The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-07-27

Taft, II elected, alone IN his glory. but
In THE meantime the tie has not been
loosened, and the trip to Oyster Ba;
apparently shows that sSei1 IN so per-
sonnl a matter as the NHcr Of accept
ance Mr.. TAFT is IN effect completely
under the domination OF his political
creator.
Mr.. Roosevelt is Mt once beloved and q
hated with the cordially and Intensity intensity
that always belong to very vigorous
personality, while Mr.. Taft Is ppssively
| liked or disliked. AS many others
have found out before, to wear the
giants robe may be spectacular, but Is
almost certainly suicidal. The Amer
lean people want man that thinks i1''
and acts for himself
Mr. Roosevelt, with nll his defects,
might yet have been reelected had
he not refused tile proffered crown;
but Mr.. Roosevelt by proxy Is very
different matter. Mr.. TAFT may value
Mr.. Roosevelt's advice, but he will have
good reason to fear that advice II IT Is
bought at the price of abdlcation OF
his own views
MIR. THRoCKN16RToN's ROAD PLAN.
Delegate Throckmorton has called
for mass meeting at tho county court.
house on Saturday next TO discuss his
proposed issuance OF 100000 OF bonds.
The question OF good roads is one that
is very close to the hearts of the peo-
pie OF Henrico county, and the meeting
should be attended by all who are In
-terested in this question. The most
difficult problem before this meeting,
and before all the people who are IN
favor OF the bond issue, would be
whether the citizens can be protected
from an increase in taxes in the event
that the present taxes are not enough
to pay the interest on the bonds pro-
vide sinking fund and repair the
roads. Another difficulty would be the
prevention Of extravaganza In spend
ing the large sum of money which
would suddenly become available II the
bond issue is declared for.
The Timcs-D spatch believes that II
the roads can be built under proper SUI
pcrvision and with economy, the tax
PAYERS Of Henrico county would find
in the improved conditions of country
life and the INCREASED value OF their
property ample compensation for the
outlay.
IMMIGRATION. FOLLOws THE PAY
ROLL.
Immigration to this country for the
first six months Of 1905 amounted to
62s,176 persons. In the same period
of 1906 1t amounted to 673,943. In 1907
IT went to 743,95c. In the first six
months of 1905 1t has amounted only
to 1856. Hard times reports from
America, In short, have kept the sur
plus labor of Europe at home this
year.
This seems to be an cffectual answer
to those who have feared that the So
called scum of the old world back
alleys would one day overwhelm us
with a glutted labor-market. The alien
toilers come here in response to the
Invitation of plentiful work. When
work is not plentiful they cease to
come. Not only this; for the records
of the steamship companies show that
those who were already here have gone
back home in unprecedented numbers.
The number OF foreign-born workmen
in the United states is doubtless ac-
tually smaller to-day than it was a
year ago.
The law of supply and demand is
the handiest safety-valve in the world
1t operates in labor as surely as 1t
does in shoes or cotton-print. Five
hundred thousand povcrty-strlcken hui
man beings. newly landed on these
shores. could have added enormously
to the misery OF an idle winter.
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