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The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-05-17

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The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-05-17

Dance. Wandamere. Friday.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-05-17

Refrigerators
Ice cream freezers
Washing machines
Scrub brushes
Bird cages
Royal granite ware
True Blue enam el e d
ware
Tin ware
Galvanized iron ware
Aluminium ware
Universal coffee perco-
lators
Universal bread MAX
erS
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-05-17

Universal food chop
pers
Arcadian NJ al | e a b ! e
iron ranges
Majestic M all e a b e
iron ranges
Perfection oil k
stoves
Perfection oil heaters
NewMethod gas ranges
Mason fruit jars
Economy fruit jars
Golden Gate M a S 0 n
fruit jars
Jelly glasses
Lantern globes
The Washington times., 1911-01-19
HAS THE COTTON-PICKER
CONE AT LAST1

Has a successful cotton picking ma
chine been perfected at last! Ever
since Whitney's invention gave its
great impetus to what is now the
South's staple crop, the development
of a machine which could take the
place of the human hands in the pick
ing of cotton has been one of the
dreams OF the agricultural and indus
trial world. 1t would have been rash
at any time to say that human in
genuity was unequal to the task. The
linotype, for instance, overcame OBJ
stacles of much the same nature
which seemed insurmountable, es-
pecially the matter of selectivity. The
Chicago Record Herald takes it for
granted that a cotton picking machine
which Southern inventor has been at
work on for quarter of century has
The Washington times., 1911-01-19
Government Clerks MakeUse
of Times Mail Bag

moved upon reaching those ages, have
been unable to accumulate anything.
The greater, number have had de-
pendent, wives. children, and otner
relatives, and have found 1t difficult to
barely support them and educate the
children. To talk to a man who has
been through this struggle about his
inability to save money is aggravaung.
The question is fairly before Congress.
VIII It act? If so, will It act with hui
manity to old. faithful. deserving clerks;
or will it deliberately say GO. you are
worn out and useless, we have, there-
fore, no further interest in you or your
destiny?'
One thing more ought to be taken In
to corsideration-the great majority OF
clerks in the departments are young
very young men, who, Judging from the
appearance of those who have lately
come into the service, have only recent
iy graduated from the schools.
Many of them have no intention OF
remaining permanently in the service,
but are making their employment by the
Government a stepping stone or con-
venience to enable them to attend va
rious schools of law, medicine, dem
tistry, etc.
They do not desire to be taxed for the
relief of superannuated clerks. IL Is
probable that If these youths were asked
what disposition ought to~be made OF
the question of caring for the aged
ones they would reply that their hrst
interest is In number one, and they do
not care what becomes of the old as
long as their places are surrendered 10
the young.
The vote, therefore. of these young
men was very naturally in favor OF
larger salaries and Ieaving the matter OF
approximation entirely out Of the ques-
ton.
! Let us get back to the consideration OF
the bills before Congress, if possible.
FOR PENSIONS.
The Washington times., 1911-01-19
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND
PEOPLES INTERESTS

The new board of directors of the
Chamber of Commerce had hardly had
time to get acquainted with itself be-
fore it was called upon to demonstrate
that the Chamber stands for the in
terests of the people of the District of
Columbia.
At its initial meeting the new board
was presented with an opportunity to
help the people deal with public
service corporation problem-and it
responded promptly.
The House Appropriations Commit
tee reported the District appropriation
bill yesterday afternoon, without the
item of $4,000 for a thorough investI-
CATION of the Great Falls power project.
Two hours later the new board of di-
rectors of the Chamber of Commerce
ordered the municipal legislation COM
mittee of the Chamber to get busy IN
an effort to have the item inserted in
the bill by the Senate Appropriations
Committee.
Bv this action, the board OF dl-
rectors showed that the Chamber
of Commerce is what it should
bean agency for the promotion
of the welfare of the citizens
of Washington. This is the sort
of spirit that has made the Chamber
the strong, progressive institution 1t
is today, and that, if maintained, VIII
make it even stronger in the future.
1t will be gratifying to the people
of Washington to know that the mo-
tion to boost the Great Falls power
scheme was passed by unanimous vote
of the board.
The Washington times., 1911-01-19

at last been brought to perfection, and
will soon become commercial factor
Some idea of the Importance of the
invention may be gathered from the
statement that it will pick as much
cotton in half an hour as can now be
picked by hand in a day. Its capacity,
in other words, is a bale of seed cotton
every three hours; whereas a good
cotton picker does not now gather
much, if any more, than bale in a
week of six working days.
= If this invention should prove prac-
ticable, it will, indeed, as the Record
Herald points out, transfer the chill
dren from the cotton fields to the
schoolhouse," and in large measure
solve the problem of agricultural labor
in the South. 1t will work a social
industrial, and educational transfer
nation. The one great question is:
How discriminatory will the cotton
picker pick cotton?
The Washington times., 1911-01-19
Oppose Gillett Bill.

To the Editor of The Washington Times:
The persons in the classified civil
service are greatly gratified at the en-
phatic action of the House of Repre-
sentatives in refusing to take up for
consideration the Gillett bill, which pro-
poses to establish, in the Government
departments at Washington, system
of compulsory contributions to main
tain a so-called superannuated body OF
civil employees. Now that the Gillett
bill Is practically dead, there is some
prospect that Congress will. in good
time, provide a reasonable increase In
the salaries of persons who are on the
active civil list.
The active list should have no con-
nection with nor responsibility FOR the
superannuated list. The Gillett plan or
compulsory contributions is regarded
with the utmost disfaVOr among the
active employees in the civil service OF
the Government. The plan Is fraught
with oppression. We want none of II
now, nor in the future!
RANK AND FILE.
The Washington times., 1911-01-19
SUBURBIA DEBATES LAWNS
AND GARDENS.

When the noble Brutus inquired OF
his solicitous spouse, Dwell | but in
the suburbs of your good pleasure 7"
it was the proper thing to establish
the family hearthstone as close to the
CITY hall as possible Certainly it was
only the wealthier class of com
muters who could afford to piddle
around with artichokes and moon
flowers OH Sabine farm. The Sub
urbia of our land plat days is the
ideal life toward which the prisoners
of hope aspire, and heretofore the
front lawn has been its glory. None
of the lighter prints have been able to
get through the summer without a
few impressionist sketches of the
suburbanite winding slowly over the
lea with a lawn mower In truth, the
effort to bring the green reaches OF a
lawn to the proper degree OF Perfec-
ton has been recognized as one OF
the most real of suburban trials,
Those who have succeeded and set
tied back to enjoy the trim lnxuriance
spread before them will be shocked to
learn that lawns have gone out of
fashion. The garden zealots have won
the day. Whether it is the ornamental,
kitchen or hanging garden-the nur-
ture of orchids, air plants or Early
Rose potatoes-which is to be the ap-
| proved mania is not quite clear. This
very question will only add to the
| perplexity of the original issue be
tween the garden and the lawn which
has become a line of cleavage at the
breakfast table. the witches'-brew OF
the evening meal The older inhabi
tants of Lonesomehurst, who have put
in their best years bringing up
velvet sward by hand, stand out stout
! ly for the grassy institution, hedget
with privet and tender memories. The
rocco second families and rasf
iconoclasts are all for the ornaments
shrubbery or the spinach and spuds, a.
the case may be. The despotism O.
the lawn mower may be broken, bu
dragons teeth are terminating in th'
tabloid garden.
The Washington times., 1911-01-19
Example of Economy.

To the EDITOR Of The Washington Times:
Permit me to call attention to several
instances which correctly illustrate the
character of Congressional economy
Last winter the Senate passed a bill
authorizing $3,6OO,OOO for the purpose Of
enlarging the Capitol grounds To re-
coup after this self-indulgence, the very
next action was to authorize the expendi-
ture of 100000 to institute economies in
the executive departments. The alleged
economy board selected to install
economical methods in the departments
agreed to recommend the dismissal of
more than 200 clerks, to reduce the
salaries of others, and to secure for
each of themselves an increase of salary
Of $500 or $1,000 per year. Think what
fine Congressman the members of this
economy board would make!
Coincident with or previous to the re-
duction Of the clerical force by 237
clerks. the Administration attempts, by
proposed executive order, to increase
the hours Of labor by a half hour, but
is baked by the statute which limits
the power of lengthening the hours of
work to the heads Of the various de-
partments, who then, with the excep-
ton of Attorney General Wickersham,
acknowledge that no present necessity
exists for lengthening the hours. The
conclusion that the Government clerks
were to have been wantonly butchered
to make a cheap grandstand play of
economy is Inevitable.
To offset the economy Of dismissing
237 clerks, which would not save $4,000
it is now tacitly agreed to create forty
one new Congressman at a cost of hall
a million or more. To anyone familiar
with the fact that we already have
about 200 superfluous figure-head Con-
gressmen, the proposed infiiction OF
forty-one more would seem the creation
of a pension list for peanut politicians
and to render more difficult the passage
Of necessary laws.
Another alleged economy Is the pro.
posed ruthless reduction Of the estimates
largely increased receipts and with
estimates well within income, why
should the needs of the city Of Wash
ington be denied in order to enable
Congressmen to hoodwink the genera
public with such mean and hypocritica
pretenses of economy.
The higher cost of living undoubtedly
originated with Congress, which ha:
souandered billions in pork barrels ant
which legislates for the benefit of the
! few favored interests to the prejudic'
and injury of the many.
And meantime the clerks are being
| pushed nearer and nearer the ranks o.
| the submerged tenth of the world:
| people. ONE WHO kNO"S.
The Washington times., 1911-01-19
Asks Temporary Increase

To the Editor " The Washington Times:
have read with pleasure your latest
article in behalf of the Government
clerks, and, being particularly struck
with the several well-directed thrusts
which are contained therein, beg space
to add Just one suggestion which up 10
date have failed to see touched upon.
If Congress should, during the short
session, be disposed to consider honestly
the claims Of the Government employees,
either as 20 increase in pay or any one
of the suggested bills for the retirement
of the old clerks and find that the time
be far too short to enact either, would
II not be a most generous act upon the
part of Congress to re-enact the law
Dassed in 1869, to give all clerks ~
per cent increase for one year on their
respective salaries?
1t is a welI-known fact that often dur
ing the Spanish American war that the
Government clerks, particularly those in
the War and Navy Departments. did
work overtime for many weeks and
months, as did the same clerks after the
war of '6l'65.
BY this act the clerks would be en-
a bled to get a lump sum in hand from
which, if compelled by act of Congress
to do so, to meet the payments Of an
enforced contribution for the creation
of a fund for the benefit of the old clerks
who might be compelled to retire to
make way for new and younger men.
l will add that the author of this COM
municatiOn could. if he so elected, avail
, himself of any bill passed for the re-
! tirement of clerks who have served the
/ Government for forty years and who
would be most willing to step aside in
order that a younger man might take
his place and munificent salary of 81, 200
per annum. A CLERK.
The Washington times., 1911-01-19

vision for the retirement of worn-out
employees on living pensions, it is not
going to be humanity possible for supe-
rior officers to discharge those workers
whose decreasing efficiency is posi-
tive drag, burden, and a dead weight
on the organization. No man with a
heart in his breast or with a linger-
ing suggestion of human sympathy,
in his composition will ever take the
only course that, in present conditions,
can put these departments on a busi-
ness basis. That course is the dis
charge, without any consideration
whatever of personal element, of those
employees who are no longer able to
give the best service. 1t would mean
nothing less than turning out in want
and in the face of starvation hundreds
of people who have given all the years
of their active life to faithful service
of the Government.
Such a thing, of course. is never 60
ing to be done. The business of the
Government may suffer, its routine
may be exasperatingly delayed and the
expense of its conduct may pile more
and more millions every year upon
the burdens of taxation, which already
necessitates raising a Federal revenue
of a billion a year; but no official
for the sake of economy is going to
turn out these old public servants to
starve.
Secretary Ballinger is entirely cor
rect when he says that so long as
retirement fund is withheld the super
annuated and defective must con-
tinue, in effect, to be pensioned by
leaving them on the salary rolls.
Congress is not going to be able
much longer to turn deaf ear to con-
siderations such as these. After many
years of uninterrupted rule by one
party, the opposition has recently won
a great political victory, There can be
no doubt that a realization of the tre'
mendons and progressive increase of
national expenditure had much to do
with shaping the public opinion behind
this political revolution. That fact
ought to be a most effective argument
in favor of a policy of real, not i'm
aginary, economy, The reclassifcation
of the entire civil service, the increase
of salaries in those thousands of cases
where increases are deserved and the
retirement, on pensions, of those EN-,
ployes who have passed the period OF
efficient service, would be a long ster
toward establishment of such a policy
The Washington times., 1911-01-19
Fair Rider to Recover
Soon From Her Injuries

Physicians attending Miss Marian
Crosby. of the Dupont Apartment
House, III Twentieth street northwest.
who was thrown from her horse while
riding in Wisconsin avenue, said today
that her condition is not as serious as
was believed at first. Although in
jured on the head, Miss Crosby suf-
fered only a slight concussion, and her
complete recovery is looked for within
a few days.
The accident happened near Wiscon-
sin and Nebraska avenues yesterday
afternoon. Frightened by street car,
the horse ran away, throwing Miss
Crosby to the road. Her foot caught
In the stirrup and she was dragged
thirty feet before she could free herself.
The Washington times., 1911-01-19
Caring for the Faithful.

To the Editor Of The Washington Times:
The result of the recent Times ballot
by Government clerks Is not surprising.
Everybody would like to have a big
ger salary. That is a forgone conclusion
But the real point at issue seems to
have been lost sight of. 1t is not wheth-
er employees, without regard to age or
efficiency, shall have greater pay, but
whether those who have become inca
pacitated by age, or other causes, shall
be retired with enough pension from
some source. for a decent subsistence,
or, whether they shall be discharged
from the service without any provision
whatever.
The President, members Of his Cabi-
net, and leaders in Congress, agree that
some action is necessary, nay, impera-
tive, for the relief of the service. by
the dismissal of superannuated clerks
and other employees. at the age of sixty
five or seventy years.
IT has been ascertained that the ma
jority of employees who would be re,
The Washington times., 1911-01-19
is CONSERVATION" MOTH
ING BUT A MYTH?

At least a majority of the members
of the House Appropriations Commit
tee have scant regard for national
public opinion. The same gentlemen.
on the other hand, seem to have the
greatest regard for the corporations
that respectively enjoy monopolies on
the privilege of selling electric light
and power and gas in the District of
Columbia.
Just who these gentlemen are may
never be known, for the vote by which
the $4,000 for a Great Falls power
survey was thrown out of the District
appropriation bill was taken in a star
chamber session, whose deliberations
are sealed book. 1t is pity their
names cannot be held up to the view
of every American citizen, that he
might know Just who, on the House
Appropriations Committee, cares rap
for his demands and who does not
The development of the power OF
the Potomac is more than local
project, intended to benefit the people
of Washington. II is national in its
broader sense, as it would stand, when
accomplished, an object lesson in prae'
teal conservation-an actual achieve,
ment by the Government of something
which the Government, both political
parties, most of the States, thousand:
of statesmen, and practically all Of
the people are clamorously advocating
We do not charge that the gentle
men responsible for cutting out th'
$40, 900 were prompted by considera
ton for the Washington Gas Light
Company and the Washington Rail
way and Electric Company, but WI
cannot refrain from accepting their ac
tion with suspicion, in the light of tn
following chain of circumstances:
The best available authority-th
United States Geological Survey-de
cIares the economical development ant
use of the power to be practicable.
The city spends now nearly half
million dollars a year for light.
The District Commissioners-two o
whom are army engineers-believe tn
practicability of using Potomac rive
power has been sufficiently demon
strated to warrant a, complete in
vestigation.
The Washington Railway and Elec
trio Company and the Washington Ga
Light Company are the only interest
of the District that could have an,
reason to oppose the establishment of
municipal, hydro electric plant for pub
lie lighting.
Either the gentlemen responsible fo
The Washington times., 1911-01-19
What's on the Program in
Washington Today.

Lecture by George F. Bowerman, THE
Work of the Public Library in the
District of Columbia" Mcmahon Hall,
Catholic University, 4:SO q. m.
Installation of officers OF Victory Hive
No. L., Ladies of the Macca5ees OF the
World.
Meeting of the Board Of Education,
Franklin School, Thirteenth and *
streets northwest. $3.50 D. m.
Celebration of the anniversary Of the
birth of Gen. Robert E. Lee by various
Confederate organizations. Arlington
Hotel, s o. m.
Reception in honor Of Worthy Grand
Patron wallace Streater by Esther
Chapter, No. s. o. E. s.
Address before the Washington Society
of the Fine Arts by Charles Zuebiin,
The Twentieth Century City," Wash
ington Club. 8 p. m.
Meeting of the staff of the Government
Hospital for the Insane.
National Board of Trade, New Willard.
Third exhibition Of contemporary Amer
lean oil paintings. Corcoran Gallery
of Art, 9 a. m. to 4:30 2. m.
Address by Mrs. Herbert S. Owens,
"Mormons. All Souls Church, IL a. m.
Address on Bank Accounting" Prof.
Edward p Moxey, jr., before the
Washington Chapter, American 1nsti-
| tute Of Banking, p. m.
Meeting of the executive council Of the
American Federation of Labor. Ouray
building, Eighth and G streets, morn
ing and afternoon session.
Lecture by DR.. J. M. Jaeger, Double
Refracting Liquids and the So-called
LIQUID Crystals" before the Washing.
ton Academy of Science, Cosmos Club
8 D. m.
Meeting of the executive committee OF
! the Washington Board Of Trade, 1:
| o'clock
The Washington times., 1911-01-19
Plague Rioters Fight
With Troops in Harbin

HARDIN, Manchuria, Jan. 1s-The
first serious rioting marking the ravag-
ing spread of the bubonic plague in
Manchuria and China broke out here to-
flee from the city were driven back by
soldiers.
Troops patroled the streets, with or
ders to shoot down any members Of
mobs who resisted orders to disperse to
en- with horror and panic, fought with
the troops, women taking part in the
violence.
Martial law was declared in the sub
has taken its heaviest toll OF human
life, comparing the death list with popu-
lation.
The Washington times., 1911-01-19

blocking an investigation of Potomac
river power are overzealous of the in
terests of two of our public service
companies, or conservation" on which
so many of us are pinning our hope
for the future welfare of American
humanity. is a myth.
The Washington times., 1911-01-19

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