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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-09-06

cruise over the placid waters of the
Mississippi tonight. the excursiouists
will have, beside their nice cool ride,
all sorts Of diversions to entertain
them while they are sailing along"
First of all. plans are afoot for a real
public wedding with Magistrate Louis
Roddewig as the pilot OF the engaging
couple. A handsome prize is TO go TO
the couple as a well-wisher from the
Jolliers. Then there will be a male
quartet and some real dancing. The
"Hill" floor has become one Of the
most popular on the upper Mississippi
because Of the levelness and size and
SO any one who takes this, the last
trip of the season, will surely be am.
ply requited by the pleasure accruing
therefrom.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-09-06

their surplus" and Ito keep labor EN-
ployed."
But sometimes manufacturers frank
~ tell the truth about this business
of selling abroad cheaper than at
home At a hearing before the senate
finance committee on Feb. Z, 1912,
Senator Williams asked ]. d. Freder-
ick, representing the KOkOmo Steel
and Wire company of Kokomo, Ind.
las a matter of fact the object of
exporting is to make money, is II
not?"
Mr.. Frederick replied: The object
of exporting is To make money, of
course"
Every business and professional
man knows that exporting is for mon
ey-making, not for pure philanthropy,
and every one of them knows that
money is made on the basis of export
prices or exporting wouldn't be kept
up.
Why, then, is the American consum-
er not entitled to export prices" at
home?
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-09-06
Mrs. Jennie Lowden, 2O35 Dix
well street, Davenport.

closed a deal for the highest priced
Instrument in yesterdays sale-a beau
tful colonial design Kimball Player
Piano in the finest quality Of san Do
niuEo mahogany
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-09-06
More Strong Examples of
Tariff Discrimination
BY BYRON w. Holt.


chairman OF the Tariff Reform Com
mittee Of the Reform Club
Can any business man see the ad-
vantage OF protection" which ex-
cludes foreign competitors and en-
sbles the domestic manufacturer to
charge tho American consumer near
y twice the price he charges the for
eign consumer for the same type
writer. especially since this domestic
price is from three TO four times the
cost OF manufacturing?
The typewriter manufacturers have
explicitly denied discriminating in
this way against the home consumer
Testifying before the senate finance
committee. Feb. l, 1912, as represen-
tative OF the Underwood, Remington,
Monarch, Smith-Premier, Sun, Elliot
Fisher, Standard, Yost and L. c,
Smith Typewriter companies, Charles
Straus of New York city said
Il with 10 make as plain and as abb
solute as possible that the typewriter
industry OF America does not dispose
Of It's products in Europe below the
figures it receives for the same in this
country. There is not a single CON-
pany that sells abroad for lees money
than here. Nor have | been able 10
find single company that does not
sell its product for more money
abroad than il gets here.
But the tariff reform committee Tex.
Ervh -, -.
ing the confidential discount rates on
hundreds OF American manufactures,
has proved that this discrimination is
still practised He chose for his imag
mary trade in the unprotected marke,
OF Newfoundland the l.. c. Smith ma
chine. On model which sells in the
United States in Wholesale quantities
for $50. and retails for 800. he was
quoted the export price OF 500. He
could get one machine or a hundred
az this price, while Mr.. American
Business Man, who helps maintain q
tariff Of 30 per cent on typewriters
has 10 pay 64 per cent more for the
Identical article
Under this protection" we import
~ lu lJll Only SJHS worth OF type
writing machines, while we exported
S9.77s.49s worth. or nearly one-fourth
Of our entire production.
Physicians, by the common consent
o. ordinary thieves, are exempt from
their dcpredations, but the protection
lists are no respecters of persons OIL
professions Heaters Of the sick arc
simply so many more patriotic
American citizens 20 be mulcted fol
The enrichment Of protected interests
CCifors
For most office and operating room
furniture the physician must pay
bonus Of ~ least One-fourth more thar
the pric" for which the American
manufacturer sells the same articl,
abroad. OF course. the higher price
'hc doctors pay for all their Office fur
culture must be added somewhere {,
the charges they make for their ser
vices
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-09-06
1t Means Cash Money

saved II you Will take advantage Of
the opportunity 10 save on your piano
purchase now.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-09-06

Senator George c. Perkins of Cal
ifornia has announced his intention
to leave public life March 4, 1915,
when his present term expires. He
gives failing health as the cause of
his retirement. Senator Perkins has
been in active public life more than
40 years. In 1869 he was elected to
the state senate. serving eight years;
later he served four years as govern
or of California. He has served in
the United States senate since 1898
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-09-06
River Riplets

That crouch dispelling crew, COM
monty known as the Jolliers, are liv
ing up to their name thus far in their
plans for the last big excursion of
the season on the palatial steamer G.
w. Hill and from the dope that they
are noising abroad regarding their
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-09-06
in Niagara Falls, Canada, instead of
Niagara Falls, n. Y:
American Export Diff

Totals S42O.SO S349.79 s71.O1
And even the bootblack is not too
humble for protection" to rob. For
an iron bootblack chair and stand
made by the same Archer Manufac-
turing company, which sell for export
for S1197, the bootblack in America is
charged S14.40, or an excess of S2.43-
that is, 20 per cent more.
WatChmakers and jewelers. are not
forgotten when it comes 10 this kind
of discrimination. The Prentiss Wise
company is up in Waterfowl, n. Y,
not far from the Canadian line. The
price for watChmakers' wise No. 80 is
$2.63 if it's to go across the border,
but one-fifth more. or s3.15, if it is to
1 be used by an American. The duty is
40 per cent.
A protectionist government which
permits manufacturers TO eXtort hun
dreds of millions OF dollars of I'M
earned profits from its citizens will
not, if it knows it. carry a tenth of an
ounce overweight in it's mails, but it
does permit the Howe Scales com
! pauy OF Rutland, VT, to charge SO for
its 16-ounce post Office scales to every
/ American who wants TO be fair with
/ the government and weigh his mail,
. while IT, sells the same scales for ex-
/ port for S257.
| The grocer too is helped to appreci-
ate the necessity of a fair weigh, if
H. h
! ing compelled to pay nearly fifth
more than the export price for Towe's
counter grocer scale No. 343-Ameri-
can price, $3.50; export price, $3.50.
If there is printer in the land who
is not working overtime to earn a liv-
ing under the aegis of protection" let
him be pointed out. and let him saw
II even he is satisfied TO pay II per
cent more for his mechanical equip
ment than the protected manufacturer
will sell it for abroad. The KELSEY
I Press company OF Meriden, Conn, is
doing only what other American
manufacturers have made the general
practice behind the tariff wall. The
Kelsey company charges the Ameri-
can printer the following excess over
the prices at which if, offered these
articles TO our export agent:
Excelsior hand cylinder press. -.... $50
Union rotary press .............. l6
King job press observation-disclosures II
victor hand press ............. )
Type cabinet stands ..........
Total excess to protected Ameri-
can printers on these five
articles NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. $50
DO EXPORT PRICES PAYS
We exported last year about $1,000
600. 600 worth Of manufactured prod
ucts wholly or partially ready for con
sumption.
Some manufacturers claim that
81, Ill 81 81. Il -.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-09-06
Two Seek Divorce.

Conrad Josephson of Moline today
Myrtle, the charge being desertion.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-09-06
4 WOMAN'S WISDOM.

The worried mother wakes bby' treathins
doctor when perhaps trouble
medical
R. v Pierce, M D. She just the
il and
only Sic aHPsl00
family S uh rnanywo
painful wmly haEds strength
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-09-06

MY desire is write & few lines to let you know what
y5Cr valuable ut icne Ea- done for ne" writes Mrs.
MARC AIET ZTEBLRT OF 81 : BcuaiOn Street Baltimore,
Nd Before the gOrck orr house very sick
woman wrote for ADVICE which kindly given and
which mace me different in a short time. After
taking the first hottie q Favorits Prescription began
improving so that hardly knew vas ga such condition.
c!d NY own holse0rS and ironing. cooking,
sewing and tho worst Of al nursed three children who had
whnoping cough. hardly knew Of the advent ten
tofoTso easy was It. The baby is as fat huttarE-
Or Fa7cs Favor Prescription is ihe best medicine lor
an woman 20 aG wien u It's Condition Ireconmead 1t
q q! II ir!eads.1 = N -
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-09-06

Andrew Olson is the attorney. Emily
-TB 'ssIIpQO puvqsuQ leu moIJ eoIoA
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-09-06

leging cruelty. \. II. Kohler is her
attorney. Both petitions were filed
today with the circuit clerk.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-09-06
One Good Used Piano S120,
So Cash, SIS per Month.

Here is your opportunity 10 secure
a bargain In a thoroughly good used
piano in perfect condition and one
that is modern and up-to-date.
DO You Want Square Piano?
We have one here in good playable
condition at 1915 cash with stool
Whitney Organ in Walnut. SIT.
to 80 for song. II is a very large
size fun octaye-waluut case which
or.ginally cost when new $3.50 In good
condition at Sl7 Others at $40,
Sll.5o. $l475, etc. Hit the trail for
Eowlbys, it will pay you to buy your
piano now
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-09-06
Exposition Pianos.

are on sale at prices lower than ever
before quoted. Beautiful high grade
pianos that are famous for tone quality
all over the world are here for you to
choose from.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1912-09-07
new DISPENSARY
near COMPLETION

The new dispensary- for Palama Set
Element Is being rushed to completion
and will be finished and ready for oc-
cupation sometime next week. The
settlement has been without a dispen-
sary for almost six weeks, and on &C
count of the increased amount of work
now being done, work on the new
building was rushed SO that it might
come into use as soon as possible.
The settlement dispensary in the
Punchbowl district has ben sold and
plans are now on foot for a new one,
which will probably be located on the
grounds of the Royal School providing
the school authorities will nonate the
small piece of ground which they have
promised. lgfi .s.s =. r.. =
]. E. Rath,. head of the settlement
work is now busy with the anti-tuber-
culosis campaign and has written for
a large number OF Red Cross Christ
mas seals to be sold here, the pro-
ceeds Of which will go into the cam
paign. = III
1t has also been planned to put on
a series of lectures in six of the public
schools on personal hygiene during
the coming winter.
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THE SPIRIT OF THE INVESTIGATION
The public is welcome. "

''The public is welcome
That is the spirit in which there began today
Secretary Fishers Investigation of the charges
that Delegate Kuhio has made against Governor
Frear. At the outset of the investigation, Mr..
Fisher gave evidence that he regards this is
sue as eminently a public matter, to b. set
tied fairly and squarely before the people of
Hawaii And with this announcement Hawaii
may have perfect confidence in the sincerity of
the probe.
OF this mornings bearing, little can be said,
for it but SKINNED the surface of the matter.
ThaS Secretary Fisher is establishing certain
fundamental facts on which to advance, his own
mind clear as to what he wants, is evident. His
questions this morning turned largely upon the
possibility of handling Hawaii's lands in small
tracts and by small Individual holders. He is
getting at the root of the present industrial sys
tenn His purpose, as he stated frankly in the
beginning is to find out what the chief execu-
tive Of this commonwealth should be able to do
toward progressive administration, and then to
ascertain if the chief executive has been rightly
using his office and his powers.
The Investigation has been begun in an adj
mirable spirit Itstarts on an even keel. And
that is the quickest and surest way for Secretary
Fisher to get the results at which he aims, Ian
impartial estimate of Hawaii and what Coy.
Frear has been doing.
From this hearing and the manner in which
it Is carried on. the people Of Hawaii may gain
an Invaluable education, for it Involves the whole
territorial policy, particularly with relation to
the land laws and their administration. The
pawaians may learn very much of the greatest
Importance to the future Of this territory, and
the publicity to be given Secretary Fishers pro
cedure furnishes an unparalleled opportunity
for securing a broad survey of Hawaii's pressing
public questions
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THE COMING HIL0
TRADE CONFERENCE

Among the subjects to be discussed
at the commercial conference called
by the Hilo board of trade, to meet in
that town the latter part of this
month, are the following:
1. The fundamental principles un.
DERIVING civic progress.
2. Revision and amendment of the
statutes relating to local self-goyern'
ment. ,-.&.ss s.
5. An improved system of highway
administration and finance for the Isl
and of Hawaii.
T. Promotion work and tourist traf.
fic. iSs
S. Hawaii and the 1915 Panama
Exposition.
6. Future of the Islands in relation
to the Panama Canal.
z. Economic and political aspects
of municipal government IN Hawaii.
Delegates from the Honolulu com.
mercial bodies will be as follows:
Chamber of Commerce. L. Wal
dron. chairman; A, Gartley and G. G.
Won HaTnm.
Merchants AssoAa tionrP A. Swift
chairman; Ed. ToMise and G. F. Bush.
Besides these as many Of the bust
ness men OF Honolulu as can be In
duced to go win attend the confer.
ence. The Hilo people will provide a
scheme of entertainers, including a
"trip to the volcano and an inspection
Of the railroad extension. Mr.. Swift
is quoted as saying: t
should this convention prove sue
cessful. as hope it will, similar con.
ventions will be held at Wailuku,
Maui, 1913; Kauai, 1914; Honolulu,
1915-the year of the San Francisco
exposition u ia. 49,. i
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congress MAKES
PROVISION FOR
HAWAII station
By c. S. ALBERT
Special Star Bulletin cor-espondtneel

tSpeClaI1 Stalf-buIIClil correspondence
WASHINGTON, d. C., Aug. 81
Provision is made for the establish
ment of an agricultural experiment
station in Hawaii in the budget recent
ly signed by President Taft. The sum
of $4,000 is allowed. This amount
must cover the erection of buildings,
the preparation, illustration and dis
tribution of reports and bulletins, and
all other necessary expenses.
The secretary of agriculture is au-
thorized to sell such products as are
obtained on the land belonging to the
agricultural experiment station in Ha-
wall. and to apply the money received
from the sale of such products to the
maintenance of said station.
An appropriation of $4,000 was
made for an experiment station on the
Island of Guam. 49,
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4 JOKER IN THE CAMPAIGN DECK

Campaign speeches, both of the common or
garden variety and the spreadeagle kind, may
he seriously interfered with by the recent dis
jcoyery Of sjokers in the laws relating to CAIN
paign expense publicity. Attention has been
drawn to this joker to the great alarm of some
200 members of the House of Representatives,
who were calculating on indulgence in stump
oratory to their hearts content.
The provision in the bill which many menl-
bers of Congress are supposed not TO understand
fully requires that the four itemized campaign
expense accounts required under the latest fed
eral publicity law have to be sworn to in the dis
s4rict i'm which the representative is a candidate
or in the state in which the senator is candi--
date. However, If Congress is in session, the
affidavit may be made in Washington
If a silyer-tongued representative from west
ern state is pleading the political cause OF the
presidential candidate in the far east somewhere
about ten days before election next November, he
will have to board train and take a transconti
mental Journey for the simple sake of swearing
to list of expenses At that time, Congress not
being in session, he is required by law to make
the affidavit in his own district.
The federal publicity law was PASSED only last
year. 1t requires that political campaign COM
mittees in the states shall file in the clerks Of
flee at the House of Representatives not more
than fifteen days and not less than ten days be-
fore election day an itemized statement OF cam
paign expenses, and on the sixth day after cleo
ton supplemental detailed statement shall be
filed ~
1t further requires that every candidate for
nomination at the primaries or for election shall
mot less than ten nor more than fifteen days
before the election file with the clerk of the
House of Representative" an itemized statement
of campaign expenses; and then, not less than
fen nor more than fifteen days after election,
snpplemental expense list must be fixed. That
wonld be very easy thing to do by mail if 1t
were not for this little joker: "
aErerT statement herein required by law shall
he verified by the oath or affirmation Of the can
didafe taken before an officer authorized to add
minister the laws of the state in which he is a
candidate for representative, or the state in
which he is a candidate for senator in the Con
gress Of the United States. This is followed by
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PERSONALITIES

MISS ALBERTA WHOLLY left
for the Coast on the Logan last
Thursday. She will visit with
friends on the Coast for several
weeks.
JAMES B. SHAND, carpenter on
Eva plantation, left on the Ventura
last. night for a visit of indefinite
kngth to Scotland, his native land
Mr. Shand has lived in these islands
a long time, and his .-'brithers" of the
Scottish Thistle Club and many other
friends will wish him a good time
and safe return.
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DULL SATURDAY
ON STOCK EXCHANGE

Although Oahu is exceeded by Ono
mea in number of, sales recorded on
today's stock exchange sheet, it was
the only thing touched on the board.
The price remains % for 10 shares in
recess and 10, 20 and 10 on the board.
Eva is steady at 31.25 for 20, 80
and 5 shares. Onomea has one sale
unchanged at $3.50 for 10 shares, but
100 sold a quarter point below that
figure I =, =. - )
Sales of stocks and bonds for this
week, Monday having been holiday,
amounted to S103,557.
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JUDICIAL REFORM

Americas lawyers should be curbed and
Americas trial judges given enlarged powers.
Such are the conclusions of Judge j. ID. Law
son, of st. Louis, a noted member of the Ameri-
can bar. A statement made by Judge Lawson
in London has attracted wide attention both in
Europe and this country, because of it's fearless
advocacy of a change in American court proceed
ure. 1t was made as result IF an inspection
of French courts.
Appeals, he contends, ought only be granted
on the grounds of a miscarriage of justice and
not on the present technical rules of procedure.
The Judge will recommend these reforms both
for the association and the Institute of Criminal
Law and Criminology. e.
What he saw in France convinces him as to
what he saw in England two years ago, that the
great difference between European and Ameri-
can procedure is the part played by lawyers in
the United States, where they are practically
everything. In France the lawyers are almost
eliminated. They only address the jury; they
do not cross-examine the witnesses. The Judge
does that II, when the Judge has finished, the
lawyer for the. defence thinks that some points
have not been covered he asks the Judge to put
such a question to the witness
Judge Lawson went on to say that while the
French system was adverse to the Anglo-S Saxon
ideas in many respects there was good point,
such as an endeavor to ignore technicalities and
get at the truth. Under the present French sys-
tenn, he said, it is practically impossible for the
guilty to escape, while at the same time numer-
Gus safeguards are thrown about the innocent
He continned
@What struck me was the rapidity with which
the cases were conducted. sat on the bench
during a sensational murder trial which in the
United States would have lasted for weeks It
was that of a woman who was charged with
numbering her husband. The case opened at
noon. i bad an appointment at 4 o'clock, yet the
case was heard, the verdict rendered and the
prisoner sentenced and arrived to keep my APP
pointment half an hour ahead of time must
say the verdict was fair and the sentence just
"There was one instance of how French meth
DDS result in the production of the truth There
was a dispute between two women in regard to
a certain conversation The judge simply placed
them side by side and said There is dispute;
which of you is telling the truth? Then he let
the women argue the point At the end of a few
minutes he said That's enough and the jury
were able to make up their minds as to which
was the truthful witness, because being unham-
pered by technicalities the women simply acted
human and the truth came out S think our sys.
TEN is too technical; there is too great anxiety
to prevent anything relevant but possibly mad
missable getting before the jury Yet these ir-
releyancies might help the jury really and justly
to decide. / also believe that with us it has be-
come not SO much a matter of getting justice as
contest of ability between lawyers. Each
wishes to win irrespective of the guilt or inno-
cence of his client" z...
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HIGH SCHOOL FALL
TERM BEGINS MONDAY

The Mckinley High School will be-
gin the fall term on Monday, Sep.
TENDER IT, Two new teachers ha we
been added to the force TO aceommo.
date the new students who will en-
ter from the grammar schools. The
entering class will be a large che,
running up into the hundreds.
The building formerly used by the
College of Hawaii as library will
be utilized by the High School as a
class room.
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the provision which allows Il congressman 10
make the affidavit in Washington if Congress is
in session. However, Congress will probably not
be in session i'm November Hence the fear that
many orators will have to leave the stump hur-
riedly and 90 home -s - -..z -
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Those who hope for peace on the Rapid Tran
sit paving question may rely upon it that there
will be no peace while the board is dominated by
such men as Murray and his fidus Achates with
the IngersOll movement
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Well, if the Nicaraguan revolution fades away
and that Havana mix-up turns out insignifi-
cantly and the Mexican attack on Americans pc
tiers out, we can always get up political scrap.
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parliament declares that Germany and Great
Britain are now in state of war, there's not
even rifle of excitement about it in the Pa
cific ocean. ~ 81