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Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-10-09
Live Q Markets.

P~1tt8bUrHh, OCT y
CATTLE Supply light. market slow:
choice. SASH: prime, $s.6a4S6: good. $50
40: tidy, q. soz7 10: fair. $h.Soa& ": COM
mon, $AS0ss. heifers. tta7: fresh cows and
sprinssrs. txa6A.
sHEEP AND LAMBS = Supply fair.
market slow, prime fwsthsrs. -.
good mixed. q. NaAis: fair. 3aA6: lamba.
nall 10; veal calves. tl06OAll: heavy and
thin, $7al
HOGe-Receipts, 10 double decks; mar
Mt active and higher: prime heavy. mixed.
mediums and heavy Workers. - toayx;
light Workers. NnAaN: pigs. H.teaAx;
rousAs, y7.spaAAo; stas1 >akoa1ta.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-10-09
MOTOR RACER SUCCUMBS.

souds!sr;, injured With Bruce Brown,
Dies at Milwaukee.
Milwaukee,, Wis, Oct 9.-As the re-
suit Of injuries received when David
Bruce-Brown. the motor racer, was
killed following the overturning Of his
automobile last week Tony Scudaleri.
who was Browns ~mechanician. died In
the hospital here.
Scudalert was twenty-seven years
old. His condition. hopeful at first,
had grown worse steadily since last
weeks fatal accident.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-10-09

Any affair or happening, or cir
cumstanos, which IL. toe small to
make q Want Ad. worth while a.
al adjusting force Ia too small to
Worry about.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-02-04
TIE GERMAN REICHSTAG SITIrA
IlNN

the full ana exact returns from the
Ecichstag elections verify tho fore
siadowing OF the first baIioting. that
inc blue ana black "bloc"---thc Con.
Hurvat!Te ana Clerical combination of
the OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES AS majority
be wiped out. The best these groups
now The opposition In English par
namemiary purlauce, VIII be able to do
ns!dsrcd rs distinct party, Will be
10 muster l6i votes as between them,
a. certainty, with a possible t9S
through opportunists trading on occa-
sions with the Independent ana free
lance factions Against these the So
cIalists and Liberals ana Radicals viii
hh In position TO m;IrsAnl 1919 votes. a
majority Of l. the number Of repre-
.entatives Of the three groups, rcspec-
uyeiy, being: Socialists. 1lO; Llbera!s
III; Radicals, Sc. However. this Is far
from meaning such defeat or cmbar-
rassment tor the Kaiser and his party
rs Would appear or casual calcula.
tion. For In the peculiar situation
md circumstances the government st!I
holds the balance of power, ana
ghrewd politician that he is, ii vii
be most surprising Il the Kaiser doe.
'lot turn that advantage to telling
effect
The remnant Of his bloc." thirty-nve
-iess than majority, he can trust I'm.
l,liiily and the various legislative
questions that win como up in IN,
1te!chstag, together win the diycrsi,,
u interests they reprcsent viii ar.
FORD him exceptional opportunity 10.
playing the Liberal and the Radica! 81.
N.isIons one against the othcr an,
roth against the Socialists. Anon.
rjese questions arc continuance a. III,
governments military ana naya
5lans end policies, lowering III,
71rin. ministerial Responsibilities i,
Ferliament control by the Reichstat
of foreign affairs. rcdlstrlcting the en-
,ppc for the purpose of elininatin.
air. present discriminating electoral
eystom, woman's suffrage aud nu
incrPus minor propositions tina, ar,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-02-04
CONSCIENCE.

'Selected for The Times Dispatch.)
And Jacob was left alone, and there
wrcstlcd Il man with him until IN,
breaking of the day."-Gcn. xXXii. 81
These words belonged to n very
evcn'fui incident in the career Of
Jacob, Twenty years before the date
OF 1t lie had sinned against and de-
iranded his brother Esau OF his birth
riSgt; and now he is returning rich
and prosperous to his native land
with the expectation of meeting that
dcfraudcd brother. Ana while in his
solitude upon the margin OF the brook
Jabbok he is meditatinE upon the pos
siblc resul; of that interview, he be-
antagonist, mysterious and. pownrful,
whose graphing form he can feel hui
rs not able To see, ana whose name
he does not know. All night long the
desperate encounter lasts, and finally
the antagonist prevails. but in con
uucring he blcsscs. and by Subduing
hc makes strong When the day
returns Jacob perccivcs that the per-
son with whom he had been wrestling
is not human, but divine, ana he call
cd the place Pencil, FOR have seen
God face to face and my life is pre-
served"
II Is a curious story. but II is both
human and true. for it aymbolizcs and
makes real tlic enduring powers Of
conscience When Jacob returned al.
yer score OF years everything else
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-02-04
SUNDAY. FEBRUARY 4. 1919.
BUSINESS MEN AND THE ADMINS
-- J'I.hTLSE BOAltD.

When Richmond begins to operate
its form of modified commission gov
eminent. the most serious difficult
that will confront the city is the
choice Of the men to carry out this
experiment. The difficulty is increased
by the fact that the law us passed by
Inc Legislature is at best only q make
shift; it looks towards n Capitalization
OF power and authority, or. # the word
Capitalization is dislilicd, placing OF
power in the hands Of those whom the
citizens at large trust and respect.
The power, however, Will be SO
hadeed about that IT Will require UNI
usual talents for administration and
diplomacy to secure at the outset those
radical and needed Improvements
which this city fondly expects. For
the first election therefore, under the
new plan, it is vitality Important that
the right men be chosen. II such a
choice is made OF and accepted by those
that the people desire, Richmond has
every prospect OF paving the way FOR
modern and successful administra-
lion of the city affairs.
With n wrong choice the whole plan
will be discreditcd, and Richmond will
find Itself in that state of disgust and
disbursement which Norfolk feels
to-day. The problem IS how to secure
the men the city wants. This choice
should not be left to the haphazard,
hurry burly Of u Tough-roll and tum :
ble primary. The business men OF
Richmond forced through the proposed
amendments to the city charter. and
the business men OF Richmond must
choose the men TO carry out those
changes or suffer tho results of their
own inaction. Already, the Richmond
and Chesterfield Business Mems Asso-
citation has adopted resolution call
ing on the business organizations and
the Central Trade and Labor Council
TO appoint committee for the pur-
pose OF selecting and recommending
10 the voters men we'll qualified to
compose the Administrative Board
This recommendation has in 1t the
Very essence OF representative govern
mcnt; no man who fails III the recon
iltHuatloh is pTeciuded from Offering
himself as q candidate; but those who
haye this Endorsement viii so before
The voters with strength and stand
ing that nothing else can give. If
tho business men ard lGNoring men
cannot calmly and quietly choose the
i've citizens who are hes; qualified 10
form the Administrative Board, then
1hat choice cannot he made by any one
Tho Times Dispatch believes TIM,
Richmond has in it mon WHO can and
Will devote their time ana talents sue.
cossfully TO the development ana i'm
provcment of this city. The task lies
in choosing those men, and tina, is =
work for dehgeration I'm the choice ana
Tor induesmSNt to .those tina, are chose,
70 secure their services. No more i'm.
portant work lies before the business
organizations OF Richmond AT presen,
man tho carrying out If This recon.
Incndation.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-02-04

absolute standards by which men arc
to be Judged. hard to keep track OF
Thorn through Intricate legislative
stratagems and hard to value them
even by what they accomplish
The Chicago Tribune says that the
Legislative Voters League has estab-
lished itself as one. of the effective
checks against tho General Assembly,
one which the Legislators respect to n
much greater extent than they Will nd
nit and one which the voters VIII
como to depend upon increasingly rs
the years of its service grow In mum
ber."
The report for this year has becn
issued with reference to Senators and
Representatives whose terms expire.
1t Is u frank, honest ana careful er-
Tort TO present to voters the character
and record of their lawmakers.
The report is written In readable
colloquial style. 1t is much like the
report a shrewd observer would bring
home to his neighbors to indicate to
them what was being done by the men
>''Ns 1iou SYM " inc tRDltOl. I'Of III
stance, the Hon. Beniarnin NJ. Mitchell
Is described thus: lie is a clamorous
Fellow" Another Is referred to as IAN
| honest old gentleman who missed two
important roll calls" Another Is pic
tured as the greatest Individual fac
tor in legislation in the General AS
sembly to-day. There oan pn no quce
tion that ho uses his in.mense inf
encc rs chairman of the appropriations
Committee to affect the general course
Of legislation" Characters are sketch
cd considerably, records are briefly
given, and the Judgment reached in
most cases will be uphold. The re-
ports are reliable and so tar with the
voters in the respective Legislative
communities
The principle of this public spirited
vigilance in tho public interest is Il
good one. 1t serves to bring the PEG
pie closer TO their representatives,
making the responsibility OF the agent
to the principal direct, clear and un-
avoidable. The system puts tho voter
In touch with his hired man in the
Legislature and makes the latter moro
likely TO be responsive TO the will oil
the former and to the demands of good
government,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-02-04
some Tax s,Ir.c,,to,,,

10 the Editor OF The Times -nisuu,cb.
Sir'--ln the report OF the TaN COM
mission to the General Assembly II IS
recommended that an examination Of
inc transfers OF land he made for the
TWO years prior TO each rcusscssnnnt
OF lands, and from them made an os,.
mate OF the actua, per acre PRICE nj
which the land has been sold in the
county, and the average value at which
standard lots arc sold In the city. and
mat the Tax Commission TX an aver
"Se per acre average for each county.
ana TO require each district to show an
average valuation equal 10 tho average
sales value of land
This plan does not apncar 10 tho
writer as equitable. Tho land that Is
most In demand and which is mostly
sold IL generally the most valuable.
me 'aiuc of land In Norfolk county.
: ana suppose in other counties. varies
about as much as in cities Some Of
1t Is not worth $40 an acre, and other
Si0o, 5000 or $500 an acre.
suppose the transfers for the two
years snow an average value OF the
land transferred as SIS an acre >,
there anything equitable In ASSESSING
Iand worth $40 an acre or land worm
Slo" an acre At S25? Should not land
] DC assessed on the basis Of what /,
cuf! earn or produce BY the usual
methods OF agriculture, or II near cities.
what could be realized for A. fl sold
Tor residential or commercial purposes
Sa'cs OF land in any section shout,
be an aid and guido in nsscssInI; land
/ IN that section, bur equality OF nsscss
incnt cannot be obtained By an average
NA!ut per acre OF am entire county or
J dis;rict--tha, is. II the distric, was OF
any considerable area Some ,nnr
would necessarily be worth "a sum ncr
acre considerably above the average
ana other land worth considerably be.
low the average. and such "a method
would not provide an equitable assess
mcnt nor II fair market value.
what Is STANDARD city lot? Tho
Eal"e OF lots varies in cities from q
few hundred dollars TO thousands ~
dollars per lot Lots should be as.
sessed on Il front foot basis taking into
| consideration corners and distance from
corners and block by block, ana on
what the property earns or could bc
made 10 earn.
PROVISION should nc made in the PRO.
posed change in the tax laws to pro-
VIDE for gradual reduction in the
th% rate or assessment of buildings
and improvements. This plan has
worked well in Vancouver and IN othe,
cities where it has been tTIcd. There
should also be a provision for the re.
duction of the state as we'll as Tho
county and city tax rates on land
based on the total increase in values
IN the state, county or city.
Inc state should require a propor.
fiona, reduction in all tax rates unless
| the qualified voters vote to continue
/ present rates. No recommendation
seems to have been made by the Tan
commission as to inheritance taxation
several States. believe. have a pro.
srcsaive Inheritance tax, which nro.
ducea considerable revenue.
j. DAVIS REED
Portsmouth
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-02-04
TIE VALUE OF GAME PREsERyA.
rIpN

a CASUAL examination of the Mon
Viding for an executive head for our
county game warden system, will re-
veal the fact that, other than an In
hibition against the sale of wild tur-
Keys, there are practically no restric-
lions i'll addition To those imposed by
the present game laws. This being
so, It Is logical TO expect the Cen
cral Assembly TO enact this bill into
law, for there can be no valid argu-
mcnts against the enforcement OF
existing laws. If our present laws are
to remain dead letters. at least they
should be repealed There Is no doubt
that they arc at present utterly in
effective.
The principal vocation of our pco-
pie Is agriculture, one of the most an
cicnt and honorable arts known to
man. Upon the yield of our fields
depends the happiness and prosperity
or our citizens. When our crops
are abundant and our surners
are fun of golden grain, "thc anthems
OF contentment and the cadences Of
Joy rcsound throughout our realms
and all the world seems set to tune
that is played by happy hearts"
We are assisted In making good
crops by an army of featherod friends
that work for the husbandman with
out pay. The part that birds play In
protecting farmers from the ravaEcs
or injurious insects that prey upon the
crops and orchards would be well un-
dcrstood If all the bright colored,
harmless sonSstcrs OF the trees and
! fields should become extinct MS thcy
now b d fair to do. Tho meadowlarls
or each one of bcvy of quail in n
ten-acre wheat. corn or cotton neld,
each earns 50 in n single season as
an insect destroyer.
Yet, while every precaution IS taken
by MS TO prevent Il thief from stealing
even the most trining of our posses
sions, we are almost oblivious of any
effort heretofore TO stop the promiscuous
slaughter of the creatures upon whose
existence depends our livelihood, Lot
the people of this state unite every
energy they possess to save our
friends the birds from destruction:
If we do this, soon every bush will
| contain n singer. and every tree a
choir. Legitimate sport will IN no
! way he restricted. On the contrary
the oid-time Joy OF the spaniel and the
| gun will be revived.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-02-04

Into fund from which the large ma
jority of them will never derive any
benefit. and therefore the State should
not appropriate any money towards
this fund. Ignoring tho absolute lack
OF logic In his position, ana addressing
myself to the pointrat Issue. as an eX-
school teacher who has contributed to
and who does noi e:t..u.i 80 40. -,
benoiit from the pension fund. strong
~ urge ina; the state commune ITS
small appropriation. and that the law
as TO the collection of the | per cent.
or tho salaries remain In force. Not
one teacher in a hundred Including
those who continue in the work, ex-
pected TO keep 1t up as Il life work
"neh nc or she started In II. There
seems to be an element of risk In the
profession of staying In. and those
VINO are so unfortunate as to stay in
u 100 long get the benefit of this fund.
we pay fire insurance. not with the
ldca OF getting anything back. but In
thc event OF tho destruction of our
property we Will have something TO
IAN back on a man would be foolish
10 stop paying his Insurance premiums
because ninety mine houses out Of n
hundred are not burned. AS matters
stand now, Virginia has bigger induce
mchts to offer towards Keeping her
own good teachers ana towards at
tracting outside ones than ever. The
teacher getting old has the conscious.
ness that her work is in some small
measure appreciated, and that she can
hhish her life without being a burden
10 friends ana relatives. Efforts to-
wards strengthening our school sys-
'cil sAould be welcomed ana pushed
aiohG, ana those OF the opposite kind
should suffer the fate OF tina. pcrni :
cions Love bin OF the last session.
q. II. L. WINFREY
Richmond CnIIsr. -
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-02-04
CLOSED Doon ron n1cunoyp.

In declaring against an open market
for Richmond public servants the
Board OF Aldermen has flown straight
In the face of modern forces. Mr.. Taft
VIII be defeated next November be-
cause he and his party. in putting
through the payne-Aldrich tariff.
stupidly withstood a national demand
for lower prices. Therefore, Mr.. Taft
will be turned out of Office and his;
protective legislation will be Kicked
after him. for II is not well in politics
to unthriftily combat popular de-
mnnd based on sound reasons.
TIE action of the Aldermen comes
under this unthrifty classification. Ii
is not Il question between Mcssrs
Traiford and Winston as to which shall
be City Electrician. 1t Is a question
between the citizens of Richmond and
the Aldermen as to whether the city
shall be free to choose it's servants
where II will or be compelled to take
only what small pickings may be found
among the registered voters. Already
! Mr.. TraiioTds perquisltes have cost IN.
iaNpaycrs $4,000. and that little 3
per cent commission is sttll running
on. Here is money enough to pay
for ficst-class man, AMI IL n better
one is in Barton Heights. or Baltimore
| or Roston than Richmoud why should
not the taxpayers have him?
The aldermanie reasons for making
a close season for Richmond office.
seekers have not been made public
They need not be. the tide OF common
sense is sweeping out TO sea all sucl
narrow and restrictive regulations
This Board of Aldermen may not SO,
the handwriting on the wall but thi.
Board is neither perpetual nor omni
potent, The city viii outlast III,
Board and the demand for an opc,
held will be granted. if not by thI,
Council. by another.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-02-04
who wns the Confederate.

TO the Editor of The Times Dispatch:
Sir,-You will confer u great favor
on me IL you Will publish the follow
ing:
While the Union army was stationed
on the ltappahannock River above Tal-
mouth Il Confederate soldier on the
other side of that river waved paper
at US, and 1 answered by waving an
other in token OF exchange. We met
in the middle Of the river and cx-
changed our papers. He had the Rich
mond Examiner Of bGcember ., 1862.
and ! lIaIpcrs Weekly. II occurred on
the Sd day of December. 1862. II this
should meet the eye OF the gentleman
who net me | hope he will address
me. II he should still be living {
would be very happy to hear from him.
belonged to the Fifty seventh
Regiment, New York Volunteers. |
served in Libby Prison, Belle Island
and Salisbury for six months in year
1861.
STEPHEN BRIElYE.
Second Army Corps.
20I Nest Eighth St, New York CITY.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-02-04
tainted with the utopian virus Of Marx

tainted with the Utopian virus ofMarS
socialism.
Save for few of tho last named,
| the Socialists are united on all these
! issues, and count on being sustained
by a majority of the Radicals and tho
extreme left wing of tho Liberals. But
on the other hand. It is conceded that
! the government is assured OF enough
L'bcral votes to carry through its
army and navy schome. while It is
conceded that, touching the general
Socialist program, there is sufficient
division among the Radical and
Liberal contingcnts each to Justify the
government in relying on substantial
backing from each, in crises. in re
Spouse to material concession and
compromise initiatives.
Then, too, bearing in mind that the
main. paramount and foremost Issues
are, after all, political and economic
issues, respectively, the first as en-
bracing progress towards true repre-
sentative and parliamentary rule. in
contrndistinction to quasi absolutism;
the second comprising industrial pro-
gross and enhancement of property
opportunity for the masses, II must be
recognized that the Kaiser, In the
record of what Professor AIunstcrbcrg
has termed, "the new Germany" has
yet to great extent the whip hand.
He can throw Into the scale the econ
n,,,;, i.,,,.
against the triumph of the political, in
respect of rendering impotent and
putting on the defensive the govern
mcnts bloc" and its tentative in
dependent auxlliarics.
Included in the record referred to
are the impressive facts. among others.
that early in the eighties more than
100000 Germans came to tho United
States every year. partially TO escape
military service, but more especially
of making living at home; thnt since
then, although the population of the
empire has increased enormously, the
emigration has declined to about one
tenth OF Its former proportions; that
1t has been demonstrated that I'm
dustrializcd" German life is capable OF
maintaining 100000 people, and that
virtually there are now no slums IN
the German cities. and, in some of
them, literally no paupcrIsm
When the economic significance of
this revolution shall have been con-
stitutcd parliamentary defense Of
the government against Socialist on
sets, and used rs an appeal for the
governments support, email surprise
there need be II 1t gives the moro
practical Radicals and Liberals Sc
rious pause and proves. In essentials
Mt least, the instrument of turning
government defeat into vIctory-that
is, until such time as socialism shall
have emerged from the chrysalis
heterogcneousness and in tho form OF
true. full winged democracy towards
which, year by year, 1t has been grad
ually evolving. When that time shall
have arrived, the Kaiser will dis
credit his reputation for political
| acuteness ana farsightedncss and
power to insure the personal loyalty
of his subjects, If he does not accept
the situation.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-02-04
Sonnet-To Ny Mother.

Needs must make TO thee "a little
Nor" lasting ana more ycncratc thnn
stone.
sweet mother. may these haltip,. limo.
.chearsc
My love ana set thee on n golden
throne.
That precious heritage ! hold in fec
The flesh imprint of fairest mothers
health,
That valued capital convey to me-
Thy womnn's privilege. n nations
wealth
For where is coined gold like children
got?
Or gems so 1T to deck a queenly
crown?
For what intent is death. if it be not
TO rich the soil that finer seed be
grown?
So woman's Wit transforms the flesh,
ana we
Arc wise or foolish, as the case may
be-
EDMOND FONTAINB.
Charlottesville, VA, December, 1908.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-02-04
LEGISLATIVE wArcI,,,,;,

II Is no trivial task to s.l in judc-
ment on almost 200 men ana hold them
accountable for the acts of period IN
which their FIRST conccra was TO serve
themselves, the State or :. number ri
corporations, ana their second concern
to leave rs Imperfect and battling re.
cord as possible Of their acrvicc.
This is what tho Legislative Voters
League, OF Chicago, is seeking ia do
very much as the Good Government A..
ISOLATION in Cambridge asd Boston 3n.
vestigates the records OF counciImc,
and reports thereon 10 the people. Tb,
Chicago organization cannot usc TN,
plain speech OF a grand jury !ndfct.
Inent, and yet It must endeavor TO rc.
port 10 the various legislative cons,I,.
uencies Of the State The way in which
The men chosen TO represent them /,
the legislature act.
Sometimes n man is credited with. n,
act which was In cncct one of pub,i,
service, ana in motive vas ore of noti
tieal eSpediency. ii is hard to set u,