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FRIDAY. DECEMBER 6. 1907.
rKE MONEY roR wATERwAYs.

II a $780, 900, 900 annual appropria-
tion for waterways is not voted by
this Congress it will not be because
OF any lack of effort and influence. No
measure that has ever come before
Congress has been more powerfully
backed. The only danger is that the
appropriation will fall between the two
stools of an Atlantic a waterway
and a, waterway in the Mississippi val
ley. but there are ways and means of
compromising the two great interests.
The government, with its immense
resources of revenue, has money to
burn but expenditure in the direc-
ton of waterway development is actual
investment, as is the great irrigation
work now in progress in the arid sec
tons of the West. Every improved
waterway. is an increased source of ma
tional income and a new creation of
national wealth Five hundred mil
lions spent in waterways means bill
lions of new wealth. as we'll as vastly
increased opportunities for capital and
labor.
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FEwER IMPORTED LuxuR1Es.

An interesting and natural reflex Of
the financial furry is found in a study
of the country's imports. The people
are not buying diamonds and automo-
biles; they are combining their pur-
chases to the necessaries of life and let
ting the luxurles go by the board. That
may indicate merely how greatly the
financial s%tringency has affected the
wealthy classes. or it may indicate that
people are showing more common sense
in their. buying in a time of trouble.
At any rate, the Appraiser of the Port
Of New York reports that the value of
precious tones appraised during No
vember was 1880. 600 less tina during
dIe corresponding month of last year.
Automobiles to the value of $42S, 1876
We're imported. as against $372,752 for
last year. The appraised value Of mer-
chandise, on the other hand, advanced
from So, 65S, 979 to s67, O0S, 1S1.
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A SPECTACLE IN RUSSIA.

&hirty-seyen members of the second
Russian Douma, arraigned for trial at
st. Petersburg yesterday on charges OF
high treason, made a spectacle for civ
ilization to wonder at. Fifty thousand
mill hands in st. Petersburg walking
out on a strike for one day as a mark
Of sympathy for the Douma victims
make that spectacle more impressive.
Tile protest against the tyranny of the
Cars government vas taken up also
by the university students in a great
demonstration. The battle between alb
solutism and liberty goes on unceas-
ingly in Russia. and no quarter is
shown. At present reaction is upper
most and the bayonet is law, But how
long shall this condition continue?
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THE PRESIDENT AND ALASKA.

Advocates of home rule for Alaska
Will again find encouragement and hope
in the Presidents recommendations TO
Congress. Some form Of local self
government should be provided, as
simple and inexpensive as possible"
says Mr.. Roosevelt. That is what
Alaska wants n that is what the
newspapers of the Northwest have long
been clamorlng for. To concede it is a
matter of simple justice.
Delegate Cole, of Alaska, in a doeu-
ment submitted to the President, made
a statement of Alaska's needs which CO.
lncides exactly with the recommended
ions embodied in the message. Not
only home rule. but changes in the
mining laws. which at present permit a
plundering by spectators of the pub
lie domain: lighthouses and aids to
navigation are among the vital needs.
Congress has too long neglected this
great territory, according it less attcn-
ton and fewer advantages than some
of our insular possessions. Yet Alaska
has poured immense wealth into the
country, and its resources are greater
today than ever. New transportation
lines are being established and capital
is pouring in for other necessary i'm
provements. If the great need of
Alaska for the territorial form of gov
ernmen is recognized lesser problem.
of vital concern to its citizens will be
solved and Congress will be relieved
of many annoyances imposed upon ma
isfactory status of the northern coun-
try,
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A DOUBLED TAX ON BEER.

An increase of 100 per cent. in the
government tax on beer would provide
a large additional revenue for the pur-
pose intended by the introduction of
a bill in Congress making the tax SO a
barrel, namely, waterway improve
ments, but does it pay to put an ex-
cessive tax on an article of popular con-
sumption that cannot well be increased
in its retail price? The inevitable effect
must be the deterioration of the quality
OF the beer manufactured and sold,
with a resultant harm to the public
health.
1t may be asked also why any class
Of manufacturers and consumers
should be selected to pay the cost and
penalties for a public improvement. The
brewery is as legitimate a business en-
terprise as any other kind of manufac-
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VIEWS OF EDITORS.


EBgIand's Lost Prize-Iting LnureIs.
The presence of many of the peerage at
the ringside when Tommy Burns knocked
out Gunner NOR. the English champion,
gave the event distinction, The interest
taken in the outcome by King Edward and
his desire that the best man should win
bespoke those qualities of sportsmanship
In the monarch which in the Prince met
John l.. Sulllvan's approval.
Harsh Is the etiquette which hedges In
royalty. When knightbood was In flower
kings could sit by the lists aud see cham
pions run each other through with lances.
But the prize ring Is Taboo. To be sure, n
son of George III. watched Tom Figg, the
original British champion, knock out his
man. But the Prince Halls must put away
youthful interests when they come to the
throne.
Burns's victory robs England of another
of the laurels of sport. America is for the
time being ~pre-eminent in the manly art. =
incidentally, the $500. 900 which changed
hands on the contest should help to swell
our gold imports.-New York World.
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ONCE MORE THE PRESS AGENT.

The day Of the lost diamonds and milk
baths and slippers as drinking utensils
for champagne is fast waning, and the
press agent, who has long found them a
very present help in time of publicity's
dearth. will have to bestir himself.
Even the automobile arrest and the
scandal with the Pittsburg millionaire
are losing their zest for a stated public
appetite.
Mrs. Patrick Campbell smoking cigar
cites in the front parlor of a hotel
wasn't bad at all. There was a pub
licity promoter who bids fair to &c
far in his profession,
But the man who deserves the spe-
clal crown of merit is the one who
is advancing the interests of Miss
Adele Richie. List to this advertise.
ment from a Chicago newspaper:
'LOST-On Monday night, at College
Inn Restaurant, small bottle contain.
ing n vermiform appendix; $50 reward
if returned to Adele Ritchie.'
The young man who did that ha
earned an immediate raise in salary. H,
has invention, originality, ingenuity
humor. He has brains, If not con-
science. Appendicitis is not an neon.
mon malady. Other actresses have had
it and earned a few lines in the paper:
on the strength of it. But for al
actress to carry her appendix arounC
with her in a small bottle, as one car.
ries smelling salts, and then lose it
all, there's a stunt for you! There's
imagination! There's a press agen.
that is a press agent!
Hitherto scientists have found it diff,
1cult to assign a necessary place il
the economy of nature to the appendix
No portion of the anatomy was more
bothersome and Of none were the use
more difficult to discover.
Perhaps this representative of Mis-
Adele Ritchie has solved the problem.
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FRENCH ART AND LETTERS.

In striking contrast with the silly
method long adhered to in this country
of d~isoouraslng the importation of art
treasures is the attitude of the French
Government, which is considering the
ACCESSIBILITY of following 1taly's ex-
ample and absolutely prohibiting their
expectation. If the principle of protec-
ton must be extended to works of art
the French way of applying 1t is the
right one.
While the French people would thus
~begrudge us possession Of their art
riches. they are at the same time put
ting forward their utmost efforts to
familiarize us with the best OF their
literature. Hughes lie Roux. a litter
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turing establishment. II public i'm
provements are to be paid for by new
taxes on manufactures and consump-
ton, the burden thereof should be dis
tributed. and not be loaded upon n
particular class. Beer is the beverage
of the poor man, too, and it is not just
that he should be made to either pay
more for what he buys or submit to
having an inferior article imposed upon
him.
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ateur of distinction. who has made
many friends in this country during
several lecture tours. and who knows
conditions here, has inaugurated a cam
paign which it is sincerely to be hoped
may be successful. He realizes that
the reputation Of the French novel
abroad has been allowed to suffer by
the wide circulation of meretricious
books. denominated French, which. like
some of the famous resorts of Paris,
have been Intended, not for native. but
for foreign. and, perhaps more particu-
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-12-06

The men who are furnishing he motive power and inspira-
ton for the Hughes Presidential boom are not friends of New
York's Governor. They are men who were hit by the insurance
investigation, and the laws resulting therefrom, and by the Public
Utilities Commission and the probing now being done at the
instigaton of Governor Hughes into the transit companies of
New York. Those influences want him out of Albany. They
want to start him chasing the Presidential willie o. the wisp so
that they may, while he is i'll pursuit, put a tried and trusted
friend OF theirs in the Executive mansion in Albany. Hughes
is making good as Governor. His pledges to the people he
is striving to keep in letter and spirit. But his work is only
begun. He needs at least three years more to complete his
program either to his satisfaction or that of the people. His
reelection next year is a foregone conclusion. 1t is not at all
likely that his enemies or the fool friends whom they have hood
winked will succeed in their. designs. J. M.
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larly, American, consumption. Realiz-
ing that such literature" constitutes a
reproach upon his country, Nj. LIZ Roux
proposes an arrangement with a score
of Paris publishers for encouraging the
sale of the best products Of French
genius in romance, history and drama
at various central points in the United
States.
It cannot be doubted that such an
undertaking will find us receptive or
that the moral and literary gain from
1t viii be considerable in both countries.
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The NEWARK STAR points out thai
there has been discovered a new way t.
economlze in State expenses. The process
Is simple. First, create an unnecessary
commission. Then create another slmilal
commission. Say that the salaries and
expenses of each comm ssion amount an
nually to $4,000 There you nave pro-
vided d basis for your plan of economy.
The total cost of the two commissions
being $4,000 a year. abolish one commits
sion, and then claim credit for an economy
of $4,000 a year for the State.
Ingenious and practical, or practicable.
And though you can't fool all the people
all the time perhaps this device would
fool some of them some of the time. Any
how 1t is no less we'll devised than soma
of the devices by which they are fooled.
Perhaps some State will begin to set an
example of real economy. If 1t does the
example may be so attractive that it will
be initiated. The time is ripe for such an
example and such imitation.-New Haven
Journal-Courier
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House. an usual. NECK.

The customary rebellion against the
autocratic rules of the House finds that
body, on the whole, as meek as at any
time since 1t ceased to be a deliberative
assembly. The new members ON the Re
publican side are hardly the ones to en-
gage in an insurrectlon so early In the
anne; they are anxious about their COM
mittee assignments, and fear to commit
mistakes that might seriously compromise
their future success in Congress. The
wary and hardened old Democratic leaders
urge them to assert the rights of the peo-
pies representatives and to throttle the
House despotism, yet those same Demo-
cratic leaders would doubtless be quite as
autocratic themselves were their party to
be placed in power. 1t begins to look as
If the old House of Representatives had
vanished never to return.-Springfield Re-
publican.
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IN VEIN.
Nature Fakes.

They say that a man goes out on a lark"
When, in fact, he is out on a bat
They say a player goes out ON a fly"
When a fly wouldn't hold him, that's
lat.
They say a fellow goes out with a star
Comes nome quite IS full as the moon;
They say that a man acts just like a mule
When we know he acts more like a
loon"
The man who looks wise ana stays up all
night,
And will sleep almost all of next day,
We say is an "owl, but that is all wrong
You will find he is only a Jay"
We say that a mans a lobster" when he
Is a Shrimp" with a whole lot of gall;
They say that a man will drink like a fish
When he does not touch water at all.
They say when a man is society's pet
He's a lion. Alack and alas
Just give him a chance to open his mouth
You will find that he's only an ass.
-Yonkers Statesman.
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mrs. BradIey,s AcauIttaI.

Mrs. Bradley was acquitted yesterday,
and. although most people will agree that
she was really guilty. they will all admit
that her lawless act disposed of q skunk.
Warner, who shot right and left in New
York and killed two people, gets a twenty
year sentence, and declares he ought to
have been declared crazy or found guilty
of murder in the first degree. He's right;
and he isn't crazy, either.-Hartford Daily
Courant.
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NO REST FROM PoLrTIcS-MUsT BE ON THE JOB ALL Tbs TINE
ADVICE TO THE WV GOVERNOR. ere. RTc

The average newspaper reader foolishly imagined that last
Novembers election ended the political season and that other
topics would come to the fore. But now we have Congress on
our hands, the Dickinson cohorts are sticking knives into each
other, aud the new lawmakers are doing all kinds of pulling
Trenton next January.
Many people get tired reading about such things and cry
aloud for relief Yet it is not well to encourage them Or even
sympathize with them. The business of government, and every
thug appertaining to ii, as big Bill Devery would say, is one
that needs constant attention, and the disposition to slight or
overlook it ought to be frowned upon.
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knew Him Hetter.

Mr.. Forchen Hunt-She says you told
her you could read me like a book.
Miss Richer Wise-I did say that some
time ago, but I've changed my mind
since.
Mr. Forchen Hunt-Ah.
Miss Richer Wise-I'd say now that
can read you like a paragraph.-Philadel-
phia Press.
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stock CsambIing.

Mr.. Hepburn, of Iowa, has intimated in
an interview Intended for publication, that
he intends to introduce a bill to prohibit
gambling in margins. If such legislation
can be enacted as will reach the evil and
effectively squelch it, the public win be
the gamer. Had such a law been in force
years ago there would have been fewer
fraudulent stock issues and fewer for
tunes made on the stock market at the
expense OF the people. The idea is good,
but there may be some doubt whether it
Is practicable. 1t will be found difficult
to prevent brokers from selling stocks to
their customers in a way TO evade the
statute. If a broker advertises stocks for
sale at a certain figure and a client wishes
to buy them, he cannot be prohibited
from doing so without impairing the rights
of the citizen. This Is only one feature OF
the liberty guaranteed by the Constitu-
tion. But this can hardly be called gam
bling in margins, as hat practise is
carried on in Wall Street. At any rate MIR.
Hepburn's proposition is worth considering,
as a move in the right direction, but better
still would be a law prohibiting the sale of
any stock without a judicial order based
on satisfactory evidence Of regularity
Milwaukee Free Press.
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Philosophical.

BEG pardon, ma'am.' said the butler,
but your son has just eloped with the
parlor maid"
'Oh. that isn't so bad" rejoined Mrs.
Uppson. He might have eloped with the
cool-and I never could have replaced
her. Chicago Daily News.
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Petty PaIitics.

Senator Foraker is out for the control
of the Republican party organization in
Ohio and for the support of the Ohio dele
cation in the national Republican Presi-
dental convention. Perhaps he may win
out, since there is no strong opposition
to his ambitions. Tn Senator is reported
in the newspapers as putting up a big
fight against Secretary Taft. That may be
so, but there is one thing eertain-namely,
that Secretary Taft is not putting up any
fight against Senator Foraker. The Sena-
tor may capture his State organization
and his State delegation, and then not be
a step nearer the goal of bis desires. Sec
rotary Taft is not going to enter into any
petty political contest with Foraker or
with anyone else. If the people of these
United States want William II. Taft to be
their next President, they are going to
rise up and say so in nc uncertain tones.
When they speak to that effect, should
they so decide, the voice of Senator
Foraker and his little State delegation
will be heard about as far as the squeak
of a mouse in a thunder storm. Petty
politics will not cut a very noticeable
figure in the coming Presidential cam
Observation-Disclosures Evening Telegraph.
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Now let your mind be all serene,
Though small the purse you boast;
The biggest p~riee-tag doesn't mean
The gift that's welcomed most.
Washington Star.
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The migrate, the scalawag and the trickster may flourish for
a time, but whether in business or politics his race is soon
ended. In the long run the fellow who comes out ahead is the
one who fights fairly and manfuly for his side, his people or
his firm, who is strictly honorable in all his dealings and who
would make any sacrifice rather than be guilty of treachery to
those who have fed and cared for him.
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The New PRESS Agent Dodge,

The actress, having been arrested for
running her automobile seventy miles an
hour, was describing the superb car to a
reporter.
The young man inquired:
How much did you say it was WORTH"
cat least two columns on the front
page" she answered absently.-Chicago
Daily News.
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Governor elect Fort is probably getting tons of advice about
policies, appointments, and SO forth. One consolation is that it
won't hurt him. He knows New Jersey and its needs as few
men do; he knows the caHbre and standing of most of the men
who. do things" and he is able to appraise very quickly the
quality and value of most suggestions. appeals or exhortations.
Possibly there is, however, one point on which he may not be a
good judge, and that is the antagonism likely to be aroused by
any indication of nepotism. 1t may be, of course, that the
Governor-elect is fully aware of the sensihveness of public opin-
ion II this score and that he has no thought of decorating it.
but there have been other very able men-some really great
|men-who were strangely obuse on this one matter, and they
suffered for it.
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IT'S fashionable to sneer at the politicians and to pick flaws
i'll our government, local, State and National. As a srue you
will find the most vociferous critics to be persons who make no
effort to find or apply a remedy. To get good government one
must be eternally OH the job. Strikers who dodge their duty
deserve scant courtesy when they bob up once a year pr SO to
find fault with those who have been trying to do the work. To
qualify for the right to cridcise one must be willing to help
to help in every way, in the selection of good men in the sac
rfce of time and effort and in making constructive suggestions.
The mere GROWER and kicker is a nuisance, except when he
makes himself so ridiculous Is to be entertaining.
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Our Hoboken friends are unduly exercised over the dscov-
cry of a clerical error i'll their tax valuation record. There is
no occasion for throwing fits or clawing the atmosphere. An
appeal to the State Board of Equalization would get the mis-
take Strengthened out in Jig time, just as was done several years
ago when something of the kind happened in West Orange.
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At that time the smaller offices were still regarded a the
indefeasible spoils of partisan victory, and to remove them from
the domain of partisan politics would have seemed Is hopeless
as for Burnham wood to march to Dunsinane.-New York Times.
And where, pray, is Bunham wood?
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Harrison Grey Fiske, husband of Mrs. Fiske, one of the best of
Americas actresses, and editor of the Dramatic Mirror, . is engaged
in a literary duel with William Winter, the venerable dramatic critic
of the New York Tribune" Mr.. Winter said some causic
and true things about 'sSappho' and Mr.. Fiske holly resented
it, He has now reached the stage of calling Mr.. Winter all
kinds of names. Liar" dishonest Ignorant ae among
the expressions used.
Most people have at one time o another disagreed with Mr..
Winters verdicts on plays and players or his characterization of
them. But there isn't anybody who knows the mar will doubt
his honesty, his sincerity and his absolute independence. The
Tribune has probably lost thousands of dollars worth of ad-
lvertising because of his fearless expressions of opinion, but the
confidence of the management in his purity of motive, his ability
and his loyalty to the paper and its readers protected him from
interference. He is today one of the greatest living masters
of the English language, and when he leaves us his loss will
be felt wherever the beauties of the language are known and
appreciated.