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Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-02-02
Protection Run Mad.

The Wool Growers Association has
just held it's annual convention and the
members seem at loss TO understand
the depressed condition of their busl-.
ness and, like other petted monopolists,
are begging more fatherly assistance
from Uncle Sam. They have resolved
TO ask the department of the interior
to issue equal quantities of mutton and
beef 10 the Indians and the army, as
a further stimulant TO the sheep in
dustry.
These wool pap-suckers are monopo-
lists and not farmers. Most of them
never see the sheep they own. They
appropriate the use of the Government
lands. driving of would be settlers who
would interfere with their free pas
ture Not content with a protection
duty of about 100 per cent on wool,
they now cry for more aid to protect
their languishing monopoly. They ask
Uncle Sam to force their mutton down
the threats of the Indians and the sol
diers, whether the mutton is palata-
BILE or not There is vast differen-
ence in mutton; that from the South
down or Cotswold sheep being OF su-
perior texture and flavor and that from
the pure blood Merino almost UNBEATABLE
lit being stringy and of disagree
able and strong flavor What the
white men of the cities refuses, is to
be forced on the Indians and soldiers.
All fo, f1,a F,,,.tl, 81, ,N,,otootios, and ad-
vantage of the few millionaire sheep
men of the plains Could any greater
absurdity be attempted in the inter
est of a pampered infant industry y
We might as well force the Indians
and soldiers to eat the carcassss of
the skunks and foxes, which are now
wasted by the proprietors of the skunk
and fox farms that epterprising Yam
KEGS have established in the wilds OF
Maine
On the same day that the press dis
patches announced the meeting of the
Wool Growers Association, there APP
peared an interview with a leading
citizen of Wyoming which shows that
protection does not always protect, all
though it most certainly EFFORTS from
the general public; with tariff on
wool that equals II cents "a pound, our
sheep raisers are getting bnly 13 cents
per pound, and hardly that" said eX-
Governor Osborne, of Wyoming, at, the
New Willard. The sheep, If sent 10
market, bring very poor price for
fhnrtOh Eo ctx
have to pay tariff that is simply exor-
bitant. But while the sheep raiseI-s
are feeling a depression in the value
Of their product, everything they have
to procure in the way of ranch sup
plies has gone up fully 33 1-3 per cent.
The burlap, the paint, the Irvine has
advanced a third and over, and the ba-
con bought by wholesale for the EN-
ployes is 10 cents per pound, as against
9 cents few years ago."
No one can know bette. than Gov
ernor Osborne the true facts about
the sheep industry of the Northwest
and yet to hear Republican Congress
men talk and to read Republican news
papers all is prosperity as the glorious
results of the protective tariff.
High trust prices and protection for
trusts and favored industries. Is now
to be supplemented by forcing our
wards to consume what is otherwise
unstable. Too much brooding over
protection has made these millionaire
sheep ranchers mad. Thank goodness,
they are all Repm leans.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-02-02

when everything we have is what
can earn"
Jack pondered the situation over I'M
til the next day. After his father had
gone to work he posted the following
letter to his former school teacher, hav-
ing labored long and valiantly in its
composition:
Dear Miss Brown.
PA wants TO know if you will be
my mamma. He says he can't ask you
because he lost his money l should
think it would be a good time to ask
you, because you could earn some for
him. And l should think you would
be happy enough to, be my mamma
and not have any money. Pa looks as
If he had the stomach ache all the
time. Your friend, JACK"
Some days later Jacks father came
home from the Office and handed Jack
the letter he had written.
did you write that, Jack?"
yes. Where did you get it,"
Mr.. Munroe went away Saturday
and when he came home the next week
he brought a lady with him that he
said was not Miss Brown, but Jacks
new mamma.-Indianapo Sun.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-02-02
The Favored Banks.

The favored National Banks are
paying enormous dividends these days,
and most of this is gathered from the
extraordinary fiscal operations of the
administration.
The National Banks now have loan
ed to them over $168,0o0000 of pro
ceeds of taxation upon which the banks
pay no interest The latest job which
the War Department and the Secretary
Of the Treasury have invented to put
money inthe pockets of the bankers Is
the Philippine loan. The bankers who
were awarded the loan paid 1OI.577
for ii, and the bonds draw per cent
interest. They are to all intents and
purposes United States bonds and the
bankers are now offering to sell them
Mt III, or about 21a per cent profit, and
recommending them particularly as an
investment for National Banks, on the
ground that as basis for public de
posts they would ''Inake net return
of over twenty-eight per cent" This
is figured out on the assumption that
100000 of the per cent bonds would
cost $4,000, and that 100000 of Gov
eminent money would be deposited on
their security without interest, so that
the actual cash invested would be
only $1,000, upon which the income
would be 4 per cent interest on $780,
600. less 1916 as a sinking fund at 4
per cent TO. -etire the premium, on So
0s4. which 2S.037 per cent on the
S11 900 actual cash invested"
The above quotation is from an ed
itorial in the Journal of Commerce and
Commercial Bulletin, which also says:
1T Is certain that the discretion Of
the Secretary of the Treasury should
not be exercised to enable favored
banks to make a special profit out Of
any class Of public loans
If the Governments finances were
run in the interests of the taxpayers,
instead of the bankers, the Philippine
bonds could have been purchased by
the Upted States Treasury with part
Of th.. money now deposited with the
bank, and the taxpayers would have
made The large profits which the banks
now enjoy. But that would not bring
any grist to the Roosevelt campaign
fund
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-02-02
PNEUMONIA IN NEW YORK.
Disease Causes an Alarming Number
of Deaths IN the Metropolis.

Disease Causes an Alarming Number
of Deaths In the Metropolis.
Pneumonia is so prevalent in New
York that the Board of Health has pro-
nounced it a communicable disease to
be treated like smallpox, diphtheria,
scarlet fever, measles, etc. During the
past five weeks in Greater New York
there have been $50 deaths from it, or
314 more than the corresponding period
last year. In one week the deaths num-
bered 272
Among the crowded tenements, espe-
cially with the Italians, the mortality is
very great. The poor wait on their sick
in crowded rooms and are about them at
night, and when worn out and at the
time when nature is least able to resist
an attack, and SO they are easy victims
of the disease. Lack of nourishing food
makes the body peculiarly susceptible to
the contagion.
Slushy streets, lack of care, poor food
and the unsanitary habits OF those in the
crowded tenements are what the plague
thrives on. Since consumption has been
intelligently grappled with by the resi-
dents of New York, by following the adj
vice of the physicians, the death rate
has decreased by so per cent.
Chicago is also suffering from an cpl
demic of the disease, the deaths from
that cause alone in one week number
ing 139.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-02-02

wearing also oi 4 SNOWY outer fur. The
tendency in neck furs is to wrap the
throat tightly The unwisdom of this
has been pointed out season after sea-
SON. Fashionables evidently do not be-
lieve that threats are thus made sensi
tive The suit with which this inner fur
was worn was fuschia cloth and black
braid At its left in the picture see a
brown cheviot tailor suit trimmed with
cluny lace and pendents. This combina-
ton of lace and cheviot in a tailor suit is
unusual, but it counts as a safe case OF
that something different for which
dFessmakers and tailors are striving
nightly.
Gowns on which embroidery has been
used lavishly are more numerous than
they were earlier in the winter. EN-
broidery in silks has not gained much,
but the use of cord and braid embroid-
cries has increased noticeably. Then
chenille embroidery has lost none of the
standing it had from the first of fall.
Newer mediums are headings and jet
tings, which seem not to have reached
the height of their stylishness, as posi-
bly, chenille has. Such ornamentation is
not put on skirts in very large quantities,
though more is safe now than was in the
beginning of the season. Free use OF
the establishment is made on sleeves,
and yokes may be covered with it. This
1 permission is extended even TO yokes OF
such depth that there results consider
able expanse of the embroidery. Witness
the stylish gown at the right of the sec
ond accompanying picture. with yoke
front and back of chenille embroidery
For the rest, this dress was black cloth
and pleated silk bands edged with cord
Many evening dresses are trimmed
with ermine, but almost always there is
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-02-02
A BALLAD OF OLD SONGS.

Life is song and love is sweet.
Sing me them to the old refrain,
Laughing lyrics with ripping feet.
Pattering music like drops of rain.
Ragtime ruffles our weary brain.
Oh, for the ballad of surge and sway,
Words that wave like a field of grain
Where are the songs of yesterday?
Stately the tune with the measured beat,
But coon songs fill US with pensiye
pain,
Yet it's ever and always the thing we
meet
Ever and always and over again,
Till it verify lakes of life bane!
Singers, a respite of you we pray
From the baby warm by the razor slain
Where are the songs of yesterday?
Verses like these we madly bleat.
Trying TO voice our deep disdain
For the song and the dance described as
neat
In comic operas tangled skein.
Oh. for the time OF a poets reign.
These limping filters to drive away.
Is there nothing to lose and nothing to
gain?
Where are the songs of yesterday?
Poet prince, to our pleading deign
Make us a laughing. loving lay;
Tell us in tune what we ask IN vain
Where are the songs of yesterday?
New York Herald.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-02-02
POWERS ON THE STAND.
Associate Manager of the Iroquoii
Theater Testifies.

Before the coroner's jury in Chicago
Friday Harry ]. Powers, director and
treasurer of the 1roquois Theater Com
pany and associate manager of the i'll
fated playhouse, placed the responsible
ity for the absence of fre-6ghting appli-
ances from the stage and auditorium
upon the house fireman and upon the city
fire department. Personally he admit
ted none of the blame for the conditions
which made the holocaust possible.
1t was the business of the contractors
and the supervising architect to CON
struct theater in accordance with the
building laws. The best experts had been
engaged for that purpose, and so far as
construction was concerned Mr.. Powers
made it appear that he could not have
done more unless he had personally in
spected every brick that went into the
building and attended to the driving of
every nail. He assumed that the build
ing was all right. Beyond that he did
not know"
The actual operation of the theater
the well-known manager placed on the
shoulders of Will J. Davis The witness
said he was always consulted and that
through his associate in the management
of the theater he knew what was be-
ing done. 1t was Mr.. Davis, president of
the company, he said, who gave the or
ders
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-02-02
BuoAeoo OF mETHopIsTs.
Church Law Against Worldly ATuuse-
ments Causing Contention.

ments Causing Contention.
Church law against worldly amuse-
mcnt. that bugaboo in the discipline in
the Methodist Episcopal Church which
has caused so much contention and so
much hitter debate, is again arousing the
Methodists OF the nation. Next May
the Quadrennial General Conference Of
the church will meet for a months ses-
sion at Los Angeles, Cal. Already no.
tice has been served by groups of cler-
gymen in all parts of the country that
the church must rescind the law which
puts ban on card playing, dancing and
theater going. Already, too, the oppos-
ing element in the church has begun pre-
parations to make a stern fight against
any change. 1t is everywhere conceded
among Methodists that the question Of
worldly amusements will be the issue up
on which one of the hardest fights the
church has ever engaged in will be
fought.
Prom the city comes the demand that
the catalogue of offenses shall be strick-
en- from the discipline. From the coua-
try comes the declaration that there
must be no change.
Al the General Conference held in
Chicago nearly four years ago the
amusement question stirred the delegates
to the highest pitch of excitement. There
was strong element in favor of more
liberal church legislation on the question.
There was another element. which prov
ed itself stronger, which vigorously
fought any change There was still an
other element, weaker than either of the
other two, which wanted the catalogue
heightened until it should include almost
every form of amusement
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-02-02
COLLEGE BOYS AND MONEY.

Something of the Cost of Getting
Through the Big Schools.
A recent issue of the New York Her
aid devotes a page to the subject
Wealth and Work in College Life"
in which some interesting statements
are made. 1t says, for instance, that
the class that was graduated at Yale
last spring numbered many young
millionaires and many others who will
inherit great wealth. This class in
four years spent 31,1O4. 800. an average
for each nan of $4.316. By way Of
contrast. it mentions the fact that
some students in the class have gotten
along on as little as $3.50 year. The
wealthiest member Of the class was
Clifford Alexander Cochran, of Yon-
kers. n. Y. Anceh r rich member was
Robert RUTHERFORD Mccormick. son Of
Robert Mccormick, United States am
bassador to Russia. and a grandson of
Joseph afedill. who founded the Chi
cago Tribune Other rich members
were Franklin Farrell. Jr.. of An
sonia. Conn. son of we'll known man.
ufacturer; Stephen Carleton Clark. Of
Cooperstown, n. Y, whose mother re-
Gently married Bishop Henry c. Pot
ter; Henry Wilfred De Puy, a steel
and coal promoter.
The graduating class of Harvard
last spring was conspicuous in lis
lack of wealthy students or membegs
of wealthy families.
The great majority at Yale ard Har-
ward are poor men. many of them
working their way Il ,ougn their col
lege courses. DR.. Kitchel. at the head
of the Yale Bureau of Self Help, says
that more than $4,000 is annually Civ
en- at Yale to students needing aid. A
part of the work of the bureau is to
assist students in getting work and
making themselves self-supr orting.
The cost of getting through Yale
Diversity is stated as follows: Lowest
per annum. $3.50; general average
S445: very liberal, $500. OF those
working their way through the courses
last year twenty-five were in the senior
class. twenty four in the junior class,
thirty two In the sophomore. and thir-
ry-one in the freshman class
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-02-02
Jacks First Proposal

81 T was Jacks doing. But as Jack
had been responsible for every UNI
usual thing that had happened In
the neighborhoI ever since the day he
was born, u years before, no one ever
thought OF giving him credit for it,.
He began It by capturing a nestful of
y0rng adders and letting them loose in
school while the superintendent was
making a tour of inspection. Miss
Brown. the new teacher, sent a note
TO the culprit's father, asking him 20
call ~ the schoolhouse after school
hours. Mr.. Munroe grumbled and
went lie stayed an hour, and when
he went away said that he would like
TO call occasionally and talk over
Jacks welfare.
But Jack must have deteriorated
eadly. for It was only short time be-
fore his aunt, who kept house for them,
had TO invite Miss Brown to dinner
once or twice week. After it was
over Miss Brown anG his father would
sit in the parlor and talk about him
in tones so low that he couldn't hear
what they were saying. or course,
they had to sit very close to each 9th
er to do this. and it was about this
time that MIR. Munroe's eyes began TO
trouble him so that he couldn't bear
20 have the gas lighted But even this
did not prove sufficient TO insure his
sons wellbeing. and they began to
take long rides in the evening. They
both went around looking so happy
that Jack thought they must have Sc
Iected some grand profession for him
driving tho ash team, perhaps.
AS for Miss Brown, the boys said
she was a good locker and a regular
brick. And YOU can depend upon the
Judgment OF boy every time. Jack
had finally decided that she was to be
trusted and had consigned TO her with
out reserve the direction of his actions.
Ii was the first time in his life that
he had teen continually obedient TO
anyone except his father.
Then came two or three days when
Mr.. Munroe couldn't sit still. but wan
dered aimlessly about the house and
scolded everyone that spoke TO him.
The next morning a little yellow letter
came to him. After he had read it he
locked himself into the library. and
Jacks aunt wouldn't let anyone 80
1ear him all day.
The next morning he told Jack that
the menagerie had gotten away and
eaten up all his money. At least Jack
supposed il was a menagerie. as there
were bulls and bears in it. The great
house and its contents were sold. and
they went TO Boston TO live In a fiat
Jack had forgotten all about Miss
Brown amid the novelty OF his new
surroundings until one evening when
ne found his father sitting disconso-
lately by his desk. holding her photo
graph in his hand
Wouldn't il be sport TO have Mis-
Brown here now. Pay" he inquired.
Did you love her. too. Jaek2" his
father asked sadly.
'.Sure. She's daisy"
.Well. Jack. I'll tell you secret ]
was going t. ask her to marry me acs
be your mamma. But I can't now,
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-02-02

The Republican leaders In Congress
have decided TO keep the tariff tax on
bituminous coal and the Boston Trans
cript calls on Massachusetts Congress
men TO demand that the duty be abol-
fshed- But the protest viii be fruit
less and Congress win stand pat II
will be remembered that, under the
stress Of the popular uprising against
the coal combines. during the strike
the Democrats forced the Republicans
to repeal the duty on anthracite coal
and also to pass an act to refund the
duty on bituminogs coal for one year.
That period has now expired and the
Transcript. a good Republican author
ity. says:
The measure proved Of practical
benefit, although the Quantity Of for
elgn coal which was brought into the
United States last year was small when
compared with our home output The
American manufacturer or eonlsumeT
prefers our own coal when It can b.
purchased at reasonable rsteS IN an
open competitive market. but such a
market does not exist in New England.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-02-02
{ Al$S;..;e 5 @s
Tine News Y

The Missouri mule is Standing in the
wings waiting for his cue to come on.
Meanwhile Great Britain seems to be
quietly at work MaDchuriaizing Thibet.
st. Louis is unable to figure out that
there will be more than one great event
this year.
Unfortunately the Chicago grade cross
ings cannot be closed quite as readily rs
the theaters.
This is poor time to buy maps of the
world. The accurate map of to-day may
be all wrong before the year is ended.
Colombia has an army Of 800 men that
it may throw at us if we do not retire.
Worse than that, they are probably all
generals.
A real bear caused panic in st. Louis
the other day. Probably the bears on
the cotton market would like TO borrow
the recipe.
According TO statistics the average
length of life IN Chicago is increasing
rapidly Perhaps in the hurry of life in
the western metropolis lot of people do
not find time TO die.
If any inventor has been able to de-
wise anything better than the block sig
nal system as a preventive of railway
wrecks, now is the time for him to pro-
duce it. If there isn't anything better in
sight the compulsory use of the block
signal system on all railways is bound
TO come.
A Kansas farmer has been arrested for
making counterfeit silver dollars. The
curious feature is that man who could
make money legitimately so easily as a
Kansas farmer should resort to the slow
and preearious process of making liv-
ing by grinding out counterfeit coins.
Independent oil producers OF Texas
have started in to fight the trust, but il
may only be for the purpose of letting
the purchasing agent of the trust know
hey are on earth.
II would seem that one of the most
important functions OF the Argentine
government is the building OF warships
to sell at a profit to some other nation
In case of emergency.
Now ii is announced that the Spanish
sailors, and not Dewey. sunk SPANS
shipe az Manila. Presumably the Span
iaryic saw that one of the fleets must be
sunk aud with true Castilian courtesy
decided that it should not be thar OF the
visitors.
Smoot says he is not and never was
q polygamist. He should know; still
some men have notorioasl. poor memo
ries on such subjects.
About 10000 rabbits were killed in a
rabbit drive in Oregon. Chicken pie viii
be great dish in the hotels in that State
for some time 10 come
During 1908 the United States import
ed 10000 men. women and children
There IS no way in determining In adj
vance the value of this class OF imports.
Could the Chicago car barn murderers
have secured separate trials they might
have tested tho various defelses 70 sea
whether insanity or an abb was the bet
ter.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-02-02
NEW FEATURES IL TAILORING AND EMBROIDERY

other trimming that makes an impression
either for its richness or beauty. Lace
flouncings are used lavishly in evening
attire, and daintily figured materials do
much to enhance the beauties of dresses
that are not made with especial elabor-
ateness. The artist puts three evening
gowns here. The first was pink panne
satin crepe with figure of lighter pink
and with yoke OF coarse black lace net
over plain pink. The next was a pale
blue crepe de chine embroidered with
white silk. Last is a white silk, the
skirt draped with black net with chan
tilly lace trimmings. This lace also gave
the sleeves. The round cut-out is usual,
and by many is varied by looping off the
tops of the sleeves, making the cut-out
in the manner of the yoke that extends
out over the arms.
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be admitted. In the admission of
adults, az age limit should be fixed.
except in those instances where par
ents come to join their children who
have settled here and who can clearly
prove that they are willing and able
to support them. Make the physical
requirements binding allowing no dis
eased alien, no matter from what
cause, to be admitted. The head of
each family should be in possession of
money sufficient to meet immediate
needs until employment could be
found.-Century.
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trimming without weighing down the
material unduly.
The fur trimmed tabernacle appeared,
bat hasn't won many aeceptors. Stylish
women have adhered pretty closely 10
the notion OF tailor gown aud fur Access
soricS. So the tailor suit has been more
Of IN exrravag ance than ever. since 70 90
the trick Alright, it must be matched ID
fneness by set Of furs 10 be worn wiih
il. A novel form Of the fur accomPanF
snent Is shown Ia one OF the tailor get
ups OF the next pictrte Here an eTmine
neck piece was wern inside the vest, a
device that Is held not 10 forbid the