Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1906-11-23

ment, what the effect will be If t! 9 |
United States wios the suit. L. will |
be remembered that when the original |
Trust was dissolved. the so-called |
took ten years to wind up |
the aft airs Of the company, conducting |
business meanwhile on exactly the
same principle as they did before. If
an Injunction is secured, which fore
the winding mp of the present coinpa
ny, it is diffieult to SEQ how the public
will be materially benefited Toe con
tro. of the companies will of necessity
remain III the hands of 'hc iu-u who
are now direct,ng il, and with The
methods of the company uay be C aug
cd, it is not likely I hat the reeuits VIII
Attorney General Mo0dy's sGAtene, t
contains the threat, That criminal pro-
ecution may follow The civil suit 1t
seems almost impossible TO Imagine
either Mr.. Rockefeller or John d.
Archibald undergoing a Jail sentence,
but If the threat of such sentence were
made, the defendants, knowing very
we'll that they deserved the penalty, it
might have some effect IN educipg the
exactions Of the corporations from
which the country has all along SUI
fered.
Secretary Metcalf is now on his way
back to Washington bringing with him
full report on the Anti japanese agi
tation, which has stirred up the whole
of the Pacific slope. Mr.. Metcalf, OF
course, like all Californians, Is a very
rabid Chinese exclusionist. He was
against every attempt of the American
Asiatic Association during the last SEES
sion to secure the passage Of the For
est Act, which would have reduced the
harshness of the Chinese Exclusion
Act considerably. 1t is not believed
that his report to President Roosevelt
will make out a very strong case
against the contumacious San Fran
cisco school authorities. Whether it
does or not all reports from San Fran
cisco indicate that the whole of tho
Pacific coast Is ready to stand pat in
its anti-Japanese attitude and it will
carry the case to the Supreme Court if
any attempt is made to invoke Federal
authority and force the attendance of
japanese students in the San Francisco
public schools.
There is long story behind the Anti
Japanese attitude OF the Californians.
They point to the fact that the -Japa-
nese are an even more undesirable ele-
ment in their population than the
Chinese that those who attend the
Public schools do SO merely for the
sake of learning English and are as a
rule twenty or thirty years old, aud
they point also to Hawaii as sample
OF what may happen to community
where the Japanese are allowed to run
loose without restraint. There is the
making of very elegant row IN this
Jap ,nese q uestion if the Federal gov
eminent wants to force the fight. All
advises indicate that the government
will not have much support from Sec
Rotary Metcalf in the matter, and the
issue may not be pushed to extremi-
ties.
The government just now is having
little experience OF the Trust fight on
it's own account. The Treasury De-
partment is up against the proposition
Of buying silver bullion. Advertise
ments for the supply were issued some
months ago, and Secretary Shaw then
| decided that be would buy only small
quantity at time to keep from infist-
| ing the market But it seems from all
accounts that the market has com bined
on him and If the mintlng of subsidia'
~ coinage is to be continued the gov
eminent will hsve to pay the silver
trust price. 1t was only few years
ago that silver was down to 30 cents an
ounce, when three years back it ad-
vanced to IS dealers IL the commodity
though the market was looking up.