Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-03-25


Emperor William has always ex-
pressed a warm admiration for Roose-
Welt. who is a man after his own style
The German emperor is the most siren
uous monarch in the world, and ne
likes strenuous men, with good RED
blood, like Roosevelt. The reception
ana entertainment to be given Roose-
welt at Berlin will have been planned
by the emperor, who will have the
former President as his personal guest.
The meeting of these two men, VINO
never met before, will be a notable one,
and it will be historic. individually,
they are much alike. Politically, they
are as wide apart as the poles, the one
a naughty monarch and the other a
simple citizen of a republic.
It was near the close of the legisla-
tive session last year that Senator FIRE.
linghuysen, who had held UP h voting
machine law repeater since the session
began, blandly reported the bill ad-
versely with the remark that there was
no public demand for it, and as the
majority In the Senate had been framed
up to defeat the repeater, 1t was de-
feated. Senator Alderman has had
charge of a repeater since the beginning
of the present session. The intention
is to kill the bill. viii Senator Acker-
man, with like effrontery, report the
bill in the same way and with the
same statement to the Senate? Or will
he keep his clutch on this popular
measure until the session ~adJourns?
There is one grave danger in the
maintenance of excessive prices for
food and that is a decrease in the aver
age of the family in this country. Any
thing hat makes living more difficult
has a tendency to diminish the birth
rate, for the more children born in a
family the more there are to provide
for. The population OF France is al
most stationary, the birth rate hardly
exceeding the death rate. The decline
in the birth rate began when the
French people were impoverished by
war and poor crops. 1t is poverty also
for a nation when the prices of food
are SO high as almost to be prohibitory.
A good suggestion in the cookbook
issued by the Federal government is
that for the organization Of meat clubs
for tho p11robaca of moot hx, the uyhole-
sale, although 1t Is hard to see how it
can be carried out without the services
of a butcher and a storehouse for the
meat. Other suggestions, such as eat
Ing less meat and serving smaller por-
tons and buying h less expensive
kinds, must be received less graciously.
The government would like the people
to relieve 1t of the responsibility for
dear food by eating less or eating
cheaper meat.
A poll of New Jersey Republican and
independent newspapers taken by the
Chicago Tribune in a poll of the news
papers of all the States shows that
eighty-six are opposed to the Payne
A1drch tariff and sixteen In favor. In
all the States the great majority Of Re-
publican and independent newspapers
are against the tariff. The reason
why was made evident enough by the
result of the election for Congress In
the Fourteenth district of Massachu-
sets this week.
Italy is again the scene of earthquake
n volcanic disaster. Mount Etna is
pouring out it's lava, bringing woe and
desolation to the inhabitants of villages.
The most beautiful country in the
world, full of historical and art asso-
Citations, once the centre of world gov
eminent and civilization, italy is also
the victim of calamities of nature that
make mankind shudder.
There is prospect now that Congress
will pass the bill for an Appalachian
forest reserve, as the House committee
on agriculture has reported it favora-
bly,. The lumber interests killed a SIM
liar bill in the last Congress, and
Speaker Cannon was relied upon to
keep this one in cold storage. Evidently
the fate of the bill has been changed
by recent events.