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TIIE MORNING OREGONIAN, MONDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1906. ELT TOOK PANAMA BY STORM Chairman Shonts, of the Com mission, Very Enthusiastic Over. President's Visit. SPEECH WON ALL HEARTS Father of Miss Theodora Declares She Is Scarcely Out of School and Is Xot Engaged to a French Duke. NJ!W YORK, Deo. 2. President Roose velt took the Panamans by storm, said Theodore P. Shonts, chairman of the Pan ama Canal Commission, who arrived on the Panama line steamer Colon today from Colon. Shonts spoke enthusiastic ally of the recent visit of the Chief Ex ecutive, and declared that -work on the canal was progressing under satisfactory conditions. During his talk with the newspaper men Shonts took occasion to deny that his daughter, Theodora, has become engaged to a titled foreigner. Chairman Shonts said that he would proceed at once to Washington. He was accompanied on the home trip by Rear Admiral M. T. Bndicott, also a member of the Canal Commission; Richard K. Rodg crs, general counsel to the commission; JIajor John T. Phillips, of the department of health of the Canal Zone, and Joseph 1. Ripley, a special engineer employed on the canal. Discussing the President's visit. Chairman Shonts said: "President Roosevelt simply took the people of Panama by storm. The setting aside of all precedents by the President in his visit to Panama won the inelant admiration and respect of the people of the Panama Republic. Mr. Roosevelt was familiar with the work theoretically and saw and understood more during his short stay than the average man would in sev eral months. "The building of the canal Is to Presi dent Roosevelt as the building of a future home would be to any other man. He lookfi upon it as his own personal work, having been given carte blanche by Con gress in tiie work. "During the President's trip through the Canal Zone one of the leading citizens asked Mr. Roosevelt what he thought of the criticism as written by Poultney Btge low. The President answered: 'Small people, like sjmill flies, despoil large things and large enterprises.' "In the President's .speech at Colon the thing that won the hearts of the canal workers and of the people was his state ment: 'The men who are now working on the canal and the citizens of Panama, who are assisting them, will go down to posterity like the veterans of the Civil War. "When this great work is complet ed, the men who have been Instrumental In Its success will look backward and say, "I was part of it," as do the veterans of the Civil War when they look with pride at the great united Nation.' "This did more to endear the President of the United States In general to the peo ple than anything else he could have said." Air. 3honts declared that the reports of labor troubles in the Canal Zone were ab solutely untrue. He said: "The work on the canal was never In better condition. The men are contented and the work is going ahead very fast." In regard to the reported engagement of Miss Theodora Shonts to the Due de Chaulnes et de Piqulgny, Shonts said: "The reported engagement is absolutely untrue. Both the Misses Shonts are scarcely out of school, and will not make their formal debut in society until the 18th. of this month, when we open our new home In Washington. The girls are no doubt great friends of the Due's family, and that may have been the foundation for the reported engagement." LIBERALS TO EET CONTROL MEMBERS OF CUBAN CONGRESS ARE GIVEN NOTICE. By Decree of President Roosevelt SeaU of Members Elected In 1005 Are to Be Declared Vacant. HAVANA. Dec. 2. "By a decree to be Issued soon under specific authority of the Prosident of the United States the seats of members of the Cuban Congress elected In 1005 will bo declared vacant." This was the announcement of Governor . Magoon today to the 25 Senators and 1 House members whom he had invited to attend a conference at the palace. After reviewing all the facts developed by the rieaco commission pnt tn Pnha k i.-t.t dent Roosevelt, in response to President j hi ma s appeal ior intervention, Governor Magoon called the attention of the mem bers to the fact that the determination as to the status of the Congress had been reserved by the peace commission for con sideration at Washington. He then com municated to them the linal determination of President Roosevelt that the seats of all the Senators and Representatives eleet- d in lw5 shall be considered vacant from )otober 11! Wflfi, the vacancies therehv eated being tilled by an election under io provisional government In accordance Vitli the proclamation of Governor Taft eptembcr 29. The lirst series of Senators and Renre- "sentatives elected in 1W4 will be continued in offlco If moral peace, tranquillity and public confidence be restored to such an i extent that an election for the vacated J seats may be held during 1H07, and there may be at tlio same time an election of the successors of Representatives whose terms expire December 31. 1907, without shortening these terms, thus avoiding the necessity for two elections. The salaries ."of the ousted members will be Daid to yOctober 12, the date fixed by the peace I commission. I Governor Magoon explained to the mem- hers of Cnnirrps ht y,n nnDijAM ; very fair, and courteous to submit to them the terms of the decree prior to tts for mal promulgation, so that they might de cide what attitude, they desired to assume. After all the facts had been placed before them. Senators Dolz and Tamavo ex pressed their appreciation of the courtesy in oenair or ineir colleagues and the con ference then ajourned. The decree prob ably will be promulgated tomorrow. - After the conference ex-JIinlstor of the Treasury Sterling, Senator Dolz and other Moderates expressed strong dissatisfaction with the terms of the decree, which they declared was unfair, but they said they recognized the futility of anv protest. i ' 1 T?,,l 1 i . a RQOSEV L the Interior, said tonight to the Associ- ated Press that he realized the decree F merelv carried out an obligation nf in terest to tho peace commissioners, but he .greatly deplored it, believing Its effect would be, disastrous. He said ho was firm in the belief that the only means of establishing peaceful conditions consist in the election of an entirely new Congress, whereas the proposed election, which would result In turning over the govern suent to the liberal control, would surely result In a new Insurrection the moment the American troops were withdrawn from the islands. The fact was, said General Rivera, that the United States had Ignored this," which was patent to all Cubans, and pointed Irresistibly to the conclusion that if the United States withdrew it would be with the full recognition of the necessity for a speedy return and the consequent ex tinction of Cuban independence. ALASKA INDIAN PROBLEM War Department Wants to Hand Over to Indian Bureau. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash ington, Nov. 26. What to do with natives of Alaska is a problem that is causing considerable concern in the War Depart ment, and no satisfactory solution has yet been presented.' The War Department would gladly shift responsibility onto some other branch of the Federal service, preferably the Interior Department. -that now has jurisdiction over reservation In dians in the Western States. But the In terior Department does not want the Alaska natives on its hands, and has al ways maintained that these natives are Eskimos, and not Indians, and therefore are not properly subject to the jurisdic tion of the Indian Bureau. This whole subject is briefly reviewed in the annual report of General Alnsworth, military sec retary of the Army. He says: "During the past four years the ques tion of furnishing relief to destitute In dians in Alaska has been frequently be fore the War Department. The matter of relieving distress among these Indians by Issuing to them Army subsistence was first brought to the attention of the de partment May 1, 1902, by the Commissary General of the Army, in connection with a letter from Captain F,"Tuttle, command ing the revenue cutter Bear, recommend ing the issue of supplies to the destitute native children of missions. "Since that date many reports of desti tution among the natives of Alaska, es pecially among the Copper River Indians, and requests for the aid of the military authorities, have been received from cus toms officials, missionaries, and others. A report on the conditions and needs of the natives of Alaska made by Lieutenant G. T. Emmons, United States Navy, re tired, was transmitted by the president of the Senate and House of Representatives January 19, 1905. "Such measures as were practicable were adopted from time to time by the War Department to prevent suffering and actual starvation among the Alaskan In dians. A number of reports concerning the condition of these Indians have been received from officers of the Army sta tioned in Alaska. It appears from those reports that, while the statements con cerning the destitution of the Indians have been somewhat exaggerated, there is much destitution among them as a re sult of the increasing scarcity of game, the decrease In the run of salmon, and the laziness and improvidence of the In dians themselves. "In 1903 the War Department suggested to the Department of the Interior that an officer of the Army or a special agent of one of the other departments be placed In charge of the Alaskan natives. In re sponse to that letter the Acting Secretary of the Interior, on July 11, 1903, stated that Congress had made no provision for the establishment of Indian agencies in the District of Alaska, and that under existing law it would not be practicable for the Interior Department or any other department of the Government to place a special agent in charge of the Alaskan natives. "Referring to a request of Lieutenant Emmons that the Commissioner of Indian Affairs send a reliable officer to Alaska to report on the conditions and needs of the Alaskan natives and to look into the question of the rations ordered to be sold to them, and the direction of the Presi dent that the request be complied with, the Acting Secretary of the Interior in formed the Secretary of War, on July 13, 1905, that transportation conditions exist ing in Alaska were such as to preclude the possibility of sending an inspector there for the purpose of reporting upon the condition of the natives. "In a report dated July 12, 1906, relative to the condition of the Copper River In dians, the commanding officer at Fort LIscum, Alaska, recommended: (1) That no catching of salmon be allowed at the mouth of the Copper River. (2) That the Indians be supplied, gratis, with a certain number of small steel traps, and ammu nition, about .30-caiiber (not fitted for or dinary sporting rifles and not easily ob tained elsewhere, to prevent their selling the ammunition to others and to prevent others from buying the rifles), and that rifles adapted to the ammunition be issued to them, the Indians receiving the rifles to be held accountable for them under a suitable penalty for parting with them. (3) That some flour, with baking powder,' should be issued to them. "He remarked, however, that in render ing any assistance to these people it should be borne in mind that the Govern ment is trying to help men who will not help themselves. He also recommended that, if these suggestions were not satis factory, a reservation be set aside for the Copper River Indians: that an agent, who is a practical furrier, be employed there at a stipulated salary, and that a trading store be established for them. "On August 31, 1906, Captain Eli A. Hel mick, Tenth Infantry, in forwarding a re port on the condition of these Indians, recommended -that they be placed under the control of a Government agent who should determine to whom and to what extent assistance should be given. He ex pressed the opinlen that, as these Indians have their own hunting and fishing grounds, it is neither necessary nor wise to disturb' them by setting apart a reser vation for them. He says that Govern ment aid to them has been a temporary relief only, and that in the end It does them absolute injury, because it encour ages them to hope for continued assist ance that will enable them to eke out a lazy and trifling existence. "it appears from the reports before re ferred to that tho condition of some of the Alaskan Indians is such as to demand the attention of the Government. It also appears that there is no provision of law under which adequate and permanent re lief or proper supervision of any of those Indians can be had. It is recommended, therefore, that the matter be brought to the attention of Congress with a view to securing such legislation as the case may require. It is believed that the needs of the Alaskan Indiana can best be supplied, and their future welfare provided for, by placing them under the control of the In terior Department, under conditions sim ilar to those governing other Indians whose welfare Is safeguarded by that de partment." CONGRESS J3EGINS TODAY Continued From First Page.) nomination of Attorney-General Moody to succeed Justice Brown on the Supreme Court bench will bo made the first nom ination to be sent in by the President, and there will be an effort to secure its immediate consideration. Some Senators evince a disposition to hold up the mat ter, but the present Indications are for prompt action, as all appreciate the im portance of having a full bench as soon as practicable. SUICIDE OF SEATTLE GIRL Irene IjaBarge Had Quarreled With Messenger Boy Jjover. r SEATTLE, Dec. 2. Irene LaBarge. aged 17 years, committed suicide at her home on Twelfth avenue tonight after a quar rel with her sweetheart. John Tweed, a Tostoftice messenger. She was jealous o the attentions of the young man to an other girl and drank the poison in. his presence. COIPLiTiSn interstate Commission Will In vestigate Car Shortage. FIRST IN THE NORTHWEST Farmers In Many States Unable to Get Their Grain to Minneapolis and Chicago Markets to -Share In High Prices.- - WASHINGTON. Dec. 2. The car shortage throughout the United States will be Investigated by the Interstate Commerce Commission. Commissioner Franklin K. Lane, who has been looking- into this subject, said today that the commission would first take up the situation in the Northwest among' the wheat-carnylngr roads. Farmers in many states complain that they are unable to get their grain to market in time to share in the high prices now being paid in Minneapolis and Chi cago. The commission has Issued a circular asking grain-growers to submit spe cific information regarding1 the amount of freight offered for shipment and the reasons given for not transporting it. PACKAGES WIUCj COST MORE Commissioner Yerkes Recommends Charge for Liquor Stamps. WASHINGTON, Dec. 2. The annual report of Commissioner of Internal Revenue John W. Yerkes for the past fiscal year shows total receipts of $249,102,738, an excess of $14,914,762 over the preceding year. The commissioner recommends a charge of 20 cents for each stamp is sued to rectifiers or wholesale liquor dealers for use of packages prepaid and sent out by them, and a charge of 25 cents per gallon on all brandy with drawn for fortification purposes. Safety-Appliance liaw Violated. WASHINGTON, Dec. 2. Acting on reports submitted by the Interstate Commerce Commission, Attorney-General Moody has directed that suits be brought against a large number of additional railroad companies for vio lation of the safety-appliance law. The defendants and the districts in which the suits will be brought and" the number of violations include: Ari zona & New Mexico railway, district of New Mexico, two violations; El Paso & Southwestern Railway, district of New Mexico, one violation; Fort Worth & Denver City Railway, North ern district of Texas, two violations. TEMPLE OF GHAND OPERA MANHATTAN TO BE OPENED THIS EVENING IX NEW YORK. Singers of International Reputation Will Give a Series of the Works of Old and Modern Masters. NEW YORK, Dec. . 2. A second great temple of music dedicated exclusively to grand opera in this city will be opened tomorrow night, when the curtain rises on the first performance in Oscar Ham merstein's new Manhattan Opera-House. The question whether or not New York will support simultaneously two grand opera-houses and two high-class compa nies of singers will then be put to test. Believing that there is room in Ne,w York for two such enterprises. Hammer stein has erected a beautiful opera-house in West Thirty-fourth street and will be gin a season of six weeks of grand opera In French and Italian, with a company of singers of international reputation and a chorus of 100 voices recruited both in Italy and in this city. He promises the music-loving people of the metropolis a series of delightful reproductions of the works of old and modern composers. The cost of the venture when the season is inaugurated tomorrow evening, it is said, will have been in the neighborhood of $2,000,000. The opera for the opening night will be Bellini's "I'Putani," and later on in the week "Don Giovanni" and "Faust" will be heard. During the sea son operas by Aubur, DonisettI, Flotow, Verdi, Leoncavallo, Mascagni, Meyerbeer, Puccini and Thomas and Wagner's "Lo hengrin" in French will be sung. Madame Melba and Madame Pinkert head the list of sopranos of the company. Madame Regina-Arta. also a soprano. Is a native of Pittsburg. Madame Breslar Gianoll and Madame Kleanore de Cisneros, the two chief mezzo-sopranos, have been heard here before. Alessandro Bronci, a Neapolitan, whose voice is reputed to be beautiful In quality, is the star tenor, and after him are Balmores, a robusto singer, and Alfscheffskl. Both are Frenchmen. Maurice Roinaud, another Frenchman, and San Marco, an Italian, baritones, both come to this country with great rep utations. Gilbert, who has been heard here, and Galctti-Gianeli, from the The ater Rivoli, Venice, are to sing the buffo basso parts. Vittorio Aramondi, the lead ing basso, has sung in the United States before. A special feature of the season will be the orchestra. Tho orchestra will com prise 75 musicians under the direction of Cleofanta Campanlh and Leandro Cam panarl. Tho Interior plans, of the new opera house have been worked out along the lines of modern and French architecture. The main auditorium rises from Its struc tural base through a peristyle containing 40 proscenium boxes, eupported by col umns of heroic size, which also act a.s the supporting base for a semi-circle of loges and two balconies above. The pros cenium boxes are crowned at either side of the stage with an ornamental super structure rising SO feet above the orches tra floor, and designed to form a back ground for-, two sculptured figures in groups, representing "Genius" flanked by the arts "Painting and Sculpture." The entire scheme reaches a fitting climax in the beautiful main ceiling, 100 feet high, with an enormous shallow dome. The proportions of the stage are 90x175 feet. "With the opening of the new house," said Mr. Hammersatin in an interview, "my life's ambition .shall have been re alized. I have built many theaters in this city, but it has always been my desire to build a house to be devoted exclusively to grand opera." OREGON MAN RUN DOWN One of Many to Suffer in San Fran cisco Accidents. SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 2. Three per sons are lying in the Central Emergency Hospital tonight with fractured skulls as tho result of streetcar accidents today. John Easter, a saloon-keeper from Mer sjJL Or who arrived in the city today,. was struck by a. car as he was crossing Market street near Third. He sustained a fractured skull and other injuries which make his recovery doubtful. While running after a west-bound car on Market street, this afternoon, H. J. Belcher, a recent arrival from the Eiast, was run down by a car from the opposite direction, whose rapid approach he failed to notice. Besides receiving a fracture of the skull, he was badly bruised and cut. J. Meyerhoff, a motorman, was proba bly fatally injured at the foot of the Fill-more-treet hill tonight. Meyerhoff's car broke loose from its cable when half-way up the hill and shot down the steep in cline at terrific speed, colliding with an other car at the foot of the hill. Fortu nately there were no passengers on the runaway car, while those In the ear at the foot of the hill were warned of their danger in time to jump. Dies of His Injuries. LOS ANGELES. Cal., Dec. 2, Walter L. Vail, a prominent business man of this city, died today of injuries received in a streetcar accident that occurred last Thursday when Mr. Vail, who was caught between two cars, was seriously crushed. Vail was known as one of the early Southern California cattle kings, being a member of the firm of Vail & Gates. He was the owner of Santa Rosa Island, and controlled large holdings in this state as well as in Arizona, where he resided for several years. FANATICS ASK PROTECTION "TONGUES OP KIRK" REVIVAL ISTS TARGETS FOR ROCKS. Authorities Consider Means to Sup press Sect and Stop Un couth Orgies. SALEM, Or, Dec. 2. (Special.) The "Tongues of Fire" evangelists who have been conducting Holiness meetings at the Mission on Twelfth street for some time are having a strenuous life and today reported to the police that they are afraid they will be killed. Last night rocks were thrown through the windows and in such close proximity to the heads of the speakers that they were in danger more real than imagin ary. Today "Apostle" Shipley, who had been appointed a special policeman at his own request, gave up his star, say ing that he does not dare attempt to control the disturbers of meetings. The Holiness meetings are getting to be as bad as the "Holy Roller" pro ceedings at Corvallis. with the excep tion that immorality has not been charged against any of the present leaders. The leaders who were detected in maintaining immoral relations have severed their connection with the sect. But in noisy demonstration, roll ing on the floor and performing other ridiculous antics the followers . of Creffield could hardly have surpassed the fanatics who are now holding forth, in Salem. Asserting that they are directly con trolled by the Holy Spirit, Rev. M. L. Ryan and his associates speak in what they claim to be an African dialect but which sounds like the jabbering of a maniac. Worked up to a high pitch of excitement, women followers of the sect stand upon chairs and shout and go through performances not generally considered ladylike in reasonably polite society. These proceedings, to which the gen eral public is earnestly invited, have aroused the disgust of all except the zealots themselves, and residents of the neighborhood have considered the mat ter of enjoining the shouting, which they consider a public nuisance. But the climax in the feeling against the "Tongues of Fire" preachers came last night when one of the speakers di rectly charged some of the young women present with immorality. It was not long after this that the rocks began to fly through the windows. Today an appeal was made to the police for the assignment of an officer to preserve peace at the meetings. The request was refused, the chief explain ing to the preachers that there are but two night policemen and that he does not propose to keep one of them on duty at that particular place and leave the other officer to guard the remainder of the city. The chief had already appointed a special officer at the request of the Holiness people and thought that this should bo sufficient. He gave them to understand that if they conduct meet ings in such manner as to breed dis turbance they should not expect the police to neglect other duties to quell the disturbances. The better class of citizens and the newspapers have tried to ignore the frenzied evangelists in the hope that the evil could thus be most easily overcome, but it now be gins to appear that it -will be neces sary to place the "Tongues of Fire" fanatics under some sort of restraint in order to prevent more deplorable proceedings. TWO MEN WERE KILLED Mail Clerks Escaped in Baltimore & Ohio Wreck. PITTSBURG, Pa., Dec. 2. But two men were killed in the wreck of the fast Baltimore & Ohio Railroad train bound from Cleveland to New York at Guffey Coal Mines, 25 miles east of this city, last night. Two mail clerks re ported killed are safe. The engineer and fireman were killed and the baggage-master was seriously injured. Over a score of passengers were slight ly bruised. Themail car and contents except the registered mail were burned, as were many valuable packeges in the express car. Railroad officers were working on the theory that some person opened tho swltoh purposely. EARTH QUAKES .IN SICILY Severe Shock Felt, but No Deaths Yet Reported. LONDON, Dec. 2. A severe quake is reported to have occurred at Milazzo, on the north coast of Sicily, today. As yet, no casualties have been reported. Wealthy Woman Dies on Liner. NEW YORK, Dec. 2. When the steamship St. Paul' docked here today, the officers resorted the death of Miss Agnes Grey, a first-cabin passenger, 61 years of age. Miss Grey died suddenly of heart failure. She said that she was on her way to this country to settle an estate. The woman was wealthy. Neither relatives nor friends 4PPcared tonight to claim the body. Miss Grey was from West London. Celebrates Her Independence. LISBON, Dec. 2. The 226th anniver sary of the independence of Portugal from Spanish domination has been cel ebrated by the signing of a treaty be tween the two countries delimiting their respective frontiers. Drainage Congress at Oklahoma. Oklahoma City. Okla., Dec. 2". The National Drainage Congress Is to meet here in annual session December 5 for a. three-days' session. V Good Merchandise n Great Gut-Price Holiday Sale of Sterling Silver Articles IHIS Holidav Sale I greatest bargains designs that cannot be duplicated by any other Portland es ..tablishment. Not only is the assortment magnificent, but on account of the immense prestige of the house of Lipman Wolfe in the markets of the world we quote the lowest prices ever quoted. Do not fail to buy liberally for Xmas giving. S0c Sterling Novelties, 29c t v vHfi "WnndhinR" desiem Nail Files, Nail Brushesi Tooth Brushes. Cuticle Knives, Darners, Tweez ers" Paper Cutters, Blotters. Table Bells, Shoe Horns, etc 85c Sterling Novelties, 49c Extraordinary values in fine etched design Nail Files, Nail Brushes. Tooth Brushes. Cuticle Knives. Darners, Tweezers, Paper Cutters. Blotters, Table Bells, Shoe Horns, etc . 1.00 Pocket Scissors, 75c Neat blunt end. sterling handles, in pretty designs. $1.35 and $1.25 Brushes, $1.00 I 50c Novelties for 35c su'SBsa, ss .ass HXrasSS-- B V " 65c Talcum Jars, 50c Pretty primrose pattern, with glass base and patent top. $1.00 Art Glass for 75c Tooth Brush Bottles, Cold Cream, Ink Wells. Talcum Bottles. $1.50 Deposit Bottles, 98c Rich Glass Perfume Bottles, nicely covered with sterling silver in pretty scroll designs. ' $2.00 Silver Deposit Bottles, $1.23 Extra heavy Deposit Bottles, good size covered stopper and pretty designed scroll all over bottle. $1.35 Souvenir Spoons, 98c Sterling Souvenir Coffee Spoon, hand-engraved bowls with Webfoot, Rose City and Portland designs; regularly J1.25 and Ji.Ja. $3 50 Cloth Brush, 2.50 Good, large size, new design, good bristles. 75c and 85c Nail Buffers, 50c New design handle Buffers, chamois cov- erea; regumny isc io sac. enn Cut glass, brush. RECEIVE NO PROFIT Oregon School Textbook Sell ers to Form Combination. MARGIN NOT SUFFICIENT Publishers Are Declared to Have the Best of the Present Condition! and the Retailers Want Share of Profits. SALEM, Or., Dec. 2. (Special.) A movement has been started for the organization of all public school textbook-sellers in Oregon for the purpose of compelling publishers to grant the retailers a price that will leave some small profit on the business. It is asserted that tho prices now given do not allow a profit, and that the dealers handle the books merely for the purpose of drawing other trade, or beca,use they are in the book-sellingr business anyway and must carry school books, even if at a loss. The move ment for an organization was started at Eugene, and "nas found so much favor that the success of the enter prise is practically assured. Every dealer, even to tho village storekeep ers who handle school books in small quantities, will bo in the movement, and the publishers will be confronted by a situation that will mean conces sions or a fight. Says a prominent bookseller: . Tho nublishers have a contract with th state to sell their books to school children at certain specified prices. 1 ney auow ine re tailers 12 1-2 per cent on the prices. Now It ia ray experience, and I believe the experience of others ia the same, that rent, clerk hire, lights and other running expenses amount to 10 per cent of the amount of business trans acted. That is, if our gross profits were only IO per cent we would come out even at the end of the year and have no pay for our own time, no interest on capital invested and no return for the service rendered to the public. I am Bpcaklnf? of the book business In gen eral, and not of school books In particular. I think everyone will axree that we, are entitled to a reasonable profit on our business over and above actual expenditures. At the prices allowed us by the school book publishers we would make a profit of 3 1-2 per cent If we could sell all books at the prices quoted and had no bad bills. - But this we cannot do. Here is a copybook quoted at B cents. A boy comes in for a copybook and lavs down 5 cents. Are we going to tell him fee can't have the book because he didn't brlBK the extra penny? or course not; we tell him to take the hook along, and we sell that book at an actual loss, siuch sales are very frequent. Here Is a schoolbook that is quoted at 22 cents. Our profit la supposed to be 2 3-4 cents. Wo are not allowed to charge 25 cents for any of them, for if we did, the publishers would be liable on their bonds. Tho fact of the matter is that we sell more of thee books at 20 cents than we do at 22. for it is not practical in the rush of business at the opening; of the school year to make change to a penny. More profits gone! But that is not' all. In comes a little slrl In well-worn dress and rasreed shoes and gives us a list of books she needs when she starts wolf e & , Only Quality Considered Our Prices Are of Sterling' Silver Articles offers the of the year. Every piece is 925-1000 hne and stamped sterling, we nave garnered tnou sands of nieces of finest workmanship, in exclusive $1 Art Glass Creamers, 75c Pretty sterling top, large size. '75c Mucilage Bottles, 50c Sterling tops, with brush, cut glass base; 75c value. S1.50 Sewinz Neat box with threee pieces for sewing table. 35c Pocket Combs, 25c Sterling back, in leather case. $7.50 Sterling Mirror, $6.00 Beautiful primrose design in French gray; regular $7.50 value. $3.25 Sterling Sets, $2.25 Comb and Brush Set in neat box. with ster ling back. $1.25 Bottle Openers, $1.00 Beer-bottle Openers, vintage handle, new patent opener. 35c Coat Hangers, 25c To sew on the back of the coat; 35c value. ?t $4.00 sterling top, with sterling Box ery articles. 75c Key Rings for 50c Sterling silver, good and strong. 35c Ink Well, for 25c Glass Vase with sterling top, neat design; 35c value. $1.25 Puff Jars, $1.00 Ster'.insr top neat glass base, gooa size: $1.25 value. 25c Strawberry Emerys, 18c Everyone knows this popular nov elty never sold below 2jc before. $1.00 Manicure Scissors, 75c Sterling Handles, with good steel. A $10 and J12 Military Brushes $9 Pr, New and exclusive designs, car ried only by this store. All Silver Engraved Free During This Sale to school tomorrow. We put up the books and when we hand them out over the' counter she says: "Mamma wants to know If you will charge them till the first of the month? Well, If Rockefeller were in the echoolbook business he might take the bundle away from the girl and put the books back on the shelves, but we don't. It would take a pretty hard-hearted man to stand by and watch the tears roll down that girl's cheeks after she had but a moment before smilingly taken possession of her books. Then there are fathers and mothers who come In themselves instead of sending their children, and ask for credit. If we don't give them credit, for only four or Ave dol lars, and only until the first of the month, their children must stay out of school. What do we say what can we say? And there go the profits. Of course many people who get credit that way pay their bills, but there are some who do not and when we are getting only 2 1-2 per cent net profit it doesn't take many bad bills to put the balance on the wrong side of tho ledger. You see wc stand all the losses. The pub lisher gets his part of the price of school books, to the last penny. He has no bad bills. He sells nothing at less than cost. If we had no losses and no "bad bills we would make only 2 1-2 per cent. As it is, there Is ab solutely no money in sehoolbooks for the re tailers, and I think everyone will tell you so. 'Why don't we quit handling them?" A book seller can't do that. If we did. some dry goods house would carry them, and soon put in a line of stationery and thus cut into our business. We couldn't retaliate by putting Io a stock of shirtwaists or ribbons and laces. We must sell the sehoolbooks, but I insist that we are entitled to a. reasonable profit, and we're going to get it. Watch us. 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