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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-02-21

Richmond. Va. Feb. 20. 1912
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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-02-21

Richmond. Va, Feb. 20, 1912.
Wholesale quotations ON change.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-02-21

MA NKET CONDITIONS.
Eggs--Receipts heavy; market UNI
settled and lower prices expected.
Poultry--Hens and chickens. active
at nrices quoted; turkeys in fair de-
mand.
Dressed Hogs--Receipts light with
fair demand.
Veals--More active and scarce.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1912-10-10
WHAT OKLAHOMA CITY PROMISES

THIS map taken from official records
in The state Land Department shows
II the location NJ the $50 acres Of land
which Oklahoma city seeks TO unload
on the state iu lieu of the free million
dollar capitol building she promised the
people but failed TO build This land In
IS scattered tracts from . to 10 miles out,
much Of IL nearer Britton than Oklahoma
city. is mostly In ravines and brakes and
has been put In the hands Of n private
trustee to tender TO the legislature in
lieu ~ the million dollar capitol building,
free rentals, and all other promises and
agreement by Oklahoma City.
The committee puts a valuation Of
81 100000. 90 on this land. but II. II. Gard
ne. a director Of the Chamber OF Com
merce. testified it was worth less than
$4,000. and Fred Gum, president OF one
Of the largest loan companies in okla
homa City, swore 1t was worth but $4,000
AZ a loan basis and sos. 600 as a real
estate speculation. Poor as this land is,
they hold It through a private trustee
and fail TO turn IL over to the state.
oklahoma City has never made a move
20 build a capitol building or keep her
other promises, and has not turned a
single dollar nor an acre OF land over to
the state.
TIL claim by Oklahoma City that Guth-
RE prevented them from building a capt.
tol building Is a mere baby play, Wonder
who Is keeping them from paying the
$4,000 a year rent?
II the capital stays in Oklahoma City
the taxpayers must put up a million or
more dollars at once for a capitol build
Ing or continue TO pay $4,000 or more
rent each year for many years to come.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1912-10-10

The HERALD is late this week but its
appearance will plainly show the cause
for the l%ateness. Four extra pages of
solid matter appears this week. We
are late but, like the proverbial bed
bug, which hath neither wings ror
fame, we'll get there just the same.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1912-10-10
Township ,. Range 20.
F. C. Tracy returned the last of the
week from Kansas City.

The young son of Mr.. and Mrs. W.
r Gregg, of KoGomo, who has been
seriously sick of typhoid fever for some
time, is greatly improved.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1912-10-10

A daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs, Frank
Henderson, who reside west of Beaver.
is recovery nicely from an attack of
typhoid fever.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-02-27
CHINESE SHOULD REFORM.

1t is known that the Chinese in the
United States, and especially those in
san Francisco and on the Wcst coast
generally, are governed not by the
laws Of the State or of the Federal
Union. bBt by the laws CT their
"tongs. These toDgs have 'hatchet
men, and assassins of various kinds
and degrees. aud when there is a feud
between the tongs, blood. turmoil and
piIlaec cnsue, entirely beyond the jur-
isdiction Of the local officials, who
find il impossible 10 get at the truth
of the matter and TO get evidence to
punish anybody. The tongs attend TO
their own Furnishing. and pay no regard
to the civil government of the country.
But now that China has become a
republic. all this ought to change There
ought TO be on the part Of the Chinese
IN this country complete renuncia-
ton of 'tong' government, and a
frank submission to the laws Of the
country, since all ihe members Of these
tongs profess themselves TO be good
dHO III ldNOl Oh popular
government in China as well as in this
country. But. If they 10 so favor popu.
lar government. they should recognize
popular government. and should Weld
allegiance 10 the power of the people
as expressed in their laws. and AS ex-
pected 10 be carried out through the
officers whom the people have chosen.
\ late number of the San Francisco
Chronicle, however, in commenting up.
on the Chinese lawlcssncss. gives but
little hope Of reform IN this matter.
the Chronicle cditorially says:
The fact, as reported in ycsterday's
banded together with the purpose OF ex-
terminating A fourth hishbinder society
does not bespcak much progress or the
pert oi the local Chinese OF the lower
ella sses. Also, the fact that Chimes
Euumcn boldly parade the streets OF
Chinatown. and that their societies have
even rented cottages outside the Oriental
ous members. speaks not well for the
police department.
il is impossible for the Chinese TO
convince the civilized world that they
are tit for republican form of gov.
ernment AS long as this sort of thing
can truthfulIy be reported about them.
II they are not willing TO yield obedi.
cncc TO the law. If they defy, deceive,
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-02-27

and resist the duly constituted off
GERS and show such contempt for law
aud civic authority as they commonly
do. and as is roncretcly named In the
Chronicle comment. then the world will
have little faith in "Thc Great Re
public of China, and will conclude
that the Chinese. so far from being a
sclf.respccting. clf-governing people,
are simply composed of gangs Of out
laws. each determined To have It's own
WAY. and each devoted 10 the perpetual.
tiou of blood fcuds. robbery, AMI mur-
der II the Chinese really wish the
world 10 believe that they are i'm favor
Of popular government they should
show better signs of deserving that
belief than they have hitherto doue
during their r"sidrrcc in the United
States.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-02-27
ANARCHISTIC DOCTRINE.

The difficulties of Samuel Gompcrs
head of the Federation Of Labor, with
the Supreme Court of the District OF
Columbia, arc notorious throughout the
country. When Mr.. Gompers appears
before that court he is very humble
when he is out of the presence of the
court he is very bumptious When ar
raigncd for contempt, he pleaded that
he meant nothing but quotation from
Shakespeare when he baited the court
in his harangucs and writings. After
his recent experience where he ate
humble pie in the court, he went away
and gave utterance to the following:
I contend that when the court trans
cends It's right the citizen shall decide
for himself. II he is OF the opinion that
the court went too far, ne must decide
for himself.
it must be plain TO every person, and
undoubtedly it must be plain to Mr..
Gompers himself, that the carrying out
of a doctrine like that is simply an
arcby. 1t denies to the authorities con
stituted by constitution and statute
law the control over the affairs under
barriers, and leaves every man to de-
eide for himself not ouly what his
rights are, but what the rights of the
courts are. If citizen does not think
that he is properly treated by the court
he may ignore the court and 60 his own
way, and according to Mr.. Gompers
no court has any right to interfere with
him,
No palmer enunciatiou OF the ulti-
mate doctrine of anarchy could posi-
bly, be set forth than this, Plainly
speaking, it makes every man a Law
unto himself, and obIiges him to obey
the courts only when the decisions of
the courts please him; when they do
not please him. he is at liberty to ig'
more them, and should not be iuterfered
with in so doing.
IL is astonishing that any man in any
sort of responsible position would ut
ter doctrine like that. 1t is the
widest kind of revolution. and means
the assertion that every man is an
independent government in. of, and for
himself Mr.. Gompers has been cutting
very pitiable figure ever since his
upreserved endorsement of the MeNa-
maras, which a good many people with
considerable justice regard as hypocrit-
ical. for it seems impossible that he
could have failed 10 be aware of their
guilt. And now this wild declaration
Of chaos and anarchy will necessa-
rily force him a good many steps lower
on the ladder Of public esteem,
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-02-27

The San, Francisco Chronicle very
Justly says: 1t is time that Alaska
we're given square deal That Terri
tory has immense natural resources,
and the people who live there. and
others with capital TO. invest, should
ne gwen an opportunity TO develop
them II is proper that the resources
of Alaska. like those of the rest OF the
country. should he conserved, But
progress should not he stayed by con
servstIou that is unreasonable Con
aress should give the mstter its atten-
linn :,
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-02-27
PERSISTENCE OF PENSIONS,

IT is astonishing. in looking over thc
report of the Commissioner OF Pcu
slons. TO sec that the roll Of pensioners
on the list the present year shows
for the first time, the absence of any
| Revolutionary pcnsioucr. The pension
report for the fiscal year ended June
80 1910 showed the presence thereon
OF one such pcusioner. a daughter of
soldier of the Revolutionary war. The
report for the year ended june 50, 1911,
drops this ono pcnsioucr. by reason OF
death
nc pension report Tor 1910 showed
widows ot soldiers of the war Of lsl2
to the number of %5S on the roll, tor
1911 the report carries the number OF
such widows mt 20. loss of 80 Of
those widnws in the wear Tho war Of
ISl2. century ago, stiIl leaves us,
as appears, 2!9 widows, pensioners ou
account Of that war.
1t is probable, therefore, that the
vear 1865 viii still show upon the PEN
sion rolls some hundreds. perhaps thou
sands. Of widows OF soldiers Of the
War Of the Rebellion There are 1929
widows of Indian wars upon the roll,
and 59S2 widows Of Mexican war
soldiers.
The pension report showed that there
were on the roll June 50 1911 total
Of ,707 widows Of the War Of the
Rebellion. That war ended IN 1860. II
these widows survive in the same rela.
tIon that the widows of the War OF
1872 do. there Will be good many
Thousand OF them alive and drawing
after the close of the War of the Re
hcllion, Just as there are 21o widows
of the War of 1872 on the roll, II
hundred wears after the termination Of
that war.
Now. VIC make no point against too
presence Of these widows on the pen
sion roll. Undoubtedly, they arc there
of right and by law. We simply call
attention 10 the inevitable effects Of
our pension legislation in holding out
pension benefits for such great length
of time after the close Of the way upon
which those claims are founded, IT
is simply a sociological or economic
point, and not one in any respect find.
ing fault with the drawing of pen
sions by those widows who are on the
roll.
But it is question that Congress
might we'll take up and lcgIslatc upon,
so that the country will understand eX.
actlv what il is doing in pension
ing for long lives young girls who
may marry very old veterans of the
war In order TO provide themselves
with a fair income that may last fol
three score or more years, And when
it comes, as it has already come, to the
pension Of minor children. hundreds OF
whom are on the roll now on account
of the War of the Rebellion, we almost
of necessity recall the case of the
daughter Of veteran Of the Revou.
tionarv war who remained on the roll
until 1910 or more than hundred
and twenty-five years after the close of
the War of the Revolution, 1t is clear,
then, that we may expect such pen
sions up to and Including the year
1890. or scventy-eIght years hence.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-02-27

The proposition 10 drain and fill in
tho swamps OF the Sacramento valley
is one Of The greatest proposed. They
comprise million acres; and the
proposition as contemplated in the bill
urged before Congress by Representa-
tive William Kent. 10 whose district
the lands lie. II TO combine drainage,
fIlllns. aud the improving OF the river
for navigation. the cost being reck.
oned st S33 an acre for the whole
tract, or s33.O00.0o0 in all. this cost 10
he borne partly by the Nation. partly
ny the State, and partly BY the own.
ers OF the land. The scheme is popu.
lar 10 California.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-02-27

The News, in discussing Roosevelt, 5
candidacy, concludes that after all. il
wouldn Z "be for i third term. az
Roosevelts & first term was only as
Nice.Prcsident. unless, as the News
repeats. ''as has been said. the sub
stance and not the form must be con.
sidered- ]" All, yes, '"as has been
said. . But by whom! Why, by Roosc
welt himself. And so. honestly con
Sidered, that settles the whole matter.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-02-27

IL IS hard 10 get at the truth Of the
reports OF Italian doiugs in the war
with Turkey. First We had urid ac.
counts Of outrageous iuhumsnities per
petrsted upon the Turks and Arabs in
Trpoli; but these Sensational nara
tions were quickly disproVed And now
We have realistic account OF the bonn
hardment OF Beirut by Italian war.
ships. But later it trauspres that all
the Italian war ships did was TO sink
one or two Turkish guuboais, and
didn t ombard the town az all It 's
pretty safe 10 disregard accounts OF
Italian oUtraGes in this war, because
the Italians are not savsges, aud they
have no Sides OF doing ANYTHING that
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-02-27

On and after July 4th next, the field
of the National flag Will contain forty
eight stars; and by official or,ier. these
will be arranged in six horizontal rows
of eight stars each: and thrv will he
30 placed. star above star. so as 10 he
in eight perpendicular rows of six
stars each, The field will then be full.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-02-27

The congress OF tailors in New York
decides that New Workers are the best
dressed men in America. As New York
railors were in the majority in that
congress, the declaration is only a
round about way Of the tailors prais
ing their own work.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-02-27

Senator Cummins now gets into the
ring with drastic antitrust propo.
eltion. Sure be had to do something 10
Offset the beating of the tom-tom. aud
he is vet candidate
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-02-27

\ Whittier memorial in the National
Capital is proposed. He well deserved
II. and the people who provide il viii
honor themselves
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-02-27

II Is announced that the anniversary
of the birth of the Chinese republic
will be celebrated on February 18th.
Lincoln s birthday anniversary. :
good omen.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-02-27

That is 2 rather sharp remark which
Colonel BRYAN makes about Roosevelt
considering ms q guaranteed a political
bankrupt. or the guarautor would not
md II necessary 10 come in him
self. But Roosevelt will find President
Taft man of so many more resources
than liabilities, that bankruptcy
don I apply
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-02-27

The report that "inSauity is on the
decrease in Kansas, is 20 doubt tho
utterapce of nature faker. For, what
would Kansas he without It's frcakery?
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-02-27

body discounted it. and everybody of
truth and honor views the whole de-
spicahlc programme with the contempt
that il deserves
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-02-27

And now Col. Roosevelt 5 castor is
indeed SHE'D into The ring
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-02-27

would bring down the censurc of tho
,..nrll
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-02-27
Wash Goods Section

NATURAL DRESS LINENS--N1ade from MN.
flax and have that rich natural color which is 90 wary
satisfactory both for and washing; Sc inchas
wide; regularly 29c yard, for 19c yard
GROS-GRAIN SUITING-'rhis is verv ponul,r
fabric for dresses and separate skirts having that
heavy appearance when in reality they are lpbt
weight; full line of coors, including black and white
SO inches wide-39c yard.
SILK STRIPE VOILES-Three new desrahl.
styles in all colOrs These fine light weight clos
" mesh 81 inches wide; former price ;}5c and
sale price for 25c yard.
TISSUE GINGHANIS in most wonderful assort
meut Of designs, including checks stripes paids and
plain coors This is assortment Of own selection
which purchased under price, and offer Won a
32-inch 25c fabric for 20c yard.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-02-27
Denver & Rio Grande Time
Table.

Effective November f2. 1911.
DEPART DAILY.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-08
HAWAII PROVES GOOD INVESTMENT Is Returning More Than It
 Receives PAYS PUBLIC DEBT Ahead of Some States in Its Returns to United States Treasury.
 Has Paid High Rate
 of Interest

Hoholuhr Correspondence of Pittseurg
 Gazette-Times.
 Hawaii has proved. decidedly prof itabe investment to the United States, and instead of being an incubus, as many uninformed people have been fond of as serting, it has from the beginning turned into the national treasury much more than it receives in federal expenditures. This has already happened and will con tinue to happen.
 Hawaii pays into the federal treasury through the custom-house, postoffice and internal revenue office more revenue an. nually than do the following statess Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Rhode Island, Delaware, District of Columbia, South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Mis- sissippi, Iowa, North Dakota, Wisconsin, Utah, West Virginia. Arkansas, Kansas, New Mexico, Arizona. Alaska, Porto Rico or the Philippines. Her payments amount to nearly three times the totals of the last three in the list just given.
 From the time the federal government took over the revenues of the islands in 1900 total of $14s1s, 4si.os has been coI- lected through the Hawaiian customs dis trict alone. Hawaii ranks thirteenth in amount of customs dutieskcollected, be- ing exceeded only by New York, Massa. chusetts, Pennsylvania, Michigan, Flor ida, Louisiana, Ohio, Michigan, Illinois, Missouri California and Washington.
 Good Record
 Counting the income from the postof- ice and the internal revenue office, the total collected from the territory since annexation will amount to not far from s20ooo,0 000 Not counting military expendi- lures being made (which are of vital i'm portance in guarding the Pacific coast rather than for the protection of Hawaii) Hawaii gets back the money needed to keep up the various federal offices, the federal court and the salaries of the gov ernor' secretary and supreme and circuit court justices, in all well under s150Ood per annum. Even counting the military expenditures, the islands have consider
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-08

have been periods of severe stress and months when the ship of state has been near the rocks of financial destruction but ever strong hands have taken the tiller and clear heads have directed un- til the crises were passed
 There have been times when IS to 2l per cent was not considered an extortion ate rate of interest for the Hawaiian government to pay for loans, and never was the kingdom or republic able tu borrow al less than per cent. At the present time the territory. on the entire bonded debt, is paying but fraction over per cent, The total public debt of the territory amounts at present to S5,45f,O00, or a little more than per cent of the appraised value of the real and personal property, which Is sl77.792 911 according to the returns Just made by the territorial treasurer's office for the present years appralsements. These property values are an increase from Sl21,172,92S in 1901. There is no county or municipal bonded debt
 No Bank Failures
 As before stated, there has never been a bank failure in the islands. Not only this, but the local banks have withstood with scarcely a tremor. the financial storms which have swept the United States rom time to time. During the money stringency of 1908, when practi- caly all the banks of the Pacific coast were refusing payments of cash and is- suing instead clearing -house certificates not a bank in Hawaii turned down q single legitimate demand. This is but an instance in which the stability of tn, Hawaiian banks has been demonstrated under exceedingly trying conditions Il is not merely the general wealth and prosperity of the islands that brough about this stability. but rather the per sonal element represented in the banks The men into whose hands Hawaii. banking has always been confided hay, as a whole been responsible conserva tive, of sound business judgment in al matters of large importance. They hay, thus in no small way shaped the des tiny of business in the islands, since large project that does not have their in dorsement has but small chance {, succeed. Local business men recogniz l the power of the banks, but respect il every way the Judgment of the men al recting these institutions.
 During the eleven years of terrtoria government the commercial deposits fin creased from less than q ,000,eo0 to nor, than s5,ooo0o0. The savings banks arr patronized by all races in the islands, bu the Anglo-SaXon element. although nu merically weaker. furnish 50 per cent o the 14,000 depositors.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-08

ably more than paid the cost of all of them.
 Hawaifs financial record is an enviable enc. Never since organized government was established in the islands has there been a default by the government in payment of public debt or of the inter- est thereon And never has there been bank failure
 The significance of these statements is the more striking when it is remembered that Hawaifs government is not new that. in fact. it was regularly consti- tuted long before the discovery of gold in California or before the United States established a dominion upon the Pacific coast. During the days of the monarchy, of the provisional government and the republic which succeeded 1t, and finally. under the American flag as a territory of the United States. the financial history of the islands remains unblemished There
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-08
Dig 0r Die

From the New Orleans Picayune
 No matter what industrial. commercial
 or social problem Is to be solved. it al- ways takes us back to agriculture. Hu- man life begins with an immediate de- mand for food and clothing, and these in their primary state take us to the farmer. Every article sf food, with the single exception of the fishes in the waters, is the product of the soil, as are the various substances from which our clothes are made. Thus human life is di- rectly dependent on the products of the soil and no considerable population could exist for day without the daily necessa- ries of life derived from the cultivation of the land. As food and clothing must come from the farm, it is plain that the American people have got to go back to the land or starve. If they will not them selves blow and dig they will have to em- ploy foreign labor to do it