The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-08-25

7I5that he cOulQ y MAKE Vie iitthSuit il1
4 work a series OF fans in the subway
cars to keep the air fresh in them, and
lif in the subway cars in New York,
why not in the surface cars in Rich
4 mond?
THE PRESIDENT AND THE
COLONIIII.
4 Mr.. Taft is steadily growing in pub
lie confidence. and nothing has con-
4 tributed more to this end than the
/ Wild work of the wild man. now on a
spectacular journey across tho Con-
tinent. since his return from Africa.
Says the New York Sun, and 1T speaks
! with serious thought OF thousands
/ throughout the country:
"As the American people see William
In. Taft striving manfully and YEARLY
| In the face of malicious misrepresen-
| tntions, of bowling self-scekers cloak
| ing their ambitions under specious
public pretence, of selfish factions and
| of Ioab Friendships. as the American.
1 people see Mr.. TAFT so striving and
| SO beleaguered. we are mistaken
greatly II they do not Judge fairly and
! honor as he deserves the able, up
right. modest. patient. Just man and
| statesman. whose one fault or mis-
fortune is that he has no genius Tor
| crooked words or work, and no object
| but to do his duty competently. with-
| out flourish, swagger or intrigue"
corruption wins not more than
honesty, The American people will
Judge Mr.. Taft fairly and they will
| have for the next two or three weeks
abundant opportunity to compare him
and his words and methods with the
4 words and methods of his predecessor,
and, IL the political prophets are not
| in error the man who is plotting all
the time for conditions which will
4 make him his successor also. We
don't believe it will work. The sober
sense of the American people has not
yet been sounded. We believe that
the next President will be Democrat,
q If thecDemocrats in Congress are wise
and the party shall be able to free
itself from the dead man 1t has been
carrying for years; but If it shall be
so unfortunate as to be again con-
trolled by the Republicans we should
all pray, and pray without ceasing,
Il that the horse and his rider be over
thrown.
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4 THE FARMERS AND THE AUTO
z ~ MOBILES.
n officers of representative banks at
. the county seats Of ffty-four counties
,5iin Nebraska deny, in reply to ques-
tions asked by George W.. Mason.
/, Chicago manager of the Omaha Bee
q and the Twentieth Century Farmer,
Il that tho credit OF farmers in that
State has been impaired by the pur-
chase Of automobiles. and in all except
Isone Instance they declare that 1t has
! not been necessary for the farmers
]. to give a mortgage to purchase a ma
!, chine This inquiry was inspired by
4 the recent statement of Patten. the
j t7wheat speculator. that the farmers of
the West were jeopardizing the pros
perity of the country by giving mort
cages to buy automobiles Probably,
Patten would have preferred that they
on grain and cotton; but whatever his
object 1t appears that his statement
was not true as to the farmers Of Ne
!, I,braska.
President Mcnamara, of North
II Platte, put the case very we'll when
i he said: 1--WE feel that farmers have
!, as much right tospurchase automobiles
at the present time as they had to
buy horses and carriages in the past"
4 Why shouldn't they? It is their mons
and they. have as much right to put it
in motor. cars as in railroad stocks.
or copper securities, or cotton futures
or STANDARD" investments to the en-
richment Of the gamblers Of the East.
u Besides, the farmers of the country do
not need the guardianship of the anx-
;|.ious souls who are now so soreiy
( moved by their alleged inability to buy
1 AUTOMOBILES. The chances are thatthey
Twill not get anything from anybody
q |thats they do not pay for. s
II 8EVf5 3sf
THE PRIVACY or VIRGINIA.
Tho charlottesville Progress, ever
keen on the scent OF historical errors.
s s Se"ama2ed" at Presidents Tafts
!. declaration in his speech on pilgrim
Fathers Day" that "the Pilgrim spirit
prompted and fought out the Reyoln,
], tionary War" Our contemporary y
Hts most learned style begins to read
!. the scroll in reply to Mr.. Taft, saying:
while admitting that the pilgrim
4 spirit OF Plymouth Rock aid New
England played its part in 'promptins