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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-04-21

Brown Post, G. A. r. Of Bethel has
secured as its Memorial day orator
Hon. Edward Wiggin of the education
al department. Mr.. Wiggin saw ser
vice i'm the artillery service. being a
lieutenant of the 10th Maine battery
when mustered out.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-04-21

Charles W. Curtis. the retiring clerk
at the forestry department. expects to
retire from the Office about Saturday.
April 20. after which he will, with Mrs.
Curtis. go to their former home, in
Rrewer Mr.. Curtis has not fully de-
cided as to what he will do. but con-
templates engaging in business in
Brewer The best wishes of host of
friends will go with him.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-04-21
STATE HOUSE.
Railroad Commissioners
in Bangor, Today.
Six Out Of Twenty-three Pass
the Pharmacy Examinations.
Fish and Game Laws-Notes of the
Departments.

The board of railroad commissioners
will be in session at the Bangor House,
in Bangor. at 10 o'clock A. NJ. Friday.
April %, for the purpose of holding a
hearing on petition of the Northern
Maine Seaport Railroad Co.. for per-
mission to make some changes in its
line of railroad. There are IL changes
in all. and they occur in the towns of
Lagrange, Alton, Bradford, Hudson.
Glenburn, Bangor, Hampden, Winter
port. Frankfort, Prospect, Stockton
Springs and Searsport.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-04-21

The annual spring work of getting
out the ashes at the State House, has
commenced, and is we'll underway.
The amount of ashes MADE during the
winter is a large one, but it is easily
disposed of by being placed on the
roadways around the capitol grounds.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-04-21

The following corporations have filed
their certificates OF organization at the
Office of the secretary of State:
Southern Coal and Timber Co. has been
organized at Bangor for the purpose of
dealing in coal and timber lands. etc,
with $1,000 900 capital stock of which moth
ing IS paid in. The officers are: Presi-
dent. Benning c. Addition Of Bangor;
treasurer, Raymond II. Hitchcock Of
Bangor. Certificate approved April II,
1905
Cearhart and Brooks Co has been or
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-04-21

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Charlevoix county herald., 1905-10-28

schedules were illustrated by rep
esentatives who called on Speaker
Cannon. 1t happened that one day
a prominent Massachusetts member
called to impress the speaker with the
easy manner in which the tariff might
be revised.
"You see." declared the Massachu-
setts member, 1--WE all make too much
over the difficulties in revising the
tariff. 1t would really be very sim
pie. We would only have to put hides,
wool and coal on the free list and the
country would be practically satisfied.
We might do more. but that would
really be enough. There could be no
difficulty in coming to an agreement
on that-merely a matter Of a few
weeks"
The speaker listened intently as
he always does listen to advice. But
trailing on the heels of the Massacnu-
sets member came representative
from Illinois who also wanted to re-
wise the tariff. He started in the me
as his predecessor. He thougl there
was altogether too much fuss n.lde
Charlevoix county herald., 1905-10-28
Thirty States Represented.

The Mount Vernon Ladies' Associa-
tion is a most exclusive body. 1t is
composed of a regent, who is president
Of the association, and a vice-regent
from each of the States of the Union.
Thirty States are now represented.
The women are justly proud of the
work that has been and is being accom-
plished, and so value their places in
the council that it has become a GUS
tom for the Office of vice-regent to de-
scend from mother to daughter or
other near relative. When vacancy
occurs In the council the Governor of
the State is invited to nominate some
prominent woman; but should the
name not receive the favorable consid-
Grafton Of the regent and vice-regents
no appointment is made until one ac-
ceptable to all is proposed.
Miss Cunningham, the first regent,
lived at Mount Vernon from 1868 to
1873, when she resigned on account of
i'll health. She died the following
year. The present regent is Mrs. JUS
tine Van Rensselaer, Townsend, of New
York.
During the Civil War, though in the
very midst of the conflict, Mount Ver-
non escaped serious injury. This was
mainly due to the heroism of Miss
Tracy, the secretary Of the association,
who took up her abode at Mount Yer
Charlevoix county herald., 1905-10-28
THE TARIFF PROBLEM.
REVISION AND ANTI-REVISION
SENTIMENTS IN WA SHINGTON.
Speaker Cannon between Two Fires
Question to be a Live One During
the Next Session of Congress.

1t is rather amusing to those who
are on the inside of the political arena
in Washington to observe the manner
in which discussions of the tariff are
conducted throughout the country. In
an academic way the theories Of the
tariff are talked over. But to the men
on whom the real work of revising the
tariff would devolve there are very diff
ferent considerations to influence them.
They openly declare that the tariff
ought to be revised, but they say the
danger to business interests would be
so great that they fear undertaking it.
They insist that q struggle over the
schedules would last six months, and
that during that time the business in
tereSts would be suffering stagnation
that would afflict the country very
sOrely.
This view is secuted by the revision
lists as one that has no standing with
men who believe in doing things. They
claim that if such considerations are
to prevail there never could be q re-
vision Of the tariff.
So Easy To Revise.
Not long ago the difficulties in
agreeing upon changes in the Dingley
Charlevoix county herald., 1905-10-28

1t makes no difference whether Mr..
Rockefeller be right or wrong in his
forecast of a gathering storm, his plan
for the employment of surplus labor
is practical and profitable one and
his enumeration Of road building, riv-
er Improvement irrigation, forest pres
ervation and swamp draining, as the
truly great national problems is phil
osophic. The work needs to be done,
and eventually 1t must be done, II the
United States is to progress. Waste
is national loss-waste by flood and
drought as we'll as waste by fire.
Every acre of land should be made to
pay. The government promotes re-
search and experimentation I'm agri-
culture, with a view to increasing the
effectiveness of tillage; there is no
reason why it should not give counte-
nance and support to reclamation Of
land and the enhancement Of the fer
tility of land already under culture.
1t Is the land-the farm, which is the
pedestal Of the republic.
There should be no effort to mini
miZe the worth of manufactures
processes that work up the raw prod
ucts Of the earth into serviceable
forms. The ores from which are OBJ
tained the metals of commerce as
much a product of the land as corn,
wheat and cotton-not as primarily
important but quite as necessary to
man in his present highly organized
social state. 1t is difficult to draw
the line between some of the basic
manufactures and agriculture, for the
iron furnaces and steel mills build the
railroads and bridges which give
farmers shortcut to markets.
French Statesman Also Predicts
Panic.
But the point is, that where manu-
factures develop out Of proportion to
the growth of agriculture, the world
Is being turned wrong side up. Mr..
Meline in declaring that the overpro-
duction Of manufactures will lead to
an Industrial crash, says; "There is
room for everyone under the sun, but
on condition of sharing up the good
things Of the earth, instead of concen-
trating upon one department Of actiy.
ity." GtnnfS, Gt.JIfHJ
-s--sst. 49, ~ -.
Charlevoix county herald., 1905-10-28
Vast Plan of Construction.

"There is enough labor today needed
on the public highways to employ all
the idle or surplus labor for a century.
The improvement of the roads, the
dredging streams, and especially of
the Mississippi, where annually mill
ions of damage is done by the over
flow, the irrigation of arid lands, the
preservation Of forests and the drain
age of the swamps are the great pub
lie problems that should be occupying
the public mind. Municipal, state and
national laws should be enacted now
for the building of roads, so that
when the industrial storm comes it
Will not be too late to breast it."
Charlevoix county herald., 1905-10-28

is having very little effect on them.
In fact the protectionists do not even
care to discuss that phase of the ques-
ton. A revision of the tariff with the
declared purpose to simply lower the
schedules they say would have the
same effect on the country that they
claim would follow an attack on
the tariff principles by the free-trad-
ers. They claim that merchants would
not buy goods when lower tariff rates
might still further reduce the price
they would have to pay. That condi-
tions lasting six months they fear
would upset all business conditions.
They say it might mean panic.
But they are likely to have their
views very forcibly contested by the
tariff revsionists next winter. The re-
visionists and the men who believe in
the principles of reciprocity are band
ing together to give battle in the halls
Of Congress. The citadel is now dis
tinctly IN the control of the stand pat
ters and it is to be seen what power
the revisionists will develop in contest
| ing their ascendancy.
Charlevoix county herald., 1905-10-28

ing untitled and useless, and the house
and outbuildings were showing signs
of the Passing of the years. The glory
of that splendid home was departing.
A Woman's Work.
To the great credit of John Angus
tine Washington it is related that he
refused absolutely to consider PROPOSE
tions advanced by private companies
and individuals to purchase the estate,
to be converted later into a pleasure
resort. Think of the desecration-a
vaudeville performance on that magni-
ficent stretch of lawn, walters bearing
their burdens of food and drink
through those stately halls, the daily
uproar of irreverent crowds.
And then came Miss Ann Pamela
Cunningham, of South Carolina. She
visited Mount Vernon in 1858 and was
shocked and grieved at the fate in
store for the historic spot. She con-
ceived the plan of rousing the women
of her beloved southland to the true
state of affairs and enlisting their CO
operation in the raising of fund OF
100000, the price asked for the house,
outbuildings, wharfage, garden and
some two hundred acres of farmlands
So she went to work, and it must be
remembered that fifty years ago it took
no small amount of bravery for a
woman to inaugurate and carry on an
undertaking Of such magnitude. But
after five years of effort the whole of
the 100000 was in hand. 1t was
found impracticable to confine the
propaganda to the Southern States, so
the North was invited to assist, which
she did in generous measure.
At the close of 1858 the Mount Yer
non estate was purchased and the title
passed to the Mount Vernon Ladies'
Association of the Union.
Freed from Taxation.
A charter was secured from the State
OF Virginia, granting exemption from
taxation, the association In return
binding itself to the task OF restoring
TO its original condition and preserving
Charlevoix county herald., 1905-10-28

feels the thrill of patriotism stirring
the hearts of the people.
But do the thousands who annually
sail down the Potomac to visit the
stately home of George Washington
know that to woman's initiative is
due the restoration and preservation of
the beautiful Mount Vernon of to-day?
Away back IN 1853 this home was in
a rapidly deteriorating condition. John
Augustine Washington, a son Of Gen
eral Washington's nephew, was the
owner of the estate. The descendants
of Washington evidently did not inherit
the clear business sense of their illus
trious ancestor, for in General Wash
ington's time the farm yielded hand
some income. Now the fields were ly-
Charlevoix county herald., 1905-10-28
for future generations this home OF
General George Washington.


In this connection it is interesting
TO know that during the ten-day annual
meet of the Board of Regents in the
month of May banquet is given to
the Governor of Virginia. After the
feast is ended and the toasts are drunk,
the entire association conduct the Gov
ernor about the house and grounds,
that he may know, by personal observa-
tion, that the pact entered into so long
ago is being faithfully kept.
1t is the custom of the ladies Of the
association to live at Mount Vernon
during the yearly session. At this
time the old home wears an air of un-
wonted gaiety. The kitchen gives out
the most appetizing odors, and. stimu-
lated to unusual activity by tales of the
old days, the corp Of Virginia servants
are anxious to show their fitness for
the honor of "servin' de ladies'" Even
the brick oven, relic of colonial days,
is called into use, the beautifully
Drowned bread. pies and cakes attest
ing it's superiority.
Charlevoix county herald., 1905-10-28
STEM INDUSTRIAL CRASH.
OIL MAGNATE PRE-
Diets CRISIS AND SUGGESTS
PALLATIVE MEASURES.
Would Have Nation Begin Work of
Vast Internal improvements. Ex-
Premier MeIine of France Also
Sounds Warning.
] II. SHANNON.

That the land is the source of all
real wealth, has been said by philoso-
piers time out of mind, and now with
the urban districts draining from the
country much of the flower of its man.
hood the cry is going up from the lips
of legions of wise men, Back to the
Landv All manner of colonization
projects are being devised and tried
for the purpose of diverting foreign
from the cities to fields
and to relieve the pressure of conges-
tiOn in the over-grown centers. One
Charlevoix county herald., 1905-10-28
Day of Distress Near.

The richest man in America is posi-
tive, however, that the crash will come
about 1907-year after next-and so
sure is he that the trouble is on it's
way, that he is already weaving a
plan to provide work for those who
will be thrown out Of employment,
and thus ameliorate the panic. He is
certain that the number of men who
Will need help will be about 1000, 900,
and when is added to those men the
number Of dependents, the total is ap-
palling. Mr.. Rockefeller thinks this
vast army Of unemployed should be
set to work by the government on in
ternal improvements, the building of
new roads, improvement Of old ones.
dredging of streams, irrigating land,
etc. He says;
Charlevoix county herald., 1905-10-28
impends will be precipltated by over

impends will be precipitated by over
production of manufactured goods.
He says Consumption must have its
bounds, and so with the consumption
Of manufactured articles. When "a
man has filled all his requirements In
clothes and furniture a mere lowering
Of prices, which is all that mechanical
improvements generally mean nova
days, can no longer attract him.
Therefore, when the output is not re-
strained the market necessarily be-
comes choked."
Mr.. Rockefeller is specific as to the
time when the crash is to occur. 1t is
likely that he errs in this, because pre-
dictiOns as to periods of depression
and readjustment are seldom fulfilled
as to dates. Crises as a rule come un-
expected and the immediate reason is
most apt to be due to over-expansion
of credit, and overproduction of secur-
tiles than to actual overproduction of
goods; but when to the cause Of over
expanded credits is added overproduc-
ton of manufactures and a lOp-sided
industrial system, recovering from the
crash Is more difficult.
Charlevoix county herald., 1905-10-28

I'D. ROCKEFELLER AND HIS NEW WIG.
feature of the ominous flow Of people
to the cities is the phenomenal develop
ment Of manufactures. There may
come a time when manufactures will
so overbalance agriculture that there
will not be enough basic wealth pro-
duced to afford a profitable market
for the factory-made goods. When,
the Industrial situation shall become
so unbalanced, q commercial crash of
stupendous magnitude must ensue.
As Helpless Babes.
Then the city-trained men who
know not how to make bread out of
the soil will clamor for work, curse
the economic condition of the period
denounce the state, threaten the re-
public with all sorts of fantastic theo-
ries, and there will be acute friction
between the few rich and the multi
tude of poor. Gradually men will
drift back to the land and learn to
make their living with the plow and
reaper and n satisfactory equilibrium
between agriculture and manufactures
will once more be reached. Before
this result is attained, there will
De lhCehSe SuHeIlllS. dlulileS Ihdl
are in comfortable circumstances will
know the meaning of misery, and
families now affluent will fall into
beggary. All this is not q dream.
Men of clearest vision see it coming
Rockefeller's Prophecy of Panic.
1t is what Mr.. John ID. Rockefeller
sees when he predicts, as he did in a
recent interview ian industrial crisis
of worldwide extent and unprece-
dented severity"
Mr.. Rockefeller says the crisis will
be brought on by overproduction in
all lines. The Standard Oil magnate
Charlevoix county herald., 1905-10-28

non, accompanied by only a few serv-
ants. Miss Cunningham, the regent,
was prohibited from crossing the mill
tary lines and could not join her. For
four long years Miss Tracy remained at
the lonely home, managing the estate
and guarding the buildings.
The plan Of the rehabilitation Of
Mount Vernon, by returning to it's
rooms the original furnishings, or arti-
Charlevoix county herald., 1905-10-28
HOME OF WASHINGTON.
HOW WOMEN PAVED THE WAY
FOR RRESTORATIO OF MT. VERNON
Historic Place is Now Exactly as it
Looked During the Lifetime of
Great Statesman-C General = ThouS-
ands Visit it Annually.

The bell is tolling, the band playing
Nearer My God to Thee" and the
passengers know, even before they
raise their eyes to the fair sweep of
Virginias shore line, that the steamer
is passing Mount Vernon. A pretty
custom-the tolling of the bell and the
playing of the fine old hymn. A hush
falls on the crowded decks, and one
Charlevoix county herald., 1905-10-28

does not stand alone as a prophet of
impending evil. Essentially the same
prediction Is made by Senator Jules
Melne, once premier of France, and
stateman says that the crisis which
Charlevoix county herald., 1905-10-28
over the revision Of the tariff. He de-
clared that it would be an easy jOb.f
As Simple as Can Be.

rs oimpie as Ian be-
"What would you do with the
tariff?" he was asked.
why" he replied, "it's as simple as
can be. All you have to do is to lower
the tariff on wOolen goods and to make
big reduction in the shoe schedules.
Practically that would satisfy every
one, and if you did no more the coun-
try would be pleased"
The Illinois representative was in
formed that he had been preceded by
member from Massachusetts who
thought that all that would be neces-
sary would be to put coal, hides and
wool on the free list.
"Hides on the free list" exclaimed
the Illinois speaker. mot while l
have the strength to stay here to fight
it,"
"Now you see what an easy thing it
is to revise the tariff" said the
speaker.
'If was Cod" again remarked the
speaker in his quaint style, II would
make some changes in the tariff. l
would put them into effect before any
body knew what they were to be made.
Then there would be no unsettling Of
business and at least some people
would be happy"
Charlevoix county herald., 1905-10-28

cles similar in design and construction,
is generally understood. But every
woman should know and remember
that to the loyal, patriotic women of
the land belongs the credit of saving
from ruin and obliteration the fine old
home Of the Father Of his country.
Charlevoix county herald., 1905-10-28
Question an Absorbing One.

What alarms so many prominent
protectionists is what they claim is
the danger of unsettling the business
conditions of the country. The the
oretical adjustment of the tariff ac-
cording to the principles of protection
Charlevoix county herald., 1905-10-28

The Kitchen a
IL was a
Hundred Years
Ago.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-11-08
HAD NOT walked
FOR | | MONTHS
Terrible Sore on Ankle Caused
Awful Sufering-CouId Not Sleep
nor Rest r. Physician Said Leg
Would Have to Be Amputated.
CURED BY .CUTICURA
IN SIX WEEKS

~ had terrible sore on my ankle
and had not walked any for eleven,
months. l tried nearly everything
without any benefit and had q doctor,
but he didn't seem to do any good. He
said I would have to have my leg
taken of, and that would never walk
again. Isuffcred awful, and at might
could not sleep at all. thought
there was no rest for me, but as soon
as began to use Cuticura Soap and
Ointmentit commence healing nicely.
l bathed the ankle with warm water
and Cuticura Soap and then applied
Cuticura Ointment to the affected
part, and laid cloth over the sore
to hold it in place. After two weeks
could walk around In my room real
good, and in six weeks time my ankle
was entirely cured and | was walking
around ont OF doors. / am enjoying
perfect health and have gone to work
and feel as we'll as ever did in my life,
En- know that the Cuticura Remedies
are the best in the world.
/" Cuticura was recommended to me
by q lady who had used it when her
baby's head was 80 full OF sores he could
not lie down. She had to set him up
in her arms to sleep. (signed) Mrs.
Mary Dickerson, Louisa, O.. d. Va, April
%, 1867
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-11-08
Lvnchburg.
Especial to The T!mcs-Dlspatch.)

Especial to The Timcs-Dispatch.)
LYNCHBURG, VA, Nov. 7.-Probably
more apathy prevailed in the election to-
day than ever before In Lynchburg.
Hundreds of Democrats remaining away
from the polls in the city. The total
vote was hardly 200 out Of registered
vote OF 300. The Republican vote was
also small, that party polling nothing
Ike its strength. With the small vote
Swanson carried the city by majority
OF 574 votes, carrying six Of the seven
precincts in the city. Judge Lewis car
ried the former negro stronghold by six
votes
At Blackwater precinct, in Campbell
county, no election was held as the
judges failed to appear. This precinct
polled 81 Yates in the August primary.
and had normal vote of about 60, being
slightly Republican.
The election passed or without the
slightest incident, and tonight no in
terest is being taken In the displaying of
the returns. Swanson's vote was s44;
Lewis, 270.
The municipal and legislative ticket
nominated by the Democrats were elect
ed without opposition.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-11-08

tonight the votes In some Of the city
precincts and remote county districts
have not been counted.
The returns 80 far received, however,
rake certain the defeat OF the proposed
constitutional amendment BY decisive
majority OF 5000 or more and very
PROBABLY the election Of Mccullough, Re-
publican, State Comptroller, over Akin
son, Democrat, and the election OF Re-
publicans In three out Of four of the
city legislative districts. The Republican
candidates for sheriff, city court. CLERK
and city surveyor in Baltimore are also
elected. Chief Judge Harlan, Democrat,
Is reelected by 1000 majority The Re-
publicans did not nominate n candidate
against Judge Harlan, though there was
an Independent Republican candidate.
The political complexion of the next
Legislature is uncertain and will not be
known until the official count has been
completed.