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11 CUM MUM. Camden, 8. C. I Jack Frost found the com la ttw >-:C :" ? ' v ' )'? The more we read of ballooning the bettor we like walking. - A few ahlvery shakee are yttlie eicusable (beee mornlnge. Bleeping between blanket* baa been popular In thle winter reaort climate. Tbe alrnblp banger is trying to drive tbe auto garage out of bust net*. IT r?-''' " Tbe Dominion wllderneae I* very roomy aod balloonist* will hereafter avoid It. ' The bobble skirt U making It neces sary for a good many women to Fleteb erlxe when tbey walk. ? IJncle Bam la gattlng out 76,000,000 now dollar bills, but you'll have to earn 'em If you want 'em. The hobbles that women wear are merely an exaggeration of tbe pegtops that tbe men more a few years ago. It Is pretty difficult to get peopla wbo have no boys of their own to take u very decided stand against foot ball. It seema appropriate that the high flyers should demand high prices for engaging In their special line of ac tivlty. F - ; " 11 ? ' Tho woman who shot a burglar with her eyes closed is inclined to be lieve that ber closed orbs saved her life. J r r Save your baoon, exclaims the Chi enco Trlbuno. That's up to the oth ?r fellow; moat of ua haven't any ha cpn to save, Men's thoughts run to flying in this particular period of time, and yet the mnn-blrds hove almost a wfiole cen tury to work In. Another lesson learned from tho aviation field. If you start out after u high -flying record don't leave your barograph at homo. * Tho Treasury Department has de cided to"print more dollar bills. It appears to be the unanimous opinion that they are needed. Tho number of deer killed this year Is raid to be smaller than usual. The number of hunters shot by' mistake conies nearer the average. A Chicago woman Is suing her hus~ band's affinity for 125.000 damages. ?Some people are always trying to make it unpleasant for affinities. Handlts who held up' a train In which a number of millionaires wore traveling In New Mexico got $11.20. Tho porter had probably beaten them to It. The name of the now King of Slam ~4*,_Cliaw fa Malm Vaajravauch. Carry ing that name around should have given him the practice he needs to bo a strong king. One of the physicians claims that drunkenness enn be cured by a surgi cal operation. Perhaps It is one of those operations ? which make work for the undertaker. It Is not absolutely necessnry to go to Europe* to have one's mind broad ened by travel. On Chicago's streets many vagaries of fashion can be seen waJking up and down. .?<" -"1^ "A Des Moines man who tried to commit BUicide With a razor was saved by his doublo chin. This, however, won't make the double chin popular with those who have one. ' The woman who keeps a pet boa constrictor 11 feet long cannot Justly blame her husband if he puts himself In a condition for seeing a large num ber of o(Kf varieties of snakes. Chicago Is to havo a theater which will make a special appeal to the * women. The management will doubt less devise some means of keeping people from going out between the acts. ' The people of Portugal are Inclined to think they would like a government modeled after that of the United States. Evidently they don't believe all that has recently been said about this government. A statesman of Indiana proposes to discipline young girls for giggling Why not abolish tho tribe of young girls altogether? That would be the effective method of accomplishing the first purpose. No aviator has as yet been fined for exceeding the altitude limit. 8ome Inventor would do the world a great service and he might at the >atite time become very rich by In -v?4tip.g some way to conserve the energy ot those tropical storms. r The River Jordan Is to be utilised 'for Irrigation and the development ol dec trie power. It Is hoped, however, ?t)?V< there will be enough water lert TB ii to keep the Dead f Sea: from be- | coming a mere hole tn the ground.' The young woman who Is alleged to have caused the downfall of Ring juel. want* fflOO a night for appear In vaudeville over hgffe. Tfratty overestimate her lm Liuetlste. who took hie pro* Ch IN TAFT MESSAGE PRESIPKNT POINTS OUT NtCBt ?ITV OP CURTAILING fXFlN 9E9 TO LAWMAKtM. ANNUAL DOCUMENT IS READ Conservation, fth'p tubaldy and Far? tlflcatlon of Panama Canal Lm4> Iny Topic* Dl?cu??ed?Mm# Littu to About Tariff. Washington, Deo. 6.- Economy In government h flairs Is the keynote of President Taft's annual message read before both bouses of congress today. The message approximates 40,000 word* and U one of tii* longest bver submitted by a president. Conservation of ttie public domain, ?hip subsidy, fortification of the Pana ma canal and the continuation of the present tariff board are the leading subjects touched upon. He also re views the work of the various gov ernment departments and concurs In recommendation, tending toward the bettorlng of the service, made by nBV eral of the members of his fcablnet. , Economy Is Urged, In dwelling on the urgent need for economy in government expenditure*. t Id president says: "Kvury "Effort bus liccn tnudo by each d?pftrtbi''iil chief to*reduce tlia estimated Cost of liff* department for the rhnoiiiK fiscal year ending June 30. 1012. I ntty 1111h In older that COngrtM may understand that th?je estimate* 111uat iimdtt prMenj the umitllent mm which Will maintain the department*, hufeau* and offices of the gov(?rrihu-ht And meet "Its other obligations under existing law, and that, ft cut of these estimates would rc. .siflt In ombarrusslng the executive brum h of the government In the performance of ltn duties. Thin remark does not apply to tliu rlyer and harbor estimates, except to those for < xpinms of malrttenante. And the meeting of obligations Under author ised contracts, nor does It apply to the public building hill nor to |h? navy build Imk program. <)f yotirse, uh to these con gress eoul?J withhold itny part or all of the estimates for them without Interfer ing with the discharge of the ordinary ob ligations of these functions <>r It* ?depart ments, bureaus and offices, "Agnlnnt the estimates of bJtpcndltlirr* 1640,4M,013,12, we have enllnmi>i1 .receipts for next y?ar fifiMO.OOO.OOO, tanking a proba ble surplus of ordinary receipts over or dinary ekpcndltures of about 160,000,000. or taking into account tho estimates for the Panama cunal, which are $M,92.'),W7.6fl, and which will ultimately ho paid In bortdS. It will ienve a deficit for the next yffitf of about >7,?jo,000, If cohgtVHK Him 11 conclude to fortify |lit* fiuinl." wants Forest Limitation Removed. On th? subject of conservation lie de Votes .considerable spare In foront, coal, Oil and gas, phosphate lands and Wtttfcr power sites. As to the?rfesefvulioh of forest lands he says'. "'lvho law now proT blblts (liftreservation of any more forest lands In Oregort, Washington, Idaho, Montana, Colorado and Wyoming, except 4>y act of congress. I am Informed by the department of agriculture that the gov ernment owns other tracts of timber Imd In these states which should ho Itlcuided In' the forest roBorvfs. 1 recommend to congress that the limitation herein Im posed he repealed. "Congress ought to trust the executive to use the power of reservation only with respect to land most vulnahle for forest purposes. During the present administra tion, 62.2f>o,ooo ocreH of land largely non timbered have been excluded from forest 'reserves, and 3,500,000 acres of hlild prin cipally valuable for forest purposes have been included In forest re?erves, making n reduction In forest reserves of non llmbered land amounting to 2,750,000 acres." Wants Canal Fortified. Regarding the Panama canal, the presi dent asserts that unless unexpected ob stacles arise the waterwav will he com pleted well within- time limit of Janu ary I. 1915. and within estimate of cost. 137.1.000,000. ' HiiKpoMtions for levying of tolls and mnnnnement are- mndc. and re^ garding fortification of the canal, lib says: "Among questions arising for present solution Is the decision whether the canal Shall be fortttied. I have already stated tb the congress that I strongly favor for tification and. I now reiterate this opin ion and ask your consideration of the subject ,ln the light of the report Already before you made by a competent board. "Kalluro to fortify the canal would leave the attaln>u<>nt of both these alms In the position of rights and obligations which we should be powerless to enforce and which could never In any way bo ab solutely safuguarded against a desperate and Irresponsible enemy." 8hlp Subsidy. The president urges such action as he believes will Increase American trade abroad, and says:: "Another instrumentality indispensable to the Unhampered and natural develop ment of American commerce Is merchant marine. All maritime and commercial na tions recoghlke the Importance of this factor. The greatest commercial nations, our competitors. Jealously foster their merchant marine. Perhaps nowhere Is the need for rnpld and direct mall, prts ?enger and freight communication quite so urgent as between the United States and Latin America/ We can secure In no other quarter of the world such imme diate benefits In friendship and com merce <ia would flow from the establish ment of direct line* of communication, with the countries of I^atin America ade quate to meet the requirements 6f IT tap Idly Increasing appreciation of the reci procal dependence of the countries of the western bemls'phere upon each other's products, sympathies and assistance "I alluded to this most Important sub Ject in my last annual message; It ha* ?ftett been be for* you and T need not re capitulate the reasons for it* recommen dation. Unless prompt action be taken the completion of the Panama canal will find this the only great commercial na A Quick Recovery. "It ?e?mfl that prizefighters never 'como back.' "Maybe not, but 'blind tigers' do. Ono resumed business the other day In IB minutes after K had been raided." Depending on Chance. "I wonder why there are bo many failures in the worldx" "Probably because bo many people go through life hoping to win some day on a 100-to-l Bhot."* Hl? Selection. "I am afraid to go near Sharp's houae or to meet bin; he has such^ vicious dog Tor a pet." yqft mnst remember tMf Qharp consider* blmaelf ?ucb a cynic he wouldn't keep any other dog than biting rrjw the Interior. "P you visit the depart' while you were ? f&T A th< Hon unahl* (o ?vail In InUrnMiontl mart ilm* bttalonaa of this gr?ai contribution td the ryeana of tha world'* commercial la* tercouta*." ' Criticlart of Ihd Thrift. In lh?> apace devoted to the tariff thtt pr?eid?nt aayftt "Th*> fcchedulee Of.the ratea of duty 14 the Payne tariff art have been eubjt< ted to a Kraat deal of rrlt|clam, tome of it Juat, mora of U utifounded, ini too much niterepreaorttatlon The **? t ?M adopted In puriUAnce of a declaration by the par ty which la reaponalble for it that cu*? tome bill ahould be a tariff for tha pro te< tlon of home Induatrlea, tha meaaura of the protection to be the difference be tween the cost of producing th* imported article abroad and the coat of producing it at home, together with au.ch addition to that difference aa might five a rcuaonahle profit to (ha home produce). Thv baala fol tin bnllviim b( thia tariff la that In reaped lb 4 number or th* ?chedulea tha declared meaawre waa riot followed, but a higher difference retained or Inaerted by way of {undue dla? rimluuiiou in favor of certain Induatrlea and manufacture*. I/ft tle. If any. of thn t-iitlciam of Hie tariff haa been directed againat the protective principle above elated; but the main body of tha crltlclam hua been baaed on tha at tempt to conform to the meaaure pf pro tection waa not honeatly and alncerely adhered to." The ^?r**ldenl aiao refera to tha appoint ment of a board of experte to Inveetigate the coat of production of varloua artlclea Included In tha gohedulea of tha tariff, and conciudaat "Whether or not the protfoUve policy ik to be continued, and the degree or protec tion to be accorded to our home indua trlea, are quest lone which the people muaf deelda through Ihelr choaen repreaenta. tlvea. Itut wnataver policy la adopted, It la cleat- that the neceaaary laglalatlon ahould he baaefl on an Impartial, thor ough and contlnuoua atudy of the facta." |fMcoitom?ncU ^Areola Poat. The adoption of the pareela poat la HKiiin adopted. On thi* aubject I'reaident Taft Haya: "With reaped to the parcela poat, 1 reaper!fully recommend ita adop tion on ail rural delivery rputea, and that II pounda the International limit?be inmle the limit of carriage In auch poat. The h:ime argument la made agalnat the parcels poat that waa made againft the pmsi.i1 liuvlliga batik?that It la Introduc ing the /mveri1,merit Into a hualneea which ?hou)ii be conducted by private peraona ami Im paternuliam. The poalofTlee depart ment iuifl n great plant and a great or* Kitnir.atlon. .reaching into the moat remot* hamlet oI the t'nlted Htate'a. and with t|il? machinery It In able to do a great many thlna** economically that If u new orgunUa|ion were tieeeaaary It Would be impossible ill do without extravagant ex pendlturi'H." Department of Justice. I>iK< UKHli>K the itffalrk of till' depart nit nt Of the prcMldent huvh: "I Ifivlto e?pe<>|al attention to the prose cution* und'T the federal law of tin* ho called 'buck*'! shop.*,' am) ' of those HfhMiinn to defraud In winch the use of the mall In art csHciWia) part of the fi'aUOuloiil ??oni'plracy. prosecutions which have MVfd Ignorant and weak mump hern of the puhlto anil are Having them htin* deeds of millions of dnlhirs. The viola tion* of (ho nnd triiHt law per haps the, most Important litigation before the dcnnrtmer)t, Hid lliV number of oases filed HhrttVB. the activity of the K>"vcrii hieht in mitordliK that statute. "In a apodal messnge lam v??i?r I brought to tlx* attention of congress the propriety and wisdom of ena< < U>k a gen eral law providing fur the Incorporation of Industrial and other companies engaged In Interstate commerce, and I renew my recOh?hien<Jnllon In that behalf." '? ? ? The crying need In the United Htates of cheapening the coat of litigation t>y simplifying Judicial procedure - and* ex pediting final lndgment In pointed ou^and acMon looking to correction of tli?g?r?vlls la urged. The president recommends ait Increase In th3 iSaiaHca of federal Judges. Postal Affairs. In regard to postal matters the presi dent points with prltlo to Its present effi cient management and the recent redurt tlon tn?the deficit. The present unre stricted franking prl\Miege come* In for comment with n suggestion for the adop tion of bttier method* for It* regulation. Abolish Navy Yards. 'I'lie prcsldenf rail* attention to certalg reform* "'urged hy the secretary of the navy which he recommends for adoption, and continue*: "The secretary of the navy has given personal examination to every navy yard, and has studied the uses of the navy yards with reference to the necessities of our (hot. With a fleet considerably leu?# than ha.lf the size of that of the Itritlsh navy, we have shipyards more, than double the number, and there are several of these, shipyards expensively equipped with modern mchlnery, which, after lllveRtlgutloil lhe. seeictU.ry of. the navy believes to be entirely useless for naval purposes. lie asks authority to abandon certain of them and to move their machinery to other places, where It can be made of use." Speaking of our foreign relations the president says: "During the past year the foreign relations of the United State* havtV t-hritilUlbd upon a hnj|is of friendship and good understanding. "The yeftr has been notable as witness ing the pacific settlement of two Impor tant International controversies before the permanent court of The Hague. "The arbitration of the fisheries dispute between the United- States and Great Britain, which has been the source of tlearly continuous diplomatic correspond ence since thb fisheries convention of 1818. has given an award which Is satisfactory to "both pariles. This arbitration Is par ticularly noteworthy not only becaure of the eminently Just results secured, but also because It Is the first arbitration held J under the general arbitration treaty of April 4, 190$, between the United States and Great ttritaln, and disposes of ft con troversy the settlement of which has re sisted every other resource of diplomacy and which for nearly ninety years has : been the cause of friction between two , countries whose common Interest lies In maintaining the most friendly and cordial ? relations with each other. j President Taft makes a few recommen I datlons for changes In the Interstate com merce law and says: "Kxcept as above, I do not recommend any amendment to the Interstate com ! merce law as It stands, t do Hot now ' recommend any amendment to the antl trust law. In other words. It seems to me that the existing legislation with i reference to the regulation of corpora | tfons and the restraint of their business has reached a point where we con atop for a while and witness the effect of the vigorous execution of the laws of the statute books in restraining the abuses which certainly did exist and whioh roused the public to demand reform." Bound to Make a Hit. Willis?So the play will appeal to all classes? Glllla?Yea, Indeed. It's three-quarters full of up-to-date slang to catch the young: people, and one quarter full of old, reliable cuss words to get the old fellows.?Puck. A Contrary Way. "An acrobat goes against all re ceived Ideas of making a living." "Why?*" "Because he supports his family by the reverses In ht? business." It Waa Net Fair. , A fight In a restaurant waa cauaaft by thft-fiuatomer offering to pay for two fried eggs he had ordered if tba proprietor woeM eat ttocmr. Tttalwaa an u?fair proposition. A man may keetf if restaurant, but he lent oom pelted to eat ^feere. ^ ,i,i. ?? I,,,, , u Its Nature. "1 wonder -why * wheel Is counted among the sources of energtUc pow or?" Why ahouWa t It DOCTOR COOK WHl - RtlURN TO ANOKA DI8GHBDITE0 EXPLORER WILU Return to tmh country |N pKCBMtKR. WILL MAKE A CONFESSION Doctor Cook ttay sHs Is Not turf That Ho Ro?ched th? North Pol* Now York.-?Did 1 get to the North Pole? Perhaps I made a mistake In thinking (hat I did. Perhaps 'I did not make a mistake. After mature thought, I ronfess that I do not know absolutely whethor I reached the pole ?r not. This may come as an arnaz ing statement, but 1 am willing to startle the world if, by so doing,, I can get an opportunity to present my case. By my case I mean not my cat* as a geographical discoverer, but my case as a man. Much as the at tainment of the North Pole once met to me, the sympathy and confidence >f my fellow-men mean more." In this way Df. Frederick A. Cook, tho Brooklyn explorer, In an article, which will bo published in an east ern'-'magazlne, confesses thut he does )<>t ' know whether he reached the North Pole or not. The publishers ot the article Issued statement saying that nowhere In his narrative does Doctor Cook eltfiei cast any reflection on Peary or ques tion Peary's claims. Doctor Cook, who has been In hid-. Ing for over a year, has Informed the editors of the tyiagazlne publishing bin itory that foe will return to the Unit 3d States with his wife and children x;ceml>er 22, in Order to spend Christ nas here. Doctor Cook declares that at the time lie convinced himself that h< ilaeovered the pole he was half mad He Kp?'iit two years In his quest, and ...ub ujut time endured hunger and privation, that he Rays would unbal tnce any mind. Doctor Cook sayB that 't would be Impossible for any in an to demonstrate beyond quc3tlon. thnt lie :iad been to the North Pole. He char acterizes the region as a region of in canity, where one cannot believe the evidence gathered before, one's eyes. Doctor' Cook then tolls the story of the days In Copenhagen and later In s'ew York, and Of the crisis In his lifo that led to ills flight Dr. Cook and his wife are now in Rurope, and the children are now in a convent in Franco. Most of the ime during his exile, Doctor Cook liaa been in London. "I have been called the greatest iar In the world, the most monumen al impostor In history," says Doctor Cook. "I believe that In every unde sirable way I stand unique, the object of such suspicions and vituperation is have assailed few men." Negro Bandit Killed. Memphis, Tenil.?Jack Thomas, a negro of Blythevllle, Ark., turned ban Jit and terrorized and robbed passen gers aboard a westbound Frisco fast train and In tho end was shot to death by A. I). Walton, a railroad switchman. Cruaado Against Long Hatpins. Philadelphia.?In an effort to cur tail the long hatpin evil in this city, an ordinance was introduced in coun cil providing that no person upon the public streets or on conveyances shall be permitted to wear a hatpin tho exposed point df which extends more than one half inch beyond the crown of the hat. A fine of $50 for each and every offense la provided for in the proposed ordinance. The lives of riders on street cars and pe destrians on crowded streets are im periled by the Immense hatpins. Father of Linotype Dead. Englowood, N. J.?James Ogllvie Clephane, widely known because of his pioneer work in the typewriter and linotype industries, is dead at his home here, following a stroke of; apoplexy, which attacked him a week ago. tie was G8 years old. He nas been called the "father of the lino type." It was his encouragement and financial support that enabled Ottroar Mergenthaler to perfect tho machlie that beara the latter'* name. The Idea (or the machine was ftirnitned by Mr. Clephane. Tribute* to Mark Twain. ?&?w York.?The intellect, the pow er an? wealth of the land gathered, at Carnegie ball to pay tribute to tho memory Tf^Marfc Twalu, wlium the world loved becauae he made them laugh. WUUam Dean Howella pre sided. "Uncle Joe" Cannon, the speak er the house of repreeentattVte that la.aM<*a??4^riM&? RIVER APPH0PIATI0N8. N? Kctlmato, Mads lor New Projrftta Otorgm Waa Well Provided For. Washington. ? Twenty-tWo million two hundred a ad twenty-one thousand Jh?u? hundred and sixty-one dollar# will be headed for ritere and harbor* Improvement woi-k OT the flical year (tiding June 30, 19U, according (0 tbe annual report of lirlg. (leu W. H. HI* by, chief of engineers, United army, rnpde public. Tbe estimate* oa orders from President Taft were "cut "> Hie bone," an it la tbe Intention ? make river and harbor approprla .Ion bills annual affairs In congress in future instead of biennial "pork barrel" measures. Tbe estimates of appropriation for Southern states are aa follows: Ueorgla?Havannab barbpf, $40(^000; Savannah river below Auguata $100,* W00; Sapelo harbor, $11,000; Altama ha, Oconee and Ocinulgee rlvera, $80, "00j HrnnswJck barbor, 136.000; In ?lde water route between Savannah and Fernandlnu, Fla . $80,000; Coosa river, between Home and and South ern railway bridge, $271,089, of wbleh 1121,039 Is for locks and dams. at Mayos bar. ? Florida?Pennacola barbor, $25,000; Fernanda harbor, $25,000; St. Johns river (mouth to Jacksonville), $425, )oo; ~st John river (Palatka to Lake Harney), $30,000; Key West harbor entrance $25,000; Calooaahatcbee rlv r, between Puntaraaa and Fort I'hompaon, $69,000; Hlllsboro Day, f 29,000; channel front Apalacliicola fiver to St. Audrews bay, $760,000; St Andrews bay, $128,560. ? Alabama?Chattahoochee (Georgia md Alabama), below Columbus, $76, JOOj Alabama river, $76,000; Mobile mrbor, $606,000; Ulack Warrior. War rior atld TombJsbee rlversA $900,900. South Carolina?Santee, Wateree find Congaree rivers and Esthervllle Minin creek canal, $47,000; Inland waterway between Charles harbor and opposite McClellanvllle, $41,000; L'burleston harbor improvements, 1100,000. Maryland ? Susquehanna river, above and below Havre DeOrace, $34, [)00; Rockhill harbor, Clalrborne, Cam jridge, Chester, Choptank and War wick rivers, $36,000. x Virginia?James river, $150,000; I narbor at Norfolk (foe 80-foot chan luel extension), f100,000; Norfolk harbor approaches and channel to Newport News, *$426,000. North Carolinar?Cape Fear river above WilmingCofi^locks and dams), 1200,000; Cape Feat river, at and be .ow Wilmington, $100,000. MiPKiBsippl?Harbor at Gulfport airid Ship Island Pass, $40,000; South west Pans to Mississippi river, $450, 000. " . ? Louisiana?Ilayou Teche, $60,000; Ouachita and Mack rivers (Louisiana :ind Arkansas), $202,000. I Tennessee?Cumberland river (Ten uessee antj Kentucky, below , Nash ville), $250,000; Cumberland river above Nashville, $86,000; Tennessee river above Chattanooga, $66,000; Tennessee rlv6r (Chattanooga to Rlv erton, Ala.), $100,000; Tennessee rlv ?r below IMverton, $80,000; Ohio river, ;or general opening channel improve ments, $229,500; for purchase sites aid erection necessary locks and dams 52.000,000. CANAL IS IN USE. First Vessel Enters Section of the Panama Waterway. New York.?The first vesBel to nav igate a section of the Panama canal is the American three-masted steam yacht Visitor II., owned by Commo dore W. Harry Browri of Pittsburg. Word was brought here by the United /rult company's steamer Zacapa that jn November 23 the Visitor II., with Colonel Qoethals, chief engineer of the Panama canal; Commodore Jrown, Captain Scott of the United 3tates Steel corporation; William Diehl, formerly mayor of Pittsburg, and others of the party on board, en* tered from the Atlantic side, went as far as the Qatun lock and returned. The yacht draws about .17 feet. Pawned Hi* Own Coffin. Atlanta.?In preparing for the high cost of dying,1^M. L. Breman bought him a coffin whilo they were yet cheap, but. ho found that tho high cost of living was even more of a serious reality, and now his coffin is In "soak" in a Decatur street shop. Breman brought the grim casket Into the shop. He was waited upon by Joseph Jacobs, the proprietor, and a deal was quickly consummated. Mississippi Had Banner Crop. < Jackson, Miss.?During 1910 Mis sissippi planters ,/alsed nine million two hundred thousand bushels more of corn than during any previous year, according to reports compiled by Commissioner Blakesleo of the state department of agriculture. The total value of the coreal crop la esti mated at more th<uT fifteen million dollars. The boll weevil compelling crop diversification is assigned by Commissioner Blakealee as the prima ry reason for the lat-ge corn produc tion. 8amuel Qompers Denounced. Tampa, ?P1a.?Charging that the statements of President Samuel Gom pers of the Federation of Labor'at St. Louis marked the culmination of a campaign of.slan^fr and misrepre sentation of the treatment of strikers in Tampa, a monster mass meeting was held to denounce such statements aa false.' The gathering evidenced the seriousness of the situation here as a result of the fostering of the ill-feel ing of the mercurial Latin races against the Americans. England Pace* Crisis. Lon&on, England.?With the disso lution of parUament^all formalities preliminary to the election of a new parliament were completed. The proclan?aU<m of/ - PftfeftfOBNT VAIL'? ?OUO MOVI MARK# IPOCM IN FINANCE. "Aceuracy" Reducsd WMtirn Union'* ?urplu* $1 J^OO^OOO.?^ Public I ty" IneplfU tush confidence that lu Stock Want Up. Are the great financier* of the country beginning to see a new light? Tim* ?M, until recently In fact, when the men at the bead of the big cor poration* "kept their business to themselves," a* far aa the law would allow. Capable men at the head el the blf conoerns, long realised the weak ness of their position, but what was needed obviously, as In all great re forms, was an unmistakable occasion and a courageous man. The occasion arose in the purchase of the Western Union Telegraph company by the American Telephone and Telegraph company, and the man appeared in Theodore N. Vail, President of the purcbaalng corporation. It was last December when publlo announcement was mad? that the Oould holdings of Western Union had been taken over by the Telephone company. On account of the high esteem In which the management of the tele phone company is so generally held, great things were predicted as a rev suit of the absorption of Western Union. By the press of the country the "deal" jjras most favorably com mented on, It being widely pointed' out that under the direction of euch men as Theodore N. Vail and his aa*' soclates, the telegraph company Was bound soon to work Itself Into a po sition where It could offer the publlo far more efficient servloe than It had ever before been able to offer. But a very few months had elapsed when it became apparent to the new management that a modem and up to-date appraisal. of Ihe c6mpany'a assets would make possible a far greater degree of, efficiency of oper ation. "Here," they said to them* selves, "we've bought control of this property- and we know it's immensely valuable, but we don't know Just how valuable. These appraisals of real estate and securities owned were made a long time ago. If?we have a complete Inventory made of every thinfc we've got we can announce the facts to the public, start a new aet of books, and begin our responsibility to stockholders right there." , How Inventory Was Taken. The most expert Accountants and appraisers to be had were put at Jhe task. Their labors lasted over eight months*. Their report and Its publi cation 1> the company marks, an ep och In finance. , It began by recommending an ad* justment of the difference between the appraised and book values by a charge ' of $5,696,089 against sur plus. Book values of securities held were reduced to market values, bad and doubtful accounts were "charg ed off," an allowance of $2,000,000 was made for "depreciation," another ,of $600,000 for "reserve," and 80 on, until the old surplus of $18,867,000 came down to $6,136,000. It required courage, the publication of this statement to stockholders, say ing In effect: "The property of your company has been reval ued: the surplus isn't nineteen mill ions, as you have been led to be lieve, but Ave millions," but It was the truth, and President Vail~dld not flinch. "Accuracy and publicity/' he declared, was essential. "The stock holder has a right to know. The shares of this company are scatter ed from one end of the Unionjto the other. This is more than a private corporation. It is a great national enternriBe. The nubile is e.ntitiMi t? the facts." The report was ordered published forthwith. Financiers of the old school and speculators generally were* aghast. What would happen? Would the bottom drop out of* Western Union when the shareholders realis ed that their propetry . was worth $18,000,000 1ms than they had sup posed? But the amazing thing happened. The stock went up and stayed up. The public had respond ed to ibis remarkable display of frankness and confidence; to the new motto, "Accuracy and Publicity." The full significance of the action of the new board it stated concisely by Harper's Weekly in these words: "Is this policy of publicity and of open-handed dealing with sharehold ers and public the forerunner* of a similar movement on the part of oth er big corporations? Certainly It Is to be hoped that it is. In the case of these big companies, dependent upon public patronage and doing busk ness under public franchise, can there be any question of the right of the people to know? "That right is being recognised. It Is recognised now in this epochal act on the part of the telephone and telegraph interests. 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