Plymouth Tribune, Volume 9, Number 6, Plymouth, Marshall County, 11 November 1909 — Page 6

The I.aat Confederate Council. The last conference between Jefferson Davis and his chieftains, with the great chieftains left out, is thus graphically described in the Bivouac by General Duke: At Abbeville, S. C, Mr. Davis held a conference with the officers in command of the troops comprising his escort, which he himself characterized as a council of war, and which I may be Justified, therefore, in so designating. It was, perhaps, the last Confederate council of war held east of the Mississippi River, certainly the last in which Mr. Davis participated. We had gone into camp in the vicinity of the little town, and, although becoming quite anxious to understand what was going to be done, we were expecting no immediate solution of the problem. We were all convinced that the best we could hope and do was to get Mr. Davis safely out of the country, and then obtain such terms as had been given General Johnston's army, or, failing In that, make the best of our way to the trans-Mississippi. The five brigade Commanders each received an order notifying him to attend at the private residence in Abbeville where Mr. Davis had made his headquarters, about 4 o'clock of that afternoon. We assembled promptly at the hour indicated, and were shown into a room where we found Mr. Davis and Generals Breckinridge and Bragg. No one else was present. I had never Been Mr. Davis look bolter or show to better .advantage. He seemed in excellent spiriis and humor, and the union of dignity, graceful affability, and uivwiuu nuiiu uiauc ms iiuimiT usually so striking was very marked in his reception of us. After some conversation of a general nature, he announced the purpose which had induced him to call us together. "It is time," he said, "that we adopt some definite plan upon which the farther prosecution of our struggle shall be conducted. I have summoned you for consultation. I feel that I ought to do nothing now without the advice of my military chiefs." He smiled rather archly as he used this expression, and we could not help thinking that such a term addressed to a handful of brigadiers, commanding altogether barely three thousand men. 1)V Cine, who sn rpfpnflv Tim! tiprn the master of legions, was a pleasantry, yet he said it in a way that made it a compliment After we had each given, at his request, a statement of the equipment and condition of our respective commands, Mr. Davis proceeded to declare his conviction that the cause was not lost any more than hope of American liberty was gone amid the sorest trials and most disheartening reverses of the revolutionary struggle; but that energy, courage and constancy might yet sae all. "Even," he said, "If the troops now with me be all that I can for the present rely on, three thousand brave men are enough for a nucelu3 around which the whole people will rally when the panic which now afflict3 them has passed away." He then asked that we should make such suggestions In regard to the future conduct of the war a3 we deemed advisable. We looked at each other In amazement and with a feeling a little akin to trepidation, for we hardly knew how we should give expression to views so diametrically opposed to those he had uttered a3 we entertained. Our reipect for Mr. Davi3 approached veneration, 'and, notwithstanding the total dissent we felt and were obliged to announce to the program he had indicated, that respect wa3 rather increased than diminished by what he had said. We recognized that his high and dauntless spirit abhorred submission, not from personal considerations so much as because of the patriotic love he bore his cause and people. I do not remember who spoke first, but we each expressed the same opinion. We told him frankly that the eventä of the last few days had removed from our minds all Idea or hope that a prolongation of the contest was possible. ' The peopla were not panic-stricken, but broken down and worn out after, every effort at resistance had been exbaused. We said that an atterapt to continue the war, after all means of cupportlnt warfare wer, gone, would be a cruel Injustice to th- people of the South. We would becmpelled to live on a country already impoverished, and would invite Its further devastation. We urged that we would be doing a great wrong to our men If we persuaded them to such a coursee; that If they persisted in a conflict so hopeless, they would be declared and treated as brigands, and would forfeit All chance of returning to their homes. He asked why, then, were we still in the field? We answered that we rere desirous of affording him an opportunity of escaping the degradation of capture, and perhap3 a fate which be direr to the people than even to himself, In still more embittering the exasperated feeling between the North and South. We said that we would ask our men to follow ua until his safety wa3 assured, and would risk them In battle for that purpose, but would not fire another shot in an effort to continue hostiltiies. He declared, abruptly, that he would listen to no suggestion which regarded only his own safety. Resuming his previous tone, he appealed with an eloquence that was sublime to every sentiment and reminiscence that might be supposed to move a Southern soldier, and urged us to accept his vlew3. We 'remained silent, for our convictions were unshaken; we felt responsible for the future welfare of the men who had so heroically followed us, and the painful point had been reached, when to speak again In opposition to all that he urged would have approached altercation, for some minutes not a word was spoken. Then Mr. Davi3 arose and ejaculated bitterly that all was indeed lost. He had become very pallid, and he walked so feebly as he proceeded to leave the room that General Breckinridge stepped hastily up and offered hi3 arm r have undertaken to narrate very briefly what occurred In a conference which lasted for two or three hours.' I believe that I have accurately given the substance as to what was said, and that whore I have put what was said by Mr. Davis in quotation marks, I

have correctly reproduced it, cr very nearly so. Generals Breckinridgo and Bragg took no part in the discussion. Both, however, after Mr. Davis retired, assured us of their heartyapproval of thu position we had taken. Tliey had forborne to say anything, because not immediately commanding tha troop;?, rnd not supposed, ihrrei'ore, to knov.j their sentiments so well as we did. Dai they promised to urge upon Mr. Davij the necessity and propriety of enJoa.s oring without further delay to got outj of the country, and not permit other? and serious complications to be prif duced by his capture and imprison ment, and perhaps execution. Women of Clil War. From the standpoint of "chivalry'

it is somewhat of a reproach to th men of the North that while the ai the women of that section gave t the cause of the Union is as yet witi out public cnemorlal, the men of th South are raising funds for a mouij ment commemorating the services an I sacrifices of the women of the Sout'i to the Confederacy. In South Carolina the men havj subscribed $20,000 for the monumenj and the Legislature has given Statj aid. No woman is allowed to contriU ute to the South Carolina collection In other States, however, the line ha J heretofore not been so strictly drawn i but in the future the South Carolin example is likely to have the force law. Presumably the monument will be erected in Richmond, which is still sentimentally the "capital of the Southern Confederacy." In Richmond, notably in "the museum" In "the Confederate, white house," are already many visible evidences of the loyalty of the wecnen of the South to the Confederacy while it was battling for life, and of the sympathy their daughters and granddaughters feel for "the lost cause." The exhibition of devices to which tue Confederate women were driven when all the "men folks" were at the front and the blockade was drawing its soils tighter, is pathetic in its illustration of the efforts to make necessities satisfy tastes formed on luxuries. The Confederate cloth, hand woven and dyed with such "extracts" as could be substituted for chemicals; the rcugh dresses bearing Improvised finery, either of deftly fashioned remnants or of coarse substitutes on which refinement had lavished ingenuity all these things bespeak a state of siege, with the womenof the besieged loing their utmost to help tho defenders and setting brave faces toward the encircling foe. Boston Transcript. The, Whenlfleld at Gettjibnrg. These famous acres bear a mystic wheat T'at waits the reaper's scythe Alike in summer shine and winter sleet s And when the May is blithe.. Here phantom squirrels fenceward haste with grains ißt gleeful-taken toll From waist-high stalks that hide meandering lanes Of phantom mouse and mole; Forever twittering "Wheat!" to nestv Ing mate A spirit oriole cries. And ghostly bands of plundering crows elate Caw beneath long-past skies. In vain did valor's fiery onset tread The actual straw to dust, And steep the living grain In pulsing red From bullet and from thrust. The field stands wealthy with Immortal wheat Man never reaped for bread. Touched by funereal zephyrs passing sweet Where lay the nameless dead. Imperishably set as Round Top's stones The wheat forever waves. Peaceful as Gettysburg's white steeple drones Over the host of graves. Youth's Companion. Appalling; Ileckletnncuft. The late Gen. William Mahone. well known as a Confederate officer, and later as a United States Senator from Virginia, was both remarkably short of stature and remarkably slight a. fact which gives point to a story related by Gen. Adelbert R. Buffington, formerly Chief of Ordnance of th army, and now on the retired list. which 13 printed in the Troy Press. General Buffington was relating the occurrence to some old comrades with whom he was dining. "General Mahone," he said, "was very thin. One cold and windy December morning In '64 he was taking a nap in his tent when his old colore servant, 'Uncle Davy,' tiptoed in. and. stumbling In the darkness, knocked; down the general's folding cot and, spilled him out on the frozen ground. General Mahone jumped up furiously, seized a scabbard and made for Davy. "Davy ran. The general gave chase. "Uncle Davy tore up hill and down dale till he wa3 pretty well out o$ breath; then he looked back over his Bhoulder at his .master, who bounded, after him on slender legs, blue and thin, his long, white nightshirt fluttering in the chill morning. "To de lan's sake, Mars' William.' the exhausted Davy yelled, desperately, yo hain't trustln' yo'se'f In dls wind on dem legs, is yo'?'", A Dprkjr'a Opinion. The pen may picture the observations of a battlefield, but it can never describe the feelings of a soldier. After the 22d of May we dug holes Into the side of the hill, and prepared to stay where we could argue the case with our Vicksburg city folks, both night and day, with the expectation of marching orders at a moment's warning. We had forty-eight days hard work to prove to General Pemberton that we had come to stay. As an Illustration of one of our compulsory measures during the siege ot Vicksburg. General John A. Logan had one of the rebel forts undermined, and placed beneath it several kegs of pow!(r. Tho day was set, and the signal Riven to blow the fort up. Our regiment, the Fifty-sixth Illinois, charged mmediately. An old darky who must have been In the fort at tho time, was sitting on our side of the ditch badl stunned. Some of the boys asked hire how high up it blew him? His re pponse was: "I don't know, massa as I wa3 com in' down Z met anuddei fellow goin up." A speed of forty-six miles an hour 3 claimed for a Detroit motor boat. .0 which additional ro;i ;I--:on is given by an aerial propeller.

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N Till: death of Major General Oliver Otis Howard the United States has lost one of the most notable figures of its military history for the last half century. He served with distinction la the Civil Vi-.r from beginning to end. and after the war became a figure of ..Uional prominence as the head of the Freedmen's Bureau. Subsequently he commanded the troops employed in the pacification of the Indians of Arizona and New

Mexico. In his later years he had the record of having been in more engagements than any other living officer of the army. Throughout his long career General Howard was noted for his profession of Christianity, being known in this country as "the Christian soldier" and abroad a3 "the Havelock of America." General Howard was born in Leeds. Me., Nov. 8, 1830. He was graduated from Bowdoin College in 1S50, and four years later from West Point,

receiving the degree of master of arts in 1853 from Bowdoin. Appointed to j army duty, he served as a lieutenant, and at West Point, until the breaking j out of the Civil War. when he was appointed colonel of the Third Maine j

Volunteer Infantry. At the first .battle of Bull Run he commanded a brigade of New England troops, and before the war closed he had taken part In twenty-one engagements and risen to the rank of major general. Distinguished always as a rigid disciplinarian, General Howard always found time for religious services, and his sincerity, though at first questioned in the Civil War, at last became understood and respected. Once he was asked by a civilian: "Is there not much prejudice amcng soldiers against the Christian in the military service?" "Oh, no," answered General Howard. "On the contrary, the soldiers, all things being equal, relied more upon the man who feared God and tried to keep his commandments. A man might be a professing Christian and yet be a weak, sniveling, good-for-nothing fellow, and they considered all such as hypocrites; but the man who loved and feared God did his duty better, kept his gun cleaner and minded his own business more, and did every duty with self-sacrifice and fearlessness. Because a man was a Christian he lost no credit either with his company or with his commander." The kindness, firmness and fairness of General Howard impressed the Apaches with whom he had to deal in Arizona and New Mexico. When it was found necessary to treat with Cochise, the Apache chief, Howard would ask no one to undertake the dangerous minion, but, accompanied by only an aid and an interpreter,, went himself, unarmed. He remained thirteen days, and by his tact and showing of a tense cf justi.e made a friend of the bloodthirsty savage. Many storlos are told of General Howard's endeavors to make good Christians out cf the soldiers of his (onmand. He never failed to Invoke the divine blessing at cadi meal, and he was a total abstainer from Intoxicating drinks throughout his military career. "The true beverage of a soldier is cold water," he once said at a banquet in New York. "In this I pledge you."

K0W THE POLAPw EXPLORERS v. The sextant, to which frequent reference has been, made by recent polar explorers, 13 an instrument small enough to be conveniently hld in the hand and Is equally well adapted for measuring the altitude of ceietial objects in order to obtain the latitude rnd local time or for measuiicg the angle between the moon and sun or the moon and a fixed star to ascertain the longitude. it i3 called sextant because the measure is recorded on an arc of CO degrees, one-sixth of a circle. It consists of a frame, usually of metal stiffened by cross brace3. The arc at the bottom of the frame Is marked off with double the number of degrees actually measured. This is done because the fixed and movable glasses attached to the Instrument give a double reflection of the objects observed and thus form an angle with reference to each other equal to only half the angular distance between such objects, one of which Is seen directly and the other by reflection. The arc of 120 degrees thus records the actual angle. Midway on he frame on one side Is a telescope and opposite on the other leg of the frame is a glass transparent in the upper half and silvered in the lower half. Both the telescope ( E-T in the accompanying figure) and the Class (IB are firmly attached to the frame. At the top of the frame is a mirror (C) which is movable by means of an arm (R-M) to which it 13 fastened. C is called the index glass and the arm (R-M) revolves around It. At M is a shifting scale for making fractional measurements and called a vernier. The observer takes the instrument In his hand and hold3 the telescope horizontally. Looking through the telescope he may see the horizon throug'a the transparent surface of the horizon glass II. Then. If wishing to brin? FARMING LAND IN COLORADO. Acre Coaling of flS ttneh a Few Vnri Alto Xow V'rlh $-.500. At the present time Colorado land values are growing at a lively rate. nd the end is not yet. It was but a Tew years ago that fruit land now worth $2,500 ar acre was bought for $15 an acre. The cause of this phenomenal increase is Irrigation and rultlvation. Colorado 13 but on the threshold ot iter greatness as an agricultural state, the Pueblo Chieftain says, and the irrigated lands to be opened to settle ment will no doubt be filed upon so iageYly that those who secure the allotted portion will be Indeed fortunate. The scarcity of Irrigated public land i-.nd the small amount estimated to be riven to the public for homesteads during the current year not only spean 0lume3 for the overwhelming demand as compared to the supply, but clearly Indicate the present sound value of their irrigated land, and, above all. the certain high valuj of all Irrigated lands In Colorado In the immediate fu tu re. Fifteen thousand acres of govern ment Irrigated land will be available for settler.s in the Uncompahsro pro ject and r.0.000 acres of fruit land, in Urand Valley. Colorado. The Immense sums of money to be exix-ndM by the jovernnient in the development o; .hese projects will be but a p.ttancc ?ompared to the wealth added to th? 5tate by the cultivation of the land thus Irrisated. Directly and Immediately the benefit will be felt by those sections of the State wherein the--e projects are located, but no los surely, although Indirectly, will the entire State experience the prosperity. iitloi: Traveling. The late William 11 Ingersoll, the loted life Insurance manager, was an uithority on Insurance rates. "Mr. Ingersoll knew the rates all ver the world," said a New York cr.naser recently. "The Russian rates

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TEST THEIR WHEREABOUTS. '" ' (.t.IJÜJiJM.1 TAKING AN OBäEUVATIOX. the sun into line, he manipulates th mirror C as a child handles a bit ol looking glass fcr the purpose of catch ing the sun's ylare and throwing it In to the eyes of a companion. He turn; the arm R-M until the mirror C catches Its reflection and throws ii lack to the silvered surface of th( glass II. When the sun !s thus made tc coincide with the horizon the section o; the graduated arc over which the arn K-M has passed indicates the measun of Iho antrle in degrees which is ex actly determined by the movable frac tional scale of vernier. Arabian astronomers are creditec with having used a sextant a3 far bad as the year 00 with a radius of f foot 9 Inches. The modern instrumen' was invented independently about 173( by Thomas Godfrey of PhiladelphU and Captain Hadley of the Britisl navy. are very high. Mr. Ingersoll once cx plained to me. with a story, why thh was. A traveler in Russia, he said noticed that the train was decorated with flas and banners, and at ever) station stood a company of soldien and a band playing the national an them. The traveler asked the brake man the reason for all this ceremony The brakeman, lowering his voice, re plied: "'I don't mind telling you, sir but In the strictest confidence be It under stood that a carriage in this train has been engaged for his majesty. But his majesty, as a matter of fact, won'l set off till this evening. Thus the plot hatched against him may take effect on this train, you see, and our gra clous sovereign will be saved.' "The brakeman touched his cap anc passed on, and the traveler, suddenlj grown pale and nervous, stared from his window anxiously." "Wlty Did He Do Itf One of the guests of a seaside board ing house had picked up a curiouslj shaped tone on the seashore that look ed exactly like a half eaten crust ol bread. It was being passed around the room, and the finder wa3 evldentl) feeling pleased with himself at havinj rounl rome-thlng really unique. Kverj ;ne who saw It exclaimed how like 8 iiir of bread It really was. It at lasl v-!u:..l tho c.uiet man In tho corner ! the tin ier went up to him to gel his opinion. "Yea," said the qulel man. 'it is a striking resemblance Di.ln't you think It was a crust ol 'r.tad when you saw It on the sand?' 'Yes." replied the proud finder. "1 war, completely taken in with it.' "Then what on earth did you pick I: up for?'' Da tin;; Her I-iir Ilnek. Miss Passeigh I have had my pic lure taken once every year since I was 10. Miss Youngthing Oh. do let me set one of those olddaguerrotypes. They'ri so quaint. Boston Transcript.

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ComiiiiHetl. The journey of President Taft has been marked by a greater freedom of speech than any other executive, or even candidate for the presidency, has ever chosen to exercise. There are few questions of the day upon which he has not spoken, dealing with many in detail. The following list of subjects discussed and favored gives some Idea of the scope of public work to which the President is giving attention: The creation of a central bank of issue. The creation of a postal savings bank system. The adoption of the proposed amendment authorizing the levying of an income tax. 9 The passage of a corporation tax. upon the net incomes of corporations, and in addition thereto, a tax upon the interest paid to bondholders. A recommendation that no further changes in the tariff be made. The correction of the evil of swollen fortunes by means of State inheritance tax laws. Amendments to the anti-trust law which shall apply exclusively to trade monopoly. Amendments to the Hepburn interstate commerce act which will segregate common carriers to special regulatory laws. Federal lawsdealing with questions relating to libor, Including a federal law relating to the issuance of injunctions. The creation of a court of appeals from decisions by the interstate commerce commission. Authority for the commission to determine the proper classification of merchandise. Authority for the commission to initiate complaints of discrimination in rates. Granting the commission power to compel connecting carriers to unite In forming through routes, and to fix a rate and apportionment thereof among the carriers. Prohibition of railroads from hold-in-; stock in competing roads. Federal regulation of the Issue of railroad securities. Authority for railroads to make agreement on rates approved by the commission. Advoc&cy of a law requiring railroads to adopt additional safety devices. Appointment of a congressional commission to investigate the cause of delays in the federal courts and' to develop a systehi which will secure quick and cheap justice in the federal courts and serve as a model tor the States. The deepening of waterways. The reorganization of the public7 land system. The passage of law3 which would impose restrictions upon the transfer of water .power sites to private control. Separation of the surface ot the public land from the mineral contents thereof. The reorganization of the governmental departments in Washington, particularly the department of justice, the . interstate commerce commission and the bureau of corporations, so as to make of the commission a court, the department of justice a prosecutor, md the bureau of corporations an inrestlgator of violations. A clearer definition of the statutes relating to business. The development of closer relations with Oriental nations. Ship subsidy to be paid for out of the profits of the ocean mall service. Toledo Blade. The Lot up Kater. New York ha3 suffered a defeat In morals to win an economic victory. The self-interested hand of righteousness has closed tightly on the purse strings and the hand of indifference has turned loose the Tammanyized police force. San Francisco has gone back to the flesh pots, a "quitter." enticed by a tawdry, sickly, silly ambition, soothed by the promise that it shall become the "Paris of America" and the paradise of parasites. Philadelphia has followed its traditional policy, temperamentally reluctant to exert itself morally, careful of the exttrnaJs, careless of the essentials. New York has taken Its finances away from Tammany. It has left its police force in the hands of that conscienceless, ruthles3 organization which is a moral vacuum.' An appeal to the pocketbooi: was effective. Tammany lost the board of estimate which will govern the expenditures of millions of the taxpayers' money. An appeal to the moral sense was Ignored. Tammany retains control of the police force. On the Atlantic coast New 1 rk and Philadelphia rejected the moral Issue. On the Pacific coast San Francisco tired of It. But discouragement is the result of only superficial observation. The fight has been only begun. San Francisco will learn that a yellow streak i3 a poor municipal asset and that its splendid ability to recover from a staggering blow and rebuild a rlty is seriously tarnished by Inability to keep up a fight for a principle. It has advertised itself as a physically strong and morally weak community. New York and Philadelphia will learn thi3. A city cannot maintain by toleration or acquiescence or through Ignorance a silent partnership with Immorality and Indecency. Chicago Tribune. Oat (iori Tom Jolinnon. The defeat of Tom Johnson for mayor of Cleveland Is expected to settle the street car question. It hai apparently settled Tom Johnson. For about ten years he has posed as the Moses to lead Cleveland from Its street car troubles. Municipal ownership was his remedy and 3 cent fares hi3 slogan. On those issues he won again and again. And what did Cleveland get out of his leadership? A lot of squabbling, a deal of scandal, a street car system In the hands of federal receivers and a service admittedly worse than had been furnished by the corporations under private control. But wait it got one thing more; something that was really worth while. We mean a clearer comprehension of the limitations ol Tom Johnson, a fuller realization of the exact ratio of performance to promise in his case. It took about ten years to acquire this. But it was worth the price. Chicago Inter Ocean.

TARIFF'S PLEASING TALE.

-fw Law IlrtngiiiK lit More Revenue than AnyliiMly 12 mc1im1. The treasury officials have just been telling a vciy pleasing story to Mr. Payne and the country. The new tariff law is bringing in mere revenue than its author or anybody cle looked for. From July 1 to a few days ago the customs contributed ;2.3,37.0')0 more than they did in the orrcsponding period a year ago. Not all of this gain can be credited to the act which was recently passed. That law was not signed until Aug. ". so that for live weeks of the current fUcal year the Dingley act was in operation. Moreover, the improvement In general trade, which has had, for one of Its consequences, an increased demand for foreign goods, and which has sent imports up to high figures, accounts for some of the expansion in customs. As a new tariff act, however, is always less productive in its early months than it is later on. the exhibit which this law is making is very encouraging to the country. The treasury deficit in the fiscal year which ended, 6n June 30, 1909, was 98,000,000. From present indications it will be cut to $70,000,000 in the twelve months which end with June, 1910. Possibly it will be reduced to $00,000,000. Theppropriations for the current fiscal year are much larger than were those for the year which ended nearly four months ago. The expenditures thus far have been so much greater than were those of a year ago that, despite the big increase of revenue since July 1, the treasury shortage for this period Is only $7,000,000 below that of the corresponding time last year. Almost all of the increased revenue comes from customs. The excellent account which the Payne act is giving of itself is one of the reasons why it will not be tampered with. Another reason Is that business demands a rest from any further disturbance. From the meeting of the Republican convention in June, 1008. when the party pledged itself to revise the tariff, to August, 1209, when the pledge was consummated, trade was in suspense. It did not know where the tariff changes would strike, or how hard they would strike. For this reason business was slow in pulling itself out of the slough of despond into which the setback of the closing months of 1907 ard the opening months of 100S plunged it. When the bill wa3 signed, however, and trade was enabled to tnke a look ahead and make its contracts with confiderice, a pronounced step forward was taken. The business expansion since Aug. 6 has been much greater than it was In all the previous months since the acute stage of the collapse in the latter part of October, 1907. So far as regards the Payne act, "let well enough alone" Is counsel which Congress will take especial care to heed. St. Louis Globe-Democrat. A Tariff War with France? Prospects of a tariff war with Francs prove vivid reminders that all the troubles of a tariff revision do not end when the tumult dies in the halls cf Congress at Washington. Just as the revision itself was marked by months of business unrest at home, while the Congressmen talked and tolled, it will still take many months of international disquiet before the nations of the world adjust themselves to the altered conditions which our tariff changes have wrought. That the chief conflict would arise with France was forecast by the diplomats at Washington and Paris long before the intricate details of the Aldrlcn-Payne measure had been mapped out. It seemed a certainty as soon as the leaders cf the two houses found prompt support for their plan to raise the needed increase in revenues from higher duties on luxuries. Primarily, our imports from France are luxuries. It was therefore on the French trade that the higher rates fell heaviest. Germany fared better, and with their chief rival thus favored it is not surprising that the French should resent the increases which the exigencies of our government finances made absolutely necessary. Under the maximum and minimum features of the new law, President Taft will have power in March of next year to enforce an increase of 25 ptr cent ad valorem against the Importation of products from nations which "unjustly discriminate" against us. The clause was purposely made, so broad that President Taft might have every possible latitude In the diplomatic dealings with other nations. Petty variations in tariffs and minor favors to colonies and allies could easily be overlooked as not "unjust." There was to be no Ironclad limitation upon executive dlscreltion, and it was believed that Taft diplomacy would make It easy to avoid open warfare. But the French tariff agreement, under which our trade with that country has doubled in its ten years of life, expired Nov. 1. This moans that on that date France could begin enforcing against us increases in the present tariff ranging from 30 to 200 per cent. We cannot retaliate until next March unless the President avails himself of an almost forgotten, although unrepealed, clause of the McKinley law, which he Is exceedingly unlikely to do. It Is this matter of four months which 13 tempting our Gallic brethren to hurl down the gage of battle before we can draw our swords. Cooler heads at Paris and at Washington doubtless will counsel against it, but there are many French statesmen who feel that they can bring us to our knees, and that the same tactics of swift and unconsidered aggression which failed in the bloody warfare with Prussia may win in bloodless warare with us. Chicago Inter Ocean. TnrliT I Factor. Congress, at the request of the newspapers, reduced the paper rate from $6 a ton to $o.."0 a ton. and in the face of that reduction in the tariff it has advanced in price. Any man who had given other than political consideration to the matter might have known that the tariff was not to blame for higher price. We have had the highest priced and lowest priced paper under the old Dingley law, the variations being based on conditions of drouth and scarcity of materials and also on manipulation by selling agencies, which were some time ago broken up by the government. Hut the tariff has at no time been a serious factor in the price of paper Cedar Rapids Republican. Iteminded. "What do you think of this polar business "You scoundrel! Just as I had almost succeeded In not thinking about it!" Philadelphia Public Ledger.

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