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THE BUKDAT OKEGONIAN, POKTLAAU, SEPTEMBER 21, 1902. PREPARING FOR WAR. Woody Orders 600 Marines Assembled at Norfolk, MAY BE SENT TO PANAMA San Francisco Is Ordered to .Porto Rico, So as to Be Ready to Meet a. Call for Rein forcements. " WASHINGTON, Sept 20.-Secretary Moody has finally decided to augment the United States naval forces on the Isthmus by the addition of 600 marines If Commander McLean's advices indi cate that these are needed. He has given orders to Commander Pillsbury, of the United States ship Prairie, now at Bos ton, to proceed -with his ship to Norfolk. At that point COO marines will be gath ered ready to take ship when Secretary Moody's advices Indicate the necessity for their presence on the Isthmus The Panther should arrive at Colon within a day or two with 3S0 marines aboard, so that, with the Prairie's men and the marines on the Cincinnati, who are already ashore at Colon, the United States will have what is regarded as an ample force to carry out its treaty obli gation of maintaining free traffic across the Isthmus. Orders were also sent forward today to the San Francisco, now at Norfolk, to coal and provision and proceed to San Juan, Porto Rico, there to await any emergency which may arise. There is only one United States warship now In Venezuelan waters. The little gunboat Marietta and the Montgomery are due to arrive shortly at Cape Haytien. The ob ject of the department in sending down the San Francisco, it Is stated, is to have a vessel ready to meet a call for rein forcements, cither in Venezuela, Hayti or the Isthmus. The duty assigned to the San Francisco should not be confused with that given the gunboat Bancroft. That vessel probably will not be able to go Into commission until October 1, and will proceed to San Juan to be station ship. It Is expected that the San Fran cisco will get away in three or four days. IXSTRUCTIOXS TO 31'LEAX. Moody "Wires Him Regarding Trans portation of Other Troop.. WASHINGTON, Sept 20. Secretary Moody today sent the following cable gram to Commander H. C. McLean, of the Cincinnati: "Washington. Sept 20. Cincinnati, Col on: United States guarantees perfect neutrality of Isthmus, and that a free transit from sea to sea be not Interrupted or embarrassed. United States of Colom bia guarantees right of way for transit across Isthmus, open and free to Govern ment and citizens of the United States and their property. Any transportation of troops which might contravene these provisions of treaty should not bo sanc tioned by you, nor should use of road be permitted which might convert the line of transit into theater of hostility. Any transportation of government troops not in violation of treatv, and which would not endanger transit or provoke hostili ties may not be objectionable. The de partment must rely on your judgment to decide such questions as conditions may cnange from day to day. Consult de partment freely when in doubt." It was stated at the Navy Department that nothing has developed in the Isth mian situation up to this time to make necessary the presence of the additional 600 marines who are to be assembled at Norfolk, but the state of affairs along the railroad is regarded as making advisable the preparation of the reinforcements for Immediate dispatch to the scene. Secretary Moody and Acting Secretary of State Adee had a long conference to day In regard to the situation on the Isthmus. HAYTI WORKING TO BSD WAR. Fear American Intervention In cites Government to Act. PORT-AU-PRINCE, Hayti, Sept. 20. The provisional government of Haytl Is taking energetic steps to end the civil war in this republic, and it Is the general impression that this official activity i3 due to the reporte which have reached hero that under certain circumstances the United States might bo compelled to In tervene for the purpose of endlns the strife. The government forces, divided Into two columns, are now on their way to Gonaivcs, the headquarters of the Hayi tian revolutionists. General Nord, the Wj-r Minister, it Is announced, will short ly attack the revolutionists at Plalsance. The Southern part of Haytl and Port-au-Prince are quiet Tho Chamber of Deputies .has adjourned, after having elected only four of the 29 members of the Senate required to com plete tho latter house, which, with the chamber, is to elect a President in suc cession to General Sam. British Warship May Go to Kaytl. HALIFAX. N. S., Sept. 20. Tho British warship Indefatigable, now here, has been ordered south, and it is supposed she is to be sent to Haytl to protect British and American subjects. PROTESTS AGAIXST BRITAIN. Venezuela Objects to English Flag Floating Over Palos. WASHINGTON, Sept 20. The State Department today received a telegram from United States Minister Bowen, dat ed Caracas, today, reporting that the President of Venezuela, with his army, is In Valencia. He adds that the Venezuelan Government has protested against the British flag being raised on the Island of Palos, over which the Venezuelan Gov ernment has claimed its sovereignty. The island, which is uninhabited, Is of great strategic Importance. The British Government has claimed the island for many years as one of the number of small islands adjacent to the Island of Trinidad- Rebels Receive McLean's Note. COLON, Colombia, Sept 20. The com munication sent by Commander McLean, of the cruiser Cincinnati, to General Her rera, the revolutionary commander, was delivered to the latter's agent, a Lieuten ant, at Matchln, by an officer of the Cin cinnati, who traveled with a bodyguard of marines. It was specially stated there in that no firing will be allowed on any part of the railroad line. Herrera's Lieu tenant promised to bring an answer from Herrera soon. Castro Moves on Rebel Force. WILLEMSTAD, Island of Curacao, Sept 20. President Castro, of Venezuela, left Valencia yesterday for Tecuyito, at the head of a well-equipped force of 60OD men, with 12 guns, to attack the revolu tionary force commanded by General Lu ciano Mendoza. America Has Advantage in Far East. BALTIMORE, Sept 20. Thaddeus S. Sharretta, United States General Ap praiser of Customs, who was appointed last year by President Roosevelt Tariff Commissioner to China, returned to his home in this city last night He pro ceeded to Washington today to make his report to the Treasury Department Speaking of affairs In the far East Mr. Sharretts eaid that under present condi tions more advantage Is given to the United States commercially than is af forded to European countries. TO SCOUR BAR. (Continued from Firet rage.) no jetties, and nothing like the heavy swell on the Columbia bar. The dredge kept tho channel open. On an extreme ebb tide the current flowed at the rate of four to six knots an hour, but this did not stop the dredge. At certain times of the year a Tieavy northwest -wind closed up the channel, but dredging re stored it i)oubt expressed Itself whether there was enough similarity between tho mouth of the Mersey and the mouth of the Co lumbia for a comparison. "The Mersey Is not a silt-bearing river at all," remarked E. T. Williams. "What about the relative roughness of the two bars?" asked Captain Burr. "There is not so big a swell there as here, by any manner of means," respond ed Mr. Taylor. Difficulty of Ocean Dredging. "At the places where ocean dredging is carried on successfully," commented Major Marshall, "there is not the wide course nor the roughness that there are at the mouth of the Columbia. You have a channel eight miles wide and 21 feet deep. It Is of almost uniform depth. In New York Harbor a dredger does well, but in the three years I have been there I have never seen so much disturbance as on the Columbia bar yesterday when we visited the mouth of the river, and it was called a smooth bar, too." The question of a dredge, Major Mar shall remarked, was that of how long the dredge could operate at one time. If it could work only a few days, and then have to quit for an indefinite period until re turn of favorable conditions on the bar, it would be highly expensive and might be of little avail. r All this was In direct answer to Mr. Williams' direct question, "Do you believe improvement could be effected quicker by dredging or by a jetty?" Delays Suffered by Shipping. Mr. Taylor commended "to the board Cap tain Langfltt's report to tho Chief of En gineers as showing the commerce of the Columbia and the delays to shipping of fered by the bir. Since the Issuance of the report commerce haM grown and de lays had increased. Last January the steamship Pembrokeshire, carrying 5800 tons of wheat had been detained 20 to 22 days. In the past year hardly any sailing ship was not delayed three to 20 days. "Pilots have notified shippers." said Mr. Taylor, "that they will not take out ships that draw over 23 feet. As most steamers draw as much as 24 feet, ycu see the loss to shippers from light cargoes. The latest soundings of the engineers show 21 feet at zero tide. Recently we have had from six to seven-foot tides. This makes 27 to 28 feet of water on the bar at high tide. When there Is only three or four feet of water under the keel of a vessel to allow for swells on the bar, It is cer tainly a bad state of affairs." "We are on the point of moving a big grain crop," remarked W. S. SIbson, "and the sooner we can assure shipowners that something Is being done for the Im provement of the bar, the better it will be for the whole country." Mr. SIbson mentioned how some years ago an engi neer named vGates had deepened the St Helens bar by harrowing'. He offered this as a suggestion to the board. The board accepted it. and evidently put It away for future use. Apprehension voiced Itself that If the jewy were exicnded it might be washed away. The board was asked If the head of the jetty had not already disappeared. "No material part of the jetty has been lost," responded Major Marshnll. "It has moved an enormous amount of sand, but not In the right way to give you a deep channel." "Is the sand on the bar loose or com pacted?" "Loose, so far as we observed." "Nothing has ever done the bar so much good as the jetty," put In Mr. Will iams. "While the jetty was bring ex tended the channel was deepening." Benjamin I. Cohen remarked that the jetty had been planned to go out three miles further. "The object of the jetty was to carry the sand out to a. point where the north and south currents would take it .away," said he. " "The Jetty was not extended because It was deemed to have gone far enough," said Mr. Taylor. M. C. Banlleld, president of the Port of Portland Commission Improved tho opportunity to show that the trouble lay in the bar channel, and not at all In tho river channel. "The recent soundings prove that the channel from here to the sea is better than that over tho bar," said ho. "What is the- depth of the river chan nel?" asked Major Marshall. "At low water 21 feet at full tide 22 to 23 feet. Ships may go down drawing 22 to 22 feet, and in a few weeks more we shall have the channel In such shape that ships may be loaded down to 23 and 23 feet" Bar Is the Real Obstacle. "The board is of the opinion that the. bar is the obstacle, and not the channel," spoke up Major Marshall, but Captain Gillette mentioned the discrepancy of the depths of the two. "But this Is -a low stage of the river," explained Mr. Taylor. "In the river it Is simply a question of dredging." remarked Charles F. Beebe. "If a deep bar Is re-established, we shall have made a large step ahead." "We are not speaking on'.y for a SO-foot bar," said Roderick L. Macleay. "We want as deep a bar as we can get" "That's what we're hoping for, too," responded Major Marshall. Mr. Taylor told how the Port of Port land Commission had expended $SOO.O0O since its organization 11 years ago. "The commission is working on the river, and, of course, it wants help from the General Government," he remarked. Mr. Banfiold thought the commission had spent a great deal more money than JS00.000. "In tho paEt IS months." said he, "It was spent about ?350.000. This is a big tax on the property of Portland. It is unreasonable- that this city should tax Itself for so great a work, and that tho General Government should do so little." -Portland's Energy Praised. The board opened Its eyes when it heard what Portland had been doing. "We are very much pleased to know this," said Major Marshall. "We shall be glad to help a city that has been doing so much to help Itself." Mr. Cohen referred to the City of Balti more, which had expended J3.5OO.O0O In deepening its river channel. "We have spent ?8 for every man, woman and child In Portland," he remarked. Mr. Cohen then told how, before the Port ot Port land Commission came into existence, money had been raised in Portland by private subscription to keep the Tlvcr open. At the1 Instance of Mr. Taylor, the en gineers received a vote of thanks at the close of the meeting. The Board of Engineers that will inves tigate the Columbia River above the dalles wijl meet Monday. It is composed of Lieutenant-Colonel William H. Heuer, Major William L. Marshall, Captain Ed ward Burr, Captain Casslus E. Gillette and Captain Charles H. MciKnstry. Big Increase in Railroad Earnings. DENVER, Sept 20. The Denver & Rio Grande Railroad Company has Issued a statement of earnings and expenses for tho fiscal year ending June SO, 1502. The figures for the Rio Grande Western are Included. sThe total earnings were $17, 035,628, an increase of $677,218 over the preceding year. The total expense was fl0,331,542, a decrease of $15,591. The net earnings were $6,705,286, an increase of $692,512. America Buying. English Steel Rails LONDON. Sept 20. The Westminster Gazette today says an order for 50,000 tons of rails has just been placed in Lanark shire, and that it is presumed to be for America, WAY TO CURB THE TRUST (Concluded on Second Page. olizo us. Thla whole subject of the trusts Is- of vital concern to us, because It pre sents one, and perhaps the most conspic uous, of the many problems forced upon our attention by the tremendous Industrial development which has taken place dur ing the last half century, in all civilized countries and notably In our own. Chief Factors In Change. "Many factors have concurred In bring ing these changes in Industriarcondltlons. Of these, steam and electricity are the chief. The extraordinary changes In transportation of merchandise and of tho transmission of Intelligence have ren dered not only possible, but inevitable, the immense increase in the rate of growth of industrial centers, that is. In the great cities, hence the opeclallzatlon of Industries, and the unexampled opportun ities In the employment qf huge amounts of capital, and therefore the ri5 In the business world of these master minds through whom alone It Is possible for such vast sums of cash to be employed with profit "Now it matters very little whether we like these new conditions or the creation of these new opportunities. Many admir able qualities which were developed In the olner, simpler, less progressive life, have to some degree atrophied until we have the conditions of our rather feverish, high pressure, complex and specialized life of today. But our likes and dislikes have very little to do with the matter. The new conditions are here. They have pro duced both good and evil. We cannot get rid of them, even if' it were not unde sirable to get rid of them; and our in stant duty i3 to try to accommodate our social, economic and executive life to them, and tc framo a system of law and conduct under which we shall get out of them the utmost p'osslble benefit and the least amount of harm. It Is foolish to pride ourselves on our marvelous prog ress ar.d prosperity, upon our command ing position In the international world, and at the same time have nothing but denunciations for the men to whose com manding business ability we. in part owe. this very progress and prosperity, this commanding position. The Law Remedy in Its Trne Light. "Whenever great serial or industrial changes take place, no matter how much gocd there may be In them, there is sure to be some evil, and it usually takes man kind a number of years, and a good deal of experimenting, before they find thje right way in which co far as possible to control the new evil, without at the same time nullifying the netv goot. In thess circumstances the effort to bring the new tendencies to a standstill is always futile and generally mischievous; but It is pos sible somewhat to develop them aright A iaw eon to a degree guide, protect and control lndusttlal development, but it car. never cause It or play more than a sub ordinate part In Its healthy development until, fortunately, it is easy enough, by bad laws, to bring It to nearly a com plete stop. "The homely simile of what can be done with a great river is far from Inaccurate. The Lower Mississippi fertilizes a great country, and also at times ravages It by Hoods. To attempt to dam It In order to stoi tlxesi floods would be futile, and even if not futile, would be harmful. But It Is entirely freolble to build a system of ievecs by which these floods shall be lively controlled. The levees take ume and trouble to make end to keep in order, and they do not by any means avert all mischief. Yet they do accomplish much good, and they offer the only method of accomplishing any good. The on'.y way In which to build them or to exercise con trol ov the" current Is by thoroughly ex amining into the .facts In the first place, and In the second place by proceeding In a spirit of combined sanity and resolution, avoiding above all the things every form of history, rnic and blind rage, and not expecting the Impossible either in time or achievement. Incidentally, it is also necessary to beware of the type of ex cellent person who Insists that floods do good and not harm, and that In any event the effort to control them will doubtless somewhat Interfere with the water sup ply and damage the Mississippi River. Policy for Dealing With Trnsts. "In dealing with the big corporations we intend to proceed, not by revolution, but by evolution. We wish to face tho facte, declining to have our vision blinded by the folly of those who say there are no evils, or by the more dangerous folly of those who cither see or make believe that they seo nothing but evil In all the existing system, and who, if given their way, would destroy the evil by the simple process of bringing ruin and disaster to the entire country. The evils attendant upon overcapitalization alone are. In my judgment, sufficient to warrant a far closer supervision than now exists over the great corporations. "Wherever a substantial monopoly can be shown to exist we should certainly try our utmost to devise some expedi ent by which It can be controlled. Doubt less some of the evils existing in or be cause of the groat corporations cannot bo cured by any legislation which has been proposed, and doubtless otKers which have really been Incident to the sudden developments, tho- formation of corpora tions of all kinds, will. In the end, cure themselves. But others will remain that can be cured If we only set about curing them with sanity. The surest way to pre vent the possibility of curing any o tho evils is to approach tho subject in a spirit of violent rancor complicated with total Ignorance of business conditions and of fundamental Incapacity or unwilling ness to understand the limitations of tho power of all law-making bodies. No prob lem, and least of all so difficult a prob lem as this, can be solved, if tho qual ities brought to Its solution arc panic, fear, envy, -hatred and Ignorance. "And there can exl3t In a free republic no man more wicked, no man more dan gerous to the people than he who would arouse these feelings in the hope that they may redound to his political advantage. Corporations that are handled honestly and fairly, so far from being an evil, arc a natural business evolution, and make for the general prosperity of .our land. We do not wish to denounce cor porations. We wish to make them sub serve the public benefit; all Individuals, rich or poor. mu3t be subject to the law of the land; and the Government will hold them to a rigid observance thereto. The biggest corporation, like the humblest private citizen, must be held to strict compliance with the will of tho people as in tho fundamental law. The rich man who does not see that this Is In his Inter est Is Indeed short-sighted. When we make him obey the law we insure for him the absolute protection of the law. A Good Corporation. "The savings banks show what can be done in the way of genuine beneficent work by large corporations when Intelli gently administered and supervised. They now hold over $2,600,000,000 of the peo ple's money, and pay annually about $100, 000,000 of interest or profit to their deposit ors. There 16 no talk of danger from these corporations; yet they possess great power, holding over three times the amount of tho. .present National debt, and more than all the currency, gold, silver, greenbacks, etc., in circulation in the United States. The chief reason for there being no talk of danger from them is that they are on the whole faithfully ad ministered for the benefit of all, under wise laws, which require frequent and full publication of their condition, and which prcsr.rlbe certain needful regula tions with which they have to comply, while at the same time giving full scope for the best enterprise of their managers within these limits. Now, of course, sav ings banks are as highly specialized cor porations 36 the railroads, and we cannot force too far the analogy with other cor porations, but, there are certain conditions which I think we can lay down as indis pensable to- the proper treatment of all corporations which frota their size have become Important factors in the social development of the community." -Wkere tkc Line Mast Be Bravra, "Before speaking, however, of what can be done by way of remedy, let me sajr a word or two as to certain proposed reme dies' which, In my judgment, would be ineffective or mfschievoue.- The first thing to remember is that if we are to ac complish any good at all it must be by resolutely keeping in mind the intention to do away with evil in the conduct of big corporations, while steadfastly refus ing to assent to Indiscriminate assault upon all forms of corporation capital as ouch. The line of demarkatlon we draw must always be on conduct not on wealth; our objection to any given cor poration must be, not that It la big, but that It behave badly. Demagogic de nunciation of wealth is never wholesome and generally dangerous; and not a few of the. proposed methods of curbing the trusts are dangerous because all sincere advocacy of the Impossible Is dangerous. It la an unhealthy thing for a community when the appeal is made to follow a course which those who make the appeal either do not, or ought not to know cannot be, and which if followed would result In disaster to everybody. Loose talk about destroying monopoly out of hand, without hint -as to how the mon opoly should even be defined, offers a case in point Nor can we afford to tolerate any proposal which will strike at the so called trusts only by striking at the gen eral well-being. We are now enjoying a period of great prosperity. This prosper ity is' generally diffused through all sec tions and through all classes. Doubtless there aro some individuals who do not get some of it, and there are others who get too much. But this Is simply another way of saying that the wisdom of man kind 13 finite: that even the best hu man system cannot work perfectly. The men who propose to get rid of the evil of trusts by measures which will do away with this general well-being, advo cate a -policy which would not only be a damage to the community as a whole, but which would defeat Its own professed object If Tve are forced to the alternative of choosing a system under which most of iiH prosper somewhat, though a few of us prosper too much, or else a system under which no one prospers enough, why, of course, we will choose the former. The Tariff Remedy. "A remedy too much advocated at the moment i3 to take off the tariff from all articles which are made by trusts. To do this it will be necessary to define trusts. The language commonly us;d by the ad vocates of this method implies that they mean all articles made by large corpora tions, and that the changes In tariff are to be made with punitive Intent toward these large corporations. Of course, if the tar iff Is to be changed in order to punish them, it should be changed so as to pun ish those that do ill, not merely those thui are prospcroua It would neither be. just nor expedient to punish the big cor porations as big corporations; what we wish to do is to protect the people from any evil that may grow out of their ex istence or maladministration. Some of these corporations do well and others do "If in any case the tariff is found to foster a monopoly which does ill, why, of course, no protectionist would object to a modification of the tariff sufficient to remedy tho evil. But in very few cases does the so-called trust really monopolize the market. Take any very big corpora tion which controls, say, something over half the products of a given Industry. Surely, In rearranging the schedules af fectlnc such a big corporation. It would be necessary to consider the Interests of Its smaller competitors which control the remaining and which, being weaker, would suffer most from any tariff de signed to punish all the producers, for, of course, the tariff must be made light or heavy for big nnd little producers alike. Moreover, such a corporation necessarily employs very many thousands of work men, and the minut. we proceed from denunciation to action it would be necessary- to consider the interests of these workmen. Furthermore, the products of many trusts are unprotected, and would be entirely unaffected by any change in the tariff, or. at most, very lightly so. The Standard Oil Company offers a caso lr point, and the corporations which con trol the anthracite coal output offer an other, for there Is no duty whatever on anthracite coal. Smaller Companies Will Be Damaged "I am not discussing the question of tariff as such, whether from the stand point of the fundamental difference be tween those who believe in a protective tariff and those who believe In free trade, or from the standpoint of those who, while they believe In a protective tariff, feel that there could be a rearrange ment of our schedules, either by direct legislation or by reciprocity treaties, which would result In enlarging our mar kets; nor yet from the standpoint of those who feel that stability of economic policy is at the moment our prime eco nomic need, and that tho benefits to bo derived from any change In schedules would not compensate for the damage to business caused by the widespread agita tion which would follow any attempted general revision of the tariff at the mo ment Without regard to the wisdom of any one of those three positions, it re mains true that the evil connected with the trusts cannot bo damaged by depriv ing them of tho benefits of a protective tariff, only on condition of damaging all the smaller companies and with the wageworkers employed In the Industry. "This point Is very Important and It Is desirable to avoid and save willful mis understanding. I am not now consider ing whether, on grounds totally uncon nected with. the trusts, It would be well to lower the duties on various schedules, either by direct legislation' or by legis lation or treaties designed to secure, as an offset reciprocal advantages from the nations with which we trade. My point is that changes In the tariff would have little appreciable effect on the trusts, save as they shared in the goncral harm or good proceeding from such changes. No tariff change would help one of our smaller corporations, or one of our pri vate Individuals in business; still less one of our wageworkers as against a large corporation In the same business; on the cont&ary, If it bore heavily on the large corporation, it would inevitably be felt still more by that corporation's weaker rivals, while any Injurious result would of necessity be shared by both the em ployer and employed In the business con cerned. "The immediate' introduction of substan tial free trade In all articles manufactured by trusts 'would not affect seme of the most powerful of our business combina tions in the least save by the damage done to the general business welfare of the country; others would undoubtedly be seriously affected, but much less so than their weaker rivals, while the loss would be divided between tho capitalists and the laborers; and after the years of panic and distress had been lived through and Eome return to prosperity had occurred, even though all were on a lower plane of prosperity than before, the relative differ ence between the trusts and their rivals would remain as marked as ever. In other words, tho trust or big corporation would have suffered relatively to and in the Interest of Its foreign competitors; but its relative position toward Its Amer ican competitors would probably be im proved; it would have been done toward cutting out or minimizing tho evils In the trust; nothing toward securing adequate control and regulation of the large mod ern corporations. In other words, the quostlon of regulating the trusts with a view of minimizing or abpllshing the evils existing In them is separate and apart from the question of tariff revision. "You must face this fact, that only harm will come from a proposition to attack the co-called trusts In a vindictive spirit by measures conceived solely with a desire of hurting them, without any regard as to whether or not discrimination should be made between the good and evil In them and without regard as to whether a neces sary sequence of the action would be the hurting of other interests. The adoption CATARRHAL COMPLAINTS "FOR ALL Pe-nT-na Is" Most ; CONGRESSMAN JHN L. SHEPPARD. Congressman John L. Sheppard, Member of Congress from Texas, writes: Gentlemen: "I have used Peruna in my family and find it a most excellent remedy for all catarrhal complaints." Congressman John L. Sheppard. THERE are two thing3 that the whole medical profession agree ' about concerning catarrh. The first is that catarrh Is the most preva lent and omnipresent disease to which the people In the United States are subjtct. All classes of people have It Those who stay indoorc much and those who go out doors much. Working classes have Jt and sedentary classes have it. The doctor finds catarrh to be his con stant and ever-present foe. It compli cates nearly every dk;case he Is called upon to treat. The second thing about catarrh on which all doctors agree Is that it Is dif ficult fo cure It Local remedies may of such' a policy would mean temporary damage to the trusts, because It would mean temporary damage to all our busi ness Interests, but the effect would be only temporary, for exactly as thp dam age affected all alike, good and bad, so the reaction would affect all alike, good and Dau. Only Method to Eliminate Evil. "Tho necessary supervision and control I firmly believe Is the only method of elim ination of tne trust must bo through wisely and cautiously framed legislation, which shall aim, In the first place, to give definite control to some sovereign over the great corporations, and which shall be followed only when, this power Is con ferred by a system giving to the Govern ment the full knowledge which js essen Ual for satisfactory action. It might be better If all the states could agree to work along the samo lines In dealing with these corporations, but I see not the slightest prospect of such agreement Therefore, I personally feel that ulti mately tho Nation will have to assumo responsibility of regulating these very large' corporations which do an Interstate business. I am well aware that the pro cess of Constitutional amendment Is necessarily a slow one, and one Into which our people are reluctant to enter save for the best of reasons; but I am confident that In this Instance the reasons exist" THE APTERXOOX EXERCISES. Amerjcan Manhood the Basis of the President's Remark. CINCINNATI, O.. Sept. 20. The after noon demonstration in honor of the Pres ident was phenomenal. The parade, con sisting of several battalions of the Ohio National Guard, cadets from the univer sity, schools and other Institutions and various civic organizations, started from the St. Nicholas Hotel shortly before 2 o'clock, at which time the President en tered his carriage. When the posts of tho Grand Army moved into line the President for some time stood up In his carriage and greoted them. From then on the cheering was continued over a march of several miles. When the head of the procession reached Music Hall and the grounds of the Fall festival, at 3 P. M., the multitude In Washington Park, where the festival 13 In progress, and surrounding streets was beyond estimation. In the counter march around the park the President re viewed the military- and other organiza tions while standing up In his carriage, the crowd cheering lustily. These scenes continued while the President was es corted through the grounds and the Ex position Hall foV an hour. Meantime Mu sic Hall, with a seating capacity of 5200, was packed to overwhelming, in anticipa tion of the President's speaking at that place at 4 P. M. The auditorium was elsb orately decorated with bunting. There were over 1000 seat3 on the large stage, which were occupied by the President's party, members of the Chamber of Com merce, business men's clubs, manufactur ers' associations and others. It is esti mated that there were 7000 in the hall, and many times that number could not get admittance. When the Presidential party entered the hall the demonstrations exceeded th. moit Pale. Thin Pale xtjeeks, white lips, and languid step tell the story of thin blood, impure blood. Doctors call it "anemia.,; They recommend Ayer's Sarsaparilla. Ask them and they will tell you just why it makes the blood so rich and red. ahS&s. Anemic people are almost always constipated. Their liver is sluggish. They have frequent attacks of sick headache, nausea, biliousness. Just one of Ayer's Pills each night will cor rect these troubles. i Ucob. J.CAYERC0., UireJl, JU. Excellent," Writes Congressman John L. Sheppard. give relief, but they fall to cure per manently. Sprays or snuffs amount to little or nothing except to give tempo rary relief. Catarrh is frequently located In" inter nal organs which cannot be reached by any sort of local treatment All this Is known by every phyelclan. To devise some systemic internal rem edy which would reach catarrh at. Its source, to eradicate It permanently from the system this has been the desire of the medical profession for a long time. Forty years ago Dr. Hartman confronted this problem. He believed then that he had solved It He still believes he has solved It He cures thousands of people animated scenes of the National conven tions. As soon as the President was sedted he was showered with bouquets, some of them elaborate in design. Two of them he received with his own hand from chil dren who were he'd up to the platform, by their parents. Lieutenant-Governor Gordon introduced the President. When Mr. Roosevelt arose there was another demonstration, but after repeatedly bow ing his acknowledgments he finally com manded the attention and spoke in part as follows: "In speaking of your material prosper ity, do not think that I forget for one moment the fundamental fact that this great material prosperity rests upon the Intellectual and moral fiber of the man and the men back, of it The end of a com munity depends for succ&ss upon the aver age standard of efficiency and decency of Its citizenship. That Is true of peace as It wa3 true of war. The men of the Civil War. the men who followed Grant and Sherman and Thomas and Sheridan, wore differently armed from the men who followed Washington and Mad Anthony Wayne and Green In 1T7G to 1782; they were drilled In different tactics, but the spirit that drove the -ictory was the same. Should there happen which I not only hope but believe never will happen should this country ever become engaged In an other serious war. If victory comes It will come and I am sure It will come because the sons have In them the stuff out of which 'the sires were made." SHOW TRAIN IN COLLISION Two Person Are Killed and Twenty Six Injured. CHOCTAW, O. T., Sept. 20. An east bound Choctaw; . Oklahoma & Gulf freight train ran Into the rear of the Sells Downs show train here at 5 o'clock this morning. Two sleeping cars of the show train were completely demolished, and many of its occupants were pinioned be neath the wreckage. Two persons were killed and 25 injured, all but four serious ly. All of tho casualties were In the show train. ' The dead: Harry Williams. A negro, unidentified. Seriously injured: Lawrence Cheatman, internal Injuries; Belle Cheatman, "Afri can Queen"; A. W. Whitman, conductor, leg cut off, arm broken, back hurt, will die; F. W. Parks, leg broken: G. W. Bryan, arm fractured; J. M. Kathley, bruised and cut; Ed Smith, Internal in juries, arm broken; Clarence Jones, head cut; James Carson, back hurt; Ellhu Ed raond, head cut: W. H. Raymond, head cut; Chester Johnson, back hurt; Paul Craft, leg broken: H. N. Jone3. feet crushed; Robert Bruce, Miss Prince, Oscar Johnson, Linden Nathara, colored, arm broken: Prince Mondel, colored, badly hurt; Josle Smith, colored, head hurt; G. Blko, internal injury; John Smith, head cut. The show train was standing on the main track when- the accident occurred. The freight train engine was not damaged badly, and the freight crew were unhurt The show people place the blame for the wreck at the door of the freight en gineer, and became so demonstrative that he fled. The uninjured went quickly to the relief and soon extricated the dead and injured, all of whom were taken to Oklahoma City, 16 miles distant, .late in the afternoon. After the excitement had dled'down the freight engineer returned. He declares the lights on the show train were out, and that he was unable to see the show train In the raln'and darkness. Four Miners Killed by Cave-In. COVINGTON, Va., Sept. 20. By a cave In at the Slack mines, four men, all col ored, lost their lives. A Pioneer Steamboat Engineer. NEW YORK. Sept 20. Abraham B. Jones, at one time Chief Engineer of the Pacific Mall Steamship Company, is dead at his home In Brooklyn, from kidney troub.e. He was In the employ of the Pa cific Mall Steamship Company for 33 years. In the Civil War he was connected with the transport Bervlce. Just before the outbreak of the Spanish War. he took the steamer Newport to San Francisco lor the Government London to Buy California Oil. LONDON, Sept 20l An official of the annuallv. During all these years Peruna has been the remedy upon which he has relied. It was at first a private prescription, afterwards manufactured expressly for him In large quantities. This remedy. Peruna, is now to be found In every drug store, and nearly every home in the land. It is the only reliable Internal remedy ever devised to cure any case of catarrh, however long the case may have been standing. A Case of Xasal Catarrh of Five Years' Standing: Cared by Pe-rn-na. Hon. Rudolph M. Patterson, a well known lawyer, of Chicago, 111., writes: "I have been a sufferer from nasal ca tarrh for the past "five years and at the earnest solicitation of a friend I tried Peruna and am glad to say It has af forded a complete cure. It Is with pleas ure I recommend It to others." Rudolph M. Patterson. A course of Peruna never fails to bring r.ellef. There is no other remedy like Peruna. Its cures are prompt and per manent. Mr. Camlllus Scnne. 2of West 129th street. New York, writes: "I have fully recovered from my ca tarrhal t r o u- oies. i suicereu wnnssw ior tnree years with catarrh of the head, nose and throat I tried all kinds Uof medicine without relief, but at last I have been cured by the wonder ful remedy called Peruna. "I read of Pe runa in your al 'manac, and wrote you for advice, which I followed. tA.fter taking one and one-half bottles of Peruna I am - entirely cured, and can recommend Pe runa to any one as vthe best and surest remedy for any catarrhal troubles." Camlllus Senne. Hearing; Lost by Catarrh Restored by Pe-rn-na. Mr. William Bauer, Burton, Texas, a Ginner and Miller, writes: "Some years ago I lost the hearing in my left car. and upon examination by a specialist, catarrh was decided to be the cause. I took a course of treatment and regained my hearing for a time, but I soon lost It completely. I commenced to take Peruna according to directions and have taken eleht bottles In all, and my hearing Is completely restored, and I shall sing the praises of Peruna -whenever an opportunity occurs." Wm. Bauer. If you do not derive prompt and satis factory results from the use of Peruna, write at once to Dr. Hartman. giving a full statement of your case, and he will be pleased to give you his valuable ad vice gratis. Address Dr. Hartman, President of The Hartman Sanitarium Columbus. O. California Oil Producers' Association, who has been In Europe throughout the Summer,- has actively been pushing California oil in England and the Continent Ar rangements are afoot in London for fur nishing Pacific Coast producers with an outlet hero whenever It shall be consid ered desirable. In the meantime the con tinued use of liquid fuel Is absorbing the attention of British railroads and of the British Admiralty. WHITE ANXIOUS TO BE FREE German Ambassador Welcomes His Retirement. NEW YORK. Sept 0. Ambassador An drew D. White has just returned from Switzerland, cables the Berlfh correspond ent of the Herald. "When my 70th birthday arrives, on No vember 7, I shall lay off the harness," said he. "I look forward to retirement from official service with as much delight as a schoolboy looks forward to a vacation. I have many ties of friendship which bind me clcGely to this country, but I have concluded that I have now. earned the right tc be a free man. I shall accept no office or appointment of any kind, but shall finish some literary work which I have been pursuing for some tlme." After his formal retirement, Mr. Whlto will return cither to Switzerland, where his daughter Is at present sojourning, or spend some months on the Riviera. He then Intends to return to his home In New York for good. "I shall be able to leave my post," con cluded Mr. White, "with the reflection that there has rarely been a time when diplomatic and political relations have been so friendly between Germany and the United States." Disfigured Skin Wasted muscles and decaying bones. What havoc ! Scrofula, let alone, Is capable of all that, and more. It is commonly marked by bunches In the neck, inflammations In the eyes, dys pepsia, catarrh, and general debility. 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