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The Washington times., 1907-11-02
Lower Prices Due.

In the Middle West, the center of
our table supplies, there is said to
be a strong feeling that the pres
ent disturbed financial condition may
bring in its wake a general and sub
stantiel reduction in the cost of
living" This expectation is reported
to be shared by jobbers, whole
salers and retailers of meats, eggs,
and other food products"
No doubt the feeling is enter
tanned rather reluctantly. The tend
ency in late years has been to
push prices up all along the line,
and, once up, it takes some mighty
upheaval like that experienced lately
in Wall Street TO start them down.
A price-slide is due beyond ques-
tiOn. There are already movements
downward here and there. The
easing up would be immediate were
it not for the policy of keeping the
thumbscrews on the consumers IN
til the very last minute When
wholesale prices go up in Chicago or
Omaha the Eastern retailer doesn't
wait for official confirmation in lhe
newspaper. Up go his prices, TOO.
But when drop is announced, tele-
phone and telegraph are of no avail;
the mails are too fast; doubt fills
the soul of the prudent merchant;
he must have a circular notice or
personal call from the producer be-
fore he can act.
Being on their way from the
West, low prices would naturally be
subject to delay before reaching
Washington.
The Washington times., 1907-11-02
No Work-NO Feed.
s43S2Sl

Shall the Indian work for his
keep?
This question is at the bottom Of
the present disagreement between
the Bureau of Indian Affairs and
Capt. Carter P. Johnson, on special
duty to pacify the Utes at Thunder
Butte Station. South Dakota. The
latter found the band at war with
the agent and, by fine diplomacy,
persuaded its leaders to propose ca
pitulation according TO the old
terms-food, clothing, and ground
in exchange for good order.
At first view it would seem the
agent ought to jump at the PROPOSE
ton. But the first view doesn't in
clude all the facts. The Indians
are perfectly willing to go back to
idleness. That would be complete
victory for them over the bureau.
What the bureau asks is that they
shall go to work-and it has found
them employment with a railroad
not more than fifteen miles from
their homes at 81 a day per man.
Captain johnson and the War De-
partment have done their part TO
the extent of restoring order They
have yet to see that it is main
tanned for the fulfllment of the
reasonable policies of the Bureau Of
Indian Affairs. And as long as those
policies begin with work, the bu-
reau viii have the hearty support
of the country.
The Washington times., 1907-11-02
Employees Money
Given Employer
TOPay Workers

CHICAGO, Nov. 2-Pay roll worries
are not among the cares today OF
Henry G. Dawson, manufacturer Of
mantels, on North Halsted street A
score Of his own employees, all working
men. yesterday surprised him by offer
ing him enough currency, about 5000,
to carry him through two pay days.
II Mr.. Dawson shall need more money
thing of history, the men on the other
side of his desk viii bring more.
1t was not the men in the office who
came bringing the hard-earned savings.
One of the first TO knock at Mr.. Daw-
sons desk was janttor.
Mr.. Dawson. they say that IT. kind o
hard to get money these days to pay
the men" said the janiJor, as he tugged
at q roll IN his pocket. Here's 500.
Mr.. Dawson; I'd like to help you out II
could"
But I can't take your money. You'n
be needing it." said his employer.
NO. ! don't need it now III fee
safe with you taking care OF it, said
the man.
Then others followed; four had $500.
which they left with Mr.. Dawson
Others had S400 and $500, and some had
80 When II was all piled I'D on the
big desk there was almost $4,000 And
Mr.. Dawson had $500 in currency on
hand His payroll represents 50, 500, the
wages Of S75 workers. It Will be paid
Chicago banks is firm. They are as
the rock of Gibraltar" he said yester-
day afternoon. Last week he made
several deposits which would have car
ried him through IL. he had kept the
money in his own safe.
The Washington times., 1907-11-02
A Man,s Memorv Of a Boy.s Book.

Kirk Munro, the weii-known writer Of
boys books. has recently returned from
Europe, and told a story which should
offset some OF those we hear about
cheap juvenile fiction and it's dangerous
results. On the return voyage Mr.. Mum
70 vas standing on deck witching the
luggage come aboard, young stranger
at mis- elbow. both OF them scanning the
pieces for familiar labels. Finally Mr..
Munro caught sight OF a trunk and said
TO his fellow passenger:
We'll. see my stuff Hope your luck
IS as good
But tEat trunk has kirk Munro on
IL. protested the young man.
1T has" said the author, and il s
mine"
What, Are you Kirk Munro asked
the youth, with the quick interest Of
surprise Now, I call that rather re-
markable, because you're the man tnat S
sending me back TO America oh. IA
explain" be added, laughing. Its
merely your books.
4 read your Rick Dale, II must have
been ten years ago, and got TO think
ing OF that chap or there in the lumber
region, and made up ny mind that some
day I'd 70 to Washington Territory and
engage In the lumber business myself.
I've finished college. had the tOpping-ofI
OF an European Jour, and now II
bound home ready 10 work and settle
down. 1 don't believe I SHOULD have
broken away from all this. though, II
I hadn't had that purpose liked III my
mind and Rick Dale did II. Curious,
isn't II, how a boys mind works.
The Washington times., 1907-11-02

Of "a commission of three mem
bers. under the presidency of an en-
gineer;" of spending from So, 100000
to S35,O0O,OOo according to a fixed
plan. But the paragraph most
pointed of all for US is that which
says:
The principal portion of this great ave-
nue. passed through the business por-
uon OF the city, and was called the Cen
tral avenue A straight line was drawn
beginning of another across the city.
and the avenue was bulk on this linei
no matter what was in the way, no
matter whose property was involved
No matter what was in the way!
Suppose there had been a tree
which had furnished a switch TO
chastise the youthful DomPedro II,
Suppose there had been another,
christened with champagne by Man
uelo Deodoro da Fonseca, first
president of the republic. Can any
one who reads this report thinF
Brazil would have stopped! II ala
not even bother about "unoecupied
ground" 1t went straight through
the business portion of the city
and tore down $50 buildings!
What is the result? We learn
from General Anderson, who has
sui knowledge of progress at his
home Capital, when he writes: 1T
is probable that no city in the world
has ever made such great improve
ments IN so short a time" If Wash
ington is TO catch that pace and
keep it. if the great Father Con-
fessor Of all American republics is
TO keep step with one of its wards,
it viii have TO hustle and not stop
to kOtow every time some one
fsstens historical interest to a tree.
The Washington times., 1907-11-02
Owns Same Coin
For a Third Time;
Has Mascot Now

MARI1NSVILLE, Ind, Nov. 1T f.
often said that a bad penny viii 70
turn, but II is also true that a good
piece Of money returns time and again
70 the same hands A half-dollar mss
come into possession Of W. B. Tarleton
that he had marked about thirty years
ago.
one day Anderson Gum picked I'D a
silver half-doIlar and cut the name and
address OF Mr.. Tarleton on it. Time
passed and the piece Of money was
forgotten. Fifteen years later. when
Mr.. Tarleton had engaged in the drug
business, he was surprised to receive a
letter from a man at Shreveport, La.
whose name he has forgotten.
The Shreveport man said the money
would be forwas ded If Mr.. TarIeton
cared for it Another half-doIlar was
sent 10 him and the marked coin came
back The coin was slowed away at
the home OF Mr.. Tarleton as a relic.
Six years ago a merchant in this city
handed the money 10 Mr.. Tarleton, say
ing he had received it IN exchange for
a purchase. Mrs Tarleton had spent
the money by mistake and it had again
been placed in circulation,
The money for the second time was
put away for safekeeping after it had
been returned by the merchant, bus
again Il got in circulation. Charles
blackstone, a cousin Of Mrs. TarletOn
received the coin in change while max
ing a purchase at local grocery, and
il was once more returned to Mr.. Tarle-
ton. Now he intends to keep IL as
n1ascoE and not unintentionally start 1t
on another Journey.
The Washington times., 1907-11-02
Mrs Buruett's Own View of "ThC
Shuttle"

0uuLNAEs
Mrs. Frances Hodgson Burnett's new
novel. 1.-THE Shuttle" has frequently
be-, referred TO as "a novel Of inter
national marriage Mrs. Burnett some
what regrets any suggestion that the
theme Of her novel is international mar
riaee. In a recent letter about the novel
she writes:
.'The subject Is an enormous one, and
n had written all 1 have been observ-
ing for years and all should have liked
to write. l would have made a three
volume novel.
when l say the subject I do not
mean merely the international marriage
question but the whole international
outlook upon a situation between two
great countries such as the history OF
Inc yrOrld-as far as I know tt-has not
previously recorded. The wondeTfulness
81 IL lies in the fact that two nations
which were one. having parted with vio-
Ience and bitterness, are with strange
sureness being drawn nearer, nearer 10
each other. That they are of the same
tongue makes the thing inevitable In the
II do not mean The Shuttle to be
merely a story of International mar
riage, but TO suggest thousand other
things The international marriage
must however, result in being a strong
factor, and IN the hands of a writer Of
fiction it must play a prominent part-a
leading part, 81 to speak-because it is
the love story. and without 1t we are
lost. For the matter OF that. without It
the shouting and the tumult' would die,
the captains and the kings depart
Because 7 am English by birth and
American by a sort OF adoption, and be-
cause I have vibrated between the two
continents for years l have learned To
be impersonal and bipartisan. I was
neither American nor English when
told the story. 7 was merely an in
tensely interested person who had
formed a habit OF crossing the Atlantic
twice a year.
There have been disastrous interna-
tional marriages and there have been
successful ones: there is no reason vvhv
there should not be international mar
riages at once dignified and splendid
even history making. Still. I wish I ha5
had room 10 add to The Shuttle ric-
lures Of TIE thousand other things I
md sbsorb,ua."
The Washington times., 1907-11-02

believe in his innocence. but there's
that check ThoTne comes in and wants
to practice the "unWritten law" on
Tom. but the boys rush forward and
prevent him, telling the bold, proud.
penniless Tennesseean that Tom is the
nan who has been paying his way
through college for him, subrosa.
IT'S blood money" shouts Thorne.
with { 'hdve-at-yOu' villain expression
and gesture. Tom, who was already
beginning TO feel the summer heat in
the region Of his throat. now gets hot
under the collar in most approved
style or goes his coat and out comes
damn That cOnVinces everybody
that Tom is innocent. And sure
enough he IS.
Dissipated Brother comes in and ac-
knoWledges that he Is the one who is to
marry the woman in black And Tom.
out of the abundant generosity of his
heart, says that he loaned the $500 check
to Bad Brother, when, as a matter OF
fact, gentle audience knows that Bad
With a "Vingt-trois' wave Of the hand
by the hero, everyone melts off the
stage except Tom and Miss Dimple.
Miss Dimple IS oh, so sorry that she
misJudged Tom, and she tries to press
her affection upon him, but every time.
wnen she almost has him in her grasp
he makes e quick sideStep and dod PES
the clinch. Tom really loves her. Won
know, but Is teasing her, just prolong-
ing the agony Of love, IS 1t were. Miss
Dimple finally despairs Of laying hands
upon the evasive Tom and she leaves
the room while he is engaged in a game
of solitaire.
When Tom looks up the beautiful ap-
partition has vanished Whats a poor
fellow TO do" he Whimpers.
Go open the door, nincumpoop. for
there is she, waiting on the step, wait
ing on the step, waiting on the step.
The Washington times., 1907-11-02
The British Railroad Strike.

The increased cost of living is
making trouble in Europe as here,
That is the real inwardness of the
great strike which has just been
called on the British railroad sys-
TENS.
For a long time the financial pos
ture of British railways has been
uncomfortable, and increasingly so.
While there has been a mall in
crease, from year to year, in their
earnings, the increase of capital
has been even greater, and the per
.centage Of net earnings to capital
has been steadily falling.
More than this, there is serious
and increasing dissatisfaction with
railroad conditions in the country.
1t is insisted that rates are too
high; so high that they are i'm
posing a burden on British industry
which it cannot bear and meet the
competition of countries where
rates are lower. So, while times
are good, railroad earnings are de-
creasing, the public is demanding
that rates be reduced by govern
ment action, and employees are de-
handing more wages. 1t is 30 com
Portable situation that British
transportation managers face.
The railroad strike has been i'm
pending for a long time. The en-
ployes have a good case, # their
situation be compared to other
classes of working people in the
United Kingdom or in the United
States. Compared with railroad
employees of continental countries,
they have no grievance, for they
are better paid. But the wage
scale in Britain has been slowly i'm
proving under the influence OF
Astounding prosperity, and the rail
road men want their piece of pros
perity. The railroads cannot afford
to pay the new scale. The employees
must have it because the increased
cost of existence makes it neces-
sary. Here is reached an impasse.
The whole transportation fabric
of Britain is in most unsatisfactory
condition. Lord Brassey recently
declared after years of opposition
that he was at last converted 10
the policy of government ownership
of the railroads, being convinced
that nothing less would bring the
needed betterment of conditions.
This strike seems altogether likely
to force at least a long step to-
ward some new adjustment of this
great interest.
The Washington times., 1907-11-02
Rio Goes Straight Along.

While Washington talks, Rio de
Janeiro gets results.
In the four years our town coun-
cilmen up in Congress have been
deciding if they like the way
the Park Commission was created,
the legislature of Brazil has joined
with the municipal authorities of
the capital and made Rio one of
the most beautiful cities in the
world. This achievement is due to
some South American Alexander
Shepherd and Brazilian park COM
mission working together.
Consul General Anderson tells the
story in a report published in The
Times of Thursday. 1t is interest
ing to read of Rios situation in a
federal district like Washington's;
The Washington times., 1907-11-02
Reflections of the Ad rIan

JJnadvertIsed things are sometimes
sold-usually in the worst markets"
You can make your escape from any
a difficulty through the want ad door. IS
Only those stores that advertise really
value your patronage.
Proper classification Of your ad gives
II ''the best position in the paper"
There are boarders who pay as
promptly ''as clock work" And they
read the ads.
Probably today's most serious business
anxiety would be a simple problem for
a want ad to solve.
Answering want ads gives you an
Interest in people and affairs in your
city.
Persistence counts. in advertising. as
in everything else-but it counts more
In advertising.
The Washington times., 1907-11-02
EIinor Glyn on the Soul

Again ElinOr Glyn has startled the
novel-reading world, writes the LOunKer
In The BOokman. She made people sit
up and rub JEeIr eyes when She pub
ished The Visits Of Elizabeth and
they VIII sit Up again and rub their
eyes harder after reading Three Weeks
lie Two books are as VIDE apart as the
poles. The former was amusing. witty
and without sentiment
me iafleF IS cleEeT-3Irs Glyn is al
ways clever; but Il is not amusing, and
II reeks with sentiment The Visits Of
EIzaoetn was n0t proper story. but
compared with Three Weeks IL is the
soul OF prOpTiety. / can see no excuse
Tor this book DauGeUs SaDphO' was
bold book but IL had purpose, as
any one who read IL could see.
Three Weeks has no purpose thar
I can discover, unless il be 10 prove
that young man OF twenty-three may
have liajsOn with woman Of thirty
fVe and be the better for IL. 1t Is
lucky that this liaison lasted but three
weeks 1t could not have run on much
longer"
The Washington times., 1907-11-02
Million Bushels
Of Cranberries
For Thanksgiving

BOSTON, Nov. 1.-The 100000 bushels
Of eranberries needed as sauce for the
Thanksgiving turkey are now being
harvested. The crop this year has been
fair one, and there Is little prospect
OF a famine. The earliest cTanbeTrie,.
are grown in the vicinity Of Cape Cod.
where picking began in September. The
tart red berries are also produced in
Michigan, Minnesota, Wisconsin. and
Iowa, as well as IN nearly all the East
ern and New England States The
81 eater portion Of the crop IS consumed
in November. New Nork city alone re-
curing 300 600 bushels to satisfy its vo-
racious appetite.
The Washington times., 1907-11-02
Essays by Frederic Harrison.

The second Of the volumes In which
Frederic Harrison IS collecting his most
significant miscellaneous writings, has
just appeared with the title The Phllos-
opny OF Common Sense" Its connection
win the nrst volume in the series IS
close, for as M Harrison points out
Inc creed OF a. Layman" dealt with
what the author calls The Religion OF
common Sense" and the new volume is
designed TO throw light on the phlo-
sophlcai basis OF that religion. The book
consists largely OF critical ESSAYS deal
ing with the work Of Spencer. Lewes,
huxley, Balfour, and other English con
tempOraries Of Mr.. Harrison g
The Washington times., 1907-11-02
New Macmillan Books.

The Macmillan Company is publishing
this week the following new books
The Philosophy o. Common Sense.
by Frederic Harrison; Beyond Good
and Evil" BY FREDERICK Nietzsche;
Linguistic Development and Educa-
tf,.t tJv Prof. NJ. V. O'Shea; Lamb =
'-Taies from Shakespeare and Sherl-
dams The Rivals and The Scnool
for Scandal" IN the Pocket Classics
Series; Bury's "A Short History OF
Greece" edited b. Everett kimball. OF
tie ,Ieuartnent OF history At smith Col
Iege. The Peter Pan Picture Book, by
D8niel OiCOnnOT ana Miss Alice h.
Woodward. -.rhe Riviera, painted and
described by William scout ana no"
tram I. X Smith
The Washington times., 1907-11-02
A New Harvard Publication.

BEGINNING with the new year the
faculty OF the Harvard Divinity School
win issue quarterly publication 10 be
called the Harvard Theological Re
view" The Review is partially en-
doyveI 10y the will OF the late MIss
Mildred Everett, IN pursuance OF Sug-
gestIon by her father, Prof. Charles
Carroll Everett, for many years dean
Of the Harvard Divinity School Its
scope Will be broad, and IL Will not be
the organ OF any sect, but viii De q
medium Of free discussion OF living
questions pertaining TO theology aud re-
UEiOu.
The Washington times., 1907-11-02

boathouse. deserving his crew. What's
70 be done, Put In that little substitute.
Tom Brown The crews gone Toto:
well, IN polite language. all 10 smash.
At least that's what all the fellows say,
but the gentle audience has. a sneaking
feeling that things are not going to
turn out so bad after all
There! What did the audience tell
you. Tom Brown stroked that crew 10
victory amid the delirious joy Of all
the supers, and assisted by the regular
cast lined up On the balcony above the
barbarians- Tom is borne in upon the
stage on the shoulders Of the hero-wor-
sinners
The Washington times., 1907-11-02
Nietzsche in English.


Numerous signs point TO a growing in
terest in this country in the works Of
Friedrich Nietzsche. the German philos-
opher, who died less than a decade ago
in an asylum. Mad or not, Nietzsche
has undoubtedly been read more in Eu-
rope IN the last ten years than any
other philosopher. In England ana
America, although he has been much dis
tressed, his actual work is less known.
for the very coed reason that only a
portion OF II has been translated
There is interest, therefore, IN the an
nouncement Of a complete translation
Of which the Macmillan Company has
already published the first volume. A
new volume. Beyond Good and Evil,
has Just been added The translator is
Miss Helen Zimmerman The volumes
already published are Thus Spaks
Zarathustra," a GenealOgy Of Morals, =
The Dawn Of Day" and The Case OF
wagner
The Washington times., 1907-11-02
SATURDAY. NOVEMBER ?, 1907.
Crumbs for the District.

As an incident to the Auditors in
ventory of Georgetown Gaslight
property. it would seem the Dis
triet Assessor had a fine opportu-
nifty to adjust his valuation of that
property without giving Offense to
anyone. ~ present the assess
ment is:
Realty tax, on the basis OF phys
zeal property worth. S259, $50
Personal tax, on the basis OF
gross earnings of.--.----.......- SIS
Total............................... s4s. 21s
The Auditor enlarges the first
inquire o---------.-.-......,.:.' $500 .$SJ9, Oo'
To which the Assessor would add
gross earnings of...-...-..-.--.. S9,23S
1otai ..''-'''''''.'''.'-'''.-- ---.'-.-- SSo 20
Neither the Assessor nor his SUI
periors need fear the consequences.
The Georgetown Gaslight Company
goes further than this It claims:
Total physical valuation .s43S.2S1
The Washington times., 1907-11-02

The Battle Of Characteristic unexpectedly srs the book world Hook
overwhelming
partial publication Mccues
en- protest
his superior Cen O. Howard that neither that
pu 2.
andes Memoirs Confederate offered the showing
Ge
from
Of Immediately
every pointing
denee and eoHnande.s
The Washington times., 1907-11-02
Tom Brown. a COLLEGE Man;
PIaUS Hero Lots o Times:
Close Akin TO StTonghedTt
By Zee ENp-oF- rHE-wEEK cR1r1c.

Once upon a time (after Mrs. Rida
Young had made notes on every scene
IL ''StrongheartD there was pretty
young boy with a dimple II the middle
90 his chin who fell in love with a girl
Who had two dimples. one In each cheek.
That was their affinity. All would have
been we'll and there would have been
no play but for the fact that this
The Washington times., 1907-11-02
New Books at Hand.

"a Man OF Sarlx." John Oxenham.
The Baker-Taylor Company.
An interesting novel with a scene
among the French peasants in their
island homes of the north coast OF
France.
'Ozma of o." L. Frank Baum. The
Reilly * BrittOn Company.
A fairy story. well illustrated. which
should please the whole body OF little
ones.
Three Weeks" Elinor GIyn. Duff
field Company.
A love story. distinctly immoral More
about it above
"The Medusa Emerald" George
Gibbs. D. Appleton & Co.
y novel Of adventure and love neatly
interviewer.
Poland. Louis z. Van Norman.
Fleming H. Revell Company. Illus
trated
A genuinely fascinating description Of
Poland, its history, race, and beautiful
legends. together with the brilliant char
acters OF history which were its chill
dren.
Stars of the Opera. Mabel Waenalls.
Funk & Wagnalls Company. illustrated.
A series Of interviews with noted
singers by brilliant musician, whose
description OF the work OF each singer
and their standing in the musical world
is well told
Camp and Trail. Stewart Edward
White
A good story of outdoor life by a ma
ture student. He gives many practical
hints and suggestions Ior the forest
camper"
Jack the Giant Killer, Jr. Dwight
Burroughs. George W. Jacobs Com
pany. Illustrated.
The great Jack the Giant Killers son
In many absorbing adventures with the
giants.
Joan OF Juniper Inn. Emilia Elliott.
George W. Jacobs Company illustrated.
beautiful young folks story daintIly
and pleasingly told
In High Places. Dolores Bacon.
Doubleday. Page & Co illustrated.
story Of no worth whatever. The
characters are impossible, and the situ-
atoms wholly improbable
Us Fellows. Izola Forester Ridge
way, Thayer & Co. illustrated
4 capital bcys' real live story. daeG
TO read, and good for the boys.