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--- '.'fiSS^WT'.^-^V^V^^ W^W***' ^ mmmm mmmmm mmm *m t^ttr-an^ff^f* *• r\* ec '^^fr^C*-*? I • i -•• J//;^ :i-; \•«;-V >• •< ~ '•Utiki •' '»}'?< IK'S- .' Iftifcs.. fi{-to ! ''it * ;- J :|/if-i> I. ,? • mi L 1 3 t n i i% -t If ;; >-,; .- \»?! ! fl'T tin - -li If i M- IffJll si ?•-*!# r $$«*$&•*- 11 f #? -? >'i V- H *'• if ' .'?• sr? *u - s (.••;• ;? ,. . ;». V : 5!' \ DEPEW DEPENDS PlttCTIIi. in a Clear and Vigorous Spwcn Swift* * mmtmmmm X DMieESGOlWTRrSeROWTH : Senator Qustia Business Expansion •ml Development In N«w York Stat* ..a*. Typioal of B«n«fic«nc* of Pro- , tective,. Policy ?u Q«rtr*iMUtM4» Alexander : Hamilton—Criticises At- titusfs of Southerners. Oa May IT 13te.Htitn. Ghacneey M-- Depew addressed the tTnited States senate on the subject of the tariff, flow under discussion by that body. He •poke in part as follows: Mr. President, I doubt if it Is pos- sible to sited much new light upop the question e t the tariff. It has been the •object of legislation for centuries. It has been the causa of many great wars and internal revelations. The present discussion has wandered far afield. The experience which senators hate had with the wants of their constituents and the requirements of their states has developed the almost insurmountable difficulties which are in the way of the preparation of a fair and just bill. New York Is the largest manufactur- ing state, and there is hardly an in- dustry to the 2,000 limns in this meas- ure which does not directly or indi- rectly affect out citizens. General Hancock Not Far Wrong. One result of this discussion has bees to rescue the fame and rehabilitate the- reputation of the lamented General Hancock. Little things, single re- marks, make and mar the careers of •tatesmen. General Scotfs request that he might delay his letter accept- ing the nomination for the presidency untQ he could take a hasty plate of soup dosed his campaign. General Hancock's answer to the committee of notification that the tariff was a local Issue in his state of Pennsylvania laughed him out of the canvass. In the cloud of generals who were fa- mous in the efvB war he i s nearly for- gotten. I remember as if it was yes- terday the telegram which General McCIeUan sent to bis wife after one of the great battles of the civil war, \Hancock was saperb today.\ All that la forgotten by the\ crowding events of advancing time. -But-now i t i s brought heme to every senator and to the whole country that General Hancock uttered a pregnant truth, and his fame is like- ly toJSe embalmed ta Ida phrase, \The tariff is a local issue\ everywhere. It fa breaking party lines in state*, where it*, productive energies are producing prosperity. The favorite method now of attacking the proteeHv* principle is to proclaim loyalty to* the principle of protection and oppose its application. Alexander Hamilton and Robert J. Watker. Two men hme had dominating &- fluenc* upon American Industries, both men of extraordinary ability and one, a commanding gealus of all time. They were Alexander Hamilton and Bobert J. Walker. KamBton was one of those marvelous mtelHjgeneea which em be accounted for by no rule, wno have no predecesaoza or successors. We know ffiSe or nothing of Mm itefore he landed to Ne# York: at 17. He asked ft*nceto» if ahe would graduate, him if he could do the four years to two, and that sturdy old president, »r. T^thersjBoon, said; \STo; the curri- culum must be gone through,\ Kings College, now Ckanmbia, in Sew fejrki accepted t£e proposiaon. Befor*- h* was 20 he had so stated in .« pamphlet the American argument that ft* authorship was ascribed to - the greatest minds of the. revolution. He proposed to Morris, the banker of the revolution, a scheme for refunding the continental currency which would-have •area the national credit and which What Ah Youl \- Do rou foel wi«i, tired, d«po»»dent, h»ve freqoeot i«^- aehea, coated ton*^* Htter or bad tattt ia mocoiBf, \Maifrfnun bclofcwt of | M » « C id rinn|« ia throat afte* •itisf, atoaiack gm» or burn, fool bre«to 4 ihoy »peU«, poor or variabJa appetite, nausea at time* and kindred •ymptomt? 0 II yon hare any Mojtfarafefo imwfotr «f,A»<^> above »Tn»ptom« you am safferldjt from bOtoa*- nw^torpid I£«£*>i* iadii«doa, w dr»P*i*uu - Dr. Pkrc*** l^lden Medieat Ducovary i« WMI* up of the most valuable jnediciryd priacJpl«a , sasovrft to medical science for tho permanent ««C0 of raeii «bi»ormaI condition*. It U a tnoit *»oi«»t fivor ian£omtor, utomacli tonic, bowel ' Mgolator and. »«rr* atreo<tiwn«r. %»* r 9°**w Medtcat fiiwon-ery\ t* not a patent jaeflfcfoe or aeotet txatrom, « fair list o* itf toj^redienta f*inj printed o» its fcottle-ivnroper and «tte«ted tojoeroatfc, ^ glance at these will akowthat UcwUaiaa n o alcohol, oaf harm* fol habit-iormiiig draft, ft Wm f aid cststet laade -wi& pffipe r triple-refined llycerine, of proper ^trenjtth, from the roots *I tutive American medical, Iore«t plaatt. ; World's JDispeo*ary Medical Aseocktioo, Props., fidfido, N»T* th'at ihe f'.ntft f\BO« nroirft enplUt fur thwe emmifMttitlB^?.*aterflri*f«r» wtere a puwTy africviraral pcoxde, •R-hc* njid mpf-woml property I» 1885, #yi 1&o' trundreit and fifty mnilona' of capital ia 1680, sJx htjudred ««a fifty ialt'tojis la IKK>. on* MJlion t>m hun« dr«d and eft$* oinilon la JOO0, *nd- two biffion oc» hand«d million ta WW and that none' of It iww contrllsttttfl &om ftufcad* sources* The proflts of cotton must fe# beyofid precedent. .*• My frtendi from florid*, I think* state as fairly as any <rf the Senate** on the Democratie gidt^the Democrat* ie p^Itfov^nicB-ttrthatJEMy wirt tfta idea, of protection to be entirely «iiminat«« fromthetianedaie* mrftthat the tariff ahouloWbt bage4 upon th* Walker doctrine of only sufficient rev- mm td yield the sum i^giftfcfor car* ryto|r on the.%>f «aim#n£ Upon that basla the ^tatfor Senator *fwm «fortda »|[hC to S6e ^eaWte flow *dlnic on In the last citadel of Adam Smttb, Rich- ard Cobden, and Btohert: J. Walker-sr the British isles. It is 4 contest which I believe must result there, as every* *rhere.«lse, in- the triumph of the ideal of ; Alexander -Hamilton. ^ Great- Britain's control of the wool and cotton, industries nojv 4s. shared with protective countries whose.--niar- kete she formerly monopolized. -fSSfe is fighting with them a losing battle in Asiatic markets, where all the world competes. Her great rival, Germany,. with as good machinery and cheaper: tabor' and an equal command of tha- raw materials, is entering the Euglten market under that well-known eco- nomic rule by which mannfacturers of every country, in OrdW'to keep theh* mills in operation and their ingp enj* ployed, sell the strcplus practically at edsf to other coun#Ies i Thte woeess to Slling -the EngUsh market and driv- ing one Industry after -another, to ths wall. Great Britain is grasping slowly the economic fact that anything pro^ dueed m another eountiry-and salC within her territory puts out of emr ploymeht and reduces to public eharf ity exactly the number of men in Eng- land Who are employed in producing this article in Germany. The 'unemployed wandering idly, about the streets looking for any stray Job, however, poor i t may be, to satisfy the pangs of hunger, see -la the shop windows everywhere, the things, upon, which they at one time worked and' could make a good living for them- selves and families, marked **Made in Germany.\ it i s stated that there are to-day in Great Britain 7,000,000 of un- employed. How* to care ior them or furnish them support is the most anx- ious problem of the British statesmen, \ John Slorley bas stated in one of hia- speeches that at one time in the conrse i of their lives 45 per cent of the work- ingmen of Great Britain whgvbave reached 60 years of age have~Been In the pauper class. Great Britain and^Protection. - Great Britain madp a tentative iex- periment recently in protection, though disavowing any such intention. A law * was passed affecting patents. Under; ft the goods manufactured under a for- eign patent must, to enjoy the advan- tages of the patent, he made in Great Britain, otherwise the patent was open for use to British subjects. Before that was in operation two years a hun- dred and fifty millions of continental capital had been invested in England and tens of thousands of the unemploy- ed found again renjunertive labor and wages. H England today had a. tariff which would equalize the cost of pro- duction with •> Germany, Belgium, France, and Holland, Including fair wages to her people, she might again become not the workshop of the world, as she once was,,but very muebnearer to it than she isto-day. Anyway, she could; hold her own. A New Idea-in Protection; The eloquent and learned speeches which have,been delivered here have developed a nejv kind of protection. The hew school believe In the princi- ple, but oppose its application. Our southern friends reject the principle of protection, but believe in its applica- tion to thejr own productoi I believe If a committee were appointed, &Sm- posed exclusively of the Senators 6% ^snbsten^siiy; adopted^during' and f ^P side w^o^object most TioIenUy to after the civil war. He organized the customs and the internal revenues of the country upon a basis which con- * tinuea with few modifications to this day. He found our country purely ag- ricultural. He knew that Great Brit- ain had prohibited manufacturing in the colonies and the entrance into fixe market of products of any other lands except the mother country. He grasp- ed a* no other man of bis time did the -boundless natural resources., of the United States, He saw that if we re- mained purely agricultural we must be a country of limited populations, wide- ly distributed, and so dependent upon the rest of the world that we never could become a prosperous, powerful, and productive people. He was the first to recognize the fact that there. is no limit of growth to a country of sufficient area if it possesses both the raw material and productive power. His report upon manufactures made as . Secretary of the Treasury to the Con- gress is the foundation which we have buflded the greatest Industrial nation the world has ever known.; Bobert J . Walker lived and was edu- cated to a part of onr country whose almost sole product was cotton. Its. people manufactured nothing. They arcs relied upon outsiOe territory for ttals ,<oodr-saBa xlothes. The practieaJl <WWtIoii with him was the. cheapest products to ctathing, food, machinery, and all tie necessities of life for a people engaged in one form of agricnl- tetta. Bnt It was more than that which created B*tW*. J. Walker. If we read the spaaahes of fisrr-^^hern: statesmen of hla period, wa sod in them **«aa of learning in the claaalcif^of Engllsi literature and a complete absorption in the theories of Adam Smith. Mans of them were educated in the best schools abroad. They had feism-« foi wide raadjng and refined cultote at come, and they had so totich with & andiostandiEg of those thriving indns. trial immunities which weto favitfhf Immigisfioni baildiiijE cities, construct' lag TaHroads, and planting factories be sSe the mtUt gawera, H» declared that the tariff anonia be levied for th* purposes of revenue only, and he\ com kitted bis party to the principle. The ideas of HanJllton and ~©jf Wal ker have been struggling ever Since fot the eonouesfc of the worML Hamaton lb m«sf er of every Stato In our Union, Ka matter what plea may toe entered as to the propose forwhlch protection Is desired, the Senator who asks for it acknowledges at once the supremacy of Hamilton. Hamilton'* policy has re- C\*aired the ravr.ges of war, It ba»„er»\ ated In the States which were-and some still are—dominated by the Wal- ker view new inanatries, which are de- veloping local andV.natlonal wealth and supporting large populations. The ideas of Hamilton have crossed the oceans; they have captured every country In _1ghe world except Great Britain; they Thave become the controlling policy In '\ every one of the_Britlsh colonies. Ths this bill, that they would have more difficulty in agreeing with one another than it is understood onr Democtatic Members had when-they caucused the measure. Increase In Goat of Production. We have lost sight in this debate of changes in the cost of production; that from 1860 to 1909^wages have -more than doubled; that toe^ have advanced 25: per cent since: the Dingley bill w«a enacted; that the hours of labor have been reduced from;a.third; to B\quar- teiH and that, inasmuch as in. every production labor Is from CO to 90 per cent of the cost, we hate thus; increas- ed our cost from 25 togO per cent We have lost sight of the fact that this beneficent but almost revolutionary movement for the benefit of the work- ers has not advanced in anything like the same proportion In, European coun- tries. :'.•-' ••--f'.\\'\'\'-- -;' .• ; \ All Nation* In Competition. ' The telegraph, the caiile, the flying steamer^ have made practically all the world one. No country today of. the highly organized Industrial nations has any superiority over another in Its machiijeryi. The .inventions, ot one land are quickly copied and duplicated in another-' The German chemists, who are the most expert and patient workers in the world, have produced some.400 different articles out of coal tar; They hate enormously enlarged'- the pharmacopoeia of all nations. The formulas ore soon understood and oth- er na|iona can usetjbem. We bave the rftw mate*i*i. \IRK the extent |0 jfhlcls -vre can .duplicate-;we have that taueii more employment among our- selves. To the extent that Ve purchase on the other side we lose 4jjst that amount, of employment in 0*5 own counti^. If all the world was aiEje, 1f the cost of production was the s^me everywhere, if wages and hours^ifrere the same in all naiions and anj-ag all races, then we cotfld have th^.'saine'' conditlsn3; that exist between 00* own States. ^ v _-. ; - -'•• ,'- ; : \ '.- Industrial <»rnwth Under* PrBtection: : Whitt has been accomplished by pro- tection Is happily instanced in oar State of New iforirUmtiBg; many indos* tries. Bftts Mre built tip a thriving cify at totjkers and arc building ether Industrial.communities; In other part* of the State. Tile protection for metfa gloves has created & community\ \of thirty thousand people and reduced the price from ***> and one-half |to three dollars, as it was; when England had the monopoly, to a dollar and a dol- lar and it halt Now the great English mannfacturers are moting to Gtovers* /Ville, An equivalent protection for women's gloves, would lead in two yearsto the employment of-flftjr thou- sand men to the destruction of the foreign monopoly and wottld jrltft to onf own people tax article; touch cheap. er -«ud; better /than they> hav# now; Toe; stitoe tmiltk hav^ followed to * thriving community of thirty thousand in tws. fh||ih&sgE o f lumberat Ton«wai|- da attdr^rrespondine results at o#> densburg and other placesi I might en- largethls itst alttiost indefinite^. Wonderful Pfoartss of rthe UtiHiet Btats*« • isb tamtt^aaXL shosp fgnres: JilltiiJ these: That since Republican protsc- iibn %ecatoe;8)^ fixed: : polic|r ibe Weiiltib of the United States has Increased six times, our foreigii trade three; times, the %sges,in our factories three times/ our railroad toHeage six * times, our foreign co^merce:feee'timesrana-tfae value of our manufactured grodncts seven ttmesj our exporis-fcom.JU&&7 to- 1903 300 perr cent* Exeept/^or thes^. conditions we never could have had our railroads cattryiag popnlittlons to- the farms and productive possibilities Wrrylh^.the factory near to th^ra* materlaljate never could havehad man- ufactaring centers which brought thts markefe- to the farmer's door; we never could haye had the consumers, whose numbers and whose prosperity give the tarmer bis opportunity* ihe- manufacturer his opporrunity, the mer- chant his opportamly, the railroad Its opportunity, and the steamboat and tht «anal fhete/opportnnlaes. Changing Conditions In Manufacture*. There has been bronght t&;my atten* tion -ier constltoeats of mine changes which have taken place within the last few yeaw which entirely alter the re- lations <«f the American-manufacturer to particular articles. There are many Industries which have grown up to this conntry since the filngley tariff; to which are invested many millions of\ dollars and employment-given to ten* of thousands iff people, I refer now -. specially to Industrlea where; the ravr material pas come from India, South America;.or the East The change, has come about by the English starting factories in the countries where the raw material is produced and where labor is nominal compared with our*. It Is easy to^name several industries \whleb wereT^prosperons at one time which are now struggling, to live be- cause the manufactured article comes Into tiMs country either under no duty, because it was not produced any where -. else ;at onfe,tlme, or under a duty Which is now wholly inadequate \be- cauae MB English\ manufacturer in In- dia, South America, and the East has the raw material at iA% doofcj has his Wages at one-quarter those paid in the United States, and much less-wh'eayott consider the length of hours: with, whom transportation Is a. negligible quantity; and who, unless the revision is .upward instead of downward, will A won CATARRH Eli's Grua Bala Is strict 1* aNwftel, •few* atiw at 0M*. ft oleasees, soothes, heals and protects the diaeasiea menu brmne reeoltiBg from Gatanrb and drivee jiwayaCoUlintbeHeadquicklT. B«U>re» the Senses of Ta^te and 8DM»IL Full size SO eta. at Druggists or by mail. Liquid Oream Balm fur use in «fcomiierm75 cts. By Brotheni, 561lm»aB Btreet, Haw ¥ork our manufacturers out of business, and then, with his monopoly, make hit own prices?, toas, his helpless victims. Undo^tedly,there ato other articles/ ; wherie the perfecjloft of Anierlcan ma- chinery, the command'Qf the; raw mhs terial, the opftprtanfties f or transpor- tation, and t^e elements of cost, in- cluding' higher wages,; justify tt rednc- tion.to ,SL, point where the tariff shall not be prohibitive. Competition and not prohlbltlen is^the reiil object b$ the principle for.which we^ are cbfi- tending. - 'f>.'- ..;.'.' .„'\; Leseont Foroetten. '•-;; - The n^wspapera toll nsi'that France\ is on the eve of *>, retotutton and that It originates, as always, in; Bjaris, The remark was once made.by a distin- guished observer that, to maintain peace and order, Paris had to lie shot <!tver about once every thirty y^ftrs* I do not know that th^re Jar any truth In this broad generaiiiation, because broad generalizations arc seldom true, but it is true, and that has heen. our history, that it requires a lesson Jn modified Jit^s trade to bring oaf people to a full feau>atlon*Qf its•ffects. , South'* Advance In Manufactures. , My eloquent frlead^om Geor^ia, s .In bis briiHant: defense of the South, Which needs no defense, claimed tjhat the prosperity which hast created a new South Woula have come without any protective tariff, airt^that the protec- tion which, In our judgment, has made the new South; has created a class who live by placing .tai burdens upon tfeeljc heighbora Who owe them nothing and receive no benefits whatever from fheir existence, jfow let us see- At the closa of the war'-the South, ta be •ays, was purely agricultural, and all Its property destroyed But land; and, as the Senator from Massachusetts has so ably demonstrated, it, was that which presented suth a frightful handicap during the civil:War upon ua galbint, brave, and resourceful a people as ever existed.: • - „ Soon-after the civil war protection enabled capitalists to take advantage to the Sonth: Of the-principle that where the raw materials and the man- afactory are side by side there is pros- perity for both. Now, see this ffemark:* able rssulti The manufactured profi- Jtcto of the South to 1880 were' tout tnnuredind;4fty millions; in IdOOtfijs- Mlllos font htmOrei and fifty millions; to ms t ^008,000,000, In view of *hesw ,flgures> where in the claim that the So« b i» stia an agrteultural <oua- iryjandwodMieBt entirely upon agri- culture ™t ** living? There i s not a person, I. be^ere. Interested to the manufa«nrtog ^dustrte* t>f the Sonth. who fotGHigehtlj Dttderstands them. who would assent fct^ to the tepesl of the tortff upon coth n products and iron products because t-^tectlon Is m epptewion upon their facing neigh- bors. \ ^ BeneaJ the protection npo- cotton and yon wipe out the manufau,,,^^ In North Carolina, South Carol ma, J^ Georgia- Repeal the protection < pon Iron and the phenomenal progress ^^ development of Alabama, Tenn**ke and West Virginia will cease. I]7o not wish to differ with my friend \ Georgia, but tt is hard for me demand, if his statement to of a revenue apon ptoe*pple*,-nofc to? protection, but purely fer wwime* Under the schedule proposed by Flori- da, th* duty apon ptoeapptet will be railed to 128 per sent The distil- gulahed Senator, fa the course of bis, eloquent remarks, said the nerve* of the human anatomy were gathered at th* base of the spine, and an injury to the; has* of the spine attockinf tM~ whole nervous system led to *ae pa-\ raiystt of the entire body: in the an- atomy of *ur conntry, with thfr l»f»d in Maine, the base, of the spine, *s be believes, is Florida. -'Then, a failure t o pnt 1?8 per cent; not for prntecttoik but for revenne, npon pineapples would lead to national paralysis. We WlU take care of pineapples, but not on, *- revenue basis. Under th* ^rtfettee pjf protection, the national aervous ays' tern will be-unlmpalred. * -\ •-.••- '*•• -' r ^fawtorJ:is~akilar|^ii«ni^ Ing state and has the ireirtest va^e^r In the prodact/of her_ mills and her ; factories, i *a*« been in receipt 0? *t 'least et hundred letters\ »; ^»y for 5 months and havehad at least * thou- sand of, my constituents here upoa these jguestlbhs. They huve been. *he nwnufacturers; a.nd the . employeest mea arid wnmen^ in the factories* Itod, the farmers and the people of the lo- calities to which these manufacturing Industries' are located, Thfere ia al- ,-moat nnanfmity of.isenltiment thatjhey arc all constitoei* as welt as. «il pro> •ducem;..- .•---.;•''-.-'--. .•--•'-• Citixena and Oecupationa Intecdepsn- deftt*;. • The ^^Mb,000 people Who- /are in gainful pnrsaits, eliminating those woo are single, and giving a n average fam- ily to tbosa; wio a?e/m«i*iedj make np nearly the entire popolation of the United States. In tbebr-living up aa>in their prospjerlfy they are, absctf lutely4ependratnpon*«ch^tberi None of them can HyebyThimself and; no oc- cupation can exilt -Jby Ifitelfc It V the interdeped|nce of the Industrie* of onr States which constito to* the strength of the- American people and: the wealth of-tlwAmericai* Unfcrau I Wi»Mked W -tye, lidSlnley to 1306m make campaign speeches throijgh. the wheat and corn belts of the~We*t. 1 Jbiwd the farmer*, everywher* tooking ta. free silver o r any other panacea for- rellef fr^m^hehrcondittonf WheitWaa 00 cente and corn 15 cents a busbeL ^pbn.thaitiiey-cotild not 'meet-tnisln^ tereat upon thdr totxrt*^»ie» JtodV-tbey had difficulty in paying their taxes and there Was no marltet-forthehf horse*?, and ^cattle. Why wa*, there thj* <ondl- bp either a horixotj.t»t reduction of tht» tariff t» brtoa th*» \wfenues down to the expendituras pr el*e to enter upon » bacclMtifllijiin salurnnU* of extrava- gance. National and Stata R»y*«a#fi There 1« another view which mik& me very furdbty and which has not been presented. The time has- come to draw the i>tt* between the sources of revenue fur the Federal Govern- ment and those wUsU atrntj he left with the State*. Th6 feflefal Oovera- molt has unUmtted opportttnltieii for reyenue through tho c;astotos amd isy Internal-fei'efftie. tiuraftion of almost Ifeoiaess vadetfes and b^ other meth- ods. The States most deal lOIrectly with their pecple. X was talking a few days since with the Hoa> Edwin A. Herrltti chairman of the committee 6a ways and means of the lower house of the Kew Sork leglsiatnre, who et«- mtde * tnost eloqtsent ftpp^al w-behalf | prejsed alaxm-at the inheritance ami _. * ^.J. jpg, omfe taxes being absorbed Iff the Federal eosemiaenfc 5!h* expense*: of the States, with the pubJie-improv^ meflts which have become necessjary by the extraordinary development of., the last qnarter of/a centary are, b> creaaing h\geometrlc ratio. Direct and Indirect Taxes, When 1 was chairman of fiie eon> mlttee o n ways and means i n the, Jtow- er bomie^gf. Q«e New 'Stork legislature,; forty-six years ago, a. tax-ievy_of fi,* 000,000 would baye led to a political revolution. The t** levy Ahli'yepri* thlrtyrseven millions, ^nd. It. has In- creased from twenty-two to thlrty-sev* en within the last decade. There was levied in the Stote of J?eW.\ York in'. 190T by dh^ict taxes-rthatis, city, vii- lage, county, and to*n--418i(>,8^3il^7, and- by direct ta^» *3%$$&JWi®, making a total of direct and iadireet taxef of #Sa8^ffi,-04a70. A direct, tai for State purposes has been- abolished In onr-State, 3?he State government la carried on by Indirect taxation. This came becanse .^ojf. the^ e^nornion* bjutden* • of local taxation; amounting t o |181,- 000,000 a year, Our Indirect taxation. cornea from taxes on corporations, or- ganization of/' corporations, • Inheri- tances, transfers of stock, traffic in liquor, mortgages, and racing associa- tions, according to the. following v table: TaioacorporattoaB ........... tStSttnatM Tax.on orwmtzatJqns ot cor- porations ....................... TaJTon Inheritance ..„.».....,. ^Xax on tran»fer of stock ..... T»J^tt traffic In liquor ,., Tax on mortgages .............. tax^Sn racing- iMoclatlons .... vTOtat .....;..,,,......,..,.,,...,., JJ2,SS8,70T.# ' It is «videht Itptn this thai with the (Secretary \»f 1 Uc^reasiiTy~C? tlie In- *»quollU<'*« «.«. il^s Jtrt*' in'the pr«e- tfcal npplicnll-n *t tariff dtttles, BO that wiihont aKiiHtlon, wlthont an etrrnai tariff war and.« perpetual toriff Ic-bby, with hll thai means to the dls- tor-liawe of bnsIneM, m cffeeHv© and c«jl?ele a s machinery- would, be auto* inatirally solving problems as the/ ariw, Su«.'b n commission would meet the crltleistas upon the ambiguity.of the tow. . . '**•\.••\ Mr, President, the coaatty Want* speedy Jicttonr upon tbis^sabjeet, In all the phenotninai times of prosperity ol the pael none of them equal the pres- ent to its opporteottleSJatia Its prfinrise, Thfe \sto&ks of the mercusaas are: de- pleted, the storehouses of the mana* fftcturera are empty, tho supplies-on hand have been used hp^ and no new production undertaken for' fear of the \result: of'the action,-of thte Congress. The impatient hbjses attached to the vatf J* progress\ and prosperity 'are beid in with difficulty, because of their Jhnpatience to enter upon the Marathon race of prodB/ctlon and development The fate of parties to: power depends upon, the effect of/ theh* action on the eoutttryi If because of this bill,/, when perfecte^-becoming a Jaw We eater, as I^beileve we will, upoi another decade surpassing In/ its beneficent re- itrits that ; Which begaa with the. Ding- ley tariff, popularly Will follow prp«- perity • iad the party can mnfUUmtly rely unbh/the|udgmentof Hiepeople/ 391.42118 tmx&u 9,«S7^04.24 215,925J9 mm tion among^ the farmfra? We had a. larger population In 1896 than we had to 188Q when they were- pfospetoni. It was because'tlieexperlmeat of modi- fied fre« trade had closed the factoriear and turned 3,000,000 wage-earner* In possession of job* to S,000,OOOonfc of a job and out of Pjoney. In other words, the farmer had lost his market because the consumer had lost-his job. > Protection. Broujjht Proaperity^ : \ffe have had since 1897 phenomenal prosperity,. employment,- and wages, • the farmers now getting a •dollar and 4wenty-flVe//cents a bojbel ifor„whe«t and sixt^ eeftto for, corn, and. there Ja an/ open nlarket Jof their atonic. The. farmers have paid off their mortgages, they have large surplus In the banks, . and -they at* enjoying a prosperity command the American market,, drive y«i^>ai^^«>'-b*^.|cnn1iRniby aay agricultural people fit; the Wot« .and;, never knojya by on.e'fa^mer* before. It i* betsanse protection has created the market, has created the. men** maker, has created the money spend- er, and haa'demonstrated. the- Inter* dependence between the farm and the factory and between the producer and the consumer. The rise in. the/ cost «f li^toaj ia nof to rentsj, clothe*, bnotaand shots, or?ailto«4irat»Ji tott it hr„to food. To suppose that under these conditions the/ farmer* of the country believe that under thia prin- ciple they are burdened and oppressed in order/to support their fellow coun- trymen who are engaged to. other par^ *nit* and. Who, Hr peb^.tngaied. to these remunerative pursuits, are their eonsumers and; cuBtomers, Is absurd. '« /.•\-;' Income Tax. •'•'•-;'. 44 tocome tax baa been nrgeft by the Senatora from Tew* iMr^Satfeg), Iowa £MT t CummtosJ, and Idaho Cafje, Borah), it 49 advoeated with frett ability and a great arraysof precedenta la cited to support thfelr contention. The whole question rests upoa the** wei^of^^natitatloit: -\- Direct taxes are to bs laid to such a manner that each stater shall J»ar a, pre* portloni of the whole tax equal to J U pro- portion of th* whole popjWeiijm. In rendering the opinion of the court, <Mef Justice jPuHer sutomed op Mf conclusions as follows: \ c , l \ \pur conclusions may. therefore b*; sum- med up a* followa: FIrafc, We adhere to the opinion, already aiwounced tfcat taxes on real estate, os- tog teOtsputably direct taxes, taxes on ~? &*£. or tacome of real estate are equally direct taxea. — Second, We are of.joplnftjn that taxes ca1 personal property or on the income of personal property car* llkewtoe aireet .^*^ ,Thf t«impoaea by sections » to «r, toclnaive, of the act of 1SW, so far as i t fall* on toe Income «r n*t esut* ?** £J.2?\ ,0 <?* 1 P«»P«rty, belmr * direct tax wjtftto toe measlnjr of the constfto- ttoa and toerefer* unconsUtBtloaal. and void because cot apportioned aceeraii* ^,JS? rtMftt * tton «, •\ ^^S* **ctton#, con- stltutlns; on* entire schema of taxation, are necessarily Invalid. —-: f The object and aim then of Hwse long speeches^ which are as able a*; any fiver«deltvcred at any time in this' body are to have lh« Senate t&tesat- the; Supreme Court. It fe better when a, decision, cf the court of last resort I* against the judgment of eouns*l to pteseat to the'puMe what the coun- sel would have said if-fie had been a judge than to adopt th* remedy which Judge.G/raver, of ow 3S*«w-x*ork court of appeals, soM was the only MI* left for the .[defeated attorneys and that was to go down to the tavern and curse the court. One Senator wiahe* distinctly to challenge/the Supreme Court with the idea that 4 the argument and decision l« the Pollock case win he reversed. Another Senator wishes to have it Introduced as a priacipl* ia our political economy, even If the tariff is to be deduced in order that there may not be an excess of income over expenditures. An Unnecessary Burden. Unless, as in war time*, there la as absolute necessity for an income tax. It is the most direct possible attack open th* protective system. Th* only way In which the surplus rsveaaes tt would produce, sad which as* aot sow needed: conk] b* taken eanjaj, wjgtf I budget five millions more than'the 'amount raised from these sources Iast year, the- Slat* must soon 'find other source* of'- reyenae.- Several States have already adopted an Income tax, l?o bhe/ would \advocate that there should be double taxation by the Gen- eral gpvernnxentiand:,by the .States, *>r the* burden would fee Intolerable, It .seems to me. therefore, that it la a xair Claim on-behalf of the State* that this direct contact With their ^flzeiw/ if inheritance ; and Income taxes should be left to their administration, ? Property Bears Its Pr*i»*rtion. \ My colleague, Senjitor Bodt, cliariy and ably answered the question the other day a* to whether th* proparty owners bore-a Bobrtantlal-part of the burdens <of the Governmenr by -proyp btg what they paid md ite percentage lu the country as a whoh?. > -ThiiiiSew '\ork tat levy, I think,, hi a : clbaeand iip-to-date Illustration of the same i*oint from our nwn States. 1 know from petoonal experience with/ the es- tates for which I am counsel .that real, estate located Ih the.best parts of N*W totk city piy to-day\ danhia the. taxe* which they' did eight years ago and withoutlany tocreasej to i?entfc The effect of this I s that the toceme froa> real estate i n .Jfew York ir nearer than 4 per cent. The>'-iaxei Oft.ralIroads in the State eif New Ycrk-are first npon their real estate, at full ^valoe, to the several towns, fhea a franchise tax? then H tax apon capital ato^k, then *. tax upon bonded-debt,-Ctta* -4taii^^'i^.dM- dends. in the case of the New Yor,k w raiteoads which^ pay,dividend*, this amounts tojover-15 ^er-cent of their net tocome. Of course this Is an as- sessment upon the Income of i$itstoc*>'' holders to that amount, - Income Will Exooed Expenditures. She. ineonie ^ex^iiijaecl of the Government can be calculated for a series of years to come with-almost mathematical certainty. I have heard no critichVm Which, successfully con- : troverts the*concin/slo;nV-of/^*>wa^ and Means Committee of; .il^r^Mia': and the Ftoance Committee M the Seoate. Including pensions, 80 per Cent of our total revehaea; ar* on JCB, ; count of war. Expenditures are not likely to increase as fwt'a*-t«ra»wi*,:: and there will necessarily come in th* conraeof uatotoiaow thai forty-foo# ytaw Mve passeff^alnee fb« Auese oi theelvif war, an annual -decrease i n I pension approprJafleiaf. T»* ei^t:\«*• penditure* are entirely '•& administra- tive control. -Alt European nations are burdened with gigantic national debt*. These debt* are the InheriUnce* of great and little wars. Onr national debt' *** - been. so reduced since the clvtt WafvOH!* i t |s^t necliglU* inah- tity comwtred with our r**onrce*r We should emWe the national debt, not for war bnt for th» most benefteenfe purposes of peace;, if w* are to enter npon * proper policy. We have began on the right course to the PanamaCanal by borrowing the money f<* it* co»r strnctiony It i* proper that posterffy ahonld heap tbelr pn>p#rjff«i of a %nr* den of which «xey are^to he the prto- elpal beneficiaries. If we enter iipoh; as we Witt in the fntnrt, an totelllgent and thoroughly prepared -scheme oi inland waterways, that also should be done- by the issue of long-time bonds, for posterity again will be the benefi. claries and ought to bear their share of the burden. •. / Permanent Tariff Commission. We are all In receipt of litter* and tesolntlonajof commercial bodies to referenjse. t«|, the creation of a p*rma- nent tariff esnamlsslon. Th* Senate* from Indiana CMr, Beveridge} and th* Senator from Nevada IMr. Sewlandsl have ably and eloquently presented the affirmative of test proposition. They base their-ar^oment largely npon the anccess 6T the Interstate Cotumerce Commission, bnt there Is no analogy t between the duties performed *by and the oWJgations which rest on the la- terstate Commerce Commission and those which would devolve o» a per- manent tariff body. It I* the nature of « commission to seek to enlarge its powers and to exploit Its beneficence. A permanent tariff commission, with a permanent lobby repr*aeatinVthe 2,000 items In th* tariff bill and backed by the influence of the Senators and Members from the Stat** where the** particular industries are located, wtrald keep alive what the country most dep- recate* and most fears—a perpetual tariff disturbance. Pass some law quickly and adjourn Is what the coun- try wants. I believe la the *cheme. outlined by our Committee on Finance of creatine from ta* experts of the OoverBment, who are familiar with every phase of this question sad la constant touch with it* s^mtoiatration, a body within the existing department* which can In. torm,the PwajdjaJL^arrafajai th* How a Mother's Love Overcame Scruples. By OLIVE HARPEH. [Copyright, 1909, by American Press Asso- '\ - • elation.!' • Solomon Beardsley sat tilted back in his big rocking chair with his feet upon a stool before the flowing base burner stove, smoking placidly. %'. V Hht Wife was to the kitchen beyond ftoliBbtoR her housework,, before going toM>ed.Z She. wm -too weary to even sit-down; to the parioti_and, besides, there: was ho. easy chair for J^er. Aa she came through the room an anxious took crept over- her face ; and into her dim eyes. She stood near the map tor a few momenta hesitatingly, as though she fain wonhi .speak- , Solomon no- ticed, her hesitancy ana, taking the pipe from Ids Itos, asked shortly; *'What'a keepin* ye? It la j\:most 10 o'clock. I«?S bversleeo to *Jhe mora- toV ••.''• By-a great effort she \naked/huskfly/r ••Hash^Gharlie come yej?* \N/oy not anless he has aneaked; in the back way,»? was the.reply^ '*He never Baeaks,\ said file mother, with a slight show of spirit. \Homphl And ,see that yon don't go ptittto* notiona to his head.\ \About fcoreny?* ! T-es; about Loreny Stohyer or any other gal hereabouts. I don't intend to let Mm make a fool of himself at his . age,\ '-*•••.- y . *^etetbirty3* , • \Thatdon'tajakenodarerenee. «&•* too young to marry, andT we need; hi* money.**. . >— \No we don't need his money, Solo- mon, and yott know it. He la a good sott^-dutiful, and Industrious. . It is time he jild marry and settle down here; If yon continue he may go off to Bome big idfer. They tell him he f s got such a fine voice that he'd make no end of tooaey to stog in tbs opera;'' .- \Tton't yon dare to put auch idees toto.hl»hfiadl.^#on*fchevit Church choir is good enotigh for him, and— well, It to my dnty.to watch over htot I don't want him to make a bad fear- gato-^ule\— 'Meentogf me?' r • :. •Wo, iib. Marthy; I got a good barv gato to yon—he^-he--he?' .' ^or a moment the thto, worn woman looked at the wrinkled, nearly bald, tootbieslsrold mSnon 1 whose face lines of ill temper and avarice were drawn, and then with,her candle she went on up to her room whispering to herself: \St® Jhe? did not make such a bad bargato^fcr hlmsei£ He had ; my youth;; my/beauty, my capacity for work, ah* this faito tfhd #,000. In exchange what 4& I getf A bare, scanty, living ;Mu> unending toil for ail these years;- »To; le did not toafce a bad bargain, but i will not stand aside and let hfin spoil toy boy's life, Kb, I -WH1 not'haye 'it.^ - - : Z Boon after the tired mother had gone 3*p theatalrli therewaaa sfepV'onfsiae the *et$ henrtslringK of those wiho lieard to-r^ S'-' It te not remarka^lt- •bat ttit-y hatl xi-»Viik<T»-d tw\v dwfJrcs- fe W» hciirt -vf the yioutfg man. ili>$_ fblA n-ofi, Wtot the father feu rod. 1| his£&n were to R\ed laorena' he woali naturally go to lite %%-lih hex people, us her fother wus dwiOL, If Chariie left home his father weald be obliged to Ure tea men to 4(t what they had managed between them, with the assistance of the mother.. it was act so -moch that he? had aaytjilns. figatost Lanrena na that be did not i wish his son to leave him that,had actuated him until sow. %<t had tol!a*d fraa&iy yith Ids s$a and told liim many things/ ali calculated to wither any boddfog geotimeatalism. So now Charilb had entered the par-. lor with heavy feet HelmeWVWhaf was to come, and he kpew whsft had gone before—yea,/ only a short half hour ago. $0 wonder^..Ms- heart waa heavy. -'.'-\'*.''• / \WellF' Bald' hte fither, ^yingihim with: diseoncerting scrotiny-.\*'-• , , Charlie held his peace. In ;facj,/he eould , \uot trnst himself to''speafe^ JSla eyes were cast to the floof and filled with unspeakable despair. He could not trust bis voice. His father sat down wlth-'his aching feet on the-floor. Instead of the stool and again ottered the one word that meant s o muejb . ''WeUT' .'-\ -.,;--.•'' Charlie was SO handsome, w^tji his brown curling hair, his gentle brown : eyes, MB big frame and tanned cheeks, that the, old man felt a thrin of pride, but h e never allowed that to ^ieck his determinatlonto have from his son the last word of \'what he knew he Was ^trying to withhold.' Finally Charlie looked up once at his father, Whose sharp glance showed him the misery In the soft brown ^jfeyies of his^son. . Again he said- \Wen?' adding that he was>riistenlng, FinaDy Charlie itfted his head, saying: ,f ton heed not worry. It Is all off.\ \Wim-Va all off? Tell me the holi thing from first tolast.\ >; - \We finished our practice, and all started for home, and the rest hurried off,-.bm-Aanrena and I, we walked along slower. She said she had some- thing to say that she could not pot off. So We Wafted along.\ \You said that before. It isn't to be supposed that you rode along or Sew along or sailed along. Go ahead.\ '•Well, yon know, father, that I am fond of Lanrena. I told you *r°m the beginnlng'V-, \And so you've.been,and asked her, you ungrateful boy, after all I've slid and done\— / \Noj I haven't asked her nor\told her, but I feel as though I should have done so. We walked among the graves and didn't taUr- much at first. Then she said: ^Jharlte, I want your advice. We have beea stteh goodJWends ^al- Ways.*\ * * \Tes I see, I- see. She thinks yon can be caught with such chaff, but go 1 li.- , .- ^JS, ! •\'t-ss v *-Ue <a she tibiae •' te Mid :rump -1 it d<-ter. • vcr '>• t !n •- did • ::. i.s In r.-r on, gb on.\ \I said that we had, and then sfie continued: *Yon know that folks Mve a habit of taking things for granted, i.aitn not blaming anyione, bajttwb ' have been going together so mneh-tior four years since we grew ap— astl-mm 2b*-j think I most say that this im't go on any longer, Bert Jumel as«sd me to inarry him, and % thonghfil would ask your advice before I answer him.'\ \-. ^\ U A trap, attap,\ shonfed the old man, \ami ybn fell toto, it like the soft ninny that yon are! Dfdn*t I tea yea that Fd searched out her fcuauy .on both sides to see if they had anyjde- scendlhg ailment and that her father died of a decline? Didn't I go to* their house aid eat myself \sick twice to find oat how they cook and set table, and they're all extravagant? And her sperrits is\ too oneven. Gne time she is full of laugh and the next looks all to the dumps. She may know how to sew and keep house, but she. cares Store about; stngtog than anything. She's too flighty, I Won't allow yon to have her. I won't, I tell you.* What did she do then?\ \Why nothing* replied Charlie mis- erably, \for we stood a minute still and silent, i didn't dare to tell her nnerrtog- tosanct... >f had pictured^-to'\.-h<'rs< ot the two and of was going 1 ,to;undo. tt,. COUlOti:' SO put Ulty t!., ,; r n ... , flew to Laurena;8 bom.- lia/nrina had, stumbled t„ Itl ^ piOB^'-ato'ae :near the gau- „r ^ r and^onk down, ou it .1., k ,,,, .', heart's great grief TI,, had played, her last poor catd, and it had fuiied . Woald gi*0 up and ac. p[t must be Ji long engagnun.t. r ; totoed. /Perhaps sbe M j,u u this in time. But someh.w h ., 'her heart of hearts that 1 'U love her. So She sat sot,i,:i^ lonely place, and L.-r* Mrs. j. found her. What words pass»-d i.-iw,,.. Uj , M . two women should be sacred, but aftnr aWhlle the tears ceased to ri. « Tti» tWO embraced with Kreai f.-rvor. him Mrs. Beardsley went home j.r.-pared to.give a battle that should Uon hl , surrender and no quarter Her Should be no longer treats iik. , responsible child. He should '. So, with her whole being ar UM defense of her one Joy and <•,-. she reached the kitchen door ai. 1 ped for a few seconds wti!,. . mind she ran over the wi,,,;,. : life with her avaricious hu«i.aii«i hoW knew that hi the first j.-:ir • life with blm she had U->- ,, slavish to her acceptance of u^ rlor Wisdom- Perhaps she had u sclously given her child tbt- uu,, Jeet obedience to bis father^ . From his earliest days Charlie i... peared to consider his father 1: being to the world whose w 1.-.1 one could Question, and hi- how was due to this unqu.st: obedience. But It should last no With a firm step and^ritb h- .- drawn to one tense line she •; the door to the parlor, with her high. But all her battle with :,- was futile as she saw that h. r band had fallen over in his cba.: less. She knew instantly that l< \had a stroke,\ as his own rath. and that he would never speak .. He would die with the refusal eon's happiness as his last word- knew Charlie well enough t that be would feel bound to obej that formai and decisive refusal of his tap- ptoess-even if it broke his heart. As soon as the old man was laid in his bed and the doctor called the moth- er sat down beside him and considered the case from all sides. She took a heroic resolution. She whispered a few words'to him, asking his consent to Charlie's marriage, well knowing that he could never reply, and then Stood up, looking much as a martyr might have done. A wQd animal wi:i fight for its young, a partridge de- ceive to save her brood. Should she be weaker than they? Whether her lie could ever be justified or not >he could not tell, but she was willing to :ie :JO -»-r v ..i.H *.'• r • l|'8 lied \dd She kU\W «f««* **feave the issue with the great Judp who made mothers. So she told h-r boy that hlsfather at last had n«.t re fused his consent His last words on tartb had been: •'Bah! You go to bed\' MILITARY SYSTEM. The Way Germany Handles Her Re- serves In Case of War. Nobody who has visited .Germany can fail to have been struck by the large official signboards at the entry to,each town or village. These <-u lata fall information as to exa. ::y which official in the community t< u,- ply to should the magic word iii-oi- lize\ be spoken. Wherever the German resen-i>t iua> chance to be when the order to 1.. M- aze is given—assuming, of c jr=... that he is not out of the eonutr> - h.- has only got to ask the first inbat.ita:.: or walk to the end of the village a. J look at ttie directions on the signboard to find out his own particilar place in the military scheme. Hsfewill see that he must go to Herr Schmidt at +» Schufcren street Herr Schmidt w: 1 tell him exactly in which town he has to go in order to rejoin his own unit how I felttfll I had seeayoo, and she J and « ^Ss* fa etm more important will leaned against old Mr. Stander^ menu- •« Ive ^^ the money and tbe railway TH» WOJUH MOXXD iX »HJr OKt> KAK. and then a kiio4k- l»aborlansJy Sol* mon.put his feet to the fioor, for bis rheumatism teoTohled him, and with his back bent the'father «peued the door to hla only mn. Solomon- worked as hard m any member of the family ta spite of hla pains and aches, -bat his great desire- to get rich made even hte ton not unendurable, Charlie stood at the door waiting for -fctr father to open it He had never been permitted a latchkey, \ Charlie.had grown up to'belIei| to his father as an oracle and to lisfeiL unquestioningly to all his platitudes. In this he had always been aided by his mother, who, putting aside her own clearer knowledge of the narrow and miserly character of the old man, had fostered his belief In the wonderful knowledge of this Illiterate man. Char- lie had never questioned his father's wisdom In his life. But for the last four years Charlie had been going to the church and choir meetings regularly, and there were several very pretty girls among the singers. Charlie's voice was a beautiful, pure tenor, developed'la the clear an* of his outdoor life. Lauren* Stonyer bad a voice, too, fcot bers was a deep, sweet contralto, mm the sweetest not** of a ceifo, a role* that drew and played screa- ment and cried. \Yes sbe's-artful, sly and smart I give her the credit, bat she's got me to deal With. She got tired of waiting for yon to-bite at her bait and just: give-it a twitch to make you snap at it I am older than yoa and know all about women, -You have to ttve^ali the rest of yonr life with ate one you, , ehoose, and i t stands you to hand; ^ look toout and see them aft—wS[& every, one's faults and advantages, H pretty face ato*t all, nor is a good singing voice. Now, I've pointed ? dut' to yoa the failings of all the others from tbe time you began going oujpb. ^ocieiy,> Jennie Tubhs was too v<SSng '*^''|^'.weal^'Am^Staift'-toO''ai|^ Mary Blake too pretty and'vato.^d so on, anftiaonft of \em qonld cook, or take iawi^f ahouse, and all ©f 'em Was poor •and had a raft of poor reht- Honsi\ ',;,-, -\•'/ ;.\r. ' •',:•' Thfi/'old manatopiped to tate^reath, whtfe ehatae jgald. half hesrtedly, «*I feSbW ypia are trying to wateh out fmr my jsboa; mi fattier, Lanrena im a^etrfth^iseia^aite , '•-- - \- Weyer jntod thsit but go on and tell axe. WbSit did you,d© then-when she pretended to cry^' , / ?3-I said 'Don't cry* aM things Mke fhat, batjhe conldirt stopi I tried to take; h/er hand to comfort her, but she broke >way from me and rfln as fast ,as she could, r followed to see that She-reached her gate safe|? and tbea «ame hothe. and, father, 1 wfeli yoa would thi\k it over. I am ver^^lond of Lanrena. She fe good and hand- ifltoe;_8jid-and^we lore one another. X niean. We love mustK'* V \Poppycock and^jatoiasatoe! Pup- ^^er^ie'aln't iftelMght.'-wife tor yon. Now do yow go t&$ed wz&*f<fc? get this start T N- nonseose, Wby^ffiHrt yol \father l am sure thirls not nappy lore. 1 am thirty and /she twenty- four. We could all be so happy if ,„._ __ .., yoa would only consent. Father, 1 f partly by election, partly want to go to her now and ^spis/ia why I.did not speak before. 1 feel that I ea«aiat live without her if- she does accept Bert\ -i'Bahl ¥p& &Mo bedr Charlie waited a foil initiate, hoping* that his father weald relent But in- stead the old man turned such astern and unbending look at 10s son that Charlie flmtlly -went to his room, to throw himself feavliy upon his bed withontundressftng. Neither Charlie nor his father knew that there had been a listener to this conversation. But there had beea A mother's heart is made of strange stuff. It Is mtoe of a stuff that is always on the alert the children. 8**^ mother had and had heard r a moment she man. Then she oy, her only one, hie character of determined to wrought She ^M£J5Lji^*Z)£& fc slipped do the whole bated the BO: let her love f blot out tbe her husband, undo the misery hastily rehearsed knew he was u •fsJaat Lanrena, •erne, healthy, lo The two ^•^fc'Jf.-' mle story. She and prejudiced > waa a wbole- and noble girl, one another. *jtor yawajy tbt 1 pass to take him there. Arrived at his destination, he will find his uniform, arms and accouter- ments piled neatly to a heap, with .1 label bearing his name and regimental number on the top of the heap. Fie -has only to put it'on and take IN place among the comrades with wt..•:. he did his military service some j >•» •. 1 ago. This destination was arranged ..;• u awny years back, and the exact 1.:. .schedule for marching and nd>. : .. journeys was compiled long stnee.- Pearson's Weekly. THE BASQUES. An Interesting People Who Are a Puz- zle Among Nations. The Basque provinces He in '!.e north of Spain, and, although for • L- turies students have tried to trac- t!.•• real origin of the people and find a k • y to their language, they have failed : do 80..-- Ail tribe* known tongues spoken 1 y the sons of men have been shown t- possess a common origin, traceable t > the Arabic and Semitic. But the Basque language has entirely resisted the philologist In some aspects tbo vernacular shows traces of a Chlne>e admixture. In others it is clear ti^t KTorth American Indian terms are 1..1 tive to It. It also shows traes f barbaric languages spoken on the u-t coast of Africa. The people themselves bear ; li;-. ologtea! traits found to those v' • speak the said tongues. The r.at- name of Basqneland is Eskuaru n:.a their motto Is ''Iruracbat\ or \T: r>-< -th One,\ Nor is their potitiea: *TUC tnre anything like that of any k:. «D political body, though they bei.i^- f course, to Spain. Each Bas.jue i n •- tace is governed by a parllawett posed of representatlTea among the householders of enc 1 .. try parish or town. Tbelr law- sentlaJly peculiar to therus.: e ate conceived on rio known 'cd.- Of ancient or mediaeval tl.De- are a puszie among nations ar..i ber half a million all told >. « World,' .'-• Paper Which Is Wstei-proc' ln.Ja5.au thete. b Q pa j«r :::;:.: is impcrvlaus; to water, beli-V ;-' bamboo, flbets acd eu.alyi.:\- with the tubers;, of the patnpi ~f-A other shrubs. The a.bcr»,.ar. ;;r» apart,-made dry, cleaned nud> boiled la\ a. Weak lye and- tiior. washed to water, after -^bi/b tiiey-oK l>eaten and then mixed ^-uh ccr,^ roots made into a vteww ..state;. * solution contaiulfig rcslp, Knioutchon.o and camphor is also added, .A ?v>r.t of pulp Is thus formed and \toca'-ip<»K Into sheets, which are tan tbv^Sb* calendering machine -heated/ti* rmovs temperatores. The 'fi*nlt-4s\ *h«t ». paper Ik produced\ which te excWfflW tough, light and which S^-^\^^ The Japanese use uf a»leatSfttinw ttons and tosH* t*j|^^«>rthaw* r ' i 1 s^; * : : r-i i I •=5 f- • ~i ;.-.•-! 1 '! - un- ,-. ,-?- :.d -:her Tl.e.V M1IB- y..nt a'p-of / -'lied,. -#m&. ; 't >ro- •npcdi ugbtv . SpS,:.':^\ '.'•^2 i } * '>• 1 i ,'. \'' • / - : - i i - :; 1/ ' ••' I-
