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The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-05-04

question, looking over this direction, and
said In substance, "Can any one explain
why our merchant marine commenced to
fade away from the seas about the year
1860. when prior to that time II had been
such an important factor IN commerce
upon the high seas?'
The question Is not difficult one to an
swer. Prior to that time we had free raw
material for ships. because prior to that
time ships were built out of wood, and
our forests were full OF material free TO
anybody who wanted to take 1t. Early I'm
the last century they commenced to roll
iron In England. and as soon as they did
that persons and firms engaged In that
business in this country insisted upon n
tariff against the rolled iron of England
In order that they might continue ham,
mering out iron until their establishments
fell into decay.
They got n tariff that was exclusive.
and they continued TO hammer out iron
until, In 1866, the first iron Cunarder
plunged across the Atlantic ocean. and II
became apparent at once that the ship OF
the future would be an iron ship. ButIur
factories. protected by protective tariff.
had been hammering iron. They were not
prepared to roll iron, and so. with our
mountains full OF Iron ore. we were un-
prepared TO build iron ships. For sixty
years England had been rolling iron, and
she commenced TO build iron ships. and
our supremacy upon tHe IlBl seas tOti-
menced to fade away at once. 1t was on
account OF the fact that we had no free
raw materials for ships. 1t was on ac-
count OF the pernicious effect of the pro-
tective tariff. We are building today more
wooden ships than any other nation In the
| world. We are building today more wood
en- ships than we ever built. but wooden
ships are obsolete on all the seas OF the
world except in our coastwise trade, and
these benevolent navigation laws. supple
menting the high protective system of this
country, exclude from competition with
our own vessels the iron vessels owned by
I citizens of other nations. So, as q result
of the fact that we were not prepared 10
/ roll iron in 1860 and that our navigation
laws keep the iron ships of England from
competing In our coastwise trade we
have in our coastwise trade n fleet of
worthless vessels, wooden vessels nearly
all of them. adding nothing to the COM
mercial Importance OF this country and
doing us no good in time of war.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-05-04
GilIcspie's Oninion.


Everybody familiar with Washing
ton affairs knows that Texas has one
"a ~. ...,... ,a,..t A., A..
VI INC s''ohseSl ueeS"''oho III 'ho
house. one or the growing Texans Is
Oscar w. Gillespie. He Is Young. ca.
r,blo oourooaons ,ndustr,ou, ond oo.
P'''. .ouiae'ou'' "A' "e
the only man that ever caught Hon.
Jobn noI,ol, of pannav,yopio uonn,ng
C,,,-,-, ,.,.,
uhiespN ieSoiu'iohS VI ih'eStiS".ioii
into trust matters brought him into
much prominence during the last con.
o,,oss rrhi, aisnotoh shou.s +hot ho
sreSs' lhis uispa'ch SHOWS 'nat he
knoWs now 10 use vigorous Chgnsh.
Washington. Anril 1a-Renresentatfve
Oscar w. Gillespie of Texas. a member of
the house cornn'ittec ON banking and cur
rcncy. speaking of the action of Secretary
Corteiyou in coming TO the aid of Wall
street in n, two recent rurrfes said.
.'If any other president except Roose-
welt had turned the treasury over 10 wall
stroot os Secretary Cortelvou has done A.
would be denounced from one end of the
country TO the other. Wall street Is now
claiming IL wants the government 10 nav
sl7b O00 coo government bonds dine Julv /
ON tho ground that this will ease Tho
money market
"Nfy deliberate prediction Is that inst 3
soon as the panic is past wall street will
demand that refunding bonds be issued
that this debt be not paid, but simply re-
neiG viii si,rn,s % of p s9,o ooa s ooo -, ~ tpe Se
treasury this debt and all others ought 10
be paid This surplus is ample enough to
pay ior .ne u,sslhs o. OK .he hanahia cana
one cent ON il IL Wall street would per.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-05-04
SOME BIG ATHLETIC EVENTS
WILL OCCUR AT JAMI STOWN
The Eyes Of the Sporting World During the
Coming Outdoor Season will be Centered on
the Big Carnival of Sports Contests of
Track aud Field Events to be Held
the Entire Period of Exposition.

week is TO be set aside for a mill
,aqv athletic carnival and it is the
intention of the authorities to have
co-c3cifac with them the Military
lAthletic League. During the week
of September 10 an open tennis
tournament will ne held.
'The Pcstoff,c Department OF the
General Government is inauguratlng
lau,onobile mail delivery service
lin many places where the most
lmacticable results can be OBTAIN
ed, and this is proving eminently
satisfactory. In order to secure the
best possible service, the govern
ment will make lrse of such ma
chimes as are best adapted to the
uses intended. The Jamestown Ex-
lpcsti6n offers an exceptionally fine
opportunity TO judge Of the merits
of the various machines, and to
this end d1e Post Master General
has issued the following letter, to
| T.. S. Southgatc, Governor of Ex-
hibits of the Exposition.
ga number of the officials and
t!hm' employees of the Postoffice
Department will be detailed for
duty at the Jametown Exposition
and the Pest Master General will
issrc instructions to such officials
and employees TO inspect and re-
port as to the merits Of the various
,rakos of automobiles there eXhi-
bited, particularly and to their
adaptibility for postal collection
and delivery purposes. BY direction
of the Post Master General, n. o.
Chance, Chief Clerk. -
u is also understood that General
Grant viii! detail Officers from his
command TO Inspect the AUTOMOBILES
on show at the Exposition with a
view to adopting automobiles for
military purposes.
With such incentives as these
confronting them, the automobile
manufacturers are endeavoring to
rnke the best possible display OF
their machines and the interest in
| thi' i'Ni Iai tiii'ht VI INIliDitS ll.tS
been greatly augmented by the de-
sire. to secure the recognition, not
only OF the United States govern
ment offrials, but of the attaches
OF The many foreign governments
in attendance at thes Exposition.
The Pos.office Department has
established a model automobile mail
delivery line between the Norfolk
and Exposition postoffices. the Iiail
antos being equipped with the regu-
lation screen wagon body painted
red, white and blue, with United
States Mail inscribed on the sides.
Thme are three machines, each hav-
ling capacity of sixty mail sacks
I, and a speed of from six 10 forty
miles an hour. Five round trips
per day wil be made between Nor
folk and the Exposition for the
West and South mails and five side
,tillrS between the Exposition post
office and the Pine Beach office
whore the mails, East and North,
Twill be received and dispatched.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-05-04

Norfolk, Va, May 5. - The eyes
of the sporting world, during the
1907 outdoor season wall be cen-
tered on the Jamestown Exposition
James f.. Sullivan, president OF
the Amateur Athletic Union of the
InNed States, who has been ap-
nointed honorary director of ath-
ictic events, is planning 40 have
continuous sports during the .entire
period Of the Exposition. An deal
site has been selected for the
building of the stadium, IN which
the sporting contests are 10 be held
and the running track, when COM
pleted, will be one Of the best
cinder paths ever built. 1t will
be 440 yards in circuit with a 20
ward stdaigh,away course, and will
no doubt, be the scene of many
remarkable athletic performances
during the coming summer.
Among the most important
events to be given at the EXposi-
ton are the National Amateur Ath-
letic Union track and field cham
pionships which .have been scbed-
ulel for September 6 and z. In
these games the worlds greatest
| athletes will be seen IN competi-
ton.
A featarc Of this years cham
pionship will he tbs Introduction of
.he Greek style of discus throwing,
a new event in American athletics. 4.
This will not take the place Of the
American or free style. 1t has
been decided not to give contests
in the two methods.
On July 4, the all-arouud cham
pions'lip. the ''Blue Ribbon" event
Of the Amateur Athletic Union,
will be held, and it is expected that
several prominent athletes from all
over tho world viii enter the con
test.
Arrangements are being perfected
whereby the Amateur Athletic Un-
ION basket bali championships will
be held outdoors at the Exposition
during the second week N August.
The tournament will be divided -in-
to three classes. as follows: 10
7ound class 1S07ponnd class, and
unlimited weigh t class. These
classes will be open to all regis
tered amateur teams, and will bring
to Norfolk the country's fastest
players.
The swimming and water pole
championships of the Union have
also been awarded to the Exposi-
ton, and will be given during. the
week of August 5. The best OF
the European swimmers will be
invited TO take part in these cour-
tesies.
During the month OF June il is
,lolanncd to hold jamestown col
lege championship meet, open to tho
colleges of the world. Assurances
have already been received from
several colleges that they will be
represented, including the Univer-
sity of Michigan, Princeton, George
town, Virginia, Polytechnic Instii-
tutc and Tulane University. One
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-05-04
Found Out.

think that there's but little room
For doubt that they are bride and groom.
She looks ut him with so much pride
It's certain she must be bride.
And his adorlng looks betray
His groomship-it's n give-away
] notice too, the lady's hat.
ia want>no better proof than that.
But. taken with that lilac Dress
II puts the matter past IA guess
Then he's so matt, and so trim
There's not the least mistaking him.
Their baggage! See the silver tag
That CLEANS upon the lady's bag.
His suit case! I've seen very few
So very yellow. fresh and new.
No ordinary married man
Would carry one SO splcls and span.
And-dId you sec him look at her
AS they approached the register?
Just wait a little while and see
When she puts sugar In his tea
There! That should shake your ,inbelief:
He's just picked up her handkerchief.
And note her sudden carmine bloom,
Yos ees that they are bride and groom
--chicago News
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-05-04
An Ey. Opener For Stand patters.

The shouting of the Republican cap
tains in the Roosevelt Foraker feud
the Roosevelt Hartman feud and In
other feuds In which Republican big
wigs are indulging has somewhat OBJ
scured the questions of tariff revision
and reciprocity temporarily, but never
theless and Notwithstanding these
questions, like the poor, we have with
ns always and will have until they are
settled right Even so stanch stand
patter as Hon. John Dalzell OF Pitts
burg is beginning to sit up and take
notice. He recently stated that, while
he could see no reason for revision Of
the tariff himself, there IL such wide
spread demand for 1t that he supposed
something in that line must be at
tempted just after the Inauguration Of
a president March 4, 1909. Even that
is a wonderful concession from Broth
er Dalzell.
The following dispatch may set other
stand patters TO studying the situation
In new light:
Chicago. April 13.-Tariff revision along
the lines of reciprocity with Canada and
the countries of South America was ia
vorably discussed at the convention Of
the Millers' National federation today.
An amendment to the pure food law re-
quiring that the weight of each package
OF food product offered to the public he
printed on the outside OF the package was
also favored. Yesterday the convention
Reelected the twelve directors whose
terms had expired Today. however. this
action was rescinded. and IA number of
new directors were chosen. This action
was taken because II was held that the
association might become unprogressive
on account of the constant service of the
same directors.
Now. the sort Of revision which Mr..
Dalzell and his coworkers would bring
about would not scare the stand patters
out Of years growth. Quite the con-
trary, for his plan is to conflne reel
procity to reciprocity In noncompeting
articles, which is next to nothing, while
the millers' convention mentioned In
the foregoing dispatch Is in favoi OF
reciprocity in competing articles. Sc
wags the world, and so are issues tax.
ing shape.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-05-04
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Especial Washington Ietter.l
n YNDOUBTEDLY Mr.. Ekstromer
Swedish vice consul at St. Lou
. is. knows more than he did I
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-05-04
A Strong Man.

Hon. Henry II. Rainey Of Illinois has
been doing some investigating into
Panama canal matters on his own
for handling fresh meats are so sloven-
ly as to make it seem probable that
there will be an epidemic among the
diggers OF the big ditch. He remained
on the isthmus eight days and as he
went thither unheralded had much
better chance to ascertain the truth
than did President Roosevelt or Uncle
Joe's bunch of congressman.
Ralney is an able man and Is rapidly
coming to the front in the house of
representatives. He Is fine debater.
Nature did much for him. He has n
commanding presence and one of the
clearest and most resonant voices ever
heard. His manner is deliberate, and
he Is an indefatigable student. He pos.
eesses thecourage of his convictions and
Is not afraid to speak out In meeting.
During the last congress he made
two remarkable speeches touching the
practice of the American Watch COM
pnny In selling its watches In foreign
lands at price much below what 1t
sells them for to us Americans. His
llrst speech ON the subject was verl-
table bombshell among the Republic
ans. Thcy set one Of their crack
speakers. Mr.. Boutell Of Chicago, to
answer him. Several Of the smaller
tn also took shot at the big I'LL
nolsan, but they never feazed him.
Notwithstanding Brother Boutell's
pleasing oratory and the answers of
The others. Ralney held his position
and In his second speech proved con-
ell1sively every charge and statement
be made in the first speech
II the debate ON the ship subsidy
on1one other things RaIney said:
~, Chairman. the gentleman from NJ.
I1oGG6 ~. 1ellaHO propoundcd thus
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-05-04

HYNDOUBTEDLY Mr. Ekstromer,
Swedish vice consul at st. Lou
~ Is, knows more than he did q
4 short j.i.c ago. Really, with
numerous "horr!ila examples" before
his face. he ought to have known better
from the start. Most folks have gump.
tion enough not 10 monkey with a
buzzsaw in motion under u full head
OF steam But ItkStrnmer doesn't ap-
pear to understand that that Is precise.
~ what the present occupant of the
White House Is. So Mr.. Ekstromer got
his very suddenly and emphatically.
Not only shat. he stands TO lose his
Office. for the president Of the United
States has an absolute right to declare
any representative of foreign gov
ernment persona non grata. Washing
ton sent Citizen Genet home and
Cleveland did the same thing for Lord
Sackville West because they meddled
with our domestic affairs. True. Elk
stromer is an American citizen as well
as a Swedish vice consul; but, while
he had q perfect right to write to
President Roosevelt in his capacity as
an American citizen protesting against
the outrageous order of the postotiice
department In the Lewis case-for 1t is
outrageous--he ought to have learned
from observation that the president
brooks no opposition or criticism and
that as he could not punish Ekstromer,
a private citizen in the exercise Of his
rights, he could punish him as Swed-
fish vice consul, which he has done.
and there you are, or. rather, there
Ekstromer is-functus in offlcio, or, as
General Benjamin Harrison wrote
Warner Miller, "outside the breast
works" He will probably know bet
ter next time. II he doesn't, then 1t
must be apparent that he is not an
apt scholar I'm the school OF adversely.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-05-04
Bitinu Their Thumbs,

Alack and alas! The lord of Skibo
castle has fallen afoul of the wielder
in chief of the big stick and If he does
not keep both optics skinned Is liable
indeed, quite likely--to be clapped into
the Ananias club or something equally
bad. Andrew Carnegie made bold at
the great peace pcwwow in New York
to take issue with President Roosevelt,
which Is certainly case of leze maj
esty and calls for condign punishment.
Now Andy and Colonel Roosevelt bite
their thumbs at each other as they
pass by. Too bad that these palpitat-
ing patriots should come to the parting
of the ways, for were they not cheek
by jowl on the great and burning ques-
tion of simplitied spelling? On that
subject they were
Two souls with but single thought,
Two hearts that beat as one.
No doubt 1t was Andy who invelgled
the president into issuing that celebrat-
ed order to the public printer which
the congress turned down good and
hard.
BY the way, the dove of peace did
not spread her wings to any consider
able extent over that New York assem-
blage in the interests of peace. Two
of the brethren came near to blows
because one of them interjected the
words "Hot air!' into the others ora
ton. The wind must have been In the
wrong quarter. Good DR.. Bartholdt of
st. Louis, who keeps covetous eye
constantly fixed on the Nobel peace
prize and who always votes for every
appropriation for war, was there, but
he seems to have been in pacific
frame of mind. The doctor is for
peace. but he also likes pie. and he
knows full we'll that he would be
divorced from the pie counter without
ceremony and without delay should he
vote against any appropriation for war
recommended by his great peace low
ing friend in the White House.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-05-04
Her Weak Point.

Mrs. Hoyle-NIrs Royle is not very
entertaining talker.
Mrs. Doyle-No. You can't get her
interestcd.in other peoples affairs.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-05-04
w rypa,.:..ieal Girl.

w 'J.r$ - = ..-s'Sa' VIII
Like 80 her eyes are cleaning;
How taper is her ~!
NO 10 my dreaming
or her could l withstand.
Her manner is quite Ing. ~,
without n -.
Her figure is quite smashing"
She is my nonparcil.
In loves tcrgiversation
She plays coquette's part:
In sweet NN
She ever keeps my heart.
'Twould almost drive me frantic,
Quite parenthet!cally.
Some day IL tl.lg ..oman-ti,
Maid set her Cap for me
Tom MassoL In Life.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-05-04

week is to be set aside for a mill
,arv athletic carnival and 1T IS the
intention of the authorities to have
co-c3cagac with them the Military
Athletic League. During the week
of September 10 an open tennis
tournamcnt will ne held.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-05-04
.HANNA'S LUSTRO
FINISH
MADE TO WALK ON
STAINS AND VARNISHES AT
ONE APPLICATION.
WORKS EQUALLY WELL OVER
PAINTED SURFACES. ~
CAN BE APPLIED BY AN IN
EXPERIENCED PERSON.

Il makes very close imitation
of polished hard wood floors at
about one-fourth of the cost. The
Sanitary advantage of finished
floors and rugs over the old dusty
carpets with moth eaten corners Is
go great That every family should
have them. Carpets are dirt catch
ers no matter what care is taken
in sweeping.
Finished Floors Are in Good Taste
And Save One-Half Of the -
Labor in Keeping the So
House Clean. s
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-05-04

eral r. r. Batter &c, General T.. II,
Rousseau 81, with few scattering
votes"
These two accounts substantially
agree, the differences being that Blaine
gives Hamlin five votes less than Me.
Kee gives him and also gives the num-
Der of votes received by Butler and
Rousseau. They both show, however.
by the rule of exclusion that If Mr..
Grow received any votes at oil he ap-
pears anonymously In the scattering
tulumn.
That editorial squib appeared in the
GID. April A or 8.
Strange TO relate, on Friday, April
12, I'm an editorial In the Washington
Post which bears all the earmarks of
having been written by my brilliant
friend, Mr.. Eugene ". Newman.
whose nom de plume is Savoyard and
who Is walking encyclopedia of facts,
occurs this sentence:
"Grow was the first Republican
speaker and narrowly escaped the
presidency when he very nearly beat
Andy johnson for the nomination for
vice president In 1864"
Whether Savoyard simply reproduced
the G.-D.'s idea as to how near Grow
came to beating johnson | do not
know, but the dates of the two edlto-
rails seem to Justify that conclusion.
That's small matter. however. Savo-
yard in that one sentence falls into still
another error. and that Is that Grow
was the first Republican speaker. That
Is not true unless he means the first
speaker elected by Republican votes,
which would be true. General Nathan
first Republican to be speaker. Banks
was elected by combination vote Of
Republicans and Know Nothings. In
the house over which he presided there
We're SO Democrats, 10S Republicans
and 43 Americans or Know Nothings.
AS to the G.-D.'s assertion that "a
better Illustration Of the tremendous
Importance of single vote cannot be
found in the annals" let's see. One
Andrew Jackson was elected major
general Of the Tennessee militia. Sup
pose he had not received that one vote.
Then what? There would have been
no victory for the Americans Mt New
Orleans and no "Old Hickory" in the
White House, and the history of Amer
lea for twenty-five years, perhaps for
all time, would have had different
reading. OF course the mistake of the
GID. and the Washington Post is n
small one. but 1t is well to be accurate
even in writing editorials.
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MISS DELLA CARSON, cHIcAeUs pRE71esr WOMAN.

pop society women the sort that those
@ may learn salutary lesson the
by popular vote the
~ 'ne She In competition with
ue YET se by substantial
graph did It. Miss She is modest
anu sensible
wms deieang the next highest
hve # 7 5, W 'S.~-s~fr ~sf III
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