The National tribune., 1910-09-15

1t seems as tho we can't satisfy the
Britishers, do the very best we will.
Just now it is our Mr.. Loeb who has
offended. The London Foreign Office
has instructed British ambassador
Bryce to make formal representations
at Washington protesting against GER
tain conditions in the recent American
customs abroad and to endeaVor to Sc
cure modification The English mer-
chants are complaining that the condI-
tions prescribed in the American circu-
lar require the submission at the near
est American Consulate of duplicate
samples of all classes of their goods IN
tended for shipment to the United
States is impossible of fultillment. ana
they regard it as so absolutely prohibi-
tive that they may have to withdraw
from the American market if this Sched-
ule is allowed 10 stand. Laces and en-
4 broidery are the only things excepted
Z from the schedule. There is a lurking
suspicion over there that the circular
is solely in the interests of a small
group of American manufacturers, who
are determinee to shut out British and
French competition. Mr.. Loeb up to
the present time does not look very
badly scared. Anyhow, if we can make
things just as we'll here as they are
made in England, what is the sense in
importing them?
A man by the name of Philip Golden
has been arrested at Cape May on the
charge of swindling pensioners. He has
been going around the country victim
F.; izing veterans by representing himself
to be an agent of the Pension Bureau,
who is making an examination of the
eyes of veterans. In most every in
stance he ScareS the veterans half to |
I death by telling them they are going |
blind. He carries with him glasses, |
which he fits to their eyes, and tells |
h,,xr |, 60 col
/ blindness. He also tells them that be- |
cause of this blindness they will obtain
substantial increases in pensions.
Maj.-Gen. James H. Barry has taken |
full command of the United States Mil
ttary Academy at West Point. Extra
ordinary honor was paid Col Hugh L.
Scott, the retiring Superintendent. The
! corps of cadets and all of the officers !
on duty at the post escorted the Colonel
to the steamboat landing. This was in
accordance with the wishes of Gen.
Barry, and was the very first order he
issued upon assuming command. Col.
Scott has been ordered to Washington.
A bronze statue of the late Thomas
Bracket Reed, for many years Speaker
of the National House of Representa-
tives, was unvailed on the western |
promenade overlooking Casco Bay at /
Portland. Aug. 81. The statue is eight |
feet high, and represents the former |
Speaker in an attitude of repose with a |
scroll in the left hand. The pedestal is |
of Maine granite, nine feet high, and |
the work was done by Burr c. Miller, /
a son of Walter Miller, who was an in
innate friend of Mr. Reed. The cost |
was about $4,000. Photographs of the |
statue have been displayed in Wash /
ington, and as usual it is almost a Carl |
cature of the great Speaker There is |
q ola lir1a nf lfel
strong face in the effigy that has been !
erected. Neither is it natural to see |
Tom Reed with scroll in his hand. |
He never used one. He very seldom
used notes. Sometimes he had his desk |
piled with books and papers when he |
was making a long. continued effort;
but generally speaking, Speaker Reed |
stood over and clear of everything as |
he drove home his well-rounded pc
riods.
Are you a xylotomist? If you are,
there is job open for you if you can
pass the Civil Service, and that job /
VIII pay you $1,109 a year. xyloto- !
mist is not a new kind of bug, nor is il |
a musical instrument. 1t is a position
in the Forestry Service, and his busi-
ness is to cut trees into small sections,
and study their structure under the
microscope in the Forest Service labor
atory. After long study he writes re-
port, which later is printed at consid- !
cradle expense by the Government for |
public distribution, but up to now the |
public has taken very little interest in |
xylotomy, and there has not been re- !
quest Tor such report since the For !
estry Service was established. The For |
estry Service is anXiously hoping that !
If there is anywhere in the United |
States such a man as xylotomist he !
viii come forward and enter the Gov
ernment employ.
Hoke Smith, better known to the
veterans of the country as Secretary of
the Interior and hater of Union veter-
ans. will be the next Democratic Gov
ernor of Georgia, the primaries having
resulted in his nomination over Gov.
Joseph NJ. Brown.
New equipment for the infantry
branch of the United States Army is
being manufactured at the Rock Island
Arsenal. In the new accouterrnents
comfort and light weight have been
made the main consideration. The old
ones weighed about As pounds The
new one only weighs 38. While this is
only difference of seven pounds, you
would find that a vest difference if you
had to lug the stuff on your back the
way the infantry does. There is an
improved knapsack, which is lighter
and fits snugly in the hollow of the
soldiers back. The old blanke, roll is
abolished. The new blanket roll will
be a compact bundle. and will be car
ried in such manner as to protect
the wearers spine from the rays of the
sun and at the same time allow greater
freedom of movement The haycrsack
now carried on a strap suspended from
the shoulders will be replaced by a
smaller one 1t will contain changes
of undertaking. meat can, knife, fork
and spoon and cup. An improved can
teen is also provided. 1t will be fiat
and curved on one side. so that it will
fit snugly. An innovation is provided
in the cartridge belt In the new belt
most Of the ammunition is carried in
front. so as to act as a counterpoise 10
the weight of the blanket roll and
knapsack on the back. The new belt
may be worn loosely, so as not TO cause
any pressure on the abdomen About
10000 pieces of this equipment will be
made. and within a year the entire
army will be supplied
George +. Roberts, of Chicago. who
was Director of the Mint for several
years under the Mckinley and Roose-
welt Administrations and achieved a
high reputation as a financier, is Direc-
tor of the Mint. succeeding A. Platt
Andrews, who was promoted TO be As
sistant Secretary of the Treasury. Mr..
Roberts resigned his position in the
Treasury only two years ago to be-