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New-York tribune., 1906-11-18

FP9a we Fs eGPRed to S 9Ts 9t5 the sof5I5 s
60 -Eo eeI9LS- GO %
twenty-nine additional examiners, but. Of course.
they all green men, so far as our work IS con-
cered. with less ability than those who passed
the harder examinations, and while We are training
them the work IS running steadily behind" -
And when you have trained them they are likely
Certainly they are If the good times continue
and Congress does not authorize Us TO pay larger
rs any special effort being made to catch up with
YES as A whole we are making effort We
are working all the examiners half an hour extra
each aa4y +l Law 70 DO so Then some Of
the examiners. the more aInoltiols mem are "o1
tf6n we sincerely appreciate their working extra
time I'm OF mn that as soon as outsiders and out who
ne men are who work that way they will begin 10
yica so that ii is almost as broad as 1t is long
''Of the work OF the 5 Eseeerg I'm 6 Ieans
19 hounds during these prosperous times. and 70
look ,2ody ahsa@ IS bg no. congress can help US
Mr. Moore, IS 4 true as Le ~ aLLs-'
that The Patent Office pays profit TO the govern
% This believe the t only STanGa OF ea6s e6s
goyeTi,gtt @ ta~ia surplus Last year the net profit
Of this once, SEA COO The accumulated surplus
which tas Qftiee 4a 69o do0 Of course that fact
}Js ~ attorneys and others VINO 90 business Y
;+h mis- offce ali the more impatient OF oeiays st
VIII VII -, hat they pay their way ana pr9Hl
eezes and they feel that they are entitled 10 HsI
grade 1 sTT5g T6 in contemplating any additional qna steps
90 b-na he work OF the cfce up 20 iTi IN 5o o7,-
.Onv what I have outlined. We ti, W. etc az and aa
hest IN TIE way OF working overtime iii eo, 90 net before
80 as Congress couvenes Mr AIleh ~ ME E+Ia hone
soon Tittees and state the facts win ne Ho ag
ne .,e Congress viii appreciate our netad 70 The
ne Inconvenience which is being o,ro2sion as viii
/ I-.t,ja ms to catch up entirely "lli-4l4 1 A0
,,5+bin six months, at least. -. .,0 o,ar,caI work
IT Is cl,itg, tttia-i"r # the issue Of patents etc.
/ are rlI behind as Wen --oo,tcayy the rea-
sons nay La1 ad better paid men, in every & - -
! en- en- and until we get them we VIII '0H--A
/ IL, IL, behind do the best we can
New-York tribune., 1906-11-18

of re records has rot been made; yet the price of
ne patent has been paid by the inventor There is
urgent need that the standard OF work OF exaIltn-
ing patent applications IN Washington be raised
and thai the compensation for such work Of exam
;na1on shsL be commensurate A United States
pe;enr ought 10 stand for all that IL irnplies-a
guarantee OF protection By the United States gov
ernDert
Delays n action upon patent applications ham
per industries that otherwise might be set in mo-
tion. therefore business suffers. and the matter
IA one that concerns the entire country. Mucn
MONEY IS awaiting investment and immediate dis
ut5ut-on upon notice of patent issues, for many
lines q business are based uDOn the action Of the
United States Patent Of9ce-
"Cne q our members who has recently been in
vestigatnE conditions al the United States Patent
OEce was told by one OF the chief examiners that
he Office was thirty thousand applications behind
n rs worL
How can you dispose Of these cases?' was
asked
We shall pass them over rapidly, throwing out
great many so as TO reduce the list as fast as
possible
Why are NOT more examiners er2ployed|
We have not the money TO Do so; although
there S. plenty IN the patent fund
Does not the patent department pay the gov
eminent veII7
par:mer- Bur when the Commissioner Of Patents
applies fer Al appropriation q s5O00 900 he gets
only $4,000
the patent Office IS nor receiving justice from the
lEV-Take-s of the country 7 could that the
patent department needs The application Of modern
business Methods
New-York tribune., 1906-11-18
HIS FATHER.

And YOUR father" I asked.
He was a cotton planter. with 1SOO acres
Of land and about fifty slaves. AT his death
was two years old-rny mother took up his
family and business burdens. I was the young
est Of nine living children. and two were dead
She added 10 her real and chattel property
until she had several plantations, some 3,ooo
acres of land in ALL and a hundred slaves The
average value OF slaves. old ana young men
and women was I should say, S1ooO
INV brother, a brilliant man. never could go
to an auction without buying a field hand or
+yo. In fact. he speculated in them, getting
them near our home and taking them to Texas
and Louisiana Being a young Fellow and
having Just started out for himself. his credit
,vas not established, and my mother lndorsed
his notes. So she came to owe s-o.oO'' saves
be,ne rather a drug in the market at that time,
era 7 WAS taken from school that I might help
her rode about the country for year. pay
,re bills and cancelung notes Ihrough her
business genius and my activity we reduced
her indebtedness to $4,000
.eyJThere did you go TO schooIT
NV first teacher was Anna arthur sister of
C-haSr.r A Arthur, who became PRESIDENT or the
ITr1tad States. When was thirteen years OLD
mas sent thirty miles away 10 beLl@Ily Actd-
~ TO George Cialphtn, loca! teacheT OF nne
tiii+v and wide renoWn. I boarded with an old
+aarber who was very poor. dldHt want 10
t,Irt his feelings by quitting his mouse or telling
IT., the truth, but 7 didn't get enough 10 eat
NJ luncheon was a muffin ana ootue or
sorghum molasses thought " Ins naIns'
New-York tribune., 1906-11-18
HOW "BEN'' TILLMAN LOST AN EYE.

ant These facts should BE set forth sScoTtiHs % TO
me sys{g OF haSgre, n9e ~ aoa2 oI a. s SshS
crabs and trees-iu a chaotic mass
and definitions from his own book, not rrorn the
lips Of a tired and overburdened teacher; The
available objects or natural history should sup
plement this work; but The mice and beetles and
red schOolhoUse should not pc set before the
pupil the leading representatives and exponenIs
The more the nature study teachers OF America
81 strive 70 isn9re t1s system & q a7 an s5s 70
the more viii they grope n darkness, tae more
will their work end IN Childs play ANY sensible
child Ten years OF age. can learn. and remainder
Tor use, certain number OF tie grand cIytslon5-
As they grow in ntellisence they can build or this
foundation Moreover. the average teacher surely
will enjoy teaching rational clear ctI- progress
sive system -, -,
Have done with the everlasting cOddlins that COM
pels the teacher to do everything thai sayors % ..
work Young naturEliStS cannot Do made Oy thS
ora ora M a bs az vii r-ai iEorant ana to do
this they should have such q textbook as has not
The IDEAL textbook should be written BY a prac-
ticaI teacher. who is capable or taking q broad
survey OF the whole field OF nature and who VIII
not handicap his work oy overIoacng y WIZ @ Lis
own favorite subject Do not Try 70 handle botany
and zoology in The same volume. ZOE an al ase1 In
anatomy should az first be severely and resoluIey
sad sS aISa4 psfncos Sas s nooa 1 @ 1 natural Object
everything. and pictures and diasGa-1s a5s lo,
not such IDIOTS that they cannot learn continents
and states from maps. and LIVING lninss IFOIn pic-
American educators nay Y al they please %
evade the necessity teaching animal and plant
oIassthcatton as the bedrock foundation OF their
work even IN the upper grades OF the grammar
d1al result Is Inevitable. me
processes OF nature cannot be reversed BY the nat
OF a board OF education The multiplication table
must be learned before the pupil can successcaLty
cope with percentage. Even Bornesn head
h1ntar knows better than 90 attempt 70 PHt doors
and windows IL, his house before he las oCtlE tho
foundation and erected the walls And yer ras-s
sre hundreds OF persons who beli-ve that n
position OF animal lie the teacher can begin Wee--
ever pIeases and leave out everything r2ar does
Har N strike his fancy r1Ac SocS coc
live in his OWL bailtw1Ck.
In recording these views I am assuming teaI
is serious work for pupils OF reason and sense
and nor for primary department children. veo a-e
roo small 70 use textbooks. have not attempted
70 slIgar-coat deeply what have tried 70 say.
So- fr seems 70 me that the time has corae for
plain speaking. II my views meet with no con-
cIIrrence and less sympathy VII st Least na
sbIa 70 feel thar have consCsentousy posre6 this
warninE-NatIre Study Review.
New-York tribune., 1906-11-18
NATURE STUDY WORK.
The Weakness IN the Present Meth
DDS of Teaching It,
BY W. 7. HOrnaday.

At this hour the most interesting and Tar reach
ing study in which a naturalist can engage IS
why nature study is still so dlsOrganized. and so
far from being firmly established IN our school
system"
Beyond doubt the state OF fact presupposed by
the question really exists. To interested by
stander 1t seems that the teachers OF the kaleidO-
scopic things called nature studies are. as il
mass. cropping in Egyptian darkness Tor the meth
cd which shall be them all pillar OF light II
also seems that some OF reasons Tor this are
so plainly evident that they should be apparent
all.
In the first place. all over this broad land-where
up-to-date methods prevai-the teachers are strug-
Cling do the work that forty years ago was
demanded OF the pupil. Take geography, Tor in
stance The modern method practically requires
the teacher marshal facts BY the thousand and
place them by his own efforts within empty minds.
Instead OF starting with q bird s-eys view of the
world and gradually coming down 10 small details
the pupil must first De taken out and shown the
marvels OF his own town. the wonders OF nus own
6s STeeKS n q is Wasted in soIeny teacing things
that all pupils who are not idiots would be bound
DDS The great round world is approached by a
long series OF stealthy flank movements chiefly at
Teaching from the object has becoEne such a
fetch that II IS worked beyond its legitimate limit
Rv many the textbook seems 70 he regarded the
pupils last resort. = sort oi necessary evil Mem
talk Of the teacher and TIN cauJy scravls. called
notes" made by the pupil nave seen nature
notes made by high school pupils that We're
truv a sight 20 behold
The present methods OF teaching geography have
been grated bodily upon the teaching OF nature
study. No less a man than Professor -. Lanse
pfves this definition. Nature study means get
ting acquainted with life about homes There
scores-possibiy hundreds--ot teachers who are
attempting 10 live up 10 that principle. and a
more inadequate foundation for geological work
could hardly De devised II means q limitation
that is pitifuL Forty years ago geography Was
taught wholly from textbooks and maps. and IL
was learned-as l have reason To belieVe-far more
thoroughly and successfully than II IS to-day.
Nature studies can be taught to-day trom text
books ana pictures, Just we'll geography was
taught IN the 90 s. There millions OF children
who have life about their homes
The first need OF the hour a proper nature text
book. which sets forth the facts about animal life
that every young person needs 10 know. both Tor
actual Use. and IN order not % % grosaly txnoS-
New-York tribune., 1906-11-18

tive meeting Of farmers in 1890, was nominated
for Governor by the Democratic State Conyen-
ton getting 270 votes against 80 for my COM
petitor l was reelected Governor in 1882
Called everything but d fool, l fought back, and
got q reputation for violence. l was misrepre-
sAnted and lied about so much that l grew vim
diCtive in turn. and the battle went on in fury
with no prisoners and political death 10 every
man caught"
IT is said that when you became Governor
you ploUghed up the State House yard ana
planted ii in corn.
Yes that's one Of the lies which were started
and which are going yet. There is not a scintilla
of truth in the statement The grounds OF the
State House had been used as pasture for the
cows of my predecessor. ploughed them-that
is a fact-but I planted them in flowers. and
nothing else I am a great lover OF flowers"
You We're responsible for the law which made
the selling OF liquor in South Carolina the busi-
ness OF the state. Has the undertaking been a
moral and financial success
III tell you about tnat Brought face 10 face
with prohibition, I was compelled to do
thing Prohibition has never prohibited and
never will In a Georgia village not far away
rha dlspensary system had been tried l looked
into the experiment and adopted il as a means
custom of treating. II has been moral sue
cess There are no more barrOoms in South
Carolina The state does the selling makes the
profit and thus takes from the liquor traffic it's
greatest incentive TO iawiessness and crime.
Iiouor cannot be drunk the premises and
no less than half pint can be bought by any
bodv In my Judgment the dispensary system is
the best working out OF the whole liquor ques-
ton Prohibition makes lying perturing and
lsvFtrealyina common among the people That
the state becomes a partner OF the dealers.
Then why not restrict the trafac-take II over
entirely and get revenue for the support OF
taiIs penitenttaries and almahouses all OF which
New-York tribune., 1906-11-18
WORK FAR BEHIND.

Mr.. Moore said: "It is true, charged that the
Patent ONCE is far behind in its work On Janu-
ary there were 1883 applications for patents
awaiting their for action. and September
this number had grown % 3736. increase OF
s.23 cases. The allegations Of your correspondent
are correct
Then the Patent Office is running behind at the
rate of about lS2 a week?'' was asked.
Yes, that is true, was the reply
- VIII WI you kindly state the reasoas for this state
OF affairs, Mr.. Moore?''
I VIII gladly do The reasons are compare
tvely simple Congress has not taken into consid-
GRAFTON the great prosperity OF the country and the
Increased demand at good salaries for competent
men private concerns are paying larger GalarieS
end insist getting the best available, offer
secure them. The consequence is that we are con-
stantIy losing our best men by resignation. In the
hfty-one of our best examiners nine have
resis ned since then. and this out a total force
20 oegl with or 20 Now, new examiner is
almost useless for the first year-anyway, for the
first six naontls-he is with US and It takes several
years Tor him to attain high degree OF efficiency.
HOu patent examiners are necessarily
specialists. They are genereIIv Graduates ~ a
polytechnic school institute. They come to US
with me theoretical knowledge and begin fourth
chosen line. Gradually thay are promoted, until
finally they fuIfedged examiners. and about
that time they begin 20 receive offers from outsida
Ccnceir S. sometimes they offered money
tnan we are permitted TO pay them. The best we
can give them Is 81 800 a year. Usually the
salary is offered them but v ith prospects which
far exceed anything there is here Here 50 800 is
regarded as the top The with ability work
ing Tor private concern has unlimited possibilities
more than 5000 q year. Take one concern, the
General Electric Company. It's entire law depart
7ent, consisting of fifteen has been recruited
from our force or examiners They have fifteen
man whom have trained patent examiners
and they are paying them from sc 10 $500
year and any one OF these men. II he has 1t in him.
500
New-York tribune., 1906-11-18
thousands of Cases Un-
avamined and the Crush
naiiv Growing Worse.

, Congress Of Inventors held
inc .ne other day at Rochester ana eooA
ses ..a- may lead several important oeNeioL
sop = the Patent Office. The association Is
mem rs scope and embraces hundreos OF n
aloe - ,,,gFout The United States and CANADA
Ten'o4' s-7s5 for the protection and betterment
i S1S VINO has invented something which VIII
O. ' -. ,be industrial development OF the coun-
ry ..-.7 -.-qalr important pha ses
=. ss@r5r1lltv now 10 be encountered wheh appll-
o. = = made 10 secure protection through the
canoll - ,s+snt Ralph T. OIcott, secretary and
rie4'' rie4'- - The congress- brought before that body
-.-+l,-r information that there are now about
80 g,nljcations for patents pending before the
--.Is ~ the Patent Office Not one OF these
- has been reached for investigation, and eX-
-a+to- he declared. shows that the Office is
-, bestnd n SIS work at the rate OF from 80
= .oo cases 6 week The number OF applications
a.l,I, f- the Office CT the patent department
- On 70 I2g0 When 10 this immense num-
sa5ed the number oc cases now pending It
- -ss5fl- be seen that the L6 examiners are
,'--.r11 sEanaped, while the delay is seriously
Ssn6jcappirg commercial enterprises whose l1es
1870 upon the protection which United States
.tert should AFFORD
ppaso,,.,ons we're adopted by the Rochester con-
Tsnt.o5. as toi-ows'
-r--ere2s 7 Is the universal experience OF indi-
.s,sl members OF the International Congress OF
r-sn+ors that there IS great delay in the disposi
-, Of applications fer patents n the United States
Patent Ofce: and.
avhereas Such delay IS clearly detrimental TO the
trs,ness interests OF the country; and.
.vrhereas L IS stated that there is the credit
=, TIE patent fund 100000, and that the revenue
.-o-u fling applications by inventors amounts TO
raee Per year; therefore,
Resolved. That the International Congress OF In
ysu;ors calls upon the Congress OF the United
States 70 Investigate the conditions n the Patent
onc.; aa6, e found substantially as stated. TO
sruroprats Sufficient sum for the increase OF the
salaries Of the present force OF examiners and TO
increase the force OF examiners at adequate saia-
.s 70 TIE END that with revised Patent Office pro-
osdu-s quicker results may be obtained in more
sno,esz Ike manner"
New-York tribune., 1906-11-18
Senator Relates Many In
teresting incidents in
His Choleric Career.
BY James 3. Morrow.

washington November i.
Going into a fence corner for ngure OF
-neech-it scarcely could be called mower
senator BENJAMIN P TilITnan said; ! gre" UP
as wild as q jirnson weed IN some Respects
had been talking Of his childhood
FIRST however he told why Ryan had been
rnaae a part Of his baptisrnal name. Now ana
then he took off one Of his slippers anu
scratched the sole Of his foot
"The Ryan in my name came from an o1o
,r-,,t- cantain who served in the Revolutionary
vver" he said. He was a neighbor OF my
s-orafa+her and terrible man against the
Ta~tas r,bera were many Tories in South Caro-
rna Thev were third Of the population
Guess RYAN was terror in all that region
The Tories fled to the timber. with him III pur-
amt After the British captured Charleston l-le
Wings and old Ryan took to the WoooS'
"a narrv Of English caught up with Ryan ui-
exnectedIy and made him prisoner 1her7 was
an inclination and purpose TO outcheF nun Oii
-ba enot hut he was a Colonial officer a so4o4eF
under the laws Of war, and entitled 10 De tFea09U
nc s,,ch II was finally agreed therefore, I44ae 40
should he tied and taken 10 the nearest bIA~S41
most But there was no rope. A young man
,o~,ed Booth. g. Tory. said he would go home
and get pair Of cotton lines used IN those Gays
4or nIoughing. I'd give and he grinned at
r,,sr a whole season IN the cornfeld TO see
+har old -- tied He brought the INES ana
Rwan was sent off In some way ne got loose,
vas rescued maybe. The first thing ne dld
v,as tn notify Booth that he meant TO la4t MN;
Eooth hid in the woods and Ryan cou4dnt mo
him. ,.. v. -,,o-ri, @
before the break of day. Ryan buried MS n1usKeI
in a pile OF dead leaves and climbed a pQSny
nonIar tree near Booths house. tie waited al
dav Women went TO the spring 10 get wafer
balancing the buckets on their heads as Is Ae
nracrice in the South and one OF them put ou'
| q wash Ryan kept watching there III ue
tree 49,, . -,.+o- ~
| Booth went along the grass oorderec pain 20
| the spring She had a wooden water puchet IL
| her hand and Ryan, right above ner, among
| the branches saw something in II. when she
cot to the spring she looked cautiously about
| Seeing nothing hearing nothing, she took
| IN hIcket out of the wooden one and started
| off into the forest Ryan slid from the Tree
! Tornd his gun and staIked her as he would
| deer. -, ,..,, 80.
her He ate and she talked. Ryan purposely
made noise and they looked and saw him
! rnusket in hand. only a few feet away. TheE
fell on their knees and pleaded, but EyaE
| killed Booth right there. in the presence or MS
| sister NV grandfather named his son after
RYAN and the son. my father. gave the name
yVoaF
New-York tribune., 1906-11-18
WHAT IS THE CAUSE?
From The Tribune Bureau.


Washington. Nov. 16.-Patent attorneys in Wash
l2g-1r. New York and elsewhere are up in arms
or-r me conditions prevailing In the United States
Patent OfHce. which Is Tar behind IN it's work
ana appears 10 ne steadily losing, rather than
gaining ground There IS no difference Of opinion
regarding the conditions which exist in the Patent
G-1ce The officials admit tie facts charged by
ne attorneys and others who have 10 90 with the
'-ae and r.e only question AZ issue relates 70 the
1~S7e ~ this ceplora6e situation.
Patent attorneys aye disposed 10 lay the greater
ssF, " Tie blame ar lie door of Frederick 7
Al-sn, Commissioner OF Patents They submit that
-t4e@Ie1 himself from Washington from three 70
- months each year that L. has IN every va =
'--ls,-ar-a has belief that "a public office IS 2
.''@-s snap raat Lls appointment originally
-.-eo 10 prove To his suhordinates that political
~-7loe rather than merit. would be recognized
-e Patent Once M~ allen was without ez-
l'e ana was selected apparently only because
-5ogec the backing OF Senator Platt, that MS
49,, 9aia ~ ms responsibilities has denoTaIlzed
i-7 aH4 rendered II impossible for those under
ir secure conscientious work from the juniors
ana service, and mat mis- inarlention to duty
- 4@ck Of familiarity With the needs Of MS
il 80 DTe5uc.ced members Of Congress taat
cor, 1'el impossible FOR him 70 secure from the
Ps;--, committees the aDpr0priat atoms which the
a. . viifa REQUIRES
tAese WHOLESALE -l..-.... -- s--z -.
LED IL 1.'yi lfl5 perhaps ONLY one car h. ,art
eel INN -a'l tlzf AT. allen mas absenred him
s&z. n Ia eHlce from three 70 six months esct
-@c' IAat lie Las lot rendered q SIN,
New-York tribune., 1906-11-18
ON THE PACIFIC SLOPE
Indictments of Schmit2 and R"ef
Cause Sensation.
rPy telegraph 70 the tribune. ]

-n Francisco. Nov. 1.-THE Indictment lOi
evrorrfon Of Mayor schn1itz and Abraham Fue,
graatad a sensation. few expected the grahU
+,, would act so quickly. The evidence ap-
Taarad 70 be- so convincing that the jury Drought
in five indictments within twenty-iour h0uI .
From the evidence presented IL Is pam l!SAt
-. cIoiu, that he acted 3 counsel for
- 1-,ot restaurant proprietors. II was
ei,n,,Iv p case Of political graft 1t Is alleged
which detectives employed by Heney were able
70 bring cut when the restaurant men felt that
the rouysr Of Ruef TO inJure them had departed
The three men whose testimony was the basis
for the indictments We're not close 10 Ruef. but
two others who paid money for protection
could not be induced to divulge anything that
would serve 70 indict. One Of these men actual
Iy served as collector OF the fund paid 10 Rusf