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Fashions In Women.
There are fashions not only in wom
en's cloihes but. in women themselves.
A certain style of woman becomes
the vogue. Lydia Languish reads sen
timental novels, dissolves in tears at
a moment's notice, and finds elope
ment a necessary spice for marriage.
A century later Lydia's clinging type
goes out, —with "leg-o'-mutton sleeves,
—and the athletic girl takes the cen
ter of the stage, with her short skirt,
her long strido and her loud voire.
The dominant note of the early twen
tieth century woman is her ability to
be interesting. Be she plain or beau
tiful, blonde, "strawberry" or bru
nette, she must be pleasant. To listen
well is not enough; she must have
a quick wit and a clever tongue,
which should be kind as well. The
dull, the quiet, the simpering are out
of fashion, and even the athletic girl
must look to her laurels, lest the en
tertaining one prove her successful
rival with the exacting sex. One mod
ern freak of the mode deserves soon
to pass away, remarks the Youth's
•Companion. The modern woman re
fuses to grow old. At first sight that
seems a worthy ambition. But with
the banishment of caps and shoulder
capes something of the gentleness,
<grace and wisdom of old age has also
ibeen lost. In place of those lovely ac
companiments of advanced years we
'find other things which make their
bearer a nondescript travesty of
youth, whose hat, complexion and
.conduct are as gay as they are unbe
coming. Somebody once said that
the finest thing God ever made was
ia beautiful old woman. It behooves
'tis not to let her dignity and calm,
her poise, sagacity and charm go out
.of fashion.
To Work Together.
An address before a woman's club
,!s not the place, nor is the president
'of the National Federation of Worn
en's clubs the source, from which
'men look for understanding of their
iwork and methods. Nevertheless, a
ivote of cordial appreciation and com
iinendation has lately come from that
place and that source. "The man
'makes the best club-woman," said the
'speaker. "Men get things done, and
'they are so fine and loyal.'' Did the
president wish to imply that women
are not loyal? No, but she argued
for a more catholic spirit and a
broader tolerance among women—-a
greater willingness to take one an
other for granted. Here, indeed, is
■one respect in which men have oppor
tunities to excel, remarks Youth's
Companion. Their business life brings
them into contact with men of all
sorts of religious beliefs, of various
nationalities and ail shades of cultiva
tion and attractiveness; and the club
life and political life of men is
marked by the same characteristics.
The effect is a growth of tolerance
which makes for practical achieve
ment as well as for comfort and the
amenities of life. Many men find
they can agree to work with others
for one thing in which they are inter
ested, although they may differ radi
cally on other things. "That other
woman, that woman who is so differ
ent from you, who is a little less cul
tivated, a trifle 'impossible,'" said the
president of the federation, "she, too,
belongs to this movement, and we
must let her in."
Most of us have had tho experience
oi belonging to some literary society
or club or debating circle which con
sisted of little more than a name and
a list of members. For such at least
there is a suggestion in a speech by
the president of the National Federa
tion of Women's clubs, and perhaps
some societies that really engage in
literary work may profit by it too.
Said Mrs. Decker: "I know a small
western town that has ten Shake
speare clubs. Grasp, if you can, the
lull horror of that. Ilut the streets of
that town are dirty, and estheticaliy
the place is dead. There is no cr.ro
for child life, no Interest in sanitation,
no regard for tho larges issues—it is
all Shakespeare." Iu lis place and in
formed by proper spirit the study of
Shakespeare is a large issue. But
consider the poetry of a clean street!
PROSPERITY IS REAL
UNPARALLELED FISCAL AND ECO
NOMIC CONDITIONS.
Treasury Receipts from Tariff Duties
Over $300,000,000; Imports More
Than $1,250,000,000; Exports
Exceed $1,750,000,000.
The fiscal year 1906, as shown In
the annual report of the secretary of
the treasury, brought into the treas
ury of the United States the largest
customs receipts in the history of the
government. From the payment made
by foreign producers for the privilege
of entering tho American market with
their competitive wares there was rea
lized the unprecedented sum of $300,-
251,877.
During the same period American
industrial producers marketed fully
$15,000,000.000- worth of the products
of American labor.
Imports of more than a billion and a
quarter dollars were easily absorbed
by a nation grown fat with protection
prosperity.
Twelve years ago, when the coun
try was staggering under the calamity
of tariff revision downward, foreign
producers could find in the United
States a market for not more than
two-thirds of the goods that they sent
to us in 1906.
Eleven years aso the free trade gov
ernment was issuing bonds to defray
government expenses, so great was the
diminution of revenues.
To-day a tariff revised upward in
tho interest alike of revenue and of
adequate protection is yielding et i
tom3 receipts of more tban $300,000,-
000 a year, and instead of bond issues
to meet deficits, the treasury has a
comfortable working surplus of $78,-
000,000.
Is not this a condition to be glad of?
Is it not a condition to be let alone?
Is it a condition calling for tariff
reduction?
If we reduce the tariff we shall re
duce the revenues; that is, provided
the imports remain at the present vol
ume of $1,276,000,000.
But if, through the reduction of tar
iff duties the revenues remain unim
paired, or shall even be increased, we
shall have to import much more than
$1,276,000,000, much more than some
$650,000,000 of dutiable and competi
tive articles.
To keep the revenues at their pres
ent stage, with tariff rates reduced,
would necessitate a much larger ' in
crease of dutiable and competitive im
ports.
For every ten per cent, of tariff re
duction we- should have to import 20
per cent, more of competitive articles
in order to keep the revenues at high
water mark.
If the reduction of tariff rates were
to be 20 per cent, the increased impor
tation of duty paying commodities
would have to be 40 per cent., and we
should then be importing $260,000,000
more of competing articles; $260,000,-
000 taken away from American pro
duction and labor and given to foreign
production and labor.
But, some will say, there is no in
tention of making an all-round reduc
tion of 20 per cent., or even 10 per
cent., in the Dingley tariff rates.
We are not so sure of that.
Granted such a development of the
tariff ripping craze as to bring to
gether the "progressive" revisionists
of the Republican party and the al
ready "progressed" revisionists of the
Democratic party in a combined as
sault upon what are called the abuses
and the extortions of the Dingley tariff
—amounting in a single year, as Gov.
Cummins has told us, to ten times the
graft and extortion of the life insur
ance companies since life insurance
began—and add to the reduction in
rates certain to result from such a
coalition the placing of vast quantities
of "raw materials" on the free list;
then add, further, the results of the
realization of the numerous schemes
of tariff reduction through "reciproci
ty" concessions and through customs
administration relaxed to facilitate
undervaluation and tariff evasion—
granted an amalgamation of all the
forces bent upon tariff reduction in
one form or another and on one pre
text or another, and who can say that
the final result would not be equiva
lent to a 20 per cent, reduction of the
present rates? It is as likely togo
above 20 per cent, as to fall below that
figure.
Tariff Not Responsible.
If you are obliged to pay more for
your shoes, harness, etc., than former
ly, do not let our friend, the enemy,
make you believe that the protective
tariff is responsible for tho raise; it is
the increasing demand of the manufac
tures that must be held responsible.
The extensive use made of leather
other than footwear was not antici
pated a few years ago, nor do we be
lieve that the nf uses are realized
by many who anxiously await a return
to former values. The price lists in
free trade England show that leather
had advanced in that country fully as
much as in the United States.—Van
Wert (O.) Republican.
Germany's Mistake.
Germany cannot produce tho meat
necessary to feed her people, except
ing at great, cost; hence the recent
application of a high tariff on meats
was a decided mistake. The British
are anticipating an advantage from
that mistake. Jn several of tho great
meat producing Australian colonies
investigations have been made as to
whether large cargoes of "rozen moat
could be shipped to Germany. But
Australia is not the only meat, pro
ducing country.—Kingston (N. Y.)
Leader.
CAMERON COUNTY FRESS, THURSDAY JANUARY 17 1907.
WILL NOT REVISE TARIFF.
No Reason to Disturb Industrial Sta
bility and Prosperity.
Our morning contemporary in Des
Moines ought to know that the last
election did not turn on the tariff and
it ought to realize that the present
congress will not. revise the tariff, for
the best, reason of all, that not even
the president asked for such action in
his message. That paper is simply
seeking to continue the strife within
the party in the state. It can pro
mote nothing else by its course. There
is the greater work of regulating cor
porations and curbing the trusts,
which must be done outside of the tar
iff, according to Mr. Roosevelt's own
conception of polities and diities.
While engaged in these important
duties, there is no reason why the
industrial stability and prosperity
should be further threatened by tariff
legislation. The country will be very
fortunate If it completes the reforms
undertaken by the administration
without disturbing our present pros
perity. It is that, more than anything
else that the president is desirous of.
To keep injecting issues which are
not germane to the present work in
hand is merely to promote distractions
and disturbances.
Let us fulfill the president's pending
reforms and then we will be better
able to judge how much reforming
there ought to be on the tariff. And
rest assured of one thing, and that is
that if all the duties were lowered by
half, there would be the same dissat
isfaction and the same complaints
against it. No system of taxation can
ever bo :;o finely equalized as to give
sati 'T'iction to all. A tariff in merely
i compromise and the ne::t coin 7.;0-mise
mise would not be any more satisfac
tory than the present. It is idle to
expect it. —Cedar Rapids Republican.
Far and Near.
If a far-sighted man like James J.
Hill had been a senator in Massachus
etts, we should doubtless have had
Canadian reciprocity long ago; but
with a Lodge unable to see beyond
j Gloucester Point, and with no mind
| above herrings every move in that di
| rection has been blocked. —N. Y. Eve
| ning Post.
There are some men who are so far-
I sighted as to overlook things close at
hand, while seeing things at a longdis
tance. It may be that the Great North
ern president is of this class of far
seers. He can see much gain to the
traffic of his big railway system in the
privilege of hauling in Canadian prod
, ucts to the American market and
I hauling out American manufactures to
I the Canadians. Hut can lie see that
Canada does not want and will not
have the unrestricted competition of
manufactures from across the border?
Can he see that the only reciprocity
! acceptable to Canada is that which
involves the free sale of her natural
products in the United States? Can
he see that to grant this one-sided
privilege to Canadian farmers would
so disgruntle our own farmers as to
turn them against the whole system
of protection? That in such case there
would 110 longer be any protection for
anybody? Perhaps Senator Lodge sees
more clearly than President Hill these
nearby things, and for that reason op
poses Canadian reciprocity. If so,
that would be a very good reason for
his opposition.
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The Merchant's View of Tariff Re
vision.
Not Now, but When?
No suggestion of tariff revision ap
pears in the president's message this
year. The business of the country and
those who earn and spend wages are
thankful for that. The short session
of congress, which ends March 4, 1007,
is much too short for tariff revision,
and it will not be undertaken. That
much seems certain. Neither is tariff
■ revision likely to be undertaken at the
session of the sixtieth congress imme
diately preceding the election of 1908.
That election will have an important
bearing upon the question of tariff re
vision. At present some of the most
aggressive and "progressive" among
the Republican revisionists are not
very far from a disposition to join
hands with the Democratic minority in
forcing revision. Just now they are
reluctant to take that step. They may
be more willing in the sixty-first con
gress. If "it is hard to keep a squirrel
on the ground," it is almost as hard
to keep a "progressive" revisionist
from embracing an opportunity tc
tinker the tariff. Last month's vote
at the congress elections has been
construed by the "progressives" as an
indorsement of their view 3. Present
| indications do not, to say the least,
point to any diminution of the pres
sure Inside of the Republican partj
] for tariff revision.
Long Overdue Steamer !s
Towed !rtfo Port
MACMINERYBROKE
The Disabled Craft was Picked Up
by a German Ship and Brought
to Hamilton, Bermuda.
Hamilton, Bermuda. —The overdue
steamship Ponce, which left
1 Porto Rico December 26 for New
i York, was towed in here Friday by a
! steamer which picked her up disabled,
j At 4 o'clock in the afternoon of De
j cember 30 the tail-end of the shaft of
j the Ponce broke and she drifted at the
mercy of the wind and current until
J the night of January 7, when she was
sighted by the German steamer Eiiza
j both Rickmers, Capt. Walsen, from
Philadelphia for Japan. At 6:30 p. m.
. the Ponce sent up a rocket and a few
minutes later the German vessel alter
! Ed her course and headed for the dis
i abled steamer. The Rickmers reached
1 the Ponce at 7 p. in., but as the night
j was dark and the weather stormy,
; Capt. Walsen decided to stand by the
J Ponce until daylight. At. 9 o'clock in
j the morning of January 8 the Rid -
j in' t's got two l av/sers on board the
! Ponfe f>ul soon afterwards began to
} tow her towards Bermuda.
The two steamers were then 340
I miles front Bermuda. The tow proved
| to be a heavy strain. During the night
I of the 9th both hawsers parted in a
heavy gale and the Rickmers hove to
the rest of the night. The morning of
the lOtli the German steamer sent two
! new lines on board the Ponce, which
were got ready for towing, and both
vessels anchored off Bermuda at 11
1 o'clock Friday morning.
I Barring the discomfort and anxiety,
. the passengers suffered no inconveni
, ence, the food supplies being ample.
All the passengers express themselves
: as being grateful for the kindness of
the officers of the Ponce.
NOT UNTIL DECEMBER
Will the Republican National Commit
tee Meet to Select Cortelyou's
Successor.
Washington, D. C.—A conference
over republican national committee af
fairs was held at the postofflce depart
ment last night. Those participating
were Postmaster General Cortelyou,
the retiring chairman of the commit
tee; Harry S. New, of Indianapolis,
the acting chairman, and Elmer
Dover, secretary of the committee.
Later Mr. New said: "if Vice Pres
ident Fairbanks allows his name to be
presented to the next republican na
tional convention as a candidate for
the presidency, and I take it for
granted that he will, he will receive
the unanimous support of the Indiana
delegation."
When asked if a special meeting of
the national committee would be
called to accept Chairman Cortelyou's
resignation, the acting chairman re
plied:
"The next meeting of the national
committee will be held in Washington
next December, at which time Mr.
Cortelyou's successor will be chosen
and the time and place of holding the
next national convention will be de
cided upon."
A BUSINESS BULLETIN.
R. G. Dun & Co.'s Weekly Review of
Trade Conditions.
New York.—R. G. Dun & Co.'s
Weekly Review of Trade says:
Trade returns are irregular because
of the erratic weather, unseasonably
high temperature restricting sales of
heavy weight wearing apparel at some
points, while business is most satis
factory in colder sections.
Freight blockades were relieved to
some extent, but there is still much
complaint of tardy deliveries. Mer
cantile collections are also more
prompt in some sections than others,
but there is unanimity regarding the
large amount of forward business on
the books of manufacturing plants and
general confidence In the future.
Building operations have been
greatly facilitated at the east by open
weather, maintaining activity in mar
kets for materials beyond the cus
tomary date. Prices of all commodi
ties declined almost 1 per cent, during
December.
Some steel mills are now able to
make deliveries more promptly, be
cause specifications are less frequent,
especially in respect to structural
shapes, and a few plants are rolling
billets in the structural mills.
Congress.
Washington.—On the 11th the house
passed 028 private pension bills The
senate passed a general service pen
sion bill, providing pensions for all
survivors of the civil and Mexican
wars who have reached the age of G2
years.
Fitzgerald Will Preside.
New York.—lt was announced at
the district attorney's office Friday
night that Justice Fitzgerald will pre
side at the Thaw trial, which will be
gin on January 21. For some time
there lias been uncertainty as to
whether Justice Fitzgerald or Justice
Greenbaum would sit.
Fire Loss of a Million.
Lancaster, Pa. A fire which
started in the tobacco ware
house of S. it. Moss & Co. here Friday
spread to adjoining property and
caused a loss estimated at $1,000,000.
Obstacles.
What kept those loving twain
From kissing as they sat?
The maid exi-laimed: "My goodness!"
But of <ourte it wasn't that.
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A NATURAL QUERY.
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Author —I have hero an essay on
1 the decline of the drama.
1 Editor —How many have y<\u had
declined?— Philadelphia Press.
Same Old Plaint.
The melancholy days have i ime,
As they have come of old.
AVI ii every blessed man you meet
Has a sure cure for your -sild.
• -Chicago Tjaily News.
I lij Ljgic or' Childhood
"Mamma, you said the other day
that if I ate too much of anything I'd
I got sick and never want any more."
"Yes, my son; 1 know I did. Why?"
"Well, I think it would be a splendid
! idea to begin with candy, ice cream
and cream puffs, and keep on till I'd
eaten too much of everything, and
then I'd live without eating."—Judge.
High Priced.
"Last summer she wore the most
costly bathing suit at Newport; it
1 cost $200."
"Two hundred dollars Is not a large
price."
| "You'd have thought it was if you
had seen the smallness of the suit." —
Houston Post.
She's a Brunette.
"If your husband should die how
long would you wear mourning for
him ?"
"I don't believo in wearing mourn
ing. It is a senseless custom. I look
ten years younger in pink than I do in
anything dark." —Chicago Itecord-Her
ald.
Unable to Cpecify.
Ruggles—How are the heating ar
rangements in your flat?
Ramage Heating arrangements?
There's a mitigating circumstance or
t-vj in the basement, 1 believe, but I
don't know of anything as definite as
an arrangement.—Chicago Tribune.
It's an 111 Wind, Etc.
Patrick—The paper says sleeve-ex
tenders is going out of fashion, Biddy.
Biddy—Oi'm gird av it. Now they'll
soon be on the dump-grounds, an' the
poor goat will get a square meal. —N.
Y. Weekly.
Progressive.
"I hear you've fired your old stenog
rapher?"
"Yep."
"What for?"
"So I could employ a young one."—
Houston Post.
Not Hasty in Judgment.
Poulterer —Was that a good chicken
I sold you last Saturday?
Customer —J. don't know. We
couldn't bite far enough into it to
catch the flavor. —Judge.
Inheritance.
Mr. Gadd —Does your boy take after
you, or his father?
Mrs. Gabb —He takes after his
father. You never can believe a word
he says.—N. Y. Weekly.
One or T'other.
"He used to want to kiss me every
time we met, now he never kisses
me."
"Did you marry or quarrel?"—Houa
tcu Post.
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