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The daily sentinel., 1909-03-26

our prices are the most reasonable
Ia oIa.t sne cleaning and pressing of your
ciothing.-The Sultorluu,.
The daily sentinel., 1909-03-26

have bargain in a 5-room resi-
usIce .sl II taken at once. Ollie E. Ban
mister, 424 Main.
The National tribune., 1909-02-04
They saw the lid Is slipping off o

They say the lid Is slipping off Of
another row. Speaker Cannon and
the leaders of the House are said to
be In favor of the erection of a Lincoln
memorial somewhere between the Cap
itol Grounds and the nea Union Sta
ton. The plans for this have already
been worked out, and bill is said to
be in incubation to purchase the land
and begin the work. The bill is to be
rushed thru both Houses and be ready
for the Presidents signature Feb. IL.
The same veritable they say has It
that the President Is bitterly opposed
to this proposition. and will shortly
send a message to the House condemn
ing it as violation OF the plans for
the Identification Of Washington
adopted by the American Institute Of
Architects. The Architects want the
memorial erected on the banks of the
Potomac in the magnificent park which
is being developed there.
The National tribune., 1909-02-04

The native Hawaiians take as nat
urally to destructive alcohol as the In
dfans and negros. Before the arrival
of the whites they had a plant known
as Ava, with which they used to make
themselves drunk, with decided injury
to their eyesight and physical strength
The old method was to chew or other
wise macerate the ava, after which
water was added, and then the liquid
was strained of. The whites taught
the natives to distiil. and they found
that they could make a very fiery drink
out Of various roots which contained
the starch necessary for fermentation.
This is called Okolehao. The mission
aries fought the drink evil vigorously.
and as long as they were in the as
cendancy were successful in repressing
it to large extent, but under the late
King and the late Queen the manufac-
turers and sellers of these vile intoxi-
cants had full liberty. Under the pres
ent Government they are being re-
pressed again, with license of from
$50 to $500 year on dealers in ava,
and the revenue agents hunting down
the Illicit stills of okolehao. These in
toxicants are largely responsible for
the rapid decrease in the native popu-
lation.
The National tribune., 1909-02-04
STATES RIGHTS.

In thanking the New York Assembly
for his election as Senator, Elihu Root
uttered some wise words, fitIy spoken.
as to the dangers which threaten the
country from the obliteration of States
Rights, State purposes and above all,
State duties. There Is an alarming
tendency toward breaking down local
State Government and concentrating
everything in Washington. Mr. Root
explained that he is an uncompromis-
ing centralizationist of the Alexander
Hamilton school, believing in the su-
premacy of the National Government
TO the full limit Of the constitutional
prescriptions. He would construe tha
Nations prerogatives as they were con-
strued by John Marshall, and would be
construed by him to-day, but there is
a sharp line of demari1atfon between
the Nations powers and the States
powers. and our fathers buiIded wisely
in establishing this. The States must
exercise the prerogatives given them by
the Constitution. and not allow these to
lapse into desuetude. Free Govern
ment depends upon this. The way to
preserve the powers Of the State Il to
exercise them. and he 70 eppossd to
anything WhieA tends to hslittis. % dis
credit or to weaken the authority Of
the States. snd especially Of tbs Lssis-
laturss Of the States. ana he ssv Q d.
rect danger in this way In fhs sgsrt
to elect Senators BY vote Of the people.
The National tribune., 1909-02-04
TIE LINCOLN RELICS

A bill is now before Congress to uur-
chase the wonderful and exceedingly
valuable collection of relics which Can't.
o. Fl. Olroyd has spent his life In gath
ering. These relics. which were for
merly gathered in the Lincoln homo at
Springfield, are now in the house in
which Lincoln died in washfngton.
Capt. Oldroyd. who saw four years of
service in the 2oth Ohio, has dvoted all
the years since the war to gathering I'D
everything that was associated in any
way with the life Of the great pnartvr.
In this collection is much of the fnrni-
ture used in Lincoln's home. the books
and desks which he used in his worl,
and an innumerable quantity of like
nesses, sketches. newspaper articles and
books, and in fact everything that Com
rade Oldroyd has been able to find In
A years that would be associated with
or throw any light upon the career of
Mr. Lincoln. It is far more complete
collection of the things that entered
ihto tiN boiiy iilC VI MI. lzlTCOln Inan
has ever been gotten together for any
great man in history. 1t is something
OF inestimable value and the worth of
which will rapidly grow as tho years
recede. The collection is something
that should by all means be the prop
erty of the United States and carefully
preserved in fireproof building. Lin
coins fame is growing rapidly with
every passing year and anything d.
rectly and personally connected with
him has tender loving value to every
patriotic American It is strange that
Congress has never seen the importance
of making this collection ths property
Of the Nation and it should not let an
other month go by without taking this
important step. The amount asked for
II is quite small and far less than that
offered by private purchasers Capt.
Oldroyd has a laudable desire that this
shall become the property Of the coun-
try which loves and admires Lincoln
beyond any other man and he has re-
fused many tempting offers from uri-
vate collectors IN the expectation that
Congress would do fts duty by the peo-
pie and secure Il for them. Every vet
sran. wife. widow and son and daush-
ter o. . veteran VIII feel this keenIy
and nothing that Congress can do VIII
b moro eeesptabls to thsm than the
prompt p4asase of 3 bill to acquire
the csIlsetioa for the benefit OF the
millions Of yet unborn Americans who
wv chsr11A the memory Of Lincoln
abevs that of any other man who ever
lived.
The National tribune., 1909-02-04

Representative Lassiter, of Virginia,
secured his triumphant reelection by
his vigorous advocacy of a duty on pea
nuts. He Is now branching out as Q
peanut specialist, and literally bubbles
over with Information regarding the
toothsome goober. He says that the
worlds production of peanuts reaches
the enormous total of 600,000,000 BUSH
els or about as much as the wheat
crop of the United States, and that the
American people eat $4,000, 600 worth
of peanuts every year, which shows that
the consumption must be far in excess
of what we see people eating at cir
cuses. Peanuts are cultivated exten-
sively in nine States of the Union, with
Virginia devoting 1854 acres to
goobers and an annual product Of about
4, 100000 bushels. The pauper labor
of Spain and Japan is the greatest enc
my to the profitable cultivation in this
country.
The National tribune., 1909-02-04

Some Of the papers are complaining
that the Spaniards have reconquered
Cuba, since they are rushing ir there
much faster than the Americans and
are opposing a dead wall Of prejudice
and conservatism against American en-
terprises and ideas. This may be so
temporarily, but IT will be very tenn
porarily. Cuba is too near the United
States. too accessible from all sides
and too rich in commercial possibilities
to allow the Americans to stay out
Sugar. tobacco and tropical fruits are
better than gold mines. and they will
not be allowed to remain exclusively in
the hands of the pokey, non-enterpris-
ing Spaniards. Within five years Ha-
vana will be as much Of an American
city as New Orleans, and It is only a
question Of a short time when Ameri-
cans will be running all the planta-
tions, all the great lines of business and
the steamships.
The National tribune., 1909-02-04
SUFFRAGE IN MARYLAND.

The fight for q proper ballot system
in Maryland has received a powerful
ally in Cardinal Gibbons. who has como
out strongly and unreservedly against
the Poe amendment, which would dis,
franchise thousands OF whites as wen
as negros. He Is particularly repug-
nant to disfranchising the negro on
account OF color, and he says that the
amendment Is unjust. because 1t ID
designed to deprive a certain class of
our feiiowmen OF the tights duly con-
ierrso upon them by the highest law
OF the land; impolitic. because. In rny
opinion. It must ultimately inture tbs
political organization which fayors n
by stirring up bad blood and creating
disssnsion within the ranks of that
party"
The Cardinal believes there IL a most
serious amount Of corruption In the
Maryland electorate, but he believes
that this can be sufficiently dealt with
BY the corrupt practices act, and q Wig
orous enforcement Of this will stamp
out any menace to the purity OF ths
state and Municipal Governments. An
to the negro the Cardinal says:
'Tf he is indeed ignorant, .ducats
him; IL he be corrupt and venal. pun
ish him for his corrupt practices and
his venalfty: but above all things, LEI
US not condemn the righteous for ths
Sins OF the unrighteous. Lat US not be
guilty Of the great crime OF q whoie-
sale violation of the written laws of our
country In order to punish individuals
VINO break those laws in isolated in
stances"
The registered negro vote in Mary
land Is approximately $4,000 out Of .
total registration of 2s5.ooo. The dis
franchisemsnt Of the negros and Of
the whites by trick ballots such az have
prevailed in Maryland for many years
VIII fasten the rule Of a corrupt ring
irrerocably upon the State.
The National tribune., 1909-02-04
CoNsoLI1ArTe THE PENSION
A. AGENCIES.

The III Use Representatives has
again taken the highly undesirable ac-
ton of vSainES 70 consolidate the pen
sion agencies, In spite OF the vigorous
protests that Riwere made last year
against tfts action by the veterans all
over the icountsy, and the protest Oh
the 4sd ationdl Encampment OF the
Grand Army Of the Republic Last year
when this matter came up 1T was
shown conclusiyely by the evidence col
lected that the Government would gain
nothing in the way of efficiency or pub
lie service or economy by the proposed
consolidation Of the agencies The
work that is now being done by those
agencies at different points In the coun-
try is done more cheaply than, and GER
tainly as effectively as. IT could be per-
formed in Washington. The clerks In
the various agencies who do work that
will have to be done in any event, are
quite as capable as any that the Govern
ment secures in Washington ana their
salaries are much lower As the con-
solidation will not diminish any OF the
work now being done by these clerks
there is no good reason connected with
the service why It should be conoen-
trated in Washington in place Of being
diffused ever Is different agencies at
convenient points in the whole coun-
try. This much for the interests OF
public service. The proposed consoli-
dation would be decided tnconvsn-
fence to every pensioner on the roll.
since he or she will have to be at more
pains to receive the quarterly payments
There will be greater delays In making
these payments and many other strong
objections to the consolidation can be
made on behalf of the pensioners.
There is already altogether too much
concentration in Washington OF the
Governments business which had bet
ter be done outside of the Federal city,
and among the people who pay the
taxes and who have the most direct in
terests In the work. No sufficient rea-
son has been advanced for this con-
solidation and we sincerely hope that
the Senate will do as it did last year
and block 1t in the interests OF the Gov
ernment as well as those Of the pen
sioners.
The National tribune., 1909-02-04
There is the usual protest agai,

There Is the usual protest against
Inauguration coming IN the bleak be-
ginning Of March. Delightful as the
climate Of Washington usually Is. the
last days of February and the first of
March are generally the worst Of the
year. and it always seems as IL the
Storm King selected Inauguration time
for the worst exhibitions Of his tenn
per. The proposition to change In
auguration Day to April or May has
been made with great industry for
more than a century now, and it has
encountered the usual fate of reforms
in the inertia of the people, since ss9
people out Of 1000 in the United States
do not care a fig whether Inauguration
Day Is pleasant or uncomfortable, and
no widespread interest can be aroused
in the proposals for a change.
The National tribune., 1909-02-04
TAXING LUXURIEs.

Some thoughtless papers are still
elamoring for an increase of the tax
n luxuries. 1t would greatly puzzle
them If they were called upon to de-
fine Just what are luxuries and how
much they should be taxed. They speak
as II this idea of taxing luxuries was
their invention and nobody else had
| ever thought of it. AS a matter of fact,
1t has been the policy of this Govern
ment and of every Government. in fact,
ever since systems of revenue began to
be intelligently considered. Not only
this country, but every country in the
world, wants to put the burden of the
taxation upon what may be called the
superfluities, and are at least the non
essentials. When we look over the
schedule of about 1000 articles here
are few that will strike most people
as coming under the head of Injuries,
and we give the present tariff rate:
Beer, ale, not in bottles. 20 cents per
gallon
Beer, ale, in bottles, 10 cents a gal
lon
Carpets, treble ingram, 90 cents per
square yard and 40 per cent ad vaIorem.
Carpets. Wilton, Administer, etc, 60
cents per square yard and 40 per cent.
Cigars and cigarets, $3.50 a pound
and 25 per cent.
Diamonds. cut and set, go per cent.
Hair, human, 20 per cent
Knit goods. silk, 60 per cent
Meerschaum pipes, 60 per cent.
MuffS, fur, 35 per cent
Perfumery, 80 per cent
Rugs. Oriental, 10 cents per square
foot and 40 per cent
Sealskin sacks, 80 per cent.
Silk laces, 60 per cent.
Smokers' articles, 80 per cent.
Spirits, s2.25 a gallon.
Tobacco, stemmed, so cents pound.
Tobacco. unstemmed, 35 cents a
pound
Velvets. $50 a pound and Is per
cent.
Wines. champagne, one-haf pint and
one pint bottles, "a dozen.
Wines. champagne, one pint to one
quart bottles, sS dozen.
Wine, in casks, so cents a gallon.
Jewelry, 60 per cent
Fur manufactures, 35 per cent.
Gold manufactures, 40 per cent.
Opium. crude. 81 per pound
Toilet soap. Is cents per pound.
These are all of the leading articles
of luxury, and 1t will be seen that they
are already taxed about as high as they
will bear. As We have said before. the
collectability of a tax Is, after all, the
final test. When a tax goes beyond a
certain mark the Government loses rev.
enue by smuggling being made too
profitable. This is particularly true Of
diamonds, jewelry, etc, which are easily
or otherwise secretly. IL anyone who is
strenuous for an increase of revenue
by tax on luxuries will point out
some luxury upon which the tax can be
profitably raised the Ways and Means
Committee will welcome the sugges-
tions.
The following are the values of an
nual impertations of some of the lead
ing articles:
Hair. s2.77o.s5s.
Hats, bennets and materials, s4.S5s.-
54S.
Malt liquors, s3.4s4,s71
Silk manufactures. S32,71T66s.
Spirits. distilled. $3.50 sos
Tobacco, manufactured and unman-
ufactured. S27,267,913.
Wines, $10,746,527
Jewelry and precious stones, ST.
S88.327
II VIII be seen that these values are
trffing compared to what we pay for
such articles as drugs. dyes. medicines,
coffee, cotton goods, India rubber,
leather. vegetable fiber. fruits, hides
and skins. oils, unmanufaGtured silk. |
sugar and molasses, and WOOL manu-
factured and unmanufactured
The National tribune., 1909-02-04

The Montenegran women are said to
be organizing for war Their spirit Is
good. but Montenegro is entirely too
small potatos for actual war. The little
prfncipality Of the BLACK Mountain"
got exaggerated ideas of itself when
Russia made It thorn in the side Of
Turkey. and supplied 1t with arms, am
munition and money to keep up Q
chronic disturbance and give Russia an
excuse for interfering in Turkey. Ths
princfpality Is dfminutive spot Of
square miles, or about as big as four or
five Of our Counties, and most OF which
is on edge. with the mountains over
5000 feet high It is estimated that
the Montenegrans number 223.0o0, and
are people Of the dsnsest poverty and
ignorance. They hive no roads, but
merely paths over the mountains, and
were opposed to roads for fear they
would facilitate invasion by the Turks.
The people are Slavs, but more vigorous
physically than the Slavs generally are.
and they live in the simplest manner.
with mere shacks for houses and no
modern conveniences. tools or machin-
cry. Most of them nominally belong to
the Greek Catholic Church. and ara
controlled by the Holy Synod in Russia
Those who are not Greek Catholics ara
Roman Catholics or Mahometans Their
Government is paternal despotism sx-
ercised by Prince Every young man
is bound to military service, but tbs
country is too poor to maintain stand
ing army. 1t has revenue of $250,e0o
year. not including grant given from
the Russian Treasury. The country has
few either of exports or imports. The
two chief exports are dried fish and
insect powders.
The National tribune., 1909-02-04
THE GATUN DAM.

No more fragrant piece Of yellow
journalism has been inflicted upon the
people lately than the sensational
stories about the failure of the Gatun
Dam. This may be directly traceabIe
to the spites and jealousies Of certain
engineers who feel that their ideas have
not been properly regarded in making
up the plans for the canal. It was q
miserable pfecs Of business, since the
people Of the United States are keenly
sensitive to all that concerns this great
National work. WeIl-informed people
paid little attention to the roarback,
because they know that never was q
piece Of engineering work more thoro-
ly studied in the beginning. All possi-
BILE disasters and weaknesses had been
brought to the front in the years Of
discussion and work preceding the act
ual commencement Of the work by the
United States. The ablest engineers In
the world had considered every one of
these, pointed out their possibilities,
and thoro examinations were made
with reference to them before the plans
were finally decided on. In this way
millions Of dollars were spent In me-
teorologicai. geological, geographical
and physical examinations. This found
ations for the dam were thoroly in
vestisatsd by borings, and whsn the
dam was started IT was known Just
what was necessary to make 1t as Sc
cure for all time an the hills upon
which 1t was based. The only basis for
the report was that the dam extended
across the channel Of the old French
canal. which in the last 20 years has
filled UP with silt and mud. Ths en-
gineers determined that It would be
cheaper to dump the stone into this
silt and let 1t sink to solid ground than
It would be to drsdse out the mud.
they piled the stone In. and
its weight was sufficient to sink It to
the solid ground, but in doing SO 1t
forced out the silt, as had
been expected. This was taken advan-
tage Of to represent that the whole
structure was sinking and forcing out
the ground at Its base. Mr.. Taft takes
with him number OF engineers Of the
highest ability, who are specially in
to look at everything with
critical eyes. and to point out any fea-
ture that may seem to demand closer
The National tribune., 1909-02-04
IN THE UNITED STATES.

The Bulletin of the Bureau of Labor
says that the spanish-speaking popuIa-
lion OF the United States has net in
creased rapidly. and that where II has
been brought into close competition
with other races 1t appears to be de-
creasing. This has not been due 50
much to low birth rate as to a higher
death rate, on account OF poor santa
who are familiar with the subject speak
Of the Msxicans as poorly nourished,
and with les, vigor and resistance to
disease than Europeans. negros and
Msxicans. Like the SIavs of Europe, they
have great families. but the children
die of in an astonishing manner. The
largest number of Mexicans in the Unit
ed States is at Los Angeles They Will
persist in living in ill-lighted, unclean
sflanties, such as would not be tolerated
by any other race except the negros
and Slavs, who herd with them. As
sleeping in one small room. They
are showing an interest in better things,
however, and are disposed to send their
children to school. It takes a Mexican
pupil longer to reach the second grade
than it does an American. but this is
attributed to the fact that he has to
learn English. An effort has been made
to induce greater cleanliness. but the
Mexicans are opposed to washing,
which. they say. brings on fsvers. There
Ia less illiteraoy among the Mexicans
than among the Slavs. and the ,Ameri-
cans like them better than they do the
Slavs. They are not generally sots. but
are inclined to short, sharp. periodical
sprees. The criminal element among
them is small. and most of the arrests
are caused by cheap whisky or mescal.
There Is not the race prejudice against
them that there Is against the negro,
and the attitude of the American is
more like his attitude towards the In
dams In general. While the American
negro considers himself above the Mex-
lean, the Americans give more social
recognition to the Mexican. An Amer
lean can associate with Mexicans with
out losing his caste. The workingmen
regard them more favorably. and say
that while they will work for lower
wages, they are not SO likely to get out
of their places as the Japanese or the
negros.
The National tribune., 1909-02-04
GIGANTIC SEWERAGE PLANS.

New York City ts considering crap
pling with the sewage problem In q
nasterful way, and the plans undsE
contemplation involve an expenditure
OF ss2.ooo.ooo. The septic tank sys-
tenn will be used. Screening and sedi-
msntation will remove from so to IS
per cent Of tho solid matter In the
sewage. and thie will then be pumped
into tanks. whore 1t viii undergo sep
tic fermentation to destroy the poison
Gus uttrates. Some of the sludgs will
be used for fertilizer, and the rest eth
or burned or carried out to ssA.
The National tribune., 1909-02-04

The House has unanimously voted
to reverse the Presidents order with
regard to the marines and restore them
to thar historic position on skipboard.
As to the merits Of this discussion the
public is not informed. The President
is said to have the backing Of Admiral
Dewey and many other high officers of
the Navy. but it In equally certain that
many Of the most distinguished officers
ara openly hostile TO It For some
reason neither side has been liberal in
its explanations as to why it favored
or opposed the change.
The National tribune., 1909-02-04

The special agents Of the Agricul-
tural department have made some
notable seizures Of California fruit
which fell below the weight given on
the label They have also found much
pepper, a quantity Of buck
wheat which had been mixed with
cornmeal. and a still greater quantity
of what Is labeled Canada Sap Maple
and Pure Sugar Cane Sirup. which
der Strip Company, of Chicago This
was found to have but little real maple
sirup, but large quantity of others.
The National tribune., 1909-02-04

The Grocery world pronounces the
California Fruit Growers and Packers
Ptest about the greediest producing in
tersst in the United States" 1t claims
Ithaf they are never willing to compete
fairly with anybody, and they want un-
Itue advantages in every direction. ~
Days that last FAN they opened the
6aison season with price of seven
snd half cents per pound f. o. b. on
the coast. This was high price, and
they could not maintain it. tho they
Dried to save the price by eornering
the supply The price has steadily
'fallen to four and q half cents, with
still more liberal offers by sellers, and
NE California dealers are left with
rsat stocks on hand. which thay oan-
net dispose of, and are properly pun
shsd for their undue greed.
The National tribune., 1909-02-04

Prof. Walter F. Wilcox. Of Cornell
University. comes to the defense Of our
present divorce system. He says that
the statistics do not show that men
and women seek divorce mainly In er-
der to marry somebody else, and he
does not shirh that public morals would
be improved by making either mar
riags or divorce moro dimcuit There
10 AoeAing to show that there has been
a lowering Of morals owing to the
greater facilities for divorce.