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The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-09-14

distant from the harbor where he
wished to act as pilot-to serve in
that capacity at any point within the
limits of the license, which, as Mr.
Sparkman well said, might embrace,
not only that one harbor, but the
whole Atlantic and Gulf coasts as
WELL"
In discussing the compulsory
feature of the present pilotage law,
Congressman Sparkman, with his
usual acumen, went straight to the
root of the matter in the following
words:
No system OF pilotage could exist,
nor could maritime commerce be car
ried on without it. There is not a
commercial nation of the world to-
Cay of any consequence whose pilot
age system does not contain this feat
ure in some shape or other, either in
the matter of employing a pilot or,
which is practically the same thing, in
the payment of his fees when he is
prepared to render and tenders his
services, whether they are accepted or
not. The purpose of this requirement
is. to guard against the results of
cupidity and greed by putting check
upon the gambling instinct, for with
out compulsion masters of vessels, In
order to save pilotage fees, will often
take dangerous risks in entering AMI
leaving harbor without pilot. Then,
again, there is no greater objection to
compulsory pilotage than to many
other burdens in the nature of taxa
ton which We have to bear in order
that government may live and be eff,
fective in the protection OF life and
property. The citizen often has 70
pay for instrumentalities of govern.
ment from which he reaps no direct
benefit. A police force, for instance
is feature of evry municipality
though everyone does not need a po
liceman. Public schools are estab
lished throughout the land, yet all per.
sons taxed for their support may not
patronize them. On this same princi
pie, among others, compulsory pilot
age is justifiable; indeed, is justified
1t is no objection to say that this indi
vidual or that, this vessel or the other
does not need the aid of pilot. There
are vessels which do need them, anC
the importance of the commerce is
such as to justify the tax on all In
order that trained pilots may be al
hand when needed
No stronger presentation of the
case from the pilots point of view
has ever been made than this, and
! there can be no doubt that the defeat
of the Littlefeld bill was largely due
to the manner in which the Hon. S
M. Sparkman took up the cudgels il
behalf of these hardy and intrepid
men-of whom Pensacola has so many
who have given their lives to theil
calling, and who daily and hourly
| take their lives in their hands in pro
lection of our merchant marine.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-09-14

The Montgomery Advertiser in a
long editorial goes out of its way to
inquire into Mr.. Bryans position on
the government ownership of the rail
roads; and, strange to say, treats the
subject as IL 1t were proposed to i'm
mediately make the change in ques-
ton. The Advertiser, however, studi-
ously ignores the fact that Mr.. Bryan
has upon more than one occasion de-
clared government ownership was not
likely to be brought about for some
time, and that he looked upon 1t SIM
ply as the ultimate outcome of pres.
ent conditions. The Advertiser should
play fair, or get out of the game.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-09-14
Important Meeting of the
Commercial Organiza-
ton Held Yester-
day.
EFFORTS TO BE MADE TO INDUCE
MALLORY LINE TO ESTABLISH
SERVICE BETWEEN NEW YORK
AND PENSAcOuA-AGEN OF
THE FIRM INVITED HERE.

A regular meeting of The Chamber
OF Commerce was held at o'clock
yesterday afternoon, President Mayes
presiding and a good attendance of
members present.
A communication was read from the
Board of Trade of Meridian, Miss,
requesting the Chamber of Commerce
OF Pensacola to appoint committee
OF fifty of its members to join a com
mittee from the Meridian Board of
Trade to visit Memphis, Tenn, for
the purpose of discussing with the
Memphis Commercial Club a method
to secure ways and means to secure
the building of a railroad from Pensa-
cola to Memphis. which was, upon mo-
ton duly seconded, laid over for con.
sideration to the next meeting.
The Mallory Line.
A communication from C.. H. Nal.
lory & Co, New York, operators OF
the Mallory Steamship Company, re-
lative to a regular service of steam
ers between Pensacola and New York
was read.
Upon motion 1t was ordered that a
committee of three be appointed to
confer with the city authorities rela.
tive to the establishment of city
wharf for the accommodation OF
steamships; and that Mr.. Raymond, OF
the Mallory Line. be invited to visit
Pensacola to confer with the Chamber
of Commerce The following commit
tee was appointed: Judge John C.
Avery, John P. O'Connor and j. Simp-
son Reese.
Freight Rates.
~ communication from the Pensa-
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-09-14
THE DRAINAGE PROPOSITION
Tampa Herald.

The article written by Samuel T.
Fletcher of this city regarding the
drainage of the Everglades, that ap-
peared in The Herald yesterday, set
forth in an admirable manner the fer
tility of the soil of the section south
of Lake Okeechobee. Mr.. Fletcher
has spent much time and money in in
vestigating the conditions in that Sec
ton and knows whereof he speaks.
The press of other States, notably
Louisiana. has taken up the question
of the drainage of the Everglades of
Florida and supports Governor Brow
ard in his contention that the reclaim
ing of the land will mean great things
for this State 1t Is a great question
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-09-14

Henry Cabot Lodge says that ''Bry.
an would turn back the wheels of
progress" The distinguished Massa.
chusetts Senator Is mistaken. Mr..
Bryan would merely turn back" some
OF the grafters and corporation cor
ruptionists with whom Senator Lodge,
in spite of his culture, is in full SYM
pathy.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-09-14
Senator Sparknan
and the Pilots.

We regret that the speech delivered
at the last session of Congress by Con-
gresham s. M. Sparkman on the Lit.
tlefield anti-pilotage bill has not be-
fore now been noticed in these col.
,szmnss foe y, zera=cowQrehensiye
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-09-14

The Birmingham Ledger in the fol
lowing paragraph refers to condition
that prevails here as we'll as in Ala.
bana:
II all the timber were cut off the
earth man could not live on yet there
Is strong opposition to any systematic
effort to regulate tree cutting. Self
tshness Is stronger than philanthropy
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-09-14

New York has an African pigmy on
exhibition. When it comes to polit.-
cal pigmies, the big town has an as
sortment extensive enough to stock a
dime museum.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-09-14

Some Of our esteemed contempora.
uies seem remarkably solicitous to ''ar-
rest the vagrant," but, strange to say,
are silent as to arresting the causes
that produce vagrancy.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-09-14

President Roosevelt will find spell.
ing reform even more difficult to car
ny into effect than the political reform
to which he has contributed so little
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-09-14

The Birmingham Age1Herald thinks
that It is the business OF the United
States to "abate" the Cuban revolu
tion. If Uncle Sam is wise, he will
respectfully decline to take that bait
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-09-14

A man in New Jersey recently tried
to kill his wife because she spent six
cents. Muct have modelled his life or
that Of the late lamented Russell
Sage.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-09-14

Judge Parker Is now practicing law
with great success. It's poor stick
that can't succeed in something.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-09-14

1t is now proposed to improve the
typewriter, but nobody has as yet had
the nerve to propose any improvement
In the typewriter girl.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-09-14

Mr.. Carnegies Is said to be faithful
to his friends. He should stick close
to the protective tariff then, as it is
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-09-14

Secretary Taft believes in the reg
nlation" Of the trusts; but who is tt
regulate the regulators?
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-09-14

For Railroad Commissioner:
NEWTON A. BITCH, of Levy.
r. HUDSON BURR, of Dade.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-09-14

Cassie Chadwick still hopes to get
out of jail. Sc is already out-ol
money.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-09-14

Addicks is again up for Office in
Delaware, and Lawson will now have
another chance at him.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-09-14

A contemporary refers to "our rich
islands" Yes, rich in graft and cor
ruption.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-09-14

For Justices Of the Supreme Court:
CHAS. B. PARKHILL, of Escambia
JAMES B. WHITFIELD, of Leon.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-09-14

Speaker Cannon wants Roosevelt
for President for another term. I'm
Gle Joe will probably remain in want.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-09-14
Too Young to Marry.

The girl who marries when she Is
but seventeen or eighteen has not had
time to get to know thoroughly all that
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-09-14

South Carolina has evidently made
up its mind to dispense with the dis
pensary.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-09-14
DEMOCRATIC NOMINEES

For Member of Congress, 3rd Congress.
sional District:
VIII. B. LAMAR. of Jefferson.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-09-14

Tom Lawson has lost his wife. but
not his grip.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-09-14

The hot weather hangs on like a
Federal oficeholder to his position.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-09-14

For State Senator. End District:
JOHN s. BEARD.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-09-14

For Justices Of the Supreme Court:
CHAS. B. PARKHILL, of Escambia
JAMES B. WHITFIELD. of Leon.
For Railroad Commissioner:
NEWTON A. BITCH, of Levy.
r. HUDSON BURR, of Dade.
For State Senator. End District:
JOHN S. BEARD
For Member House of Representatives
CHAS. NJ. COSTON.
NJ. o. BAGGETT.
For Tax Assessor:
w. w. RICHARDS.
For Tax Collector:
]. S. ROBERTS.
For County Treasurer:
J. ED. WILLIAMS.
For Members Of School Board:
w. E. ANDERSON.
II. G. DeSILVA.
w. M. AGERTON.
For Member Board County Commits
sioners:
J. B. ROBERTS.
JNO. A. MERRITT.
- JAS. M. ANDREWS.
II, @. ClIOPTON -
JASsR STEWARD
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-09-14

For Member House of Representatives
CHAS. NJ. COSTON.
nj. o. BAGGETT.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-09-09

under the cockpit door. out Of the way Of
everything, while the engine Of a steam
yacht requires lots OF room in the best part
of the vessel.
It has been estimated that the many
yacht yards in this country and the engine
builders have turned out this year engines
and vessels that have cost more than IS ,OO0,-
900. and these craft are to be seen on all
waters. They ply along the coast If they
are good. big. seaworthy boats, they are to
be seen on the rivers where they have been
adapted particularly to the waters on which
they are to be used and they are found by
the hundred on the lakes and small bodies
Of water at all the resorts, summer and
winter.
They range in cost from 500 up to many
thousands and there is almost no limit
to what a man may spend IL he want a
luxuriously fitted boat. The 500 boat is
simply a dory fitted with the smallest
motor made, about one horsepower.
One OF the handsomest OF the cruising
power boats built this year is the Dixie,
which was turned out from the yards Of the
Electric Launch Company at Bayonne.
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out for some time have had the engines
thoroughly o~verhauled and in some in
stances improvements rave beer made.
New boats have been built. but they have
been constructed very secretly and little
will be known about their speed until they
start in a race. These boats, according to
report, are all travelling fast, but then they
always do so when they are by themselves.
In the fast class will be such boats as the
Den: designed by C.. F. Herreshof and
owned by J. II. Hoadley. This boat has
been much talked Of as a wonderful per-
former, but unfortunately she breaks down
80 often that her records are marred.
The Mercedes, owned by H. l.. Bowden
OF Boston, is another In this class that has
done well. She Is q consistent performer
and while she has not a wonderful turn OF
speed she can go all day long and in time
wear some Of the s~printers down.
The Dixie. owned by 4. J. Schroeder,
will be a starter. This boat was built
to race for the British International cup,
but she did not como up to the expectations
Of her owner 90 far as speed went and was
not sent across the ocean. 1t il said that
she Il moving faster now than ever.
The XPDNC, now owned by H. J. 0illig
Of Red Bank, and the mgt-et-Un, owned
by w. S. Kilmer, are also expected to start.
Two older boats that were wonderfully
fast two years ago nave been changed and
it is said much improved. These are the
Standard and the Onontio.
The Standard Is owned by Prince McKin-
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This Even Keeps the wife in Tobacco "A
Learned Mans Home I'm ki0to Ono
Servant Possible on the Income Named
Some Japanese Domestic Economics.
Aand where a college professor-educated
in America-can support a wife and ave
money on a salary Of $500 a year may be
said to have achieved the simple life.
The house In which the professor lived
in Kioto is described by a writer in the
Craftsman Al a wooden structure twenty
four feet by twenty-five, on a plot Of land
thirty feet front and Atty feet deep. 1t
was shut in by an artistically made bamboo
fence Ave feet high. The fence was solid,
so no prying yes might see in.
Stepping down from the riokshaws we
passed through the gate to the vestibuIe.
There, leaving my shoes, and my friend
and the maid their sandals, we entered
the house in stocking feet.
The first room, a six mat one, was nine by
twelve feet. II was divided by sliding
screens from the one next the garden, q
corner room twelve feet wide and at that
time tw~enty-fOur feet long. Through the
centre OF this large room were the iron
grooves in the floor and overhead for the
sliding screens that at night would divide
it into two sleeping rooms, but as the day
was warm and fair the screens had been
lifted out and stacked away leaving an
unbroken space.
Sinking to our knees on the soft cushions
laid on the door we awaited the arrival OF
our hostess. A patter OF light feet, the
sliding Of a screen and she appeared. Rest
ing our outspread hands before US on the
straw mats we made deep r~everences in
response to her bows Of cordial greeting.
Having brought With us as q gift a boz
- .Iv~at k1ad NTH fha rad md @hiNn nZfk
string and the slip Of paper folded like an
arrows sheaf, we slid It gently toward
the little lady. h received IL graciousiy,
but, according to etiquette, neither touched
nor opened the box.
When formalities were over and we were
pleasantly chatting In walked the husband
and professor, just back from college.
The little wife drew out her tiny pipe and
took her three puffs from it, while the pro-
feasor smoked his native cigarette as we
talked.
sIpay twenty yen Is1Ol a month rent
said DR.. Magai. That is high rent for a
professor, but We ara so near the college
that l can walk back and forth, saving the
cost Of q rickshAw and OF getting my lunch-
con away, To build such a house as this
would cost about $500, and the land il valued
Our one servant does all the work. and
we pay her thirty yen a year. To be sure,
my wife gives her a kimono now and again,
out Jney cost Oniy hyen apiece. one lived
with my wife's mother, and Ia trained so
she can make up ripped garments and 10
all necessary sewing. When my wife has
guests she prepares and serves the meal
so well we need only buy sweets'
Can she wash7" l asked.
-OM wash In 80 small she can easily do
t." he replied. with you IL would he
necessary TO send your clothes to q laundry,
as l do my foreig garments"
Then l remembered that ia q Japanese
household there are no ~tablecloths, nap
kins, sheets. pillow cases or curtains TO
b o IN. for none Of these are used
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The meals are served on individual lac
quer trays, and each person carries in his
sleeve a paper napkin that rs destroyed
when soiled.
The bedding consisted Of tuIones, heavy
wadded comfortables. One laid on the
floor served as q bed ADD q second one FUR
nished all the covering necessary:
Pillows were curved wooden blocks on
hard rolls OF nee husk. and over these each
night was tied q sheet Of fresh white paper.
The Japanese take so many hot baths,
two a day being the usual number, that
their garments do not become soiled az do
ours. When their kimonos are dirty they
either wash them intact in tiny u before
which they crouch or rip them up and wash
out the pieces.
Their drying process takes the place Of
our ironing, Tor they never use an iron;
The ripped pieces, very wet, are spread
smooth and fat on long boards
These boards are then stood against the
sides Of the house in the sur and air. When
dry the material Ia carefully pulled OF and
will be as stiff and smooth as II 1t q been
starched and ironed.
do tell me what your other expenses
are, / asked.
Fuel, I" he answered. costs about twenty
five yen a year, light ten yen, and ten yen
l pay to the Government for my house az.
Then there Is the item OF clothes. Mine
are expensive, for | must have both foreign
vided at our marriage that she has bought
nothing since. Last year l spent fifty yen
on clothes.
Our food costs us about a hundred ven.
You know there is never any waste in q
japanese kitchen, and every morsel cooked
-Four hundred and sixty-nve yen.
Yes, that is close TO what We spent
Last year, for my salary is 800 yen a year.
and l paid on 200 yen OF my debt.
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ney and o is fitted with a ak cylinder
double acting motor, which is the frat Of this
type ever put in a boat. The engine is the
nveation OF Lewis Nixon and Carl Riotte.
The onontio has a new Craig engine. She
Is owned by Henry N. Baruch and it is ex-
pected that she will make better b thirty
miles an hour. In her trials she has almost
reached hat figure and her owner expects
that abe will improve still more.
Power boats have become popular for
many reasons The gas engine is very easy
to run and cheap to install and takes up
little space. Il has been installed in many
sailing craft. and while it has taken away
some Of the a Of sailing, it is very
convenient.
The owner OF a sailboat In which there il
a gas engine is always sure Of getting back
TO port, no matter how tickle the winds are.
For a small boat the gas engine has many
advantages W the steam engine. It
takes up less space. Il docs not heat the
yacht as the furnaces M boilers OF q steam
engine do. It 10 cheaper TO run.
A steam engine win cost Ave cents per
horsepower for zach hour the engine Is run.
A gas engine uses q pint Of gasolene for each
horsepower each hour and with gasolene
at 20 cents a gallon this il only as cents an
hour for each horsepower.
A steam engine needs one engineer and
perhaps two. oilers and iremen. A gas en-
gine can be run by one man and he does not
have to DO q licensed engineer either. In a
small yacht a gas engine a be installed
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Of the real consistency OF that tempting
meadow. 1 do not say that there is alb
solutely no grazing q on the banks OF
the Amazon-I do say hat there is very
little, and that that lttlsts all held by private
owners.
In these extraordinary forests there are
found some Of the most beautiful and valu-
able wood In the world, as well as fruits,
nuts, oils, balsams and gums, but-and this
but Is insurmountable-they are found as
rarely as diamonds in the gravel or gold
nuggets in the streams.
There is a false impression existing hat
rubber trees, ebony, rosewood and all the
rest are found in great groves or clusters,
X our pine or oak forests. Tn fact is
that these trees are solitary. When two Of
them are only a quarter OF a mile apart land
remember that the quarter mile is not open
space, but thiokly matted, almost impene-
trable, swamp forest) they are considered
close together; IL they are a mile apart they
are not considered to DO very far distant
from zach other"
And so on, though other reports are
more encouraging. The export trade from
Amazonia Is constantly increasing.
The richest mineral deposits are found
in the State OF Mtnas Geraes, which has
been famous for centuries for its gold and
diamond mines. There are at present six
large gold mines in operation, alt under for
eign capital, and others are rapidly being
opened; yet rich as is this field, 1t has ap-
parently never appealed TO the American
investor, n Is passing almost entirely
into the hands OF the English.
The two States OF Rio de Janeiro and Sac
Paulo may be described as n vast coffee
estate. Coffee forms half, in value, OF
the total exports Of Brazil. It Is three times
the value OF our tobacco exports and five
sixths that Of our iron and steel. IL sur
passes the entire tea output Of China, India
and Ceylon.
Rio Is destined to be Mpplanted as the
capital Of the country. Thu Brazilian Con-
gress has chosen a beautiful plateau in the
central State Of Goyaz as a site for che new
capital, which in time will be connected
by rail with all the States. some OF which at
present are almost inaccessible.