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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-07-18
RICHMOND AMATEUR LEAGu
Standing o. the Teams.
Games To-Day.

Games To-day.
q G.. "A. VS.. Imperials al C. c.. a. field.
Battle Axc VS.. Colts at Imperial field. Ii
Pedmonts VS.. Manchester al Manchester
y Fulton Hustlers3 vs.. Brookland at Fulton
Neld ar
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-07-18
StpndlnE OF the Clubs
Games To-Day.

Games To-day.
Detroit at Philadelphia.
Chicago at Boston.
Cleveland at Washington.
st. Louis at New York
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-07-18

Schrader. Three-base hits--Hooker
.(2), Wallace and Guineen. Sacrifice
Stewart. Stolen
bases--Raley. Vail, Schrader, Lawrence
(3) and Wadleigh. First base on err
8: Portsmouth. O..
Left on hases-Lynchburg 4; Ports
mouths Double plays--Stewart, Kirk
patrick ana an Raiey Hts az s,,, on 1ops6n
innings. Struck out-by Stewart, g.:
by Jobson, 2: by Mailman. 8. Bases on
balls-off Stewart, 4 (Vail, Wadleigh,
(Bowen). Wild pitch--Stewart. At
tendance-9oo. Tlme-2:o1. Umpire
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-07-18
POLL MANY VOTES.

Who is the most popular player In
the league? Almost everybody has a
particular favorite, and almost every
body is working to put that favorite
at the top. as the great number OF
votes polled up to date will testify.
Knnzler is still in the lead by com.
PORTABLE margin, with Reyelle second
and Doyle third.
Yesterday was a good day for many
of those close on the heels OF me ieao-
test complicated before the purse OF
gold is awarded on Labor Day.
$500 st.udlnr. Of the Players.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-07-18
both sIden score.

BrodIe led off in the first round with
a. single, and was followed by Bonne.
with another, Brodie went out at th'r q
= Toner reached first on a bunt to
Mclenzie. Jackson's single advanced
homer TO third, the latter scoring as
Haas died at first se!tz flew out 70
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is to go to the polls and to persuade
all your neighbors and friends to do
likewise.
The women of the community are
enlisted In the cause, and that is an
other reason why we THINK the bonds
will carry. But we might think in that
optimistic way. and unless the hus-
bands of the women who are working
for good roads voted for them the mis-
sionary work of the women will be
labor in vain. In that respect we are
not as civilized as the United King
dom. In a matter of this kind the
women of Great Britain are allowed to
vote. They are also allowed to vote at
school board and municipal elections.
Our United States civilization prevents
women from voting for good raods, but
it does not prevent them from help
ing their husbands, sons, cousins,
sweethearts or friends to vote. "How
can they help them voter" Why, by
reminding them it is their duty to
vote and by reminding them with per-
severance, patriotism and persistence.
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VIII Be Vital Questions
in Big Political Campaign

O TUDENTS of modern civilization
~ behold with alarm the rapid in
~ crease of paupers and those who
are never far from the door of want.
It is too plain for dispute that many
of the defective, delinquent and de-
pendent classes of society find them
selves poverty stricken because of
spendthrift habits and gambling pro-
clivities; but it is also plain that
thousands of those who are underfed,
poorIy clothed and otherwise without
those creature-comforts which all
should have are the victims of harsh
world-conditions that inhere in the
faultiness of our system of distribu-
ton.
Diminishing Socialism and other ideal
istic theories as impracticable, we
must nevertheless admit that there IS
more than a modicum of truth in their
indictment of the present economic
system. :. l.
During a presidential campaign 1t Is
refreshing to recur to Fundamental
Questions such as those which AFFECT
fine foundations of society itself. I'm
doubtedly there is no more important
problem before the world today than
the proper handling of those VINO can
not get on in the worid WlIilouI Heip'
saws the Fresno Herald.
The movement recently started IN
New York for a large system OF 1arI1s
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BRYAN's LEADERSHIP


nRyAN is a leader. Taft is a fol-
* lower. That is one of the princi-
- pal differences between the presi-
DENTAL candidates of the two great
parties. Roosevelt is Taft's leader, but
Bryan was Roosevelt's leader. Bryan
is the man who first indicated and out
lined the reforms which are now gen.
orally included in the term Roosevelt
ISM" 1t was Bryan who first pointed
bility of the United States, the real
possible cause of serious trouble, was
not the restlessness of the masses"
but the unchecked greed of triumphant
plutocracy. Some people say Roose-
welt, by his timely attack on what it is
no longer treason to call predatory
wealth" saved the country from what
might have been a revolution. We may
grant this. but must remember that the
policy which Roosevelt adopted in or
der to prevent possibility of revolution
was "Bryanism," the policy of the man
who fearlessly denounced law-defying
groups of keen business men, but dis
4OydA <AA1CAASdA NltiACAAo3 anu ooA0 NAAS
way to national safety lay through just
regulations and control of corporations.
Mr.. Bryan's leadership was never more
apparent than it is today and it will
impress all who watch closely his ut
terances and those of the Republican
candidate. The questions which will
demand solution during the next presi-
Dental term will be largely of q social
nature and will deal with "imperialis-
tic or economic matters and measures
strictly in their relation to social mat
tiers.
The American citizen is preparing to
ask, more decidedly and urgently than
ever before in the history Of the ma
ton: WHERE DO COME IN? This
is fine talk about charging the navy
and compelling every citizen to serve
in the army, and about strengthening
defenses and adjusting tariff schedules
SO that the cost Of living will be in
this: Shall I, citizen of the United
States, bound to obey it's laws, get a
square deal? Shall have any reasona-
BILE guarantee of making a steady liv-
ing? Will my sons be allowed to go
to school or will they be drafted into
the army of the hog butchers, the
packers, the mill owners, before they
are drafted into the army of the
United States? Where do come in?
And what about the members of my
family?"
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GIVE WOMAN EQUAL CHANCES
AND SHE WILL EQUAL MAN

LOS ANGELES, July 26.-[Editor
Herald: II. x. G., in July % issue,
was doubtless inludging in little irony
on woman's ability. Yet, for the benefit
of a not unimportant number of male
readers who might take him seriously,
permit me a word. He essays to show
that woman is incapable of entertaining
general views. Had he said that some
people, meaning some women and some
men, he would have shown more fair
ness and q more general grasp of the
situation.
To reason on any subject requires
brain activity. The facility and acute
ness of the reasoning will depend on
the number of brain convolutions the
person has and the amount and variety
of knowledge on the given subject. 1t
does not depend on sex. There is no
more a feminine brain than there is a
feminine liver. The brain is a human,
rather an animal attribute, not sex
attribute.
When there are as large number of
women possessing q wide range OF
knowledge as there are men you will
see just as great reasoning capacity
among them. / entreat men to be fair
and consider the more restricted en-
vironment in which women work. and
the very restricted education that was
theirs up to the present generation.
Regarding woman's capacity for Flaw
making" remember that legislative
work is but municipal and national
housekeeping. 1t is but the administra-
tive affairs of the household applied to
the city and state. If 7. K. G. lit must
be Mr.. T. K. c. will make a study of
woman's law making ability as applied
to the various departments of house,
hold industry, and compare them with
mans law making ability as applied to
the affairs Of state, he will not feel
quite so certain in his assumption of
the ability of the male sex. If the
affairs of our city and state were car
ried on with half as much equity. as
much economy and as much general
administrative ability as the affairs of
the average five-room cottage the peo-
pie would find far less of which to
complain.
Woman is only just finding herself
and her duty toward national affairs.
More than one suffragette movement
will break down (if indeed any of them
are breaking DOWN before she will re-
linquish her efforts for the good of all.
AGNES H. DOWNING.
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DEPENDS SOLELY ON TIME
AND INTELLECTUAL GROWTH

LOS ANGELES, July 25.-LEditor
Herald: I would like to show that
whenever any genuine new advance
or reform is advocated, no matter
what, it's realization is a question of
time only, but the duration of time
that passes in accomplishing it de-
ponds upon the existing state of civili-
cation or the amount of intelligence of
the population of the country or state
where the reform originates or is being
carried forward.
This is true of all social and econ
omic reforms, but there is no likelihood
of evil conditions remaining forever, II
once a reform Is well understood; for
the economic truth is powerful, per Sc
like the light of the sun that will pene-
trate everywhere or the force of cleo
tricity that will create motion and
change in the material world.
Truth prevails at last, and governs
us, But 1t is usually what are called
'sour vested interests that prevent all
progress, together with existing mex
perience and the public ignorance. Yet
somehow or at some time nearly every
body gets wise.
Thus the introduction or adoption OF
the best mode of taxing the community
to obtain the revenue is going to be
deferred or delayed for some years, al
though important enough to meet our
Immediate needs. But we have grown
wiser already and are becoming able
to see what 1t is-the exclusive taxation
of land values.
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GOOD ROADS

GOD roads are absolutely indis-
tT pensable to the growth and
W prosperity of modern civiliza-
ton. The great increase in the use of
automobiles gave new incentive for
road building and there can be no
doubt that within the next few years
nearly all farm trucking, carting and
vehicles. This should do away with
the objection that good roads would be
principally beneficial to automobiles"
And beyond this objection, which is
so trivial it may hardly be stated or
urged seriously, there is absolutely
none. When there are good roads there
is an immediate development of the
prosperity of the district traversed by
the roads, for the simple reason that it
became easier to haul goods to mar
ket. Traffic on good roads is soon in
creased. Bad roads have tendency to
kill traffic, even when they are not
literally killing horses.
We do not think there is any reason
to doubt the success Of the good roads
bonds. We think that at the coming
election they will be carried by an
overwhelming majority. But they will
not be carried by thought force. All
who are interested in good roads
might sit up and think the bond
issue would be carried triumphantly,
and yet it might be lost, If the think
ers did not supplement their thoughts
by actions. The way in which to as
sure the success of the good roads bonds
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"LooK ON THIS PICTURE AND
ON THAT" BEFORE YOU VOTE

LONG BEACH, July 26.--[Editor
Herald: Republican newspapers are
gleefully printing cartoons representing
Bryan's farm home at Lincoln as sur
rounded with all of the catchpenny
devices of the Pixies at seaside resorts.
The prominent feature of this carica-
ture is the peerless One" as they
ironically have named the Democratic
presidential candidate, frantically adj
dressing a mob of wonder-st jays
Contrast this humoristic but baseless
vision with the true picture OF the great
spokesman of the commons seated In
his library, the shelves of which are
filled with the well thumbled and intel
ligently noted works Of the great polit-
ical and economic writer's of the
world, lead pencil In hand, engaged in
writing concise and statesmanlike
views upon present political require
ments. Then compare this with that
of bis opponent at a pleasure resort In
the mountains of Virginia, alternately
debating his notification speech TO
corps of stenographers and playing
golf. Little wonder that Taft's speech
needs condensation and revision. When
at last it comes from the hands of
Roosevelt and Root 1t will contain little
of merit that the public has not read
and considered in timely season from
Democracy's standard bearer.
Verify, these are fat times for the
cartoonists of the Republican organs.
The heavy forces of the G. o. p. having
been beaten down by the fierceness Of
the Democratic onset, the funny man
contingent is deployed to cover the
retreat. HAWKEYE.
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to be occupied by the poor is worthy
of consideration.
1t would probably be wise plan IL
the federal government were to set
aside a few million acres of fertile
land in half a dozen sections of the
public domain, and give to those de-
pendent colonists who might settle on
government lands the service of skill
full managers and the assurance of
food, clothing and shelter for all.
Some such method would at once
solve the distressing problem of home
less men and women. 1t would give
little children bread and homes and
schools. To say that such colonists
could not become self-support1ng and
even produce q bountiful supply OF
Injuries is to affirm that the
country's wealth, including land
and money, is not sufficient to
support it's population. This Would,
be in effect a large Agricultural
territory conducted by the government
for the support of those VINO mlght
see fit to become citizens of that region
under a semi-paternal system.
Whether this solution shall ever De
matured or not we do not know, put
if anything is to be done in this line IL
should be accomplished before the
public domain is disposed of, for the
settlement of the United States Is go
ing forward at so rapid a pace that
there will be no opportunity to try the
experience If action is too long delayed.
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TRUSTS AND TARIFF

WI HILE Republicans profess sim
w certify with regard to an abate-
ment of the trust nuisance in
the United States, they refuse to admit
the possibility of using tariff reform as
a means of curbing the trusts. America
is not the only country in the world
where trusts have been formed. Com
binations at first effected for the pro-
lection of trade or industry have been
developed into restrictive organizations.
One weapon has been used against
such combinations with unfailing good
effect. That weapon is tariff. If man
ufactured product is put on the free
list, or If tariff on it is low, a condi-
ton of competition is stimulated. This
competition does not necessarily result
from importation of foreign goods to
compete with trust made articles. but
from the fear of that competition.
In the blunt language of Robert
Burns:
The FEAR of He1rs hangman's whip
To hold the wretch in order.
With increased possibilities of COM
petition, combinations in restraint of
trade would be worse than useless.
They would be silly. Republicans say
the suppression of trusts would throw
thousands of people out of employ
ment. Why? Is it not more reasonable
to believe that unrestricted manufac-
turing in the United States would give
employment to many workers who are
now out of employment or not en-
ployed regularly? 1t is most highly
improbable the machine Republicans
will countenance a revision of tariff
schedules which will affect the trusts,
because it is already evident the
trusts are prepared to retaliate by
creating artificial conditions and dis
charging employees or closing down
their plants.
What is needed is independent manu-
featuring, which will certainly be pro-
NOTED by tariff reform. Concentration
of industry in the United States, with
a vast and constantly increasing popu-
lation of freedmen entitled to life,
liberty and the pursuit of happiness,
would not be less mischievous than
Capitalization of power. Both are
directly contrary to the American doc
trine of the greatest good for the
greatest number.
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TT IS not disputing or concedlng the
technical correctness of the de-
Il cision Of the United States circuit
court of appeals at Chicago, in the
Standard Oil rebating case, to say tnat
it will increase the growing popular
dissatisfaction with the courts ana
with the law as administered. A great
many people, including large per-
centage of the workingmen, have lost
confidence in the courts and the law
because they view them as agencies Tor
the obstruction rather than the ful-
fillment of justice. 1t is all very hne
and plausible to say that. Offenders
must be convicted by legal methods,
and that the sublime technicality is the
"palladium of liberty" but the man IN
the street notes that the public rarely
gets the benefit of technicality, While
there is nearly always a nimble techn1~
cality to remit the fine of a wealthy
wrongdoer or to open the prison doors
of feions who are politically or COM
mercially powerful, says the San Fran
cisco Bulletin.
The man In the street is not law
yer or a casuist. He does not appre-
ciate the niceties of legal argument.
He is not concerned about points"
In many respects he is ignorant and
he is frequently unjust. He Judges the
courts and the law by results. not by
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Queer DeUice Is Suggested
for Bringing Prosperity

classes. 1t is simply another turn of
the screw worked on the principle OF
what the traffic will bear. The argu-
ment advanced by Vice President
Brown of the New York Central to the
effect that higher freight rates will
bring back prosperity is thus met by
w. S. Armstrong, president of the New
York Credit Mems association:
''It would be case of building higher
on false foundation, which would be
the worst possible thing the road could
do. The tax would be a direct one on
the vital forces of the country; would
further paralyze the sinews, and there
fore never should have been seriously
considered. Mr. Brown holds contrary
views, it appears, but the expression of
them only creates the impression that
his other arguments are just as faulty.
He has attempted to analyze; he will
be surprised when the shippers and
other business men begin TO &nalyze
railroad rates"
If the railroad argument were we'll
founded, then the only thing necessary
to Bring prosperity would be to increase
taxes. In one sense transportation is a
form of taxation.
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WHY DOES cHRIsT's COMING
EXCITE so LITTLE INTEREST?

POMONA, July 25.-[Editor Herald:
A few days ago l wrote you calling
attention to many passages of scrip
ture which seem to me to prove the
coming of a time when the Kingship
of Christ will be as really and as au-
thoritatively established as that of any
potentate who has ever reigned on
earth; and I asked for suggestions as
to the meaning of these texts. But the
minds of my fellow patronizers of the
Public Letter Box seem to be fully &C.
cupied with such questions as Social
ism, single tax, the dog catcher, ETC.,
while the coming of the Lord and the
work he will perform arouse little or
no interest.
For Jesus of Nazareth, who, for
three and one-half years in full man
hood, went up and down his own land
doing good; was afterward put to
death for reasonable utterances
against the Roman government, say
ing that he himself was Christ king;
was raised from the dead on the third
day, as he had foretold, and assembled
to heaven, after he had been seen Of
his disciples during a period of forty
days, is surely coming again, as he
said he would.
IF go and prepare place for you
will come again and receive you unto
myself, that where am there We may
be also" John 14S). He had FREE
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n ABROAD managers, or some OF
X them, are talking of raising
AZ freight rates to offset the decline
in business. Whether this movement
is based on confused conception of
economic law or is just plain personal
politics is not quite certain. From
one point of view it seems like the case
of a. grocer who thinks to increase his
business by raising the price OF tea.
From the personal and political point
of view of Mr.. Hartman and Mr.. Her
rim a further curtailment of business
might be desirable If it would hurt
Taft. Mr.. Harriman's hostility to
Roosevelt is reported to be so acute
that 1t might persuade him to cut on
his nose to please his face, says the
San Francisco Call.
AS a matter of fact, however, the
railroads have been steadily engaged
in raising rates for more than year
past. There has been no wholesale OF
general increase of the sort now pro-
posed, but the sporadic changes In
schedules have already covered a wide
field. The increase, of course, has been
made to apply to freight in the higher
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SQUARE DEALING

TN THE campaign the Republican
party will take the position that
II labor has not the right to in
jure the property of employers. We
think this is self evident proposition,
Endorsed heartily by all Americans, and
the Republicans in this uncalled for
assertion are going out Of their way
to show what vastly superior persons
they are. 1t is as if one of them should
say: I'VE Republican, believe in the
ten commandments and think that for
the most part and generally speaking
they should be enforced" Labor has
not the right to injure the property of
employers. Good. Now we will ask a
question. Has capital, under any cir
cumstances, the right to injure the hui
man beings who compose the families
of workers for wages? For instance,
has it any right to deprive children of
education, either by withholding en-
ployment from their parents through
malice, pique, jealousy or other diaboli-
cal motive, or for economic reasons"
falsely so called? When labor Injuries
the property of capital the employer
generally manages to find way of re-
dress. But when employing capital by
Withholding employment and boycotting
man who works for salary or wages,
Injuries irreparably the family of that
man, what remedy has he? We are
heartily in favor of the protection of
the American capitalist from all an
archical deeds of violence. We are
equally heartily in favor of the pro-
lection of American wage earners from
anarchical attempts by employers to
starve them to- death and to rob their
children of education.