuratively, the mainstay and the rock upon which the nations are founded. Whoever lives in a com munity and fails to support the pub lic institutions and does not assist in the building up of industries that add to the greatness of that community, is like an alien. While he lives one place, his heart is in another. He is not the ideal citizen, for he is not in harmony with those who are his neighbors. It is the duty of every resident of a town or community to do his utmost to advance its interest. By thus doing ho not alone assists himself,'but his neighbors, his town, his county, his state and his nation. Time to Awaken. Any plan devised that tends toward greater business centralization makes easier the building up of harmful combinations. During the past ten years billions of dollars hare b«en sent to the large cities by the resi dent of rural communities, and these billions hare been used in building up trusts that work against the be*t In terests of the masses who reside In agricultural sections. Is it not time to awaken to the dangers of sendiafl mnnmw tur«v frnm iha CAMERON COUNTY PRESS, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1907. S STORY OF HIGH FIMCEJ CHICAGO 13 TOLD TO THE JURY IN JOHN R WALSH'S CASE. USED THE MONEY OF BANKS To Obtain for Himself the Ownership of Various Properties, Giving, It Is Alleged, Worthless Bonds as Security. Chicago, 111. The trial of John It. Walsh, formerly president of the Chicago national bank, now defunct, on a charge of misuse of the funds of that Institution, formally opened Wed nesday. The jury was completed and Assistant District Attorney Fletcher Dobyns, at the opening of the after noon session, began the preliminary statement in behalf of the government. The government will attempt to show that Walsh took from the Chi cago national bank, the Equitable Trust Co. and the Home Savings bank $14,000,000. Dobyns declared that Walsh obtained the ownership of vari ous large properties without cost to himself by using the funds of the banks. He said: "Watered stock to the probable amount of $25,000,000 or $30,- 000,000 was issued. Mr. Walsh, through his employes, voted the stock to him self. He then sold this stock to the banks, taking the money to build up his private enterprises. All of the stock so sold by Mr. Walsh was prac tically valueless. It was the practice of Mr. Walsh to make loans to one of his companies and then sell the bonds of that company to the bank. These bonds were practically worthless." The assistant district attorney stat ed to the jury that Mr. Walsh had in duced various persons to sign "accom modation" notes for the bank. "Then," said Dobyns, "he signed the names of people to notes. Checks were made out papable to bearer, and credited to the personal account of Mr. Walsh. "Bonds were made out to the same Mummies' whose names were on the notes and credits were made to Mr. Walsh's account. "In 1903 Mr. Walsh was told by the bank examiner that the Chicago na tional bank was being loaded down with the securities of Mr. Walsh's per sonal enterprises. The examiner or dered him to take those securities out, and Mr. Walsh promised to do so. "In 1004 the bank was found in the same condition, the warning was re peated and Mr. Walsh again promised to remove the securities. Another examination showed that the bank was in a worse condition than ever and it was then ordered closed. "The government will show that Walsh's method was to buy from him self, fix his own price and put the money in his pocket." DECISION WAS RESERVED. Case of Inter-state Commerce Commis sion vs. E. H. Harriman Is Heard in Court. N'ew York City. After seven hours and a half of argument on both sides of the question, Judge Hough, in the United States circuit court, an nounced last night that he would not be ready to render a decision on the petition of the inter-state commerce commission to compel E. 11. Harriman to answer certain questions propound ed to him last spring in the course of the commission's Investigation into the so-called Harriman lines, until De cember 1. The arguments took a wide range and the powers of the inter-state com merce commission were thoroughly gone into. Ex-Senator John C. Spoon er, of Wisconsin, appeared for the first time in the case and argued in defense of the position maintained by Mr. Har riman—that he is not required to tell the commission what profit he made in selling the stocks of other railroads held by him to the Union Pacific com pany, or to detail the manner in which the famous 10 per cent. Union Pacific dividend was declared in August, 190G, and its announcement deferred for two days. All that Mr. Harriman had done, Mr. Milburn declared, had met with 'he fullest approval of the stockholders of the Union Pacific Co. He stated that allowing for losses sustained in the re cent heavy slump of prices the Union Pacific had profited no less than $32,- 000,000 by its stock purchases. DEFENSE WILL PLEAD INSANITY. Trial of Mrs. Annie Bradley, Who Killed Ex-Senator Brown, Begins. Washington, I). C.—The first day of the trial of Mrs. Annie M. Bradley on the charge of murdering ex-United States Senator Brown, of Utah, was spent in an effort to obtain a jury. When at 4 o'clock Wednesday the court adjourned for the day that pre liminary work was still incomplete, notwithstanding 61 men had been ex amined as to their competency to sit in the case. The questions put up by the attor neys for the prosecution and the de fense served to define to some extent the lines which will be followed by both sides of the case. It was evi dent thftt the attorneys for Mrs. Brad ley will depend upon the plea of in sanity as their only defense. If there was any confidence In the plea of jus tification it was not expressed. Six Men Killed by a Train. Milwaukee, Wis.—Six men were killed at South Milwaukee last night when a Chicago & Northwestern train ran into a crowd on a grade crossing near the station. All of the victims were so mutilated that identification \ras for a time Impossible. Passed a Prohibition Bill. Montgomery, Ala. The house of representatives on Wednesday passed the statutory prohibition bill by a vote of 63 to 25. The bill pro hibits the pale or giving away of' In toxicating liquors after October L, 1908. OUR OFFICE-BOY, O3 Monday mom the boy was hired, fie went to work like one inspired. "I Jo not care for holidays. A baseball name? It never pays." Say* Jini to me, "He'll get a raise, That boy I hired." On Tuesday he was more Inspired. "Soma relative," said he, "has wired Grandmother's 111 —perhaps she may He burled on next Saturday.' Says I to Jim, "He wants to play. That boy you hired." Next Monday morn the boy retired. We did not tell him he was llred. We begged, Implored, the boy to stay. His fcrandnri left him millions. Say! We're sorry he has gone away. Says Jim to me, "I'm tired!" —Walter Beverley Grane In Judge. Morality. Morality Is often only that which Is left over after our desires are satia ted.—Life. CASE OF FALSE PRETENSES. First Motorist —Hullo, old chap, you down here? I suppose you are putting up at the "Royal" where I am? Second Motorist —No, fact is, my cat broke down just outside the Temper ance hotel, so I had to pretend It was there 1 had intended to put up. Sad. He didn't hear tne auto horn, He didn't look to see; Nor did lie stop—that Is, until He landed in a tree. —Detroit I-'ree Press. In Chicago. Mr. Wabash—l'm going out to get a divorce, dear. Mrs. Wabash —Well, please hurry back. "Don't worry; I shall." "But I can't help worrying." "Why?" "Suppose you shouldn't get the di vorce?" —Yonkers Statesman. The Paragrapher's Courtship. He (in the parlor)— Excuse me, but have you a pencil and sheet of blank paper handy? She —Yes; but why do you want them? He —I Just had a 50-cent thought.— Chicago Daily News. Not At All Difficult. Blanche —The most difficult thing when going away is to make up one's mind what to take and what to leave behind. Henriette—Oh, I don't think so. I take all my frocks and leave my hus band. A Natural Inference. Mr. Iloxton (with morning paper)— Gad! Fastsett's auto was wrecked last night and the six occupants were badly hurt. Mrs. ltoxton—Poor Mrs. Fastsett! I wonder how she received the news! Puck. Mental Farming. "Thought you said you had ploughed that ten-acre field?" said the first farmer. "No; I only said I was thinking about it," said th« second farmer. "Oh, I see, you've merely turned it over in your mind!" Trying Occupation. Towne—You look rather weary, old man. Browne—Yes; I've had a trying time this past week. Towne—lll? Browne—No; on a jury. Leisure Hours. "How do you spend your leisure hours?" asked the inquisitive caller. "Leisure hours!" exclaimed the edi tor. "Oh, yes; I spend them trying to catch up with my work."—Chicago Daily News. Seeing Stars. Bill —They say the naked eye caa never see from any one spot of the earth's surface more than 3,000 stars. Jill —Oh, I don't know! I guess I've struck spots where I saw more than that!—Yonkers Statesman. Natural Association of Ideas. "Mr. Softy," cried the sweet little Infant terror, "my pa says you're a muff. Is that why my big sister lets you hold her hands so much?" —Balti- more American. » Brave. Ziggsby—There goes the fellow who whistles at danger. Perksby—Ah, he must bo a very brave fellow. Who Is he? Ziggsby—A locomotive driver. A Noisy Game. "Maud, can't you play tennis with out all that noise?" "Now, how do you suppose we are going to play tennis without raising a racket?" nsTEd i H WE have the best stocked general store In th.e county and if yon are looking for re ... liable goods at reasonable 112 prices, we are ready to serve 1j f' yon with the,best to be found, 1- Our reputation for trust worthy goods and fliir dealing is too well known to sell any g Our stock of Queensware and J| Ohinaware is selected with S i|j . great care and we have eomo g of the most handsome dishes ever shown in this section, both in imported and domestio makes. We invite you to visit us and look our goods over. 9 1 Baloom & Lloyd, j ssEEazssxsjoaa LOOK ELSEWHERE BUT DON'T FORGET H THESE PRICES AND FACTS AT jl LaBAR'S ij H We carry in stock || pets, Linoleums and QdLf IrTSffirtl * SI EJ Mattings of all kinds Pj ever brought to this • J|j A very large line ot tFOttITHE tl~fwl W |3 SESSS.F COHRNRMKEIOMK »? Art Squares and of fine books In a choice Ijbtafy El Rug 3 of all sizes and select the Ideal pattern;of •*' * M kind, from the cheap- Wernicke "Elastic" few Nest to the best Furnished with bev& Rentt | plate or leaded glass doors. 1 «jj Dining Chairs, '»« •»« »» M Rockers and GEO. J. L^BAR, ChairS. Sole Agsut for jfe^l Cj A large and elegant ■ liue of Tufted and £1 Ejg Drop-head Couches. Beauties end at bargain prices. Fj| ' —i £'2 £ j S3O Bedroom Suite, CO IT fWdebowrd, our- tfnft F'2 •olid oak at eutr 33U P* t? S2B Bedroom Suita, CO I |32 BKktend, aar- ffftr H solid oak at 311 toradWfl. 77. 2JB If irtft $25 Bod room Ruits, tf Ofl $22 Rkk&omid, quar- JMI solid oak at Cored ofcfi, SN) |i A large line of Dressers from Chiffoniers of all kinds aud $3 up. all pi'fooe. fcV £j| TJhe finest line of Sewing Machines en the mks&xJU frlfl Ij the "Dotestfrc" and mmSf- |5 | j heads and *fl»rrantcd. MS MS A fine iine of Dishes, common grade and Ctoua. in *3 sets anfl %y the piece. 11l As I a full line of everything that ■MI make tip a Furniture store, it is use'fess t® cupful- ki Jjs'il erafre tisem an. ggfi Mease call and see for yourself that I nm tek iftS you the tru£h, an<3 if you don'{ buy, there is no WHS*!; g done, as It Ss no trotifcle to show goods. ||B 1 G®o. J .LaBAl. f] **'" * AafcA Aaifcji'iirtfcjifcjifciit afcgfciim m ivt. 3
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