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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-07-24
The District Estimates.

When Congress last spring wrote into
the District appropriation bill for the cur
rent fiscal year the provision restricting
the estimates of the Commissioners to a
sum equal to twice the amount Of the
total estimated local tax revenues The
Star pointed out the fact that while this
was in logical development of the in
equitable congressional policy it was
nevertheless certain to work a great
hardship upon the municipal government,
unless, indeed, the houses should choose
to ignore the estimates by appropriating
in excess of them just as they have in
the past ignored them by appropriating
less than the total requested Under the
prior system the Commissioners were
compelled, i'm order to state the actual
needs of the District. to present estl-
mates in excess of the estimated local
revenue. Under the new system, in order
to comply with the dictum of Congress.
they will be compelled to write the re-
quisitions far below the actual needs and
unquestionably below the ultimate appro-
priations.
In short, as things have been running
for the last few years, the Commission
ers' estimates serve no more than gen.
eral. negligible guide to the needs of the
capital community. The responsibility
for what happens fails to happen here
in the way of progress rests not with
the Commissioners, but with Congress If
streets are unpaved. if sewers are to be
laid, if police stations and fire engine
houses are needed for the safeguarding
of the public interests and private prop
erty. If schools are lacking for the edu-
cation of youth, if the public health suf-
fers because there are not enough sani-
tary inspectors. it is because Congress
has chosen to adopt policy in dealing
with the District contrary to the prin-
ciples of good business and of fair play.
This is not an academic matter, not a
matter of mere bookkeeping. 1t Is
practical question affecting the welfare
of every resident of the District, whether
permanent or temporary. In order to
force the District to a basis of approxi-
mate tax payments for public work of
permanent character Congress has neg
lected current needs and many per-
manent Improvements urgently demand
ed. The Commissioners are helpless ex-
cept to the point of repeatedly stating
their sound, unanswerable proposition
that the District is entitled to the same
treatment in the provision of funds for
its current and permanent works that is
given to all other communities. and that
is accorded to its own affairs by every
we'll managed business corporation in the
country.
Under this new system OF restricting
the estimates to the prospective revenues
Congress will be more distinctly than
ever required to carry the burden of full
responsibility for whatever shortcom-
ings may result in the District govern
ment from the parsimonious hand-to-
mouth method of providing for actual
necessities.
The one bright feature in the situation
is that through the energetic work of
the collectors Office the District revenues
are SO much larger this year than in
former years.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-07-24
Judge Brewer ON the Courts.

Mr.. Justice Brewer is more frequently
heard from in public addresses than anv
OF his colleagues on the supreme bench
The courtroom sets no limit to his in
terest In affairs. He notes what goes on
in the political, the social and the mill.
tary world as well as in the legal world
and offers observations on all matters
that strike him. His high position and
his large ability insure him attention.
He finds critics when he speaks OF uoli-
tics. He treats of that subject only as
an observer. He has had no experience
whatever in that field. He wants good
government. as all good men do, but
longing hardly qualities one to go into
details.
He likewise finds critics when he speaks
of war and its horrors. There also he is
academic. Everybody abhors war But
the question is how to prevent war.
Judge Brewer talks about peace as
though it could be secured and preserved
by proclamations and good resolutions
One gets the idea that he would have the
United States disarm at once. send notice
10 all the powers. apd then dismiss all
thought Of danger.
But when courts and court procedure
are the theme. Judge Brewer is master
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-07-24
The Dingley Law.

This is the twelfth anniversary of the
signing of the Dingley tariff bill. For a
time hope was entertained that the Payne
bill might be laid on President Tafts
table and signed today. Luck, it was
thought, would thus go with the new law.
But the difficulties were greater than SEN
timent could control The new law must
take a date of its own, and stand upon
it's own bottom, date and all.
So much success has attended the Ding
ley law, the general public thinks OF the
measure as having been easily drafted.
But it was not 1t taxed the powers of
the ablest men in the republican party,
several of whom were recognized authori-
ties on the tariff question. Mr.. Mckinley
in the White House, Mr.. Dingley as
chairman of ways and means, and Sena-
tors Allison and Aldrich found it no easy
task to put matters in shape. and con-
graduated themselves when they finally
succeeded.
In the first place they were revising
botch. The Gorman-Wilson law had been
fashioned by men facing in opposite di-
rections. Neither faction Of the democ-
racy of that day was frank with itself or
the country. More had been promised
than either could, or cared to, redeem.
In the second place, the business depres-
sion was SO extreme the problem was try
ing on that account. The cure must be
prompt. If the new law failed, the situa-
ton would become desperate.
1t would be useless to deny that in the
present revision the republicans have been
almost as seriously divided. One faction
has stood for an upward and the other
for a downward scale, with the President
now and then interpreting the party plat
form in spirit Of Cancellation.
But the republicans have not been re-
vising a botch, and have not worked in
the shadow of bankruptcy and idle bust
ness plants. Their task has been to rem
edy evils growing out of phenomenal sue
cess, and equalize benefits grown unequal
by that success.
The bingley law has had life of
twelve years. But it should have been
revised eight years ago. So thought Mr..
Mckinley, and had he lived such action
would have been taken. What will be the
length of the new laws life? It need not
be long, even If the measure Is successful.
Inequalities may grow up under it as rap
idly as under the Dingley law. II it fails.
either as a revenue raiser or as an ad-
juster Of differences, the end, of course,
will speedily come. A good tariff law is
essential to the national we'll being.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-07-24
A Meeting Of Presidents.

The unwritten law which forbids the
President of the United States to leave
the territory of this country has kept
the chief executive from engaging In that
free social intercourse with other rulers
which is permitted in the old world. The
President, under this doctrine, may never
step foot of American SOIL He can go
to Panama, but only in warship, which
is construed as a part of the American
area. He could, of course. in the same
manner, go to Europe, but thus far no
one has suggested such an extension of
the doctrine of extraordinarily. Never
theless 1T is planned for President Taft to
meet President Diaz Of Mexico in October.
and by simple expedient 1t Is proposed
to bring these two rulers, whose interests
are SO closely associated into actual con-
tact without either one of them leaving
his own soil. Between Juarez, Mexico
and FL PaSo, Texas, q bridge crosses the
Rio Grande. The scheme now contem-
plated is to arch this bridge with q cano-
by and to set a banquet table at the ex-
act point through which the international
boundary runs, with the President Of the
United States sitting on the American
side and the President Of Mexico on his
own side. Thus will the tradition be pre-
served and thus the international ameni-
ties advanced. Neither president will
leave his own soil and yet they will be
in close association and can indulge In an
intimate discussion OF the many matters
that are OF Importance as between the
two governments. Inasmuch as no one
has yet devised a plan for bridging the
Atlantic ocean 1t is hardly to be expected
that the President OF the United States
and the King of England will ever meet
on the high seas on similar terms of en-
tire propriety. especially as the Atlantic
extends somewhat beyond the three-mile
limit which marks the extent of national
Jurisdiction.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-07-24
Short-Weight Ice.

sealer Haskells declaration of war
against the short-weight ice man will be
gleefully hailed by the entire community.
In the buying Of ice the consumer is abb
solutely at the mercy of the dealer. He
has no scales with which to verify the
weights. The ice is taken directly from
the wagon, where it is presumably
weighed, and placed in the refrigerator.
In many cases the housewife does not see
1t. The only evidence of full weight Is
its lasting quality. and yet this is not a
perfectly trustworthy standard. 1t is not
fair to accuse the ice man Of giving short
weight because the lump disappears with
unusual rapidity. for perhaps the tenn
perature is excessive, or the servant has
carelessly left the ice chest door open, or
some one has chopped of chunk for
lemonade. No one can ever be sure
whether the days consignment is over or
under weight without actually testing 1t
on receipt. Thus the consumers are de.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-07-24
Deadly Blank Cartridges,

From the Philadelphia Inquirer.
A distinguished retired naval surgeon.
who has had much experience in wars
and in peace, has just lost his son from
lockjaw due to the use of a blank car
fridge In pistol. The bereaved father
writes that he did not know his son had
purchased the implement and would have
forbidden him the use of 1t had he known
of its possession, since long experience
with gunshot wounds has convinced him
that more damage is done by wads than
by bullets. He thinks that the sale OF
blank cartridges should be forbidden.
This is only one phase Of a mighty sub
ject. A few days ago distressing acct
dent occurred whereby a child shot a lit
tie neighbor with a gun. 1t seems incred-
ible that parents should be so careless as
to permit children to have anything to dc
with firearms or explosives of any sort
It is well known that those who know
most about gunpowder have the greatest
respect for it.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-07-24
An Insular Department.

Why not an insular department? Our
insular possessions are highly important,
and developing rapidly. Their affairs
should be administered with the utmost
care. and by men of experience. Talk of
scuttle Is now of very small volume and
of smaller consequence. The flag is not
coming down anywhere. 1t should fly.
therefore, in circumstances guaranteeing
the best of government for all who
shelter beneath it, whether they live near
to, or far from, the seat Of government.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-07-24
determination of the Bucket Shop.

From the New York Financial World.
The war on the bucket shop is con.
Quoted quite vigorously In the states
which in the past have suffered mos,
from this evil. In Pennsylvania only a
few now remain, and the end Of them Is
fast approaching. In Ohio the author
tiles are wedding out one after another
and there will probably be none left by
the end of this year. Now the war has
started in Virginia, where the bucket
shop men are arrested as fast as the
grand turies can vote indictments against
them. The end of the bucket shop evil
in every part OF the country is only a
question Of few months. With both the
federal and state authorities moving
against these takers they will not be able
to survive much longer. and their ulti-
mate determination will be blessing to
the country.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-07-24
"De Halve-Maen. /"
rom the New York Tribune.

From the New York Tribune.
It is a felicitous coincidence that just
as the New York schoolship Newport ar
rived at Amsterdam, bearing friendly
greeting from America to Holland. the
new Half Moon arrived in New York
from Amsterdam as a token of regard
and affection from Holland to America.
The bond between the old Amsterdam
and the city which was once called New
Amsterdam Is strong and vital, as indeed
also is that between the two nations, the
Dutch and the American, whose early his
tories have SO much in common, and It
is a grateful task to. adorn and to show
forth those bonds with these mutual
courtesies.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-07-24
Unheeded.
He had perused

He had perused
Much ancient lore;
He oft enthused
On bards Of yore;
He was in touch
With heroes brave
Whose deeds did much
The land to save.
He often told
With great delight
OF men so bold
Who loved to fight.
Philosophy
He also read;
Twas plain to see
The life he led
Was full of thought
Which now and then
Might well be sought
BY other men.
But did they seek?
Not much. They cried,
Come round next week."
They even guyed
This worthy man
Who had essayed
A lifelong plan.
Their lots to aid.
Though he was wise,
AS they had heard,
They did not prize
His warning word.
In fruitless flow
His speeches rang
He did not know
The latest slang!
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-07-24
SQUARE PIANO FREE
The F. G. Smith Piano Co.
of 1925 Pa. Ave. Makes
a Liberal Offer.
Splendid Opportunity for Chill
dren to Study Music With
out Expense to Parents.

No better time than vacation time for childrcn
TO take up music. They have ample leisure to
yractice. and should lay the foundation for a
good musical educa tion before school opens. The
l.. q. Smith Piano Company has a number OF
square Pianos, all in good condition. which will
be loaned free OF charge for six months to those
who apply at once. Parents should profit ny
this chance to get a good piano for the children.
There 10 expense or obligation attached 10
the offer other than that you pay the small
charge for moving the piano to your home. Call
at the Bradbury warcrooms. l225 Pa. ave-. or
phone Main TAT.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-07-24

The former Shah Of Persia was right
in resenting the notification to the effect
that he had been deposed. One of the
most embarrassing features Of the Down
and-Out Club is its habit of overelaborate
limitations.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-07-24
Galveston.
Cnrin1f3eld RonuhlicQn

From the Springfield Republican.
The test of Galveston's sea wall was SO
successful in this weeks hurricane that
the inhabitants are well justified in their
jubilation. The Texas metropolis is one
of the interesting cities in the United
States, and Americans have much more
reason to be proud Of 1t, not only because
1t can defy the tempest. but because it
gave us new form Of municipal gov
eminent than of many more pretentious
places between the two oceans.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-07-24

Reports that Col Roosevelt finds it
necessary to interrupt his hunting in
order to write book indicates that
while riding on cowcatchers he must
have wasted valuable time looking around
at the scenery.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-07-24

People who insist on the most modern
forms Of sport will learn with regret
that it Is even harder to learn to man.
age a flying machine than 1t was to
conquer a bicycle.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-07-24

Mr.. Rockefeller discreetly refrains
from assuming responsibility for all
the opinions emanating from educa-
tional institutions he has assisted to
capitalize.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-07-24

Mr.. Taft promises to demonstrate
that a judicial mind can be Of more as
sistance in a conference than a gift for
emphatic expression.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-07-24
A Little Vindictive.

$50 you want the privilege of voting for
people of whom you approve?"
NO." answered the suffragette. Il
desire the satisfaction of publicly refus-
ing to vote for people whom don't like. y
"When you feels hankerin' fob great
authority, son. said Uncle Eben, do a
little preliminary practicin' as base ball
umpire an see whether you really en-
joys it,"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-07-24

Of personal absence letters TO THE
STAR should not be addressed 60 any
Individual connected with the once. out
simply TO THE STAB, or to the Editorial
or Business Department, according to
tenor or purpose.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-07-24

Boni Castellane might have sent the
De Sagan infant a gift. If only to support
the persistent claims to consideration as
one Of the Gould family.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-07-24

The sugar trust may have gotten its
idea Of weights from the figures which
represent Justice in an effort to man
age a set of scales blindfolded.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-07-24
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.
The Rural Cynic.

"Hard work. said the ready-made
philosopher, "brings the greatest happi-
ness in life"
YES" answered Farmer Corntossel.
specially when you kin afford to hire
somebody to do it fur YOU"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-07-24

Jerome has proved himself as diff
cult to sidetrack in the Thaw case as in
some other matters Of public interest.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-07-24

pendent upon the Districts inspection
service, and it is to be hoped that the
crusade for honest weighing will be effec-
tive in maintaining the standards.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-07-24

1t really looks as IL Evelyn Thaw had
rather more cold business ability than is
expected In one naturally gifted for
career in art.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-07-24

Petrol is described as not resem-
bling butter in either taste or appear
ance. Otherwise it will be found sat
isfactory substitute.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-07-24

It must be a novel experience to e. H.
Hartman to find himself in the hands
of physicians who not only make him
pay for advice, but compel him to take
IT
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-07-24

San Francisco rejoices in the fact that
builders are not as slow in their opera
tons as courts of justice.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-07-24
Dependable
Alcohol Stoves.

~ AFE, easy and efficient of
N0< operation; transform al
~ cohol into gas, resulting
in an immense increase in
heat intensity and decrease in
consumption. Cost about 2Hc
per hour, and are dependable at
all times. Ideal for travelling, for
camping, for automobiling or any
and every occasion where quick,
sure and safe heat is required.
SAYS each.
We are showing many sizes
and patterns of Alcohol Stoves,
$50 upward.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-07-24

The "five-foot" library idea finds very
little approval with the men who So
licit orders for editions de luxe.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-07-24
ssNeW Perfection'' Wick
Flame Oil Stoves.

T ROM the standpoint of ef-
sir fciency and durability,
oW the New ", Perfection {, is
stove on the market. They are
as near perfection as human skill
and modern machinery can make
them. Simple in construction.
safe and reliable and always
ready for instant use. They are
artistic in design and pleasing to
the eye. The chimneys are en-
ameled in blue, which makes
them rustproof and easily clean
ed. In fact, the stoves have
more good qualities than we have
space to enumerate. An inspec-
ton is invited.
Iwo-burner.. .$7.25 each.
Three-burner. 1915 each.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-07-24

A New Jersey man attached a music
box to his lawnmower. There Is no cir
cumventing person who hates peace.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-07-24
Never

From the Baltimore Sun.
Come to think OF il, the backyard
board fence is not a thing OF beauty and
O 10y forever.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-07-24
Automobile Victims.

From the Springfield Republican.
The most melancholy news feature Of
the daily newspapers these days Is the
list Of automobile victims that never
fails. :.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-07-24
An Expert Opinion.

$50 you were a great success in Ham,
let"
YES" answered Mr.. Stormington
Barnes. Il was undoubtedly a success.
But the audience wasn't bright enough to
perceive it,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-07-24
The Big Noise.

o We who would impress the crowd
BY utterance SURPRISING loud,
Take heed Of the canary small
Whose modest note is loved by all;
While on the other hand the bird
Whose bugle note is farthest heard,
The rooster bold, is banished quite
Or roasted well; which serves him RICH
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-07-24
Summer Shopping bv Mail.

We wish remind you efficient Mail Order DEPART
ment in which orders by mail will be filled promptly accurately
and satisfactorily.
1t will be great help however customers will
when ordering items to be charged the full city
address under which the account carried This should be done
in each individual order enables bookeepes identify
the account and avoids delay in orwardance of goods
The privileges of exchange enjoyed
by city also extended pa
Communications should be addressed to "Woodward &
Lothrop Mail Order Department, Washington, D. c."
e. n
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-07-24
Requisites and Helps
For the H10msekeeper.

~ Ii modern requisites and helps for the city,
1l country housekeeper found Housefurnsh-
@S ngs Department, in great variety
NJ. Al..a-on KNa~e> -
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1909-02-17

expansion, achieved her ends ftly,
and stands ready for the larger and
greater destiny that awaits her.
Among all her prideful blessings,
perhaps the fact that she is without a
public debt of any sort, as State,
stands out most eommandingly. 1t is
a rare and extraordinary attitude and
one that cannot be denied nor dispar-
aged in this age Of universal and
blasting debt-mania. It may have
contributed to her retardation, may
have kept her down and out, but there
is still the intense and immense salts,
faction possessing all her people that
they are not carrying this curse Of the
day whatever else may rise to thwart
and hamper them.
Her commerce. trade, manufac-
lures, railways, and all the agencies
Of the hour, for expansion and upiift,
are well redicted and steadily ad-
vancing with the ratio Of her popula'
ton and means, and she suffers no
loss nor disadvantage in the careful
and considerate policies that dictate
her measured and reliant stride,
Oregon is absolutely all right