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The Washington herald., 1909-07-23
The Passing Of Reciprocitr.

When the new tariff bill comes into
force. there viii disappear from national
poiity all trace Of reciprocity save the
single treaty with Cuba. In place OF
reciprocity viii enter commercial retalla-
tion. and We shall have placed ourselves
on the same plane Of high protectionism
as Germany and France We shall have
a high minimum tariff and a still higher
maximum or general tariff. The era OF
concessions In tariff rates viii be over.
for there are no reductions Of duties in
cur retaliatory programme, only an alb
stentlon from raising them still higher,
provided there is no undue discrinlna-
ton against US in foreign tariffs. In
this scheme OF retaliation the protective
policy reaches its high-water mark. for
retaliation means the possibility Of APP
plicatiOn, IN a given instance. OF prohibi-
tory rates OF duty, and the practical ex-
termination Of commerce. Whatever
may be the ultimate fate OF particular
rates OF duty. whether the final form Of
the tariff bill contain more or fewer de-
creases. stnl the protectionist forces will
be entitled to say that they have won
decisive triumph in the adoption OF the
policy Of retaliation. They have done
pretty nearly what Speaker Cannon said
Al the beginning would suit the srandpat-
ters-they have made the Dingley rates.
as to important schedules, the minimum
tariff, and have enacted that the maxi
mum tariff shall be Is per cent ad va
loren additional TO the minimum rates.
Ultra protectionists fought the reel
procity policy from the beginning, and
have finally put It to sleep. Reciprocity.
said its advocates, should be the hand
maiden Of protection" but protectionists
felt 1t a dangerous female. for its pur-
pose was TO break down some OF the bar
riers erected by the tariff to hamper for.
eign trade and to secure by doing so
some mitigation Of the rlgors OF foreign
tariffs. 1t was an entering wedge. like
free raw materials, that might rend the
protective policy asunder
for quarter or century the Republic |
can party has fddle-faddled with reci-
procity, employing the idea 20 placate
low tariff sentiment and to delude the
voters generally. but when It came to
putting the policy into practice. little or
nothing was done of real OF permanent /
value. Every reciprocity treaty contain |
ing any important concession has been |
laid on the shelf by the same element in !
the Senate which is now trying to revise
the tariff upward. The sole survivor OF |
the reciprocity era, the Cuban treaty, /
was forced through the Senate by Presl-
dent Roosevelt, and to his Initiative also |
is due the German and other farin agree
ments which VIII be terminated as soon
The Washington herald., 1909-07-23
NATIONS ORGANIC LAW.
with the Constitution
Held to BE Full OF Peril.

Tampertng with the Constitution
Held to BE Full OF Peril.
Frum Il AnlWuukee Sentinel.
Gladstone once said that the COnstitu-
ton OF the United States was the most
wonderful instrument ever struck of at a
given time by the brain and purpose Of
man"
1t has stood the wear and tear. the
stress and storms OF more than a hun
dred years. II has weathered every gale
and triumphantly met every crisis Of our
national life.
The Federal Constitution is the funda-
mental law Of the land. Every amend
ment to the original instrument has been
adopted because Of the development OF
the country in its earlier career, or OF
some great crisis like that Of the civil
war II is now forty years since the last
constitutional amendment was adopted
We do not belong 20 that class OF cfti-
zens who believe that what has been
shall be throughout all generations world
without end" but Il must be a grave
cause that VIII justify a change in the
fundamental law Of the land.
No such cause exists to-day No serious
national crisis demands any change IN
our fundamental law. To tinker or tam
per with our Federal Constitution IS dan
gerOus business The American people
VIII think long AID sohsrly before they
approve any scheme - change the ma
tons organic law. II once the bars are
let down, and Constitution tinkering r.
Endorsed, path full Of peril for the re-
public viii be made dangerously easy OF
access
The Washington herald., 1909-07-23
JUNGLE JOEY AN Unsuccessful
Speakers Attitude Raises the Hopes
OF a Chicago Paper.


From the Chicago Record Huaid.
Uncle Joseph Cannon is almost per-
9uaded 20 become an insurgent His re-
marks on the funny ignorance that pre-
walls in the country with reference to the
tariff, on the wickedness OF special inter-
ests IN exploiting such ignorance, on the
sad effect OF higher protection talk on
the ultimate consumer certainly have an
"lnsurgent" sound.
But why Is the Speaker surprised at
such things? Why does the ignorance in
question seem funny TO him after his long
experience in public life and in stand
patism? Why has It not occurred TO him
that the Ignorance Of the average legisla-
tor as to the tariff is much funnier and
much more dangerous2 Indeed. Il Is the
hopeless ignorance Of the tariff-makers
that Is largely responsible for the igno-
rance Of the man in the street and his
disposition 70 believe what wicked and
greedy interests tell him by way OF
justifying increased prices. II tariffs were
based on facts: II we had the machinery
for obtaining accurate information and
the good faith TO apply It; If Congress
were not afraid Of too much knowledge
and strongly disposed 70 prefer guess
work. darkness, and confusion: If. in
snort everybody understood that rates
were fixed with firmness and intelligence
on the basis OF ascertained differences IN
the cost Of production, the opportunity 20
boost prices regardless Of reason or pro-
priety would be reduced TO a minimum.
It is the business Of a statesman 10
take fun account OF human nature OF the
parts played by rumOr. credulity, fear,
avarice. selishness. in legislating for
great masses of people and conflicting
interests. The standpatters who are sur
prised at the ignorance OF the consumers
had better ask themselves what they
themselves know about the tariff. and
whether they are not more gullible than
the men and women who are bunkoed
BY combines overprotected by skyscraper
duties.
It is to be hoped that the Speaker VIII
carry his insurgence up to the point of
insisting on a tariff commission and pro
lection vigorously founded on facts. Bet
ter late than never, as Senator CullOm
appears TO have realized. for his present
position on the revision question. due no
doubt 10 popular agitation and public
sentiment. IS a vast Improvement on that
which he maintained during the passage
NJ the bill IN the Senate. and. Indeed, IS
refreshingly liberal and enlightened.
The Washington herald., 1909-07-23
A Woman in Congress.

The announcement that the women Of
Colorado will try 10 elect one OF them
selves TO Congress need not disturb at
once the anticipauons OF the House Of
Representatives. The purpose IS to make
the EFFORT two years hence. The name OF
the prospective candidate is Mrs. Sarah
Plat Decker. Her candidacy Is preceded
with the modest announcement that sue
cess Is uncertain. but that she will do
her best. The advent OF a woman men,
Der upon the floor Of the House would be
an innovation whose wonder would prob
ably pass quickly. She might be ex-
pected to adapt herself TO conditions,
rather than 10 change them. The normal
behavior Of the Representatives would
need no change. since women are always
spectators. II not participants.
The wonder may be expected to pass
long within the traditional nine days. But
the accomplished fact may find its reflex
among the British suffragettes, who
struggle to set within hailing distance Of
Parliament
The Washington herald., 1909-07-23
Alcohol md Cont.

From the London Telegraph.
OF all the articles Of diet those most
likely to bring on govt are alcoholic
drinks OF all kinds, although there are a
few that are really comparatively harm
less in this respect. such as whisky and
light Rhine wines. 1t may be noted in
passing that govt is comparatively I'M
common in Scotland and the Rhine prov
inces, where, respectively. whisky and
light hooks are popularity consumed IN
preference to heavy matted liquors The
late Sir Alfred Garrod, who was an ac-
knowledged authority on govt very
strongly expressed his opinion on the part
played by alcoholic drinks in the prOduc-
ton Of govt in the following terms:
There is no truth In medicine better es-
tablished than the fact that the use of
fermented liquors Is the most powerful OF
all the predisposing causes of govt; nay,
50 powerful that it may be a question
whether govt would ever have been
known to mankind had such beverages
not been INDUCED in"
The Washington herald., 1909-07-23
Curb the Wooden Trust.

Evidently the wooden trust needs
curbing, and we hope the intimation is
well founded that President Taft will
direct the Department Of Justice to lock
into the operation Of this gigantic
monopoly Better still would 1; be for
Congress to do what it ought to have
done long ago-adjust the wooden sched-
ules in a manner to prevent further ex-
tortions.
An advance OF 30 per cent in Spring
woolens for 1910 is already announced.
This is not based upon pending or pros
pective changes in the tariff as might
naturally be supposed. but wholly upon
the trusts ability and its disposition ar
b:uarily 10 fix any scale Of prices it may
elect. The people. the wearers Of clothes,
pay the bill, of course.
Not until Senator Beverage had made
a terrific arraignment Of the tobacco
trust, and revealed it's iniquities through
an unanswerabEe array Of facts and fig
ures, did the trainers of the tariff bill
equitably adjust the tobacco schedules.
They did It then because the demand be-
came irresistible The wooden trust
needs the same sort Of treatment Its
extortlons reach every family and bear
down most heavily upon the middle and
poorer classes. The clothing manUfac-
turers are a unit in urging upon the
President and Congress tho necessity OF
relief from conditions that are year by
year becoming more burdensone and
oppressive.
Free raw wool offers the speedIest
and most erectual remedy. The theory
that American woolgrowers profit by the
existing condition is the veriest nom
sense. It is a protection that. in the
end. really protects only the wooden
trust, whose extortions now fan little
short of actual robbery.
The Washington herald., 1909-07-23

as may be after the new tariff bin takes
effect At nearly every stage in the cam
paign for reciprocity the protectionist
forces have managed to defeat 1t in one
way or another
The course Of international trade. now
more than ever, is beset with hostile tar
IFS. and the manufactures Of every pro-
tectlonlst country rest upon an artificial
basis which is difficult and even hazard
Gus to disturb. Like the race for naval
supremacy. the race for commercial
supremacy through high tariff stimula-
ton knows no place 10 stop. Reciprocity
having failed. and downward revision be-
ing impracticable so long as your neigh
Dor maintains high rates Of duty, possibly
the next recourse or low tari1r men may
be TO international agreements for tariff
reductions. as suggested by the French
socialist. NJ. Jaures There is excellent
precedent for such action as this in the
mutual abolition OF sugar bounties, when
they had become a burden too grievous
to be borne. II our modern tariffs are
largely the product OF efforts to overtop
our neighbors' tariffs. perhaps It is within
the range OF human capacity 10 arrange
a reduction all around that would permit
freer flow OF International commerce
without undue advantage anywhere. II
nothing Of this sort can be done, II tariff
reduction is as academic a matter as the
reduction OF ornaments, then indeed are
We without much hope. Protectionism is
as hard a nut to crack as mnitarism.
The Washington herald., 1909-07-23
FLIRT MAKES GOOD WIFE.
And Filtration Contributes to High
est Human Happiness.

From the Philadelphia Public Ledger
The fiirt by which Is generally
meant the feminine inconstant-is by
no means the cold and heartless being
OF the noyelist's Misrepresentation. Sir
Walter Scott knew better when he wrote
that woman in our hours Of ease. uncer-
tain, coy. and hard 20 please" is 70
mankind's pain and sorrow verbally "a
ministerlng angel"
Il is remarkable how often a Eirl who
has had a score Of hearts a-fiutter. a
dozen pale haxen scalps dangling at her
Girdlo, and vino is, therefore. set down by
her elders as more enervescent and vol
atile than perfume. makes one OF the
most domesticable Of wives and moth
ers when her time comes 10 marry. The
face once WTeHthed with light. knocking
laughter becomes beautifully serious over
a cradle; the favor that was once dis
pensed among any number OF candidates
for her girlish heart and hand becomes
q woman's love to be bestowed. for al
ways upon one man out OF the whole
wide universe.
Filtration, wisely understood. is perhaps
the means by which nature has insured
the widest possible range Of selection.
and hence IN the long run the highest
attainable degree Of human happiness.
The Washington herald., 1909-07-23
POOR LITTLE PERSIAN SHAH!
No American Parent VIII Envy the
Lot Of This ROynI Child.

From the Baltimore American.
The average small boy would much pre-
fer hoop. his marbles, or a baseball and
bat 10 crown. To be a king is not all Il
is cracked UP 70 be, especially when one,
Ike the little shah OF Persia, must leave
his father and mother and be cOoped Up
In palace and be denied the undlgnifed
sports that delight the Uncrowned youth
OF every land. When told he must be
king. little Sultan Ahmed Mira cried
bitterly at the thought. and II was not
until he was told that tears were not al
lowed In the Russian legation that he
checked his sobs. His royal father and
mother. too. wept at the prospect Of re-
signing him 20 the state, and the four
year-old for a time refused 10 leave his
mother. Finally he was comforted. and
promised 10 be a good boy and a good
hng-two hard propositions for him 20
live up to. His coronation VIII shortly
take place
No American parents viii envy the lot
Of this royal baby, nor will any healthy,
active youngster yearn to change places
with him. There viii be little fun In the
restrictions OF palace and little pleas
ure In later years IN sitting on a rocking
throne. The barefoot American boy
playing ball on a back lot has a better
chance for getting more out OF life.
The Washington herald., 1909-07-23
INSTRUCTION.

AS through this vale of tread notice many curious
thing the crow that's squawng overhead would teach the robin
how to sing the mule will tell the racing just how to ot
around the track the man who hasn't any hair knows how
bring your ringets back The fan who couldn't throw ball with
vim enough to hit church. when the beachers knows all and
calls the pitcher from his perch The oafer who has
who draws his raons from the town. all the of
government and calls the House and Senate down The black
smith pases long enough tell the preacher how preach the
grocer drops his prunes and stuff teach the pedagogu teach
The poet claws his wooden harp and bes with broken
string until some life insurance sharp up and tells him how
sing Some Of life would quickly fade bores would
be less thick perhaps every fellow his trade as well as he
knows tother chaps Walt MASON
Copyright by GoqSeM Aduus)
The Washington herald., 1909-07-23
Po1ygamy in Liberia.

DR.. T. ". Blyden, an authority on con-
ditions In Liberia. has delivered an ad-
dress at Monrovia that may not agree
with the views OF the American commits
sion recently returned. He holds that
the black republic cannot acquire civiIi-
cation Incompatible with the idiosvn-
crasies Of the African. He declares: We
have been taught that polygamy is a sin
But compulsory monOgamy is for Africa
mistake. a crime. and worse than q
crime-a blunder. No Asiatic or African
power has ever legislated in It's favor-cIi-
matte and physiological necessity IS
against ii. Its removal from the legisIa-
ton Of Liberia is the prior condition OF
any education or morality OF religion-the
sine qua non OF all progress Plural
marriage IS not only q matter OF expedi-
ency, but a necessity IN tropical climates
and among tropical races. It IS difficult
to understand why missionaries are IN
willing or unable to recognize this scien-
tiic truth
The Washington herald., 1909-07-23
EVELYN THAW'S REVENGE.
Stacy Attitude the Natural Result
of Life OF Froth md FndRe.

Prom the New York American
Under modern conditions every great
metropolis breeds at the most sumptu-
oUs extreme Of its social scale a sordid-
ness and spiritual restitution that IS
matched only by the deepest misery OF
the poor, New York IS no exception 10
this rule.
Inc lie OF the younger ThaWs-Quite
apart from any question Of high crime or
the grosser immoralities-has been narrow
and shallow 20 a degree hardly 10 be
matched in country towns.
II has been Il life whose major issues
turned upon matters of food and clothes
and re devices for killing time.
NO one should be surprised, therefore.
that this pitiable little woman-whoIly
lacking il objects or permanent interest
or devouon-should at last have turned
upon her husband with a STACY affecta-
ton Of reluctance. excusing herself with
the plea that $500 a year IS not enough
Tor lone woman 20 live on.
II Is the revenge OF nature upon an
existence dedicated 20 froth and fudge.
And II makes life In a sOdhouse on n
quarter section OF Nebraska land seem
courtly and magnificent.
The Washington herald., 1909-07-23

Chicago finds cause for envy in its tradi-
tlonal rival in the fact that ST. Louis
has a union station where all railways
meet, and containing a hotel. a bank.
and various possibilities Of shopping for
travellers. This establishment Chicago
comedies 20 be a blessing. More striking
still is the contrast in the approaches
to the railway stations In the two cities.
In St Louis, the visitor may take a car
at the very door 70 any destination
desired, while in Chicago, in one case.
the arriving traveller must pass two OF
three blocks through q jungle OF saloons
and low theaters. The progress Of uu-
nicipal reform In Chicago may In time
remove slum from its front door. Con-
ditions are such that Chicago must have
several railway stations, but the problem
Of providing cheap transportation TO and
from them and between them Is still 10
be solved, The result Is much confusion.
trouble, and frequent delays IN making
connections. Reformers are urging that
the slums be abolished or removed and
that special car routes between the sta
tons be established. Travellers to whom
Chicago IS a place en- route will welcome
this movement
The Washington herald., 1909-07-23
FRIDAY. JULY q. 1909.
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The Washington herald., 1909-07-23
WORDS FOR OUR WISE.
The President Not weaponIes,.

The President Not WeapOnIess,
From the Springfield Republican.
The President is not waving a big stick or making
threats. Nevertheless. Congress Is evidently coming
under ali the pressure the Executive can crn-
veniently bring 10 bear. and /. amounts 10 ms,
about the same thing
Logic and the Executive.
From the Now York Evening Post
It Is mthnkable that unanswerable logic should
have no effect upon the President.
The Attorney Generals Problem.
From the Philadelphia Press
The Department Of Justice at Washington Is now
struggling with this oouundrum: why and when
is a rotten eggS'
Work I'm the White House.
From the Punxsutawney Spirit
President Taft appears to be laboring assiduously
The Warning Prophet.
From the Boston Herald.
The President continues to read the signs Of the
times and to warn Belshaznr.
Mr.. AIdrich His own Umpire.
From the Atlanta Constitution.
They say Aldrich is "a good listener that il
he listens TO argument and then decides that Ald.
rich wins.
Mr.. Crane, HarmOnizer.
From the Springfield Union.
Mr.. Crane possesses great skill as a harnouizer
a. tho people q Massachusetts well know.
The Washington herald., 1909-07-23
No Real Wit I'm II.

From the Cincinnati Times-Star.
The 20. you wittieism IS now IN the
full tide OF its mad career To be con-
sidered strictly up TO date one must re-
mark on suitable occasions. 30. you kid"
or indulge in one Of the many elabora-
tons of the phrase. Surely, there must
be an aching void in the reservoirs Of wit
and originality when the entire country.
parrot-like, catches at some senseless
phrase and introduces Il ad nauseam.
The Washington herald., 1909-07-23
UncIe snm,s Investments.

The United States maintains the Mon
roe doctrine against European political
control in the Americas. but this country
has been too busy investing capital in
its owE development 20 heed the power
OF the money lender. OF the foreign in
vestments of the United States. 500
10000 is said 20 be in Mexico, S500.O00.-
90 IN Canada, and hut S2S0.O00.-
000 IN Cuba. Porto Rico. Central and
South America. Great Britain Is credited
with having invested $50, 10000 In Cen
trail and South America. France with
S5oo,e000o0 In Brazil Argentina, and
Mexico. and Germany with 5000
900 In Central and South America,
including Mexico and the West IN
dies. The establishment OF the Pan
American Bank viii be a potential
agent in promoting cis-Atlantic trade
and commerce.
The Washington herald., 1909-07-23
A LITTLE NONSENSE.


The picnic Of the humorist is always just
the same
He never gives affairs a twist to Iiven up
the game.
He always has snake or toad to make
che damsels fly;
He always has that episode about the
lemon pie.
He feeds the boys on apples green; he
drops them out OF trees.
Then brings a bull upon the scene, their
youthful blood TO freeze
The hornets nest, part Of his code, he
never passes by;
Nor overlooks the episode about the lemon
pie.
The Washington herald., 1909-07-23

From the Brooklyn Eagle.
So many people are flying these days
that II they could all be collected in one
place the air would resemble a country
orchard. where mother catbirds. robins.
yellowbirds. bluebirds, and wax wings
are eagerly pushing and coaxing their
young 10 use their untried wings.
The Washington herald., 1909-07-23
A NARROW Encnne.

when you do tell a lie" remarked
Hamlet Fatt, tell an elaborate lie"
Il don't know about that" said Yorick
Hamm. Following that policy would
have lost me the job ] just got"
How sO?"
"A manager wanted 70 know II I had
ever played Richeneu. never have, but
said yes. I was about 20 say that
originated the part"
The Washington herald., 1909-07-23

Walter Mason twangs his Tyre 70 the
tune that nothing is so bad that It couldn't
be worse" says the New York Mall Mr..
Aldrich probably would consider that
quite a compliment. only. we suppose. the
Senator is by no means certain Mr.. Mason
ever read the tariff bin as proposed by
the Senate
The Washington herald., 1909-07-23

There are rumors 10 the effect that
certain Of the gubernatorial candidates
have already begun 10 carry water on
both shoulders" says the Dallas News.
Thought Texas candidates carried chips
on their shoulders
The Washington herald., 1909-07-23
Found Biggest Nugget, Died Poor

From the London Evening Standard
The discoverer OF the famous Welcome
nugget has died in the BaIlarat Benevo-
lent Asylum, aged seventy-four. He re-
turned to Ballarat three years ago poor
and in Ill health, and had TO seek shelter
in the asylum. The Welcome nugget, one
OF the largest pieces Of natural gold in
the world, was taken from Bakery Hill
Ballarat (Australia), in 1855. 1t was found
at a depth Of lS0 feet II weighed 2,2l7
ounces Is dwt. and sold for $50 800
The Washington herald., 1909-07-23

The bungalow is the most popular sum-
mer residence; 1t IS a product of South
ern climes." says a woman's magazine.
There is something about the name. too.
suggestive Of tie idea that 1t may like
wise be a product Of dry climes.
The Washington herald., 1909-07-23

Laughter is good when Il is a genuine
outburst Of mirth." says the Punxsu-
tawney Spirit And only then. The
laughter that comes from polSIng a fell
low-creature in the ribs is often positively
ominous.