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Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1911-07-20
!. DISHGBR|EIB. WITH.
SCALES AND GRUSES
Eczema from Top Of Head to Waist,
Suffered Untold Agony and Pain.
DectOrsSald Could kOtBs Cured.
SetofCuticura Remedies Success
full When AlLElse Had Failed. /

= ',scuie time aro Iwas taken with eczema
nom the top Of my head 70 ny waist. y.
began with scales on my body. suffered
untold ltehine and burning. and could NOS
sleep. i was greatly dlshgured with scalel
and eruris. Ny 6efs looked e. u they bad
hssn most out On with . rasor, and ny neck
70 PERFECTLY nav. suffered untold agony
And main. tired two doctors who said
had eczema n IL fullest stAgs. rnd that y
!could not Be cured. ! then tried other rem.
bales 70 no avan. A. last, | lried , ~ o.
thS Rsnrlne cuilctTra 'nainedlss. which cured
M. Cuiicura Remedies cured me d eelemo
when All else had ianeds thefefore cannot
plalSs them zoo highly.
n suffered Win CESSNA ubppi lsn innnth1.
hni an now entirely cured, and l believe
Cuilcari Rsmodia afe the Be- skin eiEfo
Ihnn NJ fHir1edl Ms Matte y ehanef,
RID. 4. Hoxa, panegs Nlzl.. o., y, 1910.
" IA suffered hon ecrsna aboui tour
yilfi 0heA SOS bead 70 1lt-k or 20
diI1lani 1ag,s.ei nv bof1, y ssal,ea VIZ
4 an nd fi1h. NJ beck Va lnscted nlsl'
Wiishii flse spread ~. ny ~. ne iiel,ni
eIr almost unhea1Rble a tlmaa 4 ifile
dlslunt loaps and Salvl7. oat pnsli9t .ssl.se
10 hin m untn 4 0fd1 % ~ the cuilrlnt
soap and Ointment One boz q them eurqa
n eiIFcIF. I fSt6m1zadld uAcm % ~
r1Ilor lur hrr h1hT .uhn Urf lrquh'cd. VIZ
f1ofh 1af1l.t. ara InrJ tcuQ lely eunol
- bafT..a l11dI w. y. = nllttlc,1'
nf1.ttIr|t. ~, 80 y to1n t-f'@,'ls'
+, aIftsrh II1liarn 1oll ID cn,1r11
oIrINrrI ~ 80 " tTI|F1IIl1 nd t1nlnll
1rrITVhsln. . lIt1Ill nnll1 q c1ch. VA
S1.1s1s- 500 % i1s- lf1l- I'D ~, VI
- r.7I. ~ lrra. q urr'IcrtI1n q fuIt1I
b c1-r' ~. ~ 49,
1850 t- 49,
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1911-07-20
|SlOBBS maj
I 4 SUE DAWSON
Governor Makes Two Demands n
o saf AttOrneyiG General ari.lei
THREATENED SUIT lF REFUSED
Dawson, Refuses One and complies
,yas Within the 0ther+-lnvitss ;iTg
-sh,o q suit In, Supreme 81 ma
~, 30 Il, couck.n,t-,, nj ,{igpg

u , T. a.
"a Topeka July 14fWA lawsuit y tAe
next move y tae r0y Deewesn wv
stubbs and John ,, DAWSON g attorney y lla.s!1
general, over the enforcement o. tne
prohfDitory iaw.+,Gov. StupDs sen.
I'letterpt 10 the attorney general 1nakIn i
two demands ana threatening . sun
I'm thebsupFemel court annieASi saei " Y
bmandsiWere complied with ;dthe' :
,t9rney general refused ere olatpe ~ ~
mands and compiled WITH the otner'
inviting suit 70 p, settle al tns 81! eontrO'
yerey. \ 4, ,oes t,,a,1 -2Qg.,o yaa
The attorney general reiuse9 y
subpoena 3 u: Hotise OF tine Topeka
Daily Capital g tell o. Sist ~
club In ARSnan country town'Wngfe
liquor was sold across the narohfEne
attorney general howeVef'g aecedea
to- the governors seeona aemaAa iAno
sent The transcriptf-of me eHneR "
taken IN the inaNisitiop last week ~
The evidence contains mucn 81 9r Ha
importance regarding bribery ana COZ.
rupti6n Of oticials 10 Cherokee coun'
w"
uAThe governor renews ms REQUEST
that House be summoned ana IAays
heawill 60 into tine eourta totesti ms
power to compel the attorney genera
ito set, the desired information. ne
khou fakaa I'm the nVi61uc0 In the In.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1911-07-20
INSURANCE itwOUtD PAYsDEBIS
warfsnshdSs Man aBurdened by Debt
ahoe Attempts Suicide q PertIs als
's9eseF apFlnsasl W sas seis

:. Warrenaburg. No. Jul, lA-Eber o.
Garoutta. en- insurance agent. who has
lived here several months. shot him.
self above the right temple with q
'shotgun in his room at the Fertile
Springs hotel There is only o slight
chance for his recovery He left sew
eral letters explaining that he was
deeply In debt and that the only, way
to meet his obligation was to take
hts LIE. 90 that his deDtg could be
paid With his inbur6hce. iGaroaltsis
about 80 years bld.itsi4i .lsa
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1911-07-20

Atchlso6, Kan. July 1.-THE
Jacobs aefoplanA, work on which has
been id progress here for several
,iichths, viii be given its 7flrut test
the hrst week IN September. Prob
ablysa professional aviator will make
the trial The Jacobs machine q .
multipIane carrying two engines and
two sets Of prnpellers, i has cost
$4,000 and will cost more before Il
is ready for It's frst flight.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1911-07-20
VA k6aIn n iIlI.

washington, July u. -Beoadhs 81
the serious revolutionary hoSensht
ID h6rthSfn HAITI NhieA d jeop-
aldlsng extensive nmoican inter-
asfs. IN unitsd alntos gunkoat Rgirsl
has been ordered IRON Guailaoa1ho,
Ouha. 10 Cane Heilien. Ihle action
was taken IL response, 70 4 REQUEST
from American Consul nvlnsltone.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1911-07-20
Americans ASK protection.

Cape Hatten, Hayti, July lathe
Revolutionary movement IN this sec
ton OF Haytf IL tbeScming more active
and IsI threatening toaextendT widely.
hit Dis not unlikely that the American
1consul will ask thatsa lYarshiD be
sent here for the protsction Of
Americans. g4,e gam 81, 4
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1911-07-20
.9N.oi6 nGpisd Awe. I

Lawrence, Kan; July "a. A-Buried
six hours beneath several tons Of dirt
and debris, William HTper,sa negro,
was rescued BY the fire department.
He probably will recover Harper
was WORKING at the bottom Of q 80,
foot wen, when the sides caved in.
Harper talked with his rescuerS as
they worked through a small pipe
which also furnished him'fresh' air.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1911-07-20
Eva Booth PrUStrated.

aaNew, York. July r1S.-EHsan Booth,
commander ofsths Salvation Army Is
/, III from heat prostration, II was ion.
nounced at, the army's headquarters
that she was unable to keep an ap-
Il pointment to address the Christian
Endeavor convention n Atlantic CITY.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1911-07-20
warner lMI5osd ! Wreck.

Z Boston, July lt.A-Former United
states senator william Warner o.
Kansas city, who 10 summezing with
hia family at NAhant, % congretnlat'
Ine himself on having escaped belne
on board the Federal Express which
WaS wfocksd 1t Bridge orc Conn
without an unexpected change ihshiI
Plans NJ would have been . pEusen'
GER ilcetlA,l 9 ~ So
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1911-07-20

W1lU0u1 TT1IITI IIII IEIIII UlIUlIrN
a Innfnra Remedy Mas ouno.
MR. Minerva ReFiiingers Upper Bern
"a writes: SF0r several years had
nervous prostRation, and was utterly
wretched. / lived on bread and beef
M btcause my stomach would not re-
lain aIlgthinE else. 4 took many REM
edles. but obtained 4 no relief until y
Took Hoods Safsapafilla. when began
t6fRaIn at Onceg Am now cured s'',l
n PI,re, rich blood makes good, strong
,nafves' and this II why HOODS SarFa-
isjarIlIa. wficKipufIfieb and tnrlches the
klaod, cures so many reryQpa diseases,
s((3et II today N usual liquid form or
chocolated tablets called eat8atAbSs
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1911-07-20
Free Remedy 1.
/ . Helps Children

Many ! mother has learned 81 q way
blavoidlne sickness in her family, e.
peelaily among the children, BY the
iise O.s 4 free sample bottle q the 70
nous iaxstIvs, nr. csidwtli's Syrup
Pepsin. This offer Of tSsSs DOCTORS 70
send a free sample bottle has been re-
spondsd ~ by thousands Of women
In al parts 81 America. ~
This DR.. caidwslI's Syrup pepsln Il .
truly wonderful laxative and especially
adapted to the needs Of babies ana
children because. Il is pleasant to taste
and no child viii REFUSE IT, Then, Y 70
mild and never gripeul 1t IL all that
e chlld'a remedy should be, though II "
. GOOD laxative for the whole family
Ebeoaut6 Il Il effective II ALL ages y
Il Amply, not dynamic like salts, piill
and powerful catharticu, which should
90. efFon 70 "a ildlon- nVNAY.--s-
Nine SI1Sss out Of tan Nhtn a child
complains and you don't know enactll
wfnf ID the matter with IL u neeo1
.tNFfl ll-stll '1oHl1a- are cnnatllat,q 60
zp f.Rs.n NJ, s sStrs ssoe ~ n VII IS
rfrIf nTTlh-aoV0r. night Eonaertnl ~
r6iia1 have BEEN SECURED With syrup
Tou osa bur it-of aay eruggipt e
1'lfl Cent?. o. d tolIfr q hQtu the JAZZ
~ 4. IS lI',ffs 4 i5aI of. A. 1rdt,e ne
16eItIig llrSl1s. 11nd hin y0ul ta-
fSsSs TO-DAY and IL viii oSna gon 4 Tree
-rrIa hofila. nIIlct To- your home.
I1fh rhen 1atllap1 by q Or feqi iqs-
~ % ~ l.rstf. ~ st..yi..,. !.
49, ...',- ~. nd lronatT tada III. % y
-1fI~r. ne ftl fta1i1l| 1cd ~ otqnIreA,
ts1- - oI1I 1|a1e1ll Ter 11et lottz
Ft4fI .n1 VII Z. tlt.st4 ~ s ~ ~, ~
rem I1r| n.|lloa' -,
aSsiss
~ ~ D. ~ ialssa haliains!
'Icn ll|1Nq' ~ "a et..t1a q .rH
$40 al F 80. ~, = ~
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On On ! Eour states Tour. !,

indianapolis. md. July i8,-Thirty.
i've motor cars have started on the
N'Four States Tour promoted by In
diana motor car manufacturers. The
route is l,4S2 miles in length and the
alouF viii occupy 10 dassr4Fhe motor.
slsaa win visit Paria, m. lSts Louis,
1Dubuqu6, Iowa. chicago andiIndianap'
oils. -
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1911-07-20
..IseaYSYi. WnI,PaY. psIEHS -pobtS:s

minneapolis, sAidpns July 13s-AC.
c0raing u VIE .Plesident n sB Wells.
F. b., Peavey, e. CD, will ASSUME the
liabilities Of the PSaEsg Grsih com
pany of Chicago which. !, Suspended
operations when a shortage Of $4,000
000o-was discovered after the sudden
death b. M PRESIDENT James Petit
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1911-07-20

YEARSDF
MISERY
All Relieved by Lydia b. Pink.
hams Vegetable Compound.
Gikeston, Mo, - i" For seven years I
suffered evefytbiHg. { n was In bed

for four or nVe Gays
at q time every
month, and 80 weak
u could hardly walk.
! cramped and had
,backache and head
ache. rand W az no
nervous and weak
that L-dreaded to
See anyone or have
anyone move In the.
rod spFhe doctors
gave me medicine To
- Al = =
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1911-07-20

No, Jaly l5.-sBs 2. ,BdsAl
plsaaudl oif The lrlnloaria Rleiac
naIlroad oompany has iust i1apecitt
IL, Boaslln Warl40 4 Southwestern
Branoh, a nne a niles long eFtend
~ NON stdlila y warsaw. hetioa
couhy rhh Va ne 6f1k NAH d
Ma ondalE oEet " bllnch me D
naat yeal@ +,
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1911-07-20

Delegate WickershaH urged on thu
iudiciary 3 committee the ponglai
attidavit involving the Representa-!
tiYss S0k TIE Northwestern com
inefcfal company. tonS Of tile Alaska
synSdicAtg concerns, ana the Essn6l
Coal company .sar}fq ai5t az .HaGgi
W ';Mayi24, 1ei0ys hsssaidss4a semitic
Attorney General Wickershami AIcoDy
of The, afIidayit, calling, his, attention
to the fact that the government had
been, .defrauded Of $4,000 BIZ, perjury
and . combination q these two cor
poratiohs In the sale u coal to TIP
government fof military posts Z IL
iAiAska4ft 1aits IasnE I'll t9AG SIS
st@'I asked him TO qin+estigate and
prosecute gthose persons for 1.-THE
acrime. IIpreceIvedasa letter ofitac-
acknowledgement In, May 1910 and on
June IS, 1911, more than q year later,
/ received a,letter from the attorney
general stating that the statute Of
limitations had expired" 49,.
II want the committee to have all
the facts so that It may know wheth-
'err theaattofheg gensfaln16s delhi
srately shielded Tthsgerpeople from
prosecution for crime or not. 1t is
fair 70 him and fair to me, ! saythat
tnaL re nas% fas, s.ss,la9f6
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1911-07-20

LsaVonVprth. Kan, Jnly 1t.--1amer
b. REED general manages 4 lhe Peo'
PIES Home Telephone Company 4
dhdtf arrest 81 charge a enbe1
allng uba1fdi q tl.eoo q ~ con
pany.s- aundn-H - lathe county
iali In dcinth q bond pending pfl'
lihln1,5 hfsf|bt. wl1 IA q
toat m11.. cone - 1fa11ntofit
ssns re ran 81 IRON WslklpB
.t1a. - l.ti8i-ssasse "a 30
- ~. =. 1872 ar~rsrrr-'-l ~
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1911-07-20
'MAWfRstF OEEd AREdNgICTEl
-8g5yt N tx2HTa
TWO REVENUE oFFICERse ARE
IMPLICATED.
Great Sums Claimed to Have Beer
Lost to- eeveFrmsnt. Tbroggh ! /
BHbSfy ~ om66fG = -

Chicago, July 1.-TWO !fevehdes 81
ficers and a former government Of
fetal are charged with accepting
brides In indictments returned By .
federal grand jury. Twenty-one Of
ficers, and employees Of bptterihe man
ufact6Iles@ aFe1 clafg 2S#itlf ! Ion
spiracy to defraud thelygQyernment
out ofstlle buttsrlns ytakI tie bfihdIs
Of government officials, It is charged,
being a part Of the conspiracy. The
government is said to have lost hun
dreds Of thousands Of dollars by the
alleged ftsudsE ylTJy 5Fss i
The following were indicted: Frank
p CsxtaeeE ,gnitsa statssa Ftyepue
agent; Harry Oldham, special employS
Of the EeFepne eepartnent. Ststioned
at chicago; Z &C. Eanie. formerly q
deputy United States revenue col,
lector, John F. Jelke. president !
Francis M. Lowry, secretary, and
William NJ. Steele, manager Of the
John FgJ6llle 6OEkDahya 16hh DadldS
secretary; Thomas w Dudman, purs
chasing aksHt; S 8sEanE 1 10 ardihsS
cashier; John r. Ryan. order clerk Of
the william j. Monkey company, and
William P. jackson, manager Of the
George 2 Braun company,
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1911-07-20
l0l|lESlI6klE
ACRERSRA|n
Alaskan Delegate Of Same Name
me. 4 Makes Charges. ~. ss,.'I
HELD UR EVIDENCE Of GRAFT
Jamss WIck.rSksm cIaIms Attorney
0SntrAi Allowed statuts Of Lint
'ailag tatloH u Rlih OLA II 'lnaf
-aw Jos iGfaft oaSeslo ~ sslisF

sudwaahington. July i5l~-T The Judiciary
COMMITTEES Of the house or represents
itiFes wants 10 know lust what George
|, Wic4ersham, attqrnsya esnsral Of the
United States, has been doing about
Alaskan matters. After secret con-
sideration Of charges made by James
Wickersham,g delegate from Alaska
that thu attotfsy general deliberate
lyDtapermfttsd ths statute Of Ifmita;
tion6y 01irunpagainst agsntstdof the
Alaska -syndicate- who-defrauded the
government thgoBgh aRaxjnryIto the
extent sot le5q,QaQ,, he committee de-
itlermined to report faygrablyoa resOr
luton, o. iHgairY offered tsbyn tthhe
AlHsEAp delegate. q .ai.,uocr .,soatl
The resolution calls upon the At
tofhey gehgf6I to fhrIiEh the house
with I'll documents and fsStfm6ny IN
his D0ssSsbiOn relating TO antanidaEit
submitted tDi'himmo thana year
aaeb sndas@ornsaD hyla,pIa Douglas,
former auditor ofgthe Alaska syudi-
cate. n-i00S. -----s.------------- |.
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5
The Washington times., 1911-02-23
"ELEVATING" A PLUMBER TO
80 THE PEERAGE. - q

There is a. touch of unconscious
humor in the announcement that the
Emperor William has elevated" a
plumber to the Prussian house of
lords. The average man has had to
spend SO much money on busted
hydrants that he doesn't squapder very
much in foreign travel, so he has to
get his information from consular
reports and historical novels. But if
the Teutonic plumber bears any ana4-
ogy to his fellow craftsman OH this
side the big drink, he would not have
to be elevated to any considerable
extent to make him the companion of
margraves and princes. We are told
that heretofore the Prussian upper
chamber has consisted chiefly of mem-
bers of the nobility, great scientists
and educators, manufacturers and com,
mercial men, prominent bankers, may
ors of cities and retired officers of the
army and navy. In choosing a
plumber as the first artisan to secure u
seat in the august assembly the pre-
eminence of his craft is duly and ap-
propriately acknowledged.
But has it taken the Prussian gov
eminent all these years to find it out
Is there any member of the imperial
encourage who rises from his morning
bath without pious thanksgiving that
he is still on good terms with the mas
ter of pipes and faucets? The first
chill of winter raises him to knight
hood; by mid September he is a baron
and long before Christmas counts anc
vicounts are proud to call him cousin
He looks down upon the ornamental
sciOns of the mediatized houses as
hardly worthy to sit above the salt at
the table where he dimes. He has a
guild of his own which bears some rela-
tion to the Order of the Bath, and vet
is far more exclusive.
Elevate" him to the peerage, for
sooth! 1t is one of the Emperor's
fond delusions. Let us say rather that
the Prussian house of peers has been
brought up to his level and he has been
asked to take seat where for these
many years he would have felt at
home
The Washington times., 1911-02-23

agreement with Canada, or that a Jud-
son financial measure must yield TO
the consideration of one or more Of the
great appropriation bills.
The National Capital today stands a
city" Neglected by its legislature, it's
condemned in Congress and out; wrang-
ling between Commissioners and a
Board of Education, appointed by
judges, and neither possessing the power
and authority that should be vested in
one or the other; supervision of local
street railways in an already over
worked Federal commission, other local
public service corporations subject to
no supervision; the local Jail partly su-
pervised by local judges and partly by
a Federal Attorney General; indepen-
dent boards and commissions having
partly local and partly federal duties
to perform, this best governed city
presents itself to its admiRng friends
and curious observers as a erazy quilt.
What wonder then is II that the mass of
the people can get no real consideration
of their needs, by either Legislature or
Executive?
what" you ask, "is Congress going
to DO about t?'' Nothing, so long as the
citizens of the District are content with
the present system of government, and
nothing, so long as the pIblic service
few bank ers and real es-
tate brokers and interests they repre-
sent can prevent. What; may | ask is
The Times going to do about it?
F. L. SIDDONS.
The Washington times., 1911-02-23
PARLIAMENT BILL PASSES
FIRST READING.

The parliament bill, which provides
for such a reform of the house of lords
as will take away its veto power, has
passed the first reading by the full
strength of the government majority
and the opinion prevails that its sec
ondary stages will be reached without
delay. Immediately after the reading
OF the speech from the throne the
British premier said in reply to the
leader Of the exposition that he would
assume, until the contrary is shown,
that the country has twice within
twelve months emphatically expressed
the opinion that particular policy as
to the second chamber and particular
embodiment, of that policy, shall take
its place, on the statute books, and
assume that the process of translating
it INTO law will not be long affair"
The leader of the opposition an
nounced his intention on yesterday of
introducing bN Ito amend the con-
stitutionsof the house5of lords" This
is regarded as the Unionist answer to
The Washington times., 1911-02-23

the governments bill, 1t is admitted
that until late day, at any rate, the
opposition has not been prepared with
amendments and therefore would be at
a serious disadvantage when the bill
reached the committee stage. The
measure is 20 simple and its proposals
so few that the work of<drafting an
amendment to it is one of peculiar
difficulty.
The enthusiasm with which the bi
passed its first reading and the fact
that the full strength of the govern.
ment majority was brought out sus-
tains the conviction that the Liberal
program will be in a stage of substan-
tial advancement long before the coro-
nation comes to bring a temporary
truce.
The Washington times., 1911-02-23
NO PURPOSE TO ABUSE
WORTHY WAR PENSlONER
, the Editor Of THE TIMES;

To the Editor Of THE TIMES:
My letter in Saturdays Times, "Old
Soldier Sarcastic on Pension Question,
IS not a square deal. 1t is so trimmed
that I hardly knew It, therefore IT Is
misleading. Give the cause why I wrote
that letter? 1t was in answer to an
editorial in Wednesdays Times (page
s, columnT. Let any fairminded person
read II and see how the old soldier Is
criticised. and held up to scorn for the
benefit of pensioning the clerks. Was
It the clerks that kept Jubal A. Early
out OF Washington or the Sixth Corps!
Was IT the clerks that ran Lee out OF
PENNSYLVANIA? Did the clerks capture
Richmond? No old soldier objects to the
clerks getting a pension. There are
some old soldiers that are clerks, and
while a man can only get one pension,
Uncle Sam has other children some
where in the States who have never
seen Washington, but helped fght to
make it what 1t Is. Give the clerks
pension, but don't abuse the old boys
of 81 to 60 for the benefit Of civil
service pension, and you will have no
complaint from any old soldier:
T H. DADE.
The Washington times., 1911-02-23
A WORLD TRUST CONTROL
LING COFFEE.

Representative Norris of Nebraska
has discovered, he believes, the first
worldwide trust in which the govern
ment of a great nation is a partner.
The facts and figures, financial and in
dustrial history which he cites, are i'll
considerable part not new to the public.
But the charge that this syndicate
has been directly responsible for the
huge increase of the price of coffee in
this country in the last few months,
and the details concerning the financial
organization and methods of the COM
bination, are startling. They suggest
that the trust method of control has
attained international, even world, pro-
portions, and that one of the most i'm
portant necessaries OF life is under
such domination.
MIR. Norris charges that the govern
ment of Brazil, backed by powerful
banking houses in various financial cap
itals of the world, has secured sub
stantial control of the major part OF
the worlds coffee supply, and that this
interest is raising the price to Amer
lean consumers from 40 to go per cent.
At the same time, the project includes
a plan, enforced by the Brazilian gov
ernment, to limit the production of
coffee. Mr.. Norris learns that actua
rial calculations of the worlds prob
able demand and supply of coffee have
been carefully worked out, and that
$75 100000 of liquid capital has been
placed behind the great scheWe OF
control.
Attempt has been made to employ
the tariff system of this country tOj
further the purposes of this cOmbi-
nation, but it failed. Judge Norris
now demands that the utmost pow
ers of the government be employed
to determine whether such a combina-
ton, whose chief victim appears to be
the people OF the United States, can
be protected. He demands of the State
information as to whether
the maximum and minimum provisions
of the Payne law will reach the case,
retaliatory proceeding
against Brazil; and beyond this, he
wants to know from the Attorney
General whether the Sherman anti
trust act can be employed to abate
such an international combination.
Tho oaso. presents some new features,
in its international aspects, and espe-
cialIy in the fact that a great govern
ment is a participant and the chief
interest in the combination.
The Washington times., 1911-02-23
ABUSE OF NEPoTiSM
IN THE DEPARTMENTS
To the Editor Of THE TIMES:

10 the Holtor OF The TIMES:
Your articles published pro and con
in behalf of the Government employees
are very interesting. But it is surpris-
ing to note the different opinions as
expressed by some in regard to exist
ing conditions. A short time ago there
appeared one IN your paper signed
Government Clerk" who said, among
other things. which 1t would have been
more to their credit to have refrained
from saying: 'They get all they are
entitled to- which showed their ignor-
ance toward the> bettern1eht of their
own and ealso tile conditions of their
fellow workers. Maybe they do.Fbut we
are living in progressive world"
Such utterances evidently emanate from
some one whose conscience troubles him
on pay day or is making family af-
fair of the department, in which he is
employed. Such is the case in the vari-
GUS departments. You will find women
whose husbands are drawing fat sala-
ries from the Government working side
by side, thereby preventing widows with
families to support, and in many cases
invalid parents, Hrom earning their