The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-03-15

predicting The governments efforts to effect
settlement have thus far proved futile. Both
the operators and the employees seem persistent.
the one in their demands and the other in re-
: fusals.-!n- the meantime puhlicS dlsGam-
fort and danger continue to grow.
Even Ii the dispute Is settled In the near FIT
ture. the results OF the mines having heen idle
thus long will depress English industry for
months il not years to come; and indirectly at
least the entire world will share in this mis-
fortune.--Atlanta Journal.
Prohibition Docs Pay.
faVotite argument among the advocates of
liauor saloons that when these are closed
tilat their ahsenco from community aad q
State brings heavy loss in money. The stock
! gumcnts If the opponents OF prohibition is
tina. Prohibition Goes not prohibit and Pro
hibition does pay In both of these the
asscr.on is worth nothing for in actual practice
1t has been shown that prohibition does prohibi.
and that Prohibition does pay,
Prob .tion prob. S when the officers IF tho
! law a,e energetic and fearless in performing
their duties, this in far prohibition
prohibit when there is allowed interstate traf-
/ tic in DhiskeH. If this is ended BY the Weob 'iI
! before Congress prohibition will prohibit in q
| larger degree. That 1t does even now in North
Carolina prohibit in a way TO be of value to
morality is certain, and those who tied to
! the demon of drink give way to other genera
lions there will be better day for the State, FOR
/ as never before there Is recognized the ruinous
and devitalizng influences of the whisHey habit
The { 'votees of the bottle are not wanted in
respon~ible position in any line of business. and
from mere matter Of selfish interest prohibi-
4 ton il more and more prohibiting.
But to the matter vi prohibition running a
! CITY or state. Take the case of Raleigh. for
instance. Is 1t possible to show that the prohi-
biton law of North Carolina has ruined the
city. or hurt 1t in financial way? On the con-
trary, has Raleigh not prospered never be-
fore and have not the past two years been the
best In Its history? This city will be cited as
example of the financial value OF prohibit
i ton In n city And with the prohibition OF the
interstate traffic in liquor the situation Will inn
provc.-Raleigh News nd Observer.
The McNamaras Again.
The news has been teegrapned out of Los
Angeles that the Mcnamara brothers, in the
San Quentin penitentiary, seriously i'll. 1t
Is represented that J. &. Mcnamara is actually
dying of tuberculosis, aggravated by the dust IN
the Jute mill in which ne is compelled to labor
/ j. J. Mcnamara Is repsented to DC in but little
/ better condition
The public will be inclined to look upon
| these statements with suspicion. When the
Mcnamara accepted pententiary sentences to
escape the possibility ~ paying the death PEN
atty they were in good health to all appearances
/ They have not been in prison many weeks.
Such sudden breakdown in their physical con-
dIton would be remarkable The story brings
mp disagreeahle recollections of the appeals
made for the defense fund for them, the refusal
Of many men to acknowledge the possibility Of
their guilt and the melodramatic eects sought in
the moving picture show, exhibited throughout
the country. displaying the Mcnamara heroes
suffering for righteous cause.
If the two convcts in the condition rep
resented an immediate Investigation of the San
Quentin penitentiary Is demanded. Their friends
will have trouble in brin gng IL about pro-
viding they can show by expert medical exam
snataon, that the McSamaras have ~been SO quick
" broken down in health there. That would be
the proper course to take and the only one
Cleveland Leader
The Supreme Courts Patent Law Decision.
Under the decision OF the Supreme Court Just
handed down our patent laws to legaiize
and encourage monopoly The majority opinion
delivered by Justice Lurton holds that the own
of patent can fix its price. prescribe its use
and exercise control over all articles used in
its operation In. this particular case the
Patentee Of rotary mmeegraph is conceded
the right TO decide that only the ink he stipu-
lates shall be used on the machine The ma
jorty opinion holds that the inventor by his
creation makes his own market. can take what
profit he can command and in any manner he
desires He compel the purchaser to buy
supplies from him from anyone he designates.
Only four Justice--Lurton. MtKeana. Holmes
and Vandevanter--1oin in this opinion. Chief
Justice White and Justices Hughes and Lamar
strongly dissent, and the chief justice deca. es
that the majority opinion has broken all pre-
cedent, opening the door to untold evils" He
aserts that the effect Is to destroy in very
large measure the judicial authority of the
States by extending the Federal jud al power"
and, further. makes 1t the duty of the courts OF
the United States to test the rights and obliga-
tfons OF the parties not by the general law of tbs
land. in accord with the conformity act, but by
the provisions OF the patent law" The de ,eop-
ment of the principle laid down. the chief iustic
believes will be as broad society itself af-
fectlng multitude OF cases and capable OF
operation upon every conceivable subject OF hui
man contract. interest activity however in
tensely local exclusivelysithin State authority
they mi ght otherwise be-
The chief justice evidently is strongly moved
He writes few dissenting opinions and is i'm
PEELED In this case by his conviction of its i'm
mense Importance The fear Is expressed that
the majority decision will. to large extent.
nullify the antitrust laws and viii lead to a vast
extenfion of monopoly In every direction. Con-
gress may be compelled to change the patent
In in orda n I'd
tieles. AS the chief justice points out. a large
proportion OF all articles machines now n
Use are patented. and under the Lurton opinion