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The Washington herald., 1909-04-21
COUNTRY VS.. CITY.
Latter Beats Former In Supplying
who's Who Ia Amerfoa.p

From the New York Times.
The ancient and revered tradition that
the rural districts give birth to our lead
ing orators. statesmen. men OF letters. OF
affairs and Of the professions IS rather
summarily upset by Dr. Frederick Adams
woods In the current issue Of Science.
DIT. Woods challenges the statement made
by W J. Spillman that about 20 per
cent Of the leaders in every phase OF ac-
tivity'' come from the farms. and he
trots out his Who's Who in America"
10 prove that this is far from the truth.
These leaders are fifty years old on an
average or the total population Of
8, ,4s5.SZi in 1860, when they were born.
but l6-1 per cent dwelt in the nlnety-six
cities o. 5000 or more inhabitants; vet
in these cities the respected gentlemen
appearing in Who's Who under the in
itial amount 10 2e-s per cent Of the
total, as against the ISL per cent ex-
pected
Under the initial B are disclosed 40l
born IN the ninety-six cities. out OF total
Of LII, or 57-5 per cent: under the initial
c. $50 out Of ll43. or 81 per cent, and
under D and E. Bis per cent and S5.6 per
cent. respectively To be quite safe, Dr.
Woods added all the unrecorded birth
places to the suburban and rural side OF
his balance. and selected groups OF fifty
OF 1o0 AZ random under other letters OF
the alphabet. The result showed that.
whereas the towns villages. and farms
contained FIVE times the population OF
cities IN 1850, they failed 10 produce more
than about twice as many leading citi-
zens. Dr. Woods draws the pitiless IN
ference that since the cities beat the non
urban districts as q whole in producing
gifted boys. the towns and villages
would make q proportional better show
Ing than the farms, were the necessary
data given
The Washington herald., 1909-04-21
New TruSf Ideals

There IS = striking accord OF sentiment
between the administration's chief trust
prosecutor, Assistant Attorney General
Wade H Ellis, and the ruling spirits in
TWO trusts which are trying to deal fairly
with the public. Mr.. Ellis. in an address he
fore the Westcaester County Bar Associa-
tion, laid down the proposition that the
mere size Of a corporation should not coD-
denn it. Chairman Gary. Of the Steel Cor
poration. few days later declared that
the question Of monopoly is one Of con-
duct, and not percentage Of production
And nowthe International Harvester Com
pany. in its annual report, has this TO
say Of its own methods and Of the gen
eral trust question:
There seems TO be gsaeraI change il ssuti.
naelt upon the t-zst question IL favor OF dealing
WIN ne large ooIporations according &c their cu
cuct and methods rather tran by attempting r.,
destroy them indiscnmiuatey because Of tbsir Sc
he company has invited the fullest examination n
its business methods and is treatment n connect
tozs. agents. ard C.stomers u the Etirstio7s N
Kansas and Missouri. and in The isveztirs.io, tv
the Bureau Of Corporations, q ful and frank 5;s.
e-os1Fe has been made Of al the facts counscfe5
Win Us organization and business. and al itz rs
ores have been opea 70 inspection Il Is believed TIA,
tal publicity II corporate Affairs, fairness tovsrs
r0Tetitors and agents and the selling of its rods
absolutely uDon their merits and AZ rssso1sb7.
llaees' co1scrate the Wisest and most successful
nlsiness policy; ard this IS the policy that has
been ard IS enforced upou e7eTy offer ard s-rB.
n every branch Of TIE business
Conduct and methods. then, according
to these three eminent authorities should
constitute the true test Of the legality
and the public usefulness OF comblns-
tons Of capital Handsome Is as hand
some does, and so the monopoly which
conducts itself properly IS a good trust
There is something 10 be said in behalf
OF this maxim II every trust behaved
IS the Harvester Company alleges It IS
doing Il its policy were that OF every
The Washington herald., 1909-04-21
How Uncle Sam Buys Property

As he personifies Congress. or as Con
gress personifes him. Uncle sam is Civ
ing a striking exhibition OF business in
capacity in acquiring the property de-
sired by the government for parking pur-
poses south OF the Avenue.
BY legal and necessarily slow processes.
under an enactment Of some months ago.
the government Is now proceeding 10
take title to certain squares between
Fourteenth and Fifteenth streets. Just
what progress is being made we are not
prepared TO say. It IS a tedious proce-
dure at best But We do know that while
these particular squares are being ac-
quired the adjoining squares. which are
also desired. are constantly enhancing
in value BY 5uying the squares between
Fourteenth and Fifteenth streets. the gov
ernment makes the squares between Thir-
teenth and Fourteenth streets all the
more valuable. and under the declared
policy Of ultimately owning the entire
stretch of land between the Treasury
and the CapItoI-south Of the Avenue
II is obvious that values will continue
70 80 upward year after year.
And 50. inevitably, as the result OF
buying this land piecemeaI. It VIII in
the end have cost Uncle sam hundreds
Of thousands Of dollars possible millions
more than he would be required 70
pay If he bought It all ROW. Il would
mean bankruptcy II an individual should
20 about making a large investment IN
that unbusinesslike way-frst enhancing
the property he wanted. and then buying
H. The enhancement Of values. II nay
be added. is not fictitious, but real and
natural
Having determined to buy the land
south Of the Avenue. the government
should buy it-not BY pIecemeal. this year
and next year. and for years TO come.
but the whole Of it now. Certainly
It would save q lot Of money. and the
government, no less than the individual.
should save money when It can.
The Washington herald., 1909-04-21
Mr.. BRYAN on Tariff Reri.ion.

From speech TO the Arkansas legislature.
What does revision mean? Look in
the dictionary. Revision has height and
breadth, It has length and depth, it has
latitude and longitude; It has everything
but certainty and that was their plat
form, and I asked Afr. Taft in the course
Of the campaign what he meant by II: I
pointed out that revision did not mean
reduction necessarily, and I said, "Are
you going TO revise It up or DOWN." and
he said, Probably down" One time he
said that it was going to be an honest
revision. The word honesty didn't ap-
pear in that platform, and would not
have meant anything if It had, but they
went out on that platform. and Mr.. Taft
spoke 10 the Western States, and he called
attention 10 their promise OF revision Of
the tariff.
Now they are revising It; It has passed
the House. and IN the bill as It went be-
fore the other House they had increased
nine schedules and decreased five, lifted
the average I 56-100 cents higher than II
was beforehand they had to call Con-
gress together in special session 70 add
H Fer cent 10 the tax Of the people. That
was revision.
The Washington herald., 1909-04-21

From the Bostca TransciUt-
Both as a woman and an actress Mod
5eska had q secure place in the affections
and admiration Of the people OF this
country. which evidently owes her for
more than her contributions 10 high and
clean art II is interesting to learn that
the new Manhattan bridge is going up
under the careful supervision or her son.
Ralph Modjeska. Of Chicago. who has
been called as an outside expert 70 watch
the progress OF this structure. He is re-
garded as standing IN the front rank Of
bridge engineers in this country. II not
in the world He was at the head OF
the commission that investigated the
Quebec bridge disaster, and IS a contribu-
ton TO the scientific service OF this
country for which we are indebted TO
Poland and It's brilliant exiled daughter.
The Washington herald., 1909-04-21

large corporation, there would be much
less agitation against trusts. and 1t would
certainly be more difHcuIt 10 make out a
case against them in the forum Of public
opinion. Save where capitalization has
been inflated. complaint against the trusts
has generally been directed toward their
methods. and particularly 10 their con-
troll OF prices and suppression OF competi-
non by unfair means. Mr.. Ellis Is right
when he says the control Of prices is a
crucial test Of unlawful monopoly
Yet the size Of a corporation has a d.
rect relation 10 its power for evil or for
good. A big corporation can more
readily control prices and suppress COM
petition than one with less financial re-
source. II may conceivably conform with
all the requirements OF commercial nor
ais and with statutory regulations, and
yet by the mere force Of the immense
capital employed. the economies effected
By cooperative production. and the
cheapness Of distribution on a large scale.
It may be able TO undersen all competi-
tors. control the markets and put lesser
capitalists out OF business. So that the
size Of a corporation cannot be disre-
garded from the economic standpoint,
even if II should be ignored in the stat
utes- And in spite OF all that may be
said for the maxim tha- good conduct
makes for legality. II viii hardly re
move the apprehensions Of those who
fear that great combinations Of capital
are menscing in more ways than one.
There are decidedly two sides 10 the
cial and Industrial and commercial power
is q good thing
The Washington herald., 1909-04-21
Spelling Reformor.

From the Baltimore American.
The people who want the world 10 lead
the simple life in spelling desire 10 get
out q magazine. After q period Of qules-
cence so deep as TO suggest an extinct
crater. they have burst forth with re-
doubled violence upon the language, and.
nothing dismayed by the fact that their
principal prop has left spelling stiH un-
simpliied for the comparatively easier
task OF shooting African lions. are going
valiantly on to convert the public TO a
greater economy in the use of the alpha
haf
The Washington herald., 1909-04-21
Is Ii the Nluch-wanted Issue,

Has Senator Bailey hit upon the badly
needed issue that viii harmonic and re-
vitalize the Democratic party2 Has he
sounded the keynote Of The Democracy
for the Congressional compaign OF 1910?
At al events. he has drawn a sharp line
of demarkation in political polcy-a de-
markation that has been all the more
sharply accentuated by Senator AIdrich's
delineation Of the Republican attitude For
many years the United States has OBJ
tained its national revenues from indirect
taxation. from the taxation OF consump-
ton through excise and import duties
iInterwoveE with this system OF indirect
taxation is the protective policy. Nj
.Aldrich proposes q continuance without
material change Of our present system Of
indirect taxation and protection 10 Ameri-
can industries Senator Bailey challenges
this system He proposes TO abolish a
certain proportion Of The indirect taxa
ton, and TO substitute therefor the di-
rect taxation Of incomes over SEQ He
would remove or reduce the tariff duties
on articles OF common necessity, and,
cOnceding the revenue thus done away
with 10 the consumers Of the country.
would replace the abandoned revenue
with that accruing from an income tax
that would strike only the weI-to-do.
An issue is here distinctly drawn that
can be easily understood and readily de-
Tended It involves principles familiar 10
the Democratic party, for they have been
the cOmmOnplaces Of Democratic plat
forms since they were adopted in the
original Wilson bill Mr. Aldrich. it is
true, points out that the application Of
the Democratic doctrine OF q tariff for
I revenue only. If applied to the present bill.
would yield more revenue than is actually
needed. in which event an income tax
would be unnecessary. But 70 this Mr..
tBailey's reply is that the tariff should be
sufficiently reduced TO affect the revenues.
and any deficiency occurring should be
made good with an income tax. He pro-
fesses 10 be as much in favor Of economy
in public expenditure as the Senator from
Rhode Island. and the difference between
them is not as to the gross sum to be
raised by taxation, but as 10 the mode. Of
imposing the tax. The issue is direct
versus indirect taxation. a tax on the
average man levied on his consumption
Of LIES necessaries versus a tax on the
incomes Of those who are well of in this
worlds goods.
The weak spot in this issue as a party
harmonizer lies, OF course. in its bearing
on the protective policy. To replace pro-
tectye revenue duties with an income tax
would not be at al to the liking Of
considerable and influential section Of the
Democracy. Can Mr.. Bailey get the pro
tectionist Democrats TO agree with their
revenUe-only brethren on the precise
duties in the tariff bin that must be
gotten rid Of in order 10 make room Tor
an income tax2 The Two features Of
his programme 90 together. The con-
sumer must be taxed less. that the man
Of means may be taxed more. But where
viii Mr., Bailey begin 10 revise the tariff
downward, since downward revision has
encountered more OF less Democratic op-
position at every turn7
The Washington herald., 1909-04-21
kissing a Natural Art.

From the Atlanta Constitution
No one needs instructions IN the hurt
ling OF kisses We assume that the ladies
and gentlemen clad in abbreviated gar
ments in the stone age needed none.
Surely, their successors are none the less
enteTprising. Throwing kisses and catch
ing them, IL We be pardOned for frivolIty.
are natural an involuntary arts, such as
breathing and walking. Expertness
doesn't matter; It's all the spirit IN
which they are projected
The Washington herald., 1909-04-21

broken man; hts influence is wrecked,
If his commission is not taken from him.
The Hon. BHliken fails properly to
diagnose the trouble. Our hero. the
great average American citizen, does not
think his Congress is steering him up
against bunko game all the time; he
would be a fool. indeed. if he thought
that Where he is lacking is in his fail
ure TO take his politics seriously; his will
ingness TO devote only the merest frac-
ton OF his time to a careful study Of the
great questions-the tariff as 1t affects
him directly, for instance He com
placently rocks along. attending TO his
days work. supporting his family. drop
ping a few dimes into his churcb's TIL
every sunday-and just letting the great
political questions take care Of them
selves.
If he would apply the intelligence that
Is his to a painstaklng contemplation Of
his condition. and his government and its
relations with other governments. he
would know what he wants. and, know
Ing, cal for il, and. calling for It, get it.
As II is. he is not a fool, but ne is care
less. Few Congressman really know, in a
broad sense. what their constituents do
want; they have a smattering idea. but
no more. But it is not because Amer
ican constituencies have not sense enough
TO tell their precise desires. but because
they do not take the trouble 10.
And to that extent the Hon. Billiken
would have been correct had he 50 quail
tied his quoted statement
The Washington herald., 1909-04-21
ALITTLE NONSENSE.
\ NEIGHBoRHOOD DISCUSSION,

= NEIGHB0RHOOD DleCtSsioN'
There's a fuzzy little knob
On our tree.
That the friendly aeighbors bob
IN to see.
Views diverse. opinions strong,
O1er they;
New opinions come along
Every day
Some pronounce it, from the lawn,
4 disease
That is apt TO fasten on
PeoDle's trees
But the wise ones on the Job
Within reach
Say the fuzzy little knob
Is a peach.
The Washington herald., 1909-04-21
Exhaustine wheat soiI.

From the New TGk World
The rise IN the price OF wheat since 1886
led Sir William Crookes 50 early as 1893
70 announce IN THE Wheat Problem"
the theory that the world is facing a
wheat famine through the growth Of
population and the exhaustion OF avail
able wheat lands. Whether or not this
view was justified. J. J Hi Is right IN
scoring the folly OF farmers who exhaust
thsir soil SO that Il produces but thir-
teen bushels to the acre. when It should
yield twenty-five oerore.
The Washington herald., 1909-04-21
TASK OF REPRESENTATION.
Department Of Agriculture Has Mil
lions Of Acres TO Plant.

Hons OF Acres TO Plant
James Wilson. in Suburban LIFE
The question is how 70 get tree seeds
10 grow, particularly out West IN the
forest ranges. We have 1sS0O0.O0o acres
now Last summer went out West
among the trees. as I had done for sew
ersI summers 4 nice question has been
in our minds, how 10 get reforestation
done OF course. you can plant seeds in
a bed. and then take them Up with a
spade and set them out where YOU want
them set, and all that II the Depart
ment Of Agriculture had al the army
and all the navy they could never get
Il done in tine. We have probably
5.000.oo0 acres 10 plant We ought to be
refCrestating go 600 acres q year-think
Of that, You can never do that with q
spade IN the world: you could never get
Il done Nature should be followed along
these lines.
recoTlect the first time I went out
there and discussed this proposition with
some Of the people there. II I were want
Ing 20 get q fielo TO grow grass that had
no grass on Il. I would SOW the grass
seed on the last SHOWS in the spring. and
the seed would sink down into the soil
and would be moistened and would germ
mate before the moisture from the spring
rams and SHOWS objected deletsriousIy the
roots. That IS the way we get pastures
more quickly Sow the seeds IN the las,
SHOWS in the spring and you viii attain
that result. i wish you would Try that
with regard to refOresJatio1.~ I said 10
them u was then in the Black Hills.
speaking 10 some Of our forest people).
They said they would try f. I advised
them 10 get their seed in ample quantity
IN the fall. take sn eighty-acre tract in
the spring and SOW on the last SHOWS.
was out there last summer again. II
was three years since I had been there.
end made that suggestion. and they car
ried out that suggestion drove thirty
i've miles 70 see that eighty-acre tract.
Il seemed 10 me that every seed hsd
grown, and that was a mile above the
level OF the sea
The Washington herald., 1909-04-21

In all this babel Of tariff talk there
is a singular silence concerning the car
pet tacks." says the Philadelphia Press.
When It comes 10 a carpet tax. however.
Philadelphia wakes enthusiasts. all
rfrhr
The Washington herald., 1909-04-21

From TIE PhTadelphla Record.
The decrease IN the marriage rate is
due 10 the women who persistently re-
ject Offers of marriage. There is no
remedy that we can see except TO Impose
tax upon al spinsters who look 10 the
assessor as II they were about forty
years old
The Washington herald., 1909-04-21
ssFrienaIy', Divorces.

From the Ohio State Journal
A husband and wife sitting down to-
getheT. saying. we are friends. let u
part as friends, 1--we alone as friends
meet only as friends dollars 70 dough-
nuts they would do nothing OF the kind
Maybe as artists they wOuld-lfvinE out
IN the mirage OF dreams, but as real
folk VINO live on breakfast bacon and
Arbuckle's coffee. they never could do it
The Washington herald., 1909-04-21
No Annrehension.

4 made a garden this year. but my
next-door neighbor went in FOR fowls
''TEere'H be trouble between you
Guess not. Ny garden amt coming
up, and his chickens are too feeble to
scratch
The Washington herald., 1909-04-21

From the PittS5rE Gszstte-frnes.
II looks as II the quickest way to get
rich we're to raise few hundred bushels
OF wheat.
The Washington herald., 1909-04-21
Something Missed.

"A rich man misses much
You're right" declared Paw Hoptoad.
I missed a good dog fight in the hotel
lobby yesterday. Thought II was the or
chestra playing something from a grand
opery.''
The Washington herald., 1909-04-21

Or. John Marshall. Of the University o.
Pennsylvania, SAYS whisky is not an
antid0te for snake-bite This may interest
the people Of Ireland. but numerous peo-
pie who live in prohihition States doubt
less viii reject the idea with scorn.
The Washington herald., 1909-04-21
Tariff Aiding woman Suffrage.

Froz the Chicago Tribune.
The Committee on Ways and Means
wrote tariff bill. and, without intend
ing 1t. has added to the number OF women
who wish to go to the polls Il has
tsught hosts Of women that there is such
a thing as a tariff, that It may touch
them on the raw. that II Is 70 their In
terest 70 have an effective voice in shap-
ing It. and that TO secure that voice they
must have the ballot.
The Washington herald., 1909-04-21
The True Winner.

a little pluck beats lots OF luck: that
is, hard work viii outclass sloth. But as
for pluck and as for luck. why adver-
tising beats EN- both.
The Washington herald., 1909-04-21

Csruso's abnormal appetite for the coin
OF the realm is really the thing response
bic for his voices failure OF late; not
withstanding the admitted fact that his
appetite for cigarettes and lobster q IA
Newburg may have played its part also.
The Washington herald., 1909-04-21
A Trlne Acid.

IN the spring a young mans fancy
lightly turns toward thoughts OF love"
Yes said the sarcastic damseI.
after the time for Christmas presents,
valentines. and Easter flowers has
passed"
The Washington herald., 1909-04-21
somewhat surprised.

Il hear your daughter is going 10
marry a duke.
Yes; a love match
DO you mean to tell me she gets him
for nothingg'
The Washington herald., 1909-04-21

We fear the Washington baseball team
has not yet awakened 10 the fact that
Mr.. Taft has officially wrapped It in the
Star-Spangled Banner.
The Washington herald., 1909-04-21
Too Previous.

Captain Kidd, he secured the seas
Ere days Of technicalities;
And thus Il was that Captain Kidd
Came 10 be hung for what he did.
The Washington herald., 1909-04-21

Bob Galley heard bird singing the
other morning 'Fishhooks. fshhooks.
fish, fish and he takes this as a. cali 10
go 10 the river at once, says the Con-
yers (Ga-) Free Press. Plainly enough.
that was no jaybIrd singing.
The Washington herald., 1909-04-21

We read recently that Uncle joe in
tends TO become a golf player. We doubt
1t, however. Mr. Aldrich has added 10
the free list the wood from which golf
sticks are made; and. Of course. it would
be very painful TO the Speaker to use
such implements
The Washington herald., 1909-04-21

Mr. Jim Hill thinks the next Speaker
OF the House may make noise like
Champ Clark II the Republicans fail 10
provide a satisfactory tariff law. Mr.. HIll
IS wise man IN many things. too.
The Washington herald., 1909-04-21

If Senator Aldrich succeeds in making
economy fashionable Ia government ap-
propriadons. he VIII have cinched his
right TO be called a great statesman.
The Washington herald., 1909-04-21

The consumer gets no advantage from
the drawback tariff provision" says q
contemporary. UnQuestionably, this viii
shock him nightly.
The Washington herald., 1909-04-21

II is not that Florida actually objects to
the substance OF Representative Clark's
statements. we suspect, but that he
should hoIler it right out loud in meeting
that way
The Washington herald., 1909-04-21

Il is argued that the way 10 levy z
tariff, tax is in roundabout way, 81
the consumer VIII not notice it. o.
course; and even Il he does notice #
soak him. nevertheless.
The Washington herald., 1909-04-21

1t IS only when Congress meets that we
learn how many different things various
political platforms 90 not mean.
The Washington herald., 1909-04-21

Oklahoma appears 20 have taken up the
lynching business with great enthusiasm
and cheerful1ess
The Washington herald., 1909-04-21

The governor Of Grand Old Texas de-
clares the legislature does nothing. g"
Which, naturally. he thinks Is too muchi
The Washington herald., 1909-04-21
Our National Hero.

Frca the New YORK Tribune.
The man behind the hons run becomes
once mora the national hero
The Washington herald., 1909-04-21

The Sob Squad is on the Hams assign
ment again. and working overtime. That
IS one Of the most distressing features
about the up-to-date murder business.
The Washington herald., 1909-04-21
It's All Available.

From the Chicago Record Herald
2. H Hartman weighs only I4i pounds,
but there is little waste matter IN his
makeup.
The Washington herald., 1909-04-21

Abdul Hamid probably is convinced by
this tine that revolutions do not go
backward
The Washington herald., 1909-04-21

D. A. Rters may cry "Peacei Peacer'
but there does not appear to be any con-
siderable amount in sight.
The Washington herald., 1909-04-21

Apparently, a real poet cannot die now
adays without bringing forth a large
crop Of lemons for Alfred Austin.