The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1908-04-16

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series of articles now appearing
IN the Scientific American makes re
ply to the charges against the Ameri
can Navy contained in the Mcclure
article by Artist Reuterdahl. The; mrs.
article aims to show that the various
boards which have determined the
characteristics of the American Navy
have had majority OF their member-
ship composed Of sea going ofiicerA
contrary to the statement mnde by
Reuterdahl. The second one CONTRA
diets the statement that none of ot1f
battle ships has its main armor belt 6
inches above the water when fully
equipped. 1t is asserted that our vee-
sells show from Is faches to II feet 8
inches OF armor belt above the water
line when fully equipped. As TO the
alleged low freeboard of our ships, the
Scientific American points out that,
with the single exception of the Dread
naught, there Is not ship In the Brit
ish Navy with the forward deck 28sfeet
high. AS to the broadside guns, the
writer holds that they are as high as
similar guns In the German and Japa-
nese navies, and from 2 to A " feet
higher than those of some of the mod
ern British battle ships. The writer
concludes that American ships In the
matter Of heavy arnor are ton for ton
hyperion to the ships Of other nayies.
49,
The results of exhaustive expert
ments conducted by the Bureau Of
Chemistry Of the Department of Agri-
culture to determine the poisonous eff
feet Of such drugs as borax, benZoic
acid, benzoate of soda, sulphate Of
copper, sulphur dioxide, fornaldehyde
and salicylic acid when used as pre-
servatives in foodstuffs have been out
lined before the House Committee on
Agriculture by DR.. H. w. Wiley, chief
of the bureau. The main conclusion
Is that the expulsion of these and kim
dred drugs from the body shortens the
term of the average mans life in the
United States, and that kidney dis
ease, so prevalent among Americans,
is largely the result of constant intro
duction into the system of such sub
stances. DR.. Wiley told the commit
tee he had discovered that salt solu-
ton was a perfect substitute for sui
phur in the whitening. and drying Of
fruit, and he exhibited samples of ap-
ples so dried to prove his statement.
DR.. j. Waiter Fewkes, an investiga-
tor employed by the Bureau of Eth
nology, who has been looking into the
origin of the first inhabitants of the
Island of Porto Rico, now reports his
conclusion that the West Indies were
connected with South Amert.
ca, whence came the primitive Garth.
cans to Porto Rico, and not from Yu-
catan, Florida or elsewhere, as held
by the scientists who accept the the
DRY oe a prehistoric island extending
almost across the Atlantic Ocean from
the caribbean Sea to Africa. TEis IA
bled Atlantis, now supposed to have
been submerged in some change in the
earth's crust, has served as the hypo-
thesis to account for fmmigrations of
primitive man, mammals and plants
from the Old World to the New, thus
for the ruins of Egyptian
pyramids ard architecture In Yucatan.
DR.. Fewkes virtually skaters this the
Dry by asserting that the ridge of the
Antilles extends from north to south
instead of from east to west.
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That the duty on sugar and tobacco
be removed Is again recommended in
the report of Secretary of War Taft
IN the Philippine Islands, This course,
ne says, is necessary In order to have
-hese Industries attain their former
condition, and he believes
hat the removal of the duty would not
njure any American interest nor af
'ect the prices of sugar and tobacco
n this country. He also urges Con-
,ress to remove the present restric-
ions on the acquisition of mining
,laims; to authorize the insular gov
to conduct an agricultural
)ank, and that our coastwise laws be
made inapplicable to trade between
he United States and Philippine
,orts The President concurs In the
Taft recommendations and gives espe- +!
ial praise to Governor Smith and his
associates for their conduct Of affairs
U the Philippines.
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William ]. Bryan appeared before
he House Committee on Election of
President and Vice President for the /
of urging tie passage of bill
providing for publicity Of campaign
contributions to the political parties. |
lie took the ground that all argu- ,
nents used in elections should be used
and all means employed to Sc
ure the election of or to defeat a can
idate should be means which the one
Ising them would not be ashamed TO
ave the world know. He insisted
hat the most important thing to be