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Protect the Country From Cheap Foreign Goods

runs, and is overf1owing with gold. The
rest of the world. it is apprehended.
will, by every trick and device OF trade,
attempt to rebuild its broken fortunes
at the cost of the people of the United
States.
Laws to prohibit dumping have been
passed in Canada. South Africa and
Australia These laws are being stud
led in Washington Meanwhile. Secre-
tary Redfield of the Department of
Commerce. Chairman Davies of the fed
eral trade commission and DIR. Pratt
and his staff of experts are combing
the earth for pertinent information.
The dye industry has given them solid
foundation on which to build their fab
ric of general facts.
1t has been learned, for instance, that
certain color which was made in this
country and sold for so cents 4 pound,
both by the American producer and the
German monopoly, was suddenly cut to
16 cents a pound by the foreign manu-
facturers. This occurred before the
war. The object of the German mo
nopoly was to close the American fac
tory, after which, of course. the old
price of the color would have been re-
stored. and. perhaps, increased.
"At the opening of the war in Eu
rope" Dr. Pratt told me, Germany
tually controlled the markets of the
world in the coal tar chemical indus
try. This was so in face of the fact that
the industry was really founded by
Sir William H. Perkins. the British
chemist, who at the age of eighteen
learned that coal tar could be turned
into the beautiful reddish-purple dye
now known as mauve.
Americans often speak of the skill
fully organized industries in their own
country. l venture to say. however,
that the German coal tar chemical in
dustry is the most highly and COM
pletely organized industry on earth.
There are twenty-one dyestuff fac
tories in Germany, dominated by six
concerns, a which are employed hum
dreds of educated chemists and thou
sands of workers. The twenty-one fac
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teeth and began to fight. He served
notice that he would veto any bill, ap-
preparation bills included. that con-
tanned an emergency clause that did
not belong there. The legislature was
compelled to climb down.
But this early precedent, it might be
noted does not commit the senator,
now that he is a senator, to the the
ory that the executive will always
should predominant over the Legislative
will Senator Chamberlain is not
enough of a partisan always to defer to
party leadership.
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SENATOR GEORGE e. CHAMBERLAIN OF OREGON.

Thus. last year, he was found arrayed
against the President and the major
ity of his party on the subject of Pan
anna canal tolls. He was opposed to re-
pealing the free tolls provision for
coastwise ships. And on other matters
of legislation he has been found from
time to time arrayed against the lead
ership of his party.
ness. however, he is heartily in SYM
pathy with any policy which will So
cure system of adequate defense.
While never a military, man himself, he
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,,,,.., NJ, -. o,no,.s - a,,r,nI,r
the d,,n,ninpr of things and Of human
beings why prohibit the dumping of
hose. underwear, pig-iron, dyestuns.
chemicais ana What NOT ana permit
the dumping or two workers Tor every
Job.
we nave neen deleated IN our al
temptS TO stop .he dumping OF men on
our shores, aeLea,eu oS 'hree Isl
aents' o,iss after the otuer, "nose We
,oes hulined lne actiohs OF Iohsress. s
ou. we snati worn o' anu oii u'i'ii VIC
arr .en., suoostut. .t, rs 10
ia a :, ~ s;ns 80, ,,,;,t,, 81 -
, Uu 50 ~ a,,thnaot.ir,, - ~ trovhIe
up ~ ..e ou .r,anHan 49, auena5
~ rIo;s n,.,, ~, asa,se ~ ~
he nfsansa ~ sayine that they
too,, that ,,a.ns ~ riddinS themselves
~ srnI,s tbav could not sell at
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Chamberlain Chairman the Senate Committee Military
- Affairs Upper Chamber Make Effective the Plans
Be Politician Who Knows How Get Things Don-o
interviewer He Properly the Nation Land
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w the Markets Flooded With Chy Produced For
Goods After the WarDng Be Big Congress This WnterMost
Pracced Effort Establish Monopoly
of
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turbed-that is, not often-for his tenn
permanent is sunny, although his init
mates say that there have been occa-
stons when his temper rises above his
temperament; but ordinarily he keeps
that temper well IN hand. Convictions
he has a-plenty, but he is always will
ing to consider the other fellows point
of View.
X
Observe his face. BY the way, one
may observe very much more of his
face now than last winter, for during
the summer he removed a huge and or
nate mustache. 1t is a pleasant. kindly
face. with a multitude of little lines
about the eyes and a habit of smiling.
There is character. too, there; and also
determination and even pugnacity,
though the senator's disposition cannot
be said to be pugnacious. Still, when
he has to. he will fight. though in poll
ties he prefers less brutal methods.
To put il briefly, Senator Chamber
lain is a shrewd politician In the best
sense of the word. with remarkable
capacity for accomplishing in politics
that which he starts out to accomplish.
A man of high ideals, of unimpeacha BILE
personal integrity, with a constitution
al leaning toward reform, and an abtd-
ing faith in the ability of the people to
chance. he IS neither a radical nor an
extreme conservative.
lie Is not one Of those who want to
revolutionize the body polite all at
once. the slower but surer methods of
educating an electorate to demand
something appeals to him as the best
way.
OF the west. western. is this chair
ma of the Senate committee on mill
tarv affairs representative Of the yiril-
an RI NFityn ff h. "A
pered in character BY the conservatism
of the south a study of his career re
veals curious blending of the essen
tials of the southern and the western
politician
For example your average southerner
In national life received his early edu-
cation in private schools and then was
graduated from some southern univer-
sity Almost invariably YOU will find
thar at an early period in his career
the westerner taught school in some ru-
raj western community ana there laid
the foundation for his political sue
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has always been interested in military
matters.
AS Governor of oregon he brought the
National Guard of his state to a high
cured from the War Department much
praise. When he entered the Senate he
got himself made member of the COM
mittee on military affairS-that was in
the days when the republicans We're in
the majorty-and he took such n keen
interest in the subject that when the
democrats took control he was made
chairman of the committee.
+
OF course this is not his only interest
in the Senate. He is member of the
powerful committees on appropriations
and commerce. of the committee on
public lands, of the committee on terri
tories and of the committee on the re-
vision of the laws, but military affairs
are particularly close to him.
Fresh from a conference with Secre-
tary Garrison and Chairman Hay, Sen
ator Chamberlain came into his Office
the other day and sat down to talk to
an interviewer.
'Of course" said he in reply to some
preliminary questions, true national
defense involves consideration of
both land and sea forces, rather than
merely one OF them, Tor the navy is our
first line of defense. But, for the pur-
poses of this conversation, let US talk
only of land defenses.
"First of all. consider the Philippines
Hawaii and the canal. These are our
outposts in one aspect; in another as
pect they are the pational possessions
that have removed us from our old po-
sition of isolation. They form the link
between us and the other great nations
of the world. Obviously in any war
against us at least one Of them would
be the first object of attack.
"If. for example. the fleet was divided
between our coasts, very little dyna-
mite placed in one of the locks of the
Panama canal would result in reduc-
ing naval force by one-haR Or, if
the attack came from the side on which
the fleet was not that same destruction
of a lock would render the navy prac
tically powerlesS.
Hence, in any scheme of national
land defense we must first look to the
defenses of these three strategic out
posts. We must maintain the defenses
of those three places ever at practical
ly war strength. In the event of war
no opportunity would be offered to send
reinforcementS to them.
"In order properly to garrison the de-
fenses of those places we have to re-
duce the mobile and immobile army on
this continent, so that the next essen
tial step is to increase the regular
army Such an increase should be to a
minimum Of 10000 men. That would
leave US on this continent from 10000
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SN]oR four weeks past-ever since
IN he returned to Washington from
his western home Senator
George Earle Chamberlain of
oregon, chairman of the Senate COM
mittee on military affairs. has been
much in the public eye. For many
weeks to come he is TO remain there.
Upon him is the responsibility of put
ting through the upper house of the
national Congress that portion of the
administrators program for military
preparedness that has to do with the
land defenses.
Executive officers of the government
may formulate administration policies
and programs. but only the actions of
the Senate and House of Representa-
tives can make those policies and pro-
grams effective. There are Sc senators
of the United States and i35 represent
atiyes- Every one of these 53l gentle
men is prone TO cherish the belief that
ne can improve upon any program or
policy offered by an executive oft1cer.
The task of getting them to reconcile
their notions and to do effective team
work is that Of the chairman. in each
house, OF the committee having the
particular policy or program in hand.
This is why the President summoned
to Washington last month Senator
Chamberlain and Representative James
Hay of Virginia. the latter being chair
man OF the House committee on mill
tary affairs. These two gentlemen,
working with Secretary Garrison, are
preparing the legislation which is TO be
introduced.
AJways IN matters of legislation
there is a gap between what one wants
and what one get. The human
equation always must be taken into
consideration. And the human equa-
tion is something to which in his career
Senator Chamberlain has given much
thought and attention.
There are few things bout the human
equation which he does not know
Which may account for the success he
has achieved in politics. Also IL gives
promise that what eventually goes
through the Senate in the shape Of
military legislation will contain In II
very much OF what Senator Chamber
lain wants.
ON the face Of things. vast amount
of trouble faces Senator Chamberlain.
Senators, rule. are opinionated, and
among Senator Chamberlain's fellow
senators there is great variety Of
opinion on military subjects There are
whatsoever. and those who believe that
little bit of preparedness will do quite
well Some, in fact, have no sympath ).
whatever with the administration mill
tary program.
But the chairman OF the Senate com
mfttee on military affairs has a record
of doing the seemingly impossible.
Once. when Governor of Oregon. he had
a republican legislature-which didn't
like any one of the few hairs IN his
head-eating out of his hand. as IT
were. He compelled II to do what he
wanted II to do. Later, when he con-
cluded that he belonged to the United
States Senate. another republican leg
islature elected him, democrat. to that
body. A little thing like securing Il
military policy for the nation ought
not to bother such a man,
Like most men who have devoted time
to the study of the human equation,
Senator Cha m berlain is a philosopher.
He has a calm. kindly and humorous
outlook on life. He does not get per-
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best method of securing these reserves
is to require military training in all
schools and colleges that receive aid
from the national government. and also.
through the cooperation of the states,
to require compulsory military train
ing in the common schools.
Just as our schools are presumed
to train the youth of the land in civic
duties, SO should they train in military
duties. that they may be efficient in
the military defense of the country
should the need ever come.
-
while the national government has
no control over the common school Sys-
TENS of the several states, l believe that
such a scheme of training is perfectly
practicable on a cooperative basis, ex-
actly as the national and the state gov
ernments cooperate in the maintenance
of the National Guard.
IF the national government will say
to the states. If you will establish MILL
tary education in your common schools
we will furnish you with the necessary
arms and equipment and instructors |
feel certain that at once the great ma
jority of the states-and ultimately all
will agree.
Opposition to the esta blishment of
on the thought that it will inculcate the
spirit of militarism. For a number of
years in just this manner military
training has been carried on in the
state agricultural colleges that receive
federal aid, and it has had no effect
whatever of creating spirit of militar-
ism. Ninety-nine per cent of the young
men who receive that training never
follow military pursuits after their
graduation TheS go back to the farm
or elsewhere in civil life, better men
and better citizens for the training.
The Swiss and Australian systems of
military training in schools and col
leges are somewhat along the lines
suggested by me here. In those
countries youths and young men re-
ceive primary lessons in military train
ing in the schools, so that when they
are eighteen or twenty years old they
are physically well developed. have
learned the discipline of soldiers and
are prepared, when their country calls,
to go out with a reasonable knowledge
of what the duties of a soldier are.
The efficiency of the Swiss system is
shown in the mobilization of $4,000
men last year. These men all were call
ed from civil life. No one contends that
military spirit exists in Switzerland,
but Switzerland is none the less prepar-
ed Her people have the patriotically
martial, but not the military, spirit. And
that is what our people should have"
ASHMUN BROWN.
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chased this very day. regardless of the
war, in London and Paris for less
money than in the United States 1t Is
the same with sewing machines and
bicycles. / might say that everything
American. including porterhouse steak
and bacon, is reduced in price for the
export trade.
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0N RHAT is dumping" 1t is
MANI big and an ugly word. and
TN may mean a battle to the
death or a sullen and re-
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After having carefully sized UP the
situation and learned that the majority
was not sufficient to pass anything over
his veto, Gov. Chamberlain showed his
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/25 Babes VIII
Re Sho;Dn at Fair
Registration TO Continue all Dav
Mon 1oy at State Fair
Grounds

When thu registration bureau of the
Better Babies Contest closed for tho
day al O'clock Yesterday afternoon
the total number OF entrants for the
Sn"oNy- ookums show at the state
rIir was 10.
The entries ave limited to 100 in each
~ tn" three classes. The first class
Is for babies of from six months to
on" year. c's"rond for babies of from
On" 70 two Years and tho third for
lh"s" not under two nor more than
'hr"" gears old. The babies viii he
"Nainiucd for physical Developments
condition of teeth. eyes. cars. nostriis
ANA throat, their mental dovclopmcut
Hnd dispositions one gold medal. four
bronze medals mud nine diplomas are
/" be awarded 10 the winning babies
ono. OF the reasons for the small
number OF entries to this time is be-
heN"d to he "A false impression formed
by mothers that an entrance fee is
enacted by the registration committees
IT whirh Mrs. William Gimmen 10
chairman.
There is no fec of any kind" Mrs
Gimncil said Yesterday The mothers
az" not pat to . penny Of cxpcuso i'm
entering their babies for the contest
Nn impression 10 the contrary. however
mas been formed and Il has tended to
Keep some of tho mothers away from
:, VINO would have otherwise entered
their babies III the competition. 1t is
not too late 10 register. Mothers living
in other cities or counties may register
by making application TO this commit
tee or TO pr. w. y. rl"Cker Registrar of
Vital Statistics. of tho state Health
Department through the. MAILS.
y New York City baby was, Registered
in the three -ycar-oid class Yesterday
He is Albert e Chamhcrlaync Jr, one
Of tho finest and hcalthicst specimens
IF the physical ana mental infant vet
listcd Litt!c Albert was brought to
the bureau for examination by his par
ontS. who are exceedingly proud OF him
I'll" father explained that the babv's
parents were greatly interested in tho
work undertaken. by the Federation of
Mothers Clubs, and they were anxious
10 have tho Virginia doctors pass upon
their offspring's physical points and
mental development for the educational
advantage in baby-raisinS they would
thereby derive.
Assisting Mrs. Cimmcll ut the regis
tralion bureau Yesterday were: Mes
DANES r II webb, j. L. Spicrs l.. r.
Iorner and Reynolds.
The State Health Department has is
sued special bulletin Of fifteen pages
N the Interest Of tho Better Babies
movement. under the caption The
Mother and the Child," which will be
extensively circulated Il contains sp"-
cial suese.tions for the care OF Vir-
"inia babies whose births arc recorded
in the archives OF the state.
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BOY SCOUTS TO GIVE
DAILY DEMONS RATIONS

The Boy Scouts OF Richmond will he
much in evidence at the Virginia state
Fair this week. Never before has such
generous space been allotted the Scouts
as has been given over for their use
this year. The big exhibit ring, form
erly used for demonstrations and OK
hibits. has been turned over to them
for their exclusive use and the number
of blcacher seats to be erected lust
opposite VIII give the public an ex-
ccllcnt opportunity 10 see just what
the Scouts are doing.
y regular camp will he erected. con-
sistinS of six or eight tents, hunks,
flag pole. Scout signs and other
paraphcrnalia that 70 TO make up a
Scout camp. y large sign, six by
nine feet. is in course Of construction,
bearing the words Boy Scout Head
quarters" First-aid tents Will be
erected ut several places on the
grounds.
DIR. j. y. G. Chandler, superintendent
OF city schools, will issue Il permit to
each Scout to he absent from school
one day during the week. provided the
scoutmasters notify him in writing
that sucn absence is desired
The troops throughout the city have
been divided as equally rs possible for
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been provided by the directors ami
rI"LagcrS. Nothing has been lett un-
10. 10 safeguard life and property In
the buildings and on the grounds
Police headquarters has been estab-
lishcd in the building east of the main
entrance to the grounds. 4 large de-
tachment of uniformed police from the
Richmond department will cooperate
with the special police of the State
Fair Association in policing the
grounds and buildings.
y fully equipped hospital, with a
corrs of physicians and surgeons and
an emergency ambulance, has been
established near the head of Wahoo
Lane on the road sll;rtinE the race
course
Fire Chief Joynes will send several
pieces of flame fighting apparatus,
each with = fun crew of iircmcn, to
the grounds to-day, to remain there
until next Saturday midnight
The gates OF the state Fair will be
opened promptly At s O'Clock each
morning during the week and will not
hc closed until 1870 at night The
shows on Wahoo Lane will he open
from 10 O'Clock in the morning to IL
al night.
The registration bureau of the better
babies contest, which will bc n feature
of the fair. has been transferred from
the Capitol Building to the Fair
Grounds. Mothers who desire TO have
their babies registered for the Smoky
o"kuns" show. which begins next
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GIRLS CANNING CLUBS
WILL HAVE LARGE EXHIBIT

The exhibit of the Girls Canning
Clubs of Virginia at the State Fair is
all In place. and this years layout is
undoubtedly the best they have
brought forth. In the first place. tho
girls themselves are more enthusiastic
than ever before, and both the girls
ana the county agents. with good prod
ucts and more of them to work on.
ana with better seasons in which to
DO the work were better prepared to
snow the great things they were capa-
Bile of doing.
In the second place. this year tho
mothers. aunts and older sisters have
insisted upon having a share in these
advantages given the girls. and so they
nave exhibits, too, but not OF canned
goods They arc showing home made
convenienccs. labor-saving devices. So
lected menus and other things. with n
view to interesting women generally
In Improvement and DEVELOPMENT or
home life.
There are many things of interest to
women in this homo demonstration ex-
hibit. because now the canning club Is
known as n part OF the home demon
stration work
AS the supervising agents have been
visiting the county and district fairs.
selecting goods to he sent TO the state
Fair, and awarding prizes given in tho
county, they have been struck viii, the
fact that the girls who spent ten days
at HarrisonburG Normal last summer
arc taking the best county prizes This
goes TO show what ten days intensive
work will do.
Another interesting exhibit this year
VIII be special Christmas boxes or bas-
kcts OF preserves jellics and canned
fruit. some girls arc planning 10 make
Il specially of that.
Each afternoon, save Monday, there
VII he demonstrations of canning.
jelly making. use OF drclesS cooker and
iceless refrigerator.
Altogether" says Miss Agncw. the
state agent. this Is our best year, and
We want our friends to como and re-
joicc with us"
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In holding back largo crowds. especial
ly In case OF accidents. Tho public
knows what that means by long OK
pericnce.
Each afternoon ut 4 o'clock there
Will be given demonstration of Scout
work, embracing stretcher drill, sema-
phorc and Morse signaling, bandag-
Ing, FIRST aid, modifying. fire making.
showing the old Indian fashion by
rubbing sticks; pyramid building and
many other things. This demonstra-
ton Is intended to give the general
public an idea of just what the Scouts
practice.
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each day Of the week. The Scouts
will report at the Boulevard gate at
?:45 o'clock each morning in uniform,
fully equipped FOR scout duty and
demonstration. Promptly NJ that time
the scout executive. who has made nil
arrangements with General MANAGER.
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Warwick. OF tho Fair Association, to
admit the boys, Will meet the troops
and pass them through the gate TO the
Scout ring.
The Scouts will be assigned at head
quarters To regular duty. They will
take care of any case OF first-aid to
the injured, which may come TO their
attention, and he Of general assistance
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Tuesday, will he accommodated by Mrs.
William Gimmeli and her assistants to-
morrow morning from 10 to IL O'clock
and in the afternoon from 3 to ;.
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STATE FAIR OPENS
GATES TOMORROW

fCo0tIT"od fToW First Paro.)
fui Minnie Wawa and tho Beauty and
thc Feast show.
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scenes on grounds OF Virginia state
fa!r Association. where MI is In rcudi-
ness Tor opening Of the Tenth Annual
fhir t0-norruw morning. While
cattic VIII he shown this yenr. the ca-
hthits or horses and of poultry
thusunIiy good. mud the displays made
ny the Boys Corn Clubs and the Girls
Canning Clubs are attracting nttcn-
Einin.