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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-11-09
GIVEN LICENSE TO PLUMBER
How the Trusts, Under Republican
MlsruIe, Rob the American
Consumer.

In a special dispatch from New
Haven, Senator Bulkeley is said to
have made the statement that every
promise made on the platform on
which Taft ran has been redeemed"
One of the promises made in that plat.
form was that the Republican party
would revise the tariff to conform to
the difference of the cost of produc.
ton here and abroad, plus a reason.
able profit to the home manufacturer.
Did they do it? Not by a large ma
jority Every n conversant with
the cotton and wooden schedules then
existing, knew instinctively the mean.
ing Of that promise must be that the
cotton and wooden schedules of the
Dingley tariff bill must be reduced.
No other outcome could be imagined
or thought of. The statements made
by various important politicians
through the country since the present
bill became a law, that the Republic
an party had not promised to reduce
the tariff, sounded to those who knew
the facts like the most arrant non.
sense or the densest ignorance.
To give you a more explicit idea
of my meaning, I will give you an ex'
perience I had in the. summer Of 1903,
Going to England in the month OF
July I took with me various samples
of lightweight, spring worsteds for
mems wear, made by American manu-.
f~acturers, and had them examined
and valued against English produc'
lions of the same character, and this
was done by one Of the cleverest ex'
perts in Bradford, England. The first
sample he compared with a cloth
made and sold by an American wool
en- company at S1.14 per yard net.
The English goods Of the same weight
and character, and quite as good
material, cost in Bradford 81 cents,
and the most astonishing fact of all
was, that these goods could not be
imported and sold at the price at
which the American wooden company
sold their goods. These and other
similar samples I shall be glad to
show to, any one who is interested in
the matter.
Does the honorable senator mean
that the American manufacturer is
entitled to have ga cents per yard pro.
lection on a fabric costing abroad 50
cents? Does he claim the promise OF
the Republican platform was carried
out in this and numberless other in
stances of the same kind? The most
charitable construction to put on his
statement is, that he has been, as Mr.
Taft was, badly advised.-Letter In
New York Times.
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AGAINST THE WEAK
REPUBLICAN PARTY'S FAVORS
ARE FOR THE STRONG.
Those Who Can Afford to Pay for
~"Protection" Are the Beneficiarles
of the Organization Today
Its Ideals Abandoned.

Whom is the Republican party, with
its high tariff policy, protecting to-
day-whom has it been protecting for
a quarter of a century? Not the
weak but the strong, not those who
needed protection, but those who could
afford to pay for it and who did pay
for it. The party has long been SELL
ing what it called protection-but
which was really p~rivilege-the pro-
lection of giant industries that yer
able to contribute and did contribute
to party campaign funds. Steel trusts
and cotton trusts and WOOL trusts n
oil trusts-these came to be the OBJ
jects of the party's persistent loving
care.
And now we come to the era OF the
so-called strong men," for whom the
earth is supposed to exist. The weak
may go hang. Campaigns are, as one
Of the newer leaders once said, mere
ly questions "of finance" The devel-
opment has been slow, but, looking
back. over the past, we can see how
great the change in spirit has been.
By abandoning the negro, and by Of
fering the bait of protectionism, both
Mr.. Taft and his predecessor have
endeavored to capture the south. Po-
litical strength rather than political
righteousness has been sought for.
And it has been sought for in exceed
tngly practical ways. The older
statesmen, faulty as they were, would
have wrecked prosperity rather than
have abandoned a principle in which
they believed. Today prosperity is
the be-all and the end-all Of politics.
The Insurgent protest, is In reality
a protest against the gross material
ism which has so long ruled the party.
1t Is also a confession Of party sins.
The only i1ealism in Republican poll
tics is now found among the Insur-
gents. Whether they can %inoculate
the organization with 1t Is the ques-
ton. But it is sad to think that a
great political organization which, in
its beginning, had no thought Of pro-
lection as a permanent policy, had
indeed hardly any thought Of 1t at all.
should, today stand before the coun-
try as the purveyor of protection to
men who do not need it and who
ought not to have it, that it should
have come to regard idealism-which
was once its very life breath-almost
as a disease.-Indianapolis News.
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Roosevelt and the South.

IF the nomination of Colonel Roose'
welt by the Republicans depends upon
his ability to carry a single southern
state, the members of that party op.
posed to Mr.. Roosevelt need have no
fear of his nomination." said George
L. Martin of Atlanta at the Raleigh
the other evening. Mr.. Martin for 20
years has been a member Of the North
Carolina general assembly. Although
his present term has not expired, he
now is a resident of Atlanta, to which
city he recently removed.
IT was in Atlanta the day Colonel
Roosevelt made his recent speech"
continued Mr.. Martin, land the man
certainly vas given a most remarkable
ovation. 1t rained, but the crowd that
turned out to hear him was very
large. But while many people of the
south are taken with the personal
magnetism of the man and like tc
hear him speak, 1t Is quite a different
proposition to consider him as their
candidate. OF all who heard him and
who assisted in making his appearance
there the spectacular thing it was,
believe that not a man except those
who ordinarily vote the Republican
ticket would support him, and it Is
doubtful ever If he would get the to.
tai Republican vote Of Georgia. 1t is
one thing to cheer and applaud and
quite another to give the recipient Of
this adulation ones suhrage."-Wash.
ington Star.
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San Francisco Fire Clsterns.

, An important part Of San Francis
co.'s new fire protection system Is the
series of 100 reinforced concrete cis-
terms of $500 gallons capacity each,
built under streets and other favor.
able places. The cisterns are circular,
80 feet in diameter and 16 feet deep,
and are made intercommunicating by
means Of nine.inch mains, also con-
crete. Besides, each cistern is direct
ly connected with the regular mains.
The tops of many of the cisterns form
the roadways Of streets.
In the early years Of San Francis
co.'s development an emergency water
supply was provided in somewhat the
same manner Reports show that In
1870 81 tanks had been. built. but in
the fire report of 1906 only IS were
mentioned.-Popular Mechanics.
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Trapping Birds.

A bird exrert mas returned to Eu-
rome from the West Indies with over
two hundred captives. He boiled
down tree-sap into a thick, sticky
mess, and put it on shrubs and
branches at places where birds took
food and drink. Once they grasped
the sticky percnes they were fast and
could not fly away, says the eXnert.
Some were caught by tying to a
string large grains which girds swal-
lowed, and there they we're. Among
the captives are staGlings, fnches,
pigeons. doves, herons and canaries.
New York Press.
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Agatha Penryn's Query
By EMMA J. BOWEN
1910. by Associated Literary Press

Aunt Penelope-Aunt Penny, for
short-waved a lean, ringed hand at
a row of ancestral portraits on the
wall. These" she said, sternly, "are
the people on whom you are deter
mined to bring q public scandal, Aga
tina"
It was not the first time In my ex-
p%er1ence that Aunt Penny had
brought me before this court OF the
past, that hung In the upper hall. I
had broken my engagement, one Aunt
Penny had planned and executed for
me, and with the wedding day but a
week off. ..
For forty-odd years Aunt Penny had
%worshiped at the shrine Of family as
1t was pictured here. For instruction,
correction or reproof, she had always
brought me to face these shadows In
their atrocious frames. To her they
reflected the glorious and honorable
past Of the family of Penryn. To me
they seemed a quaint, half-giddy array
of men and women who, in their day
and time, had believed themselves
unworldly and correct. Some of the
women wore monstrous hoopskirts,
some of them held up attenuated arms
to display leg-o'mutton sleeves; 9TH
ers faced the world from the depths
of huge poke bonnets. They were all
bject lessons, teaching the absurdity
Of some fashions that have passed
Some OF the men, with their great
shoe buckles, resembled the pictures
Of George Washington; some Of them
these must have been the poet-art-
lists Of the Penryns-wore wildly long
hair, that had the appearance Of be-
ing uncombed. None. of the gentle
men, In the matter Of apparel, would
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-11-09
The Somber Side of 1t.

The society dame was giving a lun-
cheon to the distinguished aviator.
In spite Of the danger OF your oc-
cupation." she said, there is an ire
sistible fascination about it, is there
Mr.. Uppengo""
There is, madam" he answered.
I'm fact, does not the excitement
of it seem to be a species of intoxica-
ton"
1T dec, madam" sighed the avia-
tor, land sooner or later every one OF
us takes a drop too much. Chicago
Tribune.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-11-09
Tariff AbSurditicS.

Where the tariff affects prices is in
those commodities of which the supply
IS largely drawn from abroad and i'm.
portations come in competition with
the domestic product. Even here very
many American manufactures have
grown beyond the need of the tariffs
protection. In our iron and steel man.
u~facture, for example, it Is not prob,
able that the reduction Of rates will
make any difference in domestic
prices, since we are competing with
foreign manufacturers in their own
field.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-11-09
Labor's Proportion of Benefit.

The chief plea of the benefciaries OF
protection is that the cost Of labor in
this country is relatively so high that
the industry employing 1t must be pro-
tected against the cheaper foreign Ia
Dor. And so far as the people believe
that protection is necessary to the
American laborer-so far as IT. is
necessary to give him a decent stand
ard Of living-so far they are willing
that the industries should be protect
ed, or anything like a fair proportion
Of the benefit. that protection gives?
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Riohts Of the Workmen.

The people are taxed to protect the
industries and their employees. The
government does not collect this tax,
but 1t makes a tariff law and the peo'
pie pay the tax in added prices. And
if the government makes the people
pay this tax to the protected indus
tries, primarily on the plea that it is
necessary to the workmen, then 1t Is
the governments duty to see that the
workmen get what they are entitled to
and what the people are assessed to
give them.
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there-and the spirit is growing rap
idly in our best American life.
It is shown not only in our exteri-
ors but in our interiors and in all
sorts Of interesting ways. It shows
itself in pottery and tile making, In
interior wood finishes, in fabrics, in
metal and in furniture. 1t shows it.
self in a new feeling for color whether
It is used in tones or in full bright.
ness. There Is a new conception OF
color harmony both in the relation.
ship of the various rooms and In the
relationship Of their various parts
Good Housekeeping Magazine.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-11-09

TIE first trust in the United States
to pass the 100000 600 mark in
capitalization was the United States
Leather Company, organized in 1898.
Its capital stock combined with an
issue of bonds amounted to $685.
OOO. 900.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-11-09

One of the biggest pieces Of engi-
neering in New England is a $500
horse power dam in the Union River
at Ellsworth, Me. 1t is constructed
of hollow concrete and cost nearly
$500, 900.
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Why He Objected.

Upgardson-Your wife insists on
filling the house with furniture differ.
ent from anybody else's? She must
have some peculiar plan in view.
Atom-She has. Installment plan.
That's why I'm kicking.
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II lie Time to Stop.

The country will go to destruction
eventually if this steady inroad by
the federal power upon the field re-
served by the founders Of our gov.
eminent for the states IS maintained,
as it is now being directed by the Re-
publican party.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-11-09
Let Your House Have Expression.

How refreshing a house can be!
How much 1t may express Of all that
is best In human nature! When you
build your home learn the language
of expression In materials. A house
cannot be too small or too humble to
fail of this expression if the spirit is
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-11-09

The University Of Heidelberg has
received from a foreign benefactor
interested in the advancement of SCI
ence the sum OF over $4,000 to-
ward the foundation of a photographic
institute.
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Family Pride.

Mrs. Parrot-What is Mr.. Porcupine
putting on such airs about these daysi
DeMonk-Why, he claims that his
great-grandfather furnished the quilts
for the taothpicks at the farewell ban
met e Roosevelt left Africa.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-11-09

British cocoa firms have decide !
not to use any more oco from the
Portuguese islands of Sac Thome and
Princire because of the i'll treatment
of the natives laboring on the planta-
tons.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-11-09
~Roosevelt's Stand,

One gathers that owing to the pc
culiar conditions that exist, Mr..
Roosevelt is only standing On the
New York platform with one foot and
his fingers crossed.
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A dental college has been added
to the University of Madrid, whose
graduates will be allowed to practice
in Spain without further examination.
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By Dorofhea Deakin,
CHAPTER XII.

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Albuquerque morning journal., 1910-08-07
Special All Day sale for Wednesday
August 10Th at 9 o. m.

SPECIAL EXTRA VALUES IN WHITE GOODS
Best LonSdac Superne NainSOok and Cambria yd IL 1-2c
5000 yards bIeaChed yard wide Muslin, ward - 7C
20 pieces Cambria Muslin Snccla value, for, yard 7c
10 pieces 33-in White Indian Head for yard lie
100 pieces Union Mesh Aberdeen Crash for yd 1OC
10 pieces BIeached Shcetng good quality yard 12 &c
pieces UnbIeached Sheetng good quality, yard ~ l9C
1000 yards UnbeaCcd Household Crash extra quality on sale
at only, per yard ------------ -------- 7c
Albuquerque morning journal., 1910-08-07

Your choice for this day only,
at per yard ----. 800
Special plain taffeta ribbons in
light blue, pink, red also black
and white in
No. 22, for only, yard 1OC
No. 40, for only, yard -421-2
Albuquerque morning journal., 1910-08-07
FOR TUESDAY, AUGUST 9 at 9 a. m.

our Sensational sL sucsne si)
inches Whe 80 shades ilks
t7lac yard For this per
Albuquerque morning journal., 1910-08-07
RIBBONS Our Special Ribbor
tuesday, August 9th at 8 a. m
Your ribbons on Tuesd

lC0 pieces fancy Ribbons 3 to
5 inches wide, sold from 3Oc
to 45c a yard. Your choice for
this day only, for per yard 19c
One grand lot of finest ribbons,
a to 7 inches wide, in fancy sat-
inS, meSsaIines and Dresden ef-
fects; values up to 81 yard.
Evening journal., 1910-01-15
4 9y2kKE0 ~ - leaagR IIl

changes. The duchess herself is said
to be chiefly responsible for all the
trouble. OF late years her temper has
become so ungovernable that the king
and the other members OF her family
are seriously alarmed about her condi-
ton. and, while the Court Circular will
not admit IL was undertaken under or
ders from the royal physicians, Il is
generally believed that the trip which
the Duchess Of Fife is making to Egypt
is principally on account OF her health.
1t is said the servants in the household
Of the duchess in Portman square long
have found their positions almost unen-
durable. Induced by offers OF high
wages, scores OF footmen and waiting
maids have been engaged by the head
houselSeeper and stewards in the course
Of the last year. but none has held out
more than "A few weeks. and now the
reputation of the Fifes-for the dukes
temper is said to be little better than
that of his duchess-has become so un-
enviable I'm servantdom that It is said
they find it hard to get help" on any
terms.
Evening journal., 1910-01-15

nondescript vases and a plaque plas-
tered with decalcomanias had been
missing.
II seems I made a sad mistake mem
tioning the plaque. for It was the
"last piece OF work done by Grand
mother X" Well. II II had been done
by the inventor Of Sevres himself I
should have said to throw Il ava. and
replace all the junk with a few cut
glass colonial candlesticlIs. Sentiment
and period decorations seldom 80 hand
In hand.
To return to our nuttons. the waste
paper basket How perfectly absurd
would It be TO place In an early Eng
lish library a basket of Grape paper
like the very pretty design seen in one
OF the Illustrations. This catch-all is
IN a deep shade of red. decorated with
Japanese figures in black and gold
The four sides are laced together with
soft red satin ribbon finished with
bows that diminish In size as they
reach the bottom OF the basket In a
honey sort OF sitting room that does
not aspire to be period" In its makeup
this basket would be very good. Il is
easily made by one clever with scissors
and glue.
The panel basket is more stately and
important IN effect. For its manufac-
ture one has only to cut four pa. I
pieces the required size and cover them
with cretonne or silk. but preferably
grass cloth. which is the material used
in the receptacle sketched. The design
OF holyhocbs IS hand painted. This
basket. carried out in green grass cloth.
was designed BY a Nelg York woman
Evening journal., 1910-01-15

weeks. When It is desired to renew
the bouquet the whole arrangements
should be carried back and placed un-
der water completely. as in the ORIGINAL
preparation, for any attempt TO handle
the flowers in the fresh air viii lead to
the smashing OF the bell glass.
The bouquet is not without its use
as well as its decorative quality. How
many an invalid has pined for the sight
Of a few flowers. yet been denied them
on account of the deleterious effect OF
the perfumei BY the use OF the water
bouquet this objection is overcome. and
even flowers from bulbs which are the
most dangerous to have in a siciroom
can be used without the slightest fear.
A globe eight or nine inches IN dame
ter is quite large enough for a nnoder-
ate sized bouquet Partridge berries
arranged ia this bell shade style ars
fascinating. The bright red blossoms
may be kept fresh II the dish under the
globe always contains little water.
Evening journal., 1910-01-15
Bere Is Something Quite New
The Water Bouquet Is Source of Wonder to Those
Not In "the Know

ViHE simplest way to describe a wa
ter bouquet is to recall to mind the
old fashioned glass shade covering a
bunch Of wax flowers which our grand
mothers delighted TO make and place
upon the parlor mantelpiece. Imagine
a bunch OF real flowers instead OF the
wax imitation and the glass shade to
be filled with water instead of air and
you will have some idea OF what wa
ter bouquet is, though no notion OF its
rare beauty is conveyed.
AZ the whole operation OF making
this bouquet is to be carried on under
water, a bathroom Is the best place for
the work. though a good sized basin
will do First OF all I'LL the receptacle
nearly to the top with water. Take a
shallow dish which is perfectly level
and OF such size that the glass bell
or shade VIII comfortably and tightly
ut upon It. Then prepare the bunch
OF flowers which is to form the bou-
quet. shortening the stems so that the
blooms do not crowd too much toward
the top Of the glass.
To the ends Of the bunch tie a piece
OF lead or some sind Of weight TO pre-
vent the flowers from floating away
Put the dish upon which the bouquet
is to stand at the bottom OF the bath
OF water; then gently immerse the
bunch Of flowers. arranging them so
that the stems are held IN the center
Of the dish by means Of the weight.
Now take the glass bell or shade
and, holding 1t in a horizontal position.
put It completely under water. move
It gently toward the dish holding the
bouquet and carefully turn 1t over un-
til it stands upright, so that 1t closes
over the bouquet and its down upon
the dish Care must be taken during
this process TO see that not a particle
Of air remains in the glass shade; 9TH
erwise the whole decoration will be
spoiled.
Having seen that the shade is prop
erly in position. get hold OF the base Of
the dish with both hands and lift It.,
being careful TO keep It level out of
water. The pressure Of the atmosphere
viii prevent the water Inside the bell
from escaping, and the whole arrange
ment may be wiped dry and be ready
for use.
The only precaution to be observed
IN handling a water bouquet is to keep
It as level as possible in moving It
from place to place.
A bunch OF flowers treated in this
fashion win last for two or three