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Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1906-05-04
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Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1906-05-04

Clarence Cameron White, the
Exiolinist Of Washington. u. G.,
w here the 18th. 49,
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1906-05-04
Excursion Rates Via the MINES
apolis s. st. Louis r. r.

Every Tuesday during this year we
wal sell Homeseeker tickets to Min.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1906-05-04

", z. II. Gomley and daughter
Aleft Thursday evening for their
Ein Webster City.
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Soldiers and Female sayaees.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SrN-Sir. The
Moro fight gave such a splendid opportunity
for a display of oopperheadism that | am
glad it happened. 1t Is a good thing to know
who are the traitors in the ranks of American
citizenship. the people who always howl at
every success of the American soldier.
Part of the uproar is due to the fantastic
regard some people have in this country for
the female of humankind. A woman is a
woman; any woman is a superior creature,
exempt from all punishment and immune
from justice-so runs their philosophy, aud
they are unable to discriminate between the
gentle product Of ages of civilization and
the savage mate Of a Pluto or a Malay pirate,
who beats out the brains Of a wounded soldier
with a club. then uses her knife, and proceeds
to ACKNOWLEDGMENT, never stopping until she
has festooned him over a cactus or a nina
branch.
The creatures whose extinction is bewailcd
were as murderous and dangerous as 50
many female tigers. Left TO themselves, tho
Moros would have killed ten times as many
of each other as the troops have killed slnce
American rule began in the islands. c.
COLUMBUS, Ohio, March 20.
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Against the Life Insurance Agent.

To THE EDITOR OF The SuH-sir: In the pend
ing insurance legislation l respectfully submit that
II would be a great mistake ID show undue tender
ness TO the agents. have been importuned scores
OF times by agents OF companies, large and mail
and never once was a fair and candid statement
presented. The general idea was that by some
unrevealed necronancy the insurance companies
could invest more probably than / could, and that
this was demonstrated by the many millions of
assets. running up into the hundreds OF millions. In
the larger companies.
At some stage there would be exhibited the case
OF the man who paid, say. tSol .l6 premiums and
whose family had received $4,000. Comparison
would be invited between this result and a similar
investment in a savings bank, as II this was An
average result. The case was often presented with
great skill and dexterity OF language. The intent
to deceive by presenting a fragmentary fact was
unquestionable.
Besides all this. the life insurance agents pursue
a victim like a pack Of hounds running down q fox,
They tease. worry, harry and bully him into taking
out life Insurance, II persistence and disrera ard OF
the ordinary restraints Of intercourse between
civilized beings can prevail. The system is much
worse than that once p~ractised by the Baxter str.et
dealers in clothing.
/ once looked over q book Of instructions to agents
Issued by one OF the big companies. The whole
scheme OF getting business was on lines analogous
10 those already stated.
do not see why one who wants TO take out life
insurance should not be able TO go direct TO the
company and get II over the counter. He should
be charged some fee for the expenses OF medical
examination, clerical work. postage, stationery, DC,
but no agents commissions.
NEW YORK. March 81. WILLIAM H. l.. LEE.
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The Mystic

To THE EDITOR or THE SUN-Sir: The
many persons interested In the subject deny
absolutely the assumption Of Prof. Willis L..
Moore, chief of the Weather Bureau, Of the
right to withhold Official barometrio read
ings from the newspapers and the public. on
the ground Of expediency and economy or
anything else.
To the thousands throughout the country
who after reading the barometrio figures
in the morning papers glance at the wind.
sky, thermometer, &C.. and then make a not
at all unsuccessful forecast of the weather
on their own hook. the Official barometrio
pressures are essential. The light Of the
past Ave years experience has shown the
public that the Weather Bureaus predictions
have been almost uniformly at fault, and
the official forecasts during the past twelve
months have been nothing less than a mockery
in shipping circles.
Is 1t Prof. Moore's belief that shipmasters
and others equally Interested go about with
Ave pound barometers in their watch pockets
when on shore? And wherein. may I be per-
mitted to ask, does the worthy professor
find the inexpediency to lie Of giving freely
to the press and public these OFFICIAL baromet-
rio indications for the correct reading and
tabulation of which he is paid by this self
same publioP G. r. p, Jr.
TUXEDO PARK, March 10.
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a year ago Cuba found that her special
loan tax was producing more than was
needed for the interest payments. By
an act which was properly within the
provisions of the loan it was decided to
buy In 81, 00O, 900 worth of the national
bonds. But these could only be bought
for retirement. Since their purchase
they have appeared in the monthly
statements as a treasury asset at the
price paid for them, 81 ,O62, 500. These
bonds actually have no existence. They
cannot be sold or reissued except by act
Of Congress as a new national loan.
Cuba's actual surplus on March 1 was
O., $40, 1852 80.
While this is a very comfortable little
balance for the island, reasonable bust
ness prudence and political foresight
demand hat it be husbanded with great
care. Conditions in Cuba's chief indus
tries, sugar and tobacco, already point
with absolute certainty to a serious
s~hrinkage in export values this year.
The inevitable results of that shrinkage
will be impaired purchasing power of
the people, reduced importations and
smaller revenues from the principal
source of revenue, the custom houses.
Cuba will do wisely to keep a tight
hold on her purse strings during the
next twelve months.
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Defence OF American Consuis,

To THK EDITOR OF TBR SUN-Sir; On a trip 10
the Orient a few years ago tho writer was often
brought In contact with what other people think
Of the American consular service. An English
merchant said:
ooh, yes, your Consuls are actively looking after
American interests. They are accommodating.
You can 90 10 them and get and occa-
slonaly material help outside OF the ordinary rou-
tine " their daily duties. Our consular onlcers
have been long established, their tenure OF office
is long and complaints do not reach them. They
do not concern themselves with things outside of
their routine Of of1cial business"
So far as my observation went our United States
consular Officers were live Americans, wide awake
to American interests, The charges brought
against the service by q high ofhoial surprise me
and seem unfair as an attack behind the backs
OF men entitled TO better repute in Washington than
they seem to have. Possibly there are cases where
a man is a misnt. but the charges should not be
general or from the homo once.
One we remember In Japan who had our sympa-
thy. He was honestly doing his duty under Are
of criticism for the simple reason that he did not
spend his money lavishly on dinners, &C., as had
his bachelor predecessors.
II may be that some OF the local stories on this
one man 60 some way on the charges made against
the service. Travellers tales 20 far.
See the monthly reports circulated from the
foreign once for proof that the Government con
sular agents In the different quarters OF the earth
are active for American interests.
Our consular service doubtless has had the pre-
valling Government fault-that Of doing too much
for people. In OVERRIDING there is a fault limit
as we'll as in UNDERGOING. The seed distribution
and the Government printing ohioe are examples.
shall be surprised II most Of the charges against
the consular service have not grown out OF abuses
OF the doing too much. and consequent demands
for more from people accustomed TO the extra SER
vices. F.E.
NEW YORK, March 20.
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THE GREATEST AMBRICAN ACTOR
Assertion OF Edwin Forests Title to That
Distinction.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-Sir: ! notice
that there is on foot a movement to erect a
statue to Joseph jefferson, and actors viii
be called on for their mite. A correspondent
10 your issue Of March II states that a monu-
ment should be erected to Edwin Booth. who,
he says. was the greatest actor of his day
and generation; by far the greatest actor,
upon the whole, that America has ever pro-
duced."
To this statement / raise a slight objection.
Edwin Booth was a very clever actor, but q
long way froT~ being the greatest America
ever. produced.
Edwin Forrest was born in Philadelphia.
No actor received more adulation than he.
Nc hero OF the sock and buskin enjoyed q more
uninterrupted series Of triumphs than he,
For nearly forty years. he was a demigod
with the ~playgoing public. and he preserved
a hold upon their affection as great as that
which has been enjoyed by the most brilliant
lights In the histrionio world.
When he first appeared in London. In 1880
the whole house arose on his entree and gave
him three times three. He was the best
scholar on the American stage. and as a
Shakespee-!cn analyst he has never had a
living rival.
than any, living or dead actor ever did. l
refer to the home at Holmesburg, Pa, where
surrounded with every comfort one could
wish for. II actors are to be called on fol
subscriptions to erect a monument let II b4
for Edwin Forrest. the noblest Roman OF them
all. Col. T. ALIsToS BROWN.
NEW YORK, March 10.
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SLOW OLD NEW YORK.
Stranger Eyes That See Only S%tagnatlOn
HereabOuts.

To THE EDITOR OF fHE suN-Sir: In The
sun of March 10 a native Of New York was
quoted as regretting that his birth and con-
tlnued residence in the city had prevented
his knowing by experience just how New
York impresses q stranger when he first sees
the city. Not being a native Of Manhattan.
and having reached my majority before ever
visiting II, l feel competent to enllghten
him.
My first impression was OF the inadequate
and antiquated methods OF entering and
leaving the city. Had such deplorable
conditions existed in any other city Of i'm
portance, the New York press and public
would have daily held that city up to ridlcule.
Surely having TO leave a train and be hurried
into a crowded ferryboat and then landed at
q dock three TO five blocks from any means
OF public transit other than an ancient horse
car or the usual cabby Is not calculated to
make a good first impression.
My next impression at that time came
from reading in the New York papers about
the wonderful cable road which was to re-
place the horse cars on Broadway. As Phila-
delphia (slow, sleepy Quaker cityD had had
cable cars for ten years. and even Baltimore
had been operating several lines for years.
and both these cities were then preparing
to change to the more modern electric system.
impression No. 2 was that New York was
behind the times.
II was next my pleasure. to see q Brooklyn
Bridge crush, for which New York is world
famed, and my impression was that was
man for himself and the devil take the hind
most and the women" Your numerous
horse cars never cease to impress me with
the fact that In city transit the metropolis
Is far behind the country W
The trouble with your New Yorker and
with many Of his kind Ia that their horizon
Ia bounded by the Harlem. North and East
rivers, and their chief sources of knowledge
the papers whose headlines cover half the
page and the colored Sunday supplements;
| would suggest that he take a trip to Chi
cago, where they build subways over night
without a blare OF trumpets, and make rivers
flow backward; TO St. Louis, where all railroads
enter the city and reach one union station;
to Paris, where bridges are. made part, Of
a CONTINUOUS thoroughfare and bridge brushes
are impossible, and to any. other city. large
or small, where he wi. find horse cars rele-
gated to the museums Of antiquities.
After such a trip am sure he VIII agree
places besides New York, that the latter city
Is largely made up OF ."fourfius hers" and
buffers and that instead Of leading New
York tries 70 follow in the paths blazed by
the progressive cities of the land.
EDGAR HAMILTON.
BALTIMORE, March 10.
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An Amateur street Cleaner.

To THR EDITOR OF THE SUN-Sir. Why do not the
people of New York allow the snow TO remain on
the streets until hardened by traflc, when II would
afford good footing for horses, or until II becomes
dissolved: II for sanitary reasons they cart IL away,
let me tell them that there are more germs dis.
semlnAted in the wake OF o trolley car making one
trip on o nne summers day than by all the cars in
Greater New York In q week when snow covers
the ground. Germs are held down by snow, and
any waited by q strong wind, being entangled In
the snow, are not likely to be inhaled. Even dead
animals lying under the snow, although they may
become putrfd and offensive TO the sense OF smell,
will not be detrimental TO health.
carting the snow away after each fall Is an I'M
necessary labor. and the expense is enough TO
bankrupt an ordinary city. The men employed
In an emergency for shovelling the snow are gen
orally not worth their salt, and but few OF them are
really INDECENT. and. even II In need, I doubt II It is
a function Of the Street Cleaning Department to
extend charity in the way OF payment for unneces-
sary work,
Let New York people be sensible. like those of
Boston, and allow the snow to remain until dissi-
pated by rain or warm weather. Then have the
streets thoroughly clcansed. and this work could be
going on all the time, for on streets running north
and south, and those that have a heavy trafnc, the
snow thaws more rapidly thnh on residential streets
with light trafic, or on streets running east aud
west and protected by the buildings on the south
from the suns rays.
In the meantime see that the property owners re.
move the snow from the sidewalks. and have the
scavcngers, with extra men, II necessary, look after
the crossings. so that persons on foot may step
across the streets without wadlng up TO the ankles
In slush, for this is where the disease germ is picked
up and carried on our shoes or garments 10 our
steam heated fats dncubAtorsl. where. liberated
from moisture. It rises with the dust from our car
pets and Is carried Into our lungs.
The white wings" should also keep the cutters
well open. 80 as to enable the melted Snow TO now
freely TO the sewers.
With Wide and clean crossings and open cutters
and sewers, a very heavy fall OF snow should rapidly
vanish from the Manhattan streets, at least from
those running north and south. all having a good
incline. p. o'NKIIL.
NEW YoRK. March 20.
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South and our putting up all the votes. Suppose
jon DANIEL had been the Democratic candidate
In 1904 instead OF PARKER, has anybody the slight
est doubt he would have carried every State PARKER
did, and In addition would have carried Missouri
which PARKER failed TO carry, and Maryland which
gave one OF It's electoral votes to ROOSEVELT
1T Is an outrage that the North should insist
on naming the ticket every time and do so little
toward electing 1t. Every four years you near
somebody say something about naming a Southern
man. Immediately there goes up the cry that "
will not do; that the man TO win must be from a
Northern or Western state. ] must say the people
OF the South themselves are about as loud In making
this cry as those from any other section. l want our
people TO assert themselves. / want the press OF
the S:ssh to proclaim that the time has come Tor
the nomination TO the Presidency OF o man from
south OF the Potomac and the Ohio"
Congressman HAYS suggestion OF a
Southern candidate for President preceded
by more than two months the suggestion
made by Judge PARKER to the same effect
in his speech at Charlotte. And there were
others before HAY.
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when ,be New YORK Tbrill Comes,

To THR EDITOR OF The SUN-Sfr' How does
New York strike the Stranger" asks a gray headed
man In your Live Topics About Town" / first
saw New York in 1876. being then a boy OF 10. full
OF two books called Secrets OF the Great City"
and Sunshine and Shadow In New York" With
less than $50 In my pockets l feared every man I
met was either a murderer or a panel game worker
In 1884 / got q Job In New York, and went there the
lonesomest man on Manhattan. In 1892 ] re-
visited the town. bent solely on sightseeing, and
felt the thrill Of pride which must come TO every
American when he sets foot In the greatest city on
the continent.
Since then | have been In New York once or twice
every two years, and the skyline has interested
me most. In 1904 ] thought more Of the lobster I
would have in a certain restaurant than anything
else while crossing the river, and in 1905. the only
time / ever went there on business. / wondered how
much profit ] would pull out OF my visit.
Nowadays ! don't thrill when ! get TO New York.
do that when l find I'm going there.
qAL1IPoLIs, Ohio. March IS. w. q. SHELBY.
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Has the Balloon Sprung a Leak?

After organizing for victory and try
ing it on the dog" Mr.. HEARST has con
Guided that he does not want the Demo-
cratic nomination for Governor. He
elects to be under no obligations to the
party whose oolors he wears in Congress
when he is there, He will have HIM
self named for Governor by a convention
got up by his personal league and called
for the Fourth of July. The ticket is to
be non-partisan and cosmopolitan and
inclusive Of various creeds. 1t will be
we'll financed: the hire will be worthy
Of the laborers.
Running as an independent and non
desoript, it is the trust of the organizer
of the Independence League that the
stone which the builders rejected will
become the head Of the. corner In
other words, if he cannot be elected
Governor he hopes to distance the
Democratic candidate and be hailed as
the boss Of the Democratic party.
From a statement Of n of the
amateur politicians, who manages Mr..
HEARsT's political business, it is clear
that he has no illusions about ~distapcing
the Republican candidate for Governor.
1t is to be presumed that if distanced
himself Mr.. HEARST will have no designs
upon the Presidency; but should the
Democratic party in the State be left
behind, Mr.. HEARST, 1t is announced
by his personal representative, will not
endeavor to capture the Democratic ma
tional convention-small hope he would
have of doing that after wrecking the
party in New York-but he will head
a national third party movement" 1t
is an ill wind that blows no man good.
There ought to be pickings in that third
party movement-if it should ever be
started. But there is an air Of unreality
about these Independence League plans.
"HEAKsT," says the personal represent
alive, pooled ZOE, 900 votes in this city
last fall, and he is just as strong up the
State as he is here" The personal
representative cannot believe it, or the
organizing for victory would go on.
The gas seems TO be leaking out of the.
Hearst balloon.
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Cuba,s Treasury Account.

The report of the Cuban Treasury on
March / shows the gross amount on
hand as e25, e44, 5os.ls. This includes
credit accounts Of all kinds.
The total charges against this sum are
given as $2l,o05, $500. This includes an
appropriation OF SIS, 1896, $50. Is on account
of the second payment to the army; an
unpaid balance of 81, 1913, 1881. 81 on the first
payment to the army appropriations for
special purposes 24,85l, ISL. go, and an ac-
oumulated surplus Of special taxes for the
payment of interest on the national debt
SSSS, eeo.o7. Cuba therefore figures her
available cash on hand on that date as
si,0Ss. oS2. SO.
This, however. includes an item which
does nct.seem properly placed. AbowN
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Regulating the Liquor Traffic.

The decision Of the Court Of Appeals
that the Amber law Of last year was
unconstitutional is principally Of his
toric interest, except as it may furnish
a guide post for future lawmakers. 1t
calls attention, however, to the fact that
the State has never undertaken seriously
and in good faith to enforce the provisions
of the Liquor Tax law as it reads to-day.
This is one OF the most curious of all
the interesting phenomena of public ad-
m%inistration. Annually the Legislature
is besought to amend, strengthen, am
nifty, the Liquor Tax law. Most shock
ing charges are made of evils for which
it's provisions are alleged to be respon-
sible. The Legislature has shown no
disposition to shirk its duty, yet the old
story of vile dens existing under protec-
ton Of the statute eve ceases, and the
inexperienced observer would be justified
in believing that the Liquor Tax law wa
enacted by Vice for the express purpose
Of driving Virtue out Of the State.
II a tenth Of the energy that is ex-
pended in attempts to amend this law
we're directed toward an effort to procure
its intelligent, impartial and complete
enforcement, cause for complaint would
be reduced to a minimum. Then such
changes as were necessary in the law
might be made and be effective. Such
a method of procedure is very prosaic
and commonplace, however, and there
10 nothing to indicate that it is to be
odnnted
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1t is said that soon after General k1TcH-
ENER's arrival in South Africa ar intrusive
civilian said to him: "Ah, General, l see
that you are recognizing the Service
Corps" The reply came with characteris-
tic d%irectness: mo, I'm organizing it."
Very much the same thing might be said
of the Consular bill to which Congress has
given approval. The system provided by
the amended Lodge bill leaves something
to be desired and something to be done,
but it is a system. 1t 10 a framework to
which finishing touches may be added from
time to time, according to the grace and
wisdom Of our legislators.
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The Coming Pan-American Congress

We learn that at the Pan-American
Congress to be held in Rio de Janeiro
a concerted attempt will be made to
secure the adoption Of the doctrine
(sometimes called the Calvo Doctrine,
from the name Of its chief advocated
that debts arising out Of contract and
dAle by one country or the citizens thereof
to the citizens Of another country must
not be collected by force, A resolution
to that effect is to be moved by the
Argentine delegates to the congress,
and they will be backed by the delegates
from Mexico. 1t is improbable that a
principle so obviously beneficial to a
weak Power will fail to receive the hearty
support Of any Latin American republic,
What position will be taken by the rep
resentatives OF the United States has
not been made known officially, and it
must be admitted that in the past our
course has not been entirely consistent.
We have never disputed the right Of a
European Power to exact by force rep
aration for an indiguity offered to its
flag or official representative, or for an
INJURY done TO the person or property
of it's citizens. We-did not protest, for
example, against Great Britain's seizure
of the custom house of Corinto. On the
other hand, we made no protest against
the blockade OF Venezuelan seaports
by Great Britain, Germany and Italy,
although the debts for which about
q third Of the customs revenue Of La
Guayra and Puerto. Cabello was seques-
'trAted were debts arising out Of con-