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ASTORIA'S INTEREST II
TARIFF WORK
INDIANAPOLIS CONFERENCE
MEANS MUCH DEMANDS
ACTIVELY EVERYWHERE
NEW YORK, Feb. 6. 1909.
Astoria's interest in the tariff com
mission convention to be held at ln
Sanapolis, February 16, 17, and 18.
as shown by the appointment of the
following delegates: P. J. Brix, E. Z.
Ferguson, C W. Fulton, J. E- Hig
gins, W. S- McGregor, Frank Pat
ton, O. I. Peterson, Joseph Scham
lerger, W. T. Scholfield, J. H.
Whyte, Herman Wise, is rendered
more acute by the desperate fight
tt rte American Protective Tariff
League now oeing waged against the
creation of a non-partisan tariff com
mission. Recent developments thro
ughout the country, especially in
New England indicate that no ef
fort will be spared by the standpat
ters led by Senator Aldrich of Rhode
Island and Hale of Maine, and Rep
resentatives Dalzell and Payne to
counteract the effect of the tariff
commission convention. When this
movement was started by the Na
tional Association of Manufacturers
ndr the leadership of President
James W. Van Cleave, it was prac
tically ienored by the standpatters
But when it became apparent that
Business organizations and individual
manufacturers throughout the coun
try were flocking to its support the
Protective League became thorough-!
h alarmed. An attempt was made
in the League's official organ and in
tlie nnblic oress to discredit the pop
lar demand for a commission. The
assisstance of the New York Herald
was enlisted and that newspaper be
gan printing a series of first-page
trticles of which the one appearing
February Sth is a shining example.
Based upon a few letters from Con
gressmen and interested manufactur
ers the Herald published an article
nder the misleading title of "Busi-
CATARRHAL ASTHMA,
One Bottle of Pe-rn-na.
MR. F. L. BOULUOUN.
MR. F. L. BOULLIOUN, 2618 Btata
St., Little Rock, Ark., writes :
"I have been s sufferer witb the asth
ma tor about four years, and I tried
different kinds of medicines and could
sot find any relief for it.
"I tried your medicines, bought a bot
tle of Peruna, and after taking about
ilf of itl must say that I have not bad
lhethmaalnee. Before I took the med
icine I did not know what it was to go
to bed without having the asthma."
Systemic Catarrh.
Mr. Samuel Burden, 701 Springfield
Are., Summit, N. J., writes :
"In the fall of 1900 I had repeated
attacks of cold, which developed into
systemic catarrh.
"It'left me very weak and all run
down. When I got np in the morning
a would take about an hour to get my
fead and throat clear.
Ii also left me with a very weak,
all-gone, empty feeling in my stomach,
which I thought
was dyspepsia, for
which I tried dif
fnrent remedies
with very little improvement
"I finally -decided to give Peruna a
trial. I felt benefited with the firstdoee.
After taking three bottles I was en
tirely cured. I cannot apeak in too
fclgh term of your wonderful discoy-
cry, Peruna."
poruua is manufactured by the
jViuaa Drug Mfg. Co., Columbus, Ohio.
Weak and All
Run Dawn.
ness Men Opposed to Tariff Com
mission Flan." Notwithstanding
President-elect Taft's public approv
al of a nanpartisan board of tariff ex
perts the American Economist, pub
lished bv the Protective Tariff Lea
gue boldly announced that Mr. Taft
was opposed to a commission. In
N'ev- England, the Home Market
Club influenced the Boston Mer
chants' Association to refuse to send
delegates to Indianapolis, notwith
standing that James J. Storrow, pres
ident of the association and a most
influential public leader, openly fav
ored the commission plan- The Bos
ton Chamber of Commerce and the
Massachusetts State Board of Trade
as well as many smaller organisa
tions of New England have been pat
riotic enough to give cordial support
to this notable reform inaugurated
for the benefit of labor and capital
throughout the nation. The desper
ate nature of the opposition is shown
in the effort to charge the National
Association of Manufacturers and
sister business organizations with an
attempt to have enacted an uncon
stitutional measure. The tariff com
mission plan as it will be presented
at the Indianapolis convention most
emphatically does not call for rate-
making powers which is solely the
prerogative of Congress. All that
will be asked in the measure to be
included in the Payne Tariff Bill ta
be enacted by the special session of
Congress beginning March IS. is the
creation of a permanent non-political
Board of Experts whose duty will be
thoroughly to investigate costs of
production at home and abroad so
that Congress can make necessary
changes in tariff schedules from time
to time. Tariff making under this
plan will not disturb business condi
tions as changes in rates will not be
come operative within two years
from the date of the legislation
Germany today-, at her most pros
perous period, is handling the tariff
exactly alone these lines.
The wide spread approval of a tar
iff commission plan is fully proven
by the fact that business associations
in practically every state of the union
have onenly espoused the Indianapo
lis convention. Delegates exceed
in? a thousand will be present and
the long array of speakers are men
of national importance- A partial
list includes:
Oscar L. Straus, secretary depart
ment of commerce and labor; John
Barrett, director of bureau of Amen
can republics; Charles P. Neill, com
mission of labor; Senators Smoot of
Utah, Beveridge of Iindiana, Cum-
mings of Iowa and Brown of Nebras
ka; Gov. Hoggatt, Alaska; Clarence
Owslev. Texas: Gov. Marshall, In
diana; ex-Gov. Curtis Guild, Mass
achusetts, and Congressmen Charles
N. Fowler, New Jersey; Joseph E.
Ranmsdell, Louisiana; James E. Wat
son, Indiana; Charles E- Townsend,
Bourke Cockran, New York; James
W. Van Cleave, president National
Association of Manufacturers; H. E
Miles, chairman tariff, , committee,
National Association of Manufactur
ers; Charles A- Bookwalter, mayor
of Indianapolis; H. A. Towne, presi
dent Merchants' Asociation, New
York, John M. Sahl of the Farmers'
National Congress, and Dr. Albert
Shaw, editor of Review of Reviews.
American Industries, official pub
lication of the National Association
of Manufacturers, gives in its Feb
ruary issue pertinent instructions to
convention delegates as follows:
The railroads in the territory cov
ered by the Trunk Line Association
and the Central Passenger Associa
tion, respectively, have granted a
rate of a fare and a half for the round
trip on the Certificate plan.
The territory covered by these
passenger associations embraces
New York, Pennsylvania, New Jer
sey, Delaware, Maryland, Northern
Virginia, Northern West Virginia.
Delegates from places outside the
above territory can buy a regular
ticket to the nearest point within the
territory mentioned, and there buy a
single ticket through to Indianapolis,
at the same time procuring from the
ticket agent a certificate in regular
form for each fare paid. These cer
tificates are to be deposited at the
Registrar's office at the convention
hall when the delegates register.
The certificates will be validated by
a representative of the passenger as-
EWSPAPERS IN
ID TREIR INFLUENCE
HONOLULU, HAWAII, Feb. 12.
The character of the newspapers
and the development of the printer's
art in Hawaii is always something of
a surprise to persons visiting the Is
lands for the first time. Newspaper
men are especially impressed, for it
is probable that no mainland city ot
the siie of Honolulu could support
three English dailies of the character
here for many years. The fact seems
the more remarkable when it is re
membered that the white population
of Honolulu numbers considerably
less than ten thousand, though of
course this element does not consti
tute the sole patronage of the En
glish printed publications, since
many of the younger tiawanans.
Chinese and Japanese, educated in
the pubtic schools, are to all intents
Americans and find much interest in
these papers as does any other class.
As would be expected the Hawaii
an newspapers largely devote their
space to local news. All of them,-
however receive through the Asso
ciated Press, skeletonized cable dis
patches in the briefest form, covering
about a dozen subjects of the world's
most important news events daily.
Half of this is received as night ser-
ice by the Pacific Commercial Ad
vertiser, the morning paper, while
the afternoon papers, the Hawaiian
Star and the Evening Bulletin get a
Jay report, which allowing for th
difference of about five hours and
half between here and New Yrk
pretty well covers the day through
out the United States and Europe
Illustrating this advantage in differ
ence in time for the afternoon paper
the result of the last presidential
election was known here by the mid
die of the afternoon, and several
hours before the polls closed in the
local election. In the same way
Honolulu readers were furnished the
full text of President Roosevelt's
message to Congress, through "ex
tras" published about 8 o'clock in the
morning on release of the matter by
-ahli the message having cone to
Coneress at noon of the same day.
The cable news, costing fifteen
cents per word of cable tolls from
San Francisco, besides the cost of
the service, however, keeps the public
advised briefly on all matters of gen
eral imDortance, and with the arrival
of the mails six to ten days later, the
details of interest locally are publish
ed-
But whatever may be the short
comings of the cable news, the local
field is well covered. This field is
more important than a stranger
might imagine. Being a seaport of
sociations and returned to members
on the last day of the meeting. A
fee of twenty-five cents is charge'!
for this service by the represents
tive of the passenger associations.
On presentation of the vised cer
tificates to the ticket agent at Indian
apolis the delegates can procure
transnortation to his home at one
half the regular fare.
Going tickets and certificates as
above will be on sale from February
12 to 16; certificates will be vised
February 16, and 17, and then hon
ored for return tickets (at one-half
the regular rate) up to and including
February 22-
DELEGATES SHOULD NOT
FAIL TO GET A CERTIFICATE
FOR EACH FARE PAID WHEN
BUYING TICKETS AT THE
HOME STATION. THE REDUC
TION FOR THE RETURN
WITHOUT SUCH A CERTIFI-
TRIP CANNOT BE OBTAINED
CATE. A RECEIPT FOR MON
EY PAID WILL NOT ANSWER
THE PURPOSE.
We are pleased to state that the
City of Indianapolis, through its
Mayor and its civic and commercial
organizations, including the Com
mercial Club, the Board of Trade,
the Clearing House Association, the
Merchants' Association and the Man
ufacturers Association, have extend
ed the convention the hospitality of
the city. The convention will be
held in Tomlinson Hall, which is the
largest auditorium in the city, it hav
ing a seating capacity of 5,000. In
dianapolis is specially well supplied
with good hotels, and reservation for
accommodations will be gladly made
on receipt of requests sent to the Na
tional Tariff Commission Conven
tion Headquarters, Majestic Build
ing, Indianapolis.
importance, the waterfront is a beat
which occupies the entire attention
of a good reporter on each paper
and furnishes many big "stories" of
much more than local importance
For a year the development of the
Federal government's plans for the
fortification of the Territory, has
furnished much important news of
National interest, and with the in
coming of several thousand troops to
garrison the island this has been
considerably augmented. Sports are
more than relatively important ir
Honolulu, and each of the three pa
pers gives one man's time almost ex'
lusivelv to looking ai'er baseball,
football, boxing, yachting, golf, track
athletics, scuuatic sports, etc., which
are on tap the year around
Other departments are as well cov
ered. There arc in the neighborhood
of twenty men comprising the staff
of the three papers, and there is pro
bably not one of the number not
capable of holding down a job on
any mainland city paper. In fact,
with perhaps one or two exceptions,
every man among them has at some
time had training on some of the lar
ger American dailies. " They have
either drifted to the Islands, In the
snirit which prompts many newspa
per workers everywhere to drift, and
have been caught in the meshes ol
Hawaii's enchantment and never got
ten away, or else they have bee.i
brought from San Francisco, Los
Angeles, or Seattle, by the papers
the cast year Los Angeles has turn
shed two men, both of whom cam
here on vacations and without nv
intention of staying; and another
who went back to the coast six mon
ths ago, after a two years residence
here, has just returned and declares
that he is here for good- One of the
best local reporters who has been
here for ten years, got into the news
paper name in little old New York.
Another lost his anchor in the Ohio
Valley, and finally brought up on
Hawaii's shore. Two are Canadian.'
one Irom uueoec anu 111c umti
from the Northwest. Two are En
glishmen. The rest have floated ii.
from various parts of the Mainland
west of the Rockies. It is remark
able that even the worst of the driv
ers seem to lose the wanderlust when
they reach here. Many arrived with
undefined intention of continuing on
to Manila, or other part of the Orient
but have never gone.
But not all of these men remain
slaves of the typewriter, else there
would be no room for the half dozen
or so recruits that find places here
every year. The others have seen
opportunities in other lines and have
deserted the calling which brought
them to the "Evening Isles- Sever
al have already left their marks on
public affairs in the Territory.
On the mainland of the United
States the power of the press is pro-
furhiat- but its ihfluenc has never
been more apparent anywhere than it
has in Hawaii. Hawaii's atmosphere
is American where a few years ago
it was monarchial, and no one who
has watched the metamorphosis with
nkcrvlnir fvp run doubt that the
6 v
American newspaper was the great
est single force in the accomplish
ment of it. And the power is still at
work rroWems that are old on th-
mainland are daily presenting them
selves to the Islanders, as well a
problems which are unique in the
history of mankind and on which
more than local weight attaches. In
all these matters the newspapers are
ever the diligent guardians of th
people, and the light bearers to Pro
gress. WILL J. COOPER.
CHALLENGES
ANY HI ON EARTH
DECLARES HE IS WILLINO TO
FIGHT JEFFRIES. BURNS
OR ANY ONE ELSE.
MELBOURNE, Aus., Feb. 12."l
willing to tight James J Jeffries.
Tommy Burns or any other' man
alive, in England. America, Australia
or anv other part of the civilised
world where sufficient inducements
are offered." This was the statement
of Jack Johnson, the heavyweight
champion today. The tight will have
to he deferred however for some
months as it is Johnson' purpose
first to fulfil a theatrical engagement
in London and go on for a limited
reject battle with Sam I.nngford in
that city. Johnson leaves for Sydney
tomorrow to catch the steamer next
Monday for Vancouver,
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madia from Royal Grape Gramof Tartar
Royal does not contain phoaphatlc add
(which It the product of boncadigeated
in aulphuric acid) or alum (which it
one-third aulphuric acid), unhealthful
ubatancea adopted for other baking .
powdera becaute of their cheapneaa.
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President Sets Cornerstone
(Continued from page 1)
ed shortly before 1 o'clock after the
drive from Hodcenville. and live-
minutes afterward Governor Willson
colled the meeting to order and in
troduced Rev. E. L- Powell of the
First Christian church of Louisville
who pdonotinccd invertioa President
was frequently interrtntee. by ap-;
planse. except at the beginning when j
he departed from it to make reply to!
complimentary allusions to him-rlf ,
by Governor Folk, the President con-1
lined himself closely to the manii-1
crsipt. The President applied the
first trowel full of mortar that will
hold the cornerstone in place. Under j
the stone was laid a metallic box con-:
taininir the constitution of the ;
United States and important historic
documents, some of which were
placed in it by the President and
other members of his party. Mont
gomery, who is said to have been a
slave of ex-President.
Jefferson Davis of the Confedera
tion was asisHiied the appropriate
task of depositing in the box a copy
of the emancipation proclamation
and in doing so made a brief speech.
The President boarded the train
for Louisville at 3:45 o'clock expect
ing to arrive at Washington about 2
p. m.
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THE UNSUSPECTED WIDOW
CHICAGO, Feb. 12.-During the
negotiations for the purchase of a
site for the new $20,000,000 passen
ger station for the Chicago & North
western Railroad, it was discovered
that part of the land desired was
owned apparently by one '"Tim"
Sullivan, who could not be found.
As a lack of a clear title would have
proved a serious obstacle to the con
struction of the new building search
was made for Sullivan all over the
country. Recently it was learned
that Sullivan had died at Lynn, Mass,
and efforts were piade to locate his
heirs. Now, a woman says she is
Sullivan's widow, announces at Lynn
that she will claim the property
which is valued at $250,000.
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FEBRUARY TIDE TABLE.
FEBRUARY 1909.
FEBRUARY 1909.
High Water, A.M.
Date.
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday . .
Wednesday . .
Thursday . . . .
Friday
Saturday , , . .
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Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday ..
Thursday
Friday ,
Saturday
SUNDAY . ..
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Tuesday
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Friday
Friday
Saturday
SUNDAY ...
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday . ,
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Saturday
SUNDAY ...
h. m l ft,
9:541
10:47!
0:30
11:351
1:08
1:40
2:10
2:35
3:00
3:27
3:55
4:28
5:06
5:51
6:47
7:521
8:591
10:01
11:001
0:26
11:54
1:05
1:45
2:25
3:05
3:45
4:301
5:18
6:13
7:15
8
8.61
7.0
8
7.31
7.4
7
7.7
7.7
7
7.9
7
7,8
7.8
7.8
7,9
8,2
8.6
9.01
7.7
9.4
8,2
8.7
90
9.2
9.2
8.9
8.7
8.31
8.0
P. M.
h. m
11:44
12:18
12:55
1:32
2:05
2:38
3:16
4:00
4:471
5:501
7:071
8:34
9:521
10:54
11:43
12:45
1:35
2:25
3:15'
4:10
5:10
6:25
7:52
9:201
ft.
8.7
8.5
8.3
8.0
7.7
7.3
7.0
6.5
5.9
5.5
5.5
5,8
6,5
7.1
9.6
9,5
9.2
8.6
8.0
7,2
6.5
6.1
6.1
k0.w-Water- A.M. P.M.'"
Date. h. m.f Tt7h, m. I ft"
Monday 1 4:10 3.7 5:10-0.4
Tuesday 2 5:10 3.7 6:00-0.7
Wednesday ... 3 6:05 3.5 6:42-0.9
Thursday 4 6:50 3.3 7:18 -0.3
Friday .. 5 7:28 3.1 7:52 -0.6
Saturday 6 8:04 3.0 8:20-0.1
SUNDAY .... 7 8:35 2.8 8:45 0.4
Monday ...... 8 9:07 2.6 9:07 0.8
Tuesday 9 9:33 2.4 9:33 1.2
Wednesday ...10 10:10 2.2 10:00 1.8
Thursday 11 10:52 2.010:35 2.3
Friday 12 11:45 1.8 11:15 2.9
Saturday 13 12:47 1.6
SUNDAY ....14 0:09 3,4 1:58 1.2
Monday ......15 1:18 4.0 3:11 0.7
Tuesday 16 2:46 4.2 4:16 0.0
Wednesday ...17 4:10 4.1 5:11 -0,7
Thursday 18 5:15 3.5 6:00-1.1
Friday 19 6:10 2.9 6:45-1.4
Saturday ,.,...20 7:00 2.2 7:30-1.3
SUNDAY ....21 7:48 1.6 8:10-0.9
Monday 22 8:35 1.1 8:50-0.4
Tuesday 23 9:20 0.8 9:33 0.3
Wednesday ...2410:10 0.610:18 1.1
Thursday 25 11:08 1.1 11:10 2.0
Friday .261 12:13 0.7
Saturday 27(0:05 2.9J 1:25 0.7
SUNDAY 28 1;15 3.5 2.40 0.6