Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1910-04-06
GOSSIPY LETTER FROM
GOSSIPTOWN ITSELF

ltnis government would never rails
the wreck because, they said, 1t woul,
show that the ship was destroyed b.
an explosion from within. AS tn
charge that the vessel was blown nj
by a Spanish torpedo was one of tn,
| causes of the war, the Spaniards in
sist that the United States fears ;
disclosure that it did Spain an in
justice in basing hostilities ever
partly on the destruction of the bat
| tleship. Investigation made by ,
board of American experts, however
| resulted in a decision that the Main,
was blown up from the outside.
A congressman said today that the
reason tariff-protected industries
manage to have duties kept up TO a
good figure is that they know exact.
| ~ how to do the most effective work
and they never rest.
'iLke a nation that prepares far
in advance for war" he said, they
are constantly at work, to have their
case as strong as possible when there
is another revision OF the tariff. 1t
may be two years, or 1t may be 10,
but whenever It is, the managers of
these interests will be in fighting
trim
An organization uf manufactur-
ers in an industry that was especial
ly favored by the tariff have retain
ed the legislative agent who assisted
them in last years campaign as q
permanent employe. He watches the
market quotations, imports, retail
prices and general business condi-
tions. so far as they concern that in
dustry. When he sees a point that
makes a good argument for protec-
ton he sends it to the house com
mittee on ways and means. the COM
mittee that makes tariff bills. The
Information is placed in the files o.
the committee, there to rest until
the time to revise the tariff comes
again.
Men in some other industries
also save favorable information that
comes to light from time to time,
instead Of sending it to the commit
tee.
"As a result of this foresight a
fight over the tariff finds these inter-
ested parties prepared They have
a complete line of information as to
in prices and wages, the
supply and prices of raw materials
at home and abroad, and other in
tending to show that the
.ariff is a good thing.
Those who favor lower duties,
not having had the same incentive
70 get ready for the next contest,
are unprepared, and have only such
as can be hurriedly
gathered after the battle opens"
Alvey A. Adee, second assistant
of state, is the harbinger
If spring at the state department.
Before the storms of March are over
md the crocuses lift their humble
reads above the greening grass, Sec +
etary Adee digs out of the recesses .
# his desk a dOg-eaTed road map
# France and begins to trace there
n the prospective tour he is to
make during his summers vacation,
Which he spends always on a bicy-
lie. This preliminary preparation
) most complete. He marks with a
ed cross the hotels at which he is
D stop, with another kind of cross
be towns to which his luggage is
D be forwarded and at which he
1ill get a change Of linen; a red line
rything is arranged with the pre-
ision born of more than a score of
ears of diplomatic experience.
Mr.. Adee is now so well known in
rance that the hotel keepers and
IN keepers in the small towns and
illages would feel very much dis
ppolnted II they failed to see him
edalling over the nearest knoll
)me fine May morning. He knows
lem all by name and can ask intel
gent questions about the children
ejoIcing in the news that Marie IS
larried or that Jean has taken to
imself a wife, or shaking his head
18th genuine sorrow to hear that
rand-pere has been laid away for
God since his last trip, or that the
lother, who cooked the fat pullet
)r him summer before last, is so
micted with rheumatism that she
an do nothing in the kitchen any
lore.
From all this it is plain to be seen
hat Mr.. Adee does not suffer for
ick OF good things in the larder al
is approach The news of his com
lg Is the signal for the slaughter
+ the favorite hen of the family no
latter how many eggs she lays, and
be best the garden has to offer Is
ut before him. When he has re-
reshed himself and passed the time
( day, he mounts his bicycle and
edals on to the next stop, where 1t
egins all over again, da capo.
Mr. Adee has pedalled over 90
90 miles of roads in France. He
assists that II Is not that he is an
nthusiast in the matter OF bicycle
lding, but because II gives him the
ecessary exercise TO put him IN
God physical trim for the rest of
he year. Besides. II enables him
D proceed with a certain delibera
on and gives him an intimate view
Z the country through which he
asses. Then he comes back TO the (
tate department, which is turned
yer to him while the secretary and
secretary are away, his step
aunty. the glow OF physical welt
eing Is in his cheeks, and he is on
he Job until the crocuses bloom
gain.
In dealing with the hook worm"
isease, which Is so prevalent in
ONE parts OF the south, doctors and
cientists have encountered a pecu!-
ar prejudice. They have found that 1