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EL PASO HERALD Saturday, December 2, 1911 TARIFF GOURD PROVES ITS BAKING POWDER ABSOLUTELY PURE The only Baking Powder made from Royal Grape Cream of Tartar Saves Buffer, Flour, Eggs, and makes home baking easy Ho Alum No Lime Phosphate President Wished a Bipartisan Commission, but Takes Board Instead. EXPECTED TO END TARIFF LOG ROLLING THE AMERICAN GIRL Her Ideals. By THOMAS TAPPER. I IS a great thing to sail the sea with a clear idea of the direcetion you are going. you know the coast line is to the east, you can choose your port for landing, or, you can choose many ports, but you must know wnether you are going east or west, or north or south; otherwise, you can know nothing about the landing places.

Or. another way, it pays uve in the world of reality with a port of landing ahead. This is generally called having an Ideal. And an Ideal, like a landing on the coast, is a place ahead in the direection you are traveling. The main thing is the travel.

If, however, you are fitting still and waiting, mooning, dream.ng, expecting something to turn op, as Micawber did, you are not entertaining an Ideal. You are dreaming or having a nightmare. An Ideal is that vision of greater and better things toward which you travel every day, and which you never reach, because it keeps moving on just of you. Everyone who has persistently kept after her Ideal in life has, in her own mind, never fully succeeded, however, much success others may think she has won. This is because the nearer she approaches her Ideal, the farther away it moves and the greater it becomes.

A Fool Game. Is it a fool game, then, this chasing Ideals? 1. In his last days Victor Hugo declared that he had not begun to touch upon the great world of poetry and romance that he knew to be within himself. Now, he pursued an Ideal, but if one had intimated that he had come up with it he would have turned away in despair. His Ideal had 'been growing, and he knew the size of it.

2. ifary Lyon, who received very little school education, had an for other to providie them with a school as good as any school for boys. Beginning without money and without experience, she founded Mt. Holyoke seminary for girls. Was the work of her Ideal school ever finished? Not as long as she lived.

3. A college president, over 60, in his chapel talk one morning, amazed even the aldest members of his faculty with his depth of insight into the problems of young men and women in college. One member expressed his admiration to the president for what he had said, and he replied: of the boys came to see me last night about their life work, and I lay awake until morning thinking about them and their problems. I see farther ahead today than I have ever seen before. I am still following the beckoning Ideal of my 4.

Dr. James Hutton, the Scotch physician, chemist and farmer, began to study the structure of the eartth. Beginning with little or no conception of the infinite number of years the earth has swung in space, he gradually had to let go of a mental picture of it and construct an Ideal one, or one that to him and the men of his time was Ideal. He built up his mental, or Ideal, picture, and proceeded to work toward it tfor BO years. people combated his theory of the great age of the earth because it was not according to sacred history.

But tho earth tells its own history to one who has learned to and Hutton was a tireless reader of story. And the more he read, the more wonderfully plain was the story. The ideal That Leads. An Ideal is a great idea, that leads you on and on, and keeps beckoning you farther and farther from the starting point. If it could come to an end, the Ideal would vanish.

All the Hugo, Mary Lyon, the college president and Dr. not chasers of dreams, or dreamers of things impossible. They 'based their Ideals on the real world about them. Then they began their journey. In their casea, and in all cases of great Ideals, the desire is found to be not something to have, but something to do and be.

And the logical basis on which the American Girl should found her Ideals is that which shows how by doing she may become her true self to a greater and yet greater degree. Even to discover an Ideal husband is a poor performance, unless he be kept so, and that requires some doing. Hence. The Ideal begins with what you are, and where you are. You do everything ydu must do, well.

Then you move on to the next task. When you have done this a number of times, moving on from one task to the next, you begin to feel the motion. Then the train toward the Ideal has started, and you are a first class passenger, with a through ticket, all paid for. Pasteurised, the safe milk. Fountain Pen Fake This is the season when the pen FAKER makes his annual visit to El Paso.

The Christmas season is his harvest, his pens are purchased because they look like a REAL FOUNTAIN PEN and the price, usually $1.00, is attractive. These pens are represented to be equal to a WATERMAN or CONKLIN pen costing five or ten dollars. a to be able to get for $1.00 a present worth $10.00. We Know the en Business The pens are not worth even one dollar. We carry fountain pens but do not misrepresent them.

We GUARANTEE every pen sold satis- faction or money returned Get a Conklin or Waterman Fountain Pen For Sale By SHINGTON D. Dec. The existence of a congressional tariff board is the re- i suit of the decision of congress to enact a maximum and minimum tariff law. For several years there has been a widespread agitation in favor of the tariff out of and of constructing schedules with each item standing on its own merits 1 rather than through the collusion of all interests and the system of logrolling that has obtained, making them all stand or fall together. But this agitation might have been barren of results except for the fact that when congress decided to enact a maximum and minimum clause in the Payne-Aldrich bill, it placed in that measure a provision that the president might employ such persons as were needed to enable him to gather the necessary information for the application of the maximum and minimum provisions of a tariff.

An appropriation of $75,000 was made for the employment of these Finds a Wider Range. The president found some work to be done under the strict consideration of the tariff law by these but he also found a much wider range of activities for them. He appointed three men, and called them the tariff board. After this board, which consisted of Henry C. Emery, a noted political economist; Alyin H.

Sanders, the editor of an important farm journal, and James B. Reynolds, an assistant secretary of the treasury, had completed its investigations into the maximum and minimum features of the tariff, president Taft set it to work making further investigations, and when he made his report to congress asking for additional appropriations for the tariff board, and mapping out the work he proposed to havje it do, that body gave him the necessary funds and endorsed the general idea of. having the tariff board make investigations as to the cost of production in the United States and abroad. Urged by President. At the last session of the 61st congress president Taft strongly urged the creation of a tariff commission, to be made up as a bipartisan organization, its members to inquire into matters pertaining to the tariff with- Two Extra Specials This beautiful Vernis Martin Iron Bed, 2-inch continuous post; 60 inches high; $14.00 value; Price $7.90 9x12 Pro Brussels Art Squares, $8.00 values; Price $4.10 We buy and trade for your second hand furniture.

Herman Furniture Company 114 So. Stanton St. A little out of the way, but it pays to walk. extreme high protection will oppose such a commission because they see in it danger to their pet idea. On the other hand, the people who are advocating a tariff for revenue only are inclined to see in the tariff commission idea an acceptance of the general principle of protection, and they wish to do nothing that would seem to be in the way of agreeing to proposition that any protection at all la essential or justified.

On the other hand, the friends of the tariff commission idea assert that no Democratic state convention has ever opposed the tariff commission idea per se. Nearly all of the state conventions of the Democratic party out any reference to the political exi- i have been silent on the question. For the best optical service see Dr. Horton, with A. D.

Foster Jewelers. Sanitary cleaning and pressing. Wright. gencies' of tariff making. So sure was he that the tariff commission idea would be enacted Into law that he had prepared a list of commissioners in advance.

This Was to consist of the members of the existing tariff board with the addition of former congressman William M. Howard, of Georgia, and professor Thomas W. Page, of the University of Virginia. did not see fit to create a tariff commission, but it was willing to continue the appropriations necessary for the conclusion of the work of the tariff board. Upon the strength of that president Taft appointed Messrs Howard and Page as the Democratic members of this board, and thereby made it what it is today.

The first organized fight in favor of the creation of a non-partisan commission for the investigation of tariff matters had its inception in Indianapolis in February, 1909, when the Tariff Commission association was formed. This association made a careful study of the evils, of the system of making tariff laws in the past, and decided to urge interests the creation of a tariff commission. This association embraces upward of a hundred affiliated organizations and more than a hundred thousand firms, corporations and individuals. Its work is also supported by the National Association of Manufacturers as well as by the National Grange of the United states. Those who advocated the tariff commission asserted that it would put an end to log rolling in tariff matters.

It is claimed by the advocates of the tariff commission idea that the present tariff board has abundantly demonstrated the value of a tariff mission. They assert that a tariff rate intended to prevent importation ceases to be a tax and becomes a sub- sidv, and that in the enactment of tariff laws the only side usually heard to any extent is that of those who are interested in higher duties on commodities. Beveridge Leads Fight. Former senator Albert J. Beveridge, of Indiana, was one of the leaders in the fight for the creation of a tariff commission.

He has pointed out some of the phases of tariff legislation which he regards as startling and ridiculous. He calls attention to the fact that the duties fixed in the house and senate on borax under the Dingley bill varied from 2 cents in the house measure to 5 cents in the senate bill; sugar cane varied from 20 cents in the house measure to 10 cents as passed by the senate; floor matting was fixed at 8 cents per square yard in the house and 4 cents in the senate. He calls attention to the fact that there could be no scientific basis for such tremendous differences as these, and declares that the conference committee which adjusted differences on the whole bill, which, in many cases, ranged from 50 percent to 150 percent, was in session only five days. After congress had created the tariff board, 28 Republican state conventions in their party platforms endorsed the tariff commission idea. The Republican party platforms in 15 states advocated the revision of the tariff schedule by schedule.

Not a single Republican state platform declared against either. Opposition of Tariff League. Although there have been many agencies advocating the creation of a national tariff commission, whose aim it would be to investigate tariff matters without reference to the exigencies of politics and to make recommendations in accordance therewith, on the other hand, there have been forces which have consistently opposed the creation of such a commission. Principal tmong these is the American Protective Tariff league. It has insisted that the best tariff commission in the world is the congress of the United States, and that the proof thereof is to be found in the tariff laws that have been enacted.

It has been the experience in every investigation by a commission in the past that tariff duties have been declared too high, and the Protective Tariff i league has never accepted this conclusion with reference to any tariff laws yet enacted. The Tariff league passed a resolution in which it declared itself unalterably opposed to the creation of any such body as a tariff commission. It is more than probable that the forthcoming of congress will find two widely varying interests allied against the creation of a tariff commission. The people who advocate IS Those which have declared against a tariff commission at all have drawn their indictment against it on the ground of its being a subterfuge for delay. The Democratic state conventions of California and Utah have endorsed the tariff commission idea.

Cause of Vnenslness. A proposition in connection with the tariff commission idea which arouses more uneasiness on the part of the ultra protectionists than any other is that of revising the tariff schedule by schedule. The records' of tariff legislation in the past show that very few of the schedules, high or low, have been enacted as propositions standing alone. As a rule not one of them could muster a majority either in the house of in the senate except in connection with other items and a trading of support. This has been one of the main things against which those advocating a tariff commission complained.

Many years ago advocates of protection declared that the course to be pursued was to take the whole tariff question into congress at once, and that course has long been followed. The tariff board realizes that while it may be able to aid congress in the collection of facts upon which that body may predicate its course with respect the tariff, it will never be able to take the tariff question out of politics. The members consider it an economic question in which all of the people are interested and assert that the voters will always have to decide whether the country shall be committed to high protection, low protection or no protection at all. They believe that they have a function In the government comparable to that of the interstate commerce commission, the bureau of labor, and like institutions. BAR ASSOCIATION FORMED AT PECOS GREAT GASH A Canyon in the Panhandle Is One of Phenomena.

IT MAY BE MADE A NATIONAL PARK Pecos Valley Has Coldest Weather in Its History. Pecos, Texas, Dec, lawyers of this city have organized the Pecos Bar association and elected the following officers: T. J. Hefner, president: W. A.

Hudson, vice president; Jas F. Ross, treasurer, and J. A. Buck, secretary. At the'organization meeting a motion was made and unanimously carried that the or tender a banquet to Will P.

Brady, who was married in Carlsbad, N. to Miss Mabel Rarey. The banquet will occur shortly after Mr. and Mrs. Brady return to Pecos.

Pecos valley experienced one of the coldest Thanksgivings in its history. (By W. D. Hornady.) The mental picture or the panhandle of Texas does not embrace any scenio beauties except tc thf. person who has been so fori una re as to have viewed the wild and inspiring sights of the Palo Duro canyon.

This canyon is one of nature's phenomena. It might be likened to a broad and deep gash upon the surface of a region of almost limitless plains. It is one of those curiosities that are found in various parts of the world which offer no good scientific explanation. It is proposed that this scope of interesting and picturesque scenery shall be made a national park by the federal government. The Texas state legislature passed a measure four years ago ceding to the United States the territory embraced in the canyon for national park purposes, but this liberal offer has not as yet been accepted by congress.

It is expected, however, that it will be perhaps at the next session and steps will then be taken to not only protect and preserve the natural wonders of the region, but that it will become a wild game preserve equal to that of Yellowstone park. Is a in the Earth. To call this remarkable freak of nature a canyon is a miinomer. It is in reality a precipitous depression in the surface, the cause of which Is a matter of contention among geologists. The most reasonable explanation or at least that which appeals to the average layman as being probably correct, is this gash in the panhandle plains was caused by a sinking of the formation beneath it aeons ago.

It is sifuated in the very heart of what was formerly known as the Diano Estacado, or staked plains. From its rim and ex: tending as far as the eye can reach in all directions is a level and boundless plain absolutely unbroken by any wilderness such as characterizes Palo Duro canyon. This depression in the surface has a length of about 200 miles, extending from near the border lying between New Mexico and Texas, to near the caprock that separates the plains country from the undulating region of the more eastern part of the state. The average width of the canyon is about five miles. In some places it broadens to a width of 10 to The freezing mark has been passed for V- t0 two in succession and no hope is portion hich nas been ceded by held out for warmer weather until next 1 ie state of Texas to the federal gov- held week.

Snow fell north of Tecos yesterday, but melted as fast as it fell. DAI record Deeds Filed. Canutlllo H. Baum and H. M.

Maple to Peyton F. Edwards, a two- thirds interest in a tract of 436 acres, $4,363.80, qv 28, 1911. Franklin Heights Fisher and wife to John Davidson, part of lots 18, 19, block 99; Nevada street, $625, October 19, 1911. Alexander Hoffman and wife to O. A.

Davidson and wife, part of lots 9, 10, bbblock 14 California street, $1.00, December 1, 1911. Alexander and Mary E. Hoffman to O. A. Danielson, lots 9, 10, block 14, California street, $2,000, December 1, 1911.

Culberson 17, block 53, Toyah Oil Development company to J. D. Mayer, tracts 1.079, 904, 945, block 1, $60. November 11, 1911. To Mrs.

W. B. Joiner, 1,600 Boulevard street. D. M.

Peterson 618 Stewart street. To Mrs. M. Phillips, 3,701 Tularosa street. To C.

Rodriguez, Old Fort Bliss. To Mrs. J. W. Hamilton, 1,218 East Boulevard street.

To Mrs. C. Millado. 3,131 Rosa street. For the best optical service see Dr.

Horton, with A. D. Foster Jewelers. Cut the Shortening Into the Flour The Only Way to Make Pie Crust Short Is to Cut the Shortening Into the Flour. Next time you make a pie or a cake try cutting the shortening into the flour with a knife if you do not already follow this When you first use Imperial Flour in making a pie or cake you will be delightfully surprised at the rapidity with which you can cut the shortening into Imperial Flour.

This is due to the fact that the milling of Imperial Flour is rather a digging than a crushing of the wheat berries and as a result you have a finely granulated instead of a dust-like flour. The winter wheat in Imperial Flour gives you the nutty flavor that you pay an extra price for in so-called "pastry" flours. Telephone 353 for Imperial 24 pound sacks 90c 48 pound $1.75 better at any 5ANITARY GRDGERY SOUTHWESTERN DISTRIBUTORS. The Only Thing If you want good safe milk patronize the only dairy that pasteurizes their milk. Pasteurized Milk Is the only milk you can depend upon.

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Call Cactus for quick messengers. ernment for national park purposes is about 40 miles long and embraces within its depth some of the most inspiring and wonderful scenery that exists upon the continent. The walls of the canyon have a height of 500 to 1500 feet, and so precipitous are they that there are only a few places where it can be entered. Nature has been prodigal in the distribution of her favors in this slit in mother earth. The surface of the depressed ry is so dissimilar in its settings from the expansive region that makes up the country above it that it might well he Imagined as belonging to an entirely different land.

The plains are treeless and possess a monotony of level sameness that does not arouse those deep feelings of sentiment and reverence which overwhelm the mind of man when viewing the more rugged and picturesque handiwork of nature. Much of It Unexplored. Many of the wild recesses of the Palo Puro canyon have as yet not been explored. The level and long stretch of territory embraced In its area is for the most part covered with a tangle- wood of brush, overtopped with giant trees of many varieties, some of them being strange to this latitude. It is in some respects a veritable tropical wilderness, particularly during the summer season.

The fact that it is situated many hundreds of feet below the surrounding earth surface gives the vegetation therein a protection from the wintry blasts and makes it. during the coldest weather, one vast hot house. A blizzard may be raging above, but within the security of the walls of this canyon warmth is always to1 be had. KendemvoiiH for So well known were the delights of the depths of the Palo Duro canyon to indlans and pioneer cattlemen in the early days that for years there raged a spirited and bloody contest between these two elements as to which should have possession of the place. It was the winter rendezvous of the Comanche in- dians for many, many years, and up to the time they were driven from Texas and placed upon the reservation in Indian territory.

It was in the Palo Dirro can von that several of the worst indian fights that took place upon the frontier 25 to 50 years ago were fought. Many of the trails of hostile and raiding bands of indians from the settlements to the east and south several hundred miles away led back to the canyon and it was not unusual foT daring expeditions of United States troops and Texas rangers to follow these marauders across the plains and into the canvon where engagements between the opposing forces would occur. Is Paradise. The beauties of this sunken part of the crust are of a character that is found in no other part of the United States. Running through the canyon is a beautiful crystal stream of water that has its source in springs.

In several places it forms delightful waterfalls and deep pools, the latter teeming with game fish, among them being mountain trout and black bass. In some places towering cliffs rising to heights of 500 to 1500 feet stand upright in the valley. In other spots there are vast jungles of huge boulders that indicate some upheaval of nature In the remote past. The forests are filled with countless numbers of deer and other wild animals. Along the walls of the canyon and in the depth of the wilderness are dens of bears and lairs of wolves.

It is a veritable paradise. The most convenient entrance into this canvon is about two miles from the town of Canyon Citv, but It may also be easily reached from Amarillo and other points. I Little Known. While, certain parts of the region are well known to cattlemen and sportsmen of the section adjacent to it. the people of other parts of the state have little knowledge or conception of its extent and beauties.

As an illustration of the ignorance of people who are supposed to be fairly well informed on what the state possesses it may be cited that when the bill ceding a part of this scenic territory to the United States for national park purposes was put before the legislature of Texas. 00 percent of the members of that did not know that such a canyon existed. It offers an inviting field for men who are interested in exploration and investigation of wonders. A more delightful spot for spending a season in camping and hunting is not to be found. It is believed by the men who are promoting the scheme of converting it into a national park that if the government assumes control of the property it will become one of the most noted and attractive places for sightseers in the country.

It is said that good roads could constructed all through the region at comparatively small expense and without marring the primordial beauty of the canyon. As yet, there are no hotels nor other facilities for taking care of in the canyon. It is considered not improbable that provision of this kind may be made in the near future and that the place may become one of attraction to lovers of nature. Irrespective of whether it is converted into a national park. For the best optical service see Dr.

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Knox, secretary of state of the United States. Among the whose will participate i nthe conference are France. Germany. Italy, Japan, The Netherlands, Persia, Portugal, Russia and Siam. The American delegation is composed of bishop Charles Rrent, of the Philippines Dr.

Hamilton Wright, of Maines. and Henry Finger, of California. delegates; and Frederick L. Huidekoper, District of Columbia, and Wallace J. Young, of Illinois, secretaries.

The avowed object of the conference is the devising of ways and means for the regulation of the traffic in opium. It is also hoped that, through the conference. the leading nations of tha world will cooperate to place not onlv the opium traffic, but that In cocaine and under the control of International law. waste money hv buying strengthening plasters. Chamberlain's Ulnlment is cheaper and better.

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