The Sunday Oregonian., November 12, 1905, Page 2, Image 2

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SENATOR SMQGT
He Enrages AH. Salt Lake by
Dragging Relief Society
Into Politics."
WOMEN TURN UPON HIM
Apostle Profanes Only IiYJtltutlon on
Which Mormon and Gentile Unite
nrl 2cstroys His Power
in One Day.
SAL.T LAKE CITY, Nov. 1L (Special.)
Reed Smoot. Mormon apostlo and United
States Senator, emerges from the Salt
Lake City campaign a discredited politi
cian and In disrepute among the members
of the church. As results of his interfer
ence in the political affairs -of a city
where he does not reside, his retirement
from leadership in the . Republican party
of the state is demanded and charges of
un-Chrlstlan conduct are likely to be pre
ferred against him in his church.
Smoot has proved himself an impolitic
politician and a worldly spiritual adviser
during the past few days. Ho .has. suc
ceeded in solidifying the Gentile opposi
tion to his presence in the political field
and has aroused bitter antagonism within
the church. So intense is this revulsion
that it is openly hinted by prominent Mor
mons that Smoot may be deposed as an
apostle.
He has become involved in a bitter per
sonal quarrel with a fellow-apostle,
Charles W. Penrose, editor of the Des
eret News, the official newspaper organ
of the Mormon Church. Penrose had been
almost savage in his defense of Smoot
prior to their personal breach. Now Pen
rose is accused by Smoot of lying. Pen
rose is of a vindictive nature. Ho has
great influence in Mormon "court circles"
and it is not to be presumed that he will
meekly submit to the abuse that Smoot
has heaped upon him.
Because Smoot "Butted In."
The trouble grew directly from Smoot's
efforts to control Salt Lake City politics.
For the past three years he has been sole
arbiter of Republican affairs in city and
state. Disaffection has developed lately,
due chiefly to the arrogant manners of
Smoot and his personal coterie.
During the week before the election,
Smoot and his close personal friend, C. H.
Loose, of Provo, visited Salt Lake. Coin
cident with their arrival, largo sums of
betting money appeared on the streets in
the possession of local Republican work
ers. Part of this money was furnished by
Loose, unquestionably. The rest of it is
confidently believed to have been supplied
by Smoot. That Smoot is not above bet
ting on an election was amply proved by
several small wagers he made on the
streets.
His visit to Salt Lake was repeated daily
during the week, and the stock of W. J.
Lynch, Chief of Police and Republican
candidate for Mayor of Salt Lake, rose
steadily. Lynch was the Smoot candidate. j
The Senator had declared for Lynch
months before the convention was held
and long before Lynch was given serious
consideration by other members of his
party. Although he calls himself a Gen
tile, Lynch is of Mormon parentage, mar
ried into a Mormon family and has al
ways "played In" with the Mormon ele
ment, Smoot's Act of Sacrilege.
The Smoot campaign moved on quietly
until Sunday. During Sunday afternoon
Mormon families all over the city woro
horrified to receive invitations to a Re
publican "reception" at the home of ex
Governor Hebcr M. Wells. Their horror
was due not to the fact that Mr. Wells
was named as their host but to the drag
ging of the Relief Society Into politics.
All the leading members of the governing
board of the society were named as mem
bers of the committee to assist in honor
ing the Smoot candidate for Mayor. Some
of these women arc Democrats, many of
them did not sanction the use of their
names, and others have always held aloof
from participation in political affairs.
The Relief Society is boloved of the Mor
mons. It is respected by the Gentiles.
Purely charitable in character, it Is non
sectarian in conferring its blessings. Nom
inally under the control of the Mormon
Church, it is sui ported by Gentiles and
Mormons alike. Each Mormon ward has
its relief society, controlled usually by
tlderly women who give their entire time
to caring for the poor of that ward. Mor
mon and Gentile Indigents share the bless
ings of tho Relief Society. Ezra Thomp
son, just elected Mayor by the Gentiles, is
the heaviest contributor to the Relief So
ciety in his ward.'
Never before had tho Relief Society
been dragged from its almost sacred ped
estal into politics. Some of the aged
workers shed tears of grief and humili
ation. For more than 40 years It had
been their boast and glory that, what
ever the world might say about Mor
monism, it blessed the society. These old
women had sons and daughters and
grandchildren, who shared the pain
brought by the "invitations," which were
circulated, by thousands through the city
Sunday afternoon and evening.
Storm of Indignation.
Early Monday morning things began to
happen. Relief Society workers and their
descendants, besieged the homes of the
bishops, stako presidents and lesser offi
cers of the Mormon Church. "Wipe out
this stain!" they demanded. Mormon
Democrats of low degree visited tho head
quarters. "See President Smith and tell
him this must bo stopped If the Mormon
Church is not in politics." they said.
Mormon officials and Democratic leaders
descended on President Smith. "Look at
it!" they said.
A conference of church leaders followed.
That evening the Deseret News bore on
its front page, under a large heading:
"Important to Voters!" an official state.
ment by President Smith. In effect it
said: "Mormons: Pay no attention to
what the church leaders write to you or
whisper to you about politics! What they
have done has been done without au
thority!"
Lyman R. Martlneau, city chairman of
the Democratic party, had one of the first
copies of the Deseret News that evening.
Ten minutes later he had a job printing
press in action. Two hours later lie bad
10,000 circulars letters, each carrying
Smith's statement, scattered thrqugh the
Mormon homes of Salt Lake. "Vote for
Morris and the Democratic ticket and
thus beat the Gentiles!" was about what
he added under bis own name.
Apostles Pass the Lie.
About this time, somebody broke, the
news to Smoot as gently as possible. He
called Penrose a liar. He called him
other things. He called many men and
many things various names. He went
directly to the Deseret News office, where
Apostles Smoot and Penrose said things
pro and con. Then he went td the Re
publican city headquarters, where all
hands were saying tblnga
Meanwhile the morning papers had
spread the story of the "Invitations"
through the city. "This settles it: I vote
for Thompson!" said the Gentile Republl
cana. "He has gone too far this time;
I won't vote for Lynch!" said the Mor
mon Republicans. "Anything to beat
Lynch," they cried in concert. "A defeat
for LjTich is a defeat for Smoot!" was
the rallying cry election morning. "Beat
Lynch with Morris!" cried the Demo
crats. "Beat Lynch with Thompson!"
cried the Americans. Both cries re
ceived answers-
At noon the outlook for Lynch was
gloomy. It developed that many Mor
mons, fearful that Morrjs had no chance
to win, were voting the Gentile ticket.
When this news reached Republican
headquarters, Smoot became desperate.
He went again to the Deseret News
office. "You have killed the Republican
ticket!" he shouted at Penrose. Another
Quarrel followed. News of it reached Mr.
JMartlncau. Automobiles and fast horses
took from Democratic headquarters to
tho Democratic "workers" at the polling
places a letter from Mr. Martincau. "TclL
everybody that Smoot concedes the de
feat of Lynch! Beat Thompson with
Morris!" was Martineau's message.
Smoot Faces Angry Women.
When Smoot heard of thte, he became.
frantic. Pausing only Jong enough to
again denounce Penrose, Smoot sprang
Herd Smoot, Mormon Apostle and
failed States Senator From Utah.
Into an automobile, and was whirled
through the Third and Fourth Wards,
whore the Mormons arc strongest At
each polling place Smoot said Martineau
and Penrose had told "a dirty lie." The
Mormons frankly assured . tho Senator
that they did not believe what he said.
"Go on about your business!" cried a
Mormon woman to the apostolic Sonator.
That remark Is historic. Never before
did a humble member of the Mormon
Church dare to flout a Mormon apostle in
public. In the Third Ward, Smoot picked
up Bishop George R. Emery, Bishop W.
J. Beatle and a few of their wives to as
sist him In counteracting Martineau's
message. The bishops and their good
ladles found rebellious flocks on tholr
hands. "Go home and mind your own
business!" the flocks said. "Attend to
your church duties; we know how to
vote!"
Smoot continued to the Fourth Ward.
On a public square there he met a party
of eight Mormon women. "I am glad to
meet you, sister," said the apostle, ad
vancing with outstretched hand toward
the leader of the party. "I want to toll
you something," he added.
"And I want to tell you something!"
shouted the "sister" in reply. Ignoring
the apostolic hand and the apostolic
smile. "I want to tell you to go back to
your home in PrOvo and mind your own
business!" With fire flashing from her
eyes, she advanced and shook her
clenched fist under the apostolic nose. "I
want to tell you to keep your hands off
our 'Relief Society,' and to quit playing
dirty politics with your religion! I want
to tell you"
Fxzzz! Sptttt! Chug, chug, chug!
Whrrrrr! The Senator's automobile
whizzed around the corner.
Smoot's Man Snowed Under.
It was the same way all through the
city. Nowhere could the once puissant
Smoot secure a respectful hearing. He
returned to tho headquarters, pausing
once long enough to come within a "hair"
of having a personal fistic encounter with
one of Lynch's relatives, who accused
him of beating the Republican candidate.
Then the returns began to roil in.
Thompson, Morris, Lynch, they lined up
from the start. They finished with
Thompson and the entire Gentile ticket
elected and Lynch almost 4000 votes In
tho rear. One year before the Republi
can local ticket was that far head of
the "Americans" in Salt Iake City.
Consequences of Defeat.
In the calm of the following morning.
Salt Lake sat down to flguro it out.
"We've had about enough of Smoot" was
the verdict .of tho Republican leaders.
"The Smoot crowd" i not Included in
the word "leaders." They lead no
longer. Not one of them can dictate In
his own voting district today. With
Smoot go down James H. Anderson,
"Fussy Jimmy," ex-state chairman and
a unique figure in Utah politics; William
Spry, the present state chairman, who
promised last Fall that for every Gentile
who left the Republican party he would
get two Mormons from the Democratic
party (he did it); E. H. Calllster. col
lector of Internal revenue and ex-state
chairman; all Mormons, and C "Bd"
Loose, "'Jack Mormon," or "professional
Gentile." a Gentile who "trains with"
the" Mormon politicians and National
Committeeman.
So much for the political phase of it
The affronted Mormon women, the Mor
mon Democrats, the insulted apostle,
Penrose, the president of tho church him
self, who has had his asseverations that
"the church does not interfere in poli
tics" given the Ho by the printed "invi
tations," aro preparing to call Smoot
to a church accounting, it ls stated on
excellent authority that President Smith
lias private agents investigating the af
fair with a view to Instituting a church
trial of tho now unhappy apostle.
The industrial phase of it is likely to
prove important. Gentile control of Salt
Lake is likely to endure indeflnltftlv. Th
Gentiles are united as they have not been
lor i& years and they are In the majority.
The Industrial developments in the State
through the building of new railroads,
the erection of hie smeltlne- -ninnto in
the Salt Lake Valley, the opening of
great copper mines, tne settlement of the
Uintah Indian reservation will bring
thousands of Gentiles to TTtnh in v
succeeding few years. With the assurance
01 uenujc control m Salt Lake certainly
and probably in the state, foreign capi
tal which has been kept out of Utah
through the business domination of the
Mormon Church, will find here an attrac
i tive field for investment Competition
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will be re-established, in lines long closed
to outsiders by Mormon Church monopoly
and progress will follow stagnation in
many commercial avenues.
Effect on Senatorial Contest.
Tho National pbas6 of it lies in its
effect on Smoot's scat in the United
States Senate. This effect cannot well
fall to be adverse. His political prestige
in Utah is gone. His church standing
and the support of his people ia shaken.
The charge that .ho has brought church
agencies into political play has been
established by documentary proof. In
addition to all this, Utah Democrats,
Mormon and Gentile, will unite in a me
morial to the Democratic United States
Senators, setting forth in full the history
of this campaign and appealing in the
name of Democracy for the expulsion of
Smoot
Smoot's fall Is almost pathetic. Ho
went down in, a day. Saturday night,
speaking to a' gathering in Provo, he
said: "What glorious news it would be
to wire to President Roosevelt that Salt
Lake City, Provo, Ogden and Logan, the
four leading cities of the state, had given
record-breaking pluralities for the Re
publican ticket" He thrust his person
ality into each of the four campaigns.
The Gentiles captured Salt Lake, the
Democrat took Ogden, honors were di
vided at Logan and his home city of
Provo went Republican by a beggarly
plurality of 40.
Within 24 hours from the time he made
that address Smoot was almost as if he
bad not been.
GATTLEMENTAKE REVENGE
SUPPOSED .TO HAVE ASSASSINATED
JOHN N. TISDAXjE.
DlftapprarsKre of Netr York M lie
calls Stery of Old Stock Wxr o
AVyemlnir Range.
CHEYENNE, Wyo.. Nov. 1L Friends
in this city of John N. Tisdale the
wealthy mining man, who mysteriously
disappeared last Monday in New Tork,
express the opinion that he probably
has been assassinated on account of
the part he took In the cattlemen'
war which was waged in Wyoming 15
years ago. Tisdale, then a prosperous
stockman of this city, was one of the
party of cattlemen who chartered a
special train in this city and, accom
panied by a gang1 of 50 hired Tcxiis
gunfighters, made a raid Into Johnson
County, the stronghold of the small
cattlemen, who were then in control of
the counts government.
During' this raid two prominent mem
bers of the small stockralsers. Ray and
Champion, were ahot down by the in
vaders. Later, friends of the two men
slain swore vengeance on the" big
men. and Informed them that thoy
proposed to make them answer with
their Uvea for the death of the two men.
SEATTLE. Wash.. Nov. ll.-John Tls
dale. president of the Alaska Snlttishan
Mining Company, for whom much anxiety
has been felt by his friends, according to
an Associated "Press dispatch from New
York, is due to arrive in Seattle at any
time. S. S. Bailey. Seattle capitalist
stated that he had received a telegram
from Tisdale dated October 23, to the ef
fect that Tisdale Would leave New York
for Seattle November 5. to close a large
mining deal.
NO NEW IRRIGATION WORK
(Continued From Pace 1.)
aside and wait until more money comes
Into the reclamation fund.
Mr. Hitchcock believes good business
demands that there shall be a surplus
fund held In reserve for use In case of
emergencies; in case an accident happens
to some Government project, he wants
this reserve to draw on. He intends to
build up a reserve before he authprizos
new projects.
AVIII Buy Sunnysldc 'Canal.
And yet. in the face of these facts, and
notwithstanding that he turns down the
Tletan and Okanogan projects. In Wash
ington, estimated to cost ll.5O0.OCO, and as
signs shortage of money as the cause, tho
Secretary is today considering the advisa
bility of buying up the Sunnysldc Canal,
in the Yakima Valley, which, it is re
ported, (tan be had for $1,500,000. This ac
tion Is explained on the ground that, if
the Sunnysldc Canal should be bought,
the Government could irrigate 40,000 acres
within one year. While the cost of this
project is about the same as the Joint
cost of the Tletan and Okanogan projects,
it is believed it would require three years
to complete them, and this, is equivalent
to a saving of two years in favor of the
Sunnyside scheme. There is reason to be
lieve that. If the proposition of the Sunny
side Canal-owners Is in proper form,
their offer will be accepted and this canal
be taken over by the Government, to
gether with all water rights and appur
tenances. LET HOOT 5LANAGE BIG CANAL
Plan to Itcllcvo Taft or Affairs Again
Discussed.
WASHINGTON. Nov. 1L An echo of
the suggestion that the Isthmian Canal
should be placed under the State Depart
ment has been heard in a rumor of the
possibility that the Insular Bureau, which
grew up under the direction of Secretary
Root when he was at the head of the
War Department, may bo transferred to
the State Department. Tho discussion
of the matter has not taken any concrete
form, but it is one of the suggestions
made to relieve the Secretary of War of
heavy responsibilities which now rest
upon him in administering not only the
affairs of the Army, but the Philippines,
the Panama Canal and other island in
terests. It would take legislation to bring about
tne change, as tne. insular Bureau was
legislated Into the War Department when
the Philippine government act was
passed.
Divert Traffic Front Canal.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 11. The Tehuan
tenee Railroad, which the Mexican
eminent has been building across the
country irom tne Atlantic to the Pacific.
will, according to information received at
the Mexican Embassy in this rlir. H
finished and ready for use within six
months. The belief in Mexico is that
the completion of this Important road
means that a srrcat deal of frelrht -hfrs
formerly went by the Panama route will
now oe iransponeo. inrougn tne .Mexican
Republic, and that during the 11 or 12
years that it will take to finish tho Pan
ama Canal, Mexico will profit from the
improved accommodations which It will
offer to the trade of tho world.
Postal Receipts Show Increase.
WASHINGTON. Nor. 1L The postal re
ceipts during October in the 50 largest
cities of the country aggregated 95,925,438.
which is a net Increase over the same
month last year of $718,245, or 12, per cent.
All of the cities show increased receipts
except eight. The largest increase was
in the receipt of Buffalo, being 25 per
cent; the largest decrease was In the re
cclpU of St. Louie, being 9 per cent.
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HIS TIL ORDERED
Bonaparte Acts on Midship-j
man Meriwether.
FEUD CAUSED FATAL FIGHT
Inquest at Annapolis Holds Meri
wether -Responsible for Death
of Branch Xavy Calls
It Manslaughter.
"WASHINGTON, Nov. 11. Secretary ,
Bonaparte today ordered a court-martial ,
for the 'trial or Midshipman Minor Meri- (
wether, Jr., of the third class, at the j
Annapolis Naval Academy, In connection I
with the death of Midshipman Branch,
which followed a flstlc encounter between
the two naval students.
Mr. Bonaparte Issued the following
statement In connection with the caae:
"James Branch, Jr.. a midshipman, sec
ond class, at tho United States Naval
Academy at Annapolis, died about 10 A.
M.. November 7. A board of Inquest hav
ing been duly convened by order of Rear
Admlral James II. Sands. lT. S. N., Super
intendent of the Naval Academy and se
nior officer present. In accordance with
articles 1775 and 177S of the United States
Navy regulations, reported, under date
of November S, as follows:
The board from & view of the body and
from Him. evidence before It, U of the opinion
that Midshipman Jaroea 1 1. Branch. Jr., died
from the effect of Injuries received In a
nut nnht with Midshipman Minor Meriwether.
Jr. Th! wa not occasioned by any act o
dutg. In which he was engaged.
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vening officers. Prior to the death of Mid
shipman Branch a board of Investigation,
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Cause of the QuarrcT.
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and Meriwether. Midshipman Branch In tho
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Naval Academy. So report of this alleged
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made by Midshipman Branch. Midshipman
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States Naval Academy by the senior medical
officer and also the evidence, taken by the
board of Inquest. Indicated that Midshipman
Branch received severe Injuries to the brain,
as the result either of blows bn the head In
flicted during the conflict or of falls, of
which several are said to have occurred
while It was In progress.
The department sees no necessity for
the appointment of a court of Inquiry In
the premises. The facts developed by the
several reports submitted to It, as above
stated, are sufficient to determine Its ac
tion in the premises. It Is clear that
these reports Imply to Midshipman Minor
Meriwether. Jr., offenses of such gravity
that his trial by court-martial Is Indis
pensable. Section B3U of the United
States revised statutes reads as follows:
Offense Is Manslaughter.
Every person who unlawfully and wilfully,
but without malice, strikes, stabs, wounds
or shoots at. or otherwise injures another,
of which striking, stabbing, wounding,
shooting or otherwise Injuring; such other
person dies, either on land or sea. within or
without the United States. Is guilty of the
crime of manslaughter.
"The crime of manslaughter, as thus
denned. Is punishable under article 22 of
the articles for the government of the
Navy, and Its maximum punishment has
been duly fixed by the President. More
over, under the same article, 'assaulting
and striking another person In the Navy
Is defined as 'disorderly conduct' (ag
gravated case), and its penalty Is likewise
fixed by the President. Under the third
section of article S of the articles for the
government of the Navy, 'any person In
the Navy who 'quarrels with, strikes or
assaults, or uses provoking or reproach
ful words, gestures or menaces toward
any person In the Navy.' Is likewise de
clared to bo subject to 'such punishment
as a court-martial may adjudge'; and
finally, any one of the three offenses above
described necessarily Involves the further
offense of 'conduct to the prejudice of
good order and discipline. and as such
is punishable under article 22. above
quoted.
"In view of the foregoing facts, a
court-martial Is hereby ordered for the
trial of Midshipman Minor Meriwether,
Jr., third class, on such charges as may
be preferred against him, and all papers
In the case arc referred to the Judge-Ad-vocate-dencral.
"The department feels that It has a
duty to discharge towards Midshipman
Meriwether in connection with this deplor
able affair by reminding the public that
he has had no opportunity to give his
version of the affair, and that. In view
of the very serious situation In which he
Is placed, he will not have such an oppor
tunity before he makes his defense un
der the court-martial. The department
therefore asks as an act of justice a sus
pension of Judgment respecting his con
duct until he has been heard in his own
defense."
Discipline for Referee.
All tho papers bearing upon the case of
Midshipman Meriwether have been re
ferred to the Judge-Advocate-General of
the Navy for the preparation of the
charges upon which the young man will
be tried, and It is expected that they will
be ready early next week. The members
of the court will then be selected from
officers stationed in this city and Annap
olis. Mr. Bonaparte said today that the de
partment would take no Independent ac
tion with Tespect to the midshipmen who
participated In the fight between Branch
and Meriwether as referee, seconds, eta,
unless such action is recommended by the
authorities at the Naval Academy, who
have been instructed to Investigate the
matter and apply such disciplinary meas
ures as they may deem called for by the
circumstances.
FREIGHT BLOCKADE BROKEN
Stevens Finds Demurrage Rule on
Railroad Works Well.
"WASHINGTON, Nov. 11. The IsthnUaa
Canal Commission made public today a
letter written by Chief Engineer John F.
Stevens-, who Is general manager of the
Panama Railroad, regarding the freight
condition of that line. It Is addred to
any kind of severe physical strain aro
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did me no good. I had the terrible pains
very ften. I saw In the paper whre a
womin was cured of gait stone by taking
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MRS. EMMA M'CTLLEY.
I Ovledo, Fla.
Mr. Shonts as president of the line. Mr.
Stevens says:
T spent yesterday (Sunday) at Colon,
going through the dock and freight situa
tion, both there and on the railroad, and
I am exceedingly well pleased at the im
proved conditions which are everywhere
manifest In the freight situation. I have
never sen the docks so well cleaned up.
nor the entire business. In the receiving
and transferring of local and through
freight. In such good condition. The good
eliect, of the demurrage, after 4S hours of
5 per day. which we have put In force
sometime since In Panama and Colon, Is
already manifest.
The Pacific Mall steamer City of Pekln
left La Boca today with a full cargo, and
the loading of the Aztec Ls progressing
finely, and. unless we are handicapped by
lack of labor through fiesta week, we
should get In a few days, and her depart
ure would clean up all of tho accumula
tion of freight for Central American. Mex
ican and Northern ports, which resulted
from the recent quarantine regulations.
American "Warship at Sauto Domingo
WASHINGTON. Nov. 1L Rear-Admlral
Bradford has Informed the Navy De
partmenl of hi? arrival at Santo Domingo
City on the flagship Olympia.
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dlscovery of a famous Washington scientist,
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Elixir Koslne is positively guaranteed by
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nervous and spasmodic twitchings and affec
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of the beat drur firms absolutely agreed to
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SI.SO. Mall orders filled. The Koslne Co.,
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So far as they go, Schilling's
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The Clothes-Doctor
Hew His Dope Is Administered, and
How To Avoid It.
ISN'T it wonderful what beautiful
effects you see in clothes nov-a-days
?
The Salesman, or tailor, gives the
Coat a hitch here, and a pull there,
passes his hands over the shoulders and
back, and says: "What a Bea-u-tiful
Fit."
He would get "FITS" if he didn't.
Of course the effect is good.
But how about the De-fects ?
Ah! there's the point. You don't
see them because Dr. Goose (the Hot
Flat-iron) has attended to them;
covered them up temporarily to Sell.
So "everything is lovely, and the
Goose hangs high" when you first wear
the coat.
But alas! when the first Damp, Rainy
day comes.
Then the -weak points the defects
begin to appear.
They have been Stretched or Shrunk
from your sight by the Tricky Flat-iron.
After the dampness gets in its work,
then your coat must go to the Hospital
for more Flat-iron Dope.
Defects will creep into clothing, no
matter who makes it.
And fully 80 per cent, of all clothing
is Doctored by the process mentioned.
i? there's another way to remove
these defects permanently.
It's the way that Sincerity Clothes
are made and revised. We mean by
painstaking Hand-Needle work.
We would like you to see our big,
airy Factory, as Clean and Wholesome
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Tailors paid the highest wages for their
Ability to sew Sincerely.
m If you have no other means of know
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Try This Method:
Lay the Coat flat on a table, as shown
in the picture. If the Collar lies straight
and true at turnover line and outer
edge, then the Coat is free from Flat-iroa
Faking. If top edge is wrinkled and
wavy, then look out when you wear the
coat on a rainy day.
It Costs us more to make Clothes by
the "Sincerity Method," but we get the
Style-quality and Needle-quality.
Sincerity Clothes hold their shape
until worn threadbare because of this
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There are no excessive Shoulder-Pads
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Inter-lining to "buckle-up."
The average American is careful
what he buys when he knows there is a
.Difference.
It's worth while to know these things.
Therefore, if Shape Insurance, Style,
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thing to you, it will pay to insist on
getting it.
If your dealer doesn't handle Sin
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