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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-03-01
An Appeal to the Automobile.

Nc tiase become accustomed to the insolence of
thc automobile. We accept it in the spirit of Christ
ian forhcareife. Ne duck. we jurp, we skip, and
We 30 all manner 81 stunts to get out Of the way
Ehril he honk IS heard. and il We escape. we pull
c,,s nerves together and thank a protecting rrovi-
dcnce. If ae hire : hack aid go driving with mem
5Fers IF the family, NC expect our driver TO cling 10
tnc edge Of the ditch We expect 30 have the Cars Of
Insoicnce rush by. Brighten the horses and the
aoinen half To- death ard enshroud the whole COM
pany in a cloud Of dust. And il we escape. NC
again thank d protecting providence. All Of us
have gotten used 10 the automobile and its inso
lentc. and a man can stand anything when he gets
used 90 IT," Ne do not complain: We have sur
rendered in good faith and laid down our arms.
The pubic highways :n end beyond the city belong
II the car drivers.
/ Nc claim no rights OF way. We recognize that
If We venture 10 drive in an ordinary vehicle on the
streets, or ON the country roads, or If, while walking.
NE ttftiertakc to cross tfu street, We assume a risk
and must accept the consequences, That's all
right. II is d foolish man who does not know it
when The steam roller has him down. We are re-
signed. But in humility and meekness of spirit,
We do ask a l!ttle favor. 1t has to do with the
hnnk. We do not mind the goose call; we do not
mind the bulldog growl. But that cat-cail is I'M
bearable. In the night time when the family has
retired to the upper chambers OF the house and all
Is comparatively quiet, the air is rent and ripped up
the back with the piercing shrek as OF a giant cat.
It Is the most recent affection. The nerves of the
women are set on edge and the chances are that the
baby wakes in alarm and has to be composed. 1t is
a family distress. and we appeal to the tender
mcrcies OF the automobile. Take the street: take
the road: take the sidewalks, If YOU must; but do
not invade the privacy, the sanctity and the peace
Of the home with your unfoly soreech.
TUT out the ~cat-call.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-03-01

De u UuEOucoo.
"In Graustark. but not In New York.
That reminds me. You'll be more than
a baroness-more than a princess.
You will be 7 queen. Don't you catch
the point? You will be Mrs. King"
The Grand Duke Paulus was dis
tinctly annoyed. He bad travelled
many miles. endured quite q number
OF hardships. and all to no purpose.
When dawn came his emissaries re-
turned from the city with the iamen-
table Information that the government
had rigbted Itself. that Mnrianx's sei,-
sational revolution was Mt an end mud
tnat n regents would 1be highly hon
ored II bis. excellencyxo ,ould overlook
the distressingiy chahertconditions =.
court and condesces on seNy the cay
tie a visit. articn
The grand d is ses solved that he
wou'd VISIT Trough in n very IN
formal way, dfson. aftis congratulations
y oifor muslin-s. which, IN kneyw
won1f ribhons nosith thanks. Incl
d iea,lss tmention the bond
- na taEcn ffd ind the opp0r-
)ns as the coic this ministry enas
articles ne9
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-03-01
The Rule Of the psonIe.

Editor OF The Nirgfnian:
Sir,-Dur Statewide advocates and
particularly church people are a lit
tie setback at the action Of the Gen~.
era1 assembly in the record bills be-
fore them. IL we virginians are not
allowed as a whole to say what we
want and how we shall have II. lot
of us will exercise our right at the
polls at our November elections, and
will not ask If you are a Democrat
or Republican. but W. will ask. do
YOU want saloons or rs saloons In
Virginia. And can you, as a man
living in this Christian land of ours,
say we propose to put a deadly evil
and happy home destroyer and a
general impoverisher. along with a
few thousand dollars, ahead of the
souls of men and y..3iaa 10 he savedf
In the name OF heaven. and these
few mrthers, daughters and a hest
of citizens asking you to allow us to
settle this question, wake up and
consider what is up to you.
If the majority say they want sa-
looms, II will rule, but we do not
think about one hundred and TWEEN
ty-fve men ought to shut off all the
rest of the State.
II our State cannot live without
the whiskey revenue. IA your salary
back to 81 per day and see how many
vacant seats-rill hA-aaeh session. Do
a good many officers likewise and
stop pensioning politicians with "a
good al office and g elNI4FRiHAa
won't live. r. A. II.
King William. Va, March /.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-03-01
Export Trade.

The Department of Commerce and Labor shows
ii a recent report that of the 1888, go, 900 worth OF
imports Of the United States in the month of Janu-
arv, 1910, $40 900, 600 was foodstuffs; S5f ,000,Q 900
crude manufacturing material, SIS, 10000 o manu-
Ntactures for further use in manufacturing and about
$50. 000, 900 manufactures ready Tor consumption.
Each OF these groups shows an increase over the
imports for the corresponding month of 1909, the
Increase in foodstuffs being comparatively small.
In exports the decline in foodstuffs is D per cent.
III crude materials, IS per cent.
Cotton exports fell from S52 SOC, 600 in January.
1909. to 37,75o,000 in January, 1910; wheat, a
falling off OF more than one-half in value as compared
with January, 1909.
That is not encouraging, This country has been
Tor many years exporting far more than IT has i'm
Y ported, making the balance OF trade greatly in our
favor, and our exports of agricultural products
had been very large until within the past few years.
Now we are actually importing foodstuffs. We
are not producing less, but our population has IN
creased SCI rapidly that We are consuming well nigh
n everything that the farms are raising. But
there is nothing alarming in the situation. The
demand for farm products and the good prices must
md will stimulate production. More people viii
engage in the farming industry, and lands will be
made to produce more to the, acre. The increased
demand for geld has eattsed an enormous increase
in the supply. II will be so in agriculture. Supply
uftcn. runs ahead OF demand, but the case is rarely
rtherwise. Wherever there is a demand for any
thing within the range OF human endeavor, the
supply will soon be forthcoming. Never before in
the history of the United States has the farming
industry been SO boosted. 1t is the talk everywhere
and scientists, government officials and tillers of the
soil are uniting in an effort to make two blades of
grass grow where one grew before II is the slogan
of the age, and the results will soon be seen. We
have the lands, we have the intelligence and the in
uusEry and We Can and VIII produce the goods.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-03-01

good college wor and wonderful eff
fects in the moulding of strong, Wig
orous manhood
If the scholars naturally devote
their days and nights to learning, al
~ternating only between books and
the pen, 0 hesitate to allow the SUI
pericrity conferred by this variety and
versatility over the mar of solitary
study; let me appeal to the unvary-
Ing testimony OF literary history for
the proof.
h great men OF antiquity--the
models of e~loquence, the fathers Of
poetry, the teachers of ethical-wis-
dom. the founders of that ancient
Jurisprudence that still rules the
greater art of the civilized world
were none OF them solitary scholars,
none of them were contented with
half wisdom alone. They perform
ed well in athletics at the time Of
r~efreshment and recreation.
And their immortal works. beauti-
fni In the severe simplicity of truth
and nature, still remain eternal mon
unentss' STUDENT.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-03-01

DEAR LITTLE MAN! GOD BLESS HIM"
the sleeping boy far back in the chair
Of state. incidentally he decided to
delay a few days before taking up
the bond question with the ministry.
The grand duke was not an ordinary
diplomat.
In one Of the curtained windows.
far removed from the throne. sat
Truxton King and Lorraine TuIlis.
All about them people were watch
ing the delicate little scene. smiling
drowsily at the grand dukes tender
comedy. No one was looking It the
two in the ~curtained recess. Her hand
WAS in his: her head sank slowly 1
ward his inviting shoulder. Her heavy
lids dropped lower and lower. refas-
ing [ obey the slender Will that ar
gued against complete surrender. At
last her soft. regular breathing told
him that she was asleep. Awaiting
his opportunity. he tenderiy kissed the
soft brown hair. murmured a gentle
word of love and settled his own head
against the thick cushions.
Everywhere they dozed and nodded.
The grand duke smiled and blinked
his little eyes. He was very wide
awake.
That is how he happened to see the
prince move restlessiy aud half open
his sleep bound eyes. The grand duke
leaned forward with his hand TO his
ear and listened. He had seen the
boys lips move. From dreamland
came Bobby's belated Good might"
THE
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-03-01
Myers College Bill.
Editor of The virginian;

EuttpT VI me NITElItdn.
Sir.-Referring to the editorial in
yesterdays issue of your paper. rela-
tive to the Myers college bill, l write.
in behalf of the college students of
Richmond and of the entire State Of
Virginia, to call upon the college au-
thorities and the students to render
what assistance possible and to use
their influence to defeat, not only the
bill introduced by DR.. Myers. of AM
herst county, which has been favor
ably reported by the committee of the
House of Delegates, but any such leg
islation which will impair the pro-
longed progress OF the State, which
has for 80 long q period presented to
the world as we'll as to the union
that unbroken chain of men which
from the founding of the State has
formed its backbone.
i None OF the re~creations OF the coll
Iege and school students have ever
been so severely criticized by such an
army of critics and the un~interested
and unfamiliar ~prejudlciai people OF
the State as in the last season OF coli
,ege athletics, Ii the parents Of stu
dents. and the people of Virginia al
large. believe that the college au-
thorities are not handling the uues-
tons Of mental culture. discipline and
athletics with sufficient flrmness, they
have achieved a wrongful conception
or have cen greatly misinformed as
TO the life OF the college student.
Without the proper, recreation, the
student a never hope to cultivate
the mind, for the continuous confine-
|ment to the small. dormitory room.
accompanied with a steady working
of the mental powers. on:y weakens
the whole system. and before the la
horious nine months Of work are fin
tshed. he Is a better subject for some
hospital than to attempt to breast the
swift earthly currents of science. In
vciattprs and human improvements on
this hard-fought battle OF life.
1t 10 very true that college athletics
occupy q very prominent part OF coli
iege life to-day. but has II not taken
long strides Ia the advancement or
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-03-01

There is an old saying that .politeness costs
nothing" But it depends on whether it be in the
dispensing or in the receiving. Usually it costs
very ltfie to be polite but in this age of petty graft,
rI 4 man wishes tn receive polite attentions when
syer he takes his walks abroad, he will find that
they come pretty high.
$# In this connection, Colonel r. Hopkinson Smith.
recently made a speech before the Southern Society
EH New York, which has brought him into notoriety
ne lnle reeked of at the time, we imagine. He was
1 the manners Of Gotham. and having in
n1snd the treatment he had received from persons
nose business il Is 70 serve the public, he remarked
3MntsssMEc4Iv III tie most insolcnt CITY in The
Nnrad, This was only another way OF saying
4 Afere sfe no polite attentions in New York"
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-03-01
The State Library.

Virginia has a valuable asset in her public library.
1t is a part of the educational system of the State,
and is yearly becoming more closely identified with
the public schools. Under the management of DIR.
McIlwaine, it is growing and improving all the
time, and its needs increase accordingly. The fact
that the library is asking for more money denotes
progress. If it were standing still, it could get
along On its present allowance.
1t is now asking the present Legislature, among
other things. for Sc, 900 with which to complete
the second tier of book stacks in the stack room,
and for So 1000 FOR the construction of special shelves
with rollers around the sides of the reading room for
the accommodation of the bound newspaper vol
which are most in demand.
This is a modest and entirely reasonable request
and should be granted. The Legislature cannot
afford 10 stint the library and so retard it in its de-
vclopment.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-03-01
THE PEOPLES FORUM

All letters sent for publica ton
in The Peoples Forum" of The
as far as possible. kept within 300
words.
No attention will be paid to
anonymous letters. but names and
addresses signed as an evidence of
good faith will not be printed il re-
quest is made that they be omitted.
The freest discussion Of topics of
public interest Is invited, with the
understanding, of course, that
publication Of a letter Is not to be
taken necessarily as approved by
the editor of the writer's views.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-03-01

to you. my prin-
cess heart.
II hadn't come to
E~delweiss. Iwould
not have found
yon." Feeling her
trembling In his
arms. he went on
with whimsical
good humor: You
would have been
eaten up by the
ogre long before
this, or perhaps
you would have
succeeded In be-
coming 4 count
ess."
ks 1t IL. 7 shall
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-03-01

But Colonel Smith is wrong There are plenty
OF polite attentions, 50 to speak, in New York and
eIasghere. but they are not to be had for the asking.
They are not given away. Persons who dispense
them are not in the business for their health. As
intimated at the outset, the price of polite attentions,
like the price of beefsteak, turkeys and other good
things, has advanced. Those who require a first
class article must pay the market price.
We suggest to Colonel Smith that he increase the
size of his tip.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-03-01
vcIopinent

The Raleigh News and Observer thinks that the
Obituaries Of MIR, Nardaman arc premature. "a
man" it says. who could corae within six hundred
votes of defeating John Sharp Williams in a direct
primary two years ago, and who this year was de-
feat=d only by a combination between half a dozen
strong candidates. man who can make two such
runs cannot be put in the class of the dead ones"
As VIZ have already pointed out, Mr.. Nardaman
is still as long-haired as ever, and he is keeping
company with no treacherous Deliiah. He has al
ready begun his campaign for the next fight. and
sooner or later he will! break into the United States
Senate. It is a prediction. Jot it down.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-03-01

President Taft is letting the newspapers worry
him. He should take lessons from Governor Swan
son. Mr.. Swanson never worried the newspapers,
and did not allow them to worry him. As a conse-
quencc, few of them ever attempted it.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-03-01

1t is announced that the Pennsylvania Railroad
has acquired a controlling interest in the Norfolk
and Western. We doubt if the Pennsylvania has
ever lost control OF the Norfolk and Western since
it was acquired years ago. But the Chesapeake
and Ohio, at least, has shaken off the hand that
held it in the same grip.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-03-01

North Carolina wants, another railroad into Vir-
GINA. Good. The more ties there arc between the
Old North State and the Old Dominion, the better
we like it.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-03-01

mo matter how the investigation may re-
suit, Clifford Pinchot and Louis r. CLAWS have
done the country a substantial service in calling
attention to the value of the Governments pos
sessions and the danger of having then, seized
and exploited by land grabbers and grasping
corporations '-Baitimoyc San.
That's true. and President Taft will recognize
and acknowledge the fact by and by.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-03-01
$4,000
5000

"The city rules that taxes must be paid on the
whole SIS,
borrowed from the bank might be taxed as
capital, but that is double taxation as you have
shown. ! can not see if you have to pay taxes
on accounts due you why you can not deduct
what YOU owe as the other party will have to
pay taxes on them also. What is due you is
of little use in business until it is paid. II A
buys an article, say for $40. and sells it for SIS
before he pays for it he will have to pay taxes
on the whole SIS, when he really owns only the
profit of $500. My claim is that in the first
illustration that the 5000 ought to be deducted
from the SIS, 200, and that taxes ought to be paid
on 2,O00.''
The Virginian prefers not to pass upon specific
propositions such as that which our intelligent cor
respondent submits. If we should undertake to de-
so we might find ourselves overwhelmed with ia,
and sometimes in a embarrassing attitude
toward tax collectors. But in general terms w
remark that debt is not an asset and, therefore, not
proper subject of taxation. If a man has property
valued at $4,000. and owes IS 200. his equity in i
is only S., 900, and that is all that the State has TIN
to tax.
The just and equitable rule of taxation is simple
The State should find all the actual property tina
a man actually owns within its borders, and tax i
once, but only once. Anything less than this i
unfair to the State; anything more is unfair to the
taxpayer.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-03-01

There is a vast difference between the branch of
a bank and the bank OF a branch. .
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-03-01

Some reporter for the Ttmes-Dds-
pach. temporarily unbalanced by the
exciting delusion that he was an edf-
tor, Inserted in his iegislativen narra-
tive a brilliant editorial paragraph
announcing the impending abolition
of the work of compiling the Con.
fcderate records of the State n ex.
planning why. Some copy reader. ap.
~parently under the haiiucination that
it was his day off, permitted the able
article to pass. Thereupon that gal-
liant veteran, Major II. w. Hunter,
Secretary OF the Confederate Records.
published a card likely to make the
| ears and soul of the young journalist
tingIe. With simple dignity and tell
ing force Major Hunter points out the
Importance of the work he Is doing
and its inestimable value not only as
a record of the past. bun as guidance
and history for the future.
Thousands of Confederate soldiers
died In battle and the State could Of
fer no reeompense to their families.
I Other thousands who served faithfui-
ly have died since the war without re-
ceivtng a doilar or even the slightest
token of recognition. 1t does seem
that these men, as well as the many
living who have received nothing,
many of whom have asked nothing,
are entitled at least to the poor and
cheap reward Of having their names
permanently on the roll Of honor and
their memories preserved for their
posterity and relatives. The Confed-
crate soldiers had plenty OF fighting.
hard marching. hard service and suf-
fering and no pay. He should re-
ceive some honor and remembrance
and his name should live among the
archives OF the State.
We think III the General Assembly
will listen to the surviving veterans Il
will not hesitate. hTe camps and the
Daughters Of the Confederacy. who
are Interested particularly In perpet-
uatfng the anne and records OF thu
fighting men, should speak out. We
cannot give crosses OF honor to tho
dead. We can see that their emo
les are honored and kept alive. that
the generations to come nay read
over the list and note with pride the
names of the men Of their wi blood
or name inscribed and preserved
there.-Roanoke Times.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-03-01

Col. Hop. Smith and New York are quarreling
with one another as to which has the worse manners.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-03-01

ine feeling OF goodness. folded his
arms across bis expansive chest and
allowed his beaming eyes to rest upon
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-03-01
The Tax Principle.

Following up an article in these columns ON taxa
ton. a correspondent, writing from Richmond, sends
us this letter:
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-03-01
The Better Word.

The BETTER Word.
Weary William-what did you tell
dat lady when she re- X We wu1
equal to de task of sawin' wood?
Tattered Toni toll her dat equal
wnxn't do word ! was superior to ~
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-03-01
fsfssA F'sirua Win

fff0nAs Fxfeua WIFE, "
Didn't some idiot propose to yca
before our marriages
Certainly"
Then yeu ought 70 have marrt14
him.
.ThAt.s just what ] didrs-.punahs
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-10-14
THINK KINGS RING
HAS MAGIC POWER

Madrid.--A very great many OF
King Alfonso's loyal subjects firmly
believe that their young king owes
his marvellous escapes from danger
to a certain ring which is supposed
to bring long life and prosperity to
q worthy Spanish monarch and death
to everyone else who possesses 1t.
This ring which is studded with dia-
monds and pearls, was first presented
by King Alfonso XII to his consort,
Queen Mercedes, who died a month
later.
The king next gave it as a present
to his sister Maria, who died a few
days later. Again it came into his
majesty's possession; this time he
gave it to his late wife's grandmother,
Queen Christiana, who was dead in
three months. Fearing to bring
about further disaster and death. the
king placed the jewel in his own
casket, with the result that he died
within q year.
The queen regent was so super
stitious about the ring that she abso-
lutely refused to have anything to
do with 1t and ordered it to be hung
around the neck of the statue of the
virgin of Aimudena of Madrid which
ornaments one of the parks of that
city. Here 1t was safe from robbers,
for no Spanish thief would touch it,
one and all believing that, while it
would mean death to them, 1t possess
es magic influence over the life of
their king.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-10-14
BILLY CLIFFORD APPEARS
IN NEW TUNEFUL PIECE

Take a farce that is packed with
laughs and add to it a dozen tune
full songs that are a riot of melody,
and you have some idea of what Billy
(Single) Clifford in 1.-The Girl, the
Man and the Game" is. This new at
traction, which is billed for the Ore
gon theatre on Saturday, Oct. Is, has
all the ingredients of a successful en-
tertainment of the lighter sort. II
has a plot that bristles with funny
complications. 1t has a dozen good
songs, and what is more. they are
sung by Billy (Single) Clifford, who
has put many a song over the foot
lights and made it popular from one
end of the country to the other.
This new offering, which is in the
very latest mode, is built for the pur-
pose Of cheering every one up. 1t is
in two acts, and it deals with a young
man, who writes his rich. doting uncle
that he is married, in order to get
the same doting uncle to give him
money. Everything goes along all
right until the uncle decides to come
to America to see his nepnew's wife
and child. UP to this time the young