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Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-02-11
PANAMA CANAL COST
CAN'T Be ESTIMATED
Amount First Consider Necessary
Has Been Increased and May
Need Stretching Again.
IT'S ONLY A ROUGH GUESS NOW.
Colonel Cocktails Expects to Make
Forecast Next Year-Unknown
Difficulties May Be Met.
Washington correspondence :

Washing correspondence.
The wonder is growing among Sena-
tors and Representatives on what ba-
sis The original estimators fixed the
probable cost of the Panama Cana.
There is halfway suspicion that the
first estimators didn't know their bust
ness or were afraid to give out truth
that they thought might be appalling.
With the characteristic bluntness of
soldier Colonel George W. Goethals
has said that he can only guess at the
total cost of the canal, but that he be-
lieyes it will not exceed $2J0,0O0,0 900,
excluding the original purchase price.
AS another has put it, "the estimat-
ed cost of the Panama Canal keeps
pace in the ascending scale with the
cost of living. Every year the price
the United States will have to pay for
the water way is marked up" First
estimates put it as low as S140,000,0 600.
Then came what was called an authen-
tic estimate to the effect that the coun-
try would have to expend $1S4,000,000
before theScanal could be completed
Colonel Cocktails guess is $300,OOO,0O0,
and he is frank to say that the limit
may have to be raised at least once
again.
Has Appropriated Eighty Millions.
Up to the present about $S00O0,000
has been appropriated by Congress for
the canal work. July /, 1907. $31 ,000,-
600 of the sum remained unexpended.
When Colonel Goethals succeeded Mr..
Stevens last March as engineer in,
charge he found that circumstances
warranted an increase of the working
force and an enlargement of the plan
of the work. 1t was in August that
the soldier-engineer told the Secretary
of War that if the work was to be
pushed at the rate at which it has been
pushed since the army took charge the
appropriation which had been made
for the year ending June 80 1908,
would be used up by the first of the
calendar year.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-02-11

With some Of these in stripes the bal
ance of the law-breakors would hasten
TO mend their ways.
Meanwhile the real trusts that have
virtual monopoly, such as the Steel
Trust. which has plundered the people
of millions and is still plunderlng them.
goes unwhpped Of justice. 1t Is sell
Ing rs products much cheaper to for
eigners tEan to our own people. The
Republican tariff protects it in so
doing and the Republican leaders re-
fuse to even consider tariff reform.
The Department Of Commerce and La
Dor has the evidence of conspiracy in
restraint Of trade against the Steel
Trust and if such evidence has not
been turned over by President Roose-
welt to his Attorney General, it must
be that political and partisan adyan-
tage has held his Land.
The Republican leaders declare they
will revise tie tariff after election and
will so promise in their national plat
form. Can the voters be fooled again
by promises to reform? With the hands
of the pickpocket in the pocket of his
victim, would an honest man fail Of
aid and wait until he caught the thief
in the act the second-or the thou
sandtll--time? Would not such delay
IN preventing such thefts indicate
there was either timidity or collision
between him and the piunderer?
The Republican leaders have the
evidence against the trusts. Congress
has appropriated millions of TIE peo-
oles money to obtain the evidence and
% pay for their prosecution. They ac-
knowledge the tariff has fOstered and
protects the trusts. else why promise
% reform ii "after election" If the
Republican leaders had not partci-
pated In the plundering of the people
oy the trusts and corporations and
expected further campaign contribu.
tons from TIE same sources, would
they wait until after election?' II
would be more reasonable TO believe
hey would, for the sake of the polti-
al advantages that real reform would
undoubtedly give them, at once set the
machinery of the law IN motion and
not adjourn Congress until the tariff
which shelters the trusts was radically
revised.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-02-11

IT'S bit of information, which was
cheering to those who hoped for a
speedy completion of the canal work
was given to President Roosevelt, who
at once ordered Colonel Goethals not
to stay his hand, but to go ahead at
the same labor rate and incur a def
cheney. The Colonel, like a good SOL
der, obeyed orders, and now the APP
preparation made last year, which sup
posedly was large enough to provide
for the continuation of the work until
July 1. zoos, is exhausted and an ur-
gent deficiency bill calling for S11,000,-
900 is pending in the House.
The Secretary of War has told the
Senate compittee on interoceanic ca
nails that the work was kept going at
high speed and that the deficiency was
incurred because it was his belief there
was greater economy in going ahead
than in tagging.
OF the increased cost of the canal
over the original estimates the Secre-
tary of War has said: 1.-The widening
of the locks in accordance with the re-
quest of the Navy Department has
been approved, and it means an addi-
tional cost of about 10 per cent In the
construction of the locks. The locks
themselves as now projected win cost
$52,000,000, and this means an addi-
ton of $5,000,00 to the price"
In talking to the Senator's Colonel
Goethals used the word guess" when
he was telling them about the price
of the completed canal. At first the
Senators didn't approve the word, but
they came to understand that the actu-
al cost was past the power Of man to
estimate accurately, and so they fell
in with the soldiers idea and feel that
ii was better to have indefinite state
ments than definite statements which
mi zht bring in their wake disappoint-
ment.
From all that has been said by the
engineer in charge it may be expected
that the cost of construction will run
up TO S4o0.O0oo00. but as soon as ii is
ascertained that the price is to be high
er than has been believed the country
win be told. It seems that the canal
is TO be dug. and dug quickly. no mat
ter how much L win. cest. and proba-
bly, that is wha the people want
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-02-11
should women Live Cheaper.

Mrs. Ellen III. Richards of the Massa-
chusetts Institute of Technology said
at the recent quarter centennial meet
ing of the Association of Collegiate
Alumnae
The demand for increased salary is
constantly met by the assertion, 1t
costs women less to live But does it.
to really live? And, if it does, should
it? Because they carry self-sacrifice
to a greater extent, should they? Is
not this acquiesence in cheaper living
the real cause why women lose eff
cheney? Good food, travel amusement,
social companionship-all tend to good
temper ana good work.
THE research worker is scarce, be-
cause original thought means a mind
free from the distractions of economy.
The wearing and dwarting anxieties of
making both ends meet are at the root
Of those physical and mental break
dow rs of college women, occurring now
and then, which gives such joy to the
'T-told-you-so' onlookers."
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-02-11
Spectacular Prosecutions.

The Department of Justice is report
ed TO be about to file suit to dissolve
the combine between the Union Pacific
and Southern Pacific Railroads. 1t is
now some years since Senator Knox,
when Attorney General succeeded III
dlssolvlng the partnership between tie
Great Northern and northern Pacific
Railroads. but for any advantage the
public secured from that decision 1t
might as we'll never have been made.
In theory the decision was supposed TO
again produce competition between the
railroads, but in fact, as far as rates
are concerned, the combine still holds
good. Similar lack OF practical results
may be expected, If TIE combine of the
Hartman railroads is decided by the
Supreme Court as Illegal
What is the use of expanding all
the energy of the Department of JUS
tice on case that it is known in adj
vance will produce no relief to the
public? Not dollar has been saved
to the people by these spectacular suits
for the large amount expended Ia pros
ecuting them. 1t bothers tie railroad
managers, but does not prevent them
from charging Fall the traffic will bear
The administration appears to think it
is necessary to do something to show it
is the great modern trust-busting ma
chine. If the Republican leaders wish
- ,.viks
roads. why do they not include the
railroad magnates, who are tie real
consplrators that have defed the law?
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-02-11
An unbreakahIe Precedent.

Thomas Jefferson had long vision
into the future wheE, near the close OF
his life, he declared that an uabreak-
able precedent against more than two
elections of any man to the Presidency
had been established by the fact That
four of the first FIVE Presidents had
served two terms each and retired at
the end of the second--the other ore
of the group serving only one term.
President Roosevelt felt the sorce OF
this prophetic law and admitted its
value TO the American people when, ON
the night of his election In 1904. he
said in a public announcement The
wise custom which limits the President
to two terms regards the substance and
not the form, and under no circum-
stances will | be a candidate for or
accept another nomination"
There have been times during the
last three years when President Roose-
welt has caused alarm by seeming 10
waver from this wise and prudent de-
cision. A certain impetuous egoism in
the temperament of the man has appar-
emily, at times. led him to feel that his
longer service would be necessary TO the
Starvation of the country.
The country has reason TO feel great
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-02-11

Worry is the twin sister of nervous
ness. Neither should ever enter into
the daily life of anyone. God, in His
All-Wisc Providence. put the head of
human being on top. that all might
be subservient to it. There is some
thing wrong above the eyes, in the re-
gion of the will power. when one be-
bility. Know thyself'' is good control
myself is better. Worry and excite
ment never aided anyone. Any fool
can get along when everything is all
right. but it takes wise man, level
headed man. TO get along, and not wor
ry nor become nervous when everything
Is all wrong. Ladies' Home Journal
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-02-11
AHOOkS
(0,LLEGEs

The stand taken by the Chicago School
Board forbidding the members of secret
fraternities to take part in literary or
athletic. contests has now been upheld by
the Appellate Court.
Because the faculty of Washington
University, st. Louis, had expelled j. A.
Allen, editor of the college paper. on ac-
count OF an editorial scoring the pro-
fessors, the student body voted to dsccn-
tinue all college work in case their de-
mand for the reinstatement Of Allen was
not acceded to.
The third great athletic stadium to be
built by American universities has just
been completed at Syracuse. 1t is go
feet long, covers six and one-third acres
and will seat 10000 spectators comfort
ably. 1t is constructed of concrete and
is modelled after the old Roman aud
Greek arenas.
Cleveland has been selected as the
place of meeting for the forty-sixth am
nual convention of the National Educs
tional Association, June % to July 3,
1908. This convention will be the fifth
eth anniversary of the first regular con-
yention, which was held in Cincinnati
in 1853. Since then the association has
met in Ohio only once, in 1870. At that
time a reorganization was effected, and
the name changed from National Teach
ers' Association TO National Educational
Association. A formal program for the
convention will be made public soon.
Lewis W. Hine Of the Ethical Culture
School at New York writes in the Janu-
airy School Journal of the new course
in photography established in that insti-
tuition. This is found to interest many
Of the pupils who have little talent with
pencil or brush or tool. Ii is believed
that in the mastering of the technique a
quality of accuracy is developed as val
uable as that attained in tool work. But
beyond this comes the eEort to develop
the students appreciation Of the great
world Of art. The child finds this course
helpful because 1t is involved in the
actual doing OF things the results OF
which are useful and a delight to others
The Board Of Education Of the United
Kingdom. sitting at London. has decided
10 pay more attention TO physical needs
of the public school pupils this year than
ever before In all schools medical in
spection is to be established. and an eff
fort i to be made TO supply pure milk.
This movement has been FASTENED By the
discovery Of deterioration IN the British
youth offered for army service
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-02-11
Unconstitutional Ta.ation,

Tie government derives money from
taxation, 1t does not create money.
else taxation would be useless. The
right of taxation can be used only In
aid OF a public object that Is, an OBJ
ject within the purpose for which gov
ernments are established. 1t cannot.
therefore. be exercised In aid 81 a prt-
vate enterprise. whether that be
church. political party. bank. or
shoe shop. Many decisions supporting
this proposition are cited on page 431.
OF 4. s. Supreme Court Reports, Vol
10 On the same page IL found the
proposition supported by many au-
thoritles. that literal compliance with
the mandatory provisions of the Con
stitution, whether affirmative or mega
tive. is a condition precedent 10 the
validity Of any law laying taxes on
the property Of the people. and that
attempts 10 evade such constitutional
provisions constitute violations OF them.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-02-11

There is at least one woman who is
paid regular salary for laughing.
She was once on the stage She has a
trained, flexible laugh, musical and con-
tagious. And this laugh is worth money
TO the proprieters of a music hail. who
pay her to sit in one of the boxes and
release her flow of vocal appreciation
at certain stages on the program.
Whenever she perceives that the audi
ence is losing interest in the humor on
the stage, or needs to be worked up to
a proper pitch of enthusiasm. she lets
go her cachination.
Ii never fails to have salutary eff
feet. Persons who never look more
than mildly amused burst into ex-
travagant laughter. Everybody in the
audience Is put in the right humor to
enjoy himself. And under the in
SEPARATION of all this merriment the
performers do better than ever.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-02-11

A pretty finish for the back of an
empire waist in ecru lace was a
straight stiff two-looped bow of two
inch black velvet ribbon. with two
cameo medallions defining the loops
about an inch apart. From the center
of this bow and between the buckles
floated the long ends of accordion
plated tulle. Two similar bows with
but one buckle 10 each bow caught up
the japanese sleeve on the inside seam.
Last season there was fashion of
arranging ruffles on the bottom OF
skirts that were raised on the two
sides; now they are set on high in the
front, in point. some reaching as far
as the knee, where they gradually de-
scend TO the hem, covering it in the
back. Large drop ornaments or hand
some bows OF ribbon hold down the
point in pretty way. The arrange
ment is a graceful one. but should only
be attempted BY a slight and tail. girl
iSh figure.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-02-11

relief at his return to the lucid and
sober decision with which he received
the news of his election to second
term. SO strong are the traditions Of
American politics and government that
| there is hardly remote possibility lis
could receive from any responsible par.
| ~ nomination to third term There
Is no possibility whatever he could be
elected II nominated.
His entrance into the contest against
Il fundamental law of the American
people, as binding as anything that is
written in the constitution would pre-
eipitate upon the country Prasideif-
tial struggle bitterer and more turbu-
| lent than we have ever had 1T eonld
only end in political ruin for Thco-
dore Roosevelt more crushing than that
which made Aaron Burr a political out
cast and man Stunned all through the
later years of a long lie.
BY renewal Of his pledge of three
years ago Mr.. Roosevelt quiets appre-
tensions which We're not altogether nm
founded. His candidacy, supported by
any considerable number of enthusiast.
and uninteiligent reformers would have
made Of the next Presidential election
a life-and-death struggle between our
dual form of government and concen-
trated autocracy. II would have filed
the country with excitement and I'M
rest
In spite of the suggestion In some
quarters that the Presidents latest der
laration might, under certain condi-
tons, be subject to recall. there need
be no doubt that these dangers have
been finally set al rest The dieayowaI
of intention to seek denomination
strengthens the President In the ron.
test to influence the nomination % HE
successor. II makes certain that the
next Republican national convention IS
to be the stormicst the party has ever
known.-St Louis Republic
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-02-11
Russian Reformer reports

Before the New York Civic Forum and
great audience at Carnegie Hall, over
which Bishop Potter presided, Prof Paul
Milyukoff delivered a message to the
American people from the Constitutional
Democratic party of Russia. Prof. Milyu-
koff, who is leader of that party and
member for ST. Petersburg in the pres
ent Duma, gave it as his candid opinion
that instead of the establishment of q
Donna having been the beginning of a
rapid movement toward free forms of
government, it had been in reality the
high tide. and that there had been actual
retrogression ever since. The Radicals
had tried to rush matters only to meet
crushing defeat from the government by
the use of the military power Ills party
aimed at parliamentary power to limit
that of the Car. The liberties of the
manifesto had never been recognized by
the government, and in the two years
since it was issued 1924 persons had
been condemned for political offenses, of
which 2,217 were sentenced to death.
The revolution had now become a battle
of classes-the landholding classes
against the peasants and workmen A
majority of the present Douma we're
elected by 10000 landlords. Prof. Milyu-
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-02-11

nights. 1t was the prescription of an
old physician. Take of sea salt four
ounces, spirits of ammonia two ounces,
spirits of camphor two ounces, of pure
alcohol eight ounces. and sufficient hot
water to make full quart of the
liquid. Dissolve the sea salt In the hot
water and let stand until COOL Pour
into the alcohol the spirits of ammonia
and camphor. Add the salt water, shake
well and bottle for use. With a soft
sponge dipped in this mixture wet over
the surface of the whole body. Rub
vigorously until the skin CLOVIS. When
nervous or blue" or wakeful do not
omit this bath. The rest and refresh
ing that follow will amply repay the
effort required to prepare 1t.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-02-11
Hint. to Hou.ekeeper..

Raisin bread, which is made like or
binary white bread, with the addition
of one-half cupful of raisins to small
loaf, is appetizing for Sunday night
supper.
+ White summer shawls. made of soft
wool, may be cleaned by rubbing them
in several changes of nagnesia and
-four mixed.
To brown a meringue on a pudding
or pie, an ordinary fire shovel heated
red-hot and passed over the surface I'M
til the desired color is obtained is as
good as regular salamander. Care
is required not to allow it to scorch.
Vinegar will brighten copper.
Vinegar and brown paper will heal
bruise or ''black eye"
Vinegar and sugar viii make good
stove polish.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-02-11

That the so-called protective tariff
is not producer OF prosperity has
been forced on the attention Of the
most ardent standpatters by the pres
INT prolonged panic. The several glass
Industries. especially the windoIy glass
trust. are very highly protected b. the
tariff, yet, according TO the National
Glass Budget Journal devoted to
glass and tariff protection. many Of
hose Industries are In q bankrupt con
5ition. and their workmen In a sad
plight The NatioDa! Glass Company
Is In the hands Of a receiver and sew
sral Of the nine constituent companies
are unable 10 meet their obligations.
The wlfeh's cauldrOD In Macbeth"
SAYS the Budget. isn't a patch com
pared 10 the window glass he'll kettle
that has been boiling for the past few
moons. The same authority says the
bottle manufacturers have curtalfad
production 10 about 0ne-half the nor
NAL capacity Of their plants II from
40 to Jos per cent ~ tarffT protection
does not protect these glass trusts and
manufacturers from bankruptcy or de-
preston. Is not the evidence over
whelming that protection does not pro
rest either the trusts or the working
nen. and yet a Republican Congress
persists IN refusing to revise the tariff.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-02-11
MeditationS of "A spinster.

A breach of promise suit may be
bad, but the same girl as wife would
be worse.
When people are happily married it
means that they both have the same
ideas about how to spend Sundays en-
joyably.
II takes q real homely old girl to be-
lieve that the reason why more men
do not propose to her is because she
won't allow them to get TO that point.
Most marvellous of all his accomplish
ments is the way that the deepest
dyed man never looks guilty. but as
innocent as a lamb.-Ptflladelphia Tel
egrapn.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-02-11

Very thin mats of this material may
now be obtained at any up-to-date
kitchen furnishing store, and they can
be used between soft lining and any
elaborate dolly. no housekeeper who
uses polished dining table can always
prevent the placing on the table of a
dish so hot that it will injure the pol
ish of the table if she serves her food
not enough TO be palatable. OF course,
these mats cannot be used under eyelet-
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-02-11

1t is a well-known fact that workers
among lavender beds seldom take in
tectiouS ailments, and those engaged in
the perfumery trade are singularly free
from them. \ good perfume. in the
old days, was considered an excellent
disintectant The doctors then USED 10
carry walking sticks with silver or
gold knobs These opened with q lid.
disclosing tiny viaaigrette box. which
the physicians held 10 the nose when
entering rooms containing patients IN
with any infectious diseases
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-02-11
Running n chnd.. Character.

How often do we see parents who
never punish their children unless they
are in rage. The children are al
lowed 10 do precisely as they please.
and are not corrected unless they CRATE
upon the caprice Of the mother. Then
she will fly into rage at mere tribe
and helahor the poor children as If
some great offenSe had been committed.
Such treatment is weak. unjust and
ruinous TO children.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-02-11
New skirt Is Tight.

Tall. slim women will be glad to
know that the skinny skirt is coming
in again They are wearing a eorselet
SKIRT in Paris that defines the figure
very perfectly. and makes it impossible
to wear very much clothing underneath
II. The plait in the back also defines
the waist. These skirts are the delight
Of the woman With good figure. bat
les the fat lady beware OF them.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-02-11

The nineteenth annual convention OF
the United Mine Workers OF America
at Indianapolis. marks the Official retire
ment Of its president. John Mitchell his
report showed that the average paid-up
membership during his incuulhency had
increased from 0,731 in 1897 to 25S.a@6
IN 1907. He opposed the idea OF coDsoli-
dating with the Western Federation Of
Miners. Presents Of loving cnp and Of
large Suns OF money were made 10 The
retiring ofSeial The report CT Sacre-
tary Wilson showed e Surplus Of SS64.-
$50 CO hand