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The Washington times., 1901-08-04

retail dealer. and in order to insure
himself fair profit it must be COM
puted upon the entire investment. But
the huge Coal Trust is back of it all
and is steadily putting up the price OF
coal in midsummer. This is done dur
ing the heated term, presumably be-
cause the consumption of coal by fami-
lies is now so small that it will not
create much of an outcry. By the time
winter. comes the price will be estab-
lished, and then the trust will reap its
harvest
last years anthracite strike. There
never was a moment of doubt that the
coal barons would get even on the losses
which they sustained at that time if it
We're thing possible Nor is there any
doubt now that, strike or no strike,
they, will hold coal at the highest price
that can be wrung from the consumer
The idea that the trusts are formed to
lower prices is too absurd for serious
consideration. Their object is to make
as much money as they can. and this
means maintenance of prices at the
highest point. An advance of fifty cents
a ton is, in round numbers, twenty-five
million dollars on the anthracite out
put. OF this il is said five millions will
go to the workingmen, while the other
twenty will go into the Golfers of the
trust-the consumer paying it all.
The Washington times., 1901-08-04
Spartan Child Training.

A divorce suit now in progress in New
York reveals some curious notions on
the bringing up of children. The wife OF
the defendant alleges that he has been
guilty of cruelty toward their child,
a year-old boy, and has subjected
him to evil influences by permitting him
to associate with actors and actresses
in the theatre which he frequents. The
cruelty consists in attempts on the
fathers part TO scare the child by firing
off pistols and large bombs near him,
and telling him stories of wild animals
and ogres which cause the youngster to
dream bad dreams and fear the dark.
In answer to the mothers remon-
strances. she says, her husband only
laughed. and said that it was "the cnly
way to make a man of him." She also
claims that her husband insisted on her
riding a vicious horse and called her a
coward because she would not do so.
Notions such as these are not-exactly
common among parents, but they are
by no means unheard of. 1t may be
that this kind of treatment would
make a man of the boy''-he will be-
come one in any event if he lives. The
question is. what kind OF man? Most
people will think that it is not very
desirable that he should emulate his
father. and insist on making life un-
comfortable for those around him on
the plea Of developing their courage.
1t is not. Of course, good thing to
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POLITICAL COMMENT.

strictly impartial man would not have
spoken of Commodore Schley's 'disobedi-
ence" when the question whether he had
or had not been disobedient in the sense
in which the word is applied to a subor-
dinate who has not carried out his orders
was one of the very issues which the
Court of Enquiry is to be convened TO
Observation-Disclosures Inquirer.
Wall Street wants the steel strike set
tied. and Wall Street has rather per-
suasive way-New York World.
Japan would civilize Korea. Russia
would simply occupy it.-Chicago Record
Herald.
The Constitution is laid up for altera-
tious and repairs. but happily the Su-
preme Court will have no hand in the
Job of making them-Chicago Journal.
We want less fightin' and more of it
less fightin' of Democrats among them
selves and more intelligent fightin' against
the common enemy-less fightin' for men
and more fightin' for principle. And we re
going to have il if we have to lick all the
leaders to get it--Toledo Bee.
There is a long list OF articles which we
could buy in Austria to advantage which
our laws forbid us to buy. If there We're
rational freedom of exchange between
the two countries, 1t is possible that the
shoemakers of Vienna would not feel as
they do. But they have a special grudge
against rivals from a country as selfish
and greedy in its own policy as ours uiI-
doubtedly is.-New York Times.
If Kipling grows any worse, and Austin
doesn't improve, first thing John Bull
knows he will be invaded by an Ameri-
can poet who will make his petty rhym-
ers look small. indeed.-Cieveland Plain
Dealer.
Even though there isn't a Presidential
campaign impending. the present strike.
if carried on long enough. might some
time get into politics to a greater or less
Herald.
Congress should make provision in the
future for equitable disposition of new
lands to actual settlers on n basis of pur-
chase and sale. If the Government does
not need the money it can be arpropri-
ated for educational purposes to good ad-
vantage Dispatch.
By keeping Neely ia jail until his trial
comes off, he will be made to serve a
pretty long sentence, whether ne is con-
yicted or not.-Indianapolis News.
Who is the Crowninshield person any
way? He seems TO be afflicted with the
worst case of swellhead on record. bar
ring that of the War Lord.-Norfolk Pilot.
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A BETTER WAY.

The suggestion that Admiral Schley
should be nominated for President is not
a wise one
In these days of practical politics men
are nominated for the Presidency not to
vindicate themselves but to vindicate
political party. Other things being equal.
the candidate who requires the least vim
dication generally develops the greatest
strength at the polls.
There can be doubt in the mind of
the average American that the treatment
of the victor of Santiago by the Admin
istration at Washington has been con-
teinptible. In meanness. in jealousy, in
ingratitude, in selfshness, in spite, and in
narrowness. it is probable that it has no
parallel in the history of civilized nations.
1t Is this fact. well recognized by the
people. which has caused so much public
feeling on the subject of the controversy
between Schley and Sampson. TIE utter
shamelessness of the politicians who have
sought TO destroy Admiral Schley has
been fully appreciated and when an op-
portunity offers 1t will be impressively
condemned.
A nomination for the Presidency is not
the way to do it. The opinion of the
American people should be expressed by
Congress. irrespective of party.-Chicago
Chronicle.
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PERSONAL.

Frau Itta Won Ilten, widow of a cap
tain who fought at Waterloo celebrated
her Tooth birthday at Hanover. Germany.
on June u.
The recently unveiled Bismarck statue
makes the seventy-second monument of
it's kind in Berlin. Among the men com
memorated are twelve of princely rank
eleven generals, nine architects, nine
scholars, ten poets, three physicians,
three statesmen, etc.
The distinction Of being the youngest
British officer ever to receive the Dis
tinguished Service Order belongs to Sec
ond Lieut.. ID. l.. Campbell. of the First
Battalion OF the Welsh Regiment The
deed for which he was granted the COW
eted decoration was the defence of IA
troop train. which, on May 20, was at
tackled by a large force of Beers at AK
maar, South! Africa.
The three children of the late Daniel
Addison Head, OF Lleweliyn Park, N j..
have given to the Orange Free Library
the library OF their father. as well as
three handsome pictures. The library
comprises l.l50 volumes and is valued at
more than $1,000.
Walter Hubbard, of Meriden. Conn
who gave that city some time ago the
largest public park in southern New Eng
land. has bought another large tract of
land which he is TO give the city for "a
park. IT is also announced that he is to
build large addition to the city hospital
The German expedition sent out in 1900
to determine the boundary between Ger
man East Africa and the Congo State has
suffered a severe loss in the death of its
leader Prof. Johannes Lamp, who died at
Runada. Prof Lamp was attached to
the Geodetic Institute at Potsdam.
,,,.;,, ircas.- i'm NiJIi,,,, 4, W..
news New York residence, Fifth Avenue
and Sixty-eighth Street is of white mar
BILE and Is carved after a staircase in the
Doge's palace in Venice. Mr. Whitney
brought the design to this country and
the work took six months for completion.
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say with assurance what provisions ar
| applicable and what are not. On th'
other hand, if the Constitution had beer
| held fully to cover the island, ther'
| would not have been single elemen
| Of complication in the situation.
But" exclaims some imperialist
those people are not fit to be American
citizens, and to make them such woulC
be dangerous to the Republic" If we
investigate the antecedents of those
who make this contention we shall FIND
that in the main they are persons who
have strenuously in the past defended
the idea of the universal fatherhood OF
God and brotherhood of man" Even
now they are men who, while denying
that the little brown men of the Philip
pines are good enough to be protected
by the Constitution, will insist that a
negro, however ignorant, is good
enough to help govern the white people
of the South
To extend the Constitution to the
Philippines will protect the people there
without injuring the rest of the coun-
try in the least. Many thoughtlessly
assume that the moment the Constitu-
ton is extended to the islands the Fill
pinos will have a voice in the govern
ment of the American Republic. This is
absurd, for everyone who can read
ought to know that they can have no
weight in national legislation until they
are admitted to statehood, which will
only be when Congress decides that
they are fit for it. In fine, to extend the
Constitution to the Philippines will
give the people protection-not govern
ing power.
And so we come back to the original
proposition, that no good reason has
been given in support of the new doc
trine that the Constitution does not ex-
tend into new territory. Being new
theory of the character of the American
Government, the burden of proof rests
upon those who advocate the theory.
But they offer no proof at all. The cnly
point they make that is in the nature
of argument is that If the Philippines
are held to he American territory their
products must be admitted without the
payment of duties, and thus come into
competition with the products of the
continental portion of the country. A
more cold -blooded and selfish ''argu-
ment" can scarcely be imagined. 1t is
one that could have been applied equal
iy to every other territory heretofore
acquired. If the principle had been
acted upon from the first, all the rest of
the country would now be paying duties
on goods sent into the original thirteen
States. The argument rests upon the
idea that we have taken these islands
merely to exploit them, without giving
them any equivalent benefits. Worst of
all. the claim is made Oh behalf solely
Of a few giant trusts, that now virtual
ly control the products that would con-
stitute the major part of our importa-
tions from the Philippines.
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Advancing Coal Prices.

Coal is not an especially interesting
subject in hot weather. At the same
time four advances In the price of that
great necessity Of modern life since
April /, may be instructive. and strik-
fngly illustrative of the manner In
which the great trusts make things
cheap, which is one of the claims put
forth on behalf of these Industrial COM
binations.
These advances have been of ten
cents each. per ton. and another SINH
lar one Is promised in the near future.
The raises are to the dealer--not to the
consumer. To the latter the price will
be advanced still more. for the dealer
must have his profit on the former
price and upon the increase as we'll.
Properly enough. too, for it all repre-
eents an investment on ~ part Of the
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America'. Duty at Panama.

The Government has been informed
! that the insurrection which has broken
out in the United States of Colombia
may probably lead to interference with
traffic on the inter-oceanic railway
across the Isthmus of Panama, the free
operation of which is guaranteed under
treaty by the United States. Accord
ingly, a gunboat is to be sent to the
scene, and other vessels will follow
should occasion arise.
Just how much the Uribe-Uribe rev.
olution may amount to is a matter of
conjecture as yet. 1t is said, however,
to have the sympathy of the Colombian
masses, whose leanings are liberal. and
who are restive under the reactionary
present Government. There is a possi-
bility that General Castro of Venezue-
la, may have an understanding with
General Uribe-U Tribe, and that the Ven
ezuelan forces may cooperate with the
Colombian insurgents in overturning
the party and people in power at Bo-
gotta.
Nobody here would be sorry to see
such an outcome of the current trouble
The Murrillo incident is sufficient to
show that the present Colombian au-
thorities are unfit to govern a civilized
country. Their outrage upon the Ger
man flag in the harbor of Cartagena
may not be punishable under a strict
construction of international law, al
though-she action of our Government in
the Barrundia case would seem to jus
tify the view that the question is still
an open one as far as the ordinary rule
is to be considered as applying to Cen
trail and South American countries and
ports. The seizure and removal from
the Hamburg-American Line steamer
Allegheny of Colonel Murrillo was a
cowardly breach of good faith, and If
the offence cannot be punished in any
other way we trust that Nemesis may
reach its authors in the shape of tri-
umphant rebellion.
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ADererted smnsher.

There is rather an impressive object
| lesson in the present condition of Mrs.
| Nation. She is now in jail in Topeka.
and nobody seems to care enough about
| either her or the cause which she repre-
sents to make. move to get her out.
| She says that when she began her me-
teoric career nearly two thousand
church members promised to follow her
| and help her to smash every saloon in
| Topeka, and that not one OF this army
has taken enough interest in her to visit
her during the past few weeks. 1t is
not exactly strange that this is so. Con-
sidering the methods which Mrs. Nation
takes of expressing her disapprobation
of people and things that do not suit
her, it would be bold person who came
around there with offers of sympathy
unless the sympathy were backed up by
something substantial And there is a
fine of one hundred and forty eight dol
lars in the case.
Mrs. Nation now plaintively reminds
herse If that if she had taken the offers
she / ad to go on the stage at five hun
dred dollars a night, she would not be
in such a fix. Undoubtedly this is true.
But perhaps the lesson she will be
taught by her sojourn in jail will in the
end be worth more than the five hun
dred dollars. 1t is worth something to
learn new facts concerning human ma
ture, and most people are quite willing
to impart the knowledge.
The lesson which there Is in this for
her, or any other fanatic posing as a
martyr, is that the average person is in
terested for a time in an object of no.
toriety, but not enough to depend on.
The object in question will do well to
follow the advice given in recent book
of satiricai iImor:
Trust in God, but keep sharp look
out on your friends"
The interest excited by sensational
by Mrs Nation lasts just as long as
people are not tired of the subject, and
that is not very long. as a rule. The
people of Topeka and vicinity were not
interested so much in temperance as
they were in the row. They-wanted to
see who would come out on top. If
prizefighter had gone about breaking
windows and destroying property at the
rate she did. he could have made him
self famous, too. Anybody can attract
attention; the point is to know what to
do with it. 1t is easy enough to gather
a crowd along any street in any city;
but when it comes to getting that
crowd to contribute ten cents apiece for
the fun 1t has had. that is the time
when il melts away
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THE sHELTERING LAW.

After much lodging and equivocating,
not to say prevaricating, ". A. Have
meyer, of the Sugar Trust had the in
effable nerve to tell the Cook County tax
equalizers that he could not see why
the Sugar Trust should pay any taxes
at all. The board promptly raised the
assessment from nothing TO s5e9.0e and
the trust taxdodger scuttled for shelter
to the Interstate Commerce law. IL there
is any law enabling the trusts to escape
taxation it will have 10 be repealed very
soon or there will be a new issue In poll
tics and serious trouble for the Have
meyers. Tom Johnson's crusade Is MAX
Ing greater impression on the public
mind than the taxdodgers seem to real
iZe.-Phiiadelphia North American.
The Washington times., 1901-08-04

The British War Office has been COM
PEELED to submit to a ridiculous defeat in
its attempt to punish the London Daily
Mall for printing the truth of the vlak-
fontein horror and other matters which
the Government desired to conceal from
the public. The Mali cablegrams were
suppressed and press associations were
ordered not to serve it, But the journal
promptly brought suit against them and
before the cases could get into court Lord
Lansdowne struck his flag. He probably
will have frequent occasion to remember
his autocratic foolishness for many year
to come. Muzzling the press is not safe
thing to attempt in Anglo-Saxo coun-
tries
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wHY.

Why do the people of the United States
give away, without price, land In Okla
homa worth more than $i0oG00, 0oo, which
might be sold for cash and the money put
in the Treasury? They are now doing
this thing through their Government at
Washington. To single individual.
piece of land worth i0.000 is thus given
IL a single section of Uncle Sans real
estate is worth so much money, why does
not Uncle Sam get the money?
Is not the whole business in the nature
of public robbery, and is II not time for
such operations to cease?-HartforQ
Times.
The Washington times., 1901-08-04

In his speech at the Colorado Springs
celebration on Friday Vice President
Roosevelt declared that I'VE must keep
our flag unsullied." We ought to do SO.
but cannot. We might be able to cleanse
il and then maintain its cleanliness, but
just now 1t is marred with the foul blot of
the Sampson scandal. If that can be
washed out it will begin to look some
thing like .'Oid Glory again.
The Washington times., 1901-08-04

Disquieting reports continue TO be re-
ceived from China In connection with the
many current evidences that the Chinese
throughout the Empire are preparing to
make trouble as soon as the allied forces
are well out of the country. At three
places in the province of Chill it is re-
ported that hostile bands respectively of
ten thousand. eight thousand, and five
thousand have assembled, and that the
natives in Pekin are expecting that city
to be attacked The sudden appearance
of British squadron at Annoy, under
sealed ORDERS, is freely commented on as
indicative of trouble somewhere. In fact,
the whole situation in China is one OF
uneasiness and apprehension. There is a
general impression that the Empress
Dowager, Prince Tuan, and the anti-for-
eign element generally are as much bent
on mischief as ever, and that there will
be fresh, fierce, and widespread upris-
ing against Americans and Europeans be-
fore long.
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teach any child Or young person to
| dodge unpleasant or startling things,
and actual cowardice should not be en-
couraged in anybody. But there are
| enough uncomfortable and terrifying
occurrences in the eilife of almost any
child to develop az the courage it is
necessary for him to have.
Courage, in the true sense of the
word, is a matter rather of the will and
the character than of the nerves. The
most nervous people have otter proved
the bravest when there was any need
of bravery; Yet they will start and
tremble for very slight cause, merely
because the nervous system is so deli
cate and so sensitive that it responds
to the least jar. More than one delicate
woman who is afraid of mice and light
ming has endured pain which would
madden man with three times her
strength, and endured it without a
murmur. This is almost trite state
ment. On the other hand, men who are
big and strong and have little imagina-
tion often show what seems to be great
courage, simply because they have not
mind enough to know what is likely to
happen to them. To such people, one
shock of actual knowledge is sufficient
to annihilate the sham bravery which
they have shown.
Where children are concerned, it is
particularly important to recognize
these differences, and to avoid exciting
the imagination of a sensitive child by
representing to him terrors which have
no existence in fact. Most imaginative
people can remember suffering greater
torments from ghost stories told them
in childhood than they did from occur
rences much more terrifying in reality.
which took place during their adult
years. Artificial terrors are not good
preparation for the endurance of real
trials.
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1t must be hard cross for Sampson
to bear to keep the silence enjoined by
Secretary Longs order, while Cervera,
Eulate, Moreu, and Capriles are beyond
the reach of Navigation Bureau disci-
piine. and can tell the truth about the
sea battle of Santiago unchecked. II
Sampson had met Vice Admiral Cervera
perhaps he might venture to ask that
fine old commander TO refrain from telling
what he knows as"a matter of charity
But 1t seems that Sampson is unknown
TO the officer who commanded the Spanish
squadron which was defeated by Commo-
dore Schley, to whom Vice Admiral Ger
vera and his officers and men. surren-
dered- Sampson did not arrive on the
scene early enough to secure san intro
duction. @-r ~s
The Washington times., 1901-08-04

The United States Consul General at
Berlin reports that there was no truth
In the recent statements that electric
cars had been run in Germany at the
rate of one hundred and twenty-five miles
an hour. He states. though, that prepa-
rations are now being made there for a
series of experiments whereby it is hoped
to attain that speed and even one hundred
and fifty miles an hour. Meanwhile va
rious projects are on foot in this country
for the extension of the use of electrici-
ty in railway work. This agent has al
ready practically supplanted all others as
motive power on city and suburban
railways. it is now proposed to extend
its use to long distance traffic. One such
plan is well under way in Central New
York, and there is another upon a larger
scale in Wisconsin designed to connect
Green Bay, in that State, with Chicago.
distance of more than two hundred
miles. 1t is believed that with electricity
a higher speed can be attained than with
steam, and with LEGS dagger