State Legislation Regulating Railroad Rates. THERE were numerous minor changes by the State Legislatures during 1909. A disposition was evident to compromise between the State and the railways in most instances. The courts, both Federal and State, were kept busy with the adjudication of disputes between the State Railway Commissions and the railways. There is a general indication throughout the country that in the working out of the Hepburn law material improvement in the railway situation is to be noted. The condition of the country having improved by leaps and bounds since the panic season of 1907-8, the disproval of the claims that the railways were to become the sufferers through the operations of the National Railway Rebate act and the various State rate provisions has been effected. In most instances the stocks of the great trunk lines are now selling at a higher point than before the campaign for a revision of the national railway law. The important legislation and judicial acts of 1909 are as follows: Arkansas-Principal lines of the State obtained in Federal court a temporary injunction against the State Railway Commission's standard freight distance tariff. The Legislature this year appropriated $50,000 for use of the Railway Commission in defending its position. California-California's State Railway Commission has but one law of importance regarding rates. It provides that the Commission may set maximum tariffs on all grades of freight, a maximum rate may be charged, but if it is a reduction of rate must require in all instances thirty days' notice. Colorado-The State Commission in its annual report made a list of recommendations for changes in the law, none of which was passed by the Legislature. These recommendations were: (1) Elimination of exemption of roads less than twenty miles long from operation of State law; (2) Increase salary of Chairman of Commission and requirements to devote all of his time to official duties; (3) Give Commission power to hear any and all complaints and transmit interstate matters to the Interstate Commerce Commission; (4) Amendment of State law creating the Commission to make it conform more closely to Interstate Commerce Commission; (5) A State anti-pass statute similar to Federal act. Florida-By a decision of the Supreme Court the railroad commissioners of Florida have under their general power the right to fix reciprocal demurrage. Kansas-An act reducing commodity rates was passed after an order for that purpose by the State Railway Commission had appealed to the Federal Court. The new law has been in effect some months. Louisiana The Railway Commission has adopted the form of annual report prescribed by the Interstate Commerce Commission for the use of common carriers in making their annual report. Michigan-The Legislature added to the powers of the Railway Commission at the 1909 session authority to order railroads to construct spur tracks on their own premises where deemed reasonable at the expense of the shipper requesting such spur; to investigate claims for irregular or erroneous freight charges, to determine the amount of refund in such cases; to establish through routes and joint rates and to determine maximum charge. The power to postpone for forty-five days the date of a new rate becoming accepted. The Commission is also given jurisdiction over the rates charged by electric power companies for their service. Montana-Additional powers were given the State Railroad Commission regarding the enforcement of rules and regulations, for the use of safety appliances by railroads, to enforce the construction of commercial spurs and granted to the District courts power to enforce by proper decree the injunction rulings and orders of the Commission. The law also gives the railroad companies the right of appeal to the Supreme Court of the State from judgment of the District courts and gives precedence to railway business over all other court proceedings except criminal cases and original proceedings in the Supreme Court. Nebraska-Certain changes in the State Railway law regarding the details of administration were passed. The issuance of stocks, bonds and notes payable at a greater period than twelve months is forbidden the railroads without the consent of the Railway Commission. The two-cent fare law and the maximum freight law have been made the subject of attacks in the courts. Suits to test their validity are still pending. Oregon-An adjustment has just been effected between the State and the Pacific Express Company by which express rates are reduced one-fifth. There are inter-alla proceedings pending relative to grain rates charged by the railroads throughout the State. Enternational Bureau of the American Republics. THE International Bureau of the American Republics was established under the recommendation of the First International American Conference, held in the city of Washington in 1890 for the purpose of maintaining closer relations between the several Republics of the Western Hemisphere. It was reorganized by the Secord International American Conference, held in the city of Mexico in 1901, and its scope widened by imposing many new and important duties. A prominent feature of the new arrangement was the foundation of the Columbus Memorial Library. The International Bureau corresponds, through the diplomatic representatives of the several governments in Washington, with the executive departments of these governments, and is required to furnish such information as it possesses or can obtain to any of the Republics making requests. It is the custodian of the archives of the International American Conferences, and is especially charged with the performance of duties imposed upon it by these conferences. The International Bureau is sustained by contributions from the American Republics in proportion to their population, and is governed by a board composed of the diplomatic representatives at Washington from the several countries composing the Union, and the Secretary of State, who is ex-officio its chairman. It publishes a monthly bulletin containing the latest official information respecting the resources, commerce, and genera features of the American Republics, as well as maps and geographical sketches of these countries, which publications are considered publie documents, and as such are carried free in the mails of all the Republies of the Union. THE following is a specification of the proper attire for men on various occasions in the Winter season of 1909-1910, prepared by the Haberdasher Company, New York. Day Weddings, Afternoon Calls and Mati nos Receptions. Coat and Overcoa-Frock coat, Chesterfield silk. Trousers-Striped worsted or cheviot of dark gray. Hat-High silk, with broad felt band. Shirts and Cuffs-Plain white, with cuffs at- Collar-Poke or round-tabbed wing. Gloves-Pearl glace, or white kid to match Boots-Patent leather, buttoned cloth or kid tops. Jewelry Gold links, gold studs, cravat pin. Business, Lounge and Morning Wear. Coat and Overcoat--Jacket (sack coat) or walking coat, Chesterfield overcoat. Waistcoat-To match coat or of fancy material. Trousers-If with S. B. coat, to match; if with D. B. coat, of same or different material. Hat-Derby or soft. Shirts and Cuffs Plain or pleated colored, with cuffs attached. Collar-Fold or wing. Cravat-Four-in-hand or once-over. Boots-Laced calf or russet, high or low. Motoring, Golf, Driving, Country. Waistcoat-Fancy flannel with flap pockets. Shirts and Cuffs-Flannel, with soft cuffs. Cravat-Neckerchief or four-in-hand. Afternoon Teas, Church and Promenade. Coat and Overcoat-Frock or morning coat, January-Garnet. February-Amethyst. March-Bloodstone. April-Sapphire. Waistcoat-Double or S. B., same material as coat, or of fancy fabric. Trousers Striped worsted, light or dark. Shirts and Cuffs-Plain or pleated, white or Cravat-Once-over or four-in-hand. Boots-Patent leather, buttoned cloth or kid Jewelry Gold links, gold studs, cravat pin. Waistcoat-White, single breasted of linen Trousers-Same material as coat, broad braid on outer seams. Hat-High silk, with broad felt band; opera Shirts and Cuffs-Plain or pique, white with wing. lap-front or round-tabbed Cravat-White tie of plain or figured linen or silk. Gloves White glace with self backs or white and studs. agate or moonstone links First-Cotton. Eighth-India Rubber. Second-Paper. Ninth-Willow. Third-Leather. Tenth-Tin. Fourth-Fruit and Flowers. Fifteenth-Crystal. Twenty-fifth-Silver. Thirtieth-Pearl. Fiftieth-Golden. Fifth-Wooden. Sixth-Sugar. Seventh-Woollen. National Conservation Association. ORGANIZED October 27, 1909. Membership is open to every American citizen. The general object of the Conservation Association is the practical application, through legislative and administrative measures by the States and by the National Government, of the conservation principles adopted by the Gover· nors of the United States at their conference with President Roosevelt at the White House, In May, 1908. Referring to these principles, the Conservation Association makes this announcement: We therefore form this association to advocate and support the adoption by the people themselves and by their representatives of definite and practical measures to carry the foregoing principles intelec*, and to oppose in all appropriate ways all action which is in conflict with these principies, whether such action is attempted by Individual citizens, members of Legislatures or administrative officers.” President Dr. Charles W. Ellot, of Cambridge, Mass.; Vice-President-Walter L. Fisher, of Chicago, Secretary Thomas R Shipp, of Indianapolis. The New York office is at Broadway and 23d Street, in the Fifth Avenue Buliding. Color Chart SHOWING MEASURE OF HARMONY OF COLORS IN COMBINATIONS IN DECORATIONS, CLOTHING AND VARIOUS ORNAMENTATION. (Prepared by the Haberdasher Company, New York). B. UK. BLUE.. Good Good BROWN. CREAM. GREEN. GRAY. HELIO. LAV'N D'R MAROON. MY&TLK NAVY. Fair Weak Good Good Good Good Weak Fair Good Good Good Good Bad Fair Good Weak Good Bad Fair Bad Bad Bad Bad Strong Bad Weak Fair Good Good Bad Bad Strong Strong YELLOW. NOTE When it is desired to use in window trims, decorations, etc., two colors which make a displeasing combination, the introduction between them of gray, white or black relieves the discord. White in conjunction with any color intensifies that color. Black has the opposite effect. For pink use the salmon line; for Ivory use the cream line; for pearl use the gray line, Year. EUROPE Foreign Commerce, Principal Ports of the World. 503 (Compiled by Bureau Statistics. Dep't Commerce and Labor, from official data of the respective countries.) PORTS. UNITED KINGDOM. Total. Imports. Exports. London (a). 1908 $950,568,788 $533,076,848 Liverpool.. 1908 684,400,257 690,090,762 $1,483.645.636 Hull..... 1908 171.975,735 127,581.712 299,557,447 Glasgow.. 1908 69.349,187 133,561.394 202.910,581 Manchester (b). 1908 124.814,240 71,810.672 196,624,912 Southampton. 1908 97.387.211 88,307,606 185.694,817 Grimsby.. 1908 53,111,584 67,713,951 120,825,535 Harwich. 1908 94,625,919 25,314.117 119,940,036 Tyne ports (c). 1908 45.861,813 52,838,437 98.700,250 Cardiff. 1908 28.263,547 66.956,398 95,229,945 Leltb... 1908 62,699,451 26,168,085 88.867.536 Bristol.. 1908 66,401,816 13,492,595 79,894,411 GERMANY. Hamburg.. 1909 734,994,639 545.709,714 1,280.704,353 Bremen... 1909 268,789,233 187,226,448 456,015,681 BELGIUM. Antwerp.. 400,138,964 875,557,962 FRANCE. Marseilles.. 1908 258,501,000 224,262,000 482,763,000 Havre.. 1908 248,930,000 190,579.000 439,509,000 Dunkirk.. 1908 139,477,000 30.905,000 170,382,000 Bordeaux. 1908 64,897,000 68,858,000 133,755,000 ITALY. Genoa.. 67,921,000 215,821,000 AUSTRIA-HUNGARY. Trieste (d).. 59,753,625 141,369,858 Flume (d). 1907 23,710,387 24,153,376 47,863,763 RUSSIA, IN EUROPE. Riga..... 68,185,065 100.070,822 St. Petersburg. 1907 61,953,586 34,649,385 96,602,971 Odessa.. 1907 28,484,213 46,591,275 75,075,488 Reval. 1907 32,661,751 8,791,109 41,452,860 Nikolaev.. 1907 101,143 30,204,264 30,305,407 Vindau. 1907 6,118,809 19.583,849 25.702,658 Libau.. 1907 11,126,936 14,284,712 25,411,648 Rostov. 1907 638,540 23,698,281 24,336,821 Kherson.. 1907 4,172 18,307,378 18,311,550 RUSSIA, IN ASIA. Vladivostok. 1907 38,057,368 2,252,599 40,309,967 Novorossiysk.. 1907 4,523,003 24,143,415 28.666,418 Batoum.. 1907 5,476,540 16,920,341 23,396,881 SPAIN. Barcelona.. 25,668,580 85,946,693 Bilbao.. 1907 14,041,742 13,679,220 27,720,962 AMERICA-UNITED STATES (e). New York. 1909 779,308,944 607,239,481 1,386,548,425 Galveston.. 1909 3,355,358 189,464,335 192,819,693 New Orleans, 1909 45.713,098 144,981,625 190,694,723 Boston ... 1909 112,472,595 76,157,558 188,630,153 Philadelphia.. 1909 68,884,146 84,286.440 153,170.586 Baltimore... Savannah. 1909 24,022,324 77,550,658 101,572,982 San Francisco. 1909 49,998,111 31,669,370 81,667,481 1909 2,152,441 50,900,156 53,052,597 Puget Sound. 1909 26.959,891 25,788,475 52,748,366 CANADA. Montreal (d) (9).... 77,199,743 156,528,821 MEXICO (e). Tampico.. 37,315,306 50,832,258 Vera Cruz... 1909 27,676,352 19,381,775 47,058,127 CUBA. Havana (e).. 58,324,112 127,761,097 ARGENTINA. Buenos Ayres. 132,127,882 339,716,732 BRAZIL Santos.. 104,590,243 145,671,392 Rio Janeiro. 1907 76,472,426 35,833,347 112,305,773 CHILE. Valparaiso, Iquique... 4,766,000 55,559,000 1907 10,085,000 35,437,000 45,522,000 URUGUAY. Montevideo.. 30,908,320 65,858,184 ASIA CHINA. Shanghal (h). 81,842,310 195,564,999 JAPAN. Yokohama. 94,684,355 170,025,834 Kobe.. 1908 95,158,271 41,460,064 136,618,335 BRITISH COLONIES. Singapore (1) 1907 133,102,693 110,694,523 243,797,216 Bombay (0) Calcutta (9) 55 1908 170,619,874 226,871,597 397.491,471 1908 145,362,686 158,317,319 303,680,005 AFRICA-EGYPT. Alexandria. 1908 109,598,944 102,923,438 212,522,382 AUSTRALIA (k). Sydney.. 1907 98,391,938 146,456,855 244,848,793 1907 82,395,597 78,405,676 160,801,273 Melbourne.. (b) Including Runcorn. (c) Tyne ports comprise Newcastle, North (a) Including Queensborough. Shields and South Shields. (d) Special trade. (e) Years ending June 30. () Including Charlestown. (6) (h) Direct foreign trade exclusive of re-exports. (Exclusive of Intersettlement Years ending March 31. U) Merchandise only, exclusive of government stores. (*) Exclusive of interstate commerce. trade. Freemasonry. MASONIC CRAND LODGES IN THE UNITED STATES AND BRITISH AMERICA. Alabama. Brit. Col Grand Secretaries. 21, 222 G. A. Beauchamp, Montg'y. Dist. of Col.. 8,363 Arvine W. Johnston, Wash. Missouri 47,430 J. R. Parson, St. Louis. 4,690 Cornelius Hedges, Jr., Hel. 16,393 Francis E. White, Omaha. Total membership not officially reported. Grand Secretaries. 1,445 C. N. Noteware, Carson. J. Twining Hartt, St. John. 9,877 F. D. Woodbury, Concord. 28.475 Benj. F. Wakefield, Trent. 1,822 A. A. Keen, Albuquerque. 158,097 E. M. L. Ehlers, N. Y. City. 18,008 John C. Drewry, Raleigh 6,578 F. J. Thompson, Fargo. 5,363 Thomas Mowbray, Halifax. 72,339 J. H. Bromwell, Cincin' ti. W. M. Anderson, Waurika, & Jos. H. Murrow,Atoka. 8,639 Jas. F. Robinson, Portland. 79,442 Wm.A. Sinn, Philadelphia 678 N. MacKelvie,Summerside 5,785 Will. H. Whyte, Montreal, 6,920 S. P. Williams, Providence, 10,802 JacobT. Barron, Columbia 7,196 G.A. Pettigrew, Sioux Falls 21,879 John B. Garrett, Nashville. 44,714 John Watson, Waco. 1,443 C. Diehl, Salt Lake City. 12.382 H. H. Ross, Burlington. 18.892 G. W. Carrington, Richm'd. 12,237 Horace W. Tyler, Tacoma 12,814 H.R.Howard, Pt. Pleasant. 23,974 Wm. W. Perry, Milwaukee. 2,268 W.L. Kuykendall, Saratoga 1,309,697 The returns of the Grand Lodges of the United States and British America for 1909 were as follows: Whole number of members, 1,313,922. Gain in membership over preceding year, 69,211. These Grand Lodges are in full affiliation with the English Grand Lodge, of which the Duke of Connaught is Grand Master, and the Grand Lodges of Ireland, Scotland, Cuba, Peru, South Australia, New South Wales, Victoria, and also with the Masons of Germany and Austria. They are not in affiliation and do not correspond with the Masons under the jurisdiction of the Grand Orient of France; they, however, affiliate with and recognize Masons under the jurisdiction of the Supreme Council. Freemasonry is under the ban of the Church in Spain, Italy, and other Catholic countries, and the membership is small and scattered. ANCIENT ACCEPTED SCOTTISH RITE MASONS. SUPREME COUNCIL OF SOVEREIGN GRAND INSPECTORS-GENERAL OF THE THIRTY-THIRD AND LAST DEGREE. The officers of the Northern Jurisdiction are: M. P. Sovereign Grand Commander, Samuel C Lawrence, Mass. P. G. Lieutenant-Commander, Barton Smith, Ohio, Grand Treasurer-General Newton D. Arnold, R. I. Grand Minister of State, John C. Smith, IL Grand Secretary-General, James H. Codding; office, 299 Broadway, New York. The officers of the Southern Jurisdiction are: M. P. Sovereign Grand Commander, James D. Richardson, Tenn. Secretary-General, Dr. A. B. Chamberlin, 433 Third Street N. W., Washington, D. C. These grand bodies are in relations of amity with the Supreme Councils for France, England, Scotland, Ireland, Belgium, Brazil, the Argentine Republic, Uruguay, Paraguay, Peru, Portugal, Italy, Mexico, Colombia, Chile, Central America, Greece, Canada, Cuba, Switzerland, Egypt, Tunis, and Spain, SUPREME COUNCIL OF SOVEREIGN GRAND INSPECTORS-GENERAL OF THE THIRTY-THIRD AND LAST DEGREE OF THE ANCIENT AND ACCEPTED SCOTTISH RITE, AS ORGANIZED BY JOSEPH CERNEAU, THIRTY-THIRD DEGREE, IN THE YEAR 1807. M. P. Sovereign Grand Commander, Andrew J. Provost, N. Y. Grand Secretary-General, Alfred C. Dupont, M. D., N. Y. The Sovereign Grand Consistory has had a continuous existence of one hundred and two years, with its Grand Orient at New York, where, under the regis of the Grand Orient of France, it was organized by M.. I.. Joseph Cerneau, thirty-third degree. The Supreme Council has fraternal relations with the Supreme Councils of Great Britain and Ireland, Canada, Italy, Egypt, Cuba, Argen tina, Australia, New Zealand, Mexico, Belgium, Germany, and Switzerland, Greece, Austria-Hungary, and other Grand Orients. It has jurisdiction over seventy-three subordinate Consistories of Sublime Princes of the Royal Secret, which are subdivided into Lodges of Perfection, Councils of Princes of Jerusalem, Chapters of Rose Croix, and Consistories, with a membership of many thousands. The two Consistories in Manhattan are Cerneau, No. 1, with over a thousand Sublime Princes, and Giordano Bruno, No. 66, working in the Italian language. Official address, No. 320 Temple Court, Beekman Street, New York. ANCIENT ACCEPTED SCOTTISH RITE. The Supreme Council of Sovereign Grand Inspectors-General, thirty-third and last degree of the Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry for the United States of America, their Territories and Dependencies, Orient of New York. Officers-Sovereign Grand Commander, M. W. Bayliss, Washington, D. C. Lieutenant-Grand Commander, C. W. Edwards, Albany, N. Y. Minister of State George Gibson, Washington, D. C. Treasurer-General, Holden O. Hill, Providence, R. I. Secretary General, M. W. Morton, Providence, R. I. This Supreme Council was organized In the City of New York on October 28, 1807, and exercises jurisdiction over the whole of the United States. |