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lurgica y Refnadora" (Metallurg- ical x Refining Company is erect ing fine new plant for reduction of ores from mines in the vicinity, and for transaction of general customs reduction business. which latter is oDe of the important con alterations in the valuable conces- sion granted the company by the government.
 We found Fundicion very busy place, a large force being engaged actively in assembling and erecting the machinery for the great reduc. tiOn plant, that is rapidly nearing completion; and the two days of our visit were passed very pleas antly and prottably ill looking over the assembled parts of the ex. tensive works, rapidly assuming form before our very eyes, and the colossal operations of raising to their various places the magnificent machines and ponderous castings that now inert and lifeless seem isolated entities without resem- blance or connection, but which, within few weeks, when assem- bled properly and installed in their individual places, driven by the mysterious power of steam and electricity will be indispensable members in great, pulsating plant, the seat of valuable Industry, giving permanent em. ployment to skilled and unskill- ed workmen, aiding in drawing from the ground in the surround. ing region and rendering of com mercial value the hidden riches with which teem the mountains whose serrated crests outline the distant horizon.
 LOCATION:
 Fundicion is at the point where the line of the railway crosses the Arroyo Cocoraqui, 153 kilometres rom Guaymas; and it is about half way between the Yaqui and Mayo rivers, at the points where the railway crosses those streams
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clfic Coast, such as Quiriego, Bau- cari, Batacosa, Baroyeca, etc. All
 were large and important places, and they were built upon great
 mining industry that developed and operated scores of rich mines,
 from which poured steadilya stream of metallic wealth that was no small factor in that immense flow of gold and silver with which Mex leo enriched the court of the moth CT country and the papal treasury, for each took fifth of the product of all the mines in the New World. The antiguOS worked their mines for gold and silver alone, and they went to no great depths. By their crude and primitive methods only the richest ores could pay to work, and even they were pro6tless at depths more profound than four or five hundred feet, causing abandon ment of the property. And except for a few local uses copper was never aken. Modern methods and machinery, with cheap transporta- tion given by rail and steam, have made valuable the ores that were left in those mines by their former owners in the early days, and with the advent of the railway their unused riches again have become available. Mines that were aban- doned by the early Spaniards at depths of a few hundred feet have been sunk now to depths of near ly one thousand, developing ores that will pay handsomely to work | under the new conditions. It is to aid in that great work that the new
 REDUCTION WORKS
 at Fundicion nave been project ed and are being erected. A large supply of ore is assured from El Cobre, camp about thirty-fve miles away, near Baroyeca, where the Douglas Copper Company Gan auxiliary enterprise) owns and operates the Anita mines. The has been developing that property during the past four
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FUN DICION

While Travelling in Sonora Recently "The Oasis" Man Visited the New Town on the New Railway, Where a
 large Reduction Plant is Building.
 Description Thereof.
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GUAYMAs, SONORA. MEXICO

GUAYMAs, SONORA, MEXICO,
 September 1st, 1907.
 While going down over the new railway building toward Guadala- jara, ten days ago, we stopped at Fundicion, the station on the Can anea, Yaqui River & Pacific rail- way where the "Compahia Meta
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-08-01

T.l.pboa. Main $780, (Pav.,. Branch E.eh.ns.)
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Taft Sentiment in Ohio.

The Taft boomers continue 10 have
things pretty much their own way in
Ohio. in spite of the aggressive opposition
of Senator Foraker. II may be true. as
the senior Senator asserts, that the Re-
publican State committee had no more
right to voice the sentiment of Ohio on
the Presidential question than twenty-one
other Republicans. but it is also true that
the Foraker faction has been doing its
best to obtain control Of the committee
and has failed The fact that the COM
mittee exceeded its authority, II Il did
that. does not minimize the value Of its
action as an indication of the sentiments
Tafts candidacy. That sentiment appears
TO be very favorable to Taft just at pres
ent. But it's a long time yet to the State
convention that wifi actually choose the
Ohio delegation. and in the meantime the
voters Will have the benefit, to use Sena-
tor Foraker's phrase. of occurring
events" which may put different face on
the situation.
The opposition OF Senator Foraker has,
at any rate deprived the Taft movement
so far Of that spontaneity which is so at
traCtive a quality in Presidential bOOms.
It Is movement which has had to be
forced along. and kept alive by organized
effort. In Massachusetts. as in Ohio, II
lacks individual momentum. and the ut
most skill Of so accomplished a political
manager as Senator Lodge will be re-
quired 10 secure tho Endorsement of that
State for Taft With Hughes in the way,
how can Taft gain the support of New
York? Knox commands the ramparts of
protectionism in Pennsylvania, Fairbanks
bestrides Indiana and a portion of the
Middle West while Cannon holds down
Illinois. In what direction, then, can II
be truly said the Taft boom is advancing?
The forcing process viii have to be very
severely applied to carry it through 70
the goal Of a nomination.
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ATTACKING THE TRUSTS.
President Slow 10 See the Effective
ness of Tariff Revision.


From the indianapolis News.
Apparently the President Is not i'm
pressed with the necessity for tariff re-
form. He has told US that there is no
connection between the tariff and trusts,
when. as a matter Of fact. there is no
more effective way to attack the trusts
than through the tariff. We are striving
hard TO enforce competition through the
writ Of Injunction, and by the use OF GRIM
inaI process. But the President deliber-
ately proposes TO shield the trusts for
three years from the only competition
they fear. the only competition which
would bring about reduction OF prices.
It Is a pleasant and exciting pastime TO
dissolve trusts as the paper trust was
dissolved But, really. the trusts do not
object to dissolution as long as they are
able 10 exact tribute from the American
people The President is not interested in
the real campaign against the trusts, and.
indeed, he has not. since he was men,
Der Of the New York Free Trade Club.
years ago. seemed able TO appreciate the
importance Of tariff reform
Postponement Of this needed reform
leaves the road open for the Democratic
party Bryan has said that government
ownership Of railroads Is not an issue.
and could not be made one in the next
campaign. Tariff reform can DE made
such an issue. And II will be a very TAX
ing one. For the people are rot deceived
on this subject They know how they are
being bied by the protected industries,
and they know. too that most OF the
work done In the way Of restraining rail-
roads and other corporations has been
done by the States. Further than that
they do not care whether a combination
that is strong enough 10 control prices is
or IS not trust within the meaning OF the
law What they want is a reduction in
the burdens they are now compelled tc
carry beeause'of the partnership between
the government of the United States and
the protected industries, such as the boraN
trust, the sugar trust, the lumber trust
the steel combine, &c. II is strange that
the President is so slow 10 see the point
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Preventive OF Divnrcc

New York has done great deal to-
ward solving her divorce problem by the
passage Of what is known as the Cobb
bill, which Gov, Hughes has just signed.
It changes the existing law In regard to
marriages and stipulates that candidates
for matrimOny must give at least five
days notice by providing themselves with
a license. Heretofore it has been pos
sible to delay the securing Of a license
until a few minutes before the wedding
ceremony, and one result was that such
places as private dining-r00ms in restau-
rants were popular as locales for we'd
dings. From them the sentimental young
man, made more sentimental. possibly,
by having dined not wisely, but too
well, used to send for a preacher OF a
justice and be married on hand. Il was
under these conditions that many a merry
chorus CIR! secured a husband and all
mony. The old law offered numerous op-
pOrtunities for the romantic midnight
marriage which totally disregarded the
axiom about repentlng at leisure, and It
was not uncommon for couples, spark
ling with gayety and wine. to mag
inc it a fine thing to be welded OF a
dare"
Now that the license must be secured
in advance. prospective bridegrooms and
brides will have time for contemplation.
The new law also provides a punishment
for Misrepresentation as to age, and de-
clares that all records-ef licenses issued
must be open to inspection. a development
which will aim a severe blow at the gen
tie bigamist
1t is in reforming the marriage laws.
or, better still, perhaps. in educating the
people up to the thought Of what mar
rage really means. that the solution
OF the divorce problem lies. Year by
year we have been coming to regard mar
riage as more and more Of an expert
ment, which. If it turns out a failure.
may be rectihed The very ease with
which divorce may be procured has
helped this tendency. With practically no
| barriers to marriage and the way of
egress made plain. it Is no wonder that
the whole ceremony has come 70 be
viewed lightly by many. and that the di-
vorce courts are kept busy.
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Says the Valdosta (Ga.) Times:
while Judge Roddenberry is talking prohibition,
Congressman Griggs is quietly engaged in drawing
up a bin 10 be introduced in Congress 10 make a
national prohibition law You can't lose Grggs
very fast"
of course you cannot lose Mr.. Jim
Griggs very fast. As a matter of cold
and indIsputable fact, you cannot lose
Mr.. Griggs at all. He is unlosable and
ungetridofabIe. He sticks like a porous
plaster. If not more so. Occupying as he
does the position OF chief cook and bot
tie washer for the Democratic Congress
sional campaign committee. he is known
TO fame wherever fame IS doing business;
and the magnificent victories that have
not come to the party since he undertook
to pilot its Congressional fortunes stand
as splendid monuments to his great re-
nown and political prOwess.
Just now the Hon. Jim seems to be
scurrying to cover in order that ne may
save his seat IN Congress from the grasp
ing hand of a certain Col. Roddenberry.
The colonel is a prohibitionist of the old
school He touches not. tastes not,
handles not, nor looks upon the vile stuff
when it is in any degree red. He squares
his practice with his precept. and he
loves cold water for itself alone He is
a candidate for Congress to succeed the
Hon. Mr.. Griggs. He sits upon the water
wagon secure and unafraid He Is a
mighty force In Mr.. Griggs' district, and
he has the backing of a large element OF
the all-powerful prohibition element
therein. He Is warm upon Mr.. Griggs'
trail: he is reaching for Mr.. Griggs' scalp
lock. and IT appears-or. at least, II APP
peared until recently-that he probably
would get it.
But you can't lose Mr.. Griggs very
fast, as our esteemed vaIdosta contem-
porary AYERS. No one can get buster than
Mr.. Griggs when the time to get busy ar
rives. Georgia has already been delivered
TO the prohibiuonists- There is no field
for Griggslike activity there. So the foxy
Democratic Congressional campaign com
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IT'S Up 10 the Revisionists.

From the Baltimore News
Senator Foraker scorns trickery and
evasion. He takes his stand and faces his
opponents His letter is a defiant chal-
lenge to the tariff revisers. which they
will have TO accept or back down. II
possesses a trenchant quality that makes
for honest politics, since it puts the issue
squarely before the people. Whatever
else the letter may accomplish. II squelches
the favorite-son humbug Candidacy
should stand for principle. Secretary Taft
is the kind OF man who viii meet Sem
ator Foraker In entire agreement on that
point Either the revisers must agree
to postpone the subject, as Senator For
aker demands. or the antagonistic ele-
ment must line UP for a square, stand-up
fight over the issue
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HERRTdAN FINANOIERING.
Using Southern Pacific Dividend to
Bo0st Union Pacific Bonds.

From the New York Journal Of Commerce.
The monotony Of midsummer dullness
has been relieved by Mr. Hartman and
his friends with another example of mod
ern railroad finance Unable to dispose
to Union Pacific stockholders OF 81, 0O0,eoO
out of a total issue Of S75,oOO,000 con-
vertible tours at a discount OF 10 per
cent and Of road paying 10 per cent
dividends, this large amount Of bonds
was taken by a syndicate Of underwrit-
ers, headed by the bankers Of the com
plny. at about S. From the Hartman
standpoint Il was desirable, under these
circumstances, to do something to aid
the syndicate TO dispose Of the great ac-
emulation Of securities, and the frmness
In the Hartman Pacifics reflected the
operations in this direction. The Union
Pacific holds $50, 1900 OF Southern's com
mon stock. and an increase Of the South
ern Pacific dividend Of per cent means
$500, 900 in Union Pacific income; so that
a promise of an increase in the distribu-
ton was calculated to aid in marketing
the conYeTtibles Of the latter road. and
thus enable the bankers and underwriters
to dispose Of them. This Is probably the
real reason OF the dividend agitation. and
20 some extent II mlscarried; so much so
that plans were evidently changed and a
delay Of at least a week in the announce
ment of the increased dividend is 10 take
place. the large Union Pacific interests
finding the proposed increase so well ad-
vertised that there was not a sufficiently
strong market 20 stand the prOft-taking
on shares whose acquisition had been
necessary 10 secure the advance in quo
tations.
The net effect on the quotations for the
convertible bonds on the weeks opera
lions is an advance from IS. the syndi-
Gates price. to about 80, while Southern
Pacific stock closed at a net gain Of 6l4
points, and Union Pacific Of is points.
These gains. In view Of the inability to
distribute the convertibIes. would mean
highly Inadequate results for the ire
mendOus effort put forward; the actual
profits Of the operations were those Sc
cured during the course OF the manipula-
tiOn Of the rise. and when II was found
that the market was not broad enough IN
take the stock accumulated on the way
up. 1t was decided TO delay formal action
until Thursday off this week Otherwise
general Liquidation would have been in
vited There Is no definite promise that
a 8 per cent rate will be declared on that
date. and some of Mr.. Harrlman's en-
emies are suggesting further delay may
be announced, or that the abandonment
of the increase may be decided on. which
would give the inside interests ample op-
portunity for large profits through opera
tons on the short side Of the market
Increasing dividends and at the same
time borrowing under particularly un-
favorable conditions are rather a shock
10 old-fashioned ideas Of finance.
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THURSDAY. AUGUST /, 1907.
One Plan for Revising the Tariff.

One Plan for Revising the Tariff.
Failing TO get specifications of the tai
if revision programme from those Re
publicans who say they are willing TO
revise the tariff in 1909 or at some sub
sequent period. Senator Foraker may
obtain some interesting figures from
Henry NJ Whitney. who is making a
vigorous gubeTnatorial campaign in
Massachusetts on the tariff issue. Mr.
Whitney is in no uncertain frame Of
mind as to what he would do to re-
duce the surplus and relieve the people
Of unnecessary Federal taxation. He
would begin by taking the tariff off food
supplies and then proceed to remove
them from the raw materials of manu-
features. This" ne says would in a
measure lessen the cost Of living and in
crease the demand for labor" To be
specific, he would take off all duties on
the following articles. and make a sub
stanuaI reduction in the duties on all
the remaining protected products, save
wine. spirits. and tobacco:
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Cali Ont the MnitiaI

From the Philadelphia Record.
But we have a really, truly japanese
outrage new, In Texas a japanese was
caught the other day with a hand camera
taking pictures of the maneuvers Of the
State militia. Now, Wen stand a good
deal, but we will not submit TO have pic
lures of the militia on their annual pic
mic distributed all over Japan. We're not
going 10 furnish entertainment for the
survivors of Port Arthur and Mukden.
We will not have our military resources
and training represented to Oyama's and
Kurokis men by photographs of the Lone
Star militia on dress parade, or Tepelling
the attacks of imaginary "greasers
swarming across the Rio Grande.
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The PhiIinpine Elecrions.

Secretary Tafts expectation that the
Philippine assembly would contain a ma
jority for immediate independence will
be fully realized. as the elections Just
held have resulted in a victory for the
Nationalist party as against the Pro
gressives, who comprise those who are
satisfied with American rule. That there
was any widespread interest in the out
come Of the election seems doubtful. mas
much as but ? per cent of the civilized
population had registered, and the total
vote was only a small fraction OF the
electorate Nevertheless. it is of some
significance that the first opportunity or
the voters 10 express themselves should
have brought about an expression q
sentiment for the independence OF the
islands
VIII national assembly constituted OF
elements opposed to American rule be a
workable legislative body? That is the
problem which VIII confront Secretary
Taft when he opens the assembly in
October. The optimistic Secretary has
said that he hoped the assembly, after
giving vent to its feelings in the shape
Of independence resolutions. would settle
down 10 real work for the betterment Of
the islands. Whether this will happen.
or whether the delegates will refuse TO
play, unless permitted to run the game
as they please. remains TO be seen. It
Will not be of much practical consequence
TO the Philippine government what the
assembly does. or fails to do. for the
Philippine commission has authority TO
perform ali necessary legislative func-
tions In the event of the failure Of the
assembly TO act. No such fiasco as occur
red in Cuba, when the congress abdicated
Its functions, will take place in the Philip
pines.
But the conduct OF the Philippine as
sembly may have very important con
sequences for the Fnipinos in the matter
Of their relations 10 the home govern
ment. For in that assembly self-eovern-
ment on the American model will be
given its first trial. and Il It fails. there
viii be no hope Of Philippine independ-
ence, or even of partial autonomy under
American suzerainty for many years to
come. Moreover. such failure may give
an impetus to the feeling. which appears
to be growing in this country. that Il
would be 4 good stroke Of policy 10 get
rid Of the Philippines altogether. There
are a great many people who have &C
guessed in the Philippine adventure be-
cause Of their belief that the FHipinos
could be trained ultimately in the art
Of government as known to us. so that
they might be trusted 70 manage their
own affairs. This belief would be severely
strained by the spectacle OF a useless
and obstructive and incompetent national
/ assembly. animated ny no purpose but
that of agitation against American rule.
and probably not at all representative of
the substantial elements of the COM
munity. Il may prove increasingly diff
cult 10 defend our possession Of the
Philippines. should It be demonstrated
that they cannot be made over into a
self governing colony. and that the ma
tlves must always be ruled as a subject
people.
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IT PAYS TO ADVERTISE.

Citizen Tells OF Remarkable Results
from n Washington Herald "Ad."
Editor The Washington Herald:
Apropos the published statement OF Mr..
W A. Taylor regarding the advantages
Of advertising in The Washington Herald
can beat that. One day last week a
COW got out Of the pasture in the after
noon. All that afternoon and evening
stablemen and others ransacked the
woods for Biddy Later in the evening
the police department was put on the
scent and all kinds Of machinery set at
work. for she was valuable beast. Late
at night the pious idea struck me of ad-
vertising in The Washington Herald, and
I telephOned a lost" i'd Read it in The
Herald next morning at o'clock, and
within ten minutes time heard the old
COW mooing at the barn gate-returned
Of her own volition! Beat that If you can.
F. W FITZPATRICK.
liSl Wellrg Place. Washington. D. c.
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what whisky Is.

From the Centeryille Iowa. Citizen.
What is whisky" asks The Washing
ton Herald. According TO a man who
tried it. says the Sterling CKan) Journal.
whisky Is a connection Of Tainwater and
Jag with two ounces Of knockout drops
to the glass. When you first drink it, its
fine and rip-rOaring fun; when il
gets well soaked in, it's horned
toads, dragons, and tossing snakes;
and when you begin 10 sober UP
it Is the eaIaboose, with a nasty, dirty wet
towel around your head. a nasty feeling
in your stomach. a taste OF old shoes in
your mouth. q painful crack in your
belfry. and despairing wonder as to how
you are going to get out and get home
without your wife or your best girl get
ting next.
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SasS.m

Sugar, it Will be perceived. is the cru
ciaI item in this formidable programme
of revision. That is the article which
wrecked the Wilson-Gorman tariff bill.
and its protection ts-a prime feature of
the practical politics of both parties.
Once put sugar on the free list, and all
the rest would be easy But would the
protection wing Of the Democratic party
ever consent to that. or would the stout
est Republican revisionist even think of
it? With so sound a Democrat as Sen
ator Bacon declaring that a low tariff
is an impossibility, and a high tariff a
necessity, We fear that Mr.. Whitney
revision programme is much too radical,
even from a Democratic standpoint We
observe, however, that Mr.. Whitney is
inclined to be tender with the protective
duties on cotton goods. in which matter
New England and the South may find
common ground against revising the tar
If too seriously.
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A LITTLE NONSENSE.
CnIRTsHIP

according TO Robert W. Chambers.)
A girl in classical attire is lounging
on a bank.
She has nine million dollars and is some
thing of a crank
A modish man comes strOlling by and
asks her for q buss;
And, TO his Joy, she gives him one, after
four reams OF fuss.
He wants the girl to name the day, and
make It pretty soon.
She talks another ream or two, and says
tomorrow noon.
Whereat he hustles back 10 town and
finds a mutual friend.
Who introduces him to her. Here Cham
bers writes the end