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Daily Kennebec journal., 1910-06-08
GLEANiNGS AND GOSSIP.

A New York physician says that go
| ing to bed is the quickest and surest
cure for any illness.
Most of the milk used i'm Siam is
| imported in tins, as few of the natives
keep COWS or goats.
Edison has made another wonderful
discovery. He says that people can
live entirely on canned goods. But
fortunately they don't have to.
'Arry-Wot's Yer 'urry. Bill? Bill
I've got to go to work. Arry-Work? =?
Why, wot's the matter with the missis :?
Amt she ewell?-Illustrated Bits.
No signs of rupture of the Euro
pean friendly relations appear on the
horizon in spite of the fact that both
BRYAN and Roosevelt are to be there
for time.
4 writer in one of the English pa
pers says that no substance that re-
fuses to dissolve in water has an odor.
How about the anabena that used to
be in Ludlow?
Hoyle seems to be more popular than
Blackstone in Arkansas. a man was
killed for holding five acres there re-
Gently and the sheriff wouldn't arrest
the man with the gun.
people who are worrying about what
Halley's comet will do to the earth
when it comes back again. 1t won't
bother the majority of us much.
Every once in a while Philadelphia
does something that makes Pittsburg
fairly boil with jealousy. In the city
of brotherlv love last week man stole
the roof off n church.
col I'll,
has driven her automobile 10000 miles
in the past year, made all the repairs
on it and taken complete care Of the
even for California.
1t will take q lot of worry away from
some people to know that scientist
has figured it out that the sun will
cinIinue to give out its scheduled
a mount of heat for 30000,000 more
years.
The straits Of Belle Isle between
Newfoundland and Labrador opened
last week and a vessel went through
them. 1t has been many years since
the ice was out OF the straits before
the middle of June
The families of railroad employees
rarely nave 10 be cared for BY the pub
lie charitable organizations 1t is
thought that the train people are not
mncn more provident than others but
the pension system is thought to have
much 10 do with the matter
A good deal is expected from the ex-
pertinent of planting Norway spruce
near Madrid. Me. for if the trees grow
well there it is thought that they can
be grown in other parts of Maine and
the great forests saved. Something
will have to be done up there before
long for the slash is of little value
and wastes miles upon miles of forest
land tnat could easily be turned to
good use by little practical forestry.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1910-06-08
Gold and the Tariff.

(kanSas City Journal)
After making thorough investiga- :
tion of conditions affecting the cost of
living, the special committee appoint
ed by Congress to inquire into the
subject, has arrived at the conclusion
that the great increase in the produc-
ton OF gold the world over has
brought about unfortunate conse-
quenceS. Those thOughtless persons
who were quick to lay the blame for
high prices on the new tariff law
should find this report particularly
instructive. The cost of necessities
of life have been constantly and more
or less steadily advancing for more
than q decade before the new tariff
went into effect. And it is a signifi-
cant coincidence that almost uni
formly throughout the world the in
crease in food prices has been coinci-
dent with the increase of gold produc-
ton.
During the year 1908 the total gold
production Of the world was $443,434, :
527 During the following year the
total reached $451 ,561 2S0 or an in
crease of more than $14, 100000. OF
this increase more than $4,000, 900 is
credited to the United States. and our
gold imports We're heavy in addition
to our own supply. AS was pointed
out in the House of Representatives
the other day by Mr. Payne. whose
name the tariff bill bears, one reason
for tltr increasing cost of living is not
only tie great increase in the pro-
ductiOn of gold but the cheaper meth
DDS of producing it.
In the fac" OF these clearly estab-
lished conditions. it is puerile to
charge the tariff with responsibility
for the higher prices. The cost of liv-
ing has increased even on articles that
have been substantially reduced in the
tariff schedules. As pointed out by
Mr. Payne, all Kinds of farm products.
meats, butter, eggs. poultry. hides,
feathers, shoes and cotton were re-
duced in the tariff schedules, yet the
housekeepers of this country know
that the price of butter, vegetables.
eggs, shoes, etc, have not been re-
duced. The price of food and cloth
ing have risen in this country with the
general tendency of increas prices of
such articles all over the world. and
entirely irrespective OF tariffs. AS
was pointed out in The journal the
other day. the new tariff has reduced
leather and shoe schedules to the point
of allowing American dealers to go to
England and buy shoes to bring to
America and sell them here in COM
petition with American made shoes,
Yet the man. or woman. who goes to
buy pair of shoes finds that he must
pay more than he did several years
ago for the same quality of goods
Daily Kennebec journal., 1910-06-08
Merely a Matter of Duty.

Under the headline. Just About
Right" the New Age prints the 1oi-
lowing as "a Portland despatch to the
Bangor Commercial"
Hon Frederick w. Plaisted oil
Augusta was here Friday evening
and met and talked with numner
OF leading Democrats. He was not
here in the interest of his candida
cy for governor. but said in reply
to a question by a newspaper man
that he had not and might not an
nounce his candidacy. His friends
mere have for some time understood
his position to be that he is not a
candidate in the usual meaning OF
the term but that he would feel IL
to be his duty to accept nominal
ton were it to be rendered to nm
by the Democratic state conVen-
ton. In other words Col Plaisted
is not asking any one to support
him but is willing TO respond TO
mandate Of his party not because
he desires the nomination but be-
cause he is good Democrat. That
is the understanding here of his po-
sition.'
No doubt there is much OF comfor,
in the above to the friends of the Hon
ora BILE Obadiah Gardner. At least il
should reassure them that when Colon
el Plaisted goes to Portland these
davs he wears about his person nc
liohtnipp rods or other concealed Wea.
pons. But they should give heed t.
what is implied in the above, that Col
onel Plaisted will go wheresoever ht
liSteth-if duty calls!
Daily Kennebec journal., 1910-06-08
Would Do Away With the Custom
Houses?

A rather amusing attempt on the
part of one Of our Democratic eXchan-
ges was the editorial effort to make
political capital out of the fact that a
distinguished citizen of this country
was fined for failure to make proper
declaration of articles he or his family
brought through the New York Custom
House.
"The most interesting point" our
political critic could find in the whole
affair was that the man fined for
smuggling was once if not now an ar
dent protectionist. The critic saw
nothing interesting or worthy of men
ton n the fact that the mans dis
tlnguished position in society. his poll
tical Affiliations or his attitude toward
protection did not avail in the slightest
degree to relieve him from the respon-
SibilteS, nor in the further fact that
th, management of the New York Gus
toms House, like Caesars wife. is
above reproach, Possibly this fearless
and rigid enforcement OF law in the
customs houses may add TO Democra
tie recruits. Most importers join the
Democrats in abusing Il protective tar-
Daily Kennebec journal., 1910-06-08
Editorial Comment.
Mr.. Taft Gets Harmony.
IEl, ian na DnnA

Either William Fl. Taft has q larger
control over men and events at WASH
ington than his know all critics are
content to allow him or the Grand old
Party possesses in undiminished
strength its traditional ability 10 pun
itself together, and come out on top
in any factional crisis. In any case,
the practical passage of the railroad
bill and the assurance of success for
the other administration measures
changes in day the whole outlook OF
things for the President and for the
Republicans.
This lightning shift may be due TO
a combination of the two causes which
We have mentioned. The habit of har-
mony. the tradition OF getting together
for the party's good, is as old as Re-
| publicanism itself. It's spirit undoubt-
| edly lay in the subconsciousness of
both standpatter and insurgent. but it
| is significant that it was not trans
| muted into action until Mr. Taft re-
| turned to the White House from his
| trip to Cincinnati. Perhaps his new
policy of having things out, man to
| man, with individual members of Con-
gress, is giving him the power which
| the correspondents have not seen in
| his administration thus far.
But whatever the cause, we must
| feel a decided satisfaction that the two
| elements of the Republican party have
| fulfilled the hopes for reunited action.
As a result, the Republican party
may begin to look forward to the No
vember elections with far better cour-
rnnStrnrtiya action hoe al
| been the most effective gun which the
Republicans have brought to bear
upon the pathetic ramparts of
Democracy. We predict that it will
be so again i'm the good year 1910
Daily Kennebec journal., 1910-06-08
Don't Be Fooled Auain.
(OhiO Republican Ieague

NoHlt ItpuDllCdl LedSuP.)
People in Ohio can remember wher
bogus peddlers went through the state
after the passage of the Mckinley
tariff bill explaining that the high
prices they asked for their saucepans
and dippers was because "everything's
gone up on account of the new tariff.
And Ohio slipped in her politica
moorngs and sent a Democratic dele
cation to Congress-but has since fur
nished the nation with two Republican
Presidents
Don't be fooled again,
Ohio Republicans remember that
when they awakened from their hys-
terra over the Mckinley bill they
elected its author governor by ma :
jority unprecedented in the political
history OF the Buckeye State.
Just now the Democrats are per-
sistently repeating. as they reiterated
twenty years ago. that increases in
prices today are due to new tariff
law" And there is just as much
truth in their present-day assertions
as there was in their reckless SLAM
ders Of the Mckinley bill.
Don't be fooled again,
Bear in mind that while lumber has
advanced, the Payne tariff reduced the
schedule on common boards Is cents
a thousand feet
Do not forget that though the
wholesale price Of shoes has been in
creased recently. hides went on the
free list through the, enactment of the
Payne law.
Remember that the wooden schedule
was unchanged except in two minor
instances where it was reduced. from
the Dingley duties, and that therefore
the Payne law can in no way be re-
sponsible for advances in the prices of
clothing.
Don't be fooled again.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1910-06-08

Six women will be candidates for
the London county council at the com
ing election. the first at which women
have been eligible. Twenty years ago
when the county council was first or
ganized Miss Jane Golden and Lady
Margaret Sandhurst were elected in
London. Beresfcrd Hope. whom Lady
Sandhurst defeated, contested the
election on the ground that women
We're not eligible, and in spite of pub
die opinion succeeded in ousting her.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1910-06-08
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.

Faith is believing Il thing YOU are
afraid to reason out.
What most men object TO is not rob-
berry but being robbed.
There are two quarrels to every dis
pute-first over the thing. then over
who started it.
A girl giggles till she gets engaged
smiles till she gets married and weepe
till she is widow.
Lots of men who wouldn't dream of
trying to build flying machine have
an idea they can make a garden pay
New York Press.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1910-06-08
BRIGHT Outlook.

Il may be said that the prospects
for a Republican majority in the next
House Of Representatives are much
improved. or rather. that the prospects
for a Democratic majority are fast
fading away. In fact. Democratic
prospects have consisted mainly in
claims and bluster which are no long
er as bold as they were few weeks
ago. The present Republican majority
CT a may or may not be reduced, but
it is expected that it viii be % or 30
if not more.
The hopelessness of the Democrats
is apparent in their claim that they
will gain from eighty to hundred
seats-such a claim of course is not
sincere. The Republicans will surely
gain twelve or fifteen seats, and with
that gain. can lose twenty to thirty
and still have substantial maJor:tT.
But it is quite likely that as many
seats will be gained as lost. and the
majority in the next House remain
abou. what it is now.
The Democrats have been basing
their hopes on the unpopularity Of
President Taft but Taft is growing in
public esteem daily. The people are
learning the truth about our big. good
ratured. honest President They are
learning or tie economies of his Ad-
ministration. of his personal sincerity.
Of his aim to give the people an ad-
fnnistration for the best interests Of
all.
Then again. the bugaboo nf high
prices. which was laid to the tariff. is
becoming boomerang. Every one
knows now tha. the increased prices
We're not due to the tariff. but best Of
all prices are rapidly falling, and in
many instances are lower thar year
ing advanced. General industrial con-
dtOns are good. The revenues under
the operation Of the new tariff continue
to increase and no sign of calamity
| can be seen. and without calamity,
which is always the chief Democratic
asset, that party has no argument
Good progress is being made in leg
| islation, and the work of the present
| Congress will compare favorahly with
-
than probable that the first two ses-
sions of THE Sixty first Congress will
be numbered among the most import
ant and effective in our history.
The appropriations to keep pace with
our growing population and the in
| creas;ng demands. should be larger
every year. and yet it is believed that
the appropriations of the present ses-
sion will be but little if any, larger
This result. in conjunction with the
| millions saved in administration. will
present a record that in itself should
| assure an endorsement of the Presi-
cent and a good Republican ma jnrity
in the next House.
| There viii Ee no mfore talk of i'm
| mediate tariff revision The present
law is working 50 perfectly ihat no
| present change is demanded while all
| agree tha: we should give it fair
| trial. In the meanwhile the tariff
| board, with an appropriation Of $3.50
| 000 will be able to gather information
| that will be valuable when the next
revision takes place.
Taking all conditions and facts to-
gnther it will be seen that the Demo-
Gratis have no reasonable arguments
to offer the people. while the RepuDli-
cans will aggressively present the is.
sues and force the fight in every Con-
grnssional District where there is Il
chance to win.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1910-06-08
Books and Authors.

Heretofore no announcement has
been made as to the name "Georg
Schock." author Of the new novel
Hearts Contending," save that il was
the nome de plume Of Il feminine
writer living in Pennsylvania. ''Georg
Schock" is in reality Miss Katherine
Loose and her home is Reading. sne
has written short stories which have
attracted attention in Harper's NJ "a
zine, but this is her first novel. Tn
like her stories, Hearts Contending
is not written in dialect, although its
characters are the same sturdy Berks
County Germans.
The Ship Dwellers," a new book by
Albert Bigelow Paine, might be called
the New Innocents Abroad" Mr..
Paine made the journey in the same
general way: visiting almost the sam"
countries as Mark Twains imaginary
party and, like them, lived in one ship
which moved forward from time I"
time. The Ship Dwellers" is dedi-
Gated TO Mark Twain. Hero of MY
Childhood. Inspiration of My Youth.
Friend of These Later Years. The
book was published but few days be-
fore Mark Twain's death.
one of the picturesque figures APP
pearing in Marion Harland's auto
biography is Major James Morton who
served throughout the Revolution and
was known in the army as old Solid
Column He was an old man, of
course. when Marion Harland knew
him-a pitiable wreck OF the once
stout hearted and stout bodied war
riOr But he still had definite ideas
on some subjects and was doughty in
their defence. Once when an ac-
uuaintance casually made mention his
presence of trip up the Hudson to
West Point the veteran raised him.
self as if he had been shaken by the
shoulder That is not true he said,
doggedly But, Major" returned the
surprised narrator. Il did go. There
is a regular line of steamers up the
river" The old war horse reared his
head and beat the floor with an angry
heel II say it is not true. II could
not be true. General Washington had
a big chain stretched across the river
after Arnold tried to sell West Point,
so that no vessel could get to the fort
And. sir" bringing his cane down upon
the hearth with reSounding thump
there is not that man up earth who
would dare take down that chain. Why,
sir. General Washington put it there.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1910-06-08

We have counted the contents of the
pocketbook several times and find that
we are just S34.5S shy of the amount
we should have and have about de-
cjded to send that lonesome cent to
the Manchester Union man. who not
only hasn't any, but still owes for that
Easter bonnet.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1910-06-08
The Third District
Republican Convention
Will Be Held in
CITY HALL, AUGUSTA,
Tuesday, June 20, 1910,
At 4 o'clock, P. M

for the purpose of nominating a candi-
date for Congress to be voted for at the
State Election, Monday, September IL.
The basis Of representation will be as
follows: Each city town and plantation
will be entitled TO one delegate, and for
each seventy-five votes cast for the Re-
an additional delegate, and for fraction
of forty votes in excess of seventy-fi five
votes an additional delegate.
The District Committee will be in ses-
sion in the reception room of the hall at
three O'Clock on the afternoon Of the
convention for the purpose Of receiving
the credentials of delegates. Delegates
in order to be eligible to participate In
tie cOnl entlon, must be elected subse-
quent to the date of the call for this
convention t
Per Order srd District Republican Com.
mittee.
W. H. WILDES, SEQ. .
Searsport, Me. May 3, 1910.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1910-06-08

A Pennsylvania town has curfew
law which provides for the punishment
of parents whose children are found
on the streets at night. That's the
kind of law that will work.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1910-06-08

MadriZ has the best press bureau
force. If the latter capture the cable
stations Madriz will he wiped off the
man.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1910-06-08

Now that Hammerstein has been
put out OF business the opera trust
will proceed to slice substantial por-
tions from the salaries of the per
formers
Daily Kennebec journal., 1910-06-08

Doc Cook is reported to have at
iureS. Perhaps he needs further in
formation in order to complete his
proofs
Daily Kennebec journal., 1910-06-08

A highway which enables farmers t"
haul more crops to market than dirt
road is good investment. both for
the farmer and for those dependent
npOn him.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1910-06-08

Tatt's declaration that no business
law would be interfered with in any
way, seems to apply to the railroads
also
Daily Kennebec journal., 1910-06-08
Left Them Well Supplied.

II'HITd UtIpTlla PreSS.)
After all, the Democrats will not be
so bad off while Colonel Bryan is in
Europe. 1t appears he left enough
advice behind to carry them over until
his return.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1910-06-08
Beginning Early.


The young couple who quarreled
three weeks after the wedding had
each determined to begin right in the
management of the other, no doubt.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1910-06-08
Return to Sanity and Safety.

(New York Evening Telegram)
Having gotten all the nebulouS
luminosity out of our system we will
now resume the safe and sane daily
walk for another IS years.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1910-06-08
Hated To Disappoint Them.
(Chicago News.)

(Chicago NcWS.)
Mr.. Roosevelt felt that he could do
no less to repay England for its enter
tainment than to give ii one medium
sized sensation
Daily Kennebec journal., 1910-06-08

Hundreds of small boys are earning
money for fireworks by writing essays
on how to spend a safe and sane
Fourth.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1910-06-08

That New York millionaire who took
a $4,000 a year job is too generous for
this world or else he sees a chance
Daily Kennebec journal., 1910-06-08

Wages have been boosted in the New
York New Haven and Hartford rail-
road shops The Democrats are not
blaming that on the tariff.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1910-06-08

PENNSYLVANIA has trounced the in
sargent candidates for Congress and
Other states are waiting the opportun-
tv to do the same.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1910-06-08

Russia viii never progress until 1t
ceases To persecute the Jews. y spirit
of Intolerance will not mix with a
spirit Of progress.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1910-06-08

The railroad men and President Taft
haN. reached an agreement. As "A
uaciGcr the President is the greatest
man in politics
Daily Kennebec journal., 1910-06-08

Anna Held has declared for expert
mental marriages and Immediately
there are q host of candidates for she
is now IA millionaireSS.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1910-06-08

Thr producers are winning the BOS'
ton milk war. 1t is we'll that Il settle
mon' becomes possible before hot
HpatlIur begins.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1910-06-08

England is still trying hard to di-
gest that Guildhall speech on Egyptian
affairs, bat finds some of it lard ["
swallow.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1910-06-08
Or the Baseball Peach.
washington Starr

The strawberry as big as a hens
egg report is just as reliable as the
hailstone story. and much more
cheerful
Daily Kennebec journal., 1910-06-08

Th. New York papers are doing their
best To hch, III" flying game out of the
hole into which it was thrust by the
Wright combine.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1910-06-08

When a woman gets as high as SIS
of her own in the bank she takes lot
of proud satisfaction in SAYING that
she will not marry any man until sat-
isfied that it is not her money that at
tracts him. He must love her for her
self alone. soenA
Daily Kennebec journal., 1910-06-08
VOICES OF THE PRESS.
Bryan Plays No Favorites

And Governor Marshall needn't get
gay. If he should become Il strong
possibility, he would get his. too, with
little delay or ceremony.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1910-06-08

Beating the customs inspectors is
not the fun it was before Loeb set
the pace.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1910-06-08

If nothing else viii stop the ladies'
wearing false hair The report that the
ought to.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1910-06-08
ESTABLISHED 1925

Entered at the Augusta Post ONCE as
second-clas mail matter.
No, notice whatever will be taken Ut
unsigned communications.
The Journal cannot be held responsi-
BILE for the preservation or return OF
rejected communications.
Address all communications relating
to subscriptions and advertisements
to BURLEIGH & FLYNT. Publish
ers. Augusta, Maine.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1910-06-08

One way to boost Maine is to keep
il in the Republican column where it
has oeen so MANY years
Daily Kennebec journal., 1910-06-08

This is the day the warm wave is due
winter Overcoat for a while yet.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1910-06-08

The Maine Democracy declines to
enthuse over DR.. Crockett'S return to
the fold!
Daily Kennebec journal., 1910-06-08

Nature takers should consult Doc
COOK on the best way to disappear.
Teddy's coming home.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1910-06-08
Wednesday, June 8, 1910.
] Boost Maine! (

The smuggler crop it larger than
usual this spring.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1910-06-08

The alleged joker in the railroad bill
which permits rebating was introduced
by "A member of the minority party.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1910-06-08

Obadiah saws he won't stand for a
freezeout. 1t is difficult to see how
h- is going to help it,
Daily Kennebec journal., 1910-06-08

Frost did not raise havoc with the
crops but enabled the commission mer-
chants to boost their prices.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1910-06-08

The June bride and the sweet girl
graduate hold the center of the stage.