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*0 # PAYS BOTH WAYS The Can some r Swindled by the Republican Prated ire Tar iff. AMERICAN CONSUMERS Hm* Lu Foot the Bill Going and Goinv tag?Necessities of Life Kxported to Kurti|H> and Then Brought Bark. Pacing Duties to Manufacturer? lalmiitii>N of the Turiflf. It will be recalled, says the Washington correspondent of the State, that in a recent Democratic national campaign it was shown that American made goods are shipped to Ku^ rope, and there, after the freight charges across the Atlantic ocean have been paid, sold at little moie thau half what is demanded of the consumer in the United States. The faat was used in the efTort to persuade the American people that the K^oblican tariff was robbing them. The? heeded not the argument but again entered the revision of the taric to the Republican party. But now there Is evidence to prove that some of the necessities of life are being shipped from this country where they are produced, to Europ?\ freight paid across the ocean, then purchased in Europe by American buyers, freight paid across the ocean again, and the tariff paid in addition, the goods being sent back to this country. In other words, the prices of some of the necessities of life in this country are so high that it Is cheaper to pay the tariff, plus the round trip freight across tho Atlantic, and buy the stuff in Europe, without and process of refinement or anything else entering into the matter. The trusts are so thoroughly "protected" that they make the American buyer pay freight across the Atlantic twice, plus a high tariff, and then pay a profit to the trusts. A Washington dealer in meats, In discussing tho reasons for the high and advancing prices of the goods which he handles, says: "It 1m not that there are no hogs. There are thousands. But the sup . . ... i ply Is regulated so tnat tno price win oar. I know bakers in this city who are now buying American made lard in Kurope, paying the duty, and bringing it here to use, for much less than they can buy the sume article la American markets at wuolesale \ "Just enough pork is allowed to be sold in the United States to keop up the prices. The remainder is shipped abroad and Bold at lowjr prices. The prices are regulated dally by the bosses of the situation, ami the American people pay whatever is asked." Some time ago, when the "tendollar hog ' was common, bacon was selling in Washington for 2^ cen's a pound. Now the price of hogs on the hoof is considerably lower than $10 per hundred pounds; but bacon is selling at 30 cents a pound. Washington dealers declare that tho beef trust simply controls the situation. It forces down the price of hogs, because it has to buy thorn from the farmers; and it forces lip tho price of meats, because it has to fsell them. Through the weapon of the Kopuolican protective turiff, the trusts simply nullify the naturul economic law of supply and demand, and :a Ds stead recognize no law except that of their own inordinate greed They force the farmer to take whatever they offer him for his pioducts, and they force the consume1' to pay whate.er they deiraud for their products This is the view of the dealer above quoted, and of others in this f city, and perhaps In every other city in the United States. Mr Taft has said that the Fayne-Aldrtch taritf law is the best ever enacted; and so it is for the trusts. FATAL STIUKK FIGHT. Strike Among Cigar Makers Growing Ileal Serious. At Tampa, Fla., J. F. Easterling, bookkeeper and office manager for niiatiii/i tiros, and Diaz, was shct and fatally wounded by a striker Wednesday afternoo-. as he stepped from k a street ear in front of the factory in West Tampa. The shot was fired by some member of a crowd of cigar makers across the street. Following the shooting of Kast^rling and the demonstration at the evening trains, where strikers tried to prevent cigar workers leavln; the city for other town3, where brant h factories have been established. Mayor McKay issued a proclamation calling on all peace-loving union men to assist In preserving order, and dedaring he will call out the milttla If necessary to preserve order. - | Made Water Haul. J Robbers forced an entrance Into be bank of Trenton, Ky., Thursday ! j night and got away with $100, all J In copper cents. The other funds in / the safe were not disturbed. WANTS TO MAKE TERMS TAFT HEARS THE VOICE OF THE PEOPLE AND OBEYS. With the Result of Recent Election Before llim He I>ecides to Invite All to Pie Counter?*. President Taft has decided that U ^ ...XII .. X Jl urrtauci ue win in:ui;iiuu I1U uis tinction as between Republican senators and representatives, whether "progressives" or "regulars," in the matter of federal pntronagfe. In other words, he will treat them all alike in- this respect. The president's views in regard *o the matter were made known in a letter made public Thursday by Charles D. Norton, his secretary, addressed to a Republican leader in Iowa, whose name is not disclosed. "He," says Secretary Norton, referring to President Toft, "will now follow the usual rule in Republican congressional districts and StateB and follow the recommendations made by Republican congressmen and senators of whatever shade of political opinion, only requiring that the men recommended shall bo good men, tl.e most competent and the best fitted for the particular oHlee." The letter in part follows: "While Republican legislation pending In congress was opposed by certian Republicans, the president felt it to be his duty to the party and to the country to withhold federal patronage from certain senators and congressmen who seemed to be in opposition to the administration's efforts to carry out the promises of the party platform. "That attitude, however, ended with the primary elections and nominating conventions which have been held, and in which the voters have had opportunity to declare themselves. The people have spoken as the nopfv fn/.nu 1 I ~1 I I'att j i?v,vo kliC Kill LMLXllUUH, lilt* question must be settled by Republicans of every shade of opinion, whether the differences of the last session shall be perpetuated or shall be forgotten.* "The president feels that the value of federal patronage has been greatly exaggerated, and that the refusal to grant it has probably been more useful to the men affected than the appointments would have been." After stating that "in the preliminary skirmishes in certain States like Iowa and elsewhere, he was willing, in the interest of what the leaders believed would lead to party success, to make certain discriminations." Mr. Norton then makes known the president's decision, above quoted. PKAKY WAS rtKATKN. The Eskimos Say Cook Did Heath the North Pole. A dispatch from Copenhagen, Denmark, says the Dnnish government steamer Hans Kgedo arrived there on Thursday with the news that John It. Bradley, the financial backer of I)r. Frederick A. Cook's North Polar expedition, was on his way to Etah to secure the much talked of records and instruments which Cook has said that he left at that Esquimo settlement northeast of Greenland. The captain of the steamer thinks that Cook is with Hradley but gives no particular reason for this belief. The Hans Egede, which is the vessel upon which the explorer traveled to civilization, fell in with a yacht at Godhaven, Greenland, and in the course of exchanges between the members learned that Hradley w.ts aboard the other craft. The Polar hunt promoter admitted his identity and explained that he was bound for Etah to recover whatever had been left there by l>r. Cook. He refused, however, to either deny of confirm the report that he was accompanied by the explorer. The government vessel also brings tho information that two missionaries who aro working among the Esquinios, who accompanied Cook on his expedition say that these Eskimos insist that the doctor reached tho North Pole, as he claims, prior to its discovery by Commander Peary. NKKIOIS niYKGE. Accused of Itohhing Hanks as Well ns Postofllces. At WItchlta, Kan., N. S. Rnaftzger, until a week ago president of the Fourth National hank, of the city; Frank S. Hurt, an ex-chlef of police of Witchlta and John Callahan, alleged leaders of a gang of bank and postofllce robbers were Indicted by a federal grand jury there on Wednesday on charges of conspiring against the government and receiving and disposing of $1,500 worth of stamps, which It Is charged they knew were stolen from the government. His Ijast (aoodhye. A few seconds after affectionately bidding his aged parents good-bye at Davey, W. Va.t Friday, J. H. Cook, a farmer, stepped from the moving car, fell under the wheels and was ground to death. His father ind mother, both 80 years old, had Just boarded the train to return to th^'r home in Arizona. * i ^ A. LEADERS PLEASED OVER THK GREAT DEMOCRATIC VICTORY IN MAINE. Juil^o Parker and National Chairman Mack Thinks It Means Well for the Democracy. Judge Alton B. Parker, who ran against Roosevelt in 1904, when informed at New York of the Maine results, said with a rising inflection. "Really?" There was no statement ho cared to maxe at me moment, ne saia. Judge Parker recently returned from Maine where he made three campaign speeches. Judge Parker later consented to supplement his first ejaculation. "The Democratic party in Maine,' he said, "as to its State ticket, made its contest ou the ground that the Republican party has been wasteful and extravagant in its conduct of the affaire of the State. "Its leaders and Its press presented no new issues and made no demagogic appeals, but pleaded simply for the abolition of dictorial and corrupt bosses and for an honest, economical and just administration of the affairs of the State. "The Democratic party, in other words, deserved to win and the country is to be congratulated that it has won." When the results from Maine were made known to Lloyd C, (Iriscom, president of the New York Republican county committee, he issued this advice: "All the more important that NewYork should not go Democratic. The returns from Maine are the best of evidence to show the people of this State that a change is necessary." Norman E. Mack ol Buffalo, chairman of the Democratic national committee, when he heard the latest returns from the Maine elections, said: "All that I can say now is that the expressions of sentiment which have been coming into us from all over the country indicated the possibility of such a result. But, of course, it is almost too good to be f rue "What docs it indicate? You know you don't need to ask me that ?it indicates a sweeping Democratic victory from coast to coast. "Chairman Griscom was talking with me in Buffalo onyl last week after returning from the Pacific and he told me then the sentiment he found there was the same which victoriously manifested itself in Maine." WILL MAKE GOOD HIS JOKE. Champ Clark Likely to Drive Mule* in Washington. Champ Clark has declared that if he is elected speaker of the next house of representatives he will drive a team of (Missouri mules down Pennsylvania avenue. Many people in Washington believe he will have to carry out his promise. Mr. Clark, in speaking to a numof his fellow citizens at Mobley, Mo., stated that Missouri has been content with a backseat long enough. The State has never had a President, a vice-president, a Justice of the supreme court, or a speaker of the house. "And I am going to see to it," said the minority leader, "that she gets one of these offices at once. He fully expects the next House to be Democratic, and if it is, he will be its presiding officer. Champ i Clark is as Democrat ir In hia m?nn?r as he is in his politios, and he is just the type of man to carry oat his threat to ride behind a team of Missouri mules down Washington's famous thoroughfare if he is elected. Of course, incidentally, there is a bit of advertising for the mules, and for Champ, in getting off such a statement, and having the papers print it. It is said that he was unable to proceed with his speech tor some minutes after he made this promise, so great was the applause that greeted his words. BLOWN TO PIKOIC8 Another of Zeppelin's Airships Has Been Destroyed. The German dirigible balloon Zeppelin VI, while entering her shed at Baden lladen was blown up by an explosion of the motor tn the n?-ir iron. dola. Three of the airship's crew were seriously injured. This is the fifth serious accident which has befallen the Zeppelin dirigibles, the histories of which have been brilliant but brief, and usually ended in disaster. The dirigible was reconstructed to carry ten passengers and during the last few days had made trips to various interesting places. Many Americans were among the excursionists. Old Guard I (eaten. In the insurgent storm that swop? over the Suite of Washington. Wednesday, the old guard of the Republican party lost everything. Miles Poindexter, of Spokane, insurgent loader ia the present house, was nominated for United Stato Senator by 40,000 plurality, carrying **r.ry county In the State. \ GUM AND BACTERIA. Mlcro*Orgnnlsnis Responsible fui Formation of Various Gums. Grelg Smith reports in the journa. of the Royal Society of New South Wales the results of his Investigation of the part played by bacteria in the formation of various vegetable gums The action of the bacteria appears to be more complex than might have been supposed. There are, for Instance, two kinds of gum arable, one soluble In water, the other Insoluble, and Mr. Smith finds that they are produced by two distinct kinds of bacteria. By the cultivation of suit able species of bacteria It Is possible to augment the production of guin by certain trees. Under ordinary circumstances some species of gummaking bacteria live and multiply without the production of an appreciable Quantity of gum, both the product is markedly Increased by furnishing tannin to the micro-organisms. Thankful For His messing*. A few years ago a railway porter wrote to Admiral Beresford of the British Navy saying: "Our home has been blessed with twins, and I write to ask your lordship If.you will ask the Princess of Wnles If we may call the little girl Princess of Wales Brown and the little boy Lord Charles Beresford Brown." Lord Charles procured the necessary permission from the Princess and sent It, together with his own. A month luter came the following from the same man: "My Lord I am happy to inform you that Lord Charles Beresford Brown Is well and hearty and that PrancesB of Wulee Brown died this morning." Hubat it ute for Ikuh.inx. A substitute for beeswax has been discovered In the leaves of the ratta palm, a product of the Island of Madagascar. The wax Is extracted by the simple process of healing the dried lea.es on a mat to small bits. The particles are theu gathered and boiled. The resultant wax ts kneaded Into small cakes. Experiments are being made with the new substance to And out Its commercial value?whether It may be used for bottling purposes. In the manufacture of phonograph cylinders, etc. Samples of Bird Music. Henry Oldya. asjlstunl bl? loglst In the Department of Agriculture, has 1,000 aamplea of bird music written In popular form so that It ia possible for the human voice exactly to Imitate the songatem of the field and forest. He has recorded the actual tones, setting them In the proper hey, and their reproduction la easy for anybody who can read music symbols. Mr. Oldya has been gathering bird language for 13 years. Echoes In a Courtroom. The acoustic properties of the courtrooms In London's new Criminal Courts Building are so bad. It Is said, that the other day a prisoner who had been sentenced to six months thought he had been sentenced to 12. He snid to a warden: "One of the beakB gave me six months and another of 'em gave iue six months 1 efore." Also, besides echoes, "reverberations" ara complained of. Machine For Shuttling Cards. Someone bus Invented a machine for shuttling a deck of cards, and it promises to become popular, as no one can see the cards while they are being shuffled nor are the cards In the least Injured. It Is auid that the machine changes the position of nine out of 10 cards In the pack, (t stands about 12 Inches high, weighs four pounds and cau be attached to any card table In a moment. Carpet I AO Years Old. A fine old Axininster carpet Is at present In the carpet factory at Wilton, where It Is being repaired after having been In use for fully 160 years. It was purchased by the present owner's great-grandfather. Carpets had been made at Wilton for 360 years, but the trade languished and finally topped. No wonder, when a carpet lasted 160 years! A Well Informed Author. Zangwlll the author Is a very well Informed man. He was asked recently to write an article for use In a newspaper the next morning on famous trials. He sat down at once and dictated about 3,000 words, covering the famous trials of the past 200 years, a thing few lawyers could do offhand. Bishop Who Wears a Heard. The Bishop of Oporto Is said to be the only Roman Catholic Bishop In the world who wears a full beard He was given permission to by the Pope because of the great work he has done In Africa. It la said that he Is the first prelate who has ever applied to the Vatican for such permission. Habits of Ring Leopold. It is said that King Leopold of Belgium is the most fussy ?f all the royal dudes. His beard Is his special delight and he has It done up In a silk bag each night to keep It from being mussed. Fish of the Nile. The Nile is noted for the variety i of its fish. An expedition sent by the British Museum brought horn* 9,000 specimens. it. '.v' ?a .jt Substantial Meal* Without Meat. Tomato toast: Slices of - sweioacl may be moistened in hot mils ant eerved with a dressing made by heating a small quantity of strained to oiatoes to boiling point and thicken lug with a little fiour or corn starcl rubbed smooth In a little cold water seasoned with salt and a little better Sometimes a beaten egg may be uset to help thicken the tomato, nddin; greatly to its palatability and value a: I a food. Arrowroot gruel: Two cups of boil ln.g water, one tablespoon of arrow root flour and one-half teaspoon 01 sugar. The water should be h-'atec i? nuiiing in a nonnir oofier ana inu (his tho arrowroot flour. mau< into J smooth paste, should ho stirred am allowed to cook 12 or 1"? minuter Sweeten a little if permitted au<" idi a little silt. A small plrcc of ! iot peel, boiled in the water, will ad greatly to the flavor. Arrow unit It particularly acceptable to a delicatt stomach and w*ill often be retainec by bal?l?'S or adults when other things are rejected. Oatmeal Gruel; One half cup ot thoroughly cooked oatmeal, one cup oT boiling water or milk. Stir the oat meal into the liquid, heat thoroughly together, season with a little salt strain If desired, and serve hot. Barley gruel; Rub one tatalespoot of prepared barley flour to a smooth paste with cold water, stir into ont cup of boiling water or i ?ilk and allow it to simmer about 10 minutes Season with stilt and ser?" hot. The Packed Luncl ton. One who has to pack a 1 'incheon foi someone who is going away on the train can get quite an amount of food into a small box and make it convenient to carry. In ihc tirst place get a plain pasteboard Ih>\ and l lcnty of waxed paper. Wrap nil moist articles, cake, etc., in paper. Cut the hi cad butter it; add a little Jar of preserves One woman keeps all of her cola cream jars for this purpose. They have glass lids that screw* on the jars, and as they can he washed clean they make splendid receptacles for holding cooked delicacies. Gut bananas in half and pack separately; cut oranges iu half and wrap in paper. Wrap boiled eggs in tissue paper. Chicken should be wrapped In waxed paper Add a neat little box of bonbons and * few salted peanuts. The woman who takes genuine pride in packing a luncheon will not forget to put in a flower, if it is only a rose or carnation. for it will lie bright and fresh, ar.d everything inviting hns its dehind efTeet upon the tired traveler, if possible, cut all foods, and place only a tiny ov?ter fork and butter knife in the 1k>x. The plate should be plaeed in the handbag, the box thrown away after the meal is eaten and the journey is over, it is not necessary to add a large quantity of food, but it should be neatly arranged. Tie with very heavy cord and have a wooden handle, to that the box can be raaveniently carried. Water For Colds. Not everyone knows that the drinking of large quantities of cold water is an old fashioned remedy for colds. In an old prescription book of a famous physician of more than 100 years ago. this curious remedy for cold is found. "Let >e patient who feels a cold coming on eat of a fine, big, salt herring just before going to tied. This will make ye patient drink plenty of water.'' The trouble with most people who think they are gMng tills remedy a trial is that they do not drink enough water. They take a glass or two a day, and think that that is enough. To really give the remedy a fair trial much more than this should be taken. As soon as the first creepy symptom is felt or the lie;ul appears slopped up. rirlnl- irltcc nf o/il/l "lone Iced, and repeat at half-hour intervals, until relief Ik felt. It hot water is easier to take, it can lie substitt.'fid for the cold, particularly in the morning and at night. Now You Can Stencil. All <> ' the difficulties that one meets with wet cl>es for making xiencll patterns is overcome by the use of stickfornj stt ucils which any woman can use in making her own jtf*" 1 Patterns. It can be used fabrie, and it is claimed the colors will wash. The discovery was made a long time ago that eolored crayons su< h as children use at school could he used In steneil work, and they can be used for making splendid little doilies on which to place Jnrdineres. These, however, cant not be washed, since the spermacetti washes off from the muslin. Laundry Tips. The best fluid to wash muslin dresses of d< lieate color In is rice water, use no soap. Boil one pound of rice in a gallon of water. Reserve a quart of the water for starching. Then wash the dress In the remainder. Rinse In dear op slightly blued water. Starch the dress in the remaining rice water. Dresses with a colored pattern on them should never be hung in the sun to dry. Closely woven goods requires less starch than others. Kid slippers, purses, belts and gloves an- best cleansed by rubbing them with French chalk. Washing linoleum with a weak so utIon of glue and allowing it to dry v ill restore its gloss. I .... H WILL GET THEM Beef Trust Barons to be Tro<?? Against Individually is ? i THE CRIMINAL COURT I They Cannot Hide Behind Tlwir Firms Any l/iugrr, Hut Miu>t Fact* tin* Music.?Judge l.andis Ur,;w Jury to Truck Malefactors Ttirougf* Ma/.cs of Corporation luiw. The federal grand jury whirk ba? t>een investigating Chicago iiackura, late Tuesday returned indietenmuto against ten high otficials of Hwlft,. Armour and Morris concerns. Thero are three indictments against each, charging combination, conspiracy ani> illegal monopoly. The men indicted are: L?. E. Swift,, president of Swift & Co.; Kdwan* Swift, vice president of Swift audi Co.; Charles II. Swift, director ?V Swift & Co.; Francis A. Fowler, director of Swift & Co.; Edward Yvtden, president of the National Forking company; J. Ogden Armour, ident of Armour &. Co; Arthur Meeker, general manager of Armour & tX>; Thomas J. Conners, superintendent of Armour and Co.; Edward Morris* president of Morris and Co.; and Louis ileyman manager of Morrlo ind Co. The llrst indictment charges a I) I defendants with engaging in a combination in restraint of interstate trade in fresh meats. The second charges conspiracy. ^ The third charges the defendants with monopolizing the trade in fre^b meats by unlawful means. That the purpose of the grand jury inquiry was the indictment of individuals rather than tho packing corporations was shown when Judge Kenesaw M. l.andis, famous for tho $29,000,000 Standard Oil fine started the investigation. "It sometimes happens that a person about to violate the law take** a name other than his own," said Judge Landis in his charge to the grand jury. "John Jones, undertaking to 'unnterfeit gold dollars, changes "hia name to John Smith, or tho Metal* Fabricating company, and under tftat name does the thing forbidden by law. "ty your investigation disclo?e? such a case do not indict a mero alias, but follow the trail whereever it may lead until you huvo located. Identified and pointed out tho real offenders." Tho inveetigatIon which ha? just ended was tho second started by Judge I.nndls within a year. Ou January 20 ho ordored a grand jury which, on March 20 indicted tho National Packing coinnanv anrl t*>n ?nK. sldlury concerns. .Attorneys for the packers filed n demurrer to the indictmeuts to tbo Indictments. On Juno 23, Judgo Luiulis sustained the demurrer, killing the government's case against tho packing companies. At the surao time he issued an order for a speolal grand jury venire of 76 men for July 14. A. T. Fuller, vice president of tht? Mational Packing company; C. SiSnow, secretary and treasurer, amt Arthur Colby, assistant treasurerwere among the witnesses and woro said thus to have obtained immunityMoses H. Adams, secretary of tho Mew York butcher's dressed beef association, was a most important witness early in tho investigation. Ho told under protest how the Chicag? packers got control of an independent concern founded by the butchers for the purpose of fighting tho so-called trust. Tho grand Jury continued its work for about a month when, on August 1 1 tho first sensation was sprung. Thomas (J. I,oe, manager of tho tressed beef department of Armour & Co., was indicted for perjury. Tho -trand Jury also retained a sensational report charging Alfred it. Urion, hief counsel for tho company ancl lrpfliHpnt ft tKo /~M. ?? \ 1 - ? ' w. v?.u viwibuiiu uuuru 01 oaication, and three Armour office cni loyees with having destroyed stew>graphers' "note books" demanded >y tiio Inquisitorial body. Tho men appeared in court and af< r a bearing lasting several days, ludge Laud is dismissed tlio charge i-alnst Urlon. Final disposition nT .he perjury case was set for Septemj >er 19. In tho Leo perjury indictment it |#as charged that weekly meetings :re held in Chicago at which the ackers fix prices and decide how much business ahall ho done by each ompany during tho week. The first federal grand Jury investigation of the packers began in March 2, 1905. On July 1, 1905, indictments wero returned against 15 individuals and five corporations. On Decern her 13, 1905, tho trial of tho [ ackers began. ThiB dragged along until July 1? 1906, when Judge Humphreys gave his famous "Immunity bath" to all Individuals on trial. Ho declared ho defendants had been compelled to furnl6b testimony which resulted' in their indictments and that thocase against them should be dismlBa' ed. I _ "kjMJmB