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The Washington times., 1911-08-26
A SMILE FROM WAITRESS
MADE THE DAY BRIGHTER
To the Editor of THE TINES:

To the Editor Of THE TINES:
think We owe much patience to the
young girls who stand all day In stores
and have to be patient with all sorts Of
freakish customers. What wonder II
they sometimes get little tired and
fretful themselves?
The wonder is that they so often show
cheerful and obliging spirit.
Yesterday. being very tired, I dropped
into a crowded restaurant. A slender,
fair-haired creature skipped up to me,
smiling as II were some longtlost dear
friend.
pointed to two viands on the menu.
She brought them quickly with an air
as If she were delighted to bring me
something I liked. Her bright. sweet
way revived me like wine. wondered
at her like Shelley at the skylark. I
thought. no wonder this place Is
crowded" STACY.
The Washington times., 1911-08-26
THINKS THE VETOES
WILL BE BOOMERANG

To the Editor Of THE TIMES:
An evening newspaper some days
since in an editorial stated that Presi-
dent Taft's vetoes would strengthen
the Republican party" It must have
forgotten the verdict the people rem
dered in November. 1910, wherein they
declared in terms not to be mistaken
for a revision of the tariff. The hand
writing is not only on the wall, but 1t
is visible to the naked eye elsewhere.
1t is hoped-and everything points that
way-that In 1912 we will snow these
standpat newspapers and politicians
under so deep that 1t will take many
summers to thaw them out. Some
papers have no fixed political princi-
Piles. They seem to be in the business
for revenue only and can change just
as fast as the Administration does, as
they have done heretofore. Taft's ex-
cuse, as everybody knows, was that he
would sign no tariff bill pending the
report of the tariff board. We have
had tariff boards before and Congress
has paid no attention to them and they
will In all probability do the same
again. 1t was done to borrow time and
give the privileged class a chance to
rob the people Of a few more millions.
K.
The Washington times., 1911-08-26
France Has Express
Train for Flowers

THE most curious lraIn that saw IN
my latest visit abroad was the 'rapide
des fieurs'-the Cut Flower Limited Ex-
press-A ten-car train that runs every
day In the year from Toulon to Paris"
said transportation expert who had
been studying European railways.
This train carries nothing but cut
flowers in baskets and pasteboard boxes
for the Paris market. The violets Of
Hyeres, the roses and carnations of
Antilles, and the Roman hyancinths of
Ollioules and Carquierannes are on the
flower stands Of Paris in eighteen hours
from the time they were growing on
the shores Of the Mediterranean. A
good many are shipped also to the cities
Of Germany and Belgium, and even as
far as Vienna and st. Petersburg.
The packages are handled by a special
train crew that sorts them out like mail
matter. The speed at which this Cut
Flower Express runs is greater than
that Of any other train In Europe, and
II is almost invariably on time.
York Press.
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THE PRESIDENTS TOUR OF
THE WEST.

President Taft is undertaking a
large order when he invades the West
with his campaign for denomination.
However he may present the work of
the extra session of Congress, he can
not defend his own course without
criticising, by implication at least, that
of the progressive Senators and Rep
resentatives of the Western States. He
cannot defend his Canadian reciprocity
proposal without setting himself in
opposition to the men who voted
against it. He cannot defend the
vetoes of the tariff bills without an
tagonizing the men who voted for
those tariff bills.
That is not all. He cannot argue for
reciprocity and against the tariff
measures, without drawing, clear and
sharp, the line OF division between his
own program and the sentiment of the
mass of people in the West.
If he reassures the people by prom
ising them that he will sign the tariff
bills next time they pass, it will be a
confession that the bills were sub
stantially good and desirable, and
people will inquire why they must
wait.
When the tariff measures come forth
as Administration bills next year; when
the tariff board approves particular
program and the President urges it, then
will develop that, after all, the differ
ence between the rejected coalition bills
and the approved Administration
measures is SO small as not to appeal
much to popular imagination; and the
public will inquire why it should have
been compelled to wait a year. for
what after all represents no essential
improvement; why it should have been
inflicted with another year of tariff
agitation unnecessarily; why the last
long session of the Administration
should be wasted, so far as other ac
complishments are concerned.
The tone and color of the Presidents
earliest speeches on the coming tour
will be noted with the most acute in
terest, because by these signs iudg-
ment must be formed as to the appeal
which Mr.. Taft will make for support
for denomination and reelection.
The Washington times., 1911-08-26
ARE LAND SHARKS
USING THE MAILS?

To the Editor Of THE TIMES:
It would be very kind If your paper
would help in suppressing the land
swindle and robbery going on in the
South, mostly in Florida. I have been
a victim myself, and have all the proofs
to show that these people are guilty Of
using the mails to defraud. selling land
which does not belong to them, and are
mjsrepresenting and using false pre-
lenses to despoil people, and, wnat Is
worse, people of limited means l nom
estIy think that the public al large
should be warned and made wise' and
as your paper has always been the
cbampion Of the peoples interests, 1
think vo,; will help me to open a crusade
:. .,.inst those highway robbers.
Nam willing to give you all particu-
lars Ior q e E. v. KRoTZINGER.
The Washington times., 1911-08-26
THE SOUTH'S TROUBLE WITH
DOMESTIC SERVANTS.

People in the North have an idea
that the South is a paradise for the
housekeeper, SO far as the servant
question is concerned. Belief prevails
that negro servants are so plentiful
that such a tragedy as waking up in
the morning and finding the range cold
and the kitchen empty is a thing
Southern women never experience.
Time was, of course, when this was
true, but the old order changeth. The
Montgomery Advertiser, speaking of
the situation in that part of the coun-
try, says:
The white family that keeps a cook
counts on feeding one family of ne
groes. II they have a housegirl, they
can count on feeding still another fam
lily. If complaint is raised to the serv-
ants, milady soon finds herself recon-
noitering for another cook and servant
girl. In the case of the housegirl 1t is
a rare experience a family has in keep
ing in its employ the same girl for
service of the housegirl is two weeks.
II the position" is too ''exacting" apd
the morning paper doesn't come
promptly, she wouldn't mind quitting
the first week.
Throughout the South the servant
problem has become as acute as it is
anywhere else. In some parts of the
country, if negro servants have not
actually formed a union, many of
them belong to organizations which
have rather unique rules for the guild
ance of its members. The time for
going to work and for stopping is
fixed. In many places the hour set
for dinner is made to suit, not the
housewife, but the cook. There is a
walking delegate who goes about to
see that house servants do not over
work and other interferences with the
simple rule that used to prevail when
the mistress of the home was boss and
her orders were obeyed without ques-
tion.
Exactly what is the chief cause OF
the gradual lowering of the value OF
the negro as a house servant is diff.
cult to say. In the case of white
servants, demand in the shop and fac.
tory, giving more freedom and requir'
a
The Washington times., 1911-08-26
New School Utensils
Make Pupils Proud

Remember when you were a little
shaver" and first started to school?
Remember how important was that first
copybook and how enormous your first
lead pencil looked? And the delights Of
a fresh pen and penholder, brand new
and all your very own? 1t was nice
to have new belongings and have them
for your very own self, wasn't It?
Well, II your small son or daughter
Is starting out this term for the. first
time see that he or she Is equipped
with the proper utensils, and good
ones. A shiny new lead pencil Is In
forts; a new tablet and fresh copybook
viii be taken care of and kept freer
from smudges because Of its newness.
Most Of US know that delight In good
lead pencils, erasers, copybooks, rulers,
and such things-so let US make the
juvenile path Of learning Just bit
easier and perhs ps more attractive by
supplying small hopefuls with the
pyopeI tools.
The Washington times., 1911-08-26
Amusemerts.

Belasco-Coronation pictures in colors,
2:3O and $50 p. m.
Columbia-Columbia Players in THE
Liars" Sis p. m.
Chase's-Polite vaudeville, 2:15 and s:l5
Academy-"The Chief of the Secret Ser
vice" S:15 p. m.
Gayety-''New Jersey Lilies" 2:15 and
New Eyceum-"Jolly Girls" ais and
Casino-"'Love BY Wireless" and con-
tinuous vaudeville, 1 p. m. to II D. m
Cosmos-Continuous vaudeville, ! to II
p. m.
Chevy Chase Lake-Dancing and music
by section of Marine Band.
Glen Echo-Dancing and music by Sec
ton of Soldiers Home Band. Free
vaudeville.
Luna Park-Midway and attractions.
Arcade-Motion pictures. bowling, and
pool.
Colonial Beach - Boardwalk. bathing.
and other amusements; steamers leave
Seventh street wharf daily, exceut
Monday, 8 a. m; Saturday, 2:30 D. m.
Marshall Hall-Steamer Charles Macal-
ester leaves Seventh street wharf 10
a. m, 2:30, and Gas p. m. daily. Stops
madc at Mt. Vernon.
Chesapeake Beach - Bathing, fishing,
and grabbing; other amusemspts.
The Washington times., 1911-08-26

qualify a State in the Union, but BY
no test that can be applied are the
Territories found wanting, as will be
shown in what follows.
New Mexico has an area OF 122,63a
square miles, and is only exceeded in
size by Texas. California, and Mon
tana. Arizona comes fifth in area in
the United States, with 1885 square
miles. being ranked only by four above
named.
In population, according to the census
Of 1910, New Mexico numbered 327 ,3Ol
persons, more than are credited to four
States now In the Union, namely, Della
ware. Idaho, Wyoming, and Nevada
Arizona, with a population Of 304, ,354, Is
more populous than Delaware. Wy
oming, or Nevada.
Each State, even under the increased
apportionment, will have one Repre-
sentative in Congress, while New Mexi-
co lacks but about 1000 population OF
having two Congressman.
The Territories are about equally d.
vided politically, although II seems GER
tain that Arizona will send Democrats
to the National Congress. while New
Mexico will be represented by Republi-
cans, because of the fact that the
districting of the Territory in the new
constitution makes a Republican ma
jority in the Legislature certain. re-
in the State vote.
Characteristics of
The Two Territories.
Physically considered both new States
are mountainous. although there is
plenty of level land. on what Is called
In that section, mesa, or table lands.
The great plains country meets the
mountains in eastern New Mexico, and
here the most prairie is found. In New
Mexico there are very few attitudes
under 1000 feet. while a great part OF
the Territory is much higher. Arizona
has a greater range along this line. run
ming from a few feet above sea level at
Yuma. on the Colorado river. to over
1000 feet in the mountainous sections.
The atmosphere Is very dry, and the
very small. ranging from
nine inches a year in some sections 10
about twenty inches in eastern New
Mexico This combination, altitude.
dry atmosphere, and almost continual
sunshine, has developed a name for
this section by which II is frequently
known. 1t is called THE Land of
sunshine" and can prove all its claims.
Because Of this climate both territories
have attracted no little attention as
resorts for persons afflicted with pull
monary troubles. and II is safe TO say
that more attention has been directed
The Washington times., 1911-08-26
Untold Riches Lie Beneath
Surface Of Mountainous
Country.
REGION FAMED FOR
CURATIVE CLIMATE
First Congressional Delegations
Will Be Equally Divided
Politically.

Grated at the dam will maintain the
Dig enterprise and pay the farmers
per cent on their investment besides.
AT Yuma another big project Is under
way. This will cost over 81, 600, 900 and
Will irrigate 1900 acres. One Of the
engineering features of this project
Will be a concrete syphon 1.5o0 feet
long and IS feet in diameter, con-
structed under the bed of the Colora-
do river.
In New Mexico, over 10000 acres will
be irrigated by the Elephant Butte dam
on the Rio Grande. while the Hcndo
and Carlsbad are two small projects on
the Pecos river now completed. The
Indian service on the numerous Indian
reservations is also engaged in the
terprises for the Indians, the work be-
ing separate and smaller than the pro-
tects undertaken by the Reclamation
Service.
Cannot Be Called
Poor Mans Country.
In New Mexico hundreds Of private
irrigation projects are being developed
under what is known as the Carey act.
Reservoir sites are selected, dams and
bitches built, the expense being borne
Dy a DonQ issue guaranteed Dy the lanQ
which will be benefited. These projects
which recent figures placed at 512. will
irrigate all the way from a few hun
dred acres to over 200. 900 and will do
much toward settling up the new State.
In eastern and southern New Mexico
where the land is level and reservoir
sites few, irrigation is being conducted
successfully by pumping. Water can
be obtained in plenty from fifteen to
fifty feet below the surface. Farmers
band together, put in a central plant
for generating electricity, and wire II
to their respective farms. This Is be-
ing done in Deming and Portales
However, because of its undeveloped
state, neither Territory can be called a
poor mans country, and although
homes on 160 aces Of land may be had
for the filing fee about $500, the home
seeker should not expect to make his
living from the start, and should have
enough for a years supplies besides
buying the necessary equipment.
To the family with from $1,000 up, It
offers a multitude Of chances to make
good and grow up with the new State,
while to the man of considerable wealth
II can be said that nowhere in the
United States are there so many open
ings for capital.
The Washington times., 1911-08-26

merely predicted. Marx analyzed econ
omic conditions which. Of themselves
would develop into a socialistic state
regardless OF this or that man or move
ment, and that development we see
everywhere about us. AS we'll accuse
ChEist Of melting the inQuisition or pro-
voking religious wars as seek TO lay
the blame for strikes and kindred dis
orders at the door Of Marx and his fol-
lowers.
The appeal for the preservation OF
"our fathers institutions is slavish:
smacks Of superstition. 1t is a we'll
sounding sentimental phrase that means
nothing Pray tell US exactly whose
fathers are meant? Not all our fathers
were right, because they disagreed woe
fully. The fathers of some of us, no
fought to defeat our independence. The
fathers Of some of us fought to pre-
serve slavery. Yet I submit that these
particular fathers were wrong. Again
l say, measure values, not sources.
GUY MOFFETT.
The Washington times., 1911-08-26
RAILROAD SPEED AND FATAL
ACCIDENTS.

Chairman Clements of the Interstate
Commerce Commission will find that he
has appealed to a responsive public
opinion in the announcement that he
proposes to get to the bottom of the
facts involving the Manchester, n. Y.
railroad horror of Friday.
Just about a year ago Congress
strengthened the law for investigations
and prosecutions in case of bad acci-
dents, and the present case seems to be
a most appropriate one for testing the
law. The recklessness about human
life and safety in this country is
proverbial. Whether it be in the man
agement of mines, the conduct of rail-
road traffic, or the construction of in
dustrial establishments that fairly in
vite fire disasters, it is seldom that a
month passes without enforcing illus
tration of the national carelessness
about protecting life.
Of late, there has been a series of
disasters which have impressed the
thought that our railroad trains too
often are run beyond the limit of
safety. The capacity of materials, and
the ability of human nerves and
muscles and brains to sustain the pres
sure, are constantly being tested to the
limit, and beyond
1t would be worth while to learn
whether proper balance is being main
tanned, in railroad construction, be-
tween the weight of equipment, the
speed of trains, and the strength OF
rails and roadbeds. There are so many
accidents to very fast trains, appar-
emily due to the incapacity of the
roadway to carry the strain imposed
upon it, that an elementary inquiry
into this whole adjustment seems to
be necessary.
The everlasting demand for speed,
speed, speed, is the basis of too many
disasters. The enginemen are blamed
if they fall behind schedule, and are ex-
pected to make up" the lost time;
but if they take too long chances and
run into disaster, then they are blam-
ed for that. The man who, after many
years at the throttle, closes his nerve"
is promptly reduced to a less exact
ing position, and the man with nerve
enough to take chances is put in his
place. That is a recognized policy,
which seems to justify a demand that
responsibility for accidents be placed
higher up.
Chairman Clements appears to recog
nize this very feature, for he makes
clear that this Manchester investiga-
tion is going to reach just as high as
may be necessary to get at the people
ultimately responsible. That is the
one policy which will in the end make
it possible to end the era of railroad
horrors which make American trans
portation the byword of railroad man
ayers in other countries.
In recent years pressure of traffic
has given us steel cars of tremendous
weight, for passenger movement; loco
motives weigh twice as much as any
body dreamed two decades ago; freight
cars of today would have looked like
warehouses at that period. Traffic
has become more and more congested,
the pressure always increasing upon
roadbed, equipment, and men. 1t GER
tainly is desirable that we should
know, as a result of thorough study,
whether the balance between weights
and strength is being maintained at
the point of safety. The accident
record does not suggest that it is.
The Washington times., 1911-08-26
New Mexico And Arizona
Are Rich In Natural
Resources.
GREAT DAMS ASSIST
FARMERS TO WEALTH
Vast Sections Made To Bloom BY
Wonderful Irrigation
Plants.

Two additional stars will be added
to the flag on July next as a result
Of granting Statehood to New Mexico
and Arizona, the final act for their
admission taking place Monday, when
President Taft signed the State
hood resolution. II was the same
resolution he had vetoed the week
before, except that before Arizona
finally becomes a State 1t must be
shown that the voters Of that Territory
have adopted an amendment to their
constitution excluding judges from the
operation Of the recall. But they will
do this, for. after seeking Statehood
for over three decades. the people Of
now and retain the privilege OF recall
ing their judges instead.
They would hardly turn Statehood
down under any circumstances. but
since they can replace the recall Of
the judiciary in their constitution within
sixty days after becoming a State, II
they wish It, II can readily be seen
that there is small chance Of the Terri
tory not coming in when New Mexico
does.
In speaking Of the Statehood bill this
week, an old-timer around the Capital
said he had been in Washington for
the past sixteen years, and there had
been a Statehood bill before Congress
every session during that time. But
he did not tell It all. New Mexico was
organized as a Territory September 8.
1850. and started her fight for State
hood within the year and has kept
It up ever since. At that time New
Mexico included Arizona also, and II
was not until 1853 that Arizona became
a separate Territory.
Even then Arizona did not take any
Statehood airs unto herself. and it was
not until some years later that both
Territories commenced their united ef-
forts 10 get into the Union, and kept
1t up until success came this week.
The Washington times., 1911-08-26
Pocahontas Reasoned.

Pocahontas had saved the life Of Capt.
John Smith.
What would have been the use of
killing him, anyhow, PAP" she said.
There are millions of other John
Smiths, and there wouldn't have been
a line about ii in the papers!"
Her news>instinct was unerring. Saw
ing the Captains life made a first page
story Of sRs s1atE Chissgo News
The Washington times., 1911-08-26
"Land of Sunse Name Giuen to Ney States Whose Stars
viii Shine on Old Glory After Fight of Half Century,
Sidelghts on Statehood for Ne9v Mexico
and Arizona ..

Arizona minus judicial recall feature Of constitution
leo States on July
States will be of the richest in natural
Arizona citizens willing strike Objectionable clause sake Of
opportunity to get In Union Have opportunity replace
New Mexeo fight for Statehood lasted through
Territories found wanting
Political about equally divided between pares
The Washington times., 1911-08-26
What's on the Program, in
Washington Today

Meeting of Campion Lodge. No. Is,
Junior Order United American Me-
chanics, 623 Louisiana avenue north
west.
Meeting Of Canton Washington Lodge,
No. /, Patriarchs Militant, Odd Fell
lows, social evening.
The Washington times., 1911-08-26

The war ragged for two hours around
Frederick yesterday. but it is believed
that all the wounded will recover.
The Washington times., 1911-08-26

ednhdpu Letters however,
rm
heamunuuA AM
The Washington times., 1911-08-26

The Berryville horse show proved to
be a great success, and of course
Washington exhibitors came off with
a couple OF blue ribbons.
The Washington times., 1911-08-26

They are putting boards around the
entrance to the White House as If they
didn't expect him back for long time
The Washington times., 1911-08-26

Now, on next Friday morning early
let's all say it together. "R there7" and
have 1t over with.
The Washington times., 1911-08-26

Candy isn't an extravagant pur-
chase, after all, when The Times re-
imburses you for the money you
spend.
The Washington times., 1911-08-26

SATURDAY. AUGUST 2s. 1911
The Washington times., 1911-08-26

and DR.. George E. Myers has been
chosen head of the Kansas State Nor
NAL Manual Training School.
The Washington times., 1911-08-26
Both Are Qualified
For Duties of Statehood.

Because admission has continually
been denied them. some. only casually
informed. may have gained the impress
sion that the Territories are not quail
fed for Statehood in all that goes to
The Washington times., 1911-08-26

DR.. Wiley takes a little time for
the pursuit of health in his own be-
half. He is rusticating just at pres
ent on his Blue Ridge farm.
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Sunday.

The net total circulation OF The washington
Times Sunday during the month OF July
was 2o2.67e, all copies left over and returned
by agents being eliminated This number
when divided by 8, the number of Sundays
curing July, shows the net Sunday average
TOR July 10 have been 406lb.
Entered at the Postofnce at Washington.
d. c., os second class matter.
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Irrigation Used
In Cultivating Farms.

Agriculture as made possible
through extensive irrigation projects
is the one big asset of the new States
while in some sections dry farming
can be found in its most advanced
stages. Through the reclamation
service extensive irrigation enter
prises are under way in both Terri
tories, in Arizona, the Roosevelt dam
having just been completed. This
cost over 100000 and will irrigate
over 100000 acres. while the revenue
derived from the water power gen.
The Washington times., 1911-08-26

The net total circulation Of The Wash
ington Times daily during the month OF
July was l,lS.s4s. all copies left over and
returned being eliminated. This number
when divided by 26, the number Of days Of
puohcation. shows the net daily average for
July to have been e $50