davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1901-04-25
BELIEVES IN SAVING soys.

T. II Prest. a Kansas CITY manu-
facturer. Il a philanthropist Of the
most advanced type. he has Just
secured the pardon OF William Dear
drufl. who was a clerk in a iewelry
store at S. a week. lie stole 500
worth OF jewolry, and was sentenced
20 two years IN the penitenuary. MT
Irest az once went TO see Gov. Dock
cry. and secured the young mans re-
lease. promising @ give him employ
ment and keep him cut OF trouble.
pcardruff Is the afth young man
Mr.. Preat has thus rescued from the
life OF a criminal. and not enc 81
them has ever betrayed his eonad-
ence. lie has proved that g b natur-
al for n young man brought up In a
good home 10 b. honest.
Mr.. Prest has set an example that
Is worth following.
The world Is too prone % consider
a man beyond redemption after hts
first misstep. when once the brand
OF the criminal = placed on the boy
his life becomes deuhly hard.
ntscouragement following ufst
errors has tlled the penitcntlaries OF
the country with criminals. many %
whom might have been easily saved
II there were more men. Ike Mr..
Prest. who have confidence In the in
grained honesty 81 the human heart
when given a chance.
Give the boys a show. Pay them
living wages. and make thcm feel
that the world is not agains, them,
and they generally will take care Of
their own honor.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1901-04-25
TARGET PRACTICE.
Company 81" Asks TO Construct
Rifle Pits.

The petition u COMPANY y. First
infantry y. O.. W. for ground 70 BE-
used for rife pits. was favorahlv con.
sIdercd yesterday afternoon by the
city council committee on public
buildings and grounds n wna
agreed 10 report accordingly. with
the recommendation that the board
~ public works prescribe such con
dlti1ns a. Will avoid danger. The
rife pits viii boz located on city prop
eftY south % Beacon hill reservoir.
The committee also favornbiy con-
sidrred q petition for tho lease u the
westerly 100 feet Of block %. Borcn
add 20 a company which viii manu-
facture ornamental iron and Wlre
goods. The rent VIII be $50 a month
for one year. and thereafter sub
Jet TO change on three months no.
lice
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1901-04-25
N. P. OBJECTS TO
PAYING TAXES

The Northern Pacific Railway co.
has commenced an action In equity
IN the federal court against the coun-
- treasurer for the reduction Of tax
- levied upon its property. The
suit Involving the largest amount.
sets forth that the taxes are levied
BY the county upon the property %
the seattle A International Railway
for the years Of is9I, is9s and isg9
and not upon the property 81 the
plaintiff company The two roads
have since 1893 merged into the same
system. The county asks for 81. =
Is2ez for taxes for the three years.
The company states that all In eE-
cess II sisss5g7 II not equitable. and
rsfua q 20 pay Il.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1901-04-25

Trap a Country Lad's feet;
ci9i Cone Wrong.

CLEVELAND. o. April ss-Jas
Thompson pleaded guilty in Grimm
al court - forging a deed
There - a pathetic side 70 the
case. Thumpaouss parents. who tive
m Taritun. Fiekaany county. -. are
heartbruken. tie left that part OF
the state with q young woman. They
lis ed together tn Cleveland Thomp-
son had been a school teacher At
his home. and was looked upon a.
an able and respectable younE man.
In Cleveland he Cell in with profea-
siuuai confidence men. and they IN
duced him 20 forge a deed and at
tempt 10 obtain a large lean from
the Society fer Savings by repre-
senting that he owned the farm.
II "a thought that Thompson w1H
hard pressed for money t. support
himself and the gi.l when he under
took the forgery
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1901-04-25
Is LIKELY TO
BE FAVORABLE
The Report Of Naval Commission on
Fresh Water Basin.

The naval commission. witch spent
yesterday investigating the nAvan-
taEcn * Lake Washington and Lake
Union as fresh water hhsins for war
vessels 10 lay up In ordinary, nnish-
- it. Inspection - the canal route
and viii meet within a week Go reach
an agreement a. 10 IT, report The
me mherH % the commission are ff -
served az ta tarlT probabls fndiuE.
but Il 81 known that individually all
are favnrnbly Impressed With the
canal scheme.
The commission. as mentioned In
last nights star. consists % Capt.
Perry. of the i1wA. cart Hurwell.
- uremertan. Lieut.. Commanders
Peters and Willis. nf the Iowa Con
Htrucfar Hihns and Ensign Jensen
The report wtll - made 20 the Sec
Rotary u the navy.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1901-04-25

SIN years experience chronic cases
Riekart 4 Howell. osteopaths. 40,
Collins block Phone Main ION
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1901-04-25
Famous Dentist Dead.

ST LOUIS. April ss-pr. Henry
HTTon Mckrliats. for many years
hu International authority on ali
matters p~flaiulnE 90 dental surgery.
is dead here. a. the age ~ - He
waa a veteran - the Mexican war.
and carried medals for gntiantry IN
nat struggle. lie leaves LARGE
Wealth.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1901-04-25

been in Bellevue before on the same
charge Anderson persists he and
Helen Could were married IN Hem
ton arh0r. Mich, Sept. ~. ispG.
when she WAS under the name %
Helen white"
4 did not know then" he ssid.
that she Was Helen Gould. bat her
father. Jay Gould. whom / frequent
~ communicated with IN heaven.
told me ~ my wonderful invention.
wireless biography, that Helen vas
hi. daughter, Helen Gould"
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1901-04-25
Victoria Route

Cut rates 10 Port Townsend and
victoria Two boats daily Fare Doc.
Rcrths 2bc Freight, SOC per ton
s. $. North Pacific leaves YesIer
dock daily except sunday at sa. mn.
=. s. Utopia leaves Yesler dock
daily except Thursday at midnight.
WHATCOM ROUTE.
8. s.. Sehomc leaves Yesler dock
at p, m. Tuesday. Thursday and
Saturday, calling at Anacortoa.
Fnirhnvon and Whatcom. connect
ing with railways at AnacprteA and
Whatcum
DODWELL q co. General Agents.
ia James 81. Phone. Main 47O.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1901-04-25
Mr.. CARNEGIE
BUILDS PARK

NEW YORK. April H.-Mr. car
negie r. having park made to or
der at his new home on upper Fifth
avenue. Twenty-eiRht large trees.
mostly eims and NAPLES. are being
transpianted 20 the grounds.
Some Of them are fifty years
old. One has . trunk a foot and
a half In diameter and la On feet
high. An elm has branches rpread-
ing 20 feet across. An old popular
that stoOd on the ground when Car
negie bought IL. has been saved by
his explicit order. but AZ heavy ex-
pense. Soil was provided Tor the
trees by blasting out rock 10 a deptn
% feet and filling the holes with
rich earth.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1901-04-25
euslllnha ceLLEaEs.
cLAIRVoYAHrG.
CLoIHEs CLEANINa.

coLLEcTIoN AoENcIEo.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1901-04-25
BY WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY.
FROM ]. GOULD, IN heaven

NEW YORK. April Is James ~.
Anderson. who claims 70 be the In
ventpr ~ wireless teieKraphy. and
who IN October tsaa. annoyed Mis1
Helen Gould BY calling 81 her hone
on Firth avenue and writing many
letters. claiming to have married
her. has been committed 70 the
Bellevue hospital insane pavilion by
haEistrate Eeller. lie was arrested
at night while trying to enter Miss
Gouid'H residence. The inventor has
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1901-04-25
0fficials Will Play Bail.

The officials % King and Pierce
counties are arranging for two match
games Of baseball 49, rather their
manasers arr making the arrange
meuta
II l. proposed 70 select the heavy
weights 81 the counties and 60 bring
the nrst same on at Taeama on the
next legal holiday.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1901-04-25
Bremerton viii be II.

biily wilkins. formerly manager ~
t4und's Pike street restaurant. says
he knows good thing when he sees
u. In consequence he packed an
hag and hagEngc aud started FOR
HFemertnn, where this morning he
opened first class eating house. lie
says that nrrnerfou vii b. n big
ger town than Vallejo. cal, which
was baiIt up hy tn Mare Island navy
yard
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1901-04-25

4 Woodworking drcssmaker com
planned to the Star yesterday that
she was obliged 10 pay SIS a month
70 her landlord for two unfurnished
living rooms. That woman's com
plant Ii not an isolated one.
Half of the new houses which are
being built IN Seattle today repre-
sent the protest against high rents.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1901-04-25
peRsonAL-contlnued.

FREE treatment limited number
~ chronic caHpH treated free bY
advanced students. under lIfrs-
ton u regular operators IuHralEH
and IhufUHHBH Warrington Ia.
Htltuts of pateapathY aafr DepYs
~ building.
BAHgAiEB ~ SECOND napd house.
hold goods eall At Red Front Fur
niture company W can give you
nue secondhand cook stoves bod
room sets. carpets They look aa
good ar new. FOR half the money.
no and ~ second avenue south.
HfGHEET prices for second hand
goods. bedroom sets. stoves. car.
pets etc He'd Front Furniture %.
tio-ltZ Ind Ave. = Tel. Red izz2
WITH WIHE AND PIE. regular
dinner. lbc. Alley Restaurant. HI
icy on Columbia bet 2ua and ard
FAHUtpN Hair Store. 1919 second
avenue. laRuOHla Of the scalp
free ~ charge.
ONYpONoR Victory" the genuine
cures all diseases. Avoid imita=
tanH z Mcdonald block
LADIES tfY o. bath. MfH. Tan,
careful nnHsaVe sil Third avenue.
WAISTS and sklrta - order. cheap.
Mfg co. ZgI Union.
WANTEb--Oid gold and silver. ~
HenHei. mfg iewsief p HuekIeY
MRS. - BENNETT II again a. e5
tnlier block hnif scalp treatment
Mrs. HANSON. stylish millinery.
low prices CORNER SD had Pine
e'rovEe repaired Carter a0a linton
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1901-04-25
BRIDES CRAVE
A DEEP WELL

ENGLISH, Ind. April 25,-Mrg.
Fanny eoney, welded 10 days ago.
committed suicide by drowning I'm a
Wen. The we'll, which IL 22 feet
deep. contains nine feet u water. at
ths bottom " which the body was
iouna ~ the husband, who was d.
reetei - the spot by note saying.
5ooa-nFe, Frank, I love you with
my whole soul, but life IL not what i
expected, Ny body viii be In the
I'D well when you read this"
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1901-04-25

Dave Argyle is not a garabler So
say. four sworn jurymen. Moreover.
the people who have claimed that
gambling is allowed in the Totem
gambling house, are sadly mistaken.
SO say four sworn jurymcu. Re
ruarkabie
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1901-04-25

Cincinnati IL making horrible faces
ct Cleveland because the census
enumerators declared that the last
named city f. the largest IN Ohio.
II ia hard 20 come down from the
honored position Of big 1T.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1901-04-25

WITHOUT PAY

CHICAGO. April 25.-The apecta-
Gle Of prominent business and so-
ciety man, willing 10 give up his
time 70 the police work IN 81 city ~
1000 people without compensation
for his services. Is now to be seen
ia Evanston.
Newell &. Knight a stock broker.
has volunteered for the office Of
chief 81 police The offer IL made
with the statement that the appii-
cant is DESTROYS Of no reward either
for himself or friends.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1901-04-25

These are DAYS when It Il better
10 be an architect than Il " 20 be
the iceman. See you not that the
architects wax fat and prosper
ous2
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1901-04-25
WAIVED
LEoAC NoTIcFs

~ THE sGPERfOR C0ffT@7,a
the state 81 Waahlngfon Il "
Tor the County u King. I, =.
matter Of the estate u Chs,,,...s.
swasey. deceased. No. ~ 3.
tee % CREDITOR. 70
Aotlee ~ hereby given By IN. a
miniEtrator ~ the estate AZ -.
lotte swasey. deceased. 10 tbs go
tors 81 said deceased. ana n ~ -. =
sons having claims against H. -
estate 10 present them with ths :.
cessary vouchers within one -.
after The first publication o. IT, -
tice 70 the said administering :, =.
Office. Room No. 4. Dexter H..
Bank building. Seattle. King -.
~. Washington.
JOHN II. POWELL
Administrator Of the eststs =
Charlotte SWasey. deceased
Date Of afst publication. Apru q.
1901.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1901-04-25
Umatilla Arrives.

The steamship Umatiila arrived
from San Francisco Last night with
zoi passengers and large amount Of
freight. principally produce.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1901-04-25

seattle's face f. fecked with SCOT.
owing to the chimneys which vomis
smoke. Isn't II about time to hunt
up those srnoke-conn1mers?
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1901-04-25
AIlunNeraAI ~.

va a. liUTTMEH. attorney at
law. sultH prosecuted and defend
81 Ia all courts ls years oNpt n
sHCe. Proceeding IN bankruptcy.
Companies Incorporated. Abstracts
carefully examined. Collections
made ia al parts 81 the United
States. Highest commercial and
bank references ai8 Third ave
uae. Phone. Haiu ie99.
J. D BALL. JH.. Is R0NWsa Biock.
lie Columbia 81. above fnt Ave.
1sAeral practice Ia al the courts.
Damage Cases a Speciality.
Modrt ate Fees -ConHaltattun Free.
Ten Years Active Practice
HARTFORD BEAUMONT counsel
of-at.law. Dexter horton bank I'D
n. 3. FOSTER. Mutual Lie bid.
Phone Main ~.
, a KELLOGG. - bailey buuainE.
htNsls q AtrT. b boston s.oes.
". u. lAMbuTH. tos-k. Paeine Ok.
a 6 MACDONALD. coz burke Bld.
Root Palmer 4 llrown. Pioneer bld.
% = CoNoVEH sg.a Halisf blaS.
LYNN y. KNAPP ID uailer bids.
q. WARD kEMF. - nufke DOG
, y DOUGLAS ~ New York bls
HtrtfAHp orHORN. .os.S \ + bk
a s. LAKELAND. ~ New YORK bik
HORACE PETER. 81 Nsw Yofk ~
y b PtitkFu 80 PACING block
rIEHpE y FEHuY isl0 second.
- 81 MAETiS. Lawyer. 60 Mutual
LIE Hulidaus
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1901-04-25

The first fellow who = arrested IN
Seattle for splitting on the sidewalk
can expect expeetorial celebrity.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1901-04-25

To accommodate it's savings depos-
TORS the Scandinavian American
Bank ia open Saturday evenings
from 20 O'Clock for the receiving
81 deposits only
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1901-04-25

The people of Seattle win get Dol
lar gas. The star makes that
promise. Keep L IN mind.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1901-04-25

4 few more fire goods left. Best
opportunity ever offered 10 got wall
paper AZ ioW prices Star Paint Co,
300 302 pike 81.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1901-04-25

AUCTION sale nj b.. q. Riekertoaa
nalearuuma 1873 FIRST avenue. on
Saturday. the 18th. at 10 90 sharp
Bed sets. springs. mattresses.
folding bed. me rugs. extension
table. couch. heaters. upright pi-
auu. restaurant outfit center
tables. 40 rolls nne mating. coun-
tefa HeRleu. also me line - no.
lions. parties having furniture 20
Hril nend Il IN the day before sale.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1901-04-25

Diamond Ice In the best. II costs
no more than the cheapest. Tel.
Main 1859.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1901-04-25
ARCHITECTS.

y TiUEMANu7 4 c9lman BLOCK.
MeManua a walker. 20. y. = blk
p " HouaHToN. nt-ti collHa
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1901-04-25

Inc Canadlan bank et Commeroe

Inc caaaelsn Bahs Of Commerce
Capital paid up 4.......... 8, 90 80
tElEht Million Doliaesj
Surplus .................... 9. 90. osoo
Interest allowed on time IepoaltR
general Banking Business Trans
acted.
SEATTLE HANCH-Corrsr OF
James St and Second Avenue.
T.. a. CAMERON. Mgr.
PUG ET SOUND NATIONAL HANK
oF SEATTLE
Capital stock paid in. ts2s. coo: sur
plus. i1s 900.
J. Furth. pres. J. 4. Goldsmith.
vice pres Y. '. AnksnV. cashier.
N the United States AMI Europe.
PEOPLES SAVING BANI<.
Second avenue and Pike St "a plthi
paid up 500 eoo =. q Nrufei der.
pres J. T. Hayden. cash =. T.
Gfeenlsaf asst cash Commercial
faVinFs arr trust business
National Bank Of Commerce
Paid up capital ..... 100000
Trnnsaets general banking business.
II. g Horny. pres. Y. r. Spencer.
cash Safe deposit vaults for rent.
Sale Deposit vault Boxes Tor Rsst
THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK
oF SEATTLE
Paid up Capital So. $3.50. 600
General banking business transacted
J. -. Hozr. IT,. pres. NJ. AieAitck-
en-. vice prss l. Turner, cash n.
7. FarkhurHt, Asst. cash. Exchange
on principal cities Of U s.. Europe.
Scandinavian American Bank
Of Seattle. y general banking bust
ness transacted. Deposits 81 800 COO
a. ChilborE. pres 4. l.. GrondahI.
LET vice pres. A. n soelherE. cash.
J y Lane aust. cash NO branches.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1901-04-25

START a Mail order Business. DO
the work at home AT night. Easy
and profitable. Hints OF what to
do and how To do IL in Whites
Sayings, an adVCrtersing journal.
90 cents per year. 8 cents per copy.
Whites Sayings Publishing Co,
Department s., seattle.
PALMtsTRY Mrs. w. a. sheldon,
scientific pdlmist, is now located
at No. I2a3 Third ave-. cor. of Sem
eca street, Full life readings from
pnlmistry ONCE hours from 10 "a.
M to y. IN. Zee within reach of
all,
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1901-04-25

COFFEE FILTERs-
A great Improvement FOR
making coffee. each. lie.
FANCY TOILET SOAP
. Extra large cakes. per box /.
Of u cakes. tec. per cake.
&c.
sAPoLrO-
Regular price. i0c: our
price per cake. &c.
WALL PAPER CLEANER
Makes wall paper look like
new, per package. &c.
CLOTHES LINE PULLEYa
. Regular i5c kind. each. &c.
LEAD PENCIL TABLETS
for 3c.
SHOPPING BAGS
Each. 20c. 25c and a5c.
ALARM CLOCKS
Extra good ones. each. $50.
! WASHING MACHINES
Each $3.50 90 t1b0.
WASH BOARDS
2 kinds. each. zoe 20 SOC.
BOufLLON CAPSULES
One makes q plate Of strong
soup per dozen. 25c.
ROAST TURKEY
Per can. 2bc.
ROAST CHICKEN
Per can, 2ae.
IMPORTED BLOATERS-
Per can, lie.
SUGAR CREAM CORN
2 cans for 25c. 4
FULL CREAM NEW YORK !
CHEESE 4
Pound. 20c.
BOILED HAM
Tender and juicy. pound. 25e. I
SUMMER SAUSAGE
Pound. poe
SALMON. SMOKED OR KIP I,
PER ED
Pound. 20C 1
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1901-04-25
A Cook Stove

can be rented from us " you feel
that you cannot afford TO pur-
ehaae one outright This new
department, which ia known as
the Cook stove and range rent.
al department" IL proving a
success and we want 10 extend
this branch Gf our business. You
rent 4 stove or range and pay
q small rental each month.
. When you are through with Il
we Will come for II. or. YOU
can allow the rental 10 apply on
the purchase price. This IL viz
tually buy a stove or range on
long time. Come In and talk IL
over with us.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1901-04-25
ADS.


AesrRAeT OF rlrLG.
OSBORNE. IHEAPHH a CO. me.
AbntraCt Company established
iks3 Mining claim abstracts. Base
mcuf 81 tte Mutual l.ifr HuilainE.
booth Wblitlrney Hhnfofd Abstract
Co. established 1905 basement Of
Hhlisr block. Tsiephons Main iat
aEAIIIE Ahslfnel CO. N. y. biz
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1901-04-25
con- HAcIoK ana eUiLoGBs.


TWELVE DANCING LEsHoA-
s. 30 ladies' ladies and gentlemen
guaranteed wHltH. tNu-Http HuH a5H
the latest bail room dance rEe
tremsly JOS rate for gentlemen
joining open ei8nHea now aiH#
and Friday evenings 500
BON Dancing Academy. Pike rfr
Haukr block flFHtc lessons daIis.
Circulars mailed free.
MR.. and Hfs L1ttle'n Academy. de-
pertinent dancing. physical cui-
tHrr efH Madison het Hrd and 4th
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1901-04-25

FiNLAI 4 R06B. fiaG d"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-11-07
SAM B. COOK.
ROYALTY.

Emperor William of Germany has
found a new fad in palmistry. He
has secured a collection of books
treating of this subject and has their
contents by heart.
Five European sovereigns are now
deeply interested in automobiling.
They are the emperor of Germany,
the car of Russia and the kings of
England, Portugal and Italy.
The queen of Portugal is one of the
royalties of Europe who much
to England, for she was born in
Twickenham, where her parents, the
comte and comtesse de Paris, were
living when they were first exiled
from France. Her majesty was a
great ~favorite of Queen Victoria.
The queen is given to scientific study.
The German Medical Review states
that the kaiser is far from being in
satisfactory health. He suffers from
abnormal symptoms, compli-
Gated by other conditions, the result
OF long-continued overstrain and anx-
iety caused by his majesty's multi
tudinous labors in keeping himself
abreast with the work in almost all
the great state departments.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-11-07
COURAGE NEEDED.
Big Task Ahead of Tariff Reducers
i'm Dealing with the
Trusts,

If Congressman Babcock is in earnest
when he announces that he will make
a fight for tariff reduction he should
find encouragement in the failure of
the industrial commission to obtain
replies from the principal trusts re-
garding sales of products abroad
cheaper than at home. Their silence is
a self-impeachmeat of the tariff which
takes a bonus out of the citizens
pocket for their higher profit.
Especially significant is the fat re-
fusal of the steel trust to answer the
series of questions proposed by the
commission. Yet Mr.. Schwab, when
t~estifying, asserted hat if the tariff
were reduced the corporation of which
he is president would be forced to cut
wages. Further than hat he refused
to commit himself.
In the last speech of President Nc
kinney the work of such men as Mr..
Babcock was outlined when the former
great advocate of protection said. that
Commercial wars are Improbable.
Ii, perchance, some of our tariffs are
no longer needed for revenu or to n
courage and protect our industries at
home, why should they not be en-
ployed to extend and promote our mar
kets abroad? We must not repose in
fancied security that we can forever
sell everything and buy little or moth
ing"
Yet continued grab seems to be the
policy of the trusts which have refused
to furnish data to the industrial COM
mission. Does their attitude mean
that the present system of high protec-
tive tariffs will be continued by bluff
ing the laboring people with the I'M
grounded fear that wages will be low
cred? Are the dividends of shrinking
industrial stocks to be buoyed by
forced profits?
Mr.. Babeock has a big task before
him. This attitude of the trusts will
hardly change. The tariff must be
maintained by the forces that are now
threatening such men as Representa-
tive Babeock. There is need for cour-
age on the part of those who think to
alter the present policy of the
republicans in charge of the
party machine. Of argument there
is a plenty. Facts and differences are
on the side of the tariff reformers.
But are they brave enough to continue
in the fight to the end? Will not Bah
cock go the way of Knute Nelson?-St.
Louis Republic.