The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1911-02-23

| Tor several months. IL seems the tar
IN board has found that wool growing
conditions vary IN different parts Of
the country and that special Inquiries
are needed I'm each section. This has
made the work much harder than II
was supposed at FIRST that IL would be.
Board Criticized for siowness.
There has been a good deal OF
criticism Of tho apparent slowness Of
the board in securing facts. The ex-
perts when they say anything on the
subject let II be known they think
that instead of being criticized Tor
slowness they should be commended
for quickness. The strong intimation
Is that no one who has not actively
engaged in the work can have an ade.
quate Idea Of the enormous labor that
Is involved in getting at facts. Crit.
| cism. however, IL not checked by the
defense that Is made. When the re-
ports Of the board on certain sched-
ules are made public II will be pos
sible to understand the amount of la
Dor necessary to get the Information
which the president ordered the board
to secure
On February II, 1906, Nicholas
Longworth and Alice Roosevelt we're
married in the East room OF the White
House. This year, on the same date,
Of course, occurs the wooden wedding
celebration.
II is said that Mr.. and Mrs. Long
worth have received enough wooden
ware TO start an ordinary couple in
| housekeeping and that more Is to
come. One young girl In Washington
presented the couple with huge, old
fashioned cupboard Of the kind which
old men remember as occupying the
corner in the old farmhouse kitchen
OF so years ago. Old things OF this
kind nowadays are of immense value,
for the collecting of them has become
fad Washington has several shops
given over entirely to trade in an
tiques which come from the farm
houses and the plantation homes all
over the District and Maryland and
Virginia.
Fordney's High Tariff Hobby.
Individual members of congress
have particular legislative hobbies
and some of them ride them to such
an extent that in the public mind they
are never separated from their
mounts. Representative Joseph w.
Fordney Of Michigan has the tariff
hobby. In the public mind IL Is likely
that John Dalzell OF Pennsylvania is
| dnd he Oh {-A
tectionist in Washington, but the fact
is that Mr.. Fordney Is a general in
the high protection ranks. while Dal-
zell is only a second lieutenant. Ford
ney is from Michigan and he glories
In his high tariff sentiments and is
willing to defend them in any place
and at any time.
1t is said that Speaker Cannon. once
was asked how It felt to be stand
patter and he answered: Il don't
know; ask Joe Fordney."
/ Representative Hobson OF Alabama,
the hero of the sinking of the Merri-
mac, has a greater navy for his hob
by. and. like Fordney on high tariff.
he is willing to talk on heavy armor
plate and more big battleships at any
time and in any place. Hobson is a
member of the naval committee OF the
house and II he were not such an ex-
tremist, as some men view 1t, on the
subject of naval strength, 1t is prob
able he might be jumped over the
heads Of two or three of his Democ-
ratio brethren and be made chairman
of the naval committee In the next
house when the Democrats come into
control.
Pathos Of Possible Extra Session.
Sentiment, of course, cannot en-
ter into matters of great national
moment, but IL President Taft calls
an extra session of congress there
will be some old employees OF senate
and house who will be put to great In
convenience and possibly in one of tive
cases to actual, suffering. Before this
story has been told Of the number of
Republican employees who will be
cut OFF from the pay roll In March II
an extra session Is called. instead of
being allowed to remain on the lists as
entitled to pay until next December.
The cases now In mind are those of SUI
perannuated clerks who have been In
the personal employment of senators
and representatives anywhere from rs
to 40 years service in the halls Of
congress.
A good many old timers have been
voted out of Office either by the people
or by the legislatures of the states. and
with them must go their personal sec
retaries. and In some cases their COM
mittee clerks.
| There are men in service OF this
kind. who, because the work has be-
come second nature TO them. have been
able to continue ii even when old age
has untitled them for any other kind
of labor. The pay has not been large.
and they have been unable to save
much money. Agreat many of them have
been Obliged to live up to their incomes.
and when March 4 comes, II there is
an extra session. they will be sepa'
rated from the pay roll when
they fully expected that they were
to draw salaries until next Deem
lber and be given nine months In which