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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-12-28
FAVOR REPEAL OF
SEAL KILLING LAW
PROFESSOR DAVID STARR JORDAN
AND GEORGE A. CLARK RE-
PORT THEIR FINDINGS.
.aGAINST 1912 TREATY
SAY THAT TAKING OF SEALS ON
LAND DOES NOT TEND TO
ExTERMINATE THE
HERD.

WASHINGTON, Dec. z7.-Although
the Pribilof Islands fur seal herd
has decreased from 100000 In 1867
to 2I5,000 In 1912, Professor David
Starr Jordan and George A Clark.
who were commissioned to report to
the department of commerce and
labor on the subject, hold that land
killing should not be suspended, but
recommend the repeal of the act
which suspends land killing for five
years.
Peiagic sealing, which takes adj
vantage of the migratory journey and
distant feeding habits of the seals is
responsible for the decline OF the
herd. according to the two investiga-
tors. Land killing, according to their
report, will not fnjure the herd, but
under the regulations which have
been followed. will help the preser-
walton OF the seals by Kidding the
islands of the surplus males.
1t is estimated that e. the end of
the five year period there will be 30.-
coo surplus males in the herd, repre-
senting a total loss to the government
Of Sl.200,000. The male seal is a
fighter. and those which will crowd
the rookeries during the five year sus-
pension period will do untold dam
age, according to the experts.
Japan May Withdraw.
1t has been intimated that Japaa
will withdraw from the seal treaty of
1911. unless the law passed at the
last session fixing Ave year sus-
pension Of land killing is repealed.
vrsa.~
that the United States cannot Justify
the law to the nations party to the
treaty. az necessary to any interests
OF the herd.
The treaty with Japan. Russia and
Great Britain. aboHshing pelagic seal
Ing for fifteen years went into effs i
with the season of 1912. The report
states that as result, $4,000 breed
ing seals reached the rookeries that
otherwise would have been destroyed.
The conclusions reached in the re-
port Is as follows:
Reason For DecfirA
pelagic sealing through its slaagh-
ter OF females has been the sole ~ause
Of the decls/e OF the fur seal herd:
.ts abolition as demonstrated by the
adequate remedy for this decline.
land killing. confined to the super
fauous males. has not and eannds,
under the law, enI,nger the life of
the herd. Suspension Of land killing
can do only harm TO the herd. and
to Gna subsidiary life upon the
islands. II carries with 1t a large
economic waste, and financial loss.
not r<erely to the United States. but
TO the treaty nations. besides depriv-
ing mankind OF commodity of COM
fort and utility. The suspension car
rites no compromising advantages.
Therefore, we protest most ear
nestly against the enforcement OF this
provision Of the law Of 1919, and
urge It's Immediate repeal"
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-12-28
TURKEY REIDY To
GIANT BULGARIA. PORT
>fcon,inued from First Page,

preparations The Austrian army IL
being mobilixed TO greater numbers
every day, and the government has
all the Catholic converts
and monastaries within fifty miles of
the eastern borders OF that country to
serve as hospitals In the event of war.
Word GENES that the Vatican has sug-
gested that the nuns and monks remain
at the converts to act as nurses.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-12-28

Clayton r. Andrews. young white
man, twenty-one years old, was ar
rested yesterday on a charge OF steal
Ing sat 20 from F. Stedman. Andrews
was picked up on the street by Po-
liceman Jones.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-12-28
Fortress Ragsa~ lie.

POrtFSSS RAKSuHIt. aEtU tWeIIN@ :
seven years, died this morning at n
o'clock at the Petersburg hospital. He
was son OF B. II. Ragsdale, of
Dewitt. Va He was brought TO the
hospital a few days ago suffering
with pneumonia. The remains will
be shipped to Dewitt tomorrow morn
ing for burial
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-12-28
Bland Sent to Asylum.

Ben Bland, an old negro man. whO
was adjudged insane by a commission
of lunacy Tuesday IN Henrico county
Jail was yesterday sent to the co.'s
ored insane asylum at Petersburg.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-12-28
Violate STATE Labor Law.

VfoIate STATE Labor Law.
b. Bear and Benno Hutxler, charged
With violation Of the State labor law
By working girls more than ten hours
: DAY. were fined eS each In Police
0uaxt yeeterdAv rnoruin4.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-12-28
Administrator Qualities.

Spotswood j. Allen qualified in the
Chancery court yesterday as the ad
ministrator OF the estate Of Joseph
NJ. Allen. The estate Is valued at
$4,000.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-12-28
Scissors ma Weapon.

SCiS6OrS 0S weapon.
Earl Subrizie, thirty-eight years old.
was arrested lasr night on charge OF
pair Of scissors. Cipriano was not
pair Of scissors. Cirpriano was not
badly injured.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-12-28
Allen-Perkins.

Mr.. and Mrs J. Fl. Perkins an
nounce the marriage of their daugh-
ter, Miss Margaret Claiborne, to
George Herman Allen. The ceremony
was performed in Washington yes
terday. Mr.. and Mrs. Allen will be
at home after January 5th ut 2eS
Liberty street
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-12-28

This morning some person fred a
e2-cafibre rife bullet through the
window Of South Sycamore street
residence. Fortunately. no one was
hurt The police were notified. but
were unable to discover who fired the
rife, There Is a heavy penalty for
conviction OF shooting guns or pis-
tolls within the limits Of this city.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-12-28
Christmas Tree.

A Christmas tree entertainment
was given IN ST. Johns parish house
tonight at o'clock for the benefit
# the children OF the Sunday-school.
A large number OF children enjoyed
he Snferta irrnAnt
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-12-28

Charles Giichrist, a coiored boy.
shot Peter Harris, a colored man. in
the groin near Disputanta Wednes-
day. Harris IL in q serious condf-
ton. The shooting was accidental It
is stated, however. that Gilchrist was
shooting his pistol recklessly.
Reckless Shooting.
The Daily Missoulian., 1912-08-24

Size 8-3xl0-6. In our
Mismerco and Royal
Administer grades; good
patterns; regular $3.50
and $25.
The Daily Missoulian., 1912-08-24

Size 9xl2 feet. In our
MismcrcO and Royal
Administer grades: good
patterns: regular $500
and $27.b0.
The Pleasantville press., 1912-10-30

Nothing more impudent and dishon-
est has been heard in this campaign
than the Democratic attacks on Presi-
dent Taft in which his vetoes of bills
that he would not approve are de,
scribed as arbitrary, unwarranted and
in violation of the spirit of American
institutions. The fact is that in no
veto has the president exceeded the
powers of his Office or failed in obedi-
ence to his oath of office.
1t is not charged that he refused to
sign any bill which he approved. He
did not go one step beyond his duty.
He did not usurp any power or author
ity not distinctly and specifically con-
ferred on him by the constitution. He
did not subordinate his judgment to ap-
parent popularity or suspend the func-
tions and obligations Of his Office in
favor of personal advantage.
Were Mr.. Taft more Of a politician
and less Of man he might, in spite
of his disapproval, have signed some
Of the bills he vetoed. Had he done
that he would have been guilty Of a
betrayal of his country, meriting Inn
parchment and removal from Office.
But the course he followed was in ex-
act compliance with his oath Of Office
and the constitution Of the United
States, fact that not all the mock
heroics of politicians can obscure or
alter New York Sun.
The Pleasantville press., 1912-10-30
Business Condolences.

In his speech Of acceptance Wood.
row Wilson asserted that the tariff has
made the business men Of the country
'timid, fretful, full of alarms; has
robbed them of self confidence and
manly force until they have cried out
that they could do nothing without the
assistance of the government at Wash
ington."
Present day conditions challenge the
accuracy of this statement. The ex-
cellent doctor would do well to point
out some of the "timid, fretful" busi-
ness men who are now full of
alarms" and who are lacking in self
confidence and manly force" Where
can he find them?
The country is at the high tide Of
prosperity. Business confidence Is in
evidence everywhere. The course OF
the Republican administration is di.
rectly responsible for this condition.
Danger lies only in change of admin
istration, with the consequent change
Of policy that is promised. Then, tru'
ly, the business men of the country
would be "full of alarms" and they
would have justification.
The Pleasantville press., 1912-10-30
BUSINESS men
ARE ALL FOR TAFT
Nations Prosperity Depends on
His Re- election.
EVERY SECTION FAv0Rs HIM
Men Of Substance, With Interests Of
Country at Heart, Place Republican
Candidate Above Bull Moose
Wrecker and Democratic Free
Trader-Good Times In Sight.

The Evening Post Of New York,
which processes an independent atti-
tude toward the presidential contest,
has been taking the views Of repre-
sentative business men in various
parts Of the United States on the i'm
provement In business conditions and
the probable influence of that i'm
provement on the national election.
Among conditions pointing to in
creasing prosperity and better times
for all branches of trade and indus
try are wheat crop estimated by
the department of agriculture in it's
report for August at 58,00000O bushels
more than the crop of 1911 and ex-
ceeding in magnitude only in three
preceding years; corn crop, If not in
jured by early frosts, estimated to be
the third largest of our yields and 10
per cent larger than in 1911, and a
cotton crop recently estimated as high
as 100000 bales, which would be ex-
ceeded only by the extraordinary 16.-
country's iron production Of July (usu-
ally barometer or trade) Surpass-
ed all records for the month. Orders
on the books of the United States Steel
corporation at the beginning of Aug
ust were the largest reported in any
month since the panic of 1907 and
showed the most rapid ratio of in
crease, as compared with year ago.
that had ever been recorded. The to-
tai weekly value Of checks drawn on
all the country's banks and passed
through the clearing houses has in
creased over IA per cent. over 1911,
and In large sections of the west 20
per cent. recovery was reported. Along
with this, the reports Of the railway
association on the number of railway
freight cars idle in the United States
have lately shown the smallest total
for this time Of year since 1907.
The Pleasantville press., 1912-10-30
: REMEMBER 1895.
:
How Prosperity Changed to Panic
When Democrats Elected President.

How Prosperity Changed to Panic
When Democrats Elected 4 President.
IN January 1892, this country was
prosperous, and all conditions indi.
Gated continuance of prosperity.
In November of that year q Demo
cratic president was elected.
In 1893 the Democratic congress.
convened in extraordinary session, be-
gan its anti-protection activities. After
a time it enacted the Wilson low tar
III law
In the early summer Of that year
came the panic. In the period from
May / to July 23, 301 banks, with
total capital of s3S.OOO,0Oo, suspended.
The total number of banks suspended
In that year was 5S5.
In 1892 the total amount of liabili-
ties on account of business failure was
$114.OO0,OO0. In 1893 the total was
$346, 100000.
In the year 1893 railroad properties
whose aggregate value was $1,000, ,000,-
600 were in the hands of receivers.
Between May and Oct. 8 S378, 100000
was withdrawn from national banks.
In this state alone Withdrawals Of
deposits from savings banks were $34,-
100000 in excess of deposits made.
In the period from Jan. /, 1892, to
Jan. 1895. there was shrinkage OF
$1,400, 100000 in the total value of
farm products and live stock in the
United States.
In that period prices were lower.
but hundreds of thousands were wage
less and other multitudes worked at
low wages and on short time. They
had little money or none with which
to buy even the most ordinary neces-
saries of life in adequate quantity.
Now, after twenty years, the Demo-
cratic party is again asking the cleo
torate of the United States to put 1t
in control of national affairs in order
that the performances of its last pc
riod Of control and their disastrous
consequences may be repeated.
The Republican party, under whose
administration during sixteen years
the country has become newly pros.
porous and more prosperous than ever
it was before, pledges itself to mainte'
nance of the policies which restored
and promoted prosperity.
There is a paramount issue. What
intelligent American can hesitate to
make his choice? Albany Journal.
The Pleasantville press., 1912-10-30
STATE FEDERATI0N's FRIEND.
Delegate McHugh Tells How Senator
Briggs and Governor Murphy Aided
In Abolishing Child Labor.

Delegate McHugh Tells How Senator
Briggs and Governor Murphy Aided
In AboIishing Child Labor.
Senator Frank o. Briggs was firm
and powerful friend of the New Jer-
sey State Federation of Labor when,
about eight years ago, the federation
needed friends
Thus spoke Thomas J. McHugh of
Newark in an interview.
Mr.. McHugh has for nine years past
served as chairman of the resolutions
committee of the state labor organiza-
tion, the committee which virtually
directed the policies of the annual con-
ventions of the state labor men.
.But in no sense shall this statement
part to commit either the State FEEDER
alton of Labor or any of its affiliated
bodies to the candidacy of Senator
Briggs for reelection.
1T is plain statement of facts he
continued.
about eight years ago, when the
federation took its stand against the
exploiting of child labor in our state,
Senator Briggs was state treasurer.
The entire state administration was
Republican-governor, senate and as
sembly
1--WE sought legislation at Trenton to
kill the child labor monster
"Our bill, the object of which was to
wipe out the child labor stain that had
for years marred the name and fame
Of our commonwealth, was urged to
passage by all the energies and infu-
ence that we could command.
"We met with an opposition that
was stubborn and determined that our
bill should not become law.
Indeed, so potent and SO persistent
was this opposition to us that the tide
of battle seemed more than once to be
drawing from US, and threatened US
with disaster upon the shoal of defeat
But in our darkest hours there came
to our side powerful re-enforcements
In the persons of Senator Frank O.
Briggs and former Governor Franklin
Murphy. and we won the day.
New Jersey now stands out in the
front rank of states that have taken
maternal interest in their children and
their welfare And the state, in her
proud position. is deeply indebted to
Senator Frank o. Briggs for the proud
position she occupies"
The Pleasantville press., 1912-10-30
HoNoRs TO LABOR MEN
Positions of Public Trust Filled
by Members Of Trade Unions.

Washington.-The Trade I'm
ionist, the official publication of
organized labor in the District
Of Columbia, says:
Representatives Of labor are
taking high place in public af-
fairs-oficial, commercial, pro-
fessional and civic. Fifteen
members Of the house Of repre-
sentatives-Republicans, Demo
Gratis and one Socialist - are
proud possessors Of working
cards" In the craft union which
claimed their efforts before en-
tering upon the larger duties OF
a wider field OF endeavor. Re
Gently the president of the Uni
ted States, desiring wise, keen,
sagacious, practical private sec
retary, found his ideal In Mr..
Carmi A. Thompson OF Ohio.
"Mr. Thompson comes Of a
family of unionists, his father
and six uncles being members
OF the Miners union Of his ma
tive state, Carmi as boy and
man working beside his father
in the bituminous coal veins of
the Hooking valley. In his early
manhood Mr.. Thompson attract
ed the attention of the leading
public men of the state because
of his wide knowledge of work
ingmen and rare judgment In
matters pertaining to industrial
conditions. His advance In pub
lie life was rapid, keeping pace
with his developing popularity.
He was elected to local and city
offices, held important posts by
appointment of the governor,
and was secretary of state of
Ohio. When appointed secretary
to the president he was assist
ant secretary Of the interior.
"Mr. Thompson is genial,
kindly, sympathetic, and has lost
none of his interest in the labor
cause by promotion to command
ing positions in the public serv-
Ice w. N. B."
The Pleasantville press., 1912-10-30

ed Italian bark Batrina. Her cargo
Of bones had been swept ashore dur
ing the night, and the receding tide
had left tons of them exposed on the
beach. All hope of saving the craft
has been abandoned. She is now q
half-mile nearer shore than the shoal
where she struck during the storm Of
Wednesday morning. Her crew still
fingers at Barnegat, where they were
brought by the federal guards after
thrilling rescue, with the aid Of the
breeches buoy.
The Pleasantville press., 1912-10-30
who is the highest paid In Europe, are
shown in these comparative figures:

who is the highest paid In Europe. are
shown in these comparative figures:
New Jersey -.............-......-....- Asi4
England .......................... 6S
Difference, per cent .................. 107
There hangs cloud over all this
prosperity. 1t is the Democratic threat
of free trade and the Wilson candidacy.
The great principle Of protection, like
magician's wand, conjqred up the
great fabric of the glass industry. The
Democratic party declares in it's plat
form that that principle is unconstitu-
tional, and Governor Wilson is pledged
to destroy 1t.
Need one picture the effect of the
Democratic policy If carried out? Re
move the protective duty from glass or
make any considerable reduction in 1t
and the door will Immediately be open
ed for Belgian and other foreign glass.
A reduction would mean the bringing
down of the south Jersey glass work
er's wage to the level Of the Euro
pean wage-to that of the Belgian
wage, one of the lowest in Europe.
Abolition of the duty would simply
wipe out the American glass factory,
for then it could In nowise compete
with the European.
Blessings frightened for the work
ingmen when the Democrats took their
flight from power in 1894, period well
remembered by the veteran glass work
ers. That experience made glass work
ers solidly Republican for many years
after. The shadow of another and
worse disaster which now rests upon
all American industry is warming
enough for workmen to take shelter
under the wing of the great conserva-
tor of American industry, the Repub-
lican party.
President Taft has stood like a stone
wall against every assault upon the
tariff He is quietly waiting for work
ingmen and manufacturers and for the
millions of others who have been SO
signally blessed by the tariff and so
courageously defended by him to rem
der their verdict upon his record-to
say whether they choose to sustain his
course and maintain their unexampled
prosperity or blindly commit the gov
ernment to those who would destroy
what the Republican party has built up
The Pleasantville press., 1912-10-30
JOHN WANAMAKER'S EPIGRAMS ON THE TARIFF.

tearing tariff Is like allow
the spell Of reckless leader to
] rip he naval vessels"
the desperate fighters but
continentsvde rally Of Republican party"
prosperity destruction to industries
or the whriqic President"
permitted to check existing
prosperity"
pleading citizens from all the
destroying Of Cleveland and his
Congress"
closed American workshops that
degraded
mis- and
Wokingmen American
the Cleveland condition.
election of free trade President and
freet trad Congress-"
Republican and will rightly revise the
tariff"
The Pleasantville press., 1912-10-30
STANISLAUS GRoDZIK HAS
ENOUGH SAVED TO LAST
FOUR YEARS IF WILL
SONS ELECTED, so is
WILLING TO LOAF.

Especial to Telegram.)
Webster, Mass, Sept. 2s.-
StanisIaus Grodzik, who lives
in the East village, although
he isn't a voter, Is red hot for
Wilson and has one of the
strongest arguments ever In
favor Of the Princeton profess
sor for president.
Grodzik has lived in Web
ster fifteen years and Is a can
didate for naturalization next
year. He won't be able to vote
for Wilson this year, but has
advised all his friends to vote
for Wilson.
Grodzik's argument Is that
he works<too hard under the
prosperity administration Of
Taft and Republicans and
wants q rest. With Wilson
and Democracy at the helm
sGrodzik, who has experienced
the administration of one
Democratic president, knows
that there will be plenty OF
chance to loaf.
For ten months the East
village mill of the S. Slater &
Sons, Inc, has been working
night and day to fill orders,
AMI as a result of the pros
perity at the mill Grodzik has
been worked overtime. II
Taft Is reelected Grodzik
fears that the overtime
schedule may be extended to
another term Of ten or twenty
months and wants to call
halt.
"Too much work when Re-
publican he's President" said
Grodzik today. with Demo-
crat lots time to loaf and
spend all the money we make
when Republican is boss. BY
Gosh! Pm sick for work so
hard and no chance to spend
my money. If Democrat he's
elected we have lots Of time
then. | guess ! got enough
save to last four years 1t we
work half time"
--Worcester (NIass.) Teie-
gram.
The Pleasantville press., 1912-10-30
The DESERT MADE
TO BLOSSOM
How Protection Brought People
to New jerseys Wastes.

The Glass Industry an Important One
In This State-Wages of Workers
/ More Than Double Those Paid
Abroad-Free Trade Would Ruin the
Southern Part of the state-Glass-
workers Became Republicans In the
Last Cleveland Administration.
The Pleasantville press., 1912-10-30
BONES FROM WRECKED
SHIP WASHED ASHORE.

Atlantic City, Oct. 26.-Supersti-
tious natives about Barnegat had a
big scare yesterday, when they reach
ed the beach about the. Inlet. For
squares the sand was Uttered with
pieces Of bone. Some Of them look
ed human, and the constables were
rushed to the scene.
Then the explanation came. The
seas were breaking apart the strand
The Pleasantville press., 1912-10-30

Under free trade the man who earns
$40 week now would be forced to ac-
cept either SIS or $12. The difference
Of IS or IS, which now goes for cloth
ing. rent, an occasional cigar or a the
ater ticket, possibly delicacy for the
home table. viii not be at his disposal.
Think OF the several lines of trade
that will lose millions of dollars every
week by such enforced economy!
The Pleasantville press., 1912-10-30

Now Used as a Circus Ground.
(From the Atlanta constitutional
some say that Armageddon is ION
the other side of Jordan and others
that 1t is boat landing on Salt river.
The Pleasantville press., 1912-10-30

Mr.. Farmer, are you getting too
much for your corn and cotton, meat
and produce? If so. support Wilson
and low tariff. -Bokoshe (Okla.) En-
terprise.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-02-20
ALI WANT THE CLusTER.

Alderman Gaiyin's statement re-
garding the proposed cluster Of lights
at the Ave corners" to Join the three
white ways" that has been advo-
! Gated in the EVENING NEWS for
some time past, leaves no question
as to where he stands regarding this
much desired Improvement. The al
dermen have generally been able to
find q way to accomplish anything
lthey desire that is within reason,
even to the extent of transferring
money from one account to another
after appropriations have been made.
To a person visiting u business
section In the evening the great open
space at the five corners" II prac-
tically the only dark spot In all Smith
and State streets where business Is
being done. The need of 4 cluster OF
lights is evident to everyone and this
cluster should be placed In the mid
die of the street whore the three
thoroughfares unite. There II ample
room there for an ornamental pole
that will not interfere with traffic.