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The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-08-15

structure but opinion is general that
the principle should not be enforced
too rudely with respect to It's artistic.
features.
When the order was given for the
four circular decorations for the dome,
representing art. science. justice and
religion. dimension Of fourteen feet
diameter was specified for each BY
q blunder of Joseph NJ. Huston, the
architect, however the spaces for the
paintings were made only u little more
than thirteen feet; hence when the
work was put up about year ago,
each painting had 10 undergo down
ward revision with a pair of SCISSOR
Mr.. Abbey's contract called for pa
ment at n rate of $50 per square foo
and he should have received for G15.1C
square feet total of $780, SS But In
paying him the board of public build
ings and grounds decided to deduct
the space cut eff and allowed $2T FOG
for 554.12 square feet. Mr.. Abbey de-
INJURED. and his claim for the full
amount was upheld The deputy at.
torney general of the state took the
ground that although the capitol of
ficials had right to trim the pictures,
they had 70 right to extend that proc.
esS to MIR. Abbey
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-08-15
ice and the Senator.

Although the hot weather has been
severe on the statesmen Mt Washing
ton during the tedious weeks of the
special session. it has not spoiled the
temper If all of them
Joe. the best known and most pop
ular of the newsboys about congress,
woke up one afternoon from his siesta
on the sun baEed steps of the capitol
TO find that while he slept it had rain
ed pennies 0Gd ,EiakgIs all over his
small person
He d3asH', knew yet that Senator
Winthrop Murray Crane Of Massachu-
sets, hapre"i"g 10 pass by while the
child sim sD"awled On his back in
the sun wl'h outStrerched arms and
legs. spa s'-i A.Gi n over with the
small aJa ALL then with others,
stood 3 ht 81 distance to see what
he wol.d J., @brn hp nwoke.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-08-15
FERNANDO WANAMAKER.
Granddaughter of Merchant Prince
and Her Coming Marriage.

Granddaughter of Merchant Prince
and Her Coming Marriage.
A coming International marriage
which will attract wide attention will
be that OF Miss Fernando Wanamaker
to Arturo Heeren. son of the Count Of
Hecren of Paris and Biarritz, which is
scheduled for the early autumn. Miss
Wanamaker is a daughter of Rodman
Wanamaker of Philadelphia. whose
marriage in London to Miss Violet
Cruger of New York was a recent
event of interest in social circles here
and abroad. Miss Fernando Is favor
lite with her grandfather, the famous
merchant prince, John Wanamaker
and has resided much abroad.
Rodman Wanamaker, since the death
Of his first wife, daughter of Charles
Ferdinand Henry, has spent much of
his time in Europe. He has beauti-
full home in Paris as well as one in
Philadelphia, and 1t is said that he
carries the heaviest insurance on his
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-08-15

DldCluS Oh tue ITeS
list certain raw materials largely used
ia manufacture, and In bringing the
cOnferees pretty near to his point Of
view on this subject and in securing
Important reductions in the duties
placed on some other articles enter
ing largely into general consumption
he is credited with having carried out
q considerable part Of his program.
The five items which the president
desired especially to have on the free
list were hides, oil, coal, lumber and
iron ore. He was not allowed to have
his way on ali of these items, but Sc
cured the placing of some on the free
list and the reduction of duties from
senate rates on others. The fight in
the conference room was chiefly over
hides, lumber, coal and iron ore Oil
was admitted from the first to be
proper subject for the free list in view
of the strong sentiment in both houses
in favor of such plan. The proposal
to place coal on the free list and per-
haps iron ore aroused Senator Elkins
of West Virginia in particular, and it
was owing in part to his influence
that small duty was placed upon
each in the conference report. The
controversy over hides was the most
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-08-15
FLYING MACHINE TARIFF.
A New York Lawyers Discovery About
Payne Bill

Fayne Bill.
To prevent the same trouble in the
customs service which grew out of
disputes over the classification of auto
mobiles imported into this country
general use, the attention of congress
has been directed to the failure to
provide in the new tariff bill a classifi-
cation for flying machines, which have
come into such prominence through
the work of the Wrights, Glenn Cur
tiss, NJ Bleriot and others.
1.-THE work of the Wrights and others
engaged in aviation, and especially the
feat of M. Bleriot in flying across the
English channel" said Harvey L. An
drews, lawyer of New York. ire
minds me of the trouble and confusion
that arose over the classification of
automobiles when they were first i'm
ported. was then attached to the
force of the appraiser of the port, and
we had great difficulty in arriving at
any definite conclusion because no pro-
vision had been made for these ma
chimes in the tariff law Now congress
has just agreed upon rate for auto
mobiles in the new bill which will
be of benefit to importers and will
not hurt American manufacturers. but
1t has overlooked the most modern of
all Inventions"
Mr.. Andrews sent telegram to
Chairman Payne of the ways and
means committee calling his attention
to the fact that no tariff wall against
flying machines had been erected.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-08-15

stubbornly fought of all, the opposi-
tion in the senate to this part of the
administration program being especial
" strong. The anti free hides men in
cluded the senator's from d number Of
the cattle growing states of the west
like Wyoming, Idaho, Montana, Utah
aud the Dakotas. To overcome the OPP
position of this element proved diff
guilt task, and 1t was in the effort to do
this that the proposal was made to off
set the placing of hides on the free list
by making proportionate reductions In
the duties on leather manufactures,
particularly boots and shoes and har-
ness.
Senator Aldrich informed senators
from northwestern states that he
would not consent to the abolition of
the duty on hides unless there was a
imaterial cut in the rates on boots and
shoes and other leather goods In no
other way, he said, could he get the
votes necessary for the adoption of the
report In the senate IL 1t carried free
aides Senators from cattle raising
states insisted that the only way con-
Sumers can get any benefits from the
removal OF protection OF hides would
De by corresponding reductions in the
Gntiee on boots and shoes and harness
The discussion over the hides sched.
saie has aroused some warm blood, and
there have been many varying state
lknents about the effect of duty on
aides Advocates of making them free
claimed that the beef packers are en-.
sgaging largely in the tanning bust.
mess and that duty on hides would
virtually give them q monopoly on the
article and result In large increases In
prices of manufactured leather prod.
nets. Senator Francis e. Warren OF
Wyoming. who has been q leader
among the anti free raw material SEN
ators, maintained |. that the facts did
not bear out such an assumption. He
cited figures purporting to show that
the three largest packers in the Unit.
ed States tan annually 1868, 900 hides,
this number constituting only I per
cent of the entire domestic consump-
fion. He denied that the beef packers
tNouAA NOHtAVi the ledJDeE5 IIfaTkeI.
AS soon as the Republican conferees
reached an agreement on schedules the
completed and corrected tariff bill was
sent to the public printer to put In
shape for the use of the conferees.
Then followed the reporting of the
bill to the senate and house Of repre-
isentatives and the beginning of the
debate upon its adoption
Previous TO this both houses adopted
the concurrent resolution directing the
president to forward to the respective
states the proposed income tax amend.
ment to the United States constitution
If thirty-five states ratify the income
TAX amendment It viii make possible
national tax en- all ineeyacs frlia
whatever sourse derived, inelriing slis
incomes Of absentee Americans.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-08-15

Vaccinations of the garlist pretender,
who had for so long STEPPED his coun-
try in blood.
His first marriage ended tragieally.
After q time he married again to
please his people the Austrian arch
duchess who filled the difficult post OF
regent during the minority Of KS son.
He died, while still in his first youth.
after a short illness. leaving two young
daughters and the possibility of third
child. Alfonso XIII. was, in fact, born
a king on May II. 1886. six months
after his fathers death
While King Alfonso XII was called
to the throne at the early age of sew
enteen, his son took the oath to OBJ
serve the constitution, for there is no
ceremony of coronation In Spain, when
only sixteen, and he has just reached
bis twenty-third birthday.
He married the Princess Ena Vie
toria Of England on May 81, 1906.
Three children have been born to the
royal pair-the Prince of the, Asturias,
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-08-15
UNCLE SANS CROPS

Of wheat and cotton moves eastward
and southwark to the ocean gateways,
where the great ships are waiting to
take it across the seas more money is
put into circulation, millions of it.
Against this time when the endless
trains will begin to journey to. the
grain ports on the lakes or to the
cotton cities on the gulf the money
for the moving of the crops is being
heaped up now in the great financial
centers of the country.
Last years crop OF cotton was II.
5S1, 800 bales. The average price was
little under 10 cents a pound and
Its total value little more than 1919
100000. The Indicated crop this year
according to the governments experts
reports, will be at least 100000
bales. 1t is likely from the present
outlook that this crop will be mar
keted at not less than 10 cents
pound, $65 bale, $4,000, 0OO-ove1
$200,000,000 more than last year, with
but a small increase in the yield.
Throughout the country every line
of industry feels the quickening i'm.
pulse of good crops and good prices
1t touches impartially the little sod
house far out on the Dakota prairie
and the palace of the millionaire. The
section hand putting in new ties Oh
the railroad feels it. the toilers in fac.
tories, the clerks in cities-there is nc
life so remote that II is not offprtpd
when the crops are abundant.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-08-15

"HE tale that some western
farmers had been seen wear
ing high hats and full dress
suits while at work in the
fields may not have been stretched so
much after all when we learn from
the recent government report that 1909
is to be such a great year for crops.
In fact, never before have the fields
Of America yielded such bounteous
harvests as they are going to this
year, 1t being estimated that the total
value of farm products for the first
time in the United States will pass the
$1,000, 100000 mark Corn alone will
from $5O0,OQ0.OO0 richer this year than
he was last.
The wheat crop this year will be at
least 1858, 100000 bushels, and experts
say that it is not likely to fall below
$1.10 bushel for long time to come
That means $729.00O,O0O worth of
wheat will soon be on the way to the
elevators. Last years harvest was
OOV,OoV,OoO DuSHelS, anu IL brought
$500, 100000, so the American wheat
farmer will have $1O9.OOO,OO0 more to
spend from that source than be did
the year before.
The reason wheat is worth more
than dollar bushel, which used to
be price that the farmers dreamed
of, is not because the crop in this
country is especially short 1t is but Il
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-08-15

life of any man in the Quaker City, a
sum considerably over million. AS
a memorial to his first wife he erected
the Lady chapel of st. Marks Episco-
pal church. Philadelphia. and made it
one of the most beautiful bits of ar
chitecmre in the city He has since en-
riched its interior with many costly
gifts, the most recent being a solid
silver, gem incrusted altar.
Miss Wanamaker was presented in
society about three years ago. She is
a charming girl and possessed of many
accomplishments.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-08-15

Beside these. the crops of hay. alfal
IA. potatoes, tobacco and the other
products of the soil are either no less
or else far greater than usual. Elk.
perts estimate that the added wealth
that these viii stow away In the peck
cts of the American farmer this year
will be not far from $100,000.O00 Add
this to the total of the three great
cereals and cotton. and the total is
thousand millions of dollars-the vast
sum by which the national wealth will
be increased this year.
The farmer viii not get it all He
will pay out vast sums for labor. for
machinery with which to plant new
crops, for new buildings in which to
house them and his other belongings,
for Injuries and comforts which he
has gone without when crops were
poor and prices low
Getting the crops to market will
bring the railroads and steamship lines
tremendous food Of added revenue
over the leaner years. The farmer no
longer stores his grain in the fields. as
he used TO years ago. He sends it
first to the elevators that rear their
huge bulk beside the railroad tracks
There he holds It until he gets the
price he thinks 1t ought to bring If
he wants to borrow money meanwhile
the slip Of paper that the grain ware.
house gives him is good collateral for
all he wishes. Then when the food
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-08-15
MOVING TALL TREES
Wonders Accomplished by Electrical
Engine For This Purpose.

Wonders Accomplished by Electrical
Engine For This Purpose.
The moving of well grown trees
used to be considered so difficult that
1t was rarely attempted. but now by
the aid of electrical hosting and NOV
ing engines it can be done quite sue
cessfully. Owing to the scarcity OF
trees and the great care that is be-
ing taken to protect our forests from
the woodman's ak and every other
form of dissertation many towns that
otherwise would have been glad to
have obtained young trees for the pur-
pose have been obliged to forego this
luxury. But not so Ampere. N. J..
which furnishes a striking illustration
of what may be accomplished in tree
moving by the aid of the electrical en-
CINE designed especially for this
branch of work. Trees that by many
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-08-15

~ HE revolutionary situation in
Spain makes the young Spanish
monarch, Alfonso Kill, a fig
ure of striking interest, and
much depends on his keeping his head
during the present crisis.
1t is thirty-four years since the pres
ent ruling family was called back to
the throne wrested from it.
Alfonso Nil. father of the present
king. WIS still child when his moth
err, Isabel H., was dethroned by the
will of her people in 1865. He was
educated in France, Austria and Eng
land and was only seventeen when
Martinez Campos proclaimed him king
in 1875. Spain had had constitu-
ton since 1912, but it was in name
only. The real power in the time Of
Isabel H. was absolutely in the hands
of palace camarila and the priest
hood. All this was cleared away by
the bloodless revolution, which Span
iards still speak of as LA Gloriosa,"
and Alfonso was called TO the throne
as strictly constitutional monarch.
He himself took part in the war
which once for all put an end to the
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-08-15
The Contest
Over the
Payne Bill.

+ N securing the re.
Il port to b o t b
houses of con-
gress of a tariff bill
containing m an Y
important re d u c.
tions from present
schedules Of Gus
toms duties the Taft
administration Is
considered to have
scored a notable vic
t DRY. President
Taft stood out for
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-08-15

ance. The poor husband begged leave
to demur. He said it was the only
hat he had. He thought he was enti-
tied 20 one when he had bought his
wife seven in thirty days This inter
ested his honor, who leaned away over
the woolsack and asked in a pitiful
way. You don't mean TO say you
bought your wife seven hats in thir-
ty daysY' Sure" was the worldly
answer. And then the husband added
that every time his wife got mad at
him she seized her hat ard tore it up.
and then he had to buy another to get
her back to the pleasant post The
court unused. And such hats as ther
are wearingr' Yes" replied the man.
''the peach basket variety" Seven
hats in one month";" said the court in a
sorrowful way, and of the basket va
rtety. Wen, madam" continued his
honor turning 10 the woman in the
case, there is ~ ground FOR complaint
hPre The prisoner Is discharged.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-08-15

[ h / II = S - for in
stance. art. This
was illustrated re-.
"ently in the case OF
the mural decOra-
tons made for the
Pennsylvania state
capito oil by the
noted mural paint
er, Edwin A. Alb.
hey. There has
been a good deal
of discussion over
downward revision
of the graft con
necfpd with thir
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-08-15

ten years he has been first secretary
at the embassy in London.
He is chamberlain to King Alfonso,
whose close personal friend he is. and
is a grandson of the Duke de Rivas,
one of SPANS most famous poets.
He may have specially important
duties should the present revolutionary
elements in his country get the upper
hand
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-08-15
NEW SPANISH MINISTER.
The Marquis de ViIalobar a Diplomat
of Ability end Repute.

OF FNDIIIIy tHN n6PutS'
The Marquis de Villalobar. who re
Gently succeeded Senior Don Ramon
Pima as minister of Spain to the Unit
I'd States. stands very high in Europe
rs Il diplomat. aud it was he who
brought about the recent meeting be-
wcen King Edward VII. of England
and King Alfonso of Spain. He is Il
title under forty and has been Grip
pie from birth. but is Of distinguished
appearance. He is a bachelor and
comes of an old and renowned house.
He is not unknown in Washington, for
he spent year there as attache at the
ministry in 1887 and another year as
second secretary in 1895. For the last
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-08-15
NO GROUND FOR COMPLAINT.

Husband Not Obliged to Buy Wife
Seven Peach Basket Hats Per Month.
1t had to come Anybody who thought
It out must have known that. sooner
or later, the freaks worn by women
freaks that were billed as hats, the
sort that women have been induced tc
land in the courts. A Chicago man
was hailed to temple of justice on
complaint of his spouse. The man
swore that the rumpus was precipi
tated by his wife when she grabbed
his hat The court replied that one
hat should not cause a family disturb.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-08-15
ART BY SQUARE FOOT.

Edwin A. Abbey's Objection to Down
ward Revision of Painting Bills.
The idea of downward revision" sc
much talked about now in connection
with the tariff, does not always work
to perfection when applied to Other
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-08-15

e. THRAsHING ENGINE AT WORK.
little below the record crop of 1906.
But there has been a shortage in the
last two years, and it looks as If this
years yield was going to be scant also.
Outside of America, Europe depends
largely on the vast wheatfields of
Argentina for her bread Thirty per
cent less wheat was sown there this
year than last, and it is estimated that
the yield will be 100000 bushels
less. All this benefits the American
farmer.
The American farmer will get over
$60,000,O00 mere for his crop of oats
this year than he did last. In 1908 the
yield was 7s9,0O0,0O0 bushels. and it
sold for 1921, 100000. This years es-'
innate is 963,O00,OO0 bushels, which at
the minimum price Of 40 cents bushel
would bring In the huge sum of $685.
100000. Only, about million and
half bushels of oats are exported. Not
all the rest goes to feed horses and
cattle by any means. The 100000
automobiles IN this country have cut
down the number of horses and the
consumption of oats correspondingly.
This decrease has been more than
made up, however, by human beings
eating more oats than they used to.
Many of the cereal breakfast foods are
made from oats, and their consump-
ton in that way cuts big figure.
To recapitulate the way the record
runs in this years increase In the
value Of the four great staples. so that
the eye can take 1t in at a glance, here
ira the fiOures.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-08-15

S"HAAHA . AAbA5ES AT kEL.
the heir apparent, on May 10, 1907:
the lnfante Jaime on June %. 1908.
and Princess Beatrice on June %. 1868.
The troubles which now threaten
the Spanish throne started in coase-
quence Of the state of affairs IN Mo-
rocco, whore the Spanish troops recent
~ received a severe defeat. The al
seciras conference gave Spain heavy
responsibility IN regard to maigtaining
order IN Morocco, where AIulfff Hafid
IS now ruler. lie overturned the GOV.
eminent Of Sultan Abdul Aziz NOT lonn
since and obtained the recognition Of
other powers as sultan. but his gov
efnment has not proved q great i'm
ProVement over that Of bis predeees-
eor.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-08-15
Figures In
the SpaniShl
Crisis.

%HE revolutionary situation in
Spain makes the young Spanish
monarch, Alfonso Kill, a fig