The Colville examiner. [volume] (Colville, Wash.) 1907-1948, 1909-06-26

ulSCOHlllue CHe issuance OF Cne new green
special delivery stamp, because of the similarity
between it and the one-cent stamp. The old blue
stamp showing messenger boy on bicycle will
be in use again.
Representative Cushman of Washington, in ad-
dition to being the homeliest man in congress, is
also one of the best known humorists in the CAPT.
tai city. He tells of one of his first attempts at
oratory peroration delivered in the effort to Sc
cure prize while in school. His subject was the
snow-capped, eternal mountains and portion of
his closing sentence was as follows: Majestic
monuments that stand alone, guardians of eternity,
displaying on your mighty sides the footprints of
the sands of time None of his later speeches
contain SO striking figure of speech.
It is strange what an unmasking of the republi-
can party has been brought about by the panic
and couple of years of business depression.
No one any longer prates about republican ad-
ministrations being guarantee against hard
times. No one any longer claims that the repub-
lican tariff is perfect, immaculate fawless.
No one any longer claims that the republican
party has monopoly on the understanding of the
financial question and the courage skill and busi-
ness ability to handle it.
Out of the mouths of its own leaders, out of the
mouths of the American bankers, business men
and fnanciers, the republican party is arraigned
and convicted Two million idle workmen; thou
sands of mills and factories either closed or rum
ming on short time; business slow and dull and en-
terprse timid and backward in nearly every sec-
ton of the country, while at the same time crops
have been abundant and the production of gold
and other precious minerals unprecedented these
things prove the republican party quack, a false
Tto {ol wi
tence and infallibty are shown as mere glitter
ing pretense.
Now that the fetish is shattered and the myth
demolished; now that people understand that the
republican party is both falible and SINFUL like the
rest of u.s. perhaps we can hope to get verdict on
political issues hereafter based on merit, and
study of the questions, and not on idolatry and
fear. For this much, thanks. Douglas County
Press.
A duty of $4 per ton has been placed on print
paper (the kind used in ordinary newspapers).
The reason given for this duty was that Canada
has better facilities for manufacturing paper
cheaper than the United States and that were the
United States to allow the free entry of print paper
the Canadian manufacturers would have American
publishers at their mercy in the matter of prices.
This fimsy excuse is perhaps as good as the hum
dreds of other reasons given by the congressional
representatives of the trusts for imposing duties
on various articles in order that the trusts may
continue to realize exhorbitant profits.
The placing of this duty on print paper should
show the people of this nation where they are at.
Practically every newspaper in the country has
urged the removal of duty on print paper. The
press is supposed to be powerful, especially when
united on any point, but the press is quite insg-
nificant when arrayed against the moneyed powers
which control the republican congress. The peo-
pie get what they get-and nothing more. When
the people really want something which they do
not now have they will send men to congress to
work for the people instead of the trusts. Until
that time the public will continue to contribute to
Wall street. Some of us do not enjoy it, but the
voting strength says yes and the minority will
ante up along with the majority who like it.
A phonograph that is capable of reproducing an
entire opera or drama that will, if fitted with
film roll long enough, play for more than four
hours, is the invention of DrF.C. Goodale, Tacoma
physician, who two years ago gave up the practice
of medicine to study the reproduction of sound in
an effort to improve upon the present method Of
cylinder and disc records that will reproduce but
few moments.
Dr. Goodale's invention is exceedingly simple in
construction and may be operated by either electr
cal power or spring motor. The cellulod film, which
is the ordinary film used in moving pictures, and
may be purchased for 35 cents per thousand feet
passes from reel at the back of the machine un-
der sapphire point connected with the diaphram
at the small end of the horn and onto reel at the
front of the machine.
The manufacture of metallic diaphram suffi-
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