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ed I'D to the collar. which gives him a
decidedly clerical appearance.
Jonah Kuhio Kalanianaole. from Homo
lulu, Is among the members of the new
dress reform party. He is also repub-
lican.
Tulio Larrinaga of Porto Rico, too. does
not affect the frock-coat suit. but dresses
in quiet good taste in dark colored sack
coat suit.
Over in the Senate. Jeff Davis Of Arkan-
sas. author of the latest antitrust bill.
made his debut in gray frock-coat suit,
worn with a colored necktie.
Samuel Guggenheim. the millionaire
senator from Colorado, gave those dignified
frock-coat members such as Tom Plat.
Tom Carter and Chauncey Depew some
moments of uneasiness when he appeared
on the floor wearing a smart tweed sack
coat suit. with the very latest shade OF
lavender tie. However. Mr.. Goggenheim
is already conceded to be the Beau Brum-
mel of this legislative body, and his in
fluence even now has been so disastrous
to the frock coat that some of the more
courageous senators have declared they
henceforth intended to be men of their
convictions and confiscate the regulation
attire.
Senator Tillman. with historical preju-
dice to black. however. does not carry
this into the Senate and always appears
in this dusky shade. ii. ii.
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Boom in England for
American MoneyMethods
Special Correspondence of The Star.


LONDON. November u, 1907
HuY HEN the Prince of Wales couple
MI of years ago at a business mems
w banquet at the London Guild Hall
sounded the battlecry Wake up, Eng
1and,' he gave the start to "a move
ment for the regeneration of British
business methods. and it has fallen to the
lot of u number of smart American firms
and individuals to do the waking up
Within the last year there has been
a veritable boom in business system in
England Every American business man
remembers the boom in system which be-
gan about ten years ago in the United
States. Card index systems were as thick
as blackberries in autumn, and the bust
ness office that was not equipped with
loose-leaf ledgers, book typewriters, ad-
dressing machines. fling cabinets and a
host Of other appliances was hopelessly
behind the times. Now these things
have become the very commonplaces of
business in America, but in England the
boom is just beginning.
There is little danger, however, that we
in England will run across the man who
was SO common in America a Few years
ago, who ran his business for the sake of
his system rather than his system for the
sake Of his business. have known a
man who employed only twenty people
in his business, but who maintained a
dex system by which he kept track OF
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species of massacre known in Russia as
pogroms." Because of his rank, his
wealth and oratorical gifts of no mean or
der. he did succeed in stirring up much
ill-feeling against the Jews among certain
classes and melting many acts of violence
against them.
He has been frequently prosecuted, sew
eral times fined, and has been imprisoned
more than once for his incendiary ha-
ranques. More recently he has been ac-
Quilted on the ground that he was mon
compos mentis." Secure in the immunity
from punishment this conferred upon him.
he continued his agitation. Thereafter as
long as he confined himself to advocat-
ing the murders of the Jews. the author-
ties took no further steps against him,
treating him as Il harmless lunatic. But
when he began to attack the kaiser he
became in their estimation a dangerous
lunatic. 1t was because of the kaiser's
partially for Herr BALM and other He
braic captains of industry in the father
land that he incurred Count Fuckers
hostility. The count wrote two or three
abusive pamphlets assailing him. In the
asylum in which he is confined he Will
be allowed to write anything he pleases,
but 1t won't be printed.
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them He was surprised when the Sys-
tenn ate up all the profits from the busi-
ness.
The English business man is going in
for system now, but he is going slower
than the American did. Nevertheless
there is a great boom in system publica-
tons and appliances. There are at least
half a dozen publications IN London now
devoted TO the science of business and all
of them have been started within the last
year. All of them. too, are either being
run by Americans or are branches OF ex-
listing American publications. Some of
the best known are System, Organizer, the
Magazine of Commerce and the Business
weekies or monthlies, but the daily bust
ness paper in London is not far off.
There are at least a dozen firms in
London now supplying up-to-date Office
furniture, filing cabinets, index cabinets,
loose leaf ledgers, book typewriters, ad-
dressing machines and all the other para
phernalia of the scientific business man.
and they are all American. America. In
fact, is reaping the harvest of England S
business awakening.
One of the men who has come over from
New York to reap his share of this har-
vest is X. w. Johnson of System. Mr..
Johnson declares that he is very much
encouraged by the reception which his
magazine has met in London. and he pre-
diets a great future for the man who
caters to the wants of scientific business.
"Of course the growth is slower here
than at home,'' he said to me the other
day, and we have a good deal of oppo-
sition to encounter. The employers and
heads of businesses are conservative and
slow to change, but when we have con-
verted them we find that I'VE are blocked
by the employees. They hate to change
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Anti-Semitic Agitator
Declared a Lunatic
Special Correspondence of The Star.


BERLIN, November ~, 1907.
I last it seems probable that ter
~ mination has been put to the per
4 = nicious activity of Count Walter
Fucker, the notorious anti-Semitic 'aglta-
tor. He will no longer be allowed to IN
dulge publicly in his favorite pastme-
Jew batting. He has been adJudged a
dangerous lunatic, and the other afternoon
was arrested at fashionable hotel here
and conveyed under police escort to Dali
dorf Asylum.
the Jews which have led to his suppress
sion. 1t is for something which under
German law is regarded as a far more
heinous offense. He has been guilty Of
lese majestic. He has abused the sacred
person of the kaiser. And no man-sane
or insane-can be allowed to do that with
impunity.
Count Puckler has for many years been
the most implacable foe of the Semitic
race in Germany. He has delivered hun
dreds of speeches against them and writ
ten scores Of pamphlets denouncing them
He organized band Of armed retainers
on his own estate to harry and prosecute
them. He regarded them as a people en-
tirely beyond the pale of human mercy.
He has frequently declared that any one
who murdered a Jew conferred a public
benefit and performed an act which would
be applauded in heaven. His chief ambi-
ton was to introduce into Germany that
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@oNGREss is eliminating the frock
coat habit. More than half the
members of the new Congress
~ have shown their disapproval Of
the time-honored costume by
appearing on the floor of the House in the
regulation business suit of tweed. Red
and lavender neckties can poll larger
vote than the somber black string tie, and
old members. loyal to the frock coat and
Its accessories are discussing with despair
the future of congressional tan shoes.
These sartorial belligerents declare that
the revolt against the unwritten law
concerning the frock coat habit is chiefly
in the interests of comfort. Whether the
regulation statesman's garb would be a
matter OF pride with them in question
Ing whether they would appear to, better
personal advantage in solemn black or
most becoming blue, they insist, is mat
ter Of secondary consideration.
Congress never welcomed larger num-
Der of well-tailored members. But their
clothes are creased and pressed after the
latest Fifth avenue fashion plates, in
place of the statesman-like cut.
Fear expressed by members of the
House for the doom of the frock coat has
already disturbed the equanimity of the
Senate by the appearance of couple of
bolligerents in the ranks of this black
coated body.
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there that the four great battleships, flow
ers of the navy, were fitted up for the
long trip.
Two thousand workmen and 5000 en-
listed men swarmed the decks OF the
Maine, the Kansas, the Georgia and the
Kearsarge for six weeks before the squad
ron sailed down to the capes to the naval
rendezvous. Armies of mechanics. car
penters and painters, hammered and
sawed and brushed all over the towering
vessels, squads and squads of uniformed
jackies plodded up and down the gang
4planks, day in and day out, carrying an
endless array of boxes, bags and casks
Rambling trucks raced up and down the
runways. and powerful hoists creaked
and strained with tons Of material which
is now tucked safely away within the
capacious steel-sheathed walls.
1t was an inspiring spectacle, when one
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The battle between tweeds and broad
cloth, black and lavenders. giddy waist
coats and Henry Clay conservatives, top
hats and soft hats has been aggravated by
the general youthfulness of the new mem
bers who, with wardrobes larger than a
Newport bride, declare they.are prepared
to fight the issue to finish.
Many members object to the regulation
dress because of their faith in the new
scientific color theories, and men VINO
wear red waistcoats because they nave
been told by scientists and astrologers that
red was their astral color shudder at the
thought of putting on the somber black
funeral-looking clothes.
A western representative said: i should
become so morbidly depressed, wearing
those toys, l could not vote for meas
ure unless l saw a chance of its dying
and making myself necessary by attend
ing its burial. 1 resurrected my frock coat
suit from a trunk of moth balls before
coming on, and, if Congress insists on my
wearing it, l, of course. shall do SO, re-
CARELESS of my peace of mind.
Among the defiant ones in the House.
who has been dubbed leader of the dress
insurgents, is Richmond Pearson Hobson.
Pale-looking and thin, Capt. Hobson rig
orously shuns the black coat frock. He
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There was nothing specific in Me in
quiry as regards fight with any special
nation. Months ago. when crisis with
Japan seemed imminent, the proposed
cruise to the far east associated itself in
the minds of the tars with an eventual
scrap" in which yellow warriors were
the enemy and the Pacific ocean the
scene of combat. They talked of nothing
else.
But as the days went on and the wrin-
kles were smoothed out of the diplomatic
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brow it became pretty generally under
stood among the blue-bloused denizens of
the warships that they need not look for
trouble with the little saffron-faced east
erners.
At the same time the idea Of sailing
away thousands of miles from home, with
ships full of food. coal and powder, guns
oiled and polished, and decks clean, sug-
gested row with somebody. and the
jackies refused to dismiss the idea.
Now while everybody knows that there
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Patient Woman.
n the Westminster Gazette

From the Westminster Gazette.
Woman, as the uncivilized sex, has to
wait for the vote; but she waits with
surprising patience for many things more
easily attainable. in Notwithstanding
London. Why is 1t that at all our great
railway stations but two she must wash
her hands in cold water while men have
not. as a matter of course? Why is It
that she cannot get her boots cleaned
when she comes to town on a wet day
unless she goes to large draperts shop,
which may be mile out Of her wsyf
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A Sufficient Reason.

II presume commented the tourist
from the north. that that-er-ram-
shackle-looking gentleman over there is
called the Hon. because he is or has
been member of the legislature?"
'Nope!" replied the landlord Of the tav-
ern at 'Polkville. Ark. HE assumed the
title because he used to sell tickets for
the Honduras lottery"
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isn't going to be any scrap this time,
and every one prays that the time for a
war Is far, far off. the oft-repeated specu-
lation of Uncle Sans tars about the posi-
bility of getting into fight reveals a
spirit which pervades the navy, and which
is worthy of note.
A Worthy Feeling.
1t is that spirit upon which the people
Of the country rely as much as upon the
strength of the steel walled ships to safe
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Written for The Star.

Written for The Star.
- ADEN with their full stores Of
provisions. coal and ammunition
with every bit of brass shining
IL like FURNISHED gold. and every
inch of paint glistening white or
brown. the best ships in Uncle Sans navy
have left the yards where for months they
have been grooming for the long voyage
and have gone to Hampton roads ready to
sail on that much-dscussed cruise to the
orient.
There is strange quiet at the League
Island navy yard, the Philadelphia basin
in the Delaware river where big sea
fighters find port and dry dock, repairs
and stores In all months of the year. The
air Of nothing doing is in peculiar con-
trast to the busy hum which pervaded
the place up to a few days ago, for it was
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stopped to think Of what was bound up in
the preparations, of the political and diplo-
matte significance Of the cruise for which
the great ships were making ready. and
how the eyes of every nation were fixed
upon the move.
The Fighting Spirit.
But apart from all this, there was one
thing which struck the visitor to the navy
yard more foreibly than anything else
that was the spirit Of the men.
as there any chance for scrap?"
This was the question which seemed to
dwell in the mind of every uniformed man
who helped load the ships and who sailed
away with the squadron.
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guard the interests of the United States
at home and abroad. 1t is a spirit which
springs from patriotism and a desire to
prove devotion to the flag.
There was no suggestion of the bully
in the attitude Of the tars on the big
fighters which have just gone to sea- 1t
was purely the anxiety of the men to
prove their worthiness to wear the uni
form. The jackies spoke out, and the offl-
GERS, though automatically silent, had the
same thought written on their faces.
There was an element of romance asso-
ciated with the departure Of the ships
which bore mute evidence to the peculiar
significance Of the cruise. For days before
the vessels got under way, and, in fact.
before the busy horde of workers had
finished lading and repairing, League
Island was the mecca for an army OF
femininity. There were wives, sisters and
sweethearts, from all walks of life, but all
actuated by the same purpose-to take one
last peep at officers and men before the
order to move east was given.
But it was something more than fare
well; it suggested an inspiration. 1t
seemed as though the women wanted to
remind the lads in blue that a quiet army
at home would watch their fate and for
tunes from afar, and praise or blame them
as they did their duty well or Ill.
A Farewell Dance.
OF course this throng came largely to
see the men. The officers did lot OF
entertaining; the usual teas and recep-
tons were given aboard. but the jackies
were anxious for their turn. too.
So one Sunday, after particularly busy
week, the captains made point OF not
being too observing, and whole regiment
of girls came aboard the ships and held
farewell dance. The mechanical pianos
pounded out waltzes and two-steps' ana
the tackles and their sweethearts had the
| time Of their lives.
OF course the Quaker city ministers
were shocked at such frivolity on the Sab
bath. and the attention of the President
was called to the matter. But the ofn-
GERS who understood the spirit which
nrompted the farewell dance stood nobly
| by the men.
what do you expect me to do!' SAID
one gallant, gold-laced dignitary, Put
the men in the brig over Sunday before
| we sail?'
Besides he added, with twinkle IN
his eve, II didn't see any dancing, any
how"
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The Fighting Spirit.

belongs to the constituency of red neck
ties, which he wears with d well-fitting
sack coat suit of granite gray, with gray
spats over patent feathers. and almost al
ways wears lavender handkerchiefs.
Even Gen. Henry II. Bingham, known
as the father of the House," has Joined
the congressional dress reformers, and
joyfully buried the frock coat suit he wore
with pride when first elected to the For
ty-sixth Congress. Gen. Bingham adds
to the new color scheme of the House by
wearing a jaunty blue cheviot sack coat
suit with colored waistcoat and Phila-
delpha's choicest ties.
Representative Thomas Gale of Alaska
lays aside his arctic furs when he takes
leave of his home district and dons a
we'll fitting business suit.
X
Ollie James of Kentucky, the heavy
weight of the House, who weighs nearly
three hundred pounds. says the habit of
wearing light tan and gray sack coat
suits is not a matter of choice. 1t is
necessity, he says, because he never found
a tailor who had cloth enough of one
kind to make him frock coat suit Man.
ufacturing such a suit for Ollie James,
his tailor says. would be as laborious as
knitting q red sweater for a baby ele-
plant.
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the gospel of science in trade at every op-
porfunity.
my idea of successful merchandising
and all other forms of business" he said,
us that every man in the organization
shall do that which he can do best and
stop when his limit of the best work is
reached. and hand it on to some one else
who can carry it on at the highest point
of efficiency. Our system, If it works
properly. tells us how this can .e done
and enables us to reduce the time given
to each particular piece OF work.
Il see a great change coming over bust
ness methods in England. The old plan of
muddling through is being superseded by
keen interest and scientific methods. One
great reason for that is that few years
ago business in England was undignified
and carried with it d social stigma. In
America. on the contrary the big business
man is the equal socially with any one in
the land. In England business is now gain
ing the recognition due to the ability and
other qualities necessary for the success
full business man.
ged behind has been that business in Eng
land has not been the goal of the business
man. He does not see the fun and joy of
successful business. With him it has been
a halfway house to country home, or a
yacht. or a grouse moor, and the ultimate
goal has absorbed the best of his thought
and enthusiasm. The new generation of
business man in England is taking a joy
in business for its own sake, and it is
this type of man who Is studying the
science Of business and equipping him
self with all the modern appliances.
1--WE had business exhibition in Lon
don last year, and we are going to have
| another next year. I was astonished to
/ see the keen and intelligent interest which
| the young British business men took in
the new ideas and appliances exhibited
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from the rut in which they have been ac-
customed to go. and they are afraid that
any improvement will mean that they will
lose their jobs.
"A case in point which I heard of the
other day was that of Huntley & Palmer,
the great biscuit manufacturers of Read
ing. An American agent convinced the
heads of the firm of the desirability of in
stalHng an up-to-date Office system and a
proper system of calculating factory costs.
He thought that when he had done this
his work as done, but he found that the
plan had to be abandoned because of the
hostility of the employees. They simply
refused to work the system, and 1t had
to be abandoned.
in spite of this opposition we are gain
ing ground steadily. When a man finds
that his competitor is distancing him in
the race for business because he has in
stalled modern methods and appliances
he soon decides that he must be no longer
handicapped by his Anticipated plant and
ways of doing things. Every convert
that we make means dozen more within
a few months"
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Another man who is keenly interested
in the system boom, but from the view
point of the user than Of the seller or or
ganizer is H. Gordon Selfridge. formerly
partner In the firm of Marshall Field
& Co.. of Chicago. who is building an
up-to-date dry goods store in London
Mr.. Selfridge very modestly disclaims all
idea of teaching Londoners how to do
business. but from what 1 have heard of
HIS plans the dry goods store which he
is about to open will be revelation to
those accustomed to the old fogy methods
of the London shopkeepers. Mr.. Selfridge
is a strong believer in system and mod
ern methods of business and he breaches
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-09-02
JAPAN AND AMERICA WILL NEVER FIGHT

I per cent. Efforts are now being
made to withdraw the 6 per cent
bonds and replace them with bonds
drawing only 4 Y per cent.
To secure her enormous foreign
loans, made at a time when Japan
was fighting for her very existence,
the Japanese were forced to pledge
most of their national income, their
customs receipts and the receipts of
the tobacco and other monopolies.
With this financial showing, where
could Japan obtain the money re-
quired for very long and very cost
ly war? The money that defeated
Russia came from America and Eng
land.
In war with the United States
what coutry is there that would
take the chance of loaning Japan
such an enormous sum? No matter
, no wmuch sentiment there might be
in Japan's favor = and there Is at
least one great power that would
| without doubt welcome such con-
flict-sentiment has never been q
falling Of the great European bank
ers, and it is from them In the end
that the money must come.-William
H. Brill in Leslie's Weekly.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-09-02
AN IDAHO LANDMARK GONE.
Built for FIGURING Mill Over 40 Years
Ago.

The Boise Capital News contains
the following communication from
James H. Twogood of that place;
The livery stable that was Destroy
ed by fire Wednesday afternoon was
what was known as the Cy Jacobs
flour mill, and was an old landmark
of the city.
1t was built by the Moore Brothers
of Corvallis, Ore, in 1854 or '65 and
was the first FIGURING mill in the terri
tory. They got permission through
the city council to place it at the
lower end of Idaho street and in the
center of the road. 1t had been a
very prominent landmark for 4C
years.
Cyrus Jacobs came here from Day
ton, Ore, in the sos, purchased the
mill and then built a distillery in con-
nection. He used to make q very
good article of whiskey, with all the
headache extracted! Frank Davis
brother Of Thomas, used to run tn,
engine. Darius Baker was gauge,
! In after years the mill was sold t.