The Washington herald., 1907-09-26
AT THE HOTELS.

spite OF tuc SiJ DOn15 captains Willingly
pay to get men. they frequently have TO
I'll out their crew with laborers or
others who have not the slightest knoWl-
edge OF the duties Of a seaman"
This comprises the burden Of complaint
of Thomas r. Thornton. OF Boston. who
is interested in shipping Offices ia New
England ports and New York Sir
Thornton is returning from the South.
where he has been On business. and
while in this city is staying at the
Raleigh
THE reasons given for salormen re-
fusing 20 go on voyages to South Amer
lea" continued Mr.. Thornton, are
many. In the first place, the pay IS
small, go month being the wages they
receive. while on coasting vessels they
get from $50 TO S35 month on the larger
type OF schooners. Another reason why
the sailors are averse 10 making the
trip 20 South America is the practice Of
the captains Of most Of the vessels en-
gagged in the trade OF getting rid OF
the men when they reach their destiua-
ton. They do not discharge them out
right. but by curtsiling their food sup
ply and in other ways they make life
unbearable for the poor sailor. and he
is glad Of the opportunity % leave, even
without the pay due him
Eight out OF every ten men leaving
Boston for South American ports leave
the vessels there. There should be grounds
for a government investigation. COndi-
tons In the South American ports ara
sailors are put on board vessels against
their viii and shipped of like so many
cattle. The cTimpeTs are very active in
Argentina The sailors leaving vessels
from Boston are piled with liquor, and
when they become intoxicated they are
carried OF 10 some other vessel bound
70 South Africa or some distant port. and
in some instances il is years before they
are able 10 return 20 their homes Negro
sailors are not in demand IN South
American ports, and for that reason the
/ captains OF vessels leaving cur ports de-
mand that white men be signed for their
ships. / can prove by statistics that eight
out Of every ten men leaving our ports
/ fail 70 return in the same vessel
"Of course, vessel owners have their
own version Of il. They say the men de-
1 sert the ships and il is impossible % pre-
vent H. They declre the sailors are
| treated We'll and are given proper and
/ sufficient food. They say that they are
obliged 70 pay blood money for every
sailor signed. and that il costs upward
/ Of 500 10 get q crew for their vessels In
many Instances. after a bonus has been
+ paid for sailor and he has gone on
/ board the vessel, he refuses 10 make the
voyage, and the owner is out the amount
/ Of the bonus
/ Karl Friedrich Krause. Of Hamburg,
/ Germany, is at the New Willard. He has
/ been to the jamestown Exposition and
other places OF interest in this country.
and is on his way back 10 the Fatherland
said Mr. Krause last night.
In Germany We are facing a problem
/ that has arisen only in the last decade.
and which has worried US much. The
/ greatest minds Of our empire agree that
We must bring in food. especially that
which cannot be produced in Germany.
/ Only Argentina can hope 20 become your
rival in most products. and there it viii
I take years 70 equal your quality Then
/ there is fruit We cannot begin TO grow
One-haf Of the native fruits We need,
and we must 90 abroad for them 4
strong combination Of financial interests
/ in Hamburg delegated me % visit all the
/ great centerS of commerce and popula-
ton TO study the problem of shipping and
handling foodstufs."
Chain the press and the nation is en-
slaved said s r. Talbot Of Indianapo-
lis. Ind, at the Ebbitt House last night.
Mr. Talbot is in this city in connection
with the convention Of the Brotherhood
/ Of 81 sDj-ew
/ Democracy caL only live where there
| IS a free press" continued Mr.. Talbot.
/ The press has a mission second TO none
in the country. The greatest part Of ev-
/ cry live newspaper is its editorial page,
and unless a newspaper has a vigorous
/ editorial page ii has not as much right
/ 10 exist as a tadpole. There is little COM
plant to be made about the large city
/ papers in this respect. but II is depl0r-
able that many of the country papers
/ use plate editorial matter when they
might devote their columns 10 local mat
ter and accomplish a great deal more good
/ No church has as many listeners as
/ there are readers of a newspaper, and the
/ opinions set forth in their editorial col
Umns do more 10 mold the sentiment Of
/ the people than Il is possible 10 imagine.
/ No one fears the power Of the press as
much as wrongdOers. They know that
their shady schemes viii be exposed. and
/ once a newspaper has put its marx Cf
disapproval on anything it is going 70 be
the hardest kind Of a task TO get it be-
fore the public in any other light
The public often is iulled into insensi-
bility by misleading words. which, how
/ ever. are soon dissipated when a strong.
vigorous editorial puts the true facts be-
fore the public as they should be. Any
/ person who tries TO muzzle the press Cer-
tainly has no good motives. There is al
ways a strong reason for their wanting
10 do this. and that reason can generally
be found pretty close 10 their own private
affairs, which would not stand disclos-
ing
Or. Norman l. Powell. Of Philadelphia.
is at the Arlington. He is here on bust
ness, and speaking Of the affinity"
theory, he said.
/ Affinity victims have in them the
germ Of madness. hold that the ma
jority Of those who seek and find atm
tiles are persons Of more than ordinary
intelligence. have studied several
cases in which afinities have figured.
In every one of them the offending per-
son was one who had the emotional
side Of his, or her. nature abnormally
developed. Artists. musicians, actors,
authors, and ministers have been the
prey Of the affinity disease. for il is a
disease-a disease of the brain more than
of the heart, That New York minister
was man Of unusual attainments. So
is Artist Earle So is Maxim Gorky.
You will find nearly all of them mani