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Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-02-01
PRESIDENTS PETS WHITE
WASHED.
[Richmond Dispatch.l


Washington special 10 the New
York Herald gives what it says is a
reliable forecast of the report of the
war Investigating Commission, which
report will be in the hands of the
President on Thursday next.
According 10 this forecast Alger is
"vindicated." the commission finding
nothing in his administration to CEN
sure; Eagan is commended: the adj
1utant general is complmented: the
surgeon general is greatly rcbuked. and
General Miles and Inspector General
blows
The public will find no difficulty in
reaching the conclusion that the fore
cast in the Herald's special is correct
For the formulation of just such a re-
port as has been outlined the commits
sion wa: organized. 1t was intended
mat r2nort should be made that
would whitewa:,: tho administrations
pets. and make ii disas, hia for all
VINO in any way showed n disposition 10
interfere with the completeness of that
process. But had this not been appar.
ent from the beginning, it would stand
proved by the line of investigation tina,
was pursued. AS regards persistency
ana ingenuity in the matter of .1ot get
ting at the truth the commission has
made a record that is Unparalleled.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-02-01
THE COST OF LIVING.
[Richmond Timcs.1

Mr.. John King Van Rennsalcar. one
OF the famous -Four Hundred" in New
York. has recently been saying some
interesting things about the expense OF
living. lie declares that brides and
bridegroOmS of to-day have n more
serious problem set before them than
did their parents. who began life under
similar circumstances. lie SAYS that
The cost of living has doubled since
their fathers day. and that the ex-
pense seems to be increasing instead of
diminishing. He mentions the fact that
in an old account book. dated 1910. n
young husband in New York made the
following entry: Expenses for the past
| year-wife, two children and self-s2, 600
Entirely too much; must economize
somewhere" Mr.. Van Rennselaer says
that this young couple belonged to one
of the most fashionable families of New
York. and that they were accustomed
10 take part in the ga!eties and amuse-
ments of the day. They spent the
summer months at their country place,
taking occasional trips to the noun
| talnS or seaside, and educated their
children by the aid of governcsscs and
tutors. Still they considered So 600 OK
| travaEant.
| In Mr.. Van Rennselaer's opinion. their
way OF living ut the present time would
be absolutely impossible. He says that
| young married couple with two chill
dren could hardly expect to live as their
| parents did; that the expense of living
| mas so steadily increased that many of
the young people Of to-day are driven
| TO lead secluded lives, not entertaining
| allowing themselves no oXtravaCance
in dress; denying themselves the opera
| or the play, in order to give their chill
dren the education which they them
selves received. and to live on an in
come of 5000 year. they regard as n
Feat of great and almost unparalleled
| economy.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-02-01
TWO WALL STREET STORIES.

The story of young Talcott. the Wall
street broker vino has made a million
dollars out Of the rise in stocks in the
past six months, and who is going to
retire-perhaps-is full of encourage
ment to the ambitious and the eUtIu=
siastic.
Any man can make money in Wall
street IL hc will only buy stocks when
they are down and sell them when tn 20
are up. All that is needed is to know.
as Mr.. Talcott did, when to begin and
when to quit.
There is. however. another Wall
street story of the man who bonsted
that he had known when to quit and
that was when lie had enough money
left to pay his railroad fare home and
30 cents to give the porter for carrying
his trunk IN to his father-in Law s
house.
Both stories are true. only tho latter
story is true n hundred times where this
Talcott story is true only once.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-02-01
OPINIONS OF TmE FIR Ess.
THE TRUSTS BAR THE WAY TO
LARGER TRADE.
philadelphia Record 7

The arrogance Of the banded trusts
which seek to so shape the legislation
of the country as to enable them to
more largely profit at the public ex-
pense was never more Extensively ex-
hibited than in the effort of the Paper.
puip and Lumber combinations to de-
prlVe the consumers of the United
states of free access to the forest
wealth OF the Canadian Dominion The
only sticking point in the adoption of a
scheme of reciprocal trade between the
united states and Canada is the aboli-
ton of the tariff on forest products.
me only opponents to abolition are the
trusts. The trusts would lose by reci-
procity percentage of their unearned
profits; the people of the United States
would gain In cheapened timber, lum-
per: pup, paper and the multitudinous
articles OF which wood is the raw ma
terial including books and newspapers.
and they would also gain in the widen
eu market opened up for all products of
their factories.
The American Joint High Commits
sioners will. therefore. have to make n
| direct choice between the interests of
the people and the interest of their
plurdercrs. They will have to reject
demand upon the part of the Can
adams which Ks in the nature of a prof
Tered advantage and an Invitation to
continued amty or else pull down the
-, N'Oi.. 10 iIuCH 10 DC
hoped that tho hearing given to the
american Newspaper Association to-
day may influence the commissioners
TO proper action. 1t will at least have
the effect of bringing the subject
clearly before the public and placing
the blame for Intellectual negotiation. if
reciprocity shall fail where the blame
rlghttully belongs. The nation will
know that the trusts have been able for
their sordid and self-seeking ends to
thrust themselves as an obstacle in the
way of better understanding and better
trade relations between the two great
English speaking countries OF America.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-02-01
CHILDREN ON THE STREETS.

Judge McAdam, of New York. has
just decided in u suit for damages
against an ice-company, that there
was no legal ground for damages
where a wagon of the Co. ran over
and seriously injured two little chill
drep who were crossing n street after
S o'clock at night The Judge said
that the wagon had right and business
on the street. and that children so
young had no right nor business cross
ing crowded street at night The
little ones should have been at home
or accompanied by some one capa-
Bile of taking care of them.
The Judge is said to have gone so far
as to hold that it was not the bust
ness of the driver of the wagon to
look out for little tots and avoid hurt
Ing them. If that be true, then "a
careless or brutal driver may slaugh-
ter little children o the street at will.
The law certainly means to protect
the small, young. weak and disabled
people on the street. at all times, as
we'll as other people. and If they are
injured by the carelessness or c;imi-
nality of anyone. he is responsible.
civilly or criminally. or both, and his
employers are also liable civilly. Any
other view of the matter is barbarism.
although in the particular case decid-
over of the children may have been
an unavoidable accident.
1t may he very true that little chill
dren should not be on the streets af-
ter dark; but in n city so crowded with
all conditions of people, and where
every~sort of contingency is constant
ly arising. it may be often necessary
streets, coming from or going home,
or on, some errand, or other business.
Being there, no matter for what rea-
| son. or no reason, they are not to be
slain. manned. or hurt by anybody,
| carelessly or wantonly. And so it Is
| OF cripples. of the blind, the deaf and
| dumb and others. They ought not TO
be there. perhaps; they should be else
where. or properly accompanied: but
once there. they are entitled to all the
protection the law gives anyone else
| Nay, more.-their condition being seen
or otherwise known.
An infant in baby-carriaEe, in the
middle of Broadway, New York. is wo-
fully out of place; but that may
happen By accident; through fright or
| drunkenness of the infants attendant;
but once there. no matter how, and
seen. nobody dare hurt it. no matter
how much trouble and cost not to do
so may occasion him. Life and limb
are too sacred in law to be sacrificed
to haste, or carelessness. or money
making; and it Is shocking to hear
such cruel doctrines. as to the safety
Of children on the streets at night. rs
those mistakenly. we hope) attributed
to Judge McAdam.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-02-01
HOW 10 LESSEN LYNCHING.

God knows that THE vIRGINIAN-
PILOT desires good government and
good citizens: right-laws and law
abiding people. But no more in the body
polite than in the physical body are
symptoms the real ills to be cured; nor
will remedies for symptoms in either do
much to eradicate the diseases tina;
cause the symptoms.
There is lynching-a hideous exhibit
ton of popular wrath and justice; no.
body can deny that it is the result of a
greater and grosser evil. Why then pay
so much attention to the effect. and
neglect the cause? There is the same
old remedy for the cause. with all It's
glorious uncertainty" delays and
chances. The criminal takes his turn,
entitled to all dilatory notions the diff
ficulties of preserving evidence, the
chances of death. movement. &c, and
all the benefit of a fragrant atrocity
grown cold and old. Alter the law and
practice in dealing with the offences
which provoke lynching-make the
penalty ineXorably death, and as
prompt and sure as human justice can
fairly devise. make the officers Of the
law more diligent and vigilant, first in
the field to know the crime. as to dis
cover and arrest the criminal-as they
should be in all criminal brea ches of the
law,-and lynching will disappear, or
occur only in some rare case of unen-
durable and horrible turpitudc.
The anti-lynching oath proposed in
South Carolina is good in it's way, and
so far as dealing with the symptoms
goes; and it would be much better but
for one defect that inheres in all such
oaths and disabilities. Soon a relief-bill
is passed, removing some popular mans
lynching disabilities; he Is not REQUIRED
to take the oath: and then the disabii-
ties and the oath become of no effect.
as everybody who cares to obtains the
passage of relieving act. 1t was so as
To dueling and other official disa blities
and political disabilitles,-and so 1t will
always be.
But have an exclusive death penalty
for every lynching crime; make the
officers do their duty with greater zeal.
by strict regulations. with penalties for
neglect; make every such offence take
precedence In all the courts of every
thing else; allow no merely diatory
pleas. to gain time: and let every nee
essary step be taken to preserve evil
dence or hold witnesses. No technical
defence CANOE permitted in such cases,
and none impossible to cultivate pub
lie sentiment among those who chiefly
furnish candidates for lynchinC, that
VIII aid the law in suppressing the
crimes that demand lynching. Their
best men, at any rate. should not en-
courage such crimes by berating the
lynchers. and fomenting q desire for
vengeance Lynching is a trine COM
pared with the offences that incite 1t.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-02-01
THE CURFEw.

Gray's "Elegy in a Country Church
yard" so familiar to US all. begins
thus:
The curfew tolls: the knell of parting
day"
1t was the old signal to cover fires.
put out lights. and go to bed. In many
| towns and cities of the Southern States
our bells are rung at hours of the
night now which We're fixed in the days
of negro slavery for all servants TO be
at home. Any caught on the streets or
| anywhere from home, after that hour.
unaccompanied by master or mistress.
without "a pass" We're arrested, put in
some lookup. and usually given a few
lashes next morning. In some places,
the law extended to children, without
regard to color; though in the case of
these. the patrol usually warned them
in. or conducted them home. and in
some cases a fine was imposed on par
ents, guardians. &c.
Our regular night-bells now have no
such significance. They only announce
the old hours. because 1t is n custom
surviving its origin and purpose. But
the curfew is being widely re-establish-
ed in our Western and other towns, to
warn children not TO be out, but to be
at home. The hour varies for the
"kncll." but the same purpose rules
wherever it sounds by law or ordi-
nance: to keep the children off the
streets; to make them remain at home
a flor dark or ao,Ix,
to train them in home habits. rather
than in those of street-Arabs. or night
owls Undeniably. the purpose is good,
and equally undeniably. it is necessary
for many children. Parental govern
ment ought to be sufficient for all chill
dren, and in many cases it is; but. I'M
fortunately. in many other cases it is a
lamentable failure. as any observer
must confess who inspects our streets
at night; especially certain streets,
where the young most do congregate.
minister of the gospel. who takes
much interest in this matter. says that
the evil is much greater than is usual
~ supposed. Not only boys. but girls,
throng our streets. or some of them,
to their own devices and TO all the traps
and temptations that may beset their
feet. Nor is it, he says, the children of
the poor and ignorant alone. who thus
desert home at night, where squalor
discomfort and no pleasures exist. to
seek amusement. light. warmth and in
terest in playing and other exercise on
the streets; the children of respectable
and well-to-do people are also found in
this Juvenile night procession, exposed
to so many evils.-among them little
girls who certainly can find no good
for themselves. thus turned loose to
themselves at night.
Perhaps some other means than the
curfew may cure or check this street
evil; and at any rate, any curfew-law
should not be too harsh, nor stringent,
but in the spirit of its benevolence and
humane design.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-02-01
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Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-02-01

Upon careful review, it appears
to me that the following singular but
instructive conclusions are evidently
deducible: Whatever degree of uncer-
tainty may exist as to the precise
quantity of the precious metals which
was imported into Europe during the
fifty-three years succeeding the dis
covery of America, the records of that
time abundantly testify that gold con-
stituted the chief part of the supply,
and that. nevertheless. ITS GREAT
PREPONDERANCE DID NOT PRO
DUCE ANY SENSIBLE EFFECT ON
THE MARKET VALUE, IN REFER
ENCE TO SILVER. 1t is evident that
the enormous Importation of silver
consequent upon the explorations OF
Potasi-which mine alone is estimated
to have supplied one hundred and fifty
millions of silver lin ten years subse-
quent to 1545)-did not vary the rela-
tive value of these metals by rise in
gold, as we find that Queen Elizabeth
and her eminent advisers considered
1t expedent, in 1850. to reduce the
standard proportions from IL lie to a
fraction under II.
THE discovery of the alluvial mines
in Brazil in 1895 QUADRUPLED THE
ANNUAL AVERAGE AMOUNT OF
GOLD PREVIOUSLY PRODUCED;
YET IN 1717, WHEN THIS INUNDA-
TON, AS 1T MAY BE TERMED,
WAS AT ITS HEIGHT, THE VALUE
OF GOLD REMAINED THE SAME
AS IN 1861 TO 10.
Although it appears that the explo-
rations of new mines. but especially OF
Biscaina. Sombrerete, Catorce and Va
| lenciana, in Mexico, toward the middle
and latter half Of the last century
INCREASED TO ENORMOUS
AMOUNT, YET THE MARKET VAL
U1 OF SILVER WAS ALMOST UNI
FORMLY HIGHER IN ENGLAND
THAN IN 1717.
These extraordinary circumstances
in the history of the precious metals
appear to invite and authorize the in
ference that 1T IS IMPOSSIBLE TIC
AFFIX WITH ACCURACY OR UTIL-
ITY THE VALUE OF GOLD AND
SILVER BY A COMPARISON OF
THE QUANTITIES PRODUCED"
Mr.. Cernuschi explains the gradual
change in the ratio of 10 or IL to l in
early times to Is. 151a and 16 to of
later times. to the fact that the great
er value of gold to weight. as coinage
Increased and the movements OF coin
grew great and more frequent, made
SO much in favor of gold in costs OF
coinage and transportation for a given
sum. that the ratio was forced to pres
these costs.
This article is longer than we desir-
ed it; but the subject required it, and
we trust our readers will read it all
carefully
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-02-01
High Grade Millinery
Every Remedy Had Failed,
But He is Perfectly Well Now !

II HAD TRIED ALMOST EVERY
CATARRH MEDICINE ! ever heard Of
and ALL FAILED 10 cure me. My suf-
ferings were severe and was miserable
indeed. FELT ALL THE TIME AS
IT. THERE WAS a LUMp OF
PHLECM IN MY THROAT which 7 must
hawk away. This kept me hawking ali
the tine. My throat would get dry ard
sore and MY E0STRlkS FELT STUF-
KEPT RINGING AND sINGiNG CON- CON-
SORE. WATERY AND WEAK. NV an.
0ct!te was very poor. and / was SO bad
Off couldn't sleep ard WOULD GET Up
IN TIE MORNING AS TIRED AS
WHEN LAID DOWN AT NIGHT and
didn't feel like working Mt all. I felt
tired all the time and GOT EASILY FA-
TI n OFTEN HAD a DULL
M0RNiNG. IN this condition A FRIEND
TREATMENT HAS MADE ME FEEL,
LIKE a NEW PERSON MY APPE-
TITE is EXCELLENT. SLEEP WELL
FEEL Wl)lL. LIKE TO WORK. EARS
AND EYES ALL RIGHT. ALL THE CA
TAiRH SYMPTOMS GONE. BREATHE
EREE AND EASY. IN FACT. I FEEL,
ENTIRELY CURED. Before taking his
treatment | USED TO LIE IN BED AN
BEFORE | COULD GO TO SLEEP,
BUT NO TROUBLE NOW. | certainly
recommend DIR. F!rey's treatment as tho
best Catarrh Cure.
j. C. OVERMAN.
Portsmouth, Va,
Residence. Duke street near Scott, en-
ployed at Navy Yard.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-02-01

the other contention is that the ratio
Of the value OF silver to gold of 16 to
was fixed and maintained by that ratio
in the production of the two metals; but
that the production of silver has so
Increased that it is now 40 or SO to
of gold; and so destroying the old ratio
Of value. and making silver useless as
a money metal. For these reasons, it
is alleged. it was demonetized and
must remain.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-02-01

We deny the alleged facts as to the
production of silver and gold, the Basis
of value attributed to them, and the
whole false reasoning founded thereon,
whether the alleged facts as to silver
production be true or false. The in
crease In the production of silver has
not been greater in recent years than
in several former periods. when 1t
neither affected its own value as
money. nor its money-ratio to gold. and
this recent increase of silver produc-
ton is not greater than has formerly
occurred more than once in gold Tin
proportion to value), without at all
lowering its own money value or all
tering its ratio of value to silver. The
only real point as to the production of
the money-metals (gold and silver) is
not which is increasing, nor how much.
but is the joint volume of both-the
supply-greater than is needed-larger
than the demand? Both being money.
1t is not n question of either metal-no
more of one than the other; but Is the
bank of nature over-issuing money ?
more than men and nations need.
or want or demand? We all
nave known when money (even
including all paper money! was too
scarce for the most pressing uses; but
who has ever known n period when
there was too much of any good money
or currency? The crushing answer to
the bill of 1873 and its argument Is
this: That at the date of the passage
OF that bill gold had fallen nowhere,
and silver was at from to cents in
the dollar premium over gold.
the value of the two metals at the ratio
ID to l that caused the sneak thief bill
OF February. 1873; IL that had caused
demonetization, gold. not silver, would
have been the victim. Money" saws
Cernuschi. lis value created by law to
be a scale OF valuation and a valid
tender for payments" But our con-
stitutional money is gold and silver
coin. made and valued by Congress-
and legal tender In payment of all
debts. dues and demands. public and
private; though Congress may supple-
ment this money by Treasury notes.
legal-tender or not. Our sole monov.
however. is the coin described. -nature
issuing the money-metals, and Com
sress coming them and regulating their
vaiue-that Is. their fineness and
weight
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money or bullion. Why? Chiefly be-
cause the demand Is SO great. universal
and rapidly growing that no supply
can equal it. much less glut It,
MIR. Cernuschi quotes letter of John
White, cashier of the United Bank,
written in 1929 to Mr.. Ingham, Score
tary of the Treasury, as follows:
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