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The Washington herald., 1907-01-17
TAXATION OF FORTUNE.
why Andrew Carnegie FavOrs a
Graduated Inheritance Tax.

Andrew Carnegie IN Lcsllcs
l am with the President in regard 10 a
graduated tax. heavy graduated tax.
for this reason-many reasons One rea-
son is that # belongs to the community
that made most Of the money, and they
should come in and get their dres. The
second Is that excessive wealth left to
children Is an injury 70 the child. We do
not want a class to grow W in this com
munity. a greater class than we can help,
who are not compelled 70 render some ser
vice 10 the community to justify that
community I'm giving them all their privi-
leges and luxuries. Ny experience is that
would as soon leave a curse 20 nay boy
as the almighty dollar. There are eEcep-
tions every now and then. and here let me
say shat the millionaire son who does
spuru the coarse pleasures that We see 50
many Of them indulge in. and devotes
himself TO the service Of the community
IN any form, is entitled to double honor
But We must legislate not for exceptions;
we must Iegislate for the general.
! stand as opposed TO an income tax az
not only the most pernlci0us act that a
nation could enact. but do stand. on the
other hand. for this-that the problem Of
wealth will never down. The people are
becoming intelligent They see what / tell
you is true that the community made most
Of the wealth, and 7 hope they will persist
and tax heavily by graduated taxation
every man who dies leaving behind him
his millions. which il was bis duty 70 ad-
minister for the public good in his life,
and that they will cease to honor any
man who does not regard his surplus
wealth as a sacred trust, 20 be admins
tered for the good Of the community,
from which it has arisen
The Washington herald., 1907-01-17
The Dissent of the south.

Even the most casual reading OF con-
temporary comment throughout the South
al this time shows how completely.
though respectfully, the entire South dis
sents from the opinion expressed by Sen
ator THlman anent the Brownsville situa-
ton. With practically one voice the
press Of the Southern States takes the
other view and upholds the President OF
the United States in his position
The legislature of the State Of Tennes-
see has passed, with unanimous vote.
resolutions commencing the President. as
has the senate Of the State of South
Carolina, the Senator's own home State
The legislature in session AT this time at
Columbia will re-elect Mr.. Tillman 10 an
other term in the United States Senate.
but it viii put itself on record as not
agreeing 20 his stand in the Brownsville
matter Il is hardly to be doubted that
practically every Southern State would
put itself in the same attitude were the
various legislatures in session at this
time
While the Southern press disagrees with
the Senator. il does so with the utmost
tolerance for his views; credits him with
sincerity. but questions the accuracy OF
his judgment The South seems to rec
ognize the fact that the race problem. so
called is the Senator's great fad-his
hobby, in fact. He has thought so in
tensely. so vigorously. and so mo0dny
upon this topic that. so the South seems
to think. his judgment has been warped
CuriOusly enough. the Southern papers,
as q rule. do not violently incline TO the
idea, as does a great section Of the North
eTn press that the Senator is moved in
his fight by reasons Of a personal nature.
as the consequence OF the somewhat
strained relations existing between Mr.,
Tiilman and the President. They are
rather inclined to see in this pending
question one that the Senator from South
Carolina is apparently not capable Of
meeting squareIy upon its merits and
without prejudice or intolerance His
/ personal feelings toward the President are
mentioned, here and there, but only Incl
dentally, as a rule.
The Atlanta Journal voices the opinion
Of the South. we think, when it calls
upon Senator Tillman TO have more pa
/ tience with those who dissent from his
views. The great bulk Of Southern opin-
/ ion Is marked with patience and cousiC-
Grafton. The editors Of the Southern
/ papers are just as close to the heart OF
! the Southern people as the splendid Sen
/ ator from South Carolina. They love the
l South, its traditions and memories. and
4 they may be depended upon to stand
/ stanchly by its rights and its legislative
/ interests They will defend it Just as
/ bravely as any Senator. but they may
/ not-in fact, viii not-rush so reckIessly
/ into battle until they are satisfied that
/ they have just and proper cause.
Surely, the fact that the press Of the
/ South and the craftsmanship of the South
are standing shoulder 10 shoulder against
! the South Carolinian in this matter must
! give him pause and cause MIN to think
i that no matter how sincere, for the mo-
| ment he is mistaken
The Washington herald., 1907-01-17
The Rock Creek Problem.

We think that the committee which had
charge Of the District appropriation bill
has erred in omitting the modest sum of
500 asked by the Commissioners to secure
a survey of the proposed tunnel for Rock
Creek under West Washington.
The Rock Creek problem is one that
is already imminent. The present situa-
ton is little less 1han disgraceful- The
once attractive valley has degenerated
into dumping ground for ashes, tin cans.
and refuse of all kinds, creating most
unsightly If not an absolutely insanitary
condition. The approach to West Wash
ington is disfgured by miserable picture
which ought never TO have been allowed
and which ought not TO. be longer en-
dured. The District Commissioners asked
Congress to afford them an opportunity
10 estimate upon the best plan for
remedying the condition of affairs. Sew
eraI plans have been suggested, notably
a tunnel to carry the waters Of Rock
Greek to the river, thus allowing the
present valley to be filed in, while still
another project contemplates the continu-
ance Of the creek in its present location,
but with its banks beautihed by grass
and trees and a boulevard.
There is no immediate necessity for a
decision as to the plan which shall be
adopted. but there is every reason why
preliminary steps should be taken. The
failure Of Congress TO do anything at this
session means another year Of delay, and
action has already been long enough post
poned.
The Washington herald., 1907-01-17
Hark! from the Tombs.

Harkl from the tombs a doleful sound.
It comes from our engaging friend, the
Hon. Wilbur F. Wakeman. An assem-
biage of his fellow-citizens Is gathered
together in the name of THE National
Convention for the Extension of Foreign
Commerce" The Hon Elihu Root has
made a speech in favor of adopting the
most practical means for the encourage
ment of better trade relations with for
eign nations He would have the Con-
gress OF the United States adopt the max
imum and minimum tariff scheme now
successfully employed by Germany The
assemblage applauds Mr. Roots utter
ances 10 the echo.
Not so our engaging friend Wakemau-
A cloud of thunder darkens his face. His
soul is oppressed. He sees through 4
glass darkly He is described in the
public prints as "the head and front Of
the American Protective Tariff League '
The assemblage had adopted by a large
vote a resolution giving its approval Of
Mr.. Roots opinion Of a maximum and
minimum tariff. Then up rose Mr.. Wake
man. He could point out twenty men
among the members of the convention,
he said. who would be put out of busi-
ness within a few weeks after the passage
of such legislation as was proposed by the
resolution. Moreover. his prophetic
vision foresaw a half million honest
American workmen thrown out of employ
ment along with the twenty and others
who would be put out Of business
This is the first tine these many moons
We have been entertained by such talk.
II used TO frighten us all into conniption
fits, and we forthwith insisted upon our
Congress putting the tariff higher But
that was in the day when we had infant
industries that could not stand alone
The Wakemans were mighty prophets
then. We needed their warnings. We
didn't understand 1t all. because we were
then told that the tariff was an abstruse
subject that only the elect could master
And so we permitted the Wakemans "a
do our thinking and our lawmakng- We
think we perceive OminOus signs of q
change of the times now. A lot Of folks
are doing their own thinking. though the
Wakemans don't realize it. Even SO
stanch a standpatter as the Hon. Leslie
faint flicker of new light. Listen 10 Nj
Shaw before the Harvard Union last
Tuesday
At present We are manufacturing per cent more
articles than can consume and our manufactures
are increasing four times as fast as our agricultural
pursuits. These figures plainly show that before
long we viii have 10 be dependent upon a foreign
market IN order 70 support orr manufactures We
must have this market if we are TO exist So must
England. Germany. and France. The conflict viii
De an awful cue. God grant that it may be blood
less"
SO say we. all of us But Mr.. Shaw
is unnecessarily alarmed. The cOn1ic
need be neither awful nor bloody" tn,
standpatter. however, would make it so
But the standpatter is not TO run thi,
country much longer. The maximum aut
minimum is a palliative that will Ferv,
TO calm the patients nerves while a rem
edy is being cOnCOCted in ne revision
pharmac0poeia. And nobody understand
this better than the Hon. Elihu Root.
The Washington herald., 1907-01-17
Music and Mars

It has long been conceded that a soldier
fights with more abandon under the in
spring strains Of a good brass band than
without it. The bagpipes Of the Scots
have changed the history OF the world
The drum and fife have played an impor-
tant if "a practically unnoticed part. In
strumental music has won many day
and carried many a crisis-malling redoubt
The English war department has recon-
mended to the King that in addition to the
already ample provision for instrumental
music in the army a regular course Of IN
struction in vocal music be provided for
the men. and that they be required to
take il just as they take other courses Of
instruction marked out by the govern
ment- The theory is that the Scotch, the
Irish, the English, and the other distinc-
tive regiments be taught their peculiar
national airs, in addition to such airs as
carry sentiments of patriotism involving
the United Kingdom as whole This,
the war department thinks, would bring
about fine rivalry among the troops and
inspire them with more lofty sentiments
Of patriotism than they even now possess.
In case of actual battle, the government
thinks the singing Of these songs might
produce wonderful results.
The idea is by no means without merit.
Men are inspired with love of home and
country by these songs. just as nothing
/ engenders. more love in the breast Of q
The Washington herald., 1907-01-17
Rntskins for Gloves.

From the Minneapolis Journal
a glove manufacturer took from cab
met the other day a handsome pair of
brown gloves.
'Ratskin.' he said. These gloves are
made Of ratsNn. They look well At first
glance. but examine them carefully. Look
into the skin
The skin. though soft and fine and sup
pie, revealed on close examination a great
many cuts and scars and scratches. None
of these went quite through: nevertheless
their effect was 10 weaken the gloves
greatly.
Those cuts and scars said the manu-
factUTer, are what bar ratsNins out Of
glOve-makng- You never get a skin with
out them. Hence you can't make a good,
strong, perfect ratskin glove.
These scars are the result Of the rats
pugnaeity Rats fight so much that they
become at an early age a mass of sears,
Their torn hides are Of no use to COM
merce."
The Washington herald., 1907-01-17

haTping on class consciousness does not
quite strike the proper chord.
Nevertheless, class consciousness does
exist. and the Civic Federation Is doing
an excellent work in trying to remove
some Of its bitterness. II we are 10 DRIFT
into any form Of socialism in this country.
It we're better that 1t should be an Amer
lean socialism, rather than an importation
from continental Europe. Any toning
down Of the caste feeling between those
who work and those who employ labor,
between men Of brain and Of Drawn.
should tend 10 weaken the force of a so
cialistic propaganda based on class con-
.sciousness. and so mitigate the danger of
a social reconstruction proceeding from
an outcast proletariat.
The Washington herald., 1907-01-17
PAUPERISM IN LONDON.
Appalling Expenditure of Worlds
Greatest city in Poor Relief.

From the Chicago Record Herald
Think Of a community in which one per-
son out Of every thirteen Is a pauper. sup
ported by the public. II seems almost in
credible, and yet in the Strand union Of
the central district Of London the official
figures Of paupers show this ratio 20 hold
good In recent years. There are four other
unions in London-Poplar. Bermondsey
the city" and Holborn-in which the
proportion Of paupers is about one cut OF
twenty. For all London st is about one
out of forty.
The contrast with conditions in Chicago
IS startling. for il one should take the 1850
paupers al Dunning and double the mum
ber in order TO get some estimate Of the
total number in Chicago. one would still
have only about one out Of every 800 Of
the people OF the city ln that condition.
For the last three years the London
paupers have numbered about 125.0o0
There was falling of from I27.G09 az the
end Of 1906 to I2C79 az the end Of 1896,
which Is taken as a hopeful sign, but this
gain Eas been secured only at the expense
.Of an enormous amount of labor by va
ri0us public and private agencies. designed
20 aid the derelicts OF the city % become
self-supporting About three-ffths of
these paUpers are iE institutions and the
other two-dfths receive outdoor relief
The cost 10 the public for their support
in the latest fun year for which statistics
were available was close 70 SO 0e0.oo0 Cal
culated on the mean average number this
is an outlay of from Sl25 Co $40 for each
pagper a year The per capita cost in
London Is about double the per capita cost
in other portions OF England
The waste in money is enormous, but
the waste iu life is enormously greater.
Such figures are the standing Indictment
Of rnnaarn cirLIlZatfnn
The Washington herald., 1907-01-17
SOUTHS RACE PROBLEM.
views of n Western Democrat as to
How IL May Be settled.

From spee.a o. Senator Patterson. q Colorado
Th, best thought of the South is not in
lire with utterances that glory in the
lynching Of any man. whatever his crime,
I'm an old-established and civilized society.
II is not in line with the thought that
would restore the negro practically to q
state of bondage, but il is looking for
ward To the solving Of these great prob
lens along lines of reason and justice and
common sense. recognizing that the white
and the black must live together and that
IL IS utterly impossible that the uaticn
will consent 90 the disfraHchisement Of
1900 000 Of its people whom it en-
franchised at the close Of the civil war
7 cannot give certain panacea for these
troubles. but think there is one panacea
that is we'll worth trying. Il IS the en-
actment Of just and righteous laws under
the Constitution. the exection Of those
laws. and the discontenancing upon
every provocation Of mob law and lynch
ings because merely accused Of crime
Continue as the South has begun. TO
educate the negro make him safe in his
property holdings, surround him with in
fiuences that will improve his moral char
acter. and above all impress him with
the justice and humanity of the dominant
race The negro has become part Of
this national fabric; his place in it must
be a logical one; IL must be one in which
he can maintain his self-respect and enjoy
the benefits and bear the burdens of a
government he helps 20 maintain. This
does not embrace the idea Of social equal
| lty at all No one is SO ignorant in this
day and generation as TO regard it as
within the pale Of possibility The prob
lem must be worked out along lines Of
/ law and righteousness. If that shall be
done. the difficulties will vanish with the
advance Of time, and peace and hearty
cooperation will take the place of strife
/ and industrial chaos
The Washington herald., 1907-01-17
CAPITOL GOSSIP.
Carmack and the rresiden..

Following the unanimous instructions
Of his legislature. which is overwhelm-
ingly Democratic, and responding TO the
dictates of his own judgment Senator
Carmack, Of Tennessee. yesterday de-
livered a brilliant speech IN support of the
Presidents summary discharge without
honor OF three companies Of she Twenty
fifth Infantry.
The relations between Mr. Carmack aEd
Mr.. Roosevelt arr anything but pleasant
The estrangement dates from the ex-
citing Indianola incident While the late
Henry c. Payne was Postmaster General
the post-oGice AT Indianola, Miss, WIS
virtually abolished by order Of the Presi-
dent because some Of its patrons had
threatened violence to a negro woman.
appointed p0stmistress there Senator
Carmack severely arraigned the President
for this IN a notable speech IN the Sen
ate in the course Of which he said that
/ President Roosevelt reminded him Of Joe
Ballafonts famous white horse, whose
usual gait was running away" A short
/ time afterward a delegation Of Tennessee
ans. accompanied by several of their Con
1 gressmen. called al the White House To
ask favor President Roosevelt told
/ them that he would be pleased 10 grant
/ their request, bur made some remarks
about Senator Carmack. In his speech
/ yesterday the Senator said some sharp
and cutting things about the President.
most Of them facetious and ironical. and
the galleries showed their appreciation By
/ uttering, and az times guffawing
The Washington herald., 1907-01-17
MR.. ROOSEVELTs RETREATS.
MnsterIy strategy in Getting Ont of
Difficulties.
nm - Rnstnn Transcrini.

From the Boston Transcript
Now that the President has backed
down IN his attempt 10 exclude members
Of the discharged troops Of colored infan-
Try from holding any civil office under the
United States hereafter. it is pertinent
10 record that unwillingness 70 retreat
when he found his position untenable has
never been one Of the Presidents faults
An important chapter in his life, when 1t
comes 10 be written. should deal with the
striking cases which illustrate this trait
a determination once fixed and then
death OF victory as the schOOibook
declamati tions used to read, is not a char
acteristic Cf Mr.. Roosevelt. Instead, he
beats many a mastery retreat Students
Of military scie7ce assert that much Of
the greatest strategy Of the world has
come in ordering and arranging retreats
The attitude of mind which permits
these real or apparent changes Of pur-
pose IS temperamentaL Nor is il neces-
sarly unfortunate. President Roosevelt
starts Ouj 70 DO an extraordinarily large
number Of things by comparison with
other occupants Of his great Office; he Is
a many-sided reformer. and his personal
interests are extraordinarily wide, he pur-
posely gets into numberleSs affairs that
either public men try 70 keep out Of He
has very little of the disposition 70 wait
until a subject has fully ripened in the
sunshine OF popular approval until it is
an ready for him 20 pluck from the tree
before reaching his hand toward Il. He
starts out to do the ripening himself II
Is natural that q person who pushes for
ward so aggressively should ind more
than the average number Of occasions for
retreating One experience is complement
tary q the other. One phase OF his char
acter is steam-producing, the other is the
yaf-ty-vaIye. Think Of a man as Def
cient in capacity for retreating as Mr..
Cleveland was. for example, and at the
same time possessed with the Roosevelt
power of pushing ahead. Where would
he get to-
The Washington herald., 1907-01-17

college boy for his alma mater than the
good old college songs. II during the civil
war Confederate corps singing Dixie
had ciashed with a Union corps singing
Yankee Doodle, the outcome would
have been swift and decisive. Indeed,
there is reason TO believe that the Span
ish-American war was hurried somewhat
to its conclusion by so plebeian a song as
"ThereH Be a Hot Time in the Old Town
Tonight
Undoubtedly. Music hath charms TO
soothe the savage breast" but it also has
power to stir IL TO a recklessness and
unreasoning bravery such as nothing else
can Music brings about a conflict Of emo
tions in the human soul that no philoso-
ply can explain. Some one has said that
music is half Of religion" Sherman is
said to have remarked that war is hell. !"
Music certainly figures conspicuously in
/ both.
The Washington herald., 1907-01-17
Commissioners Report on Gas Bill.


The Commissioners of the District Of
Columbia are IN favor Of a reduction in
the price Of Illuminating gas Whether a
25 per cent cut to 70 cents per thousand
feet. as Representative Madden proposes.
would still leave a fair profit to the com
pany. the Commissioners are unable 70
say: they have no detailed enlightening
information upon which to base an
opinion.
The companys brief and geneTalized
statement left the Commissioners. as it
did the entire community, as much in the
dark as they were before. Therefore,
they could only recommend 10 Congress
that the price be put at as low a figure
as would be consistent with a policy Of
fair dealing Il is quite evident that,
accepting the companys statement that
gas costs 6S cents, the Commissioners feel
that the consumer might pay sum ma
teriauy less than 81 per thousand feet
and still permit 81 generous margin OF
profit. However, they leave that 20 Con-
gress.
in view Of all the circumstances, the
/ Commissioners action is satisfactory and
eommendable We do not see that they
could have done more Their strong
recommendation that the Washington
Gaslight Company be compelled 10 make
an annual statement 70 Congress-an i'm
portant duty singularly evaded for many
| years-ls especially gratifying. Attention
will now be ccntered upon the District
/ Committees in Congress. Nobody desires
/ to see unfair legislation enacted, nobody
denies the company's right 10 earn rea-
sonable interest upon its capital. But
/ there Is "a demand FOR publicity such as
| is exacted on the part of other utilities
corporations and hope that there viii
be no further juggling with the question
I in committee or in conference.
The Washington herald., 1907-01-17
Crane VIII BE Leader.

Senator Crane, Of Massachusetts, who
has served only a little over two years
to fu out the unexpired term of the late
George Frisbie Hoar, and who was re-
elected last Tuesday without opposition,
has thus early in his career attained a
standing which indicates that in few
years he viii be the Republican leader
Of the Senate. Mr.. Aldrich still holds
that position, but the Rhode Islander IS
gradually giving way TO the Massachu-
setts Senator. Persons who know the
Senator can observe the unmistakable
signs Of the shifting of the real leader
ship from Aldrich 10 Crane. Mr. Crane is
unlike any other member of the Senate
in his methods. He shrinks from pub
licity. lie does not vaunt himself He
has never made a speech, Whether he
could maintain himself through "a public
speech Of five minutes length IS not
known But he is a veritable glutton for
work Apparently ne is on terms of the
most cordial friendship with every mem
Der OF the Senate He occupies his own
seat on the floor so little that scarcely
ANYBODY knows where his desk is But
he is nearly always in evidence on the
floor. He keeps moving around from one
Senator TO another. and appears to have
something new TO impart to each of them
the first thing every day.
At the last session Mr. Crane had more to
do than any other man in bringing about
peace between the Republican factions
ON the rate bill. At this session he has
about succeeded in smoothing out the
kinks on the Republican side over the
Brownsville affair. II his party is held
together on that question, which at its
inception seriously threatened trouble fOT
the Republicans, il win be due more 70
the mild d-mannered, sOft-speaking junior
Senator from Massachusetts than TO the
efforts Of anybody else This is the es-
innate put upon him by both sides Of the
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