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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-12-07
Want TARIFF CUT.
The National Manufacturers Asso-
citation Asks Reduc-
ti0n.
FAVOR PROTECTED INTERESTS
Plea of implement Maker Before the
Ways and Means Commit
tee.

Washington, d. c., Dec. Tariff
reform was demanded of the ways and
means house committee, in supplement
tai session Saturday by Herbert e.
Miles of Racine, Wis. He spoke as a
tariff committee chairman of the Ma
tional Association of Manufacturers,
and as manufacturer of agricultural
implements himself.
Mr.. Miles said he came to address
the committee "as one of 100000 con-
sumers, as one of 175,000 manufacture
| ing consumers, as an employer who
pays half million dollars annually in
| wages, and as an independent, non.
trustified manufacturer
"a stone labeled as bread is what
he said the farmer is given through the
Dingley tariff. Mr.. Miles declared the
Standard Oil company benefited most
from the duty on oil. The Standard S
wage cost was 6 per cent of the price
to the consumer, and the tariff offered
a protection of SO per cent of the price
"They charge the American con
| sumer," he added, from 80 per cent
| to 65 per cent more than the foreign
consumer"
Tariff Rates Exceed Wage Cost.
The tariff rates on steel and its pro
ducts, he said, were all in excess of the
| wage cost He declared there was an
international price on steel which gave
the American product to the foreign
consumer at price 25 per cent les.
than the price which the home con
sumer must pay.
| Mr.. Miles recommended as maxi
mum duty Is per cent on heavy stee
i products and as minimum no duty
This reduction of the schedule, he ex
lplained, would result in material re
duction in the cost of agricultural i'm
plements and wagons to the farme
and he advocated putting nails AM
some machinery on the free list
Free entry for iron ore and scral
iron, he said, would permit severa
New England factories which hav
been forced to shut down to resum
5 operations. He said later that the er
] tire steel schedule for. rolling mill pre-
+ ducts should be reduced from 15 to 2
:. per cent.
D Samuel H. Cowan of Forth Wortl
q Texas, representing the American Liv
Stock association and Texas cattl
4 raisers, asked that the duty be r
= tanned on hides. A letter from c. I
= Jones of Boston. representing the She
It and Leather association, said FIRE
e hides, leather, and shoes would eau.
+. a reduction of so cents in the cost
It ordinary shoes per pair to the CO
s. sumer.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-12-07
Says 1t Is Trust Move.

The Walsh Brake Shoe company of
East Rock Island is the defendant in
a suit for infringement of patents filed
in the federal court at Peoria Satur-
day. The suit is filed by the Ameri-
can Brake Shoe & Foundry company,
located in New York. President Walsh
of the local company says this is moth
ing more than an effort of trust to kill
competition, and that the Walsh COM
pany not long since won a suit in the
second district in Chicago. after a FIVE
years fight.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-12-07
TO TALK ABOUT The
RESOURCES OF SOUTH
Epoch in Commercial Development
Shown in Assemblase at WASH
ington.

Washington. Dec What may
prove an epoch in the commercial de-
velopment of the south was the OPEN
ing today of the Southern Commercial
congress, an assemblage of leaders in
the nations business affairs whose
mission is to discuss the industrial
possibilities of the south Among the
speakers today were Secretary Straus,
Surgeon General Walter Wyman, Sec
retary of War Luke E. Wright, Phillip
Werlein, president of the New Orleans
Progressive union, c. P. Goody, Jr., of
Georgia, John A. Fox of Arkansas and
John F. Wallace of New York.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-12-07
BAD INVESTMENTS CAUSE
MISSOURI BANKS FAILURE

tinction that he has an overwhelming
advantage over any respectable an.
tagonist in his, Mr.. Roosevelt's, com
plete freedom from any sense of per-
sonal obligation in respect of the
truth.
'The editor of the Sun is fully alive
to the extremity, of the inconvenience
which attaches to a personal contro-
versy with man who has shown him
self capable of suppression and perver-
sion of individual correspondence. an
act which in ordinary life would, in
the cognizance of any club or associa-
tion of self-respecting gentlemen, en-
tail his prompt expulsion.
I'm saying these things, We cannot
disguise our chagrin and humiliation
that the person who is addressed is
also the president of the United
States"
Smith Denies Personal Motive.
Cleveland, Ohio, Dec. 7.-Delavan
Smith was shown a copy of the letter
of President Roosevelt while on the
train and made the following reply:
'The presidents comments on the
Panama editorials are based on state
ments made by a prominent New York
paper, not the New York Sun, which
the Indianapolis News printed at the
same time, with many other papers,
giving full credit to the source from
which they obtained it.
''In making the editorial comment
to which the president takes exception
the editor of the News credited its
information to the New York paper
making the charge and distinctly dis
claimed any responsibility for its ac
curacy. This editorial was printed in
the ordinary course of the daily rou
tine Of the editorial department at a
time when l was absent from Indian
apolis and therefore could not have
been inspired by any personal motive
so much for the personal criticism
of me by the president The News
will deal editorially with the presi
dents explanation in due time
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-12-07
Both Houses Thronged on
Convening of the Ma
tionaI Body.
ADJOURN FOR A DAY
Two important Measures In
troGuced in Lower Branch
---As to Panama.

Washington, Dec THE second
session of the Goth congress convened
at noon today. The galleries of both
houses were thronged with spectators
and there was a full attendance OF
members.
In the senate, Senator-elect Page OF
Vermont took the oath. of Office, after
which the usual committees were ap-
pointed to inform the president and
house of the meeting of that body.
A resolution of regret upon the
death of Senator Allison was adopted
and the senate adjourned until tomor-
row.
Sherman Gets Ovation.
When Vice President-elect Sherman
entered the houserha-was accorded an
ovation by his .Dlican colleagues
When Speaker Cannon mounted the
platform and called the house to order
he also received an ovation at the
hands of his republican colleagues, and
not few of the democrats joined il
the demonstration which continued fol-
several minutes. Several members
were sworn in to fill vacancies thai
occurred by death or resignation since
the last session.
BY unanimous consent Payne secur
ed the adoption of resolution author
izing the committee on ways and means
in their inquiry for the purpose Of
preparing a bill TO revise the presen
tariff laws, 20 subpoena and examine
witnesses under oath, and to send fol
the necessary records, papers and 9th
er evidence.
After the northumberland reu
tine business. resolutions were adopted
expressive of the regret of the house
at the deaths of several representa-
tives and Senator Allison, and the
house then adjourned until tomorrow
To Investigate Panama Lands.
The democrats of the house are plan
ming to demand an investigation of thu
purchase of the Panama canal prop
erty. In conformity with this program
Representative Rainey of Illinois tc
day introduced resolution directin;
the speaker to appoint committee o
five to ascertain how much of tn
$40,000,OOO which appears of record t
have been paid to the French compan
was really paid to that company
is said the national democratic con
mittee requested Rainey to presen
the resolution.
TO Extend Beneficial Laws.
Washington, D. c., Dec. 7.-Pat
termed after the pure food law, bil
was introduced in the house today b
Hull of Iowa making it misdemeano
to manufacture for sale or transport;
tion initiated articles of commerce III
less such articles are branded so as t
show their exact ingredients.
The measure is broad in its scop
and would apply to any article of con
merce recognized as a subject of trans
portation and sale by rule of the inte
state commerce act.
Practically all articles in domesti
use would be affected.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-12-07
FAMILY SLAIN
WHILE ASLEEP
Horrible Crime is Perpetrated Near
Trinidad,
Colo.
HEAD OF VICTIMS SPLIT
Daughter is Missing, and Suitor is
Suspected of the Butch
cry.
HEAD OF VICTIMS SPLIT

Trinidad, Col, Dec. Their heads
split open with an ak, the four men,
bers of the Casino Garcia family were
found dead in their beds Saturday in
their home on Corriso Creek, S5 miles
east of Trinidad, by Nicholas Fernan-
.deZ
The Dead.
MISS VIVANIA GARCIA, So years
old.
CASINO GARCIA, rs years old.
TARRARVIA GARCIA, his son, 20
years old
LUZ GURULE, an elderly woman
who made her home with the family.
Suspect Girls Suitor.
Francis Martinez. so years of age,
is accused Of the murder 1t was evil
|dently committed Wednesday, as the
conditions of the bodies indicate they
had been dead for at least two days
Fernandez had borrowed a wagon
from Garcia and went yesterday to re-
turn it. When he drove into the yard
and nobody came outside to meet him
he opened the door and entered the
house.
Finds Bodies I'm Bed.
Lying in their beds were the bodies
of the four in their night clothes. II
is believed they were slain while
asleep.
Maggie Garcia. the 1S-year-old daugh
ter, with whom Martinez was openly
| in lOvo &c ,,oiccipo op6 If iS hnIiavad
that she was probably taken away by
him, and that unless she is with him
alive her dead body will probably be
found hidden in an arroyo near the
lplace.
| Martinez is known in New Mexico
as Ruperto Gonzales. In this country
he also goes by the name of Jesus n
Barela. The coroner and the sheriff
went to the place. Four coffins were
taken with them.
| Shot by Brother-in-Law.
Columbus, Ohio, Dec. Benjamin
Turner, constable at Hemlock, Ohio
was shot and killed by his brother-in
law, James Cochran, when the lattel
found Turner in his wife's presence
Cochran was captured.
Feud Causes Killing.
league, Tenn, Dec. Renewal c
an old feud is held responsible for th'
murder of Dr. Cullen NJ Cottengin,
highly respectable physician here.
Sam. Gus and JEFF Moody, thre
brothers, and Lev Jackson, frien,
Iof the Moody brothers, were place
under arrest and taken to Jail.
DR.. Cottengin was talking to tn
Moodys near the depot and when h
resumed his walk one shot was fire
from behind pile of crossties, stril
ling the victim in the back
Mother Kills Herself and Baby.
Holly Springs, Miss, Dec. 7.-Afte
giving her baby dose of poiso
(which killed it, Mrs. Ben Chism too
lpoison and died yesterday at the HON
of her father, Linsey Franks, fou
miles south of here. Mrs. Chism ha
been in bad health for several month
and temporary insanity is supposed
be the cause. Mrs. Chism was on
visit here from Junction City.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-12-07
Arehbold Still on Stand.

New York, Dec. John Archbold,
vice president of the Standard Oil
company, was again witness on di-
rect examination today in the federal
Archbold's testimony had to do with
the details of certain properties con-
veyed to the Standard on its organiza
tion.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-12-07
ESTIMATES OF
COST OF The
GOVERNMENT

Washington, Dec. THE secretary
of the treasury transmitted to congress
a book of estimates of appropriations
for service for the fiscal year ending
June 80, 1910, as follows:
Legislative, $13,17S,000; executive
s41G,000; state department, $4,S2G,0OO;
treasury department, s19O,S97 900; wal
department, 1924, 900; navy depart
ment, $137,51OO0O; interior depart
ment, s2OO.532, coo; postofiice depart
ment, 900: department of agri
culture, s1S,S1S.OOO; department O
commerce and labor, $13,O44,000; de
partment of justice, S9,S90,00O; total
$S24,46S COO.
The estimates for 1910 exceed th'
estimates for 1909 by s57,901,0O0.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-12-07
TEAM RACE ON
In TERRIFIC GALE

New York, Dec Smashing all
hour records except the fifth, 16 teams
kept up in a terrific gale all night in
the six days international race, which
began at 1904 this morning. The only
team to suffer the loss of a lap was
Brocco and Labrousse.
At 9 o'clock the leading teams had
utes and two laps more than. the best
previous record. which was made by
Elkes and Mcfarland in 1900.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-12-07
.HEARER DROPS DEAD
IN BRYAN'S PRESENCE
Tragic Incident in Connection With
Lecture at Austin,
Texas.

Austin, Tex, Dec. 7.-Just as w. j.
Bryan began an address at the state
university yesterday James B. Clark
proctor of that institution, fell to the
floor of one of the boxes and died a
few minutes later. Heart disease was
the cause. The program was contin
ued, it being feared an announcement
of the death of Mr.. Clark would have
caused a panic.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-12-07
SECOND SESSION OF THE
SlxTIETH CONGRESS IS ON

was seriously wounded, but will re
cover. Mrs. Schneider, with her two
daughters, got w early in the morning
70 go to church, leaving two sons, Ray
mond and Frank, asleep upstairs
They returned home from church
about 6 o'clock, and when Mrs. Schmel
ger entered the house and struck a
light she found everything turned up
side down. She began to shout Bur
glars" awakening her son Raymond
She started to run upstairs, when Ray
mond, thinking her burglar, began to
fire.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-12-07
PANAMA BONDS
HAVE BEEN SOLD

Washington, Dec, Secretary Cor
telyou today announced that the Pan
anna canal bonds had ben sold at an
average of $102.436S. The lowest ac-
cepted bid was at S102.277S. There
were 159 accepted bids, amounting to
$40. 100000.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-12-07
President Starts Apple Show.

Spokane, Wash, Dec. 7.-At 1890
today President Roosevelt pressed an
electric button in Washington flashing
across the continent the signal for the
opening of the first great National
Apple show in this city
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-12-07
Another Boat to HaYti

Washington, Dec. because of
the unsettled conditions at Conaives.
Hayti, the dispatch boat Adolphin. now
in Central American waters, has been
ordered to that place to protect Amer
ican interests.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-12-07
BILLIk GETS.
ANOTHER STAY
OF EXECUTION

Springfield, Des. Herman Billik,
sentenced to be hanged Dec. II for
the murder of Mary Vrzal, was today
granted a reprieve until Jan. 20 by
Acting Governor Sherman.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-12-07
cERTIFIES TO CHANGES
Organ Company Files Papers With the
Secretary of State.

I Springfield, H., Dec. 7.-(Argus
Special. 1.-THE Marshall-Bennett Organ
company certified today to the secre-
tary of state the change of location
from Moline to Rock Island and the
change of name to the Bennett Organ
company
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-12-07
SHOOTS HIS MOTHER
FOR A BURGLAR

Detroit, Mich, Dec. Raymond
SCHNEIDER, aged 20, shot his mother,
whom he mistook for burglar. She
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-12-07
OLD ASSOCIATION IS OUT

ization Formally Disbands.
Bloomington, ILL.,, Dec THE Bloom
ington Baseball association, which re-
Gently disposed of its Three-Eye league
membership, formally disbanded Sat
urday, dividing the sum of $4,000
among six directors, most of this be-
ing purchase money from the new or
ganization which will hereafter be IN
charge
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-12-07
eleven Die
IN EXPLOSION;
Is WOUNDED

Calcutta, Dec. 7.-An explosion In :
magazine at the military station here
today resulted in killing II men and
wounding 26 native soldiers and ON
GERS.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1908-02-05
An Ursine
Checker Player
A Veracious
Nature Story
Edwin J. Webster
Copyright. by w. G. Chapman.)

Mighty few NOR are good players
Of both checkers and poker" said
Uncle lack Rogers pensively. $50 it
seems to me that Elder Allison was
harsh in his severe condemnation of
his pet bear when he found that once
pious animal had mixed up the two
games. The bear might have been
redeemed from paths of sin If the
elder hadn't been so hasty. As it was,
the bear, after enduring q few hard
buffets from the good elder, fed to
life OF careless vice. And he was
such good bear at first.
Elder Allison had picked up the
bear when only q cub in the woods
one day. Some hunters had shot
lts mother, and it was very hungry
and lonely furry baby. The elder took
the bear home with him, fed him, and
sort of adopted him as a member of
the family. When the bear began to
grow a little it was evident that all
bets on bear intelligence wanted to be
coppered if they were made against
the elders pet. He had the rest of
his kindred chained to the post when
It came to knowing how to do things,
and to do them well. Ordinary bear
tricks were so easy for that intelli-
gent animal that he never had to be
| shown them more than once; but
Elder Allison, who was a pillar in
the village church, wouldn't teach his
pet any ordinary bear tricks. He
said they were frivolous and an abom-
tnation to the truly good And Glider
Allison ranked class A in that divi.
sion.
"The good elder had only one real
diversion, and that was playing check.
ers. Any time he could get up a
game of checkers he was a happy
man, especially If there was small
bet on the side. Some of the church
people were sort of scandalized at
the elders taking these bets; but the
good man defended himself against
any charge of gambling.
Whats your definition of gam
bling?' he asked, anxious like, Of the
minister, when that worthy man took
aim to task for betting on his favorite
game.
Gambling is betting on a game of
chance, answered the minister prompt
like.
"'To be sure, to be sure said e.
der Allison in mighty satisfied tones.
That was what I thought myself. Well,
it isn't any game of chance when the
boys around here play with me. The
only reason they win at all is that l
like to make things little interesting
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1908-02-05

lay down to sleep he never expected
to awaken.
He was aroused suddenly some
hours later, and looking up, gazed
into the faces of half a dozen Indians
who were regarding him curfously.
The boy was too hungry to be fright
ened and made signs that he wanted
something to eat. The savages sup
piled him with food and then mo-
toned that he might accompany
them. Young Kellogg feared he was
to be scalped, but the red men soon
convinced him that their intentions
were kindly, and he travelled with
them for days and weeks. Where
they went he doesn't know to this
day, but as they provided him with
food and with skins for clothing, he
didn't care much.
Finally, when the band reached
what Mr.. Kellogg now knows to have
been Lake Gogebic the lad was so
footsore that he could go no farther.
and the Indians left him, after pro-
viding him with bows and arrows.
some food and several skins to be
used for blankets. He built himself
rude hut, trapped and hunted, and
as time went on, settled down for
life.
At the end of year he met another
trapper and was told of a trading
post two days. journey distant. Here
he exchanged his skins for firearms.
food and clothing and then returned
to his cabin. He had come to like the
solitude and to care nothing for the
march Of civilization, so that in later
years when others settled near him
he avoided their company and lived
the life Of recluse. He heard Of
wonderful inventions-the telegraph.
locomotives and steamboats-but he
refused to journey to the nearest citv
to see them. .~~-sa-
When he reached the age of "a he
began to fear dying alone in the woods
and determined to visit the home of
his childhood. The old gentleman
Is greatly amazed at modern inven-
tons. He considers the telephone un-
canny, and is in deadly awe of an au-
tomobile. He is fond of riding on
railroad trains.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1908-02-05
CITY MEN As FARMERS.
Find Health and Zest It Nothing More
IN the Operation.

Great is the debt of gratitude due
the man who makes money in trade or
professionally and spends it on farm
ing as fad, says the St. Louis Globe
Democrat. He is laughed at by the
real yeomanry as one to whom the
proper purpose and value of ready
cash are unknown, and who scatters
it on fantastic experiments; but the
amateur takes his own course sad en-.
joys it more than his critics imagine.
A city's most energetic population is
recruited from the farms, and the old
merchant or practitioner, az 4 rule.
Graves tho country when he retires.
This passion is strong even among
those born in cities. and If they want
to amuse themselves with little ex
travagances on the soil they ought 10
have sympathetic encouragement. It
% seldom that farming is attempted
on Monte Cristo principles, but surely
1t is better to scatter mjl;lon on tho
soil than to see it tapped up by brok.
ers In Z single night Occasionally .
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1908-02-05

increased again. This drop In the
Hawaiian trade was no doubt due to
the diligence of those interested in the
Central American and West Indian
fruit trade in extending their trade
westward.
The Hawaiian product suffered in
the market not because of inferiority.
for the Chinese variety is considered
superior IN flavor to the Jamaican.
The latte:: however, can be handled
more cheapl5 because of it's hardness.
The future development of the
banana trade of course cannot be fore
seen, but there il 20 reason to sup1
pose that the limit o. capacity has yeti
been reached. The figures above,
show steady increase in consump-
ton in America. In the future more
of the bananas from the British West
Indies will probably find an outlet in
the markets Of the Mother Country It
is possible that the public taste may
become more discriminating, thus CIV
ing stimulus to the trade in the liner
varieties.
There seems no good reason why
the Hawaiian islands should not now
assume very much larger share in
the trade. The soil, the climate and
proximity to market are all in their
favor.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1908-02-05

one Of a dozen mineral springs, It
may battle in mammoth pools Of hot
mineral water, fish in we'll stocked
streams, eat fresh fruit in wonderful
orchards, wander in beet and alfalfa
fields and admire Alpine scenery. ,
One point on which the fasteners
will have to take of their hats to
Denver is that it is cleaner than the
average eastern city. Alongside of
New York it is like the kitchen of
Dutch hausfrau, and Gothamites
should insist that their commissioner
of street cleaning be made delegate,
even if the board of aldermen have to
pass an appropriation to pay his fare
Prices are kept normal with club
if necessary. Denvcrites realize that
the sacred honor of our fair city" is
at stake. Those who will want to
charge boom prices for ham sand
witches, billiard table sleeping quar-.
tiers or hacks will be persuaded that
there are less obvious ways OF get.
ting the coin. The program of out.