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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-12-21
PRESIDENTS MESSAGE.
CONTINUED from Page One.)

ton based upon the difference in cost
of production at home and abroad.
In his message. after referring
briefly to the creation of the Tariff
Board, the President says
IN my message of August IT. 1911,
accompanying the veto of the wool
bill, l said that in my Judgment.
Schedule K should be revised and the
rates reduced. My message was based
on the grounds, that such the Tariff
Board would make, in December,
detailed report on wool and wool
manufactures, with special reference
to the relation of the existing rates of
duties to relative costs here and
abroad public policy and fair regard
to the interests OF the producers and
the manufacturers on the one hand,
and of the consumers on the other
demanded that legislation should not
be hastily enacted in the absence of
such information; that / was not my
self possessed at the time of adequate
knowledge OF the facts to determine
whether or not the proposed act was
in accord with my pledge to support a
| fair and reasonable protective policy;
that such legislation might prove only
Temporary and inhiet upon u great in
ldustry the evils of continued uncer-
ltainty.
Il now herewith submit a report of
the Tariff Board on Schedule K. The
board Is unanimous in its findings.
ION the basis of these findings ] now
recommend that Congress proceed to
a consideration of this schedule with Il
view to its revision and general re-
Iduction of its rates.
'eThe report shows that the present
Iinethod Of assessing the duty to raw
wool-this is. by specific rate on the
grease pound g. .. unscoured) -oper-
Iates TO exclude woods of high shrink
age in securing but fine quality from
1.-The American market and thereby les
lsens the range Of woods available Z
1.-THE domestic manufacturer; that th'
Idutv on secured wool Of 30 cents pei
Ipound is prohibitory and operates t(
/ exclude the importation of clean, low
Iprieed foreign woods of inferior
! grades, which are nevertheless Yalu-
able material for manufacturing ano
which cannot be imported in Tho
grease because of their heavy shrink
lage Such woods, if imported, might
be used to displace the cheap substi-
tutes now in use.
10 make the preceding paragraph
la little palmer. take the instance Of q
hundred pounds Of first class wool i'm
ported under the present duty, which
lis II cents a pound. That would make
the duty on the hundred pounds 81
The merchantable part of the WOO
thus imported is the weight of the
wool OF this hundred pounds after
securing. II the wool shrinks 80 pei
cent. as some woods do. then the duty
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BOXING NOTES.

Pat Rocco and Darkey Griffin are
to box in Glens Falls, on Christmas
day
frankie Madole and Phil knight will
clash in Pittsburg, next SATURDAY
night.
Battling Nelson is to take on Jack
Redmond of Milwaukee in 20-round
bout at New Orleans. next month.
Tommy Dixon and Johnny Roche OF
San Francisco have been matched TO
box in Kansas City, Jan. ;.
Pat Bradley. middleweight and Joe
Atchison. lightweight, both of san
Francisco. who are pupils of George
Green. have sailed for Australia.
If Matty Baldwin and Freddie Welsh
can come to an agreement on the
weight question, the New Orleans pro-
moter has notified Aleek Mclean that
he will stage the bout. Feb. 4.
Frank Klaus and Eddie McGoorty
have been matched TO meet in six
round bout at Pittsburg, Dec. q.
joe Rivers and frankie Conley,
featherweights, will meet at Vernon,
Cal, New Years day, in a 20-round
battle.
Kid Scaler of Spokane and Gilbert
Gallant of Chelsea We're, Tuesday,
matched to meet in 10-reund bout
at Pittsburg New Years night.
Scaler is one of the busiest of the lit
tie fellows at the present time.
Denver Jack Geyer, who failed in
his attempts against Carl Morris,
created an impression with his show
ing against Charles Horn at Califor-
mia, last Friday night. Geyer held the
Pacific coast heavyweight TO draw
and has been matched for Il return
meeting. Dec. 81, for a 1Q-round bout.
After the showing that Bat Nelson
made with Willie Howard, Monday
night, "0ne Round Rogan" is more
firmly convinced than ever that he
will knock out the Dane when he
meets him, Friday night. Hector Me
Kinnes says that Hogan Is a fighting
machine when he gets going right
and what is there to prevent him from
scoring at will on the defenceless Mel
son?
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-12-21
NEW YORK STOCK MARKET.
Features of the Days Dealings in All
the Leading Stocks.

New York. Dee 2o.-The insistent de-
maud of German banks for "oNcr year
funds was tie Significant feature OF what
otherwise was a dull day in Wall street.
Large amounts have been loaned to Ger
many within the last week. but the bid
ding WAS still keeuer, today. Seven per
cent WAS paid for the greater part of
the money. and offers of ii to SIS per
cent above this figure We're reported
The amount of American credits in Ger
many is. of course, unknown, hut IL -
believed that il is now not less than
$t20 eco GOO.
stringency prevailed in the German mon
ey market a was implied by the urgen-
cy of the demand for funds The pres
cnt situation was said by international
bankers TO be the result of oVer-SpcCuia-
ton iii Germany. over-expansion of cred
it's and tire withdrawal of fuurS by
France in the fall, at the time of the
Moroccan scare Unusual interest at
taches to this situation, not only on ae-
count OF the pressing nature of German
needs. hut because of the fact that Il
large part Of the loans contracted here
by Berlin IN the course Of the Moroccan
dispute mature at the end of next month.
Unless these loans are extended, Ger
many's financial resources Will be put to
a severe tax when they fail due
In the stock market, today. business
fell of sharply With no new impetus
from any quarter of sufficient force to
give the market a decided trend prices
moved in an irregular aimless way
Some appearance of strength was lent es
a two-pdint advance in Union Pacific and
a continuation Of the upward movement
in number of specialties which have
been prominent recently by reason Of
their rising prices. The electric shares.
the fertilizers. International Harvester
American Beet Sugar. Central Leather
aud American LinSeed common and pre-
fcrrcd scored the best gains. Union Pa
citcs advance attracted particular at
jentou because of the heaviness which
it has displayed for some time. The
stock WAS not maintained long at its top
price but fiuctuated in an erratic way
throughout the day. Lehigh Valley after
an early advance, fell back sharply on
the announcement that the directors had
taken no action I'm regard To an extra
/ distribution to shareholders. The gener-
q run of standard stocks moved within
narrow limits and at the close the list
showed irregular
Bonds Were unusually active Quota
tions were irregular American Tobacco
ana related issues were strong a record
prices, Wabash IS became heavy after
an early advance Total sales. par value
s. o01e oa. United States bonds were un-
changed on call
Christmas is to be celebrated in Wall
Street with triple holiday The d.
rectors of the Stock Exchange voted. to-
day. 10 close the exchange. Saturday. so
that business VIII cease from Friday aft
ernoon until Tuesday morning
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BOXING BOUTS THIS WEEK.

Thursday-Wilns Lewis VS.. Hill
lard Lang, Toronto Howard Morrow
VS.. Ed McGoorty, New York; jim
Smith VS.. Griff Jones, New York; KID
Scaler VS.. Terry Brooks, Al Limerick
VS.. Tommy Flanagan and Tom Carson
VS.. NJ. Brown. Lawrence; Jim O'Ccn-
nell VS.. Charley HUFF, Derby, Conn;
American A. c. amateur tournament;
BAY Woods VS. Young McDonough.
New Bedford; Joe Campbell VS. }.
Smith, Adams.
Friday-Battling Nelson VS.. One
Round Hogan, New York; Frank
Mantell VS.. Kid George. Sacramento;
Abe Attell vs.. Tommy Houck, Pitts
field: Pal Brown VS.. Kid Thomas,
Hurley, Wis.
Saturday--Johnny Kilbane VS.. Jim
my Walsh of Chicago, Cleveland
Sunday-Franllie Burns of New
Jersey VS.. Eddie O'Keefe, New Or
leans.
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SPORTING NOTES.

Joe silva. the New England anna
tour three-mile champion runner was
admitted to membership in the Z. A.
A., Tuesday, By the board Of COVER
nors
Georqa Y brown has arranged n
rsIs,,. race between Dartmoufb ami
N n for tho z "A games in
Fa,rnor,. NJ r bae also asked
A{a,5asar Proqsn to arrange relay
race for if win Princeton in the same
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Leon spencer anu ON 's'ssi'-'1 -
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New York Produce Market.

New York. Dec. 20
FLOUR-Was firmly held with fair
trade. receipts 3a95 shipments = f42
WHEAT-Spet irregular. Ne . red ~
elevator export basis aud ISL ( q h atinat
Ne ! northern Duluth llS3 h aiioat.
receipts al so. shipments gJ.4i7
CORN-SpOt easy: export new 20 O b
a1oat: receipts 222, 100; shipments 2G663.
oATS-Spot easy, standard white 53i in
elevator; No. = 81: No. 5 and No. 5St;
natural white aud clipped white 52d56@ Oh
track; receipts 1850 shipments $3.50
FORKS Steady
BEEF-Steady
LAED-Steady.
SUGAR-Raw barely steady. muscoya-
do 50 test AZ. centrifugal 80 test 473
molasscs sugar NJ test 3.9S refined steady
BTTTER-firm; receipts S3l9. creamery
specials 80, extras -: first EylF3sl sec
ondS 33Q5f. creamery held specials 2J}6
~. extras 3IG55; FIRST gas. seconds 3yfD
81: state dairy tubs finest $685.. good to
prime 39d34
EGGS-Unsettled: receipts 4G25: fresh
gathered extras Has. extra first Hate:
first 39a40 seconds 3iQ3S; thirds and
poorer 26952; state, Pa. and nearby hem
merry whites fancy large new laid s.. do
selected whites fair to good 45M52. west
ern gathered whites ;Sa46: state Pa
and nearby hennery browns 45d46 do
gathered brown and mixed colors 3SG44
POTATOES-Domestie steady and I'M
changed; European weak at 2.e5d2.40 per
, 16S pounds
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abroad; mat IN the making OF yarn
ana cioIe the domestic "ooleh OF
Worsted manufacturer mas IN genera
no advantage IN the lorln 81 superior
machinery or more eilleleht TABOR 10
onset the hgher wages palo ia '',iS
country. Inc hndIhsS sho" mat inc
cost OF turning wool INTO yarn IN inns
country is ABOUT upuple tlal III 't'S
leadlhR 'etnPetns country anu ,''''t
the cost OF tofhlh+ SaIi. ln'o ciotH -
somewhat filotH IMAM oootle' i''N'
thR protective P"lilH Il Eied' III" uS'ls
tFoiNihs the "ei.ai4 - Us
thousaho5 OF people mas oeeh eS'"o-
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Boston Produce Market.

Boston Dee. -
BEEF-Unsteady: whole cattle i0l@lk
BRAN-Unchanged, 27.J0d2S.00.
BuTTER-Firmer; northern 36Eg3';
western 36i@37.
CHEEsIt-Firm: New York 16al7
CORN-Firm; No. 5 yellow ~.
EGGS-Firm: choice 50Gl52; western II
@43.
FLoUR-steady; mill shipments. spring
patent, 5.40a590
HAY-Steady: No / grade 255od2650
la MBS-Steady, aal0
LARD-Firm; pure l0s.
MINED FEED-Firm, 2Sd3l.
OATS-Firm; No. clipped white ..
PORk-Unchanged; medium backs 100
nlS75
205.
SUGAR-Unchanged granulated 5.95.
NEALS-Steady, 13dl4a.
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FOOTBALL NOTES.

The Harvard football team Of 1912,
will be under the leadership of Percy
L. Wendell of Boston, who was elect
ed captain of the eleven, today. Wen
dell has played at hafback on the
Varsity for two years and was a
member OF his class team in his
Freshman year He came To Harvard
from the Roxbury High school
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-12-21
New York Cotton Market.

New York. Dec 20
Spot closed quiet and 10 poipts higher.
AMiddling uplands 9.6J do. guif $50. Sales
2l00 bales
3-16: Savannah quiet, 81; Charleston
steady. 81; Memphis firm, 90.
Net receipts for five days 32I ITS.
Exports to Great Britain $685.. to
France H.i0i, TO the Continent 9l008, to
Japan 30 612
Stock 600 Oh
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Chicago Cattle Market.

Chicago. Dec %
GATTLE-Reeeipts $500; market strung
to 10 up; heeves 4 Gnas 90
ioGS-Reeeipts 5000: market weak at
Yesterday average. light 55ea6. 10
SHEEP-ReeeiptS $500. market strong
natives 2J0n4; western 2.7GH4: yearlings
44525; native lambs 4n6.10. western i2J
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-12-21

on cloth. the present rate of duty
is pronounced prohibitory ON heavy
weight cheap and medium grade
cloths. principally because of the
specific compensatory duty which
fixes "A certain charge per pound be-
fore the ad valorem rate begins. 1t
costs 100 per cent more to make cloth
from yarn in the United States than
1t does in England or France. The
present system or fixing the same
ad valorem rates of duty on different
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-12-21
YOUNG Haisbura Whips DaIy.

New York. Dec. 20.-In fast boxing
match of 10 rounds at the RoYale A
c. at Brooklyn, Tuesday night, Young
Holsburg Of Brooklyn gave Johnny
DAILY of Manhattan a trouncing, gain
ing the honors in every round
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TUESDAY NIGHTS BOUTS.
Maroney.Lanaford Bout stoppec

New York, Dec. 20.-In the bout at
the Mt. Vernon Sporting Club, Tues
day night, between Young Sam Lang
ford of Mt. Vernon and Joe Maroney
of the Bronx. Maroney was accidental
" hit low and had to stop. The blow
was accidental. The fight was Lang
tord's UP to the time of the acct
1eDt
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-12-21

ShrlukS only 90 per cent. IT would be
l$1l on 80 pounds of wool, and this is
/ near To the average of the great bulk
! OF woods that are imported from Aus
trali3 which is the principal source of
|ouf imported wool.
These Determinations could be
overcome by assessing duty in ad
val0rem terms, but this method IS
open to the objection. first that it in
creasCs administrative difficulties and
tends to decrease revenue through un-
valuations, and second that as
prices advance. the All Nalorem rate
increases the duty per pound at the
/ time when the consumer most needs
/ relief and the producer can best stand
con petition; while if prices decline
the duty IS decreased at the time when
the consumer is least burdened by the
price and the producer most needs
protection.
Another method of meeting the
difficulty of taxing the grease pound
is to assess a specific outy on grease
wool III terms Of its secured content.
This obviates the chief evil of the
present system. namely the discrimi-
nation due to different shrinkages and
thereby tends greatly to equaHze the
duty The board reports that this
method is feasible in practice and.
could be administered without great
expense. The secured content of the
wool is the basis on which users Of
wool make their calculations, and It
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The duties on many classes of wool
manufacture are prahibitorE anu
greatly in excess OF the dlherenee III
cost Of production here ana abroad.
This is true of tops, OF yarns (Wlth
the exception of worsted yarns OF
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-12-21
Dixon Outpoints Germaine.

st. Louis, Mo, Dec. 2O.-Tommy Dix
on of Kansas City outpointed Chalkey
Germaine of St Louis, last night, in
the feature bout at the St. Louis A.
c. The battle went the limit of six
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-12-21

rounds. with both boys in good condi-
ton at the finish Dixon was clever,
hut failed to show q championship
punch.
Sammy LEM Of Chicago was put
out in the third round in his bout
with Charles DalHit2 of st. Louis.
Benny McGovern also scored knock
cut over Billy Hickey. the latter last
ing but little over one refund
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-12-21
Carnival Week
AT THE
Select Roller Skating
Rink, AUGUSTA

Wednesday EVening--Matched Race
between Mclean the Boy Wonder
FROM Bath vs.. Martin Gorham of Port
land.
Thursday Even'ng-challenge race
between Miss Amanda Burnell and
Miss Helen Albee.
The voting contest for the most
popular lady skater is getting very
exciting. Miss BurnelI, Miss Brooks and
Miss Norris arc about tie.
Moving Pictures Christmas after
noon and evening. Price as usual.
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New York Money Market.

New York. Dec 20
Prime mercantile paper 4ia4I per cent
Sterling exchange steady at 4S3 p fol
1-daY bills and at 4S6 50 for demand
Commercial bills 49,
Bar silver 81.
Mexican dollars IS
Government bonds etrarv
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c. f. Murree, Treas.
F. MURREE, Mgr.
dec20dtf
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TARIFF BOARDS REPORT.

CONTINUED from Page one)
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dec2Odtf
The Elbert County tribune., 1911-10-20
special fund. and he refuses to honor
the Prowers county voucher.
city to Operate Mine.

Pueblo.-H one of two propositions
which were made to the Commerce
Club is accepted, Pueblo will operate
its own coal mine this winter. in COM
petition with local dealers, who are
charging prices consumers declare ex-
orbitant Because the retail dealers
raised the price 25 cents per ton at
the opening of the season, the Com
merce Club and other civic bodies
have been looking at two coal mines
now In operation and offered to the
city, and it is likely that one of them
win be secured. citizen having been
found who is willing to advance the
necessary capital. One mine is near
Trinidad and the other near Canon
City. 1t is said coal can be mined
from either, brought here and deliv-
cred for about $4 per ton.- while $5.75
is charged by retail dealers.
The Elbert County tribune., 1911-10-20
Weeks News from All Over Colorado

q project to build an electric railway
between Manitou and the Cripple
Creek district.
Rev. E. Luther Edwards. pastor for
four years of the First Presbyterian
Church of Grand Junction. has re-
signed.
The Rev. Manus Boyle. a young
priest who was ordained last July at
Belgium, is to be assigned to the Dem
yer diocese.
DIR. z. s. w. Lawrence, aged seven
ty-five, for thirty-six years. a resident
of Colorado, a prominent dentist and
churchman, died in Denver.
The first annual Sugar Day at Su-
gar City in connection with the cele-
bration of the creation of Crowley
county by the last Legislature was a
great success.
A new bond issue of $40,000.000. de-
signed to be sold for the construction
of the Moffat road westward from
Steamboat Springs and to bore the
six-mile tunnel under the main range.
west of Denver, was voted at the an
nual meeting of the stockholders Of
the Denver. Northwestern and Pa
cific railroad in Denver.
The contention raised by railroad
attorneys that the State Board OF
Equalization has no power to change
tax assessments after October 1st is
not a good one according to an opin-
ion rendered by Deputy Attorney Cen
eral A. A. Lee. He. holds that the
board still has power to change as
sessments.
The Longmont sugar factory has
been running about two weeks and
has never made such a record before.
1t has averaged 1000 tons of beets per
day, the best days run. being 1900
tons. The largest output OF sugar for
one day was 5,420. the average sugar
content has been 161a per cent and
the yield per acre will average 13 to
IA tons.
That the statement of John Ar
buckle, New York refiner and coffee
magnate, that he will go before Con-
sugar. is the first gun in battle be-.
tween the beet sugar manufacturers
and the cane sugar refineries is the
declaration of Clarence G. Hamlin,
chairman of the executive committee
of the United States beet sugar in
dustry. in statement made public
in Colorado Springs.
Thomas Almond was found guilty of
murder in the first degree at Hugo
for the killing OF his brother-in-law.
v. H. Barger. July 13. in quarrel
over a well which the two men
claimed. The jury recommended life
sentence.
The Elbert County tribune., 1911-10-20

Wilmington, Del--Mrs. Mary Eliza
beth Graham, aged 20 years, who. al
though well-to-do. lived alone at Ken
ton, Del, was found caught in a fold
ing bed in her home. She had been
a prisoner four days and nights and
was in a dying condition.
That the railways of the country
take over the express companies
business was virtually recommended
to the annual convention of the Ma
tional Association of Railway Com
missioners in session in Washington
by the committee on express service
The practice at almost all Roman
Catholic churches of asking a contri-
button at the door OF of charging fee
for seat in church. is ordered discon-
tinued in circular letter addressed
to all archbishops and bishops of the
church in the United States that has
been sent out by Monsignor D. Fal-
COMO, apostolic delegate at Washing
ton.
By the sweeping decree entered in
the United States Circuit Court at
Toledo. the backbone of the so-called
Electrical Trust was broken and, in
the judgment of Attorney General
Wickersham, the government was
equipped with precedents of genuine
value in its prosecutions of CONNER
cial combinations forbidden by the
Sherman law
In the cathedral in Baltimore, where
fifty years ago he was ordained
priest, then successfully consecrated
bishop. invested with the pallium of
an archbishop and twenty years after
his ordination received the red beretta
of a cardinal, Cardinal James Gibbons.
archbishop of Baltimore. received
homage from illustrous prelates and
laymen from both this country and
foreign lands. The ecclesiastical cele-
bration of the cardinals dual Jubilee
began with pontifical high mass, cele.
brated by the cardinal. Archbishop
John ]. Glennon of st. Louis delivered
the sermon.
Disastrous weather conditions
which prevailed throughout the coun-
try earlier in the growing season
abated in September and the condi-
tion of most of the important unhar-
vested crops on October 1st showed
improvement. Corn was one-tenth Of
one per cent. higher than it was on
September 1st; potatoes improved 81
per cent: tobacco. 9.4 per cent; flax,
IL per cent: apples, 3.6 per cent:
rice declined 1.8 per cent. The effect
Of hot weather and drought through
out the growing season was shown in
the official preliminary estimates OF
the nroductInn of enr,po xyhaa< ooto
and barley. These showed loss in
production over last years harvest OF
an aggregate of 301, 100000 bushels.