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NEW TARIFF LAW SYNOPSIS OF THE UNDERWOOD SIMMONS BILL. k I FREE WOOL ON DECEMBER 1 Measure Expected to Yield Surplus the First Year?Free List En- i larged by the Senate. ' J WASHINGTON.? Hie twenty years | tariff war reached its Imal stage in Congress. when Chairman I'tulenvood of the Ways and Means Committee laid ht lore the House the report of the conierees and announced that the differences between the Senate and House hills had been compromised. If is the second low tariff measure that has been passed in more than *?-"? years. The average ad valorem rate of the i.in 1 ? vui ij * V I Y I 11IIV II IU\\ 11 lll.lll | that of the Wilson-Gorman act. The I average rate of the latter was 59.4 5 per j cent . while the estimated rate of the ; pres? nt bill ranges from 27 to 29 per ; cent. The average for the present | I'ayne-Aldrich Law is 40.12 per cent. Senator Simmons said, after a report j from the Treasury experts, that for the ' first full fiscal year the measure would | yield a surplus of $ 18.000,000. Among the 075 amendments made in the Senate, many related merely to verbiage. The House yielded on 427 and the Senate abandoned 151. Compromises were effected on t?7. The general trend of the Senate amendments was in the direction of reduced duties. Kxprcssed in percentage the Senate hill when reported reduced duties 27.04 below the existing law and 4.22 per cent, below the House bill as it had conte to the Senate. The result of the conference report has been a slight increase of the ad valorem rate of duty carried by the bill, hut the net result is below the average ad valorem rate of the House bill. Thus for the first time in the history of tariff legislation the Senate has gone ?>n record in favor of lower duties in a tariff bill than those adopted by the I louse. The most important feature^ of the new hill are those which led to the greatest struggle in both the Senate and House Democratic caucuses. They related to the free listing of wool and j * of sugar. b.xcept for the strong in- ; sistcnce of President Wilson it is likely that the Senate would have restored a I revenue duty on both wool and sugar. Raw wool will go on the free list December 1 and sugar will he free alter May 1, 1910. The existing duties on sugar under the Payne-Aldrich law will continue until March 1. 1914, then the lower rates carried by the new law will become ef- i fective and continue until May t, 1916, after which date sugar will go on the fn-e list automatically. All other rates iti the bill will go into effect as soon as it is signed. In restoring to the free list alizarin, lead or creosote oil. anthracine and anthracine oil, the Senate followed the r.MMiiiK law, which gives lo uic manufacturers of certain textiles the benefits of free dyes used in the industry. The House had made them dutiable for revenue purposes. The Senate made tliem free on the theory that the textile products had been made to pay lr-s duty and that the manufacturers should have the raw material free. The cyanides were transferred to the free list because thev are used largely in mining and are raw material for other American industries. Hot It the Senate ami House agreed that tanning materials, such as extracts, should go upon the free list because the products of the tanneries, sole leather and other bathers of the coarser hind that enter into the manufacture of boots and shoes, harness and saddles were all tree listed. l'hc Democrats put cements and other building material, including lumber and I shingles upon the free list. Dig iron and 1 ferrornangai\csc, billets and ingots for | railway wheels, together with antimony j ore, were put on the free list. Antomohiles will pay about :?0 per cent., which was a reduction of one- i third from the House rate. Cattle. | sheep and all domestic animals suitable : for food, and wheat, flour and eggs were I put on the free list This was to con- ! form with the tariff policy of reducing ! the cost of living. The five per cent. rebate in tariff made in the House bill on goods brought in American ships was retained in the conference, with the added pro\ iciAne #!*?? ? - - - UIUI It UUII1II IIUI lie Ml I oilstrued as to abrogate or in any manner impair or affect the provisions of any treaty" the United States now has. The administrative features as embodied in the House hill emerged from conference but little changed. The conference adopted a substitute for the Scnaatc amendment to checkfraudulent invoices. This provides that the arrival within the territorial limits of the United States of any merchandise consigned for sale and remaining the property of the shipper, and the ac- j ceptance of a fraudulent invoice by the : consignee or agent of the consignor shall I he deemed an attempt to enter such j merchandise whether or not actual entry is made or offered. The Senate amendment requiring 1 statements of cost on merchandise con- | iractca ior, as well as on that actually purchased, was stricken out. The conference agreed to the Senate amendment authorizing the Secretary of the Treasury and tlie Secretary of Commerce to require importers to furnish more detailed information on shipments tor statistical purposes. Undervaluation Penalty. The Senate receded from the amendment allowing a margin of 5 per cent, undervaluation without penalty and limiting forfeiture of the particular goods undervalued. The bill imposes an additional duty of 1 per cent, on under\ alued goods. Offsetting this, the conference adopted the Senate amendment authorizing the Secretary of the Treasury to assess the duty on less than the entered value when satisfied that the importer has in good faith at the time of the entry certified the entered value a!?ovc the market value. The conference restored the House rrovision authorizing the Board of Gen cral Appraisers to ex:rcise both judicial anu nqu.Mtorial functions in customs examinations, and struck out of the Senate amendment the provision excluding hearsay evidence. Senate amendments were agreed to prohibiting .contingent fees in custom; eases and striking out the provision of tin- 11 oust* bill limiting protests to a single article ami i-sue. The House provision, to authorize collectors tit customs summarily to line importers tor failure to produce books and records was stricken out. The House provision placing the burden of proof on the defendant in suits for the recovery of the value of merchandise fraudulently imported was restored affcr having been stricken out by the. Senate. I louse provision requiring shippers and importers to produce their hooks to authorized agents of the government adopted with an amendment authorizing the Secretary of the Treasury to impose additional duties in case of refusal, instead of the House provision authorizing him to exclude the merchandise from entry. The Senate amendment authorizing the President to impose countervailing duties was stricken out. Reciprocity Feature. The President is authorized to negotiate trade treaties witli foreign countries subject to approval by Congress. i'y a conference substitute Section eight of the treaty with Cuba, dealing with the preferential on sugar, is specifically abrogated. With thi> exception, the reciprocal trade treaty with Cuba stands. Free importation of articles from the Philippines was limited by the conference to such as contain not more than 20 per cent, of foreign material, the Senate amendment limiting free entry to such Philippine goods as arc shipped under a through hill of lading being rejected. The Senate, through its conferees, receded from its amendment prohibiting the importation of goods manufactured principally by children under fourteen years of age. Other conference changes were as follows: Importations of models of women's wearing apparel for use of manufacturers in their own establishments is permitted. Foreign material for the construction of repair of naval vessels of the United States may he imported free. Cigars may he manufactured in a bonded warehouse and withdrawn for consumption in the United States upon payment of the duty on the tobacco used in it> imported condition and the internal revenue cigar tax. Farmers and fruit growers may manufacture alcohol free of tax for denaturizing. The Steel Trust was the combination hardest hit by the conferees. Iron ore was placed on the free list, in the hope of inviting Unban and South American competition. The Steel Trust and its subsidiaries now hold virtually all the marketable ore in the country. The removal of duty is expected to make it possible for independents to enter the steel business with some hope of overcoming the trust's handicap. Blow at the Beef Trust. The Beef Trust fared in the same manner. As a result of the placing of cattle on the free list. South American nations are expected to develop a cattle raising business for the purpose of helping to feed North Americans. The entry of South American beef is expected to cut the price of meats, notwithstanding the prophecies of the beef barons that the price will continue to soar. The Woolen Trust was sheared of the protection which has enabled it to keep foreign-made goods out of the country, while the sheep raisers of the West will have to meet the wool from Australia ami other countries that will enter on a free-trade basis. \ The system of maintaining high prices on eggs through the operation of a nation-wide cold storage system will he compelled to change its plan or meet the importation of eggs free of duty. The most vital changes made by the conferees are given in the following recapitulation: House rates on photographic, surveying, opera glasses and similar instruments were reduced. Cement, asphalt and limestone were placed on the free list. Pig iron, scrap iron and ferromanganese, used in making highpriced steel, were free listed. Steel products rates were generally reduced. House rates on zinc were increased. Postponement of the placing of sugar on the free list was agreed upon. Food Animals Made Free. All duty was removed from cattle, sheep and other food animals, wheat and its products and eggs. House duties on oat-, butter, beets, peas, currants, chocolate and cocoa were cut. The Senate receded from its duty an bananas and flaxseed. By changing classification, rotes on fancy weaves and novelty c!otli> of cotton were slightly reduced. i otton yarns wore increased. < heap stockings were reduced and lace curtains were increased. Wool rates were greatly decreased, including tlannels, blankets and cheaper stockings. Onties on higher priced stockings were increased. Angora wool and its products were given a higher duty. The decreased wool schedules are not made effective until Jan. 1, 1911. Wool becomes tree on Dec. 1. 1911!. Silk ribbons, band- and narrow fabrics were increased 40 to 45 per cent. Among the sundries, fur -kins, gun-powder and harness were made free of duty. The following important additians to the free list were made: Sugar machinery, school textbooks and unused moving picture films. Countervailing duties were placed on potatoes, wheat and its products. The Chemical Schedule. Reductions in the House rates in the chemical schedule covered perfumed and medicinal soaps, crude chicle, linseed oil and chlorate of potash, while the House rates were increased on many kinds of acids, and on sonte classes of paints. The tariff on automobiles, fixed by the House at 45 per cent., and radically cut by the Senate, was finally ? compromised by making a new clnssiticaiion ot automobiles valued below $-.000. for which a rate of Ml ( per cent, was lixed. The per cent, rebate in tariff J made by the House bill on goods i j brought in American ships was rcJ taincd with the added provision that 1 it should not "be so construed as I to abrogate or in any manner impair l or affect the provisions oi any treaty" the United States now has. | To Reduce Cost of Living. As compared with the original ' House bill these specific reductions were made by the conferees on ! l food and food-stuffs: All meat animals free: wheat. J taxed to cents a bushel in the House, l tree: sugar and molasses, free within 1 a short time; oat-*, from 10 to ?"> cents a bushel: butter, from to cents I a pound: beets, from to to ."? per cent: eggs, free instead of 2 cents a | dozen: storage eggs, from 2' j to 2 1 cents a pound: peas, from 15 to to 1 cents * bushel: seeds, from to to 5 ' cents a pound; bananas, free: choceolate and cocoa from 25 per cent, ad valorem, to 2 cents a pound. To Save $1,000,000,000 a Year. In preparing estimates on the bill. ' Mr. Underwood figured that it will ^ save consumers approximately $1.- i 000.00(>,<)()() annually. The free list I alone should save approximately $500,000,000 annually, he estimated. i I ADMINISTRATIVE FEATURES. I General Provisions Governing the < Levying of the New Rates. W ASH I N(iTt > N ?The administra- | five features of the bill are very I , comprehensive. Iti their preparation the Ways and Means C ommittee and the Finance Committee studied Unreports of two Government commissions. and another report from the General Hoard of Customs Appraisers. Under the new legal regulations all merchandise imported into the United States is held to be the property of the person to whom it is consigned or who holds the bill of lading. Invoices shall be made out in the currency .of the country where the merchandise is made or purchased, or agreed to be purchased, and shall contain a description of the merchandise. It i> required that a statement shall be made in the invoice of the. purchase price agreed upon, and that transactions that are actual pur-j chases and sales shall be entered as such. Invoices shall have entered thereon a statement signed hy the purchaser or owner setting forth that the invoice is correct. It it is a bill < | of sale the nrice :nrrei*<t itiK-iti .it,->11 ! I >0 stated. When obtained in any other manner than l>v purchase the wholesale price in the markets of the country ot" export shall be stated. This paragraph follows, in large measure, provision of Section :t of the l'ayne law. except for the insertion of tlie words, "or when purchases are made in several places in the t onsillar district, where the merchandise i> assembled for shipment," and makes changes with reference to agreements to purchase. The conferees rewrote a provision in this section. It provides that when merchandise arrives in the United States and remains the property of the shipper, or consignor, the acceptance of a fraudulent or false invoice thereof by the consignee otitis agent or the existence of any 1 other facts constituting an attempted fraud shall be deemed an attempt to enter such merchandise, notwithstanding no actual entry has been made or offered. Sub-section 4 of Section 2S of the l'ayne law is re-enacted. It requires all imports to be accompanied by att inviutr miner nam. i iu* invoice must state the cost of the merchandise or ' the market value. , Whenever merchandise is import- < ed into the United States a declaration shall lie tiled with the Collector of the Port. Criminal and civil liability for making false statements in regard to an invoice are separated in the administrative sections of the new Tariff act. This is a change from the Payne law. The new law changes the provision of the Payne law that the invoice shall be sworn to before a notary public designated by the Secretary of the Treasury. Hereafter the invoice may he sworn to before any notary public. Should the notary public be guilty of attesting a statement without the personal appearance of the importer, the Treasury Department, according to the framers of the law. could go before the State official ap! pointing the notary and have his ecrj titicatc revoked. REDUCTIONS ON ESSENTIALS. Sundries. Wearing apparel tor which cattle, dog or go.it skins are used, from 5') to l"i per cent. Hags, saehels. pockethooks, etc., from 17.kM to :;0 per cent. India rubber and manufactures j thereof, known as druggists' sundries, front -to per cent, to !." per cent Cotton Manufactures. i Spool thread cotton, from cents a dozen snoots i?? i " <- 10 I valorem. Handkerchiefs <>r mufflers. not hemmed, from l"? per cent, to 25 per cent; hemmed, from 55 per cent, to ::0 per cent. Silks and Silk Goods. Silk partly manufactured and not further advanced than carded or combed, from cents a pound to 'in cents a pound. .. .. Wool Manufacturers. Hlanket? and ffannel> from 72.60 per cent, to 25 per cent. \ Carpets of every description a nun ."8.10 per cent, to ."? ? per cent Clothing. Gloves, from 44 per cent, ad valorem to $2 a dozen. a Woolen goods, from 11 cents a t pound to free list. Mats and bonnets of fur, from .">1 < per cent, to 45 per cent. ' Bags, satchels and pocketbooks, from 47.n:: per cent, to :io per cent. ^ Children's gloves, from 4 1.15 per v cent, to $2 per dozen. i] Pearl buttons, from 18 per cent to 25 per cent. Collar and cuff buttons, from 48 per '1 cent, to 40 per cent. FARM PRODUCTS Hot vps .Mil mules \ al.nd at $1.-0 or K-v p valuril inn SIM) ui'.i \ altieil or K w each valued over $J0n each Nninie's, live, all otter ti>t provided (or.... Iluilct, i>**i busied nt in in.iii. per bushel t<( .<1 11? pcai U* i. patent, or litilitd Buckwheat, i n bushel of W lb Viae.ii tun, \ et mii i lb, autl Miinlai l'i cp.n ..tui.i Hals, jk'i l.uslit I tif .'J ll> oatnn.il attvl rolled oats oat hulls Hi. e. cleaned uncleaned i.ntit, meal, and broken paddy Kyp biscuits, bread, wafers, takes, and baked .i puddings, toiitaitung chocolate, tints, units tionery, valued 15c or less per lb valued over 15c lb ISuttci and substitutes Iieesc anil nubst itutes Ilcatis, per IntTthel of ??'> lli. Lentils, per bttslipl of 00 lb Ileets of all kuuts I leans, peas, prepared or preset veil. or contai muiir*, or similar package* Mushroom* ami truffles (as a box e lot pras). cut, tliced or dticd pkg* not less than 5 I Vegetables, nit, sliced, ieduced in sire, pan t pickled, packed in sail, lit lite, oil, or ptep xx a y I'ean sink, bean eake. ttiiso, and sitnilai | I'iekles. puklnl nuts, sallies, i.sh paste or s., idcr leaks, fioren 01 ptepareil or pnsctxeil I gg albumen, froren or Inpiiil <lrir<l yolk lax Honey lops Ilop extinct ami litpulin iiailie 'tiioiis. Iiitslirl of 57 lli I'eas. gtcrn lit dried, in luilk or in bat ret Minilai packages, pei bushel >d till lli split, pri liustirl of OH lli in cat tons, papets, or sintilat packages. . . . I>1 chills, palms, azalea imltca, ami cut tloxvci or fresh l ily of the Vatic) pips, tulips, narcissus, h gloxinia bulbs Hyacinth, astilhr. dielxtia, anil lily of the v. I itx or i alia hulhs or cornts I'eon i hoi liaeeons. Ins Karmpferti or tierma dahlia, and amaryltis bulbs Itnlbs, loots, root stocks, conns, and ttiliri cultivated for floxxeis or foliake Stocks. cuttiiiKs, or seedlings, of Myrobolan lialeh or Mar/aril cherry, Manetti tnuliifloi rose. Kosa Kugosa, years old or less... Stocks, cuttings or seedlings, of pear, apple, St. Julicti plum, S yeats old or less Rose plants, buddeil, grafted, or gtoxxtt or roots Stocks, cuttings and seedlings, of all fruit mental tires, deciduous and exeigiecn shin! Trees, shrubs, plants, and vines comiuonlt lltlrset y or giernhousc stock, not ptnvided Seeils : ('.isior beans or seeds, per bushel Ml llax, linseed, ami othri oil seeds not provi bushel 5(i lli poppy, per bushel 47 lb mushroom spawn spinach cat a xvay anise licet (except sugar licet I carrot, torn, salad, parsley, parsnip, t.o ami ititahaga cabbage, collaid, k.ite. and kohl tain egg plant and prppct all not pi ox idol foi straw IVa/els Vegetables, u.ttuial slate, not p. . i led bo Fish (except shell lishi. 111 xxhutcxer ii.i parkeal in oil <>i hi oil ami ???I . i -ul.-tar lies. jars, keRs. tin liiixr*, 01 > an , of: 'i or less over an<l not over JI over Jl. ami not over .t.t over .la. ami not over ~li ... all other. except -lull 11? S?. in tin pa. '..ir> caviar ami other prrsnved inc.. . . ... skintied or honeal in packages less 'j hand, not pro\i.l<<l t. fnsli water lierrniKs, piekhil or salted, sttioki'il or hip; herrings, fresh eels ami smelts, fresh or fro/en fresh, sniokeil. alrieil, salteil. pit kle.l, im/i i ice or otherwise preparcil for |irr>i nalin viileil for niackeiel. halihnt, or salmon, tn .h, p<< kleil Apples, peaches, ipiinees, a lira lies, plum . green 01 ripe, per linshcl SO Ih Heriies. e lihle. natural comlition r*ranherries Fruits, cilihle, ami liei 'ics: ilneil, !< -n an <1. prepared in any manner, not pi<axid..t im ("o:ntits. sweetmeats, fviit? ol all kn..|?. | parked in sugar, moljoo. spun-. 01 in juices, or having mikai added then to, eoi over 10 Of alcohol over HI' J, alcohol, not piovided foi tellies Pineapples preserved in own jno e. Fins Plums, pi lines, ami prunellas Raisins ami othei diieil giapr-. paten I'nrranls, /ante or other.. . I Hives, in less 5 gallant paa ham - ntlierwise In apes in packages I .emons I IraiiRes, lime-, gi aj>eli nil. hadaloeks an n.oi l.emons, limes, aarange-. grapefruit, shaahloi mclos ill Ja.la k.lga-s aaf I', > Ilia, ft rap.laity a >1 la" over I '4. not aavei J' t a ula ft over 11 j. not over 5 cwl> ft oxer 3 cull, ft Orange jieel or lemon peel preserved, camhed. or <111e? 1 faicoauut meat or copia desia < atea|, sin a .Ma similarly prepared tillain aai aitiaan prel. preseivtd, C.oialieal an I'ine apples, hi barrels or otltri packages. in Imlk Almond*. not -<hrilril ?lear, shelled Atwiiiil ami peach kernel* Villiert* ami walnut*, not shrlled shelled 1'ranuts or Ktollilil lir.ni->, nnshelleil Iu?tc I Villi of all kind*, slirllnl or uuslirllril, toil |> Venison ami othrr Rattle I am - Itirils, dressed Mr.tt. extract of. not proyitli-tl for extract of. fluiil Ponlti v. live Ir.nl. or prepared in anv manner. iniluilinji of tlir iinmnliatr covering* or containers.. ( liirory toot: raw. flriril <-r tmilrinl. Ittit mi Iniriit in roastnl, Rrounil or 1*1 a'utlatril, 01 otlirrwisr |irriiarnl. not prmrlnl for Chocolate ami cocoa. prepared or in.'inufai lilt rially provided for. unsweetened iwrrtriiril, value 2<)C or Irss |.r-r lit value over ''V, liVit over ' tc Hi value over "4r, not ovrr .tic lit value over JSc 11 Tlir wrivlit ami value of tin immediate com tlian tie outer nackinp <a>e or otliet cot lir im hided in tbr ilntialile rvrivlit ami \ a Cocoa liottr-. or li'itlerine. titinril drodoti/ oil. mil all suli?t itntei for cocoa Initter .. Damlcliot, toots anil amtis, tu pat < i|, ami as coffee, or as snli-titutcs for ctifTce, not | Stao It. potato all other, ami all pr? nai at ton* lit for u?e aSpices: ttitRrotind ra**ia liti-1 . * ixsia, an.I c.i rinuanton ami cinnamon 'tin Ringer root, unRround ami not preserved i nutmens pepper, Mark or white i love >trttli clove*. utiKrouo'l capsicum or ml ?eppcr. or cayenne, tingrt pimento, unRrotitid r.omhav or v 'hi mace, -.inKronnil sjiicrs, ground riti<?t.i*it, i: o'in?1 ttfftarrfl, in Unfiles or all ollic . ii*?t ?v f??r Vifi'i* i'. tin t?roof pallon ... iVILL FILL MARKET BASKET WITH FREE LIST EDIBLES A- compromised from the Senate ,nd House provisions, the tinal duics adopted are as follows: ConferIIouh*. Senate fiii#. aftl* 10 p.c. Free Free forsee and niulea valued at li'H than $-00 each $1"? 10 p.C. lb p r beep 10 p r. Free Free tiro flour and meal... >fc. lb. '^c. lb lb /heat 10c bo. Free Free tutter 3<*. lb 21/Je.. lb 2/jc lb hcene 20 p c. 21 jr. lb 20 p.c. IK*-* 2c. do/ Free Fraa ro/i-n eg** . 2f/jC. lb 2c lb. 2c lb ca*. ?re?-n or dried i,? bu. I?* 1>u t>u Unana* ... Free l-10c. lb. Free b-K Olate and ?o oa $ , LIVE STOCK, Etc. * :o: OM Tariff New Tariff r.clt $.W.0O ra I0'yt, -3'.. lO'.i. 1CK.J. 10'/r .'0'IO?E, 20c 15c 4jr 25c Jc III 1c li> 15c ircr ? i',c r.? ic n? 15c be Ic 11* 20c per 100 II. per iu'i ins JSC per 100 It, -'c H? le It. t1 ?c lb flic lb r?e l'? !.c II. ,y f.c lb 10c 1.11 tree l. tides, .i..,| . or coulee* Ic II. and 15% ;jr; 50'J, _.Sr;, be lb 2','jC II. ftc 11. 10?7o 4,?? . 2Sc -5',/ 25';;, -'S'/r Sr tied ... line, -'.c lb tell. : J1 jc II. 2 vie lb , -'Vic lb 2?ic lb ird. roa*>tc?l, ainl in any 4rtr: 25% "I'tO. 40< . >s?' tie.* 40c; ~5rr' r ' . -Jvr K;'' 2c Kal *c | OI 2c II. ftic ii? 15c lb 10c II. 2."1'; to 5*1.00 ton (_ 00 ton J,.al 10c Rnl I be l'? t(,c II. 50'; S0?' 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Wool flannel* (over I (.Or. lb I S3 p.c. 23 p p. 3*1 p.c. Hooka (or children's ' u?p 12 p p. |p. lb. 1,.. |b llooklets 12 p c. 7.- III. 7r. |b. I Text hooka for arhoola 13 p.c. l-'rpr Ftp* i t'alnliriKs and statuary Ipsa than .'.0 years old Freo 23 p i . Free Wool or ronton Plan' krta, valued less than I 40r. lb 23 p r. Free 23 p.p. Aot'imohllp value 11.Iiphi to 12.Oho 4". p p. ."JO p , 31) p.p. Automobile* Ires than f 1.000 43 p . 13 p. J? p e. IK" s LIVER, BOWLS No sick headache, biliousness, bad taste or constipation by morning. Get a 10-cent box. Are you keeping your bowels, liver, and stomach clean, pure and fresh with Cascarets, or merely forcing a passageway every few days with Salts. Cathartic Pills. Castor Oil or Purgative Waters? Stop having a bowel wash-day. Let Cascarets thoroughly cleanse and regulate the stomach, remove the soVtr and fermenting food and foul gases, take the excess bile from the liver and carry out of the system all the eonstlMtMl walla m.tto. on A - , MUU yv u>vuo in the bowelB. A Caecaret to-night will make you feel great by morning. They work while you sleep?never gripe, eicken or cause any Inconvenience, and coBt only 10 cents & box from your store. Millions of men and women take a Cascaret now and then and never have Headache, Biliousness, Coated Tongue, Indigestion, Sour Stomach or Constipation. Adv. Most Any Time. The scene is set. A country road, trees. Bky, summer homes, a lake In the distance. A steam railway line crosses the road at right angles. Enter, up the road, an automobile, well loaded and running at high speed. Enter at the far right an express train. Doth automobile and train are rushlug toward the crossing. Owner of automobile to chauffeur: "Can you make It?" The chauffeur, speeding up: "Sure 1 can make It!" He doesn't.?Cleveland Plain Dealer. HAIR CAME OUT IN BUNCHES Route No. 3, Box 20A, Broken Arrow, Okla.?"My trouble began with an itching of tho scalp of my head. My scalp ut tlrst became covered with llakes of dandruff which caused me to scratch and this caused a breaking out here and there on tho scalp. It became so irritated until I could not rest at night and ray hair would come out in bunches and became short and rough. "Everything I used would cause It to grow worse and it continued that way for about three or four years. While reading tho paper I saw the advertisement of Cuticura Soap and Ointment and sent for a sample. It proved so good that I decided to get some more. I used them as directed and in two weeks I saw a good ef-. feet. Now my hair is longer and looks better than I have ever known it to be. I give all the credit of my cure of scalp trouble to the Cuticura Soap and Ointment." (Signed) Mrs. Ella Sheffield, Nov. 30, 1912. Cuticura Soap and Ointment sold throughout the world. Sample of each free.with 32-p. Skin Hook. Address postcard "Cuticura, Dept. L, Boston."?Adv. Sadder Still. Discussing a recent political scandal. In which an official was accused of dishonesty, Richard Harding Davis, lunching with a number of theatrical stars at a fashionable roof gardon in New York, said, with a sigh: "He is a man 1 would have thought incapable of baseness. It is sad to think that every man has his price." "Yes," said a comedian, "but a sadder fact still is that half the time he can't get it." THINK OF THE MILLIONS that have been relieved in the past 75 years by Wright's Indian Vegetable I'ills and decido whether they are not worth a trial. They regulate the bowels, stimulate the liver and purify the blood. Adv. Their First Tiff. "I'm sorry I evor married you!" shrieked the bride, on the occasion of their lirst quarrel. "You ought to be!" retorted the groom, really angry and bitter for the first time. "You beat some nice girl out of a good husband." Important to Mothers Examine carafully every bottle of CASTOKIA, a aafe and sure remedy for Infants and children, and see that it In Use For Over 30 Years. Children Cry for Fletcher's Castoria Easily Seen. "Have the Jinxes a family skeleton?" "Yes. and she's wearing one of these silhouette gowns, too." ? Liverpool Mercury. Against a Stone Wall. my i>uor man, you are tne picture of dejection," sympathetically declared the prison visitor. "And a framed picture, at -that," added the convict.?Buffalo Express. The world production of tin last year was 1 14,196 tons, as compared with 166,828 tons the year before. For the treatment (A colds, sore throat, etc., Dean's Menthols ted Cough Drops give sure relief?6c at all good Druggists. Politeness opens many doors, but tboy are usually aelf-doBtng. s