THE COLUMBIAN. BLOOMSBURG, VA.
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THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK
OFBIaUOBISBURG. 1A.
THE OLDEST AND STRONGEST.
Capital 8100,000 Surplus 8150,000.
With the Largest Capital and Surplus in the County, a
Strong Directorate, Competent Officers and Everv Mod
ern Facility, we solicit Accounts, Large or Small, and
Collections on the Most Liberal Terms Consistent with
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3 Per Cent. Interest Paid on Time Deposits
OFFICERS:
Myron I.
B. W. M. Low, President.
Jame M.rttawr, Vive President.
DIRECTORS:
James M. Stavcr,
Fred Ikeler,
8. C. Creasy.
Clinton Herring,
E. W. M.Low.
F. O. Yorks,
Loulf (JroHs,
M. E Stnoklioune.
THE COLUMBIAN.
ESTABLISHED 1866.
THEJCOLUMBIA DEMOCRAT,
CSTAIILISHKH I837. CONSOI IDAI Eli 1869
u u iiiiiED Evekv Thursday Morning,
A1 KIojrrnlurf, the County Scat ot
Columhin County , Pennsylvania.
CEO. E. ELWELL. Editor.
GEO. C. ROAN, Fokimax.
ru k m a: Insult the county A1.00 a year
In alvancc; l.jnif not aiil in aancp.
'ats-de the county, $ 1.25 a year, strictly in
All communication houl1 lieidilrefsed
1 II I. COL'J.MHIAX, Hoonisl.urj;, i'a.
HUltsDAV, MARCH 2r, lWfl
FREE COAL.
Should the provision of the
Payne Tariff bill putting bitumi
nous coal in the free list be finally
approved, and if thereafter Canada
should respond by Hie repeal of the
Dominion coal duty, there would
be great reciprocal advantage for
both countries. The Pennsylvania
and West Virginia mines would be
able to supply with coal a large
area of Canadian territory fronting
on the Great Lakes and the St.
Lawrence River. Canadian pro
dacers would obtain counterbalanc
ing advantage by being able to sell
Nova Scotian coal in New England
' nd coal from British Columbia to
u-,-rican consumers on the Pacific
1st. Such Canadian coals would
rssured of a market because of
. cilities of cheap water transporta-
uin.
There may be opposition to a re
peal, both of our owu aud of the
Canadian tariff duty, at the hands
of producers who find narrow and
local advantage in a restriction of
free intertrading; but the benefits
. r a
01 repeal are so obvious ana so
widely distributed that we cannot
doubt of final reciprocal action. It
will be some time, however, before
such mutual arrangement, if agreed
upon, can become operative.
JViila. Record.
DIRECT TAXATION.
The proposal to put a tariff duty I
on coffee and tea in order to meet
the exigent need ot the government
for more money arouses an instant
remonstrance from consumers This
is readily explained. Such taxes
would be instantly added to house
hold expenses and recognized as t
continuing additional burden. Yet
the consumer will go on paying
without murmur more grievous tax
ation on his food, clothing, shelter,
medicine, tools and machinery be
cause he does not pay these taxes
so directly. He does not recognize
the extended hand of the govern
ment nor the plucking he gets when
lie buys himself a coat or builds
himself a house. He also fails to
Temember that the coffee and tea
taxes go straight into the Treasury.
ery little of the money being dis.ii-
jwicu in me cost ot collection,
whilst the tax on his coat and his
house is largely diverted to the
pockets of favored parties among
iu icuuw-ciuzens who are author
bed to tax him for their own emol
anient.
The coffee tax is a fair tax; but
it would be unpopular because its
burden would be recognized. The
ico per cent, tax on wool and wool
ens is an abomination; but it is paid
without remonstrance because it is
paid without knowledge; the sub
stance of the tax payer Is drawn
way jrorn mm as the vampire
sucks the life blood of its sleeping
Little Barbara's Complaint
rour-year-oid Barbara went to
church with her two sisters and
came home crying.
"What is the matter, dear?" in-
quired her mother.
"He preached a whole s sermon-
ahout-M-Mary and Martha," sob
bed Barbara, "and-never said-a-
w-woTd about me."
April Lippineotft.
Low, Vice PreHident.
Frank Ikeler, Cashier
Mvron T. Low,
H". V.Hower.
Frank Ikeler.
THE PROPOSED STATE HIGHWAY.
One of Governer Stuart's pet
schemes is the construction of a
state highway from Philadelphia to
Pittsburg, and a bill has reen intro
duced in the legislature asking for
an appropriation of Ss.ooo.ooo for
that purpose. Last week on recond
reading the bill was sent back to the
committee, because it was evident
that if a vote was taken on it at
that time, the bill would have been
killed.
Since then it is announced that
Senator Penrose and the other ma
chine bosses are favoring the bill,
and it is expected to pass.
Some sort ot a compromise is re
garded as the probable solution
whereby the bill tvill go through.
Elimination of the $vooo,ooo ap
propriation for the work and allow
ing probably $1 ,000,000 with which
to start the project was the one sug
gestion most discussed.
To pacify the country districts,
which feel that they are left out in
the cold in the State highway pro
gram, it is proposed to have the
Jones Township road bill reported
from committee and passed, after
cutting down the $3,000,000 appro
priation to $1,000,000 or $1,500 -
000.
The bill allows 50 cents on each
dollar expended by townships in
road improvements, but Hon. W.
T. Creasy, declared that the count
ry districts would not accept this as
a basis of compromise. He added
that the Jones bill appropriation
would have to carry considerably
more than $1 000.000 to make it ac
ceptable to the townships.
It is my belief that the State
highway bill cannot be passed,;,'
continued Mr. Creasy. "The
country people object to it for two
reasons: First, they do not know
that the State has sufficient money
available. Second, they want to
know what is the route between
Philadelphia and Pittsburg.
"We might as well be candid a-
bout this matter. No sane man be
lieves it Dossible to construct n Viio-h.
way between Philadelphia and
Pittsburg for $5,000,000. Take
for instance, that part of the bill
requiring that trolley roads shall
not occupy the proposed highway.
In Lancaster County, alone, roads
which would be used for the high
way are occupied by trolley lines.
which cost more than $800,000 for
construction. It would cost $1,
500,000 to remove and replace
them.
'This is but one of many such
cases. 1 he project would run uo
to $20,000,000 if not more, before
it was completed. The bill must
say what is to be the cost of the
highway complete."
Of just what benefit such a road
is expected to be, we have not
learned. Ordinary people who ride
in trolley cars conld not have the
pleasure of riding on this "magnif
icent state boulevarde", because
there will be no trolley lines on it.
It could not be used for freight
traffic with automobile trucks, for
the railroad companies will see that
such use is not permitted
mere are out three ouroosses
wnicn sucn a road could accom
... . -
pu&u. nrsi, ir. wouia De a very
nice route for the wealthier classes
who can afford to go on automobile
tours; second, it would be a raonu-
ment to the memory of Governor
Stuart after he is dead and other
wise forgotten; and third, it would
be a splendid opportunity for a stu
pendous steal from the state treas
ury in its construction and mainte
nance. Unless the state hierhwav
department finds some better meth
od than it has been using, the first
end that is built will have to be re
built before the other end is reached.
While the schools and hospitals
and country roads are all in need of
much more money than the state is
giving them, it would be a sinful
use of the public money to devote
the many millions this road would
cost, to such a purpose at this time.
WASHINGTON
From our Regular Correspondent.
Washington, D. C, Mar. 22, 1909
Tl:e Democrats in the House
ein determined to punish Repre
sentative Fitzgerald for his bolt
f 10111 their tanks on Monday. A
minority caucus was held 111 the
liall of the House 011 Tuesday, and
after a lengthy debate a resolution
was adopted appointing n commit
tee of fifteen to frame rules for
future caucuses, and at the yame
time determine what shall be done
to Fitzgerald, aud with the com
mittee assignments not approved
by Champ Clark, the new minority
leader.
Democrats and Republicans alike
were delighted with the message of
President Taft, and at the conclu
sion of its reading, which took
hardly five minutes, the Democrats
in t'.:e House joined iu the loud
aud prolonged applause. Just
twelve years ago President McKin
ley sent to Congress a message
three times as long when he called
Congress in extra session on March
15,1897, to pass a new tariff bill.
The Democratic members of the
full committee on ways and means
made every effort during the hear
ings which preceded the delibera
tions of the Republican members,
to bring to light every important
fact regarding the articles named
in the tariff which are produced in
the South, though the Southern
States are not represented 011 the
subcommittee which framed the
tariff bill. In fact the securing of
protection for the industries in the
southland formed one of the feat
ures of the hearings, and sugar,
peanuts, lumber, mica, clays, rice,
Sea Island cotton, southern fruits,
were all subjects for interesting dis
cussion and all seek protection at
the hands of the government.
It is estimated that there will be
fifty-six car-loads of government
exhibits taken to Seattle for the
Alaska-Yukon-Pacific exhibition,
including the mint and life-saving
service outfit, and the work of
loading these exhibits has already
begun. The official of the Treas
ury department, in charge of the
shipment, said yesterday that he
expected to have all the govern
ment exhibits in place by the time
the exhibition opens, tJune 1st,
next.
The Bureau of Engraving and
Printing is unusually active these
days and color is given to the be-
ief that the new tariff bill win con
tain clauses reenacting the stamp
taxes, levied during the Spanish- i
American war period, by the fact
that machines are being installed
for the printing of stamps, and the
entire printing force is working
overtime. Millions of stamps for
future sale have been printed with
in the last ten days, and the belief
obtains that the bureau officials
bave received an intimation from
the Treasury Department that the
task to produce adhesive stamps
for use on proprietary medicines,
perfumery, chewing gum, on
checks, notes and other commer
cial paper, will fall on the bureau.
In view of the fact that the War
Department is simply deluged with
applications for headstones for
graves of soldiers, the quartermas
ter general of the army has made
an effort to obtain from the com
missioner of pensions information
as to the death rate of civil war
soldiers and others whose graves
are entitled to be marked at gov
ernment expense. In many instan
ces, of course, the headstones fur
nished by the government are never
applied for, but some idea of the
demands upon the department may
be obtained from the tact that there
are destined to be somewhere in
tne near neighborhood ot 23,000
applications for headstones during
the p-esent fiscal year, about 7,000
more than can be purchased out of
the funds available for such pur
pose. In view of the increasing de
mands for headstones, about $75,
000 will be required to meet them
during the next fiscal year.
Tentative plans for the two new
battleships authorized by the last
Congress have been completed and
the department is making every
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effort to complete the plans and
specifications with the least possi
ble delay, that contracts may be
placed within the next three
months. It is believed that if bids
are called for soon enough there
will be sharp con. petition, with
better prices, ns there is great
slackness of woik in the private
shipyards at present. Bids wfll be
called not only ior the two battle
ships, but also for the five torpedo
destroyers and the collier, author
ized by the new law. Wyoming
and Arkansas have been selected
for the names of the two battle
ships, md this leaves only two
states, Nevado and Oklahoma, for
which battleships or armored
cruisers have not been named.
No Coal Contracts for April Dolivery.
Coal for April delivery is now
being shut off by the coal-carrying
companies. This refusal is to con
tract tctr April coal at any price
whether the customary April reduc
tion of 50 cents a ton is granted or
not.
There has been a noticeable in
crease in the demand ou dealers for
immediate deliveries at the present
prices, many householders having
been cotiviuced that it will not do
to take chances and put off buying
until the possible wage war has ac
tually broken out.
The representative of a large coal
house in Philadelphia explained
that tne demand for domestic coal
has been exceptionally light this
year, presumably because of the
ha:d times and the warm winter,
which fell together. These ccono
mies, he suggested must nave so
exhausted the stock of the house
holders as to create a rapidly in
creasing demand for coal lor sever
al months to come.
If there is a strike it will be be
gun and ended, in his opinion,
within a few weeks, since the oper
ators are forcing the fighting. Their
declarations that their will be a
lockout April 1 if there is uot a
strike then, he said, will start trou
ble at once, if it is to come, aud
get it over.
One curious development of the
situation is that dealers are now
buying certain grades and sizes of
coal from one another, very much
as grain is traded iu on exchange.
This traffic, which has, of course,
not yet reached any considerable
importance, usually follows upon
an important disturbance 'in the
trade, such as the threat of a big
strike.
Every effort, it is declared, will
be made, however, to prevent spec
ulation in the coal which is already
mined and stored above ground.
There is an enormous amount of
coal in these storage piles, estimat
ed as aggregating from 10,000,000
to 15,000,000 tons. This however.
is really not a very large quantity
iu the whole buliof traffic, as it
would furnish only about two or
three months' supply to the trade
in norma! times.
It is for this reason that the com
panies have shut off orders for de
livery in April, so that no dealer
shall get his hands on more coal
than he needs for the immediate
wants of his customers. Should
large quantities of the storage come
into the market prematurely the
effect would be speculation, which
would undoubtedly work serious
wrong to the consuming public.
Ticket Agent Fatally Injured.
Albert E. Shure, of Northumberland, Slipped
from Car Step at Station.
Albert E Shure, night ticket
agent for the Pennsylvania railroad
at Northumberland received inju
ries early Saturday morning while
at work from which he died at the
Mary M. Packer hospital at Sun
bury. Mr. Shure had an errand to do a
short distance from the station
shortly before seven o'clock and as
several cars which were being
shifted were passing the platform
he jumped on one of them to save
himself the trouble of walking. He
slipped irom the step and was
rolled between the platform and
cars for two car lengths.
Badly crushed and almost' un
conscious from his suffering, he
was placed in a box car and taken
to Sunburv. At the Market street
crossing he was placed in an am-
bulance and taken to the Mary M.
Packer hospital, where he died a
few hours later.
hard cold, bronchitis, or some
New Spring Suits!
Spring Suits have arrived!
There's magic in that simple an
nouncement for where's the
woman who is not all eyes to see
the new garment fashions ?
The New Spring Snits Are Low Priced.
A most remarkable feature about
these handsome new models is
their extremely lew prices. Your
spring- outfit will give you a bet
ter service a much finer appear
ance and yet cost you a small
price. Catering to every taste we've
gathered an assortment of choicest
correct styles. Prices $10 to $35.
Spring Suits . M
Regularly $20 00 I y . U
Suits of hard twisted serge and
striped worsted in black, blue,
green, tan and gray. 36 inch hip
less coats; slashed back, patch
pockets, self button trimming,
and cuffs; Skirt is Demi-Princess with self covered buttons
down the front. All sizes up to 42.
SUIT at $12. 75 Of shadow stripe chiffon panama in
navy blue, elect blue, green, tan, ashes of roses and gray.
Coat 40 inches long, semi-fitting hipless cutaway front
forming points on the sides, new small sleeves, lined
throughout with satin: gored Hare skirt with trimming of
straps and self covered buttons.
SUIT at $26.50 A 4 button cutaway coat 40 inches
long of. striped worsted, slashed back and sides, inlaid
bengaline silk collar; large Hap pockets, trimmed with but
tons, lined with taffeta silk; plain 1 1 gore demi-Princess
skirt.
At $6.00 to $14.00 Junior Suits for the little Misses in
sizes 1 1, 13, 15 and 17 years. Made of shadow stripe pan
ama and fine serge. in navy blue, gray aud green, semi
fitting hipless coats, gored and pleated skitt.
SUIT at $27.00 A strictly tailored suit of French
Serge; 4 button cutaway; single breasted (just a slight cut
away effect;) lined with taifeta silk; new small sleeves;
Demi Princess Skirt with inverted plait at sides.
SUITS at $20.00 Of chiffon panama in blue, green
and black; graceful semi-fitting hipless coat 36iinches long,
single breasted, new small sleeves and trimmed with satin
piping; gored flounce skirt.
F P. PURSEL.
BLOOMSBURG, - PENN'A.
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Round Corner Cards, Manila Tag Board,
Card Board in Sheets, Bond Papers
white and colors, Lede-er Panprs
Name Cards for all ctve?PaPffs '
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speetf erven0fsrr0gramS' MeQUS' DaDCeS' Sodeties
Lithographed Bonds and Stock Certificates Supplied
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