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The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-06-05

FOR sALE-Timbef lands in any
Quantities from 100 to $4,000 acres.
Can offer profitable Investment for
.lay one having money to invest. Ad.
.Ilress I, care Of Yves. ylrsinlan Office.
.Tsirmont W. Va. /
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-06-05

FOR RENT-A few choice office rooms
in the new Peoples Bank building
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-07-03
without W'ilson-What?

At this season lama JIM. the pe rma-
nent Friend of the Farmer, permits him.
self to look back over the fiscal year and
tell Of some of the blessings he has ron
ferred on agriculture during the twelve
months. The tale is always an inspirit-
ing one. Tama jim has always done
something worth while. Annually he Is
able to point out where he has made
millions" for the land tillers.
This month he recalls a fence paint
that foils the heartless manufacturers of
barbed wire, who. il seems, have been
putting an inferior article on the market;
a wheat tester that will make the innocent
farmer master nj the wicked middle
man; and a method of extracting potash
from New England granite, to the en-
richment of the soil and the loss Of the
Germans who have been exporting vast
quantities of this valuable fertilizinG
agent to this country. What are these
things worth? Mr.. WILSON
The fence paint viii bc worth millions to the
farmers.
THE wheat tester will be worth millions TO the
farmers.
The potash discovery will he worth millions 20
the farmers
Tama jim is as modest as he is won
derful. He does not lay claim TO al!
the credit. Indeed. he says the scien-
fists employed in his department ., 500,
count them. 2,5OO-dcserve the praise.
But the public will not be deceived. The
soil knows it benefactor. The rains
recognize their ruler. Tama JIM is the
father and mother Of agriculture, and to
him the whole nation acknowledges its
debt. He is too shy to confess il, but
he is the man who invented prosperity,
the public officer whose efforts keep the
ountrv rich,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-07-03
THE CITY
A Bulky Record OF Experiments In Nunici.
pal Government.

To THE EDITOR or THy SUN~Str The
news that the Legislature OF New York has
just authorized "A further revision Of the
Charter of Greater New York suggests some
reflections upon the science OF lawmaking IA
It Ia understood and practised in Albany to-
day. The first charter OF the consolidated
city was passed by the lie legislature Of 1897.
IL consisted OF a stout volume of $50 pa ees
Of legislation. divided into 1920 sections. In
1901, n second charter commission having
meanwhile reported, n second and revised
charter was enacted into law by the Legisla-
ture of that year.
This second charter vas even more bulky
than the first and consisted Of 664 pages Of
legislation. Among other changes brought
about by this act were the shortening Of the
Mayors term from four to two years and
the reorganization Of the municipal assembly
In one body, the Board OF Aldermen. instead
Of two. the Municipal Council and Board Of
Aldermen. as under the previous charter.
Along with this revised charter of 1901 the
lie legislature gave us eight additional amen
datory acts. by which its own revision was
since that time has been tinkering with our
charter, the Legislature of 1908 having
that instrument and added three more. In
the five years from 1902 to 1908 inclusive our
ninety sections, added fifteen new sections
and repealed nineteen old sections. The
present Legislature has kept up the good
yet at hand in completed form.
What wonder that our city officials do not
understand their duties and their powers. that
our la wyers and our courts are kept 40 busy
disputing over technicalities that the prin-
ciples OF government are forgotten or ignored!
We are becoming a statute burdened people.
and the evil instead Of lessening In growing
greater every year. The tinkers at ALBANY
in their desire to govern US add from two to
three new volumes of statutes to our troubles
each year, and then wonder that we are not
well governed-for their treatment Of our city
charter is only a small part Of their annual
labors.
The question is. When Is this TO end? Are
We to continue TO have a new charter every
ak years and from twenty to thirty amend
ments TO IL every year, Are we never TO have
time TO stop reading the new laws and time
10 execute and obey the old onesp Lastly, il Il
really necessary that the charter of a CITY
for 100000 people should require a space Of
6o4 pa ges, when the Constitution for Oh, OOO, 900
reonires only sixteen pages, including The
amend ments OF a century? w. ID. s.
NEW YORK, July 2.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-07-03

larger Inducements. This inferiority Of
inducement is n evidence OF some
thing wrong with the army" 1t is very
doubtful whether the difficulty is eme
diable by an increase Of the pay Of the
private soldier. A few dollars a month
would make some, though probably no
very Important, difference in the enlist
ments. There is, however, a question
connected with the matter of pay which
is worth consideration.
The pay of the private in the ranks
is small, and must be small unless the
country is to be taxed heavily for the
maintenance of its army. II is quite
impossible for the nation to compete in
that respect with the wages Of other
lines Of industry and occupation. Yet
coupled with this inferiority of induce
ment in the matter Of pay there is the
inferiority OF opportunity for advance
ment Of pay and condition. Promotion
TO the post OF non-commissioned officer
brings an enormously increased respon-
sibility and only a pitifully increased
pay. The distinction of the chevron of
the corporal or the sergeant makes it's
appeal to some, but the distinction of
the chevron plus a proper wage for what
a sergeant or even a corporal must
know and do would appeal to a much
larger number. II would introduce into
the service a now lacking inducement
Of increased pay plus opportunity.
These things were undoubtedly in
General BELLS mind. There ia some
thing wrong with any army which offers
only a meagre inducement either to enter
il or stay in il.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-07-03
THE STREET CLEANERS STRIKE.
An Explanation OF the Cause OF Trouble
with the Drivers.

To THE EDITOR or The SUS-Sir: 10 10 not Q
fact that one OF the fruits growing out Of the Alder
mems In vestig alton OF the Street Cleaning Depart.
ment during the honest. intelligent and en1cent
administration Of Major Woodbury. Is the recent
insubordinate action OF the collectors of ashes. ref
use and garbage Did not that inquisition, ending
with certain specific recommendations start many
a driver To thinking that the rules and regulations
governing the department were not what they
ought TO be, although they dated from before Colonel
Warnings timc. and that they ought 10 be changed
agreeably 10 their demands
Why, thinking Major Woodbury's administra-
ton was such 4 failure as Mr.. WINS and some of
the Alderman tried to make out II was, when they
recommended a reorganization OF tho department
and a different system of rules, trials and fines.
these recalcitrant drivers. dissatisfied. disconnected.
began to think " was high time to change the rules.
and there not being any prospect OF a change they
decided TO take the matter into their own hands by
openly repudiating them, rebelling against their
enforcement and demanding a set OF new rules.
greater freedom 20 do as they pleased, TO be under
less restraint from their superior ofncers, shorter
hours for work Notwithstanding a material increase
Of pay with the understanding that they would not
quit their carts when necessary 70 clean up their
routes, and asserting, falsely, that they had no re-
dress when improper charges were preferred against
them and no remittance OF nnes when wrongly i'm
posed.
The truth 10, Commissioner Craven and his stan
Of orncers are simply following In the steps OF Major
Woodbury. and his assistants, and OF their %prcdeces-
sors. in the adoption and enforcement OF the de-
artmen rules which have prevailed e1ectually
for so many years. Their discipline Is no more
rigid than formerly Unless discipline is uniformly
enforced and maintained. Decentralization must
ensue In civic as we'll as military organizations.
Surely the drivers are decidedly in the wrong In
their mode OF warfare against not only the Street
Cleaning Department but against the health and
lives of the citizens of New York. CITIZEN.
INV yoRz Julv
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-07-03

Hawaii Of the Japanese laborers whom
we have suffered to settle there since
We became owners Of that archipelago
As a matter OF fact, for n American
workman now tolerated in the Mikado's
empire there are at least a score OF
Japanese laborers who are permitted to
reside and pursue their vocations in
insular or continental possessions. 1t
follows that on neither theoretical nor
practical grounds has Japan anything
TO complain OF in u construction Of
the existing commercial treaty. This
fact is well known, as we have said. to
the Mikado's most trusted advisers, and
that is why there never was a basis for
the idle talk about a wal between Japan
and the United States.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-07-03
DOMINION DAY.

On Monday Of this week Canada cele-
brated the fortieth anniversary OF her pres
ent political organization. Tho provinces
then now as Upper Canada and "
Canada held their first united Parliament
in Kingston on June II. ls4l. Tn demon
stration under that system Of Csnade's
ability to manage her own affairs led to the
confederation which became effective on
July 1. 1867. The anniversary OF his event
IL known as Dominion Day.
Forty years ago Canada's population
was a little less thar $500 900. To-day it
is probably not far from 5000. 900. In this
respect the country has grown but slowly.
Few immigrants came in and many Cana
dams crossed the border to share in the
larger growt tn and the greater prosperity
Of the United States. The census OF 1901
shows only So per cent. OF the entire popu-
lation as of foreign birth. The census OF
1911 will in all probability show a marked
change in this respect. Many nsdia
are returning to their own country, and
large numbers are going lin to become Cana
dams Of alien birth. Within the last five
years the arrivals have increased more than
threefold. and Canada is now getting more
than zoe, 900 new citizens a year from other
lands.
In 1858 Canada had only 2.2os miles OF
railway in all her vast domain. She now
has about % 900 miles, and in a few years
will ave $1,000. Her foreign trade In 1858
was $l3i .OO0. 900. The e thirty years
increased that to $24O. 0O0. 200. The sue
oeeding decade lifted it TO the figures OF
last year. s5s7 900, 900. a very striking total
for 30 small a population. In 1893 Canada's
bank discounts were $50. oOO, 900. They are
now we'll above $500, 200. 900. In 1858 there
were 3.o3s post Offices. There are now more
than 10000. Her mail cuisines has grow
from the 5000 900 letters posted in 1858
TO nearly SOC. oO0. 900 at the present time.
She has paid enormous sums in bounties
to industries and even larger sums TO de-
velop railway and canal systems.
The first three decades OF her forty years
of experience as a confederation were a
time Of ploughing and planting. For the last
ten years she has been ~garnering an ever
increasing crop. She was slow In finding
herself. but it may be said to-day that
Canada has arrived.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-07-03
ONE REPUBLICANS PREFERENCE.
A First Term OF Bryan Rather Than a Third
Term OF Roosevelt.

To THE EDITOR or The SUS-Sir; | have
seen In my time many and various NANTES,
tations of political forecast and contrivance.
but l confess that I am puzzled by tn frequent
appearance of arguments drawn from Mach.
iavelli) 20 prove that a prince IL not bound
to keep his word. and declarations that there
will be a unanimous demand for a third term.
OF course there are tome that would welcome
a third term. M nothing In religion or politics
can be so absurd or undesirable but that some
will embrace IL. But, speaking nv and large.
who is IL that wants a third term? For moro
than "A year whenever | have found myself
with a Republican | have quietly asked him.
DO you wish to have the President renomi-
natedp" And in every instance the answer
has been an emphatic MOI" Setting aside
those that are already holding their little
axes against the grindstone and those that
always think 1t wise to hail as desirable what.
ever appears to he inevitable. 7 wish some one
would tell me who really wants him for an.
other term. / have a wide Acquaintance
among different classes OF men. and | can.
not name a single advocate of a third term
For myself, I never have voted any but the
Republican ticket in a national election,
and never have held or asked for an of1ce.
and in 1904 ! went upon the stump for that
ticket and travelled two hundred miles 70
vote IL. But II MIR. Roosevelt is renominated
I shall vote the Democratic ticket even If Mr..
Bryan Is the candidate. for I think the country
would SUM- r less from one term of Bryan than
from a third term of Roosevelt.
Our President. in my opinion. Ia not a
statesman: he Ia only an energetic and enor-
mously ORGANIZATIONS boy, liable at any time
to do the didn't know IL was loaded act on a
gigantic scale. A LIFELONG REPUBLICAN
NV Yong Julv =
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-07-03
July ThouKhts ON the Eric.

To THs EDITOR or TBF SUN-,Sir. The absolute
simplicity OF the problem OF railroad transport
ton impresses itself on me as II undoubtedly does
on hundreds OF my fellow commuters. Just SEE
how easily the Ene ofncials rose TO the occasion
when their patrons objected 10 the service accorded
last winter. They simply "annulled- the trains
most complained OF. thereby removing the cause
of complaint. Now when some unreasonable per
sons point out that owing 10 antiqunted engines
most OF the trains left are Invariably late these
competent oricials straighten thin rs out by push
ing the time table along increasing the running
time by about Is per cent, and N making u pos
sible 90 have a train ION time" once In o yhuA -
least.
A year ago the running time 20 Essex Fells nhe
end OF the Caldwell branch was eleven minutes
less than II is to-day. and even then trains got there
as nearly on time as they do to day. / had the
misfortune 10 go out on the 5 O'Clock CChamber
street, train last Thursday. We reached the FEELS
at 6:3s. One hour and thirty three minutes 20 cover
twenty two miles Is certainly going some. isn't ~
oh. yes.
The Erie is OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. have tray
conviction that as = whole the leather medal goes
70 tho Enc. Its cars are a positive disgrace "
twentieth century civilization. II New Jersey had
q Public Utilties Commission backed by a man Ike
Governor Hughes OF New York tho long suffering
commuters OF this road might possibly get some
relief.
however, thank goodness. We residents Of the
Fells and Caldwell arc not entirely dependent on
the Eric road. as its revenue for monthly tickets
for July will show. What a "humorism" the ad
vertisement Summer Homes on the Erie" Is any.
how. ESSEX.
ESSEX FILLS, July /.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-07-03

Up in the north of Western Australia arc
the pasture lands of the Kimberley district,
where many thousands of cattle Craze.
Hundreds of miles TO the south are the dry
lands of the same State, where the wonder
full discoveries of gold were made about
fifteen years ago that nave attracted thou
sands of men 10 this parched region where
more gold is now being produced than in
any other part OF the continent.
Between the cattle lands and the gold fields
stretches a wide expanse of desert. sandy
and desolate. The Survey Department OF
Western Australia has, on several occasions.
sent men 20 cross this desert in the hope
that a practicable stock route might be
discovered so that cattle could be driven
south to supply the great demand for meat
in the mining camps. These explorations
have long proved fruitless, and it seemed
as though the desert was an impossible
barrier and that the beef Of Kimberley could
never be taken across it TO the great south
ern market.
Hope has been revived by the last party
OF water seekers. Striking through an I'M
~traversed part of the desert with twenty
three camels, Mr.. CANNING of the Survey
Department reports that he has found a
great deal OF pastoral land, and the amount
OF water discovered in the centre of the
desert at a shallow depth was a revelation
to him. He believes that a we'll watered
stock route can be marked out affording
fair feed for travelling cattle over a rom
siderable part of the distance. The natives
reported that the season was exceptionally
dry, and Mr.. CANNINo's experience OF the
practicability Of the route is therefore the
more noteworthy
At last a~coount the explorer was trying
to determine precisely the best line for the
proposed stock route. The rich pastures
OF the far north may yet supply beef on the
hoof to the hungry miners of the southern
gold fields.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-07-03
BUCHANAN TEE MoLLYCODDLE.
rms En Terminate Notions C0scernIns the Per-
sOnal Use or Government Property.

sOnal Use or Property.
To TINE EDITOR OF THR SUN-Sir: | had
much pleasure in reading the letter OF An
Old Fashioned Chief Ma gistrate. refusing a
pass over tho Northern Central Railroad. as
printed In The SUN knew the fact. having
been employed in the Baltimore ONCE at the
time. but never read the letter before.
II you will permit me l would like to correct
a few trihing errors OF detail relative tn an
incident which l fancy IL the same To which
you allude. exhibiting the nice sense of Official
honor and probity which marked the public
life Of James Buchanan.
was in Washington at the time OF the
awful and historic rumpus' In the WHITE
House and the Navy Department. "a you
call Il. The Navy Department had nothing
20 do with IL. IL was not a "wretched tug or
tender. " used for the personal benefit OF the
President himself. IL was the beautiful new
revenue cutter Harriet Lane, belonging To
the Treasury Department. which had been
used for a junketinR trip down the bay by
Howell Cobb, the Secretary Of the Treasury.
As for President Buchanan taking a Sum
day trip down the Potomac" 1 will venture 20
arfrm that no man living or. dead ever saw
him taking a Sunday trip anywhere. But to
return: the trouble arose at a Cabinet meeting,
when MI. Buchanan asked MIR. Cobb. referring
10 the expenses of the "junket" on the Harriet
Lane, who was going to pay the bill.
MIR. Cobb said, we will charge II % the
'Sundry Expense account"
No, I cannot allow that, " said the Presi-
dent. Make out the account and send IL to
me-"
This was done, and. rs you say. IL was paid
by James Buchanan. A. +. LEWIS.
MILFORD, Pa, June 30.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-07-03
Something Wrong with the Army.

General FRANKLIN BELLS reported dec
laration that there is something wrong
with the army created some little rip
pies Of interest and even of excitement.
General BELL has promptly explained
to the Secretary Of War that he didn't
say there was something wrong in
the army; only that there was discon-
tent and n feeling that something was
wrong. Yet the general proposition that
there is something wrong with the
army" should cause no surprise. The
fact is known to all who know anything
whatever about army matters.
A single, specific feature may be taken
in illustration. Here is an organization
absolutely necessary in our various
Governmental processes. II is exceed
ingly difficult and apparently becom-
ing more difficult TO secure a suitable
number of properly qualified men to fill
its ranks. The number Of assertions is
enormous and the number Of reenlist-
ments is very small. Few wish to enter
the service, and many Of those who are
in it wish to get out. Certainly there
Is something wrong with a service &c
unattractive that men are with diff
Guilty secured for it and with difficulty
retained in 1t.
Various reasons are given for these
conditions. Service in the army Is an
occupation, a means Of livelihood. Just
now, in these piping times Of industrial
INaotiyitys other hpes ofsoccppatipn soiier
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-07-03
The Campaign or Education.

To THE EDITOR OF TIE SUN-Sir: After
q diligent perusal of the Indianapolis speech
Of May 80 and the two jamestown addresses
Of June 10 I have reached certain solemn
conclusions. which are here set forth:
I. The man who controlleth himself is
greater than he that controlleth railroads.
>. The man who undertakes to set the
world to rights will require more than three
terms to finish the job.
3. When a public ofloial is giving the people
more than their moneys worth he ought to
have his salary raised.
q. When a man makes up his mind to be
known to posterity as "A benefactor OF the
human race he Is not going to he stopped by
a little thing like the Constitution.
s. The man who sets up as a reformer
doesn't need much capital in the way Of
knowledge or experience II he has a reputa-
ton as a scrapper.
Q. The statesman who favors a benevolent,
p~aternal form of government ia sure OF the
solid support OF the proposed beneficiaries.
Z. The man who said that a natural law
could not be changed by act OF Congress or
administrative ukase could not have foreseen
what would happen after 1904. p. N.
CHICAGO, July I.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-07-03
The Strike.

The striking drivers of the Department
of Street Cleaning-the Mayors refusal
10 recognize their action as a strike is
ridiculous returned to work convinced
that they had won a victory. So far
as the announcements from the Mayors
Office enlightened the public, this would
seem no to be the case. If i. turns out
to be so, the city may prepare for a series
of experiences of the sort it has suffered
in the last ten days, for a complete de-
moralization Of the department, and for
a succession of demands from the agita-
tors in the service that will not cease
until the city abdicates and openly recog-
nizes the union as its superior.
The drivers are well paid, work easy
hours and are treated with at least as
much consideration as they deserve.
Their grievances" were silly. Their real
complaint was founded on the enforce
ment of reasonable rules. They did not
want the rules enforced. That was the
kernel Of their complaint. If the Mayor
gives in to this he and the city may bid
farewell to peace in the Street Cleaning
Department for the rest Of his term.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-07-03
ImpertiDent Curiosity.

To THE EDITOR or THE SUN--Sir: When
a nj vaI officer entertains his friends aboard
ship he has 10 do IL at his own expense. How
are such matters ARA n eed for Mr.. Roosevelt?
Does he get the ship. crew and entertainment
for his frisnds2 Can such things be and over
come US like a summer cloud without any
figures being returned and audited by some
authority?
lously careful about paying his private bills
from his private purse. ] understand that
the greatest living historian has recorded a
very dispan ging opinion of Buchanan.
New YORK.. July ?. REAcTIoNARY.