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TARIFF FOR REVENUE ONLY.

TARIFF FOR REVENUE ONLY.
The day has passed forever whsn
there Is any necessity for tariff %
protect American Industries. In yea"s
gone by Republican spellbnders APP
pealed to the patriotism of the Ameri-
can voters to save the American work.
1ngman from the competition Of Euro
pean cheap labor. The American vot-
ers were told that the competition
among the manufacturers would regu-
late the price of commodities, but
since the formation of trusts no COM
petition exists, and the cost of the
necessaries Of life has gone up ty
leaps and bounds. At the present time
AMERICAN made articles are sod
cheaper to foreigners than to Amerl-
can citizens, and the tariff for pro-
lection Is fraud. Republicans them
selves acknowledge that the Payne
bill is not for protection, but is for
profit and the monopoly of the Ameri-
can market. That is practically what
Senator Clapp of Minnesota said iy,
his speech against the conference re-
port on the Aldrich- Payne tariff bill,
and he was right.
But are the American people pro-
pared to adopt revenue tariff for
the protective tariff? We think not.
The laboring classes in factories and
mills are ignorant on economic and
financial questions, and artful deme-
gogues can prove to their satisfaction
that high wages accompany the pro-
tective tariff. They have never I'M
derstood the elementary principle that
wages are regulated by the supply and
demand in the labor market. The
Workingmen of America have no rep
| resentatives in Congress nor in the
presidents cabinet. and fall far be-
hind the workingmen of Great Britain
in that respect. The labor vote did
not go to Bryan in the last election,
, though he had promised a place in his
We believe that in the future, as Ill
/ the past, the working men will stand
by the protective tariff, and that it is
folly for the Democrats to make TIA, =
iff for Revenue Only their shibbo-
leth in 1912. The Commoner is Of a
contrary opinion. In last weeks num-
Der it says: a.
Taxation should be for revenue
only. Taxation of the many for thu
benefit Of the few is robbery under
the form Of law, whether it is invoked
to aid the manufacturers of the east
or the producers Of raw material III
the west and south. The Democratic
party must take the part of the whole
people and challenge the Republicans
-standpatters and progressives alike
to defend the protective principle
Now for real fight between the taS-
payers and the tax-eaters."
|
would tell the people that tariff f,'r
revenue only would be equivalent to
free trade, and by raising this issu,
the Democrats would go down in de.
feat. There is no defense for such
an abortion as the Payne Aldrich bill
and yet the people would prefer It
to any bill for mere revenue. The
people have to be educated before
such an issue is to be presented t.
them for settlement. The average
voter today knows as little of the tar
/ if question as he did Of the money
question in 1896. The Democrats
should inaugurate a campaign of edu-
cation to enlighten the masses.
The Irish standard., 1909-09-04

The Milwaukee knights of Colum-
Cheyenne, to deliver a series of lee
lures to nonCatholics at the Audi
+ forum in that city. They will pay
Sall expenses and are confident of OBJ
tanning large audiences for the distin-
& guished prelate of the far west.
The Irish standard., 1909-09-04

Edward RI. Hartman, the railroad
magnate, is occupying much space in
the daily press of the country. AS
soon as he gets stronger he may be
subjected to the surgeons knife, aud
1t is hoped he will survive the oper.-
ton.
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The late Bishop Doyle, of New South
Wales, died poor like his Divine Mas j.
ter. He left only one shilling and
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An Unsatisfactory Verdict.

The verdict rendered by the court OF
inquiry that recently investigated the
case of Lieut.. James N. Sutton of the
Marine Corps, at Anna polls, Md, was
a surprise to those who had read the
proceedings from day to day in the
newspapers. The testimony given by
unwilling witnesses tended to show
that the young man could not have
committed suicide, but was brutally
murdered by his brother officers, VINO
had picked quarrel with him and shot
him in the head as he was trying to
make his escape. The Catholic Co.
lumbar says of the case:
About thirty witnesses were exam
ined. The testimony Of the officers
involved-Lieut. Robert Adams, Ser
geant De Hart, Lieut.. Utley, Lieut..
Willing, Lieut.. Bevan, Lieut.. Osterman
was all in line that Sutton had
killed himself. But they all had re-
markable lapses Of memory for import
e"Ai1 oeIoiIS. L Hey cOulu IlOI account
for the fact that the dead man would
have had to change the pistol from
one hand to the other while he was held
to the ground, sat on, kicked and
pummeled by three Of them. They
could not account for the fact that he
could not have fired the bullet into his
hood OF ho hot
through his skull. They could not &C.
count for revolver that some one of
them handed after the ARRAY to an
other one of them.
The testimony of other witnesses
showed that the accused officers picked
a quarrel with Sutton, that they forced
him into fights with two of them that
night, that they combined to beat him,
and that the shot that killed him was
fired at him as he fled.
He had no motive for suicide He
had a dinner enga cement with young
lady for the next day; he had written
jubilantly home day or two before
LldI VOydSC lLdL lie was ABOUT
to make to sea; he was a practical
Catholic and knew that suicide was a
deadly sin; and he was not under the
influence of liquor.
The verdict of the Court Of Inquiry
just announced is:
Lieutenant Sutton is directly and
solely responsible for his own death,
which was self inflicted, either inten-
tionally or in an effort to shoot one
of the persons restraining him, and his
death was not caused by any other
injury whatever"
Other findings read that, some OF
the accused officers failed in their
duty, that the charge of wilful murder
and conspiracy to conceal it made by
Mrs. Sutton are purely imaginary and
unsupported by any evidence of truth
or reason.
The matter is not going to end here.
The heart-broken mother will have
sympathy and cooperation Of the peo-
pie in bringing it before Congress.
The Irish standard., 1909-09-04

In the midst Of universal neace the
United States is today taxed five hum
dred million dollars for purposes Of
war. President Taft is going to re-
duce the army to 10000 men for the
sake of economy
The Irish standard., 1909-09-04

ularity Of Taft's opponent in 19OS.'
Very true. If Taft runs again he will
receive fewer Catholic votes than be-
fore.
The Irish standard., 1909-09-04

Governor Johnson, Of Minnesota. is
apparently in good health and denies
the report that he was to undergo an
other operation for appendicitis.
The Irish standard., 1909-09-04

The bulletin recently issued from
the Census Bureau at Washington on
church membership, 4places the Catho-
lie population at 12.07S.142. The off,
cial Catholic directory gives 1895
The Irish standard., 1909-09-04

The Catholic Citizen, in reply to a
correspondent. says: Roosevelt got
more Catholic votes in 1904 than Taft
did in 1908 for two reasons: His per-
Sstsonal popularity and the personal pop
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Ll1M 8lzn>
Ga1sIsl IsssI92ss ee4EaiD
N&EMFIa

When President Taft arrives in Chi
cago on September Is he will review
10000 school children on parade.
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The Irish standard., 1909-09-04

Jenkins, do you know anything
about literature?"
NO"
Know anything about art?"
Nothing"
Anything about music?"
mot a note"
"Politics?"
Never heard Of 'em! What are
they-skittles?"
Good! Come over to my room,
bring pipe and let's enjoy ourselves"
The Irish standard., 1909-09-04

civil war. Inc American government
demanded respite for him, the same
being backed by joint resolution Of
both houses Of Congress. He was
kept in prison, however, for eleven
years before he was released, and then
he had to promise he would not set
foot on Irish soil for twenty years. He
and his companion will receive a cor
dial welcome from their countrymen.
The cats Of Ireland have reason to
revere the memory OF Miss Alice Mary
Swifte, who died a few weeks ago ir.
Dublin. Twenty-Five thousand dollars,
more than half of Miss Swifte's estate,
goes to cats, or, rather, was willed for
the Dublin Home for Forsaken and
Starving Cats, and part Of the bequest
will be expended on the building Of Il
chamber where cats may be painlessly
put to death by chloroform. Miss
Swifte was stern foe to vivisection.
A clause in her will provides that If
any Of the cats in the home are used
for vivisection purposes the bequest
shall be void. Two thousand dollars
is set aside to pay $40 to each Irish
policeman who successfully prosecutes
anyone for cruelty to cats. 1t is need
less to say that Miss Swifte was an
old maid. Had she been married she
would have left the money for char
liable or educational purposes,
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1909-03-31

que NJ eonsagran las bellas letras.
Ver,la,i,ramen es una cosa que re-
rulta mniy anticuada; no 80 propia dc
gsftee lista y de mirada pcrspicaz.
De ahi que cl famoso csoritor Ca
tlilo Mendcs, muerto rccientemente Por
modo tan trsigico, aplastado baJo I'M
tiiDel, pasara 4 los ojos de no pocos
j6venes q ,pseudo-jdvcn's. de los que
iiterariamente. visten Il la Ultima mcda
Tor I'M talento algo bastante "reco-
CO." No solo era Mcndcs un admirable
cmcelador de rimas. mn discipho con
vencido ,le Victor Hugo v dc Lamar
tine, I'm "parnasiano" impcnitentc que
~, esforzaba on construir sus vc-sos
segiin los vicjos preceptos, modeian-
iolos on claro lcnguajc que todo 81
nnnio era capaz de comprcndcr. sino
duc era I'm enthusiastic; I'm ontlsas-
- sincere, apasionado. cuya noble
.xaltaridm no habia apagado 81 hleio
a. In ancianidad. Catulo Mcndcs anna
ha Il artc por cl arte; era un fanatl-
cn ap6stol de- la "Belleza.' ante la
e-ua pnstrabasc de- rodillas; adorabala
hn rcservas. Esto habia de pcrjudi--
earle gravementc en cl eSAiritu de la
ylyentlld flosotico -trascendentc. Y 81
ahora. en- 81 himno funrbrc y cncomiis
t.cO que se ha cntonado sohre Ia tum-
ia del pocta no .ha habido ninguna no
"a discordante. debose al influjo de ese
,npcrioso rcspcto humane que lmpidc
en cic4.tos momcntos el interralar re-
tAarps cn un coro dc elogioS. Pcro es-
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1909-03-31
Nvld6 Y Ia pVesIa actual
BUsCA. BUscANDo

llaa de las caacteristicas da u
tsra4o coniemporinco - al Pslm's'
no; q pesimismo iriaico y des'ienoso'
"Sesmos misantropoe y sea niest'n mi
,.,ntropia todo Ia dcsprcciativa posi-
be" parece ter el lena adoptado poT
a. grsn mayoris de los que escrlhen
y..rsos. oyclas obras teatraics. Nun
a, So habia hecio tanio alarde de h'i-
,s,nitarismo como - hace hoy dia ,nAn
., :. habia trstado 1 la ocietiad, cs
T.. -. Al hombgv con Ia dcsIsctiva ira
1mdia que en- Ia actuafldad So usa
"a p0r conyicsion. sea por Dcnir7iste
a, sea pr "posc' y afcctaci6n.
f2lan.o Al entli>asmo, esa virtud ql'
tun sobcrana intiuencia eJerce en Ia
Nsda en- Ia obra del vcdadcro ar
ta,,a. paance ser algo asi como un 'ar
t.a;rio fIcra de- moda, una cualldad Gu
sf: Il iiterito cutusaSta, el lItTatD
,,nV"ncido ticude 4 desapareccr de Is
,.T,.JIlac,on I'll entuSiasmo significa un
,s,Sis mliy fusrtc de buena fe, y Ia
l.inna fc Is Sinonima de inocencia, De
c..niidez. dc iba i dccir de ton
trria; pcU pre6cro dejarme la pala
,.a cn ol tintero. FL ent,lsiasmo ~
aar'irIcom,u, en- especial, los jovenea'
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1909-03-31

toy seguro que lin petto" Sc habran
formulado muchas proteStas contra Ia
glorificac0n del casi-septuagenariO va
b.. Entire elias no habra faltado In de
cicrto genio parisien. todavia incom--
prcndido. 4 qnicn tuve 81 giiSto de CO.
noccr dos amos ha, que neeesta tres
mcses, cuando no son cuatro, (el mis-
mo nos 10 dijol para conoebir, compo-
ner .pllimentar I'm soncto 4 10 Ma
Harm6 y de cuyos labios oi el siguien-
tc juicio:
-ICatulo Mcndcs' -. ii, M ca
rcce de condiciones; pero es tan
"vicux jeu" -. tan amtediluvhano..".
Enthusiastic por todo 10 que era ar
tc 10 fut Mcudcs hasta m pinto in
decide; hubo siemprc un "calm" ma
gotalle en- toda su larguisima labor
litcraria: on sus poesiaS. en- su pro
sa. en- ais cucntos. sus novelas, MI
tcatro. cn s,ls trahaios de critsa; on
aq,el su miSmo csiilo tan propio, tan
personal, tan brillante. pcro que on
muchos casos pccaba ii" afectaci"n
de- amaneramiento, de- "prcciosismo,
irradiaba csc enthusiastic empuje del
hombc profundamente cnamorado del
arte. Por ser Catulo Mcndes un pa
ladin dispuesto sicmprc 4 romper Ian
zas en- pro de las ideas esteticas, hu-
bo de figlTar entire los primeros y
mas ardicntes propagandiStas del wag-
neriSmo en- Francia; cuenta quc 10
fuc en- tiempos dificiles cuando el lla-
mar,c wagnerista eqlivalia declarar-
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1909-03-31

~ anti-patrioia. NAL frances; insanlar
tan solo que ell "Tanhauser" era una
obra genial y la "Tetralogia" m pro
digio, era 10 mismo que lamer has
botas died Kaiser; hacer 81 viaje 4
Bayreuth era rennnciar la devoiu-
ci6n de la Alsacia l,orena. Catulo Mm-
DIES efectu6 la peregrinacidn y hubo
por entonces un amigo suyO que al
sabcrlo murmur6 consternado: I'm
traidor mas!
Por entusiasm0 artistico f,Ie tam
bian diciista. Batidsr en- desafio di-
fercntes veces y siempre por cuestao-
nes de teatro de literature. Uno dc
shis lances tuvo por orisen una dis
c,isi6n cmpcnada en los pasillos del tea
tO on donde Sarah Bernhardt ~ em-
penaba cn representa- el 'Hamlet," p"
interprtendo 81 papel de protagonIs--
"a.
I'm disting,iido escritor, Georges Va
nor, sostenia que el principe lie DINA
marca fuc dcbi6 ser gordo, dc bue-
mas carnes cuando menos, y que, por
10 tanto, no podia persornticarlo blcn
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1909-03-31

la Sarah, faca como un hus0. a Ia
oual Catnlo Mendes replicaba Fns
" Hamlet" era tenia que ser sumA-
mnnte deigado y esbelto. no siando
possible, por eonsiguiente, encontxar
quien 10 encarnase mejor que iatrans-
parente actrix. Adquiri6 La dsusSdn
tonoS subidos. agrios. concluyendo Mem
des ror levantar y dejar caer Ia ma.
40 sobrc su contrincante.
Consider6se indispensable acusdr Al
bcrreno del honor Mendes, que ers
muy bravo. pero algo maleta en- QUIZ
tioneS De esgrima, recibi6 en- el 'vsen-
tire una terrible estocada que le tuva
d,pante ounce dias entire vida y musr.
u. Hay ent,isiasm0 que SO pagan ea.
roS.
y solo por slns entrsiasmOs debo
perdonirscle nj difunto escritor-el en-
tusIasia es, veces, un irrefiexiv0,-
alglmos disparates de 6rdago, CONES
por ejemplo los que contiene su us-
TINA obra jramstica Santa Tercxu
de Jesus"
Juan Busc6n.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1909-06-05
Queer Old Book Titles.

These are some of the odd titles. Of
old English books published in the
time OF Cromwell:
"A Most Delectable Sweet Perfumed
Nosegny For Gods Saints to Smell
At
biscuit Baked In the Oven Of Char
Tty. carefully conserved for the Chick
ens of tho Church. the Sparrows Of
the Spirit and the Sweet Swallows of
Salvation"
"A Sigh of Sorrow For the Sinners
OF Zion breathed out of Hole In the
Wall Of an Earthly Vessel known
Among Men by the name of Samuel
Fish"
Eggs of Charity Layed For the
Chickens of the Covenant and Boiled
with the Water Of Divine Love. Take
ye out and Eat
Tho Spiritual Mustard Pot to make
the Soul Sneeze with Devotion"
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1909-06-05
The Sailors Prayer Book.

This is what you call the sailors
prayer book a seaman said bitterly
ms he kicked n holystone out of the
way. Why is IT called that? Well
In the first place, it is called that be-
cause in using IL. in holystoning the
deck. the sailor has to kneel down,
and. in the second place, because all
holystonipg is done on Sunday. Don't
You know the chantey-
six days shalt thou work and do all that
thou art able
And on the seventh holystonc the decks
and scrape the cable.
THE stone is called holystonc be-
cause the first holystones were bits Of
tombs stolen from cemeteries It's
got a pious. religious sound-holy and
prayer book and Sunday and all that
hut II is when he Is using this stone
that the seaman is most profanc."-.
New Orleans Times Democrat.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1909-06-05
Casualties Expected.

During one of Speaker Canuon's BIT
ter political fights in his district in Hi
nois the opposition resorted 10 despcr
ate tactics. Among other things friends
of Uncle Joe We're siimmarily dismiss
ed from positions they held in the pub
He service. Some of his friends DO
came alarmed AT this, and one Of them
called on the speaker at his residence
and said. somewhat excitedly:
Toe. Smith and Jones have just lost
their positions in the postoffice. What
are we going to do about it,
Unclc Joe took another puff al his
cigar and then answered. with Il b"nev-
olent smile: Nothing. IL You go into
battle. you have got TO expect to have
como dead and wounded"
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1909-06-05
He Preferred Mules.

One of the pet hobbies of Senator
Christopher Magec was his newspaper.
the Pittsburg Times. He kept the pa
Der well to the front, and it was n
credit to modern journalism. One
morning the Times had been scoopc5
on railway wreck.
Senator" asked an intimate ac-
quaintancs. how do You console your
self on TIKI. loss Of that wreck story
this morning.
by congratlllating ourselves" he an
swcred quickly, that We are among
the number who missed that i'll fate,i
train
On another occasion MS the senator
was approaching the Times building
on Fourth aveHre he noticed n crowd
sathercs, SCOUT wagon which was
tiIlcd with hinge rolls Of newspaper. \
wheel was caught in II deep rnt in the
pavement and s>.Fd not he budged.
Senator" laughed Il friend. they
managed at last to get your paper into
a rut"
yes" answered Mr. ,'ingee, his eyes
twlnkling with good huSDr. and I'm
not trusting to men to get 1t out again,
but TO mules. "-PhiladcIphIa Press
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1909-06-05

In II woman's club. over tea and
cigarettes. Il group OF ladies cited
MANY. many instances of the foolish
vanity of males.
Take the ease Of bees one said.
"Bccnnsc the queen bee rules the hive.
because she is the absolute mistress
of millions of subjects. man up 10 IL
few hundred years ago denied her sex,
He called her the king bee. N
'Plliiy wrote somewhere. The king
lee Is the only male, all the rest being
females And Moses Rusdcn. beekccp-
er to Charles H.. stoutly denied, In or
der to please his royal master. that the
large bee, the ruler of the hives. be-
longcd TO he gcntler sex.
Even Shakespeare conldn't bear to
think that the ice of bees, the largest
md wiscst and falrcst. the hives nb-
solutc lord. WAS II female. No. all the
proofs Notwithstanding. Shakespeare
called her Il male. Don't you remcm-
her the lines
"Crcatiircs that by rule in nature teach
Tho act OF order to pcoplcd Kingdom.
They have Il king and officers OF sorts"
New Orlcans Times Dcmocrat.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1909-06-05
prspsie.l Oysters.

With sneer the oyster opener point
ID to brownish smear upon 4 Saddle
Rock shell.
Some fool" SAID he, has been try
Ing 10 fatten up hatch VI Saddle
Rocks with cornmeal. You might AZ
we'll try to lnvigorate flowers with
,.orned beef hash. But 1t is a common
error to believe that cornmeal or oat.
assal will fatten oysters. continually
dnd oysters with their shells stained
with those grains. 1t makes me laugh.
As matter of fact, there Is no such
hing As fattening oysters. All you can
10 Is swell them up with water, pre-
.'isely the same as water swells a
sponge. You put them in fresh water,
which, being less dense than the soft
they are accustomed to, by the princi-
pie Of osmosis penetrates and dlstends
;heir Tissues gives them. as you might
cay. dropsy. For my part. 1 don't like
iattened oysters."-New Orleans Times
Democrat.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1909-06-05
A MENTAL FRENZY.
esms ~ the Thinss Man Saw In De-
iiriun Trsmans.

| liraum Tremsns.
Charles Roman gives record Of bis
own experiences MS victim Of delir-
ium tremens. 1t is n remarkable psy-
Geological document. comparing favor
ably In interest and MS IL piece Of writ
ing with De Qulnccy's Confessions Of
an Opium Eater" Following is brief
extract which gives some suggestions
Of the things the patient saw:
up to this point the geological Wis
itations had been Intermittent. Dur
ing the next few days. however. l saw
all that could stand. saw such pre-
cept In museums. l saw rats as they
marched past my door or flew through
my windows or foated In my tub
Elephants strobe in and out with lum-
boring steps and swaying trunks. A.
times they seated themselves aud
taunted me with their thundcrous bel
lows or their ear splitting screccbcs,
They haunted their SHOUTS high In the
air and gunawed. Monkeys jumped
from limb to limb in the trees outside
my room. snakes Of NIL coiors. of all
descriptions, reptiles with fantastic
figures upon their backs and with eyes
Of sapphire or ruby or of milk white
marble. wriggled upon the floor or
crept In or out of heretofore unseen
creviccs in the walls and dropped into
the water In my tub. They swan
around and around me. squirmlng I'M
der me, with their tongues darting in
and out with ferocious activity. I'll
RATES. craned their necks around the
doorways or through the windows,
chickens roasted over my head and
cackled, dogs and wolves ran around
the room barking and swapping, pi
geons few from one corner to another
and cooed. Lions heard roaring. and
tigers l saw while they opened their
mouths. like huge cats. In silent. angry
disapprovaI. licking their whiskcrs
and wetting their paws softly and
daintily this and far more.
II saw crocodilcs In drovcs. Fat,
scaly, glistcning bensts they were.
with frothy, foaming jaws. long, sweep
Ing tails, crouching upon or creeping
along the foot Of my bathtub or my
bed and grinding their yellow teeth In
gluttonous anger as they contemplated
me. their prey saw the reeking.
slippery body of crocodile slide into
tho winter Of my tub. Then ms
shrank ~ brcathless horror to escape
l saw his greedy, filmy eyes arise 10
the surface, with his cold, foul chin
fiush with mine. His Icy beak touch
cd my cheek. The hot vapor from his
lungs scared my flesh. turned as
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