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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-04-13
Washington, April 1.


Dear Dad:
One of the latest arrivals in
Washington is Henry T. Oxnard,
of sugar connections. Mr.. Oxnard
says he has just forsaken a Euro
pean trip which he had planned in
order that he may be present in
Washington to see what congress
is to do about the tariff. Mr.. Ok
nard does not mind what congress
does to the wool or the cotton
schedules, except as such action
may become a precedent for what
congress is to- do to sugar. Mr..
Oxnard has been for several years
head and front of the lobby of the
sugar trust. The sugar trust does
its lobbying nowadays under the
thin pretense of shaving the duties
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-04-13

which heralds the truth and hurls
Javelins Of defiance into the
grafters and prestigators of our
city, I wish to add my widows
mite" In this initiative vote for
women here, let us not join the
deluded horde of saloonkeepers
and some church members and i'm
press the world that we are lost
to all sense of shame by voting
for Seymour, but show our true
womanhood by voting for Faw-
cett.
Our best interest and that of
our children demand that we dis
tinguish ourselves by casting our
votes for the man whom Sand
berg, his restricted district habi-
tues and the saloonkeepers are
throwing mud at. Fawcett NAV
fall a victim to these onslaughts
but truth and reason and liberty
will fall with him.
MRS. M. j. M'GINIs.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-04-13
CHOW OHOW
Commandments for Husbands

Commandments for Husbands
No. 5: Don't allow your wife's
friends to settle in your house, and
don't bring in your own friends too
often.
With a last springs hat
And his last springs suit,
Also shining shoes
Isn't he too cute?
The real aristocrats of this
world must be the working people.
for from them the others sponge
what they get.
The sex novel does only one
thing: Arouse a mischievous Curl
osity In both sexes.
Tom O'Ma1ley is a gardener for
the city of Cleveland. He has been
in the workhouse ITO times, tits
said. Now Tom has kept straight
several years. There must be a
noble streak in a man that can
come back after ITO times.
Children:
We know a trick pony who sim
ply won't do his stunt unless his
master says please. This word
does wonderous things.
If all who hate would love us, If
all men were true-lord help the
chronic knocker. Tell US, what
would he do?
The normal human eye is blue,
other hues being due to colored
pigments in the iris.
Tannic acid, dissolved in water,
is an antidote for some poisons.
A dozen serious minded insects
attempt to destroy the sweet pota-
to before we finally get it onto the
table.
Oaxaca, Mex, has the first ex-
detrimental agricultural station
opened in the Diaz republic.
Many girls who when too young
marry old men, age rapidly enough
afterward to equalize matters.
HOUSEWIFE: The old tea in the
pot that you usually throw away
lis fine woodwork cleaner.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-04-13
TOM L. JOHNSON
BY Edmund Vance Cooke.

A Man is fallen. Hail him, you
Who realize him stanch and strong and true.
He found dollar-bound and party-blind;
He leaves City with Civic Mind,
Choosing her conduct with a conscious care
Selecting man here, another there
And seorning labels. Craft and Graft and Greed
Ran rampant in our halls and few took heed.
The Public Service and the Public Rights
Were bloody bones wolf Jackal fights
Now even the Corporate Monster ticks the hand
Where he snarled his nsolent demand.
Who tanned 1T? Answer as you will,
But truth is truth, and his the credit STILL
A Man is fallen F1out him, you
Who would not understand and never knew.
Tranquil in triumph, in defeat the same,
He asked your praise, nor shirked your b1ame
For he, Captain of the Common Good,
Has earned the right to be misunderstood
Behold! he raised his hand against his class;
Aye, he forsook the Few and served the Mass
Year upon year he bore the battles brunt;
And SO, the hiss the cackle and the grunt!
He found striving each his selfish part.
He leaves City with Civic Heart,
Which gives the fortune-fallen BIRTH
And reunites him with his Mother Earth.
Which seeks to look beyond the broken law
To find the broken life, and mend its flaw.
Man is fallen. Nay no demigod
But plain man, close to the common sod
Whence springs the grass of our humanity. Strong
Is he, but human, therefore sometimes wrong
Sometimes impatient OF the slower throng,
Sometimes unmindful of the formal thong,
But with his feet set toward the height
To plant the banner of the Common Right,
And ever with his eye fixed on the goal,
The Vision of People with Soul
And is he fallen? Aye but mark him we'll;
He ever rises further than he fell.
Man is fallen? 1 salute him, them
In these few words He served his fellow-men
And he Is passing. But he comes again!
He comes again! not in that fuIl-fleshed form
Which revealed in the charge which rode the storm;
But in that firm-fixed spirit which was he
That heritage he left for you and me;
Before no Vested Wrong to bow the knee,
Before no Righteous Fight to shrk flee,
Before all else to make men free. free. free!
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A Suspicious World.

Nope" said Farmer Corntos-
sci, there's no use o. tryin' to
coax me to run for the legisIa-
ture."
But you are so prosperous now
that you can afford the time"
That's jest it. The farm is
payin' so well that 1 kin afford a
few things. 1 want to be able to
build new barn and buy an au-
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-04-13

Editor Times: Perhaps 1t
would be of interest to publish
the fact that the American Society
for the Prevention of Cruelty to
Animals offers a prize of $500 for
the best horseshoe and device de-
signed to prevent the slipping of
horses on paved streets. The con-
ditions can be ascertained by ap-
plication to the local humane So
ciety, either it's special officer,
Mr.. Van Voris, at the city hall,
or the secretary, H. s. Griggs,
Fidelity building.
Competitors must submit draw
ings and models in New York on
or before Thursday, June 1, 1911.
Yours very truly,
TACOMA HUMANE SOCIETY,
By Fl. s. GRIGGS,
Secretary.
Editor Times: Through your
paper, the only one I'm Tacoma
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OBSERVATIONS

Supporter agreed that
the vest campaign literature
broadcast by certain element supporting
Not only have absolute falsehood
hsve been used by asserting such and
such storyconcocd for the putting print
which would against him.
Why have the thousands copies distributed by the
been stopped being the golden
Golfer whence might
has the Seymour committee
inflicted them by the press stop?
EVIDENTLY has also become thorn in the side
OF the Seymour press.
When subsidized
to working spend the
rest OF the plotting be
porate.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-04-13

Igroom's family?" asked the usher
at the church wedding. ~
| II think not" replied the lady
addressed; I'm the mother OF
the bride. ~ onkers Statesman.
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Everybody In Pierce county reads this column
letters from Times readers general without
personal malice, will printed anything or any.
body wfsh but do not have malice
letters printed LONG, Keen
-< -
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Pyramid Flour, the Great
Breadmaker, is a universal family
flour. 1t will solve the bread
question for you. sss
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-04-13

When I'm mad I'm glad to think
I'm no madden; when I'm glad I'm
glad to think may be gladden..
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-04-13

please contribute to our fund
to send a missionary to the can
nfbals." 81 won't-I'm a vege-
tartan and don't believe in it. But
I'll send them some cereals if you
wish. Toledo Blade.
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I'd mobile without people hintin
at graft. Washington Star.

"Did you read about that Amer
lean magnate who was shipwreck-
ed In the South Pacific and spent
two years among the savages?"
mo; what happened to him?"
when he was rescued he had
accumulated 100000 clam
shells. "-Pittsburg Post.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-04-13
JOSH WISE
SAYS:

"All Beeleys-
port Is excited
over a midnight
prowler w h o
walks tn streets
at 10 o'clock
but nobody kin
stay awake long
enough ter find
out who it is. ("
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-04-13
Doing 1t Right.

We asked an office boy yester-
day how many brothers and sis
tiers he had. Here's the answer:
I'm de youngest of 10. I'm de
only one dat works. De rest
stays at home and helps ter bring
me up"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-04-13

for the protection of the poor
|downtrodden sugar beet farmer.
The only argument presented dur
ing the preparation of the Aldrich
tariff law was an argument for the
protection of the sugar beet farm
er. 1t was handed to Senator Bur-
rows of Michigan by Mr.. Oxnard
and his assistants. AS a matter of
fact the sugar beet industry is now
consolidated with the trust cane
sugar industry. Mr.. Oxnard con-
Quoted the fight of the beet sugar
producers until they secured salts
factory terms from the trust-then
they sold out. 1t would seem to
be part of Mr.. Oxnard's contract
to go to the front for the sugar
trust whenever tariff legislation Is
threatened.
The census office has just pub
lished some statistics ON wooden
and worsted goods. 1t appears
from this that the amount of cap
ital reported as invested between
1899 and 1909 increased from
1856, 900 to $415, $4,000, or
81 per cent. The cost of materials
used increased So per cent, and the
amount paid in salaries and wages
So per cent. The number of sal
aried officials and clerks increased
but AT per cent, and the number
of wage-earners only 20 per cent.
The report remarks: 1.-THE num-
Der of establishments has decreas-
ed, denoting tendency toward
concentration" Exactly. ANY,
body who will read between the
lines of the above paragraph will
see the outworking of the trust
formation. The word trust is one
of the most notable and most I'M
grateful creatures of our protective
tariff system.
The democrats have started off
well. Their program Is excellent.
The makeup of the ways and
means committee gives every
promise of good faith in carrying
out the program. The only cloud
on the sky Is the Bailey element"
In the senate. II the real demo-
Gratis in the senate can work with
the republican progressives in that
body, there Is no reason why some
real legislation should not be
Sincerely, RATH.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-04-13
Brief ALI Around,

A young woman from the East,
who married a Seattle man re-
Gently, had a novel experience
when she engaged her first Chi
nese cook.
whats your name?" she ask
ed when the preliminaries had
been settled.
"My name Hong Long Soo,"
said the Celestial with much grav-
ity.
"And I am Mrs. Harrington
Buckingham" said. the new en-
ployer. 81 am afraid l shall new
er be able to remember your name
its SO long. shall call you
John"
"All light" returned the Chi
nese with a suspicion of a smile.
your name too longee, too. ]
callee you Charley. "-Harper's
Magazine.
do you find the cost of living
any higher than it was, say five
years ago?"
"Yes, sir. Two of my daugh-
tiers have got married since."-
Washington Herald.
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"Are you a friend of the
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-04-13

Editor Times: Through your
paper, the only one In Tacoma
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-04-13

MT Iltow EVIDENTLY has also become thorn tn
the Seymour press.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-04-13

Housewife: The old tea in the
pot that you usually throw away
is fine woodwork cleaner.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-04-13

Many girls who when too young
marry old men, age rapidly enough
afterward to equalize matters.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-04-13

With a last springs hat
And his last springs suit,
Also shining shoes
Isn't he too cute?
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-05-13
NORTH BENNINGTON

At the Baptist church Sunday morn
ing the pastor will give an address to
boys and young men. The church in
vites especially boys and young men
to attend. Evening theme, THE
Meaning of the Cross" Young PEG
pies meeting at 500 subject, THE
Speech OF a Christian Leader OF the
Meeting Kenneth Durham.
Serices at the Congregational church
will be held as usual on Sunday with
the pastor. Rev j. S. Clark officiating
both morning and evening In the
morning at IL o'clock the pastor will
preach on the subject Three Bases OF
Conduct, Impulse. Duty, Love Let
every member of the Sunday school
be present for the session at II o.
clock. Parents will please remind the
children OF the necessity of attendance
The Endeavor society will hold its
meeting at g. IS with the subject, The
Universal Duty OF Making Pledges"
The evening service of prayer and ad-
dress will be held at 1880 and the pub
lie is invited.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-05-13
BENNINGTON Briefs
News Of the Town ard Village Told Briefly
for Busy Readers

Mrs Thomas Green is passing the
day In Troy
Miss Katherine Mcbride is passing
the day In Troy
Mr. and Mrs. Reuben Kent were in
Troy a part OF the day
Edward Mcdonald passed a portion
OF Friday in Arlington.
Miss Julia Bellse went TO Rutland
this morning for a visit to her mother
Miss Sara Burt entertained few
friends in honor Of her birthday last
evening.
Mrs. Boyce Of Bradford street is
spending the day with her sister in
Rutland
Miss Edith Moore Of Cambridge is
visiting her brother, Frank Moore OF
Adams street
Misses Jennie and Katherine Grace
have moved from Pleasant to Grand
view street
Mr. and Mrs. p. NJ. Gleason and chill.
hAfi NhhA w view I OIh Iludy after
noon for few days visit
Mrs. Walter Golding who has been
visiting her mother, returned to her
home in New York today
Charles II. Daley of Schenectady,
n. V, is spending the week end with
his parents on Adams street
The Second Congregational church,
Rev. G. S. Mills, pastor, cordially in
yites the public to its services tomor-
row. Morning worship at 10:3O. In
place OF sermon the pastor will make
a report Of some interesting things
seen and heard-"A Little Journey
Through the World in Boston" The
Sunday school will meet again in the
auditorium at noon Junior Endeavor
at 3 o'clock Senior society meeting
at $50, f. B. Pope leader Topic:
The Universal Duty of Making Pied
ges" Evening worship at 1880.
Theme OF sermon, The Second Com.
mandment."
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-05-13
WHY WOMEN ARE "sLAB SIDED"
Toledo Physician Says They Sleep to
Much on Their Backs,

Cleveland, O., May 1S.-Defence of
comic artists who depict scolding
wives and irascible mothers as thin
and slab sided" was made before the
Ohip Medical Convention Thursday by
Dr. c. w. Moots of Toledo.
The artists are telling the truth, &C
cording to DR.. Moots. He said:-
Every time see one of these wom-
en- coming into my Office with sharp
face and fiat chest and inelastic mus
cles, am in doubt whether to feel sor-
rier for the patient or for myself.
There is something the matter inside
of them. They ought to be operated
upon"
Women sleep too much upon their
backs. Family physicians should adj
wise them to lie upon their sides, or
better yet, upon their stomachs. This
would prevent internal disorders and
the consequent necessity of a sur
geon"
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-05-13
SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSONS
Suggestive Questions by Rev. Or, Llns-
colt for May 14th.
lsalah's Vision aud Can 10 SerI

WV w N'Ng ''f'F
Isalahs Vision aud Call to Service
(Home Missionary Lesson) lisa. /.
Golden text tt heard the voice Of
the Lord, saying, Whom shall ] send,
and who will go for us? Then said !,
here am !, send me- lisa. Wis
CD Verses l.4-Wby did God give
this vision to Isaiah?
CD DO you think that any such
vision needs repeating Why
CD When we have any special Di-
inc illumination what 1t the advan.
tage of connecting II with some event,
or putting down the date, as Isaiah
seems to have done?
CD Did Isaiah or anybody else
ever see with the outward eyes, the
actual eternal God, and will He ever
be so seen?
CD Is there any reason to think
that Seraphim, or angels, are to be
seen everywhere In the universe If
we had the media through which to
see them?
60 Verse SLOW was II that the
sight OF the Lord made Isaiah CON
scious Of his sinfulness?
CD What If any reason Is there
TO conclude that the use OF coarse
slang. or profanity proves the user
to be an impure man?
80 Which Is the more eifectual
way TO reveal TO sinners their guilt,
to correct them with words, or to
live pure lives before them2 Why?
90 What effect does the teaching
Of the spotless purity OF Jesus have
upon sinful men?
Q0) Verses 6.7-What is Gods at
titude to sinners who are conscious
Of, and loathe themselves because Of
their sins?
G1) What is the Give coal, with
which the Seraphim touched the lips
OF Isaiah. embematic Of?
02J What actually transpires in a
mans spiritual nature. when he comes
to God for the pardon OF his sins?
C3) What reason is there to think
that angels, or spirits, have anything
to do with the salvation. or the spirit
ual comfort OF men and women today?
G4) Verse S-What class of men
and women does God need, and call
to be missionaries
(15) What are the indications that
God is calling today, with a loud
voice, for missionaries? This is one
Of the questions which may be an
swered in writing by members Of the
club.)
(6) Is it possible for any person
to be i'm harmony with God who is not
willing to be missionary or to sup
port a missionary, if the Lord should
so demand?
G7) What reasons are there to
conclude that it is the duty of pas
tors in these days TO look out for
suitable young men, and call them TO
missionary work?
QS) Verses 9-1O-The prophet was
being sent to a people familiar with
! Gods message. and hardened in sim:
what is generally the doom OF such
people?
1g) What is the use of continuing
to preach to a gospel hardened peo-
/ pie?
/ (20) When sinners hear the call Of
God to repentance, and heed ii not,
what change takes place in them for
| better or worse?
(21) Verses 11-13-It is very try
| ing to preach without results. but is
there anything in this story to indicate
that in time. a faithful servant OF God
will surely cause some to hear and
turn to the Lord?
Lesson for Sunday. May 2lst, 1911
Song of the Vineyard "a Temperance
/ lesson lisa WHIP.
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SETBACK FOR PACKERS
Judge Carpenter Says Sherman Anti
Trust Law Is Constitutional

Chicago, May 13-The demurrers
of the Chicago packers in the beef
trust" case were oyerruled yesterday
by Judge Carpenter in the United
States District court In his ruling
Judge Carpenter declared that the
Sherman antitrust law, which had
been attacked by the packers. is con
stitutional. He also held that the in
dictment charging J, Ogden Armour
and other packers with violating its
provisions is valid
Judge Carpenters decision may have
an indirect bearing on all antitrust
litigation in the United States, in up
holding the completeness and stability
of the Sherman act OF this feature,
the court said.
The statute has been the subject
OF discussion for twenty years. The
Supreme court of the United States
many times has sustained DEGREES
which restrained violations of it,
The packers had based their demur.
rers in part on an assertion that the
act did not define crime or provide
legal and constitutional means of cor
recting the abuses in accordance with
design to control; the decision directly
denied this assumption. They also
claimed that the act did not define the
misdoing in terms that would enable
the defendant to know in advance that
such performances as it condemned
were illegal. OF this point, Judge
Carpenter said:
81 am OF the opinion that the SUI
preme court of the United States has
determined that sections /, and 3
of the Sherman act define with suffic-
lent accuracy the offenses therein
enumerated
As to the stability of the indictment
the court said: The whole plan Chat
of the packers as alleged in the in
dictment) from its inception appears
plainly to be one to eliminate compel
ition as a factor in fixing prices among
the three groups of defendants. begin
ming with the agreement not to bid
against each other, and in fact, to bid
! exactly the same amounts for like
| grades of live stock, fixing a uniform
selling price and ending with fixing a
uniform price of sale and an appor-
tionment among themselves of the to-
! tai business done
81 am of the opinion that the facts
stated in the indictments show clearly
a plan or scheme organized and put in
operation by the defendants, the ulti-
mate purpose of which was to control
the production, sale and distribution
of fresh meat throughout a large sec.
ton of this country; and, as incidental
to that control, to lower prices to the
producer of the raw material and
raise prices to the consumer of the
finished product"
May II the packers will appear and
plead to the charges or file a petition
for a bill of particulars Government
attorneys question their right to ask
such bill after the action today, but
that will be decided in the session May
II.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-05-13
VOIlDette'S
JeWeIry
Shop
Son, I'm Proud Of You

Isn't that what you'll say on
graduation day ?
And won't you express your
appreciation of the boy's-or
possibly it's a daughter in your
case-good work in more
substantial way2
You can not give your child
a better graduation gift than a
watch. That is something
there will be const ant need OF
now that he is going out to
make his own way in the
world.
Step into my store today and
examine the watches-com-
plete new stocks. Thev are
all thoroughly reliable, hand
some, guaranteed watches
watches the owner viii be proud
Of always.
Prices are unusually mode
rate-better values for your
money than YOU can get else
where.
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A GOOD RULE, LADIES

make your Spring and Summer Cos
tune is, patronize a man who never
misrepresents anything to you, man
that will give you good honest ma
terial, workmanship. fit and finish at
prices that are moderate.
The suits we make are guaranteed
to please you in every particular. We
do cleaning and Pressing.