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The morning times., 1897-01-02
The WINNING Post.

The other day Judge Miller, in sen
eencinE 90 the reform school some youth
ful offenders charged with an atrocious
crime, expressed the regret that the pun
IsIment OF the whipping post was NOT
now available Cor the correction of such
culprlts, and Of ife-beaters and the like.
In handing down such an opinion in
favor OF a return 10 the barbarism of a
cruder and more cruel era The Times
thinks that the Judge fen into an error
unworthy Of his judicial position.
IL is not unusual for people who happen
to be endowed with the arbitrary power
OF a police justice to grow iuto the habit
Of Feeling that the law is not half severe
enough upon certain classes Of misdemean-
ants and criminals; but, happily, that does
not alter the law. The whipping post is
stiu in evidence in the States OF Delaware
wife heaters or thieves has tended to in
creased kindness TO women, or the de-
crease OF larceny, we hare not heard
Of It.
No; the whipping post is altogether a
bad, inlluman thing. An ignorant man,
habituaIF kind and gentle to his wife,
perchance may fan into intoxication-pos-
sfbly 3ust once. In the delirum Of had
whisky he may go home anc strike his
wife. and be bitterly sorry and repentant
soon after. If this man is taken to the
market place, stripped and flogged with u
cat-o'-nine-tails by the police judge or
other officer, his chance of regaining his
manhood and self-respect dies on the
spot. From that day to the time Of his
doattheis a marked and infamous creature.
Every member of his fanily-wIfe, chill
drea, brothers. sisters, mother and all
related to Hnm-must be partakers in his
infamy, and public scorn win pursue them,
too, throughout their lives. On the other
hand. tess Degrading punishment would
leave the door open for reform to follow
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Expenses Cut Down.

s.Wnile new printing material has cost
the government more this year it has been
made up by the saving in wages That
item is S222 900 less than it was before
| took hold There were then about
$500 employees, against few more than
500 on our pay roll now. The office
was padded and many on the rolls were
making very little All We're in doubt one
day what was going to be done with them
the next Is less work accomplished now?
Not at all, but more and better Here is
the evidence that our results are good
and he pointed TO proofs and books
There is no magazine in the country
that does ANYTHING better than this; none
so good as far as know. Yet the wages
OF the men are not reduced. l believe IN
paving well and requiring effective ser
vice. increased the pay Of one divis-
ION recently by 10000, and it paid 1t
was right. I am not parsimonious In pay
ment for what is actually earned l am
going soon 10 raise the pd! VI soiAe O'ASi
men here. They don't know it yet; but
they deserve it.
"And as to the new printing office, Con-
gress has now the time to do its part
thoroughly. The work here is completely
in hand and we are bringing up arrears.
This is more than any other printer could
or dared say in the past twelve years But
Congress ought to take up the matter at
once and provide for a new building at the
earliest date consistent with thorough IN
vesticatlon of all points.
And the question Of site is OF small
conseon.ece compared with the need Of d
new building
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WASHINGTON. d. C. JANUARY 2. lS'
What Ends in Smoke.

Agricultural experience in the United
States has demonstrated the possibilities
OF the overproduction of the cereals. The
glory Of the great western empire has de-
parted, as far as wheat is concerned. The
day has gone 10y when our prairie States
could count upon feeding "the starving
millions OF Europe" with that commodity
at a dollar per buShel. New conditions
compel new adjustments OF population
20 production, and there viii be agricultural
depression and distress until that is farther
advanced than it is now.
One OF the openings presented TO Western
farmers, who are seeking new and more
profitable fields OF enterprise, is perhaps
60 be found in connection with tobacco cul-
ture in Virginia and other Southern States.
The destruction Of the tobacco interest in
Cuba has imposed additional dem2nds
upon the crops or the United States, and,
although this country. excepting in Florida
does not produce leaf similar TO the once
famous output Of the .'Tuelta Abajo." the
demand for high grade American tobacco
is very large, and is growing with the in
cTelse OF our population and the rising
popularity OF the article we ship abroad.
The tobacco crop OF the United States
FOR the year 1895 was a discourag ging one,
but only considered as a whole. Com
pared with 1894, total area in cultivation
Decreased by 90 O00 acres. Production
Increased 3 500. 600 pounds; but the total
value of the national crop decreased by
So. $500 All Tie losses fell upon the
Northern and Western States. The South
ern States showed a decreased acreage,
compared with 1894, OF 35,3Ss acres,
an increased production If 32,7 1900
pounds, and an increase in total value Of
crop amounting 10 S394 Goo. Tobacco
farming in the South handsomely rewards
thrift and energy. Good tobacco lands
near Danvine, Va, one OF the great mar
kets Of the interest, may stiH be had for
q few dollars per acre, ana there are many
localities equally open to small investors
In other parts OF Virginia and in Hcrth
Carolina, Tennessee and Kentucky. The
one town Of Danyile, in 1895, sold over
IS, 100000 pounds OF leaf tobacco at a
general average ofneariy ; centsper pound.
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repentance in some degree and in many
cases. The whipping post would prove an
instrument of vengeance of unequal oper-
alton. II would find its victims among
the poor and ignorant, but it would never
reach the much more flagitious cases
OF people in higher social circles. Instances
OF cruelty to women are known To occur
among people who ride in carriages, have
Iiveried footmen and give dinner parties,
but they are beyond proof, and, in 125
per cent OF cases, always will remain so
offenders OF that description need a big
brother with a club rather than the whip
pirg post. The duty Of the police judge
is to administer, and not To criticise, law
The United States pays certain people 10
DO its legislation, and pays ether people
to apply the same. Each variety should
attend strictly to its own business.
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PICKED UP AT HOTELS.
Arlington.

Ex-senator Johnson N. Camden OF West
Virginia is at the Arlington. His visit
has no political significance. for Mr..
Camden is Democrat, and the Democratic
party in West Virginia is not very sig
nificant quantity just now. 1t is likely
however, that the enormous interests in
coal and timber lands controlled by the
ex-senator in the Mountain State are not
to be neglected in the readjustment of the
tariff schedules now undergoing revision
by the Ways and Means Committee.
Mr.. Camden is one of the wealthiest men
in America. He makes no display OF
his money and therefore the fact has es-
capped public attention, but it is neverthe
less true that out of the modest beginning
of the little coal oil refinery at Parkers.
burg has grown one OF the great fortunes
of modern times. When the oil field OF
the Little Kanawba was developed, Mr..
Camden was first on the ground and the
first to profit. When the Standard Oil
Company came into the field he was wise
enough to see that combination was better
than competition, and Joined Rockefeller
and Flagler in building up that giant
corporation to its present proportions.
Instead OF moving to New York and en-
tering the social lists, as did most OF his
wealthy eonferees. he has spent his time
and money in building railroad system
in West Virginia that operates over several
The morning times., 1897-01-02
Compressed Air or Electricity.

In a communication 70 The Times, pub
Hshed this morning, Mr.. T. p Kane, who
seems to be a gentleman OF a good deal
Of vim. and chinful of electricity aud gall,
calls The Times to order and INDUCES him
self in insiDuations that are pleasant to n
person who likes such things, but which
lily become a man who seems t. speak
without knowledge of the position occu-
pied by this paper on the question in con
troversy. The article referred 10 by
our friend, the iraScible and unjust Kane,
was what is called by the reporter news
story. 1t did not state the opinion OF
The Times, hut did state, and made this
fact apparent, the position occupied 10y
that side Of this controversy on which Mr.
Kane cannot be found.
In the light OF these facts, we may take
the liberty to say that The Times would
be as much Justified in saying that MIR.
Kane has prejudice in favor of electricity
"a prejudice born OF some selfish interest
as Mr.. Kane has for saying that themana
gers of the dUuBie-barreled corporation, at
which he rails in such earnest H amer, have
had convincing way with this journal.
Now, we do not believe that Mr.. Kane
has been made an enemy of compassionate
by ywired Ii gltning, and we are sure ehave
not been induced TO become unfriendly to
electricity by compressed air or persuasive
wind. Furthermore, we desire To say that
we have no doubt that Mr.. Kane is honest.
We believe, that, solely in the interest Of
the public, he desires what he SO earnestly
fights for with verbal kicks and rhetorical
blows, and we assure this irate friend OF
underground electricity that The Times
wishes the accomplishment OF the same
purpose that he has in view. The Times,
however, is willing to permit both sides
of the controversy to be presented to the
public through the Peoples organ; and
we make haste to add that We cannot per-
init ourself TO become as peppery Or as
unreasonable as Mr.. Kane is-cannot in
duce ourself to go off the handle in Kane
fashion, and thus endanger the safety OF
our friends and make spectacle Of our.
self
The morning times., 1897-01-02
ELECTRICITY VS.. AIR MOTORS.

Editor Times: 1t is evident from the rosy
hued story which appeared in The Times
of Thursday evening in regard to the rapid
strides now being made toward the intro
ductioa of rapid transit on the lexington
Belt lines. that the managers of this dou-
ble-jointed corporation is at its old tricks
of deception and has not been slow to get
its work in on the new management OF The
Times.
What it expected to accomplish by state
ments known by every one familiar with
the subject to be absolutely at variance
with the facts, as those contained in the
article referred to, 1 cannot imagine
II The Times viii turn to pages 24o TO
246 OF the Congressional Record Of De-
cember IT, it will see whether the joint
resolution which passed the House OF Repre-
sentatives on that date te extend the time
for air motor tests to July 1, 1897, ''fnet
with little or no difficulty in passing the
House," as alleged in this statement
On the contrary there was a vigorous
opposition to allowing these people the
add itionai privileges granted by this
resolution, and but for the fact that the
resolution was introduced in the afternoon
OF one day and raiIroaded through the
House in the afternoon of the following
day, before any citizen in Washington in
terested in the legislation could obtain a
COPY Of the resolution, it is doubtful if
it would have passed the House at all, or
if it passed, it would have been in much
| more stringent form.
This resolution simply proposes TO give
these people until the 1st of next July to
experiment with air motors, and year
from that date to equip their lines with
them if they are satisfied with the test
In support Of their contention for this
additional time, the statementin The Times
refers to the several visits OF Receiver
Schoepf and others Of the Eckington-Bel
lines to New York on air motor tours OF
inspection, and quotes them as expressing
themselves as being entirely pleased with
the excellent success of the air motors in
use on the Third and Lennox avenue lines
in that city, and as alseYstating that the
officers of those lines insNew York speak
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NEWSBOYS OBJECT.

The feeling OF the Washington newSboys
relative to the decision of the Commission
ers yesterday forhidding them to cry their
papers on Sunday. is wen expressed in the
following letter, received by The Times
''Jan. 1, 81
Editor Times: I see in the Morning
Times That The Ministers Garry The Day,
and the poor newsboys lose. We can't
cry Papers on Sunday. All boys amt
got custuIners enough TO pay them to sen
Papers on Sundays and Sundays is the
Best Day. Every Body is Home We
Boys buy the Times and I hope your
paper will try and Protect The Boys il
you can, all SOW the Washington News
Company. To the People of the Distric we
Boys can't cry newspapers, but we have
got a skeme, you can tell boy is passing
with papers. He win whistle whip-poor-
VIII. FROM A NEwsBoY.'
.sP. s.-I hope you win publish this in
the Times
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hundred miles of track and develops one OF
the richest mineral sections in the world.
Norfnandie.

Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Green Stevenson Of
Bloomington, H., are at the Normandie.
Mr.. Stevenson is the son of the Vice Pres
ident and came to this city to participate
in the New Year festivities, In which the
family, through their social and political
position, takes so prominent part.
Prof. Henry G.. Adams of the University
of Michigan is registered at the Normandie.
The morning times., 1897-01-02
Saks and Company,
"Saks' Corner"

" Saks' Corner

in the highest terms of this new motive
power.
Tie fact Of the matter is that the
officers OF the LennOx avenue line havo
rejected the air motors that have been
under test on that avenue for some time
past, and have by vote OF their directors
determined to put in THE underground
electric system But short while ago,
il viii be remembered, an air bottle IN
derneath one OF these cars exploded while
in operation on Lennox avenue.
1t did not simply make a rent in the
plable steel OF which ii is said these
bottles are made, and allow the air to
escape from il with a Kissing noise, as
has been so frequently claimed would be
the only result Of such an explosion. but
it Went off with a loud report and blew
the floor to the top Of the car and other
wise wrecked it.
In regard to the Third avenue air motors,
which Mr.. Scheopf and others" speak oc
so highly in the statement in The Times,
the court record Of the recent receiver
ship proceedings will show that Receiver
| schoepf, in a carefully prepared state
ment, condemned this motor in Language
so strong as to bring out a resOinder
from the owners OF that system. He de-
clared that it was too Complex, had too
many par4S that v-ara TiEalr 70 u..ar ,,,,.,
each other, and was liable to get out Of
working order
Receiver schoepf cannot produce the
statements Of any Of the officials connected
with the mana cement Of either ofthe roads
in New York city on which these motors
have been tested, indorsing them in the
manner stated in the article in question.
on one line they have been rejected en-
tirely, and on the other they are no nearer
OF adoption blythe company than they were
the first day they were put Oh.
Before these motors were in actual Use
in New York the fad was to refer TO their
successful operation in Europe. "A few
weeks ago Mr.. Abdank Abakanowicz, the
| chief engineer of the railways of Lyons.
! France Il scientist and railway electrician
| OF international note. was here" said the
| New York Herald Of December 27. He
/ was examining the new ideas in electric
| transit and the new compressed air motors.
| He said in an interview that he did not be-
Iieve in compressed air, because OF the
danger Of explosion, which. even in Lyons.
where they use only half the pressure 20 be
used here, has proven very destructive"
| The set Of June 10. 1896, requires the
underground electric system to be put in
on these lines by the 10th OF next Deem
ber. The people dependent upon them
want no further time wasted in trying
motors here that have been rejected in
New York, and the only legislation favored,
il there be any at this session OF Congress,
for the Ecington-BeIt lines, is the adop-
ton of forfeiture provision as an amend
nent To the act of June 10, if the law
as it is is not complied with, and the
new management of The Times will more
correctly represent the wishes OF the
| patrons OF these lines, large number OF
whom are also its patrons, by advocating
such course than it will by accepting
statements based upon Misrepresentation.
I'll KANE.
The morning times., 1897-01-02
Wizards.

Prof. j, c. Collins, for many years
familiar figure in Washington, but now
Of Chieago, is stopping at Wizards Hotel.
Tie professor was, just after the war.
an instructor in, tie manly art Of self
defense in this city. His pupils, however.
were not of the class who desired TO ac-
quire the art FOR the purpose OF making
money and knoeksput .blQws:9z%Th were
for the most part, he SAYS. aenators. Con
gFessmen and members OF the different
foreign Iegadonsf who would undertake
the requirement. OF the art more for the
purpose of healthy exercise than anything
else
Prof. Collins bozing. academy was in the
old Washington gsfaaasium, which stood
in front of Fortfss tneater. and there oc-
CURED many friendly bouts for points be-
tween statesmen, some OF " HON have now
passed away, and representatives Of
foreign countries One of the smartest
of his pupils, he said last night, was che
late Roscoe Conkling, who was considered
by those who visited his academy as the
best of all the prominent men Of the country
with his dukes
Another apt scholar OF the professor S
was Mr.. Sartoris, the husband OF Nellie
Grant. He was the only one of his pupils,
the professor says, who could hold his own
every day with the Southerners who fire.
quented the boxing rooms, all OF whom
were fierce, swift fighters who would take
punishment with the same grace they
would whisky.
The morning times., 1897-01-02
ShoPeha IN.

Hon. c. E. Pearce of the Twelfth. St
Louis district, is at the shoreham. Mr..
district. in 1894 Democ carried it
by a majority Of 1850, but in the recent
election Mr.. Pearce walked away with
the prize by a majority OF 1915 He IS
"a sound money Republican, the tide having
been turnedinhis favor by the sound money
Democrats
The morning times., 1897-01-02
DEATHS OF A DAY.

Morristown, y. J., Jan. lex Congress
man Augustus w. Cutler died at his resi-
dence in this city this morning OF heart
failure, incidental to an operation for
appendicitis, which W as recently perform I'd.
and from which it was supposed he was
recovering.
Hewas born iii 1929. His ancestors were
distinguished for services in the revolution
ary war and the war of 1919, and also in
the early politics OF New Jersey. Mr. Cutler
was admitted to the New jersey bar in
1850, and had practiced in Morristown
ever since.
he was formerly Wing in politics. al
though later in life he became an active
and influential Democrat. He was elected
State senator from Morris county, and
later to Congress. from the Fifth Con gres-
sional district, for two terms.
De was defeated in November last by
Mahlon Pitney, in the Fourth, Congressional
district. Mr. Cutler. was always interested
in educational matters, and for many years
was president OF the MorriStown board OF
education.
IN 1854 he married Julia r. Walker OF
Albany, n. Y. who together with three
childr en-WilIard w. Cutler, Judge CT
Morris county; DIR. Condict W Cutler, of
New York City, and Rev. Frederick W.
Ci,tIer survive him
The morning times., 1897-01-02

When Wales was in India the Nautch girls
danced for him, and nobody but the girls
kicked Now New York bridegroom can.
not have Little Egypt to dance at pri-
vate dinner at Sherry's without having the
party pulled by the police. Our manners are
an adjective sight freer than our country is
The morning times., 1897-01-02

Dun's weekly review of trade, dated
January /, calls attention To the fact that
1896 witnessed more commercial failures
than occurred in any previous year, ex-
ceptng 1893. There is something creaky
about the hinges OF the Mckinley conf
dence bureau.
The morning times., 1897-01-02

with theirs. / have tried hard TO use
everything after the trUest economy so
that we may come at least within
hundred miles Of the effectiveness in some
private offices. Many bad methods have
been changed, but there still remain many
which make our operation expensive
The morning times., 1897-01-02

Is the converse Of the old proverb equally
true? New York Police Commissioners
Roosevelt and Parker have fallen out and
there is a carnival of pocket picking, high
way robbery and the like. Probably the
rogues think they are getting their due.
The morning times., 1897-01-02

With entirely new scenery and stage ef-
fects, the Salvation Army in New York
will burn thedevil attheir hall next Wednes-
day night AS none of the Salvationists
have money to burn, they have hit upon the
next worst thing.
The morning times., 1897-01-02

Galveston, Texas, Jan. 1.-Rev. Mother
Benedict, head of the order of the Sisters
of Charity of the Incarnate Word, died
this morning of consumption. She was
born in Thuries, County Tipperary, Ire
land, May 15, 1866 In the world she was
known as Mary Kennedy.
The morning times., 1897-01-02

year. Certainly l am not welded to any
particular site.''
Mr.. Benedict held in his hand the re-
cent editorial of The Times regarding
his position in the contest that will arise
over the problem Of a site, and talked for
half an hour to Times reporter yester-
day. When interested he is like hickory
wood fire well under way-full of snap
and warmth. His features mobile with
intelligence, and his eyes cleaning with
earnestness, he told OF his struggles with
tile obstacles that would have appalled,
a less courageous man.
Favorable Chance to Build.
"But now Congress Is where it can look
around and proceed deliberately and care
fully to build such a printing office as
we ought to have. But there is no time
TO waste, for tile demands OF the service
are growing rapidly, and in five years tile
pressure will again create an emergency.
On the other hand, there is now no
hurry that need involve lack Of careful
planning. Talk about a site; that is not
Of SO Inucl, consequence as compared with
the other demands and expenses Of The
office. Why! don't 1 spend $500 a
year for rents? What is money worth to
the government? Say 3 per cent. Well,
our rent alone then equals an Investment
of over SS25, 900. That by itself would
build pretty good printing house.
MY first report was devoted to the
presentation to Congress of the pressing de-
fnand for relief from the imminent danger
fully revealed by the examination made
by Col. Wilson under the direction Of
Gen. Casey The needed legislation has
been gained and the danger no longer ex-
lists as it did.
congressman told me must move the
load out of the H-street wing. But I
had no place to move it to. / could not
build house, nor rent one, unless they
gave me authority. / told them SO. They
only answ cred that must move it. Then
said must have some money, at least, to
rent a building to put the stuff in. They
gave me $4,000. put two more stories
on part OF this structure and got a lits,e
more room, and l. rented a part of the
Union Building and sent some Of the
material down there. But still there wasn't
room. and the terror Of a great disaster
was still upon us here.