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Tuskegee.

In the Montgomery, Ala, Journal
BOOKER T. WASHINGTON answers the
question: What becomes Of the students
who attend the Tuskegee Normal and
Industrial Institute? By way OF illus
tration Principal WASHINGTON gives
a directory OF Tuskegee graduates in
Montgomery county, stating the en-
ployment Of each. The list contains the
names of about ninety men and forty
women, and the most numerously repre-
sented occupations are, among the
men, carpentry, with twenty-five; farm
ers, fifteen; blscksmiths and wheel
wrights, nine; brick masons, eight. or
the women twenty-four are house
keepers, eight are teachers and five are
nurses. Other occupations with scat
tering representation of from one to
three or four cover a wide range
BARRIERS and bookkeepers, masons and
ministers, mechanics and artisans of
every sub-species known to the COM
prehensive directory of unionisnl. II
candid, as we believe il TO be, it fully
bears out the remarkable assertion of the
Tuskegee principal. made in q note that
accompanies his list, that he cannot
find a single case of a man or woman
who has received a diploma from the
Tuskegee institute who has been con-
victed Of crime in any court"
This note from the head of the Tuske-
gee school affords more clear light on the
circumstances under which Tlskegee's
work is done than anything we have
seen about the work of the institute
The utmost that this and similar schools
can do is but a contribution Of A. a.single
drop TO the filling Of the bucket of the
South's needs. The great obstacle that
had to be surmounted was the prejudice
of the negro people against sending their
children TO be educated for lives of Use
full labor. This obstacle has been sur
mounted, and to-day Tuskegees turning
out men and women who serve their race
as leaders and teachers. The demand
for trained negro labor in Alabama far
exceeds the supply. Every TIskegee
graduate is trained to regard himself
"a a little 1uskegee, and the result is
extension" work in a very practical
and effective form. The propagation Of
the Tuskegee idea and influence is pro-
ceedinG at a wonderful rate; and the
principal shows that there are wider
fields Of usefulness for his pupils con-
stantly opening to view.
No section of the country has more
interesting problems 70 solve than those
that to-day confront the New South; and
the schools for negroes. with Tuskegee
as the Leading exponent Of their methods
and results, are a more potent factor in
the finding Of r than is commonly real
lied. They are not fighting as those
that beat the air but are making every
blow tell
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japanese Rule In Corea.


The CoIeans themselves. from the Emperor
downws,d. have not the slightest voice IN ther
own police Affairs. There Is reason 10 believe ths'
Mr.. Maruyama although employed and paid ~
the Corean Government. takes orders from non.
but Marquis Ito. Mr.. Maryama's men frequently
make arrests OF Toreans who in any way mpnacs
the success OF bIJndus T,o's plans and The polio.
who are now "upholding tb. dignity OF the Imperial
house OF Corea" by keeping the Emperors frsnt
from him belong TO the same force
These men are paid three times TIE salaries whea
they would receive In Japan; some have horses snd
= number ride bicycles. Their dulles are lEht and
simple aud for ell legitimate work Coreans would b'
equally efiaclent Only Coreans could probably not
be prevailed upon IN do such dirty work aS U%
done when all but japanese sycophsntS were dryeS
from the palace and the Emperor made prisoner,
As indicative OF the light in which n" pol'"'
adviser" regards hts responsibilities aud dI'i-s
may point out that the very day VIXEN
Mr. VI Keun TAX lost his position as MnIst'r frT
War he also lost the bodykuard of police Win wi'h
he had been provided.
His enemies are not satisfied and bis ne Is m
safer than II was while he was In ornr~. hn' ne
Japanese have done with him and sre now arpaT'
entity indifferent a. 10 what happens 10 hin
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modest factor. at least a significant Incl
dent Of our national growth and pros
r.ariA.. y
The Danger OF San Francisco.

California seems TO be between the
devil and the deep sea: the deep sea OF
dubious constitutional construction and
the devil of union labor tyranny. The
mass meeting at San Francisco on
Sunday to consider the Japanese school
question adopted resolutions asserting
California's rights under the Constitu-
ton, asssiling Secretary METCALF as
traitor to his adopted State, and resent
ing the Presidents menace Of coercion.
The resolutions contained this declara-
ton:
We deplore the tenor OF President RoosEvnT's
message as misleading in It's statements of fact,
unwarranted In Its infereDoes and conclusions
and unworthy the dignity of the high once whence
II emanates,"
Any gathering of earnest American
citizens might have thus delivered them
selves without heat or prejudice, con-
sidering the local irritation. From the
point Of view Of the school teachers. for
instance, there was sufficient reason for
such comment upon the Presidents
attitude and his vigorous and aggressive
Of the Japanese. But the adopters OF
the resolutions we're not school teachers.
A report Of the meeting says that 90 per
cent. Of them were members Of the ar
rogant and militant labor unions of San
Francisco. The presiding officer was
o. V. TvEITMoE, a Norwegian, who is
president of the Japanese and Corean
Exclusion League, and who started the
ball rolling by the graphic racial scnti-
ment that the issue of marriages between
the Japanese and Americans would be
"a nation of gaspipe thugs and human
hyenas." From other speeches of the
evening we take the following utter
ances as rejecting the temper of this
meeting;
II We must have war we will see 10 It that We
bear ourselves well. When the smoke Is cleared
away the white mans nag win foat triumphant
the neld"
"If the AsIstics try our patience too much there
will he violence"
California and the States wcSt Of the Rockies
alone could whip Japan into Jelly"
The authors Of these defances were
IOL ODrtuIc Dut pItNiNtliJS VI
unions and influential labor leaders, and
the mass meeting roared its approval.
EUGENE SCHMITz. the indicted Mayor,
who officially recognized the meeting
by being present and making a speech
in which he said that tho japanese had
all the vices md more OF the virtues of
the Chinese, wac the lion Of the evening
II was the very LAST place where the
Mayor Of San Francisco should have
been in the present diplomatic crisis,
and for two reasons: the japanese press
will connect him officially with the out
bursts of race hatred; and as Mayor he
may be called upon 10 use the police
power TO protect the objects of that race
hatred in San Francisco As SCHMITz
is the product Of the labor unions which
are carrying things with such a high
hand he would not be expected by them
to give the Asiatics square deal, and
there would be precipitated n situation
not in the least related to the legal ques-
ton Of the right of the Japanese to re-
ceive instruction in the public schools.
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II was a great Christmas Day for HICKS
of Bakersfield. Snatched from the bowels
of tle earth. and in possession of all the
plug tobacco and whis!sey that were good
for him, he spent his time between drinks
opening kilograms from producers Of the
popular drama. Rumor, perhaps with her
tongue In her cheek, announces that pay
envelope of 81 900 a week. wus offered the
rescued miner by rivals for his services in
the legitimate. HICKS now has the ball at
his feet until he ceases to be a curiosity.
He may appear in the dynamite drama as
the hero Of Buried Alive or do a turn in
vaudeville or he a mere freak in a circus
booth. He will certainly be modelled in
wax And HICKS when obscure used to
be happy on two dollars day! Fate has
played HICKS an amazing trick, and II
he keeps the head which he has saved he
will be a phenomenon.
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FyOn tss London Time,

The explanation Of the explosion m ThIvsi"
evening At the Upper Forest steel worss Morris
ton, GamorganshIre Is found In the practice - tssa
the furnscss with one third OF pig -ol. ore 'hl-1
~ heavy &C zap ion and one third NJ rCi' 'c'a7
iron. Most Of the scrap Is purchased fror ~,
Gosernnsent dOckyards and consists largely Q,
shetls. These sieils are supposed 20 h' "mTeel
by the dockyard authorities. but u s asserted y"
Ia the present case one OF the shells must ha',
been loaded. Tor when L. was cast into fhr hei,'o
furnass great explosion at once toON rac' ln'
molten metal, the bIictwork OF the furnace anG
the roof were blown In all directions and s'K men
were lnjured. ywo OF them seriously rr'vi'.s
explosion Of q similar character occur 80 a. 'a'
same works eighteen months ago.
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Naturally. New York will regret the in
convenience to which Mr.. CLARK, the Mon
tlna Senator was subjected a day or two
ago. The refusal Of the somewhat over
alert janitor to admit Nh CLARK to his own
promises must inevitably afflict every hos
pitable heart. The Senator had a consti-
tutional right 10 enter and inspect. The
innumerable thousands distributed by his
agents with view TO the completion Of the
most wonderful palace in this city Of archi-
tectural enormities entitled him to admis-
sion. He was paying for the carnival-vhy
not permit him to gaze?
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Anticipated Payments.

To TIE EprroR oF TEE SUN--Sir: There Ia a
great deal OF money held IN banks and trust com
panIes for dividend disbursements during January
and February on railroad. Industrial and other
shares In view OF the mt oney strinyency for which
20 a xreat extent these very banks and trust com
panies are responsible. would II not be a great help
n the directors Of those railroads. corpor
ations &C. were 10 follow the good example OF the
directors OF the New YORK. Central and disburse all
january and February dividends at once.
Ifa number OF them made start others would
be obliged TO follow. Thousands Of shareholders
are eagerly waiting for the dividends. as II Is In,
possible TO obtain money. even on the best OF Sc.
curltles, at reasonable rate. Prompt action would
no doubt relieve the money marSet. L.HAAoER.
NEW YORK. December "a.
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To THE EpyToR or THR SUN-.Sir: ! have read
with Interest Mr. Rsheman's letter 10 you in yes
terday's SUN relative TO the ethical culture move
ment For some time ethical culture has been q
subject of study with me. In order to understand
why Christianity has gained ascendency and main
tains II over other cults among CaucasIans.
II seems TO me that the ethical cultursts are but
going over old ground. The sum total Of StolcIsm
and Epicureanlsm AT their best diners virtually
not at all from ethical culture. The former by
the experience of ages proved inefiicient Nothing
better Is to he hoped for from the latter.
Any system or cult bound up solely with man
must ultimately fall Only by admitting possibilities
Of the supernatural and allowing that to become a
conviction can man be nfted above man. Christian
ity may be but cult OF the supernatural yet II
offers many variations to be ada ptabe 10 every
state Of Intelligence. b. c.
RAHwAT, y. g., December -.
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FROM Gotr Illustrated

FTOT' UWI iHustIated
The late sir Robert Anstruther. NJ. P and J,m,.
Anderson three times champiouI were playing IN,
late Mr.. Bethune OF Blebo. nne Fifeshlre landed
proprietor. who tarmed his own ground Mr.. Beth
wss getting q third and was making such
headway that he was SIX holes up az the turn This
did not suit jamie Anderson at all. especisny as
ne had siK balls on the match He said 70 his mart,
Wen have to stick In. Sir Robert" sir Robert
Anstruther replied: AN right. jamie. III start M
Bethune on the law OF Hypothec"-a subject an
which, as the baronet well knew. Mr.. Beshune held
very strong opinions Mr.. Bethune became 80 reused
and waxed 80 elcduenuy Indignant that he Ioss ho,
after hole ana jamie and his partner managed "a
halVe the match. ......
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North Caroline w.nasr.

From ne WRkes0Or0 ChY0nfele
Mr.. Tom Pennei was down In Antioch I.s, x..L
and stayed over night with Mr.. Moses Armstrong
He tells us that Mr.. Armstrong hss wordcr,,,i
pet pig. and he saw II himself with broom ,u,.n.
ing out the yard. or course The pig couIdn't a.
as well At sweeping as sone OF his two Irrred
brethren. but II was wonderful TO see how h.rd
the piT worked and what progress he made Mr..
Armstrong says he has . wonderful xander ,oo'
The gander vii climb an sppie tree shs he /. ana
then get down and eat the apples. Mr Pennel ..vs
he did not see the gander bat after seeing the Dir
sweep he believed anything Mr.. Armstrong toid Mn
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Didn't Know Mr.. Mudd.


From the W6shtngsor Post.
A long lank. loosely built stranger strollcd into
the lobby OF the National yesterday. After looking
around he walked up 90 the desk.
is Mr. Mudd IN" he asked the clerk
"Ar Mudd, Not acquainted VITA the rentI.
man"
"Do understand you to say you don't know
sydney Mudds"
No VINO In he'T
This was too much for the stranger. He regarded
the clerk In silence for moment and then turned
on his heel aud left the hotel.
That man" said the clerk. lives over In Prime.
George county. Nd. Everybody over there knows
Mars. sydney and whenever Q person saws h.
doesn't know him ~ makes the loyal Ma-ylsnd.r
mad
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Universal Suffrage Granted in Austria

NOiNtTSdl EuNTbGeO eOTtnteu IN EAuStTAd.
On December 81 the upper house Of
the Austrian, or Cisleithan, Reichsrath
accepted without amendment the bill
establishing universal suffrage, which
previously had been passed by the House
Of Representatives. For time the
members of the upper chamber had
shown themselves disposed to make a
stand in favor of plural voting, but ulti-
mstely they succumbed to the fear of
being swamped by wholesale creation
of new peers Ny this measure, which
will be signed by the Emperor FRANCIS
JOSEPH after the holidays, the parlia-
mentary franchise is conferred on every
male Austrian twenty-four years old who
has been domiciled in a constituency for
at least year. and every one who has
been possessed of Austrian citizenship
for at least three years will be eligible
60 the lower house.
The adoption of universal suffrage in
Austria puts an end to one Of the most
complex electoral systems that have ever
existed. Since 1873 the conditions under
which the franchise has been exercised
have been based upon the principle ex-
emplifed in the three estates of the old
States-General of France. that the diff
ferent interests Of the community ought
20 be represented. As general rule, to
which there we're some exceptions. the
representatives for each province have
been distributed among FIVE different
classes of voters, namely the great land
owners, the cities, the chambers of
commerce, the rural communes, and the
new general class, created in 1895 with
the vain hope Of appeasing the clamor
for universal suffrage. The provinces
hitherto have been divided into cleo
toral districts for each Of these classes.
Except in the case of the cities and the
chambers of commerce, which were COM
bined in eight Of the smaller provinces,
the different classes have never been
brought together for the election of a
representative, and thus a constituency
has been composed wholly of great land
owners, or Of cities, or of rural villages,
never partly of one and partly OF an
other
We should note, however, that the
voters in the first four classes have not
been excluded from voting also in the
new general class, for which, neverthe-
less, separate districts have been pro-
vided As a rule, each district elects n
single representative. except in the case
of the great landowners, who save in
Bohemia and Galicia vote together for a
whole province and elect all their rep
resentatlves on one ticket This, we re-
peat, is generally true, but occasionally
the cities or chambers Of commerce in
one district would return two members.
and one district Of Vienna re urned four.
Another detail should be marked. namely.
that in the Tyrol and in Bukowina, there
has been distinct electoral class of high
ecclesiastics which chose its represente
tives separately. We observe lastly. that
the seats were so distributed among tie
FIVE classes that eighty-fve members
were elected by the great landowners.
one hundred and eighteen by the cities.
or cities and chambers Of commerce
combined, twenty-one by the chambers
of commerce acting separately, one hum
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Raising the Dust.

To TIE EDITOR or THE SUN--Str: Now We have
ahomIcide from dust raising II iots our cspecI for
the huIna. race that II has scarcsy produced an
employer decent enough 10 have sweeping done in
non working time.
And the women, Who has ever seen q woman
who would open the windows right through and
sweep In draught. F.P.
NEW YoRK December 20
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II our correspondent will look again at
the statement which he regards az erroneous
and will then examine Article V. OF the
Constitution, his mistake will be apparent
to himself. Two methods OF proposing
amendments are provided. BY the first
method two-thirds OF both Houses OF Con-
sress propose. BY the second. on the appli-
cation Of the Legislatures Of two-thirds of
the States. Con sress calls Q constitutional
convention for proposing amendments. Mr..
Meagher confusee the two processes. IL
was with regard 10 the calling OF q oonstitu.
tionsl convention, not with regard to the
original proposing OF amendm ents By Con-
gress. that THE Sun said that the initiative
was not with Con sress, but with the Lesi.
latures Of at least thirty States
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Perhaps In 1870. ''- -
rnodTa fOGics sneer and scon.
The nations WIN aocredis
Ambassadors TO Golf.
Amhs ssacors N Tennis
In We shingtou will tent
And Ministers 70 Football
Credentials VIII prrsent. -....
Cha rEes d'Aaalres Of Baseball
Nni each make stately bow.
While high Envoys % Boxing
win show the nations how.
Ambassadors TO Running
In hlghnown terms will Joan:
And all Will be ioosesd
Az near the court Of SquAsh.
hcLASppuroz wusop.
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woman q County surveyor

Fvpm ne London EssniH0 SfangIrf
Tue Galway county Authorities have 1870 on'sd
Miss Alice Perry VINO holds the degree % aa'aeH
OF engineering, iarerfn county SUIT eyor n 70,
room Of her father. the laie Mr. Jamss Icrr' -
appointment 10 20 be made permanent
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sub.crip iptIons BY Mail. Post paid.

Published by The sun Printing and Publishing
Association At i7O Nassau street in the borough OF
Manhattan. New York
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Ths MaI Of II.

Knicksr--CSiYls are Inconsistent.
Bocker-Yes; they viii stand undera BIT OF nnl,t,.
TOE for ave hours and complain they have 10 nan.
On strap for ave minutes.
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H0O6.
Years Increase I'm Our Exports Av.r,r.1
$1,000. 600 working Day.

ports last month. November, amounted -
sis:. 500. sos. which. though about IS 600 ooo
less than for October. was sl7. 900 900 moy.
than for January, 1905. the then record breaL.
ing month In our commercial history.
The years exports by months. in rour1
milltons are.
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Rsquirements.

,Knioksr-whst are the qualifications OF tiv!'
mat, a..
Boeker-H. should be able 70 bat tennis 'iw
ACROSS the sea
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To TnE EDIroR or TEE suN--lSir: SkIboI
Skiddooi x.
WArEkTosr. ". ". December o.
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a mighty stream OF shoppers
To time and distance lost.
into the stores are 5tTesS.ng
To ind out what IT cost.
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Increase. 1909 over 1905.

Iotai Tor the 81, ,2a4 on oON
Total for 1905 Observation-Disclosures. Oss 0Oo N6o
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CARS CUT OFF A BABY'S FOOT,
Mother Holds Child While 1t is
Caught Fast Under Passing Train.

Milwaukee, Wis. - Mrs. John H.
Bahr dragged her baby daughter, Ell
sic, to the side OF a railroad track
and held the child firmly 10 the
ground while a ponderous engine
snapped off the child's foot. When
rescuers arrived both mother and
child had tainted, one from horror
and the other from pain.
Mrs. .Bahr and her three children
were crossing the maze of st. Paul
tracks when Elsie's foot caught be-
tween the rail and crossing in such
manner it could not be eXtricated or
pulled from the shoe. A. fast freight
train was upon them. Brushing the
other two children to one side. the
mother caught Elsie and dragged her
body to one side, throwing herself
upon the child to hold her down. 1t
was all over in a minute. Then they
took Elsie to a hospital. Her life
had been saved.
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BUSINESS BEYOND ALL BELIEF
Industrial Concerns ciamor Fer
Machinery and Materials.
.I,:0tliiEg in History of RailroadinS 20
Compare With Present Trans
portation Demands.

Chicago, Ill.-There is no way OF
measuring the volume of business
now coming to the Western rail-
roads. Traffic officials say that preca-
dent does not offer parallel condi-
tion with which to compare the pres
ent situation. The roads are prac-
tically swamped with tonnage. and
some officials state that a lull in the
movement of freight would be well
coined
General business in all directions
continues 20 expand as a result of
the bountiful crops. The corn crop
promises to be a bumper one, and
farmers are practically assured of
enormous returns for their grain.
Enough is known TO create a belief
that the country will not realize the
extent of it's prosperity for many
months. Railroad people are empha-
sizing their optimism with rather
sensational orders for cars, rails and
structural material.
Industrial concerns, great and
small, are clamoring for machinery
and material with which to carry
out their plans of expansion, and
manufacturers are pleading for ship
ping facilities with which to market
their products.
The production Of pig iron has
increased and is at the rate Of 25,-
205,000 tons a year, but stocks are
low at the furnaces and consumption
is heavy. Northern furnaces have
sold their outputs FOR this year and
made liberal sales for delivery in the
first quarter of 1907. The steel mills
have in most instance sold their prod
uct for this year, and most of them
are we'll sold up for the first quarter
of next year. The movement Of lum-
Der has grown considerably larger,
and local and contiguous consump-
lion is large.
Low prices for Western bituminous
coal have reduced production in Illi-
nois and Indiana, but the demand is
improving and the trade has health
ier look Cheap excursion rates from
the Southwest and far West brought
in a large number of buyers to the
large distributing centres. A salts
factory volume Of. business has re-
suited.
Traffic officials say that it will be
easier to get money to move the
crops with than to, secure cars and
engines with which to haul the grain
to market. They are predicting also
q year Of large earnings, and with
the farmer prosperous, indications
are all in favor Of a good general
business. The dry goods trade has
felt the effects or the improved con-
dtions probably more than any other
line.
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RUSSIAN CRIMES GROW APACE
ST. Petersburg Statistics Show More
Murders Than il 1905.

st. Petersburg, Russia. - Official
statistics show that the increase OF
crime in St. Petersburg since the
beginning of the revolutionary move.
ment has been enormous. The num-
ber of deliberate murders was 400
per cent. more than in the year 1904,
and 200 PER cent. more than the rate
for the first seven months in 1905.
Homicides during quarrels increased
500 per cent. compared with 1904,
and 1900 Pc cent. compared with
1905.
According to the returns issued by
the police department here the reyo-
lutionists throughout Russia during
the last week alone killed 172 gov
ernment officials and seriously
wounded 70. The police also dis
covered 120 bombs, IL illegal secret
printing plants and II depots Of cop
les of suppressed editions Of various
newspapers. The revolutionists fur
cher pillaged thirteen government
spirit depots, and in these operations
killed and wounded twenty-five en-
ployes. There were 276 arrests for
political offences during the week.