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Valdez, Alaska.- November
Vo>. 7
Prospect6r
No. 42
MINES OF NATION
IN TRUST'S HANDS
Standard Oil Company ls|
Declared To Control 72
Per Cent Of Output
INVESTIGATION IS ASKED
(Snn HrAiu'lsco Kxnmincr)
That the Standard Oil Company,
through its most powerful agency,
the American Smelting and Refilling
Company, today controls 72 per cent
of the future production of gold, sil
ver, copper and lead in the United.
States, was the statement of James
P. Callbreath Jr., of Denver, secre
tary of the American Mining Con
gress, before the Trans-Mississippi
Commercial Congress yesterday in
Dreamland Pavilion.
Callbreath asserted that the Smel
tor Trust, which is really the Stand
ard Oil Company, is in a position to
get possession of all the mines in the
United States.
"During the three years ending
April, 1908, the smelter company
made a net profit of $'20,304,324 upon
a capitalization of $100,000,000, two
thirds of which was water, and this
during a time of panic," he said. "It
contains 75 per cent of the host brains
in the metallurgical world, 75 per <
cent of the facilities for smelting, and (
through these and the mines it really
controls, its position in the metal
field is supreme today. The only 1
Federal aid we ask is an investigation '
into tho methods of the company, for
unless the mines themselves will co- 1
operate, build and support their own t
smeltors there is no hope—Standard
Oil will hold tho country's precious
and commercial metals. When you
consider tho power of the Standard
Oil Company gained through the con
trol of all tho oil products, for which (
theyo are many substitutes, and with
out which the world could get along
(juite comfortably, what do you be
lieve will he the result when this con
trol is exercised over tho metals '
which are absolutely essential to our
industrial life?
"Uo you boo the possibility ol clos
ing the mines of the west by prohibi
tory treatment charges while the
valuo of metals is increased in the
market by the stoppage of production
in tho west? Do you see tho possibil
ity of purchasing tho valuable mines
at great bargains, after thoy have
boon made valueless to the ownors
by prohibitory transportion and treat
ment chargos?
"Reports on shipments covering a
poriod of eight years show that the
minor received 54 per cent of the
valuo of his oro; tho smolter charges
woro 14 per cent, while the amount
unaccountcd for was 31 per cent,
which was oithor lost or stolen.
"Wo ask th»t tho government shall
give some attention to that industry,
which, beginning at Sutter Crook
in 1848, oponod up and dovelopod this
groat wostorn ompiro; which furnishes
moro than half tho tonnago handled
by our railroads, sorved tho nation's
credit during the days of t ho rebel
lion, furnishes tho Iron for our ma
chinery, coal for our power, gold
which measures our values and which
today can furnish tho only permanent
solution to tho financial problem.
"There has been no criticism of the
Department of Agriculture, which
found a romedy for tho Han Jose
scale, turning tho fig-raising Industry
of California from failure to succoss,
now aooks to save the cotton crops
from the boll woevll and holds a pro
tooting hand over tho farmer of tho
country. Wo think that wo have
oauflo to ask for a Department of
Mining and that tho nation noods It."
REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE 1
ELECTORAL VOTES, AND
DEFEAT DF \
314
JYeiv \ork,J\ov.Jf—II illiajn JTowcwcl Taj I is circled as the next president by a role so decisive </s In cause many l<> bcliere that flic
itection oj 1008 meet,lis the practical, obliteration of the' democratie party as a political consideration. tlryan has rcccired the worst de
feat in Ins poli I teal career, a,11 things taken into consideration, for he has lost the east a I a time irhen he had the tics/ appora nil if of I/is tijc
!o make a strong shot ring' in Ihis locality.
rresent returns make it positive that Taj! trill have {J08 electoral college roles, irilh thirteen additional rotes in / he don hiJ a / column,
tn 1004 Roosevelt received' J-Jd rotes in the electoral college to t*inker's IJf(), I here /icing a tola I oj 470 rotes. This ip a r there a re jS- > electoral
vol es, of irhieh it is now believed Bryan irilt receive only 174>f01' the republicans arc con Jid en I of tvinning llic doahljitl stales.
Tajt's shotviiig in ,A'eiv York is the cause of sa 1 prise, even to the tenders of his otrn pa rt y, for he ivill carry the slate hi/ JOJ.OOO, and car
"ics New York city.by 11,000. jX'cir It'ork State gare tlooserelt a plurality of I7otf)(2rJ, and in tOOO gave . 1/c AV//ley / 'rl.l>OC>. Hughes is
elected governor of JYetv York by 70,000 plurality. He axis ejected by 57,807 it< 1000.
In the. ivest Bryanrctn 11 little better than in former years, hut he failed to moke, dm/where near the showing e.vpccled of him- In I11<H<111<1, T<ift's plnraliti/is 1S,
)()(). The state gave h'oosevelt V!l,l >44- Ta/Vs Plurality in 111 i n ois is 170,000, where in, / HO.j. Roosevelt received << /tin rollt y of ■ ><).'>,()■>!/. I otrn gi res T<tft << plural it if
tf 40,000, and it gave Roosevelt loS ,7(>(> plurality/- Wisconsin gives T<<fl a. piuralit 1/ of 71*,000. HooserrlI earricl this sf<tfe hi/ I."><!,0."ri.
I n oilier states. it is believed Tufts plurality will closely appro.vi mate Unit received by Ruosirclt. Th< republicans claim <r</y <l< nil/nl a tat< < ,\< < / / el.i a ska.
Nest I'irginiais claimed by the republicans, and'm so is Maryland. Missouri ret urns to the Soli<l South, <<! though Bryan's plurality it, the state has not as yet btende
ermined. Cowherd. democratic, is elected governor.
The indications are that the states of the Middle West have elected democratic governors.
Joseph Cannon has been re-elected to Congress from Illinois•
Governor Johnson is re-elected in Minnesota.
Montana <in/l jYeradaore in tne Bryan column. In some of the forecasts these states were placed in the doubtful col am n. bu t republ icons generally conceded them
\o the dcmocraIs.
IC. FROST 15 CHARGED
WITH CROOKED DEALINGS
President Of Alaska Central Declared To Have Di
verted To Foreign Purposes $10,000,000 Of The
$16,000,000 Raised To Construct And Improve
The Chicago & Milwaukee Electric Line
Chicago, Oct. 31—A. O. Frost, pro
moter and president of t-hp Chicago
find Milwaukee Railway, an electric
line, and president- of tho Alaska
Central road building out of Howard,
1h in a report, .made by a special ac
countant/, charged with criminal
crookedness in connection with his
operations. The report is cortifled to
tvnd (lied in connection with civil
actions growing out of the financial
KINZIE MARU JAPS
ARE FOUND GUILTY
After boing out for nearly novrn
bourn, tho Jury boforo which wim tried
the eauo nKftlnnt the Japanese Foaling
poaohorH, membera of tho crow of the
Kindle Mnru, last, night roturno 1 a
vordlol of guilty. It \n probable that
all the JapftneHO will l>c aontonood tho
flrHt of next week. Tho crew of tho
ttukl Mam, tried last. Monday, wan
mix-up in which Front Huh become
involved.
Front 1h, in the report, alleged to
have raised for tho presumable pur
pose of improving tho Chicago and
Milwaukee, tho mini of $10,000,000,
and of thi« amount $10,000,000 Ih
alleged to have boon diverted toother
purpoHOH. Two million Ih allcgod to
havo been spent on the Alanl<»
Central.
found guilty.
Tho cane a^ain^t the crow of the
Klnzle Marti wan by tho proaeoutlori
ooiiHldorod tho most dlfllcult of tho
two. Evidently taking alarm at the
capture of tho Hnki Maru, tjho crew
of the Klnzlo took futoh prccautlona
that when hoardod by tho otTloer^
from the Hoar, the nrhOonor waa an
oloan and nhlp»hape oh a yaeht. There
wan not a hIkii of recently klllod woal,
not even In the forp> of a nkln which
Kavo tho appearance of havltiK been
taken within twenty-four hourfl.
Nevertheless, Cjipt. Hertholf of tho
Hnar teat! fled, t.hf Klnstle wnn further
HOW THE STATES VOTED
The following tables show tin- mi'-ii
nev in which the r.tates voted, giving
the electoral college votes obtained
l>y each candidate. Those states fol
lowed by a question mark are as yet
doubtful.
Electoral
Tnft. College
Votes
Maine fl
New Hampshire 1
Vermont I
Massachusetts l(i
Rhode Island I
Connecticut 7
Now York 31)
New Jersey 12
Pennsylvania 34
Delaware 3
Maryland ? H
West Virginia 7
Ohio 23
Indiana lfi
Illinois 27
Michigan 14
Wisconsin 13
Minnesota 11
'Iowa 18
Kansas 10
inside tho three-mile limit than whh
the Huki when oaptnred. ft. won nlno
atatod l»y wltnefwoR f<»r Die proHoeu
tion that two boat* woro away fr<»m
tho Klnrie . Theno boats woro com
manded by white men, Smith and
WilliamH by name, who were ginned
aboard tho Klnsde as bunterH. Neither
boat returned to the Klnzio and the
Hear finally departed without them,
it being taken for granted that the
men wltnoBHod tho capturo and ho
nought Home other vemiel in the Jap
anofle Healing fleet.
Tho eane wan bandied for the Htato
by District Attorney (Jronsley and
South Dakota
North Dakota
Montana
Wyoming ' '}
Idaho
Utah "
California. 10
Oregon.... <
Washington •'»
Total :««»
GleetornI
Bryan College
Voten
Virginia 12
Nortii Carolina 12
Month Carolina '<
Georgia
Florida
Alabama 11
Mississippi I'»
Louisiana "
Texas 1 h
Arkansas "
Tennessee 12
Kentucky lit
Missouri ? 1H
Oklahoma 7
Nebraska h
Colorado r»
Novada It
Total 171
AmdHtant Dlntriet Attorney liny. It.
wan about 2 o'clock yenterday after
noon when Mr. CroHflley completed
the argument cloning the govern
ments eaao. The poachern were de
fended by Attorney Fred Itrown, who
In blH argument maintained that I be
government bad not made a ea«e be
cnuno It bad not proved that the men
were engaged In Healing at the time
the Hchoonor wan found in forbidden
water*.
Prompt attention given to mall or
ders, and proftcrlptlon* IIlied by n
registered phnrrnncht ltod Croa>
| Drug Uo.
WASHINGTON G 0 P
ELECTS ITS TICKET
Scat lie, Nov. I —The State of Wash
ington lias placed itsell in the repub
lican ranks by a vote admitting of no
question. Taft is given a plurality
of 10,000. Tbe state gave Roosevelt
73,112. Wesley L. Jonew is elected to
(In* I'nlted Stiites senate and the
republican state ticket is elected as
follow!': Governor, Samuel (J. Con
grove; lieutenant governor, M. E.
Hay; secretary of state, Sam II.
Nichols; auditor, ('. W. Clausen;
treasurer, John .J. Lewis; attorney
general, W. I'. Hell; commissioner of
public lands, II, \V. Ross; superin
tendent of public instruction Henrj
R, Dewey; insurance commissioner,
John II. Schively.
Arctic Brotherhood In Senaion
Victoria, B. Nov. —The Arctic
Brotherhood convention in now undor
way in Miin city. One hundred dele
gates are in attendance, ami Mayor
Mali prewlded at the reception Riven
laat night. Tboinaa Brnee rcHpondod
t<» the addresH of welcome. There
protnlHCH to !>»» a lively content' for the
office of Orand Arctic Chief, JamcH
Hogors, Judge Ifanmun, ('barleHOlay
pool and Godfrey Chealflndor being
onndldnte ft»r the place.
Jap Caac Ooca To Jury
The ctwe against the JapancHo Heal
ing poacher*, crew of the Kin/.le
Maru, went to the Jury at 2:30 thin
afternoon. Nf. verdict had been re
turned np to the time of going to
prcHH. Ho kooii a» the poaching ca«cH
, were disposed of the Hnkamato rnnr
I der eaao waa ci lied for trial.