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NO RIVER AND HARBOR
BILL THIS SESSION
Correspondent Thinks Measure Wiir Be Given Setback
Representatives 3Iade Outward Signs of Sup- ,
port but Cannon Will Kule Them. .
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Washington. tr. 86. There Will be
no rivers uncr tiarhors bill this session.
It now appear congress never intended
there shoula be. That "Immediate ap
proprlatlon of at least 10,006,000" talk
'waa taffv prepared in honor.of the Na-
tional - Rivera and Harbors congress,
which recently held Its convention in
Washington.
'. Now that tha 1200 delegates have
left the capital city far behind, havlns
scattered to their homes in ail parts of
the United States, the word is being
riven niit-w-ppntlv. nf course that ow
ing to the hugs deficit "it may be" that
the rivers and harbors committee will
not report a bill during the sixtieth con
gress. The leaden do not say point
blank the bill will not be reported.
Such lana-uase would not be diplomatic.
i Besides, the Republican leaders do not
deem it advisable to Jar people's nerves
especially the waterway men s nerves,
, Stood la Una,
' But the representatives . are really
laughing up their sleeves. While the
waterway men were In convention every
"member of the house was wearing a big
badge, reading "I am for waterways "
with letters large enougn to mane u
readable a block off. There wasn't an
official in the whole city of Washington
who didn't know for a- certainty- con
gress was simply aching to vote "at
the very leaat, 130,600,600," for water
ways..,- .. : - c
. "There is not a oil of doubt about it,
TJohn," waa the way the average con.
greasman , spK wnen visuea oy inc
waterway delegate from his home dis
trict while the waterways convention
was In session. "You waterway men
hsve stirred up such a popular sentl
ment in favor of waterways we simply
wouldn't dare Ignore the matter. - John,
congress will not vote less than $30,-
ooo.ooo for tne improvement or river
and harbors.' Yes, this - session. - The
bill providing for such an appropriation
may be introduced any moment ' now.
I'm expecting it any time. . By the
way, John, when you get down home
you might mention our interview to the
ooya ou migni-say l proraisea : in
strong language to give waterway de
velopment hearty support. Between
you and I, John, I'm rather anxious
that it be known that I'm a strong
waterway man. You understand. Welt
goodbye, John. Remember, I stand for
an Immediate appropriation of not less
than $30,000,000. ,r . ,
Un Xnthnalasm.
After the waterway congress had ad
journed, and there was no danger of
resolutions denouncing the lack of In
terest In waterways on the part -' of
congress, the representatives laid away
their badges, and likewise 99 per cent
of their waterway enthusiaam.
John's friend la still a waterway man,
but not an "Immediate appropriation of
$30,000,000" waterway man.
"I doubt very much If there will be a
waterway appropriation bill very soon,"
is the way John's friend discusses the
situation now. "While I'm a strong ad
vocate of the Improvement of rivers and
harbors, and alwaya have been, I will
tell you as between man and man I very
much doubt the advisability of a big
appropriation right at this time. Sec
retary Cnrtelyou tells us the deficit for
the present current fiscal year ?s $1H,
000,000, with a still larger-deficit of
$143,000,000 ataring us In the face for
the next fiscal year. . Weill, what is the
answer? The answer in, tnat congress
will and Ought to proceed mighty slow
ly before 4t acts on a river and harbor
bill carrying an -appropriation of $30,
000.000, or $10,000,000. or $1. Water
ways are a good thing. They're bound
to come. They must come. I'm for
them, too. ', But when ' you talk about
plunging the country further Into debt
than it is now, I doubt very much the
wlsd,om of It. But If a bill providing
for an appropriation ' of $30,000,000
comes up, I'll vote for it. I'd vote for
It If it carried $100,000,000.'
The reader may wonder how "John's
rriend" would "get from under" in the
event a rivers and harbors bill should
come up for a vote. It would aeem ho
would of necessity be required to reveal
his hand by voting one way or another.
But the system arranges for that.
Here's where Uncle Joe comes in.
"John's friend" relies on Uncle Joe to
see that the' bill doesn't come up. And
nice old Uncle Joe ,-wlll do his duty.
He is -chairman because Jhe can and will
protect congressmen. In auch an Instance
as tnis. tie nas placed Theodore Bur
ton at the head of the rivers and har
bors committee, and he has a pretty
gooa reason ror .Believing mat Mr. .Bur.
ton will not- introduce a rivers ' and
harbors bill unless he (Uncle Joe)
ready for It to be Introduced. - It may
d saia nere tnat uncle joe is "not
ready" for thia bill to be Introduced,
And It won't be.
So if John happens to return to
Washington To sea his friend, the con
gressman from . his district; the latter
is -tree to say: -;
Blame on Camion.
BOSSES
GRAFT OH HEATS
System Cooks Work Almost
Openly on Their Help
less Employers.
"I'm' downright angr" because that
rivers and harbors' bill hasn't been re
ported, John. The reason is. well, you
know, Cxar, Cannon,' He is holding that
bin up, and .we are ; absolutely power
less, i was aeni nere to represent my
district, but the truth is. Uncle Joe
comes pretty close to representing it,
and everybody's district, particularly on
the waterway question. Tell the boys
down home, John, that -I'm aching to
vote 'aye' on a bill carrying fen Immedi
ate appropriation of not less man $30,
000,000 for waterway. - but that- Mr.
Burton is down in Ohio maklncr ha
campaign lor senator, and it is doubt
ful it ne win nave much time to draw
up a waterway bill this session. But
It isn't my fault, i You can sea that
for yourself, John."
Will John's friend vote a-galnut
Sneaker Cannon as . chairman of tha
sixty-first congress when the new ses
sion convenes, March 4? You may
guess for yourself.
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To be admitted Into Canada after
April 1 all patent medicines containing
any of a long liatof "deadly"-, drugs
win nave- to apprevea ty experts of
the department of Internal revenue or
bear a printed statement on the outside
of the package that there la such drug
in tne preparation ana its name.
Eyes tested free at Metzger's.
gye glasses. $1 at Metager'a
(Special DlaDatob to Tha Joaraal.
New York, Dec. I. Tne statement of
butcher wiat any . one of his calling
who refused to nay a considerable com
mission to the cooks of bis patrons
would suffer a severe loss of trade Is
amply corroborated by one of the largest
meat dealers in thia city, or in the coun
try. ' -" : m -,-.:- . '
According to this dealer the demands
of cooks for a Takeoff" on the amount
of their employers' bills up to-10 per
cent has been a growing practice for the
last 16 years. By many, if not most,
butcher firms, he aays, the demand Is,
not contested; tha percentage is paia
and the various .items on the bill are
generally slightly overcharged or over
stated in weight, so that the patron is
the loser, the cook the gainer and the
butcher sare to hold tne trade.
This practice, known as -' "kitchen
Kraft" is more common among families
or. wealth, consequently among tne oesi
patrons, where the wife, busy with so
ciety, places more control in the hands
of the cook. The latter, If the desired
commission Is refused or withheld, in
jures the' meat sent her, In- one way or
anoiner, so that, ner employer imai n
unsatisfactory, arid then the cook per
suades her to go elsewhere, gauging her
cnoice oy tne amount ot toe commission
ane is able to obtain. r
rurhtina- a raft wins In to Sad.
The meat-dealer who rave this as his
experience has, always combatted .the
system. He aays mat wnue any outcn
er that does resist it will suffer serious
temporary loss, he will 'come out even
or -ahead in the long run, if he makes
hi policy known. - - . t '
As typical of the attitude of people
which makes 'this system: possible, the
following instance was given: A man
universally known in the financial dis
trict .or tne city suddenly toon nis
trade.' a substantial one. from the meat
dealer. -The dealer wrote to find if this
waa done, because his meat waa not up
to the mark. ,He got this answer: -
Dear Sir: T I have your favor of the
12th. in renlv'I will saw that r have
no complaint to make of you or of your
surDlies. The simple fact la. I nave
changed mv cook, and when h change my
cook It aeenia inevitable that I change
my. trades people. I have neither time
nor disposition to light against the
cooks.
"They, not their employers, are the
masters. If I don t suit them I have to
quit and look for another situation. Per
hana I can -do better with mv next cook.
and I can't get on without him now." -
in another case a prominent New
Yorker went abroad, and In his absence
his wife was induced by the cook to
deal elsewhere. On his return he wrote
this letter; It Is given to show that
some will not bear with "kitchen graft."
and that others would not If they knew
it went on.
"T have asked Mrs. to change her
custom back to your store, because you
don't give commissions to servants,
thereby nuttina a premium on dishon
esty and waste In customers' households.
since leaving you my mitcner s - diiis
have grown and grown until they be
came simply an absurdity.
The meats you sent aboard my yacht
were eminently aatlwfactory. They lasted
me an the , way across the ocean, and
back." ' ,4 , . . , -
The demands ' for a commission ' by
servants, according to this dealer, are
sometimes bluntly stated, with threats
or witnarawai oi traoe, sometimes
merely Insinuated, but in most cases, if
not complied with, a withdrawal of trade
rouows. Tnl meat ieaier naa Kept I
record of typical instances of the hun
dreds which come every year. ' The fol
lowing; are a few of them,
.Soma Typical Examples. r .
A week Sao one of the drivers was ap
proached by a butler and chef in one
of tha best known .Jiomee In Fifth ave
nue. - He was told a commission ef 10
per cent 1 would give his , concern the
trade ,of the house.
In April. -1904. a cook called on the
concern, pointed out how easy it was for
a cook to maice a ramiiy aissausiiea
with their supplies, hinted at a commis
sion,' and was told she would get none.
She left saying she "would make trou
ble. and made arood her threat, for soon
after the patronage was withdrawn.
On April 27, 1807, a cook told a driver
tnat sne naa some ticaeis to a Dan o
sell hia firm. When ha refused she crit
icised the meat, and said: "You'll be
the losers." The family soon withdrew
us iraae. v , -
The Kraft Is also carried on In hotels.
In one case tha chef of a prominent ho
tel asked for a commission. It was re
fused and he said, "I'll fix you."A
week later the concern lost the trade of
that hotel. . v ;-;-- ;.- -
v" raid Bather Than Lose Cook. '
On June 10, 1907, a well known finan
cier 'was informed that his cook had
demanded a' 3 per cent rakeoff from a
firm of butchers. He wrote to the firm
that he had said nothing: to his cook, but
that rather than lose a good cook he
would like them to pay the 3 per cent
and put it on hia bill. v
In another case a chef who had the
authority' changed hia trad to a house
which would pay a 5 per cent "commis
sion. The employer. Ignorant of the
change, called on the original butcher
and learned of the change. He asked the
reaaon and was tola ot tne per cent
rakeoff. "Well," he said, "I want good
meat and I want a good chef; pay him
the commission and put H on the bill."
- The meat dealer who alves this In
formation says he has Investigated tha
methods - that 1 cooks use to drive their
employers to places that-pay commis
sions- Sometimes, he says, they simply
cook or dress the meat badly; sometimes
they dfr Jt first In hot- water to make
it tough; sometimes, with the conniv
ance of another1 butcher, they exchange
the sunoltes from the first butcher for
Eoor ones trom tne second, i nere are.
a muvm (km, n -t a, r .4 ama -wt Qlr, In
which they can make the meat appear
to be poor ir they want to. , -. -
He-save that aa much of the graft is
connived at by rival butchers, willing to
pay commissions, he can see no remedy,
unless the practice Is discountenanced
by employers of servants.
IIP IHE HUE III
HER Ol'JII BOAT
Mrs. Alnieric Invents Fine
New, Way of Getting
Eid of Honey.
TRAIN RUNS TWO 'MILES
MINUS ONE WHEEL
most remarkable happenings known to
railroading occurred to a combination
passenger and milk train, running on ex
press schedule on the Ontario & West
ern road. -
When the train reacned Huramitviue,
near here, it was discovered that one
wheel on the front end of one of the
cars was mis.slng.
Trainmen Were sent back over the
road and found - the missing wheel at
Redhllla switch, two miles and a half
distant.
The train had run that distance at a
.speed of 60 miles an hour and railroad
men consider it miraculous that there
was not a fearful wreck. The wheel had
been thrown 20 feet and deeblv Im
bedded in a hank of dirt.
' (RpecUl Dlioateb to The Joarnal.t
London. Dec. 3. "How. much money
does it-cost?" Is a .question which never
f i resents itself to Mrs. Almeric Paget,
t seems. Generous to a fault, she who
was Pauline Whitney delights In shar
ing with her Intimate friends the di
versions which fashion orders and which
her wealth enables her to enjoy, -
Mrs. Almeric Paget now clans ' an
elaborate expedition up the Nile. She
nas icnarterea two aanabeans and will
start on the Journey soon, but It is to be
leisurely and luxurious. No time nor
date is fixed for the arrival at any stop-
ni pmce or lor oepariure irora it.
Mr a. Pallet's present idea la to - bo
as far as the Third Cataract; at HanOc
But It is doubtful If she goes so far;
very few - English, women do; the trip
grow wearisome. : ,-.-- 4...
Mr. Paget will not accomrmnv bla
wife, but several of her American,
friends will go with her.
Princess Bhtka. an American - of
whom she has been a very great friend,
is to te ber chief companion, and al
though it is reported that Mrs. Paget'
two little girls will go with her, this
seems unlikely,; as they are far from
strong. u : -, -
Mrs. Paget has enraged a fine suite
at the Geslreh Palace hotel, Cairo; and
mienas to aiop mere some time oeiore
going ud to Luxor. There they will
study the . .excavations being mad at
Thebes in search of long burled treas
ures. -J -.-.-' i-
Then on to Wady Haifa and to Han Ik
perhaps. If need be a third dahabeah
will transport a touring car and Mrs.'
Paget's English servants. Mrs. Paget
expects to be away from London until
the end of March, but this long absence
wu aiso inciuae ner sojourn on tne
Riviera, where she Is to be joined early
in tha spring by her sister, Miss Doro
thy Whitney. --
So Mrs. Almeric Paget proceeds Joy
ously to expend her great income. Her
house on Berkeley square is maintained
in splendid style. She has an insatiable
love for gold plate, which ahe strives to
satisfy by completing the collection of
Klaxman dishes,) goblets and ewers
which was begun by her father, one of
me most generous-or men. xnere can
be no hobby more costly.
The Muck school of paintings repre
sents Mrs. Almeric Paget's taste In
art. She adores Fragonard and his de
cadent pastorals; of Bouchers she- has
10 example. Nattier is another favor
ite, and she owns .several Watteaus,
which are said to have cost her $60,000.
Her villa . at Deauvllle has cost her
several thousands in the way of insur
ance on Jewels and other valuables and
by tha removal of luxuries from her
London home.
The German navy Is experimenting
with shells charged with calcium car
bide, which. on reaching th water.
produces acetylene gas. This Ignites
and burns for three hours, as a sub
stitute for searchlights, with tha added
advantage of leaving the ship which
ii rea it in aarxness.
LIE OF' POISOIJ
III lUIIGTOII
Prospector and : Presbyterian
Pastor Develop De
posit of Arsenic.
" (United Prats LaiMd Wire.) .-;
Seattle, . Wash., Dec. 28. A great
poison mine is about to be , opened In
Pierce county, (9 miles southeast of
Tacoma. It is located in tha mountains
about 1$ miles from the Tacoma East
ern railway on what is known as Min
eral creek. " -u:.a;-.. ,; - ..,, .,;! .',-..'
This ' poison mine . contain -enough
arsenic to kill the entire - population
of the United States; according to the
experts who have examined it. -;
About five years ago a prospector
named Jack Williams came upon a gray
lh '-white outcropping on Mineral creel;
and not knowing what It waa broke
off some specimens and brought them
Into Tacoma, for analysis. . .
- There be found that he had discovered
a mine of almost pure arsenic of whloS
only two others are known to exist In
the world. Following Williams' dis
covery, he sold a controlling interest in
the property to Rev. J. M. Li ttell, pas
tor of oae of the Presbyterian churches
of ' Tacoma. 4 The . latter resigned his
pastorate In order to engage in the de
velopment of the mine and later secured
the financial assistance of hundreds of
clergymen throughout the . United
States.. M' ' ,- -.. -..-' . .. .-T .
Dr. , Llttell ha completed - arrange,
ments to open tha mine apd within
the next 60 day hopes to have the
property in. full operation. . . '
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Tha Belgian Royal Society of Medl
cine, after investigating charges that
the public health was menaced by tha
consumption of unhealthy oysters, rec
ommended that all oyster beds should
he MVMtAn-mttcjillv lnaiuii.t nnd ll I .
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ported oyster rigorously examined. ,'
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Good Leather "Counters" in
Selz Rbyal
Blue
Metsger fits your eyes for $1.
Shoe
You know
what the
"counter" of
a shoes is- ,
the stiff, hard piece that is up around your heel; a
vital part; helps keep the shoe in shape r-H
; Seli Royal Blue have one-piece soleleathercoin
ters; we mention it because so many shoes have pieced
counters;; some have pasteboard; some worse.
' It's a small wdy of skimping on quality, at your
expense ; you get honest leather in Selyshoes. .
The maker guarantees not merely the . shoe," but
your satisfaction with it.
Selz Royal Blue Shoes, $350, $4, $5
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