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The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1909-07-25
A" Trust and Its Victory.

The tobacco trust does not seem to
have lost out" after all. in the Secre-
tary OF Wars prohibition against the
award OF contract. by army subsistence
officers and the Isthmian Canal Commits
sion. for tobacco 20 the forty or fifty firms
composing what Is popularity known as
the tobacco trust" 1t now appears that
any one having no direct connection with
the companies in that trust may purchase
Its products and sell them to the govern
ment. This means that the government
VIII pay a higher price for the product
OF the tobacco trust than # has been
charged for those articles hitherto. The
trust, which was supposed to be the OBJ
iect OF official rebuke and punishment. IS
restored to its former privileges. with the
government paying the freight"
This notification Of the righteous in
dignation Of the Department OF Justice
where the order Of the Secretary OF War
Is understood to have originated. Is one
OF the peculiar results OF dealing with
trusts when they are guilty Of the re-
straint Of trade. II viii be an easy mat
ter for the managers Of the tobacco com
panies in the trust 70 find Wholesale or
retail dealers who will handle the product
without any toss TO the trust in its rela-
ton to the government. The 'indepen-
dents" who have cherished the notion
that they would now have an opportunity
20 bid for government orders without
running up against the competition Of the
tobacco trust. win view this latest devel-
opment with no great satisfaction. The
Eecretary Of War has found It impossible
10 refuse to purchase the trusts product
when IL comes from contractors not OF
the trust, and ne has so informed the
army subsistence officers and the 18th
minn Canal Commission.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1909-07-25

Perhaps the fact that woman's demand
for the right Of suffrage Is reasonable
OF. at least not illogical-is the very
best reason why It should not be given
her. That philosophy IS trite you say?
Probably so, but II may be true and
sound. nevertheless.
Is not woman happier for wanting
some things than she can ever hope to
be for getting them? We think so; some
things, anyway. II not this particular
thing OF suffrage. The Hudson Terminal
Company. OF New York, to cite a case
well in point. recently decided that Il
would be a good idea 70 provide separate
accommodation for its women passengers,
where such separate accommodation
was desired. This decision was reached
after the perusal Of a great mass OF cor
respondence relating to the evils OF the
lndisCriminate handling OF passengers.
Hundreds OF letters were considered hay
ing to do with mans alleged incivility 10
females II was complained that cigar
and cigarette laden breaths were ex-
tremely obnoxious: also that coarse and
vulgar language was often heard from
the masculine section OF humanity aboard
the cars II was alleged that there was
no such thing as old-fashIoned courtesy
any more, and that the man who gave
Ut his seat TO a woman strap-hanger was
the rare. rare exception rather than the
rule.
After mature elaboration. the iniquities
of this apparently distressing situation
impressed the Hudson Terminal Company
and it was decided that lovely woman
was not getting her due by any means
along its lines. at least-and that # was
the company's solemn duty TO remedy
the trouble without more ado. Where
upon, separate cars. Of equal accommoda-
ton. were provided for the women. and
the improved order Of things was pro-
claimed With much Joy and gusto.
wen what happened? For a few days
the new vehicles were crowded; the
women. approaching the novelty Of the
arrangement. fairly overran the cars. It
was so sweet and lovely" Of the Hudson
Terminal Company-and so forth. and so
on. But after two weeks of operation,
their interest died away: within four
weeks the passenger in the car reserved
exclusively for women became the rare
exception: and within less than two
months the entire scheme was abandoned
ns an expensive addition to service that
did not even remotely justify itself.
Why was this so? Oh. OF course. be-
cause. What other reason would one ex-
pect the dear creatures to give? They
wanted this car-clamored for it-untn
they got it. And then Il became the
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1909-07-25
EXTRAVAGANZA OF LIFE.
"Any One Can Afford Anything II He
Thinks lie Can.

Charles Bat;eu LOOMS. IN smart Set.
We are all OF us apt 20 feel that a Ger
tain sum spent for a certain thing is ex-
travagance. while the same sum expended
for something else IS not undue extrava-
gance on the part Of an almost pauper.
Well here is Macaonas. n. spends So
for dinner with wine and gets so befud-
died at Il that next day he IS not sure
whether he dined az all. but he has a dim
recollection that some lobster disagreed
with hira
How wildly cXtravagant 20 spend so
large sum and get so little for Il, No
man but millionaire would ever do such
thing
StiIl. I'm not sure that we won't find
that Jack NJ. PekUnious, who Is glad 10
make a.g0 2 year by the sale OF his
landscapes. has spe0t Just the same
amount end got as little FOR It.
He had a years lease OF his house. for
which he paid SIS a month. and on
June i be loft 1t and went down 10 Prov
incetown 20 paint for three months. But
his rent for his unused house went on
Just The same He handed out So for not
even dinner with wine. He didn't try
20 sublet It. Said II would be too much
bother.
Old Alexander Q. Croesus has the no
tlon tnat he hasn't much time for pleas
ure. 50 he and his wife-who Is deaf-go
70 the opera but once in a season, and &
costs them SO.
Little Eleanor Shaminart-whose name
bellies her. for she is genuine clear through
has lots Of time IN the evenings, but she
hasn't much money. Yet she spends just
as much on the opera as Croesus does,
but she gets 5o-cent seats and goes TWEEN
~ times.
Any one can afford anything II he thinks
he can
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1909-07-25

It would seem that the objection TO
tainted money, because OF its source,
regardless OF It's beneficent application.
gay logically be put into operation by
art collectors. There has been lamenta-
ton in England and in Italy because OF
the power Of vulgar gold 10 buy historic
canvases and transport them TO this
crude and money-getting side OF the At
lantic. But the power Of purchase legiti-
mate has led 10 temptation 70 supply the
demand unlawfully. The suicide OF a
criminal IN France disclosed among his
effects some OF the loot OF a series OF
church robberies. The burglars collec-
ton included such objects as enameled
reliquaries. highly wrought copper, sculp-
tured worries, ancient crucihxes, and other
valuable antiques. Cathedrals and
churches have been looted ali over
France. the losses OF one OF them being
estimated as worth $1,000 The selection
OF the articles Indicated expert knowi-
edge OF their value. and there was evil
dence that many Of them were chosen for
export 10 che receptive American market
These exploits involving dissertation
may be evidence of only individual lack
Of reverence for sacred precincts.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1909-07-25
ways OF PiclSpocISets.

From the Bohemian.
As a usual thing. piclpockets vary their
methods 70 suit circumstances. Only the
lower grade clips work in pairs. These
are the men who operate on street cars.
elevated stations, platforms. and similar
places where they VIII find crowds OF
pushing people and have opportunity TO
escape II detected One OF the pair shoul-
ders a victim roughly while the other
does the work and makes a getaway. Ar
rests are frequent, but convictions rare.
because the man captured seldom has the
loot. The higher grade dips also work IN
such places. The difference Is that they
work IN groups and choose times when
prosperous passengers viii be IN the ma
jority. During the fashionable shopping
hours and after the theater at night are
considered harvest times. Last winter
three dips worked a clever method IN
Chicago. Garbing themselves in evening
clothes, they mingled in fashionable
crowds IN big cafes, theater exits. and
railway stations. One OF the party was
always hopelessly drunk. and the others
apparently acting the part Of Samaritans,
were hard-put trying 20 keep him on his
feet. With all their care, however, he
would stumble occasionally and fall into
groups Of ladies and gentlemen. Invaria-
bly, the sober companions had apologized
and taken the charge away before any
one discovered the loss OF valuables.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1909-07-25
BUSINESS IN THE SOUTH.
Trade Bodies of Cities Should Learn
10 Pull Together.


From the Charleston News and Courier
IN letter TO The Washington Herald.
which has been devoting a great deal of
attention recently 20 the promotion OF
Southern enterprises. Secretary r &
shannon says: These business mon
preach the gospel OF Nashville and her
trade and 20 use NashviIle-made goods
thus keeping home money ar home"
Several efforts have been made n
charleston within the last year looking
TO the combination Of all the trades bod
les IN this town In one effective central
organization, preferably under the mama
OF the chamber Of commerce because
that Is the oldest OF our conna-oial
bodies. and IN past years has been r,ost
effective In It's work for the DEVELOPMENT
or the trade and business interests OF
thls community. In the opinion OF those
VINO nave favored this concentration Of
effort a great deal more might be accom-
plished for Charleston by concerted action
than by the skirmish firing IN which the
several business associations O this town
have been engaged from time 20 time.
Something ought 10. be done Tor more
effective work OF this sort IN Charleston.
United we stand, divided we fan" We
DO not suppose that any one viii seriously
contend that much more could not be ac-
complshed by united action than by in
dividual initiative or by the distribution
OF our promotion work among four or FIVE
organizations supposedly with the same
worthy object in view, but often disslpat-
Ing their strength and usefulness by indie
pendent actions. The moral OF these oh
servations, OF course. IS that we can do
moro by working together than we can
do by pulling apart. or rather by being
In each others way.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1909-07-25
TRAINING IN JOURNALISM.
Technical Education for Newspaper
Work Not 10 Be Decried.

From the Milwaukee Wisconsin.
There is no more reason why technical
education for Journalism should be de-
cried than why technical education for
any other pursuit should be disparaged.
Edison has achieved a career as an cleo
trician without the benefit Of college
Training. but colleges have qualified many
young men for electrical engineering who
would have cut poor figure at It with
out the information and the impetus
which they gained from their college
course. There are hundreds Of men do
ing good work IN journalism who might
have done better work II possessed Of
wider culture. There are many doing in
ferior work who would have benefited
greatly by the training which the college
course in Journalism affords. knowledge
is power in writing as in other fields OF
human endeavor.
It is not 10 be expected that every
young man or young woman who follows
college course In journalism will win
brilliant success as a journalist Tenn
permanent has something to do with sue
cess In any professiOn-and there are
other factors, including even bodily en-
durance, which college training cannot
effect Practical common sense is an in
dispensable qualification for efficient
newspaper work. and that is something
no college can impart But colleges can
teach the grammar OF the language and
ground their students in history and
civics and economies. as well as in many
other things OF which no newspaper writ
er should be ignorant though many are.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1909-07-25
THE BABY'S ELYSTUM.
This Honor Claimed for Texas by an
Ardent Champion.

From the Houston Post.
one OF the most striking instances OF
tax hunger we have observed recently IS
that OF the Atlantic City board Of alder
men IN deciding 10 place O tax upon all
baby carriages on the Boardwalk. No
progeny pushcart IS 20 be allowed on the
Boardwalk that cannot show a tax evil
dencing the payment Of a privilege license.
This means that the tens Of thousands OF
mothers who visit the Jersey resort every
summer must pay something toward the
support OF the municipality or have then
pleasure and comfort or the pleasure and
comfort Of their babies greatly restricted
Thus 1t seems that everything is framed
up 10 rob the visitor in that popular re-
sort.
Why do they not tax something else or
somebody else and let the babies alone?
In these days. when race suicide is be-
coming alarming. IL IS the acme OF folly
TO lay the vandal hand Of the tax gatherer
upon the effects OF babyhood. II the At
lantic City authorities were broad minded
and philosophical instead Of greedy. they
would offer bounty for baby buggles ia
embargo upon the replenishment Of the
species.
Il all goes 20 prove what We have al
ways contended. Texas IS the baby's
elysium. In Texas everybody loves babies.
everybody wants babies, and most fam
flies are supplied with babies. or hope 10
be within a very short time The climate
is good for them. the products OF the
State agree with them, and the States
annual crop OF 10000 is more highly valued
than the cotton. corn. rice sugar. wheat.
and wool crops put together.
They have the right Of way wherever
they go. The automobiles give baby
buggies the thoroughfares. the street car
stops while pushcart IS going across the
track. and the motOrman doffs his hat TO
the youngster. Babies may squat like
scared panthers without making anybody
mad, and they can pull the tails Of the
cats without getting scratched. SO we
suggest 70 Jersey mothers TO leave a State
or municipality that would tax a baby's
carriage and come TO Texas. where we ex-
empt al! the belongings and paraphernalia
Of babies and sock II 10 the railroads until
the magnates sweat IN January and freeze
In july
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1909-07-25
A Lazy Bug. Yes.

From The Kansas City Star
Are you always tired? Do you dwell
in the land where 1t is always afternoon?
Is it your only Joy to lie under a spread
ing tree or on a shady veranda and. with
half-shUt eyes and vacant mind, let the
busy world move on without you?
Be It so, you need not condemn your
self. Do not give yourself pain II the
taunts Of the strenuous do not sting you
into action. That great modern apostle Of
the unquiet life whose dynamic force. di-
verted now from octopuses to lions. might
some day be even as you are For YOU
may not be lazy. Possibly you are the
victim Of the uninariassis. The unfair
iassis. be 1t known, is. for purposes OF hot
weather conversation. referred 10 as the
book worm or lazy bug? Now. don't
laugh. There is such a thing as the LAZY
bug. 1t gets into ones system and pro
duces that feeling in its victims OF ooh
what's the use?"
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1909-07-25

a college soclologist has discovered
new perils in the automobile It is not
the physical dangers to pedestrians, but
the m1ral reflex upon riders that dis
turbs the learned observations and de-
auctions OF Prof. Charles HaIock. He
has arrived at the melancholy eonclu-
sion that the possession and use OF an
automobile instils a hauteur that is not
consistent with human kindness. There
fore. IN his view, "a man cannot be a
chronic mobile driver and a good Chris
tian." He declares that to the owner
Of road machine human life is no
consideration" and that "a money price
is reckoned to be an equivalent for
blood" His further discovery Is that
riding in automobiles produces "a basil
llslS eye and a waddling walk"
There must be something wrong with
the eyes OF this observer. as there as
suredly is with his pessimistic infer
ences. He must have viewed this mod
ern mode OF transit entirely from the
sidewalk Some hospitable owner, who
has not yet succumbed to all these ter
rible sequences, should treat the profess
sor to a ride. Then ne would discover
the exhilaraton Of swift movement, the
sense OF the control OF alert mind over
responsive mechanism. the humiliation
OF distance. the innocent delight Of pure
air and panoramic observation. This
professor simply needs education. Then
he would deliver a different lecture.
There were persons. of whom he is a
type, who exhibited similar symptoms
upon the advent of the railway. Many
of them regarded IL as a form OF inven-
ton allied to the mystical powers OF
Satan-a state OF mind that hads re-
petltive expression in the semi-humor-
Gus term OF the "devil-wagon." In old
Philadelphia records. It IS told that the
staid conservatives objected to the in
PRODUCTION Of street cars. as dangerous
10 pedestrians and devised 20 spread
contagious disease among the passen-
gers. The Introduction OF gas as an IL
/ luminant was accompanied by warnings
against the moral iniquity OF prolonging
the natural day beyond the limited con-
cession OF candle light, and by the dread
that the subterranean pipes would bury
the city IN one vast explosion. Now
that the conquest OF the air has been
brought within practical view. there may
be expected other protests Of conserva-
tism. But the Galileos VIII persist in
their declaration that the world moves
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1909-07-25
BLIND CHAMPION OF RIGHT.
Cores Voice Out of wilderness Re.
calls Homer and Milton.

calls Homer and Million.
Prom the Kan2s City Times
The "gift Of tongues" rests upon United
States Senator Gore. of Oklahoma. Few
men who are IN Washington now COM
mand the attention which is given 20 him
when he speaks. His blindness, we may
believe. lends efficiency and persuasion TO
his utteranees. When that commanding
voice out Of the wilderness IS lifted up, il
carries with II a tone that makes US
think Of old blind Homer and John Mil
ton II cries forth for righteousness and
for rectitude IN the dealings Of man with
man
When we are touched by compassion
because TO Senator Gore tho world Is
clothed IN darkness, and the fair sweet
light Of day is hidden from his eyes we
are yet moved to rejoice that his moral
and spiritual vision has been plenteously
renewed through the grace and the
power that holds In such even polse the
scales IN which the blessings and the af-
( fiictions OF life are balanced We turn 10
the Senators who have eyes 70 see WIKI
and learn through their base servility 10
greed and oppression how little they be-
hold that has power 20 illuminate and in
I form the soul
We are told that the loss OF one sense
or OF every sense that IS sacrificed quick
ems those that remain. In Senator Gore
we have a grateful and convincing ex-
ample OF this benehcent mode Of nature
OF maintaining fair equilibrium IN or
dering the affairs Of our lives. II the
eyes Of this prophet from the new West
are holden that he cannot see" his
/ tongue. heaven be praised. IS touched
with a live coal from of the altar"
/ How can the parasites Of AIammon IN
the Senate who betray their trust and
break faith with the people listen 10 this
champion Of equity and public honor
without shame and confusion Of face %
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1909-07-25
Books md Render.

From the New York American.
1t is good for our intellectual indie
pendence that our oracles should some
times squeak and gibber. When great
Homer mods. we have 10 sit Up ana be
our own poets. Or. Eliot's 1--WE feet OF
books IS a striking exhibit to prove
that men Of sense-even the nliterate-
should pick their own reading. II is pre-
sumptuous enough for one man to tell
another what he ought 10 eat. but still
more so 70 tell him what he ought 10
read. There is no absolute value in any
book. A wise man uses books as he uses
any other kind OF canned goods-to suit
his mood, his occupation. and his Rppe-
tite. The very idea that some score or
two of books are better" than any
others is a pedantic notion that should
be rebuked by hearty scholars
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1909-07-25
The Value of Publicity.

The progress OF the investigation into
the causes OF the death OF the late
Lieut. James n. Sutton. United States
Marine Corps. does not. OF course. justify
at present any conclusions in regard 10
that mysterious and tragic affair; but the
sessions OF the naval court have suhi-
GENTLY advanced to show that the first
inquiry was insufficient in an amazing
degree. Perhaps the present court will
sustain the former finding that Lieut.
Sutton committed suicide; 1t certainly
looks as II the court would be unable
to determine that any one else was re-
sponsible for the shooting. That finding.
however. viii not alter the situation in
the least. so far as It is a manifestation
OF the incompleteness Of the former pro-
cedure. IL IS well also that there should
be publicity connected with the Inquiry.
regardless Of the faft that It shows that
certain officers OF tile Marine Corps were
engaged In a brawi which was not par
ticularly edifylng. 5f there were more
Of this sort Of publicity connected with
investigations OF alleged misconduct on
the part Of army add navy officers. there
would be every advantage gained by the
service.
II Is a mistake, which many estimable
officers make, in assuming that benefits
/ are derived to the army and navy by
secrecy. Such officers are too solicitous
Of the welfare Of culprits The latter
are protected whenever secrecy and mys-
terry and the suppression Of facts pre-
vail. The officer who does his duty and
conducts himself in a respectable fashion
/ has no reason to fear Investigation Of the
most public sort. The officers who en-
/ gage in drunken rows and make the
night hldeous with inebriate hilarity
naturally want secrecy 20 surround off,
cial investigation, II the first inquiry
/ into the Sutton deith had been public it
would have been thorough, and the off,
GERS who are now being grilled. more or
less Justly. would have been spared the
| present sensational ordeal
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1909-07-25
SORRY PRACTICAL JOKES.
Many of Them Are Cruel and
Prompted by Evil Nature.

Many of Them Are Cruel and
Prompted by Evil Nature.
From the Indianapolis Star
That was a poor sort OF a Joke played
by New Yorker who inserted in paper
an advertisement advising that thirty
able-bodied men could find employment at
a certain address. The able-bodied men.
and some whose attempts 10 appear able
bodied were pathetic, 1ocked in numbers
to the place. There they were informed
by the proprietor Of the shop that their
services were not needed; that. in fact. he
had inserted no advertisement. Evidently
some person burdened with a peculiar
sense Of humor had been responsible for
sending these men on their forlorn quest
with the idea uppermOst in his small
mind that he was playing a good joke on
the supposed employer. The joke. II il
was a joke, worked completely. The shop
owner was vexed and chagrined. and the
footsore men turned sadly away.
The humor Of the thing will be seen
at once when It is understood that some
OF these men tramped YEARLY many
blocks, only 20 meet rebuff, while others
not able TO walk. spent for car fare the
few pennies they had managed 70 pinch
together for such an emergency. II
meant wasted day for all Of them. It
meant wasted hopes for men already,
some Of them. near the shoals Of despair
1t meant a loss OF faith IN mankind
1t is unpleasant to think that such
jokers exist, but Il Is none the less true
that they are to be found here and there
an Incubus on society. These are the
persons who rock the boat. who point
the loaded gun in fun" who pin crepe
on the doors Of the living, who anony-
mously insert false marriage notices,
and they are all Of them blood brothers
TO those who wag the tongue Of slande7
Most Of such offenders give thoughtless-
ness as their excuse. But the real truth
Is that persons who do so offend are
wanting in the milk OF human kindness;
they are Of evil nature.