Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-01-22

| stories, made very clever speech, in the
course of which he criticized the applica-
ton of the Monroe doctrine to the inn
portation Of pictures and statuary into the
United States. He said that If an Amer
| lean millionaire wanted to bring canvas
of Raphael into this country for the en-
joyment of our people, he was punished
by the laws Of Congress in the form of
fine Of nearly half its value.
The Monroe doctrine does not prevail
In the Philippine Islands. There is no dis
elimination between citizens of the United
States and the subjects of foreign nations,
so far as the tariff is concerned. II any
American tries to build up industry or has
the nerve to undertake the development
Of a mine or farm or piece of timber
land, the tariff law compels him to pay
a fine for introducing q pump or a thresh-
Ing machine or saw mill One would sup
pose that the government would encourage
such enterprise instead of discouraging 1t.
In the European colonies Of the East
Indies. bounties are given as a reward
to those who undertake to increase the
wealth and furnish employment for the
people, but our government has pursued
very different policy. and as long as 1t
continues the sugar and tobacco growers
Of the United States need not fear compe-
tition from that source.
Any one who has studied the situation in
the Philippines will tell you what folly 1t is
for any of the agricultural interests In the
United States to be frightened. If every
body over there were to grow tobacco and
make cigars and cigarettes we would never
know 1t: II everybody were to go into sugar
planting, It would not make the slightest
States. China, Japan. Slam, Korea and
other Asiatic countries will absorb all the
tobacco and all the sugar that can be made
in the Philippines at present. and neither
industry will advance any faster than the
Increase in the demand from those markets.
Rhyme of a Cowboy Fiddler.
Miss Mary NJ. Good of Chicago asks for
the reprinting of a jingling rhyme used by
a cowboy fiddler at a dance 1 attended at
Holly, Colorado. some years ago. 1t was
printed In a letter May. 1899, and was as
follows:
Balance one and balance eight;
Swing EN- on the corner like you swing EN-
on a gate:
Bow to your lady and then promenade,
First couple out to the couple on the right.
Lady round the lady, and the gent solo,
An the lady round the gent, and the gent
don't go:
Four hands hold and the ladies' do-ce-do;
Ladies do-ce-do and the gents you know.
Chicken In breadpan pickin' up the
Turn EN- round and round as pretty as
you can,
And why in the world don't you left ala
man?
Right hand partner and grand right and
And a big bug swings and little bug too:
And SO on round.
Promenade eight when you all get straight"
CTo be repeated until through
You hear these tingles at country dances
all over the south and west, and some of
them are much better than the one quoted.
The colored people in the southern states
have some very quaint rhymes, used by
callers at dances as well as at their camp
meetings and other religious services. One
Of them, which is q sample Of the others,
runs follows:
''Slute yer pardners. gen'men all. keep yer
back to de wall;
Balance de lady by yer side don't make
de steps too awful wide;
Swing de lady wild much grace. den get
back to de proper place;
AS you listen to de fiddle, de ladies walk
out to de middle;
Gem'men form circles first tonight, jine
hands and go to de right;
Now swing yer pardners every one, an
back to place where you begun;
Gem'men to de right an balance all, let
dem brogans lightly fall;
Time to fiddle wild yer feet. and Please
yerseif-swing or cheat;
On to de right let gem'men go, swing all
de ladies on de fio':
Greet yer pardner wild a smile, swing her
round In de bes' o. style;
Form de basket an break erway, lis'en
what dat caller say:
Balance pardners an do-se-do, dance till
daylight fore yer go;
Ladies' to de lef. swing or cheat 'roun' de
room till partners meet;
Right an lef' an genuine sashay swing
de lady an all run away;
Oar! Ole Tom he break er string while you
cut de pigeon wing;
Dat ole Niger done his best, now let de
ladies take er rest"
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