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The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1907-01-04
The Standard Oil University

The Standard Oil University
received a New Year gift of
three million dollars from John
D. Rockefeller. His gifts to this
institution closely approximate
twenty million dollars. With
this generous endowment one
can understand why the institu-
ton teaches the divinity of
money.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1907-01-04
FRIDAY, JANUARY 4, 1907.


"A number of the country news
papers thruout central Washing
ton have advanced the price of
subscription from one dollar to
one dollar and a half per year,
beginning with the first of the
new year.
If in the past one dollar per
year was a fair and reasonable
price, then the advance in the
last eighteen months in the cost
of printing Office labor, in round
numbers q fifteen per cent adj
vance in the cost of type and
printing Office material, the re
cent advance in the price of pa
per, and the advance all along
the line in the cost of living GER
tainly justifes an advance in the
subscription price and the rate
of advertising.
Not more than one country
newspaper in thousand makes
for its owner more than living,
and it is not very high living
at that.
Now this is not true of any
other line of business. But then
the business man usually pur-
sues a sane course. If the cost
price of his wares advances he
advances the selling price. Even
the laboring man knows enough
to advance the selling price of
his labor when the cost of living
is advanced. The newspaper
man is the only one in the com
munity who doesn't know enough
to adjust the price of what he
has to sell to- the cost of what he
has to buy, whether labor, print
ing office material, groceries, or
dry goods.
1t is not necessary to go out
side of the town of Leavenworth
to make comparisons. The
smallest business, from an in
vestment point of view and value
of stock carried, can show a
larger net profit for the past
year than can the proprietor of
The Echo.
Just why the man who con-
ducts the newspaper OF the town
should be content with a bare
subsistence has never been ex-
planned to our entire satisfac-
ton, And then, too, there be
those in every community W no
grudge that.
If the value of the newspaper
to the community is gagged by
the publishers pecuniary re-
ward it must be worth to the
community about as much as the
vermiform appendix is to the
human anatomy.
This suggests the inquiry. Is
there really necessity for a
newspaper in every town of a
thousand inhabitants? The fact
that not one in a hundred makes
even a decent living prompts a
negative reply.
The editor of this paper ad-
mits that the comment of Eli
Perkins on the country newspa-
per man is deserved. 1t may
not be relished by the craft, but
it cuts mighty close to the truth.
Eli said that the country news
paper man would fail to make
more than a living in any occu-
patton in which he might engage
for the reason that he lacked the
nerve or good sense to put a
price on his labor or his wares
that would yield profit above a
mere existence.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1907-01-04
WILL YOURS COME NEXT,

AS the Lord loves a cheerful
giver, even so does the newspa-
per publisher love a prompt sub
scriber-one who keeps his sub
scription paid in advance-one
who pays cheerfully and leaves
the impression that he gets his
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1907-01-04

Oliver Bates came down from We
natchee Lake Wednesday. He says
there is nothing new in that region.
The road when he came down was pref
ty well broken but as two or more feet
of snow has fallen since he arrived he
will find it choked up when he returns.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1907-01-04

Special Notlce--Hereafter all resolutions of
coincidence. cards of thanks, notices OF enter
tainments where an admission fee is charged,
and all notices of any kind intended to promote
somebody's business must be paid for at regu-
lar advertising rates when printed In the Echo.
II you expect this paper to help push some
thing to make money you can afford to contrib
ute to its support All free entertainments OF
whatsoever kind, or movements to promote the
welfare and prosperity of the community as IA
whole will be given the free use of its columns.
No deviation will be made from this rule.
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nAV.JANUARX 4, 1907.
The Washington herald., 1907-04-01

Tie Washington Herald is dsEiDered by
carrier ia the District Of Columbia and at
Alexandria, Va, at IS cents per month,
daily and Sunday, or at 25 cents per
a0nfb s0itholgt the Sunday issue.
The Washington herald., 1907-04-01
Ho.el Rntes and the Exnosition-


The Norfolk Landmark is inclined to
take the hotel keepers to task because
they win not be frank with the public
as TO the rates they propose charging
during the jamestown Exposition The
Landmark calls for assurance that there
is TO be no "gOuging," and thinks a
schedule Of rates to be charged should
be filed now, and prospective visitors told
in advance just what they are 10 pay
The Landmark is exactly night about
this matter, and it is to be regretted that
the hotel men are not frank and open
in their reply. instead Of evading and an
.swering in generalities, as they have done.
The jamestown Exposition viii not at
tain the full measure Of success If the
impression prevails that visitors are to be
held up and mulcted by the hotel men. or
any other set Of men. The exposition IS
not to be Of a character that will irresist-
IDLY draw great crowds of visitors. re-
gardless of the cost. But If the people are
given TO understand that a genuine Vir-
ginia welcome is in store for them. and
genuine Virginia honesty is to mark the
incidents of their visit 10 the exposition
they win attend in sufficient numbers TO
insure a great success 20 that most
meritorious and deserving enterprise.
The dictates Of common sense and wis
dom would, it does seem. prompt hotels
70 be frank and fair about this matter
To do otherwise than take advantage OF
the Landmarks inclination to give wide
publicity TO the assurance when once it
is given is sheer toily. II viii hurt the
hotel men themselves in the end, much
more than it viii hurt any one else.
to have it understood that they are not
going to even promise fair play. The
Landmark offers the hotels a fine oppor-
tunlty to set themselves right in this
matter. They viii do well 10 accept the
tender
The Washington herald., 1907-04-01
MUCH IN A NAME.
sixteenth street Notable Thorough
fare Despite the NumeraI.

sixteenth street "a NOtab bic thorough
fare Despite the Mineral.
From the New YORK Evening Post.
It is a thousand pities that the aspirs-
tions of hOusehoIders Of Sixteenth street
northwest. Washington. 10 rename that
thoroughfare ''The Avenue Of Presidents
have been quenched by a Iiteral-minded
Board OF District Commissioners. It is
stated that the magnilOquent name viii
stlll be used in the world of fashion, but
il must be done in a surreputious king
over-the-water sort Of manner. The mere
numeral is as hateful as Citizen Capet"
must have been to the French royslists.
For II ever street deserved a name out
Of the ordinary. il is this one.
The presence Of the White House is not
It's sole distinction. At its southern end
is the highest monument in the world. A
little farther along is undoubtedly the
most remarkable monument IN the world
the statue of Gen. Jackson, mounted on
a horse whose tail exactly balances his
body, and celebrated by the further
legend which visitors seldom rec5.-s with
incredulity, that its sculptor had hever
even seen an equestrian statue before he
made this one. More than all this. our
American longitude all comes from Six
teenth street The meridian runs down
the middle Of the street, making il
particularly desirable residence locality
for persons vino are fond OF such things
Even if il does lie between Fifteenth and
Seventeenth streets, this highway de-
serves to be taken out Of the common
list. We suggest that a test case be made
by some one addressing a letter 10 such
and-such q number Avenue OF the Presi-
dents, and then suing the government
whose postmen fail 10 deliver 1t.
The Washington herald., 1907-04-01

bic menaces communities hitherto consid-
cred remote from the ultimate terrors OF
international strife
What might happen should an enemy
land a hundred or more war cars and Sc
cure a tenable base OF operations. on our
Northern border, say. Is for boards Of
strategy to consider, and. If possible,
Offset The mind Of the perturbed layman
can hardly be expected to approach such
a problem IN the calm mood necessary 20
It's rational consideration.
It might be possible for the United
States to insure a satisfactory amount OF
protection by means Of biliion-doIlar
aggregation OF war cars, but Capt Hob
sons failure to attract serious attention
to his plea for a deep-sea armament Of
ike cost would seem TO shut out such a
solution. Possibly. with the prospect Of
paying for great fighting fleets Of the air
as we'll as for embattied motor fortresses
by land-not to mention the cost of war
fare on the raging main-the plain peoples
of the earth may move a little more quick
ly in the direction Of international dis
armament
The Washington herald., 1907-04-01
MONDAY. APRIL l. 1907.
An IdeaIlst in Politics.

One of the most interesting situations
ia contemporary American politics may
be found in the State of New York, where
the entire reform programme of Gov.
Hughes Is threatened with complete and
igRominious failure through the opposi-
ton OF the legislature and the apparent
apathy of public opinion. Gov. Hughes
took Office at the beginning of the year
with declaration that he would refrain
from interference with the legislature
on the theory that his was a purely
executive Office, and that II was not his
function to take part in legislation. His
purpose was to preserve the independent
and coordinate character Of the execu-
tive and legislative branches. and to
eliminate the common practice Of bring
ing various sorts OF executive pressure
i. 10 bear upon the legislature IN order to
force through administration measures.
After three months trial of this ideal
isue relation of the executive, and the
legislature. Gov. Hughes finds his reform
measures blocked by a hostile Senate and
a lukewarm assembly. He. himself. has
Weil-nigh become man without a party.
The Republican machine is giving him no
support and the Republican leaders.
with few exceptions. are openly opposed
10 his policies. Nothing that he has asked
for has been granted. His public utilities
hih the most important of his reform
measures, If it does not fail OF passage.
viii be so emasculated as to be shorn Of
much of its value and purpose. In view
of this situation. some Of the governor s
friends have urged him to drop idealist
Alor practical politics, and to enter into
be uslai negotiations With the politicians
control OF the legislative branch. Gov
Hughes, however. is committed 10 a diff
ferent course. that of making a direct
appeal 10 the people for support as
against the ObstrepeTOus legislature
But viii such appeal be effective? Omi-
nous suggestions are heard that public
sentiment viii not back up the governor;
his public utilities bin is openly attacked
"a. aearters from which strong support, on
general principles. might have been ex-
Fected; partisan agencies, on both sides.
are interested in encompasslng his down
fail, and the most powerful corporation
Influences in the country are arrayed
against him. To Gov. Hughes has come,
thus early in his political career, a su-
preme test OF leadership. VIII he be
able TO convert his present defeat Into
future victory?
The Washington herald., 1907-04-01
sAN FRANCIsCo,s oRpEAL.
Painful but Necessary PurgatiOn
Now In Progress There.

from the san Fmnciaoo Cali.
San Francisco Is undergoing d severe
surgical operation. The process is pain
fuI but necessary. The patient will come
through, bat there Will be sorrow and suf-
fering. Names that have stood high IN the
social, political, and commercial life Of the
city will be smirehed beyond the possi-
billty OF rehabilitation. II these men es-
cape prison stripes. they win be lucky.
They have themselves to blame, and un-
der the inexorable eompulslon OF justice
they must reap where they have sown.
There Is no bribe-taker for whom the
bribe- giver did not come first The
tempter is worse than the tempted and
has less excuse, because he is not found
among the paltry crew Of cheap rascals
nOurished IN an atmosphere that makes
graft It's god The bribe-giver holds bis
head high among the best people. SO
called. he cannot plead necessity or lack
of knowledge of the iuiquity of his do
ings His motive is vulgar greed, and he
sells his soul for price with the fullest
knowledge that he is committing d crime
against humanity. debauehing a whole
Commonwealth by an example Of success
ful outlawry, rewarded by rank, position,
influence
The sale Of privileges and protection is
matter OF common knowledge, resting on
moral certainty, and the prosperous inn
punity OF the bribe-giyers mas served more
than anything else TO debauch the public
mind by the evil example of protitsb bic
crime. 1t Is not surprising that in the
popular idea the gilt-edged rascal has come
10 be confounded with the captain OF in
dustry, and admired as such. Nor viii
the cleansing process be complete until
venal newspapers that have given moral
support to eminently respectable bribe-
givers and encouragement to hribe-takers
are exposed 10 public scorn The busi-
ness Of graft Is not new in San Francisco
0r in any American city. In a greater
or less degree il has always existed here.
but never before on the scale of organized
greed that Ruef established. The long
suffering tolerance Of an easy-going and
liberal community was capitalized by this
sOrdid rascal until everything-there is no
exception-was for sale There was no
line OF business that was not made TO
yield up it's tax TO Ruef and his crew Of
parasites
The Washington herald., 1907-04-01
TAFT AND THE TARIFF.
His Candidacy Regarded as PrOmis-
ing for Revision Policy.

MS NhHuRuaEy hekaEueG as FEOmls-
ing for 81 Revision Policy.
From the Springfield Republican.
The Boston Globe raises the question
whether President Roosevelts now un-
mistakable choice Of Secretary Taft for
the nomination means that he is Of the
mind that tariff revision must De one OF
the promises Of the Republican platform
In 1903. Apparently, It does not merely
mean it; It emphasizes it. Those who
have talked with the President this winter
on the tariff question have come away
impressed with his belief that the Re
publican party must go into the campaign
of 1903 definitely aid unequivOcaIly
pledged 10 reform the tariff. Therefore,
although Mr.. Roosevelt always reserves
the right to change his mind in commit
ting himself to the Taft candidacy he
more clearly commits himself 10 the poll
cy Of revision, since Secretary Taft IS
already a declared opponent Of standpat-
ism. X would be strange indeed il, after
declining TO lead a fight for tariff revision
during hts own term. the President should
lead a fight largely on that very issue
for the nomination of Secretary Taft
Stranger things, however, have happened.
The Washington herald., 1907-04-01
Hoosiers DisconrnRed.

Until the State Department promulgated
It's rule requiring applicants for consul
ships to be able to speak and write an
other language besides English. no State
Of the Union had a larger host of pa
triots eager to serve their country In
foreign parts than Indiana. Before Sec
retary Root established the present dis
pensation, he accounted that week dull
which did not produce half dozen or
more applicants from Indiana for posi-
tions in the consular service. It Is said
that now there is not a single HoOsier
name on the list of eligibles. There are.
Of course. numerous Indianians in the
foreign service, but they got there prior to
the adoption of the new rule, and it is
presumed that these have acquired at
least a speaking acquaintance with the
language Of the countries to which they
are assigned. 1t is recalled. however.
that their most famous diplomat. Dom
Jack Gowdy. who held the consul gen
eralship at Paris for several years, knew
not a word OF French when President
Mckinley selected him for that post, and
it is related with patriotic pride by In
dianians that he made no attempt 10
master the dialect of the gay Parisians
while he was among them, though il is
conceded that he made one of the best
consul generals in the service.
The Washington herald., 1907-04-01
sale of Autorranhs.

John d. Crimmins, prominent in the
social. religious, and political life of New
York, has tired of his lifetime fad for
collecting autographs and has decided to
sell at auction this month his entire col
lection. which is said to be the finest in
the United States. It is said that the col
lection contains the signature of every
man and woman of prominence both in
this country and Europe who have lived
within the past forty years. and also that
at great expense Mr.. Crimmins secured
the autographs of all the siguers of the
Declaration Of Independence. The auction
viii partake of the nature of a great
social function in New York at an early
date.
The Washington herald., 1907-04-01
THE ORIGINAL FIGURE 8.

II people when on LIES highway should halt and
f0olishly look back
They'd note with grief that day By day their steps
had made a zigzag track
The dust Of travel there would show tst while con
Finced Of walking straight
They reeied about so all might know their course
ran Ike figure eight.
And IN the years to come when men proceed along
that tFampled road
On which. before them walking stTaight at least il
thought their forbears strobe,
They'll smile 10 see the giddy gait Of these noss
sleeping on Times shelves
And IN the dust of LIES old highway make SONS
- erlsaltea
The Washington herald., 1907-04-01
PRESIDENT FINLEYS CANDOR.
Head Of the Southern Commended
for Sincerity of Utteranee.

From the Manufacturers Record.
II every railroad official expressed him
self as frankly and clearly to the public
as does President Finley and with as
much consideration. It is safe TO say that
the hostility manifested in various quar-
ters to the railroads would be much
diminished, if indeed, it existed. Mr..
Finley appealed particularly for justice to
the railroad man, His sincerity of pur-
pose should not be questioned when ne
announced a policy upon broad and Just
principles TO improve the relations be-
tween the carriers and the public. The
railroad men who were striving to inn
prove railway conditions should be ad-
mitted TO the confidence of the people
and upheld by their encouragement. They
could succeed only If they were thus up
held
This speech of Mr.. Finleys is one of
the best Of many that have recently been
made upon the railroad question. There
is a dominant note of truth throughout
the whole utterance. II is one which
should be hearkened to and thoughtfully
considered, not only by the business men
of Atlanta, to whom il was addressed.
but by others In similar walks of life and
by public men. The question has been
put in plain, businesslike manner, 50
that it can be readily understood by any
one of ordinary intelligence 1t should
have the effect Of bringing about quiet
calm consideration of the questions con-
cerning railroads, TO the end that they
may be dealt with considerably and justly
without any diminution of their facilities
but, on the contrary, looking to their en-
largement and Improvement to meet the
constantly expanding needs of industry
and commerce.
The Washington herald., 1907-04-01
Republican view of Tarir Issue.

From the New York Tribune
With the old sectional antagonism van
ishing and the South and the West doing
their share in manufacturing. the tariff
agitation of the SOS is out Of date Most
of the Democratic leaders who count
know that it is moribund, and they will
oniy smile at the suggestion of dropping
the real issue of the day and pledging ex-
elusive devotion TO pale memory Of the
past The Democratic party is incapable
of agreeing on any logical and consisten:
programme. But It has not yet reached
that stage of decadenee at which il would
be willing TO identify itself with a single
ossified lost cause
The Washington herald., 1907-04-01
Armored Motor Cars

III an article on --latest Designs of the
Motor In Warfare" which appears in the
Scientific American of March %. W. c.
81 f'hz-G Gerald says that there is little
doubt that armored motor ears viii play
prominent part in the next war, not
Only for purposes of transport. but also
as engines of ofense." He calls at,en-
ion to the fact that practically every
pilitary nation to-day has its own type Of
war car On the Franco-G German frontiers
4 regular batteries of war cars maneuver
periodically, reproducing the conditions of
actual warfare, and "a special automo-
bile section of the British volunteers has
been formed out of a number of rich
men. each owning a car which he agrees
10 hold in readiness for the use Of the
illtary should occasion arise.
A popular British type is "a car sur
rounded with a crinoline Of bullet-proof
armor, fattened al the sides and having
ram fore and aft This militant monster
B naturally appeals TO insuar fancy, since
it is Intended for coast defense. It is in
reality a powerful moving fortress. being
about 30 feet long. with a speed of fifteen
miles an hour; carries fuel for run of
at least 500 miles. and more than 10000
rounds of ammunition; is armed with two
) automatic quick-ire guns and two of the
famous 'pompoms. whose deadly eff
cheney was demonstrated in the Boer war:
can climb a steep grade, and carries
searchlghts and crew OF twenty spe-
cially trained men. Mr. Fitz-Gerald sums
np the portentous possibilities OF the
fighting motor car in the following para
graph:
France. the home Of the motor from the be
5ng. can count in time Of var on at least
cars. in addition to maDg hundreds Of motor
as4 trucks for heavy transport work and
haulage Of guns. The motor-mitrailleuse as
80 war car q France IS called. vies with SINH
Jar vehicles already adopted In the German Italian
Austrian. Russian. and British armies. While
all ether motor vehicles in time Of war win rely
like the light cruisers Of navies on their high
speed fer escape these powerful var cars grimiy
fensin behind and fight Some Of them carry IT,
vosyiug tuTrets mounting guns Of quite large
caiibsr. The engines are often Of the 85-horse-
poNer Mercodes type and the cars are 50 geared
that they can travel over incredibly rough ground
and nesogiate ven gradients. They are. in
fact miniature travelling forFesses entirely proof
against Eife FIRE. and capable Of high speed Thus
their crest destructive force combined with their
mobility, bias fair 70 introduce an entirely neK ee-
lnent into the warfare Of the future and it Is be-
lisEsd IN many o. The Offices Of the world that
these are merely foTeFuuners of Feritabe land
DrsadHonghts. capable Of destroying entire cities
Bat BE in their track"
IT wouss thus appear that while we have
seen iP fearsome fancy anticipating con
cts OF airy navies graphing in the
1tral blue. or raihing rcd ruin on de-
seleas cities. a terror mol aszgormiaa-
The Washington herald., 1907-04-01
Frog skins Are Hen Feathers.

From the New York World.
There is a dispute between the collector
Of the port and firm Of japanese import
ers over the classification of frog skins
The collector holds that they are dutiable
as leather and the importers insist that
they be classified as fish skins. It is a
needless and pTofitless wrangle. Long ago
the Treasury Department experts decided
that frogs legs were dressed poultry
Consequently frog skins are chicken
feathers and should pay duty as such
under the wise and benefcent provisions
of the Dingley tariff
The Washington herald., 1907-04-01
TAFT, Fornkcr. and BuIldogs

From the Springfield Republican.
Senator Foraker has lost a pet bull
dog in Washington, and it is suggested
that this is the first dark move on the
part Of the Taft forces. But there is bull
dog enough in Foraker himself to furnish
all the amusement that the Taft men will
want. He apparently is fairly spoiling
for the fight