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The Washington herald., 1909-05-29
CITY Planning and PUBIC Finance.

A feature OF the city planning exhibit
which has its obvious lesson for those
responsible sor public improvements in
Washington is the showing Of the i'm
mense cost OF delaying The acquisition OF
land as sites for parks and buildings.
Practically all Of our cities, in undertak-
ing plans for the relief OF congestion, the
betterment Of housing conditions. and
the Identification OF municipal surround
fngs. are confronted with the tremendous
rise in land values that has accompanied
the growth OF population and industrial
and commercial development An ex-
traordinary Illustration is cited from the
experience OF New York. where Central
Park containing so acres. was acquired
for s503S.s44 many years ago. Within the
past ten years the city has been com
PEELED TO pay s5.SS7.s53 for three small
parks on the lower East Side containing
but ten acres.
Like examples could be cited from the
history OF every large city. Here IN
Washington the Federal government Is
buying in land al substantial prices in
order 10 carry out the rEnfant pan of a
century hack If all the land needed for
the development Of that plan had been
reserved al the outset. Uncle sam would
be millions richer. Even now. with the
certain knowledge that the acquisition Of
a single block viii enhance the value OF
land adjacent. which the owners are as
sured n advance viii be ultimately con
demned. the government is proceeding 10
acquire a single block al a tine under
the absurd assumption that the operation
IS an economical one On The contrary,
II is the most expensive method that
could be chosen, as has been shown by
experience. II would be cheaper 70 ac-
quire at once al the land needed. so as
20 check further advances in the values
Of the property well known 70 be needed
for public uses
Similarly. We are permitting suburban
extensions in every direction without
proper reservations for schools and parks
and other public convenisnces, save such
IS are made through the self-interest OF
public spirit Of those promoting suburban
growth. The rEnfant plan provided
many parks in the city proper. What We
now need is an adaptation or extension
OF that plan 10 the suburban areas now
50 rapidly developing throughout the Dis
tTict We feel sure that the Commission
ers would welcome any grant OF power
which would enable them 70 provide in
advance for all public necessities in the
suburbs, without waiting until the nor
nal advance in land values makes II
difficult 10 ind the money 10 buy sites
To be forehanded in this matter Is econ
ornv II the end
The Washington herald., 1909-05-29
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD.
Not TO BE suppIanted by the Capitol
Hfu Daily Graphic.

Frum the Boston Transcrir--
Illustrated Journalism receives a severe
setback IN the announcement that pic
lures viii hencefo-th be excluded from
the Congressional Record. That enter
prising journal. which appears daily dur
Ing The session OF Congress, 10 contain a
stenographic account of al that IS said
on the fiOor-as It Is afterward trans
formed by the speakers into what they
wish they had said-has Of late been en-
bellished by illustrations. many OF them
designed 20 show the pauQer paid labor
with which American wo-kingrnen would
have 10 compete in case OF a reduction of
the tariff. Appearance n the Record has
been chiefly important as q basis for Sc
curing t1e free transmission IN the mails
OF Congressional UtteranceS. and Of course
this has applied % pictures as well as 70
text But the practice once begun ad-
Uitted OF ID reasonable limit Every
member would Ike 20 have his utterances
Illuminated By illustrations. much as he
would Ike % have them punctuated by
great applause" in brackets. and since
there was no editor Of sufficient author
ity to pass on the ambitions OF a Con
grAssionel sspirant FOR this peculiar type
% distinction. L has been decided 20 elm
mate the pictures altogether
This puts an abrupt end 10 the project
for changing IFS name % the Capitol HIn
Daily Graphic, the National illustrator,
or any other name more appropriate 10
rs new appearance.
The Washington herald., 1909-05-29
ENGLAND AND MR. REID.
Looking to Hin, TO Eject an Anglo
American Alliance.

From the Boston Trzns,-ius.
In parting with Mr. WhItelaW Reid as
American Ambassador at London, the
organs Of public opinion there are say
ing that they find the same feeling as
when Mr.. Baysrd and Mr.. Hay and Mr..
Choate retired; it always seems inpos-
sible. they say. that the new American
Ambassador should equal the retiring
one and yet the miracle is invariably
performed" The American Ambassador
Is expected. from the traditions Of Adams.
Phelps. Lowell and their successors. to
be an accomplished orator, and to fur
nish addresses at all sorts Of cornerstone
layings, unveilings, and banquets, on all
sorts Of literary. social. and political SUBJ
jects. M Reid. as a trained publicist.
and as master OF expression. has met
this demand with generosity, and ful-
filed the duties OF honorary chairman
ships in many diverse philantEropies with
distinction, becoming ;sus, as an Amer
lean Ambassador is expected 10 do by
the English, an intimate and active part
Of the public life Of Ike country" More
over, his manner Of living in London has
been on the scale expected OF the Amer
lean ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS His fellow
citizens are well enough acquainted with
the journalistic ability OF 7he proprietor
OF the New York Tribune and with his
shreTd position in our party politics. and
can easily believe in Mr. Reds faculty for
making himself persona grsta 70 the
English and OF great service 20 his own
country
But there are q special class OF con-
sideratiOns advanced IN London journals
FOR their regard for Ambassador Reid
which DO not equally appeal 70 Amer
leans. which. indeed. viii be heard OF
with something OF surprise Il appears
that the British political classes are
looking 20 him 10 draw the United States
into an Anglo-Anericau alliance. This
expectation IS entertained particularly on
the Conservative and Imperialistic side OF
British politics. Il Is pointed out that
Sir. Reid. as a member OF the commits
sion which made the terms OF peace with
Spain ten years ago. did. perhaps more
than any other American 70 launch his
country on that career OF Imperialism
which has the unqualified sympathy OF
the British people" Then Il IS claimed
thst during Mr. Reid's term az London
every contentious issue between the two
governments has been wiped OF the slate
n short. the expectations entertained IN
England from a strong supporter OF the
British movement against The Boer re
publics have been brilliantly fulfilled He
has succeeded IN getting the specially
amicable relations between Great Britain
and the United States recognized by the
world as fact OF supreme moment
The Washington herald., 1909-05-29

must always be made with an eye TO
common sense and human limitations
Courtship Is an eminently human insti-
tuition, and particularly entitled 10 the
benefit Of such doubts as may arise IN
its favor. It is as much the duty Of those
who have experienced the delights Of
eourtship TO provide against accidents to
those who essay TO tread the primrose
path as It Is the duty Of those a-tread
the same to bother themselves with p-o-
sale and dull details incident 10 the
Journey
We think Judge Murphy was well with
In the Ievel-headed exercise Of his author
ity when he handed down the opinion
herein recorded
The Washington herald., 1909-05-29
CAREEGIE'S LATEST.
UnOstentatiOusIy Gives a Million 10
Found French Hero Fund.

UnOstentatiOusIy Gives a Million 10
Found French Hero Fund.
FroIa the New Yo-k Sun
Accustomed 10 do good by stealth and
blush 10 find it fame. TIE Thane OF
skibo was "chagrined' when the Sc
cret" escaped that he had taken nil
hon out of his change pocket and founded
a French hero fund France. so rich
IN heroisms and glories. now has new
reason 70 be brave and 10 distinguish
herself. II she commends herself to
her new patron he will be glad TO build
a Carnegie Pantheon and Heroon.
The vice rector OF the Sorbonne. turn
ing a petty compliment. praised the
Thane FOR 'practicing the philosophy
OF the expenditure Of riches for the
general good" II Il didn't seem too
much like prying into the bowels OF
q courtly phrase, the Pittsburg peri
patetio's philosophy might be described
more correctly as a system TO get most
OF the money there is and then by Civ
ing away bookless library buildings. 10
make the lateSts posterity bless the donor
every time It pays a tax bill But the
sour face OF political economy had no
right 70 show itself at the gloriicadon
OF the chooser OF heroes and the chas-
tener OF all spelling but his own
The Paris dispatches which record the
tust and purple honors heaped upon this
Nlustrious altruist contaia one assertion
that pains the friends Of the naked and
barren truth: Mr.. Carnegie replied in
English"
The Washington herald., 1909-05-29
TOM WATSoN'S EPITAPH.
Georgian would Take Il from Trib-
ute Of ..The Washington Herald

Georgian Would Take IL from Trib-
ute of 'sThe washington Herald"
From the Je.Tersouian. May 2.
Commenting editor;ally upon the efforts
the Jenersonian has been making to
arouse the common people against the
robber trusts, The washington Herald
says:
Mr.. watson has long ehampioned the
cause OF the masses against the classes
He is close 10 the common people. II any
man is. His following is surely made up
OF consumers. We never heard OF capt
talist who had very kind word for Tom
Watson; but We never heard OF a piow-
hand who had not"
Il is something TO have so lived and
worked as 70 win the tribute OF that last
line One OF these days the frozen hands
viii be folded. as the restless toiler enters
the dark house and the long rest Those
who love and survive me could not easily
fnd words for en- epitaph that would
Please me better than the generous testi-
racnial Of this brother editor.
The capitalist needs no chsmplon-he
Is able to take care Of himself; Il Is Che
man at the plow-handle. the man with
the hoe. the man az the forge. the man
with the pick and shovel. the man in the
mine and quarry, the man feeding the
engine. the man at the throttle. the man
In the mill and the stockyards; the man,
woman, and child that is ''foredone at the
wheel Of labOr"--these are the people Of
the whirlpool who need champions TO
plead their case, TO fight their battles,
and to do # year in and year out without
much help or encouTa cement from the
poor people themselves.
The Washington herald., 1909-05-29
A Prescription for Cuba.

Il is one OF the incidents Of 4 unique
experiment in self-government under a
guardianship. either physically OF morally
present. that all political news from Cuba.
especially Of Cuban origin. needs TO be
savored with salt The impaIpable in
husnces Of conflicting interests are at
work necessarily in the effort 10 induce
or avert 2 renewal Of government by in
tervention-
But making allowance for the equation
Of latent motive. il may be said safely
that the expected is happening again in
Cuba. As heretofore. it is the insular
/ treasury that is plunging into trouble.
Expenditures exceed receipts. both In
ternal and from customs. There IS no
need 10 squander sympathy upon con
tractors. American OF foreign. whose
profits are suspended; but, eliminating
their obvious cause OF complaint. regard
less Of its desert, there cannot be waived
the prospect Of a governmental deficit. an
other appeal by holders OF Cuban bonds
TO the Untei States for protection, an
/ other necessity for Intervention.
It IS not the specter Of tawdry revolu-
ton that now threatens. but the somber
reality OF the excess Of outgo over in
come, with consequent shrinkage Of the
sinking fund. and the possibility Of de-
fault in interest on the public debt It is
not shown as yet that this condition Of
finance is due, as may be conjectured. IN
part. 10 laxity OF corruption IN details Of
administration, although simple honesty
in Official life was the primary lesson
that had to be taught 70 officials accus-
toned 10 Spanish methods Of spoTation.
But It is apparent that the difficulty Is
traceable. IN appreciable measure. TO
downright extravaganza One form Of
wastefUl expenditure IS the silencing OF
partisan opposition 10 the government by
what would be called shameless bribery
IN lands Of Anglo-Saxon institutions. For
/ example. II is announced that one poIiti-
clan. credited with the power OF domestic
trouble-making. has been packed OF to
a town Of the South American republics.
with a commission as special ambassador
and q purse of $4,000 to speed his parting.
It were better that the native guardians
OF the young republic employ eloquence
OF tongue rather than OF money 10 meet
and fulfill their responsibility Talk is
cheaper than corruption; and the Spanish
vocabulary has not grown less But, IN
addition 10 honesty In public affairs, what
our friends and clients in the Gem Of the
Antilles most need TO learn is the divine
doctrine Of work. II is an error 10 say
that talk is cheap. Talk consumes time,
and tine is money in the prosperity OF
nations as OF individuals It we're weIl
for patriotic Cubans 10 abandon pslaver
for the culture and harvesting Of sugar
cane; and 50 shall they find the rewards
Of toll swseter than those OF politics
The Washington herald., 1909-05-29
Cigar Business Of Tampa.

From the Flo-idz Tiuses-Uuio1
Like Jacksonville, Tampa knows 10
season Of bushes stagnatiOn. summer OF
winter. In recent years. It's great line
Of manufactures is the barometer OF
trade in that city. and OF that indicator
the Times is able TO say: Shipments
OF cigars from Tampa for the week
ended May IS were somewhat IN excess
OF 5.000.O0o. and coming az q period which
is usually the beginning OF the summer
dullness. Il is a very reassuring state
Of things. The importations and with
drawals OF leaf continue 10 indicate 8
steady maintenance of the business st
or above its present volume. The bust
ness seems TO be as sOIidly on its feet
as It ever was. and there is reason TO
believe that the output for the current
year VIII reach that Of 1907. IN all OF its
Incidental features the business IS run
ming smoothly and has resumed It's fun
measure Of importance as Tampa's most
valuable branch or industry and bC1i-
ness -
The Washington herald., 1909-05-29
Trlbute 70 Faithfu1 serrant.

From the Florida Tines-Union-
Dr. Henry G SpooneT. OF Stanton. Fla.
sends 20 the Ocala Banner this tribute
TO an old and faithful servant: Aunt
Tina Jamison. beloved wife OF Mack JarnI-
son. OF Stanton. Fla. died early this
morning OF apopIeXy. Tired as her old
feet were. she never failed 70 90 her
duty IN washing q dish or roasting d
joint Of meat she took infinite pains, and
no horse. nor cat. nor dog. left in her
charge. ever suffered for water Aunt
Tina was OF the type OF the Old-fasE-
ioned coIored woman. fast disappearing
from or the face Of the globe, who reared
and tenderly guarded our earliest n
fancy. For four generations she worked
for the writer's family. but never failed
once 10 keep ner word God bless her.
These words do credit 10 Dr. SpOoner,
as they do 70 their subject
The Washington herald., 1909-05-29
Judicial Coguizsnce.

That is a wise and equitable theory Of the
law which permits judges 10 take judicial
cognizance Of certain practical and more
or less definite conditions arisingwithin the
legal limits OF hearings before them. but
which may not. nevertheless, have any
prescribed standing IN either common or
statutory law.
Recently a case came before a Judge
Murphy real Irishman. We suspect
n Rochester IN which the eminentIy sat
isfaetory working Of this idea crops out
most beautifully. a plaintiff appeared at
bar with the plea that a specified defend
ant should pay for a broken rocking
chair. the which came 60 its unhappy
and useless condition because the said
defendants son was occupying it at the
moment It collapsed, his sweetheart-the
said plaintiffs daughter-being in the de-
fendant's sons lap at the moment. Judge
Murphy dismissed the plea for damages
IN the following words.
While it is true that the chair was broken. and
while II Is not disputed that II was broken in TIE
manner aTsEed. nsTerthelsss It would be establish
.ng a daneerous pTeeedeut-sad one lot oontsm-
plated in law-foZ ne to hold the defendant subject
to charge FOR damages I an compelled to take
judicial oogrizancs q TIE fact that broken chair
Is q The risks Incidental 70 al couTtship and
therefore the plea Is refused ard the case dis
missed
We have no idea the soundness Of this
decision VIII be questioned widely. and
We doubt that It may successfully be as
sailed in any circumstances The same
legal rules apply TO damaged furniture
that apply to damaged anything else. We
take II. and the adjustment Of damages
The Washington herald., 1909-05-29
FROM SNAP SHOTS NOT SNAPPED By KERMIT ON THE sPoT
WE HEAR

That San Blyths's booklet. we
Have Wiz Is Tonight" Is q
success.
That ". shaw and G. De Kline
are also OF the little list sent b
The Jedge."
That DE-. Macdonald has rstu-nsd
from the Maine Coast fully -
stored 20 health
That Congressman Burks ard
Lewis Emory want q tariS o. OIL
We wonder whyl
That senator-elect Lorizs. q
Illinois, says time az length sets
al thugs ever"
That Judge A. W WiShzrd. q
Indianapolis, Is IL oUr midst i5 ths
interest of irrigation.
That Jesse Carmichael does not
app. e Of Judge WishaTd's Sys-
ten q irrigation.
That Frederick L Vogt IS glad
70 pay cut mtailfed money. More
blessed 20 give than receive
That Edwin Csmpbei's arrival n
she District anteda,es. By several
years. that Of his old pal. Henry
Willard.
That Granville B. Hunt. q the
P. o. D.. claims 70 be one q the
Erst 6fty thousand subscribers 20
TIE Big Stick.
That Commander James p. Nor
ton. e s y. now II our midst.
tolls thrilling stories of hts ex-
periences Il the Orient.
That Col. George Washington
Bod. of Phiisdelphiz. Is putting
il all over Dave barry On the
Chevy Chase links on Saturdays.
That John Co-Win is much IN
favor Of advancing the day hy two
hours. II viii enable him TO have
bis breakfast before the luncheon
hour.
That the statement that Her
Schradsr ard 'JcdSe" BarkSizil
vi7uld sing az the NsthnN
SaengcrfsSt Is inaccurate. The
truth is that Herr schrader VII
chant a recifatiTe ode composed By
himself in honor Of the Kaiser.
The Washington herald., 1909-05-29
LET YOUR PAPER FOLLOW YOU.

The WaskizEon Herald VIII be
mailed UR0B- request 10 subscribers
leaving the Cityt6Uring the summer
months SCh8nge OF address viii be
made assSrequently as desired: no
tees OF such change should give
both the old and new address.
Notify your carrier or uewsdealer
or telephone direct to The Wash
ington Herald. "a 18th ST NV. The
subscription rate IS the same out
ef town as II the city.
The Washington herald., 1909-05-29
ALITTLE NONSENSE.
IA LAnY ExPLoRER.

Wife went on an exploring trip
Through hUbby's vest
II seems she found a poker chip.
You know the rest
A lecture followed: take my tip.
One OF her best
Explorers all explore, you know:
AS well they may.
Secure their data. which they stow
In neat array.
And then a-lectUring they 80.
IL is their way.
The Washington herald., 1909-05-29

An enterprising and thoughtful New
Yorker proposes g heroic statue 10 the
North American Indian as q companion
piece 20 the Statue OF Liberty IN the
haTbor. The noble white man having re-
duced his red brother 10 nothing more
than q memory and a song. this would
seem 10 be eminentIy IN order. Some
day, perhaps, the STANDARD OIL Company
VIII erect q beautiful monument 20 the
ancient independent dealer.
The Washington herald., 1909-05-29
~. ~ THE BIG STICK g g
voLu WASHINGTON
EVERY SATURDAY.
Oar aiotta. IF yos see il in The BID
Stiek, il isn ? necessarily So
ROOSEVELT AERoCRAMs.


Al Rest Temporarily. British
East Africz, May 2. Wire frcn
Tokyo. Japsn.-Fzirbanks has A.
rived.-Some distance away. but the
cold wave has BEN distinctly Per
ccptible throughout the jungies.
Sock K 20 them. Loeb; soak them
hard; BIZ, bang. bully That sugar
tr.s. is a sweet bunch. anyhow
Just learned that Hopkins was
defeated for reelection 70 the Sen-
ate. Too bad: and after az that /
have done for hin
I an learning the SoDaH lsng1ags
very rapidly. Can spesk ruentiy
such words as nslefsctO-, pluto
cat hsr. bully. and frszzle
According 70 Dispatches ny cd
friend Dr.. Wiley VII soon Be in
London I VII get n eommunica-
tion with hin at ones. We need
pure food laws Over beTe-
1 see by the newspapers that BsT-
eridzc IS causing trouble for the
leaders Nov. there's a likely young
ster-one after ny own heart l
would Ike 70 get IN that mix-up II
the Senate
special-It has been accidentally
discovered that one-haIf Of the PACK
carriers n ny 9srty are women
Nov krCT how the sensational
stories have reached Dr. Long and
the rest a the outside world
Midnight huTy czn-Induce J.
Pierpont Morgan. Andy Camels
O. any other old sport TO buy the
American rights in ". 7. Steals
spirit telegraph IN have imne-
disre Use fer i when ] return 10
cUmm1mcate with the Spirit a
DenOGscy.
During ny weeks rsst ! viii at
tend several bar1uets In my honor.
be present 81 4 number q TeceD-
tons. write fftT-tEO articles tor
Outlcck-ore for each week il the
yesr-TEits also twelve magazine
stories for Sclbner's. dictate few
letters, shcw the taxi6ermists how
to stuff the skins. and send ny
usual junk % The Big Stick.
Wires down. down. doEn--yYETTfl
words I. r
The Washington herald., 1909-05-29
THE TRAVELLER.

Tie greatest Traveller On esrih.
Our hsr5ingeT Of Soy and uirth.
In eTery town he has a berth,
Has Bedloe Bey.
u London ard IN Pans gay
The neTry mocker holds his sway
With gushing WIT and romdelay.
Hail. Bedloe Bey.
He sizzles under azure skies
And fans the Sphinx; With twink
ling eyes
He spins a yam Of wondrous size.
Cute Be6ioe Bey.
Then fits from Egypt to japan
To seek rsfreshme1t az Tan-Sa1-
He beats the famous 'slso rsn.
Does Bedloe Bey.
He cones today. to-day hs's gone
he greets you and he starts anon
On some worid-circling Marathon-
Bedioe BTe-bye.
ID. :. KAUFMAN.
Read TIE BinrviIfe Ruzle .o-uo-oz
The Washington herald., 1909-05-29
Insuring a Fair Trial.

From the TCenton Evening Tines
Judge Joline. Of Camden County, has
reconsidered his decision not 10 allow
q struck jury to try the indictments
against the eleven officers and directors
Of the wrecked state Mutual Building
and Loan Association. The trial viii
take place during the second week in
June. II convicted, the defendants can
find no reason TO complain over the COM
position OF the jury
The Washington herald., 1909-05-29
The Retort Courteous.

From tie Ho'lston Foss-
Our execrable contemporary. the Charles
ton News and Courier. says the move
ment for the conservation Of forests is
designed to prevent States becoming ike
Texas And yet Texas has a forest area
one and a half times the area Of the
State Of South Carolina. South Carolina,
Il dropped down in East Texas. might
always be Up a tree.
The Washington herald., 1909-05-29

Historian FeTrero certainly writes glow
ingly OF Mr.. Carnegie's generous and low
able nature We trust Mr. Ferrero under
stands. however. that we DO not give
people hero medals in this country for
doing that
The Washington herald., 1909-05-29

The Dayton Ohio News remained
peaceful and placid enough while that
silver service was being presented to the
Mississippi but II refuses 10 stand hitched
any longer. now that the Augusta Herald
charges the State OF Ohio with harboring
10000 poets within its borders.
The Washington herald., 1909-05-29

II there remained one lingering regret
in the law-abiding breast OF Georgia that
Little Joe" Brown IS about TO succeed
Hoke Smith the Little in the governor
chair. surely Il ought 20 have been dis
PEELED BY now.
The Washington herald., 1909-05-29

Representative Morris Sheppard. Of
Grand Old Texas. recently recited a poem
in the House in which occurred q line
about Democracy throwing a mighty
mantle" he ought 10 so over 10 the
Senate some time and see it throwing a
mighty 1T.
The Washington herald., 1909-05-29
Suspicious.

From the Atlanta Constitution
Georgia editor says: We return
thanks to our leading town poet for a
loaf Of homemade bread We confess,
however. that we are suspicious Of Il
for va declined two Of his poems last
year. and who knows but that this gift
may be seasoned with Rough on Rats -