The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1910-12-16
WASHINGTON LETTER.

WhNalNQlUN LII Lii.
The Pasadena, California girls refuse TO
dance with the Japanese naval officers;
the ball is called off; the Japanese adj
miral in high dudgeon sails away, and all
Japan resents the affront The Pasadena
girls we're within their rights and they
have the sympathy of California girls and
the girls of the United States. But what
about the International Exposition for
which California and the Pacific coast is
clamoring3 The support of that EXPOSE
ton, if held at San Francisco, must come
from the Orient. We all know the atti-
tude of San Francisco to the Orient. 1t
very recently brought US to the verge of
war with Japan, and there are possibilities
of serious trouble in an International Ex-
position held on the Pacific slope. The
proper place for an exposition to cele-
brate the completion of the Panama
Canal will be the capital of the United
States. New Orleans, San Francisco? "a
plague on both your houses!"
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The Secretary of War has just returned
from the Philippines BY way of Asia and
Europe, bringing the somewhat trite in
formation that our Malayan acquisition
from Spain is not fit for self government.
Well, what country ever was fit? The
reaEdifference is that the Philippines are
less fit, or least fit. 1t is a positive bene-
diction to some countries like India,
Egypt and the Philippines to be gov
erned BY an Anglo Saxon people. All
children need guidance and control, and
these people are not only half devil and
halfschild," but devil, ostrich and or.
lphan child in one'
The Presidents message is tie most
lvoluminous ever printed, and is general
ly considered to be an important and up
to date document. Few readers will per-
use it from endrto end, and the epitomies
furnished by the press are excellent as
time savers. The President earnestly
favors the fertilization of the Panama
Canal, and surely if it is worth digging,
it is worth defending. Without fortifca-
ton it could be destroyed by few
pounds of dynamite in a single night. To
fortify the Canal is no challenge to the
lpeace of the world. International
interests demand its protection.
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The Secretary of Agriculture has now
completed his most optimistic of reports.
The value of the agricultural products of
he country in 1910 is estimated at S.
o26, ooo. 900. and Mr.. Wilson says that at
no time in the worlds history has a
country equalled this record 1t is quite
probable that those even who are now
past middle age may see an agricultural
output equallipg in value one trillion
of dollars.
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The recommendation of the Secretary
of Agriculture to eliminate middle-men
and for cooperative organizations of
farmers and cooperative societies of con-
sumers to get together, shortening the
distance between the farm and the dinner
table, is well worthy of consideration and
action.
Y.
There is expectation that the recently
elected congress will be less under the
hypnotism of the the express companies
and more mindful of the popular demand
for parcels post than past Congresses
have been. The President in his mes
|sage urges legislation authorizing the
Postofice Department to transport pack
ages in the mail at reasonable rates with
'easonable limitations as to bulk and
weight. The present mailing conditions
are most unreasonable, having been die
tated by the express companies to throw
the cream of the carrying business in
their direction. The backwardness of
our country in this modern postal facility
is shameful, for the parcels post is ex-
ltant even in such countries as China,
Japan, Africa, Australia, Asia Minor,
Turkey and Korea, to say nothing OF
European countries.
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Senator LaFollette is by odds the in
dependencies" Senator in the United
States. Most Senators, when invited to
the White House for consultation, &C.
cept the honor as command. Not so
Senator LaFollette. He wrote the Presi-
dent little note saying in subtauce, II