The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-03-21
CIVIL SERVICE IN
S0U1'HE|RN.S'|!TA7IE|.Sj.
President Himself Directed Is
suance Of Order for More
EXAMINATIONS
INITIATED AIR ON TRAINS .'!!,I

(ETOf1i our Regular OTTsSpOIHlGiityt-
WASHINGTON, ID. e., March 20.--Tllei
idea nus got abroad and has been
sedulonsly cultivated IN come quarters
Il that the southern section Of thc8conntry
+ Is behind all others III matters marking
progression aud up-to-datcness but every
now and then there comes to light IN
stances showing that the South not only
holds her own, but FORCES nliead IN some
things that make FOR . advancement. An
official of the Marine Hospital Service
called attention to this fact II day or two
ago by pointing out that tile State Of
Texas +was the first which undcrtooe TO
minimize the danger or contracting dis
cages In railroad trains. Tho Texas Leg
islat,tre passed d law In 1908 authorizing
the state health officer TOT formulate
rules governing the cleaning and dlsin-t
fectlng OF cars One of these resuia-
tons promulgated under the law men
toned absolutely prohibits the busting or
sweeping or cars while In transit IN the
State of Teas. except Mt terminal pe,nts
or meal Statipns, where the passengers
are supposed 10 Icnve the cars, AT least,
for a minutes.
Dangers From Dust.
The Texans seem to have appreciated
very clearly the dangers 10 passengers IN
the fine dust arising from teEcarpets and
s upholstery cs railway cars. q danger now
* recognized by all medical men who have
4 given the subject any attention An at-I
tempt was made at the recent session of
Congress to secure the passage of Ia reso-
luton making an appropriation for the
q purpose OF an iYestlgation Of the subject
OF ventilation, with a. View to cnacting
Z Federal legislation aimed to securing in-t
prGvement, but 1t failed Nevertheless
the Marine Hospital Service, which h,ls3
In "a
Il year or two. will keep up the work. and
several other labora tories arc in CORE
spondence with Snrge5p General Wyman,
so that there will be N. valuable inter-.
change Of material facts. DR.. yNynian.
said to-day hats II was Impossible 10 say
8 Just how much danger OF contagion there
Is through the Stiated mir or the ordi-
A nary coach now in iisc, or In he Pull
man sleeping and palaca III cars. III he
matter II being invest tod bySour la or-s
3 atory,' he said.
Is fair to say that the railroad COM,
Ianies and the Pullman Company have
sliow1iFa tiisnost To co operate with he
service IN looking int tho subject, which
& is of such vital 4intereststo their gpaasen-s
gers, numbering many millions every
year but the great street ra.iway Iys-
terms of the large cities have not mani
tested the slightest Interest Il IA
England's Sea Supremacy.
Is England destined at an early day,
to lose her sea supremacy That her SUI
& premncys on he ocean is Acknowledgement
Il Isl evidenced by; n HI port from IA Consul
General Skinner, Marsciles, France in
f which he says:
THE British nation is confronted to-
& day will, much the same problem ms that
confronting the United States. It costs.
more money to operate T3 ritish ships with
British sailors thani does cooperate Ger
4 man, Italian, Spanish, Danish, or Japa-
NJ nese ships. and the typical ablc-bodicd
British seaman is fast disappearing. Mr..
5Ieyland, president Of the Association of
+ Liverpool ShipOwEers, las warned the
y British public in regard 10 these facts
4. In vigorous letter. wherein lie states
+ that the Italian steam tonnage has pass
ed from 800. 900 tons III 1880 to .0c0 tons
g In 1893. and that the Japanese tonnage
has passed from l3s coo tons In 1880 to-
10000 tons III 1908 He adds that the
methodsFof rapid development employed
I by theses two nations arc worthy of care
ful study. since they attackt the maritime
35 ascendancy Of Great Britain.
South and Civil Service.
1t is reported that President Roosevelt
himself directed the Civil Service Com
mission 10 issue tho order for more ex-t
Essninations for appointment to the civil
service to be held In the Southern States
1 Is said the President was surprised
upon investigation to learn that 50 many
more persons, In proportion to popula-s
ton, from Northern and Western States
& had offices under thes civ i, than were
filled by Southern men and women and
the order issued directing that eSamina-
tons be- held in the South this month:
and In April, for the purpose o ( SECURING
eligible candidates I, for places ~ various
kinds. vas a he result Kentucky = s. ono
OF the Southern States which, Is not pro-
portonatcly represented IN the civil SER
vice: North Carolina and Tennessee, and
Mississippi are others. Texas is n little
short OF her full quota. Maryland and
Virginia have more than they arc entI-
tied to. Il 4 i 5S5sts 81 n II! siy 4
Though the. President is SO deeply ex-
ercised over the lack of Justice shown
the South in the matter of appointments
under the civil service. lie did not mani.
fest n worry striking amount OF sentiment