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Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-01-25

province 1t takes thousands or doI-
lars out of circulation among the peo-
ple. who most need il, and carries
thousands to those who have not earned
it. The government gets one-third OF
the proceeds.
Like all gambling operations IL tends
to promote idleness and damage indus
try Men forsake the fields and other
lines of useful toll to watch Tor
chances of fortune, at the lottery. IL
would be hard to invent scheme tnat
would damage more effectuaily the pro-
ductive forces of the Island and engen-
der more surely Incidence and WasteIui-
ness. 1t burns Cuba's candle at botn
ends.
In order to meet the demand for iaoour'
arising from the immense sugar crop,
thousands of laborers have been brought
from Spain and the Canary Islands.
Much of their wages is sent back to their
families in the lands from which they
came to Cuba This makes furtner
drain upon Cuba's supply of money.
From all of these facts. even the dull
est mind ought to be able to see that
grave financial crisis in Cuba Is not Tar
ahead.
And it must be remembered that Cuba
has no mint, no Cuban coinage, ana
no Cuban currency of any sort Spanish
silver and the currency of the United
States make up the largest part OF all tns
money in the Island, and there is mark
ed preference for our money In Santiago
only the money of the United States IS
scurrent money with the merchant.
while in Havana the other day l was
given in change some Spanish pesos or
dollars. Yesterday 1 offered one OF them
in payment for my dinner, and II was
declined, as being mo good In Sanu-
ago" OF course these variations IN money
at different points in the Island Work
confusion and embarrassment in trade.
what will be the final up-shot when the
pinch of the impending crisis comes? Let
every man form his own opinion
For nv own part hope that whatever
NAV come to pass Cuba may remain IN
dependent II is better for us TO nave
the little Republic as a friendly neigh
hour under our protection than as a
smaller state annexed to the Union. Lat
is watching with jealous
eve our course in dealing with Cuba.
European powers, who look upon the
Monroe Doctrine" in no friendly spirit,
will not be slow to avail themselves OF
anv and all opportunities to influences
Iatin-American jealousy against us. For
them ENGLAND excepted. perhaps9 that
is good business" and men seldom re-
fuse to do wrong when wrong doing
promotes trade
We may be sure the Monroe Doc
trine" is going to be tested not many
years hence. Our government viii be
constrained to re-assert it with power
or to renounce it with the best grace pos
sible.
But 1 viii not pursue further these
suggestions.
p
some monuments about which would be
more pleased to write than to set forth
the disagreeable facts stated in this COM
munication. In another letter may say
something about them. This letter is al
ready quite long enough.
w A GAMBLER
Santiago de Cuba. Jan. Is. 1910.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-01-25

The people of the United States are.
and must always be, deeply concerned Tor
the Island of Cuba, and while there has
been a subsistence of that intense inter-
est which they felt for Cuban affairs just
after the war with Spain, there can be
no Indifference now. Our relation TO CUBA
is close and vital. In view of the rapidly
moving events of an international char-
acter in Latin-America our connection
with Cuba may draw after 1t the most
far-reaching consequences.
AS matters now stand the Gulf of Next
co In America is virtually lake domi-
mated by the United States, as the Medi-
terranean Sea in Europe is lake over
which England exercises lordship. Key
West is our Gibralter; Cuba Is our Cy-
prus; Porto Rico guards the windward
passage to the Caribbean Sea, as Eng
lands little isle in the sea of Mormon
guards the passage into the Black Sea-;
and we will control the Panama Canal
even more completely than does England
the Suez Canal. These two great Eng
lish-speaking nations by thus holding the
two great inland seas-the Mediterranean
and the Gulf of MeXico-occupy the STRAIT
egic positions of the world; and cyprus
and Cuba are of the last importance In
this great scheme of international leader
ship and power.
England can not look with Indifference
upon affairs in Cyprus, and the United
States must watch with profound interest
conditions in Cuba Indeed, our relation
to Cuba is more intimate than England's
relation to Cyprus, and it involves us FAR
more vitality.
What, then, are present conditions in
Cuba?
The sanitation OF the Cuban cities,
which so directly affects the welfare OF
our South Atlantic and Gulf ports, Is
good. Havana is far cleaner than Allan
ia. Mobile or New Orleans.
The crops in Cuba and abundant. the
sugar crop is what we would call In the
United States "a bumper CROP II is
estimated that the yield this season VIII
be 100000 tons of raw sugar-the great
est in the history of the Island. AL
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-01-25
VIEWS OF OTHER PROMINENT wo-
MEN.

Mrs. Henry Allen Cooper. wife Of Rep
resentative Cooper, of Wisconsin. thinks
that women who are property owners
should be allowed to, vote, but thinks
complications might arise If women voted
and one woman were to down a candidate
for election because they disliked his
wife,
Mrs. Sutherland, wife of Senator Suth-
erland. has placed herself on record as
a woman suffragist, by a recent article
which she has written in the North Amer
lean Review. Mrs. Clark, wife of Sena-
tor Clark, of Wyoming. is also an enthu-
slastic supporter of the cause, and so Is
Mrs. William z. Chandler. wife of the
former senator from New Hampshire
Mrs. Fairbanks, wife of the former vice
president, was an influential and earnest
champion of woman's right and a menu
Der of the governing board of the Nation
al Suffrage society here Mrs. Gillespie,
wife of General Gillespie, who was chief
of engineers before he was retired, has
also declared herself in favor of women
who are property owners being allowed
to vote.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-01-25
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Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-01-25

We shall wait. before selling our auto
mobile and buying an air ship. until the
other fellow gets tired OF the expense OF
his ship and wants TO sell.
The spring ploughing season is opening.
and those who deplore the too great rush
from country TO city may do their part
toward reducing It.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-01-25

Insurance men are studying the prob
lem OF how to prolOng life. We would
suggest a moderate diet. abstinence from
liquor and tobacco. plenty OF sleep. mod
crate exercise. and no further speculation
on what Colonel Roosevelt's intention on
the presidency -
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-01-25

Miss Marjorie Gould showed her sense
BY becoming engaged TO an American.
And the Philadelphia Drexeis are as near
Dnble as they make them In insurgent
America
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-01-25

A man who confessed a crime the other
day was refused admission TO jail A jail
doesn't like to be urged too much.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-01-25

While Wall street Is dancing madly TO
the tune OF stock declines. the ladylike
old Bank OF England sits steady in the
boat and indiferently lowers her discount
rate
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-01-25

More momentous than the. war on mo-
nopoly is the recorders express belief
that free lunche is doomed. and food
prices so high. too.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-01-25

There Is yet hope that the COMPRESSION
nj record viii cease 10 be more than a
dry recital Of congressmen's speeches.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-01-25

II Mr.. Roosevelt is elected to congress.
as has been limited. he viii realize what
II means to hear the presidents mes
sage.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-01-25

Newspaper reports Indicate that Banker
Walsh Is delightfully."- democratic In his
surroundings az the federal prison.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-01-25

There Is at least no conservation OF
talk and speculation on the Ballinger-
neutrality-suspicious. AID
rich-Taft mlx-up.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-01-25

II we finally dc have uniform laws.
we may have uniform law breakers-un-
less. OF course. we have uniform trust
busters.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-01-25

A Kentucky senator defended his state
from the stigma Of night riding. but en-
tered no defense 10 the states reputation
for rye.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-01-25
By RALPH SMITH.

WASHINGTON, d. c., Jan. 22,-The
resolution to change the date OF the IN
auguration, which in effect was nothlns
more than a resolution For the relief
of the barrooms, hotels and restaurants
of Washington" seems to have been
side-tracked for good and all, much TO
the surprise and disappointment or
large number OF Washingtonians, who
have been clamoring for a change in the
inaugural date ever since the spectacu-
lar fiasco of last March. The Henry
resolution has been recommitted to the
committee on the judiciary OF the
house, and there it is likely to rest for
some time to come. The house, out OF
sheer good nature, recommitted the res
olution rather than defeat it outright.
During all the debate on the resoIu-
ton which lasted for two days, there
was never advanced by a single one of its
advocates, q sound reason for changing
the date. If one was advanced, ii es-
capped the writer's attention. rhe sole
argument used was that past expert
ence had established that the weather
on March 4, was unusually unsettled
and as a rule, unhealthy in Washing
ton. No one attempted to guarantee
that the fourth Wednesday in April
would offer any better weather than the
that washington was less likely to have
snow and sleet during the latter part
of April than in early Marcn.
There were q multitude or objections
to any change in the date, or rather to
the particular change suggested by the
pending resolution. While 1t was not
stated on the moor OF the house. 1T Is
practically certain that much Of the OPP
position sprang from the manner In wh1ch
washington has heretofore treated in
augural crowds Visitors 10 inaugura-
tiors have been regarded as legitimate
prey, and the hotels, saloons and restau-
rants have grown fat at their expense
during these festive times.
At President Tafts inauguration last
March, when the storm king swooped
down on Washington, the thousands or
visitors found little sympathy and got
little comfort for which they did not
paw dearly. The street car traffic was
practically blocked, even on the streets
not traversed by the inaugural parade.
Cabs and taxicabs were much In de-
mand, but they demanded--and got
much more. The merchants showed
their generosity and sympathy for the
freezing crowd by marking up the prices
of overshoes, and sucn other spparel as
would relieve the suffering.
However, the principal reason ad-
vanced in the debate Tor the defeat OF
the resolution was a sound one, that
will appeal at once to the people. IL
was pointed out that the resolution
would in effect delay the inauguration
of the new president for six weeks or
two months longer than it Is now defer
red after his election
AS Representative Sisson, OF Mlssls-
sippi, tersely stated, the passage OF the
resolution would give the outgoing adj
,ninistration unburdened Of RESPONSE
bility, an additional six weeks in wEich
TO sand-bag and discredit the newly
chosen servants of the people.
NEADJNC A VETERAN.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-01-25

The bond issue win be decided long be-
fore the baseball season opens. so there IL
really no excuse for conscientious voters
20 forget about II.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-01-25

'Insurgents are reported on the Argen-
tine border" on. no. not THE insurgents.
but the South American kind.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-01-25

One shouldn't rise too early these
mornings. for it's the early bird that
gets the hook worm
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-01-25

Certain prize chickens at the poultry
show are worth 2.5Oo coop. This must
be the kind they charge you for In res
taurants-
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-01-25

In England election returns. like jokes,
come BY freight.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-01-25

minister In Chicago says DR.. Cook
Is suffering with polar insanity. Yes, $50
coo TO $4,000 worth l.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-01-25

England likes reform. but can't quite
bring herself TO the point OF efrrontery
toward q lord
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-01-25

II Uncle Sam does give Us the old
postoffiee we win. OF course. buy all our
stamps from him
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-01-25

Gaynor shows that a mayor by any
party name can fire a politician
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-01-25
Tuesday, January %. 1910.

We TOLD you the C. o. P. would nnaI-
ly stick together.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-01-25

A New Orleans doctor says the hook
worm is a humbug. He probably meant
q bum worm.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-01-25

Vice President Sherman is at least true
to the policies OF his ONCE You never
hear from him.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-01-25

In 1879. Judging by the worlds present
progress. the dark horse will be an air
ship
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-01-25

Trust busting Is going on merrily. de-
spite the apparently mildly-mannered ad-
mfnistration-
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-01-25

III the aviation equivalent to also ran Is
also few. the equivalent to scratched Is
winged
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-01-25

Where are the best hook worms II
be obtained-off Sandy Hook. or at
WARN" Springs?
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-01-25

Pity the Wall street lamb these days
The wind Is not tempered TO him
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-01-25

It begins TO look like Speaker Cannon
would finally be ousted like all the rest
OF Us
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-01-25

BY rights all the Georgia colonies should
have attended that governors meeting.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-01-25

&nINS LAT FANOhS OHl<lS Il
Mrs. Robert Marion LaFollette gave
the expression of her views on the street
II am in favor of all that tends to the
uplift of woman. A vote is voice. and
women are entitled to have voice in
her government under certain circum-
stances. The strength of country de-
ponds upon the strength of its citizens,
both men and women. All that widens
the outlook of women on life and in their
relation to the home as wife and mother,
is. 1 believe, widening and helpful in
every way. 1t broadens their interests
and quickens their civic pride. Equal
suffrage will go long way toward help
ing them to strengthen the moral pur-
pose of men. A high order of ability is
developed in every one by patriotism and
loyal service to ones city or state"
MRS. LOCKWOOD'S POINTED VIEWS.
Mrs Mary S. Lockwood, past president
of the Woman's National Press associa-
ton, and one of the founders of the
Daughters of the American Revolution,
also president of the Federation of Clubs
in the District of Columbia, said:
1T is a direct violation of the con-
stitution of the United States to deprive
women of the right to vote, especially as
they are taxed. The women have more
cause for an uprising now than the fatn-
ers of the country did during the time OF
the revolution. Under the old common
law of England, which used to be the
law of the District of Columbia. a wo-
man could not inherit her husbands prop
erty if she co-operated with him in ac-
curing it. Her very children could be
taken from her and given to her hus-
bands family. This was corrected by the
club women of the district"
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-01-25

The lemon famine Is at an end, that is
until another election
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-01-25
MAKING A VETERAN.

To crafty the whim of the Grand Army
of the Republic. it is proposed to make
a civil war veteran of Gen. FREDERICK
Dent Grant, son Of his illustrious rather
The Grand Army Of the Republic Is anx-
ious that General Grant should become
rnernber of that order, but he is ineligi-
BILE. because when the war was fought he
was a youngster, too tender to serve his
country.
1t is claimed that congress can make
General Grant a civil war veteran. IL
would require a bill authorizing the gem
eral to be placed on the rolls or the
army as captain, as OF date OF lSOs:
Such a bill would complete his record
and make him eligible in the G. A. X.
General Grant was about 10 years old
at the time of the war. He was at Vicks-
burg with his father, and 1t is saM he
was wounded in the leg during the MEM
orable siege of that city. His name does
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-01-25

rector Of campaign publications Of the
Liberal party sat at his desk In an I'M
foreground room opposite the parliament
houses and explained the psychology or
the poAter in politics. No man could be
more progressive, more modern, more
abreast of the times. He descanted on
the powerful appeal of the picture to the
human mind carefully pointing out the
introduction of the aeroplane and the
newest type of Dreadnought as back
grounds for party preachments. But he
did not note the anachronism when he
recorded an order for 1000 flying ma
chine posters with a quill pen! This
progressive Radicals desk boosted no
less than three dozen old-fashioned goose
quill pens.
The Conservative First Lord of the
Posters" deplored the modern tendency
to the bizarre in billboard art but he
wrote with a fountain pen made in the
United States. Old England will be Old
England still in spite of every modern
continuance and in spite of a dozen such
battles of the billboards as she has Just
witnessed
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-01-25

columns of the Washington papers to
realize that women prominent in social
affairs are difficult to find at home in
these days of first calls, afternoon teas,
grand opera, and evening receptions.
MRS. MANN'S SIMPLE CREED.
Above all the beautiful sentiments
which the writer expected and didn't
get from the wives of men in con-
gress assembled, he prizes this little
gem of thought from Mrs. James R.
Mann, wife of Representative Mann, OF
Illinois. leader on the floor of the Repub-
lican party. 1t was headed My simple
creed" and reads, "A wise sociologist has
carefully explained to me that the ideal
state of society finds woman filling the
place of wife and mother within the
home, while her lord provides that home
and faces the world on the outside. I
was greatly impressed, believing it with
all my heart. But 1 know so many men
without wife or child to defend, so many
women who are defending themselves,
that in the uncertain interim between to-
day and the millennium, 1 would like to
see an equal vote and equal wages. When
the god of things as they should be real
ly gets to work, we can make another
change and have it all ideal.
EMMA c. MANN"
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1910-07-08
Lecture by w. S. Thornber

In the summer management of
orchards, We consider four classes of
problems: Cd general tillage Of the
orchard; % summer pruning; CD
thinning the orchard; and ca, com
batting insect pests.
The great problem of orchard
work in this part of the state is one
of fertility or late spring frosts, but,
rather, it is one of maintaining
sufficient moisture to develop and
color the fruit in the latter part of
the growing season. If we could be
sure of from one to two inches more
of rainfall during the months of
July, August, and September, the
/ question of fruit-growing would be
a very simple one in the eastern
/ regions. Without this assurance we
must conserve the early winter and
early spring moisture by carefully
preparing a dust mulch as early in
the season as it is possible to do,
and maintain this during the entire
/ growing season. Every fruit-grower
realizes that this moisture is neces-
sary
Very few growers realize that in
summer tillage we are cultivating
for two separate crops of fruit; the
one that is from a third to one-half
grown upon the trees and which will
ripen at the close of this growing
season and the other which is
forming in the fruit buds for next
years crop. By carefully dissecting
the newly formed fruit buds 1t is
possible at this time Of the year to
detect young or embryonic fruit that
will blossom and form next spring
and summer If we neglect the til
lage at this season of the year we
injure the present as we'll as the
future crop; the present crop by
checking its growth and the future
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1910-07-08

the prize was pulled down by Pc
well.
Jas. Hincliff's team of draft horses
proved their superiority by winning
the match for teams weighing un-
der 2400 and then winning in the
match for teams of any weight. This
team also duplicated this winning at
Moscow on the 5th, that event com
ing there on the second day of Mos
cows two-days celebration.
The baseball game between the
Pullman Boosters and the Rosalia
team went the nine innings with
out the visitors being able to score,
while the locals made thecircuit of
the bases ten times, and so pulled
down the purse.
The Jeffries-Johnson fight attract
ed deep interest all the afternoon
and the bic crowds were attracted
wherever the bulletins were receiv-
ed, but that the winning of the big
negro over the white man was not
popular here was evidenced by the
many words of regret and the lack
of fireworks" when the news of his
victory came.
One feature of the day that was
not down on the official program
was a real fire run by the fire de-
partment The boys were out on pa
rade in their spick and span new
white dress suits when the fire alarm
sounded and the firemen left their
places in the parade and made a
quick start for the scene of the con-
flagration in the Garden City adj
dition, in which the residence of A.
b. Williams was in flames, the fire
having started from defective flue
Water was gotten on the fire with
but little delay, saving the house
from a total loss, but the beauty of
the fire-fighters' uniforms had de
parted.