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The Washington herald., 1912-08-20
HOUSE PASSES
PURE FOOD BILL
Sherley Measure Amending Present
Laws Enacted by Unanimous
Consent.

BY unanimous consent the House yes
terday passed the Sherley bill amending
the pure food law to restrict the prac-
tise OF labelling patent medicines and
foods with testimonials from physicians
OF doubtful or no merit, a practice which
has grown up under a recent Supreme
Court Interpretation OF the section of
the pure food and drugs act relating TO
the mislabelling of packages.
The amendment was made necessary
by the construction put upon the label.
ing section by the United States Supreme
Court q little more than a year ago In
the case OF the United States VS.. John
son. where a certain patent medicine
shipped in interstate commerce bore on
the label misleading statements concern
drugs IN cancer cases The amendment
adds a third paragraph to the mis-
labelling section. as follows:
II its package or label shall bear
any statement, design or device regard
ing the curative or therapeutic effect of
such article which is false and fraudu-
lent"
In speaking to his measure Mr.. Sher-
ley said: THE proposed paragraph. by
using the word fraudulent will re-
quire the government, in any prosecu-
ton Hereunder. to prove a state Of facts
regarding the properties of the drug
sold which imply a knowledge on the
part of the manufacturer that the drug
will not do the thing promised for 1t on
the label
There is. however. a wide field in
medicine within which the curative ef-
feet of drugs Is as well known and
definitely determined as Is the law of
gravitation. Within that field, apart
from any question of opinion, the fact
that a so-called remedy is absolutely
worthless and its label false and fraudu-
lent is easily susceptible of proof The
government can easily show that a false
statement on a label regarding a drug
is one from which fraudulent intent
must be implied. Conviction in all prop
er cases will be, consequently. compare
lively sure.
The Washington herald., 1912-08-20
Archbold's Check.

Senator Penrose's assertion that
Archbold's check for $4,000 was used
in the campaign OF 1904 to aid in the
election of Theodore Roosevelt to the
Presidency bears all the outward signs
of probability.
In those days Mr.. Roosevelt did not
hesitate to ask for and accept any
money from any source, so long as it
assisted in the righteous cause of his
election. II is matter of record that
he sought Mr.. Harriman's contribution
and that $4,000 was thrown into his
jackpot at a crucial moment when
funds were low.
But speaking of checks, how many
has Mr.. Perkins signed since the Steel
Trust began its noble effort to elect
Mr.. Roosevelt to a third term? And
how much money did Medill McCor-
mick dispense at Chicago? And who
is supplying the funds which will en-
able Mr. Roosevelt to tour from Maine
to California. and from the Lakes to the
Gulf:
These are questions which the leader
of the purity party ought to answer,
but which he will persistently ignore.
The Washington herald., 1912-08-20
NOT TO INVESTIGATE
COST OF HIGH LIVING
Congress Drops Plan for Interna.
tional Conference on the
Subject.

Fearful lest the high cost OF living
question. to which Col. Roosevelt and
the third party leaders have given such
prominence. may cloud the tariff issue.
upon which the Democrats plan to make
their stand in the forthcoming campaign.
the House leaders have decreed that the
Sulzer bill. looking to an International
conference upon the subject, shall die of
Congressional inaction. Accordingly.
when the bill came up for consideration
on the una animous consent calendar in the
House yesterday Representative Page, OF
North Carolina, a member of the Ways
and Means Committee registered an OBJ
lection to consideration of the measure
without stating his grounds for such OBJ
lection.
The bill appropriates $4,000 ito enable
the President to propose and invite for
eign governments to participate in an
international conference to promote an
international inquiry into the causes Of
the high cost of living throughout the
world, and to enable the United States
TO participate in such a conference"
The bill was introduced by Mr.. Sulzer
last March, referred to the Committee
on Foreign Affairs, and reported out by
that committee in May.
The Washington herald., 1912-08-20
To EVEN UP TAXES
IN WASHINGTON
Radical Shake-up Predicted as Re-
suit of Investigation of the
Present System.
HENRY GEORGE, JR., Is
READY TO REPORT
Claimed that the Owners of the
Smaller Houses Have to Bear
Brunt of Improvements.

The report Of Henry George. tr, of
New York, on his investigation of the
system OF taxation and assessment IN
the District. will be made to the full
District Committee OF the House to-day
After nearly a year Of investigation, in
which time Mr.. George. with the as
sistance OF Herbert ]. Browne. a tax
alton expert. has gone into every phase
of the question, and the result is a re-
port, which, based upon a wealth OF
expert information, contains a number
Of sensational features and several rec
onimendations which may stir up un-
easiness at the District building.
While the report itself has been close
ly guarded. and Mr.. George has refused
steadfastly to give any Indication OF
its contents. the information brought out
at the public hearings indicates that
Mr.. Georges report will make interest
ing reading. II is understood that Mr..
George will not recommend changes in
the system now in vogue for arriving
at assessment values. but that he will
recommend the wiping our OF the pres
ent system, and the substitution of an
entirely new plan. This does not mean
that he will ask for sweeping changes
III lne personnel OF the District Assess
or's Office, though he may suggest some
changes in that line, but that he will
demand that more systematic method
be employed in arriving at assessment
values for real'estate and improvements
one OF the principal complaints he vii
lodge against the present system is that
II provides no just and equitable method
Of allowing for depreciation of improve
ments- As result Of this fault. testi-
mony before Mr.. Georges subcommittee
showed that many buildings. particularly
small residences, are assessed higher
than when they were now, increased as
sessments being levied on the buildings
while the real estate figures remain sta
tionary
Mr.. George will suggest the use Of a
fixed standard OF decreases in assess
ments because of deterioration of i'm
provements. He will recommend a sys-
TEN which will call for increases on real
estate and decreases on improvements
II is understood the report will recon-
mend annual assessments instead of tri-
ennial; an increase in the number OF
assistant assessors. and the separation OF
the Board of Assessors from the Excise
Board; the creation of 4 board OF review
different from the Board OF Assessors
and immediate changes IN the assess
Tent figures in many parts Of the city
The report will show that while take.
on small residences in the Northeast
southeast, Southwest, and less favored
parts of the Northwest have increased
enormously in recent years, the assess
ments on finer residences and choice
business property have remained almost
stationary.
The Washington herald., 1912-08-20
True Help in Annexation.

To those who still question the bene-
fit to our insular possessions of our
administration, the prompt way in
which the menace and danger of the
bubonic plague has been met in Porto
Rlco and overcome provides an elo-
quent reply. In fact, all that has been
done by US during the thirteen years of
our occupation was intended to make
and has made the island an exhibit un-
paralleled in tropic latitudes Except
perhaps in the Canal Zone) of clean
illness and sanitation
Within two months of the outbreak
Of the plague and what under the old
Spanish rule would have been a ma
tional disaster the 'black death" has
been stamped out. All this practically
has been done without outside help. A
commission OF medical experts was
sent to San Juan to study conditions
and report on them, and the port au-
thorities have done their utmost to CO.
operate with those who were fighting
the epidemic. But all the practical
work of combating and eliminating the
disease and of dealing with all sanitary
problems has been done by the insular
government
But there is still more to tell. The
publication of Porto Rico's commercial
report for the fiscal year which ended
June 90 last shows that the trade of
the island now amounts to So2,ooo,ooo
annually (s43,ooo,ooo imports and $4o,-
100000 exports.) The total is an in
crease of S74,ooo.ooo over the year 1901.
Now let it be fully understood that this
mite Of territory, just trife larger
The Washington herald., 1912-08-20
10000 SOLDIERS
WILL GIT WAGES
Army Order Will Bring Happiness
to Men Whose Pay Was
Held Up.

Orders went out yesterday from the pay
department OF the army, releasing the
wages Of all the enlisted, men of the army
in the United States for the month Of
July.
1t is expected that this order will bring
happiness to about 1000 soldiers station
Of whom. having not accumulated a bank
account on army pay, have gone broke
through the dereliction of Congress In not
passing the appropriation bills.
The orders apply to the entire enlisted
personnel Of the army-approximately S.
900 men-but those who are stationed on
foreign service in the Philippine Islands
and Alaska were previously advanced
their pay for June. All the others. In
cluding the soldiers In the Hawaiian Is
lands and on the Isthmus Of Panama,
were deprived of their June wages.
Brig. Gen. George Smith. paymaster
general. found at the beginning Of last
June. that he had barely SUFFICIENT funds
left out of the personnel pay appropria-
tion for, the last fiscal year 10 pay of the
oficers and the soldiers serving in Alaska
and Philippines for the month Of June.
The officers were given preference. in
that they are allowed only quarters and
have to pay for their own food and
clothing. The enlisted men who were
broke were allowed to open up accounts
at the canteen and with the quarter mas
ter's department. for extra clothing. and
for such necessaries in a soldiers life as
tobacco, pop. chewing gum. &C.
The money required to pay of the re-
mainder Of the army for the month of
June was asked for In the general de-
hciency bill. which has not yet been pass
ed by Congress.
Payment for July was authorized by
the Congressional resolution extending all
last years appropriation for the i,onth
Of July. Gen. Smith preferred. however.
not to make the July payments until the
June accounts had been settled. for IN,
reason that many OF the soldiers have
run up accounts during the two months
exceeding one months pay. and they will
have nothing after the July payment is
made. The June payment, when It does
come, will put them well ahead.
The Washington herald., 1912-08-20
Stubborn in the Right Place.

If President Taft believes an act of
Congress is wrong he is not going to
give it his approval If convinced that
his principle is the better for all the
people of the United States, he is going
to express that principle, and if his
objections are overruled by a two
thirds overriding of his veto, the re-
sponsibility rests upon those who do
so, not upon him. He is not deferred
by the prospect that, in vetoing an ap-
preparation bill, he may cause incon-
venience to many by the temporary
postponement of their emoluments.
The salaries of all employees of the
government will be paid, though they
may have to wait until Congress once
more becomes >businesslike and knows
enough to keep riders" out of the an
nual budget.
Mr.. Taft's veto of the executive,
judicial, and legislative appropriation
bill is in keeping with his rejection of
the original military budget Now, as
then, he objects to the rider" in the
interest of the public He protests
against the starving out of the COM
merce Cou-. If Congress regards that
tribunal as superfuous, 1t can abolish
it by passing an act for the purpose
There is a decided difference of opin-
ion as to the value of the Commerce
Court, but whether those who criticise
it are in the right or wrong an ap-
preparation bill is not the place to ex-
press il. 9
The Presidents objection to limiting
the tenure of Office of civil service en-
ployes to seven years has the approval
of all who have labored against the
spoils system. The result OF the pro-
posed change would be general turn
ing out of employees every seven years,
followed by general reflling of the
places thus vacated by new men who,
in many instances, would be close TO
politicians with a pull" 1t is graft
flying to see that Congress has changed
its mind on the seven-year clause,
which was the beginning of an attack
upon the entire merit system.
The Washington herald., 1912-08-20
YOU TICKLE NE,
I'LL TICKLE YOU
Thirteen Fish Hatcheries and Their
Representatives Meet an In
glorious End.
TOO MUCH LIKE FAMILY DEAL

An exclusive little committee scheme.
amounting to s32s.oOo. was exposed and
killed in the House yesterday. Minority
Leader James R. Mann exposed IT. and
Representative ]. Hampton Moore of
Philadelphia killed it by his objection.
The bill. an omnibus fish hatcheries meas
ure. was on the unanimous consent cal
endar. When Representative Houston of
Tennessee. who was in charge Of the bill.
had finished telling the House why II
should be passed. Mr.. Mann. who had
been playing hob with the unanimous con-
sent calendar all day. arose in his place
and told where the hatcheries. thirteen
In number, would be located. Mr.. Mann
said:
Mr.. Speaker. the gentleman from Ten
ncssee stated that the fish hatcheries pro-
vid.d for in this bill were located in the
places in the United States where they
are most needed. but notice one of them
Is located in the district represented by
the gentleman from Washington. Mr..
Humphrey. on the committee which re-
ported the bill: one OF them is located
in the district represented by my colleague
from Illinois, Mr.. Stone. who is on the
committee which reported the bill: one
Of them is reported in the State repre-
sented by the gentleman from North Car
ollna- Mr.. taison, VINO is on the commit
tee which reported the bill: One OF them
Is in the State represented BY the gentle
man from Oklahoma, Mr.. Carter. who Is
on the committee which reported the bill;
one OF them Is located in the State of
Texas, represented by the gentlemen from
Texas, Mr.. Hardy and Mr. Young. on
the committee which reported the bill;
one of them located in the State of In
diana represented by the gentleman from
Indiana. Mr.. Bsrnhart, on the committee
that reported the bill, and one of them
In the State of Arkansas, represented by
the gentleman from Arkansas. Mr.. Rob-
inson, on the committee that reported
the bill. is a strange thing that the
only places they are needed are in the
districts represented by gentlemen who
are on the committee"
The Washington herald., 1912-08-20

in area than the State of Delaware,
maintains a foreign trade more than
twice that of the entire Philippine
archipelago. Furthermore, it exceeds
that of China. Russia, and the South
American republics, except Argentina,
in trade with the United States.
Every word said above in regard
to Porto Rico holds good also for
Cuba, and, in fact, Central America,
clean down TO the canal What would
the Pearl of the Antilles" be to-day
but for the paternal care for the pro-
lection given to her inhabitants, for
the sanitary anc administrative i'm
provement almost forced upon them
in their own interest and behalf. This
being the case, well established
and borne out by the rapid strides
made by both islands toward civiliza-
ton. modern methods of sanitation,
and by their wonderfully increased for
eign trade relations, then why not cross
the Rubicon, why not annex them all
to finish the good work thus begun,
give them the protection, the recog-
nized standard of the Stars and Stripes
and let them grow apace with this
great nation! Indeed, why not? And
what a blessing it would prove for our
border States and for Mexico itself
if We were to make an end to the ever
lasting strife and turmoil by one mas
ter stroke, enfold the bleeding country
in the protecting wings of the Amer
ican Eagle, and establish the much
needed, but under present conditions,
unattainable peace!
The Washington herald., 1912-08-20
0strichiosis.

Mr.. Roosevelt, at one fell swoop of
his terrible jaw, has effaced President
Taft from the political map. He does
not regard Mr.. Taft as being in the
race.
1t is said of the ostrich that he buries
his head in the sand in the vain be-
lief that because he cannot see any
thing nobody can see him. Mr.. Roose.
welt is afflicted with ostrichiosis. He
seems to think that by closing his eyes
when looking in the Presidents di-
rection he has renderd Mr.. Taft in
visible to all the rest of the world.
Mr.. Roosevelt is welcome to all the
comfort which he can obtain from eyes
blinded by jealousy, prejudice, and dis
appointed ambition.
The Washington herald., 1912-08-20
WASHINGTON MAN
IN COSTA RIGA
Edward N. Dom Settles in San Jose
and Writes Letter Telling
About Country.

Edward n. Dom of this city. who SAIL
ed from New York January 10 for Gen.
trail America. is now located in San Jose,
the capital city of Costa Rica, having
moved to that place July II from the vi
cinity of Bocas del Toro, Panama Mr..
Dom writes to The Washington Herald
as follows:
when, we left New York the weather
was very cold. but twenty-four hours sail
ing brought us to a warmer climate. In
five days our boat reached Port Antonio,
Jamaica. a delightful little village. hav-
ing very picturesque harbor. The same
day We docked at Kingston, the capital
Of Jamaica, which Is quite q large city.
Saturday afternoon found us sailing into
horbor of Colon. when We had our
first view of the great work Of engineer
ing that the United States is performing
in the building of the Panama Canal.
After spending several days seeing the
sights Of the Canal Zone, we sailed for
Almirante, Panama, fifteen miles north OF
Bocas del Toro. Here we boarded a train
on the Changuinola Railway Of the United
Fruit Company and rode for forty miles
through the heart Of the ana-raising
district Of the Sixaola River Valley. -
Sanchez, Panama, on the Sixaola River.
which river Is the present Atlantic boun-
dary between Panama and Costa Rica.
ION July II, we sailed from Almirante
for Limon. Costa Rica, whence we went
on the Northern Railway, 100 miles to
San Jose. through a beautiful country rich
In banana, coffee. cocoanut. and orange
plantations. and abounding in tropical
forest land. On this journey the train
rises from sea level to over 5000 feet
Limon on the Caribbean. and Puntarenas
on the Pacific. are the principal seaports
Of Costa Rica. An interesting sight at
Nmon is the loading Of bananas on the
population Of about 5000 people, the en-
tire population Of this most progressive
and peaceful of Central American repub-
ucs being only. 3so,@. Amops the show
The Washington herald., 1912-08-20
Federation of Government Employe,

What is Saul doing among the
prophets? Are the Progressives in the
Senate going the Bull Moosers lone
better" in radicalism?
With all the respect that is due that
august body, the United States Senate.
by encouraging openly government en-
ployes TO form an organization hav-
ing for its avowed object antagonism
to the government has advanced a
proposition least expected from a body
known and respected for its conserva-
tism, its safe and sane enactmentsi A
strike is within the range of posi-
bilities in any workingmers fedora
ton as the result, /, of failure to adjust
the wage or hour-of-labor scale.
Like in France and Great Britain,
threats have been made in this coun-
try also to ''paralyze the government
through the influence of strikes" 1t
was inevitable, however, that the ques-
ton of trade unions 10 the Federal
civil service should come up sooner
or later in Congress, after it had been
dealt with vigorously in both coun-
tries mentioned, but no one ever sus-
pected that these doings would occupy
the minds of the Senators to such a
predominating degree as to influence
the passing OF the House pro-federa-
tion bill
The House went as far as was proper
in this direction when it provided in
the post-office appropriation bill that
department employees might join or
ganizations having for their object i'm
provement in condition of labor and
compensation. Some, in fact, believe
and say so, that it went too far, as it
would permit postal employees to form
unions for the purpose of bringing
pressure to bear upon Congress to
raise their pay and the effect on the
service might be injurious Besides, the
men thus were put in position to go
on strike-even on so-called sympa-
liCtiS SlIlhe- 10 lHe C1eQlt OF tne
Senate be it said that the sympathetic"
clause was eliminated.
We are not in favor OF hamper
ing the business of the government by
federations advocating extreme meas
ures which might completely tie up the
machinery of administration. What it
would mean to this country to paralyze
the postal service is easily understood.
Therefore, the government cannot rec
ognize as legitimate the practice of
striking in its service, thus involving it
in disputes of private industries.
The government, in its civil service,
has established system of life tenure
on good behavior for the great ma
jority of its employees, which ought to
lessen the need of trade organizations
for the benefit of the workers, and
which, besides, ought to impel the
clerks to exercise higher degree of
loyalty.
As for mutual benefit organizations,
the right to form them is conceded as
a matter of course.
The Washington herald., 1912-08-20
PRESIDENTIAL TERM.
Writings of Messrs. Roosevelt and
Wilson on Question start Debate.

A sharp debate between Senators Borah
of Idaho and Williams of Mississippi over
the writings of Col. Roosevelt and Wood
row Wilson enlivened the proceedings OF
the Senate yesterday during consideration
of the Works resolution limiting the ten
ure OF Office OF President to a single term
OF six years, which was called up by
Senator Cummins of Iowa. Mr.. Williams
submitted an amendmen, limiting the
term OF President to two terms OF four
years each. and making a President in
eligible to succeed himself. Senator Borah
started the discussion by reading an ex-
tract from one Of DIR. Wilson's books, in
which the Democratic Presidential nori-
nee declared his opposition to a limitat ton
upon the tenure of office of government
employees. The view was opposed to
the Democratic platform adopted at the
Baltimore convention, which declared
against a third term.
The Washington herald., 1912-08-20
PERTINENT AND IMpERT1NENT

From the Chicago Record Herald.
The Stanley report Is chiefly interesting
in that 1t convincingly supports many
statements concerning the Steel Trust
that have. been made in the last few
years.
From the Brooklyn standard-Union.
The one thing certain IL the new
party is q one-man party. without
Roosevelt and his passionate ambition
to rule this country 1t could not exist,
even in feeble form for more than
q few weeks.
From the Detroit Free PresA
At this stage Of the race our pennant
hopes are Al pinned onto next year.
The Washington herald., 1912-08-20
THE WASHINGTON HERALD TUESDAY. AUGUST 90 1912

places Of Can Joss il the Tsatro Medicinal
National Thsatsr). one Of the hnest IN
the world. and erected at cost Of A.
10000.
Eighteen miles east Of Ban Jose We
passed through the town Of Cartago. three
times DESTROYED by earthquakes. the last
time being about two years ago, when
nearly . thouand lives were loaf. Costa
Ric9 has about nine volcanoes. some Of
which sre stiIl active" ~
The Washington herald., 1912-08-20
Empress Seriously III.

Berlin. Aug. l9.-The Empress of Ger
many is i'll. So serious has her condition
become, it was learned to-day. that she
has been ordered to withdraw from all
court and social functions. Her place will
be taken by the crown princess. Reports
that the Empress was Ill were circulated
several days ago. but denied at that time.