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New-York tribune., 1908-02-23

othsr nave 1nterwoven our destiny with that of
o.ner @ peoples and entangled our peace and pros
PITY re win the ambition. rivaship and caprice
vi o.ners Let US examine this We certa iniv
Iase maoe no permanent treaties Offensive or
Asfatic power. - european vi
we can avoid entangling alliances with Euro
pedh aho other governments, but when as was
ne case with respect to Porto Rico and the Phil
ippihes against ctr will and without premedi.
sauon we have-thrust upon us the respopsihf,ity
Lof the government of untutored millions Of
people IL would. in my judgment be Violating
SSsers RUE OF international morality to abandon
mem tnen, TO the chaos of internecne strife before
lnak,hg an earnest. serious effort to lead them
on on the way to popular self government and pr,
them on their feet ~ f
washington was man of such practical COM
mon sense and so strong feeling in respect TO
naeonal DUTY that may be sure that were
'ne conditions in respect TO Porto Rico Cuba
and the Philippines presented to him as thev
rave oeen to this generation during the last
oecaae he would have approved the course
which has been taken.
incidentally. Secretary Taft visited the Twen-
neth Century Club a prominent women's or
sanlzation, this afternoon. and on leaving the
Eiiicott Club banquet, he to the Saturn
Club. in Delaware avenue. where reception by
mat club was rendered him.
New-York tribune., 1908-02-23
TO PREVENT FRAUD IN PAINT.
Bill Providing for Inspection and Labelling
Introduced in House.

Washington Feb. 22-Mr. Marshall North
Dakota to-day introduced bill to prevent the
manufacture or transportation of adulterated
or unlabelled paint turpentine or linseed OIL The
bill provides that the Secretaries OF the Treasury
Agriculture and Commerce and Labor shall make
rules regulations for carrying out the act. in
cluding the collection and examination of paint.
turpentine and linseed oil manufactured offered
for sale in the District OF Columbia In any terri
tory of the United States. which shall be offered
for sale unbroken packages IN any state other
than that in which they shall have been manufact-
produced which shall be received from
any foreign country.
An article win be deemed adulterated if anv sub
stance be present other than those mentioned
acter or increases its weight volume without d
rials contained the article be of inferior quality:
if any substance has been substituted in whole or
part for any ingredient claimed to be present.
The label must show, in the English language the
name and residence of the manufactur of the
paint the distributor thereof. the party for
whom the same is manufactured: the true
weight of dry colors and the true measure in gal
Ions of ready mixed ready for paints there
shall be shown the and with substantial
curacy the percentage of each ingredient both
solid and liquid when other than chemically pure
ColOrs used the percentage of composition
thereof shall also be shown.
The penalty clause of the bill provides that
each conviction the guilty party may be fined not
TO exceed $500 shall be sentenced to one years
imprisonment both, and for each subsequent
conviction shall be fined less than $1,000
fenced TO years Imprisonment, or both
New-York tribune., 1908-02-23
WEIGHT OF A CORD OF WORDS" "
Printers Get Representative Pearre, of
Maryland, Into Trouble.
From The Tribune Bureau.l

Washington, Feb. 22.-When the House Com
mittee Coinage Weights and Measures was
asked to-day to consider resolution 'to deter
mine the standard weight of cord of words in
the District Of Columbia the members insisted
that it a reflection on Congress, and went
in anger in search of the author of the resolu-
tion Representative Pearre, of Maryland. With
fire in their eyes they sought to jump on his
cumbent figure, which stretched at full
length in the cloak room, but before he was
lacerated he Indignantly denied offering such
resolution.
The truth was that Mr. Pearre some time ago
asked that the committee determine the stand
ard weight of a cord of wood in the district,
and the compostors at the Government Print
ing Office did the rest.
The committee ordered that the resolution be
reprinted, and suggested that the next time
Representative Pearre has trouble with his
lumberman he take the matter to the courts.
New-York tribune., 1908-02-23
CfarIs, the Fat Away.

To reduce by means Of exercise or dleilhg u
noiliag but torture 20 the flesh and nortihcatloh
10 the spirit II is SO much simpler TO charm
Il sH2y. Os course don't mean by "spehs ol
incantations" but through the occasional use oi
this home receipt viz 1z ounce MarIn"ia' q
9Enoe. Fluid Extract Cascara Aromatic ana 90
'gnces Syrup Simplex, which any one can OBTAIN
Il any drug store for small sum ana MIX 7'
home Take :easpconfui after meals ahu "'
osdtiu2c II literally charms the Eat away Iakcs
II Of jusi where you need il off and does u
QUICKLY flyt ba-n,,essiy Many persons lose as
Mlth as pound q DAY
isnf that charming" OF The fat--eat what
you please and stIu Jose a pound a da3-wlth-
uat strain, injury or effort?
New-York tribune., 1908-02-23
BRYAN BLAaEs TIE RAILROADS.
Denies That Hostile State Legislation Is
Re=yonsibIe for Present Depression.

Torella Kan Feb. 2o.-V-iIIiaIn J. Bryan spoks
tonight at Il dinner attended by twelve hundred
persons and watched by hundreds Of spectators
including
Mr. Bryan denied clat hostile state legislation
was responsible for the depressed condition in rail-
road affairs The conditions. Ee said. were due
more To exageerations and r9isrepreseEtations
which the railroad managers presented when Try
ing to intiniGa;c state lsGisiato-s-
Sir Bryan also found .eas0n for the present
financial troubles IN watered stock and the lack of
bank deposit guaranty legislation
The big Eastern banks he said violated the
law at every turn. and did keep sufficient
reserves hand meet the demands for aeJIsl
cash. II these reserves had been ID We should
have had no difficulty. Ne .yUs, look TO some pan
for guaranteeing the dep1fits II tae banks = IaS
passed by Congress CouId HeIr only national banks.
and the states must take action hich vrt.' pro-sct
state banks"
New-York tribune., 1908-02-23
ADVISE FIGHT IN MASSACHUSETTS.
Gardner and Cobb Say There Should Be an
Aggressive Campaign for Taft.
LFro-n the Tribune Bureau.


Washington Feb. Z2.-War TO the knife and the
knife the ht in Massachusetts, the advice
given the President to-day by Representative
Gardner and John c. Cobb. of Milton chairman Of
the executive committee of the Massa chusetts Taft
League. They called at the White House tell
the President that harmony In Massachusetts, poll
tics of the question. and If an aggressive
fight was not begun and maintained Secretary Taft
would lose.
There is in crying Peace! Peace when
there is no peace said Mr.. Cobb the President.
We want to start right in with aggressive
campaign for instructed delegates and keep II up
until the last delegate from the state is chosen
The President did not commit himself added
Representative Gardner but neither did he say
that the programme outlined by Mr.. Cobb dis
tasteful TO him. ], for my part. for going out
after instructed delegates and getting them dy-
ing in the attempt. If don't do that the Taft
campaign will lose out. That's all there is to it.
You may be very sure hereafter that uninstructed
DELEGATES in Massachusetts are those that are
against the Secretary OF War
New-York tribune., 1908-02-23
DOWN EAST BRYAN MEN TO MEET.

New Haven Feb. "a call has been issued for
a meeting next Saturday at the Quincy House. Bos-
ton at II 4. m, of the New England Democratic
Progressive League. AT which proposition VIII
be made that the league change its the
Bryan Democratic League New England. The
meeting Will take measures according to the call,
bring about the election of Delegates the Den
convention on July who viii favor Mr. Bryan
for the Presidential nomination
The state league Of Massachusetts also viii re
orGa ntZcG at nOon In connection with the
ing. Senator t /. Gore Oklahoma, and Repre-
sentative Ollie James Cf Kentucky. VIII speak Ac
cording TO the programme l. j. sullivan, of Bangor.
VIII speak FOR Maine. George Fred Williams for Mas
Sachusetts. Governor Jarles Ii Higgins Cor Rhode
island. William Kennedy, OF NaGgdtuck. for Noc-
nectlcut James +. Burke, Of burlington. Yer
mont and ,Ir. Jameson. Il Antrim for New HaICp
shire Alexander TrOup. of this city. VIII preside.
New-York tribune., 1908-02-23
Bryan IN KANSAS CITY AND TOPEKA.

Kansas City. No. F'et. William = Bryan ar
rived here this morning frora Illinois EN~eUs-cd
h travel ne iTnle giictey retired t0r few hours
rest. He the guest at luncheon a / clock
at the Grand Hotel Of the ioSal Ds-,c"-ats. md
ds Iivered au address. Fso=H go - O'Clock pue-
liz reception held. M Pryar started la-e n
the afternoon for Topeka
Topeka Kan. Feb 22-severei thousand Demo-
Gratis from all ove. Kansas gathered for Jhe ban
q-et the Auditorium tonight - which V1liern
Jennings Bryan thc principal speaker Two
special trains brought DenocrIts and speet7tora
from the Democratic convention at Hutchinson
E,r B:van aud party arrived here at 5 o'clock
- had IronroIHptI reception at the Hotel
Throop. The Dsrocratic headquarters. Until "a
the of the banquet Acco1nrlc datiors Elo
been made for a thousand guests at tie bacqUet,
70 which women were admitted
New-York tribune., 1908-02-23
PARSONS ON INSTRUCTIONS.
Expects to Offer Hughes Resolution at State
Convention.
IFrom The Tribune Bureau. ]


Washington, Feb. 2.-If Representative Parsons
IL a delegate the Republican State Convention,
a. he expects be. he Will introduce a resolution
indorsing Governor Hughes for the Presidency ana
pledgine the state delegation to stand by him TO
tbe last ditch Mr.. Parsons had talk with the
President to-day and after his interview expressed
the oDinion that the delegates-at-laTge would be
chosen on a Hughes platform
THAT is the spirit OF the resolution passed by
the county committee" said Mr.. Parsons, and L
believe il will be carried out Everything Is salls-
factory lust at present. and We are awaiting the
course of events
When asked If he knew what progress the
tiuab.s boom was making outside OF New YORK
H. president OF the county committee smiled ana
Li bead II am not the Hughes manager
o,tsid. of New York, he said
..Who is?" he WAS asked
General Woodford, ! guess. ne repiieu
NJ psr.ons said that n he was elected a dele-
=. - .be state convention he would oh-r 'he
puphes resolution Il expect to De at 'iiS 'o'i'
- he added. with another snllis
New-York tribune., 1908-02-23
FARES ON SOUTHERN RAILWAY.

Washington. Feb. Especial permission has
been granted by the Interstate Commerce Commits
sion to the Southern Railway and to the Northern
Alabama Railway, through S. II. Hardwick. pas
seneer traffic manager to establish three days
notice to the commission and to the public local
passenger fares in the states of North Carolina,
South Carolina. Georgia. Alabama and Tennessee
based on a rate of 2ia cents mile. The 212-Cent
basis represents a compromise reached between the
authorities of the states named and the Southern
Railway officials, and is increase of One-haIf
a mile the rate which the state authOri-
ties desired originally TO have put into effect.
New-York tribune., 1908-02-23
mR. METCA1F ASKS Fo2 sa.OOo.ooo
Failing to Obtain t. Must aeduce Force :.
Navy Yards.
tF.rom The Tribune Bureau. ]

Washington. Feb. .,1-Secretary Netcalf m
formed Congress to-day by letter that unless
The Navy Department o5tain5 the S2OJJot0
which the bureau OK ordnance requested in its
estimates under the appropriation fo- increase
OF 2ruOr and armament number of men
will have 70 b. lard OF az she navy yards
throughout the country. Tie letter says mat
the Navy Department ia net desi-oCs 81 -
ducins the force, but that unless an appropria-
tion Is made this course will be-o-ne necessary
Secretary Metcaif explains that m is now able
TO keep the force ALMOST intact by arranging
system of furloUsbs. but that t.ls cannot bs
continued indefinitely. The better was referred
TO the Committee on Naval Affairs
New-York tribune., 1908-02-23
OKLAHOMA FOR BRYAN.
Delegates Instructed by Democratic State
Convention.

Muskogee, Okla. Feb. 22--The Democratic State
Convention held in AIuskoSee to-day 4 Bryan
one. and IN addition to electEg delegates from
the five Congress districts, all pledged and in
struCted to vote for the nomination Of the Ne
braskan for President. resolutions were adopted
cormending him the ground thlt he is making
a fight for the people. Il arranged that eight
dtlcgates-at-large, each of whom Will be entitled
II one-half a vote, be sent to Denver instructed
RrNln.
New-York tribune., 1908-02-23
TAFT INooRsEp IN TWO STATES

Washington, Feb. e2.-Frank H. Hitchcock polit-
icai manager for Secretary Taft. received a
oispatch to-day announcing that
ing of the Republican committee of the Sd Con-
gress District of Tennessee Ohe Chattanooga dis
trict) a resolution unanimously indorsinC Secre-
tary Taft for TIE Presidency had been adopted.
Mr. Hitchcock also received dispatch
at meeting Of the Republican state chairman
and leaders Of Arkansas a public declaration In
support of Secretary Taft issued.
New-York tribune., 1908-02-23

cough that is difficult 10 relieve
cold may settle in nearly any organ in the
body. and very quickly lead 20 organic disease
of that organ
Any remedy that ear raifere stubborn cold fs
Of untold value 10 the human family
Fer many years Peruna has been used by
multitude or people for colds Whereve- Crdi-
nary remedies fail 10 relieve a cold Peruna is
resoTted 10. II seldom. II ever fails
New-York tribune., 1908-02-23
NEGLECTED. Colds Lead to Many
Ailments

A SETTLED cold is q dangerous disease II
paves the way for many other ailments
a stubborn cold may result in chronic catarrh
of the head or nasal passages. 1t may produce
a persistent form of pharynEitis
If the cold settles in the larynx or bronchial
tubes it gives rise 10 continued hoarseHesS or a
New-York tribune., 1908-02-23
INDIAN BILL INCREASED.

Washington. FEB. THE Indian Appropriation
bill. which reported TO Jhs Senate to-day car
Iie- 50 So SO. increase - Sls.e.tsS over tas
total appropriation made s. the o.I as It wss
passed by the House
New-York tribune., 1908-02-23

The meeting viii be preliminary TO an active cam
Bryan
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1908-09-04
Is IT AN APATHETIC CAMPAIGN THUS FAR!

Enquirer what
the
disturbed
fearful that they will not
4
Enquirer startled
country ghost of show
the Washington
predicting
difference beween Mclean
Mclean worried
enthusiasm the
marvellous workings
who "dementia Americana
have reversed his former
chances. He
the Presidential campaign date is
within almost months OF election
candidates been notified Nobody is talking
outlook
will begin and don't care II there
are o e shootn shoutin at all
with
will somebody's hopes into shereens oye
4ba+ rnde1v ippd and torn in
and Judge Tafts campaigns
people Presidential is going
evidence of animation IN the
than elsewhere More SO tnan IN many 1e
They consider TO be
other come back nome and
large OF peace and reinsurance prevails chairman
about from section OF the country 10
placatng and mendng broken fences and from every
he reports conditions to be all that could be desired somehow though
p9bt the candidate will
exhibited
tendency to fight purposes
There is q1te probability this third Nc
other West
Pyan old time enthusiasm that Democracy
husing presenting united
pronounced Democratic
interest become leaders become that the Re
bIan maneers giving
poets and daily money and for speakers
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1908-09-04
col. wArrERsoN on COL. BRYAN.

Bryan upon cquaintancep proved pecon
met a deadly
candid"
Bryan
it He
being the Original an He d b oPB 6
Nebraska
winning smile had
politician a
Of
He ample
article beautifully
discusses
he Peerless Leader" of Democracy
He either for
against eyes opened
to b 0 shodsightedness
habit seldceptVe deluslon
often unconscious form infdeli to both duty and truth
why's and
the ledger OF their opinions
and all vowing that
culpr is
elect
cf them finding him enough
ANYTHING other than than peT9d and dhono and II should succeed
agencies prey
upon time governor old Charles
TO
they damned bad they just cut loose and mend
much from oyeabuse
abusive word that said OF Mr. Bryan but was said Mr.
only back the Republican newspapers OF 1871
what peril to patriotism and property Mr. Iden was No honest
man a b a tered the same line Of argufcatn which is
LEV ear O To 9efeat the seepetons of nearly y years m
for the most part in offices and ABUSES e Pnoc a a aIo
the surface until nothing will
problem for the to consider Forbidden by the organs
Of the ehng common cause WIN Inc se t n n
sighted employers who tell them their wages depend up
in encouraging Yet New York lives and ve of the
their origin and
able to remov
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1908-09-04
HOLLANDS HEROIC AGE.
Her History Teens With Accounts of
Stirring Deeds.
Boston Globe

The Dutch have fought for what
they own, and they have been among
the greatest fighters that the world
has ever seen. When their prowess
in the past is considered, it seems
like human duty to drop a word of
warning upon the belligerent intelli-
gence Of Castro, lest by some strange
resurrection the spirit should reap
pear that once made the greatest ar
mics and navies Of Europe tremble.
For a thousand years the Dutch
fought the sea waves and the river
floods, and they dyked their land,
which is lower than the ocean. Dur
ring this time also they were fighting
the hardly less persistent and pitiless
human enemies that assailed them.
And yet the whole kingdom of the
Netherlands with it's eleven PROVING
es, which is more than a third as
large again as the original Dutch
United States of the sixteenth cen
fury, is less than half the size Of
South Carolina.
These Dutch in some respects were
the strangest people that Europe ev-
er knew, for while displaying a most
astonishing capacity for war on land
and sea, they were converting a mud
hole into a garden, and their inven-
lions of useful means to heaIthful and
abundant living, from the pillow in its
modern form to the thimble, We're
landmarks in the history of European
civilization.
The Dutch developed their extraor-
binary capacity as fighters in their
prolonged resistance to the Spanish
tyranny which in extent and ferocity
is almost unparalleled ia history. This
resistance was the more remarkable
and the success that finally crowned
1t the more astonishing when we con-
slider the resources of Spain, then the
first power in the world.
This was in the latter half of the
sixteenth century, and by the begin
ming of the seventeenth century the
Dutch had created a fleet that made
them the first naval power of the
world, and with which their hardy
and daring seamen swept the most
distant seas of Spanish commerce.
There was a long truce with Spain
and then a renewal of the war, when
the Netherlands attacked the Span
ish possessions in the East Indies and
laid the foundations of the Dutch en-
plre In that part of the world
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1908-09-04
THE BAPTIST CHURCH IN EUROPE.

church. Of the two
membership
probably millions people, inclined
worldwide
forcihy
representing Belgium Bulgaria Denmark Germany
Roumana
the church Over hundred British
unite
in On CONT
evangelical and missionary work
collective plan OF missionary
to church Austria Italy
other SOUTH
and especially in Southland
willingly
the
1t
steadily
recede plants
Methodist church. the largest
and uplifting of humanity.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1908-09-04
Telegraph Poles of Cement
New York Times.)


So enormous is the annual con-
sumption of timber in the shape of
the so-called poles by which telegraph
wires are sustained that everybody
who has come TO realize the import
ance of guarding our remaining for
ests Will rejoice to hear that the
Pennsylvania Railway Company pur-
poses to experiment on a large scale
with masts made of concrete. The
change of material, if it proves prac-
ticable, will make unnecessary the
present yearly destruction of thous-
ands and thousands of acres of woods
for the maintenance and extension OF
telegraph lines involve one of the
half dozen greatest drains to which
our forests are subjected
Of course the concrete poles-in
reality, no doubt, steel poles covered
with concrete-wiIl cost more than
wooden ones, to start with, but if
made with due regard to the strains
TO which they are to be subjected
they will be next TO indestructible A
pole that lasts forever will soon earn
the excess in first expenditure.
Wooden poles of the size required on
all important telegraph lines are by
no means cheap even now, and they
are constantly becoming more costly,
while they deteriorate rapidly and re-
quire frequent replacing.
Another economy OF the concrete
pole will come from the diminished
likelihood of accidents that interrupt
service when serious, and at all
times require the employment of ex-
pensiye repair gangs TO attend TO
minor breaks.
If, now, the railways would only
get somebody to invent for them a
concrete sleeper that had little
spring to it, so that engines and cars
wouldn't be jolted to pieces, and that
could be made at less than prohibitive
cost, the forests would have another
long reprieve-Iong enough, perhaps,
to let the tree-planters catch up with
the tree choppers. The desirability
of using substitutes for wood when
ever economically possible is becom-
ing apparent TO many and it is well
that those who have hitherto been
among the most reckless and ruthless
of the destroyers should be getting in
line at last with the preservers.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1908-09-04
SPENT FORTUNE IN A WEEK.
Detroit Woman Used Up Over $500,
900 in Six Days.
New York Telegraph.

Spending 100000 in six days is go
ing some. even for New York And
just to add a touch of interest to the
story the party who has been making
money flow like water for the past
week along Broadway is a very intel
ligent and pleasant little woman from
Detroit, MichA
What makes this story seem all
the stranger is that Martins, Sher-
ry's-none of those popular resorts
were any the wiser for the fact that
she was here; no theatre parties,
wine parties, dinner parties, nor any
other parties We're formed by her or
in her honor. She just came, spent
her money quietly and today viii go
away again.
This record-breaking spender is
Mrs. II. Stearnes and she is stopping
at the Astor. She is a buyer for two
big Detroit houses, and she dropped
in here quietly just six days ago.
Since she arrived she has got away
with a small fortune, but she is go
ing to take back 10 Detroit value re-
ceiyed, which is more than some De-
troiters and others do who come here
to blow in the money somebody has
made in numbering, or in iron mines,
or raising celery at Kalamazoo.
Mrs. Stearns was asked how she
enjoyed the trip
Fine she replied New York is
the finest city in the world for a wo-
man TO do business in.
when a woman drops into London
or Paris or any other European city
to buy it is difficult for her to get the
proper attention from the people who
have things to sell They seem to
find a difficulty in realizing that this
is the twentieth century and women
are beginning to do things.
There are other women buyers, OF
course; but they devote their talents
entirely to specialties, such as
millinery. In fact, there are compar-
atiyely few outside the millinery line.
Il buy anything. The stores for
which l am working this trip are de-
partment stores, and Of course that
means that the buyer takes in every
thing.
Only woman like myself can APP
preciate the advantages of carrying
on business of the size [ have been
carrying on here in New York In the
past six days l have spent more than
100000 / think | have bought pref
ty nearly everything under the sun. -
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1908-09-04

At the present rate of $4,000 a day
expense the legislature will eat up
in its extraordinary session the full
value of very fine state farm for
convicts. Legislators are an expen-
sive luxury. They are with us too
much. Oh. for a session every three
or four years.