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The Washington times., 1901-07-20
A Humane Christian scientist.

A woman In New Britain, Connect
! cut. has discovered a new field for
Christian Science, and 1t is one in which
it would be good to put the believers
for a while and see how the thing would
work. She is trying TO persuade her
neighbors to try the faith cure on
mosquitoes.
She says 1t is not at all necessary to
kill the little harmless insects" and
that all you have to do is to speak to
them kindly and tell them to leave you
believe that they will not bite. The
lady says that she has done this for
years and now enjoys having the pret-
ty little things around and listening to
their musical buzz" To this her neigh
bors will probably consent freely. She
can hear their musical buzz all she
likes. so long as she does not bring
them with her when she comes calling.
The average person is likely to be
skeptical about this sort of faith cure.
and to think that saying "Abracada-
bra" or repeating the alphabet back
ward would be just as likely to have
a good effect on the mind of the mos
quito as the treatment proposed. In
fact It has been generally supposed
that if a mosquito had a soul ii was
depraved one, and that if converted 20
a decent appreciation of the truths Of
altruism he would cease to be a mos
quito at all; he would die and go wher-
ever they do go when they quit this
earth. 1t has been suggested before
that the truths of Christian Science
should be tried on noxious insects. One
gentleman declared in print that he
had tried 1t on the small red thing
it did not work worth a cent, to put it
mildly. But, perhaps, his faith was
not of the right kind. special brand
may have to be imported for the pur-
pose of converting bugs.
But IL Christian Science Is really good
to prevent mosquito bites, it is 4 most
useful invention, and it should be tried
as soon as possible. This would be
good time of year for the experiment,
and New Jersey might be selected as
the place. Let the believers camp in
a swamp where mosquitoes are plenti-
full and stay there for a fortnight. Then
let them come out and show themselves
If they do not look as if they had had
chicken-pox, the public may be inclin-
ed to believe that mosquitoes are amen
able to Christian Science.
But If the experiment succeeds, the
question still remains, what will the
mosquito live on? 1t is his nature 10
suck the blood of whatever victim he
can find. Supposing he is convinced
that this is wrong, will he sit back and
starve to death, or will he become a
vegetarian? This question is full of
complications. Possibly he will live off
the wicked people who do not believe
in Christian Science and let the believ-
ers alone, but If he does, It will be the
first time the laws of nature ever turn
ed out of their way for the benefit of
the godly. From cannibaIs to tieas.
carnivorous nature has ever shown a
prediction for the good
The Washington times., 1901-07-20
American Industrial Supremacy.

That the United States. industrially
! considered, is now the first of nations
is beyond dispute. We are first in ag-
riculture, frs, in mining generally, first
in coal production, first in manufac-
lures OF iron and steel. and first in man
ufactures as whole While we con-
sumo far more than does any other
country. 1t is worthy of note that we
also lead every other nation in the val
ue of our exports of domestic products.
All of these things taken together give
us an unquestioned industrial suprem-
acy.
Very largely this is owing to our al
most illimitable agricultural resources,
which make US not only self-sustaining
in the matter Of food products, but
leave US with an immense surplus for
export. This clement of our superiori-
ty is regarded with good deal of COM
plaisance by our great European ri
walls. They look upon ii as natural
advantage which no artificial effort can
overcome, and as they need our food
products and cotton they have but lit
tie complaint to make with reference
4
the growth of our manufactures which
fills them with alarm. Thus far they
have not been badly hurt by our COM
petition in such goods, either in their
own or neutral markets: but looking
at the rapid increase of our exports of
manufactures, they fear that the time
may soon come when their own MANI
factures will be seriously menaced by
those of the Western Republic. There
is some ground for this fear, and para
doxical as ii may seem, as conditions
are now shaping themselves in the
United States. European manufactures
may easily be subjected to grieyous in
jury by American competition, with no
corresponding benefits to the great body
of the American people.
OF course, what Chauncey N. Depew
says does aot amount to anything when
standing by itself: at the same time,
his remarks at the banquet of the
French Chamber of Commerce on the
Fourth of July gave full voice to the
ambition Of the huge trusts now form
ing in America, not only to control the
Industries of this country, but 10 domi-
nate these of Europe as well. If this
ambition were a legitimate one and the
methods employed were proper. there
would not be much point in any pro-
test against it. on this side of the ocean
at least. But when the trusts, intrench-
ed behind n massive barrier of protec-
ton. bid defiance 10 all foreign compe-
tition in the American market, while
in order to gain a foothold for their
products abroad they sell them at cost
and even for less. II is a condition that
calls for protest on both sides of the
Atlantic, AMI especially from Ameri-
cans. Such policy robs the American
consumer In order to enable the trusts
to capture foreign markets; and after
those markets are captured, the con-
sumers Of both continents viii be put
The Washington times., 1901-07-20
What the Court Decided.

Commenting upon the decisions of the
Supreme Court in the insular cases. the
Review of Reviews" says: The main
thing that has been decided thus far
is that the Constitution of the United
States is not document that is going
to interfere with the people of the Unit
ed States in their proposal to do the
very best thing that they can from time
to time in providing for the Govern
ment development, and true progress
OF the territories they have acquired by
recent annexation
Closely analysed, this simply means
that the Supreme Court has decided
that the Constitution may be disregard
ed whenever the party which happens
TO be dominant chooses to disregard 1t,
which is equivalent tc saying that the
Constitution is Of no binding force
whatever. II, whenever the people
think they can best deal with new ter
ritory by ignoring the Constitution,
ly they must have the irne right in
dealing with older territory OF with the
States. There can be no avoiding of
tfis conclusion. 1t is Impossible TO aG-
vance an argument in favor Of allowing
Congress or any branch of the Gov
ernnlent to nuilify the Constitution In
new territory that does not apply with
equal force 70 similar action in older
territory.
Ee must be 4 bold man who win zen
trre an opinion as to what the Supreme
Court intended to decide, or what it
actually did decide, beyond the single
point of uphoidins the Foraker Act. BY
majority of one it first held that Por-
to Rico became a part of tie United
States Immediately upon the ratiiica-
tion OF the Treaty of Paris. Then, at
the same sitting, 1T also held by a ma
5ority Of one tthe same oneJ that Porto
Rico IL not part of the United States.
but merely territory over which the
United states has jurisdiction, by
which contradictory hair-splitting 1t
was enabled to say eby majority OF
one) that Congress had a right to en-
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under contribution to keep up the divi-
dends of the stockholders in these great
monopolies. capitalized at far more
| than the amounts invested.
Under such circumstances it is
| easy to see that there might be a vast
swelling of our exports of manufactures
to the serious injury of other countries.
and, perhaps, equal injury 10 our own
people. In dealing with the question OF
national prosperity, mere aggregates of
production, exports, and trade balances
are frequently very deceptive. 1t adds
little, ii anything, to the comfort of
seventy-siX millions of people to have
the wealth of the country doubled when
il appears that a few score, or at the
most a few hundred, individuals have
absorbed for their own use and benefit
the whole of the increase. Inequalities
of wealth there always have been and
always will be, so long as there are
differences in men with reference to
their business capacity and propensity
for money getting and money keeping.
1t is well that it should be so, for if
men could not by superior business acu-
men acquire wealth, there would be
very little incentive to action along in
dustriai lines. But there are right ways
and wrong ways OF getting rich, and no
man or class of men should be per-
stagger the imagination, through the
operation of unjust laws.
The industrial supremacy of the
United States is absolutely assured.
Nature has decreed it. Until our stores
of coal, iron, mineral oil, gold, silver,
and copper are exhausted and our soil
refuses to yield its harvests, no ma
ton now regarded as a competitor can
ever again move abreast of the Ameri-
can Republic in its onward march. But
while our natural advantages must
keep us in the lead, it must also be
conceded that other nations, smarting
under a sense of injustice at our hands,
may take steps that viii check our
progress and materially lessen our pros
perity.
The world is large enough for all
mankind. There is still room for growth
in the most densely- settled States of
Europe. and We have nothing to gain
by attempting to destroy by unfair
means the industries of any nation of
the Old World. So far as those coun-
tries are compelled to yield to the su
periority of our natural resources and
the mechanical genius of our people,
their efforts to stem the tide will be
unavailing. But to whatever extent we
may seek to strike them unfairly
through our trust organizations foster
cd by unjust tariff laws, we must ex-
pect the blows TO recoil upon ourselves,
and with Jeplorable consequences.
The Washington times., 1901-07-20
THE NATIONAL BIRD.

The American bald headed eagle became
the national bird only after considerable
opposition and criticism. DR.. Franklin
was in favor Of the wild turkey. He re-
piled to the criticism that it is 1t timid
bird by retorting that the eagle is also q
rank coward. 1t will fy away with a
weak lamb or a careless fish which has
basked too near the surface of the
stream but n king bird, robin, or
crow will chase one of them off 100
acre farm in few minutes If he sets
about II in earnest The scream of the
eagle Is really less terrible than the voice
of an angry gobbler, and of the two the
gobber is the more imposing as he struts
about with spread tail and trailing wings.
the very essence of unarmed ferocity.
Considering his natural weapon the COB
bier can put up as good fight as the
eagle, if not better, but the eagle was
chosen because nature gave him terri
bic beak and claws.-Chicaso Journal.
The Washington times., 1901-07-20

The Populist party is to hold a confer
ence at Kansas City in September. A
question which will engage attention at
that time will be that of changing the
name of the organization, many Popu-
lists being understood to consider that
the present one is too generally asso-
ciated with PETERS paralyzing whiskers
and Jerry Simpsons sockless condi-
tion to be altogether a drawing card.
We are unable to think of any good to
be mplished by the suggested "re-
form" Everybody in the country under
stands Populism and the Populsts. They
would be exactly the same, no matter
what they might call themselves
The Washington times., 1901-07-20
A POTENT FACT.

After all, labor" and capital as rep
resented in strikes compose a compara-
lively small part of the American people
possibly one-fifteenth. The great mass
of our people are not directly concerned
at all and have no interest other than to
see that the law is obeyed. or preserved
and justice is done to and by both sides
This is not a country of capitalist and
laborer: it is country of American citi-
zens. This simple but potent fact is some
times in danger of being forgotten.-Nor-
folk Pilot.
The Washington times., 1901-07-20

There is an able bodied report afloat
which has it that Pension Commissioner
Evans shortly is to succeed Mr.. Allen as
Governor of Porto Rico, the latter de-
string to retire from his present posi-
tion. Mr.. Evans has shown himself
capable. honest, and fearless public SER
want in his administration of the Pension
Office, and in most trying circumstances.
He deserves the reward of promotion
and an easier place, and we trust that
the Porto Rico gossip may be true.
The Washington times., 1901-07-20

Yesterday the London Pan Mall Ga
zette" published letter from its Paris
correspondent giving details of an alleged
Bonapartist plot to overthrow the Re-
public and place Prince Louis Napoleon
on the throne. Opinion in England ap-
pears to accept the story as true. If it
be so, there will be some political excite
ment and much personality and bad Ian
guage in the French capital. 1t is stated
that the conspiracy was to come to a
head In a Bonapartist demonstration on
September IA, on which date it has been
announced that the Gar purposes ap
pointing the prince to a full generalship
In the Russian army. Whatever the
movement may have amounted to or
threatened. exposure probably has nipped
It in the bud, and the French people no
doubt VIII make II known in some way
that a republican form of government
will meet their views and serve their pur-
poses for long time yet.
The Washington times., 1901-07-20

jury. dismissed the complaint. and as
father for bringing the suit. Naturally.
the father did not stop there. He car
ried the case to the Appellate Division.
| and the result was that the jury's YER
dict was sustained and the ruling of
Justice Russell set aside. 1t is painful
to think that the conscientious work Of
the latter in behalf of a poor, abused
corporation went for so little. but the
scales of justice will sometimes tip the
wrong way in this RECONSTRUCTED
world.
1t makes all the difference In the
world whether justice is administered
automatically or by common consent.
Apparently. however, Justice Russell Is
inclined to think that he. and not the
jury, was entitled to decide on the mer-
Its OF this case. To the average OBJ
server 1t seems quite plain. The boy
was run over by car: he was very
young; it was proved that the motor
man saw him but did not stop: and
five thousand dollars is, all things con-
sidered, rather a small compensation
for lost foot. a broken arm. and
fractured skull. 1t is unlikely that if
the proposition were made to any faith
er of ordinary human feeling to have
his eight-year-old son mutilated in that
fashion, he would consent to the opera
tion, even for ten thousand dollars, in
stead of five. The actual loss of money,
through impaired efficiency, consequent
upon the loss of foot, would probably
be more than five thousand dollars If
the boy lived to be middla-agel man.
But, as Justice Russell observed, a
corporation has some rights as well as
the poor and lowly, and while father
can afford to have his small sen man
gled by car, and pay the doctors
bills. and lose the services of the boy
in possible emergencies where such ser
vices would depend upon sound health,
the corporation cannot afford to pay
five thousand dollars for every boy who
is run over by careless motorman.
1t is wise, therefore, to assess the
father the costs of the suit, that he may
serve as warning to his neighbors.
Possibly such decisions as these are
partly responsible for the excitement
which has been caused by the injury of
children on electric and cable car lines.
Instead of becoming enraged and lead
ing mob to lynch the motorman, this
father brought suit against the COM
pany, and much he would have gained
by II if Justice Russell had had his
way. 1t is distressing to observe that
the Appellate Court was sufficiently
moved by the boys beauty or some
thing else to reverse the decision.
The Washington times., 1901-07-20

The annual report OF the commissioners
of prisons of the United Kingdom, which
has just been presented to the House of
Commons, shows a gratifying decrease of
crime. During the year 1900 1913 persons
were committed to prison, 1850 being
men and 49.250 women. During the year
1S5,1s2 were discharged, leaving 1850 pris-
oners In custody at the end of the year,
which was a decrease from 1858 at the
close of 1889.
The number of prisoners received at
local prisons. that is, those who were con-
victed of petty offences, was Is, 400. which
was a considerable falling off. the total
for the previous year being 160,05 The
population of the local prisons at the close
of the year was l3,4a reduction from
IA .l56 at the end of the previous year.
There has been a gradual reduction dur
ing the last twenty years. In 1878 the to-
tai was 20.s33; in 1850 it was 1886: in 1898.
1857. This is very gratifying in consid-
Grafton of the increase of population.
The collapse of the Ito Ministry, which
was apparently due to the reputation
of the budget submitted by Viscount
Watanabe. Minister of Finance, has
caused some apprehension abroad as to
the satisfactory condition of the finances
of the japanese Empire. The defeat of
of the Ministry was really due to compli-
cations in the Liberal party and in the
Cabinet. 1t does not reveal any weakness
or instability in the financial system.
Another fact that has added to this ap-
prehension is the selling of Government
lends at the low rate of So. This latter
fact may be accounted Tor readily by the
stringency in the money market due. not
To hard times. but to prosperity itself.
Capital can find better profit in business
enterprise than in Government bonds at
per cent.
All visitors to Japan agree In the opin-
ion that there Is an air of prosperity
everywhere. that wages are rising-in
fact they have been doubled inside OF ten
years-that business is good and all in
dustrial enterprises are apparently sue
cessful. In addition to this, the national
revenue is now more than Sl0o.WO.00o a
year instead of $3 0e0.01J ten years ago:
the Governments receipts from its own
property and works are s2+. .0o0, 900 now as
against 100000 a decade ago, and the
receipts from the liquor tax have In
creased from $4,000 to $27,500O00. De-
spite this tremendous increase in revenue
there has not been the slightest Increase
in taxa ton, and In fact taxation is lighter
now than 1t was ten years ago.
The Washington times., 1901-07-20

1t is expected that new era for or
ganized labor will begin with the formal
opening of the palace of labor. which is
now approaching completion in the Place
du Pleix, Paris. 1t is mammoth affair."
with 20 feet frontage and a depth of 120
feet. 1t has been built by funds collected
from the various labor unions of Paris,
with slight assistance from the munich
palitT.
This concrete symbol of the power of
united labor is regarded as the beginning
of great achievements by the trades Or
ganizations. 1t will. it is thought. serve
to solidarize all the labor of Paris and
France, and will enable workers to pre-
sent to capital a front in which there
will not be found single weak spot
The building is surmoun,ed by a tre-
mendcus dome, in which are meeting
halls for all the labor organizations in the
country. There is a large central meet
Ing hall, with two wings, and besides
these the palace contains a restaurant,
various committee rooms and libraries.
About $50. 900 remains to be collected for
the completion OF the palace. The State
has been asked to contribute this sum-
and enthusiastic wOrkingmen have Of
fered to donate their services for the
work.
Large employers of labor do not ex-
press any approval or regret at this mani
fest tendency toward consolidation. 1t
was expected that they would contribute
needed funds for the completion of the
palace. This, however, they have not
done.
The Washington times., 1901-07-20

Although some of the stories told are
obvious exaggerations, there seems to be
no doubt that the British Government was
cheated, right and left, in the vast pur-
chases of horses made in Hungary for
the campaign in South Africa. The orig
inal contractor, 1t is said. sold out to a
Breslau speculator, who made still lower
terms with a Vienna horse dealer. who
made rare collection of equine curiosi-
ties The animals were supposed to be
all five-year-olds, but actually were of all
ages, from three years up. Some of them
were blind, and some of them were mares
in foal. Out Of the first patches great
numbers, practically one-half were
promptly rejected by representatives of
the British War Office but in the end, by
some sort of hocus-pocus, nearly all of
them were passed and sent to the front,
where. as was to be expected, they died
like flies The profits of the original con-
tractors of course, must have been enor-
nous. although there is no way OF esti-
mating them exactly. Report says that
the British Government paid 400 forms for
each animal. whereas the vast majority
of them were bought for about 40 OF 125
forins apiece The matter has been made
the subject of enquiry In the House of
Commons, and the scandal is likely to be
probed. Whether there has been actual
corruption on the part of any British
army officers or veterinarians remains to
be proved
The Washington times., 1901-07-20

An office of a hotel is public place
within city ordinance providing for
punishment of any persons quarreling or
wrangling in public place. according TO
the Supreme Court of Kansas, in the case
of City of Howard VS.. Stroud (65 Pac.
Rep, 30.
The Washington times., 1901-07-20

in an action to recover damages for the
usurpation of an office. the Supreme
Court OF Ohio, in the case of Palmer VS.
Darby go n. E. Rep, s26), holds that ths
only damages recoverable are the emolu-
mCnts or salary pertaining to the once
during the time il was unlawful.y With
held from the rishtful claimant.
The Washington times., 1901-07-20

bylaw Of fraternal organization
known as Court Love and Truth pro
hibited a member from leaving his hoIce
without consent OF the court physician
while claiming sick hsretits. A judgment
was obtained against the organization by
one of its members for sick benefits, and
new trial was asked on the ground
that new evidence had been discovered
to the effect that the member left his
house without the consent of the court
physician, but with the consent of
physician who was attending him, and
went to the lodge of the organization.
I he Supreme Court of Rhode island held
would add nothing by way of substantial
defence.