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Show DAILY Profit Sale 'ov On To Come Housekeepers Early Importing Tea Co. Our 100 Stores Help Us to Help You. 340 TWENTY-FIFIT- STREET, H STATE TUESDAY, JOURNAL, .33 a month each. AVhen nt UaPfnrnl.i fruit season reopened the i. F. T. suddenly found that wher- vir it went the Earl Fruit company was incre also, making war and using a f.iii iifar ami effective weapon; Unit is t. s.iy. it was offering rebates and .netting the fruit. "Thus confronted with ijie toss of its most profitable husines, the C. F. T. had recourse to the arcana of high (niap.ee. There was 100.000 o treasury siotk in the California Fruit Transportation company. Why not uae that? Happy thought!! The stock was brought out and presented to the Southern Pacific Railroad company, of wliieh Mr. J. i Stubbs was and Richard Gray trafflee man ager, on condition that the Southern Ihuific make an exclusive contract to haul none but the t F. T. refrigerator-cur- s. Hut here arose a difficulty. Soinooi!,- i op.nei ted with the Southern Politic objected to the deal on the ground ih.it unless the stuck were paid Tor tiy smiiii body or in some way the tratmaeiiiiii had elements of peril. The U. F. T. m t this objection in a rather ingenious wa. The npentlon of the year had been pi ebbtide elsewhere than in Ialiforni i. The company, for instance. !i.i,i i.ikeii un from the si raw lien ci owci s annual Wilmlng-tion. wl iih had gone r.i r to salve the hint the strenuous r.a-- l had occasioned. i:uleiii of r.n pc cent was declared, followed in'ilicli itey by an assessment of Till pop edit. The cheek for the dividend and assessment crossed oiip arn'her, tin moii'W was transferred from oi'e drawer to another, the treasure stink was duly paid for, and the Souiio.ri) Iai-iPtook possession of it. But while the Southern Pacific nil tmt controlled the outlets from California. it was found that flic exclwslve contract did not prevent Mr. from sending out hi cars. Some influence stronger than C. F. T. exclusive contracts. and traceable to the Armour Car line, was at work to prevent the exelusive feature from working acThe Earl cording to specifications. business steadily increased; a war of rebates ensued until the C. F. T. found Itself fuinishin; cars for practically nothing, and the dream of great wealth vanished. The (?. F. T. began to borrow money at the hatiKs amt to face some serious consequences. At this Juncture one of its projectors hnd an inspiration that finished the work of ruin. He decided that if the compnny could only find a new and exclusive market it could still defy the tribe of Earl and Armour, and as there was no such market at home it must A contract was be sought abroad. made for refrigerator iqiuce on four White Star steamers, and California fruit was shipped through to LiverThe scheme failed miserably; pool. the stenmshlp contract was made on hard terms, the losses were heavy, the banka became uneasy about their loans, which hnd grown too rapidly for comfort, and one of these institutions for the purposes of safety engineered transfer of 500 of the California Fruit Hie Sale Sharing Makes Large Saving Great American UTAH OGDEN. - of the refrigerator- Ithe rise I - ! CAR MONOPOLY. j a aerie of articles on Trust in the World," l.y, Tte Greatest in Edward Russell. appear for March. This' Masnxlne rtrybodf deal with "The Great YeHou refer-S- T tbr Bandit of Commerce, car, M the Armour refrigerator busl- origin and growihof flrft of Tb j -- i 1(1 1 2 'j fhlpplng me- - fru,t- - vegetable by rail m refrlg-an- 4 product The to distant market. Mher the rise of thl great from the very small beginning enormous de- rwcaio to 1U present rtilA( . trt trace and I wn ?h0"8 clJ,eflfy of metn, of the ownership 1IneB that I trfrtaenW rar composing bouse l the Kreat the Beef EL jre enabled to build up their The 54.000 refrigerator car the United State, he says, m the mainspring of the trust, and by which the price of the taftrument BMt and other household necessaries to consumers in hire been forced up iB urti of the country. The first shipments In nr It appears, were made refrigerator from rfl-m- o thirty years ago by Gus-brand his success led to the Hmi by other packers of the name of transporting fresh meats to the markets of the Atlantic coast. This brought about a great change in market conditions, the Gulf states sending tmh vegetables to the north, etc. At frit the railroads made no additional ui about Swift, tor shipments in refrigerator and the oarers of the cars railroad no mileage from the nopanlea but in the course of time charge w ex-act- ed wntrt in private car lines acquired niboad Interests, and so a pull auffi-d- nt to get mileage for the use of the cm The ability of large shippers, iwh' as the Chicago meat packers, to gnn their freight business to com- pctttta road, was also a powerful knr to enable them to exact mileage railroad companies. One af-- nr is said, every railroad to yield to their de-uThe mileage was eventually find at of a cent a mile cut of Chicago, and, generally speaking one cent a mile west of that city. And in course of time the railroads were compelled to pay mileage to the Kfrimtor rar lines whether the cars were empty or loaded. J. W. Mldgley, a well known railroad expert, has testified that the owners of the private nr lines were not only the heaviest ihlppere, but the most arbitrary, the moit remorseless, that have ever been fna the uother, it ni compelled di three-fourt- hs known. The power of controlling freight, through the ownership of the refrigerator can, further enabled the great picking houses to demand freight re-h- ii from the railroad company, and lm ipeclal favors in the handling of So they would crush out compe-ttk- a from smaller concerns. It is said t because the New York Central once WH to comply with their demands Repeat Chicago packers diverted 150 f their freight weekly to other I41 ntO that this traffic has since Swa to the Central. ' had ! to make ehig charges, and raised them to figures. Formerly the railr had either furnished Ice free or actual cost, which from the jfed ltariver to Boston, for Instance, mtbeonly gio or 115 a car. he itory of the rise of the refrlger-ca- r business m California, which . fiat interest, forms the chapter of the article in Every-n- d Rne the private car lines established, they began con-Ml- ni is given below: tawM1" R Hutchln was a Detroit many useful things, and lon HWl' an Improved refrigerator twrt f which lay in a woolen inlii lining (made of tailorR void in and kPt th v t out. lie about 1886, managed, live of these cars built and -perated on the Michigan llr GOLDEN GATE COFFEE Brings good cheer to every family. Aroma-tig- ht tins. Never in bulk. 1 tl?'' 541 Uik- - - Co. 150 Vrmnciaco l ciicra! railroad. They proved success-fu- l in every way. anj he organized the lei oil Itifrigeratnr Oar company, which built fifty cars under his patents and usd them in carrying fruits ami i vegetables on the Michigan Central. In lv'S Mr. Hutchins had a personal disagreement with the president of that railroad, who promptly ordered the cars olT the road. The Detroit company was. llicvefote, left wlili fifly-flv- e cars on its hands. Mr. Hutchins' eldest son. Eugene, caine to Chicago, and went up and down Houth Water street trying to find someone to take the cars and operate them, lie stumbled upon the firm of F. A. Thomas A Son, then doing a general commission business in the street, and aroused the Interest of the Junior of the firm, Bert Thomas. No one at that time had the slightest conception of the enormous earning possibilities of the refrigerator rar, but Air. Thomas thought the venture was worth trying. "His firm ran the refrigerator-car- s for a few months east and west, and finally sent some of them to California after deciduous fruit, k thing never before attempted. Mr. Bert Thomas was an observing young man. He noticed that at one cent a mile the returns from a cht that rolled to the Pacific coast and back were goodly, without regard to any other (justness that it might da He believed he hnd a good thing, and he pushed it to the utmost. Meantime Mr. Eugene Hutchins had been elected to membership in the Union league club.where he had talked refrigerator-ca- r s. possibilities to a few Two of these, the brothers Wm. H. and Harry M. Hubbard, had some money, and. what was more Important, had standing at the hanks. Mr. Hutchins induced them to join him in organising the Hutchins Refrigerator Car company, capital stock 1,000,000. of which only 200,000 represented cash Invested. They bought out the old Detroit Refrigerator Car company by paying the Detroit shareholders in Hutchins stock, share for share. They officers of the elected themselves Hutchins company, and then, with the two Thomases, father and son, proceeded to organise the California Fruit Transportation company familiar in trade history as the C. F. T.), with a nominal capital stock of 200,000, none of which was paid In, and of which they were the sole holders. They next made a contract between themselves as the California Fruit Transportation as officers company and themselves of the Hutchins Refrigerator Car company, by which the California Fruit Transportation company rented the Hutchins cars at 8.M a month each. They were then ready to do business, The first move was to Increase the This was done through equipment. the Central Trust company of Philadelphia, which furnished the money for new cars and took the Hutchins comscrip at 5 per cent, pany's car-tru- st being a virtual lien on the cars. The new equipment was dispersed about the country, more especially about California. which had been found to be a promising field. At t he end of the first year, November 30, 1890, the hooks showed a net profit of 86,000, after paying all expense and repaying a loan of 35,000 at a Chicago hank. Most of this profit had been made in the California trade. All but 6.000 of this was apportioned among the happy speculators of the C. F. T., and the pleasing operations of the company were resumed. The second ydar, ending November 30. 1901. showed a net surplus of 129,000 above all expense so and the Interest on the car-scrithat in two years, or rather less than two years, the venture had more than repaid every dollar Invested in it. The six financiers now concluded that they hnd something better than a gold mine and were vastly elated. They voted themselves good salaries as officers of the California FYult voted Transportation company, they stockfat dividends as themselves holders therein, and nothing seemed as easy as making money. A great part of the fruit handled from California had been shipped by the Earl Fruit company an institution with which we shall have more to One day when the world do presently. was going very well in the office of the California Fruit Transportation comand pany. a quiet man appeared there T. introduced himself as Mr. Edwin comEarl, the president of thd Eurl said: He pany. MTou people have been shipping my fruit for two years. It has formed of the freight you three-quarthandle from California. I suggest that hereafter you pay me 10 a car commission on all the business I give you.' officer of the C. F. T. The well-pai- d proposition, which this at were aghast They seemed to them presumptuous. said they would think it over. Mr. eviKarl went on to New York and on his own thinking some did dently account. He enme back in ten days, and Mr. Bert Thomas Informed hltn the part that the result of thinkingItonwould not of the C. F. T. was that Mr. share Its profits with anyone. went and Earl said, Very well office or the Armour the to straight Car line. Before the day ended he hadcontracted to rent 1,000 Armour refrlgfellow-member- p; er n, f. 4?.-ir- l Transportation companys cars to Swift. A period of febrile existence Fruit followed for the California It became Transportation company. involved in a business tragedy, features of which were a bank failure, a resulting suicide; and made an end in the transfer to Swift of ail the remain -ining California Fruit Transportation company's cars. This operation marked the entrance of the Swift house upon the California fruit trade. "In the meantime the eyes of the Armour firm had been drawn In the same direction by the performance of the Early company. It was determined by Armour to secure that trade; and now ensued one of the most singular chapters of this story. In California there were two strong firms in the business of gathering and shipping fruit, the Earl company and Porter Bros. Earl had engaged his car equipment, which he called the Continental Fruit Express, and while still renting some cars he had purchased many others. It is to be supposed (charitably, perhaps), that Armour made overturea to buy him out and that Earl refused. However this may be. Armour shortly allied himself In the most remarkable way with Porter Bros. The exact nature of this alliance has been made a great mystery In the voluminous testimony since taken on the subject. I may say that It la not much of a mystery elsewhere. Before the interstate commerce commission the fact was disclosed that In a very few years the Armour concern lent" to Porter Bros, sums amounting to 485,090 or thereabouts. The Armour company is not a bank; it does not ordinarily lend money. What, then, were these repeated 'loans? It Is only necessary to read the testimony to see that they were rebates by which Porter Bros, were enabled to undersell the Earl company. The bitter struggle lasted some years, and victory made her usual decision for the stronger battalions. When' the Earl company stood the siege as long as It could, it surrendered, and the Armour company took over all its car business. Including the Continental Fruit Express. Thereupon the conqueror must have reversed the rebate process, for after a time Porter Bros, went into bankruptcy, and the Armour company succeeded to the monopoly of the Cali- wan!-'.- MARCH 7, t,i yiirii'k with ! PAGE THREE. 1905. The laught. delii.t'i imiiit of Mr. Uolitiliin' s.illy can l iq.ri i i.iird only tiy undoi st. Hiding '.'lit to ;ill tilt, tit, and !ii''niK Swif: is Armour, uiul llu California Fruit Tr.iiisinirt.iiiou is Swift, .md tin Fruit the Exploit I O.ili-forti- .iri l' (conservatively !n I'ue United States, probably owned or emit rolled by the i:;. an, most (,f tlm others tire r itur-ca- 42.!liiii estl-ma- Beef T operi.Pii l.y Its permission and in ter-rlt- or tli it it designate. Now von cun to see why your hotisi boll! expenses have so much sime the Beef Trust , omifipn-ce- d one'utlon. Ninety per cent of the veg a .Me ati.i fruits sold daily in all northo-- a ,1'les have been transported on railroad. T.i per cent of These have been transported in refrigerator-car- . With practically all such cars under it the produce control, the Trut ha trad" by the throat, it can make the charges what It pleases." A Touching Story is the saving from death of the baby girl of i Jen. A. Eyler. Cumberland, Md. At the age of 11 months, He writes: our little girl was in declining health, with serious Throat Trouble, und iwo physicians gave her up. We were almost In despair, when we resolved to try I'r. Kings New Discovery for Consumption. Coughs and Colds. The first bottle gave relief; after taking four bottles she was cured, and Is now in perfect health." Never fall to relieve and cure n cough or cold. At Ogden druggists, 50c and 1.00, guaranteed. Trinl tmt tie free. DONT KIS8 THE POODLE. Ltidies who so love their dogs as to kiss their cold noses whenever overcome by an excess of affection, may not be aware of the deadly danger thnt lurks in the cold lips of their pets. In their place dogs are all right. They are faithful, animals, and their comfort should he the consideration of their masters, but there Is a limit to human affection for dogs that 1 set by worms and cannot be overstepped with impunity. To the medical fraternity the worms are known as echinococcla The worm In question is not a deadly enemy to ranine, life, though none may know what discomfort may come to the unfortunate animnls who harbor echinococci in their systems. It is different with the human tenement, when once the echinococci takes up its abode In the intestines of a man or woman who has, perchance, kissed It from the lips of a sweet pug puppy. Dogs should be fed and housed comfortably. hut lt is 111 to break the bonds which God decreed to bind, and the elevating of a pup to ever so high degree to the position of a petted darling of the household 1 attended by grave danger. Aside from the worms, those individual who bestow time and affection on dogs which they deny to their -beings suffer from a deterioration of character that Is lamentable. children are to be Hungry, half-da-d seen every day In the street of every city in the land, and between them and nnmpered poodles the healthy mind bent on kindly deeds can readily choose. Butte Miner. lov-Rbl-e fellow- The Best Cough Syrup. . L. Apple, Judge, Ottawa Co., Kansas, writes: This is to any that I have used Ballard's Hore-houSyrup for years, and that I do not hesitate to recommend it as the best cough syrup I have ever used. 25c, 50c. 1.00. . Sold by Geo. F. Cave. nd THE DESIGNER FOR APRIL. The cover of the Designer for April shows a pretty girl holding converse with a pert Easter rabbit Three handsome full pages In color are given, and the fashions and millinery are in perfect accord with the spring season. A special article is on seashore costumes for ladies and young folks. The Millinery Lesson" tells how to make the new and picturesque Envelope Hat. In the literary line there Is an approfornia Fruit business. priate article on The Flowers of The old California Fruit Transpor- Trees," by Crflg S. Thoms; "The tation company, the C. F. T now a Largest Musical Club of American Swift concern, had taken no part In Women," by Lida Rose McCabe; The e, the contest, and for an excellent rea- Art of by Jessie Gar. son. When the Interstate commerce wood Fitts; Concerning Cuts and commission was investigating, at Chi- Erasmus, by Agnes C. Ruggerl, and cago, October K. 1904, the subject of The Blue Pigeon, a stort story by private cars, one of the witnesses ex- Win wood Waltt. Mrs. Gobrielle Jack-so- n amined was George P. Robbins, contributes an Easter tale, Our and general manager of the Hearts Be Pure from Evil. Bertha Armour Car lines. I take this extract Hnahrook, in The Interest of Beauty, from the proceedings: describes a gymnasium that may be 'Commlmlolner What bought for a dollar. A picture story of Prouty: other lines are there now that can opDorothy and the Easter Chickens will erate in competition with your line? please the tots, and the fancy-workSuppose a railroad wanted a line of will find lace work, embroidery, rib-brefrlgertor-car- s. what line could it go work and crochet to test her skill. to besides the Armour line? 'Mr. Robbins: Well, there are sev MOTHER GOOSE EXCURSION. erxl other lines that do some business.' Commlsisoner Name March 8th, Via Rio Grands Wsstam Prouty: some of them. Railway. Mr. Robbins: The Swift people Special train leaves Ogden 6:45 p. m., and the California Fruit Transporta- returning after the show. Fare 1.00 tion company. for round trip. Seats 1.00 to 2.00, on Mr. Robbins said this with the air sale at the Boyle FMrnlture Co. Street of a man reading the funeral service, car run from depot direct to theater but the effect on hi auditors was very and return. Street cars will meet train different. Some gasped, and some on an-lvat Ogden. Pyro-Sculptur- vice-preside- nt er oa a Sidewalks . i.i Fruit Tr.insport.ition. jjiui the Reef Trust is oi'f .md nil of these .oid there is no more elianee for .it ' on,- to compete with the Beef Trust the C.ilifornU fiuit trade thnn then- is to get t tie average railroad traflu n'.un.igcr to admit the truth aboui rebate. Human Ingenuity cannot ttiuke the coirjiarisou stronger. "I- - is quite true that for some years the ami Armour Car lines had malm lined lt show of eompet it ion. tint after the formal launching of the Beef Trust us t he National Packing comveu Hits show was abandoned pany and oil the refrigerator ear line of the packet, under whatever names, were oier:it il practically as one. The names are legion, ami from them the unittated would never imagine the real ownership. Of i lie ar marked Armour Refrigerator Line there are about fi.ontl; of 6.000: the Fruit Browers Express. Conti letitul Fruit Express, 1.6i0; Swift Refri-.-ctor 1.1ie. 1.5011: National Car ,1',,i. and so on. I.ilP. t'f the 54.000 refrig' SIERRA TUNNEL .re in Ogden, but we they tire the place of groceries, fruit or vegetable. We prefer to display Hie goods inside our store, where they aie free from dust and dirt. iiccc-sar- y i!o not think for a riiepl-i- BECKWITH PASS OFFERS BETTER ROUTE TO VALLEY. The Southern Pacific is Looking Up Branch Route From Hazen Into Churchill, Nev. Look in our east window for I, R(HA. Uni., Man'll T. There every reason to believe that tin Southern I.iellle will never tunnel the Sierras to obtain a belter grade (hall it now has over tin mountain and to ecuie the snow sheds. Before E. H. llnrriiiMU assumed emit nil of the nmdj and kindred lines, the tunnel project was talked of and the new sptiper ' printed eolutiins ell the subject, hut it is safe to s.iv, iu tin light of rivent developments, that nothing will come of it. It is true that the matter was given at different times earnest euiiddera- -' lion, and it is very prolmlili that the: railroad's management was inclined in! make the great boro until it was inn- viined that the dillleiiKies it sought to' nxoid iiniM lie not only uvoided by the! adoption uf another plan, hut money saved by the change and In inuiuteii-iiu- e cli.ingcs afterwards. And the other plan is the Beckwith Pass route. Through this depression then1 Is room for several railway lines nt different grades, and there 1 every reason to believe, Judging from the view entertained by practical railroad men that hereafter all transcontinental lines seeking entry Into California across its upper eastern boundary will use the pass. It offers 10 per cent curve to IT on the Southern Pacifics mountain route, and has it grade of 1 per cent to 2b. on the latter. Its altitude is 5,300 feet, while that of the Sierra now traversed by the Southern Pacific is 7.200 feet. Take the two routes as they now exist and the advantages are with the Beckwith Pass very decidedly, say railroad men and engineers who have made a study of the situation. All the Southern Pacific could hoie from a tunnel, it can find ready at hand In the puss better curves and grades, lower altitude and lighter snows. Not only would the cost of boring through the Sierras he enormous, but so, too, would be the expense of maintenance. The proposed tunnel would be seven to nine miles in length, and lt would be a fearful task It to undertake. Once completed would he doubtful if steam engines could be used for the transportation of trains through It; certainly they would not fill the bill as well as would electric engines. And if the latter were used, the cost of purchasing them would have to be figured in with that of the tunnel. The Southern Pacific want a better grade over the mountains than lt now has to cut down operating expenses, and this lt probably would not secure even with a tunnel if it should be found necessary to put in electric engines in addition to maintaining the tunnel and running Its regular trains. All these matters have been very carefully considered by railroad men of standing, and It Is their Judgment that the Beckwith Pass offers the best solution of the problem of mountain transportation. This will be the first time that the view In such detail hns been given but to the public, but that it will be sustained by future developments seems certain. all varieties of Fruit and Vegetables , COME IN i ESPEE WILL RUN BRANCH. It is said that the Southern Pacific company has men in the field looking up a route for a branch line of road from Haxen into Churchill county, Nevada, and will In a few weeks decide whether to build a branch into Churchill or not. It is said that the mining outlook in Churchill Justifies a road, to say nothing about the rich fanning country such a road will tap. It Is also sold that the company has its road running eyes nn'the narrow-gsug- e between Battle Mountain and Austin, and in time will le the owner of that feeder to this great system. The Western Pacific is causing the Southern people much uneasiness and I causing them to look to every traffic gateway in the state of Nevada. The Southern Pacific has collected toll across the bridge" and now proposes to put itself in a position to collect toll d from every bridle path leading to its road. It Is also suld the Western Pacific is laying its plans to block many of the Southern Puclfic revenue paths. If it don't transpire that the Western Pacific Is a Southern Pacific bluff in disguise, the people of Nevada may not he obliged to look to a session of the legislature for relief. It would be a pleasure to many patrons of the octopus" to have the sweet privilege of patronising another company, even if they should be obliged to pay the same rates they are now paying. Pu-eif- and see enr shelves tilled with Bright. U'e'an ai'd Fresh EDGAR JONES CO. Both Phones 124. 938 TwsnirfiflhtStrMt. J. E. Dooly, Prssidsnt. Horse Pssry, Vice-Preside- Ralph E. Hoag, Cashiar. A. V. McIntosh, Assistant Csshisr (JTAH NATIONAL BANK of OODEN, UTAH UNITED STATES DEPOSITORY. PAYS INTEREST ON 8AVINGS AND TIME ACCOUNTS Grinding Lenses For Glasses requires skill ns well as machinery. I pride myself on having both, and can duplicate any lcnse, however difficult, on short notice. The fitting of glasses and grinding of lenses Is my specialty. The only exclusive optical house In (igdcn. to-da- te J. T. RUSHMER EXPERT MFG OPTICAN. Riverdale or Phoenix Flour le iron-raile- ESPEE IMPROVEMENTS. ITarriman's officials say thnt he has decided to spend for his system of roads between six and eight millions of dollars this year for new equipment and new rails, beside an additional large sum for equipping 600 mile of rood with the electric block system. Orders for 1,600 freight cars and u. large number of engines have already been placed, with a total of 92,221 tons of steel rails and 9.022 tons of continuous rail Joints have also tieen contracted for. For the Southern Pacific In connection with the Houston and Texas Central. Harrlman has ordered sixty Pullmans and 600 freight cars. will no longer remain a question once RIVERDALE or PHOENIX Flour is in your larder, rtir then the result of your baking are light, white, wholesome loaves pleasing to view and healthful to consume. MADE BY OGDEN MILLING & ELEVATOR COMPANY Allen Transfer Co. Albern Allen, Mgr. Phone 22. 412 25th Street TRA Who tolls the truth about tea? and who knows most about tra? V4T Jaftl.e-P- a ., A I l iMinejr 4 you dsn'l lib Eastern Corn-fe- d Beef Ballard & Rinckers 331 TWENTY-FOURT- H 8TREET. |