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The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1910-01-06
TARIFF COST
DIFFERENTIAL
Difficulty in Aseertaining Figures as
TO Foreign Production.

The inherent defects of the present
ingly illustrated in a discussion which
arose in the Senate last Saturday over
the relevancy and value of a report
transmitted by the German govern
ment, and intended to show the cost
of production in Germany of certain
articles against which this country lays
protective duties. Some senators spoke
of the information forwarded as if they
considered it an unwelcome cOntribu-
ton TO the Senate's stock of knowl-
edge. That attitude, we think, was UNI
fortunate; for any authentic informa-
ton on a subject so difficult and con
fused as the differential in cost of pro-
duction here and abroad ought to be
thankfully received and seriously con-
sidered, due allowance being made, OF
course, for the possible desire of those
who offer il to prove a case in THEN
own interest.
1t has been demonstrated again and
again in the debate in the Senate that
there are no data available showing
with any accuracy the differential in
cost of production here and abroad or
articles on which it is desired to give
the domestic producer reasonable pro
lection. The trainers of the present
tariff bill have had to take the made
quate information at hand and guess
more or less at the proper rates. The
Senate has adopted the general polio!
of sticking as closely as possible t
the margins accepted in the Dingle!
law, ignoring in great part the enor
nous changes in Industrial and com
mercial conditions, both here ant
! abroad, which have occurred within
the last twelve years. The justifica
ton of that policy is that SO long a
| accurate information is lacking il i
hopeless to try to carry out the man
date of the Republican national plat
form of 1908 and levy duties whic
shall accurately measure the real nee
of protection. The Senate leaders eyi
! IDENTIFY hold that it is better, the situa
| ton being so beclouded, TO keep rate
| too high than to run the risk of max
| ing them too low. Yet there is n
good reason for protesting that tn
rates now being rearranged are base
on sufficient knowledge, or for exhibit
ing Impotence at the offer of cost es
Inmates from Germany or any othe
foreign country.-N. Y. Tribune.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1910-01-06
JUDICIAL TEMPER
FROM The BENCH
Seems to Have Made Judge GaynOr
Implement of Contradiction.

Does service on the bench tend to
make man more judicial states
man or politician? The answer would
be negative one If we took into ac-
count one fact and no other, namely,
that a judge occupies a position in
which he Is more or luss. fcT a time
at least, an unlimited monarch. His
opinion cannot be contradicted. Ap-
peals from his decision must be heard
before another tribunal. IL 1t were
otherwise. court would be turned
into a debating society which might
often degenerate into one Of the most
amateur kind.
Service on the supreme bench OF
Tennessee did not soften the asperi-
ties of Andrew Jackson's belligerant
nature. nor impart to him a judicial
temper in political matters or mat
tiers of statecraft. His "by the eter.
nal' was not acquired on the bench
to be sure, but the bench could no
eXtirpate the vehemence and parti
sanship which were rooted in his very
nature.
Judiciary experience may or ma!
not have had an influence in expand
ing the smile of President Taft, but i
seems to have made not a risibl
ripple on the countenance OF Mayor
elect Gaynor. Taking him as an eS
hibit, the scientist would say that seS
vice on the bench makes men tn
opposite of sunny or judicial in affair
unrelated to courts. Prof. LOmbroS
would so have argued.
Mr.. Gaynor retains some bencl
habits which though perfectly prope
in courts of justice, are out of plac
in the public forum. He always main
tains the attitude Of sentencing some
one to Blackwells or Sing Sing. He
, impatient of contradiction. Censure c
! him is to his mind almost uupardor
, able.
, But his chief fault lies in wastin
, time in the discussion Of things reall
alien to the job before him. Perhap
the restraint on loquacity which tn
, bench imposes is not centralized
the opportunities given to write lon
> opinions and hand them down. There
, fore II may be necessary TO loosen u
! after laying ABIDE tho ermine.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1910-01-06
Your MOhair Skirt.

You can launder shepherds plaid
mohair, If you like, and without hurt
ing It In the least. There are only
two little tricks of the sly Chinaman's
trade to be mastered. The first lies
in the quality of the soap and the
second in the heating of the iron. Get
some white soap OF good quality
1t contains borax, which is cleansing
and which adds crispness to wooden
materials, and will not fade the col
ors. When Ironing mokair a very
even heat is required; hot irons, while
they may not appear to scorch the
fabric, will rot 1t, SO that It will split
or crack on the first wearing.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1910-01-06

plain on the back. with a crepe-like
surface. and is used for making cleri-
cal gowns. This is worn by other
women.
For ordinary wear, travelling and
roughing il. serge still holds its own
over the popular broadcloths which
are chosen by those not in black. The
luster OF the broadcloths forbids these
TO be used by those who pay attention
to the conyentiOnalities of mourning.
The wool voiles are still preferred
for afternoon and those milder festivi-
ties that are permitted to those in
mourning. Ii is observed that these
voiles are sometimes ornamented with
the lusterless bead passementeries
that formerly was so much in fashion.
Boleros and yokes, as well as other
set forms of this sort, accompany
wolfe gowns.
For evening wear nothing takes the
place of chiffon cloth. This material
conveys a sense of elegance as well
as of beauty. and lends itself TO the
present fashions. which, it may be re-
marked. are yielding more and more
| to graceful drapings. The reaction
4 against the sheath gowns, especially
/ in the thinner stufts. is gaining head
way from day to day.
Crystalline, a mixture of cotton and
silk, thin, and not so lusterless as
wolfe, is new material suitable fol
those who wear Tight mourning anC
for young girls in black. These gown:
are trimmed with taffeta ribbons
which add vivacity without seeming
frivolous.
A black cotton net, fine in mesh ant
embroidered dots and bands along thu
selvege, is used for inexpensive sum
mer gowns. These are self-trimmeC
and pretty for one seasons wear
Chicago Tribune.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1910-01-06
Would Be Exact.

Toward the close of a recent law
suit in Massachusetts, the wife of an
eminent Harvard professor arose and
with a flaming face timidly addressed
the court:
Your honor" said she, 'if l told
you l had made an error in my tes-
timony, would it vitiate all 1 have
said?"
Instantly the lawyers for each side
stirred themselves in excitement
while his honor gravely regarded her
Well. madam said the court, af-
ter a pause, that depends entirely on
the nature of your error. What was
il, please?'
why, you see,' answered the lady
more and more red and embarrassed
Il told the clerk / was thirty-cight
/ was so flustered. you know. that
when he asked my age l inadvertently
gave him my bust measurement"
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1910-01-06
.SHADOWING OF
TRUST BIG JOB
UncOyering a "Vested Conspiracy Is
Not an Agreeable job.

When a man starts out to uncover
a vested conspiracy between govern
ment officials and powerful business
combination he is laying up trouble
for himself. That is illustrated in
the case of Richard Parr, the man
who brought the New York custom
employees and the sugar trust to book
After using all it's power in the de-
partment to have Parr shifted from
New York and Inundated, the sugar
influences went at him directly. He
was offered $4,000, for instance, to
call OF the strathyre seizure. and
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1910-01-06
PROTECTION FOR
REVENUE ONLY
Democrats Criticised for Their Votes
Against Free Lumber.

Not few Of those seventeen Demo-
cratic Senators who voted squarely
and shoulder to shoulder with the
Republican leaders in the upper cham
Der OF Congress against tie McCum-
Der proposal for free lumber have as
sumed TO justify their flying in the
race OF the national Democratic plat
FORM on the ground that the pending
tarin bill is primarily one for rails
ing revenue and that the government
needs the lumber-duty revenues in it's
business.
There can be no doubt that the gov
eminent needs, and will for some time
continue to need, all the revenue that
IT can draw from any source. II is
the hard fact, however, that for the
nscal year 1907-S the Treasury re-
celpts from importations of wood and
us manufactures" were Only S1,794.-
331, the total value of the input being
$I5,O33,565; the duties on the imports
OF rough lumbeT aggregated $1,718,-
o9o, While those on finished and par
TALLY finished lumber were only $75,-
oS6-an fmpressively significant Diff
terence as showing that the So a thou
| sand import tax on rough lumber did
not operate to exclude II or to pro-
ouce anything approaching exclusion
or 1t, but that the additional and diff
ferentiai duties imposed by the fin
ished or pianed lumber schedules did
| get IN their fine work" for the bene-
MT or the domestic manufacturers OF
woods; and that was exactly what
was intended by the trainers OF the
Dfngley law and is a part of what the
Republican national platform of 1905
promised, that is, a reasonable profit
to American manufacturers. So the
point OF the Democratic Senator'S de-
fense for opposing free lumber as a
far-fetched one, and will not "hold
water" under an analysis of the lum-
ber-duty revenues.
The plain truth is-and IL ought
to be owned up to frankly by all Of
these seventeen recalcitrant Demo
cratic Senators-that they want the
lumbeg manufacturers Of their owl
States 6ulm protected by the forth
comiaA tar act of 1909. Senator.
Tcfiaferio and Fletcher, of Florida
! don't hide behind the tariff-for-rev,
nue. plea. Senator Fletcher has de
clared with honest bluntness that pro
lection is going around" and that hi
people want their share of tn. Y
Commercial.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1910-01-06
Notable Women Who Smoke.

should smoke or not has been settled
in the affirmative by some of the Eu-
ropean royal ladies. The Empress
Dowager of Russia smokes cigarettes
regularly; the Queen of Roumania,
when at her literary labors, usually
has a cigarette between her lips; the
Queen Mother of Spain is said TO
smoke cigars as we'll as cigarettes
and the widowed Queen of Portugal
smokes necessarily. Queen Alexan-
dra of England and Queen Victoria OF
Spain are not smokers. while the EN-
press of Germany has taken a firm
stand against the use of the weed by
her sex
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1910-01-06
How Prohibition Helps the Bottle
Trade.

The extension of prohibition
throughout the United States has
caused a largely increased demand
for soda pop" as indicated by the
great demand for bottles. Two big
factories at the Alton glass works
have been working since last fall
night and day manufacturing soda cop
bottles. The prohibition wave has al
so caused q big increase In orders
for all kinds d large bottles.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1910-01-06

Most success Is chiefly compari-
son with failure.
The reason so many women believe
in their husbands IL nobody else win.
The choice seats at the corcerts In
the next world must be reserved for
the people who never played ne rfano
in the flats OF this one.--1kH Xe<E
Press. ..s ~ 4
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1910-01-06

should be an institution closely within
the control of the national banks aud
the Federal government-and IL will
not be easy to dissipate that idea.-N.
Commercial
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1910-01-06
The Cashier,s Way.

A woman went to a bank. She no.
ticed there was a new face behind the
window. HAS the cashier gone away
to take "A rest?" she inquired
mo-" replied the new man. he has
gone away to avoid it."-Chicago Tri-
bune.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1910-01-06
Unlike the Robin

Unlike the Robin.
No items in the press we see,
Or none to date;
The early snowbird seems TO be
A trife late.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-05-23
THOUGHT POISON WAS
 MEDICINE, AND MISTAKE
 COST Y0UNG MANS LIFE
Victim Had Just Completed Plans For Sunday Outing With
 His Family

Pouring a deadly potion of car- bolic acid into a tumbler, thinking the bottle contained his medicine, Thomas Mcdonald, aged 30, unmar- ried, living with his sister, Mrs. Max Krause, at 446 Shelton street, drank so much acid Saturday evening be- fore he realized his mistake that his death followed in few moments. Mcdonald had been suffering from kidney trouble for a long time, and of late had been unable to be regu- lar at his employment, at the factory of Harvey Hubbell. He arose from the supper table where the family had been discussing plans for a Sun day outing in the woods.
 Hearing the crash of the tumbler as it fell from his hand, other mem- bers of the household entered the bathroom and found him prostrate. Dr. Krause of the ambulance corps and Rev. Father Callahan of St. Charles church were called, but the surgeons efforts were unavailing. Father Callahan administered the last rites of the church.
 Dr. c. c. Godfrey, acting medical examiner, gave a certificate of acci- dental death. Mcdonald leaves two married sisters, and two brothers, John and Joseph.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-05-23
LITTLE WANDERERS
 SLEEP SIDE BY SIDE
 IN NEW MADE GRAVES Hundreds Throng St. Charle Church at Double Funeral
 Yesterday PlaymateS of HarbOr Victims Act as Pall Bearers Thousands. Surround Graves at St.
 Michael'S.

There were few among the many hundreds who witnessed the funeral services at St. Charles church or the interments at St. MichaePs cemetery of the Chambers and McMahon boys who were not touched by the grief of the parents. Prayers were offered at the Chambers and McMahon homes, 13 and 80 William street, respective ly, at 2:30. and at o'clock at St. Charles church.
 The little white caskets were borne from the homes by playmates of the deceased, placed in white hearses drawn by white horses, and taken to St. Charles. Rev. Father Callahan ofhciated at the funeral services at the church, and spoke briefly and feelingly on the tragedy that had re- moved the bright little fellows from their family circles.
 Miss Mae French sang, "One Sweet ly Solemn Thoght," and Miss Lanze sang Beautiful Land on High" The church was filled.
 The hearses proceeded to St. MichaeTs cemetery side by side, and the mourners followed in a double line of carriages. Interment was in the Chambers plot, the graves being side by side. Many hundreds throng- ed the cemetery.
 The pail bearers for Frederick Chambers were William Ayles, Syl- vester Ayles, Fred Coleman, Charles Kolyesar and John Kenny. For Joseph McMahon they were Frank Kelly, Field Kelly, George Kolyeszar, Fran cis Cashman and Robert Brannan.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-05-23
ECLIPSE OF MOON May Be Seen Dimly in Re flected Sun Rays While in Earth's Shadow Tonight

In lieu of the rapidly waning comet, there is another celestial attraction to- night.
 The moon will go into total eclipse, and it is promised that the familiar satellite will present the additionally interesting phenomenon of showing it. self dimly while in the full shadow of the earth from 12:09 to 1 a. m. As tronomers in making up advance no- tices for the eclipse offer assurances that the phenomenon of a visible moon in eclipse will be possible through the fact that the light of the sun will bend around the earth and shine upon the moon in spite of all the earth can do to shut it off
 The eclipse will begin at 10:46 o'clock. when the moon enters the earth s shadow. At 12:09 a. m. it will be- come total. and at 1 o'clock the moon will begin to emerge. At 2:22 the eclipse will be over.
 Comet parties wishing to take in both events are assured of a pleasant evening provided the sky is clear. as there will be an intermiSsion of only twenty-two minutes between the set ting Of the comet and the beginning of the eclicSe.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-05-23
TWO DEGREE TEAMS
 EXEMPLIFY RITUAL OF K. OF C. ON IO6
Exceptionally Large Class Take Degrees Before 1,20O
 Spectators

One of the most remarkable events in the annals of the Knights of Co., lumbus in this city was the class in itiation at Eagles hall yesterday when 1,200 members of the order, many from other cities, witnessed the exemplifi- cation of the second and third degrees upon a cass of 106 Many notableS of the order from other cities were pres ent including: Past State Deputy J. J. Kennedy of New Haven, State Dep uty William J. Mullins of Thompson vile, former National Secretary Daniel ColweH of New Haven, all of the pres ent State officers of the order. and Past District Deputy J. F. Callahan of Hartford, Downey of Wallingford. and many others.
 The second degree was conferred by Aragon Council team. headed by J. J. Halligan. and the third degree work, lasting from to z. was put on by District Deputy William Flynn and his staff. assisted by the State officers. A social session followed during which many of the visitors prominent in the order spoke.
 The Chapter rooms of the Knights of Columbus were visited by an un- usually large number last evening, among them the officers of the order from other cities, who expressed great admiration for the finely appointed quarters.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-05-23
THE THEATRES
POI.I'S

Thfs afternoon at Polls the second week Of the summer season of stock at Polls was inaugurated with a bril- liant production of the great Charles Klein play, 'sThe Lion and the Mouse. one of the sensations in the dramatic line of the present century and a play that enjoyed a brilliant two years run in New York city. while at the pres ent time four superb companies are playing 1t on the road to enormous business.
 the firSt time in stock and it will be given a staging and attention to de- tail as we'll as an artistic rendition not excelled by any other company in America Then too it will be offered for the first time at popular prices. ana those who have seen the play and paid a two dollar rate of admission might drop in and make a compari- son.
 The play deals with the all absorb ing trust" question and deals with corporations. judges, Senators. ct al. A pretty little love story develops in the first act and is continued until the end and incidentally the ladies of the company are given an opportunity to wear some handsome gowns an op- portmity which was denied them in .'Girls'' last week.
 At all performances this week all in attendance will receive a coupon which entities them to share in the. giving away next Monday of fifty dollar inlaid silver set which Manager POl1 has purchased of G. W. Fairch1ld & Sons. and which will be on exhibition Full particulars of the giving away of this set may be obtained at the thea tre. where the coupons will be dis trfbuted-
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-05-23
PHYSICAL EXERCISE.
Do You Take Enough to Keep Your
 Arteries In Condition?

Do You Take Enough to Keep Your
 Arteries In Condition?
 Dr. Woods Hutchinson, in criticising the different fads of exercise in Out ing, says:
 ."The worst error of exercise, the most dangerous fad of physical cul- ture, is not to take enough of it and to sheer at every form of it that does not bear the dollar mark. By one of those cynical poetic justices of nature the very men who denounce all phys those who pay the heaviest personal penalty for this delusion. They use the vigor they have gained in early youth in natures open air school to chain { themselves to the desk. to bury them selves in dungeon-like offices or airless workrooms twelve CT fourteen hours a day. They feel fine and are sure they are going to live to be hundred. but one day, to their astonishment, a little artery whose coat has been hardened for twenty years unnoticed becomes so brittle that it snaps suddenly, and down they go with a stroke of paraly sis, like winged duck. It is never safe to jeer at the gods, whether the imaginary ones of Olympus or the real ones of modern science
 'The men who jeer loudest at phys ical culture and who sarcastically ad- wise college and high school students ambitious for gymnasia or athletic fields to go and git a bucksaw and a cord of wood or hoe and potato patch and develop their muscles like did when was a boy are the very ones who die suddenly when they should be in their prime for lack of exercise and open air recreation. It is really an astonishing thing how many giants of industry and transportation particularly executive railroad men die or suddenly go to pieces between fifty and sixty years of age. It is 8 common saying in railroad circles that a big general superintendent or de partment chief will seldom live beyond forty eight to ffty-f1ve years of age Many break down before that"
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-05-23
PUBLIC BUILDING
 FOR NEW HAVEN
Senator Bulkeley Introduces Post Office Bill at Request
 of Congressman Sperry

The following is the full text of the bill that has been introduced in the United States Senate by Senator Nor gan G. Buli1eley at the request of Con- gressman N. D. Sperry, providing for the erection of a new public building in New Haven to cost $1,250. 900. and The bill, which was read twice. was referred to the committee on Public Buildings and Grounds. Copies are now being circulated in New Haven:
 Be it enacted by, the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assem- bled, That the Secretary of the Treas ury be, and he is hereby authorized and directed to acquire, by purchase, condemnation, or otherwise, a site and cause to be erected thereon suitable building, including freproof vaults, heating and ventilating apparatus. ele- vators. and approaches, for the use and accommodation of the United States post office and other government offices in the city of New Haven and State and building. including said vaults, heating and ventilating apparatus, ele- vators and approaches. complete. not to exceed the sum of one million two hundred and fifty thousand dollars, of which sums five hundred thousand dol lars is hereby appropriated for said purpose, out of any money in the United States treasury not otherwise appropriated.
 'The building shall be unexposed to danger from fire by an open space of at least 40 feet on each side, including streets and alleys"
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-05-23
RAILROAD CLERKS
 MEET HIGGINS
New Haven Using Sound Liners in Freight War
 on Grand Trunk

New Haven, May 23.-It is expected that the members of the adjustment board of railroad clerks. who are look ing for an increase of their pay from 10 to 25 per cent. will make their lat est call upon General Manager Higgins today. No arbitrator has. as yet, been named on either side in the Con- necticut Trolleymen's wage adjudica- tion. A special meeting on the matter will be held by the local trolleymen at once. No final decision has yet been received in the Shopmen's contention, it is declared.
 The New Haven road is now using the Sound liners Richard Peck and City of Fall River to bring bonded freight here for the Canadian Pacific road, in its warfare for the control of western freight, which the Grand Trunk is making such a strong play for. About a dozen car loads of this freight are being sent out of here daily by the New Haven road.