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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-03-01
Voice of
the People
To Erect New Plant.

Editor of The Times Dispatch:
Slr,-Our attention has been called TO q
paragraph which appeared In your lsslic
of Friday, February ed, page near
the foot. Of column 5, under the head, "En-
largcd Misunderstanding Plant"
Tile paragraph commences as follows:
The Richmond Foundry and Mantfnctur-
Ing Company. formerly tho Asa Snyder
has secured Quarters out on the
Hermitage Road. etc. etc.
~ first we could not account for tho
mistake; but VIC have since learned thnt
there is n company, recently organized;
which. has adopted a name CThc Richmond
manufacturing Coz almost identical With
ours; and q member Of which company
is named ASA Snyder.
VIII you be so kind as to publish the
followin gcorreCtion:
Never III our existence have we been
IN any way connected with the Asa shy
der Co.. nor with the company OF which
MIR. Assn Snyder Is said to be now u
member. Nor arc we the successors of
either OF these companies.
our company was oganized In Apil, 1902,
bly Messrs. j.. Scott Parrish, J.. Stuart
Reynolds, j. -. Elan, Il. A.. Hocn and
Arthur Scrivenor. We have recently or
gnnized a new company In conjunction
with MI. w j. Anderson and MI. II. G..
Retfnolds, under tho name of the Rich
Foundry and Manufacturing Co.,
Incorporated, and we are about to erect
OF the Virginia Packing Co.
Yours very truly.
TILE RICHMOND FOUNDRY & MAN
uFACTURtNG CO. INC.
BY Arthur Scrivenor, President.
Richmond, Va,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-03-01
Ornament Is but the allded shore
TO a most dangerous sea,
Merchant OF Venice.
The Mortgage Tax in New York.


The New York Herald has been trying
to make the linen at Albany understand
that any tax upon a mortgage is neces-
sarily and distinctly double taxation, and
that while it pretends TO tax the creditor.
1t really taxes the debtor.
"The lender says the Herald. can
inves, his money in other forms or send
i, out of the State. 1t is the lender, not
the borrower. who dictates terms. and
the capitalist will only lend his money
on real estate here at rates enough higher
to Offset the tax"
We have been trying very hard to linz
nrcss these simple facts upon the law
makers Of Virginia. but 1t Is hard TO
move them. Whenever the question Is
ralsel a cry is raised against the "bloated
bondholder,,' and there the matter ends.
TIL man who borrows money on his real
estate pays on the full assessed value OF
the property, but that makes no diff
ference; the mortgage must be taxed
also, for no guilty money-lender must be.
allowed to escape. even II somebody else
does pay his taxes for him. OF course,
the money-lender adds the tax rate to the
interest rate. n the borrower pays III;
hi. he must be taxed, no matter upon
whom the burden falls.
The Herald. in continuing the discussion,
says:
''The law in this way bears particularly
hard upon persons of moderate means,
who invest their savings in real estate.
To begin with, the property Is fully taxed
at its face value If part of this Is raised
nv mortgage and the mortgage Is taxed.
there Is n clear case of double taxation.
and 1t Is paid by borrowers In an in
creased rate of interest and by tenants in
higher rents. Naturally, the effect Is 10
drive capital out Of the State, to restrict
building operations, and put a check to
progress"
That is the argument which The Times
Dispatch has been employing for years,
and many borrowers have protested
against the double tax; but the mortgage
tax remains, and is likely to remain,
through prejudice. But that does not
alter the fact that the whole system is
false. The State has no right TO tax
pne subject more than once in the same
year. What she should do is to have all
real estate within her borders assessed
at its fair market value. and tax it once
upon that basis. But when that is done.
she has no right to tax any debt which
may stand against any parcel of real
estate. Double taxation is an aboniina.
ton. 1t cannot he justified and it ought
not 10 be tolerated. Every such act on
the part of the State breeds discomfort
and encourages tax lodging.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-03-01
MAY BE MR.. JAMES.
Former Danville Senator Men
toned For Fisheries Board.

Changes come now and then on the
political chess-boards before the final
plays are made, and it is believed. ut
this time. that the following gentlemen
will constitute the new Board of F'ishe-
ries. shortly to be named by Governor
Swanson:
Chairman. Mr.. Mcdonald Lee. of San
vester: secretary, Honorable S. Wilkins
Mathews. of Accomac: Honorable r.
A.. James. Danville. Senator George B.
Keezell, of Rockingham, and former
Senator Bland Massie, of Nelson.
The name of Mr.. James was only men
toned yesterday. He is Il close friend
of the Governor; editor and owner of the
Danville Register and a former State
senator. DIR. Moore. of Northampton, be-
tween whom. and Mr.. Mathews. there
was a warm fight for secretary. will,
1t is understood. take n place on Cover
nor S%wanson's staff. as surgcon-general
with the rank OF, Colonel. There lis a bill
pending in the Senate. which has already
passed the House, providing that the
chairman shall name the secretary. sub
ject to confirmation by the board.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-03-01
Merely Joking.

Just tho Thins.-"Well," said the
chronic office-seeker. my friend Bigby
has been elected Governor Yes
said Smartley. Yes. he's got there.
Now. i want to send him some flowers.
What kin would you suggest?' Forget
me-nota. "-Philadelphia Press.
eoth.-Jim: E"ITow did you fall in love
with her? Is she pretty or is she rich?"
Jack: Both. She's pretty slch."-Pitts-
burg Gazette.
VaIuabIe.-Black: Are there any val
liable heirlooms IA our family" White:
Yes; two grent-uncles and a grand
aunt. They're all rich."-Detroit Free
Press.
Exposing the senator.-"A little knowl-
edge is 81 dangerous thing said the man
who quotes. Yes" answered Senator
Sorghum, Especially when it's something
that n queer publisher happens to know
about you.''-washington Star.
Too Much.-''It,s Impossible to have too
much OF a good thing, !. said the thought
full thinker. "Oh. / don't know" rejoined
the contrary person. "MatrImoniy is n
good thing. but what the law does to a
bigamist is plenty."-Chicago News.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-03-01
The Injury Of Lawlessness.

The Birmingham News agrees with The
Times-Dispatch that lynching does not
prevent crime. but tends to increase
crime by rallying the lawless element
and creating contempt of law. 1t ako
ngrees with us that frequent 1ynctines
in the South have retarded Southern
progress. I.
ut is true" says our contemporary.
"the South has made remarkable indus
trial and commercial development during
the last decade or two. But that was In
spite OF lynchings and other lawlcssncss
The great resources OF the South we're so
inviting that progress necessarily fol-
however, that progress would have been
even greater
But that. says the News, in .conclu-
sion. us the mcrcenary side OF the propo-
sition. There is a more far-reaching
s!de-the moral side-in which is involved
the proposition OF a higher civillzatlon
Lynching not only fails to stop crime,
but 1t encourages and increases crime.
thereby lowering standards OF civilization
and blocking progress in higher citizen-
ship. while to a large extent retari'ng
material advancement. 1t will lie a great
day for the South when ali It's citizens
realize this"
The best element of the Southern neople
do realize It, and are taking a manly
stand against lynching. The press OF the
- -
South Is well-nigh unanimous In oprosi-
ton to 1t. Almost every paper Of any re-
spectability holds the views expressed by
the Birmingham News, and the press is
fairly representative of public sentiment.
Recently there was a lynching in Eto~a
county, Alabama, whereupon the lar as
ISOLATION of the county met and adopted
resolutions to the effect that the lynch
ing was nothing less thna murde- In les
vilest form and was destructive of all
law and order, as we'll rs OF the great
and saving principles of Christianity"
and it urged all "law-abiding citizens Of
the county to cooperate with The bar as
ISOLATION in q%uenching at once this unlaw-
full and awful spirit OF taking .he life of
a human being without II trial under the
forms of law"
The better sentiment is growing strong
err each year, and by and by 1t will pre-
vail. 1t must prevail. or the mob will
rule. There can be no middle ground.
However, let it be remarked, in con-
%clusion, that this sort of lawlessness is
not peculiar to the South, as the news
from Springfield. Ohio. %abundantly les
titles.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-03-01
Kentucky''s Geological Survey.

Two years ago tho Legislature OF Ken
lucky re-established the State geological
survey. Under the former law, we learn
from the Courier-Journal, its invcstiga-
ton was made by counties or districts.
which involved the study of all the forma-
lions as matter of geological detail,
without special reference to. their econo-
mic or commercial value. Under the
present law the investigation is made
with regard to subjects, as, for Instance,
by study and report OF oil and gas areas,
zinc, lead or fllor spar deposits and
other specific substances desirable for
development.
Under the former survey the State had
been thoroughly explored and It's gcologi-
cal structure accurately defined and
mapped SO Az 10 show the extent OF
ccal fields and the deposits Of other
minerals. The. present system Is in the
natural order OF progress toward the
more thorough exhibit of geological WORK
Of Kentucky. The reports Of Professor
G, j. Norwood, director of the survey
says the Courier journal, shows. that
much valuable information has been oh,
tanned in regard TO many important sub.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-03-01
DAY N HISTORY
March LIST.


5os 3. c.-valcrius Publicola pronounced
q funeral Grafton over the body Of
Jlfnius Brut,is, which was The first
institution of hat generous tribute
to the memory of the vlrtrous dead.
1oo+Prfnting introduced again into Mos
had been used there, but the burning
OF the city by the Poles suspended It.
1689--The odiousl hearthstonc tax ordered
to be taken off by William, Prince of
Orange.
17'1nThe Spectator. q daily critical. ga.
conduct OF Addison end Steele. prln-
cipally, with tho assistance Of some
or the master spirits Of the day, and
had a reputation which has never
Of the kind.
1aos-William Hull appointed the first
Governor OF Michigan.
1St4-Trenty OF Chaumont, between Aus
tria, RUSSIA, Prussia and Great Brit
1sf5-Bonnparte landed at FTejus, in
France. from Elba, and resumed the
imperial crown.
183o-The first one-cent daily newspaper
IN the United States issued In Phil
1se5-Tiie s6oo,Ooo, 900 loan bill passed
h e United States Senate.
f975-The House adopted the so-callcd
Louisiana compromise" resolution.
ts85-General Butler had broken through
the lines OF the Mahdi's troops that
had surrounded him., and reached
Korti.
1se4-Bland seigniorage bill, providing
for the coinage of silver. passed In
the House by n vote OF l67 to 100.
,1es5-A warship' sent to Honduras to en-
force the punishment OF the murder
ers OF Charles w. Rcnton, an Amer
lean planter.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-03-01
Settling Accounts.

We have fesceatiy real with interest a
communication in one of mir exchanges
on the subject Of collecting had derts.
In which the writer says I'm, a dishonest
debtor should not be protected by . law
and that there should be shown no con-
alteration for his .eelings.' Ting cese,
Is cited of a man who had failed to pay
for his wedding suit. such a man."
saws the writer, WAS not only acting
in bad faith with his taiior. Int also with
the woman he married, for what right
has a mar to marry VINO is not even able
TO pay for his wedding clothcs?"
''There are thousands of people in this
city he goes on, who are cnleavoring
10 escape honest debts a. the expense
of tradeswen and relatives and friends
upon whom they have TO moral claim
whatever. II Is certainly cxaspcrating
expense of your hard-ea-ned money, en-
Toying things you do not :eel able to
afford yourself, Why the law protects
this class OF people seems strange.
"Florists. %tailors, cab companies. hatters,
shoe sellers and even poor washwomen
are the victims of this thieYish set, and
are shrewdly led into supplying them
oftentimes at great denial and hardship.
This class of debtors, who know full
well that they have no prospect of pay
ing for Injuries when they buy them,
should be held up TO the ridicule of pub
lie sentiment in the hercest manner. The
man or woman who lies TO steal is doubly
a thief, and that is what this dishonesty
veneered with responsibility means"
The uan who deliberately contracts a
debt which he knows he will never pay
is worse than an ordinary thief, for. in
addition 10 The theft, he commits \
breach Of confidence. and no consideration
should be shown him But we Introduce
the subject by way Of giving \ word 81
gentle reminder 10 those who are hones,
but careless. about settling their accaun,s
Th-sa are many good men ana wo,jen II
f5tohmond whose honesty coulI not Ii,
questioned, who are able and wiling am
who intend to pay every Just aebt whicl
riley owe, but who make the eolleete
wait on their convenience The eollccto
calls with his monthly bill, ana beeaus
they are busy at the time. Or beeatiy
they have other Immediate needs for m
cash In hank. or for some other eSc1.,
they turn him AVA and tell him 10 On
Again. and may make him call TWO q
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-03-01
Langley's Flying Machine.

Professor Langley never lost faith In TIM
possibilities Of his machine II ascribed
the failure to the fact that the machine
caught on the track from which 1t was
propelled by a powerful spring. The ma
chine, has since been restored and is now
at the Smithsonian Institution. where
some of the scientists who assisted Pro-
%fessor Langley In his early work have
been at work on 1t and are said TO have
reached n point where they are prepared
to try to fly 1t again.. 1t Is an interesting
coincidence that the subject of flying ma
chimes was discussed In the debate In the
House to-day.
From boyhood DIR. Langley had been
Interested In aerial flight. This subject
he took up seriously in 1889, two years
after coming to the head of the Smithso-
man institution. and in 1891 he puhl!shed
MS Experiments In ~Aerodyanics." fol-
1.-THE Wfnd.''
Both of these papers were based on nu-
the possibility OF mechanical flight. He
began and for several years carried on
The actual construction OF flying machines
based on the principles he Ind developed
from studying the soaring OF birds, until
ne attained a practical success. In 1896,
Tor the first time, 1t is believed, in his
tory his aerodromes, wholly without gas
or any supporting power but their steam
ngine made several free flights of over
n half-mile each. Thesa have since been
repeated. thus demonstrating by actual
experiment that n body nearly one thou
sand times heavier than the air 1t dis
places cab be driven through It and sus-
tanned by it.-New York Tribune.
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three times before they finally settle. Yet
IL tho collector should give any sign or
protest, they would become greatly Of
Tended and tell him that "hc would not
be troubled with any more bills on their
account
That is not exactly dishonest, but It is
unfair. Collections in Richmond nre
usually by tile month, and when n bill is
contracted 1t Is with the taclt Under
standing that settlement will be made
within thirty days. Therefore, unless
there is an agreement to the contrary,
every person who runs a store account
should make 1t n point to provide money
for pay day. When the account is due
the money belongs to the merchant. and
the debtor has no moral RICH. TO keep
him waiting, except by AGREEMENT.
There is another side TO tho question.
The mar who makes 1t a point to pay his
bills promptly may count on getting the
best service and the lowest price. There
is always brisk competition for his trade.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-03-01
Obedience in School.

an educational page In each Sundays edi-
tion OF that papar4 and 1t Is devoted 70 u
discussion OF the subject Of education.
always readable and profitable. The cur
rent Issue contains some. food for thought
for the teachers In h state. on the sub
ject Of obedience. The Timcs-Dlspatch In
commenting on this. says.
''If our schools do not teach the lesson.
OF obedience aud instill the spirit OF ohe-
disnce IN the pupils. our school system
complish In the way OF mental instruction.
Obedience is the foundation stone of char
acter. of society and of government 1T
that no man Is nj to he q commander until
he has learned to obey, 1t lis the spirit
q obedience that makes government pos,
unless there Is willing submission. no
system OF law can be enforced,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-03-01

| tects especially regarding the extent OF
oil and gas area. Under the direction
OF the survey the stratification of all
the oil fields has been defined and the
borlngs OF wells accurately tabulated, so
that there Is no excuse for borlng III
localities promising no returns. Other re-
ports relate to the study made by the sur
vey Of zinc and lead deposits Of the State,
resulting In the discovery of large de-
posts In eight or ten counties more ex-
tenslve In area than the celebrated Jiplin
District In Missouri.
Still another important work was lone
III conjunction with the United States
Geological survey In giving the correct
Topography of a large portion OF Eastern
Kentucky, with the streams, roads, resi-.
dences and other local features noted.
and tho exact location OF the county by
contours. This work has now been re-
s,imcd and 5l7 miles of new area have
been surveyed. For this work Kentucky
has made an appropriation Of SIS, 1000, and
the Courier-Journal thinks that the
money has been we'll expended.
1t is strange that Virginia gives so little
attention to this subject. There has been
no geological survey in this State In
more than fifty years There never was
a complete survey, ana we have no ac-
CITRATE knowledge OF our mineral deposits.
We sincerely hope that the General As
sembly Will make q small appropriation
10 pesln this work at the earliest mo-
ment. Money thus expended will not by
any manner of means be thrown away,
but will be as a flrst-class Investment
and Will yield the State rich returns.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-03-01
THE MARSHALL HOME
NOT TO Be BOUGHT
Finance Committee Turns Down
the Request of the School
Board.

AT n late hour Tuesday night, thu
Council Committee on Finance. after
having practically disposed OF the budget,
took up the request or the School Board
that provision be made for the purchase
Of the old John Marshall homestead and
other Marshall Street property for the
use of the new higib school.
The subject was discussed IN all lis
not to include the purchase price In the
budget, but TO recommend to the council
that the property be not purchased and
the School Board instructed to proceed
with the building OF the high school with
the Clay street frontage as heretofore
agreed upon.
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trouble In the country Is lack of interest.
VIII could do more towards arousing
and stimulating tho people than the men
who have actual control OF our schools?
Then let's fix these men so that their
interest and personal influence may be
Justly expected. 1t would mean a grofit
uplift to the cause OF rural education to
make the trustees feel that they are
not making n personal sacrifice In scrv-
ing the people. Men OF this stamp do
not want a salary. they merely want
enough money to hire a man to con-
duct their private business when they
are absent upon school work.
II my argument liz correct, let every
man who has the interest of rural cdu-
cation at heart do what he can to influ-
ence our present Legislature to raise
the salary of Our school trustees to Mt
lenst 800 n year. These officers are paid
from the district funds, therefore an in
crease of their salary would not affect
either the county or the State school
funds. 1t would mean only $50 Increased
expense annually In each Tfstrict.
Here / would also suEIsart that the
method of paying the dist clerks be
changed from 81 per school to a stipu-
lated salary-say. s35 per annum This
change would place the personal interest
of the clerk In harmony with the ac-
copied policy of consolidation, and can
eel the premium which the State now
pays him for every new school he opens.
The Times-D Dispatch would contribute
to the cause of education by publishing
section 1855 of the Seth chapter OF the
Code. relating to the powers and duties
OF district boards 8: school trustees"
Many are not acquainted with the duties
of these officials. and would be interest
ed to read them.
I am not a trustee nor am ! related
to one.
c. w. DICKINSON. JR.
Cartersville. Va.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-03-01
Pay the School Trustees.

Editor Of The Times Dispatch:
Sir,-Among the many needs for the
advancement of rural education there Is
one which I consider OF paramount i'm
portancc which has not been touched
upon: That Of paying our school trustees.
The annual salary OF a school trustee.
other than clerk. is S.. Some claim that
done. In some instances this Is true,
In many 1t Is not. In all 1t ought not
to be.
M district school boards have prac-
tically absolute control OF all school
funds. including employment of teachers,
building and improving school houses,
furnishing books to INDECENT children.
etc. For positions OF this kind we want
men who are making a success In pri-
vate business. 1t lie natural and right
that such men should consider their pri-
vate business before they do public well
fare. Must we censure them If they re-
fuse to accept positions as trustees when
1T means a pecunlary loss for them to
accept? Do we want the mar for school
trustee who would be nduced to accept
the position on account of the IS he
would receive once n year? We might
we'll consider these questions.
For Illustration, the writer has In mind
two trustees who are now serving at
an actual loss OF ABOUT ~ Il nay, lot
every day engaged upon school work.
That means that these two men are at
least 50 better off every time they can
do away with a meeting of the board.
The chairman Is the only Individual
member OF the board who can call a
meeting. and 1t is manifestly against
his interest to do so.' Hence the man
agement OF the schools is left entirely
to the clerk or to the personal sacrifice
of these two men. 1t would be helpful
for the trustees to visit the schools, but
can we expect 1t OF them?
1t. is generally conceded that our main
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-03-01
Counsel to Receive Budget.

In response to a request signded by
Councilmen Pollard, Elicit. Lea, Spence
and Pollock. President Robert Il. Peters
yesterday called u special meeting of
the Common Council for tomorrow night
ut S o'clock, to receive the budget for
1896 from the Finance Committee un-
der the new Constitution, the council!
cannot take action on the budget until
1t has laid on the table at least three
The document will therefore sim.
ply be received and laid on the table until
Monday night. The council will not be
in session tomorrow night over ten
minutes.