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Defective InSuI In ton.

The cause of the disastrous fire in New
York yesterday will probably never be ac-
curately known, but there will always be a
suspicion that it the result of imper-
fect electric insulation, the cause of so
large a percentage of CONGREGATIONS in
these times. In many cities the system of
inspection of the wires and electrical ap-
plances is perfunctOry. Yet the need for
such inspection grows apace. The appli-
cation Of electricity to modern business is
developing rapidly and the danger from
fire is increasing proportionately. 1t would
seem that these almost periodical disasters
would arouse officials all over the country
to organize their services to reduce the
danger of fires from defective insulation to
the low minimum which is clearly possible.
Wires can be made absolutely safe, yet as
was recently shown by a fatal accident in
this city. they are repeatedly strung with
utter disregard for human life and for the
safety of property.
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him to be .ess of spouter and more OF an
illuminate? 1t would weed out from the
campaigns many pinchbeck blatterers
whose prolaer place is not on the stand but
among those needing instruction.
But rowdyism is something that no party
can afford to encourage or even to toler-
ate. Noisy or drunken toughs who inter-
rupt a speaker with mere shOutings for
his opponent. or with questions having no
relation to the subject in hand, deserve in
slant, and if necessary forcible, suppress
sion. Their sole object is disorder. With
out the brains or character to enjoy dis
cussion of public issues, they have only to
come into the presence of those who have
met for discussion to be moved to dis
play of impertinence and brutality. The
brute in their composition at once asserts
itself. and all that is foreign to their tastes
or temperament they seek to destroy.
Whether stamping for the highest honors
is wise or dgnified does not enter into this
question a all. Candidates determine that
matter for themselves. But candidate
for any office, from highest to lowest, is en-
titled to a respectful hearing wherever he
presents himself and the community that
denies this offends against its own respecta-
bility and good name.
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The National Census.

The census office announcement today of
the total population Of the United States
and territories justifies the hopes of the
people that the total of 7J.O0O,O0 would be
reached. The exact figure, subject to later
corrections Is 76 295 30. This is an increase
of nearly p per cent over the census of
1880, this being the lowest decennial per-
centage since the census was first taken.
The increase from 1910 to 1920 was BIZ per
cent: that from 1920 to 1880 was 1875 per
cent; in the next decade. 33.5 per cent;
from 1910 to 1850 1t was 1913 per cent: from
1850 to 1860 it was 800 per cent; from 1860
to 1870 it was 22.3 per cent; from 1870 to
1850 it 30 per cent, and from 1880 to
1890 it was 22.S per cent.
Thus it will be seen that there was an
almost constant percentage of increase for
the first five decades in which these decen-
NAL census endmerations were made. The
first break in that ratio was caused by the
civil war. which, in addition to the great
destruction Of life caused a demeraiZa ton
which was necessarily felt in the census re-
turns The ratio jumped to the vicinity of
the old percentage of increase in the next
decade. however. but fell back to what
seems in the light of today's announce
ment, to be the prevailing ratio for the
present. just above 20 per cent.
There is some satisfaction for the people
of the District to note that their own decen-
NAL increase was approximately the same
the national increase, namely, nearly p
per cent. The capital has kept step with
the nation.
1t is clear that in order to reach the
long-coveted 100000 mark by 1910 the
country must materially enlarge the rate
of increase during the coming decade. At
the rate of increase displayed during the
decade just closed the population in 1910
would be approximately 92.300.OOO. 1t
would require increase of %, IO4, $50 to
attain the point of 100000, 600. or a little
more than 81 per cent 1t is not considered
in this connection whether the acquisition
of the new island possessions of the United
States will figure in the next count or not.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-10-30
GravitatiOn Toward Cities Halted.
the PHILADELPHIA Inouirer

Census bureau bulletins on the population
of the cities of the United States show that
the great rush of people from country and
suburban points to the large towns has
been halted. In the two decades succeeding
the civil war. when manufactures were
viving and when the trade of this country
was beginning the evolution which has
since given to us our tremendous commerce
there was a positive demand for labor IN
the large towns. This demand was filled
from two sources. Men and women poured
into the cities from the country districts
from Europe. Both these streams joined
and built up the towns and cities as by
magic. But as a result the country dis
tricts, and especially the districts in the
older portions of the country, lost popula-
ton.
been well supplied with labor. The coun-
tryman and the foreigner have been abb
sorbed and the cities have apparently got
ten down to a firm basis of growth. But,
better than that, the splendid increase in
the value of farm products during the past
four years. the increased advantages OF
sticking to the soil and the many new open
ings for the farmer to invest his money
proftably at home have given the young
man in the country a good reason why he
should stay there. He has no longer to &C
to the city to make livelihood.
Hence the gradual hating of the gravita-
ton toward the big cities. The 159 towns
of the United States embraced in the cur
rent census bulletin show an increase of
32.5 per cent during the last decade, or
about the average increase that will. be
shown for the entire country by the present
census. More than ever before in our his
tory the city and the country are march
ing side by side and developing together
The balance has been struck and growth
has become normal.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-10-30
Trade Rivalry.

1t has been felt for some time that the
battle for the world trade of the future
would be in the main between the United
States and Germany. The latter country
has advanced to a position from which 1t
has well-nigh dominated certain lines of
continental trade, greatly to the discomtit-
ure of England. whose foreign commerce
has suffered heavily from both rivals. 1t
seems that the relative position of Ger
many and the United States is appreciated
al Berlin as is shown by the consular
port of a book just published by the Ger
man central bureau for the preparation of
commercial treaties. This work has certain
signs to stamp it as an official utterance,
and its character must at the same time
reassure and warn the American producers
and exporters. The synopsis of the work
promulgated by the State Department. pub
lished in today's issue. shows that the Ger
officials well aware of the rivalry
which the manufacturers of the fatherland
must face in the near future. The author
pays high tribute to the American people
for their solidarity and industry. and he
declares that the countries of Europe may
have to unite in common customs league
against this bold intruder" This threat
can hardly be taken seriously at present,
but il is well to bear in mind the possibility
of a general agreement abroad to discrm-
mate against our products. Against such a
warfare the United States could easily con-
tend in view of the enormous degree in
which the foreign food market is supplied
from these shores. Reciprocal retaliations
would probably soon restore a balance
while the perfection of processes would
enable the United States if hard pressed
to completely exclude foreign-made goods
from this vast market. 1t is no light mat
ter To undertake at this late day to regulate
American commerce by a customs union
for the members of such union would con-
tribute to it varying reasons for dissent
from some of its schedules and principles
The compliment paid TO the American con-
sular service is well deserved, but it would
be more effective if the writer of the book
in question could have added that the
American merchants pay appropriate heed
TO the warnings and advice of the consular
agents. The truth is that the excellent
agency for the fostering of our foreign
trade afforded by the consular service is
not adequately utilized.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-10-30
Political RONvdyism.

The rowdyism displayed a Elmira and at
'obbleskill. New York, yesterday against
Governor Roosevelt and Senator Depew
respectively. can have but one effect on
decent people. 1t will disgust every man
in either party who respects himself and
believes in free speech. 1t was the grossest
possible manifestation of intolerance, and
stamps both its projectors and o.:ecutants
as unworthy of American citizenship In
the eyes of the apOlogists for such conduct
Governor Roosevelt merits no other treat
ment. He is represented as something of
rowdy himself. and as inviting such as
saults. But the most extreme Bryanite
has never so characterized Senator Depew.
And yet the indignity offered the one man
was as great that offered the other
The same spirit was manifested against
the man of marked geniality and easy flow
OF kindly hunror. as against the man of
sharper speech and more direct methods of
attack.
Heckling is something new in this coun-
try, but heckltng is not rowdyism The
asking of questions where the purpose is to
secure information is good thing that
probably our stamping would be improved
by a liberal and judicious introduction of
it 1t is too often the case that speaker
cooked and primed for mere oratorical eff
feet, leaves many of his hearers unin-
formed about the real matters at issue He
is satisfied If he rolls OFF his periods so as
to tickle the groundlings and the thought
less. Why not make him explain as he
goes along? Why not make it necessary for
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-10-30

A few weeks ago storm of protest arose
in New York city against proposal which
had been quietly made to the aldermen to
allow a certain firm to place waste recep-
tacles on the streets and to utilize them for
the display of advertisements. The matter
was disclosed in season to prevent con-
summation of the scheme. In Chicago and
Buffalo. however the enterprise was more
successful. and now the streets of those
cities are afiame with advertisements on
what should be undecorated receptacles for
the trash of the thoroughfares. This
nuisance has been so keenly resented in
Buffalo that injunction proceedings have
been begun to compel the removal of the
offensive advertisements. The disposition
just now Is to restrict the use of public
spaces for the display of fiaring announce
ments. Public sentiment is decidedly
against the employment of the landscape
features and the fences for such purposes.
There is strong protest noticeable. too.
against the erection of electric signs that
make the night hideous with boasts about
the superior qualities of liquors and cigars.
The newspaper columns offer today far
better facilities for the announcement OF
trade opportunities and new and old COM
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-10-30

modities than ever before. There are more
readers. the art Of advertising has de-
veloped to a high point and the readers
have been trained to read and study the
trade notices. There are more newspapers,
too, and the merchant or the manufacturer
with communication to make to the pub
lie is not compelled to resort to unusual
methods. Success does not necessarily fol-
low those methods. 1t does follow the con-
sistent employment of printers ink. This
is quite apart from the consideration of the
public which is involved in the obtrusion OF
trade announcements on the street corners.
the lamp posts, the waste boxes. the fences,
the sky, the very pavement. 1t is not diff
cult to foresee the time when an aroused
public opinion will demand the enactment
Of laws to restrict advertisements to their
proper sphere and to prevent the disfigure-
ment of the landscape and the municipal
utilities.
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An Excellent Suggestion.

The suggestion of the Oldest Inhabitant
Association to the Capital Centennial COM
m!ttee concerning the systematic collection
of local historical matter in the Public Lii
brary, is eminently praiseworthy and rrac-
teal. The Public Library affords an excel
lent medium for the erection of memorials
which will serve as well monumental
structure for the preservation of memories
of the past and the exploitation of the en-
terprise of public-spirited individuals and
patriotic be les. The work of creating col
lections of state histories has already been
started result of the generosity of Mr..
John r. Mclean and will doubtless be adj
vanced as the interest of other individuals
is aroused. The local organizations in
a position to greatly enhance the value of
the Public Library's collections of local his
torical material The adoption of the al
cove system would preserve the individual
ity of such groups of books, manuscripts.
etc. as might DE donated or loaned to the
library. Thus the valuable materials gath
cred by these organizations in the course
of their activity would become accessible
for general reference. would be effectually
preserved from deterioration and would
Furthermore retain individual aasocia lions
and secure for their donors the credit which
always goes with private contributions to
public institutions. No better method of per-
petuating the recolections of the past from
which the magnificent capital of today has
risen could well be devised.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-10-30
Coercion and the Labor Vote.

The cry of coercion respecting the labor
vote does not sound well. 1t reflects on
the wage-earner no less than on the wage
payer 1t is an Impeachment OF the man
hood and intelligence of the one, and OF
the spirit of fair play of the other. Inc Cd
ject sought is to injure only the wage
payer. But he cannot be disassociated
from the other. The two are linked in all
matters of business prosperity, and they
stand or fall together. When men are ioie
capital is idle. When men are busy capltai
is busy. So that any political issue which
bears directly upon the business activities
of the country is of vital interest to both
the man who earns and the man who pays
wages.
That we have such an issue in this cam
paign admits of not the slightest doubt. IL
is indeed the paramount issue. The people
laugh at the talk about Imperialism ana mill
frarism. When Mr. Bryan calls for volun-
teers with ballots in their hands to save
the Declaration of Independence the Won
der is not what can be the matter with
that instrument. but what can be the mat
ter with him. But when the opponents OF
Mr.. Bryan point out that his success at
the polls would for time at least. throw
all business enterprises out of gear and in
of the country, the people stop and con-
slider That proposition strikes home. Ihat
is something that appeals to rich and poor
alike for when the wheels of industry
stop everybody suffers.
Now there can be no doubt that men OF
business are as a rue opposed to Mr. Bry-
an in this campaign. They are afraid OF his
policies They believe him sincere in his
advocacy of free silver, and, so believing,
they can see nothing but widespread rum
and arrestment of business as the result OF
his election to the presidency, with all that
his success would convey to the world at
large. And as this is so generally the view
of the wage-payers. what more natural than
that it should be quite generally the view
of the wage-earners? The laboring men of
the United States are neither slaves nor
ignoramuses. They know their own inter-
ests as well as citizens engaged in any other
walk of life and. knowing them, they may
be expected to safeguard them with their
right of suffrage.
These business parades. therefore. 1t may
be assumed. are not formed in any part of
men driven into line, but of men who have
canvassed the subject and intelligently
taken sides. Where the wage-earner and
the 'wage-payer walk together, shoulder to
shoulder it is a pretty sure sign that they
are in agreement to what is best for
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Slow Justice in New jersey.

Hints of mob violence and possible lynch
ing in Paterson are strangely out of place
In the just punishment of detected MUIR
derers New Jersey has never been so lax
as many other states have been, although
it must be admitted that she has had some
what more than her share of tragedies
which have never been cleared up. One
of the strangest and most celebrated Of
these mysteries was the fate of Mary
Rogers. upon which Poe based his tale Of
the murder of Marie Roget. No one was
punished for that atrocity. as the guilt was
never brought home clearly to any one.
Proof appears to be abundant as to the
details of the frightful crime in Paterson,
and it Is incredible in the circumstances
that any of the miscreants can be shielded
by influence Of any kind.
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Dangerous industries In Cities.
ron, tho phiIa1eInbia Press

Until the exact nature of the accident Is
known the specific blame cannot be placed,
but, in general, it is clear all cities of the
first class with congested residence and
business areas should be particularly care
full to rule out dangerous industries. The
making of powder. which is relegated to
remote and carefully selected localities and
carried on in specially adapted buildings is
not the only industry in which chemical
combinations figure that may prove dis
astrous. and yet 1t is practically the only
industry that is excluded from a city's
limits. With the great growth of modern
industries, which. in certain processes, in
volve the possibility of explosion. it is clear
the time has come for recognition in state
law and city ordinance of the new situa-
ton. Any other course simply invites IA
talities
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-10-30
A Thanksgiving Prospect.

I'm goin to be thankful
Fur prosperity complete;
I'm goin' to be thankful
Cause I've got enough to eat.
Thankful fur the sunshine
An thankful fur the rain,
An thankful that I've got my voice,
When wishn' to complain.
I'm goin to be thankful
Fur blessings that befall
An fur one that l kin mention
Eli be thankfullest of all.
Well be through with this campaignin'
An the beatin' of the drum
We kin live in peace an quiet
Fur the next four years to come.
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But the greatest desolation
Purely Pessimistic.

THAT next-door neighbor of yours de-
serves a great deal of credit"
For what?" asked Mr.. Blykins.
why. for being SO neat He is always
up in the morning cutting the grass on his
lawn or shoveling the snow off his side
walk
"Oh, he doesn't do those things because
he Is neat. He enjoys the thought that his
noise is worrying the neighbors.''
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T =
Hon. Hamilton Lewis, one of the Bryan
rooters from the Pacific slope, explains the
parity of wheat and silver by saying that
II wheat continues to go up and silver to
go down they would soon be the same price
per bushel.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-10-30

The Beers can at least felicitate them
selves on having been spared the losses at
tendant on a triumphal celebration such as
London has witnessed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-10-30

1t is feared that Mr.. Bryan will have to
go back to the silver states and candidly
confess that he has not succeeded in con-
verting the east to 16 to l.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-10-30

There is not much hope for the kind of
citizen who expresses his patriotism by
throwing things at the campaign orator
with whom he does not agree.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-10-30

Grover Cleveland evidently is not dis
posed to content his presidential ambition
by means of these occasional offers of the
presidency Of college.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-10-30

The melancholy days approach:
The birds will cease to sing.
The brook will hush its gurgle
AS 1t hurries from the spring.
But the greatest desolation
Comes when we observe with pain
That there will be no one talking
From the platform of the train.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-10-30

Croker says he never read Dickens or
Thackeray However he has burnt a good
share of midnight oil over turf guides and
bank books.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-10-30

If conditions have not been loosened so
as to make a landslide possible it has not
been through a lack of rhetorical thunder
and lightning In Mr.. Bryan's speeches
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-10-30

Alvord, the bank embezzler. says it has
eased his mind to be arrested. Many peo-
pie will regret that he did not seek relief
wears ago
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-10-30

In a short time Wharton Barker and Eu-
gene Debs can compare notes to decide
which is entitled to the tail-ender hOnors.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-10-30

1t is remarkable to see how far Mrs
Lease has consented to let this campaign
go on without her.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-10-30

Vermont and Alabama have had pretty
good luck in keeping out Of the doubtful
columns of ardent campaign statisticians
on hDth
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-10-30

1t is interesting to guess what Senator
Wellingtons politics will be four years
from now.
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count of personal absence. letters to
THE STAR should not be Addressed
to any individual connected with the
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the Editorial Business Depart
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Practicability.

Do you think that the flying machine
can ever be made practical institution
Il don't see why not" answered the man
who measures everything by the dollar.
IF they can sell stock in Keely motors and
processes for getting gold out of sea water
1 don't why there shouldn't be money
in flying machines"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-10-30

Some folks" said Uncle Eben, as like
persmmons. If you strikes EN- right dey's
fine. but if you 'sturbs EN- when dey ain
ready fob you dab ain muffin mo- disagree
ahI
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SHOOTING STARS.


did your husband bet on the election?'
Yes" answered young Mrs. Torkins.
Don't you think 1t is very wrong for
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Loneliness.

why, how can 1 tell, dear. The returns
aren't in yet, you know
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