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New-York tribune., 1911-03-19

among individuals. let me remind you
that there is a good deal more money III
savings banks than in national banks.
Poor people. so called, patrOnize savings
hanks. National banks are patroniZed
bv business men. the capitalistic Glass;
as the demagogues are pleased to de-
scribe them. BY the figures, therefore
the poor have more money than the ricn'
A lot of bowling is done by persons WHO
want to advertise themselves and to get
something-ofices, for example-without
working for it."
81 underestimate said, experimentally,
that you entered Idaho on foot ana
with two blankets"
THAT Is ghost story. l had TWO
blankets. all right. and also supply or
food and toboggans. and long legged
and strong handed guide. / would have
travelled in a Pullman car. but l couldn't
find any tracks but those ! made n.jself
in the snow as / climbed up and down
the mountains
whence had you Gomez"
"Originally from Pennsylvania. was
born on what was the battlefield OF
New-York tribune., 1911-03-19

The original copy of the bill, in my
own handwriting. is locked in that
drawer" Senator Hepburn answered.
pointing toward his desk The law has
done more for the American people than
has any recent legislation by Congress.
1t has made the housekeepers of the
country wdtChful, active and intelligent
and compelled the manufacturers of food
to employ methods that are healthful
and clean. was reared In a home
where cleanliness and sanitation were
constantly discussed. My fathers house
was debating club for all kinds of
questions. As chairman Of the Com
mittee on Manufactures in the Senate
determined 10 give the people pure food
if | could. one Of the greatest lobbies
of modern times came To Washington to
beat the bill. But | kept pushing all the
time. | never quit. once | am started
Grocors said would ruin their busi-
ness. Manufacturers declared l was at
tempting the impossible. However. the
law is on the books and will never be re-
poaled"
What have you discovered during
your inquiries into the business OF cold
storage warehouses?
1T would take two days TO read you
the information | have obtained In diff
fercnt parts OF the country. | will just
give You few sample facts pertaining
to the subject More poultry is put into
cold storage i'm January than any other
month-the leftover stock OF the pre-
vious holiday business. Ii may be held
until the following Thanksgiving and
Christmas. About 80 per cent Of the
eggs consumed are laid in the four
months OF summer. Most II them go
into cold storage. where they remain, in
some instances. for a year and half.
Beef is kept for two years. Fish butter.
fruits and vegetables are kept for long
poriods Dealers. naturally. sell from
their old stock, rather than from the
New-York tribune., 1911-03-19
CAN SILENCE THE GALLERY

In n recent colloquy with Borah, also
of Idaho. Hepburn turned his face up
ward and sternly said that smokers
and sneers" from the gallery would not
he tolerated under any circumstances.
The galleries heard and were silent IN
stantlv. Such is the authority OF Hey
burns look. voice and robust PERSONAL
itv. Accordingly. when lie warned me
against anecdotes. l abandoned all
thought Of joyous excursion in that
direction and solcmnly spoke of the Sc
rious aspects of human life-of toll, its
victories. and so on.
81 was sleepless last night" he re-
piled. taking q sip from his glass. "At
] o'clock | got up and read the philos-
ophy Of Seneca. He said that no boast
should he made of any achievement that
vas without some useful consequence
Manifestly, was being walled in with
muddy paint, rancid butter, ancient
poultry and bad eggs. I had heard that
Senator Hepburn carried a rife during
the Leadville strike: that he sent good
many men TO the penitentiary for their
conduct in the Coeur d'Alene riots; that
1.5O0 was voted to the assassin who
would kill him on sight, and that they
met-the prospective assassin and Hey
burn-face to face. but that no part of
the reward was ever paid or earned.
"You experienced some exciting days"
. remarked, concealing all show Of the
interest I felt during the strike Of
Idaho miners back I'm 1892
New-York tribune., 1911-03-19
Weldon Brnon Hepburn Republican Senator from ldaho
Says We Are Being Forced to Eat from
the Bottom of the Pile.

tern. His eyes are kindly. shrewd ana
cheerful. his voice is pitched in minor
key, and his brown hair, l notice, Is
growing white along the edges.
Likely enough the man will reply
he went on to say, that he doesn't know
a damn thing about the subject referred
TO in his communication. and on which
he made his demand to me-that he
!, copied the form of a letter supplied by
some one else, signing his name as a
matter Of course. and that he doesn't t
care personally how / vote or whether
| vote at ALL
Evidently" remarked, when you
helped to frame the constitution or
Idaho you had not heard very much
about the initiative. the referendum and
the recall?"
New-York tribune., 1911-03-19
GETTING INTO OFFICE.

II had read of those peculiarities or
government in connection with the SWISS
republic, but / did not suppose they
would be accepted in this country then
or thereafter. When man is look
ing for office and hasn't any solid ground
OF his own to stand on, he makes ground.
Men who cannot get into office under
prevailing conditions want new condi-
tions. Realizing that they are not gentle
men, and that they are incompetent IN
character and ability, they start tumult
about new ideas to draw attention away
from themselves and To centre II on the
oure-alls they recommend TO the people.
Their schemes are sometimes successful y
rs there anything the matter with the
Republican party?" l inquired. rather
boldly.
"Only that the good, stanch old ship
has taken a deep dip into the waves.
When she comes up, thank God, con-
siderable number of men who were on
deck when she went down. dressed up
in uniforms. will be missing. 1t will be
found that they We're washed overheard.
am an old-fashioned Republican and
an ardent protectionist / hear men
say. Take the tariff out of politics IT
can't be done. Protection is Repub-
lican principle. If protection is taken
out of politics. the principle disappears
and protection ceases TO operate.
But we are assured by blind
prophets and lame logicians, "a tariff
commission will settle all our troubles
We have no troubles. except those that
are imagined. \ commission. we are
told. will ascertain the facts. Expert
leadpencil men will run the line between
what is and what should be by the rule
of their commercial judgment
while they are figuring as account
ants and scientists. however, our mer-
chants and manufacturers will be break
ing up. When the line has been finally
established the merchants and manu-
facturers will be dead. and their heirs
will come into the knowledge intended
for them. However ii will do the heirs
no good. ] said In the Senate. and | now
repeat it TO you. that the tariff commits
sion Of this country should be the people
of the cour.try IN their daily business
functions.
II am weary Of the threat that the
Hessans will be called in If we don't
lower the tariff" Senator Hepburn ex-
claimed. The Heyburns and the Wash
ingtons were colonial families together
and were related by blood The word
Hessan stirred dormant memories Of the
Revolution, and Senator Hepburn
dropped into short sentences better to
give force TO his opinions and disgust.
Il would make tariff duties big enough
to be found without microscope he
said. "a fisherman might have boots
New-York tribune., 1911-03-19
Rx lanes Is. Morrow.

~I,OWL,Y drawing heavy line, ne
said. after taking sip of water
~ from a glass on his desk: me
people are eating from here. the DE-
ginning ng''-pointing-"and not from there'
at the end"
Weldon Brnton Hepburn, the Repuo-
ucan Senator from Idaho, was define
ating disagreeable fact pertaining 10
the cold storage of food on a scrap OF
raper Ii was serious business. ana so
he took another drink of water.
"one's roast beef" he gravely OBJ
served. may be two years old. The
Christmas turkey for the family feast IN
1911 may have been killed early in the
month OF November. 1910. Possibly the
fresh fish was caught before the salt
mackerel on sale at the same meat shop
or grocery store left the ocean. We are
consuming old food from the bottom OF
the pile"-here he drew large figure
that looked like a stack OF hay-"and
not the new and healthful food from the
top. / am not a muckraker. but there is
the proof" and he gestculated toward
thick nile of letters and documentary
records.
Some men hunt deer and grizzly bears
Senator Hepburn hunts frauds. cheats
and impostors. Giving him paternai
relationship to a celebrated measure OF
legislation. he can be called the father or
the pure food law. He has been trying
int
nrepared a report of 135 rages on the
subject. Now. with all the gloomy and
Irresistible force of a battering ram. ne
IS trying to drive law through Congress
20 regulate the cold storage of meat,
fruits. butter eggs and vegetables.
\ peppery man while on his feet-an
explosive man more nearly describes MIN
tcmperamentally-eV Watchful IN
front seat Of the Senate to strike blow
at some colleague or at irreverent
snectators. | deemed it prudent TO ap-
proach him cautiously.
"You are an interesting man. l SAID,
which was true. absolutely.
IL would rather be interesting he re-
piled, looking at me with his deep blue
ewes. "than notorious. But | shall not
help YOU write a jOcular article. NO
anecdotes. l have heard of such books
as Forty Years at the Bar of Georgia.
but wouldn't degrade my mind by read
ing such literature. Any lawyer can
tell stories-that is. any lawyer who mas
been in active practice-but the business
and condolences of client are private
and should be kept out of books and
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were shot down. the whole band was
burned To death i'm the village.
A separate famine. in the province Of
Hu-Peh. has been quite as severe. though
or not so great extent, as that in the
basin of the Anhuei. Here even the
work of relief, always in the hands Of
the missionaries. has brought on its
share Of horror.
The pressure of the famine about tho
city OF Sha- Yang has been frightful.
Word got abroad that the missionaries
in the city had ordered supplies of ice
and that relief was on its way. Crowds
gathered about the mission buildings
day after day. and every day the mis-
sionaries explained that they had sent
urgent appeals for rice. that junk was
being loaded at Shanghai with supplies
for the whole district and that the grain
New-York tribune., 1911-03-19
Former CORPORATION Lawyer Now Fights Cold Storage Corporations
Hone. for Law. That Will Enable Us All to Eat from th1
Middle and Get an Occasional Nibble,
Perhaps from the Top

Brandywine. The Hepburns and Hey.
burns belong to the same family. Nv
people were English Quakers. Jane,
Hepburn. fourth Earl Of Boutwell,, Wa
my most disreputable relative. He a.
vorced his wife, became the husband of
Mary Queens Of Scots murdered Dam.
ley. turned pirate and died insane. q
More to the point. Hepburn Is tn
only member of the Senate who WA
chairman Of two big committees-Manu.
factures and the Revision Of the Law,
Of the United States. He works all the
time-"pushes," as he describes his IN.
cessant activity. Even so. he is a pom.
derous personality in his physical d.
mensions.
Il have no sympathy" he recently
said in the Senate. and the sentiment
then expressed is a suitable close to his
non -anecdotal intervlew-"I have no
sympathy" he declared. with the law
or the prosecutor who makes it difficult
for an accused man to acquit himself.
The slipperiest foundation that any hu.
man being ever stood on Is the wreck
he has made of a brother"
Copyright. 1911. by James p. Morrow.)
New-York tribune., 1911-03-19
LIVELY COURT SCENES

81 did" Senator Hepburn answered,
courteously enough, but 1 shall not talk
TO you or any other man on subject
like that. l have seen an orderly court
room become battlefield inside Of a
minute. with guns going off and human
beings going down. But 1 am no his
torian of such scenes. j have heard OF
men who brag about bathing In blood.
Ordinarily, their flow Of language is
greater than their courage or common
sense. There is a class at all frontier
settlements that gets undue publicity.
They are the fellows who loaf around
saloons, dance halls. theatres and gam
bling joints. / never went to such
places. never associated with such
men. My purpose, first in Colorado and
then in Idaho was serious. i told Bret
Harte that doubtless he had written ac-
curately and artistically Of the persons
he knew, but that my studies, fortunate
ly, were with mine owners, railway man.
ayers and gentlemen. Every few days
I used to read list Of the killed. Not
q man among them was ever missed"
Ou nave never cOIleSStu with SildHle
that you were once a corporation law
yer?" l said, hoping to get some mus
tard in the answer.
'T have not" Senator Hepburn replied.
''The cry against corporation lawyers
was started by men who were unfit to
be the lawyers Of anybody. / had min
ing companies for clients in Colorado,
and the same kind of clients I'm Idaho
having taken thorough courses in civil
and mining engineering, metallurgy. and
geology that I might be competent as
tioner. i refused longer TO serve trans
continental railroad because / could
make more money in mining litigation
and because / liked the work better.
Contingent fees were never accepted,
nor have l ever taken any mans prop
erty. Old soldiers understood that
would do their business for nothing. IL
told a client he didn't have case
worth trying on it's merits, ! charged
him lust as much as 1 would have
charged him had gone into court. Poor
people paid me according to their means.
So did the rich ones"
Thus speaking, Senator Hepburn re-
freshed himself with another swallow of
water. He is a digniied looking man, as
he sits opposite me. dressed I'm frook
coat OF fine cloth and fashionable pat
New-York tribune., 1911-03-19

new. / am sure there are many young
men and women living In cities who DO
not know the taste of fresh eggs or meat
ACROSS the supply Of certain kinds OF
food are gates. which can be opened an
inch, a foot or all the way. or can be
closed and locked. Men are In control
OF those gates and the gates control the
market Eggs can be let out In
trickle or food, or shut off entirely.
1t is the same with meat and butter.
The supply of many kinds OF food Is
regulated with mathematical precision.
/ am bound to say, however, that the
big packers and big dealers. as rule.
are not getting the big end Of the profits.
Those engaged in some lines Of trade
would be satisfied with margin of 3
per cent. because they can turn their
money twelve times year.
New-York tribune., 1911-03-19

latory effect on prices. Besides, it will
give the people food from what Is now
the equivalent OF the middle of the pile,
even If not from the very top"
rs the wealth of the country unjustly
distributed?"
1T was after thu panic OF 1907. New
York bankers before the panic declined
to pay the balances they owed to the
other banks OF the country. | told Presl-
dent Roosevelt that until the balances
were paid no more government money
should be deposited In New York. He
agreed with. me. and sent me to, Mr..
Cortelyou. the Secretary of the Treas
ury. Deposits were stopped and the New
York banks paid their debts. However.
J. +. Morgan got all the credit for bring
ing about that plain act Of justice.
''As to the distribution Of wealth
New-York tribune., 1911-03-19
Continued from first page.

group Of passing refugees and stolen III
despair the woman determined TO sell one
Of her sons.
II was days before she could find
purchaser. At last a travelling iuggler
bought tho eldest boy and left her with
money for a weeks living. TWO days
] later he returned. The child had died.
He was weakened with starvation IN the
first place. the man said, ana ne de-
manded that the mother should either
pivc hack the money or let him have
another child in it's place. Now she was
desperatc. She begged him to take all
three children for nothing and let her be
rid of them. The man took them. Inc
woman lived alone until her rice was
gone. then she drowned herself in the
river.
The common sights and sounds of the
famine district are only part OF the
horror that hangs over the country.
| There IS always more or less brigandage
In China. and the famine has driven
hundreds OF starving men into life or
robbery. IL is a capltdi crilHt w 'tc"'
ward of cloth. so that mar who is COM
mtting a robbery finds it safer to XII
his victim. The robbers roam through
the famine provinces sacking houses,
killing whole families for their rice ana
money and burning buildings to extort
blackmail.
one robher band. said 10 have hve
hundred members, raided the walled
town Of Kunshan. not fifty miles from
Shanghai. They broke open the stores
and ransacked private houses, killing
eleven of the inhabitants during the two
days that they held the town. Then
they moved to a smaller village about
five miles away. carrying off small
caravan Of plunder and eight or the
Weather citizens 10 be held for ransom
The townsmen were frantic with rage.
They went i'm pursuit. arousing the
countryside as they went. They sur
rounded the bandits in the village with
n mob of two thousand men. armed,
some with hoes and sickles. some with
swords and few with revolvers or
rifles. They barricaded the village gates
and set the houses on fire.
New-York tribune., 1911-03-19

IL mean to push Il bill through Con-
gress, II l can. putting a time limit on
all food sent to cold storage warehouses
and marketing the food so that every
one. including the ultimate consumer.
may know the day 1t was first put away
In chilled air or on ice. Furthermore. |
shall make 1t a criminal offence tn put
anything back in cold storage after it
has been once taken out. Freezing. In
the first place. is a process of disinte-
grafton. Meat frozen to preserve II and
then thawed in butcher shops. where 1t
collects new germs and dirt. is unfit for
human food il It is again returned to
cold storage
'The law shall attempt to have en-
acted will at least periodically open the
gates Of our national food supply. and.
at the same time. will have some reGu-
New-York tribune., 1911-03-19

two feet high. Good boots, costing ~
IL he were wadng in three feet OF water
however. he would get his feet wet He
might as well be barefooted. Our bal
ance of trade is $500, 100000 less than 1t
was eighteen months ago. The situation
is serious Yet plenty Of men are
scheming to increase our imports. Han
cock said the tariff was a local issue
Some Republicans superficial in their
thinking. or hot after office, now agree
with him. Hancock was wrong. Pro-
lection is a national issue 1t concerns
all the people. No other question be-
gins to be so tremendously important. I
shall fight the Hessians so long as ! am
able to be heard
you wrote the pure food bill" | said.
and managed its passage through the
Senate2"
New-York tribune., 1911-03-19
BANDITS ARE BURNED.

The bandits broke through the barri-
cade and appeared with five OF their
hostages. vowing that they would XIII
them unless their band was allowed 10
escape. The crowd surged forward and
drove them back through the gates.
The prisoners were cut To pieces and
their arms, legs and heads were thrown
over the wall one by one. The three
other hostages were tied 10 stakes be-
side the burning buildings. Except for
two of the robbers. who made a dash and
New-York tribune., 1911-03-19
Chinese Selling Daughters

would be distributed as soon as Il ay.
rived.
The junk was delayed two days. When
where Sha-Yang supplies were to be un.
loaded the news was in the famine
camp outside the walls before 1t reached
the mission. The wagons that brought
the rice overland were guarded BY
Chinese soldiers and followed by rab-
BILE of several hundred persons. All this
time refugees had been pouring in ill
there were some seven thousand or eight
thousand men. women and children en-.
camped about the city.
At one of the city gates the mission.
aries set up their distributing station In
shed Of light boards. The preparations
were kept secret. For several hours. be.
tween the time when the wagons arrived
and the time when tho distribution was
announced. all the thousands Of refugees,
with thousands Of persons from the
town. were wedged in one gigantic crowd
about the mission buildings. a crowd that
grew every moment greater, more rest
less and more unmanageable.
Then at last a missionary mounted on
the wall Of the compound and told the
people ,hat rice was 10 be given out at
the city gate. In one frantic rush the
crowd swept down the narrow streets OF
the town, skirtcd the wall and flung IL
self against the amsy supply shed. For
a minute or two the missionaries and
their helpers kept the front ranks in
order. Then the great mass behind.
rushing out from hundred alleys and
driving those in front in solid half
circle against the wall. bore down every
thing before them.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1911-03-16
RUSSIA GAINS
In FARMING
Preventing Impression That Little
Progress Is NJ q de in That
CountryLs Erroneous Series
OF Rea dinzs Gratis.
CRy J. b. SNODGRASs.l

The impression generally prevails
that, although Russia is most gen
erously favored by nature little rroG
ress is being made in agriculture. Thu,
IS erroneous.
As an Illustration cf the interest
that is being manifested along these
lines, and as indicative of the pro
gressive policy that has been adopted
and is now being pursued. it may be
cited that the Imperial Agricultural
museum, in its cndeavor to popular
ize the study of agricultural subjects.
has for the last few years conducted
gratis, at the museum in St. Peters
burg, series of systematic readings
on agriculture for the henfit of every
Inc interested. In addition to this
course, popular lectures are delivered
and special readings conducted for
men in the lower ranks of the army.
In the experimental department Of
the museum the taking apart and
putting together Of various machinery
is demonstrated by trained mechanics
Agricultural machinery in motion is
also demonstrated and the use of ag-
ricultural implements is explained:
experiments are also made with all
classes Of farm machinery, such as
locomobiles, winnowers. sorters. and
the like In separate departments
are demonstrated the fertilization Of
the fish spawn and the development
of the chicken in the incubator.
The attendance at these lectures
has been uninterruptedly increasing
from year to year For the past four
years the attendance has been: 5O99.
17,S0S, 32,442, 60,346; showing great
increase.
The lectures are delivered in the
evening from seven to nine and on Sun
day from two to three p. N. The prac-
teal work and excursions are conduct
ed by prearrangements between the
lecturers and the students, such as
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1911-03-16

Today we all face new opportunities
for growth in grace and in the knowl-
edge of Christ. II is only the man of
spiritual pride that will not feel that
the hours offer to him a new spiritual
chance-a chance to be more like
Christ when the sun goes down upon
his newly dawned day. 1t must be
that we fail to see the significance Of
this line of mercles 80 freely offered
to all men. Each morning comes with
this invitation: "Ho, every one that
thirsteth, come ye to the alters, 3"
This is simply the call to accept the
divine mercies OF character. Every
morning is alive with that opportu-
nifty. II we do not see these mercies
it Is because we are spiritually blind
What unconQuered regions of kind
ness lie before our souls! What I'M
explored fields of divine benevolence!
What untried paths Of conservation!
These are the possibilities that God
sets before us now. Tomorrow morn
ing should see us setting out on the
stubborn and courageous march
toward our ideal. The height and
breadth and depth Of the love of God
in Christ give us an ambition equal to
the efforts Of an eternity.