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.
It Is always radically and permanently
cured by
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Hood's Mil cure liver lit the non-lrrttanng ant!
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