The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1912-04-06
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no one knows how much of IL was
appended Geftaiif-ao portions of 1t
have been accounted for, accounted
- BY statements OF expenditures,
some OF which were III very bad
Taste and some OF whicn were entire
IN proper
Hereupon Mr.. Borah interrupted
with the statement:
Every dollar OF this money went
Into the hands OF the electorate. The
man TO whom IL was paid might not
have paid IL TO anyone else. bu. he
himself was voter and the influence
Of the money operated upon him as
part OF the electorate whether he
paid II to the other individuals or
not. All this money went into the
Electorate and controlled and in
1uenced the election"
Later In his speech Senator Root
made the following speclous apology
for corruption:
II do not feel SO sure that II Is
worse. that IL is NOR elnjurious TO
the interest of the people of the
country for a man TO employ men
10 go and vaunt his virtues ard
merits than IL is for a man TO do II
t@44AoCils we luNyOlo w
present with all the arts of argument
and OF persuasion our claims before
juries and courts. We employ agents
to market our goods aud laud them
10 the skies | do not know that il
does violate the fundamental prin-
ciples OF our government for q man
who has grow nold In an honorable
life In his community, whose voice
. 40 l.s-. -. A, D "a,
hustings, who has not the physique
or the acquired habit OF the lawyer
or the political speaker 10 enable
him TO go out and lau" himself TO
the people of the state, 10 employ
men to do IL. ! do not approve II,
SIR but confess that IL is far more
distasteful to me 10 see candidates
going about and lauding them
selves"
Senator Hepburn does not look like
q poet, but he is, and he is a patriot
too. He Is a patriot with magma
ton and every little while he ina.
gines himself ont on the far-flung bat. !
tie line, soldier in the army OF the |
defense, hurting back the legions OF |
the oppressor, and safeguarding the |
liberties land constitutions etc. etc, |
etc, OF cur people.
For instance, n few days ago the |
pension bill was up ard Senator Hey |
burn burned for the liberties of his |
4 country and suffered for the scars of /
the veterans Finally he appealed TO I
the senate in rhyme and meter as fol- I
lows, to-wit: That is 10 say:
Place me upon the ramparts,
With the flagstan in my band;
No odds how hot the cannon shot,
llr hnxt ha hall mas
will hold the starry flag aloft.
And hold IL till / die" I
The United States of America Is !
4 the only important nation in the !
world which is still without quaran- !
tine protection against the importa-
ton of insectinfested or diseased |
plant stock. Congress will not pro-
vide the necessary legislation. Why2
DIR. Charles l.. Marlatt, assistant
entomologist of the Department of Ag-
riculture, testifying before the COM
mittee nagriculture, gave the real
: answer He said;
This effort has been blocked very
largely by small body OF importing
nurserymen, who, careless of the con-
sequences to the country at large, fear
some slight check on the freedom Of !
the operations"
quarantine inspection law against dis |
eased plant stock, Ii would have ex-
cluded most of the insect enemies |
against which the Department OF Ag- |
riculture Is now fighting at an enorm-
Gus total yearly cost. At least fifty |
per cent of our insect pests are of for
eign origin. These include the codling |
moth, the Hessian fly, the asparagus /
beetle, the hop-plant louise, the cab
bage worm, the wheat-plant louise, the |
oyster-shell bark louise. the pea wee
,y vii, the Croton bug, the Angoumois !
grain moth, the cottonbill weevil, the |
San Jose scale, the Argentine ant, and |
many others.
A prominent fruit-grower of Cali
fornia, Mr.. Mills, appearing before the
committee In support of the proposed !
quarantine bill, said
"The citrus industry of California
has invested in II about S175. 900 900
\ One hundred and fifty thousand peo-
pie are dependent upon II for living. |
This industry has many pssts to con- !
tend with, including the red. yellow,
purple, black and brown scales; the
Argentine ant, the mealy bug, the |
thrips. and many diseases. We should |
be burdened with no more"
william Pitkln, or the nurSerymen |
Legislative committee, represented the /
opposition and pleaded for the defeat
Of the proposed quarantine law. He
represented fifteen companies OF i'm
porters, with total invested interest |
OF about s350,000. This Is just a lit. |
tie more than the annual appropria- |
ton by the federal government to as
sist In lighting the gypsy moth alone |
IN the New England estates!
The MagdaIena Bay DOGGY has been |
dragged out and is again doing duty |
as one of the stage properties in the
War-On- Mexico melodrama. II Is !
rather dusty from the year II has lain
IN the lumber room since the 1911 !
Japanese scare. IL worked fine then. |
All the Western papers give 1t black
headlines and pictures Of the yellow
Monster rising out OF the Pacific. IL
helped TO arouse an American preju-
1ice against the nefarious Mexican
1overnment! But IL doesn't work so
ELL now. The papier mache is crack.
n In places and the hinges, creak.
nOsToN COPPER SHARE SALES.
BOSTON copper share sakes OF April s. |
<urnfshed by Hayden, Stone e. Co.:
ADVENT 175, Ahmeek 20. Allouez 1876. |