The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1910-06-28

Arts Commission The members are
Daniel HI. Burnham, an architect
of Chicago, chairman;
Fine Arts Frederick Law Ohm
Commission. sted, Jr., landscape
architect, of Boston;
Thomas Hastings, architect, of New
York; Daniel G. French, sculptor, of
New York; Frank D. Millet, painter,
Of New York; Cass Gilbert, architect,
of New York, and Charles Moore. of
Detroit. Colonel Spencer Cosby, Su-
perintendent of Public Buildings and
Grounds, has been appointed secreS
tary. In view of the opposition of
Speaker Cannon the creation of this
commission is regarded as triumph
for the President. Such commission
has been needed. 1t 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 one or both jaws, to inf1ict untold
suffering and to be characterized by
an almost intolerable odor
A Crying to spread through even q
Evil. limited area of this coun-
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 its
eradication. And yet just these things
are happening. Men and women and
even children are being poisoned, and
after incalculable suffering are having
their jaws amputated, and even when
healed are going through life fright
fully dishgured, and all because
iethargic Congress cannot be induced
to regulate the manufacture of
matches, and the compelling forces of
competition drive the manufacturers
to use poison which produces these
horrible conditions, which could be
easily avoided by an increase of Eve
per cent. in the cost of production.
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The passage by the Senate of the
Bundry civil bill without amending
the provision for the Tariff Board,
which carries an appropriation of
$250,000, insures the in
The Tariff yestigation desired by the
Board. President. One of the
subjects which will be
most carefully Investigated will be
the method of the German Govern
ment in determining the costs of pro-
duction. In accordance 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 unequivocal 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
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 suitable statue, the
design to be approved by the Secre-
tary of War. The Garfield Memorial
Association has almost completed
granite memorial, and has secured for
the site Ocean Park, facing Ocean
Boulevard. The memorial, when
completed, inclosed and parked, will
represent an outlay of SIS, 900. The
cornerstone was laid on September
10, 1907.
With the wisdom of Solomon the
Committee ON Foreign Affairs extri-
Gated itself from an embarrassing po-
sition 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
one or the other city. The question
came sharply before the committee
through the reference to it of two
resolutions, one inviting the nations
of the earth to take part in an expo
sition at San Francisco, the other in
an exposition at New Orleans. Re
luctant to take sides between the rival
camps, the committee decided tt. place
both cities on their mettle, and in
case both should qualify in accol dance
with the decision reached the child
will be divided The committee de-
cided that any city which shall raise
$7,500,000 may hold an expositi IN to
celebrate the opening of the Panama
Canal, and if both San Francisco and
New Orleans reach this goal then
two resolutions will be reported in
viting the nations to take park in
each exposition. The members OF the
committee are congratulating them
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