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The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-18
IS TT A TRUSTs

Is there any industry that may not fall into the hands or power of trust if there's money in it? By the word trust" we do not mean an unfair or morally criminal corporation. We simply refer to the fact that any busi- ness which promises well is likely to become the property of a large cor poration which will close out all small ioperators and enable the corporation to fix prices and control supply and de- mand.
 called, there was much being said about denatured alcohol, and how the farmers of the country would soon be making it at trifiing cost and using it as fuel to produce power on the farm. "It was." says The Hartford Times. "to cost mere trifie and be god-send in many ways. Immedi- ately practical difficulties in the way of these little private distilleries be. gan to appear, sOIle necessary, anu some perhaps that were not so neces- sary. Now comes the report of the United States Industrial Alcohol Com pany, which is controlled by the Dis tiIlers' Security Company, and is al- ready described as practically controll- ing the market for denatured alcohol The report shows the payment of a seven per cent dividend on its pre- ferred stock and the accumulation of more than s5oO.Ooo applicable to divi- dends on the common stock. The small producers are conspicuous by their ab- sense and the price Of denatured alco- hol is about twice what was figured out. The situation is not perfectly agreeable to those who have hoped to make for themselves such fuel supply of this kind as they needed"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-18
NATIONAL ExrRAvAsANcE.

Congressman Mccall, of Massachu- setts. one of the able Republicans of the House. does not hesitate to ex- press himself regarding the adminis- tration just closed. Our national ex- penditure." he said in a recent ad- dress to the Harvard students, 'has doubled in decade and the expense of government during that period has in- creased more than four times as fast as the population. We have been ac7 customed to point to the Wilson tariff national finance and yet the aggregate of deficits during the whole thirty-fv months of the life of that act was S105, 900. 900, as compared with more than $l4o,oo6.Ooo of deficiencies during the last sixteen months of the admin istration which has just ended"
 "Whence comes this spirit of extrav- agance" queries The New Haven Reg ister. Is not the answer plain? Has 1t not been fostered. encouraged and con, tinually enlarged under the adminis- tration of Roosevelt? The continued domination of the Republican party, and that party dominated by such . reckless President as Roosevelt was bound in the nature of things to lead to extravagance, waste and deficit. We face." concludes The Register, "an awakening just now. If we anticipate 1t. and take steps for recovery; If we check ourselves in time and return to the solid foundation of living within our public income. we shall have learn ed at slight cost a highly important lesson. It is we'll for us that, nation ally at any rate, we are likely to re- turn to sanity now"
 What kind of awakening, pray, do we face? The same party is in full control and though we have reason to expect better things of Taft than could have been hoped for from his predeces- sor, we do not know that he will be able to curb his followers. Their long and undisturbed charge of the gov- ernment seems to have made them ut- terly regardless of the future. Spend. spend. spend. is their motto, and let the future take care of itself. We have faith that Taft will prove himself quite a different kind of President respect Ing the expenditure of the public moneys to what Roosevelt was. but + he proves able to reduce the expenses below the revenues and keep them there, and do that without any addi- tional and onerous taxation, he will prove himself a statesman indeed.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-18
This Date in History
MARCH IS.

1674-Berkeley sold his share of New Jersey for one thousand pounds.
 1766-Repeal of the Stamp Act cele- brated in Boston.
 176S-Laurence Sterne, celebrated author, died in London. Born in Ire land, Nov, "A, 1713
 17S2-John C. Calhoun, American statesman. born. Died March 3l. 1850.
 17S4-The Bank of Massachusetts, the first bank in New England. was established in Boston.
 1s05-Bonaparte assumed the title of King of Italy.
 1S16-Pittsburg incorporated as a city. 1S37-Grover Cleveland. twenty second and twenty-fourth President of the United States born. Died June 24. 1908.
 '1S75-U. s. Senate ratified the Hawaiian Treaty.
 1ss7-Many lives lost in the burning of the Richmond Hotel in Buffalo, N. Y.
 1ss5-The National Bank of Kansas City suspended.
 lsO5-Cyrus c. Luce. ex-Governor of Michigan, died at Coldwater, Mich.
 I9OS-Harry Orchard sentenced to death at Boise Idaho.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-18
THURSDAY, MARCH IS, 1900.

In Mississippi there has been more satisfactory way of disposing of Fed eral patronage than existed in Ala bama during the Roosevelt regime. The Jack son News in referring to the mat ter says:
 During President Roosevelts last term of office Federal appointments in this State were made upon recom- Inendations forwarded by Messrs. L. B. Moseley and F. W. Collins, patronage referees.
 These two gentlemen have given em- inent satisfaction to the people of Mis- sissippi, and. irrespective of party hnes their selections, or recommenda- tons. have been cordially endorsed.
 The News is a strictly Democratic newspaper, and its endorsement, there fore, means a good deal. In Alabama we have had no such a condition as ex- ists across our Western border. In this State the main patronage dis penser has been himself. the beneficiary of a lucrative position. and the biggest manipulator of Republican affairs to- wards his individual wishes and de- sres. It has been given out that Pres iaent Taft would consult largely local wishes and interests rather than those of so-called referees. The change will be hailed with delight in Alabama.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-18
WHAT THE CHANGES MEAN.

The changes in the rules, as made by what is now known as the Fftz- gerald amendments, as analysed by parliamentarians makes three import ant changes:
 1. It establishes a calendar for unanimous consents" the erect of which Is to enable a member to have a proposition brought before the House for recognition.
 g. When consideration of bill Is concluded and the previous question Is ordered the rules heretofore have pro- vided for a motion to commit with or without instructions. It has been the practice to recognize a member of the majority party to make this motion and thus prevent the minority from offen ing such instructions aS 1t may de- sire The new rule gives the minority the preference in making such c motion and thus enables 1t to get a record vote on propositions which would otherwise House. where record votes are not pos- sible.
 8. It protects the calendar wednes- day by requiring two-thirds instead of a majority vote to set it aside.
 It is also claimed that the amend ment will have the effect of prevent ing favoritism by the action of the committee on rules in special cases. A start has been made towards getting power back into the hands of the mem- bers of the House, and Democrats would do well to try and get together in fighting the common enemy. rath- CT than in devising ways to punish those who did not vote for the caucus program.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-18
WILL RE "ALONE IN, AFRICA"
Strenuous Tine for Reporters Who At
 tempt to Follow Roosevelt.

Strenuous Tine for Reporters who At-
 tempt to Follow Roosevelt.
 Oyster Bay Dispatch to New York
 while Completing arrangements for his appearance at the farewell recept- the Town Hall. Friday. Theodore lence which he has worn persistently since his arrival at Sasamore Hill and talked about his African shooting trip.
 q have just received telegram from a press agency asking me If I would permit a Representative to accompany me on my African trip" he said to a Herald report after reading & com Ethel. You may say for me that I shall not permit this in any circum- stances. l cannot prevent the news papers sending representatives on the steamship which will take me to Ma pies or on the vessel which will convey me to or near Nairobi, Brit ish East Africa. but after that I shall have something to say
 What preventive measures will you take?" was asked.
 T won't commit myself" laughed Mir. Roosevelt. but I shall do all in my power to prevent the outttting of any caravan that designs to follow my expedition into the jungle. have been informed that tue Associated Press ex- poets to, outfit my party. and this other news concern which has just wired me has received similar information, If fl IS true. shall do. my utmost to foil paper men as fellow-passengers until l reach my starting point in Africa Then all friendship ceases until I ra- turn from the jungle"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-18

souri is going to apply--if this bill passes--the Federal pure food law principle to every article of commerce.. ssa@Tns s .SS sS ss
 say mo cure no pay or money back if not satisfied" etc. in Missouri, nor can a merchant advertise anything in is the slightest adurterant about 1t. Everybody has got to be pare and good by rote and whenever a sinner Is caught red-handed he is going to be fined and in some extreme cases fmpris- oned. The next thing we know the politicians will concsivs the idea of appointing public guardians for the nonntry warning innocents of the snares and devices prepared for their exploitation and discomhture by wick cd rascals and conscienceless fakirs
 the idea that the pooble are Ignorant. simple folk. incapable of deciding for themselves what Is right or wrong and therefore to be surrounded in every minutest detail of action by a protect- ing statute. The tendency of our mod crn lawmakers appears to reverse that held by the fathers" that the people are the best governed who are the least doubted if the innovation is going to he good for us.
 There is hope. and fair prospects of 6 cessation of the fool legislation that has been so rampant of late. That hope and belief Is based on the fact that so many illadvised and indefens- ible laws have been set aside or null lified by the courts that even LeRisla- lures are learning that they cannot enact and enforce any absurdity or in- justice they may desire. After the courts have knocked out a few more of these laws perhaps something like san- ity may take the place of unreason.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-18
Revolt Against the Rules.

Washington Dispatch to Boston Herald.
 "This is a revolt, MT. President" oh served Representative Gardner the other day at the White House offices.
 Well. MT. Gardner. what do you think the duty of the President of the United States to be in time of revolt2' was the reply.
 That gingery exchange and the gin- gery words which followed did not get out until recently. The fact that the word revolt" had been used offensive: ly to the President was communicated by him in person to a visitor All the conversation was not repeated. but enough of 1t was to demonstrate that MT. Gardner, the pioneer Taft leader In Massachusetts a year ago. man who was battling against heavy odds for Taft support. received what is known in the New England vernaculay as a good dressing down"
 The President informed MT. Gardney that 'in time of revolt' the President called out the troops. The President was the leader of his party. The re> sponsibility for the fate of the tariT revision bill was his.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-18
HEALTH IN PHILIPPINES.
Wonders Worked By Ten Years oi
 American sanitntfon.

Wonders Worked By Ten Years of
 American Sanitntion.
 New York Times.
 pr: ". E. Musgrave describss in Tns sociatton the results of ten years ot American sanitation in the Philippines. and concludes that Manila Is now Quite so. When American soldiers frst occu- pied Manila. smallpox was epidemic but spamsh officials paid no more ss- tension & to 1t than to any ,l ordinary ym,n. ars. istration at once established and en- forced a compulsory vaccination law, and approximation has been carried on
 The result of this oficial zeal has been that the entire civilized popuia tion is protected Smallpox has been reduced to sporadic cases. When 'neSe new hospital especially built for this serv' Ice. The most important tropical die- eases are those transmitted by water and and Rsnd WRsn 1sss vested Manila there was no safe drink. ing water in the city. Now 50,000 bot. per day. and there is daily capacity of distilled water of more than 2o.ooo
 In the decade in which reforms of this sort have been inaugurated, in- cluding the installation of cold storage plants. gastro- intestinal and other wa, er-borne diseases have been reduced to a minimum, and acute cases are but seldom seen. Typhoid cases are now comparatively rare. only seventy-hve mitted to the St. Paul's Hospital clinic Cholera has been reduced to tnfre- quent small outbreaks. and there Is no danger of the plague becoming epi- demic.
 Leprosy has heen common in the is. lands for centuries, but the lepers were never isolated until the advent of the Americans; they were to be seen every- where about the streets. A ieper col. ony has been established. and segre gation is rapidly being completed.
 pr. Musgrave declares that in the ten years American administration has made Manila one of the healthiest and most attractive cities under American il ri sdictfon
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-18
This h My 64th Birthday
Bishop Hamilton.

Bishop John w. Hamilton of the Meth odist Episcopal Church was born in Lewis County Virginia, March IS. Is45. and received his early education in the schools of Ohio. He was gradu- ated from Mt. Union College in ls6b: and from the school of theology or Boston University in 1871. In 1868 he 1xas gwen a license to preach and join eX the Pittsburg conference. After two years spent in the Newport cir cult of Ohio. he was transferred 70 ha has aver since been a member. He was founder anu for nine years pas for of the Peoples Church in Boston, In 1892 he was elected by the general tha Ereedman's Aid and Southern Edu- cation Society of the church. In 1900 came his elevation to the bishopfic. since which time he has resided Tor the most part in San Francisco.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-18
In the last week the tooth annIv

Tn the last week the tooth annIver- sary of the birth of Cyrus H McCor- mick was celebrated in Chicago. He was one of the great captains of in- dustry whose name can well be re- membered with gratitude for all time 10 come. A native of Virginia, he de- veioped his great labor saving device, the wheat harvester, before he left his native State for a wider field of usefulness. After removal to Chicago, in the centre then of the great wheat interest he exploited his work until his name became known on every farm in the great West. Great success in c material and personal way attended his efforts and the world has been the ganer by his great benefactions.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-18
MIR. TAFTs PLAN IN THE SOUTH
Expected to Have ImpOr-
 IE4Rn.a he.

Appointments Expected to Have ImpOr-
 tant Effect on the Future:
 Alfred Henry LeWls in New York Mir. Taft Is meditating the original in connection with the south MT. Dick nessee, is a Democrat who never voted for MT. Bryan, and appears in the bal cony of his destinies at studied inter vals to reIllumine the world thereon. That reillumination Is by, suggestion of MT. Taft. He wants all men. espe- cially all Southern men. both to under stand and appreciate the Democratic heretofore of Mir. Dickinson.
 For this reason, in the flood of ap- pointments whichever as did the dam at Johnstown-is to presently break forth. sweeping the amazement of man which go to dyed-in-the-wool Demo-
 Such appointments will be defended by MT. Taft. should they be challenged calls for defense, upon the argument ot competency and public good. The col ored man. in this way. will be greatly given the appointive Ro-by. Not be- cause he's colorcd. but because. if not unfit, he's not so fit as the white Demo- crats whom MT Taft will prefer,
 These Democrats whom MT Taft in tends calling upon to fill offices of the South will in each elevated instance ne by the standards of their reEion-ol the undoubted We're de Neres. MT. Taft will say nothing of politics, everything of public service and pretend to be blind. deaf, and dumb as to what hls selections have been. are. or will he politically.
 "The public interest" That will hr his watchword. and he will talk of pa triotism" as against 'partisanism," and how inferior are the claims of the ma chine tn those of the nation nt large All this will be upon the Taftian out side. But underneath will hide the hope that by the appointive methods indI- cated the whole Democracy of the South may be brought over to the Re publican standard.
 To he sure. if this dream became a reality, the colored brother will De driven out or crowded out of the par
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-18
|, Consumer Too Hopesuls

We are now at the point of beginning the consuner has some rights in any framing of tariffs and fixing of costs. We had practically reached the same point. when President Mckinley deilv- faio, seven years ago, The events which followed, in picturesque variety, the sad ending of MoKinley's life have had different meanings for different minds But upon one point all are agreed. No step has been taken-untn now toward Tightening the burden of the American consumer During these seV- sauare deal the consumer has been the prey of every tariH-fed combination that could get its claws on him. It
 yili probably be a long time yet be- fore he comes fully into his own; but the thought that his rights are being even considered at Washington Is enough to give him hope and courage
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-18

Referring to a recent item in this paper The Chattanooga Times says: "Our neighbor ought to have learned by this time that prohibition terri tory iA the very spot where the smile Is needed most" Just so. but it Is not supposed to be the spot where 1t can be obtained most easily. and how can one follow the precept to -'begin the day with a smile'' If the main ingredi- ant is lacking?
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-18
A Hint to MT. Hitchcock.

If the new Postmaster General wishes to endear himself to the hearts of many thousands of American ousi- ness men, one of the first orders ne will issue will be to resume the old practice of having letters stamPeo withthe date of their arrival Tn the postoffices delivering them." said MT Charles B. wyatt, a prominent manu- facturer of St. Louis. at the Hotel Kerr mana. ~ ,,, have heen discontinued, for unless ths time of a letters arrival be stamped there is no way of locating the blame for it's lack of punctual delivery. The piea that this stamping took up great deal of the time of the clerks is lame one. and altogether unsatisfactory II 1t had been done formerly without pre- iudice to the efficiency of the post offices, 1t could surely be. done now. This is not small matter to the bus mess element of the land, and is quito worthy the attention of MT. Hitch- cock
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-18
HOLDING THE FORT.
On-tO-Washlngton Movement in De-
 fense of DinRIey Tsriff. providanca Journal

On-to-Washlngton Movement fn De-
 fense of DingIey Tsriff.
 Providence Journal.
 This contemplated movement of the manufacturers upon the Capital offers a too familiar spectacle. Thus. when former tariff bills were under consid- lobbied for favors. Thus have they protested against any reduction of du- ties. Thus have they sneaked into the proposed legislation schedules giving them an extra profit. They are just as hungry and thirsty today as they ever were. As one of them has frank ly admitted. they voted the Republi- can ticket In the expectation that they would get the kind of revision they wanted. The prospect of real reduc- ton Is dismaying, They are ready to The office boy may run the factory for the nonce If only the man who knows how goods are made" may juggle with figures as Washington and bedevil Congress into giving him his pound of flesh. Such will always be the course of tariff tiukering so long as the prin- ciple of taking from the many and giving to the few prevails.
 The country will look with interest to the result of this attack on the conscience and good sense of its leg islators. It believes that MT. Taft is sincere in his demand for honest re- vision, and that not a few Republican members of Congress have the we'll being of the consumer in mind But 1t remembers that the Speaker guards the gates in one chamber and Senator Aldrich in the other. The plea that any effort to clip Mir. Cannon's wings will interfere with the progress of the tarirf bill Is a sufficient indicat on of the intention of the allies of the pro tected interests to jam through" as hasty measure sans debate. As mat ter of fact, the reduction of the Speak CT to the ranks would be a powerful blow for reform. With the old orga- nization in control. Congress will go just as far in the direction of revision as it feels compelled to Eo-and no farther. The lobbying manufacturers will do their best to hold the fort.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-18
Loeb's Appointment, Roosevelt Favor


 Philadelphia Ledger
 The nomination of William B. Loeb to be collector of the port of New York will give violent shock, at the very outset of Mrh Taft's administration. to the pubic trust that has been so en- Enthusiastically expressed. This is worse than a partisan appointment; 1t is purely personal It involves the vio- lent removal. in the midst of his term, of an important official who has given unquestioned satisfactfon. and whose retention has been urged by the com mercial bodies of New York and others who are familiar with MT. Fowler's conduct of his office. There has not lately been so offensive an exhibition of the "spoils system" which it was hoped that we had left behind
 A story was published some days ago that MT. Taft contemplated remov- ing Collector Fowler because he was said to have melted opposition to MT. Tafts nomination. Mr. Fowler denied having done so, but even if the accusa- tion were true 1t was incredible that Mr. Taft could think of employing his patronage in this way to push" those who had not been for him." It is still incredible. But If we reject this ex- planation we are brought back to the assumption that Mir. Taft has done this wrong simply to oblige MT. Roosevelt who wished to make place for his seryiceable private secretary.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-18
There was talk in Washington, a

There was talk in Washington, as reported by telegrams from that city. of voting for Hon. Pete Hepburn, of Iowa, for Speaker. He was the choice of a number of the insurgent Republl- cans, as he was for years the chief op- ponent of existing rules. AS MT. Hep burn was defeated for reelection and is, therefore. not a member of the Six ty-first Congress, his election as Speak CT would have been an innovation, heretofore unknown in this country. In England, it is allowable to elect a Speaker who is not a member of the House of Commons. He is strictly a presiding officer. has no vote. and as a rule is independent as to parties. It is possible that our laws would per init of the election of a non-member as Speaker of the House, but we do not know of any authority for 1t.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-18

We wish greatly that the floods which yesterday threatened to set all Montgomery afloat were headed in this direction. The prospect of acquiring The Montgomery Advertiser as a neighbor would be very pleasant Charlotte Observer.
 Thanks for the compliment. which is cordially reciprocated. but we don't want to become a neighbor to The Ob- server in that way. It would be too damp and muddy.