2 CAMERON COUNTY PRESS. H. H. MUI.LIN, Editor. Published Ev«*ry Thursday. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. Per yen r 00 it paid In advance i uU ADVERTISING RATES: Advertisements are published at (lie rate of dul.ar per square fur one insertion ami tifty 112 *nt» i <*r square for each subsequent insertion Kate* it.v ihe year, or for six or three months. *re low a:.d uniform, and will be furnished on r p lU'at.o:!. Len»l and Ofllclal Advertising per square three ' nil's or less. each subsequent in:-er ito i 0 rents per -quare. Local notices 1" rents per line for one Inser •orilon: :> cents p. r line tor each subsvqueiil con-ecutive insertion. Obituary notices over five lines 10 cents per line. Simple announcements of births, mar* rinttcs anil deaths will lie Inserted free. liuslness cards, five lines or less. !ft per year; over live lines, at the regular rates of adver tising. No local Insorted tor less than 73 cents per issue. JOB PRINTING. The Job department of the Pnuss is complete snd affords facilities for doing the best class of w rk. PARTICCI.AK ATTKN 1 JON PA ID To LAW PRINTING. No paper will be discontinued until arrear ages aru paid, except at the option of the pub lisher. l'apers sent out of the county must be paid for in advance. Your Duty to Others. We must all realize that this life Is full of sorrow, and if you personally have had the good luck to escape your share of it you are a very fortunate person. But do not. on that account, allow yourself to grow cold-hearted and unsympathetic to others. Those l>oor others! Tneir lot is often so hard —so lonely—so full of misery. We are here to"heal the wounds and bind tho broken-heart;" and the only way we can do this is by being kind, loving and sympathetic. A few words of love will do more to help a sufferer than money sometimes, says the New York Weekly. For heart sickness is much harder to help than hunger and poverty. Show interest in others; try to help them; go out of your way to lighten the burden of the heavily laden. Do not hesitate to whisper your kindly thoughts in their ears. Don't pass by on the "other side;" If you are strong, then be merciful. Re member that we all look at life front a different standpoint, and what might appear like a grain of mustard seed in your path to you is an almost in surmountable obstacle to your weaker sister. The more she shrinks the more necessity for you to step in and help her on her way with genuine sympathy and loving sisterly words and acts. Some French writers have under taken unitedly to show to the world that their national literature is not truly represented by the coarse and indecent novels that are supposed by many persons to be the most charac teristic production of literary France. Not only is it not true, remarks the Youth's Companion, but the picture of French life drawn from these novels is grossly unjust. There are hundreds of French novels written every year that are as sweet and wholesome as anything England or America can show; and anyone who desires a true representation of French family life may find it in Prof. Barrett Wendell's recent book. Moreover, the study of art, history, science and many other branches is pursued In France by com petent and painstaking writers. It is proposed to establish agencies In Eng lish and American cities for the sale of the best French books. If there are not 48 stars on the flag within a year or two it will not he for lack of effort on the part of citizens of Arizona and New Mexico. A con vention of delegates from every part of New Mexico adopted resolutions the other day demanding the admis sion of the territory as a state. Tho governor of Arizona has reported that the statehood sentiment in that terri tory is stronger than ever before. Bills were introduced in the senate on the first working day of the session of congress providing for the creation of two new states out of the terri tories. As the effort to pass a joint statehood bill has been abandoned it is now necessary for the two terri tories to convince congress that they are worthy to be admitted to the fam ily of states. That the world is not drifting into n sameness of conventionality is proved by a debutante dinner in De troit. where the guests were enter tained by a cock fight, in which the game roosters had boxing gloves on their spurs, and by the offer of a woman in Cincinnati to sell her body to a medical school to raise money enough to buy a bridal trousseau. A story comes from Philadelphia of a mother who nearly killed her child by making the old mistake of taking a bottle of poison for the medicine which should have been administered. The present age lias man\ marks of progression, but it seems impossible to teach everybody tho gnat impor tance of being careful to get the light bottle. \\ e have It from an eastern scien tist that girls can preserve their beauty ! >:• a hundred years by the use of radium. As it only costs about a million dollars a pound the prescrip lion will not be generally followed. Besides, remarks the Detroit Free Press, Detroit and Michigan girls don t need it. NO WAR WITH JAPAN ALL SPECULATION AS TO CON FLICT IS IDLE. That Country in No Financial Con dition to Join Issue with So Powerful a Foe as the United States. Highly significant dispatches from j Japan contain matter that should help ; to put a quietus 011 jingoes and alarm- | ists here and in Europe. No sane per- j son surely would see anything but a sign ot' lack of warlike intentions in j a government which introduces a liud- j get calling for immense reductions in j army and navy appropriations. The ' total proposed retrenchment program i involves 100,000,000 yen, and two-I thirds of this would dock the army j and navy expenditures formerly laid out for 1908-03. Retrenchment is a case of sheer necessity for Japan. National in- j solvency is the alternative. The limit I of the taxable capacity of the people j has been reached, and the failure to lioat the last loan in London shows ominously for the national credit 1 abroad, even at a period of wide- j spread stringency. Japan's foreign debt, now i:i some 1 2,300,000,000 yen, bearing a high rate of interest that is eating into the nar row resources of the people annually. The immense burden of the late war, felt in inordinate taxation of an im poverished people, dims the glory of military achievement, and a series of bank failures, strikes and dangerous social demonstrations indicates a looming domestic crisis that must be j prepared against. Hence this sudden j calling a halt on a program of army j and navy expansion that Japan simply can not pay for.it is growing evident that the peace of Portsmouth came none too soon for Japan, and that the surrender of the money indemnity wsmj I a heavy sacrifice. The seat of Japan's anxiety is at home, and the anxiety is primarily financial. The question of comparative fighting ability aside, the sheer finan- ! cial burden of a war with the United 1 States would crush Japan within a ■ twelvemonth. A country facing a problem of threatened national in solvency. and with its foreign credit for war purposes already eaten up, is in no mood or condition to seek a pre text for war. The Aldrich Currency Bill. The Aldrich-Allison currency bill may be an admirable measure, it will give to the currency an elasticity Which it does not now possess and in sures the soundness of any circulating notes which may be issued against security other than that now required of the national banks. Hut there is no reason for hurrying its passage. The country does not want congress to swallow any Aldrich bill, bait, hook, and sinker. The sena tor from Rhode Island said that the I finance committee would be glad to have suggestions, amendments, or other currency bills from his col leagues in the senate. It. has not come to our notice that Senator Aldrich has undertaken to consult the middle western bankers. It may be that while his bill is satis factory to his own financial friends it will not suit Chicago, or Ohio, In diana, Illinois, Wisconsin, Michigan, lowa or Minnesota. At first glance it would seem that while the bill, if en acted into law, may benefit t£e country as a whole, 't will serve east ern interests and eastern banks rather than the banks and general business of the interior. The bankers of the interior should be heard. Congress should consult them as to the effect of the proposed measure before it reaches a conclusion as to the charac ter of the law which It is to enact. The speaker of the house is from the middle west, and can serve his constituents by seeing to it that be fore there is any currency legislation their interests shall have been con sulted. The Country Itself Again. It is certainly in order to congratu late the banking and business com munity on the disappearance of the last signs of the recent stringency. The New York banks have resumed full cash payments and report a sub stantial surplus over their legal re serves. In Chicago and other western centers, where conditions were at no time nearly so bail as in the east, clean.-g house certificates have not been used for some time, and the extra-legal emergency "currency" is rapidly being retired. The premium on currency is a thing of the past even in Wall street, anil country banks are again sending their surplus cash to the money markets. Protection Policy Defended. During the campaign we shall hear something about protection and free trade. Mr. Bryan and his friends will argue from the assertion that protec tion is the mother of trusts and that the surest, means of dealing with trusts is to destroy protection. The Republicans should welcome that de bate—should welcome even the most veiled attack on a system which stands so thoroughly justified by ex perience. If protection cannot be de fended nothing can be. If was never more deserving of the title "the American policy" than it is to-day. with America, under its application, in the front rank of producing and flourishing nations.—Washington Star. CAMERON COUNTY PRBS6, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1908. THE LEVEL OF COST. Prices Have Advanced Throughout the World. Many persons in our country who have complained of tlit* increased cost of the necessaries of life have talked and written as if the condition were peculiar to the United States and af fected us alone. The fact, as is known to students of broader view, is that high prices have been and are world-wide. Increased cost here is coincident with increased cost abroad. If prices had risen in the United States only we might blame the tariff or the trusts or anything else prominent in the political discussions with better show of reason, but since the foreigner suffers with the American consumer it ought to be clear that the things most dwelt upon here as underlying causes of greater cost are not the re sponsible ones. A deputy speaking in the German Reichstag recently on the increase in the cost of living in Berlin, said that it amounted to ,'io 1-3 per cent, in the last ten years; that the price of articles of general consumption had in some instances advanced over 00 per cent., as. for example, in the case of rye, which had gone up 62.T per t cent., while wheat' had risen 45 per ; cent, since 1901 and flour 34 per cent, i since September, 1906; barley had ' risen ten per cent, and potatoes 12 per j cent, since last year; in 1900 the price lof beef had risen "6 per ceat., veal 41.5 per cent., mutton 50 per cent., and pork 40.0 per cent., compared with what (hey had cost ten years before; during the last 12 months all these prices, except in the case of pork, the price of which had slightly decreased, had recorded further advances. Prices of things which enter into j general consumption tend everywhere I tf) a common level. Special causes in | terfere to make the price of some j article or some class of articles a lit i tie higher here or a little lower there, but in general when the price is high or low in one country it is the same lin another and all. There is the im ' portant difference always, however, j that the purchasing power of ottr own | people is greater than that of the peo j pies of other nations. —Pittsburg <!a --| zette-Times. Army Pay. Secretary Taft in his annual report ! urges congress to grant higher pay to | the enlisted men of the army. He ! especially wants better compensation : to be given to men who have received I a specialized training in the service which enables them to earn higher wages outside after their terms of enlistment expire. Such men ought to i be kept in the army, and the only way to keep them is by giving them in ducements to re-enlist, among which i better pay holds a chief place. The pay given the men was fixed so • long ago that it has no proper rela ! Hon to present economic conditions, i Even the pay for men in their first : enlistment should be somewhat raised. ! But the chief raises should goto tho skilled men who repeatedly re-enlist and to tho noncommissioned officers j who make the army their life work. It has been suggested that a grade j equivalent to that of the warrant offi ( cer in the navy should be created in the army, and that material privileges, : allowances and increased dignity | should accompany appointment to it. We do not have a large army, and i yet we find it very difficult to keep | its ranks full. The decrease in the number of enlisted men last year was 4,428, despite the best efforts of the I enlistment officers. Under such conditions a judicious ! increase in the pay of the men is de sirable. even though congress should ;be in its most economical mood. : There are plenty of varieties of petty ! graft and waste which might be elim j inated elsewhere if economy is in the | air. That Handy Surplus. Silly free trade writers are harping on the treasury surplus as one of the causes of the existing situation. They ! never stop to think that because of I this very surplus the government was | able to rush $25,000,000 of currency to j the relief of banks which would other j wise have been compelled to suspend payment and close their doors. That treasury surplus has proved an anchor lof safety, a fortress of financial ! strength. The government bad no | surplus with which to help out the | banks in the free trade regime of | 189.1-97. It was, instead, issuing bonds to the extent of $200,000,000 to cover j treasury deficits. Protection surpluses j are sometimes handy things to have. The Panama Canal. The testimony with regard to tho Panama canal before the house com mittee Is exceedingly Interesting. It is j given by those who know whereof they j are speaking, and also who are frank and candid in expressing themselves. There has been too much hesitation heretofore concerning the facts —hesi- tancy that really accomplished no good purpose, and often creates sus picion. The testimony gives a sort of i bird's-eye view of what is going on at ! Panama, and creates a conviction of j something like speedy achievement. Is Worth the Cost. Whether the canal costs $200.n00,000 or $140,000,0(10 is a matter of more or less indifference in comparison with ! the importance of the undertaking : and the relation it will have to the ■ ! welfare of this country. It will easily | he worth the larger sum if it can be J built for no less, and the people hava ' | so much confidence in the men now in • | control of the work that they will not j question the wisdom of the expemli- I tures which circumstances may show i to be requisite.—Denver Republican. BIG STICK FALLS ON STILLINGS THE PUBLIC PRINTER IS SUS PENDED FROM OFFICE. The Action Is Taken in Order to Aid the Investigation of the Govern ment Printing Office. Washington, D. C. President Roosevelt on Wednesday temporarily suspended as public printer Charles A. Stlllings and appointed William S. Rossiter temporarily to fill the duties of that office. The action, as ex plained officially, is to facilitate the investigation now being made of the government printing office by con gress. Mr. Rossiter now is chief clerk of the census office. Just as the president's action in suspending Mr. Stillitigs was being announced, a committee of labor lead ers of this city called at the White House and presented to the president resolutions adopted by the Central Labor union here charging Mr. Stiil lngs with violations of the eight-hour law in the government printing office and adding: "It is difficult at this time to get witnesses against Mr. Stlllings, for the reason that many of them are employed in tho government printing office and directly under his charge. We hope, however, to follow up our oral statement by way of affi davits if necessary." The president Informed the committee of the action he had- taken in the case. Resolutions by numerous labor or ganizations in various cities charging violation in the government printing office of the eight hour law, discrimi nation against veteran soldiers and the widows of soldiers and violation of the civil service law have bora submitted to congress and the presi dent. Mr. Stillings is from Boston and was appointed public printer in 1905. He had been general manager of his lather's printing firm in New York and at various times manager of the printers' board of trade of this city and of New York. Mr. Rossiter also came from Massachusetts and had business connections in New York and Washington before assuming of fice in the census bureau in 1890. THEY DIED TOGETHER. Two Women, Friends for Years, Froze to Death While Sitting Near an Empty Stove. New York City. Two women were found dead Wednesday in the kitchen of a house at No. 351 West Seventy-first street, of which they were caretakers. They were Mrs. Margaret Bertie, 70 years old, and Mrs. Margaret Kelly. 40 years old. For many years they had been friends. There was a little coal In a bin in the cellar and 17 cents were found in a cupboard. The police think the wo men set by a stove, in front of which their bodies were found, to keep warm and fell asleep before the fire went out and were frozen to death. Coroner Harburger said the women had been dead more than 24 hours. Each of the women had a heavy wrap about her shoulders. Pawn tickets which showed that during the last two months Mrs. Ber tie had pawned 18 articles of dress and jewelry were found. While the policemen were in the house preparing to remove the bodies to the morgue a collector for a stone cutting concern called. This concern built for Mrs. Bertie a small monu ment over the grave of her son, Capt. John W. Bertie, who served in the Spanish-American war. TRAINS ARE SNOWBOUND. Michigan Is in the Grasp of a Blizzard that Paralyzes Transportation. Detroit, Mich. With upwards of a dozen passenger trains snowbound ; in various parts of the state and Indi j cations of zero weather, Michigan is in the grasp of a blizzard that has paralyzed transportation in many sections and threatens to cause seri ous distress. On the Flint division of the Pore Marquette railroad a passen ger train has been stalled since Sat urday and with the railroad closed a number of small towns are shut off from their chief source of food sup plies. So far as known the passen gers on all snowbound trains have been carried on bobsleds to nearby towns or farm houses. Last night the wind reached a velocity of 50 miles an hour at De troit. Henry Laros, of Menominee, was frozen to death Tuesday night while trying to walk to a lumber camp near Cedar River, in the upper peninsula. Sues Match Trust for $25,000. Toledo, O. —A motion was argued in common pleas court on Wed nesday to compel the Saginaw Match Co. to exhibit all its books for in spection, to show if it has sold out to the Diamond Match Co., known as the match trust. James Klatz, a match salesman in whose behalf the motion was presented, claims $25,000 damages from the Saginaw company for breach of contract. Congress. Washington.—On the sth Mr. Bev eritlge made a speech in the senate in favor of his bill providing for a non-partisan tariff commission. The day in the house was devoted to speeches on tariff revision and tho president's recent message to con gress. Four People Burned to Death. Preston, Minn. Four lives wore lost when the house of Thomas Yeast, four miles southwest, of here, burned to the ground Tuesday night. The victims are Mrs. Yeast, Charles Engle, wife and baby. Mr. Yeast es caped. Earthquakes in Connecticut. Danbury, Conn. Residents of Lanesvllle and points in the llousa tonic river valley between Brookfield and New Mil ford were startled Wed nesday by two distinct earthquake shocks and several large cracks ap peared in the earth. I Balcom & Lloyd. | • i WE have the best stocked m general store in the county S and if you are looking for re liable goods at reasonable 3 * prices, we are ready to serve if you with the best to be found. Our reputation for trust- b jS! worthy goods and fair dealing 1 is too well known to sell any but high grade goods. | | Our stock of Queensware and jjl Ohinaware is selected with S || great care and we have some of the most handsome dishes ffl ever shown in this section, both in imported and domestio makes. We invite you to visit H us and look our goods over. 1 Pi | | | Balcom & Lloyd, j mmm mnmm mm 'W w mniiniin' firywynw innni iw Mk -mu mi jmL m. tm d ii ES y LOOK ELSEWHERE BUT DON'T FORGET |4 THESE PRICES AND FACTS AT || M H i! LaBAR'S 1 N II M M II || We carry in stock r— —— - i M fc* the largest line of Car- . pets, Linoleums and fiL, [TSSSQ] 8! %l> £2 Mattings of all kinds . M ever brought to this lIEL' M I V M town. Also a big line Z Z SS of samples. >* A verv large line ot tFOR TBE j N SSHF COMFORTABLE Mm I ! fed Sl^i J* Art Squares and of fine books in a choice library Riip-s of all size l ; and select the Ideal pattern of Globe- ** M from the cheap- Wernicke "Elastic" Bookcase. M est to the best I Furnished with bevel French 1 i || plate or leaded glass doors. || Dining Chairs, ">» •«" »* || Rockers and GEO. J. LaBAR, J^| fej) High ChairS. Bole Agent for Camsron County. A large and elegant ' ■«— ■ j?? !|? line of Tufted and || Drop-head Couches. Beauties and at bargain prices. & i CJ |3O Bedroom Suite, tfOC S4O Sideboard, quai- (112 Qfl SfrdS H solid oak at JjZO tered cak 3uU S2B Bedroom Suits, tf Ol $32 Sideboard, qnar- C)C 5 '4 solid oak at 4>ZI tered oak n $ S* $26 Bed room Suita, Ofl $22 Sideboard, quar- || solid oak at tered oak, N A large line of Dressers from I Ch ffoniers of all kinds and fiMK p, $S up. all prices. ii ——-———J ss kJ The finest line of Sewing Machines on the market, |g the "DOMESTIC" and "ELDRIDGE.' All drop- £1 heads and warranted. £3 A fine line of Dishes, common grade and China, in £2 * * sets and by the piece. M As I keep a full line of everything that goes to |M| M make up a good Furniture store, it is useless to enum- |$ M crate-them all. |jj| M Please call and see for yourself that I am telling y you the truth, and if you don't buy, there is no harm done, as j t is no trouble to show goods. |j GEO. J .LaBAR. | N U]Mr>E!FJ.TAI?LI][>J-G-. (i
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