Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 31, Number 319, 16 December 1906 — Page 4
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The Richmond Palladium. Sunday, December 16, 1906. THE RICHMOND PALLADIUM Entrdat Richmond PostofTle as 8econd Class Matter All Hail .the" Merry Christmas Time ! SUNDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 16, 1906 RICHMOND, IND. uHTon NUMBER 30 I
Sa.la.r3r Increase f or House The House of Representatives Friday voted for an increase in, Iho salaries of the vice-president and members of the cabinet and refused by a vote of 188 to 10S to increase their own salaries and those of the senators. Without a doubt the refusal to vote for an increase of their own salaries was due to a misapprehension that the people of this country would not understand such an increase and would think that our representatives were considering their own welfare alone in the matter. As a matter of fact, there are very few people who would question the motives of the members of the lower house if they voted to increase the size of their salaries. Everyone knows that the salaries at present received by representatives, $5,000 a year, is precisely the same as it was sixty years ago. Yet during this time the cost of liviing, and especially the cost of living in Washington, has increased enormously, but our con gressmen's salaries have remained stationary. . During these sixty years the wages of laborers have advanced time and again, due to the increased cost of livinig. It Is certainly no more than fair, therefore, than that even an ordinary congressman should have some consideration, and we feel that the salaries of the members of both House and Senate should be increased. It is deplorable, but none the less true, that the corporations and special interests have taken advantage of the low salaries paid our congressmen, to bribe some of them to act In their interests. The bill which the House defeated Friday provides for an increase in the salaries of representatives and senators from $5,000 a year to $7,500 a year. The latter sum, while a fifty per cent iccrease, is not prohibitive. It is claimed that the Republican members of the House defeated the bill because they were assured that the Democrat members, no matter if a majority of whom did favor the measure, intended to go on record against it as an example of Republican extravagance and make campaign material out of it. Now there isn't a man in this country that does not want to be represented in congress by the very best men possible. In business concerns the stockholders are willing to pay good salaries to get good managers, and the good salaries naturally attract the best men. Why notpursue the same course in our great national business, the running of our government? Why not pay salaries that will attract the very best men to try to get in the House and Senate? If such policy is the best for a business, it certainly would net be the worst for our government.
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SENATOR BEVERIDGE WRITES OF
HIS BILL AGAINST CHILD LABOR
He Is Now Assured of Its Constitutionality and Thinks It is Likely to Pass at This Session of Congress,
Senator Beveiddgo was asked by the ent form and found that it meets with New York Wrorld to "give the special h approval. reasons for his campaign againsc child "1?1,e evil is one affecting the citi- . , , . , .... , zenshlp of the entire country. Evlabor and to make a prediction regard- orv r.oa tllOM ut
ing the chances for the passage at this 300,000 young men and women beconisession of congress of the bVl which ig of age who have been broken down he has introduced." Senatcr Bever- in body, In spirit and in soul by hard Idge replied as follows: 1on ey becme the Parents of ,. . . . , . 4. .... . t others still more degenerate and year' When I introduced the bill against after year we havo a continual in. child labor I expected to hava a long crease. j fight. I did not believo the bill would 'Take a child S years old and put it' I ass at this session nor the next. I to work and keep it there until It is thought the fight would be a lo.ig, bit- grown, and turn it out with an in-! ter one. However, the agitation is jured spine or its chest caved in. Such ' spreading throughout the country, and child cannot but feel that he has; I am receiving letters-supporting the been robbed of something; not money; j Liil all the time. I am now con vine- but of spirit, of intellect, of health; , ed that It will bq constitutional, and and these children become walking ;
that it may pass at this session. torches of wrath and hatred against "It is idle, to talk of state luw3 to the system which has put them in correct this evil. They will not. The the condition in which they find themInterests effected are so powetlul in selves. fcoir.e states that they control legis ' "I know the feeling of these people, lattircs, and can thus prevent the pas- At 12 years of age I was driving a rune of bills designed to eradicate the plough; at 13 I was the driver of a evil. Besides, the passage oZ such dray and got p at 3 o'clock in the Treasures in such states w:ould plice morning, curried and harnessed the I he manufacturers in those stales at horse and drove to the slaughter a disadvantage. 'The only way to reach house, and without assistance lifted the evil is through a national law, and the half of beef from a hook and stagI am confident that we will sjou have ?ered beneath the weight back to my one that will meet every exnecta- cart. At 14 I was in charge of a
lion. togging camp. "In my first attempts at a bill I be- "I feel for the child laborer deeply, lieved it would be best to prohibit the If I can help it I never let my mind products of child labor from entering return to my life between my twelfth Into Interstate commerce, but this and nineteenth years. I often wonwas abandoned, as I realized that I der what would have become of me would have the great cotton interests had I, Instead of being in the open air, of the South, the mining industries of been housed in some factory. Pennsylvania, and those of New York, "Among the 200,000 or 300,000 child New Jersey, Massachusetts, Rhode Is- laborers who come of age each year land and other states, arrayed against there are bound to be anarchists. lnme, perhaps with sufficient power to stead of merely depreciating the defeat the measure. growth of anarchy, I believe it is bet"I have written to the president ter to try to correct the conditions about the child labor bill in its pres- which produce it."
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OOSOEEQI STOD?E
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TMAS- NOVELTIES!
HE calendar tells us that the great and glorious Christmas time draws near. For months we have been planning for this important occasion. With Christmas but a few davs
off, and with the many things to buy, we would assuredly advise that you begin early tomorrow, or the next day ! We are ready completely ready ! With every department keyed to the high
est pitch, we are able to serve you better than ever before in
our entire store history
IN THE SHOE DEPARTMENT Ladies' Christmas Slippers, all colors, at ... .. 98c Men's Christmas Slippers at 48c to $1.50 Ladies' Fine Kid Shoes at . . .. $1.50 to $3.00 Children's Kid Shoes at 35c to 75c Men's Fine Dress Shoes at . $1.50 to $3.50 IN THE DRY GOODS DEPT. White Table Linen, 58-inch wide at 25c Unbleached Linen) 60-inches wide, at 25c Mercerized Table Linen at , .. 50c to $1.C0 A Fine Line of Waistings, at per yard . 10c, 12'2c & 15c Fancy Towling at ... 25c
IN THE NOTION DEPARTMENT Choicest Line of Pictures at 10c to 40c Ladies' and Gents' Golf Gloves at 25c to 50c Children's Wool Mitts 10c to 25c Ladies' Fancy Hose at 25c to50c Men's Fancy Hose at 10c to 25c Men's Neckwear at 25c to 50c Ladies' Wrist Bags at 25c to $1.48 Fancy Cloaks at ggc Ladies' Hair Combs at 10c to 25c
IN THE DOLL DEPARTMENT Large Kid Body Dolls at 25c Large Jointed Kid Body Dolls at 39 to 50c Nicely Dressed Dolls at 50c to 98c 15-Inch Undressed Dolls at 25c to 93c A FULL LINE OF BOOKS AT A BIG SAVING TO YOU.
IN THE MILLINERY DEPARTMENT In the Millinery Department you can buy wife or daughter a Fine Hat, which would make a very nice Christmas present. Ladies' Trimmed Hats at ... . $1.48 to $2.98 Children's Caps in all the latest, for boys or girls at 25c to 98c IN THE FUR DEPARTMENT Children's White Boas at 48c to 98c Ladies' Black and Brown Boas, at 98c Ladies' Fine Musk Rat, with long black tails, worth $2.50, at ... $1.98 Ladies' Long Black or Brown Furs at $2.98 Ladies' Long Black Furs at $3.98 to $6.98 Ladies' Fine Fur Boas at $4.98, $5.98, to $11.00
You Will Always Do Well at the H00SIER
The
WATERWAYS BILL WILL BE LARGE
DISEASE AND DEATH IN INDIANA.
President Roosevelt Has Lent the Strong Aid of His Powerful Personality.
SHAW HIGHLY COMMENDED
CHIEF EXECUTIVE TELLS IOWAN
THAT HE IS ABOUT THE REAL!
THING CLERKS TO GET MORE MONEY.
-"Uncle
words, "It is a remarkable showing, and I congratulate you upon it." Despite the eulogy, Mr. Shaw is just the same unaffected individual as he ever was. 35There is joy unconfined in Departmental life here in the capital over President Roosevelt's announcement that the government clerks should be
given an increase in salaries of somewhere near 20 per cent. There are several thousand clerks in the different ! departments, and the increased cost of conducting the government will be heavy. However, the clerks of Uncle
Sam are notoriously underpaid, and t if the same efforts were expended for . private employers the pay would be far greater than the government has given , in the past. One peculiar phase of 1
departmental life is the great number
of husbands and wives working side by side in the service of the govern ment. The departments are great hunting grounds for Cupid, and the chubby god is always active. The fact that women clerks are paid practically on the same scale as the men, tends
THIS DISTRICT RANKS THIRD
In Number of Rural Routes Practically Complete State Service.
XMAS. SUGGESTIONS.
MANY ARE NOT REACHED
i IN SflMC crrnnwe TUC rnnnrnn
PHY AND THE CONDITION OF THE ROADS PRECLUDE ESTABLISHMENT OF RURAL SERVICE.
The Monthly Bulletin of the State S4 cases and no deaths. There is a Hoard of Health containing the disease decided increase by this comparison, nnd death statistics' for November The following counties reported the,
says: disease: Clark. 1 case; Daviess, W President Roosevelt has lent the stron
WocMno-trm T C Tint 1 .
joe" Cannon the tall and austere ! to make tne woman cling to her posi- j Indiana according to a bulletin just Vive President Fairbanks and Rep-i tion after sbe nas dropped the Miss l issued by the postoffice department at resentative Burton, chairman of the or the Mrs., and as her position often Washington .Is well supplied with rur-
bors, have been frequent visitors at I fuld ln Pmidng a, December 1. the bulletin states, was the White House in the last few days. ! borne, the bnde does not desert her , .0 Ich -e Shaded according to
The health of the state during the Fulton, 3; Grant, 2; Henry, 1; Jeffer-
jnonth was about the same as pre- son, S3; Jennings, 1; LaGrange, 6; vailed in the corresponding month last Marshall, 1; Miami, 60; Pulaski, 17; year but not so good as in the preced- Ripley, 2; Starke, 6; Joseph, 33. Ing month. In November, coughs, The average of consumption con-
cause of waterways improvement, as he promised he would on the occasion of his reception last week to the
delegates to the National Rivers ana
colds, pneumonia and other diseases tinued as in previous months. The Harbors Congress convention. As a
of the respiratory passages began to deaths from this disease numbered 323, j result the bill to be passed at the pres-
Beveridge Worsted.
congressional districts as follows:
First, 163; Second, 177; Third, 103; Fourth, 1S2; Fifth, 162; Sixth, 192; Seventh, 30; Eighth, 193;-Kinth, 226; Tenth, 175; Eleventh, 165; Twelfth, 164; Thirteenth, 186.
Irom the practical standpoint Ind-
make their appearance. The laity at- o9 being other forms than pulmonary. I ent session undoubtedly will be the bill this week, stirred the sedate Sen-
inmues mis condition to ine weamer, ui me iouu aeaxns, izif were male and ; largest ever ' put through, and will fate into "the semblance of a chuckle.
but it Is really because we snut our 154 remaies. Of the males, 29 were be commensurate with the imporpelves into houses and do not pro- in the useful period of 18 to 40 and tance of the work planned. It is hopvide sufficient ventilation. Summef married and left 58 orphans under 12 that some means will be found to
colds are rare and like winter cold3, years of age. Of females, 76 were in j insUre
Senator Piles took exeption to the sweeping character of Senator Beveridge's bill, and announced that he would offer an amendment to it later.
are induced by sudden changes in Don- tne same useful period as above and i poverument in the future for ; in voicing his objection, he said that ily temperature preceded by or follow- left 156 orphans under 12 years of , waterwavs development. Natur- under the terms of the measure he cd by a period of foul air breathiug. age. Total number of orphans caused ! ,lv nn congress can pledge would not h permitted to cmnlov his
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mcuinouia uemus nuiuuereu ou. uuu uy muercuiosis in me niontn, -'14. Tbe , the action of its successor, ; own son in his law office if the boy Influenza, SO. In the corresponding havoc wrought by this disease in the l)Ut the necessity existing for sufficient I were under fourteen years of age. month last year, the figures were: corresponding month last year differs funds to clean up the great amount! "Would you pt a son of yours, un-
l-neumonia, i, innuenza, iu, lonsn- very nine irom tnis. cancer caused of work mapped out by government . der fourteen years of age, at work in Itis, bronchitis, pneumonia and infiu- 91 deaths, violence, 1S4, diarrhoeal di- engineers is so great that some way . your office?" interrupted the Indiana
enza were me muoi pn-vuuem. uisfas.- t.eases, oi. l ne aeam rates or the six may be discovered to insure progress, i Senator, quicklv.
t-s. iM'uum ifci aiuuu uuu iu mc wigtsi tines were as ioiiows: Indian-: s the situation stands, politics virarea of prevalence. Dipthcria pre- apolis. 16; Evansville, IS; Ft. Wayne, ' tuallv has commerce by tho throat, vailed to a greater degree than in No- 15.5; Muncie, 15.4; Sduth Bend, 19; j " vember of last year; deaths being re- Terre Haute, 20.S. , "Glowing" is the most suitable word spectfully, 79 and 33. In the state, 56 Tho death rate for the whole state to anniv to th lPttpr sent bv President
f iMishers' Press. Washington, D. C, Dec. 15. Dec. 15.
-Senator Beveride. dnriner a tilt with ' .... '
.7 7. , , . - - miia was now complete rural delivery i
ot-xirtiut int-a, un ms I KPrvirp ThA tprtti "mmnkto corrid
as employed by the department, does not mean that all rural families iu Indiana now have the mail delivered at their doors. In some sections of the state the topography and the condition of the roads preclude the establishment of rural service, but the service with the exception of readjust
ments, is aLouUas nearly complete as
it ever can be made,
schools were closed on account of was 13.3. For cities, 17, and for the diphtheria and 37 on account of scar- country, 11.2. let fever. A careful study of the prevention would have forestalled the ne- For the sake of Justice to the nf-
Roosevelt to Secretary Shaw, congratulating the head of the Treasury on nis fifth and last annual report. In bts Ifttpr "Mr T?nnspvelt Ptnrpssps tn
cessity of these dismissals; 495 cas- fiicted and for the good of humanity, j Mr. Shaw his "very profound appre-
services," and declares
since the Iowan took
owe our country ana our rellowmen j charge of the governmental pocket-
a amy. iea or Tablets. 35 cents. A.
mo a ut uuuiauiij, j.Mr, snaw nis v es of typhoid fever were reported from it is my right and duty to recommend j ciation. of your sei 73 counties with 135 deaths. In the Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea. We! that everv veir s
corresponding month last year. 403 cases with 101 deaths from 2 coun
ties, 14 counties reported smallpox as . Luken & Co. present with 212 cases and no deaths. - -
In the corresponding month last year, 5 counties reported the disease with
Use artificial gns for light and heat 0-tf
book, he has met financial crises and averted them iu such manner that prosperity was unaffected and business maintained on a healthy basis. The President sends his letter with the
"I went into my father's office,'
said Senator Piles, with dignity, "at
the age of thirteen."
"Did it help?" queried Mr. Bever-
idge, caustically. "It did. I'm here." Mr. Beveridge sat down.
You need a tonic that will put the sap of life into your system and fortify you from all diseases. Hollister's RocKy Mountain Tea is recognized . as the greatest strengthener known. Tea or Tablets, 35 cents. A. G. Luken & Co.
Use artiScial gas ror ligtit and heat. 10-tf
DEATH FROM LOCKJAW. never follows an injury dressed with Bucklen's Arnica Salve. Its antiseptic and healing properties prevent blood poisoning. Chas. Oswald, merchant, of Rensselaersville, N. Y., writes: "It cured Seth Burch, of this place, of the ugliest sore on his neck I ever saw. Cures Cuts, Wounds, Bums and Sores. 25c at A. G. Luken & Co., drug store.
Wheaton Tallant of the claim department of the division freight of fices of- the Panhandle, is off duty on account of tonsilitis.
Mrs. Austin's - Quick-Raising Buckwheat makes tender, -crispy brown cakes. Your grocer can tell you all
about it.
WHIT NOT? Useful and Ornamental Holiday Gifts for Men
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Our store is the latest haberdasher, store in Richmond. Wc have the newest and best line of me i"g furnishings in the city. JR. G. THIOMPSORr. 516 Main Street.
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