Life — October 28, 1909 — page 27: what you’re looking at

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Beware of Imitations of the fasteners men swear by. not at—loox for name WASHBURNE FASTENERS stamped 0 the genuine The genuine Fase Little, but Co Connenting Us All October 9, 1909. Ep n LAPE, New York City. r Sir:—The adjournment of Con- after enacting law in our history nost iniquitous has not silenced ariff discussion in the press or : the people. light th grows more intense. As the facts slowly disgust with the fraud Never re so good a time as now to a permanent impression on the hie mind ng prices and new combinations estraint of trade verify the warnings ponents of the Aldrich bill Jownward "’ revision of the rated by the fact that since reported the value of the k of the Steel Trust, to riff privilege a most im- has more than doubled ry 1 it was worth $210,000,- y it is quoted at $450,000,000 t shows how “hard the trust Another fact worth noting is at since the “downward” revision of he tanff began the average price of riant asset, Febri was hit commodities has risen 8 per cent., and he work of the “ protection"? combina- ns has harly commenced. The risc es has been so slight as to be Established 1810 OLD OVERHOLT RYE is a whiskey of qual- ity, pleasing to the most epicurean taste, mildly _ stimulating and immensely bene- ficial. It is bottled in bond,. and _ therefore unquestionably pure. A. Overholt & Co. DISTILLERS Pittsburg, Pa. | The President of the United States works for 80,000,000 people all the time. | He needs rest and change to keep him | fit for his work, and yet he cannot neglect | his official duties, he must always be within reach, When Washington was president he rode his horse as far as Mount Vernon and | kept in touch by messenger with the affairs | of state. The President to-day has a wider | range and can seek the cooling breezes of ; the New England coast. The long distance telephone keeps him | in constant communication with the capital | and the nation. | The railroad will carry him back to | Washington in a day. but usually he need | not make even this brief journey. The | Bell telephone enables him to send his voice The Bell telephone has become the implement of a nation. | It increases the sum total of human efficiency, and makes | every hour of the day more valuable to busy men and women. | | The highest type of public service can be achieved only by one policy, one system, universal service. |) The American Telephone and Telegraph Company And Associated Companies instead, not only to Washington but to any |) other point. | The Bell system performs this service q not only for the President, but for the whole public. This system has been built up so grad-| ually and extended so quietly that busy} men hardly realize its magnitude or appreci ate its full value. Forty thousand cities, towns and villages are connected by the Bell system, which serves all the people all the time. | Every Bell Telephone is The Center of the System. negligible. In order that the public may be made aware of the facts such figures must be collated and prepared for use by the press and publicists. Heretofore only the columns of some Democratic papers were open to our ar- guments; now many Republican papers, especially in the Middle West, are will- ing to use our plate matter ey do not share the President's belief that the tariff discussion can be stifled or that (Continued on page $96) SOOTHI “The Standard for 60 Years” ING! HEALING! REFRESHING! THE MOST USEFUL HOUSEHOLD REMEDY. POND'S EXTRACT COMPANY, New York, N, Y. comicbooks.com