The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1905-04-08

PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT left Washington on
Monday morning on his long pleasure trip
through the West and Southwest. and which
he has hadin mind for months. His first OBJ
jective point was San Antonio, Texas, where
he went to attend the annual reunion of the
Rough Riders, with whom he fought in the
Spanish American War. He will later go on
a hunting trip in the Panhandle of Texas and
from thence to Colorado. The entire trip will
consume about two months. During the
Presidents absence Secretary Taft will act as
the nations head-the 'big" man of the coun-
try officially as well as physically.
AT ONE of the services preliminary to the
dedication of a new and stately Methodist
Church in Cleveland last Sunday Lutheran
clergyman offered prayer and the speaking was
by Presbyterian, Congregational and Baptist
pastors, the dean of Trinity Cathedral and
Rabbi Moses Cries. There We have the evil
dence of growing liberality in the best possible
concrete form. 1t is good thing. for the
churches require all their combined energy to
fight evil instead of contesting theological diff
ferences of no great moment. The churches
in Philadelphia are unit against local sins
and political evils. A like spirit of endeavor
should mark the church everywhere.
THE HEAD of the Armour Company in Balti-
more says that beef will continue to jump in
price and that within the next thirty days the
retail price will advance from to cents a
pound. The chief cause for the advance is said
to be the scarcity of stock all over the country.
It was pointed out that feed has been high
during the past winter, especially corn. As
result cattle raisers have rushed their stock to
market, frequently in an immature state, be-
lieving it to be better policy to sell them than
to feed them. These cattle were butchered and
sold or canned during the winter, and now
the receipts coming forward are comparatively
few and by no means equal to the demand.
Those who monopolize trade always have ready
a seemingly plausible excuse when they see fit
to put the screws down on the consumers
little tighter.
On MONDAY last the Baltimore Equitable
Society-one of the Oldest fire insurance con-
Germs in the country-held its one hundred
and eleventh annual meeting. The losses paid
by this company on account of the great BaIt;-
more fire of 1904 aggregated the enormous sum
of 81. $780, 900, which was larger than that paid
by any other single company, domestic or
foreign After meeting these losses the socie-
ty had still to its credit over 81 100000. Mr..
Wilton Snowden is president of the Equitable
and among its directors are such well known
gentleman as Messrs. German H. Hunt E.
Austin Jenkins, Jesse Hilles. D. j.. Foley,
Robert X. Waring, Decatur H. Miller, Jr.,
John X. Shaw, Elisha H. Perkins and Thomas
X. Carey. The fine building of the Equitable
Society is located on the southeast corner of
Eutaw and Fayette streets.
THE LAYMEN's ASSOCIATION of the Baltimore
Annual Conference of the NJ E. Church, at its
meeting in Washington last week, elected Mr.
Baldwin, of Baltimore, president
Mr.. William T. Conn, of East Baltimore dis
trict, was chosen a member of the executive
committee. Hon. Leslie M. Shaw. Secretary
of the Treasury, addressed the association in
the afternoon. Among other things be said;
1.-The Methodist Church was designed for the
people and poor people, educated
people and uneducated people, cultured and
l4cuitured. But do not believe it was ever
the design of God or man that it should be the
church of one to the exclusion of the Others
In my judgment the only way to keep it the
church of all is to stop drawing distinctions
between the sons of men. l should hesitate
to take my church motto from a cigar sign,
but know of none so appropriate as that by
Henry George-T am for men, God grant
that this great branch of the church, designed
to preach the Gospel to man without distinc-
ton as to social, financial or moral conditions,
may see to it that within its borders there shall
be neither rich nor poor, high nor low, bond
nor Free"
Ar LOUISVILLE, KY, on Tuesday President
Roosevelt, who is on bis Southwestern pleasure
trip, met with most hearty reception, nearly
the entire population turning out to greet him.
Governor Beckham made the address of well
come and said: Regardless of all political
differences, we are here to do honor not only
to the Chief Magistrate of this great country
but also to Theodore Roosevelt, the man.
We recognize his eminent patriotism. his IN
tegrity his fearlessness, and we all believe him
to be a friend of the great common people