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The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-12-14

sioner of the United States department
of labor:
For a number of years the uni
versity idea held sway, but about two
years ago the matter was taken up
by the Washington Academy of Science
and this body in cooperation with the
George Washington Memorial Associa-
ton, formulated definite plan which
differed radically from the university
plan contemplated in the earlier years.
This resulted, last spring, as was then
published, in the organization Of the
Washington Memorial.
THE plan was, in brief, as follows.
ton independent of government sup
port or control.
"2-Objects. (A). To facilitate the
use of the scientific and other re-
sources of the government for re-
search.
"(B) To cooperate with universities,
colleges and individuals in securing to
properly qualified persons opportunities
for advanced study and research.
"Dr. Daniel G. Gilman, until lately
president of Johns Hopkins University
was elected director of the institution.
when Mr.. Carnegie came to con-
slider the question of endowing a ma
tional university at Washington. he
investigated the whole subject with his
usual thoroughness and found that an
institution devoted to research and the
training of capable persons was more
in accord with his conceptions than
the establishment of a university that
would be a rival Of the already exist
ing universities of the country. How
far he was led to this conclusion by
the work that had been done by the
| organizations in Washington is I'M
he had faith in the general plan that
had been developed and crystalized.
1T is probable that the Washington
Memorial Institution will suspend it's
operations, for it is understood that Mr..
Carnegie's plan not only embraces all
the proposed activities of the institu-
ton, but goes far beyond these"
| The latest information about the
Carnegie idea will please the scientific
| investigators. The learned men of the
universities have long been cramped
| by lack of funds to pursue important
original investigations. The few men
competent for certain lines of work
have had to abandon or delay inves-
LEGATIONS to teach students elementary
subjects. If this fund is put into
the hands of university to assist in
vestigations at the colleges best suit
ed for certain work, great problems
may be studied scientifically and pur-
sued systematically that are now
neglected. Clark University is es-
pecially fitted to become a beneficiary
of this system. So is Cornell Harvard
and Johns Hopkins. Mr. Carnegie's
! benefactions have dazzled the world.
| This latest idea is the grandest ever
conceived by a benefactor of educa-
ton. 1t is a gift to abstract, uncom-
merciaI science.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-12-14
AMERICAN TRADE SUPREMACY

A dispatch from London says that
there was a riot at Northampton this
week by the shoemakers on account OF
the use of a new shoe-lasting machine.
The operators threw mud and stones at
one of the leading shoe manufacturers
and afterwards held a mass meeting
and decided to strike if the factories
persisted in the use of labor saving APP
pliances.
It behooves all American workmen to
read between the lines. They win easily
| see the reason why American shoes are
capturing the market of the world in
spite of some local adverse circum-
stances.
Any nation where the workingmen
take the view of labor that these
Northampton men are taking is doomed
to failure and poverty, from the man
ufacturers who struggle helplessly
against more progressive nations to the
workmen who destroy the industry thai
should give them employment.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-12-14
RISE AND FALL OF MANUFAC-
TURING IN THE REVOLUTION

The industries and manufactures Of
the country were fostered and protect
ed during the War of the Revolution
by means of the embargo and block
ade which the exigency of war put up
on our ports, writes Serene E. PAYNE
in the International Monthly for De-
cember. When the war ceased. many
of our industries were vigorous and
healthy infants. That they needed fur
Their nursing and protection the result
soon demonstrated. Deprived of our
market during the period of war, at
its close the storehouses and factories
of our kinsmen were full to
overlooking with manufactured
goods. The English manufac-
turers had attained better methods and
greater skill than had our own people.
whom they could easily undersell in
their own market. To our manufac-
turers the prices at which this surplus
stock was offered were ruinous. Our
lusty infant industries were soon put
to sleep, to wait for an awakening.
Not only did the invaders take our
market, but they overstocked it. The
spirit of speculation set in. Our people
purchased upon credit beyond the limit
Of reason. The state Of the continental
currency, irredeemable and unlimited
in volume, contributed to the imitation
and to the resulting confusion. In ad-
ditlon to this, colonial credit was
thing that did not exist except in name.
National credit there was none, be-
cause we were not a nation. The thir-
teen sovereign and independent States
would not contribute to the federal
treasury pro rata or on any fair basis.
The colonial treasury became bankrupt
and so did the individual citizen This
condition was not confined to the man
ufacturers or to the tradespeople. Ag
riculturists felt it none the less; their
crop5, their stock, and even their
farms, were sold by the officers of the
law TO meet the annual taxes.
Then each state that possessed manu-
featuring and commercial interests
sought to stem the tide and to discover
a remedy in legislation. Tariff laws
were enacted by some of the states,
both upon foreign importation and that
from sister states Tariff wars follow
ed between the several states and the
confusion became universal 1t seemed
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-12-14
LABOR TRoUBLEIN PORTO RICO


Samuel Gompers, president Of the
American Federation of Labor, says
that it is an honorable ambition to Sc
cure better returns in the shape of
wages for labor.
Nothing is truer than that statement.
At the same time the emissary of the
Federation in Porto Rico may have
been guilty of conspiracy as convicted.
While it is an honorable ambition to
secure better returns for labor, it is
not honorable to conspire by the use of
unlawful and unfair means to encom-
pass this purpose.
There are methods of exacting high
er wages which are no better than the
methods of the highway robber.
The American mechanics have
learned the distinction much better
than the wage-earners Of some other
nationalities. There is little to be
feared in this country from the wage
earners themselves who recognize the
fact that their prosperity is part and
dependent upon the prosperity of the
industry which their labor makes.
The American wage-earner is a man
of common sense. 1t IS only when the
specious argument Of the self-seeking
agitator leads the majority of
them astray that unnecessary trouble
is created.
Of course there are occasions in all
countries where labor makes demands
that are just and public opinion sup
ports them in their demands.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-12-14

The editor Of a Chicago weekly So
ciety paper quietly slipped out a little
side door when a well known society
man, vowing vengeance, entered his
office. The editor returned a moment
later with a policeman. Because the in
truder declared, as he left, he would
get even, the editor had a warrant
sworn out and served, the charge be-
ing that Of disorderly conduct and
making threats. How different all
this would have been had. the scene
been Paris and the actors Parisians,
The editor would have permitted tbs
citizen to slap him in the face or 10
offer some other affront. Then the edt-
tor, having seen his assailant to the
door, would have sent a challenge and
in due time a spectacular, but harmless
duel would take place, followed by
handshaking and other exchange of
courtesies. Chicago methods are, no
doubt, really more effective than the
Partisan if more commonplace and
prOsaic.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-12-14
''AlCI RIADESv

The Boston Herald Wednesday said
in bewailing the defeat of non-partisan-
ship in the Cambridge election that
Its classic residents may recall the
case of Alcibiades, who was banished
from Athens because his rivals became
wearied Of hearing him called "the
just" He was soon recalled and the
earlier glory of Athens was restored
under his auspices"
If there is any old classic that ought
to be understood by the proof-reader
and office boy is this story of Aristides,
the Just. Harvard College should ex-
act from the Boston Herald a contrite
apology for this blunder.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-12-14
CARS TIED UP FOR
MORE THAN AN HOUR

Car SO. operating on the Quinsiga-
mond line of the Consolidated street
Railway, jumped the track and partly
overturned in a ditch at Trumbull
Square. Yesterday afternoon about 5
o'clock. The car was in charge of Con-
ductor Henry LAWN and Motorman
Patrick Collins and was making the
trip from Quinsigamond to Greendale
when the accident occurred.
Men are at work close to the track
digging a ditch and a slight spreading
of the rails at the point was probably
the cause of the accident. The wreck
er was called and, after an hour
hard work. the car was replaced on
the rails. The accident held up traffic
for more than an hour and passengers
had to trasfer to cars on either SIDE
of the one derailed.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-12-14
MEN AND AFFAIRS

Joseph G. Darlington has been elect
ed president Of the Union League of
Philadelphia fer the fourth term.
Mr.. Lafcadio Hearn, the author, who
is at present lecturer on English lit
erature in the Imperial University of
Toxic, was educated in America, and
for 10 years did editorial work in New
Orleans
Lady Halle is said to possess the
most valuable violin in the world, 1t
is a Stradivarius which formerly be-
longed to Ernst, and is valued at &c.
600.
Prince Carl Princess Ingeborg and
Prince Eugene of Sweden are soon to
visit the United States. Prince Carl is
the second son of King Oscar; Princess
lngeborg, his wife, is the daughter of
the Grown Prince of Denmark, and
Prince Eugene is King Oscars young
est son
The Crown Prince of Siam. according
to a Washington dispatch, is to follow
the example of other heirs to thrones
in making a tour of the world.
Gerald Sinclair Hayward the cele-
brated miniature painter, formerly Of
London, England, is at present in this
country Among his recent productions
is a ring upon which is painted a hu-
man eye revealing a remarkable depth
of expression.
John A. Brashear, who has just been
elected chancellor of the University Of
Western Pennsylvania, was a rolling
mill man in Pittsburg 20 years age,
and today is the greatest of Landscape
lens makers and one of the foremost
scientists of the world.
EX-Mayor Samuel A. Green of Bos-
ton, has given to the Harvard Art Mu-
scum some gorgeous articles of wear
ing apparel worn by Harvard students
upon their graduation in the eighteenth
century. DR.. Green's grandfather grad
uated in 1854
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-12-14
HE Arbitration oF NATIONS

The Pan-American Congress is strug-
Cling with the question of arbitration.
Between the two methods of compul-
sorry arbitration between nations, and
voluntary arbitration, there is a wide
difference of opinion.
On the whole this is perhaps the
most difficult question presented to
man in the development of self-gov-
eminent. If these American republics
can present a plan for arbitration that
will succeed and eliminate the expense
of war and the barbarity, suffering and
debasement following all warfare, they
will have justified their existence
Though these republics lack the means
and the power, and the people lack the
education and refinement of the old
European nations, there is a hope and
possibility that the question of uni
versal peace will be settled finally by
the republics of the new world
1t seems as if war must be abol-
ished finally. 1t is hard to believe that
civilization must all give way to the
primitive passions Of man, that war
must be the perpetual resort of nations
in dispute, while individuals have
abandoned the resort to violence as a
method of settling their personal diff
ferences.
The Pan-American Congress has ap-
pealed to the State Department of the
United States to take more decided
stand in order to determine the issue.
This the State Department has de-
chned to do, taking the ground that
having fully and properly instructed its
delegates, it cannot interfere with them
in their actions upon a subject before
the Cnnpraes
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-12-14
CHANCE FOR FITCHBURG
AND GARDNER MEN

Corp. James P. West Of the Seventh
United States Cavalry and Corp. H. A.
Wilks. attached to the general recruit
ing service, were in Worcester yester-
day. The men have been ordered to
stations in Gardner and Fitchburg.
Corp. West was in Pittsfield prior
to coming to Worcester and Corp.
Wilks was on duty at Springfield. The
stations will be opened today and will
be kept open as long as the enlist
ments warrant the retention Of the
offices. Both men are soldierly in ap-
pearance, and have had considerable
experience in recruiting work.
Fred E. Williams of Is School Street
and Martin O'Day of 26 Salem Street
passed the physical examination at
the Walker building recruiting office
yesterday and will be sworn into the
United States service on the next
visit of Capt. James H. Frier. O'Day
was in Cuba with the Twelfth Regi-
ment and served about two years with
the command in Cuba and at various
stations in the United States.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-12-14
SOUTHERN REPRESENTATION IN
CONGRESS

The Southern congressman who is
so anxious to have the educational test
for voting in Massachusetts examined
by congress, should study his figures.
Massachusetts will welcome this inves-
tigation as it will prove an object les
son 10 the rest Of the country.
Considering the influx Of foreign ma
terial that Massachusetts, has been as
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-12-14
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The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-12-14

Shamrock II had a narrow escape
from being destroyed by fire Thursday
when the boiler shops, at the dock
where the Shamrock is stored, were
burned. The paint on one side of the
racer was blistered but the hull itself
escaped without injury.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-12-14
WHIMSICALITlES

"Oh, those won't do at ALL she said
when the guide brought out the snow
shoes. I'm sure 1 can wear a size
smaller. Chicago Post.
Ne" said the candid inebriate,
when I'm arrested for being full l
never give my real name. 1t would
compromise too many people"
Indeed, and what is your name?"
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-12-14

almost that the liberties of the people
won so gloriously in the war, were
well-ngh lost in the chaos that fol-
lowed the declaration of peace. The
Constitutional Convention was forced
upon the reluctant states, one by one,
by the exigencies of the hour. There
was no central power to levy taxes and
to provide for the common defense or
general welfare.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-12-14

The scheme to dig a tunnel from New
sylvania Railway has in view, is one
of the most magnificent engineering
projects ever conceived.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-12-14

LET us PIT our heads together and see
If we cannot find a way to get your
whitening done during the dull season.
NOW we have the men and plenty of
time We can do whitening Just as
well in December as in May. We have
done the most whitening this year Of
any store in the city. Mr.. ALBERT 7.
CURRY is now with us. You may not
know Mr. CURRY, but he has reputa-
ton for doing the best whitening in the
world Why not telephone your order
at once2 Our number is STA Our
leader this week will be washable
paper at 15c. per roll.
GEO. H. HARRINGTON, II Austin st.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-12-14

The first reading of the new German
tariff bill has been completed and the
bill has been referred to a committee of
twenty eight members, headed by
Count Mardoff Of the Center Party.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-12-14

It is said that the Mormon mission
aries have found a fruitful field for
work in the mountains Of West Vir-
ginia. 1t is estimated that during the
year, by going from house to house,
and holding nightly meetings, they
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-12-14

Massachusetts, gets two men on four
important committees: Gillett and
Naphen, foreign affairs; Lowering and
Thayer, banking and currency; Knox
and Thayer, territories; Knox and
| Tirrell, education.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-12-14

Charles NJ. Sclaub, president Of the
United States Steel Corporation will
soon sail for Europe where he expects
to spend about two months on the con-
tinent
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-12-14

Mayor-elect Seth Low, of New York,
has decided regarding most of the ap-
pointments that he will make January
/, and will present his slate to the pub
lie in a few days.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-12-14

A daughter was born to Mr.. and Mrs
Dan R. Hanna Wednesday. Senator
and Mrs. Mark A. Hanna now have
four grandchildren, three of them being
sons Of Dan r. Hanna and his divorced
wife Mrs. May Harrington Hanna.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-12-14

Cornelius vanderbilt's lecture in Bos-
ton on locomotive boilers, Thursday
night. showed that there was sur
prisingly large number Of women in
terested in the subject. They fairly
jostled one another TO get into the
hall. OF course they went to learn
about boiler making and not for the
vulgar purpose of looking at Mr. Van
derbilt.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-12-14

Carl Schurz says that the Civil Ser
vice reformers of the country have now
"to deal with the Civil Service reform
in high places who shows his teeth" on
being asked to make an unfit appoint
ment.
It is very pleasant to find Mr.. schurz
able to commend anything in American
public life. We have heard nothing
but a constant snarl, harsh criticisms
and sour predictions during the past
ten years or more.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-12-14

Mrs. Crimsonbeak-"D you say he
is man of stable habits?"
Mr.. Crimsonbeak-"Y es; he kicks like
a le."-Yonkers Statesman.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-12-14

What! He man of mark? Why
he doesn't look as if he knew enough
to write his own name"
He doesn' t."-Chicago Record-Her-
aid.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-12-14
EDITORIAL COMMENT

Tillmans hectoring "dares" to his
colleagues are pretty cheap valor. For
the present he is in the saddle in South
| Carolina. He has the state committee
the organization, the electoral maChin-
cry Resignation has no terrors for
Tillman because it has no risks. For
his colleague, resignation at this time
means renouncing &c months of sena-
torial life, with all their possibilities.
The game is too unequal.-Hartford
Courant
What Mr. Carnegie really proposes
to do with that $4,000, 900 gift is to
establish gigantic postgraduate
course. 1t is refreshing to hear that
we are not to have another universe
ty. We have enough already. The
thing to do is to improve existing ma
chinery to the utmost.-New York
Evening Sun.
The White House may not be re-
modelled after all. Elaborate plans
have been prepared in times past, and
Mrs Harrison was especially anxious
for them to be carried out, but Mr.
Roosevelt is credited with a wish to
leave the house practically as it Is.
There is something to be said in IA
vor Of keeping the executive mansion
as a private residence and providing
business quarters for the President
somewhere else. Most business men
would dislike to- have their offices To-
Gated in the same building with their
domestic ments.-Providence Jour
nal.
Last week Thursday eight new cases
of smallpox were reported to the
health authorities of Boston as having
occurred during the previous "a hours
These eight cases are such significant
proofs Of the efficacy of vaccination
that they should be put on record
They are as follows
Girl, g. unvaCCinated.
Girl IA months, unvaccinated.
Married man, So. vaccinated in in
fancy
Boy, 3, unvaccinated.
Boy. 4, unvaccinated.
Married man, Al, vaccinated in child
hood
Married man, So, vaccinated in in
fancy
Girl, 3, unvaccinated.
Philadelphia Press.
Mr.. G. L. Watson who designed Sir
Thomas Lipton's yacht Shamrock II,
is quoted as saying: II still adhere
to the opinion that the model of the
Shamrock II cannot be improved
upon" The fact remains, however that
1t was improved upon, by an American
two years before it was executed
Savannah News.
While voting with a hurrah for the
exclusion Of Chinese labor from this
country, the delegates to the Labor
Congress declined to take similar ac
ton against Japanese labor, on the
ground that Japan is now one of the
worlds progressive nations. The OPP
position, then, is not to foreign labor
as such, but to cheap and ignorant for
eign labor. There is a vast immigra-
ton from Europe which would be ruled
out by a similar discrimination, and it's
exclusion would be for the hood of the
country. -Philadelphia Ledger.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-12-14

inquired the magistrate.
John Jones. Philadelphia Press.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-12-14
Christmas Umbrellas.
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The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-12-14

Music albums and dolls for Xmas at
& Peterson's, PIT Main Street.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-12-14

Borroughs-"say, old man, lend me
500 till the first of the month, will
your"
Markle y-"Well-er-Tn compromise
with you. I'll lend you 81 till the
goth. "-Philadelphia Press.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-12-14

have enrolled fully three thousand
converts
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-12-14

Landscapes by the old masters for
Christmas presents at Boutelle & Co. $,
256 Main.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-12-14

why do you bring this to me?'
Numbered the weary editor, thrusting
the MS. back into the hands of the
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-12-14

1t has been decreed that Lawyer Al
bert T. Patrick, who has been in the
Tombs, New York. a long time, charg-
ed with the murder of William Marsh
Rice, must have a speedy trial. The
question Of the delay was brought be-
fore the court and the judge declared
that the trial should not be postponed
simply for the reason that there is go
ing to be a change in administration.