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THE SUNDAY OREGONIAff, POJRTLAffl), MAY 3, 1903.
SIDELIGHTS ON LIFE -IN
gAV-bl a Dlte, xiavo a. one, now.
pleco o pie? It's sot the finest
kind o leather crust and the fillln'a made
o' mystery. Sure, now, dear, but you're
lookln hungry have a bite vrid me."
He was Jim Hill, not the great builder
of steamships and promoter of beneficent
but slightly illegal mergers, but Jim Hill,
bum, vag 24 karat fine a gem, not of the
first water, obviously of no water what
ever, but evidently of some whisky in
wardly. He was doing a little original
ptunt on Third street, near Morrison, last
Wednesday afternoon. Jim Hill, bum, held
a large quarter section of pie firmly in a
grimy hand. One or two large bites had
made the sharp end of the section look
like a silhouette of Mount Pelee after the
eruption. Crumbs of the crust and por
tions of the "fillln " clung to Jim Hill's
bristling gray mustache, but apparently
his appetite for pie had been satisfied or
maybe the sample . tasted so good that,
like big J. Hill, in tho benevolence of his
soul he wanted all humanity to take a
bite with him. For. -without regard to
age, sex or previous condition, ho thrust
the pie under the nose of every passerby,
urgently inviting each to partake thereof.
If the person chanced to bo well-dressed
and prosperous-looking he was not quite
so insistent, but he would follow a man
in working clothes half a block, endeavor
ing in his own delicate way to break
through the man's seeming reserve or
bashfulness.
"Sure, now, dear. It's foln pie. I can
alsy spare ye a good bite of it. Me noble
benefactor, the prlsldint o' yonder gorjus
hash house, give me it, an he's got a
whole windy full more jus like it. Ter
lookln' gant and holler-eyed, me frind
pie's good fer It. good fer that tired feel
in. 'Twill nather make yo ner break ye;
'twill make hair grow on yer chist, and
cure ye of spavin, and it'll straighten out
thlm bowlegs. Dear, now, have wan
bite."
Tall, dignified Policeman Cole spied him
from afar, and bore down upon him.
"When Jim Hill felt the shadow of the
tall copper he shivered a little, but quickly
recovering, saze'd upward with the Inno
cence and naivete of a child into the
eyes under the helmet.
"Sure, now. ould King Cole, yer a merry
ould soul, but yer lookln' plnched-llke.
Have a bite o' pie; 'twill make ye look
as handsome as ye did 40 years ago.'.'
"You must move on, Jim," said the po
liceman, "or you'll be looking 'pinched'
in a minute yourself. Tou're getting dis
orderly." Jim Hill was so unwise that he at
tempted to argue the matter, but the po
liceman again quietly admonished him.
"Whereupon Mr. Hill was so thoughtless as
to become deeply offended at Mr. Cole,
and made a number of very disparaging
remarks concerning that gentleman, his
mother, his grandmother and his great
grandmother. Then and not till then did
Mr. Cole presslngly Invite him to become
the guest of the city. Mr. Hill was hav
ing a good time, and it was such a lovely
day that he was very reluctant, but his
scruples were overcome when the police
man fastened a little patent grip of his
own on the bum-gentleman's wrist As
the pair passed down Second street. Mr.
NEW YORK UNDER MAYOR LOW
BY DR. ALBERT SHAW, EDITOR AMERICAN MONTHLY
REVIEW OF REVIEWS
JkjB UNICIPAL government In New York
In times past has not been a failure
" through dishonesty, through eeml
crimlnal relations between the govern
ment and the dangerous classes, nor yet
through badly devised charters, vexatious
interference from Albany, partisan poll
tics or official Incompetence. It has been
a failure simply through prevailing lack
of public spirit. For a number of years,
however, conditions have been steadily
improving. There has been developing a
local and municipal self-consciousness
that recognizes the new metropolitan Im
portance of New York, and that demand
progress in all things of a public nature
pertaining to tho municipality. The
groups and the individuals most respon
sive to this appeal of local pride and pub
lic spirit were able to unite in 1901, and
to wage a successful campaign for a
municipal government that should repre
sent their general way of thinking, and
their alms and aspirations for tho greater
and better New York.
Happily, we havo reached a point in
New York where, with a large body of
men under such leaders as Mr. Robert
Fulton Cutting, efforts for municipal prog
ress are not spasmodic but continuous;
and defeat is taken merely ae a part of
the preliminary discipline that must sure
ly bring victor- in the end. It was hot an
overwhelming victory unless as com
pared with former demonstrations of
TammanyVs strength. If between 2 and
3 per cent of the voters In 1901 had aban
doned the fusion ticket and supported that
of Tammany, the balance would have been
thrown Into tho other scale. But this was
victory enoughs It creates a situation de
manding vigilance and devotion to tho
public welfare at every point. A reform
Government thus secured by a narrow
margin of the popular voto can keep Its
prestige only by daily evidence of its
humanity. Its public spirit; Its business
like character, its effective service to the
community at all points.
And this is perfectly well understood
by. Mayor Low and his associates in of
fice. They know that they are in a posi
tion where nothing can avail to give any
measure of success to their administration
except the cumulative proofs of their
faithful devotion to tho affairs of the
municipality and the community. With
this steadfast display of public spirit,
they might make a thousand mistakes In
matters of detail, and subject themselves
" to a perfect ferment of dally criticism,
without essentially spoiling the success
of their administration.
There are those to whose minds the
work of municipal government seems to
center in the relation of the police de
partment to tho enforcement of certain
Statutes of the commonwealth relalng to
tho manners and morals of the people.
Certainly, these matters are interesting
and Important, and they have some very
serious bearings upon most of the real
problems of city administration; for the
police is a large body of men. selected and
paid by the municipality, in touch with
all departments of the community's life,
and liable to spread demoralization to
other branches of local service if demor
alized itself.
But I have long held that If the state
chooses to maintain upon the statute
books requirements contrary to the cus
toms and preferences of large bodies of
town dwellers, it ought to provide its
own Instruments of law enforcement. The
ordinary policeman should maintain con
ditions of order and safety on the streets,
and should do other thlpgs specifically re
quired or him; but it Is a mistake to ex
pect hlra to assume the initiative in the
enforcement of the state laws against the
Sunday selling of liquors, or against
gambling places and other illegal Tesorts,
provided such law Infractions are not ob
viously and openly scandalous. In other
words. It is both unfair to the force itself
and detrimental to all the best interests
of state and city administration, to put
the police In a position where the prac
tice of a blackmail becomes almost Inevi
table. It is not a position of stable equi
librium. If New York does not make
eweeplng changes in existing laws. It
must either create new instruments for
law enforcement, or else it must expect
Hill was; observed with his disengaged
hand to cast the pie from him with great
force. It struck the pavement with a
dull thud.
"Sure," he said, " 'twas that Dago -villain
of a restaurant man got me into this
trouble. I axed him for a bite o bread,
and he gave me a sour pie. wid a
smile on. his disgustln face. He'd be after
playin' a joke on me, and be the same
token. I'd as good a right, now, to play
the same joke on annyone else as 'ud bite
at it. "Why don't ye pinch the Dago, ye
trust-protectln fief?"
The joker was greeted hospitably at the
jail. It transpired that he had been let
out that morning through kindness and
his promle to give no more trouble. In
less time than it takes to tell It he was
thrust into a gloomy and evll-smelllng
tank and an Iron door clanged, shutting
him out from that lovely day and all prac
tical joking for the present.
fXfES." said the conductor, "you
meet all kinds of people travel
ing. Tvo got one of a kind in mind now.
A woman got off back at Balnler, and at
the last station I got this frantic tele
gram from her. peremptorily ordering mo
to find an 'important package' she left
in the car. I bunted it up, and here It Is."
The conductor slowly unwrapped a
small parcel, and a fine-toothed comb fell
out. nothing more.
"Now, why should any ono be so crazy
anxious about a thing like that? May
be her need Is great. Fine-toothed combs
are mighty handy for some cases so
I've heard."
THE elevator boy was discharged.
Therefore he cherished a grudge
against the building and against his suc
cessor, who was a greenhorn. Ho plot
ted vengeance. Procuring some paint, he
proceeded to change the numbers of the
floors, mixing them sadly, putting Xo. 7
on the 9th floor. No. 9 on the 7th, No. 3
on the 5th. and so on. It was a great
success. There was trouble about the
building all that day. Now, if a certain
pair of elevator boys ever meet" there
will be more trouble.
TRAVELING Passenger Agent Roche,
of the Rio Grande "Western, read the
story about the deceased Portland man
who had to be chained up in heaven to
keep him from running away to get back
to Portland, and Mr. Roche coppered it
with the tale of a wealthy Seattle busi
ness man who died some time since. -
"His physician, who was a conscientious
person, warned him shortly before his
death of his approaching dissolution, and
suggested that a minister would be of
more service in that extremity than him
self. But the sick man protested earn
estly: 'Doctor, you must not let m6 die
now; I can't die now and leave all my
glorious prospects In this beautiful Queen
City of Puget Sound! "Why, all my inter
ests are here, my Investments are placed
in business and city property, "and I must
have time to reap the harvest which Is
sure to come. Seattle is sure to be tho
New York of the Pacific Coast; look at
the push and enterprise we have here.
It's a live, wide-open town, and its future
a perpetual and a futile agitation over the
question of police complicity and the sale
of Indulgences.
Mayor Low has recently placed at tho
head of the police system a highly trained,
thoroughly upright and widely experlr
enced superintendent. General Greene, In
short, is a good enough official to head
the police department of any great city.
Conceding an equal knowledge of local
conditions. General Greene would make
a conspicuous success of police adminis
tration in London. Paris, Berlin or Vien
na. If he does not make a complete suc
cess in New York It will be duo to condi
tions for which he Is not responsible.
Whether or not tho new District Attor
ney. Mr. Jerome, is exactly right In the
excise legislation he has asked for, he is
absolutely right In his perception that po
lice blackmail and demoralization In New
York are largely due to the impossible
demand that the police force should com
pel a metropolitan community to shape
Its morals and manners in accordance
with laws that express the sense of pro
priety of our New England forefathers.
In spite of obstacles and difficulties that
are inherent in the situation, and In spite
of those that are abnormal and ought to
be removed by law, the protective serv
ices in New York City those under the
charge of the Commissioner of Police as
well as those under tho District Attorney,
and various other agencies are. steadily
improving the quality of their work every
day. They have the. inspiration of firm
character and high motive at the top.
The health department, reorganized by
Mayor Low on a basis of expert talent
and administrative capacity, showed its
appreciation of the true meaning of mu
nicipal economy by demanding a million
dollars for the prompt reconstructon of
the city's hospital facilities for the recep
tion and treatment of infectious diseases.
New York contains the most densely In
habited areas in the whole world. It Is
at the gateway of the continent. Tho
whole country is Interested in Its keeping
itself measurably free from epidemics of
Infectious disease. Its organization for
health Inspection, for disinfection, for
prompt removal of cases of infectious ill
ness from the tenement-houses and for
humane and scientific treatment in epi
demic hospitals, ought to be the very best
in the world. Not . to make this service
good. In the face of existing scientific and
administrative knowledge, would be
wasteful a6 well as wicked.
In the able management of such great
undertakings as the new transit system,
the Increase of docks and wharves, the
building of bridges and other public
works New York Is now as well off as
any great city in the country, and, so
far as I am aware, in any part of the
world. In many departments of adminis
tration Berlin, Paris and other foreign
cities have, through long years of com
paratively high-class administration, de
veloped a great body of trained and effi
cient subordinates whose work produces
aggregate results that corresponding de
partments in New York cannot for some
time hope to equal. But in so far as the
higher officials are concerned, I should cer
tainly be disposed now to class New York
with the best and most efficiently cov-
erned of the great towns of the world. j
Certainly, in public spirit and In broad
grasp of the problems to be dealt with,
the Low administration needs no ' apolo
gists in any company. It will, of course,
require a number of years to bring .the
membership of the Council up to as high
an average grade of ability as one finds
in the municipal councils of foreign cities,
but this will come in due time, and with it
gradually will come about an increase in
the importance of the functions of the
Council, which will ultimately be intrust
ed with much of the business that Is now
done by the Legislature of Albany.
If tho lines between .National jartiea
are ever again sharply drawn in munici
pal contests in the City of New. York, it
will, in my judgment, he oy way of ex
ception. As a rule, we shall have con
tests based upon local issues. ' -Tammany
will be compelled to be more respectable
than heretofore, both in seeming and in
fact But lor a srood while to come at
PORTL7W)
will be stupendous No, no, I cannot leavo
It. Heaven has no charm to me.' "
But the hour came, and in the pres
ence of a minister and many expectant
relatives the soul of the citizen passed
Into the great beyond.
Presently he was greeted by a number
of friends on the "other side." Ho was
surprised to find his surroundings far
more pleasing than he had. anticipated.
" 'Why,' he said, 'I am not sorry I
came, after all this is delightful, far bet
ter than I expected. I never suspected
heaven could be so much nicer than my
late earthly home.'
" My dear friend,' said a bystander,
who was vigorously wielding a fan, 'you
are not In heaven.' "
WILBUR E. CO MAN, general freight
and passenger agent of the South
ern Pacific, tells a tale that ho swears
truly happened to him up " In Southern
Oregon one season when be was looking
up the fruit crop.
"I was driving along about seven miles
out -of Medford one afternoon when I
came upon an overturned load of hay In
the road. The team seemed to havo bro
ken loose and run away. A boy was
standing there looking at It and trying to
rub his eyes dry wltb his fists.
" 'Where do you live, my boy? said I.
" 'M-M-edford,' he "said.
" "Well, now, the team has probably
run on home. You get right In the buggy
with me, and I'll take you on to town.'
" 'R-b-but father won't like it
" 'Never you mind about that, my son;
that'll be all right, we'll fix that get In
now.'
"I had to almost drag him into the
buggy, as he stood first on one foot and
then on the other, rcneatinsr. 'F-f-father
won't-like it.' And all the way to Med- !
lord he made that remark at Intervals
until it became almost wearisome.
" 'I put up at the hotel and took tho
lad In to dinner, but he wouldn't eat
much, keeping up that infernal 'F-f-father
won't like it.' Finally we were through.
" 'Now, my boy,' said I, "where Is your
father?'
" H-h-he's-under that load of hay.'"
DOWN on the steel bridge the other
day a seedy man stopped a runaway
team. The driver was not in sight, and
the seedy man continued to hold tho
horses, remarking:
"The owner will show up pretty soon, I
reckon."
But minutes passed, and nobody came.
Presently two Chinese ambled past in
slippered feet. One stopped, and- with an
expansive smile said:
"Me sabo him ho3see. Him b'long my
fiend."
"That so?" returned the seedy chap.
"Well, I'm glad to hear it. Here, you
hold these horses. I'm getting tired
standing- here."
The Chinese assented, and the seedy
man moved away. He had not gone ten
feet before the owner of the team rushed
up breathless. His gratitude was out
spoken, and the seedy man turned about
just in time to see the Chinese smilingly
pocket a. two-dollar bill.
"Just my luck," said the seedy man,
disgustedly, "that's how It always hap
pens with me."
least Tammany is likely to represent non
partisanship on the inferior plane. It will
rely for victory upon a certain kinship
of lower motives the federation of men
through the appeal to their fears, or
their prejudices, or their cupidity. If
Tammany should win In the election this
Fall, it could not wholly undo the good
work of Mr. Low's administration, and
it would have to adopt to a considerable
extent the Improved standard set in many
of the departments. Tho public Itself,
meanwhile, would have been taught to
expect more, and would be quite ready to
put in office a reform administration in
1905.
Thero is no new formula to bo found,
nor Is there any new kind of machinery
to be Invented, for doing away with bad
city government and for securing a suc
cession of reform vctorlcK. Tho thing
will have to be done In tho futuro as It
was done in 190L Disinterested men must
bring together those of their general way
of thinking. Personal ambitions must
be laid aside. There must be tolerance
and compromise in the making of a tick
et and a platform, and there must be
frank appeal to public opinion on the
broad basis of democratic and majority
rule. New York has now, in the main,
secured honest elections; It has separated
municipal from general elections; It has
learned how to nominate candidates and
conduct campaigns on real and vital local
Issues; It has evolved hopeful programmes
of a positive nature, for which it has se
cured the recognition and sympathy of the
the press and of the best public opinion.
New York, therefore, Is no longer to be
classed with the cities whero local gov
ernment Is hopelessly bad. Its future gov
ernment will for a part of the time be as,
at present, splendid In its disinterested
ness and its high ideals. But I do not
believe that It will ever revert again to
the state out of which it has been brought.
It will not return to Its wallowing in
the mire. All that reform needs, or should
ask, is a certain leverage and a fair
fighting chance. The cause of municipal
progress in the metropolis of New York
has now Its firm foothold. Its future must
be one of stern vigilance, of constant
struggle, of unrelenting strife. It will win
sometimes, it will lose sometimes; but, on
the whole, it will make its fair advance
ment, and it will not permit the me
tropolis either to come short of Its own
salvation or to pollute the stream of the
higher politics of the nation.
New York City.
THE LABOR DISPUTE.
Phases o It im Seen by One Who
Signs Ills Xamc.
PORTLAND. May 1. (To tho Editor.)
The situation grows lurid with the flame
and smoke of battle. Tho suffering pub
lic between two approaching fires must
necessarily be near the limit of endur
ance. Strikes in New York,4n Boston, In Phil
adelphia, in Chicago, not to mention
others In Washington, In Montana, In
Dakota, In Indiana, are a part of the
morning's news; and now come the Port
land unions demanding a boycott on tho
Lewis and Clark Fair. What next) may
come is problematical, if tho public fails
to make Its protest heard.
Your interest in public affairs is second
to none, and vou will hardly hesitate to
open the columns of The Oregonlan to
this protest from the friend of working
men, no less than of the unions when
right.
Do tho unions deceive themselves by the
attitude of the newspapers, failing to see
that this attitude is purely a matter of
self-defense? Employing union labor they
think to oppose tfcem. would Involve
'themselves in a tie-up. which they could
111 afford. Hence the expression of the
press fails to voice public opinion as to
union methods. The. New York Evening
Post is an exception. It goes so far as
to say that Parry may be right.
Mr. Parry doubtless overstates some
points In his argument, but he makes it
clear that the Manufacturers' Associa
tion must resist the unlawful demands
of the unions or go out of business. The
result of such a course ought surely to
appeal to the unions, whose only capi
tal is their labor, which is worthy to
stand on an equality with capital, but
not Its dictator. When either side as
sumes arbitrarily to dictate to the other
it decs if at its peril. The master build
ers of Portland, In their letter to the
Mayor, write with ability and fairness.
They do not object to the arbitration of
the waso question, but they say trulj
that every man's right to work la In-
born and sacred, hence in" no case is a
subject for -arbitration, but to bero- j
tected and encouraged by law to th6 last ""T
Tcsort. To yield this point they Intimate t
would not only .'subject themselves to 1
severe criticism;. It would cripple their
business and leave them entirely at the
mercy of their opponents. The unions ;
must take note of this, if they would re- '. I
tain public support.' Mechanics recelv- j J
iu6 yci ua) mti in ruiuuuu vttiu
joined the unions through fear of vio
lence. Were they protected as they
must and will be. It may reasonably bo
expected that they would leave the
unions and set up for themselves. All
men desire to bo free.
The cities where the unions preponder
ate by no means Index the sentiment of
the country. Should it come to a test
at least four to one would be found whose
interest lies in opposition to the union
methods.
It Is claimed that the unions cannot give
up their claim against nonunions without
giving up themselves. If this were true,
better to give up, but it cannot be true.
Their efforts to make labor honorable
and profitable would from natural causes
bo seconded by workmen outside and
everywhere. In their collective capacity
they could design many lawful and use
ful purposes reflecting honor upon them
selves and usefulness to their country;
maintaining the dignity of labor success
fully against the world. As between bene
factors and malefactors could you hesi
tate to choose? M. S. GRISWOLD.
LABOR AND THE FAIR.
What Will the Face Profit by Cnt
tlne Off the Xoscf -
OREGON CITY, May 1. (To tho Edi
tor.) One of the inexplicable features of
the pending labor troubles in Portland
is the .movement, said to havo been
started by professed friends of tho labor
organizations, to invoke the referendum
upon the 5500,000 appropriation for the
Lewis and Clark Fair. Is it possible
that any union labor leader is at the
head of this or has tho report been
started simply to discredit labor?
Up to this time we have been assured
that the stanchest friends of the ap
propriation were the labor unions of
Portland, and no one has been surprised
at that, because it is almost capable of
mathematical demonstration that at least
75 per cent of the money spent upon the
Exposition will go into the pockets of
labor. How can it be that now, because
of a dispute between rival interests, it
will help labor to discredit the Exposi
tion? Can you hurt the mill men in
that way, who have announced to the
public that they do not depend on the
local demand for lumber?
The sympathy .of the public in cases of
this kind Is nearly always with organized
labor, and we can think of nothing that
would cause a greater revulsion in sen
timent than to havo it understood that
organized labor was doing what It could
to make tho Exposition a failure. Al
ready we are hearing the enemies of the
unions using this suggestion of certain
representatives of labor as a club to cre
ate sentiment against the unions, and
telling us that, when reduced to Its
final analysis. It does not differ from the
tactics of Eastern labor leaders In urging
violence and the destruction of property
or the performance of the miners in
Idaho in blowing up tho Bunker Hill
mine.
We cannot believe that the lea'ders of
the labor unions in Portland or the in
telligent rank and file Indorse anything
of the kind. The success of the Expo
sition is a matter of state pride. How
can a laboringman hope to gain support
and public sympathy by striking a blow
at a public enterprise like this? Is it
to his interest to stop the development
of the country, to prevent Its growth, to
retard building and business enterprise?
Is he prosperous when other people are
prosperous or when they are in dis
tress? Will a dead real estate market
help him and make work plenty and
wages high? If so, then hard .times are
desirable and prosperity is a detriment
to labor. Do we want the experiences
we had eight or ten years ago? If so,
wo can help to bring them about by
making the Exposition a failure and
blocking In every way possible the further
devolpment of tho state. We believe the
laborers of Portland are too intelligent
and patriotic to do such a thing.
LEWIS AND CLARK.
THE MINIMUM SCALE.
Labored Effort to Show That a. Poor
Hand Is Equal to a. Good One.
PORTLAND, April 30. (To the Editor.)
In an editorial 'in Monday's Issue the
statement occurs that the contractors of
this city easily have the better of the
unions on the issue of Incompetent me
chanics. This phase of the question ad
mits of some explanation. Take carpen
ters, as an instance for illustration. There
is work for every class or grade of car
penter In the general run of a building
season except for the man who has no
mechanical Idea or who is too lazy to give
an honest return for his wages. Before
carpentry can became a standardized oc
cupation there must be a standard of
workmanship that does not now obtain.
A man may be profitably employed on
frame, rustic, cornice and partitions, while
tho same man may not earn his wages on
inside finish. Another may be very com
petent on inside finish or stalrwork, but
would be too slow on staging work. An
other may bo good as a f ramer, but not for
anything else. Each man Li competent,
but he Is not an "all-around" man. There
are varying grades of work, some houses
being hurriedly and cheaply constructed,
while others are finished in best material,
requiring the best workmanship. One
man earns his wages on a "hurry-up"
job who could not find a place In first
grade work. Yet ho earns his money for
his employer just the same. So long as
there are many grades of work there will
be many grades of workmen. If our work
llko that of. the plumbers, were or, could
bo standardized, a solution of the ques
tion of incompetency among workmen
would be reached at once. Contractors
themselves differ widely In their judg
ment of what constitutes good workman
ship. - One builder would pass work that
if done for another man would have to
be torn out the buildings being alike In
every particular, so far as the workman
could see. Contractors always have the
remedy of discharging tho incompetent.
They are not usually slow to apply the
remedy where it is needed. The unions
cannot take this right from them they
could not if they would, and would not If
they could, for obvious reasons. Person
ally, I know Just about what there Is in
this plaint about incompetent men. I
have been "up against it" more than once
with some of the contractors who are
now fighting the minimum scale. I now
have steady employment with a contractor
who takes his work on a paying basis.
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Graduate Iowa. .State Uolr. Ssafeys, 10 A. U. to 12 31. Telephone North 2191.
Costliest
Because
the Best
The price of Mon
arch Ranges va
ries according to
size, from $45 to
$125.
The Tale of the Monarch
The Most Perfectly Constructed Cooking Range in the World
DO YOU KNOW the difference between the iron used In the construction of the Monarch and that ordinarily used In
the manufacture of steel ranges?.
WE WILL TELL YOU: Monarch Ranges are made of steel and malleable Iron which will positively stand the test
or time and usage. In the ordinary steel range with which the country is flooded gray iron Is used where malleable
Iron Is the feature In the Monarch.
Gray Iron is manufactured from ordinary grades of pig iron Indiscriminately selected. It Is melted between lay
erSr Vtan n the fuel mlxes wlth 010 me,tIn? Iron and fills it with foreign substances that render It inferior.
MALLEABLE IRON is made of pig Iron chemically tested. It is kept remote from the fuel and is melted by a blast
of heat from a separate furnace, and therefore collects no foreign substances. When melted it Is placed in annealing
pots and subjected to an intense ten-days' heat, which positively eliminates the carbon. It comes forth dense, tough
and workable under the hammer a formidable foe to time and hard knocks. The difference, of course, lies in the proc-
o ui iilu.n.ui5. j-iie neat requireu
One will readily recognize that
"uu 13 eaaiijr uamagea oy neat. jianeaDie iron may be subjected to a perfect storm of heat, but It will neither crack,
break nor warp, and is, therefore, beyond all cavil, the ideal Iron for a perfect cooking range.
It Is Gaslight, Airtight, Dusttight
. It Is always ready for business. No special fire Is required when preparing to bake. Should the oven be too hot.
or become so while In use, a ventilating- catch at the top will reduce tho temperature promptly to the desired point.
In all things the Monarch stands supreme.
.Cooking on Top -
Three-fourths of your work Is done on top of the range. The necessity of a uniform surface Is thereforo manifest.
Inasmuch as the Monarch dos not require excessive heat, like most other ranges, it cannot open up In the seams,
nor will its braces fall In or its lids become lop-slded and expose the fire. THE ENTIRE TOP OF THE MONARCH IS
MADE OP MALLEABLE IRON. . ,
Its surface heats quickly and uniformly. It never becomes" necessary to remove the lids to do your cooking. Owing
to the character of the malleable irdn. tho top of the Monarch need not necessarily be as thick as the top of the gray
iron range, hence It heats far more rapidly and the results are more satisfactory
ALL THIS MEANS ECONOMY IN FUEL. This item Is of great Importance. You are not restricted to any par
ticular portion of the Monarch's surface, as the entire top becomes hot enough foe use. Thrifty and discriminating
housewives will promptly recognize the many decided advantages afforded by a perfectly constructed range In the mak
ing of which no expense is spared.
Moreover, the top of the Monarch' is easily kept clean. When malleable Iron comes from the furnace it is rough
and grainy. But with our new process we make tho top as smooth as a table and as easy to keep neat and clean.
The extension shelf of malleable iron, so impractical when made of gray Iron, extends the top surface of the Mon
arch on the right side and is practical because It is strong and readily meets any demand that may be made upon it.
Extension Firebox for Wood
An extension to the rear end of the firebox may be had with any Monarch. This does not change the firebox in any
way, except to make It longer. It Is malleable Iron, and being riveted to the body, forms an airtight joint.
Body of the Monarch
It is made of polished range body steel. It has a handsome black finish without the use of paint or enamel to
chip, discolor or bum. It is easy to clean arid always looks neat and new. The oven plates; flues and closets are
roadfl of the best quality wrought range body steel, all patent leveled and proof against unevenness. WE USE NO
PUTTY IN THE JOINTS. All joints are connected with strongest Norway rivets. MAKING THE MONARCH AS
SOLID AND TIGHT AS A STEAM BOILER.
Why Do We Discard the Bucks Range in Favor of the Monarch Range?
When we took the Bucks it was the best range on the market for the money. That was tiiree years ago.
The Monarch is now so far superior to the Bucks that we are compelled to make the change, although
hundreds of our customers think there is no range as good as Buck's, and we have a large trade worked
up in that line. Come just to see the beautiful Monarch range. It has no equal.
Mound City Ranges"7 ,I?.b:an $39.00
I PadPf RflnnPS-The best lw-Priced cast range ever made. There are other ranges as C?7 CA
Liauu iiauiji.3 ioW in price, but none so good for the money. Prices commence at J I . JU
H. E. EDWARDS, 185, 187, 189, 191 First St.
who is paying the scale, can afford to do
It, and honestly admitted it to his men.
It naturally follows that every man in
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possible to forward his employer's Inter
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follow If the whole situation were treated
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342J Washington, Cor. Seventh
to meit gray iron nas little effect on the malleable mixture. ,
there Is as much difference between them as there Is between day and night- Gray I
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The price of Mon.
arch Ranges va
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