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fpMIK importation off Hindu coolies apparently proceeds in
{ \u25a0 large volume. Every steamer from the orient brings a load
of these highly undesirable people, most of whom are quite
likely to become a public burden. They do
not fit into the domestic or social economy of
this country. As laborer* they are inferior
and any severity of climate incapacitates them
from work. "They are. in fact, the product of
generations of lazy life under the tropics.
We do not know how or why these people have been induced
to come to California. We can understand that certain powerful
influences which desire to introduce the cheapest kind of labor may
Cave been brought to bear, but now that public attention has been
directed to the influx by The Call it may be hoped that some means
may be found to stop it. The Hindus are not wanted in California.
They are not wanted in any part of the United States.
It is a cruel kindness to bring these unfortunate people to
tjhis country. They are wholly unfitted for the strenuous life of
t3ie temperate zone and they are further handicapped by silly notions
about caste and the special preparation of food in accord with caste
rules. They are brought here to serve a selfish purpose, and they
die oft like flies in the cold season.
We have more Asiatics now in this country than is desirable,
and the Hindus are the least useful and t]ie most inefficient ot>the
\<A. They are dirty and quarrelsome as well as worthless in the
lieM of labor.
Xobodv wants these people in" California except John P. Irish.
Harrison Gray Otis and their corporal's guard of followers. Their
introduction is a menace to American civilization and it must be
stopped. What sort of mongrel community is this, our California,
like to become if these unassimilable breeds are to be permitted
lo occupy the labor field? We have fought the Chinese and the
Japanese invasions with more or less success, but now we are
threatened with something worse. If the immigration laws are
noi ' strong enough to hold off the incoming tide they must be
strengthened, and in the meantime the officials, of this port will
be, held strictly to account for a rigid enforcement of the laws
Turn Back
The
Hindu invasion
I
CALIFORNIA has not. as far as we know, sought to make
contribution to the national hail of fame in Washington of
the effigies of any of her distinguished citizens. Whether
this hesitation proceeds from a sense of civic
modety or from other causes we may not pre
tend to sa}'. This state has produced many
citizens of distinction, but for one reason or an
other state pride has not been stirred to any
ecstasy of selection. Perhaps it is just as well,
i nc iaci is mat the' hall of fame is in the- way to become a
rational laughing stock. In an artistic sense the statuesque con
tributions already made are chiefly distinguished as a form of
luiconscious humor, peq^etrated at the expense of certain obscure
citizens who are defenseless because they are mostly dead. The
latest of these accessions to the national Valhalla is the image of
ihc late George L. Shoup of Idaho. What, never heard of
shoup? Well, he was senator from Idaho, but otherwise blameless
arid wholly undistinguished. An authentic account of his career,
rfrmbtless compiled by himself, gives these particulars : \ "
Shoup, George Laird, stock raiser, merchant; born Kittanning, Pa.,
\ June 15, 1836; educated public schools; farmer and stock raiser near
* Galesburg, 111., 1852-59; miner and merchant, Colorado. 1859-61; enlisted *
Mn a company of scouts September, 1861; served in Colorado and New
\ Mexico; later lieutenant First Colorado • cavalry; \u25a0 promo.ted until Jie "
• became colonel Third Colorado cavalry; on leave of absence, .1864, to
\ s erve 30 days as member of Colorado constitutional convention; estab
; lislied stores, 1866, at Virginia City, Mont.*, and Salmon" City, Idaho;
(two terms member of the Idaho legislature; governor of tcrritorv. 1889
;90; elected governor 6f state, 1890; United States senate. 1890-1901.
Xobody would pretend that the accomplishments here recorded
served to make Senator Shoup a figure of national importance fit
tO be enrolled among the great American demigods. Indeed, the
hall of iame scarcely rises to the dignity of a museum.
Americarc Val
halla a Kind
Of Museum
O.\h learns from Washington that so delicate is the stage at
which tariff negotiations with Germany have arrived that no
<»n«* ;« nhl«» to predict the outcome; but there is hope based
— j on the fact, that the "negotiations are pro
j ceeding steadily" -that a customs war will
RWe should hope so. It seems extraor
dinary that two sane peoples should contem
_ plate doing each other- serious jhjury;
„ Ihe present* stage of the dispute is rather curvcms. and inter
esting. Jt appears that our state department is standing out on
tlie point that Germany discriminates against importations of cattle
on the hoof from this country, giving preferences in this regard
lo Austria and Denmark.
- Now: this country sends no cattle, on the hoof to Germany
and would send none even if Germany put them 'on the free list
because there. is a better market at home. Yet we are on the verge
3f a tariff war . whicji would seriously injure German and American
irade because ofa technical dispute over a negligible factor. AVhal
is! wanted in these "negotiations" is the introduction of a Tittle
common sense and some regard- for the interests of 'consumers,
who are already hard pinched by excessive, prices artificially
boosted ; There arc altogether, too 'man v lawyers in the adininis-
I^Ssil^Br^SV^^M^^fll^lßHMir^feWU^^^ *"Tfllß^"**^W i ?fc J *^ t^ l j^*--***y gg * l %Lim^Tfoj|f" *tF m i£silßitM&!ti&&i&&^£btM&3Mmi&t!irj£*&!is.
tration and the people suffer for their hairsplittinsr.. • ' .;
A Lawyer
Ridden
Government
EDITORIAL PAGE OF THE CALL
MR. TAFT is going aftex; the "bad" trusts- and there is no
comfort , in Wall street. When people read the president's
recent message on the regulation of trusts and discovered
-/that he had wrapped his. '..meaning- in a cloud
of words' it was a natural "conclusion that he
had no meaning, and Wall street hilariously
and) obstreperously rejoiced. Then suddenly
Judge Landis in Chicago forced the admin
istration hand, and at once all the enginery
of the department of justice was directed against the beef trust.
It was explained unofficially that this had been the purpose- all,
the time. They were" only waiting for the fruit to ripen. Xow
Wall street is sad.
The situation is not without its humor. Mr. Taft in his message
explained that it was useless to attempt to amend the Sherman
law against trusts by introducing statutory distinctions to separate
the. sheep from the goats.. That work, lie thought, might safely
be passed up to the supreme court. That august body, indeed, «had
already begun to look for means and methods of differentiation.
Insensibly, in the evolution of judicial interpretation, certain dis
tinctions and differences had been made to appear. - For instance,
the judicial eye had apprehended a distinction between "incidental"'
and "substantial" restraint v -of" competition.
FiifthVrinojre. Attorney General Wickersham somewhat elabo
rated the president's intimations by explaining in his brief in the
tobacco trust ca^e that there was no intention on the government's
part to "run amuck." The government, he says, "will not attempt
to support the extreme construction of the Sherman law and he
believes that the courts will discriminate between combinations
which arc merely "an incident of orderly.growth" and those which
practice "unfair, wicked' and oppressive methods.'' *1 Tc shies at
the unhappy word "unreasonable" * and substitutes "unfair," for
that is the lawyer's way. .' \u25a0
Mr. Wickersham's forecast; may be true. The courts may read
into the Sherman law words which are not there, giving it a mean
ing that has been repudiated from the bench many times, but we
submit that it is putting'^n unjust burden on the supreme court
to pass up, to that tfibuna4j:hc duty of. amending the law. It is not
intended here to discuss :.the policy of the change. The Call recog
nizes the fact that there may be good- trusts and bad trusts, but
submits that the resources of statutory legislation should be equal
to the task of defining the difference-. The result of present condi
tions is that the department of justice, sometimes accelerated by
an uncomfortable judge like Landis. virtually decides which trusts
are good and which are wicked, which shall be menaced with all
the terrors of the law and which may be suffered to go free. It is
a policy of whim, with f car.; oh- change perplexing Wall street, and
hence these flurries. In this political equation one Landis is equal
One Landis
Worth ,
Two Slumps
rHE American people are, becoming' accustomed 'to getting
their current wisdom- dealt out to them in nicely prepared
narka>es by our railroad presidents. It is a dull daY when
Uncle Jim Hill has not some patent plan
for "thc^curc of all our woes. and. on the day
when the Great. Northern philosopher is for
the .moment quiescent Mr. Ripley- of- the
Santa Feunlimbers and goes in eruption. (
•..The other day Mr. Ripley put all the
blame lor the increased cost of living onithe .American housewife
and what he characterized as her extravagant habits. Uncle Jim
Hill is pursued by the haunting- fear that a hundred years ago
afflicted the famous" Doctor Malthus. that population is inexorably
gaining on production of the means of: subsistence. It : :is an' easy
syllogism that -brings out starvation as the unhappy end of this
arithmetical progression. Yet. as the same process has been in
operation for a thousand years or more without alarming results,
we may take heart of grace.
\u25a0 The latest, of the railroad, presidents to join this owlish band
of .wisdom dispensers is W..C. Brown of the New York Central;
and he, like Hill, is .a prophet of woe from very much the same
The most portentous; cloud discernible upon the. political .or
economic horizon is the steady, relentless, increase in the price of
everything that .-goes to;-mr.ke up the cost of living. '/. . V." If the
converging lines of 'production and , 'consumption in tbe'United States
continue to approach' each other asthey have done during the last ten
years, before the middle of the decade upon which we have just entered
has been reached the last vessel loaded with tlie agricultural products of
' this country will have left our shores, the exporting grain elevators in '
our seaboard; cities will /stand emp % ty ; and this great nation.; like those of i
the old world, will be looking . for a place to buy the necessaries of^life.
\u25a0Mr. Brown sees the remed\- . in "intensive farming—bl essed
word of editorial resource. No doubt we shall haye r all that kind
of farming that the/country \u25a0needs when there is demand foryit.-
In the meantime, if -there* is] not as ; much of this phase of agriculture
as theorists: desire.' it is because .we are producing other things
that pay better. Avrailroad president, even if he have accumulated
millions, has ; no -.license t to teach farmers their business. Until
recently that phase ; of , educational activity had been confined to
editorial sanctmns, butuiow the magnates arc taking a hack at it
without any more signal success than the .editors enjoyed.
if the slioc niaker^will • stick , to his Uist: and^miud his own
business perhaps wc'sliall all comc;put< right" in tlie' end, > '. -^
The Magnate
Brand
Of^WisJom <
Expefting the Clairias
The Jmart./et [
THE informal dinner party for the
married set and the luncheon for
the* debutantes seem to make up
the social program this week, for there
are several of these affairs mentioned
as the prominent events of the next
few days. Tlie dinner to be given this
evening I>:\ the Associated Charities at
the Palace hotel is conspicuous among
the things that are of interest to the
older set, while among those who will
entertain informally at the annual re
union are: ;
MfTs Lama McKinstry [Mrs." Willard Hatch
Miss Jessica Pelxotto *Mr*. Joseph D. Grant
Mrs. John r\ Merrill jMrs. K. S.~< Heller
Mrs. M. C3SIOBB )Mn». SlgTnund Stern
Mr*. A. W. ftott I
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Miss Lillian Van Vorst will entertain
a group of girls at the luncheon that
she will give next Wednesday when
Miss Lurline Matson. one of th^ popular
debutantes of the season, will be the
feted guest. The luncheon will be
given at the home of the hostess in
Vallejo street. Among the girls who
have .received, cards for the occasion
are: ••
Miss Ajfnes Tillmann Miss Porotby Chtirchill
Miss Olive Wheeler Miss Meta McMahon
Miss Kdna Norman Ml*s Alma Birmingham
Miss Amy Kowles Miss F.dith Metealfp
Miss Miriam McNear Miss Amalfa Simpson
Miss niitli It<»»rlcke Miss Kathleen Karrell
Mi*s D.rothy lioerlcke Miss Elva de Piie
Miss Dolly MarGnTin Mis« Dorothy Van Sitk-
Mlss Anna Weller .ten
Miss Florence Isr;*Tcr- Miss Mildred SalW ,
mao Mrs. Cnrtis Rcdfern
! Miss Florence dull i
i , '• \ •
) Miss Dorothy Baker^s luncheon given
I ypst<»rday in compliment to Miss Agnes
Tillmann was a delightful affair, begin
i ningithe week in a most acceptable way
for the girls of the younger set. who
Imve heen entertaining so much during
the last month for Miss Tillmann/ The
luncheon . table was decorated with
violets and daffodils, while yellow rib
| bon streamers accentuated the note of
S spring coloring. Among the girls in
vited to meet' Miss Tillmann yesterday
j were:
j Miss Dorothy Van Sick- Miss Until Richards
len Miss 1 -a lira Baldwin
Miss Anna Olney Mlsn'l*>lly MncCavin
Miss Klva de Pile .Miss Jean Tyson
Miss Gertrude Perry Miss Helfn Jones
Mlsg Marguerite Doe Miss Bessie Ashton
Miss Dorothy Chapman
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A luncheon of the day that will be
enjoyed practically by the same group
of girls,' made up of debutantes and a
f£w of th*>ir elders, will be given . by
Miss Miriam McNear. The compli
mented guests at this pleasant affair
will he Miss Agnes Tillmann. who is a
debutante of the- winter, and Miss Jean
Tyson, the pretty fiancee, of Harry
Wiehe. .'\u25a0:\u25a0.;.'/ . . :'"^
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Miss Marian will share the
i hgnpnji witli Miss Agnes Tillmann at a
! lunolioou to be given tomorrow by Mis*.
j Janet Cole man at the home of the latter
|in California street. There will be
| about 20 girls- to meet the twa com
plimented guests. Miss Zeile has lately
returned from the east and is tjie in
centive for a great number of informal
entertainment!?.
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An, aritiy : wedding that . 'is of social
moment and of the greatest interest
in fact to the friends of the bride in
this city,"; is Hhat of Miss Eileen 'Hart
Davis and lieutenant Joseph Cummins
of tlie Twenty-ninth Infantry, 1 which
took place Wednesday, January;. 12, at
Fort .Wyoming. .The pretty ceremony
was performed at the home. of Colonel
and, Mrs. "Thomas F. Davis, ; who are
with' the- Eighteenth infantry at the
post. The colonel's 'quarters were deco
rated '. with roses and regimental flags
for; the occasion. .It was a morning
ceremony and promptly at 9 o'clock
Lieutenants Pike and Sullivan of the
Eighteenth infantry. extended streamers
of " white I satin ribbon J between j rows of
camp colors forming an aisle for the
bridal > party. Rev. Father Duffy of
Sheridan, \Wyo., who celebrated" the
nuptial mass, preceded the bridal party
to the I altar. -The ',infantry
orchestraV rendered appropriate , selec
tionsiduring the/services and the re
ception that followed. The bride was
attractively, gowned in white em
broidered 1 silk crepe with pearl trim
mings.; Her' only ornament was an
amethyst' and- pearl .pendant,;* the '-gift
of .the bridegroom. .The veil of tulle
was caught with orange. blossoms. ; She
carried; a'," shower*- bouquet- of .", bride
roses." Miss Genevieve Johnston of Den
ver : was maid., of -honor and wore.'a
gnwn of Japanese 'gauze with insertion
of j Valenciennes : . ;. She carried*'- a
shower bouquet of pink roses. Lieu
tenant 'William* A.*' Alfonte 'acted as
best man • and .Lieutenants Pike, Patter
son. \ Sullivan, and; Lonergan ; . of \u25a0 the
Eighteenth infantry.' were, the ushers.
After 4he- ceremony , a reception, was
held.^during which a wedding break-^
fast was v served vin': the dining room,
where-pink roses and; ferns formed the
decorations^ According, to the. old army,
custom tlieTbride I cut >trie .wedding cake
withi the groom's : saber. >j Among I the
many beautiful, gifts' received :was 'a
heavy silver s»t of ,96 ; pieces-. from; the
officers ; at- ',l'ort Mackenzie:* : Lieutenant
[' and : Mrs.".; Cummins S arp ; enjoying .; m
,ljor.eymoon ;« trip i in**. the east ii a nd will
reside vatr Fort^Nia^ara; X. _ Y., \u25a0' where
l'.tlxe former is stationed, v "^
REDMOND FACES TEST OF
ABILITY AS STATESMAN
CHARLES J. DOLAN
Former .Member of I'arllamrnt.
[Charles Joseph Dolan if op* of the younser \u0084;
leaden of th€ Sinn Fein moveaaeat in Ireland,
and hia trip to the United State* if for the pnr
po«« of seekins-markets for Iri»h product*. Ke
•was a member «f parliament in 1906-190* with
the nationalist party. He ia a fraduato of St>
Patricks college, CaTan. of the Boyal uniTer
aity and of Wren's in London. Ukins the %old
medal in the Irish intermediate examinations
and another for classics.]
IT will be remembered that when, the
final 'vote was taken on the Lloyd-
George budget in the house of com
mons; last year, the Irish party ab
stained from voting. In the new par
liament 10 of the Irish nationalist mem
bers", under the leadership of William
O'Brien, are pledged to oppose the
budget, and if the remaining 72 Irish
nationalists again abstain from' voting,
the government majority will be re
duced almost to the vanishing point.
The attitude of the nationalist party
toward the budget raises the question
of the over taxation of Ireland. The
annual contribution of Ireland to the
revenue of the British treasury now
amounts to $50,000,000, and it is at
once apparent that such a tax must be
a serious drain on the resources of a
country possessing only four an<T a
half millions of people, mainly subsist
ing on the cultivation of the s»il. But
it-is when compared with the national
revenues of .such states as Belgium.
Denmark. Switzerland, Bulgaria and
Greece that the excessiveness of Irish
taxation is most clearly demonstrated.
The countries mentioned are governed
as independent states on revenues
amounting in each case to not more
than $25,000,000, while Ireland pays
$50,000,000 for the doubtful privilege
of running in harness with one of the
richest empires in the world.
When the act of union between the
parliaments of England and Ireland
was passed in 1801, the tptal taxation .
of Ireland was only $5,000,000, although
she had then the same population that
she has now. In 1317 the, 'union was
completed by the amalgamation of the
English and Iris=h treasuries, but it
was expressly stipulated that Ireland
would bo treated as a separate entity
for purposes of taxation, and that tlie
scale of taxation would be propor
tioned to the resources of the Irish
nation. ;
As time advanced, the agreement was
unregarded. Taxes were Imposed in
discriminately on the peoples of the
two countries, and in 1553 the last
trace of distinction -was removed when
Gladstone extended the income tax to
Ireland. From this time onward the
taxation of . Ireland increased at an
enormous rate, despite the protests of
the more thoughtful leaders of tl*«»
Trish people against the spoliation of
their country.
When Gladstone was drafting his
home rule scheme in ISS6, he felt the '
need of exact information on the finai«
clal relations of England and Ireland,
and on his return to power " in 1592
appointed a commission to investigate
the whole question of Irish taxation.
This commission was composed of the
leading English statisticians of the
day and was presided over by Mr.
Chllders, a former chancellor of the
exchequer. Its report was issued in
1894, and it stated that Ireland was
being overtaxed to the- extent of at '
least $12,500,000 annually. *
"Shortly after the report of this com
mission was issued, the liberals went
out of, office and. during the subse
quent 10 years that the tories held un
interrupted sway the financial relations
question was ignored. Meanwhile, Irish
taxation increased from $35,000,000 t»
$50,000,000 annually.
When the liberal.* returned to
power in 1905. with the aid of Irish
votes, it was hoped that they would
take action on the findings of the com
mission, which their party had ap
pointed 12 years previously. These
hopes were doomed to disappointment.
TUe dust that had accumulated on the
blue book, containing the report of the
Childers commission, was allowed to
rest undisturbed. Nay, so completely .
was the question ignored by the liberal ,
government that Chancellor Lloyd-
Gcorgo. in his famous" budget, pro- \u25a0
vided for a further increase of the tax- ,
ation of Ireland by $10,000,000. (
tjnder the British fiscal system an in- i
crease of Irish taxation can not be ;
accomplished by direct means. It*is by \u25a0
the choice of commodities to be taxed <
that it is open to a chancellor- to dis- 1
criminate unfairly against Ireland. In j
the present case, Lloyd-Georger had to 1
ANSWERS TO QUERIES
PICTURE — S.. Xapa. Sonic time ajfo I read an
account of a painting . exhfbitM at the Seattle
expo#ltlon that was rwnsrkable in this. that
•round the head of the principal flifuret that of
the Christ) at twillsht or darkness there ap
pears a balo »of ll*ht. which does Dot show
in bright jflayli?ht: How can that be' accounted
for?. .
That is a trick painting. Around the
head lias been placed a coat of phos
phorescent or luminous 'paint, In day
light .the peculiar property, of such
paint is not manifest, but in the last
moments of twilight and in darkness
the phosphorus shines and produces
the effect described.
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I'OPUIi\.TION— P.." Oakland. Di.t Philadelphia
at any time In the last 30 years hare a larpw
pot-nlation .than : New York city? What do. the
wusu* figures show? • " y
Philadelphia. New York.
ISSO ............ 547.170. * 1,206,299
IS9O ..:..... ..V. 1.040.449 .1.313,301
1900 .1.293.697 3.395,976
1910 (e5t.)... ./. 1.545,800 4.730.350
TO VOTE— J. P. I^.-Rnst. Where in this state
is a man entitled to Tote , in case he Tlt«i In
Alameda county and doenHmtlneu in Sao Fran
ciaco? In the former or the latter , place? .*.-
A man ia entitled to vote in the place
In "which: he claims 'his residence, lie
cart not have two residences.
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TOBACCO— Subscriber. San Isold ObUpo. Whtre
can : I obtain • the pr«?«*« for v cuTin? tobacco?
: Procure a work on the cultivation of
tobacco through any. up to date book
seller.
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ToMoßllOW— Fraukie. Cit JV " Which I* «or
r<vt. "Tomorrow I*, or tomorrow will b* Tnes
.lsy';?:;V *\u25a0\u25a0- . -.-; - • '\u25a0 ;- \u25a0- • \u0084
; \u25a0/-.Tomorrow boinsr of the future and
.Tuesday - falling on ''tomorrow,-" the\ls»t
trr \u25a0^is .correct:; although 'Shakespeare
( uses' '.'tomorrow is St. Crispiah" and
FEBRUARY!, 1910 X
Written for 'The Call
Charles J. Dolan, former member
of Parliament.
choose between^ the brewing and dis
tilling industries for added imports.
Brewing Is mainly, an English in
dustry, and ale is. the favorite Eng
lish beverage. To im-s^ase the tax on
ale would arouse the displeasure of th«
English consumer and rerfder the lib
eral government unpopular. It would
also increase th»* taxation of England
as apart from Ireland and Scotland-
On the other hand, an increase of th*
spirits duty would fall mainly on Ire
land and Scotland, and the risk of un
popularity in these countries was not
so serious. Scotland was unalterably
wedded to liberalism! and the Irish
could be placated by' a vague .promise
of home rule. Consequently, Lloyd-
George increased the tax on spirits
by 33 1-3 per cent, the largest single
increase ever proposed by a chancellor
of th<» exchequer. If it had passed into
law this tax would have enormously
injured the distilling industry and in
directly the barley growing industry,
besides diminishing the general trade
of Ireland and Scotland.
The other increased imposts pro
posed were S pence a pound extra on
tobacco, a * scale of high duties for
licenses for brewers and distillers, ami
increased death and Ifgaoy dutie*.
These taxes feil equal ly on Ireland.
Scotland and England. Combined with
the increased spirits duty, their effe«t
on Ireland would be to increase the
hea'.'y burden of taxation in that coun
try by $10,000,000.
When asked by an Irishman to stai ;
his opinion regarding the expediency
of a union of the parliament of Ire
land and England. Doctor Johnson ex
claimed:
"Do not unite-with us. sir. We would
rob you." .
History has justified the wisdom of
the celebrated doctors advice. In
view of the verdict of the Childer»i
commission, it is obviously the* duty
of the whole Irish representation in
parliament, irrespective of party - dif
ferences, to unitedly oppose any at
tempt to extract more revenue from
Ireland. Mr. Redmond's party did not
actively oppose the Llc-yd-Georg* bud
get in the last parliament because th<\v
feared to lose the good will of the
liberals. In the present parliam^t
they will have it in their power to
compel the chancellor to so amend his*
budget that Irish interests will not be
adversely affected. Will he exereis
that power? He is presented with an
opportunity .only once before possessed
by an Irish parliamentary leader. The
use which he will make of it will be
the test of hia statesmanship.
many other like phrases. Since his
•day "tomorrow is" has been commonly
used. and. generally, it is the usage of
the present time.
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PATENT— K. O. T.. fit.T. fan any one nuke
application direct to the patent office to *emrf
a patent? How »iicnld one- proceed?
Any one can apply in person or by
communication for a patent, but unless
the individual is versed in the manner
of securing patents, he will run thW
risk of having 'hi* Invention "grabbed'
by what are known as "patent sharks."
and they may secure the patent first.
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BEET SUGAR— A. 1... Sunny,,!*. Wten wa*
SUt«£?" S ° Smr indU!ltry sl * rtP<l »»" tte Tnitr-i
Attempts were made to establish tb^
industry in 1841. In Illinois. Wiscon
sin and California attempts were made
between 1863 and 137<L In California,
after a long period of unsuccessful pro
duction, it achieved the* first success
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BRIDGE OF.SIOHS— G. H.. Turlock. WJxr
can I obtain a poem entitled "The Brid;s «f
Sighs lo which there is described a courtroom
scene?
This department has read several f
poems with that title, but has not dis
covered a courtroom scene in any of
them..
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\u25a0 A. r. .\.— Subscriber; City. What.fs tbe <>xaft
meaning of the Initial* "A. P. A." swd tn con
nection with »n orsanlMttan? I>oe» It *ttllrxl*t?
American protectjve association." \u25a0 It
does ..not exist us an active organiza
tion- at this time.
AISTRIA-HU.NOARV-^Mni. D. L.. I*% \t»
ra<>». tv> th* people of Au«trl»-Hijns)ir» all ipV*k
the same Un^nujTF?
/ Xo/: Trie, languages spoken are Ger<
man and Magyar.