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The Washington times., 1907-05-05
n. P. PRESIDENT
DEPLORES LAWS

ST. PAUL, MINI, May 4.-Howard FL
lott. president Of the Northern Pacific
railway, said today:
Il am unable 20 tell what was the orig
inal cause of the present sentiment
against the railroads. Perhaps, it was
the Federal legislation that began with
the passage OF the interstate commerce
act. This may have influenced State leg
islation. Perhaps early state legislation
directed against the railroads Influenced
subsequent legislation by Congress. No
one can say. In any event, the senti-
ment and the laws il has inspired have
been unfortunate. They have reduced
railroad revenues, as in this State.
where, as a matter OF fact. what the
people want is improved facilities. The
2-cent rate, for example. is not to be
justified in a State like Minnesota. the
conditions here do not warrant the de-
mand. And when we see our passenger
fares reduced IS Is per cent we can
hardly be expected to take up with en-
thusiasm the Improvements through
which we hope 10 give the public en-
larged facilities and better service
The Washington times., 1907-05-05
The German Tariff Agreement.

This newspaper has not been privi-
legged to know the inner workings of
the administrative mind which di-
rected the American end of the
negotiations resulting in the Ger
man tariff agreement just made pub
lie. But from a casual examination
of that arrangement it seems appar-
ent that the protected American
manufacturers are getting a lesson
in the desirability of a less stiff
necked attitude toward tariff reor-
ganization.
In this convention, which has been
ratified by both countries, the
United States gives most and re-
ceives least. True, Germany places
under her minimum rates long list
of food products of this country.
But that is a concession, not to the
producers of food in t;fe United
States. but to the necessities of the
German people. They must eat.
They can't get the food elsewhere.
They must get it from the United
States. If the maximum rates had
been applied as against American
food products, the result would have
been merely to cause Germany to
buy more of its supply from other
countries which get its minimum
rates, and to reduce the amount
which those favored countries could
have sold in other markets than
Germany's. The United States
would then have been drawn upon to
supply the deficit thus created in
those other markets-and the whole
thing would have come out about
even The world must eat, and
when the Servian wheat surplus
goes to Germany instead of Eng
land, England will have to buy lust
that much more wheat from some
body other than Servia.
But while thus getting conces-
sions to American foodstuffs that
are only apparent concessions, the
United States permits great list of
American manufactures to be sub
jected for the first time to the maxi
mum rates fixed by the empires
conventional tariff. This is where
the American manufacturer will feel
the weight of this new penalization.
He will quite likely wake up, rub
mis- eyes, and come to a realization
Of the fact that something is wrong.
The Washington times., 1907-05-05
PRESIDENT UNFIT
FOR PANAMA JOB
John r. Wallace.
John r. Wallace.

DENVER. Col. May 4.-"President
Roosevelt should not be given charge of
the construction OF the Panama canal
after his term of office as President ex-
pires.'
That Is what John z Wallace. former
chief engineer of the Panama canal,
SAYS. Mr.. Wallace does not make that
statement in so many words, but that is
what he means.
Would President Roosevelt be a de-
sirable person to be placed in charge
OF work on the Panama canal?" Mr..
Wallace was asked.
Il do not care TO make a direct reply
to that question answered Mr.. Wal-
lace. but 1 win say this: The man who
has active charge of the work should
be able to conceive, design. execute, and
administer. You cannot take a man out
OF politics, a man who 8has spent his
life in politics, who has always held
salaried governmental positions, and
expect MIN to take charge of such a
project as the Panama Canal
"Such an undertaking as the canal
requires a man of ripe experience; a
man who has all the qualities of a pro-
fessional engineer. wish It understood
that 1 make no criticism of anyone, -
concluded Mr.. Wallace.
The Washington times., 1907-05-05
The Experience of Oregon.

The what Is tip" is the name
sometimes given Mr.. Bryan's initia-
tive and referendum. 1t is a what
is it?" only for those who do not
read the papers. More than one
State has adopted it, and found it
good. Even Chicago, with its vast
body of ignorant voters, believes in
it after none too favorable a trial.
Now comes Senator FuIton-whose
testimony would hardly have been
expected as favorable-to say, in the
North American Review, that it has
proven its worth in Oregon.
Briefly stated, the initiative and
referendum provides that the people
can themselves originate legislation
by petition, and obtain from the
State or city Legislature a reference
Of the broad questions involved 10
the whole people at the polls. This
is the form of the law in Oregon,
and of its workings the senior Sena-
lOE lIOul lldl oldtC Sd -
During the short period of time in
which the initiative and referendum
amendment has been q part Of our con-
stitutiOn. the people have manifested a
very lively disposition 90 exercise their
power hereunder. Aside from the di-
rect primary law, the most important
enactment under the initiative is the
local option law, which was proposed
by petition and approved by a large
majority Of votes cast thereon, and
III ereby became a law.
The general appropriation bill enacted
by the Legislature at the January ses-
sion in 1905 was by petition held up
under the referendum, and referred TO
the voters and passed on by them At the
June election in 1896. By a very decisive
majority, the action OF the Leglsle ture
was approved.
enact unusual or extreme legislation on
any subject under the initiative On
the contrary. our experience thus far
tends to Indicate that, as legislators
the people are fully as conservative and
considerable Of private and corporate
rights as are their representatives in
legislative assemblies.
This is enough TO show that in
Oregon, at least, the law is neither
an ''ism" nor a dead letter. 1t has
operated TO bring the people closer
to their own government. In gen
eral adoption IT might be reasonably
expected to make boss rule more
difficult. Assuredly, il would tend
to make the voter more thoughtful
and educate him into a greater 1T
ness for his responsibility. This, if
anything. is the teaching of Oregon's
experience.
The Washington times., 1907-05-05
General KurOki.

Japan could have sent as her
military representative at the
jamestown exposition no soldier
who would have made stronger APP
peal to the. people of this country
than General Kuroki. In the Ameri-
can mind, he was the Sheridan, the
Sherman, the Stonewall Jackson, the
JubaI 4. Early, the Forrest, of the
war with Russia, all rolled into one.
From the crossing of the Yalu TO
the crisis at Mukden, he seemed al
ways to be the man for the daring,
audacious, unexpected effort to ac-
complish the impossible. He made
the impossible easy; he overturned
all rules of military strategy; he
somehow managed 10 be represented
as more of human being and less
a syndicate of intellect than any
other of the japanese commanders.
Perhaps there will never be writ
ten a great, intimate, critical his
WI y VI wv u HdhtSC tOANiutSb VI
lower Manchuria. There is reason
to suspect that Japan takes more
interest in making history than in
writing it, Perhaps, if such a
searching analysis of the Manchur-
ian campaign were written Kuroki
would lose somewhat of the CLAM
our that has surrounded him. But
certain it is. that today he is the
most popular of Japan's heroes as
they are viewed in this country. He
deserves, and he doubtless will en-
JOY in this country, a reception as
cordial and enthusiastic as his coun-
try rendered to General Grant when
he made his famous trip around the
world. And while he is here it is
impossible to suppress the wish that
he might submit to one real inter
view! What story he could tell
for some good, clever human inter
est" writer TO ''fix up" for the Sun
day magazine,
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Pan-AmericaniSm.

Perspective is not one of the quail
ties natural to Americans. So ii will
do US good TO see our enforcement
of the Observation-Disclosures Doctrine as
others see it. \ Frenchman-M. Y.
NJ. Goblet, a member of the Com
mercial Institute of Paris and for
eign editor of the influential journal
"Politique ColOniale'-epitomizes it
in the name of ''Pan-Americanism,' -
and defines il thus:
The policy Of the American Republic
I'm Cuba has abundantly proved that
pan-Americanism does not aim at ter
ritorial conquest. The attitude Of the
Americans toward Venezuela has
shown that pan-Americanism mas not
for Its aim to tnJure the interests OF
Europe. The words Of the diplomats,
and their acts in addition, indicate to US
that il is a commercial movement which
is afoot. Pan-AmeFicanisIn is a
doctrine OF strenuous life and intelli-
gent economic movement.
No wonder the blind Milton wrote:
Peace hath her victories
No less renowned than war.
when a Rough Rider President can
turn a policy which depends upon
war in reserve into a means of Yam
kee thrift.
The Washington times., 1907-05-05
BOSSy'S WhimS.

Lobbying is like driving cows. There
are times when II is best to say. sun
boss sub boss, Come bossy! Nice
bOssy,' and to shake the peck measure
invitingly," says ellison Gardner In
Success Magazine And then there
are other times when the only thing
10 do is 10 get behind and holler and
throw sticks into the air. At heart Con-
gressmen are timid creatures, and a
big noise is often mistaken by them
for big danger
There is much truth in the COM
parison.
Yet there are times when Bossy
balks and kicks up her hind legs,
and won't stir either forward or
back.
That's what happened when the
President proposed a graduated in
come tax, and Mr.. Beveridge has
submitted child-labor law that
shall be something more than a
township ordinance. Bossy is ordi-
parily good, quiet, domesticated
animal. But she has her whims-
Just like folks.
The Washington times., 1907-05-05
NEEDHAM DEBATERS
DEFEAT C0LUMBIANS

The Needham Debating Society last
night defeated the Columbian Debating
Society in a debate held in George WASH
ington University. with which both or
ganizations are affiliated, The question
was:
Resolved, That the transportation by
common carriers OF Interstate commerce.
Of the products of mines and factories
employing child labor. should be pro-
hibited by the Federal Government. CThe
constitutionality of the question was
waived.l
Thu Needham Society took the mega
tive side In the debate the society was
represented by NJ w. Patterson. Ar
kansas; J. H. Robe, New Jersey, and II.
c. Cock, Texas The Columbian Society
was represented by A. J. Heimbeck. Hi
nOis; r. l. Moore. Tennessee. and c. A.
Miller. Mo. Mr.. Miller was awarded first
honor and H. c Cook second honor.
The Washington times., 1907-05-05
New York.

The Empire State IS bidding for
the distinction of becoming once
more the storm center of national
politics. Ohio has had the limelight
most of the time this season, with
Pennsylvania occasionally showing a
disposition to elbow for the place.
But New York, with its factions, its
interests its multiplicity of COM
phcations, its superabundance Of
master politicians, is not to be lost
sight of. 1t is seemingly determined
TO continue in the center of things.
1t is true that New York is not
essential TO Republican victory in
the election Of 1905. 1t is essential
10 Democratic supremacy. But.
while not so absolutely pivotal as in
Some former campaigns, yet New
The Washington times., 1907-05-05
WOMAN FOUND DEAD;
MURDER SUSPECTED

BOSTON, May AIRS. George Smith
was found dead on the landing of the
second story of the lodging house
alongside the State House today, hor-
ribly sleshed and mutilated. The police
are inclined to believe she was muir
dered. Her husband. from whom she
had temporarily parted, came I'm from
his suburban home to aid the police.
The staircase, lower hallway, and the
kitchen on the first floor. were veritable
shambles, the blood lying sll over the
floor and treads in small patches and
pools. and the wainscoting and walls
being smeared and stained.
The Washington times., 1907-05-05
GERMAN TARIFF.
WITH CHANGES,
PLEASES ATWOOD
But He Wants Canned
Fruit on the Free
List.

George S. Atwood, secretary Of the
American Association Of Commerce aII
Trade Of Berlin. is In Washington 20
confer With Secretary Root about the
new tariff ssreement with Germany that
will 10 into effect July 1. Mr.. Atwood
is very optimistic on the subject Of COM
mercial relations with Germany.
Mr.. Atwood explained that the asso-
citation was maintained principally by
American exporters. but that a third Of
its member are Germans who are di-
rectly interested in increasing the COM
merce Of .he two countries The asso-
citation works hand In hand with the
American consuls IN Germany, e. in
close touch with tho officials OF the Ger
man government, and renders its mem
bers very valuable service in increasing
their trade in that country.
Mr. Atwood viii urge Secretary Root
20 have Incorporated in the new tariff
agreement a provision for the reduction
OF the duty on American canned fruits
and vegets bles. American canned
fruits. he says, are a luxury in Ger
many that even the rich feel that they
can hardly afford. The duty now is 90
per cent. As to dry goods. Mr. Atwood
says Aidt A4ilcilG-Ah manufacturers nave
misjudged the German taste in dress,
that they send goods there with gaudy
patterns that do not at all appeal 20
German buyers.
The new agreement made public yes
terday is a continuation Of the present
provisOrium in practically its present
form, he said. 4 distinct concession.
he pointed out. Of the new arrangement
Is that il ccnLains a provision for en-
teTing imports com Germany at the
invoice valuations as accepted by con-
suls al the places where goods are sold
The Washington times., 1907-05-05
AASONS MAY STRIKE
ON SENATE BUILDING

The stOnemssOns union viii meet to-
morrow night 10 consider the question
OF continuing to work for the contrec-
tor who is doing the stone work on thu
new Office building for the Senate.
The trouble arises from the fact. Il IS
claimed, that the contractor has a large
number OF nOn-union stonemasons at
work on buildings in Philadelphia, where
a lockout OF 400 bricklayers IS now in
force. and all attempts TO have the con-
tractor put union stonemasons to work
have failed.
Unless the matter is Strengthened QUE
in a few days the stonemssons working
on the Senate Office building viii quit
work. II the stonemasons quit they will,
It is said, be followed by the bricklayers
as both organizations are under the
same international body.
The Washington times., 1907-05-05

hide their sins Sadly enough. in many
instances, the clergy appears 70 offer
the most effe ctuai concealment. but %
denounce the clergy generally or 70 i'm
peach the religion which cIergymen
preach IL a gross Injustice
we do not need a new religion, but a
fuller faith, firmer confidence in the
ten commandments which have found
their fuIhlu-ent in the religion Of Christ.
We do not need better religion than
thar for which many have not only sac
rihced every worldly desire. but even
life itself
We cannot AFFORD TO lose faith or be
como discouraged by the sins and short
comings OF the few when We have ever
before US the goodness OF the many.
il is a sad fact that virtue Is not ex-
tolled as loudly as vice Is denounced
While the shame Of this New York min
lister IS deCried in several papers under
conspicuous headlines. recall many
isolated paragraphs OF papers describ-
ing acts Of the sublimest heroism and
performance OF duty.
1t is not in the order OF things to com
mend a man for performing his duty,
but to rend him when he fails. and
which of US have not failed. in some
respect, at some time or other. and
when we have found strength and gain
ed the mastery II self 10 what do We
owe the victory but TO the old religion
Temptation and sin encompass US
but my grace is sufficient for you H'
assures US. and Of this religion it is also
written that the gates OF hell shall not
prevail against it
NELLIE LEWIS STAFFORD.
S94 Eleventh street southwest
Washington, d. c, May 4.
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Promotion OF Savings.

Ii is the merest truism that in the
matter of saving money the begin
ming is the hard part. The nest-egg
that has been laid by is the most
powerful magnet known. Give 500
to man who never saved cent,
as the beginning of bank account,
and it will stop right there. But in
duce him TO save it by dimes and
quarters and dollars, and when he
has piled it up TO the 500 point,
chances are that that man is fairly
on the road TO independence.
There is nothing so self-respecting
as to be ahead of the game; to have
a stake in it; to feel that there is
something ahead 10 work for, and
that every day is bringing it nearer.
That is the feeling that is born into
the man, woman or child who has
learned the first effective lesson in
saving. Nothing is truer than that
poverty is the fault of the poor; but
how are they to be made to realize
this!
Organization of a savings auxil-
larry of the Associated Charities sug-
gests these thoughts about inducing
people 70 help themselves. A thou
sand times better make it easy and
attractive TO the mass of people to
save something, than TO run munich
pal pawnshops at which they may
borrow at low and attractive rates of
interest. 1t is doubtless true, as
was recently declared by a distin-
guished foreign sociOlogist who had
been visiting and studying condi-
tons in this country, that If an end
of prosperity should suddenly be
precipitated in America month
thereafter would see want appearing
on the horizon of a third of the
households in the land. In ten
years of the most 'uXuriantly pros
porous times any country has ever
known, millions Of people have accu-
mulated nothing whatever to show
for their good fortune. They have
eaten regularly, and not at soup
houses; they have spent more
money for the pleasure of spending
it; and they have nothing left to
show for the years of good times
except higher-strung tastes, de-
handing still more in order to sus-
tain them on the plane of living to
which they have become aeeus-
toned.
The Associated Charities savings
auxiliary is a proposal to induce
people to learn to help themselves.
1t designs to carry the savings bank
to people who will not take them
selves to the savings bank. 1t is the
most practical of charities because
1t is not charity at all. 1t is educa-
ton. 1t is a kind of education that
most educated people sadly need. 1t
deserves the support and co-opera-
ton of everybody who has learned
to save, and still more it should be
given consideration by everybody
who knows that he needs to learn
this lesson.
The Washington times., 1907-05-05
LAW AGAINST NOISY DOGS
PASSED IN LEXINGTON, KY

LEXINGTON. May AT the regular
meeting Of the Lexington general coun-
ell last night an ordinance was passed
providing a penalty for any person re-
siding in the corporate limits OF the city
who harbors or keeps a dog which
'howls. baTks CT yelps in a manner that
disturbs the public peace
This is the most unusual ordinance
ever passed in this section. and has
caused great comment In the twenty
eight members Of the general council
there was only one dissenting vote. that
OF Alderman John Scott, who owns such
a dog.
The Washington times., 1907-05-05
FORTY MEN BURIED
UNDER FALLEN DAM

MEXICO CITY. May at is now
known that between fifteen and twenty
workmen were killed in the collapse on
Thursday Of one Of the great walls Of
Chuwiscar dam, according to q dispatch
from Chihuahua. Thirteen men are in
jured, several so seriously IL Is feared
they will die, and number are missing.
While few details are given, Il is
stated the dam gave -ay while the
workmen we're busy on a foundation
close 20 the main rampant. Forty men
were buried under the mass Of masonry.
Heavy financial loss win be occasioned
by the accident
The Washington times., 1907-05-05
Defends the Religion
Ella W. Wilcox DecrieS
Woman Writes The Times That Poetess Is
Wrong-Not New Creed, But Truer Expo
nentS in Pulpit Are Needed

To the Editor Of The Washington Times:
Ever since my childhood have read
with pleasure the poems OF Ella Wheeler
Wilcox. and often in the hour Of trial
and affliction have / found comfort IN
some OF the beautiful lines With the
memory OF her sentiments, liberal, sym
pathetic always. was much surprised
at her views. set forth in an article
published In The Times on Friday even
ing. May 8. under the heading. Sins OF
CIergymen Grow Monotonous; Need
New Religion"
That the clergyman 10 whom her re-
marks relate should have erred or that
many of those who profess the sacred
ministry OF Christ have erred does not
prove that we need a new religion.
but that we need better and truer ex-
ponents OF the old religion.
In one paragraph Mrs. Wilcox states
that 'ft is a curious thing that so many
men who preach the beauty Of Christs
unselfish life should be such miserable
specimens OF selfish self-indulgence;'
but. as there are inefficient members OF
every profession. 1 fail to see why the
men referred 20 should excite more CON-
ment or curiosity than the unworthy or
hypocritical members Of those other pro-
fessions. We cannot blame the medical
profession on account OF the numerous
auacks who affect il; nor can we de-
nounce a musical composition by rea-
son of lack o. feeling or ability on the
part of some one who essays to perform
II; nor can we censure the clergy be
cause INSCRIPTIONS men have entered
it's sacred folds In order to hide their
vices.
Man IL prone to evil as the sparks
av inward" and men are also prone to
The Washington times., 1907-05-05

Perhaps he will even realize that the
high schedules have a trifle over
done things. He will wonder how it
happens that agriculture, which has
traditionally had the short end of
tariff advantages, is suddenly given
the long end. And then, perhaps,
he will conclude that it would be a
good idea to open the way for sensi-
bic, sane, practical adjustments of
these differences, through adoption
of the maximum and minimum tariff
system.
When he turns to the situation in
France he is likely TO be confirmed
in this view. The new agreement
with Germany is certain to meet
disfavor in France. The French will
see their champagne and wine trade,
their business in art works, with the
United States suddenly placed on a
basis of more direct competition
with Germany. They have been
feeling none too friendly toward the
United States about this whole Ger
man negotiation. The outcome is
altogether likely to be that in get
ting out of scrape with Germany,
we will have got into a worse one
with France. For we are not so
advantageousIy situated for a tariff
war with Germany, which must eat
our products if it is to keep its di-
gestive apparatus occupied, and
must have our raw materials if it
is to keep its factories at work.
The Washington times., 1907-05-05
EARL OF ABERDEEN OPENS
GRAND IRISH EXPOSITION

DUBLIN. May 4.-The lord lieutenant
of Ireland. the Earl OF Aberdeen, open
ed the Irish International Exhibition, at
Herbert Park. Balls Bridge, today in
fun state. The function was marked
with much ceremony.
The Knights OF St. Patrick. wearing
their insignia, the castle officials. and
number of naval and military officers,
all In uniform, as well as representa-
tives of many public bodies and large
crowds Of spectators were present
The Washington times., 1907-05-05
PERMANENT LAMENESS
FOR MISS GILMAN?

NEW YORK Nav 4.-Threatened with
permanent IN. mas; 90 the left foot.
Mabelle Gilman IUoay summoned two
distinguished surgeons to the Hotel
Gotham. and after an examination she
was ordered TO remain in her apartment
as much as possible and to avoid stand
ing on the injured leg. She walks with
a noticeable limp. Miss Gilman was
thrown from her horse near her villa
in France recently. an6 was confined to
bed for five weeks as a result.