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THE TWICE-A-W EEK TELEGRAPH
REPORT OF NATIONAL CIVIC
FEDERATION ON LABOR
wSt!: tile conclusion that In all but the
poorly paid forms of labor, and for
v.*uy ” employees, municipalization
- the wage or improved
] most
; tramwa
! has not
working conditions of the employees
above conditions in the private under
takings. With respect to “common im-
MEDICAL DEPA8TMENT
COCKTAILS AND PRESIDENCY.
, .From the New York World.
Tuiaiie Uni v« r »lt y of Lotil.I.na The. story,.circumstantially told, that
Ita adx-autages for practical instruction, pv,irhnnk<< served the
both In ample laboratories and abundant , jJ
hospltal materials, are unequaled. Free jseduclive but insidiously treacherous
m k in n/\f iri/ i r rnDMMITTCn takings. With respect to “common, un- hospital materials, are unequaled. Free iuhiuiuusijt uwuihm™
Anlli rill I I If S MinlWl 3 I rrl organized labor.” however, the investl- ; access Is given to the great Charity Hos- ■ cocktail at the luncheon which he gave
1 1 — — b/wwini i * *“ ^ or. fnnn.i difference somewhat fa- D itaJ with 900 beds and 30.000 patients an- to President F.oosevelt on Decoration
\tw TORK Julv 8—After an In- pendent of polities, as shown In Cleve — _ . ...
' r u - J . _ „ nJ Detroit and South Norivalk, the is a picked man, and second, that tt
esiigatlon extending over nearly two Ian , ijetroit ana souin - ’ . class of labor is capable of exerting <
mnnv of the l' 11 service commission ] s aot needed. cit counci i s a combined pressure whl
vorable to British municipal employees, nually. Special instruction is given daily
The r. port cites two causes for this con- at the bedside of the-sick. The next ses-
dition: :lrst, that the municipal laborer: s ion begins October 21, 1907.' For cata-
■ ■ ' J that this logue and information, address PROF. S.
E. CHAILLE. M. D.. Dean, P. O. Drawer
and embrar
of the IS, 1 ™ I city councils a combined pressure which 261. NEW ORLEANS, LA.
... ■ ,v f ignited. The Chicago system is a temporary. Stains for them better terms than the
principal cities both of tne cnii bulwark built around the departments employing councilors accord to the men
States and Great Britain, the >»«?“** until such time as the chief officer they hire in their private capacity for
Civic Federation Commission on ^ UD *!himself can also be protected from similar work. "No street car undertak-
llc Ownership and Operation has com-I HtIca , selection _ This i s the case 1 ing in Great Britain has ever been a
pleted its duties. The important and JjJ BrltlEh cItIes ^here the idea of a private enterprise, in the sense m which
interesting reports on labor condumns | c | vll servJce commission Is unknown.
on labor conditions
..... the first to be made public. There ] But evcn th ere> especially in the Shef-
nro two reports on this subject, one ny flel(J tramways, appointments have
Prof. John R. Commons, of x\ isconsin ma( j e on the recommendation of
University, and the oth£r , councillors. The experience of Glas-
Sulllvan. editor of the "Clothing g OW j s instructive. Fifteen years ago
Trades Bulletin,”, of New Tork. The t j. e practice of hiring employes on the
report of Prof. Commons, under the recommendation of councillors was
title of “Labor and Politics." is more un i versa ] | n a n departments. But with
favorable to municipal ownership or , the grow th of municipal ownership It
public utilities than is that o,. ] has almost disappeared.
Sullivan, mado under the general head- “our investigations have shown that
Ing, "The Labor Report.” Mr. Sulll- ' (j, e strongest safeguard for a manager
— ■> tr» nnlitl- . ~r .
van makes caustjc reference to Politl-, aga j nst t jj e pressure of outside recom-
ral rottenness, evidence as to which : mendatlons is the recognition of or-
deeiarcs was conclusive In Syracuse, i ^anized labor within his department.
Allegheny and Wheeling. Prof. Com- , wherever we have found a class of
rnons, on the other hand, holds that en ,pi 0 yes organized and dealt with as
corruption under municipal control! SUC jj through their representatives we
was no greater than under private have found those positions exemprt
nersblp.
The committee of Investigation of
the commission Is composed of twen
ty-one members, as follows: W. D.
Mahon, president of Amalgamated As
sociation of Street and Electric Rail
ways of America: Prof. John R. Com
mons, of the University of Wisconsin:
J. W. Sullivan, editor of the weekly
"Bulletin” of the clothing trades and a
prominent labor leader: Walton Clark,
vice-president of the United Gas Im
provement Company. Philadelphia;
Daniel J. Keefe, president of the In
ternational Longshoremen, Marino and
Transport Workers’ Association; Wal
ter L. Fisher, president of the Muni
cipal Voters’ League, of Chicago: Mel
ville E. Ingalls (chairman), chairman
of the Cleveland, Cincinnati. Chicago
and St. Louis Railroad Company:
Prof. Frank J. Goodnow. of Columbia
University; Dr. Albert Shaw, (vice-
chairman), editor of the "American
Monthly Review of Reviews”: Edward
W. Bemis. superintendent of Water
works. Cleveland, O.: Milo R. Maltbie,
formerly editor of "Municipal Affairs,’
of New Tork: Charles L. Edgar, pres
ident of the Edison Electric and Illu
minating Company, of Boston; H. B.
F. Macfarland. Commissioner of the
District of Columbia; W. J. Clark, for
eign manager for tho General Electric
Company, New York city; Timothy
HeaJy, president International Broth
erhood of Stationary Firemen: Dr.
Talcott AVilllams, journalist; F. J. Mc
Nulty, president International Broth
erhood of Electrical Workers: Prof.
John H. Gray, of Northwestern Uni
versity: Prof. Frank Parsons, presi
dent of the National Public Ownership
League, and Albert E. Winchester,
general superintendent of the electric
works of the city of South Norwalk.
Conn.
The Committee’s Investigation
The commission lias made a most
exhaustive Investigation of public and
private operation of the four leading
public utilities, ga?. water, electric
lighting and power, and street rail
ways. in all the cities visited, both in
America and Great Britain. Fifteen
members of the investigating commit
tee sailed for Europe on May 22 last
year and returned to the United States
in August. Among the cities visited
abroad were Glasgow, Newcastle-on-
Tyne, London. Liverpool, Norwich,
Manchester. Birmingham, Dublin,
Leicester and Sheffield. Investigations
in the United States were made in
Cleveland. Chicago. Philadelphia,
Wheeling. Detroit. Indianapolis, Rich
mond, Atlanta, South 'Norwalk, Syra
cuse, Allegheny. New Haven and
Hartford. A staff of engineers, ac
countants and statisticians, numbering
over twenty, of national reputation,
were employed tb examine thoroughly
every undertaking visited by the com
mittee.
These experts were so chosen, that In
each examination made, both sides of
the municipal ownership question were
represented. Thus, one engineer, ac
countant or statistician approached the.
subject under consideration favorably
disposed toward municipalization.
While his colleague began his task
holding views in opposition to that
principle.
Municipal Ownership Abroad.
Certain effects of the municipal own
ership movement in Great Britain on
tho private companios are evident,
>nys Prof. Commons. The Sheffield
Company, under the far-seeing man
agement of Sir Frederick Mappln, has
directed its policy for many years with
the distinct purpose of meeting the ar
guments for municipal ownership. To
from politics. This follows from the
nature of labor organization which can
not survive If individuals are given
preference on political, religious, per
sonal or any other grounds than the
character of the work ^hey do. Even
In the politically honeycombed muni
cipal undertaking at- Allegheny, the
union of electrical workers stopped the
practice of pay ip g assessments by its
members for political campaigns. The
success of the civil service system of
Chicago is owing more than anything
else to the fact that organized labor
has one of the three members on each
examining board. The manager of the
Manchester tramways ascribes his
freedom from interference by Individ
ual councillors to his recognition of the
union that holds 90 per cent of his
motormen and conductors.”
Politics.
In the course of his report Prof.
Commons said:
“I take it that the key io the whole
question of-municipal or private own
ership is the question of politics
For politics is simply the question
of getting and keeping the right
kind bf men to manage • 1 and
operate the municipal underlay
ings, or to supervise, regulate and
bargain with the private undertakings.
The kinds of business that we are
dealing with are essentially monopolies
performing a public service, and are
compelled to make use of the streets
which are public property. If this
owners are private Companies they are
compelled to get their franchises and
all privileges of doing business, and
all terms and conditions of service
from the municipal authorities. And
in carrying out their contract with the
municipality they are dealing continu
ally with municipal officials. Conse
quently it is absurd to assume that
private ownership is non-political; It
is just as much a political question to
get and keep honest or business-like
municipal officials who will drive good
bargains with private companies on
behalf of the public and then see that
the bargains are lived up to, as it to
get similar officials to operate a muni
cipal plant. }Ve do not escape politics
by resorting to private ownership—we
only get a different kind of practical
politics.”
Examples in Various Cities.
Referring to unfavorable conditions
politically .under municipal operation,
and citing an investigation of the
Wheeling gas works, Prof. Commons
says:
"The secretary of the Wheeling gas
trustees, quoted by my colleague as
testifying to the political rottenness
of the municipal gas works, is 'the
same who testified to the political
rottenness of the private ,gas. elec
tricity and street car companies of
that locality. Instead of relying on
his statements. I itnerviewed a large
number of officials, politticians, busi
ness men, employes and others, and
checked up his statements respecting
both the gas works and the corpora
tions. This shows that while the gas
wroks are In politics, the public serv
ice corporations are also in politics.
The gas employes take part in the
primaries of the Republican party and
the motormen and conductors of the
street car companies are given leave
of absence on pay to work in the
primaries of both the Republican and
Democratic parties. Even the officers
of the street railway employes’ union
take part -in this kind of traction
politics on behalf of their employes.
The councilmen and aldermen nomi
nated and elected in this way control
,, the municipal gas works, and they
lvoid ******1011 It has refttlned from control the franchises and contracts
ing to Parliament for permission to , nrivat » eomDanie „ Th „ Vltv
going XO rariwmcni lor permission IO - . nrivate comnanies The Vltv
i M rPn“!r g|tg -■‘*—ssrszsz, >«n^*£5.
*y Jt has ctistriDuica us lar^e surplus ^11*1^1 toni* tho nrivata
,. . .. - m ^ nri/*oc 1 the political tools of tho private cor-
profits in the b f t ° t r e ^ m en t s to ill plant 1 porntions as 11 is the rin - of municipal.
oeuermcnis io us piam. im , Tn * f th rmiftMo
for gas f>nd ueiieri.u.-ins I politicians. To pick out the politics
Most instructs e of all is the attitude j ,i,, ...... .».,.i * ».. — .i— *
of the companies toward their em-
of the gas works and not to see that
it is hound up with the politics of the
private corporations would be ti in
verse and one-sided method of inves
tigation. The report gives not select
ed facts, but all of the facts in the
... . . situation. Indeed, the secretary of the
cognition of the gas w orkers union Wheeling gas trustees, in his indig-
®nd by a. resort to arbitration through -, a tion toward the nolffieai mnnn— e-
ployees. "With the sentiment of muni
cipal ownership ready to explode, the
companion cannot afford to risk a
strike. Tho Newcastle gas company
has met this situation by a willing re-
■
which wages have been materially
raised. The South Metropolitan Com
pany has developed its copartnership
scheme with astonishing shrewdness
and careful attention to details, so
that every disaffected workman is si
lent or dismissed. The Sheffield Com
pany, although its president had open
ly attacked and wrecked trade unions
in his private business, contented itself
with gradually undermining the gas
workers’ union, through the payment
of wages and bonuses superior to those
paid by other private employers of the
district, and even in the case of un
skilled labor, superior to those paid
by the corporation of SV-fTield.
Influence of Wage-Earners.
The influence of wage-earners
'through tin-ir unions upon the condi-
nation toward the political manage
ment of the gas works referred to by
my colleague, was defeatetd in the
Republican primaries by the motor-
men and conductors of the street car
company on leave of absence as po
litical workers.
“In cities other than "Wheeling the
convention system prevails instead of
the direct primaries.-and consequently
It was not found that the wage earn
ers of the private companies took a
similar active part in political cam
paigns. But in Syracuse. Allegheny,
Indianapolis and Philadelphia, xvhere
municipal employes are named by
politicians. It was found also that
street car, electric, gas and water
companies had employed men on the
recommendation of councilmen. mayor
hairman of a political committee.
ti ns of municipal employment in the j This practice was carried furthest by
United States has been complicated , the street car companies of Syracuse
1 trough the presence and activity of | and Allegheny. In Chicago, xvhere a
practical politicians. In the municipal most rigid clx'il serx'ice law is en-
enterprises investigated, except South ‘ forced, no ex’idence of political np-
Norxvalk and Richmond, the eight hour j pointments could be found In the mu
tiny has been
ten or fifteen
whereas, in t!
hours are loni
ly been reduc
Hie
d for the past
ears for all employes,
prixate companies the
• or have more recent-
for a portion, but not
I the word is applied in this country,
says Mr. Sullivan. “The twenty-one
years' term of the franchise, the veto
of company petitions by village authori
ties. the enormous cost of Parliamentary
powers and local assents, and various
other restrictions non-exlsMng in the
United States and impoverish British
tramway company management and con
sequently forbid an intelligent investi
gator to employ British tramways hax'e
always been semi-municipal. As by the
terms of their franchises all English
tramway undertakings max- he taken
ox-er by the municipalities, directors man
age their properties with that end In
view. Compared with the remarkable
changes for the better In wages and
hours In the American street car In
dustry under companies, the best of the
British municipal labor Improvements
seem hardlx- more than trix-ial.’
Conditions in British Municipalities.
Little attention has been glx-en in the
report of the class of British municipal-
lzers who would carry municipal owner
ship into fields wherex-er tney Imagine
promise of a speedy remedy for civic
abuses or economic betterment for the
masses. “If any of the utopian schemes
of these municipalizers had still bid fair
to be fulfilled," the report continues,
“the facts would hax’e been glx-en pass
ing recognition and the hopeful outlook
touched upon. Where advocates once
looked for a constant expansion, this has
been arrested by disillusion. Gox-emment
ownership of undertakings of electricity
and light railways cox-ering supra-muni-
cipal areas max- be called for. but there
the practical political leaders show a dis
position to half. With regard to munici
pal lodgings, steamboats and miscellan-
eouts supplies, there has been reaction.
Platform demands may be more numer
ous than ever with extremely radical
theorists who have the ear of the clam
orous among the hungry masses, but the
recent elections have gone against the
radical sentiment and appropriations
from councils and Parliament are com
monly expected tn cease or folllow slowly.
"In America <xe municipalized enter
prises visited by our labor inx-estigatgrs
have been rich mines for significant facts
relating to politics rather than to labor.
These facts are not usually among those
heretofore emphasized by the American
adx-ocates of municipal ownership. The
testimony as to political rottenness,
root and branch. In Syracuse. Allegheny
and Wheeling is conclusix-e. The munici
pal plants examined in these cities, it is
to be remembered, wore selected as mod
els by representative municipalizers j. of
the Commission. Nor Is the politico;
labor situation In Detroit. Clex-oland. phi-
cago or Richmond at a" settled as wen
as it might be. In Clex-eland, the pres
ent mayor in the beginning increased his
reform forces in the public water gift;
partment so as to strengthen his Vote
in the primaries—an act possible at all
times also under the next succeeding ad
ministrations. which may be bad where
the present is good. The degree of pur
ity attained by the present administra
tion is attributable to the officials and
the public sentiment aroused, and not to
municipalization. In Chicago. where
civil service is Ironclad, the appointment
by the mayor of department beads and
even of the Cix-il Service Commission it
self. has more than once proved a vul
nerable point in the cix-ic armor, with
sad results. In Detroit, Cleveland or
Chicago, the stability of the municipal
ly operated enterprises rests largely on
the mayor, who. howex-er. personally es
timable and statesmanlike, necessarily
becomes as a candidate a relatix-e good
or bad pilitician. representing for a brief
term a policy that mav change with his
successor. It is plain that in this polici-
cal situation the resultant labor problem
is most difficult. An employee can only
hold office in uncertainty, with its con
sequent ex-ils. This form of disquiet is
not usual in prix-ate employment. As_i0
Richmond, its exclusion of black men
—iggests n burning race question indeed
North and Soxitb. were municioalization
generally adopted and Richmond’s, exam
ple in that respect followed.
“Any advantage In wages or hours to
be figured out for the municipal enter
prises inx-estigated in America ox-er tlie
prix-ate ones compared xvith them look
nmch like stale illustrations of the soft
berths to be found In nublic employ
ment. To xvhat extent the jobs are po
litical for the employees, single or col
lectively. Or a bid for the labor vote Is
constantly a question. A correct view
takes in these points: Syraeuse, 'the
wa"es situation politicallx- ’debauched;
Wheeling, the same: Allegheny, the
same, to an extent that when a, differ
ence of r,0 to 100 per cent in favor of
municipalization is soberly computed by
one man it makes another "laugh: .De
troit, prix-ate and municipal plants but a
shade difference: Cleveland, nine hours
municipal against ten in the genera] la
bor market, xvages the same: Chicago
firemen in the fire department do not re-
ceix-- union rates; New Haven, no mu
nicipal undertaking: hours, right public
departments as against nine "water works:
Philadelphia. United Gas Improvement
Company, better xvages and hours than
any citv department, and a reduction
from twelx-e-hour shifts under municipal
operation to ei-ht under' the company,
xvith higher wages. Further points to
be kept In x-iew: With the companies
mentioned many times more hands are
employed than with the municipalities:
good men hax-e been more certain of re
taining tlieir places; the employees pay
no political assessments and are othrr-
xvise pollticallj- free; they work under
better conditions as to comfort noa fut
ure prospects. Public emplovees. fre-
auently agaiost their will, under duress
from 'officials who may injure them,
promote bv election ' contributions the
fortunes of certain men and parties,
though at heart tliev. may be opposed to
both. Thp executix-e—mayor, council
man or department head—not only' In
appointing, but in promoting or dismiss
ing employees, is exposed to partisan,
personal, social or other pressure. ''
“Ex-en if the reformer in office Is gen
uine, ex-en if the scheme he has promises
•well for tile working masses, there' arises
the question of the duration of his official
powers and those of his successors with
similar aims, together with the assidu
ous attention of the public to its own
seif protection.”
Foreign to American Genius.
On examining municipalization as ex
hibited In the labor reports. Mr. Sulli
van declares, it is seen to be a project
to restrict men in their activities by
methods foreign to the American genius,
xx'hile in practice it has failed to make
out the case of Its adx-ocates. as in the
least measure a step forward in pro
moting the best interests of the em
ployees of the enterprises Inx-estigated.
or of the occupations most closely inter-
wox'en with them, or of tho nation’s
broadening masses.
Mr. Sullivan., in his report, says:
“My colleague and myself, in closing
our joint inquiry as to wages and condi-
| tions in tho British gas undertakings
I x'isited. agree in saying:
Summarizing xvhat precedes, with the
ITEMS OF INTEREST
The picture post-card craze is di
minishing in England.
The average hand of a man is from
one inch to an Inch and three-quarters
longer than the xvoman’s everage.
In Preston, England, the poxx-er gen
erated by the burning of the city’s
xvaste suffices.to operate the electric
Day has set. the xxrhole country talking.
As Mr. Fairbanks is a member of the
Methodist Episcopal church, which is
most bitterly opposed to any form of
liquor, the ministers and laymen of
that- dhurch are especially shocked,
whila temperance xvorkers arid ' prohi
bitionists of all creeds or no creed are
unsparing in denunciation.
The Vice-President has clearly ar
rived at the parting of the political
ways. Three weeks ago the Fairbanks
battle co' was “Buttermilk!” The
Vice-President’s thrist for bucolic bev
erage had won the approval .of every
farmer in Indiana. Dairymen were
flooding him with invitations to speak
at milkmen’s picnics and cpxvs nodded
It is said that there, are more men ^en he sped by in his car
buried to the square foot along the Hooster .Methodiste figured that it was
line of the Panama Canal than In * 11 ov * r J^t Hhe shouting and election
any other part of the world. jPf n at-"Washington began to loom up
The white population in Liberlk' is;"‘®-' ' " ' "
showing a notable increase. It has Then came the luncheont tc.President
been found . that African fevers are 1°!^ .LI
less frequent and deadly there than
in other regions.
The night hawk makes no nest at
all, simply laying its eggs in a slight
depression in the ground. The eggs
look so much like small stone3 that
they pass undetected of the searcher.
Iron cloth is largely used today by
tailors for making the collars of coats
sit properly.' It Is manufactured by
a mexx- process from the steel xx-ool,
and has the appearance of having been
xvox-en from horse hair.
Apples costing sixpence each, whole
sale afe offered in Convent Garden
market. They come from Tasmania
and are said to be the largest apples
ber, were sedately settled on the Fair
banks furniture when some one xvhis-
pered to the host xvhat the Gox'ernor
of a certain State conveyed to the
Governor of another certain State - on
an occasion of similar importance. T.'ne
telephone and a near-by club made It
an easy matter to supply the liquid
vacuum. Forty cocktails, each with a
cherry, were soon on the table, one at
the plate of each guest.
At first the Methodists doubted: then
they' investigated. All doubt on the
gressive, militant assertion now. Let
the Democracy give it! And then, if
it can only find another Clex'eland to
stand on that platform, it xvill be at
least on the path to victory. "Aye,
there’s the rub!"
Failed.
All efforts have failed to find a bet
ter remedy for coughs, colds and lung
troubles than Foley's Honey and Tar.
It stops the cough, heals the lungs
and prex-ents serious results from a
cold. J. N. Patterson, Nashua. Ioxva.
writes: “Last winter I had a bad
cold on my lungs and tried at least
half a dozen adx-ertised cough medi
cines and had treatment from txx-o
physicians xvithout getting any bene
fit. A friend recommended Foley’s
Honey and Tar and two-thirds of a
bottle cured me. I consider it the
greatest cough and lung medicine in
the- xx-orld.” H. J. Lamar & Co., near
Exchange Bank, Agents, Macon, Ga.
1905.
OR. J. J. SUBERS.
Permanentlx- located in the specialties
venerial. Lost energy restored. Female
irregularities and poison oak. A cure
guaranteed. Address in confidence, with
stamps, 310 Fourth st.. Macon, Ga.
charge of members of temperance so
cieties and sandwich men of estab*
lislied reputation.
The serenade lasts until 6 o’clock
in the morning, xvhen the dreaded
ringing' of church bells sends the.
"parranderos” home xvith repentant
feelings creeping ox'er their ' con
sciences and the natural ill symptoms
of ox-er-Indulgence. The arrival of
this hour is a source of pleasure to
some, while for those x\-ho are com
pelled to steal their way into theit
nests and fear a xvarr.i reception ai
the hands of irate mothers or heavily
armed wi\-es it brings on gloom and
recollections of past experiences on
CELEBRATIONS OF TWO
REPUBLICS COMPARED: the glorious morning of Sept. IS.
j Let the infamous tyranny of my
Louis F. Correa in Mexican Herald, j stepmother cease forthwith, the col-
The celebration of Mexico's inde- I htrless young dude would drawl,
pendence by Mexicans widely differs! Long: live Mexico and the heroes
from the manner in xx-hieh Americans | of Independence! Down with tyranny
celebrate their fourth of July. j and oppression! Let us have the
The unusual enthusiasm prevailing i fen ultima and go home, come what
generally among the American people j ,na >'-
on that date appeals strongly to the! ~ TT I
Mexican resident in the United States, j -The Charming Woman
and all the more does it attract his at- ' s J 10 * necessarily one of perfect form
tention since the celebration of that
glorious annix-ersary is almost exclu
sively in the hands of the peopie.
Mexicans are xx-ont to express the
opinion that the fourth of July is and
has alxvavs been a "roaring” success,
ex-en in foreign countries and the ad-
matter xx-as dispelled x\-hen Pinkerton ; jective is undoubtedly, rather appro-
men marched into the meeting of the priate.
temperance • meeting and ' deposited
forty cherry, pits on -the table. They
1““ ‘LLv ' Th«- in Size had ‘been found somewhere around the
ever groxXn. They are equal in size ttm vw.
to the small English melon.
Sopie time ago a woolen manufac
turer in the North of England suc
ceeded in .making a fabric, from old
ropes. He obtained a quantity of old
Fairbanks home. Tltut settled the Vice-
President’s chances of being a dele
gate to the quadrennial conference of
the church, as- far as the blue ribbon
members of the, church were concerned.
They were determined that Fairbanks
rope and cordage, unraveled them and T !LtTlhL '-n-huVZk,
ii-m-ft ftitfim ,i cormt nrnresq into a. should not float into the I\ lute House
wove triem by a secret process into a
kind of rough cloth.
A x-illager of Cauterets, in the
Pyrenees, was gathering wood brought
on the crest of a cocktail current.
That is why t.he cocktail bids fair to
be a national issue in the Presidential
r V l cJIcco, >x aa gctiuciilljs n uuu uiuugiu • ■ _ ^ _ - * - rpt_* r n .4. zt,_ j.
doxvn from the mountains by avalan- L?*2?!? 1 f ? c * 1 *
ches, xvhen he found a human head Friirbflnks Wa j^jeted onjthe
incased in a,block of ice. It is believ
ed to be that of a Parisian tcho was
lost in the Tegur last summer.
The, .oldest xvhite race on record . is
said to .be •• the Berbers, who live in
Africa. ‘ They are as white as Euro
peans. It is not uncommon to find
blue eyes and fair hair among them.
Many of them have rosy cheeks and
features no- much like Europeans that. . . , - • .
xvere they dressed like Americans, they
»cik. =« snob. Their- re- separable. If you attack one you as
xvater-wagon. and possibly turned
doxvn his glass at the famous luncheon,
ax-ails him not.:
“I don’t think that Fairbanks should
be sidetracked on account of this cock
tail story." said a well known Senator
at 'the-' Fifth Avenue Hotel yesterday.
’If my memory serx-'es me' right, George
Washington xx-as the originator of the
When on the morning of July -i the
newly arrived Mexican in the United
States is “roaringly" awakened from
his placid sleep he belie\-es himself
the victim of an anarchistic plot, as if
he xvere in darkest Russia: his subtle
thoughts lead him into unexplored re
gions of American patriotism un
knowingly, and his first move is in the
direction of the information bureau,
which is always found in the respec
table person of the landlady or the
“graclosa” chambermaid.
“Mexy” will be told. that conspira
cies of the anarchistic sort do not take
plare - In" "TITS States" and that the
source of such strenuous demonstra
tions on the part of young folks is to
be found at the bottom of America’s
way of celebrating independence.
This will ease his mind to a con
siderable extent, but his encounter
with a group of boys on the streets,
and the subsequent explosion of
all, of their employes In the more skill
ed branches of work. This advantag<
in municipal undertakings has been
nlcipal electricity or xvater depart- j ovrP p,| 0 n of the twelx-e-hour stations of
ments during recent years, but men 1 tho Soatli Metropolitan Company, and
xx-ere hired on recommendation of al- j taking into account the general level of
dermen by the prix-ate electrical com- J wages in the sex-eral localities, it cannot
panics at the time when their con- ! he said that there is any material dif
fracts xvere before the council for re- f erpnc P between the public and private
iracis were uviore me countu lor rc | undertakings in the wages of stokers or
nowal. in the average waces of tho shift-workors
In general. Prof. Commons finds oorn- j n j» le re tort house?. The differences that
brought about, not by a definite labor labor better paid by municipalities 0ccUr jo not show a prevalence one way
party, but by the influence of wage- J America than bv private companies. , Q r the other, but they tend to follow
earners as voters upon the mmdcipal I H ?. T *® y 5L minimum ! c ! oscl ,?^ he «
In the I mted states the minimum j the locality. Irrespective of whether
Officials , ... P'nd f'T cmnnvrn la'-.r bv pnv:>-c , 1P(1 „ rt ., kl ,,_ is niont.ged bv a meni-
Prof. Commons Views. ; =. ... , -is« \t!.inr > ... bv 1 private company. The
The x-Iexvs expressed by Prof. Com- loxver than that of the municipality, nrd Ci ^« e the' txvclve-hour shifts‘of the
mens are tn many respects favorable to the minimum nnid fer common labor by;
municipal ownership. He finds, how.- ' ’"’’"'e 1 "” 1
xx-ould easily pass as such.
-ligioB. is Mahometan.'
''Jl’hen a. Chinese Emperor dies the
intelligence is • announced by dis-
piftohh? to the several provinces. They
are x^rfHcn witk blue ink, the mourn
ing colorX Ail persons of rank in
China, areN-^quired to take red silk
ornaments from their caps, with the
ball or button of rank. • All the mil
lions, of subjects of China, xvithout ex
ception, are called on to forbear Shav
ing theif heads for one hundred days.
During that period rone may marry or
perfbrrri any sacrifice or play on mus
ical instruments... . *i.' .
Pincers made of oak, about four feet
long, were-used in the past by church
sextons In.England and Wales to pull
dogs from under the pews. The dogs
of the past xvere accustomed to folloxx-
their masters to church, and when
they could would slip through the
door and disturb the serx-ice. When
the sexton tried to eject them they
would hide under the"‘benches or be
hind the pulpit, and he xx-ould yank
them forth squirming and groxx-ling
from-their-hiding places with his long
wooden pincers. - ;.; :■ :
Catulle Mendes xx-111 establish an
open air theater in the' forest of Saint
Germain, xx-here he has a country-seat.
The model xvhich he' intends to imi
tate is the open air .theater in xvhich
Goethe produced some of his plays at
Weimar. It is . to seat ; twenty-seven
hundred spectators, and to-be covered
over in xvet weather. The first pro
duction xvill probably. be Musset’s “La
Coupe et les Levres,” and after that
some of the younger dramatists, xvith
Vvhose work M. Mendes .sympathizes,
will have’a chance
Since Pious X xx-as elex-ated to.. the
pontifleial throne, lessIthan'four years
ago, no foxx-er than fifteen cardinals
hax-e died. , •. .
About' onfe-third of the land in the
Mexican state of Durango is held, by
fifty-five men. One estate cox-ers 1.-
000,000 acres.
Rex eBach,. the author, of "The
Spoilers is a manufacturer of bricks
—not the kind used.in illegal titans
actions, but real building brick.
The next. National Republican Con
vention xvill he composed of 992 dele
gates. of xvhich 332.- will come - from
the south. The number required to
nominate is 497.
Nestling under the aliadoxx- . of
small volcano at Penon. Mexico,- is
perhaps the smallest church, in • the
xvorld. This edifice is: about ten feet
high and twelve feet .wide.
Of all the slang expressions xvith
which xve are afflicted today, o.bserx-es
the Railroad Mari’s Magazine, the txvo
that mean the most, are “It’s up to
you.” and “On the job,”
Gulls are being trained..for_ postal
service in place.of carrier pigeons l>y
the maritime station of the biological
department of the Unierslty of . Ly
ons, at Toulon, on the Mediterranean.
In Belgium all cows river three
months old are to be’ seen .wearing
earrings. Breeders are "obliged, to keep
a record - of all cattle raised by them,
and each animal has a'registered trade
number, xvhich is engraved on • a ring
fastened in its ear.
Tony Cahepa. 'living "near Artesian
Avenue and West Ohio street, snared
a xvolf on Monday on the prairie near
his home. Yesterday he applied
to the County Clerk for a bounty. The
clerk found that the County Board had
neglected to provide a wolf bounty
fund.—Chicago Tribune,
custom. TV ashington and. cherries, lik.e | dozen bombs as he goes by make
. - -• -id in- return to the conclusion that
assail
the other. No. sir; I beliex-e that if
Charley stands pat on the cocktail
issue •'te'll take his place in history
with the immortal George."
"Vice-President Fairbanks always
stops here'when ‘in .'town,’! said the
manager of an uptoxx-n hotel. “I xx-as
surprised when I read the cocktail
story. His famous drink has alxx-ays
been the Fairbanks cocktail—a glass of
buttermilk with a radish in it.”
"Any attefnp.t to discredit the cock
tail xvill act as n boomerang." said
Humbert, the -bead xvaiter at the Cafe
Martin, Broadway ■ and Txx-enty-sixtn
street. "It's as much a part of Amer
ican- life as tlje. Declaration of Inde
pendence.”
' A Wonderful Happening.
Port Byron.-. N- hris-,witnessed one
of the most remarkable cases of heal
ing* ever recorded. Amos F. King, of
■that place ' says: . "Bucklin's Arnica
Salx-e cured a sore on. my leg which I
had suffered over SO yee.-s. I am noxx'
eighty-five.” Guaranteed to cure all
sores-by all Druggists. 25c.
that the proper method of deal
ing with employes is the most difficult
and critical problem of municipal own
ers ip. and he favors recognition of
organized labor as a safeguard against
tin- pressure of outside (political) re-
ci unmenda tions.
On this subject be says:
“The appointment, promotion and
dismissal of employes and the Wages
to be paid offer peculiar opportunities
for political and pers nal influence in-
c nslstent xvith efficiency. Cix-il ser-
vio- reform, so-called, has been found
i:t it- highest perfect'on in the city of
Chicago but it is evident by compar
ison with a less perfect device in Syra
euse that Its integrity depends >n the
Mtica’. influences that control the
zyor and heads of departments, if
head of the department is inde-
in none 01 tie .-xraerican eamrorises /
tvestiarated were the common laborers
rganized. In the municipal undertak- t U
igs they are paid hiebec wages and 1 |a
Ix-on shorter hours than In the ease of , J
. municipal undertakings is higher than
i that of private companies of the same !
I locality.
"In none of ‘he American enterprises
investigated were the common laborers
organize
ing
giv
[private employees of the same locality,
i They are also in all rases r!tiz“ns of the
United States and residents of the lo
cality. The common laborer of the p--'-
x-ate companies. p\-r.-pt in Indianapolis
and the Southern cities, where hex- nre
colored, is coiripn.ee i largely e r ; *11 m i-
>-Tat* and no attention is p-.id as t a
whether the- have secured citizenship
paper
"In the matter of wages
orinrinal effect of moni
ts seen in the unskilled
labo- in both countries In ‘>-t ef st:
his observat
If t h e
Stomach. Liv
er or Kidneys
are in "bad
shape” the
Bitters xw i I I
restore them
to a normal
condition and
cure
Cramps.
Nausea.
Diarrhoea.
Biliousness,
Indigestion.
Long Lixfe the King!
is the popular cry -.throughout Euro
pean countries: while In America, tho
cry of the present day: is “Long live
Dr. King's New Discovery. King of
Throat and Lung Remedies'” . of
xx-hich Mrs. Julia Ryder Paine, Truro,
Mass., says: “It never, fails to give
immediate relief and to quickly cure
a "cough or cold.” Mrs. Faiije’s opin
ion is shared by a majority of the
inhabitants of this country. Nexv Dis
covery cured xx-eak lungs anJ sore
throats after all other remedies have
failed, and for coughs and colds it’s
ine only sure cure. Guaranteed by
all druggists. 50c and $1.00. Trial
bottle free.
South Metropolitan Company Is pecu
liar ,and rea’.rires the discussion of an
other aspect of the'question—the amount
of work done by the stokers.
“Relatix-e to the electricity undertak
ings. the Investigation sums up:
“ It has . been fountf Impossible to
make a satisfactory comparison of the
wages paid In electrical Undertakings, on
account of the wide differences in :na-
coinorv. equlnment. character of work,
size of station, range of wages and
mimes of occupations. The subdivisions
of labor varies gjrejEtlv from pine,, to
place, amt n large establishment xvith a
minxite subdivision of specialized wprkem | th e platform at both end
‘iBack to.-Cleveland’s Program.'
From the-New York Commercial.
There xvill be very-sen era I agreement
among the rank and file of the Ameri
can Democracy—xx-ith former Justice
Morgan' J. O’Brien’s suggested “cure”
for- the discord . and ‘the distrust at
present-tearing the party and its or
ganization intq shreds and patches.
Commenting in London last Saturday
on-. the Democratic situation in -Nexv
York particularly., he pointed out that
there are three very strong elements in
the-party-here all at war with each
other, and that, present efforts to find
some' common ground on which all
three can meet “hax-e somewhat of the
elements of Diogenes' search for an
honest man.” .He. insists, however,
that some progress has been made in
this direction—a, discovery that is per
haps ’ more discernible at- long range
from England than right here at home.
But xx-hen it comes to the larger field
of American politics—that xvhich xvill
absorb popular, attention next year—
Judge O’Brien puts out a suggestion
that, xvhile no claim for originality can
be made for it, possesses both timeli
ness and enilnent practicability. He
says:' •• S
.“My interest has'been, purely that of
a desire.to see Democracy present a
united front to Republicanism. The
Deritocracy. to my mind; should unite
upon one issue; tariff reform: in other
xvords, xx-e should get back, to Cleve
land's program, xvhich xvas tariff re
form': and I Relieve that In this xre
xvould hax-c the, people and public sen
timent xvith us. To ray mind the evils
of trusts -hax-e • been xx-rought siinply
through unfair tariffs. Without these
protecting tariffs the giant trusts'could
not- : have-.sprring into existence and
obtained -their hold upon the industries
of the' country, xvith the. incident'll
evils of-unjust .rebates. Therefore, ad
just -the tariff,' make it equitable, and
you naturally ourb the trust in a ra
tional and safe maniier.
There- has nex'er .been full assent,
either within the Democratic party or.
naturally enough; in the camp of its
adversary, xvith the proposition first
made by President Hiyenteyer of the
American Sugar Refining Company
Americaris celebrate their 16th of Sep
tember in an appropriate but deafen
ing manner, quite unlike the lengthy
ceremonies which quietly take place
in every town in Mexico on such oc
casions.
The attempt at becoming a public
speaker, when likened to the probabil
ity of losing one’s eye, is naturally -to
be preferred.
Young men in interior Mexico often
resort to their abilities as orators in
order to participate actively, in the
celebration of the independency of
this country, and it is upon the xvide
range existing between the modus cel-
ebrandi of both countries, that there is
as much, interest for Mexicans in the
fourth of July's strenuous demonstra
and features. Many a plain woman
who could never serve as an artist's
model, possesses those rare qualities
that all the xx-orld admires: neatness,
clear eyes, clean smooth skin and that
sprightliness of step and action that
accompany good health. A physically
xveak woman is never attractix'e, not
even to herself. Electric Bitters re
store xveak women, give, strong nerves,
bright eyes, smooth, * velvety skin,
beautiful complexion. Guaranteed at
all Druggists. 30c.
POINTS 'ABOUT PEOPLE
tions in the United States, as there is
William Abrams Martin, the solitary
survivor of the twelve men xvho con
victed John Broxvn, is living in Vir
ginia, hearty and strong at 75 years.
Rider Haggat-d is a very rapid xx-ork-
er with his pen. “She,” for instance,
was written in six xx-eeks from the
time Mr. Haggard began it till it was
ready for the publishers. ■
Red Cloud, the famous Sioux chief,
is now very old, and, realizing that ho
must soon depart for the happy hunt
ing grounds, he has issued a pathetic
appeal to the xx'hite people to be good
to the poor Indian.
To carry on the life work of his
wife, xvho preceded him in death,
James Morris, of - New York, made
provision in his will for a bequest of
$37,000 that the crippled children and
the sick little ones of St. Luke’s Hos
pital might enjoy rides in Central Park
and music.
Mrs. Rosa Harrison, of Trenton, N.
J., just dead at the age of 104 years,
had never before suffered a single
day’s illness.
Mrs. Russell Sage has made public
gifts amounting to ox-er $13,000,000
xvithin the past year, including the
$10,000,000 for the Sage foundation.
It is rumored in Copenhagen that
the Princess Thyra, second daughter
of King Frederick, is betrothed to
Prince Adalbert, third son of the
Kaiser.
Stuyvesant Fish, Jr., the multi-mil
lionaire's son. xvho disappeared in the
for Americans in the quiet and lit
erary-muslcal program obserx-ed in
this country year by year.
But the interest of Americans in
such celebrations cannot be properly
aroused, unless the day is spent in the
little x'illages and cities in the interior.
The program is generally similar to
those adopted in toxvns of the same
size and for that reason being pres
ent during the festivities at Painted
Post is equivalent to attending the
celebration at Red Cat.
The indispensable committee is ap
pointed xvith due anticipation and the
ringing of bells at 4 -o’clock’a. m. on
September 16 marks the beginning of
the festivities. Twenty-one guns are
fired at dawn, noon and at 6 o’clock
in the afternoon, the firing of any
other kind of explosives being strictly
prohibited.
It is yet a doubtful point -whether
the roar of the explosion of bombs
and cannon crackers in the United
States could begin to droxvn the deaf
ening sound of the numberless bells
that are simultaneously rung tn
small toxvns in Mexico. Shouting at
the top of one’s lunir? becomes a fad
during tho*» excruciating moments, if
one wishes to make one’s self heard
at a comparatix-ely short distance.
The “peladitos,” and in. many in-
stan,cces the riity prisoners, apply
themselx'es xvith unrestrained earnest
ness to the pleasant task of ringing
hells in- the church frieeples. and the
vigorous xx-ay in xx hie lithey display
their patriotic sentiments for txventy
or more minutes is positively refresh
ing, persons possessing the valuable
asset of fireproof, copper-riveted,
hand-painted temper being the only
ones that stand the ordeal.
In marked contrast xvith this bust
ling. deafening demonstration, the
“velada” on. Sept. 15 affords the vis
itor a restful and enjoyable period of
four hours in -which to brace up his
nerves from the fatigue cf travel, tho
opportunity being -also at hand for
exercising patiience and physical en
durance.
..The reading of the -Declaration of
Inctependenee is given precedence and
is alxvayk“fallowed by the .strains of
the antiqnal iitrthem.
The official speaker’s turn now ar-
rix-es. To this task the most learned
citizen in the toxvn is alxx-ays as
signed and the length of his speech is
gox-qrned by the numbers of the pro
course of his learning the railroad bus
iness, has been found at Muskogee. I.
T„ selling tickets for $15 a xx-eek.
After covering 1.S00 miles in tour
ing France on his bicycle. Second As
sistant Adee of the State Department
is back in Washington and holding tho
helm of state in the absence of Root
and Bacon. <
"While serx-ing a term in the Tombs
for grand larceny. Gustax'e A. Girard,
former cashier for a Broad street firm
of Nexv York, xvill continue his xx'ork as
accountant until November, straight
ening out his books.
Joseph Doctorovitz, a teacher of He
brew and a student of old Jewish in4
stitutions, has put on exhibition in
Nexv York a complete reproduction of
the Temple at Jerusalem. . It is 15 feet
square and includes the several courts
and palaces of the priests.
The First Requisite of Beauv/.
The first requisite of beauty is a
clear complexion. Orino Laxatix-e
Fruit Syrup clears a sallow blotched
complexion as it stimulates the liver
and boxx-els. and the eyes become
bright and clear. You oxve it to youi-
friends- to take it if your complexion
is bad. Orino Laxative Fruit Syrup
does not. nauseate or gripe and is x-ery
pleasant to take. Refuse substitutes.
H. J. Lamar & Co., near Exchange
Bank, Agents, Macon, Ga.
JOHN KENDRICK BANGS ON NA
TURE-FAKING.
Mr. Bangs contributes to the current
Harper's Weekly these interesting
views on a current topic of xvide ap
peal:
Oh, I am a bold Nature Fakir,
With a bubbiing fountain pen.
I write up the beasts of my Maker,
And tell xvhat they might hax-e been.
I’ve told strange tales of Pink Monkeys
Who talked o’er a telephone;
And yarns of green-violet Donkeys
I’x-e met in the Torrid Zone.
My story of “Curly the Boa,”
Who sat on a Sausage Links,
And hatched out some seventy-four
Small caddies xvith' black x\-oolly-
kiriks
Is noxv in its hundredth edition.
And makes other Naturalists blue. .
Although, I must make the admission.
It isn’t quite all of it true.
that “the tariff is t/ie mother of the I by the members of the loxx-er class i
gram in order that the “velada" ipay j B ^ r *»w 1 ^ repining.
-at 11 o'clock, xvhen the l worry and trouble andjear
The President s ripped the gold lining
From out of my ebullient career.
He's sent me a melon so mellow *
It’s laid me out frigid and flat.
end exactly
chief executive commemorates
cry of independence.
But the occupancy of the platform
the I
fliiiv liax-y extremely high-w-ices fo- a fcv.
and pvtTenn-ty low for others. afthoti~h
the name? of the oeeupatlons mo-y be the
sam- --s those whe-e the Wf»-k is less
r'lb'iivid/'d. ' e->re f «il 'er-ind nation of
different rny-n'ls and dlff-—e—t stations,
lior.-eeer le-'dv to IV rnneiusino that, ns
!- --'e C : •id-—,ki-i-s. there is no
(r-isur'.-'f-*- *fe—d.enev nge Way or the
the* - nfl t , !r-" , '.ffe-mce.e dr-v-od main-
t.i-o-i the qjfferencffs in sreneral
1,-r-l n” :'i- «•>?( .• of the Jneflltj-.' "
nitru bonfires. Visions of an Indiana
•trusts,’ ” al'heit a by-no-meuns-incon-
slderable element In the party of pro
tection believes it. The strong under
current of sentiment for tariff rex-isfon
now running through, both political
parties has other reasons for existence
than a cure for "tlie trusts"—a some
thing that appears to have been pretty
nearly effected, through x-ery different
specifics. But' the. Republican party
will never in a platform assert that
sentiment unmistakably. . vigorously,
mllitantly—if it ex-er did. it xvould go to
pieces under the shock. Something
like a reassertibn of the tariff declara
tions in the Democratic platform of
1892 could, however, be placed effect
ively^ that Instrument for 1908. Those
party outgivings of sixteen years ago
xx-ere the boldest, the rixost radical pro
nouncements' against high protection
ever launched, by a responsible political
party: even Grox-er Cleveland balked
at them a bit: for in his letter of ac
ceptance he took card to avoid indorse
ment of such- expressions as “a fraud
and a roibbery'of tlie majority.”-"cul
minating atrocity of class legislation”
and so forth, and . contented himself
with the milder “dogma.” and “clearly
contrary to the spirit of our Constitu
tion:” and he ex-en sought to set the
platform "right'’ by employing the
phrase “freer raxv material" instead of-
■free raxx- materials:" one of his
critics has declared that he "xveakened
But it is
a matter of history that beth he and it
"sxvept the country" in November. 1892.
The reason was fhat foe neopie at
large xvanted "tariff reform"—“tar'ff
rex-ision" the?' cad it now—and the
radical platform attracted ope element,
while Cleveland’s conservatism drew
under his. banner another and a larger
element, fo if included both Demo
crats arid Republicans.
Tariff rex-ision requires a bold, ag-
the one interesting feature of the cele
bration to xvhich the r^'ntion of the
x-isitor is Irresistibly drawn and fqr
one conversant xvith the Spanish lan
guage the pleasure of listening to an
incoherent and excruciating' laughable
oration is xx-ell worth the trouble of
taking a short trlD.
A Real Speech.
In a small village in the State of
Guanajuato the appearance of a farm
laborer attired in gaudy charro cos
tume at the theater during the “vela
da,” and his request t o be alloxx-ed to
speak, held the audience axx-e-struck
for several minutes at the graceful
ness and precision xvith which he de
livered his speech, which was after-
xx-ards printed and distributed
throughout the State.
His introductory, remarks prox-oked
hilarity at the outset, for he began
by addressing the people as “males
and females.” but xvhile his entire
discourse xx-as bristling xvith laughable
and most peculiar expressions of the
Spanish slang vocabulary, the ideas
thus improperlx- conveyed impressed
the audience xx-ith being most co-ordi
nate and lucid.
After the' “x-elada” an all-night
serenade follows on the city streets,
and it Is this particular and attrac
And xx-orst of it all. though It's yelloxv,
It’s not a real lemon at that.
Sultan’s Ragged Soldiers.
. The Sultan’s army suggests a regj-
lar country circus. Every Friday one
may see a sample of these monkey-
like soldiers at the parade of the Sela-
milk xvhich takes place on the Kasha
square at 11 a. m. A battalion
marches past in double column and
salutes the Governor xvho goes front
his palace to the mosque.
All these warriors are poorly equip
ped. Their uniforms have lost their
color and their trousers are ton .short
showing their legs, which shine as -if
they had been covered xvith shoe pol
ish. Hoxx-ever. it xx-ould be a mistake
to think that this gang of ragged ruf
fians could not stand a fight. Fana
ticism will make heroes of them, fer
their contempt of death is absolute.—
Chicago News.
Advice to the Aged.
Age brings infirmities, such as slug
gish bowels, xveak kidneys and blad
der and TORPID LIVER.
tive feature of the celebration that the
Mexican girl enoys the most, for the j
band, accompanied by. groups rxf
“polios” (dudes in English), chival- |
rously maintain a rigid x-ieil under
the iron barred windows, to the young
damsel's heart’s content and to the
complette x-anquisbment of the heroes
of independence from the minds of
the young folks.
The musical party does not. of ,
course, t^x-el over the citv on an [
empty or dry stomach. A liberal ap- :
propriation is alxvavs made for an j
smbulent saloon whic hij placed in !
havea specific effect on these organ?*
stimulating the bowels,causing then
to perform their natural functions a*
in vouth and
IMPARTING VIGOR
to the kidneys, bladder and LU ES,
They ere adapted to old young.
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INDISTINCT PRINT