The Penn's Grove record., 1910-06-24

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pointing the members of the Fine
Arts Commission. The members are
Daniel H. 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 C. French, sculptor, of
New York; Frank D. Millet, painter,
of New York; Casg Gilbert, architect,
of New York, and Charles Moore, of
Detroit. Colonel Spencer Cosby, Su-
p~erintendent 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. 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
If the city and other affairs which call
for artistic judgment.
X II Il
Were an epidemic of such charac-
ter as to necessitate the amputation
Of one or both jaws, to inflict untold
suffering and to be characterized by
an almost intolerable odor
A Crying to spread through even a
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 seyerest con-
demnation 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 i~ncalculable suffering are having
their jaws amputated, and eve when
healed are going through life fright
fully disfgured, and all because a
iethargic Congress cannot be induced
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.
X X X
The passage by the Senate of the
5undry civil bill without amending
the provision for the Tariff Board.
which carries an appropriation OF
S250,000, insures the in
The Tariff vestigation desired by the
Board. President. One of the
c,,hi1nf1 whioh will he
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 thai
The duties on these products have moi
been accurately adjusted, especially
those on woollens. The President:
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 unequivoeal infor
nation which can be gathered.
X X X
Senator Briggs secured the passage
by the Senate of the House bill pro
Viding for the erection of a statue o
President James A. Garfield at Lonl
Branch,-N..J j., which car
A Garfield ries an appropriation o
Statue. $4,000 for the purpose
This sum will not be avail
able until the Garfield Memorial AS
ISOLATION shall have raised a lik'
amount, the whole to be devoted t.
the erection of a suitable statue, tn
design to be approved by the Secre
tary of War. The Garfield Memoria
Association has almost completed
granite memorial, and has secured TO
the site Ocean Park, facing Oceal
Boulevard. The memorial, whe
completed, inclosed and parked, vii
represent an outlay of $4,000. TIL
cornerstone was laid on Septembe
10, 1907.
With the wisdom of Solomon tn
Committee on Foreign Affairs extrl
Gated itself from an embarrassing pc
sition and avoided any show O
preference between Sa.
The Panama Francisco and New OF
Exposition. leans, the rival candl
dates for the Panam
exposition. There has been shar
division in the House, and member
have lobbied INCREASINGLY in favor Q
one or the other city. The questio.
came sharply before the Commute
through the reference to 1T OF NV
resolutions, one inviting the nation
of the earth to take part in an expo
sition at San Francisco, the other
an exposition at New Orleans. Re
luctant to take sides between the rlya
camps, the committee decided to plac
both cities on their mettle, and
case both should qualify in a~ccordanc
with the decision reached the chill
will be divided. The committee dc
cided that any city which shall rails
$7,50O,O00 may hold an exposition
celebrate the opening of the Panam
Canal, and if both San Francisco an
New Orleans reach this goal the
two, resolutions will be reported II
viting the nations to take part l
each exposition. The members OF tn
committee are congratulating then
selves ON their sagacity, and some {
them confidently expect to go down
history as in the Solomon class.