CHARLIE HORSE" By ADELINE KNAPP. v . -js&mr. "Yes, Indeed, I can take you JuBt a well at not. It's a little bit of a brown house on a aide street you cnight have trouble finding It, but I've taken Alice borne aeveral timea after Jab she ia auch a nice girl." Eleanor Barnard did not mean her tone to aound condescending, but ahe waa In a particularly "elegant" mood that afternoon. She and Helen Perley were coming down the atepi of Mra. Longley'a school for girls. Helen waa a new comer In the school and in the town. Bhe waa a pleasant, attractive girl, bnt what gave her special prestige in the eyes of her new schoolmates was that her grandfather, now dead, had been Governor of the State, and her father, a brilliant lawyer, although atlll a young man, was spoken of as likely to go even further than the cider Perley had done. Eleanor Barnard's father waa the wrier of a large mill, a man who had made his own way and fortune, and enjoyed the high esteem of the com munity. In Mrs. Longley'a school Eleanor waa the only girl who had a carriage at her own disposal. It was really her mother's, and was only a very handsome park phaeton drawn by a very gentle sorrel horse. There waa just one shadow over her pleasure In the use of the phaeton. Danny, the sorrel, was a fine, aristocratic-looking animal, a free traveler and perfectly fearless; but among her father's delivery horses waa one reserved for light work only, a creature so superlatively handsome that In Eleanor's opinion Danny looked like a yellow cow be side him. Charlie was a showy, up standing iron-gray, beautlfuly dap pled, with an arching neck and a proudly carried tail. Eleanor often .teased her father to let her drive Charlie before the phaeton, but al ways met with a half-laughing re fusal. To-day Eleanor had for the first xime invited Helen Perley to drive with her In the park, and Helen had accepted the Invitation joyously. "I wonder," Bhe said, "whether, while we are up In the neighborhood, you would mind running In with me to call on my cousin, Malda FanBhaw? I ought to go there soon." Eleanor was delighted. She did not know Malda Fanshaw although she had long desired to. The Fan haws were one of the oldest families In town, and the thought of calling pon Malda thus familiarly with Helen Perley set all her latent social ambitions to purring contentedly. She formed a great resolution. When she stopped at the livery stable at noon to order the phaeton, she told the man In charge to put "Prince Charlie," as she called him, into the shafts. The man looked puzzled. VPrlnce Charlie?" he queried. "Do you mean that there proud-going dapple-gray f Mr. Barnards?" "Yes," Eleanor replied, a' little haughtily, and he ventured a re monstrance. "Why, miss," he said, "you don't want to drive that there Charlie horse, do you?" Yes, Eleanor was rfuro she did. "Please have the phaeton at the school promptly at half past two," and she swept away, full of school girl dignity, leaving .the . man to scratch his head in genuine per plexity. At half past two a boy from the stable stood at Charlie's head before the school as Eleanor and her guest came down the steps. The handsome gray certainly made a picture, set off by Danny's harness and the stylish phaeton. He was not altogether com fortable. His own bridle bore neither check-rein nor blinders. Danny's over draw did not restrain that beautiful crest and proudly held head, but he tossed It impatiently now and then Ja a way that gave him an unusually spirited air. Helen noticed it as the girls came down the walk. "Oh!" she cried. "Do you drive that beautiful creature? Aren't you afraid of him?" Eleanor laughed as she stood to let Helen enter the phaeton. "He's perfectly gentle." she said, "and I am ased to driving." Eleanor .took up the reins and whip and they were oft. The phaeton was a large one, but Its weight waa aotnlng as compared with that of ven a light express wagon with sev ral barrels of flour, and Charlie missed the steadying resistance of his anal load. He put unnecessary strength into propelling the light Yehlcle. and once or twice, at a word from Eleanor, he accelerated bis ex press wagon gait. As he settled by degrees Into a comprehension of his new task the two girls talked of school matters. Helen was not quite prepared, as to her Latin, for the class which she could otherwise easily enter, and Mrs Lougley had suggested that Alice Graydon, who was unusually clever at Latin, might coach her so as to bring her up to the class work. Alice had not been at school that day. and Klcanor offered to take Helen to see her, after their other call had beeto aiade, "Yes, Indeed." she assented, heart fly, to a remark of Helen's. "Alice Is a lovely girl! You know she Is going to be a teacher. Mrs. Longley Is giving her every opportunity, and she ts so deserving." "She said. seems ysry clover," Helen "Oh, ever so cloverl I guess since hor father's Illness things haven't been easy for them. He was an em ploye at the mill before his break down. Father says he is a most worthy man." A splendid fellow!" were the words lu which the mill owner alwsys characterized bis friend and former bookkeeper; hut then, honest John Earnard had never been seated In a park phaeton with the granddaughter of n ex-Governor, driving to one of tho most aristocratic houses in town. Thsy were outside tho park now, anl Charlie traveled delightfully dc-ii the broad, shady avenue oa which the Fanshaws lived. Eleanor's heart was aglow with pride she was glad she had made the change, the equipage was a most creditable one and she reined in with a flourish be fore the Fanshaw mansion. Now the beautiful gray was a re markably well-broken animal for his particular line of work. A clever beast was Charlie; and the boys at the mill were wont to say that It there were only some one to unload, he could deliver flour without a driver. His one Idea In life was to do his duty In that station to which be had been called. That duty, as he understood it, was to bring the back of the delivery wagon close up to the curb, so that the flour barrels could be rolled out easily, and when he had done this, to turn himself and the front wheels In from the centre of the street, so as to take up as little room as possible. Accordingly, at the signal to stop, he took a wide Bweep out from the curb, and backing suddenly, before his bewildered driver could realize what was happening, he brought the phaeton neatly back until the rubber tired hind wheels touched the curb, swinging himself to the right, and halted, proudly, when he stood exact ly at right angles to the body of the vehicle. Helen gave a little gasp of surprise, and one or two passers-by stopped to watch. It was unusual, at least, to see a park phaeton halted in this fashion. Eleanor, white with mortification, wheeled Charlie back into line and brought him again parallel to the curb. He was a little surprised, but he was a willing horse, and when Eleanor again drew rein he circled out and repeated the maneuver, this time with an energy of zeal that sent both girls backward as the wheels came against the curb. By this time a crowd had gathered. A gentleman came up, and taking Charlie by the bridle, brought him and the phaeton round to the curb so that the girls could alight. Eleanor had by this time caught sight of two or three interested faces In the win dow of the Fanshaw house, and she was fairly faint with humiliation as she thanked her helper and tied Charlie, preparatory to going in with Helen. She sat in the Fanshaws' drawing room and answered concerned ques tions about Charlie. She had never known him to be have that way before. Yes, he was perfectly gentle. She was sure there was nothing to be afraid of. Mrs. Fanshaw was timid about horses at best, and to her it seemed as if Eleanor was taking her life in her bands to drive so terrible a creature, and poor Eleanor felt guilty and hypocritical as she sought to save some remnant of poor, honest "Char lie horse's" reputation without dis closing her own Ignorance of his ways. She could not tell Mrs. Fanshaw and Malda that she was driving one of the mill horses. And to save her life, she could not have told them why she had made the change. She thought with longing, affectionate re gret of poor, despised Danny. She had never before appreciated his per fect training. Charlie horse seemed to her like some dreadful nightmare which she must bear with for a sea son. She was so overwrought that she could not do justice to either horse at the moment, or realize that each was admirable in his own place. She only knew that she was. uncomforta ble, that her new acquaintances must think her very stupid, and that she could never again hold up her head In their presence. She was glad when the call ended and she and Helen were once more beside the phaeton. Helen was not without her qualms as she surveyed the handsome gray, but she had good courage, and sh? entered the vehicle without demur when Eleanor had untied Charlie and turned him a little from the curb. He sniffed her curiously as she did this; the blinders prevented him from seeing just what sort of outfit he was a part of, and everything seemed to him strange and unfamiliar. He stood motionless while Eleanor took her seat and gathered whip and reins. Nor did he move when she gave the little chirrup at which Danny was wont to start promptly. It is a ques tion. Indeed, if he heard It. He was listening Instead for his own signals, the well-known slam of the tail-board of the delivery wagon, and Tim Sulli van's familiar shout, "G'lang there, Charlie horse! " And neither of these was forthcoming. Instead, after an Instant's hesitation, came the light flick of Eleanor's whip. Bhe had applied it half-mechanlc-ally the soft lash could hardly hurt a child but it was a new experience to Charlie. Tim carried no whip, and not since the Says of his breaking had the gray felt a liiX Hs euam bered it, kowever, as occasion for at tention. , He was too gentle to bolt, as many a horse would have done, but he be gan to plunge a little, rising slightly first on his forefeet, then pn his hind ones, as if he Were a very large and unwieldy roeklng-horse. Eleanor reined him in sharply, and be reared. Helen gave a little cry. "Oh!" she exclaimed. "Do you really think he la safe?" Before Eleanor could reply, a gen tleman passing sprang to Charlie's bead. The gray understood wen, and was quieted at once. "I'd put my whip up, if I were you," he said. "The horse seems un. used to t. and he surely doesn't need it." . , The Implied rebuke stung Eleanor's sorely tried nerves, and she foolishly resented the well-meant Interference. "t am quite accustomed to driving," she said, with what she considered her most dignified air, Indeed 1 I am very glad to hear you say so." And the gentleman stepped back, with a slight smile. Fortunately the situation seemed at last clear to Charlie horse, and he started oft with great energy, the phaeton swaying after him until he settled to a steady gait. Eleanor stole a side glance at her companion, and saw that Helen's face was scarlet. Instinctively she recog nized that her own rudeness to the stranger had made the young girl blush, and the flame of shame mount ed to her own forehead. She was too wretched to speak, and they drove on in silence for several blocks. It was Helen who spoke first. "Don't you think," she said, a little hesitantly, "that we bad better go right home? I can see Alice at school to-morrow." Her words were the last blow to poor Eleanor's pride. She would have turned homeward at once, but all un wittingly she had been going In the direction of the Graydon house, and Charlie's long, free strides had been carrying them rapidly forward. The "little brown house on a side street" was already 'In view, and nearlng It, returning from the dally walk that he was now able to take in pleasant weather, was Sumner Graydon him self. He and Charlie wore old friends, and the gray had already espied him, and now made straight for the curb, for the horse was the pampered pet of all hands at the mill. "For goodness' sake!" Mr. Graydon exclaimed, as he recognized the outfit. "Is it really you, Eleanor? What has happened to Danny? How on earth did you ever undertake to drive Charlie horse?" He had known Eleanor since her babyhood, and called her by her first name as a matter of course. "You and your friend must have wanted a drive bad," he added, rub bing Charlie's nose affectionately; and still flushing crimson, Eleanor Introduced Helen. "Harmon Perley's daughter?" the ex-bookkeeper aald, shaking hands cordially. "I'm glad to see you we're all proud of your father these days!" And Helen thanked him, beaming with pleasure. Alice had spied them from the window, and came running down the walk. "O girls! " she cried. "How lovely! Aren't you coming in?" Then she recognized the gray. "Eleanor," sho said, "where ia Danny? If this isn't Charlie, dear old Charlie horse!" And she, too, fell to putting the handsome head. Helen surveyed her hostess In mingled doubt and perplexity. She did not understand. It was very strange, and Eleanor, white now with a sick sense of what her own folly might be costing her, could not meet ber glance. "How tn the world did he go in a phaeton?" Mr. Graydon asked, ob livious of their silence. "He's the best horse that ever trotted." This with a hearty slap on the broad back. "B.ut I shouldn't exactly call him a park animal. Is your father going to let you use him?" After all, there was a broad streak of John Barnard's honesty In his daughter, and raising her head, Eleanor answered bravely, If not very firmly. "Father doesn't know I've got him," Bhe said. "But I've always wanted to drive him, and so to-day I had him put In." "For pity's sake, what for, when you have a horse like Danny?" Truth had risen triumphant, and Eleanor met the question, although her1 face flamed again. "Because I was a silly goose," she said, speaking very low and fa3t. "I thought Charlie would look more stylish and I didn't know how he drove." Mr. Graydon was very busy tying Charlie, and his face was hidden. It his shoulders shook a little, it might have been because he was coughing. Alice led the way to the house, and not until they were all three In the pleasant living room did any one speak. Then Eleanor broke silence. "You may as well laugh, girls," she said. "I was a silly goose, and I've made, myself ridiculous, and O Helen, I waa awfully rude to that gentleman: " Helen's arm was about her in a minute. "You're a dear, honest girl, Eleanor," she said, "and I like you for it!" It seemed as it Charlie went better when, after a delightful call with Alice, Helen's errand was accom plished and "the two glrU started homeward. At all events, the air was cleared, and they were happy. At Helen's suggestion, they left the horse and carriage at the stable, and walked home from there, cement ing a friendship that was to be a pleasure to them throughout their lives. It was a hard experience for Eleanor, but more than once. In after .years, she felt grateful to Charlie horso for helping to nip in the bud the little sprouts of snobbery that had been so ready to take root in ber character, Youth's Companion. TOO Pounds Ilutter a Year. Cows that have such a yearly rec ord are certainly valuable, with but ter selling at thirty-five cents a pound, as now. There are several such cows reported, one of the latest being an American Jersey cow, Ward er's Lady, now in the Jersey herd of C. I. Hood, Lowell, Mass. This cow has a yearly record of 700 pounds of butter. The same herd has four such Jersey cows, and this record has the stamp and authority of the Massa chusetts State experiment station. Brown Swiss Cows. T'de Michigan Agricultural College farm has some notable Brown Swiss cows In Us dairy herd. One of these cows gives In a year 9633 pounds of milk, which made 424 pounds of but ter. Another one 10,158 pounds of milk making 457 pounds of butter. Another 9477 pounds of milk, and 416 pounds of butter. Still another gave 8120 pounds of milk and made 406 pounds of butter. Their average weight Is 1250 pounds. These certainly are valuable cows, and are full blood Brown Swiss. Corn Menl Vs. Shelled Corn. Fattening hogs will usually finish faster on corn meal than on shelled corn, and many farmers favor corn meal for that reason. Experiments covering the quantity fed plainly show, however, that hogs given corn meal eat more feed in a given time than those on shelled corn. When both the feed eaten and the gains made are taken Into consideration, the profit In favor of corn meal is considerably less than many suppose. Corn-and-cob meal has been shown to have about the same value as pure corn meal; If any advantage is had from corn-and-cob meal, as Is claimed by some stockmen, It no doubt large ly comes from the bulk furnlBhed by the particles of cob. which by render ing the contents of the stomach less compact or more porous helps to their easier and more complete digestion From Coburn's "Swine In America." New Corn For the Southwest. Last year a small lot of shelled corn of a kind new to this country was sent to the Department of Agri culture from Shanghai. It proved to have qualities that may make it valu able in breeding a corn adapted to the hot and dry conditions of the South west. The plants raised in the test averaged less than six feet In height, with an average of twelve green leaves at the time of tasseling. The ears averaged five and a half inches In length and four and a third inches In greatest circumference, with six teen to eighteen rows of small grains, On the upper part of the plant the leaves are all on one side of the stalk, Instead of being arranged In two rows on opposite sides. Besides this, the upper leaves stand erect in stead of drooping, and the tips of tho leaves are therefore above the top of the tassel. The silks of the ear are produced at the point where the leaf blade is joined to the leaf sheaf, and they appear before there Is any sign of an ear except a slight swelling. Scientific American. Effect of Eulogy on Lawyers. The Rev. F. 8. C. Wicks, of the All Souls' Unitarian Church, told a good story the. other day of a young preacher who eulogized a very bad lawyer. He said the lawyer was a bad husband, bad father, bad neigh bor and generally a bad man morally, though he bad been very successful in his profession. For the funeral a new preacher In the town was select ed so that he would not know just what kind of a man the lawyer had teen. The preacher arrived and asked a man standing by, who was pretty much of a wag, what sort of a man the lawyer had been. The wag laud ed the lawyer to the skies. The preacher believed all he said, arose and pronounced a poetic eulogy of the departed barrister. When be had heard all he could stand to bear with out unburdening himself to some one preseut, the judge of the court in that town leaned over to a lawyer who sat beside him and remarked: "Well, there's mighty little induce ment for a really good man to die In Smlthvllle now." The Indianapolis Star. Dry Fanning. The Spokesman-Review, of Sno kane, In commenting upon the dry farming movement, says: "The objects of the dry farming congress are intensely practical and brief, to develop the science of pro ducing profitable crops from a rain fall that was insufficient under old methods of cultivation. This science has ceased to be a theory. It has be come an Inspiring, demonstrated real ity. In a sentence, It Is nothing more than conservation of moisture the breaking of the stubble in the right way aud at the right time to catch and hold the rains cf autumn and the snows of winter, and after that the best methods of cultivating the crop, so that the finely pulverized surface soil will hold the imprisoned moisture around the roots and prevent evapor ation. "This seems wonderfully simple, but it has been found that., while the general principle is applicable to all sections, there are varying local con ditions which require somewhat dif ferent applications. Tho work of the congress is, therefore, educational such as fostering the establishment all over the West of scientific experi ment stations." A rooster, the property ot Willl;n Spongier, of Red Lion, Pa., smashed two panes of thick glass in fighting; his reflection and nearly bled to death from tf wounds made by the glass. I i V Silage Fed Beef Cattle. Indiana is becoming famous for its beet cattle fed in part at least on corn silage. The Purdue monthly calling attention to such feeding says: Commission men, who handle beef cattle in the markets, often value silage fed steers thirty-five ceuts per hundred pounds higher than steers which receive no silage. Here is one ot the chief reasons for using silage in a ration for feeding steers. Silage can be put up and fed as cheaply as clover hay and the steers receiving silage make better use of the corn they eat. The steers fed here at Purdue on corn silage made cheaper and more rapid gains, gained a higher finish and were valued higher at the finish. Hogs ted after silage ted steers did equally as well as those atter hay ted steers. The amount ot grain con sumed by hay fed steers was greater than with eilage fed steers. The man ure from silage fed steers is free from weed seed unless they are found in the bedding material. In feeding clover hay the weeds have a good way of spreading. The same amount ot silage can be stored in less space and it saves hauling bay or fodder in bad weather. . . The results obtained last Tear were published in last June's issue, but it may be well to say that the lot of kcattle receiving corn, cotton seei' meal, and corn silage made a profit ot over $14 per head, while the cattle receiving corn and clover hay made a profit of less than $312 per head. The facts are that silage Is surely the cheapest feed for fattening steers; the entire corn crop can be utilized with but slight waste, and the hlghet finish and selling price aMthe cheaper gain price, all should appeal to thf practical steer feeder. Karly and Large Vegetables. There are two ways In which every man who takes pride In his garden likes to excel his neighbor. One is in having the earliest product and the other Is in having the largest. One may earn a reputation for having the sweetest peas, the crlspcst lettuce or the most mealy potatoes, but all this Is eclipsed by one big squash or tur nip, or one vine of early tomatoes, though none of these prizes may be any more than tolerated for the table. Earliness is the result of conditions favorable for the rapidity of growth and quick maturity. A warm soil is still further improved by the addition of availnble plant food and abundance of humus. A little nitrogen in some form Is good at the start, but later it encourages a growth of top which re tards maturity. This is not objec tionable in case of some vegetables, but it is not advisable for others. The treatment which would be fitting for lettuce and asparagus, or other plants grown for the top, would not be com mendable for tomatoes and beans, or plants grown to their fruit. A bal anced ration Is most reliable In tblB case, and barnyard manure serves the purpose best if it Is to be had. For producing large vegetables the requirements are different. A long season is desirable. For this reason an early start should be made and maturity retarded so as to secure a long period for growths. The soli should be In good responsive condi tion. The plants are not to be forced into a rapid growth at the start, but are to be kept growing through a long period. Stimulating nitrogenous manures are to be used sparingly, but phosphoric acid and potash are tho Independents, the former seed or fruit growth and the latter for root. He who succeeds, understand!) the requirements of plants and treats them accordingly. Ho sows the seed and sees that ccndltions are what are most suitable. Nature will do the rest. Farmers' Home Journal. TAFT REMEDIES TO CURE TRUSTS AND ABATE RAILROAD ABUSES FOR INTERSTATE COMMERCE. Favors a "United Htates Court of Commerce," Limited Hallway I'iioIh, Increased Protection to Shippers, Added Power to Com mission Over Itntcs, Limited Railroad Acquisition of Interest in Competing Corporations, and Forbidding Unauthorized Issu ance of Railway Securities. FOR CORPORATIONS. Urges Federal Incorporation of "In dustrials," With Prohibition ol Holding Companies Interpret .? Anti-Trust Law as Permitting " Combinations Not Oppressive Declares Purpose to Push Iroc. cution of All Suits to Dissolve Monopolistic Concerns No "Good" and "Bad" Trusts. t" THREE COURSES OPEN TO CORPORATIONS UNDER LAW AS OUTLINED BY PRESIDENT TAFT. The decrees of injunction recently adopted in prosecutions under the anti-trust law are bo thorough and sweeping that the corporations affected by them have but three courses before them: First They must resolve themselves Into their component parts in different States, with a consequent Jobs to themselves of capital and effective organization and to the country of concentrated energy and enterprise; or Second In defiance of law and under someserret trust they must attempt to continue thnlr business In violation of the Federal statute and thus Incur the penalties of contempt and bring on an inevitable criminal prosecution of the Individuals named In the docreo and their associates; or Third They must reorganize and accept In good -faith the Fed eral charter. Management of Cattle. For practical purposes and general convenience on breeding and feeding farms, a general separating and class ing of cattle Is necessary, so that each class of animals may have suitable treatment. I Feeding .cattle probably require the : first consideration, and the utmost economy, as well ns the best manage- j ment, Is necessary If this class of an- Imals Is to repay the feeder. One ot the essentials that Is conducive to economy Is the comfortable housing ' of the animals to be fed, and this particularly with respect to warmth. A certain amount of feed Is required j to be consumed by the animals for i heating purposes before any Is util ized for the formation of fat. Any excess of food, after u proper temper ature Is arrived at, is placed upon the muscles In the shape of fat. It la ! very essential, then, that for fatten- I Ing purposes the animals be kept at a proper temperature. Warmth U equivalent to food. The variations in the amount of food required by an animal are de pendent iu a great measure on tem perature. In proportion to the tem perature which an animal has to keep up will be the loss of the materials consumed in keeping up the animal heat. In addition to warmth, rest and comfort are necessary for feeding animals. Every movement causes a corresponding waste In the muscle that make it, so that no more exer cise than Is quite necessary for gener al health's sake should be allowed. Animals that sleep well gain more flesh than those that are more wake ful, so any plan that conduces to drowsiness should be adopted, such as darkening the shed after feeding la over. Grooming feeding cattle 1b laboi well spent, and frequent washing! from head to tall, along the spine with a weak sanitary fluid will keep them free from lice. These little de tails will materially help in the gen eral economy of feeding. The time for each meal should be kept as punctually a possible, so that the animals are no', fretting for the food. Whatever 1b the diet laid down, there can be no doubt but that the first meal of the day should be some thing easy of digestion, so that after the night's fast it may quickly be tak en into the system. Unlike feeding cattle, animals that are growing, to develop Into healthy and well grown cattle, require plenty ot room and exercise; good, roomy yards with plenty of shelter accom modations are the right places for them. They should be liberally fed on a growing ration. W. H. Under wood. Savings Ranks. An Irishman was explaining 'Amer ican Institutions to a green country, man. "A savings bank," he said, "Is a place where you can deposit money to-day and draw It out to-morrow by giving a week's notice." Success Magazine. France Is buying many locomotives In Germany. The latest order ia for thirty for one line. For years French railroads have regularly ordered io comoU ia Germany. Washington, D. C. President Taft sent to Congress his long delayed message on Interstate commerce und anti-trust legislation. In It. he strikes at the existence of holding corpora tions and oppressive trtiBts. Ho rec ommends the formation of a Court of Commerce to review railway cases and a Federal corporation bill to reg ulate trusts. The President does not advocate the repeal of the Sherman Anti-Trust law or of the Interstate Commerce law; on the contrary, he believes In strengthening and amplifying both these laws. The President comes out flatly for complete Government control and supervision of railroad corporations and trusts. He announces that it is his purpose at an early date to in struct tho Department of Justice to investigate all trusts with respect to which there is a reasonable suspicion that they were illegally formed or are being Illegally conducted. The President, however, enjoins caution on Congress lest It disturb the confidence of the business com munity and produce a, halt in pros perity. Tho President deals in this com munication with the two great issues omitted from his annual message, the Interstate Commerce and Anti-Trust laws. In a message of some ten thou sand words he deals exhaustively with both subjects. Leading recommenda tions as to the former include: A "United States Court of Com merce," to have original jurisdiction over classes of cases which are speci fied, thus relieving the Interstate Commerce Commission of certain labor and an incongruous combination of functions. Permitting limited railway pools, subject to all the provisions of tho Interstate Commerce net. Protection of the shipper in tho matter of rate quoted for proposed shipments, by financial penalties for refusal or omission by carrier to quote proper rate. Authority to commission to act, on its own Initiative, in investigating fairness of rates or practices, and to pass on clansiflcatlons of commodities. Power to tho commission to hold up for a limit of sixty days proposed Increases of rates until it shall have passed upon their reasonableness; nnd if found unreasonable, to forbid the Increase or fix a maximum. Giving shippers tho right to desig nate through routes over which their shipments shall pass. Forbidding railroads to 'acquire in terest in any competing railroad or other competing corporation; but with ccrtnin provisos affecting owner ship already acquired. Forbidding issuance of railway stock or bonds unless par value lias been received for them or, It ut less than par value, the reasonable market value as ascertained by the commis sion; the same to apply where the consideration received is services or anything other than money. Also preventing improvident or improper: Issue of notes. Giving the Intersnto Commerce Commission .power to determine upon uniform construction of safety appli ances on railroads, and facilitating the nervlug of process in suits under tho Employer's Liability act. As to tho Anti-Trust law, the Pres ident recommends: Voluntary Federal Incorporation of interstate industrial concerns, with prohibition of tho "holding company evil. Indorsement of combinations of In dustrial capital where these are de cided not to constituto harmful trusts; thus relieving certain classes subject to unjust condemnation under the existing law. Several pugcB of the message are devoted to an elucidation of tho Sherman act with a view to showing that Its Inhibition does not lie against combinations of whirh the main pur pose is economy of administration and Increased efficiency, destruction of competition being merely Inci dental; but only against those that are formed to obtain tho advantages of monopoly in whole or in part by improper means. Mr. Taft is careful to point out that his Federal Incorporation plan does not repeal the Sherman Anti-Trust law or permit wrongs which that Btatute prohibits. He defends tht constitutionality of such a measure. He declares emphatically that tho I Government does not intend to lessen m inn least degree its prosecution of suits to dissolve combinations which are to-day monopolizing the com merce of the country, and Beks only to foster and encourage "reasonable" concentration of capital necessary to tho economic development of man ufacture, trnde and commerce. He also points out that tho worst of fenders in monopoly must accept Fed eral incorporation, face criminal prosecution, or dissolve themselves into their component parts in tho dif ferent States. In Industrial combinations called trusts, the President says, the inter state and foreign business far e'-ceds the business done In nnv one State. This fact, he says, will justify grant ing of Federal charters to ruch com binations under such limitations vt will secure compliance wi:.h the Anti Trust law. To this end he recommends a grant ing of Federal law for tho charters to corporations engaged In interstate commerce, protecting them from un due Interference by the State nnd re lying on National supervision to pre vent abuses which have arisen und:r State control. Such a law would subject the real and personal property only to the same taxation as is imposed by the States and would require complete reports to be filed at regular inter vals. Holding companies will bo for bidden. The President declares the Sher man Anti-Trust law does not need amendment, and that the series: of de cisions by tho Supreme Court renders a strong reason for leaving the act as it is. Tho public, the President savs, must disabuse Itself of the Idea that any distinction between "good trusts" nnd "bad trusts" can be Introduced into the statute. The President declares thnt mon opolies must be restrained and pun ished until ended. TAFT RF.MOVFS IMXCIIOT. Chief of Forestry Htircnti Dismissed For Insubordination. Washington. 1). C President Taft dismissed Gifford fine-hot. Chief of tho Forestry Bureau, and the fight between the Roosevelt radical and the conservative wing of the Repub lican party is on in earnest. The President's action came after r. Cab inet session that lasted prartienllv all day. When It broke up. just before dinner tinn in the evening, there was issued at the White House a copy ot a letter sent by the President toMr. Plnchot. In tills letter, after sum ming up the acts of the forester that led him to take such act inn Mr T-,ir said: ' ' "By your conduct vri:i 'inv, to. stroyed your usefulness an a helpful subordinate of the Government, and It therefore becomes my duty to di rect the Secretary of Agriculture to remove you from yo;tr officii as Forester." Secretary Wilson vs sivifr ttl COI-. rylng out the decision nf the Presi dent. He addressed to Mr. Plnchot. to Overton W. Price. Associate For rester, nnd Albert C. Shaw, assistant law ofllcer of tho Forestery Bureau letters substantially indentlca!. I VSl KGKXTS DKIF.AT CAXXOX. They Combine Willi Democrats nut! lU-gulur llcpublicans 143 to l , Washington. I). C For tho fliBt time Speaker Cannon and his organ ization were defeated in the Housa The vote waa 149 to 14C. Twentj three insureent r Ol ill ! il inn tiu I h ... regulars und 123 Democrats turned inu iricK against uti regular Repub licans and one Democrat. The Sneaker unit hi ..rmi,,c,. admitted defeut and made no further attempt to frustrate the will of the maiorltv. The Iniuri'nnt. .... .. . u.. ' - n- in. " "-'it .'il in Issue for which they l.ava con.emloi; consistently since their movement u organizeo; iney took out of tho bands of the KnenL-er h rui.. i appoint, a committee. i no committee which the Sreaker lost Was thn lnitmrtnnt 1.1. ...... ... . - . t .v,Mau ."Ilk. ti the Balllnger-Pinchot iuvestigntlnn. ina inree regular Republicans who joined the insurgents were: Herbert Parsons, of New York; Ilutler Ames, of Mausnchnsetts, and Hamilton Fitb. of New Yqrk. Kentucky's First Distiller Dead. J. C. Mattlngly, who operated tho first registered distillery in Kentucky, died at St. Mary's. Ky., aged eighty six years. He amassed a fortune in the liquor busiuen and retired ten years ago. Cunndo's Population 7,!M0,O00. Iho Canadian Bureau o Census at Ottawa, estimates the population of Canada at the close n. the year at 7.350,000. The Provlueo of On tario leads with 2,619,025. How Irire of Milk Was Knl.wd. How the raising of the price nf milk from tight lo nlno cents was brought about and bow New York City just missed a further Increase ti tfa cents wero rnvealnd at the Milk Truat Inquiry In that city. Newsy Gleanings. British peers wero announced lo speak at 116 meetings. Mayor Gonzales, of Hoboken, N. J., made bis first Bunday In offlco "bluo." Zelaya offered Mexico a plan to an nex all the Central American repub lics t that Government, Charles S. Whitman succeeded William T. Jerome as District Attor ney of Now York County. In an open letter to T. J. Hlgglns, New York City, Park Commissioner, Mayor Gaynor orders him to "stop Immediately" ail "political Influence or interference." -' Increase in Sheep. The National Association, In lis an nuul estimate, places the number of sheep fit for shearing in the United Stutes at 4S.I93.S00, un Increas'j of l,"JSI,C67 over the preceding year. Feminine Notr. Seven co-respondents were r- - 1 , nnd thirty-seven charges niBde lu the suit for divorce secured by Edwin !:. Martin, of Brooklyn. White Aigrette, the praperty i.f Miss 1,. O. Hopkins, won the go! 1 medal for the best rat ot th Atlantic Cut Club's annual show lu New York City. Mra Margaret LaIht. of Lawrcnc. Kan.. Is known as the "Grand Old Lady of Kama.' fthe ia over ninety years ot age, and her biis'eand tervod aa Secretary of the interior In Liu- ' cola's Cabluot. r , i
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