The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1913-04-30
Although the Japanese-C Cali
lorna Irouoie Jets
Isl Some Good Space.


Is - tsPEeiAL TO TsE fELGsssai
L WASHINGTON, April 30.-There is
nothing Bhieh g q greater mystery TO
the average person than how the news
papers get their news, Here in wash
ington there are perhaps 400 or 500
Newspaper correspondents and report
ers who are constantly engaged in
gathering news 81 what Is going on
and also torecasilng What VIII come to
lpass. II would seem that there could
be nothing happening Of Importance
that they would not discover and re-
port to their papers, and yetion avery
recent date 200 men engaged in an
industry which a. the time was occupy
ing a large, place ID the public eye,
and which turns out product worth
some $Soe, 600. 900 annually, (ttis be-
ing q very unofficial estfmate,) met at
a hotel in this CITY, held several bust
ness meetings, and adjourned, without
one word about their presence here
being recorded in The newspapers.
The men composing the conysntlen
were not seeking notoriety, but they
were not especially trying tot avoid
it and they thought j. strange that
they We're overlooked 4
Tariff the One Topic
AM incident IKE this serves q en-
phasize the great interest that lis teie
in the tariff Congress and the presig
~dent-are so-much n-the -iimeAg6t that
other shingsi appear sof less soase-
T.qhehees than Usual. The JAPANESE
question and the consideration pf the
alien land law IN California would at
other times attract more attention
than they do now, although, the most
prominent place in the news columns
hassnow been preempted by the Cali
fofnia-Japaneses controversy. AT al
most any other time. much space
would be given to the coal strike in
West Virginia and the peaceful. settle
ment Of ltwhich seems now to he
! practically concluded, largely through
the sensible attitude Of the operators
whoseposition, thrpughout appears to
sad tgen D!ie seaggsS nisiepre-
sented and misunderstood. Even the,
Bulgarian Turkish war suffered a.
partial eclipse In the news because
iqh tho general IN est n tie tariff.
bilLntt1lGis GuplfsR III s4alo usls }
Senate Accepts Bill Iretst
!, ,TRe most iii pSrtS1t Development of.
the week iR he itaEiR way ne decision,
of the Senate leaders. TO put the tiaTift
bilfTthrough substantiallEt as II ID, IN
lighthouses Hearings or conferences
are being, held bs the Democratic
majority, ,ef. the Senate, finance COM
mlttee to3.allowt, senators to tell what
changes they think ought to be made.
r. nthe bill The wool, sugar lumber.
lemon, and some other schedules have
BEEN discussed. 1 tits claimed that the
duty ON lemons has brought In, $2,225,
900 in duty per annum and that me.
home Industry has grown 10 a point
where it can supply half of the de-
hand. hut that d crt' d. tw0sttirds in
the duty win practically drive the
home growers out of business. The
beet sugar men are IN despair, and, the
two Louisiana senators are ready TO
bolt the program If cane sugar is pnt
on the free list. The senator's from
wool states are Respondent but prob
ably will vote for the bill in the end.
IN short PresHeht Wilson seems to
hold all the cards an da bill e1nbodg4
ing his views Is sure to pass. nj
r. '.' . ~ Japan Sulks7
Reyerting to the determination Of
california to pass an alien land bill
great pressure was brought to bear
on the California legislature 70 pre-
pyent 1t from passing this measure, 1t,
being argued for'one thing that Japan
would retaliate by not making an ex-
hfbit atahe San Francisco exposition.
Lars Anderson, ambassador to Japan,
has been quoted as saying that Japan
would surely exhibit at San Diego in
1915 whether the bill passed or not.
In fact the'prospects for the San Diego
exposition are growing brighter every