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Show T T. A. GRIFFIN REPLIES TO DAILY NEWS EDITORIAL ON FREIGHT RATE ADVANCES A'si (From Chicago Daily Mr. Griff n Replies. I desire to call attention to jin edito- rlal prin'ed in The Daily News, May 21, headed Hack Fire on the Shippers," In which you make the following statements Fust, that my representation of the case is not candid, second, that hat did have to say w as bast d upon the action ol the shippers conference. and. thud, that had no right lo pose as a business liian hiving interests in common with the shippers The cii dilation lor s'gnatures of a stateimnt relating to Height rate-- , was as lar as I was concerned confined to fellow members of the Railway Husi ness association and no lelereme was I made lo the shlppets conterence personally attended this eonbience and have no clitic ism to make on any thing that was done there and none was made or intended by me. but what $ 'depiecated was con'ained in an ar tide sent out bv the Illinois Manulac turers Association, dated May 7, and, as a member of that Association, I peisonally wiote a letter to each of its individual membeis, dated May 17 In this I referred to the misleading and unfair statements contained in the circular of May 7 mentioned above, and in doing so I was candid (said that the statement that railioails are rapidly increasing their net earnings was not true and as to the collectness of my statement I beg to reler to the 1 1 ' follow Ing For a clearer defidend paying stock nition, the average earnings should be based upon the entire stock, and Dot upon the best paving pbrtion of It, un les there is some rtaSon why the $2,500.000, OoO representing the 34 per cent should not have received any divi- deinl ar all In the final paragraph of the edito-na- l it is stated that J should not be allowed to pose as a business man, having no interest in common with the shlpiiers " Inasmuch as my conH shipped an average of J3o 000 tons ,,f finished product during 1906 and jpo7, and we were obliged to receive moie than 350,000 tons of iron to fur- nish this plus enormous quantities of can coke, coal and other supplies, safely claim to have shipped in and o it 75ii too uiiis a year, and as there aie no railroads who can afford to haul this mateilal or any part of it. without having a revenue fiom it, an Increase of in cents a ton on my hauling charge would amount to $75. 000 and, there- fore Ihuve business ' interests in comnron wbh other shippers The 350,000 tons of finished ptoduct hipied repre-- i sented in the neighborhood of $10 000,-- I boo 1 his $ 10 non mm represented most ly labor with the exception ot the cost ot the ore and coal in the mines VII the balance was made up of wages and profit on the different conditions of the raw mateiiah until It was finished ptoduct My Illinois plants produced 1,0 per ' cent of this amount or $6 000 000 vear Foi three, years our Chicago plants have not run none than belt Then foie there was $ !,ooo .capacity 000 a yeat less in distribution because of a c ot responding shtinkage in sales As most of our iron and coal comes tidm Illinois this $3,000, nun a vent was not distributed in Chiiago, as would have been the case had we wotked on the same output that we did in 1906 And a great deal of that and 1907 $ ! (0u non which was not paid was taken out of th business films situated in or near Chicago by the- from their varied business i on the part of the coinmunltv that e TAKE BOYS Why like me son whv I have a right as a business man, to deprecate anv unlair or uncalled for obstacles that are placed in the way of my business and the hun dred other vatic ties of business In this countrv that are affected bv the money put Into circulation by the railroads When it is fui ther considered that tnv business constitutes but 10 per cent of the cost of a car and that there were nine other units similarly aifect- ed. most of winch would have been tributary to Chicago, anyone can see how important it is to his individual interests that the railroad companies should have ample funds to make these improvements and purchases, and will realize how comparatively easy it will be to stand a reasonable advance on the freight for any material he will need, if he is receiving Increased orders. T A GRIFFIN. Chicago. (Advertisement ) the outing spirit I,earn to put first-clas- ' Pocket Wireless. The Italian savant. Mgr. CerebotanL papal nuncio at Munich, is the inventor of an instrument like a large watch, which enables a person to receive messages transmitted from wireless stations The apparatus Is merely a pocket receiver, and the only accessoiies are a bobbin of wire and A person-thua metallic encased cane moment equipped can at, a giv-preceive communications from a station with.n a radius of twenty to thirty p miles , Midas. Midas had come to that point in his career where everything he touched turned to gold "What shall you ever do with the stuff" asked his entourage In visible a 'arm Vidas affected not to be uneasy. tiy ' Truly Wonderful Climate., here-towent fl from bole Hypet little town in southern California for his health In two weeks he wrote home thaJie felt ten years younger Some days later he wrote again that he felt younger Then bis family heard no more from him They telegraphed the mayor of the Cali fornia town for information about their Hyperbolte Gassaway and got this answer: "I regret to Inform you that your beloved husband and father, after a months residence here, died from cholera infantum. - j -- f t $40,-000,0- Iblrd-sacke- a one-thir- pop-ula- e tnuc'i n e' qu!h he displaying an acquaintance with economic tendencies far iu advance of his age Puck. a prompt reply came: "With the exception 'of three men who are sick 'a company with measles. Captain accepts your kind invitation and will come with pleasure tq your reception Friday evening " -- a determination to Season ail and have a good time, keep happy never let your temper run away with you I gd' jA com-pon- months came in" y e Im- , after your health. Remember the Worker's outing must have rest and strength building for the undont Therefore, derlying motive overtire yourself or trifle with bad water and niPBBy foods. Make your outing come well within It is foolish to "blow .your means in" in two weeks the savings of bog Invitation Accepted. certain indy ef western Kansas town to show klrdness to the paptain of the local state militia company and wrote the the following invitation. "Mrs. -- s - requests the pleasure of Captain eve-dta i at company reception is tuld that-- Mo-Gra- -- -- ft La-Joi- e less. yon need a do Ne-vad- saa-trou- strength for .Be a.good sporL without being, reck- had made the tenth unsuccessful at tempt tongue his order for .ham and Fport'" langbed -- the sarcastic I - Dbirr imT That ts? Ttmrtrd-y- oti like roughing it and outdoor life when all you crave is a crowded board walk .. and the glitter ofa summer-hote- l. Dont attempt more than you have - d over-anxiou- possibilities Long Wait. you wait on a sport demanded the patron who I Common-weiIIBMJne- This means: up with whatever turns up- Dont grumble, fidget or expect doht didn't need it when feel-lngl- - on your outings you must make up your mind to help along by acquiring -- shave' "Well, that svjur fau!tif - The Outing Spirit. The result of the spelling contests In the New Orleans public schools . .again. superior proi. flclency of the git is, practically all of the victors being members of the gentler lex Last year the same thing was' True, and "tWinhttr was'tjulte generally commented on in the press and at gatherings where educational " subjects were'dlscnssed So far as our information goes there have been no contests to determine the pupils In other branches of study, but ir would be Interesting to know If this feminine superiority is found to exlarln alt studies.' or ir they are confined only to particular branches Doubtless this result is due in part to the fact that the female mind ripens at an earlier age than is the case with the masculine mind, although there is little doubt that the feminine intellect .along certain lines is more acute than til masculine, which would seen tu justify the conclusion that certain branches of study are more readily mastered by girls and women In view of the growing number of young women that are going Into positions as stenogiaphers, typewrltlsis and other positions requiring an accurate knowledge of spelling, this demonstrated proficiency is most gratify The public schcol administraing tion is to be commended upon the ef forts it has made to improve the spelling of the public school pupils and the triumphant girls to be con-g- t undated upon thur easy victory over the boys deiuonce-AratesLtlifi- - , If you want to have a good time Spelling Contests Held in New Orleans Prove Girls Superior to Their Brothers. New developments, decidedly ea couraglng. arereported from the S1V ter KLaiXonsojjdated company's Park WADDELL HASN'T SEEN CAST City, I'tab, mine DAY ON THE DIAMOND A iire at the Chief Consolidated WHY HANS WAGNER IS GREAT propet tv at Eureka, Utah, destroyed the loof over the boiler plant, but PltUburg Leader Say Hia Shortstop SYMPATHIZES WITH RAYMOND work has not been stopped la Beat Man Playing the Hit The mines of Utah during 1909 disand Run Game in the $7,10.1,642 in dividends, and tributed World Has Manager Who the profits for 1910 for the first halt Jackson, Is Blind Bonesetter Reese Retires of the year amount to the sum of By FRED CLARKE. From Practise "Mickey? Doolan $4,3h. 552 (1'opv ristit by Jtwph B Bowles) Grading for the mill at the IJtile of Phillies a Jekyll Hyde. Hit and hustle Hell mine in 1atk City, Utah Is In The whole secret of winning ts con, and the first consignment of tained in those two words I'vervbodv was glad when It was pt ogles-.mac is expected to at rive in a won hitiery That is tile way Pittsburg has found that Rube Waddells arm was short time Tlie mine is reported to and that la the way every winning as and first at not broken reported, 1 j that the St I ouis star lias not seen be iu excellent condition team I ever have plaved with or I Ll won lias Drill hole 706, in the western end his a t d.iv on the diamond There against is no pitcher the fans would rather of the Globe, Arizona, estate of the InThere is less difference between the ste in action Ibun the Rube when lie spiration Copper company, has pen ability of players to pertonn than And when he is going at his trated 225 feet of ore which averages is light most persons think Hie gieat differln-- t ence is in their coinage nuve and there is no tw trier the other slightly better than 3 per cent copper, teems fear more determination to win according to latest advices A.aat isil Waddell has undergone a wondeifiil I believe in hitting and in hitting to In a well 1,500 feet deep, ten miles the season opened this from the central portion of the San since change help the team, tor after all the work Fred Clarke. yecr, and ran no longer be regaided Juan field, as indicated by wells ak of the individual playet is mi worth much unless he directs every effort to assidam oaptam ami manager, and as the most flighty and widely adver- ready brought in, Galloway brothers have encountered both oil and gas la helping the other players on the club everj one who bees a move on the tised freak in the game One of Kobe is still full of fun The tiling that tuiikc s Wagner the othet side Instantly coat ties the otn great volume, according to advices the Hrowns was reading a stoiy the from Bluff, Utah greatest hitter in the- - wot Id Is his will- erb vlhat ts what I call team work ingness to help base runners, com- everf one working to win the game other day abolt how Hugs Raymond, The recent strike of gold at Pact-lusbined with bis ability to help them. evelf minute and helping the others tlie New York Giants' eccentric pitchNevada, in the vicinity-- of Goto He is tiie best man playing the hit AJk a winning team ought to fight er, bad kicked over the traces be- Dyke, gives evidence of making and un game, either on the bases for kvery point, claim It and go after cause McGraw- had appointed a keep- winner But there has not yet been or when at hat, in the woild, and his It; pot rowdyism, hut aggressiveness er for him Rube listened attentively enough development work done to ' It's a shame that fellow t doesn willingness to spoil his own record to is tie point It makes the other side The ore la not justify a stampede win 'or the team shows the difference lesi confident and helph get an "even take cate of himself, said Rube of the order specimen 1 beb n him and some others just as thousands used to make bre$k, which Is ali any team should The sensational strike made a week the remark about the only Rube "He lieve it has paid him, instead of in- ask, ago in the Wihuja workings of the if would he he would a wonder Just Ids recoid juring comI keep in condition and pay strict at- Seven Troughs Coalition Mining tell tills jiibt to show how imporA CHOP tention to business. BEST since BATTERS at that least has USE tlinobeen pany tant woikh'g together Is to the sucduplicated by the opeutng of a body cess of a bull dub Every man nrost of oie nearly twice as wide as the the be In hau'iony on the ball field during Chase Say the Strongest Batters only baseball manager Probably last week, says the Seven in the world who is Uterally blind-- pot Do Not Swing Viciously at the gime It is tlie common interest Miner. Troughs who as those see that welds them togethei to make a not, having eyes the Ball. but absolutely sightless Is liert TayUpon the basis of $155,000,000 to be wtnnlig club, and a manager cannot lor manager of the- - Jackson Stars of earned this year by the United States afford to have one loose cog One Vicious swinging and over anxiety Jack--oi- i Mich This blind manager Smelting, Refining A Mining company, might as well thiow a wrench ihto an or more bases handies his team from the bench Hia which ball the clout two for to appears to be more than probengine as to put a discordant player are two of the principal reasons why nu n swear bv him and do better work able, the earnings of that company's Into a good lub There is much talk of brains" on many minor league players do not before bis sightless eyes than when preferred stock will be more than 27 Of couise. a player makt good when trying for a berth w 01 king under the supervision of a per cent, while that of the common the ball field must have intelligence and be able to on a major league team, thinks Man mini who can watch the plays Hut will be about 20 per cent. think and to remember, but I think ager Chance of the Cubs Of course, Taylor does watch the plays He sits As a result of inaugurating explorw-lorit la the one and sole ambition of any on the bench with his men and know's' the gt eater part of baseball 'brains work in a portion of Us Besver to and he make fig just what plays are made He knows good, consists of close attention to the game youagster Utah, estate, in which surface county, that the only way he can do this at all times the record of balls and workings in the early days yielded every instant, and both on and off the urea more for the than is hitting sphere by field The worst mistakes made by stiikes on the batter and never falls consumable wealth, the s In a 30Q average right off IhejeeJ to recognize- - foul - Wit-- almost unplayers are not those that come fronr haFencounteK" company lark of brains so much as from lack his effwts to attain this excellency fn canny intuition he can tell, possibly ed a vein of ore s high grade silver-leato bit the fiom the sound of the hall of attention to his own team or batting ha is the of the sand carbonate against vivariety. for extra bases, and swings members of the other team are doing ball bat, the field to which the ball has It is understood that tbe mutter ol or trying to do A winning player has ciously at the ball when thrown to the been batted He argues a point with As a result, he does not meet the umpire Just as earnestly as though a state mine Inspector for the metal his mind on game ail the time, plate. and makes a study of it just as a man it eomlbtently, and when he does it he had seen the entire play, and his mines and quarries of. Utah will be in any other trade or profession must usually is a fly to the outfielder. howl of protest aaglnst a decision is agitated during the next session of In te opinion of Manager Chance just as vigorous as any lan could de- the legislature, and those who favor do recruit will never sire. Ills team won the City league such an official believe there will be My players think 1 am something of a min$r league a crank on discipline, and on keeping make food as a sticker if he depends pennant in 190S and this year has won no difficulty in getting the law passed.-say- s the Balt Iake Tribune. in condition. .Perhaps that is so. 1 on Wftswinging ability to hit the ball. U games out ot a total oi 25 Thtaajorify of the leading httttei Virtually every mine in Fioche dls- believe in careful training in the and American leagues Fred Tenney has been taking mat- trict which was at all active at the spring, and still more careful training in $be Nationa, a Tfia conditioning during the entire ters easily at Boston and says that time the railroad service for this s camp was shut off by tbe d season. The modern player must clop. There was only one man who he is in no burry to work again, ala reputation as a great bitter who lad on Routa Lake Salt washout the is if he if himself to succeed and came the study along right thing says though continue to succeed. He must know swung with great force at a ball, Dele-hanthe would not hesitate a second. "I Is ready to resume operations the was Ed. He Chance. do not feel as if my major league days moment the first new supplies are his own condition and avoid cither Manager who Is dead. are over, he says. "I feel as good as received over the reconstructed line. growing stale or indulging himself too Of the present stars with the stick, I ever did in my life, and I was never much, either in eating or drinking. I During tbe year 1909, according te more surprised in iny life than when tbe repoit of the state coal mine Inthink cigarettes are the worst thtngj Manager Chance thinks that Larry of Cleveland, is about the pret- I was handed possible for a player, both for h.s my cotg.- - by Mr spector, there were sixteen fatal and wind and for his eyes I have received several offers If a player tiest batter of the entire lot. non fatal accidents in the ighty-nlntakes a drink of ale or beer he ought Manager Chance thinks that if the to get back in the game and some of coal mines of Utah. There has been tq do it gfter a hard game, or, w hog minor league reertiits or all of the them appeal to me decidedly but a decrease In the fatalities in Utah he feels bimself in dangerof going minor league players will Endeavor To prefer to stay in major league coal mines since the Scofieid 'disaster' stale a while yet and am confident I In 1900, when about 200 lives were adopt the style of hitting of the big As for the playing of the game itself, league batters their chances of ma- could help more than one club for a saprifleed . vw. Tbecbier thing is to watch Tor every king good will be Increased few sea oris Had McGraw let me go The initial shipment from the Alice1 Idea should to bis t on to be to seize at they According the outbi ready there Is no question at mine, on Conner Creek, Cassia county, any opening, advantage, and to do the unexpected avoid the system of bringing the i all that I - ould have made a most Idaho, has been made from Burley to thing - when-- it counts, Doing thing bat w.ay. in .haok.of them nJ ,lheji rlcAsLiUJe eonaiAcUoa, . However, 1 am the - Salt t .ake wmeHers. White- - cos when they count wins games. The swinging instead, keep the but rot worrying I feel sure that had of transportation Is an expensive Item, same things done at other times against tbeir shoulder or in front of President Brush been in s It Is expected that profit will be suf- then and then chop at the ball in at health and on the scene, I merely cost strength not flcient for continuing shipments as Every man on the Pittsburg team is effort to meet it squarely have been dropped tbe rock shows 30 per cent lead, $2$ in gold and $7 in silver to the ton. , Bonesetter -- John X). Reese of The go'd placer dredging - plant, CARDINAL TWIRLER WHO STOPPED THE CHICAGO CUBS Youngstown, O, famed the world over which has been operated successfully as ' fixer of ball players, has rendered the last three years on Moose creek, bis last service to diamond athletes, In Lem hi Idaho, has been sold county. according to his own announcement, to a Colorado syndicate, headed by not lie does give any reason, but It is De Lavern, who has operated believed that bis poor health of the James extensively on tbe Blue river. dredges several months him to In Colorado. past compelled The price paid for the make this decision Tommy Leacb of Moose creek plant is said to be the Pirates, who was recently injured, $50,000. ' was notified that the bonesetter could The Pachuca Real del Monte not render him the service required, d as was also Tim Jordan, the former company, which owns about in the Pachuof the mining properties Biooklyn first baseman, now with ca and Rcal del Monte districts, in Toronto Mexico, bas decided on a program of enlargements and improvements In "Mickey" Dooliin of the Phillies, a number of the mines and haciendas, tough of name, walk and actions, is a mills and cyanide plants, which will a and of leader double Jekyll Hyde the expenditure of some-thin- g lives Mickey Doolan is only! a base necessitate like 1,500,000 pesos. ball alias, assumed to make him t Nevada will produce in 1910 with the Irish rooters, and the worth of gold, silver copper fierce swagger, unshaven chops and uncouth behav ior, strongly reminiscent and lead, says Matthew S. Kyle, of tbe saud lots, are all a well studied United States surveyor general. This fake In private-lifthe fierce fel- is an indisputable fact and the only low is Mr M. J. Doolittle, college condition that ts necessary of the and exceeding of this figure graduate, polLhed gentleman and. reaching is continued ojeration at tbe rate alas' not even an Irishman shown by the first five months of this in a fanning bee tbe other night In year. One of tbe - wells of the InternaBoston the subject of .third, basemen Oil company, in The Spring VaP- -. tional and first sackera came up Jack - iJIHiiibos June. IjouIs olubjsvlth 16, and telephone advices are that it Ixhi Criger, Bobby Wallace and Hemphill W'eejz rouped. It was the consen- was made, a flowing welkand a large sus of optnioirthat Jimmy Collins, now producer. It had been a small promsm.ger of tbe Providence club, and ducer before. V was tbe tbe old Boston Preparations for the- installing of4 best In the business. the big pumping plant- at tbe Centen-ia- l Eureka mine beingcdmp!eter7hls ? a'; Larry McLean keeps poking out Tlntic district property will, during ' safe hits for tbe Reds. lie is again the week, resume- - production at the leading Bescher in the race for the usual rate of 40 to 50 clrloads of ore v ' 'a team batting championship. Larry a week About 300 men are on the has a better eye this year than ever company payroll. before. His bits have the right ring A of $100,000 of bullion, a and generally come at the right time. the shipment made from tbe K Si. r. ' ; largest yet camp was delivered at?Wiine- of Pitcher Duggan was shipped by In- muc-c-National, on Wednesday of last week. Pitcher Sallee of St Louis is showing improved form as the season addianapolis to Ed Ashenbacks team Fhe sh'ptnent comprised eighteen it is raid vances. and hat been a sturr.bling block to the leaders It was hit curves in the New York league mrs of gold bullion from the National-vn- d strir-r :i that stopped Chicagos winning streak. a I that Cjit rtnihas the Stall lease. -- ' SEAT BACK A MINES AND MINING r - non-divi- FANS GLAD RUBES C Manager of Champions Tells Se cret of Success. 1 o HUSTLE, ARM WASNT BROKE - The latest interstate omniere e com mission repot ts show that dm lug the month of March eleven systems, tepre Renting eveiy lailtcmd north and west on a line drawn through Chicago and St Louis show an Inctease In gross earnings for the month of Match of neat ly $7 Odd ooo oinpai ed w ith Mat eh, 1909, while the net earnings for the same roads m the same period show a of $'05 one and the inter- state commence colon ission figures for the tin months, duly to March 31, In I'Uo, as compared with 19ti9. show an Increase m gloss of over $50, 000,000, while the net earnings of these same sv stems In the same pel tod of compuri son, show a falling off ot over $1500,-OoAnd as compaiatively lfgtle of the increases in wages had evtn gone into effect dining Match the ialltoads must ptovide some' mtans to Increase artsenue. that is., already dee: easing . on an increased amount of business, and there is no way for taihoads to prov ide this except by me reusing their rates, and surely there is reason for the need of it " In the thitd patagraph on the sec ond page of this Illinois Manufacturers Association e.11 either of May 7 it is stated that 7 99 per cent was earned on the dividend paying stock, making no allowance for the 34 per cent, of stock on which no dividends were paid. I might, with equal propri-ety- . make the statement that there. was no dividend paid on the c HUMID r, , u,:!i j''' -- a v. C Jt |
