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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-09-17
Local Generations and Rates.

In its answer TO the application or
the Baltimore and Washington Trans
fer Company for rule Of court to COM
pei the recognition Of an exchange or
transfers between the lines. the Capital
Traction Company sets up plea which,
apart from the merits of this present
case. should he noted in passing. IL
declares that the charter of the COM
pany provides that 1t shall receive
rate of fare not exceeding cents. or
six tickets for % cents. for each con-
tinuous ride between all points on Its
main or branch lines. This provision.
II contends, constitutes contract be-
tween the United States and the COM
pany. and any attempt to impair II
would he in violation Of section 10 or
article / of the federal Constitution.
That section. clause 1. declares that
mo state shall pass any
law impairing the law of obligation OF
contracts" 1t is not easy TO see just
wherein lies the constitutional pro-
hibition in this case. The suit brought
by the Baltimore and Washington COM
pany is in it's character as corpora
ton created by act of Congress. 1t IS
therefore on equality. as regards the
law with the company with which 1t
undertakes to establish transfer reia-
lions. Congress having chartered both
companies. it is certainly in position
to amend the charter OF either. and IT
has frequently in the past amended the
street car charters and laws relating
to them by later enactments. The fact
that no change has been made by act
of Congress in the rate of fare does
not signify that Congress cannot make
such "a change regardless of the terms
IF the original acts of incorporation
The point to bear in mind is that none
Of the public service companies doing
business in this District can set up a
plea of vested right with regard to the
rates of compensation which they are
permitted to charge. Whatever the court
may rule with reference to this trans
fer case. after considering the statutes
and the physical conditions. 1t is to
be hoped that nothing will he declared
iudicially that in any degree lessons
the liability of the traction companies
or any other public service corporation
to rate reductions by acts of Congress
There may be contract in GER
tain sense between the United States
and the corporations when rate of
fare is fixed by act of Incorporation,
the United States guaranteeing to the
company the right to collect certain
rate as long as IL does not decide the
rate to be too high. and at the same
time prohibiting the company from
charging more than that rate To re-
gard such contract as Interchangeable
however, would be to set up the claim
that Congress. having once incorporated
A company no longer has the right to
amerd the terms of the incorporation.
and that contention cannot possibly be
conceived.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-09-17

From the Springfield Union.
Forecast for Maine: Very unsettled
weather with alternating wet and
dry" spells.
From the Syracuse Post STANDARD.
The closeness of the vote in Maine will
not reduce the wetness of that common
wealth.
From the Charleston News and Courier.
Maine Is as doubtful as a belle Of
twenty.
From the Buffalo Express.
Another such victory" and the prohi-
bition cause in Maine will be lost.
From the Pittsburgh Chronicle Telegraph.
And now the "drys" are claiming Maine
by small majority. However. consider
ing the great reversal In sentiment the
.'drys' are hardly justified In claiming a
victory.
From the Syracuse Herald.
The movement in favor OF irrigation
appears to have spread to Maine.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-09-17
CHAMP CLARK'S LATEST.

From the Milwaukee Journal.
Champ Clark says the country hasn't
half enough politicians yet. Champ is
somewhat mixed on the functions of
statesmen and politicians. builders and
barnacles.
From the Knoxville Sentinel
Champ Clark defends politicians But
Champ is evidently not very we'll ac-
quainted with the Tennessee brand.
From the Atlanta Constitution.
1.-THE country Is all right" says Champ
Clark Then. why SO much campaign
oratory?
From the Baltimore Evening Sun.
Politicians, says Champ Clark, as rule
are honest. And this from a man who
halls from Missouri!
From the indianapolis News.
Or to put 1t more tersely. Mr.. Clark.
the need Of this country Is more poliu-
clans Of IN entirely different kind.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-09-17

matter Of campaign collections and ex-
penditures?"
Passed with good intention on the
part of some of its supporters. But I'm
afraid the sum OF it's accomplishment viii
be a new order Of bookkeeping. The
dust will be raised and scattered in a
new way"
WAS there any bluff about it,"
Didn't you note the names of some of
it's advocates? Battle-scarred boodlers
on the retired list playing to the gal
leries Men who when In the game had
never obtained anything for themselves
or others without trying IL for spot cash.
I suspect such gents bearing reform. l
should like a law not favored by them !"
But l must take the chances?"
"You must take the chances. You
said that the manager of campaign.
great or small. who should lose because
of squeamishness as to means would be
broad and suggested cynicism. and on
that account provoked severe condemna-
ton. But. in q measure, Mr.. ingalls,
was right
II might not prove equal to the new
style bookkeeping you suggest"
my dear boy, I see. you are afflicted
with doubts. On that account. decline
the job. You are not suited to It. DO
you know how a railroad Is run at top
speed?'
mo. What's the connections"
Its this: The track is cleared and the
engineer given his time. He must make
it. If he shows hesitation on the rum
with or without unhappy consequences
he never gets another such assignment.
His timidity is against him. A campaign
manager accepts his assignment with al
the risks that go with 1t. If he wins ne
a great fellow. If he loses he's tagged
as lacking in capacity or overweighted
with scruple.'
Il see the point. I'm afraid I'm not
the sort of engineer for speclal run.
I'll see Tom. and tell him to put another
man at the throttle"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-09-17
The PRICE OF SUGAR.

From the Memphis Cnmmercial-Appeal
II sugar goes much higher the coun-
try's only resort Will be to pull its sweet
tooth.
From the Newark Star.
With sugar cents a pound wholesale
the boy caught with his fingers In the
Jam pot will be due for Few extra
whacks OF the slipper.
From the Columbus Evening Dispatch.
However, speaking Of the sugar crop
those people who have large fines to pay
for defrauding the government are more
or less likely to have poor crops.
From the St. Paul Dispatch.
sugar is up to 10 cents pound. and
there is a chance Of the price going
higher. Let us hope the trust will not
forget the Supreme Courts injunction to
be reasonable"
From the Cleveland Flsin Dealer.
IN to the present time nobody has
dared to rebuke the sugar kings by sug-
costing q reduction in the fudge output.
From the st. Louis Times.
The activity in sugar suggests the awful
thought that we would like to see our
sugar loaf.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-09-17
Politics as Played.

Tom. our old friend wants me to
manage his campaign next year. What
do you adviser"
well, you ought to be equal to the Job
You have money and credit and business
sagacity. They count in that field"
"Politics is a sort Of war, isn't it?''
Very much like war. my boy. You
must lick the other fellow II you can.
You must know his game II you can find
It out You must put your spies into his
camp. and try to keep his out OF your
camp. Everything goes"
rs much money necessary?
"All too much I'm sorry to say. Still.
you must raise what you need, and lay
Il out as profitably as possible"
GLOW about the publicity law in the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-09-17
The Persistent Taker.

When Dr. Frederick Cook came out Of
the arctic regions and announced that he
had reached the north pole there was
universal rejoicing that the object so
long sought by man had been finally at
tanned When Peary came out OF the
north and cast doubt upon Cooks
achievement there was a very general
regret that in an enterprise previously
marked in conspicuous degree by honor
and good faith and complete public con-
fidence the element of suspicion should
have now developed. When Cook was
proved to have concocted his story OF
polar discovery, having previously claim
ed falsely to have climbed Mount Nc
kinley. the world felt ashamed that
man should have so grossly violated one
of the most sacred principles of science
and so shamelessly played upon the will
ingness of people to believe in human
honesty. Then, after many months OF
wise disappearance from association with
his fellow creatures. when DR. Cook came
forward with an explanation to the effect
that he did not know in truth whether he
discovered the pole or not. attributing his
mental state to the sufferings incident to
the arctic rigors, there was feeling
that, however dishonest the man might
be, however great a charlatan, he was
nevertheless shrewd. He had played just
the right card to keep himself in evidence
without earning the absolute contempt OF
everybody. But now DIR. Cook has gone
beyond the pale of even this sympathy
for q possibly deluded man. He has de-
liberately entered upon a campaign of
justification, not for the sake Of making
the world believe in him regardless of re-
ward, but for the sake of the dollars and
cents to be won. He has organized his
fraud and capitalized his deceit. Posing
for moving pictures. lecturing and max
ing a book. he is booming himself as the
real polar discoverer and endeavoring to
destroy the fame of the man who In
truth was the first to reach the apex OF
the world. Unfortunately there remain
some believers in Cook. perhaps not so
convinced by his own performances as
they are unwilling to believe in the Peary
achievement. They are the natural OBJ
jectors in life. and perhaps have become
Cook partisans only since the collapse of
his case and the acknowledgment of
Peary as the polar discoverer. It is to
such as these that Cook is now appealing.
professional fraud and a deliberate de-
ceiver There is no way to reach him.
and 1t can only be hoped that he will
very quickly play out his string and sink
into the obscurity which he merits. The
most deplorable feature Of the matter
at the present time is that 1t is possible
for a self-convicted claimant to the high
est honors in the scientific world to con-
tinue to reap a profit from the credulty
and the partisanship Of those who refuse
to accept official verdicts and all the evil
dences Of probability
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-09-17
The PATERNAL AU THOR

The craze literary has caught US.
The family's totally mad;
I wish II were measles that got u,
1t wouldn't be nearly SO bad.
For Algie 10 writing a serial
(His Villains q terrible wretch),
And Jimmie is getting material
For making a monologue sketch.
Sweet Mildred 10 writing an essay,
And Mary is writing q play:
A story preoccupies Bessie.
She's working on that every day:
While mother Is known as q critic
And writes book reviews for a club;
They're said to be most analytic
And Greek to commonplace dub.
The seryants-nobody would know 'em.
They all have a far-away look;
The chauffeur is writing a poem,
The maid Is attempting q book:
While .fathcr-yes. father 10 writing!-
credit. by Jove, TO his sex!-
Great stun the old man is inditing,
For fathers still writing the checks!
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-09-17
Perspective.

The distant sky of blue serene
Is wondrous calm and fair:
The twilight tints the western scene
With colors rich and rare.
The brook makes melody so light;
The cowbells chime Is gay.
Each song is sweet. each picture bright
When they are far away.
But skies so blue should not allure
A man to aviate:
The brook Is wet and insecure.
The cowbells' Gatherings crate
Upon your ear, IL heard too near
Much Of this world. they say,
Is pleasantest to see or hear
When II is Tar away.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-09-17
Suspicion.

THAT new salesman thinks he knows
as much about our business as DO,
said the head of the firm.
"Well," replied the junior partner.
maybe he does. He told me confiden-
TALLY that he wouldn't think Of eating
some of the things we are putting on the
market"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-09-17
A Superior Attitude.

"Why don't you want your husband to
concern himself with politics
BECAUSE" replied Mrs. Cumrox. there
Is no use of recalling the past. First
politics talks about the cost Of living and
now It is discussing wool and cotton. Our
family has gotten beyond worry about
board and clothes"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-09-17
Carefully Thought Out.

THAT speech of yours didn't contain
ANYTHING Of striking interest"
NO" replied Senator Sorghum. Il re-
gard 1t as a masterpiece. There wasn't a
line in it that would give my natural
political enemies an opportunity to step
forward and make themselves conspicu-
GUS
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-09-17

Canada's fear OF the American dollar
has been SO frankly expressed that the
theory that any one would accept trust"
money with a view to defeating reciproc-
ity seems incredible.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-09-17
Ill-Mannered.

The house-fy Of whom we hope soon to
be rid
Has manners which cause US to greve.
He likes to go visiting where he's not
bid
And he never knows when he should
leave.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-09-17

1t is not necessary to the scheme upon
| which this government was established
that the gubernatorial mind and the ju-
| dicial mind should always be in exact
sympathy.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-09-17

The amount of political activity that is
looming UP should make 1912 one of the
greatest years in history for the manu-
facturers OF silk hats and frock coats.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-09-17

After looking over an tassemblage OF
governors there can be no fear that the
principles of conservatio will have to be
invoked to prevent the supply of presi-
Dental timber from becoming scarce
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-09-17

AT all events the Shakers who believed
it their duty to end hopeless suffering by
death will plead no unwritten law. en-
ploy no alienists and attempt no alibis.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-09-17

There is no use Of trying to soothe the
high-cost- of living kicker by reminding
him that sugar used to cost twenty cents
a pound.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-09-17

The elopement of a wealthy woman
with the son of a plumber may be re-
garded as another illustration Of the nat
ural tendency of riches to accumulate.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-09-17

Owing to the uncertainty Of the news
from Maine, q number of manufacturers
of corkscrews and other things expe-
rienced thrilling suspense.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-09-17

1t may be that some of the European
tourists are responsible for the fact that
Collector Loeb's name never figures very
prominently in a popularity contest.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-09-17

Hereafter an author who undertakes to
discuss Americas social and economic
systems will bear in mind the possibility
of being quoted in political argument
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-09-17

Occasionally what an author or an
orator intended to be "scathing ar
alignment proves little more than a
series of spiteful remarks
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-09-17

The greatest compliment paid to poll
tics in a long time is the suggestion that
the courts would be improved by fire.
Quent association with It.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-09-17
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.
High Valuation.

as his fiancee fond of him?" asked
Maude.
II should say So" replied Maymie. She
thinks as much Of him as she does Of her
eng cement ring
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-09-17

Again Fashion laughs to scorn the per-
sons who keep asserting that the styles In
hats cannot possibly become any funnier.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-09-17

Mushrooms are still cheap for anybody
who is willing to take chance.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-09-17
BaltimoreanS
Arrested.

and the mayor OF Baltimore himself The
dispatch reads:
'At daylight this morning the city was
thrown into the greatest excitement by
the announcement that the authorities
had, during the night, made a quiet and
successful swoop upon the gang Of lead
ing secessionists here and that thirty
five of them were already placed within
the walls Of Fort McHenry. At half-past
/ o'clock this morning the 4th Wisconsin
Regiment arrested Mayor Brown at his
country residence in Baltimore county.
and at about the same time arrests were
made Of Hon. Henry May, T. Perkins
Scott, Teakle Wallis. Ross Wynans and
the editors of the Exchange and South
newspapers and others o. well known
secession proclivities. Twenty-Five seces-
sion members of the Maryland legtsla-
ture en- route for Frederick were seized
in the cars and put In confinement. The
arrest was managed SO quietly as to take
the parties completely by surprise. and
the whole seizure was effected without
the slightest disturbance. The excitement
in town today Is naturally high. but the
general feeling Is that the arrests should
have been made long ago. and that the
surest way Of bringing the rebels to
terms is for the government to treat
them with q firm and vigorous hand.
which will teach them to respect it.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-09-17

Names water wagon Is unquestionably
becoming a rickety old vehicle.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-09-17

OTTAWA. September 4, 1911.
During the period from 1897, when the
Canadians first began to keep statistics
and March 81, 1911. the
Flood of close Of the late fiscal
year. $50, 719 immigrants
AucIlcdlS. crossed the border from
the United States and settled In CANADA.
The larger number remain in the prov
inces west of the great lakes and most
Of them took out naturalization papers
During the same fifteen years. 1S.424
immigrants arrived from England. Ire
land, Scotland and Wales-or y. IOo more
than from the United States. The Brit
ish immigrants settled in the eastern
as well as the western provinces. per-
haps the largest number in Ontario
Not more than 50 Or 40 per cent of them
went out into the far west. Altogether
twice as many immigrants from the
United States settled In Saskatchewan,
Alberta and British Columbia as from
the United Kingdom.
During the fifteen years referred to
the total immigration was 1 .SS6.0GA In
Guiding 512,3S6 souls from the continent
of Europe and other countries than the
United States and Great Britain.
The immigration bureau at Ottawa es
Inmates that y per cent of the home
steads taken up in western
Homestead. Canada are by British i'm
migrants. 81 per cent by
AaheiS. continental and 80 per cent
by Americans.
Most of the immigrants from the United
Kingdom are from England and Wales.
- Iris n,,t nf a
total of 6s5,0 OCT who have arrived from the
United Kingdom since the year 1900.
there were sos. 157 English. $4,000 Scotch
and 41.O01 Irish. OF these % per cent
of the English and Welsh, 20 per cent Of
the Scotch and 26 per cent of the Irish
entered homesteads in western Canada.
After the United States and the United
Kingdom, the largest number OF imm1-
grants come from Austria-Hungary Q21,-
600 in ten years., the next largest (63,OOO)
from Italy and 4S.675 Jews.
The Americans are almost entirely
farmers The Europeans furnish the la
borers and the British and Scotch the
mechanics. artisans, clerks and traders.
OF the total immigrants for the last ten
years from the United Kingdom and Eu-
rope. 294.S74 were farmers. 23s.O6S We're
laborers, 227,11S were mechanics, $3.50
were clerks, bookkeepers, etc.
OF immigrants from the United States
445, Os1 were farmers, $3.50 were laborers.
35.562 were mechanics and 1851 were
clerks, bookkeepers, etc.
The Dominion government has no sys-
tenn of free or assisted immigration: that
is, no immigrant is ever brought TO
Canada at the expense of the treasury,
although the passage of thousands is
paid by charitable and philanthropic So
cieties in the old country. Nor does the
government make loans Of money, furnish
stock, implements or seed to immigrants
in order to enable them to start farming.
although on several occasions food and
fuel have been furnished to settlers in
destitute circumstances who have had the
misfortune to lose their crops by frost,
fire, hail or other causes, and seed has
been furnished them for the first planting.
The railways never furnish free trans
portation. but give special rates to bona
fide settlers from all foreign countries, in
western Canada.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-09-17
Skilled
Workers.


artisans or skilled labor
Skilled ers Of any class, and no
effort Is made to secure
"oAheAS. employment for such peo-
pie on their arrival. All immigration lit
erature officially issued bears the follow
ing notice. signed by the minister of the
interior:
Farmers. farm laborers and female
domestic servants are the only people
the Canadian immigration department
advises to come to Canada All others
should have definite assurances of en-
ployment in Canada before leaving home
and have money enough to support them
for time in case of disappointment.
In order to secure farmers the gov
eminent pays a bonus of So on all per-
sons eighteen years and over and $3.50
on all minors under eighteen years OF
age to steamship booking agents In the
United Kingdom, France, Belgium. Hoi-
land, Denmark, Norway, Sweden and
Finland. But this bonus is limited to
farmers and domestic servants. and 1t
must be shown that they are in perfect
health and of good character.
bonus of So for every man, 81 for
every woman and 81 for every child is
paid to agents of the immigration bureau
in the United States.
The total amount paid as bonuses IN
Great Britain during the year 1910 was
$50 $50 in the continental countries $1O,-
600 and in the United States 1913. 636.
Altogether during the last fifteen years
the government of Canada has paid 81
697, 96s to induce immigrants from the
United States. An equal. II not very
much larger, sum has been paid by the
railway companies. whose agents are
constantly travelling through the north
western states setting forth the allure
ments of Canada and the opportunities
for health and happiness on this side OF
the border. There are railroad or pro-
vincial agents in every city of size east
and north of the Missouri river. The
amount above mentioned does not in
clude the cost Of the literature which
has been printed and circulated In the
United States and other countries to in
duce immigration
The largest number of immigrants have
settled in Saskatchewan and Alberta
provinces. Ontario comes next and Mani
toba third.
OF total of $685. $50 homesteads enter
ed in western Canada during the last
fifteen years 99,42S were by American
Scotch, $40 by Irish and "a .3O2 by i'm
migrants from all other countries.
During the year 1908 there were 1918
farms taken up by Americans; in 1909 the
total was 9,S2s: in 1910 1t was 1856 and
in 1911 the total is 13,OS8. The immigra-
ton officials estimate an average of %
persons for each entry. and their con-
clusion is that % per cent of the Ameri-
cans arriving in Canada take up farms.
A census has recently been taken. but
tbo coe,,lt. have not hoar announced
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-09-17
Recent
Census,

1t is believed, however,
Recent that the total population
Census. - sa ahor. noo 900 r.
1909 it was 7,35OOOO. and at least 10000
immigrants have arrived since that time
March 81. 1909, the population of the
several Canadian provinces was fol-