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The Washington times., 1907-06-23

vestigators when they go out to
learn the effect of wage-wor1ing on
women and children. They should
also be borne in mind by the earnest
and patriotic members of the wom-
ems clubs when they receive the re-
ports on their investigation, and set
about to analyze them. 1t will not
do to assume that the participation
of women and children in productive
industry is wrong. 1t is necessary
and unavoidable, to a certain extent
1t needs regulation, and it needs
sensible, sane. thoughtful considera-
ton. Infants, indeed, should notSbe
allowed in factories, as thousands
of them are worked in the South.
That should be a crime, as should
child labor IN mines Of the North.
But il is just as well not 10 let the
notion get abroad that because
women and children appear in
greater numbers than ever before
as wage earners, that more of them
work than in former years. We
suspect that accurate statistics
would prove quite the contrary to
be true.
The Washington times., 1907-06-23
The BattleShip Bids.

The remarkably and unexpectedly
low bids for construction of the two
huge battleships of the Dreadnought
class seem to suggest that there is
not much need for a ship subsidy
measure in order TO encourage
American shipbuilding. 1t has been
urged with much earnestness that
ships cannot be constructed so
cheap here as abroad, and that
subsidy to American bottoms was
necessary to develop the industry.
Yet here are battleships about to
be constructed at prices which it is
doubted if the Clyde builders could
duplicate. What is the explana-
ton?
Perhaps a considerable part of it
is found in the fact that Uncle Sam,
IN order to determine what a battle
ship ought to cost, recently built
one in its own yards, and turned out
the best ship in the navy. The ship
builders were considerably Jared by
that performance, and they seem
willing TO work for smaller profits.
The Washington times., 1907-06-23
HAVE THE TIMES MAILED TO you.
Sunshine at jamestown.

While we workers in the vineyard
toll and sweat these hot days, we
may get some satisfaction out of
the reflection that weather like this
will save the jamestown Exposition.
From the Government pier to the
thicket back of the arts and crafts
village, the whole incIosure has
cried out for sunshine. Builders, ex-
hibitors, makers of granoIithic
walks, gardeners, visitors, and pros
pective visitors have only asked a
fortnight of clear, warm weather 10
put the show on its feet They
have had a week of it now. The
weather-wise give them assurance
of a second.
With Mr.. Barr in active charge. a
new director of advertising correct
ing misrepresentation on the part of
certain newspapers, and pansies,
tulips, wild Adamask, narcissus. and
laurels blooming freely giving them
inspiration. we shall hear a brighter
lay from Sewells Point ere the
month of June is done
The Washington times., 1907-06-23
PuSh-BOttOm Boxes.

''Strawb'riesl Strawb'ries. Ten
centsa quOtei"
Look before you ere you lean.
gentle reader. The Sealer of
Weights and Measures has uncovered
a fraud touching this great indis-
pensable of the Washington spring.
1t is known as the "push-bottom"
box. To your unsuspecting eye it is
good measure To any dealer who
values your coin more than your
good opinion-and there may be
such here in the District-it is a
greater invention than the shell
game.
A slight touch and the bottom
humps. Four quarts will fill FIVE
boxes. An extra dividend of 20
per cent! And. if it is you who
have found this 1ealer, your load of
berries is as light as his conscience.
This seems a little thing, of
course. But it is bigger than it ap-
pears. In the first place, it must
have been conceived by an inventor
The Washington times., 1907-06-23
The Gospel of Pure Milk.

Of typhoid fever, 1875 epidemics; of
scarlet fever, 80; of diphtheria, 30
all traceable to milk supplies.
This record. authenticated by diff
ferent medical journals, has moved
the Agricultural Department to pub
lish for the benefit of the whole ma
ton a District of Columbia special
report on the need for supervising
municipal milk markets. 1t is good
to know that an inquiry made for
Washington, chiefly by officials who
have their residence here, should OBJ
tain this formal Endorsement.
Complacency, however, win not
do the work of caution The report
was submitted TO the local Milk
Commission by a subcommittee
on the sanitary relations of the
milk supply, and it was the
judgment of that body that the
Washington market milk compares
favorably with the supply in other
cities" But this was not all. The
scientists went on to say a much
more important thing:
There is no evidence TO show that it
is worse. but there is abundant evidence
10 Indicate that stale and infected mar
ket milk is everywhere responsible for
a needless sacrifice of human life. and
IL Is clearly the duty of the state TO take
what precautions II can to prevent sick
ness and distress. To indicate the value
OF sanitary control in this city Il NAV
be stated that since the enactment OF
pure-milk law in 1895, the percentage
OF deaths In children under one year
of age TO the total deaths Of all ages
has been reduced from 1854 to 1s.s in
1905.
a needless sacrifice of human lifel
What can the consumer do to pre-
vent it? The committee answers
with direct recommendation. They
have been already briefed and en-
phasized in these columns. and are
well worth reprinting. Here they
are:
Buy no milk which shows a sedi-
ment after il has stood two hours.
Pasteurize at home all the milk
you use.
Be ready to pay five or six cents
a gallon more. for milk brought
into the District at q proper tenn
perature. which is less than so
degrees.
Patronize no dealer who does
not show himself ready to coop
crate with the authorities.
Throw the weight of your per-
sOnal influence to obtain a local
psychological laboratory and a
sufficient number of inspectors.
As the summer grows normally
hot the need for precaution is
greater than at any other time of
the year. Look TO it that you are
properly watchful over the milk for
your own home.
The Washington times., 1907-06-23
A Race for Two Cents.

West of the Mississippi the rail-
roads are going to beat the State
Legislatures to the two-cent fare.
East of that river the State Legisla-
lures have beaten the railroads.
1t is great race-with New
York out Of the running on de-
cision from Umpire Hughes.
The news from Chicago is inter
esting. According TO the Inter
Ocean,
Passenger rates OF all roads in Illinois
will be reduced to two cents a mile.
The lowering Of the price and com
plete abolition OF the old three-cent rate
win begin on July l.
This is the decision reached in Chi
cago by the leading railroad presidents
OF all the Western and transcontinentaI
roads.
II was not a formal agreement. but is
equally binding, for two large roads do
ing transcontinentaI business are said
10 have served the ultimatum to others
that they would put the rate into effect
Immediately.
So the Pennsylvania and the
Philadelphia and Reading are to
stand alone in their reprisaIs. They
will come to time when the stu
pidity of trying to win their Gus
toners by retaliation once breaks in
on their intelligence. In the mean
time the whole body of railroad di-
rctors has occasion to ponder that
terse saying of Juvenal:
No protecting deity is wanted IL there
be prudence.
The Washington times., 1907-06-23
INDEPENDENCE LEAGUE
PLANS NATIONAL MEET

NEW YORK. June 22--It was an
nounced at the Independence League
headquarters this evening that ma
tional conference. for the purpose Of
welding the organizations Of the hide
pendence League. would be held In New
York city this fall, probaly in Senptem-
Der. II is expected that all the States
will be represented.
Indications, II was stated at the
league headquarters. show that the in
dependent sentiment is very strong
Throughout the country.
Charles A. Walsh, formerly the Demo
cratic national committeeman from
Iowa. who for eight years was secre-
tary of the national commission. and in
large part conducted the national cam
jaigns Of 1896 and 1900. was a caller at
the Gilsey House today.
MIR. Wash said today that his bust
ness during the las. three months had
called him into the various States In
the South and West, and ne was
amazed at the change in sentiment ia
she States he visited.
The Washington times., 1907-06-23
BUILDERS THREATEN
GREATER "TIE-UP"

Late last night il was announced by Il
labor leader who Is a member OF the
executive board OF the Building Trades
Mechanics Council that that OrEaniza-
ton would on tomorrow or Tuesday
make a move that would bring the
lockout to a quick settlement. He said
that many OF the buildings under con-
structiOn BY the master builders are
being built without a strike clause in
their contracts. but with penalty clauses.
He said Il was the intention Of the
council 10 call of every member Of their
fifteen trades employed on buildings
that are without the protection OF the
strike clause. where one OF their men
has been locked out. II this is done, it
will tie up large number Of new build
ings, and seriously injure the contract
ors. The strike clause Is a provision
that the contractor is not liable for
penalty or delay n a strike occurs
Many OF the contractors are not pro-
tected by this clause in contracts
At the close Of the week there was no
change in the lockout labor situation
chanics' Council assert with much posi-
tiveness that the Employers AssOcia-
ton Of the Master Builders Associa-
tons have made no progress during the
week
The Washington times., 1907-06-23
EUROPE ANXIOUS
OVER OUR CUSTOMS
Austria and France Want
Same Arrangement Ger
many Has.

Most or the principal nations OF
Europe are anxious TO avail them
selves OF the notifications in the ad-
ministration OF the customs laws Of
this country, which were arranged for
IN the recent tariff agreement with
Germany, and which Secretary Root
announced would be made applicable
to all countries provided the conditions
were similar
The principal change was that the
valuations placed by German chambers
OF commerce on goods intended for ex-
port 70 the United States should be
accepted on this side as the basis for
the assessment Of duties. This was
deemed a moderate concession. mas
much as the German chambers are
practically government institutions.
Austria has now come forward and
reports that her chambers of com
merce are organized on the same basis
as those OF Germany.
France has presented. through An
basssdor Jusserand. a statement as 70
the connection between her chambers
and the government. which IS said 20
be entirely satisfactory TO the State and
countries are expected 20 be heard from
in the near future. Where organizations
do not now exist capable Of giving the
necessary guarantees II is probable that
a body will be created 70 answer the
purpose with the result that shortly all
countries viii be enjoying the same ad-
vantages as Germany In this respect.
The Washington times., 1907-06-23
State Rests Case
Against Haywood;
Defense Monday

BOISE. June 22.-The opening state
ment for the defense in the trial OF
Haywood for the Steuneubcrg murder
viii be made by DaTToV Monday morn
ing The prosecution has rested it's
case-in-chief. and Richardson and Oar
row have made a good. but losing, fight
Tor their molten 10 instruct the jury to
acquit- II was a perfunctory motion
that Is always made at this stage OF
murder trials. and IL was a foreEone
conclusion that 81 would be overruled-
They consumed the best part Of three
hours in argument and Senator Borah
spoke for twenty minutes IN opposition.
Richardson and Darrow covered very
much the same ground.
Richardson Ignores Conspiracy.
Richardson entirely ignored the ale
cations of a conspiracy. which Borah
declared TO be the principal Of the
States case. Richardson quoted from
the Idaho statutes 10 show that II the
defendant is TO be convicted there must
be testimony directly connecting him
with the crime charged. which was in
dependent Of that OF any accomplish.
His motion 70 instruct the jury 70 &C
quit contained seven counts, each Of
them based upon the contention that no
evidence had been adduce6 by the pros
ecution which in any way connected
Haywood with the SteunenberE murder
independent Of Harry Orchards story.
There is no single piece OF testi-
mony," he said, which taken alone
tends TO establish any connection be-
tween Haywood and Orchard in the
commission Of this offense-'
Richardson argued as II the case were
simply that OF murder OF Ex-Governor
Steunenberg alone, and ignored entirely
the conspiracy feature OF the charge.
FROM that point Of view, IL was q strong
argument. But as far as this case Is
concerned. II was Ike shooting south
to hit man going west.
Essence of Conspiracy.
We have no fault 10 md with the
law cited in the case" began Borah in
his reply, but what logic is used IN in
terpreting it."
He went on to cite some authorities on
the matter Of making such instructions
as the defense asked for, and then took
up the question Of conspiracy.
He cited the Idaho statutes on that
subject. and showed that under them
of all, and the knowledge Of one the
knowledge Of all.
IF we show a conspiracy" he said,
1t is not necessary TO show that this
defendant went to Caldwell and commit
TED the crime there. II Is only necessary
70 show that some member CT the con-
spiracy committed 10 there, although
every other member may have been IN
Europe at the time
The Washington times., 1907-06-23
TODAY TO BE AS HOT
AS 1T WAS YESTERDAY,
SAYS WEATHER SHARP

hotter than
There a n
will
streets M the
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A In
a o
wit tina which
to be humorous IS merely
he ands
itwasb
a indication of how yesterday.
in
n at
pretend
for
at the Weather Bureau highest point reached
pedestrian
n
The Washington times., 1907-06-23
A DarWinian WOOdcOck?

In its right mind, no newspaper
would consent to be drawn avoida-
bly, into this nature-faking contro-
versy. AS one of our contemporaries
remarks, Esop was the first of the
craft; and their number has since
kept pace with the rabbits they love
10 write about. Yet John Bur-
roughs came to the support of his
friend, the President, in an interview
with a New York reporter, week
or so back, which no amount of
journalistic timidity ought to con-
oeal.
When Mr.. Burroughs observations
we're first printed they failed Of
their full effect. They needed sec
ond sight, so to speak, and it is
now theirs through the Literary
Digest. The naturalist would seem
from them to have been specially
impressed by Mr.. LIS story of the
woodcock that set its broken leg in
CLAW and stood on the other while
the clay hardened. AT any rate, he
is moved by it to this comment:
Now. il Is conceivable that If wood
cocks through some peculiarly OF anat-
onv or environment. were peculiarly
subject 70 broken legs; II, moreover,
their habitat was a region with SOIL
of stiff clay, ii is. say. conceivable
that under such circumstances wood
cocks might, after lapse OF ages,
learn to smear clay on their broken
legs and correct the fracture. l don't
believe Il would happen. but II possibly
might But an absolutely essential fac
tor in the evolution Of such an instinct
would be the circumstance that all
woodcocks for innumerabie generations
had broken their legs so frequently and
regularly as 70 make the development
OF this exalted surgical instinct neces-
sity for existence
Now. this is not the case. Mr.. Long
does not claim that IL is What. then.
Is his cIaim2 His claim is thai an indi-
vidual woodcock was endowed~with the
power OF reason 70 such an extent that,
rejecting upon the process of Osteo-
genesis. remembering the function of
the periosteum. recognizing the neces-
sity Of adventurous support for and en-
couragement Of the bone tissue while
the reunion Of the fracture was under
way, being familiar Furthermore with
the QuallLleS OF cray. especially us lack
of cohesion unless mixed with fbrous
substances. its tendency TO harden IN
the air and TO disintegrate in water
taking into consideration. moreover the
fact that repose must be secured for
the molecules Of the clay compound till
the action Of the air upon II was COM
plete-the woodcock. I say, thus reason
ing. conceived and executed the surgical
feat which DR.. Long had the happiness
TO witness.
I don't believe Il. No man in his
senses is called upon 10 believe IT,
whether the tale is told by 4 solitary
habltual romancer or sworn TO in a
stack of affidavits.
These columns have no opinion to
offer. They espouse neither side.
But they do venture to suggest to
one of the parties to this discussion
that unless he has the dots on that
woodcock he would better stay away
from Slabsides and its matter-of-
fact, yet highly pOetical, naturalist
tenant.
The Washington times., 1907-06-23
The WOmen'S Work.

I'VE care not who makes the laws,
if we are permitted to control the
petitiOning business" seems to be
the motto of the women's clubs Of
this country; and there is evidence
that they are right. The wOmen's
clubs have forced upon Congress the
investigation of the condition of
women and children workers, and
now they are getting ready to push
a determined campaign for child
labor legislation. 1t is safe to guess
that before the unavoidable logic of
a bombardment of petitions the con-
stitutional difficulties that have been
raised to high in the face of
Federal legislation on this question
viii crumble very promptly.
The women's clubs started most
useful work when they forced Con-
gress to pass the legislation provid-
ing for the inquiry into the condi-
ton of women and children in the
industries. 1t is one of the vastest
problems of the new civilization
the civilization that came with the
corporation and the factory method
of production.
Yet, while the proportion of
women wage-workers has increased,
and of child wage-earners as well,
it is doubtful whether the investi-
CATION viii not show that the
change is more apparent than real.
a generation ago children and
women, indeed. were not wage earn
ers; but they were workers, pro-
ducers. They worked at spinning
end knitting and household work;
at sewing, at making the butter, at
the thousand duties incident to the
conduct of farm and village home.
They still do those things in the
farm homes that yet constitute
about half the nation. Elsewhere
than on the farms women and chill
dren workers have been compelled
tic become wage earners for the
same reasons that men have been
compelled to do so. fhe means of
wealth production have fallen into
centralized and concentrated owner
ship, and wages must be, taken in
stead Of the product.
All these aspects should be borne
in mind by Commissioner Neill's in
The Washington times., 1907-06-23
.HARGIS TO END FEUD
AND RAISE HORSES

LEXINGTON. Ky. June 22.-Accord-
ing to announcement tonight, Judge
James Hargis, the Breathitt feud leader.
has decided 70 end feud fighting among
his clan He viii sell his great timber
and other interests IN Breathitt county
and, as soon as the murder charge
pending against him for DR.. Cox's
death is settled, VIII buy a big stock
farm here and remove 10 this city and
engage in breeding thoroughbreds. He
already has agents inspecting farms.
The Washington times., 1907-06-23
FOREST FIRES SWEEP
SIDES OF ACKNOWLEDGES

UTICA. n. Y. June 22.-Forest fires
are reported TO be raging along the line
Of the New York and Ottawa railroad in
the Adirondacks. bridge 100 feet long
has been burned near MORA and traffic
delayed. Fires are also reported between
Memo Station, and the Blue Mountain
House and the little hamlet Of Spring
Cove. near Malone, called on Santa
Clara for helf yesterday.
The Washington times., 1907-06-23
Frisco Strike
Called a "MeSS"
In Nerv York

NEW YORK, June "A badly mud
died mess" is the way the New York
members Of the Telegraphers' Union
characterized the strike in San Fran.
cisco by President S. ]. Small. Of the
Commercial Telegraphers. A short life
is predicted for the movement.
While Deputy President Konenkamp
and his staff. in charge Of the affairs in
the East have taken on a clam-like
slnece and refuse 70 discuss the action
of President Small. IT is learned from
authentic sources today that the great
est dissatisfaction obtained among the
members of the union over the action
of Small in calling the strike. Criticism
is withheld, however, until Small has
been given a chance to explain his &C
ton.
Thought a Crave Blunder.
on the face of things and from The
viewpoint Of the eastern operators, the
calling of the strike was a grave blum
der. IN view IF the generally regarded
concessions of the Western Union.
1--WE are completely at sea over Smalis
action" said one operator close 10
Deputy President Konenkamp today.
''SmalTs attitude in this matter is 50
contrary to his usual policy that we
cannot explain 1t. On the face of things
his action seems absurd, but I believe
that when he has a chance to explain
it will be found that the attitude Of
District Superintendent Jaynes, of the
Western Union. in charge of the Frisco
district. was so arrogant and overbesr-
ing as to leave no other course open 20
President Small"
Return Favor With Slap.
Other operators are not so inclined.
They say Small has returned a favor
from the company with a slap in the
face. There are many evidences today
Of dissatisfaction in the ranks of The
commercial telegraphers. and a great
deal of talk of bringing charges against
Small of having exceeded his authority.
So. confusing has become the muddie
incidental to the action OF President
Small that Deputy President Konenkamp
today gave out a signed statement deny
ing that he had stated Small would be
disciplined by the executive board.
There will be a meeting this after
noon Of the board to discuss the present
situation said Konenkamp today.
And until then no one has authority 20
say what the position of the board will
he The strike at Frisco was legally au-
thorizAd by the board last Friday before
the companies showed any disposition to
make concessions. Since making my Of
fetal report to President Small l have
been unable TO get IN touch with him and
have nothing but newspaper reports to
go by"
Konenkamp, however, admitted that
the boards action in legaIizing the
strike on Friday did not necessarily
mean that X would take such a step now
that concessions have been made.
The Washington times., 1907-06-23
PERSIAN BANDIT CHIEF
DESTROYING VILLAGES

TEHERAN. Persia. June 22.-The stu
alton in the northern part OF Azerbaijan
Province is becoming serious. The ban
dit chief. Martuz khui Khan. assisted
by Kurds. IS wsging war on the popu-
lation and destroying villages. and con-
slant fighting Is taking place in the city
OF Maku. i32 miles from TabriZ.
Two companies OF Persian troops. with
SIX fields guns. areN being dispatched to
Maku from Tabriz.
The Washington times., 1907-06-23

Kentucky's blue grass section sends up
it's scornful answer TO the prohibition
platform adopted by a big political
party the other day. in. the form of a
story about the discovery
of a quadruped fsh-reptile that lives in
waters OF the state. and has never be-
fore been seen by biologists. Really,
Kentucky needn't have taken it so seri-
ously.
The Washington times., 1907-06-23

This San Francisco plan of having
the executive officers of a town do their
work from a Jail cell has some ,istin-
guished merits. especially in cases
where the jail and the city treasury are
a comfortable distance apart.
The Washington times., 1907-06-23

General Funston has turned up again
in San Francisco Isn't he the lucky
chap about always turning up where
the trouble is. or having some on his
person when there isn't any!