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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-10-31
L PRIZI. PEST.

Every country has It's pests. If the country
happens 10 subscribe to the doctrines of Chris
tianity its people show their devotion to their
faith by bearing with their pestiferous activ-
tiles with Christian forbcarauce. II it happens
TO be hamme "Klsmet'' and a fatalistic
shrug of the shoulders Is usually the only COM
ment made,
There comes & time, however. when forbearance
ceases to be a virtue and even fate rebels at be-
ing compelled to bear the blame. In every coun-
try there is one pest among all other pests with
whom people lose patience. however staunch
their Christianity, or however, sublime be their
slavery to the gods of things as they are, In
the United States there are several in close
competition for the honor of being known as
the champion pest. but Of them ali Oswald vii
lard, OF New York, rendering lip service to the
negro race and continually working against his
own, is the greatest, Others have bored and
exasperated and outraged the feelings of their
thousands. but Willard. has made victims Of his
ten thousands. His ancestor believed in political
and legal liberty for the negro and In equality
OF opportunity. Legal liberty and equality Of
opportunity tie SUuln Is GIVING tHH HeEIb duu
from the negro the North still withholds it.
There is a great field in Garrison's country for
s4f~storar -~ork & bet T. eswald- Harrison willard
seeks pastures new and a broader field for his
operations and so talks In and out Of season
for social equality.
Willard needs no opportunity. He makes
them. At every turn he cries social equality.
and at every turn he ~agitates the I'M
speakable thing. Sometimes. however. he
gets the chance to surpass even himself. The
separation Of the races in the Offices of the
treasury department was one of those chances
and as eagerly as a buzzard flies to the
carrion Oswald Garrison Willard few to this
chance, Never have refined women cared to rub
elbows with blacks and mulattoes, but because
OF miserable hopes Of partisan advantage Re.
publican administrations compelled them TO do
so. An incoming Democratic administration is
changing this, A Southern born man is sec,
rotary of the treasury and a virginian born and
bred is one Of HIS assistants. They have de-
cided that there must be a separation OF the
races and a few negroes lacking in that self
respect which makes a man DESTROYS Of leaving
company which does not want him Immediately
raised objections. Enter now upon the scene
Oswald Garrison Willard. He s~plutters. protests,
threatens, c~ajoles in turn. He violates conf
dences. He does not scruple to do injustice to
q Just man" He scruplcs at nothing and leaves
no rabdd language unexpressed. He makes a
spectacles Of himself and attempts to make fools
Of self-respecting negroes.
He is our prize pest.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-10-31
BECOMING MORE REASONABLE.

President Woods. head of the wooden trust.
was one of the most pessimistic of all pessi.
mistic manufacturers last summer. Seeing that
tariff revision downward was inevitable he led
the long line of mourners. foreseeing the ruin
of his industries and those Of all New Englanders.
After the passage of the Underwood Simmons
bill he took a more cheerful view of the situation
and gave out an interview in which he declared
that the WOODEN industry might live and pros.
per after all.
Other manufacturers also recovered their
spirits somewhat and only a few weeks ago
the establishment of two new cotton mills in
Massachusetts was reported.
The Saturday Epcaing Post finds this quotation
from one whom it calls an expert, speaking to
cotton manufacturers:
Tariff revision will comper manufacturing
and distributing economies drastic and farreach.
ing In their nature . $ y / shall show long.
standing extrayagances may be replaced by eff.
cheney and economy. . = That we can become
important factors in world trade is conclusively
proven by Canadian statistics. Our trade with
Canada has practically doubled in three years.
our safes OF cotton cioth 10 Canada III three
years have risen from three-quarters OF a million
to two and a half million dollars in spite Of a
twenty-five. per cent preferential to England.
Doing so much across our Northern border with
unusually strong odds against us--not only the
British preferential tariff, but a dumping duty
which prevents us from using Canada as a
bargain counter-what might we not do in other
countries by proper organization and effort?"
The change in the tune of the protected man
ufacturers can be accounted for easily. Some of
the outcry against reduction Of the tariff sche-
dulles was insincere. The protestants knew that
They were made for effect Others with their
profits at stake naturally exaggerated the tenn
porary loss that the reduction OF duties would
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-10-31
CURRENT COMMENT
Another ~Land-Drawing.

1t is customary. and more or less gratifying,
to speak of government land as belonging to
the people. Every American citizen. theoreti-
caly. has his share in the public lands, and,
consequently, should be interested in them.
They belong to him. Yet when it comes to
deciding who of all the citizens shall become the
actual possessor Of a definite tract of land
opened to settlement, the government has never
been able to decide upon a more equitable
method than an appeal to chance. In other
words, to a lottery. The Fort Nibrara military
reservation in Nebraska has been thrown open
to settlement. There are $40, 900 acres of land
to be divided among the 80, 600. 900 or more
people of the United States. The registration
lists were closed last Saturday, and $4,000 hal
been paid in to the government for chances in
the drawing. For the most of ns, the NEST In
teresting fact in connection with the drawing fs
that it is the first time in the history OF lard
opening that the winners will have a right to
file on $40 acres of land. Before this II has been
a quarter section, or $50 acres. This time It Is
a full square mile. There is a small portion
of the land on the Nibrara reservation which
Is being appraised by the gover nment, and the
entry men will have, to pay the appraised price,
probably SO an acre; but 1st OF the reservation
has been divided into 640-acTe tracts, and Will
not cost the winner anything more than his
Observation-Disclosures Union.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-10-31
WE'LL FORTIFIED.

President Wilson has received much unde.
served criticism for his policy toward Mexico,
though events have demonstrated that he has
pursued the only possible course short of inter.
Yention. His critics have had no suggestions to
make save that one last resort, and though the
problem has not been settled, intervention, the
last thing desired, is yet in the future.
One thing Mr.. Wilson has made sure. If inter.
Vention comes, action 10 that end will be taken
without cause for adverse criticism from any
honest source. Mr.. Wilson has shown clearly that
the United States will go to any extreme consis.
tent with its obligations to Mexico, to other
powers and to itself to avoid Intervention. He
has made 1t clear that the United States de-.
sires above all things to avoid sending troops
to Mexican soil and battleships to Mexican
waters with hostile intent. He has made clear
by his action that this country desires not a
foot of foreign territory and in his memorable
speech at Mobile made clear that there is no place
in his mind for thoughts Of territorial aggrandfze.
ment.
When Intervention comes-andG God forbid that
1t ever should come-Presiden Wilson will have
the backing of the world, of his own people and
of his own conscience.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-10-31

fares from the southside. and the east end to
Broad street. They offer the principle outlets
from the great office buildings and the wholesale
districts to the principle thoroughfare.
with the opening OF the new chamber of
building at Sixth and Main streets.
that corner will prove a center of much activity.
the flow to which will come from both Main and
Sixth streets.
No one will for a moment say that Sixth street
and Main street is properly lighted at this
time.
All these things The Tirginian hopes the
finance committee and the administrative board
viii take into Thoughtful consideration. so that
when the appropriations are made for the coming
year there may be no oversight on the part of
anyone, and the side streets which have been
taken from the residential section and placed in
the busiatss collection, may not be overlooked.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-10-31
With the State Press
Lost Time in Education.

There is a waste of at least two years ir
the present plan of American education. This
Is the conclusion reached by a committee Of
prominent educators in a report on Economy
of Time in Education" just issued by the United
States bureau of education.
This conclusion follows an investigation last
ing nearly ten years by a committee of the
National education association. of which James
H. Baker, of the University of Colorado. is chair
man. The committee has endeayored TO form
a plan that would do away with the two-year
ioSs. II proposes that six years be assigned
TO the elementary school instead of eight as
Mt present; that the high school period be from
age twelve to eighteen, divided into two parts,
or four and two years each; that college work
extend from eighteen to twenty, or sixteen to
twenty, according to the method of distribut-
ing the last two secondary years; and that grad
uate or professional work at a un .versity cover
the years from twenty to twenty-four. This
would enable boys and girls to ge. ample voca-
uonal training after the age of twelve; it would
enable those who go on to college to get through
their college work at the age of twenty; and It
would save the professional, man from having
to wait until twenty-seven to start his profess
sional career.
The report insists that the present elementary
course is too long; that the ground now COW
cred IN eight years can be covered lust as eff
fictently in six. allowing secondary work to be-
schooling they urge: Choose the most i'm
portant subject and the most important topics:
make a distinction between first-rate facts and
principles and tenth-rate. Confne the period
OF elementary education to mastering the tools
OF education Include the last two year of the
present elementary school in the period of sec
ondary education and begin the stu iy Of foreign
language, elementary, algebra, constructive ge.
effetryF. elementary science, and history TWO
years earlier than at tpresent."
Emphasis is laid on the necessity OF concen-
trating on a few valuable studies: The great
mistake of our education is to suppose that
quantity and strain constitute education. Ed
ucation is 81 question Of doing a few essential
things we'll and without overstrain. The COL
lege has committed a grievous mistake in de-
handing ever more In quantity rather than In
quality produced under condition of healthy.
normal development"
The report takes up the problem II saving
time In education from the point of view Of the
college. the school and society at large, as well
as of the individual pupil; and it contains opin-
ions on every phase OF the question from rep
resentatfve school men and the general public.
-Lynchburg Advance.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-10-31

Americans are soon to have a chance to see
Emperor Wilhelm's taste in art without hav-
ing to go TO Germany. The Kaiser has de-
cided, in his own sudden way. the competition
for the new embassy building at Washington.
He has swept away the plans submitted by nearly
800 Of Germany's best architects and Will have
the new building put up after designs by the
court architect, who had not entered the COM
petition at all-thus breaking, so the most vigo-
rious protests assert, his promise not to inter-
fere with constitutional methods of government.
Al the world we'll knows by this time, the
emperors taste in painting. sculpture, music and
drama is conservative. His taste in architecture
is likely to correspond. He is the artistic stand
patter par excellence. The new palace at Wash
ington is not likely. therefore, to be sensational,
inspiring, an aid to arts advance. But it is
likely to be safe and sane, "deceut' in the old
fashioned sense of the word, and to out(ast
the wild fluctuations of unbridled individualism
now prevalent in the art circles Of the father
land.
Yet, while Washington is soon to welcome
a specimen Of German architecture, Berlin
seems as far as ever from welcoming a speci-
men of American architecture. The first and
unpleasant concern Of Ambassador Gerard. like
that of his predecessors. has been to find a sui
table roof for his h~ead-v-Chicago Record Herald.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-10-31
Domestic Science and n,atrimonr.

Kansas is SO greatly impressed with the value
Of the teaching Of domestic science to the girls
in its public schools as an aid to matrimony that
II has given special encouragement to it in all
the high schools Of the State. 1t will contribute
state aid to the extent Of 5000 annually for every
high school TO employ a teacher in domestic
science. Many OF them already have this course
and 1t Is also part of the course IN the grammar
schools. The matrimonial effects have been as
certained by statistics showing the overwhelming
number of girls graduated In domestic science
who have since been married In contrast to those
that have not this accom- shine The plain
lesson is that men want wives who know how to
deal with the grocery man; who know good food
from bad, who knows how to prepare food; who
cannot be fooled by the cook, but who. on the
contrary, can tell the cook some things and so be
mistress Of her own house,-1ndianapolis News.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-10-31
Can Tanmany Still Win?

New York city is tremendously stirred over
the fight, and the interest is spreading through
out the country There will be more curiosity
on the night of November Attn over the outcome
in New York han anything else. 1t will over
shadow the election of a governor in New Jersey.
amman is now fighting against tremendous
odds. Every once in a while. as when Seth Low
was elected mayor, the people Of New York arise
in their might and overthrow Tammary, They
may do ii again this year. The task is made
easier by the fact that all the nti-Tammany
elements are united upon John rurroy Mitchell.
~Tammany's majority Is not So great that II can
not be wiped out by complete fusion. In 1905
Hearst came within $50 votes Of being elected.
in a total vote Of over $50, 600, and although
Gavnor was elected four years ago by a plu-
narty of 10000, the vote given to
Bannard, Republican, and Hearst, Indepen-
dent, was much greater than that which
he received, IT has been soYne years.
too, since the tide has run So strongly against
Tammany as It is running now. 1t is argued
with considerable effect that if the Tammany
leaders knew before election all the things
n eainst Sulzer which they disclosed afterward,
they are unfit to be further sintrusted with
power, One thing after another has arisen TO
create public sentiment adverse to Tammany,
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-10-31
MORE ECECTR|C
LIGHTS FOR CITY

Commissioner Hirschberg, or the
administrative board, last night asked
the finance committee to ansre the
sum of $1,000 from the salary to the
expense account of the electric plant.
He showed hat the administrative
board. with the assistance Of Super
intendent Trafford. had saved much
money during the year and could
readily place the money from n
division to the department to the
other.
I'VE need the money for lights in
various sections of the city" explain
ed Mr.. Hirschberg. land by simply
transferring II. we can get along with
out an additional appropriation at
this time"
The com mittee recommended the
transfer.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-10-31
OF GAS OIL
GOES TO THE SKIES
ADMINISTRATIVE IA MUST
PAY MUCH MORE THAN
LAST YEAR.

At the request of Commissioner
Folk es, of the administrative board. the
finance committee last night recon-
mended to council IN appropriation OF
s26, 900, or as much as needed thereof,
for the purchase OF oil for the gas de-
partment.
This oil Is absolutely necessary in
the manufacture of gas. 1t costs more
at this time han ever before, Efforts
a been made by the department and
the administrative board TO procure the
fluid at a lower price, but without
avail.
superintendent Knowles. OF the gas
department, stated to the committee
that the income in his department up
to tn present tiIae this year was $20,-
900 more than it was last year.
with two of the heaviest months
yet to be heard FROM commented
Committeeman Lumsden.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-10-31
WORK FOR CITY AND STATE

The future is in your hands. We are ready
TO do our part, unselhshly and without hope Of
reward. other than the joy Of participating in
to hold NJ onr hands while xa-ias.st- tl,4t-tha-
the Medical College Of Virginia shall take high
rank among the great institutions Of hs kind?
You should not be satisfied with less.
These words Of l. 4. Morris, Of the college
board Of visitors, are addressed to the people of
Richmond, and to the people of Virginia. How
VIII they answer 1t? Do they wish Virginia to
have a great medical college, the equal of any In
the country? If 50 they can have it. The people
of Virginia should lend their moral support to
this college. The people Of Virginia should
lend their financial support They should work
to make the Medical College of Virginia the
equal of any. and in that work the people Of
Richmond should lead.
What 1t means to Richmond In every wav
was told last night by John Stewart Bryan and
Walter Mcneil. It means the same thing 10
Virginia, What the board of visitors hone to
do was told by Mr.. Morris. What the students
and faculty of the college hope to do was told
by l.. Nj. Futrell. What do the people of Rich
mond and of Virginia hone to do? Upon their
answer depends In large measure the success of
the college.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-10-31
No Place Like Home,

Many years people have sung the old song.
Home. Sweet Home" sounding with special
reverence the line There's no place like home;
and Felix DIaz, trembling with excitement and
hiding under the American flag, repeats the old
refrain. For the average individual the song
has tender and loving Significance: but for Felix,
it is full of shudders. Home usually is a precious
hreside, where mothers. sisters and children
gather: but for Felix it Is about the hottest
spot on earth. Nevertheless his singing Of
the old song is from the bottom of his heart
Roanoke World-News.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-10-31
Real Philanthropy,

or the many form of modern philanthropy
none Is calculated TO prove of greater cumulative
benefit to humanity than that directed to en-
couragement and promotion OF medical science.
The two latest great gifts to this so worthy
cause are the Rockefeller endowment of Johns
Hopkins and the Payne endowment of Cornell
University medical school, both announced with
in the last few days. The work which each Of
these institutions is doing in medical education
makes 1t certain that the broadened opportu-
mites now presented will be wisely and prof.
tably utilized in both cases.-Norfolk virginian-
Pilot.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-10-31

less thar. an inc.x smaller than the
Yerkes glass, Is now being finished in|
Paris. Professor Stefanik is paying al
million and a half francs out of his
own funds for this instrument Con-
ditions are unusually favorable In the
Society Islands for observation, es-
pecially Of the nebulae.
Before leaving Papeete, Professor
Stefanik installed three telescopesI
acting for the French government
Professor Stefanik Is superintendent
the construction Of a wireless plant at
Papeete. which will put the islands
in radio communication with the Out
side world.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-10-31
WITH
ONE METER LENSE

SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 30.--In an
observatory at Papeete, Tahiti. there
will be installed soon a telescope with
one meter tense, according to Profess
o Milan Stefanik. a rich French1
scientist, who arrived here today from
Tahiti. The mammouth telescope.
the tense ofswhich will be three inches
larger than the Lick telescope. and
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-10-31
Violation or Articles of War.

Violation OF Articles of War.
once Happy Hooligan, having heard so much
praise of army life and having become tired
of his wanderings around the land, decided to
become a soldier boy of dear old Uncle Sam.
The dignity of the military discipline, the
Elusive grades of military rank and the clank-
ing together of heels, witt. prolonged salute,
were difficult and arduous for Hooligan and on
the third day he was brought up for trial be-
fore the colonel on the following charges.
charge, violation of the sixty-second article
of war, conduct to the prejudice of good order
and military discipline.
Specifications: In that he. when meeting his
captain did wave his hand to him and did say,
Hello, there, kiddo!' THE Green Bag.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-10-31
English EgOfism.

hterature must be at a low ebb in England.
Harry Kemp. the American tramp poet, was
Jailed for three weeks for crossing the Atlantic
as a stowaway. After all that, the home Sec
rotary seriously considered deporting the writer
OF verses, The English needn't put on any airs.
They've got as many poets as we have, and
they're every bit as Prog
ress.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-10-31

entail. Others were merely echoing the cries of
the big manufacturers. The work once done they
had no further cause for insincerity; the fearful
lost some OF their fear as time passed and the
avalanche did not descend and the parrots. hav-
ing no mentor, Of course, had to cease parroting.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-10-31

and even in boss ridden New York public senti-
ment is a potent factor in a political fight.
When Samson pulled down the emple he
sacrificed himself amid the ruins. Tomrnany
mas dethroned SulZer, but it may pay for the
act with the penalty of It's own defeat.-wash-
ington Herald. y
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-10-31
Hating the paukhurst Hat

Tt begins to look as If Mrs. Pankhurst was
in a fair way TO kill the goose that was sup
posed to lay the golden eggs. The goose, in
this instance, is composed of the enthusiasts
in the country who were willing to pay out the
coin of the realm in order to hear the voice
of the militant suffragette from John Bulls tight
little isle. AT her opening in New York, in spite
of the extraordinary advertising she received as
a result of her temporary detention at Ellis
Island, Mrs. Pankhurst met with the severest
kind of a frost Now the news comes from
indianapolis that the suffragette will not ad-
dress the Woman's Franchise League of In
diana, as had been planned, because the women
Of that locality decline to be gouged.
1t seems that Mrs. Pankhurst requested that
she be permitted to take up a collection at
the meeting, in addition to the stipulated sum
for which she had at first agreed to address
the league. The secretary of the Western or
ganization says that the English militant Will
not be permitted to take up a collection, and
that, In consequence, the meeting has been can
rrfcd
The American people have been looked on as
easy marks" by sensationalists in the past. and
the manner In which they have surrendered their
cash at times, would seem to justify the phrase,
but, unless all signs fail they do not propose
to be taken in by the latest money maker
Philadelphia Inquirer.