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Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1911-04-14
Contracts For Sale Of Land.

contracts TOT 0aie OF Idu0.
BY De Wolf Of Grundy-Providing
that contracts for the sale of land,
when possession and legal title re-
mains with seller until t1nal settle
ment, shall not be construed as cred
its for the purpose of taxation. Pass
ed
! Custody Of Children.
"A bill by Representative Boettger
requiring the names and custody Of
all children affected In petitions for
divorce was recommended for pass
age. si "; 4
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1911-04-14

- me. Some one who had Just come
II an automobile and was waiting at
the carriage entrance In his machine.
The Washington times., 1911-02-13
WILL POVERTY SOON BE
OBSOLETE?

Dr. Jacob II. Hollander, professor of
economies in Johns Hopkins Univer-
sity. and an active figure in charity
work in Baltimore, expresses the de-
libcrate opinion that the time will come
when poverty will be as obsolete as
slavery. Just as the ancient world
was wrong, as events have proved, in
believing that slavery was inevitable,
so the modern world is wrong in as
Stunning that poverty is unavoidable.
The study of the question of destitution
has been conducted like that of so
many other problems along scientific
lines. The present day aim is to get
at the causes of poverty and work out
general remedies, as we'll as the relief
of individual cases.
This seems a Utopian prophecy, but
DIR. HolIander is a deep and earnest
student of social conditions and has
had a wide experience in actual relief
work as the head of the Hebrew Be
nevolent Society. In making his pre-
diction he had reasons for the faith
that is in him of solution OF the
great problem of poverty. 1t is not
so difficult to understand that scien-
titic provision may be made against
the poverty which results from those
industrial accidents which contribute
so largely to the great volume of want,
but it is not so easy to understand
how the Unborn thriftlessness of
large class of mankind is to be over
come. Nor is it clear how the end. in
either case, is to be attained without
some system of collectivism destruc
tive of initial effort. 1t is a Subject
of the deepest interest, however, and
many marvels have been accomplished
in modern times. DR.. Hollander is an
authority whom the public accepts all
the more willingly when he predicts
period of universal competency.
The Washington times., 1911-02-13
OPENING OF THE AUTOMO-
BILE SHOW.

Elaborate preparations have been
made for the National Automobile
Show which opens this evening in Con-
vention Hall. An industry whose out
put for the current year promises to
amount to a billion and half of dol
lars has already reached an Importance
which entities it to great attention.
The Use of motor vehicles is no longer
confined to those who use them for
pleasure, but they are becoming in an
ever increasing degree factor in the
business life of the country. The gen
eral public is becoming more familiar
with the vital points of the machines
and is able to discuss them more in
tclligently.
These-are a few of the reasons why
each successive automobile show held
has been more successful than its pre-
decessor. The indications are that the
exhibition which will begin tonight and
last through the week will be far and
away the most successful of them all.
No detail has been overlooked. The
attendance will be large and the dis
play will be attractive. 1t will be a
notable week for those who are inter
ested in automobiles.
The Washington times., 1911-02-13

lingering grace which belongs to loves
young dream. He has slept through
all the roseate hours which come be-
tween daybreak and noon. The mental
treasury which does not include some
soft remembrance of Sunbonnet Sue,
shy and blushing, whose eyes of blue
or brown were clear pools of girlish
love and candor, is poor and in
complete, whatever be its riches.
Whether she, like her prototype,
spelled the word" or only lisped the
story from the rostrum of the Little
Red Schoolhouse, she has breathed into
those simple verses a charm which will
endure when the boy has made his last
stand on the burning deck and the
listening children no longer hear of the
ride of Paul Revere.
The editors appeal to readers
will be answered from a thousand
hearts which, in replying, will burst
again into bloom.
The Washington times., 1911-02-13
LIGHT ON n CLASSIC OF
SCHOOL DAYS.

Under the head of appeals to Read
ersS the current number of the New
York Times Review of Books passes
along the inquiry of seeker after
light as to who wrote a familiar little
poem which begins:
Still sits the schoolhouse by the road
A ragged beggar, summing.
And lest there be some mistake of
identity, the correspondent points out
that it goes on about
I'm sorry that | spelled the word
hate to go above you. etc.
Can it be mere affectation that the
learned and resourceful editor who
shrinks not from "NVho was Gains
wife," and What is pragmatism ?"
should profess his ignorance of John
Greenleaf Whittier and his School
daysf" Were there no Friday after
moons in the calendar when this luck
less editor went to school? Has he
burrowed so deeply in the musty folios
that he has overlooked all the romance
and tenderness bound up in the hearts
of men and women throughout the
country with this leaf from the Quaker
bachelors own experience? 'Hinc lilac
lachrymae!" as the learned editor
would say. "Let us weep!"
He has missed the rarest and most
The Washington times., 1911-02-13

pany- After that the telephone COM
pany and then the street railway COM
panies tthe only square deal being upon
the water, which the Government fur
nishes and upon which we are not sand
bagged for dividends upon watered
stock. These are as greedy monopolies
as were ever turned loose to prey upon
a helpless community. Standard Oil is
a "ccoing dove" compared to these
vampires
The writer is not indulging in any in
temperate flights of fancy, but speaks
from long and narrowing experience.
II the people of the District had a
modicum of power, instead of being
held in utter contempt by Congress
they can bark, but they cannot bitel
something would be done, and speedily,
If our members-no, their members
OF Congress 0or they are not ours)
could manage to put themselves in the
place of the pillaged and prosecuted
people of Washington for a short space
of time they would make an honest
effort to relieve the unjust and ini-
qultouS burdens under which these Door
wretches groan and grope without hone
and which cry to heaven for redress
How long, o Lord, how Iong?" will
this crime continue. Go on, Washing
ton Times, night the battles of the peo-
pie IN the future as in the past and the
people will not forget.
A WASHINGTON SERF
The Washington times., 1911-02-13
STRONGLY OPPOSED TO
THE GILLETT PLAN
To the Editor of THE TIMES:

To the Editor Of THE TIMES:
The civil service employees want a re-
trement feature that will care for the
men and women who have given their
very lives to the service. We want l.
honorable in character and sufficient
for decent maintenance. other than this
would make us a laughing stock. We
don't want any such befuddled plan as
the Gillette bill. II we did, couldn't we
very much better have an association
of our own, officered by our own peo-
pie and under our immediate superyis-
ion, which could be made to earn many
times the interest contemplated in the
Gillette bill. From the Government we
want a straightout non-assessment rec
ognition. If we can't have that we
don't want any The fact that we are
employees of the Government doesn
make us beggers or serfs, and we are
smart enough to know that an assess
ment plan could be run by ourselves
far better and a million times more sat
isfactory than by the Government.
Personally ] regard the poor pay ana
the retirement feature of our wants as
second by far to our rights as cltlzehs'
To say we Shan't approach our Con-
gressmen or Senators with petitions or
requests for an increase of pay OF otner
betterment without the liability OF ols-
charge is rubbing it in in a manner not
at all pleasing. WESIEhNEN'
The Washington times., 1911-02-13

clerks conferred with the postal au-
thorities during the last few days, and
as a result of the conferences the repre-
sentatives of the employees have eN-
pressed their belief that their fellow
workers will be satisfied, even pleased,
with the assurances given that no
longer will they be compelled to work
longer hours than heretofore or work
without pay at the terminals or be
deprived of their regular days off.
The success of the railway mail
clerks should serve to encourage other
civil service employees in the move
ment propagated by The Times to
better their condition, including higher
salaries and some sort of protection
for superannuated employees. 1t would
appear that the victory of the postal
employees is due to educating the Post
office Department to the fact that
abuses actually existed.
Other civil service employees are
bound to educate Congress instead of a
considerate Postmaster General. That
is the answer
The Washington times., 1911-02-13
THINKS SALARIES SHOULD
BE EOUALIZED

To the Editor OF THE TIMES:
The Times has been printing some
very interesting letters in regard to
the civil service employees and the work
done by this paper in behalf OF the
civil service employees is of large
scope.
In a recent issue of The Times Mr..
Loeb said in regard to certain case
in the New York customs house: Three
old men rated at 81, 100, $500, and $2,VOO
each who could not do their work were
TO be laid off on a pension of about %
rer cent of. their former wages, and
ono Young abe-bodied man hired at
SeOU a wear to do the work OF the three
that were laid Off" Supposing he could
hire such a man at $500 to fill that posi-
tion (which | very much doubt Is II
fair to the young man to ask him 10
sIIpport himself and give the balance or
vbat he should have 10 some one else,
or to the Government. In the form ot
pensions?
doubt think this is all right for the
som man. but how long would they suo-
NIT TO the same treatment IN tnelr
salaries that they wish to give the
Young man? Why is it that the Con-
oressmen have added an extra amount,
ennaI tn more than the civil service
emnIoye gets, to the salaries of tnem-
saITes? If the civil service employe hau
been getting living wages In the iast
ION wears there would have been no
need of pension. A man at s.,WV
var can by being economical, save up
onough in fifteen years to enable him to
retire at, say siXty-five, and still nave
q fair income, but how about the man
that only gets $1,000 or less.
Give the worker that receives less
The Washington times., 1911-02-13
PRESIDENT RETURNS,
PLUNGES INTO WORK
Holds Conferences to Urge
Action on Reciprocity
Agreement.

President Taft reached Washington
shortly after o'clock this morning and
in an hour plunged into his days work
in connection with his campaign for IA
vorable action by Congress on the Cana
dian reciprocity agreement now before
the House.
Mr.. Taft returned home feeling that
the country was with him on this, his
boldest policy. He received during his
trip to Springfield, ILL.,, and Columbus,
Ohio, assurances of an unmistakabIe
nature that he had struck a popular
chord in urging the reciprocity with
Canada
, Everywhere he went the Executive
found the people anxious for closer
trade relations with Canada. In Illinois,
in Ohio, and in Pennsylvania the same
was true. Furthermore. the President
received kilograms while away from
many other parts Of the country sus-
tanning him in his present fight.
These assurances led him to take
up the work Of promoting mis- legislative
program just as soon as he reached
Washington. He first called in Secre-
tary of State Knox, and together they
went over the situation. This confer
ence lasted more than half an hour, but
no announcement was made afterward.
Secretary Knox said that he would
leave tomorrow for the West, to deliver
reciL rocity speech in Chicago. He said
that he might deliver one or two more
speeches on this subject before Con-
gress adjourned. but could not say just
yet where or when. Secretary Wilson
will speak in Buffalo next week. and
Secretary Nagel will speak in Ohio about
the same time. Both OF these officials
will advocate reciprocity.
!. The President today began arranging
conferences with members of the
House and Senate. He will call in
friends of his Administration today and
tomorrow, and will urge upon them the
necessity of getting action at this ses-
sion.
The cold from which the President
suffered while aWay~is better today.
The Washington times., 1911-02-13
SPECIAL REASONS FOR THE
CLERKS MASS MEETING.

There are some especially desirable
results which may be secured through
the great mass meeting of Government
employees, which has been called by
Fulton r. Gordon. One of these is a
demonstration of the sentiment among
the civil service people, concerning the
muzzling order issued by President
Roosevelt, and still in force
Effort has been made from time to
time to get that order revoked. Presi-
dent Taft is understood to be not un-
friendly to the petitions for revocation,
but he has taken no action in the mat
ter as vet.
That order has been printed and re
printed in these columns, but it cannot
be produced too often. Lest there be
anybody, in or out of the Government
employ, who is not familiar with it, it
is here reproduced once more:
All officers and employees of the United
States of every description, serving in
or under any of the executive depart
establishments, and whether so serving
in or out of Washington. are hereby
forbidden, either directly or indirectly,
individually, OF through associations, to
solicit an increase of pay or to influence
in their own interest any other lcgiSla-
tion whatever. either before Congress
or its committees on penalty of
discharge from the Government service
Likewise. hcrcis the first article of
the Bill of Rights of the National Con-
stitution. which seems to forbid such
declaration as is contained in the
foregoing executive order:
Congress shall make no law respecting
an establishment of religion, or prohibit
Ing the free exercise thereof; or abridg-
Ing the freedom of speech, or of the
ably to assemble, AND TO PETITION
THE GOVERNMENT FOR A RE
DRESS OF GRIEVANCES
1t is important to the Government
employees at the beginning of their fight
for square deal that they know what
is going to be the Administrations at
titude toward this order. If it is to
be enforced literally, then a campaign
will have to be organized in very
different way than would he the case
if constitutional rights are to be re-
stored to this half-milion of American
citizens
That question President Taft must
answer. Nobody else can. A great
meeting. taking action expressive of
the real feelings of the Government
workers about this muzzling order, will
be of the utmost value even though it
do absolutely nothing else. But it
will do a great deal more.
The Washington times., 1911-02-13
WATCHMEN DESERVE
A DAY OF REST

To the Editor of THE TIMES:
L wish to say a few words through
your valuable paper in regard to the
watchmen in Government departments.
l believe they do more service for less
money than most any other class in
Government employment Most of them
have to work holidays, half HOLIDAYS.
and Sundays. There is one department,
am told, where the watchmen get hut
five Sundays a year, with thirty days
annual leave; total,i thirty-five days.
seventeen days less than there are Sim.
days in year. If heads of departments
were confined that closely they could
sympathize with us. What we need is
one day out of seven for a day OF rest
and TO be with our families Let II be
Sunday, Monday. or Tuesday-so It is
one out of the seven. They say we can't
be spared. That is a mistake. Would Il
not remedy the condition IL for every
six watchmen the departments employ
one extra to relieve one of the six in
rotation for six days and rest himself
on the seventh and then Sepeat?S 1t
would cost little more for extra watch
men, but would be godsend to us. /
sincerely hope that Congress, the Board
of Traue, and the public generally will
use their best exertions to accomplish
this end. A WATCHMAN.
The Washington times., 1911-02-13
RAILWAY MAIL CLERKS WIN
THEIR CASE.

Civil service employees have won
their first victory in the movement for
better working conditions, as urged by
The Times, in the concessions made
to the railway mail clerks by the
Postmaster General.
Quick action was secured for the
$1,000 clerks who were burdened with
unnecessary hardships, after The Times
pointed out ten days ago that the
policy of the Postoffce Department to
take up the slack" had been exercised
to the extreme in many instances.
Postmaster General Hitchcock was not
slow to observe that the officials un-
der him were bearing down on the
clerks too hard, and that inefficiency
instead of economy was the result.
1t is to the credit of the Postoffice
Department that no delay was caused
by unnecessary red tape tactics in
righting the wrongs. Prompt action
was demanded by Mr., Hitchcock, and
his ASSISTANTS were IoiQ 10 present 10
him at once all the details of the
grievances.
The complaints in behalf of the
railway mail clerks came from ~
parts of the country, as was indicated
by the expressions from members of
Congress printed in The Times. There
was no chance to doubt that there was
fire in view of all the smoke, and a
prompt investigation by the Post
master General confirmed the general
tenor of the complaints.
At the invitation of the Second As
sistant Postmaster General com
mittee representing the railway mail
The Washington times., 1911-02-13

the taking over of my Washington
laboratory by the Federal Govern
ment and in helping to bring about
the passage this week in the Senate
Of the Gallinger bill, providing for
the maintenance of this work under
the Public Health Service.
| hope that you will follow in your
public-sp spirited way the work til.
viii lbe done under Surgeon General
Wyman. and cite, for the benefit of
humanity the demonstrations OF the
efficacy of pasteurizatiOn of milk in
the saving of the lives of babies.
In my letter offering the plant to
the Secretary of the Treasury | wrote
that l did not seek any recognition.
and | repeat this to you that you may
know that the one thing that l havr
at heart is the protection of child
life. You have done so much in TIM 8
cause that L am hopeful that you will
do a great deal more-that you will
not regard it as my work, but as
yours: that you will not weight tn .
cause with my name. but, leaving me
out. carry on a good fight for
principle that pasteuriZatiOn prevents
much sickness and saves many live
Very sincerely yours,
New York. NATHAN STRAUS.
The Washington times., 1911-02-13
The PAN AMERICAN COM.
MERCIAL CONFERENCE.

The Pan-American Commercial Con-
ference, which opens in Washington
today, should mark the beginning of a
new era in commercial relations among
the republics of the WESTERN hemis-
phere. The Pan American Union, COM
posed of the twenty-one nations, has
already demonstrated the advantages
of cooperation for social, civic, and
commercial betterment. The confer
ence which starts today is expected to
do much to encourage the people of
those nations to utilize the machinery
furnished by the union.
A glance at any of the reports of
the director of the union shows that
thousands of people of Canada, the
United States, and the Latin American
republics appreciate the opportunity to
obtain information and assistance
through the bureau here in Washing
ton The number who avail them
selves of information and assistance,
however, is small when the number
that could protitably use the union is
considered. 1t is largely for the Pur-
pose of arousing the people OF the
twenty-one nations to a rcaIizatiO of
this fact that the present conference
has been called.
All the Pan American Union asks as
an excuse for existence is opportunity
TO be of service. Whether its useful
ness is great or small depends in large
measure upon the demands placed upon
il. The union should not have to plead
for a chance to extend its field OF ac-
tivites.
The Washington times., 1911-02-13
Council of Red Men
To Be Held Tonight

The sixth annual session of the great
council of the District of Columbia, of
the Improved Order of Red Men, will
be held this evening in the Lincoln Ma
tional Bank Building.
The great council is a representative
body, composed of the great chiefs,
representatives chosen by the various
tribes and councils, and the past sach-
ems.
The great chiefs at present are: Great
Sachem, James w. Wilson; Great Sen
ior Sycamore, D. A. Dugan; Great Jun
ior Sycamore, John NJ. Kemper; Great
Chief of Records. H. w. Tippett; Great
Keeper of Wampum, w. B. Garner;
Great Guard of Wampum, w. B.
Clarke; Great Guard. of Forest, Jas. Z.
Dougherty: Great Sannap, L. D. Per-
triz: Great Mishinewa, S. McComas
Hawken.
The Washington times., 1911-02-13


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The Washington times., 1911-02-13

than 5000 a year, whether in private or
Government employ fair living wage
and If necessary, cut the salaries of
some of those higher up who don't
work TO pay for it.
Eighty per cent of the people of the
United States are underpaid working
people. Is it fair or just that the so
per cent should submit to the wishes OF
the 20 per cent, which are in direct op-
position to their own?
As yet the working people have
right 10 vote as they wish. Let them
vote for their own interest instead of
against themselves and for decent liv-
ing instead of a haIfHstarved existence.
ONE OF THE WORKERS.
The Washington times., 1911-02-13
Laryngitis Costs Caruso
$500 in Three Nights

NEW YORK, Feb. 14.-Enrico Caruso
wishes laryngitis had never been in
vented. An attack of this ailment pre-
vented Caruso from appearing twice last
week at the Metropolitan, and will keep
him out of "Tosca' tonight .-.
AS he receives $500 for each of his
operate appearances, Carusos laryn-
gifts already has cost him $500. His
loss is proving Riccardo Martins gain,
as Martin is understanding him.
The Washington times., 1911-02-13
DISTRICTS STRUGGLES
AGAINST MONOPOLlES

To the Editor Of THE TIMES:
The Times is certainly entitled to the
gratitude of every citizen Gf. he can be
called such) of the District of Column
bia for its courageous, intelligent, and
persistent efforts to bring relief to the
oppressed people who are compelled 10
patronize the various public service cor
porations which hold this community as
In wise.
The cry is going up from thousands
of householders harried almost beyond
the limit of earthly endurance by the
exactions of these blood-sucking COM
panies to whose tender mercieS Con-
gress has turned over the taxing power
or its equivalent: How long, . Lord
How long?"
I refer particularly to the gas COM
The Washington times., 1911-02-13
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The Washington times., 1911-02-13
Democrats in Ohio
Are Booming Wilson

NEW. YORK, Feb. 13.-One thousand
Democrats in Cincinnati have become
members of the Progressive Democratic
League, which is booming Woodrow
Wilson for President, it is reported in a
telegram received here today. The
movement is growing in Cincinnati and
there is a large part of the Democratic
party upstate that is already against
Harmon and favoring Wilson.
The Washington times., 1911-02-13
Postoffce Department
Announces Promotions

The Postoffice Department announces
today that William B. Robinson, Of
Ohio, pOstoffice inspector, has been
promoted from $1,000 with 81 per dieI'.
to s., 800 with 81 per diem, vice William
S. Ryan, promoted.
Henry +. Randall, of New York, an
inspector, nas been promoted from S1.4O
with 81 per diem, to $3.50 with 81 per
diemd, vice William r. Keys, promoted.
The Washington times., 1911-02-13
Woman Crossing Ocean
Seventy-first Time

NEW YORK, Feb. 13.-Having already
crossed the Atlantic seventy times, Mrs.
Isabelle C. Thomas, Of Norwich. Conn.,,
is now crossing the ocean again. She
accompa MED her grandson, Frank f.
johnson, who is lecturer. Mrs.
Thomas is eighty-three years of age and
has been making transatlantic trips
since she was a little girl.