Jacksboro Gazette. (Jacksboro, Tex.), Vol. 28, No. 24, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 14, 1907 Page: 1 of 8
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JACjvSbDRO gazette.
VOLUME XXVIII.
JACKSBORO, TEXAS, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 1907.
NUMBER 24.
CONSERVATISM
COURTESY
PROMPTNESS
THE JACKSBORO NATIONAL BAN
CAPITAL, SURPLUS, PROFITS, AND LIABILITIES $55,000.00
IT IS SATISFACTION AND AMPLE GUARANTEE TO OUR PATRONS to
know that they are doing business with a STRONG INSTITUTION with THIR-
TY-SIX of Jack County’s most SUBSTANTIAL CITIZENS behind it. OUR
INTERESTS are mutual. Our Officers and Directors are men of sterling char-
acter and unquestioned business ability, and we are in a position to handle any
banking business you may have. We are exceedingly proud of our splendid list
of customers. We appreciate your business.
OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS:
W. A. Shown, Pres’t Ellis Mitchell, Cashier A. G. McClure J. J. Perkins
E. W. Nicholson, V. P. J. H. Timberlake J. W. Spencer J. H. Waiters
J. G. Mullens, V. P. E. A. Gwaltney S. Castleberry
K SUIT AGAINST
* MILLERS’TRUST
AMUSEMENTS
JACKSBORO OPERA HOUSE
J. F. McCALL, Mgr. C. A. WORTHINGTON, Booking Mgr.
AMERICAN SAXOPHONE
QUARTETTE
Of Sousa’s World Famous Band
MONDAY THE I8TH
Popular prices—25c,-35c and 50c.
Seats cn sale three days in advance of each entertainment at Kuyken-
dall’s Drug store.
Watch this space each week for Opera House Announcements.
Don’t eat at the
HOTEL JHCKSBORO
ATTORNEY GENERAL ASKS
OVER FIFTEEN MILLION
DOLLARS IN PENALTIES.
WOULD ANNUL CHARTERS
1 OPPORTUNITY YOU CANNOT AFFORD TO MISS
BUY YOU A HOME NOW
OR ENLARGE AND ADD TO THE ONE YOU HAVE
WHILE YOU CAN GET LAND AS CHEAP
AS IT NOW IS IN JACK COUNTY
IT WILL GO HIGHER.
Watch these columns weekly for samples of the many good places on our lists.
Also Petitions District Court to
Cancel Permits of Outside
Concerns and Restrain by
Injunction.
Austin, Tex., Nov. 9.—Another large
anti-trust suit was filed today and is
against the alleged Millers' Trust of
Texas. The Attorney General asks for
$56,250 penalties from each of about
120 defendants, under act of 1903, and
$73,000 under the act of 1889, a total
of $15,510,000; also for forfeiture of
charters of the domestic concerns, can
cellatlon of the permits of foreign cor-
porations and an injunction restrain-
ing them from continuing to violate
the anti-trust laws of Texas.
Several individuals are sued. The
petition is very lengthy and contains
some interesting correspondence alleg-
ed to have passed between certain
members of the Texas Millers' Associ-
ation and its secretary, Ed K. Collett
of Fort Worth. It is filed before
Judge Wilcox of the Twenty-Sixth D1e« cy, combinations and understandings
No. 22.—
1000 acres, 3% miles east from
Jacksboro, on railroad, about %
prairie and % timber, good six
room house, barn, well and wind
mill, two surface tanks, 80 acres
in cultivation. Price $15.00 per
acre. Terms to suit purchaser.
No. 3.—
45 acres, 1 mile west from
Jacksboro, a. fine fruit farm, over
1200 bearing fruit trees, sever-
al thousand berries, two acres of
grapes, 10 acres in cultivation, bal-
ance timber land, all fenced, neat
seven-room two-story house, fine
well, sheds, granary, etc. Price
$4000.00, % cash and balance rea-
sonable time.
No. 29.—
179 acres 10 miles north from
Jacksboro, 2-3 tillable land, %
bottom land, good sandy loam.
Price $11.00 per acre, on easy
terms.
No. 30.—
216 acres, on public road 4
miles west from Jacksboro, 2 miles
to post office, church and school,
42 bearing pecan trees, 50 acres
in cultivation, 100 tillable, 60
acres bottom land, good young
orchard, 3-room frame dwelling,
cribs, sheds, storm house, good
bored well, cistern, tank; - Big
Cleveland creek runs through, creek
with everlasting water. Price
$14.00 per acre, 1-3 cash and bal-
ance from 1 to 5 years at 8 per
cent interest per annum.
No. 33.—
175% acres 15 miles north from
Jacksboro, 2 miles to school,
church and postoffice, 125 acres in
cultivation, 150 tillable, 4 room
box house, good well, 3 surface
tanks.. A fine place. Price $17.-
50 per acre, 1-3 cash and balance
in 1, 2, and 3 years at 8 per cent
interest per annum.
400 acres 12 miles south east
from Jacksboro, 1% miles to
school, church, and post office, 140
acres in cultivation, 350 tillable,
all fenced, and all valley land.
Good new six-room frame house,
chicken house, sheds, etc. Price
$30.00 per acre. Terms reasona-
ble.
Fire Insurance written in THE BEST OLD LINE COMPANIES in existence.
LiberalLoans made on Real Estate at low rates of interest.
THE W. P. STEWART LAND AGENCY,
Assisted by P. H. LEATH.
trict Court and is signed by Attorney
General Davidson, Assistant Light-
it into the
The demand for gold from Europe , . ~ . ... - .
came at a favorable time in some re- « ■ _ .. „ „ , . .,, „
spects for the outward movement of’^ &
| American products, of which the lead- | The of * case 5g the State V8.
\ Wichita Mill and Elevator Cbm-
any more for they have turned * thab Eur0peatl bankere <Iec,,ned pany et al. and the usual allegations
idurin®nth« BUmmerl,to a,cce^ Amerl' are made of the number of days viola-
: can bins because they already scent- ^ under the law8 of 1899 and 1903
ed the storm made the demand on The tItlon recites that the Teiaa
them more sudden than would have Minen>. A8sociation was organtBed
------if the AmerIcan bankers about January 1st, 1898, which is de-
and you only pay for what you f.a °Un,d u pessary at the present clared conspiracy, and that the As-
ent f r t0 bUy “ SFaln WU8 t0, sociation’s executive committee on Au-
-■ ' ■ ■ - ■ . -L4- ■■■" 1 , ... .. . , ..*7 _ I gust 9th, 1905, organized the Texas
GEO. SPILLER, ™ pay substantially in gold ^ *Zfouslycarrying
balance on exported products which . , .. . „ .
Surveyor, Notary Public,1 is being created in favor of this coun- (°Ut the aforeBald conspiracy, and
have been and are observed and acted
upon by each member of said Associ-
ation and by the Texas Grain Dealers’
Association and each of its members.
It is charged that the conspiracies,
etc,, have existed from the very time
Of the organization. In re-organizing
the Texas Grain and Flour Company,
it is recited, every miller was to be giving or payment of any discount or
lower than the price fixed by the
Texas Millers’ Association. To pre-
vent the sale by any Oklahoma miller
of flour or any product of wheat, or
any product of other grain in the
State of Texas, except under rules
and regulations and upon terms and
conditions prescribed by the Texas
Millers’ Association. To prevent the
General Land and Col-
lecting Agent.
Hag only Abstract of Jack County
Laud Titles.
Jacksboro, Jack Co., Texas.
JNO. P. SIMPSON,
• LA WYER,
CIVIL BUSINESS ONLY.
JACKSBORO, TEXAS.
mm 4 BIOTS
BARBER SHOP,
Next door to Post Office.
Sharing and Hair-Cutting.
Satisfaction Guaranteed.
Oriental Steam Laundry basket leaves
every Tuesday and returns Friday.
FAST GAINING TONE
Financial Situation is Growing
Stronger With Each Suc-
ceeding Day.
New Ycrk, Nov. 10.—The most
eventful week in the financial history
of the present generation came to a
close Saturday with conditions much
clearer than a week before, but with
some clouds still hanging over the fi-
nancial horizon. The previous week
had closed with the disquieting an-
nouncement that the New York bank
reserves had lost $20,000,000 In cash
in spite of deposits by the Govern-
ment during the week of a nearly
equal sum, representing a net cash
}oz» p< $10,000,000.
try by every bale of cotton and car-
load of wheat placed on shipboard
'for export.
The cotton movement has been a
good deal congested by the * absence
of small bills in the Southern banks,
but everything that is possible is be-
ing done by the secretary of the treas-
ury and New York bankers to help
the Southern bankers in meeting the
situation. The same is true in re-
gard to the movement of grain, which
has been more easily handled at Du-
luth and other northwestern points
with the aid of Western banks than
has the cotton movement. Many bank-
ers are sending forward to the West
and South all the currency they can
spare, especially to those points where
in their judgment it is most needed.
The premium on currency, which rose
as high as three per cent during the
week, although it closed somewhat
lower, has had a curious effect upon
exchange and the price of United'
States bonds. It has disturbed the
calculations based upon gold parities
of exchange and has made it possible
to pay a higher price to get goiq and
to require bonds as a basis for regu-
lation than if no such premium pre-
vailed.
CHRYSANTHEMUM
Temple a
Thing of
Beauty.
Wondrous
Waco, Tex., Nov. 9.—The Chrysan-
themum Temple erected and wonder-
fully lighted and decorated by the Tex-
as State Floral Society, occupied the
attention of the ladies of Waco today
above all other considerafions, the
preparations for the eleventh annual
The bapk statement of yesterday, exposition being nearly completed, the
ehar.gefi this situation. While it finishing touches being in rapid prog-
show* a normal decrease in required ress, One of the largest exhibits came
reserves of $13,085,800, more than two-j from Fort Worth, which is forging to
thirds cf this increase is due to the the front as a city of chrysanthemums
reserve requirement* caused by in-j and other flowers,
crease in deposits because of the ta-1 Dallas, New Orleans, Little Rock,
king over of loans from the trust com ! Houston and Galveston have secured
panics by the banks. Moreover, the'spaces on the exposition floor and are
actual cash loss of $4,313,000 is due to J getting in good shape for competition
the system of averaging accounts for'for the cash and special prizes. The
the entire week, including several, lower floor will be devoted to the flow-
er exposition and the upper floor to
concerts, a stage having been con-
structed and the terrdeed floor furnish
ed with opera chairs enough to seat
days before the arrival of the new
gold. Unless demands from the coun-
try are very heavy next week, the ar-
rival of additional gold will more
than offset the loss of cash last week 1,000 persons. The exposition will
and make a creditable showing for commence next Wednesday and will
the reserves on Saturday next week. I continue until Saturday night.
more particularly for the purpose of
fixing the price of wheat and other
grain and lessening competition in the
purchase of wheat. Under the first or-
ganization the following alleged un-
lawful purposes are charged:
1. To prevent competition among
the members thereof in the purchase
of wheat and other grain, and In the
sale of flour and other products of
grain.
2. To fix and regulate the price of
flour and other products of grain.
3. To fix and regulate the difference
in price between the different grades
of flour.
4. • To prevent the payment of bro-
kerage and the allowance of discounts.
5. To make it difficult for millers to
depart from the prices fixed by the As
soclation.
6. To discipline members who re-
fuse to abide by the prices and regu-
lations fixed by the association. ,
7. To prevent the allowance of cred-
it in the sale of flour and the other
products of wheat.
8. To prevent competition ip the
purchase of whe*t and other grain.
9. To fix and regulate the price of
wheat and other grain and the prod-
uct-: of giain.
10. To prevent competition in the
purchase of wheat and grain and sqle
of products of grain anti to monopo-
lize said business.
11. To prevent free competition in
the purchase and sale of grain.
12. To lessen and regulate the out-
put of flour and other products of
grain.
That as one of the means of carry-
ing out and effecting the unlawful pur-
poses of said Texas Millers’ Associa-
tion the State of Texas has been di-
vided and subdivided into groups or
districts, the boundaries of each Of
which are marked by certain towns
and lines of railroads and numbered;
that ail that portion of the State of
Texas not included in said groups is
designated as differential territory.
That said Texas Millers’ Association
acting with its co-conspirators, fixes
and from time to time has fixed the
price of grain and grain products in
each of said groups and territory
aforesaid.
That said Association has adopted
rules, agreements and understandings
with -reference to sales and purchase
of grain and grain products in said
groups and territory, in furtherance of
the general conspiracy herein charged,
and said agreements, rules, consplra
a member, his stock limited to 50cts
per barrel on his twenty-four hour ca-
pacity, which is alleged as showing an
unlawful purpose to band the millers
to do the following alleged unlawful
aettuafe?
(1) To fix and maintain the price of
wheat and other grain in this State;
(2) to restrict competition in the sale
and purchase of wheat and other grair
In this and other States and Territo-
ries of the United States; (3) to di-
vide the territory in which the mem-
bers of each association shall operate
brokerage by any Oklahoma miller to
any retail dealer for the products of
corn and wheat in the State of Tex-
as. To prevent the millers of Texas of 1903.
and the Texas Grain and Flour Com-
pany from purchasing any wheat
from the farmers of Oklahoma and
Indian Territory. To prevent the pay-
ment by any Texas miller and the
by such associations.’’
The Texas Millers’ Association is
charged with organizing and main-
taining the Texas Grain and Flour
Company and the Texas Grain Deal-
eis’ Association, alleged to be part
of the conspiracy.
However, the subsidiary concerns
are not named as defendants. The
summary is the usual allegations of
specific violations of the antitrust law.
A total of $8,760,000 is asked under
act of 1899 and $G,750,000 under act
THE SOUTH
Texas Grain and Flour Company of
a price for wheat and corn in excess
of the price fixed by the Oklahoma
Millers’ Association and the Oklaho-
As the Saving Power of the Coun-
try.
Manufacturers’ Record: The South
ma Export Company. To prevent kolds a cal1 uP°n the worW’s S°ld t0
in the purchase and sale of wheat' competition between the millers of tlle extent of $450,000,000 to $500,-
and other grain; (4) to fix the dif-1 Oklahoma, Indian Territory and the;000’000 for the cotton which it will
ferential in the several grades of millers of Texas in the purchase of tfus year furnisb t0 Eur°Pe. Every
wheat and com and the sale of the dollar of «old mined on earth during
wheat and other grain and the price
to be paid for each grade thereof; (5)
to boycott and refuse to buy from or
products of wheat and corn.
It is recited that at a meeting held
sell to persons, firms, associations or in Enid, Ok., Sept. 18, the Texas mil
persons or corporations not members lers agreed not to purchase wheat in
of either one or the other of said as-: that territory from farmers, but from
sociations; (6) to prevent grain deal-. the Oklahoma Association or its mem-
ers not members of a grain dealers’ bers, or its company called the Okla-
association from selling to members homa Export Company. That a sim-
in this and other States and Territo-, liar agreement was entered into with
rles of the United States and to pre-.the Southern Kansas Millers’ Commer-
vent millers in this State from buy-;ciai Club. That on Dec. II, 1905, the
ing from such grain dealers. | Texas, Kansas and Oklahoma associ-
That each and every member of ations and subsidiary concerns met
the present year would not be suffi-
cient to pay the bill, and this call
which the Southehas upon Europe is
one which will prove not only a great
blessing to the South, but a great
blessing to the entire country. This
money, whether paid in actual gold
or in other ways, will so strengthen
the financial situation, not only of the
South, but of New York and the coun-
try at large, as to make the South
the saving power in American finan-
cial interests. No other crop on earth
said Texas Millers’ Association and with committees from Northern and;is of such far-reaching importance to
the Texas Grain Dealers' Association,! Southern Nebraska Northern and any other great country as cotton is
‘ - — ‘ to the United States.
The whole country, every business
man in it, whether he be manufact-
urer, merchant, or. banker, farmer or
mechanic, and whether his home be
in the far North or far West, will be
indebted to the South for producing
the crop which at this critical stage
is already saving thq situation, and
which will soon turn such a tide of
I gold or its equivalent to our shores
including the defendants, have contin- j Southern Missouri and Northern Kan-
uously acted upon and carried out sas and entered into an agreement
the understanding, agreements and as follows:
conspiracy aforesaid and have used' “That the millers belonging to these
means reasonably calculated to carry J associations should refrain from buy-
out the purpose aforesaid, and have ing in the markets of Kansas City
done many other acts and things In1 and Omaha on grades made by the
furtherance of said understanding, | inspectors of these markets. That
agreement and conspiracy, in viola- said millers refrain absolutely from
tion of the anfi-trust laws of this buying wheat on inspectors’ grades
State, enforced during the period em-j until Missouri inspectors maintain
braced in the allegations of the peti-(and enforce the present grade rules,
tion. It is charged that the millers ’That beginning with Dec. 24, 1905,
agreed to sell extra high patent flour ^ and continuing for two weeks, all
at 50 cents per barrel more than high mills refrain from buying hard win-
patent and that low grade should not
sell for more than $2 per barrel less
than high patent.
It is stated that associations simi-
lar to that of the Texas millers exist
in Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, Colo-
rado, and Oklahoma, and that the sec-
retaries of these associations work
together and the associations act to-
gether and in harmony, helping and
undertaking “to maintain the prices
fixed by the several associations in
their respective States.’’ This is fol-
lowed by an explanation of the joint
operation, and correspondence show
ing how the associations work to
gether.
Next it is charged that the Okla-
homa and Texas Association reached
a specific understanding about Sept
15, 1905, to do the following alleged
unlawful acts:
To prevent'the sale by Oklahoma
millers of any flour or other products
of wheat or any products of grain
within the State of Texas, at a price
ter wheat either for prompt or defer-
red shipment. That every miller ac-
cept the view that the conditions
promise lower wheat prices and urge
that every miller widely express the
faith that is in him. That these rec-
ommendations were communicated by
said Ed K. Collett to the members of
the Texas Millers’ Association and
as to stay the hysterics and stop the
fear which has been paralyzing the
free and easy movement of the bank-
ing facilities of the country. While
enriching itself the South will be en-
riching the whole nation.
Plan New Railroad.
McKinney, Texas, Nov. 1.—Charles
B. Duffy, president of the Apalachiola
and NorthernR railroad company, and
! director of the Louisville and Nash-
were ‘by”these" ~miller7 adopted and ville> has notified M- J- Healey of this
acted upon. That at this meeting itl«ty that he wiU return here soon ™th
was further agreed and understood
and the agreement and understand-
ing has since been acted upon by the
millers of the Texas Millers’ Associa-
t'on, that when Texas millers pur-
chased wheat in Southern Kansas
they should respect the prices fixed
by the Southern Kansas Millers’ As-
sociation and should purchase through
the American Grain and Flour Com-
pany, and that when wheat was pur-
chased by Texas millers in the terri-
tory of any of the other associations
represented yat said conference that
his engineering party and Bos-,
ton capitalists with a view of closing
a contract with citizens of McKinney
and Denton for building a railroad
west from this city through Denton
county to west Texas.
the price should be the prices fixed me at once. W. P. Stewart.
Home Builders Take Notice!
For $5.00 per square l can sell you
any. size sections of the skating
rink floor already made ready to build
on to. Is nearly as good as new, can
be easily handled and at about one-
half the cost of new flooring. See
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Jacksboro Gazette. (Jacksboro, Tex.), Vol. 28, No. 24, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 14, 1907, newspaper, November 14, 1907; Jacksboro, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth729985/m1/1/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Gladys Johnson Ritchie Library.