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BURIED WITH HONORS
CHICAGO. April 20. —Prince, a St
Bernard dog. belonging to Francis Draz.
if Seattle, started from New York last
week, across the continent to see his
1 master. During a few days’ stop over
tn Chicago he contracted a bad cold
which quickly developed into pneu
monia.
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moned a veterinary surgeon, the big St.
Bernard died.
Mr. Sullivan immediately planned a
funeral for the animal, which had savec
no less than nine lives and had taken
prises at shows throughout the coun
try. Prince has been laid away in a
copper-lined coffin, decorated with flow
ers. Services were conducted by Mr.
Sullivan and a party of friends.
ALA BAMA FARMER
BRUTALLY MURDERED
ANNISTON. Ala.. April 38.—J B. McGlurkin.
t well known farmer and miller, aar mur
dered south of this city this momlr g. He vas
I: knocked down and beaten into Insensibility
with a pole, and a heavy rock was dropj»ed
L on his head, beating it to a jelly. The IxsJy
waa then dragged forty-four yards by ;he heels
and the head immersed in ploughed ground.
Irvine Pope a negro, the allege 1 principal,
and others, are under arrest. Viokuce is
H rumored.
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AMERICAN TARIFF LAWS
THE MORRILL TARIFF.
By FREDERIC J. HASKIN.
It is quite a general conviction among
men who know the inside history of
events of 1860 that the election of Abra
ham Lincoln as president was due to the,
tariff and not the result of slayery agita- ■
tlon. If such be true the civil war was
more directly due to the tariff than to
slavery. James G. Blaine took this view
of the matter, and expresses it fully in
his “Twenty Years in Congress.” He
points out that the national excitement
over “Bleeding Kansas ' was mucu
stronger in 1556 than in 1860. and that in •
spite of this fact the country went Dem
ocratic in UM and Republican in lbW. To
Pennsylvania he gives the credit of hav
ing turned the scales. It was then said of
Pennsylvania as it has later been raid of
New York, that as It goes in a national
election, so goes the union, in the guber
natorial election of IS6O. Curtin, afterward
war governor, made the tariff question the
issue, and won on a high tariff platform.
The same issue was believed to be the
one that gave the vote of Pennsylvania
to Lincoln, and If that be true, it was
the issue that gave Lincoln to the union.
• • •
In the presidential election of 1856 there
was not much said about the tariff. The
Walker tariff had worked so well, at
least to outward appearances, that the
whole country seemed to acquiesce in
it. But the following year found the
strong boxes of the government overflow
ing with money to such a degree that
it became necessary to reduce the reve
nues. A bill providing the lowest tariff
in the history of the country w/is then
introduced. It was not long in reaching
the point of consideration. There was
much parliamentary maneuvering in the
house and senate. The latter body domi
nated the situation, and secured the pas
sage. in practical entirety, of the meas
ure introduced by Senator R. M. T. Hun
ter, of Virginia.
• • •
One of the most remarkable things
about the tariff of 1857 was that many in
dustries which were dominated by a
thorough-going protection spirit, did all
they could, and actually spent much mon
ey to make the bill as nearly a free trade
measure as possible. It was shown that
a single mill had spent $87,000 in its cam
paign for free trade. These manufacturers
knew full well that there was no chance
of protection for their products. Their
next best course was to secure free raw
material, and their energies were spent
in that direction.
• • •
It was not long after this until the
panic of 1857 came on. All protectionists
attribute it to the low tariff. All free
traders do not. Most historians take mid
dle ground and And causes not dissimilar
to the panic of 1907. Be that as it may,
the following year saw such deficits in the
revenues that Justin S. Morrill hit off the
situation by saying that the government
was “obliged to go to bed without its
supper” every time imports fell short a
million dollars a week at the port of
New York. However, the low water mark
of treasury receipts was reached just
about the time the measure Went into ef
fect, and from that time on there was
a steady rally back to normal conditions.
• • •
When the first session of the thirty
sixth congress met. Mr. Morrill, of Ver
mont, introduced practically the same
tariff measure he had tried in vain to
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have considered the previous year. His
bill was really more satisfactory to the
low tariff people than to the advocates of
protection. It was stated that it was but
little more than a recurrence to the
Walker tariff, the only difference of im
portance being that specific duties were
inserted instead of ad velorem rates. The
bouse passed the measure, but the senate
decided to postpone consideration until
the next session. Jefferson Davis favored
the Morrill bill, asserting that it was a
more Democratic tariff than the one of
1857, and adhered more closely to the
rates of the Walker tariff.
• • • •
When the second session of the thirty
sixth congress met, the senate put 156
amendments onto the Morrill bill, 155 of
which were accepted by the house, and
the measure went into effect in April,
1861. After this came a succession of tar
iff acts for raising funds for the prose
cution of the war. One was passed In
August. ISGI, and carried with it an in
come tax, as well as a direct tax of
120.0C0.000. Another placing a new rate of,
duty on tea, sugar and coffee, was passed
during the following December. In 1862
the tariff was raised even higher, and
only ninety-nine articles were left on the
free list. In 1864 still further increases
w’ere made and the free curtailed even
below the ninety and nine articles. In
those days the statesman who could sug
gest new subjects for taxation was re
garded as a patriot.
• • •
Immediately following the close of the
civil war the burdensome internal reve
nue taxes were repealed, and Justin S.
Morrill led a movement for a revision of
the tariff—upwards. He felt that wool
and woolens especially needed additional
protection. The house passed his IjJll.
The senate thought the matter too Im
portant and the weather too warm to
consider the measure so late In the ses
sion, so they put the bill In cold storage.
The following winter, the senate amend
ed it and passed it after midnight on Feb
ruary 1, 1867. In the house, meantime,
Morrill had drafted a new measure and
presented it as a substitute for the one
already passed.
But at the critical time he withdrew his
substitute, and through an effort to set
tle the matter through a suspension of
the rules, everything was lost. A bill
passed under a suspension of the rules
requires a two-thirds vote, and Mr. Mor
rill has reckoned without his host in pre
suming that he could get such a majority.
• • •
In the course of the debate upon the
measure Thad Stevens said that it sa
vored too much of free trade for him.
Another member remarked that if that
was a free trade bill, “by the Holy Sail
ors he would hate to see one that was
a protection measure.” Another man ob
jected to the repeal of the duty on cof
fee. "Why,” said he, “we need protec
tion for coffee. Do we not make a great
deal of it? There are many worthy man
ufacturers of coffee in the United States.
They make it of chicory, beans, peas,
rye wheat, dandelion roots and many oth
er things. They need protection.”
• • •
Although the general tariff bill was
defeated, the woolens schedule, against
the wishes of the wool producers and
manufacturers’ associations, was segra
gated in a separate bill, and after much
complicated procedure in the senate and
house, was passed in substantially the
form of the schedule of the big btyl. It
was about the only time on schedule was
ever passed to the exclusion of all oth
ers. Even after weathering all the storms
of the legislative sea it seemed that the
woolens bill was to fall to make a safe
anchorage in harbor. Andrew Johnson
was president and he and congress were
sadly at outs. It was the last day of
the session. The president had gone to
the capitol with his cabinet, and was in
his room off the senate marble room.
For three hours the friends of the meas
ure awaited news from him. They knew
that powerful influences were at work
to prevent his signing the bill. At last,
with but the fraction of a minute be
tween it and the eternal pigeon-hole
where defunct bills are entombed, the
president signed it.
• • •
There was nothing done toward revis
ing the tariff after this until 8170. Gener
al Schenck, the chairman of ways and
means that session, reported a measure
with revision downward as its keynote.
The free traders opposed it because they
did not think it went far enough. It was
soon discovered that the measure could
not stand on Its own merits, so it was
coupled onto the Internal revenue bill,
and In that shape it went through the
house with flying colors. It did not en
counter serious obstruction thereafter and
was signed by President Grant in July,
M7O. There was additional tariff legisla
tion in 1872, during the consideration of
which the senate and house were at log
gerheads over the constitutional prerog
ative of the house to originate revenue
legislation.
• • s
At this time, however, it was to the
interest of the house leaders to uphold
the senate, even to the extent of amend
ing to the point of entire substitution.
There was as much parliamentary spar
ring over the bill of 1872 as ever there
was over any tariff bill of its kind that
congress has passed.
■ • •
Again in 1875 a tariff act was passed.
It repealed the 10 per cent reduction that
had been made by the act of 1872. Party
lines were ignored in both branches of
congress when the measure came up.
The late Senator Allison and Senator
John Sherman were among those who vo
ted with the Free Traders on this bill.
From 1875 to 1881 the house of repre
sentatives was Democratic, and from
1879 to 1881 the Democrats also controlled
the senate. During those years and the
two that followed, there was much ma
neuvering for position on the tariff ques
tion, but as one of the three branches
of government that must concur in leg
islation was always of the opposite po
litical faith, there could be nothing ac
complished. William R. Morrison, who
afterward drew the celebrated horizontal
bill, brought forward a measure in 1876
that never got further than the talk
stage. In the next congress Fernando
Wood, of New York, Introduced a meas
ure that was considered in the house, but
a motion to strike out its enacting clause
I was carried and the measure was thus
I killed.
• • •
In 1872 congress created the tariff com
mission. composed of men who were not
members of congress. The commission
traveled all over the country as far
west as St. Paul, visiting 29 cities ano
hearing over 600 witnesses who talked to
the extent of some 2,600 pages. The com
mission recommended a reduction of 25
per cent Sj the average duties. The
' following session of congress w’as the
j short one. The forty-eighth congress was
I already elected, and was overwhelmingly
I Democratic. Things were stormy in the
| house, and to secure the passage of the
j bill, it was necessary to bring in one
of the worst gag rules the house has ever
seen. The senate Democratic members
of the conference committee refused to
serve. William McKinley was one of the
l Republicans who voted against the meas-
I ure, and Samuel J. Randall, Pennsylvania
| Democrat, voted for it. The bill became
a law only a few minutes before final
I adjournment.—(Copyright, 1909, by Fred-
LerU J. Haskin). ____
Women's Cool
Million Saves
Big Fish Trust
Bi
MRS. P. A. VALENTINE
CHICAGO.—A woman handed over a
cool million In cash the other day and
saved the huge Booth fish trust. When
her husband refused to spend a cent
of his money in preventing the great com
bine from pounding to pieces on a rag
ged financial shore, she opened her own
purse strings.
Sentiment was her sole motive.
She is Mrs. P. A. Valentine, wife of a
New York capitalist, whom she married
after the death of her first husband,
Philip Armour, Jr. W. Vernon Booth,
who had been president of the gigantic
A. Booth & Co. combine, is her sister’s
husband.
The A. Booth & Co. trust controlled
the entire fish output of the Great Lakes
and three-fourths of that of the Atlan
tic coast. It foundered, this great com
bine. W. Vernon Booth was indicted for
alleged falsification of assets. That was
the result of one grand jury Investiga
tion; there was talk of another.
Valentine, heavily involved, declined to
aid in any attempt to salvage the wreck.
Mrs. Valentine pleaded with him but he
was immobile. “For the family’s sake,”
was the gist of her argument. But her
husband reasoned that it would be throw
ing good money after bad.
Not so, thought Mrs. Valentine, whe
is worth $8,000,000 or so in her own right.
“Here’s $1,000,000,” she said, “go to Chi
cago and reorganize the company.”
Valentine took it and went. A new $7,-
000,000 fish trust is the result.
"Won’t I have the laugh on him when
it Is proven that the new Booth compa
ny is a success?” predicts Mrs. Valen
tine, whose $1,000,000 has gone to pay
creditors their 20 per cent in cash under
the new order of things.
Valentine is still pessimistic.
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kidney trouble as being the best remedy
we ever sold. J. B. YOUNQ. Sold by all
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THE DEATH OF “RAJAH”
Arthur B. Reeve in a highly intereating arti
cle on monkeyis In the'January Hampton’s
Magazine tells the following story:
He was as large as a good-sized Ik>t of five
or six, with brown hair and soulful eyes.
Rajah was. and he would wear trousers and
dig his hands down deep in the pockets like a
true sport. With a shirt, collar, and necktie
on he would sit at a table, tuck a napkin in
his neck, eat with a spoon, pour milk out of
a pitcher, and drink out of a cup. use a knife
and fork; and wipe bls Ups with a napkin
frequently. There were many other things he
had been taught to do—there was no science
about this*: It was just plain drumming It into
bis head in the way that they do for the ani
mal shows. Os all the traits shown by “Ra
jah,” none was more engaging than bis love
for bis keeper. He would stretch out his arms
like a big baby to be picked up and carried,
and lie was the happiest simian in the house
when he got what he wanted.
One day five monkeys were taken sick at
once and no one seemed to know just what the
trouble was. Finally a pathologist found that
a parasitic form of bacteria from the neighbor
ing turtle pen had Infected them. Three of the
monkeys bad already died. “Rajah” was terri
bly *1 and lay, for once motionless, on a lit
tle bed In the corner of his cage. The only
thing that would quiet his moans was the gen
tle stroking by bls keeper's hands. In spite
of everything the fever gradually got the bet
ter of him.
In the semi-darkness, one night, the keeper
came in to see how “Rajah” was resting He
was startled to see a dwarfed bent figure wait
ing for him. It tottered pitifully toward him
and stretched up its arms as much as to say.
“Pick me up.” It was "Rajah.” The keeper
bent over and lifted the ape. Tue arms cloaed
around his neck with a sigh of relief. The
keeper stroked him sorowfully. And there In
the dead of night the man-beast died—like a
poor, fevered child In its father’s arms.
Brains
Thomas L. Masson in January Lippincott’s.
Brains are common to all parts of the coun
try, and traces of them have even been dis
covered in summer in Lenox. Bar Harbor and
Newport. They are originally used to obtain
money, but when money Is obtained by them it
usually takes their place.
The quality of brains varies in different local
ities. Mixed with ginger, they become very
valuable. With a spine, they are a necessity
In everv household. At one time they influ
enced literature, but the discovery was made
that literature could do without them. Since
then they have been almost exclusively devoted
to advertising.
Brains are employed In various enterprices.
They make bridges, railroads, and other sys
tems of transportation. They also create capi
tal and are used extensively In evading the law.
They mix with water and gasoline, but are ab
sorbed by alcohol.
Brains are bought and sold in the open mar
ket. They may be traded In on the exchange.
In Washington and Albany or In other political
centers. . . .
The best quality, however, are not traded In.
Indeed, oftentimes they are not even heard of
until long after they have passed away.
A 735-Pound Sturgeon
A female sturgeon of great size was caught
bv the steam trawler Rhodesia on Sunday 280
miles northeast of the Nore lightship. Its
length was 11 feet 4 inches. Its girth 5 feet 4
inches, and its weight 735 pounds. The last
sturgeon approaching this one In size of which
there is record was taken in July, 1905, and
weighed 562 pounds.
A9t one time the sturgeon was considered so
great a delicacy that all taken in the Thames
belonged by royal prerogative to the sovereign,
hence the designation of the “royal sturgeon.”
Up to about 60 years ago sturgeon were fre
quently caught in the Thames, and at the be
ginning of the last* century one was taken from
the river as far up as London bridge.
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“ONLY SUCCESSFUL WHEAT CORNER WAS JOSEPH'S"
MEMPHIS, Egypt.—Joseph, the Jewisly
boy, whom His Majesty Pharoah res
cued from a prison cell seven years ago
and made governor, has earned the title
of the Wheat King of Egypt.
While crops from one end of the coun
try to the other are an utter failure.
Governor Joseph has mammoth granaries
stored with the staple, which in antici
pation of such conditions he has been
collecting during the seven years of his
administration.
Al! Egypt has to apply to this new
wheat king for its supply. Unless the
drouth is broken soon Joseph will have
completed the most successful corner
known in the history of the country.
The life story of the new wheat king
reads like a romance. His remarkable
change from forgotten prisoner to gov
ernor, is not the most remarkable part
of it.
Joseph was the youngest and favorite
son of a Jewish fanner and stockraiser
named Jacob, who lived in Canaan, ac
cording to the story told in court cir
cles. His brothers, jealous of the favor
itism shown him by his father, threw
him into a pit to die. His cloak, a won
derful garment in many colors, made
specially for him, they soaked in blood,
and showed it to Jacob, who mourned for
months. f
But the boy didn’t die In the pit. A
party' of Medianite merchants found
him in the pit, rescued him. and sold him
into the slavery of a tribe of Ishma
lites, whd in turn sold him a number of
years ago to Potiphar, captain of the roy
al guard, who became attached to him
and brought him up In his household.
There is thought to* be some scandal
about Joseph’s life In the Potiphar house
hold. The captain of the guards suddenly
conceived a great dislike to his favorite
slave and threw him into prison for life.
While in jail the young refugee’devel
oped a wonderful power of interpreting
dreams, which eventually came to Pha
roab’s ears. His majesty, according to
the court gossip, had a strange dream
some seven years ago, which every one
failed to interpret, till be sent for the
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Jewish prisoner.
So successful was Joseph in Interpret
ing the dream that Pharaolf not only
freed him from prison, but made him gov
ernor of Egypt with power almost equal
to his own. .
Joseph is now about 37 years old, is mar
ried td Asenath, daughter of Potipherah,
the priest of On. The couple occupy a
palace near to the Pharaoh. They have
two children, Manasseh and Epraim.
Around the palace it is thought the
—James Wilson, Secretary of Agriculture.
dream that Pharaoh had in someway
foretold the present drouth which has
overtaken the land. Anyway, Joseph's
first act on becoming governor, over sev
en years ago, was to build granaries and
set men to work collecting wheat.
Many people ridiculed Joseph’s work in
collecting so much grain. Egypt was
having wonderful crops and the price of
wheat was at the lowest point in history.]
"Why collect wheat when it is worth
so little?” people asked.
