The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-06-18
HAVEMEYER's Pulling TEsTI-


4Iau sugar KeLulng company liAat tue
tariff Is The rnothcr Of an trusts This
statement has been made frequently in
| different words by Others but being made
by the sugar irust magnate st seemed to
have a force ard significance that il never
before possessed. The Republican papers
and politicians are discussing 1t and try
ing to make IT appear that Mr. Have
meyer was either joking or didn't know
what he was talking about. The Democrat
ic papers and politicians. as a rule, take
the position that ihe Democratic party has
always conten1ed that the protective prin-
clpe Of the tariff was the foundation on
which the trust evil rested, and that the
way TO fight trusts successfully Is TO re-
form the tariff and put L on a strictly
revenue basis, in accordance with Demo-
cratic doctrine.
! MIR. Bryan is of the opinion that the
public hasn't got hold of The reaf purpose
of Mr.. Haveneyer's assertion-that he had
some object in view in making it which
! he hasn't seen ft to disclose. In speaking
1 Of 1t in an interview he said: "Mr. Have
meyer has some object in view IN making
his statement. but what it is 1 cannot of
course say. We shah have 10 wait and see
what Il IS"
This suggestion by Mr.. Bryan that there
is something mysterious connected with
Mr.. Havemeyer's declaration very natur-
ally whets the appetite of speculation. We
may therefore expect that Mr.. Havemeyer
win be worried by reporters for the next
week or two FOR an explanation Of his
course in expressing so frankly before the
Industrial commission, the opinion that
the tariff is the mother of all trusts" As
a general thing Mr. Bryan doesn't admit
that there is anything that is at ali mys-
| ferrous to him. but in this instance, he is
| forced to say that Mr.. Havemeyer as too
| deep for him.
But Senator Plat the Republican boss of
New York, isn't in the dark as to what the
purpose and meaning of Mr. Havemeyer
was. In an interview he said: Mr. Have
meyer expresses the views of a Democrat
and his statement was in the interest of
the Democratic party" Mr. John De witt
| Warner, a tariff reformer and a member
of the Tariff Reform Club, says that Mr..
Havemeyer, in making the statement he
did. was merely trying to save his great
trust from pursuit by crying stop thief
and that with a little further development
of veracity he may turn out to lie "a new
! Saul among the prophets"
These are only a few samples of the COM
ments that Mr.. Havemeyer's declaration
has called out. It may be, after all, that
I Mr.. Bryan is right and that the sugar
| trust magnate went before the Industrial
| commission with the intention of making
a statement that would in some way be
| helpful to the business of the sugar trust
THE BIG HAT IN THE CHURCH.
A hot controversy is going on in Ply
mouth Church, Brooklyn, N. Y, over the
question of women removing their hats in
church. The congregation is divided on
the question 1t is said that the hats are
so large that it is impossible for the
| congregation to see the minister during
the services. The minister is young and
handsome. and therefore there is a very
| general desire 10 watch him while he is
delivering his sermon. The women want.
of course, TO see the minister during the
service, but they prefer 10 keep their hats
on, for the reason mainly that the hats
are pretty and becoming. Why, they 6sk
should they get expensive hats and have
the privilege of wearing them only in the
windy streets. They are no longer per-
miited to wear hats in the theaters, and
now If hats are ruled out of the churches
|
ing costly ones.
II IS not improbable that the church hat
question win find its way into churches in
all paris of the country. II is a fact that
large hats worn by women are a great
hindrance to the enjoyment of church
services. 1t is practically impossible 10
see the minister, and when the minister
cannot be seen his sermon cannot be fully
enjoyed. Besides, The women of the con
gregatlon now give 100 much time TO ad-
miring and criticising each others hats
to get the fun benefit of the services. A
devotional frame of mind is essential to
spiritual development, but how is it pos
sible to concentrate the mind on spiritual
things when within reach of the eye there
are hundreds of the finest and richest
specimens of the millinery art?
1t would be hard on women of course TO
make them remove their hats when
they enter their pews. but it will hardly
be denied that II they were to do so the
church would be better for it in every
respect. 1t would then be possible for all
to see the minister and enjoy his sermon
|
of the women of the congregation, and
poor women wouldn't remain away from
church because they hadn't the means
to purchase snowy hats. Plymouth
Church has inaugurated many reforms,
and it viii do the cause of religion great
service If 1t succeeds in this movement
against wearing hats in the church
during the services.