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STYLE 5000 YEARS OLD.

Those most industrious Of all the artists, the de-
signers Of fashions for women keep issuing their
DEGREES at the rate Of at least one day. We Gull
these two from the latest budget of fashion news:
"The new woman is to be straight up and down,
no curves and no angles, but as square-cut and
perpendicular as plank. So says the arbter Of
Paris fashions A pointed hat worn at an oblique
angle may be used as a contrast"
No. is manifestly bait for the bizarre taste.
No. is more conventional:
"The vest will be feature of the new spring
styles for women"
Does this breathe Of revolution or evolution I?
Consider the report brought home from the Near
East by DR.. Edith Hall, Of the University Of Penn.
sylvana that excavations show the women Of Crete
to have hobble skirts, stays and stand.up col.
lars or stocks fully 5000 years ago.
The only thing we can be reasonably sure Of
is that the ancients didn't wear pieture hats and
worry strap-hangers with hatpns.
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ounting. and under the general direc-

counting. and under the general direc-
tion Of the Department of State.
In line with the object which I have
sought OF placing our foreign service
on basis OF permanency. I have at
various times advocated provision by
Congress for the acquisition Of Govern
ment-owned buildings for the residence
and ofiices Of our diplomatic ofncers. so
as to place them more nearly on an
equality with similar officers OF other
nations and to do away with the dis
criminattOn which otherwise must
necessarily be made. in some cases, In
favor Of men having large private for
tunes. The act Of Congress which ap-
proved on February II, 1911, was a right
step In this direction. The Secretary Of
State. has already made the limited rec
concentrations permitted by the act for
any one year. and II Ia my hope that
the bill introduced In the House Of Rep
resentatives to carry out these recon-
mendations will be favorably acted on
by the Congress during its present ses-
sion.
The diplomacy Of the present Admin
istration has sought TO respond to mod
ern ideas Of commercial intercourse.
This policy has been characterized as
substituting dollars for bullets. 1t Is
one that appeals alike to idealistic hui
manitarian sentiments. to the dictates
Of sound policy and strategy. and to
legitimate commercial aims.
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ANOTHER SYSTEM" UNDER FIRE

Now, il seems, that it is not only the r,art;sl
powers OF the Terrible Turk that have crumbled be-
fore progress and the Allies, larger tradition of ma
tonal nvulnerabiliy is also being subjected to the
thought OF disrespectful skeptcism the Military Ma
chine Of the German system" is beginning to look
out OF date.
The Turkish artillery was supplied by Krupp.
The Turkish plan Of military organization and
Turkish strategy and Turkish tactics were supplied
by Field Marshal Won Goltz and apother German
expert, Mr. Bieberstein.
The artillery OF the Allies was supplied by the
French house of Creusot, and there seems to be
growing suspicion that the movements Of the armies
Of the Allies found their source in French military
ideas.
This Field Marshal Won Goltz declared that Italy
could never take Tripol from the "conquering Turk"
And the results proved that he had deceived
himself.
Also, Field Marshal Won Goltz spoke slightngly
Of the Allies when they first mobilized to move on
Turkey from three different directions
And now that Won Goltz and the system" of the
German staff corps for putting war on card index
basis have failed to make good, the whisper is grow
ing into shout through rural France that perhaps
it was the genius Of Moltke, and not the "sys.
tem," after all, which humbled the Empire.
Well, the hours perish and are left to our
charge" and many things perish with them prestiges
Of military invulnerability among the rest
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THE DEAD HAND" OF ECONOMIC
IGNORANCE.

Senator William E. Borah Of Idaho-is another
man in the ranks" Of that growing army which
realizes that the theory Of political economy evolved
from the speculative and industrious mind of pr.
vate tutor 100 years ago is but lame hypothesis
with which to set about the settlement of the ques.
tons Of the day. whether compulsory competition is
good thing to preserve not" said Senator Borah
recently, Il am not going to discuss. am stating the
fac: that far as the man in tine street is concerned
it is dead" And that is true. But it is the Dead HaaI
OF this fallacious theory Of compulsory competition"
that still lies upon all our industrial and economic
legislation to make it either clumsy and useless or
4 hobble to our progress.
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Increase Of
Foreign Trade.

In my last annual message I said
that the fiscal year ended June 30. 1911.
was noteworthy as marking the highes:
record Of exports Of American products
to foreign countries. The fiscal gear
1912 shows that this rate Of advance
has been maintained. the total domestic
exports having valuation approx!-
mately Of 5000. 100000. as compared
with q fraction over 1900 QUO. 900 the
previous year. 1t ID also significant
that manufactured and partly manufi.c:.
commodities forming the volume Of our
augmented exports. the demands Of our
own people for consumption requiring
that an increasing proportion OF our
abundant argriGultural products ,ob be
the exports Of articles In the various
stages Of manufacture, not including
foodstuffs partly. Or wholly manufac-
tured, amounted approximately TO
;s;s %ss nearly sn t9i ssa Sssr 'sas ssiu sss os
As illustrating the commercial benefits
to the nation derived from the new
diplomacy and its effectiveness upon the
material as well as the more ideal side.
It may be remarked that through direct
official efforts alone there have been
obtained In the course OF this adminis-
tration contracts from foreign govern.
ments involving an expenditure OF $780,
100000 In the factories Of the United
States. Consideration OF this fact and
some reflection upon the necessary cf-
fects Of a scientific tarifr system and a
foreign service alert and equipped to
cooperate with the business men OF
America carry the conviction that the
gratifying increase In the export trade
OF this country is. In substantial |
amount, due to our improved govern
mental methods OF protecting and stim-
ulating II.
Under the special agreement entered
into between the United States and
Great Britain. on August IS. 1910. for the
arbitration Of outstanding pecuniary
claims, a schedule OF claims and tho
terms OF submission have been agreed
upon by the two governments. and to.
gether with the special agreement were
approved by the Senate on July -, lell,
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AN ANCIENT ISSUE.

Concerning the final vindcation of the Sherman
law yesterday by the Supreme Court in the Harri.
man merger case it is indicative Of the stubborn fight
that the Engsh-speaking peoples have made for
liberty to reflect that back in the Seventeenth Century
men we're lined up against monopoly and laws were
necessary to safeguard commercial freedom. In
1924, Sir Edward Coke introduced into the English
parliament bill declaring that all monopolies and
restraints altogether contrary to the laws of this
realm, and so are and shall be contrary and void and
Of none effect and in no wise to be put in execution
And they made it So
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Conclusions Drawn
BY the Message.

Congress should fully realize the con-
ditions which obtain in the world az we
find ourselves at the threshold Of our
middle age as a Nation. We have
emerged full grown as a peer In the
great concourse OF nations. We have
passed through various formative peri
struggle to develop our domestic re.
sources and deal with our domestic
questions. The Nation Is now too ma
ture to continue in its foreign relations
those temporary expedients natural to 4
people to whom domestic affairs are
the sole concern. In the past our di-
plomacy has often consisted. In normal
to international existence. We are now
in a larger relation with broader rights
OF our own and obligations to others
than ourselves. A number Of Rrca:
guiding principles were laid down early
recent task of our diplomacy has been
to adjust those principles to the condi-
tions Of today. to develop their corol-
laries, to fnd practical applications Of
the old principles expanded to meet new
situations. Thus are being evolved
bases upon which can rest the super
structure Of policies which must grow
with the destined progress Of this Ma
tion. The successful conduct OF our for
eign relations demands q broad and q
modern view. We can not meet new
questions nor build for the future IL
we confine ourselves to outworn dogmas
of the past and to the perspective ap-
propriate at our emergence from colon
ial times and conditions. The opening
OF the Panama Canal will mark a new
era In our International life and create
new and Worldwide conditions which,
with their vast correlations and con-
sequences. will obtain for hundreds OF
years to come. We. must not wait for
events to overtake us unawares. With
continuity OF purpose we must deal with
the problems Of our external relations
by q diplomacy modern. resourceful.
magnanimous, and fttingly expressive
of the high ideals Of great nation.
WILLIAM II. TAFT.
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Central America
Needs Our Help.

In Central America the aim has been
to help such countries as Nicaragua and
Honduras to help themselves. They are
the immediate benefciaries. The ma
tional benefit to the United States !s
twofold. First. It Is obvious that the
Monroe doctrine Is more vital In the
neighborhood OF the Panama Canal and
the zone OF the Caribbean than any
where else. There. too. the maintenance
Of that doctrine falls most heavily upon
the United States. It Ii. therefore, es-
sential that the countries within that
sphere shall be removed from the jeop-
ardy involved by heavy foreign debt
and chaotic national finances and from
the ever-prasent danger Of international
complications due to disorder at home
Hence, the United States has been glad
to encourage and support American
bankers who were willing to lend q
helping hand to the financial rehabilita-
ton Of such countries, because this
financial rehabilitation ana the protec-
ton OF their custom houses from being
the prey OF would-be dictators would
remove at one stroke the menace Of
foreign creditors and the menace Of
revolutionary disorder.
wish to call your especial attention
to the recent occurrences IN nicaragua
for I believe the terrible events recorded
there during the revolution OF the past
summertime useless loss OF life, the de-
vastation OF property, the bombardment
Of defenseless cities. the killing and
torturing of noncombatants to exact
contributions, and the suffering OF thou
sands of human beings-might have been
averted had the Department OF State,
through approval of the loan convention
out its now weil-developed policy Of en-
couraging the extending Of financial aid
to weak Central American States with
the primary objects Of avoiding Just
such revolutions by assisting those re-
publics to rehabilitate their finances, to
establish their currency on stable
basis, to remove the custom houses
from the danger Of revolutions by Or.
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THE GOVERNMENTS DEFENSE OF THE
NEWSPAPER LAW.

The recent act Of Congress requiring that all
newspapers which the second class postal priv.
ileges shall file with the Postmaster General the
names Of its editor, publisher bondholders its cir
cuation, ETC., may or may not be constitutional.
This is for the courts to decide. But one Of the
arguments in the brief filed by the United States
Solicitor General in defense of the law is worth
comment.
He says that Congress acquires special power
to impose such regulations as it deems proper on
publishers of second class matter q Quid pro quo
for the privilege extended. He states that this
service is run at loss of 1000 900, which is made
up by the senders of first class mall and that there
fore 100000 people are being taxed that amount
for the benefit Of 10000 publishers.
The deficit and means Of compensation are not
to be denied. But Mr.. Butt oversteps the mark
when he says the second class mail privilege is pri
vate in its character Surely, unless the object Of
Transporting current publications at low rates is to
afford the public cheap reading NATTER and unless
this object is attained by it, there would be such
public outcry against the system as has rarely been
heard II the cheap distribution Of newspapers were
not part Of public policy and IL il did not work 70
the public's benefit the second class mail service
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Policy Should Be
Above Partisanship.

The fundamental foreign policies of
the United States should be raised high
above the conflict OF partisanship and
wholly associated from differences ~
to domestic policy. In Its foreign AZ
fairs the United States should -resent
to the world united front. The in
tellectual. financial. and industrial In
terests Of the country and the publicist.
the wage Garner. the farmer. and citi-
zen Of whatever occupation must CO.
operate In spirit Of high patriotism
to promote that national solidarity
which 10 Indispensable to national effi-
cheney and to the attainments Of ma
tionai ideals.
Tho relations Of the United States
with all foreign powers remain upon q
sound basis Of peace, harmony. and
friendship. A greater insistence upon
justice to American citizens or interests
wherever II may have been denied and
stronger emphasis Of the need of
mutually In commercial and other re-
lations have only served to strengthen
our friendships with foreign countries
by placing those friendships upon .
firm foundation Of realities a. well a.
Before briefly reviewing the more i'm
portant events Of the last year In our
foreign relations. which II is my duty to
do as charged with their conduct and
nature to make It appropriate that the
Secretary Of State make formal an.
nual report. ! desire to touch upon some
Of the essentials to the safe manage.
ment OF the foreign relations Of the
to define clearly certain concrete poll.
cies which are the logical modern
corollaries Of the undisputed and tradi.
tional fundamentals Of the foreign
policy of the United States.
ministration the United states. having
world power. with the responsibilities
thrust upon 1t by the results Of the
Spanish American war. and already en-
vast foreign trade upon which It should
one day become more and more De.
pendent. found itself without the ma
chinery for. giving thorough attention
to. and taking effective action upon. .
mass Rms,con Of intricate business ysS Han,tS to
In the world.
The Department of State was an
archaic and inadequate machine lacking
most Of the attributes Of the foreign
an appropriation made upon my recon-.
mendation by the Congress on AuEust
completely reorganised.
Ihere were created divisions OF Latin
American affairs and Of far Eastern.
near Eastern. and Western European
AFFAIRS, To these divisions were called
from the foreign service diplomatic and
consular officers possessing experience
and knowledge gained by actual service
In different parts Of the world and thus
familiar with political and commercial
conditions in the regions concerned. The
work was highly specialized.
The result IL that where previously
this Government from time to time
would emphasize In It's foreign relations
one or another policy. now American in.
terests In every quarter OF the globe
are being cultivated with equal a.
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WHO AND WHY!

Who puts up the money for all the leagues" and
movements by which, without doubt this country
is saved from tottering to its fall. Let but man
express thought distinguished, even for him, above
its fellow-houghts, and on the thin fabric Of those
words q superstructure grows with presidents, and
vice presidents, and secretaries, and an Office in
Washington, and all the other mpedmenta that only
cash can secure. But, who puts up the money; and
why?
There is the Ant.Third Term League, for
instance
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ought to be abolished, and we may rest absolutely
assured that II would be.
But what are we to think Of the argument that,
since the 10000 publishers are permitted by Con.
sress to take 100000 900 year out Of the public's
pockets and put ii in their own, Congress has the
right to impose such regulations as It chooses upon
the thieves in whose ttievery II acquiesces2
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Visit Of Knox
To Central America.

Impressed with the particular impor-
tance Of the relations between the
United States and the Republics Of Cen.
trail America and the Caribbean rexion,
which OF necessity must become still
more Intimate by reason Of the mutual
advantages which will be presented BY
the opening Of the Pansma Canal, Il
directed the Secretary Of State last
February to visit these republics for the
purpose Of giving evidence of the sin.
cere friendship and good will which
the Government and people OF tho Uni-
ted States bear toward them. Every.
where he was received with q cordially
Of welcome.
For two years revolution and counter.
revolution have distraught the neighbor.
Ing Republic Of Mexico. BrigandaRe has
involved a great deal OF depreciation
upon foreign interests. There have con.
delicacy. On several occasions very dif.
ncult situations have arisen on our
frontier. Throughout this trying period,
the policy Of the United States has been
one Of patient nonintervention. stead.
In the neighboring nation. and the ex-
ertion Of every effort to care for
American interests. ! profoundly hope
that the Mexican nation may soon re-
sumo the path Of order. prosperity. and
progress.
A most important work. accomplished
In the past year by the American diplo-
matte officers In Europe, IL the investi-
CATION Of the agricultural credit system
In the European countries. Both as
means to AFFORD relief to tho consumers
Of this country through . more
thorough development OF agricultural
resources and as q means Of more suffi..
ciently maintaining the agricultural
credit Facilities fol. the farmers Is .
concern Of vital importance to this
I cannot too strongly recommend
to the Congress the passage Of some
such enabling measure az the bill
which was recommended by the secre-
tary OF State in his letter Of December
l3. 1911. The object Of the proposed leg
islation IL. in brief. to enable the Ex.
Quire. to any or all commodities.
whether or not on the free list from a
country which discriminates against the
United States. a graduated scale OF du-
ties up to the maximum Of Is per cent
ad vaiorem provided In the present law.
Flat tariffs are out Of date.
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Tells of Two
Treaties That Failed.

T., ,ba a.id ~ .vorL ,ovar ~ tho ,doaIs
o ne" VI W. 80" ,-.. e
VI peace 'ms government hesoua'eo'
but to my regret was unable to con-
summate, two arbitration treaties which
sef tho hiob..t mari ~ the a.nirat,op
=. .., -. ..-.i..'.,
Vi ha'ohS 'owsro inc sups!"uaoh OF
arbitration and reason for war In he
settlement OF international disputes.
Through the efforts Of American din
,,n,.c,. ..,,os., 80. hoo. ho., n,.,.nt
'o""' e.'.'"' ""is ""'o oee" p'ese
cd or ehded. ! reIer 10 the successfui
tripartite mediation of the Argentine
Republic. Brazil. and the United States
b.tw..n p.,,, ora Ecn.aor. Oh. hr,ny.
o"u '"e s
ing OF the boundary dispute oetween
Panama and Costa Rica to peaceful ar
bitration; the staying OF warlike pre.
marathon, ubep Hail ard tho Dom,n,.
80, n.'x,,. ~
c.h nepuo''c were on u'e verge OF nos
tIities: the stopping OF war In Me-
aragua; the haiting of internecine strife
In Honduras. The Government Of the
I.,i,.a o,a,n. NO. ,h.,Laa o.. "a. a.,
United states was thahked ior us IN
Huehce toward the restoration OF ami
Sable reiatiohs between the Argentine
nepuDnc ana BOLIVIA. Inc diplomacy OF
the Unteo states is acuve IN seeking
10 assuafe tne remaining ni-IeennH pc
SWeen tn's country ana the repuDlic OF
cSioihp!a. IN .he recent civil wal IN
t.'nt ,na she nntea s'a.es HucsessIuIy
'ru ~ ,'..,, WI ~. ~ J,.a .as. p.t, poMrs
IL reor, 81 u ssat nost
hatwes, ,ha sowarnmnnt. ~ ch,ia M
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THE FINAL VlNDIcATlON.

The decision Of the Supreme Court in the Harri.
man merger case has emphasized 4 group OF facts
that have q fundamental relation to the stability Of
the institutions Of this country Also, It gives the
lie to some recent misstatements concerning Mr.
Roosevelt and the alleged alliance between the Pro.
gressve movement and the masters OF Big Business
1t proves contrary to the campaign statements
Of Woodrow Wilson, that monopolies can be abolished
and the principles Of equity enforced against Big
Business without recourse to the hazardous expert.
ment Of tariff reduction as an implement Of
compulsion.
II proves that We can make Big Business law.
abiding without starving il into submission through
the competition Of the foreign producer.
II proves that the Sherman law Is what John
Sherman said II was: "A remedial measure 10 enforce
by civil process in the courts OF the United States
the common law against monopolies."
II proves that Big Business has no more influence
with the Supreme Court than the poorest, ,lidgant
whose case is presented for adjudication.
II proves that the Sherman law, with the Incl.
dental amendments which Roosevelt recommended
in his penultmate message to Congress, would be
statute Of the highest efficiency for the protection
Of the people against any kind Of commercial or
financial tyranny.
devices for the curtailment Of the Trusts-such as
those suggested by Mr. Bryan-because the recent
decisions Of the Supreme Court have created an
implement sufficient for all such purposes.
1t proves again that Mr. Roosevelt had no under
standing with the Trusts, either spiritual SUBJ
stantial, Of the kind that Woodrow Wilson "sus
pected" because the most vital prosecutions Of the
biggest Trusts in the country we're instituted during
Roosevelts second term, and the decisions in those
cases have rescued the Sherman act from steriliy
and made it living law.
It proves that neither George W. Perkins nor
any other captain Of industry could have hoped for
any friendly protection" from Roosevelt had Roose.
velt been elected the Progressive ticket because
the man who was known to have ordered the suits
against the Northern Securities Company, the
Tobacco trust, the Standard Oil Company, and the
Hartman merger was clearly too inhexible to
encourage any illusion Of that character.
II proves that q merger such as that which
Hartman effected between the Union Pacific and
Southern Pacific roads will never be attempted again
by any other Napoleon Of Finance because mergers
Of that kind met their Waterloo in this decision OF
the Supreme Court yesterday.
And it proves. finally, that the law in this nation
is supreme and that it weighs with equal justice in
its own due time the methods and the merits alike of
a Hyde and Hartman.
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Urges Merchant Marine as
Means of Stimulating
Nations Trade.
predicts NEW ERA
WITH PANAMA CANAL
Sees Need Of New and Broader
Diplomacy to Meet Situation
to Be Faced.

but a accordance with the terms of the
agreement they did not 20 into effect
until confirmed by the two governments
by an exchange Of notes. which was
done on April 70. last. Negotiations are
still In progress for a supplemental
schedule Of claims to be submitted to
arbitration under this agreement, and,
meanwhile. the necessary preparations
for the arbitration OF the claims In.
cluded In the first schedule have been
undertaken and are being carried on
under the authority Of an appropriation
made for that purpose At the last ses.
sion OF Congress. 1t 10 anticipated that
the two governments will be prepared
10 call upon the arbitration tribunal.
established under this agreement. to
meet at Washington early next year to
proceed with this arbitration