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The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-12

~ ENSTBILITY is too much self; II is
 one of the bogies that affiict workers
 and 1t prevents them from accomplish 0 ing all they are able to accomplish.
 Too much self Is narrowing. binding, stifiing
 Disregarding the ethical aspect Of the sub ject and without considering the rightrsss or wrongness of the matter, 1t is safe to say that nearly all. if not all. persons work from selfish motives. In its broadest significance work is the struggle for existence. the means taken by the worker to preserve himself and his family. And in this respect all work Is selfish.
 On the other hand, it is equally true, and generally admitted to be true. that those who achieve the greatest success are the ones who in the course of their labors. pull away. to a certain extent, from themselves and from purely selfish aims This pulling away process enlarges their mental horizon. broadens their work. gives them a bigger grasp of the affairs of the world, and stirnu- lates them to greater undertakings that bene- fit others as well as themselves.
 Starts on Right Track.
 Charlie Tudor went from high school into the general offices of big railway system. ambitious, clean cut, industrious. His father wanted to give Charlie a college education. but couldn't afford it, and thought the boy should earn his own way from high school on.i While clerlSing in the general offices Charlie decided there were better opportuni- ties In the. engineering department. He saved his money and attended a night school in Chicago to fit himself as civil engineer.
 Charlie was a boy of average intelligence and hope He hadn't many luxuries. and though his tastes were not extravagant. he wanted some. Through the two years he clerked in the railroads general offices how ever. he kept himself in check, and devoted all his spare time to studying engineering, As his heart was in this study he did not progress rapidly in the office, but he had not expected to and was not disappointed. He was so busy thinking of what he was going to do that he had little time to think of what he was doing and practically none to wonder why he did not advance more rapidly.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-12
Job Price of Poor Shuffle.

The yardmaster must see to 1t that freight cars from other roads are promptly started back home. If he should fill q Pennsylvania freight car, for instance. with package freight bound for Okiahoma, the car tracer for the Pennsylvania road would see that a nice sum for rent was charged up against the road the yardmaster worked for And If that sort of thing happened often the yard master would lose his job. Cars, freight. and crews-all must be shufned correctly and as fast as a man can think.
 Even with the carload lot freight the thing Is not as simple as it may seem. All the tricks in the freight game are not known to the railroa6 companies alone. For instance. here is a corporation making two classes of product one taking freight rate of 10 cents a hundred pounds, and the other 20 cents a hundred Now suppose the wicked shipping clerk of the innocent corporation fills the
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-12

Yard Like Checker Board, The first car in that west bound freight train goes slipping slowly down on to the
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-12

empty freight car No. 62 will Dc Delavan. Wis. forty mine will be Fort Smith, Ark. and SO on to the end of the chapter, each consider able freight point having number and car of It's own. Assthe west bound freight cars from the east are unloaded at the trans- fer house the freight checker. who carries all the names and the numbers which corre- spond to them in his head. reads the address on each piece and calls of tho proper number. Instantly the freight handlers get their trucks under 1t and wheel it away to the wait ing car. s
 So all day and all night long, in the busy season, while the carload freight outside Is being sorted and switched, the package freight is being put together inside the trans fer house. And when the L.. C. l.. cars are illed they. too must be coupled on to the right trains and started of again on thes. journeys. Mere passenger men deal with human beings who usually know where they want 10 go and are themselves held respon- sible for getting on the right trains and get- ting off at the right stations. The freight man handles enormous masses of inanimate matter, split up into innumerable packages, and it Is up to him to see that no mistakes are made. No wonder he looks down on the passenger end of the game as mere child's play.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-12

ATS off to the man who handles the freight. He wears no brass buttons. rides in no vestfbuled Pullmans,
 doesn't get on to the first pages of the
The Washington times., 1909-08-30
HOT FIGHT
ON INTERSTATE LAWS
Commerce Commissioners Oppose Idea to Make Body
Quasi-Judicial-Senato Cummins Plans Fixed
Scale for Whole Country.

there viii he no settlement OF the rail-
road question until advanced ground
like this is taken. He thinks that in
no other way will stability be introduc-
ed into the railroad situation and into
the relations betwee the railroads and
the shippers. He says the net earnings
Of railroads must be no more than SUI
hcient, fairly 70 compensate the capi-
tai employed, and that Discrimination
between Individual shippers as De-
tween localities must be prevented
What Senator CumminS says as 10 the
way I'm which the rate iJuatiO should
be handled is the more interesting from
the fact that he is one of the members OF
Congress who has been asked by Pres
ident Taft to return to Washington
early i'm November in order to enter
into consultation with the White House
ON the matter OF changes in the inter
state commerce laws. IT is the opinion
OF Senator Cummins that the powers Of
the commission must I'm 10 way be
weakened. but that instead its author
ity must be vastly strengthened n the
personnel Of the commission made as
strong as possible.
The Washington times., 1909-08-30

wish that with the knowledge of the
present day we might live in the
ancient times and enjoy ourselves after
the manner of the Connecticut Yankee
at King Arthur's court.
Few of the scientific discoveries Of
modern times appeal more 80 the
average man than those of the as
.tronomers. The locating of the planet
Neptune before it had ever been seen
through the telescope is one of them.
The discovery of the existence of dark
stars so far distant that they are i'm
m%easurably beyond the reach of the
most powerful glass is another. And
in the comparatively recent discoveries
concerning the motions of the stars the
-watchers of the skies have established
what the late Simon Newcomb used to
say was the most stupendous and i'm
pressiye fact ever brought to light by
the intellect of man-that this solar
system of olrS is rushing through
,space at the rate Of a million miles a
day; that all the other stars are
moving at equally inconceivable speeds,
some of them ten times as fast; that
they are moving ahead in straight,
though different, lines from some I'M
known starting point to some un-
fashionable goal; that they have been
so speeding in ali the years since man
first laid down a map of the heavens;
pnd yet, so unthinkably vast is infinite
space, the eye of man can detect no
change in the confguration of the con-
stellations from that day to this.
These things, of necessity, afc1-e
awe and wonder. But it is questionable
if the astronomers have performed any
service greater than that of Kidding
mankind of fear of the unusual phe-
nomens of the heavens, the appearance
Of comets. and the occurrence of eelpses.
For this, Messrs. the astronomers, all
thanks.
The Washington times., 1909-08-30

Senator Cummins of Iowa, who is one
Of the members of the Senate Commit
tee on Interstate Commerce, has an
nounced that he has prepared a bill
which he will introduce next session
which Will clothe the Interstate Com
merCe Commission with the authority
he believes that body ought to have.
Senator Cummins has given uut this
announcement i'm view of the interest
excited throughout the West and in all
parts of the country by the GrosscuP
decision in the Missouri rate case,
which seems to deprive the commission
of a large measure Of the power IT was
believed to have in some quarters
Senator Cummins' plan, i'm Substance,
is to have the Government nix a COM
prehensive scale Of freight rates for
the whole country. This is not as start
ling q proposition as might appear,
since sach action has already been
taken i'm England.
once the Interstate Commerce Com
mission had promulgated an order fix
ing Il e rates for the whole country,
Senator Cummins would make it in
cumbent on the roads to get the con-
sent of the commission 20 any changes.
II there was any question about whetn-
or a proposed rate was what 10 ought
to be. It would be incumbent on the
railroads TO make a showing that the
intended rate was well based and Just.
This would rather transfer from the
shippers to the railroads the burden OF
proof that a rate was unreasonable, am.
that another rate should be substitute
for IT,.
senator Cummius proposes that on OF
before October 1, 1910, all iutersta''
carriers shall file with the Interstate
/ Commerce Commission tariffs shown
their Interstate rates In such form tHat
| they shall be understandable. The corn
mission will then a ke them up aC
/ after notice and hearing will approve
or modify them as II sees NJ. Attel
having done this, the commission would
publish and promulgate tbs genoa
schedule Of rates for the whole couL,ry
More han this. Senator Cumm:as
would limit appeals TO the courts Iron
decisions of the commission &c th'
single question whether the rates es
tablished for any carrier as a who'll
were compensatory.
In the opinion Of Senator Cummins
The Washington times., 1909-08-30
HARD WORK AHEAD FOR
STATE DEPARTMENT.

Reports from abroad make it clear
that some of the foreign nations, more
especially France and Germany, have
got the impression that the new tariff
law is going to prove a blow to their
business with the United States. in
neither country is the maximum and
minimum feature of the law relished.
It is looked on as retslistory, and there
seems to be a feeling that it has been
designed with these particular Gun
tries in mind. That is the way the
matter is looked on in Germany, and
the same feeling is reported to be
prevalent in France.
The regular and prevailing rates of
the new tariff law are higher as to a
number Of the importations from
France and Germany, and these would
have caused some dissatisfaction, but
the chief -uneasiness seems to be over
the maximum and minimum feature.
The fact that the existing commercial
agreement with France has been
7 ~abrogated so as to terminate October
81, an earlier date than in the case
Of the agreements with most countries,
has made the French feel they have a
special grievance.
If. after March 81 next, this Gov
eminent should enforce the maximum
rates against Germany and France it
Is easy to see that a tariff war OF
serious consequences, both TO ourselves
and to those countries, may result.
It is to be hoped that Secretary
Knox and his aides viii be able
/ through negotiations 70 conclude salts
factory arrangements with both these
countries, as well as with other nations.
They have no small task imposed on
their shoulders. It is the impression
abroad apparently that some way may
be found through negotiation to avoid
any serious difficulties.
Both i'm France and Germany the
governments are said 10 entertain this
view. The difficulty here, however, is
that Congress refused to legislate to
make any reciprocal arrangement pos
sible. and it looks as if Mr.. Knox would
90 into the business of trying 10 fix up
commercial arrangements with other
countries with his hands tied. II is not
The Washington times., 1909-08-30
In the Mail Bag

The Tfmes will accept for pubIi-
cation In It's Mail Bag columns,
short, vigorous letters on question
of public interest. II cannot un-
dertake to publish letters exceed
Ing 2JO words, aud reserves the
right rigIdIy TO condense commu-
nicntiOns which are of Q
length. Letters must contain the
name and address of the writer,
hut these will not he published n
request 10 that erect T. made.
The Washington times., 1909-08-30
PICTURES BY HOWE
PROVE RARE TREAT
Large Audience Greets Pro-
Queer of Interesting
Travel Festivals.

Before an audience that again taxed
the capacity OF Ihe Columbia Theater.
Lyman II. Howe last evening present
ed the third OF his travel festivals, dis
playing a series OF motion pictures that
were decidedly SSrilling and interesting.
By request Mr.. Howe repeated The
Ride on a Runaway Train" Whirling
along the Alps at a record-breaking
speed the audience is brought up 70 a
high tension OF expectancy. n the eli
max is reached just as the train Is
about 10 crash into an embankment, an
explosion coming just at the
when the picture dissolves. and ali
breathe more freely, realizing what a
narrow escape they have had
The Grave OF a Wa= vessel" show
ed H. NJ S Montague on the rocks. be-
ing dismembered by a crew Of sailors,
and fast being battered 10 pieces by
the raging seas This was one Of the
best pictures OF the evening.
Another interesting picture portrayed
a visit Of the King OF England and
he Emperor Of Germany to the King
Of Italy aboard an Italian cruiser.
An Automobile Trip from Nice 70
Monte Carlo Gymnasium Drill b.
French Ffremen,' and views Of "A
Paris Flower Fete.' were also pleas
ing numbers The Life Of the Bee.
Ski Jumping" Runaway Horse. and
a number or humorous pictures added
to the delightful program. Mr.. Howe.
during his last three visits to Wash
ington, has clearly demonstrated that
he is the premier producer Of motion
pictures. To all his portrayals much
realism is added by the reproduction
of necessary sounds to convey To the
auditor the exact nature Of the pic
fr4~o
The Washington times., 1909-08-30

To the Editor % the Washington Times:
While those in authority are looking
around Washington for an opportunity
TO improve it's beauty why not remove
that old fence surrounding the Patent
Of6ce-I say tear Il down. And
would it he any violation of the law
after doing SC TO allow the land
scape gardener 20 try his hand in plant
ing IN the parking surrounding this
building a crop Of palm trees or a
bunch OF flower vases that would add
eminently 10 the attractivcncss OF this
section Of the ciLy2 And then again. did
You ever notice ia. sloomy old lights
that do duty every night at this old
stand2 Why not turn on some bright
lights and make this section OF the city
more cheerful at night.
A TRAVELLING MAN.
The Washington times., 1909-08-30
MILLIONAIRE FINDS
WIFE IN COLUMBUS
w. A. Stone, Of UniontOwn, Re-
fuses to Discuss Alleged
Elopemeut..

UN1ONTOWN. Pa, Aug. SO-Tae
young wife Of w. a. Stone, millionaire
coal man Of Uniontown. who has been
missing from her home for the past ten
months and VINO. it was asserted by
her husband. eloped with a Philippine
hero. was today mysteriously returned
home in an automobile by her husband.
who. beyond saying that lie found her in
Columbus. Ohio, gives no details.
Mir. Stone is said to have spent $l00.OG1
in searching for his young wife. who at
the time Of her disappearance held mucn
OF her husbands property in her own
name
The mother Of Mrs. Stone committed
suicide the morning after her alleged
elopement.
The Washington times., 1909-08-30

Allen D. Albert, jr.'s, vivid description
of the Speed Mania, and what.new phases
fast auto driving has introduced into
modern life.
Bleriot's narrow escape from death
when his airship catches aire in the con
tes5-at Rheims.
Death Of four persons whose automobile
was struck by a train near st. Louis.
Distressing conditions at Monterey,
where flood has left thousands homeless
and in greatest need Of succOr.
Wreck on the Big Four near Springfield,
Ohio, in which t%wenty-four persons were
injured.
The presence of Mrs. Hartman at
church yesterday morning taken as an in
d~ication that no immediate operation for
Mr.. Hartman is necessary.
President Taft displeased by McHarg's
Don'f miss the Sunday EVpninS
The Washington times., 1909-08-30
SOMETHING TO THANK THE
FOR.

In the announcement of the forth
coming temperance Of Halley's comet
there is a reminder Of the very con
siderable debt which tho man of today
owes to the astronomer. I'm past years
the appearance Of this comet has caused
great CONSERVATION throughout the
world. Once the reigning Pope ordered
prayers for the protection of the world
against it.. Nowadays we learn Of its
coming in advance, will enjoy IL as a
thing curious, spectacular, and beauti-
ful, and bother ourselves very little
about it, except perhaps for the unholy
The Washington times., 1909-08-30
BUSINESS CONTINUES TO BE
MARKED BY IMPROVEMENT.

Various returns from many sections
Of the country make it clear that the
business of the country continues to
improve steadily, and in a most salts
factory fashion.
One of the best indications of this is
seen in the reports as to the iron and
steel business. Adyices from Pittsburg
are that the great q~uickening of the
demand for steel by finished product
manufacturers for some days past Is
reflected in preparations for a maxi
mum production by the middle of Sep
TENDER by the furnaces and steel mills
and by an almost sensational advance
in the week Just closed in pig iron
prices throughout the North.
It is pointed out that the payment Of
higher than current prices for certain
steel products to secure speedy delivery
is on indication of the fact that many
mills are now receiving orders faster
than they can fill them.
Such facts as these, Of course, point
to activity in many lines of industry
which make demands on the iron and
steel trade. They point to activity in
builGing operations. present and pros
pective. One of the principal drafts
on the iron and steel business Just now
is being made by the railroads, which
are ordering new cars, new rails, new
locomotives, and other equipment. The
managers Of the railroads are con
WINGED that they must expand their
facilities for handling traffic if they
are TO keep abreast Of that traffic.
Striking in this connection is the fact
the latest report Of the American Rail
way Association on the number Of idle
cars in the United States and Canada
shows that between August 4 and
August Is there was a reduction of
about $4,000 in the number Of idle
freight cars. The previous two weeks
saw a reduction Of about $4,000 in the
number OF idle cars. making a total OF
$1,000 cars which have been idle which
in four weeks time have been i'm.
pressed into service. Such a showing
IS this gives sharper point to the re-
cent prediction Of Chairman Knapp OF
the Interstate Com7Ierce Commission Ia
the effect he would not be surprised Ia
see a car famine within a year.
While many statements are made
that the Western and interior bank.
will be able this year to find the funds
10 move the crops without calling on
the East, the advices from New York
do not bear out this idea. On the con.
trary it is said the Withdrawals OF
money from New York TO move IN,
crops this a will be unusually heavy
Reports on bank clearings and rail.
road earnings of late are satisfactory
They point to the purchase Of large fall
stocks of goods, with demand for quick
shipment and a general tendency 10 ex.
pansion in trade and Industry. An &C
tive jobbing trade and optimistic re-
ports as TO general crop conditions ar,
other features of the situation. Goa
and coke are in brisk demand, showing
that the wheels Of the factories Al,
once more getting into full swing.
In a word. from every section of tho
country there comes but one report
and that is that the business outlook
Is unusually bright. More r~emarkabl,
still, some lines Of industry are alread,
back to the high tide Of prosperity at
tanned in the record breaking year o.
1907.
The Washington times., 1909-08-30
WILLIAM S. TAYLOR
VISITS KENTUCKY
Former Governor Returns for First
Time Since Goebel AS
sassination.
SaSSInatlOn

LEXINGTON. KY. Aug. So-Vvii-
liam S. Taylor. former governor OF
Kentucky, who figured prominently
in the Goebel assassination case. IS
on his first visit TO the State since the
assassination, nine years ago The
Blue Grass State has brought him too
much sorrow. he says. for him ever 10
move back here. He is expected IN
Lexington today, and may visit his old
home in Whitley county before re-
turning TO Indiana A public recep-
ton is planned by his tOwnpeople at
Whitley.
The Washington times., 1909-08-30
VIRGINIA RAILROADS
INCREASE EARNINGS
Gross Transportation Revenue for
Fiscal Year Encour-
aging.

RICHMOND. Va, Aug. 3a-Railroads
operating in Virginia, from their mile
age I'm this state. made an increase in
gross transportation revenue for the
fiscal year ended June 30 OF H.2S,SASS,
according to a statement issued BY the
State Corporation Commission.
Twenty-Five railroads which hare fled
their reports with the commission have
shown an increase in their earnings.
while thirteen roads,, near all small
branch lines, show an aggregate de-
crease Of 61,3l5.S5.
The Washington times., 1909-08-30
BOSTON WILL HAVE
LARGEST ICE RINK
Work on S150,0OO Covered Course
Will Be Begun at
Once.

BOSTON, Aug S-The largest COW
cred ic~e-skating rink in the world will
be erected on s. Boliph street, alta cost
of $4,000. and will be ready for use
this coming writer
The building win be known as The
Boston Arena" and Is being backed by
several OF the wealthiest men in the
Back Bay. All the winter sports viii be
held in the building Work viii com
mence on IL AT once.
The Washington times., 1909-08-30

A woman whose name is familiar In
almost ever household in the United
States died a few days ago al her home
IN Connecticut. Miss Maria Parloa, Of
cookbook fame. Miss Parloa's writ
ings on culinary things could hardly be
called literature. but they were out Of
the ordinary. and We're widely read.
Many a best seller viii be forgotten
when her works Will stin be In demand.
The Washington times., 1909-08-30

at all unlikely that this Government
VIII realize before long that a serious
b!under has been committed in making
no provision for reciprocity. At any
rate the outlook for avcrting tariff
trouble just now Is not ~reassuring, ac-
cording to the tenor of the adyices from
Germany and France.
The Washington times., 1909-08-30
CAVALRY BAND CONCERT AT
LINCOLN PARK
PROGRAM
THIS EVENING AT 7;sO O'CLOCK.
George F. TyrreU, Chief Musician

March-"Fifteenth cavalry" new
Tyrrell
Overture-"Rienzi" ......... Wagner
WaItz-"Isar Lieder' 80. ...---Gungl
Toreador ct A~ndalouse, from-"Bal
Costume .Rubenstein
Royal Tabour Et VIvandiere, from
BAL .EuPcnstein
Persian Intermezzo-"Iran' ..Judson
Gems from the comic opera-"Burgo-
master" .Luders
Mexican Novelette-"Maid Of Next
co. Levy
March-"Reglmental Pride".-..Heed
1.-THE Star-SpangIed Banner
Note-Nos. / and s will be assist
ed by the regimental trumpeters of
the Fifteenth cavalry.
The Washington times., 1909-08-30
CONCERT BY The SOLDIERS
HOME BAND
PROGRAM
THIS AFTERNOON AT 4o'CLocK.
John S. NJ. Zimmerman, Director.

arch-"Hostraussers"... Chambers
Overture-"Jean de Paris .BoiIdieu
Solo FOR baritone-"The Holy
City" REQUESTED
Gaetano Glove.
Grand selection-"Cavalleria Rus
ucana Mascagni
Descriptive-"By the Suwanee
River MIDDLETON
Excerpts from The Red MIlr'
Redaest) Herbert
Novelty-'A Chinese Episode"
Bendlx
FInale-"The Dominant
Zimmerman
The Washington times., 1909-08-30

attack on the Roosevelt policies in his sen
s%ational interview given to The Washing
ton Times representative Saturday.
Return Of John d. Archbold from
Europe with enthusiastic ideas Of Ire
lands prosperity.
Escape of passengers from serious in
jury in a rear-end collision of trains on the
Chesapeake Beach railway on the outskirts
o. Washington.
Arrival Of Count Zeppelin in Berlin, and
his enthusiastic reception by the Kaiser
and the popularists.
Opening of the Methodists' camp meet
ing at Great Falls.
Return Of Bishop Corrigan after a three
months tom of Europe.
Father Phelap's solution of the suffrage
proposition by giving a ballot with every
baby.
of The WASHINGTON Times.