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The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-07-30
TOO LATE TO FOOL THE PEOPLE.

Republican attempts TO minimize the injury caused
to the party by the showing of the discount sheets of
certain American trusts. these price-ists proving that
the trust products are sold far cheaper in Europe than
in this country, are chiefly notable for an evasion Of
the truth which in itself amounts to confession.
The statement that American ~tin-plate manufacture
ers are making money does not by any means explain
why their tin-pIate trust should charge American buy
ers $4.19 per 100 pounds. while they charge European
buyers only S3.19 per 100 pounds. 1t merely explains
why they have grown tremendously rich and inSoent,
that is all. The American people are Oppressively
taxed to this end.
Neither does the assertion that the value of live
stock has increased justify the manufacturers of
barbed wire in charging American consumers So per
100 pounds for wire that is sold to European buyers
at 50 per 100 pounds. The fact that the American
people are prosperous does not excuse the trusts for
making American buyers pay So per coil for wire
rope that is sold 10 European buyers for So per coil;
nor for charging Americans 500 for typewriters that
are sold to Europeans for S55; nor for obliging Amer
lean women to pay $40 for sewing machines that are
sold TO European women for SIT: nor for exacting
from Americans S425 for lawn mowers that are sold
TO Europeans for S2.75. These contrasts are of a ma
ture to sink deep into the American mind. They con-
vince the American people that the Dingley tariff is
a mighty good thing for the trusts and a mighty bad
thing for the American people.
This great truth should indeed become fixed in
American minds. The high protective tariff has
created the monopoly trusts that now constitute the
greatest evil in American life. The tariff continues
to enrich the trusts by eIacting a tax tribute from the
people. 1t certainly is not of benefit to the American
people 10 pay far more for American manufactures
than foreign peoples pay for the SANE products. 1t is
of benefit to the trusts that manufacture these prod
ucts, assuredly, and 1t is the trusts that are clamoring
for the maintenance of the high protective tariff. But
the eyes of the people are open at last. They see the
true working Of the Dingley tariff and they are get
ting ready to revise this tariff and so remove the op-
pressive tax which they now pay to the trusts owing
to this tariff.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-07-30
HELP TO SAVE THE BABIES

There should be a prompt and satisfying response
to the appeal of the Fresh Air Missions management
for the needed funds to carry on their good work OF
giving the poor children Of the tenement districts a
weekly river excursion and country outing during the
facilitating days of summer.
No more helpful charity than this OF the Fresh Air
Mission is conducted in st. Louis. The economy with
which the Missions work is done in itself proves the
sincere earnestness of the workers. Not a cent is paid
out In salaries. Every dime contributed to the Fresh
Air Fund goes direct to the purpose for which
it was g~iven-that of ~afording some weak and suffer
ing child Of poverty a day OF happiness and healrhful-
ness in the open.
Surely the people Of st. Louis must be in tender
sympathy with so excellent a work. All that is nee
essary is for them to know that the Fresh Air Mission
is in need of money for this summers excursions. This
fact is now announced by the management. The pop
ular answer to such an appeal will undoubtedly as
sure the continued success Of the Missions admirable
work.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-07-30
JUDGE s1DENER IN THE ALLEY.

Judge Sidener of the First District Police Court
did not In the slightest degree sacrifice his official dig
nifty when he transferred his court temporarily to an
alley in order to inspect the legs Of a black mule
whose driver had been arrested on a charge of cruel
ty to animals.
The Judge r~ightfully felt that 1t was his duty to
get ut the truth in the matter Of this mules condition.
The Humane Society prosecutors of the mules owner
claimed that there were sores on the mules legs which
untitled the animal for work The owner presented
. certificate from a veterinary surgeon stating that
the mule had no sores on its legs.
Judge Sidener cut the Gordian knot by ordering
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-07-30
A HoME-BUILDISG INSTITUTION

The annual meeting of the United States League OF
Local Building and Loan Associations was held in
Ohio last week. While the fact was not exploited to
any great degree in the newspapers, the work OF
these home-buiders is one Of the remarkable features
OF modern life.
According TO reports read at the convention, there
are now over 5000 of these local associations in this
country. There are few towns of any size which do
not come under the rule of at least one building asso-
citation. Especially in the West have they been eff
cient in intoxicating habits of thrift and industry
among working people. For the man with a modest
salary it might almost be said that they have proved
the boon which made the building of a home possible.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-07-30
Kansas Senator Declares That
Large Corporations of Capital
Are Individual.
QUESTION is SETTLED"
Philippine Problem, He Asserts, Is
the Only Issue Now
FavOrs Roosevelt
for 1904.
REPUBLIC Special

IsEII BIC P1ClAL-
Nevada. Mo. July @a-United states Sen
ator ]. r. Burton Of Kansas WAS here to-
day. visiting J. II. Kelley and Professor S.
a. weltmer. While in the city The Repub-
lie correspondent had an interview with
him.
Senator. what will be the issues in 1902
at is impossible TO tell what the issues
will be. There can be no issue until one
party takes one side of a question and the
other party takes the opposite side The
Philippine question is an issue. The Demo-
Gratis are against our Philippine bill and are
against the policies we have inaugurated in
the islands. That is about the only issue.'
What about the money question? VIII
the tariff be an issue
NO. l think not The tariff question is
settled. There ought not to be any dis
turbance caused by tariff issues as long as
business interests are as good as they nov
are"
The trust question. SENATOR"
Very doubtful Precisely speaking there
are no trusts. The large corporations or
capital are individual. single businesses.
Take for instance the United States Steel
Company That is not a trust. but a large
corporation. President Roosevelt is in earn
est when he says the trusts shall obey the
law and not the law obey the trusts.
VIII there be an extra session Of Con-
gress to pass a Cuban reciprocity bIl?
NO IheTe VIII De no extra StsSlon o.
Congress. The Cuban question is not an
issue. 1t Is entirely within the Republican
party There have been differences in the
Republican party in regard TO the rect-
procal measures. Democrats favor free
trade. Tarin reduction for Cuba is for Re
publicans to settle An attempt to make
il an issue Is a tempest in a teapot"
Who will the Republicans nominate for
PRESIDENT"
Roosevelt will be the nominee. Yes.
Kansas is for Roosevelt. He has n hold
on the American people and l think he will
maintain it"
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-07-30

TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO
!, TO-DAY IN ST. LOUIS.

. From The Republic. July 81. 1877.
. Business in all lines revived. The
o crew Of the gunboat Elon G. Smith.
. which had kept In check the riotous
= element along the Levee. were mus
. tired out. Richard Garvey was Lieu
D tenant Commander. with Charles E.
. Morgan. William Morson. ]. G..
b Meara. W. T. Robinson n F. b.
. Agler in charge Of the guns.
D Women were allowed TO visit the
b 900 riot prisoners who were confined
. at the Foul Courts. More leaders
, were arrested.
b Company b. Compton Hill. which
B formed a part n the citizens forces.
. returned thanks TO Mrs. j. D.. Abeles
. for coffee served to the boys"
. hrouFh the strike disturbance.
. The Iron Mountain Guards evacu-
b ated Duncan Island. which they had
D g~arrisoned since the beginning OF the
. trouble. The officers were: ]. II.
b Woodland. E. X. Sibley. j. W. Walk
, er. Russell Allen. George Allen and A.
3 W. Kendall.
B Acting CITY Marshal Carroll OF East
, ST. Louis was arrested on the charge
, OF having encouraged the d~Isorderly
. element among the strikers. Several
B fact ries resumed operations on the
D East Side. n the movement of
. freight showed a heavy increase.
D onsials OF the Merchants Ex-
. change. eaded by President John
. A Scudder. visited General Bates in
. East st. Louis. E o. Stanard act
. ed as spokesman at the conference in
, hehllf Of the St Louis delegation.
B which sought to devise ways and
, means for bringing conditions back
, to a normal state without further de-
, lay.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-07-30
DIETRICH AND RrRTON.

Senators Burton of Kansas and Dietrich of Ne
braska voted against the Presidents recommendation
for Cuban reciprocity. They are beginning TO find that
they made 4 mistake.
Both of them have been spending the greater part
OF the time since the adjournment of Congress in e1-
planning as they travel from point 10 point their action
10 their constituents. They have made speeches and
given interviews. Their peripatetic feelers of public
sentiment have all but turned out to be in the nature
of a transforming crusade for recognition.
Though they live in States where the b~eet-sugar in
dustry is supposed to be in lusty infancy, they have
discovered that the people r~epudiate the refusal OF
the Senators to act with the President in giving relief
TO the Cubans.
They cannot justify themselves. Spacious argu-
ments about their reasons for a failure to comply with
the recommendation Of the President do not appease
popular resentment.
These two men might have foreseen the inevitable
result. The people generaIly-be they Democrats or
Republicans-believe that this country owes a moral
obligation to the island which has been made indie
pendent because the United States could not brook
Tyranny on it's borders.
Believing that, no politician can long withstand the
pressure of public sentiment. Burton and Dietrich
may as well quit explaining. Their narrow partisan
ship Is not Of the sort which the masses like.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-07-30
How Finance MInl.tsr wltte Keep. Ru..I. Posted.

Senator BeverdEe in Saturday Evening Post.
For example, It is not generally understood. but Il Is true
that he has an agent in Washington not known as an at
tache OF the legation, who keeps him carefully and &C
curately informed on all financial conditions in this coun-
try. The movements OF our corporations. trusts. politicians.
are all laid before this enterprising statesman OF the
SIav people.
he learns all their decisions and policies carefully and in
stantly. He has agents in Paris. in Berlin. in Vienna: at
every salient point in the Orient are the eyes of White. l
venture the assertion that he is as carefully informed upon
the financial conditions OF London as the English states
men themselves, and indeed more so, for he is more re-
morselessly Industrious. He intends that Russia shall be
in practical touch with all the rest OF the world. which It
is the ambition of every Russian statesman and the whole
Russian people some day-perhaps in the far distance. out
still some day-to dominate.
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Some Fact. of sunken Treasure.

August Century.
Tossing about IN the ocean within a days sail OF New
York are fully s120o.cp in gold and silver. OF this sum
$4,000 are in a sunken ship. almost at the feet of the sgm-
mer bathers at Bergen Beach. on Barnegat rests the
schooner Hargraye. rich with Cuban gold. while some
where amid its rotting timbers are the bones Of n spaniard
about whose waist the shreds Of a belt conceal S6oo in
Jewels Farther away the richest are beyond computation
Nearly a half million dollars remain near Turk Island
north OF Hayti. although in adjacent waters American
divers have brought up a million and a half from a Spanish
gaIleon. Near Cumana. on the north coast OF Venezuela.
is the Spanish flagship San Pedro. with 10000 In coin
and as much again In Jewels and plate Foundered of the
Cuban Coast is the United States steamer Central America,
OF whose 10000 in California gold no diver has yet been
able to secure a single coin. Also remaining untouched are
10000 on board a French man-of-war sunk in the Zuyder
Zee, near Amsterdam.
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the mule to be produced in the alley back Of the court
room. He made a personal inspection, found the sores
and imposed a fine Of S25 on the mules owner.
This is Justice with a big ], and Judge Sidener was
earning his salary when he examined a mules legs
in an alley for sores. The ermine of the First District
Police Court win never be stained by such actions.
st. Louis has additional reason to be proud of Judge
Sidener, whose mule verdict fits in finely with his
rulings that a wife has the right TO go through her
husbands trouserpockets and a dog the right to bite
any one who ties 4 tin-can TO his tail.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-07-30
RECENT
Gun That shoot Twenty-one Miles.

August Review OF Reviews
The 1s-inch breech-loading rife Just built at the
watervliet Arsenal for the defense OF New York HarboI
marks an epoch in the whole history OF artillery warfare
The great cannon is half again more powerful than its
nearest rval-an English gun OF 1625-inch bore. 1t is one
OF a series OF coast-defense guns provided for by the Endi-
colt board, appointed during Cleveland's first adminIstra-
tion. Eighteen such rifles are to be mounted for the de-
Tense of New York City. ten for San Francisco. eight for
Boston. and four for Hampton Roads.
The most dramatic feature OF the American rife Is Its
range. The greatest actual Performance in long-range
shooting is that Of the Krupp gun. fired before the Kaiser
in April. 1882 which carried about twelve and one-halt
miles. The new American rife will have. theoretically, the
amazing range Of twenty-one miles In other words. a
warship carrying such a rife could anchor in New York
Harbor and throw projectles into New Rochelle. or Pater-
son, or Hastings. In the course OF its flight the she'll would
rise about six miles above the ground.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-07-30
The Walking Fern.
Youth.

VlIU
The walking fern has a most original way OF getting over
the ground. 1t bends its slender frond and starts a root
by extending the tip OF the midrib; so It sets up a new
plant and is anchored fast on all sides by Its rooted frond
tips, covering the ground with a rich carpet Of verdure.
The variety Of runners along the ground is as great az
the climber. All motion Of the plant is a form OF growth.
The plant grows by day and by night, but more by day.
as light and heat are incentives to growth.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-07-30

An American who needs a typewriter these days
must pay 500 for a machine that is sold to a foreign
er for $40. In buying wire nails he pays S225 per
keS. although the foreigner must pay only S13O per
keg. The American woman who purchases a sewing
machine pays $40 for 1t. and the same machine is sold
to her European sister for SIT. The American retailer
pays $3.50 per dozen for shoves. the price OF which
to the European retailer is $3.50 per dozen. II you
want an alarm clock you must pay so cents for it, but
a European gets 1t for so cents. These are the prices
specified on the discount sheets of American trusts as
charged respectively to American and European buy
ers. They are but 4 few Of many kindred instances
of the discrimination made against the American
buyer by the American trusts. The reason the trusts
can do this is because the Dingley tariff protects them
in monopoies which place the American buyers at
their mercy. Aren't We an amazingly foolish people
In maintaining this Dingley tariff and so keeping
ourselves at the mercy OF the tarif-created trusts?
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HOW LONG FOR THE ANGLo-sAxoN?

In view Of all the pleasant speeches and interviews
concerning the Anglo-Saxon alliance and the impossi-
bility of war between the United States ard Great
Britain, the actual figures of the Immigration Bureau
are disappointing. When the sober facts are consid-
cred. it would seem that there has been an excess OF
vocal cordiality regarding the blood relation between
the people Of the two countries.
The figures are interesting. Taking years a decade
apart, the immigration from foreign countries has
been as follows:
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-07-30
PARTY FOR II. 3 III. MEMBERS.
SURPRISE FOR MISS BoUGUE.

A surprise lawn party was given to Miss
Anna BouSue at her home on Montgomery
street last Saturday evening. Tn lawn
was decorated with japanese lanters. Dan
cling and singing were the features Of the
evening. Vocal solos were sung by Mr..
VIM. Meier. Selections from w~ell-known
operas were suns by Mrs. Charles Bougner
and Mr.. John Seller. Among the guests
were.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Seller,
Mr.. and Mrs. =. Meier,
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Bougner.
Misses
Bessie Rowan, Teresa Bougner,
Marie BougneI. Lulu Pyle.
Mamie Neyerpeter, Anna BCCgner.
Frances Weges- Frances Seller,
heide. Clara Ames,
Mile Schaller. Meier.
MeSsieur-
J. Mccoy Of New Harold Tracy.
York City. John Poelker,
Tom Walsh, Joe Meier,
Wm. Meier. Tony StrOer.
Paul Eieffman, James Ryan.
George Miller, Harry Shea.
Cyrus Gregg, Avis BoCgner.
Walter lost. George Hoppelnan-
Fred PETER.
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Most Wonderful shot in the World.

The Strand FOR August.
3 Mr.. c. K. Sober OF Lewisburg. Pa, is the most wonder
full crack shot in the world. He performs marvellous teats
not attempted by professionals. such as shooting accurate
ly with a keg or barrel tied to his gun so as to prevent his
drawing a bead on the target, T. e, aiming through the
sights; firing with the gun reversed over his head; sighting
a bird with a hand mirror; and numerous other wonderful
performances calling for marvellous skill.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-07-30
Correction by Mr.. Tatum

To the Editor OF The Republic.
st. Louis. July Sin setting I'D my let
ter printed by you to-day. where reference
Is made 20 Major ~Bittingers acts as to
school certificates. your compositor
dropped these words: and afterwards in
troduced a bill to create another certificate
This was in 1897 and failed.
He was the father OF the last certificate,
created in 1896. That's the pale gray jack
ass for which Honorable b. +. Russell
voted but which he now repudiateS. though
as partial atonement for turning tail on the
'~.jackasS' he raises It to the dignity OF a
dead horse
JOSEPH T. TATUM.
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Those Republican organs which profess TO rejoice
that the Democratic party makes 4 leading issue of the
trusts and the tariff are welcome to all the satisfac-
ton they can derive from the situation. 1t is on this
issue that the American people stand Solid in support
of American Democracy.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-07-30
CIRCULATION DURING JUNE.

EAAHss ". Knapp. General Manager Of The 8. Louis
kNaaa. beng duly sworn. ays that the actual nsz1Sss Of
So ed osrpists copies Of the pa1y and Sunday Repzblte
PsnksA daring the month Of June, 1s3. all IN regular ed
fiona @as ~ Der sehsduIe below
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-07-30

Doctor DIgges. No. 1854 Page boulevard.
will sail for Ireland on August I TO return
in September. Doctor DlgGes will try to
reach st. Louis in seven days after leaving
Queenstown.
Mrs. Jeptha Howe OF Minerva avenue has
returned home after a five weeks visit with
her mother and friends at Neosho and
other points in Southwest Missouri. Mrs.
Howe will depart August l for Colorado
and California. not returning 10 st. Louis
before the middle Of September.
Mr.. and Mrs. W. McHugh, No. s752 Cook
avenue. departed last night for Chicago and
the lakes.
One OF the early fall weddings will be
that OF Clara E. Zeis TO Gus. C. Hoffman,
OF Dexter. Mo.
Miss Florence s. Doppelmayer of Mar
shall. Tex, after an extended visit to LOU
iSville. Ny. arrived on Monday to visit the
Misses. Cohn. No. 4lS7 Mcpherson avenue.
Mr.. and Mrs. James England of Carbon
dale. ILL.,. are stopping at Hotel Beers.
Mrs. Max F. Ruler. with her children and
nurse. will depart for South Haven. Mich,
this week 10 be gone until September. Mr..
Ruler will Join his family later.
Mrs. Jesse e Grosheider has gone to New
Albany. Ind. where she expects TO visit
N@N 49, - 80
Mr.. and Mrs. John I. Bouteile OF Vim
cennes. Ind. are guests at Hotel Beers for
a fortnight.
Mrs. F. ]. Mahaney OF st. Joseph. No, IS
visiting her sister-in-law. Mrs. Mary A. c.
Newcum. No. 1880 Belt avenue.
Miss Annie Newcum OF No. 1850 Belt ave-
nue. is visiting her cousin. Miss Grace Ma
haney OF ST. Joseph. Mo.
Miss Amy Marquitz has gone to Peoria,
III, for the summer to visit Mr.. and Mrs.
Sol. York.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry r. weisels depart
on Friday for Macatawa Park, Mich. and
Northern resorts for a months stay.
Mrs. Fred Haines and her son. Arthur. of
No. $50 Mcmillan avenue. departed yester-
day for New York.
Miss Frances Vaughan OF Glendale is
visiting her cousin. Mrs. F. E. wllmann,
Of Webster.
James T. Quarles. organist. and Miss Ger
rude Cunning. contraltO, OF the LIndell NJ.
z. Church. were married last night al The
residence Of the brides uncle. the Rever-
end William VI. Jones. No. S9ii Blair ave-
nue. Mr.. Jones performed the ceremony.
The couple have known each other for five
years. but did not become engaged until
soon after Miss Dunning became a member
Of the choir Of which Mr.. QuarIes was d.
rector. Prior to her engagement at the
In the choir at Temple Israel.
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Mrs Annie Washington Rapley departed
Monday to visit several OF the Eastern
summer resorts. She was accompanied by
her son. Mr.. Washington Woodbridge and
family OF san Antonio. Tex.
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Doctor DIgges. No. 1854 Page boulevard.
will sail for Ireland on August to return
IN September. Doctor DlgGes will try to
reach st. Louis in seven days after leaving
Queenstown.
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soef. and Miss Gertrude Degge. will speGd
the month OF August in New York.
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MI. and Mrs George ]. Hess and children
OF Wagner place will depart this week TO
spend the month of August in Colorado.
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Mrs. Jeptha Howe OF Minerva avenue has
returned home after a five weeks visit with
her mother and friends at Neosho and
other points in Southwest Missouri Mrs.
Howe will depart August l for Colorado
and California. not returning 10 ST. Louis
before the middle Of September.