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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-11-21

common price, and frequently much larger
sums are obtained. The trees develop 10 the
bearing point somewhat sooner than they do
in the far East but with equal care they do not
retain their un:mpaired vitality for so long a
time The fruit Of the same varieties lacks the
frmness and the flavor to be found in our New
England apples. In only respect has it ex-
celled and that is In size. But even on that point
its primacy is this year challenged by the tempt
ing specimens that line the place of exhibition.
OF course this display represents only the
success of those who have made business Of
apple-growinR, but the suggestion of 1t all is
that IT offers large rewards to those who viii
engage in II, and apply business aptitude and
Iinteil!gence Good orchard land can be pur-
/ chased for as little s25 acre; and the grow
err need not go away from his own door TO find
market Apples are selling for between two
and three dollars a barrel this year the pur'
chaser furnishing the barrels IT is not likely
that the price will be very much reduced any
year This involves careful picking and sys-
tematic sorting, and also vigilant care OF the
trees at all seasons. But such care is the secret
of success in any business. The gospel of apple
growing should be carried much farther In this
section than 1t has been, AS a factor of our az
ricultural prosperity nothing is more promising
Boston Transcript.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-11-21
UBIQUITOUS TAX
AROUSES FARMERS
SENTIMENT FOR REPEAL or MORT
GAGE TAX LAW Is TAX
ING ROOT.
ING RoOT,

The Richmond Real Estate Exchanf"
has at least one sympathizer in the
rural section of Virginia in its fight
for tho reform of the states inlqui-
tous mortgage tax Law.
Commissioner Koiner received n
communication from a highly indtS-
nant farmer in Middlesex county, re-
citing his grievance against the law.
He had occasion to borrow $500 re-
Gently for a special purpose and as
certained when he gave his mortgage
that It cost him a tax OF $225o to say
nothing of the usual fees. interest etc.
The farmer Is a substantial man who
has not had occasion to borrow money
before and he is hot in the collar
over the injustice of the mortgage
tax. He swears that he will never
vote another Democratic ticket un-
less the law is repealed at the com
ing session of the legislature and to
show his earnestness in the matter
he sends Mr.. koiner the copy of n
circular that he is sending out among
influential friends to enlist their In
terest in the matter
There Is one thing morally certain
remarked State official yesterday
There will be political upheaval in
! the State unless the general assembly
reforms that mortgage tax law. This
people in the cities have long beer
aroused and now that the substantial
! farmers are awake to its iniquities
you can depend upon ii that something
will drop next February"
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-11-21

nize that the public has reached 1t and that
It VIII tolerate no such looseness. The man
who prides himself upon HIS personal honesty,
but who excuses political actions OF doubtful
honesty on the ground Of expediency is fast
losing HIS place in public life. II he happens
native shrewdness tells him to go slow.
We have no desire to impute motives Of ex'
pediency to those who refused yesterday to
consider ad3ourning congress so that they might
collect their mileage graft or to suggest that
all OF those who favored adjournment had
thoughts Of their pocket IN doing There
were some. undoubtedly, who desired adjourn
ment for other reasons, some good from their
viewpoint. and some based on personal consid-
erations However many who really wished ad-
journment-for whatever reason--voted TO con-
time In session for fear that adjournment would
b. construed by the public an effort to get
mileage and as nothing else. The fact that they
ragrained for this reason gives oven stronger
evidence Of the change in the point Of view OF
public and politicians. Both have higher idea
Of the proprieties Both distinguish. we have
said. more clearly between political honesty and
dishonesty; both see more clearly that there Is
no distinction between political and persona
dishonesty. The one demands and tho other
gives more honest service. Higher ideals rult
than formerly,
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-11-21

Of thousands Of successful men In America had
similar beginnings.
The question is not what they wore in youth
IT is what they We have only
1arguid interest in the service that they rendered
in boyhood but we do want TO know whom they
serve today.
Plenty Of we'll paid men are wearing the blue
overalls Of dependency as truly at this minute as
they ever did in their lives. The work that they
do and the Ideas that Rctuate them are other
mems work and other mems ideas.
Charles s. Meen, lately president of the New
! Haven road Is a case in point Explaining the
collapse OF that enterprise the other day, he
said:
II had no more to do with the financial policy
Of the New Haven road than had % do with the
editorial policy Of the Boston Post. was simply
the operating head or the road. The fight was
between the banking interests Of New York on
one side and of Boston the other.
The New York banking interests to which Mr..
Meuen referred are the banking interests that
Mr.. Vanderlip serves. Mr.. Mellen knows what
II is to wear their overalls, but matter what
may have been his attitude while ago, he Is
not boasting Of the experience at this time
When tho MorGans and Rock efcliers have APP
peared in public they have conducted themselves
modestly as a rule. They have not made many
( claims to power greatness 1t Is only their
mon in overalls, like Reynolds, Of Chicago who
rather joyously confessed that he mem
Der Of the money trust VANDERBILT of New
york who boldly undertakes to override the
president Of the United States, who All with
awe by the fine accounts that they give of them
selves.
Nobody Is going to force central bank uPor
the people Of the United States because he wore
overalls in youth or because he wears oycralls
now-New York World.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-11-21
TrauSmutatiorn.

The summer songs are hushed today.
stn are the bird and bee,
Cold blow the winds Of autumn now
On every fowr and tree
No longer now the roses lend
Their fragrance sweet and rare;
The spirit of this autumn day
Is borne upon the air
The blue-iay covers before the blast
The quail thro' instinct seeks
The friendly covert in tho wood
When Mother Nature speaks.
The low-hung clouds that used 70 drop
Their gently moist nSag rain.
Are driven by the cold fierce winds
Across the dreary plain.
The lowing cattle from the field
Come slowly ploddng IN
For summers verdure, grass and weed,
Stand dry and and thin.
The summer birds have southwark flown
The crows with hungers cry
Today across the valley move,
And pass into the sky
The rain the wind, the clouded skies
Though gloomy thoughts they bring,
! Must go before the bees and birds
And coming Of the spring.
Prank Monroe Beverly.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-11-21
COMMENT
Back 10 the Elements.

Any natural blizzard. flood. earth
quake. hurrcane--is likely to reduce man to
elemental conditions. A multitude Of conven-
fences which have been exalted almost to a plane
Of necessities are just out of commission almost
in an instant
In thousands Of rural communities Monday.
and Tuesday, conditions much like those or
century ago were restored. And lucky were
those families capable OF adjusting themselves to
the necessities OF their Involuntary pjoneership.
Railroads ran no trains Suburban trolleys
were at a standstll Telephones were down,
Telegraph lines could render no service There
were at a standstil1, Telephones were down.
Fences were obterated. Barns stod across
deserts of waist-deep snow. Even near neigh
hors often had no means Of communication.
Cities suffer more than the country on occa-
sions like these because they have come to de-
pend more upon the conVenences which man
has devised for himself Cities live more nearly
a hand -to-mouth existence. They depend more
upon delivery system and telephones; they buy
fuel as they buy food, in small quantities
The average country house is more likely than
tho city house to be equipped for sege. The
idea OF a food shortage has no terror for a
thrifty farmers wife nor does a broken wire
somewhere in the wilderness affect the burn
ing of her parlor lamp.
a severe storm like this causes much suffer
ing and loss Of life The property it destroys
and the waste 1t occasions count heavily in the
balance At the time it may teach useful
lesson or Two. II SHOWS people tHat Soou
many conveniences they had thought necessary
were not necessary at all If cars do not run,
one can walk and perhaps be the better for it..
If merchants cannot deliver. purchasers can
go after the goods be the better for tho exertion
and perhaps. money. II electricity is not
available. oil lamps give good light and candles
viii do in an emergency.
The procession of man-carried market baskets
which wendell its way from down town into the
residence districts yesterday afternoon and last
evening was an object lesson in household eco
Monies If baskets can be carried with no loss
of dignity in an emergency. they might he in or
binary times Could this storm teach people
the economy of personal marketing and delivery
of food, it would accomplish one good purpose,
Cleveland Plain Dealer,
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-11-21
THE WESTERN CoLnECroRsH1p.

The Bristol Courier in an editorial describing
political conditions IN the Ninth district says
the movement for pure elections and honest
politics ia entitled TO recognition at the hands
Of the president OF the United States, as by an
enforcement of the law against corruption IN
elections Lee Scott and Wise counties are
Democratic by large majorties. The Courier
says Judge Skeen and other prominent Demo
Gratis are due credit for the redemption Of these
counties. and that their hands should be held
up by recognition of the president The Courier
says
There IS just one way TO do this and that
Is to appoint General Ayers to be collector
for the Western district of Virginia. His name
Is linked with the movement for pure elections,
He made his fight this paramount issue.
II a partisan Is appointed collector whose sole
recommendation is party loyalty and a wish
for party success, the movement and the efforts
Of that small group or men who believe that
honest elections and unpurchasable cleo
forate are to no preferred TO party success
Will be frowned upon and rebuked and the
hands Of the clock Will be turned backward
ten years
/ Earnestly we urge upon those who must bear
the responsibility for the appointment about
TO be made that the situation out here Is grave
and that these forward-lookng men are entitled
TO support. They need IT now more than thu
Democratic party needs it. The issue is clea
cut and we have faith in the result"
There are a number of prominent Democrat
mentioned for this position, among them Hon
Payton St Clair. Of Giles. All of those men
toned favor honest elections and have the entir
confidence of the Democrats OF the state 1t 4
perfectly certain that President Wilson Will ap
point no man who does not measure up to tn
Democratic standards of honesty and efficiency
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-11-21
THE NEW IDEA.

The offer Of Dayton. o, to Colonel Cocktails
to become It's city manager VIII probably not
be accepted and Dayton viii have to be con
tent with some else, but that the offer was
made shows that the city wants the best. 1t
shows more. 1t. shows that municipalities are
no longer content to have any old person or
persons conducting It's government. Municipal
efficiency Is becoming more than catch word
and municipal officials will some day be men
chosen solely for their fitness, as managers Of
all other business concerns are chosen
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-11-21
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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-11-21
DISCUSS WATER
AND FIRE HAZARD
CHAIRMAN MILLS CALLS COMMIT
TEE TO MEET ron CON-
FERENCE TONIGHT.

Chairman Mills yesterday called tho
subcommittee on utilities considering
the water supply and fire hazard 10
meet tonight at o'clock, At that
time it is hoped the representatives Of
the board Of underwriters may be pres
ent to give information and advice.
and the representatives of the baltl-
more water department are also OK
pected to be on hand,
The underwater engineers have been
in Buffalo all week, but hope TO be
able to meet the committee tonight.
Members of the FIRE board, the admin
istrative board, and other city officials
are invited to he present.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-11-21
HIGHER CONCEPTION OF SERVICE.

The action Of the Democrats In the United
stats senate in refusing TO agree 70 con
strnctige" adjournment 50 that mombers could
secure the mileage graft" Is deserving Of no
ysnise plain. everyday honesty tells us that
q man has no right 10 expense money that
asanot expended and tha. congress has no right
10 "adiouru" week before The opening of the
regular session Just SO that some Of its mem
ters could draw several hundred or thousand
dollars each for an imaginary trip to Califor-
MIA ana retHrn
That the Democrats refused to repeat the
action Of the Republicans who some years ago
reached into the treasury and took for their
pocke,s hundred thousand dollars or more,
without even gotag through the formality of
ar adjournment IS a good thing for the Demo
cratic party. but this refusal to graft on the
government does not bring credit TO them. 1t
merely saves them from bitter condemnation
and probably saves many II Jhem their seats OF
those wb0 voted themselves mileage during a
recess that was only =,ructiyely taken during
RooseyeIt's administration, very, very few now
hold seats tu eouere
Bar whsle congressman wU not b. covered
WIN praise for feSraniag from HOPPING them
selses 70 tae peoples money the fact that they
dja refuse Is symatomatic That so little head.
way was made ty those who dared 70 suggest
suoh action, not fl itself aa boldly dishonest
rs bat actually taaan several years ago by a
Republtesu congress. slows tne change that has
GONE ever ,ae country ia SO saort a time. II
demonstrated tle difference between the political
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-11-21
Object Lessons In Apple Growing.

An annual New England apple display has now
become an institution. The one AT horticultural
hall this week which Is the third of the series
10 be held thus far, shows that It's predecessors
have been educational There have h"en more
APPLES at previous exhi billions but never my that
were so fine that demonstrated SO conclusive
iy the splendid possibilities Of apple growing
in this section. The array OF this standard fruit
is worth witnessing simply for its aesthetic ef-
fects 1t is spectacular and picturesque. There
is beautiful blending Of color ana there is per-
lection Of outline and form. hut 1t has more
practical and perhaps more profitable purpose.
IT shows the natural adaptation of New England
soil and climate TO apple growing and that when
it is brought under intelligent is
given to some other staples it be made not
a mere incident OF agriculture is now too
often the case. but one of its most dependable
/ features
Those who have exploited apple cature in the
new soil Of the far West justly boast of results.
They have made fortunes out Of their orchards.
They have made their land valuable for this
purpose as il would be for building lots in the
loutskirts of a f1ourishing city. A thousand dol
lars an acre for Il good stand Of trees is very
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-11-21

Time was when taking girl 10 the theater
meant a carriage. seats near the front and
supper afterward. Today the young man
attempts TO convince his girl that he Is Civ
t.p her a wildly hilarious time when he taxes
her to the movies for hour or so and buys
her a bag OF popcorn And Judging from the
picture show patronage he is getting by with
Portland Express
And yet some people are trying to tell us
that the cost of living is going up The moving
nictures seem to have done more for the bachelor
than Oscar Undervoods tariff has ever Deen
able 10 do for the housewives. And the women
folks get the worst of It, whether married or
single. Votes for women!
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-11-21
MR.. KOINER BACK
FROM CONVENTIONS

Commissioner of Agriculture George
w. koiner returned yesterday from
Washington where he has been In at
tendance upon the session of the
American Pathological congress and the
National Fruit congress. The sessions
have drawn many prominent fruit
growers from all over the country and
have been very successful.
The National Conservation congress
is also meeting at the national capital
and Commissioner Koiner says 1t Is
difficult to get even n look in at a
hotel which are taxed to their capacity.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-11-21
Would Get More Votes.

In speech at Hot Springs the other day,
ex-President Taft said it would not surprise him
to see Sulzer and Thaw head a ticket for pres
ident and vice president in 1915, or words TO
that effect In case they do will wager
dollars 10 doughnuts that Sulzer and Thaw will
secure as many electoral votes as did the gem
tleman who was the Republican nominee In 1917
Clifton Forge Review.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-11-21
Service or Servitude
Men in OvcralIs.

In his recent feryd eulogy OF himself as the
person who should determine the banking and
currency system Of the United States. Frank A.
VANDERBILT said:
stand charged with the offerse OF being
resident of the largest bank in the United
5tate> VINO are tho officers Of that bank? Let
ma tell you that with q single exception they are
ueh whose boyhood started In poverty myseiI
wore the blue overalls of a farm hand ana
machine shop apprentice"
There is nothing remarkable in all this. Tens
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-11-21
NAME DELEGATES TO
RIVERS CONGRESS

FREDERICKSBURG, VA. Nov 90,
Mayor j. +. Rowe has appointed
the following as delegates to the Ma
tional rivers and harbors congress,
which meets in Washington, D. G.,
on December 3rd. 18th and 5th; Judge
Alvin T. Embrey, Messrs. W. II.
owen. e. G.. Heflin, w. ID. Scott, III.
G. Northrop, A. p. Rowe, w. II.
Brulle.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-11-21

Governor William Hodges Mann went
to Norfolk yesterday to attend tho
Norfolk county school fair. He was
scheduled to make an address to the
school children there yesterday after
noon.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-11-21

"You can't win a political campaign with an
idea" opines Ormsby McHarg. Colonel Roose-
volts personal representative in the South during
preconveutton days of 1912. Certainly ormsby's
idea Of black and tan Roosevelt conventions in
the South to send contesting delegations to Chi
cago aid not win anything.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-11-21

Huerta can never escape from his own con-
science says an exchange. That's the least thing
that is worrying Victoriano.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-01-17
LITTLE IS DONE
BY. COMMISSION
Hermann Recommends De-
post to Guarantee Salaries
of All Ball Players.

Chicago, January i6.-The progress
sive spirit struck baseball to-day. when
the National Commission, at brief
session here, heard its chairman. Au-
gust Hermann. advocate guarantees
for ball players salaries in lesser
minor leagues, and CONSIDERED tne
10 project unsuspecting players from
"iokers" The commission took no &C
ton on the contract matter; in fact,
business so far az the supreme
court" is concerned. was left unfinished
when thc-eem mission adjourned this
afternoon after rejecting Mr. Herr-
Illness OF James Farrell, of Auburn.
N Y. secretary OF the Nationai As
early last month to prepare preliminary
cases of players appeals to the com mis-
sion caused the postponement OF tbeir
considera tion as well as other matters.
None of the members of the com
mission would admit that the class a
salary question was brought up; II
would enter formal protest against
the So 600 monthly limit. but II was said
none was made -
Commenting on a rule OF the Ohio
State League. which requires the presi-
dent of the organization to instruct
every player TO report to BIN II his
provides that the player be paid out
of the guarantee fund, Chairman Herr
mann remarks that Its ADOPTION Dy
other leagues would tend to decrease
the number of complaints filed BY
traders at the ball players exchange
at the hotel where the American Asso-
citation met this afternoon met bull
market. According TO Umpire Ollie
Chill, good youngsters are scarcer than
ever, and that fact accounts for the
exorbitant terms demanded by those
who hold contracts for potential stars.
The question of uniform contracts
was also taken up. a request for d rule
recurring them having been presented
by President Mike Sexton. of the Ma
tional Association. but, as already
stated. no action was taken In addi-
ton to Chairman Hermann Secretary
John Bruce and Assistant Secretary A.
i Flanner were reelected The chair
mans report, commenting on the
worlds series and other post-seasop
games. recommends that inasmuch
as each major league shares in the pro-
ceeds of the worlds series. regula-
tions be adopted so as to make It man
datory that the commission have super
vision in the future over every inter
league series, and that the world 9 series
rules apply to all such games
The associations principal business
was the Observation-Disclosures II would be
Iss games as usual or less; There was lit
tie prospect of its being cut down.
some of the magnates said. Though the
association holds property on the North
side. IL IL said. there ie absolutely no
present intention of percipitating war
By starting third club" in Chicago
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-01-17
LOCAL SHOW WILL
BE RARE TREAT
All of More Prominent Exhib-
itors to Send Cars Here
for Display.

Reports from New York are to the
effect that Richmond's first automobile
show is regarded as one OF the big
automobile events of the year. Prac-
tically every manufacturer of high
grade cars and trucks will have an ex-
hibit here The men who went North
TO inspect the methods and offerings IN
the big city are firmly of the opinion
that. while the local exhibition may not
be as big as the one in Madison Square
Garden, it will be very nearly as com
prehensive. From an education stand
point. it will teach as much, will give
as great an insight into the latest me-
chanicaI developments and will prove
just as attractive as the more elaborate
display.
Numbers of the exhibitors at the
national show will send their exhibits
intact to the local show The Horse
Show Building will be taxed to its capac-
ity. 1t will be decorated with decora-
tions never before seen in Richmond
Music, both Instrumental and vocal.
will be furnished. 1t will be rare
treat for those who want to attend.