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' ee Member of © United Press, Pab- lished detty by Phe Star Publish ing Oo. i) Wt it cor time to write the t y of the special tarif f the y-first congre irrent event r rt aft administration began unfortunately, ¢ wa allee togret! in accordance with pre-« nh promise for a " tariff, Its work proved to be a distinet disapp { t is no doubt that the pre-clection pledges were understood by the people to commit the party to a lowering of the schedulés. What actually happened was an increase in the average of the duties “This result was accomplished by a combination of the leaders of the senate and the house Of representatives, and b the usual log-rolling arrangement in the nate, | r tl astute organizing power of the senator from Rhode Island a combination was arranged between senat and representa tives representing special ests in England and is the inter-n tain states Phe wnufacturers te wit! the raw material men, and by mair ri " lutic on iron ore, wool and similar pr support was ught tr hat see n he itry which et th w En iar states to keep and get a little more r middle weat were ne » was the con sumer generally It was, indeed, a revision of the tariff ‘by its friends’—the friends this instance, be the “ interests which were it by the tariff law, principa the monopolies and trusts “A diversion was created at one time by the introduction | of an income tax amendment. This was a shrewd maneuver on the part of Senator Bailey, on the democratic side, anc Senator Cummins, acting for a faction of the republicans They relied on fact that President Taft had consulted! himself in pre-election speeches for such an amendment of the law, The idea proved popular, and finally a canvass of the senate showed a majority in favor of its passage *Then President Taft showed his hand. In spite of his pre-election promises, he came out openly, and in his first special message recommended as a su tax stitute a corporation The purpose of the recommendation was disclosed by pury pose in bringing in the measure was to kill off the income tax! amendment. pose of the president, and when the corporation tax was later knifed in conference no one was surprised. “All the time during which the tariff bill was the sub- ject of debate President Taft maintained an attitude of non-interference. To the more high protection element in the country, and to the Cannon-Aldrich elenfent in con- gress, this attitude was most pleasing. Congress had a free hand, and took full advantage of it. “But the people did not like these doings. They were detidedly impatient at the broken pledges, and the increased burdens of taxation, when they had been led to hope that they were to enjoy the opposite results, The complacent attitude of the president, while approved by certain business interests, jarred upon the moral sense of the average citizen. It con By inference this was presumed to be the pur- draw comparisons with the casy ways and happy era of Mc- Kinley did not set well on the public stomach. “By early summer time there were signs of the political uprising which came later on. Congressmen who went home to their districts found the voters in a decidedly rebellious mood, The republicans were in disfavor, and the democrats were not much more approved. The only public men who did not come in for criticism were the so-called ‘progressive’ re- publicans in the senate and the ‘insurgents’ in the house— members who had stood against the rule of Cannon, and the autocracy of Aldrich, Cummins, Beveridge and LaFollette Ete., ete., ete.” president dates from this time. OF 1912." IT WILL PROBABLY START OUT SOME- THING LIKE THIS. “EX-PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT TION TO AFRICA AND FOUND HIMSELF THE CEN- TER—" IT WILL BE A REAL THRILLER. Maryhill is a nice mame for a town, except that it {s phonetically related to the peculiar brand of en- thusiasm designated as merry, etc. If Mr. Taft could be certain whether the people or the Interests reelected presidents his duty would be piain litte warmer and the correspond-| ent’s arma are in better shape. The presence of one bad actor on the chain gang only shows the la mentable limitations of that institu. ton. Galveston is merely serving no tice that tidal waves will cross that sea wal! at their own risk, The deposed shah of Persia had 400 wives, and yet he was frighten ed by a mere revolution, Porcentagely speaking, Aberdeen tan show ‘em all something about revising {t downward M. Clemenceau behaved very much like a man who saw it com- Ing. WERE, NEW YORK, (Or Seattle, for that matter.) The clty Is cutting a street; The gasmen are hunting a leak; The pavers are laying concrete— They'l) change It for atone in « week The builders are raising a wall, The wreckers are tearing it down Enacting the drama of all The tale of our turbulent town. Our suburbs are under the plow, Our scaffolds are raw in the sun; ‘We're drunk and disorderly now, BUT-- ‘Twill be a great town when it's done. Puck, | Senator Aldrich, who admitted on the senate floor that his pur-| trasted strikingly with the ways of Roosevelt, and attempts to! THE SEATTLE STAR EDITORIAL AND MAGAZINE PAGE “TWENTY, YEARS FROM TODAY lIWHY THE GARTER? HERE iS fence a man was doing the very same thing he had intended. The man wae shock-headed and roughly clad. He see that, even in the dim moonlight What lay beyond the tall tron palings was very pree lous to Borrough. The stranger sneaked through the glostly bushes until near enough to the house to see through the rear windows. Then he stood and were almost popular heroes, and the talk of La Follette for! | vain. THE NEXT CHAPTER WILL BE “THE CAMPAIGN | RETURNED FROM HIS LONG HUNTING EXPEDI-' Col. Roosevelt whipped a whole | flock of hippopotam! yesterday, but | the strugwling pair. just wait until the weather gots —| be Teoognized the face above Jim SSS ES I THE EVERETT TRUES ENJOY A VACATION IN THE meee. 4 NEIGH BOR, Ri wwen’ rou wawr $wae-snors oF VACATION BASE RIES, GET MF IN YOUR OWN CAMP IY peculiar whisth “Bignaling to his pal,” Norroughs. “I've waited enough.” The next moment th jong the | stranger found himssif eneiroled by }two murcular aria. He etruggiod in ‘At taat, finding that he could not shake off the young man's grip, he gave vent to @ ehrill yell. This wae thy at thing Rorroughs conceived the would-be burgiar would do, and tn his surprise he al- moat loosened his grasp. Almost tm- mediately, however, his astonishment | Increased, for from the kitchen door | | eame an answering call in a feminine WE WON'T WRITE THAT CHAPTER YET, BUT Vl°e. “Here Tt am, Magali,” cried the man in Borrough's ¢rip, “Help! | This feller thinks he's got a second }atory man.” In three fumpe the girl was beside But a9 eon an | Hare's, she buret Into « laugh “Oh, law,” she gasped. “O, law! Hoth of yea up to the same thrick ee “S$ YouR canmaRka/ THE THURSDAY, JULY 22, 1909 TAR nee when the young man stared without was her only proposal | Ambien: The reason a girl can have such Tomorrow and Saturday any Ladies’ Suit, Skirt or Waist or Men's Suit or Raincoat will be sold on special terms of $1.00 down and $1.00 per week. Every one is welcome to buy during this sale for $1.00 down and $1.00 per week. Do not wait or put off coming in, as these terms are for this sale only. Come tomorrow or Saturday, select what you want, and $1.00 down is all we will ask you. WE DO AS WE ADVERTISE. Men’s Suits _ Ladies’ Suits wan Suits, Wor- steds, etc., $7.50, $10 $17.50, $22 $25 Skirts, Shirt Waists, Petticoats, etc. Fancy Worsteds, Plain Blue Serges, Serges, etc., at $15, $18 $22.50, $25 You get the goods on first payment. mtn GE; “ SIMPSON osc ovation A ail UN/ON — po it! to andersell Orie Block From P. O, bet. 4th and 5th eamprehonsion, ‘ He Would you eet to take & opin scalloped borders ... «see ere,” sald Horroughs when he ood time at a base a with me on the bridal path? was arranged to his sattefaction up oor ron sounds 20 peed moll a POSES GF PAE Pie ee Trunks Round, cea < ’ - —— $6.50 and $7.00 32 and 34-inch 45¢ and 50¢, THUMKR ye ees ce sreeeees $4.25 | Oval, 4 sizes, 35¢, 456 $22.50 Henry Likly Trunks, and $1.00, Minch .. wv $14,25 | 21x27 Turkey Feather $27.60 Hadley & Farnum A.C. A. Tick covers, Trunks, 8$inch .......818.50 | pair ..... $38.50 Henry Likly Trunks, 2ix2? Turkey Down BAILLARGEON’S Wash D for Chi , or Children, J STAR DUST as resses laren, Juniors . MISS RYAN’S EXPLANA TION and Misses | Joub ne Bayes I teadily suf by the 4 P 5 Apparel | ° BY BONNIE WHEELER : ois oc e a iliractive Fr Yot " en “The 0 at the Alhambra, th ; : week and at the close of the second’act you were a bit Childrén's Dresses; Ages Fr 6 to 14 M fussed at the garter episode, whether at the garter Itwif faterials of Rep ; I enh or at Jexterity with which it was rem@ved “ Cha nd Batiste singham, | t ation of “Why the gurter?” that will “A wal after a! (Pee rte k plaids, jall your doubt os a ime +5 é nt blue, pink, t and white rhe removal of the garter is necessary, Really It fe for purer? , pas sre Peter e odie one-pie | Mise ftyan, herself, eald so yesterday, and she ought to high neck and tong ‘ 1 5, $1.75, ce y} xnow for it la her garter sho stipes it off herself and $2.25 $2 75, $3.00 n $10 70 2.00, it over her head as she kprings to the eontor of the 94.49, DE A in fy ey) ‘ Juniors’ Dresses; Ages 12 to 16 * | The Reason Why Materials of Gingt | I trimer os Perhaps you overlooked the reason for the garter bust ‘smth vee ole - ; ; lings of bes }noas, but here tt | The garter and f 5 making bl 4 a ‘ P » are pink, BR By | t attract tl tlon of jue, tan, light checks ar ¥e ter Tt the a sudden appoaranc u ; vom wly crawling out of the door covered by « tiger $5.00 and $5.75. bn ““Who wouldn't be attracted to the auction of a garter?” Misses’ Dresses Ager 14 to 18. » askod Misa Ryan yosterd I think it | of Paulotte {uterials of Mull, I Ging “ to think of It. Ye Paulette | nttoual and ar en iene ot a neck a o it Is the first thing she hits upor he k rwill : haouad hae ‘ attract attention so sho whirh ff t 0, $6.75, $7.50 Slauestion but that the garter certa Hid raet : to $11.75. “nd Pom and wo wonder y | She Is for Paulette | : - J ial wank. nro san at ts ll Children’s Straw Toilet Accessorias Blue Moune Paulett a oF 1 | 3 Choru Lady or Sal | Hats P am, new Hut the action of th it be} He t Bi The whole thing th Tho Indestructible large Hud Tollet Well A to give her words effect, “The I | with all-blue or all ter Paulette does the best she ca white streamer Bee H ' 1G von Bhe is educated, she hae no 7 ; t y and quick wits, she te sang : Little Tot’ M oom Tal 7 J wor m. That ia where the chara j hit fo rhe : pein Paulette, by the slightest loos Sailors, straw, black or | fumed ; ) lof the many compr ua ae sce aeiain: Be a She goes very ¢ oe Wy fore " - n we k Brooms. 25¢ 3 and does not jar one’s se nelbititie ys’ Blue Denum Over First Fleer, alles | to 14 years, well made | pret the part ahe is a good woman | t nt , . B be Nothing Really Wrong Royw’ “Hack About ]asement Section *anta cassimeres worsteds. “You nowdn't be afraid of losin’ that sult,” says Paulette, - tetotar Be seen ike rrived, shipments of th! an lapeaking of the Mbel & ause ber Shove’ Suspenders, best slaatic reer Dinner Hy | character has been defa: nothing ‘wrong about MISS ELSIE RYAN, | A neat | m 1, supporter attachments 25e¢ k ‘ me when you get down to be And ny bit of | gate : sentiment wedged in between, ¢ ‘g . an ™ Third Floor, | for 6 come i laughs, Miss Ryan thinks is the ; ; Wiee—Wh him the lll * uane tram, a F keynote to the character rroug It * fe for mt Wase—Ob, be- 1 D AY als t od ~ . it fe these few Hines into which ‘ par ' ano ond downs rapery pect i : aud bandies, Miss Ryan throws a world of rua te 1 within soe, mul 1 T ’ ‘ pathos that causes one to wish for Dh, it’s you, is it, Maggie,” sak laggio's wild / ‘ 1 y omorrow 100 pl ; rt the opportunity of ng ber in & ‘ n, as he reluctantly un Forrester t et nevada y son, He may &4 Table Cover, just the size Haviland & Co. white a of the tragic | ty If this ey 1 ® wageling ~ i for dining room tables; made gold and gold tn “4 dy. Of course we w by the 8 t © 08 My » ' rked the thrift of heavy tapestry in Oriental | would have to have & KeNETOUR | stead of sneaking in over the fence porent Kay. ofl ey patterns, at $3.50 share of comedy, for Mies Ryan is | as if he wore after the sliver? j nm wh ae trying | wireal. », 1 guess § HEAVY REP PORTIERES | 15 ethan pallette in Hay j {delicious in her manneriams 494) yi6 pousomatd's grin was vielble, | ang tok major ite tend to 1 Finished with Van Dyck edges | & Co.'s popular Dinner Ware iher very volee ls infectuous, but 5th tee Gevieee to it gh, from, hie posi ndolent #0 or cord, {a rod. area oe browns | Melee, from: 7 there is no question but thet she Qo) ns body, “He fought very special at ......--. $4.50 | $18.50. } would be superb in melodrama, “An’ why did ye come oven’ @ eee ee ee) HEAVY PORTIERES «| men, rorsel, Sees } with’ Ginch tapestry border; | Linen Depart a THIEE IM; ‘Oh, said Borroughs, “nobody tn|entree into Annabel you f 00d range of colors, at $5.00 | (oan crisp speclala for the house knows why better than |b and how Maggte Artful t y [RIGH POINT LACE CURTAINS | day and Saturday } you, Maggie le nthe later, got new poal-|, Little Boy--Ma wick In white or crea pre | years’ handling of 1 “Maggie.” inquired Rorroughe | Mame = Whaat? ‘ pri a . £5.00 and reliability. 3 Wooan't the major jet Mine Annabel | REFLECT! Attle Noy While you was out 3 oo | Pattern Cloths, borden: | ‘Only th sour-feced Mr, An- Most of the @ you said I mustn't touch ‘ | 2x2 4 queerness of women's | pitt ¥ Handsome New Showing of | **2 yards, extra Matt Sececocecooes saseneit ter replied the maid jhate ts on the outside; of men's) | ?* Lace Collars gid finish . n ” a BY ALLAN P. AMES. FO gona PO oy plastid bag mg oor Why the Opened «he Letter. m1 yard xtra heavy, " ently cut of] « = A boy does pretty well in college! intl n ry your wife opened Dutch Collars, lawn and lace finish . o0neneeneua Borroughs stepped ¥ | “Maggie,” he said, after a mo-/ not to learn to dress ke a welsh ae letter I sent you. Har insertion B5¢ | vt the shadow of one of the big treet) ment's thought, “If I marry Mise An-| rabbit dream eee thee See Sever oy ‘+4 BOO | Sed yords ot aa . that overhung the rear end of M8). | nabel I know where there'll bea fine| Sometimes @ girl will accept the et os a rule, WE Tailored Jabots, embroidery | Napkins to mateh at Forrester's garden and seized two of) job as lady's maid and aleo another | judgment of her father, unless it is| lis. but, you see. you marked t|pm S94 lace ..... Pee 356 | $2.75, $4.00 and the tron palinge preparatory (©) as gardener. | suppose Jim could | about a man | “Prtvate."—erape. Linen embroidered Duteh Col- 1%x1% hemstitehed climb. Before his feet left the) jearn to garden? It won't take but] The ronson people ean have such lars». Be ih vy, & slight noise at! peop Not for Uncle. and 1 doz. 184m. Napkins ground, however, [& inte and if the major ix as! big families is they don't know how| ‘No, uncie, you the ball, and|ii} Venise Bow and Jabot com: 1 %, as abo the right caused him oo his} grateful ae he is timid, it can't feth|to raise them, eee If 1 don't tack! threw you|ME bination ....s.cscsecsers . B56 ra ar as above .. hold and look quickly around Jit, wilt you kindly lie on the grass? A woman would rather never|!.{fore You Bet three yards! —Comie | 14x?! uest . * 7 ae ot ombroid Ties. . } A Gosen yards further along the| “Do as he enys, Jim,” old the girl, [have had a husband than admit 1¢|°°"* Ascot embroidered B5¢ | hack ....ccccseree Mix24 Guest Tee Special Values in | 424nch ... $25.00 | art tick Se Sult Cases, full If $45.00 Full size Marseilles 0008 0 is ise cs Ghisies $1.75 | Crochet Spreads .... Traveling Bags, $35.00 and Full stze, sealloped, Fas | Spreads afternoons, these, in Our Bescalator our wtful Tea Room. 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