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The Washington herald., 1909-04-16

just on the point Of suggesting a picnic
and fishing bout. when the Senate
hands US this particularly sour and un-
inviting lemon. and bids us chew upon IT,
We leave it to an erstwhile admiring
clientele 10 say whether we have sought
TO maintain an optimistic spirit since we
came into this world We have never
been righteously listed with the knockers
Our great speciality has been hunting the
silver lining inevitably incident TO even
the darkest cloud. We have never
wearied in letting the blessed sunshine
into the gloomiest corners Of creation
we could find. And now-well. We do not
know. we are getting a little mad. #
not more so. That may not be fatal TO
optimism. but It fattens not upon il.
nevertheless
While we were busy chanting a chord
Of music Ike the sound of a great amen,
we should like to inquire why the Senate
should want to cut in with such a hor-
rible discord?
The Washington herald., 1909-04-16
sInnicinnI Indehtedr...

From Tire St Louis Giobe-Democut.
The total OF municipal Indebtedness IN
the United states has mounted up TO a
total that compels attention. At :he re-
cent rate Of increase the bonded debt OF
New York CITY a few years hence VIII ex-
ceed that OF the United states With all
its conservatism. Boston owes more than
SlCa.0oefo The debt Of St. Louis Is com
paratively small. but the city feels the
need OF more careful use % its rev
enue Of more than sl2o0oo00 a wear. Cif-
izens can see how important il IS that the
voters OF the city. the supreme power in
the case. should be vigilsnt in exercising
the ballot and in keeping fully acquainted
with public affairs and in touch alwavs
with the political situation. Ii is use
less 10 hope for municipal reforms or
wise popular government II the ballot IS
not recognized and used as the main re-
source
The Washington herald., 1909-04-16
REAL TARIFF REVISION.
What IL should Be. According 20 the
Western Idea.

From the kansas City Tines.
Il is really no concession 20 the people
TO put the duties on hosiery and gloves
back to the Dingley schedules. after an
outrageous attempt has been made 20
increase the present duties. because the
present duties are indefensibly high.
Il IS no concession 10 the people % put
spices back on the free list. where they
are now. when there is 10 reduction in
the duties on w0olens and many other
necessities now heavily taxed.
II IS not much OF a concession 20 cut
the duty on lumber IN two when lumber
should be on the Zee Ilst.
In short II is Up 70 the Republican
party 10 make good ifs promises. and II
those promises mean anything they mean
lower cost Of living under the rev
tariff than has been possible under the
Dingiey tariff
The enactment OF the new law. II It IS
as good as il IS possible 20 make Il under
existing conditions. IS not going 10 end
the discussion OF the tariff. The people
have learned more about The operation OF
che tariff tax IN the last few weeks than
they ever knew before
The wcnaen OF this country fancied they
were paving money into the Treasury or
the United States when they bought
hosiery and gloves at excessive prices.
The proposition 10 increase the cost OF
these articles and the discussion Il p-o-
yoked opened their eyes TO the fact thar
they have been contributing 20 trust
revenues, not 20 government revenes.
And they VIII not be satisfied 70 con
tinue this tribute. The real demand
about gloves and hosiery is that the
Dingiey duties be lowered. not thar they
shall not be raised
The problem before Congress IS 10 re-
duce the cost OF the necessities OF life 10
the consumers. and 20 provide revenues
by taxing the luxuries
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same Old Tariff.

Prom the Charleston News and Courier.
The chances are that the new tariff
viii be framed for the advantage Of pet
interests as usual. but it win be the last
tariff law of its kind. President Taft dis
Germs the profound unrest in the ranks
OF his party; he knows that the Aldrich
and Cannon crowd must be sent to the
rear if the Republican party is not to be
turned inside out and drenched with a
radicalism. more extreme perhaps than
Organism, but for the present il is likely
that the standpatters viii have their
way. President Taft would wisely advise
them 20 give Up at least part OF their
loot but they viii not heed him. For a
few more years at the swin trough they
are prepared 10 sacrifice 8ir. Taft and
imperil their party.
The Washington herald., 1909-04-16
LUMBERMEN N COMBINE.
Retailers Association Out7awed by
Mississippi supreme Court

Mississippi supreme Court.
Jackson CHiss) dispatch 10 the Arkansas Gazette.
The supreme Court Of the State to-day
decided that the Retail Lumber Dealers
Association OF Mississippi and Louisiana
was combination in restraint Of trade.
and therefore operating Illegally within
the STATE Of Mississippi
Some go firms doing a retail business
jn the state viii be effected. and must
either go out Of the association and come
into competition with each other or 20
out Of the State.
II is probable. however, that owing 70
the magnitude Of the interests involved.
an appeal Will be taken 10 the United
States courts.
The association did not deny that II
was a combination designed TO reduce
competition between its members. and
more particularly competition from whole
salers who might try TO sell directly to
the consumers. II was argued that such
a combination was necessary to preserve
.he retailer, and that IL was a con-
venience TO the whole trade
On this point the court ruled that the
retailer had TO right to exist II he did
not serve the convenience aud necess. les
Of the people without dangerous and
Fictitious aids. Il held that a comblna-
tion with the svowed purpose to STIFF
competition was in violation OF the let
ter and spirit OF the law.
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As 10 an Income Tax.

We are not so sure that the Democratic
Senators VIII score great hit with the
country by proposing an income tax that
will yield SsO,OOO.OOO in revenue unless
they couple it with tariff reductions that
tend 10 reduce the cost of living. 1t is
true that they are committed to a per-
functory declaration for low duties on
the necessaries Of life and high duties
on the luxuries; but what does this doc
trine come TO in practice when the
strongest opposition 70 its application ex-
lists among Democratic Senators them
selves? In the Wilson bill the income tax
was Complementary to vital reductions
on the necessaries-sugar. for instance.
How many Democratic votes could be
obtained to-day for free sugar2 Among
the stoutest advocates Of stin duties on
hosiery. on lumber. on cotton goods, on
rice. tobacco. and hides, on fruits and
vegetables. md on many other necessi-
ties, are our Democratic friends Of the
South. As long as these duties are to
remain. and viii. according to Mr.. AID
rich. provide a sufficient revenue, what is
the purpose Of raising more revenue?
The fact is that in this matter the
Democrats are. as usual. on the wrong
side Of the proposition and the RepubH-
cans on the right side. Mr.. AIdrich pro-
poses TO frame a tariff bin that win yield
sufficient revenue TO meet the necessities
Of the government economically admins
tered. to quote from sundry Democratic
platforms. If the Republicans succeed in
their present plan Of reducing expendi-
lures so that the income from a tariff
bin win supply the peeds Of the Treas
ury. thus avoiding the imposition Of new
taxation, they will have executed a very
shrewd and appealing programme. Il
will go far 10 excuse the imperfections.
even the enormities. of any tariff bin
they may enact And they will have
dished the Democrats. as is their habit,
by appropriatng one Of the most ancient
maxims Of the Democratic party.
The income tax viii be all right when
we need It. We do not want it simply TO
maintain the exTavagance OF public ex-
penditure at its present height The duty
Of the hour IS economy in expenditure
and reform in administration-good old
Democratic ideas. for the practical appn-
cation of which we have to look to Mr..
Aldrich and President Taft.
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Hsre Is Where We Rnar

We have heretofore borne with such
patience as we could muster the all too
evident iniquitous framing up OF the tariff
bill, but the Senate has stuck in a new
section that gives wings to all our good
and peaceful resolutions in respect OF
that usually most commendabIe virtue.
and herein and herewith we raise a
mighty howl Of protest and dismay.
Observe, gentle reader, in all OF its
hideous nakedness and uncovered menace
10 the common people of this land sec
tlon 1s3 II:
''FIshhooks fishing rods and reels. artificial flies
artificial bats. sneIled hooks and all other fishing
tackle or parts thereof. not specially provided for
In this section. except fishing lines fishing nets and
seines. 45 per centum ad Tsiorern."
We doubt that we shall be able 20
find words sufficiently strenuous TO ex-
press orr towering indignation anent this
Senatorial audaclty and additional evi-
dence Of total depravity. Friends. fisher
men. eountryEen, lend Us your ears, II
ye have tears to shed. prepare to shed
them now; but II ye have brlckbats 10
throw. prepare to throw them at the pre-
else moment It seems to you the sena-
toriaI heads proposing this unholy thing
will most likely be hit thereby.
Zounds! Are all our liberties to be
snatched from US. and is there to be no
pleasure in living anywhere? It seems SO.
forsooth. Fishing is the one thing we
thought We might enjoy with a feeling
Of freedom from the contamination OF the
octopus touch and in the delight Of an
unquestioned liberty. The ordinary
everyday fisherman cares very little. per-
sonally, Of course, about the nets and the
seines. Fishing. as recreation. recks NOT
Of them He merely enters a sympatbetie
objection TO that phase OF the law be-
cause he knows that the pot-fshers OF
his clan are generally very poor people
and lead very lowly lives-lives that
should not be vexed with tariff taxes
and such things. But when Il comes 70
hooks and bait and rods and other fish
ing tackle. without restriction exeept as
TO lines. he will register a kick that NAV
topple something over. If it does not
actually spoil a number Of Senatorial
togas before the end Of the argument
heaves in sight
All about us the flowers are bursting
into bloom. Spring is at hand: the trees
are putting forth their tenderest and
Sreenest shoots; the birds are chirping
their sweetest and merriest lays: the
squirrels race around the parks. the while
the children romp and wax glad; the
on pshaw! We have rendered Z. gIutton-
Gus constituency several prose poems al
ready IL this regard; we have even per-
mitted our ecstatic thoughts 10 Tilt along
IN bits Of verse now and then. We were
The Washington herald., 1909-04-16
MR. FOWLER'S OFFEESE.
Independence 10 Cost Him Com
mittee Chatrmanship.

From the Boston H-ruh
Congressman Fowler. who has been
chairman Of the House Committee on
Banking and Currency for a number OF
sessions. is 20 be retired. Public an
nouncement OF that fact has been made.
The New Jersey banking expert com
mitted the objectionable ofense OF think
ing for himself and framing a consrruc-
tive system Of national banking AZ a time
wnea the leaders Of his party cid NOT
wish 10 disturb things Resenting me
discipline which was administered bv the
House rulers. he became an insurge7r
thereby incUrring still more the wrath OF
the mighty The Monetary Commission
Is expected 10 report during the life OF
this Congress. Therefore. Il IS important
thar a sympathetic reception be arranged
for il - .he House Chairman Fowler
must retire. Vice President Vreeland OF
the Monetary Commission. nav take his
place. b the grace Of the party system
and the abdication 20 e OF individual
power by the majority. the Speaker win
thus dictate the course OF currency leg
islatiOn.
The Washington herald., 1909-04-16
ENGLAND AND GERMANY.
oPPortune Moment for ERectfnE a
Lasting Agreement


From the Sez YORK Evening Post.
II stetesmsnship in Germany and Eng
land has not gone sterile. and diplomacy
become imbecile. some way OF making
and keeping the peace between those two
countries win speedily be found. The
present situation OF either. as pictured
by its own public men. is growing rapidly
70 be intolerabie: while their relations. as
expressed IN the alarms AMI jeaIousies
and recriminations over the desperate
competition in naval armaments. are
daily becoming more bitter. and tense II
ever there was a chance for large states
manShip. Il Is offered to-day on both sides
or the North sea Unless skill In Glplo-
matte adjustment has perished there, a
road TO Cancellation ana to lasting conf
dence and friendship viii be found
Consider the plight OF both nations. as
they themselves confess II. il is. primar-
ily. a contest between them o. exhaus-
ton Each is studying the other TO see
which VIII first bleed 10 death. BY height
ened and oppressive taxation. each is
opening its veins: and the financial
doctors are standing by 10 determine
which one VIII first fan fainting 10 the
ground. Mr. ChiOzza-MOney. the English
statistical expert. has besn taking stock
OF British wealth that can be flung into
the ship-building game. and gravely as
sures his cOuntrymen that, T. they stand
ready 70 surrender their last penny. they
can hold out in the wastefuI competition
year or two longer than Germany.
Misery cOnfrOnts the people OF both cOun-
tries. II the path they are now treading
is followed 20 the end. but both are
Sc mingly prepared so 10 pursue t. II
Bishop Butler were alive he would find
in this AnglO-German madness fresh
prompting and point 10 his speculation
whether IL were possible FOR a whole na-
tion 10 60 crazy
The tr0ublous conditions fairly clamor
for those -four men around table. %
who. Lord Salisbury used 70 say. could
settle any international question II they
were given a free hand. PubHc-splrited
citizens in both these educated and civil
lied nations cannot stand by conseuting
when the policy Of suspicion and hatred
Is leading straight 20 financial ruin. u not
20 wicked and terrible war. We be-
lieve thar bOtE German and English
diplomacy IS ready 70 make an effort for
agreement All IL needs IS a little Wis q
tergo. II Is for public opinion 70 push
on cOnciliatory craftsmanship 20 the
needed activity.
The Washington herald., 1909-04-16
UNCLE SAM as A SOCIALIST.
Experiment in COHectivism On the
Canal Zone.
v. ]. Gheut. in the New York sun.

". J. Gheut. in the New York sun.
There is a Itue country from which
have Just returned. some 200 miles 70 the
south of New York City. where every
thing Is done IN new and wonderful ways.
There the government IS all in all. and
though the individual does not seem 10
wither. the race is more and more.
This interesting land is the Canal Zone,
a strip Of territory forty-seven miles long
and ten broad, across the Isthmus OF
Panama. II is owned absolutely by the
United States. and Uncle sam may be
found there working night and day at all
the jobs usually left 90 private initiative
Does one want fOOd2 Uncle sam fur
nishes and delivers IL m prices about the
same as I'm New York Does one want
food cooked and served2 Uncle sam is
ready al half a hundred places with meals
a. prices from 10 to 80 cents apiece. He
runs a railroad and steamship lire ana
a weekly newspaper. He gives free quar-
ters TO all his helpers and their families
He provides them with clothing at cut
prices He manufactures ice and sells it
FOR next To nothing. he bakes bread
pies. and cakes and delivers them at con-
sumers' doors. Every week he turns out
and delivers more than so gallons OF ice
cream. BE imports and sells Havana
cigars at the price of Connecticut imi-
tations. He washes, starches. and irons
linen, and mends, presses and sews but
tons on Outergarments. There isn't much
that can be done for creature comfort
that he doesn't DO; and an his helpers.
tsome 3ooe0 persons along with their
families lsome I0.003 or 1900 morel. are
SEarers in this governmental paternal-
ism II is not socialism, because. among
other things. il lacks that fundamental
basis Of socialism, democracy; but it is
the completest and greatest experiment ia
governmental coLectivism that the world
has ever seen.
The Washington herald., 1909-04-16
There's PLENTY nf Corn

From the New YORK World
Wicked and desperate as the mauipula-
tion OF American markets must be consid-
cred, consumers have one remedy in their
own hands. Corn, though high as com
pared with former prices. IS, in-relation
TO wheat, cheap and abundant II wheat
production cannot be extended. and 81
prices. legitimate or illegitimate. must
soar corn is a substitute not 10 be de-
srisad
The Washington herald., 1909-04-16
THE MARCH OF MEN.

If You could cast away the pain,
The soTToEs ard the tears.
And let the joys alone remain
From all departed years:
II you could quite forget the sighs
And recollcct the song
What think yo0-would you be as wise,
As helpful. or as stroag?
II you could lay the burden down
That bows your head az vhles.
shun everything that wears a frown,
And live a life e smiles
BE happy as a child again.
AS free from thoughts Of care-
Would you appear to other men
More noble or more fairg
Ah. no. a man should Go his part
AID cauy all his load.
Rei0iced 70 share with every heart
The roughncss cf the rad
Not given 90 thinking oyermuch
Of pains and griefs behind.
But glad 90 BE- 10 fullest touch
With al his humankind
Charles Buxton Going
The Washington herald., 1909-04-16
Is Il an niuslon.

From the Ohio STATE Journal
Attorney General Wickersham's meth
cd of Furnishing the naughty beef trust
hv telling IL sternly that Il positively
must not do il again. makes il ratber
difficult for the average toilIng mass 10
keep his eye riveted on the doughnut. in
stead Of the hole
The Washington herald., 1909-04-16

Fom tae New Ycrk world
An imposing exhibit in the development
OF the South is the strength and char
acter OF the newspapers The cities are
AL small. but few Northern communi-
ties OF equal size can produce publica-
tons that viii compare with them in news
presentation or editorial ability. while an
show singular independence. though pub
Iished in sensitive communities.
The Washington herald., 1909-04-16
woman Armament.

From the St Louis Republic.
Hat pins designed to held in place the
wide-erowned hats which have appeared
with the opening Of the cyclone season
are almost twice as long as the common
variety. Is the hand OF the steel trust
To be seen in this? Or is it but one indi-
cation Of the tendency toward heavier ar
maments now apparent throughout the
WCrld2
The Washington herald., 1909-04-16
Making Progress.

Read about the latest expedition
They didn't discover the pole
NO; but they discovered cake oi
Ice never charted before"
The Washington herald., 1909-04-16

A weil-known milliner says she never
saw sunragette wearing a fashionable
hat. This win give pause to those peo-
pie who imagine the suffragettes never
enjoy a sane thought
The Washington herald., 1909-04-16

From the Chieaso Record -Herala.
The ordinary man feels that II he fails
at everything else he can make GOOD
living raising chickens The average
woman feels that if worse ever comes 70
worst she can take roomers.
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welfare work.

why don't you learn 20 twirl your
cane with your left hand as well as
with your right?''
why should To- demanded the gilded
youth
Suppose you should injure your right
hand2"
The Washington herald., 1909-04-16

Now that President Taft has officially
endowed the Washington baseball team
with the administrations approval, we
hope no one win start a controversy as
20 whether our team is 20 be known as
''The 'Possums" or The Nooleys."
The Washington herald., 1909-04-16

king Victor Emmanuel failed 10 have
Mount VesuviUs erupt for the entertain
ment of the distinguished guests" notes
the Spartanburg Journal Probably his
majesty thought it would not be polite
to play -angel" Tor that particular op-
position show
The Washington herald., 1909-04-16

-Swinburne wrote some ridiculous
verses concerning Queen Victoria" notes
critic II is hard 10 imagine Swim
he did. and concerning her majesty, IL
may ward of an obituary from the pres
ent pOet-laureate-and that may have
been the method OF his madn,-s. for all
We know 20 the contrary.
The Washington herald., 1909-04-16

rrum the New EOk Evening Post
After being persona non grata ar the
White House for a number Of years. Sena-
tor AIdrieh sisnalizes a changed state og
affairs by puttins hard woods. out OF
which golf clubs are made. on the free
list
The Washington herald., 1909-04-16

'Sir Harry Johnston says the white
rhinoceros exists" says the Norfolk
Landmark If he has heard the news
from the front. however. we suspect he
is hiking FOR the dark and uncut jungles
as fast as his legs can carry hin-mean-
ing the rhinoceros, OF course.
The Washington herald., 1909-04-16

''Why do campaign speIbinders always
refer 10 them as honest laDoring men 2''
inquiries the Rocky Mountain News. They
do not. Frequently they refer to them
as ..horny-handed sons Of toll"
The Washington herald., 1909-04-16

II only the entire world would become
as enthusiastic over baseball as this
country is. we should soon have an inter
national language everybody understood.
The Washington herald., 1909-04-16
Very Lfttle.

Dukes? Counts? Bah. Why doesn't
she marry an honest blacksmith
Go easy old. man. What chance does
a New York society girl get TO meet
blacksmith" ."
The Washington herald., 1909-04-16
Prices Arranged TO SUIT.

From the Philadelphia Press.
To have the price OF coal reduced in
sumner and ice at the minimum price in
winter seems to be the best that the
overburdened householder can expect
The Washington herald., 1909-04-16
The BETTER Way.

7 have hero a really good joke. I can
ge1 s. for this joke"
''Poor business. Get some composer to
write a comic opera around It, and draw
royalties
The Washington herald., 1909-04-16
why Is ThIsf

No items IN the press we see
Or none 20 date.
The early robin seems to be
A trifie late.
The Washington herald., 1909-04-16

From the Atchison Globe.
Your opinions are ike a great many
other things you possessed no value TO
any one but the owner
The Washington herald., 1909-04-16

"A woman physician declares that
women worry too much says the New
York Herald. Which, Of course, gives
them something else 70 worry about.
The Washington herald., 1909-04-16

The report sent oct from Washington
by a newspaper correspondent that Mr..
Serene Payne turned fourteen different
coiors' when handed that monster anti
stocking tax petition is interesting. it
The Washington herald., 1909-04-16

Eliminate wine from literature, and
what gap is made" exclaims the
Rochester Post-Express- Still it is but
just TO the prohibiuo.:sts 10 say that the
only literature from which they are
seeking TO eliminate wine is the menu
card
The Washington herald., 1909-04-16

a Vindication Of Warren Hastings" IS
just of the press. and is TO be hurled at
a helpless world There may be a few
people. however. who want to know what
Warren did that he needs vindication.
The Washington herald., 1909-04-16
Amply Supplied.

Fron the Philadelraia PabHc Ledger
Croker seems 10 he a citizen both OF
Ireland and America, thus being two
countries ahead OF Castro.
The Washington herald., 1909-04-16

Puck speaks a timely word OF praise
for The second hddles. Good, Too long
have we inclined TO bow and scrape TO
the more pretentious noises.
The Washington herald., 1909-04-16

A new theatrical trust is being formed
TO fight the old theatrical trust. so the
story goes. II it is TO be a real fight
the public cannot lose.
The Washington herald., 1909-04-16

would be even more so to know II red
or even pink, Tas one OF the aforesaid
fourteen.
The Washington herald., 1909-04-16

An Ohio man coughed up three carpet
tacks the other day" says the Nashville
American. People should be careful not
to swallow carpet tacks while spring
cleaning.
The Washington herald., 1909-04-16

Along with Crazy Snake. King Peter.
the Shah and Castro on the anxious
bench nowadays we also note Abdul
Hamid