The Washington herald., 1909-01-15
AT THE HOTELS.

and is most practical IN other respects.
said K Fukuhars, OF Tokyo, Japan. al
the Arlington yesterday. Mr.. Fukuhara
is a mechanical engineer by profession,
and has visited the various houses OF
Parliament in Europe to make a study
Of their mechanical constructions and
report to his government, IN order that
the best OF Dir. FUkuhara's observations
may be used in the construction Of the
new Parliament building which has been
ordered by the japanese national dlss.
I regard the English Parliament build
ing, speaking from an architectural point,
an edifice Of classical beauty, but L IS
not practical The German Reichstag
Gebaeude is not only beautiful to behold.
but 1t Is also practical. containing the
most up-tO-date heating and ventilation
installations.
''Tbe Austrian Reichsrath Gebaeude, On
the Frsnzensring. in Vienna. is q mas
terpiece Of architecture, and 50 IS that
Of Hungary, in Budapest, on the banks
OF the Danube. II is the intention OF
the japanese government to make
thorough study Of these buildings. Sc
iect the best points OF each, and make
Use Of them in the building OF our new
Parliament building, which is 10 cost
g, ,O000Oc
Arehitecturally speaking, 50 far as 1
understand. the japanese edifice viii
be neither strictly Gothic, nor Norman.
nor Renaissance, nor Aslatic: but It VIII
be combination Of the best and Vet
retaining distinctive japanese features.
II viii be built Of stone; I think sand
stone VIII be used 1 have spent about
six months in Germany and have been
recalled by my government, being now
on my return home"
Speaking OF the navy and army Of
Japan and their p1peredness and effec-
tiTeness. Mr. Fukuhara said that due 10
/ her isolated position as an island, Japan
was compelled 10 support q strong feet
and army to protect herself from foreign
aggT ession.
Herbert Lincoln Adams, Of Worcester,
Mass, is at the Raleigh Speaking about
Mr. Taft's Inauguration. he said that
among the many organizations which VIII
visit Washington is the Worcester Con-
tinentals, OF Worcester. Mass, whose
membership is composed principally OF
leading business and professional men.
Worcester happens 10 be the section
in which Mr.. Taft passed most Of his
boyhood days" said Mr. Adams. Mr..
Taft was brought up In the home Of an
aunt. whose residence was in the center
Of the town. and where only year ago
the aged mother OF Mr.. Taft passed
away. and where a sister now resides.
sIr. Taft has been accustomed TO paying
regular visits 20 the town and scene Of
his bOyhoOd days.
The Worcester Continentals is not zu
old organization as measured By years,
being organized in The Centennial year OF
1916. but in It's uniform and tradition Il
seeks 70 preserve itself as unique and
/ forceful body. The uniform worn BY the
| Contineotsls Is handsome, being an exact
/ fac-simile Of the old-tine garb worn By
the Continental army Of buf and blue
with gold trimmings. and IL VIII attract
attention in the inaugural parade, as il
has wherever Il has been shown
a pleasing and inspiring feature Of the
parade OF the Continentals viii be an ex-
act reproduction in life Of the famous
/ painting, The Spirit Of IS, wherein the
old, gray-haired veteran is shown playing
the FIFE and the boy and man accompany
ing with drIms. This Is peculiarly ap-
propriate 10 q parade Of such an orgzni-
cation as the COntinentals. and heading q
line which IN its garb and equipment 80
strongly characterized the stirring tines
of the Revolution, It cannot fail TO arouse
the patriotic spirit OF those who are able
10 view il 10 even a greater pitch.
The corps viii parade iee fully Uni
/ formed and equipped men on this Occs-
( sion and viii be accompanied by its own
I Continental Drum Corps Gov. Draper.
/ Of Massachusetts. is so much interested
/ in the trip OF the COntinentals that he
( recently sent the sdjUtant general OF
/ the State 70 this city 10 see the authOri-
I ties here and obtain for them al the
/ consideration and best position in the
I line OF march The commander OF the
/ corps is Lieut. Col William A. Lyle. a
I prominent business man of Worcester
I who was 2 member OF the governors
council under Cows. Douglas and Guild
/ Discussing Kansas politics. Robert Nc
/ Mouigle. q lumber dealer Of Colby. Kans..
I who is at the Raleigh. said last night that
/ the legislature Of Kansas should pass a
hank guaranty law. asserting that the
State should guarantee bank deposits and
I everything else.
I =
T IL accumulate a bad account. Our abid-
ing faith in the honesty of the people OF
I Kansas leads Us into the error Occasion
ally a customer fails owing Us a big
Z bill Il is not our fault that he fails.
I Why. then. should we lose our bilI2 Apply
1 the bank guarantee scheme; why should
! the State not guarantee our bills2 i
could raise a fund by taxing the lum-
! bermen Of the State, and have the fund
supervised by the State forestry comnis-
sion
Then there are the farmers. Even
in these prosperous times hundreds OF
farmers have crop failures every year
Now. that class Of farmers work just as
hard as those who save their crops, they
plow the ground and till the crops. and
do everything possible 70 secure crops.
but along comes Hood. the green bug.
OF some other pest, and the crops 80
Elimmering. tax could be levied
against all farmers, and fund created
10 guarantee against crop failures
Recently the court knocked out the
law making il a crime to jump hotel
BILL Why not have State guaranty %
hotel biIls2 This fund could be levied
against patrons Of hotels History shows
that IS Per cent OF business men fail
that is. men engaged in mercantile pur-
suits Now why not eliminate al this by
having the State guarantee their ac-
counts? What a blessing it would be also
for the State TO guarantee> every man
job, It seems 10 me that that would be
the acme OF perfection OF the principle
Of State guaranty There would be no
psnics and no bank failures The whole
question Of business salvation would be
solved once and for all. Nobody would
owe anybody anything
Henry c. Morse. OF Philadelphia. who q
at the Arlington. and is interested 3
public school education. said last night
that we should provide public school
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