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The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1909-03-18
AS Taken by the Committee
For the Information
of Congress.

WASHINGTON, D. e., Mar To-
Fully three hundred importers and
reporters and. manufacturers and
!agriculturists, and tariff experts APP
peared before the House committee
on Ways and Means at the various
hearings which began November 10
and continued daily until December
%, and also at several Supplemental:
hearing. Some OF the most prom
E.lnent men in the manufacturing and
financial worlds presented testimony
Eof varied and interesting character.
In addition to this testimony there
were thousands of briefs filed with
the committee. which added 10 the
statistics furnished by the various
government departments and agents
sent abroad, together with special
data compiled by Thomas j. Doherty,
assistant counsel Of the treasury de-
partment and Major Herbert II.
Lord who was clerk Of the Ways and
Means committee when the Dingley
tariff was framed, has given the
committee information more COM
plete than has ever been at the dis
posal OF a tariff framing committee.
Andrew Carnegie, Charles II.
schwab, Judge E. H. Gary and other
steel magnates furnished the most
Interesting testimony. Mr.. Carnegie.
who caused considerable discussion
by proclaiming, in magazine article,
that the steel manufacturers Of this
country do not need any tariff pro-
lection, was before the committee
for nearly eight hours. His testi-I
mony. while witty and entertaining,
did not offer the tariff makers much
specific information regarding the
cost of manufacturing steel and 9TH
or articles. lie dealt largely in the-
Dries and deductions and avoided fig-
uress claiming that he was not ia i
miliar with the details of the steel
business at the present time, but
spoke from his general knowledge
gained in the business before he re-
tlred to private life.
Government Control.
Judge Gary, who was one OF the
best equipped and most satisfactory
witnesses who appeared before tnet
preceded Mr.. Carnegie by
several days. He declared that the
Independent steel manufacturers re-
Iuires tariff protection and said tliatl
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1909-03-18
Sugar from PhiIippines.,,

The admission from the Philip
pines, free of duty. OF S00s000 IONS
Of sugar was the drst proposition ~
which the Ways and Means comm IS
tee agreed. This action was taken
py the committee following confe
snees with Mr.. Taft. The statement
by Edwin F. Atkins, OF Boston, that
tnere was great danger Of an insnr-
reetton in Cuba if4the tariff4 on sugar
y not reduced and this ana the Ak.
gpment made BY Claus r. sprecbies
Of New York, in favor Of i reIuctto ,i
g she duty We're the striking feat
pres OF the hearings on the sugar
schedule. Secretary Of war Wright
appeared before the committee IL t
For Of freq sugar from the sPhiIibs
pines. He declared that the so-caiIs
Cd Sugar trust was Understood s.
own n per cent Of the stock III lse
best sugar refineriss and that this b
probably the reason Why the a,sgt
1syEy mas NOT grown in this
country. The Louisiana cane siigar
growers claimed that the price to. rs
consumer Of sugar and thesprice "a 1,
g the farmer for his produce Il
lixcd by the sugar trnst. :
The California fruis growers were
arfayed against the Importers. ana
one argument advanced by the latter
Ior reduced duties on lemons was
mat the recent earthquake in Sicily
lad resulted in scarcity ,of labor
md the destruction Of lemon grove
senator Hale appeared ybelore "a
committee to ask that tapioca foas
e specially provided for Ia tins biii.
similar requests were made on nai-
nervous articles. Tie COMMITTEES
ound considerable information
e disposal in volume giving sta-
istis regarding imports and duties
repaired by William W. Evans. a-
istant clerk Of the committee. VIZ
lam Z. Payne Is the clerk Of the
Ommittee.
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greatest interest in the hearings, was
predisposed7 to depend upon the re-
port of. the special committee which
conducted hearings on wood pulp and
print paper last year for the infor-
nation upon which to base It's con-
illusions regarding the paper and
pulp schedule.
The proposition to have the values
Of articles upon which an ad syalor-
EN- duty is imposed determined by
the wholesale prices in this country
as well as the cost at the place Of
production was first discussed at the
hearing given the pottery interests.
This method of collecting the duties
would permit the appraisers to cali
upon witnesses in this country for
Information, which, under the pres
ent method ot collecting I'D vaiorem
duties Is not possible. The plan was
advanced as . means for preventing
under Valuation, OF which there has
been omplaint wherever ad yalorem
duties have been imposed. Several
cases Of differentiation were pre-
sented to the committee by the pot
terry manufacturers, who favored an
increase in the duties on the better
grades Of china. The importers ad-
yanced arguments for reduction Of
20 per cent. in the duties on pot
terry.
Want Free Hides.
AS at all former tariff hearings
there was a tight between the shoe
and leather manufacturers of New
England and the cattle raisers of the
West. The leather manufacturers
were loath to admit that their. indas-i
try could stand a reduction in duties
on shoes and other leather articles.
but urged that the raw material
should be placed on the free list. An
amusing incidnt occurred when one
Of the shoe men admitted that with
free hides the shoe manufacturers
Would be able to compete with for
eign manufacturers without tariff
protection. This caused the leather
manufacturers to assemble their
'orces and present arguments to
show that the duty on the manufac-
.ured article should not be reduced.
Elisha w. Cobb, a manufacturer
If heavy leather, Of Boston. Mass.
old the committee that the tarifE on
hides accrued only to the benefit Of
he packers and not to the farmer
md cattle raiser He declared that
he large packers OF Chicago are en-
'aged in the tanning business ana
ook forward to the time when they
viii have complete monopoly in the
Tide business and in the sole ana
IDDer-leather business.
The Wool Schedule.
The wool schedule was tho occa- {
ion for more contention than any
tfer and during its consideration
here was much criticism Of thal
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1909-03-18
& g G NATURES CURE
FOR BLOOD POISON

s. S. known Natures CONTAGIOUS Blood po;sor
prepared entirely from the blood healing extracts
herbs and taks taken diec forests Of fhe nd
contain the least particle Of strong and q
pared as to aid IN the OF system
Contagious Blood Poison from the
follow the offs S S. such troubles dysuepSa
fherr1atis etc, as IS so often the
goes down to the bottom Of the gently but
drives out the purihes
BY its fine vegetable tonic assists de Rapidly cyeTco
OF the disease and
does not hide the awhile to bt n
50 thoroughly does itFeoVe the cause that of trouble
S. S.
Blood Poison. With yaiuahle
nation. and medical
TIE SWIFT SPECIFIC CO.. ATLANTA III
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1909-03-18
THE Wool Schedule.

The Wool Schedule.
The wool schedule was tho occa-
sion for more contention than any
other and during its consideration
there was much criticism Of the
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-10-20
SNENORS Of THE POR7O[A FESTIVAL.
Three Big Parades Will Be
Spectacular Features Of the
Affair - Electrical Display
and Decorations to Sur.
pass All Former Attempts
In America :: :: :: :: ::

gilia Bogue, who has been chosen
queen Of the celebration, is one Of the
most beautiful ONE in America.
Instead of the handful Of footsore
and starving troops which followed him
on the expedition on which he discov-
cred the bay Of San Francisco, Don
Gaspar de Portola will be escorted by
a full company Of royal dragons in
faultless uniforms, with shining he'll
NETS and breastplates and mounted on
glossy black chargers, and will lead an
army composed Of the soldiers and
sailors Of the world. This parade
through the streets will be q most i'm
posing spectacle. The cavalry and In
fantry Of the regular army, the ma
tional guard and the uniformed drill
corps of the various organizations,
with the naval forces from the war
ships, will represent the United States,
while the bluejackets and marines from
the foreign vessels will show the fight
ing forces Of the nations around the
entire world.
The second parade will contain d.
visions representing the civic, indus
trial, state and international life. Cor
geously decorated floats will be a fea-
ture Of this affair. The third Of the
parades will be at night and will con
tain the Illuminated floats. There will
be many original designs and ideas.
Magnificent Examinations Planned.
At least 100000 will be spent to
decorate and illuminate San francisco
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-10-20
Great Pageant Planned to
Celebrate Restoration Of San
Francisco and to COmmem.
crate Discovery Of Its Har.
Dor by CALIFORNIA; First
Spanish Governor :: :: ::
By WALTON WILLIAMS.


through streets that will be q
wonderland Of color and march
ing to the accompaniment of
scores of crashing bands and
the booming of the big guns of the
great fleet of warships in the harbor
Don Gaspar de Portola, California's
FIRST Spanish governor, who will be i'm
~personated by Nicholas A. C%ovarrubias
during the week Of the Portola fes-
tival, Oct. 1928, at San Francisco, will
make a triumphant entry with his
army into that city on Oct. 10 and
formally inaugurate the great festival
that is to celebrate the rehabilitation
Of San Francisco and the return Of
the doughty old warrior to its harbor
he discovered one hundred and forty
odd years ago.
The streets will be lined with count
less cheering thousands gathered from
every corner Of the globe, come to see
with their W eyes the modern mir
acle Of a city Of marble and granite
that has been reared in three years out
OF a wilderness of smoldering ruins.
During this week in midi October the
throngs of visitors will be the guests
Of San Francisco at a series Of fetes.
spectacles. athletic tournaments. balls
ard pageants that will set a record for
the world in the way Of entertainment.
Three great parades will be spectac-
ular features of the festival. The
MANY fraternal orders having Uniform.
ed corps have been notified Of their &C.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-10-20
PAGEANT IN ILLINOIS.
Events In Settling the Middle West to
Be Depicted at Evanston.

DC OePiCteo at 6vAuStou'
Society women in Evanston, ILL.,. are
busy preparing a historical pageant
which is to last three days On the
campus Of the Northwestern univer-
sity and is planned to depict many Of
the most interesting events in the set
Element Of the middle west. Evanston
is the chief suburb Of Chicago and has
Of the largest and most prosperous
women's clubs in the United States.
Mrs. Henry J. Patten and Mrs. G.
G. Little have charge Of the pageant
plans. They have enrolled more than
800 women and girls and are enlisting
the same number Of men and boys.
Women in colonial and pioneer cos
tunes will represent the thirteen orig
inal states. There will be old time
prairie schooners and an attack by
Indians upon pioneers headed west
with their wives and children. An
Indian village will be a feature, and
1t Is the hope Of the women to have
every detail historically correct.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-10-20

during the week Of the festival. The
festival committee will spend at least
100000 to decorate and illuminate the
streets. All Of the famous street dec
orations and Nominations Of the past
for which San Francisco has been
notable are to be eclipsed. 1t is ex-
pected that the displays in magnitude
and magnifcence will surpass any
thing yer before attempted in the
United States. More than 100000 In.
%candescent electric lamps, with a total
Of nearly 100000 candle power, will
be used in the illumination.
Courts Of honor, colonnades and big
displays hung high in the air will form
the principal features IT the decora-
tons and Examinations. They viii ex-
tend owe three miles Of streets. Mar
ket street for more than one mile will
be spanned by loops Of electric lights
stretching from building to building
every twenty-five feet.
Snow White Colonnade.
At the foot Of Market street, in front
W SAC ACAAy OuAAOAASs WAA 10 SACCSSO
q colonnade Of Spanish architecture,
consisting Of twenty columns, each
twenty.eight feet in height. The col.
umns will be three and a half feet
square at the top. The cornices will
be decorated with egg and dart mold
ings. On each side Of the columns will
be placed the letter 'P," made Of stuc.
co and five feet in height. A five foot
Spanish flag will float between each
column, and on the pinnacles will be
placed four five-foot carnival flags and
a six foot flag Of the United States.
The entire colonnade will be snow
white. Radiating from the ferry tow.
er to the top Of each column will be
loops of i~ncandescent lamps. Between
each column other loops Of lights will
be strung, forming an electric circle
120 feet in diameter. On the cornice
Of each column will be placed seven.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-10-20

ceptance as part Of the great army
which will march in military forma-
ton at the opening parade.
This opening parade will be strictly
military and will combine the features
Of a historical pageant and a modern
review of troops. The Portola dra-
goons, that company of uniformed yeo-
men which will be the personal escort
Of Don Gaspar de Portola, will be one
affair. Recruited from the handsom.
est and sturdiest men in San Francis
co, they will be adorned with helmets
and ~cuirasses and will be mounted ON
champing chargers.
The first parade will differ from the
historical pageant in that it will repre-
sem the reception Of the discoverer Of
the bay in 176S by the people of tho
city which has been built on its shores
and by the state and the nation. Por-
tola himself and his Dragons, with the
Indians and other followers, will be in
the costume of their own period, and
the entrance to the city will be in tho
manner of the historical pageant.
To Be Welcomed as a Leader.
His arrival will be greeted by the
salutes Of the guns Of the great pow
ers out In the warships on the bay.
He will be received by the troops of
the state and of the nation us a leader
and. with his dragons. will take his
place at the head Of the great parade
after having been welcomed by tie
mayor and city and state officials and
the diplomatic representatives Of the
world powers.
The ranks of the soldiery will divide.
and Portola. with his personal body
guard, will ride to the head of the line.
BE will be escorted through the streets
to Marshall square, where the city
hall stood. This will be transformed
into a royal court, and here his queen
and court VIII await him. Miss FcE
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-10-20
Device to See by Telephone,

Alberto Sanchez, a Mexican electrical
engineer, who is al inmate of Belem
prison, declares he has invented an
apparatus whereby vision as we'll as
the voice may be transmitted over an
ordinary telephone wire. He calls his
invention a teleradiopticon. and the
prison officials say that successful
tests have been made with models.
The contrivance is said to resemble a
pair of short opera glasses attached to
q battery.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-10-20
The Bishop Won.

The Bishop Won.
"There was an English bishop, the
bishop Of Oxford, who could reel of
wonderful rhymes" said a Londor
clergyman. "The bishop once wrote
a rhyme about a cassowary:
II would I were a cassowary
On h plains Of Timbuktu!
I would eat a missionary,
Cassock, bands and hymn book too!
"A dispute one arose about the au.
thorsh1p of that rhyme. The bishop
Of Oxford claimed it, and a punste1
on Punch also claimed it. According.
~, as a test, the word J%ehoshaphat
was submitted to the two claimants
for rhyming. The man who best
rhymed that difficult if not impossible
word would be Judged the true author
of the cassowary effort.
"Well, the Punch punster failed-fell
down completely-but the bishop of
Oxford easily proved his rightful own
ership Of the cassowary production by
dashing off on the spur of the mo-
ment this magnificent effort:
"The valiant King Sennacherib
OF any man could crack a rib,
But could not of Jehosaphat,
And that because he was so fat"
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-10-20
D. A. r. to Mark Santa 70 Trail.

D. A. r. to Mark Santa Fe Trail.
The Daughters Of the American Rev.
olution have taken steps to mark the
old Santa Fee trail with a permanent
memorial. Miss Elizabeth Gentry Of
Kansas City has the work in hand, and
the present plan is to put up mile
stones along the trail through several
western states. Just now Miss Gentry
is preparing q petition to the Kansas
legislature to appropriate money to put
up milestones through that state. Club
women are assisting her in gathering
names, and many members Of the leg
islature have expressed themselves in
favor Of the plan.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-10-20
Very Considerate,

Four old Scotsmen, the remnant Of
Z club formed some fifty years ago,
were seated round the table in the
elubroom. It was 8 a. M, and Dougal
looked across at Donald and said in a
thick, sleepy voice:
"Donald, dye notice what an awful
peculiar expression there is on Jocks
face?"
"Aye," says Donald, II notice that.
He's deed! He's been deed these four
hours"
"Whet? Deed! Why did We no tell
me?"
"Ah, no-no-no," said Donald. cam
no that kind O. man to disturb a con.
vivial evening"
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-10-20
The Very Idea!

A Flushing On. W clergyman, pastor
Of a popular church there, received as
a caller at his parsonage the other day
a young matron carrying in her arms
a chubby faced youngster.
:" want the baby christened," the
mother said.
After the ceremony the clergyman
started to write out the baptismal GER
tifcate required by the board of
health.
Forgetting for the moment the date
of the month, he remarked to the
mother:
"This is the ninth, isn't it,"
"No, indeed, SIR" replied the young
matron Indignantly. "It's only the
third"
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-10-20
Tho River Press.

Subscribe now for the WEEKLY Rlv-
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The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-10-20

The Oldest Labor Agency in Montana
Male and Female Help Supplied
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-10-20
The ~
Scrap Book
His Monument,


Sandy McGregor, a thrifty man in
a land Of thrift, was seen in Glasgow
wearing a lustrous sparkler in his era
vat. To him said Sandy McDermott,
"Who gin We the di'mon', McGregor?' p
"Nobbut myself" was the answer.
"Oh, aye" ventured the questioner.
"Ye've been tratin' yersel', eh?"
mo that, eyther," McGregor made
reply. "But ye ken I'm e~xecooter of
the estate O. Sammis McDougal?'
IAN, ye haze yer hans in the pile
the noo?"
Flush, mon," said McGregor, look
ing hurt, "a + tn will. First It said
his lawfu' debts were to be paid,
which was onnaicessary under law.
Then it said tn execooter was to set
aside thirty-f pun for tn buryin'.
Dye mind"
"Oh, aye" responded McDermott.
AN then he wished tn execooter to
procure as handsome a stone as could
be had in a. Classy fer a mather O.
seventy pun"
"Aye?"
."Aweel, mon," concluded McGregor.
this is the stone"
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-10-20
Separating Them.

~SH0S 0ssuS u1S0uus
Mr.. Grubb, an elderly bachelor, hav-
ing been troubled for a week or two
with a pain in his back, went to his
doctor. The physician prescribed two
large porous plasters and told him ITO
call again in about a fortnight and re-
port.
Mr.. Grubb complied with directions.
He went to a drug store and bought
the plasters and after a prolonged
struggle with them in his own room
succeeded in getting them properly in
place. Being a very small man, how
ever, the two nearly covered his whole
back. At the end Of two weeks he
called at the physicians Office again.
"Well, how is your back?" asked the
medical man.
Sound as a dollar; hasn't panied
me any for ten days or more"
"Glad to hear it. You may take the
plasters OF whenever you please"
"Not much!" exclaimed Mr.. Grubb,
removing his coat and vest, taking oil
his collar and locking the door Of the
doctors Office. II won't touch 'em
They're bigger than I am. What
want you to do now, doctor, is to pull
me of the plasters."
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-10-20

The Worth Of q Woman.
Whatever the wage Of the world NAV be
AT the close Of the toiling day,
For a task too slight for the world to see.
AS 1t measures mems work for pay,
He Is rich in the tribute Of rarer lands
That reckon worlds wage above
In the touch or a woman who under
stands,
In b thought Of a woman's love.
charlotte Louise Rudyard in Harper's
Bazaar.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-10-20

Tho Life Giving Touch Of Sympathy.
A man may have become almost q
demon. he may have resolved upon i'm
mortal hate and study of revenge, but
let him once feel the life giving touch
Of sympathy and love, and the seed,
long dormant, will spring up and bring
forth its harvest in the field Of life.-
]. G. Sellers, Jr.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-05-08

ACCORDING TO D. G. HENNEY OF PORTLAND, IN
AN ADDRESS BEFORE THE EDUCATIONAL CON-
GRESS RECENTLY HELD IN WALLA WALLA. THE
ANALOGIES OF SOIL AND CLIMATE FORCE THIS
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-05-08
THE WORLDS GREATEST FRUIT BEL

CONCLUSION ACCORDING TO HIS GREAT AU-
BIA RIVER EARLY FRUIT BELT
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-10-03
IMPROVEMENT < '.s OF THE RIVERS
Monsignor Luccy Directs Aattcntion to Mon>isnor Lucey Directs Attention to
 of Its River Work.

The following communication, one of great interest to all who are work ing for river improvements. was sent to the Little Rock Board of Trade by Rev. J NJ. Lucey of this city It will be read with genuine approval by the thousands of people of this city who provement of the Arkansas River. It applies forcibly to Pine Bluff and the Arkansas River.
 To The Star: l was much interest," ed in the interview with k. F. Allen in The Star Thursday morning about Glasgow. Scotland, and it's use of the River Clyde. In 1190 Glasgow had l. 800 inhabitants: in 1901, S3, ,169, and in 1861 it had advanced to 394 ,S64, and was at that time the second city of the United Kingdom. This radical advance had come through it's syst l. matic improvement of the River Clyde.
 When l left Glasgow in 1865 there had existed an institution for many years under the name of the Clyde Trust whose securities at per cent were much sought. This association was supported by the business inter- ests and people of Glasgow and other towns along the river and of the West of Scotland, in it's improvement of the river.
 Let Glasgow Flourish" has been the motto of that great city, and the shout of it's people. during the century and before; and it has fiourished because it utilized it's waterway for all that it was worth.
 And let me say that if Kansas City does not utilize the mighty current of the Missouri-if the State of Missouri does not join in the great work-if the United States as 8 nation does not seek to and actually support every reasonable effort in this direction to nlaFo of this great waterway and it's brf sr. the Mississippi, with their tributaries. the channels through which the needs Of the people shall be supplied, and their best interests subserved-it will be because city, State and nation are behind what we are pleased to call the plodders of old Europe in the march of civilization, utilization of resource and opportunity the protection and care of the in