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The Washington times., 1911-01-31
REPORT
ON MILK SUPPLY
Chamber of Commerce Votes
to Send Measure to
Congress.

The report of the special committee
appointed by the Chamber of Com
merce TO investigate the milk supply Of
the District will be sent to the House
of Representatives and the Senate with
the request that It be printed and its
recommendations embodied into law. A
motion to this effect made by the chair
man of the committee, J. Louis Willige,
was carried at special meeting of the
Chamber last night.
The meeting was called for the sole
purpose Of listening to the report of
the committee. which, as w. F. GUIDE
declared at the meeting, was the best
report ever submitted by a committee
of a civic body in Washington" Mr..
Willige read only>the recommendations
of the committee. the report itself being
so voluminous that 1t would have taken
many hours to read. The reading of the
recommendations. which have already
been made public. consumed an hour
Only two speakers showed any DISPOSE
ton to oppose the adoption of the report
last night, A. S. Trundle and G. B. Chip
man. Mr.. Chipman thought that the
should be printed and
adoption deferred. His motion to this
effect was lost by an overwhelming
vote.
Mr.. Trundle attacked the report, say
ing there was nothing new in 1t and
that all the information 1t contained had
been sent to the District Committees
years ago.
He declared that there has been
higher death rate among children fed
or Straus pasteurized milk than on all
other kinds put together and said he
stood ready to prove 1t. He charged
that milk is coming into the District in
clear violation of law and asked why
the report did not refer to this.
After asserting that the District milk
was never "dirtier or filthier" than it
has been since pasteurization was intro
duced he moved to lay the report on
the table, but his motion received no
second.
The report was almost unanimously
adopted and a vote of thanks rendered
the committee. Only one change was
made in the report of the committee
that of eliminating the names of dealers
who had been mentioned in the report.
The Washington times., 1911-01-31
SUGGESTION FOR GREAT
FALLS COMMITTEE.

The interview with Lieut.. Col. w. c.
Langfitt, published in The Times to-
day, opens up big question for con-
sideration in connection with the Great
Falls power project. Colonel Langfitt
is the army engineer officer in charge
of the Government dam at Great Falls
and the conduit from the falls to the
District line. In his opinion the feast
bility of the Leighton power scheme
depends very largely upon whether
we should, at this time, increase our
water supply.
Mr.. Leighton has combined the water
supply and water power projects,
frankly conceding that they must be
worked out as one undertaking in or
der to keep the expense for power de-
velopment within profitable limits.
Colonel Langftt believes that the way
to decide whether the power should
be developed is to ascertain definitely
whether more water is necessary.
This is question which the Cham
Der of Commerce committee, which has
been directed to push the power plan,
is particularly we'll qualified to inves-
tigate. The committee has been asked
by its chairman to meet Thursday
afternoon. At that time it can in
augurate an inquiry that will assemble
and classify for the people of Wash
ington and for Congress every bit of
information bearing on the water sup
ply question and the water power
scheme.
The committee would be materially
assisted in its investigation if it would
call for assistance from Colonel Lang
fit, Major w. V. Judson, Engineer
Commissioner of the District; w. A.
Mcfarland, superintendent of the Dis
trict water department; NJ. o. Leigh
ton, chief photographer of the Geologi-
cal Survey, and c. Edward Wright,
assistant attorney of the Interior De-
partment Each of these gentlemen
is especially interested in one phase
or another of the water supply and
water power project.
The Washington times., 1911-01-31
TARIFF COMMISSION CARRIES
THE HOUSE.

That so important piece of Ad-
ministration legislation as the tariff
commission bill carries the House by
a non-partisan vote in time of politi-
cal crisis and transition like the pres
ent, is a cheering sign that statesman
ship is supplanting peanutry as a guild
ing force in our affairs.
Thirty-two Democrats joined with
l54 Republicans to carry the measure; !;
it passed by exactly two-to-one vote
-ls6 to 80. Champ Clark, the next
Speaker, and Mr.. Underwood, who will
be Ways and Means chairman, both
supported it, and they are to be con-
graduated on the fact. The country
is for this measure. When the Demo
Gratis get into the midst of the on
coming revision they will be thankful
enough for the privilege of appeal to
an accepted authority for the infor-
nation they will need.
The last few days have precipitated
this country's tariff agitation into a
new phase whose tremendous sig
nificance few people seem yet to have
recognized. Let them GO back and re-
read the story of Peel and Golden
and Bright and the corn laws. Our
American tariff policy has reached the
same crisis that Britain's protective
system faced when Peel was premier.
There is in Justin McCarthy's most
interesting History of Our Own
Times" a chapter on the corn laws
repeal, entitled Famine Forces Peels
Hand" Go back and read it. When
you have read it once for a general
view of British tariff history of that
era, read it again. For famine" read
'high cost of living"-not an unrelated
phenomenon. For Peel" read Taft"
and you will begin to see the his
toric parallel between the corn law
crisis of 1916 and our issue of today.
No man may yet guess how far our
tariff experience of the coming years
will pursue this parallel to British his
tory of the middle Of last century. To
date the parallel is most striking. 1t
ought to be studied by every man re-
sponsible for any part in the tariff
program soon to be formulated into
treaties and legislation.
Meantime, by their ad-gauged
and non-partisan course toward the
tariff commission, the Democratic
leaders are showing disposition to ap-
preciate the situation and meet it with
becoming recognition of its bigness.
The Washington times., 1911-01-31
ANNIVERSARY TRIBUTE TO
MR.. MKINLEY.

Carnations worn by more than fifty
thousand children in the public schools
of Washington bore fragrant tribute
to the memory of William Mckinley
yesterday, which was the sixty eighth
anniversary of his birth, and the day
came to a fitting close with the dinner
of the Ohio Society, attended by Presi-
dent Taft and many other distinguished
guests. The pendency of the Canadian
reciprocity treaty, embodying one of
the economic principles for which Mr..
Mckinley stood, gave color to the eX-
pressions of the evening, mingled with
high encomiums of the man who will
always be remembered as one of the
most genial and magnetic in the long
line of our Presidents. 1t was counted
unto him for righteousness that in
later life his views mellowed and ma
tured from the extreme protectionism
which had once been his creed but
which he afterward regarded, to use
President Taft's expression, as too
provincial" He therefore proposed ito
mitigate the exclusiveness of a protec-
tive tariff by reciprocity treaties"
1t was one of the ironies of life
and history that a man to whom peace
was so dear should have found it
necessary to declare war, and that one
of his amiable and unoffending nature
should have been the mark for an
assassin's bullet. But his memory is
kept green with an unaffected sim
cerity and his efforts to mitigate pro
lection by reciprocity agreements are
bearing fruit in the movements of
today.
The Washington times., 1911-01-31
Statements of. Banks
Puzzle Treasury Heads

Officials of the Treasury Department
today are endeavoring to solve the prob
lem created by the latest reports made
to the Comptroller of the CURRENCY by
the national banks of the country.
A recapitulation of the reports shows
that 200 national banks suffered de-
crease of sl9l, 800 4SS in individual de-
posts from November to January 7, S5lS,-
100000 of this amount leaving thirty
nine New York banks. Eleven Chicago
banks reported a decrease in deposits
amounting TO $9,5O9,177.
Banks in the South showed an increase
in deposits, but the banks in every other
section of the country reported a loss
in deposits.
Another strange feature OF the re-
ports Is that the banks held a higher
percentage of reserve than they did in
November. despite the falling of in de-
posits. The total loss in loans and dis
counts was s4S,OO0oOQ, while the gain in
cash was S20.0CO000.
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MRS. LOCKWOOD ARGUES
AGAINST FORTIFICATION

To the Editor of THE TINES:
There are plenty of reasons why the
canal should not be fortified.
l. 1t is opposed to our treaties with
the various nations of the world. in
which we have agreed to settle all of
our international disputes by arbitra-
ton without recourse to war.
.. 1t is opposed to the spirit of the
protocol of the second Hague Conver-
tion, which declares that unfortified
places shall not be bombarded, so that
our fortifications would invite attack
and not furnish protection.
3. Because it was never Intended even
by the French, who commenced the
work, to fortify it. nor by our own peo-
pie when the purchase was made, until
very recently.
4. Because we are at peace with all
the world; and our sea coast has never
been attacked; and fortitications would
seem an act of hostility, and menace
to our friends. especially the Central
and South American states with whom
we are in close commercial relations and
on whose territory the canal virtually
borders.
s. Because it is contrary to the prece-
dent in the Suez canal, the Straits of
Magellan, the st. Lawrence, and the
Great Lakes, where We have not even
navy, and in Davis Straits and the
Befing sea, which border this continent:
8. Because our various treaties. and
the arbitration court at The Hague.
where eight arbtral sentences have al
ready been rendered, makes war with
any of the great powers improbable.L
Z. Because we are not protected DN
our coast fortifications, which have all
gone into decay and disuse, and Presi-
dent Taft has asked that repairs OF
them be reduced to a minimum.
8. Because today no civilized power is
protected by her fortifications, not even
China, with her great wall; Great
Britain, with her Gibraltar, or Washl
The Washington times., 1911-01-31
SAYS HE WROTE 1T
WISDOM" NOT> widows

To the Editor of THE TIMES:
! beg the privilege Of rising before
your host of readers to make a de-
served explanation. In your issue of
Friday, 9th instant, you had the kind
ness to publish a brief article from my
pen, entitled, "thinks There Is Too
Much Government Now
In the copy | submitted. written ir
nv best Spencerian style of penman-
ship. occurred this stanza. learned by
me in childhood, and quoted accord
inSlY:
If wisdom's ways ye kindly seek,
Five things observe with care:
To whom you speab; of whom you
speak,
And y hen and what and where"
Imagine my surprise, when the paper
apoeared, to find in cold type, II
Widows ways We kindly seek, etc
Now | do not wish TO deny the truth
The Washington times., 1911-01-31
Socialists Meet Tonight
To Protest Conviction

a formal protest against the convic-
ton of Fred D. Warren on a charge
of violating the postal laws will be made
by the Socialists of the District tonight
at Odd Fellows Hall, 419 Seventh street
northwest, when the Rev. Alexander
Irvine, recently pastor of the Church OF
the Ascension, New York, will lecture
on From the Bottom Up"
The resolution to be proposed calls
Mr.. Warren's conviction and sentence a
miscarriage of Justice and "a direct
blow to the freedom of speech and of
the press
The Washington times., 1911-01-31
SOLDIER THINKS AID
is DUE FROM CONGRESS

To the Editor of THE TINES:
l am a reader and adnGrer of your
paper, and have for the last month been
paying strict notice to your efforts to
get a pension and increase in pay for
Government employees. 1 would respect
fully suggest that Congress be urged to
advocate a bill for the former soldiers
now in the civil service. Congress should
allow the time served as a soldier by
these men to be considered as time in
civil service on the scale of retirement.
Some of the men have served from one
to ten, and a few as much as fifteen
to twenty years in the Government ser
vice az soldiers
WHY not allow this time to count on
retirement? -
The Washington times., 1911-01-31


umn. Phone or write announcements.)
Address by Charlotte Perkins Gill
man. Women and the State" the
Arlington, S p. N.
washington Railway Relief Associa-
tion, Ladies Night" National
Rifles Armory. 91S q street north
west s p. m.
Special meeting of the Washington
Board of Trade, New Willard, 7:45
Hobby Night" at National Press
Club.
The following I. o. o. F. lodges will
meet tonight: Golden Rule, No. 81;
Amity, No. %: Phoenix. No. IS. and
Washington, No. 6.
Minstrel Show by the Calumet Club
of the Catholic University, st. Pat
rick's Parish Hall, street, between
Ninth and Tenth streets northwest,
p. m.
sociaIisitc lecture, From the Bottom
Up by the Rev. Alexander Irvine. at
odd Fellows Hall, 4lS Seventh street
northwest.
The Washington times., 1911-01-31
Amusements.

NationaI-"The Commuters Sis p m.
BeIasco-"The Cub" 500 p. m.
Columbia-Honey Boy Minstrels, Sis p.
m. .
Academy the Sun Went Down"
2:15 and Sis p. m.
Chase's-Poiite vaudeville, 2:15 and sis
casino-yaudevilIe, afternoon and even
ing.
Cosmcs-Continuous vaudeville, / to IL
d. m.
Gayety-'.Fads and Foliies," 2:15 and
S:I5 D. m.
Lyceum-"Follies OF the Day." e;15 and
Sis y. m.
Arcade Skating ani bowling, afternoon
aud evening.
The Washington times., 1911-01-31

fulness of the new version, but it does
not contain what my pen wrote. There
doubtless is an intimate relationship be-
tween ''wiSdom's ways' and widows
ways" | do not profess tC be an au-
thority in the matter, and turn that
delicate subject over to some one who Is
an acknowledged adept in the premises.
humbly submit my explanation"
J. FRAISE RICHARD.
The Washington times., 1911-01-31
OBJECTS TO ADMISSION
OF THE PORTO RICANS

To the Editor of THE TIMES:
Has not American citizenship been al
ready sufficiently cheapened without
admitting to 1t en- bloc. as Is proposed
by Congress, a million Porto Ricans. 50
per cent of whom are living in dense
ignorance, and who hate us and our in
Stitutions, as anyone who has spent
much time on the islands knows?
w. T. JOHNSON.
The Washington times., 1911-01-31
Trade Board Address
By Representative Moore

Representative ]. Hampton Moore, OF
Philadelphia, will address the Board of
Trade at a special meeting to be held
at the New Willard Hotel AZ 1:b
o'clock tonight on THE National Capt.
tai as the only place for official cere-
monies incident to the opening OF the
Panama canal, and the desirability OF
erecting in this city a permanent me-
mortal of that great event
The members of the House and Sem
ate District Committees and Appropria-
tions Committees have been invited to
attend.
The Washington times., 1911-01-31
Former County Clerk
Dies Suddenly At Home

WARRENTON. Va. Jan. 31.-William
A. jennings died at the home of John
Fielding here last night very suddenly.
Mr.. Jennings had been in his usual
health and spirits and went to bed
about g o'clock apparently we'll. He
was in the seventy-seventh year of his
age and was at one time clerk of the
court of FauQuier county, succeeding
his father William II. Jennings. He
was a native of Fauquier, and married
Miss Louise Turner, of GAINESVILLE,
who died several years ago.
The Washington times., 1911-01-31

tirely within the law for the Bureau
of Labor in the Department of Com
merce and Labor to make such an in
vestigation. and the fact that it was
made 10y this bureau would give it
sufficient weight to induce the neCes-
sary action to relieve the conditions
that may be found to be Objectionable
and possibly to put the civil service
branch of the Government on business
footing.
viii any member of Congress ask for
such an investigation? NJ. T. NJ.
The Washington times., 1911-01-31
CURFEW TO
APPLY TO ADULTS

To the Editor Of THE TIMES:
BY all means let us have curfew
law, but let it apply to adults as well
as children, for many of the former
seem to be just as utterly helpless to
protect themselves as the latter, and
Major Sylvester hasn't men enough on
his force to furnish each a guardian.
VIATOR.
The Washington times., 1911-01-31

Readers of The Times invited this
To freely and frankly with letter
not Objectionable language will be denied publication Letters
length, only
side of the paper
EDITOR OF THE TIMES
The Washington times., 1911-01-31

That patent device for making hen
register the date of her eggs would still
leave room for suspicion. Could any
thing so feminine as hen be trusted
to tell the truth about a matter in
volving her own age?
The Washington times., 1911-01-31

Now that Mary Garden has taken her
pen in hand to write a book public
interest is keen to see If she will clothe
her ideas in proper language.
The Washington times., 1911-01-31

The Portuguese government has given
young Manuel a pension of $1,000 day.
If that isn't enough for his music hall
tastes he can go out and listen to the
birds sing in Richmond Park.
The Washington times., 1911-01-31

Here we are about to open the
Panama canal and had never given a
thought as to how it would affect busi-
ness in Punta Arenas.
The Washington times., 1911-01-31

Col. James Hamilton Lewis has come
out strong for Harmon. A number of
Democrats, however, are still in favor
Of going on with the convention.
The Washington times., 1911-01-31

A license for cats in the District will
work well. Particularly If any appreci-
able number of the cats overlook the
law and have to pay the penalty-o
The Washington times., 1911-01-31

Perhaps the Government currency
would be still harder to initiate If 1t
were hand-painted instead of hand
printed.
The Washington times., 1911-01-31

Can't Private john Allen get close
enough to that Mississippi bandit 10
catch him with new story?
The Washington times., 1911-01-31
Sports.

Midwinter exhibition of gymnasium
classes of the Y. w. c. A., Chamber
of Commerce, p. m.
RoXing and wrestling exhibition,
Ryan Gymnasium, p. m.
The Washington times., 1911-01-31

The not total circulation Of The Washington
Times Sunday during the month of
December was 1852, all copies left over and
returned by agents being eliminated. This
number. when divided by 4. the number of
Sundays during December, shows the net
Sunday average for December to have been
1908.
In each issue OF The Times the circulation
figures for the previous day are plainly
printed at the head OF the first page at the
left of the date line.
D. c.. as second class matter.
The Washington times., 1911-01-31

Times daily during the month of December
was l,OS6,S76. all copies left over and returned
by T. the number Sf dsVs Of publicstion.
SHOWS the net daily average for December
10 have been 90 236
The Washington times., 1911-01-31

Total for the month. .165. .Sl7
Sunday average for the month";. 4,32s
The Washington times., 1911-01-31

The grolndhog. that Irl Hicks of the
soil. Il stirring In his hole.
The Washington times., 1911-01-31
Sunday.

The number of complete and perfect copies
OF The Washington Times printed Sundays
during the month OF December was as
follows:
December 4.....4o.565 December 1S.... ..42. 337
December u.....41, 724 December 25.... .40. S91
The Washington times., 1911-01-31

What irony of fate that SO small a
thing as the English oyster should
now come between John and Jonathan!
The Washington times., 1911-01-31
Wbat's S on the Program in
w asbington Today.

(The Times will be pleased to announce
meetings or entertainments IN this col
umn Phone or write announcements.)
The Washington times., 1911-01-31
DECEMBER CIRCULATION.
Daily.

The nkmber Of complete and perfect copies
CT The Washington Times printed daily our
ing the month Of December was as fOlloWs:
United labor bulletin., 1911-07-20
Denver Local Department.

]. w. Martin, 4675 Yates st. -. Editor
800. Assistant Editor
United labor bulletin., 1911-07-20

Fort Collins Q. Fort Morgan 10. Firestone
suspended on May !. Fruita s. Golden 20,
Gilman dropped, Grand junction 20.
Greeley G. Ignacio u. Kirk 6. Littleton
20. La Veta 13. Loveland suspended May
/. Trinidad SO. Leadville-Fin 80, Mat
tison II. Montrose 10. New Windsor 20,
Oak Greek u, Rush suspended May =.
Salida 10, Silyerton 9. Seibert 5. Ster-
ling suspended. Telluride-Finns 80. Twin
Lakes 49, Teller 10, Vona ., Villas T.,
Wray Is. Perdy Mesa s, Yoder suspend
ed. In the state at large are 16 paid up,
suspended and r. c. Crosby dropped
out AS Fort Morgan and Canon City
have organized, the members at large
from these have joined there.
Besides the state at large, this shows
60 locals and branches in good standing
and the membership reaches, for The first
time in the history. 1000 exactly this
month.
Robert Knight OF Longmont has been
selected as chairman of the general state
committee. and G. X. Freeman chairman
OF the state executive committee
The S. E. c. will hold session on
Sunday. July 80, 80 p. m. ut 1890 Mon
roe street.
Comrade William Thurston Brown has
been elected state secretary for the So
cialist party OF Montana.
Comrade Anna Maley's tour In Colo
rado OF 1,760 miles OF travel and deliver
ing 26 speeches In 2S days, ends with her
date at Wray on the 21st
On the 23rd, Comrade Ries OF Toledo.
Ohio. begins lecture tour OF the state
and will finish on August 18th ut Lafay-
ette. where he is liable to be In con.
tempt from Denver.
United labor bulletin., 1911-07-20
s14.5o s16s.2O $3.50 $3.50
EXPENDITURES.

The following organizations are in
good standing for July with the state or
ganization. based on the payments made
for the months of May, June and July:
Aurora 5, Aspen 6. Ault, charter July
i, IL members; Athena 10. Bayfield, g.,
Boulder City 80, Broomfield suspended,
Longmont 30, Nederland 13. Brush TO-,
Buena Vista 10, Calhan suspended, Cor
tez suspended Crede suspended May l..
Colorado City IA, Colorado Springs 90,
Center suspended June /, Coal Creek 13.
Blanca dropped, Canon City organized
with 20; Denver City and County local:
1st Ward 10, Sd Ward suspendedodin
lst Ward 10, End Ward 26, Bird Ward sus-
pended, 4th Ward 20. 9Th Ward a. 7th
Ward 40, 10th Ward 20, 18th Ward 40.
18th Ward 9, 18th Ward 13. 18th Ward
35, 10th Ward 10, German Br. 20. Jewish
Br. 13. Scandinavian suspended; Del
Norte s, Durango 16 reported; Teller
count local: Cripple Creek Br. 20. Elk
ton Br. 20, Victor Br. 30; Edgewater 49,.
United labor bulletin., 1911-07-20

Carpenters at Greenwich. Conn, Sc
cured an advance OF 25c per day.
United labor bulletin., 1911-07-20
LOCAL DENVER
OFFICIAL DIRECTORY

|
County Secretary, M Octavia Floaten,
1870 Monroe st.
County Organizer T. NJ. Marshall,
5121 Perry ST.
Sub-Executive Committee. w. Martin,
4675 Yates St; Ernest Sigel, 1924 E.
| 36th Ave; Duren j. H. Ward, Pap
| Glenarm Pl
| County Delegate Committee meets Sec
ond Friday evening of each month at
room 4O1 Club Bldg.
| Branches.
list Ward, E. E. Miller, Fin. Sec. S24
Champa st.
End Ward, Albert Ketnecht, Fin Sec.,
71S 18th ST.
| 3rd Ward, E. Ringnell, Fin. Sec, 2645
Larimer St.
Arapahoe st.
9Th Ward, Mrs Carothers, Fin. Sec, 4215
Wyandotte ST.
7th Ward, l.. N. Muckel, Fin. Sec. Bill
Lawrence st. Meets second and fourth
Mondays at Remer hall, 31st and
Downing SITS.
10th Ward, A. H. Floaten, Fin. Sec, 1430
Monroe st. Meets on second and
fourth Thursday evenings at 1858 Broad
way.
11th Ward, Alva N. Gordon, Fin. Sec,
SIT Mariposa St. Meets first and
third Thursdays, 618 Jason St.
18th Ward, ]. H. Morrow, Fin. Sec, 81
Barth Block.
18th Ward, H. c. Schmitt, Fin. Sec, 1851
South Grant st. Meets first and third
Monday evenings at Atkins hall, Iowa
and Pearl SITS.
18th Ward, j. w. Martin, Fin. Sec, 4675
Yates st. Meets every Tuesday even
ing at 5O15 Lowell Blvd.
10th Ward, Kleinberg, Fin. Sec 1920 w.
18th Ave. Meets every third Thursday
at church. Clayton ST. and w. 25th
Ave.
Jewish Branch, 1. Cart, Fin. Sec, 1863
Lowell Blvd.
German Branch, P. Shriofsky, Fin. Sec,
$50 S. Pearl st.
Scandinavian Branch, Axel Ahlstrom,
Fin. Sec, 3747 Marion St.
Woman's Socialist Club, meets every
Friday afternoon at o'clock at 143O
Monroe st.