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The Job department of the Pkkss is complete and affords facilities for the best class of w rk. Paht let' la it ati lm ion paid to Law VIUKTING. No paper will be discontinued until arrear ig«:s are paid, except at the option of the pub lisher. Papers sent out of the county must be paid gor in advance. Zoology's New Service. Instead of going to geology anil physical geography to throw light on zoology, Dr. Scharff of Dublin has re versed the process. In a paper read to the zoologists in Boston he proceed ed from the general principle that the distribution of animals now living on the earth tells the story of the forma tion and changes of continents. The fact that certain fauna are common to widely separated regions, such cs Japan and the United States, points to a time when Asia was connected with North America by a land bridge near Bering Strait. It is furthermore prob able that the widely differing species of eastern and western America prove that these regions were once separat ed by water. This theory is a striking example of the constructive imagina tion in science. Moreover, it is op posed to the hypothesis of Darwin and Wallace, who held that insular an imal life had an accidental origin. Dr. Scharff's theory really takes us no farther back, says the New York Post, than Darwin did to the origin of spe cies and the beginnings of life in the great process of evolution. Men of science are baffled by it as before, and with Dubois-Raymond repeat their ignoramus, ignorabimus. Ethical Code of Electrical Engineers. One of the most gratifying incidents of the present era of ethical awaken ing in America was the recent agita tion in favor of the adoption of an ethical code by the Institute of Elec trical Engineers. It is true that at the recent annual meeting at Niagara the carefully prepared code, upon which a competent committee had unanimous • ly agreed, met with delay, on mere grounds of technical procedure. The postponement of consideration by no means, however, implies rejection of the measure, says Century Magazin# and the present authorities of the in stitute will doubtless carry the matter forward with all constitutional dis patch, for no member of this honora ble profession, a profession yearly in creasing in responsibility and impor tance, would be willing togo on record as permanently opposing so desirable a reform, and one which the press of the country has hailed with such cor dial and significant approval. Dr. Charles McCutcheon of Tacoina has long felt that the woods of the Puget sound district are too silent and need the joyous songs of birds to en hance their beauty. A year ago he bought a number of skylarks in Eng land and liberated them in Washing ton. They have thrived and multiplied, much to the pleasure of everyone, and now he is going to make a similar ex periment with other kinds of birds. It is a good work and one which de serves to be crowned with success. The London Chronicle advances the proposition that literary women live long, and says that, for instance, Car olina Herschel reached the age of <JB, Harriet Lee 95. Mary Somerville 92, Hannah More 88, Maria Edgeworth and Anna Barbauld 82, Jane Porter 74, Georges Sand 72, and Mary Mitford died in her 70th year. It would he easy, however, to make a list as long as that of literary women who hav« died young. Giacomo Puccini, the Italian com poser, has decided to choose an Ameri can subject for the opera he proposes to write after he completes his present work, an opera on the life of Marie Antoinette. The gold miners of Cali fornia will be his chief characters. The idea came to him while witness ing a western play in New York. Rio de Janeiro is being so greatly Improved and beautified that it is al ready spoken of as "the Paris of South America,"and the people there are al most enthusiastic enough to believe that when the work is completed Paris fnay be proud to be referred to as "the Rio de Janeiro of France." Venezuela has fined an American asphalt company $5,000,000. We may soon reach the point when anything less than a $1,000,000 fine will be re garded as merely a police court fine for a case of d. and d. —Nashville .American. TARIFF AND WAGES HOW THE VOLUME AND REWARDS OF LABOR ARE AFFECTED. Convincing Reasons Why the Man Who Works for Wages Must Invari ably Fare Better Under a Protective Tariff Than Under Free Trade Con ditions. In the Labor World, August 17, of Newark and Jersey City, appears a dignified, fair and truthful editorial, entitled "The Reason Why," which answers the question: "Why should the man who works for wages be in favor of a protective tariff?" It is an important question and onf well worthy of the attention given to it by the Labor World. Printed in a newspaper which so ably represents the views and interests of many thou sands of New Jersey wage earners, the article should and doubtless will have a wide reading. It is a healthy, wholesome sign when labor journals of this class take up the question of the true relation o£ a protective tariff to work and wages. The Labor World's exposition is clear and con vincing. No fair-minded and intelli gent man can successfully confute its conclusion: "Low tariff always means low prices for labor' 3 products and low wages for |fibor. A protectee tariff always means good prices for what labor pro duces and high wages for labor. "This is why the man who works for wages should always be in favor of a protective tariff." Seven Monchs of Foreign Trade. Our purchases from foreign coun tries continue to increase in a ratio far greater than that of our increases of sales to foreign countries. For the month of July, 1907, our exports were in value $128,765,354, while our im ports were $124,764,063, leaving an ex cess of exports of $4,001,291. Here we have the largest importation in any July in the history of the country, to gether with the smallest monthly ex cess of exports in many years. At this rate our trade balance of $478,000,000 would be reduced to $50,000,000 for the year ending July, 1907. For the seven months ending with July the imports were $876,043,246, an increase of $130,091,467, compared with the corresponding period of 1906. Our exports for the seven months were $1,069,215,720, being an increase over 1906 of $99,679,724, but a de crease in excess of exports amounting to $36,411,743, as compared with the first seven months of 1906. These figures show that we are in ; creasing our foreign trade rapidly. but mostly in imports. They show o i steady decrease in our trade balance ; that if continued would leave us in : debt to the rest of the world, i Whenever the excess of exports I falls below $400,000,000, as it is cer tain to do at the present ratio of pur chases to sales, the actual money bal j ance will be against us. Fully $400,000,000 is needed each ! year to pay for carrying our outgoing and incoming freights in foreign ships: for interest and dividends on foreign capital invested here; for money spent abroad by American travelers, and for money sent abroad by our foreign-born wage earners, here: for money spent abroad by American travelers, and for money sent abroad by our foreign-born wage earners. Our national finances will, therefore, cease to be on an easy basis when we j fail to sell at least $400,000,000 a year | more than we buy. For the first seven months of 1907 I we are falling far below that figure. | If the same rate holds good for the i remaining five months of 1907 our ! trade balance will have dropped to about $330,(100.000. Yet the clamor for "more foreign i trade" goes right, on, and we have just | concluded trade agreements specifical | ly designed to greatly increase our in j tnKe of competitve goods from Ger : many, France and Great Britain. The showing for seven months of 1907 looks as though we had best turn our attention to restricting rather than en couraging the inflow of comparative competive commodities. Tariff Reduction by Treaty. The goods imported from Germany ; are virtually under the new agree | ment allowed to enter at the value i certified by the German chambers of I commerce. Thus the duty on German ] goods is less than that exacted upon | tho products of other countries, which | are subject to an ad valorem rate of duty, because the lower the value at which imports are appraised the less the duty. Until we allow France, England and other countries the same favor it can hardly be called a square deal. The Manufacturers' association and the standpatters object to this j agreement with Germany because it thus reduces the rate of duty in this round-about way.—Salem (111.) Demo crat. Wouldn't It Be Better? The constitution of the United States wisely provides that all meas ures for the raising of revenue shall originate in the house o< representa tives. This is because the house of representatives is supposed to be closer to the people than any other body. Almost without exception our experience lias shown that when mat ters like this are left to the state de partment the United States gets the' worst of it. Wouldn't it be better to adhere strictly to the spirit as well as to th.i lettfer of the constitution and let congress pass en all these mat ters? —Cedar Rapids Republican. CAMERON COUNTY PRESS, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 1907. IMPORTS FOR JULY, 1907, Increase Has Much Significance for Thinking Men. Imports for July, 1907, amounted to $124,764,063, against $102,592,449 for July, 1906; increase, $22,171,614. Of dutiable and competitive goods the value imported in July, 1907, was $67,880,301, being an increase of $6,533,935 over July of last year. The non-dutiable imports for July, 1907, amounted to $56,853,702; increase over July, 1906, $15,637,679. On its face this increase in the value of competitive goods, $6,533,935, does not appear to be more than nor mal. It is, in fact, less than the in crease of July, 1906, over July, 1905, which was $12,770, 649. The fact that this rate of Increase was not maintained for July, 1907, may turn out to be due to a decrease in tll«. invoice values of the merchandise im ported. The truth as to this cannot be accurately ascertained until a com parison shall have been made between quantities imported in July, 1906, and July, 1907, respectively. Under the terms of the export price privilege which went into operation July 1, 1907, the local chambers of commerce of Germany, France and Great Britain are permitted to name tho dutiable values of goods exported to the United States. Previous to July 1, 1907 the basis of dutiable value was the current wholesale market price in Lhe exporting country. it Li important tu know the extent to which dutiable values have been affected by this "export price" priv ilege. If there has been a general re duction in invoiced values, the in crease of $6,533,835 over the value of dutiable goods imported in July, 1908, carries with it a much larger propor tion of increase in quantities. Domestic producers will expect from the department of commerce and labor, at the earliest moment practica ble, a comparative statement showing quantities of dutiable imports for the month of July in 190G and 1907, and for suc ceeding months. In no other way can the whole truth In 1 ascertained as to the practical workings of the "export price" privilege. And the whole truth is wanted as promptly as possible. Has Been Buncoed. Senator Allison, of lowa, has no illu sions concerning the scheme of revis ing the tariff through reciprocity. He says:"The danger of attempting to lix tariff rates by means of individual treaties negotiated by the president and approved by the senate lies in the fact that it involves the raising ol revenue without the consent of the house of representatives, whereas the house is specifically given by the con stitution the exclusive right to orig inate all revenue measures. It is a bad thing to split up the two houses of congress and set them at odds, with the president necessarily siding with one of thcin. That is inevitable when a treaty is negotiated whicli seeks to change the duties fixed by both houses of congress, it gives to the president legislative functions he Avas not in tended to exercise and ignores tho one branch of congress which the con stitution intended to ha\e all the pow er of initiative over revenues." It is on the grounds stated by the senator that the constitutionality of the jug handled German reciprocity just nego tiated by the president and Secretary Root is to be tested in the courts. There is not the shadow of a doubt that this country has been buncoed in this treaty.—Bay City Tribune. What Caused the Hard Times. The Lewiston Sun solemnly de clares that it was not the tariff but currency that "caused the hard times of 1893." The year 1893 was a pe riod of apprehension and consequent depression among business men who were not to take chances in the face of the declared intentions of a new Democratic administration controlling both branches of congress, and outspoken in its hostility to the leng established policy of protection. Panic conditions, however, and uni versal hard times did not come until the latter part of 1594, following the passage of the infamous free trade Wilson bill, which closed our mills and factories all over the land by put ting them into competition with the mills of Europe operated by cheap labor. These hard times continued, getting worse and worse until after the passage of the Dingley law, since when the country has enjoyed an era of uninterrupted and unexampled prosperity.—August Journal. When Stringent Times Comn Again. "The statistics of manufacturing in Canada indicate that the Fielding tar iff is admirably suited to the wants of this country."—The Globe. The Fielding tariff, like the fly on the wheel, has nothing whatever to do »vith the success of manufacturing in Panada. What about the general pros perity of the whole world? When stringent times come again, as come they will, the Fielding tariff will have to be revised upward or the manufac turing industries of the country will suffer severely.—Canadian Manufac turer. How Men Learn. Men learn the value of a condition as they do the worth of an article, by its loss. When tariff reform gets ii the saddle and prosperity is sand bagged, among the mourners at tin grave of the dear departed will be thousands who have been prejudiced *by chatter with reference to the wrongs done in protection's name And the queer part of it is that tliej will retain their prejudices, if tliej have to part with their clothes.— Del Moines Capital. WILL FIGHT A COMBINE TRUST THAT CONTROLS FOOD PRICES IS TO BE ATTACKED. Department of Justice Promises Aid in a Campaign Against Wholesale Dealers in Food Products. Pittsburg, Pa. A gigantic at tack upon alleged illegal dealings of wholesale produce associations, firms and agencies throughout the United States by aid of the legal ma chinery of the department of justice is being planned by the retail pro duce dealers of Pittsburg who are associated in the suit of W. H. Arbour in the prosecution of the Pittsburg Produce Trade association. This step was decided upon at a meeting of the Arbour fund associates and was inspired by a letter written to Attor ney A. E. Anderson, counsel for the retailers, by Attorney General Charles J. Bonaparte. The present bill in equity now pend ing in tho United States circuit court is to be amended so as to make de fendants of every produce association, firm or agency known or alleged to be connected with the Pittsburg Pro duce Trade association. By thus giving the suit a national scope it will be far easier to secure the co-operation of the department of justice in prosecuting every alleged violator of the Sherman anti-trust law. It is charged by the local suitors that the firms connected with the Pittsburg Produce Trade association niil in raising the prices of foodstuffs in this city and assist in what is aid to be a conspiracy to control the sup ply and demand for all produce, thus permitting trust operations to be made rampant and to allow the prices to be raised at will, regardless of the crop conditions. A HUNT FOR BEARS. It Will be Made by President Roose velt in Louisiana Canebrakes. New Orleans, La. John M. Parker, who will be one of President Roosevelt's hosts during his camping and hunting expedition in southern Louisiana next month, arrived here Friday from Mississippi. Holt Collier, a famous Confederate negro scout, freedinan and hunter, will a< t as guide for the president's party. Collier is noted especially as a bear hunter, and was in charge of President Roosevelt's hunting party in Missis sippi a few years ago. Although the itinerary of the .expe dition is uot arranged, it is known that the president will be offered opportuni ties to hunt in the Louisiana cane brakes. where, as far as known, no human being has ever made(a perma nent habitation, and where the sport, in some respects, is quite out of the ordinary. The cane grows to a height of 10 to 15 feet and, at this time of the year, is blown into long windrows, leaving some open alleys between. It is necessary to cut trails across these windrows for the passage of the dogs. The hunting will probably be done entirely on horseback. In order to proceed quickly through the thickets each huntsman will carry a double edged knife with a straight, blade mar ly a foot long and heavy enough to chop a passage through obstructing growths. Trailing vines are the prin cipal obstacle for which the knives are used. In addition to bear and boar, n few pantllers and occasionally wolves are shot in the canebrakes. BUSINESS BULLETIN. Distribution of Fall Merchandise In creases Steadily. New York City.—lt. G. Dun & Co.'s Weekly Review of Trade says: Distribution of fall merchandise at retail increases steadily, except in some sections where the weather lias been unfavorable. Jobbers are still forwarding large consignments of dry goods and kindred lines, and reports from the interior indicate confidence in well sustained business during the autumn and winter. There are still complaints of caution at eastern cities regarding future operations, on account of the financial situation, but on the whole, mercantile collections are more prompt. Manufacturers have orders on hand assuring active .machinery for some months, even in the industries where conservatism is a noticeable feature, while each week puts a vast quantity of agricultural products beyond the reach of early frost, which is now re garded as the only serious menace to the great farm staples. TERRIBLE ACCIDENT IN A MINE. Eleven Men Instantly Killed and Seven Fatally Injured. Negaunee, Mich. —By the plung ing of a cage 675 feet down the shaft of the Jones & Laughlin Steel Co.'s mine Friday, 11 men were killed and seven fatally injured. The cage was making its first de scent for the day when the brake on the hoisting drum gave way. Two other men sprang to the assistance of the one at the brake wheel, but their combined efforts did, not avail, and the wire cable continued to un reel from the drum like a weighted thread from a lubricated bobbin. Tho cage shot down 200 feet before a kink in the rushing cable caused it to part. Then the cage dropped with a thud to the bottom of the shaft, the safety catches failing to operate. The surging of the cable in its mad flight tore out part of the side of the en gine house. Robbers Got $15,000. Ekaterinolas, Russia. A band of robbers on Friday made a haul from a railroad train at a nearby station. They had information that a passenger was carrying $15,000 in cash. They surrounded the coach, sought him out and mortally wounded him and then escaped with his money. A Big Strike of Shoemakers. St. Louis, Mo. The strike of jhoe cutters, instituted Thursday, re sulted in a general strike of shoe workers Friday and IS shoe factories in St. Louis, employing nearly 30,000 workmen, are idle. CURIOSITY AROUSED. "Do I want a 'party line?' " snapped Mrs. Harker, with much emphasis. "No, Indeed! Why, the idea! 1 wouldn't think of having one.' "Don't blaine you. madam," replied the telephone solicitor, with a sly wink at the milkman. "Party lines are very embarrassing. When you goto the phone to call up some one you are likely to hear Mrs. A. telling Mrs. B. all the latest gossip of the neighbor hood. Then you will hear the butche; telling Mrs. Z. how much she owe.J him and what he is going to do if she doesn't pay him." "Gracious!" "Not only that, but you can hear just what Miss K. says to her beau during lunch hour and what old man Smith is telling the pretty widow down in the apartment house and —but what is the use of wasting time? You don't want a party line. They are too embarrass ing. Good-day, madam, I —" But Mrs. Harker had him by the arm. "Come right back." she said, firmly, "and take my order for a party line. What if it is embarrassing? We all have to s'and embarrassments some times."—Chicago Daily News. AN EN T E R-" P RISIN G" MAN. She—That good-for-nothing cousin of yours, what is he doing now? lie—Oh, he has gone into a bank. She—Broke in at night, I suppose! Ins and Outs. It does seem strange, without a doubt, In tills great race for tin, A man will never be "all out" Until lie is "all in!" —Chicago* Daily News. Too Dangerous to Be True. Hezekiah —I won't deny that T sent a substertoot when I wuz drafted dur ln' the war; —fact is, I'm proud uv it! 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