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The Washington times., 1912-02-26
WHERE GEESE PICK COTTON.

The humblest agencies in the scheme of nature
may be ennobled by their work, and the common or
barnyard goose promises to be given a place among
the royal birds. He has become an economic fac
tor and will longer be relegated to the deSpised
service of foil for odious comparisons
Dr. r. o. Williams, of Humboldt, Tenn, has a
flock of geese which he has trained to pick cotton,
and he that they have learned their lesson
we'll So true it is that each and every goose can
pick seventy-fve pounds of cotton day. His flock
is so industrious that it frequently harvests two bales
of seed cotton in twenty-four hours. He believes
that he has made discovery which will revolutionze
the cotton industry in the Southern States.
For be it remembered that Eli Whitney solved
only half the problem when he invented the cotton
gin 1t was wonderful in ITSELF and has transformed
the face of the world But there has always been
a crying demand for coton-picker. There have
been many experiments along that line but absolute
success seems as unattainable perpetual motion.
The cotton planter had begun to despair He seemed
doomed to rest forever at the mercy of shifting and
uncertain labor supply
And then when the gloom had become darkest
along came the Tennessee doctor-planter and his
flock of geese. AS they saved Rome, so, perhaps,
they have saved the South. Their maintenance Is
not expensive and is more than compensated for by
the feather beds they yield in the course of a season
The cotton field labor is clear gain
The San Jose scale frightened the world when it
first appeared, but some one bethought him of send
ing to India for some special lady bugs to destroy
them, and 10! the problem solved. The forces OF
nature made to work together for the enrich
ment of mankind. The same system promises to
solve the labor problem in the cotton fields of the
South.
So far from being the type of stupidity, the cal
umnaed goose will perhaps prove the salvation of
great industry.
There is just one minor in the caro-one riff
within the lutte. The story may not be true.
The Washington times., 1912-02-26
DISTRICT PENSION SYSTEM.

The District Committee of the House which
has under consideration the bills to pension police
men and fremen will make a great mistake if it
does not take advantage of the present opportunity
to place the pension system upon flat basis which
will eliminate entirely its dependence upon fines and
fees. The latter system places premium upon
arrests, is uncertain and unsatisfactory.
Moreover the committee seems to take a
strangely contradictory attitude in this matter in ask
ing that the District should bear the entire burden
Of the pension system. The general appropriation
bill which has passed the House went out into the
byways as it were to find those sources of revenue
of which it could claim the Federal Governments
half The transcript of building inspection reports
for example yields an annual revenue Of an entire
$3.50. 1t not too small, too insignificant, how
ever, for the Government to claim its half 1t is fur
ther provided, as matter of new legislation, that
On and after July l. 1912 fees collected by the Dis
trct of Columbia shall be paid into the Treasury of the
United the credit of the United States and
the District of Columbia in equal parts, follows,
namely, fees of Superintendent of Weights Measures
and Markets; fees of Surveyors Office; Health De-
partment fees pound fees fees for railing permits;
fees for building permits; fees for electrical permits
Bathing Beach fees fees from publicconvenience sta
tons fees for certificates fees for motor and horse
drawn vehicle tags; fees Of the Municipal Court and
surplus fees of the Recorder of Deeds and Register
Wills; together with the tuition of nonresident
pupils public schools, and the tax of one-half of
cent paid by any street other railroad company for
each passenger carried across the Highway BRIDGE and
the annual wheel tax on all automobiles or other motor
vehicles
This is demanding its pound-its pennyweight--
of flesh, with vengeance. 1t is right and proper
enough. But the very corolary of it is that in such
matter as pensions for the fremen and policemen
whose functions are exercised as much for the Gov
ernment property and for the safety of Government
officials as for the local residents, the Government
should be equally exact in meeting half the expenses
And then lift the fund from its demoralzing de-
I'pendence upon fines and fees.
The Washington times., 1912-02-26
Here's a Book
MRS. DRUMMONDS VOCATION. BY
Mark RyCe. published by William
Rickey & Company, New 8Ork).


When an author. apparently attempt
ing to score one better than the bril-
liant Shaw prefaCes, prints on the COW
cr OF his book a warning against its
contents, the public is naturally dubious
though for reasons which the author
presumably did not intend. Mark Ryce,
who offers still further cheap imitation
in the title of his Mrs. Drummonds s
Vocation" at once invites doubt of his
sincerity. One concludes, however. that
he Tor Is II sheD has merely taken him
self oVerseriOusy.
familiar type in books, the wholly non
moral woman, whose sporadic existence
liberal minded people admit as fact
and contemplate philosophically. stu
diously. and regretfully, but do not re-
gard as necessarily horrid. The read
contention that this is verify" 1t hap
pens, of course. but 1t is more correct
ly termed abnormality.
The character of Lily Drummond Is
set forth in fairly clear analysis. and
the development of its pure negative
is not uninteresting. Some of the in
Cidents of the story are badly strained,
however, and foolish, and the turn
ing point Is an absurd and disgusting
manufacture Of unhealthy imagination.
The little French English bourgeoise,
escaping. upon the death of her hus-
band, from eleven years of missionary
life in China. is a kind OF counterpart
to the conVent-brcd girl with her first
glimpse of Partisan irresponsiblity. The
author would imply that Lily was borr
to the vocation" of the demimonde-
which may be true. One may prefer
to think, however, that the vocation
was merely the combination OF acci-
dent and a wholly complaisant nature
which might Just as easily have fitted
itself to another mold.
The Washington times., 1912-02-26
AN INTROSPECTION
ON ETERNAL TORMENT

To the Editor OF THE TINES:
During the last two weeks. at the
solicitation OF friends. attended mems
religious services, and they opened up
a question in my mind which was not
answered. The fact was made plain,
over and over again, that the good man.
after the candle had burnt out, could
find in the Infinite Being loving anu
aprrAiative rather.
Now, there is a large class of US men
who are not good, but grade all the
wav from Indifferent to bad. Many or
US are indifferent to the religious HE,
yet are good citizcns. and live upright
lives and thcrs are many OF Us VINO are
decidedly bad. Now. what was the out
look for the Indifferent and the bad? |
cleaned no information, but Guessed
the answer was-eternal punishment.
We cannot but see the justice OF an
earthly father being tender. loving, and
affectionate to q dutiful son. but would
the same father be willing to infict
years Of suffering and punishment on
his two other sons who are indifferent
Heavenly Father be more severe?
A man ma go along for seventy
years, having so many religious paths
ruinted out 10 him when youth, that
he missed them all, and having wander
ed along indifferent and careless. ne
finds himself utterly in a fog without
pilot, and he wonders what the
account man. He knows that for his
many mistakes, errors. and sins in this
world. lie certainly deserves punishment
hereafter, but will 1t be forever? l hope
not, sincerely, but l do not know-doeS
any one? L. A. y.
The Washington times., 1912-02-26
ROOSEVELT DID NOT
INVENT GAG RULE
To the Editor of THE TIMES:

To the Editor of THE TIMES:
To gag means to smother, to obliter-
ate, a bride used to overcome opposi-
ton.
TIE gag has been in use from the be-
ginning of man; it has always been
approved of by those in power; there
fore it must be constitutional.
Our Congress has and is using to-
day the gag. Citizen Roosevelt did
not invent the gag rule, he only gave
it different name. "One of my
policies
Our United States officials who are
really some of our representativ tives,
have been gagged that they cannot in
terfere in politics; whereas our Presi-
dent, who is also our representative,
and he is supposed to strictly attend
to his business. instead. leaves his
place to make speeches for his re-
election. His policy is hardly accord
ing to our Constitution. What Is sauce
for the goose. is sauce for the gander.
RICHARD F. PREUSSER.
The Washington times., 1912-02-26
EXPRESS CHARGES WOULD
DEVOUR WHOLE HENERY
To the Editor of THE TIMES:

To the Editor Of THE TIMES:
In response TO A. HIS" mathematical
proposition: If the Adams Express
Company charges 60 cents to transport
two chickens to Alexandria. Va. dis
tance six miles. would he have to dis
pose of his hennry If those same two
chicks were cent to San Francisco?
beg leave to answer his query. 1t
would cost him $146.50. and would take
355 chickens to pay the express charges
at the present market price.
Come to think OF it, he could charter
Pullman palace car to send those two
chickens to the Golden Gate. and save
money.
Eut "A. H." shouldn't kick. What are
the plain people here for IL not to help
along the poor trusts A word Of ad-
vice! The next time "A H." intends
to send two chi ckcns to AeXandria. let
him walk along the railroad track-there
amt any road. for the said railroad has
taken the turnpike for its own use. II
"a. H." isn't killed in transit he can
deliver the chickens and eggs Matched
on the way. and return with money
jingling in his pocket. CANAIILE.
The Washington times., 1912-02-26
ALL OR NOTHING, SAYS ITALY.

To those who have tried in vain to see victory
for Italy in the occupation of Tripol, Benghaz and
narrow strip of coast line, the action of the Italian
parliament in passing a formal vote of annexation
of the whole of Tripo has its udicrous side. 1t
seems pompous, unnecessary, and unjustifed by the
progress of the war.
Nevertheless, it is significant. 1t fixes new
limit to Italys demands; one which Turkey cannot
accept without grave humiliation nor Italy back
down from without admitting herself beaten. When
the war began only protectorate over Tripol
asked for. In such terms of peace as have from
time to time been discussed the recognition of the
suzerainty of Turkey over the disputed province has
always .been taken for granted.
Italy now seems, therefore, to have abandoned
all thought of conciliaon. 1t is all or nothing with
her. and presumably all. Theoretically, she had Iur-
key whipped from the moment war was declared.
Practically, she has failed to make good her claim
The Washington times., 1912-02-26
THE LAWRENCE STRIKE CRISIS.

situation quite unique in connection with the
conduct of industrial strike has been produced at
Lawrence, Mass, where the workers in the woolen
mills have left their tasks The strike seems far
as ever from settlement and the strikers have sent
large number of their children away from the
town, to be cared for by friends, sympathizers and
organizations in other cities.
The municipal authorities at Lawrence, when it
was attempted to send a number of children in this
way to Philadelphia, nterered, forbade the children
to go, arrested the parents of some of them, and
took the ground that the children were being aban
doned, and were to be exhibited for the purpose of
arousng sympathy for the strikers.
There seems to be no ground for the former
allegation, at least. There is indeed, good reason
for the belief that the children would be better off
awav from Lawrence in the circumstances OF the
whole affair, than there
Whether there was any legal justification for
the action of the Lawrence authorities is question
largely of facts. There is nothing but the fimsiest
technicality in the allegation that the children were
being kidnapped" That idea has been put forward,
and it certainly seems to warrant a general con-
cusion that the authorities of Lawrence utterly over
stepped their legal powers They should have found
better excuse, or remained silent. Better yet, they
would vastly better have concluded not to attempt
interference. If they expected to prevent display
that would arouse sympathy for the strikers, they
have not only failed, but they have done something
that will vastly aCcentuae the publics sympathy and
interest in the Lawrence crisis.
Anyhow, what business is it of the Lawrence
municipal authorities to be assuming that an appea
TO public sympathy by the strikers should be sup
pressed? Their business is to preserve order ant
enforce the laws. Such crisis as exists right now
is the poorest possible time for stretching laws anc
bringing constituted authority under criticism anc
into opprobruim.
The Washington times., 1912-02-26

This game ole dawg one day I sent
To find the trail OF our next President,
He put his nose to the ground and smelt
TIL he hit the trail OF Noose,ve9;
And Lord a Inassy, hew we did laugh
When ne hit the trail OF Mister TAFT,
But you jest oughter heard that oiu
When he hit the rlEht one. old Msrse
Clark. .
And now that he has our President
You gotta stop kIckin my dawg aroun'.
FRANK CHAMPION,
50 Myrtle street northeast.
The campaigns comm and soon be
bet Billy Bryann be on the groun'
While the donkey's giVin' hee-haw
Now you gotta stop kickin' that mule
aroun'.
But the houn that comes from old
Ozark,
Is the dead-ga mascot for our
His kennel you'll see in the White
And THEN yopil stop kIckln' that
EDWIN /. sHoPE.
For seven years Teddy kept tariff
houn'
And no one dared to kick 1t aroun';
SO now that his hat is on the groun'
You'd better stop kickin his dawg
aroun'. -
j. G. PEPPER,
Bancroft, Va.
My dawg don't bark or make a SCUM,
JUS runs along with his tail hanging
down.
Champ Clark's the only man have
foun'
Who can make 'em quit kickin' my
dawg aroun.
MISS MARIE ACKERMAN,
fl5 ID street n. w.
When Roosevelt hits this huntin'
groun'
viii they kick my dawg? No, I'll be
boun',
Though search all day, they can't
be foun,
Those boys who kicked my dawg
aroun'.
MISS HELEN s. ToBIN,
43 Q street n. e.
Every time ] come TO town,
The boys was kickin' Reciprocity
'roun',
And they all said Annexation was a
houn',
But it don't make no difference, cause
c. DENNY,
Commercial Hotel
The Washington times., 1912-02-26
ARMY AND NAVY ORDERS

FELIX f. GROSS. from the 16Sth Com
pany to the 9Sth Company.
WILLIAM T. BOYD, jr., from 39th
Company to the 18th Company.
LAWRENCE A. MCLAUGHLIN, from
the 4lst Company to the 1lIth Com
pany.
GEORGE r. MEYER. from the 5Sth
Company to the 2ith Company.
HOMER A. BAGG. from the 69th Conn
pany to the Hath Company.
ANDREW l.. PENDLETON, jr., from
the 7Sd Company TO the Sjth Com
pany.
LEWIS II. BRERETON, from the llSth
Company to the 18th Company.
CHERUBUSCO NEWTON. jr., r"om
the 9Th Company to the 2lst Com
pany.
Major RICHARD C. CROXTON. Goth
Infantry, detailed for recruiting
service at Fort Slocum, N. Y, and
Philadelphia, Pa.
Major WILLIAM S. GRAVES, assigned
to Goth Infantry.
Major WILLIAM WEIGEL, assigned
to 2Sd Infantry.
Lieutenant EDWARD l.. KELLY, c.
A. c., assigned to 18th Company
The Washington times., 1912-02-26
SEND In YOUR VERSE TODAY

Whenever the Democrats caucus in
town,
An Bryan sends em sumpthin' SCUM,
No brakes on him, II they turn 1t down,
But they better stop kickin his dog
Groun'.
L. B. c.
Apt 9, 12S c street northeast.
Four long terms they been kickin that
houn,'
Amt had friend since Growers in
the ground;
But now "A real Champ has at least
been foun',
So they gotta quit kickIn' my dawg
arun'.
F. J. BERGIN,
General Land Office.
My dawg is spotted all white and
brown,
You'll know him all right by sight and
He's after big game. that good old
houn,'
He's hot on the trail to the White
House groun.
G. NJ. DAVIS,
Toxic, School street.
The Washington times., 1912-02-26
HOW PROF. "GAIUS CUTUS"
EXPLAINED WHALE STORY

To the Editor OF THE TIMES:
In my youth l was student at the
German University of Weissnicht.
While there l attended the lectures of
the learned Gaius Cutus, successor of
the distinguished Teufelsdroeck, and
studied the Cabala, Hegel, and Carl
Marx GaiuS Cutus explained the
whale and Jonah manuscript from his
naturalistic o -rationaiistic standpoint,
as follows:
Jonah was tramp evangelist The
whale" was a roadhouse, where the
automobiles used to stop, and where
beer was sold on Sunday. Jonah went
into the whale" and beat his board
and lodging three days and three
nights, when the proprietor cast MIN
out on the dry land. WIN. NJ. c.
The Washington times., 1912-02-26

would not ask such questions as he did
February 81, 1912.
s. w. Hart asks, How could those
men live in fiery furnace and come
out alive?"
Such questions plainly show the cali
Der of the man. If he had little more
gray matter in that poor little brain or
his, he would be able to grasp the
form miracles. That is all the answer
we can give to his nonsensical ques-
tions.
we can't explain it to him in any
other way, as he requested some one
to do. CORA A. BUSH.
Clarendon, Va.
The Washington times., 1912-02-26

In every State this country round
The trusts keep grinding the people
down,
When Champ Clark's President, I'll be
bound,
They gotta quit kickdn' poor folks
aroun'.
MISS MILDRED JEFFRIEs,
Warrenton. Va.
He's a good old dawg II he is a houn.'
He's alters leading in a long chase
roun', q
He is long and lanky, his bark's an aw-
full soun,'
He'll catch that Fox on the next chase
arOun'.
J. NJ. POWELL,
Ills / street.
He's a tlop-eared houn' with a dreamy
eye,
And that ole dawg, he sure can fly,
Bill Possum better make for a hole in
the groun'
When Champs on his trail with that
ole houn
T. r. KEITH.
Fairfax. Va.
The Washington times., 1912-02-26
NO SPECIAL DISPLAY
AT SOLDIERS HOME

To the Editor Of THE TINES:
Lincoln's Birthday has passed ana
Washington's Birthday has gone, but
no flag has been displayed on any OF
the department buildings here, nor
has any orders been posted for its
observance on either day. Shame :
the old ex-soldicrs exclaim.
Millions for appropriations" but
none for the Starry Flag. The only
flag that is in its place is the GUS
tomary one for all occasions.
PATRIOTISM.
Soldiers Home, Tenn.
The Washington times., 1912-02-26
SAYS MORE INTELLIGENCE
WILL EXPLAIN MIRACLES

To the Editor OF THE TINES:
have enjoyed reading the letters in
the Mail Bag" very much. Some of
them are exceedingly interesting. but
it seems a pity that atheists are al
lowed a place in these columns. Very
few people care to read their trash.
When Ex-Ministerial Student speaks
of his weak intellect" he speaks the
truth. That is where the trouble lies.
II he possessed II strong mind, he
The Washington times., 1912-02-26
MOVEMENTS OF VESSELS.

Arrived-Hector at Guantanamo: Gel
tic at Boston; Prairie at Hampton
Roads.
from Guantanamo for
Navy Yard. n. Y; Ajax from Guam
tanamo for Hampton Roads; Sterl-
ing from Hampton Roads for Bos-
ton; Prometheus from Panama for
Santa Elena Bay, Ecuador.
The Washington times., 1912-02-26

If the street railway companies are as quick
to take advantage of the subway plans of the Com
missoners they to fall in line with such pro-
s,essive propositions as universal transfers, and
school tickets there will be little use for the subway
The Washington times., 1912-02-26
Concerts Today
By the United States Marine Band
Orchestra, Marine Barracks, p. m.
WILLIAM II. SANTELAIANN.

Leader.
PROGRAM.
March-"With Shot and Shelf. .Bllse
Overture-"semram ..-..Rossini
Ballet musir-''Sylria" ........Delibes
(a) Pizztcato Polka.
(h) Nalse Lente.
Waltz-"The Siren" ............Fall
Grand fautasia-"Hansel and
Greter .Hunperdinck
CapIice-"Heart' Message"
Saptelmann
Hungarian dance No. 1....Keler-B Bella
BY the U. S. Soldiers Home Band,
at $3.50 o'clock.
JOHN S. NJ. ZIMMERMAN.
Director.
PROGRAM.
March-"The Father of Victory"
Came
OvertUre-"Zampa" .HsEold
sceno Espagnole-'M 'Moraima"
Espinosa
Selection-"The Geishl' ........Jones
Rag cddlty-"That Mysterious
Rag" Observation-Disclosures. ......Snyocr
Waltz suite-"Ddnube Waves"
Ivanovici
Finale-"Cunabas' ..,........,...T Hall
The Stnr-Spaugled Banner"
The Washington times., 1912-02-26
NAVY.

Capt. ]. H. GLENNON, to Navy De-
paTtment.
Midshipman II. c. RIDGELY, detached
Smith, to Naval Hospital, Washing
ton. d c.
The Washington times., 1912-02-26
LETTERS TO THE TIMES MAIL BAG

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publication Letters
o the o
The Washington times., 1912-02-26
New Verses to the Ozark Houn' Song

/. know bully fellow with mighty
He's just about able to turn the trick.
And you can bet dollar when he 'rives
These fellers stop kickin' my dawg
aroun'.
Il. r.,
1927 Riggs place.
When my houn, is better known,
And goes to the White House for a
Bill and Teddy will have to roam,
Fur dis here houn' can hold his own.
J. @. HUNGERFORD, JR.,
1103 g street southwest.
Wait till my dawg guards the White
Then hurrah for ozark. and few times
Makes no difference IL he is a houn',
They gotta quit kicken' my dawg
aroun
stoneleigh Court
But ] love every inch OF his golding
fur;
SO let him alone. let him howl and
For our future President. H. Champ
RAY TURNBULL,
34 Indiana avenue.
Champs on the hunt with his ole houn'
And he's gettin' votes in every town.
The people are gather'n' for miles
aroun'
To vote for him and his Ozark houn'.
II. T. b. MOVE,
1870 Fourteenth Street.
That dawg's named Democracy,
He's had long time a puppy to be,
His day has come, he'll be some houn'
So you'd better quit hckin' my dawg
aroun'.
j. A NJ,
11lS Park place n. r.
Now that my hat is in the ring,
| Tain't no use for Champ to sing,
| To the sausage barrel his dawg must
As the Teddy bears shout, "I tole you
So" II. s. WILSON,
S19 Fifth street.
Last two weeks in Washington,
! The House kicked Henry and Bryan
aroun,
| But 405 was their dawg houn',
Is the House now kickin' itself aroun?
| w. E. RYAN,
666 G street N. L.