Evening star., 1899-03-18
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good opportunities the thrifty poor people
of this country have to acquire valuable
property remarked a prominent EngHsh-
man to a Star reporter recently. In Eng
land the poor classes have no such chances,
as more than half the soil OF the united
Kingdom is nominally owned by some 2'oo'
wealthy persons, who refuse to sell their
land These persons are the owners Oh
- $50, ,TJ5 acres, or nearly oH"'ooe acres
more than one-fourth OF the total area OF
the united Kingdom. The mind is unable 10
grasp what such a monopoly costs the
country. but certain features of it stand
forth with prominence sufficiently ho'aoie.
In a most absolute sense the well-being Oh
rho entire popuIatfou of some 32.U0OUo0
souls is placed in the power OF a few thous-
ands. For these thousands the multItuue
tolls and it may be on occasion starVes.
Hence IL is that all through rural Eng
land We have continually before US the
most saddening of all spectacles-two or
three families living in great splendor, ana
hard by their gates the miseraDly poor, tne
abject slaves of the soil, whose sole nope IN
life is too often the wOrkhouse-that IA
nous device against revolution paid for by
the middle class-and the paupers grave.
Our landlords have not merely burdened
the land with their game preserves; theS
have tied it up and actively ConSplreu 10
prevent it's due cultivation. Instead OF
rising to the true necessities OF the case
they cling 10 Lheif game, i4!dhS pSNdL Sii-
actments about it and struggle to augment
the intensity of the evil which it is to the
people. as If the very existence OF the couh-
Try depended upon hares and rabolts
In his absolute supremacy the land own.
er oYerrides al justice, takes precedence OF
all ordinary creditors on his helpless ten
ants estates and controls the system OF
cultivation, often in utter disregard of pri-
vate rights or private judgment, and, in
addition, secures himself the absolute re-
version of every improvement which the
tenant may make on the land
'sThe erection of the new palace of JUS
tIoe. for the United States Supreme Court
and Department of Justice. will do more
toward the enlargement of the White House
than anything that has ever happened"
remarked well-known architect to a Star
reporter. 1t may also bring about a new
Executive Mansion for residence mansion
though the present White House will prob
ably always be used the official resi-
dence of the President and for all state
functions. 1t will, in the end, however, he
enlarged. L have cOnversed with several
senators VINO are members OF the commit
tee public buildings and grounds, and
find that they are thoroughly convinced
that such a separation should take place,
as it would tend to make the family life
of the President much more agreeable. The
difficulty in the case is that, with the single
exception of President Grant, no President
has ever officially written a single word
III favor of new Executive Mansion, and
even Grant was not as enthusiastic on the
subject as was desired. Gen. Garfield would
have strongly indorsed the proposition Off
ciaIly had he lived long enough, though
President Hayes was but lukewarm on the
subject He favored the separation of the
official residence from the private resi-
dence, preferring that the latter should be
somewhere in the suburbs. but he never
put his ideas into writing. President Arthur
never made any expression on the matter
while President Cleveland openly opposed
the plan and settled the question far as
he was concerned by purchasing a private
residence one of his terms and leasing one
the last term. Mrs. Harrison was, on the
other hand. enthusiastically in favor of an
enlargement of the White House, though
she did not concur in the plan of separating
the official from the private residence, ex-
cept so far as separating them in the same
building Cen Harrison, however, did not
go as far as she did, though he did not
make any expression against her ideas
President Mckinley, L am told, thinks as
Mrs. Harrison did, that the building should
be enlarged. and as progress is made on
the new Department of Justice building his
Impressions likely to grow, so that ne
will in the end officially recommend the
enlargement. Should he do So that will
bring up the entire question, and l would
not be surprised # some time in the
near future, speaking in d general way,
not only the enlargement will be made,
but in Sdd-tion there will be a sep
arate private residence provided for. The
only thing that can defeat the latter propo-
sition is that there may be a wrangle about
where the private residence shall be To-
Gated. for. of course. the various interests
that will be affected will have considerable
influence one way and another. The first
thing that will be done. though. will be the
enlargement. That is sure as anything
can be, and. as | have said before, the new
palace Of justice will emphasize the ad-
vantages and absolute necessity of it."
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There is nothing gained in the way of
time in the mailing OF letters in the city
post office explained a letter carrier to d
Star reporter. except in rare instances, for
the ten daily collections from the street
corner boxes serve every purpose though
belief to the contrary exists. 1t is no ad-
vantage that letter should be deposited in
the city post Office for there are just so
many trains out of the city every day, and
the collections from the boxes are arrau ged
so that they are all gathered in ample time
TO catch the departing mails. Up to q
couple OF minutes Of the departure of trains
there is advantage by mailing them at
the depOtS. but this even is not as much as
many suppose. Still there is a class OF
persons who think it is safer to put their
letters in the city post office direct and
many OF them put themselves to consider
able trouble at times to do so. People can
rest assured. however, that il is not neces-
their letters will take place if they put
them in the street boxes OF course in the
suburbs of the city II is somewhat different
and when IL gets to be late in the evening
before letter is written there is soms-
thing TO be gained by getting it down town
10 some Of the hotels, the post office or the
depots If II must go out that night But as
general rule, however. the street box
gives the public every possible advantage
IN the way of getting the letters on their
way to the place of delivery. Those who
mail many letters realize this, though those
who send but few do not know it, for they
can only know by actual experience Peo-
pie who mail letters only occasionally do
not as a rule take the trouble to acouaint
themselves with the facts in the mater
seem alarmed and imagine all kinds of de-
lays simply because they do not see the
letter collectors call to collect letters from
the boxes every few minutes or at least a
Few minutes after they have mailed their
letter"
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The request of the War and Navy De
partments for photographs taken in connec
tion with the late war is panning out hand
somely." observed an official of the Wa
Department 10 a Star reporter. 'and aIread,
very large number of phatoprapbs b,,,,