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The Washington times., 1912-03-17
PEOPLE DISAPPROVE
PROPOSED ECONOMIES
Te the Editor Of THE TINES:

Te the Editor OF THE TIMES
II II be true. as has been said, that
the Appropriations Committee has de-
cided to. cut out the appropriation for
the travelling expenses of the President,
and also the items covering the Tariff
Board, Commerce Court, and Economy
Commission, it will not be easy to
make the people believe that anything
but politics lies at the bottom OF the
decision. The people generally approve
the Presidential allowance, and will pay
very little attention to the charge that
any part or all of II is used In the po-
litical interests of the Executive. The
kTariff Board is the result OF an effort
to raise an important issue to scien-
tifc level while the Commerce Court
was necessary to prevent hopeless con-
fusion in connection with Interstate
commerce.
Least of all can any argument be
urged against the Presidents Economy
Commission. 1t has amply justified its
creation, and no one can, deny that 1t
has already saved many times its cost,
The savings are of a continuing kind,
not simply for, today or tomorrow, but
so long as the Government has business
to transact. There has long been de-
mand for improved and modern meth
ods in the transaction of public busi-
ness, and the Economy Commission has
in many instances brought such meth
ods to the front. NJ.
The Washington times., 1912-03-17
CALLS CONGRESSMAN'S
SPEECH FAR FETCHED
To the Editor of THE TINES:

To the Editor OF THE TINES:
The reference to the crucifixion of
Christ, by Representative Philip Pitt
Campbell. in an attempt to reply to
Roosevelt. is pretty farfetched.
The common people had nothing TO do
with the cruCifiXion of Christ. They
had no more voice in 1t than they have
so far had in the selection of L Presi-
Dental candidate under the Taft man
agement.
plate found no fault with Christ un-
der the Roman law, and he turEed Him
over to the tender mercies of a very
few but loud-mouthed reactionaries and
standpatters, the subservient followers
of the Jewish priests and lawYsrs, the
sticklers for the corrupt Jewish law,
and who hated reform and reformers
with a deadly hatred. just as lhey do
now.
Those were the Christ cruciners, not
"the common people'-they always
heard Him gladly
d NJ DRAZAHLD.
The Washington times., 1912-03-17

ing two hundred and twenty dollars. II was that
elder novelist Henry Fielding however, whose writ
ngs reached high-water mark, since the missive he
sent to his blind half brother realized seven hundred
and seventy-iye dollars
The moral seems to be that the men who think
of saving their country, like G. Washington, embro
ing il like Charles |, or demorazing il like Charles
IL, will stand even higher with posteriN IL they sit
down and write their ideas into a novel-provided
they do it supremely we'll.
The Washington times., 1912-03-17
OUR HOMEMADE OPERAS.

The production of Professor Parker's Mona"
shy the Metropolitan Opera Company marks another
step in the development of opera in the new world.
The opera companies resident in New York, Chicago
and Boston the best in the world. 1t is natural
that the vgant impresario should do all in his pow
yer from time to time to give Americans worthy
presentation Of a work by some American composer,
The results far have not been successful; that
is, to say none of these homemade operas, begin
ming say, with Walter Damrosch's Scarlet Letter.
and coming down to Mona lis great work. But
There is merit enough in nearly all of them to war
rant giving them place in the repertory of every
American opera house
1t is futile to protest that the public at large re-
spends inderenty to these efforts to establish the
I fame of American composers in the operate field
for the public does not rush to all the performances
sof French or Italian opera The main thing is to es-
stablish policy of encouraging native talent by CIV
ting one or more of these American works hearing
every season. Gradually success must come. Our
opera houses can we'll afford to be liberal in this re-
spect and to demonstrate their faith in the American
con1poser
The Washington times., 1912-03-17
IN A SUNNY MOOD.

This is one Of the days when it is just good to be
alive. The sun, travelling back with tempered
warmth from the strange latitudes where poets
Thapsodize the roses of December and the bleak
winds Of June, seems to be lingering with a special
Tenderness the blue Virginia hills which in the
past few days have begun to clothe themselves in
green. In the shady places, which only last Sunday
held patches of drifted snow, the first wood volets
have begun to peep through. The budding under
growth has become vocal with the birds which re-
sjoice to have come into their own.
The householder is glad to leave the purring
radiator and get out into the open. The street cars
re crowded, leading out to the breathing spaces The
Gapital in Short is in its sunniest and most enchant-
s5ng mood, The CLASSY psvements the seet and snow
seem troubled dreams of long ago. 1t is day which
makes us feel that those who know Washington best
Twill love it most '..E, -.&
The Washington times., 1912-03-17
MEDIATION FOR THE COAL STRIKE.

In introducing a bill to extend the operations Of
the Erdman act so that it will provide for mediation
in the anthracite field Representative Lee OF Tennes-
see has indicated real understanding Of the benefits
that law has already produced.
So quietly and unostentatiously have the Erdman
law mediators done their work in the numerous
cases they have handled that few people realize
what useful statute it is Yet it is safe to say that
in the last decade that law has saved the country
from railroad strikes that would have involved, at
one time or another, majority of the railroad mile
age. The law provides that the chairman Of the In
terstate Commerce Commission and the Commits
sioner of Labor shall serve as medators when sum-
moned by either party to labor dispute. They are
not arbitrators; they have no power to enforce any
verdict they may give, or even to initiate any pro-
ceeding looking to enforcement. Their work is
simply that Of mediation; to stand between the op-
posing Sides to urge each to sweet reasoabenesS to
urge and lead them to mutual concessions, and, par
tcularly to impress both with the realization that
the publics is greater than any other in such
an exigency as strike and tieup must bring about.
The Erdman act illustrates how great adminstra-
tive oaks from little legislative acorns sometimes
grow Nobody took the measure seriously when it
was passed. 1t was looked upon by nearly every
body a cheap concession to the demand of organ
lied labor for some beginnings in the direction Of
compulsory arbitration Even after it passed. it
remained morbund for several years, nobody seenl-
ing to thing it worth invoking.
Then, under the Roosevelt Administration, its
possibilities began to be understood. Time and again
it was brought into. operation in conditions which
seemed to impose an utterly impossible test; and
it has never yet failed to bring settlement and OBJ
viate the strike.
1t must be said in partial explanation Ct the won
derfu success Of the law, that from the beginning
the official medators under it have been Judge Mar
tin A. Knapp of the Interstate Commerce Commits
sion and later of the Court of Commerce, and
Charles P. Neill, Commissioner Of Labor. Their
service has proved them exactly the men for the task
skillful, broadminded, patient, intelligent. Under
other and less earnest and capable men, the law
might have failed. But their work has made it so
strong that there is possibility of retrocesson now
The system of mediation will 60 on, and the proposal
to apply it to the anthracite strike ought to carry
BY all means the mediation should be left to Judge
Knapp and Mr.. Neill. They understand the business
and their record of uninterrupted successes points
them as the right men for the present exigency.
The Washington times., 1912-03-17
STUDY IN AUTOGRAPH VALUES.

q When the appointment of James Russell Lowell
as minister to Spain was under discussion Simon
Cameron gave lasting phrase to Americana by de-
scrbing him as "one of those demmed literary fell
lows"
1t probably would have surprised him very much
If he could have the relative esteem in which
posterity holds some of the great men Of the past
measured by the value of their autograph letters.
An important sale has just been held at Sothebys,
in London, and it greves US to record that letter
from the Father of Our Country brought only hun
dred dollars. Moreover it was piquant sort of let
ter as it dunning Colonel Fitzgerald for the re-
payment of certain moneys which had been wrong
fully and tedously withheld.
- Kings autographs commanded rather more in the
market place, for written by Charles brought
Sl62, and from the Second Charles brought just
thirty dollars less.
Considering the greater age of the Stuart docu-
ments, the bidders really showed but little prefer
ence for the monarchic principle. 1t when the
letters of the "demmed literary fellows" came on
that the bidding became interesting, one Of them
Setchng two hundred and thirty, and the other bring
The Washington times., 1912-03-17
NO LILLIPUT HERE.

I'VE are breeding race of people with big minds
and little bodies" declares Dr. Henry M. Friedman,
of the public health and hospital service; and the
good DOCTOR who has evidently pursued his investi-
cations in strange places, possibly altogether at hos
pitals and immigration Stations is more or less
alarmed over the thought that I'VE may "degener-
ate into race of weaklings, neurasthenics and
Ipreseniles."
The doctor should widen his horizon The typi-
cal American is neither the overcrowded tene-
ment house nor the sanatorium, and the typical
youth, who is to be the citizen of the and the
father of the next generation, is neither the gilded
,Sot the underfed featherweight buTowng
through his business night and day for the sake of
the almighty dollar.
DR.. Friedman is plainly mistaken when he says
that Ito the real improvement of the real student
body attention is paid" And what of our innum-
cradle amateur athletic associations, which reach out
to the poor as we'll to the rich? And what of the
hundreds of athletic leagues, amateur and profess
8ional? We see more of Brobdingnag than Lput
u all this
The Washington times., 1912-03-17

conditions So 'ong as sectc risnism
exists Il ere must inevitably be more or
less prejudice and a feeling of better
than my neighbors;" indeed, in some
cases better than ones own flesh and
blood Tin case of .worshiping at diff
l'eedless to say, all church members
lcok askance at and are more or less
SUSPICIOUS OF the non. .chUrchgoers, al
though the latter nay GO, and gen.
orally are, their superiors in intell-
gcnce, as also cxt rlling them Il good
deeds All hail to the Mail Bag and
the good work It is doing
ARLINGTON.
The Washington times., 1912-03-17

they should pass law prohibiting the
importation and manufacture OF all
alcoholic liquors. In 1898, when this
country declared war against Spain the
first thing that Congress did TO raise
war revenue was to pass an act to in
crease the tax on beer 81 per barrel
This meaAure increased the Govern
ments receipts about $50 100000 a year.
DO you see the men who drink and use
tobacco are the ones who pay the ex-
penses Of the country
SQUARE DEAL.
The Washington times., 1912-03-17
CHEVY CHAsE's POLITICAL TROUBLES.

Chevy Chase, Maryland, the famous suburb of
Washington, wants to be chartered as town, and is
pressing its before the legislature at Annapolis
with vgor that has made the fascinating little social
suburb about the biggest issue before the Maryland
lawmakers Feeling has run very high and most
disagreeabe charges have been made on both sides
Two years ago the legislature passed charter
BILL which the villages referendum vote accepted
by majority of two. Then the opposition took it
into the courts, and the court of appeals held the
charter invalid Now it is claimed that sentiment, as
shown by late test is strongly for interpretations but
the opposition does not concede this.
An incorporation bill was introduced at the pres
ent session. Representative Cummns, resident of
Chevy Chase and protagonist of the anti-incorpora
ton view substituted for it bill providing for the
creation Of special taxing areas, without lncorpora-
ton This is the plan long enforced in Baltimore
county, which is largely composed of suburbs Of Bal
timore These suburban villages are not incorpor-
ated, but the special taxing area plan gives oppor-
tunity to raise funds for needed Improvements. The
Cummins bill would apply that scheme to the Mont
gomery county suburbs of Washington. 1t seems that
the old-time residents of Montgomery county favor
the special taxing area plan while the newer ele-
ments, that have come in and built up the new
suburbs oppose it, alleging that there would be too
much politics in it, The newer element has freely
indulged the charge that the real objection to ncor
porating these towns is that they are largely Repub
can, and that the Democratic elements do not want
to create lot CT patronage and political power for
Republican communities. Senator Blair Lee is being
accused of such motive; his friends Indignantly
deny it, and say he merely wants to help do the best
thing for the communities concerned.
Whatever the merits as between the two plans of
administering these suburbs, it is certain that the
Democratic delegation from Montgomery county
would commit itself to most unfortunate if it
should deny to the people what they want and are
fairly entitled to get because of such small political
considerations as have been suggested
The New York commissioner of corrections, who
proposes to employ teacher of instrumental music
as a means OF reforming criminals, has evidently
never felt any of the murderous impulses brought
about by the neighbor who practices on the cornet
next door,
DR.. Wiley says he has always been farmer" ."
There can be no debr'e about the fact that he has
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The Washington times., 1912-03-17

in h & pbn Letters % hrm m 70 hagh.u swntmm myon
tn %dm made
The Washington times., 1912-03-17

DR.. Wiley says he has always been farmer" /"
There can be no debc'e about the fact that he has
soVn some mighty good seed! ..I--
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en- bpsaelie fteIfe.

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bette Siem fulbit9nbiet | fin Seiios
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glade anii9ter. iom bet unse BAR blep
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Orb ON g~etpbninsen at beres geis9.
Baa tin pante % toielige Weaaoe men
noaIe iaa os peloaIste Orb fremboloi
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bar aiGrlisbeo os eoSt @ranbelaa, iom
bar @runben, og at be suitebe at sl9oe
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ming / beres nbe Siem % oeres npe
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bet Iaume operrafte til Yarret. 'ful0e
bare iom en- Iiben Y~aaltlentelle
for BEN Snteresie os uobifte Glib. ion
lerIia Der. 2oranse bnobe ubpilt, iioen
ban isrit blep Dteblem at llngbomsfors
eninaen I 2uperne. Tat for @apen!
Yaa Harrets 8esne,
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lem Renis5eS oe Brett, ban foici til.
at @irs. Sipert 8rarten fortiente at
nGpues. foroi bun bapbe itanet i Spibs
fen for ~SpretasenSei. os operratte Iaa
pua R~enisboens gesne en- pen Benz
geedbe pua S72.25 | en- pen "Siib-,
IfiGniet at Nrs. @nean.
Otter at beune MISUNDERSTANDING
rar tafset for os euSeI SaEee iunset,
bapoe man en- ~peIimaeenbe "Supper"
at De IGtre Setter. iom mango geus
ner hapoe braat meb iis. git bet a en-
hpeselis Stunb for baaoe Yreitefami'
lien og N~enigbeben. flyer iis IeIp. 81
eoot SorboIo meIIem Brett % Menigs
beo er npget tort, noset ipm life nofiom
fan taffes for us globes oper. Set
tommer fra Serren % or ct gibness
bpro ON, at Serreu or meb.
Seq tRnte mig. at Der fan bore
benz, iom life bar imob at faa nibe
bette oa berfor er Der en- tort geret'
ming oerom.
n N R1.o33.
Decorah-posten og ved arnen., 1912-10-08
Sibet.

Sibets Sremtio beffieftiger for
Sioen | life ringe Grab europeilfe
% sitafiatilfe Statsmenb.
6or co. s anr iiben ierSte gna.
Lamb en- oPbnet Stprfe til 2basia for
at frGpe gritatring for pisie "5rat.
tatfr9nfelier". S 8irfeliebeSen
gialot bog grpeoitionen andre Sp.
saper. Wan oiI0e nemIig isge at op.
arbeioe en- Opinion moo be rusiiife
Ylaner / Sibet, og bette IpffeSes og.
iaa oper Sorpentnins.
SmibIertio erfIpreoe aina fit Ser.
reSsmme ODER Sibet, afiatte Dalai
9ama os ietSte en- Ger til 2anoet.
Saa fom BEN tineiiife @epoIuticn.
aineierne bapoe anSet of tpnfe pao
emo 9ibet. Si6etanerne eiorbe Sp.
rsr Os ienote Den fineiiife @arniiou
bort.
Nu optr9Ser Gnalanb iom Tibets
Sen og i~orlanger fulo SeIpiterbig.
beb for 2anbet. Zen fineiiife Regie.
ring trues meo, at England life bill
anerfienbe aepublifem aina, for man
bar fraiagt fig a. Sperbsibeo OOer
Tibet.
8 bipIomatiife arebie raaScr Den
ben Spfatmine, OF bette iibite SrGi
Of England er ioretaset ubeIuttenbs
for OF foo M,isLan5 fiernet fra Sibet.
Decorah-posten og ved arnen., 1912-10-08

Sra 9iefiuiom 81. Sat-, ifriues ben
2beu OFT:
= gismarcf, q. Sat, ifal Der | Sst
SEN 25be Nooember aabnes en- Sops
5fole. On praftiierenbe Goootat (prafs
till Sfolemmb) itaar ba8enom Scretas
aenbet oa peb Siben af andre 2Grere
ifal Seieiteretsbommer u. u. Bruce.
forhenberenoe 29rer | 2onafbelinaen
peb Iortb Safotas 1lnioerittet, blipe
asiiiterenbe Sorebra9sbolber peo bernie
Stole. Yaa 9ruHo at bet fore gis
bliot6ef og 29rerfr9fter er 8ismarct
en- bpperli9 BIabs for en- Sobifple. Sets
tie 2opbibIiotbef, til boilfet Stuoenterne
oa forrei1en aue os eubper bar mi Gos
aana, beitaar at 10000 ginb euer 8ss
aer. geb Chen al be foritieni9e Ietter'
Saaiom Seieiteret, Seberal, Siitritt.
Volitiret o.i.p. iamIes 2eeislatnren Der
anbetboert Nar. Ser ifal blipe ct fulos
Strnbiat treaarigt &lrius meb Gnlebs
nina til at frefpentere apeloiesiionerne
peo IftenifoIen af famine meb fulb &res
bit bet famine iom for Sagitolen. Sfos
lens Napn er "9ismarct Gam Gols
Iege".
Sen anben SfpIe fom gismarcf ionl
gp siorbe fore auitr9nselier for at
faa, er Metbooiiternes College. iom bleb
beitemt peb ben iibite aarIisc @etbos
biitiife aonferens forIeben CONNER.
Commercial Club | gismarcf bar als
Ierebe eipet fri Cont peroiat til $780,
600 til @runb for famine Sfole. oe
gpgnins beraf ffaI bespnoes tiolis nGite
Vaar.
Decorah-posten og ved arnen., 1912-10-08
&amilie=Resnins.
1tnmrr 81. 1912-1913.
t5ri Rremic meS "gpien" It aar 5prHuS. Oilers 80 Cents,
inner 81. 1912-1913.

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greHefamiIien ertnores.

attpater ReniebeS / sttpater. Rinn.,
betient at Yaftor 6. s. Chill, iamIes
bes efter 8ubstieneiten iioite SsnSas.
BEN 29be September, hos en- at oeus
Weolemmer. Ole gnsan. for at opers
rate Tin greitefamilie, iom bIeD Iurei
bib iforpeien. inbbuSt til "Supper".
s Slot os SeIse fom be ftrar baeefter
90 pIubisIis fplSte belle @aaroen, ilis
iom SoG gisr ibIanSt.
Sa SeIifabet bar tonlniet fie iorSen.
forflarte en- nf benz, q. 9. Samitab.
eftsr ct gar aurianee. Seniisten meS
at foume lie.
@ruuben. ia ban, bborfor man bar
iamIet. bar ben, at ReniebeSen snifeSe
at piie i'm RreiteiamiIie en- Yaaiisns
neIie for bers arbsibe ibIanbt benz os
biIe, at ct sobt SorboIb egiiterer meIs