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Evening journal., 1914-07-29

, form and that Congress is continually
loading II with special inquiries and
new duties of a general nature But
what an astonishing argument for
conferring on it a new equipment Of
vast authority with which to paralyze
the economic activities Of the Ameri-
can people Such a bestowal of au-
tEority is precisely what is contem-
plated by the terms of the Rayburn
bill.
The bill provides for the entire su-
peryision, by the Interstate Com
merce Commission, of the issuance
and sale of railroad securities, and
endows the commission with such
control as TO make the financing OF
railroad needs and opportunities inn
possible until the commission has
given its sanction Not only is the
problem of railroad finance to depend
altogether on the commissions time
and talents. but the Rayburn bill
aims to burden railroad manage
ments with an intolerable load OF
oxacting details in making applica-
tion TO the commission for permission
&c issue and sell securities.
This is bad enough. but the vicious
aspect of the bill is It's provision that
railroads cannot Sell securities for
any purpose until, and then only io
the extent that the commission has
approved their issuance. after in
vestigation." AS part Of the inyesti-
cation is to enable the commission to
determine whether their issuance IS
reasonably necessary or appropri-
ate" the bill obviously intends 10
substitute the discretion OF a political
body for the Judgment Of the man
agement representing the owners OF
railroad property How extreme Is
the control which it is proposed to
confer on the commission is shown
by the authority given il to fix the
minimum selling prices for securities
and to require that they shall be dis
posed Of at competitive bidding.
All the present time the Interstate
Commerce Commission has. by acts
of Congress Interpreted by the Su-
preme Court, been to all intents con-
atituted the traffic manager Of a sy-
stem of 250.000 miles Of railroad
covering a vast continent and serving
more than 100000,000 people engaged
in tremendously diversified array
of productive activities. As traffic
manager Of this system the Interstate
Commerce Commission is doing its
work in a numbering, dilatory. dead
ening fashion The design of the
Rayburn bill is TO make the commits
sion the financial as we'll as the
traffic manager of this great railroad
system
Meanwhile the Government is to
remain devoid Of the financial respon-
sibility which aecrues to the nominal
railroad managements for a fair re-
turn to the owners Of railroad pro
perty on the capital which they have
invested. Yet official Washington
seems genuinely astonished when in
formed that contemporary political
projects have impaired business and
financial confidence and are prevent
ing its recovery
Evening journal., 1914-07-29
The Railroad Securities Bill
From the New York sun.

What President Wilson. IN the cor
respondence printed yesterday, called
"a great programme Of corrective and
constructive legislation" which he
says lis upon the eve of completion, .
locks more like a programme of
punitive and destructive enactment
as the conclusion approaches
Certainly it cannot be pretended
that any very encouraging develop
ments have been incidental to the
revision OF the tariff, which is bring
ing foreign goods into the country in
record breaking volume at a time ~
business depression, or TO the estab-
lishment of the Federal reserve bank
ing experiment, which is being dis
counted IN huge exports of gold. In
the pending portion Of the Admins
tration's legislative programme the
President and his party appear to
be repeating the mistake which they
have already committed, the mistaks
Of going too far.
One feature of the measures in
tended to extend the supervision Of
the Government over the business
field involves the long mooted project
for Government regulation of the is
suance Of railroad securities. Re-
form in this respect has been agitated
for years, and fairly definite agree
ment of public opinion has been
reached that railroad financing
should be in some way subject 10
governmental scrutiny TINS like
other reforms really wrought by pre-
lCnEed public discussion. has bocn
capitalized by the Administration,
and IN the Rayburn railroad securi-
ties bill just reported 10 the Senate
reform has again been oyercapita-
lized
II tho Rayburn bill becomes law
as II stands the railroads Of the coun-
try will not, after July / mex wear.
b able TO issue securities sar cor.
pcrgte purposes without having first
obtained the approval of the Inter-
state Commerce Commission. That
marvellous body OF bureaucratic
mediocrity has been given IN the
Eastern railroad rate case an exhi
bitlon of the menace which ;mpends
il the Rayburn bill IS enacted without
substantial change.
In a practical way of speakina the
Eastern rate case came before the
commission four years ago. rhe
petition for a general advance ir
rates and the evidence and argument
in support Of the petition which the
commission denied IN 1911 constituted
practically an identical case with tho
one over which the commission mas
been ponderously deliberaung this
year while the country dAited in
painful suspense for the outcome of
ita considerations The substantial
identity of the two cases has con
sisted in the question Of policy which
the commission was called on TO de-
eide far more than in the questions
Of fact, and il has taken four years
for the commission to form its latest
conclusion
Apologists for the commission say
today that it has good defence for
delay in that il has an enormous
quantity Of routine business to per-
Evening journal., 1914-07-29
sMALLpOx AND THr pUnLIc.

g MALLPoN is disease Of peculiarly dangerous
~ and loathsome nature
u given an opportunity, it spreads like wildfre and
carries death and Disagreement with IT,
II not only is civic but also a legal duty 10 renort
promptly to the health authorities ali cases Of the dis
ease i is the imperative legal duty Of those auhori
ties 70 take immediate steps to stamp the disease
wherever it may be found
No mercy should be shown to any person whose duty
il is TO report promptly case Of smallpox and Who
fails to do 50. Prosecution should be quick and efec-
tive not only for the punishment the offender but
warning to others indulge in similar ofenses
against public health and safety.
One can appreciate the reluctance Of a family in
which case of smallpox has developed to have the
fact reported TO the health officials II means strict
quarantine against every member of the family; the
destruction for the time being. of the wage-earning
power of its members, and a severance OF an social
and business relations with the outside world
When however the family interest and the public
interest in conflict through the untoward crcum
stance Of such outbreak the public interest must
prevail regardless Of family reluctance and professional
and official sympathy for those affected
Evening journal., 1914-07-29
DEMOCRATIC TARIFF AND AMERICAN LOSS.

a MERicAN industry will lose almost S4O0,o0O,oOO in
the fiscal year ending June 80, 1915. under the
operations Of the Underwood tariff law, according to
G. n Brown, chairman the National Hosiery Legis-
latiye Committee in Washington. The astounding
serton IS based upon government statistics which will
be issued in detailed month is difficult
to see how the busy apologss the Wilson admins
tration which had promised such great things for the
Underwood tariff, will be able to explain away the ruin
showing made by statistics Of own compilation
AR Brown asserts that the total to American In
dustry the year June 30 last traeeabe to the
Underwood tariff law s1s2,41e5e1. The total loss
for last June S32S12561 The Underwood law
went into effect last October and wooden schedule did
not become effective until January last 1t is pointed
out by Mr. Brown that If the increase in imports and
the decrease in exports this fiscal year equal rec
ords for last June the for the current fiscal year
VIII approximate the s40O00000o total to above
Mr.. Brown shows that the total imports for June
1914, were $i57772978 against si81245s77. This
increase of s26527 096 or % per cent
The total exports for June 1914, we're sl57l19451 as
against sl63 i04916 in 1913 decrease four per
cent
The excess Of imports exports for June, 1914
was s653522
The excess Of imports exports for June 1918
was ss2159O8O
Total imports for the year ending June 80. 1914
We're Sis941691so against Sl,s13OOs.234 for 1913
showing increase Of ss116O946.
Total exports for the year were s2s64 626555 as
against total Of S2465.sS4149 the year ending
June S0 1913. This decrease Of S101 257 594
making the total loss Of American industries through
crease in the amount foreign goods consumed hero
and decrease in the goods consumed
abroad, $1S241S,54O
The balance Of trade excess OF exports over inn
ports in favor Of the United for the year ending
June 80. 1913 S652875915
The balance Of trade in favor Of the United States for
the year ending june 30 1914 was only s470457.375
The government figures show that the great bulk Of
the shrinkage has occurred in six months Opinion Is
expressed by Mr. Brown that another year Of the opera
ton of the Underwood tariff will wipe out entirely our
enormous surplus and the balance OF trade against
the United states The monthly increases OF imports
are becoming larger and the monthly Of ex-
ports are becoming more alarming an the time Mr.
Brown that therefore would be far too conserva-
tive II to take the deficit for June as a cri-
teron for the year to come
Il Will be interesting 10 watch the Democratic figure
iuegers manipulate the Democratic statistics set forth
above and endeavor 10 convince the American public
that the monthly losses really profits and that il is
much better for people for imports To exceed ex-
ports than for exports to imports Everything
will be done to gloss the that the Democratic
tariff and Democratic property have broken down
and that the Wilson administration is great political
and economic failure
Evening journal., 1914-07-29
NEM LIGHT On RED HAIR.

From the Indianapolis News.
Chicago it appears, lnas developed
what is called a Court or Domestic
Relations What the original and
ultimate powers and jurisdictions OF
this court may be are not set out
in the dispatch announcing that one
o. the woman officials connected with
its administration has reported that
her Investigations, under the panoply
OF the courts authority, reveal the
red-haired man as the model hus-
band. Fewer red-haired men. this
report says. have been arraigned for
beating their wives than OF any other
sort of men arranged in groupes ac-
cording to the sorts of hair coloring.
II might be at once answered that
red hair is much less common than
black. or Gn Chicago) white hair. or
brown, or any of the intermediate
shades between black and white
This fact seems so incontestable that
it at once threatens to wipe out the
red-haired mans new-found distinc-
ton, until this remarkable report
from Chicago is more fully CON
sidered.
The Court Of Domestic Relations in
tion of wife beatings, desertions or
other situations which grow only out
of domestic broils or Incompatible
ties. Its province seems TO extend
much farther and to reach even to
questioning. of married women for
learning not only the color OF their
husbands hair, but the temperament
Of that individual. his habits, and in
short. everything about him. And
it is in the exercise of tais one Of
its functions that the Chicago Court
of Domestic Relations sets the rcd
haired man upon a pedestal. il stands
as a monument to himself. Fewer
Of him stay out late at night than
men Of other hirsute coloring More
Of him help IN washing the dishes
than do men whose capillary integu-
mants are not intended for the illu-
mination Of a world.
II Is on this negative SIDE Of the
work of the Court Of Domestic Rela-
tions that tho halo is round for the
red head We now know that he does
less Of the evil things a man shouldn't
do than men Of other sorts. and moro
OF the good things all good men de-
light in doing. And vet. the court
warns us. we should not let ourselves
be brought to look upon the red
haired man as an angel in temper
This warning is useless. No matter
what the Court of Domestic Relations
may say about il, the old tradition
that a red-haireo man is a quick
lighting man wiD not disappear i'm
day. The red-haired man will still
De safe from having his nose pulled
by men who are only looking for fun.
Evening journal., 1914-07-29
With The Parsgraphers

1t is also difference of opinion that makes charity.
No two people would spend a rich mans money in the
same way.-Detrot Free Press
Ladies abroad are now going to prize fights But
apparently, the militant spirit there in no need Of
stimulation Baltimore American
Quit growing about the her. take baths keep your
milk cans clean and don't eat too much Then you'll
live till fall if you deserve to-Iitte Arthur Echo.
Colonel Roosevelt tells company Of sufragists at
luncheon that he would give them votes Then reci-
procity is no dead issue, after allNew York Evening
Sun.
Journayman BARRIERS Of Troy struck for shorter
working day and got it. In these days of the safety
razor BARRIERS do not need to work long hours as
they used tot-Albany knickerbocker Press
Wasn't It wonderful now clear Huerta's patriotic
duty TO resign and bloodshead in his country
became just about the time that the rebels we're get
ting ready for the hna march after his scap.-Harris-
burg Patriot
Evening journal., 1914-07-29
A LAWYERS EXAMPLE IN

From the Columbia (s. c. State.
Following serious trolley acci-
dent near Norfolk, Va, in which
several people lost their lives and a
number were badly wounded, one
Mr. Venable, member Of the bar,
came forward in the public eye TO
warn the victims or their relatives
against the vultures and ambulance
chasers Of the legal profession who
would be quick to solicit them as
clients in damage cases. AS cor
respondent in the rginian-Pilot
points out, this took courage of a
high sort. when one considers the
natural reticence of the self-respect-
ing lawyer and the disinclination Of
such a man even to appear to smut
his profession by pointing out the
knayery with which it Is infested
The ambulance chaser" and the
damage suit lawyer" of the sort that
wants nothing better than an oppor-
tunity to lombard a corporation with
tho license of speech to the jury.
to blackmail 1t. in effect-are familiar
types. The bar Of every city has
them, and frequently they are the
most prosperous members Of the bar
itself Behind their backs runs a
sneer, il is true they never get in
touch with the ideals of their profess
sional guild; but, so long as they
prosper, so long as they reap by
violating the ethics of their calling,
the public considers them successful,
and the better class of lawyers some
times wonder whether or not the
golden calf Is not the better rule
The pity of such a situation is that
Ii is made possible precisely on ac-
count of the natural delicaey Of the
real lawyer. He knows what a shy
ster is and he avoids being one. But
because he knows so well the ways
that spell shysterdom, he avoids and
shrinks from the duty OF exposing
the man who makes a trade of a high
profession. That is all the shyster
Nishes-a free hand to hunt his game
without competition except from his
Iund, and a free hand to pluck il
when he has tied it down. Yet the
sorry" lawyer continues to exist
only by reason of the difference of
the decent majority.
II would be a fine thing for liti-
gants, corporations and most of all
the legal profession itself did the
great majority of its truly profess
sional members follow the bold ex-
ample Of Lawyer Venable and make
common cause against the hucksters
masquerading in the woolsack
Evening journal., 1914-07-29
EDITORIAL OPINION

hoof will deny the inspiration or the
authority of any other book. No
pedestaled object, no exalted charac-
ter, no reverend tradition is secure
against their iconoclasm-how then
may mere printed formula survive
the quicklime of their consuming in
dignation?
Those who are not feminists may
be willing to concede that feminism
is the doctrine Of the mental and
social equality of women with men,"
as one dictionary defines it, The
phraseology appears sufficiently in
nocuous. yet as the anarchists, the
socialists, the futurists, the pragma-
lists. the modernists and myriads Of
religionists. defy and stamp on every
definition of their cult that is not
their own, even so confirmed femin-
lists will say the above definition is
misleading.
Under any name, and by whatever
definition. no reasonable mortal de-
nies the truth of what seems TO most
OF us to be the underlying idea Of
feminism. 1t is the odious assertion
Of it, in season and out of season,
in manifold ways, that moves some
times pity and sometimes mirth and
frequently indignation.
a woman may sincerely want tho
vote. and may self-respectingly make
that desire known, and may exercise
the right of suffrage in a way to tell
for the welfare of the race, and still
be thoroughly feminine. That haq
been demonstrated. Or woman
may prefer the indirect exertion OF
political influence. and confine her
personal activities wholly to a range
OF thought and feeling that need not
be CONSTRUCTED because il is not seen
on dress parade. and does not adyer-
tise itself in public place Home
makers may be nation builders, too.
Ii is those who deny the fact and
sneer at the woman whose destinies
are one with those of husband and
children or other near and dear.
who have earned the severe denun-
citation they receive as enemies, not
the sayiors, of society
The true woman of the twentieth
century faces the light and breathes
the enlivening air of tolerance and
progress toward the truth without
forfeiting the place that the travail
Of the ages has won for her. She
does not surrender one of her cher
ished attributes. She is friend and
colaborer philosopher and advocate,
patron and practitioner. as we'll as
being head of household and the
glory of all who dwell therein. and
withal she is woman. The equality
of her copartnership, to prove itself.
rests not upon the fact of her sex,
but upon the value of the work she
does. In her fulfillment of the higher
instincts Of her nature, what need is
there that she should strive to im-
personate a man? That is the chief
paradox and the most striking heresy
among the feminists-that to prove
themselves women they must act like
men, and do the things that men do.
though they do them as badly as men
would perform woman's work we're
the roles reversed
Evening journal., 1914-07-29
GEMS OF THOUGHT

S2SssSococcccceSsS
strong.
The great end Of life is not knowledge but action
Huxley.
Every one eNccs IN something in which another
fails--Pubus Syrus
Nothing Is more annoying than a low man raised to
a high position.-Claudianus
There is great ability in knowing how 70 conceal
ones ability-La Rochcfoueaud
s.-.-.
Often the coekloft is empty in those whom nature
hath built many stories hish-Fullcr
Let us hear the conclusion Of the whole matter.
Fear God and keep His commandments for this IS
the whole duty of man-Old Testament
Caesar was SO ready to forgive that Cicero who
was by no means constant friend to him relates as
a singular proof Of his noble heart that he never
used TO forget anything except the wrong done to
him.-Petrarch
Evening journal., 1914-07-29
MISSION WORKERS HFRE.

Members Of the Shiloh Mission at No.
705 North Eighth street, Philadelphia,
invaded Wilmington last night and held
street meetings in various parts Of the
city The purpose of the organiza ION
is TO teach the Bible 20 the Jews and
addresses were made in English am
Hebrew
The missionaries were assisted by The
Rev. f. L. Washbup. assistant pastor
Of the North Baptist Church and several
ol his congregation. George Mulfkn
and Rabbi Malkowitz were among those
who spoke
Evening journal., 1914-07-29

There is steady increase in the use of the postal
savings banks by thrifty men, women and children.
although the growth Of the deposits has not been as
great in many cities as advocates Of the system an
ueipated In Chicago New York Brooklyn and Boston
the postal savings have passed the SlOO0O00 mark.
Comparative figures show that many persons who
never used the ordinary savings banks are using the
postal banks and that the falling off Of deposits in the
oronafy savings banks as result Of government com
petition has not been anything like what was expected
when the postal savings banks were first opened
Evening journal., 1914-07-29
WEDNESDAY JULY %. 1914
UNDER TnE HICH SCHOOL CLUB.

u its extraordinary and nexcusable conduct in fall
~ ing to appoint the High School teachers the
Board OF Education of this city only increased its
unpopuary and made itself the subject OF additional
drastic and well-merited criticism
When the hold-up Of the appointments was FIRST an
nounced It accepted by the public as a further at
tempt to terrorize the teachers compel them 10
accept without complaint continuance of jantor
rule in that institution Nor view Of It been
changed By subsequent events The club still is being
held the heads Of the High school teachers by the
clique that controls the Board OF Education and that is
controlled in turn. qy the High School lanitor
The fact that the salary Of that ianor has in
creased from $4,000 sS5OO is regarded as being sig
nHcant That increase has been Haunted in the face
Of the public, while hiry-oight High School
have been held for weeks with the club Of the Baynard
Board OF Education hanging over their heads
It is assuredly the height of official impudence for
the Board Of Education clique TO dignity autooratic
and unpopular ianitor by reappontment and glorify
him by increase Of salary to ignore the faculty
completely even in the matter Of rearpontmens
An unfortunate feature Of the cowardly warfare that
is being waged with the weapon Of inacton upon the
High School faculty is that If any the teachers fail
Of reappointmcnt il is too late for them obtain
teaching work elsewhere for the school term that will
begin in September Several Of the .eachers had fine
openings in May. but being devoted to the interests
Of the Wilmington High School having no idea they
erc be objects attack by the Board Of Edu-
cation they refused consider matter OF teaching
elsewhere
We have said il before and we repeat il now that
the Baynard administration of the Department Of Edu-
cation is the most unpopular ever have had II
Will be relief to tho public when II is ended and in
telgence, fairplay and common deceney have an op-
portunity to resume their sway in the department
Evening journal., 1914-07-29

The Wilmington Chicks greatly to the dsappoint-
ment o. local fans playing in hard luck The
slump has been due 70 lack Of proper pitchers and to
the injury in the field Of Of its best players
For our team which q pennant-winner last year,
to nger in third and fourth place this season rasp-
ing to local pride and it is dicult for the people OF
community TO reconcile themselves to such an un-
looked-for condition
Evening journal., 1914-07-29

oeuetai oarran1a alleges that General Huerta when
Pro isional President sold TO the Rothschilds - pari
and London 100000 acres Of Mexican State lana far
one cent an acre and received for himself for ner-
miiting the deal to through s5OOoOo If that can
oe proven the sale should be repudated and Hperta
should be sent 70 jail for long term Of years if M
aver returns to Mexico.
Evening journal., 1914-07-29

Canada has doported 352 Hindus who arc admittedly
British subjects. This exclusion no doubt will make
splendid political capital for those agitators arc
endeavoring to work up a revolution that will end
British rule in the East Indies