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The Washington times., 1910-01-19
WOMEN DELEGATES
TO BE RECEIVED
Entertainment viii Be Given
Members of Civic Federation
Conference.

Following the regular monthly meet
ing OF the Elizabeth Cady Stanton Club
az Woman Suffrage lido quarters, 1923
II street northwest. a recs 1tfon will be
held IN honor Of the Won en- delegates
20 the National Civic Fed sratiOn. All
suffra gists Of Washington ere expected
TO assist in receiving the Wis. tors.
Among the prominent women ex-
pected 70 be present are Mrs Flor
ence Kelley, OF the National C0Hsun-
ers' League Miss Jean Gordon, fac
tory inspector OF Louisiana, Emma
Smith DeVOe. president OF the Wash
iugtOn State Suffrage Association. Abb
sail Scott Duniway, president OF the
Oregon state Suffrage Association: Rev.
Olympia Brown, president OF the Wis
C0nsin State Suffrage Association, Mrs.
Clara B Arthur and Mrs HunTTey Rus
sell. president and vice president re-
spectively OF the Michigan Suffrage As
sOCiation-
The Washington times., 1910-01-19
WASHINGTON OWLS
INSTALL OFFICERS

The following are the newly installed
officers Of Washington Nest. American
order OF Owls David Wolf president
Andrew Glesou. vice PRESIDENT = j.
Riddle. invCcator: w W Nicholson.
secretary, Edward : Schmi5, treas
Urer, G. T Evans. warden; 7. P Kane.
inside sentinel g. Couzzi, picket Ward
Savage, W J Brown, and Fred EueS-
sci. trUstees- t. p Carey, nest physi-
ciau-
At meeting held last night for the
purpose OF Installing these officers Col
Robert L NIouta que David Wolf. LII
Iher r Hayes and Nh Heckra b-Otte
were among the speakers
The Washington times., 1910-01-19
EXPECT
TO END COAL STRIKE

WTLKESBARRE, p. Jan 12.-Of-
fciaIs OF the South vyff-es5arrc .coIliery
Of the Isehish Valley and Wilkesbarre
Coal Company announced today that
they expect an immediate settlement OF
the strike which was declared yesterday
by $50 men and boys
TIE WOTEmCn struck because The com
psuy refused 10 allow them a check
weighman 10 see that They were treated
fairly by The bosses when the latter
We're docking their GERS for slate or
dirty coal Vice President Charles L
Subber said that the petition presented
was Irregular, in that II had several
names that were written by the same
person
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TO IOIN COL. ROOSEVELT.

NEW YORK. Jan. 1s.-Mrs. Theodore
Roosevelt TODAY began preparations to
join Colonel Roosevelt in KhartoUm.
Africa in March. She viii sail Feb
ruarv L. They VIII go Immediately to
cairo. Esgpt, where tourists from ali
over the world viii give them q rOys J
reception. The former President viii
arrive IN the United States aCouJ
June l.
The Washington times., 1910-01-19
BUILDING TENEMENTS.

MENICO CITY. Jan 19.-GovernOr
GuiIIermo Ianda Y Escanden. of the fed
eraI district. IS preparing to erect mod
crn tenements in this city at a public
expense Of SS.09a.099 Mexican currency
The tenements viii be rented and looked
fter bv the district government
The Washington times., 1910-01-19
CREATES
BRANCH LIBRARY

4 branch Of the Public Library has
been established In the Office Of A. r.
ATcCTonegal. Inspector Of Plumbing. The
branch library. contains twenty volumes
on plumbing, sanitation and hydraulics,
which may be exchanged for other
books on technical subjects. and IS much
appreciated by the employees Of the Of
flCe
The Washington times., 1910-01-19
BIOOd HunOrS

Commonly cause pimpIes 5oiIs. hives.
eczema, or salt rheum. OF yome other
form Of eruption; but sometimes they ex-
ist in the system, indicated by feelings Of
weakness. IangUor. loss Of appetite. or
general debility, without causirg any
breaking out
Hoods SarsapariIIa expels them, reno
Yates, strengthens and tones the whole
system This IS the testimony OF thou
sands annually.
Accept no substitute. but insist on
having
HOODS SdYSdpdriIIa
In usual LIQUID f0Tm or in ChocoIated tab
lets known as Sarsatabs. 100 doses 81
The Washington times., 1910-01-19
Special Notices.

THERE'S TWO KINDS o. c0sI-Good coal and
bad We handle good coal only and screen
eEe cry load before dsiiverF- Place your order
with US today. r J. a. II g GRACE. tth &
+ SIS. y z Tel Lincoln - 5als--t
LADIES' SUITS SECURED AND
Pressed, SIS Gents suits Secured and
Pressed, S0c- Work called for and Ge-
livered- LOUIS DINOWITZ. 1ls L s.
y. ". ja141619
ANNOUNCEMENT
NOTICE is HEREBY GIVEN THAT
on and after this date Edward EloE
CaverIy v-flI represent E r Hutton q
Co as manager Of their WashilgtDu
branch Office. Thomas L Hume havluS
Withdrawn from the joint manaSenlefE
70 continue the local stock Ezchau--
business on mis- own account At 13u r.
street northwest.
IanuarE =. 1910 EaL5--l-
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Schools and CoIlege es.

SHORTHAND AED TYPEwEITEG-
SPECIAL rates for complete sEeloEravz-s
course Individual fnstrUctio1- Posir5o.s
gEsral.esed- SA1rthznd taught 10 hoG-s
study STEOGEAPnIC- ACADENT AS
w J ERShISE- Principal Coio-acB
building ocIS-Tn. - f-so1
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Vigorous Protest Is Voiced
Against Much of Present
System.
IS LAST MEETING
OF THE CONVENTION
Nineteen Resolutions Suggesting
Changes Are Adopted By
Delegates
CONTINUED from First Page)


OF the public service corporation, Mar
Tin S. Decker, president OF the National
Association Of Railway Commissioners,
demanded uniform legislation through
out the States on the subject Of railway
regulation and control
Though all Is seeming con fusion. in
the State statutes, there has resulted
he said. from the amendment and sub
sti5utIon OF laws, clear uniformity in
substantive action concerning railroad
Sates- This, / submit, is the uniformity
kslat counts. let the processes be what
Eley may. where the substantive provi-
Seons OF the different State statutes are
The same in general force and effect
Uniformity Of the kind that IS OF real
value has been obtained.
This Is also true Of state railway
train service, and the inspection OF
tracks and equipment Progress is be
ing made each year IN The states toWa 70
uniformity of control in those matters
other subjects as to which uniform
nv is desirable are the regulation Of
capitalize tiOn, the construction and ex-
tension Of roads. and the engaging IN
business of common carrier by rail-
road express, telephone. OF telegraph.
the transfer from one company TO an
other of all or a part o. its property
or agreements for joint use, the acqulsi-
ion Of the securities OF corporation
~ the same kind OF business. and the
merger or consolidation Of such coTpOr-
az
The Washington times., 1910-01-19

COLDS CAUSE HEADACHE
LAXATIVE BRoIO 2uininc- she world wide
Cold and Grip rcue3z removes cause- Cail for
fgli nzl1e- Look Ter Signature z. ". Grove. 20
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Aliens Address.

general Condemns zion OF the court
procedure throughout the United states
was the tenor Of the address OF Judge
Allen Of Kansas who was then intro
duced- There are BUT four primary es-
seutiaIs 10 be considered in the admin
fstrauon OF justice he said II Is there
fore OF the utmost Importance that the
procedure shall be inexpensive and
simple
There are Uniform rules Of procedure
IN equity throughout the country. 10 all
intents and purposes. he declared. but
when an attorney was compelled 10
take n case that came under one OF
the many definitions o. The common
law the procedure he found 10 be ab-
s0lutely dilferenS IN almost all OF the
States
In q large percentage Of cases II is
not the COZ JenJIOns Of the parties 10
the cause that are decided upon in the
court Of last resort asserted Judge
Allen. but cues uO,uS that have arisen
during the progress Of the case from
Judge 10 Judge On rules OF procedure
The present rules came down in the
fork Of a ICgsCE from the DAYS OF the
SfuartS, the TudOTs. and the Pla1T2ge-
nets Il = must with a &c ana not up
10 the COnditiUIs OF the modern age
The system places a premium on the
roor suitor be cannot afford TO pay
II enables the lawyer with the rich
client TO take his case on and on
through a mass of objection and excep-
tons 10 a point where there IS sure 10
he some Technically on which he can
secure q reversal for error.
In the Federal courts. where the
practice IS a sample OF what goes on
everywhere the COSTS are pro1i' .llV-
ard the weak sIIltor Is at she mercy or
the strong sUi-or.
The better part Of all the tine Of the
courts IS spent IN the arEdInCn. Of On
tireiy technical questions. Judge Alien
The Washington times., 1910-01-19
Example Of Other Nations

1T seems absurd, he said that q
body of forty-six States such as we
have i'm this country should not be
able TO do just what widely separated
civilized powers have done can see
TO reason why the example of The na-
tiOns should not be followed
Since the fathers of our country drew
The Washington times., 1910-01-19
Committee Report

Committee Report
The report Of the committee on resoIu-
lions was then presented by Chairman
Low, and after the adoption Of the
resolutions Mr. Macarthur was intro
duCed-
KFr. Macarthur pleaded with the con-
ference TO take action that would re-
suit IN the appointment in each state
OF z body Of trained men 20 advise the
legislators on the proper form OF laws
and 70 oversee and revise all bills pre-
sented in both houses Of such LegiS-
istures. Mr. Macarthur said the plan
had been tried In several States and
had been found 10 work out in the best
possible way The multiplicity Of laws
on al subjects 10 be found on the
statute books Of every State, the fire.
Quent duplication, imposed upon the
courts duty OF Interpretation that
amounts 10 legislation They are com
Telled 20 decide cases on what they
think the legislators intended
Understood by Few.
Few lawyers. except those experts EN-
plOyed BY CORPORATIONS for the purpose,
understand statutory laws in these mod
err DAYS. AIr Macarthur declared
The legislators do not, ne continued,
and If they do not not know what they
are doing themselves II certainly is n
possible that any one else should be
shI, 20 guess al II IT. however -Inel
~ - 80 So over each L1il presented and
e5cu S,..lUte on the Same subject for The
purpose OF bringing -nem up 10 date.
there would. be little need far the Uni-
versaI CRY for more uniformity Of avs
The laws would become automatically
u ,--J-ll,- because they would ell he
dTauIl IN accordance with a IiXcl stand
III
Root Urges Organization
The address Of Senator Root At the
afternoon session Of the conference yes
terday Is regarded by the delegates as
the most notable event Of the gather
Ing The New York Senator summarized
the necessities for uniform laws In q
brief. and scholarly address, in which
he gave q careful analysis Of the pro-
gram OF the work Of the Uniform Laws
Commission. and urged the members OF
the conference 10 leave nothing undone
that would create a permanent OrEani-
zaUon for the purpose Of bringing con-
rfuuous pressure to bear on the leEis-
Iators of the various States toward the
co-ordinaJiOn of their laws
lie suggested an Interstate conference
each year 10 take Up the subject and
keep continually ND 10 date This viii
serve two purposes he said It viii
create wider public interest in the
work of the various State legislative
bodies and vii be a constant reminder
10 the legislators that the people are
watching them OF the need for more
uniformity IL the laws Of the land he
declared there can be no question
Example Of Other Nations.
1T seems absurd, he said. that q
body of forty-siz States such as we
have in this country should not bt
able TO do just what widely separated
civilized powers have done Z can see
TO reason phy the example of The na-
tiuns should not be followed
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1910-02-18
NOT SUCH A VERY HIGH
WALL

The foreign trade of the year
1899 will exceed that of any preced
ing year excepting 1907. The
Department of Commerce and Labor
estimates that the Imports will
aggregate about SI,475, eos, 600.
The Chinese wall reared by the
Protective Tariff does not seem to
be very high one. A foreign trade
aggregatings3, 200, GEO, 600 annually
is pretty good for country which,
according to the teachings of Cob
den, really ought to be unable to
export or import anything of eonse-
quence.-San Francisco Chronicle,
in Amerisaa Economist.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1910-02-18
NO, IT'S NOT THE TARIFF

The meat dealers in the East are
beginning 10 retaiate. They are
asking that the Tariff be taken of
and Mexican and Canadian cattle
admitted into the country. But the
American people have been buneoed
once in that way. The shoe makers
for years told the shoe wearers that
If hides were duty free shoes would
be so much cheaper. So the last
Congress took the duty of IS per
cent from hides and made them
absolutely free. But shoes have
been going up just the same, and So
has leather. The government
simply is out the revenue. Before
we make any more such deals we
would like to have the free hides
failure explained.
No, it is not the Tariff. The
American cattle grower has not
been getting too much for his cattle.
In the markets, steers from ordinary
to the best, range in prices from
about So to SO a hundred. The
average is probably about five cents
a pound. Do the American people
want to make cattle cheaper than
that1 They are cheap enough. If
they were much cheaper the farmers
could not grow and fatten them.
There is something wrong some
where else. The steer that brings
on the farm $50 or 500 costs the
consumers SIoe or even tI2o, as
shown by figures prepared in
Des Moines. The packer says he
doesn't get it, the wholesa er says
he doesn't, and the retailer can
prove his innocence. There is
something wrong with the system of
getting the stuff from the producer
to the consumer. American
EconoUist.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1910-02-18

loading the mails with speeches
that nobody reads, with garden
seeds that won't grow and which
wouldn't be worth a whoop # they
did.
The railroads are still to be paid
at a higher rate than express
companies are charged for like
service. The law which was
intended to give the government a
monopoly of carrying packages is
still to be evaded by construction
that gives the express companies
the profitable business and leaves
the government to do the business
that isn't profitable.
If the abuses of the franking
privilege were shut off; if the express
companies graft were eliminated;
if the rates paid the railroads by the
government were cut down to what
they ought to be, there would be no
deficit and no need of talk of pIling
an additional burden on the maya
zines and farm papers of the country.
If in addition to this the
supernumerarles in the first and
second class Postofices who are
drawing fat salaries for political
purposes were weeded out and only
men were kept on the pay rolls who
actually do the work, that would
slice off at least 3 millions of that
deficit and that would help some.
The postofice can be put on a
business basis and made self
sustaining and even a profitable
branch of the government service
without increasing lhe rates Of
postage at all.
It may be, possibly, that all this
talk about increasing the postage
rates en- magazines and weekly
publications generally is not in
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1910-02-18
TARIFF AND PRICES.

About three hundred articles of
food are duliable under the preseA
and former Tariff laws. A careful
comparison of the several para
graphs of the Tariff acts of 1897
and 1879 shows very few changes
N the rates on such articles. They
are so few as to be negligible. There
are increases on only eight com
modities-viz. pineapples, chicOry,
figs, dates, grapes in barrels, lemons,
hops. split peas and buekwheat
four. There are decreases on six
teen artIcles-viz., salt, starch other
than potatoes, sugar above No. 70
Dutch standard, bacon, hams, fresh
beef, mutton, veal and pork, lard
cream, cabbages, green peas in
bulk, dried peas in bulk, barley and
corn meal.
twill be noticed that the increases
are, with one or two exceptions, on
comparatively unimportant articles,
while the decreases are on standard
articles of diet. But what is most
remarkable is that the prices on all
the commodities on which the Tarif
has been increased have remained
substantially what they we're a year
ago, while on substantially every
thing on which the Tariff has been
lowered the prices have greatly
increased. Just what satisfaction
the Tariff wreckers can gain from
his state of affairs it is hard to
conceive. 1t certainly disproyss
the claim that the Tauff is respon-
81 BILE for the prevailing high prices.
American Economist.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1910-02-18

tended to punish anybody, but there
is widespread impression to that
effect. The magazines have been
decidedly free with their criticisms
of public officials and public
legislation. Scme of the criticism
has no doubt been unjust, but the
people have learned a lot of things
that they wouldn't have known if it
hadn't been for the magazines.
The people are reading magazines
more than they ever did before and
public sentiment IS being shaped by
magazines as it never was before.
There is suspecion that a coed
many public men wsuld like to see
the sale of magazines curtailed.
Maybe that suspecion is unjust, but
the people have 1t just the same.
At any rate, it is evident that there
is no necessity for an increase in
postage rates if the postoffice
department is put on bus ness
basis.
If the railroads were paid no
more for carrying government mails
than they charge other customers
for like services that would wipe out
most of the balance on the wong
side. Ii the abuses of the ranking
privileges are wiped out that will 10
lot more to set the account right
and if the postoffice officials who
are drawing pay without rendering
any service worth mentioning are
let out of their )bs that will also
help lot.
Ii is good thing that this matter
has been stirred up. The people
are finding out Why the government
goes in the hole every year On its
postofice business. .-MAi: and
Breeze.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1910-02-18
ABOUT rHE POSTAL DEFICIT.

There is a postal deficit. 1t
amounts to 40 million dollars or
such a matter.
1t is proposed to load the
magazines and farz papers up with
the deficit by increasing the postage.
In the meantime senators and
congressman are to continue
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1910-02-18
NEW TARIFF AND PRICES.

Washington, d c Feb. q, 1910.
Every enemy of the Tariff is
taking pains at this time 10 lay he
increases IN prices at the door of
the Tariff law. 1t is not enough
that the friends of the Tariff make it
clear that it is upon articles the
duties oa which were lowered by
he Tariff that there have been the
greatest advances in prices during
the past few months. Moreover, il
shows, thar articles upon which the
Tariff law has absolutely no effect,
like raw cotton, without duty, aud
cattle hides, which were made non.
dutiable by the new law, have
advanced in prices fully as much
if not more, than upon any article
N the duuable list, whether an
article of manufacture, or one cf
luxury, the duties upon the latter in
some cases having been Increased,
rather than diminished, by the new
Tariff law.
Attention has been called to the
discussions in progress in Congress
at this time over the Tariff and the
lrisc in prices. 1t was shown 4 week
ago that Senator Bacon, of Georgia, 4,
a Democrat, brought out the fact
tnat, although reduction has been
made in the duties on fresh meats,
the price of fresh meats had
advanced.
In one of the most elaborate
speeches that has been delivered on
this subject, covering wide statlsti.
cal range of prices, wages and the
Tariffs of this and other countries,
as well as the cost of living in this
and other countries. Senator
Lodge, Of Massachusetts, has gwen
the enemies of the new Tariff some
facts to reflect upon, and conclu-
sions which will keep the doubters
busy for many months to come.
III has been disclosed from a
review of the changes in the Tariff
lew that the increases in prices have
come mainly, if not almost wholly,
upon those articles the duties n
which were lowered. Senator Lodge
has shown in his analysis of che
situation that there are many causes
of the advance in prices that are
entirely independent of the Tariff.
He proved from the Sauerbeck
tables of price changes that the
increase in the production of gold
coupled with the diminished pro-
duction of some of the leading
staples, caused an increase in prices
generally throughout the world. He
showed this as to cotton, hides and
wheat. American Economist.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1910-02-18
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WWEN BRYAN RETURNS.


William ]. Bryan is also to have
Homecoming" and 1t is to be no
less fantastic than that planned for
Theodore. Roosevelt. For several
mouths Mr. Bryan has been in South
America, where he has had fine
time. In many respects Mr.. Bryan's
position is ideal AS the several
times discredited and repudiated
candidate for the presidency he has
gone about over the world reveling
IN reflected honors. He has been
sort'of unofficial representative of
tbs United States, with eve:y ready,
tongue and good appetite for
attention. Everywhere he has been
entertained and banqueied in regal
style, while the tone of his speeches
has been apologize for his un
appfeClatlVe COuntrymen.
When Mr.. Bryan for the second
time returns from abroad and faces
the enthusiastic hordes of his sup
porters in New York, he should
bear in mind the mistakes of the
past. On the occasion of his other
arrival from foreign shores he filled
the great multitude with disappoint
ment because of his tactless and
unnecessary speech which went ring
ibg through the land. The Bryan
who went abroad was not the Bryan
who returned on August 81, 1906
The fruits of his observations had
dulled his political instincts. In
stead of making the rousing star
spangled banner Grafton that was
expected of him he faced the 20, 900
people gathered in Madison Square
Garden with clears in his eyes" and
recited speech that blighted what
ever future he had planned.
1t will be remembered that Mr..
Bryan came from London filled with
unique ideas of government owner
ship and other un. American theories
When be told the reception COM
mittee that he intended committing
himself to such a programme, the
faithful leaders pleaded with him to
say something else instead. Senators
Cuberson and Bailey, John Shaip
Williams, Tom Johnson and even
Governor Folk counseled sobriety
and conservatism. But Bryan was
greater than all others. Disregard
ing good advice he launched forth
in his homecoming address and
brought consternanion to his fol
lowers. He never recovered from
the effects of this reckless speech.
Upon his second homecoming
Mr.. Bryan should recall the Incl
dents of that night In Madison
Square Garden. That was the
moment Of his supreme opportunity
if he had any. Had he kept his
head he might perhaps have been
president. But the innate dema-
gSgy of the man was stronger than
good counsel. He was bent upon
Europeanizins the American people.
Will he try to graft the manners and
institutions of South America upon
US when he returns2 Probably with
ripened age and maturity be will
have learned sAution. At any rate,
his tie has passed. Even his silver
tongue cannot revive an interest
that is dead. It may not make SO
much difference, after all, what he
says.-Kansas City Journal.