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The Washington times., 1909-05-09

Statistical Abstract Shows
How Much Ahead of World
Uncle Sam Is.

The eagle screams from nearly every
page OF a great document just issued
by the Bureau of Statistics, the sta
tisticaI Abstract" Any man who wants
TO boast OF his country need only Sc
cure a volume and load up with ma
teriaI for crushing any doubter
For 700 pages the book is solid fig
ures. but they are figures that again
and again are so astonishing that the
reader will look again to be sure. These
are the official records of what the
country is doing. what resources it has,
what business 1t is doing, and what it
is worth.
Great Array of Figures
Today the population is more than
Ss.OOa,OO0. Last fall 14,SS7.133 went to the
polls and voted for President. In 1907
s.466 millions of letters and postal cards
we're sent through the mails, which is
two-thirds as much as the combined
postal business Of Great Britain. Ger
many, France, and Austria-Hungary,
and twice as big as any one of them
One hundred million kilograms were
sent.
Uncle sam has some resources left
He has 20, ,000. 900 acres of land unap-
propriated, though little of this can be
called available as desirable corner
lots" for almost half of IL iS in Alaska
and much of il in the Rockies The
report credits Uncle Sam with 5yS57, ,0u0
horsepower from streams. and with
52.S27 water wheels
The estimated coal supply of the
country is S,125. 70S, ,0O0.00O tons. and in
1907 almost half a billion tons were
mined. The estimated iron ore supply
Of the country is nearly five billions of
tons, and IN 1907 100000 tons were
mined.
School Expenditures
He spent S197. 900 for school teach
ers In 1891, out he could afford it. be-
cause he was worth over S107, 200. 900, 900,
which is almost seven times as much
as he was worth in 1867 The farmers
were quite busy, for in 1907 they pro
drced seven and a half billions of dol
lars worth Of products
In 1907 the country imported one and
a half billions of dollars worth of
products, but half OF that was raw ma
terial for manufacturing. 1t had ex-
ports Of about 81 SOC. .000. 600, OF which 40
per cent was manufactured goods
The Washington times., 1909-05-09
LIVELY WEDDING GIFT.

CLAYTON, n. j.. May 9.-In ceIe-
bration of the fifteenth anniversary of
his marriage, Charles Miller, of Clayton.
was presented by his wife with two big
girls. The twins and mother are doing
well.
The Washington times., 1909-05-09

This Full-size 1909 CoIlapsibIe
GO-Cart: wheels and all fold
compactly; solid. highly pol
ls4eu coach panel sides; strong
ali the latest imprcys-
mentg
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+ MAKING CITIZENS.

2 The Ference Ia! the method 81
making citizens under the new gov
ernnent natural zation laws ii ap-1
parent to- any one who sees the course
iof procedure noWada A special al
5torney % the government attends
terms of court at which citizens are
made and lie has advance Information
Eof me applicant, his residence term
|ofs reside nce n the United states and
such other facts al Win give him
needed infornat lon regarding the ap.3
[plicant's landing his residence in the
stats and his business. When appli-S
cant appears Tor MIS- fnaI citizenship
Ipapers, the special attorney of the
government appears and interrogates
both tie april amt ana life witnesses
and he III ven able 10 sieterrnine the
nature of tiis rnan. his charac and
whether or not he win lnaire . good
citizen ne ID; not satisfied Win
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sDUTY ON WATCHES.

watches sold in foreign countries
that are in whole or in part Of Amegi-
can manufacture and bearing the
name and trade mark Of American
manufacturers should come into the
United States duty Free
This is provision, says the Chi
>cago Tribune, which an association of
American retail jewelers. is anxious to
have incorporated in the tariff bill, A
man not in the business may not be
able to understand the interest of the
retailers. He may not be greatly en-
ightened when told that they favor
the provision because with it they
could sell. their customers American
made watches at a much lower price,:
He may be able to understand how
watch which had been sold abroad
could be brought back and retailed
for less than one that never had left
the country.
The ordinary man may ask how it
is possible for any American watches
to be sold abroad, when the manufac-
turers say the cost of production is SO
much greater than in Europe that they
have to have an ample measure of pro-
lection in order to hold the home
market. They are we'll protected. The
cheapest kind of imported watch
movements pay the equivalent of a sc
per. cent ad yalourem duty and the
duty on watch cases is 40 per cent.
oddly enough the American watch
manufacturers who cannot get along
without protection at home do not
need it abroad. They have built up
a large, and profitable foreign trade
3:by selling watches 40 per, cent cheap
er than they do. at home, And yet,
while they are so successful when
they have to meet European compe:
lls1on I'm IN EuArepe they are asking for
ls's 'zl PFC lection at home. They went
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to Washington for it and got it. The
Payne bill gives, them an 80 per cent
duty and the Aldrich bill a. 76 per
cent duty; Either duty would de,
crease. the volume of foreign impora-
tons and make more business for the
domestic manufacturers. 3. 5f.s satt2
An American retail sjeweler can buy
in London a lot Of American-made
watches for much lower price than
he has to pay at home. If he could
import the duty free he would be able
to sell them to his customers at re-
duction, They. would get cheaper
watches ard he would have more
trade. Why should not he be allow
ed to import them free of duty? The
American manufacturers should mot
need protection against his own goods
the product of American labor.
Yet he will insist on having it.
There ls little hope of the adoption.
of the amendment, because 1t wo,uld
interfere to certain extent with the
policy Of the manufacturers to make
American consumers pay much high
er prices than foreign consumers are
charged for the same goods 4,93xssz
Features like this In connection
with our present system of tariff max
ing should hasten the day when the
people of the country will demand
that there be permanent tarin com
missioner or. bureau annexed, to. one
OF the executive departments for the
purpose of collecting information CON
corning the cost Of production in this
and foreign countries #to be furnished
to- Congress with their recommends
lions concerning the necessary duties,
so that Congress may secure such
vital information from a. trustworthy,
disinterested source, raher than as at
presen be compelled to accept as final
and correct the testimony of the
producers and manufacturers, who Of
course always want the highest meas
5ure Of protection they can. obtain
whether it be deserved or not. s, 81 FL :;
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-. s.,s53I7l5 =.I7I-i'7 q s,sI'-E- s...--f
8ETRAYED.s+

IS The st. Louis Post Dispatc q De-
.mocratic paper, on May 26th publish.
ed The following: a ]. ~ a,
:. Men who are false; and treacherous
do not escape pt1nis hment Deception
rarely frlumphs more than once II the
same, place socftey exists and bust
ness Is conducted largely upon con.
sfidenee. Good faith IS even mors es
sentia1 to free government. Political
parties cannot betraY the people and
live: 5s5,t
hi the House Of Represe ntatiyes al
month ago 40 DenBocrats svoted
against free lumbe ii tie Senate
this week, I7 Dem crats did the same:
Thus q specific demand @ the Demo:
cratic platform was defeated by be.
Emocratic votes This shameful record
shows how Bassly they have acquitted
themselves. In their PLATFORM the
Democrats say that Republicans can.
not be trusted; who now win trust
the Democrats2, s5 s.s v :s5
These are political sins Tor which
punish ment Is certain: They affect
Edecency and good faith. They reveal
= degradation IN our political life
which almost passes belief; they put
1.-THE Democratic party on trias not for
| its principles, but for Its honesty.
Mere errors o. Judgment may be#de;
Tended and sexcuaed, but perhay finds
no apoIogist anywhere. AZ political
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MERcENARY. TARIFF MAKING.

The Minneapolis Journal in recent
issue permitted out the. refreshing qua
lily of Senator LaFollette's sense Of
honor in refusing to vote upon a sche-
dule In which he: had a personal IN
terest, and at the same time, cited
examples of the old school Of tariff
Misunderstanding Scott shouting for
more tariff on glass, which he makes;
MT. sFord1ney slipping lumber jokers
into the lumber bill to protect lumber,
which he sells; the multi .milli onairess
Guggenheim, pleading for more tariff
on lead, which he digs and smelts.
These are the same lawmakers who
pass laws prohi biting railroads from
owning the products which they haul
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THE PARTY OF MIST

The question W hat is Delno+
crat 2" never was 50 puzzling as it is
today Fewer persons with courage
and enterprise feel prepared to, sub
NIT a definition that existed on March
/. The Democrat Is more 4 creature
Of fog, an Illusion, a figure modelled
for 8 passing moment from the sub
stances: OF summer q ouds s5
Washing ton has had the experience
Of viewing the dsinte gration Of the
second party Of the country. what In
Britain would grandil oauently She
termed This ma5esty,'s opposition,
The scenes attending this crumbling
have been partly ramatic, partly
amusing. partly thing fors a good
man 10 sorrow oNrfs Senators; LABEL
ed In the acongr onal directory al
Dem oerats, have cast their votes; eN
actly eontrary ts The pledges of tia
national platform for which they
sspoke so Horribly III the late campaign
They have demanded support for Gus
Toms duties which their. constituents
desired, In contrayention Of thar an.
Client slogan az battle, .Tariff for rev.
anue only &. standpat Republf
have carried the senate against the
reyisionista only 81. the aid eagerly
preferred ny the Demo crats. Platforms
arguments. the records of q llffffe time
have bean ignored II the scramble; ii
l'gain as high 4 share 81 prosectton al
possible
rec silver We have heheld go Init
the scrap heap 81 useless issues Anti
limp rialism lived Its rickety perios
and snapped TO plintered bones. AM
| nov, arm for revenue only III,
one maining link With Tiiden an,
leleYeland. has been banished. 81
What is 4 Demo m
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NO HALT TN THE ADVANCE.

= Beyond a nomentary furry In SOME
of the shares the death Of III. H. Rog-z
ers; did not. register itself In the stock
market. This; is, a striking tribute to |
the basic solfdIty of the general BnsiA
ness situation. Within The easy recol-
lection of men still Ian early nIddle
life the demise Of magnAte like
Rogers would have participated a
drop IN stocks along the whole active
line: All q STANDARD OH chief tain as
the master spirit 81 one railway, and
as n director il seyerl roads and In
dustrial eorporations, he was q power
full figure IN the financial work.
: And yat though his death was so
sudden that It took all his fanily and
.i1hme diate friends BY surprise, ex-5
cited no commotio lii financial Cir
cles. The sesmomete Of the ssttosk:
Exchange scarcely contains a trace OF
q tremor At the news of HIS taking
~ few decades ago zit was rather
common device Tor specu1a tors % fe-
! port the death of Jay Gould. William
ii Vanderbilt or other magnatas pc
the day, 50 as to profit BY the ,dlrop Ii
stocks which would come as ID t,6nse.
'ssquence on these eanards fortunes
have been mad and lost Today
these tricks would be vain. A rurnor
Of the death of Patten, the wheat
! plunger, which was sprung on the
Chicago board of Trade for a mo
4 mement few weeks ago made III
material change I'D the anotat ion. The
death Morgan or James q
Hill would cause only d momentarJ
decline III the stocks with hich theJ
are identi ned CULVER for ssfev
hours Is the only tribute which TIL
ticker would pay to the taking oif .
Nj. Hartman 80 unhappiIy, he shouis
leave us this morning
Despite the concentrat ion % ID,
great activiti lies unde fewer ana fswe
l,,heads their tunes II B tess ds
pendent "a the life of any individual
chic ftain than they were twenty
Thirty years. ago. Or even than Tie
we're ten years ago The shares III al
4 1.-THE great corporations are ar snor'
widely ddinfsused among tho people ttha;
they ever we're before although III
direction ~ these enterprises aEe I
q smaller number 81 banda. But d,
4 ery one of tke aptains of indnatr
has rdinateg who have sbsenst trail
4 ed ~ IFS school, and who. A. he Mer
4 | removed from TIE gceae, could Tai
4 Ihis placs. 10 the popular d.
tion, there never gas d lime vine
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PRESBYTERIAN, clurcI,

-
Services at the Presby terian church
sabbath June s al folio ~ ~
Ing worship at 11 clock this
hour the sacramen Sofs the Lord SUP
per Pc ce1e brated, ana members
win De publicit IL We lcomed Into 5chlrch
Fellowship:
H Sabbath school psclock
Junior q. q. societ
Intermediate ssoeiety at Il sp ,.s
49,
Senior CT -. Society At m Sub
5ect: NE Lessons for me from the
Gospel OF This will be the
last meeting Of tho Senior Society
before the simmer recess
Evening WORSHIP at s b. a. Subject
Ideal Nomanho ods /, I'his sub jsct sWas2
ann lnced for last week but its pre-
,sentation was deferred Unit next Sab
hath ;eyeaing This = the last suS-
ject I'M she serie sssoff adays evening:
addresses 70 young women a
s To am Of these services the public
are very cordia lily invited. and a genus
Inc Welcome Is assured all who attend.
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TIE WINGS ToSTRA1Ns.s

81 It looks as If we have reaehed the
limit Of speed with our present type
Of system or electric trains
r We have come to a place where.
the faster we want to go by rail the
heavier we must make our trains, in:
order to gain balance and friction for
the drive wheels In time we will
reach a place where the weight nes
:cessary for d fast train will make i'm Il q,
possible the speed we seek. :5{ Il
s. AS It Is now. the faster. a train goes
The more it must weigh. What In.
,yentors seek IS principle that will
mean, the faster train goes the less
twill weigh. f$s K
It is not improbable that this can
be accomplished by the use OF the
aeroplane. Even now 4 great New
York inventor is working On q system
which combines the aeroplano and
the trolly. The trolley, he plans, will
furnish the power that win drive the
cars; aeroplanes above each car will
exert a lifting power so that, j at a
speed of $50 miles an hour, the cars
win weigh practically nothing, and the
clamps that will hold the .trolly to the
overhead rail must be very strong. 81.
7. With our present trains the wear
and tear Of speed Of .150 miles an
hour would break the strongest rails.
with the aeroplane arrangement the
weight on the rails would be very
small. ,T1 i .5 =. E vi
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the country large acti Yitiess were
less depend ant on the life OF any ID.
than they are at this hoiI-,
St. Louis Globe Democr at.
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The Brocket News has now learn
ed the futility Of longer upholding the
Democratic standard, and has launch
ed Its frail barque on the sea of SOC
ialism. 1t will probably soon have
the Appeal to Reason backed into OBJ
.ivian. ----4..- . IL.
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lgssWOuld seem 70 De DS1aeTaDly less.
guilty To haul over d railroa ID stth you
own, q ton OF coal th at you than
to build astariff around q product that
Won deal In
few years ago a nited States
Senator was put out Of the Senate and
into Jail: because L he prac tseed before
the Department s.$ senat tor Burton
claimed he was nvicted under an
old law that had been repeatedly VIC
lated BY other Senators and Repre-.
sentatiyes. Neverthe less the country
approved the conviction Of Burton, It
was an unseemly thing that q Senator
should practice law and ask jldg-
ments from an Executive Dep tment
which: was depende emit up on his vote
for its appropriate lon, hat gave him
a standing which no private attorney
could have. There was good reason
for the law, and Senators and Repre-
sentatives have carefully obeyed It
since the Burton conyent ion hit It is
no less unseemly that a senator OF Re.
less 5unseemly that; a Senator orr Re
preventative should legislate Tor his
own personal nterests while appear
ing to legislate for the country How.
can he tell how far his tariff votes
are Influenced by bis own PERSONAL
interests. 8, I
I The country has a law that no man
interested in importati ions shall act as
Secretary Of the Treasury 30 is "a
proper law, since the Secretary Df the
Treasury is practically the maker Of
many customs regulati Ions. III would
be unseemly to have IN office Al man
who might be under the suspicion Of
shading the duties on his ownsgoods,
while vigorously enforcing them as to
his competitors, but IS IT. any more
unseemly than the spectacle ID Sen
ator like smoot rushing to the de-.
Tense Of high tariff on woolens when
he is in the WOODEN business. or of
Senator Scott pleading for more tax
on glass when he is making glass 2
The normal aspect seems stobe the
same: The difference il that there is
10 law prohibiting a Senator Of, Re
E59ELg il,
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pa hatS Is false to- Itself is false tos3
the people and the jld gmsnt ii which
they infliet & are ina IS
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1909-12-14
POLITICS AND POLITICIANS.

Former Governor Guild of Massa-
has accepted an invitation to
speak at the Gridley club banquet at
Ionia, Mich, next month.
James Il. Connolly, writer of sea
stories and friend OF Ex-President
Roosevelt, will be a candidate for Con-
gress in the Tenth Massachusetts dis
trict.
Announcement is made that ex-Gov-
crnor Myron r. Merrick OF Ohio. will
be a candidate against senator Dick
for the Republican nomination FOR
United States senator.
Gen. Charles III, Grosvenor thinks
Judge Robert w. Taylor of Cleveland
Is the strongest possible candidate for
the republican gubernatorial nomina-
tion in Ohio next year.
Elmer Dover. who held the position
Of secretary OF the republican nation
al committee for number OF years
has decided to abandon politics and
enter the business field.
The first annual convention OF thu
Lincoln voters League will be held n
Kalamazoo. Mich, May s. 1910. Thu
date is the semi-centennial OF the nom
nation OF Lincoln for the presidenc!
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1909-12-14
ANrI.TueERcuLosls STAMPS.

The anti tuberculosis stamps, whics
win be placed on sale i'm the express
Offices and postofiice on Thursday by
the Houghton County Anti-Tubercu-
losis society. and which already are
being sold in some of the stores, af-
ford one OF the means taken to pro-
mote the anti tuberculosis cause. The
sale is aimed To provide funds to carry
farther the work now being undertake
en-.
The fight against tuberculosis is one
of prevention even more than of cure,
Unfortunately science has so far been
baffled by the disease after it has
gained good Roadway. 1t is known.
however, that it comes from breathing
impure air that careful attention 10
physical condition can largely prevent
it and that through the enlightened
understanding of the world il might
perhaps he stamped out. 1t is a mat
ter for society. rather than for the in
dividual alone. however. The lower
classes among whom especially 1t
hourishes, must be taught the value of
fresh air. II is not sufficient 10 give
proper treatment To those afflicted
with the disease important as this is,
but the campaign must be carried even
10 those who are i'm no immediate dam
ger from IL.
To do all this, of course. funds are
necessary. Contributions to a cause
of this character are especially fitting
at the holiday season and the Christ
mas stamps. for the benefit of the To-
cal fight against tuberculosis princi-
pally, are sold to give everyone an OPP
portunity to make a humble contribu-
ton to the cause. They have no e.
nancial value as stamps; they do not
carry letter through the mails. but
they do carry a message of sympathy
for a good cause and afford pleasing
way Of making a contribution slight "a
it is and little as it is felt by the giver,
To that cause.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1909-12-14
IMMIGRATION EVILS.

The report OF the immigration COM
mission on the white slave traffic"
revolving as il is. does not present an
impossible problem The commission
reports that but a small percentage Of
innocent women are decoyed into this
country for immoral purposes. Thous-
ands are said 10 be brought in annual
~ who have previously become con-
Grmed i'm immortality. Their trade is
no more secret in the cities Of other
nations than in mis- country. Like many
other undesirable classes Of immi-
grants, these women embark for this
country because there is no adequate
scheme Of inspection az foreign ports.
Inspection on this side cannot be
thorough or adequate. The best pre-
ventive Of these importations is to es-
tablish a competent inspection sys-
tenn in foreign ports. 10 require would
be immigrants TO secure proper Gre
dentials before cmbarhng and IN am
pie time 10 permit Of verihcation as TO
physical condition, character and cir
cumstances. Supplement this with adj
equate state laws and local ordinances
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1909-12-14
this DATE IN HISTORY"

1739-Pierre Samuel Dupont. found
er Of the great powder works of Della
ware. born in Paris France. Died in
Wilmington, Del, Aug. 6, 1917.
17SO-Weddlng of Alexander Hamil-
ton and Miss Elizabeth Schuyler at
Albany, n. Y.
17S2-Gen. Anthony Wayne took pos
session Of Charleston, S. c., following
the evacuation of the city by the Bril-
fish.
1799-George Washington. first pres
ident Of the U. S, died at Mt. Vernon,
Va. Born in WestmOreland County
Va. Feb. %, 1882.
1S11-Noah Porter, 18th president of
Yale College, born in Pennington
Conn Died March 4, 1892.
1S19-Alabama admitted to the union
1S65-Charles J. jenkins inaugur-
ated governor Of Georgia.
1s92-Sir Adam G. Archibald OF
Nova Scotia, one of the Fathers OF
the Dominion Confederation died
Born May Is, 1914.
1S94-New Canadian ministry form
cd by Mr.. Mackenzie Bowel.
1gO1-Signor Marconi announced the
receipt at st. Johns, Newfoundland. Of
wireless signals from Cornwall, 1,70'
miles distant.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1909-12-14
this is MY 5sTH BIRTHDAY"

Hastings II. Hart head of the chill
dren's department OF the Russell Sage
Foundation. was born in Brookfeld,
Ohio. December IA, 1851 and was edu-
Gated at Oberlin College and Andover
Theological Seminary. For two years
he was a clerk in the United States
Indian service and for three years was
pastor Of a Congregational church at
Worthingham, Mimi. From 1893 TO
1898 he was secretary of the Mime
sofa board of charities and corrections.
Subsequently he held a similar posi-
ton with the Illinois Children's Home
and Aid Society, which he resigned last
May to enter upon his duties in con-
nection with the Russell Sage Foun-
dation, which has its headquarters in
New York. Mr.. Hart has had much
to do with the framing of child legis-
lation i'm Minnesota, Illinois and other
states