The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-12-31


gtionofthet ranendou growth .of tha btlsl-.s y
ness Of rallrondlng, II muy be noted tha
illS1S5o the Pennsylvania road moved 5l0 w
tons Of frcigh &iti d year, ~ lile Y nov
moves tlnlt much IN an Eonr. IN thu Z 4:
year italinndled half d million ~ pas y M
gers, ali told,8hy cofltrastcd WI til ono MI
dred @nnd twanty-tnrco million TO day Az
single Pennsylvania shop pla t,s5 tlat& ~
Altoona, now turns out i've ne w LOG ONO
lives every week.
are no less than 10000 raj road en- IN
#ployes to-day, ot which over 1853 900 q re- \
on the r,ay-rolls Of tile Pennay sys--s
tenn. In ons year the l'ellnsyl nln mai
Eline, earnings from freight alone, exec eded&
$4,000 per mile "a. IA ri Il y.
X. MI, spcarman,s book, however. Is much {
more thnn IL mere collection OF as tonisf-b Z
ing statistics he grav 70 problems ot rail
rouding Iii rs large spccts are ~ ell dlfi AZ
derstood to him. and i,o sets 4 hem ne ffra&
& Tie reader with; simplicity and q rect;
I ness. 35s one thing that8slc goes into a t n
some length Is the ;erst while notorious 4
freight rate discriminate lon, by vi, lcll tho &
Large shippers waxed ia Il and the SINAI ler95:
houses ana tile railroads paid the Bills
Times have changed since hen VI TO-
TRADITIONAL captain Of Industry to-day H
$hc says. who sl,ot,ld attempt to dictate
terms to a. trunk line manager w ull he
plaughef out OF the tfafflc Of fees. y his
I change was not wrought In q trlce. hqlW-3$
ever. and that It was affected N; at Al y
i5to5 the everlasting credit Of Mr.. q lexan-Ss
$der$J. c,assatt. the present resident OF
THE Pennsylvanla Railroad.
THE. h RUSSO JAPANEsD CONFLICT.
S3 81 Dir. IL. Asabraure IIough ton, M IL.
43 hin and Company, Eos Ton
3'r he RUSSO y apancse Conflict. by r. y ~
X Asabraure, ID II rcyicw:s Of the 4 events
Immediately pr ccedlng and leading vi IN IL
ithe sent war. II IN an introduct tory note
y Dr.. sAsnbraurc pro conc lusl velY by ms
istntist!cs8 tie nccesslty 5 to Japan q tho y
iIopen door policy III 4 he Eas pa tlctl-s
lIarly III Korea and Ma churia sEIe then
proceeds to make clear as far ~. pos
tAtb1e. the meaning 8nnd result 81 Of the v
many and !lpuzzlllns 3dploInatie aoaeS o.
1.-THE overs during tho tReenst tue
tend 81 the Chinese wa n nd the bee mn ng
ofJthe present conflict. 'I.te book IS n jus
IttGcatlon8 OF Japan s nt titude an q as. On;
Ithe whole an IL impart 4 stnt errlclt OF q
fact though MT times perhaps q sa-5B;
4 braure.s patriotism is q III lie TOO strong &
for Ills logic. This, however, As no Sobsta-8
Eclel "a TIC average reader, for tho authors
i enthusiasm Is so#infectlous that the book
4 never. drngs or egcnera tcsS into g mere
IlchronicIe Of facts. II is forceful, clsa
concise and teresting. 81 The autllo ~ a g
4 q very exhaustive kno Wled ge Of ms stl
.Iject and handles his ma terial Win ease
lana some literary SIX On he " o!e. it &
1is vastly superior to the maj orit ~ 81 ~ no
/ books which have oil late, in such be-s
4 wjlderng numbers, been written on this
ssupject. II IS very apparently tho work
Tor d man who has made n thorough study
'of the allestl and who has b roug ht to $
Hts discussion, Il fund Of accurate sinformnl
3tion, land. what Is equally i'm rtant, q z
Ifbcnefsin the justice OF his position, ina 8
EconjointlyI give his book no II tie force I
and plgor. S
'rEIE STORY or ST. p A U ~ by sBenta,.
SS5 min yyIsner. Bacon 800 PIP. $3.50 net
Houghton, l1lfriin & Co.. Boston. .5,ss:4
The Importance OF ID close stud y OF tho
life and letters of st. Paul is lneatimably
N great $in Wow OF tho light which IS only
\ thus to be shed upon that mos moment Ir
tous Of problc SO relation aof Chris
\ ftinnity, as we know t. to The rel Isl Gus 1
consciousness $of Jesus, mud to- his /, To-
ana teaching e christianity, as We know
A 81. As, Of course, tho Chrls tianlty OF Pa al.
4 vas Paul who found the Grimes -
\ Christ n national religion and left 1t ~
world relation Our author points out
8that IL We visit tho Fourth Gospel hlch$
4 lis largely u Pauline interprctatio Ion Sof
es.is 8 tea ching. we find In what ls left
X very tic that Is colOred Dy mo CUT cllI
doctrinal system. Tho Petune peeches
Of the book OF Acts airs 70 trs specimens 'l
\ Of early prenchIngs and they give JUS -
4 salmost nothing ofsmany mat ters W men
/ We should now regard as cardinal IN
|, short, the doctrinnl system OF the Twelve
\ Is not, as tho Pauline preaching Isl hrls-
4 tianity rs we understand It to day, bu
4 rather a "mossianlstic Judaism, 9 y ma 4
4 tlonal, not yet Il universal religion, how
( over reformed and purified BY The infll W
cnce OF Jesus Recognizing this fdistinlc
4 lion. professor Bacon feels that we must
4 he prepared relinqu one or he other.
i unless we can find some cornirlon ground
/. whree they may meet 5l is. s
j This 3latter35is the task that Prot lessor
Bacon sets himself In tho volume before
Il U.S. The theme Is certainly one g lilflI77
4 spire a writer, md it88is flrt herr one one
which our author as professor OF Nc
4 Testament criticism and l1xlegesls & az
Yale, should DO fully qualified to DISCUSS
/ Tho story Is written in u q simple aild
easy style without technical terIli nology
\ and is designed rnthsr for the genera!
reader than the theological student. lts