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That Japan Is not as free from graft AS
some of her admirers would have had us be-
lIeve ~ the time of the war; IL made apparent
by tho admission or Nj. Konishi, who has written
an article upon the subject for the Europeen on
Paris:
The Japanese writer says that to-day III
not the hrst time that rumors have been Tia
circulation 90 the effect that among tho
naval officials. who were sent to Great nrltala
10 purchase war supplies. MANY had been
guilty az great abuse If confidence. The
rumof Of the arrest ~ several OF sheee men
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6bs Nebraska Independent

mouthful of food we eat every garment we
wear, every timber In the house we live In,
every shovelful of coal we burn. No other
sort Of taxation is SO universal or so heavy
as the freight rate. In America each person
pays about 81 annually for the expenses of
the federal government, and this supports
the army, the navy pays the postoffce def
cheney, builds the Panama canal and pro-
vides for the entire machinery of govern
ment, president congress, and supreme
court: but the railroad tax in freight averages
each year over $26 for each man, woman
and child nearly four times the government
tax. The railroad, by all the laws of the
nations, is quite as much highway as is
wagon road For railroads are not
now, and never were, private property, like
a farm or grocery store. They are high
ways. The first essential OF tax is that
1t shall be just To establish that point the
Angl0-SaxOn people have shed rivers of
blood: our English ancestors revolted against
old barons who taxed both unequaly and ex-
tortionately. Our American progenitors
tossed the British tea into Boston harbor and
fought from Lexington to Yorktown to es
tablish the principle of fair taxation.--Ray
Stannard Baker in McClures.
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II Il no exaggeration 10 say that the
railroads Oh this country have infinitely moro
10 do with the happiness and success of The
people than the United States government
itself I'm America saws Acwnrth. the
eminent british authority ON transportation.
"the railroad rate II a matter Of iifo aud
death" In ita essence freight rate Ia a
tax levied npen the people: tax upon every
The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1905-12-07
RATE REGULATION

The new congress convenes with railway
regulation as the chief business with which it
must deal President Roosevelt will accept no
compromise and demands effective legislation
John d. Rockefeller predicts that congress will
reject the presidents proposition to regulate
rates, and the oil king ought to know. The
fight promises to be entertaining and instructive
il not productive of real benefit to the people:
The outline Of the rate bill Of the inter-
state commerce commission shows that the
members of this impartial body have en-
deavored to give the people the best possible
protection against railway abuses without
infringing ON any ct the legitimate rights OF
the corporations. The measure is more
sweeping than any other yet proposed, but
1t Is not too comprehensive In scope to
meet the requirements. The bill accords
closely with the presidents views, but goes
farther than Mr.. Roosevelt has yet gone In
his recommendations to congress. It grants
the commission power, through its inspectors,
to examine the books Of Interstate railways
and prohibits the keeping OF account books
other than those prescribed by federal au-
thority. In this particular however, the bill
may be merely anticipating the presidents
forthcoming message, since this means or
getting evidence was suggested by Mr. ROose-
welt In one of his recent southern speeches.
1t includes with the railroads proper all ter
and elevators and also all private car lines,
thus giving control over the agencies most
employed In violating the rebate laws.
There are at least three provisions OF this
bill that will be persistently fought by the
railroad senators. They are the power Of
the commission to fix rates in disputed cases,
the definition of the kind of account books
to be used and access to them, and the regu-
lation of all incidental instrumentaties OF
transportation But each and every one of
these requirements is necessary to safeguard
the public against the corporations and the
favored shippers The penalties carried by
the bill are heavy, considered as fines The
fine is $4,000 for each offense, and where the
rulings OF the commission are disregarded,
each day of continuance shall be held as a
separate offense. Strictly applied In any
instance of general rebating, these fines
would be enormous, and liability to them
ought TO serve powerful corrective. But
experience has shown that nothing else can
take the place of the criminal clause. And
since the new rate law would practically SUI
pcrsede the Ellxins law, the criminal clause,
which eliminated by the railroad
ators when the Elhins act was passed should
be restored Assuming that the proposed bill
Is sound legally. II would be very effective
measure III the criminal clause were added.
And the nresumntinn OF ITS legal soundness
In strong from the fact that II has had the
approval of Attorney General Moody.--kan-
sas City Star,
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In spite, therefore, OF his knowledge and
grasp of business and it's relations to politics,
legislation and administration, Rockefeller
has been too sordidly sef-centered to under
stand such a man as Theodore Roosevelt,
much less the people from whom the presi-
dent gets his inspiration. Rockefellers
agents in the senate understand the public
much better They know the people would
resort to any means necessary to prevent
Rockefeller from debating what congress shall
do or shall not do if they knew that such
dictation was intended. And the people
know pretty nearly what Rockefeller is about
In the matter Of rate legislation Foraker
failed utterly in his attempt to disguise his
Rockefeller rate plan. 1t was not ink-dry
before it was shot full of holes The people
have their shartshooters, and they have
Rockefeler's henchmen marked.-Kansas City
Star
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The New York World, after demanding that
investigator Hughes summon Bliss Cortelyou,
Platt Depew and others to testify as to political
contributions from insurance companies recapitu-
lates the political phrase of the life insurance
scandal follows:
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schedules We're illustrated by rep
cSrntativeS who called on Speaker
Cannon. 1t happened that one day
Il prominent Massachusetts member
called to Impress the speaker with the
easy manner in which the tariff might
be revised.
You see" declared the MaSsaChu
setts member. I'VE all make too much
over the difficulties in revising the
tariff. 1t would really be very sim
pie. We would only have to put hides,
wool and coal on the free list and the
country would hc practically satisfied
We might do more. but that would
really be enough There could be no
difficulty in coming 10 an agreement
on that-mcrely a matter of a few
weeks"
The speaker listened intently as
he always does listen to advice. But
trailing on the heels Of the MasSacnu-
sets member came Representatives
from Illinois who also wanted 10 re-
wise the tariff He started in the same
as his predecessor. He thought there
was altogether too much fuss made
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Day of Distress Near.

The richest man in America is posi-
tive, however, that the crash will come
about 1901-year after ncXt-and so
sure is he that the trouble is on its
way, that he is already weaving a
plan to provide work for those who
will be thrown out Of employment,
and thus ameliorate the panic. lie is
certain that the number of men who
Will need help will be about 1000, 600.
and when is added to those men the
number Of dependents, the total is APP
phlling. Mr.. Rockefeller thinks this
vast army of unemployed should be
set to work by the government on in
ternal improvements, the building of
new roads, improvement of old ones,
dredging Of streams. irrigatng land,
etc. He saws;
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1t makes no difference whether Mr..
Rockefeller be right or wrong in his
forecast of gathering storm, his plan
for the employment Of surplus labor
is practical and profitable one and
his enumeration OF road building. riv-
or Improvement, irrigation, forest pres
ervation and swamp draining, as the
truly great national problems is phil
oSophic. The work needs to be done
and eventually 1t must be done, If the
United States is to progress. Waste
is national loss-waste by flood and
drought as we'll as waste by fire
Every acre of land should be made to
pay. The government promotes re-
search and EXPERIMENTATION in agri-
culture. with a view to increasing the
effectiveness of tillage; there is no
reason why it should not give counte-
nance and support to reclamation of
land and the enhancement of the fer
tility of land already under culture
1t is the land-th farm, which is the
pedestal of the republic.
There should be no effort to mini
miZe the worth of manufactures
processes that work up the raw prod
uctS of the earth into serviceabc
forms. The ores from which are OBJ
tanned the metals of commerce are as
much n product of the land as corn.
wheat and COtton-Dot as primarily
important, but quite as necessary to
man In his present highly organized
social state. 1t is difficult to draw
the line between some Of the basic
manufactures and agriculture, for the
iron furnaces and steel mills build the
railroads and bridges which give
farmers shortcut to markets.
French Statesman Also Predicts
Panic.
But the point is, that where manu-
features develop out of proportion to
the growth of agriculture, the world
is being turned wrong side up. Mr.
Meline in declaring that the overpro-
duction of manufactures will lead to
an industrial crash, says; "There is
room for everyone under the sun, but
on condition of sharing up the good
things Of the earth, instead of concen-
trating upon one department of activ
ity."
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is having very little effect on them,
In fact the protectionists do not even
care to discuss that phase of the ques-
ton. A revision of the tariff with the
declared purpose to simply lower the
schedules they say would have the
same effect on the country that they
claim would follow an attack on
the tariff principles by the freetrad-
ers They claim that merchants would
not buy goods when lower tariff rates
might still further reduce the price
they would have to pay. That condi-
tionS lasting six months they fear
would upset all business conditions.
They say it might mean panic.
But they are likely to have their
views very forcibly contested by the
tariff revSionistS next winter. The re-
viSionists and the men who believe in
the principles of reciprocity are band
ing together to give battle in the halls
of Congress. The citadel Is now dis
tinctly in the control of the stand pat
| tcrs and ii is to be seen what power
J the revSionists will develop in contest
| ing their aSccndancy.
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ing untitled and useless, and the house
and outbuilGngS were showing signs
of the Passing of the years The glory
of that splendid home was departing.
A Woman's Work.
To the great credit of John Angus
tine Washington it is related that he
refused absolutely to consider PROPOSE
lions advanced by private companies
and individuals to purchase the estate,
to be converted later into a pleasure
resort. Think of the deSecratiOn-a
vaudeville performance on that magni.
flcent stretch of lawn, walters bearing
their burdens of food and drink
through those stately halls, the daily
uDroar Of lrrCverent crowds.
And then cane Miss Ann Pamela
Cunningham, of South Carolina. She
visited Mount Vernon in 1858 and was
shocked and grieVcd at the fate in
store for the historic spot She con
ceived the plan of rouSing the women
of her beloved southland to the true
state of affairs and enIisting their co,
operation in the raising of fund OF
5000, 900, the price asked for the house
outbuildingS, wharfage, garden and
some two hundred acres OF farmlandS
So she went to work, and it must he
remembered that fifty years ago it took
no small amount of bravery for a
woman to inaugurate and carry on an
undertaking Of such magnitude. But
after Eve years of effort the whole OF
the 100000 vas in hand. 1t was
found impracticable to confine the
propaganda to the Southern States, sc
the North was invited to assist, which
she did in generous measure.
At the close of 1858 the Mount Yer
non estate was purchased and the title
passed to the Mount Vernon Ladies
Association of the Union.
Freed from Taxation.
A charter was secured from the Stat
of Virginia granting exemption from
taxation, the association in return
binding itself to the task of restoring
to it's original condition and preserving
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impends will be precipitated by over
production of manufactured goods.
He says Consumption must have it's
bounds, and SO with the consumption
Of manufactured articles. When "a
man has filled all his requirements in
clothes and furniture mere lowering
of prices, which is all that mechanical
improvements generally mean nova
days, can no longer attract him.
Therefore, when the output is not ~
strained the market necessarily be-
comes choked."
Mr.. Rockefeller is specific as to the
time when the crash is to occur. 1t is
likely that he errs in this. because pre-
dictions as to periods of depression
and readjustment are seldom fulfilled
as to dates Crises as a rule come I'M
expected and the immediate reason is
most apt to be due to ovcr-expanSion
of credit, and overproduG ton of sccur-
iticS than to actual overproduction of
goods; but when to the cause of over
expanded credits is added overprOduc-
ton of manufactures and a lop-sidcd
Industrial system, recovering from the
crash is more difficult.
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for future generations this home of
General George Washington.

for future generations this home of
General George Washington.
In this connection it is interesting
TO know that during the ten-day annual
meet of the Board of Regents in the
month of May a banquet is given to
the Governor of Virginia After the
feast is ended and the toasts are drunk,
the entire association conduct the Gov
ernor about the house and grounds,
that he may know, by personal observa.
ton, that the pact entered into SO long
ago is being faithfully kept.
1t is the custom of the ladies of the
association to live at Mount Vernon
during the yearly session. At this
time the old home wears an air of I'M
wonted gaiety. The kitchen gives out
the most appetizing odors, and. stimu-
lated to unusual activity by tales of the
old days, the corp CT Virginia servants
are ANXIOUS to show their fitness for
The honor of 'servin' de ladies'" Even
the brick oven, a relic of colonial days,
is called into use, the beautifully
Drowned bread, pies and cakes attest
lng its superiority.
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Vast Pan of Construction.

There is enough labor today needed
on the public highways TO employ all
the idle or surplus labor for Il century.
The Improvement Of the roads, the
dredging streams, and especially of
the Mississippi, where annually mill
ions of damage is done by the over
flow, the irrigation of arid lands. the
preservation of forests and the drain
age of the swamps are the great pub
lie problems that should be occupying
the public mind. Municipal, state and
national laws should be enacted now
for the building of roads, so that
when the industrial storm comes it
Will not be too late to breast it."
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STEM INDUSTRIAL CRASH.
STANDARD OIL MAGNATE PRE-
Diets CRISIS AND SUGGESTS
PALLIATIVE MEA SURES.
Would Have Nation Begin Work of
Vast Internal improvements. Ex-
Premier MeIine of France Also
Sounds Warning.
J. II. SHANNON.

That the land is the source of all
real wealth, has been said by philoso-
piers time out of mind, and now with
the urban districts draining from the
country much of the flower of its man
hood the cry is going up from the lips
of legiOns of wise men, Back TO the
Land' All manner of colonization
projects are being devised and ed
for the purpose of divcrting foreign
immigration from the cities to fields
and to relieve the pressure of congcs-
ton in the OVCr-GrUWn ccntCrS One
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j. u. ROCKEFELLER AND HIS NEW WIG.

j. u. ROCKEFELLER AND HIS NEW WIG.
feature of the ominous flow Of people
to the cities is the phenomenal develop
mcnt Of manufactures. There may
come a time when manufactures will
% overhalance agriculture that there
will not he enough basic wealth pro
duCcd to afford profitable market
for THE factory made goods, When
the industrial situation shall become
50 unbalanced, a commercial crash of
stupendous magnitude must ensue.
As Helpless Babes.
Then the city-trained men who
know not how to make bread out of
the soil will clamOr for work. curse
the economic condition of the period,
denounce the state, threaten the re-
public with all sorts of fantastic theo-
ries. and there will be acute friction
between the few rich and the multi
tude of poor. Gradually men will
drift back to the land and learn to
make their living with the pillow and
reaper and n satisfactory equilibrium
between agriculture and manufactures
will once more be reached. Before
this result is attained, there will
Wv llll'llNt SuitlIllS' i dhilll'S tldi
are in comfortable circumstances will
know the meaning Of misery, and
families now atlluent will fall into
bcggary. All this is not a dream.
Men of clcarest vision see it coming
RockefeIler's Prophecy of Panic.
1t is what Mr.. John u. Rockefeller
sees when he predicts, as he did in a
recent interview IAN industrial crisis
Of worldwide extent and unprece
denied severity"
Mr.. Rockefeller says the crisis will
be brought on by ovcrproduction in
all lines. The Standard Oil magnate
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non, accompanied by only a few serv-
ants. Miss Cunningham, the regent,
was prohibited from crossing the mill
tary lines and could not join her. For
four long years Miss Tracy remained at
the lonely home, managing the estate
and guarding the buildings
The plan of the rehabilitation Of
Mount Vernon, by returning to its
rooms the original furnishings, or arti-
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HOME OF WASHINGTON.
HOW UONEN PAVED THE WAY
FOR RESTORA TON OF MT. VERNON
historic Place is Now Exactly as it
Looked During the Lifetir'"e OF
Great Statesman-Genera - Tho, s.
andS Visit il Annually.

The bell is tolling. the band playing
Nearer My God to Thee" and the
passengers know, even before they
raise their eyes to the fair sweep of
Virginia's shore line, that the steamer
is passing Mount Vernon. A pretty
custom-the telling of the bell and the
playing Of the fine old hymn. A hush
falls on the crowded decks. and one
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cles similar in design and construction,
is generally understood. But every
woman should know and remember
that to the loyal, patriotic women Of
the land belongs the credit of saving
from ruin and obliteration the fine old
home of the Father of his country.
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does not stand alone as prophet of
impending evil. Essentially the same
prediction is made by Senator Jules
Meline, once premier of France, and
Il man Of keen perception, penetration
and of broad understanding. This
stateman says that the crisis which
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Question an Absorbing One.

What alarms so many prominent
protcctionists is what they claim is
the danger of unScttling the business
conditions of the country. The the
oretical adjustment of the tariff ac
cordinG to the principles of protection
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1905-11-04
SO Easy TO Revise.

Not long ago the difficulties in
agreeing upon changes in the Dinglel
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1905-01-26
CORNELIUS HERMAN.

Cornelius Herman, for many years a
grocer downtown and foreman in the
street department under Mayor Dris-
coils administration, died suddenly at
his home, 90 st. John street, Tuesday
evening. Mr.. Herman was stricken
with apoplexy early Tuesday afternoon.
He appeared to be in good health when
he sat down to dinner about o'clock
on the same afternoon. Shortly after
his meal he was stricken. DR.. Frank
Fl. Whittemore was called to attend him
and everything was done to save his
life, but without avail. He became I'M
conscious after having been revived
once, and remained in that state until
his death.
Mr.. Herman was about fifty years old
and had been resident of New Haven
about thirty years. For several years
he kept the grocery store at the corner
of East and st. John streets, and was
one of the most respected members of
st. Patrick's parish.
He is survived by his wife, who was
the daughter of the late Edward Nc
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1905-01-26
WALLISGFORD.

g
Herbert E. Lee has returned from
Danielson.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. H. Tibbits are home
from Boston, Mass.
Charles R. Tiffany, who has been iii
for some TIME with the grip, is expect
ed to return this week from North
Plains, this state.
The funeral of Miss Lena n Mitchell
viii be held from the Advent church
this afternoon at o'clock, with inter-
ment in the Center street cemetery.
Miss Theresa Lee was given at her
home on Center street Monday evening
happy surprise party that was
heartily enjoyed. Refreshments were
served. A violin selection was given
by Miss Mabel Burns and vocal num-
bers by the Merry Social club and
James J. Kane.
To-day Pomona grange Of New Ha-
ven county viii meet at Guilford. The
officers are to be installed at this meet
ing by L. II. Healey, the state lecturer.
The prize winners of the w. r. c.
whist Tuesday evening were Mrs. w.
Magee, Miss Annie Bridget, Mrs. w.
Taylor, John W. Newton, Edmond
Cook, M. Ward.
A surprise party was rendered Miss
Mabel Newton, daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. John W. Newton at her home on
Christian street Monday evening by a
number of her friends. The evening.
was pleasantly passed playing games
/ and refreshments were served.
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New Haveners, and he was at all times
a man who had the interests of Yale at
heart.
Mr.. Wilshire's home was in Newport,
KY. but for number Of winters he had
resided at the New Haven house, this
city. Last fall he took winter resi-
dence in Greenwich.
The deceased was member of the
Scroll and Keys and also of the Gradu-
ates' club, and was always prominent at
the Yale football, baseball and boating
affairs. He was one of the most popu-
lar men that has been graduated from
Yale university.
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YALE MANS DEATH

George r. Wiltshire, Yale III. died at
his winter home in Greenwich. in this
state. Tuesday night He had been ill
for some time. but his death, was not
expected. He was a classmate of Judge
w. K. Townsend and other prominent
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1905-01-26
MRS. FRANCIS REILLY.

Anna Reilly, wife Of Francis Reilly,
died at her home, 911a Greene street,
Tuesday morning after several weeks
illness with pneumonia. She is surviv-
ed by two daughters one of whom is a
teacher in the Woolsey street school,
and by one son. The funeral will be
held this morning at $50 from her late
residence and at o'clock from st. Pat
ricks church, where a solemn requiem
high mass will be celebrated. The in
terment will be in st. Lawrence cene-
terry.