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Cost of Improving a Railroad.
To duplicate the track of a large
American road would Involve an ex
penditure whose resulting yearly
charges would be very far from being
met by the added revenue for a long
time to come. As a matter of fact,
most of the railroads are, therefore,
duplicating their tracks slowly, says
"Wolcott Drew in Moody's Magazine.
It is, however, not a question whether
enough is spent each year to keep a
road, already In good condition, up to
the previous normal standard, but
whether enough additional has been
expended to keep the road in the up
to-date state demanded by the contin
ually higher standard of living and ex
penditure in the whole country. A
striking example is seen in the South
ern Pacific. In 1902 a large broker
age house, interested in this stock,
<*stiniated with an expenditure off 10,-
000,000 this road would be in a tirst
class physlcial condition and enabled
easily to pay dividends. A forty-mil
lion-dollar issue of preferred stock
was actually made. Rut it has been
found necessary in the last four years,
in addition to this sum, to expend
nearly $90,000,000 before the road has
been brought up to a first-class con
dition. It has now the rather large
bond capitalization of $4 1,000 per
mile.
During the year 1906 property in the
United States to the value of more
t.lian half a billion dollars was de
stroyed by fire. Of course this enor
mous total, which is said never to
have been equaled in any country, at
any time, was due in large part to the
San Francisco disaster. Nevertheless,
the executive officer of the Interna
tional Society of Building Inspectors
has declared that nine-tenths of the
national fire loss is preventable.
Now we are told that a crazy man
took the money. Going crazy is get
ting to be a terrible habit. Doubtless
the pickpocket when nabbed in the
act by a policeman will soon get wise
enough to remonstrate with the offi
cer in this wise: "Stay your restrain
ing hand, good sir; can't you see that
J am eracz?"
The monks of St. Bernard in the
Alps are soon to appear as automobil
ists. They have received permission
to run automobiles between the hos
pices ol' Grand St. Bernard and Sim
plon and Doino d'Ossola and Aosta.
The chauffeurs will be chosen from
the monks themselves, who will wear
cowls.
A New Jersey woman on invitation
of the judge stepped up on the bench
and sentenced her husband to 30 days
in jail for drunkenness and general
meanness. How many men are there
who flatter themselves that they
would get off so easy if their wives
had the power to punish them?
Great Britain says she will not plan
any more warships until The Hague
conference passes upon disarmament.
As just now she is building five battle
ships, seven cruisers, eight destroyers
arid twelve submarines she will feel
responsibly safe when disarmed.
Andrew Carnegie, replying to a
question about steel, wrote that hav
ing retired from it he did not care to
open the subject; that he might have
been a rich man if he hadn't resolved
not to spend an old age in pursuit of
steel.
"Some men should send their repu
tations to the laundry every few days,"
remarks a contemporary. But how
many reputations would stand it long?
Kuropatkin has explained why Rus
sia was defeated by Japan. We may
expect, very soon to learn whether
it pays in Russia to tell the truth.
A woman writer says that, tight lac
ing causes more red noses than any
thing else. She probably lias never
heard of John Barleycorn.
A Itussian is not of age until he
is 20 years old. Until that time at
least four-fifths of his earnings must
£0 to his tarentg,
OUR FOREIGN TRADE
WORLD MARKETS COMPARED
| WITH THE DOMESTIC MARKET.
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Before We Can Greatly Increase Our
Nearly $2,000,000,000 of Exports
We Shall Be Obliged to Reduce
Wages in Order to Lower the Cost
of Production.
Approvingly the Washington Post,
quotes the Omaha Bee as warning the
interests that are clamorous for ship
subsidy that "big foreign trade and
highly protected domestic trade arc
inconsistent and cannot long exist to
gether." The Post adds:
"Foreign trade means exchange of
products, and it means nothing else.
Before it can prosper, the duties on
eueh products In the tariff schedules
must be enormously decreased.
"So it is reduced to this: We must
let the foreign trade slide or abandon
tariff for protection only, with inci
dental revenue."
Neither the Bee nor the Post seems
to have kept In mind the fact that a
rather big foreign trade and a very
big protected domestic trade are go
ing so well together that in a little
less than ten years of unbroken pro
tection our foreign trade has prac
tically doubled. Under a protective
tariff we buy of foreign countries
goods of the value of $1,300,000,000 a
year, and of these imports more than
$700,000,000 worth are competitive
Under a protective tariff we sell to
the outside world of our products
more than $1,800,000,000 worth a jcar.
This makes our total exchange of
products amount to considerably more
than $:?,000,000,000. If we should enor
mously decrease our duties on com
petitive products and abandon our tar
iff for protection with incidental rev
enue for a tariff for revenue with
practically no protection, we should
be paying a heavy price for such in
crease—if any—of foreign trade as
might result from such a lapse back
ward to free trade. Could we afford
to pay the price? Could we maintain
our present purchasing power alike
for foreign and domestic products
after we had reduced the American
standard of wage earning through the
necessity of competing with the prod
ucts of foreign payrolls* averaging one
half the American payroll? Most cer
tainly not. In such a condition we
should doubtless by heavy wage re
ductions continue to supply our own
necessities of the cheaper grades, but
our purchases of foreign luxuries
would fall off enormously as a conse
quence of a vastly diminished volume
of wage payments.
We are Inclined to agree with the
Omaha Bee that a "big" foreign trade,
a trade swelled to twice or thrice the
current 200.000,000 dimensions by
means of heavy increases in our ex
ports of manufactures, will never
come while protection remains to
guard a domestic market worth $30,-
000,000,000. To put it another way,
our country will never be able to mo
nopolize the manufacturing of the
world while our wage rate is kept at
a figure more than double the wage
rate of the rest of the world, if this
is what the Bee means by a "big"
foreign trade we are of the same
opinion.
In order to quickly or greatly in
creuse our exports of manufactures
we should be compelled to lower our
production cost; that is, our labor
cost. Even then the desired result
might not be realized. A general
reduction of labor cost in the United
States would inevitably be followed
by a corresponding reduction of labor
cost in every competing country. In
consequence we should have a uni
versal reduction of wages and stand
ards of living, a universal decrease of
purchasing and consuming power,
while the fight for both domestic and
foreign markets would continue un
abated. The only difference would lie
that the contest would be conducted
on a lower basis of labor cost. By so
much the whole world would be the
poorer. Nothing gained; much lost.
We do not think the American peo
ple will soou decide to purchase a
"big" foreign trade at such a frightful
cost. It is far more likely that wo
shall —with occasional lapses into
"tariff reform" folly, such as the lapse
of 1892, and the threatened lapse of
1908 —continue to keep our wage
Btandard and our standard of buying
end consuming up to me protection
level, while at the sarn« time steadily
Increasing the bulk of our dealings
with other nations because of a great
er ability to gratify our tastes and de
sires for articles of foreign produc
tion. Is not that a more desirable re
sult than to struggle for a "big" for
eign trade that we cannot and ought
not to get—for foreign labor as well
as our own labor has a right to lie
employed—a trade that would cost
far more than it was worth? There is
not much doubt as to the reply of the
voters to such a question.
Never Knew the Difference.
If the tariff is reduced and foreign
competition allowed to enter it means
that the foreign product will to some
extent at least replace the home
product, and to just that extent the
American laborer will be Injured,
since the foreign workingman would
get. the labor, whereas the American
had the job before. The man who
wants to reduce the tariff for the pur
pose of "busting" the trusts is about
as foolish as the Irishman on the
street, car who said, "Faith, and I
played a good joke on the condoocthor.
I gave him a nickel and kept me
transfer and he never knew the dif
ference." —Topeka Herald.
CAMERON. COUNTY FRESS, THURSDAY APRIL 4, W-
j THE FARMER'S LARGE SHARE.
Remarkable Rise in Value of Agricul
tural Products in Ten Years.
Believers in the policy of protection
have long had to combat the absurd
hut obstinate assumption that the
farmers of the country are benefited
in a purely inconsequential way by
the imposition of tariffs on foreign
manufactures and produce. It is sin
gular that even to this day, in the
face of such conclusive proof to the
contrary, there should be found those
ready to take the affirmative side of
this free trade proposition, made ridic
ulous as it has been by the history
ol our own times. True, less Is heard
of it than in former years, but so
long as prejudice and ignorance en
dure its abandonment may not be
looked for.
The department of agriculture has
recently thrown some light on the
level of prices obtaining under a tariff
designed "for revenue only" and a
genuinely protective tariff. For the
purpose of making a comparison
which will be valuable for illustrative
purposes, The Capital takes the fig
ures just issued by the department
and puts them side by side with the
Orange Judd Farmer live stock cen
sus of a decade ago. The results are
startling. For instance:
January 1, 1897 (under the Wilson-
Gorman Democratic tariff) the average
value of horses in the United States
was $3:5.65 per head. To-day, if the
department of agriculture is rightly
informed, that value is $83.51. Under
the Dingley tariff the American horse
has more than doubled In value.
Isn't this worth something to the
farni! i, especially v/hen tis con: id
ered that there are nearly 20,000,000
horses in the country, worth almost
| two billions of dollars?
Secretary Wilson's boys say that
the value of the American milch cow
has increased during the past ten or
12 years 50 per cent. The average
heifer sold for s2l and $22 a head un
der our last tariff tinkering experi
ment. Now the average price is s3l
per head, and the milch cows of the
country are worth a hundred millions
of dollars more than those we had
during low tariff times. Does this in
crease mean anything to the farmer,
or is it a purely benevolent supposi
tion?
Again, in January, 1896, in the very
heyday of Wilson-Gorman, sheep were
going begging at $ 1.00 a head. Now,
under a protective tariff which "does
not benefit the farmer," the average
price of sheep is $3.84. At least that
is what the agricultural department
says. If anybody wants to quarrel
with the figures as indicative of too
great prosperity for the farmers who
are being unmercifully robbed by the
tariff, let him goto headquarters.
The contrast in the price of hogs
for 1897 and 1907 makes mighty inter
esting reading for the tariff student,
too. January 1, 1597, the average
porker sold for $1.13. Secretary Wil
son says that the average price on
the first of last January was $7.G2,
and it is higher to-day than it was
a month and a half ago. In the past
ton years the American hog has al
most doubled in value. The increase
has come under protection and as a
direct result of protection. It means
millions to the farmer. It means col
lege educations, pianos and furnaces
and two-seated surreys and gasoline
engines and electric lights and hot
and cold water and bath rooms—
every convenience and comfort and
luxury for tlie farmer and his family.
All this under the Dingley law, which
"operates to enrich the few and
makes the farmer pay tribute to the
monopolist." Hah!
The farmer who keeps his milk and
butter checks and his hog and steer
receipts is not fooled. A ten-year
memory is a good thing to have about
the place, too. —Des Moines Capital.
WOULD BE A HEAVY HANDICAP.
Uncle Sam —And you propose to
handicap me with that millstone in
the struggle for commercial suprem
acy. I guess you'll have to have an
other think.
Our Purchases from Germany.
In large measure the Germans buy
from us substantial and necessities
and sell us gauds and toys. This con
dition of trading makes it exceedingly
desirable on the part of German mer
chants and manufacturers to secure
an amicable arrangement of tariffs.
We can get along better without theii
commodities than they can get along
without ours. None the less, a tariff
war between the two countries would
be disastrous to both and a proof of
governmental blundering and inca
pacity.—Philadelphia Kecord.
Straws Show.
Speaker Cannon is on his way tc
Panama. That appears to make the
talk of an extra session of congress t(
make a free trade bill for the benefit
of Boston look like a vanished dream.
There is no prospect of a session laler
in the spring, and the speaker does
not waste his money for tickets thai
will expire if not used in time.
26 ARE DEAD.
A Disaster on the South
ern Pacific Railroad.
NEAR COLTON, CAL.
The Injured Number 100, Many of
Whom Will Die—A Train Ran
Into an Open Switch.
Oolton, Cul. —A disastrous wreck
on the Southern Pacific oc
curred one and a half miles east of
here late Thursday afternoon when
westbound train No. 9, from New Or
leans for Sail Francisco, ran into an
open switch while going at the rate
of 40 mjles an hour. Ten of the 14
coaches were derailed. Twenty-six
persons are known to have been killed
and the final list will probably total
much higher. The injured number
"00. many of whom may die.
The wrecked coaches were hurled
in every direction and four were
imnshed into splinters. Most of the
dead were Italians from New York
and New Orleans, going to San Fran
cisco. 'fliey occupier! the smoker and
day coaches.
The dead were terribly maimed
and mangled. Eighteen corpses were
brought to Colton last eveniag and
eight additional bodies could be seen
underneath one of the demolished
cars. This car could not be raised
until a derrick was brought from Los
Angeles, 00 miles away.
The injured were carried to this
city in vehicles of all sorts and the
Colton hospital was quickly filled to
its capacity. Many were then taken
to the Presbyterian church and priv
ate residences.
But two Americans are known to
have been killed, although several of
them among the injured will undoubt
edly die with the next few hours.
George L. Sharp, of Muncie, Ind.,
was instantly killed. The baggageman
of the train, whose name has not been
ascertained, was also killed. Engi
neer Clarence E. Wormington and
Fireman Victor Crebb jumped, but
failed to get clear, were caught in
the wreckage and terribly burned.
Of about SO Pullman passengers
only two sustained serious Injury.
The three Pullman coaches and the
dinor, which were on the rear of the
train, did not leave the track.
The Florence Roberts theatrical
company occupied one coach which
was hurled from the tra/:k and both
ends of it. crushed in by impact
against the others. Two injured.
IN SECRET SESSION.
The Thaw Lunacy Commission Begins
Work.
New York. —Harry K. Thaw for
two hours on Thursday submit
ted himself to a running fire of ques
tions from the three men appointed as
a commission in lunacy to determine
ltis present stale of mind. The exami
nation was conducted behind closed
doors and when a few minutes before
r» o'clock an adjournment was taken
until Saturday morning, no one con
nected with the hearing would discuss
the details of the Inquiry.
Thaw went confidently before his
Judges, and when the secret session
was concluded his attorneys appeared
with smiling faces and declared they
were more than satisfied with the pro
ceedings. District Attorney Jerome
hurried away from the criminal court 3
building, declining to say one word
about the commission's work.
The most important feature of the
day's proceedings was the decision of
the commission to limit the scope of
its inquiry to the exact language of
the statute —to determine solely the
question as to whether or not Harry
Thaw is able to-day to understand the
nature of the court proceedings
against him and is able to advise his
counsel in a rational manner.
SHE GOES TO MATTEAWAN.
Jennie Burch, Poisoner of a Baby, Is
Sent to an Asylum for the Crim
inal Insane.
Carme], N. Y. Jennie Burch
goes to Matteawan. The jury
which had been trying the girl for
the poisoning of Baby Wilbur Winship
on Thursday rendered a verdict of
"not guilty, by reason of insanity,"and
Justice Miller ordered her committed
to the asylum for the criminal insane.
The verdict came to the 15-year-old
girl as she sat alone in the court
room and she broke down and wept
bitterly. But after she had dried her
tears Mrs. Herbert Winship, the
mother of the baby to whom Jennie
gave the poisoned peach, went to her
to say good-bye. In spite of her grief
over her baby's death, Mrs. Winship
could not forget the girl she had
reared, and tried to cheer her. She
clasped the girl in her arms and
kissed her and tpld her that she freely
forgave her.
Window Glass Factories Will Close.
Hartford City, Ind. —As a result
of a cut in prices by the Ameri
can Window Glass Co., which uses
machines, every window glass factory
in the country with the possible ex
ception of one non-union plant at Lan
caster, 0., will close April 25.
A Multi-Millionaire Suicides.
Cincinnati, O. —William A. Proc
tor, president of the Proctor &
Gamble Co. and son of one of the
firm's founders, died Thursday from a
bullet wound, self-inflicted, at hie
home in Glendale, a suburb.
The Modern Youth.
Few young men nowadays cultivate
the art of making themselves agree
able. This was one of the things they
managed better in bygone (lays. No
doubt some of them proved abject fail
urea, but they at least deserved credit
for good intentions. Nowadays they
rarely, if ever, make the attempt.—
Ambrosia, in the World.
How to Keep Young.
. All the facial massages, all the
creams and lotions in the world will
not enable a woman to keep young
unless she keeps her heart young at
the same time; for, as Dorothy Quig
ley says: "Thoughts pencil your
face," and sweet, bright thoughts
bring their reward in a sweet, bright
expression.
Greatness.
If a man be merely great, he stands
a chance of getting to be understood
during his lifetime, particularly if he
be great enough to knock the world
rather heavily between the eyes. But
if he be both great and good, he will
have to wait until after he is dead for
his recognition.—Puck.
Good Remedy for Earache.
Here is a remedy for earache never
known to fail: "Take a bit of cotton
batting, put upon it a pinch of black
pepper; gather it up and tie it; dip
in sweet oil and insert In the ear.
Put a flannel bandage over the head
to keep it warm. It will give Imme
diate relief.
AcideU lo States Wealth,
Every man, woman and chikl in
Massachusetts produced s:io<> worth of
manufactured goods and sls worth of
agricultural products in 1905 —over
$1,000,020,000 worth of manufactured
products and only $42,000,000 worth
of agricultural.
Get an Air Castle.
"Arter all," said Uncle Josh this
morning, "air castles is dum good
property t' hev. Y' don't need no
servants in 'ein, an' y' don't hev t'
pay no taxes on 'em. an' they're so
allfired cheap ennybody kin hev one,
b'jinks!"
His Funeral Remark.
"Ry de blessin' er Providence," said
Brother Williams, "he lef' money 'nuff
ter bury him, en dar'll be some lef
over ter help his wldcler get a black
dress, ter mourn fer him 'twel she
gits married ag'in."—Atlanta Consti
tution.
Lucky Find in Almshouse.
A small table that had been many
years in an almshouse at Bristol,
England, was sent recently with other
discarded furniture to an auction
room, where it was recognized as a
Chippendale and sol.) for $367.50.
The Last Hope.
The German professor believes that
ihe day is coming v'hen men can ex
changc heads with the aid of surgery.
That seems to be the last hope for
some men with plenty of money and
no brains.
Thoughtful Hours.
You greatly need certain free hours
In which you could recollect yourself.
Try to steal some, and be sure that
these little parting!) of }our days will
be your best treasures. —Fenelon.
jus\ a Literary Note.
Wo gathfr, from a preliminary pulT
(or two), that a wall-known writer is
bringing out a book entitled "Smoke."
No tloubt it will be Issued in volumes.
—liOndon Punch a
Fr-om the German.
A nail secures t"ie horseshoe, the
shoe the horse, the horse the man,
the man the castle, and the castle the
whole land.--Germa?.
Hari Position to Fill.
"Wanted," said the advertisement,
"a young woman for starching and
hanging up. Apply at laundry."
Proverb Revised.
"United we stand, but divided we
get all sorts of mean things said
about us," salth The Skirt.
He Seldom Finds Out.
Many a man with foolish prejudices
wonders why he isn't praised for hav
ing strong convictions.
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