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The Washington times., 1914-04-28
By ALICE HOLT.

FROM the time dealers were first
suspected Of adding foreign sub
stances to their products, the mat
Ter OF tea-testing has been a mat
Ter Of great expense to the Govern
ment. Laboratories containing cost
iy instruments and chemicals. to sav
notning OF the salaries Of chemists
and their assistants, were main.
tained for the purpose of detecting
the adulteration.
For years, ever since the Govern
ment SUSPECTED that imported tea
was aoctored, elaborate methods
Oh testing It have been in use. It
after the interests of the house-
vile by Keeping watch on the un-
scrupulous dealer. The chemical
methods employed were found TO he
expensive and slow.
Were Too Cumbersome.
Finally, some one In authority
realized that the antiquated meth
DDS were too cumbersome, 10 the
department asked the micro-analysts
TO work for shorter method. The
tea experts In the Bureau Of Chem
istry were asked to devote a part
OF each day toward finding a short
er process.
This was first done BY a woman.
DIR. E. Alberta Reed, one of the
micro-analysts. She is about the
only woman in the service of the
Government who ever really dis
covered anything Of real economic
value. The method which she
thought out il very simple. like
many things are after you know
1t has been solved.
Her equipment can be found in
most any kitchen, for 1t consists
only Of fine meshed sieve, a piece
Of white paper and a spatula or
knife blade The tea is sifted
through the sieve: then with the
knife blade the particles are press
ed on the white paper. The for.
eign matter adheres to the paper
and Is readily discovered by the
naked eye.
Blue Spots Show
Tie traces Of tea adulteration
loom up conspicuously in telltale
blue spots.
1t took DR.. Reed several weeks to
work out this method It has the
advantage of being cheap. easy and
quick It will prove to be an i'm
portant factor In the tea industry.
The Government keeps strict watch
on thousands Of pounds OF tea
which are imported annually. Uncle
Sam thoroughly examines 1t before
1t goes to the consumer.
One Of his most able examiners u
The Washington times., 1914-04-28

of recognizing organized labor:
claims; he would rather lose all he
has there than to yield in this re,
gard.
MIR. Baer was 4 powerful man.
representing great group; but Mr.
Rockefeller represents yet a more
important group, and he is a young
man, with many years cf activity
ahead of him. He starts in a busi-
ness career at the top, with the same
ideals that animated Baer at the
height of his career. 1t can hardly
be claimed that the step from Baer
to Rockefeller is much evidence of
an improvement of the social view
entertained by leaders in big busi-
ness.
However that may be as to these
two men, it is manifest that in gen.
eral the leadership in today's bust
ness world does take a wider. more
tolerant view of the problems of
capital and labor; that the right of
labor to organize and to deal in it's
organized capacity is no longer seri-
ously questioned; that the tendencies
of the times are toward more eifec-
tive recognition of these facts, and
likewise toward progressive ameli-
Grafton of asperities, and a progress
sively improving understanding
among all interests concerned.
The Washington times., 1914-04-28
Back to the Bible
"The Bible is the side of men"-Henry Ward Beeche
PURE WOMANHOOD.
By ARCHBISHOP JOHN IRELAND.
7OMANHOOD

ton Of the Christian woman In
pre-Chrfstian civilization woman was
a slave, without honor or rights. In
the Christian civilization the pure
virgin of Nazareth, from whom God
fncarnate was born. became the
ideal woman. and in Mary all wom-
anhoood was elevated. Hencefor-
ward woman was queen of the home,
and as the Christian religion grew
in power, SO grew the dignity of
womanhood in influence and In the
respect awarded to it.
The hope of pure morals, the hope
of high civilization. Is stainless
womanhood; and all woman's power
for good comes from her purity and
the love Of purity which she has
been able to foster and maintain in
the world around her. With the de-
cay Of social purity woman's reign
declines, and the Christian home
gives place to the harem or the
house Of sin: with the degradation
Of woman civilization perishes.
Copyright, 1914. by Joseph 3.
Bowles-)
The Washington times., 1914-04-28
KEEPING PEOPLE AT
HOME.

The old Stuart and Bourbon mon.
archs used to grant millions of acres
of American land, much of it now
worth hundreds of dollars an acre
to retainers for nothing or next to
nothing. The land was just the same
as it is now, but it wasn't worth a
pinch of snuff. Why? For want of
people to occupy it.
1t isn't the land and the erections
on it that constitutes the wealth of
a country; it's the manhood and
womanhood; the people. They are
discovering that in Austria in an i'm
pressive way.
Austria is in momentary fear of
war with Russia over the near-east-
e-n situation. 1t is straining every
nerve to maintain the biggest army
possible. Recently the military au-
thorities have been startled to learn
how many men liable for military
service have been emigrating. Some
sections are over-populated and very
poor; the people must leave or we'll
nigh starve. They have been leav-
ing; Canada, the United States,
South America, Germany, have been
getting them.
Austria, panic-stricken, realizes
that it needs these young men. 1t
doesn't need acres or dollars or build
ings; it needs men. 1t has issued a
decree forbidding emigration of men
within the military age limits. 1t
will impose hardship on many of
these, and increase the distress in
the country. But no matter; the
manhood of Austria may not be i'm
portant enough to be provided with
a fair chance to get an honest, decent
living; but it is important enough to
be kept at home to tight for a gov
ernment that is incapable of estab-
liahing decent economic conditions.
If only the people-the working,
moiling, toiling, grimy millions who
do the worlds labor and get the
least of its rewards, would learn to
how true it is that they
are the wealth, the strength, the re-
source of every country, how soon
would they compel better conditions,
The Washington times., 1914-04-28

many lands-ship fever, camp fever
army fever, Jail fever. 1t was one
of the horrors of the Revolutionary
and civil wars.
Two years ago two American doc
tors, Anderson and Goldberger, went
to Mexico and discovered that typhus
is communicable only when there is
personal uncleanliness. The soldiers
that enter the uplards must bathe
frequently and their linen must be
boiled every day. Thus it is possible
to avoid typhus. AS for curing it
once it has taken hold of a man, that
is one of the disease problems which
science has not yet solved.
The Washington times., 1914-04-28

DR.. Reed, who has been in the serv-
ice Of the Government for about
seven years. She also Is a holder
Of four degrees-A. B., NJ. A, Phi
d. and NJ. d. She was an Instructor
in histology at Cornell from which
she graduated.
Interest to Women.
1t Is of special interest to the
world, but particularly to women.
to realize that 1t was a woman who
did this thing-that women are do
ing things worth while. And II
was mainly for women that this
was done.
The majority Of housekeepers buy
their favorite brand. whatever that
may be. They do not stop to think
Of its origin, its kind, or of its
purity; only whether 1t suits their
taste. 1t occurs to very few to see
what the pure food label states.
Many women have not the time TO
look into such matters, II they real
ize the importance of doing so.
large number do not know Of the
Importance.
So Uncle Sam. our servant and our
guardian, through his able agents
like DR.. Reed, looks after these
matters for them
The Washington times., 1914-04-28
THE BASEBALL TEST.

With the baseball season fairly
opened, the weather getting inviting
for full, regular attendance, and the
public possessing a fairly good no.
tion of the relative merits of the
different leagues and teams, the real
test of the new baseball situation is
beginning
Baltimore is one of the towns in
which a Federal League team and
a team from one of the first-rate
minor leagues are trying to live side
by side. The town has long had a
team in the International League.
1t was selected as the location of a
Federal team, and the Internationals
determined to fight.
Thus far the results have been dis
astrous to the International team.
The Federals opened their season to
huge attendance, and the town
seemed determined to give a royal
welcome to the return Of major
league ball. The question whether
Baltimore will support its minor
league team is very serious. Thus
far, the two teams have been play
ing in competition, and the Federal
League park has drawn almost all
the business. The Federal team has
now gone on tour. and the Inter
national team is left with the situa-
tion to itself. Baltimore is asking
itself what will be the showing at.
today's game, and the remaining
contests at which the Orioles will
have free field.
If the town deserts the standard
of the International, that league will
not long keep a team there. 1t is
said that the Baltimore Orioles are
the most expensive team ever gotten
together in a minor league. There
is not little expert opinion that it
is the very best team that any minor
league has ever possessed. If in the
face of that the town persists in
sticking for the bigger league, it will
pretty clearly demonstrate that
major and minor ball will not go, at
least in that town. The situation
will at once become critical for the
whole international League.
The Washington times., 1914-04-28
THE OLDES TINHAB SAYS
"Guess I'll have
ter put a new coat
O. enamel on tn Of
straw hat"

Those Mexican snipers are bad enough,
but how about the following snipers:
The apartment house sniper who cops
your ice off the dumbwaiter?
The sniper who calls you liar over
the long distance phone?
And his counterpart. who listens on
the extension to conversations?
The sniper who reads your paper
over your shouIder7 COf course. IL you
The Washington times., 1914-04-28
BAER, AND ROCKEFELLER

When George F. Baer announced
his doctrine of the divine rights OF
capital the nation was astounded
and amazed; to rather a less degree
il was amused. The time, the very
crisis Of the coal strike of 1902, was
not one for indulging much humor
in contemplation OF such remarkable
views.
Mr.. Baer has ended the really re-
marka5le business career which was
made possible for him through native
genius, strength of character, and in
aexibility of purpose. He started a
poor boy, obscure and with abso-
lutely nothing to point the way he
was 10 travel to power and fortune.
lie was man of limited social
vision, bat of intense purposes and
keen business capacity.
Long recognized as one IF the
foremost lawyers of Pennsylvania
and as adviser Of some of the most
powerful financial interests of the
country, Mr.. Baer took a leading
part in the reorganization of the
leading and its vast coal properties,
and when the railway system and
he coal company were restored to
their stockholders he became presi-
dent.
A bitter foe of organized labor
and a man of acknowledged ability
IN handling disputes between en-
ployer and employe, it was natural
hat he should have been selected by
the anthracite companies to fight
their battle with the miners in 1902.
That strike was marked by much i'll
feeling on both sides, enormous
losses to the companies, suffering
among those dependent upon the
operation of the mines for a living,
and widespread inconvenience to the
public.
Mr.. Baer's slogan was "no Sur
render," and there is no doubt that
lie would not have listened to any
,verture had not President Roosevelt
Intervened and averted a situation
hat threatened serious consequences
- the entire East.
With the passing of Baer it might
be presumed that his doctrine of the
divine rights of capital might be
laid aside as an interesting relic of
a time when men of those crude
views were yet able to wicld great
power in the business of a world not
quite modernized. But that, in view
Of recent declarations of Mr.. John
ID. Rockefeller, jr., seems quite too
cheerful a conclusion. The younger
Rockefeller appears to entertain
views about the relations of capital
and of labor-especially the right of
iabor to organize-that precisely
parallel those of Baer. Mr.. Rookie
teller has declared that the inter-
csts he represents in control of the
Colorado Fuel and Iron Company
will make no compromises by way
The Washington times., 1914-04-28
What on The Program, in
Washington Today

Meetings, evening:
Masonic-Federal Lodge. No. 1. Acacia Lodge
No 49, and TakOma Lodge No %: Mount
Horeb Chapter. No. 7. and Potomac No. s.
ROYAL Arch: DE Molay commandcry. No l.
knights Tcmplar: Robert de Bruce Council
of Kadosh Scottish Rite: Fratrrnal visit
10 Hope Lodge by Kallipois Grntto: Etect1
Chapter. No. .: Bethlchem. No. 7: Friend
ship. No II. and Fidelity U. d. Order Of
Eastern Star.
knights OF Pythias-Wcbster Lodge. No. Z:
Excelsior. No. IA; Capital No. "a. and
Myrtle. No. q.
Odd Fellows-Washington Lodge. No. 6; Col
den Rule, No 81. and Amity, No. p; Fred
d. Stuart Encampment No. !.
Macca Brightwood Tent. No. ;.
Interstate Commerce Commission Hearings
mezzanine floor. New Willard
The Dansant by Mrs HawkswOrth and Mrs
Groner. large ball room. 4:3O TO D. m., the
New Willard.
Lecture and address. Henry L. West and
Herbert Browne, Home Club. Il Jackson
place, S:l5 O'Clock.
The Washington times., 1914-04-28
And likewise the House.
FIRST OF THE SEASONS
Try This, Girls.

why are you so pensive?" he asked.
I'm not pensive." she replied.
, But you haven't said a word for
twenty minutes"
well. I didn't have anything to say"
Don't you ever say anything when
you have nothing to say?"
No"
.'Wil you be my e?'-Chicago
The Washington times., 1914-04-28
Truths By Women Who
Tr01x, Real Economic
1A1AOW Saving
Method of Testing Tea

Realizing that dealers have been adueraiug products the
Government has had all tea tested for years. The chemical
methods employed until recently expensive and sow An effort
was made to discover cheaper and quicker nay
Dr. Alberta Reed who employed Bureau of Chemistry
disclosed such method which has proved of real economic
paue She Of the and of several
hang graduated from Cornell wa at one time an
Instructor in histology
The Washington times., 1914-04-28
At the Suffrage Meeting.

Now. girls" exclaimed the feminist
orator. three cheers for Mrs. Pank-
hurst"
We can't" moaned the assemblage.
the tight styles won't let u.s.
Thus do untOward circumstances
change the entire course OF history
Philadelphia Public Ledger.
The Washington times., 1914-04-28

the date are correctly stated, what
chance is there for a demurrer, what
chance for a squabble as to whether
the weapon was held in the right
hand or the left?
The Washington times., 1914-04-28
NOTES
AND QUERIES

The Washington Times will answer
briefly in this column queries involving
questions Of law and insert comment
on decisions OF public interest. The
name and address of the writer must
accompany all inquiries to receive at
tention. Address correspondence to Edi-
tor of Law Notes. Washington Times.
The Washington times., 1914-04-28

ent ana past, IN
demanding the
C ON pl etc tri-
umph Of the
spiritual over
the animal IN
man. Its moral
standard Is d.
vine in its ex-
altation.. worthy
to have come
from the home
of the angels.
The founder Of
a human re-
ligion dependent
The Washington times., 1914-04-28

for its extension upon human SYM
pathies and human aids. would never
have dared to base his moral code
upon the taking UP of the cross and
the mailing to it of all concupiscence.
The superiority Of the Christian re-
ngion over all others is chiefly due
to the aleyated standard of its NOR
atty. The visible manifestation OF
this superiority. appears In the posi-
The Washington times., 1914-04-28
THE SILVER LINING
EDITED,BY ARTHUR BAER.

are reading his, that's something else
again.)
The sniper who never has any to-
bacco. papers. or anything but the
habit?
The baseball sniHer who bawls out the
players from the safe seclusion. Of the
upper pavilion?
The buffet sniper. who snipes In for a
drink and then snipes out again?
The theater sniper who snipes Just
what is going to happen In the next
act?
And any others you can happen to
think Of?
Now that the baseball team Is out OF
town, possibly they may be able to get
a quorum in the Senate.
And likewise the House.
The bases are rull. the Mexican situa-
ton on third, Canal tolls on second.
and the Colorado strike on first One
misplay, and the whole caboodle will
score.
FIRST OF THE SEASONS
First straw hat on F street
First home victory of the season for
the team.
First ice wagon.
First collar wiIted down.
First mint julep.
The Washington times., 1914-04-28
AmusementS.

Nationally Brien's Ministries. S:I5 D. m
Columbia a-"Rosemary." S:I5 p. IN.
Belasco-"Peg o. My Heart" $50 y. m
PoIi's-''Officer CSC" 2:l5 and s:I5 p. m.
Keith's-VaudevilIe. 2:l5 and S:IJ y. IN.
0aysty-Burlesque. 2:lb and S:B y. IN.
The Washington times., 1914-04-28

A. l.. J.-Your title depends upon the
legal status OF the owners of the real
estate at the time record title of the
property passed from the District
Commissioners to you. II at that time
the property were owned by minors
or persons under other legal disability,
a right OF redemption exists in u III
for two years after the remoS@' II
such disability. The redemption is
subject to payment to you OF all neces-
sary disbursements made In acquiring
title and all subsequent taxes and as
sessments paid by you. together with
interest thereon at the rate OF 10 per
cent per annum.
The Washington times., 1914-04-28

And another thing. national pride
should have prohibited that exchange OF
$50 Mexicans for same number Of Amer1-
cans. We should have given them
about a hundred Mexes for each Yam
kee. That's the proper ratio Of value.
If the Secretary Of War was handling
this affair, instead of the Secretary of
State, the war would have a Garrison
finish. II this be treason, make the
most Of II.
The Washington times., 1914-04-28

The religion Of Christ differentiates
itself from all other religions. pres
The Washington times., 1914-04-28

From what we have heard of the Me1i-
can railroads, the outlaws who are drag
ging the Americans off the trains arc
doing them a favor.
The Washington times., 1914-04-28

+. X. T.-Certainly an injunction will be
granted: but surely 1t is quite unneces-
sary A peremptory letter from you
or your attorney will not doubt result
In an abatement OF the nuisance
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-10-17
ABUNDANT CROPS +
GLADDEN. HEART OR
AMERICAN FARMER
Bulletin of Agricultural De-
partment Shows Composite
Condition of 99.3 Per Cent.
of the Average.

WASHINGTON. Oct. 17-crop cona,.
tions during September were so Favorable
that the expectation of yields increased
Ia per cent. and the prospects on october.
1 were that the yields would be ga mas,
cent better than last year. The com.
posite condition of all crops on October.
1 was 1913 per cent. of the average.
This was the agricultural outlook" an.
nounced today by the Department ot
Agriculture in It's monthly "Farmers., /,
Bulletin"
The most marked Improvement during.
September, the Department says, was
made In tobacco, potatoes and corn. Oats
production was slightly above earlier ex.,
pectations and about an average total
output. Spring wheat fell below that,
forecast and materially short of the
average. The total wheat production tho
bulletin says, comes within S,OOO,Oo
bushels of the anticipated 900, 900. This
will leave a surplus for expectation and
feed for live stock of 2s0000,ooO bushels.
the Department estimates.
With favorable conditions thus far in
OSlObeE lIS looks IOr a total
production of corn this year of about
Q 700, ,0OO 900 bushels. against 2447 co., 900 last
year. The total production of all cereals,
based on the October 1 condition, will
be about 1926, 10000 tons, compared with
1l5,e69,OOO tons last year.
OTHER CROPS.
A potato crop of SSiooo,ooO bushels Ia
expected. This would be exceeded only
by the record crop of 421, 900 900 bushels in
1912. The latest forecast of $4,000 900
bushels of apples is within 100000 bushels
of the estimated record crop of 1912.
The cotton crop improved during sep-
tember in the eastern and central sec.
tions, but fell off slightly in the vest
ern, and indications point to crop OF
more than 15,000,000 bales, second only TO
the crop of 15,693,oOo bales in 1911, the
report states.
On October 1 the condition of sugar
beets was 9l.9 per cent. of normal This
forecasts a harvest of about 4,soe,OO0
tons, against 5,65s.OO0 tons last year.
Prospects for heavy orange crop this
year are good. the department says. The
condition of the crop on October / was.
estimated to be Ill per cent higher than
year ago. and 2.2 per cent higher than
the ten-year average. The condition of
lemons was estimated to be S6.9 per cent.
higher than year ago and per cent,
higher than the ten-year average
The department added to its report to-
day a survey of the citrus fruit products
abroad, based on reports from United
states Consuls. These reports show
record crop of oranges is expected in
ly in the Valencia District. The outlook
for mandarins is equally good both as:
regards size and quality of crop.
PRICE LEVEL FALLS az
During September the level of prices :
paid for principal crops decreased about
35 per cent. being about 1a per cent.
lower on October 1 than a year ago.
Prices paid to producers for meat animals
decreased Z per cent. during the month
from August Is to September Is This
compares with an average advance for
the period in the past four years of Ia
per cent
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-10-17
RAILROADS READY
WITH NEW EVIDENCE
FOR RATE ADVANCES
Commission Will Hear Off
cials Monday-War's De-
pressing Effects on Finan-
cial World Will Be En-
phasized.

When the Interstate Commerce Com
mission reopens the Eastern freight rate
case on Monday in Washington the rail-
roads which are petitioning for 5 per
cent. increase in freight rates will pre-
sent a mass of new evidence The rail-
roads will show that facts and circum-
stances have arisen since the commits
sion handed down its decision on July %
that make it absolutely imperative that
they obtain more freight revenue.
Railroad officials from 1l2 railroads,
comprising IS systems. will be present at
the hearings or will be represented.
Danied Willard, president of the Baltimore
and Ohio Railroad, who was the chair
man of the committee in the previous
hearings before the commission, will again
act in the same capacity.
Among other things that will be set
forth by the railroads as a just cause
of an increase is the European war. They
will show that this has caused disoca-
tion of credit and destruction of wealth
throughout the world, which will result
in a keener competition for capital for
many years to come. They will also show
that the railroads of this country have
obligations maturing In the next 10
months which amount to about S5OO,OOOOO
and which must be met
IN petition ASKING lot the 1noulHCdlloil
of the order of the commission in the
previous hearings of the case. which has
already been filed with the commission,
the railroads set forth that, for the year
ending June so, 1914. the gross operating
revenues of the petitioning railroads
showed a decrease of about A4 10000
During the same period operating eN-
penses increased about s2S. 100000. There
was decrease in operating income of
about sT3 100000 after deductions of taxes
and deficit in outside operations.
In addition to their pleas the railroads
will be assisted by a committee OF the
Investment Bankers Association, which
will appear before the commission in the
interest of the railroads The commission
will also have before 1t a resolution
adopted by the American Bankers Asso-
citation at its convention in Richmond
requesting that the commission grant the
railroads plea.
Representing the Pennsylvania Rail-
road at the hearings will be c. NJ. Bunt-
ing, comptroller: George Stuart Patterson,
general counsel; and Ivy L. Lee, execu-
tive assistant.