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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-12-06
A CREDIT TO THE SERVICE.

The exemplary conduct n the fine
bearing maintained by the sailors of
the American Navy who are now
abroad, have been matters upon
which much comment has been made
The general reputation of the Jack Tar
from the United States has been made
much more c%reditable by his behavior
in recent years, especially when
abroad.
A short while ago, the sailors of the
come by the sailors of the French
navy in France. There We're many
festivities, but no fights. The utmost
friendliness n cordially was mani
tested by the men of both nations.
The sailors from this side of the water
reciprocated the hospitality of the
Frenchmen by giving them a dinner
at which good fellowship reigned.
On Saturday the Lord Mayor and
the Corporation Court of the City Of
London gave a luncheon at Guild Hall
to $50 of the american seamen, and
every honor was paid them, Later,
for the first time in history, the blue
Jackets We're received at the Amer
lean embassy by Ambassador Reid.
These instances but serve to show
that the American sailor is no longer
regarded as the tough and bully that
he used to be. The service has been
vastly improved in the past our or
five years, and more honor is being
paid to the blue uniform of Uncle SANS
sailor men.
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serve for picnics as well. There VIII
also be experimental farm plots.
Then there will be the country isle
hall. In tl,is building viii be a salaried
man., who will devote himself TO the
ordering and circulation OF q tarni
and general library. lie VIII digest
all farm bulletins and be ready to an
swer questions that farmers may@wish
answered without delay. In this build
lng VIII be found the best farm papers
ana bulletins, as well as magazines and
periodicals. Here meetings of all
kinds will be held.
me country life hall and the con-
soiidated school will be the farmers
civic centre" The idea is an excellent
one, though the Undertaking will do
mand much time and money for Its
contamination. The progress Of wash
lngton In this direction will be watch.
ed with interest.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-12-06
SEYMOUR FORTESCUE
In OFFICE

the only woman who has thus been
distinguished In Ireland. She Is tho
daughter of the late Henry L.. BischoIf-
siieiin. the banker, who for the last
nfty years OF his life played "A notable
role In London, King Edward a, Prince
OF Wales being a frequent guest at his
house. while old Mrs. Bischoffshcim
and the new widowed Duchess ot
Devonshire were on terms or such init
macy that they Were wont TO call each
other By their first names.
owned the London Daily News" and
Liberal papers. His daughter Ellen,
who was her husbands second wife,
established her home after his death
at a place known as Aut Even, near
Kilkenny. and has made herself so
universally beloved in tho neighbor-
hood. by her ~houndless charity, that
the Kilkenny municipality decided to
bestow upon her the freedom OF he
town.
She must not be COMPOUNDED with tho
late Lord Desart's first wife, a daugh-
ter Of Thomas Henry Preston. or
Mareby, Yorkshire, who eloped with
the actor Sugden. whom she married.,
after being divorced by the earl. SuS-
den, too. divorced her In turn. and aa
she insisted upon retaining her title
stantly getting into trouble, landing
her in the police courts of the metrop-
oils, she was a source of much an
noyance and distress to Ellen. Lady
Desart. and also 10 the Wife OF tho
earl.
Jcopyright, 1910. by the Brentwood
~inpan
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for Twenty-Five years tho classfflch-
tion rates of the railroads have rel
NAMED unchanged, while tho value
OF almost every article shipped on
these roads has increased. Because
of the increase OF these values-the
have been compelled to increase the
wages paid to their employees. n in
order that they might come out even
they have asked for the slight increase
in the charges for their service.
Mr.. w. c. Brown, president Of the
New York Central Line, was interview
ed recently on this subject by the Chi
cage Evening Post, and he gave some
examples of the new tariffs proposed
by the railroads and their effect upon
certain articles. For example,, the
wholesale price of split brogans
is s125 the pair, and the re-
rate for one thousand miles from New
York to Chicago, or to n point talk
Ing the Chicago rate. is 2 20 cents a
pair. The proposed increase is five
mills the pair, making the new rate
2 9-10 cents a pound. Assuming that
the increase in wages to railroad men
would make 1t possible for the deal
ers to sell four pairs which could not
otherwise be sold, the profit on these
four pairs would pay the increase in
rate OF $40 pairs of shoes. Another
example given by Mr.. Brown was the
effect of the new rates on the price
of mems stiff hats. the wholesale
price of Which is SS-1-2 cents and the
retail price 81. The present rate on
such hats is / IL cents. The proposed
increase is i $500 mills, making the
new ate / HIS cents. The profit on
the sale OF one additional hat would,
therefore, pay the increased rate on
COL hats. Another example given by
Mr.. Brown touches the price of calico,
the wholesale price of which Is 5
cents a yard and the retail price z
cents. The present rate is $40 of a
'saA liz JIM " ~ = ~
of u mill, making the new rate 1 mill.
1t takes ten yards OF calico to lake a
dress. The profit on one additional
dress, therefore. would pay the in
crease in rates on $50 yards of calico
for the distance of one thousand miles.
This way OF presenting the case
can be understood by the people who
have been led to believe that the rail
roads have demanded excessive pay
for their services, and we hope the
people understand the subject and VIII
refuse to be misled by the shippers
and their political alders and abettors.
The transportation interests of the
country will get what they ave the
right 10 demand, but which they real
ly have not had the courage to de-
mand, a square deal.
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RALLIES

According to a recent report of the
American consul at Bremen, the rail-
less trolley system has been perfected
IN rma The system began in
austria, In both places, it is giving
satisfaction, obviating all the expenses
OF laying and maintaining tracks.
There T two of these street rail-
ways in Bremen. They connect the
outlying districts with the street car
INES of the city. These cars are SUI
perlor to the average automobile omni
ous, They are lighter, there is no rat
t4lhg OF the machine, no odor from the
exhausted gases, no disagreeable shak-
ing or the car When rounding a curve.
The construction cost is only about
o~ne-iourth that of an ordinary electric
me BY an ingenious device connect
ing the trolley with two overhead
wires, the positive and the negative,
the cars can move from one side of the
street TO the other, a distance Of from
~ to 80 feet. They can pass and
evade other vehicles. They can meet
a car coming in the opposite direction
with no moro delay than the exchange
OF trolleys, and can attain a speed of
20 miles the hour, They run on solid
rubber tires.
These trolleys are constructed very
cheaply and it costs little to maintain
Them Their introduction into this
country would be a great blessing.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-12-06
/, SUCCESSFUL REVOLUTION.

The Portuguese troops situated on the
Canton River, rebelled last week and
took possession of the p Of
Macao. an island which was first oc-
cupied by the Portuguese in 1856. The
removal of the Governor and the APP
pointment of a judge to fill his place.
1t also resulted in the expulsion Of
the religious orders, the suppression
legged wrong suffered by the soldiers
themselves. The incident is covered
briefly in his statement:
Soldiers from the Portuguese gun
boat 'Batria' marched to the public
square, fired three volleys as a signal
to the troops, and, forcing an entrance
to the armory, the rebels armed them
selves and forthwith proceeded to a
the nuns and from thence marched to
the Governors house, which they in
vaded for the purpose OF interviewing
the Governor" This appears to be the
ordinary course of revolution on the
other side of the sea. The first point of
attack is the convent occupied by wo-
men, the nuns. After driving; them OUT
and breaking w their furniture and
stealing their valuables. the brave re-
volutionists moved on to the churches,
and after breaking down their affairs
and the seizure of their sacred vessels,
they declared that the revolution has
been successful, and that the religious
orders have been expelled, government
has been established. 1t is a queer
sort of courage that does not appeal
to the ordinary citizen in this country,
but now that the nuns nave been
driven from the Island of Macao, OF
course, the Island of Macao will flour
ish like a green bay tree.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-12-06
The Conf MonopolY.

To the Editor OF The Times Dispatch:
Sir,-Your editorial to-day. Going
for the Guggenheims.' points a moral
which you did not intend to con-
yey.
You criticize Golfers Weekly for
ob1ecting 10 the coal lands of Alaska
being acquired by the Guggenheims
your inimitable. comic vein. hat III
the ~Guggenheins don't develop Alas
ka the coal Will stay there to warm
the feet OF the polar bears"
The point of Your editorial Is, not
mat the government should keep out
of private business. but that coal
lands, public utilities and land
should carry a direct tax on It's eco
avs to regulate this and that, and
what not. could be done away with.
refer to the new system OF direct
taxation, known as the Single tax"
winch was given definite form by
Henry George.
lind monopoly In coal lands. Here in
our own Virginia. where nature has
laVlshed the community with every
natural advantage. we are paying toll
10 monopoly" and starving in tho
midst of plenty. Food is high. and
over half of our farm land is unpro-
h%uctive. Rent is high, and vacant lots
everywhere, with building material in
#Seb d EColl-
stantly falling rate of interest. Labor
Is in an ugly mood, for the man
knows that something Is wrong with
the body polite" though he don't
know what 1t Is.
What Is the matter?
We have reached that stage where
On the phrase OF economics), "popula-
tlon presses upon subsistence" All the
desirable and has been taken up. and
as the community now needs It. the
owner can either make 1t produce
tive. and get a big interest, or he can
hold II out of use" Gas most Of them
are doing) n lust live on the in
crease In value of his land Chat is.
on the community.
What Is the remedy?
The single tax! Do away with all
Indirect taxes. Put no tax on per-
sonal property. Make Gland, bear all
the expense of government. Let labor
and capital be free and untrammelcd
by. foolish laws to regulate private
affairs, and industry and thrift will
soon make their own prosperity.
This Is not socialism. It Is obedience
to natural law. It is a necessary step
IN government to forestall socialism.
It means simplined government. IL
means the man first and the dollar
last. It means that capital and labor
Csc long estranged) will work togeth-
er as your right and left hands do.
Best OF all, 1t means the real Sur
vtval Of the fittest." and not Gas at
presentl the survival of the least fit.
Read Henry GEORGES great book.
progress and Poverty"
"P1EDMoNT."
LIZ CHA r1n}t m Cyyj1I EgA - {, III 90 =, &2Gs
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oLD-rAsHloNEp CONGRESSMAN.

AN OLD-FASHIONED CONGRESSMAN,
The congressional career of Martin
w. Littleton, who represents the dis
trict in which oyster Bay is included.
VIII be watched with especial interest
In the South. for Littleton is q ion-
nesseean and is we'll known in this
part of the country. He has made a
good beginning by Withdrawing from
his law firm for tho reason that, In MS
opinion. his public duties would be apt
to conflict with the interests n
wishes of some of his clients.
hat is a rather uncommon view Tor
"a member of the national Legislature
to take. There are many representa-
tives who go in it for what they can
get out of it'--little more than graft
hunters. Private interests, large and
small, are widely represented in the
Congress of the United States--in the
House and in the Senate. There are a
great many lawyers in Congress who
would not think OF doing What Little
ton has done.
There are many conspicuous cases on
record wher men have sought 10 get
into Congress in order to serve private
and special interests. At present the
most glazing example OF this is Simon
.Guggenheim, d-blooded, crafty,
grasping, the copper king Of Colorado.
@ao 5,tusnt mir std. paylnS. the
election expenses of memoirs of me
Colorado Legislature. 'thcre. 10o, -
Lippitt, OF Rhode Island, nghting FOR
a seat in the Senate as the representa-
tive of the cotton manufacturing in
terests of that and other States.
The principle which guides auch men
is, of course, radically wrong. If they
were to be asked, What about the
public good?" they would reply that
the causes of the private interest and
of the public are identical. Because
they would so answer is the best reas
son why we should have more repre-
sentatives of the Littleton way OF
thinking.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-12-06
TUE COUNTRY LEE Gender.

The state of Washington is planning
a new Institution for the country,
which it calls the country life center.
1t is TO be "a rural business n So
cial community center
1t will have to do with business, be-
cause it will be conducted by a salaried
secretary, whose relation to the adj
yanccmcnt of agriculture n agricul-
tural industries and interests will be
similar to the relation between the
secretary of a chamber of commerce
OF a city to the promotion Of its indus
tries and
The social aspect of the center will
be that it will be the housing place
Tor community gatherings Of all
kinds-musical, educational, fraternal,
neighborly-and farmers unions and
similar organizations will also meet
there,
The. State Of Washington has a
country life commission, and the COM
mission is doing some real work, espe-
center idea. The chamber of COM
merce of Seattle takes the work of the
commission seriously. and is backing
1t up,
The result of this agitation has been
that preparations have been made to
build up rural centers around the CON
solidated schools. One of these IA In
he in the middle Of every township, Ii
will have twenty acres of land, a
graded school building, with manual
training and domestic science labora-
tories, a teachers cottage, athletic
ierounds. aud Fairgrounds. which may
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Or sInn1pS valued and no dealers names will be given.

has healed thousands of them of sin
and suffering after all other means
had failed, but they have not wor.
SHIPPED her, MOI. thought of her Except
as q grand. unselfsh woman, who
loved all mankind, and whose only
desire was Its redemption from evil.
She assumed no "papal powers but
pointed the path and left tho indi-
vidual to his own self-government.
Mrs. Eddy did not discover nor teach
malicious animal magnetlsm.n 1t has
been known since the serpent tempted
Eve. The only way In which she has
noticed 1t Is by denunciation, and by
warning against its decisions.
Respectfully,
W. j. TUCKER.
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Corrections ny to Mrs. Eddy.

me EDITOR. of The Times-Dispatch:
pearing in to-daY's issue on the passing
OF Mrs. Mary Baker Eddy. there are
= few statements or assumptions duo
to popular misconceptions. but which
10 SO much Injustice to her and her
teachings, that / trust at this time
you Will allow correction to be made.
She never assumed any divine attri-
bites," nor, in fact. to be any different
from other people. in her origin or con-
She was the d%iscoverer Of
Christian Science In the same sense
that Newton discovered the law of
gravitation. Her followers have loved
her for her unse1fsh devotion to the
work OF establishing a religion which
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-12-06

many vasarics have been encouraged
in Congress-, All of these things should
be cut out now, that the Democrats
are about to como back into power
Tho present short session Will be fol-
lowed by The people all over HE coun-
try, and the Democrats In the, House
been watched before, and in their
work they should be wise as serpents
1t Is not necessary for them to make
capital for home consumption; the
people at home are all right, and what
else OF a wise conservatism which will
impress the country with the idea that
the Democrats can ye trusted.
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City Council would make a fast
friend Of every man In Richmond II
it would ass an ordinance making 1t
a misdemeanor punishable by fine and
imprisonment for a steam laundry to
tear up cuffs and collars. The destruc-
ton wrought by these aids of civiliza-
ton is enough to cause a revolution.
Oh! for the ol~d-fashloned washetwo-
man of an older and better day.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-12-06
Me- EXEAT REGNO.

The P~hilNaslphia Record remarked
the: other day that President Taft is
mott Confined by precedent citing; an
an instance. that he is che first Pres,
ident to go outside Of the jurisdiction
the United States during his term
OF office" The always alert Yir-
Gpnian-Pilot corrects this statement.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-12-06
THE ASSEMBLING or coNGrrss.

THE ASSEMBLING OF CONGIsISS.
Congress assembled yesterday. The
Presidents message will be sent to
both Houses to-day, and Tomorrow
the work of the session Will begin
This is the short session. Nobody
knows what will be done, but 1t APP.
pears reasonably certain that the prin-
cipal appropriation bills will be pass
ed. In the House, Speaker Cannon
will preside, as usual, and as his course
Is so near run out it is supposed
that no serious effort will be made to
unseat him. The President will make
q good many recommendations III his
message, for IL is assume that he could
hardly write twenty or thirty thousand
words without making some recon-
mendations. We do not know what he
will say, but in all the recommends
tons he shall make all OF patriotic and
not partisan purpose should nave the
unanimous support of Congress. The
newspaper correspondents have re-
ported that he r4vouid recommend
Atltnll5 aotlti lHihSS lHs .duoplioH u d
plan for the restoration Of the Amer
lean Merchant Marine by the granting
OF subsidies for ships thus advancing
1he principle of protection for the
benefit os those engaged, in any bus
iness enterprise at the expense OF the
taxpayers Of the country. The first
thing Congress ought 70 do, If such
! recommendation shall be made by
the President SHOULD he to kill st be-
fore it can breathe
We arc at peace with all the ma
lions Of the earth. THE conditions in
this country encourage the hope, at
least, n not the helief, h q we could
be very prosperous if there were less
legislation anu governmental interfer-
ence with thg afayrs Of the people
"A great crusatde hAs been conducted
against tie RI ilFoaAs for years. ane
i'll 1851 WAHr1 LHAt ~
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Voice Of the People

Communications must not con.
tain more than 800 words.
When this limit Is exceeded LETT
ters will be returned.
No anonymous communications
will be accepted.
a stamped envelope, with the
writer's address, must accompany
every communication.
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ROAD DRAG DRY.
Minnesota has been doing SON

work lately that deserves notice. For
instance, more than three thousand
people gathered in owasa. a small
town. some weeks ago TO celebrate
road drag day. Their object in as
sembling was TO see how the best earth
roads in the Northwest are made. A
feature of the celebration was the
dragging of a mile of road in a minute.
More than two-score teams and farm
ers took part in this work.
owasa is in Jackson township and
Jackson does not spread Its road fund
here and there. hitting and missing.
1t masses its money where it will do
the greatest good.
The result is Go miles of excellent
road-known In Minnesota as high
way boulevards." These roads, gen
orally speaking, cannot be equaled in
the Northwest.
These highways are a delight to
all who pass over them. Most of the
credit for them is due to Prentiss Ran
som, the road superintendent. Who de-
vised the plan for their upkeep and
executed his plans successfully.
Here is his system:
II grade the,r roads in the spring with
a grader and drag them regularly and
Systematically after every hard rain.
l have so worked out my system that
within three hours after a hard storm
every foot of So miles is dragged"
Ransom divided the rsads OF the
township into stations. He assigned
each station to one or more farmers.
When word is received from Ransom
over the telephone every farmer who
has a station drops whatever else he
may be doing and goes to the road
dragging. They are ordered to drag
when the road is plastic, but not
sticky. The conditions proper for work
are determined by Ransom.
This system has been in operation
persuade the people OF Jackson town
ship to go back to the old haphazard
and unsystematic method.
The men who do the work are paid
so cents the mile for each dragging. It
cost the township 5000 to maintain It's
roads In 1908. In 1909 the cost was
close to $500. For the first six months
of 1910 the work has cost $14O.
Would it not be we'll to try this
system in other places? 1t is economi-
cal and satisfactory. and would work
we'll in Virginia.
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We judge from the first page pic
ture of the Houston Post last satur-
day that the people Of hat miserable
community are expected to SO 1t blind
on tho question of tho bond issue; or
is this always the way the old girl
looks when she wants to get something
for nothing?
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Mayor Richardson has not Forgotten
sllafer street. Of course, and It's im-
prosement; but is only waiting with
tho street Committee to surprise the
people In that great thoroughrare With
the work when 1t is begun,
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There was snow in other places yes
terday, but no snow like the snow in
Richmond. It was just like.theI char
acter of the town and Its p%eople--pure
white, s