Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 37, Number 37, 18 December 1911 — Page 8

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THE RICHMOND PALLADIUM AM BUN-TELEGKAJa, MONDAY DECEMBER 18, 1911.

CONGRESS IN MAZE OVER THE TRUSTS Nearly Every Member Has a Different Idea on the Proper Remedy.

BY JONATHAN WINFIELD. WASHINGTON. Dec. 18. Congress is in a ma:;; of doubt and uncertainty as to what to do with the troublesome trust question. There are almost as many different opinions upon the subject as there arc members who have taken the bother to make a serious Btudy of the problem. The President's recent. uicHHaKo on the subiect. consti tuting all he had to say in his annual message, can scarcely be said to have (amplified the question for the legislatorH The Democrat charge that the emphasls which the President sought to place upon the trust question fc'eonfining himself exclusively to it in his message, is an effort on his part and the part of the administration supporters In both branches of Congress to sidetrack the tariff, which they will seek to make the naramount tonic for Congressional consideration at this session, to the end that they may use it as their campaign cry in the Presidential contest of next. year. Recognize Importance. They recognize the Importance of dealing with the trust issue, but there Is less of politics in it than in the tariff Issue, with which they always have been more successful In campaigns than with any other. It is politic s i which they intend to play during thei

V ,u" , manner as the interstate commerce 0f Richmond) shall quarantine or muz- ment and may t.nd themselves criping nil the capital they possibly can. , . . . . w,(h railroajs. Kven I(1 thp snTTU ,OP . npri(M, of 30 davs Pled for want of the latter in case of

iiti1 mr irit in.iiror Inn II i hi i ri n a i . . i . . . ... . . same tactics and they also will play politics. For them, however, dealing with the trust problem presents better possibilities and prospects than the tariff. and so there is likely to be a see-saw j between the two parties, each striving to gain an advantage by making the issue which it s'dects the paramount one. . So far as the House is concerned, the trust question will be handled by the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce primarily. That is, whatever legislation is proposed for V. tit V. .... i I,.., nr Anmkl I

, , , ' . ., ' the fixing of a standard ot prices has are forced more or less to adopt the!, ,., t , ; i noon ) 1 Lf rrvt tu

.U....T. ..hu...MU.. ... iu....-,n W1I1 De obliged to encounter a great common to see members lving stretchnations of capital or for amendment to j many aim,n(i,nents in the senate, with ed out on one of the benches while

,ne nnerman law, win come wunin me Jill initio null ii iiiui l.lfl.1 .11 . Ul.lt?sa because that committee has so many other matters of importance or for some other reason It should be decided to allow the committee on the Judiciary to consider it. Properly, however, nny proposition i ... i . r . . . n w m.v. ... i . am ..mi Ann to change the Sherman Anti-trust law j would be dealt with by the committee I on Interstate and foreign commerce. That committee also has the very Important matter before it of legislation for the government of the Canal Zone and of the promulgation of regulations for the operation or the canal. Already 1 h m.niw.rc rf h 1 1 A gone to the isthmus to take up that matter and inform themselves upon it. Therefore, that committee will not at the outset of the session jump in and act upon the President's rec-Dtr-mendations with regard to dealing with the trust question. Hearing Statements. The Senate Committee on Interstate Commerce, under a resolution of instruction adopted at the extraordi- J nary session, for several weeks has been hearing the statements of those interested in big business, college professors with theories to expound and elucidate, and economists of more or less note and importance, with regard to their ideas of the proper methods of controlling large combinations of capital. A dozen different Ideas and J schemes have been advanced, but no two seem entirely to harmonize. Senator Clapp the chairman of the committee. Is an arch insurgent and has as his associates upon the committee several men of the same progressive stripe, but even they are not agreed as to what should be done, or what form legislation should take to meet the existing conditions. The main idea, wheh runs through all of the discussion and inquiry upon the subject, is that there should be some sort of federal regulation and control of big corporations doing an interstate business. But the method of going about it is the rock upon which both the theorists and the practical men flounder. Even such men as Judge Cary of the I'nied States Steel Corporation, have admitted a willingness to consent to federal regulation, and have expressed the desire to conform to regulation, if only they could be advised of their status and what their lowers and limitations would be. Publicity of the doings of interstate corporations is a part of the program which most of those who have discussed the subject seem to agree upon and from kid gloved federal regulation all the way to measures which border close upon socialistic, the suggestions have run. until there is quite as much confusion upon the subject now as when the inquiry began. Some have advocated voluntary federal incorporation such as has been recommended by the President, while others have declared that such a plan would be innocuous and ineffective, and have urged compulsory federal inWANTED YOUR MACHINE AND REPAIR WORK BALLINGER & GIBBS MACHINISTS REAR 220 LINCOLN STREET Phone 3040 or 3158 DR. B. McWHINNEY Physician and Surgeon Office Gennett Theater Building North A Street. Residence. The Arden. 8. 14th & A Phones Office, 29S7: Res. 2936

! PONT WAIT Take Advantage of a Richmond Citi-

zen's Experience Before It's Too Late. When the back begins to ache. ! Don't wait until bachacke becomes chronic; Till serious kidney troubles develop; Till urinary troubles destroy night s rest. Profit by a Richmond citizen's experience. Enoch Cromer, 209 N. Fourteenth St.. Richmond. Ind.. savs: "I have no reed of Doan's Kidney Fills since they cured me of kidney trouble in 190C. At that time I gave a statement for publication, recommending this remedy and I do not wish to withdraw anything from that, testimonial. Railroading is very hard on the kidneys piid my case was no exception to the rule, as I suffered from kidney coml'laint or some time. The passages of the kidney secretions were irregular and painful and I often felt dizzy and weak. Heing advised to try Doan's Kidney Pills. I procured a box at A. O. Luken 's Drug Store and their use brought prompt relief. In a short time I was entirely free from kidney trouble and since them, whenever I have heard anyone complaining of backache, I have advised a trial of Doan's Kidney Pills." rnr sale by all dealers. Price 50 rents. Foster-Milburn Co., rjuffaio. New York, sole agents for the United States. Remember the name Doan's and take no other. corporation with a sort of commission not unlike the interstate commerce' commission, for the regulation and, control of corporations with the pow-j er to deal with them in much the same ;

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ui.v u uivu.vu. iit'iuti me coiuiuiLue eau seu iugether upon any sort of measure for handling the problem is a serious j question. Even those who are most j earnest in their belief that additional remedial legislation is necessary, are not optimistic. They fear that there are too many diverging opinions and that the subject will be made a foot-1 ball in the political game, for any constructive measure to be passed at the present session. Even should a measure get out of the committee with a majority vote. . .... ... . the result that it might be made en tirely unsatisfactory to those who are trvine:. honestlv. to seek u solution to this, one of the most important cconomlc questions of the day. Moreover, should a measure pass the Senate, it would then be subjected to overhauling in the House, which is Democratic, and where the ideas

might not altogether coincide with those of the Republican Senate. It seems likely that the House, preferr-jday ing to make the tariff the leading issue, win devote its attention primarily

1 cuanges in me mini scueuuies anu ltiiv the Senate to take un the trust question, first. ; so, while the House is passing tariff bills and sending them over to the Senate, hte Senate is likedy to be discussing amendments to the Sherman law and proposed methods of regulating interstate commerce. It is, therefore, feared that the upshot of the whole matter will be chiefly talk, and that. when the adjournment comes next summer it will be found that no antitrust measures have been added to the statute books. CHOICE MEATS FOR THE HOLI DAYS. Beef, Veal, Lamb, Pork and Mutton, Small Dressed Suckling Pigs. nvthinp in Tlnilrl flams Puriul ieatS) naCon, Lard and all kinds of Prepared Meats and Home Made Pure ; Pork Sausage. Schwegman's 2 Meat , Markets. 3 Phones. 18-20-21-23 Tripolitan Proverbs. "You cannot," says a Tripolitan prov erb, "escape your fate, even on a horse." "Whoever." says another, "has ! maize will soon find one who will lend him flour." "If a dog is to be beaten. says a third, "there in no lack of sticks." A fourth proverb points out j that "whoever is seeking pearls must j go to the depths of the ocean." Others i are. "Even a soothsayer cannot foretell ; his own fate." "Whoever trusts a woman has been smitten by God. and God punishes everybody according to his deserts."

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LAWRENCE, MASS., TO TURN OVER NEW LEAF

! LAWRENCE, Mass., Dec. 18. Tomorrow the People of Lawrence wiU elect officials to take office under the new charter, which will come into effect on January l. me adoption of the new charter, whicn proviaes tor a moameu commission lorm oi government, is expected to result in untold benefits to the city and the people. Under the old plan the affairs of the municipality had been going steadily from bad to worse. The ; situation had reached its climax some months ago when the mayor, j the chief of the fire department and j several other officials were sent to , jail" for conspiracy to defraud the city., The Citizen's Charter association was formed to wrest control from the hands of the alleged "grafting" politicians and to aid in the redemption of the financial credit of the municipality, which had been all but destroyed under the old regime. At the No vember election the new charter was adopted by an overwhelming vote. At tomorrow's election a non-partisan mayor, a school board of four and

four aldermen at large will be chos- f en. The mayor will be chairman of ty is that the close of the year will the school board and also director of j find about 80 per cent of the counthe department of finance and public ' try's steel capacity fully employed, affairs. Each of the four aldermen ! This is an exceedingly satisfactory will head one of the other depart- j state of affairs, albeit there is room ments of the municipal government, j for further improvement. The bulk The initiative and referendum are j of orders have come from the railfeatures of the new charter. Another ! roads, which deferred their purchases

provision ramiiroa that nil citv suo-, plies costing $25 or over must be purchased from the lowest competitive bidder, DOG NOTICE! It is hereby ordered that any per-1 SOn owning a dog or dogs Un the city j from the date of this order, . ,, , Tf.... l..l v. ; V- 11 nt t-v- 1 at rn i i u mru iitir ruin. 1 1 i iui o w ji j . , . , , uups ueiug leu uy i iiam ui icusu uvjh the public highways of the city. Albert Steen, Dec. IS, 1011. T. Henry Davis, Health Officer, County Sheriff. "c- J. 183t Parliamentary Manners. Parliamentary manners astonished a German visitor to England in 1770. "They come into the house." he wrote, "in their greatcoats and with riding boots and spurs. It Is not at all unothers are speaking. Some crack nuts; others eat oranges or whatever else is In season. There is no end to their golug and out. and as any one wishes to go out he places himself before tlie speaker and makes his bow. like a schoolboy asking a tutor's permission." Special attraction at Coliseum Tueschiy and Wednesi j mw a j i j evening. MlSS Adelaide E. V-Vorak of Cleveland, O., rhamninn fancv and trick , , , will felvt; m CAUIUInon ; sne also cnanenges any fast skater for a mile race. A I 1 111 Harrison FrV has accepted m'fcsion 10c 1S-IU .' Ul dUmiMUfl, 1UI. Age of Languages. The German is older than the French language. The German language reaches away back to the pre-Roman times, when those who used it lived in the isolation of their great northern forests, while the French language Is ono of the so called "romance" tongues, made up by a blending of the Frankisli and Latin after the collapse of the empire, near the close of t lie fifth century. There is. of course, seme Latin visible in German, but not enough to affect the almost pure Teutonic charaer or the lanuae.-.New t.ia. TO 23RD JO STAMPS with 1 pkg. Atlantic Borax, J2Mc JO STAMPS with one Box Ball B:ue 10c JO STAMPS-i-with 1 box Shaker Salt 10c 10 STAMPS with 3 cans Evaporated Milk. . 25 SPECIALS lb pk. for 25c 3 pk. for 25c 10 STAMPS with one pound cffee 30c

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A BUSINESS REVIEW OF THE PAST WEEK BY HENRY CLEWS

In various directions there are indicatjon8 0f s!cnv bul eertain improvement There are still seme eoninlaints Qf slackness in trade and in tuanv instances profits are upon a smaller ' scale than for several years. At the same time the volume of general trade is fairly satisfactory. There Las been no shrinkage of consequence, as provd by well SU8taine railroad earnings and Dank clearings, and after the sea8(m of quct incidental to the close of lne year tnere is Iajr assurance of at jeast moderate recuperation. significant element . - ill LUC IIJUU311 Id, IS I UC Blim- ! ing improvement in the iron trade. The turn was made about the middle of October. Since then orders have steadily expanded, and this week the big producers of finished steel hav been so besieged that in not a few lines capacity is fully engaged for four to six months ahead. Prices are already firmer. In some instances they . i. .. : . - .j ...... l ., ,i . i . . .. 1 . . 5 ; tor material so long that a rush oi belated business is now coming on. If not actually a buyer's panic, the present anxiety to jlace orders is at least somewhat suggestive of that state of affairs. Some of the roads have already waited too long in plac inS their orders for rails and equipany substantial revival of traffic. Big expenditures are. "head for the raiiroads in compliance with the demand for better facilities and more modern standards. The iron trade is still regarded as one of our most reliable trade barometers, and it is auite cer tain that railroad managers with their ! exceptional opportunities for observation would not be placing such large! orders for equipment unless satisfied ! that a turn for the better had come. : Their action in the matter should be accepted as proof of confidence in the future ' In banking circles there is also a more hopeful feeling. A slight im- j provement in investment conditions is observable, and this tendency will probably become more marked as the j time for the $220,000,000 January dis- i bursements approaches near. There is an abundance of capital awaiting j employment and only two conditions j appear to be necessary for venture, j viz., safety of principal and good re-; turns. Investors are insisting upon ! the latter more firmly than usual. In other words, capital, too, as well as , labor is demanding better returns. A 1 fair amount of new issues have recently been placed upon the market and ' have met with good success. The coming month will probably witness a number of additional new flotations. This country has been taking an e?i-, forced rest cure for nearly two years. Since the panic, of li0( conditions have never been entirely satisia Liquidation, however, has been ; seVfcre There is less inf siactory. long lation i and more soundness lha nany time in : j the last four years. At least a mod-; erate recovery seems justified, business is already feeling somewhat inj vigorated and seems preparing to try : SALE ON PICTURES SEE WINDOW DISPLAY ; Moormann's Book Store i 520 Main Street ' ;

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the development of a more honrful : spirit. The chief drawback at the 1 moment arises irem uncertainty at ; Washington. Dig business has not yet ! recovered its equilibrium from the sudden interference with its termer methods of doing business. The couniry is wading dt ep in a period of reconstruction of its business machinery which inevitably means temporary uncertainty as to what the national legisiature may do. Nevertheless as the adjustment of new conditions becomes cnnmlere there will he less com- " ' - . plaint on this score. The world retuses to stand still. Our own population is rapidly increasing. Food .

ciotning aim sneiter are oeing requir-, nmn oi me minrsi ineieuuine einered in increasing quantities. Our trans-; prises in the country, portation facilities are overtaxed, and J

there is earnest demand for increased production and activity on all sides, l'his demand cannot be indefinitely ignored. New enterprise may be deferred until uncertainty is at least partially relieved, but production upon an increasing scale must go on as the country grows. In some cases consumption has ' been checked by high prices and the consequent, reduced purchasing power of many consumers, but this hindrance is already finding relief in some directions by lower prices, notably in the iron and cotton goods industries. There are indications of a more conservative spirit developing in congress, though it must net be forgotten that the temptation, if not necessity, for making an occa-! sional display for political effect will remain until after the presidential election. Two weeks have passed without any harmful demonstrations. NUNN ALLY'S FINE CANDY DICKINSON'S PHARMACY. i o r. Breaking It Gntty. "I bare called, sir. to see the photo ot the lady with $25,000 who wants a husband. "Can you keep your face straight?" "Of course I can!" "Very well. We'll break you in first wku the $3,000 applicants, and then gradually, as you grow stronger, we work J"011 un to the big prize. This way, please, and don't get frightened." " gGloves?

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National News Association NEW YORK. Dec. IS The dry goods trade in the metropolis joined today in a suitable observance of the centenary of the birth of Horace B. (Martin, one of the greatest merchants i America ever produced. Mr. Clafliu ' was born in Milford, Mass.. December i IS. 1 S 1 1 , and engaged when a boy in the dry goods business. From a hum-j b'.e beginning his business grew to the largest in the country. The organization which he perfected is still one of the largest in the world and its sales in a single year have aggregated mere than $7:.t.uo,000. Mr. Claflin's claim to tame rests largely upon his shrewd financiering during the panics that disturbed the business world dur- . - - ing the greater portion of his life He not only weathered every panic but Ins financial stability supported Blarney. A Brooklyn woman who had spent a great deal of time in trying to teach

her cook to make a good drawn butter be appreciated, and may be purchased gravy, but to little avail, had occasion j at a surprisingly low price, severely to rebuke the domestic in thej A large Azalea or Cincinnati Begopresence of others. "Ellen." said she nia ln a Jardenier of Matt green or sternly, "this gravy is absolutely bitter Egyptian ware would please the most

this evening." "Indade, I'm sorry, mum." came io lugubrious tones from the cook. ilow do you account for it. Ellen?" asked the mistress, persisteut iu her efforts to get at the bottom of the matter. "I can't say. mum. unless it were the tear 1 dropped in it. mum." New York Press. The Pioneers. "Say. Weary, here's a feller In dis paper says de age is developin' a kind . I Ul ill 111.1 'Fine. Dey'il have to admit dat we re de pioneers in dis iuterestin' j field. Limpy." Cleveland Plain Dealer. Be.ary's Mustarine Best remedy on earth for. sprains, lameness, sore chest, lame back, neuralgia, toothache, painful bunions and callouses. A big box for 25 cents, j Just i ub it on, that's all. Will not i blister. Be sure it's Begy's. For sale i by Leo H. Fihe.

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; let Dim study for himself?" Yonkers i Statesman. A new league may be formed in Western Pennsylvania to include Butler. Franklin. Heaver Kails. New Castie, Oil City and Meadvijle. WREATHS AND EVERGREEN ROPING There is nothing so necessary if you want a real Xmas effect in your decoration. The roping is only 5c per yard, and you can buy wreaths at any price from 20c up to $2.00 and $3.00. One or two balls of Boxwood and Scarlet Winp Htrrie!5 su H.mkHj by rjbbona pro. duco ft l.harmini. efftHH. Small hi(.h handled baskets filled with Boxwood sprays and Scarlet Winter Berries retain their beauty throughout the Holiday season. A little fern dish filled with Scarlet ; Poinset lias and fancy ferns is sure to fastidious. Do not fail to order Carnations. Roses. Violets, or a lovely "Xmas Show, er" at once. This will insure first-class stock at reasonable prices. All these things and rrnny others may be found at THE FLOWER SHOP, 1015 Main Street. We invite you to call and inspect our stock. BE A SANTA CLAUS To Your Family. We Will Furnish the Goods. A Northwestern Policy H. F. PARDIECK, District Mgr. Rooms, 6 and 7 Kelly Block. Phone 1965.

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