Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1912-10-04
Robert N. MoWade.
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tine law, which prohibits the shipment
OF trees from districts which are
found by agricultural department ex'
perts to DO infested with gypsy and
brown tail moths. It is customary IN
the large cities Of tho East for ali
dealers. whose patrons demand the
finest in tho Christmas tree line, ia
bring them from the New England
woods, chiefly from Maine. Certain
parts Of New England are infested
with the gypsy moth.
Experts say that tree diseases are
prevalent In many parts of the Sunny
South, where 1t has been customary
to gather Spanish moss, mistletoe. and
other greens for the decoration OF
homes in the North. On the advice
of officials or the department congress
adopted extreme measures to "Quaran'
tine" plants, trees and fruits from all
OF the disease-infected sections, sole
~ In order that other parts of the
country may not suffer from the same
trouble.
Prof. Rudolf Eucken. who has just
arrived in this country, will find his
welcome guaranteed in many circles
where religion and philosophy are
discussed. He is one Of the foremost
thinkers and scholars Of Europe, who,
in the midst Of the materiallsm OF
Germany. has stood strongly like the
French philosopher. Henri Bergson,
and who also Is 500 to come to
America FOR the spiritual interpre'
tation Of life" r.
The contributions which Prot. Euck'
en- Is making to the religious thought
of our times are being gratefully &C.
! knowledged in Great Britain, which
] he visited last year, and have already
; been noted in this country to such an
extent that Harvard honored him with
an invitation to fill one Of tho ex'
change pr~ofessorships with Germany.
He Is about to begin his courses OF
instruction at Cambridge-one in the
history Of modern philosophy and one
In the philosophy of religion-and
will be On duty there for the next
three months. One Of these courses
will be given in German and tho other
In English. :.
Though sixty.seven years Of age. II
is only comparatively recently that
DR.. Eucken has attracted ~internatiOn'
al attention. His mother, the daugh'
ter of n liberal clergyman, was u deep
" religious woman, and as q boy the
young Rudolf showed exceptional IN.
terest in the problems Of religion and
philosophy. At the famous University
OF G%ottingen he came under the IL
fuence Of Lotze. Since 1874, he has
been professor at jena, remaining at
that comparatively small university
ldespite .~Gattering opportunities to 80
elsewhere, One of hisTgreatest books
Is "The Problem Of Human xls'
tence."
Frank C%odrington. II Of the shin
ing lights Of journalism and a polltl'
| cal observer Of some note, adds an
Illuminating chapter to the literature
on the R%ooseveltian third term can.
didacy campaign. In his discussion
of Mr.. Perkins, the Bull Moose
hnancier, and the Philippine hemp
trust, he uses incidentally the reliable
statements Of Judge Blount, as the
basis Of his coagent and logical re
marks. He says:
"The u. S. government, which now
has pending a suit for the dissolution
of the International Harvester com
pany as being an illegal combination
In restraint of trade under the Sher'
man antitrust law, should look into
tho hemp rebates as practlced IN the
archlpelago and exposed by James II.
Blount, q former lieutenant In the
u. $. volunteers ind district judge OF
the Philippine court, who, In his book
on THE American Occupation OF the
Philippines" etc, throws an interest
ing and peculiar sidelight on what he
calls the strangle.hold Of the hemp
trust on the annual output Of Philip
pine hemp by the harvester trust. He
arraigns George w. Perkins, as a
breeder OF Socialism-thc pcrs0nitica-
ton of undue corporation influence,
who in Mr.. Roosevelt's campaign OF
1912 for a third term, has assumed
the role of Warwick
"Mr. Blount points out that Mr. Per.
kins is chairman Of the finance COM
mittee and ono of the three voting
trustees Of the international Harvest.
or company, q 100000. 900 corpora.
ton, which, according to its own &C.
count In Moody's manual, owns 80 odd
subsidiary corporations. many of them
engaged In the manufacture Of Irvine
and cordage, and importers Of Manila
hemp; and that tho hemp trust has
beaten the market price of hemp at
Manila down to half Of what it com
manded a few years ago.
Under the section of the tariff act
Of 1902 (Which is also included in the
Payne law) an export tax Is imposed
at Manila on all hemp exported, but
hemp shipped to the United States
and used and consumed therein Is
permitted to be exported free. De.
spite this law, an export, duty is
charged on every pound Of hemp OK.
ported. Later, any exporter may sub
NIT proof that part of his exports
were used and consumed in the
United States, and have that part OF
his tax payments refunded or rebated.
"Of course, the small farmer is un.
able to follow his bale of hemp into
the markets OF the world and show
that 1t was used and consumed in
this country, IL 1t was SO used and
consumed. Hence, only the big
importers are benefited, and the price
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