Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 34, Number 104, 20 February 1909 — Page 8

PAGE EIGHT.

THE RICH3IOXD PAL-LADIUS! AND SUX-TELEGRAM, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 30, 1909.

STEEL TRADE HOW COIIVOLSED WITH I CIVIL STRIFE Steel Trust Is at Outs With The Various Independents Following Price-cutting by The Latter.

JUDGE GARY STATES THERE IS OPEN MARKET He Says That the Small Manufacturers Have Become Excited Over the Present Tariff Agitation. New York, Feb. 20. Dissolution of haUroay be termed "the gentlemen's agretnent" In the- steel trust became B. fact last night. Price cutting by mall mills, which were enabled by recent reductions in the cost of raw tnategalg to underbid the United States seel corporation, has borne fruit. After a series of conferences, Attended by the big men in the steel world, former Judge Elbert H. Gary, (Chairman of the directorate of the tee! corporation, gave out a statement declaring an "open market" in Steel. This, the steel chief said, manufactwrerB believed would lead to a stimulation of the steel Industry. In tits announcement Mr. Gary said that the "leading manufacturers of iron and steel have determined to proteot their .customers and for the present sell at such modified prices as may be necessary with respect to dif-( ferent commodities in order to retain their fair share of the business." -v To Customers Direct. ! The prices which may be determined upon will be given by the manufacturers to their customers direct. The action of the leading manufacturers in effecting an open market followed a series of conferences that have been held here for the last three days by Judge Gary and the heads of the various subsidiary companies of the steel corporation, " together with officials of other steel manufacturing companies. Judge Gary, in the official statement, says that the smaller steel manufacturing concerns, for one cause or another, particularly the tariff agitation, have become more or less excited and demoralized and have been selling their products below those prices generally maintained, and this led to unreasonable price-cutt'ng by rartsln manufacturers whn thnusrh opposed to a change, felt the necessity of protecting their customers. Bad Breath and Sour Stomach 8topped at Once With Pure Willow Charcoal, the Greatest Gas - Absorber Known. There is no necessity to suffer the humiliation, chagrin and discomfort of bad breath, biliousness, sour stomach, gastritis, sluggish liver, etc., when a little lozenze of charcoal wil cleanse the stomach and make It pure and sweet. - Da not drug yourself when a simple little natural charcoal made from fra grant willow branches, sweetened with hbnejr, wHl ad tone to your stomach, liver and intestines rapidly absorb gases and stop foul-odors of all kinds. Charcoal wtH absorb one hundred timed its own volume in gas. A box full at charcoal placed in a bed room will keep the air of such a room pure and aweet. A little eharcoal lozenge dissolved on 4 he tongue after meals will also keep the stomach, fresh and clean. Charcoal la justly called the scrubbing brush for the stomach. The old monks of medieval times cured bad cases of stomach troubles, cast out devils from the sys tern of man by feeding such a man charcoal. Scientific men. of today believe in-the great strength of charcoal for the cure of human ills. Too much, of it cannot harm one. The system craves it just lilce an animal needs and craves salt every so often. Charcoal goes Into the Btoraach gently and is welcome, it settles down through the action of the stomaob, and filters through all the food, absorbing gas, aiding digestion and giving tone to the juices, so that when the food goes into the intestines, and there meets other digestive fluids, the charcoal holds the impurities and thus keep them from the blood. Stuart's Charcoal Lozenges are made from pure willow. They are prepared fragrant by the use of honey and 'sweetened so they please the taste and are easily dissolved. They have an enormous sale, thus stamping them with the approval of he public Every druggist sells them, 25 cents per box. . Go to your druggist today and buy a box; then after your next meal take two or three of them and Judge for yourself of their merit. Several taken at bedtime will prove to yon In the morning that they have been at work all night, for your bad breath will not be so bad after all. Send us your name and address and we will send you a trial package by mail free. 'Address F. A. Stuart Co 200 Stuart Bldg., Marshall, Mich. Sensational Sale of Embroideries, Tuesday morning, 0 steacS. f istbaurcfc

"Nearer Nature" Are the Latest Shoes for Women

Women's shoes for the spfing and summer, according to a local merchant, are nearer nature shape than any fashionable shoes for women made here since the day of the square toe serge gaiter. The nature shaped shoe for women has come into fashion so gradually, so inconspicuously, that it has hardly been noticed. The new nature-shaped shoe for women owes its popularity to the socalled straight lasts, which all manufacturers are uring. These lasts follow the natural lines of the ' foot. There are no out-swings or in-swings, as there were to lasts in fashion a few seasons ago. These swing lasts swung the foot inward or outward, and hurt the foot, the stride and the carriage of the body. The new nature-shaped shoes for women are not like the orthopedic shoes with their broad toes, which are so popular in the children's lines. They are narrow toed, and short vamped, and very feminine looking. The last maker uses the natural shape of the foot for the foundation of these new lasts. To the foundation he puts such decoration as pleases his fancy just as a dressmaker puts tucks, ruffles and other trimmings on a gown. The modern idea of last making is to add to the last to give style to the shoe instead of cutting away from the last. If one of these, new nature-shaped shoes for women is put on a table, the PUBLIC HEARING WILL BE SIZZLED Sullivan Men Will Hold a Conference With Governor On Court Bill. CHARGES AGAINST BLAND AFFIDAVIT WILL SET FORTH THAT SOUTHERN INSANE ASYLUM APPROPRIATION WAS THREATENED BY HIM. Palladium Bureau, Indianapolis, Feb. 20. Indications today were that .the publiehearing before Governor Marshall on the Linton court bill would be a red-hot one and that the sparks would fly before the meeting was ov er, senator uiana announced eariy that he 'was ready to meet aU accus ers who might wish to appear at the meeting. A dispatch from Sullivan, received late last night, said: "Attorneys and business men left here this afternoon to attend the public hearing on the Linton superior eourt bill in the governor's office tomorrow. They took with them the affidavit of Fred F. Bays, local attor ney and trustee of the Southern Indiana Hospital for the Insane. Called Upon Bays. "The affidavit tells a story of how Senator Oscar Bland, author of the Linton bill, called Bays here on the long distance telephone about two weeks ago. Bays was at Shelburn, six miles north, getting evidence for a trial, and Bland had the telephone call transferred to Shelburn, getting Bays in the interurban station as Bays was on the way home. "Bland told Bays, the affidavit charges, that Bland would, as chairman of the finance committee of the senate, turn down the appropriation for the Southern Indiana Hospital for the Insane if Bays did not recede from his position as leader of themovement against the Linton superior court bill. Says Bland Threatened. "The affidavit also avers that when Bays attended the meeting of :the board at Evansville two weeks ago Dr. E. C. Laughlin, superintendent of the institution, told Bays he had been called to Indianapolis by Bland and had been threatened if Laughlin did not work on Bays and another trustee .who lives at Bloomfield to get them to cease opposing the bill. "Local men will also place before the governor a charge that an attorney representing the brewery interests offered thirty-four votes against the Linton bill in return for the vote of Dr. Durham, Sullivan county's representative, in favor of the Kleckner bill, and that the offer was made to Charles D. Hunt and James R. Riggs, here and Gilbert Hendren, of Bloomfield. The offer was turned down af ter the attorney cited the instance of

Rural Route Carriers to Count Mail Three Months

Starting March 1 rural route men out of this city will be obliged to count the number opieces of mail that they distribute and collect, under orders recently received from the department at Washington by Postmaster Spekenhier. . J - u The carriers will have to keep a record of registered letters and parcels, letters, postal cards, newspapers, cir- ; culars, packages and totals. - At the I end of each month a grand total will have to be computed. All this detail will have to be observed in both dis tributions and collections and by all then be made to the department. This is to-ooatlnua during March. Anrif and

fact is apparent that it furnishes a straight last helps to keep the foot in drawn through its center, passing through the center of the heel, and the center of the forepart, it is apparent that the last is straight, swinging neither to the right nor the left This straight last helps to keep the foot in its natural shape and position. It does not turn the foot to the right nor to the left, and make the walk unnatural. , Women's Shoes Are Larger. Another interesting feature of the wpmen's shoe trade is that the average Lynn shoe for women is larger than the average Lynn shoe of 10 or 20 years ago. Manufacturers well remember when shoes ran from size No. 4 down. Now they run from size No. 4 up. In other words, women of the country are calling for larger shoes. Instead of insisting on shoes of size No. 4, or less, they are wearing shoes larger than No. 4. This new state of affairs in the women's shoe trade shelves two old jokes, one about the size of feet of Chicago women, and the other about women crowding their feet into little shoes, like Chinese women crowding their feet into tight bandages. The Chicago foot, of ample proportion and sure foundation, seems to be in fashion today. A substantial foot is not a thing of which to be ashamed in the women's world, and the old joke about women's tight shoes has ceased to amuse.

the Gary court bill and told the local men that Representative Kliver supported the Tom4inson bill in return for votes to carry the Gary court measure through the house." He Invites Durham. Representative Durham has been invited by the governor to appear at this public meeting, as has also Senator McDowell. Whether Hendred, Riggs and Hunt would attend was not known this forenoon. Representative Kliver' also is expected to have something to say about the charge that he traded votes to the Tomllnson bill in return for votes to pass the Gary bill. It was said to be the intention of Governor Marshall to limit the meeting to an hour and a half, giving each side to the controversy forty-five minutes in which to present its case. After this hearing the governor will make up his mind whether he will sign or veto the Linton court bill. And if the charge that votes were traded for the Gary bill there is no certainty that he will not make . a clean sweep and veto all of the court bills that have been passed. Viae Far Church Shirker. After being dormant for some years the act (3 Jas. I. c. 4, 1606) which pro vided that any person absenting himself from his church on a Sunday without sufficient excuse should be fined twelvepence for each absence and im prisoned in default of distress on bis goods until the fine was paid was revived in 1838. A report of the inspectors of prisons contains a list of eleven persons In Lancashire fined and im prisoned under the act between Feb, 12, 1839, and May 10, 1840. In one case a laborer was in prison for ten weeks (until released by order of the home secretary) after being convicted In a penalty of 1 hilling, with 14 shillings costs, for having been absent from church a single Sunday. This act was repealed, so far as regards Roman Catholics, in 1844, and wholly In 1846. London Chronicle. Whet We Get. If I am asked the question, "Do we get our deserts?" I will boldly answer, "No, we ddn't, and we never shall. speaking of humanity as a whole and taking account of the preponderating multitudes to whom life is only another word for misery." But if I am asked, "Do we get what is best for us?" I say, "Yes, always and everywhere, taking our lives through and through, and having account net merely for our ma terial, but also for our spiritual welfare." Hall Caine. Tanlcee Aaaaraace. Irritated Frenchman (to American who has mistaken him for a waiter) Sir-r, you naf fjr-r-rossly insulted me! There is mf card! My seconds vill vait upon you, sir-r-rl American Never rnind yeur seconds, Frenchy. You can waif on me just as well. Pass me the Worcestershire sauce, and be quick about It! Hr4 His Owa Daahta. "Say, ma," asked little Willie after he bacFtocen to conjunction with the pateruJMpt6 "fid anybody besides pa ever ntfk 0 tMtoe'tte wtttr' "Oh, yes; 1 andftots or proposals before yor father oaane Umg." "Weill io jam tfftffk you gaiaed anything by wilting f Chicago RecordHerald. Fine Dra "You will observe that this is a very fine point.' "It ought to be. You've strained It enough." Cleveland Leader. All carriers who handle less than 5.00 pieces of mail each month are obliged to count their mail under a general order. The last counting done in this office ended July 1, 1907 as all the carriers were receiving the volume of matter well above the minimum. The new order for counting is evidently to determine if they have continued to handle as much mall. Local carriers state that the increase In daily papers on the rural routes of late has made their amount of mail far above the mark.;-, . . ' ' City carriers have been counting and recording their mail since February 1, and will continue to- -do sothrough lUrcbr an April

REFEREE SYSTEM TO BE ABOLISHED III SUII NY SOOTH

To Win Over Dixieland It Is Believed That President-elect Taft Will Take Popular Step. TO REPUBLICANISM MAY CONVERT SOUTH Southern Democrats Are Willing to Accept Taffs Attitude as One Without Selfish Motive. By Sheldon S. Cline. ' Washington, Feb. JO. Southern members of congress are discussing with a great deal of interest the attitude which it is expected Mr. Taft will assume toward the appointment of federal officials in Southern states. They agree that the new president could not make a better start than by abolishing. the referee system, and it seems to be the general opinion that this will be done as rapidly as conditions can be reorganized. Mr. Hitchcock, as postmaster general and political adviser of the new administration will keep in close touch with southern sentiment and southern political conditions. Mr. Taft has made no secret of his determination to make the republican party of the south something more than a party of office holders, and in this, declare southern congressmen, he will have the sympathy of the southern people without regard to political affiliation. He Will Convert. That Mr. Taft will be able to convert any considerable part of the south to republicanism during the next four years is not believed by the representatives in Washington of the cotton states, but it is admitted there are a number of congressional districts now represented by democrats which it might Jbe possible to swing over. Southerners, almost without exception acquit Mr? Taft of any selfish end in his proposed conquest of the south. It is impossible to see where he could have personal gain, and it is plain that he might easily suffer political loss. Granted that Mr. Taft is ambitious this early for re-election in 1912, he certainly does not expect to get any necessary electoral votes from the southern states. If he can not hold a sufficient number of electoral votes from the states he carried last year he would have small chance of making up the deficit from south of the MasonDixon line. But by attempting to over throw the present republican organ ir a tion in the southern states he might very easily lose a considerable num ber of delegate votes ia the next na tional convention. Southerners Satisfied. Having reasoned the thing out on this line, southerners in Washington are willing to accept the pronounced Taft policy toward the south as a dis interested one. Naturally there are differences of opinion as to how far Mr. Taft. will succeed in bis purpose. From behind the closed doors of the house ways and means committee, where the forthcoming tariff bill is under consideration, comes a rumor tbat the necessity of imposing a sTamp tax is being discussed. That prospective treasury deficit of nearly a hundred and fifty millions is giving the tariff matters more soneera just now than any mere question 6f schedules. From the way things are shaping themselves the necessity of increasing the reven uss ia going to play a large part when tariff legislation is taken up at the ex tra session than either the matter of protecting American industries or low ering prices to the consumer. This is likely to be more of a "revenue raising" tariff than was ever before enacted by the republican party In time of peace. Bond Issue Warning. Already the warning has been sound ed that the issuing of bonds will be necessary unless there is an early improvement' in the revenue situation There doesn't seem to be any very great .popular demand in the country for the cutting down of federal expend itures. As one house sage put it the other day: "The country seems to demand larger expenditures and lower taxes, and Solomon never had enough wisdom to make these two things trav el together." Republican leaders In congress would be glad if there was some way to tell Whether a stamp tax or a tax on tea. and coffee would be more unpopu lar. The alternative seems to be in come and inheritance taxes, with doubtful constitutionality. Taxes of three cents a pound on coffee and ten cents a pound on tea are figured to produce about $37,000,000 a year in additional revenue. The last time there was a stamp tax was durBeware of Ointments for Catarrh That Contain Mercury. as mercury will surely destroy the sense of smeli and completely derange the whole system when entering it through the mucous surfaces. Such articles should never be used except on prescriptions from reputable physicians, as the damage they will do is ten fold to the good yoa' can possibly derive from them. Hall's Catarrh Care, manufactured by F. J. Cheney a Co.. Toledo. O-. contains no mer cury, and is taken Internally, acting direcUy upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the system. Ia buyingHall's Catarrh Cure be sure you get the genuine. It Is taken internally ana made in Toledo. Ohio, by F. J. Chehey A Co. Testimonials free. ill by Druggists. Price 75c per ywHair vamnx:russxecrcensu-

Tfeo crapo SSsataCaib ton :r3t

reader cf tho

fruit cfrcs to Royal its cstfco csd chief faorcdicat. Frcn tho crape

aar asw m mm mm

ing the was with Spain and immediately thereafter. The revenue from this source in 18SK) was S43.S37.81U; in lflu it -lolHi-l.3. and in litol it was $30.24 1,020. Neither the stamp tax not the tea and coffee tax alone, therefore, would be sufficient to make" up the deficit. By increasing the tax on beer from $1 to ?2 a barrel about $00,000,000 additional revenue would be raised, and it is regarded as pretty certain that this will be done no matter what other revenue expedient is adopted. Will Retain Wilson. If it be true as is reliably reported, that President-elect Taft has decided to retain James Wilson of Iowa as his secretary of agriculture, it is in recognition of a popular following such as few cabinet ministers ever have had. When Mr. Wilson's selection for this post was announced after Maj. McKinley's election to the presidency twelve years ago he was almost un known to American farmers and even In his own state was not looked upon as an agriculturist. During the twelve years in which he has administered the agricultural department, however, he has built up that department into one of the most important executive branches and at the same time has built up his own personal popularity. Polo Monday evening, Col iseum, New Castle vs. Rich mond. 20-2t EMPTY 11 IS A SITUATION STATE III FACIIIG (Continued From Page One.) tory law and the manner provided therein for the settling of school tuition, the whole amount to be paid by these counties will practically be consumed in school revenue certificates, and the state will derive nothing to Lits general or other funds. I am furnishing you the disburse ments per meatb for the last sixteen months that poa may see the average for a number of months. You will observe some months, are heavier than otfcers, this being due to the disbursements of specific appropriations occasioned by the large buildings during that time. September, you will observe. Is almost doable that of any other month, and for the reason that with that month ends the fiscal year, and dis bursements to be made on the first day of Octoher have to be brought within the month of September, there by making practically two months dis bursements in one month. Trusting that this information is what you desire, and that if there is anything further we can furnish you that we will be glad to do so, I have the honor to be, Very truly yours, JOHN C. BILLHEIMER, Auditor of State. Could Not Find Bill. After the startling message was read in the two houses a search was started for the bill to which the governor referred which was to require county treasurers to make advancements on the semi-annual settlements or in other words, to pay the state the state's share of the taxes collected as rapidly as they are collected, but the bill could not be found. No such bill had been introduced. Then it was learned that yesterday forenoon the governor placed such a bill in the hands of Representative Garrard, the democratic floor leader in the house, with the request that it be introduced at once. But Garrard said he had not introduced the' bill and did not know that he would introduce it"I have the bill." he said, "but I am not. sure that I will introduce it. The republicans got the state into this hole and it is not up to the democrats to help them out of It." Thought it Was Entered. Governor Marshall, evidently, was under the impression when he wrote his special message to the legislature that the bill had been introduced, as per his request. It Is said that during the Hanly administration the state went too fast and spent money too freely and that this is what has caused this condition of the states finances at this time. It is said that some of the money that should have been used for the payment of state expenses during the six months ending the first of June, 1909, was used in paying expenses during the prevtouat i& month. It

Lalao,Hhat'

Hf-tEZtIaScG-SI JJ-r

feet that this hcallhfcl

prima qu:

niako it caiqua ao

cgcat, a favcrita tnth

dro tha finest, raost healthful feed

Royal is tho only Balxins Povr&cr

txe3 IXc7l Cre?o deficit during the next year would grow to very large proportions. It is even said that the deficit for the present six months will be something like $400,000 and tbat if the nresent ratej of expending money and anticipating; the revenues i followed, in another year it would amount to the enormous sum of $1,600,000. ! Mate It Public. When Governor Marshall discovered the situation he made it public at once. He did not propose to wait until later in his administration and give people a chance to say that his administration was to blame for it. But just what will be done, now that the facts are made known, cannot be told. If Garrard refuses to intro-' duce the bill which Governor Marshall referred to perhaps some other representative will introduce it. If not then it is up to the state board of finance to make a bond issue or borrow money in some other way to carry the state through until the first of Junje, when the next semi-annual settlement of county treasurers will be made. Blames Depository Law. The state auditor blames the trouble on the depository law. He says that the practice of anticipating the rev enues of the state started away back under the old law. which gave the auditor the right to call on the county treasurers, for money at any time. But when the depository law went into effect, he said, there was someJ doubt as to whether the county treasurers were authorised to settle oftener than twice a year, and they have been holding back the money, preferring to be on the safe side. He says that the fault for the deficit does not rest with the Hanly administration but that it started farther back than that. The auditor sas, also that the estimated revenues for the coming year and the next year will be more than sufficient to pay all of the state's expenses if the state can just get the money in on time. But it the proposed bill does not pass this legislature and the state Is compelled to get aloetg without anticipating the revenues and without receiving partial settlements with eoMty treasurers be fore the- regkrlar settlement time the apoxOprlft&vna fbr the cotatag year win feaw-to Ike trimmed to the extent of something tike $700,000. Tmcaat: Uo!4 Medal Fleur : perfect fa. Terre Ike!, Iclhsrpcll. Ct Esstern Trcctica Co. Eastern Mwlstoa (Time Table Effective Oct. 27. ISfT.-) Trains leave Richmond t.a Iollaav Upon and intermediate stations it C:0ft a. nu "7:25. I:w8. IDts ;i;00, 12:00. lp0. 2:2. 2:00. :. 25. :. . : 19:99. 11:10. Limited trains. Lajt car to Indianapolis. 8:40 p. m. Last car to New Castle. 10:00 p. m. Trains connect at Indianapolis far Lafayette. Frankfort. CrawfordsIle. Tens) Hants; Clinton , SulUvaa, Parte UHs Tickets eold ternh

Pressed CMcEiemis VEGETADLES Cauliflower, Cucumbers, Green Beans, Green Onions, Spiaacti, Head Lettuce, Egg Plant, Tomatoes, Mengaes, Celery, Parsley, Squash, Mushrooms, Strawberries, Strait errtes. . K2W MAPLE SYRUP Just received 100 gallons of very -fine home mode mspte syrup. 7

Florida

Extra Hssvy Grcpa Fruit, Large Ripe Pineap--V?S3 fcteaa Crcra. Jcnathan Appfes Fancy Batts&i A!C3. -

II

m

which 6 rft

a miciajaU xtho doCrmcca cf Texts Tetrassini's Great T pitta ph. The night IaiIsji Tetranint first appeared at Coven t Garden. London, tittle bad been done to herald her coming. To the management she was just a good singer who would please, and so they advertised her. But when she came upon the stage, a perfect stranger to her audience, it was Immediately felt that she was a prima donna far out eC the ordinary. And wheal she had flnisbed singing she got encore after encore, asal as she emerged from the stage door she found the whole audience awaiting to grxet her. Men and women of fashion the assemblage was for the most part, but in their enthusiasm they bad transformed themselves Into a plain mob, and notnJag would satisfy thens except tbat the horses should be taken out of the singer's carriage and that they should draw It through the streets to her hotel. Tetrazcinl's husband tried to d issue de the csosftf. and for his pains he sustained a fracture of one of his arms and had fo stand idly by while the aadieace carried out Its purpose and dragged the carriage off to Mae. Tetrazalnl's hotel. Tbat was just the beginning of the sensation. From that rime forward the Osvent Garden -was jammed to its capacity when she sang. PALLADIUM WANT ADS. PAY. " Rich m on d . Ran By Mac AaMcrlMldo . . $ol4l sjady ky paul e. tmsoN : PIG HAMS Mild Cured. 15c per pound. HADLEY. BROS. Phone 2292. Suits Overcoats No .No rcsftvdy $15 V!. Nice alxc-rw hssMcSSt KW. TUrdSt Qec trie UqM. ftvtai Idsisls ot watlcr, ccsacsit walk. r. I! A reliable party cam sjet It am maatfcly payments of $12 caaa. Let your real money aay yaw Sec T. W. UcClzy iel7Wer: Ctchqzq

i

av Wa