The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-01-24
RELENTLESS FINES.

Fumes. like murder, will out At whatever
itsdainful and lofty an angle the man who has
1ce worked in fumes may carry his head, the
gentle odoriferousness of former days will trail
snremlttingly in his path and smite his olfac'
ary nerve hard. bringing him back to earth to
ZEE things as they really are and were.
Sore years ago. while Judge William II.
asnnt. nos a member OF the Court of Customs
Appeals. sat upon the Federal bench in far-off
Montana, group OF landowners petiuoned him
to ssife the fumes from smelling works in the
neighborhood. While the shelters smelted the
ore. the landowners smelt the smell. And not
only that, but their crops ruined and the
waters of peace polluted The Anaconda smelt-
sr's aroma sweetest and most pungent
perfume to the high-bred nostrils of Judge Hunt,
Il one is to gauge from the action he took. Far
from being obnoxious to his fine sense OF smell,
she fumes were just what he needed to add zest
10 the days routine. In brief, he liked them.
Therefore, to the landowners who presented
their petition with nasal twang and sponges
sound around their noses, Judge Hunt quoth,
Wait little while" The the petition
he more Judge Hunt declared the fumes were
,,oing no harm, and If they were occasionins
physical discontinue and the ruination OF crops
Inc longer the nuisance existed the stronger"
the case would be. The stubborn refusal Of
Judge Hunts olfactory nerve to become impress
slonable gave rise to the belief that perhaps It's
delicate sensitization had been somewhat dead
1 aaetic from the smelling corporation. Suffice
1t to say that not while Judge Hunt could help
Il did he give the stenchridden and sourvisag
I'd petitioners any olfactory relief
And now those sef-same fumes cry to the Sen.
ate for relief Quitting the Federal bench in
Montana, Judge Hunt went to the Court of Gus
toms Appeals, and continued to forget about
Hose fumes. But they nave found him out Nc
s.ook is too sequestered. niche too small or
inaccessible for the fumes of the days care
i 10 forget to find us out.
Judge Hunts fumes have found him out, and
now that he has been nominated by President
taft for the new Commerce Court, he learns
That he must fight his way through them. HI
.nay be stifed and overcome by those identica
fumes an he seeks to pass through the portals Of
the recently created tribunal They bar his
way. The air is thick with fumes which have
preceded Judge Hunt to the judicial tribunal
The Senate Judiciary Committee was asked tt
open the book at the pae;o on which writer
Judge Hunts record Immediately the volume
was opened. out burst great volumes of dense
thick and black fumes from the Anaconda
smelling works. and a subcommittee was hur
riedIy asked to ascertain what manner of stencil
was this ......,... .u
Half the subcommittee members seem SO in
ured to the redoence of fumes that they give
Judge Hunt a clean bill Of health. To then
the atmosphere around him is az pure and fra
grant as new-mown hay. The other half. how
ever. after having somewhat recovered from
the overpowering pungency, have reported thai
Ssich fumes would III grace the Commerce Court
and while the committee room is being aired
doors thrown wide ajar and windows hoisted
high. President Taft is implored to take those
fumes away"