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The newspaper., 1908-09-25
The Republican Party's Own Answer

The Republican Party's Own Answer
In his address to the Republican ma.
tional convention. Temporary Chair
man burrows referred to the Repub-
lican victory in 1904. and then asked:
"In view of this Endorsement. 1t be-
comes pertinent and opportune to In
quire. what has the Republican party
done In the last four years of govern.
ment control to forfeit public conf.
dence or create distrust in its capac
ity for future administration?
For this question the Rochester
tNew York; Union and Advertiser
finds striking answer. This is tho
answer which the Union and Adver.
tiser takes out OF the mouth of Sen.
ator Burrows own party as stated in
the Republican Platform OF 1896: I'm
the broad effect of its policy It has
precipitated panic, blighted industry
and trade with prolonged depression.
closed factories. reduced work and
wages. halted enterprise and crippled
American production. Every consider
alton Of public safety and individual
interest demands that the government
shall be rescued from the hands Of
those who have shown themselves In
cable of conducting It without dis
aster."
The newspaper., 1908-09-25

A farmer in the country. who had
money In the bank. sent word that he
was too busy to come at once. but that
he would call In a week. What a con
trast that is TO the rush that is made
by depositors in banks where depos-
its are not guaranteed There the
people almost beat down the doors to
get their deposits.
The newspaper., 1908-09-25

The welfare of the farmer is the
welfare of the nation, and both self
interest and gratitude on our part
should prompt US all to accord to
them fair treatment and impartial jns-
tice in the enactment Of laws and in
their enforcement.-Hon. Joseph Rus
sell of Missouri, Jan. 81, 1908.
The newspaper., 1908-09-25

All OF the robberies committed BY
all OF the insurance companies in all
times in the past does not amount to
one-ffth of the robberies committed
under the Dingley law in one single
year.-Gov. Albert Cummins (Rep.C
Df Iows
The newspaper., 1908-09-25
WHY7 JUST WHYf

" your banker asks why you
think your deposit should be
guaranteed, ask him why he
thinks your note that he dis
counts should be endorsed or
backed up with security.
The newspaper., 1908-09-25
THE CHINESE QUESTION.

Mr.. Bryan says, keep the
Chinese out" Mr.. TAFT says,
ais Il not the duty Of members
Of Congress and Of the Execu-
tive to disregard the unreason-
able demand Of part Of the
community deeply prejudiced
upon this subject In the far
west. and insist upon extending
Justice and courtesy to a peo-
pie from whom we are deriving
and are likely to derive such i'm
mense benefit In the way Of in
ternationai trade" IN OTHER
WORDS TAFT SAYS LET THE
CHINESE IN.
New-York tribune., 1908-05-31
AN OSTRICH INCUBATOR HOUSE.

Artificial Matching has become much Of a pro-
nounced success that its application is being ex-
tended. quite little beyond the incubation Of
regularly hatched In incubators and the young
reared In brooders those OF the ordinary barn
yard fowls Possibly the most important acquisi-
tion the wooden hen certainly in size) IS
the incubation of ostrich eggs. which has been
successfully carried by ostrich breeders IN
Southern California for the past few years. the
most pronounced success having been attained Dy
of this establishment has been built handsome
incubator ard brOoder house, with capacity OF
about hundred ostrich eggs, and the brCoder
apartment capable of accommodating some nlly
Youngsters. The edifce ia built Of concrete walls
and floors and a wooden roof, this material af-
kinds of weather. Matching is done every day in
the year
The period Of incubation with ostrich eggs is
forty days. fertility averaging about 90 per cent
for twenty-four hours. much the same as with
chickens. After that period they are transferred
10 brOOder and given ration of fine cut afafa
dry bone and fine ground grit. II the weather ts
pleasant their duration 10 quite limited 70 the
brnOder house they given outside runs at
once: during the winter and rainy season. how
ever thev are confined the brooder house until
the weather is more favorable In about fort
night the chicks given Sparfngly ration con-
ssting of cracked and bran worked up into
Of alfalfa At the expiration Of about three months
the Young commence to shed their baby feathers.
gradually putting the adult plUnage which con-
s+itr such important article of commerce
The ostrich is n long lived bird: the average age
being about sixty years II reaches in full growth
in from FIVE years. and It's greatest COM
mercal value from the Of six TO forty years
Los Angeles Times.
New-York tribune., 1908-05-31

room, are recalled and perha there is resoiVe 70
h,,v Nenbew william one OF these new fansied
things.
public works office to make a bid ne oota
tbe specifications and stepped aside for a ie" mo
ments to calculate what he could aHoru 10 90
tho work for When he turned around ne iounu
that rival had made practically instantaneous
calculation by few shifts of the slide rue' nd"
hid on and obtained the contract
7-b.ra Ia a Glide rule that is made In an eiaoo-
rate cylindrical FORM equal to an ORDINARY fuie
sixty-nye feet in length. Among the p'o''ei''
solved by this machine are 10 find the n'onen''
and shears In bridge plate girders; the centrum
cal force exerted by a train Weighing $500 POUNDS
= Ineal foot passing per cent curve AT speeu
Of thirty miles hour (ansWer: 100 POUNDS d Ili'
foot of trackD the power OF given Wneeis anu pun
ieys or the kind Of wheels and puieys heCessaiy
to obtain Il desired power: the force -VeIocity anu
nressure Of water; statistical and actuarial est-
mates to find specific gravity and problems relat-
ing to uniform accelerated motion. 1orce Ok
wind velocity of sound vibrations OF pendu!uns'
chemical relationships; all the formula Of navisa-
tion.
What size is necessary for a wooden beam pro-
jecting five feet from wall and carrying weight
of 1000 pounds at the free end. allowing fibre
strain of 900 pounds a square inch? Answer: IL 1-lo
inches. Bank discounts. compound interest. cor
tents OF casks and solids generally. weights OF
prisms. cylinders and cones simple problems
Early forms Of the slide rule were known TO sci
quarter of a century ago. but the accu-
perfected instrument is of compare lively re-
cent date. Its among engineers. architects and
business men has grown steadily.
New-York tribune., 1908-05-31
UNCLE SANS TARS IN PUGET SOUND WATERS

power and light To all the people who dwell within
sight of il. This is small distance for Rainier
IS visible forty miles away by mGonlig---a sober
fact The city owns its supply and lighting
and power plants. being a pioneer IN municipal
ownership Five railroads enter the city The
foreign commerce amounted To $4opH.0D three
years ago. The battIeship Nebraska was built
there. while there about hundred steamers
registered from Seattle fer the Sound trade and
regular lines of vessels ply 10 Alaska and Oriental
ports Since the koHdike gold strike in 1897 more
than s"o.roc00 of gold has passed through the
Seattle assay office. and much OF il has remained
to build up the metropolis OF the inland sea There
are good sized office buildings up to date stores
clubs and everything that marks II centre of large
enterprises The population of 10000 Is no index
To the greatness Of Seattle that sees herself grow
ing overnight and Knows that she destined to be
the hub Of things the coast
Tacoma, lying not very much further down IN.
Sound IS especially noted for line Of wheat v,r.
houses 5000 feet long and for her giant saprri1IS
near the docks. mill cutting I25 eco 600 feet of
u!n'er and half as many feet OF shingles In n YEAR
she has fine public schools and several colleges
Mount Rainier. which is spoken of as Mount Ia
coma by loyal citizens there gives her electricity
as 1t does Seattle. and the electric. power is us-d
I" work coal breakers and fcur mills and 20 load
'0-
New-York tribune., 1908-05-31
Fine Sights They viii See in
the Surrounding Country.

Sights Of natural opulencH and grandeur that
must expand their conception of vaster America,
the republic Of the future being surveyed this
week amid the cities Of Puget Sound by sailors
Of the world circlns Atlantic fleet. Wonders await
them abroad hut il is doubtful that anything VIII
s:Irpass the present home picture. The people Of
the East largely unaware of the virgin wealth
that is stored UP III the Northern Pacific States
and the spaces in land Of promise that will some
day support a population of t00o,"N There is
much Of accomplishment to he seen now but the
greater future lures the imagination with irresst
ible power. The spirit Of the far seeing pioneers
prevails in all the solitudes and inhabited places
Of the Puget land.
Take one of our great lakes. wrap il up in n
maze with two or three Hudson rivers and you
have an idea Of the inland threaded by
the feet IN its visits 10 cities OF Port Town
send. Seattle and Tacoma There are 1Goo miles
Of shore in Puget Sound, whose blue ocean waters
twist and turn III multitude Of channels and be
tween thousands Of islands. The navles Of the
world could md shelter few of its fifty mile
byyyays a harbor without sandbars and reefs so
deep at the that old navigators used to hitch
their craft the lank. The stretches of
Wild solitude give impression that man has
never been there until thr" appear old skidways
extending from mountain top To tidewater and
towboats pulling rafts Of logs and the smoke Of
regular japanese liners aud great cargo ships TAX
ing Americ1n goods to the Orient. and sailing
sells taking lumber to Liverpool
The rugged shores of the Sound have been
stripped OF the first growth Of timber by pioneers
who thought they had taken everything and left
nothing, whereas they lad merely skinned the
country. They did sc; away with lot of l00-feot
fir tcothpcks for masts Here comes Il family Of
Siw4sA Indians in it's primitive canoe, and there
white men IN beats raking shallow inlet Ior
tie large. w-H favored CLANS and oysters The
seq food Is bound to be wholesome. the tide
sweeps powerfully through the Sound with the
pure Pacific water and cleanses every inch If
shore There IS 4 glimpse "f clearing Oh logged
land. where settler Is destroying a f"sv remain
ing stuIaps with fire dln4n Perhaps his
temporary home is the followed out sturnn OF a
giant cedar, partly rooted with canvas. He lives
twenty five miles from the nearest town and lavs
In at one time enough provisions TO last two
months Clans, oysters and salmon make him
largely independent Of the town At dawn the
voyager may see the method Of salmon catching I
for the canneries- Horses dragging long nets ar.
driven the water as far as possible. Then d |
t8gbcat takes the end Of the net draws it olt
half "A mile and slowly circles around with it 10 |
the shore. The great fish with sparkling scales |
and sometimes monster sturgeon. are hauled ID
New-York tribune., 1908-05-31
~2s- HAS BIBLICAL oRlGINr

The origin OF ~ in connection with 'sAd".
mas been variOuSly explained Thcdtrica
claim that II was d~st used amouS thea' -
originated from combination of y trepieS'.
Ing the number ot parts given 20 an actor
actress who had become persona nor Sra'~
the management 20 memorizel and ;. rsptsS',
ing the number of weeks in which the parts
to be learned and during vhiyh the manager
care the ghost" failed 10 walk In the JirvS'' "a
the unfortunate Thrspian OF whom he "is"'N "a
rid himself But in horse T3c!uS circles NV -
is ridiCuled. and the racing man asserts th1' ar
originated from the number % horses enters" "a.
the Suburban Handicap in New YORK Inc ~
Der OF entries in this limited 20 w" ,.t
two. but one occasion twsaty three horses -,
10 the starting post. and hOrSe-the wv, sx
thiru-waS Oruered or the nrd. circus n,r,nle. nm
plain the term the last item on the pFos.SSgorr
which was the chariot race. Durtns tle ~ ,lssp.
ance the Canvasnen would lie around anu anu aars
but when this in prOSrrSS tllet might
aroused by the boss Canvasman. So that theS eyeY.
set ready for work soon the race WScr IS
A claim that deserves more serious attelss.~ 20
that which attributes the origin Of This nun Tlsn
the expulsion of Adam trCm the GdrIsh ~ssis.
found related in Genesis u, . y ~, tas
Therefore the Lord God sent him iottn .x.heass
Garden VI Eden 20 TIL the ground frcA
he was taken-"-The Bohemian
New-York tribune., 1908-05-31
FEW THINGS THAT
YOU CAN'T RENT
HIRED LUYURIES 4ND
NECESSITIES.
Equipment for a Wedding or a Bus.
ness Office, EUen animals, by
Hour or Day.

This burg Is the greatest place for renting
things in the world said student IN IN. real
estate school OF the West Side Young Mems Chr,.
tfan Association after a lecture the other nixn,
You can rent anything that there is II VII
take the trouble find the man and Fay hts price
YES although have never felt the need an
certain that you could rent set OF false teeth Or
a glass eye.
II happen 20 know that you can rent ba5y-to
saw nothing OF renting perambulator and crib
and baby clothes for the christening
..Hoy's that?' asked another member Of III.
party.
..yyhv on. Of the children's societies turned
heaven and earth 10 break Up the baby renting
business II seems that women bsggars found ina.
IL they crOjIched on the sidewalk Win oaby
their arms people would drop coins into hand
tba+ wasn't stretched out. but was accidentally
posed go that a coin could be dropped INTO il.
.rrb.sa bsrgars who had no babies ot their ovn
70 torture rented them on percentage basis,
sI,bsr from baby farms or heartless mothers Tns
ha.ra-s n was found. pinched the little ones or
dId other things 20 make them cry or moan, and
the societies got busy
,.I-rery, fen,e or blank wall Of building IS ,or
.,,, .,r9es-sd another. TO the man wno wants
=. .,tr. a sign or stck up a billboard. In fact
-. h,5 m .ur4I row over a fence around city
1rftdng IN process of construction because some
hod,, sold he space to advertisers And while you
49,. not know H. stores with show windows on
be,, street make large part OF their rent by lei
+t,1 sor1e concern show is goods OF course vn-
dou,s along the line OF parade or an automoole
race bring high prices
.,rv concern rents its ONCE clocks. broke N
third The who rents them WHO'S tlsIn -
and sees that they keep exact time
New-York tribune., 1908-05-31
MANY CLERKS DISPLACED.

Tho -rit,,,1atfons of the computing machine in
vertor who began 10 worry over his Propiem III
1884 and the tale of the Albany man who put an
early model wheebaTow. visited saloons anu
won many bets ny matching mechanism against
brains are interesting details told wherever hlseF
thinkers foregather. 1t used to be held hoth IN
pious and impossible TO substitute wheels 1or gray
matter 1t is still a common insult TO say that
person has wheels in his upper story. There are
pcrhaps one hundred and fifty thousand calcuiat-
ing machines in the United States to-day.
A revolution in shopkeeping has been effected IN
the last few years by two machines the automauc
scale and the cash register. They have displaced
thousands of clerks enforced the Eighth Command
nnent conlpelled precision in every detail and have
enabled nliterate immigrants to start in business
with a chance Of rivalling graduates of CONNER
cial colleges. The old-fashiOned shopkeeper spent
a fair share of his time in figuring the price of
seventeen pounds of pruneS at si2 cents a pound
and balancing the quantity with iron weights on a
rafting beam scale 4 pencil behind his ear;
he ornamented packages with figures Perhaps IN
the country districts the customers did not mind
and improved their time discussing the farm news
with neighDors. 1t is otherwise with impatient
city folk. who demand quick service.
The up-to-date shopkeeper throws a quantity Of
groceries on the glass platform of an automatic
scale. and not only is the weight forthwith indi-
Gated on the dial but the value within half cent.
Special varieties Of the scale made to suit the
butcher grocer. decatessen dealer and other shop
keepers. \ heavyweight pointer is aimed to warn
the grocer when he is approaching the last few
ounces Of desired amount of coffee or beans and
enables him avoid the calamity of giving over
weight. robbery. in the eloquent phrase of
the scale salesman If the merchant gives
too little, it is robbery if he gives ounce too
much. Think. o merchant, if you give away only
an average Of l cent every package YOU weigh,
using your scales but twenty-five times q day. YOU
shrink your profits thereby just $9l a year, There
about 217ceo shopkeepers in the land who avoid
misfortune by using automatic scales.
New-York tribune., 1908-05-31

find square root II is only necessary TO shove the
slide the right place. A proportion is obtained
by setting the first terms against each other on
the slide and rule: the third the slide cor
responds with the fourth the rule. 1t takes
but moment discover that the price per yard
in American money of goods bought at four francs
per metre exchange being S3 so for 20 francs. would
be 6912 The rule for multiplication Is Set
on one factor find the product under the other
factor"-which IS easier TO remember than what
teacher taught. The rule for division reads. Set
divisor dividend, under l find the quotient-' 1t
is sort of joyous incubation of the figures which
instantly yields the result to>the operator, without
the least brain fag Do you to do problem
in invert cd proportion? Merely invcrt thn slide A
thousand bitter reflections arise in the middle aged
bosom when the needless sufferings OF the school
New-York tribune., 1908-05-31
COSTUMES, YACHTS, CAMERAS.

so tar as fancy costumes are concerned. YOU
can at ten minutes notice rig yourself Up 70 re-
semoie anything from the Lady cf ,he Lake 10
cleopatra (asp included. or from Dronio 20 ire
Doge OF Venice AS an artithesis 70 merrynna klns
some uneertakers have private houses to rent '''
funerals for these who dle in hotels
Then there yachts boats horses. tennis
courts theatre and opera boxes. trolley cars
cameras all sorts OF sporting para2hs-raia 10 %
rented Some things. fact you can't buy. MS
5 true OF many slot machines and special pieces
OF machinery. the owner OF which Will not SeA
but insists renting"
WHAT'S the reason for this was asked
We'll. tastes and fashions change 80 G'HcN'
that many people in New york. d1rt want q ouy
thing outright. because they may tire of II 1'a
ho' Dc as-e 10 sell ~ So they willing 20 ray
h'Sh rem; rather than tie up capital FrsGGsnu,
theE VII u.s. a thing longer chen they expect -
ae'ua!iy uay more fo- z in rent tllu IL 5 wofta
New-York tribune., 1908-05-31

the crank in operating the machine was the roush
handling of certain 'barkeeps who resented 'it
reduction of their incomes through the advent OIL
,be register and tried TO put il out OF order Keys
10 register anv variety of commodities may be had
in the machine For example the saloon 1nachlhe
records Special" Cigar" Telephone" Wine,
Room" Table Bottle Goods" Pint n sys-
tenn for department store use has been devised IN
connection with a battery of cash registers oo-
waiting cash tubes and carriers.
All the wonders of all these machines pale, how
ever. before the slide rule. which is hardly ma
chine 1t is a mathematician in wood, brass and
celluloid that answers almost any question when
asked ut the right place. one might imagine II to
be q hardened human brain unrolIed and marked
at the places where various bits ot knowledge are
to be found The principle of logarithms, which
New-York tribune., 1908-05-31
RENTS POTTED PLANTS.

..r-- .bo, r,o++sr nv firm rents its typsTrti1s
machines it's water cooler lis to"e4s. C'nnos ana
br,,sbe- and even the Office soap And my wifs
r.-,= be- sewing machine. her gas range and ac-
.,,alr,- has made A deal with fo-ist whereby s1s
r.r,s all her ported palms. ferns and decoratvs
Giants This is A development Of the business x
rs,ti,g NOTED plants for weddings. funerals and
r.can-fons In some Of the big hotels YOU rent
decorattons for A banquet. flags Of all Sorts cost
so much an evening. And a private school rents
anuari,Irns with all sorts OF poLy"oss ana unlAs'
in them.
That's nothing was the remark ot another.
..r rer-ad a seat in A subway train during rus1
hour was sick and a messenger oor mad sent
7 -erted il for A dime for far as / vas going
Whenever il rains I rent umbrella from an
energetic kid who waits Al my station And row
come 20 think OF il, We once rented watchdog
to guard the factory
Animals? You rent any old sort % live
stock I'm New York. from a dancing bear down 10
a ferret TO drive out rats You even
munity from vermn. A place where : lived
charged a dollar a month and guaranteed that
goat. and I know you can rent aIIigacors. or
ing's entertainment. Also. you can rent butler
d detective. a paln7fst.
For that matter I know a promoter Uho ,an.
10 New York and wanted to put I'D A bluff in a
hurry. VINO rented a whole esta blizhr-Ar- bor..
FURNITURE. all the fxings, including a trained sta.
OF servants Moreover, he rented all his ora
nNtures and furniture Another man T k-our -s,,
aH"ther man name for thousands ~ dollar. ,
Eedl- me name he rents is one old in his bus.
- anu prihSs clients Young doctors e-eors,lv
" 7 Hdlie OF an old physician who is retiring
New-York tribune., 1908-05-31
HOME, SERVANTS. Alto

Ah'" OF one family in the West which come,
10 New York for month or two ~ sr5 o r.
UaS dI'eT they have arrived thev snusz- q, -.
Avenue III their own motor landauIst VIII, g. ,bsna
leur wearing their private livery 7rbe %,
'Iat they neither own the automobile ror 4o +ssv
iliIe Ihe chdufteur- They rent both bv the mont,
AtOIl transportation company. which has :, Sra
tidi department. for supplying people who rs-s 10
pe IN 'he city for short period with 4 convevsrc,
WHICH YOU can't tell from the private marines Z,
''ls way the people dodge the help question tns
expense OF repairs. and when they are -,rouS1
WIN the vehicle. there no worrv a1c1- storing n
Inc same family rents entire staff Of servant,
H'nl another concern. which even has b,uss
manager 10 look after them ard keep Them IN
otuer- The same concern rents c7aperons tor
women shopping guides. secretaries. in fact any
thins human YOU want. They will rent A leader
Tor a german. IL they need one
III you want 20 give picnic or a N outing N ,his
city you can rent everything for II You can rent
d Fnth avenue doUbIeuecker motor bus or tas
tin spoons ami china plates from winch rbe kids
eat Ice cream at May party. You can rsnf
enough Ice or roller skates for the crowd or tens
chalrs. monographs. stInhats baby carriages
buckets for lemonade, stems for beer tests Yos
can even rent cake for a Wedding and sore
umes. on the East Side. a couple has been knosa
20 rent large assortment of wedding presents
These are labelled From Uncle or The Best Man
When displayed sOrle time before the happy event
edding clothes. from the brfdesroonls glad rags
TO the brides Veil and artificial orange blossoms
are all for hire. And OF course vou can rent
any amount OF jeweIry If you want 70 go in for
that OF