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present fiscal policy toward the Unit
ed States. and to distinct advance
in the direction of higher protective
uuties. The manufacturers of the
Dominion have been organizing strong
ly all over the country. and their in.
tiuence is known by the government to
be very great
Their demands for further protec.
ton against the Importation of Amer
lean products are warmly espoused
by the conservative opposition and
their political influence throughout the
Dominion is of course enormous.
1t was the so-called policy of protec-
tion Of the late Sir John Mcdonald
which defeated the last liberal gov.
ernment of the Dominion and brought
Sir John and his party back to pow
er. The manufacturing interests were
then comparatively in their infancy.
compared to what they are at pres
ent. yet their Influence and their sub
scriptions to the tory election funds
were sufficient to drive the liberals
from power.
WORLDS FAIR, St Louis. Mo.
Oct. 2.--lt will cost $750,0O0 to con
struct and equip the rapid transit sys-
TEN upon the Worlds fair grounds
| The length of the road and its
branches will be eight miles and 1t
will enable the visitors to see the
vast exposition with as little fatigues
as possible. The problem in planning
the intra-mural road has been to place
it where it would not mar the beauty
of the exposition. Eminent engineers
have been called into consultation and
all phases of the project thoroughly
studied. 1t is believed the plan pre-
sented by Charles V. Weston of Chi
| caso, comes nearest to a perfect solu-
tion of the difficulty. Owing to the
varying attitudes of the exposition
grounds the road will be at times an
elevated line and in other parts built
at grade or below the surface. The
trip on the intra-mural will be one of
the most delightful diversions for Wis
itors to the exposition
These people do not know what
sort of volcano they are living over"
said the Ohio senator. Il can tell
them something they ought to know.
| Ninety per cent of the American
people sympathize with the strikers
and are against the operators in this
| fight. If the strikers need more mon
ey than organized labor can raise to
carry on the battle the people at
| large are willing to subscribe.
know of business men who are will
ing to contribute large checks rather
than see the men starved into sub
mission. They believe it would be
a disgrace to American manhood If
| Baer and his associates were able to
win this victory through the brute
force of capital held in stubborn
hands.
IF this strike is still on when con-
gress meets Baer and his friends will
hear something drop. Four-fifths of
all the men elected to the house this
year will be pledged to take drastic
action against the coal monopoly.
| There may be some difficulties in get
ting at the question. but the way will
be found. The railway presidents
who stand out and say they have
nothing to arbtrate and no conces-
sions to make are doing more harm
to the Republican party and breeding
more discomfort and socialism than
anything else that was ever known in
this country"
| WASHINGTON ID. c., Oct. g.
The presidents strike conference
was in conference only twenty min
utes, when an adjournment was taken
until p. m.
| WASHINGTON, d. c.. Oct. g.
The conference called by the presi-
dent for discussing the strike in the
anthracite coal regions convened in
the temporary White House after IL
O'Clock. The president appeared in
a dressing gown, seated on a rolling
chair on account of his injured leg.
Under most discouraging conditions
President Roosevelt appears as media
tor. Miners and employees have them
selves tried in vain to agree, the Civic
Federation has failed and Quay and
Plat. both powerful senators. have
accomplished nothing. Governor
Stone of the state of Pennsylvania
has worked fruitlessly 1t is the first
time the president of the United
States has appeared in this role
President Roosevelt believes that con
ditions justify it.
Those present for the government
are Theodore Roosevelt, Secretary
Cortelyou Attorney General Knox, La
Dor Commissioner Wright. For the
miners President John Mitchell
District Presidents Nichols, DUFFY
Fahey. For employers: President
Baer of the Reading railway; Presi
dent Truesdale of the Lackawanna
President Fowler. OF the Ontario &
Western: President Thomas, chair
man of the board Of directors of the
Erie railway; David Wilcox. repre-
senting President Oliphant OF Della
ware & Hudson. and John Markle. rep
resenting the coal operators.
The president read from manuscript
to the assembled conferres, saying the
parties to the anthracite strike were
the operators. miners and public. II
was for the latter he spoke. He dis
claimed any right or duty to Interfere
on legal or official grounds. In view
of the terrible catastrophe impending
over the people in the shape of win
ter fuel famine" said the president
Il wish to emphasize the gravity o