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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-08-06

from becoming sclf-repecting and indie
pendent land owners. That is shameful
waste. There is much Il the same kind In
this country.
The professions are choked with men
who should be farmers or something else.
We have too many 'etailers. many OF
whom break up annuity. The stock ex-
changes I'm New Nor. and other large
places are crowded With non-produce.s s.
Wastc-all waste-of time and money.
Then. consider the idk land owners the
leisure classes or citie, the manufact
ers OF and dealers i'm liquors and tobacco.
and the tramps and criminals. all living
upon the men and women who work-eat
crs and not produces-bidding up the
prices of bread and mea
THE malempoyed ar a burden on civil
ization BY malemplopd | mean persons
who are doing things rot ncedful
The manufacture of champagne is an ex-
trcmc ilustration-a waste of land. labor.
transportation and molev in advertising
bad taste in the munng and a head
ache. The malemployeC of nation cost
the people more than standing army"
you also deal I'm cate" | said. "Whv
has meat been so high 10 the consumer"
II feed cattle In Nehuska with part
ncr-that is TO say. fattcn steers for
market. Reef is dear because we are not
buying corn any more fr 20 cents A bushel.
IL ccst Us ~ cents last year and Is cost
Ing us g. cents this yea Cattle are now
unprohtable We pay s. for lean steer
and feed II $50 worth otcorn. s. worth OF
hay and 81 worth OF cottonseed meal
Freight to market ami other expenses
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-08-06
RETIRE WITH SHOUTS.

Just I'm front OF the wall the head ~ ihs
column was brought To stand Not
shot had been fired by the Union men.
Some OF them, observing that they wers
not To have an opportunity TO use the bsyo-
net, began firing. This lasted only min
ute, when. iD spite OF General Humphreyss
cNertions, the column turned and began 70
retire slowly, singing and hurrahing with.
in those few minutes II had lost i.0i9 men.
At the end Of the charge only one mem
Der OF General fumphreys's STAFF was EEK
mounted and his horse had three wounds
Two horses were killed under he general
IL was growing dark as the remnan, of tie
brigade retired slowly and In sood order
Hooker finding he had lost as many meT
as my orders required me 20 lose. | sus'
pended the attack" This was the cloSa
OF the battle.
General Burnside contemplated continu'
ing the battle the following day. and troops
Were placed along the poin, beneath
Maryos lin reached during the lay. Their
position was such that they could not move
a muscle from one position without run
ming danger OF being shot by ihe Confed'
crate sharpshootcrs. only few ysrds
away They lay in that position through
out one entire day. scores being killed or
wounded The dead bodies Of their coh-s
rades were used as brcsstworks, and they
raised frozen bodies as dummy sentr'es'
Every one OF General Burnside's officers
advised against another attack on Maryes
Ill., and. after considering the situation
for day two. he decided TO take MS
army back across the Rappahannock. Ihs
lac did successfully. lie took upon ldmse'
all the blame for the defeat. and such WAS
his integrity OF character aud the frank
ness Of his confession that the country WIZ
glad TO extend to him it's sympathy In INC
blow.
The total loss to the Union army was
/ sst killed $3.50 wounded and 1859 captuTe'
or missing. or total loss of l2C5S. WHO
Lees loss was sos killed. i.lis wounded ana
Gis captured or missing. n total ot $50 W
Furnishes loss more than 1900 fell In front
of Marye's HIM. where the bodies lay lh
some places three deep. The chief Con-
fedcratc loss was I'm Jackson's commahu
and was caused by Franklin's attack
Ay.N
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-08-06

=. A.. .,,oo,s snd. charging up the bahh'
Ill . landing. The Confederates $40"
rotircd from the scene. few III ''o ia
lars being captured. The o'"'''
the hill back OF the town. in
The bridge building. when ia" e,a,od
tcrrupted nearly all day. was
and during the night and the ~, 49,.
dav Summers grand division crosSeu 49,,
into the town, where IL was muoe"
the sight of the enemy above ior t"e ''
reason that Yankee Doodle was
IN 500 the town-becausc there WEI.
many houses. At the same time fIdiIn"'
grand division had put across No PV
toon bridges mile and hat peio" wv
,ou,r onnoeito General JacksOns poSll'o"'
uitbout molcstation, and marcheu o''''
On Ga s,ron,, 60 far as the Confederate
ND on the hills could see. TINS piS "ouS
troops WAS TO make the chief attack Vi ~
battle and Jackson was the enc WIN wa"
To be put to the test :,
The morning Of December - was oD''
and misty. A fog blanket ma from "'e
view of the Confcderatcs the actiVl'IeS VI
the federal troops i'm the vale below. me
sounds of the moving army rose on the
misty air to the listening ears above VIII
r,a,ked distinctness Suddenly at 10 o CLOCK
the dense fog was disspatcd before the
warmth Of the morning sun and the "ho'e
stage of tho drama of war about TO open
WAS revealed in cIearest outline 10 t"e
couthcrners above. over to the right az
one stood near Lees headquarters. 500"
Franklin's grand division, reinforced pN
two divisions Of Hookers grand dlVisioh'
altogether i0COo men. The flags futtered
gayIy in the breeze, the polished arms
shone brightly I'm the sunlight and the UNI
forms of the serried ranks OF buoyaht
troops gave to the spectacle the air OF
holiday occasion The sOled hats and yell
low butternut suits of Jackson ragged
troops further around To the right present
cd a marked contrast to the Handsomely
equipped federal troops. Down in the town
directly in front. only few soldiers could
be seen There was no Indication OF the
heavy masses that were concealed among
the houses.
Franklin had just begun movement
against Jackson. Troops under Meade were
seen to advance rapidly Silently the IA
nous Confederate general awaited the on
coming foe until within good range, when
he opened a terrific fire. The federal troops
were thrown into some confusion. but they
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-08-06
GENERAL BURNsIDE's PLAN.

General Burnside. who had not desired
the command, feeling himself unequal to
the task, decided 10 concentrate at Fred
ericksburg good sized town on the south
bank Of the Rappahannock. at the head OF
tide water. and from that point march on
toward Richmond. The army was divided
into three grand divisions. each compris-
ing two corps These were placed under
Generals T.. V. Sumner. Joe" Hooker and
W. b. Franklin. Lees army made up OF
two corps under Longstreet and stone
wall" Jackson. was widely separated, Jack
sons corps being in the Shenandoah Val
ley. while Longstreets was at Culpeper
Courthouse. Lee rapidly drew his army
together and decided to occupy the heights
behind Fredericksburg. 1t had been OK
pected that Burnside would cross the river
above the town. and. marching down on the
south bank, occupy these heights himself
He did not, hut planned 10 cross the river
directly I'm front of Fredericksburg. This
involved the use of pontoOns. When Sum
ner reached Fredericksburg he asked per-
mission To cross and take possession OF
the heights. but General Burnside forbade
the move, as he did also in the case OF
Hooker's request to take over his corps at
the upper fords and come in on Lees
left flank when Burnside himself arrived
at Falmouth. just above Fredericksburg,
there was still opportunity to possess the
heights. for Longstreets corps had not
reached Fredericksburg and the pontoons
had not come. The bridge trains in fact.
did not reach Burnside until November p.
Longstreet had occupied the hills on the
other side four days before.
Fredericksburg was a town Of regular
squares. extending for a distance of a mile
and a quarter along the south bank OF the
Rappahannock. al a point about nine miles
across country from the great bend in the
Potomac and perhaps eighty miles above
the mouth of the Rappahannock. 1t was
four blocks, or approximately quarter of
mile. in width. The river at this point
runs between parallel heights, those on the
northeast side coming down comparative
ly close to the waters edge. while those on
the southwest rise third OF mile or more
in the rear Of the town and sweep around
I'm a modest crescent from a bend in the
river a mile or more above to point more
than three miles below. At the lower end
the Richmond. Fredericksburg & Potomac
Railroad crossed a road, the crossing being /
known as Hamiton's Crossing. The rail |
road swept along the base Of these heights, |
and after passing over Hazel Run, a creek |
emptyng into the Rappahannock, curved |
around into the lower end of the town and |
continued across the river and through |
run in the heights opposite on its way tow
ard its destination on the Potomac.
A small canal traversed the level space |
between the town and the hills in the rear,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-08-06

n fondness for Greek and the teachings
OF Billy Sumner. | have rejected some or
Professor Summers principles but he taught
me how 10 think-where and when 10 start
and TO follow the trail 10 logical conclu-
sion. Greek gave me knowledge of the
worlds best literature. have brought up
my family on the Had and odyssey. Also,
learned to write at Yale. where I edited
the college magazine. and II YOU viii let
me say ii. won class honors."
"Sincc 1901" ! said. when your father
died. you have managed the Kent estate.
which is Jointly owned by your mother and
yourself
yes We have land and other property
in a good many parts of the country. No,
am not practical farmer, but know
a good field when | see ". 7 am n dealer
in land that Is my principal business but
! do not speculate in land because that Is
an indefensible occupation. Land - about
the only investment one can make and re-
tain his indof ,ndcncc. unless one has cap
itaI enough 10 buy railroad.
81 liked banking and WAS the executive
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-08-06
ssions Are Full of Men Who Should be Farmers Says Kent
Californian Wants to Tax I'm.
improved Land and Vacant
Lots Into Use and Stop
Speculation.

director Of Chicago bank for number
of years. Selling the use of money is not
like selling dry goods. hardware or any
thing else. The banker. so the borrower
thinks. bestows the favor. But the Chicago
bank was combined with another, and
lost my interest in the money lending bust
ness. Since then l have gone more and
more into land. ono can control ones land
No board OF directors has any authority
over the crops. one can't be sold out
IF a man buys stocks he surrenders con
troll Of his money He may attempt TO
learn something about the steel works or
the railroad in which he has put his CAPT
tai but unless he is one of the insiders
he will he turned down mighty quick Good
bonds Of course, are mortgages. and are
desirable, but | prefer laud-not 10 hold.
but to develop.
81 have a large tract I'm Nevada to which
] am bringing water and which am clear
ing Of brush, that it may be sold Ia
settlers. ! bought some land i'm North
Carolina for s. 30 an acre. Twenty miles
away the same kind of land is worth So
an acre. Farmers down there have learned
to plant fertilizer with coitonseed. and thus
10 make worthless old turpentine clearings
into farms Of great value. Shares are
trinng when compared with such oppor-
tunitics.'
Have YOU tenants
Not many / don't believe i'm tenants.
, When | bargain with a renter do so in
the hope that he will soon he a purchaser.
Money cannot be made under the tenant
system unless cooperative relations arc
established. a prosperous renter is a happy
renter and will keep the weeds down and
the soil up. Skin tenant and the land
owner skins himself"
what do you think OF the back To the
farm movement
''Thc waste in the world is the first OF all
problems. Getting back TO the land. in this
country at least. comes next. The army OF
eaters is increasing faster than the army
of food producers. Yet when carpenter
or a clerk leaves the city 10 buy land he
finds IL in the hands Of Spectators That
is another of the live problems OF the day.
/ have no remedy. because am more OF
a critic than "A constructor. but | construct
occasionally. Nv suggestion is that all
land be taxed into use.
Millions Of acres and hundreds of thou
tdHus VI ioNH anu cllN IotS are Delng ncld
for an advance In prices, That Is specula-
ton. Unproductive land Is taxed down on
the theory that the owner should be ia
vored. inasmuch as he is getting no in
come. That doctrine Is "A swndle on in
dustry and enterprise. Men sit tight on
what they have and let the communits
grow up all around them
while other men create values and nav
taxes the spectators wait and block prog
rcsS. BY and by they sell out and pocket
their unearned profits. I would tax Wild
land. uncultivatcd land and stagnant land
into business ! would make the gambling
owners feel that they either had To sell or
put their land 10 use. Prices then would
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-08-06
Victory
How Battle of Fredericksburg Lees Greatest victory
IT,. A-,.,. of The Trbune's Civil War Series Tells tn.
Story That saddened the North Half Century
AGO. of 1000 Federal Dead Piled in Heaps
=, the Foot of Marye's Hill

produced results which were as,ori.,,..
10 Longstreet az he looked down ov.r a.,
field The federal troops swarrned op,...
the city like bees out Of a hive. mo,l.t
at double quick and lining up At -,
edge OF the field. directly In from, !,
Marye's Hill and tine sunken TeIev-,,s
Road just below, in which General cobb.
troops had been hidden
The federal troops. with iii, nj, tu.
their arms at right shoulder shift, a..
their colorS aslant on The shoulders ~ n
color bearers. crossed the canal al n.
bridge and reached the shelter OF a bant
Here. protected from fire. they doplov.,
i'm battle line for the charge They mo-.
showed themselves above the eros, ~ -.
ridge and advanced along the line Of n.
Plank and Telegraph roads in column, >,
brigades Their shining bayoncts gIis,en,s
i'm the sunlight and gave tho line the a.,
yearance Of "A giant serpent OF blue a,.
steel The fences dividing the hotio,nI,,s
into fields and gardens fell before them :.
they swept along i'm irresistible might to,.
ard the flaming lines OF the GOnfedcrs,,.
behind the stone wall Tho bursting sbop,
made great gaps I'm tho lines. but still thee
came on as if thoy would 20 siraiyb,
through and over the COnfedcrateS cor.
cealcd behind tho wall. Then canister va,
turned upon them and they staggered. M,
did not stop. The Gcorgians in tho s,lnke,
road under the brow OF tho Hill rose nm .,
one man. glanced along their rife barrel,
and fired The Fcderals hesitatcd beforA
the line OF flame and storm OF lead then
turning. took refuge behind the bank
large number ran into the old unoccupied
railroad cut i'm Hazel Run. 4 battery q,
Lees Hill discovered the bluecoats hover,
ing there and poured whitening drs
through tho cut which wrought fright,l
destruction.
4 fresh Federal force charged across m.
open space i'm front of tho wall and Was
broken and repulsed. the ground being 50
thickly strewn with dead and wounded tina,
the bodies impedcd the progress OF the
third Union line which was then formed
and marched out across the shelterless area
in front Of the deadly stone wall \ fourth
time the Federals charged \ gallant man
came within one hundred feet of Cobbs
stone wall, and then fell. A few other,
were close behind him, but they were
either killed or they fed from the certain
death that confronted them.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-08-06
TROOPS FOR SUNKEN ROAD.

General Lees anxiety for tho safety ~
line which the Federais seemed det,r
mined To carry caused Longstreet to ora
fresh troops I'm readiness for the suppor.
or Cobb's brigade. and General Kcrsha-r
was sent down into the sunken road ,ita
a supply Of ammunition. He arrived al
just the right moment. for General COBB
a few minutes before had been NOR Ill
wounded. The men behind the stone pr
now lined up four deep, the from; In.
after firing stepping bacl. ana ei-in-. &c
to the next succeeding ana tn 30 I'm.
Ing a practically continuou- .5i IA O.
lead.
a NTH time Union soldier -. o--,-.
for charge, and again they -.,f rro
by the Internal hail from the 20 u %,
fatal stone wall. General Burr = -
now so determined to seize MARY - b.
the most invulnerable part OF tn, ~
confederate line, that Fighting To-" 70
er was directed TO take all of h,- .r.Y 81.
troops and attack the impre MI, = .
ton. He looked at the hill. aud over p
Unsuitable appetite for fghtin~ -a.o'i j. =.
sent an aide-de-camp TO Gen s,aI ,;-1 l6s
10 advise that no further ate ~ 4,
at that point. General Burp.ii. piad
by reiterating his order Tu,, al
Hooker put spurs 10 his horse ara %. 20
headquarters, and for the first and ut
time in his life begged that his .roops
should not be sent to certain Destruction
General Burnside insisted. and Hookc- r..
turned to arrange for the onsIaugn.
The charge of General Humphreys hi.
gade was one OF the remarkable incidents
OF the war. He commanded two brigades
consisting OF approximately 800 men. who
had never been I'm battle before so many
OF the men who had advanced IN tn, nre.
Vious charges were lying on the grouid for
protection against the murderous fire tina.
he found it difficult to lead his men ior.
ward. Some OF them followed suit. and.
lying down. began firing a the rebel .n.an.
Try, only go feet away. Seeing that notn.
ing could be done against the rebels b.
musketry fire. he determined to try
charge with the bayonet By the personal
efforts of himself and his staff he sue.
ceeded i'm stopping the promiscuous firing
and In getting his men in line orders were
given that no heed should he taken OF the
men lying on the ground, but 10 run over
them. stopping for nothing until the bsy0-
nest had found the Gonfederates The off,
GERS were ordered TO the front AMI Tyers
brigade. led by Tyler and HUMPHREYS,
marched with cheer directly into the face
Of the heaviest fire OF the day. Tho stone
wall was sheet Of fame, which envclop,i
the head and tanks Of the column
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-08-06
n HE last great battle Of 1862 was that
which took place at fredericksburg

" HE last great battle Of 1862 was that
which took place at Fredericksburg,
Il Va, on December 13, resulting in
frightful loss TO the Union army. without
any compensating gain. II was fought by
the Army of the Potomac. numbering over
1Oo,O0O men. under General Ambrose r.
Burnside, and an army Of approximately
1000 electives. under General Robert h.
Lee. 1t has been described as Lees great
est victory. Aided by natural advantages,
ne was required to employ not more than
20oO of his men.
General Mcclellan did not hasten the re-
moval OF the Union army from Antietam
following its tactical victory on the banks
Of that stream. The delay I'm moving In
tie wake of Lees army. which had crossed
back into Virginia. finally took President
Lincoln 10 McClelan's camp on an in
vcstgating tour As the visit did not
produce any Ysults, on OCTOBER y
HallcCk, the general i'm chief. wrote Cen
Cral Mcclellan q note in which he SAID
that the President directed the general to
"cross the Potomac and give battle to
the enemy or drive him south. Before
the army moved. however. General j. j..
Is. Stuart. the willy Confederate cavalry
leader repeated the feat he had performed
when Mcclellan was before Richmond by
crossing the Potomac and riding entirely
around the army and back again without
suffering damage. Finally Lincoln pro-
vided plan of campaign, and on Novem-
her /, moro than two months after Antie-
tam. Mcclellan actually got his great army
to tho south side of the river on the east
erly slope of the Blue Ridge. owing perhaps
in some measure to remark made by an
officer in the Union army to another re-
gsrding the reason McClellan's army did
not bag Lee at Sharpsburg, President Lin
coin began to think that maybe General
Mcclellan had no real desire to beat the
enemy. He decided TO adopt test upon
which to base a decision whether or not TO
remove Mcclellan from command. If Lee
succeeded in crossing the Blue Ridge and
establishing his army between Richmond
and the Army of the Potomac without OPP
position. Mcclellan was to he deprived Of
his command.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-08-06

bridge builders To continue their work but
AL to no purpose. for the embattlcd Con
federates In the rifle pits and cellars along
The waterfront We're as busy with their
rifles as swarm Of hornets whose nest
has just been disturbed. At last irri;atod
by the continued opposition the federal
artillery ON the heights above poured forth
the Walls of their wrath upon the town in
an avalanche OF iron shot and shell that
was awe inspiring. Chimney pots crashed
TO earth. The flames and smoke Of burn
ing houses contributed To tn" pandemo-
mum. AS this did not dislodge the Con
federatc sharpshooters. troops crossed over
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-08-06
Advantages of Position and Tactics Enabled Confederate
Leader to Inflct in This Contest Blow of Ire
mendous Force the Union Arms at
Slight Loss to His Own Men.

authority. Mcclellan was seen stepping
from the door of the car to the platform
There was instant silence. He spoke brief
ly ending with the words: stand py
General Burnside as you have stood by
me and all will be we'll" This Gained the
soldiers and they trundled the car back to
the train and recoupled It. AS the cars
rolled out OF the station the men bade fare
well to their late and much beloved COM
mander I'm one long. melancholy huzza.
General Mcclellan said in after years:
Many were in favor of my refusing to
obey the order and of marching upon
Washington to take possession Of the gov
eminent"
When Lee heard of McClellans retire
ment he is reported to have remarked that
he regretted to part with Mcclellan, "for,
he added. I'VE always understood each
other so well. | fear they may continue
10 make these changes till they find some
one I don't understand"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-08-06

masScd themselves once more and started
afresh. with such viGOr tat JackSon's line
was pierced at one point. but reinforce
ments forced the federals back TO the rail
road track. This reverse was checked. but
the federals did not rcacl that point again,
for owing to the Indebtedness of his or
ders Franklin could send in his troops only
in piecemeal fashion.
An hour or more following the first at
tack by Frankln's Troops Longstrcet or
dered his batteries to ire down through
the streets of the town at such points az
troops were to be seen. This was Intended
10 be "A diversion I'm fa'or OF Jackson II
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HOMELY epgram from William
Kent: "Neighbor you have tried to
L help. brother. you have PLACED fair
The Washington times., 1911-02-12
Carries Everything For
Motorists But the Car

Everything for the motorist except
tie automobile" is the way the Ma
tional Electrical Supply Company sums
up what it carries in stock for the auto
mobile and the motorist- The accessory
department is managed by William JOSE
who has been identified with the busi-
ness interests of this city for many
years. Shortly after the conclusion OF
the automobile show the company will
remove its automobile supply depart
ment to larger quarters at 1923 New
York avenue. A three-story building is
being remodeled to meet the needs of
the company's growing business. Man.
ager Jose promises some interesting ex-
hibits at the automobile show.