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Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-04-25
SHALL THE INFANTRY FIGHT THE
BATTLEsHIPS7

The President made good, hard
fight for four bnilleshlps. aud while
there Is no question that the great ma
jorlty of the people were with him
In the stand he took, the senators aud
representatives held another view Of
IL. Now TINT the battle Is over there Is
every reason to believe that the Pro-
sident was beaten for petty and per.
soma! reasons In Il considerable OK
tent. but even ut the risk or becoming
clnsscd as IN nlarmlst. lie declares
that there nre NJ present grave inter.
national considerations In the Far
East which admonish America TO do
that far sighted ana patriotic thing.
There was more than II little bun
combc talked in Congress when the
Presidents recommendation was re.
jected. Several congressman tried
10 make 1t appear that Amcrica's mnl.
titude of brave, patriotic and resource.
full citizens are all the defense The
nation needs In the contingency OF
n foreign war, Nobody questions
these qualities in our cliizcnshIp;
they have been tested and found not
wanting
but how, IL may tc asked, can these
men be used In naval warfare-and
our next war will necessarily be. frs.
of all, naval-whon we have not the
necessary ships? Are Virginias
troops TO he marched into the Atlantic
from Cape Henry to overwhelm our
enemy's armor clads with rifle hui
lets, or are the men from Tidewater
and the Blue Ridge to be discharged
beneath the waves. as submarine Tor.
pedoes? But maybe they will he
transported by the airship route. ANA
then 1t is n long swim from the Cali.
fornia coast to the shores of Japan.
The American people have good
sense. The public believes that in
foreign affairs there is possibility
of grave issues arising at any time.
and that II would have been we'll for
the members of the Legislative branch
of tho government to have needed the
counsel of the Executive for the safe
guarding of national interests. The
country is for international peace
sincerely. hut 1t must he prepared 10
fight for 1t on the seas If II does no,
want to 10 victim of war.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-04-25
Records Its Best Business Year

Inc compagnie Generate Transatan.
udue or France. according TO the re.
port OF its president, had the largest
receipts in 1907 OF any year of its OK.
istence' reaching 72,0O0.OO0 francs.
The president said: I'VE have not
made many more sea miles than in
l9Ol' aud our expenses will propor.
tona'eIy remain the same" The four
years the company increased its ton.
mage 64,l1S tons. or q proportion OF
81 per cent The corporation ia heay!.
~ subsidized y the French govern.
ment.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-04-25
To Study Fire Fighting Methods

BrigtGcn. Joseph Stephen Adams.
mead OF the Bnda.Pesth fire brigade.
ut the command of the Hungarian
government. is in Philadelphia to
study its FIRE department. He pur.
poses 10 learn from the inside. by
experience, and TO that end he will
respond TO alarms and drag leads of
hose, Ike everyday professional blue
shirL In explaining his mission to
inns country to Mayor Reyburn he
saiu he wanted to be commissioned as
fireman. and, If necessary. wear the
Uniform of the Philadelphia depart.
ment.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-04-25

when necessary. Generally speaking
separate entrance from the porch IL
ilked better than to have the front
door open directly into the living
room.
where no cellar is provided an
extra good pantry is needed for stor.
age. The cost of building it in this
way is but iittle extra, because the
same projection answers for the rear
porch. The front porch is built In
very economical way. rs 1t saves the
usual bullion veranda and 1t looks
very well for little house Of this
kind.
The main object in building bunga
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-04-25
Battered at the Newport News. Va,
Pontofice 40 second-class matter,
SATURDAY, April. %. 1908,
SOME INTERESTING TARIFF HIS.
TORY.

'Oht.
IN the current number of n CONNER.
cIal paper Mr.. II. Il, Miles shows how
protective tariT is made ana by
whom 1t Is created and how II Is IN.
held In Congress by the agents there
OF the special interests. Mr.. Miles
, first calls attention to the fact that
the Dlngley law grants free raw ma
terials to American shipbuildcrs for
the upbullding OF our merchant ms.
rine, but contrary 10 the clear intent
tof the law these materials must hc
imported In such form as 10 make
them useless. II is known In Wash
ington that Congressman Dalaell is
the entire American Congress so far
rs the steel schedule Is concerned.
and when Congressman lowering, or
Massachusetts, urged upon Mr.. Dial.
zell that the law be amended simply
to make effective It's intent the latter
told him to see n certain official OF
the Steel Corporation. III he Is Will.
I ing" said Mr.. Dalzell. al am. II not,
there is no use of bothering me-" Tho
official of the steel trust refused to
give his consent to the proposed
amendment and So the law stands to.
day to tho dctriment of Newport
: News leading industry. and as the
expression OF the will of the steel
trust. In this connection, Mr.. Miles
says:
Mr.. Dalzell did not give the steel
men protectlon-he gave them
ssraightout prohibition; he gave them
the exclusive control ana monopoly
iEof the American market. MS strict and
effective as the Italian Governments
monopoly of salt ana tobacco, with
this difference. however. the italian
monopoly accrues to the benefit of
+ that government Mr.. Dalzells mo.
nopoly accrues wholly to the l!enetlt
OF trust. Yet some Americans call
this protection.
'Hrhe best men In the steel inter.
ests are ashamed of their schedules.
Some CT them have given explicit no.
lice to Republicans in WASHINGTON
thDt the schedule were, when made.
.nnrensonably high and should be mod.
fled, both in the interests OF the
steel producers and OF the Republi.
can party" OF which these men are
inembers. How quickly would Mr..
pa1zell tell such experts as his group
OF politicians would select, that he
and Mr.. -, of the Steel Company
needed no assistance or information
on steel and would be quite able to
handle that steel schedule again.
People asking a government repre-.
sentative for relief on another sched-
ule were by that representative re.
fcrred to New England manufac-
tnrr the official agreeing to act In ac-
rcrdance with the protected manufac.
'urer's wishes. Said the manufaclur
or: II wrote that schedule myself. I
did not intend that 1t should be inter
preted as severely as 1t has been, but
having been so interpreted. ! will not
consent TO a modification of IT. And
this mans will remains the law
M. Miles, the author of the arti.
Gle, is chairman of the committee OF
the National Association of Manufac-
tarers which Is seeking to secure a
sis5yision of the Dingiey schedules. He
bias made q thorough study OF the sub
sssct, and Il y evident that he regards
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-04-25

We have waited patiently for the
king OF Yellows" to make ont a case
of attempted murder in the upsetting
in an Austrian river of Loaf which
was occupied by the young lady who
was Gladys Vanderbilt and her hus
band. The editor of the lobster cdi.
ton" must be away on an early VA.
cation.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-04-25
Exclaimed.

what was there so remarkable
about Hercules cleaning the Augean
stablcs?" asked the professor.
The fact" answered the student,
after some thought that so large a
contract could he fulA'lcd
without somebody's being charged
with graft. Washington star.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-04-25

low like this is to get something neat,
attractive and useful ut reasonable
cost. Such houses have been built
Tor Sl,0OO under extra favorable
conditions; probably $1,000 would
cover the cost almost anywhere,
and 1t Is house that may be added to
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-04-25

An exchange speaks of some citi.
zens of his town as mythomaniacs. If
he had looked in Psalms he would
have found a sentence that would
have been more readily grasped by
me readers-"I said in my heart all
men are liars"
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-04-25

1t is bachelor girl who says that
baby's kiss tastes of stale milk. u
boys of jam, lovers of cigarettes
and husbands of cocktails. Now
how In the world did a bachelor girl
ever find ont so much on this sub.
ject?
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-04-25

Can't see why the Kaiser should
have his wages raised. With two
sons about TO become self supporting
strikes ns thai the old man ought to
worry along on his present pay. Rnt,
OF course. its none of our business.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-04-25

Most people are so absorbed in try.
ing TO save the pennies that they
can't sec where they waste the
pounds.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-04-25

A woman can locate her figure any
where between her knees and her
shoulder bla'les. according to the
stays that are in style.
New York Press.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-04-25

What makes an open-worl. shirt
waist so interesting is II Is supposed
to do what you can see It doesn't.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-04-25

A very good thing to improve a
girls complexion is to feel her garter
slipping down.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-04-25
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.

It's prudent finance to trust mar
ill you can get the money out OF
him.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-04-25

Taft doesn't get to the tariff until
he has Just 10 minutes In which 10
catch the next train.-Atlanta Consti-
tuition.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-04-25
WITH THE PARAeRAPHERs.

Some of the married delegates will
30 to Chicago uninstructed.-Ohlo
State Journal.
1t is astonishing how long ones
rich maiden aunt can live.-IIouston
Post.
DO not fall in love at first sight
Take another look. when she isn't
looking.-Galveston News.
The baseball umpire is at present
n bigger man than the political boss.
Birmingham Age-Herald.
Governor Hughes of New York
doesn't seem to care bit about the
horseman vote.-Ohio Sun.
Whenever man reaches any place
the talk of boiling from him ceases
there. but there are so many places
and only one Bryan.-Phlladelphia
Ledger
OF course, Congress may suspend
the duty on wood pulp. but it looks
more as IL II were maneuvering TO
hang 1t np.-Indianapolis News
The Sultan of Turkey was quick to
perceive the difference between an Mt
titude of blum and one of biff.-Phlla.
dclphia Record.
Personally" saws Damon vii.
liams, or words TO that effect, "Pythi.
as Cannon Is delightful gentleman"
New York Mail.
No man ever betrayed n trust with.
out intending TO fix 1t up IL things
ever came his way.-Chlcago Record
Herald.
Taft doesn't get TO the tariff until
he has Just 10 minutes In which 10
catch the next train.--Atlanta Consti-
tutt0u
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-04-25

Northbouna.
Leave Portsmouth, North
street SOC p m
Leave Norfolk. foot OF Wa.
ter street. at ........ e:ee IN
Leave Old Point Comfort at 700 p m
Arrive Washington at. -. 1900 q m
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-04-25

No man ever betrayed n trust with.
out intending to fix 1t up If things
ever came his Chicago Record
Herald
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-04-25

Governor Hughes of New York
doesn't seem to care bit about the
horseman vote.-Ohio Sun.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-04-25

Personally" saws Damon vii
liams, or words TO that effect. "Pythi
as Cannon is delightful gentleman
New York Mail.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-04-25

Whenever man reaches any place
the talk of boiling from him ceases
there. but there are so many places
and only one Bryan.-Phlladelphi
Ledger
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-04-25

The baseball umpire is at present
a bigger man than the political boss.
Age-Herald.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-04-25

The Sultan of Turkey was quick ia
perceive the difference between an ut
titude of blum and one of biff.-Phlla
dclphia Record.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-04-25

OF course, Congress may suspend
the duty on wood pulp. but it looks
more as IL 1t were maneuvering TO
hang IL np.-Indianapolis News.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-04-25

DO not fall in love Mt first sight
Take another look. when she isn't
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. News.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-04-25

Some of the married delegates vii
20 to Chicago minstructed.-Ohi
State Journal.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-04-25

1t is astonishing how long ones
rich maiden aunt can live.-Houston
Post
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-06-24
Gov. cuTLER,s CANDIDACY.

Governor John c. Cutler is out with
announcement of his candidacy for re-
nomination at the hands of the Repub-
licans of Utah. and accompanies his
declaration with a program which he
would like 10 see carried out if re-
elected. Unless his party intends 10 re-
pudiate his administration and assume
the defensive position which repudia-
tiOn would entail it is probable he will
be renominated in spite of the fact that
the federal office holders combination
desires TO displace him with one of
their machine.
Generally speaking, the governor has
been an efficient executive. though no
one could accuse him of brilliancy. and
his appearance as representative of
the state is something less than i'm
pressive. But he has evidently given
the state the best that was in him and
is entitled TO claim Endorsement from
his party.
incidentally. admitting that Governor
Cutler is about as good a man as the
Republicans can muster for the job
the Democrats of Utah can find any
one of a dozen prominent men in their
party who would be ADLER in office and
represent the state better in its rela-
tions with outsiders.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-06-24

mittees findings. Likewise. the penal
~ agreed to by the government as
prosecutor indicates the futility of ex-
pecting any real restraint or punish
ment of the trusts under a Republican
administration. What constituted an
enormous crime in trusts hostile TO the
administration is regarded by the gov
eminent as a minor Offense to be pal
lated when the paper trust is the Of
fender, because the paper trust has
been on almost as good terms with the
powers that be as the steel trust itself
Moreover, the outcome of the case is
encouraging TO the newspaper publish
ers, because it shows that although
they cannot hope for any real help
from congress so long as the Republic
cans are in control, they can prove
their facts in the public view and Ill
timately compel congress to take
cognizance of conditions that have be-
come intolerable to the consumers of
paper in this country.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-06-24
chief Walls REMOVAL.

The summary removal of Chief
Vail of the FIRE department. for the
good of the service" would be some
thing of a joke if il did not involve a
gross injustice TO Vail He was en-
titled 10 a hearing of any charge made
against him, or in the absence of a
hearing. the public was entitled To
some better reason for his removal
The good of the service" is about the
last consideration regarded in appoint
ments by this administration of the
city; and Wallis own appointment was
so distinctly for the political demorali-
cation of the fire department as to dis
count any pretense at desire for eff
cheney in that branch Of the public
service.
Fortunately for the city, the council
baked at the second step in the
mayors program and refused TO ap-
point James Devine as chief To be
sure, the reasons for the refusal were
political, but Devine as chief would be
the last straw for long suffering COM
munity's patience. Politically. Devine
has been a Hessian, his allegiance de-
pending altogether on the prospect for
office. First a Republican, then an
American" then chairman of the Re
publican city committee, and now an
applicant for place under the "Ameri-
cans" he holds the Utah record for
lightning change shifts in political con
VictiOn. But. waving his readiness TO
exchange convictions for office, he is
not fitted for the office he desires and
which was promised him by the mayor.
An excellent judge of horses, he has
neither the cool judgment nor the fac
ulty of maintaining discipline which go
to make a good fire chief When he
held the place before he lacked the
confidence of business men whose prop
erty interests are at stake in any man
agement of the fire department. He
took too much interest in politics TO be
a good fireman; and he took just
enough interest in the fire department
10 be a poor politician.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-06-24
cPEAKs WELL FOR UTAH.

A few days ago immigration Inspect
or LOngley. stationed in Salt Lake.
completed a tour of inspection of every
penal and public eieemosynary insti-
tuition in the state He visited every
county Jail and the charitable estab-
lishments in pursuance of a custom
followed by the government every four
years TO ascertain if there are any
alien public charges who come within
the three-year limit, and thus are sub
ject to deportation.
None such was found, save in the
state prison; but the remarkable thing
about Mr.. Longley's investigation is
that in very few of the county jails
We're there found any prisoners at all.
Inspector LOngley visited twenty seven
county seats, some of them near and
some remote. He expresses his sur
prise at the fact that the county
prisons nearly everywhere are empty.
Only in a few of the larger cities are
there offenders incarcerated. Mr.. Long
leys testimony is that his information
is that the conditions which he found
are not an exception, but are the rule.
Certainly this speaks well for Utah.
1t is evidence of two things. Outside
the larger cities there is a marked alb
sence of crime; outside the larger
cities, too, the officers are eternally
vigilant and the courts work with ex-
petition. 1t is a matter for congratu-
lation that Utah can point TO its empty
jails-there is no fame so pitiable as
that of holding the record for out
lawry.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-06-24

morrow for her guests, Mrs. Evans and
Miss McCrory.
<
Mrs. ]. C. Struck and her little
daughter have gone to Long Beach,
where they Will spend the summer.
X
Francis Critchlow returned Yesterday
from Princeton, where he has eon-
pleted his sophomore year.
Miss Vera Edwards is home from Los
Angeles, where she has spent the past
year in school.
X x X
Hugh Williams is home from Exeter
and will spend the summer with his
father, p. l.. Williams
Mrs. William II. Child has issued in
Vltations for a bridge tea TO be given
a week from Friday.
4
Inc meeting this morning of the
Hospital Aid society will be the last
one of the summer season.
X
Inc Daughters Of Utah Pioneers will
meet at the Lion House at g o'clock
this afternoon. AS this is the last
meeting before adjourning for the sum-
mef' after the program refreshments
VIII be served. All interested are cor
daily invited
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-06-24
ecoRE ONE FOR PUBLISHERS.

Although Speaker Cannon's special
committee on the paper trust was un-
able 10 discover any evidence that a
trust existed among paper manufac-
turers. IL took New York grand jury
only a few days 10 return an indict-
ment against one branch of the trust:
and il took only a few days more to
compel a plea Of guilty from the in
dicted ones. Because they pleaded
guilty and saved the government the
expense of prosecution. the offenders
were permitted to escape with fine
of 81 600 each-a punishment about
equivalent 10 a days profits.
The evidence in the case was secured
and prepared for presentation by John
D. Norris. representing the Ame lean
Newspaper Publishers association. the
same men who gave the Mann congress
sionaI committee proof of the existence
Of a criminal trust among the news
paper manufacturers. and the verdict
is al once a vindication OF Mr.. Norris
and an arraignment of the Mann COM
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-06-24
IITAH is FORTUNATE.

To the north of us. To the east of us
and To the south of as there have been
floods entaiiing loss of property
mounting into the millions of dollars;
! in cases the floods have assumed the
proportions of cataclysIn. In Mon
tana the damage is not yet TO be meas
ured in dollars: the loss is tremendous.
There has been loss of life. people
have been compelled To flee their homes.
and there is ruin and desolation from
one end of the state TO the other.
The dispatches last week told of the
June rise" in the Missouri. the Kaw
and The Mississippi rivers. The June
rise" is synonymous with hundreds OF
thousands of acres of crops ruined.
immense areas of densely populated
country devastated. thriving towns laid
waste. and pitiful wreck everywhere.
The people who inhabit the fertile re-
gions OF the Missouri and Mississippi
valleys are a sturdy, honest, INDUS
trious people Each year they witness
the dispiriting spectacle that is the
not easily daunted. and they set their
faces braveIy and hopefully toward the
future and their hands 10 restoring or
der out Of chaos. They have a cour-
age which equals, if not. indeed, sur
passes, the bravery of the most cour-
ageous soldier. 1t is a courage born
of necessity; II is the courage OF pa
thence and perseverance.
Each year the Kaw at length voids
its overwhelming volumes INTO the
Missouri. In turn that gigantic trail
of murk and liquid mire adds lis over
burden to the already bankfull Missis-
sippi. Men with anxious faces, haggard
and worn with sleepless nights on ths
levees and the entertainments, watch
for the crest to pass; women pray that
the banks will hold and that, for an
other year at least their property, their
all may be spared.
OF a surety, these be trying times for
the people who live in the lOWlands
along the waterways Of the great
basin.
Rejecting upon these things, one is
moved 10 say that Utah is indeed
blessed. In this state there have been
transforms and slight damage. it is
true but when these are taken in COM
parison with the terrible visitations n
other sections, they sink into insignifi-
canoe.