Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1915-12-03

uIZlh8, IN making the number OF
country merchants fewer and poorer
as the years succeed one another.
Although congress will reassemble
In the next few weeks, the results OF
all this valuable research work, which
has been pursued in every portion OF
the country, still remains in the
mill" and there is nothing to indi-
cate that the grist is to be delivered
to those who have so carefully
watched for some action on the part
of the federal machine. Nowadays
we wonder why it took the govern
ment SO long to give the country the
parcel post, rural delivery, railroad
regulation, and a score of other i'm
portant Improvements, yet there is
Wondering like John Browns
body" the great proposition Of price
maintenance on standard goods, and
though Secretary Redfield said two
years ago that this was "a matter in
which every consumer is interested"
and that ut is important that the
subject should receive thoughtful
study, and this the bureau of corpo-
rations proposes to give to it," still
the results have not been reported,
and there are a whole lot of people
insisting that the country and con-
gress be furnished the results of the
federal investigations.
Those Classy Stripes.
An official of the postoffice depart
ment has given out the results of an
investigation as to the reason why
large quantities of mail bags sent to
South Amerira are never returned.
1t resulted in one instance in a dis
covery that progressive South Amer
lean merchant who runs the postoffice
had made a complete set of awnings
for his store out Of mail bag material.
In another case the rural mail carrier
in one South American country be-
came so fascinated with the striped
bags that he had his clothing made
from them. A couple Of long narrow
pouches made pair of trousers with
very little reconstruction, while a
somewhat wider one required only the
cutting of armholes to make an ex-
cellent sleeveless shirt. The letters
III. 8. Mail" stamped upon the mate
rial, he regarded as particularly eff
fective touch of decoration.
Getting . Line ON Theodore.
Let US quietly inform you that the
name Of Theodore Roosevelt will 60
upon the ballot at the first presiden-
tial state primary. to be held in Min
nesota, a. . candidate for the Repub-
licen nomination for president. There
10 .nrst-class evidence to the effect
that such an arrangement will be en-
tirely agreeable to Oyster Bays most
distinguished citizen.
Roper's Break.
Assistant Postmaster General Roper.
who suspended Burkitt. the Illinois
assistant postmaster, for his frank re-
marks regarding the presidents mat
rimonial intentions, 4, accomplished
one thing. and only one: He put
himself into the I'm Bad Club" 20
deep he will likely never get out.
Sugar Rellners AreeActiye.
Frank c. Lowry, OF the Federal
Sugar Refining company Of New
York 10 out with an attack on the
Democratic party because Of the 3D.
Manifestations decision, TO keep the
tariff on imported sugar. Lowry wa
familiar figure here in the exciting
days when the Underwood. tariff VA
in the making and was recognised u
the leader Of the big seaboard r.
hners In their fight to have the tarin
taken OF foreign-grown sugar. II
the investigation Of tariff lobbying
conducted by the senate at that time
Lowry testified that he had writer
| . pamphlet ON sugar. winding NJ
with an appeal to vote for Wilson
and Marshall. Of which million
copies were distributed BY the vii
SON campaign committee. and that b
had revised the chapter ON sugar II
the Democratic text book.
After they had won out In tn
tariff hight nothing was heard from
the refiners' camp until Secretar'
}, McAdoo's announcement recommend
ing the repeal of the free sugar law
Since then the Lowry forces have be
, come very active again. Apparentl
: they are playing for a big stake. 10
: those conversant with the sugar trad
} say that free sugar would put mill
: ions of dollars a year into the re
) finers' pockets. They point out tina
: during the last period of free an
; low duty sugar, in the early nine
i ties, the sugar trust increased II