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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-06-15
APPALLING CONDI-
TONS ARE SHOWN BY
THE TRUST INQUIRY
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facts, and declared it was for coli
gress to say whether there should be
understandings such as exist in the
steel trade, for the benefit of business.
But he threatened the committee
that if such action were taken as
would restore competition, and per
NIT the strong to wreck the weak
Gary assumed that the steel trust would
so act under competition - it would
result in general business demoraliza-
ton. I'VE would not oppose such a
policy he declared, speaking for he
United States Steel corporation.
Mr.. Gary declared himself In favor
of federal licenses, revokahle at any
time that the conditions upon which
they are granted are violated by the
corporations themselves, the corpora
tons TO have the right of appeal TO
the courts. The question of whether
the steel combination is or is not a.
illegal combination is rapidly becom-
ing Insignificant in view of the larger
question of defending the general pub
lie consumers and business men alike
from the rapid encroachments of the
same power In Wall street which con-
trolls the railroads, tbs steel trust emo
other great combinations, and is rapid
ly extending its control over all lines
OF business.
CONDITIONS APPALLING.
Il is clearly apparent that the COM
mittee investigation is revealing con-
ditions in this country which are ap-
palling and which show conclusiveIy
the necessity Of dealing with these
conditions from the very basis of their
existence to their final results.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-06-15

Lame shoulder is ALMOST invariably
caused by rheumatism Of the muscles
and yields quickly to the free appli-
cation Of Chamberlain Liniment.
This Iiniment is not only prompt and
sffectuaI. but in no way disagreeable to
use. Sold by all druggists.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-06-15

Nothing better illustrates the alb
surdities Of protection than the COM
plant of cab drivers at Niagara who,
driving across the line, must pay
duty on their animals coming back.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-06-15
HurnOr and y
Philosophy
~ DUNCAN ~. .Sr1sTn :
PERT PARAGRAPHS.

WE all have to play the game. but
we would like to have the priv
ilege of choosing our opponents.
Our idea of dismal man is one that
is left at home to mind the baby a
whole evening.
The man who can put up a good
fight is apt to be the man who doesn't
have to.
II a man is an expert liar you can
generally get his word for it.
Never mind a man who can't tell a
discord from a symphony. He doesn't
know when he is pleased.
A crouch is. hangover from yester-
days mistake.
Sweet are the uses of adversely.
They make US want to keep out once
we get out.
We back up to go ahead. but when
we back out it's different.
1t is hard to keep up an extravaganza
appearance on a bargain counter in
come.
1t is much easier to live down a rep
utation for industry than 10 live down
one for laziness.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-06-15
Advice to Young Men.

John Hays Hammond, with an in
come OF q million year, Is re-
garded as one OF the most success
.ful men in the world today In a
lrecent interview he advises young
men as to what they should do to
succeed He says the chances are
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-06-15
His Little Wav,

His Little Way.
al always try to help myself"
THAT'S very praiseworthy. Do you
have any special method you followY'
"Oh, surely"
"What is it?'
ITO get others to do my work for
me-"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-06-15
Cbanaed His Mind,

at was love at first sight with him"
"And did he marry her."
"No."
"Wouldn't she have him"
HE didn't ask her,"
"Why?'
Because he looked again"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-06-15
The One Essential,

The One Essential.
"Ain't you just crazy about Bellies
new hat?''
eyes. Ugly. isn't itg"
"a perfect fright"
''But isn't it stylish?"
"AwfulIyp
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-06-15

In spite of all that can be done
against IT, reciprocity seems destin-
ed to win In the senate. Let US
hope So
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-06-15

Boston has a new theatre called Pur-
itan. Ca should be taken to have
probls-I plays kept out of it.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-06-15

A Pennsylvania man committed sui
eide to escape the heat. We have no
proof that he succeeded in his pur-
pose
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-06-15
Best He Could d..

Best He Could d.,
HE is carrying water on both shoul
ders."
THAT is something new for him"
Yes, but this is prohibition terri
tory"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-06-15

And Didn't Disturb Him.
"She plays atrociously."
"She certainly does"
"How can you stand lit"
"It keeps the other fellows away"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-06-15

West Point has a graduating class
Of SO this year. That ought to reas-
sure Representative Hobson-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-06-15

WE all have to play the game. but
we would like to have the priv
ilege of choosing our opponents.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-06-15

Our idea of n dismal man is one that
is left at home to mind the baby a
whole evening.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-06-15
Couidn't Refuse.

you should learn to say NO. my
son"
But suppose Aunt Jane should ask
me to have q second piece OF pier"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-06-15
Obvious.

Il never try to conceal my igno-
rance"
at would be a hopeless thing TO at
tempt"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-06-15
900 Tenth Street.

D. r. LIMERICK
900 Tenth Street.
Excavating and Grading
Concrete and brick walks laid and
rel paired
Call wfst 1887.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-06-15
Reversed.

Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown.
That "a the fact unless you want 10
doubt H.
For In these days Of peace and good re-
nown
Far more uneasy lies the head with
out IL.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-06-15

The man who can put up a good
fight is apt to be the man who doesn't
have to.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-06-15

II man is an expert liar You can
generally get his word for it.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-06-15

A crouch is. hangover from yester-
days mistake.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-06-15

Never mind a man who can't tell a
discord from a symphony. He doesn't
know when he is pleased
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-06-15

We back up to go ahead. but when
we back out it's different
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-06-15

Sweet are the uses of adversely.
They make US want to keep out once
we get out.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-10-15
The H0usekeeper's Hands.

L VERY woman should want to have
II her hands look as nice as possible
While there is much work about a
house that is hard upon the hands, a
little thought will save them from
much that mars. The first thought is
that of wearing gloves of rubber, or
the cast off kid gloves. This habit will
save your hands considerably. but the
best friend is the dish mop. 1t costs but
few cents, wears a long time. is easily
very hot water, making the process of
dishwashing much easier. A soap shaker
costs a few cents more or can be
made at home from baking powder can
by punching some holes in the bottom.
Put your small bits of soap into the can,
shake 1t around the pan Of hot water
and you will soon have a nice suds which
will quickly clean your dishes. Another
time saver which costs but q trifie is a
wire dishcloth, with which the pots and
pans are easily scraped clean.
Mutton tallow with a little sulphur
added is healing and whitening for chap
ped hands and is a good thing to put into
homemade soap. When the hard work of
the day is done rub the hands with vase
line. rubbing 1t we'll into the skin, just
as if you were using soap. This takes
out the stains etc. from the little
creases in the skin. Wash this off with
warm water and soap and always dry
the hands thoroughly.
Thin hands which have all too promi-
nent veins and sinews for beauty can be
p.umpened by patiently soaking them for
an hour or so every night in warm sweet
oil and afterwaTd drawing gloves over
the oily hands and wearlns them to bed.
The oil can be used for several nights in
succession. although it will be found that
the hands absorb a good deal. The gloves
before being worn should have small
holes shipped out of the backs and palms
and the extreme finger tips should be cut
off, otherwise they will discolor the hands.
Lemon juice is great aid in keeping
the nails nice. II your nails are very
much stained wash first and then, while
still wet, press them we'll down into a
lemon, rubbing them up and down in 1t.
A lemon from which most Of the Juice
has been squeezed will do perfectly we'll.
You will be surprised to see how it will
improve them. Rub lemon juice over
your hands also. Then dry and rub each
nail with tiny pad moistened with al
mond or olive oil, wipe off all oil, dust
with oatmeal and then rub your hands
and nails with chamois leather. giving
the nails special attention.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-10-15
Cushion Covers.

A LMOST every housekeeper owns a
beautiful sofa cushion. whose colors
are so dainty that the pillow cannot be
cleaned without spelling t. Such a cush-
ion seems utterly useless when soiled at
all, but II an be made useful by provid-
ing it with covering of p ain net. The
transparency of net allows the pattern
in the cushion 10 be clearly seen, and
yet ii prevents the cushion from being
further soiled. The net can be cleaned
and replaced
To make a very pretty cush on cover,
procure a piece OF soft oriental silk of
a fair quality some eight inches square.
Iron onto II a transfer design, say OF vio-
lets. line the six with fine, unbea ched
muslin, and overcast the edges. Get two
skeins of violet colored floss. First run
the outline Of your flowers with the vio-
let silk, working so that the outline will
stand out boldly on the surface Outline
the leaves and stems of the flowers with
fairly dark green. taking three strands of
the silk your needle. Now darn the
background backward with a very pale
shade of heliotrope or silver thread AS
q finish to the work there is nothing to
surpass narrow border darned all
around with another art color.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-10-15
The Gossip.

G ENATOR T. COLEMAN DU POINT
- was showing a Wilmington law
yer his new camping motor car-that
wonderful car. with it's bath. It's tent.
it's bed, it's electric light and electric
cooking stove, wherein Senator du
Pont will observe the building of his
one million five hundred thousand-dol-
lar state road.
Motoring is wonderful thing he
said. as he turned away from the
garage, land as soon as we abolish
reckless speeding it will be the most
popular thing in the world. It is any
thing but popular now among the
great motorless majority"
Senator du Pont smiled.
Il heard two Washington women talk
ing about an elderly bachelor the other
day.
He's got chauffeur's tongue said
the first woman.
Chauffeur's tongue, eh?' said the
second. That is one of those new dis
eases. I suppose, like aeroplane stag
gers. What does chauffeur's tongue
come from? Speeding?'
No. said the other woman. From
running people down."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-10-15
A Topeka Diplomat.

"D1pL.o(9MlAcf is hard to define, >
- said Senator Curtis at luncheon
in Topeka. 1T is, however, easy to H.
lustrate. Here is an illustration Of di-
plomacy:
"A Topeka girl, one brisk autumn
evening, sat beside the warm and clank-
ing radiator with a young man. This
young man was good catch. But,
though he called often and though
he showed many evidences of af-
fection for the girl, he had not yet
mentioned marriage. He seemed uncer
tain He seemed to be still on the fence.
well, the brisk evening I'm speak
ing Of at about Q o'clock the cook
knocked at the parlor door, entered and
said respectfully:
What shall I give your father for
his breakfast In the morning, MISS?
'Devied kidney, 1 think, Hannah,
said the Topeka girl. Father, these cold
mornings. is fond of deviled kidneys.
Ives, miss; and would you mind tell
ing me how to prepare it. miss?'
Soak the kidney was the reply,
for three hours in cold water, changing
the water twice. Then cut into slices,
season highly with salt and pepper and
fry bright brown. Now add little
warm water and stew very gently. Mean
while prepare the sauce-four tablespoon
fus OF cold gravy one of Chutney paste,
one of ketchup, one of vinegar, two tea
spoonfuls of made mustard, two of salt
and four of butter. Mix well, pour on
the kidney and stew gently again till
done
oh. thank you, miss said the cook
gratefully.
The cook had hardly gone when the
young man, new and tender light shin
ing from his eyes, plopped down on one
knee.
he began
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-10-15
PRoF. HENRY CROSBY EMERY, CHAIRMAN
"a

non-partisan tariff commission, which
should investigate the difference of the
cost of production at home and abroad
and report this to Congress as a scien-
tific basis for further tariff tinkerings.
But although receiving the ma jority vote
Of both houses, this bill before it could
go through the conference stage was
killed by hlibuSter Yet the appropria-
ton for special tariff board. already at
work, was extended by Congress and this
special board the President gave the
membership and duties intended for the
permanent commission. 1t was increased
from three to five members, only two of
whom. he contends, could really be
termed members of a political party.
One of these democrat, is former con-
gresham. and the other. republican,
was appointed assistant secretary of the
Treasury by Roosevelt. OF the other
three, forming a majority, two are pro-
fessors of political economy and the re-
naming member is the editor of an ag-
ricultural journal who has made reci-
procity hobby.
Those five men were at once set to
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-10-15

Don Juan" 1t was that lyric which
begins:
The isles Of Greece. the isles of Greece.
Where burning Sappho loved and sang!
The Greek was spouting the words
with distinct accent: but the words
were wholly Ineligible to one who
knew the verses. addressed the
man when he had finished-and found
that he did not know a word of con-
versational English. All of the Eng
fish he knew consisted of those lines
from ByronS poem. Byron, because
of his fight for Greek independence.
remains to this day one of the great
national heroes of Greece-and here
was an humble Greek bootblack, in a
Broadway shop, going over some lines
written by an Englishman who died
in Greece eighty seven years ago! If
Byron could have heard, how he would
have enjoyed that.
CLARENCE L.. CULLEN
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-10-15

work at the task of investigating the
difference in the cost of producing, at
home and abroad, those articles whose
tariff rates were the subject of the most
general criticism. The board has its
headquarters in the Treasury Depart
ment building and about 100 people are
on it's pay rolls. 1t is expanding about a
quarter million dollars per year to con-
duct it's ns-which expendi-
ture, the President says. would go for
naught, had he signed the recent tariff
bills
The chairman of the board is Prof.
Henry Crosby Emery, who, when APP
pointed. was professor of political econ
omy at Yale. He is a native of Maine,
only thirty-eight years old, who after
taking degrees at Bowdoin, Harvard and
Columbia-including a Phi. D. at the last
named-completed his studies at the
University of Berlin. He is the author of
economic treaties, Speculation on
Stock and Produce Exchanges" and of
other works. He comes of a family dis
tinguished in educational circles, his
father having been a professor at Bow
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-10-15
W.M.HOWARp

the books Of the growers and manufac-
turers. and TO make investigations on
their own hook They have finished their
work in the cotton fields and mills of the
south and a corps OF twenty-five cotton
experts. expert accountants and trained
investigators are now investigating north
ern mills. This field work is being d.
rected by a former special agent Of the
bureau OF corporations. The compilation
OF their statistics is In charge OF an ex-
pert, who has installed cost accountine
systems In some OF the largest cotton
mills Of the south.
To get figures OF the cost OF production
abroad to be compared with the figures
gathered at home. special agents have
been sent through the great WOOL grow
ing countries-Australia, New Zealand.
England. Scotland. France and Germany.
wooden and knitting mills. clothing and
carpet factories. Others have as sys-
tematically covered the foreign cotton
plantations and the cotton mills of Ger
many, France and Belgium. They have
been reproducing abroad what their
brother agents have been doing at home.
and have worked with the same samples
and blank forms. Chairman Emery went
them going. From foreign regions pro-
ducing and manufacturing wool and cot
ton on a small scale our consuls have
gathered the data for the board.
These American and foreign figures are
being reduced to comparative tables.
which will show congressman the board
findings as To the ference in cost OF
production at home and abroad. The ma
tional platform on which President Taft
was elected proclaimed the doctrine OF
imposing such tariff duties as Will equal
the difference between the cost OF pro-
duction at home and abroad. together
with reasonable profit to American IN
dustries." And the last democratic ma
tional platform declared for a tariff for
revenue only. and the placing upon the
free list OF articles entering into COM
petition with trust-controlled products.
In the administration opinion the fig
ures being prepared by the tariff board
are the first scientifically complied
data ever offered as a basis for tariff
legislation, and compared with which the
information which the ways and
means committee based the schedules OF
the recently vetoed tariff acts was pure
guesswork.
After completing the report on wool and
cotton the board will take up the metal
and leather schedules of the Payne law.
Copyright 1911. by John Elfreth watkinsD
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-10-15

las the commercial world by the ears,
and it's specifications for tinkering the
tariff upon our chief textile fabrics are
being awaited with interest by our wool
and cotton growers and importers, our
manufa cturers. sellers and wearers OF
clothes which last named class consti-
tutes considerable proportion of our
population.
The tariff board has been discussed
up and down and across the land
since the famous Taft vetoes re ut
tered. Some of its critics have branded
II as a board of Mr. Tafts hirelings and
clerks. used as a mere pretext to delay
tariff reduction. But the President, dur
ing his swing around the circle, has
praised it as non-partisan body ''un-
der Instructions to draw their conclusions
without respect to their effect
The board came into being In this way:
Our commercial bodies formed an asso-
citation which induced the last Congress,
in its final session. to pass, through both
houses. a bill providing for a permanent
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-10-15
PROF.. THoS .W.PAGE

lc- From five to six thousand growers i
the principal wool-produc' ng states wer
thus covered, each furnishing data under
twenty-five different headings.
Through the great WOOL growing belt OF
the west these agents. starting in Texas
went north with the shearing season un-
til they reached the Canadian border
Such factors as the effect on cost OF
losses due to wolves and other animals
preying upon flocks were gathered.
A dozen agents have been scattered
among our wooden mills, large and
ped: They have been going into such
problems as output per man per ma
chine per minute"
From merchants. jobbers and other
dealers have been gathered. In the open
market, several hundred samples Of typ
teal cloths from which have been Sc
lected a hundred standard samples rang
ing from fancy to cheap woolens and
worsted. mems" and "women.s." These
samples the board has had analysed al
two Of the big textile schools and by one
of its own experts, and the corps OF
agents, each with set OF samples. has
been going among manufacturers show
ing the analyses and obtaining an esti-
mate of the cost of reproducing LOCO
yards Of the same cloths.
To check up on the manufacturers esti-
mates the agents-most of them textile
experts-have gone into the mills and ex-
amined both the processes of manufac-
ture and the companies books. Then
the various mills which turned out the
original samples are visited and the ac-
tual cost is obtained And ali of these
mill data finally go through the hands
OF two men-an expert accountant and q
retired wooden manufacturer-who sift
the figures and make special inquiries
where they find evidences of abnormal
cost.
The big ready-made clothing manufac-
tories have been visited by another
corps of six special agents, who in those
establishments have been figuring on cost
Of production. Two agents have been
collecting similar information in the car
pet factories, and two others have been
covering the knitting mills in the same
way. Thus have been collected the data
as to the cost of manufactured woolens
at home.
The cost of our cotton, raw and manu-
featured. has been as carefully obtained
by agents and experts Sent out to scan
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-10-15
JAS BURTON REYNOLDS

ton and foreign trade relations.
His democratic colleague, Mr.. Howard,
is PHI r. of the University of Georgia,
a former solicitor general of the northern
judicial circuit of that state and a re-
gent Of the Smithsonian Institution. When
appointed to the tariff. board he had just
completed his fourteenth year in the
House, where he had been ranking demo-
cratic member of the committee on for
eign affairs. He is ffty-three years Old
Such are the five men who, when Con-
gress meets-now in a few weeks-will
lay before 1t the, data upon which Presi-
dent Taft will ask the Senate and House
to base new bills revising the wooden and
cotton schedules.
The administrative detail Of the board
is in charge Of an executive secretary.
Thomas w. Brahany, a native of Madi-
son, Wis, and graduate of the university
OF that state, who after doing political
reporting in his state legislature served at
the national Capitol as secretary to his
home senators, Quarles and Spooner and
also as a press gallery correspondent,
covering the tariff issue.
To be abreast of the times, in these
days when this tariff board is right In
the center of the spot light, you should
which are sure to cause a furore in
Congress soon after that body meets
l visited the boards headquarters yes
terday and was shown the various details
of the modus operandi-the cogs of the
complicated machinery which is grinding
out the long-heralded statistics on the
difference of cost of production, at home
and abroad
The investigation of the wool and wool
en- industry commenced a year ago. when
there were sent out to visit the raw wool
growers of the east and west corps of
some fifteen special agents directed by a
sheep expert of the Department of Agri-
culture. Among these agents We're pro-
fessors Of sheep husbandry in the agri-
cultural colleges and government bureaus
also expert cost accountants, capable OF
taking the growers books and readily
working out the cost of growing wool
The information thus obtained from the
growers records was recorded in the
uniform spaces Of printed blanks, each
Of which later went to the boards stats
tician bearing an identification number
instead of the name of the grower, who
thus was relieved Of any dread of hav-
ing the details Of his business made pub