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The Washington times., 1910-01-30
EXPORTS OF FARM PRODUCTS
REACH VAST TOTAL.

ANY committees of Congress which
may get to delving deep into the ques-
ton of prices in this country viii
doubtless find material for thought IN
the statistics on our exports of farm
products The Department Of AgTicul-
ture has given out figures on these ex-
ports from 1851 to 1908. They run into
enormous totals. They indicate that
the farmers of the country are disPos-
ing Of vast quantities of products
abroad. The result Is without question
tendency 10 scarcity of agricultural
products in this country with an in
evitable upward trend Of prices for
such products
In the last half century there has
been a great increase in the exports of
farm products from the United States.
From an average of sl50,OOO.OO a year
in the ive-year period, 1851 to and
including 1855, the agricultural exports
rose to an average of SS75.OOO,OO0 a
year IN l9OI-IqO5. In two subsequent
individual years, 1907 and 1905, the
agricultural exports surpassed a billion
dollars annually.
Not only have such exports incress-
ed, but they have increased much faster
than the population. In lS5I-lS55 the
average value per capita of the agri-
cultural exports of the United States
was 1855; in the period I9Ol-I9O5 it
was SIO.SS, and since 1908 1t has been
stir greater.
The chief agricultural products ex-
ported in the past half century have
been, first, cotton; second, grain and
grain products; and third, packing
house products. Not considering the
civil war period, the tendency of cotton
exports has been steadily to increase
since 1851. The highest year was 1907.
when 4,5IS, 100000 pounds were sent
out. Exports OF grain and grain prod
ucts amounted to S2I5.OOO,OOO in 1908.
a total much above the average Of re-
cent years, though there has been a
tltCLAllt SlfiCt loru-lctyr n NACn Vas tAe
period of largest grain exports
When 1t comes to packing house
products it Is worth noticing that they
have increased much more rapidly in
the last half century than cotton or
cereals IN 1905 the exports of pack
ing house products amounted TO $780,
100000 The principal items are pork,
lard, beef. and cleo oil Beef has de
cIined since 1905, but even at that we
are shipping abroad about 3f9,OO0,OOO
pounds of beef a year
All of which indicates that our soil
Is feeding and clothing a big share
of the world aside from America. Il
Is not entirely the increasing demand
OF the urban population on the agri-
cultural sections that Is driving prices
/ OF farm products upward
The Washington times., 1910-01-30
POOR RICHARD ON THE AP.
PALACHIAN RESERVE.

In the matter OF the proposed Ap-
paIachisn-White mountain forest re-
ssrve, three conclusions seem to be
established: 4,
/ That there Is an overwhelming
popular demand in the East that the
forest areas indicated shall be set aside
as a national forest.
2 That there Is a substantial ma
jority IN both houses of Congress for
this legislation. and that action Is be
ing delayed mainly through the failure
OF the House Committee on Agriculture
TO report such legislation.
, That recent papers on forests and
stream flow issued from the Weather
Bureau and the Bureau of Forestry
show a sharp difference OF scientific
opinion between the two bureaus OF
the Department Of Agriculture in z
matter which involves the welfare OF
the nation.
With the experience OF China as Z
guide, Prof Noore's opinion that
forests have nothing to do with food;
Is interesting but not much more That
It should suffice to withhold from tbs
people a benefit Of prime Importance tC
the entire Atlantic seaboard Is pre-
Posterous. Let the Agricultural De
partment reconcile the academic diff
ferences between its branches when II
rleases. But as TO the protection o.
the East from food and dry stream
beds
Th9 day Is short, the work great
The Washington times., 1910-01-30
Tales Gathered
In the Capital

- Of. JAMES GORDON, the TEN
Poraryr Senator from Missiz-
sippi, is stu unfamiliar with
city ways and he is telling the
story himself OF how near ne came to
being killed by a Washington street car
Yesterday rs he was crossing tire tracks
opposite the Senate office building He
thinks IL is only another joke on hiu,-
self even though i came near resulting
seriously.
II was showing fUTiOUslv as the Sen
atOr left MS office accompanied by Mrs.
GOrlOn. and started for a car TO their
apartments In crossing the street TO
catch a north bound car ne stepped on
the sOuthb0und tracks directly in front
Of an oncominS car. His umbrella vas
lowered 10 protect him from the driv-
ing Snow, but mrs. Gordon saw the
danger and screamed 10 her husband TO
jump He jumped and as he did 50
the car brushed by him leaving him
brsathIess. but unsczthed-
IN telling Of the incident, the new
Senator thought nothing more Of Il than
that Il was just another adventure with
metropolitan city conditions. It has in
creased he saws, his longing for the
safety ard peace Of his plantation horne
The Washington times., 1910-01-30
THE AMERICAN PEOPLE ARE
EATING ALL THE STEER.

Some months ago the head OF one
Of the large wholesale meat houses
made this announcement
We have decided TO embark upon a
campaign of education which will
OF a steer, as do the people OF Eu-
rope
Nothing has been heard since that
time Of the beneficent intention OF that
house, and it is likely that nothing
more viii be heard. The reason for
the abandonment OF the projected cam
paign Is 10 be found IN this fact:
The people Of America are eating the
whole steer. They are paying higher
prices for coarse cuts not only of beef,
but of all kinds OF meat than those
paid BY any European nation, and both
the use and cost Of these coarse meats
are steadily increasing.
There was a pretty theory that the
American workingman was becoming
luxurious in his tastes that he dis
dained chuck, flank, neck, and other
tOugh-fibered portions Of beef The
theorists contended that he demanded
tender. Juicy steaks and chops; that
this demand was wasting a large por-
ton of every carcass and that because
OF It cattle were slaughtered before
they had reached full weight and ma
turity. These allegations were true
IN part five years ago They are not
true today Evidence collected by The
Times shows that the cOsrsCst
stewing meats have doubled IN price
within the past two years Certain
portions of the animal have much more
than doubled
Beef shin Is an example Formerly
this entire piece weighing on an aver
age fifteen pounds was sold at retail
for Is cents Today shin Is sold by
the pound at 6 cents a pound, and the
demand Is great and Is increasing.
Chuck, which only short time ago
brought 6 cents a pound Is now y
cents. Flank, selling two years ago
for 1 cents a pound, Is now IN great
demand at cents
So 1t goes through all the coarse
grades. The American workingman
is rivaling the European peasant in his
search for a cheap, nutritious food, and
is not particular as TO its coarseness
and toUghness- James ! Hill, emi-
nent fnancier and philosopher, assert
ed IN an Interview IN New York YES
terdsy that the habit OF ordering over
3 telephone had advanced the price OF
meat. That assertion cannot apply
70 the advance IN shin flank, and
chuck Those who are buying these
cuts do not order over the telephone
They buy with baskets on their arms
and snxiously watch the clesver and
The scales to see that they are getting
their moneys worth.
The stew and the pot roast are with
Us, and they are here TO stay. The
plain American of moderate income Is
getting his education at first hand II
the school Of necessity
That Is why the big wholesaler,
have abandoned their plan to teach our
people 70 eat all the steer.
The Washington times., 1910-01-30
Subject to Veto.
WELLMAN DEPARTS,
BUT NOT FOR POLE

NEW YORK. Jan 20-WaIter Well
man. the Arctic aerOuaut whose object
was 10 discover the North Pole by bal
loon. is a passenger for Europe aboard
the White Star liner Oceanic.
Before sailing Mr.. WeIlman said he
would never attempt to start for the
Pole again and would give Up Arctic
projects In general He will hereafter
devote himself 10 business
The Washington times., 1910-01-30
WILL SPEND HONEYMOON
TRAVELLING ON CONTINENT

the guests 20 Major Holmes Conrad,
who in turn made the LntroducUOns 10
Mrs Jackson
Receiving with Mrs Jackson were
MS l. L Letter, whose guest Mrs
Jackson Is during her visit 20 Washing
Jgn- Mrs G. r p Henderson Mrs MAJ
NEW T. Scott president general Of the
D a r. Mrs w. + Dennis president
MaEnuS ; Thompson. president Stone
wall Jackson Chapter Mrs II l.
WheatleE- president r z Lee Chapter
Mrs William O. Rome president South
eru Cross Chapter Miss Mary Desha.
president Albert Sidney johnson Chap
ter Mrs Arthur E Johnson first vice
president BeaIreguard Chapter Mrs J
SomeTviile Harris president Dixie Chap
Mrs Foraker, wife Of former Senator
J. 3. Foraker, and J. 3 Foraker. jr.,
sailed from New York yesterday for a
tour of the Nediterranean-
Dinner Dance
At Chevy Chase Club.
MI and Mrs A : WorthinEtou en-
te-tained AZ dinner dance at the
Chevy Chase Club last evening IN hon
or Of Mss Evelyn Carpenter the debu-
tante daughter OF Pay Director and
Mrs John s. Carpenter, L s. y
judge and Mrs Charles 3 FTozv-y
were dinner hosts last evening. enter
tanning in honor Of Mr. and Mrs " r
H. Green. OF Seattle. Wash. who are
spending the winter At the Grafton.
The club committee % the Army and
Navy League has arranged a tea and
sale u be given at the Sailors. Soldiers
and Marines Club, 81 G street on the
afternoon OF February % from 3 to 8
o'clock
Miss sally Ovenshine. daughter Of
Brig Gen Samuel Oveushine. Z : A
VINO has been visiting her brother
Capt EuCIebert Q. Ovenshiue, at Fort
smelling. Mimi for several months, has
returned 10 Washington
Mrs. HiEEiuSon. wife OF Rear Ad-
mirai Francis J HiEEiusOn- T. 8 y,
who has been VISITING Mrs r F Buck
iuCham. widow Of Commando BuckiuC-
ham, L s y. at Mrs Buckingham s
residence on II street has returned 20
her home.
Representative and Mrs Ben John
son. Of Kentucky. VIII entertain at a
box party at the BelaSCo. followed by
s1fDpsr 81 the New Willard in honor
of Miss Lucinda Peuncbaker-
The Washington times., 1910-01-30

The new Ohio Society Of Washington
adds another to the list OF fiOurishing
State societies of the Capital The Ohio
Society starts with fine prospects. hav-
ing a large membership. animated with
great enthusiasm
The Washington times., 1910-01-30

Herr John. the famous tenor. who has
given his wife TO another man ana
wished The new couple all possible hap
piness, is either a highly unselfsh per
son or the late Mrs John has certain
traits Of disposition which the alert
reporters have failed TO illuminate
The Washington times., 1910-01-30
PULPIT TOPICS FOR TONIGHT
IN CHURCHES OF WASHINGTON

Church. Ind
the Dr. JayBe s p m
E Of
Handwriting
P. Chuch-"Chrisian Liberty"
Iin. at
United Brethren by
p N
COvenantsuggestions from Nature About Morality
by the Rev.D S p
J FFarvey D
sixth presbyterian
Rev Arthur W n m
O
Z
the !. R Ellis a m
R H a p
First w W
S D n
Whuevashed
bling" b. he Rev. z. at . m
Luther Memorial
Lloyd c. p n.
The Washington times., 1910-01-30
MUSIC.

Metropolitan
Al y m
E and
of
FuEit, an Quincy. at 80 D.
Chuch4adyn's Masses
a D m
a D.
cathedral
m
The Washington times., 1910-01-30

II, as now seeIls probable. the Seine
river has reached its highest stage and
is going TO subside. the whole civilized
world will rejoice History has pre-
scented few spectacles more awful than
that Of the great city Of Paris slowly
being submerged. with no power avail
able 70 save it. II Is gratifying 70 every
American TO read that American help
promises TO do much TO relieve the SUI
faTinE
The Washington times., 1910-01-30
AND NOT CLAIRVOYANTS

Lady--Poor man! So you are Just out
OF jail2
Tramp-Ees, mum. was & victim OF
fortUne-tellers back IN ninety-nine.
Lady-Iudeed2
Tramp-Yes, mum. The district attor-
ney told We where Ia ever been and
what I'd ever done during nv whole
life. and the Judge predicted where
would go for the next ten years.-Puck-
The Washington times., 1910-01-30
WILL GIVE LECTURE
ON CONSERVATION

A lecture on conservation Of forests
viii De given Al GouzaEa Hall this even
Service
Announcement was made this morning
that +. 4. Dillon. Of 7 street northeast.
won the Columbia automobile which
was on exhibition at the recent Jubilee
fair of St Aloysus parish
The Washington times., 1910-01-30

Senator Delivers warning that the tar
IFS Of The future vii! not be written
IN the offices Of the big interests, cannot
possibly be an insinuation that the
Aidrich-Payne bill was fixed up in that
fashion
The Washington times., 1910-01-30
"Uncle Joe"
As the Village Belle.

II Uncle joe were the village belle.
with two ardent suitors. he could not
I he in more perplexitv than he is In
over the question Of whether TO accept
the invitation Of Representative J. Van
NechJen Olcott Of New York TO speak
there on LincOIn's Birthday. February
J., or the invitation Of Representative
Jimmie Burke 10 speak on the same
date III PittsburE
Both OICOtt and Burke are insisten-
Uncle Joe" IS COY and shy and thus
far has kept both guessing. It appears
that when Burke first laid the matter
before the Speaker the latter turned 10
the faithful Busbey and asked il he
had any engagement for that event
| Busbey's history failed nim and he
/ looked at the hook and saw there was
nothing on the boards for February
{ s The Speaker likes Jimmie for the
reason that he's a good organization
man VINO never wakes insurgent and
aI=svs does as he IS told Moreover.
/ he's assistant House Republican whip
! So he was told the Speaker probably
would 20 20 Pitts burg
Then along came OICOtt, and Busbey
/ told the Speaker there was nothing
down for February - The Speaker
was about 20 promise OIcott when
| Burke found out what was up and
! protested he had won the Speaker
( over TO visit Pfttsburg
The Speaker took the matter under
Amusement and now he is being ham
mered from both sides President Taft
and Mayor Gaynor are going 10 speak
at the New York obseTvances of Lin
/ coin Day and Burke contends they are
/ enough
I OIcott thinks not He is pulling the
wires and working hard TO drive the
Speaker his way and head him off from
the Smoky City
# the Speaker had an airship he'd
gCcOmmOdate both Burke and OICOtt
IN the absence Of one he may ask
them to cut cards flip coin or draw
cuts
The Washington times., 1910-01-30

the workman lazy, the wages high,
the master urgeth; up, then, and be
doing.
The Washington times., 1910-01-30
MiniSterialS Will Lose Out
IF Nationalist Join
Conservatives.
MEMBERSHIP.

LONDON. Jan. sO-PoHticaI workers
are greatly aroused today by the at
tempt on the part Of A. J. BalfOur and
other Conservative leaders 10 form z
coalition with the Irish Nationalist and
thereby Gust the Liberals from power.
The bait offered 10 the Irishmen is a
larger measure Of home rule than the
Liberals have agreed 20 give and IL Is
a tempting one 10 John Redmond and
his colleagues who nave been waiting
and work. 1g for years 70 secure home
r74Ia
The Washington times., 1910-01-30
Oppose Whisky Tax


Added TO the desire for a complete
grant Of home rule. the Irish National
lists favor proteC ton which has been the
keynote Of the Conservative promises
during the campaign which has just
closed. They are further opposed bitter
Is 20 an increase in the tax on whisky
which Chancellor LIoyd-George pro
poses 10 enact These three things have
caused the Irish Nationalists 20 listen
10 the song Of the tempter who would
nave StTIuCled them from the society OF
As0uith and his Liberal followers
Liberals are Insisting today that they
have an lrCuClad SFTeemenT with Red
ynCud which he viii not dare 10 violate.
They have agreed, they say, 70 grant
home rule which VIII be sufficient as
starter CncC get the system OF hone
rule established, they say and II viii
develop itself into complete and salts
factory home rule
Liberal Majority IN.
The alliance between the Liberals, La
borites. and Irish Nationalist viii give
the ministerial party a majority OF 10
which Is liz less than in the last parlia-
usnt- II viii be large enough TO secure
The passage OF the acts on the Liberal
program unless Il lone rule
A serious s7lit<%SA be ranks OF the
ministerial party over home rule Is pre-
dicted. and another election viii follow
the spit. declare the Conservatives. The
Liberals hope TO set most Of their pro
gram enacted before the split comes
on home rule. This with the return Of
ccnlmll ciaI prosperity which. they an
ri-ipatc. wiI. enable them to cay the
election again. and thus remain n
power
Should the commercial prosperity fail
20 materjaIize. So Is Eeneraly admitted
that the Conservative cry for protection
VIII have a greater power IN the next
election than IL has IN the one which
has just closed
The manufacturing districts failed n
rally behind the Conservatives. while
the farming districts rolled Up big ma
fori-ies for the protection candidates.
thus defeating many Liberal candidates
vno were supposed 20 he invulnerahIe
Subject TO Veto
The home rule which has been prom
( ised by Premier Asquith. makes # sub
! ject TO the veto power OF the imperial
T parliament
The home rule promised by BaIfour
and his Conservative friends who are
flirting with the Irish party t0day
grants absolute home rule without the
& veto power OF parliament
The Washington times., 1910-01-30

boycott, that tie packers would do
well to deal with the situation other
wise than IN a spirit of defiance.
The Washington times., 1910-01-30
Mr.. and Mrs. Wood Hosts
At Club Luncheon Today

Nj and Mrs. Wa6dy F. Wood enter
fai7ed a small party at luncheon at the
chevy Chase Club today in honor Of
Miss Bavne Of New York The other
guests were Miss Maitland Marshall,
Miss SaUie Darlington. Miss LOmaN,
Major Strauh. Lieutenant Lemly, Lieu
tenant CoethaIs. and Lieutenant Hack
EFT.
Miss Leslie Lindsey. Of Boston. Mass.
arrived in Washington last night for a
week visit TO Miss Annie Irwin, dauCG-
ter OF commander and Mrs William
he the guest Of Miss Marjorie Aleshire-
daughter Of Brig Cen and Mrs J B
Aleshire for a few Gays
Mss Ruth Kaiser, Of Indianapolis,
Ind, who IS attending Washington
Seminary IS the guest for the week
end Of Miss Amelia Stern, OF 20 Sixth
street.
Mrs. Otto z. Weoraer has as her
weekend guest Miss Ray Berg, Of Mem
nB hiSi TeP Han ga@Inary mere a''eH'i
The Minister of Norway and Nine.
Guide were dinner hosts OF last even
ing, entertaining in honor OF the
italian Ambassador and Baroness
Mayor des PIancheS-
Mrs. William Horton Sarlock en-
tertained at dinner last evening at
the Ontario.
The Minister OF the Netherlands
and Nine LoudOn had dining with
them last evening the Ambassador
of Japan and Baroness. UChlda, Mr.
and Mrs. Chandler Hale, the Naval
Attache OF the Austro-Hungaria
Embassy and Baroness PrUeschen,
Miss Patten, the charge d'ahaires Of
Turkey, A Rustem Bey, and Senator
Warren
Mrs L. z. Letter entertained a din
uer company last evening at her Du-
pont Circle residence
Mrs. Jackson
Is the Guest of Honor
Mrs. StOnewaIl Jackson, widow OF the
! distinguished Confederate general, was
( the honor guest at large reception
given Iasts evening by the Confederate
/ Veterans Camp. No. Il, and the Dis
/ trict Of Columbia Division Of the United
/ Daughters Of the Confederacy, at the
/ Confederate Memorial Home
/ 0Irs. c. D. Merwin, president Of the
District Of Columbia division. presented
The Washington times., 1910-01-30
A CONSERVATIVE COMPANY
FOR THE UNITED STATES.

IF there Is to be an income tax In
this country not more than eleven
States can fail TO approve the pend
ing amendment TO the Constitution. As
Mr. Hull, Of Tennessee, has inquired
OF the House:
Who is so ignorant or creduIous
: not to know the certain effects of
powerful wealth exercises on many
State organizations. upon the press
and upon other mediums of manu-
featuring influence and sentiment?
The chief argument to be urged upon
the legislatures Of the twelve States
needed-or more-wiII be that an in
come tax Is sociaIistic- That will be
a difficult position to hold If the Iegis-
lstor knows that income taxes now
exist in
The United Kingdom.
Japan,
Hungary,
Australia,
India,
Switzerland.
The Netherlands,
Denmark,
Germany,
Austria,
Sweden,
Norway,
Italy,
Spain,
The Washington times., 1910-01-30

And in Cuba as to the income from
lands.
The Washington times., 1910-01-30

Some months ago the head of one
Of the large wholesale meat houses
made this announcement:
The Washington times., 1910-01-30
For Ethel Roosevelt.

Mrs. Otto T. ENeor1er and Miss Amelia
stern entertained q small company OF
young folks informally last evening, I'm
honor Of Miss Kaiser and Miss Ber-
The other guests Included Miss Ger
tTude SeIiC- OF PhiIsdelpria- Miss Aleste
Goodman, Melville Fischer. Arthur
Luchs, Frank Meyer Bernard Baer. 10
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-07-18
PRESIDENT OF BRAZIL WILL
MAKE CALL UPON TAFT

wasbineton.-A fellow president
soon-to-be. General Hermes da Fon-
SEGA of Brazil, will drop in on Iait
at Beverly early in August to get d
few noints on the art of keeping peo-
ple happy while taxed and otner
things that go with the job of chief
executive. =,
Generala da Fonseca will be in
aueurated November Is, 1910. he mas
been making the rounds in Europe
ord has been well-received by the
heads of governments, especially vii
liop, of Germany. whose people have
large interests in Brazil. The gen.
eraI will round up what he has learn
ed in the lands of royalty with IN
formation about "this perfectly gov
orroa country" He will visit chi
capo. Buffalo, Philadelphia, Boston
and other large cities where the CIVIC
authorities and commercial bodies
viii entertain him. The state De
nartment is working for better trad'
With south America and the tour Oh us
Eonseca NAV have a helpful influ
ence toward that end. =,
General da Fonseca is 80 years oiu
soldier and a statesman OF marhe'
obi,itv He is accompanied In MI
travels bv DR.. Jose Carlos Rodrlghes
editor of the journal do CONNER
cio," the principal newspaper Oh NJ
de Janeiro.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-07-18
IF TAFT SHOULD APPOINT HUGHES TO Be
Chief JUSTICE OF j. S. SUPREME COURT

facts were submitted to Taney, who
produced in court. The officer in
command refused to surrender the
man and Taney demanded peremp-
tory compliance with the order. The
troubled officer put it up to the war
department and the department asked
President Lincoln to decide. Lin
coin held that under the conditions
that prevailed in Baltimore at that
time it would be unwise to release
prisoners on writs of habeas corpus
or any other writs, especially in trea-
son cases. AS Taney had no army
with which to enforce his order he
was obliged to submit to the president
who was backed up by the military
power of the government.
Big problems presented to the
court when Morrison R. Waite be-
came chief justice in 1874 grew out
of the war and were involved in
changing conditions The court was
called upon to construe the new
amendments to the constitution and to
rule upon the liquor question, poly
gamy, federal control of elections
and the right of states to regulate
railroads. It was in Wate's time
that the court decided that woman
was a citizen but without the right &c
vote
The new chief justice VIII take part
| in the settlement of questions grow
ing out of the corporation tax and the
standard Oil. Tobacco and Sugar trust
cases. in which the decisions of the
court, in the minds of many men, may
have a most important influence OF
the future of the country.
The supreme court was established
in 1899 with a chief justice and five
associate justices. The number OF "a
sociate justices was increased to eigh
in 1897.
At the first session of the cour
there We're no records, no forms an'
no cases for trial. The place of chic
Justice was not an attraction to in
fluential men, but from Marshall
time it has been regarded as one o
the very highest honors IN the coun
try