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JMRON COUNTY PRESS,.
H. H. MUM. IN. Kditor and Proprietor
Published Every Thursday
Often the joy ride ends in a ceme
tery.
Winter Is staying as long aa an un
welcome guest.
will bo In commission. There is no
telling how soon it will be obsolete.
Simultaneously with the opening of
the postal banks a lot of old yarn
socks opened.
That American who photographed
cows insido England's fortifications
made somewhat of a bull.
Seventeen-year locusts are due this
year, but nobody will caro if they fail
to hear the alarm clock go off.
The aeroplane does not break down
oftener than an automobile, but It
breaks down in more inconvenient lo
calities.
Some people are eternally fussy.
An Indiana man wants a divorce from
Ois wife because she bathes the dog In
the dishpan.
Again it is reported that the hoop
*kirt is coming back. Not if the wear
ers have to pass the Flatiron building
in New York.
Aviation seems to be like some other
methods of producing exhilarating ef
fects; there is difficulty in recognizing
the right time to quit.
Up to date the submarines of the
world's navies have been chiefly re
markable for the many discouraging
accidents which befall them.
It does not astonish us to learn that
aur sun is a "variable star." Even on
this planet it has the reputation of be
ing a highly capricious luminary.
Aviators should let altitude test 3
go unsought. Endurance and passen
ger tests are the ones needed at this
stage of the art.
The Cnicr.go authorities nave voted
:o limit all buildings begun after Sep
tember 1 to a height of 200 feet, and If
they mean Chicago feet that is surely
high enough. *
F!y way of giving the children of the
city a chance to see all strange ani
mals that inhabit the earth, the au
thorities of New York Central park
bave bought a cow.
Medicine Ilat wants its name
changed. If Kalamazoo and Oshkosh
can be happy and prosperous, there
seems to be no reason why Medicine
Hat should not be comfortable.
Basket ball may be a perfectly love
ly game, but when it becomes neces
sary to call upon che police to pry
players apart it would seem that a re
rlsed rule of some sort might well be
Inserted.
There Is in California a fountain of
oil that gushes up to a height of
156 feet. Advocates of the conserva
tion of our natural resources might do
well to Insist that a lid should be put
en this fountain.
An Austrian girl, who has just been
naturalized in New York, says she be
came a citizen of this nation because
she loves the United States and the
American people. That is the kind of
citizen we want.
Moisant and Hoxsey laughed at dan
ger "as long as the machine was all
right." When man becomes perfect,
possibly he will invent a machine that
Is perfect. Until then it is safer to
leave flying to t.he birds.
A man in a Philadelphia restaurant
discovered 15 pearls in one oyster
stew. It Is evident that tho restau
rant-pearl fisheries expect to yield a
good harvest this season, if this Is to
be taken for a sample beginning.
One out of every four graduates of
harvard earns all or a part of the
money needed to pay his expenses.
We can't see why Harvard shouldn't
get as much glory out of this fact as
she does out of her athletic exploits.
The department of agriculture has
fceen keeping tabs on tho number of
deer shot in this country during the
year and has counted up to 07,500.
«tl!l tln re are people who love deer
that have not been converted into
venison.
A New York doctor says that If
women continue to wear the quanti
ties of false puffs, rolls and switches
now in fashion the next generation
mry have llttlo or no hair to start
with. With rare exceptions the pres
ent generation had migtity little hair
to start with.
The chief forester says thn« S4 per
cent, of the fort t Are* in I'JO'J were
dun to the carelessness of railroads
snd persons using the forests This
Is about as hud as the pen cutage of
house llrts caused by csrelcssnesa.
Th' /overtiinent has aruln changed
the nsme < 112 the life savins st i'.on st
the V'-' end of Nantu-ket Ulutid,
which w*« d to b» **« 1 r*;. t Nt'k," front
"Maddiquel" to"M ddsket," hut we
slut! not learn to 1! th< ut-w t.ins
until we bate some n»> trait' e ,M ||
ten ' going to be iLbiged -tutu
MOVE IS RIGHT STEP
IDEA OF TARIFF COMMISSION A
GOOD ONE.
Possibility That by This Means Ques
tion Can Be Taken Out of Politics
and Solved in a Manner Sat
isfactory to All.
There Is now a good pros]«ct that a
tariff commission will be authorized
that may be of Incalculable service in
securing a revision of the tariff with
out disturbance to business and with
the nearest practicable approach to
justice all around.
The bill as it stood has been mod®,
fieil in two regards. It has been pro
vided that either house of congr ••
may call on the commission for sue-;
information aa may be desired anu
that of the five members of the con'
mission not more than three s!:all b<
of the same political party. Thes»
modifications should remove the objec
tions of the Democrats to the measure
The first places tha commission fully
at their disposal in the next congress
when they will have the responsibility
for the action of the house. The sec
ond gives them a fair representation
on the commission, and entirely in-
Bures them against any partisan use of
the commission. The committee on
rules has been instructed to bring in
the bill for action as soon as possible.
The sooner the better, for prompt ac
tion by the house will make the
chances of the commission better in
the senate.
We are not of those who believe that
the commission can solve the long
standing and complicated problems in
volved in a revision of our fiscal sys
tem in a single session. Nor is any
such view entertained by the able
business men who have been laboring
for several years to promote the adop
tion of the commission principle. Their
purpose has been to secure the em
ployment of a board of sensible and
impartial men, qualified by experience
and study, and clothed with reasona
ble powers, to inquire into the practi
cal operation of the various duties im
posed by the tariff and to continue the
inquiry for the enlightenment of con
gress, the executive aid the public. It
is not their idea to make a commission
to bolster up the tariff or to batter
it down. The cardinal principle of
protection or of free trade is not in
volved at all. The whole plan simply
relates to method and will necessarily
be of as much advantage to honest
men on one side of the question as to
those on the other.
If, then, as is plain, the country is
ready for a revision, surely it is the
duty of all reasonable men to prepare
the way for it so that it shall do as
much good and as little harm as possi
ble. Toward this the tariff commis
sion, as devised in the bill now pend
ing, is unquestionably cn aid. It will
not take the tariff otu of politics, for it
cannot, but it will tend to make it an
issue of practical, businesslike, intelli
gent political action. It will tend to
prevent it being made, as it has been
in the past, a matter for truck and
dicker, for indirect bribery and corrup
tion. At one time it was suspected
that a commission would serve as an
excuse for delay and would be used as
a means to mislead public opinion, but
the amendments we have outlined are
evidences of good faith, and the meas
ure now seems to be quite free from
objection. If a good commission is
selected, and we have confidence in
the sagacity and sincerity of President
Taft in this regard, it will be what
may be called a measure of national
sanitation, and heaven knows that it
is needed. There has never been in
the twisted and tangled history of our
tariff ar. Instance of a measure sup
ported by so many and varying inter
ests involved in tariff legislation,
which is another proof of the need of
sanitation and of the probability that
we shall get It through t'. is method.—
New York Times.
The Best Farm Markets Safe.
Reciprocity with Canada could never
interfere T.ith the success of agricul
ture in any part of the United States.
It could no" touch the markets which
are most profitable to American farm
ers. gardeners, and orchard owners.
'I he most profitable markets for the
food products which pay best are tl?e
near markets. They are great cities
in this < ountry of big and fast growing
urban centers, and few «. the large
cities are close enough to Canada to
give Canadian food products an equal
chance with those grown in the Uni
ted States. Distance will always give
American producers an advantage In
the markets of American cities.
The exceptions to the rule could
never be numerous enough to affect
the general balam •* between American
and Canadian producers of food stu
ples. Always the better opportunities
and the larger profits would be found
on this Kid.' of the bolder.
Oh. you llaltlmorc! And seven thou
sand Uvnnhaven Hays, diamond back
terrupiu, canvashack ducks, Smith
field hams, live hundre I and* fifty
quarts of chainpalgu. et cetera, et
cetera! And Just to think of those
I. an days when we hud a stale sand
whli, a stalk of rusty celery, seven
glasses of water and three hours .if
hot air for a dollar The Old Ship if
/.lon, with u full bellied Democracy
aboard, U plowing the waves and I*
headed straight for tllory' ifmistoa
Post
Our T«*aß contemporary's mi hum
**Ml I* fully jit*! tiled It hu» «lv,
yearned with •amp-meeting fervor tor
tliu initiation of s full dlt uer pull era
of Democracy.
CAMERON COUNTY PRESS, THURSDAY. MARCH 2, 1911.
THE TARIFF AND JOINT RULES
Question Whether Action Can Be Made
Binding Is One for Moct Care
ful Consideration.
The present senate and house of
representative s may pass rules to bind
themselves in the handling of the tar
iff. by schedules, as Senator Cummins
proposes, or by subjects, as Senator
Aldrich seems to preier. but can either,
or both of them, bind the next con
gress by any rule whatever, or even
bind themselves, of a majority of
either house at any moment chooses
to abandon the rule? There was a
•time when a joint rule, that Is one
passed by both houses, was supposed
to have the force of a statute, unre
[ ersible by either alone, but that
beory died when the senate, in 1877.
(■pealed the twenty-second joint rule
•>r the purpose of opening the way to
!e counting In of Rutherford B.Hayes
3 president of the United States.
' e twemy-second Joi'.t rule had been
as e-J in 1865 provid lg the mode by
vhich the electoral votes should be
ounted in the second election of Mr.
Lincoln. There was nothing novel
bout it. It embodied the principles
•• hich had governed every count since
he time of Washington. Its principles
md methods would have been fol
owed in the count then impending had
no joint been passed at all. But,
fearing tfcat some unreconstructed
southern state should come forward
with a vote, it was framed and intro
duced by Senator Morton of Indiana to
make sure that the objection of one
house would be effective against it as
it had always been. This joint rule
was sent to Mr. Lincoln for his ap
proval, and he returned it with his
signature, but was careful to say that
the matter was entirely within the jur
isdiction of the two houses, and that
the president had nothing to do with
it. —New York Tribune.
Present Tariff Vindicated.
The preliminary report of the bu
reairof statistics at Washington shows
that the year 1910 was a record
breaker as regards the total foreign
trade of the I'nited States. The aggre
gate was $'J,427,218.000. against $3,346,-
590,000 in 1907, until now the greatest
ever reached. The figures tell their
own story of the commercial expan
sion of the country and of recovery
from the business depression that cul
minated a little more than three years
ago. and also refute a great many al
legations made to discredit the protec
tive tariff. year the exports
were 51.564,411,000 and imports sl,-
562.807,000, while in 1907 the exports
\%-*re $1,923,426,000 and the imports
were $1,475,520,010. In other words,
unoer the new tariff we have opened
the ioor to many additional millions
of dollars' worth of foreign products.
Such a result certainly could not be at
tained if the tariff were really "pro
hibitive." .The most gratifying feature
of the showing is the large proportion
of manufactures exported. This, too,
shows we are making headway in cap
turing the most desirable patronage
abroad. Sales in foreign lands of
American products are no longer con
fined to agricultural products and
"raw materials."
Taft end Canadian Reciprocity.
Nothing more encouraging has ema
nated from the White House for a long
time than the authoritative understand
ing that the president will push the
Canadian reciprocity plan with the
next congress, which will have a Dem
ocratic house, if the present congress
fails to act, or acts adversely on the
proposition.
While it is not probable that an ex
tra session would be called to ratify
this reciprocity agreement, the intima
tion that such a thing might be done
is not without consistent basis, for the
prospects are that the agreement will
be promptly ratified by the Canadian
parliament, thus placing the responsi
bility for failure or delay in the estab
lishing of better commercial relations
between the two countries wholly on
the Washington government.
This Canadian agreement is likely
to pre ipitare a fair, striking test of
1 he present congress on the tariff ques
tion as modified by national dissatis
| faction with the existing law, just as
| the final terms of the tariff couunis
j sion bill will fiirnish another test.
Tribute to Ex-Senator Ccckrell.
Much has been said of the retire
ment of Messrs. Aldrich and Hale from
; i lie senate and public life, but another
j man of distinguished services is pass
ing from the field and almost unno
ticed. This is former Senator Cock
j rell of Missouri, whose successor, C. C.
McChord. has Just been appointed on
I the Interstate commerce commission,
i In his seventy-sixth year, after 36 years
I of public service in Washington, he is
' once more a private citizen. A politt
! clan of the old school, he Is almost the
| last link left with the legislation of re
construction days. Senator Coekrell
vv«»%ever a malignant partisan and It
was because of the universal esteem
In which he was held that President
liooscvelt honored him with a place on
the Interstate commerce commission
Qryjn Still to Be Reckoned With.
Mr. Bryan slyly g.-tg even with that
llHltimore Democratic conference and
Joy dinner, w here he was igunred and
from wl:li h he was conspicuous by ab
ellce The I me of his Commoner fol
lowing the Halt more affair h id a lot
of itiH ■< -ling iii v. « übi >it Democratic
■in. hi all i \er th< country, but iieser
u lu* 111 lull oi ihe hobnobbing at Mailt
mot* And it is »4f« to a*, nine that
< veial tine aiuU of Mr. Bryan's read
er* will muter* ind why and govern
Uiew»el*w* tttkuidlngly.
Make Flans to Beautify the Capital
WASHINGTON. —One decided step
toward making the national capi
tal the most beautiful city in the
world architecturally was taken re
cently when the designs for three
treat buildings for the federal govern
ment were selected. Fifty-nine archi
tects from all over the country com
peted. The buildings will cost nearly
$5,000,000, and are to be erected on
Pennsylvania avenue, facing the White
House grounds. They will house the
department at state, the department
of justice and the department of com
merce and labor.
The spaces that these great struc
tures .will occupy were selected nearly
a century and a quarter ago. Major
L'Enfant, a French engineer, laid out
the plan of Washington in 1793. It is
said he so arranged the streets that It
would be impossible, in case of riot
or insurrection, for barricades to be
Need of Hog Cholera Serum Reported
THE bureau of animal industry of
the agricultural department ex
presses the hope that many state leg
islatures will take up the question of
providing for the production of the
government hog cholera serum. The
federal experts are convinced of the
efficacy of this serum. They believe
that if the proper effort is put forth
by states hog cholera will be eradl
caetd.
State officials who display interest
in the subject are asked to send rep
resentatives to the bureau's experi
ment farm, at Ames, la., where the
methods of producing the serum are
explained. It is also the policy of the
bureau to furnish a limited amount of
the serum and a few immune hogs to
the states that are just starting in the
work. Within the last year practical
demonstrations of what may be ac
complished through the use of this
new serum have been successfully
carried out in Maryland, Virginia, Illi
nois, Missouri, lowa, Kansas, Ken
tucky and Tennessee.
Style of Street Letter Box Changed
AFTER witnessing many experiments
with new designs ahd automatic
time registers, American cities are
soon to have an entirely new style of
street letter box. Its exact shape and
principle of operation is not yet an
nounced by the postoffice department,
but experiments have gone so far
that an early decision is expected
upon the precise type of hex that is to
he n c ed.
Tiiu u:,sightly green box that graces
♦he top of the iron post at the street
corner now has long been an unsatis
factory receptacle for street mail, the
authorities say. Compared with the
post boxes of foreign cities. It Is whol
ly inartistic. Considered in the light
of an economical device, it is a fail
ure, for it wastes the time of the mail
collector In getting the mall out of
Ic, and It often tries the patience of
the patron of the mails by effectually
Uncle Sam to Have Aeroplane Fleet
r : *
A Fleet of aeroplanes for tho United
States army la now apparently an
assured fact as the result of action by
the house of representatives In appro
priating $195,000 for this purpose.
There Is the possibility that the sen
ate may strike out the Item, but even
then It would have a splendid chance
of remaining In tho bill In conference,
for It was adopted almost unanimous
ly by the house.
This means the signal corps can
have the jo aeroplanes for which lllig.
lieu Jaini'H Allen, chief signal officer
of the army, asked In his annual re
port, and still have S2S,OU*J lttft for
•equipment, stations, etc.
Hrlgadler General Allen has planned
to hate about sis of these stations,
equipped with an aeroplane Pitch, In
various places throughout the couu
try, I'htftly on the teacoaat. lie has
eailmatrd that tacit olailon, with Its
mai.Uue, »U1 cost for the Qrst year
built, as they were in Paris in the
days of the Terror. On his plan he
designated various places where the
great public buildings of the future
should be put. For nearly half a hun
dred years Major L'Enfant was re
garded as an impractical dreamer, al
though his street, plan was atlh red to.
It was only after the civil wa. that
people began to realize in a small
way that his vision of the future
greatness of the nation's capital was
likely to come true some day. But
even up to ten years or so ago his
plans slumbered in the archives of
the government. Then they were tak
en out and studied in the light of mod
ern development, and it was found
they could not be improved upon, and
that if they were carried out in every
detail Washington would surpass ev
ery other city in the world in beauty.
The completion of these ancient
plans of this French engineer is still
far away, for it will take many years
and much money to accomplish them
in all their details. But the three mas
sive buildings whose location was des
ignated so long ago will be the most
important step toward their fulfill
ment that has been taken since the
capitol was erected.
Most of these demonstrations con
sisted of treating a part of the dis
eased herd and leaving the remainder
untreated. At Kansas City, however,
a more thorough test was made, the
results of which were very interesting
and demonstrated conclusively the
efficiency of the serum as a preventive
for hog cholera.
The test was made in the stock
yards at Kansas City, on the request
of the Kansas City Live Stock ex
change and of individuals interested
in the subject. Thirty-five young
shohis were purchased from a farm
where hog cholera had not existed.
These pigs were carried to the Kan
sas City stockyards, being in charge
of a committee appointed by the ex
change, were treated and the experts
say that no more convincing truth of
the efficacy of this scrum could be
obtained than is afforded by this ex
periment.
The agricultural department feels
that the subject is of such importance
as to warrant state legislatures giving
it immediate attention. Hog cholera,
it is pointed out, has caused a loss to
the farmers of the country of mil
lions of dollars annually. Now that
the government has discovered a se
rum through the use of which this
dread disease may be prevented state
authorities should not delay in pro
viding for the use of this serum.
concealing the time when the next
collection is to be made.
Four things have been taken into
consideration in trying to adopt a de
sign for a new street letter box. The
first is that of economy of time for
the collector. Instead of having to
open the box from the side and re
move the contents by handfuls, the
department wants a box that will
open and discharge its contents into
a sack with a single operation.
In searching for this the question of
the artistic appearance of the box has
by no means been overlooked. If a
new box is to be adopted, the postal
authorities are determined that it
shall combine as much grace and
beauty in its appearance as it is pos
si We 'o give such a utilitarian object.
An indestructible time card and an
automatic indicator that will show the
time at which the next collection is to
be made are the two other points
that have been given consideration.
The first becomes unnecessary if the
automatic indicator works satisfac
tory, but the experiments thus far
made by the postoffice department
have not developed an automatic de
vice sufficiently trustworthy, to put in
to use on the street letter boxes.
SIO,OOO. if It is decided to use the
money in this way tho machines at
these stations could be used with the
other 14 that could be purchased
within the appropriation at the ten an
nual Joint camps of instruction during
the summer months, so that the regu
lars and militia might learn to operate
them.
Representative James R. Mann of
Illinois declared that this country was
the father of the aeroplane, but when
we had provided the most powerful
and most economical machine of mod
ern times for warfare we stopped. To
day other nations are profiting by our
Ingi-uuity. We are discussing the
aeroplane now just as our forefathers
may have discussed the steam englno
years ago.
"Kngland has several dirigible air
ships and aeroplanes for her army
and navy. Germany has l« dirigibles
and M-ternl aeroplanes and a detach
mcnt of airship troops. France has
sev-ij dirigibles, ;io aeroplanes and six
companies of airship troops Russia
has six dirigibles aud three aero
planes Italy has ree«gMy appropriat
ed sl!.i>ot),<M'o fur dlriglulat airships,
aeroplam s aud baMM trout which they
will operate."
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they look at your ad. Talk
strong on washtubs. And
you'll find every woman in
this vicinity who has been
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power.
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