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The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1911-04-28
Leather Prices Jump Again
Trust Creates Artificial Scarcity
by Closing Tanneries

You and and the other plain people of this country ar
not paying enough for our shoes, it seems.
The Leather Trust needs the money more than we do-so
the shoe wearers of America have got to come across with the
higher price. Will "e
Shoe manufacture will tell you that there isl shortage ofleatbcr"
what they may not tell you is that the Leather Trust cnated This Short
by deliberately shutting down its tanneres and throwing thousands of -,
ofeather! . """"Ws 'ue price
Now, the higher price would be hard enough on the shoe buyg-even if
ora nywhere nearh. Will "Pnoe-
..r Inc ne clerk cIs the merchant the farmer, the mechanic finds his soes giving
AVA Iog before their tme-the uppers cracking and puing awav from the
SoeS Tt n eleatner losing its fnsh, its softness, its elasticity.
Iru o n the quality and COST of leather.
Facts that the Leather Trust VIII Never Tell You
InSea are facts that the average shoe manufacturer does not dare TO u Won
t. only when a independent newspaper publishes this inside information
In thu lntereSso OF its readers that you learn the real truth and the whole truth
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1911-04-28

Boys-n your mother buys ROYAL
Blue Flour. you'll set a flying ma
chine with each sack.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1911-04-28
Finance Captains
For Public Control

N sT VIEWS OF LEADERS OF CORPORATE INDUSTRY ON
Ht0OlAIloN-WAll STREETS WoRRIEs-co n
FLOWERS JOIN COLD STORAGE EGGS DANcEe ~ uSy
OooH-TWo HUNDRED SUFFRAGETTEs TURN EAeMees '""
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1911-04-28

Probably love laughs ~ locfsm.ths
because 30 holds the kew to the sitia-
ton.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1911-04-28

Germany sends 10000 feathers a
year 70 England for millinery pur.
poses.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1911-04-28
HORSE FALLS
lnIurin7 Two Prominent Fairmont
People-Pulls Driver out ard
Then Runs Away

Special nirpatcn 90 che I~ntcIirenrrr
FAlRMONT. w. Va. April 27-nr
and Mrs vs. H Sands. while driving
tonight we're injured when their
horse stumbled and feIl. dragging Dr
sands from the busy and iniurlne
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1911-04-28

And to-day's aoropiano may BE- -
morrow's Junk
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1911-04-28

1t IS the most durable sole leather ever made
weather proof, heat proof, all but wear proof.
This leather has been initiated largely
since 1t proved so successful-but it cannot
be duplicated because it is the exclusive
property of Endicott, Johnson g. Co.
Endicott, johnson g. Co.'S tannagcs of calf
skin and chrome-tanned upper leather are az
far ahead of commercial feathers as their
Forest Oak and "Kromelk' are ahead Of
commercial soles.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1911-04-28
Breaking Grip of Leather Trust

so Endicott and Johnson built their own
tanneries. Today they tan every pound
OF leather they put into their shoes.
They tan every batch Of hides for a definite
kind Of shoe, and perfect il in the tanning and
finishing for the service IT IS TO givc-an oh
vious advantage in the working qualities Of
the leather and the durability Of tho shoes.
Their Forest Oak is honest old-fasbioned
straight oak tanned sole leather.
Their "Kromclk' is the first and only
chrome-tanned sole leather TO be perfected
and put TO practical and satisfactory service.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1911-04-28
M A Y

All ne"''tand' IS cents a copy. Tell your nevsdeaIer to J.Iive,
IN Cosmopolitan to you every month. You vii IBe sr to get it
regularly then
The Washington times., 1911-08-23

one Representatives and ninety-one
Senators-not counting Hoke Smith
have separately and individually saved
the nation, at great personal sacrifice.
1t seems odd hereabout, and it will
take us until December to become ac-
customed to this sense Of vacancy.
The footrail will tarnish for lack Of
use; the mint bed will degenerate into
a rank, luxurious growth. The hostel
ries and pruneries viii miss his gen.
erous reach; the bell-hop will doze in
tipless ennui over Vol. $50 of "Old
Sleuth.'
For three months must we be desc
late, but in time to reach here for
the Christmas adjournment They will
be with us once again. The CHEEKY
voice, the cordial pressure of the hand,
the life and color which make the Fed
eral Capital what it is when the signal
light burns on the dome will be here
to put a new song on our lips, new
hope in the country's hearts.
The Washington times., 1911-08-23
Amusements.

Belasco-Coronation pictures in colors,
2:30 and $50 p. m.
Columbia-Columbia Players in THE
LARS" S:10 p. m.
chase's-Polite vaudeville, 2:R and Sis
p. m.
Academy-"The Chief of the Secret Ser
vice." S:15 p. m.
Gayety-"New Jersey Lilies" 2:15 and
S:15 p. m.
New Lyceum-"Jolly Girls" 2:15 and
S:15 p. m.
Casino-"Love By Wireless and con-
- tinuous vaudeville, / p. m. to II d. m.
Cosmos-Continuous vaudeville, / to II
p. m.
Chevy Chase Lake-Dancing and music
by section of Marine Band.
Glen Echo-Dancing and music by Sec
tion of Soldiers Home Band. Free
vaudeville.
Luna Park-Midway and attractions.
Arcade-Motion pictures. bowling, and
pool.
Colonial Beach - Boardwalk, bathing,
and other amusements; steamers leave
Seventh street wharf daily, except
Monday, a. m; Saturday, $50 D. m.
Marshall Hall-Steamer Charles Macal-
ester leaves Seventh street wharf 10
a. m, 2:30 and 6:45 p. m. daily. Stops
made at Mt. Vernon
Steamer st. Johns leaves Seventh street
wharf for forty-mile trip on the Po-
tomac, p. m.
Chesapeake Beach - Bathing, fishing,
and grabbing; other anusements.
The Washington times., 1911-08-23
ALL-STEEL CARS PROVING
THEIR USEFULNESS.

There have been several railroad ac-
cidents recently that seem to demon
strate the value of the all-steel car as
a protection to travellers.
On the Pennsylvania railroad at Fort
Wayne one of the fast trains jumped
the track, crashing against a freight
locomotive. With the ordinary wooden
cars one would have looked for a repe-
tition of the distressing railroad
wrecks in which many of those not
killed in the first impact are caught
beneath breaking timbers, pierced with
flying splinters, or roasted to death by
fire. But surprisingly few persons were
injured, taking into consideration the
character of the accident.
The large number of deaths on rail-
roads in this country is great re-
proach. Safety is sacrificed to speed.
Too many Americans will take their
chance of getting somewhere in pieces
rather than to take little more time
on the road, and too many public serv-
ice corporations are willing to accom-
modate this desire for haste at any
cost. 1t is gratifying to note, in be-
half of persons who feel more COM
Functions about whole skin, the
growing disposition of railroads to in
vest in cars that will stand good
deal Of pounding before breaking up.
The Washington times., 1911-08-23

of the Department of Agriculture, by
DIR. Charles U. Sheppard. VINO is now
special agent for the department in
charge of tea culture Investigations at
his Pinehurst estate, near Summerville,
S. c.. where about 100 acres are planted
to tea, of which the area IN bearing
yields about 1900 pounds Of dry tea
each year.
1t has been .abundantly esta blished az
Pinehurst that, at least in certain Sec
uons of the South, American-grown tea
can hold its own against the imported
article. A widespread American tea In
dustry awaits the same advantages that
are now enjoyed by the sugar, tobacco,
and other protected crops. 1t is pos-
sible to save to this country from ten
to fifteen million dollars annually that
now goes abroad for foreign teas, a
large part of which sum would be
earned by needy women and children,
working under healthy conditions, and
large area Of now idle and abandoned
lands might be reclaimed.
The history of tea culture in the
United States Is interesting. A little
Michaux planted the first tea in this
country. near Charleston, s. C.. Dr.
Julius Smith planted tea on his estate
near Greenville, S. c., in 1s4S, but he
died soon afterward, and mis- plants,
deprived Of protection. soon disappeared.
Inc OHlleO GONeTuIneQI, IN l6oS,
sent Robert Fortune TO China to obtain
seeds for experimental purposes. In
1880 John Jackson, who had been a tea
planter for fourteen years in India, con-
Quoted experiments IN Liberty county.
Ca, for the Government. Later these
gardens were removed to Summerville,
where the experiments were finally
abandoned because or the illness OF
Jackson. Ten years ago DR.. Sheppard
resumed the work in a private capacity.
He is the first man in the United States
to successfully cultivate tea for COM
mercial purposes.
JOSEPH P. WATKINS.
Savannah, Ga.
The Washington times., 1911-08-23
BEULAH ALL RIGHT
WITH HER CLOTHES ON

To the Editor of THE TIMES:
The clergy are foolishly wrought
over the project to exhibit Beular Bin
ford in moving picture theaters. II
Beulah keeps her clothes on, her girl
ish figure and childish innocence would
be more pleasing to- look at than are
the reproduction OF bull fights and
brutal Roman scenes from the days of
Brutus. If the so-called clergy had
learnt the true Gospel and preached 1t,
they would not be denouncing in
''vitriolic" terms an urguided. wayward
child who doesn't know enough to get
out of jail, and who doubtless. has an
easier conscience and less to account
for than her traducers. II these devout
gentlemen would do good they might
investigate her case and constitutional
rights and procure damages for false
imprisonment that would enable this
girl to live without selling herself. soul
and body.
AS to theaters. we have no use for
any kind whatsoever. We get the best
mental "oZone" and variety from na-
ture. and from Scripture studies, and
from fellowship with those of the same
mind. IT the clergy has no Gospel, nc
saving grace for the wayward they
The Washington times., 1911-08-23
What's on the Program, in
Washington Today

Meeting of following lodges, Junior Or
der United American Mechanics:
Francis Scott Key, No. %, Seventh and
d streets northwest, and Old Glory
No. "a, $50 Pennsylvania avenue south
east.
Meeting Of White Eagle Council, No. 4,
Degree of Pocahontas. Improved Or
der of Red Men. Fifth and G streets
northwest.
Meeting Of following Masonic lodges:
Harmony, No. II. F. c.; Washington
Commandery, No. /. Knights Templar.
Meeting of following lodges, Knights Of
Pythias: Mount Vernon, No. 5; Her
,, mione, No. II; Union, No. 22; Columbia,
No. 26, business; Friendship Temple,
No. 81 Pythian Sisters. business.
Meeting of following lodges, Odd Fel-
lows: Eastern. No. Z. second degree;
Hamony, No. 9, and Friendship, No.
u, regular business; Federal City, No.
20, degree work.
Meeting of Georgetown Circle, No. 49,
Protected Home Circle, Pythian Tenn
pie, s p. m.
Meeting Of Federation Of Liquor Deal
ers, National Hotel, p. IN.
The Washington times., 1911-08-23

small towns and cities conduct schools
for educating any one who may care
to learn along the line of socialism.
What the socialists most desire Is to
educate the people, and their teachers
are often the principals or super
intendants of the city high school sys-
TEN or college professors. There are
also many rich people that see the ad-
vantages of socialism over the present
one-sided party system which Is in IA
vor OF the money class only.
Socialism is gaining in strength ev-
cry day and the next election is going
to show up thousands more than ever
before what the socialist desires most
is to educate the people and they are
fortunate indeed to get into the colleges
where the weak points will be strength
ened ana pushed onward and upward.
Let the nation own the trusts and not
the trusts own the nations as at pres
ent. J. c. HAWKINS.
Hyattsville, Md.
The Washington times., 1911-08-23
HAS SEEN THE GROWTH
OF SOCIALISM
70 the Editor Of THE TINES

To the Editor Of THE TIMES:
There have been several letters print
ed recently in The Times regarding
socialism. l would be pleased to have
you give me a little space to show what
the people Of the North think Of So
cialism. Ten years ago in the prosperous
farming district of northern Ohio where
l lived, there was not a socialfs to be
found among the farmers, and only one
here and there in the cities. and a So
cialist meeting was unheard of in the
country. Today it's different. While on
a vacation to my old home this year
found a great many Of the farmers
possibly one-third OF. them-.and many
Government ownership of railroads, tel
ephone. and telegraph. and other pub
lie utilities. and also in favor of the
referendum, AMI recall.
In the towns and cities socialism is
even more strong and nearly all Of the
The Washington times., 1911-08-23
JUST A FEW TEARS FOR THE
DEPARTED.

The leaden hours have brought the
Great So-Long, and the peace which
passeth understanding now hovers over
Capitol Hill. From the groined arches
of the chill subcellar to the sunlit sum-
init of the lonely dome casual football
awakens the only echo; the spider
spins his wispy filaments in the forum
where sophistry wove lis web. There's
a strange tranquility along the Poto-
mac, and few are the jimswingers along
the asphalted Avenoo. The hoot-owl at
the Zoo wakes and wonders at his
voiceless environment; the languid
Record is responding to the last Teave
to print" all sights and sounds which
speak of craftsmanship have entered
into the Kingdom of Rest.
The first canto of the Sixty second
national epic has not yielded any great
number of immortal lines. For the
most part it has been what the moody
but candid Dane called Words, words,
words!" The solid result of the inter
mittent efforts in behalf of the Dis
trict, for example, would fill a very
small brochure which even the most
lawcabiding citizen need not commit to
memory. The dreary hours spent over
"the dismal science" of tariff merely
repeated the nursery jingle of the King
OF France and his fruitless march.
And yet let it not be told in Bun
combe; publish it not in 'Possum Trot.
The new member who came equipped
"the applause of listening senates to
command" got away with the bluff and
added his make-weight to the business
of the Postofice Department. The Sill
yer Cornet Band even now is headed
for the depot, note-perfect in "Hail
to the Chief" and similar arias of
triumph. Three hundred and ninety.
The Washington times., 1911-08-23
KNOWS WILEY WELL;
ESTEEMS HIM HIGHLY

To the Editor OF THE TIMES:
The writer is a daily reader of your
paper.
With pleasure I wish to thank you
from my heart for taking the part of
DR.. Wiley, who certainly deserves all
the credit for taking care of the public
interest. While explaining all the de-
tails about Attorney General Wicker
sham, you have not gone, or else did
not like to go, into more effective de-
tails. All the public Is well aware ot
the work being done by DR.. Wiley, and
he should receive support by every
single citizen in this country I have
worked for him for a good many years,
and must Judge him as a reliable worker
and friend of all human beings. !
trust you will do all you can.
HABERNITZ.
The Washington times., 1911-08-23

the artists thought, Pater writes these
sentences that have entranced lovers
of beauty of style ever since The
Renaissance was first published
thirty-eight years ago:
The presence that thus rose so
strangely beside the waters. is express
sive OF what In the ways OF a thousand
years men had come TO desire. Hers Is
the head upon which all the ends OF
the world are come, and the eyelids
are a little weary. 1t Is a beauty
wrought out from within upon the flesh,
the deposit, little cell by cell, of strange
thoughts and fantastic reveries and
exquisite passions. Set it for a moment
beside one OF these white Greek god
desses or beautiful women of antiquity,
The Washington times., 1911-08-23
MOVEMENTS OF VESSELS.

Sailed-The Albany, from Kujiasumi for
Koniya; the Potomac, from Norfolk
for Annapolis; the Mars, from Nor
foik Tor Lamberts Point; the Mari
eta, from Guantanamo for Port-au
Prince: the Warrington. from Boston
for Gardeners Bay; the North Da-
kota and Culgoa, from New York
navy yard for Tornpkinsville; the
North Dakota, Culgoa, Kansas, and
Prairie, from Tompkinsville for
Hampton Roads: the Stringham,
Bailey, and Bagley, from Annapolis
for Solomon's Island.
Arrtved-The Saturn, at Bremerton: the
Missouri, Mississippi, and Maine, at
Philadelphia; the Michigan, at Tan
gier Sound; the Idaho at Hampton
Roads; the Stringham, Bailey, Bag-
ley, Iowa, Indiana, Massachusetts,,
and Vulcan, at Solomon's Island.
The Washington times., 1911-08-23
"A GAME OF CARDS"
WRITTEN BY IRONOUILL

To the Editor Of THE TIMES:
In justice to the late Eugene F.
Ware C"Ironquill'O, 1 desire to in
form you that he Is the author OF the
poem entitled "A Game of Cards."
published in the last edition of your
paper August 21, and which you cred
it to Lieut.. Frank A Turner, U. S. A
You will find the poem on page 1l9
CT "Some of the Rhymes of Ironquill."
published by G. p. Putnam's Sons in
1902. c. s. RICE, NJ. D.
The Washington times., 1911-08-23
THE DEMOCRATIC PROGRESS.
I'VE MOVEMENT.

The fight for control of the Demo
cratic national convention of next year
will take on a new form from the day
of the organization of the Democratic
Federation of Precinct Clubs. By
whatever name, and with whatever
declaration of purposes, this organiza-
tion must be accepted as hostile to
the nomination of Judson Harmon.
Senator Owen, the prime mover, says
it is committed to no mans candidacy,
but insists on q progressive. That is
the generalization INDUCED nowadays
by all Democrats who want to oppose
Harmon.
This organization designs to concern
itself about the platform which shall
be adopted by the national convention,
and that is a highly commendable
purpose. In recent years national po-
iitical platforms have come to be vast
ly more important than ever before,
because it is well nigh automatic that
the sum of demands and pledges made
by the platform of the victorious party
is Just about the total of possible
achievement during the four years of
its control at the White House.
Political platforms have indeed fallen
into disrepute because they commonly
promise a good deal more than is ac-
complished. They need to be restored
to public confidence and usefulness.
They will not be so restored until their
making shall become a more serious
business than in the recent past There
is too much machinery, too much ma
nipulation, too much bossing by the
big politicians, too much star chamber
business about making platforms No
body gets much excited about the
selection of each States member
of the resolutions committee. The
men who will do that vastly
most important work of the con-
vention are selected with little thought
of their studies, fitness, or convictions.
When they meet they represent moth
ing in particular, and the ever-present
agents of special plans and interests
find it all too easy to impose the pre-
digested, cooked-up platitudes which
are intended to look one way before
aloot;o, aud oootbo- of+o- DIo1s1.
declarations should be more specific.
1t is not necessary to write into them
the terms of legislation, but it is de-
sirable to state them in terms that
will not be subject to misconstruction.
The "snake" and the "joker' have too
often been present in the skillfully ar
ranged verbiage of political platforms
which get adopted with sufficient ex-
animation and consideration.
Platforms are going to have a good
deal to do with results in 1912, and
the political party which conducts a
discussion of its platform freely, early,
and exhaustively, so that the whole |
country shall know exactly what it
means, what conflicting views have
been resolved by its language, what fac
tional divisions have been unmasked, |
will be stronger before the nation for
that open discussion.
1t is always easy to get up a fight |
over the Presidential nomination. Men
are easier to discuss than abstract is
sues. None the less, the issues are en-
titled to more attention than they
commonly get, and the movement that
will focus attention on them will do a
real service.
The Washington times., 1911-08-23

through the valley Of Virginia with
Leonard Brown. of the Mckinley Man
ual Training School. Mr. Hibbs is one
Of the most experienced walkers Of the
District. and he expects this trip. made
with hearty athlete. to be one of his
pleasantest. They will make twenty
FIVE to thirty miles a day, which Mr..
Hibbs considers a pleasant jaunt.
The Washington times., 1911-08-23
Concert Today
BY the q. S. Soldiers Home Band,
Bandstand, at 4 p. m.
JOHN s. NJ. ZIMMERALANN.
Director.
PROGRAM.

PROGRAM.
March, THE Adventurer,"
Anthony
Overture, La Perle de Bresil,"
David
Song for Cornet, Killarney" Ge-
uueSted) .....-....-....-...--... Balte
Musician Claude NJ. Wallace.
Excepts from The Belle Of Bo-
hemia' ....................En .Englander
Entr'Acte, Among the Lillies,''
Frey
Descriptive, "A Warriors Dream"
Synopsis-Assembly Of trumpet-
eers, morning gun, long roll, morn
ing prayer, marches of guardmount
and dress parade, retreat, evening
gun, shades of dusk, quiet reigns In
camp, to arms sounded, attacked by |
the enemy. charge sounded, repuise
of the enemy, hymn Of victory,
"Star-Spangled Banner" taps.
Finale, The New Coloniap' Hall
The Star-Spangled Banner.