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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-11-03
conu,ends Our hospitality.

To the Editor of The Times Dispatch:
Sir-I desire to compliment you and
the people of Richmond for the royal
manner you entertained the delegates
at the recent waterways convention.
The delegates from New Jersey viii
never forget this convention. and L
think this is true from every state
represented.
The manner in which your various
committees carried out their arrange
ments. the hospitality through the en-
tire city, and the fact that Congress
il sure TO adopt the Atlantic waterways
project. means much to Richmond and
justilies the interest.
W. Nj. JACOBUS.
Secretary New Jersey ship Canal Com
mission.
Rutherford N J.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-11-03
A CHINESE CANUrE.

Pu-Yis throne cannot resist the
dashing waves of popular revolt
that endanger it, After immemorial
darkness stretching beyond the veil of
history, the Chinese crown has lost
its magic and the light is breaking
swiftly upon n long misgoverned poo
pie, who now demand that the power
OF government shall be derived from
them and not from the imperial hand.
The last of the great absolutisms is
lettering; though the shadow of the
crown may remain. a constitutional
government is sure to prevail. What OF
Cancellation and compromise the fu-
ture holds none can forecast but the
seeds of protest are sown. The letters
of fear have been broken and the old
gods have fallen.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-11-03

OHciai Washington is at sea as m
whom the President will appoint :,
the vacant seat in the United States
Supreme Court caused by the d,,,h
Oh justice Harlan. It is probable thar
inc President will name the hes, mo
he can find. without regard to Other
circumstances. II he shall nav INV
"''eh'ion to geographical considera.
IONS the justiceship would go to some
resident of the Third. fourth or
Seventh Circuit Court District. sine.
these are now unrepresented on tho
bench of our highest court
President Taft has not been &, :
cl'Aed' however to regard geographl-
ca! lines as of much Importance.
When Justice Harlan was alive h.
ana justices Lurton and Day all came
from the Sixth Judicial District. JUS
'ices Lamar and White represent tao
ruth District The other districts arc
represented as follows: First. Holnos
Second, Hughes, Eighth, Van Dev,,-
Ter; Ninth. McSe emma Tho unrepre-
Schted districts are the Third. consist
ihs OF New Jersey. Pennsylvania ano
Delaware; the Fourth, Maryland Viz
gin!a and North Carolina: and tho
seventh. Illinois. Indiana and wisco,
sin.
II President Taft does, however.
decide 10 consider geographical quail
iications' he Will do well to consult
the records Of the court as to the Old
Dominion. Peter V. Daniel. who died
on the bench in 1850, was virg,n,a.s
latest representative on the Court
in fact. this District has had no repre-
sentative on the Supreme Court since
Chief Justice fancy. OF Maryland. died
in 1861. There arc some splendid law
yers here yet, lawyers Of judicial
mould, high-minded and deeply learn
ed The fine strain of judicial quality
has NOT yet given out In the bar of
the State of "the Great Chief JUS
tee"
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cities. than days sport in tho bracing
autumn air.
Unfortunately. there must be game
If the sport is to DO attempted year
after year. and the hunters. as well
as the Legislature. should cooperate
TO protect and increase the game
supply in Virginia.
The growth of the towns. the spread
of the trollcys. and the natural de-
struction of cover make for a lessen
ing quantity of game. But still, by
shortening the season and by vigor-
ously protecting game birds, except in
the open season, the pleasures of
shooting may long be preserved in
Virginia.
Certainly there was no lack of game
and consequent pleasure for the
first day OF the season and returned at
sportsmen who left Richmond on tho
hrst day of the season and returned at
night tired and happy
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WISHES DAVIS LETTERS.

Have you any letters from Jefferson
Davis? If so. lend them or send -
copy or them to DR.. Dunbar Rowland.
OF jackson. Mississippi. director of the
Department of Archives and History of
the State OF Mississippi. That State.
In which Jefferson Davis spent most
OF his life. and of which he was a
proud citizen. is engaged in the col
lection of all the obtainahle letters OF
hr. Davis. Mississippi realizes that the
BEST source of history and biography
is the letters of those who made that
history or formed the subject of that
biography. For that reason our sister
southern state will bear the expense
OF the publication of the Davis letters
thereby making splendid contribu-
ton to the history of the South and
of the nation.
DR.. Rowland. who Ia one Of the most
reputable Southern historians, will be
slad to hear from all who have a latter
or letters from the President OF tho
Cohtederacy For the sake of presery-
ing history. all who can aid DR.. Row
iann should do SO. There must be hun
dreds of Davis letters in Virginia. and
'"ese ought to be brought to light
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THE SHOOTING SEASON.

II the cold wave which is now blu,.
tering and bowling down on Virginia
to-day had reached this Common
wealth on the morning of Wednesday
instead OF Thursday, there is no tell
Ing how many families of partridges
and rabbits would now not be mourn
Ing the lnexplicable absence of be-
loved relatives
The shooting season opened win n
damp and springlike day. following a
slight sprinkle # rain the night no
fore, and all over the State, if Rich
mond is any example, the hunters
opened their eyes before the sun
opened his. The first car on the Rich.
mond and Chesapeake Bay Railway
carried men and dogs and death 10
the cartridges and rabbits
Richmond can rejoice in the fact thai
however much trouble the birds have
seen, so far, the hunters have NOT
oeen exposed to the terrible risk that
overtakes Nimrods In less skilled and
accustomed communities.
so FAR, no man in the pursuit Of n
days sport has yet found himself the
recipient Of load of buckshot meant
for tawny deer, from which we Judge
that the nerves OF the Virginia hunts
men are steadier and their woodcraft
surer than is the case with the city
bred sportsmen of New Jersey. where
two inoffensiye hunters were killed
and one desperately wounded by an
other who was supposed to be hunting
deer.
All things considered. it is doubtful
if anything gives more pleasure, and
especially TO those who dwell in the
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-11-03

Franco (S45,0Oo. 0oO. 00o) is equal to
thot of Germany. the French popula-
ton is but 39.00o,0oO as against Ger
mahy's 100000: also. that Frances
stock of money per capita of popula-
ton was about s41.oo when last re-
ported 1soe), whereas Germany's was
only about s21.oO
The French have long been held
up conspicuously as the most frugal,
saving and contented people, and sue
cessful individual nnanciers" in the
world. and justly SO; and in the above
comparative exhibit we have another
notable illustration of their saving
instincts. But that does not account
entirely for their difference from other
nations In this respect, and the greater
prosperity of the French masses. indi-
Viouaiiy and collectively. There is am
other instinct that is equally as po-
tential, II not moro potential, in con-
ducing to these conditions and French
national prevalent wealth"
III. Dunning further tells us that al
though France leads the world In the
annual comparative volume of her saw
inSs' which amount to about $500, OOO.-
oVo' italy, with population consid-
eraoIy smaller. exceeds her in the
amount of average savings bank ac-
counts per depositor. and nearly EQUALS
her in the amount OF average deposits
per capita; moreover, that Germany,
Austria, Norway. Sweden, Switzerland
rlf
same way.
what is the explanation of this APP
parent incongruity and conflict OF fig
urcs with the accepted fact of Frances
exceptionally widespread economic
resnancy?
1t is found in the other and anc!llarv
instinct referred to-the investment"
instinct. Co-cXistent with the French
habit OF saving the pennies and de-
posting them i'll savings Institutions,
is the habit Of investing the dollars
in security and putting it away to
Test until ma turity. AS the result of
such exercise of dual thrift, $4,000
200, according to careful estimates,
becomes available in France every
year Tor investment. about $500. 00O.-
coo from actual savings out of the
profits of human labor, and the balance
from probated estates and maturing
Investments"
The lesson of the French saving
habit to the masses of this country is
thus strongly accentuated, especially
IN view OF the Increasing tendency OF
american securities to distribution"
as noted in New York financial papers
short while back. That distribution.
resultant i'll large part from judicial
proceedings against the trusts, is the
opportunity for the American savers to
illustrate, practically and doubly to
their own benefit and the benedt Of
their children, the old saying that
those who take care of the pennies Will
find the dollars taking care of them
selves.
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OUR COAL SUPPLY

Director Holmes. of the Federal
Bureau of Mines. has lately returned
from Alaska. There he looked into ths
ooai deposits, which have been the
subject OF much scandal He came
BACK with the belief that the coal
supply in this country will soon be
exhausted if preventive measures are
not adopted at once. He will tell the
Public Lands Committees of Congress
ihat the coal supply of the nation will
be used UP within two hundred years
In certain important districts if the
present rate of increase of consulnp
ton is continued.
Director Holmes thinks that m.
Alaskan deposits have been greatly
oVerValucd, but great or small. they
should be made available so as to re-
duce as far ms possible the consume
ton in other sections of the national
domain.
This same authority would lease
government coal mines. Every avail
able source OF supply should be drawn
upon. The leasing system would en-
able the government to keep control
of many large districts. In this man
ner, true conservation would he
brought about
Congress Will this winter consider
the subject. The adoption of con-
servation policy is urgent BY opening
many additional mines consumption
can be reduced at old mines. This ss
most desirable and essential. Experts
al agree as to this point. 1t is to be
hoped that Congress will immediately
provide for the leasing of all govern
ment coal deposits.
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THE PORT OF RICHMOND.

In bygone days Richmond was es-
,eemed great port of entry. To its
docks and wharves came vessels ano
barges from all parts of the globe
bearing many articles of commerce
that now no longer reach Richmond in
crude, manufactured form.
In those days molasses, raw sugar,
coffee We're brought direct fro, Brazil
and the West indies TO the wharves of
Richmond. and. when the routes Of
trade We're shifted, and crude sugar
began 10 go to the centres where the
great refneries were located, and coffee
markets. Richmond did not lack mel
ancholy prophets who foresaw. the
utter stasnation OF this city's COM
lncrcf To such sad forebodings there
lent ana conclusive answer
in that Richmond to-day col
iects through the custom house alone
100000 per annum, and exports more
by tar than at any time in the past
The tobacco of this city is cheweJ
and smoked in every cline and under
every sun. Locomotives from this city
haul trains from South Africa 10 the
Arctic Circle. Flour from this city is
rolled kneaded and baked from
Buenos Ayres TO Stka, and from Hong
Kong to the Sahara Woodenware,
biotting paper. havoring extracts and
n plt
carried the name of this city far and
wide and have helped TO swell the
great export trade of Richmond
No wonder, then, that the govern
mont felt the need to rebuild ana
beaut..y the custom house and post-o
flee. seeing that the custom house and
post-ofiice receipts from Richmond
alone in one year equal the total cost o.
these Improvements. From 1901 10 1911
the collections of the port of Richmond
grew from $4,000 to s32O,ooo-or ten
fold. That ought TO be enough to
satisfy any ortimist but even better
Things are coming. and the receipts
for the iirst ." the fiscal year 1912
show that Richmond will pay duties
III this year OF $4,000. a twentytold
increase in ten years! For the same
ncriod the Post-Ofce receipts have
sweled from S211,los in 1900 to s657..
.ls in 1910.
Next year the Post-oGice and Gus
tom House alone Will pay in the United
states Government Treasury from
Richmond si,soo,ooo! That is why
hichnond Is entitled to its splendid
Federal Building. and at this rate of
growth even the new quarters will
soon be outgrown
To get the benefit OF this port, how
ever the James River must be
straightened and deepened, and, when
that is done. the city can look with
confidence to the great expansion Of
us trade with other c,intri3s.
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Voice Of the eople
sn"ce for the Goose, Sauce for the
Gauuer


TO the Editor of The T!mes-DIsnatcb.
olf,--ln reading the machine news
papers since the late primary election.
: hotce a disposition on their part to
cn pS over the defeated faction with
cohSluera6le Sustp. But when we
dna!yzc the 10000 votes cast. quite q
5thS guar fact is revealed, and II is this.
Cu.th2 the campaign il was stated by
oHo 'o on Montague on more than
one occasion that the machine" and
US ONCE holders controlled $4,000 votes
at the start and as only 1000 votes
were cast in all. 1t can be readily seen
.nat Messrs' Jones and Glass got as
many votes as the opposition from the
uhtrnmmcled citizens OF Virginia And
II we concede that Messrs. Martin and
swanson got the entire railroad and
liquor vote why Messrs. Jones and
tlasS get majority of the untram
ihSied vote of Virginia. 1t was an
"nlce -holders' trium.sh from TOP 10
bottom. and reveals more fully than
ever the existence of n powerful and
dangerous political organization whIch
excludes from its councils MANY OF the
ablest and cleanest men in our state.
But, not to diSress. it was TO lust
Such movement as that led by Messrs.
Jones and Glass in the Middle West
and New England States that gave the
Democratic party It's majority In the
present House Of Representatives and
strength enough in the Senate to pass
such Democratic measures as II did
L
their majority Of 10000. Well. what
OF that? How long ago has it been
since Ohio. Wisconsin, Iowa, Maine.
M3Ssaennseus and New York were
rolling up Republican majorities from
5o0So TO 100000 in favor of their ma
chimes? Not very long ago. and they
would have been doing so yet had not
conscientious men in the Republican
party rebelled against their political
masters. With what rapturous de-
light did Southern Democrats trail
their efforts and success! But when
we come to Virginia, they call Il an
other story. But 1t is essentially the
same thing. with names reversed An
lnsurgent Republican up North is
tainted BY the Republican machine as
an assistant Democrat" Down South
the Democrats machine calls the IN
snr$ent Democrat an assistant Repub-
lican' Mr.. Machine Man. do you see
the point?
One moro observation and we close.
Long continuance of ono set Of politi-
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-11-03
MORE DEMOCRACY.

II Governor Woodrow Wilson were
to come to Richmond to-day he would
find an audience that was already in
sympathy with his opinions of the re-
lGtionship between the people and
their government.
In one of his addresses Governor
Wilson said: The main object of
what we are attempting, both in state
and nation, is to establish known
( connections very sensitive connec-
tiQn-between the people and their
governments, both in the States and
the nation, In order that we hay re-
store in such wise as will satisfy us
again the liberty and the objects in
whose interests our governments were
conceived"
That Is d long sentence. and rath-
or involved one. seeing that IT came
from man who is called the best pub
lie speaker on political topics tina
america has produced. But it has In
IL the principle of popular control
over public government and that is
the idea that has brought into being
the report on the change in Rich
mond's administration.
NO government is perfect And why
should any one expect 1t to be-? For
nothing that is created by man is or
can be perfect. The instruments with
which we work fall far short of ma
themat!cal or artistic accuracy and
perfection. The laws we draw are full
of loop holes. crudities and errors.
Our checks" in governments often
hinder and delay needed action. and
our balances become go nicely adjusted
that we see dull stagnation instead or
energy and progress
But SO long az there are men who
believe that satisfactory conditions
can be created, and who are willing to
try the eXper'men of trusting their
own convictions. there is no place for
hopelcssness.
Much That Governor Wilson has said
has terrified the happy possessors of
power and privilege and private ad-
vantage. The very excess of this ter
Eor is the best proof OF how much
need there was for reasserting the
rights of the people 10 rule them
selves. And whether the Democra tic
nomination comes to Governor Har-
mon or to Governor Wilson there Will
DC in the next campaign a further
shaking of the seats of the mighty.
and further advance of the cause
OF the people For the Democratic
party represents the rights OF tho
people. and that party viii be heard
In 1912 as ii has not been since cleve-
land broke the Republican power and
set back the han s OF plumber by pro-
lection Either the people are MT to
rule or tney are not. II they are.
then dc Tocquovillo was right when
nc said; The only cure for Ills OF
Democracy is more Democracy"
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Eleanor mnIlowel1 Abbott.

Eleanor Hnilowell Abbott.
Give me any Information You can
gather concerning Eleanor Haliowell
Abbott. the author OF MOLLY Make Be-
lieve. MRS. H II. TERRELL
Eleanor Hallowell ABBOTT Coburn.
who uses her first three names as her
nom dc plume, is an author. Sho was
born In Cambridge. Mass. September
%. 1872. She is the daughter OF Rev.
Edward and Clara Davis Abbott. She
was educated at private schools, and
was special student at Radcliffe Col
lese in Harvard University. She mar
rled DR.. Fordyce Coburn, OF Lowell.
Mass. November. 1908. She Is the su-
thor OF The SicksAb cd Lady" which
Won Golfers $1,000 prize FOR the best
short story In 1905. She wrote The
Very Tired Girl" in June. 1907. which
was awarded the same prize. She IS
represented In William Dean Howells's
Selections OF the Best Short Stories
She Is a contributor TO magazines She
lives at $50 Wiibor Street. Lowell.
Mass.
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cal leaders in power makes them blind
TO the signs or the times, and hence
nnadvisable One instance will suffice.
held the supremacy In the Union from
Jefferson. in 1900. to Buchanan, in 1861,
barring u few weak interregnums. 1t
became blind to the signs OF the times,
and. as the late Senator Daniel once
said to the writer: Virginia had bur
one true prophet--John Minor Bolts
and she stoned him to death" Are we
stonins ours to-day?
PITTSYLVANIA
Danville.
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The Montgomery Advertiser says
that IF we judge from appearances
with some people. life is just one drink
aitef another" That is queer re-
mark to come from Montgomery. hut
IT matches the statement of the man
who said that he thought the most in
teresting sight in Birmingham was the
bars
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-11-03

N"iiu'eh VINO have The measles may
comfort themselves that they have a
disease prevalent in the very Oldest
i"ih'lles. An English NJ. d. says that
measles is one of the most ancient dis
eases in the world and believe. that
probably came out OF the Ark"
ana that III was certainly known in
the time of Noses" Even appendicitis
'hat most fashionable malady, has no
Pedisree to speak of, while measles 1,
u me most disniied antiquity. and is
not nearly so expensive.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-11-03
Tn. Trust Situation.

To the Editor of The Times Dispat ten:
Sir.-Strange, Is IL not? While the
Attorney General of Virginia is In Ne W
York busting" the tobacco trust the
Governor OF Virginia is in New Or
leans boosting the cotton trust.
officers OF Virginia directly opposed to
each other on the trust question. al
though both OF them are products Of
the greatest trust operating IN Wiz.
ginia--the Martin machine.
Raleigh, y. c. JNO. u. KING.
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Daily Queries and Answers

pra: ers: gradually the custom pre-
nually after harvest. These appoint
ments were by proclamation OF the
Governors OF the several New England
colonies. During the War OF the Revo-
luton day Of national thanksgiving
was, annually recommended by Con-
gross. Since 1851 the President has
appointed day az thanks giving.
President Lincoln in 1854 set aside the
hrst Thanksgiving Day by presidential
proclamation
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-11-03

Go on and take a sec md OF
conee. If you wish. On Monday the
price OF that beverage fell below
'"e'Ve cents for the first time in sew
eral weeks Take two Jumps. too, Of
sugar. if You like-sugar on the same
aay Tell one-tenth of a cent pound
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-11-03

Much hangs on the uoin, NJ ,,o,.
III ieHas prison a chaplain has been
troubled because the prison choir bas
suffered lately from a lack OF treble
voices We are now, however. happy
TO say" the chaplain writes IN his
pafish magazine. that a few sopranos
nave at last been recruited"
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-11-03

Please tell me how the secret SER
vice men are appointed, and what the
qualifications are. 5. :. VI
Applicants Tor positions In the secret
service OF the Treasury Department
should forward. addressed to the Sec
rotary of tho Treasury and marked
cuted. and such evidence as to their
experience, training, qualifications and
personal characteristics as they may
he able TO obtain. without any refer
iutions. which may be considered as
proof OF their fitness for employment
in this service, This examination is
confined to experience and personal Mt
ness. Applicants should also give the
names and addresses OF the persons
to whom they refer as 10 their char
acter and qualifications for employ
ment in this service. Inquiries In re-
gard to applications nled for this ser
vice should be addressed 10 the Sec
rotary of the Treasury.
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THE INVESTMENT INSTINCT,

Discussing American Securities n
Enrope' in an article in the North
american Review. James L. Cunning.
American Consul at Havre, sc,s forth
that while the national wealth Of
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-11-03

that. after fifteen years of defeat.
Democracy's opportunity has arrived.
and it needs only to keep q level head
to grasp the prize.
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The high. cost of living is said 10 ba
Il" IL wind for the undertakers. be-
cause people are eating less ana
therefore not getting sick.