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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-09-02
A LESSON fFRoM GEORGIA.

10 q AaSl WoElH nOllNS tnal the
people of Virginia have never had a
chance to express themselves OH tire
fee system since there has been agita-
ton for its abolition. If once they
mad such an opportunity in our opin-
ion, they would write in-no uncertain
letters it's death warrant. The salary
system appeals to the common sense
of the people; it is in accord with
their IDEAS OF government; it strikes
their sense of just economy.
In Georgia, the people OF one county
have had chance to express them
selves on the fee system. They voted
overwhelmingly against it and record
ed themselves as favoring 4 salary
system for the compensation of 2ounty
officers # the Virginia people had
an opportunity to take position on
this question, we are certain that they
would condemn it root and branch
In commenting upon the action of
this Georgia county, the Roanoke
World well says:
The fee system is one of the sur
viving relics of the carpet-bas regime
III the South; one of the few surviving
antiquated and unbusiness-lilc meas-
ures, prejudicing the South's progress.
which our constructive statesmen nave
not had the courage to combat. Be-
You'd doubt the system is doomed. In
other Southern States 1t is a lively
issue. The Birmingham Age Herald is
calling upon the Legislature of Ala
bama to abolish it,
Equally strong is the expression Of
the Atlanta Journal upon the fee sys-
tenn. 1t says:
The important fact is that
the people have declared for
the salary system and that the
fee system is unwise and III
many respects undesirable 1t Is no:
abuses. Indeed, it is not always ac-
tually abused, but it rs an imperfect
unbusiness-like system and ought to
go. Government is more and more
coming to be regarded as a matter of
business, Public officials should be
adequately paid for the service they
render. They should not be left 10 tho
uncertainties of big or little fees. The
work they do is worth so much, and
they should be compensated according
ly
"Fulton County has set an exam
pie that finds response in nine cHths
of the counties of the State. 1t is new
the Legislatures duty to make the
peoples will effective
What the people are thinking about
doing in Georgia, the people OF Vir-
ginia are going to do. ciice-holders
and the friends of ofice-holdcrs
may protest but sentiment Is
growing against the fee sys-
TEN in proportion to the amount
OF information that is being
published about tile iniquities. iredual-
tiles and injustices of the system. The
financial problem of the Commonwealth
looms large on the horizon nov. and
we hope that when remedies are sug-
l-gested by which the financial system
may be made more stable and equita-
Die. such suggested cures for the ills
of the body polite will include the
wiping of the fee system from the
governmental method of Virginia.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-09-02

The English papers have lately been
1ull of complimentary references to
colonel John S. Mostly, who was res
Gently removed from Office by Wicker
sham' The English people do these
'nihss better than we Contrast the
reconstruction of South Africa with
.the reconstruction of the Southern
states Oh this country, Mosby is hon"
ored everywhere by brave men.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-09-02
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No. We agree with the ruling OF
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1t lis Illegal
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-09-02
c1yn TuE COI0NEt ROPE.

safe rule to follow about the
every day from Beverly about Mr..
Taft's rcstiyeness under Rooseveit's
treachery is not to believe any OF
them until Mr.. Taft has spoken for
himself, and when he speaks, IL he
shall deem any statement from him
self necessary, we have no doubt that
he Will speak as one having authority.
Nearly every one has seen the bully
of the hastings large of limb, strong
OF arm, loud of voice, staggering this
way and that, frightening women and
children. defying the solid earth with
his fearful tread, desperate of eye and
until finally he found 1T, and heap Of
1t. down Mt the red Lemonade stand
with little shfimp of a fellow who
had little or pthing to say and who
had been poklrg about in hopeless
way all day long; II mother-in-la law sort
of a creature with no friends apparent
ly and no sand" And we all know
what happened to} the bully, and how.
after 1t was all over, he fairly burnt
the wind in his fight from the inslor-
lous field down there where the red
lemonade stand stood.
1t frequently happens exactly that
way, and there need not be the least
doubt as to what will happen to tho
Colonel soon or late. Yet we must
commend to Mr.. Taft the wisdom Of
the New York World, when it says
.sN1r. Taft might easily become a
great President. but never as Proxy;
never as an understudy for bomlas-
tic demagogue; never as a mere stop
gap for u turbulent and domineering
egotist; never as Il magistrate who
hesitates to avow principles of his
own, and never as one who makes
himself responsible for errors and
scalamities properly chafgeable to the
failures of another"
We think that Mr.. Taft has already
done number of very good things. He
has not advertised them as effective
~ as he might, he only took seven
correspondents with him when he was
swinging around the circle the las,
time. and some of them very sorry
sticks, to be sure, while the Colonel
has been circumvalated by ffty-one
on his present crazy tour; but MFR.
Taft has done in a little more than a
year more constructive work--some of
1t, we think, of a bad sort-and done
1t according to law. than the Colonel
accomplished In seven years of toll
and trouble. Some little fellow down
by the red lemonade stand will be
doing something one of these days.
never fear faint-hcarted ones. Only
the other day. Senator Carter, from.
way down in Montana bore s1o,-
100000 hole through Pinchot. one OF
the most obsequious of the Colonel's
court of moral flunllies.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-09-02

The returning summer swallows
seem to have brought the bad weather
with them. Really, they do not know
how happy we all were when they
We're away.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-09-02

4. Colonel William Watts Ball will be
Pleased to know that "the page" is
n'akins Its way, For example the APP
pomattoS Times virglnIan observes;
''ff'e man who said that the reading Of
me editorials IN The Times-Dispatch
made MN N sleepy. must have chronic
case az sleepy disease. Maybe sunrise
ms! ss bin .slssgx.y ".
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-09-02

Dark walls and dark woodwork are
supposed to look elegant; but theysbe-
long to a past era. What the world is
after now is more and more light.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-09-02

Information az to Murder TrInl.
Can you advise me as to where
can secure information bearing upon
the trial and conviction of Thomas y.
Cluverius for the murder OF Lillian
Madison? Do you know of any way in
which ] can have access to the Rich
mond daily papers covering the period
OF time occupied By this famous trlal2
CURIOUS.
You can get the Interpolation you de-
sire by consulting the newspaper flies
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-09-02

Damaged Currency.
Please let me know II portion OF n
note of United States currency, say !,
third or half OF Il note. has any
value p. II. MCGEE.
We think that a half or. third of n
note would not but you can write to
the Treasury Department at Washing
ton. inclosing the portion, and they
will tell you definitely. we think
more than third or half is necessary
for redemption
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-09-02
THE LEADING nEpunlIcAN rApEn.

AAA- hAS-ADb4No IAIEIk.
Can the New York World, or Press,
or Sun, or Times, or Herald. or
American. or Globe, or Stats Zeitung,
or Evening Post, any of them or all
of them together tell us exactly what
the Tribune the paper founded by
Horace CIR eley, thinks about the
colRel fas compared with Mr.. Taft?
DC They happen to know how it
stands towards the Administration?
If the Tribune We're Dr. Crippen, all
the New York papers would hunt it
down in hurry; why not hunt it
down for what it is? THE Leading
Republican Newspaper ought. to lead.
II 1t is for the Colonel rather than
FIR Tie President, 1T ought to say
so
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-09-02

Rights of FEMME OF Eighteen.
Z Kindly answer in your Query Column
what rights a young lady has at tho
age of eighteen, and oblige
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-09-02

She has many rights. Tell us what
sort of rights you mean. and we shall
inform you fully.
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Daily Queries and Answers
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rnE ascll.NrlTlc. COLONEL.

FRIDAY, sEPrENIBEE 9, 1910.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1910-12-02
STATE TO INSURE ALL MEN
Engand's Contriputory Scheme to
Counterfeit Lack of Employment
Outline Of Plan.

LondOn-As the British government
has already announced that it has
in hand a national scheme Of insur-
ance against unemployment it may
be taken for granted that Sir Hubert
Llewellyn Smith, who is chief OF the
permanent staff of the board OF trade,
indicated semi-officially the lines on
which that scheme is based In the
address which he delivered recently
as president of the economic science
section of the British association.
First" he said, "the scheme must be
compulsory, otherwise the bad per-
sonal risks against which we must
always be on our guard would be GER
tain to predominant; second, the
scheme must be contributory, for only
by eXacting vigorously as necessary
qualification for benefit that suffi-
cient number of weeks contribution
shall have been paid by each recip-
lent can we possibly hope to put linn
it's on the exceptionally bad risks.
"Our analysis leads us step by step
to the contemplation Of a national
contributory scheme Of insurance,
within the limits of large group of
trades-a group SO far as possible
self-contained and carefully selected
as favorable for the experiment, the
funds being derived from compulsory
contributions from all those engaged
in these trades, with subsidy and
guarantee from the state. The rules
relating to benefit should be so de-
vised as to discriminate effectively
against unemployment which is
mainly due to personal causes, while
giving a substantial allowance to
those whose unemployment results
from industrial causes beyond the
control of the individual"
Such a scheme Sir Hubert regards
as actuarily possible, at least for
such a group of trades as building,
engineering and shipbuilding
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1910-12-02
BADGER UNIVERSITY LEADS.
Madison School Gains Most in Science
Faculty.

Madison.-That the University has
made the greatest gains in the
strength of it's faculty in the science
departments of any American univer-
sity during the last four years is
shown by statistics compiled by Prof.
J. NICK. Cattell, of Cornell, from the
new Biographical Dictionary of Men
of Science"
Wisconsin has gained % per cent,
while Chicago has gained Is per cent
and Illinois 16. The University of
Wisconsin has had twelve of it's teach
ers of science added to the names of
the new scientific directory, and has
had none of it's professors taken out
of the directory. 1t thus makes the
best showing of any American univer-
sity.
Next to Harvard, the University of
Wisconsin has the distinction of hav-
ing the largest per cent of increase
in the number of professors who rank
among the first thousand of the most
distinguished scientists. Wisconsin
has gained II per cent during the last
four years in this respect, while Har-
ward has gained Is per cent and Yale
lis per cent.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1910-12-02
TRAIN APPLE TER

He was a wise man and merely said:
We'll, gentlemen, I'll get them.
Thank you for the suggestion
The next day Baked Apple and
Cream" was written in red ink on the
bill of fare. There was rush for the
apples that startled the restaurant
managers, and several barrels are now
served there every week. That sug-
gested the Apple Consumers league,
and we began at once to spread the
work. We went about calling for ap-
pie, and when the restaurants and ho-
tells failed to offer the fruit we made
it our business to make life a burden
to the managers. The apple army grew
like magic and ere long thousands of
travellers took up the refrain. Up to
that time the dish of fruit on hotel
tables contained bananas and oranges
We filled up these dishes with apples,
and made baked apple fair partner
with sliced oranges. There can be no
doubt that this simple organization
has increased the consumption of ap-
pies by 20 per cent
Some amusing things have grown
out Of it. The Pennsylvania Horticul-
tural society met at Gettysburg one
year. This is the heart of the famous
York Imperial section, yet there was
not even the smell of an apple about
the hotel. Some so or more guests be-
gan to call for apples, and kept it up
at supper until the proprietor sent out
and bought some Ben Davis, which he
served raw. For breakfast the baked
fruit came on piping hot.
When the New York fruit growers
met at Penn Van there was served at
dinner an apple pie like mother used
to make" The writer found that the
hotel cook was woman and he sug-
gested that she ought to be made an
honorary member of the association as
a woman who could take handful of
flour, a lump Of butter and sugar and
even a Ben Davis apple and make a
pie that would induce a man to buy a
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1910-12-02
CAPITOL NEEDS PERSPECTIVE.
Wisconsin Legislature is Urged to
Buy Additional Land.

Madison.-The purchase by the
state of the four city blocks between
the capitol park and Lake Monona in
this city and their conversion into a
beautiful setting for the new capitol
building will be advocated in a vol
ume now being published which will
be sent to every member of the next
Wisconsin legislature in advance of
the opening of the session in January.
The publication, which will set forth
the comprehensive plan for the beau
LITIGATION of the capital city, is being
prepared by John Nolen, of Cam
bridge, Mass, Madison's official land
scape architect, under the direction OF
the Madison Park and Pleasure Drive
Association.
The cost of the work $4,000, is be-
ing borne by the association and lead
ing citizens. The erection of a mann
moth state house in the capitol park
will make the park seem overcrowded
The square contains fourteen and one
half acres, and has a situation on an
elevation commanding a view of
Lakes Monona and Mendoza and the
surrounding Four Lakes country.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1910-12-02
Canal Will Require Ninety-TWo
of Them.
Giant Portals to Be as High as Six
Story House, e5 Feet Wide, Feet
Thick-The Cost Will Be
$5,5OO,O0O.

Pittsburg.-Boys dreaming of gates
they will seize as Halloween trophies
would not in the widest nightmare
imagine such enormous gates as are
being made in Pittsburg for the Pan
anna Canal. They will be the largest
gates in the world.
Any one of the 90 of them-for
there are to be 46 pairs in all-will
be about as high as a six-story build
ing, as wide (65 feeD as many city
buildings, and feet thick.
The structural steel that will go to
make them will weigh 10000 tons, or
over eight times as much as was used
to build the Eiffel Tower in Paris.
The mighty portals, designed to ad-
NIT a worlds commerce from one
ocean to another, must withstand a
tide of criticism as well as tremen-
dous pressure OF water and possible
commissions of the earth. For years
the controversy over gates or no
gates, locks or sea level, has been the
dividing issue of the canal problem.
LII Tie lace VI ItdI III SOluC Qudl lGIS
that the foundations on the Isthmus
are not sure enough for locks, that
earthquakes or water pressure would
dislodge them, and that an enemy's
mines or accidental explosions might
easily destroy them, the government
has begun to build the gates.
The cost of the gates will be $5,000,-
000 Of the $4,000 tons Of steel re-
CURED the heaviest single pieces will
weigh about Is tons. These will be
the base Orders, which are seven feet
long and which will be placed much
like the first floor Orders Of a sky
scraper. The series of girders above
them will range from 3.S feet apart
near the bottom to feet apart at the
top, and over the skeleton structure
thus formed a sheathing of water
tight armor plate will be bolted much
after the fashion of clapboards on a
house.
The thickness of the plates will
range from an inch at the base to
seyen-sixteenths of an inch at the top.
The weight of a single gate will be
about 600 tons and the dimensions
are II to 50 feet high, go to SIS feet
wide and feet thick.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1910-12-02
CHILD is A NlMROD.
Oversight in Wisconsin Game Laws
Proves Profitable.

Cable-Children legally hunt deer
in Wisconsin. Something of sur
prise was sprung last week, after COM
plant had been made that hunting IL
censes were being issued to children.
A paragraph in the fish and game laws
provides that licenses shall be issued
to any person over the age Of Is years,
but the attorney general, in a written
opinion to the commission, declares
that under the law now in force there
is no age limit for residents of this
state.
The issuance of a great many Ii
censes to small children in Northern
Wisconsin has aroused considerable
comment Some of these children are
too young to hunt, but the license
with the coupon attached permits the
child's father to hang up deer for
each member of his family. The Ii
cense also permits the shipment of
deer to any point within the state,
being q source of revenue for many
heads of families.
1t is we'll known that transient hunt
ers from the southern part of the
state often procure these carcasses
after they have failed to bag any
game. For a consideration the hunt
er's license is attached to the deer
and he returns home while the origi-
nal license is again available for an
other animal Some of these licenses
are said to have done valiant duty
this fall in saving the reputation of
the transient hunter. There is no
way to beat this game. While the
law restricts the resident hunter to
one deer a season, it makes every
member of his family a hunter"
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1910-12-02
REVIVING HIS OLD ORCHARD
Wonderful Results of Proper Handling
of Aged Apple Trees in Mas
sachusetts.

Boston,. Stearns Wyman has had
an experience in orcharding which
will interest growers of fruits. Mr..
Wyman's home is in Winchester, and
apple trees, some of them half a
hundred years old, have bloomed and
fruited on his grounds without atten-
ton until last year, when he got
busy, with view in mind of trying
to make the old trees grow bigger
and better fruit
Large apples were produced by a
tree which the owner believed to be
the most fredericksburg one in
Winchester. 1t was a down-and-out
growth, very DID, hopelessly decrepit,
and all in as a producer when Mr..
Wyman began revival work on it.
He cleaned out the hollow trunk
filled the void with cement, removed
all loose bark on trunk and limbs,
cut away dead branches and covered
the cut places with a preparation tC
keep out the weather.
He did some very close pruning,
but that was what the old tree
needed, and very early last spring 1t
bloomed in a glory of gladness that
surprised some of the neighbors who
were quite sure that Mr.. Wyman had
been too severe in his revival work
No fertilizers were used. AS the
weeks rolled their courses the old
apple tree seemed to get into the
gayety Of the sunshine and the
breezes. Bees and humming birds
quested sweetness in the hearts OF
it's blossoms, robins and finches and
bluebirds filtered through its foliage
and early in the summer first baby
apples as big as horse chestnuts fore
told to Mr.. Wyman the autumn com
ing of big fruit
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1910-12-02
Champion Berkshire Barrows.

pigs-not only smaller than pigs usu-
ally are when first narrowed, but ema
ciated.
Sows for breeding should not be al
lowed to run with the fattening hogs
fed on corn, but kept in pasture by
themselves and given a plentiful sup
ply of slop, made of equal parts of
wheat shorts, corn meal and wheat
bran.
Most young sows will breed when
three months old, If allowed to run
with a boar, but eight or twelve
months is as young as 1t is judicious
to breed them.
The pigs from ge-bodied, old sows
will be more in number and frequent
ly double the size of pigs from young
sows when farrowed-and this with
the same feed and care-and will fire.
Quently weigh so per cent. more at a
year old.
Not only this, but 1t stunts or dwarfs
the growth of such young things per
manently, and they never attain good
size.
A neighbor of mine bought an old
SOW a year ago last spring for $40. In
April she had ten fine pigs which
were fattened and sold to butcher in
tho fall, bringing him $115, and he still
has the sow for breeder.