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Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1904-10-06
NOT 4 REVENUE TARIFF



The New York Journal of Commerce
calls attention to the statistics Of i'm
ports and exports Of the United States
for August. issued by the Department
OF Commerce and Labor, which throws
interesting light on the trend OF our
foreign commerce, and upon the tend
ency or custom receipts TO decline
even I'm the face OF Increasing imports.
The most notable feature OF the
figures says the Journal OF Commerce.
is the increase OF $5,i62,3S In the
value Of imported merchandise as COM
pared with August, 1903. An analysis
OF the figures discloses the fact that
the total increase was more than ac-
counted for by the increase in the im-
ports OF articles free OF duty, the value
OF which was Sll.163, All, or $6,0S3. 14S
In excess OF August, 1908. The value
OF dutiable goods imported during
August was $4G.34S, 16s, or $5To, T6i
less than during August. 1908.
These figures are indications OF the
fact that the tariff rates OF the Dingley
law are so high as to tend TO destroy
the usefulness OF that law as a revenue
measure. They show that an increase
In importations does not bring d pro-
porti0nate increase in imports OF arri-
Giles that yield revenue TO the Govern
ment. That this condition during Au-
gust was not exceptional, but shows a
well developed tendency Is proven by
the fact that, while the net decline in
the value OF imports for the eight
months ending August 81, as compared
with the corresponding period last
year. was but $9.o63. 7I2, the decline
in imports of dutiable goods was
S2I ,913,605 and there was. during that
period an increase In the imports OF
articles free of duty amounting 10
S1S,009. S62''
Leaving out of account the extra
ordinary payments on account OF the
Panama Canal and the ST. Louis Ex-
position. there would have been a large
deficit duriag the past fiscal year but
Tor the fact that receipts from internal
revenue kept up. Had these shrunk
in the san;e proportion as customs du-
ties. there would have been n deficit
or SlO1OO-OO0 counting only the ordin-
airy expenditures. Unless the tariff Is
revised to furnish more revenue. or un-
less appropriations shall be greatly re-
duced, the time Is. not far distant when
the Government will be obliged to issue
bonds to meet the present extraVagant
scale OF expenditures.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1904-10-06
THAT GREAT BIG EGO.

- SHR President Roosevelt said In his
1<afsr sif acceptance that .we'' had per.
Hs'sE al dozen columns OF miracles II
Ezs -SsT1ous that nothing but his in.
sET&sse MOiesty kept him from say
tn< u" The Republican State plat.
f1uzaG aAates this clear. II repeats the
nzsAE al Rnsraeles. crediting them all TO
- Ss@esevelt personally. and adds:
:, ~ 9is recent admirable letter OF ac-
SssssslsAcs. setting forth these facts he
snas challenged contradictions" So the
car. fast the President meant ar is
akDHxNy established.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1904-10-06
STRONG CANDIDATE IN COyNEC.
TICCT.

The Democrats OF Connecticut. one
of the doubtful States which almost
invariably votes as does New York,
have begun their campaign well by
selecting as candidate for Governor,
Hon. A. Heaton Robertson, OF New Ha-
ven. He Is lawyer of high personal
character, marked ability and wide
popularity. In vote-getting he is
known throughout the State as .hust-
ler." The Connecticut platform is
largely devoted TO State issues, but Il
contains a strong Endorsement OF the
Massachusetts idea Of reciprocity with
Canada and an unqualified acceptance
Of the platform Of the National Democ-
race.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1904-10-06
A REPUBLICAN GAIN IN TEXAS

A Democrat named Fitzgerald bolted
his party on Monday and on Tuesday
the Republicans nominated him for the
Legislature. This Is said to be the first
time in the history of Texas politics
that a Democrat has left his party and
gone over TO the Republicans. and TO
his credit It can be said that he did not
do so for the sake OF getting an ONCE.
The conversion of Fitzgerald has
caused considerable excitement in Re-
publican circles. foreshadowIDg. as IL
does. a possible reduction OF the Demo-
cratic majority in Texas from 2s0oo0
to 24o.o09.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1904-10-06
AUGUST IMPORTS )


snow WHAT May BE Expected or
Roosevelt IL He Goes on His Way.
In the Governments figures OF Aux.
ust Imports. there is contained 40 an
swer TO the question 0f how President
Roosevelt proposes 10 get the money
for his ambitious Western hemisphere
expansion and further army and navy
increases
The official imports on August ian.
ports show an increase from 1899 of
some nine millions In value. but the
revenues gain nothing. as will he seen
In this classification:
August 4
imports imp 1902. 1903. 1904. :
duty So. s.3.sol Sa.i3O.aes sal 6s477
Dutiable 50,2i9.3s7 46.9lsGs3 46.3is.l69
The dutiable goods that got past the
Dingley tariff wall were actually worth
less last month than In either 1000 or
1867 And the same decline has been
noted for some months.
But expenditures mount daily. Aug
ust and July showed n deficit OF S24.-
OOoOOO-$l3.0 0O.OO0 OF which was for
Increased army and navy cost. al
though these two items alone had i'm
seven years risen from 50: ,0OO. Ocu To
S2lT .OO0.O00.
Mr.. Roosevelt promises IL elected tn
go on as he has done. still piling up
vaster and vaster war budgets.
But where will be get the money
VIII he ask Congress To- reimpOse the
Spanish war taxes-and to seek other
new revenue sources. since these alone
would probably not sufiicef Or viii
he run the nation in debt for current
expenses!
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1904-10-06

Arnm~a 80 $50. u
suave ana himself prosperous. az
they SAY here and there. having long
been resident OK Easy street. the lie
publican candidate for Vice. President,
Senator Fairbanks. Looks around him.
and. smiling. assuret his audiences
Wherever MS IofT. benignant figure
appears. that the country Is happy and
prosperous.
Regarded In connecti0n with facts
shown In the daily newspapers. Sem
ator FairDanks nne words and felicita-
Tons &c the popuIace are not ut all
consistent with undIsputed reports Of
existing Conditions.
IN MS speech ~ Jersey City. y. j..
on saturday eFening. September Il.
tne indiana Senator said.
industrial conditions today are
radically different from what they
were eight years ago. A change
OK our economic poItey and the over
threw or the Democrafic administra-
ton re-opened old factories In the In
dusfrial centres OF New Jersey and
elsewhere. and hundreds OF thousands
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1904-10-06
MIXERS PLEASED WITH PARKER

The terrible thing sure to happen
should Parker and Davis be elected,
according to Roosevelt and all OF his
spokesman, are only Pigments of the
imagination or the intentional mis-
representations of interested partisans.
We say this on the authority Of scores
Of members Of the American Bankers
Association, who have just met in an
nual convention In New York City.
A canvas of these men shows that
practically every Democrat and indie
pendent among them Is more than glad
OF the opportunity to vote for Judge
Parker. Four years ago nearly all of
them voted the Republican ticket.
There are no more votes for Repub-
licanism In the business scare" than
there are in the bloody shirt
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1904-10-06

Venerable Democratic Candidate
For viee-President n Vigorous
Man

E0F bAec-Efeei0enG Vigorous
Man.
Hon. Henry G. Davis, Democratic
Nice-Presidential nominee. while on n
visit to New York recently. made the
campaign managers and newspaper
men OF the metropolis sit up and take
notice.
Notwithstanding the aspersions cast
upon him because OF his age. by See
Rotary Root, he showed himself
capable OF greater amount of nerve
racking work than many n man TWEEN
~ years his junior. The political re-
porter OF the New York World who
saw a great deal OF the Senator dur
Ing his stay in New York, observed
with regard to him:
After two days OF his rugged style
or campaign all hands agree that ne
Is a wonder. His session with the
newspaper men at the Fifth Avenue
Hotel last night was a revelation OF
the sturdy stuff Of which he Is made.
He had put in twelve hours of the
most exhausting kind of work. He had
been closeted most of the day with
Senator German. working on his let
ter OF acceptance. Standardized in
with his work had been long confer
enees with William +. Sheehan. Chair
man Taggart. August Belmont. Sen
afor w. A. Clark and fifty other cali
ers.
Yet Of q o'clock. when he met the
newspaper men. he looked rs fresh and
clipper as though he had just risen
after n good nights sleep. There was
not line under his keen eyes. which
were bright and alert. and smile COW
cred his g0Od-natured face.
HE stood as straight as n pine. He
walked with the rapid. vigorous gait of
q man OF fifty. His good six feet were
emphasized by his erect carriage. His
long black coat was buttOned tight
around him. he wore an old-fashioned
standup collar half of which was
turned down. string tie. and his
courtly manner made him look every
inch the statesman"
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1904-10-06
ITEMS OF ExTRAvAGANCE.
Expenses Piled Up That Are Elk.
tFaordinary.

The extravaganza of the present adj
ministrati0n is a difficult matter for
its apolOgist to explain. First. there
is the deficit for the fiscal year 1894
of over $i1.OOO.OOo staring them In the
face, which has reduced the available
cash balance in the United States
Treasury to the zero point. so that
Secretary Shaw will probably have TO
again call on the banks for another
installment OF the cash they hold and
on which they pay No interest. II Is
all very well TO call the payments for
the Panama Canal an extraordinary"
expense. and so excuse the present con-
ditions. There are other expenses that
this administration has piled up that
are equally extraordinary that no ex-
cuses can palliate or gloss over.
Take the expenditures for the year
before the war with Spain. when the
Democrats were in power and the ap-
preparations made by the Republicans
for the present year and the extrava-
gance of the present administration
is at once apparent.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1904-10-06
ONE DEPARTMENT BUSY. ANYWAY

There are few signs Of life at the Re
publican National Headquarters except
In the Bureau of Roorbacks. A regf-
ment or typewriters are kept busy reel
Inc on faisehoods concerning the man.
agement OF the Democratic campaign.
and every morning a batch of these
are passed out to all newspaper repor.
tiers who are gullibIe enough to believe
them. This lends an air OF activity to
at least one portion Of the headquar-
ters. but IL Is gross waste OF time. ell
Dow grease and typewriter supplies.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1904-10-06

a club sang song. the words of which
were:
.'Oh, you are all right, Teddy;
You're the kind that we remember. Don't
you worry.
We are with you.
You are all right, Teddy.
And we'll prove 1t IN November, Teddy.
We are going to keep you in the White
House"
What was the name of the Chicago
PrOfessOr-ProfessOr Podskatka, or
something of the sort-who the other
day gave to the press his theory that
one person in every $50 in this coun-
try was crazy? Well, ii depends upon
the size OF the vote for Teddy next
November for a safe arrival ut more
accurate statistics as to insanity among
the American people.
But all that aside, and returning to
the mutton Of the campaign poetry
just quoted. 1t is not half as good
rag-time or vaudeville exaltation OF
Teddy as what he told Of himself in
his Rough Riders In Cuba" 1t was
the time when he threatened to shoot
the first negro trooper who went TO the
rear from the trenches before San
Juan Hill. He tells In his book that he
turned to his Rough Riders when he
warned the negroes and asked his
troopers If he did not keep his word
They answered" writes Teddy, las in
n chorus, he always does, he always
doesr"
The truth is. Teddy can write much
more diverting stun about himself
than any of his people. He has done
il he is doing il and he will keen on
doing ii.
Some of these days of future gener-
ations the Latin of Julius Caesar will
give place to the Volapuk OF Theodore
Roosevelt.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1904-10-06
.sl2, OOO, 900 ssaa, ooo. 900

This makes SIT, OOO.O 900 more this
year than in 1S96-more than double
as much. What excuse can the Re
publican apologists offer for such
vast increase. and how do they pro-
pose to further tax the people to sup
port such extravaganza:
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1904-10-06
TEDDY BEATS THEN ALL.

Whistling through the grave yard:
and the band played ut Saratoga. And
Il club sang song. the words of which
were:
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1904-08-19
PARQUE B02INQUEN


RESTAURANT
So ha contratado para este de los mejores
l<OHEFS4 de la iSla, ademas de este punto salien-
to 50 puede cOntar siempre con s6rvicios instan-
taneos, ana estrcta lmpieza.
CANTiRA
Toda case de rofreScos lcores cervezas
Prontitud osmSrO ei aorvieio
BAF08
Sc encuentrau este sitio los nejores ba1los
ID ecta costa, cada casa de bano tiene eu ducha
do aqua fres( Il. 81 cn5ots Goa up complete surti-
do de ira jes do bailoo 10 toloS talnafos 4ae 80
IalQuilau.
JAR4VA8
Los sd bafOS por la uoche, njlsica por Ia or
questa dc Id Policia InSular.
GONGiERTJ3
Los Ju1ve- ,mitt53 pvr IA uoche y tarler
do los domiug0~, ntl-ic4 por la POlcia Inauar.
| I'm estOs diar pre-entarau al pIolicO diverSoS
te=p9ctaculos, los cuaies ~ auunclaran oportuna-
I noute Los couciertoS -,nprzdrau, pur Ia tard-
d las 3. por la nocho l45 5.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-10-23
HAM LEWIS SLEPT ON DECK.
After Wagnerian Shore Had Cost Him
 Three Nights Rest.

From the New York Sun.
 Hon. J. Ham Lewis of the state of
 Washington was a passenger on the
 Hamburg American liner Statendam, which sailed from Rotterdam on Septem- Der L and arrived in New York, after
 rough voyage. on September 20. Friends who met MT. Lewis at the pier remarked the careworn curl of his pale pink whis-
 kers It was not until yesterday that
 it became known in these parts what was
 the matter. It was the only piece of
 real live news that has come out of dem-
 ocratc national headquarters since the
 campaign opened.
 It appeals according to the story, that
 Hon. Ham was assigned to stateroom on the upper deck. along with two Dutch
 men, one of whom is a professor in a Pennsylvania conservatory of music. The
 other is a civil engineer from The Hague, coming to America to study the methods of Yankee engineers.
 On the first night out all three turned in about midnight. The professor lost
 no time in falling into his beauty sleep. For a few minutes the breathing was only deep and regular. Then there were
 few staccato shorts, followed by the gradual development of a snore fugue
 sonoroso, in comparison with which
 the pumping of the engines and the roar
 of the ocean were like distant lullabies. Not being as well acquainted as they
 might be- neither MT. Lewis nor the
 Dutch engineer said anything for an hour or more. Neither could sleep, how ever. and finally J. Ham, being fairly
 sure that the engineer was awake in-
 quired:
 How do you like it, my friend, as far , as he's gone?"
 Do you not think we should send by
 the doctor? Maybe he is not well lit tle." suggested the engineer.
 Excellent idea" said J. Ham, enthusi- astically. Suppose you call the doctor.
 You never can tell how the sea will af- feet musicians"
 "Perhaps we would better wait a little.
 Possibly he is only dreaming of Wagner , symphony" replied the engineer, not just 1 liking apparently, the idea that he should beard the doctor.
 ''Maybe he'.. dream Italian if we could 1 get him off his back and on his side" 1 suggested lewis at the end of another 1 hour.
 "Try it." replied the engineer. T have 1 yet my eyes to close.
 | I Ham laid hold on the professor as | on A barrel. The fugue was broken for 1 a moment by a snort or two and went merry on again.
 With the first sign of dawn MT Lewis | and the engineer dressed and went on l deck. The next night and the next were l like the first. and on the fourth MT. 1 Lewis got desperate. He must have I sleep. About midnight he disappeared ] from the smoking room, to return after 1 a IittIe in his pajamas. Folding himself m in the ,nggest chair he could find. he | slent ftfully The engineer explained to the few late sitters why the American
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-10-23

that made for the Tsarina of Russia. All parts of the machines ordinarily black were enamelled blue, and those portions of the frame work usually out lined in gold were inlaid with mother-of- pearl. The keys were of African ivory and the bright parts of solid gold
 A similar machine was presented on her wedding day to the present Princess of Wales, then Duchess of York, and another was made not long ago to the order of the Khedive of Egypt The king of England possesses an elaborate type writer ivory-keyed, and gold-plated throughout, and beautifully engraved.
 An extraordinary machine was that made for Ii Hung Chang. It was fitted with twenty sets of characters-1,S0 800 in all--each of which, as no dies were avail able, had to be turned out by hand.
 An expensive machine was built by a company for the use at Eton school, In England, of the young son of the Count ess of Carnarvon. It writes the Greek al- phabet and Is used by the boy, whose eyes are weak, in preparing his lessons. This Is believed to be the only Greek typewriter ever made, but machines for writing Russian are fairly common, an American firm having recently supplied a large order for typewrlters for govern ment offices In the land of the Tsar.
 Machines have been built to order for writing Arabic. Sanscrit and even old black letter English. Only one of the last named was ever made, so far as can be ascertalned. It cost nearly $500, and was made for man who paid cash in advance and declined to furnish his name or address
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to himself. Always itte was ye Other

to himself. Always itte was ye Other Fellow.
 & it came to pass that ye Sage took up ye paper & read in ye Socletie Column ye names of four daughters who were about to be married. Forthwith he butte hys skull cap upon hys dome x fared forth to interview ye fayre creatures
 "Oh, daughters!" he said to yet first, wherefore dost thou marryp'
 ''To get some one upon whom l may lean!' replied ye coy Monk Maiden.
 Ye second blushed & hung her hedde. q want some one whom l may love for ever &s everl" she sedde.
 'I want to reform my Charles" sedde ye third.
 "& l." sedde ye fourth. "am marrying that I may have some one Who will mas ter me & sway my will with hysl It Is ye inherent wish of every woman to be swayedi"
 Ye Sage went home & waited. yeare later he went back.
 Ye first Monkey Maiden hadde married a Societe Monk with barely braynes enough to enable him to find hys way to ye dinner table.
 Ye second hadde a suit pending in ye divorce court.
 Ye third was regularly carrying her husband uppe' stayres & puttyne him to bedde at two o'clock a. m.
 Ye fourth sweet thynge was trying tc
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-10-23
Blizzard" of Railroad Accidents.
'om Harper's Weekly

From Harper's Weekly.
 There was a kind of blizzard of rail- road accidents last month. The average daily allowance of victims conceded to the railroads of the United States may be computed from the statistical report of the interstate commerce. commission for 1902. For every day in that year the American railroads killed one passenger, eight employees and fourteen other per sons, and Injured eighteen passengers, 140 employees and twenty other persons. That makes a daily average of about 23 homicides and TIT injuries. Of course such an average as this would not be man- tained except by very unobtrusive meth ods. If we had one railroad accident day in which twenty-three persons were killed and TIT injured, 1t could not go on Q month without creating a strong im- pression that our railroads were extra vagant in their consumption of human life. Last month this impression began to be felt because the railroads did good deal Of killing and maiming by wholesale.
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statesman appeared In the smoking room

statesman appeared in the smoking room in pajamas.
 In some way the Professor heard about IL the next day, and with tears in ms eyes and a tremor in his voice offered his apologies to MT. Lewis.
 T will not disturb the sleep of anyone, least of all one who has shown so much forbearance." he said. "It is l who Will sleep in the smoking room, in the steer age, on the deck, anywhere, hereafter. You shall lose no more sleep on account of me-
 Hon. ]. Ham protested for while, but the professor insisted, so the Washington statesman managed to get hVe good nights sleep out of nine.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-10-23
Ye Saae of Man-Hatan.

Lowell otus Reese in Leslies Weekly.
 Once upon a tmye, In ye forest or Man-Hatan (which lieth over against ye land of Ho- o-Boken), there lived bald headed old Monkey Sage who made a speciality of Human Nature.
 If was hys stunt to set forth ye ac- tions of ye Monkey people shrewdly. so that ye rabble, reading would slap their legges & laugh, saying,
 By Hector & Dad-Burn! but he IS wise-for people act even so! Now, there thatte man Smith"
 But no man ever took these sayings
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-10-23
Ills Doesn't Count.
Philadelphia Press.

From the Philadelphia Press.
 Dremer-My wife and always pass up- on and decide our household questions quite as seriously as though we were voting upon national laws.
 Henpeck-Well, whenever my wife and l pull off an election like that she al- ways wins by one vote
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-10-23
Data for the Traveller.
n the Chicago Tribune.

FTOn IIlt NIIItdSU T IDuIIt.
 "Yes sir" the native assured him. "This is Lake Calumet. There used to be what we called COW frogs in this lake that were as big as a hen. The hind legs of three of 'em made mess for big family
 DO you know that's most remarka- bler' exclaimed the foreign tourist What became of them.'
 "Mosquitos ett em up long ago."
 Down 1t went in his note book.
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Good Advice.

From the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
 Do you think the new postoffice will be completed soon?'
 Well. if l had a rush letter to mail. -onidu't wait for it."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-10-23

run her husbands business. & blaming him when ye crash came
 Then ye Bald-headed Sage went back X climbed uppe In hys bamboo tree Gs wrote down thys bunch of
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