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financial depression, when, unfortunately we have
it, but there should be no such depression caused
by political changes
Think Of the loss of time caused by depressions
attributed to politics. The waste is greater than
any other kind of waste. Business should be so
conserved that it would not be dependent upon
the whims of law makers at Washington.
BY his advocacy of a tariff board, in the hope
of dispeIling fears that crop out with every con-
templated revision of the tariff, President Taft
sought to remove that great disturber of busi-
ness-tariff agtation-but, unfortunately the in
dcations are that for political purposes the Demo-
cratic party will ignore this effort of the president
and seek to make the issue during the coming
campaign the tariff with its ensuing disturbing
effects upon business
The question of the tariff during the year just
closed however occupied a minor place as COM
pared with other industrial problems, the handling
of great aggregatons of capital and the prose-
cution of the alleged trusts by the administration
This disturbance is TO continue but the best hope
that we can have is hat the coming year will wit
ness a clear and definite construction of the law
relating to such combinations so that business men
and captains of industry will have safe chart by
which they can govern their course
The greatest need Of today is plain understand
ing of the relations of our government TO busi-
ness a clearing Of the confusion that exists, and
until this shall be done, we cannot look for re-
turn of those highly prosperous times in which we
reveled but few short years ago.
The past year on the whole was not a satisfac-
tory one from a bushes point of view In some
respects it was fair to good" but it was not what
il should have been what the people have
right TO expect in a nation so yirile and SO rich
in natural resources as these United States.
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EXHAusTING THE ESTATE

EAHAUSTING THE ESTATE.
Kansas City Star.
Here it is again:
"Jhe cost Of new trial would ex-
haust the estate under litigation
That is the statement of conditions
In the case IN which the st. Louis
jurors refused to sign verdict in ac-
cordance with the judges peremptory
instructions.
The statement is interesting and
significant, not because 1t discloscs
an abnormal or unusual condition,
but for the very opposite reason-be-
cause it is a typical case. Because
litigation-that Is, the administration
Of justice-is now an expensive thing
which lessons the value Of the rights
in dispute, il it does not completely
exhaust them.
If man has a right (say to a piece
Of property which somebody else is
trying to take from him or is with
holding from him he certainly ought
to have his right protected without
cost by the law courts. If a footpad
is robbing a man and a policeman is
appealed TO the victim is entitled to
free protection.
Court service should be as free as
police service.
Since an estate is sometimes ex-
hausted and is always diminished in
the public process Of determining the
real owners right to it. property is
not guaranteed in our legal system
The citizen who goes to law with a
just suit or defends himself from an
unjust suit finds that even though
he gets the decision, society itself has
robbed him. He has had TO give a
part OF his property to the laws
agents - nominally his lawyers -
without whom the courts mill would
not turn for him at all. And that is
TO consider only the most favorable
instances of judicial administration
Everybody who goes into court with
the right on his side comes out poor
er than when he went in. Only those
who have wrongs to maintain or es-
tablish can possibly have as much
property when they come out as they
were legally entitled to when they
went in.
The remedy is clear and simple
the administration Of justice should
be free. InQuirers into the facts
should be furnished by society as
well as the triers of fact and the
determiners OF law.
- ----
Yergers 419 Shipley street for Pic
lures, Frames and Artist supplies.*
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By
/"

months later Professor MaRsh received
letter from Darwin himself. He
showed it to a few friends: 1t simply
stated that the world, as well as he
himself personally, was Indebted to
Professor Marsh for having advanced
by at least twenty years the tims
when the principle of evolution would
be universally accepted as the true ex-
planation for the origin Of the species.
This communication Professor Marsh
valued all his life as the highest trib-
ute he ever received to all his scien-
tic service.
It may be of interest to add that
Professor Marsh's discovery OF the
fossil ancestor of the horse marked an
epoch in evolutionary science and they
have been frequently employed as an
Illustration of the principle of evolu-
tion:" a condition that Huxley prophe-
sled when he told Professor Marsh
that these fossil remains would sure
ly clinch the argument which Imported
Darwin's theory of evolution.
copyright. 1912. by e. ]. Edwards.
All rights reserved
Tomorrow Mr.. Edwards will tell OF
"The One Exception to Noted Rule"
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IMPORTING POTATOES.

CECRETARY WILSON of the Agricultural De-
~ partment is surprised by the information that
$4,000 bushels Of potatoes have been shipped into
New York city from Scotland.
The importation has caused the secretary TO call
attention to the fact that there is enough unculti-
vaed land within an hours ride of New York to
grow many times $4,000 bushels of potatoes.
This applies, he declares, to the neghborhood of
every other large community where there is plenty
of land that should be used for trucking purposes
There are thousands of acres of cheap lands in
Maryland and Virginia which could be used for
trucking.
He might have included the Delaware peninsula
in the list There is no scarcity of land that could
be used for the cultivation of any kind of crops
Think of the amount of truck that could be pro-
duced in Delaware and Maryland between the
bays
Ask why it is not done, and the usual reply is
that labor is scarce and trucking doesn't pay Yet
those who purchase produce in the city markets
often wonder why the cultivation of vegetables
doesn't pay if it doesn't Certainly il seems odd to
think Of importing vegetables into the United
States
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hundred in number, and it was said
by the supporters of the theory of evo-
luton that certain of them made clear
the decent of the modern horse from
the prehistoric type by the process Of
evolution.
The collection had been made in the
Rocky Moutain regions by Prof 9th
neil c. Marsh, Of the Yale faculty,
with whom Huxley had become ac-
quainted in Europe. The two men met
again at the New Haven station like
brothers. They almost embraced each
other. And then, arm in arm, they
went off to see Prof Marshs collection
Of fossils, for the Yale man knew full
well that the real purpose of Huxley
In coming to this country was to study
the fossil collection.
Huxley could scarcely spare the
time necessary for eating and sleep
ing, so thorougsly absorbed was he in
this wonderful collection of fossils. He
declined to accept any social invita-
tions, saying that he had no time for
diversions of that sort, however agree
able they might be- Several times [
saw him and Professor Marsh walking
-N- ANPAt ottpn carly III lue QOlI-
ing from Huxley's hotel to the rooms
where the archaeological relics had
been arranged. The manner of both
was that of men absolutely absorbed
In some matter of common interest.
Huxley remained in New Haven
until the last train which would take
him to New York in time for boarding
the steamer upon which he was to re-
turn to England AS he parted from
Professor Marsh he said:
Your achievement is the final evil
dence in favor Of Darwins hypothesis
Of evolution and will surely clinch the
argument which supports it. There is
no getting away from the story which
is contained in these American fossil
remains. When / return to England l
shall Immediately communicate with
Darwin and tell him that America,
through Professor Marsh, of Yale, has
furnished whatever argument is need
ed in support Of his hypothesis. And /
shall furthermore tell him that your
collection of fossils will lead to a COM
plete change of intellectual and theo-
logical attitude toward the principle
of evolution"
Huxley kept his word, for a few
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A PERTIENT QUESTION.

The newly-returned African explor-
or found himself in a horribly tight
corner at the first social function he
attended. A scraggy-necked damsel
of very uncertain age bore down up
on him effusiyely.
well, this is a pleasure, MI Big
more. Charmed to see you again. m m
sure. You remember me, OF courseF
"Oh-er-yes, of course, OF course,
returned the traveller, wrestling with
his memory. Delighted to see you
again. All the youngsters quite wellT
Youngsters" gasped the antique
one g..
"Er-of course; how is your ram
ily? / meant to say-your husband, for
instance?'
"My-dear me, I never had hus'
band"
"Ha. hal No, no; of course not
only a joke on my part, you know,
stammered the agitated explorer. "
Il was referring to your brothel
I'm sure you love him Just as mucl
as II he were your husband.
"But never had a brother, either.
Er-um-course not, you know
merely little pleasontry OF mine-h
HAL I-er-meant to ask how /
vour. -um-er-your-by tn
way. did you ever have mother.
-Tit-Bits.
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MUST KEEP
CLEAN LANTERNS

Notice is being issued by the Penn
sylvania Railroad Company to the ef-
feet that beginning with the first OF
the year all lamps necessary for a
crew. consisting Of five white globe
and two red globe lamps, will be as
signed to each cabin.
Upon being relieved from duty each
man will be required to fill and clean
the lantern used by him and let it IN
the cabin. The fiagman of each crew
will be required to fill and keep the
red and the extra white globe Ian
terms clean and in good condition and
will be held accountable for al
lamps
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EDITORIAL OPINION
WASTE.

WASTE.
Wisconsin State Journal.
There is an old saying that the
most wicked thing in the world is
wasted energy. An exchange brings
70 our tables a headline story of a
death daring fool performance Of a
steeple-jack, who, to prove that he
was little smarter than another
Jack" made jump from the cornice
OF one building to the cornice Of an
other.
A jump that would have been a
good jump had it been measured on
safe level ground. Had he missed
he would have fallen two hundred
and fifty feet to death 1t was not
the energy that was used to make
that one jump that was wasted in this
fool performance, il was the energy
OF many years following that was
Jeopardized. We not only waste
energy but We gamble energy for the
sllliest trihes that life can invent.
The speed maniac out speeds his
neighbor at the risk Of not only his
own neck but of other necks the
aeroplanist scars higher than the
BIRDS In the face of almost certain
death, merely in the hopes that he
may live to brag OF what a fool he
was the strong man lifts a weight
so far beyond This strength as to
strain and injure his muscle. that
even in that injury he may triumph
over rival gymnast
Mrs. Brown stints on house ex-
penses that she may save enough to
buy a new set of furs, not that she
needs the furs, not because her old
iurs are worn, not because she needs
the furs at all, but because she wants
TO outdo Mrs. Smith who has come
out in new furs. The money mad man
accumulates hundred thousand dol
lars. He sees Jones with a million
dollars. He decides that he will not
be such a fool as Jones to go on in
the mere acquisition of wealth, when
he has enough h:-whcn he gets a mill
lion dollars he is going to stop and
begin to do some things that will be
for good. But when he reaches his
million mark he finds Bates with ten
million. He makes the new resolve.
when | am like Bates I will do
something worth while" So from
day to day, from the steepleiacls to
the capitalist, We go on wasting
energy. We are indeed, This mad
untried world which every hour
throws life enough away to make her
deserts kind and hospitable."
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TO AMEND THE
JUDICIAL CODE

It is expected that the amendment
to the judicial code. passed on March
3 last, which abolished the United
States Circuit Court, will be passed
by the House this week.
The amendment is a remedy what
has been designated as a defect in the
act. by inserting in section l2O a
stimulation that Circuit Judges shall
preside in the Appellate Court.
Through am error the words Circuit
Judges" were left out of the secuoa'
and II was thought by many that TINS
omission robbed the Cicruit Judges
of the power to decide appeals.
The judicial code is re-enaetment
Of The act of 1891. While it abolish
ed the Circuit Court by merging II
with the District Court. il does not
remove Circuit Court Judges. The
latter have spent most of their time
disposlng OF Court of Appeals cases
go. with the passing of the Circal
Court. nothing 1emains for them Du
Appellate Court work,
Coneressman r. o. Moon, who gath
cred the judicial code, declares ina
the act is not Defective. The langu
age is insuficiently specific, he say;
but 10 remove all doubt the amehu
ment will be passed.
II is understood that Judges Gra,
I1.annire and Duf'ns on. who presid
fi TIM district niL NOT tienNt
mass on cases % ousl lt before 'ne'
vher the Appellate Court convene
on TUESDAY. uncl the amendment
.ioncd As uis measure is eNpee ta
fo bo rushed ihrough. ittlo doia
nc disposal OF appcals s eapsc,el
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With the Paragraphers :.

"The people" says Congressman Vic Murdock
.vearn for facts" And It is recalled that Mr.. Mur-
dock used to be OF the best reporters IN Kan
sas-Kansas City tSar.
There are several Democratic Presidential candi-
dates who would like TO ascertain from Governor
Harmon where he gets the particular brand OF gum
shoes he uses-Cleyeland Leader.
There is in Delaware young man who complains
that b;s life Is being made miserable because every
woman he meets wants to kiss him He might try
raisng a heard or eating onions-Chcago Record-Her-
aid That young man Is either uluer years o'u or d
lar-Florda Times-Union
We have a curious notion that MT Roosevelt is IN
favor OF himself in connection with the next fresi-
dency.-Charotte Observer
l.h..~ ,rt ,i.,H. come of your gray dsrs ca1s
"a moro 81 ,oar own sslhsbnsss ihan hy the fe.
/ fellows ingraUilde-N NillldmspOft in
In Nonossen Pa. gentleman is under SUI, elsne'
r-ho Rad in his grlp sevcutytNo sticks or t}nanlts
and tco quarts o paiskcr Why so little Nhiskes ~
rroportionf-New ork World
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tss on MOVING PICTURES.

moving pictures can become an
10. good in education is realized
nte1dent of the state home for boys
~ The superintendent has adopted
i.,. as an experiment in seeking to
has tendencies of the inmates. AS
irauoral and instructive work OF
tho Inter months at least there
moving picture show
onai authorities have agreed that GER
~. ts. of moving pictures tends to cultivate the
~ ,sI instincts in boys In the pictures to be
,..,.Isd for lie entertainment and instruction
M. boys ssenes of robberies and homicides,
dr,-tns s1snts and "slushy love scenes viii be
bsrrei .,..s
Pictures Dep ting really humorous incidents
oil re presented, for the authorities believe that
wien bcy IS good humor he cannot haroor
ha3 thoughts Pictures that inculcate moral les
SON by inference will also be used
4hsre IS no substantial reason why the expert
,ne,f shosid not be successful at the boys school
Moving pictaros are as capable OF being put to
rood use as 10 rad, and they could be and should
~ sde potent force in the educational scheme
nor ong Of reiormatory but of other schools.
Evening journal., 1912-01-01

"How about Mercury? Something like
this"
He sketched arpidly the figure OF
the messenger of Olympus, winged
sandals, winged cap, symbolic stan
and ali. The advertising man looked
over it approvingly.
"Seems all right" he commented
"But what does 1t mean? WHO'S
Mercury"
"Oh. Mercury? He was the speed
lest thing that ever lived, the aIus,
declared Mercury was the god oi
speed, you know
But the advertising manager gave
one long regretful look at the sketcl
and shook his head.
"Too bad" he murmured sadly
"Too bad; I like its looks, but !
won't do. 1t won't do young man
We can't get mixed up with any one
religion like that. .''-Philadelphi
. Ledger.
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MONDAY. JAN. 1. 1912
THE NEW AND THE OLD.

TTAPpY and prosperous should be the New
4 4 Year for Wilmington and the remainder of
Delaware Long viii the past year be remembered
by the people ct this state, by Wilmingtonians
Particularly. Tie year hss been notable for the
progress made which IS only beginning of what
tho future is TO bring forth.
The past year witnessed the birth of what
promises 70 be grcaf Improvement in the state
the new dupont road he past year produced
what has long been dreamed of for Wilmington
the new hotel projcc, These two things alone
would make 1914 a period of time that cannot be
forgotten. The old year has been marked by
feeling tnai Wilmington end Delaware are to take
forward step, turn over a new leaf in the chap
Ter OF history. he year was also made notable
by fhc construction OF fine new church. the
Westminster Presbyterian and by the beginning
of another that viii add to fame of wilmington's
religious odifces-ihe new St. Pauls Church. The
old wear also saw handsome building projects
fhe ODD Fellows new home. In building way
1914 was epoch maNng
There have also been many other improve
ments, the new scheme Of street lighting among
ihcm q system tina, has .aused favorable comments
on the part Of visitors to the city. There have
been improvements IN our stores, there has been
ao awakening 20 a reazation tk@t Wilmington
1' .rn. e,s mac f4ne ,s 70 Ssr wopS United States
ood paiuy filled bottle Of whis- hoth tho Distrc
ess = asa se.z.nE AZ eo remains che csrl
sHould ao forward, THAI her citizens shoulu WIN
,ooether with civic pride and civic patriotism.
Tie old year saw ms New Charter Commission
m aork ana the fruits Of their labors will be maae
known early during the new year.
also developed discussion among
plan 10 be adopted for the indus
.t OF Wilmington. The new year
~ discussion bear fruit The old
s s. river front problem. May the
-, t.;e definite action instead of words.
VEN ais produced discussion and consid-
esisus plans for civic Improvement
=. sH.- Sc whether we shall have joint
s building or a separate city hall Is
81 arc ems lett over.
fsf imineton should enter upon th'
feeling of optimism and deter
m 10 Inc front in every direction
m io DO, we can do. We beev
f, sseit sn1 let us be up and doing S
..t ts.f ta. beings today shall be one whe
iyauce nent in keeping with IN
res ani opportunities which al
ae lowerd upon this city and stat
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!. - AND THE NEW YEAR.

r~kON the point Of view of business thepresi-
4 aental year brings many misgivIngs on the
paft OF those who direct the great commercial and
intusr;sl affairs of the country. Judging by the
past We shall have the same old story that not
:, en- can be expected from business because OF
the unsettled conditions that lie in the wake OF
politeci turmoil
This = not IS it should be- Capital should not
hesitate iadustry should not halt because there
10 re a presidential election At any rate, most
etf 5en. {. sions in hvsiness are the product OF
s,. the rin5 works Itself into an un-
fni1 'afifri n <eS mountains OUT
sra if Z depression exists, / is made
tr os the iragkuoon.
oi cours ieai basic for industrial and
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SION PROGREsS.

Al friend met a youthful and lazy
author on the street
How is your novel getting along"
he asked.
"Oh, I've begun it." answered the
author proudly. The two did not
meet again for several weeks. At the
next encounter the friend again
asked:
well, how's your noyel?'
The author paused a moment.
Let me see" he said. Where did
ten YOU i Wes ri n when = saw YOU
the last t'met
you said yoal 4e-ln IT, an-
swered the friend
"Weil. I've still besnn n, answered
the author guiltly.--NeN YORK Times
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HISTORY REVISED.

Anciently there lived certain mau
by the name of George, who was much
pestered by a dragon.
The dragons colors were never
twice alike, and by that the creature
got on Georges nerves in particular
Al length George fell to thinking
and the very next time he was ask
ed what he would have he replied;
"Never again!"
Moreover, he stuck to 1t.
saint Ceorgel" shifted his boor
companions. ironically.
But posterity spoke OF him withou
irony, remembering only that he ha'
by the exercise Of a superb courage
slain the dragon.-Puck.
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An americans Work in Clinchinq lhe
Doctrine of Evolution

in Baltimore But at the earliest pos
sible moment after meeting this en-
gagement he went to New Haven,
Conn, for it was in New Haven that
specimens Of prehistoric American life
which, as soon as Huxley had heard
OF them, caused him to determine at
the first opportunity to visit the United
States, so that he might see and
study them. These fossils we're several
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NEW NEWS of
YESTERDAY

In 1876 Thomas Henry Huxley, one
Of the foremost men OF science Of his
time, and the first Of the very able
scientists to support Darwin in his
-neories Of natural selection and evolu-
ion after The Origin Of Species" was
published in 1858, visited the United
states in response to an invitation TO
deliver the opening address at the ded-
ication of Johns Hopkins University
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:: Personal and Pertinent ::


One of the shortest and most effective speecnes et &
made In the House OF Commons was the result Vi e
sneaker breaking down in his maiden speech l"su
Ashley who sat in the Commons IN ioso, pevre M 10
ucceecded his father as Earl OF Shaftesoury' was
u ~ s,nnorer of a bill to grant tho services or
counsel 10 prisoners tried for high treason When ne
oso N sneak he found himself dumb Ihe HOUSE
abeored him as a new Member, aud by oespera.e I
oNort he uttered one sentence, If, Sir saia ne
who now rise only to give opinion on the Dill am
o confounded that am unable to express what pio-
osed 40 saw what must the condition OF tnat man oS
Who without any assistance is pleading ior ms ne
He sat down, having convinced his auolehoe'-hono0u
Chronicle.
:-:-:-:
wear or two ago a Vermont town employed tram !
od sunerintendent college man VINO knew Wna' 4, u
school oueht to be- TO exercise supervision over an
tbe schools In that town. II was the nrst ume SOM
oe those schools had been visited IN an onolai
canacity by a salaried administrative omcer tn one ~
school little toddler found studying perceh'"eo
learning It by heart . ., .h, ,erir
lyon should not teach him percentage the supelip
tend said; 'he does not know how 10 auu anu SUI
tract" ..rorod. "tbe from
part Of the 'rithmetc is torn out
:-:-:-:
~, ,,, who was visiting them for the Christina
hoi,davs from the West wished to talk to Ehzabetn
fatber NJ his Office He could not find the telepnon
directorv and thus appealed to 3-year-old Ehzaoeu
Tor information regarding telephone number. Ehzs
betb what does mother ask for when she talKs
daddy al his oflce?" he required
Elizabeth wise Tor her ua9S
r1,o 1cna
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cAN,r RE roo CAREFUL.

"I want" explained the advertising
mani want a picture that has the
idea Of speed in it--real speed.
want It to go at a regular marathan.
But it's got to be new
Eyes, 1 see" and picked up pencil
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President Carpenter Of the Tr-State Baseball
League seems to be trust magnate Of no mean
auanu0ned ufsIiuls
Uhowas clerk ,5f rli,sza ,tffi sti
~ 1 - Scels Soass by the beach patrol of Big Knnakea
.1;,;t,, He iS not only president of the League
g.. eye wears but he holds all the other ohces.
CARPENTER has evidently employed his tools we'll
Evening journal., 1912-01-01

The Journal wishes all its readers and patrons
the compliments of the season.