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sumer almost universally supposed
that this guarantee was given by the
United States department OF agricul-
ture.
His idea was that the article in
question had been carefully exam.
ined az the department. round TO com
ply in every respect with the require
ments OF the law and that the govern
ment itself was behind the guar
antee.
This phraseology later had TO be al
tered SO that each statement would be
SO worded as TO plainly indicate that
the guarantor was the manufactures
and not the government Official. But
We find tho minds OF a vast number OF
persons still holding TO the idea that
the guarantee upon the label Is backed
by he government
Nothing could be further from the
truth. No questions are asked OF
those who seek a guarantee number
other than the establishment OF the
fact that they are bona fide corpor-
alton or association doing real bush
ness and responsible for any act
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'<,ifson Gardner. Philadelphia. Prac.
c1lly az. ne remaining delegates are
edsed TO Roosevelt.
which shows how much the Repub-
F. ban voters want Taft.
The elimination of Taft. which has
len brought about by the Roosevelt
cfories In Illinois, Pennsylvania, Ne
.neka and Oregon, has revived the
Ik OF a compromise. OF course, this
III comes entirely from the Tart
[|rnp. Before Nebraska and Oregon
Ma held their primaries an emissary
/nm the Taft camp came to Roose-
| IN and offered terms. A compromise
|ndidate. preferably Hughes, and IS
h cent Of the Roosevelt platform
LIS the offer.
.Nyself as candidate and 100 per
IL Of my platform" was Rooseyelts
||sUer.
The above incident throws light on
s state Of mind which prevails
s >onr the practical politicians. Ttov
~ ceased to figure Taft as prob
IA nominee and are looking -Or me
{ II terms Of surrender. The inter-
IL the platform will suggest TO
discriminating reader that me
<|osary was q man from New YORK
& mr. removed from Mr.. Barnes. II
f |n the platform that the New York
+ *rd are chiefly interested and they
+ Mid like to surrender on the IS per
~ basis.
. ma how Mr.. Taft's official elimina-
"a win be brought about Is not yet
lain. His following have hoped to
f N him in the race for purposes OF
4 noromise and in the hope that
|k&lock might be brought about
' nm would force Roosevelt to with
4 Nv In favor Of some man IKE
4 |<hes. This plan is becoming daily
f. impossible. Returns from the
1 1rldential primary states are over
&1mingly convincing to the prac-
"a politician, and this astute gentle
' |n has already begun to look for
best way to save his own polltl-
NE. The very fact that Tafts
<oorters are talking compromise mas
<fed a general movement to the
ming side.
III really makes no difference now,
n Senator Dixon, whether Presi-
~ Taft retiresoor waits TO be re-
"a He is no longer possibility.
nnfional convention is supposed TO
>e and execute the will OF the vot-
81 the party. No convention can
IRE verdicts of states like Illinois,
.nrylvania, Nebraska and Oregon.
|coe we are TO assume that the Chr
81 Convention is made up of Bed
<Ifes. we must assume that Roose-
win be. the Republican nominee
PRESIDENT"
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MANY PEOPLE ARE FOOLED BY "PURE
FOOD LA WGUARANTEEr ON GOODS THEY BUY

phrase showing its nature and pur-
pose.
In order. Therefore. to establish a
guarantee once FOR alla manuiactur.
or has the privilege OF filling guar
aafee In due form in the department
OF agriculture that the goods on sale
comply with the requirements OF the
Food and Drugs Act. Thus, by print
Ing this fact upon the label, together
with the number assigned. all further
trouble respecting the securing OF the
guarantee would be avoided
Unfortunately. this plan, which was
conceived with the most worthy mo-
tive 10 aid the manufactures and pro,
tee, the dealer from whom the article
was purchased was almost universally
misinterpreted by the consumer.
When he read upon the label guar
anteed under the Pure Food and
Drugs Act. Serial No. -" the con-
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Your 500, 900 Employees

The half million servant, Of Uncle Sam & Co.
arc as much your servant, as any other mans.
AS partner in the concern you should know
what they are doing
II you ever feel critical toward your Govern
ment. be it administered by Democrats or
Republicans, or any other party that may rise
to power, remember few facts about this
working organization Of yours
Covering period Of generation, the Amer
can Government has practced methods and
system. so efficient. and has employed men so
able that the greatest business men have learned
from it; the greatest banks have copied from it !;
the greatest scientists and universities are using
and teaching principles which il has discovered;
other countries are trying to follow il.
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BY DIR. HARVEY w. WHEY.

BY DIR. HARVEY W. WILEY.
WASHINGTON April 27.-What is
a serial number and what does IL
mean? Taking that as his text DR.
Harvey w. Wiley. the former chief
chemist OF the government, writes the
following article for The Times:
The food and drugs act provides that
no dealer shall be prosecuted who es--
tablishes q guarantee OF purity ana
compliance with the law from the
manufacturer, the wholesale dealer or
other person selling the goods.
In order TO facilitate he giving OF
such guarantees those charged with
the formation of the regulations for
the enforcement OF the Food ana
Drugs Act conceived the idea OF sim
pllfying the matter by issuing 10 man
ufacturers and wholesale dealers and
others guarantee numbers which would
be printed upon the article with a
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Pointed Paragraphs

BE kiss at leisure may be worth
lon IN haste.
|>on after marriage n girls brain
.>4 10 be n = dream factory. ~
bad citizen is one whose room Is
/<erablc to his company.
many queer things happen now
X<x that miracles arc cor>ldcred
NJ number.
"a 40 a man makes love 10 her
1nn may not care whether ne
<n> Al or not
|hcn the photographer tells you 70
& rlearapt AZ Is ur 20 you TO change
~ face.
<nofor LaFollettc's boor, seems TO
@ had a self starter, but no ade-
~ powcr plant. '
<cr@ II not for the lazy men In me
X<1 lots OF labor-saying devices
IA never have been Invented.
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Unique Endorsements

Nothing else that can be said about this book
carries half the weight Of those Endorsements
you see in the column to the right. The Presi-
dent read the chapter on the Presidency. and
then wrote: Ut is interesting and accurate
And 90 from the Government ranks Of Demo
Gratis and Republicans, endorsements covering
every statement in this book were forthcoming.
II you would know what each arm Of the
Government is doing. and how il does it. read
this book
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A Unique Author and Book

Frederic ]. Ha.kin in his book. The American
Government has written a unique story Of
Unele Sam and his 10000. 900 partners.
For years at Washington. and elsewhere. Mr..
Haskn has been equally the friend Of Democrat
and Republican. He has been observing and
studying a, from mountain top. the machinery
Of the Government. from the chief coz IN the
White House. down to the smallest wheel IN
that machinery.
So accurate has he been in writing his stimulai.
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Unique Illustrations

Don't look for stereotyped picture, in this book.
Il contains illustrations never seen before. be-
cause Barney NJ Cinedinst, the Court Photo
gapher Of America. took them especially for
this work. There IS machine that destroys.a
million dollars at CLIP. CGnednst has caught
It at work. Another that tests the steel used
in the Panama Canal. had to pose for him.
The many other pictures are equa"y interesting.
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,DDs AND ENDS OF
+ I'ODAY'S NEWS RY WIRE

IA HTfrN0TON--An aeroplane fleet
81 ~ chimes n asked by Secretary
<.r Rfimson that the United States
keep up with other powers in
"a war Preparations.
Pa.-David A. Will
~ london. Eng. survivor OF the
~ lost Sill that was left of his
~4vInrs. on the street here, after
@nIIv guarding n when he jump
om the wrecked ship.
-<ICH-The sheath skirt is ruin
<&male figures. stunting develop
and producing n race OF knock
Women. says DR.. Karl Francke.
@1nInent physician.
rKFN BOW. Neb.--A little coun-
hocIhouse. ~ children and the
~ we're picked up bodily by a
az carried half a mile and de-
@1 IN wheat field. Only one
&1IIINGToN---After 20 years at
1uI stanley Lord could not stand
1r&InR OF a Pullman coach COM
<om Boston 90 the senate Titanic
~ Ne became -seasick."
#I||<CTON--The capital city r.
.<1fr that .sthe man IN the moon
1|@ nose every time he passes
xorId's Purity Federation
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The Partnership Made Clear

MIR. Haskin doesn't merely tell you that il costs
a billion dollars year to keep Uncle Sam &
Co. going. but he traces clearly how it comes
back to you.
The list Of your benefits as stockholder in
Uncle Sam & Co. would hI this newspaper i
printed IN full
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Before publication the several chapters
Of the book "The american Govern
ment," by Frederic J. Haskin, were
read and approved BY the following
authorities:
Approved By william n. Taft
Pr.sid.nt Of the u.tsd States
r. The Dep.rtm..t Of State
Approved By Philasdsr c. Knox
Secretary Il State
,. The Treasury Department
Approved By Frankln M.evsssh
n Secretary q he Treasury
Z. The Army
Ckef Of StaH
{. II. Navy
VI Approved BY Rear Aan1 Z. W.i.vrisk
Aid fer opsr.te.s
Approved By Frank H. HiteAeeek
Psstnaasr cs.s-l
7.I tn. Interior Department.
Approved BY Canni A. 1honpses
Acting Secretary Il IL i.isrsr
0. III. Patent offie.
Approved By Edward D. Moor.
cs..isis.sr Il Psa.sh
o. The Geological Survey
Approved By Henry c. RiIer
Acting Drsetss
10. The Department Of Agriculture
Approved BY James Wilson
Secretary sf Asieshus
II. The Weather Bureau
Approved By Willis L. Moore
Cid Of The Weather Bsr...
Approved BY Charles kagsl
SECRETARY Of csnnsres and Lb.s
Approved By {. Dan. Drr.nd
Drsessr II The Cs,sss
-. The Bur..u Of Standards
Approved BY 5. W. Strattos
Dir,efsr
Is. The Public Health
Approved By Dr.. Harvey ". Wiley
Gid sfths Bsr..s Of cAsnisry
Approved By DR.. Walter wyman
Ssrrssa cssersl sf The Public H.ahA al
msrns Hsspt.l Service
l6. The smith.oni.n Institution
Approved By Richard Rsthbss
Aekss Secretary
~. The Pan.n. Canal
Chairman ard Chef Essiss.r
Approved BY Jsdson c. Clements
Chsir.ss
10. Our In.sl.r Pes.ss.ions
Approved BY Brig. -Ces. c. r. Edward,
clsf sf he Bsr..a Il lassl.r Affairs
20. How consrs.. Lssi.l.te.
Approved BY Senator Thomas S. Martin
cA.ir-ss D--ser.ds cs.fu.ses
n. The House Of Representative
Approved By Champ Clark
Approved By James s. Sherms.
\ Nes-Pr,siSsst q Il. United Stats.
z3.1 The Library Of Congress.
Approved BY Herbert Putnam
LAr.i.s
"a. III. Government Printing Offye.
Approved By Samuel B. DouneTy
PahEe Prisfsr
Approved By John c. Bl.ek
, Pr..idsst Civil Services c..-i..i..
zs. The suprem. Court
Approved By James H. Mekennsy
csrk Il he s-prs-s c.-r 81 IL U.S.
n. othsr Federal ceurss
Approved By WHbsr s. Hi..s.
D.psU 0srt Il he U. s. cs...re. c.-,
"a. The Dep.rtment Of Justice
Approved By George ". Wicksrshs-
Atss..y csssr.l
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Dir.esss ces~.i
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The American Government
By Frederic J. Haskin
Shows Uncle Sam at Work

ing book, that Republican and Democrat alike
have said THAT is the true story Of the Amer
can Government
So skillfu has he been IN the handling Of the
mass Of facts which must necessarily accompany
any description Of our Government. that each
fact comes to you ike discovery. each page
reads almost like fiction.
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HOW TO GET THIS BOOK

educational euotT with
kin hndswT uv auahe book 81
oseutvec 0e page p from lie d p them ,hh @ of
ph0Ogsp take especially n I is N large yp o
ydon IN attractive durbe soc If
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The Secretary of
the Treasury says:
The Secretary offhe Treasury,
Washfaet0n,

The Secretary offhe Treasury,
Washington,
AsgESf rs, 1911
Mr.. Frederic I. Haskin,
Washington, d. c.
Ded, Mr.. RdSkiH..
hare had Jour article on the
Treasury DEPARTMENT very carefully
gore o1ey 6y those Uho are most 6om-
6etenf TO Judge of its accuracy and as
far as I hare had the time 7 hare gone
oDey the article myself. + am 1nliy
assured that ii IS accurate IN ITS state
meHfs
Win thanks for the OPPORTUNITY
yoE haze Afforded me TO jHdge Of the
matter before publication, 4 am,
Ve,y sincerely yours,
(SiTaedO Fyaaklia Mac H<agA
The Detroit times., 1912-04-29

Taft's election
as before seen
~ nearly all PEG.
lie TO be impos'
lble; now II is rec
gnized by the
est judges OF poll
q in Washington
lat his renomina-
on is quite as I'M
kelly.
Six pr m a r y
tates have recent
held elections.
hey have chosen
total OF 1876 dele
ltes. OF these
aft has eight, or
nich two are from
@ Lorimer dis
let in Chicago
d six from the
enrose district in
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uoTrI, uODGEs - SOLD.

PONTIAC, Mich. April 21,--Thc Ho-
Tel Hodges. since 1886 the ci:y's leading
hotel. has been sold 70 J, t. Brown
a, may be turned into business block.
Tha hotel was recently refused IL.
cense and after that the creditors OF
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TURNS FROM NEBRASKA
|ND oREGON FINAL BLOW TO
Tact FOR DENOMINATION
I've Revived Talk of Compro-
mise Among Warning Fac
lions in Republican Party
ONES FROM TAFT CAMP
Roosevelt Rejected Overtures
rom Emissary Recently, De-
clares Gibson Gardner

WASHINGTON, April 27.-The re-
rms from Nebraska and oregon, fol-
wing those from Illinois and Penn
'--eH'r .sr~ very near to settling
The Detroit times., 1912-04-29

benefit TO the consumer has been
great. and in his next article viii tell
how. Editor).
The Detroit times., 1912-04-29
THREE ENGINES TO ONE CITY BLOCK

Henry A. Thompson. who ran the no
tel sold the furniture and fixtures un-
der 'chattel mortgage.
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GAINESVILLE. Ohio-Tired OF atten-
tions paid 20 his hired girl" by GER
tain young men OF the village. John
Naylor. of stockport used the rawhide
on Jay Abbott and Fred Jenkins.
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Job Printing Dorr Right. Times
Printing Co. is John Rst
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Inc Att0rney-Ieneral Says:
Office Of the -4ftoyrcy, General.
Washington, ID. c.
august 22.. 1911
Frederic J. Hdskin.
Washington, ID. c.
Dear Sir.
4 haze LOOKED o1ey the draft of Jour
chapter on the Department Of /Estf6<, and
hare MADE one or tao pcneiicd SEgges-
irons on your manuscript Hifh modi-
fedfions IN accordance NTH these sngges-
Hons 4 Think Jour article nil be of con-
siderable interest 10 a large number Of
people Uho haze no real k1o1oiedge of
vhaf the Department Of ./nSti IS. a0s
glad to hare an opportunity 10 look Ho1ey.
YoHrS prry truly.
(SignedD George W. Wiekeysham,
attorney General
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-04-29

ducing sugar in this country from the
blow 1t will receive If this bill should
become a law. The producers Of
sugar get no encouragement from him
except the everlasting smile of assur-
ance that no business interests will
be affected by this radical revolution
of the policy of 1876 years under the
tariff on sugar; by this radical depar-
ture from the policy or every nation
under the sun, each of which has as
great or greater duty upon sugar than
the United States has now. Let them
no longer cite the act Of 1890 as a pre-
cedent for this action. We did not
play fast and loose" with the Trea-
sury Of the United States. We did
not make bill which created a deficit
in the revenues of $6O,OOO,OOO, and we
were careful to guard and protect the
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-04-29

gress. If you could write them on the
statute book now your fond hopes
would be turned into the ashes of
disappointment. And yet could
hardly wish you to get as overwhelm-
ing a defeat as We did following the
passage of the Mckinley bill when we
put sugar on the free list.
l rejoice in the bills that you have
offered and in the work which you
have done during this Congress. The
PEOPLE do not believe your empty pro
misses. They see that you are running
business; that your policy would de-
stroy not only the capitalist but the
labor interests of the country. The
people are becoming alarmed, and you
will hear and feel the rise OF indigna-
ton Of the people of the United
States in November next.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-04-29

sugar interests in the State of Loui-
siAna.
We gave them something besides a
smile and an assurance in words. We
gave them bounty fully equal to the
difference in cost.
Gentlemen Of the majority, you in
tended one OF two things when you
introduced these two bills, OF course,
you had no hope whatever that eth
err would become a law during this
Congress, and you put them in hoping
that they might help in the next pre-.
sidential election; and | am bound to
consider you as possessed with the
idea that if you should get the three
branches of the Government you
would enact into law not only these
two bills but all the other bills which
have been introduced in this Con
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-04-29

gentleman from Alabama was inter-
rupted in debate here by a colleague
(Mr. Clayton) and asked why he dia
not bring in a bill for free sugar, and
he said:
When we want to play fast and
loose with the Treasury of the United
States, we will bring in a bill for free
sugar"
It is currently reported that two
weeks ago the gentleman from Ala
bama wanted duty of cent a pound
on sugar, and he wanted an excise
tax of a quarter of cent pound.
He thinks he has discovered some
thing now whereby he can get $780,
100000 on an income tax, provided he
can get the Supreme Court of the
United States to follow out the decis-
ion of those two gentlemen who went
out from the committee to decide that
point, and so reverse themselves.
Whether they got the information in
the corridors of the House Office
Building or not, or wherever they got
it, they came back and reported that
there was no doubt of it's being con
stitutional, and hence they voted II
in. applause and laughter on the
Republican side)
The gentleman from Washington
(Mr. Warburton) is entitled to credit
if he desires it, but 1 want to
put in my claim that % years ago l
moved in committee to put sugar on
the free list, at time, Mr. Chairman,
when we did not have the magnifi-
cent sugar industry in this country
that we have today, and when the
sugar refiners did not ask for free
sugar and were not the only people
in the United States that seemed real
Is to want it. applause on the Re-
publican side.)
Mr. Chairman, it seems remarkable
how our Democratic friends simply
skim over the surface and give no
thought or study to the very import
ant questions connected with the ia,
Iiff and the revenue. They seem to
think that if it was justifiable in 1890
to put sugar on the free list, it is jus
tifiable today. They take no thought
whatever Of the changed conditions
that have come about in the produc-
ton and consumption of sugar in the
last % years. In 1890 we had revenue
laws that produced $100,000,000 an
nually and more surplus revenue. We
had used it in purchasing all the out
standing bonds in sight that could be
bought, at a high premium, and still
the revenue was coming in. The com
mittee looked about to cut out some
revenue producer in our revenue laws
that would Offset the greater part OF
this $100,000,000 and bring our rev
enues down more nearly to the point
of the demands that could legitimate
ly come upon them. Here was sugar
producing $4S,OOO,OOO annually Of rev.
enue, and by cutting that off, togeth
, er with other revenues cut out by the
bill, we largely accomplished the OBJ
ject. But today, so well balanced was
the tariff act of 1909, that the annua
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-04-29
SPEECH OF HON. SERENO f. PAYNE
ON THE FREE SUGAR BILL

Hon. Serene u. Payne of New York,
spoke as follows in the House on the
free sugar bill.
Allusion has been made to the fact
that sugar was made free by the Nc
Kinley bill some % years ago. | made
the motion in that committee to put
sugar on the free list, and did make
the remark read. What were the
facts? In 1890 we were producing
of Louisiana cane sugar 13O,413 tons.
We produced of beet sugar 2203 tons
only. We consumed about 100000
tons. So that we produced in this
country about 10 per cent of what we
consumed. Everybody knows in sob
er, reflective moments, and even the
other side would acknowledge, that
where we put a duty upon an article
and only 10 per cent of that article is
produced here it would have no appre-
clable effect on the price. l do not
mean the duty; I mean the produc-
ton. And / admitted then, as l admit
now, that under those circumstances
the duty was substantially added to
the price. What is the difference?
Mr.. Warburton-Mr. Chairman
Mr.. Payne-The boss" only allows
me five minutes, and l can not yield.
But Mr.. Chairman, what is the condi-
ton now? Why, we produce in
this country 1,711,OOO tons of sugar,
sugar that is free of duty, in this
country, and produced here, in Porto
Rico, and in the Hawaiian and Phi
lippine Islands.
We produce In this country, that
pays no duty, nearly half of the sugar
that we consume. Cuban sugar paid
only 80 per cent of the full duty. Only
$4,000 tons came from Europe and
paid the full duty Is there any gen.
tleman here so simple-minded as to
believe that that reduction has no
influence on the price? If so, let him
read the testimony before the Hard.
wick committee, that when the beet.
sugar crop came in it reduced the
price Of sugar, and when the Porto
Rican crop came in 1t reduced the
price of sugar, and when the crop
came in from Cuba, with 20 per
cent reduction of duty, it reduced the
price of sugar in this country and
reduced it below the price of foreign
sugar and the duty added. 1t has been
demonstrated by the Tariff Board that
the duty does not add to the price
where there is competition, and there
are cases in that report where not
half of the duty was added to the
price. But we are not in the same
position we were in 20 years ago
when the Republican party removed
Nthis duty and still kept UP ample pro-
lection by a 2-cent-per-pound bounty
paid to the producer. The gentleman
from Washington (Mr. Warburton)
and the gentleman from Alabama (Mr
Underwood) are quarreling over the
paternity Of this act.
Mr.. Warburton-May ask the gen
tleman a question?
Mr.. Payne-Why, Mr. Chairman,
remember only a short time ago the