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The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1910-07-05
Reduced Appropriations.


One of the watchwords of the ses-
sion was economy, and, while no vast
saving has been made, the chairman of
the ways and means committee stated
at the close of the session that the
aggregate of appropriations would
show some reduction from the previ-
Gus year and compared to the normal
increase in appropriations due to the
growth of the country would show
material saving. He gave the credit
for this to the president. In this con-
nection Mr. Taft sent in severe criti-
cism Of the rivers and harbors bill,
usually known as the "pork barrel"
While he signed the measure, he frank
ly threatened that If another such
were ever sent to him he would veto
1T He would overlook it this time, but
don't do it again. Another attempt at
economy which went wrong was the
elimination of the pension agencies by
the house. The senate restored the
agents, and the two bodies twice dis
agreed on the item, but the house was
finally forced to recede.
Despite the claim of Chairman
Payne the actual figures show slight
increase in appropriations.
Everybody Happy.
Taken all in all, the session probably
accomplished more work and made less
noise than any of recent times. 1t is
slyly limited that the special elections
in Massachusetts, and New York threw
the fear of God into the members and
they decided it was high time to make
good If they expected to get back. 1t
is also just possible that the presidents
big stick had something to do with the
result However that may be. the mir
acle was accomplished, and the close
Of the session gave the country a
gratifying example of what congress
can do when it buckles down to bust
ness. This was all the more a pleas
ant surprise for the reason that the
first five months gave no promise of
such an agreeable ending.
Congress accomplished little dur
ing these FIVE months and gave no
sign that it would ever mend it's ways
Then came the landslides in Massachu-
sets and New York and some mighty
straight talk from the White House.
after which there were evidences of
repentance and desire to lead bet
ter life.
The country is glad of all this and
still gladder, perhaps, that it is over.
That is one of the good things about
cougress-the relief that is felt when
1t quits,
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1910-07-05
AUTOMATIC ENUNClATOR
TO SAVE HUMAN VOICE.
Chicago Invention Useful In War,
Peace and Sport.

The first public demonstration Of an
automatic enunciator' took place re-
Gently in Chicago. The invention Is a
development Of telephone experiments.
By the use Of electromagnetic action
the voice Of speaker is carried along
as many wires as desired and for any
distance. then sent out through graphic
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1910-07-05

1AlAhOAD COMMlTTEEs WHO Aided
TAFT'S PROGRAM.
and short haul provision forbidding a
greater charge for a short haul than
for longer one over the same line.
1t prevents the merger of competing
roads or of the absorption by a rail-
road of competing water line. 1t per-
mits shippers to choose routes and to
be represented by counsel in hearings.
1t forbids railroad from lowering its
rates to drive out water competition
and afterward raising them except by
permission of the interstate commerce
commission. 1t provides for commits
sion to Inquire into the issue of railroad
securities and the watering of stocks.
1t contains many other features of
benefit to shippers, such as those to
expedite hearings. Many of the provi-
sions in the railroad law were placed
there by the insurgents in the two
houses. They called it giving the bill
teeth" Among the most notable of
these additions are the long and short
haul clause and the inclusion of tele-
graphs and telephones. The progress
sives also struck out the merger and
traffic agreement sections.
Postal Repositories.
The postal savings bank law marks
a new departure in American finance.
1t provides that the president and two
members of his cabinet shall consti-
tute commission to establish postal
repositories at money order postofiices
throughout the country. that these Of
ficers shall receive deposits not exceed
500 per month or $500 in all from
one person, that per cent interest shall
be paid on these deposits. that 65 per
cent of the postal funds shall be placed
In nearby banks on proper security, 8
per cent shall constitute a reserve fund
and 80 per cent may be invested in
government bonds. In cases of ex-
fraordinary emergency, however, the
president may invest all the funds in
government bonds. Western senators
protested against the bond buying fea-
ture of the act and against the security
required from local banks on the claim
that these provisions would operate to
throw the postal funds into Wall
street.
Statehood and Conservation.
The act admitting Arizona and New
Mexico as separate states provides that
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1910-07-05
VICTORY Is MINI.
Railroad Revision Measures,
Creation Of Commerce
Court and Postal SaV-
ingS Banks Among Laws
Pointed to by Taft.
BY JAMES A. EDcERToN.

BY JAMES A. EDCERTON.
"HE chief measures passed by
the session of congress just
closed were the railroad bill,
the postal savings bank bill.
the land withdrawal bill, the reclama-
ton bond bill, the campaign publicity
bill and the statehood bill. What
amounted to a tariff commission bill
was also passed, for an appropriation
was voted the tariff board on an under
standing that it should Investigate cost
Of production at home and abroad.
All of these measures were enacted
On the recommendation of the presi-
dent and constitute what are known
as the Taft policies.
Probably never in the history of the
country did a president so completely
have his way SO early in his admins
ration. True, he had to abandon some
OF his program, including such items
ms federal license. anti-injunction and
ship subsidy. but this abandonment
was only temporary. Considering the
driving power he displayed he should
be able to force through those items
and others during the short session.
He will also probably attempt to OBJ
tain federal regulation of railroad stock
and bond issues at some future session.
He recommended it strongly this time,
and his idea was migrated in the
Wickersham draft of the railroad bill,
but was stricken out in the senate.
Later the conference committee gave
him a commission to inquire into rail
way securities, and it will doubtless
be on the report of this commission
that he will renew his recommendation
for federal regulation. The chief OBJ
ject of such a law would be to prevent
the watering of stock.
A Bill With Teeth.
The new railroad law provides.
among other things, for commerce
court, to which all appeals from the in
terstate commerce commission shall be
made. 1t gives the commission power
to initiate an inquiry although no
formal complaint has been made. 1t
confers on the commission the power
to suspend for ten months proposed
advance in rates and to prohibit such
advance permanently if found to be
unreasonable and unjust. This provi-
sion went into effect at once in order
that it might apply to the proposed in
crease In freight rates recently halted
by the famous Taft Wickersham in
junction. The law places telegraphs,
telephones, cables and wireless under
the control Of the commission, but pro-
vides for special rates. such as those
given to the press 1t contains a long
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-08-08
THE HONOR OF THE CITIzEN,

Not only in legal procedure, but in
legislation, there is growing tendency
to recklessness and Indifference in
matters touching the safety of the citi-
zen's honor, writes Kate Burr in Nor
man E. Mack's National Monthly for
August.
One of the forms in which this dam
ger manifests itself is in the enlarge
ment of the normal definition of crime.
Our statute books are swelled with a
mass of minor enactments creating
misdemeanors. Many of these misde-
meanors embrace wrongdoings of a
character which properly and essen
TALLY constitute crime, and which
ought to be, as they in truth are, fol-
lowed by the penalties of civic degra-
dation.
Other statutory misdemeanors do
not belong in this class. They are
arbitrary and sometimes absurd. At
most, they are designed to remedy
those wrongs which should be punish
ed by a financial mulct, and which call
for a civil suit by the state to recover
specified sum, and not for the con-
viction of a defendant, and his relega-
ton to the criminal class.
This article is in part designed as
protest against unscientific dealing
with that body of offenses known as
misdemeanors, and against the conse-
quent branding of many citizens as
criminals for acts which morally and
philosophically are not crimes at all,
but are rather, errors, or acts discount
tenanced by public policy.
CHANGING over a standard edition of
| the penal code of the state of New
York, I find eighteen pages of the in
dex devoted to a mere enumeration of
those lesser offenses which are termed
misdemeanors in law.
These misdemeanors must form a
| total of about a thousand. No layman
can know them, and even lawyers are
unfamiliar with them, unless it be
those attorneys who make a specially
of criminal practice.
| Defining minor invasions of public
| policy as crimes may not have reached
the extent in some other states as in
New York. But at the rate at which
this style of legislation is proceeding
it is safe to say it will not be long be-
fore the statute books of the different
states will specify something like fifty
thousand minor offenses on which g
citizen may be liable to arrest.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-08-08
TAFr AND THE TARIFF.

In all the talk which is going on
these days about. the need for fur
Their revision of the tariff and the
criticism that is being launched against
the administration of President Taft
for the defects in the present law, not
much, if any attention is being paid to
the tariff commission which was Gre
ated at the instigation of Mr.. Taft
and the appropriation of s250,0O0 he
secured for the purposes of this COM
mission. Under the direction of the
presidents this commission is going to
use this money in investigating manu-
featuring and producing conditions at
home and abroad. The men conpris-
ing this commission are of high cali
Der as to ability and integrity. Their
Investigations will be honest. And the
material they will find will form the
first scientific information that has
been available for congress to use in
framing a tariff which will be prop
erly protective of American industry
and labor and no more.
DIR. Albert Shaw, editor of the
American Review of Reviews, ex-
pressed the opinion month or so
for this tariff commission might turn
out to be the most important piece
of legislation that was enacted at the
first regular session of the Sixty-t1rst
congress. He thinks that through the
expenditure of this money by the tar
iff commissioners in their investiga-
lions the way may be paved for re-
vision of the tariff along scientific lines
that will be of inestimable value to
the interests of the people of the
country.
This tariff commission, and the pro-
viding it with ample funds, is the
work of President Taft in his en-
deavors to revise the tariff with JUS
tice to all. When he signed the pres
ent tariff law he accepted the best
thing in the way of tariff revision
that an almost hopelessly divided con-
gress would give him. He has never
upheld the new tariff law as being
perfect. He has said that it is the
best tariff law which has ever been
passed. So it is, with this commission
feature. the maximum and minimum
feature and it's many revisions down
ward on the necessaries of life. And
before Mr. Taft's administration is
condemned as a failure in respect to
tariff legislation, why wouldn't it be
better and eminently fairer plan tc
wait until all of the presidents ideas
for bringing about a just and adequate
tariff revision have had a chance tc
work out?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-08-08
ADAM.

ADAM.
Adam had no drug store on the corner
Adam had no telephone, and no friends
Adam had no gas jets in his house. nor
And he had no house at all where people
could be coming.
Adam had no relatives to come upon a
If you'd mentioned visit" to him he'd
But he did not have you there that little
attention.
Adam never got a post card nor received
Adam never called himself creditor or
Adam knew nobody who could take the
Adam thus missed politics and folk who
fain would fight him.
Adam had no enemies. he did not own an
auto,
W which he ought not to.
Had no courts to fine him If he struck a
gait unlawful,
Had no breakfast food, nor buckwheat
cake, nor even waffle
Adam had no servant woes to ill his life
Had no STUFF to down his woes and make
his vision double.
Had no clubs, or matinees, or books, or
daily papers
That would run his picture in when he
cut foolish capers.
Adam had no money. and he had no
place to spend it;
Even If he'd had the com, he had no
chance to lend it,
Had no cash, or in his pockets ned nave
had to hold it;
Adam had no trousers to have pockets
there we've told 1t!
Adam did not have a thing that we have
round us daily,
Didn't even know what day or month was
passing gayly;
ramuS-
Isn't it quite wonderful that Adam is sc
famOuS7
wilbur D. Nesbitt, in Chicago Post
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-08-08
pRIsoNs AND TUBERCULosIs.

That there are 1900 tuberculous pris-
cners in the state, federal and local
prisons and iails of the United States,
with less Than 25 special institutions
and hardly SEQ beds for their treatment,
are some of the charges made by the
National Association for the Study and
Prevention of tuberculosis in the fol-
lowing bulletin issued recently.
From several Investigations that have
been made. it it estimated that on an
average about 10 per cent Ct the prison
population of the country is afflicted
with tuberculosis. On this basis, ou-
of the $4,000 prisoners housed in the
penal institutions. of continental United
States at any given time, not less than
1900 are infected with this disease. If
the Philippine Islands and other ulsu-
lar possessions We're taken into con-
sideration, the number would be much
| larger. Slime OF the prisons OF Penn
sylvania, Kansas and Ohio show such
| shocking ION iit ons with reference to
tuberculosis that many war6ens admit
that these places of detention are death
| traps Similar conditions could be
found in almost every state, and in the
majority of cases the only sure ensedy
\ is the destruction Of the ole buildings
| and the erection, of new ones.
Only p prisons in Is states and terri
| tories have provided special places fol
/ The treatment of their tuberculosis
prisoners. These institutions can &C
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-08-08
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.

from the Chicago News.1
Tramps never deliberately go to the
dogs.
It is easier TO raise disturbance than
a mortgage.
Woman's inhumanity to man makes
countless divorce lawyers happy.
Isn't it shocking when you hear a
nice man complain Of anything?
One-half the world is busy trying to
separate the other half from its coin.
And some people never appreciate
rose until they encounter the thorn.
And lots of men would never think
of falling if somebody didn't tempt
them.
But it doesn't rain very hard on the
unjust if he is roosting under stolen
umbrella.
The trouble with the man who knows
nothing is that he is always the last t.
find it out.
The mar who considers himself one
in a thousand naturally REGARDS the
other 9e9 as mere ciphers.
In some South American country
gentleman is expected to kiss every
woman he Is introduced to, but they
don't run Sunday excursions to that
place.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-08-08
HUl40R or THE DAY

The Little Things.-'I don't want to be
nagging at YOU Mrs. Marryat began.
but it's the little things that bother me
most" abr interrupted her husband,
sweetly. 81 suppose you're going to tell
me you haven't a decent pair of Shoes
Catholic Standard and Times.
Myrtle has gone upon the vaudeville
stage and has made an instant big hit
because of her daring" What IL her
act?'' she sings in a cage OF mice
Lippincott's.
"You are not interested in family trees?'
mo" replied Miss Cayenne, $50 many
of them remind me of these continual an
nouncements that the fruit crop is q fail
Star.
Where the Leap Came Unfair Arrival
But why do they call this unpicturesque
spot under scraggy tree Lover Leap?
Her Frfend-Probably because you can't
sit here five minutes without a caterpile
lar dropping down your neck.-Boston
Transcript.
1.-THE horses hoofs sound pleasant on
the pavement" why, Thought you
were in the automobile business Eyes.
and the sound of the hoofs indicates the
existence Of another probable buYer of a
ar."-Buffalo Express.
Doctor Ito his cook, who is Just leayinsa
-Sarah, am sorry, but I can only give
yeu very Indifferent character Sarah
you do your prescriptions. STRAY storiea,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-08-08

commodate, however, only 800 Patients.
In three-fourths of the major prisons
and in practically all the jails of the
lowed freely to infect his fellow prison
ers. very few restrictions being placed
upon his habits. When the congregate
mode of prison life is considered, the
danger of injection becomes greater
than in the general population. New
York and Massachusetts are the only
states where any systematic attempt
has been rnade to transfer all tubercu-
lous prisoners to one central institution.
The largest prison tuberculosis hospi-
tai is in Manila, where accommodations
for 200 prisoners are provided. The next
largest is Clinton prison hospital in
New York, which provides for $50.
TIE fact that 100000 prisoners are
discharged from the jails and prisons
of the country annually. and that from
10 to Is per cent OF them have tuber-
culosis, makes the problem Of provid-
ing special places for their treatment
while they are confined a serious one.
So important is the problem that the
Prison Association Of New York in CO.
operation with the State Charities Aid
Association, is preparing to inaugurate
a special campaign for the prevention
of tuberculosis in the penal institutions
OF the state, and will seek to enlist the
CO. Operation If all prison physicians
and anti-tuterculosis societies in this
work.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-08-08

There's consolation in the fact that
coal and gas bills are not excessively
heavy Just now remarks the Newton
Kansan-Republican 1t seems to for
get about the ice bills.
Some newspapers are commenting
because a South Carolina man crowed
after eating ten dozen eggs in one day..
We see nothing unusual, insomuch as
the gentleman did not cackle.-Wichitd
Eagle.
1.-THE head of this office is gone"
walls some underling on the Winfield
Free Press. 1.-THE real boss has laid
down on US and fled. Proofs are un-
read; copy unedited; papers unopened,
and the editorial column fiat and in
| sipid. We suspected it Saturday; We
feared it Sunday and Monday the real
| ization took place. Saturday she was
! discovered exchanging a jelly recipe
with the society reporter. Sunday she
| carefully read the household depart
ments in the Sunday papers; Monday
she said peaches were selling at a
good price, and the weather didn't look
as If it were going to cool of. and to-
| matOes were coming on, also corn, TO
say nothing of grapes. Monday morn
| ing she visited the grocery store perore
| the office. When she finally came in at
! 9 o'clock. the faraway look of Satur-
day which had developed into haunt
| ed stare Sunday, had plainly become a
wild glare Monday. She fused around
! the papers for minute: picked UP
some proofs and laid them down, wan
dered aimlessly to the desk and glanced
| over the receipts and expenditures,
restIessly hammered nothing out OF the
| typewriter. and finally said she must
20 home 1t was out. No. she didn't
care if Stubs or Wagstaf were elect
ed: elections were of no Importance;
| telephone, nonsense; what was calling
her home had called thousands OF wo-
men before the telephone was ever IN
! vented. Yes, it was important. 1t was
vital. So she went. AS we expected;
on the kitchen table when we reached
home were sixty-three jars of peach
preserves, twenty-five glasses OF peach
narmalade. thirty-seven jars of peach
pickles, thirty glasses of peach jam,
also peach vinegar. peach butter, peach
/ Jelly. to say nothing of peach pie.
peach. cobbler and sliced peaches TOT
supper"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-08-08
QUAKER MEDrrATIoNs.

IFrorn the Philadelphia Record.1
when there is i'll will there is also
a way.
Time is money. Like tide. it waits
for no man.
The giIded youth is toe frequently
a gold brick.
1t Is possible for even a tenor to
make base remarks.
Tco many cooks spoil the broth, also
too many cocktails.
Many a fellow who has nothing to
do but tend to his own business won't
even do that.
You can never tell what woman
is going to do And If you should, she
would probably do something else
Blobbs-"Did he leave any life in
sprance for his widow" Slobbs-"Not
exactly, but he had saved 5.64s tobacco
coupons"
Sunday school teacher-'Why did
Cain kill Abel?' Bobby Bright--'Maybe
Abel asked Cain if it was hot enough
for him.
ITO the pure all things are pure
quoted the Wise Guy. Then why spend
millions of dollars to filter the Schuyl-
kill water?" asked the Simple Mug.
She-''Tnis bathing suit of mine
doesn't come up to my expectations.
He-"Well you couldn't bring it VI
much farther and have anything lei
OF it,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-08-08
GLOBE SIGHTS.
IFrom the Atchison Globe.1

TE>ron the Atchison Globe.
If airsl1ips were absolutely safe, we
would prefer the ground.
WHY shake hands so much? You
don't care for it, and other people
don't.
fight. If it wasn't for respect for their
mothers.
Found in a letter: People know
only one way to make money, and that
is to get yours.
Express disapproval Of every bad
action. but do not aid In circulating
untruthful stories, as so many do.
Every woman imagines that if she
had a fortune left her, her friends
would find She hadn't changed bit.
We have noticed that when two boys
are playing with a wagon, the smaller
| boy is pretty apt to be the horse.
Formerly children's ears were pulled
| for not saying Yes, mom,' when
speaking to a lady; now the children's
ears are pulled if they say it.
When ordinary guests are present,
the tomatoes are served with OIL ano
vinegar, but when the preacher comes
the tomato appears dabbed over with
something yellow.
The longer you put off disagree
able task the more disagreeable the
task becomes. Isn't it surprising that
| there isn't an OCCASIONAL o4Cep1ou "
this rule? But there never is.
Among women, it is always consid-
cred good manners to go around to
| the back door of a neighbours house,
when on a borrowing errand; to the
side door when on an informal call
| and to the front door on a formal
visit.
If we we're a horse doctor. and gen.
orally known as DOC" and strange
man should ask US the best thing to dc
for his rheumatism. we believe we
would make a guess at it rather than
admit that we didn't practice human
medicine.
!, an summer 1 wear an imitation
! panama hat. as most men do. 1 pre-
| fer not to turn the brim down in front
You wouldn't think this would make
much difference to people but 1t does
twenty times a day I meet men wht
want to know why 1 do not wear thu
brim turned down in front. What diff
ference does it make to these men? /
they don't like to see an imitation
Panama hat worn that way why don
they talk about me behind my back
! and let me alone to my face Par
son Irvine.