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The Washington herald., 1907-06-25
The Young Man and business.

curious tendency is noticeable as a re-
suit Of our system Of education, and that
is that the young men Of America are
turning more toward business. pure and
simple, as a life career This is not, as
might bee supposed, a result OF our
growth in industrial training, but IS one
of the manifestations Of our higher edu-
cation as exemplifed in our leading col
leges and universities.
Harvard this year has coo graduates,
and Of these 10 announce their intention
of going into business. Princeton turns
out 219 graduates. and Il Of them have
sisnified their purpose TO engage in COM
merce. Yale has $50 graduates, of whom
10 are vowed to business
IT is only in recent years that figures
such as these have become possible. 1t
was thought in the old days that an
education at Yale. Harvard, or Princeton
meant surely an education for one OF the
learned professionally law, medicine, or
the church. II used TO be considered a
waste Of time and money for "a young
man who intended to enter business to go
TO college. but the college man has SO
proved himself in the higher walks OF
finance and industry that the change In
mental attitude toward college education
is more than justified.
The tendency. however. is one which
emphasizes TO a marked degree the
growth of American character toward
commercialism 1t goes without saying
that. ordinarily no man can expect to
make as much money in any one Of the
professions as he can in business, and
nowadays money seems 70 be the chief
aim and good. To some degree this must
seem a pity. 1t eliminates from the striv-
ing Of our young men that struggle for
honor which lmpels a man to Use his edu-
cation and talents for the betterment OF
mankind ana sets him out on the road
Of life knowing only that he is well
equipped for the competitive struggle in
business, success in which means selfish
success and the failure Of others
Along the business path which the grad
yates from our universities are choosing
lies the road 70 wealth, but not, neces-
sarily, 70 honor We respect, sometimes.
our millionaires. but we seldom honor
them. Honor and its concomitants are
usually reserved for others-for the ply
stefan who puts his talents at the dis
posal OF lis fellow-man, sometimes for a
money reward. but seldom for such re-
wards as come 20 the man Of business
working for his own hand. In the Law
and the church are honor to be found, too
and the highest conception Of either OF
these professions miuimizcs their money
making qualities.
II may be, however that the advent OF
I the university and college man into busl-
ness viii prove the one thing needed O.
/ place business on a higher and nOblel
plane. Ethics forms part Of the curricula
Of our colleges. ana with the growth
Of the cooperative idea. schemes OF
/ prodt-shar.ng. and theories Of justice To
the workngmau. It may we'll be that tho
I rise of a body of well-educated business
men shall do much toward sOfteuiag the
| difficulties between the small army OF
/ officers Of industry and Tie great mas.
/ Of workers in the ranks.
The Washington herald., 1907-06-25
The Issues and the Nan.

A popular idea Of the issues involved
in the Presidential situation is presented
in the following statement made TO The
Washington Herald by "a Republican o.
high prominence:
viii the people exchange a Ger
talnty for an Uncertainty Demon
STATIONS for Theories? VIII they
command the election Of President
Roosevelt, with four years more
of Sane Reform, Enforcement Of
Laws, Protection Of the Rights Of
Man and Property. with Compulsory
Justice to both. resulting I'm restora-
ton and continuance Of confidence.
increased values Of all legitimate Sc
cgrities, business expansion. rapid
development Of our vast natural re-
sources. and. with normal crops. gen
eraI prosperity
or will they seTvilely submit % the
election of-Who? A Theory-and
to What?-Chaos and Uncertainty
during the period necessary for any
new man TO gain the public conf
dence by actual demonstration Of his
ability and inclination 70 make good2'
No wise person VIII exchange a
satisfactory certainty for an Uncer-
tainty. The people are wise. and the
verdict will be a necessitated sec
ond elective term for Roosevelt. the
satisfactory Public Servant. and not
the Dictator Of the People"
In other words. he wishes TO know
whether the people deem It wise TO chang
horses while crossing the stream? Tn
masses. especially in the great West, ap
paTently do not
The Washington herald., 1907-06-25
New Use for the SyIph.

A few years ago the use of govern
ment vessel for pleasure by even the
President Of the United States brought
forth much comment. and more or less
criticism. Times have changed since then
and now the employment of such yes
sells by members Of the Cabinet. and even
by lesser officials is common. II is doubt
full. however, if governmental ship has
ever been put 10 just such a use as dis
patches from Red Top Conn. say
the Syiph was pat 10 on Sunday last
According 20 those dispatches. Theodore
Roosevelt. jr. who is assistant manager
Of the Harvard crew took the entire row.
ing squad Of that college for a sail on
Long Island Sound in the Sylph which
the President had sent over from Oyster
Bay for that purpose. Mrs. Roosevelt
has had small parties out on the yacht
on the Potomac and elsewhere, on sew
eraI occasions. but il appears that the
use Of the boat as a pleasure craft for
friends Of the younger members Of the
Roosevelt family is an entirely new de-
partuTe
The Washington herald., 1907-06-25
TUESDAY. JUNE q. 1907.
Why Dollar Gas in Washington

A few days ago, in an editorial com
menting on the Philadelphia gas situa-
ton. The Washington Herald asked this
question:
II there IS a good rrlGt in Scent gas IN Phia-
delphis how much profit IS there i'm dollar gas Of the
quality delivered 20 the people Of Washington
We now have some similar queries 10
PROFOUND Yesterdays dispatches told of
the action Of the Boston Consolidated Gas
Company I'm voluntarily reducing the price
Of gas TO consumers from s. cents 10 80
cents per thousand cubic feet. This, it
is announced. is the fourth reduction the
company has made in the last two years
the total reduction amounting TO % cents
per thousand. or from 81 to- the newest
rate. The saving % consumers for the
next fiscal year is estimated at $4,000, as
compared with the cost of their gas two
years ago.
Il the Boston concern can supply gas
at SO cents per thousand and make a
satisfactory prodt-f0r, Of course, the re-
auctions would not have been put into
effect had they stood i'm the way Of such
a proft-why should residents Of the Dis
trict of Columbia continue to pay 80
Why should the gas company be per
mitted 10 cut its melons" at more or less
regular intervals, instead Of being COM
PEELED 70 supply its product at a rate
which would be just % the consumer
and still afford dividends as large as any
legitimate. properly conducted public
service corporation should expect2 What
possible excuse is there for Congress fail
ing to act in the premises? Why should
q positive recommendation by the Dis
trict Commissioners Of 75-cent gas be
longer withheld?
We await "A reply. If there Is any good
and valid reason for the further existence
Of the prices which Washingtonians are
forced TO pay now, We shall be glad to
give 10 due publicity
The Washington herald., 1907-06-25

and smelled-the upper reaches Of Buffalo
Bayou ourselves. Naturally, no self-re-
specting fish would stand for such condi-
tons. Fish of even passable quality shun
this Texas HOOgly, while. as for the
shad-the dainty patrician, sensitive shad
1t would not be caught within a thou
sand miles OF a stream like that. where
its only neighbors would be mud-cathsh.
Great is it's regard for the high-class and
ultra esthetic things in this world. Buff
falo bsyOus are not for it.
This accounts for the fact that the
Houston Post imagines a real shad to be
something In the nature Of a herring.
The star-spangled shad Is a thing Of
beauty and joy forever There is no
reason 10 marvel because it is not appre-
ciated by minds and stomachs accus-
toned to Texas near-fsh.
The Washington herald., 1907-06-25

We have been disposed to temper jus
tice with mercy in the case Of the vain
glorious and bOastful Houston Post. We
have, indeed, felt no little sympathy-or.
at least, pity-for that contemporary, ex-
He'd, as it is, in a land whose products
run to immensely rather than delicacy. or
tend strongly to mere quantity rather
than 20 quality
For these reasons we have been decid-
edly more modest and shrinking in
our praise Of that surprising piscatoriaI
delight the star-spangled shad. than
facts and poetic justice fully warranted
It appears, however. that fairness and
common humanity prompt an explanation
10 the Post and through it to benghted
and helpless Houstonians, as to the why's
and wherefores Of star-spangled shad
how they come 20 be so generally misun-
derstood by outsiders, and why they do
not flourish in less favored climes.
The Potomac shad is a very aristocratic
fish. He inhabits only certain waters Of
exact quality-a Trenton limestone flavor
preferred. In this connection, Mr.. F. G.
Afalo, a gentleman Of whom the Post
doubtless never heard, but who is a
great shadologist. for all Of that, says in
a recent issue Of the Outlook:
zone e The most remarkable facts about tie sbad
is its apparent fasJdiousness in the choice OF rivers
and its consequent extremely restricted range Not
one river IL fi,y seems 20 suit il. Z IS somewhat
difficult 20 understand why one river should suit the
shad and not another. The water, NJ the different
H#r d. sT.-
tents and the FISH sensitive 10 these differences
The swiituess ri the current the amount OF mud
carried down &c. may also be factors determining
the choice OF the shad
Thus, it will be observed. the shad is
extremely particular in selecting its
habitat, and only affects such localities
as are in keeping with its highly strung
nature and delicately bred and intensely
aristOCratiC lineage.
Texas, or, at least, Houston. can never
know the supreme delight of this un-
equaled fish. unless a mighty--indeed,
well-nigh a revolutionary-change IN con-
ditions is brought about there. For in
stance. a writer IN the publication, What
To Eat. recently said
Probably the fltltest stream in the United
States exists in Texas L is in Houston one u the
busiest cities In the State and It's name Is Buffalo
Bayou This siresm, with It's many beautiful mag
nolia trees and luxuriant foliage passing as it does
through the center Of the city. might be made a
thing Of beauty by a little work and expense In
s3ead. il is an abhouent. foulsmeiling stream ~
surface covered with thick green SCUM and refuse
from factories stores. and residence districts In
certain places the stencil arising from il is 50 utol-
cradle as 70 make it impossible for uninured noses
70 approach within yards Of H.
We don't have to depend exclusively on
What To Eat, either, for We have seen
The Washington herald., 1907-06-25
THE TAFT BOOM.
Comment Inspired by Recent Article
In The Washington Herald.

From the Springfield Republican.
That the Taft boom is on the verge OF
collapse is the opinion given in The
Washington Herald. the independent
newspaper which was started at The Ma
tlonal Capital last fall and which has
since become conspicuous as clean and
well-edited sheet with a shrewd insight
into politics. This is interesting
because It is inspired by no hostility TO
Mr. Taft and IL doubtless an accurate re-
Election Of a considerable Washington
opinion. But the question arises. as Of
ten before, how close q relation there is
between The opinion of Washington and
the opinion OF the country; sometimes
Washington feeds too largely on its own
ideas. Judging from comments in the
press of Iowa and Minnesota, for eX-
ample. Mr.. Taft would appear to have
made a pretty good impression. HIS
eulogy Of Senator Spooner In Wisconsin.
while ignoring la Toilette and the fact
that La Toilette controls the Wisconsin
Republicans, is regarded by the poiu-
clans as the slip of a novice and II IS
said that Mr.. Taft has never taken MS
boom with entire seriousness: IN fact.
President Roosevelt himelf Is understood
20 have az one time complained Of Taft
on this score. But al al events Mr.. Taft
has shown himself no trimmer and has
given evidence Of frankness and courage,
That his boom has not gathered Roadway
with Tremendous momentum is clear, but
the alleged signs Of It's waning seem hard
ly conclusive. The main fact is that it
has not taken sufficiently with the coun-
try to put an end TO the Roosevelt third
term talk
The Washington herald., 1907-06-25
Interstnte Menther Regnlntion.

From the New York Times.
The Hartford Times makes good
suggestion in the matter of Interstate
weather and seismographical prophecies
A Connecticut prophet has predicted a
disastrous earthquake in Maine. and a
Maine man is reported to be on his way
to the prophets home to silence him by
force. as his prophecy threatens TO spoil
Maine trade. Clearly, with national
meteorological and seismographical bu-
reaus to look after this sort Of thing for
the whole nation. interstate prophecy
should be regulated hereafter by our ag-
gressive Federal government
The Washington herald., 1907-06-25
LenNinr the Door Omen.

From he Atlanta Constitution.
There is a diversity Of opinion-diverse
at least TO the extent Of being two-sided-
as to what President Roosevelt would do
If the Republican convention should
unanimously nominate him and adjourn.
The belief that he would be Overpowered
and swept into the race is too strong to
be disregarded, despite the emphasis the
President has put upon his refusal. Con-
sequently, Republicans everywhere are
building upon that belief. and are in
cubating the cyclone. The door is being
left open for President Roosevelt, and if
there is no other way. it looks very much
as If he would be pushed through t.
The Washington herald., 1907-06-25

J. T. Harahan, who succeeded Stuy-
vesant Fish as president of the Illinois
Central after the famous Fish-Harriman
contest Of some months ago. is said TO be
the worlds chief traveller In the last
thirty-five years, il is said. he has COW
cred the stupendOus total of 2.2Sl. go
miles, or a trifie more than nine
ty-one times the distance around the
earth. For fifteen years Mr.. Harahan's
ioUrneyings are said to have averaged
80 miles q day. while the average in the
last twenty years has been 200 miles d
day. In all this travel, most Of it by
rail, it is interesting TO note that he has
been i'm but one insignificant accident.
The Washington herald., 1907-06-25
Ny Darling Nelly Gray"

\ week or two ago a tablet was unveil-
ed at Oberlin University, WestervnIe,
Ohio, in honor of the memory of Benja-
min Russell Handy, who wrote Darling
Nelly Gray" a song that was immense
" popular in civil war times among the
abolitionists. Handy graduated from the
university in 1888 The tablet bears a
few bars Of the music Of the song. and
was unveiled in the presence of the
authors widow. who came from Los An
geles for the ceremony.
The Washington herald., 1907-06-25

From an interview with Charles Dana Gibson.
Roosevelt is looked upon as a big man
in Europe. He is known all over the
Continent, and you will be surprised 10
hear that away down in the South of
France where many peasants do not know
the name of the French President Mr..
Roosevelt is well known
The Washington herald., 1907-06-25

alienable. inaugurated by Father Adam.
founded in justice and tempered with
mercy. Now, if ever, men must stand
together for their rights, or he married
offhand and thus see every Yestige of
independence disappear.
The Washington herald., 1907-06-25
Cor. Carrington,s Career.

H. B. Darlington. brigadier general Z.
S A, retired. is the only survivor of the
men who were COlOnels in the regular
army at the outbreak Of the civil war.
Gen. Darlington Is eighty-four years old.
and is now living in Boston. He has writ
ten A number of books. one Of which
Battles Of the American Revolution. %
has been adopted as standard in military
academies all over the world.
The Washington herald., 1907-06-25
ARE YOU GOING AWAY?

Subscribers who leave the city
temporarily should have The
Washington Herald mailed to
them. Addresses will be changed
as often as requested. You can
not keep fully informed about
affairs In Washington unless
your paper follows you.
Before leaving, mail or tele-
phone your address TO this Of
fee.
The Washington herald., 1907-06-25

From the Philadelphia Press
In his public utterances Gov. johnson
of Minnesota gives indications of liking
Col. Wattersons back-to-the-C Constitution
platform, but as Gov Johnson does not
support a moustache lie cannot be Col
Waffersnn' candidate
The Washington herald., 1907-06-25
WIN Request Entertainment Fund.

The next Congress will be urged TO ap-
propriate money 20 be used as an enter
tsinment fund by the officers Of the army
and navy. Such a fund-albeit rather
small one-is available at West Point,
and departmental officials here in Wash
ington also have recourse 20 a special
appropriation designed for the payment
Of the cost OF entertaining foreign mill
tary and naval dignitaries who visit the
Capital But officers ~ any other places
where such foreigners are guests must
rely on their personal resources. and in
the case Of those whose only income is
their salary. the results are obvious The
strain on many officers has been worse
than usual this year. because Of the pres
euCe Of the foreign war vessels in HamD-
ton Roads A vast amount Of entertain
ing has been done AZ Norfolk. Old Point,
and on the American ships. and the en-
tire cost has fallen upon the officers Of
our feet and those stationed az Fort
Monroe.
While opposition 70 the appropriation
OF money for such purposes doubtless
will De- forthcoming from Representatives
uf some rural districts. men IN the serv-
ice hope that a majority OF both Houses
viii see Ut 20 make the desired c0ncas-
sion. II IS probable that ours is the only
important government IN the world which
compels the officers Of IT'S military and
naval establishments To bear the whole
cost o. entertaining officers from other
countries The War and Navy Depart
meuts will recommend Vne desired ap-
preparation.
The Washington herald., 1907-06-25
GOV. JohnSen's Chances.


Is Gov. John A. Johnson. Of Minnes0-
IA. Co Doe a factor before the Democratic
national convention next year More
than one careful observer OF political
conditions believe that be IS. a few days
ago the Minneapolis Journal comment
ing on the presence Of the governor and
Secretary Taft on the same platform at
ST Paul, said that Johnsous n0mius-
ton hy the Democrats would make Min
ues5ta "a doubtful State The Journal
although So supported Johnson in 1904. is
an ardent party paper end hos always
been regular" with the exception o.
that year. when conditions in the State
were abnormal Some commentators who
are closely I'm touch with the politics Of
the Northwest 60 considerably further
than the Minneapolis paper. They say
that if Gov. Johnson We're nominated,
Minnesota would give its electoral vote
90 him and that Wisconsin and both the
pakotas would az least be doubtful, be-
cause Of the large Scandinavian vote
therein. and the high esteem in which
Johnson Is held throughout the whole u
the Northwest Furthermore. they declare
that Illinois, particularly Chicago. would
give a much larger Democratic vote than
usual. for the same reason. The gov
errors pulling powers In his own State
have been COnCluSively demonstrated by
his remarkable victories i'm 1894 and 1905
the figures relating to which have been
frequently commented on in these col
mns.
The Washington herald., 1907-06-25
NInsicaI MRNnrs.

'They claim that schmitz was the first
yiolinist to boss a city
"Weu?"
But there was Nero"
The Washington herald., 1907-06-25
A LITTLE NONSENSE.
ROMANCE VS.. REALITY.

/ love to watch the hero strut
Throughout a play.
I'd Ike 10 be as noble, but
II wouldn't pay.
ia like 20 spurn the villains dough
In lordly way.
But what's the use Of talking so?
II wouldn't pay.
All rascals ! could gaily knife,
And gladly slay.
But Il would never do. In life
Ii wouldn't pay.
The Washington herald., 1907-06-25
The New idea of state Rights.

From the New York World.
The old state rights is dead. but there
is a new STATE rights pregnant with ire
mendous possibilities for the maintenance
Of republican institutions. Mr.. Hughes is
battling to sustain il. not by academic
protests against Capitalization. but by
bringing State government TO an intelli-
gent resumption of its inherent rights
and authority.
The Washington herald., 1907-06-25

I hear that your daughter took a de-
gree in biology
Yep"
And what is she doing now?'
"Infestin' the shops. putin her theories
into practice
The Washington herald., 1907-06-25

I wonder II that man I met last year
Is liable 10 make a visit here
I promised him Id be his wife some
day:
He wrote 20 me a dozen times. but I
Was much too busy then TO make reply
I hope TO goodness that he stays away.
The Washington herald., 1907-06-25
BREAKFAST TABLE CHAT.
from the Detroit Free Press.
TOY POSSIBILITIES.

II Knox becomes our President,
The Teddy bears must 60.
Imagine IN q case like that
The toys that We may know.
Instead Of Teddy bears we'll see.
Put up in paper boxes,
stuffed animals for us 90 buy,
YClept Phllander foxes.
If Taft becomes our President.
Then Teddy bears must go;
No longer viii they be the fad,
4 larger toy wei! know.
A greater animal VIII then
The Teddy bear supplant.
Wen have 10 please the baby with
A Billie elephant.
And. oh. II Fairbanks should become
Our President. perhaps
The Teddy bears would freeze 70 death
While in the childreu's laps
Then would the men who make the toy
Rise up and curse their luck.
And publicly admit that they
Were absolutely stuck.
The Washington herald., 1907-06-25

These that tighten their meals lengthen
their lives" says the Baltimore Ameri-
can. There is some consolation in that.
considering the present upward trend of
nri0ag
The Washington herald., 1907-06-25
sONNETs OF THE REsoRTER.

We've been out here a week to-day. Gee
Whiz.
How dull and tedious a place this IS.
I've read Jean Libbey's works most
every day
There's not a thing TO do out here but
rest,
I haven't started yet to wear my best.
And wNn't until man shows up this
way
The Washington herald., 1907-06-25
Bring II Up to Date.

From the Kansas City Star
Back to the Constitution" is Henry
WatterSon's battle cry for 1865 wouldn't
it be quite as expedient to bring the Con-
stitution UP to where the people are now ?I
The Washington herald., 1907-06-25

II there is one thing more than another
that The Washington Herald does relish.
il IS settling grave and weighty questions.
Therefore. once for ALL we propose % set
at rest the queries What is q Demo-
crat?' and What IS a Republican," A
Democrat IS an out and a Republican
is an lin"
The Washington herald., 1907-06-25
snnnttinr and Spinning.

From the Macon Telegraph.
Secretary Taft is beginning painfully
to realize that there is one qualification
for sitting on the lid and another for
sprinting to the perch.
The Washington herald., 1907-06-25
Mi.n.n nf nnnnrtnnitr.

From the Rochester Herald
Schmitz is a striking example Of the
kind of man who seiZes opportunity
gree1ilv and wriugs its neck.
The Washington herald., 1907-06-25
Lands Wants to BE shown.

From the Pittsburg Dispatch
Mr. Rockefeller's press agent assures
he country that John d. is not broke; but
no particular pains are taken to impress
that fact ca Judge Lands, of Chicago.
The Washington herald., 1907-06-25

rs not the Democratic party nothing
more than an empty bottle ana a label?'
asks the Louisville C0uricr-Jourual Is
1Iarse Henry seeking to associate the De
mocracy with total deprayity in the eyes
Of all true Kentuckians?
The Washington herald., 1907-06-25
'Twere Better Not.

7 cannot sing the old songs" said
Bllltins. with a sigh
IF that's the case" quoth witty Chase
II hope you never try"
The Washington herald., 1907-06-25
RetrtbutiOn.

It helps things not when l am hot
And garments cling
To think that !, In days gone BY,
Abused the spring,
The Washington herald., 1907-06-25

Mrs. Potter Palmer's decision not 10
marry the Earl of Munster because she
does mot know him." is sensible but
extremely unusual