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High-Speed Steel.
"Pigness in everything is become so
characteristic of the material things
that goto make up modern civiliza
tion that only undertakings of tremen
dous magnitude attract more than
passing notice." Thus writes O. M.
Decker in the Technical World Maga
zine. "Thirty story buildings, three
mile dams, and Panama canals a'.one
are able to hold t lie public eye long
enough to be even a seven-da>won
der. Next week it i. a i old story and
not at all wonderful. The great engi
neering feats which appeal so strongly
to the eye undoubtedly have an im
portant part in the remarkable indus
trial and commercial development now
writing itself in such hold letters into
the history of civilization. There are,
however, other agencies at work in
this development, some of them surely
destined to bring about great changes
in methods and efficiencies now re
garded as superlative, and one of these
agencies, yet quite 'Jraknown to the
generai public, but nevertheless al
ready exerting a p-'Mverful influence
upon industrial efficiencies, has made
a pluee for itself in the modern ma
chine shop. The essential function of
the machine shop is to fit accurately
the various metal parts which are to
be assembled into other machinery of
one sort or another; and this is gen
erally done by cutting or paring away
any excess and unevenncss of metal
" left, in the casing or forging. This sort
of cutting obviously is something
very different from thai seen iti the
wood shop, for example. Special tools
and machines, the former strong and
hard enough and the latter rigid and
powerful enough, are necessary to re
move the excess of material from
steel, iron, or other resistent metals.
Ordinary cutting edges, as they are
commonly understood, would not do at
all. An account of the processes by
which high-speed steel lias been per
fected and the uses to which it is put,
forms subject matter in an exceeding
ly interesting article of some length,
amply illustrated.
This looks liiie anti-Oslerism. Chief
Chemist Wiley of the department of
agriculture at Washington, addressing
the graduating class of a scientific
school at Cleveland, said jocularly that
be belongs to a hundred-year club,
any member of which who dies before
completing the century will be ex
pelled in disgrace. Speaking more
seriously, he said: "The present gen
eration is going to live much longer
than the one which came before, be
cause it knows more about the laws
of diet, hygiene and surgery, li is a
rank disgrace for any man to die, ex
cept of old age." And Dr. Wiley
thinks that, in view of the good pros
pects ol long life as a result of proper
care and understanding of the rules
of health, it will pay a man to spend
a long time, even 20 years or more, in
the schooling which shall fit him for
liis work. From which it is to be in
ferred that learning how to live isoae
of tjie essentials to long life.
Citizens of Spokane propose that ad
jacent portions of Idaho, Washington
and Oregon lie reassembled into a
new state to be called Lincoln. Ad
vocates of the plan maintain that this
division is the natural one, with re
spect to the geographic formation, and
a)so to the interests and occupations
of the people. Strong opposition
comes naturally from people in parts
of the three states not included in the
proposed new state. The idea is
doubly interesting at present when
the feeling for state lines is said to
be dissolving all over the country; it
indicates that the sense of the state
unit is very strong, and that it is a
matter of deep importance to a man
whether he lives in Oregon or in
"Lincoln."
Not many women would be able to
make the record which Mrs. Frank
Woodward of St. Charles, Mich., has
established. Within a few years she
has earned from the state $2,970 for
. shooting wolves. She and her husband
live in a lumberman's shanty near
Ontonagon. Mich., having moved there
to benefit Dr. Woodward's health.
TARIFF IS NULLIFIED
DISTANCE NO LONGER AN ELE
MENT OF PROTECTION.
American Railroads Systematically
Favor Foreign Producers by Deliv
ering Goods to Interior Points
Cheaper Than Our Own Domestic
Manufacturers Can Ship Them.
Washington, June 4.— An oppor
tunity is presented, through the
medium of a case pending before the
interstate commerce commission, for
another test, of the question whether,
under the interstate commerce law,
exporters of commodities from for
eign countries shall have an advan
tage over domestic producers on rates
of transportation from seaboard
points to the interior of the United
States. Attention has been called to
the fact that under a decision by the
United States supreme court, made
some years ago, such advantage has
been given foreign producers. There
are intimations that the interstate
commerce commission, as at. present
constituted, not only disagrees with
the former supreme court decision,
but also entertains the belief that
abundant opportunity is presented in
the existing law for protecting the in
terests of American producers, or, if
that shall be impossible, to havo the
question differently decided if it shall
again be presented to that court of
last resort.
A question is again before tho com
mission whether products sent into
;lio United States from a foreign coun
try shall be entitled to a lower
through transportation rate from the
foreign port of shipment through to
an inland point of destination in this
country than is granted American pro
ducers or consumers for a much short
er distance of carriage wholly within
the United States. This case is
brought by manufacturers of plate
glass in Pittsburg. They allege that
in instances which they cite plate
glass obtains a rate of transportation
from Antwerp through to Cincinnati
or Chicago, a distance of more than
5,000 miles, of 32 cents per 100 pounds,
whereas a rate is charged from Pitts
burg to Cincinnati, a distance of only
313 miles, of 20 cents per 100 pounds.
A rate of 32 cents per 100 pounds is
also made from Antwerp to points
further into the interior of the United
States, and also through Gulf ports to
Chicago from Antwerp of 32 cents per
100 pounds, whereas the rate from
Pittsburg to Chicago is 30 cents per
100 pounds.
The question raised in this case by
the American producers is whether
they may be discriminated against by
such rates on foreign plate glass laid
down in the American markets.
As an economic question, il was
brought out in this hearing that the
plate glass industry of the United
States originated in 1S(!9, whereas it
had been in existence in Europe for
more than 200 years. Thirty years
ago American plate glass production
amounted to about 500,000 square feet,
whereas the importations of plate
glass at that time aggregated 5,800.-
000 square feet annually. This
gave an annual consumption at that
time of a little more than 0,000,000
square feet of plate glass in the Unit
ed States. At this time the consump
tion of plate glass amounts to more
than 21,000,000 square feet annually.
In 1876, the price per square foot of
plate glass averaged about $2.50. To
day the average is from 30 to 35 cents.
The reduction in price has been in
large part brought about by the de
velopment of the domestic plate glass
industry. It was also shown that the
cost of production of plate glass in
this country is three-fold greater than
it is in Europe.
Reciprocity with South America.
Tho sound principle In reciprocity Is
that we shall offer a free market for
things we do not produce in return for
a free market in lands which have prod
ucts different from ours; and southern
America supplies the ivccss.iry condi
tions for this.—Philadelphia North Amer
ican.
Is not that precisely what we are
now giving them? Can the North
American name a single article which
we do not ourselves produce that is
not already on the free list? Our im
ports from all South America in 1906
amounted to $140,422,876. Of this sum
coffee and crude rubber made up fully
three-quarters. We levy no tariff on
either coffee or crude rubber. What,
then, is to be the basis of reciprocity
dickers with the South American re
publics? There is, practically, no
basis, unless it be the willingness of
those countries to give our exports a
preference in return for our free ad
mission of their coffee and rubber. We
could, of course, establish a basis by
placing a tariff on those non-competi
tive products; but that would violate
a cardinal principle of protection.
Protection tariffs competitive articles
only. It would seem that South
America is provided with the neces
sary conditions for sound reciprocity,
but is not disposed to supply those
conditions.
Investigation by Workingmen.
British workingmen have alway3
been assured by free trade orators
that they were much better off than
their German brethren, who were rep
resented as being doomed bv the pro
tective tariff to live on black bread
and horseflesh. Finally a deputation
of workingmen was sent to investigate.
They have returned and reported that
under the tariff the German workmen
! are more prosperous and contented
than ever before in the history of that
country. The black bread is admitted,
but it is brown Instead of black, and
it suits the German taste better than
white bread. —Minneapolis Journal.
CAMERON COUNTY PRESS, THURSDAY, JUNE 27, 1907.
CHANCE TO SETTLE QUESTION. I
Free Trade Platform This Year Would
Shed Light on 1902.
After 12 years of unexampled pros
perity under the Dingley law, which
emphasi sin its schedules the policy
of protection, a platform which should
declare protection not only unlawful,
but a snare, would "make mighty in
teresting reading," and give us a text
for a stirring campaign.
And then the result might afford an
answer to a question which has long
engaged the politicians. What influ
ence secured the Democratic triumph
in 1892? Who killed Cock Robin that
year? "I," said the free trader. "I
did it with my little deliverance
against protection," "Grover," said the
ardent Clevelandite. "Mr. Cleveland
did it with the force of his personality.
He was the platform." "The Home
stead strike," said the disgusted Re
publicans. "But for that (len. Har
rison would have had a walkover."
And so the contention has continued
to this day, and still continues.
Now, if it was the tariff plank in
the Democratic platform which did the
work then, why not ask history to re
peat itself? Why not next year again
challenge protection to another battle
to the death? The protectionists
would ask nothing better. They would
rush to take up such a challenge, and
then we should all enjoy the campaign
hugely. The tariff would make a love
ly issue, and especially in the light of
what happened to the Democratic
party after it carried the country in
1892 on 1 five trade platform. Wash
ington Star.
TiiF ORIGINAL BHAIN STORM.
MUST Be } vA jk
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Hard to Wreck.
Now that the railroad magnates
have had time to sit down and think it
over, they seem to agree that the
country is to be congratulated upon
the existence of conditions whlcli pre
vented the recent flurry in Wall street
from traveling far outside of the
strictly speculative belt. Melville E.
Ingails, chairman of the board of di
rectors of the Cincinnati, Chicago &
St. Louis railroad, is quoted as say
ing on the twenty-second of March:
it is true, of course, that the coun
try is going through a form of crisis
which may turn out all right, or which
may prove hurtful. But one thing
should strike one forcibly; while
stocks have shrunk Billions you have
heard of no failures or business catas
trophes. have you? That would seem
to indicate solidity and a substantial
prosperity which will be hard tc
wreck.
Under normal conditions Mr. Ingails
is a strenuous friend of "tariff re
form." But circumstances alter cases
We don't believe the gentleman was
thinking much about ripping up the
tariff during those two "lllack Fri
days" in which stock values went
tumbling down at the rate of bun
dreds of millions a day. About that
time, we venture to guess, Mr. Ingails
was mighty glad that tariff agitation
and the dread of tariff changes did not
occur in the tendency toward a do
structive panic, and that tariff stabil
ity and business solidity produced a
substantial prosperity that was hard
to wreck.
Some Other Tariff.
We are told by the Boston Adver
tiser that the Republican party in
Massachusetts is "led by Republicans
who are as strong protectionists as
any stand-pat leader at Washington,
but who are not so possessed of a
fetish that they must consider it polit
ically as a crime to alter a tariff which
has outlived its best period of useful
ness."
What tariff is it that "has outlived
its best period of usefulness?" If we
thought that the Advertiser could by
any possibility mean the Dingley tar
iff, which has proved and is still prov
ing itself to be by far the greatest
prosperity producer among all the
tariffs known to history, we should
greatly doubt that sort of stand-pat
ism. It must be that the Advertiser
means some other tariff.
Well Said.
"Everyone who favors reciprocity
or the lowering of any particular duty
is headed in the direction which leads
to free trade."
That is the truth. It was not a pro
tectionist who said it, though every
well grounded protectionist knows il
to be true. It was said by Harvey N.
Shepard, who presided at the annual
dinner of the American Free Trade
league in Boston on the 30th of last
month. Boston was the best possible
place to say it in. In .10 part of the
country are there so many persons
who, without knowing it, are headec
in the direction of free trade. Thanks
Mr. Shepard, for saying the right
thing at. the right time and in the
right place.
VERY UNfAiR METHODS
ARE ALLEGED TO EE USED BY
COMBINE OF RAILROADS AND
A STEAMSHIP LINE.
The Inter-State Commerce Commis
sion Will Investigate a Complaint
Made by Philadclphians.
Washington, D. C. —The inter
state commerce commission has de
cided to institute an investigation into
the affairs of the Hamburg-American
Basket Co., which is charged by Peter
Wright & Sons, general agents at
Philadelphia of the Cosmopolitan
Shipping Cii. and the Cosmopolitan
lines, with pooling and maintaining
monopolies in restraint of trade. The
inquiry is expected to be one of the
most stupendous ever undertaken and
of a character different from any that
Jias ever before engaged the attention
(<f the commission.
The Inquiry will have to deal with
an alleged combination between rail
loads in the United States and the
German shipping concern and there
tare interests every American pro
ucer, manufacturer or shipper aspir
ing tj introduce his goods to foreign
consumers.
According to the complaint on
which action was taken by 'he com
luission tho Hamburg-American
Packet Co. has built up a complete
monopoly of the eastbound traffic
originating in Chicago, St. Louis, Kan
sas City, Omaha, Minneapolis, Duluth,
Cleveland and other manufacturing
centers of the United States intended
for places 011 th<- continent of Europe.
The complaint reviews'what it claims
tj be unfair methods in stifling com
petition.
JUSTICE GODDARD TESTIFIES.
A Colorado Jurist Corroborates Son-*;
of Orchard's Ev dence in the
Haywood Trial.
Boise, Idaho. The state on
Wednesday made dramatic prduc
tion and proof of the Goddard bomb
and besides offering further corrobor
ation of the testimony of Harry Orch
ard against Wiliam D. Haywood, se
cured a ruling under which a number
of the denunciatory articles published
in the Miners' Magazine, ofiicial organ
of the Western Federation of Miners,
will be admitted in evidence.
To .Justice Luther M. Goddard him
self fell the task of telling the story
< 112 the finding a::d preservation ot the
bomb with which Orchard tried to kill
him. His testimony was minutely
circumstantial.
The Colorado jurist testified thrst
the first information that he received
about th» bomb came to him from
Orchard's confession, which was
siio.<n to him at Denver February 1!!,
1906, by Detective McParland. He at
once returned to his home and in his
gate discovered tho screw eye which
Orchard said lie placed there. It was
rusted by ten months' exposure. The
witness said li examined tin' ground
out.-id • the gate where Orchard said
he placed the bomb and found a
slight depression with the soil packed
around it. Th<-* bomb was dug up the
next day by Gen. Bulkeley Wells, who
used a pocket knife to cut the soil
away and raise the pine box contain
ing the bomb. There was a small
phial oi» top of the b;.x and attached
to the rubber cork of the phial was a
piece of rusted wire.
The bomb and its attachment were
taken t > the office of the Binkerton
d-'iective agency and sealed in wrap
pers and envel .pes that were signed
by half a dozen witnesses, including
Justice Goddard. and after that they
were placed in a vault to the door of
which, seals, including that oi a no
tary public, were attached.
ENORMOUS GRAET.
Further Revelations as to Overcharges
for Furnishing Pennsylvania's
New Capites.
Harrisburg, Ba. —Charles D. Mon
tague, a metallic furniture ex
pert, of New York, testified before
the capltol investigation commission
Wednesday that the state had not
only b.ve.n grossly overcharged for the
nietailic furniture supplied by the
Pennsylvania Construction Co. under
its $2 000,000 contract with the board
of grounds and buildings, but that he
had bored into the "burglar proof
vault" in the state treasury in four
hours with an ordinary eight-inch
breast drill.
Mr. Montague said that the four
safes in the capitol for which this con
cern was 1 aid $66,000 by the state
were worth only $27,000 and that
tiiero was no chrome steel or steel
rails in tiie vault, only ordinary steel
which any one coulu bore into with
ease. As to the metallic furniture the
expert said the state was charged ex
cessive prices.
He said certain bills were two and
three times more than a fair trade
list price without the customary dis
count. He said the sub-basement
contained one case that cost the state
$1,182. The list price was $287, sub
ject to discount. As to the first floor
metallic furniture it cost $229,231 and
was, worth $1152,103. On the entersol
floor the cases were billed at $154,688
and were worth $04,470. These esti
mates were based on standard trade
price lists.
The expert said that the bronze 011
the first floor was worth $26,000. The
state paid $"166,000.
Willson Nominated for Governor.
Louisville, Ky. Hon. Augustus
12. Willson, of Louisville, was
last night nominated by acclamation
as republican candidate for governor
of Kentucky. The platform was
adopted without a voice raised
against it.
100 Lives Lost in a Flaod.
Athens, Greece. —More than a hun
dred persons were drowned in the
flood caused by the overflowing of the
Lir.hos river, which inundated the
town of Trikkala, in Thessaly, Tues
day.
It Is Never Imposed.
"Pa."
"What is it. my son?"
"When <1 trust is found guilty of vio
lating the law there is always a max
imum and a minimum tine that may be
imposed, isn't there?"
"Yes. The maximum fine Is the
most that the offending trust may be
compelled to pay and the minimum is
the least that it may get off with."
"Why do they take the trouble to
have a maximum, pa?"— Chicago Kec
ord-Herald.
Ever Hopeful.
"Aren't you afraid the government
will eventually assume ownership of
the railways?"
"Supposing it does," rejoined Dr.
Dustin Stax. "It'll have to employ
us experienced men at enormous sal
aries to keep them from being run at
a loss. The difference will merely be
that in giving us money the public
will contribute as taxpayers instead
of as passengers.—Washington Star.
Neckromancy.
Noiselessly the prudent mamma ot
the large family of daughters opened
the parlor door and looked in.
Softly she withdrew.
"The young man who can make two
heads seem to grow where only one
grew before," she said to herself, "is a
benefactor to the human race, and de
serves to be encouraged."—Chicago
Tribune.
A Short Tale.
"Their tale of love was brief but
comprehensive."
"What was it?"
"First he went to court and sued for
her love." I
"What then?"
"She went to court and sued fol
- American.
NOT THE LOVABLE KIND.
L
Mamma —Don't, you know the Bible
says we should love our neighbors?
Lillie —I know, ma, but this is ar
awful neighborhood.—Chicago Journal
Happiness.
How happiness coos flaunting by,
As gaily as a butterfly;
And when we catch the lovely thing,
Alas! it lias a broken wins!
-Life.
A Benefit.
"You think the discovery of a route
to the north pole will be of great
benefit to the human race?"
"I do," answered the scientist. "If
if does nothing more it may satisfy
curiosity so as to prevent others from
risking their lives on the journey."
—Washington Star.
Only One Way.
"I see there is a movement on foot
to stop the use of profanity over tele
phones."
"But think how it will demoralize
business. We can't get along without
them." —Milwaukee Sentinel.
Then He Got Busy.
"Why do you look at me like that,
you great, awkward bear?"
"Oh, Miss Pimmie, I —l protest I'm
not a—a bear."
"Well, why aren't you?"— Chicago
Tribune.
A Slippery Subject.
First Reporter—Did you ever fall
down on an assignment?
Second Reporter—Sure; one day
when I was sent to write a story about
the icy sidewalks. —N. Y. Press.
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