The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1905-10-26

from his Government that President
Roosevelt is ''all right Which is all
right.
everywhere in Belgium is heard ex-
pressions Of approval of and admiration
for President Roosevelt as a result of
his good offices in bringing about an
end to the war in the Far East the
Baron says The feeling seems to be
that his work has resulted in an assur-
ance of permanent peace throughout
the world hencefOrth. He is cOnSid-
cred by our people now as one of the
greatest and ablest rulers of the day.
In attendance upon the Congress in Bel
GUMS Capital were 1000 delegates.
representing the elite Of commerce and
industrial science of the Old World,
corning the American President seemed
to be as l found it in Belgium"
Well, did you ever! The employees
in the Detroit Shipyard have struck
because they say they have to work 20
minutes longer each week than they
should.
Representative Serene Payne. Chair
man of the Committee on Appropria-
tons. is now talking about his trip to
the Philippines and the impressions he
received.
1T will be many years." declared Mr..
II
ippines will be capable of self-govern-
ment Many of the most intelligent
men of the islands do not think the
mass of the people will be capable of
dealing with even the simplest prob
lens Of Government for Is years 1t
was amusing to see how crude were the
ideas of some of the leaders as to hand
ling Government. Many of them ap-
peared before us and asked to be al
lowed self-government. When we asked
for their ideas in detail they were woe
fully tangled and immensely ignorant.
81 have never been in favor of the
Philippines belonging to this country.
was not in favor of it when they came
into our possession, but there is Moth
ing else to do but hold on to them and
keep them until the people are fitted
TO govern themselves. This will be, as
l have said, a long time off.
Il am in favor of free trade with the
Philippines when the treaty with Spain
expires in 1909. Until then we will
have to levy duty. On goods coming
to the United States from the Philip
pines / am in favor of reducing the
duty to rs per cent Of the Dingley
rates. We cannot take off the duty,
as the islands are unable to do without
the revenue collected upon goods COM
ing to the United States. AS is we'll
known, all revenues collected i'm this
country OH Philippine goods are re-
turned to the Philippine Government.
/ think 1t quite likely that the collec-
tions will lie larger under rs per cent
rate than UNDER the existing rate of Is
per cent
The Agricultural Department is at
work now on an electrical experiment.
An extensive laboratory in which will
be tried the experiment of forcing plants
to grow night and day by means of cleo
tricity is now being constructed. 1t is
to sleep at night. While they sleep
they DO not grow. The idea is to force
them to grow both night and day, and
thus decrease by half the length of time
which 1t takes vegetables to mature.
II is notable that plants, like people,
sleep ali night, and rouse their dormant
energies only after old Sol has crawIed
out Of bed. The question to be settled
is whether, like human beings, plants
have to sleep. Do they SO exhaust the
soil during the day of it's life-giving
qualities that Nature has provided that
there shall be rest for the soil to re-
cuperate to be able to give during the
daylight hours renewed life to the
plant? Do the cells of the plant ex-
pand to their limit in the daylight hours
and have to harden little, SO that more
cells may form? There are many ques-
tons that might be asked, but the wis
est have never been able to answer
them. Someone has said there are GER
tain things which are transcendcnt.
How does the living rise out of the nom
living? How does the sensitive rise out
Of the nonsensitive? How does the
rise out of the nom
When the AgricuI-
tural Department runs upon these
things it will find all it's
fine theories falling to ruins. Just the
same, it may be that electricity can be
made to do the work of the sun at
less cost to farmers than waiting on the
slow motions of the old life giver"
1T may be-
Even the United States Government
takes things from the bar
gain counter" Commander George B.
Ransom, head OF the Engineering De-
partment of the Mare Island Navy
Yard. as an expert witness in the trial
for the blowing up Of the Bennington,
said emphatically:
1T is matter of record that the
Bennington was a contract-built ship.
The work in connection with the rivet-
ing around the furnaces was badly done.
The holes were punched, not drilled.
They were not properly countersunk.
For an expenditure of $50 additional
on the work in riveting on the furnace
never have occurred"
The Nashville Chamber Of Commerce
adopted a resolution re-
guessing Secretary Of the Treasury
Shaw, IL possible. to admit Miss RoOse-
yelt's gifts free Of duty. The resolution
recites that as they were mot her own
and purchase. but were pres
cnts from for eign people, and could not
be refused without possibility Of giving
they ought to come in free.
You ought to hear Gen. Chaffee roast
that German newspaper correspondent
who said our Army was rotten" Man
for man, officer for officer am willing
to invite comparison with any other
army in the world" declares Gen Chat
fee.
Gen. Chaffee and Gen. Bates. who
were designated to represent the Regu-
lar Army in the selection of a monu-
ment 10 commemorate upon the battle
field Of Gettysburg the heroism and
valor of the Regulars in that battle,
have returned from their trip to Get
tysburg, where they met with other
survivors Of the battle. 1t Is practical
ly decided to erect single large monu-
ment in memory of the Regulars in
stead OF q number of smaller ones to
mark individual engagements. Prefer
cnce seems TO be directly in front of
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