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would supply the same pressure as down < town. Mr. Taylor?What is the pressure down < town? Mr. Le Clere?It varies from a little I below 22 candlepower there. Mr. Goldsborough?Not at the meters. Mr. J.e Clere?I mean down town. Mr. Goldsborough?I know, but not at the meters. ] Mr. J>e Clerc?At I nth and D streets. 1 thea. i Mr. Goldshorough?You do not understand me. This bill provides that a ceriain pressure shall be maintained, not in i the street, but at the meters. 1 Mr. he Clerc?No. at Takorna Park. Mr. Thomas?The bill says at the meter: < I drew it. 1 Mr. Goldsborough?That Is a different i proposition entirely from the one you ' speak of. 1 Should Amend the Bill. , Mr. Le Clere?Mr. Chairman, you should 1 amend that bill so that we shall get a minimum pressure at Takorna Park, to give every part of the District of Columbia. not at the meters we are using at Takorna Park. 1 Mr. Goldsborough?I l>eg your pardon: i you do not understand what you are talking about. Mr. Le Clerc?I see now; that is all right. Mr. Goldsborough?Are you through? { Mr. Le Clerc?I am through with my ' statement, ves. sir. r Mr. Goldsboroujfh?I did not intend to ; make any statement here today. But on behalf of the company I will pay this: J That if such a condition of things exists 1 there it ought not to exist. I ain free to admit tha:. The company has endeavored. to my knowledge, from time to time . to remove that situation. It is the ex- 1 treme end of the line. You might com- 1 pare the conditions there somewhat to a ' flute, ff you are blowing through an im- ? stopped llute but little air would reach the end. The main is feeding thousands . of houses before it gets there and the ^ supply is partially exhausted, and the 1 main is not large enough or there is a ' . greater demand there than it will aceom- ? modate. They put a booster there some 1 time ago, in the hope that it would do it. Cl but it did not prove sufficient to remedy 8 the evil -to meet the conditions. They ' laid a cross-town inaiu at a. very considerable expense. It is a matter we all 8 .very much regret. As r said, it is a con- 8 dltion that ought not to exist. The company did more. Within the last year it * lias built a holder, at an expense of some ' three hundred thousand dollars, to supply s a pressure at that outlying section, rec- f ognizing that the present mains are in- J adequate. That will be in commission in a very little while?probably in the next ; thirty days. Mr. Taylor?Will that take care of Ta- * koma Park as well as other parts of the c city? T Mr. Goldsborbugh? Yes. and reinforce 1 and strengthen the supply everywhere. Of cojirse. it is to the interest of the J' company to sell gas and supply gas. and naturally it would like to do what it certainly ought to do?provide adequate 11 mains for the apparatus. Now. as to the ? pressure. T am free to admit that tbat J. Is a reasonable and just provision. As j lo whether it is just precisely right that f it should be one inch, whether it ought l' to be more or less, about tha: opinions 1 mav differ. It is obvious that if they a have too much the gas bills will be tin- a comfortably high. I think personally they n will be too high, and they will find them ? so if they have an inch pressure in the 8 meter of every .house. " Sir. T.e Clere?Mr. Chairman. I under- v stood from the gas inspector of this city 8 that with an ordinary burner such as is '' used in an ordinary house that a one-inch * pressure will just about furnish enough 1 to supply a 22-candlepower light. !' Mr. Goldshorough?That is a matter for J] expert opinion. So far as we are eon-1 cerned. we think that the provision ought fl to apply to the main in the street, and g that it ought to provide such a pressure there as will adequately supply the house and every house on the street: that that would meet the conditions and would rem- t edy the evil very much better than re- " quiring a particular pressure to be. main- 5 tained in each individual house or each individual meter. c Mr. Taylor?Yes. but where would you P make jour test, on jour mains at the e strongest part of it. or out where it is c weakest? r< Mr. Goldsborough?In the square. The w test could be made at the gas lamps g, without anj- difficult*". and with very q much more advantage to everybody than b from house to hoirse. You can readiij" n see that that would entail a great deal of it loss which, in the end. comes on the con- e: sinners. It is an economic condition, and w therefore the provision ought to he a w reasonable requirement of pressure in the r? mains in front of the houses in every o< square, and I do not think that such a ci provision will be antagonized in any wise t> by the companies or by either of them, fl That is all I have to say about it. a Mr. Taylor?Let me ask you this one g question. You sa.v this work is being ei constructed now: 5 Mr. Goldsborough?Yes. sir. c, Mr. Taylor?For the sole purpose of n taking care of this pressure? C( To Reinforce Supply. '* Mr. Goldsborough?Yes, for the reinforcement of the *gas supply in that far b country. P Mr. Taylor?Where is it located? !l Ic Mr. Goldsborough?About five or six ? squares from here. 1st and K streets. It j< holds two million cubic feet of gas. and s is. I may say. a credit to the latest en- n gineering development of the art of making holders. It is up-to-date in every 0 particular- ^ Mr. Taylor?You claim that will bring a supply sufficient to take care of these out- ^ lying districts that are now suffering from " lack of pressure? 11 Mr. Goldsborough?It is intended to do 0 that, and I believe it will do it, but the J1 company has not any objection to your f1' making provision that will insure an adequate supply to these ppople. They ought ? to have it. Mr. I,e Clerc?Mr. Chairman, it is very " . ident that the main out there at Takoma 1,1 Park is too small, and any amount of gas going through there will not supply the fi people of Takoma Park and the surround- 11 ing territory. As I said before, there are s< or 4ht? houses being built this very 11 minute, ground is being broken for them. and they are in process of construction, ami this one little main out there. I am 0 sure, '-annot supply us. P Mr. Goldsborough?There is another main being constructed there. 1 omitted to mention that. It is a high pressure main for the express purpose of accom- c'( plishing the end that is designed by these r< gentlemen from Takoma Park- S( .Mr. I>e Clerc?1 am very glad the gas j company is not going to antagonize our measure, but in order to make it doubly sure. I sincerely hope that this committee P ?m n-couuncurj to uomress ana congress j? tv*ill pass a measure so as to give us a k minimum pressure of at least one inch so that we will have the gas. I do not be- tl lieve in relying exactly upon the construe- tt tion of a tank away down here on 1st S nd K. T Mr. CJoldsborooglt?We are perfectly k agreed to that. If the chairman please, n that this measure shall become a law. I b only stated what was being done in ex- It planatlon of the attitude of the company. tl Mr. Le Clerc?But on that I did not want o to have the committee understand or think li that simply because you had another tank here that we would he given all the gas we tl needed. That Is only an opinion'of yours si as an attorney and not as an engineer. fa "Something of Both." Mr. Goldsborough? 1 am something of li both. ui Mr. I?e Clerc?That is all right, excuse ^ mo. ta Mr. Goldsborougli?1 am perfectly will- gi log to safeguard that proposition, how- gi ever, in any way the committee may cc think proper. fc Mr. Le Clerc?I want to incorporate this d< report, which was sent to the Commis- ol toners, in the minutes. It is practically m the same that is written there. at Mr. Taylor?If It Is the same tiling, why m should you have it in? " ci Mr. Le Clerc?It is not exactly the name \1 thing, it is better worded. ol Mr. Taylor?Very well. fc Mr. Shaw?May I ask the attorney if the gt main which l.t carried across the section d< of country below Takoma Park would s< ameliorate the conditions at Takoma y< Park? Would It not be necessary to carry In larger main right out to Takoma Park p< rather than that we should depend on a ol main at some intermediate point, as I si understand the company has planned, or k< Is planning, at the present time? It p< seems that we ought to get a larger main tl directly at Takoma Park in order to get m the volume of gas to keep up the pressure si lie Mpeaks of. We hope we are not asking pi anything unreasonable, but you will see p< in 'spite of the fact that you brought out k< the response that no fatalities have occurred out there, that we are constantly oi in? na< ed by this low pressure, and it re- ni t quires extraordinary care and constant thought on our part to get out of the danger that may ensue. The pressure is low for. perhaps, a period of two hours in the evening, and perhaps one hour in the morning. and there may Ixe lights burning in different paxts of the house that are forgotten about, and as soon as the pressure has become too low. the lights will go out. and immediately the pressure returns, there is a flow of gas Into that part of the house and we have forgotten about it. Mr. Taylor?There does not seem to be any dispute between the citizens of Takoma Park and the oflicers of the com- 1 pany. I do not know why we should j discuss it. They admit that that pressure! is lower than it should be. and admit this j menace and are willing to have certain regulations passed by Congress compelling them to live up to this pressure. Mr. Shaw?The only point I desixe to make befoi-e you is thai we want the company to pxovide a safer service. Thereupon, at p.m., tlie committee adjourned.) Printed in the Record. The following paper was submitted by Mr. I^e Clere. and is liexe printed in the record in full as follows: "Takoma Park, D. C. "January U. 1'.? !). "The c itizens of Takoma Park ai-e vitally nteresied in the recently pxoposed legisatton concerning the presence of eaxbon nonoxide in illuminating gas. The comxnitoe on gas and lighting of the citizens' xssoeiation beg to present the followlxig epoit of complaints regarding tlie gas situation in this suburb. "For morb than a year the people of rakoma Park have heen troubled with j in Insufficient amount of gas for both j 'coking and illuminating purposes, thei inantity being so low that on very fre-1 tuent occasions the gas lights in both the fas ovens and in the ordinary illuminatng jets have' become extinguished. This as been the ease particularly between the tours of and 7 in the evening and 7 and I in the morning, and we have been espeia'ly troubled in having our gas go out linee the month of October. Very often t happens that the lights wliieh heat the ivens of gas stoves will go out, while the mall jets on top of the same stoves or Ights in the kitchen or other parts of the j louse will remain lighted. This produces j l condition which is dangerous not only j s regards tire by explosons, but in the| ight of the recent disclosures, also as re- j fards the health and very life of our; itizens. for unite often the leakage of :as is not noticed for some little time. In fact, one of our citizens reports the ollowing case <qtioting from his letter): One evening, owing to the failure to renemher that I had two jets lighted when he gas failed, one in my furnace room vas not turned off. Fortunately. I disovered the odor of gas and located it the text morning without a light. Had the urnaee been lightd there would certainly lave been an explosion which would have rrecked the house." In the same letter is he following: "During the latter part of; tli<i 1 i rvl i nrotit aiiI iti n 11 nf IVMX I IIIV mill V'lll III Ull | /CI I W1 ny house repeatedly in the evening." Anithrr citizen has written that he had a ight burning low in his dark room just a I ew days ago. He left the room with the j ight still burning, intending to go back 1 mmediately. He was. however, prevented j rom doing so at the time, and did not 1 dually go back for two days. When he gain went to his dark room, he was just n the point of lighting a match and of ntering, when*he detected the odor of ;as. On investigation lie found tlie gas ight had gone out and the room was tilled | vitli gas. Had he not noticed the odor of as, hut had lighted a match, as had been ils custom, before entering the room, here is no doubt as to the consequences, 'here would have been an explosion with jss of property by fire, and probably also jss of life. This same citizen writes that last winter it was common occurrence or all the lights to fluctuate and finally o out entirely." From Another Citizen. A third citizen of Takoma Park writes lecember 8, 1908, to the Gas Company j Our gas has gone out every day at about :30 p.m. for the last seven days. I have omplained repeatedly to the gas oonianv. This unsatisfactory condition has | xisted since last October." Still another itizen writes: "The gas lights in the wm and oven have repeatedly gone out idle being used. This to the great dan- 1 er of every one concerned, for it freuently happened that one light or one urner would go out while the other did ot. Had It not had immediate attention. ] would have automatically set off an j splosion." Another of our citizens < rites: "Freriuently the gas when in use ' ill go out. and constant watchfulness is ?quired to turn off the jets when this . ceurs." An officer of the Bliss Klectri- ' al School says: "I distinctly remem- < er two occasions in October when the i ow* of gas ceased entirely about 4 p.m." n l after complaining about the leak of as later in the night, says: "I had sevral times before noticed the light as being ; ad late at night on my retiring and had ' omplained about it." Another gentle- 1 tan -writes: "It is almost impossible to wk with it (the gas) and it repeatedly t oes out. thereby endangering both life i nd property." These cases are not isolated ones, ut are quite frequent in Takoma ' ark. both in the District of Co- 1 imbia and in Maryland. The fol- ( wing taken from another letter , rill show to what dangers we are sub- . f?cted nearly every day: "On one occaion when the gas went out entirely a | umber of jets were lit. Our cook failed > turn off one. and when the gas came n again this one was not noticed by the ook. and she lit other jets in the room. l serious accident was prevented by my rite. who. entered the kitchen a few inutes later and detected the odor of . lie gas. On November a similar in ident occurred (this time the burner in he oven went out and was unnoticed for ime time ). Within the last two months . le gas has gone out entirely several . imes." One of our oldest residents writes: j we nave numerous gas jets going in my , ou.se, self-lighting. and they are contin- , illy going out, and nothing but the strong , tnell of gas escaping warns us of the ( ict. I consider the present condition of ( tings extremely dangerous." W'e have a j core of such complaints, and there ate j tany more- who are suffering these in- t onvenienees and are exposing themselves ( > danger to life and property who would , Iso complain did they but have the oportunlty. ; , Lighting of Street Lamps. Complaints have also been entered con- j 1 erning the larger size of hills under this j ?glme of low gas pressure, and a very <. ?rious violation of the street-light regit- I itions lias been noticed, viz.: That up ^ t about 8 p.m. the street lamps are so t oorlv lighted that they afford very little , rotection. This is of course due to the y >w gas pressure. , Now, gentlemen, when it is realized tat on tlie very evening preceding the 1 re which destroyed the Bliss Electrical * chool the gas pressure was so low in 5 akoma Park that the gas lights ate * nown to have gone out. and that on * tany occasions the lights did actually 1 ecome extinguished in the Bliss school < self (before the fire), one can easily see tat we are living in danger of having ur own homes likewise destroyed by re. The danger of fire, however, is not * te most serious one to which we are i lb.iected. W'e are fully aware of the i icts brought about by the recent invesgation regarding the Bremerman fataly. W'e realize fully that when our B ghts go out and the leakage of gas is * tinoncea xor some nme mere is a con- 1 ant danger to health and even to life self. The Washington city gas coniins 3ft per cent of carhon monoxide, a is which is so deadly that when a ainea pig is exposed to an atmosphere c attaining 1 per cent of carbon monoxide f >r fifteen minutes it collapses as though i sad; that birds placed in an atmosphere g r per cent carbon monoxide for three t ir.utes are killed cutriglit; that even with ^ s small quantities as .1 per cent carbon onoxlde in air an exceedingly poisonous laracter is imparted to the atmosphere. .*e know, from the Massachusetts report ' the board of health for that be- , ire the introduction and use of water is in Massachusetts the number of s saths for thirteen years due to gas poi- \ m was only nine, and that for thirteen ? gars after the introduction of water gas \ i that state, the fatalities due to gas j sisoning arose to the enormous figure ( f These experiments and figures c iow to what danger the people of Taoma Park are continually being exused. when their gas lights go out. as ley have been doing for the past two ionth?. A simple calculation will readily , iow that In order to vitiate the atmosliere of an ordinary room, to the danger 1 jint, it is only necessary for a jet to be 1 ppt opened for three to four hours. a Dr. Wiley's report says that "any lack c r fault in the gas service is a constant F iena< e not only to health hut to the lives t of our citizens," and from the report of Dr. Haywood and Mr. Skinner we read that "the poisonous properties of pas vary directly but with an increased ratio j with its contents'of carbon monoxide'*! and that "carbon monoxide is one of the most poisonous gaseous products known." | Pressure at Takoma Park. The gas pressure in Takoma Park dur- ; ing the hours of 5 and 7 p.m. varies between 0 to inches, while that in the city varies during the twenty-four hours between about two and three incites. In view of the fact that Washington city gas is so poisonous, wc. as citizens of Takoma Park, would respectfully recommend that when the gas laws are amended they he amended so that the gas company will be required to furnish gas to all parts of the District of Columbia i with a. minimum pressure of one inch or in sufficient quantity so as to furnish not less than five cubic feet of gas per hour when passed through a standard burner and which shall give the standard candlepower. and tlie tests l?e made by the inspector of gas of the pressure in all parts of the city, and that the gas company be penalized for failing to provide such a pressure of gas. If we in Takoma Park liad at least one inch pressure the danger to life and health would be removed. While wre recognize that a pressure of at \ least 1.5 incites should be maintained in j order to get good lighting results, yet one incli pressure would make it safe .to use gas. The charter of the Washington Gas r.iirht Cnmnnni- prantf/] Aiurust. S 1K4X. reads: "That said company will so conduct the manufacture of gas as not to injure private property or create a nuisance." May ask a legal question? Is not the manufacture of gas containing SO per cent of deadly poison and its distribution at such low pressure that it is impossible to prevent leakage in living rooms a nuisance? The Washington Gas Right Company is manufacturing this poisonous water gas instead of coal gas, because it is cheaper. We sincerely hope that you will exert your utmost to have the price of gas reduced to a price commensurate with its value. Respect full v subscribed, i J. A. RE CRERC, S. W. WIRT JAMS, C. O. TOWNSEND, Committee on Gas and Rights. Takoma Park Citizens' Association.?Advt. LABOR LEADERS WILL CONFER PROBLEMS AFFECTING WAGEEARNERS TO BE DISCUSSED. Meeting Will Be Held at the Department of Commerce and Labor Februax-y 10. : Invitations have been extended to more i than a score of prominent labor leaders in all parts of the country, asking them to participate in the proposed "council of labor." to be held February 10, at the Department of Commerce and Labor, when questions of vital moment to the wage- 1 earners of the country will be discussed. Labor Leaders Invited. The invitations have been sent to the I following: Satnpel Gompers. president of the American Federation of Labor; W. G. Lee, Cleveland. Ohio, grand piaster, ] Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen; War- 1 ren S. Stone, Cleveland, grand chief, i Brotherhood of Locomotive Kngineers; ! \V. S. Carter, Peoria, 111., grand master, \ Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen: A. B. Gurretson, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, grand , chief. Order of Railway Conductors; . Frank T. Hawley, Buffalo, X. Y.. presi- j dent of Switchmen's Fnion of North | America; W. F. Yates. New York city, president. Marine Engineers' Beneficial . Association; Andrew Furuseth, San Fran- j cisco, president. Seamen's International , Fnion; T. J. Dolan, Chicago, general sec- ( tary, international Association of Steam Shovel and Dredge Men: T. \V. Lewis. Indianapolis, Ind., president of United Mine Workers; George W. Perkins, Chicago, president of Cigarmakers' International Fnion; T. V. O'Connor, Detroit, Mich., president of International Longshoremen's Association; James M. Lynch, In- ; lianapolis, Ind.. president of International ( Typographical Union; W. D. Malian, Detroit, Mich., president of Amalgamated j Association of Street Railway Employes; ^ Timothy Ilealv. New York city, president I t of International Brotherhood of Station- l ary Firemen, and others. I Subjects to Be Discussed. It is the earnest hope of those who will i attend this conference that some plan or I plans may be evolved which will promote the welfare of the wage-workers. The subjects with which the conference will ( he called upon to deal are indicated in the invitations, which have been adIressed to the heads of the principal labor organizations by Daniel J. Keefe, commissioner general of immigration, who was designated by Secretary Straus as one of the committee on arrangements. The problem of the unemployed, and how. and to what extent, the division of information in the Department of Commerce and Labor can be most helpful to 0 that class, .especially during periods of lepression, is perhaps of chief signili- ( ance. It is declared that immigration ; igures indicate that much of the immi- ; iiant influx to the United States is due * :o misleading information as to labor j conditions here, and this will form one ; it tiie chief topics to be thrashed out. rim conference also will consider "how ne Nobel peace prize, which President Roosevelt devoted to the foundation for he promotion of industrial peace, can be nade most effective." Other questions which will figure in the council's deliberations will be as to the advisability of j '('commendations for legislation extendng ilie steamboat Inspection service to nciude tlie inspection of locomotive boil>rs on interstate railroads, and how the livision of information of the Department of Commerce and Labor may be ad- j ninistered for the best interest of the kvage-earners generally. r i Marriages Decrease in York State. 1 ALBANY, N. Y? February I.j-A de- t rease of more than 20,000 marriages in c S'ew Y'ork state during 1908, as compared r vith 1907. is shown in the official records J >f the state health department. The total i lumber of marriages in 1907 were 90,210. t vhile in 1900 there were about 74,000. 1 ' J L'his condition is attributed to the mar- t iage license law which went into effect o ibout a year ago. The largest falling off c s noted in counties situated near the r lorder line, where, before enactment of t he new law., couples from other states tl laving a marriage license law found it p onvenient to be married. Man Thrown on a Buzz Saw. OAKVILLE, Wash.. Febrary 1.?Meres 1 ?ehifin killed Arthur Gestland by throw- ? ng him on a revolving buzz saw at the c' larris mill. The saw cut its way through j*. lestland's back. Oestland was formerly n l tirenian on the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern railroad and lived in Huf- g alo. tj Si Dynamite in Bank Exploded. ! t< PHILADELPHIA, February 1. ? A 91 CI lynainite cartridge was exploded In the sl ormer offices of Parnerllli & Morelll, cj talian bankers, who suspended payment h ieveral months ago. Revenge is thought o have been the motive. One arrest has >een made. a , P Deal in Naval Stores. ei PENSACOL.A, Fla., February 1.?The w argest deal in naval stores property eoniummated in the south in many years w vas made when the Williams Naval tl Stores Company of Pensacola and Sa- w 'unuah purchased all property of the J. n t. Saunders Company in this city, New w Orleans. Chicago and St. Louis. The 01 :onsideration was half a milliion dollars. Boy Fatally Hurt at Play. YORK. Pa., February 1.?While at play u vith several children, cutting out paper nen. Clarence Schmidt, four years old, o ell upon a pair of scissors and was prob- p ibly fatally injured. The boy stumbled T ?ver some blocks and the points of a p >air of scissors held by a playmate pene- ti rated the former's abdomen. EXPUUHSJHE TERM Reciprocity Is Applying Golden Rule to Tariff. I EFFORT FOR LEGISLATION Striking Exhibition of Human Sel iishness. EXPORT TRADE OF COUNTRY Material Reductions in Rates. Views of Alvin H. Sanders?Submits Several Propositions. i BY WII.MAM K. CURTIS. Written for Tlx* S't?r and the Chicago RecordHerald. For nearly twenty-five years an effort has been made to bersuade Congress to apply the reciprocity principle to tariff legislation. Three tariff bills have been enacted in the meantime?the McKinley, Wilson and Dinglev acts, so called. Every republican President since Arthur lias recommended the adoption of the principle; every national republican convention lias embodied it in the platform of that party, and almost everybody approves of its application to the merchandise produced by other people, although he objects most strenuously when the duties upon imports that compete with his products are concerned. There has never been a more striking exhibition of human selfishness than lias been seen in connection with the tariff legislation of late years, and especially when the principle of reciprocity has been involved. Generally speaking, reciprocity means the application of the golden rule to tariff legislation in the form of a pro vision authorizing the President to reduce the duties upon articles imported from foreign countries which make similar concessions in favor of the products of the United States. If Germany, France, Brazil or Mexico is willing to admit any or several of our peculiar products free through its custom houses, or at a reduced rate of duty, the advocates of reciprocity?of whom the late President MoKinley, President Roosevelt, Secretary Root and President-elect Taft are conspicuous examples?believe that our Congress should make equivalent concessions in favor of the products of that country for the purpose of increasing our foreign trade, provided no American interest'is seritusly injured. But whenever, as nas been the case many times, an attempt has been made to secure a practical demonstration of the merits of this principle in political economy the people who are afraid their profits may be reduced have invariably succeeded m preventing the legislation desired. Many Reciprocity Treaties. At least twenty-five and perhaps thirty ] reciprocity treaties have been negotiated by the Secretary of State with foreign countries under which valuable concessions were secured for the export trade of Llie United States, but the Senate has consistently refused to ratify any of those treaties and in other cases Congress has defeated by legislation what die Secretary of State has accomplished by diplomacy. The most influential opponent of reciprocity in the Senate is Mr. Aldrich of Fthode Island, who has never professed to be In favor of the principle, but has ondemned and ridiculed it as "free trade n small doses." Senator Hopkins of IIinois. Senator Dolliver of Iowa. Senator Burrows of Michigan. Senator Lodge of Massachusetts and several others have ilways professed to he in favor of reciprocity and have made eloquent speeches n favor of it. bi?t have invariably voted igainst it whenever there was a prospect >f its adoption. On the House side Mr. Payne. Mr. Dalsell and other members of the comnftttee in ways and means have been open in heir opposition, because they do not brieve in the principle. They are opposed o everything but high protection. A ,-ery large majority of the republican nembers, however, are in favor of includng the reciprocity principle in our tariff loiicy. Material Reductions in Rates. It s generally assumed that the next Congress, wheh meets on March 4, will nact a new tariff bill, in which there vill tie material reductions in the rates if duty upon certain articles, and the ad ocates of reciprocity are trying to pcruade the commttee of ways and means o take advantage of the situation and irovide that these reductions shall not ipply to the Imports from any country vhieh does not make similar or equlvaent concessions in favor of the exports >f the United States. It has been intimated, and it is genTally understood, (hat the committee will idopt a new form for our tariff schedules ind lix two rates of duty?a maximum mil a minimum rate?which shall be apllied to imports from foreign countries i< voiding to circumstances from time to into, at the discretion of the President, -'u'-li an arrangement would permit a * iraotioal and effective application of the eciprocity principle without diplomatic legotiations or special legislation. But he effectiveness of the arrangement vould depend entirely upon the manner 11 which the iirincinle is annlieil- anr) tho ifTuials of t lie American Reciprocity f a?ague iiave devised a plan, and have t ecominended it to tlie committee, which i hey think will he of great advantage to e he farmers and manufacturers of tlie < ,'nited States. I The reciprocity league is an organization t epresenting about '1 00 agricultural, man- I ifacturing and mercantile associations, t or the purpose of securing the adoption t if the reciprocity principle in our foreign 1 tilde: and, although it extends through- I iui the country and includes among its d ncmbers some of the most influential 1 nen in the 1'nited States, it Jtas thus far s ailed to accomplish any practical results r n the way of legislation. At the same ime it has been educating public opin- b on in a very effective manner, and lias C aken an active part In campaigns against b he re-election of members of the House n if Representatives who have been espc- p dally active in their opposition to reel- k irocity. Several prominent members of s he present House owe their defeat for it lie next to the retribution of the reci- p rocity league. s; Views of Reciprocity League. Mr. Alvin H. Sanders, editor of the treeders' Gazette, and president of the teciprocity League, has submitted to the ^ ommittee of ways and means and to the g nance committee of the Senate proposi- a ions embodying the views and recom- d lendatlons of that association. w "The gist of our contention." said Mr. antlers the other day, "is that any redue- a' ons which may be made in existing: ft shedules. Instead of being freely given ai > tlie nations of the world at large, ti liould be made the basis of obtaining s< oncessions from countries that now retrict. hamper or entirely exclude Amerian products through the operation of tgh tarifTs or other governmental regu- m itions. Cj "Most of the great commercial nations . re now applying the protective tariff rinciple tlirough some form of the dual ai triff system. They will all be willing m nougli to seek the best possible terms s) rltli the l*nited States; so that by with- r( olding our new tariff until satisfactory H1 ropositions can first be had from them, e will, iu the end. not only bring to tt tie relief of tlie American consumer hatever of benefit he may derive from tj sductions made In the schedules, but we cj ill have gained at the same time new in utlets abroad for surplus products of our ti irms and factories. o1 Submits Several Propositions. * "I have, therefore, submitted the fol- tt >wing propositions: g< "1. Revise the schedules on the basis w f according adequate (but not excessive) w rotectlon to ail American Industries, to his many are inclined to believe would 01 rohably result in considerable reduc- n< ons of duties in certain lines. c? "Z. Place the application of the revised ul / | PAY AS YOU SAY?THi I Choiee of Women's V *? tTwbB=* _-n /ffo<?^/H\ _ _ ?>L_ i$2so anci tenuis 1 IP* //^SN Will buy choice trom ? >Sl (r^\ ^\([ II al* ^lc sl"ts Avc ve * dD; JI vUJri (?jj \y/ been selling up to ? $25.00 and $30.00. | They are in great vaY riety of styles ?and kinds, with plenty of fine plain black broadcloth in the lot. At $16.50 it % is a bargain most extraordinary. ? Will buy* choice from a X xL )) WjjxX large collection of Rich | (gP) fiL-A Q (jQ) (Q) and Elegant Waists. | worth up to S6.98?handle some White and Ecru ? Xet \\ aists over silk. White Messaline Silk & Waists, Heavy. Black Jap Silk Waists in all% over tucked styles; Satin Waists, with net ^ yokes?only $2.98 for any you fancy. I rfu5> /f^\ IF? Will buy Black Taffeta X y ^1) Petticoats: nicely * (dp) rt cS/ (Cj/ pleated, and with wide '{ flounce: extra good wear& ing quality. W orth $5.00. j fl? takiiial Bis ! Sale of Firaitire nl i Entire stocks in the sale?25 per cent off ; X per cent off all floor coverings. ? .* Cosn& Closets, Extensk X REGULAR SALE ? X PRICE. PRICE. f Quartered Oak. $60.00 $45.00 Quartered Oa X Quartered Oak.$51.00 $38.25 Quartered OaS | Quartered Oak.$43.00 ?32.25 Quartered Oal * Quartered Oak.$39.50 $29.63 Golden Oak.. | Quartered Oak.$32.25 $24.19 Golden Oak.. V Polished Oak...$26.50 $19.88 Golden Oak.. ? Polished Oak...$19.98 $14.98 Golden Oak.. * Polished Oak...$16.98 $12.74 Golden Oak.. ? Chiffoniers. Ware & REGULAR SALE & PRICE. PRICE. ? Poli>hed Oak...$13.49 $10.12 Golden Oak.. Golden Oak $11.50 $8.63 Golden Oak. . g Quartered Oak.$23.50 $17.63 Golden Oak.. jf Gloss Oak $10.50 $7.88 Gloss Oak ? Gloss Oak $8.69 $6.52 Gloss Oak ? All-Quar. Oak. .$30.00 $22.50 Curly Birch.. | Xo Discount on Bedding. Springs, Sec .X^X^K^X^XK^X^X* 4mXmX,*3mXmX 1st, constituting the minimum tariff, in VVUr PTTB1 lie hands of the executive with some nstruction from Congress as follows: "Before declaring the new tariff in full ?? force and effect, the executive is hereby Ij Jirected to inquire at once a.? to the treat- I; nent accorded American prcducts by the li carious foreign countries, and shall ap- . I ply the jevised or minimum tariff to tlie I products of all such countries seeking ad- ! I mission to our markets as rapidly as 1*1. latisfactory reciprocal arrangements can I fl ae effected. i? _ ? " '.1. If. after full and fair negotiation, IfiC II t shall appear tc the executive that any country is directly or indirectly disc rim i- . &*?" ? lating against or unfairly treating any ' fk* D tf the products of the United States, or *v s not prepared to offer what he may re;ard as a fair equivalent for our new ates < f duty, then and in that case he be Lllftk 1 xuthorized to impose additional duty on ? q ill products from such countries seeking 1*0&Q2 mtry to the ports of the United States; TTl*j? n md report this action with reasons there- I "C p 'or to Congress. * art tin "4. To the end that these provisions i owma nay he promptly and efficiently carried tr4Vfil >ut, I suggest further that a board of "TT ariff commissioners, to consist of five Till nembers. be appointed by the President . witli regard to their special fitness) and St&llf! cnfirmed by the Senate. Point at Issue. GIdeO "The point aimed at is this: It would bo 11110*1 i mistake to offer our new rates at once labon n exchange for all existing minimums slsewhere. for tlie. reason that certain im- ' I * lOrtant trading nations liave purposely j j tept their minimums on certain products, hiefly of American origin, at a high level. j or tlie very purpose of trading them off o us when opportunity offers. Furthernore. in certain other cases'. Germanv for i II xample. the exclusion of important arti- laaiMaaBHHiMi les of 1'nited States exj?ort has been ircught about by the setting up of restric ive regulations outside of the tariff, the competition of tin fence the necessity- for negotiation prior The best way to a o the granting of any concessions to appeal directly to tl hem. Hence also, it seems to me. tlie Congress, l.et every leceessity for commissioners to assist the that we ought to ha Jresident in this important and somewhat for our agricultural lelicate work, involving trade mounting his member in Congr nto the hundreds of millions. These have of Representatives w ilways been deemed essential in past of trying the reclpr legotiations of this character. time at least, until e: "In our judgment, if the schedules shall onstrate whether it is e revised in strict accordance with the , "hicago platform, and the new rates fl, e used as a leverage for opening doors ow closed against us. we shall not only WARRTV rotect our homo but our foreign marets as well. It is conceded that a rigid ,. ingle tariff effectually protects home ldustries. but it provides no means of Special Correspondence o rotecting the surplus products of these w\r>rfvthv ame industries in foreign ports In the ~ ^ ^ , ice of the many dual tariffs now In T"e murder trial ol >rce. the killing of his brot "In order to make this policy effective, at the home of the owever. the condition precedent is that weji Fauquier count' le new rates of duty shall represent illy what shall appear, on full investi- begin \\ ednesda ation of the facts, to be fair and reason- court here. The case ble protection. More than this no In- defense by Attorneys ustry has a right to ask: less than this, and J. D. Richards ' e would not expect Congress to grant. conducted by Commt "Mr. Taft will use this power wisely j. a. C. Keith. The j nd effectually in the interest of the diet of guilty and the irming community, if it can be obtained, teuce of eight years li nd as It is all based on adequate protec- The Athletic *AssocU on to American industries I cannot tary Academy gave a ?e how anybody can object to it." torious Bethel foot bi Dutv of the Voter. 5?" at the Warren C * Covers were laid for t The only way in which the recom- ing the dinner the m< icndations of thft Reciprocity I-eague skating rink and t in be embodied in the new tariff bill is race." The winner t >r every voter who believes that they ... r? , ' , . . Commissioners Ft. . re wise *o impress that fact upon his Richards and C. M. 1 lember of Congress. There is not the farm known as Hawtt ightest doubt of the popularity of the acres, near Orleans, ] iciproclty policy. There is not the Albin Payne of Orleai ightest doubt that the people of the The ladies of Rem! nited States believe that Congress and ised a literary societ; le executive branch of the government Tuesday. The merabei louid use every opportunity to increase tw supper Friday, Fe le exports of our agricultural and me- birthday anniversary, lanlcai products, and that can be done Miss May Claypool. ore effectively by securing the reduc- Claypool of Grafton, n on of the duties imposed upon them by P. C. Merritt of An :her countries than in any other way. were married a few t nd the most effective way. and, indeed, Tenn. le only way. of securing a reduction of lose duties is by the application of the Life-Preservers 01 >Iden rule: to do unto others as we thnt , ould have them do unto us. In other 11 is '|at * ords. to reduce the duties upon the pe- oline power boats in si lliar products of the countries we want States. There is now reach so far as it can be done with- I pAnoroca tn rAGiiiro oil Jt depriving the government of the ()if<> preservers for ea< icessary revenues, or the labor and | ipital engaged in American industries j*"1 cairj. ' the protection they require against The measure has be KTS THE HECHT WAY. ?! cw?)l ; <$><1 /Q> ? n\ 1 . #IPoW| Will buy Handsome 4* a 11 2? ^l)/7N\ ' a^cta Princess X (tip) JL /Z-A^CUJ (Q) Dresses, in black, navy blue, hunter's ? green, etc.; full flare skirts, trimmed with foids: waists designed X with net yoke. These beautiful suits sold at ? $20.00. One of the best bargains of the sale *> at $12.98. ? S(^\ Vr? Will buy Heavy Taffeta f ck V^l) ^iik Underskirts, with 12- X (^/o (^/ "ich embroidered flounce: in black only. The value is $7.00. For tomorrow X they are to go 011 sale at nearly half?$3-95- v n? (TH* 1 cgwAvy/ovy/vy/ empire back styles; $ s satin trimmings. SoM $ for S20.00. At half _ price. | jarpets!1 2\?L 1 all furniture: 15 ^ iiwl> 'k - Tables. MgJf f KKGnTjAR ^SA.f.K IfV""' _ JT- ~ M k. $36.75 $27.57 $ k.$29.50 $22.13 vL . 3W a k.$23.50 $17.63 ^7r ~ > v) 1 i ..$16.50 $12.38 ',1 ~ v, t . .$12.98 $9.74 ifjT' .|i I .. S0.00 S6.75 4. hfl. Y $7.6g $5-77 j | IroHjes. J *"^j J * REGULAR SALE II I ., . TlJf A PRICE. PRICE. * 1.1/.' \ \ Iff 531.00 $23.25 Jt0<( ll((i P * 524.50 Si8.37K> ' 1 ^ ? 518.50 Si3.8/>s birds-eye maple chiffon516.75 Si 2.56 I iers. large ami handsome: French T 51^.2; SlI.4VU P,ate mirror: highly - a ?.> S-^Z*2 ZlftlSl/ Polished. Value.^14 54J X 550.75 $38o2/4 ?2S. Sale price W " ^#UV tional Bookcases and Kitchen Cabinets. % HX^^KK"X^^<~X~Xrt~X^~X^XwX~XK~X~X~XMX~> [JCATIONS. NEW PUBLICATIONS. . j. 4 Park Street, Boston. | I ! Atlantic for February contains rst installment of James 0. FaNew Series on Labor Unions and ailroads, which is characterized by ime knowledge and fearlessness made "The Confessions of a Rail>ignalman"and its author famous, ublic will be startled to learn the 1 conditions under which they I on American railroads, s issue also contains the first inlent of the unpublished Diary of n Welles,?surprising first-hand nation in regard to the war-time s of Lincoln and his Cabinet. 'very good news-stand, or direct, 15 cents a copy. $4.00 a year. eir foreign rivals. ably to the Senate l>y the committee mi ccomplish this is to i commerce. It has not been acted upon ie rank and file in Violations of the act are punishable by man who believes a tine of *1<> for each life-preserver la'-ktve a larger market ing or improperly stowed." If the bill products write to becomes a law it will take efTeet on June ess; flood the House 1 and apply to foreign vessels on Pecenu hth letters in favor ber .11 of this year. Secretary Straus ocity policy, for a of the Department of Commerce and uperienee shall dem- bor, in a letter giving the approval of s practical and wise, the department to the bill, points out - that the navigation of sucli vessels is atn tended wtih a special element of risk on J account of the dangerous fluid? used in TON, VA their propulsion. * Whereabouts of River Men. f The Star. Grover Owens, quartermaster of the . I-ebruary 1. 15)09. Washington and Potomac line steamer r Henr> Spinks. for Wakefield, is on leave of absence, which her. IV illiam Spinks, he wju spend at his home in WestmoreJ0 o"ol,e"r"r. ,X "nd V"' J"" i * .i " ? i? taken Mr- Owens' place in the pilot house y last in the circuit of the Wakeflrtd. * was argued for the Capt Jefr Posej.f firal offl(.er of th# rti? nrosmitiin was steamer Wakefield, on leave of absence The prosecution was _ . ? , >nwealth's Attorney tlic past t^o \ivc6ks, returned to duty lury rendered a ver- aboard his steamer tills morning, relievjudge imposed son- Ing Capt. Pete Baggott. who has returned n tire penitentiary. to his home at Alexandria, ition of Bethel Mill- Capt. Darramore, master of the ram banquet to the vie- schooner Grace G. Bennett, returned to ill team in Warren- his schooner here from his home in VirIreen Hotel Friday, ginla Saturday, and has sailed for Norwentv-flve. Follow- folk. imbers attended the Capt. Harry S. Randall, who is with eitnessed the "pig the steamer St. Johns at Baltimore, was vas Robert Hall of In the city to spend yesterday with his family. \. Mclntyre. J. D. , Vhite have sold the , , . . _ _ lorne. containing i?88 Plaint Against Car Service. aoo"1^' l? Complaint against the street car service Ington have organ- was voiced at a recent mating of the y that meets every Benning Citizens' Association. It wia s will give an oys- alleged by speakers that many of the bruary 12. Lincoln's car3 run past the designated stopping daughter of C C Places? and that t]ie railway company lia* ear Remington, and refused to light its stations. It was degusta county. Va., cided to take up these matters and that lays ago in Bristol, of a uniform schedule with the railway commission. It will also be urged thai . , . . water mains be installed in Penning. 1; - Power Boats was the sense of the meeting that should a new police precinct be established east here are 40,000 gas- Qf the Eastern branch, the logical .site trvice In the United i for the station would be Banning. ' a measure before ' ? ~~ Oltf'h a na rtM? - * "*? w V"t> j t i v v i nfj a IWIjI) 1X1 OXR DAI ;h person the boat j Take LAXATIVE RROMO vfninlne Tablets. I Druaitists refund ntoner if it fall* to cnre. E tv. GROVE'S signature is on eaeb box. lit. en reported favor- ocOtn.if