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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-06-20
Morton's First Move,

Paul Morton's order for an investigation
of the affairs Of the Equitable Company
shows a business-like conception OF his du-
ties chairman. We need not doubt that
the Frick committee performed it's work
faithfully. and We shall know in day or
two what Insurance Commissioner Hem
bricks has discovered and recommends.
But there is still room for the work that
Mr.. Morton has cut out: and when it has
been performed he will be we'll prepared,
by studying all three reports, to apply the
necessary remedies. 1t is not at all likely
that the blunders and unlawful acts COM
mitted under the old regime will be COM
mitted under the new. but the country is
curious as to what is to be done with the
men who are charged with the record
which has been exposed and repudiated
Are they to be prosecuted or protected?
Are such performances as theirs to be made
unsafe In New York;
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-06-20
The Sultan's Compliments.

As the news already indicates, the United
States will act with exceptional conserva-
tism in the matter of Morocco's invitation.
cabed today, to participate in the interna
tionaI conference with regard to its affairs.
The interests of this country IN Morocco
are purely commercial. whereas the dis
tLrbing cause of the situation which has
led to the calling of this conference is po-
htical. Were it not for the rivalry between
France and Germany over the right to ex-
ercse dominant influence upon the Moor
ish government there would be no confer
epce Just to what extent the United
States afford to engage in any discus
sion of the case with the powers of Europe
remains for determination after the most
careful thought.
As long as the Morocco issue rests upon
the question of the open door of trade this
government has the right to enter and can
in safety engage in conference regarding
the future. 1t stands before all the world
as an advocate of the open door. 1t has
repeatedly urged the adoption of that prin-
ciple in Asia. Its insistence upon equality
of trade rights in Manchuria brought it
into the far eastern situation in the days
when the European powers were timid
about addressing Russia on the subject,
inquest over Morocco, which is called
mainly for political purposes. especially in
a matter chiefly affecting two old time enc
mics, is another matter.
The spectacle of Morocco inviting the
powers to enter upon consideration of her
affairs is somewhat novel and amusing. IN
less the sultan is seeking aid. to prevent his
becoming the subject of a war which will
rend him beyond recovery. he must be re-
garded acting at the behest of one OF
the two chief bidders for dominance over
Morocco, Germany or France. 1t is not
difficult to guess which one. And the fact
that the kaiser has persuaded the sultan to
ask for the conference is sign that the re-
cent visit TO Morocco has already borne It's
fruits In the establishment of the German
influence. The sultan is unquestionably an
accommodating host.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-06-20
The Plenipotentiaries,

The age is one of enterprise. No sooner
IS it announced that the plenipotentiaries
for establishing peace between Russia and
Japan are to meet in this country than
bidding begins for their entertainment
Chicago is prompt with an invitation, and
Portland Oregon. follows At the latter
place a big show is in progress, and the
foreigners might be converted into feature
OF ii. Visitors might gather to see the
plenipotentiaries assemble for their work
and dispense at the conclusion of a session.
The arrangement would be novel. but hard
" conducive to business. 1t might prove
distIacting even TO statesmen and diplomats
accustomed to crowds and ceremonies to
be placed thus view for the publics en-
tertainment. Better a place where quiet
prevails and people are accustomed to
celebrities Better Washington while the
weather is good and then adjournment to
d nearby place, if the weather at the capt.
tai becomes unmana geable.
These distinguished officials in any cir
cumstances are certain of some new ex-
periences. For one thing they are going
to make the acquaintance of probably the
most enterprising daily press in the
world. They will find themselves deliber-
ating in a country where people are eager
for the news, and where the facilities for
gathering it are thorough and elaborate
In America love laughs no louder at
1ocksmiths than reporters do at executive
sessions. Burglary is not committed, but
the genius for guessing is cultivated to
fine point, and this often commands
secrets that are well guarded as against
the ordinary search. The news, the whole
OF the news, and everything that looks or
sounds like news, is the watchword.
But the field, we may all be sure, will
not be left to the home press Many
capable newspaper correspondents repre-
Henting the pick of the European journals
will follow the plenipotentiaries over and
send their own stories home. Interest
everywhere Will be great and will con-
tinue while the negotiations are on. and
not a line on the subject bearing evidence
OF an appreciation of the situation will
lack for readers. We shall all be happy
to see the plenipotentiaries. happy to help
entertain them, and happier still If their
16bors are crowned with terms of benefit
10 all the world.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-06-20
A Good Day for Russia.

Has the new era dawned in Russia? Is
the sun rising at last upon period of gen.
uine reform personal liberty, political prog
ress and enlightened government? Con-
slider In this connection the following words
of Car Nicholas to the members of tho
zemstvo deputation yesterday at his palace:
Il thank you. gentlemen, for the senti-
ments expressed. and | join In your desire
to bring about a order of things. My
personal wish and my will as emperor to
summon a national assembly is not to be
shaken. l await with anxiety the carrying
out of this my will You can announce this
to the inhabitants of the towns and VIII
lagos through Russia. and from today you
will assist me In this new work. The ma
uonsl assembly will establish az formerly
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-06-20
China and the Chinese.

In an editorial on the subject of our
Chinese policy the Baltimore American of
yesterday said:
Although under the immigration laws
hundreds of thousands of immigrants are
being admitted yearly who are no more
desirable than Chinese laborers, it is yet
clearly impossible to throw open the door
to the coolie of the orient But 1t should
be an easy act of craftsmanship to draw
the line between the desirable and the I'M
desirable Chnaman, and to do so Is i'm
perative If we are not to create a preju-
dice that will not be readily surmoul1ted
If treaty rights are being violated by the
operation of law, treaty rights should
be paramount and should be made SO at
once
The line is already drawn between the de-
sirable and the undesirable Chinaman. All
that is necessary is a strict and intelligent
execution of the law as it now stands to in
sure the purposes for which the law is in
tended. The mistake made at the port Of
Boston the other day. by which some Chi
nese travellers of education and good posi-
ton at home were subjected to an annoy
ing inspection before being permitted to
land, was in every way regrettable. But
that should not counsel less vigilance where
vigilance is due or lead to any material
modification of the law. 1t sometimes hap
PSAi' tiihh hAiStdheo tie LidUc III Inc duIHlll-
iStratfon of law at the expense of our own
people. Men are arrested and detained
without the proper warrant, the officers
passing the bounds Of their authority. But
We do not hear of the repeal Of any law
on such an account.
The Americans assertion, that at Is yet
clearly impossible to throw open the door
to the cooie of the orient" covers the
whole case. We closed the door against the
ccolie. Our statute was enacted against
him. Nor was it fashioned In ignorance,
or prejudice, or in the dark. The whole
matter was threshed out in the press and
in Congress, and the strongest men in pub
lie life recorded themselves in favor of the
policy. We all knew the coolie, his habits
and his character. as well as the motives
OF those in this country who were anxious
to keep the door open for him, and our In
teligence on the subject fully justified the
step we finally took.
That step, we may all be sure, will not
be retraced. There is no danger Of the
blacklisting of American goods in China,
nor of the annoyance of American travel
ers in that country as the result of an oc-
casional mistake made in this country in
the effort to keep out a class forbidden by
the law of the land. The coolie has not
changed his nature, nor are we likely to
change our policy toward him until he does.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-06-20

a united Russia, and the emperor win be
the supreme support Of the conditions based
on the principle Of Russian nationalism.'
This speech might have been made. as
far as Its tone Is concerned, by an Amert-
can state executive to delegation OF citi-
zens asking him for school reforms, or an
investigation into the management Of an
institution. 1t has genuinely democratic
ring. And furthermore. the dispatches say
that after the address and the imperial re-
spouse the czar received all the members
of the deputation, shaking hands and say
ing few cordial words of greeting to EACH
He Sighted nobody. not even the radical
Petrunkevitch, who has spent many years
in exile. or Rodichef, noted firebrand: or
Prince Shakoffsky, who is best described
by his sobriquet, the anarchist prince"
Here is food for thought The car has
had many excellent impulses since this war
began and the internal troubles disclosed
the true state of the empire. He has also
had successive evil days, when the old
autocratic spirit of the Romanoffs took pos
session of him and caused him to turn a
blind eye to the signs of imminent disaster
If reports are to be believed the czar Is a
progressive monarch when he Is let alone
and an absolutist when his uncles and cous-
ms and his mother get his ear. Yesterday
must have been one of his good days, with
his reactionary relatives and the bureau
Gratis temporarily eclipsed. But whether
or not they succeed later In reversing his
good intentions, his attitude and words OF
yesterday must have a good effect, in en-
couraging the progressive elements OF the
empire to proceed with their program OF
reform.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-06-20
Noise as a Symbol Of Joy.
From the Brooklyn Eagle.

From the Brooklyn Eagle.
We boast of the reflnements and COM
plexities of modern civilization but in our
uses or noise we are primitive as the
savages who beat tomtoms and blew conch
shells to make a jubilee. Our musical SCI
ence has advanced enormously In century,
but our popular uses Of music are as bar
barrie as the earliest on record. Coney Isl
and Is the great festival spot Of the people
which loves to cali itself the most civilized
on the globe. yet IL the internal regions
ever poured forth a worse din than that to
be heard along Surf avenue when the
steam organs are blarfng In warning keys
and two or three bands from inside the
great show reservations are pouring separ-
ate tunes into the general conflict. II has
at least escaped record. Yet the crowds
wander along through the tumult actively
and demonstratively Joyful. Nine-tenths Of
the daily thousands think that this discord
of brassy sounds helps them to attune
themselves to the holiday mood.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-06-20
The Teachers.

School is closing The long vacation
IS at hand. The pupils are trooping out OF
their class rooms and study halls. eager for
the rest of the Iesson-free summer. Teach
ers are packing up their books and papers
and preparing 10 go forth to seek the we'll
earned relaxation. In few days the schools
will loom big and bare and the process of
education will be at a standstill. A good
work viii have been pushed forward one
more stage.
Looking at this work from the teachers
point of view. II is a ceaseless grind. 1t can
never be finished. Even with promotions
the teacher finally comes 10 the place where
there is no advancement. From year to
year the same subjects are discussed, the
same routine covered with only the faces
changing. The mill grinds a fresh grist
each season: that Is ali. But despite the
Jnonotony of the succession of the years
the work is inspiring to the conscientious
tnstructor-and conscientiousness is the pre-
dominant characteristic OF the teachers
To the teacher whose heart is in the work
the thought must come to encourage that
the tolls OF today tend to the making OF
better men and women on the morrow. The
best teaching is that which goes beyond
TIE routine and seeks to work an influence
upon the individual characters of the pupils
There can be no monotony in such labor
dealing. as It does, with the infinite variety
of human traits. A teacher who takes that
view of the school task will never weary,
and vacation will mean, best of all, a
chance to acquire new strength with which
10 accomplish the work of the season to
: come.
1t is sacrificing assignment this of the
teacher. The pay Is small: few positions in
the great organization of the community's
needs are paid so poorly. The responsible
ties are heavy; the character OF the rising
generation rests to large extent with the
Instructors Of youth. For more than nine
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-06-20
An Ideal Pastime.

How we disdained the simple joys
Life offered US of yore.
Now. when the mercury annoys
Regrets aff1ict us sore.
The blessings of this earthly lot
Seem brighter as they go.
We most esteem what he have not
I'd like to shovel snow.
Golf never tempts my fancy much,
never learned to play.
The finer points / cannot touch
In tennis or croquet
There's just one sport which I'd admire
When earth Is all aglow;
A simple yet vain desire
I'd like to shovel snow.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-06-20
Discouraged.

I'm downright discouraged" said the
man who always looks on the dark side of
life. That's what 1 am; downright dis
couraged."
What's the trouble2''
Every summer that 1 can remember has
produced day that broke all previous rec
ords for heat"
What of it?"
well. figure it out for yourself. Suppose
1t keeps up the pace for five or six years
more?"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-06-20
SHOOTING STARS.
A Cherries Prediction.

do you think that our country will ever
succeed in getting rid of grafters?''
Yes" answered Senator Sorghum. There
will be a time when grafters are unheard
Of But it will be due to the change that
is constantly going on in our vocabulary.
There will be new word that means the
same thing
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-06-20

Mr. Bryan may yet be selected as one Of
the responsible people in some of the great
arbitration movements that are constantly
coming up. He has about convinced the
public that he can refrain from forcing the
subject Of free silver into the conversation.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-06-20

Some of the old-style politicians, in view
of Mr.. Roosevelts determination not to run
again, regard his accumulation of popular
ity as a sheer waste of energy.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-06-20
Shifting the Blame.

"Smithers is one Of those people who
manage to shift the blame whenever any
thing goes wrong
Yes answered Miss Cayenne Il OBJ
serve that he always has to be coaxed to
sing"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-06-20

The old-time effort to comfort people by
telling them they suffering from hui
nudity and not from heat Is being revived
without success
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-06-20

St Louis women will wear birds on their
hats, law or no law. Even a statute must
sometimes recognize the dictates Of fash
ion as supreme.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-06-20

Mr.. Prick will be rated as one of the for
tunate magnates If he succeeds in giving
the G. A. r. LOCO 900 without causing any
comment about tainted money.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-06-20
A Scotch Strain.
From the pittsburg Times.

From the Pittsburg Times.
An Indiana Judge has decided that the
anti-cigarette law Is constitutional, but
that Ii man wants to smoke he can. There
must be Scotch blood In the veins OF this
5urist.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-06-20

The Bulgarian government has bought
1000 plows. The time for Transforming
swords into plowshares has not yet ar
rived
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-06-20

Owing to the immaturity of Japan's civ
ilization Admiral Togos picture has not
yet been used as a cigarette or chewing
gum advertisement
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-06-20

King Oscar must be credited with doing
all that could possibly be expected of him
TO live down the popular prejudice that ex-
fists against monarchs.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-06-20

Mr.. Moody is sometimes convinced that
man who desires peace should stick to the
navy and keep away from the Attorney
Generals office
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-06-20

Mayor Dunno has been commencing the
climate Of Chicago in connection with that
city's invitation to the peace congress Mr.
DUNES imagination is more than Utopian
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-06-20
Peace.

Men speak of peace
In gentle phrase;
They say that 1t
Should rule our ways.
Yet while they talk
In terms polite
They often plan
Another fight.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-06-20

The Equitable is a sad example of the
fact that prosperity and peace do not neces-
sariy go hand In hand.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-06-20

Even If luck should not change, Wash
fngton's ball team will have the consola-
ton Of not being ''never-was."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-06-20

Morocco preserves the placidity BETTING
a country which Is merely the bone of con-
tention and not contender.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-06-20

Pending peace negotiations, Oyama will
have to endure the monotony Of winning
victories as usual.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-06-20
Their Manly Forms.

From the Memphis Commercial Appeal
This is the season OF the year when q
lot OF athletic young men In abbreviated
pajamas are having their pictures printed
in the papers.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-06-20

u In order to avoid delays on account Of
personal absence, letters to THE STAR
should not be addressed to any individual
connected with the ONCE, but simply to
THE STAR, to the Editorial or Bust
ness Departments, according to tenor or
purpose.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-06-20

1t is feared that even Russian peace news
Will develop some regret to report COM
ynunicatio
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-06-20
Alphabetically Stated.

You don't have popular education in this
country
No" answered the Russian. I'VE are
too busy with our I o US to bother about
our A C's."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-06-20
Her Time to Bloom.

From the Atlanta Constitution.
All. the sweet girl graduated
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-06-20
Hechts' Greater Stores
5l3-515-5l7 Seventh st.
Hechts' Greater Stores

Neither weather other
sacrifice pricing
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-06-20
r. Elegant S0.08 Dress Skirts!
S2.08 Buys S. Skirts.

Included in the lot at $29S Fine Quality Skirts
in best Butchers Linen. Natural Linens. Piques.
Duck India Linons. Linen Lawns &C.: &C. gore skirts.
with side pleats and Killed styles; values 81
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-06-20

THE STAR has regular and permanent
Family Circulation much more than the
combined circulation Of the other wash
ington dailies-. As News and Advertise
ing Medium 1t has no competitor.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-12-22

The sugar is all made from cane. there
being no sugar beets grown.
THE islands are becoming every
year more and more of stopping
place for tourists. The volcano Kill
auea is a great attraction for tourists
who make it a point to stop off when
going to and from the orient.
81 would not advise any young man
to go to the Islands with the intention
Of going into the farming business.
The seasons there are very unsettled
and farming is not n success. When
it rains It rains heavily, but for nine
months out of the year there is no
rain at all. We are carrying on ex-
periments now to determine what are
the crops and the kind of grain best
adapted to the country
81 will take a small amount of
wheat back with me and try II and IL
it is successful we will import a
quantity from the states and grow 1t
in the islands. / understand that
macaroni wheat has been a good pro-
ducer when sown In the arid lands in
the Mckee. If 1t will grow there 1
should think 1t would do so in the
islands. I am told that the wheat
goes 40 bushels to the acre in the
Mckee arid lands"
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-12-22
TRUST CANNOT RULE
SUGAR BEET GROWERS
cept the Trusts Dictates They Feed
Effort of the Trust to Force the Price
Down Meets With Bitter Opposition
-Before Colorado Growers VIII Ac-
cept the Trusts Dictates They Feed
Their Beets to Cattle.

Unless the sugar trust shows a will
lingness to be fairer to the farmers Of
the state 1t may have difficulty in
supplying its factories with raw ma
terial, says the Denver Post State
Senator w. A. Drake, a delegate to the
Colorado Sugar Beet Growers assocl-
alton, which is holding its convention
at the Chamber OF Commerce, says
that he will feed his sugar beets to
his stock unless the sugar trust is will
ling TO pay at least 50 a ton, flat rate.
Cattle fed on sugar beets gain
three pounds a day." said Senator
Drake. when such results can be
obtained, and they cannot be obtained
with any other food there is no use
selling our beets for less than SIS a
ton. We can make at least $5 a ton
on the beets by selling them in beef"
Wants Beets Grown at $3.50 n Ton.
The sugar trust is working to lower
the price of beets to $3.50 a ton. The
trust will save $4,000 annually II
1t can force the price of beets so cents
lower, This is the golden egg the
sugar trust is trying to get possession
of by crying for the maintenance of
the tariff on sugar from Cuba and the
Philippines.
The second and perhaps last day
session Of the beet growers of the
state was a lively one. Most of the
work devolved upon committees. The
committee on nominations and the
committee on new contracts" were
the busiest.
The nomination committee agreed
to recommend the selection of a man
from the northern part OF the state
as president in place of william B.
Ebbert, of Rocky Ford, the acting
president, The committe found much
good timber for the office, but 1t was
said this morning that II would go to
either State Senator w. A. Drake. or
j. S. McClelland, both of Fort Collins.
r. Q, Tenny, of Fort Collins, will in all
probability be elected secretary of the
permanent organization.
The contracts" committee ran
against some snass. A majority ia
vored flat rate OF IS a ton for heets,
regardless OF the quantity of sugar in
them. Some OF the committee want.
ed more than IS. One Of tho diff
cultes met with 1, that many OF the
farmers in the Arkansas valley have
contracts extending until 1910. and II
viii he impossible to break them un.
less the sugar factories consent.
The contracts call for q percentage
basis in the payment for the oeets,
and for that reason flat rate could