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The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-03
Roosevelt Was Pessimistic

President Roosevelt expressed grave doubt" Senator Bourne continued, about any settlement favorable to the govern ment being made with ,ne Standard oil company Entirely on my own yolition and without Colonel Roosevelts knowl- edge, l went to New York and sought an interview with MT. ArchDoiG. I explained to him the advantages or a federal incor poration law.
 MT. Archbold expressed himself as willing to compromise with the govern ment and favored a stringent federal in- corporation law"
 After this the senator said several con ferences were. held with a representative of the department of justice. He con tinued: The government would have been much better off had one been made rather than the final decision of the SUI preme court. 1 wish to state that l had no personal interest in the matter other than a desire to minimize the panic and secure the support of big business inter ests for virile federal incorporation law.
 'I have never had any interest in any of the Standard Oil companies l have known MT. Arehbold and his family for several years and have visited his house. Neither he nor any of his associates has eyer talked to me abot any congressional or state legislation other than my talks with him on federal incorporation law and the popular government fundamen- falc
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-03
Republicans Attend Luncheon

Mayor Louis w. Thurman. demo- crat welcomed the governor and fur nished. him mounted escort through the city. At luncheon given in his honor, republicans and progressive re- pubiieans alike were present. Chaun- cey J. Hamlin, manager of the pro gressive party in Erie county attend ed, az did some prominent Taft men. This occasion was a civic welcome for distinguished guest rather than a political candidate.
 A Brsrn's park inc governor de- li'ser ,d his speech under the auspices of the United Trades and Labor coun- cil He followed the thought of the speech prepared in advance, attackine the third party platform but devel- ored his points more extensively in an address that was nearly two hours long.
 He drew first applause by saving he would not condeseend to give an of- flee to accomplish a political end"
 Discussing the third party platform, Governor Wilson said:
 With that programme, who can diff fer in his heart, who can divorce him : self in pathy from the great ob- Ject of advancing the interest of hu- man beings wherever it is possible to advance them? But there is a cen tral method. a central purpose in that platform from which l very seriously dissent.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-03
Agrees With Wilson

'1 want to touch on the need of the government exercising its powers to help voters get more control over their mu- ohinery than at present" he said at Hart ford
 one of the ways by whicn I would see that done is by having greater use of the school house by getting the government to utilize them es they havc never yet been utilized For example, tie polling places ought all 10 be in the scnool houses. At present we have the polling places m sheds, barber shops, saloons everywhere.
 But the school houses should be utilized much more than that. They should be thrown open to all citizens for pnb1e meetings. especially political meetings. T;nt means that either the school prin- eipal or some other school office should have 1t made part of his duty to pro- vide for opening school buildings when ever needed for public meetings, and should if necessary provide means for having memoranda made for the discus- sion.
 At first this will strike you as rather a revolutionary move. But 1 am sure we shall have to have the government assume for all parties some of the ex- penses of our political cainpaigns. it ought not to be necessary for the parties to hire buildings in which their candidates are to speak We have the school houses in which they speak. We can make each school house Senate chamber of the plain people
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-03
Producer Is Mistaken

The American producer sells his cot ton gross weight and as a rule, ac- cording 10 the report. believes that he makes big profit on tare by receiving the same price for bagging that hc ob- tains for cotton. This Is untrue, the report says, as the evidence demon strates that the buyer of cotton takes the tare into consideration in fixing the prioe he nnors
 9ttvn f15r osupri ,ie thu other aanu is sold net weight. It is in this coH- nection that complication and uncer- tainty are injected into cotton sales. The American exporter. by the terms of his invoice contract with the for eign buyer, must compute the net weight of his cotton by deductlng per cent from the gross weight The aver age bale of cotton, weighing 300 pounds gross, contains about 47S pounds of cot ton and 22 pounds of tare as 1t comes from the producer to the exporter.
 A deduction of per cent, under the foreign tare rules, from gross weight of 500 pounds, however. would leave only 40 pounds net or 8 pounds less than the actual weight of the net cotton in the bale In addition 10 that discrepancy, the report points out the situation is fur ther complicated by the fact that when the cotton reaches It's destination. the for eigIl buyer under he contract with the American exporter. has the right to de- mand an actual test for tare. In t.lis test, the rules fix a maximum allowance for tare of only about 5.3 per cent or 26is pounds on a bale of 5D0 pounds. This is a discrepancy of 315 pounds as com pared wit hthe 90 pound invoice deduction and the foreign buyer calls upon the ex- porter to make good that amount.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-03
CONANT REPORTS ON COTTON FARE RULES Foreign Exchange Methods Create False Standard RESULT IN FRAUD Immediate Action Should Be Taken, He Concludes. to Remedy Evils
 Recommends Standardiza-
 tion of Tare

Washington. September 2.-Rules of foreign cotton exchanges. governing tare on cotton exported from the United States have created a false standard of weights which inject uncertainty into practically every American cotton sale in the important markets of Europe, resulting in serious abuses, indefensible practices. and even fraud on the part of cotton merchants in this country ae- cording to Luther Conant Jr., commis- sioner of corporations, in a report to President Taft. made public today.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-03
GOVERNOR WILSON CR|T|C|SES BULL MOOSE PLATFORM Sympathizes With Reforms Proposed, But Dissents
 From Programme RAPS ROOSEVELT
 TRUST SCHEME Takes Emphatic Issue With Idea of Federal Regulation of Monopoly. Is Chief Figure at Recep-
 ton in Buffalo

Buffalo. September 2.-GoN Woodrow Wilson struck up a vigorous campaign gait today He whirled through the city in an automobile, delivered six speeches, met every variety of demo- crat among the western New York leaders and voiced for the first time warm sympathy for social reforms pro- posed in the third party platform but dissented emphatically from the pro- sramme by which they might be car. Tied out.
 II was by far his most extended ut terance of the campaign upon the prin- ciples of the Roosevelt candidacy and those who gathered to hear him showed their approval by frequent applause.
 From the moment the governor ar rived his reception was practically continuous until late tonight when he left for Trenton. Rain did not pre- vent a big crowd from thronging the streets on the way from the station to hotel where Norman F. Mack, former national chairman. had arr ranged a citizens reception. To the mutual surprise of the democratic leaders the reception turned out to be and William H. Fitzpatrick. who oust- cd him from control in Erie county, were there. Mir. Corners and Mir. Mack who have controlled opposite wings Tn western New York democracy chatted amiably, accompanying the visitor through his day's tour
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-03
Exporter Has Serious Problem

The American exporter, under those cir cumstanees according to the report, faces la serious problem to avoid conducting business at a loss. Some cotton mer- chants. MT. Conant says, argue that these facts are thoroughly understood by the trade and are adjusted in the price which the exporter asks for his cotton. The commissioner does not entirely agree with this view and says that tie prac- tlcal result of the rules has been that the exporter adds unnecessary fare to his cotton
 'The exporter he says naturally adds tare up to the amont allowed by the rules Croughly 26R pounds). He does this by patching that Is, placing strip baggng on the bale. A small part of such patching Is usually necessary to cover sample holes. However. since the exporter in making out his invoice must deduct 6 per cent he frequently goes further and adds tare up to at least 6 per cent of the total weight of that bales; sometimes he adds even more.
 Obviously. if the exporter makes a complete adjustment in the price, and also adjusts by adding, he makes profit on such added tare. 1f however. complete adjustment is not made in the price, this addition of tare becomes simply means of protection against loss, although in the trade 1t Is usually spoken of as a profit patchinRf
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-03
Rule Is Objectionable

"Granting that the price of cotton Is in no way affected by the per cent rule. 1t is nevertheless highly objec- tfonable. It results in changing the gross weight of the bale and thus in- troduces an avoidable element of chance both Al to the actual weight of cot ton to be paid for and as to price"
 As a result of this 6 per cent rule. the commissioner estimates that at least 50 per cent of American exporta tions of cotton are overtared and that an insignificant proportion of the re- mainder is undertared It Is this use Of unnecessary tare, says the report. that injects uncertainty and possible fraud into the cotton, business.
 This uncertainty adds the report. "strikes at the basic factor of every transaction, namely. the amount of the commodity actually sold. It in effect establishes a false standard of weights with the inevitably unfortunate conse- auences of such condition. IL thus gives an advantage to skilled class of specialists who best understand the compiicated details of the business with d corresponding disadvantage to the less expert. 1t is not sufficient to say that the competition among these skilled classes often forces them to turn over the benefit of this false measure to the producer IL is not seriously contended that this is al- ways so and there is thus ever pres ent the open door to fraud There is always the invitation to cotton mer- chants to adopt improper practices. tand there Is thus enticed into the trade --~--~ ~~-~-~--------~->~>>~~,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-03
ROOSEVELT STARTS |. 0N TOUR 0F MONTH Speaks in Connecticut and
 Massachusetts AGREES WITH WILSON Believes School Houses Should Be Used for Political Meeting
 Places-Touches on
 the Tariff

Albany, N. Y. September 2.-'nheodore Roosevelt struck out on the trail of the bandanna handkerchief today to follow i- on months journey in the four corners Of the country. His first days trip took him into Connecticut and Massachusetts. Then he turned toward the west. He was greeted today by large crowds.
 Colonel Roosevelt discussed socialism, one of Woodrow Wilson's speeches. the tariff, the democrats and the weather. He spoke feelngly of the weather, for he made some of his speeches standing bare headed in the rain
 I'm sorry you should suffer so much from the wet, he told the crowd in Hart ford Conn I'm Slie ID see, though tpai the progre sziNes. of Connecticut re4er suf- fer from cold feet.
 The colonel announced his belief that the national government should help tighten expenses of political campaigns. He declared himself also in favor of con- trol of insurances companies by the na- tional government, and said sclNol houses should be used for political meetings.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-03
Taft Is Surprised

Beverly, Mass, September 2.-The an- nouncement that Great Britain will ap- peal to The Hague tribunal to settle it's claim of violation of the Hay pauneefote treaty by the Panama canal act came as a surprise to President Taft lie had heard reports that such an appeal was contemplated but was of the opinion the matter would be taken up m the usual diplomatic way.
 The President was not ready tonight 70 make an expression about the appeal TO The Hague. He had no official word from the state department and did not expect to consider the case until he reached Washington Wednesday. It was said d decision might not be reached until the return of Secretary Knox, who is on his way 10 japan. MT. knox is due back in thls country early in October. The President is known to place great reliance upon MT, knoN judgment and is hardly likely to make such a decisive step without consulting him.
 May Not Be Granted lt vas poInted out hete tonigat that Great Britaln's notice of appeal does not mean that the matter must go to The
 Hague The United states has as nuch right to refuse to submit to arbitration as Great Britain has to ask t. Friends of the President realize that Great Brtaius action places him in delicate position As the foremost ad- vocate of universal arbitration and arbi- tration of every subject he IS called upon to submit to The Hague oase that in- wolves something in which every Ameri- can feels himself vitally interested
 1t was pointed out, however, that the President win have firm ground on which to base q refusal to arbitrate. His pro- posed arbitral court was to have been composed of citizens of the two countries in dispute and might, therefore, be ex- pected to give q square deaf' to the par ties at issue.
 The Hague court, however, would not contain a number of Americans equal to the number of other members from other countries. All Europe feels much as Great Britain ddes about the Panama canal net and tribunal composed large ly of Europeans might be influenced by views held generally in European eoun- tries represented
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-03
Tariff Programme

party with regard to the disentangle- ment of the government? Mir Roose- welt has saidLand up to a certain point ] syinpathize with him--that he does not object for example. to the sys- tenn of protection, except in this cir cumstance, that it has not inured to the benefit of the workingmen of this country. 1t is very interesting to have him admit that because the leaders of The republican party have been time out of mind putting this bluff upon you men that the protective policy was for your sake 1 would like to know what you ever got out of it that you did moi get out of it by the effort of organized labor"
 The speaker here assailed the min imLm wage idea and the plan of a federal commission to control monop- oies. and continued:
 ours Is a programme of liberty, ana theirs is a programme of regulations ours is a programme by which we say We know the wrongs that have been committed and We can stop those wrongs, and we are not going to adopt into the governmental family the men who have done the wrongs and license them to do the whole business of the country l want you men to grasp the point because l want to say to you right now the programme that l pro- pose does not look quite as much like acting as a providence for you as the other programme looks, but I want Frankly to say to you that am not big enough to play providence. and my objection to the other programme is that I don't believe there is any man that is big enough to play proyi- dence
 No Government by Experts
 What l refer to is a government of experts. God forbid that in a dem ocratic country We should resign the task and give the government over to experts. What are we for if We are not to be scientifically taken care of by small number of gentlemen who are the only men who understand the lob? Because, if we don't understand the job. then we are not free peo- pie. we ought to resign our free in- stitutions and go to school to some body and find out what we are about v At the citizers' meeting in the even ing Governor Wilson was greeted by the largest crowd of his campaign.
 In his speech he renewed his praise of the third party said there were many noble men in 1t for good pur- poses. but others also for special in- dividual purposes about which it was best to say little, because. he added. he had forbidden himself "the discus sion of personalities"
 The governor declared that if the leader of the third party were elected President he would have no third party Congress- behind him. The third | party. he predicted. would lead to con l fusion. He analyzed the republican marty as the -old line- -stay-where-i it is the republican party" which did not know how to govern," and suggested that the third party was 'unorge.-
 
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-03

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Dewey County advocate. [volume] (Timber Lake, S.D.) 1910-1913, 1912-01-12
CONCERNING MEDICINE.

If a doctors prescription is not
entirely used, the remainder should
be thrown away, bearing in mind
that, if liquid, the bottle should be
emptied and washed. Not one chance
in hundred would ever necessitate
the use of the medicine or the same
combination Of drugs, unless it be
in the form of a linament or some
external remedy, which should be
properly labeled. Most medicines do
not keep we'll, and, if unnecessary
bottles are kept in the medicine cab
met, mistakes are more apt to be
made, and confusion results. The
medicine closet should be kept sepa-
rate from others, free from damp
ness, and under lock and key, if pos
sible, remembering to exclude the
light. Drugs, especially powders, are
injured by dampness.- Suburban
Life.
Dewey County advocate. [volume] (Timber Lake, S.D.) 1910-1913, 1912-01-12
GENTLY REsUkED.

As a young lady attired in neat
blue suit entered a Vliet street car, a
man, his head buried in a newspaper,
arose and offered his seat. With a
curt nod, the young woman accepted,
and as soon as she had composed her.
self she became diligently interested
in the contents of her shopping bag.
In spite of his apparent abstraction,
the man with the newspaper eyed her
furtively for a moment. Then,
hurriedly, he said:
''I beg your pardon, what is it:
what did you say?"
The young woman lifted her eyes.
and seeing that she was addressed.
she answered, coolly:
81 said nothing, sir"
"Beg pardon, beg PARDON" was
the absent minded answer. II
Thought you said Thank you >
Milwaukee Free Press.
Dewey County advocate. [volume] (Timber Lake, S.D.) 1910-1913, 1912-01-12
EXPRESSED IN ART TERMS
Artist Knew just What the compIl-
ment Meant, but Miss Verify
Did Not.

;: "I consider the greatest compile
ment I ever had paid to my paint
ing" said Rose Maddar, who was
showing the results Of her summers
.sketching to Miss Verify, Eswas that
lEuphemia Jones said about it. She
expressed so much in such a few
words"
"What did she say?" asked Miss
Verify.
"She said," replied Rose, chat
my pictures had a great deal Of vi-
tality.'"
"And just what did she mean by
that?" inquired Miss Verify.
ssShe meant why, / perfectly un-
derstand what she meant. Don't
you really know?"
NO." responded Miss Verify with
sigh. Gust put it in plain words,
won't you, Rose?''
"Why, she meant she meant
that the pictures habitat the pic
lures had-well, of course, that the
pictures had "a great deal of vital
ity.'"
"I'm dense, I suppose, for I still
fail to grasp her exact meaning"
"Euphemia Jones knows lots and
lots about art and talks beautifully
and Interestingly on the subject, !"
said Rose Maddar, bridling. "Be-
cause you can't grasp the sutblety of
her expression vitality used in this
connection, is not reason why it does
not mean something nice, and to
have her say such things about ones
pictures is certainly great compl-
mentY'
Dewey County advocate. [volume] (Timber Lake, S.D.) 1910-1913, 1912-01-12
PAINTED IN FIRST CENTURY
Wood Found BY Prof. Flinders
Petrie In Egypt.

With the revived interest in art,
both ancient and modern, it is sur
prising that so little attention has
been paid to the recent exhibition by
Prof. Flinders Petrie of some re-
markable color portraits which he
discovered in an Egyptian cemetery
at Fayoum. The cemetery dates
from about the first century and its
occupants were probably Romans.
The portraits which the professor
has discovered are painted on thin
cedar wood and were used as a COW
eringN over the face of each mummi-
fed body. Professor Petrie consid-
ers that these are probably the ear
lest paintings know, and says that
many Of the portraits are of such
individuality and strength as to
challenge comparison with the tech
mic and imagination Of modern art
lists. This is particularly remark
able from the fact that the basic
material of the paints is beeswax,
which must have been melted to re-
ceive the pigment, and then melted
again Immediately before use. The
colors have been found to consist of
mineral ochre, and haematite, the
blacks and charcoal, and the pinks
and puppies are madden. 1t is in
teresting to note that several modern
artists have attempted to use bees
wax in their pigments, but the re-
suits have been unsatisfactory, owing
to its tendency to either harden too
slowly, which causes the colors to
run, or too quickly, causing the
brush to become clouded.
Dewey County advocate. [volume] (Timber Lake, S.D.) 1910-1913, 1912-01-12
HE SAW DAD.

Willis-Great Scott, man! You
don't mean to say you can't do any,
thing with that son of yours who is
reported to be doing such awful ca
rousing at college?
Gillis (sadly)-I haven't the
heart to say a word. You see, I was
foolish enough to take him with me
to the national convention of any
lodge last summer.-Puck.
Dewey County advocate. [volume] (Timber Lake, S.D.) 1910-1913, 1912-01-12
NO MORE.

'Does your husband ever lose his
temper?"
''Not any more. He lost it perma-
nently about two years after our
marriage"
Dewey County advocate. [volume] (Timber Lake, S.D.) 1910-1913, 1912-01-12
sIeN.

'SThat's a miser's garden"
"Why"
"Because it is full of moneywort
and marygold."
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1912-02-23

Heated three times over. There are
three districts, each equal in area to
Wenatchee, which have fertile soil
enough to produce fruits and grains
of it's capacity"
"The Indians of that country have
called the Okanogan lake district THE
California of the North" The climate
Is mild and somewhat similar to that
of Puget Sound, since it Is affected by
the warm winds of the Japan current
also. The elevation is only about 900
feet and the warm winds come through
the low mountain country traversed
by the railways.
''The dry lands can be easily irrigat-
ed and the inhabitants are working
for increased irrigation, aside from
that Of the government project. Gov.
Hay. who made trip through the val
ley some time ago, is credited with
saying, while passing along the shores
of OsOyoOs lake, that nowhere else In
the state had he seen such cOmb1na-
tiOn OF orchard tracts, home sites and
summer resorts. One orchard there has
been bearing apples for forty years.
When OrOville shall become next door
to Bellingham" Mr.. Work premises
that local business men will own Or
chards and summer resorts there, just
as Portland business men now own
fruit lands near Ashland and Medford.
Ore. although $40 miles away.
1T is hoped by the Chamber officials
that the business men of Bellingham
will invade this territory. which Pres
ident Mead says, "'should belong to
Bellingham.'