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Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1910-02-24
LABEL TALKS
CONSISTENCY.

we1l-known salesman of hats,
..o1eling in Texas, overheard a de-
tra .a among some union men at the
g ganot - The one who attracted the
ue aSt attention was telling the 9TH
nr r0 what they ought to do" When
e. e. fthe salesman) stepped up, say
ing, please let me see your nat u
a ~ the same time taking 1t on MS
b ~ turned down the lining and,
''ot seeing the union label, handed
= ~ hack with the advice to discard
49, scab hat and live up to the I'M
ion an principles. and not to cover his
w. of unionism with a scab hat.
Il wilted, while the others thanked
the salesman. e..
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1910-02-24
THEsT.NION LABEL.

Realizing the Importance OF the
euccess OF the trade union movement
that is only by concerted action can
NO gain that for which we contend /
would earnestly recommend sei1''
or recognition of the union label, and
urge upon our members to demand
the union label on all products pur-
eho by them and request your
friends to do likewise.
II. i
When buying stogies see that this
labei il on the box.
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1910-02-24

George L. Berry. Of San Francisco.
president Of the International Print
ing Pressmen and Assistants Union,
has announced his candidacy for re-
election.
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1910-02-24

serve thes Lord and our fellowmen the
full measure of our days on therearth!
For yerily,S when medical authorities
and practitioners all unite in proclaim.
ing such a gospel, we, the people, will
all cry, Amen and Amen!
IL. $500. = g. -. U. r. SCOTT.
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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-06-01
Miss Mary Remey Bride
Of Capt. J. w. Wadleigh

Miss Mary Remey. daughter OF Rear
Admiral and Mrs Remey, Z. s. y. and
Capt. John Winthrop Wadleigh, L. 5.
NJ. c.. son Of Rear Admiral and Mrs.
Wadleigh, q. S. ", win be married this
afternoon a. o'clock, IN ST. Thomas
Episcopal Church IN the presence Of
distinguished company.
A prOfusion OF palms, roses, and peo-
attractive background for the bridal
party.
Admiral Remey, who VIII wear his
uniform. as viii the bridegroom and his
attendants. Will escort his daughter and
give her in marriage. she viii wear
white satin with an overdress and train
trimmed with rose point lace and sprays
OF orange blossoms. Her tulle vel VIII
be arranged with orange blossoms, ana
she viii carry lilies OF the valley
Miss Angelica Remey, sister OF the
bride. viii be the maid OF honor, ana
her only attendant She will wear white
messaline satin. draped and trimmed
with fringe and hand embroidery her
hat viii ne a white Neapoltan straw,
trimmed with pink roses and tulle, ana
she viii carry pink roses.
Dr. John l. Nelson, l. ;. n, VII
be the best man. and the ushtrs Val oe
can't c. r. Williams, Z 5 NJ c. Lieut.
Richard Wainwright f.. Z ; N ana
William 3. Remey and John T. kenney'
brothers Of the bride
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-06-01
MORE LIGHT ON THE COST
OF LIVING.

Interest in the high cost of living
continues keen. and the public is glad
of any information that throws light
on the subject. A New York whole
sale merchant puts the onus on the
middleman-OT, what is still more dis
turbing, the middlemen-by quoting
the wholesale and retail prices of GER
tain vegetables He shows that straw
berries, quoted wholesale at 6 to 10
cents a quart, are retailed at 20 to 40
cents; tomatoes, which at the highest
are sold, wholesale, at 8 cents a pound,
are retailed at % cents a pound;
while new potatoes, costing, wholesale,
from 2Js to cents a quart, are re-
tailed at Is cents quart. The whole
saler who quotes these figures makes
it very clear that the middleman, in
New York, at any rate, is getting a
large part of the increased cost of
living.
President Brown, of the New York
Central lines, in a speech before the
Cleveland Chamber of Commerce,
dweIt upon the lack of concentration
in the means of distribution and the
economic waste incident thereto. Liv-
ing in an apartment house in New
York containing about forty apart
ments. he observed that at times there
were as many as fifteen delivery
wagons, each with only one or two
boxes or baskets, when one wagon and
driver easily might have made all the
deliveries. In a nearby block he noticed
that there were sixteen stores or mar
kets, all dealing in the same line of
business, when four such stores easily
might have taken care Of the trade,
and the superau0us dozen merchants
with their clerks, might have been out
In the country as producers instead OF
remaining in the city as consumers.
As the New York Times remarks
there is more wisdom in this sug, res
ton than in all the reports of ali the
commissions to investigate the high
cost of living. Concentration and CO
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-06-01
GAS ISSUES ARE NOW SQUARE
LY BEFORE CONGRESS.

-Four years ago, when The Washing
ton Times began its campaign for
cheaper gas and for regulation of the
gas companies, the price of gas in the
District of Columbia was 81 per
thousand cubic feet.
After submitting to the constant agi-
tation of The Times and the people for
three years the gas companies, on July
/, 1909, reduced the price OF gas TO
Oh cents per thousand cubic feet.
simultaneously with the reduction
TIE gas companies declared an extra
dividend of 10 per cent, making 20 per
cent paid in dividends last year.
When The Times started it's fight the
gas companies were in court, under a
law passed in 1896, with a procedure
TO double the capitalization Of the com
panies.
That procedure was defeated and the
Law permitting the capital to be
doubled has been repealed.
The gas consumers have been saved
from the necessity Of paying dividends
on an additional S5OOO,OO0 of capital
ization.
Spurred on by the campaign of The
Times and the public protest aroused
by this newspaper. the House District
Committee has reported to the House
for passage a bill reducing the price
OF gas to so cents per thousand cubic
feet, and a resolution prohibiting any
increase in capitalization by the com
pSnies without specific authority of
Congress,
Evidence brought out in the gas
hearings before the House District
Committee this winter and spring prove
conclusively that the price of gas
should be not more than 80 cents per
thousand cubic feet, and that the com
Panies' stOckjuggling procliyities
should be curbed
The s0-cent bill and the capitalize
tion resolution are now before the
House for passage or rejection.
What Is the House going TO do
about it?
Is the right of the people Of the Dis
trict of Columbia to a fair deal from
the gas companies to be recognized at
this session of Congress, OF are the
gas companies to be allowed to con-
tinue their arbitrary and high-handed
practices and their 20 per cent divi-
dends?
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-06-01

spondent's statements as true. They
show, as does the Presidents story
on ancient bureau practices, that our
methods of attending to the Govern
ment's business need a thorough over
hauling. They also cause one to sus-
peet that Senator Aldrieh probably
knew what lie was talking about when
he said he could run the Government
at saving of $3OO,OOO,OOO year if
he had authority to conduct it as he
would conduct a private institution.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-06-01
ca pital Tale S
Lee Resembles Father

n nee a month there appears upon
- the streets or Washington a man
who bears a striking resemblance 70
Cen Robert F. Lee The man IS. IN
fact, Gen George Washington Gusts
Lee. a son Of the leader OF he Con-
federate Army, who served as major
general in the Confederate ARM
General Lees regular visits TO WASH
ingtOn are not for me purpose OF re-
newing old acquaintance. he always
has a more practicable mission As soon
as he leaves the train the old soldier
walks 70 the Ebbitt House barber shop
A negro barber greets him courteously.
the general steps into the chair and has
his hair cut. After leaving the barber
shop nc steps across the street TO the
law offices OF his son. Robert e Lee,
where he remains for a few minutes
He then takes an early afternoon train
back 70 mis- home in Fairfax county
General Lee is president emeritus OF
Washington and Lee University. Of
which Institution his father also was
president The striking resemblance 10
his famous father was illustrated by the
sculptor who was selected TO design the
statue Of General Lee which now stands
in statuary hall al the Capital The
sculptor had an excellent death mask
Of the Confederate general. but was
somewhat puzzled about the size OF the
hands until he was informed that Gen.
George Washington CustIs Lee was the
living image Of HIS father. The sculp-
tor thereupon took an impression Of the
hands OF the son
Gen. Robert Lee, by the way, Is the
subject Of much debate in 81 me quar-
+ers as the result Of statene rs recent
" made by Senator Lodge Of Massa-
rbusetts to the effect that he was not
q citizen of the United States when he
died.
The proclamation Of President Johnson
Granted amnesty TO I'll Confederate
soldiers below the rank OF colonel All
officers above that rank were required
~ take an oath Of allegiance to the
limited States before bsinG restored 70
citizenship. Senator Lodge has asserted
tba+ General Lee did not take that oath
oItbougb he advised his soldiers to dc
so. - L,,,, ,5i.,,,+.5 -,
80 IF Lees followers, and officials q
81 ,-oneressional Library have been re-
s.',-ted to look VI the records They
49, been at work several days, bui
lis far have found no document e
S;s9ro1-e the assertion Of the MasSa-
rf711setts Senator
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-06-01
INCREASES OFFREIGHT RATES
ARE ENJOINED.

Attorney General Wickersham has
succeeded in getting a temporary in
junction, granted by Judge Dyer of the
Federal district court at Hannibal. Mo-,
restraining twenty-five railroads in
the Middle West from putting into
effect the increases in freight rates
which they proposed to establish to-
day. The injunction was issued in the
nick of time A few hours delay
would have meant that the rates had
gone into effect. As it is, the in
creases will not be allowed until the
court has had time to try the suit for
a permanent injunction.
Inasmuch as it viii probably be next
fall before the case can finally be
heard, this will give the shippers a long
respite from the threatened higher
tariffs The Government, backed by
Western shippers, maintains that the
roads have acted in concert and there
fore have violated the Sherman anti
trust law.
On the face of things the Govern
ment side of the contention is a strong
one. Such evidence of conspiracy anc
concert of action was presented TO the
Department Of Justice that Il could
not be overlooked. As a practical mat
ter, no other course was open 10 the
Administration but to take steps to
enjoin the increases in view of their ex-
tent. the vast sums of money involved
to shippers and consumers, and the cir
cumstances under which they appear
to have been unitedly determined upon.
Credit is due the Administration and
the Attorney General for prompt action
when the shippers presented their case
to the Department Of Justice. None the
less, it is true that to have failed TO
act would have merited severe con
demnation and would have been in
defensible. Politically, it would have
been folly.
1t is TO be borne in mind that the
action OF the Government under the
Sherman law, however, does not by
any means solve the question Of how
to escape higher freight rates for the
Middle West The roads can turn
squ&rely around and file with the In
terstats Commerce Commission notices
of other increases, so long as they
avoid concert Of action. The whole
transaction points clearly to the fact
that until the Interstate Commerce
Commission is clothed with authorit!
such as to require its approval to in
ere ssss Of rates before those increases
90 i>to effect, there viii be no
adequate regulation Of freight rates.
and no security to shippers against
just such alarms and disturbances as
they have been subjected to in this
instance.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-06-01
Reception
At Brides Parents Home.

Following the ceremony al the cnurcn.
there VII De a reception az uzs nome OF
the brides parents On New Hampshire
avenue. The decorations Will consist OF
Mains and pink roses in the drawing
roona- and ferns AID white IN the dining
Mrs Remev. mother Of the bride. VII
wear gray chiffon over gray satin Win
a black lace hat tr1mzped with WaILe
plImes- y,.s. r
&. n. OF Lexington. Mass, parents OF
the BRIDEGROOM; his sisters. MISS Wad-
leigh. Of Lexington, and MS severance
RIIrrare. Of Lafayette, Ind, the latter
ACCOMPANIED BY her two children, MS
Williams, Of Dover, y d. sister OF
Rear Admiral Wadleigh; Mrs William
Bush. Of Wilmington Del. Miss Barry.
OF New Jersey. and Miss Clarke. Of
Boston. were among those who came
from out OF town 20 attend TIE wedding.
After their bridal trip, Captain Wad-
leigh will take his bride 70 the Marine
RarraclIs at the Boston navy yard,
where he IS stationed Mrs Wadlelgh
Will wear for her going away gown 4
tailored suit Of dark blue cloth.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-06-01
Miss Stotsenburg Weds
Lieut.. Charles r. Mayo

The marriage Of Miss Laura Annesley
StOtsenburg. daughter or Mrs john NJ
StOtsenburg, and the late Colonel Stots-
enburg, T. S. A, TO Lieut.. Charles Rus
sell Mayo, Tenth Cavalry, [. S. A,
VIII take place this afternoon az $50
O'Clock in ST Margaret's. The offciat-
ing clergyman will be the rector. the
Rev. Herbert Scott Smith, who will
perform the ceremony IN the presence
OF a large gathering OF relatives and
friends
Palms, yellow daisies and peonies viii
form the church decorations. An ap-
propriare musical program by the or
ganist Of the church Will precede the
entrance OF the bridal party and con
tinUe softly throughout the ceremony.
The bride, who VIII be given In mar
rage by her uncle. James r Ely, OF
New York, viii wear a handsome bridal
gown OF white satin and rose point lace,
made on simple princess lines with a
long train. and the lace trimmed bodice
finished win V-shapeG neck. She will
wear long veil OF tulle arranged with
sprays Of lilies Of TIE valley. and will
carry a shower bouquet OF lilies OF the
valley.
Mrs. Leon B. KRONER. wife Of Captain
Kroner. Q. NJ D. L. s. A, viii be her
sisters matron Of honor. She VIII wear
white embroidered null over yellow
satin, made in princess effect, with a hat
OF white lace trimmed with tiny yellow
rosebuds, and her bouquet will be OF yell
low daisies.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-06-01
ANOTHER CASE OF ANCIENT
BUSINESS METHODS.

In the mail Bag" column today The
Times publishes an exceedingly inter
esting letter from a former Govern
ment employee, who writes concerning
the ancient business methods in the
Government departments, a subject
treated extensively by President Taft
in his interview in the current number
Of McClure's magazine.
The writer spent several years in
the service OF the Government, in a
bureau where hundreds of men and
women are employed The conditions
he describes are almost unbelievable,
yet when one considers the astounding
revelations made by Mr.. Taft it is not
difficult to accept The Times CORE
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-06-01
CIVIL PENSIONS IN FOREIGN
COUNTRIES.

1t Is almost a universal habit in the
United States 10 denounee any one who
holds up the customs or institutions of
a foreign country as a guide for Ameri-
cans in dealing with their own prob
lens. why should we 90 to Eng
land, or Germany, or France, OF Hol-
land for lessons in government; we're
the smartest people on the face of the
globe; nobody can show rs anything"
This is what one is likely 20 hear if he
presumes to mention how some foreign
people handle this or that or the other
troublesome issue.
In this we are silly and astonishingly
short-sighted. AS matter of fact,
while we are the smartest people on
the face of the globe, still we have not
by any mean perfected "a monopoly
on human intelligence There's still a
little common sense and wisdom float
ing around the Old World and the
Orient, and we would do exceeding well
10 take such of it as we need and use
it when it fits our own case.
For instance, practically all the
civilized powers have been pensioning
their civil employees for years, while
we are Just beginning 10 recognize the
necessity for such a system. Our civil
service has reached a point where it
shows the evil effects of superannra-
ton among employees, and we find our
selves confronted with a problem. We
cringe at the inhuman policy of turn
ing our faithful old workers out into
the cold, to subsist on almost nothing
OF TO starve, yet we find it necessary
to turn them out in order that the
public work may be more efficiently
performed. And we have made no pro-
vision for their old age.
England, France, Germany, Holland
even barbaric Turkey-have long had
civil service retirement systems. These
people are some few hundred years
older than we and they have learned
by experience what we have been too
bigoted to learn by observation. Their
systems have stood there, year after
year, open to our inspection, but we've
been such a smart lot of wideawake
Yankees that we didn't need to turn
TO them to learn how to run our gov
ernmenti
If we had had a little more breadth
Of view and little more humanity in
our hearts and a little less selfshness
in our minds we would have looked
across the water, observed what was
being done in Europe, and put into oper-
alton here the good thing that we saw
there If we had done that a few years
ago we would not now, in casting
about for some way to help our old
civil employees, who are being dropped
from the rolls, find that sympathy is
the only thing we can offer for their
relief.
The Gillett civil service retire
ment bill now pending in the House
was drawn after a thorough investiga-
tion of the pension systems of foreign
countries. In it is embodied what the
trainers of the measure believe are the
best features of all the plans that have
been tried.
Congress should pass the Gillett bill
and should do il at this session.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-06-01
Acknowledgement
Wedding Party Selected.

Arrangements are now c0--rr-r.T ....
the wedding OF Miss Eleanor AIexarG--.
daughter Of Ms Henri. Addison Arer-
ahder. 70 Theodore Roosevelt IT.. u-hig1
will take place Monday afternoon. June
%. in the Fifth Avenue Presbytertz1
Church. New York
Miss Elizabeth Bertron. whose ma
rage 20 Snowden Andrew IA nestorS
takes place today. VIII act as rastro-
OF honor, and the bridesmaids VII Dc
Miss Ethel Roosevelt. sister II the bride
groom. Miss Harriet Alexander and
Janetta Alexander. daughters OF Nj
and Mrs C. 3 Alexander and cousins
OF The bride-elect: Miss Jean W. DeIano.
a daughter Of MI and Mrs Warren
DSIano. il. and Miss Jessie Wilmington
Dr. AXE. Of Paris.
Evelyn Dupont Irving Will be Nj
Roosevelt's best man and the ushers
win be Francis Roche. John W. Cutler.
Hamilton Fish. j.; E Morgan Gilbert.
Fulton Cutting. Elliott Cutler. Grafton
Chapman, George Roosevelt. Munroe
Robinson. and Kermit Roosevelt, broth
er Of the Bridegroom. who accom-
panied the former President on his
hunting trip.
The Rev Dr. Henry NJ Sanders, a
great-uncle Of the bride-elect, VIII OIL
ciate, assisted by Dr. Gordon Russell,
Of Crawford. N J
Following the ceremony there viii b.
a reception at the residence Of Mr.. an
Mrs c. B. Alexander on West Fifty
eiShth street.
Nj. Roosevelt viii give his bachelor
dinner at DelmOnico's Saturday
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-06-01
WIDOW TO ATTEND
CUSTER UNWILLING
Leaves for Monroe, Mich, Where
Monument to Generals Mem
ory Will Be Accented

NEW YORK, June Mrs. Elizabeth
B. Custer, widow of General Custer, the
famous Indian tighter, has left here for
Monroe. Mich, the birthplace Of her
husband, where a monument in his
memory viii be unveiled by her in the
town square next Saturday morning.
President Taft will attend and make
an address, as viii also Senator William
Alden Smith and Gen. David Mem
Gregg, commander of the Second Cav
airy Corps, Department of the Army of
the Potomac.
The IInveiling viii be attended by
many members Of Congress and Sen
ators. and a salute OF seventeen guns
VIII be fired.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-06-01

operation are undoubtedly excellent
up to the point where competition is
not destroyed. Eliminating the profits
of some of the middlemen, however,
is fraught with much less danger and
is well worthy OF attention.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-06-01
Amusements-

Relssco--A Pair Of Spectacles." $50
p m.
Natioual-"u Trovatore," S:15 D. m.
CoIunbia-''College Widow" SIS D. N.
csdeny-Vaudeville, us D. m.
Gavety-'Jersey Lilies" SIS D m
CasinO-Continuous vaudeville
Masonic Auditorium-Motion pictures
100
Najestic-AIotion pictures and vaudeville.
Cosmos-MOtion pictures and vaudeville.
Arcade-Midvvay attractions
Luna. Park-Music. dancing. and vaude-
vile.
Chevy Chase Lake-Music and dancing
Marshall Hall-Music and dancing
chesapeake Beach-Ail amusements.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-06-01
What S on the Program
Tonight IN Washington

Builders Exchange building-Enter-
tainment by members of the Asso-
citation of Masters and Craftsmen Of
the Building Trades, S p m
Raleigh Hotel-Address BY Edwin
Fairfax Naulty. The True Nature Of
Comets" $50 p. m
MCMAHON Hall-COuegiat debate Of
the Catholic University Of America,
D m
TruesdelI estate, Connecticut avenue
Lawn Fete under asupices Of Rec
tors Aid Society OF St MargaretS
Episcopal Church. TO 10 D. m.
Y. M. c Al. Fishburne, champion
checker player Of South Carolina,
meets all corners. s p m
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-06-01

Persons leaving the city for a
long or short period during the
summer can have The Times
mailed TO them at the rate of
thirty cents a month, or seven
cents a week. Addresses may be
changed as often as desired. All
mail subscriptions must be paid
In advance.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-06-01
MAY CIRCULATION.
Daily.

Tho net total circulation OF The Times
daily during the month OF May was
LES go. all copies left over and returned
being eliminated This number. when d.
vided by g. the number Of days OF publica-
tion, shows the net daily average FOR May
70 have been A,574.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-06-01

Wher so eminent a forester as Pin
chot assures Us that the big stick is as
hard and knotty as ever we are surely
justified in believing II.