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8 THE FAH MEK: 1913 IMPORTERS INTERESTED IN TARIFF BILL CLAUSE THAT PREVENTS FLOOD OF MARKET Administrative Section Embodies Feature That Would Automatically Check ' Any Such Movement . (By Our Staff Corres.) Washington. June 2 A part of the ITnderwood tariff bill -which manufac tuers have, not paid much attention o In making protests against lower ing of rates in the dutiable list Is Par. agraph R. of Section 4, which pro hibits the dumping 'of foreign made goods in the American market with out paying an additional duty. The section provides that the law shall work automatically, and as soon as an attempt la made to sell goods in this country at less than their market value abroad, the additional -15 per cent, duty goes into effect. Importing houses 'that were looking with some favor upon the tariff bill have Just begun to pay attention to the clause which is located In the back part of ' the report in what is known as the administrative section And -now the importers are shouting aeainst the 1 tariff. Letters -which have poured into members of Congre3 during the past few days from im porters refute the charge that has been made by Republicans that the bill was going to be a line thing for the Importers, who -were going to be as. happy as a Jersey yearling in a field of clover. Members of the ways and means committee have not said much about the clause, but they are banking up on it as a preventative measure against European manufacturers flood ing their country with the excess pro ducts of their plants. If they want come of the American market they must sell their goods- here at what ' is considered the fair market value in their home country, and- pay the regu lar duty, but If they -attempt to flood the market they will have to pay the additional 15 per cent, -on top of the regular duty. Although, the term "protection" is not used. - those who have discovered - the clause regard it as a protective measure that is sane. and ' really designed to protect American workman. the By tomorrow the .members of Con gress will probably know which com mitees they will be assigned to. Con gressman Jeremiah Donovan -of Con necticut has not expressed -a choice for appointment to any committee, al though he was free to pull, a' few wire had he desired to do .so.- Mr. Dono van has used his time in working for the manufacturers of his district who wanted a change here and there in connection with the tariff, and through Ills Influence a number , of changes in the tariff bill were made ' through amendments offered by the Ways & Means committee. . , - . , A great deal of stress has been-made by the hostile press - trpon the claim that Mr. Donovan was- displeased with the bat schedule of titer tariff bill. He was not actually displeased with the face of the bill which- gave a 40 per cent duty, but he was - displeased be causejhe figures that - had-been given the Ways & Means-committee to work with were not correct, and that he did not believe it was the intention of tho committee to' fix the rate they did unless they had the true facts. The discrepancy found by Mr. Dono van was in the figures of the U. S. census bureau which fixed the business of fur and wool hat industries as one industry, and admitted in its reports that in addition to doubling up the industries it had allowed a number of duplications of figures. Mr. Dono van voted for the bill after registering his protest, and his protest was so forceful that the hat schedule is be ing given some attention in the Sen ate, and if the Congressman is suc cessful in . having the duty increased there he will prove that he is a consistent- performer. A most entertaining program f readings was given at the recital giv en by Miss Berhice Nettleton In the parlors of the First church, Milford, Friday evening. . A number of local people were in attendance. : HAIR AND SKIN BEMJTY Washington, June 2 riy his (recent speech in the Seriate ' exposing the methods used by the beet "sugar trust to manufacture false" ' and artificial public sentiment against the tariff bill. Senator Thomas, of Colorado, has per formed a public service" second only to that of the President In calling atten tion to the insidious ' tariff lobby, the mnft powerful which ever operated in Washington. Senator Thomas's speech gives the public some idea, of the pressure na tional legislators must withstand when they attempt to pass laws which the special interests oppose but which the people want. Senator Thomas and his colleagues. Senator Shafroth, as well as two repre- sentatlves-at-large, Edward Keating and E. T. Taylor, were elected in Col orado last fall on the Democratic tic ket by pluralities ranging from 45,000 to 50.000 votes. While the platform did not specifically - endorse the removal of the duty on sugar, it endorsed all the actions of the- last Democratic House, one or which was to pass a free sugar bill; and Representative Keating ran on a straight free-sugar platform. It was evident that Col orado, with its extensive sugar indus try, voted for free sugar by a plural ity of 45,000 The special session of Congress met. The tariff bill, providing for free sug ar, was introduced. And then what happened? From all parts of Colorado letters began. pouring in .on that State's Senators and Representatives protest ing against "free sugar. So numerous and vehement- were these letters and telegrams that they apparently Indicat ed a tremendous revulsion of feeling in the State toward the sugar tariff. Any honest legislator might well hesi tate before he voted against feuch an overwhelming expression of public opinion. Senator Thomas, however, went be hind the returns. He got in communi cation with Thomas S. Price, an intel ligent man formerly employed by the Great Western Sugar Co.at Long mont, Colo., who told the Senator how the fictitious public sentiment was manufactured. He wrote": "You will no doubt receive letters from employes of the factory here, as they are compelled in an underhanded way either to write them or take chances of losing their Jobs by refus ing. " Price enclosed a form letter which r . iir Cutleur Soap and Ointment Bold tbreusbout tb ployes to copy, sign, and mail to Wash-I world. Send postal lor liberal sample cfeach mailed ir.gton. This letter does not Bpeak'forJ "Ith 32-page book on the skin and scalp, the eurar company, but is all for the1 "owouim.r Dept. isr. Bonon. poor farmer and the poor wage earn er. After instructing the employes how to direct the letters, the instruc tions were: "A letter to Hon. Wood row Wilson, President of the United States, Washington, D.. C, WILL. DO A LOT OF GOOD. If you are a Demo crat, tell them so. It will carry more weight.'-' In this wayi thousands of employes of Colorado sugar mills have been "in fluenced" to write- to their Senators and Congressmen, urging them to vote against free sugar. Senator Thomas charged that a similar campaign was carried on .among the sugar: beet grow ers and with banks and commercial associations, all of whom have been adding their letters to the flood now pouring in upon the Colorado legisla tors. . ; . . "These companies have made an enormous amount of moneys not only upon their capitalization, but upon their over-capitalization," - declared Senator Thomas. " Two of them oper ating in Colorado represent collective ly a capital of $50,(190,000, $30,000,000 of which is water, pure and simple. Yet they have paid dividends constantly upon their preferred- stock, and for a large .- part of the time on . their wa tered stock, and one of them has a sur plus in the treasury in excess of $10, 000,000. "This fight merely means that; these hugely over-capitalized industries want to retain their franchise to rob the people by taxing the necessaries of life, to the end that they may pay profits upon the capital that they have invested, and upon the capital they have manufactured - with printing presses and fountain pens." , Senator Thomas's ringing challenge to the sort, of public opinion these bloated corporations- have manufactur ed deserves to .be read in the public schools as an example of the new, rugged patriotism which now has con trol of Congress. He said:V , "Mr. President, ; while I have the most profound . respect for petitions sent to myself while I am a member cf the Senate, I want to Bay here and now, and I think I speak for my col league (Mr. Shafroth) as well as my self, that I was sent here by the people of the State, by the producers and by the conrsumere, by men and women who are' not organized, who have no lobby, who are possessed with n great fund to go out through the highways and byways of- the State, seeking and obtaining favorable action In their behalf by the great banks and associations. , "They, are ; the toilers and the tax payers, the common people, as Mr. Lincoln called. : them. It is their in terest and their welfare.' their wants and .their desires that I propose to rep resent and promote In the Senate of the United States to the best of my ability. They look to us for relief, and we shall not disappoint them." MILFORD INN IS RAIDED FOR EXCISE VIOLATIONS The Milford Inn, "conducted by Mrs. Jessie . H. Forster, was raided last night. xMany patrons said to' be Yale students and J-esidents of Bridgeport were apprehended as frequenters. All were released upon bonds furnished by Mrs. ! Forster against whom a charge of selling without a license was preferred in the Milford court today. The cases of the proprietress and 19 other persons arrested were continued, today. Mrs. Forster's bonds were fix ed at $250 and those of the others at $20 each. The raid waa engineered by the state police including William B. Jackson, Frank "Virelll, Rowe Wheel er, assisted by Constables George Wood, George Clark , and Sheriff Maher. Those arrested as frequenters gave fictitious names. FOREST FIRES TO BE REPORTED BY R. F. D, CARRIERS The official Postal Guide for May calls me attention of postmasters and ru- carriers to an order of the post uepartment that carriers report to me proper - authorities all forest fires detected along their routes. This LONDON COMMENDS "NO DRUNKARD" PLAN Proposal Law will Be Discussed Mon day Evening 'at Y. 3. C. A. Jack London, author of "John Bar leycorn," the story which gained such wide reading recently in the Saturday evening Post, has commended by let ter the "No Drunkard" plan of solv ing the liquor problem as ororaoted by the National Defense association of which there is a branch In this city. The Idea is comparatively new but . -- - xt tiie reaueet or ine thrA , r- in i 1 - , - I w a.? ' . (5 nil' I IVJlin 111 '-MAllCV. 1.1 For several years in some sections nnnein ' -k-. -c- i, t -r of the country a sort of informal un- I don says: Hn , 7 s existed oetween. na- "First of all let me say all of the VH ' .i.ra?ferS and mail car- very best kinds of words I can say - "ic iuea. or. secunntr in- i rnnneminrr v. ...j -o tT";. nre Pr"lecon. The marked Personally, and intellectually, I should effectiveness of this co-operation was I like tn fh. i.nf ,iMi,ni ir..,n,- - 5 "SliJIlc- i" tavor or its ex- stopped absolutely. On the other hand, r""1 -nu omciai sanction, and was I know how hard it is to move the in responsible tor the reaueet of! whole human hci ln .,, the secretary of agriculture which re- direction an the rnr.mrv.ieo ua';u 111 'oraer Dy the post office plan I have seen, so far as John Bar uepai uueni. . Ilevcorn ls concerned la ttili "ni- Anmlr. The plan is for the "carrier to re- I ard" nlan law. a. mm. -nr whlnh T have i. me mo nearest roreet omcer i react. on his route, or, if no officer lives on the route, td have- him notified ' by some responsible citizen. . State and national foresters are supplied With post road maps and with postal guides containing the addresses of the different postmasters. The postmas ters in turn are supplied by the for esters with the names, addresses, and telephone call numbers of forest offi cers residing on or near the carriers' routes. it'. Co-operation between rural carriers and federal forest officers will . take place in Florida, Arkansas, South Da kota,. Wyoming, Colorado, New Mex ico, Arizona, Utah, Montana. Idaho. Washington, Oregon, and California- Co-operation with state officers is given in all the New England states, and in New York, New Jersey, Penn sylvania, Maryland, - West Virginia, Tennessee, Kentucky, Michigan, Wis consin, Minnesota, Idaho, Washing ton, Oregon, and these states - having established protective systems. - The "No Drunkard" plan is - to be presented and discussed in open debate in the rooms of the T. M. C. A. to night, at 8 o'clock. Men and , women are cordially invited to attend as the meeting is an open one. Sup't. Fred Johnson of the chantiesi department of the city will preside. UNUSUAL TROUT TO BE PRESERVED BLAZjE IX WALL STREET. A small blaze in a pile of rubbish Washington, June 2 Officials of the federal bureau of -fisheries are await ing with interest the arrival of a. trout taken by Indians In Iceberg Lake, in Glacier National Park, Mont., which never has been known to exist outside the icy waters of the polar sea. -; Geo logists believe that i subteranean chan nels may connect the .frozen waters of the far north with the . lakes rvf California, all of northern United States and they like- I wise am a wa.iriTicr rna vornipt sr v fish experts who will determine wheth er the trout belong to the Arctic finny family. . J , While there are several divisions of the trout - family in Iceberg Lake and in the rear of Birnbaum Bros, saloon i adjacent stretches of water the spe- at 86 Wall street, brought out the fire I cies that has raised the conjecture Is department at an early hour . this I the first of its kind known to have morning. A dash of chemicals extin guished the blaze. CONVERSATION- IN PUBLIC PLACE been taken outside of -Behrlng Sea.; It Is reported to be a splendid specimen, some two feet in length and it has been ' preserved for the benefit , of the naturalists. j Always Ready A MATTER OF BYESEGtHT. (By Ruth.) It is really remarkable how thought less some people are about , the sub jects of their conversation when in public places.- Sometimes they will talk of their most intimate affairs in the trolley car or the theatre. ' If they would modulate their voices it would not be quite so bad, but usually they talk so loud that you can not help but hear and accordingly are burdened with the joys, -the sorrows nad all the petty talk of these unknown ones. Sometimes the opinions which you form of such people are exceedingly interesting One evening, not long ago, a couple eat in back of us at the theatre - who, between the acts, persisted in talking about-.everything, in. such, loud tones that. . unless one really -stuffed one's fingers In. .their ears., it was Impossi ble to Avoid hearing what' they had to say.. . . I don't . mean that they were deaf of course.. but that. they simply seemed unconscious .that, anyone might hear them. - , ' There is no doubt that their conver sation was interesting, .quite amus ing in! .fact,' but the opinion' that we formed of them was, I am afraid, far from ' complimentary. Perhaps we jud ged wrongly and they were not at all the kind of people we mougni uiiau. There is the danger. " The person with whom yon are talking usually knows , arid ' understands ; you and in ternrets vour words accordingly. The one who overhears your com'ersation rlr! not know you. and so often takes flTmeahing entirely different from what von intended. to convey. I "For every knave desiemine-. Oftentimes he hears out imsmcnia i Who wilt swear he's seen me rllr.lr.a- of what you are talking about and the There are scores who .never saw me mind unconsciously pieces in uw mio- take a bite; sihg parts. Perhaps if you coma out With an army that will dazzle read these fragmentary mougnio i j will beat them to a firazzle, A medicine man in Yucatan, -'' Declared he never ate, r And a scamp who heard. Impugned : his word, . . Asserting the statement was absurd, And otherwise challenged Fate. With wrath and indignation At the slur upon his station, " The other quick denounced, the slan der base, - - Till . at length it was determined,'. That the Judges,- wigged and ermlned, Should pass upon- -the- merits) of the case. ' When the doubter was -arrested. His relatives protested, ' Declaring they had - seen the other munch : ......... But His Medicineship scowling, " ' Sent them to their-quarters,; howling, And gave out this- little programme at his lunch.-- Tn Tlmbuctoo there's a chieftain who Has never seen me eat; In the Isle of Whing there's a canni bal King . Prepared to swear ' to the self -same thing, , : " - Which will make my case complete. "There are witnesses by dozens. Including fourteen cousins. Who were born and raised on Indi'e coral strand, Whose enlightening admissions In impressive depositions Will sweep this , rascal's . hirelings from the stand.. .... There's ever so many servings sweet and appetizing in a package of IF OcEEL The housework is all done at the spotless factories of far-famed Post umville where the pearly hearts of choicest white corn are thoroughly cooked, rolled into thin, tender films, then toasted to a crisp golden-brown. ' This toothsome dish is welcomed at a hundred thousand tables each morning ready to eat direct.from package usually with cream and sugar. Or try with frfsh berries. Either way. The Memory Lingers" Grocers everywhere sell Post Toasties. REAL WILD WEST IN BRIDGEPORT STREETS WITH 1M RANCH T ODAY -rcr.is.v, m-e in the miuas or your un. known hearers you would be greatly shocked. ' .j. sn't Ke tnn careful i about the subjects or tneir- tun vi op tion when in public. TONS OF ROOTS AND HERBS .-e iierJ annually in the manufac- For I've always done my eating out ox.signt:-' S. J. Q. v F'EDVtlNINTE BEADTT. ' By Ruth.) Some girls and women have a most amusingly exaggerated Idea of their own comeliness. They are alwavs n f t.vHs Jr. Pinkham a vegetaDie wuune lor compliments and exneot. Compound, which is . known from I lug favors just becaufie'ly some work- ocean as the standard rem- ing of mature they happened to be eriv for female ills. turned out more pleasing to the eye ttt. timtIv forty years this famous i man the majority of women. , v, moriir.ne has been nre-I iusually those who have few 'if an v. pminpntlv successful 1 in controlling claims to beauty, who axe silly enough Hisenses of women. Merit alone could have stood this test of time. RESERVED BY CUTIOJRA SOAP Assisted by occasional use of Cuticura Ointment. BLUNDERER! TTo had attended his partner's wed ding and at the reception he stepped s-allantly forward to pay nis respects. "T tmriilv feel like; a stranger," he said, in his sweetest tones, -addressins the bride. "In fact, I feel as though t -mie-Vit to be well acquainted with mv partner's wife, since he has so of ten done me the honor to read some extracts from his dear Susie s let- to listen to the tongues of flatters are the most conceited about their "mod 100K3. That "it Is a woman's duty to look ner Dest is a well known and truthful saying 1aut I hardly see how it im plies that -women should spend small fortunes trying to improve what often Is beyond improvement. It Is mere vanity which leads some women so far In this direction. They are seeking beauty the advocation and complements of a Wt of flatterers. They forget that the only true beau ty is that of the mind and the char acter; that "the face is the index . to the mind"; and ' that in filling , their frivolous thoughts and ters. The faces of husband and speaker heajds -; were studies as the Driae arew nerseii starting on a "wild goose chase" after up, and said, emphatically and dis- beauty they .are losing, whatever tinctly: , I chances they may have had for even I" beg your pardon, sir. My name tually securing that very elusive thing. is Helen." Pathfinder. 'I It always amuses me to see the fuss some girls make when they are told they are pretty. It seems as though they can't thank the one who says it enough. Of course if they have at tained their comeliness by their own AXiIi'S VAlSt AFTER THE GAME. "The waters rise, the sawdust drips. The cud UDsets as it nears his lips: A groan fills the ambient air, and then hard work it is right tnat xney should The egg Is gone, but Where's the hen?' "father, father!" called little Os wald excitedly. "They're lynching a man at our back gate!" 1 "I won't have it," shouted Mr. Skiggsburg. "I wouldn't have a dog lynched at my back gate, much less a man. Are we living in a civilized age, or are we not?" "Why don't you stop them father ?" cried little Oswald, who at heart was a tender youth. -'I will, come to think of it," said his father, and rushed with both feet toward the back gate. "I do hope you'll be in time, fath er," panted little Oswald, as he ran after him. "It's an umpire that they're lynching." Mr. Sklggsbury stopped so suddenly the dining room Windows nearly fell out of their sockets. feel as proud of it as of some pretty dress which they, themselves, made. If, however, they just happened to be pretty and really had no more to do with it than the rose or violet has to do with its 'beauty, I can t see, how they can feel responsible for it and- go out of the way to thank people who mention the fact that they are pleasing to the eye. There is another thing, too, every one has their own standard of beauty which in two persons may differ as does' night from day .Quite often one person will -call a girl pretty and per haps the next "simply can't unaer- derstant how anyone would even con sider her good looking." It is a privilege for a girl to be good lo king one which -- she should not abuse one for which she should not take too much credit to herself one which she should improve by putting "Darn," he said. "Getting me all her money Into books instead of into neatea up lor notning: - I face lotions. And he returned to the perusal of I . : his evening paper. I Farmer Want Ads. One Cent a Word. F - tb' - - ' . a ' - I -ti-, 'v .WO,.,, .y.WlHl . ; L - : r- V ' J i" s. " ' - - t till. - -','- !, " ' l '- 1 " rj .' ill . ' , i15fll'f f m. "-,1 xSj. - - : r r' JSC'S EDITH TAPiTUNCieR. (Continued from Page One) The performance tonight will begin promptly .at 8 o'clock. Special trolley accommodations have been provided CowBOV ahX inXian PECE P'PF. by Suirt. Chapman and every, facility will be offered to make transportation handy. Promise of ideal weather, coupled with the brilliant lighting arrange ments, will make the performarK-e to night under ideal conditions. Bridge port will no doubt send a capacity audience to ths exhibition this evening. FEW CHANGES IN NEW TIME TABLE Naugatuck Trains Continue Run Into Stamford Trainmen Are Pleased The summer time table of the New Haven road took effect yesterday. No mportant changes are announced and none affecting rjriageport except tae arrival end departure of a tra'n a min ute or two earlier or later than for- ro.erlj1-. It te expected that this time table will continue in force all,--euin- ner. The electrification or the road between Stamford and New Haven waa supposed to be completed by July 1st. ut much special work needed for the nstallation, has beer, delayed in- man ufacture and the datevfor the com pletion of the worst is-now announced to be about October 1st. Shortly alter that time Bridgcporters may reason ably expect to be rid of the soft coal nuisance asxall passenger trains 'will be. hauled with electric engines. The three months delay will ,'aleb enable the road to complete the installation ct the new number 20 cross overs or Oered by the Public Utilities commis sion after the Weetport wreck and to lay the thousands of creosoted ties which commuters have noticed along side the roadbed at various points be tween New Haven and Stamford. It is stated that the putting In of tho lor-ger cross-overs will cost oyer Slfr). 000 alone. - - The Naugatuck division engine crews are highly 'elated- with orders- which went into effect Sunday, June 1st. re quiring trains 253 an i 237. due he.-e 'from .Winsted .at 7:40 -i nd 8:47 a. ni., respectively, to continue their runs to Stamford. - Thte change will-"mean con siderably mors money , for the train crews affected and will cauee a re-arrangement of" the other runs on ithe division to the advantage of the rest STRIKERS GRIND ORGAN AND GET OUCH GASH Miss Marion Hubbell was the guest of honor at a luncheon and bridge whist party given at the Brooklawn Country club, Saturday,- by her cousin, Miss Marquerlte Hubbell, of '. South Norwalk, ...... i. Main street pedestrian Saturday af ternoon and night were reminded of the industrial troubles of Paterscn, N. J., where a 'prolonged eilk strike is in prcgrcFB. by the appearance on that thoroughfare of two of the etrikers so liciting funds from passere-by for ths relief of their associates. One of the rrMn had a hand organ and ground out popular music by the mile, while the ot er circulated amongst ' the . crnwil with a receptable for the coin of the realm. Dlmfe, quarters and evn full sized iron men. seemed to come his way quite plentifully. A goodly sum was realized and sent to Patereon last right. .The men will -continue their work in other" nearby cities, nri ex pressed the hope that they would b as fortunate as here. It does a lot ct good at home, they say. A meeting of the Ladies' Hebrew Charitable society will be held in th Park avanua Tampla on Friday, Jus 6. at 8 p m.