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building material Ia not represented
either by the intrinsic value Of the raw
material or by the profits Of tariff pro-
tected dealers. The tariff which these
people hold responsible for the increased
cost Of building Is doubtless the prime
cause Of the establishment Of wage rates
in this country which make It possible
for them to build at all.
Coincident high wages and low prices
are impossible. Wage rates and not
dealers profits regulate prices. II the
house Is to be cheaply built, tho table
cheaply supplied and the back cheaply
clothed there must be a shrinkage in
wage rates all along the line. The
butcher the baker and the candlestick
maker all want to build as cheaply as
possible. But the reduction In the cost
Of their homes will como out OF the
pockets Of logger and carpenter, brick
molder and brcklayer, quarryman
and stonecutter. II the wages OF these
are cut to enable the other group to
build more cheaply, tho others in their
turn will suffer from curtailed trade
following the wage reduction.
Compared with many previous periods
building is to-day very expensive. But
the fact that the people Of this country
spend about $4,000, OO0, 900 year for
new buildings is fair argument that
they have the money with which to
build. The cash receipts Of the building
and loan associations Of the country
are reported for last year as exceeding
$500, 900, Don. A considerable part Of this
is represented by the earnings Of men
whose income, directly or indirectly,
depends to a large extent upon industries
which would be affected by reduction
in the cost of iron, wood and stone. II
these can find some way by which they
can eat their cake and have IL at the
same time a waiting world will rejoice
to learn the details of the process.
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Isaac Hayne Smith and tho Great
American People.

Isaac Hayne smith and tho Great
American People.
II 10 snybody's privilege and every-
body's right to address tho great Amsri-
can people, which 10 used TO hearing.
rejecting and forgetting addresses.
Therefore the Hon. ISAAC HAYNB
SMITH. now or formerly member Of the
North Carolina Legislature, IL within his
Constitutional rights, does his pleasure
and his duty. as he sees It, In sending .
letter to 'the great American people.
Doubtless Mr.. SMITH has thoughts OF
great value, worthy cogitations. To sup
press them might be bad for biz health
and defriud the world Of precious gifts
which it needs in its business.
Speaking of gifts, this Is ono Of tho
brainbeats which the Hon. ISAAC HAYNE
SMITH sends to vibrate through tho
universe:
when COP caused By divine Providence JohN
D. RooKEYnAxa 70 Do born Into this world Of mis-
cry and sin. II was then He blessed you. and H.
This Is an appreciative spirit. Hero
are soft words that should be balm for
the much buffeted philanthropist. 1t
is clear that Mr.. SMITH Is deserving
institution. He should b endowed
adequately. He should sit at his ease
in the chair Of grammar and rhetoric.
Both as thinker spd q stylist he stirs
interest and invites applause.
1t is q keen regret to have to diher
with such a man. but We cannot sub
scribe to this assertion Of his:
-whea - svs " retire y Americans n sweet
reposs.'
The best Of friends must part. At this
point there must be separation between
him and we, 20 to speak. Americans
don't retire They 60 to bed. In
this part Of tho country they don't 60 to
bed at eve They sit up later; some
times beyond tho critical hour techni-
cally called the shank Of the evening
Finally, In these nights and mornings
Of intolerable breathless mugginess,
sweet repose' is bitterer than gall. The
Hon. ISAAC HAYNB SMITH has leave to
amend.
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THE sun, SUNDAY, AUGUST IS. 1905.

fittest to survive. Tho pagan Greeks
applied that law artihcially 10 human
beings. For generations, - . writer
In tho Westminster Review reminds us,
they suppressed the oongenitsl idiot,
the deformed, and, IN fact, those who In
infancy gave no promise Of being able
TO take an adequate part In nfe,' and
consequently formed . splendid, in
tellectual. handsome, clever race, to
whom modern civilization and culture
owe 90 much.' Christianity and all
civilised modern sentiment Of course
forbid the revival Of any such method OF
perfectlng tho human race. Tho great
effort Of modern science and modern
humanity d to saw the weak and de-
fective.
Tho remedy proposed BY tho Wet
minster writer h for the State 70 'assume
the duties Of parentage' when these are
neglected or cannot b nghtfully per-
formed, for the benefit Of tho whole
community. 30 radical plan may be
oongruous with tho spirit Of that radical
magazine. but Il would involve . tyran-
meal socialistic organization Of tho State
which would DO far worse than the evil II
was devised to remedy.
Incidentally, however. he presents
some facts worthy Of consideration.
Instead Of the form Of race suicide
about which Mr.. ROOSEVELT y so fond
Of talking, he fean rather tho form
which consists In tho propagation Of the
undesirable elements Of the commu-
nifty. As hesays, improvident marriages
are most frequent among tho people
least QUILTED to rear their progeny In q
way to make them valuable members
OF society. Then the doctor and the
sanitarian step in to save these weak
lives, with the results indicated In the
medical examinations to which We have
referred.
In England this subject Of race de-
terioration.' as We have said. ID now a
foremost subject of anxious discussion,
and a. this country increases In popula-
ton, moro particularly IN such crowded
communities as New York, it must even
tually receive like consideration.
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Under the Palmetto Tree.

They are investigating tho Hon. BEN
JAM1N RYAN T1ILMAN's most illustrious
idea and institution, the South Carolina
liquor dispensary. It appears from the
testimony. much Of which, however,
would not be competent in court, that
Jobs In the dispensary at spartanburg
have gone TO tho highest bidder; that
money has been paid to . newspaper and
that employees have accepted presents
from whisky manufacturers.
In some Of the testimony there Is q
certain cynical geniality, il tho phrase
may be allowed. One witness repeated
the conversation Of . whisky house
salesman, also = member Of tho county
board Of control, who said that In Charles
ton he sold moro to blind tigers than
dispensers; had sold to twelve blind
tiger people and had the privilege Of
cursing out one dispenser Is follows:
ne said he went 70 some dispenser thsrs IN
Charisston. big. nsshy fellow. and asked him 70
buy some whiaiy from the house he VA repre-.
sentins, and he dispenser Asksd him what there
Wa IN II for him, and he told him not osnt he
psnssr anything 70 buy his whisky. He said hs
had friend On the State. board who would put
them OUT Of business they did not buy II, and
said the next mornins-thst night that fellow
come 70 his room Of the hotel and walked him up
he come 70 his room probably before he went 70
bsd-and gsvs him the biggest order he had ever
received from any dispenser"
This anecdote teaches US tho value Of
friendship. Another Is bit Of Palmetto
interior genre. A dispensary clerk adj
mitted that his boss received oompi-
mentary cases Of whisky, but insisted
that he drank most Of 1t and gave some
Of it away. Tho Investigators were
trying to prove that he put the surplus
on the shelves and sold it. Yet they
let the clerk paint this picture Of COM
fort and repose in the shade Of the Pal
metto tree:
q. Does Mr.. - drink vsTy muoAf
a. Well. he like . toddy WIT dsy.
%. Don't he IKE u several ttme dayf
a. Well. I guess he does.
q. II not fact that he very frsausatty ests
under the Influence Of whisky in his dispsnsasyi
a. No. air. I never did Sc him.
@. Hasn't no got . big chair BACH shsrs nat
he gets In and sleeps n ont
a. He has rot . chair. but .=.ss did 80 him
under the influence Of whisky.
%. You have seen him UP there aslssp. hsvenS
youf
"A. Yes. Sir.
1t was tho dispensers duty 10 satisfy
himself every day that tho goods had
not been tempered with or adulteratsd.
II he patronized home industries he
showed thereby his confidence In their
soundness and his generous concern
for tho public. The whisky put him to
sleep. 1t did not urge him to violence.
It made for peace. He il rather 'vin-
dicated' than 'impugned.'
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tho Tariff and tho Cost Of Building.

Tho Tariff and the Cost OF Building.
At tho recent annual meeting Of the
building and loan associations It was
decided to petition Congress to repeal
tho tariff on building material. 1t was
declared that such material Is now 50 per
can't. higher IN price than It was eight
yean ago, when the Dingley bill was
passed. Therefore the increase In price
Il duo to the increased tariff rate. But
the association was generous in charging
only half Of the increase to tho tariff.
II does not, however, merely ask that
the status quo ante be restored. It does
not ask modification, but repeal. Pre-
sumably this Is done In belief that It
would result in reducing present cost by
10 or 80 per cent.
We are disposed to think these people
on the wrong trail In their pursuit OF
the cause of increased cost Of building
material. While tin, lead, copper, lime,
paint and various other substances enter
into building operations and affect tho
cost Of finished structures. the greater
part of house construction, in both
help and cost, appears In the items Of
wood, iron COR steeD and brick Tor
stone). No ono Of these items in its
original state has value. Their value as
building material comes from their treat
ment by human labor. The argument
OF these suppliants for tariff reduction
presupposes' q fixed value, which is
subject to tariff influences, on sawed
and dressed lumber, brick and hewn
stone, structural iron, piping, nails and
all the various articles used in build
ing. 1t presupposes a certain value In
the yard or in the mill, which is the same
to-day as 1t was In 1895, and assumes that
the increase in selling price Is represented
by the advantage accruing to dealers
through the operation of the tariff. This
10 not quite in accordance with the
facts.
The trouble appears in a faulty dag
nosb. A wider and deeper investiga-
ton would show that all except small
fraction Of the increase in the cost OF
building has gone, in the form Of In
creased wages. into the pockets ofecores
Of thousands Of wage earning home
builders. The carpenter and the brick
layer have had their share. So have
the logger in che woods. the river driver,
the men in the lumber mill, the brickyard
and TIE stone quarry. The cost Of
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Tho Chinese Boycott.

Tho report that President ROOSEVELT
has directed Minister RocKHILL to call
the attention Of the Chinese Govern
ment to Article Is Of tho Tientsin Treaty
of 1858, and to inform China that the
United States will insist on the full OBJ
servanoe Of the provisions OF that article,
Il entirely credible.
That part Of Article Is which concerns
the unrestricted importation into China
by American citizens residing in the
open ports Of all merchandise not pro-
hibited by Chinese law is as follows:
AZ each Of the ports open to commerce. citizens
Of tho United States shall DO permitted to import
from abroad and sell. purchase and export all
merchandise Of which the importation and e1porta-
ton |, not prohibited by tho laws Of the Empire
The provision is yet in force. Nothing
IN the later conventions with China
annuls, modifes or supersedes 1t.
But the exact significance OF an as
sertion through our State Department.
Of our rights under Article Is OF the
Treaty OF 1858 seems to be misunder-
stood in some quarters. The Evening
Post Of this city, for example, in COM
mepting last night upon the reported
instructions to Mr.. RoCKHL1, remarked:
Appeal 70 our treaty rights - against the
chinese boycott has been made b. the Adminls-
srasion, but II can come TO nothing. Guarantees
IN our treaty with China that our merchants shall
b permitted 70 sell in each Of the ports open 70
commerce cannot Garry with them any correlativs
obligation on tho part Of the Chinese 10 buy
This is a muddled Interpretation Of
the purpose OF the Administration. 1t is
imputing folly to those charged with the
protection of our treaty rights to repre-
sent them as capable Of supposing that
the right Of Americans In China to import
and sell non prohibited goods puts upon
the Chinese Government the RESPONSE
bility OF providing market and finding
purchasers for the imported wares.
The treaty right to import and sell
however, does impose upon the Chinese
Government full responsibility for the
continued free access Of American goods
to the Chinese market, whether con-
ditions for sale In that market are good
or bad. It's the plain duty Of the Chinese
authorities, in case Of any Interference
With the landing Of American goods, as
violent incident Of the boycott, or by
any other process, public or private,
to secure to the American merchants
their full enjoyment Of the rights de-
fined In Article Is, either a. to tho landing
Of goods or tho sale Of them. II pur-
chasen are found wiling to buy.
There can be no doubt of this. The
instructions to Minister RooKH1LL appear
to have been prompted by reports from
China Of such intended interference
With tho landing Of American goods at
the open ports. Tho notification to the
Chinese Government 10 specific, proper
and reasonable, and will no doubt be
hesded. It is very different thing from
demanding that Chinese merchants in
China shall be forced TO buy what they
do not choose to buy. We hope our
evening contemporary viii note the
important distinction.
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II the Hon. BouRxE Cochran has been
snatched like brand from the smolderng
fires Of Anti-Imperislism by the expert
hand Of Mr.. TAFT, why II there not hope
for Senator PATTERSON Of Colorado?
PATTERSON, too, IL . member OF the per-
sonally conducted expedition to Manila,
according to the official list Of that dis
tinguished party.
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The Spread Of . Runner.


From Nf 81. Albums Dddv HeSSsnosf.
Yesterday the story was In circulation all through
this part Of Vermont and even In eastern New York
that q great skyscrapcr In New York city had
collapsed and three hundred people had lost their
lives In tho ruins. Tho Assssnosr was told over
and over again about this report on tho streets
In this city and was even seegrap hed about from
Rouses Point. but last night this paper told It,
readers the real facts In the case. which concerned
. very serious accident. 70 DO sure, but not the
collapse Of . skyscrsper In New York city, but
part Of dry goods store In Albany, with death
list probably not exceeding thirty.
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The House On the Hnl.

The HOUSE On the Hill.
n sThs Children OF me NSoht," YeyJsoNl n ~
Outlook bv Precedent Roossvslt.
They are ali zone away,
Tho House Ia shut and etill,
There 10 nothing more 70 say.
Through broken wallis and gray
The winds blow bleak and shrili
They are all gone away.
Nor Is there one To- day
To speak them good or III:
There is nothing moro 10 say.
Why 10 II then we stray
Around that sunken sinf
They are all gone away.
And our poor fancy play
For them u wasted skin:
There 10 nothing more 70 say.
There 10 ruin and decay
In the House on the Hin
They arc all gone away,
There Ia nothing more 70 cay.
EDWARD ARilHoroN RonnooH.
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The Hon. EDWARD WAND CARMAox pro-
poses to tho Hon. Boo TAYLOR q Joint dis
cussion in not less than sixty counties
Tho subject will be, In effect, is CAsMAcK
or Boz TAYLOR the better man to be Sena-
tor from Tennessee3' We advise Mr..
CARMAck to keep away from Joint dis
cussion. With his fiddle. his stories and
his welldn tearing eloquence Bon TAYLOR
ovsrcrows al discussion, and Mr.. CAl-
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''Race Suicide" or Race Deteriora.
ton.

ton.
Tho question Of race suicide raised
by Mr.. ROOSEVELT has received little
serious scientific attention. for that
attention Is occupied rather with the
problem OF race deterioration.
The report Of investigations made
by q physician in the service Of our
Health Department into the physical
condition Of children Of tho public
schools, summarized by US on Wednee-
day, Is Of portentous significance. Out
of about 1900 children examined by
DR.. HERMAN BIdGs more than 5000
were defective in health; In other words,
they were physically below the standard
Of the normal bodily condition requisite
for the duties Of life and for the propa.
CATION Of tho strength Of the race. DR..
BIoGs reports e.294, or nearly half OF
these children, a. requiring medical
attention
Similar medical Investigations have
been made In England, and the result b
that in Parliament and among the people
there is now much anxious discussion
Of the race deterioration suggested by
them. Two years ago Sir JOHN GoRsT
described as Shocking as perfectly
appalling the result Of test exa,nina-
ton Of the Edinburgh school children.
It disclosed the fact that 10 odd per
cent Of them were actually diseased. .
In the same year the medical officer Of
the London School Board reported SINH
lar results Of his examinations. There
are 90 many feeble minded children
that special classes have been opened
for them In sixty-one centers.' These
did not include imbeciles distinctively
and lunatics, Of whom l2e out OF As
examined were found to be In need Of
restraint. Tho number Of persons In
England and Wales classed a. insane
was 10000 in that year; but tho largo
class on the borderland' Of insanity
and unable to carry out tho imperative
duties Of life when left to their own
resources could only be estimated, and
the modest estimate Of q distinguished
medical authority was 100000.
Tho results Of the medical examina-
tions Of young men who volunteered
for The Boer war, however, had the
most influence in starting the present
discussion regarding tho deterioration
OF tho English race. For example, Mr..
ARNOLD WHITE reports that at Man.
chester 5000 out Of 1900 were found
to be physically unfit to carry . rife
or to undergo the fatigue Of discipline;
and even Of tho 5000 accepted only
100 had the muscular power and chest
measurement required by the military
authorities
OF course, unfavorable conditions Of
life, crowding, insufficient nutrition and
employuisnts which prevented proper
physical development are largely re-
sponsible for such results. But, also,
medical and surgical and sanitary science
is now saving vast numbers Of weak
and defective lives which formerly were
weeded out Of the community.
The percentage Of deaths Of children
under s years Of age has been reduced
greatly. Buds which would onos have
fallen OF the tree In decay are saved:
but the persistence and propagation Of
these detectives burden society.
What shall be the remedy Left to
itself, nature, under the Darwiniau law,
settles The matter BY allowing only the
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-08-13

Jshnny-Pa, what = . good mi1s1f
Pa man who can mingle the mint Of the mon .
eyed Glasses. the ios Of the indinersns and the
whisky Of The majority into one grand julien.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-08-13

Frend-Dont you want your name on Historys
paeet
Milllnalre-whst viii II cost and VIVA. win she
print pout me II ] donrf
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-08-13

REV. Thirdly-Do you object TO the Presidnts
preschingt
Rev. Fourthly-No, but think he ought 70 lot u
try being President.
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n on rrtsnds Vho favor W Uah nantscTv" 70,
svS,kaon vtsh to haze rejected oreS' rsfurnsd INV
s,va N an eases send admDs for nat purpose.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1905-09-05
FIVE LIVES REPORTED LOST.
BY Reachne Of the on Shores Q
Lake Superior.

BY Bleaching Of the on Shores o
Lake Superior.
Ashland, Wis, Sept by the
beraking in two and Bleaching of the
steamer Sevona, in Lake Superior Fri
day evening, five lives were lost, II
persons, including four women, were
forced to drift all night on the lake
while half dozen sailors including
the captain, were still on the wreck
when the news of the disaster reach
ed Ashland
The Seyona was ore laden from
Alloues to Erie, Pa, and nan ashore on
York island at O'Clock Friday night
in heavy northeaster, afterward
breaking in two at the fourth hatch
and sinking Two boats were put off.
One boat was in charge of the first
engineer. Battling with waves all
night, the occupants of this boat suf
fered terribly from cold and exposure
and several times tne crew was almost
forced to give up the struggle.
When day broke with land in sight
the party was in an exhausted con.
dition, but reached the shore after
several attempts to land.
The second boat containing five men
has not been heard rom and it is be-
lieYed it foundered in the heavy seas.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1905-09-05
Situation In Atlanta.

Atlanta, Sept. 4.-No alarm is felt
in Atlanta over the presence of a
case of yellow fever in the city.
The action of the city board OF
health in refusing to institute a quar-
antine against the infected points will
probably meet with approval, since
the record of yellow fever In Atlanta
is such that there are few who believe
there is any danger of a spread.
John Caruthers, of Pensacola, Fla.
who is i'll at the special yellow fever
hospital, was resting easily yesterday
and the indications are that he will
recover. The house in which he is
being cared for is double screened
and there is no possibility of a steg
Omyia, should one gain entrance tC
the building, being able to escape ant
carry the infection into the city.
The case of fever is being better
cared for, so far as precautions to pre-
vent the spread of the ever are con
cerned, than any former case every
brought here by refugee The ste
gomyia, theory was an unknown guam
tity during former epidemics in the
south and no precaution whatever was
taken to precent mosquitoes from hav
ing free access to the patients who
found their way to Atlanta. The las
case here was in a house on Auburn
avenue. The house was unscreenet
and though the case was there a mum
Der of days, there was no spread o
the fever and no alarm was felt iii
the community.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1905-09-05
Girls Don't Wed Till 2a.

New York, Sept. A." Marriage is
either heaven or hell. Some marriages
are made in heaven, but many, I fear
are made elsewhere. My advice to girl:
is not to be married before they are
25-yes, % years of age. They are
then more mature, and know better
whom to choose for husband" Thus
Baroness de Bazus, better known tc
the world as Mrs. Frank Leslie, ex
pressed herself apropos of marriage
in general. The Baroness having re
turned from four-months' trip abroad
is passing several weeks at Montclair
N. j. Her reflection on marriage ma!
have been reminiscent. In October
1891, she married Willie" Wilde;
in June, 1893, she divorced him.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1905-09-05
1000, 900 Bales for Alabama

Montgomery, Ala, Sept 4-The cot.
ton crop returns to the office Of the
state commissioner of agriculture in
clude reports from several sections
outside the state. E. s. Peters wires
from Calvert, Tex, that that section
is at 63, with the crop the poorest in
east and north Texas. ever known. NJ
H. Thomas says that Dallas territory
is at 81, with hign temperatures, and
Walter Clark, of Clarksville, Miss.
puts his territory at 69, as compared
to last year, 66. Tennessee, where the
yield is very small, is 81, reported by
Commissioner of Agriculture Oglevie
while Georgia Is at 66, and Alabama
at 65, as compared with last year
Commissioner Poole is confident thai
Alabama will not make over a millior
bales this year, and expects to see I
good price received for it.