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New-York tribune., 1912-04-02
TARIFF BOARD HANDICAPPED

After disrcgarding entirely the report of
the Tariff Beard on the wool schedule, the
Democrats Of tho House have definitely de
tsrmined 10 ignore tho recommendations Of
the President for an emergency appropria-
tion Of 5000 i'm order that the hoard may
complete Investigations on the metal
leather. sugar and chemical schedules dur
inc the current fiscal year. One Of tn"
Democratic leaders Of the Hous" said to-
day that Il would hc "a waste ot money
10 appropriate additional funds for the
Tarin Board, Notwithstanding the fact that
the majority has been lavish in It's appro-
prlatous for pensions and the expenses of
so-calIed investigating" committees. In
transmitting the report OF the TariT Board
OF the cotton schedule President TAFT
praised tho work OF the board and earnestly
advocated continuance of it's labors. The
President said that he had directed the
hoard-which was created with tho aid Cf
Democratic votes two years aGo-to pro-
coed Immediately with an investigation ot
the leather. sugar and chemical schedules,
but that I'm order 70 mako a thorough in
Guiry the board should he equipped with
additional funds amounting 10 $1,000 The
suggestion was received almost contemptu-
ouslv rs the Democrats I'm control OF the
House, and that section OF the President s
message relating 10 the emergency appro-
priation has not even hccn referred AS yet
TO the Appropriations Committee. To which
II properly belongs. The entire message
was referred TO the Ways and Means Com
mittee, which liz without approprlatlng
power thus indicating the We'll defined in
tcntion OF the House Democrats to cut of
arbitrarily all further financial support Of
the Tariff Board In the debate on the
wool bill passed ny the House to-day
Democrats inveighed constantly against
the Tariff Board and announced their indc-
pendence OF any scientific data gathered by
Il. II IS the present intention OF the ma jor-
ity regardless of tho protests OF the Re
publican members OF tho House who seek
definite information regarding the differ
ence I'm the cost OF production at home and
abroad, TO abolish the Tariff Board at the
end OF the fiscal year. After June % the
Democrats OF the Ways and Means Com
mlttce-if they should he returned TO power
purpose to base tariff bills on such infor-
nation as may be gathered at haphazsrd
by the clerks OF the committee, who are
without either the knowledge or experience
Of tho members OF the non-partisan Tariff
Board. .. @. H.
New-York tribune., 1912-04-02
NELLIE BLY," IGNORES ORDER
Fails to Pay $500 Fine for Contempt
Nav Get More Time.

Mrs Elizabeth c. Seaman, better known
as Nellie BLY," did not comply with the
order OF Judge Hough, Of the United States
District Court and pay n fine OF $500 for
contempt of court Yesterday The judge
gave her until last night to make the pay.
ment, but no payment was made. She was
adjudged in contempt for refusing TO an
swer questions which Robert T.. Tillney,
the referee In bankruptcy. directed her TO
answer She told the court that she had
no idea shc was defying It In refusing to
follow Mr.. Tillneys orders.
When Adoph Kendl. the trustee Of tho
estate of the Ironclad Manufacturing
Company, Of which she was formerly presi-
dent was told he said he was willing to
give her time IL she showed a willingness
to pay, or WAS without funds. Nobody
wants TO be mean" he explained, 'es-
pecally since she is a woman The court
he said might take action itself and di-
rect her commitment.
Al Yesterday afternoons hearing Mrs
Seaman said sho had resigned as president
OF tho American steel Barrel Company
after Judge Hough had made his order.
Her successor has not been selected. She
also said that she had assigned to the un-
secured creditors Of the 1ronclad Company
her claims against several banks for
81, 10000
The claims accrued m the Tronclad Com
pany through the cashing Of checks
after they had been forged by employees.
The company assigned tho claims to Mrs.
seaman. She saws IN the assignment that
bn 10
claims after she dies. The assignment is
considered Illegal and Mr.. Kiendl believes
he is entitled TO enforce tho claims for the
benefit Of the creditors Of the bankrupt
estate.
New-York tribune., 1912-04-02
APOTHECSIS OF THE SMITHS.

with the arrival OF Marcus Aurelius
Smith. one of the four Senators from the
newly elevated states Of Arizona ana Ne"
Mexico. on the scene of his labors th'
smith family In all its ramincauohs lids
reason 10 rejoice. Marcus hureliuS rs IN"
dfin Of that name 10 bo added to the roll OF
the nrosoni Senate. the others being Will
lam Alden Smith. of Michigan: lIoke smith
NJ Georgia. John Walter smith OF Mar!
land. and Ellison Durant Smith, Of South
Carolina There is nothing i'm the ieglSla-
tive o.. .cmperameu,ai characteristics OF
these rcprcsentativcs 81 the omnpresent
family 10 indicate common ancestry.
-Four are Democrats and one is Rcpnbh-
can. Governor Iokc Is suaye, William
alden is explosive, John Walter is reserved
ana Ellison Duraut is fiery. when the proper
current of thought is stirrcd-Which j.
readily accomplished bv the mention OF
the word cotton. In style OF oratorN th'N
also are ut odds Governor Iioke utteTH
nothing but honcycd words, even i'll the
clash Of dcbatc. William Alden huriS MS
defiance nj the Senate with c"nNnlsiNe
shuddcrng Of IN" torso. accompanied ~
weird outnneing. of tho arms. Ellison
purant rises 10 thc height of poetic utter
auCes under the sway OF his elopucuce, ana
John Walter says nothing at all. on says
II with so mild voice that the purpose
OF his speech is lost on the impass'c son
ate. however much it tc,les the cars Of his
constituents Whether Marcus hureliua i
70 fall into ono of these Classihcations or
70 present in the Senate another variety or
Smith family temperament II is for tha
f,,t tn chou
New-York tribune., 1912-04-02

Iating itf local rates a regulation OF inter
state rates. and therefore invalid, would be
the destruction Of the state control over
is own affairs. They continue:
The right of state regulation extends 10
every business conducted within its borders.
though such business may also eNteno imnto m
or affecting an enterprise having an inter
state character necessarily affects the con
ditions under which IL completes with Iiht
enterprises carried or In other states. lnlS
will apply 10 telephones, telesraphs. naturd'
gas and oil companies ana many otheI CIR
terurises And the passage OF law reg
uiatlng the hours OF labor within one state
mlgh; make It difficult or Impossible lof
it's corporations or citizens to compete sue
ccssfullv with those engaged In the same
business IN other states. where no shch reg
ulatior exists. The same condition Wouio
arise from the passage Of a workman
compensation law. or law changing the
liability or employers in one state; Wheu
other states have no such laws, or diHereht
New-York tribune., 1912-04-02
GOVERNORS CONTEND
FOR STATE RIGHTS
Ask Supreme Court Not to Over
throw Regulation Of
Railroad Rates.
PROTEST FILED AS BRIEF
First Time in the Nations His.
tory That Such a Document
Has Been Presented
to Court.

WASHINGTON. April THE Governors ot
the states. a. body filed with the Su-
preme Court of the United States to-day
their protest against tho proposition 10
strike down state railroad rates as inter
ferlng with Interstate commerce. They re-
spectfulIy called on the bench to see that
The boundaries of the states remain. II is
the first time In the history of the nation
that such a protest has been made.
The protest took the nature Of 4 brief,
fled az friends of the court by COM
rnittec consisting of Governors Judson
Harmon OF Ohio Herbert s. Hadley of
Missouri and Charles II. Aldrich OF Ne
braska This committee was selected at a
conference OF Governors. last September,
The brief was submitted as part Of the
state rate cases" set for oral argument
to-day.
The brief vas of peculiar interest. coming
80 soon after the most recent decision Of
the Interstate Commerce Commission that
railroads submitting 10 low state rates
rnust give similar rates on interstate bust
ness.
Because the federal circuit court In the
Minnesota freight and passenger rate cases
held the rates invalid not only as confisca-
tory, but because Of their effect on inter
state commerce. that case was taken az
the text for the Governors protest. IT was
declared that what was said went directly
80 the right Of every state TO regulate state
commerce, and was designed particularly
70 be applicable TO the Minnesota, Missouri
Oregon, Kentucky. Ohio, Arkansas ana
West Virginia rate cases before the court
The Governors had nothing TO say about
the connscatory nature of the rates but
confined themselves TO the interstate phase
az the question.
New-York tribune., 1912-04-02
CHINA B0RR0WS AGAIN
Further Sum of S1,050,00
Given by Belgian Syndicate.

Pekins. April THE Russo Asiatic
Bank handed over to-day 10 the representa-
tiyes Of the government at Wu-Chang
100000 taels Approximately s1,05o. .0O0)
or behalf of the Belgian syndicate. whose
representative at Peking declares that the
Chinese government has been credited al
ready with $500, 600 taels approximately
$3.50, 0,0O0).
The opposition To Premier Tang Shao-yi
appears TO he increasing In Northern
China, where there is belief that the So
called Belgian loan is principally a Rus
sian enterprise. Russia's reluctance to
enter the international group which is ar
ranging loans to the Chinese government
Is attributed tn its desire not 10 be ham
pcred in it's loan negotiations.
Nanking. April 1.-The public ceremony
connected with Or. sun Yat-sen's resigna-
tion from the office of provisional Presi-
dent Of the Chinese Republic took place
in the hall OF the National Assembly this
afternoon. Speeches were delivered by
the Speaker of the Assembly and By a
number OF the Assemblymen.
Or. Sun bade the National Assembly a
dignfed farewell. Amid many evidences
of devotion and enthusiasm the retiring
provisional President urged that every eff
fort should be made TO secure a united
China and to achieve the highest ideals
OF the republic. He reiterated his conf
dence in President Yuan Shihkai as we'll
as in the Cabinet formed by Premier Tang
Shao-N and in the National Assembly.
\ number of foreigners were present at
the ceremony
The coalition Cabinet Is regarded as a
complete success. Premier Tang Shao-yi
has temporarily assumed the portfolio of
Communications, until tho Assembly ap-
proves the nomination Of LANG Ju-hao
The members Of the Assembly and the
various departments VIII probably move TO
Pekng at the end of the week.
New-York tribune., 1912-04-02
TENNESSEE TO HONOR TAYLOR
Washington Party Accompanies Body
Chance for Republican Successor.

Washington, April Thousands Of Ten
nesseeans are expected 10 pay homage to
the memory OF Senator Robert Love Taylor
at the state Capitol at Nashville next
Wednesday. Senator Taylors family and
committees of both houses of Congress &C
companied the body IN a special car on
train leaving here at 1910 o'clock tonight
Tho party will arrive a. Nashville Al .
o'clock on Wednesday morning and the
body viii be taken 10 the State House and
there lie In state until or p. NJ. Then
the party will so TO Knoxville. whore the
burial will take place on Thursday morning
Nashville, Tenn. April 1.-For the first
tim, since tho period of Reconstruction
there ls a prospect that Tennessee may
have one Republican representative in the
United States Senate
Pending the meeting of the Legislature
next January. the seat made vacant by the
death of Senator Robert l.. Taylor will be
filled by an appointee OF Governor Hooper
Should that Republican Official name
man from his own party, II ls said here to.
day that Newell Sanders, of Chattanooga,
chairman OF the Republican State Commit.
tee, would be the foremost candidate.
New-York tribune., 1912-04-02
Would ExaIt Laws Of Trade.

If the doctrine Is 10 be that the laws oi
trade may make the perGormanct OF laMr
ful duty by a state In the reSnld.'"m ,.a,',I ~
corporations doing business therein resu-
iation of interstate commerce, who is 20
prescribe the test or rule for applHnh
that fhe laws of trade are higher than the
Constitution. and must rreVaI, "lt'out,
gard 10 the direCtness or extern OF rt'I VI
fsncied interference with their ful op''"-
tion and effect?
In concluding the governors declare t'"'
The rate cases involve no conflict hetWee"
state and federal authority. hut cohtro-
ycrsv between the states and the raiiroaoS'
They say:
No one contends that Congress could OK,
ercise any control over the purely ih'efual
commerce of the states. The enect or INC
decision is not tc take power from the
states and leave il With Congress nut 20
take power from the states ana leaNe ~ w
railroads free 30 charge WnatrNeI TO- 80,
please in their traffic within INC STATS,
Tor II the states cannot regulate these rates
The Fourteenth Amendment protects INC
rights of cerriers from invasion under the
guise of regulation by either ste5e or ,ino
ton. II Is not always easy 10 ma tne lme
which separates the domain OF pupHC au-
thority from that Of private right But tnis lI
&c not so hard as II would be 10 trace tne
indirect effects of regulation by the STATE
and by Congress back ana torth tes;s,,ors aesEs,
boundary Of their respective luI Il,Vl VI.
The Soundary Itself is plainly marked We
who have TO do With administering tne ~ iu,
dicial power have In especial charse a,"y n"e
Covenant of the Union. ard our plain dut!
is 70 see that this boundary Is respecteq,
leaving further responsibility TO the people
of the country and the agencies tneA naae
created for the regulation ot commerce
state and interstate.
Briefs similar to that presented ny GOV
ernor Harmon were fled by permission ot
tbe court bv the Attorneys General Of South
Dakota. Nebraska. Iowa. Kansas. Alabama
and Oklahoma, and by the railroad comnl.s-
sions in Nebraska. Iowa. Kansas South
Dakota, North Dakota. Oklahoma. Missouri
and Texas. Each state will be affected di-
rectlv or indirectly by the decisions.
New-York tribune., 1912-04-02
sACCHARIN ORDER ISSUED
Pure Food Boards Regulation Of Sugar
Substitute in Effect.

Washington, April 1.-The Pure Food
Boards order regulating the use ot saccha-
rim in FOODS as substitute for sugar be
came effective to-day Attorneys for GER
tain food manufacturers also made public a
letter TO the Secretary OF Agriculture pro-
testing tnat the decision of the board gave
the impression that the use Of saccharln
was prohibited absolutely
The order of the board specifically per
mlts the use of saccharin I'm food for in
vallds or semi-invalids who cannot use
sugar and the food manufacturers argue
that It is obvious therefore that its use
cannot be regarded as dangerous 10 health.
New-York tribune., 1912-04-02
swoPE CLAIMANT CAPITULATEs
Admits He Is Not Son Of Millionaire
Fortune Disposed Of by Will.

Kansas City. Mo. April 1.-Elmer Swop..
of Martinsburg, w. Va. to-day withdrew
his claim 10 the estate Of Thomas Fl swore
and admitted that he was not the son -
the millionaire philanthropist Judgment
was then entered in favor OF the heirs des.
ignated by the will
DISPOSITIONS brought out that Colonsl
Swopc courted 81. Louis g'rl IN ls6l, snd
that. being lifted ny her, he remained
bachelor fer life.
New-York tribune., 1912-04-02
FIGHT FOR I. T. U. PRESIDENCY
Fred Barker Campaigning Against j
M. Lynch-Elcction Next Month

Ottawa April Fired Barker. Of Spokane
Wash, progressive candidate for presi.
dent OF the international Typographical
Union, IL In Ottawa. on his wav from
Toronto to Montreal On campaign tour
He is opposing James NJ. Lynch. president
OF the international Typographical Union
In the election to take place MAY u.
There VIII probably be about 900 votes
polled including $500 In Canada.
New-York tribune., 1912-04-02
DIX TO HOLD TRANSFER HEARING.

Albany. April l.--Governor Dix will give
hearing at noon on April Is on the stil'
we'll bill providing for tranrters on street
railways In Manhattan and The Bronx
The measure passed the Senate some tine
ago and was adopted by the Assembly on
Friday night by vote o. u n g. Ths
surface car interests asked that hearing
ne held before the Governor signed tho
New-York tribune., 1912-04-02
WIN WASHINGTON

, on the Constitution. IN Instrument WHICH
We are persuaded. has become all put ouso-
lot0 except ia the hands or the courts
There are many Indications that the 'alua-
ole but unintcrcstins faculty known 10 sen
ate orators as "ihe sober second tnousht
t. being aroused by tho ciamor FOR Judlcifi
reform and attacks ol the courts. ana th't
il will play a part In tile coming election.
New-York tribune., 1912-04-02
cHlNEsE SOLDIERS sEhEAoEp.

Hsnkow. April 1.-Two soldiers were de-
capitated to-day because they made an at
tempt TO approach General II Yuen- HeIg,
Vice President Of the republic, with forged
naEsfS
New-York tribune., 1912-04-02
LOSES IN MARKET, TAKES POISON

Chicago. April Herbert D. Ross.
young grain broker, committed suicide at
his home in Grand Boulevard to-day by
swallowing poison. Recent losses i'm grain
deals caused his act
New-York tribune., 1912-04-02
WoulS Relieve Commerce.

" the local rates as reduced by Mime
sofa are still fair and the reduction leads
the railroads TO lower through rates cor
respondingly, then interstate commerce will
have been relieved Of burden instead OF
having one imposed on IL. and this would
be accomplished not directly by the states S
regulation Of it's own commerce. hut indi-
rectly by the action OF the railroads them
selves, which would be only Just and right.
Testing the Minnesota decision by its con-
sequences. the Governors declare 1t is plain
that the inevitable effect of the idea that
business necessities, peculiar location OF
lines OF transportation ana Of commercial
centres cen make an act of state regu.
New-York tribune., 1912-04-02
Affects Many Points.

rhs committee sat forth that because
Minnesota had required the railroads 10
reduce their rates from such cities as St
Paul 10 Duluth. on the state boundary, the
interstate business OF the railroads from
81. Paul to Superior. Wis, Just across the
line from Duluth, had been affected. SINH
lar conditions. it was stated, were to be
found in Kansas City. Kan. and Kansas
City. Mo; East ST. Louis, Ill. and St
Louis. Mo; Omaha. Neb. and Counci'
Bluffs Iowa: Cincinnati. ofio, and Gov
ington and Newport, Ky.
The vice of the Minnesota decision. it was
urged. was not in an incorrect statement
Of Minnesota geography, Aut in the plain
disregard Of the provisions Of the federal
Constitution. which established the relation
of the nation and the states by giving one
control over interstate matters and the
other control over state affairs 1t was sd-
mitted that there might be some effect on
interstate commerce when states regulate
state rates. but it was asserted time and
again in the brief that If a railroad enjoys
reasonable return under state rates 1t
enjoys every right to which it is entitled.
The Governors say:
ne test tdllIloI ne NUcIheT tHe eIeCl bI
fixing the local rates may or will be 10
lead the railroads 10 lower their interstate
rates, but whether the local rates are fair
s~uI reasonable; tor 81 they arc 50. and the
sum of them is so much lower thau the In
terstate rates as 10 lead shippers to take
the trouble and risk of rcbilling or reship-
ping At state lines, thlS is perfectly law
ia! condition the advantage OF which the
public Is entitled TO enjoy. And as the cost
and convenience Of carriage i'm that way
can be no less, hut. as is well known,
would rather be greater, tho advantage
would remain with the through rate, even
IL IL were reduced so as to equal the sum
OF the local rates.
The railroads cannot invoke the commerce
clause of the federal Constitution 20 shield
themselves against fair and reasonable
rates fixed by state for It's own internal
business. The effect Of these on interstate
rates is not only incidental and indirect,
but also legitimate under the dual form OF
government through which We enjoy hap
piress and prosperity beyond compare.
New-York tribune., 1912-04-02
RIG NEBRASKA WHEAT CROP
Yield of from 55,oOO,0Oo to 100000
Bushels Predicted.
rBy Telegraph to The Tribune

omaha. April I. 80 Advices from all
over the state indicate that Nebraska
will this year raise the largest winter
wheat crop IN It's history. Conditions
throughout the winter have been perfect
for this cereal, and the plant enters the
spring in perfect condition
The floods in the valleys will iniure the
acreage. hut this is so small portion of
the whole that the loss will not be no
tlced. From 100000 to 100000 bushels
yield Is predicted. The record for Nebraska
is 100000.
New-York tribune., 1912-04-02

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Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-09-04
AdU1ce
From
The
Poultry
Doctor

they are pure
bred and of a good strain they are just
as good in every respect as the range
bred.
More often the city reared bird from
the same parentage is superior to those
reared on unlimited range. According
each bird the same attention and care,
the back 1otter' will invariably best
his country cousin in vitality. size and
appearance. | have demonstrated this
from actual experience and wide OBJ
servation. My own flock of White
Rocks We're Matched, reared and kept
on a space, including buildings, of so
feet square.
Last year, l raised to maturity, for
breeding and sale about 100 birds on
this lot. OF this number. not a single
male bird weighed at maturity less
than eight pounds and of the twelve
birds kept until the breeding season,
none weighed less than ten pounds.
My one and two-year- old hens average
one pound above the standard and
those Matched in the summer of 1911
weigh from seven to eight and one
half pounds.
In comparison with my flock, l have
a friend who lives near town who be-
same parentage as mine at about the
same time Her flock has unlimited
farm range, good housing, and has feed
before them all the time, yet her stock
has deteriorated until she gets less
eggs from her 100 hens than ] do from
my 20. She has fifteen male birds
of mature age that average seven
pounds in weight.
1t may interest some Of the readers
n h.,K 1 a., -,
dition. | do not feed scientifically ana
give nothing to force egg production.
but | do feed regularly and with some
system. The following is my regular
bill Of fare. but it is subject to varia-
ton as the condition of the flock war
rants:
Keep dry mash composed of equal
parts by weight of ground corn and
ground oats, one half part bran. one
sixth part meat meal and quantity
of oyster shells thoroughly mixed be-
fore the fowls at all times. Once a
week, l add liberal amount Of char
coal.
Morning meal-one quart of shelled
corn and whole oats to each ten birds
This is fed in the litter.
Noon meal-every other day a wet
mash, the same mixture as the dry
mash, fed in trOughs This mash is
Just wet enough to hold together when
pressed in the hands. Alternate this
feed every other day with as much
green sprouted oats as they will relish
Evening meal-at about four o'clock
or earlier if the day is dark. I give
the birds a feed of dry sheIled corn in
the litter, giving them all they will eat.
Corn produces much heat and this is
what they need in cold weather Watch
the dTOpbOard and regulate vOlr RI =
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-09-04
Ducks.

FOR SALE one hundred pure white In
dian Runner ducks. Spencer and Fishel
strains varying in age from three months
to yeGrling stock: % fine brakes in lot
at a bargain for quick sale. l.. II. Fergu-
son, Taylors. S. c. 1923
BUFF Orpington ducks | offer a few
trios for present delivery from my prize
winning stock at $40 TO SIS; show birds
matter Of correspondence; eggs. SO per l2.
Carlos Lynes, 20 Walton st. Atlanta, Ga.
S-29-9
INDIAN RUNNER ducks, four and five
months old; lay white eggs; laying;
pairs $3.50, trios SIS; pens of six ducks and
drake $40; eggs twelve for 81. Oak Dean
Poultry Farm, Stone Mountain, Ca.