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Arizona republican., 1903-05-21

and dwarfing their little bodies as q sacrifice to the selfishness of parents and the greed of operators. It will do no great amount of good to raise the statutory age limit from fourteen years to sixteen. if there are to be whole
 After all, the most encouraging thing connected with the movement for the protection of child labor is the quick ened conscience of the American peo- pie. The labor organizations of the country have committed many hlund- CTS, but they are entitled to credit for taking the lead in protesting against the employment of children of tender years in the mines and factories.
 Pennsylvania has responded by pass ing the law to which we have referred. but it remains for the states which are shining worst of all--the manufactur- ing states of the south-to manifest some regard for the bodies and souls of children. The revelations of the conditions in cotton factories of the Carolinas, Georgia and Alabama, have been so horrifying and reyolting that from one end of the country to the other a demand has gone up for dras- tic reform. But so far there have been no steps by the lawmakers to remedy the evils. Philanthropic women have gone through the factory districts within the past few months and have found no change in the situ- atIon. As before, they found little girls, mere babies. doing the work of adults. Throughout the long hours of night, as well as the day the children were at their toll. If little tots fall to the floor from exhaustion and lack of sleep, ready foremen arouse them with brutal foot or a dash of water in the face, and the task of tending the threads is resumed. Disease, especially consumption, makes a death-house of these factories. The boys who survive specimens of humanity as long as they live. and if death is not merciful to the little girls, the wretched fate which many of them meet as they near young womanhood is worse than death.
 In South Carolina, where the evils of child labor are atrocious in the ex treme, Senator Tillman. who controls legislation. is so busy weeqing over the cruelties of American soldiers in the Philippines that he can find no time to remove the disgrace of child slavery from his state. In fairness, however, it should be said that the iniquities of child labor are not confined to the south or to Pennsylvania. Illinois is a state which bears a deep disgrace for the same evil, and in every manu- featuring state the examples are so numerous as to make one wonder whether savagery will yet triumph over civilization in the centers of least in- telligence.
Arizona republican., 1903-05-21
For the Protection of Children.

An act recently passed by the Penn sylvania legislature, and now a law, provides that hereafter boys must be sixteen years old before they are per- mitted to work in or about the coal mines. This raises the age limit from fourteen years. It is a wholly meri- torious law. The report of the coal strike commission revealed an appall- ing situation as to child labor in Penn sylvania. One could not read the con- servatively worded report without q feeling of burning indignation against the men and system which made ir possible for children of tender years to be condemned to the slavery of the mines, and the new law is in response to an aroused public conscience. The law will do little good. however, unless this aroused public conscience follows the subject up and insists on rigid en- forcement of the statute. The viola tion of the former law was notorious. Boys of nine and ten years were found in the breakers throughout the anthra- cite region, toiling their lives away
Arizona republican., 1903-05-21
Mondays dispatches heralded as

Mondays dispatches heralded as a great piece of news the discovery of . new law of physics by Professor Bab- cock of the university of Wisconsin, : namely, that the weight of a body is the inverse function of its inherent energy; or. plainly stated, that a hot object will weigh less than cold one. Is it possible that this new law offers an explanation of the puzzling fact that hundred-pound lump of Phoenix
Arizona republican., 1903-05-21
The Victim of a Bunco Game.

nc NICLlm OI d DuuCO
 With unvarying certainty it is found that the ranchers who have failed to give their approval to the water stor age organization have taken their posi- ton through ignorance of the articles of incorporation. Although copies of these articles are available for all, and they are in such plain English that any man of ordinary intelligence should un- derstand them at a single reading, 1t has been surprising to find so much ignorance concerning them. Ranchers of some prominence have been heard to declare that they could not give their support to the plan because the articles of incorporation contained this or that objectionable feature. or failed to contain some provision which should have been included. And yet, when induced to read the articles carefully, they have been compelled to admit that their former suppositions were wholly groundless.
 The fact is, apparently, that the aver age man would rather have somebody tell him what is in a document than to read it for himself And the suspicious rancher Is all the more ready to accept information" concerning the storage plan and the contents and meaning of the articles, provided such informa- tion comes from an enemy to the plan for a government reservoir.
 This weakness of human nature has been played upon to the limit by indus trious and selfish schemers. A little coterie of men. who do not want the reservoir at all. unless their pet inter ests are given an advantage, have not hesitated to impose upon ranchers by inventing one fake after another. Wherever they can find rancher with any objection to the plan adopted by the government, they immediately tell that rancher that his understanding is correct. and his objection we'll founded. Cunningly and with restless industry they have played upon every prejudice which could be discovered. The result is, that of all the ranchers who are still undecided because they have in mind objections which they consider tenable, there are hardly two men who object for the same reasons. But all of the discontented have by interruptions cunning been led to suppose that they stand on common ground.
 The unquestionable fact Is that no rancher surrenders any of his rights when he subscribes to the governments plan for a reservoir.
 The reservoir is now assured, and the most the selfish schemers can accom- pIsn Dy tnelr peFnlclOuS heuulihs IS to deprive deluded ranchers for all time of the opportunity to get the benefits of stored water. Within another thirty days there will be few dupes in the following of the mischief-makers, but it will be most deplorable if these few are ,nada the parrnanant victims of the men who are operating solely and desperate ly for personal gain.
Arizona republican., 1903-05-21

ice weighs far less in summer than in winter |?
Arizona republican., 1903-05-21
Growers Luck.

It is certainly wonderful the way Grover Cleveland's luck holds on. Right at this critical juncture Gum Shoe Bill Stone has come forward to denounce him.-Chicago News.
Arizona republican., 1903-05-21
When you visit SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA

Take the trolley rides SAN GABRIEL MISSION. BALDWINS and ROVIA Railway
Arizona republican., 1903-05-21

' Largest stock of trees in the West. Eucalyptus, Acacias. Peppers. Cypress, etc, Palms, shrubs and fruit trees of every description. Catalogues free.
 Special attention given to Arizona orders.
Arizona republican., 1903-05-21
HOTEL COLUMBIA.

612 s. Broadway. Los Angeles, Cal. Very central, light airy rooms. 50 cents to $1 per day Special rates by the week or month. Community kitchen and roof garden.
Arizona republican., 1903-05-21

The trouble with present-day human ity is that it is being coddled int2 wreck and ruin.
Arizona republican., 1903-05-21
Southern California Advertisements
Los AVG ELES P R F F F. R R ED LIST

  ppreciaie { nn so will The Rennb blcan.
Arizona republican., 1903-05-21
And the Tires Working.

It may at least be said of Mir. Cleve lands bandwagon that its tongue is we'll adjusted.-Washingt Post.
Arizona republican., 1903-05-21
Capacity

for business receives its speediest reward in the selling department.
 If you think you have the ability to sell a Five Per Cent. Twenty-Year Gold Bond on the instalment plan write me stating your age, present occupation, and give me bank or other good references.
 All letters treated ss strictly confidential.
 SHIRLEY CHRISTY. Manager.
 Phoenix, Ariz.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-02-22
CONFIRMED BY SENATE.
Many Nominations Acted on at Yes.
 terday's Session.

Many Nominations Acted on at Yes
 terday's Session.
 Washington. Feb. A.-Confrmations by the Senate:
 James R. Garfisld. Ohio. Commissioner of Corporations in the Department of Commerce and Labor; Colonel Wallace F. Randolph, to be Chief of Artillery with rank of Brigadier General; Lieutenant Colonel John Hall. to be Assistant Sur geon General with rank of Colonel; Briga- dier Generals J. c. Breckenridge, Mar shall L. Ludington and James F. Wade. to be Major Generals (to be retired from active service): Paul Nash, New York. Secretary of Legation and Consul Gener- al at Bangkok. Siam.
 Army-Cavalry; Lieutenant Colonel w. S. Eagerly, to be Colonel (retired). Also Colonel F. H. Ernest. Corps of Engineers, member of the Mississippi River Commis- sion; R. H. Post. Auditor of the Island of Porto Rico; G. Fl. Green, Marshal northern district of Texas.
 Postmasters-Texas R. c. Flato, Shi- ner; w. J. Walters. Hereford; D. E. Walsh, Grand Saline: J. Larson. Freder- icksburg; William E. Savers, Sr., Bay City; s. B. Strong. Houston: H. Harris Galesville: M. s. French. Alvin; W. II. Harvey, Belton; H. H. Andrew, Dublin J. S. Richard, Itasca; T. Hall, Pales- tine; D. Blanchard. San Angelo.
 Tennessee: G. A. McLane. Lewisburg
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-02-22
OTHERS REMAIN SILENT
Blacks Best Friend is SOutb-
 ern White Man.
Notable Address at the Seventeenth Annual Dinner of the Southern Society of New York at tl)
 Waldorf Astoria.

New York. Feb. 1.-Members of ths New York Southern Society and their guests, to the number of nearly zoo, gathered tonight at the seventeenth an- nual dinner of the society in the banquet hall of the Waldorf Astoria. The boxas were filled with brilliant assemblags of the wives and daughters of members of the society and their friends. President Augustus J. Van Wyck presided
 Chairman Van Wyck. after reviewing the Souths resources and development. touched upon the race question in the following terms:
 ''What the South needs and must have Is peace at home. and jointly with the rest of the nation, international peace. There is but one unsettled problem peculiar to that section, commonly called the negro question. The South under stands 1t and If left alone, will settle 1t rightly and justly. in a Christian spirit The natural friendship between whites and blacks of long standing, with no idea of social equality. Is well known to those at all familiar with the subject. The best friend of the black race Is the white race of the South. The future welfare and development of the former rests upon the absence of conflict between the two. Let no American citizen who loves his country be a party to stimulating war of races"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-02-22
A REPLY TO PARSONS.
Merchants Argue Against the Ship
 Subsidy Bill.

New York, Feb. 1.-The Merchants Association sent d letter to Charles II. Grosvenor, Chairman of the Committee on Merchanl Marine and Fisheries House of Representatives. Washington, D. C., today in which reference is made to a letter sent General Grosvenor by Presi- dent Parsons of the Maritime Associa- ton. favoring the ship subsidy bill. To- days letter says In part:
 The Merchants Association have from the beginning advocated such a ship sub sidy as would accomplish the objects which MT. Parsons states as his reasons for advocating the present bill We have shown, however, that these objects will not be accomplished by the bill as at present framed, but on the contrary the result will be an immediate and highly prejudicial curtaiment of our mail fa- cilities, which is of the first importance to the shipping interests of this community.
 Without either passing upon the ex- tent of subsidy which the bill provides or objecting to 1t we have simply asked for an amendment which will allow the Postmaster General to continue the pres- ent excellent ocean mall service which we enJoy. giving preference in his con- tracts to tonnage of American construc- tion, but being nevertheless at liberty to make contracts with foreign tonnage, as at present. until such time as there is A. sufficiency of American built tonnage to supply the demand"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-02-22
QUAY AS BLOCKADER
HANDS IN MORE REPORTS TO BE
 READ.
Clerk of the Senate Managed to Get Through With One os Them in Three Hours Time-More
 Morgan Amendments.

Washington, Feb. 21.-After the trans acton of some morning business and when the Senate went into executive session for tse second time Senator Quay took the floor and said he desired to present certain reports which he would like to have read by the clerk
 The reading clerk took up a long report on the isthmian canal which MT. Quay sent up. The reading of the report con sumed three hours, and after this was concluded Mir. Pettus made brief speech directed principally at what he termed the repeal of the Spooner act by the treaty.
 He contended that as a legal proposi- tion the appropriation made by the Spooner law for the purpose of securing perpetual controF of the canal would not be available under the treaty provi1- ing merely for a lease of the canal strip. He also said the American people would not be satisfied with anything less than d thoroughly American canal, one which could be defended by us at all times which the Panama canal could not be under the terms of the treaty.
 Senator Platt (Conn.) took issue with Senator Pettus as to the effect of the treaty saying that he believed there were no legal obstacles in the treaty to the acquisition by the President of the canal zone, but he contended that if there were any such obstacles they could be removed by another act of Congress, re-approprIat- ing the money.
 During the day Senator Morgan secured consent for the removal of the injunction of secrecy from the amendments to the treaty which have ben offered by him.
 Most of the important amendments have already been given publicity, but he offered two new ones today. One of these provides for an agreement between the contracting parties that nothing con- tained in the treaty shall be construed to alter the terms of the Spooner act. The other amendment Is as follows:
 Tt is agreed that in respect for the rights of citizens of the United States under their constitution and for the pre- sent humane state of the Christian reli- zion in which ordinances and proscrip- tions of the Spanish inquisition have no place or tolerance, that the provisions of the concordat of 1888 between his holi- ness Pope Leo XIII, and the government of Colombia and the laws enacted by Colombia or that shall be hereafter en- acted in furtherance or execution or said concordat shall not apply to any citizen of the United States in Colombia or to any person who shall be in the service of the United States. or to any officer agent or servant of the United States who is in any way engaged in the con struction or opera tion of a canal or the Panama Railroad, under the provisions of this treaty"
 Senator CulIom gave notice that he would move again Monday to continue the executive sessions for the considera- tlon of the treaty.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-02-22
sTUYvE-ANr FISH SPEAKS.
President of the I. c. Attacks Gov
 ernment Ownership.


 New, York Feb. H.-The second annual ests. composed of agents of the great shippers and transportation lines of the United States and Canada. was held to- night at the Arkwright Club. President Burns D. Caldwell of the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad pre- sided and read a letter of regret from Secretary Cortelyou and President Roose- welt and one from Senator Depew.
 President StIyvesant Fish of the Illi- nois Central Railroad was the first speaker. He spoke of the freight traffic of a railroad as being its most import ant source of revenue. and added that a great deal depended on the ingenuity of the traffic agent. He facetiously referred to the passenger service as the "dress parade" and said that the passenger ser vice would be more profitable were there not so many parlor coaches on the great through trains of the great railroads. Mir. Fish attacked Government ownership of railroads. and compared his own railroad with the Illinois and Michigan Canal. He said that the State of Illinois controlled and owned the canal and lost s10O, 1000 yearly through its operation. On the other hand. the Illinois Central was put ting s942, 900 yearly into its treasury.
 T think 1t would be we'll" he said, 'if these figures might go to Albany. I thing the State of New York might benefit by the experience of Illinois in conducting it's own canals"
 Speeches were also made by F. L.. Pomeroy. Assistant Freight Trafic Man. ager of the New York Central, and Ed ward T. Jeffi ey, President of the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-02-22
Plaint of Prize Sufferers.

Washington. Feb. M.-Minister Bowen tonight received a cable dispatch signed by the Prize Sufferers, Trinidad" re- questing his good offices with Great Brit ain in securing the return of prizes taken by that country before the raising of the blockade. The message follows:
 Port of Spain. Minister Bowen, Washington:
 "Ar prizes returned by Germany and Italy. Use continued influence with Eng land. Nearly all prizes belong to poor fishemen who have lost all and are pen niless here"
 Minister Bowen sent copy of the mes sage to Sir Michael Herbert, British Am bassador. requesting him to transmit Co his government.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-02-22
Duty on Havemeyer's Terra Gotta.

New York Feb. H.-Ihe board or classification of the United States general annraisers today announced a decision upon the protest made by H. O. Have mver against the action of the collector of the port assessing a duty Of 60 per cent. ad valorem upon terra cotta work of art imported by him. One claim made by the importer was that the merchandise sbouId come in as "statuary" at only 20 ner cent ad valorem. This claim was overruled by the board on the ground that the relief Is not sufficient to come u,ithIn the term "statuary" as used in inc law. The claim also was made that inc provision for articles of an earthly substance not specially provided for ,,,n,Id he but 45 per cent ad valoretn ,,t, hoard sustains this claim.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-02-22
FAKE LOTTERY SCHEME.
Tickets Were Sold, But No Draw
 ings Ever Occurred.

New York, Feb. A.-SeveraI detectives and a postoffice inspector arrested seven men today on the charge of running a fake lottery" The police say that thousands of persons have been victim ized by the scheme. Tickets, 1t is al- legged, were sold by agents throughout the country at frcm 2Sc to g each, and the alleged prizes ranged from $4 to $3o,- 00O
 It is charged that while great represen- tations were made by the promoters and agents of the affair, no drawings were ever held.
 The drawing place was supposed to be at Pueblo, Mexico. Representatives of the company" were active in seeking patrons. and many persons who had previ- ously invested their money in policy" were secured as clients. According to the police, the scheme has been in operation for at least two years.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-02-22
soUIERs IN WASHINGTON.
Cuban Government Will Urge Rati
 fcation of Treaty.

Washington, Feb. A.-Herbert G. squires, Minister to Cuba, arrived tonight from Havana and had an audience with Secretary Hay. Squiers said his mis- sion was to "clean up" certain matters connected with the Platt amendment Awaiting him at his hotel was a dis patch announcing that Monday next the Cuban Congress would take up consider alton of the reciprocity treaty,
 It was learned tonight that this treaty would have been acted on sooner if the Cuban government had not been awaiting action by the United States Senate. The Cuban government will use every means in it's power to expedite action in the hope of favorable action by the United Stntes Senate.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-02-22
CASE OF MRS. BorKIN.
State of California Will Not Con
 sent to Her Release.

San Francisco, Feb. 21.-rhe fact that the legislature of the State of Delaware Is taking steps to have funds appropriated to prosecute Mrs. Cordelia Botkin. now in custody in San Francisco for the mur- der of Mrs. J. P. Cunning and her sister Mrs. J. Dean of Dover, Del, will not in- terfere with the trial here of the charge against the accused woman.
 District Attorney Byington says he has gone over the testimony and sees no rea3pn why a second conviction cannot he secured. He says he will not consent to her release from custody, neither will he turn over to the Delaware courts for trial until her trial here.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-02-22
GOVERNOR BOYLE TALKS.
Hopes for Ratification of Reciprocity
 Treaty.


 London, Feb. a.-Sir Cavendish Boyle. governor of New Foundland. who arrived to-day from Liverpool, had intended to go to Washington to confer with Secretary Hay and Ambassador Herbert regarding the present status of the Hay-Bond reci- procity treaty between this country and New Foundland, but decided to postpone the trip. He will he said. communlcate with Washington later. Of the treaty he said:
 ''I am very well pleased with the terms of the treaty and sincerely hope that 1t will be successfully negotiated. There is. however, an element of danger in the way of it's being baked by the unreason- able opposition of the Massachusetts Sem ators representing the Gloucester fisher man In the matter. It is a pity that there should be any antagonism toward the treaty as both this country and New Foundland as we'll as Canada will be greatly and equally benefited by its pas sage.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-02-22
WOULD KNOW THE COST.
Gaines of Tennessee Seeks Informa- tion Regarding White House
 improvements

Washington, Feb. 1.-Representative Gaines of Tennessee today introduced A resolution requesting the Preisdent to transmit to the House at this session a. detailed statement of the character and cost of the repairing, remodelling and adding to the White House, also re- questing the President to have the work examined by skilled persons to see if con- tract requirements have been met
 MT. Gaines also introduced a resolu- tion directing the Superintendent of Pub lie Buildings and Grounds to transmit to the House an inventory of all the house property in the White House, giving the cost of each article. its condition. if in use and the disposition of such articles as have been removed
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-02-22
Government Troops Beaten.

Willemstad, Feb. 21.-Advices received here from revolutionary sources at Tuca- cas-. Venezuela, say the recent engage ment between revolutionists and the gov ernment forces near Barquisimeto was small affair and the government troops who intended to force their way through the center of the revolutionists were driven back All the victories recently claimed by the government are, accord ing to advices here. absolutely false.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-02-22
"Golden Invitation" to Roosevelt.

South Dakota, Feb 21.-what is desig- hated as a Golden Invitation" has been extended by the Black Hills Mining Mems Association to President Roosevelt ask ing him to attend the Mining Congress to be held next September. The invitation is engraved on a slab of IS karat gold from the Black Hills, five inches long. and two and three-quarters wide. It has been forwarded 10 the South Dakota delegation at Washington by whom 1t will be pre- sented to the President.