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~ JAMES | HLL DECLARE “THAT WALL STREET HASNT } } ‘ i i { { } | A FRIEND WEST OF BUFFALO “The People Demand Tariff Reduce emu i tion,” Veteran Railroad Magnate Ine Tells Evening World: “if Blocked They’ll Change the Senate.” By Samuel (moe ‘ of The Bvening World.) WASHINGTON, May 14.—“Wall strect hasn’t a friend west of | “Buffalo,” remarked James J. Hill, last of the great railway kings of | M. Williams. ‘America, to The Evening Work to-day. “Wall street is merely a counter over which the people of the ‘eountry are supposed to do their trading. The gentlemen behind the Jpounter. are dependent upon customers from other parts of the country, but if those customers decline to come up to the counter then things go e very well on itself. shard with Wall street. It cannot liv w “The Stock Exchange has had some “pretty hard temocks, and I am inclined to believe that the gentiemen on the floor are not dy any means through With afl their troubles. They seem to have had regard only for themselves FAUNA cared Uttle for the roal Interests fof tho rest of the country. It made no Mifferedce to thom what they did to values, They would as soon ruin « property as to build It up, They are not the constructors and makers of real valuce and prosperity. “1 have heard some talk of curtall- Mente of credits in Hnance. To some ex- Aent this is true. There deen great demand for «money throughou' the world to meet the extraordinary expenditures ent and France op up with the pace. e Balkan war situation caused “dmoreased demands for money and a Phearding for possible eventualition In Father countries. But I am inclined to ‘delleve that now tho tension has relaxed there will be an easing up in finan- centres, Loans in American banks been pretty nearly up to the limits of Feserves, but conditions are now im- horevine and I see no signs of slackening Wasiness or necomary curtallments. STARIFE REDUCTIONS CAN'T r “CHECK. PROSPERITY. © erway should there be when (his coun- Of ours is yielding an 62 Mualled co of farm products a@ manu- it months has amounted to @ve hun- millions of dollars. England is our eat customer, Canada comes next, Germany, then France, al! buying more from us than we buy rem them. Our farms last year yielded jm billion of dollars’ worth of agricul- 1 products. Think what an enor- gum ‘that is of wealth production. , Our exports of manufactures are greater than ever, - “I do not see how reduction of the tariff je going to affect serioumy these] , conditions, Men who are complaining mould walt until they see whether they Feally are hurt before crying. The peo- Ble of the country demanded this yehange, and they intend to have tt. If the Senate blocks them the people will change the complexion of the Senate by * means of direct elections and send back B majority that will override every ob- Hon. If radical changes should be made in the present bill and the public that special interests have been hen there will be w political rywhere, and many a sen- bor and Congressman will be told to out so that men can be put in their een to carry out the popular will. “JAPANESE TROUBLE ONLY PROTHING OF POLITICIANS.” “A great majority of the people want @ chauge and are determined to have Mt If, after they get it, results should Met prove all that they expected, then they will of their own account change to something else, But until that ts proven the demand Is for tariff revision downward. 1 have observed political conditions in the 8tates of Michigan, Indiana, the northern part of Iunots, ‘Wisconsin, Minnesota, the Dakotas, Montana, Iowa, Nebraska and Kansas. ‘The old political parties, Democratic and Republican, no longer exist in that ,featon, ‘The real division tn of th and the outs. Both od parti tariff revision in their platforms people voted for it and they will insist on having ft. , “Tule talk about Japanese trouble is Merely the frothings of politicians and oMee-holders. Thero ig nothing to it. /o aasa ea! ty hs 3 DR. FOX'S ROOF- LESS PLATES Provide you with sound teeth for those which are [ or have been lost WHAT J. J. HILL THINKS OF WALL ST., TARIFFS AND BUSINESS FUTURE. Wall Street hasn't a friend Went of Buffalo. M The people demand Tariff re- duction and they are determined to have it, Af the Senate blocks them, the people will change the complexion of the Senate by means of direct |] elections, The old political parties no longer exist In the Northwest. This talk about Japanese trou. ble is merely the frothings of politicians and officeholders, Callfornians object to the Japan- ene, why do they sell them land? |] Our trade with ( in is nearly |] twiee as much as with all the || countries from the Rio (rande ylelds of wheat per acre. Irrigation the State can supply | the nation with the best sugar beets Im the world. | 1 see no signs of slackening business or necessary curtail. ment. T do not find the West paying attention to it. 1f tho people of California wish to prevent the Japanese from holding land In that State, thoy have the rem- edy cantly in their own hands without making prohibitive laws, Why @o the white cltigens of the State aoll and lease thelr lands to the Japanese if the pr ence of the foreigners tn so object! ery simple remedy law compell'ng ‘have found by experience that the ene is w very good worker on ."16 de, He does his work thoroughly well, The West needs laborers and workers, Farmers had It might be a pretty good thing to have half a [iiliion Japanese and Chinese come in every year for five years to supply the demand for labor in the West . not realise what a pturdy type Chinaman ts, te ix honest, con tlous and a wonderful worker. I hope that some day he will come into the recognition that is his due. SHOULD CULTIVATE TRADE WITH CANADA, “There is one other country to whitch We fall to give due attention, Canada 1s our second largest trade customer. Our business with her 1s nearly twice as our trade with all the Kio Grande to Cape Horn, Our rela- tions with one single country to the Jnorth are of more value to us than of all the countries of Central and South America, including even Cuba, Despite al tariff! between Canada and England, she is an enormous customer of our products, and each year the Dalance of trade tx ovenwhelmingly in our favor, Why should there be dl i criminations of custom houses agatnat j such a customer? | "L came here to Washington to talk about irrigation projects in| Montana The Government work seems slow and costly. pletion of half # dozen extensly; takings, ‘Te it ett on thelr ey blamed for impatience, There are 20,000 acres within the projects and onl very small part of them have received water. Montana 4s raising the banner ylelds of wheat per acre, With trriga- tion the State can supply the nation with the best sugar beets in the world There is something unexplained about what has become of the money that should have been applied to Montane irrigation, Perhaps we shall learn more ity, THE EVENING WORLD, WEDNESDAY, MAY 14, 1918. | tee had Information that the milltants| Pankhurst, who Ie ifving in Paris, drew, | 7 p | were to lure a Cabinet Minister to a }according to the bouks, 1) In the int | | country house, dress him in woman's | fous months | clothes, try = with a woman Judxe| RECEIVER FOR LAWRENCE, FOR- and jury and wentence him to penal | PLANS EMBARRASSES nervitude. ‘The ultimate fate planned | , MER PANKHURST ALLY. i for the Minister was not made public, A receiving order was made by the | Among the latest activities of the Hankruptcy Court to-day against Fred- militants is the puncturing of the tires| erick Pethick Lawrence, ® prominent of motor cars, ‘Thin is done with # NAW DEPARTMENT large pin whioh Is loft in the ruined | ° t The pin bears a suffragette tax, TESTIFY TO OUTRAGES BY THE SUFFRAGETTES. Btriking evidence as to the extensive Not Because of Importance of Drawings but the Situa- fn the militant campatgn and of the bad | tion Created, effect on the women's cause of the out- rages committed by them was given dur- ing to-day's resumed hearing at Bow Gtreet Police Court of the charges against the Suffragette leaders of In- fringement of the Malictous Damage to Property Act. Thore who occupied the prisoners’ in- closure were Miss Harriet Rebecca Kerr, Miss Agnes Lake, Miss Rachel Barrett, Mra, Beatrico Saunders, Miss Annie Kenney, Mies Laura Lennox and the anulytical chemist, Clayton, The case against Gon, Mrs. flora Drum: mond was postponed until July owing to her filnesa, ‘Testimony was r car: and Post-Ofr clals ap to the damage done to the mails by chemicals and other fluids being poured into the public letter boxes, The former business manager of the Buffragette sponsibility the different Ge paper. The witness explained that his rervices were dispensed with by the militant society, as Mra Icmmeline Pankhurst thought it was Dotter vbat only women should conduct the pa- oor. Tho witness's evidence as to the lors of clroulation by the Suftragetto after militant acts had been committed was somewhat surprising. He said that at first 90,000 copies hed been printed, but the males were only 17,00. The citutn- tion then Gropped to 7,500, but 3,000 capies were circulated in other waye. Just before last CBristmas he told Mra, Pankhuret that this falling off was due to the letter box raids, but the suffragetto leader shrugged her shoulders and said that could not de possible because whon the women were ff Correspondent of | ming World.) May 14—Theft of lbattioniip ans ie an embarrassing revelation to the Navy Department ‘There was received at the Navy Depart- | ment recently plans for one of the new | Pritish battleships, On examination they were found to be the original work- jing plana for constrnetion. The generat Practice among navy purloiners ts to ob- tain extra blue prints or tracings on thin paper, but not to disturb originals. When the British working drawings came Into the Navy Department at Washington there arose eubarrassing quentions of what to do. Tt was realize’ that lose would greatly inconvenience the British naval constructors in pro- ceoding with their work. At the same time the United States Navy Depart- ment did not wish to expose {ts own hand by openly admitting possession of the plans, Mowever, they had to put back in some way, no they were hastily despatched to London with dnstructions to be sent back, in as diplomatic manner as porsl- ble, While there in much outward pre- tense about the secrecy of battleship Plans ip all navy departments, yet this fs merely a fiction. Designers are made acquainted quickly with each new plan that comes out. Some special new feature may be kept qulet during preliminary stages, but as soon ax actual construction begins the details are certain to be known by all nations. Were it not @ tradition, the bluft of WASHINGTON, uselesa Kecrecy would been aban- | mowt militant they were most success- doned long ago. Aw It is now, all na | ful, tlonm are oblixed to obtain secret in-| Archibald Bodkin, counsel for the formation by means which in other cite ‘Treasury, attempted to elicit from the ohartered accountant who had audited tho books of the Women's Sooial and Political Union what had become of the © called secret service fund of $1,250,000 the newspaper the Suffragette jounced $900,000 had been rai muntant, however, was unable to cles would be termed bribery and theft. Navy Department offictaln asscrted to- day that the stolen plans of the battle- ablp Pennsylvania did not cont Admiral team En . sald that they consisted only of unim- portant deck plans and had no relation to control of the turrets. ‘ThePennayl-| throw any ght on the subject which x to have three turrets forward | Ne sald had not come within his ken, ee aft, something new in battle-| ‘The women apated in the prisoners’ struction, Ned broudly at the attor- efforts to get on to the track of their funds, ‘The accountant while on the wiiness stand produced the salary book of the Women's Social and Political Union, from which if appeared that the salaries of the leaders.of the militant movement were not princely, Miss Annie Kenney received $31 weekly, “General” Mrs. Mora Drummond and Miss Marrtet thin fact has tong been known, secrecy hax been maintained about two points, One was the precise position of the turrets on deck so that thelr range.of fire could be of widest possible extent, The other point related to the ayntem of electrical control of the tur- ferts, By means of Interlocking mechan- jam, the turrets when swinging around are to be Kept out of each other's line jof fire, These details were not in the missing plans, BOMB SENT TO NAGITRATE B THE MIUTANTS (Continued from First Page.) Nebecca Kerr $17.10, Mrs. Beatrice Saun- ders and Miss Rachel Barrett $15 and Migs Laura Lennox $10. Miss Christabel militants scheimed to kidnap the Chan- cellor a month ago on the golf links, He in which they were ay broke down and the that you can e daughter operations of the Suffragettes engaged | M Men, it’s only by TRYING and wealthy suffragist, who recently severed his connection with the militant suffragette woclety. The order was on the application of the Director of Pub- lic Prosecutions because of Mr. Law- renve's refusal to pay the costs of the prosecution of himself and his wife and mmeline Pankhurst when they were brought up at the Old Batley Ses- sions on a charge of conspiracy in May last year. The outstanding amount ts $3,040, The court appointed an oMcial to take charge of Mr. Lawre! fairs, and thus he, although a man, will hy Place his business affairs in the of this official un- til the Govern: 's claim has been settled. The application was heard privately. Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence and a fow of thelr friends were present, but other- wise the public was excluded from the court In order to prevent a demonst tion. A crowd of women, however, col- lected outside the entrance to the court, wit for a fight In the public interest against a wholly unjust law, whieh tive the power to strike od PURIFY YOUR HOMES! During the Great Clean-Up, after the tubbish has been removed thoroughly disinfect your cellars, yards, closets and all suspicious places where disease. germs collect by sprinkling liberally lution. Chlorides zee The Odoriess Disinfect. A colorless tiquid whieh ini dincue germ "When dived wih ton jisease parts of wat for household ps Ag r ded lese SPosiica, guarded by u strong force! costs A, Erp tg a ‘Mr, Lawrence on leaving the court re-| formation sample bottle sent free. marked: Address Henry B. Plate, Manu- fam now a financial cipher, but ram facturer, 42 Clif St., New York. PHONE 1234 GREELEY Best & Co. Clearance Sale Second Thursday Floor Women’s and Misses’ Suits, Coats, Dresses 15.00 Heretofore $25.00 to $45.00 None C. O. D., Credited or Exchanged Also a Sale of Women’s and Misses’ Summer Blouses Of Batiste, Voile and Tub Silk Second Floor 295 3.95 5.00 FIFTH AVE. really find out When locomotives were first suggested in Ger- hignneeins: It many all the professors got toga and said the tha Chancellor fumes would poison people, and the wind the trains heard of He lalographad to mle made by cong & would blow houses down. Vue cad einai But none of that happened. T. P, O'Connor, in telling of the latter Incident, sald: | “Mtr, ‘Lioyd-George, hearing of the | intended kidnapping of his Httie girl, at | once rushed to a telegraph office and sent a wire to his wife, who was at) Griceleth, Wales, with their daughter, | He told her to look carefully after the | Little Packet’-that is the mame by | which this lovable and delightful cliild 4 known to hor parents.” | For a Jong time Winston Churchill's baby’ has been protected by police ap mst a plot to Kidnap it caso where a kidnapping ded it wan found that t When I first to go broke ing better than ever. _ These experienced give you a ten cent q ecause they knew al al that kind of smoking. DAILY USE OF — POSLAM SOAP IMPROVES SKIN Poslam Soap will do more to improve your skin than you ever thought « soap pov comes packed in an ine: very handy pouch. Ke you pay for it? That’ dicated with Poslam, the enling skin remedy. jus it is able to exert the hygienic | effects of Poslam upon the skin wjth every cleansing operation. They figured that I would use the custom: tin box-—and the tin box costs a heap of a The secret is—I did away with that useless tin box and saved the cost of it for you. tin, 80 why in Sam Hill should . my friends in the tobacco business that I was going to give the public a ten cent smoking tobacco for 5 cents, they said I would ‘ore the public ever heard of MASCOT. Well, I didn’t go broke and MASCOT is sell- men thought I could not uantity tobacco for a nickel bout the cost of marketing But— MASCOT CRUSHED CUT TOBACCO The Brand New Idea in Smoking Tobacco ed leaves cured by Kentucky’s glori- nsive but ou can’t. ous sunshine, 's the way I Gores MMe Bree [pat the very highest uality of tobacco into my MASCOT. tt is nothing at all like At Thirty-Fifth St. B.A .Macct= nn ho sides with @ re MARK WOLFE'S THE BEDDING STORE TWO MANDY STORES 2-inch continuous posts, 10 extra heavy fillers, very large and hand- some trimmings, easy rolling brass casters. The best guaranteed English Bakelite moisture-proof lacquer, exceptionally solid con- struction. What Do You Think of This} HANDSOME .}: Bright or Satin Finish The posts are full 2 inches thick, top bar 2 inches, large corners, 10 solid filling rods with especially handsome ball and. vase trimmings. The lacquer is guaranteed English Bakelite, alcohol and perspira- tion proof. The rails and corner connections are the very best made, The bed stands as solid as + rock. ‘ $8.00 Enamelled Steel Safety Crib i oe 2 IN Miglin UL High side crib; smooth white en- amel finish; fitted with sagless steel spring. HOLZWASSER &CO. OPEN EVERY EVENING UNTIL OPM. PARLOR ; Fine Velour suit, & hendeomse articles: 10.9; LIBERAL CREDIT TERMS WORTH dante 4 STB" $5100 $1.00 to $1.50 tareerspstons $100 $10.00 $1.50 to $2.00 rr ede: $150 $15.00 $2.00 to $2.25 KITCHEN aie $200 $250 oe. tore Se, lo: hte 2 Amounts in tous, Fatort three Kil gee a er AO nN Range oF Kefrig OUR 1913 CATALOGU! P rt in yards All Goods FREIGHT and irked ii R FARE. run of tobacco that sells for a nickel argued when I first thought out elias 8 It is real high-grade tobacco. Men, new idea in smoking tobacco. Min Prevents roughness Beautifies complex ole q Sc der skin; (es 5 ulin Ar Labteuher, sasiyer | Prete tm nfetion and daa you, I am giving you just as good MASCOT has made good. ‘Thousands and @wark an ments Ca, nex jor TT . usan manufacturing jewellers A thet city, | the cal ‘discourages dondrutf Ortaee quay as you could get by paying Fooupaar of You take a toe died yesterday from m complication of health to hair, | Fete ee ly-on-the-level tip from me, Buy diseases. He was born in Germany |, 1t7 today and prove, the superios T use in MASCOT the very best i today and get your money's sixty-nine years ago and had Hved in| path, old Burley, mellow and sweet—select- ‘Newark sixty-five years, He was clocted Bold by all druggists everywhere; Mayor in 184 by the Republicans, ‘was interested in several financial instl- tutions and in civic betterment. move mente large and Last 15 sone, fe tinee rit Sine Coke write tothe In Pouch 5c—In Tins it would cost you double

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