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The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1910-03-11
TARIFF AND COSTOFAIVIMG.

1t will b. found that a good many
persons who are quick to say that
the high csst of living is due to the
new Tariff law are parties to an
arrangement for the control of
wholesale aNd retail prices. To
attribute high cost of living to the
Parift has become 4 habit vithsome
persons. The 0ew Tariff law rsdu ced
customs duties on many articles ia
common use. The reductions were
generally on tho neeessaries, while
the increases we're geaerally On the
luxuriss, such as champagne. The
Payne Tariff Law provides dover
duties on necessities ia geasral use
than did the Dingley law And yet
the cost of living has continued to
rise. The Tariff does not explain
the rise. 1t may be that removal
of duty entirely would lower the
price of certain articles, but the
policy of this country Is and long
has been to raise revenue by means
of the Tariff and to prevent foreign
competition that could not be met
in this country without lowering
wages and the American standard
of living.
Curiously enough the complaint
now is against high prices, while the
complaint back in the 'oos was
against low prices. Then the
farmer was dissatisfied. Now the
farmer is satisfied, while many city
folk are complaining. Yet we are
generally more prosperous in cities
than we were back in the 'oos. City
folk complain of high prices, and
yet Tacoma would not think of
returning to conditions of IA or IS
years ago.-Tacoma Ledger, In
American Economist.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1910-03-11

and run the average up away obove
what it really is. The mails ought
to be weighed In every day just as
freight would be weighed and the
government should pay on the
actual and not On the fictitious
weights.
But here Is another graft that
most of the people of this great and
glorious country do not know any.
thing about. In addition to paying
fer the carrying of the mails by
weight the government rents mail
postoffiee cars from the railroad
companies These cars cost the
companies about 81, 600 each and
for the annual rent of them the
government pays the enormous
average of s3,s75.Ie per annum,
or more than so per cent per annun
Of the cost of the cars. This, l
may say, is the average rental.
There are some of the cars that are
smaller and cost less than others, so
that the rental varies. l am giving
the average cost of the cars and the
average rental.
During the year 1899 the govern
ment rented I,342 cars for which 1t
paid an annual rental of s., 500, 900.
Now what do you think of thst7
The cars are not subjected TO hard
usage. They last a long time, ss We
all know for We have seen a good
many old cars on the road. l do
not know the life of railway mail
car, but it must be several years.
Where is there any record of such
rentals In private business as the
government pays? Ifall the business
of the postoffice department Is
carried on that line It is no wonder
that there is a postal deficit.
1t is fair to say that the roads that
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1910-03-11
Still Prices Are High

We note that prices are still high
and some of them still on the ur-
ward grade, Notwithstanding the
newspapers and politicians are keep
ing up a continued wall and seeking
to find the cause. High prices have
come to stay, we believe, and we
think the tariff cuts but little figure
in the matter.
Highly protected articles and arti.
cles with no tariff whatever seem to
feel alike, the tendency toward an
upward glide. Since most of the
advances are on the things the
farmer has to sell and not on what
he has to buy, he ought to be the
best satisfied man in the world. And
since the politician has always ex-
pressed the greatest interest in the
horney handed farmer, praised him
in season and out and always claimed
to be willing to make all kinds of
sacrifices for the oppressed farmer,
why is he not willing to accept the
conditions and watch the farmer
prosper and quit prating against con
ditions that are the most favorable
the farmer has ever known.
Why not adjust ourselves to the
changed condition, advance the
wages of the laborer and the SalarieG
man in proportion to the increased
cost of living and quit kicking on
high prices. Let the goverhmen,
continue squeezing the juice out OF
the unlawful combines that seek to
exact runous profit out of their
business and all tip our hats to the
prosperous farmer and wish him,
God Speed.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1910-03-11
COST or CARRYING MAILS.

Wick Murdock, the red headed
rooster from Wichita, is ono Of the
things that Kansas people are proud
of. He has done a good many
things that suit the bully West all
right bat his principal field OF
usefulness SO far has been in trying
to knock out the railroad mail graft
that has been permitted for genera
ton after generation.
II the statements made on the
foor of the house and not disputed
so far as | can find, are true I have
most profound astonishmens that
the railroad managers on the one
side have had the nerve to ask the
rates they have been getting for
hauling the mails and that the
government officials on the other
side have been fools enough to pay
the rates that have beea paid.
and from statements made on
the floor that the government pays
at the rate effrom $la.75 per annum
per mile where the average amount
is not more than 200 pounds per
day up to SI7I per annum per mile
where the average amount of mail
carried is 5000 pounds per day.
Where the average amount Is over
5000 pounds per day and less than
48, 900 pounds per day the rate is
$40. 80 per annum per mile for each
1000 pounds over 5000. II the
amount carried exceeds an average
of 4S, 900 pounds the rate is sIo.24
for each 2, 900 pounds.
The daily average was formerly
arrived at by weighing the nails for
the first seven days of the year and
dividing the sum total by six. This
was palpable swindle in two ways.
First, the time of weighing was taken
when the heaviest mails were being
carried and second, the sum of
seven days mail was divided by six,
thus increasing the real average by
more than I6 per cent.
Victor Murdock discovered this
swiHdle but for seme time was not
able to get the attention OF congress
at all and had to take the matter up
with Roosevelt and the postmaster
general when he succeeded in get
ting action and affected a saving of
S million dollars per annum. There
is, however, still swindle. Picking
out,a particular week in which to do
the weighing gives an opportunity
to stuff the mails during that week
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1910-03-11

lican Senators in their united sup
port of the postal savings bill. On
the other hand, it is pointed out that
the postal savings plan, as estab
Iished in Brazil, on the first of the
year, has already begun to give most
satisfactory results.
The hitch here is on the PROPOSE
ton to invest the funds deposited in
the purchase of government bonds.
The objections to that feature are so
strong as to make it probable that it
will be dropped.-S. H. Carr.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1910-03-11

Ex Senator Platt of New York has
passed over the divide. He was a
bright man, sometimes wrong butal.
ways doing something. Better be
wrong sometimes than cat no ice.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1910-03-11

And now comes MI. Rockefeller,
the richest man in the world, and
proposes to give 500, 900, ooO of his
hard earned dollars to educational
and charitable purposes. Thus is
this great fortune to be distributed.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1910-03-11
McCune Drug stoe Wall Paper House, Barn and Carriage

y
are given every Tuesday night, and
the spacious audience rooms arr
crowded at every recital. People
come in from across the Potomlc
river in Virginia and from nearby
towns in Maryland to attend the
services. A purely vocal service
will be given at St. James church
on the night of March 1st, at which
some of the best known choral
artists in the Capital will sing.
All Souls Unitarian church, where
President Taft attends services every
Sunday, is not making any effort te
observe Lent, as the tenets of the
church do not recognize the season.
St. Johns church, just across
Lafayette square, opposite the
With House, where Mrs. Taf
attends services, is very smal
sdifce, compared with some of the
imposing temples of the Capital,
and the congregation will not at
tempt to attract large audiences to
the Lenten services. St. Johns, b,
the way, is the favorite church fol
celebrating society weddings.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1910-03-11

The churches at Washington are
offering especially effective musical
programs during Lent. The mest
carefully selected series are those
gwen at St. James Episcopal and
Mt. Vernon Methodist churches.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1910-03-11

Roosevelt will be welcomed home,
this summer with vim and eathusi-
asm never before accorded an Amer
ican citizen.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1910-03-11

The President has on his personal
staff military and naval aide. IL
the present season the names OF
these two aides are short, if no
euphonious. They are, respectively,
Butt and Pratt, the former being
the military aad the latter the nava
aide.
During President Roosevelt's ad-
ministratioa his military aides also
had short names, Lieutenants Grant
and Lee being the respective grand
sons of the two great commanders
on opposite sides during the Civil
war.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1910-03-11

Roy VanOrman visited 10 Cha .uie
g ffw esvs. this woek.'
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1910-10-16
Anglo-German Spying

LONDON, September 19.-'' Spytis"
is the prevalent disease in Germany
and England at present. In both coun-
tries any innocent tourist with camera
who happens to stray into the neigh
borhood of fort, dockyard or mill
tary post IS liable to find himself
pouncad on by the authorities and in,
earcerated in a dungeon until he can
demonstrate that he j. not employed
by the Intelligence department" of
the rival power.
1t is no uncommon thing in rural
England for enthusiastic hoy scouts to
shadow for days any stranger with a
German accent who appears in the
neighborhood, aud cases are on record
where tourists have appealed to the
police for protection against the zeal
Of the amateur detectives. IN Ger
many the police look with suspicion on
any one wearing golf cap, which is
supposed to be tie distinctive mark of
the EngIishmau abroad
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1910-10-16

The astonished young man said quite
frankly that he was Lieutenant Helm
of the German pioneer regiment. and
gave up few sketches that he pos
sessed. 1t mas not been stated whether
he pointed ont that the fort he was
sketching was obsolete and more inter
estlng as a ruin than as a modern mill
tary work, but such is the case. 1t is
also a fact that he could have bought
all the picture post cards Of the fort
he wanted in Portsmouth for one cent
each.
The admiralty and the war office are
greatly pleased at the capture, and CON
slider it highly important. It is doubt
full, however. if Lieutenant Helm will
ever be tried for espionage in England
Some dark night in all proba bility, he
will be turned quietly out of a back
door Of the fort and told to go home
and say nothing more about the matter,
and about the same time Brandon and
Trench will make their temperance
among their friends in England. Of
course, TINS VIII not be an exchange Of
spies, for eou see there is no such thing
as spying in the eyes of the respective
governments, and, of course. they
couidn t exchange spies who don t ex-
list But Germany and England viii
both get their officers back, and every
e
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1910-10-16

had to disown them. It is one of the
risks which a spy takes when he under
takes his job. He need expect no as
sistance from his country if he is
caught, for it is one of the axioms of
polite diplomacy that no such thing as
spying exists, and, of course. to try to
aid captured spy would give the game
away.
However, Brandon and Trench have
influential friends, and the admiralty
was implored by them to do something,
so quiet hint was sent out to all the
English coast fort ifcations and military
posts that if they could pick up a Ger
man spy or two it would be appreciated
at headquarters. Now comes the really
delicious sequel. This week the British
papers announced, with a great show of
black headlines, that a real German spy
had been captured at Portsmouth He
was lying on the glacis of a fort MAX
ing sketches, when he was observed by
some English officers, who promptly sent
out a patrol and arrested him.
A great show of secrecy was made.
He was blindfolded before he was
brought into the fort, and when he
was in, double guard was placed at
the door of the room he was confined
in. lie was allowed TO eat at the Off
GERS mess with a guard behind his
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1910-10-16

Quite the funniest situation which has
yet arisen is now in process of devel-
opment. few days ago it was an
nounced in the English papers that two
Englishmen, who gave their names as
Brandon and Trench, had been arrested
at Borkum, one of the Tristan Islands,
where Germany is erecting immense
Notifications to protect the mouth of
the Ems. One Of them was caught
within the military works at night with
sketchbook and papers containing
drawings which an ordinary tourist
would scarcely be likely to make were
also captured. The men refused to say
anything about themselves, and the
British press made a great fuss about
the outrage on two innocent tourists
The Germans, however, still have them
under lock and key, and before long
will Try them for espionage.
Brandon and Trench, it Is said. are
really naval officers in the British serv-
Ice, and when they were caught they
were on Intelligence service the
polite name for spying-for the British
admiralty. OF course, the admiralty
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1910-10-16
STAR MAP NO. v.

near the full. or where thmil
glare from street lights, q M]
air is hazy. The hazines Vi!
greatly in a short time that 1 |
to make several trials Of q fssI|
each in one evening. Il yml
bright star IN the east that !. |
the map, note carefully il I
among the stars, and mark II
on the map, with the date. na|
it carefully.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1910-10-16

just as satisfactory answers to all the
other questions suggested.
The first five maps are all drawn to
represent pretty accurately the posi-
tions of the stars shown at eight clock
on October l6, half past seven on Octo-
Der %, seven O'Clock on October 80.
All maps will be accurate for the cor
responding dates next year and may
be kept for future use. Map / ought
to be kept, as it will be useful through
out the year, and it will always be in
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1910-10-16

Let US hope that you have found the
more important consultations on the
two maps already published-say Cas-
siopea and the Little Bear. Sagittarius,
the Eagle, the Swan and the Tyre. If
you have watched them Just a little
from hour to hour in the evenings, YOU
have found out for yourselves that they
seem to move from east to west, just
as the sun and moon do A little watch
ing from night to night viii give you
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1910-10-16

come into view. and then. if you follow
them until they disappear, you will find
yourself so familiar with them that you
maps.
Map Y shows the consultations in
the south, map V those in the east.
Remember that many of the stars are
faint, so do not expect to find these
consultations easily while the moon is
great square will give you an exact
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1910-10-16
Short Trips i'm Star Land

and look for it. Find the great square
of Pegasus first, and the rest will come
easily. The two western stars of the
meridian. or north and south line. in
the sky, and You may be interested to
know that when this meridian is d.
rectlv overhead it is one hour before
noon. star time. Map III is the only
zenith map that will be necessary for
our purposes, as hereafter we shall pub
fish maps of the consultations as they
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1910-10-16

pretty nearly the right position if held
so that the name of the month is at the
bottom.
Map III shows the stars around the
zenith during the month of October.
The easiest way to use it is to hold it
over your head, with the bottom toward
the south. when you will find the direc-
tons indicated in the corner correct.
Then study the constellation you wish
to find, for few minutes. and go out
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1910-10-16

Jack-Wdows wiser than maids in respec at
What the answerP Jack-They
a better will their way.-Chieago News
Los Angeles herald., 1910-06-05
PEREnNlALs FOR HOME YARD

The overwhelming popularity of the
old-fashioned hardy plants at present
is not to be wondered at so much as the
fact that for long time they have been
relegated to back yards and out-of-the-
way corners. In view of the favor that
these plants enjoyed when flower gar
dens were more natural and equally as
beautiful as those of today, one is al
most tempted to believe that the die
tates of Dame Fashion extend even
unto the flower kingdom. Whether
such be the case or not, perennials are,
and always have been, the most prac-
tical plants for the home yard. Among
the many characteristics recommend
ing them to favor, the most note
worthy perhaps are: Extreme hardi-
ness, necessitating hut one planting;
increasing attractiveness from year to
year and an ease of culture that is un-
equaled by any other class of plants.
A problem, hard to solve, is that so
many home makers are content to ex-
pend so much energy on tender plants
that endure but one short season, While
perennials, possessing as great beauty
and a longer Towering season, will live
for years. Not that the bright blossoms
of the so-called ANIMALS or tender bed
ding plants, are to be discarded from
the garden or border-for they are un-
excelled for many purposes-but their
planting gives only temporary results
which must be created anew each sea-
son, while stocking the yard with per-
ennials means effective planting not
only for the present, but olso for the fu-
ture.
For the home maker who never has
time to fuss with plants, perennials
are invaluable, for if they are planted
in good soil and in an open location
they will thrive gloriously with no 9TH
er care than rich dressing of fertiliz-
er once year.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-06-05
SECRET OF CONFINEMENT

The great secret of contentment is
to get out of each moment all the sat
isfaction it holds. 1t is a great mis-
take to waste one moment in restlessly
looking for what the next may bring.
enjoyed, hardly saw, the things they
had come to see, because they were
always planning what they were going
to do next. They would pass through
the most beautiful country with their
eyes glued on hotel prospectuses and
time tables. 1 have friends whose minds
are occupied all winter with the sum-
mers plans, and all summer with the
winters. They never really live at all.
Such people are always restless and
never either get or give pleasure to
those around them.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-06-05
GROWING CUTTINGS OR SLIPS

Many greenhouse plants, such as
the geranium, rose, carnation, fuchsla'
begonia and the like are easily prop
agated from cuttings of new or pres.
ent seasons growth called SIPS
These herbaceous cuttings may be
made from either the leaf or stem.
The begonia is an example of plants
having thick fleshy leaf and these
may be propagated from the lear or
even part of a leaf. A box filled with
clean sand and crushed gravel is the
best bed for growing leaf cuttings.
Soil containing much organic matter
or clay is not desirable. The stems
should be stuck in the sand wnlca
should be kept moist till mass OF
roots appear, when the plant may be
transplanted. Stem cuttings of geran-
ium, rose, coleuS, ETC., strike root cas-
lily and the bed for their propagation
should be about like those for stem
cuttings-clean gravel overlaid with
two inches of sand. l have rooted the
oleander by taking stem cutting SIX
inches long and inserting one end in
pint bottle of clear water. other
plants may be rooted in the same
manner. A little cotton wrapped about
the end that is placed in the bottle is
thought to hasten the formation of
roots.
A large mouth bottle or jar with a
handful of gravel in the bottom has
also been used with satisfactory re-
suits where only few plants were
needed.
A confined atmosphere over the tops
is desirable especially for such plants
as have thin leaves liable to wilt easily
and for those which require long
time to root. If the cuttings are set
in box a pane of glass may be placed
over the box. A simple method is to
invert glass fruit jars over the cut
tings. One may be moderately sue
cessful by placing the cuttings in
open ground and inverting a fruit jar
Los Angeles herald., 1910-06-05
WAS RIDlCULoUsLY EASY

A physician who was being enter
tanned at dinner was enlarging upon
the beauties of deduction in the detec-
ton of crime, when lady asked him
if she could utilize them.
"My detective powers" he replied,
"are at your service, madam"
''Well," said the lady, frequently
and mysterious thefts have been occur
ring at my house for a long time. Thus
there disappeared last week a motor
horn, a broom, box of gold balls,
left riding boot, a dictionary and
half dozen tin plates"
"Ridiculously easy, madam" said the
physician, somebody in the neighbor-
hood keeps a goat"
Los Angeles herald., 1910-06-05
TOMATO CULTURE

If you have only small space in
your garden for tomatoes plan to
place them where they may be grown
against an upright trellis, a wall, a
fence or against posts. This new mode
of culture is more productive to each
plant than any other.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-06-05

over them, keeping the soil moist in
the meantime. When cuttings are
made for propagation a part of the
leaves should be pinched off, reducing
the leaf area and consequently the
evaporation.-House and Garden.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-06-05
Eucalyptus Seeds

special pamphlet, Eucalyptus Culture maleo
free Superior garden flower and palm SEEDS Roses
carnations, Towering plants, ETC.
New descriptive catalogue mailed free upon application
THEODORE PAYNE,
345 South Main street, Los Angeles.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1910-11-20
IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE
UNITED STATES FOR THE TER
RITORY OF HAWAII

ON1IhD 0IAIEo FOR THE TER
RITORY OF HAWAII
THE UNITED STATES OP A,rrprl,,
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COMPANY. LIMITED e+ n he
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AMERICAN SUGAR COMPANY,
LIMITED, a corporation organized and
existing under ana bv vircue Of the
laws Of the Territory Of Hawaii: THE
TERRITORY OF HAWAII: CHARLES
K. BISHOP; WILLIAM o. SMITH.
SAMUEL NJ. DAMON f. FAXON
BISHOP. ALBERT F. JUDD and Al
FRED W. CARTER, trustees under the
VIII and of the estate Of EERNICE
=. BISHOP. deceased: OTTO SAM
UEL MEYER. HENRY RUDOLPH
VI EYER, WILLIAM tHNRI Is NFY-
ER, TUEODOB THOMAS MEYER,
A LIB Il r 4 ALEXANDER MEYER
II r \ EY PENnEEGAST MEYER.
EMMA A. NAIII\T. HANNAH !.
HITCHCOCK and BERTHA A. NEY-
liz, heirs at law Of +. W. MEYER.
whose full and true name is unknown.
deceased: kALAMA p. MEYER, wild
ow of r. ". MEYER, Whose full and
true name is unknown, deceased: OTTO
:. MEYER. ELIZA u. MTTCH. VIII
LIAM G. MEYER. HENRY r. MEYFR.
THEODORE T. MEYER, ALBERT A.
NAH J. HITCHCOCK and BERTHA
\. MEYER, heirs at law Of HENRY
r. MEYER, deceased, OTTO s. NFY-
FER, ELIZABETH LTHUE. LUCILLE