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Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-05-18

~ Campbell. Secretary. 1I3 Fulton street
Gospel meeting for men. at 4 y m SUNDAY
Special singing.
Bible reading Tuesday at 3:30 p. NJ.
Bible class for ladies meets IN the AssDflaiioh
parlors every Tuesday afternoon at sd
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CHURCH ITEMS.
BAPTIST.

BAPTIST.
Rev. G. G. Crippen, Pastor.
Services-Sunday, Preaching at 1880 a. m
and Z AS D. m.
Sunday School at 10 a. m.
Junior Society at 800 D. m.
b Y p u Gas p. m.
Prayer Service, Thursdays at as p. m.
Seats free
The Ladies' Aid Society meets Wednesday
afternoon with Mrs. c. $. Curtis.
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The city's street department is
patching up Third street. taking out
decayed cedar blocks and filling in
with crushed rock. 1t much resem-
bles crazy quilt.
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REPAIRING CREW.

w. j. 0'Brien, chief division car
penter of the Wisconsin Valley divis-
ion of tie st. Paul road is here with
his cars and crew for the purpose of
making all the necessary repairs for the
company in this vicinity. They nave
been here at work for several DAYS and
win finish up in few days
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-05-18
Is the WauSau Record Herald
Deliberately Trying to Deceive
It's Readers or Is 1t
Tuc< Tono~oo<o
Just Ignorant?

The following editorial is taken from
the Wausau Record Herald of yester-
day:
Senators Gore and Tillman made
frantic statements Saturday regard
ing the prices the people had to pay
for their products, and the funny part
OF their speeches was that the retail
dealers, not the trusts were particular
~ denounced. They alleged that the
retail merchants were oyercharging
and as the retail dealer consists of the
people and includes large proportion
of the public, not included in trusts,
their denunciation is really an attack
on their constituencies Surely they
cannot suppose that the people can do
wrong"
The following special dispatch TAX
en- from the same paper of the same
date, gives the lie not only to the edi-
torial above quoted but also, to the
headings with Which the Record Her
aid, prefaces the special dispatch:
"Says Retail Prices Are Too High.
Senators Gore and Tillman Demand
An Investigation.
Special Dispatch.l
Washington, May ia lively de-
bate was precipated in the senate
Saturday by Mr.. Gore, the blind sena-
tor from Oklahoma, when he asked
immediate consideration of resolu-
ton instructing the committee on
finance to obtain by investigation the
import prices of various articles of
general and ordinary consumption and
also the wholesale and retail prices of
such articles when used in this ooun-
try,
The object of the resolution is to
determine whether the retailers of
the country are practicing extortion.
Senator Gore declared that the re-
tail dealers had been held up before
the country as practicing eXtortion
and he wanted to have the facts to
determine whether that was true.
The facts are that the stand patters
of the the senate finance committee
in an attempt to Offset the attacks
made upon their proposed tariff law
by the democrats and the republican
senators of the middle west, tried to
lay the blame for the high prices Of
necessities upon the retail merchants
of the country. Senators Scott Of w.
Virginia, Flint of California, Smoot
of Nevada, 1.-THE senator who delivers
the Mormon vote ito the grand old
partly led in the effort to shift the
blame from the manufacturer to the
retailer.
The Chicago Record-Herald of May
May 18th, deyotes column to the de-
bate, from which we quote the head
ings and part of the body of the dis
patch
"Blame on Retailers
for Excessive Price ?
High Protectionists Declares Tariff
Doesn't Increase Cost to Consumer.
| Cite Big Profit on Glass
Senators Also Give Figures or China
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-05-18
Cite Big Profit on Glass
Senators Also Give Figures on China
and Other Goods to Back Up
Contention.

Especial to the Record Herald
Washington May What relation
do import duties bear to the selling
price of articles? This question was
debated for hours in the Senate today,
the high protectionists taking the
position that there is no relation what
ever. They asserted that the opinion,
generally entertained, that tariff
duties add to the cost to the consum-
er is fallacy Numerous instances
were cited to sustain their position.
x Other high protectionists
joined in the argument to sustain the
contention that protection of the pro-
ducer does not add to the cost to the
consumer, each charging that the
wholesaler, jobber and retailer inter-
yened between the manufacturer and
the consumer and by eXacting eXOrbi-
tant profits enhanced the cost price
to the consumer beyond reason. That
the public suffer they agree; that the
prices are unreasonably high they adj
nit; but that conditions can easily be
changed they deny"
The Chicago Record-H Herald of May
Is, gives continuation of the debate
including Senator Cores position on
the matter, We quote from the
above to show how the Wausau Rec
ord-Herald deliberately mistates the
facts in order to put the democratic
senator from Oklahoma inc false
position.
Producer no Gamer,
Saw Tariff Senators
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Rev T. B. T. Fisher, Pastor. I'll Warren.
Morning worship, with sermon, at 1880. All
welcome
Sunday School at l2.
Women's Mission Circle meets on the second
Tuesday of each month.
The Ladies' Mission society meets Wednes-
day afternoon with Mrs. +. w. Burt.
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ST JAMES CATHOLIC CHURCH.

Rev. Father j. J. Brennan, Pastor, GIL Second
street
Corner of Second and Grant streets.
Low mass at $500 a. m, high mass at 10 a. m
Sunday School at 2:30 D. m.
Week days. low mass at a. m. every day.
Litany. sermon and benediction at 80 y. m
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declares Prices Quoted in Debate by
Advocates of Aldrich Rates
re Incorrect


WASHINGTON, May l5-As soon as a
quorum was announced in the Senate
today Mr.. Gore, the blind senator
from Oklahoma, precipitated lively
debate by asking immediate consider
alton of resolution instructing the
committee on finance to obtain by in
vestigation the import prices of yari-
Gus articles OF general and ordinary
consumption and also the wholesale
and retail prices of such articles when
used in this country. The object of
the resolution is to determine whether
the retailers of the country are prac-
ticing extortiOn.
In moving the resolution be re-
ferred to the committee On finance
Mr.. Hale said it conferred no new
authority upon that committee and
could only embarrass it.
TAKES ISSUE WITH SCOTT.
Senator Gore declared that the re-
tail dealers had been held up before
the country as practicing extortion
and he wanted to have the facts to
determine whether that was true.
s'If the retail men are robbers" he
said, ''they should be held up to the
wrath and execration of their country
men,"
Mr.. Gore said he had investigated
aiid found that the pitchers referred
to by Senator Scott as selling at whole
sale at 80 cents a dozen, retailed at Is
and sometimes 10 cents each instead
of % cents, as stated.
Consideration of the resolution was
postponed until Monday.
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aERNAN BApTIsr. l2l2 Jill q

Preaching at $50 a. N. and I:3o y. m.
sunday School at Il m
PRAYER meeting at 80 Thursday evening.
WoTben's Missionary Society meets on the
first "Wednesday OF each month.
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oERxAx z. CHURCH.

Preaching I0:15 a. m and 30 D. M. Sunday.
Sundas school at es00 a
Epwoffh League sunday at 800 D. m. and
Friday 7 80 D. m
Junior League on Saturday al II Is a. M.
Prayer meeting IN church al 80 D. m.
Wednesdays.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-05-18

"Speakin' of Office seekers" said
Uncle Eben; Il dunno but what l pre-
fers de man dat goes into statesman
ship because he's within to work foh
a salary to de one dat tackles it sim
ply bec'ase he like to hear hissef
talk"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-05-18

JEROME has declined to run for
mayor of New York.
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vaIuabIe on from PLAN.

The seeds Of the parasitic plant
jinkungo, native of Mozambique,
yields an oil that Is said to be superi.
OF to tire salad oil OF commerce.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-05-18

published weekly and entered at the Post
ONCE at Wausau as second class matter.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-05-18

When IL comes to drawing on q
bank account every woman is an ar.
list
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-05-18

The regular meeting will he on the last Fri
day of each month, at O'Clock y. m.
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nous profits reaped by manufacturers
under the present tariff schedule and
named three cotton and wooden con-
Germs in New England which in 1907
declared dividends, one of ST per cent
and the others of Sc per cent.
The progressive downward revision
lists think that the high protectionists
have carried their attack upon the
middlemen and retailers too far and
that these business men in self-pro-
lection will be driven to an exposure
of tie methods under which they are
forced to conduct business.
The following from the Chicago
Record Herald of May 10th, sheds
more light on the misrepresentation
of the Wausau daily and also puts
Senator Scott in the position of mis-
stating prices in his speech on the
glass question
I'm Hunt For 'Robber':
Is Retailer Guilty
Senator Gore Wants to Know Who
Gets the Benefit From High Duties.
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FIRST CHURCH OF CHRIST, SCIENTIST.

On Mcclellan Street, between Second and Third
Streets.
Services: Sunday. l0:45 a. M; Sunday School
IL m; Wednesday evening Testimonial Meet
ing, 7:45.
Reading Room in church edifee, open daily
from2 to p. m, except Sundays and legal
holidays.
Subject CT lesson sermon for next Sunday,
"Sonl and BlydYn
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Ths Greedy Caterpillar.
The caterpillar each mouth eats fosd
Asoo tznss fts sEn weight
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Hale and Elkins Insist the High
Duties Do Not Fall ON Consumer.
Gore Defends Retailers
fSpecial to the Record- Herald. ]

Especial to the Record Herald.)
Washington, May l2.-That prices
are abnormally high no one in the
Senate denies. All efforts nowadays
are directed to fix the responsibility
for conditions admitted to exist. The
high protectionists charge the growth
of tariff revision sentiment to high
prices, and are trying to show that it
is not the producers, fortified behind
high tariff walls, who put up prices,
but that It IS tile middlemen, the
wholesalers and retailers who are the
guilty parties.
Believing they had accomplished a
good deal in this line-by their talk
yesterday, the high protectionists re-
sumed the discussion in the Senate
today, Mr.. Hale, chief lieutenant TO
Chairman Aldrich upon the finance
committee, sharing with him leader
ship in the Senate, assuming charge
of the high protection interests.
Senator EIkins of West Virginia, as
a producer of coal, joined forces with
Mr. Hale
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TRACEY & Co. of New York City
failed yesterday for over 81, $50, 600.
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GORE DEFENDS RETAILER.

1t remained for the blind senator
from Oklahoma, Mr.. Gore, to drive
the standpatters into silence. He pre-
faced his remarks by defending the
middlemen and retailers against the
charges made that they extorted high
tribute from the consumers by deny
hapGling hats, shoes. clothing. shirts,
collars, cuffs, hosiery and many arti-
cIeS of food the middlemen and retail
erS are controlled by contracts fixing
the prices at which the articles are 10
be sold TO the consumers.
He directed atterston to the enor-
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Urges Official Inquiry.

Senator Gore Wants to Know Who
Gets the Benefit From High Duties
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Continued on Fourth Page.)
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More than in any other respect the num-
Der of small packages which have to be
delivered is noticeably increasing. This
Is directly attributable to the fact that
Miss Social Climber no longer conde-
scends to carry a bundle, be it ever SO
small as package Of visiting carlsbad
form and all that sort of thing. you know
and everything that is purchased, prac-
tically. has to be delivered. l tell you
the woman who takes small packages
with her is a godsend to VI in the busy
times.
why, sometimes a woman will come
In here who lives out in Takoma Park
She may buy some little trinket that costs
30 cents and must have it delivered at
once. That means that it costs the store
~ cents and two car tickets, besides the
time OF a boy to deliver that package.
But we have to do it, you know"
Does the children's faith in Santa
Claus cause you much extra trouble" the
superintendent was asked
We'll, yes. But that's the kind of
trouble We don't mind taking. The mother
or the little fellows often request that
packages be wrapped SO as not to betray
their contents. and sometimes it is a
hard matter to make toy rifle look like
an innocent loaf of bread. But we do
our best, and. then, too, whenever posi-
BILE, we deliver goods during school hours
or after bedtime. If requested to do So"
In this connection the superintendent
related a story which has become a clas-
sic among the employees of delivery de-
partments. grandiloquent dame called
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the matter down pretty fine The little
natural trees look exactly like miniature
pines; all / have to do with them, when
l bring them home, is to throw them into
a tub of water, and they get quite green
and will stay SO for a week or more
which sufficiently answers my purpose.
Il may remark, by the way that l had
an unpleasant experience one day in my
endeavor to secure my trees. l suppose
In my eagerness to get a lot of particu-
larly nice ones. I had made my way into
passing At all events. along comes a
man with a shotgun. and orders me off
He also said that / had better drop my
trees-my basket was full of the things
as he was growing them for a particular
purpose. But, you see, l wanted them
myself for a particular purpose too, and
l put up bluff that carried the day
l told him I didn't notice any fence or
sign, and that he wasn't going to scare
me with gun, for 1 carried one myself
For my mountain effects, / use real
moss and real rocks. The framework is
of wood and old carpet, the latter, l have
found. being better for this purpose than
canvas. The model is built in sections.
each numbered and SO. knowing the exact
relation of all the parts. l can easily put
the whole together in the course of a few
hours. Before / hit upon a regular plan
of this kind 1 had no end of trouble put
ting the thing up as to be ready with
1t Christmas morning. My first model
took me from g o'clock in the evening
to 6 o'clock the next morning, and Ii was
a job. tell you! You see. / didn't want
the kids to see me at work on the thing
they believe that the whole business Is
the production OF Santa Claus-and |
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mad to be sent ever SO many miles away,
but 1t is largely similar to the expert
ences OF every package. large or small,
which Is sent out from the department
store at Christmas time.
After the city delivery packages have
passed the assortment stage of their
journey, and rest in the bins designated
for the different delivery routes, at
special hours the bins are cleared and
the drivers boys get the parcels. If their
count tallies with that of the sheet
WRITER'S" the wagon driver is given a car
bon copy of the sheet writer's list and as
he delivers the parcels checks it up.
Should the addressee of the parcel not
be at home and the boy leaves the parcel
at the house next door, he notes this on
the sheet, so that when the purchaser
calls up. the superintendent of the deliv-
cry department can in moment tell just
where the parcel is.
Eacu store has a special staff which does
nothing but correct wrong addresses. AS
fast as telephone messages come in say
ing that such a package has not arrived,
the name and address are taken and a
systematic search is begun for It, Many
times after a careful search the package
is still INDICATED, and call over the
telephone will reveal that the lady COM
planning has located the lost article.
"Oh, yes. Sorry to have troubled you,
but the maid received it and hid 1t so the
children wouldn't see it,
THE Christmas deliveries this year
have been heavier than ever BEFORE" de-
clared the head of the shipping depart
ment of one of the stores the other day
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-12-19

at a big store during the rush hours OF
the day, and after being shown costly
bric-a-brac, paintings. dresses and house
furnishings. ended by purchasing a spool
OF thread and asking to have Ii sent.
The clerk recognized the earmarks of
that class of women who buy a spool of
thread merely to ease their conscience
for having examined the entire stock of
the store without a purchase. But OF
course, she agreed to deliver the little ar
ticle.
The grandiloquent dame was entertain
ing at afternoon tea that day when. with
much "whoa-ing'' there drew up in front
of her residence a great dray Two men
jumped to the pavement and with much
clatter fixed heavy skids from the tall
gate. Down this they rolled a small OBJ
ject and. with much apparent difficulty,
carried 1t up the steps to the front door
it was the spool of thread.
Aside from the Christmas shopping
time, the calling of the employee of the
delivery department always demands tact.
He has much to contend with There is
the professional shopper. who has pack
ages sent to her home c. 0. D.. with no
thought of taking them. There Is the
woman who. after taking up an hour
or two of the clerks time, in a desperate
embarrassment selects some expensive
gown and asks to have 1t sent on ap-
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heard the address given. 1t was in Cali
fornia. When I was sent to the bundle
wrapper the check which went with
me was marked paid and then a
man they call the bundle collector came
around and took me, and never saw the
ladies' who bought me again.
THE bundle collector gave a receipt
Tor me and great many other pack
ages, and then took all of us and dump
ed us in chute which carried us to the
basement of the store There a great
many men began overhauling us, and l
saw comb and brush go into a bin
marked C. Q. d. and a rocking horse
go into another bin marked charge
went into bin marked paid For a
long time l lay there until man came
along and began sorting all of us into
various routes. placing together those of
us who were to be neighbors after
Christmas morning.
Hello says the man. Here's a little
package which must go all the way to
California. And he laid me aside. After
that somebody who was called a sheet
writer came along and took the name
OF the lady who had bought me and the
address to which l was being sent He
left, and another man came along and
took off the papers in which l was wrap
ped / was rewrapped with cotton and
straw all around me- and put into q snug
little box before l began the long jour
ney across the continent.
Say, amt that lot of trouble and
expense to take with little Twenty-Five
cent cup!"
That is the story told by the cup which
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plan and construct. Accordingly he has
worked away at the plan originally pro-
posed by his friend. and the result, it may
confidently he predicted, will far eclipse
any model Christmas town he has hith-
erto fashioned.
The view of Harpers Ferry which Mr.
Burrows will endeavor to fepresent in his
novel way will be that of the town and
river as viewed from the Heights. This
will offer opportunities for obtaining A
beautiful perspective view Of the Potomac
between the cleft in the mountains. while
the quaint little town, locally known as
the Hole" will be observed in the fore
ground. Mr. Burrows feels especially
confident of success with this subject, for
he specializes upon rock and mountain eff
fects. Strange to say. his mountains are
covered with real trees.
AT first" he says, my trees gave me
trouble. In fact. the time had to spend
In making miniature pines out Of bits of
cloth and paper, and little pieces of the
real thing. with wires and all that was
so laborious that I thought Of giving up
the whole business. But, wnen I was
walking out in the country one day no.
ticed growing in the ground among the
trees-oedar growths. l suppose they are.
In fact. SO numerous were these little
trees of natures own fashoning that all
l had to do was to take a big basket out
with me. and fill it in few minutes
This easy way Of getting my trees en-
couraged me to go ahead in the scheme
of the mountain and forest effects in my
villages. and I believe / have now got
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prevail, giving a fictitious address and
In this way beats graceful retreat
In a days work the driver of a denart-
ment store wagon meets scores OF indi-
viduals with varied idiosyncrasi Ri
nally the drivers come to know the ems
toner by his traits. Not long ago two
drivers We're packing up their wagons for
the last trip of the day, at the rear OF a
downtown store
Hey, Bill, here's another package for
that Mrs. Neverbuy. Sent c. o. r as
usual. and it's long drive out 10 her
home. Shall throw II back?" asked one.
Don't know whether you had or MOI ;,
replied the other. I'VE haven't had q call
from her for some time. She never was
known to take a package after she's or
dered il sent collect but she might h.
buying this time. Put il up TO the super
intendent."
And that is just the situation. An en-
ploye offending a patron. no matter what
the cause may be, stands a chance Of
spelling a bona fide sale. and the average
department store management won't
stand for that sort of thing
The woman in the foregoing belongs to
that great class known as the ..sham
shopper" She may flatter herself that
the saleslady will forget that she ordered
bill of goods sent to her home on an
proval and then berated the driver round
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be conceded to Mr.. Burrows that, while
the inception of his method of celebrating
may have been due to his friend, he is
displaying distinct individuality and orig
inality in his creations.
When, a few years ago, Mr.. Herrity
took to building his Christmas towns and
rural scenes. the hobby or idea-call it
what you will-was unique. Mr.. Bur
rows was one of the many to be i'm
pressed with the novelty and beauty Of
the scheme. and the consequence has been
that for the past four years he has de-
vised a model village at Christmas time
entirely of his own planning and con-
struction, the sight of which, to his chill
dren-he has at present three little tots,
to whom the Christmas garden of dad s
is an epoch-the' first thing Christmas
morning brings joy to their hearts.
AS the towns In question are laid out
within the area of an ordinary living
room, the dimensions of the details-the
schools, churches. houses, railways and
farmyards-must be necessarily small
Yet the entire effect, especially when
viewed in certain lights is wonderfully
realistic; you might fancy. indeed, that
you were looking at an actual town and
countryside in the distance. This effect
is only achieved by the exercise of con-
siderable art and ingenuity. The laws of
perspective are carefully observed and
the same proportion is maintained in
this regard between objects in the fore
ground and background, as would be OBJ
served In the actual scene Thus the
incest relation of size has to be observed