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The Washington times., 1907-05-05
Prof. Vedltz's Analysis.

OF the scientists who comment on
Prof Ross ideas. there is another
Washington man beside Mr. RubinOw.
He is Prof. c. W a Veditz. OF George
Washington University He says;
when IN any family the number Of
children is so great as to exceed the
number which could be properly fed.
properly clothed. and properly jared
for. this excess OF number is apt 10
mean. not merely the extinction OF tho
surplus children. but the underfeeding
and undertaking OF all OF them. II,
FOR instance, the income OF a given
family Is just sufficient 10 read decent
~ three children, and FIVE are put into
the world. the probable consequence
Is not the total neglect OF the TWO
extra children. but insufficient care for
ali FIVE. Too large families. therefore.
mean, to say at the least. an economic
waste greater :han that involved in
the ultimate extinction Of the excessive
members.
The second point OF equally funda-
mental Importance is the manifest con-
fiict OF interests between the individual
family and the community az large.
The community wants soldiers, 1t
wants laborers, it wants numerical
strength In France systematic en-
deavors have long been made by both
Continued on Third Paxe)
The Washington times., 1907-05-05
Fewer Members, Larger OppOr-
tunities.

Turning TO the question OF what are
the effects OF reducing the size OF the
average family, Prof. Ross finds many
good effects. such as a growth In saw
ings and wider ownership OF property,
better health for the children that are
born. and the freeing of women from
the 'MolOch of immoderate ma
ternity"
He congratulates the country on the
fact that il is getting away from the
old outlook Of living in filial poverty
and wretchedness on account OF the
great propensity of mankind TO multi
ply But even Prof. Ross does not
leave the subject OF voluntary restric-
ton of the birth rate without sound
ing heavily a note of warning.
He pens these words, leaving the
wise to see with prophetic eve all that
they imply:
THE sway OF the will in a matter
hitherto left to blind instinct works
a veritable revolution. and cannot but
breed certain harms of its own. At
first the new foresight is used wanton-
y and destructively. Salutary is re-
striction so far as it springs from a
wise solicitude for the true welfare Of
The Washington times., 1907-05-05

his optimistic outlook. Isaac NJ. Rubi-
now, OF this city. is one who takes
a fearful view of the restriction OF the
birth rate and points out that there
has grown up in the great middle
classes OF America an aversion 10
children in any number whatsoever.
In his essay, Prof. Ross refers 10
the old Babylonian goddess Ishtar.
IshtaT ruled over women with the con-
slant and inevitable bidding: Bear
children" The worship OF her by the
Babylonians was almost a craze, and
upon the necks OF the BRbylonian
women was forever the harsh yoke of
Ishtar, the command To multiply. DR..
Ross believes that America has made a
great stride forward in throwing from
the necks OF the women the yoke OF
Ishtar.
The writer goes boldly to his task.
and says:
The Washington times., 1907-05-05

and men are sxhorted to climb II they
can. In such case prudence bids each
avoid whatever will impede his ascent
or imperial his social standing.
To the climber children are In
cumbrances. and so the ambitious
dread the handicap Of an early mar
riage and a large family. When
as so often In these days of anti-child-
labor laws and protracted schooling,
the additional child is a drag on the
social advancement OF the family. that
child is not likely 10 be born
with the wiping out OF sharp class
lines. inherited standards Of living lose
their grin. Tidal waves of imitation
carry the craving for Injuries, hither-
TO looked upon as the prerogatiye of
the rich. among millions OF people of
limited means, and these in their en-
deGvor 10 crafty their newly awaken
ed wants learn TO economize in OF
spring. Here the decencies, there the
comforts, yonder the refinement and
vanities OF life compete with the pos
sible child and bar 1t from existence"
The Washington times., 1907-05-05
ReasOn Against Ishtar,s Rule.

Another factor in the reduction Of
the birth rate, the writer thinks, is
the emancipation of women While
the child Is a tax upon the fathers
purse, II il a tax upon the mothers
body. and women have learned that
they are TO longer drudges meant to
carry the yoke of Ishtar forever
Another element, he says. is the de-
cline in religious beliefs, or religious
activity, ia America OF this. he says:
''Piety promoted parentage by recon
Cling woman 20 her lot as mother and
drudge. The struggle OF woman TO
realize an individuality has obliged
her to rebel against her Biblical
status and 10 spurn the counsel Of
submission to the curse OF Eve; so
that the progress OF unbelief Is not
without bearing on the decline Of
the birth-rate.
Every influence that enlishtens. or
enthrone3 reason over impulse, helps
10 break the sceptsr of Ishtar. the
cruel goddess that has so nnspeak-
ably tormented mankind. In this d.
rectiou work the universal instruction.
cheap press. free Libraries. and voiun-
tary associations, that are irradiatiug
AAAF HDNAdA AFIHo- AA0tNUNNts
ism. with its enormous pressure AMI
harsh penalties. Is compelling the ig
norant, the careless, and the animal
TO think: so that, I'm fact, the princi-
pal features of the life of today are
secomplices IN the restriction.
Our age glories most that science
and technique are able to develop re-
sources to meet the demands of
swelling population. Ought we not
rather to glory in the fact that the
civilization wrought out within the
memory Of living men is the first that
ever really solved on a great scale the
problem Of painlessly equilibrating
population to resources? The civiliza-
ton of the Orient failed TO lift up
woman OF bid the lowly aspire. and
hence IL was never able TO deliver
man from natures grim agencies for
The Washington times., 1907-05-05

adjusting numbers to the food-supply
war, famine. misery, plague, and
vice, The civilization OF the Middle
Ages succeeded no better. and the
surviving peoples of that type In east
ern Europe show a prolifiacy that
scourges them with misery. hunger
migration. and an appalling infant
mortality. Latter-day occidental civ
ilizati alone has solved the riddle of
the Sphinx. and 1t has been able to do
IL because II is democratic. individual
istic. feminist, secular. and enlight-
ene6."
The Washington times., 1907-05-05
-Four Opinions On the Birth Rate Decline
Isaac N. Rubinou,
Washington Socioiogist.

The practice of limiting
the number of children is
bound to spread. Children
are an impeachment, not only
to the climber, to whom the
first child is often a greater
hindrance than the fourth,
but to every man aiming for
a higher standard of living.
The Washington times., 1907-05-05
Prof. c. W. 4. Vedftz,
George Washington University

When in any family the
number of children exceeds
the number which could be
properly fed, clothed, and
cared for, this excess is apt
to mean, not merely the ex-
tinction of the surplus chill
dren, but the undertaking
and UNDERTAKING of each
and every one of them.
The Washington times., 1907-05-05
Prot. Edya,d A. Ross,
University of Wisconsin

Restriction is a move
ment at bottom salutary,
and the undoubted evils in
its train appear to be minor,
or transient, or self-limit-
ing, or durable.
To the climber children
are membranes, and so
the ambitious dread the
handicap of a large family.
The Washington times., 1907-05-05
Miss Emily Balch,
Wesleyan College.

1t does seem to me that
there is a certain turn Of
the tide already in the up
per layer, measuring by So
cial and moral refinement;
that there is a good deal Of
force making for a greater
desire for marriage, and
happiness in marriage, and
for larger families.
The Washington times., 1907-05-05

shall have against me mystics, clerics.
a priori moralists. sentamentalists. es-
thetes, militarists. capitalists. and pol
iticians, but, nevertheless. take my
stand with those who hate famine.
war. saber-tooth competition. class
antagonism, the degradation OF the
masses, the wasting OF children, the
dwarfing OF women. and the cheaper
ing OF men"
The Washington times., 1907-05-05
Children a Bar to Ambition.

"One master trait of contemporary
society is democracy. The barriers of
caste are down. and less and less is a
mans place in society fixed by his
origin. The more nourishing peoples
grade men according to something that
can he acquired-wealth, efficiency.
knowledge, character Wide stairways
are opened between the social levels.
The Washington times., 1907-05-05

offspring; but wher It springs from
personal cravings and ambitions. II
may so too far. No one can tell where
it Will stop. The refusal TO be en-
numbered IN the pursuit OF vanities
might. II It became general. cause
population TO dwindle in the midst OF
an Eden.
The Washington times., 1907-05-05
Benefits OutreighIng Evils.

He also points out the alarming fact
that. while the birth rate restriction is
practiced first in every country by the
higher classes, the lower continue to
The Washington times., 1907-05-05
Does the Startling Failing
off m the Birth Rate Poy-
tend the Decay and Final
Extinction of the Race?
Are the Best Passing Az0ay,
the Worst Multiplying?

rs our American civilization a thing rotten that its
B noxious growth is striking deadly venom into the
very existence of race9 Or is it benign influence
that eIevates, while it decimates our postertyi
Is uplift stripped of all the pomp of wealth and
tapping of ambition really dOwnfall Or is it steady
and glorious tendency coward perfection7
These the pregnant questions that eminent scientists throughout
the country trying The queries suggested literally
forced forward by the decrease the American birth From the
figures onae is estimated that while in 1850 626 dren
born every of child bearing age in 1900 only 40 in
ants born to each 1000 capable of being mothers
In other words the American not increasing did fifty
years ago. And the fall the birth goes each successive year
FAMILIES OF THE POOR INCREASING
The Washington times., 1907-05-05

May S. 1907
The Washington times., 1907-05-05

Continued on Third Pags)
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1907-07-26

of private ownership. Naturally
enough The moneyed corporations
would prefer building and owning
the public utilities. whereby they
can easily count upon profits rang
ing from twenty per cent upwards.
than to lend their money TO the
cities at FIVE per cent to build
them. It is an actual fact that
corporations owning the water and
light plants in almost every in
stance have grown enormously
rich.
The fact that statistics show that
wherever these utilities are in the
hands of private corporations the
cost of the service to the. people is
fully three times as much as where
owned by the city, and often very
much more, is sufficient to con-
vince all reasonable minded per-
sons that the city should own its
water and light plants.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1907-07-26
LAST WEEK OF THE
MOVING PICTURE THEATRE
San Roman Building. Elizabeth Street.
New Program Every Night.

New Program Every Night.
Program for tonight:
ACT ONE, O'CLOCK.
The baby's bath,
Panorama of Besharan, Pyre-
nees.
The two gossips.
Ducal palace, Venice.
Castle of Pau, Pyrenees.
The man frog.
Entrance to Central Park, New
York.
Foot races.
Barney Castle, Ireland.
Central Park, New York.
Life in the Indies.
ACT TWO 8:45 O'CLOCK.
Modern school.
Tomb of Elias, Jerusalem.
The wonderful hen.
Port of Havana, Cuba.
Cunning love.
Fish in the high sea.
I Monument, Peter the Great, St.
Petersburg.
Living flowers.
Tuilleries palace, Paris.
Alameda of Guadalajara, Mex.
Grand royal bull fight.
ACT THREE. $50 O'CLOCK.
Gathering of automobiles.
Steamships on the high sea.
Japanese bali.
Defense of the flag.
Leaning tower of Pisa, Italy.
Where is nay hat?"
Street IN Guadala1aTa, Mex.
The recreation. social drama.
Cuauhtemoc monument, Mex.
Sultan's palace, Constantinople.
ADMISSION:
Entire program of three acts,
adults rs cents, children Is cents.
For one act only. adults 10 cents,
children 5 cents.
Paint Your Buggy for 75c.
to $1.OO with Devoe Gloss Car
rage Paint. It weighs 3 to 8 ozs.
more to the pint than others, wears
logger and gives a gloss equal to
new work. Sold by
FRONTIER LUMBER Co
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1907-07-26
TEXAS LAND

Homes for milliOn---DO yOu want One?
Life may be a struggle for you and yours.
Get new start in Texas. Get on the
land. The last cheap fertile farm land
ID the United States. Take your choice.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1907-07-26

ADMISSION:
Entire program of three acts,
adults rs cents, children Is cents.
For one act only. adults 10 cents,
children S cents.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1907-07-26
Deafness Cannot be Cured

by local applications, as they cannot
reach the diseased portion of the ear.
There is only one way to cure deafness,
and that is by constitutional remedies.
DEAFNESS is caused by an infamed con.
dition of the mucous lining of the Eus-
tachian Tube. When this tube is infarn.
ed you have rumbling sound or imper-
feet hearing, and when it is entirely clos
ed, Deafness is the result, and unless the
Inflammation can be taken out and this
tube restored to its normal condition,
hearing will be destroyed forever; nine
cases out of ten are caused by Catarrh.
which is nothing but an infamed condi-
ton of the mucous surfaces.
We will give One Hundred Dollars for
any case of Deafness Caused by catarrh)
that cannot be cured by Halls Catarrh
Onre. Send for circulars free.
F. J.CHENEY & Co., Toledo, o.
Sold by Druggists 7Sc.
Cash paid for clean cotton rags
at THE HERALD office.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1907-07-26
To Whom L NAV Concern.

Parties are selling and trying to
sell land assuring purchasers that
the land will be watered by the
Harrington Canal Co.
Under the circumstances, we
deem it justice to all to state that
we will positively water only land
owned by us, and no other lands.
Harrington Land and Canal Co.
J-14-tf. LON c. HILL.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1907-07-26
FRIDAY. JULY 20, 1907
CRY OWNERSHIP GROWS
IN PUBLIC FAVOR.

An evidence of the wide growth
Of sentiment i'll favor of municipal
ownership of public utilities is
seen in the large number of cities
all over the country that have de
cided to build their own water
works, lights, etc., issuing bonds
to construct the same, and in some
instances buying the plants from
private corporations where such
have obtained possession. There
must be good reason for this growth
of the city ownership idea, else SO
many cities would not be demand
ing it. The current number of the
Manufacturers Record comes to
hand this week with over a dozen
cities recorded as having issued
bonds for these improvements.
Following is the list:
Denison, Texas, population II,
O62, has a system of waterworks
owned by private corporation, has
voted aHirmatmely on. issuance of
$125, 900 of bonds to either buy
the existing plant or build water
works for itaelf.
Greenville. Texas. population
$500, has just purchased its sewer
system, which. was owned by pri-
vate company. for So 550.75.
Marlin. Texas, population 1902.
has issued Bonds for waterworks
extension.
Terrell. Texas, population s. $50,
has issued SIS 900 of bonds to
build electric light system.
Moody, Texas, population 1, 900,
will bald its own waterworks.
Rome. Ca. population 1921.
voted af6rmatively at election in
May for issuance Of $l50;Ooo of
bonds, of'which SIS. 900 will be
used to build sewer system.
$50, 600 for repairing and extend
ing waterworks, and SIS, 900 for
street Improvements.
Winder. Ca. population, 1868,
has issued $45, 900 of bonds to
build waterworks.
Alexandria, La, population S.
64s, has called for bids for sewer
system.
Savannah, Mo-, population
i ,sS6. May 2 voted afirmatively
on a bond Issue of SIS. 900 to build
waterworks, and has awarded
contracts for plant amounting to
$5o.s4
Newbern, N. c, population
5000, viii expend $4,000 on
electric light plant.
Shelby. N. c.. population 1874.
has voted $40, 900 of bonds water
works plant.
Bristol, Tenn. population $3.50,
has bought water system from
private corporation which owned
it, paying ISL. 300. an6 will spend
large sum charging and improv-
ing the system, having issued
$3.50, 900 of bonds for that pur-
pose.
Calhoun. Ca, population S51,
has voted afirmatively on bond
issue of SIP. 500 for electric light
plant.
These are only one weeks re-
port, and the same kind of reports
are continually being published
from towns all over the country,
showing that the people are gen
orally in favor of munisipal owner
ship. This is the reason why the
corporate interests are bestirring
themselves and doing what they
can to influence voters in favor
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1907-07-26

THE little village of Calhoun,
Georgia, with only 81 inhabitants,
has boted afirmativeIy on bond
issue os S12, 5000 to build an cleo
trio light plant.
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Homes for a milliOn---DO You want One!
Life may be struggle for you and yours.
Get a new start in Texas. Get on the
land. The last cheap fertile farm land
ID the United States. Take your choice.
IA, 900 acres on the Rio
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5000 acres imp. ranch,
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5000 acres, valuable
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water, Kerr county,. $50 per acre
/, 900 &C res, Webb CO.,
alternate sections -. 800 per acre
II, 600 acre ranch, mr. RR.s
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! highly improved. .-... $50 per acre
40, 900 acres on r. Grande,
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8 $50 acres, partly irrigs-
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improvements 1880. 500 per acre
2,214 acres On. NueceS
river, McMullen co.. 500 per acre
10, 900 acres on Leona
river, agricultural, open
land. ......... 900 per acre
10000 acres DimnIitt and
WOODWARD s land, 700 per acre
II, 500 acres near Encinal,
magnificent land - $50 per acre
80, 900 acres open black
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1900 acres Nueces val
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16, 600 acres black, good
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%, 900 acres chocolate
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The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-10-26
USED TELEPHONE AND
STOLE A DIAMOND

Mark p. Robinson will not do the
good Samaritan act any more. He
made a good fellow out of himself on
Sunday last and got badly stung. Now,
no more for him. That afternoon he
was sitting in his library when there
came gentle tapping at his back door.
Answering the call he found a good
looking half-white, who asked permits
sion to use the telephone in order to
send a message to the police station
about row that was in progress on
kuakini street. Mr. Robinson, taking
the man at first sight for a special po-
lice officer, ushered him into his bed
room, where his phone is put up, and
left him to send his message. On Mon
day morning Mr.. Robinson discovered
that valuable diamond tie pin, which
had been lying on his dresser, was miss
ing. Then he got busy and learned
that there had been no row on Kuakini
street on Sunday, no police officer had
been sent to look after it and no mes
sages had been received at the police
station around the hour that the sup
posed message had been telephOned
from Mr.. Robinson's bedroom. The
telephone gag had been used, evidently.
by the man as an excuse for his pres
enee around the house and he had taken
advantage of his admission into the
bedroom to pick up the handiest val
liable article in sight.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-10-26
RHEUMATISM.

So little confidence has the average
man in the various cures for rheuma-
usm that he often suffers for years
without making any effort TO find re-
lief. He then finds that 1t has become
chronic. This is mistake. as the pain
can always be relieved, and in most
cases a cure effected by applying
Pain Balm. The relief
from pain which It affords is alone
worth many tires its cost. It makes
sleep and rest possible. For sale by all
dealers. Benson Smith & Co., Ltd,
agents for Hawai-
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-10-26

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE
FIRST CIRCUIT. TERRITORY OF
HAwAII-AT CHAMBERS. IN
PROBATE.
In the Matter of the Estate OF Fred
erick William Stone, Deceased.
Order of Notice of Hearing Petition
for Probate of viii.
A document purporting to be the
Last Will and Testament of Fred
erick William Stone deceased, having
on the oath day of October, A. D. 1907.
been presented to said Probate Court.
and a petition for probate thereof,
praying for the issuance of letters
testamentary to Ada Garwood Stone,
having been filed by said Ada Gar
wood Stone,
1t is Ordered. That Monday, the End
day of December, A. D. 1907, at 8
o'clock a. m. of said day. at the court
room of said Court at Honolulu, T. H.,
be and the same is hereby appointed
the time and place for proving said
will and hearing said application.
1t is further Ordered, That notice
thereof be given, by publication once
week for three successive weeks in
the Pacific Commercial Advertiser
newspaper, the last publication to be
not less than ten days previous to the
time therein appointed for hearing
Dated at Honolulu, October "a, 1907.
(Signed) J. T. DE BOLT,
First Judge of the Circuit Court of
the First Circuit.
Attest:
JOHN MARCALLINO. Clerk
7S6S-Oct. &c; Nov. 2, 9, II.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-10-26
NOTICE TO CREDITORS.
ESTATE OF FRANK LUCwETKo

ESTATE OF FRANK LUCwEIKO.
The undersigned, Oswald A. Steven,
having been appointed executor of the
will of Frank Lucweiko, late of Ho-
nolulu, County of Oahu, T. H, de-
ceased, hereby gives notice to all cred
itors of the said Lucweiko. to present
their claims, duly authenticated, with
proper vouchers, if any exist, even if
the claim be secured by mortgage upon
real estate, to the said executor, at
the offices of Thompson & Clemens,
8. 9, 10 and II Campbell Block, Homo
lulu, Oahu, within six 6) months after
the date of the first publication of this
notice, or they will be forever barred.
And all persons indebted to the said
Frank Lucweiko are hereby notified to
make payment to the said executor at
the above-named offices.
Dated, Honolulu, October II, A. D.
1907.
OSWALD A. STEVEN,
Executor. Will of Frank Lucweiko,
Deceased 1856