The National tribune., 1910-05-19

there is hardly member of the Upper
House, at least, who hasn't given Osler
cards and spades and then kicked the
ground from under him.
Mr. E. S. Thomas of London, who
has been visiting in Washington, thinks
that it would be a very good plan for
the United States Government to adopt
some of the laws on the statute books
| of England. Among them he considers
the inheritance tax one of the very best.
He says of this:
The inheritance tax law is one of the
chief sources of revenue to the British
Government. Last year the tax amount
ed to about 100000, 900. nearly half
as much as the total import duties and
more than half as much as the income
taxes. OF course, such a law would be
unpopular in this country at first, as it
was in England when first imposed, but
it is one of the fairest methods of taxa
ton, and acts as a kind OF automatic
law to return part of the accumulations
of private citizens. which were collected
under the protective laws of the Gov
ernment, back to the State"
A jeweler in Washington said the 9TH
er day that wedding rings-that is, the
plain gold circlet-are being ordered to
be made thinner and thinner. There
was time when an inch-wide wedding
ring was demanded as an expression of
affection of ones new husband, but
jewellers say that wedding rings are
now demanded to be very inconspicu-
Gus. and are thin little circlets and
nothing more. and there is dim sus-
picion, growing to conviction in the
minds of many. that the wedding ring
is not regarded as sacredly now as il
once was. 1t is stated that it is quite
the fad now for married women to lay
aside the wedding ring and to wear it
infrequently.
Dr. Thomas Elmer Will, late editor
of Conservation and former President
of the State Kansas Agricultural Col
lege, gave a lecture the other night on
southern Florida, which was very in
teresting, and Florida was pictured as
the land of promise and by far the most
suitable for those seeking homes where
the cultivation of a few acres would
yield large returns. DR. VIII is very
much in love with Florida.
Goodness gracious, how it will hurt
him, That is, for President Taft TO be
"eNpulsioned" from the Steam Shovel
ers' Union. He attended ball game in
Cincinnati, and the Steam Shovelers'
Union was boycotting that ball game.
Under the rules President Taft should
not have gone, but as the President was
only an honorary member of the Steam
Shovelers' Association, and as he didn't
ask to be admitted, it would be good
deal like inviting a guest and then kick
ing him out because he accepted the
Invitation, if the Steam ShoveIers' Union
does expeI the President.
n,
big contractor, who has been in the
city, seems somehow or other not to
Just exactly love eX-President RoOse-
Welt. Roosevelt is playing politics."
declared Mr.. Reynolds. and, what's
more, he is playing crude game. He
seems to have absolutely no considera-
ton for the feelings of the people
among whom he happens to dwell or
whose hospitality he is enjoying. He
uses the big stick right and left, and
the reason foreign people do not com
nent on him is because they think they
would offend the American people. The
fact is the American people are getting
heartily sick and tired of this circus of
Teddy's. If the German Emperor or
France entertains him it is because they
think they can strengthen their hold on
this country
Suppose former Premier BaIfour, of
the British Parliament; Won BueIow
former Chancellor of Germany, or
Clemenceau, former Premier of France,
should come to this country and find
fault with our affairs. How would we
like it? We would simply tell them to
mind their own business to go home
and sweep before their own doors, and
TO apply their ingenuity to -uplift and
improve their own countries.
Roosevelt is playing politics for all
he is worth, and everybody is onto his
game"
Decreases in exports of breadstuffs,
meats. food animals, cotton and mineral
oils from the United States, both for the
month of April last and for the first / 0
months of the current fiscal year, are
shown practically all along the line, ac-
cording to the figures furnished by the
Bureau of Statistics. The only increase
was in the wheat exports for April. al
tho the exports of this commodity for
the past 10 months WAS less by 33 per
cent than for the corresponding period
of the previous fiscal year
In spite of a decrease of % per cent
in the cotton exports for the 10 months,
there was an increase of about seven
increased price of the white fiber.
The total value of the exports of all
these materials for April, 1910, was
$46, 6,503,729. as compared with $685.
513 for April last year. and for the 10
months ended with April. 1910, their
total months ended with April, 1910,
their total value was $700,033,252, as
compared with $740,9s9,641 for the cor
responding period Of the fiscal year
1903. decrease of SIS per cent.
Representative Coudrey of Missouri,
has introduced bill appropr:ating
$35, 900 for the maintenance of Mount
Vernon, and directing that no adInis-
sion fee shall be charged. The measure
also provides that no boat shall be de-
MED the right to land and take passen-
gers at the wharf
Representative Gardner, of Massa-
chusetts, has not been at all WELL and
has been continually suffering from
pain in his back and legs. so he went to
Johns Hopkins University for examina-
ton and treatment, and he is now get
ting along all right. His condition was
superinduced by strenuous attention to
his business in Congress.
Washington IL arranging for q tre-
mendous great big homecoming week.
There is to be entertainment OF ali sorts
and conditions. and "a delightful time
will be had" by the Neutrality-suspicious.
who return for handshake and home
greeting. The time Is not set yet, but
will be early In the Autumn
No,y How Js Tint fos. Tainted Nonay,