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THE MORNING NEWS. Established 1850. - Incorporated ISSS £ J. H. ESTILL. President 1 GAG HAS FALLEN FROM MOUTH OF ROOSEVELT Says Statement That Cortelyou Blackmails Trusts Is a Wicked Falsehood. President Strikes at the Democratic Candidate for His Exalted Position. Washington, Nov. 4.—President Roosevelt to-night made the following signed statement to the American peo ple in answer to the charges made against himself and Mr. Cortelyou in public speech by Mr. Parker, the Dem ocratic candidate for the presidency: "White House, Washington, Nov. 4, 1904. —Certain slanderous accusations as to Mr. Cortelyou and myself have been repeated time and again by Judge Parker, the candidate of his party for the office of President. He neither has produced nor can produce any proof of their truth: yet he has not withdrawn them; and as his posi tion gives them wide currency ,1 speak now lest the silence of self-respect be misunderstood. “Mr. Parker’s charges are in effect that the President of the United States and Mr. Cortelyou, formerly Mr. Cleveland’s executive clerk, then Mr. McKinley’s and my secretary, then Secretary of Commerce and La bor and now chairman of the Repub lican National Committee, have been ir, a conspiracy to blackmail corpora tions, Mr. Cortelyou using his knowl edge gained while he was Secretary of the Department of Commerce and La bor to extort money from the corpora tions, and I, the President, having ap pointed him for this especial purpose. Blackmailing the Charge. "The gravamen of these charges lies in the assertion that the corporations have been blackmailed into contribut ing, and in the implication which in one or two of Mr. Parker’s speeches, has taken the form practically of an assertion that they have been prom ised certain immunities or favors or have been assured that they would re ceive some kind of improper considera tion in view' of their contributions. "That contributions have been made to the Republican Committee, as con tributions have been made to the Democratic Committee, is not the question at issue. Mr. Parker’s as sertion is in effect that such contri butions have been made for improper motives, either in consequence of threats or in consequence of improper promises, direct or indirect, on the part of tlfe recipients. Mr. Parker knows best whether this is true of the con tributions to his campaign fund which have come through his trusted friends and advisers who represent the great corporate interests that stand behind him. But there is not one particle of truth in the statement as regards any thing that has gone on in the manage ment of the Republican campaign. Monstrous, He Declares. "Mr. Parker’s accusations against Mr. Cortelyou and I are monstrous. If true they would brand both of us forever with infamy; and, inasmuch as they are false, heavy must be the con demnation of the man making them. 1 chose Mr. Cortelyou as chairman of the National Committee after having failed successively to persuade Mr. Elihu Root, Mr. W. Murray Crane and Mr. Cornelius N. Bliss to accept the position. I chose him with extreme reluctance, because I could ill spare him from the cabinet. But I felt that he possessed the high integrity which 1 demanded in the man who was to manage my campaign. “1 am content that Mr. Parker and I should be judged by the public on the characters of the two men whom ’ve chose to manage our campaigns; he by the character of his nominee, Mr. Thomas Taggart, and I by the charac ter of Mr. Cortelyou. The assertion that Mr. Cortelyou had any knowledge gained while In any official position, whereby he was enabled to secure and did secure, any contribution from any corporation, is a falsehood. ’The assertion that there has been any blackmail, direct or indirect, by Mr. Cortelyou or by me, is a falsehood. The assertion that there has been made i'i my behalf and by my authority, by Mr. Cortelyou or by any one else, any Pledge or promise or that there has been any understanding as to future immunities or benefits, in recognition of anv contribution from any source. Is a wicked falsehood. "That Mr. Parker should desire to avoid the discussion of principles, I can well understand; for it is but the tare truth to say that he has not at tacked us on any matte* of principle, or upon any action of the government, save after first misstating that prin ciple or that action. But I cannot understand how any honorable man, a candidate for the highest office in the gift of the people, can take refuge not merely in personalities, but in such base and unworthy personalities, Would Offer No Proof. "If I deemed It necessary to support my fiat denial by any evidence I would ask all men of common sense to pon der well what has been done In this campaign by Mr. Cortelyou, and to compare It with what Mr. Parker him self did when he was managing Mr. Hill's campaign for Governor; and to compare what has been dona as re gards the great corporations and mon ied Interests under this administration **lth what was done under the last Democratic administration while Mr. I Oinejr was Attorney General; 1 would ' Jsabattnab JHflfninfli NUMBER 17.833. ask all honest men whether they se riously deem it possible that the course this administration has taken in every matter, from the Northern Securities suit to the settlement of the anthra cite coal strike is compatible with any theory of public behavior save the the ory of doing exact justice to all men without fear and without favoritism; I would ask all honest and fair-mind ed men to remember that the agents through whom I have worked are Mr. Knox and Mr. Moody, in the Depart ment of Justice; Mr. Cortelyou, in the Department of Commerce and Labor, and Mr. Garfield, in the Bureau of Corporations, and that no such act of infamy as Mr. Parker charges could have been done without all these men being parties to it. Atrociously False. “The statements made by Mr. Par ker are unqualifiedly and atrociously false. As Mr. Cortelyou has said to me more than once during this cam paign, if elected I shall go into the presidency unhampered by any pledge, promise or understanding of any kind, sort or description, save my promise, made openly to the American people, that so far as in my power lies, I shall see to it that every man has a square deal, no less and no more. "Theodore Roosevelt.” ODELL CHIMES IN WITH ATTACK ON PARKER. Claims That the Judge Hail Stock in Trust*. New York. Nov. 4. —Gov. Odell took up the matter of Judge Parker and the shipbuilding combine in his speech at the Murray Hill Lyceum to-night. He said: “For the first time in my recollec tion a Democrat has seen fit to at tack a President. I have stood the abuse heaped on my head, but when I find men parading as trust ‘busters’ when the contrary is the truth, I feel that it is not honest and is only be ing done to get your votes. "I said Judge Parker had been con nected with trusts. I know it. I know that Judge Parker had *20,000 of ship building stock, and the reason I know it is because he came to me and asked me to let him have it. I know it be cause I instructed my agent to give it to him, and he paid for it. “I can produce the documentary proof in a few hours by going to New burgh, where it is. "I know he had stock in the Steel trust and T will furnish the proof and do it in fifteen minutes after I get to Newburgh. A man who is attacking the trusts ought to come into court with clean hands. Roosevelt, on the contrary, has been pulling down trusts. "Honesty always wins, and Roose velt has 100 per cent, of honesty in his make-up.” ROOT SAYS ALSO THAT CORTELYOU IS NOT GUILTY. Former War Secretary Hoes a Bit at Explaining. New York, Nov. 4.—The last large Republican meeting of the present campaign in this city was held to night at Durland's Riding Academy. The fact that Elihu Root was to be the principal speaker filled the hall, and hundreds were unable to gain en trance. Mr. Root’s speech was a reply to various features of Judge Parker’s recent address, especially the charge that Chairman Cortelyou had obtain ed campaign funds by blackmailing corporations. Mr. Root declared this charge absolutely false, saying neith er the President nor Mr. Cortelyou had any Information or secret of any trust that any one else had not. Mr. Root said: “Mr. Cortelyou’s chief duty is not to collect funds for the purpose of se curing the election of the President, and he has not performed any such 'duty. The money to pay expenses of the campaign has been raised by com mittees appointed in each of the prin cipal cities of the Union under the di rection of Cornelius N. Bliss. The fact is that that fund has come from more than 2,000 separate.contributions, given freely and gladly, without de mand or importunity or pressure from a committee or any one. It is the smallest fund we have had for twelve years—about one-half of the Republi can fund when McKinley was elected In 1896, and about one-half the Demo cratic fund when Cleveland was elect ed In 1892.” FAIRBANKSIN INDIANA. Paaard Through Section Belonging to the Democrats. Evansville, Ind., Nov. 4. —Senator Charles W. Fairbanks to-day covered the territory In Southern Indiana ly ing between Terre Haute and Evans ville. The Senator made fifteen speeches during the day’s trip. The evening meeting here was notably large and enthusiastic. The day’s tour was mostly through the coal mining region of Indiana, and the miners In many instances’formed a large part of the Senator’s audience. To them he emphasised the desirabili ty of a continuance of Republican rule because, he said. It was under Repub lican administration that all the pros perlty had come to the mines, the farms and the factories during the last seven vsars. A large portion of the country through which Senator Fairbanks pass ed to-day Is regarded as the Demo cratic Stronghold of Indiana, and there were occasional cheers for Parker, but in the main the receptions accorded the Senator were cordial and enthusiastic. G. 0. P.—THIS IS AN AWFUL STRAIN ON ME. i —New York Telegram. CHAPTER OF ACCIDENTS IN NEW YORK HARBOR. Ferryboat Sauk. But Its ISO Passen gers Were Rescue*!. New York, Nov. 4.—The ferryboat Columbia of the Wall Street Line was run into to-day by the Norwich liner City qJE Lowell. There was no loss of life. Thfere was a heavy fog on the river at the time of the collision. There were about 150 passengers and seventeen teams on board the Colum bia at the time of the accident. All the passengers were taken off in safe ty, but eight or ten horses were drowned. The City of Lowell was coming down the river and in the denser fog struck the Columbia amidships, just clear of the paddle wheels. The Columbia floated around for a while and began to settle. A hawser was thrown from the City of Lowell to the Columbia and made fast and the passengers were taken on board the steamboat. Later the hawser In some unaccount able manner parted and the Columbia finally sank. The Garden City, a ferryboat plying between Long Island City and New York, had many narrow escapee from serious damage during one of her trips through the dense fog. Seven times she collided with various craft before she reached her slip in this city. The only serious damage sustained by the Garden City was when she bump ed Into the big Sound steamer Maine. A hole was stove in the ferryboat's side and a portion of her guard rail was carried away. The hole was far above the water line, however, and the ferryboat did not sink. The Gar den City had 100 passengers. The ferryboat Somerset was one of the boats In collision with the Gar den City. She was not seriously dam aged. , The new steamer General Johnson of the federal quartermaster’s depart ment went ashore on Governor’s Is land during the fog. In the citv the elevated and surface cars suffered serious delay, and schedules were practically abandoned. On the elevated the dense fog made It impossible for the engineers to dis tinguish signals at any distance, and as a consequence trains which usually make fast time during t)he rush hours, were driven very slowly and thousands of persons were late In reaching the downtown districts. WrIckIiTcHEROKEE. Two Men Were Killed When Train Ran Off. Atlanta, Nov. 4. —Asa result of a wreck on a branch line of the Atlanta, Knoxville and Northern Railroad near Ball Ground, Cherokee county, Geor gia, late to-day, two men are dead and several others seriously Injured: The dead: James P. Harrison of Ball Ground. A. C. Gaddis of Ball Ground. The known Injured are Y. T. Thomas, A. Ingram and Peter Jordan, colored. Mr. Harrison was well known In Atlanta, where for many years he was head of the James P. Harrison Print ing Oompuny. Details of the accident are meager, but it seems that a marble train ran off a trestle Into a pond Whether the men wera killed by drowning or otherwise is not known. SAVANNAH. GA.. SATURDAY. NOVEMBER 5. 1904 WILL ANSWER THE PRESIDENT PARKER HAS PROMISED TO REPLY IN A SPEECH IN NEW VOHK TO-NIGHT. Democratic Cnmlfrintc for President Had Expected to Hake No More Speeches, But the Attack Made b>- Roosevelt, Who Answers the Statement That the Trnats Were Levied Upon for Campaign Trib ute, Determined Him to Speak To night—His Answer Will Be Made Then. -New York. Nov. 4.—The statement issued by President Roosevelt in Wash ington and the speech of Gov.' Odell in New York to-night, in which the Gov ernor made certain charges against the Democratic candidate for Presi dent, were shown to Judge Parker at a late hour. The judge had decided not to make any more speeches during this cam paign, but after reading the Presi dent’s statement and the Governor’s speech, he announced that he would make a replv. which will be delivered before the King's County Democratic Club to-morrow night. Judge Parker would make no com ment on the statement and speech to night. JUDGE PARKER SPENT THE DAY IN NEW YORK. New York. Nov. 4. —Judge Parker's active campaign will close to-morrow night, when he will meet Democrats of Brooklyn at a reception to be held In the King’s County Democratic Club. His speaking programme is already at an end. He has no plans for fur ther addresses, and It is not likely that he will participate In any more politi cal meetings. Upon his return from Connecticut to-day ho went to his rooms at the Hotel Seville, attended to his correspondence and received a few callers. Immediately after luncheon he took a walk with John D. Crlmmlns, made a social call and took an automobile ride in Central Park. In the evening he dined informally with a close friend. Judge Parker expects to return to Esopus Sunday morning, and remain there until after election. No engage ments have been made to receive vis itors at Rosemount Sunday or Mon day. DAVIS APPEALED TO HIS “HOME FOLKS.” (•rest Crowd Heard Him In Hla Own Tow n. Elkins, W. Va„ Nov. 4.—Henry O. Davis appealed to his fellow-towns men to-night to support him as the Democratic nominee for the vice pres idency. The appeal was responded to by tumultuous applause by as many of the citlsens of Elkins a m could got into the local opera house. Among those who sat behind the Senator on the stage were Blaine and Davis El kins, sons of Senator Elkins. The meeting here was the culmina tion of a day of campaigning on a special train. The train reached El kins at 1 o’clock. The appeal of Mr. Davis to his “home folks.” as he stated It, was his mas terpiece of the campaign. He reviewed the development of this section of the country, In connection with which he frequently mentioned the name of Senator Elkins, who was with him, he said, except politically. The candidate read a telegram he re ceived to-night from Vice President Landstreet of the Wabash system, a Republican, he explained, but a staunch supporter of Mr. Davis. Mr. Landstreet said he was now on a tour of the lines of his road in West Vir ginia In behalf of Mr. Davis. During the day Mr. Davis subordinated na tional political discussion to personal appeals to his neighbors for Indorse ment. To-morrow night Mr. Davis will speak at Belington. which will con clude his work In the campaign. His address to-night was supplemented by a comprehensive discussion of the is sues by C. W. Daly. DAVIS SPOKE UPON THE PANAMA INCIDENT. Parsons. W. Va., Nov. 4.—Speaking to an audience that filled the town hall, Mr. Davis gave his views on the Panama incident. During the Civil War the United States, he said, had been In the atti tude of imploring foreign nations not to recognize the secession of the South ern states. Yet within forty-eight hours after the revolution at Panama had_ been decided on at a “town meet ing,” President Roosevelt recognized the new government of Panama und sent warships to keep Colombia from coming within fifty miles of the isth mus. This, Mr. Davis said, was In consistent with our past attitude. DEMOCRATS WILL WATCH ELECTION IN NEW YORK. Promise to Prosecute Any Vlolntors of Hie Law. New York, Nov. 4.—Every election district in the state will be watched by personal representatives of the Executive Committee of the Demo cratic State Committee at next Tues day’s election, according to a formal statement Issued from Democratic state headquarters to-day. The statement says that the commit tee has resolved to take such steps as may be necessary to punish all viola tions of the election law that may be brought to Its attention, and that It will follow up all such cases whatever the result of the election may be. H U N D R E[Td ROW N E D WHEN STEAMER SANK. Terrible !,■> of I,|fe Followed a Collision In he Mrillterrnnenn. Bona, Algeria, Nov. 4.—A hundred persons were drowned last night by the sinking of the French steamer Gironde, after having been in collision with the French steamer A. Hohloffino near Her. billon, twenty-three miles from Bona. The Gironde left Bona with 110 pas sengers, of whom 100 were Algerian natives. Sugars Advanced. New York, Nov. 4.—A1l grades of re fined sugars wsre advanced lo cents a hundred pounds to-day. CLEVELAND SAYS PEOPLE ARE IN FETTERS OF TRUSTS The Vicious Progeny of Extreme Tariff Going Deep Into Their Pockets. Former President Compares the Conditions in 1884 With the Present Exactions. Newark, N. J„ Nov. 4.—With a trib ute to tho strength and enthusiasm of the first voter, former President Gro ver Cleveland in tills city to-night be gan his second speech of the present campaign. He waited ten minutes for the cessation of the cheering and noise that Ills appearance brought forth, and for thirty-five minutes after he began his address 8,000 persons crowded to gether on the tan bark of a riding acad emy, alternately listened and cheered. Tlie occasion was the cloning Demo cratic rally of the campaign, a rally under tho auspices of a club of “first voters.” Tho meeting was scheduled for 8:30 o’clock, and the former President was the permanent chairman, but as early as 6 o'clock crowds swarmed around the building and extended across the street, blocking the thoroughfare. Upon Mr. Cleveland's appearance on the platform cheer after cheer rolled from one end of the armory to the other. Men stood upon chairs twirling hats upon canes, women waved hund kechiefs and clapped their gloved fin gers while occasionally, us though in the distance, the strains of a patriotic air from the band could be heard. For ten minutes tho former Presi dent stood bowing and smiling in ac knowledgment and repeatedly attempt ing to address the crowd. Half way quiet was then restored, and the speech was begun, only to be interrupted by another outburst that lasted for three minutes more. It was only when the audience was drowned into silence by the hisses of those desirous of having the former President proceed, that Mr. Cleveland could go on. Mr. Cleveland's remarks upon the needs of a conservative government were received with an outburst almost equal to that Mr. Cleveland's entrance Into the hall, and when he concluded with this appeal: “That the American people may bo aroused to their sense of Justice by these sentiments,” the audience was on its feet, while at the last words of the speaker rallying his hearers to the support of ’’thßt noble, (hat manly standard bearer. Alton B. Parker,” the enthusiasm seemed to gain renewed strength. Mr. Cleveland’s speech In full follows: Suwh of t Irvrlanil. It was twenty years ago almost to a day that I appeared before a New ark audience charged with the respon sibility of my party's presidential candidacy. The Democratic platform in that campaign denounced the Re publican party for having failed to re lieve the people from crushing war taxes, and declared that unnecessary taxation was unjust taxation. This platform also promised that. If en trusted with the control of tho gov ernment, “the Democracy would pu rify the administration-from corrup tion, restore economy, revive respect for law, and revise the tariff- In a spirit of fairness to all Interests.’’ It was in support of such a plat form and in obedience to the prompt ings of Democratic impulse that I said on that occasion: "The right of the government to ex act tribute from the citizens is lim ited by its actual necessities; and ev ery cent taken from the people beyond that required for their protection by the government is no better than rob bery." An Example of Tariff Reform. We had then Just been favored with a demonstration of the manner in which the tariff was reformed by Its friends. In 1882 tariff abuses had be come so apparent, and the amount ex acted from the people by taxation of Imports was so much beyond any ne cessity or Justification, that the Re publican party In Congress, felt ob liged to make a movement which would at least appear to be In the direction of reducing tariff rates. A commis sion, In the absolute control of Repub lican protectionists. was thereupon constituted to manage the affair. Notwithstanding the manner In which this commission was constituted. Its members were constrained by fear or shame, or bv both, to recommend a reduction in tariff rates of from 20 to 25 per cent. Thereupon, certain self ish Interests which had such of the party in power that they had become accustomed to demand and re ceive from its hands, the tremendous profits arising from inordinate protec tion, were aroused to the most vicious activity and made a demonstration of their control, alike humiliating to American patriotism, discrediting to our scheme of popular rule, and dis graceful to the party which surrender ed to their dictation. Heroin me min lions Spurned. The recommendations of the com mission were spurned, and in the bill finally passed It is computed that the average rate of duty on Imports was actually Increased, Instead .of being diminished. That the consumers of the kind who then asked for bread were given a stone, Is proof of the futility of any hope for tariff reformation by a party tied hand and foot In the bonds of sordidness and reckless greed. Upon the evidence supplied by this Incident, It is Incomprehensible that the pretense should longer be toler ated that none can be trusted to Just ly relieve the people by tariff revision except the friends of radical protec tion. It was under the operation of this disgraceful outiome of a delusive show of tariff reformation by its friends that the battle of 1884 was fought. The av erage rate of duty on Imports then prevailing was something over 45 per cent.; and this rate the people by their verdict at the polls condemned as un necessary and unjust, and denounced Its exactions as no better than rob bery. The Tariff of go t ears Ago. I have ventured to remind you of these incidents for an especial pur pose. I desire to direct your atten tion to the fact that In the contest of twenty years ago the tariff then existing was condemned because In and of Itself, without accomplices or vicious associates, It was guilty of de spoiling our people in their homes. Trusts and combinations did not then appear as its uon federates. If they 5 CENTB A COPY DAILY, *8 A YEAR. WEEKLY 2-TIMES-A-WEEK It A YEAR existed at all they were Infant indus tries too few and too young to be men tioned In the platform of either of the great political parties, and too newly born to be the companions of such other Infant industries ns though still unwearied, had actually grown gray at the breasts of sinfully Indulgent tariff protection. The multiplication of this new race of infant industries soon grew to be wonderfully In excess of all other birth rate records, in 1888 they had attracted attention enough to be de nounced in both party platforms. The precocity of those Infant prodigies ran far ahead of the most exaggerated imagination of parental pride. Before they were a day old they recognized In the policy of high protection the way to growth and strength and wealth. Though it is sometimes now said that the tariff has nothing to do with trusts, Mr. Havemeyer, the most competent of all men to give ex pert testimony on the subject, has de clared: "The tariff is tho mother of trusts;” and the trusts themselves were precocious enough to know this at the beginning of their infantile ex istence. A Tariff Protection Wall. They know that tariff protection builds a high wall around American industries which guards them against competition or disturbance from abroad, and they know that nothing prevents the raising of prices to the full hlght of tills wall except compe tition among these Industries them selves, resulting in the underselling of each other at home and within the fortified area of their operations. They know that this barrier standing between our consumers and the exac tion of prices as high as tho wall of tariff protection, must bo removed and the margin between prices as modified by home competition and the prices attainable without such com petitions, be under the control of these industries, if they were to enjoy to tho fullost oxtent the fruits of govern ment favoritism. They knew that home competition could be eliminated by such agreements among the In dustries Interested, as would regulate prices and production and concentre(e management; but above all things they knew that all device* would en tirely fall io accomplish the result de sired, if any breach In the wall of pro tection against foreign interference was permitted; and they knew that the higher this wall was raised the greater would be the acope for tholr extortionate machinations. I'roHt In Tariff Protect lon. Nor Is II alone In this direct and pal pable way that high protection Is an essential factor in industrial combina tion. Those who manage these affairs take Into nccount and consider as an asset of their undertaking the In creased profits which must result when tariff protection is coupled with the suppression of home competition; and counting this as money Iri hand, they are enabled to venture confidently upon the purchase of similar inde pendent enterprises at high valuations paid In watered stock, or to force their co-operation by threats of ruinous at tack. Hehemes of this sort, secured against foreign Interference by a protective (arlff and shielded from domestic dis turbance by covenants of Joint partici pation and defense, when consummat ed and fully under way, enhance their profits by what Is called enconomy In administration, which is another phrase for consolidation of manage ment, but which really means less work for many employes and laborers, ■and the reduction of wages to the low est possible limit. I have said that the higher the wall of protection was raised the larger was the scope for the machinations of these trusts and combinations. The McKinley Tariff law. The McKinley tariff law which somewhat increased the average rata of Import duties over thosa of 1884, was pussed on the first day of Octo ber, 1890. The trusts and combina tions formed prior to the latter data were not numerous. I have seen a list of leading corporate industrial combinations numbering 218 of which I could count only thirteen existing at the time this law became operative. Under the stimulus of increased pro* tection afforded by the McKinley tariff they began to multiply. The statement has been mads that under this tariff, or rather prior to the pas sage of the Dlngley law in 1897, only eighty of these trusts and combina tions hod been formed. It must be noted, however,that during about three years Immediately before that date the Wilson tariff law was in force. This was a Democratic measure which re pealed the McKinley enactment and lowered duties. While the Wilson law prevailed. the creation of trusts and combinations almost entirely ceased as was naturally to be expected, In view of the fact that the atmosphere of Democratic tariff legislation and the policy of the Democratic party is unfavorable to the growth and devel opment of these particular Infant in dustries. The Dlngley Tnriff Law off 7. The Dlngley tariff law of 1897 raised the average of Import duties to some thing over 50 per cent., and made the high water mark In our country's tar iff legislation. Its fond parents have placed upon the family record contain ed In their Bible entitled; “Republi can Campaign Text Book, 1904,” the following mention of the child’s birth and Its lovely traits: "Went Into effect July 24. 1897, known as the Dlngley Act—thoroughly protec tive and stated in its title that its pur pose was to provide revenue for the government, and ‘to encourage the In dustries of the United States.' " It has indeed provided revenue for the government, but It has grievously burdened the people, put public econ omy to shame and Invited extravagant schemes and wasteful expenditures; and among the Industries of the United Htates which it has encouraged, the promotion of trusts and combinations stands high on the list, In the month of March, 1902, a distinguished Repub lican member of Congress on tha floof of the Itousa of Kepresenlntlvss pre sented s carefully prepared Hat of In dustrial combinations existing on tbs Continued on Third Bags.