Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1910-06-30

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President Taft lost no time in ap-
pointing the members Of the Fine
Arts Commission. The members are
Daniel II. Burnham, AN architect
Of Chicago, chairman;
Commission. sted, Jr., landscape
Thomas Hastings, architect, of New
York; Daniel C.SFrench, sculptor, of
New York; Frank D. Millei, painter,
Of New York; Cass Gilbert, architect,
Of New York, and Charles Moore. Of
Detroit. Colonel Spencer Cosby, SUI
pe:intendent of Public Buildings and
Grounds, has been appointed secre-
tary. In view OF the opposition OF
Speaker Cannon the creation of this
commission is =regarded as a triumph
for the President. Such a commission
has been needed. It is to be an adj
visory body, to serve without COM
~pensation, and will serve the officials
in Washington In everything pertain
ing to architecture, the Improvement
Of the city and other affairs which call
for artistic Judgment.
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Were an epidemic of such charac-
ter as to necessitate the amputation
of n or both jaws, to inf1ict untold
an almost intolerable Odor
A~(Hxusnnp IN Hcr~ood fhrN,,rh oyron q
Evil. limited area Of this GUN
try. every resource OF
money, science and legislation would
be taxed to- check it. The causes
would be exploited In the press, the
agonies of the sufferers depicted in
graphic form and the severest con
domination would be visited on any
who wilfully initiated against It's
eradication. And yet just these things
are happening. Men and women and
even children are being poisoned, and
after incalcu1ab1e suffering ere having
their jaws amputated, and even when
healed are going through life fright
fully dfshgured, and all because a
lethargic Congress cannot be induced
to regulate the manufacture OF
matches, and the compelling forces of
competition drive the manufacturers
to use a poison which produces these
horrible conditions, which could be
easily avoided by an increase Of five
per cent. in the cost Of production.
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The passage by the Senate of the
sundry civil bill without amending
the provision for the Tariff Board,
which carries an appropriation of
$25O,0OO, insureS the in
The Tariff vestigation desired by the
Board. President. One of the
subjects which will be
most carefully Investigated Will be
1.-the method OF the German Govern~
ment in determining the costs of pro-
idao+konMssIn1 accordrpce with the
wishes OF the President the cost Of
producing woollen, cotton and other
textile fabrics will receive special at
tention as the President suspects that
the duties on these products have not
been accurately adjusted, especially
those on woollens. The Presidents
instructions to the members of the
Tariff Board are to conduct their In
vestigations without regard for the
results, and to present to him the
most definite and unequivoca1 infor-
nation which can be gathered.
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Senator Briggs secured the passage
by the Senate Of the House bill pro-
viding for the erection of a statue OF
President James A. Garfield at Long
Branch, N. J., which car
A Garfield ries an appropriation Of
Statue. $4,000 for the purpose.
This sum win not be avail
able until the Garfield Memorial AS.
ISOLATION shall have raised a like
amount, the whole to~be devoted to
the erection of a suitable statue, the
design to be approved by the Secre-
tary of War. The Garfield Memorial
Association has almost completed a
granite memorial, and has secured for
the site Ocean Park, facing Ocean
Boulevard. The memorial, when
completed. Enclosed and parked. will
represent an outlay Of $4,000. The
cornerstone was laid On September
10. 1897.
With the wisdom Of Solomon the
Committee on Foreign Affairs extri-
Gated itself from an embarrassing po-
sitfon and avoided any show Of
preference between San
The Panama Francisco and New Or
Exposition. leans, the rival candi-
dates for the Panama
exposition. There has been sharp
division in the House, and members
have lobbied increasingly in favor Of
or the other city. The question
came sharply before the committee
through the reference to It of two
resolutions n inviting the nations
Of the earth to take part In an expo
s1tion at San Francisco, the other in
an exposition at New Orleans. Re-
Iuctant to take sides between the rival
camps, the committee decided to place
both cities on their mette, and in
case both should qualify in accordance
with the decision reached the child
will be divided. The committee de-