The Washington herald., 1908-04-03
AT THE HOTELS.

Lafayette Young. editor and publisher
Of the Des Bloines Capital. Des Moines.
Iowa, is registered at the New Willard.
Mr. Young IS a delegate TO the Repub-
iican national convention and is instruct
ed TO vote for Taft Yes, Of course. Taft
viii be nopinated and elected. but Il win
not be a walkover by any means" he
said
There haven't been enough votes IN
the Democratic party for many years 70
elect their candidate. II was Republican
votes that elected Cleveland both times.
and il was the sentiment for tariff re-
vision in the Republican party that made
many Republicans cast their votes fo-
Cleveland. 1t would not surprise me a.
bit II a large number Of Republican votes
were cast Tor the Democratic candidate
this time. unless the Republican party
inserts a tarin revision plank In It's plat
form.
II am delivering a regular course OF
lectures at our high schools and colleges
on the waste OF our natural resources. f
DID you ever realize how we neglect 10
make use Of the power OF our rivers?
Americans are wasting too much OF every
thing, and President Roosevelt was the
Take. for instance the waste of paste
board boxes. tissue paper. IN which IS
wrapped flowers, and other papers. IN
stead Of saving these things. we burn
them UP and waste them. Instead .of
turning them into paper pulp. We burn
them Up.
''The same applies to our rivers. We
build railroads 10 transport our freights-
We overlook the facilities which our nu-
merous navigable rivers are Offering in
this line. Look at Germany, and her ex-
tensive system OF canals"
Speaking Of the turtles that were re-
Gently found in Jersey, bearing dates OF
fifty and sixty years ago" said Herman
K. Shoemaker. Of philadelphia, at tho
Cochran. last night, recalls an incident
on the farm Of the late Henry I. Deacon.
a well-to-6o and influential resident Of
the land beyond the Delaware
a youngster who was fond OF roaming
over the fine. well-kept farm. found
turtle one day. and it occurred to him to
make it one Of the ancient date.
Nothing short Of the George Washing
ton era would do. So taking out his
penknife, the boy inscribed g. W, I775,'
on the reptiles shell The cutting, OF
course. looked very modern. but this was
easily remedied by rubbing IL in mud and
polishing it on the grass.
This done 10 the satisfaction OF the
boy, he rushed 70 the jOlly-faced farmer,
exclaiming; Look. Mr. Deacon. I Just
found turtle more than a hundred years
old. with George Washingtons initials on
the she'll
Thee has?' said Mr.. Deacon. holding
cut his hand for the turtle.
%. Yes. sir returned the youuzster.
with a straight face.
The good old farmer glanced at the
reptile just one second. and then burst
/ out into a merry laugh.
Willie. thou fool said he. that turtle
isn't half grown %
( Edward a. Files, Of New York. who is
/ interested IN business enterprises in the
] Philippines. Is at the Raleigh. Speaking
/ Of the work OF the United States in the
/ Philippines. Mr.. Files said last night:
/ Complete self-g0vernment cannot be good
! government at present. as the 2 per cent
Of the population sufficiently interested or
! qualified 20 vote are the higher classes,
who have never shown sympathy or desire
10 help the masses and who have in the
past, and stIu are, in many cases. as far
/ as opportunity offers. expressing them"
NJ. Files said that instead Of the Philip
/ pines costing the United States vast sums
/ Of money annually. while the burden oS
/ taxation is much greater than under
/ Spain. the fact IS that the insUlar gov
I eernment IS self-supporting. with the ex-
! ception OF the army and navy and two
thirds OF the cost OF the geodetic and
A 90
/ continued Nr Files. they ought rot be
charged 10 the Philippines account. for.
in order 20 be efficient under present con-
diuons Of worId-pouues. they must be
able 10 act effectively in the Orient
AT the close Of the fiscal year 1905
there was n The Philippine treasury
/ about $4,000 IN gold after all expenses
were met while the surplus this year was
I nearly S0oo00. The total taxes. ir-
sular. provincial. and municipal in 1915.
were about $500 000. or S745000 less than
in 1851 under the Spanish regime. This
( does not include the customs taxes. be
/ cause exports have increased TO SS3. 000o 600
and imports 10 IS, ,000.OO0-each more than
double what they were ten years ago.
Porto Rico is the pet Of the United
States" said Juan Farrell, OF san Juan.
Porto Rico, at the New Willard. last
night. Mr.. Farrell Notwithstanding his
/ NIilssian name. is a native Porto Rican.
and IS here on business. Besides the
/ general allowance or appropriation made
/ al the start, the entire revenue OF the ISL
and is diverted from the United States
/ Treasury into the insular treasury he
I said. 1t aggregates S3.oo00oo annually,
and the entire amount is expended by the
linsular legislature. subject 10 the ap-
I pr0val Of the executive council The new
Y roads. schooIhouses sanitary investiga-
\ tions irrigation projects. public charities.
Il and other measures for the public welfare
are paid out OF the money relinQuished
! by the generous Uncle sam IL IS more
\ than was done for Honolulu, New Mex
/ leo. Alaska. Arizona, or any other pos
session And yet bin was introduced
at the present session Of the legislature.
! making. with all seriousness. an appro-
:. priation for maintaining q representative
\ al the National Capital 20 protect the
/ people OF the island from the slanderous
I articles published in the States and from
4 the Misrepresentation willfully and ma
I Hciously made by speakers Il IS pro-
i posed TO set apart $1,000 for this pur-
\ pose"