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The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1909-04-02
The League Organized al Wenatdee

II it is good for towns and counties
to organize for the purpose Of acting in
concert for the upbuilding of new
country then we do not think it will be
denied that the organizing Of the
North Central Washington Develop
ment League, composed Of the coun-
ties Of Okanogan, Douglas, Grant and
Chelan counties will result in much
good for this portion OF the state. The
organization which was launched at
Wenatchee March 29th will do good
just in proportion to the interest that
is taken in the project. The organiza-
ton is made up Of the commercial
clubs, booster organizations and devel-
opment leagues scattered throughout
the four counties. The similarity OF
soil and occupation and magnificent
opportunities for development should
make mutual helpfulness beneficial to
the entire district. All petty jealousies
should be buried for the common
good. The entire section is capable
of great development and opportunity
is now knocking at our doors. The
summer upon which we are just now
entering will keep US all busy. So
busy, in fact, that there should be no
time for knocking and pickering. The
meeting was entirely harmonious.
Wenatchee entertained her visitors
generously. The talk made by Mr..
Gooding, president of the Spokane
chamber OF commerce was timely and
very much to the point. He pointed
the way for Wenatchee to reach the
goal OF her ambition. II Wenatchee
expects to be the distributing point
for this portion OF Washington she
should be as much or more interested
in developing the country that is to
support distributing center than she
is in developing her own Immediately
surrounding territory. II Okanogan,
Douglas and Grant counties become
rich and prosperous nothing can stop
the growth OF Wenatchee, enjoying as
she does a central location with lines
of transportation radiating in every di-
rection. For an unknown reason
number OF towns in Okanogan, Douglas
and Grant counties were not repre-
sented at the convention. The Echo
believes it is for the interest Of all to
act in enthusiastic harmony with the
central organization and earnestly hopes
that all will join in the movement.
Last week was printed condensed
report of the meeting. The league
was organized on broad and unselfsh
grounds and if properly supported will
result in doing a lot Of good for north
central Washington.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1909-04-02
Samuel G. COsgrOye, The Dead Governor

Coming on the heels Of repeated as
surance that he was improving and
would soon be able 10 assume the du-
ties to which the people Of the state OF
Washington had preferred him, the an
nouncement Of the death Of Governor
Cosgrove at Paso Robes, California, last
Sunday morning, at the age Of 81 years,
from Bright's disease, came as a shock
to the many people who had watched
the daily reports from his bedside and
hoped for his ultimate recovery.
For more than twenty-five years Sam
uel G. Cosgroye had been resident OF
Washington, coming from the state OF
Ohio. For the past twenty years he
had been prominent in the political
affairs Of the state. Beyond his cleo
ton to the convention which framed
the state constitution and serving as
presidential elector he never held any
important Office. For many years he
had INDUCED the hope Of serving the
people Of this state as their governor,
and last year realized his hearts desire.
He had frequently been offered honor
able positions; had been urged to be-
come candidate for congress, but in
yariably turned a deaf ear, saying he
had but one ambition-that was TO be
governor Of the state. That he was not
permitted to enjoy the result Of his
victory will be universally regretted.
He was member Of the grand army,
in which he had been prominent; a
member OF the Methodist church and a
number Of fraternal organizations.
Governor Cosgroye was man who
inspired confidence on sight. There
was that about him which betokened
the upright man. It was the writer
privilege to know him briefly about one
year ago, when he began his campaign
for the nomination Of governor. He
decided then to support him in prefer
ence to any other man before the peo-
pie for the high Office Of governor, and
it is a pleasure to here state that he
has not had cause to regret that decis-
ion. Governor Cosgroye was man
who ranked with the ablest men in the
state. A man Of high ideals, clean and
upright in his private and public life.
The world is better for his having lived
in il. Garfield county has lost its
noblest citizen and the state of Wash
ington man who, as its chief execu-
tive, would have left a record that
would have been a shining light to his
successors.
II is with deep and sincere regret
that these lines are written.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1909-04-02

The indications are that congress
will have a strenuous time getting the
tariff adjusted to suit the different in
terests. The outcome will probably be
a get-together plan, similar to the one
adopted by the Washington legislature;
every representative Of special interest
will agree to vote with every other fell
low with a special interest. Our Cush.,
representing the lumber interest, will
agree to vote to retain the tariff on coal
in order to get his support for the lum-
Der tariff, and the fellow who repre-
sents the Idaho lead interest, and the
fellows who represent the iron interests
of Pennsylvania will agree to vote to
protect the lead, coal, lumber and
other special interests in return for the
support of the iron interests. Without
doubt the deal circle can be made
large enough to take in about every
thing that the consumer has to buy,
and large enough, too, to protect all
the special interests.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1909-04-02
A Water Level Road to PeshaStin

A petition will be presented to the
commissioners on Monday next in
which the people of Peshastin are
vitality interested. Their interest lies
in having the road between that place
and Leayenworth shortened by more
than one-half. At present the distance
is over six miles. By the proposed
road the distance will be not over three
miles, and the road will be practically
without a grade. Leavenworth is by
long odds the best local market for the
produce raised in abundance around
Peshastin, and the people Of Leaven-
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1909-04-02

The county commissioners will meet
in regular session in Wenatchee on
Monday. A proposition will be pre-
scented to the court in which this town
is interested. The petition will ask
that the Chumstick road be changed
where it enters the town, by crossing
the railroad track at the east end of a
small cut west OF Chumstick bridge
where a crossing can be secured on
level ground. The road will connect
with the east end of Commercial street.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1909-04-02

For the fair it would be unfortunate,
indeed, it would cast a reflection on
the state, if the management Of the
Alaska Yukon-Pacifc exposition should
become involved in a scandal. Tues
days Post-Intelligencer indicated such
a contingency. Mr.. Hutchinson made
a very strong case against the manage
ment. To an observer it looked very
much like an $500 uniform contract
carried over $4,000 worth of graft.
Must graft enter into every public tran
saction2 1t looks that way.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1909-04-02
ole Id. Store CO.

man has played in the past. He asked
the people to appeal to their represent
atiyes to unmake the laws which pre-
vent railroads from doing as they please.
Will the people do it? They have, in
a trucking spirit, done equally foolish
things under the leadership of some
time-serving town colonel.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1909-04-02

And now the women Of the country
are on their feet in opposition to the
imported stocking schedule, which the
tariff tinkerers propose to raise. The
ladies who wear imported stockings say
they already cost too much. One New
York lady whose stocking bill is $500
per annum, and says she can not see
how a lady can get on with less, will
have the alternative of cutting down
the number of her stockings, cutting
down the height Of her stockings, or
asking for larger stocking allowance.
Viewed from either alternative the sit
uation seems to be grave for the tariff
makers.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1909-04-02

Mr.. Hartman said to a newspaper
representative in Salt Lake recently
that the railroads should have free
hand to transact their business. A
free-booting hand is what Mr.. Harri-
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1909-04-02
Tariff Revision Difficulties

The special session Of congress is
wrestling with the tariff problem with
little hope of anything like an honest
revision. The lumber bTons are per
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1909-03-26
Same Old Crx of "WcIfI"

When the price of steel goes down,
the wages of steel workers invariably
respond. This has been recognized
for many years by sliding-scale agree
ments between workers and employers
in the steel business. Following the
recent reduction in the price of rail-
way and structural steel it was ex-
pected that there might be correspond
ing wage cuts. The first which has
occurred is that made by the Lacka-
wanna Steel Corporation, n Of the
largest independent concerns in the
United States, which has posted at
it's Buffalo shops a notice Of a wage
reduction of about ten per cent. The
cut is general, extending from I'M
skilled laborers. in the mills to en-
ployes in the offices. The Jones &
Laughlin Company and other Pitts
burg Independents continue to pay the
old scale, and SO does the United
States Steel Corporation. 1t has been
intimated that wages will be main
tanned at the corporation mills unless
congress makes a change in the tariff.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1909-03-26
Whv the Tariff?

Selfshness and sOrdid bargaining
are the primal forces behind each
tariff. And they make it certain that
the efforts to obtain a tariff-maklng
commission or a merely advisory body
will fail. The tariff is in politics,
nourished by politics, and reared by
politics. 1t will stay in politics be-
cause it is the best asset the Repub-
lican party has had. 1t wins victories
by the sale of tariff favOrs, and then.
if the cutlery is too great, it deludes its
followers by s%pecious promises OF re-
ductions-coupled with the raising OF
duties on certain favored articles. The
only way the tariff can be taken out
of politics is by political action, by a
realization that it spells special priv
ilege, graft and political corruption
nothing else, and banishing the whole
thing from our public life. AS to tariff
commissioners, the most that he pro-
testing protectionists can hope for is
a purely advisory committee of paid ex,
perts to obtain, sift and classify in
formation. But would any ways and
means committee thereafter avail it.
self of the knowledge thus acquired?
Perish tn thought-if the Republican
party is to continue to be "practical'
and win presidential elections.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1909-03-26
Helen Taft, New Belle of White House

hope that this social inaugural can
be deferred for a year or two, prin-
cipally because the new president,
who is vastly proud of his brilliant
and studious daughter, will be disaI-
pointed if she does not fulfill the
promise made at her entry, when, as
mentioned, she won the prize for high
est honors in the entrance examine
lions.
The new White House belle is, like
her mother, a member of the Episco-
pal church. She was reared in this
atmosphere of that denomination, al
most her first schooling, ave for that
| of German and English tutors, having
| been obtained at the Cathedral School
for Girls.
She was confirmed by the late
| Bishop Satterlee in a class that also
included Miss Ethel Roosevelt and the
| Misses Julia and Alice Won Meyer,
| daughters of the present postmaster
general. At Murray Bay, Miss Taft
| attended the Union church-represent
ing fusing of all the denominations in
the little Canadian church, and now
she and her mother will become occu
pants Of the presidential pew, vacated
l.by Mrs. Roosevelt and Miss Ethel II
ST. Johns, the quaint, sold-fashioned
and exclusive court church which
rears its red tower directly across thu
park from the White House
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1909-03-26

this. as all other large affairs, the
services of a caterer are required. All
luncheOns and dinners of less than 40
guests are managed by the regular do
nestle staff at the White House.
There are on an average three a week.
At each state reception the guests
invited to the blue room, generally
about eighty in number, are enter
tanned at supper at the close of the re-
ception. These affairs cost about $500
each.
The dinners of courtesy to visiting
foreigners and important government
officials depend largely upon the rank
of the visitor. The expense of all
these is borne by the president.
The presidents secretary has the
entire charge of the Office and the
clerical staff. The chief usher keeps
a close watch on the caretakers of the
entire first floor, no tourist visitors
being admitted until the morning dust
ing is finished.
The steward purchases all supplies
and looks after the basement. There
are a COOK, assistant cook, butler and
pantry men.
The laundry is a charge of Uncle
Sam, likewise the furnishing and care
of the linen, china, silver and flowers.
President Roosevelt brought his
own riding horses from Sycamore Hill,
likewise his carriages. The service at
the White House is a government eX-
pense and is sufficient for all practical
purposes. There are always personal
attendants for the family, who are
paid by the president.
The appropriation Of $4,000 for
travelling expenses has been necessary,
since a president cannot travel as a
private citizen, alone Or alone with
his family, but he must be accom-
panied by a large retinue of secret
service men, his secretary, stenog-
rapher and personal friends.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1909-03-26

"ASHINGTON.-NeXt to cabinet
ministers the most interesting
and influential phase of administration
life in Washington concerns the cabi-
net wives.
The social leader of the cabinet un-
doubtedly will be Mrs. Meyer. She
and Mrs. Knox have had much expert
ence in official life and their homes
In Washington are already established
as gathering places of exclusive So
ciety.
The years that Mrs. Meyer spent
abroad while her husband was am
bassador at Rome and st. Petersburg
gave her wide acquaintance in CONT
mental society, with the result that on
going to Washington two years ago
she welcomed in her home the diplo-
matte corps and many foreign visitors.
The Misses Julia and Alice Meyer
are very attractive and charming
young women, whose society is sought
by many admiring men. There will be
many social functions in the Meyer
home during the Taft administration
Mrs. Knox, by virtue of her hus-
bands position, takes precedence at
the head of the cabinet women Her
home in K street is one of the fine
homes of Washington, having been
built by the late George w. Childs
and purchased several years ago by
the present secretary of state.
Before her marriage Mrs. Knox was
Miss Lillian Smith, daughter of A. D.
Smith, president of one of Pittsburg's
steel companies.
The three Knox boys are named
Reed, Hugh and Philander, Jr. They
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1909-03-26

uELEN HERON TAFT has fol-
IL lowed in her fathers footsteps in
choosing her most intimate friends in
Washington from the "army set"
What Gen. Bell and Gen. Clarence Ed
wards are to the new president, young
ladies like Miss Ayrshire and Miss
Webster are to his only daughter.
At the same time she has formed
many close friendships at school, and
these ties are bringing Miss Taft an
ever-increasing number of invitations
to devote her vacations to house par
ties, and will result in the presence of
many youthful residents of many diff.
ferent cities when the time comes for
Miss Taft to make her debut in the
White House-something for which
Mrs. Taft has as yet planned but ten
tatively.
The newly-chosen FIRST lady of the
land expects her only daughter to be
come a White House debutante, OF
course, but she has also expressed the
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1909-03-26
Mrs. Never to Lead Cabinet Social Set

Reed, is named after his fathers for
mer partner in Pittsburg.
Mrs. MacVeagh, though perhaps the
Oldest of the cabinet wives, will add
interest to Washington society. She
is a woman of culture and attractive
presence, a lavish entertainer, deeply
interested in economic subjects, and
possesses an acquaintance that ex'
tends around the world.
She is the daughter of Henry S.
Eames, a former banker of Chicago.
and for many years she has taken a
prominent part in the social affairs Of
that city.
Mrs. Dickinson, wife of the new sec.
rotary of war, is a southern woman.
Nashville, Tenn. being her home, al.
though for the last ten years she has
passed most Of her time in Chicago,
where her husbands legal business
required his presence. Her two eldest
sons are settled in distant cities, but
her youngest, now a student at Yale,
will be seen later in Washington.
Mr.. Ballinger, wife of the secretary
of the interior, had a years expert
| ence in Washington official life re-
Gently while her husband was COM
missioner of public lands, a subor'
dinate position in the department
which he now heads. She is a New
England woman transplanted to the
far northwest.
The Ballinger family consists OF
two sons. The elder, Edward, is fol-
lowing in the footsteps of his father
at Williams college. The younger,
Richard, a lively youngster, will prob
ably be a companion for the energetic
Charlie Taft.
The new secretary Of commerce and
labor, Charles Nagel of st. Louis has
been twice married. The present Mrs.
Nagel was Miss Anna Shipley of st.
Louis, whom the secretary married in
1895. They have four children, all
quite young-Mary, Edith, Charles
and Anne. Mrs. Nagel is devoted to
her children and her home.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1909-03-26
Tariff Revision Comes First.

Had the Christian Herald asked poll.
ticians what Mr.. Tafts most important
task will be, tariff revision would al.
most certainly have ou~tdistanced
everything else. AS the poll reads up
to date, though, that answer is well
in the lead; out of 200 prominent citi.
zens," 105 count that reform in the
group of most urgent issues. One 9th.
err fact the poll brings out-to-wit:
The popularity of the federalist part
of the Roosevelt policies" among
'.jurists, mayors, bishops, university
presidents, authors, artists" and other
eminences. Each of the 200 was al
lowed to name, as the most important,
every undertaking which he could not
feel was secondary; Lass votes were
therefore cast for 81 tasks, and, OF
these, 704 were given to Is policies in
volving Capitalization of power at
Washington. The response to Mr..
Roosevelt's call for a big navy gives
only So votes, which are almost offset
by SO others in favor of peace and q
reduction Of military and naval forces.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1909-03-26
OUR LARGEST NATIONAL TAX.
Relation of the Tariff to Cost Of Living
Pointed Out.

In the fiscal year of 1867 the tariff
yielded one-half of our national rev.
enue, amounting to $3.50, 900 900. Every
dollar of it was indirect taxation.
Suppose we call the average tariff
tax of this and succeeding years $780,
900, 600. Who pays it? 1t is felt in
every line Of industry. 1t reaches
down to the humblest wage Garner
as well as up to the millionaire.
But the wage earne pays vastly
more of this tariff tax, in proportion to
his individual wealth, than the aver
age millionaire. In average cases he
pays out most of his hard-earned dol
lars for life's barest necessities. The
average millionaire lives on the fruit
of other mems industry, and hence is
not the real wealth producer. And he
is taxed no more, in proportion to his
wealth, for what he actually con-
sumes, than his butler or his foot
man.
The tariff, in theory, favorably az.
fects the rate of wages. But it also
influences the cost of living. When it
raises the cost of living it lessons the
purchasing power of wages.
Therefore the tariff is a ~two-edged
sword. What little advantage it may
give to labor, in shutting out foreign
competition, it may take away on the
rebound stroke. It's last blow may fall
the hardest, cutting into the scanty
incomes of wage by an artifi-
cial cost of living.
The tariff is a friend of the tax
dodger. 1t enables him to escape his
just share of the expenses of the ma
tiOnal government. But the poor man
cannot dodge taxes. He not only pays
on his humble house and lot, or his
meager personal belongings, but pays
to the limit also in indirect tariff taxes.
Many tariff overlords, with their
families, spend a good part of their
time abroad. Sometimes they resent
our governments impudence in collect
ing duties on their imported luxuries.
The source of their wealth and extrav-
agances is the American consumers
ability to pay dearly for the neces-
saries of life. And he pays.
The tariff tax is beyond protest by
those who have to pay it. The only
| sure relief for American consumers Is
to tighten the tax by a downward
tariff revision.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1909-03-26
piecino Out the Prayer,

OF curious prayers a writer says: Il
have heard a layman utter this petition
during the prayer: o, Lord, be thou
with us in our upsittings an our down
risings'-a variant Of the text in the
psalms. Thou knowest my doWnsit-
tings and mine uprisings.' A minister
occasionally introduced a Latin sen
tence into his prayer, and forthwith
proceeded to translate it. Another min
lister in his early days experienced con
siderable difficulty with the long prayer
before the sermon. In nonconformist
churches this usually occupies a GUAR
ter of an hour, but long before this pc
Rod had been reached he was wound
up. On one occasion, while in this d.
lemma, he startled his hearers with the
words: And now, o Lord, l will re-
late unto thee a little %anecdote!
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1909-03-26
Speed the Parting President

No man of eminence, conspicuous as
Washington in the service of his coun
trymen, has ever escaped criticism.
But there seems to be a very faint
parallel" if any at all, between Wash
ington and Roosevelt in this respect,
despite our presidents discovery. A
comparatively small number of indi-
yiduals censured Washington. In Mr..
Roosevelt's case the dominant senti-
ment of the nation and of his own
party is plainly one of satisfaction at
his retirement from public ofice.-Bal-
timOre Sun.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1909-03-26

The verdict against the sugar trust,
under which it must pay to the govern
ment $134, 900 for duties out of which
it %defrauded the customs officers of
New York, is decidedly interesting.
The case rested on proof that agents
of the trust had tempered with govern
ment scales to secure short weight.
The Judgment stamps the sugar mo-
nopoly as the meanest small-potatoes
trust in the country.
Tariff protection is certainly not de-
served by any industry that will de-
scend to such petty swindling.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1909-03-26

In spite of these accessory helps,
however, the salary proper has proved
a scant subsistence with the scale of
entertaining demanded by present
standards.
The state dinners, Of which there
are three each year, cost more than
$4,000. The cabinet dinner, beginning
The season, averages between $500 and
$500. The diplomatic dinner, the
most p%retentious of all, averages
about $1,000. The dinner to the SUI
preme court, for which, like the cab
met. dinner, there are about forty per
sons invited, costs about the same
amount.
At the diplomatic dinner the num-
her is usually about ninety, and for