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The Washington herald., 1911-03-06
Only a Temporary Defeat.

Through the single objection of Sena-
tor Bailey, legislation proposed in the
post-ofice appropriation bill authorizing
the Post-ofice Department to receive for
delivery on rural delivery routes pack
ages weighing not more than eleven
pounds was defeated.
Let il be understood that this propo-
sition had been carefully drafted by the
Postmaster General, who had given it
his hearty approval. 1t could not have
interfered with the business of the ex-
press companies, for the simple reason
that there are no express Offices along
rural routes. 1t was only to benefit the
rural storekeeper. who thus more easily
could have delivered his wares to his Gus
toners But, small as was the beginning,
it was the nucleus to a coming parcels
post, and the interests who were adverse
to this reform encompaSsed its defeat
Nothing daunted. We hope, the advo-
Gates OF the parcels post system will try
again. This is not the first time that
a just and popular measure has been
kept from the statute books by technical
obstacles. Eventually this country will
enjoy the benefit of a parccls post, and
the temporary delay will only result in
a more determined effort to secure its
adoption.
The Washington herald., 1911-03-06
Champ Clark and the District.

In view of the attitude of the last Con-
gress, and especially of the lower branch.
toward District affairs, the interview
with the next Speaker of the House
which appears in another column this
morning is not without value. Mr.
Clark answers with an emphatic mega
tive the suggestion, put forth at the re-
cent dinner to Representative Gardner,
that the District Committee of the House
be intrusted with the preparation of the
District appropriation bill. Il has been
thought by many whose opinions are
not to be lightly disregarded that the
appropriation bill should be entirely free
from legislative provisions, but that il
this is impractical, one committee should
have jurisdiction over both legislation
and appropriations AS a matter of fact,
every item of importance to the District
enacted during the last session was con-
tanned in appropriation bills, and the fric-
ton between the District Committee and
the Appropriations Committee was con-
stant and vexatious Mr. Clark, how
ever, puts his veto upon any change
1t will be remembered, too, that Presi-
dent Taft in his recent speech on Dis
trict affairs intimated that some better
plan of handling District business in
Congress might be devised. Here again
Mr.. Clark Interposes a negative. He
does not know any more expeditions or
satisfactory method. We are to expect,
therefore, a repetition of the conditions
which have prevailed during the last
few months 1t is evident. too, that
Mr. Clark does not hold District legis-
lation in high esteem. He explains the
inaction and indifference of Congress by
asserting that many OF the bills reported
by the District Committee during the
session were Of doubtful propriety and
several positively bad" 1t is difficult
to believe that the plan for securing per
manent Improvements, the teachers re-
tirement bill. and other measures Of real
public importance are included by him
in this category. even though they were
not allowed consideration in the House.
The District OF Columbia - a helpless
territory 1t is dependent under the
Constitution upon Congress for its legis-
lation. It wants not only the interest
and support OF Speaker Clark, but of
every other member of Congress. 1t not
only acknowledges the right # Congress
to reject vicious legislation, but it hopes
that when such legislation is sought an
adverse vote will be recorded. 1t does,
however, demand fair hearing and
registers a dignifed but proper protest
against indifference, hostility, and neg
lcct
The Washington herald., 1911-03-06
Disarmament in Theory and Practice

The recent adoption by the French
Chamber of a resolution inviting CO.
operation of other powers to obtain
consideration at The Hague of the
question of simultaneous disarmament
is very significant Almost at the same
time Herr Speck declared in the German
Reichstag that it was not impracticable
to evolve a scale to effect a cutting down
of armies to the status of a national po-
lice. Previously the French cabinet by
using strong pressure, had succeeded in
having a bill rejected which proposed
direct negotiations with Germany and
Great Britain for the same peaceful pur-
pose.
The resolution may not have immedi-
ate practicability, but it is not altogether
a waste of words. In a military nation
like France it has significance which
ii would not possess coming from peo-
pie of peaceful traditions. As in all ma
tons with large military establishment,
there is a growing public opinion to-
ward some measure for reducing the
burden of militarism consistently with
the safety of the country. That is what
disarmament means to practical states
men, for, outside the extremes of peace
societies, there is no more expectation
of all the world going entirely without
soldiers than OF its going entirely with
out constables. If by concerted action
armies could.be reduced to one-half their
present proportions, the burden would be
Iightened and the prospects for CON
tinued peace improved.
How big these armies are and how
great has been their growth in the last
half century is not appreciated. Each
of the armies of the three great Euro
pean powers, Germany, France, and Rus
sia, even on peace footing, is larger
than that which Napoleon led against
The Washington herald., 1911-03-06
VIEW AND
INTERVIEWS
Return to Americn frnm cnnnhn-

return 10 America from Canada.
American farmers. who for the past
dcade have been Iured by the fertile
lands of the Canadian Northwest to de-
sert their native country, are focking
back again, according to Lewis NJ. Por-
ter, of Helena, Mont, who is at the New
Willard.
THE Musselshell Valley, which is the
district in the central eastern part Of
the State. claims to be reaping the rich
est harvest" said Mr.. Porter. from
these returning tilIers, many of whom
are deserters of worn-out farms in the
Eastern part of the United States.
Dry farming in this district is claimed
to be now at it's farthest development.
and on account of the chCapness of the
land it is proving the most popular ter
ritory for homesteading The land is
fertile and sells at $50 and so and acre.
Grain, of course, is the principal product.
although in some of the irrigated and
better watercd sections fruit and vege-
tables are raised on a scale that ap-
proaches the productiveness Of Wash
ingtOn and Oregon.
Reasons for the American farmer re-
turning home are the lack of transpOrta-
tion facilities in Canada and the bitter
ness of the winter season. While Mon
tana has not a great deal to boast Of in
the way of a mild winter climate, il does
lay claim to more settled weather than
many of the other neighbOring aCriCuI-
tural States. The Musselshcn Valley is
just being opened up. and by the dry
farming process wheat is being produced
there on a scale of thirty bushels to the
acre"
The Washington herald., 1911-03-06
More Happy Homes.

The statistician Of the British Board
of Trade "a government -department)
who has discovered that the United
States is less industrious and has more
idle than other countries because the
percentage of those employed is 80 per
cent of the entire population, while it
is 40 per cent in Great Britain, 44-81 in
Hungary, 1851 in Germany, 46o8 in
Belgium, 5o.II IN Italy, 5I-z7 in France,
and 5I,53 in Austria, seems ignorant of
the principle which decides the share of
the population which is engaged in wage
earning avocations.
If wages are high and furnish sufi-
cient to support family, the number of
married women who are forced to work
in factories and other occupations out
side of the home win be small. II, as
in Great Britain and on the European
continent wages are not large enough
to support the family, tilis number viii
be large This increases the percentage
of persons at work IN a given popula-
ton. Where wages are low and the en-
pioyment of married women IS general,
as in Italy, France, and Austria, there
is very large proportion of persons
employed The comparatively small pro-
portion of persons occupied m the
United States, 50 percent. IS not proof
that the country has more idle people.
but that 4 has higher wages and more
The Washington herald., 1911-03-06

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The Washington herald., 1911-03-06

H United Court
a n tinec of Haverhn Mass
Of
AKED clergyman expert BIZ
wheel climbing
difhcult Alps
artist native OF Uruguay He
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The Washington herald., 1911-03-06
He Was Absent-minded.

From Harper's Magazine.
There was an absent-minded professor
in a famous Western university who used
to take long walks late in the evening.
One night he was walking alone in deep
meditation when he collided with COW.
Thinking it was his friend, the school
teacher, he politely doffed his hat and
made a profound bow, saying: Il beg
your pardon, madam"
After going little farther he really
did collide with the school-teacher. Re-
calling his previous experience, ne ex-
claimed in utter disgust: rs that you
againY7
The Washington herald., 1911-03-06
District bills which passed during the Sixtyf Congesl
addition to those proposed by the District Commssoners

Authorizing changes highway Rock Creek
n
authorizing highway section
Amending authorizing Washington, Gretta
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of
Changing
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Condemnation
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ing
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Seventeenth northwest
The Washington herald., 1911-03-06
His Chante

From the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
BE mine, pray your cried Mr.. Pop
per. passionately. "Ah, do not answer
hastily. Ponder well. and see II you can
not love me. Oh. IL might only. as some
knight of old, perform some deed OF dar-
ing-do some valorous act to show you
how"
'You caTl." interrupted Miss Cunning.
calmly. 60 to papa
The Washington herald., 1911-03-06

Russia in 1872. Such hosts cannot be
reduced save by concerted action. This
was illustrated at the original Hague
conference, when Russia's proposal to
reduce its army was found to leave it
still with preponderance, which gave
Germany the opportunity to defeat dis
armament.
The Washington herald., 1911-03-06

happy homes in which women are dis
charging their best Office and work in
caring for their families instead of
laboring for wages in factory and store.
The Washington herald., 1911-03-06

The new savings bank life insurance
plan does not seem to take in MassaChu-
setts. We understand that A mans
life is insured amply If he has money in
the bank
The Washington herald., 1911-03-06
A LITTLE NONSENSE.
A WISE MAN.

There was a man in our town,
Who went d giddy pace.
His wife god mad and dressed him down,
And also scratched his face.
Whereat he sought a bramble bush
And kicked up quite a fuss,
And told his friends without a blush
He got his scratches thus.
The Washington herald., 1911-03-06

Nine Carolina cotton mills have COM
bined in the interest OF Economy of
production" No one ever expected them
to admit that it might be to keep up
the high prices on cotton goods.
The Washington herald., 1911-03-06

Did it ever occur to you that the youth
who walks down town to his place of en-
ployment would get there sooner If the
girl who parades about ten feet ahead
of him would walk faster?
The Washington herald., 1911-03-06

Ex-Banker Robins first attorney said
the man was a lunatic. His second law
yer insists that he is a hero. But what
we would really like to know is what
Robin has to say about the experts in
his case
The Washington herald., 1911-03-06

This fills a long-felt want. sure enough.
An italian has invented a machine that
applauds automatically in theaters. He
ought to make a fortune.
The Washington herald., 1911-03-06

Even the recipients are said to welcome
the Michigan bill to prohibit campaign
cigars.
The Washington herald., 1911-03-06
His own Fault.

rs your husband a good man?'
Yes; he's a good man. 1 can't COM
plain. But he always sneaks out when
ever the clergyman calls"
The Washington herald., 1911-03-06
Enect of murphy influence.

From the Union Observer.
Murphy certainly has Influence" in
one direction. Every day he spends in
Albany the disposition to take the cleo
ton of United States Senators out Of
the legislatures grows stronger.
The Washington herald., 1911-03-06
Bar Mails to Trusts.

One method of compelling the corpora
tions to obey the law, according to Max
Pam attorney. OF Chicago and New
York. who was seen at the Arlington.
would be to call on the power Of the
government to deny the use OF the mails
for carrying matter of any corporation
that will not make complete and full
reports of its organization and its man
agement and operation, and also to deny
the right of the use of the channels OF
interstate commerce, such as express
companies for similar Noncompliance
with the law.
Congress, by regulating the use Of
the mails and the channels of interstate
commerce" said Mr.. Pam. may compel
every corporation engaged in any bust
ness. whether interstate or not. to give
publicity to its corporate affairs. and I
suggest in that regard legislation by Con-
gress denying the use of the mails and
other instruments Of interstate COM
merce for the transmission of any mat
ter concerning the affairs or business Of
any corporation which has not made
and file reports to the fullest nature
concerning its organization and bust
ness, such, for example. as are ALREADY
exacted from the interstate carriers un-
der the interstate commerce act
THE mails are an instrumentality
organized and conducted by the national
government for the benefit and con-
venience of the people. 1t is an agency
over which the government has absolute
and unqualified control. free from re-
straint or restrictions of any kind, ex-
cept those found in the Constitution. The
government has the right to determine
for itself what may be carried in the
mails and what should be excluded
Devil Wagons Breed Trouble.
D. F.. Elliott, of Philadelphia, who is
ct the New Ebbitt, speaking of the con-
nection between automobiles and the high
cost of living, said: so much leather is
used nowadays in the manufacture OF
automobiles that hides are higher. leather
IS higher, and so on down, step by step,
until the price of boots and shoes is
raised. It is the same story with rubber.
The demand for the crude material in
the automobile trade has hoisted prices
all along the line. from overshoes to
pneumatic tires. and most Of all in Lon
don, for the shares Of new Scotch rubber
plantation companies. The more people
ride the more the man who walks pays
for going afoot
THE automobile has developed into an
extensive luxury for the people who do
not use it, continued Mr.. Elliott TT
has added TO the cost of maintaining the
roads in good repair and of going we'll
srod in wet and dry weather. 1t has
created new styles of clothes and new
resorts for dear food and drink At
the present rate of consumption Holsters
and champagne are likely to go higher.
The only thing that has been cheapened
is human life. The cost of high living.
as James J. Hill said, has made the
cost of living higher The automobile
was well named the devil wagon"
The Washington herald., 1911-03-06

A convict in a far Western penitentiary
got $1,000 for a patent that he had in
vented while behind the bars. We prefer
to do without the $1,000.
The Washington herald., 1911-03-06

AS simple act of justice to one de-
parted. We desire to state here officially
that Washington has seen worse days
than those of last February.
The Washington herald., 1911-03-06
Avoiding Suspicion.

Duke, you really mustn't stay so
late"
why not, my lover"
Papa has heard that you are des-
perately hard up. and some one has been
stealing our milk of late"
The Washington herald., 1911-03-06
From the Boston Transcript.

From the Boston Transcript
In proposing to build at his own ex-
pense a splendid highway the whole
length of the State Of Delaware, the
president Of the Du FONT Powder Com
pany is preparing for himself a unique
and attractive distinction.
The Washington herald., 1911-03-06

A Baltimorean who lost his fortune
now also has lost his wife, who divorced
him because he is poor. Some misfor
tunes really are blessings in disguise.
The Washington herald., 1911-03-06

Did you ever notice that the weather
never is too cold for girl to take ride
in an auto?
The Washington herald., 1911-03-06
DISTRICT RECORD IN CONGRESS.
Bills proposed by the D
ing the Sixty-irst Congress:


ing the Sixtyfrst Congress:
xtensio of streets uheast
q for
dge
Change of highways plan
10 n o
Changing between and H.
The Washington herald., 1911-03-06
Finds London Best.

Capt. Charles c. Healey. Of Chicago,
| who recently visited European centers
to study street cleaning and traffic man
agement. when seen regarding his obser-
vations said that although he has studied
the condition of many Continental cities
he retains the favorable opinion he
formed of London.
Berlin" said Capt Healey. '-ts the
cIeanest city have visited. Perhaps
the impression is due partly to the new
pavements everywhere, However, I can
not see where there Is a chance to i'm
prove London. 1t is a model on which
other European cities should base their
ordinances.
Conditions are bad in some spots in
Paris. however. They are developing
there the Emo system of handling traffic,
which might just as we'll be called the
London, New York. or Chicago system.
The drivers of Paris are not yet edu-
Gated to the fact that the streets belong
to the people as well as to them"
Three weeks of close study OF London
confirmed Capt. HeaIey's opinion that the
way traffic is handled is due to the
quick obedience of the public to the pO-
lice. London streets are easy to clean.
owing to their smooth surface. The
cleaning of them at night, when there
is no traffic congestion. is fine. have
never seen, either, so complete a system
of garbage removal as in London. The
vans are metal, and are almost air tight.
preventing matter being blown about and
penning UP odors. Motor brushes and
motor sprinklers save time, are econOm-
iCal. and far in advance of the hand
cleaning methods in Chicago or any other
city in the United States.
The Washington herald., 1911-03-06

Moreover. what did all the filibustering
really amount to. seeing that all bills
were passed except the one measure on
which there was no real filibuster?
The Washington herald., 1911-03-06

It remains an interesting question in
Washington as to who is to do the cook
ing in the new Wiley household.
The Washington herald., 1911-03-06

Perhaps Mr.. Cox. of Cincinnati. is sorry
now that he did not retire from Ohio
politics and move to New York
The Washington herald., 1911-03-06
Frnm the Boston Globe.

From the Boston Globe
AS for the pen with which Gov. Foss
signed the certificate Of Senator Lodges
reelection, we do not know whether he
will give it TO Hon. Butler Ames or keep
1t for himself.
The Washington herald., 1911-03-06
American Ruins.

But you have no interesting ruins In
your country" declared the baron.
what's the matter with our race
track grand standsr'
The Washington herald., 1911-03-06
An Enxnred Couple.

Lent is rather dun time"
Yes. but guess Ferdy and myself
The Washington herald., 1911-03-06
POLITICAL COMMENT.

From the Philadelphia Record.
There have been times when a mans
right to a seat in the Senate was judged
on higher grounds than his right to be at
large.
The Washington herald., 1911-03-06
Home Finance.

Another scandal in high life"
How now?'
They say that Mrs. Van SQuawk ex-
acts percentages of all her servants
tips.A
The Washington herald., 1911-03-06
Had to Invest.

What cured him of fiirting?'
He started a Irritation with a lady
who turned out to be selling an en-
cyclopedia at 500 a set
The Washington herald., 1911-03-06
The Amateur Gardener.

And now for seeds my dollars go;
TIL send the cash
And get the seeds from which TO grow
Some succotash.
The Washington herald., 1911-03-06
From the Austin RepubIican.

From the Austin Republican
The Cleveland Plain Dealer calls Luke
Lea, the young Senator-elect from Ten
nessee, a STRIPPING. II our contemporary
could see Luke once it would understand
that he is not a stripping, but a strapping
straplinS.
The Washington herald., 1911-03-06
n the Denver Republican.

Hope of popular government lies in the
discharge by the people OF the duties
which belong to them, and no device will
enable them to avoid their obligations
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-12-20

deadly poison. 1t was the police the
DRY that the girl, trusting Richeson i'm
plicity, swallowed the drug in the be-
lief that it was medicine that would
relieve her.
Jail officials this afternoon declar-
ed that Richeson, in their belief, did
not try to kill himself, but that he
mutilated himself in an insane frenzy
while brooding over his connection
with Miss Linrel
At / o'clock the Jail physician said
that, barring complications, there was
little DOUBT as to Richeson's ultimate
recovery.
Richeson prepared with cunning his
attempts to mutilate himself. The
piece CT tin had been ground to an
edge on the cement floor of the cell.
The wardens declare it took several
days to sharpen the tin.
District Attorney Pelletier said
Richeson's trial probably would begin
on January 15, as originally scheduled.
For time it was Thought Richie
sons wounds had been inflicted with
a piece Of jagged glass. taken from a
jar of marmalade sent him by friends.
Later, however, it was established be-
yond doubt that the cuts were made
with piece of tin torn from the
spout of prison cup.
Jail employees notified Philip r.
Dunbar and VIM. A. Morse, attorneys
for Richeson, Of his attempted suicide.
They. in turn. telegraphed John L.
Lee. the Lynchburg, Va. lawyer in
charge of the defense, Neither Morse
nor Dunbar would make a statement.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-12-20
Not an Experiment
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