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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-05-14
pE1rER pUs1NEss oUrLoo1x.

AS OF April goth, 413.33s freight cars
were standing in the yards or on the
sidings of the American railroads, and
yet OH October Goth, only six months
ago. there was net shortage Of S6,S1l
cars. So much has business fallen off
since the October panic On the other
hand. reviving confidence Is being
demonstrated by tho steady advance
in stock market values. How far this
advance is due to manipulation from
the large interests which lave bonds
to sell is not determinable, but Just as
the tumbling values in speculative Sc
curities foretold slackening OF bus
mess when trade was still driving
at high pressure the reviving interest
in railroad and other securities augurs
a resumption OF the normal trade OF
the country.
The simple fact is that the people
throughout the country generally arc
confident that the fundamental basis OF
our prosperity is sound. and that the
panic of 1907 will have nothing like
the duration or the disastrous conse-
quences that followed the panics OF 1873
and 1898. This opinion is entirely cor
rect, for as Congressman Theodore
Burton recently pointed out, the United
States of America has doubled its
wealth in the last twenty years. We
have gained access to foreign markets
that were closed before We have put
away the menace OF national repudia-
ton, and have developed the spirit OF
cooperation and unity for the good OF
all that was not present In either of
the two periods just mentioned. Fur
thermore, this country has beenI
through very needful and very salu-
tary onse-cleaning. Though many
were smitten with the
scoursings meant for the rich unde-
enough blows fell on the
shoulders of the latter class to make
1T reasonably certain that, for Some
time at least, honesty as the best
policy VIII be held in more esteem
than of late. In addition we have
every reason to expect bumper crops
and presidential campaign which |
will not be as unsettling on general
business as either those of 'SS, go, '9s
or 1900.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-05-14
MIR. BAZZLE'S DISCOVERY.
Richmond Man Who Has Dlazcd the
Why to New Anttfat rrcatment.

The new antifat treatment reported
from Richmond, Is simple and very
much to the point. Andrew Bazzle,
weighing 400 pounds and very fat, con-
ceived the bright idea of going to a
surgeon Cor reduction. The latter. so
the story goes, readily fell in with
the plan. and last week cut away 100
pounds of Mr. Bazzle's superfous adj
pose tissue. The patient Is said to
be doing nicely in spite Of his some
what radical abbreyiation. The Baz-
ommend it. No poisoning Of the sys-
TEN with powerful drugs is necessary
the victim may eat all the rich food
he Graves. and the resulting layers
and folds of fat can be excised when
ever his weight8 reaches a predeter-
mined figure
The combination OF third degree"
methods with those of the Spanish In
QUESTION, to which fat cravers after lis
someness have heretofore been sub
jected-steam bats. twenty-mile walks
on a hot day wrapped in sweaters,
three or four ounces Of unnutritious
food during each twenty-four hours,
etc.-will now doubtless be discarded
in favor Of tho surgeon. A local ply
stefan is reported to have said that
probably what really happened to Baz-
zle was the removal Of form Of tu-
sists largely OF fat, and which some
times grows to enormous size. He
further declared that no surgeon would
ever consent to remove fat simply
for the purpose of reducing weight
1t may be. however. that he is simply
Jealous of Mr.. Bazzle's brilliant dis
| covery.--NeW York Globe.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-05-14

tho limbo OF forgotten things. This
feature Is the political Jealousy OF tho
British and German residents of Hon
olulu who have not yet recovered
from their chagrin because OF Ameri-
can annexation. Many OF them have
some OF them never will. The British
in Honolulu is quick to tell the Wis
itor that 1t would have been far bet
ter for Honolulu IL the Stars and
Stripes had never been unfurled over
the island. At first he suggests that
the independence OF the monarchy was
ideal. but II that could not be main
tanned he Is quite sure that It would
have been better TO add Hawaii to
the domain OF Britannia.
The German is pessiniistic and dis
gruntled. and he is still hopping mad
him import Chinese lahorers under cor
tract Until few years ago tho
Church of England had strong fol-
lowing here which aimed always 10
secure British political supremacy
The work of this church has been
taken over by the American Protestant
Episcopal Church. and many of the
old wounds caused by tho battles be-
tween the British and the missionary
parties have been healed. But this is 4
mon to see the children of British roy
alists take violent issue with their
parents on the subject of American
ism and politics OF to-day
Cosmopolitan it Is, metropolitan IT
must be, Honolulu is still American.
The American element is. dominant In
practically every walk OF life. The
street railway system. the sewerage.
the clean streets, the schools, the polt-
tics. nearly all that Is good and much
that is bad is distinctively American.
| If all of the territory were as much
under American dominion and infln-
ence as is Honolulu. there would be
no strife In tho issue of the American
Izntion of the islands. The careful
property owner who displayed his
warning in 80 many languages, begin
/ ming with good English and ending.
with American slang. paid his tribute
| to cosmopolitan. polyglot Honolulu.
but he acknowledged that the Ameri-
car was the beginning and the ending
! OF 1t all.
Copyright, 1908. by Frederic J.
Haskin.)
o-morrow-Hawaii Wants Home
seekers.
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The jerome Scandal.

District Attorney William Travers
Jerome, who Is under investigation in
New York on charges made to the
Governor. has been the star witness
of the prosecution. His damaging adj
missions and brazen declarations show
him to be so erratic, unreliable, indis-
Greet and biased that he is obviously
untitled for any place of public re-
sponsibility.
But will Governor Hughes remove
him? VIII the fact that Jerome has
pesistently shown his friendliness to
every oppressive public service corpor-
alton in New York Influence the Gov
ernor for or against him?
The Governor will hardly remove
Jerome. That is safe prediction. The
two men are too much Of the same
stripe. They are loud In their protes-
tations OF civic virtue and weak In
practlcing it--except where there is
"a chance to play to the gallery or got
even with political enemies; Hypocrisy
Is their keynote to popularlty.-Buffalo
Courier.
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MISLEADING STATEMENT.
Race Mixture Not Increasing In the


South.
Or. j. w. Slaughter, secretary OF tho
sociological Society OF London. has ex-
planned 20 tho correspondent of tho
New York Times that while he is not
inclined to believe that intermarriagc
between the two races Is possible to
any considerable extent in the United
States. biological assimilation is go-
Ing on in America all the time. The
in fact, continues on
an ever-increaslng scale, and in the
course of few decades the really
inil- blooded black will be tho excep-
DR.. Slaughter Is said to have been
Drought up on an vid-fashioned plan
tation in the Southern part OF the
United states. We do not know whore
ne came from. but the name Is not an
uncommon one in tho state OF Ken
lucky. The United States census for
1900 shows that the white population
OF the United States was SIS per cent.
OF the total. The colored population.
including the Chinese. Jnpanese and
al persons na.:. Of mixed negro blood. 1872
per cent. and the negro l1.6 per cent,
OF the total population. Zen years
ago, says the census, "the negro ele-
ment represented a slightly larger pro.
portion Of the population. of l1.9 per
GENT. It would appear from this OF.
ilclal statement that DR.. Slaughter has
not inaccurately described the sItua.
ton In this country.-Charlesto News
and Courier. ''e''
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-05-14
Willie Shaving.

Tho Bishop OF London says that he
composes his sermons and addresses
while he is dressing, and that his brain
ner while he Is shaving. He also says
that he does not know how he co"hl
find time otherwise to prepare his eer.
mons.
Here at last is an answer to South
eys attack OH shavers for wasting
time, Southey calculated mathematician
~ that the average shaver, beginning
to operate every day when he is TWEEN
ty years 4old. and shaving for fifty
ficcnt time for acquiring Il competent
knowledge Of seven languages. This
was modest calculation, for Southey
gave only nine minutes daily to the
s ,l,aM, II the shaver Should spend I,
he would waste 304 hours ten min
utes In fifty Sears--time enough for
an eighth NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Faegalde
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-05-14
THURSDAY. MAY IA. 1908.
THE MAYORS ELECTION VETO.

In his message OF Tuesday Mayor
Mccarthy again shows his fidelity to
the interests OF the people by his nc-
tion on the city electric plant ordi
nance. In order to get a clear UNDER
standing of the Mayors position, 1t
should be remembered that Richmond
can only issue bonds to be used for
general Improvement up to is per cent.
of the assessed value Of the real estate
in the city. Already we are within
si,400,000 OF our legal limit, and there
are many needs not yet provided for
Under these conditions it is in every
sense advisable to maintain the maxi
mum bonding capacity unimpaired ex-
cept for such purposes as cannot be
paid for by special issues. Under the
laws of Virginia the city of Richmond
has the right to issue special bonds
for gas. water, and presumably for
electric lights. II would seem. there
fore. that the Council would be per
fectly justified in issuing such bonds
as are necessary for building an cleo
by leave the rest OF the bonding ca
pacity as a resource upon which to
draw for the streets. sewers, pavements
and essential improvements, either
within the annexed territory or the
old city limits.
Apar. from these considerations, II
the City Council issues bonds to be
used for plant to produce electricity
for city purposes alone, then II 1t
should appear at any time expedlent
to go into the general business of pro-
ducing electric power. the City Coun-
Gil would find it's hands tied.
1t seems to The Times-Dispatch that
In such situation 1t would be per-
fectly possible to order new cleo
ton. to issue new bonds to take UP the
old bonds. and to enlarge the plant if
necessary; and We have no doubt that
II Ii did prove advisable, the people
would without hesitation proceed to
act along these lines. AS, however,
there is a very widely expressed de-
sire for municipal light plant, and as
no oppoSlllON has beeii aSNeIoPSu w
this plan, except from interested
sources, 1t certainly would have been
sufficient for the Council to refrain
from commercial competition, without
assuming any obligation to continue
that attitude.
AS to the danger that the Passenger
and Power Company. or any other or
Eanization, will have the hardihood to
use money in the general election to
Illustrate the will Of the people. we
entertain no fears. That the public
desires an electric light plant is tho
roughly established, and nothing but
unexpected laziness and discred-
table lassitude could keep the people
from recording their will effectively.
The fears that the Mayor entertains
will, therefore, in the long run prove
grousdtess;. but If his advice is fol-
lowed.-~the City could save itself the
risk of having to go through two or
three tedious elections, and could keep
Its present borrowing capacity tunin-
paired by the issue of electric light
bonds.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-05-14
Personal AND GENERAL.

The total shipment OF gunny bags and
yards of Hessian cloth last year from CAL
cutta was 359,146,150 and s2s,9o1 200. re-
spectively.
Much Of the tobacco grown in Eastern
Bengal Is marketed In Calcutta. whence 1t
Is shipped to Burma. where It Is manufac-
tured into cheroots.
The exports of lac from Calcutta durin g
ued at s733.330, which Is an Increase OF
nearly one-thrd in quantity over the pre-
vious year.
The central provinces OF India have taken
tho preliminary steps toward the establish
ment of a tussar silk nursery and manu-
factory. 1t Will begin operations In the
spring of this year
Vice President Fairbanks will go to Quebec
on July % to represent the United States
government at the exercises commemorative
the three hnndredth anniversary of the
Harding of Champlan
Sir Robert Hart. who for many years was
DIRECTOR general OF the Chinese martins
customs. has arrived at Singaport from
Shanghai, homeward bound on board the
German steamer Yorck.
| I: has now been decided that the Prince
OF Wales and his encourage Will not re-
| main on board ship In the ST. Lawrence
during their visit to Quebec but will stay
al the citadel. the residence Of the COVER
nor general. where Earl Grey and his stan
| VIII also reside.
Senator Flint. of California. might. with
! ous great exaGgeration. be called the dude
| o. the Senate. He is easily the best-dress-
ed Senator, not because his clothes are any
| finer In quality than those of some of his
colleagues but because they nj him better
ana are more correctly cut TO the mode.
Mrs, Carrie Kneisel. OF Camden. n. j.
backed both of Harvey Spencer's eyes
scratched his face. cut his upper lip. gashet
| his forehead. tore out a section OF hi:
robbing her OF II cents
The proprietor of a large New York de
partment store says that he contemplate'
l all HtEtNe al
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-05-14
GREAT cnops.
No Real Distress Possible when Cron.
Are Good.

Are Good.
At this season the experts who esti.
mate the prospects OF good times and
pad times receive with eager interest
the reports from those sections OF tile
country where the great crops are
raised. Already these reports are of
the most hopeful nature and they
constitute CO one of the surest promises
IN Kansas the wheat conditions nev.
er nave been better at this time of the
season. and Missouri sends out en,aliv
Driiilant reports. The insects which
, lia serious damage have not ap.
Peared this year. and the rains have
neen abundant. Nebraska's wheat crop
IS IN excellent condition.: Minnesota. tho
Dakotas and Iowa have similar news.
and reports from Oklahoma and Texas
are are optimistic. In the Southwest and
favorable s'''''''
= Genuinely bad times always have
neen accompanied or preceded by un-
satisfactory conditions in the great
regions that furnish tho worlds SUP.
ply OF food, and when the harvests are
tn,o u,i the soundest basis of good
LINES LINES ALREADY is assurcd.-Boston
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-05-14
Publicity Bill.

The publicity Of campaign funds VIII
be a long step in the direction of pros
tecting the ballot box. The rank and
file OF Republication and Democracy
alike believe in this measure. The
country Is for it. Why should there
be any debate? Let the pending bill
be passed without roll call. without
division, and let lis go into the APP
preaching fight with the knowledge
that it will be waged cleanly.
We echo again the words Of MI.
Williams, "Let the dead past 60 What
do you say for tho future ?'--Louisville
Herald (Republican)
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-05-14
Robbinr Ninety Millions,

The further the Investigation of The
Paper Trust robberies Is gone into the
worse the case OF the public versus
the Republican party is for tho de-
PENDANT, 1t is not to he eXpectel that
the net result of the Cannon Resolution.
result result IN fl the form Of a retluction IN the the
price Of print paper, will be n vctury
for the publishers over the trust, hut
as tale pointing moral tho i4su-
mony adduced should he OF value TO
who are being fleeced to enrich the
teW.-FL -Courieg-J ouraal,. &, h.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-05-14
ROOSEVELT, CAESAR, JACKSON.
How Van Buren, Inherited the Prcsl-
dency Once, but Not Twice.

now van Euren inherited the Prcsi-
dency Once, But Not Twice.
The Richmond Times Dispatch, in
commenting on the claim that the
Taft fight is won. says:
This means that, SO far as the par.
cessor, but established him. Further
this exercise and demonstration of
personal power has been greeted. not
with indignation but with general APP
Now, why not have said: A Jackson
could wish no more? For 1t is Jack
son. and not Caesar, who Is suggested
Mr.. Roosevelt is not the first Presi-
dent to pick a man and boom him for
the succession. General Jackson was
before him. and, moreover. elected his
choice en- Mr. Van Buren, was distinctly
address paid his benefactor the fol-
lowing handsome. compliment:
I'm receiving from the people the
lustrious predecessor. and which he has
discharged SO faithfully and so well,
! know that l cannot expect to per-
form the arduous task with equal abil-
OF his exclusive and unsurpassed de-
votion to his country's welfare, agree
ing with him in sentiments which his
and permitted to partake largely OF
his confidence, I may hope that some
what OF the same cheering approba-
ton will be found to attend upon my
path"
Now. as the phrase of this day Is.
that was going some. General Jack
son was present and heard the eulogy
spoken, and 1t was greeted not with
plause" 1t was the simple truth, spo-
ken in gratitude. When the time came,
Mr.. Van Buren,, still high in General
Jacksons favor, was renominated.
though even that favor could not
the second time elect him-Washing-
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-05-14
HIVE You a Tnlentt

Have you talent? Cultivate lt!
And keep on cultivating 1T! Never give
UP. Never admit yourself failure
Leave that to your friends. Keep or
trying, keep on hopins, keep. on work.
for work" Every man has gcn.ps
II he has that characteristic which
keeps him at work Are you a genius
or merely q loafer?-The Glenwpod
Boy.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-05-14

the factors working for national de-
velopment and unity.
Political and social currents do not
constantly run one way. They cross and
reverse their flow and the paper OF
"Calchas" is reminder that the present
tide OF democracy and socialism may
some day have It's ebb.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-05-14

Says the Louisville Courier-J ournal:
'The only candid Republican leader is
Nelson w. Aldrich, who. not being a
candidate, says that If the Dingley
schedules are revised they Will be in
creased Some clever hack will get
q good article yet on the relations be-
tween being candid and being a can
dilate
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-05-14

For jl.unty gaiety at the side of the
deathbeG. we herewith nominate the
esteemeo News Leaders headline over
prize-fight story-"Knocked out Pugi-
list May Make a Die of It"--as clearly
entitled TO the money.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-05-14
STATE PRESS
Common M ylrrinln.

make. muci, ado over the discovery that
the office. OF supervisor in a Michigan town
fury, That may be remarkable office
n n;,tns record for Michigan. but in vir-
Woud ss son Is ns asa s 1917
OF Wight county tho Office OF clerk OF tho
court cow -, remained In tho Young family for a
- son. generation after generation. the last
member OF the family to hold It dying only
some three or four years ago In Princess
clerk OF the courts for fully nifty years. This
was John J. Burroughs. whom neither death
nor the votes OF HIS fellow countrymen re-
moved from office, but the military govern,
rcnt established in Virginia after tie war1
Most probably there have been numcrous
other instances In Virginia OF an office be-.
Ing held by one man or remaining In one
,amily for period longer than that cited
by the Free Press although we are unable
TO recall any at this writing Michigan Is
young yet. and It is unbecomlng in youth
to boast-Norfolk Virgnlan Pilot.
Good Plan MS Any.
Not only do most of tho arguments
AGAINST the primary system apply with equal
, n,,s, 70 the convention plan. but they also
t srp,y e any election. II the primary Is
IL wrong. II 1t costs money to secure q
n n. n,,n II costs money to secure an
election II voting at d primary takes time,
ular Will is better expressed BY tho prlrnnr.
Plan OF selecting candidates and the Roam
oke convention Will 20 slow before abolish.
ing it.--Lynchburg Advance.
Appreciates Daniel.
John W. Daniel is not an experiment with
the people of Virginia. In one way or an
otner he has served tnem all his life in the
Held or IN the council chamber. They have
trusted him with high and important duties
ana In no instance has he ever failed them.
II may be depended on that tho people OF
Virginia Will not humiliate him nor repudi-
ats him now merely TO crafty the ambition
o. the cnmity OF faction Incorporating as
thr friends OF Mr.. Misunderstanding Index
Appeal.
Fools and Their Money.
The matrimonial agency Is bunco game
50 old as to almost entItle it to place as an
American institution. and while there can be
no doubt that such concerns should be
broken up. It Is almost impossible to have
any sympathy for the annual crop OF fools
who drop their money into them.--Ncwport
News Press.
Unusual View.
The primary plan Will continue to stayi
lcnG after the Roanoke convention. and this
despite the fact that few care whether It
secs or Observation-Disclosures Free Lance.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-05-14

In launching the glorious phrase,
''The twice defeated, but unbeaten
Eryan," Governor Patterson Of Ten
Messee appears to be making q sly bid
for the Hibernian vote.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-05-14

However, the vital point about that
subernatorial conference in Washing
ton is az to what the Governor of North
Carolina will say to the Governor OF
South Carolina.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-05-14

The first OF the June magazines to
reach the news-stands has popular
article on The Marvels of Modern Den
tistry" Nothing seems to be left for
tic July scrbblers except chiropody.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-05-14

Times change swiftly. Who would
have thought ten days ago nobody
would have thought that there was a
front-page story in the finding of al
Indiana widderwoman's gold teeth?
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-05-14
Voice Of the People
a Double sun.

Editor OF The Times ID ispatch:
!. STA few minutes after the How
itzers had fired q parting salute to the
Mower boat on It's way to the Capes,. n
surprising spectacle appeared In the
western heavens. to which directed
the curiosity Of persons who were re-
t.M!irning from the show at Libby's Hill.
rms was double.sun. disjolned
one from the other by narrow strip
dliilctilt for one to say which Of tho
twins was the real, and which the
counterfeit globe.
had often heard OF such phenome-
non, but never IN a long lifetime had
l the pleasure OF seeing 1t TIL now.
OBSERVER.
$500 East franklin street, May 10th.