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The Washington herald., 1911-12-17
RAW WOOL TARIFF
{ WILL Be REDUCED
Standpatters Will Acquiesce
in Boards Findings.

The report of the tariff board, which
President Taft will send to Congress, will
present facts warranting the reduction
of the duty on raw wool, at least as low
as the rate proposed by Senator La Fol-
lette in his tariff legislation last summer.
The rate on raw wool fixed by La Fol-
lette was s. per cent, as compared with
an equivalent rate OF about A per cent
in the present aPyne-Aldrich tariff law.
The rate in the original Underwood bill
was 20 per cent, and in the La Toilette
Underwood compromise measure the final
rate fixed was 2s per cent
1t was learned last night that Sena-
tor Reed Smoot, of Utah, a member of
the Senate Finance Committee, already
is preparing a vol revision bill to be
introduced in the Senate as an amend
ment to the Democratic House measure
as son as the latter Is passed. Mr..
Smoot denies that his measure is to be
the administration bill, but he is, new
ertheless, in frequent conference a!
the White House, and 1t is safe to as
sumo that he is not drafting his revi-
sion bill without having a definite idea
of the findings of President Taft's tariff
board.
Senator Smoot's bill will propose
doing away with the present method Of
levying duty on raw unwashed wool.
Under the terms of his bill the duty on
imports Of raw wool will be based on
The Washington herald., 1911-12-17
PROSPECT FOR DISTRICT
LEGISLATION IS IMPROVED
Public Utilities Bill Seems Assured of Passage at the
Present Session.

needs laws, not bills, and that all meas
ures should be shaped with a view to
their acceptance by both houses of Con-
gress. This, too, is the attitude of other
leading spirits on the District commit
tees, and unless some unforeseen break
in the harmony programme comes up,
much progressive legislation for the Ma
tional Capital is looked for.
Following up his first bill, introduced
the preceding week, calling for the re-
cital Of the real consideration in all con-
veyances and deeds of trust for real es-
tate transferred in the District, the
chairman of the District Committee last
week introduced two bills designed to
define more clearly the relations between
the District and the national government.
The first measure requires that in pur-
chases of real estate toward which the
Federal government and the District
contribute jointly title shall be taken in
the names Of both, in the proportion to
which each contributes. The second
measure requires the approval by Con-
gress of the exact site and purchase
price for real estate toward the purchase
Of which the United States contributes.
The first measure is designed to provide
for an equitable division Of proceeds
from sales OF property originally pur-
chased by the United States and .he
District jointly, in case such property
should not be used for its original pur-
pose, or later should be placed on the
market. The second measure is intended
vision over the purchasing by the Dis
sites for buildings of the District govern
ment
The Washington herald., 1911-12-17
Preferential Duties
For Merchant Marine
Representative SuLzer, in Interview, Says His Bill
Would Preserve to This Country Part of
Vast Oper-SeaS Trade.

commerce Of the world, and save mill
ions and millions of dollars that we pay
annually to foreign shipowners. In
reading the report of the merchant ma
rine commission, I observe that several
of the largest shipbuilders testified that
they formerly believed in subsidies, but
had changed their opinions, and now
preferred preferential duties.
1T is my candid opinion, and I have
no hesitancy in saying 50, that if we
had continued the policy of the fathers
and not suspended our early navigation
laws we would to-day be the greatest
maritime nation in the world, and our
flag would be on every sea and our
ships would be carrying the ocean COM
merce, not only of our own country, but
perhaps half Of that of all the other
great nations Of the world.
Let me say, in conclusion, that the
remedy l propose is not a makeshift. 1t
is not a temporary expedient. 1t is per-
manent. 1t has been tried and not found
wanting. Adopted again as our policy
and upon the statute books, 1t will never
be repealed, but, on the contrary, speed
lily restore our ocean carrying trade, re-
vive ou shipbuilding industries, give en-
ployment in our shipyards to thousands
and thousands Of men in all parts of the
country. bring about an era Of prosper
ity such as We have never known be-
fore in our shipping trade and deep-sea
commerce. place our flag on every sea
and in every port, and make our seamen
what they were in the historic days Of
the republic-the pride OF America and
the masters of the ocean highways of
the world"
The Washington herald., 1911-12-17

Congressional work for the District at
this session took form rapidly last week.
In the last six days, moves from both
District committees have pointed out
the path Of legislation which will open
up, 1t is believed, Immediately after the
holidays, and which If followed to its
end will mean the emplacement on the
statute books of more important laws
from a District viewpoint than have
come out of a Congressional session for
more than two decades.
That the District will have a public
utilities commission before the beginning
of the next fiscal year seems now
of the House District Committee on the
Gallinger bill. which was introduced last
Tuesday in the Senate. While the meas
ure Of the Senate chairman does not
meet with the unconditional approval
OF the House committee, 1t can be safely
said that 1t proved a pleasant surprise
and will be made the basis upon which
the public utilities bill which the House
committee will send to conference will
be constructed.
The drawing up of the House commit
tees public utilities bill will be left prin-
cipally to Representative William A. Old
field, of Arkansas, chairman of the SUBJ
committee on judiciary. Mr.. Oldfield said
yesterday that his bill would be similar
in many respects to the Gallinger meas
ure, and that he felt sure the two
branches OF Congress would be able to
agree on bill this session. Mr.. Oldfield's 8
confidence is taken almost as a promise,
in view of the leading part he will play
in shaping the public utilities bill for
the House. He feels that the District
The Washington herald., 1911-12-17
VEST POCKET ESSAYS
1Ior11 BY GEORGE FITCH -
IIO1EAO author of at Good Old Sipdsh"
HOTELS

A hotel is q place where hospitality is
dispensed at meter rates. There are in
the United States over 100000 hotels,
some of which are good.
Hotels vary greatly in size and severity.
In New York and Chicago, one may find
hotels containing 1,5OO rooms apiece, in
some OF which rooms an awkward guest
could not turn around without knocking
over S1.10O worth of bric-a-brac. In Ar
kansas, on the other hand, there are
hotels in which a guest has to pay extra
If he doesn't want to sleep with the
family and which use the Mississippi
River for a bathtub.
An ordinary hotel consists Of a desk,
with a register on it, a collection of
rooms furnished luxuriously with win
dows doors, and beds with sheets on them,
dining-room, gorgeously decorated with
straw-colored pompsdours, and a writing
room with a last years time table in it.
The United States is full of such hotels
They only vary in the badness of the
meals served. Some of these hotel change
cooks every day, while others retain the
same cook year after year, by allowing
her to eat somewhere else.
There are also in this country a fairly
large number of old-fashioned hotels
where the family does the cooking and
eats It too, right out in public in the
dining-room. These hotels have old
fashioned heating stoves, and when the
guest rises In winter he has TO whittle
the water out Of the pitcher before he
can wash his face. But they are eagerly
sought by travellers for all that, because
OF the ease and huency with which the
bill OF fare can be consumed and the
comfortable feeling which they leave in
tbs vest and pants pocket regions
Besides these two varieties there are
also modern hotels. These consist OF a
The Washington herald., 1911-12-17
TYPIFY GREENEs VICTORY.
Models of Monument Displayed mt
... War Department.


An art exhibit of the models for the
monument to be erected in memory of
the splendid victory of the American
troops under Maj Nathaniel Greene, at
Guilford Court House, N. c., on March
Is, 17S1, is now on exhibition on the fifth
floor of the War Department Among the
competitors are: Albert Jaegers, who
designed the statue of Baron Won Steu-
ben in this city; dorado Taft, the Presi-
dents cousin, who designed the statue Of
Columbus to be erected on the Union
Station Plaza; Belle Kinney, of New
York; H. A. MacNeil, of New York; w.
B. Van Amringe, Of Boston: Sallie ].
Farnham, F. H. Packer, ]. Otto Schweiz-
er, and Augustus Lukeman. of New York.
Honorariums OF $3.50, $500, and $3.50 will be
paid for the thre models adjudged to
be of the highest order of excellence.
Secretary Stimson has invited the mem
bers of the national commission of fine
arts to assist him in deciding the ques-
tions of art involved IN the competition.
Senator Overman and Representative
Stedman and Paul w. Schenck, Of North
Carolina represent the Guilford battle
ground commission in this city. The
models viii be on exhibition for fifteen
DAYS -
The Washington herald., 1911-12-17

Designed for the protection of unorgan-
| lied employees of the District of Column
bia and the United States government, a
bill was introduced in the House by Rep
resentative Roberts, of Nevada, yester-
day which makes it a misdemeanor to
direct or employ such clerks or employees
for more than eight hours a day. The
bill was referred to the committee on
labor
The measure, entitled "A bill fixing and
regulating the hours of labor Of all
| clerks and other employees of the gov
ernment of the United States and the
District of Columbia, and providing a
penalty for the violation thereof" reads
as follows:
Text of Bill.
That the service and employment Of
all clerks and other employees in the
civil service who are now or may here
after be employed by the government
of the United States or by the District
of Columbia is hereby limited and re-
stricted to eight hours a day in any
calendar day. and it shall be unlawful
for any officer of the United States
government or the District of Column
bia whose duty it shall be to employ,
direct or control the services of such
clerks or other employees, to require or
permit any clerk or other employe to
work more than eight hours in any
one calendar day except in case of ex-
traordinary emergency, in which case
the clerk or employe shall be allowed
additional compensation commensurate
with the character of the work per-
formed.
ANY officer of the United States or
the District of Columbia whose duty it
shall be to employ, direct, or control
any clerk or other employe, who shall
Intentionally violate any of the provi-
sions of this act, shall be deemed
guilty of a misdemeanor and for each
and every offense shall, upon conviction,
be punished by fine not to exceed s., 900,
or by Imprisonment not to exceed six
months, or by both such fine and i'm
prisonment, in the discretion of the
court having the Jurisdiction thereof"
While the bill, IL enacted into law,
would affect several branches of the
District government, 1t is aimed prin-
cipally at the various executive DEPART
ments. In almost all of the depart
ments the late spring months bring
The Washington herald., 1911-12-17

about a Iengthening of hours, due to the
excess IF work necessitated by the prep
aration of the annual estimates for the
next fiscal year, which are supposed to
be ready by July l. This increase is ef-
fected, not by n general executive or
der, but by orders from the heads Of
the different departments, in whose
discretion Is left the regulation of the
hours for their clerks. This annual
lengthening of the working schedule,
though temporary in most departments,
has called forth much agitation, and, in
Mr.. Roberts opinion, has brought to
light a situation that should be reme-
died.
Must Be Passed Soon.
In some branches of the government
service, moreover, the heightened sched-
ule is not temporary. One office of the
Treasury Department has had a force
OF about 100 clerks working eight and
one-half instead of seven and one-half
hours a day for some months, and this
schedule now bids fair to become per-
manent. In many other government Off
ces excess Of work requires heightened
hours from time to time
Il don't know that the bill will go
through this session. said Mr.. Roberts
last night. but We must come to it
sooner or later. The United States gov
ernment, as we'll as the various State ad-
ministrations, is beginning to realize that
it Is necessary to protect those who work
for ii and to give them such hours as
are reasonable.
II know that in many of the branches
of the government service, the employees
do not work eight hours, but I under
stand that in others the clerks and other
employees work good deal longer. I
think many members of the House Com
mittee on Labor are in favor of legisla-
ton along the lines suggested In my bill.
The bill, if enacted into law, would
apply to policemen and firemen in the
District. Many policemen are required to
work more than eight hours, as well as
other employees of the District. These
men cannot, in my judgment, do their
proper work under such conditions. My
bill is merely an expression of a grow
ing sentiment throughout the country for
reasonable legislation along those lines"
The Washington herald., 1911-12-17

the amount OF washed wool that can
be turned out. OF the raw product.
He will propose a specific duty on raw
wool, and this duty will be very close
to an equivalent of the proposed in the
La Toilette bill. The Smoot measure will
very considerably, however, from the, du-
ties proposed by the La Toilette bill on
manufactured woolen goods.
Senator Smoot is regarded as one Of the
strongest protection men on wool in the
Senate, and the fact that he Is pre-
pairing a bill offering substantial reduc-
tions on raw wool, with probably CORE
spending reductions in manufactured
products, is taken as positive evidence of
the disposition Of the so-called standpat
element in the Republican party to grant
substantial tariff concessions based on
the findings of the tariff board.
The Washington herald., 1911-12-17
CONGRESS IN BRIEF.
Senate.

The Senate was not in session yester-
day, but the Committee on Interstate
Commerce and the Lorimer investigating
committee continued at work.
Louis D. Brandeis, of Boston was again
before the Interstate Commerce Commit
tee, and among other things recommend
ed the forfeiture of patents where they
were issued and used in support of mo-
nopoly; also that the government should
refuse to patronize trusts, for instance,
the beef trust.
Morton B. Hull and l. Brownbeck, Re-
publican members of the Illinois legis-
lature, were before the Lorimer commit
tee and testified regarding political con-
diions and factional squabbles in Illi-
nois.
The Washington herald., 1911-12-17
Wants e1o.oOo NTore.

REPRESENTATIVE Stanley, OF Kentucky.
yesterday introduced resolution asking
an appropriation of $1,000 for the steel
investigating committee. OF which he Is
chairman. The committee has spent the
$4,000 appropriated for its use at the
special session OF Congress. and its work
WI have to stop until the additional
sum Is granted.
The Washington herald., 1911-12-17
Night Schools make HoIiaay,

Last evening the public night schools
closed until January 3. for the holiday
season. The report made by Principal
frank Daniel to B. w. Murch. director
Of night schools, shows that ss6 pupils
have been enrolled for night school
training. Many adults are attending
classes In sewing. woodwork, and ma
chlnery.
The Washington herald., 1911-12-17
ASKS AID FOR GOOD ROADS.
Representative Prouty Wants t.
Tap Federal Treasury.

Proposing Federal aid for a nationwide
good roads system, Representative
Prouty, OF Iowa. introduced a bill IN the
House to-day providing that the United
States government shall cooperate with
the various States in the construction OF
public roads throughout the country. The
bill asks for a continuing appropriation
from the Federal Treasury to be appor-
toned among the several States.
For the first year the sum Of $5,000. 900
is asked. For the second year $10,O00,00O,
and in the same ratio the appropriation
is to be- increased until It reaches $780,
100000 annually, the latter sum to be
made the fixed sum OF the Federal gov
ernment's contribution to better high
ways.
The Washington herald., 1911-12-17
House..

Representative Palmer offered an
amendment to the deficiency bill cutting
mileage of Senators and Representatives
In half. Representative Byrnes offered a
substitute, cutting mileage to one-fourth
OF the present allowance. Both resolu-
tions were voted down.
Representative Stanley asked for S1o,-
900 more to continue the House steel in
vestigations.
A bill introduced by Representative Nc
KeIlar for the creation OF a post road
commission and six post roads. with
Washington as the terminus.
The Washington herald., 1911-12-17

lobby upholstered in marble, onyx, gold
and flunkeys and decorated at the rear
with a member Of some royal family be-
hind a register. The lobby is surmounted
by about twenty layers Of rooms. each of
which rents for the price of a pair Of shoes
per night, while scattered about on the
ground floor are restaurants, in which
one may secure a large, wellcooked meal
The Washington herald., 1911-12-17
TAILOR TO MISS TAFT.
Harry Pasternak Proves why He
Is Not a "Chopper."

In refuting the arguments of his
brother, who sought by law to restrain
him from entering business for himself
and using a certain trademark. Harry
Pasternak in the District Supreme Court
yesterday denied that he was mere
chopper" in a ladies' tailoring house,
and added that he had personally meas
ured Miss Helen Taft, daughter OF the
President OF the United States, for a
riding habit"
Pasternak supplemented his statement
by declaring that last spring he "rehtted
an old coat for Miss Taft, the Job giving
the patron entire satisfaction The case
was continued until next Friday.
The Washington herald., 1911-12-17
Funeral OF Fred q. merger. Jr.

The funeral of Fred G. Berger. jr..
son Of the manager OF the Columbia
Theater, was held yesterday afternoon
from st. Pauls Chapel. In Rock Greek
Cemetery. Rev. George Fislse Dudley
Of st. Stephens Episcopal Church. Of
iiciated. Mr.. Berger died at Saranac
arrived on Friday afternoon.
The Washington herald., 1911-12-17

with plenty Of side dishes for the price
OF an acre OF land in Texas In fact, It
is perfectly easy for a small man with a
fair appetite TO eat up whole Texas
farm in a week in New York hotel,
especially II he washes II down literally
The legislatures OF some States are
regulating the length OF the sheets used
by hotels. This gives rise to the hope
that the clerk may be regulated a little
in due time, though no one has had the
nerve to tackle the Job as yet.
sospzight isli. b George MaltAsH Adan4l
The Washington herald., 1911-12-17
ThouEhtI on. Reception..

The Columbia Historical Society will
hold its 1asth meeting next Tuesday even
ing in the lecture haii of the Washington
Club. 1710 street northwest The discus
sion viii be on New Year receptions al
the White House. opened by Miss Flor
ence p Spoford.
The Washington herald., 1911-12-17
Cndeta to dive nance,

The annual dance OF the regimental Of
ieers Of the High School Cadet Regiment
will be given Friday evening. December
2. af the Arlington.
The Washington herald., 1911-12-17
EIGHT-HOUR LAW
ASKED IN CAPITAL
Representative Roberts In
PRODUCES Sweeping Bill.
APPLIES TO ALL EMPLOYEES

Under Its Provisions, Government
and District Clerks Cannot Work
Overtime Except in Cases of
Emergency, and Then Only with
Extra Pay-Must BE Passed Soon
The Washington herald., 1911-12-17
Wife Seeks Divorce.

Barbara NIiddledorf has brought suit
through Attorney II. 1. Quinn for abso-
lutte divorce from Casper Middledorf.
There are 7as species Of roses known,
and AS of chrysanthemums.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1911-01-20
M'CR0SSEN SAYS
HE EXPECTED SUPPORT

John I, Mccrosson, in letter receiv.
ed BY Governor Frear yesterday, elab,
crates on the notice lie eabled of the
withdrawal from congress Of the Kau
Ditch Bill, the promoter, at the same
time, expressing his disgust at the man
ner in which the people of Hawaii have
tTeaGed him. He states that had he
known there would be the opposition
raised locally TO his plan for develop
ing barren bit of desert land in Kau
he would not have gone ahead with the
venture ut all, or at least he would
have taken a. bin TO Washington 70
cover only the plan he had in mind,
not general irrigation bill
AcCrosson states that he had expect
ed to receive general support from the
people Of Hawaii, believing that his
kau plan was something Ia which the
Territory stood 70 gain much aud In
which tho private promoters took all
be chances
The Hawaiian gazette., 1911-01-20
MAYOR SIGNS BILL,
ALL DOUBTS At END

The great worry which Supervisor
Murray has been troubled with during
the last week or SO is at an end. Mayor
Fern has signed the appropriation bill
and the matter of appointments can
now be dealt with at the meeting, Tues
day next, without fear.
Mayor Fern never had the slightest
intention of not signing the bill, but
he merely wanted to find out the real
reason as to why the board was keep,
ing so quiet and this he did, as was
evidenced by the tentative way IN
which Murray put his question about
the sanitary jobs at the last meet
ing. Now, that it is all over, the
work will be proceeded with in the
usual way and it is expected that pay
day will fall either on January 80 or
81. The present bill holds good until
the last day of March so that there
will not be any further trouble during
the next three months.