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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-12-17

later, as he came down on one of his
weekly calls, and they had been look
.ng INTO the saltwood fire for several
minutes without speaking. he suddenly
turned as asked:
Wen. how about your hating me %
pa say hate ?" she querfed, as her
rand went out and rested on his
copyright, 1909. by Associated Lit
erary Pres.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-12-17

More than half of the worlds
copper supply for the past year was
produced In the United States. Surely
the nations of the earth would be
sore put to it If it were not for the
products Of this land
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-12-17

New York's board of aldermen is
apparently getting in the same ex-
elusive class occupied by England's
house of commons and house or
lords. It puts UP the bars and re-
fuses admittance to visitors Of the
auffrazatte type.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-12-17

Red Cross Christmas stamps are
going like the proverbial hot cakes
IA Topeka That shows the proper
spirit Let the good work IN this
direction be kept up
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-12-17

It is to be hoped that If the sur
geons ind II necessary to operate on
Governor Haskell of Oklahoma they
win cut out considerable of his fool
Sa11neEs
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-12-17
FULL LEASED WIRE REPORT
OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

The state Journal is member OF the
Associated Press and receives the full DAY
teieCraph report Of that great news or
eanfzation for the exclusive afternoon
pubfication in Topeka.
The news is received in The state Jour-
mai building over wires for this sole pu-.
nose
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-12-17
New York,s Holidays.

With Columbus day there are ten
statutory holidays in this state. There
are New Years day, Lincoln's Birth
day. Washington's Birthday, Memorial
day, Fourth of July, Labor day, cleo
ton day. Thanksgiving day. and Christ
mas. March, April. June and August
are the only months without general
holidays. while February and Novem-
Der each have two. 1t has been pro-
posed to make Good Friday and st.
Patrick's day also legal holidays, and
that would bring in March, and Cook
or Peary day would give April a
chance. June and August, the two
months when holidays would be the
most enjoyable, ought certainly to have
several each, even if events to cele-
brate have to be manufactured. The
ease with which the legislature creates
legal holidays by request of anybody
shows that all this is not impossible,
and. indeed. legal workdays may be
entirely Observation-Disclosures Times.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-12-17
TILE VISION.

Within forest gloom beside the sea
saw poor and humble cabin rise,
The Grade of the nursing Liberty
Unsheltered meath the cold, inclemez
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-12-17
Compulsory Marriage.


A Chicago preacher says that the
state ought to compel men to marry.
Physical unfitness, according to this
dominic, is the only valid reason why
men should not marry.
He also advises the girls to help
out bashfu1 and modest young men by
popping the question" themselves. If
said young men are too slow about 1t.
1t goes without saying that this
parson stands we'll with the feminine
portion of his congregation.
Admirable as the plan of this up-to-
date preacher may be. we fear that
there are too many hard-hearted.
close-fisted legislators ever to permit
any such compuision while they are
on the job. The only hope, SO far
as we can see, of compulsory marriage
is in the triumph of women suffrage
and the election of plenty of spinsters
to the halls of legislation. Then let
the measly bachelor look out.-Mil-
waukee Sentinel.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-12-17

General-send my orderly to me at once.
been cut In two by a bullet. General
Then order that part Of him to be found
Wnlcn contains my tobacco pouch
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-12-17

Have drink. old manr" mo: I'vs
cut 1t out Aw, be sociable'' "Weil.
my companion here will take drink with
City Journal.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-12-17

Mrs. B.-Your former nurse girl annlied
TO me for position today. Why did she
leave your employ? Mrs. W.--She whip
nothing. Mrs. Blinded! Mrs. W
Yes he hadn't done thing but bite the
baby.-Milwaukee Wisconsin.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-12-17

She-Whom do you consider the srea<sst
penefactor in mankind? He-The party
VINO lirst induced women to remove their
mats at the theater.-Chicago News.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-12-17

His Sister-what do you usually give
the waiter. George? George-Oh, il he
shilling, but IL he serves me badly, give
him a tip on the races.-London Opinion.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-12-17

Teacher-what are the duties Of the
vice president of the United Statesf
Young America-He has to play golf n
the absence of the presidept-Puck.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-03-24

to be made on the West Virginia,
Maryland, California and South Da-
kota upon their return in MAY call for
the expenditure of over $4,000 on
each of the vessels. Aboard the last
two ships named the new fire control
systems are to be installed. this lob
alone requiring sixty days for each
ship and it is probable that the sur
veys which are to be made upon the
vessels return here will neeessitate an
expenditure for overhauing far in ex.
cess of that already authorized.
Use of influence Prohibited.
One of the last acts of Mr.. Roose-
Welt before retiring from Office was to
issue an order supplementing that made
by him August /, 1905, prohibiting the
use of influence to obtain assignments
to duty by officers of the Navy and
Marine Corps.
1t directs that hereafter all requests
and recommendations, written or verb
al, received at the Navy Department
from or on behalf of such officers, of
whatever nature-other than those re-
ceived through regular official channels
are to be filed with or noted on their
record.
Secretary Ne1berry in publishing
the order says its provisions will be
strictly enforced.
Lieutenant Commander Reds Mishap.
While delirious from the effects of a
4
Commander James Ell. Reid, navigating
officer of the Z. S. S. Des Moines,
jumped from second story window of
the Naval Medical School Hospital
and was seriously injured. He was
picked up in an unconscious condition,
suffering from conclusion of the brain
and a broken collar-bone. 1t was
stated at the hospital today that his
condition remained unchanged, but it
is thought that unless complications
arise NO operation will be necessary.
Reid sent his nurse, a male attend
ant, to another room shortly after Z
O. clock yesterday morning to get a
glass Of water The nurse had hardly
left the place before the officer got
out of his bed and barricaded the door
with chairs. He then seized heavy
oak table and rammed it against the
window sash, which had been locked
tearing it from it's fastening. Reid
took running jump and dived head
long from the window, striking upon
his head on the ground thirty feet
below.
Reid had been confined at the hos
pitaI for about two weeks suffering
from nervous breakdown, which, II
is stated, resulted from overwork while
with the Des Moines IN the tropics. He
was brought to the hospital in this
city and for time became worse, but
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-03-24
Army and Navy News

party of friends of Manager
George Denison of the Hawaiian Dredg-
sng Company was taken down to Pearl
Harbor yesterday in the big launch
Louise of the San Francisco Bridge
company, which arrived from San
Francisco Sunday on the steamer Lur-
dine. The party was organized hastily
and the launch was started in the fore
noon. The launch rides well and is
commodious, speedy and a splendid
deep water boat. The guests were TAX
en- down to the scene of operations in
the Pearl Harbor channel where the
dredgers Governor and Reclamation are
engaged in gouging off point of land
projecting far out into the channel
and known as Queen Emma Point. The
debris is being pumped across the chan
mel and dumped into a hole said to be
about 125 feet in depth.
Pearl Harbor Marine Quarters.
An item in the naval appropriation
act of much Importance to the Marine
q @bl pa ID lAdl dNd1ldUIC
$4,000 to complete the quarteEmaster g
depot at Philadelphia and to purchase
ground adjoining the depot. Another
important post of the Marine Corps is
that in the Hawaiian Islands, where a
battalion of four. companies is now sta
toned. This force is quartered in tents.
The act appropriates $135, 900 for a
marine barracks at Pearl Harbor and
$50, 900 to complete six officers quar-.
tiers there. The only other amounts
carried by the act for public works for
the Marine Corps are $150000 for ma
rine barracks and 100000 for four of
feers quarters at the navy yard, Bre-
merton, Wash. The sum of $4,000 is
appropriated for the purchase of land
adjoining the navy yard, Charleston,
s. c., as a reservation for the Marine
Corps.-Army and Navy Register.
overhauling the Transports.
VALLEJO, March 9.-Mare Island
officials have received word that the
War Department will call for bids for
the oyerhauling of various transports
early in June, and an effort will be
made to secure the work for this navy
yard. The various private and gov
eminent plants on the Coast will be
given an opportunity to figure on the
repairs, which will be of an extensive
nature on practically all the vessels,
and it is believed that Mare Island,
with her exceptionally good facilities
for the work and the fact that she
!, does not have to figure on any profit,
as is the case with private yards, will
get the jobs.
Estimates for the repairs which ale
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-03-24

during the past few days his eondi-
tion improved and it was thought he
was on the road to recovery. The
fact that the patient escaped instant
death Is considered by the hospital
surgeons as remarkable
Lieutenant Commander James Henry
Reid is native of Virginia and was
appointed to the Navy from that State
in September, 1884. Since then he
has served at sea about fourteen years.
his last cruise having been on the
Des Moines in West Indian waters. He
reached the grade of lieutenant com
mander in July, 1905, and now stands
near the top of the list. He was to
have been transferred this morning to
a private institution. By an order is
sued at the Navy Department Satur-
day, Commander Reid was granted
three months sick leave from the date
of his discharge from the naval hos
pital.
Cement for Gun Stations.
Major Winslow, Engineer Corps, z.
s. A, is advertising for bids on $4,000
barrels of cement for delivery at Wal
kiki. The cement is to be used partly
in building the two great gun stations,
which are to have a foundation of
piles driven through the coral forma
ton, and upon this the cement and
concrete material will rest. Each sta
ton will weigh thousands of tons. The
bids will be received up to II clock
noon, May IA next, and will then be
publicly opened.
Virginia Horses Not Suitable.
Capt Kirby Walker of the cavalry
arm, detailed for duty in the quarter
masters department, has returned to
Kansas City after an investigation of
the possibilities Of obtaining horses for
military service in certain sections of
Virginia. The quest in that direction
was without result, it being found that
the horses were of a type which was
not suitable for the army.
To Guard Against Wood Alcohol.
Gen. Wood, commanding the Depart
ment of the East at New York, has di-
rected commanding officers of posts in
that department to see that every con-
tainer Of wood alcohol or denaturea al
cohol is plainly marked "Poison -; that
all persons handling these aleohols be
required to mark as "Poisonous any
containing vessels into which these al
cohols are transferred. These alcohols
are deadly poisonous, says Gen. Wood,
and their issue should be confined to
responsible persons. The knowledge Of
the danger of their consumption should
be published to every person under
military jurisdiction.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-03-24
THIS MEANS you.

All accounts owing to the firm of S.
Roth & Co., not paid this month will
be given to the Past Due Agency.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-03-24


Chicago, Hl.-Mrs. AiTena Sporting, Ii Lang
don Street.
Liudley, Ind.-Mrs. May Fry
Kinsley, Kans.=Mrs. Stella Clifford BeamAn
Scott, N.Y..Mrs. s. j. Barber.
Cornwallville, N.Y.-Mrs. VIM. Boughton.
Cincinnati @. Mrs. w Il. Housh 7EastviewAv
Milwaukee, Wis.-Mrs. Emma Imse, $50 LIST
st., German.
Change of Life.
south Bend, Ind.=Mrs. Fred Certia. t014 9.
Lafayette Street.
Noah, Kentucky. Mrs. Lizzie Holland.
Broekasld; Mo;-Mrs Sarah Lousignont. 2o'
Paterson, NJ Mrs. VIM. somsrville, 1856
Hamburger Avenue.
Philadelphia, Pa. - Mrs. K. Z. Garrett, 2407
North Garnet Street.
KewAskum, Wis.-Mrs. Carl Dahlkes
Maternity Troubles.
Worcester, Mass. - Hrs. Dosylva Cote, lit
Indianapolis, Ind..Mrs. A. p. Anderson, 1907
E. Pratt Street.
Big Run, Pa.-Mrs. w. e. Pooler.
Atwater Station, o.-Mrs. Anton Muelhaupt
Cincinnati, Ohio.=Mrs. e. H. Maddocks, 2i35
Gilbert Avenue.
Mogadore, Ohio. Mrs Lee Manges, Box 1871.
Dewittville, N.Y.-Mrs. A. A. Giles
Johnstown, y Y.-Mrs. Homer N. Seaman, i0S
E. Main Street
Burtonview, III. Mrs. Peter Langenbahn.
Avoid Operations.
Hampstead, Md.=Mrs. Jos. H. Dandy
Adrian, Ga.=Lena V. Henry, Route No. 8.
indianapolis, Ind.=Bessie v. Piper, % South
Addison Street.
Louisville, Ky.=Mrs. Sam LeeI 3523 Fourth st.
South West Harbor, Maine. = Mrs. Lillian
Robbins, Mt. Desert Light Station.
Detroit, Mich. = Mrs. Frieda Rosenau, ga
Msldrum Avenue German.
Organic DISBURSEMENTS.
Mozier, Uis.@Mrs. Mary Ball.
Mgonier, Tnd..Nfrs. Eliza Wood, RID. No. 4.
Melbourne, Iowa. = Mrs. Clara Waterman,
r. r. ID. No. /.
Bardstown, Ky.-Mrs. Joseph Hall.
Lewiston, Maine.@Mrs. Henry Cloutier, IS
Oxford Street.
Minneapolis, Minn.=Mrs. John G.. Moldan,
2115 Second Street, Y.
Shamrock, Mo.-Josie Ham, r. T. d. No. /;
Marlton, N-J.-Mrs. Geo. Jordy, Route No. 3,
Box 40.
Chester, Ark.=Mrs Ella Wood.
Ocilla, Ga.=Mrs. T. A. Crib.
Pendleton, Ind.=Mrs. May Marshall, r R. a.
Cambridge, Neb.=Mrs. Nellie Moslander.
These women are only few O
the power of Lydia e. Pinkham's
diseases. Not one of these womel
form for the use of their names il
ing that we should refer to the
do other suffering women to
Vegetable Compound is a reliabl,
statements made in our advertis
truth and nothing but the truth.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-03-24
91zzzenz
2oS&5N4b&
nom woman ailments to the names and
addresses here given for positive proof that Lydia Pnkhams
Vegetable Compound

Painful Periods.
Goshen, Ala Mrs.W. T. Dalton Route No g.
Chicago, In.=Mrs VIM Tully, 4S5 Ogden Az.
Paw Paw, Mich. Mrs Emma Draper
Flushing, Mich.-Mrs. Burt Lloyd, RED.
No. 8 care of ID. 4. Sanborn-
Cofeevilie, Miss.~Mrs s. j. Jones
Cincinnati, Ohio. -Mrs. Flora Abr, 1862 Ernst
Street.
Cleveland. Ohio Miss Ldxxis steiser, $50
Flee. Avenue, Sc
WesleyviIe. Pa.~Mrs. Maggie Ester ,R.FD.l.
Dyersburg Tenn. Mrs. Lue billiard, R.R.l.
Hayaeld, Va.-Mrs. Mayme windle
Herrin, III. Mrs. Chss. Folkel.
Winchester, Ind. Mrs. May Deal
Dyer. Ind.-Mrs. VIM. Oberloh, r. r. D. Mol,
Baltimore, Md.-Mrs. w. s. Ford, 1888 Lans-
downe Street.
Roxbury, Mass.-Mrs. Francis Msrkle, is Field
Clarksdaie, Mo-Miss Anna wallace.
Guysviile, Ohio. Mrs. Ella Michael, R.F.D.3
Dayton, Ohio. -- Mrs. Ida Hale, Box Is, Ma
tional Military Home.
Lebanon, Pa.-Mrs. Harry L. Rittls 2s3 Leh-
man Street.
Sykes, Tenn.-Minnis Hall.
Detroit, Mich. Mrs. Louise Jung ,3s2Chsstnut
ss. Ovarian Trouble.
Vincennes. Ind. Mrs. Syl. b. Jerauld, sos N.
Gardiner, Maine.-~Mrs. 8. A. Williams, II. r.
ID. No. IA; Box SO.
Philadelphia, Pa.-Mrs. Chas. Boell, s4o7 N.
Platssburg, Miss. MissvernaWil kes, FD.1.
Female Weakness.
Willimantic, Conn.@Mrs. Eta Donovan, Box
299.
Woodside, Idaho Mrs. Rachel johnson.
Rockland, Maine Mrs. Will Young, Col
umbia Avenue.
Scottville, Mich.=Mrs j. g. johnson R.FD3
Dayton, Ohio. r. r. Smith, 43l Elm ST.
Erie, Pa.=Mrs. j. P. Endlich. r. f. ID. Not.
Beaver Falls. Pa. 80 Mrs. W. P. Boyd, 2i09
Seventh Avenue.
Fairchance, Pa.=Mrs. I. A.. Dunham Box l52.
Fort Hunter, Pa.=Mrs Mary Jane Shatto.
East Earl, Pa.=Mrs. Augustus Lyon, R.F.D.2
Vienna, W. Va.zMrs. Emma Wheaton.
Nervous Prostitution.
Oronogo, Mo.=Mrs. Mae Mcknight.
Camden, N.J.=Mrs. Tillie Waters 451 Liber-
ty Street.
Joseph, Oregon. .~Mrs. Alice Huffman.
Philadelphia, Pa. 50 Mrs. John Johnston, 2le
Siegei Street.
Christiana, Tenn.=Mrs. Mary Wood. Il. r. D.
No. 3.
Pecos, Texas.=Mrs. Ada Young Egglsston.
Graniteville, Vt.=Mrs. Chas. Barclay, RID.
thousands of living witnesses of
egetable Compound to cure female
ever received compensation In any
this advertisement but are will
= n
The Charles Mix new era. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1???-1911, 1909-05-07
Ladies and Gents suits clean

LADIES' and Gents suits clean
Cd, pressed and repaired At
lowest prices. Where two or
more parties sond their suits
together ! viii pay expreas
charges both WAYS. Send me
your work and you will receive
prompt Northumberland Bon
nom. Tailor and Cater. los 9rd.
Of. East new phone 11 Yanktou
g. hkUtA 81
The Charles Mix new era. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1???-1911, 1909-05-07

Uptodate and complete line Of
ladies' and gents oxfords See
our display window. II. e..
Bark and company.
The Charles Mix new era. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1???-1911, 1909-05-07
Our Exchanges

OUR Exchanges
Frank LARochelle, . former
Tyndall boy. but now of Wagner
spent Monday in the city.-Tyn
dali Tribune.
Mr.. and Mrs. Emil Misterek
ware over from Wagner Sunday
visiting with the Misterek and
Vented families. - belmont Rec
ord.
Mrs. McLinn has shipped a
carload OF her effects to Wagner
Monday, where she owns a
nice lot and house on Main street
She will move there next week
and make Wagner her future
home.-Tabor Independent.
Miss Louise WepkinG OF Wag-
ner arrived in Geddes last
Thursday evening aud opened
her millinery store one door
north OF the Record Office. Sne
will be here every FRIDAY and
Saturday until further notice
Geddes Record.
A prominent business man
from this CITY who recently visi-
ted Wagner. said. There is
no question but that town is
ahead of Avon. Thew have some
sporty hustlers in that place"
Is there not y little object lesson
in this? .+*-Avon Clarion.
Delos NJ. Wood, who has been
to Chicago with a shipment OF
fat stock, returned home FRI
day. ..... Mrs. kindle LEFT last
Tuesday morning for Bonesteel
where she will make her home
with her sou Thomas. ID.
M. Woods received a car OF
stock hogs Friday, which we're
taken to his ranch east OF town
where they will be fed and pre-
pared for fall shipment.-Lake
Andes Wave.
The Charles Mix new era. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1???-1911, 1909-05-07

Frank LARochelle, . for m or
Tyndall boy, but now OF Wagner
spent Monday in the ity.-Tyn
dali Tribune.
The Charles Mix new era. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1???-1911, 1909-05-07

Mr.. and Mrs. Emil Misterek
ware over from Wagner Sunday
visiting with the Misterek and
Vented families belmont Rec
ord.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-08-15
THE ElMlNA-

r
Portland VINEYARD HsSnn
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1909-03-11

m. the concert by the school began
and lasted about three hours,
and was good all the way through.
We will not try to tell all the
plays and dialogues, but will give
names of few: The "Holy
Mirror" was just as good as good
can be, and the play of Jumbo
jun" was real fine; the "Coun-
try Store" ''Northe a S e rn
Bond", and many others were
very entertaining. The ones
who failed to attend missed a
rare treat. Miss Cashwell is to
be congratulated for preparing
such a programme.
| It is said that we have the
best country public school build
ing in the county, and we shoule
have longer terms. But as tina
was argued in the debate [ will
not say any more about it now
i The concert at Long Brancl
was much enjoyed by
"Happy jack -
Mt. Eliam, N. c., March, S
1910
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1909-03-11
NEGRO BURNED AT STAKE
Admits Assaulting White We.
man-Meets Death Stoically.


Rockwell. Tex, Dispatch, 7th.
After having been identified
by Mrs. Arthur Mckinney as
the negro who attempted a GRIM
inal assault upon her Friday
morning, Anderson Ellis was TAX
en- from the Rockville county Jail
tonight and secured to an iron
stake driven into the earth and
was burned to death in the pres
ence of about a thousand people.
Earlier in the evening, Will Clark,
a negro, was shot and instantly
killed when his father, Andrew
Clark, refused permission to a
posse to search This premises or
the assumption that Ellis was
concealed there. People were here
from several towns and from
Dallas, Collin and Hunt as wei
as Rockwall county to witness
the execution of the negro.
Ellis admitted his guilt but re
fused to make a statement or tt
leave farewell messages for his
relatives. He did not utter a or,
as the pile of cordwood, whic!
had been we'll saturated witt
kerosene was set afire, nor did h
show loss of nerve as the flame
cooked his flesh. He was dea
within 9 minutes after the tore
had been applied.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1909-03-11
WHY SHOES COST MORE.
Tariff on Hides Adds $3O,OOO,-
900 to Our Footwear Bill.

Ida M. Tarbell. in the American Magazine
1t was hard enough for the
poor to buy shoes ten years ago
before the Dingley tariff, but
with every year since it has been
harder. In woman's ordinary
shoes there has been an increase
of something like 25 per cent.
over the average price in the
years from 1890 to 1899. There
has been a corresponding in
crease in all varieties of boots
and shoes. Say that it has been
20 per cent, and see what that
means to your family of four,
which can spend but $40 a year
on clothes and must put $11.81
of it on shoes.
But why should shoes increase
in cost? They ought to decrease,
such has been the extraordinary
advance in shoe machinery and
in methods. Everybody knows,
too, that the industry has moth
ing to fear from the foreigner.
He does not make shoes that the
| American will wear unless it be
the rare borgan. But in spite
of our skill and inventions, which
should make it easier for every
body to buy boots and shoes, we
have made it harder. This hard
ship comes largely from the tariff
laid on hides in 1897 by the
) Dingley bill. And why a tariff
) on hides? Simply to compel the
American shoemaker to pay more
! for his leather. For twenty-five
Lyears hides had been free and
cheap, for South America sent
us large quantities. The shoe
dealers were taking all both
markets offered. But the cattle
growers ofthe West raised cry
that they should have more
money for their hides, that Con.
gress should pass a law which
would compel the people to give
: it to them.
? The duty was not granted ir
: 1890, but in 1897 it was given
| The Eastern protectionists grant
| ed it because they thereby coulC
2 keep votes for their own pet ar
ticles. The duty on hides il
simply another of the innumer
' able bargains in our tarif
schedules. The effect of the du
e ty was Immediately to raise tn
price of sole leather In June
1906, W. L. Douglas, eA-GoV
o ernor of Massachusetts, a sho
n manufacturer, said in a publ
~ - speech that since 1897 the in
~ ~ crease to his company in tn
q q price ofsole leatherin single pal
y :, of shoes had amounted to II l.
:, 8 cents. Mr.. Douglass figures thu
y the present tariff on hides an
- - soles causes the people of tn
W country to pay 100000, 900
y y year more for shoes than is ne
, eSSary.