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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.
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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.