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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-08-14
Tie Thlrty Million Fine.

Editor of The Times-D dispatch:
Sir,-The line OF nearly thirty NIL
lions of dollars, imposed by the unlted
States Court, upon the Indiana OIL Com
pany, a subsidiary of the great stand
ard OH Company, as a punishment cor
accepting rebates from the chicago ana
Alton Railroad Company, has strong
tendency to unsettle confidence In the
value and stability of corporate invest
ments This fact is evident from the
effect produced upon the STOCK market.
public opinion. to give the reasons:
A corporation is simply an associd-
ton of number of individuals char
tered by law, to pursue particular
business.
were composed Of a few individuals
with very limited capital the stock
holders generally had great influence
knew what was going on and exercised
SUPERVISION over it's operations.
1t is not so in these days, when the
capital runs to hundreds and even thou
ssttonekho I'd 'i' Composed Of rich men,
bankers, widows. orphans, laboring
men. farmers, men in business. people
of limited incomes, and, IN l TACT az
all over the world, are absolutely ig-
norant of the practical operation OF 1he
business and utterly unable to con-
troll 1t.
Take the Pennsylvania Railroad
Company for an illustration. It's stock
holders are composed Of all classes OF
people scattered over the world; IN
the nature of things. utterly incapable
Quoted, or Of controlling the netaiiS
of its operation, suppose this gigantic
railroad company has violated the ~
kins law by. giving rebates TO the h,
States Steel Company or the American
Tobacco Company, and has done 1t so
many times that 1T may, be liable under
he law to be fined a hundred million
Of dollars. 1t is indeed likely that i
has incurred much larger liabilities, IL
a little railroad company like the chi
cago and Alton. in giving rebates 10
amount Of thirty millions; II this Is
so, that the law has been thus violated,
who ought to suffer?
is 1T these innocent stockholders,
scattered all over the world, who had
no part in violating the law, who knew
nothing of the violation of the law.
! who could, by no possibility, know or
1t, who did not authorize It, Who Who were we're
consulted. would have refused their as
goes Stability It'll and secretly to the
business, that they will conjontly vio-
late the law, and cover up their tracks
| by secret and fraudulent devices?
| DO not common oeilSs anu ilioihiS W.
| ouire that the man who did the wrong
should be punished. and not the innp-
| cent stakeholder? Not only should the
official who did the wrong, but every
i higher official, By whose authority or
with whose. knowledge and ronniyanca
| the deed was committed should be 50
/ severely and disgracefullY handled
/ that all other officials would be Tor.
| ever deferred from The commission OF
| a like offense.
But to impose these enormous flnes
4 upon the company is totake the money
i or tho dividends on their stocks, ia
1 diminish and even to destroy the value
| Of their securities. That is. the reason
why the action of Judge Lands, pt !le
/ the confidence of Investors IN corpora
4 tion securities.
rho hna OF thirty millions was ltn-
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-08-14
MAJOR pOoLE1,s VIEWS.

The Times Dispatch has been en-
deavoring to show its readers how the
attacks on corporations and the conse-
quent depression of security values af-
feet individuals throughout the length
and breadth Of the land, impair credit
and injure business. Major James FL
Dooley, who for years has been a stu
dent of financial questions, makes a
valuable contribution to the subject
which will be found in another column
He reminds his readers that railroad
and other large corporations are not
composed of a few rich individuals, but
of thousands OF persons In all walks
|ot life--merchants. mechanics, farm
ers, widows and orphans--all' sorts and
conditions Of men and women scattered
all over the land, who are absolutely
the business and utterly unable to con-
troll 1t. Yet when the managers of a
corporation violate the law, instead of
lhaling.. them to court and furnishing
''''ih a9 ilulN iuudl y, an enormous me
is imposed on the stockholders, and the
| innocent are made to suffer for the sins
| OF the guilty. That is the principle
upon which the government seems to
be conducting It's prosecution, and 1t is
soaring all holders of stocks out of
their wits. On tho one hand It is pro-
posed that the railroad managers shall
have no voice whatsoever in fixing the
rates FOR traiiic over their lines. That
| Is to be determined by the officers of
government and the rate may be- ma d e
SO low that the railroad cannot earn
any dividend on It's stock On the
other hand. If the managers violate the
Law. the corporation may be. fined
! twenty, thirty fifty. a hundred mil :
lion dollars, according to the number
OF violations; and If 1t cannot paw, be
FORCED into bankruptcy or conhscated by
The government In either event the
innocent stakeholder is mulcted The
standard OIL Company has already
been fined twenty nine million dollars
and the Attorney General says that In,
, government has its eye on other de.
!, |linquents, Suppose every railroad an,
. industrial corporation whose officers
i, have violated the anti-rebate law O.
s tho antitrust law is to be fined cor
Z spondingiY, whar viii be the result
. s 1t strange that owners of stocks ar
d panic-stricken? is 1t surprising tina
9 many OF them are throwing their hold
d inRs overheard and selling them rs
II what they Will bring? And viii II Il
II surprising II this slaughter of value
g and this shock TO confidence cause re
l. cession in trade? To the contrar,
= viii 1t not be surprising If there ar
81 no disastrous results?
Is The Times-Dspatch does not wish
n alarm its readers We do not beliey
II that the country is going to smasl
y But We do wish TO impress them wit
" the fact that mischief has already bee
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-08-14
LESSON FROM oNANCoCK.

~
Roth the Norfolk Landmark and the
ylrginian-P Pilot advise the people OF
the Eastern Shore of Virginia to orsa-
nize a military company. 1t is gooo
advice. Moreover, the outbreak a.
Onancock emphasizes the importance
of maintaining military companies IN
all parts Of Virginia They are con-
SENATORS of the peace. Their pres
ence in any community has restrain
ing influence on the lawless element.
But when, In spite Of them, the mob
goes on the rampage, the soldiers are
an iunspcakable comfort. Tho expert
ence of the people Of Onancock should
be a wholesome lesson to the whole
state. and should have the effect tc
strengthen all military organizations
within her borders.
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Live in the present, TINT You may
be rend,- for the futurc.-l< tnEsle'.
so,,r,,,.nx srArEsMANsnlp.

The race is not always to the s"llt'
Nor is the presidential race always 10
,he most distinguished man, nor to the
greatest orator, nor to the most mas
netic man. The supporters of Henry
CLAY, Daniel Webster and James y.
blaine made this discovery in their
day and generation. The most aisl'n-
ru]shed man may have large ana
enthusiastic following. He usually mas
bnt he usually has also multiluae
of opponents
These remarks apply and are meant
to apply to William j. Bryan lie Is
n distinguished man, he is great
orator, and he Is magnetic. lie mas
large and enthusiastic following; but
he also has multitude of opponents
within as we'll as without the Dem
ocratic party Mr.. Bryan is popular
all the year around except on elecuoh
GAY. He isAnot stronger now than ne
was In 1895 or in 1900. He is weaker
and all men who are not blinded by
their infatuation know It,
MIR, Bryan is IlOl SAiphS S"o'A -
southern candidate would be, provided
the party should select the most avail
able man in this section. Presidential
elections are not carried by popular
vote. but by the electoral votes OF the
several States. A Southern man could
certainly carry every Southern State
that Mr., Bryan could carry We be-
l,eve that he could carry more. Mr..
Bryan lost Maryland and West VIZ
ginia in 1900. We believe a Southern
man could carry both. We do not be-
.lieve that Mr.. Bryan could. Mr.. Bryan
did not carry his own State in 1900.
The only States he did carry, outside
the Southern belt, were Colorado. Mon
tana, Idaho and Nevada if Missouri be
reckoned with Kentucky and Arkan-
sas, as a Southern. State.
Does any man believe that Mr. Bryan
could carry New York, New Jersey or
Delaware? Could a Southern man
carry them? We know not, but he
would stand better chance than Mr.
Bryan. Select any State, save Nhost
in which Populism is rampant, and
we have no sort Of doubt that safe
and sound Democrat from the Souti
would poll a larger Democratic vote
than Mr., Bryan would poll.
The Times Dispatch is welded to NJ
candidate in the South or in the North
1t desires to see the strongest mai
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-08-14
nnlGIrTEn PROMISE ron JAMES


The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
ana the Commonwealth of Virginia
exchanged friendly greetings yester-
day at the Jamestown Exposition. In
the early days of their existence, they
were close friends and during "the
time that tried mems souls Virginia
did Massachusetts friendly and time
~ service for which our New England
sister was profoundly grateful. In the
course of time this friendly relation
ship was more or less impaired by q
chain of circumstances which need not
now be discussed. But both Common
wcalths are now willing to let by
cones be by cones, SO far as any ut
tie unplensantness' is concerned, and
to renew their old-time friendship. We
are very glad that Massachusetts ac-
cepted our invitation to join with us
in celebrating the Jamestown anniver-
sary.
The exposition has now put on new
face and a more cheerful expression.
and nothing seems to be done, save to
put the finishing. touches on the
grounds The attendance is picking
up, and some of the newspapers of
other States have changed their tone
in referring to the show. In a very
friendly editorial article, the Chicago
Record Herald says:
Though the expositiontis small COM
pared with those at St Louis and Chi
cago. it is big enough to keep the
sightseer going till he is physically
tired and glad Of the rest he may have
splendid and impressive water front.
the surrounding country has its perma-
nent historic exhibits, which are well
worth a long journey to see"
Our Chicago contemporary also
makes the encouraging statement that
the Columbia exposition made heavy
gains after August, and by far the
largest attendance was in the last
month. OCTOBER and that the St.Louis
exposition reached its highest figure in
September but october furnished a
very close second.
The Jamestown Exposition ought to
do even better, in proportion, for the
fall weather In Chicago and St. Louis
is at times severe while in Virginia
it is just cool enough to be bracing.
Visitors will find from now on ideal
weather at the Jamestown Exposition,
and an entertainment both agreeable
and instructive. The Times-D Dispatch
has pleasure in Informing all It's read
ers that a visit to the exposition is
we'll worth the time and cost.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-08-14
No. 1902.
Prologue to Cato.
hy ALEXANDER Pop1u

: To wake the soul by tender Strokes of art
TO raj the genius and to mend the heart
To make mankind. in conscious VIRTUE bold
Live DER each scene, and be what they behold
For this the tragic Muse first trod tile stage,
Commanding tears to stream through every age;
And foes to virtue wondered how they wept.
Our author shuns by vulgar springs to
The hero's glory, the virgins love;
( In plying love- but weakness show
And wild ambition well deserves It's
Here tears shall flow from more generous cause,
Such tears as patriots shed for dying laws:
He bids your breasts with ancient ardor rise,
And calls forth Roman drops from British eyes.
Virtue confessed In human shape he draws.
What Plato thought; and godlike Cato
object to your sight displays
But what with pleasure Heaven itself surveys.
A bra We man struggling in the storms Of fate,
And greatly falling, with a falling stste.
While Cato gives his little senate laws
What bosom beats not in his countrys cause?
Who sees him act but enves every deed?
Who hears hm-groan and does not wish to bieeo H
Even when proud Caesar, 'mldst triumphal cars,
The spells of nations and the pomp OF wars
I Ignobly vain. and impotently great
how'd Rome Cato's figure draw in state;
As her dead fathers reverend image pass'd
The pon,p. was darken'd and the day o'ercast;
The triumph ceas'd tears gush'd from every eye;
The worlds great victor passd unhetded BY
Her last good detected Rome adored
And honord Caes RS less than Cato's sword
Rritons. attend: be worth like this approval
Aud show YOU have the vrtu- to be mov'd
with honest scorn the first famed Cato view'd
Rome learning from Greece. whom she suodned'
Your scene precarously subsists too long
On French translation. and Italian sorg.
Dare to yourselves; assert the stage,
Re Justly wnrmd with your own native rage:
such nlays alone should win British ear,
As Cato's self had not disaan'd to hear
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-08-14
TYREE IN JAIL.
Iyns In Court Before on Charge Of
Burglary.

G. II. Tyree, who was in the Police
Court some time ago, charged with
burglary, and who was allowed to go
free when his sister said he had a per-
feet right to enter her house, appeared
again in court yesterday morning,
with drunkenness. Despite his
plea for clemency, Justice Crutchfela
sent the man to jail for sixty days.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-08-14
now TO CALL TlMEs.prsfATcn

Persons wishing to communicate win ! ne
r,rres p,spatcn by telephone Will ask cen,
TN. for "4o4I," and OH being answered ''o"'
die office switchboard, will indicate 'he 'e.
par,ment or person with whom they WIS"
t. speak q
when calling between =, AL anu ;
A. NJ call 10 central office direct FOR 4o4i
oon,nosins. room: 4o42. business Office 4o4S'
TO- mailing and press-rooms,
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done, and that unless President Roose-
welt and his followers stop this insane
and merciless war on corporations DIS
aster is inevitable. 1t is high time for
the good sense and conservatism or the
American people. to assert themselves
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Congress of March 5. 1879.
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Grand old Texas pacans the IN
corrigible Samhouston Post, sits on
the hlltops Of the universe and looks
down in pity upon the swelterins sons
OF men, The sweiterlng sons re-
ferred to are Of coursaSahose Of Nc
Gregor, near Houston, where the un-
fortunate. natives consider 1t cool If
the August thermometer hits below
1870. Why G. o. T. should want to sit
on her sweltering sons, and how she
can sit on them and look down In
pity at them at the same time, are
questions which the, brainstorm expert
alone can answer.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-08-14
CASUAL CRACKS AT RICHMOND.

THE Baltimore papers boast that the
town has no competition as south
ern market. Certainly not with only
Washington and Richmond In the vicinity.
II Houston were located Whore Richmond
Is, Baltimore would have to keep on the
jump every minute of tho day and all tho
time at night.--Houston Post,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-08-14
POEMS YOU OUGHT TO KNOW

occupation
for
life with Charles Eliot
Norton.
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All Standing.
Two Journeys.
(1eo7.)

ueo7)
Marry come up!' =
odds sputter my nails, have at thee"'
ON, gadzooks!"
Queer English, chi
"Fa-a-a -ake!"
Soak de empire"
Paste de boomin' geezer In do slats!
Cheese 1t: de cops!
Queer English, eh?"-Louisvlle Courier
Journal.
Ills Pet Joke Wouldn't Fit.
Hes a very witty chap. don't yo1
Think"
"He calls his neighbours lawn mower Mac
beth. because 1t murders sleep.
II thought that was what he called nj!
neighbours baby"
You mean the other neighbor: Oh. tn
other neighbour was too much Tor MN.
How was that7'
"He has twins and phonograph. =
ClcI Gland Plain Dealer.
Ara You Fan?
Napoleon looked over his army
fol the hospital than the battlefield. Q
unruy and We're sent out OF action.
Everything pointed to another Waterloo
and Napoleon Lajoie frowned,-Clevelant
| Plain Dealer.
Prevented.
Have YOU ever tried to convince the pub
lie that your unselhsh patriotism has cos
you many pecuniary sacrlices"
no. answered Senator Sorghum; yo'
see, some Of my most influential constitu
ents are cool fnanciers who would have n
| faith In man with such unbusiness-iik
met hods Washington Star,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-08-14

a Richmond man named Angel has been
sent to tho Virginia Penitentiary, That's
the only way they can think Of TO make one
stay In MISUNDERSTANDING Leader, ieI5
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-08-14
Rhymes for To-Day
BALLAD OF THE DAsHING TELE-
GRAPHER.

BALLAD OF THE DAsHING TELE-
GRAPHER.
CAID l to the Man at the Keys:
MY aunt In New York, sus-r
- pect,
Is dying-do wire her these
Few courteous words--hem. collect.
The Man at the Keys never stirred,
Nor batted his eyes silent lash;
And as for an answering word,
He gave nor a. nor a -
Said to the MAN at the Keys:
"Didst catch my quite civil remark?
Come, dot dash this off, If you please
Dye think I can stand here till
dark?"
Then he Of the Keys, getting hot.
Cried out very bitter and brash:
I'm striking, you ed old
So -. your message. by -
Said I: But my aunty is i'll!
You'll take Just this one. will you
not?"
Said he: ed If will!
Why, 49, my eye, are you. 2"
So selling him then by the wrist,
While billing his shins with my feet,
I dotted his with my fist
And dottily dashed up the street.
II. S. II.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-08-14

Also we make haste to assure en-
vous and captious contemporaries that
the phrase "a new Richmond In the
field" has no reference to the SPLEEN
did metropolis of the Old Dominion
Richmond is not new. 1t has been
doing business at the same old stand
for a matter of 175 years, and is
making it better stand and a bigger
business every day Of her life.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-08-14

Speaking at the Kentucky State Fair
Colonel Henry Watterson declared for
whiskey In no uncertain terms. The
Colonel thus discloses that he is IN
recipient frame of mind regarding The
Times Dispatch's proposal to make
him director of the mint.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-08-14

"Why is there no place like Charles
ton?" inquiries the News and Courier,
apparently blind to the fact that one
Horrible Example Is enough for an in
tellgent nation.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-08-14

The Mr. Angel who was recently sent 10
the penitentiary In Virginia evidently failed
TO live up to his name Birmingham News
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-08-14

Some OF these big department stores
will claim anything. however impossi-
bile, Here is q Philadelphia house
brazenly advertising. Bathing Suits
Reduced i'
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-08-14

The worlds wine crop this year viii
be 3,775 ,060, 900 gallons. and nobody Is
going 10 compel Georgia to swig a gill
OF It against her viii.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-08-14

II Onancock Is not more careful how
Lat behaves people will begin saving
that 1t is as race-riotous town as
New York.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-08-14

The New York Zoo has just secured
a remarkable new monkey. He Is said
to look and act so much like man that
the keepers can scarcely tell him from
Harry Lehr.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-08-14

~ am harncssed TO a cart In which
the people ride" says the President of
Standard OIL. Haven't YOU got the cart
before the horse, Mr.. Rockefeller?
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-08-14

what is a watermelon, anyway?'
bitterly cries the Chicago Tribune.
Nothing but thick rind a small
quantity OF swedish pulp and "hoie
lot of water" Here's one more poor
fellow who bit on Texas ad and
wakes to find himself cruelty stung.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-08-14

It is estimated. says an exchange,
that all the inhabitants of the world
could stand comfortably In the space
of eighty square miles, That isn't so
much All the Inhabitants of New York
can stand, uncomfortable, In one little
subway train. What is more, they
do
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-08-14

Richmond man was fired $40 FOR has'
gins gIrr against i,er Viii Served her
Wil right for not asserting himself1GMan-
chester IN, H,) Union, =
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-08-14

1903 published ch
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-08-14

Summer resorts for colored persons
in the vicinity of Onancock promise to
do an unprecedented business this year.
Many leading negro families left the
city almost simultaneously the other
day to to take restful and quiet vaca-
lions at nearby watering places.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-08-14

The United States now contains some
| ninety million people, most of whom
beat Mr.. Herbert Knox Smith to It.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-08-14

The attention Of Mr., Ray Stnnnard Eaker
IL kindly directed 20 the fact that the
Daughters OF tho Confectionery are going 70
black nanny" rho monument Indicates
also that the old black NANNY is now ex-
tinct"-Atlanta Journal
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-08-14

The city OF Richmond. Va, has Just taken q ger
n census and nnds that II has now ! 600
pas pie. on the ' old ante-hellun. basis Of
reckoning one southerner az 'equa 70 nSe
Yankees" This makes Richmond ABOUT ne
slze OF BoStoR,--Augusth lMe.) journal
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MERELY JOKING.
An Encore.

An Encore.
The Mani "Ah, Miss Shocks. ! used to
know your mother when she was girl.
The Woman: would you mind repeating
that in a louder tone OF voice 50 the rest of
the people can hear it?"-Cleveland Leader.
All Standing.
Church: II see It is estimated that all the
inhabitants of the world could stand COM
fortably in the space of eighty square
miles"
Gotham: and I'll bet there are lot Of
railroad mon in this town who would Ike to
see 'em do it!"-Yonkers Statesman.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-08-14

AS we go to press, the special-deliv-
cry stamp markar is reported feverish
and gslnG
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-08-14
Wedding ANNOUNCEMENT.

Mr.. and Mrs. John x. Gilchrist an
snounce the coming marriage of their
daughter, Margaret Ethel, to Mr.. r.
place in the home of the BRIDES parents,
No. 5o4 North Twenty-fourth Street, on
August 21st.
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Nrnllory-Drakc.

The marriage of Miss Daisy Drake
| to Mr.. Charles M. Mallory was cele-
brated in Washington, d. Co. on Mon
day. Mr. and Mrs. Mallory will be II
home to friends after August goth.
| at No. 1899 West Cary Street, this city.