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The Washington herald., 1908-05-05
WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION.
Contrast Between Foreign LegisIa-
tion and that of America.


tion and that of America.
From the Chicago News.
The bureau OF labor at Washington
/ has just issued a bulletin giving informa.
ton respecting the laws Of foreign coun-
tries under which wage workers who SUI
fer Gripping injuries at their tasks re-
ceive compensating payments. By way
OF affording striking contrast TO these
enlightened measures the bulletin reviews
the principles Of the common law govern
ing employers liability in most States Of
the American union, and the mild DEPART
ures from these principles made by spe-
cial enaetments In other States
Thus Is clearly shown how inadectate
form Of relief is the privilege given to
an injured worker to bring suit for dam
ages against his employer, particularly in
view Of the limitations placed by the com
mon law upon the employers liability.
The bulletin is well calculated to appeal
to the American conscience. which. up to
the present time. has been strangely cal
lous on this subject Of labor's right to re-
lief from a share Of the terrible burden
imposed by accidents in productive in
dustry.
twenty-five foreign States, the bureau
OF labor sets forth have enacted legis-
lation on behalf Of Injured workmen.
These include the great nations of Eu-
rope, the Scandinavian countries, Bel
gium the Netherlands. Spain, and nearly
all the British colonies. In every in
stance the law fixes the compensation
to be paid. Thus no deplorably long
drawn-out lawsuits are required to decide
that matter. On the contrary, nearly all
the laws are framed with a view of
rendering legal proceedings altogether
unnecessary. When a workman is in
jured the law stands ready to compel
prompt payment Of the sum which the
injury suiiices to make his indubitabiy.
Sc explicit are the terms OF most of the
laws that ordinarily no difficulty attends
The settlement
The States Of the American union must
proceed to take Up in earnest this most
necessary reform.
The Washington herald., 1908-05-05
OUR HAPHAzARD FINANCES.
Increasing Expenditures in Face of
"a Declining Revenue.
From the indianapolis Neu.

From the indianapolis News.
Probably ours is the only government
in the world. certainly the only civilized
government, that would deliberately IN
crease expenditures in the face OF an OBJ
yiously declining revenue. We have spent
$685. 001.0OO more this year than last And
there is no suggestion from any respon-
sible source that we ought to economic
in any direction. On the contrary, there
was an insistent demand from the Presi-
dent that We spend S40.O00.0 600 at the very
least for four great battle ships, an
amount almost one-thiFd as large as our
present total naval expenditures, even on
the present inflated basis. OF course. It is
true that. under our present system, no
one knows. or can know, much Of what
is going on. In a recent utterance Mr..
Cortelyou, Secretary Of the Treasury, ex-
pressed regret that the law compelled
him 10 make estimates, which, he said
'are, for the most part, epr0blematical." 4"
How problematcal they were in this case
will be clear, when we remember that Mr..
Cortelyou figured that there would be a
surplus for this year, the year ending
with June, Of 100000. As we now see.
the deficit is likely to be considerably in
excess Of $50. 600 900. AS most Of our reve-
nue. is derived from taxes on consump-
ton. and as consumption depends on the
condition Of business. il is manifest that
any estimates Of the Secretary OF the
Treasury must be largely probIemati-
cal No private business that was con-
Quoted in accordance with such princi-
pies could hope to avoid bankruptcy.
The Washington herald., 1908-05-05
TUESDAY, MAY 3. 1905.
Campaigning 0ffieeholdsrs.

The council of the National Civil Serv-
ice Reform League has given President
Roosevelt a clean bill Of health. II finds
that there is not sufficient evidence to
establish the charge that the President
had misused his great power over the
patronage TO further the political for
tunes of a Presidential candidate" Fur
thermore. the council adopted a resolu-
ton pTaising the President for prohibiting
political activity on the part Of officials
in the classified service. but expressed the
belief that a similar regulation should be
binding on higher appointive officials. in
accordance with the views Mr.. Roosevelt
held while civil service commissioner. and
still holds, so far as the records disclose.
AS is well known, Mr.. Roosevelt, in 1902.
declared that even officers outside the
classified service must not coerce the
political action of their subordinates; they
must not use their Offices TO control politi-
cal movements or influence the result Of
elections; they must not neglect their pub
lie duties nor cause scandal by their ae-
tivity." That this theory Of the non
participation of Federal ofieeholders In
politics has been more honored in the
breach than in observance is admitted by
the Civil Service Reform League
There has been a cessation OF complaint
about the activity OF Federal ofhcehoiders,
and 1t may be possible that there has been
less open display on the part Of such Off
GERS Of interest in Presidential politics
Doubtless the public agitation OF the mat
ter had its effect, just as the criticism Of
Secretary Taft for deserting his desk and
making political speeches has resulted in
sending him out Of the country on public
business, so that he will not be bothered
by constant political demands on his time.
The administration is not impervious TO
public opinion, and there is reason to be-
lieye that the strong condemnation of Ger
tain official methods used TO promote the
Taft campaign has cut 10 the quick. Yet
we are Informed that the local manager
OF the Taft campaign has directed the
District recorder Of deeds the Register Of
the Treasury, and the Auditor for the
Navy Department, all Of whom happen to
be colored men. to proceed on various
eTrands about the country to conciIiate
negro opposition 10 Taft. We feel sure
that President Roosevelt does not approve
this employment Of public servants on
private. business It comes squarely within
the inhibition of his letter TO the Civil
Service Commission in 1902, quoted above
In his reply OF February Z last, to a com
munication from ". D. Foulke. the Presi-
dent declared he would not permit any
officer to violate the injunctions imposed
in the letter Of 1902 We are confident,
therefore. that the aforementioned Office
holders Will not be permitted 10 leave
their desks in Washington for the possibly
more congenial fields Of political propa-
ganda.
The Washington herald., 1908-05-05

the committee had the power to fix i'm
proper differences; that some members Of
the committee had very strong personal
motives for establishing such improper
differences; and further. that the result
OF their action did enable them TO reap
large profits Just as certainly as though
they had deliberately intended to establish
false differences for that specific purpose. -
There is no visible legislative remedy
for this sort of juggling with commercial
honor. The remedy lies with our mer-
chants and traders who should insist on
square deal from those whom they place
In positions of authority over and re-
'sponsibility for the trading and Industrial
conditions of the country. The house
cleaning must come from within. and It
is important that it be undertaken with
sincerity and carried through to a finish.
The Washington herald., 1908-05-05
Why Women Laugh

A newspaper philosopher says "a wo-
man loves a man. really and truly. when
she laughs at ali OF his jokes" This is
bright enough. as those things go, per-
| haps but II will bear abundant analy-
sis when it comes to solemn search
for the truth-whieh is precisely what
| the newspaper philosopher hoped 10
avoid, doubtless
Women have their own peculiar ideas
about these things. we think. They
laugh at their husbands jokes for many
reasons. First and foremost, let US
charitably presume if for nothing else,
because the jokes are good. and worth
laughing at. Few husbands are eonde-
scending enough TO tell many jokes TO
their wives. It should be remembered.
As a rule, men hold themselves more
able than women to appreciate Wit and
fun Nobody can explain flst why man
wraps himself in this particular mantle
Of supposed mental superiority, but he
does All honest and frank men viii ad-
nit It. Therefore, the telling OF a Joke
by paterfamilias is more or less of an
important and epOch-mal1ing event IN
the average household; hence at the psy-
Geological moment unless the woman In
the case happens to make a mistake. the
appreeiative wifely guffaw is In evidence.
But this Is not an infallible proof of un-
reasoning conjugal affection, for ali
that; It may be merely the homage duty
pays 10 egOtism.
The women. though. we should remem-
Der, move oft in a most mysterious way
their wonders to perform The truth is
and investigation would doubtless so dis
close, the woman who laughs most at
her husbands jokes invariably Is like
wise the woman who wears the prettiest
hats and smartest froeks IN her neigh
borhood, and the most Of theml Not
only this, but she dresses her children
a little neater and a little more generous
~ than her friends who pay not so much
attention to their husbands jokes She
is simply a diplomat Of keen perception.
and she turns to a good account every
laugh given vent 10 on behalf OF alleged
witticisms, mayhap neither immensely
funny nor instructive.
None of this is to a womans discredit.
Far from it, indeed It pleases her hus-
band to have his jokes laughed at:
therefore she does a good act when she
strives to please him. He warns TO-
ward mankind in general before the sun
shine of her apparent appreciation, and
toward his own domestic circle In par
ticular. Everybody is happy all the way
around. But the test is not a final evil
denee of love eternal and supreme. for
all the good that comes of IL.
The Washington herald., 1908-05-05
CLASSES IN AMERICA.
Distinctions that Have Their Origin
I'm Privilege and Wrong.

Distinctions that Have Their Origin
I'm Privilege and Wrong.
From the Portland Oregonian
So far as We are aware. this is the
first time that the portentous phrase
class consciousness" has ever been
used in an American state paper. but
We venture to predict that It is far from
being the last. Some people have been
in the habit Of denying that there are
any social classes in this country. but
they are mere ostriehes. who think the
danger is over when they have hidden
their heads. We have classes, and we
have also an army Of propagandists who
are striving 10 excite hostility between
them. Class consciousness Is the first
step toward class warfare. Il arises from
either OF two things. both bad. Special
privilege excites class consciousness in
those who enjoy IL. Special wrongs ex-
cite il in those who suffer from them.
The latter species 0f class consciousness
is the more bitter. but not the more
deeply felt. Most European class dis
tinctions are rooted both in privilege and
wrong. our own, up 20 the present, de-
pend mostly upon special privileges, but
wrongs are by no means lacking. Mr..
Roosevelt reasons that If we do not desire
class warfare in the United States. we
must abolish both the privileges and the
wrongs which stir UP hostility. Who has
a better thesis 20 advance?
The Washington herald., 1908-05-05
The Sovereign Power of Fixing Prices.


An apt illustration Of what President
Roosevelt meGnt when he observed. in
one Of his messages, that the centraliza-
ton Of business Is an accomplished fact
appears in the report Of the Commits
sioner of Corporations on cotton ex-
change methods of establishing the price
basis on which future contracts must be
settled. Mr.. Smith finds that few mem
bers Of the New York Cotton Exchange
fix. twice a year. the differences between
the prices OF various grades of cotton,
and these differences supply the basis for
settling all contracts where the grade
rendered by the seller is not that sold on
contract. "The system" says Mr.. Smith,
amounts to an attempt absolutely to fix
priees-an economic absardlty The rela-
tive values Of different grades are as
much subject to the law Of supply and
demand as the value Of middling cotton
itself. and It is as unreasonable 10 at
tempt TO fix one by the fiat OF a com
mittee as It is the other"
What Mr. Smith regards as an economic
ahsurdity-theoTetca Of .eourse-really
looks more like an economic fact. If
may be absurd, according to accented
principles Of political economy. to inter
fere with the laws Of trade, but such in
reference is becoming one OF the com
monpiaees of modern business. While a.
committee OF the New York Cotton Ex-
change seeks to determine the price at
which contracts for future delivery shall
be settled, the cotton planters Of the
South, through another committee. at
tempt 10 dictate the price at which the
staple itself shah be sold at the ware
house. Price edicts go forth from the
headquarters Of the beef trust the coal
trust, the steel trust, and dozens Of other
combinations-based almost entirely on
the predatory principle of asking all that
the traflc will bear It may be an eco
nomic absuTdity 10 the investigator and
the student; TO the consumer end the
buyer II is as chilly and actual a PROPOSE
ton as stone wall. It is a condition and
not a theory that eonfronts the purchaser.
The power TO fix prices is a great and
almost sovereign power over the business
welfare Of the community. 1t is naturally
subject to abuse How it may be abused
in fixing cotton differences Mr.. Smith
shows in his report In November. 1906,
the revision committee Of the New York
Cotton Exchange established new prices
for the settlement Of cotton contracts.
The revision caused heavy losses not. only
TO cotton spectators. but TO cotton mer-
chants bat not to the members of the
revision committee. Several members were
carrying short cotton, and they made
large profits as result 1T is proven
beyond question. says Mr.. Smith. "that
The Washington herald., 1908-05-05

almost every posi-
ton within the gift
Of his district. Mr..
Prince was born on
March 4, a day Of
much significance to
the American peo-
pie. and, though he
has never been men
toned as a Presl-
Dental candidate,
he has hopes.
He attended the
Pubic Scn0ols, anu
graduated fro m
Knox College. in his
home town. Two
years later he was
admitted 10 the bar.
His political and
professional career
was launched, and
the next year, IN
1881. he was elected
49, 49, - s
The Washington herald., 1908-05-05
MARYLAND MUSINGS.
From the Baltimore sun.
THE TERRIBLE, TERRIBLE MAN.

From the Baltimore sun
THE TERRIBLE, TERRIBLE MAN.
A terrible, terrible man is there
Waiting 70 catch ne upon the stair;
A terrible, terrible man. who roars,
An chases a feller right out of the doors
When he's had a wuppin' an goes TO bed
'Ith his nose, all swelled an his eyes ali
red!
I'm feard an I'm fesrd, an Pm awful
feaFd,
An I'm skeerd an I'm skeerd, an I'm
awful skeerd
Fer I've been so naughty l know that he
VIII jump right out OF the wall at me,
An I'll never be bad emmy more. emmy
Fer the Terrible Man to chase out Of the
door!
They said he would come. but I said pooh
pooh,
An now don't know wot I'm goin to do.
Fer If l don't go I'll be wuppened again
An If ! do go he'll will come. an what
then?
oh, please. Mrs. Muvver. come chase him
away
An bet at I'll mind ever word at you
say
Your garden patch may be so fine no one
on earth can match II,
But even then a neighboF's hen may come
along and scratch Il,
The Washington herald., 1908-05-05
SNOW OF THE APPLE.

Under the gnarled old tree Il drifts,
White and IiufTy and soft and sweet
Snow Of the apple. that floats and shifts.
With winds of April beneath the feet!
Snow OF the apple that quietly flies,
Soft as a carpet for lady bees.
Down through the blue. bright April skies,
Under the gnarled old apple treesi
Love would be beautiful. wouldn't she,
dear
Under a robe OF il. lost in dream
The lsrks in the meadows TO warble near
And Pan with his pipes by the brim of
the stream!
Snow OF the apple, by spring winds
blown,
Petal and petal, from tree 20 tree,
Velvet as velvety lips. my own
With which you were singing last night
10 me-
Rigors Of winter a memory old,
Spring with her ruby and rose-scented
mouth;
Mockingbird pouring his measures Of gold
That he brought to US yesterday out of
the South
Snow Of the apple and hum OF the bees.
White rs q phantom the orchard lies,
With loves gray shadows among the
trees,
And the old, old longing within her
eyes
The Washington herald., 1908-05-05
A LITTLE NONSENSE.
AN EXAMPLE.

You leave your awning down an hour;
the sparT0ws build a nest.
The neighboThood for straws they scour;
they never stop to rest
You may proceed to fume and frown and
cen the spaTroWs chide,
But II You leave your awning down
they'll have an egg inside.
Your awning up you roughly take, then
let II down once more.
Another nest the sparrows make as
quickly as before.
The .sparrows are a pest and bane and
have few friends, 1 fear;
But man might watch them to his gain,
and learn to persevere.
The Washington herald., 1908-05-05

A number of schoolgirls in New York
are in open revolt because the authori
ties governing the institution they attend
insist upon tie abolition Of peek-a-boo
shirt waists What that school needs is
board Of trustees consisting of younger
and more optimistic men.
The Washington herald., 1908-05-05

II what our sailors say is true about
the prices they are being charged for
things on the California coast. those peo-
pie cut there must be laboring under the
impression that the fleet was sent 10 that
locality as a r.eans Of relieving the local
financial depression.
The Washington herald., 1908-05-05

The Nashville American says the only
reason for trouble in that State is that
one crowd is in Office and another crowd
wants TO get in. The American needn't
think that same reason isn't working
overtime throughout the entire United
States, has been for a long time. and
always will be, doubtless
The Washington herald., 1908-05-05
NoIsy, II Not Numerous.

From The Philadelphia Press.
Republicans in the South do not make
much of show at the ballot box. but
they must be pretty numerous when
nearly every State can afford enough
Of them to ft out two sets Of delegates
to the national convention.
The Washington herald., 1908-05-05

The price of a seat on the New York
Stock Exchange has advanced $50, eco
since last November That is OF no spe-
cial interest TO the average American
citizen, however. What he wants 10 be
sure Of is that the price OF a seat on
the bleachers at the baseball park does
not advance beyond % cents.
The Washington herald., 1908-05-05

Several Of our leading citizens are so
enthusiastic about Caruso that they have
learned 10 pronounce Pagliacci nearly
right, says the Ohio State Journal OF
course. however. real courteous people
will not call on them to do it right out In
meeting
The Washington herald., 1908-05-05
4 Poor Adverfiner.

Il hear your daughter is engaged TO a
duke"
Yes. but he's a poor stick"
''so?'S
Hasn't had the enterprise to smash a
camera, as yet"
The Washington herald., 1908-05-05
After a Decade ID Peace.

From the Chicago Tribune
Ten years ago to-day United States
cruisers were preying on Spanish COM
meree. To-day both countries are able to
rejoice over the fact that the United
States last year imported si409.00o worth
Of goods from Spain.
The Washington herald., 1908-05-05

Miss Mary r. Miller remarks that "the
men Of Illinois are not as noble not as
grand, and not as appreeiative as the
men OF Wyoming" This would seem 20
put 1t right up 20 some Wyoming gentle
man to help Mary of with that Miss"
without any further loss Of time
The Washington herald., 1908-05-05
After the Beef Trnrt.

From the Chicago Tribune.
Not in many years has the public gen.
orally objected so vigorously to the ex-
travagant values they are called on to
lay for meats
The Washington herald., 1908-05-05

The city council OF Milton, Wash. has
passed an ordinance taxing bachelors IS
a year." says the Montgomery Advertiser
Even at that, however, not many of them
will get married as q matter Of economy.
The Washington herald., 1908-05-05

BY and by our heiresses who marry
titled foreigners viii reach the conclusion
that marriage is anything but a lottery.
At all events, the international variety
seems to be d sure thing.
The Washington herald., 1908-05-05
No Longer Timely.

Prom the Philadelphia Inquirer
The magazine editors have se..led It.
Articles on Hughes are no longer pub
lished.
The Washington herald., 1908-05-05
Etiquette.

think I have the matter right;
You may decide.
claim to point is impolite.
Except with pride
The Washington herald., 1908-05-05
WonId BE Nice.

THAT section Is fun Of abandoned
farms. which kin be had fer the askin'."
What I'm lookin' fer is an abandoned
bank"
The Washington herald., 1908-05-05
A Modern Need

Why are you collecting those ancient
wlttlcisms? Getting up joke book?'
No; I'm compiling a complete post
card writer"
The Washington herald., 1908-05-05

Mr.. Grantland Rice is whistlirg ex-
tremeiy dry" though cheerful music
through tho columns OF the Nashville
Tennessean these days. OF course. how
ever, he is still able 10 find something in
Nashville wherewith to wet his whistle
after working hours.
The Washington herald., 1908-05-05

It appears to be generally conceded
that the Arkansas Democrats will refuse
TO send Senator JEFF Davis as a dele
gate to Denver. This viii cut out one of
tne most amusing features Of the entire
show
The Washington herald., 1908-05-05
Transnnrenf

Fros the Neg York Herald.
A Western professor says that he
cannot understand why woman will
wear peek-a-boo waist. Nothing diff
cult to understand; any one can see
through it.
The Washington herald., 1908-05-05
Relative Might.

From the Phfadelphia Record.
Though the pen is mightier than the
sword, the ballot is mightier than either
The Washington herald., 1908-05-05

Tom Watson has not vet been officially
notified Of his nomination for the Fresi-
deney. Still, he probably comedies f. will
not make any particular difference II the
long run If he never is.
The Washington herald., 1908-05-05

We note the activity Of the Hon J. B.
Yellowly in Mississippi We do not know
the gentleman, neither do we know what
off1ce he owns or aspires to, but he GER
tainly has the most appropriate name for
a politician we ever ran across.
The Washington herald., 1908-05-05
CAPITOL GOSSIP.

Representative George W. Prince, Of
Illinois. has graeed the House of Rep
resentatives since the Fifty-fourth Con-
gress. Before that time he had occupied
The Washington herald., 1908-05-05

Porto Rico Is about to get its first
bonded warehouse" says the Cleveland
Leader This indicates that Porto Rico
is still several laps ahead OF that de-
lightful xperience-to-eome, it's first pro-
hibition campaign.
The Washington herald., 1908-05-05

The New York Times says there is a
barber in that city who refuses TO accept
tips. What's the matter with him? Did
somebody bet him all kinds Of money he
couldn't do Il?
The Washington herald., 1908-05-05
One Reason.

why don't actors play ball. instead
Of Ioafing all sumner
There's various reasons"
Name en-.
We'll, for one. nobody has ever gotten
up contrivance to manipulate the sun
as a spotlight"
The Washington herald., 1908-05-05
Proof.

Andrew Carnegie has become a poet. 4"
''That man is evidently in earnest about
wanting to die poor"
The Washington herald., 1908-05-05

A Chicago woman writes Interestingly
Of the beautiful sunsets In Illinois" We
trust she has no reference 10 a "faYorite
son" set likely TO take place in Chicago
next June
The Washington herald., 1908-05-05
Looking backward.

From the Chicago Record Herald.
He that is continually watching for
trouble in the rear is likely to bump into
danger ehead.
The Washington herald., 1908-05-05

The President seems 10 have convinced
Congress that 1t had another guess COM
ing when it recently guessed it would do
nothing this session.
The Washington herald., 1908-05-05

tramp caught in a millionaire's prl-
vate car swoTe he only wanted 10 steal
a bath. He ought to be discharged Any
man who can crack a real good joke like
that has no business in jail.