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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-04-16
SUPPORT THE CONGRESS.

At its meeting on Friday the Cham
Der of Commerce gave hearing to the
representative of the Southern Com
mercial Congress. After Edward L.
Quarles. the secretary OF the congress,
had addressed the meeting and ex-
planned the objects of that body, the
business men of the city were prompt
20 pledge their support. and adopted
formal resolution to that effect.
This is as it should be. The work is
a good one and ought TO be approved
on principle. The value of the cham
ber's action, however, will depend upon
whether or not the members of the
chamber appreciate how such a work
as that undertaken by the Southern
Commercial Congress will be of value
to Richmond. AS long as our business
men feel that the movement is of gem
era1 value only, in that 1t will help the
progress of the South and viii! adver-
tise its resources, they Will lend the
measure their formal support and little
more; but when they understand that
the Southern Commercial. Congress can
and will help Richmond, the work OF
/ the congress Will appeal to them in a
more conclusive manner.
The progress of the South means
the progress of every community in
the South. This much is automatic
1 Every community which shares in ad
vertising the South and in bringing
settlers to the country must, in the
end, benefit by the new immigration
/ but Richmonds gain by cooperate,
in this work will be far greater Thi
city occupies a strategic point in tn
South. and will gain perhaps as muci
from the general progress of this sec
ton as any single city in tn
South. We supply a large jobbing ter
ritory; we have manufacturing indus
tries which sell in the markets o
every Southern city. AS the wealth o
the South is multiplied and as its pop
! ulation is increased, our field OF oper
, ations will be increased and our ever
) business will prosper accordingly.
, No city can gain more from the wor
of the Commercial Congress. and n
city should support it moro literally
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-04-16
MARX TWIN Is III.

Every man who loves an honest
laugh VIII be sorry to hear That Mark
Twain is seriously i'll ana that some
Of his physicians fear the greet iiu-
morists cndgis near When he landed
at New York Thursday on ht-return
from the Bermudas, he had 10 be car
ried ashore; and from his home at
Redding, Connecticut, comes news chat
all hope that he will ever be his old
self again has been abandoned.
Mark Twain occupies a unique niche
in literature and holds a place whler
no living man can dll SHOULD Mari
die, He is professional 'llunoria
who is natural humorlst and hi
stories always excite laughter because
Mark himself has laughed through
life; bat for all of this, ne does no
rely solely upon the bolsterous hume
tof the situations he devises or III
powell characte, OF the stories h
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-04-16
as poLTrIcAL ASSETS"

AT the recent conference of the SUI
perintendents and field workers of the
Anti-saloon League of the Southern
states in Atlanta this resolution was
adopted;
THAT our people arc warned against
the efforts Of designing politicians to
use the Anti-Saloon League as polit-
cal asset. we must not allow our or
ganiaation to be drawn into side issues
which are not directly involved in our
fight against the liquor traffic"
There has been some effort to make
it appear that the advice given in the
report of the legislative committee OF
the Anti-Saloon League of this State
did not accurately set forth the pur-
poses of the League: but IA comparison
of the recommendation made by the
legislative committee and the resolution
adopted by the conference in Atlanta
has determined upon fight all along
the line, regardless OF personal and
political Affiliations
There is ono statement in the At
have special bearing upon the situation
in Virginia; Our people are warned
against the efforts of designing politi-
clans to use the Anti-Saloon League as
a political asset" That the promoters
of the movement in this State have
some purpose in view other than the
mere holding of an election on the
Statewide prohibition question doe!
not admit longer of serious doubt. The
meat of the movement is politics, no
temperance. The same thing has beer
done before in other States, and th'
warning sent from Atlanta "agains
the efforts OF designing politicians t
use the Anti-saloon League as politi
zeal asset" should opsn the eyes of al
the Democrats of this State to the dan
ger of any sort Of cooperation wit
the plans of the League.
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~ ,nr GORDON, rHEN VINO.

IL Police Commissioner Douglas Cor
don Is not proper person to arrest
n dangerous maniac on the streets,
VINO IS? If a man whose duty it is
Z, enforce the police regulations and
70 sec that the police do their work,
should not act when the police are not
at hand. who can arrest an offender
4. a Police Commissioner is to be in
terfercd with when lie tries to subdue
an armed and crazed man, In the act
OF attacking defenseless citizen, why
Should a police officer, subordinate to
the commissioner, be authorized to
arrest man in the street contrary to
the wishes of private individuals?
These questions we're apparently an
swtred the wrong way yesterday az
ternoon under the shed of the Mutual
Building, when Commissioner Gordon
attempted to subdue man who was
threatening the life or Councilman
CARRIER and nourishins a vicious-look-
ing knife in the streets. \ number
OF men, some of them prominent IN
tho city. and one of them a member
Of the Board of Aldermen, interposcd
when the Police Commissioner at
tempted to dlsarm the man and hold
him for the police. By their action
these men frowned upon the proper
maintenance of the law and lnterfcred
with a sworn officer of the law who
was doing the duty which any citizen
may be called upon to do at any time
But for the cooler Judgment of men
who came up the Police Commissioner
might have been forced to free a man
whose action threatened murder to all
whom he met.
The laws must be upheld If the
commissioner is not to he permitted
to do so, who is2 If not Gordon, Their
who?
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poe ana John Marshall

To The Editor OF The Times Dlspatch:
Sir,-I called attention month or
more ago in your columns to one of
Il. a. Poe's criticisms in Burton's Mag
sazine in which he mentioned Chief
Justice Marshalls house and other
mstters OF interest to Richmond and
Virginia readers. am pleased to note
from the card of Mr.: r: A. Stewart in
your issue of the 4th that the editors
OF the "Virginia Poe" have now dis
covered same. and will print in their
proposed new edition. 1t does not
seem generally known that Poe had
a close personal acquaintance withthe
Chief Justice who aided very mate
rally in securing his admission to.
West Point. In Poes criticism OF
"ludge Story's Discourse on Judge
Marsllall," in the Southern Literary
Messenger, December 1885, he refers TO
tho Chief Justice as 'our great and Ia
neighbor and friend. for by all these
names did a fortultous conjuncture OF
circumstances, including his own kind
and prideless heart, entitle us to call
him" In conclusion. he expected in
the following issue to give a few light
personal "reminiscences of the judge,
! which. it is to be regretted. never APP
lpeared. =; n Mril l.: 8
/
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-04-16
LEAVE RocKEFELLEn ALONE.

While congressman are looking the
Rockefeller gift horse in the mouth,
some of the newspapers seem inclined
to reject the animal altogether and are
Urging Congress to refuse Mr.. Rock
efeller a Federal charter for his pro-
posed Foundation. The Los Angeles
Herald, which appears to be most bla
cry against the chartering of the
Foundation on the ground that the act
of Congress allowing Rockefeller to
| spend his millions will practically be
an act authorizing Rockefeller to keep
| his millions and to establish his family,
as it says, las firmly as any European
privileged family is established on
concession, foundation or hereditary
transmission of unearned wealth or
title"
| This strikes us as captions criticism
/ Mr.. Rockefeller may not be model
i as a scrupulous financier, and the
method of his corporation may not be
crcditable or even honest, but Mr.. Rock.
1 his philanthropy in charities which arc
, almost uneXcelled in the history of thu
world. To allege that man who has
t honestly given so much to the upbuild
) ing of American public institutions
3 wishes to seek the protection OF Fed
eral law for the perpetuation of hi
8 great fortune, when he expresses di
8 rectly opposite intention. is beyon'
: legitimate criticism.
: Besides. if Mr.. Rockefeller wante
t to keep all his money. why did he nee
h a Federal foundation to do so? II
has only three children and but on
3 son. The three live in perfect accort
: as we understand 1t, and could Ger
n tainly keep the Rockefeller fortune ia
y gether If they so desired, No othe
: force of law could deprive them of tn
It money their father has made, and \
y income tax could seriously reduce tn
Is hulk of Mr., Rockefeller's great estat
n II Mr.. Rockefeller wanted to Keep n
n money for tho establishment OF
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-04-16
HOW TIE ENGLISH DO 1r.

The English are a lighting folk, but
they always do their fighting according
to their own methods. They form hol
low squares on the hill around Water
loo, or they send go men against |
so 900 in foolhardy charge a a Rus /
sian redoubt, or they marshal their |
| forces in thin line of battle in the
Sudan with as much show and as
much bravado as any nation; but
when they prepare for political rev.
olution they eschew bloodshed, bury
| the tomahawk, and go about 1t in a |
| fashion that should excite the admit
ration of every nation. There Is roth
| ing that is hurried, nothing that IL
warlike and little that is bitter. by a
4 general election, a series of debates
and a number of resolutions they shake
the very foundation of their govern
ment and work changes which, in an
other country, would be the signal for
years of war.
England is al present in the midst
I, of a momentous revolution. Nothing
!, like it has been seen in Europe since
the convocation of the Estates General,
= and nothing like it has been witnessed
: in England since the Prince of Orange
rode into power at the head Of London
9 Bursesses and sanctioned the Bill OF
/, Rights The most exciting hours Of
;. tho debates on the Napoleonic wars
and the most stormy scenes OF Glad.
), stones home-rule debates never
!, equalled, in their bearing upon the
government of the country, the debates
which are now in progress in the Com
mons.
In the midst of all this change. the
r method of revolution is marvelously
a simple. Baked by the Lords in their
attempt to pass a revolutionary budget
i, the Commons appealed to the country
!, The result of the elections convinced
!, the Liberals that they had the support
!. of majority of the people, anG
i. they are now carrying through theil
Or policy, bit by bit. with the precision o.
n a well-ordered machine Premier
$ AsquIth first outlined his policy, gav'
~ the opposition in both houses an op
lie delay, asked the Commons to approx
CHI his plan TO reduce the power of tn
he Lords. This was done on Thursda;
~ night after a heated debate. Nothing
ev remains now but to introduce measure
ly, which carry out the spirit of the reso
Iy buttons. which have already been ap
it, proved and to get the formal consen
.es of the Commons to principles whic
lat that body has already sanctioned.
lty The issue win then be in the hand
ire OF the Lords who represent the oppc
a site interest to that now dominant
,er the Commons. While the Lords, b
III their own action have, practically SUI
ties rendered their hereditary right to $
in as an Upper House, they will probabl
the protest against Premier Asquith's bill
icy and may even reject them. In such a
yerl an event. the welI-ordered Constitute
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-04-16

before; that they have been cut to
the bone" VIC believe that. in spite
of the fact that tile cotton growers
have received this year more for their
staple than in any year since the nigh
prices of the SOS, the railroads have
not demanded any increase in the
charge for carriage We should like.
of course to have Salisbury and Char
lotte put on a parity with Whining
ton. and all natural advantages obiit-
Grated for the benefit of less fortu-
nateiy situated communities. but the
thus saith the Lord" is mightler tl1an
Legislative DEGREES and made-iip con-
dGtions for the stirring UP of pop
ular indignation"
Railroads are business enterprises
and are run to make money, Just like
some newspapers and factories ana
farms When overwhelmed by the
sense OF "oppressior" the state. In the
exercise of its power of eminent DO
main. has Whitfield down the earning
capacity of tho roads below the cost
of operation plus a fair return upon
the capital invested, the state Should
go II step further and actually proceed
with the conhscation of the property
we have no doubt that there are some
roads in North Carolina which their
present owners would be glad to sell
to the state at cost without asking
any questions. or course, the rail
roads ought to he regulated; but there
is a point beyond which regulation
amounts practically to conhscation
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-04-16

Jack cudahy and his wife have
made it up. thanks to the Intervention
of the young mans father. Jack is
speeding back home. determined to re-
new that sweet domestic dream so
rudely broken by Llllis. Mrs. Cudahy,
we presume, has withdrawn her dec
laration that she would never live
with Jack, although she had no OBJ
lection to living In the house Jack
built. This is fine or the cudahys,
but it is hard on Lilli What has he
10 console himself with now that Jack
has come into his own again?
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-04-16

great American family, he would only
lave to draw his Will carefully, paG
his taxes and appoint his executors. as
any other private citizen. He would
have no need in the world for Fed.
cral Foundation to Keep what no one
can take away from him.
In some of the criticisms of Mr..
Rockefeller's proposed Foundation
there are the usual remarks about
tainted money and about the impro-
priety of ruan being "benefactor'
when he may also be n vioator of state
and Federal laws and as such may be
subject to fine and imprisonment. Here,
again, It seems to u.s. common sense,
common dacency and modicum of
charity would have prevented such
personal attacks Thc Standard Oil
may have violated the statutes of the
States in which 1t has been indicted,
and 1t has probably done business con-
trary to the provisions OF tho Sherman
antitrust law; but II air. Rockefeller,
the man. wishes to make amends for
what Mr.. Rockefeller, the fuancier, has
done, we think tho American people
should meet him half way.
Criticism OF public characters and OF
public acts is Legitimate. without It
government would soon be endangered
and men in positions of trust would
! soon become reckless but carping crit
icism and scnseless suspicion of every
thing done by rich man is neither
necessary for the welfare of society
nor profitable for the critics.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-04-16

Ten switchmen have been arrested
for robbing railroad trains in Kansas
city; but the city need not hope to get
into the papers with such a hy-blown
sensation as that. Since Liliis went
away people do not take much stock
in Kansas City anyway.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-04-16
rlmes-Dtspntch Premium Contest.

Premium Contest.
Please print in your paper all the
premiums offered for household COLI
pons, and how much cash will have to
laccompany for each? +. M.
Tho following premiums Will be kept
in stock until May 2:
For thirty consecutive premiums and
lsa.1O I'm cash, or s235. II the article Is
10 be expressed one set Of Handsomely
plated knives and forks. ak to sot.
For tho same number of premiums
( and the same amount Of money. one
set of handsomely plated x. g. g.
spoons including six tablespoons. siX
teaspoons and n butter knife.
! For thirty consecutive coupons and
1918 in cash. or s3.35. If sent by eX-
press, a dinner set of American semi
I porcelain china handsomely decorated
and designed.
+ For thirty consecutive coupons and
$3.50 in cash, or s2.T5 II sent by ex-
press, Venetian art lamp fitted for
4 electricity or gas. or handsome libra
| ~ lamp fitted for gas.
i For thirty consecutive coupons ant
E$f9S in cash. or s2.2b II sent by cX-
press. "A mission wall clock. 1890.
For thirty consecutive coupons anC
% cents in cash, orts115 If sent bS
express. one art brass clock.
! Coupons will be discontinued or
April 20, though they will be redeem
ed as late as May .
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-04-16

SIX men have died from poisoned
whiskey in Rhode Island. We feel
sorry for the men. but we are not sur
prised at any results which may fol-
low the drinking of Rhode Island
Mhiskey.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-04-16

The census figures will be ane front
page copy as it is. but how much more
interesting they would be if the things
our neighbors say about MS could he
made a part of NJ. Durand's veraclous
volumes
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-04-16

stll, Uncle Joe made Congress pay
his garage bill, so what complaint has
he? There are some things better
than being Speaker.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-04-16

An Englishman drove So4 miles In a
cab from Interlaken to Cannes, and
will walk the rest of his life to pay
for the trip.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-04-16

Bishop Nichols, OF the Protestant
Episcopal Church in California. has
given up the Emmanuel movement as
a failure He says 1t does not work
for the cure of Inconsistencies, and cities
cases where he tried the mental treat
ment in San Francisco hospitals with
out result. This is more of an indi-
cation that the Bishop was not right
than that the Emmanuel movement
was wrong. The last place In the
world to try such treatment would
be a hospital. where patients are al
ways surrounded with things to re-
mind them of distress and where they
are quick to imagine themselves sick
even when they are we'll. The EN-
manuel movement may not be all that
its friends think 1t is, but its collapse
must be proved in some other way
than that suggested by the good
| Bishop.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-04-16

1T takes a man to be unpopular
says Chancellor Day: but his own re-
cord disproves his argument.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-04-16
10th Side. OF n pebntc.

HOth SlHcS OF DeDhtc.
We are TO have debate in our
school soon--"Resolved. That the South
offers greater OPPORTUNITIES TO the
home seeker than the North" Please
given me all the points you can on the
affirmative.
we are to have debate hero soon
"Resolved, That the South offers
greater opportunities to the home
| seeker than the North" am on the
negative. Please give me All the IN
formation you can. READER
| II looks as though we are to have
| the debate in this column Here are
| some Of the reasons why the SOUTH
offers greater opportunity than does
| the North.
The .oil Of the South is in the mair
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-04-16

Bryan must DO pretty hard put for
paramount Issues" If lie has gone to
Porto Rico TO find them.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-04-16

The Greensboro Record probably
knows that the crawhsh is one OF the
most interesting aud instructive of the
crustaceans, and that he is never So
Interesting and instructive as when he
is going backward or sidewise,. The
crawfish has sense enough to get away
with dignity and a reasonable degree
OF dispatch in times of emergency
With him, as with all reasoning be-
ings, discretion is always the bette,
part of yaloE
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-04-16

dope about Houston is the aptly
descriptive term employed by the
Charlotte Observer in paying it's COM
pliments to the recent wood pulp ex-
h!bit made by the Houston Post.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-04-16

the women found out at Washing
ton on Thursday that 1t is never
safe to monkey with the elephant.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-04-16

In trying to figure out who started
the Kissing in the woman's convention
ut Washington don't forget that there
We're twelve men delegates in the con
vention. Probably 1t was the mon
after all, who made the break. 1t
would have been lust like them.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-04-16

Kindly tell me If there is a place
60 sell tin foil II So please let mo
isnnw where r. ID. N
There Is no apprcciable demand at
present for tin foil
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-04-16

In celebration of its twenty-fifth
birthday, the Houston Post illustrated
its first page with a horrible picture
made up OF a group Of remark able
looking women; scantily attired. The
figure of "Houston" is particularly
brazen, but she is doubtless drawn
true to life. 1t "pears like" as they
say in Texas, that the lady represent
Ing the Lone Star State has a crick
in her left knee as if she We're a little
doubtful whether or not she could
reach the birthday cake, blazing with
twenty-fiv candles, on the side. The
picture is not In a very Important
sense true to life, however, because
there is neither jug nor punch bowl
in sight. and no birthday in Texas is
ever complete without both. There
is another feature of this oil painting
which is out OF touch with the truth
the ladies present all being represent
ed as having very small feet, which
OF course. Is not possible In Texas
There is, however, one thing that must
| be said about them--none of them ap.
pears to have on any stockings, ant
| that. of course, is a la Texas.
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Daily Queries and Anywexs
all communications fox this column to Query Editor
problems will solved,
or ntamps valu dealers will be given

more fertile than the soil OF the North
1t gives an assurance to tho hone-
seeker OF greater profits from agricul-
tural pursuits than he could secure in
the North. Again, lands in the South
are much cheaper than they are in
the North and can be secured in large
quantities at very reasonable rates.
Then, too, the South offers greater
field for diversified crops with conse-
quent advantage to tile llomesceker.
1t Is possible, also, in various sections
of the South TO raise practically every
crop that can be raised In temperate
and in subtropical climates. Finally.
the price of labor Is cheaper in the
South and the cost of living is lower.
There are several reasons why the
North Is q better field for the home
seeker than the South. In the FIRST
place, the North is a richer section
at present. Money can be made more
rapidly than In the South, and the
homcseeker is assured n ready and
immediate market for all that he can
produce. whether 1t be farm products
or manufactured articles. In the Sec
ond place, wages are higher in the
North. which is an advantage TO tho
man Of simple means who wishes TO
| secure a mental position. In the third
place, IL some authorities are to he
believed. the educational advantages
of the North are greater and trans
portation Is more rapid and easier.
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To settle a dispute, please tell ns
whether 1t is against the laws OF
amount less than 81 II there Is.
please state the penalty. READER,
No You probably have In mind the
report which WAS circulated some
months ago TO the effect that under "a
recent act of Congress no check could
be drawn on national bank for iess
than 81 This report proved to be III
founded You can draw chock for
i cent II you so desire.