Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1909-02-26
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Gee, What Il lurgr amount OF pro
lection Andy. old hoy. Yea nave
g.Nru away in libraries.
Thr tarl'i ,ouuiitcc has not Yet
asked amy hOu~rNINr> Ia bring ttclr
u,eo.ut books for the past few years
to the tariff hearing.
Etty-tivc dollars Of profit for every
dollar of capital invested. That
reads ike the record Of Il Wcnatchce
apple orchard. but it is not. 1t l.
the story OF the Standard Oil Com
pauy.
\ census j. to bc taken OF the sur
vivor> OF the Union army. If the
ruumriatorS don t do Il little pad
ding they may toe embarrassed by
figures that won agrrr with those
complied by the pension bureau.
That a life of single blcS>cdncsS is
not conducive to one of morality and
correct living would appear to he
demonstrated by the statistics of the
ARKANSAS prnitcntiary. OF the male
inmates OF that institution almost
tWU-thirdS are unmarried. The same
proportion Will chan actcrizc the re-
ports of similar institutions in other
States, and Yet there are those who
persist in asking the question: e" l.
marriage Il failure?
Prisoners in the King county Jail,
at Seattle, have hot apple pies
served to them, according to Seattle
papers There are hundreds of men,
with families. living outside the jail
in Seattle, who haven t tasted Il cold
apple pie, not to speak of hot one.
for many moons. They cannot al
ford to purchase apples for their
families, at the price charged for the
same in the Queen City. Their day
wage won't permit it, Lucky King
county prisoners.
Who would bc elected King of the
World tomorrow if there was an
election for every mothers son on
the globe? Roosevelt? Not for Il
minute. But who? King Edward
There the most popular man in
ChriStrndom. And why? Just be
cause he's the sort of man. | say.
ought to lead Il nation a big man, a
broad man, Il man who knows the
whole game and not Il part of it. an
all-round gentleman who enjoys Il
fair game and understands the poor
drunk in hve-ccnt beer Joint as
we'll rs the rich man somewhere cles
doing the same thing.
Don't kill the skunk, now is
the earnest plea of the United States
Department of Agriculture OF
course not. Kill no living creature
unless for a sound affirmative reason,
and decidedly none such exists with
respect to most of our wild animals
and birds. But the skunk is par
ticularly useful. 1t is IL great insect
eater, says the learned professors of
the Department Of Agriculture. and
is especially fond of the white grub.
which is the young member of the
May beetle or the commonly called
June bug. Let skunkS alone and
they will eat the white grubS Tree
growers, gardeners and Lawmakers
will bc gamers. \ hungry skunk
will do an almost incredible amount
of good in one season in preserving
lawns. if he is not hutchcrrd ON
sight. The white grub lives on the
roots of grasses. and will destroy a
a handsome lawn in Il brief space of
time if left TO work unchecked
Says the professors: Turn II pair
of Skunks loose ut n lawn and the
gruos will soon disappear The
Skunks will dig them up and the lawn
will became thick and vclvcty."
There You are. So from now on
don kill the skunkS.
That the sure. swift and certain
punishment of violatorS of the law.
constitutes the best and most cifcc-
tive deterrent for crime. is demon
str;ltci in the experience of this
country, as compared with that of
Great Britain. During last year
there were about 1900 homicidcS in
this country and for this terrible
slaughter only l23 persons paid the
penalty on the gallows, though of
course. there were II large number
sent to the penitcntiary, the vast
majority for short terms OF this
number Il very considerable proper
ton were pardoncd before the cX-
piration of the sentences 1t is safe
to say that no punishment whatever
was inflicted as Il result of half of the
total number of homicidcs last year.
In other words, 5000 persons were
deprived of the priceless gift of life
by their fellow citizens and no penalty
whatever WAS paid for the crimes.
Every man with murder in his heart.
can, before he goes out to STAY the
victim of his hate and malice, assure
himself that his chances for eXpiat-
ing his crime ON the gallows is only
about ono in hundred. He also has
the assurance that he has more than
an even chance to get Oft without any
punishment whatever. In England
and Wales, in 1903, there were alto
grther l2,69S persons committed for
trial on various charges. OF this
number, l0,4Sl were convicted and
punished. In other words, five out
of every six offenders, each assum-
ing that all committed for trial by
the examining courts were guilty,
were punished. In this country it is
safe To say that not more than one
in every two is punished and it is
doubtful if that per cent. will hold
good. If a conviction was sure tC
follow crimes there would be fewer
crimes in this country.