WASHINGTON.
New Tariff Bill to Prove
Satisfactory
A LIVELY KICK ON HOSIERY HATE.
Increased Tarlir on Stockings Will
Not Increase Cost Whatever
Hurricn There Is Will bo
Home by Importers
and Dealers.
Washington, April' 24. Members
of the Senate Finance Committee
expect to report the tariff bill to
the Senate by April 15th and If
possible on an earlier date. The
Committee is holding night sessions,
and it has disposed of more thnn
three-fourths of the bill. The bill
it will report will differ widely
from the bill the House passed. An
u rule it has increased the dutie3
proposed In that measure,
The members of the Committee
confidently . predict that na iinally
passed the bill will ho entirely sat
isfactory to thu country. They
assert that much of the adverse
criticism of certain schedules is
wholly without reason and duo to
misinformation regarding the effect
of the proposed changes upon the
prices the consumer will pay after
the bill becomes a law. livery
change has been carefully consider
ed from the viewpoints of the man
ufacturer, the working man and
the consumer. In its efforts to se
cure all of the facts the Committee
has taken advantage of every avail
able source of Information. In ad
dition to hearings given representa
tives of every branch of an indus
try affected the Committee has heard
the arguments of the wholesaler and
retailer as well as tariff experts, who
have given it the benefit of many
years study of the operation of the
tariff system. Senators on the
Committee are confident that the
bill as. It becomes a law will not
increase the cost to the consumer
of any so-called "necessity."
The schedule at which most of
the criticism has been directed is
the one relating to hosiery. Mem
bers of the Finance Committee ex
press surprise over the fact that
so many misleading statements re
garding that schedule have ap
peared In the newspapers. These
statements come from importers,
who oppose any duty whatever and
who are conducting a systematic
campaign against the tarC bill.
Recently they furnished the news
papers of every large city with an
alleged expert analysis of the tex
tile schedule of the Payne bill. In
this statement the public was in
formed that the bill "proposes a
twenty cent increase" on low grade
hosiery. There followed an infer
ence that on tiio day the bill be
came effective the price of such
stockings would be increased twen
ty cents a pair. Ever since this
statement was printed women in
"1 sections of the country have
ueon sending members of Congress
protests against the hosiery sched
ule. The Payne bill increases the duty
on nearly every grade of high priced
stockings and on certain grades of
low priced stockings, the kind 'that
sell at retail for from ten to twenty-five
cents per 'pair. The In
creases in the high grades were
chiefly for revenue purposes. The
framers of the bill proceeded upon
the theory that a woman who buys
silk stockings at the prices they are
sold now for can also afford to pay
the increase that would result from
the new duty, in the event there
should be any increase to the con
sumer. The duty on cheap stock
ings was increased not for revenuo
purposes but solely for the protec
tion of the American worklngman
engaged In the manufacture of
those grades of goods. The duty
proposed will not Increase the con
sumer's price of a pair of cheap
stockings to the extent of a frac
tion of a cent. The proposed in
crease in the duty on a pair of
twenty-live cent stockings is not
twenty cents a pair as the import
ers and proprietors of large de
partment stores would have the
women believe. It Is twenty cents
on one dozen pairs or ono and two
thirds cents a pair. Under the now
rate the grade of stocking affected
could be imported into this country
at $1.90 and goods which have
bee l wholesaled at lhat prico never
have sold for more than twenty-five
cents a pair. The tariff experts and
the manufacturers agreed that any
Increase In tho prico would bo im
possible owing to the competition
that prevails in the wholesale and
retail dry goods trade. Tho United
States is not only the greatest
stocking manufacturing country; it
manufactures more stockings than
the combined output of the rest of
the world. Tho only country that
might compete with tho United
States in tho manufacture of cheap
stockings Is Germany, which "cop
ies" our machines and othor textile)
inventions and operates thorn with
Inbor tltat is paid three, hundred
per cent, loss wages than aro palp
In this country for exactly tho sumo
kind of work. Tho last olllclal llg-
urcs relating to wages In Uormuny
show that men knitters In 1907
woro paid $295 a yenr and women
knlttors 105. In tho hearings he
fore tho committees of tho Houbo
nnci senate exports from tho uo-
partmont of Commorco and Labor
nppcarcd and made tho stntomout
that in the manufacture of cheap
hosiery in this country t,oxtllo
workers were paid one dollar and
that for similar work German tex
tile workers received but thirty
cents. Under these conditions the
Ways and Means Committee decided
that the hosiery Industry In the
United States required more pro-,
teuton. Otherwise thousands of
worklngmen arid women would be
thrown out of employment. The
situation reduced itself to a ques
tion of whether the working men
and women of the textile Industry
snould be afforded the opportunity
of covering their feet with stock
ings or of going barefoot. The
public may rest assured that the
increased duty in the Payne bill
will not entail any hardship on the
consumers, of cheap stockings. The
difference In cost will be borne by
the importer, the wholesaler and
the retailer.
THE SENATORSHIP
Will it Go to Wayne or
Pike's Candidate ?
FUERTH AND MARVIN IN THE FIELD
.Speculations of u Iloncsclale IVerer
Into the Future How Wayne
County Itepuhlicniis Feel
as to the Two Candi
dates.
Under the display headings of
Fuerth and Marion Senate Possi
bilities" "One an Anti-Machine
Democrat and the Other a Helper
of City Combine" "Rowland May
Not Run," the Philadelphia North
American of Sunday last, prints the
following special dispatch from
Honesdale:
"A lively fight for the seat in the
State Senate from the Wayne-Car-bon-Monroe-Plke
district is expect
ed next year. Miles C. Rowland,
of Kimble, Pike county, now rep
resents the district, having been
elected to succeed his brother, G.
Frank Rowland, who died in office,
November 3 last. He is not ex
pected to be a candidate, however.
"Rowland is a Democrat, and
Leopold Fuerth, of this county, now
a member of the House of Repre
sentatives is anxious to enter the
Senate. Fuerth will probably re
ceive the support of the Democratic
organization in Wayne county, with
good chances of getting tho district
nomination of his party, and for
this reason Rowland is not likely
to enter the fight.
"The Democratic nominee may
find a formidable opponent in Al
frcd Marvin, of Matamoras, Pike
county, who is a Republican mem
ber of the House. Marvin has not
yet made up his mind whether he
will run again for the House or
try for the Senate.
".Marvin is the iirst Republican ever
sent to Harrisburg from Pike coun
ty. Ho was elected on the platform
that he would "go to Harrisburg
and do something for Pike." Most
of his votes have been cast with the
Philadelphia-Pittsburg combine, and
at the beginning of the present
session lie figured as one of the
conspicuous deserters of Frank B.
McClain in tho speakership contest
Wayne county Republicans do not
sympathize greatly with the city
gang, and should Marvin be their
party's nominee, with Fuerth on tho
Democratic ticket, many of them
will support the latter."'
THU KXAPP FAIhUHi:.
From all accounts the people of
Deposit and vicinity are greatly
ovorcomo by tho Knnpp Brothers'
failure on Friday last. It is said
that tho closing of tho bank is a
death blow to many of the prosper
ous business men, dairyman and
farmers of the territory between
Binghamton and Port .Tervis, and
running over into northern Penn
sylvanla. But few residents of
that section carried their savings in
Binghamton, or Sidney, the two
nearest points where other banks
are located. From all points of
tlit compass they came to deposit
their hard-earned money at the bank
there, or at Calllcoon.
Estimates are wild regarding the
amount of money going up In the
failure. Tho deposits are claimed
to have amounted to about $450,000
In Deposit, and it is" said that prac
tically everything Is lost to. the de
positors. At Calllcoon the losses
aro said to bo about $300,000.
Both of these estimates are indefi
nite, but they are the only ones that
can bo obtained, since no member
of the concern Is talking definite
figures.
Wnyno county people, especially
in the Delawaro river townships,
aro much greater sufferers than we
woro at first led to bellovo. It Is
said now that a $10,000 deposit was
mado by V. & V. T. Sclieldell, mor
chants and creamery men of Jef-
furKQiivllle, N. Y on tho clay before
thu failure, tho money being largo
ly Intended for tho payment of Da
mascus, Lobnuon, nnd Manchester
dairy farmers, lor milk delivered
tho firm. Wo hear of ono Damas
cus business man who hnd $9,000
on depoi.lt at Calllcoon, and many
others who will loso from n fow
hundred clown, Augustus Hartung,
formorly of Honesdale, proprietor
a Calllcoon unto, hnd $500 on do
posit in thnt hrnnch, which Is
probably gone beyond hope fo re
covery In wholo or In part,
'Doubtless the convenience of
doing their banking business with
a nearby Institution led many to
patronize the Deposit and Calllcoon
concerns; but the concensus of be
lief Is that the one cent Interest on
deposits above what sound banks
put as the proper limit was the
lure which led the great mass of
sufferers into the misfortune which
has befallen them. One of the wis
est sayings that Ben. Franklin put
into the mouth of "Poor Richard"
was: "Pause long at a big penny
worth!" Had the unfortunates who
are now mourning the loss of not
only their interest but their capital
as well, hesitated long enoifgh to
realize the dangerous character of
the "big pennyworth offered them,
they would not now bo in' their
present straits. If their great mis
fortune serves to warn others from
the 'rocks on which they have
stranded, the disaster which has
befallen this section will not prove
to be an altogether unmixed evil.
A record of three-quarters of a
century has established the fact that
we have banks worthy of confi
dence, and which will not betray
the trusts committed to their
charge. They, pay every farthing
of Interest on deposits consistent
wun sound oanicing ana nonest
methods, and the very names of
their managers are in themselves
guarantees of safety. They natur
ally attract the patronage of the
great bulk of prudent Investors and
enjoy notable prosperity; but so
long as there aro human spiders
with sufficient address and cupidity
to spin tempting webs for the en
trapping of the thoughtless and un
wary, there will be an abundance
of eager flies to "step into the par
lor," only to find out when it is
too late that they have been sucked
dry.
The Murphy Pure Food Hill.
A few days since the following
correspondence passed between Rep
resentative Fuerth and one of his
Wayne county constituents. Our
member was true to his word, and
the North American of April 9th
places his name in the "Roll of
Honor," as having been one of the
members' of the House who refused
to sanction the drugging of food
products with benzoate of soda:
Hon. L. Fuertl, Harrisburg, Pa.
Dear Sir: Complying with several
requests from 'this and other dis
tricts in Pennsylvania, we ask that
you do all in your power to sup
port the "Murphy Pure Food Bill,'
as we believe the manufacturer
should be responsible for impure
products and not the retailer.
Thanking you in advance, we
are,
Yours truly,
April S, 1909.
Dear Sir: .
I have yours of yesterday, and
wish to say that you have no
doubt received a letter from Pitts
burgh, covering a list of names of
the Representatives from each eoun
ty. In which you are asked to write
to your members asking them to
vote for the Murphy Bill. If you
look over the letter you will find
that It is not signed by a firm or a
corporation. It is misleading in
every respect. I am opposed to
this poison bill, and believe that
nothing but pure goods should be
sold to the people; and I know you
are. You will find that my vote
is always recorded for what I think
is for the best interests of my con
stituents, and the people at large
I have received over seventy letters
against the measure from all
classes of my people. There is a
strong lobby here working hard in
favor of the Murphy Bill, and if
you were representing Wayne
county In the Assembly I am sure
you would not cast your vote in
favor of a bill providing that pois
oned food shall be sold to the peo
ple. I am sorry that I cannot ac
quiesce in your wishes to support
the bill you aro asking me to vote
for. I would only be too glad to
vote for any proper measure for
which you might ask my support
but in this instance I am sorry to
say, I cannot.
With best wishes to you, I am,
Very truly yours,
L. FUERTH.
With girls' schools closing on ac
count of the "tonsllltls kiss," co-ed
students will be extra particular to
use the sterilized variety.
Colonel Gocthals went patiently
back to his Job like a man who sees
his duty and expects to do It on lines
laid down by the boss.
The kaiser Is so tickled with tho
acarco recently "thrown Into" England
that he will build an aerial navy
push It along.
to
By common consent tho top of the
list of thoso "who never will lie
missed" Is reserved for tho kidnaper,
After tho poles aro discovered tho
world will wait for tho man who
brings ono back with, him.
Everybody Is glad that the jury Bys
tern Is still working when tho kidnaper
Is In tho dock,
Thu tariff wail will be n back num
ber when aerial navigation makes
good.
Austria acts llko the bully- with a
bigger bully egging him on.
DEPOSILCRASH !
Receivers Appointed for
the Outing Company.
BANK EXAMINERS BUSY AT WORK
Knnpp Bros. Adjudicated Bankrupts
on Voluntary Petition Money
Borrowed to Keep Printing
Plant Running for Thirty Days.
Application was made before
Judge Ray in the United States Dis
trict Court at "Syracuse on Monday
last for the appointment of receiv
ers for the Outing Publishing Co.,
publishers of Bohemia, The Gray
Goose, and Brains, at Deposit, N.
Y. The order was granted, and
with it an order adjudicating tho
company a bankrupt. The appli
cation was made by Knapp Bros.,
private bankers at Deposit and Cal
llcoon, N. Y., who were also ad
judicated bankrupts on a voluntary
petition.
C. .1. Knapp of Knapp Bros, is
president of the Binghamton Trust
Company, which was closed on Fri
day of last week. Knapp Bros, had
borrowed large sums of the Bing
hamton Trust Company and the
Outing Publishing Company has a
bond issue of $380,000. Its lia
bilities are said to amount to $750,
000 and those of Knapp Bros, close
to $1,000,000. These two are said
to have Involved the Binghamton
Trust Company.
Archibald Howard of Binghamton
Walter S. Sullivan of New York and
William H. Clark of Cortland were
named receivers for the publishing
company, and their bond was fixed
at $25,000. They are allowed to
borrow $2,500 and continue the
business for thirty days. The re
ceivers for Knapp Bros, are M. R.
Howard, Henry L. Beach of Bing
hamton and Henry Putnam of De
posit, and their bond is $50,000.
John Yokum, Jr., is president of
the Outing company and Mrs. Yok
um, a sister of the Knapps, is in the
firm of Knapp Bros.
The employees of the Outing Pub
lishing Company were working on
Monday. They were not paid on
Saturday but agreed to continue
work pending a settlement. The
appointment of a receiver was de
ferred until the current Issue of
the Bohemian Magazine had been
completed, and a carload of the
magazines were shipped to New
York, Monday.
The bank examiners began the
examination of the trust company
securities and tallying up the cash
in the vaults. It was announced
that it would be a week before the
State officers who are working on
the accounts could give anything
like an exact statement of, the fi
nancial affairs of the Binghamton
Trust Company.
At the New York office of the
Outing Publishing Company at 35
West Thirty-first street, the news
from Binghamton caused no sur
prise, as in the nature of the case,
it was said, the' chain of difficulties
involving the Knapp brothers' banks
at Deposit and Calllcoon and the
Binghamton Trust Company must
affect the Outing company. The
Knapp brothers are the Outing com
pany's backers, and it did most of
its banking through tho Bingham
ton company. Tho receivership, it
was said, was not expected In hny
way to interfere with the issue of
the Outing Magazine, which was in
good condition currently although
having been hit in the panic of
1907. Latterly the .Binghamton
Trust Company had been practi
cally in control of the Outing com
pany, owing to the latter's large li
abilities to it.
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K. C. MUMFOW),
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