The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-01-06
COMMENT.

lance had lasted much longer, som9-
thing like arbitration would have been
needed between England and Ger
many.-Norfolk Landmark.
The public nas an effective remedy
against the eXactions of the meat trust
and at the same time for liver and kid
hey troubles, by abstaining from The
meat diet and :ubsisting more on veg
etables, cerals, eggs, milk and butter.
One would naturally assume that a
remedy so easy { adoption and so ben
e&cial to public health would be eager
ly awaited of. But human nature is
very strange. and apparently would
rather declaim against abuse than cor
r2ct it even when the remedy is So
easy."-Petersburg Index-Appeal.
a bill to prevent the marriage Of cou-
sumptives is to be introduced in the
Indiana Legislature. 1t is not based
On the old theory of The transmission
OF the disease 1y heredity, but on tn
assumption hat the disease is trans
mitted by association. 1t is stated That
last month in Indiana eighty moth ers
Gied of consumption leaving 160 Snail
children. The number OF fathers dying
of the disease vas not quite so larae.
In favor of the passage of the bill 1t
will be argued that steps should ne
taken not only 20 protect the offs Dring,
hut to cut down the number of parents
that must die and leave orphans. 1t
may be doubted, however, hat the SEN
t'ment favorable to state p~aternallsrl
is strong enough in ndian to Secura
\ passage of the proposed bill.-Sa-
Vannah News,
II is highly creditable to the Uni:td
States n to the administration at
Washington that his government
should be n first to influence belliser-
Cnt European nations to send then case
L" the tribunal OF The Hague. Thev
would never have done it out for tie
hlSistence on Cne part OF the Uuilc1
States. When the day comeS-and We
hope it is not so far distant in the life
& h world-that civilized people 20
longer go to war, but settle their DIFF
f"rences by peaceable adjudication, this
reference OF the Venezuelan affair Will
hive historic interest as the late Of
tie beginning of the millennium. And
President Roosevelt himself, gralrty
as ne admires fighting, will be satisfied.
we think, with the record he has made
cf sending the first grave internationa!
case to the court of peaceful arbitra-
non, better than if he had folio we'd
his first impulse and accepted the p0si
ti"T of referee.-Boston Post.
a corresponds 1T of the Railway Age
declares that the railroad rates as they
are now, and As they nave been. since
railroads were established, ARE siTDly
the result of circumstances wholly n
Cefensible upon any scientific, equita .:e
Uf reasonable basis" At the recent
hearing before the Interstate Con-
merce Commission held in Chicago Mr..
A. c. Bird, third vice-president of the
chicago, Milwaukee and st. Paul Rail-
way Company, sand that he could no.
remember when there has been an
opportunity to even attempt to adjust
rates on scientific principles" In tbs
regulation of charges governing fright
traffic, the correspondent of the Age
says: Two distinct principles present
themselves for choice, viz: the cost IF
service and value of service. Or pui
into another form, expense of trans
I~OrtatiOn On the one hand, and what
the traffic should bear on the other" T.
would be q very easy matter, the Age
correspondent suggests, to distribute
freight charges on the basis of cost of
Service, and on this theory, which ap-
pears to be just and reasonable, the
rate on all articles transported by the
roads should De practically identical
for equal observation-disclosures and Courier.
An officer now in the Philippines who
a lad occasion to employ many work
ing men for military writes Us
in opposition to the theory that the
FiiipinOs will not perform manual
labor. He states hat there are at
present about zoo Tagalog wOrk1nen
employed in the Manila arsenal, making
saddles, working on ammunition, etc.
This kind of skilled labor seems to Civ
absolute satisfaction. Ilocano day ID
borers at Nigan were found te be in
dustrious and willing when put az he
hardest tasks. FOR which they were paid
$3.50 and $3.50 per month. Our infor-
liant thinks that a great e depends
On the way the men are handled, and
adds. Il nave seer Americans swear
1t natives for not understanding or iers
given i'll such Il miserable apology Tor
Jaols that not even a native Span
lard could have understood. much less
q Tagalog. 1 often wonder that we
Americans get any work out of thern
1T ali" This officer is of the opinion,
however, that Chinese laborers are
more Industrious, thrifty, and economi-
r:al than Filipinos, but he believes Lha-
in the long run they will only injura
h country of they are brought over
IL such numbers as to enable Amer
can capital to obtain a Speedier return
h would otherwise be possible. So
far from believing in Professor jerks
proposed system of coolie slavery, our
correspondent things hat the Fflipiros
should be allowed to develop them
selves. slowly. At first, if necessary. but
rome the less in their own way. infer
tnnately. the c~apitaliStic influences he
hind the proposed exploitation of tbs
Philippines are not of the kind to wait
fOI any normal development of the ar
ChipelaSO, unless they are compelled IT,
New York Evening Post
Some English critics are busily prod
ding the British government for having
associated itself with the movement
fer the forcible collection OF claims up
on Venezuela, seeing that its claims
:rH but small and that President 4
uo's apology for insults to British Of
~tiCials, if obtained, would have little
Importance. y letter from Mr.. RoEer-
,iltfen. an eminent publicist, to the
London Times expresses forcibly the
dissatisfaction felt in England at the
foreign Offices grave blunder in asso-
eating itself with Germany against
Venezuela" The British claims, Mr..
Giffen says. are many of then. of
doubtful validity. Il doubt pc says,
whether we have any good moral
Gains" AS for the vessels seized,
some of them had beer engaged in
smuggling. Bondholders are entitled
to no particular consideration. as they
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