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The Washington herald., 1911-02-22
The Senate After March 4.

Prom the Indianapolis star.
If an extra session of Congress is called
the Senators that are now sitting, but
will be absent, are Aldrich. Beveridsc.
Bulkeley, Burkett. Burrows. Depew,
Flint, Frazier, Hale Kean. Piles, Scott,
Taliaferro, Warner - apparently also
Young, of Iowa, and Carter, of Montana
In addition to these, Senators Clay.
Daniel, Dolliver, Elkins, Hughes, and
McEnery have died. In all twenty-five
men who sat in the present Senate will
be absent from the Sixty-second Con-
gress. These include ten out of the four
teen men who have been there two terms
or longer. Never before has the Senate
been transformed in it's personnel at once
and so notably, except when the civil
war reduced its membership from sixty
four to forty-one.
The Washington herald., 1911-02-22
AN AMERICAN QUESTION
Why L. Russia Allowed to Discrim-
mate Against Our Citizenss


mate Against Our Citizenss
From the Philadelphia Public Ledger
The United States, ever since 1892 has
had treaty with the Russian empire
which reads, in part, as follows
There shall be between the territories
Of the high contracting parties a recip-
rocal liberty of commerce and navigation
The inhabitants of their respective States
shall mutually have liberty to enter
ports, places. and rivers of the territories
OF each party, wherever foreign COM
merce is permitted They shall be at
liberty to sojourn and reside in all parts
whatsoever of said territories, in order
10 attend to their affairs, and they shall
enjoy to their effect, the same security
and protection as natives of the country
wherein they reside, on condition of their
submitting to the laws and ordinances
there prevailing"
There is no exception in the foregoing
Warranting any exclusion of the Jews.
and yet for thirty years Russia has closed
her doors to American citizens PROCESSING
that faith. 1t doesn't matter whether
they are native born or naturalized.
They may be descendants of Revolu
lonary or Of colonial stock. but they
are treated as undesirables and may not
have free access to the Cars domains.
If a great grandson of the PhiIadeIphian,
Haym Solomon. who impoverished him
self and left his family without an es-
tate because of his love of liberty and
his devotion to the United States, should
reach a Russian government port harbor
or attempt to cross a Russian frontier
his passport would not be recognized
All of this is to the shame of the
American government, for. in the Ian
guage of Louis Marshall who spoke to
the Hebrew congregations recently in
New York. the finding of a proper rem
edy against this degradation is not a
Jewish but an American question
The Washington herald., 1911-02-22
Plain English Good Enough.

From Popular Magazine.
James Wilson, Secretary OF Agriculture.
does not like foreign languages, and he
cannot persuade himself that Latin is
good for anything. AS the new building
for the Department OF Agriculture was
being finished of, the stone carvers be-
gan a Latin inscription over the main
door.
Mr.. Wilson came along when the work
had been half done
None of that Latin" he ordered
English Is good enough for me-"
The Washington herald., 1911-02-22
Straining at a Gnat.

The naval appropriation bill carries
a total of $I25yoooyooo.
The swordmaster at Annapolis gets
$500 a year. The Naval Committee
added the munihcent sum of SIoo a
year to his salary.
He is an old man. nearly eighty years
of age. Since 1866 he has been in
the Naval Academy. He has trained
every admiral and other officer who has
graduated at Annapolis in forty-fve
years. He has had no increase of sal
ary for a quarter of a century or more.
He is still active. still training the mid
shipmen to be strong of muscle and
quick of eye He is characterized as a
faithful public servant, one Of the finest
type of men, a humble worker whose
character and skill have made an in
delible impression upon two generations
of naval officers.
For a considerable length of time
the House seriously debated whether to
the millions which were to be expended
there should be added the mcager $Ioo
for the faithful master of the
sword Finally, in response to urgent
the objections were grudgingly
Withdrawn. If, after due elaboration
in the Senate, the item remains, pit
tance of increased compensation will be
granted to a man who has served his
country we'll for nearly fifty years.
Ali of which suggests the truth of
the old adage regarding straining at
gnats.
The Washington herald., 1911-02-22
VIE WS AND
INTERVIEWS
Cocoanut Walks Are Dangerous.

In the tropics. when the cocoanut is
wanted for planting" said j. j. Kinder
OF Philadelphia at the Raleigh yester-
fall from the tree where they have hung
for about fourteen months in ripening
1t is a fact not generally known that
majority OF the nuts drop at night
which probably accounts for the small
loss OF life by cocOanuts falling upon
the heads of the natives
The action of the heavy dew at night
loOSenS the seal with which nature has
provided the nut and allows it to fall, >"
said MIR. Kinder. who is an importer of
tropical fruit. THE nuts wanted for
planting are either gathered into heaps
or placed under sheds. where they are
allowed to sprout before planting, in
order that good, healthy nuts may be
selected, thus avoiding the possibility of
planting blind nuts that will not sprout,
in which case much time would be lost in
starting the cOcoanut walks, as the
orchards are called. When holes are
dug. about three feet deep and twenty
feet apart, the nut is carefully placed
therein and covered with about foot
of soil. The hole is filled as the sprou:
grows until the latter reaches the sur
face, then it is left to ITSELF requiring
no futher attention. Should the place
where the Cocanut is planted be any
great distance from the seashore, a
quantity OF salt is placed in the hole.
The plant will grow in luxuriance, how
ever. but a short distance from the
shore. nearness 10 salt water being abso-
luteiy essential TO it's welfare"
The Washington herald., 1911-02-22

A baseball team composed of boys OF
the Roosevelt Grammar School at Ponce,
Porto Rico, plans coming to this coun-
try to try conclusions with teams of It's
own age, If sufficient encouragement is
given them. By all means let them
come
The Washington herald., 1911-02-22

Maine is to vote on the repeal Of the
prohibition law. Let it not be forgotten
that Maine has not only the oldest pro-
hibition law, but also holds the record
for the largest percentage of arrests for
drunkenness.
The Washington herald., 1911-02-22
Dur Influence in South America.

From the Consular Report.
The expansion of American intellectual
and moral interests in Paraguay is more
promising than our commercial progress
Following the lead of Sarmiento, in Ar
gentina, Paraguay has organized her pri-
mary education on American lines. and.
II properly encouraged, will shape the
courses in her higher schools on the
American plan. The government sup
ports ten young men at American uni
versities. Publishers supply school
books, and an order for school furniture
was recently placed in the United States.
Both public and private Libraries contain
the works of Wheaton. Story. and other
American constitutional writer's, OF which
use is freely made, because Paraguay
took the Constitution of the United States
as q model when she amended her own
at the close of the seven years war.
The Washington herald., 1911-02-22

Seeing that a Chicagoan had adopted
a pair of wire nippers as a protection
against hatpins, the suffragettes may in
troduce a plan in their platform plac-
ing wire nippers under the head Of con-
cealed weapons.
The Washington herald., 1911-02-22

Would any amendment of the Ten
Commandments be more popular in Ger
tain quarters than eliminating the word
not wherever II appears?
The Washington herald., 1911-02-22

Is the future of those nations in the air
which go in so heavily for aviation?
The Washington herald., 1911-02-22
A LITTLE NONSENSE.
FOREVER GREEN.

Each President left tales galore
For men to quote,
And furnished, in his day, a store
OF anecdote.
Old writers peddled them in bales
And made a mint,
But now those old time-honored tales
Are out of print.
Log cabin yarns are out OF date,
We must avow;
And stories once considered great
Are musty now.
Old stories vanish, you'll agree,
From out our lives.
The story of the cherry tree
Alone survives.
The Washington herald., 1911-02-22

We dare say the Senate has learned
by this time that President Taft is not
half as easy as he was believed to be
The Washington herald., 1911-02-22

man who has been convicted of per-
jury hardly will show his little hatchet
tomorrow.
The Washington herald., 1911-02-22
Early Evidence.

why did you chop down my cherry
tree. George?"
Because it was shading ycnder plum
tree, father
Then it was that Mr.. Washington first
realized that he was the father of
future statesman.
The Washington herald., 1911-02-22

Will that new power plant at Bombay
double the output Of Oriental antiques?
The Washington herald., 1911-02-22
A Great Mistake.

II chopped down many a promising
tree when 1 was a lad"
Yet never got mentioned for the Presi-
dency. hey?'
mo; but 1t may have been my own
fault. / never told the truth about II. ="
The Washington herald., 1911-02-22
New Workers Are sham..

New 1orheTS are buSy from morning 10
night in putting up 'front.'" accord
ing to Rev. DR.. Charles A. Eaton, Of
New York, and formerly OF Cleveland
who was seen when in this city recently
He declared there is less culture in New
York than in any other large city in the
United States. New Workers. are amuse-
ment-mad as well as money-mad, but the
poor things do not know how to enjoy
life" he said
When asked why people from all over
the country flock to New York, DR..
Eaton said: Primarily, people go there
to make money. but they also go there
to hide and to indulge themselves. People
from smaller cities like New York be-
cause they have more personal liberty;
because they can do things that they
wouldn't dare to do in their own home
towns, for the reason that public opinion
in New York is not brought to bear on
the individual. Every man or woman is
made up of a small amount of inner
reality and large amount OF social scaf-
folding. After living in New York for
short time, the inner reality shrinks to
very small proportions indeed
We'll. what do you think is the pre-
dominant fault with New York and
New Yorkers?''
'It seems to me that New York char
acter is obsessed by externals. At least
the typical New Yorker is eternally put
ting up a front And people there are
interested in what we appear to be, in
stead of what we are. This spirit is
shown in thousand ways. Even the
architecture of the city shows it. The
houses have Queen Anne fronts and
Mary Ann backs. The people wear fine
clothes on the outside and cheap ones
beneath Nearly every one tries to give
the impression that he is more prosper
Gus than he really is. In short. if 1 may
descend to slang, nearly every one in
New York is putting up a BLUR from
the time ne awakes in the morning un-
til he goes to bed at night"
The Washington herald., 1911-02-22

All signs Of spring fail when the ther-
mometer registers "a above.
The Washington herald., 1911-02-22

Our weather during the past few days
has been a frigid style of spring zephyrs.
The Washington herald., 1911-02-22
His Handicap.

Washington reached the Presidency
after overcoming many difficulties"
quite so. He wasn't even an Ohio
man"
The Washington herald., 1911-02-22
A BeIated story.

This is a good anecdote about George
Washington" remarked the editor. but
it seems strange that it has never been
IN print before"
Not at ALL" explained the occasional
contributor. II only thought OF it a few
days ago"
The Washington herald., 1911-02-22
II Dates Back.

'.who started this. deforestation ques
ton. anyhow"
Little George Washington
The Washington herald., 1911-02-22
Bound to BE President.

That boy of mine shows signs Of
future greatness"
HAS he cut down a cherry tree?'
That's what he has. And he split
il into rails, too.''
The Washington herald., 1911-02-22
Here We Arc Arnin.

Young George, he took a hack one day
At a fine tree.
Who drove that hack7
Alas. alackI
Is that old witticism back?
Oh, hully gee!
The Washington times., 1911-05-25
UTILITY CORPORATIONS
MISPLACED ACTIVITIES
THE TIMES:

To the Editor of THE TIMES:
see considerable discussion in your
paper as to whether the officials of pub
lie service corporations are or are not
in favor Of the creation of public
utility commission, and you seem to
devote considerable space to ascertain
ing their views. Would you kindly ex-
plain to one ignorant in these matters
what the president of the existing pub
lie utility corporation has to do, as
an official of such company with the
question of whether commission Is
established? These corporations are
formed and given their rights over the
public streets for the purpose OF trans
porting passengers or performing other
public service. They are not incorpo-
rated for the purpose Of advising the
people of what is for their benefit. 1t
seems to me that II the officials of these
companies would confine their activities
to executing their obligations under
their charters, and give less time to
advising their creators how they should
be managed. they would not be subject
to as much criticism as they are now
AS ordinary citizens their opinions are
valuable, and no more valuable than
that of any other citizen. Their opinions
as officials are gratuitous and imperu-
nent. rhANh LINN
The Washington times., 1911-05-25

vantage over a weaker rival, placing
that rival at a great disadvantage in
the matter of transportation.
The seriousness of this discrimination
in favor of the Sugar trust is shown
when rates on sugar transportation are
stated. 1t was shown in this case that
the published rate on sugar from New
York TO Cleveland was IL cents per hun
dredweight. The railroads allowed 2
cents rebate for carriage" and l-5
cents for hghterage; total, 1-5 cents
pared of the 17-cent rate, leaving the
net rate 10 40 cents.
BY Tightening its sugar three miles,
the trust got this 10 As cents rate. But
the trusts competitor at Yonkers, being
denied the allowances, must lighter its
sugar some fifteen miles. and then pay
the full published 17-cent rate.
The issue between the commission and
the Commerce Court is perfectly plain.
The commission found that this was
discrimination. and ordered 1t to cease.
The Commerce Court erjoins the en-
forcement Of that order. The issue Is
clear
Aside from the discrimination, there
Is the question of the essential reason
ableness Of the allowances. The carriage
allowance has already been forbidden,
and thus far that prohibition IS in force
and this allowance has ceased. Whether
the Commerce Court will find means to
restore that allowance Is yet to be SEEN
But the discrimination in the lighter
age allowance is specifically sustained
by the court.
The Washington times., 1911-05-25
PLEASED WITH TIMES
RECENT EDITORIALS

To the Editor of THE TINES:
l, too, am one who was deeply inter-
ested in your editorial, ITO One Grown
Weary of Life" for 1t demonstrates
your own humanity, and such mes
sages, bearing eternal hope to the heart
broken and discouraged are of more
lasting benefit than a million articles
on politics, or aught that deals with
the confusion of the day. For it is
only a deep sense of religion, a deep
sense of philosophy, that will bear
mans mind and soul up through and
beyond the terrible clouds Of doubt and
darkness, that will gather around life,
at times, no matter in what position
one may now find himself. And philo-
sophy and religion in their final mean
ing are one and the same-both pointing
to the eternal cause of all existence.
and to its ultimate destiny.
Do you wish mercy? Give and you
shall receivel For do not the angels
of heaven give? How else can you be-
come like them? Do you expect God to
change your nature when you will not
even help Him to do so? How shall
He help you unless you help yourself?
For faith without works is dead! By
your unseffish efforts you may draw
His spirit down upon you, and He will
take your WEAKNESS away. But never
so long as you live for yourselves alone.
/ had thought your Washington pa
pers cowardly in politics Tin COM
parison to those Of the Vest,
trembling in the shadow of the thronei
Rut the editorial on the Invasion of
Mexico" had the ring of true manhood
and craftsmanship. And the Weary of
Life article was sublime The Times
might well establish a confessional to
which the weary and oroken-hearted
might come for advice and consolation.
before they 60 too far, and thus be OF
lasting and forever benefit to its read
ars and the race. o. o. HIATT.
The Washington times., 1911-05-25
PHYSICAL CONNECTION
OF STREET RAILWAYS

To the Editor of THE TIMES:
The Great Falls and Old Dominion
Railway Company and the Capital Trac-
ton Company are common carriers of
passengers, Incorporated for the pur-
pose of transporting people from one
point on their lines to other points on
their lines in the most convenient and
economical manner, both to the pas
sengers and to the companies. The
Great Falls and Old Dominion Railway
operates with overhead trolley cars
from Great Falls, in Fairfax county,
Va, eastwardly, through Alexandria
county to the southern bank of the Po-
tomac. At the south bank the overhead
line is changed to underground and the
cars cross the AQueduct Bridge into
the District of Columbia at Thirty sixth
and NJ streets. The Capital Traction
lines begin with an underground
system at Thirty-sixth and M
streets and pass down PennsyI-
vania avenue to Fifteenth street and
on to various sections of the city. At
Thirty-sixth and NJ streets the tracks
of the two companies are within twenty
feet of each other and there is no phys
lcat reason why the two companies
should not have a switch Connection
and permit the cars to pass from the
suburbs down into the city.
The Interstate Commerce law provides
for the Interchange of cars and for the
installation of switches over the pro-
test of railways when the convenience
OF the public Is to be subserved. It is
tnconvenient for the women and little
children, regardless of the men, to have
to disembark from the Great Falls and
Old Dominion cars at Thirty-sixth and
NJ streets and walk across the inter-
venlng space and board a car of the
same character to perform the balance
OF the journey down to the heart of the
city. What interests would be injured
by making a through service Is not APP
parent. On the whole, the two COM
panies would. in the long run, actually
earn more money, as 1t is almost axlo-
matte that street car service increases
in almost geometrical ratio to the con-
venience of that service. These two
companies already have a through rate
by means of a transfer, but, rather
strange to say, have no through route,
as contradictory as this may appear.
II we could figure out even that the
stockholders of either corporation would
be injured by the arrangement suggest
ed. there might be some excuse for not
giving a through route. The arrange
ment now Is that the Great Falls and
Old Dominion keeps all the money 1t
gets and gives a transfer on to the Capt
tai Traction line; the Capital Traction
line keeps all then money 1t gets and
gives a transfer to the Great Falls and
Old Dominion That could be done with
the cars physically going through to
While we recognize that the corpora
lions have nothing to learn, we are bold
enough to suggest what would be con-
vcnience to the public and no injury to
the stakeholder. y. L. L.
The Washington times., 1911-05-25

II amounts to 90 cents per ton On
sugar destined to Pittsburg and points
East. and to "a cents per ton on sugar
billed west of Pittsburg. Here Is the
answer:
Corn Is transported by water from
Chicago to Buffalo. 800 miles. for 40
cents per ton
Wheat Is transported by water from
Duluth to Buffalo, 9S5 miles. for 90 cents
per ton.
Coal is transported from Buffalo to
Duluth. 965 miles. for 30 cents per ton.
Iron ore Is transported from Superior
to Buffalo. sS5 miles. for 20 cents per
Sugar is transported from Stettin. Ger
many. to New York. 400 miles, for
$40 per ton.
Coal is transported from Philadelphia
to Boston. 40 miles, by water. for IS
cents per ton.
Ice is transported by water from
Kennebec. Me-. to Philadelphia, $50
In the face Of PEI these s; figures. at
which transportation is done profit
ably by water, the Sugar trust is to
be allowed so and 81 cents for trans
porting sugar by water three miles;
| and its competitor is denied any such
allowance.
The power which the Sugar trust
holds, enabling II to. force railroads
to give II concessions tantamount to
rebates. will be understood when 1t is
| pointed out that the trust and Ar
buckles, which are given these con-
cessions. control the entire tonnage of
coffee and sugar from Brooklyn. and
| that that tonnage is one-third Of the
entire westbound freight. Of all de-
scriptions, from New York city!
So vast Is the power over railroads.
which accrues to the man able to route
this immen/e freight, that Henry o.
| Havemeyer, when ne was at the
The Washington times., 1911-05-25
CANADA, THE EMPIRE, AND
RECIPROCITY.

1t is good to read the sane address
of Sir Wilfrid Laurier in London, in
which he SCOTS at the fears entertain
ed-or, more likely, pretended to be
entertained-by various imperial jim
goes, that reciprocity will prove a step
toward annexation.
There was no end of that sort OF
talk at the time when Canada and the
United States entered into the reci-
procity arrangement of 1854. The his
tory of that treaty and its abrogation
is highly illuminating at this time.
When the treaty was made, many
Britishers and Canadian alarmists
were convinced that it was the first
move of the United States to draw
Canada away from her imperial al
legiance.
After a few years, proposals for
abrogation came from the United
States. Meanwhile, Canada had
secured large commercial benefits from
the arrangement. That treaty, like
the one now under consideration in
Congress, was a decidedly jug-handled
one, with the big balance of benefits
On Canada's side. The United States
got the small end of advantages, and
in time, as that came to be realized
there was demand to end the ar
rangement.
Canada had prospered by the pact
The fears of Interior purposes on the
part of the United States had vanish
ed. Canada preferred to continue the
deal.
Then it was that Canadian sentt'
ment changed. The Canadians began
protesting that the United States was
going to abrogate the treaty as a
means to forcing annexation. They
said that abrogation would cause a
period of serious depression in Canada
people would realize that their COM
mercial interests demanded intimate
relation with the United States; dis
affection would develop, and at length
a demand to be made politically q
part of the Union.
In short, before the treaty took
effect, aIarmists saw in it a plan tc
coax Canada away from England; fiji
teen years later these same alarmistt
saw in abrogation a plan to starvs
Canada over to the side of the United
States!
Both views were wrong, and are
wrong now. Free trade with Canads
would benefit both countries, just al
free trade between East and West
benefits both sections. And if free
trade with Canada were proposed
there would be a vast deal more Of
enthusiasm for it than is possible fol
the present proposal.