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The Washington herald., 1907-05-27
MONDAY. MAY p, 1907
Why Our Trade Is Not Larger.

WY but llh0G II -NOt Lar ger.
In a recent number Of Daily Consular
and Trade Reports appears a significant
statement regarding the importation of
musical instruments into New Zealand,
written by Mr.. William A. Prickett. the
American consul general TO that country.
whose headquarters are at Auckland.
While. Of course. the item of musical in
struments does not figure largely in our
exports, the facts submitted by Mr.
Prickett indicate the existing situation
with reference to practically every other
article which goes to make up the nations
commerce.
Mr.. Prickett reports that the total value
Of the musical instruments sent into New
Zealand in 1903 was S632,225. OF this
amount. manufacturers in the United
Kingdom received $3.50 80, and those of
Germany S25735. while only 1920 came
to the United States. New Zealand calls
itself a protecuonist country, but its max
imum tariff is near the level of our mini
mum. The duty on musical instruments.
for example, is 80 per cent ad valorem,
with the exception that on those imported
from Great Britain the 10 per cent prefer
ence given that country makes the charge
on its merchandise 20 per cent.
Even though the claim that German
pianos and organs are superior TO those
manufactured in the United States is duly
considered, il is obvious that We should
have more Of New Zealand's trade than
we had in 1900, or a trife more than "A
per cent Of the whole The main reason
for our lamentably poor showing is that
our inordinately high tariff schedules go
far toward shutting out goods from
New Zealand, the commercial interests Of
which colony naturally favor the mother
country first and then nations their COM
merce with which does not necessarily
consist wholly Of imports. New Zealand
is small in area and population, and its
trade is Of proportionate size, but the prin-
ciple involved is exactly the same as If it
were many times larger.
There can be no doubt Of the attitude Of
New Zealand in the premises. Less than
a year ago its present premier, Sir Joseph
G. Ward, the successor of the late Rich
ard John Seddons, visited the United
States and made a special journey to
Oyster Bay TO see President Roosevelt and
give him to understand that New Zealand
was not only willing. but anxious. TO en-
ter into reciprocal trade relations with the
United States. The matter must rest
there, Of course, so long as the stand-pat
element is in control Of the machinery of
the national government The apparent
desire throughout the country for tariff
revision and reciprocity and such devel-
opments as the new arrangement with
Germany afford some reason 20 expect a
better time 10 come; but, in the meantime.
our general commerce must continue to
suffer in order that a few enormously
wealthy trusts may benefit
1t is 20 be hoped that such lessons as
that contained in Consul General Prick
ett's report. comparatively unimportant
though the trade he speaks Of Is per Sc.
will hasten the action that must be taken
by the United States if it is to retain its
present position in its commercial rela-
tions with the rest Of the world.
The Washington herald., 1907-05-27
The HeraId's Platform

From the Saunton VA Dispatch.
The Washington Herald offers the fol-
lowing as inducements to patronage:
II has no comic supplement-
1t IS compact and get-at-able.
II treats all patrons alike. and gives nc rebates.
It avoids all sensatonalism, and is clean all the
way through.
1t is independent but never neutral and has alb
soIutely no axes 20 grind politically.
It engages in no gift enterprises.
1ts opinions are expressed in its editorial columns.
not in its news columns
These are admirable axiOms TO work to,
and The Herald hews close TO the line.
They constitute the basic principles Of
newspaper ethics. Following them. The
Herald has already become one Of the
best and most attractive papers in the
country
The Washington herald., 1907-05-27
No Respecter of Persons.

Among the employees recently dismissed
by Judge Ballinger, the new Commits
sioner Of the General Land Office, was a
man who was at Harvard with President
Roosevelt II is said that when the news
leaked out that Judge Ballinger was pre-
pairing 10 rid his bureau Of dead timber
It was intimated 10 him that should he
look a little closer .nto this particular
employees record he would discover that
the Presidents former classmate was
considerably more efficient than the Com
missioner had been led to believe Judge
Baliinger couldn't see it that way. how
ever, and then the luckless employees
friends carried his case 10 Secretary Gar
field, Judge Ballinger's official superior.
who, by the way. attended college with
the Commissioner. Secretary Garfield re-
ferred the whole matter back 10 Judge
Ballinger. and that official stood firm, the
result being that the President now has
an opportunity TO put his college friend
in some other department Of the govern
ment, should he care further to utilize the
latter's services.
The Washington herald., 1907-05-27
The President and Mr.. Knox.

From the Sew Yo,k sun.
As a practical man or politician Mr..
Roosevelt might not look with favor upon
the selection OF PhilaHder Chase Knox Of
the inevitably Republican State Of Penn
sylvania as a candidate for President.
but should Mr.. Knox be nominated no
more enthusiastic supporter could ne i'm
agined than the President, for it was Mr.
Knox who broke up the Northern Secur-
tiles merger by his ingenious argument
for the consututionality Of the law under
which suit was brought; and when he
retired from the Cabinet to accept an ap-
pointment as Senator from Pennsylvania,
President Roosevelt testified that no 9TH
er man in the country could have &C
quilted himself with so much credit IN the
office Of Attorney General.
The Washington herald., 1907-05-27
The "Unwritten INV

From the Boston Transcript
Senator Lewis II. Machen, Of Alexan-
dria, Va, has prepared a bill which he
proposes to offer at the next session Of
the general assembly of the Old Domin-
ion. embodying the so-called unwritten
law. BY that time It would be the written
law, and those who desired further free
dom in shooting their fellows would
doubtless make haste TO keep in advance
of It by adding new terms and conditions
which justified murder. It should he re-
membered that introducing a bill is an ex-
tremely early stage in the legislative pro-
cess. Many a man can make a bid for
nOt0riety in this way who never sees his
name attached to a great statute.
The Washington herald., 1907-05-27
Outrages Against Iaranese.

The renewal Of physical outrages
against japanese residents Of San Fran
cisco re-enforces the Presidents plea. in
his last annual message. for more power
to the Federal arm in cases arising out Of
the violation Of treaty rights. Mr.. Roose-
welt it is true. threatened to use the mill
taTy and naval forces OF the United States
10 protect the japanese from physical
harm, but there are obvious objections to
the employment Of the military for such a
purpose, and there should be some method
Of enforcing treaty rights, where local
authorities are powerless or Indifferent.
more in accordance with constitutional
Law. We do not think the American in
stinct for fair play and the right thing
will much longer tolerate such exhibitions
of national impotency in the protection OF
aliens as are in evidence every now. and
then, TO the embarrassment Of our state
Department and the establishment Of for
eigners.
Some excuse may be made for San Fran
cisco in her present unfortunate plight.
With her mayor under indictment on seri-
Gus charges, her police system democrat
lied, and practically her whole scheme of
local government at sea. it is not strange
that the more turbulent elements have
run amuck. But the particular outrages
Of which Ambassador Aoh complains are
not the first, nor are they apt to be the
last, Of their kind; so that the necessity
Of specially guarding against their recur-
renee is all the more urgent 1t is to be
hoped that Gov Gillette will take such
measures as will remove any ground for
suspicion that the japanese are unpro-
tected in their rights Of residence and
occupation.
The Washington herald., 1907-05-27

Il was the third regular meeting Of the
Ananias Club. The leather medal. 10 be
given 10 the best liar. was still IN the
glass case. The president raped for
order
"Fellow-liars," he began. we will now
have the pleasure Of listening to Mr..
Josiah Tompkins, alderman from the I'M
tenth ward"
Mr.. Tompkins arose and took a swallow
Of water.
Gentlemen" he said. "0nce upon a
time there was an alderman who had
made vast fortune through bribery. He
lived 20 a ripe old age and none sus-
pected the source OF his great wealth.
One day his conscience began 10 trouble
him, so much so in fact that he refunded
every bride he had accepted and made
a full confession TO the authorities.
Then
Gentlemen" yelled the president. in
the midst Of great commotion. zone word.
The committee will kindly present Mr..
Tompkins with the leather medal"
The Washington herald., 1907-05-27
Salaries of Governors.

BY recent act Of the legislature Of Hi
nos that State hereafter will have higher
paid officials than any other State
government The salary Of the governor
was raised from 5000 TO $1,000. and the
compensation Of other State officers was
cOrrespondingly increased. The next best
paid governors are those Of New York,
New Jersey. and Pennsylvania each Of
whom draws $1,000 a year. Massachu-
setts and Indiana pay 5000 Most Of
the other States pay 5000 Vermont and
Oregon pay the smallest gubernatoriaI
salaries, each giving its governor only
1880 New Hampshire and Delaware
are on 5000 basis South Carolina
pays 5000 Texas and Connecticut pay
$4,000, although Texas is nearly fifty times
as big as the Nutmeg State Many Of the
legislatures this year following the lead
OF Congress, increased the pay Of their
members.
The Washington herald., 1907-05-27
FLEEING FANCIES.
From the Milwaukee Sentinel.
Bells a. Junetime.


l.
Hear the bells O. Junetlme, tinkling over
there
Don't you hear their music Hitting on the
air?
Buttercup and daisy. clover fields per
fUme-
Tender morning glories 10 drive away the
gloom,
II
Thinking bells o. Junet!me-llsten 10 EN-
ring,
Bringing back the boytIme and woodland
wandering
Sunbeams thro' the shadows. willows
bending low
How they ring 10 mem'ry the hooks Of
long ago.
III.
Hear the bells o. Junetime ringing every
where
How they breathe Of summers olden,
golden. fair,
Wind signs in the tree tops, blossoms wet
with dew
Dawn in freshened glory-'here's a rose
for you"
The Washington herald., 1907-05-27
Valuable StnfistIcs

One of the most valuable Of the govern
ments many publications is the Stats
teal Abstract Of the United States" a
new volume Of which, covering 1906, has
just been issued by the Bureau Of Sta
tistics. Department Of Commerce and La
Dor. It's 200 pages contain practically
nothing but tables Of figures, from which
the observer of contemporary progress
may obtain almost any statistical infor-
nation he desires. 1t Is likely that only
Chief Austin, Of the bureau which pre-
pares the book. and his staff, realize the
enormous amount of work involved in the
collection and tabulation OF the innumer-
able figures.
The Washington herald., 1907-05-27

That young Georgia Congressman-elect
who Stands pat upon his silly decision
not 10 give official audience" 20 negro
will learn a few things about
Standing pat when he reaches Wash
ington-also something about the utter
to their States and districts
OF such legislators as he is evidently des-
tined TO be-
The Washington herald., 1907-05-27
A Rabbit of Pugnacity.

From the Terre Haute Tribune.
The President who is born TO dispute,
as the sparks fly upward, has begun war
on the nature takers or animal-story
tellers. but we look for the fur to fly
in earnest when he tackles The Washing
ton Herald's rabbit. which is q beast of
great bravery and ferocity, different from
any rabbit that Roosevelt ever saw or
shot
The Washington herald., 1907-05-27
Henry watterson,s Counsel.

From the New York World.
Marse Henry says the Democratic plat
vice is rendered in some four or I'VE short
and crisp columns in the Louisville
Courier ournal.-Washing Herald
Which bears out La Rochefoucauld's
maxim that nothing is given so profusely
as advice.
The Washington herald., 1907-05-27

Or, L, o. Howard. chief Of the Bureau
Of Entomology, Department Of AgricuI-
tuTe, has gone 20 the Crimea to visit the
eminent Russian entomologist, NJ. AIokhr-
shelsky. and confer with him about a
parasite that preys upon the silk worm
the Russian having recently discovered
what he claims to be the natural enemy
Of the destructive silk worm parasite. Dr..
Howard is convinced that If the Russian s
discovery is genuine, the way will soon
be opened for a thriving silk industry in
the United States. He left Washington
armed with the necessary authorization
20 apply to the American Embassy at St
Petersburg for assistance in procuring
the privilege 10 export various breeds Of
parasites from Russia. from which he is
hopeful Of obtaining one variety that will
check the ravages of the silk worm S
foe i'm this country Experts declare that
as soon as an effective method for the
preservation Of the silk worms life is
discovered, silk manufacturing in the
United States will become a very i'm
portant industry. DR.. Howard has con-
tributed so much Of value to exact knowl-
edge of bugs that he is facetiously called
in Washington the governments chief
bugOlOgist."
The Washington herald., 1907-05-27
WALL STREET.

Three hundred years ago to-day
Our Wall street was a farm. they say;
With little cots and pcrches Dutch,
Where DANES spun little. gossiped much:
And there the farmers titled the earth,
And milkmaids sang with mikmaids mirtn,
And whistling boys with faces red
Watered the cattle in the sned.
Now these things have changed a bit;
The milkmaids' song-oh where is Il?
No room for ploWmen in a street
Whose width IS halt a dozen feet
They're gone away, the rustic grace,
The rural modes, the rudy face
But though these things have quit the block.
Men still are watering the stock.
New York Sun.
The Washington herald., 1907-05-27
ARE YOU GOING AWAY?

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rarily should have The Washington Herald
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fully informed about affairs in Washington
unless your paper follows you.
Before leaving. mail or telephone your
address to this Office.
The Washington herald., 1907-05-27
Brevity and Variety.

From the Louisville Courier-Journal
1t will soon be up to the summer girl to
decide whether she will go to the sea
coast and wear a bathing suit that is the
soul of wit or TO the mountains and wear
a peek-a-boo shirt waist that Is the splce
of life
The Washington herald., 1907-05-27
An Alternating Wife,

Henry, what is this dark hair doing on
your coat?''
Il haven't worn that coat since last
month, dear. You were a brunette then"
"Oh. yes"
The Washington herald., 1907-05-27
Results Practically Nnthinr.

From the New York Tribune.
The venerable Senator Pettus, of Ala
bama, expresses the opinion Of the coun-
try when he says the investigation by the
Senate's Military Affairs Committee Of
the shooting up of Brownsville has con-
sumed a maximum Of time and produced
a minimum of results
The Washington herald., 1907-05-27

Emperor Francis Joseph wants Mr.
Roosevelt 10 serve another term as Pres
ident. AS the Emperor does not have to
stand For reelection himself. there may
be more actual sincerity in his words
than in those Of some other third-termers
OF whom we have heard.
The Washington herald., 1907-05-27

''Hoke Smith as a candidate for Presl-
dent would raise about as much enthusi-
asm as a presiding elder at a poker party
when he was not expected" SAYS the
Nashville American. Still, If Hoke
created that much CONSERVATION in the
ranks of the enemy. he would be first
rate man 10 nominate. wouldn't he?
The Washington herald., 1907-05-27

Gen. Kuroki is said to know only four
English words AS he is credited with
saying that our women are beautiful
glorious, II is evident that one-half Of
his English vocabulary is all right at
least.
The Washington herald., 1907-05-27

1T seems that Alfonso Pho Christiano
Edwardo Francisco Guillermo Carlos En-
rique Eugino Fernando Antonio"
What's all this? A gang Of conspira-
tOrs?'
Let me finish. will you? That's the
Spanish royal baby"
The Washington herald., 1907-05-27
A Geographical eng.

What's the natter"
We don't like the milk we get in
Cannes"
Then why not order some from Cowes %
The Washington herald., 1907-05-27
Dear Girls.

And now a paradox appears.
1t doth befall
We find the graduates in tiers,
Yet gay withal.
The Washington herald., 1907-05-27

Why did you rock that boat?"
Il"
1t was damned to the gunwales.
Il didn't know it was loaded.
The Washington herald., 1907-05-27
A LITTLE NONSENSE.
DEPARTMENTAL DITTIEs.

J.
John d. and Ed
Went after Ted
To bang the upstart on the NOODLE,
But John hung back
And then. alack.
Poor Ed got called a mollycoddle.
H.
Taft. Taft. OhiO's son,
Is he being groomed 10 rum
Is il Roosevelt, Taft & Coz
That is what they'd Ike TO know.
III
Mister Jack HOrner
Sat in a corner
Awaiting a White House plum;
He swore like "a demon
When he got a demon
The rhyme is poor but we have reported
the incident correctly.
The Washington herald., 1907-05-27

A Connecticut rooster Is raising a brood
of chicks and clucks TO them like a hen.
In the Presidents nature studies. this
rooster undoubtedly VIII be classed as a
hopeless mOllycOddle.
The Washington herald., 1907-05-27
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The Washington herald., 1907-05-27

Have you ever noticed how the word
thousand is misspelled on the new 81. 600
certificates" asks the Minneapolis Jour
nal Oh, yes, frequently; but We didn't
care to mention t.
The Washington herald., 1907-05-27

From the Boston Transcript
One touch Of municipal incompetency
makes most American cities kin
The Washington herald., 1907-05-27
Muchias GracinS.

Nays a jade, but has our thanks
Strange? The reasons that
She hasn't made us cough three plunks
To buy a new straw hat.
The Washington herald., 1907-05-27

Any obscure diplomat may become an
international figure by scorching through
Glen Echo and being arrested by Marshal
Collins. The fee is very small. too. con-
sidering the advertising.
The Washington herald., 1907-05-27

who wants 10 be W. II. Taft's Mark
Hanna2" asks the indianapolis Sun. Is IL
certain that he needs a Mark Hanna?
And. if so. why?
The Washington herald., 1907-05-27

There Is more real intoxication in some
books than in a bottle Of wine says an
essayist That may be. for books are Ike
wine, in that You never can tell from the
label what Is on the inside.
The Washington herald., 1907-05-27

Gen. KuroH authorizes the statement
that Japan never had the slightest idea Of
making war on the United States. The
general should understand that We do
not, as a rule, take our jingoes very Sc
TiOusly.
The Washington herald., 1907-05-27
Bad shake.

1T seems Frisco Is doomed to be
shaken, doesn't it?"
Another earthquake"
NO Schmitz quake"
The Washington herald., 1907-05-27

Women are invading mans field Of en-
deavor In every direction. but il is not
likely that the example of that Pennsyl-
vania girl who acted as a baseball umpire
RECENTLY will be extensively followed.
The Washington herald., 1907-05-27

Prof. Starr saws that Methuselah did not
live to be nearly a thousand years old. As
the kind-hearted old fellow has been dead
several thousand, It does seem that he
might be permitted to rest in peace.
The Washington herald., 1907-05-27

Two ST. Louis balloonists dropped a mile
in less than two minutes recently. That's
going down grade about as fast as GYM
ling-headed millionaire on the Great White
Way
The Washington herald., 1907-05-27

There are other things IN spring be-
sides love and poetry" says the Chicago
Examiner Especially general "cussed-
ness" so far as this particular spring is
concerned.
The Washington herald., 1907-05-27

The bold rough rider strikes his breast with glee
He'll force the Giant Trust 10 bend the knee,
But yet he seizes neither sword nor gun;
To pen and ink his dcughtiest efforts Tln-
-Humoristische BlaettsE.
The Washington herald., 1907-05-27

Mayor Schmitz says Abe" Ruef Is A
liar; and In view of the fact that Ruef
says he is guilty-but-innocent, it seems
quite likely that Schmitz is telling the
truth
The Washington herald., 1907-05-27

The tTamDs' convention at Chippewa
Falls has Endorsed both Roosevelt and
Foraker. The hobos apparently want
their bread buttered on both sides.
The Washington herald., 1907-05-27
THE OPTIMIST.

I have never quite understood why II Is
such one, saying "he is a dreamer.
Few things are more beautiful than the
dream-lfe that all of us enjoy more or
less; the harG-headed man of business
seems half afraid Of 1t. and frowns IL
down, and is so much the loser, for
dreams-not always those night visitors.
but the dreams Of daytime that are half
compounded Of reason-haye hope in them,
and joy. In them so many Of us realize
the fine ideals 20 which our souls at their
best turn And who shall say where the
dream ends and the realities Of life take
UP the thread again?
Dreams in their development have breath.
And tears. and tortures and the touch Of JOY:
They leave a weight from OF uur waking tolls
They do divide Our being. they become
VItiCn Of ourselves as Of our time
And look like heralds Of eternity
To dream high things is to be the bet
ter prepared to do high things. Write Of
me as one who loved his fellow-men.'
said Abou Ben Adhem in his dream. and
10! Ben Adhem's name led ali the rest"
Dreams come true, some Of them, and
these are Of the best. The dreams Of hui
manity. Of righteousness. Of love. come
true, for in his dreams man sees these
virtues on the height and strives to 81
tain them. Dreams that let a man in his
Imagination say the kindly word 10 the
downtrodden. uplift the fallen. comfort
the sinner, dispense charity, dry the bit
ter tear-these dreams, even in the dream-
ing. seem TO realize themselves: they
crystalline themselves into the most beau
tiful truth.
The man who slept and dreamed that
life was beauty. awoke. and found that
life was duty. but his dream was true
For the true beauty of the world. this
workaday and prosaic world Of ours, lies
alone in duty; duty 70 ourselves, to our
fellow-man, 70 God.
Who is there that does not remember
the singer Of Maud"
And il was but a dream, vt II Welded a dear
delight
To have looked. tho but in dream. upon eyes 80
That had been in weary world my one thing
bright;
and it was but dream. yet it lishtened my
despair.
Always that is true: that THE stuff
dreams are made Of" will tighten our
despair, take us out Of ourselves, help US
10 forget the ills and crosses that seem 10
check our every step, and by their aid
we can leave behind the gross body in
which we sin and which hampers us so
much; and We can mount into the realms
Of that land Of faery' where sorrow is
not, nor poverty, nor wickedness; where
no bhghtng thoughts Of pessimism may
assail us, nor doubts Of the ultimate goal
And from such dreams and high thoughts
We shall come back 10 our duties fresh
for the toilsome journey; and as we travel
and work and feel the chafng Of the
burden of responsibility, there will still
be Joy in our hearts and courage. for our
dreams are our own and they sing 10 US
always the song Of brave hope.
The Washington herald., 1907-05-27

II is an iii wind that blows no good
This quality of spring weather is great
for the life, liberty. and pursuit Of happl-
ness to which fish are theoretically en-
titled.
The Washington herald., 1907-05-27
Note

The above is a frost. We haven't heard
or seen anything 10 indicate that June
will be any different from the rest Of cur
winter months