Arizona sentinel and Yuma weekly examiner., 1913-07-10
EXAMINER REPORTER
 TELLS ALL THE NEWS
(By J. E. Jones.l

ilcan sources of the methods by wnicl
 the Democrats have framed curren
 cy bill in their secret caucuses, an,
 the effectual squelching by the Demo
 cratic majority of the more activ,
 opposition, as voiced by Representa-
 tive Smith bf Minnesota, Platt O
 New York, and Lindberg, Progressive
 also of Minnesota, a statement ha!
 been issued by Representative Garter
 Glass, which concerning much of the
 manner in which things are done iI
 our Congress. Glass states that w,
 legislate by parties in this country,
 and least he should be misunderstood
 he adds: Tt is right now up to the
 Democratic party to enact legislation or admit it's incompetency
 President "Gets the Style"
 When the white heat" struck Wash ington, the President blossomed forth in a complete raiment of white, and the result was magical. The Capital has always been partial to light colors in clothing, during the summer season, but this is the first time that the Pres ident has actually been the one to
 'set the style" Washington has blos- somed out in splendid white raiment, and the man who does not own a light colored suit of some kind is mot in it."
 Too Much for the "EditoriaI compre-
 hension"
 Secretary Daniels is the product of printery and while history is silent upon this point, yet it is probable that he has full knowledge of the intrica- cies of such things as the office tow el." MT. Daniels has an eye for nice things. and after looking over the rugs in the Navy Department decided to get some new garments for the office floors. Accordingly he ordered np cargo of samples, and made his choice. But when he found that the pretty oriental rugs were s2,OOO apiece, he threw up his hands and shouted: Mercy, take them away" or words to that effect. The old rugs will re- main.
 Good Roads Financing
 Former Senator Jonathan Bourne. jr.; Chairman of the joint Committee 1 on Federal aid in the construction of l postroads, has advanced a new plan for the raising of road construction funds. He would raise funds by sale of Federal per cent. bonds and the loaning of this money to the states on the security of their per cent. bonds, the difference in interest constituting a sinking fund which, with the com pound interest thereon at 8 per cent would amount to the face of the bonds in little less than fifty years.
 Fewer Saloons; More Whiskey
 The number of saloons in the United States during the fiscal year 1913 de creased 1S,000, leaving approximately 450,000 retail liquor dealers During the twelve months 143, 3,300, 900 gallons of whiskey were consumed. This is an increase of 7,3O0,0OO over 1907 Beer consumption was GA 800, 900 bar rels. Cigarette consumption reached ( B total of 14,0iz, 100000. Over 7,5OO,- ( DOG, 900 were smoked, and pipe smokers { lsed nearly 5,0o0,00o pounds.
 The Importance of the Banana (
 The latest storm that has broken Is over the heads of the framers of the I new tariff bill has been caused by [ he action of the majority members of he Senate Finance Committee in levy ( ng a tax of five cents on every bunch I ,f bananas imported into the country. IC To the senatorial mind the banana ( seemed a harmless and Rpresisting le subject of possible taxation. Learn ng that over 40,000.O00 punches of T he yellow-skinIed fruit are brought [ nto the country every year, they fig z 1red by simple process of malitiplica- t ion that duty of five cents a bunch S E01ld add $2,000,000 a year to the e oss resulting from the transfer of c many articles to the free list. Since e he plan was made public the Demo o ,ratic leaders have been hearing from t he country and have learned 10. bout bananas that they never knew 1 before. Through the Banana Buyers Association in New York and through members of their party in many parts If the country, they have been told t hat the banana is not luxury but o ] food product, that it is the only V ruit cheap enough to find a place in k he working mans dinner pail and t hat to increase the price by taxation a would contravene the chief object in E he revision of the tariff, the lowering fl if the cost of living. Moreover it ap- f ears that by failing to make dis E inction between different sized bun- s hes of the fruit the committee un- t r1rv g-.kz @A