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mistakes and waste. ,>:,, ~ r.. r.
D.; And lastly, there is the element of
rent. If machinery were publicly
owned its replacement would be just
as burdensome to the state. as it now
is to the private owner. s&z.!5 !; "a i:
The element of risk and waste Ger
tainly would be no less. And the
wages of, superintendence would. not
differ materially. AS for comparative
efficiency, it is the general experience
throughout the world, that private en-
terprise secures greater results than
municipal or state operation. : ~ t55s Il, .
1t is evident, therefore, that public
ownership and operation Of Industry
would have no advantage over private
industry rs to cost of operation, either
In the replacement of machinery, or
the cost Of superintendent; but it
would suffer the disadvantage OF lower
efficiency .sa ,-s s8zSs.
But; protests the Socialist, public
ownership, would eliminate profits.
What are profits but interest, insur-
;ance, and wages Of superintendence2 2
Not all business shows 4 profit. Brad
streets estimates that 95 per cent Of
business enterprises fail. Whatever
the prop ortion. sc u known TO bs large.
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(From the Public.)

(From the Public)
The New York Sail offers as the So
luton Of the problem, why does the
woman with the sewing machine have
to work as hard to keep body and soul
together as did the woman with the
needle?' the statement that it is be-
cause labor does not own the machin-
cry it operates:
This is the universal answer of the
Socialist, 1t is the keynote of his
philosophy. So long, he says, as labor
must use the machine owned by an
other. 1t will from the very nature Of
things derive no benefit from it's use;
for the owner will take all over and
above what Is necessary to keep labor
alive.
The remedy, therefore, is to put the
machine in the possession of labor.
Since it is necessary" says the Call,
'tto own the machinery OF the world
in order to be comfortable and happy.
the Socialists insist that justice de-
mands that everybody have a share in
the ownership--in other words, that
all the people own the, machinery Of
the world collectively" III Il; ~ :.
- superficial view Of the: question
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LABOR AND THE ClE-AN ANSWER TO THE OLD SOCIALIST

is it not fair to assume that some fac
tor other than machinery is involved
in the problem? +
Z Or, let the question be considered
from the capitalists point Of view.
There is no monopoly in the owner
ship. of machinery. except in those
things that are temporarily covered by
patents: If the increased productive
ness iof the machine over. hand labor
goes to the owner, why is there not a
rush of capital to buy machinery? =
: Capitalists are eager for profit. They
seek investments which, other, things
being equal, pay the largest dividends
II men with money to invest prefer to
lend it at four and, five per cent,
rather than buy mac achinery; should we
not suspect, that the, profit attaching
TO machine-ownership had been gross
ly exaggerated? 5...5~
~ The ownership of machinery entails
other obligations than the payment
for labor and raw materials: There is
an item Of replacing the machine as it
wears out, or as 1t is displaced byi
newer inventions and discoveries. TO
this must he added the.swages OF SUI
.peFintend dence. and insurance against
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j: S. STEEL ] PROFITS.
JUMP TO s81,21&,9!85
Last Years Profits show an In
crease Of So c97s, ,93e Over.
Thos u a12.
22S, ,9o6 WAGE EA1e
WERE PAID $2o@to; 3 =
Judge Gary States Wage ~
crease to Employees During Year
Approximated $12, 900, 900.

The annual report Of the United
States Steel corporation for the year
ended Deceber 81, 1913, shows
earnings available for dividends on
the common and preferred stocks
amounting to $S1,216,9S5, an increase
Of $26,976,936 over the, previous year.
After dividend payments and the
deduction of SIS 100000 used for ad-
ditional property and construction and
capital obligations, a surplus for the
year amounting to $15,5S2,1S3 was
added to profit and loss account. This
was an increase of $11.976,936 over
the previous year. in which there was
no special deduction from earnings.
The total surplus Of the company was
$161.798,42S at the end of the year.
1.-The volume Of business conducted
by the subsidiary companies during
the year 1913 was large" says Chair
man E. H. Gary.
Notwithstanding the total tonnage
Of shipments was substantially the
same in 1913 as in the preceding
year, the total earnings Exclusive Of
charges for interest on subsidiary
companies securities outstanding) in
creased $20,240,215, or. 24.S per cert.
This increase is attributable princl-
pally to higher average prices having
been received in 1913.
Expenses Increase.
The, total charges for the year for
taxes levied against the corporation
and it's subsidiary companies, includ-
ing the federal income tax for 1913,
was s13,225,SS2, an increase of $3,-
385511 over the preceding year.
The corporation expended $59,942,-
| go for ordinary repairs and maiE-
! tenance and extraordinary replace
ments. This was an increase of $11,-
! 194.533, or % per cent over 1912,
and exceeded the outlay made for
similar purposes in any previous year.
THE average number of employees
in the service Of the corporation and
it's subsidiary. companies. during the
entire year 1913 was 22S sos, as com
pared 221 tez5 t1ts z,f an I'M
crease of; 1857 per cent says Judge
Gary. The aggregate amount OF the
pay rolls for 1913, for all employees,
was $207 ,206,176, in comparison with
$1S9, 1851 ,602. for the preceding year,
an increase of 9.43 per cent.
The totals. both in respect of num-
ber of employees and aggregate pay
roll, were the largest in the corpora
tion's history"
Judge Gary reports that an increase
of approximately $12,00o,o00 was paid
in wages
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FOR COMMON / |! SENSE
Ohio Court Pays Respects to
Present Day Tendency Of
= Our Courts.

~ COLUMBUS, Ohio, April 3.-Musty
precedent and involved verbiage,
rather than common sense in the ad-
ministration of justice, was attacked
by Judge Wanamaker of the state
supreme court in a case that involved
legal niceties. r." T.,
: Judge Wanamaker said: Case law
is fast becoming the bane OF the bench
and bar. Our old-time great thinkers
and profound reasoners who, conspicu-
ously honored and distinguished our
jurisprudence have been succeeded
largely by an Industrious, painstak-
ing, far-searching army OF sleuths of
the type Of Sherlock Holmes, hunting
some precedent in some case, conf
IDENTIFY assured that If the search be
long enough and far enough that some
apparently parallel case may be found
to justify even the mott absurd and
ridiculous contention.
case after case is piled up, and then
the court is expected to strike bal.
ance and decide according to the pre-
'ponderance of. cases rather than the
preponderance of reason and justice.
|. Courts too frequently fall into the
very common error Of assuming to in
terpret everything in the line of legal
language: .,,% = ...> =. ..,#-,-.
'The utter folly and VIII olesale abuse
Of constituting words that need no con-
STRUNG and Of Interpreting language
that needs NO Interpretation, has led
to much OF the judicial confusion and
most of the 'irreconcilable diversity OF
court decisions" -! ~ - + :. r.
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BALTIMORE DOCK !
WORKERS FEDERArE

BALTIMORE, April 3.-The or
ganizing campaign being conducted in
this city by the International Long
shoremen's association is bringing
results, and the new locals and
strengthened old ones have now
formed council that comprises wa
terfront workers. Wages and work.
ing conditions will be handled
through, the new venture, thereby
making the scale uniform, Officials
state that the colored workers are as
enthusiasts to 'organize as the white
workers.
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HEARINGS SCl0SE ON
/. .LAF0LLE|7I'E'S ! 0L|.| 4 ! BILL B !
George Uhler, United States In
spection Official, Makes
'~ Startling Statement.
MARINE OFFICIAL SAYS
!; :. CHINKs EXCEL WHITES
seamen Use Ship Owners Testi-
mony to Urge Passage Of Safe
e! E =. j. :: ty At Sea Bill. -. -

! WASHINGTON April 3. = Hear +.
'ingss on the La Follettee zseamen's
bill, before the Committee. on Mer-
chant Marine and Fisheries OF. :. the
House. of Representatives, are now
closed. The shipowners testified that
RATS were better than boats as life
saving appliances. and that boats for
all was unreasonable apd unneoes-
sary. f';a, + 49,,
George Uhler, supervisory inspec-
tor general of the Steamboat Inspec-
ton Service, testified that in his
opinion, and in the. opinion of the
board of inspectors, it was sufficient
for safety when a vessel, carrying
$500 passengers on Lake Michigan,
had boats for ninety-five Of them.
RATS for 2S5 of them and life pre-
servers for the other {, 400, if the YES
sci didn't go ony more than five
miles from shore.
: .e%'i* Let Them Float =.
1T the vessel" said Mr.. Uhler
'takes fire, the passengers will put ol,
the life preservers, Jump overheard
with their children in their arms, and
float around until they are picked up,
which might be hours" He further
testified that less, than one square
yard of space on the vessels deck was
sufficient not only for comfort. but
for safety on an excursion vessel
either. on the lakes or on the bays
and sounds of the United States.
Further testimony, given by the
| shipowners and Mr., Uhler, was that
the firemen, coal passers, stewards
and walters were better men fol-
handling lifeboats than, sailors; that
sailors need. no. skill or experience
and that Orientals are better than
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BUFFALO ELEVATOR
MEN FORCED TO STRIKE

BUFFALO, April 3.-Refusing to
work overtime 200 elevator men are
on strike here today and IL large ele-
vators in Buffalo harbor are idle. The
situation involves considerable danger,
as the huge quantities of grain in tho
elevators if not turned often early in
the season are likely to cause combus-
ton. There are 100000 bushels of
grain in vessels here, which will have
to be unloaded by April Is.
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CARPENTERS MAKE GAINS.

WORCESTER, Mass, April a..
The Carpenters union Of Ware and
Palmer, near here, have made good
gains as result of organization con-
Quoted by the Brotherhood's officers.
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The Washington herald., 1914-03-16
over TEACUPS, They
Plan DEMOCRATS ruin
Between Sips Sufrasists Swear They
Will Hold Senators Responsible
for Amendment.
SUCCESS DRAWING NEARER"

That Senator Ashurst ana other Demo-
Gratis in the Senate will be held RESPONSE
Bile by the Congressional Union il the
pending suffrage amendment should be
forced to a vote now and defeated was
declared by Miss Alice Paul. chairman of
the union, in a talk to her co-workers
yesterday afternoon at the usual Sunday
afternoon tea of the suffragists, at 1870 F
street.
Our bill is going splendidly in Con-
gress," said Miss Paul. Success has
never before seemed so near. II the
measure should be lost in the Senate by
pushing 1t to a premature vote, Senator
Ashurst and other Democratic leaders in
charge of the measure will be respon-
sible. We have made plain our belief
that it would be injudicious to force the
vote at this time. but II il should be kill
ed. We will launch another bill the very
next morning"
Mrs Robert Baker also spoke yester-
day, outlining plans for the big suffrage
ball to be held at the Willard April q.
The proceeds of this affair will go to-
ward the expenses of next falls CAM
paign. Miss Eliza Lord presided yester-
day. and leaders in the union camp
served the tea.
The Washington herald., 1914-03-16
STATUS OF ITS WOMEN
FIXES NATIONS PLACE
Statement Made by Mrs. Clara Bewick
Colby in Address Before
Secular League.

At the meeting of the Washington
Secular League at Pythian Temple yes
terday afternoon an address on woman
and the Destiny of Nations" was deliv-
cred by Mrs. Clara Bewick Colby.
Mrs. Colby based her address on the
propositions that the condition or status
OF a nation or civilization is determined
by the condition or status Of its women
and that fundamentally woman is the
creator of man and makes him what he
Is In calculating these propositions the
speaker went back to. the 'matriarchal'
stage of civilization. in which woman
was dominant, holding that it was the
female rather than the male that was
the controlling and creating social force
up to, and following. that period. Mrs
Colby then gave a review of the fortunes
OF women as affecting the destiny of ma
tons in the better known periods of his
tory, down to our own day, in which man
has been dominant
1t was declared that the character of
the nation really is determined in the
home. and that when woman occupies
a subject condition in the home that
home Is a deterioration to the state
general discussion in which phases
OF the question and points in the address
we're considered was participated in by
Samuel Saloman, DR.. ]. ]. Shirley. David
Eccles. Miss L. c. Fowble, Prof. Hyland
c. Kirk, j. W. Nigh, Julian Pierce. A.
IT. Johnson. and H. r. Boynton.
David Eccles read an original poetic
answer to Walt Mason's recent tribute
to the old-fashioned woman" and reci-
tations were given by Middleton Smith
and Howard Morton.
The Washington herald., 1914-03-16
IDLE RICH AND POOR
In ONE CLASS, HE SAYS
Open Pews and Communion Tables to
Jobless. Is Exhortation of Rev.
lanes Shera Montgomery.

Denouncing the idle rich as a menace
to the peace and contentment of the
DC pie, Rev. James Shera Montgomery,
pastor of the Metropolitan NJ. E Church.
discussed the Three Hs'-hands, head
and heart-in his sermon last night
He said il part:
The first II stands for the hand, which
means work. All the earth is built on
this plan. The call is made to all the
self-elected elect and to the poor. The
idle rich are the blue-bottle flies Of state
and society.
Under normal conditions the idle poor
are no better. But if en- are positively
jobiess. and are wO- Y, then open up
the churches and bid them welcome to
the pews for cots OF rest. and to the
communion table for bounties OF physi-
cal nourishment.
1T is only a hand-me-down religion
that coddles and juggles faith on Sum-
day and recognizes no Monday. Relig-
ion is a -trange fact in human expert
ence-the more we send away. the more
we have ct home"
The Washington herald., 1914-03-16
6be Down Gr,er

DR.. c. r. winbiEler will lecture on
The Psychology of Dreams" before the
Psycho-Therapeutic Society in the w.
c. T. U. Building at s o'clock this even
ing. The public Is invited.
Boy Scouts will hold their annual tag
day April 4 to raise funds for the next
years work. The committee In charge
Is composed of Scoutmasters e. n.
Filkins. H. L. Taylor. and William N.
Simpson.
Samuel Luber. retired business mss,
who died Saturday. was buried yester-
day afternoon in Above Sholem Gene
terry. The funeral took place from his
late home, 1857 c street southwest.
Rev. George Silverstone oficiating.
DR.. p. r. CIsxton. United states Com
missioner Of Education. will speak at
the Foreign Mission Seminary in Ia
koma Park this evening at s o'clock.
The subject of the address will be
Modern Schools in Tennessee
George Burton Buck, Of Keasin Z Ion,
Md, has been appointed an actuary for
New York City by Comptroller William
A. Prendergast. and will enter upon
his duties today. He already has done
actuarial wOrk Tor the ponce ana otner
departments of New York and Boston.
New Arlington Hotel promoters have
not yet decided upon a building plan.
although activity by workmen around
the site in the last few days gave rise
to the impression that erection Of the
building had begun at last. The pur-
chasers' agent is spending much time
in New York. and Washington archi-
tects are wondering whether they will
be invited to compete.
The Washington herald., 1914-03-16
SAENGERBUND GIVES
DRAMATIC SKETCHES
Masque Ball of Germania Maenner-
chor Will Be Held at Old Masonic
Temple Tonight.

\ large audience at the Washington
Saengerbund clubhouse last night en-
joyed the presentation by the dra-
matte section of two sketches. among
those taking part being William Han
nemann. Miss A. Moser. George p.
Pitt. Mrs F. Linzbach. Miss EIeanore
Schwarz, W. y. Pauls, Mrs. Nora Mil
Ter. Gustav Schilling. and c. Simon.
The Germania Maennerchor has COM
pleted arrangements for its annual
grand masque ball tonight at Old Ma
comic Temple. There will be prizes
for original. character. group and other
masks. There will be a male chorus
under the direction of Prof. Chris
tiani.
The Schwaben Verein will observe its
twenty-ninth anniversary with a BAN
quet al Saengerbund Hall this evening.
\ number of prominent speakers will
make addresses. The following COM
n:ittee will be in charge: c. c. Braun.
F. Hanold, Michael Dietz. George
Haeussler. Leonhard Schenkel. o.
Mutschler, A. Schlachter. Eugcn Braun,
Hermann vollmer. X. Kohler. John @.
Zobel. and H. Lechner.
In response to a call of Prof. Schoen-
field. Of George Washington University.
a meeting was held Yesterday at the
Cosmos Club to make tentative arrange
ments for the organization in this city
of a branch of the Germanistic Society OF
America. which has headquarters in New
York. DR.. Paul Bartsch acted as tenn
porary secretary and G. W. Spier as tenn
porary treasurer. Arrangements were
made for lecture by Prof. Ernst EIster,
April .. at the New National Museum.
DR.. Bartsch. DIR. Schoenfeld. and Capt
Schwegler were named as a committee
on constitution and bylaws. They will
meet Wednesday at noon TO draft the
constitution.
The Washington herald., 1914-03-16
PROBE INTO HOSPITAL
FATALITY Is ORDERED
Death of Miss Olive Hear1y. Killed by
Fall Down Elevator Shaft. to
Be Investigated.

AS a result Of a fall down an elevator
shaft at Sibley Hospital Saturday after
noon. Miss Olive Headly. twenty-six
years old. a trained nurse at the institu-
ton, died early yesterday morning
Coroner hewitt has ordered an inquest.
and the investigation will be held today
at IL 30 o'clock at the District morgue
together with an inquest over the body
of David n. Oliver, who committed sui
eide at the District jail Saturday night.
From what could be learned yesterday
IL appears that Miss Headly accidentally
walked into the elevator shaft. falling
one fight to the cement basement Aoor.
Her skull was fractured Miss Headly
came TO Washington two years ago from
Phillipsburg, y. j., where she has a
sister.
Though II is customary for hospitals
to make reports to the police depart
ment of all accident cases coming within
their Jurisdiction, nothing was officially
known of Miss Headly's accident until
the coroner was notified of her death
early yesterday morning.
The Washington herald., 1914-03-16
new HAVEN'S FRIENDS
APPEAL TO PRESIDENT
Efforts Being Made to Enlist Mr.. vii.
sons Support for Milder De-
mands. II Is Claimed.
POLITICS IS DRAGGED IN CASE

A determined EFFORT. II Is claimed. Is
being made by friends of the New Ha-
ven Railroad to influence the President
and other ofiicials OF the administra-
tion toward the view that Attorney
General McReynold's demands have
been unnecessarily radical In the nego-
tiations upon a reorganization plan.
BY these efforts. friends OF the road
hope to convince the President that
political expediency demands that he
intervene in the negotiations In order
to moderate In some measure the con-
ditions laid down under which the road
may escape q suit under the Sherman
act.
There have been several Indications
during the last few days that this
claim is well grounded. Numbers of
resolutions by banks and public bodies
In New England towns and individual
appeals have reached the Department
Of Justice. urging the Attorney Gen
eral TO drive an easier bargain with
Chairman Elliott and his assistants.
Also Representative Peters, Democrat.
White House and made practically the
same plea with the President
The friends Of the road declare that
the administrations political hold upon
New England is indissolubly linked with
the outcome OF the New Haven negotia-
tions 1t is their view that II the sever
ity of the governments demands upon
the road result in its rejection OF the
terms OF the reorganization plan, and the
road Is consequently thrown into a re-
ownership. the thousands Of small stock
holders and business men in New Eng
land who are directly or indirectly in
terested in the affairs Of the road will
be inclined to place the responsibility for
their possible losses and Inconvenience
upon the shoulders Of the administration.
The prediction also has been made that
one result of the failure OF the negotia-
tions will be that hardly a single Demo-
cratic member Of the House will be elect
ed in the coming elections.
The Attorney General is openly agsra-
waited by recent developments Of the New
Haven representatives. His mood Is such
that he probably will not tolerate any
considerable delay by the road in accept
ing or rejecting the terms he has laid
down for an agreement.
The Washington herald., 1914-03-16

L S. Dept Uf Agriculture. Weather Bureau
Washington. Sunday. March E-s p. m
FORECAST FOR MONDAY AND
TUESDAY.
For the District of Columbia, East
ern PeBnsyIvsnia, New Jersey, Del
aware, Maryland, and Virginia-Fair
Monday. Tuesday fair and colder;
moderate south winds.
With the exception Of rains in the North Pacihe
States Upper Michigan. Northern New England
and Northern New York. fair weather was general
during the last twenty-four hours throughout the
country.
Temperatures continue above the SEASONAL average
generally although readings in the Northwest are
considerably lower than on Saturday.
With the exception Of . Disturbance OF moderate
intensity over the region Of the Great Lakes, 20
storm appears within the field Of observations
The indications are that the weather will be gen
orally fair Monday and Tuesday throughout the
country, except that local rains are probable Mon
day in northern New York and Northern New
England.
Temperature will be lower Monday in the Middle
Plains States the Middle and Upper Mississippi
valleys the Upper Lake region and Tuesday in the
Southwestern States the Lower Mississippi and
Ohio valleys, and the Middle Atlantic States. No
unusually low Temperatures probable, howerN.
in any part Of the country during the next several
days.
The winds along the North Atlantic coast viii
be moderate variable mostly south; on the Middle
Atlantic coast light to moderate south; on the
South Atlantic and Gulf coasts light variable; on
Lake Michigan brisk west.
The Washington herald., 1914-03-16
TELLS OF CURE FOR
WORLDS SUFFERING
Rev. Thomas David Williams. Rector
of St. Anthony's. Delivers Third
Lenten Sermon.

Declaring that the mystery OF human
suffering was insolvable from the view
point of human wisdom, but that II was
a part OF the divine plan for the leading
of mankind to heaven. the Rev. Thomas
David Williams. rector of St. Anthony's
Church, last night preached the third
of a series OF Lenten conferences on
the life Of Christ. His subject was
Christ, Our Healer"
Father Williams declared that the suf-
ferings of humanity had baffied the at
tempts at solution made by the worldly
philosophers OF all ages.
Father Williams argued out that Christ.
by His own sufferings and death, showed
that suffering was the royal road to
heaven" He said that Christ, the Healer
of Israel" was in the world today, ready
to heal the spiritually blind and deaf.
OF those suffering from what he termed
the leprosy Of the sour'-sin. Through
human tears. he continued. the ills Of
the soul would be remedied.
St. Anthony's mabe choir sang during
the services. 1t was announced thai
Father wiih(Gns will preach next Sunday
evening on the subject: Christ. Our
Comforter"