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The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-03-29

severely scored the, attitude taken by
Governor Cummins and others of the
republican party on the tariff question
and criticized the statements made by
them.
When the rumor of his candidacy to
succeed President Roosevelt was sug-
egsted after his speech was finished, he
laughed and replied:
Il can't say a word about that"
During his discussion of the tariff
question, Secretary Shaw said that the
position repeatedly urged that the tar
iff ought to measure the exact differ
ence in the cost of production in the
United States and foreign countries.
was untenable. He said there was
scarcely manufactured article in all
Europe that cannot be purchased from
10 to 25 per cent cheaper for export
to the United States than for domes-
tic consumption. Americans alone COM
plain that goods are sometimes sold
abroad cheaper than at home.
He said he had no quarrel with any
citizen of Iowa and was not opposing
any man, but simply opposing teach
ings within his party, which are I'M
by the national platform.
Concerning reciprocity, he said:
Theoretically, the principle is correct,
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-03-29
THE TRAMP PROBLEM SOLVED.

There is much complaint Of lack OF
employment in Englond. The former
prime minister is compelled to hear
good many appeals and petitions on
the part of the unemployed for work
or bread The tramp question prom
Uses to be a serious one, and it has
been taken up vigorously by John
Burns, who is known in this country
as well as in Europe, as a leader in
labor circles. John Burns is a men,
Der of parliament, member of the
cabinet and president of the local
government board. 1t is particularly
appropriate that he should tackle this
tramp question He will be less liable
to the charge of lack of sympathy
with the workman.
He is not going to trifle with the
idle and the shiftless, however. Lon
don correspondence outlines the plan
for curing the tramp evil. 1t. in brief,
is to make the tramp work. The po-
lice will arrest the vagabond and labor
colonies will be established where he
may be made to earn what he eats
The tramp will be divided into three
classes There will be the wilfully idle,
who will be liable to sentence to
Lob c.ix n
three years. where they must work for
the state The casual Migrants
those who have not yet become habit
ual loafers-will be detained in the
same labor colonies, but will be re-
quired to do only two days work be-
fore they may be discharged. The
genuine worker, who is tramping in
search of employment, will be fur
nished lodging and food in return for
labor performed and supplied with a
book giving his description, his desti-
nation and admitting him to the next
place of detention, where by working
for it, he may have lodging and food
not to exceed two days each, if he de-
sires to rest on his Journey
The plan is substantially that Of
Denmark and Germany In the latter
country especially, has it been pro-
ductive of good results and the pro-
fessional vagrant has been practically
eliminated. What has worked so we'll
in Denmark and promises so well in
England ought to be interesting in this
country as a remedial program. For
tunately, the demand for labor has re-
duced the tramp element to lower
numbers just now than for many years
past, but there are still roaming about
the country a considerable number of
men who find it easier to beg than to
work. and one good institution like that
proposed by Mr.. Burns in every state
would practically clean out the ranks
of the wilfully idle.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-03-29
CITY OWNERSHIP URGED.
Center, Neb.. Torn by Municipal Cam
paign Over Its One Tub,


CENTER, Neb. March 29.-Bathtub
reform, municipal ownership of the
solitary bathtub and social wranglings
over bath precedence are tearing this
fair village into fierce factions
Shall the only tub in town be owned
by an individual or by the people ?
Shall Mrs. Banker Barrett battle before
Mrs. Blacksmith Barnes, violating the
strict letter of the law of alphabetical
priority merely because bankerage
beats blacksmithing? And, above all,
shall graft swim in the only tub of the
people? The village is all agog.
Its my tub" says Proprietor
Saunders. Of the Saunders hotel, in
which the tub turks eff they take my
franchise away I'll leave town."
Banker Barrett and Blacksmith
Barnes have been hiring halls and
holding meetings every night to help
their wives. All the twenty-seven vot-
ers of this village go from meeting to
meeting and ponder with corrugated
brows upon the stupendous mental,
moral, social, political and economic
problems of the tub. Barrett is in
power and shouting for orthodoxy,
regularity, unchangeability in the bath
tub. Blacksmith Barnes is all for re-
form.
Among the notices the the Barnes
are:
Down with the trusts
"Clean skins for ALL
Let the women battle their babies"
Keep our bathtub clean and holy;
let no monster monopoly crawl into it,"
Let the common people get into the
water"
with bathtub rates low, We'll bel
whittier than snow"
Blacksmith Barnes, in signing the
platform which he stands on. says: If
elected chairman of the board of
trustees, I pledge my active efforts !!
toward municipal ownership Of the
Banker Barrett, in answer to the |
Of the reformers, said in a.
speech: Il believe it to be for the |
best interests of the village that the
bath should be owned by one man, who
shall be responsible for it's care"
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-03-29
GAVE NEWS TO THE NEWSPAPERS
ESTABLISH A PLANT ON
TATOOSH ISLAND.
During the recent big storms in

During the recent big storms in
southern California all Geographic
companies doing business with wires
were put out of commission and for the
first time in the history of California
Wireless Telegraphy came to the res
cue and carried the news of the storms
ravages to the Los Angeles papers
All wires of every description were
down between Los Angeles and San
Diego, and the only communication be-
tween these places was by wireless
telegraph. The American De Forest
Wireless company, which is about to
establish a station in Walla Walla, was
completely swamped by a flood Of COM
mercial and news matter. The AS
ISOLATED Press was able to get for sew
eral days a very good service by wire
less. The distance between the two
cities of Los Angeles and San Diego is
40 miles.
Station Near Ocean.
From Olympia comes the news that
the equipment for a wireless station
on Tatoosh Island has been purchased.
The masts are being built at the navy
yard, Puget Sound, and specifications
for the buildings, which it proposed to
erect by contact, are being prepared.
This station is intended to COM
municate with station to be erected
in the vicinity of Admiralty Head. IS
nautical miles distant, and with one to-
be erected at North Head, near the
mouth of the Columbia river. approx
mately 100 miles distant, and with ves-
sells equipped with wireless sets at
intermediate points and seward at
distances depending on the power of
the apparatus on the ships.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-03-29
PAYING LEGISLATORS

BY a large majority the British
house of commons has declared for
thep rinciple of the payment Of men,
bers The vote carries no legislative
action. 1t merely records the opinion
ever. Of a serious movement in the
near future to provide the, members
with a moderate compensation. prob
ably about $4,000 a year.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-03-29

President Stone of Purdue university
did not stir up a great fuss when a
freshman was caught and shaved by
the upper classmen, and his head COW
cred with green paint. The president
made a quiet investigation and when
he was certain of the facts he called in
seven students and firmly expelled
them. Good enough!
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-03-29
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SMOKING OUT ROOT.

This country is becoming aroused on
the subject of the atrocities commit
ted against the natives in the Congo
Independent state The Congo Re-
form association, with headquarters at
Boston, Dr. G. Stanley Hall, presi-
dent. is disseminating information
widely with regard to conditions in the
Congo country These reports are
sure to create a powerful public senti-
ment on the subject. The sympathy of
the American people will not be APP
pealed to in vain, but sentiment in this
country must become operative and eff
fective through our government at
Washington.
Unfortunately, our secretary of
state, Mr.. Root, has manifested no in
terest in the matter. When appealed
to on the subject he said: IF the
I nlteu States lldu Ildppclcu " poS-
sess in darkest Africa territory five
times as great and populous as the
government difficult and come in for
our share of just or unjust criticism"
The answer has intensified rather
than allayed the zeal of those moving
for reform in the Congo country. They
are panied and surprised at the excuse
given by our secretary Of state for his
Discrimination to act. They are also re-
solved that this expression of indif-
ference shall not stand as indicative
Of the attitude of this country. The
way to prevent this official utterance
from being regarded as representative
of American sentiment is to show the
secretary of state what that sentiment
is A campaign of publicity is on for
that purpose. A particularly pointed
criticism of the secretary's position is
written by Edwin D. Mead, editor of
the New England Magazine, to the
Boston Transcript, in which he cites
the attitude of the United States to-
ward the Hungarian patriots led by
Kossuth and the action of our govern
ment in behalf of the Rumanian Jews
eous and manly expressions of Web
ster and Hay with the extremely un-
fortunate uterance of our present Sec
rotary. DR.. G. Stanley Hall, also re-
views the attitude of Secretary Root
and contrasts his policy with that of
our government toward the Cubans un-
der Weyler.
Secretary Root has not heard the
last of this Congo business. The story
of outrage and murder and robbery of
the defenceless and inoffensive natives
has been spread widely throughout the
country and is arousing such popular
feeling as will eventually compel our
secretary of state to recognize our
The way this is to be brought about
is by agitation in the press and in
the pulpit and through correspondence
directed to the secretary of state him.
self or to members of congress. This
is our humanitarian duty as individu-
ais and citizens. Mr.. Root must be
made to see what the people of the
United States wish to have their gov
eminent do and be pressed so closely
that he cannot escape compliance with
the popular demand. Mr.. Root does
not represent American sentiment. He
Is hiding from the demands Of popu-
lar sentiment There is but one way
to induce him to exercise the func-
tions of his office in behalf of these
onpressed people. and that way is to
smoke him out.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-03-29

The third Mills hotel, much larger
than the other two, is to be erected
this year in New York. The plan is
not only a charitable one; it pays
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-03-29

Those fellows from Missouri win out.
There was Folk; nobody will ever ac-
cuse him of not making good. Now
we have Hadley, who has finally dug
out practically all that he wanted to
know about Standard Oil, and enough,
no doubt to prove his case in court.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-03-29

General Wood always has two fights,
one with the enemy" and the other
with his detractors at home. 1t is
hardly reasonable to blame Wood for
his cOuntrys policies. Like fireman,
he has to go where he is sent.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-03-29
Shaw Scores Cummins.

DIES MONIES, Iowa, March %
ury, spoke under the auspices of the
Polk county republican club here last
night.
During his talk Secretary Shaw
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-03-29

The New York Sun tells of a poet
years ago, but failed to make any
dent on the surface of things with his
name. He began to look about him
and today is earning $50 a week de-
signing women's hats. Is this poetry
or crime?
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-03-29
Uric Acid and Gravel

Are caused by the Kidneys being I'M
able to properly filter the impurities
from the blood. Irvings Buchu Waf-
ers are the only sure remedy for this
condition; they cleanse the kidneys
from all worn out material. build up
the shrunken walls Of the Kidneys
and prevent the formation Of the
Uric Acid. Sold at soc box by
Sold by L. L. TALLMAN
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-03-29

and the term is euphonious. The diff
ficulty lies in the fact that Iowa has
no product it is willing to sacrifice for
the common good and every other
state is equally selfish"
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-03-29

The Toledo ice companies have been
indicted for entering into a combina-
ton to increase the price Of ice. Is
this not lese majestic?
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-03-29

While at Vienna as wife of the
American minister, Mrs. Bellamy
Storer occupied a dais while receiving
guests. This explains much.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-03-29

W. Bourke Cochran has made an
which side we will not know until he
changes. This means a three days
wait
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-03-29

Woodrow Wilson is said to have no
enemies. Has the senior class at
Princeton who take" lectures on moral
philosophy been pOlled yet?
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-03-29

Chicago is crying out against a
casket trust In Chicago they have
it fixed so that death itself offers no
loophole Of escape.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-03-29

It is suggested that on the day Yale
college fires Depew from the board of
overseers it give back to John D.
Rockefeller that million dollars. What?
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-03-29

Perhaps there is a baby in the Rock
erfeller Junior family, but John d.
would like to be shown.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-03-29

No matter what happens in 1908. po-
litically, we are pretty certain of some
good advice from Tom Lawson.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-03-29

Wait for the street cars at the Book
Nook.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-03-29

Subscribe for the Statesman.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1906-06-23
Labor in Old Times.

Twelve hours in winter and four.
teen in summer was fair average
days work But in Lyons in 1871
the printers worked from 2 o'clock
in the morning till s or 8 in the
evening. In other trades the work
ing hours were often from 4 in the
morning till 3 at night or from 5
to 10. Workers in the same meter
generally lived together in the same
street. Bat the matre-artisan had
his own maisOn. The ground floor
was his shop or workshop; above
was his bedroom. which was also the
sitting and eating room; small room
adjoining accommodated his children,
and above was garnet where vari.
Gus commodities were stored.-Frow
Brisson's Work and Workers."
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1906-06-23
CANNiEALiSM IN SANA.
Arab Siege Drove People to Horrible
Extrenities.

Leland Buxton. who has just re-
turned to England from tour OF
several months in the Persian Gulf
and in the Yemen. in an interview.
speaking of his experiences. said:
I'VE found Sana to be practically
depopulated, having been reduced
from population of 10000 to some
thing like 10000 as result OF the
famine during the Arab siege. The
Jews suffered terribly during this
period, and almost the whole iowa IS
deserted Sana, which, so far as
know. has only been visited by few
Englishmen, has magnificent and
very large buildings, covered with
decorations, and the town Is sur
rounded by mud walls. There was a
very large number of Turkish troops
in the town when l was there. 1t
was stated that the Imam was driven
to rebellion against the Turks by the
local sheiks" Mr.. Buxton said that
on his way to the capital ne found
villages had been destroyed by the
Turkish artillery. and that great
portion of the route to Sana was en-
tirely depopulated. Large numbers
of skeletons and skulls marked the
route The siege of Sana was attend-
ed by terrible suffering and starva-
ton, and cannibalism occurred both
among the Arabs and the Turks.
The people were reduced to terrible
straits, and one Turk himself adj
mitted that he had killed and eaten
three Arabs. The dogs, which are a
characteristic feature of most Euro
pean towns, mad disappeared. both
they and the cats having been used
as food. The only European in Sana
is an Italian trader, who was in the
place throughout the siege, and who
has lived there for 20 years. While
in Bagdad Mr.. Buxton especially
made inquiries as to what extent
British commerce was being affected
by German trade, but found that the
former was still holding it's own.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1906-06-23
CORPORATE EVILS CURE.
Federal Charters as Well as Federal
Regulation, Says Grosscup.

| The Nations Corporation Prob
| lem" was discussed at Il dinner OF
+. the Economic Club in Boston. by
Peter S. Grosscup. of Chicosa, s@dge
| Of the United States Circuit Cos-sse
of Appeals. The dinner was held l.
the Exchange Club Building, and
WAS largely attended.
Judge Grosscup reviewed the de-
| yelopment OF the corporation in ma
tional life He expressed the opil-
ion that the promoters of dishonest
corporations have fiourshed under 4
policy OF indifferences by the State,
and that the over-capitalized corpora
ton has become the rule. He made
the point that the corporation is so
intricately put together that no man.
not an expert, can put his finger on
the particular security that his par
tlcular certificate is supposed to rep
resent, IS also the rule. After citing
two instances of gross over-capitalj
cation. the speaker said:
"All over this land in every city,
in every community, are scars like
this inspiring the feeling that within
the boundaries of corporate activity
the restraining hand of law and
order is never cXeried. And TO this
l2WloSsne.s. 70 this ungestrailed
r!@ht of robbery. borrowed from the
feHdal aEes il TO be attributed tho
fact that from corporate ownership
The people have been drawing away.
and have drawn away until the
whole vast field is left TO the few
who are prepared to take chances i'll
Il frontier kind OF battle for the
right to exist
The great disease of corporations,
Judge Grosscup thought is that the
people at large are practically ex-
cluded from any permanent stake IN
the country's corporate property. He
believed that to put the corporation
upon a basis that will justify the
peoples trust, we should transfer
from the State to the nation not SIM
ply the regulation but the incorpora-
ton in the first instance of enter
prises that in their nature are ma
tional. But not regulation or super
vision alone would prove insufficient,
Judge Grosscup said. He went on:
Enterprises that are national
must find their corporate right to ex-
ist in the nations purpose that no
form Of incorporate property will be
tolerated that is not calculated TO
serve honestly the peoples instinct
for individual ownership, as we'll as
their interests as mere patrons ana
customers. A national ideal like that
entered upon. the States will follow
in their corporate policy respecting
local corporations"
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1906-06-23
A SONG
uausr1sn in McCIure's.

:, !. E. Hausnan in Mcclure's.
~ T. Il the Don the long road lies,
Ras moon Hands blank above:
lns n the moon the long road lies
VIZ leads me from MY love.
!. ..,rs the hedge without a gust.
sa o..n still the shadows stay:
'' r'at upon the moonlit dust
y p,rsae the cease'e5s way.
,-,s is round. 20 travellers tell.
~ I'd straight though reacA the
track. =,
q,usss on, trudso on. twill all be
well, ~
a.. ore the circle homeward hies
% r.r far must it remove:
L. IN the moon the long road lies
VIZ ra. loads me from my love.
"A Shropshire Lad"
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1906-06-23

Il Is a curious fact that failting
is less common than T ased to be.
notes the Detroit News. This Is due
in very great measure to the outdoor
life young women lead in these days
Of tennis and golf and other sports.
The heart and the circulation are
Strengthened by exercise in the open
air, and it takes a greater shock
to disorder The blood balance in the
body of the modern woman.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1906-06-23

An ultimatum to the ne1s of Iowa
is contained in a bill just passed by
the Assembly of that State. ordering
that hereafter dozen eggs must
weigh pound and a half, observes
the Hartford COurant.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1906-06-23

Indiana's deductions on account Of
mortgage exemptions in 1905, was
$47,255, 25S.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1906-06-23

Indiana's center of population Is
in Decatur county.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1906-06-23

indiana has 2S1. 400 acres covered
N1~n lakes.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1906-06-19
Il ARlOBIsPO BLENk

Hoy . Las dies desde el altar ma
yor de CSt3dral sc des pidi6 de suH ls.
lIgrsIeS y amigos oil ais lb!spo honse
atNor BleEk, con IN hreve discurso
lleno de duceI conseios J lamsntEndo
su parsIdA de 10 pals 81 Que Sc s!ente
lisGdo por iutimoI liecIoI
Puso de relieve los grandeI m6ri'
soI de usrto Riso para . ccrquiIta
de sus derech -, Alsntsndolo persevf.
rtr hAltA ell dia vensuroso de reAlifAr
suI mobiles aIpiracionss. Promsii6 no
olvldar iAmAa : eI!A islsi lAborAndo
ala en- Ell gran pueblo americana por
Iu or srsrAndesimielo J biensslAr,
Y reconend6, en- 60, como su lu
ceSor INFERNO halta la llsRAds del
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1906-06-19
Il BANQvETE De ANOCHE

Ancchs 80 celebr6 en- ell palAcio
episcopal el bAnqucte en- honor del
reverendo arzobispo Blerk.
AZ ASistieron aelenta comensales, A
los brlndis hicieron uso de la palabrA
los aef1oreS don Rafael del Vale,
Ward, Alvarez Nava, AcostG = linte-
70, Hernandez L3pez y el gobernAdor
Mr.. Winthrop.
El poetA sefior Gordils recit6 una
composition eScrlIs sexpresSmente para
oil Aeto.
Cerr6 los btindis Nonaefor Bier k
quIen dip, que st 81 cuerpo sc AleiAbA
con trittszs, deiabA en- csmbio en- 10
iSlA su esI Iiritu, que donde quierE
que eltuviess rscordArfs como un tim
bre de honor Gu raso por Puerto Rico,
Su dilcurso fle muy senlido, EI
bArquete termin6 & las does y me.
diA,
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1906-06-19
No SE AFtITE

I'm peri6dico frances, Le GduloiS,
tuvo Ia ocurreneia de prtgantar & ellen
hombres por Qre ga.tAbAn hIgoGe, CO.
80 que & fn dc cuentAs 10 que hace 81
de'dgurAr 10 cara, y he squf las con
testacioneE que lego a reunir;
ssis individuos dijeron que no sc
quitAban los blgotes por 10 moleAtlS
que ocaRionA el It,itaneos. Otro di
10 que no Sc rASuraba Itrque el bigo
to le tGpAba los dientes, que ain du6s
no eStarian muy viaiblei; otro Aduit
que ain 81 psrecia que teniA mas lar
gas las narices, y otros tres conteSA
ron que 10 uIabAn para evItsr CorItI
pAdos.
UroI tres de los conIu'tados Adu-
isron en- apoyo de 81 blgote, cue era
necesArio para 10 aalud Dles y Aiete
sc contentaron eon responder que les
guItAbs tensrlo, y solo dos tuvierop
10 ttAnqueza de desir cue les gultaba
q aus respect vas seaoras.
Fl resto, unos seserta b'gotudoI,
diPron como riE6n de Itrlo la de que
d las huiereI no les guAiAn los hom
bres AleitAdos,