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The sperm whale could swallow an
automobile according to one scientist,
but we should think It would give hiiu
indigestion.
Chicago complains that women talk
too much over the telephone. "Over
the telephone" would seem to be a
superfluous clause.
The late shah of persia had a col
lection of stones valued at $50,000,000.
But death parted him from all except,
one -his tombstone.
A clothier's ad in the London (Ont.)
Advertiser: "Our boys' knickers have
double seats." Good for the kids, but
hard on father's arm.
Now if the weather should calm
down and be decent for the summer
the croakers would feel themselves
discriminated against.
A Detroit man has invented a nozzle
which spreads water like rain, or in
other words as effectively as it is dis
tributed among the stocks.
Tunis used to depend upon its wines,
olives, cereals and cattle. Now there
are a number of profitable mines and
railways are being built to exploit
them.
Even if it were not dangerous to
kiss the baby it would still be cruel
in most cases, as the poor babies are
generally too feeble t;> put up any
kind of a defense.
Dr. Wiley's condemnation of pie will
have no effect. The brain food of
New England has been tested beyond
the power of any mere government
chemist to discredit it.
The American Press Humorists, as
cuch, have undertaken to raise funds
for a monument in memory of the late
Bill Nye. All serious minded people
can join them in this effort.
Joaquin Miller has found mining
more profitable than poetry, for which
reason he desires to be a United
States senator. This shows the de
moralizing influence of wealth.
The popularly accepted idea that
women like to do most of the talking
is successfully controverted in the
petition of a St. Louis woman who
asks divorce. She asserts that she
"can't live with that man. Why, he's
a regular sphinx."
The highest tree in the world is
said to be an Australian gum tree of
the species eucalyptus regnans, which
tsands in the Cape Otway range. It
is no less than 415 feet high. Gum
trees grow rapidly. There is one in
Florida which is reported to have
shot up 40 feet in four years, and an
other in Guatemala which grew 120
feet in 12 years.
"I am perfectly certain," writes an
Englishman to the London World,
"that half our ills are due to the fact
that we do not laugh enough. A good
sincere smile is somewhat rare in
these times, a 'laughing face' is scarce,
and it is seldom indeed that one hears
a good ringing laugh." T'ae obvious
thing for this gentleman tc do is to
subscribe for London Punch.
The public is henceforth to be
barred from the grounds of John D.
Rockefeller's home, Forest Hill, in the
suburbs of Cleveland, because visitors
presumed upon their privileges and
peeped through the dining room win
dows to watch Mr. Rockefeller eat.
This made the old gentleman angry,
and he ordered the gates closed. He
might have pulled down the blinds.
Red Cloud, the famous Sioux chief,
is now very old, and, realizing that he
must soon depart for the happy hunt
ing grounds, he has issued a pathetic
appeal to the white people to be good
to the poor Indian. Once a fierce war
rior and a foe to the whites. Red Cloud
long ago became peaceable. He still
retains the old style garb of his race,
but he appreciates the value of civili
zation.
If the gifted persons who write those
wonderful detective stories would win
lasting renown and become benefac
tors to their fellow beings, let them go
out and do a little real detecting.
There ar? plenty of desperate crim
inals at large whom the regularly or
dained sleuths are unable to capture.
The world's rice crop in 1903 aggre
gated 170,000,000,000 pounds. The
great bulk of this enormous yield was
produced and consumed by the people
of Asia, the Chinese taking the lead
hoth in production and consumption.
IS FOOLISH MOVE
GERMAN TRADE AGREEMENT DE
NOUNCED AS PERNICIOUS.
Belief That Flat Fre« Trade Would
Be Less Detrimental Than Such
Bartering Away of Our Indus
trial Rights by Special Con
cessions In Favor of
Foreign Competitors.
The San Francisco Chronicle is in
dignant regarding the extraordinary
diplomatic dicker by which the United
States government has bound itself,
without the knowledge or consent of
congress, to reduce tariff rates on
competitive imports from Germany.
The Chronicle, one of the most ably
conducted and influential among the
leading Republican newspapers of
this country, condemns the new Ger
man agreement in unsparing terms as
"an arrangement to permit underval
uations on imports, subieot to an ad
valoreni duty." Says the Chronicle:
"It could have been asked for by
Germany for no other purpose. It
could have been granted by our gov
ernment for no other purpose. It is
contrary to the express terms of the
administrative customs act, and is to
be attacked as such in the United
States courts."
To assert that the privilege ac
corded to German exporters of nam
ing their own export values "could
have been granted by our government
for no other purpose" than that of
permitting undervaluation, is a more
sweeping condemnation of the crass
blundering of our gifted state depart
ment than any which has been ex
pressed by the American Economist.
Yet, when all has been considered,
what else could have been the purpose
of this astonishing concession? To
assume that Secretaries Root and
Cortelyou were ignorant of the pur
pose of the Germans in asking for
such a concession is to reflect upon
the intelligence of those two secre
taries. There is not a customs ad
ministrative officer in the service of
the United States, not one—scarcely
a day laborer who handles and un
packs goods in the apparisers' stores
—who does not know that the oppor
tunity to undervalue exports was
sought by the Germans. So far as we
have been able to discover, there is
not an intelligent man in the entire
customs service who does not know
that the privilege of naming export
values is in effect tLe privilege of un
dervaluation.
It is past comprehension that even
our gifted secretary of state, who
knows nothing of customs administra
tion, and our inexperienced secretary
of the treasury, who knows little more,
should not have somehow or other
guessed what was at the bottom of
the German demand for the "export
price" privilege. Still, we would rath
er believe that they blundered like
schoolboys than that with eyes wide
open they deliberately betrayed the
revenues of the government and the
interests of American labor and in
dustry. *
Frankly the Chronicle expresses its
preference for open free trade rather
than the double dealing of "reci
procity" tariff concessions. "Free
trade," it says, "is foolish, but it is
honest. Trading tariffs are devices
of the devil." There are many pro
tectionists who concur in this view,
believing that the even keel of a tar
iff for revenue only would in the long
run work less mischief than the dis
honest policy of assassinating some
industries for the benefit of some
other industries. "Double tariffs are
trouble tariffs," the American Econo
mist has said in this connection.
That is the solid truth. Rightly the
Chronicle urges that:
"The only dual tariff which is de
fensible is a surtax added to imports
from countries which in any way dis
criminate against us."
The McCleary bill embodied a sound
principle—that of increased tariffs
against the exports of any and all
countries having two sets of tariffs,
and enforcing maximum rates against
the products of the American people.
Such a bill should be passed by the
Sixty-first congress at its first ses
sion, and in addition, a joint resolu
tion giving six months' notice of ter
mination of the German agreement.
With such a bill passed and such a
notice given we should hear no more
about German threats and French
bluffs. Neither would the country be
shocked and humiliated by a repe
tition of the colossal blunder of per
mitting foreigners to write the Amer
ican tariff to suit themselves.
Facts, Proof anc! Figures.
Not long ago Senator Rayner of
Maryland said in an interview:
"We must meet the Protective
league with facts and proof and fig
ures, and not with glittering general
ities. The time has gone by for dis
cussing the general policy of tariff
reform."
Pacts and proofs and figures are
precisely what are wanted. Ry all
means let the Democratic enemies of
the Dlngley tariff bring forward a re
vised list of duties so that the coun
try will know what to expect of a
Democratic administration. Repub
lican tariff rippers should do the
same. They deal wholly in generali
ties. Let them now come forward
v/ith the details. Thus far nobody,
whether Democratic or Republican
tariff ripper, has furnished a bill of
particulars. They have asserted that
the tariff is .all wrong and needs re
'ising, but have not said wherein.
Let us have facta and proof and
■lsures.
CAMERON C DUN TV PRESS, THURSDAY, JULY 25,
WHY TAMPER WITH IT?
Changes in Tariff Law Can Be of No
Benefit.
The present agitation for tarifT re
vision all comes from Democratic
sources. Many uninformed Repub
licans have been caught by the ury,
and a few leaders, mistaking the
howl for the Democratic coyotes for
the voice of the people, have joined
the opposition in demanding a change.
No one, of course, will question the
fact that many of the schedules have
become more or less obsolete in the
ten years in which they have been in
operation, but the justice or injustice
of duties on certain articles is not by
any means the sole consideration in
the question of Tariff revision.
The effect on business conditions
the country over and the impossibil
ity of securing any schedule that will
be just to everybody are matters that
must never be lost sight of. As to
the first of these, it is a well-known
fact to all who have followed the
economic history of our country that
the opening up of the tariff question
inevitably gives business a serious
set-back, regardles of whether the re
vision be good or bad.
The other consideration i» one of
equal importance. * There are so
many interests at stake and pressure
of such a nature is brought to bear
on the members of both houses, that
it is impossible to secure a law v/hich
does not involve many injustices.
The country is to-day prosperous
ami happy. The protective tariff is
furnishing employment to tho Amer
ican workingman instead of giving
the job to the foreigner. Then why
tamper with a law that is bringing
about good results and take chances
of upsetting the business of the coun
try and securing in the end a law
no better, if not actually worse, than
the one we now have? —Topeka Her
ald.
UNCLE SAM DISCOVERS THAT HE
HAS BEEN BUNCOED.
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Wages and Tariff Revision.
A Pennsylvania newspaper, the
Scranton Tribune, in commenting on
the statement made by the American
Economist regarding the increase of
wages of the silk and dye houses of
Paterson, affecting about 5,000 men
with weekly wages ranging from $lO
to S2O, makes some pertinent remarks
upon the question of the effect tariff
tinkering would have on wages. The
Tribune says:
"Would these advances in wages
occur if the tariff Were now in course
of revision, or even if a definite date
for taking up revision had been agreed
upon? Certainly not.
"Would the wage increases be grant
ed if reciprocity treaties had been
concluded, or were in course of nego
tiation by which a tariff reduction on
silk goods was conceded in favor of
imports from France and Germany?
No; there would be no increases but
decreases of wages. Just as surely as
the tariff is revised downward by di
rect reduction or by reciprocity con
cessions, so surely will wages be re
vised downward in every branch of in
dustry. It is well to keep this fact in
mind."
This argument is exactly in line
with what the Journal has always re
peatedly asserted. The people of New
Jersey encouraged the tariff tinkers
in 1892 and paid dearly for their folly.
We do not believe that they desire to
have the bitter and nauseating dose
repeated, no matter how smoothly the
free-traders masquerading under tho
cloak of "tariff reform" may plead.—
Elizabeth Journal.
Easy to See.
Evidently the Buffalo Express has
not read the German agreement:
"To all appearances the tariff con
cessions made to Germany followed
strictly the provisions of the Ding
ley law, and the great difficulty in
reaching a reciprocal agreement was
that the Dingley law restricted con
cessions within such narrow limits.
It is hard to see how the American
Protective Tariff league expects to
show any violation of the law."
Upon reading the agreement the Ex
press will discover that its most im
portant provisions are utterly outside
of the Dingley law, and a comparison
of paragraph A of tho diplomatic note
accompanying and forming a part of
the agreement with section 19 of the
customs administrative act will show
how completely a law of congress" has
been nullified. Then it will not be
so hard to see why the tariff league
should dispute the legality of the pro
vision giving to German exporters
permission to appraise their own mer
chandise
FIGHTENDED
And Striking Telegraph
ers Return to Work.
AT OLD SALARIES.
Men at San Francisco and Oakland,
Cal., Who Went Out Four Weeks
Ago Gained Nothing.
Oakland, Cal. At a meeting
held hero Friday the Telegraph
ers' union voted to accept the terms
of settlement proposed by the West
ern Union and Postal telegraph com
panies. According to the terms of the
compromise, the telegraphers will re
turn to work and then both companies
will receive a committee of arbitra
tion to settle matters affecting the
telegraphers.
New York.—Col. Robert C. Clowry,
president of the Western Union Tele
graph Co., issued the following state
ment Friday evening:
"The differences between the West
ern Union Telegraph Co. and its form
er employes at San Francisco and
Oakland have been settled. On June
?1 portion of the Western Union op
erators a» San Francisco ;<nd Oakland
quit work without notice. About one
third of tho force remained on duty
and 11 of those who quit were rein
stated on their individual applications
at their old compensations. Additions
were promptly made to the force from
oth-er offices and except for a short
period the traffic of the company has
been moved promptly. The company
will re-employ ali reliable and ef
ficient operators who left the service
on their individual applications and at
the salaries paid when they quit
work."
HAWLEY OPENS FOR THE STATE.
First Address to the Jury in the Hay
wood Trial le Made by a Lawyer
for tho Prosecution.
Boise, Idaho. Field for argu
ment, both for the prosecution
and defense in the trial of W. D. Hay
wood, charged with murdering Frank
Steunenberg, was limited Friday by
Judge Wood, who removed from con
sideration of the jury all evidence
bearing on the alleged conspiracy by
mine owners and others against tho
Western Federation of Miners. Judge
Wood decided that the defense had
made no legal connection of the Mine
Owners' association, the Citizens' Al
liance of Colorado and the Pinkerton
detective agency as laying a founda
tion for the evidence Introduced by
i the defense to show that the charge
against Haywood and his co-defend
ants is the outcome of a conspiracy to
exterminate the federation.
Immediately Allowing this decision
argument began. Attorney Hawley,
leading counsel for the state, spoke
for two hours and 15 minutes of the
afternoon session, the morning ses
sion having .been adjourned to enable
the judge to prepare his decision.
"FLAREBACK" CAUSED EXPLOSION
Naval Board Reports as to the Explo
sion on Board the Battleship
Georgia.
Washington, D. C.—By a process
of elimination the naval board which
has been investigating the accident
whereby the men in the turret of the
battleship Georgia lost their lives has
arrived at the conclusion that a "de
layed flareback" caused this catastro
phe. In one sense the verdict is re
ceived with a sense of relief by naval
officers because it showed that they
had no new element of danger to con
tend with. They had experienced
"flarebacks" before and thought that
they knew how to deal with them.
A "delayed flareback" is caused by
closing off too soon the blast of com
pressed air which is supposed to ex
pel from the bore of the gun the nn
burnt gases and fragments of smol
dering powder covering what might
be left from the last discharge.
REVIEW OF TRADE.
Very Encouraging Reports Come from
the Leading Commercial Centers.
New York. —R. G. Dun & Co.'s
Weekly Review of Trade says:
Encouraging reports are received
from leading commercial centers, the
volume of business being exception
ally heavy for the season, and stocks
are depleted by the usual clearance
sales, providing more prompt pay
ments and greater confidence in the
future. Buyers are numerous In the
large cities, preparing for an active
fall trade, now that the agricultural
outlook is less uncertain. Clothing
manufacturers report much new busi
ness and few cancellations.
Dullness in the pig iron market is
not unusual at this time of the year,
but there is little reduction in output
and no evidence that furnace owners
are seeking business at lower prices.
Railroad Company l s Fined $30,000.
Raleigh. N. C. The Southern
Railway Co. was on Friday fined
$30,000 and Thomas J. Green, ticket
agent of the company, fined $5 in the
state court here for selling railroad
tickets at a rate in excess of that pro
vided by the recent state law for a
uniform rate of 2V4 cents a mile.
The Tenth Victim Dies.
Boston, Mass. —Midshipman J. F.
Cruse, cf the battleship Georgia, died
Friday at. the naval hospital. He is
r he tenth man to die as a result of the
explosion Monday.
NO HARM DONE.
"I wonder," said the tall man in the
suit of faded black, "if I could interest
you in a new and cheap edition of the
works of Anthony Trollope."
"I don't know," answered the man
at the desk. "Go ahead and let me
hear what you have to say."
The book agent began at once.
"Every student of literature knows,"
he said, "that Anthony Trollope was
one of England's great novelists. It
is true, perhaps, that he wrote for a
limited class, but it is better to have
the approval of the cultivated and in
tellectual few than the applause of the
Illitrate and unthinking multitude.
Born in the year 1815, Mr. Trollope
was employed for more than 30 years
In the English postal service. He ap
peared next as editor of St. Paul's
Magazine, in which some of his best
stories first saw the light. He was
a most prolific writer. His works in
elude 'The Golden Lion of Granpere,'
'Orley Farm,' 'The Bertrams,' 'Bar-
Chester Towers,' and other famous
novels, while among his historical and
descriptive works are 'The Life of
Cicero,' 'North America,* and 'South
Africa,' together with many others. In
these sample volumes I wish particu
larly to call your attention to the
clearness of the print, the durability
of the binding, and the excellent qual
ity of paper used."
And so on, for ten minutes.
"No," said the man at the desk,
turning again to his work, "you
haven't succeeded !n interesting me a
bit."
"That'j u,) right," rejoined Uio tall'
man in the suit of faded black, re-j
placing the sample volumes in hi 9
valise with imperturbable composure;
"I have just started out canvassing
with these books, and I was only prac
ticing on you. Good afternoon."—Chi
cago Tribune.
A GOOD REASON, TOO.
Nursemaid—l'm going to leave,
mum.
Mistress—Why, what is the matter;
don't you like the baby?
Nursemaid—Yes'm; but he is thai
afraid of a policeman that I can't get
him near one.
Hard Job.
Sir John Franklin was searching for
the northwest passage.
"I find it almost as difficult a task,"
he observed, wearily, "as if I were en
gineering that boulevard across the
Chicago river."
Partially satisfying the cravings of
his appetite a tallow candle,
he looked anxiously to the southeast
to see if any relief expedition was
coming.—Chicago Tribune.
Loud Effects.
Stranger (happening along).— BOJ-B,
what are you burning these ghastly
colored lights for? What do you mean
by carrying those ugly banners and
smearing paint on the sidewalk?
Leader of the boys.—There's a deaf
an' dumb couple been gittin' married
in that house acrost the way. We're
givin' 'em a shivaree, mister.—Chicago
Tribune.
Not Quite What He Meant.
Fuddle. —You know Stocks, don't
you?
Doctor. —Yes, indeed. He's now a
patient of mine.
Fuddle.—Pretty wide-awake man,
Isn't he?
Doctor.—l should say so. I'm treat
ing him for insomnia.—Royal Maga
zine.
Proper Place For Them.
"Yes, sir," remarked the self-made
man, "brains come in ahead every
time."
"Of course they come in a head,"
rejoined the cynical person. "I never
heard of any one with brains in hi?
feet."—Chicago Daily News.
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