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and accept with relief as we'll as an.
prevail, law which will confer upon
the Interstate Commerce Commits
sion the power to superintend and
regulate the financial operations by
which the railroads are henceforth
country is ready. therefore. to accept
to be supplied with the money they
need for their proper development
TO meet the rapidly growing require
ments OF the country for increased
and improved facilities Of transpor-
tatlon. We cannot postpone action
In this matter without leaving the
I'll lroads exposed to many serious
handicaps and hazards; and the
prosperity Of the railroads and the
prosperity of the country are insep-
araDly connected.
Upon this question those who are
chiefly responsible for the actual
management and operation Of the
railroads have spoken very plainly
W S"ihoS'iS' Will d purpose
we ought to be quick to accept. 1t
Will be one step, and a very impor-
tant one, toward the necessary sep.
aration of the business Of production
from the business Of transportation
Antitrust Law Definitions.
The business of the country awaits
also. has long awaited, and has suf-
fered because it could not ubtaln
further anu more explicit legislative
definition OF the policy and meaning
or the existing antitrust law. Nothing
hampers business like uncertainty.
Nothing daunts or discoltrages it
like the necessity to take chcnccs,
to run the risk Of falling unde- he
condemnation Of the law befor, it
can make sure just what the law is.
Surely we are sufficiently familiar
with the actual processes and meth
DDS Of monopoly and Of the many
hurtful restraints Of trade to make
definition possible, at any rate I'D to
the limits Of what experience has
disclosed. These practices, being
now abnndantly disclosed, can be ex.
plicitly and item by item forbidden
by statute in such terms as will
practically eliminate uncertainty
the law itself and the penalty being
made equally plain.
Trade Commission Needed.
And the business men CT the c1un-
try desire something more than that
the menace Of legal process in these
matters be made explicit and intelli
gible. They desire the advice, the
definite guidance, and information
which can be supplied by an admin.
lstrative body, an interstate trade
commission.
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Sherman Law Resolution Should
be Defined and Individuals
Held Responsible for Acts.
Curb on Private Fortunes
dominating Varied Business.
es Observation-Disclosures for
Injuries by Monopolies.
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Adapted 10 the USE Of StuGeats G,
race history, AID Of Negro yeptE. Is
valuable aud HANDY re oreucc b2aig = III.
questions and answers. Is printed 81,
heavy paper III nod, aige clear tn &
And cOmpactIy bruno i~ boards. &
copy of .hs book should D,. in evcr,
Negro home. rice Ole dollar per vol
uine-Sl.OO Cash must luvari4NlY az
company all orders postage pail. Coco
live agents wanted for West Vir.ini.
No sample outfits Stamps not apcr,.
ted. For further information ard tesry, 5
to Agents, Address,
John E. Bruce Grit. Author nRd pul
Sunnyalope Courage, YonkerB, n. Y.
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readlns TO you on December asst,
l ventured to reserve for Giscnss;,
at a Later datH the subject CT uCGi
tlonal Legislation regarding tie ,."y
Glliicult and intricate matter ~
trusts ana $40 lopolie5. The ,;mo
now seems OppOrtune to turn 70 Thqf
great question, not only because rho
currency Legislation, which absorbed
your attention and the atten.;,:- O:
the country in December, is now dis.
poSed OF, but also because oninion
seems to be clearing ABOUT Us with
singular ,rapidity in this great Go;d
Of, action.
In the matter Of the currency !,
cleared suddenly and very happi!y
after the, mUch-debated act was pass
ed; IN respect Of the monopolios
which have multiplied about Us and
III regard to the various means y,
which they have been ORGANIZED ana
maintained il seems to be cCminw IN
clear and all but universal agree.
mcnt III anticipation Of our action
as if by way Of preparation, rakin~
the way easier to see and easier T..
set out upon with confidence ana
without confusion Of counsel
Task Made Easier
Legislation has It's atmosn'!ero -.
verifying c!ae, AID the atnlu&nhn"
q accommodation and mutva1 un4ar
sanding which we now breathe wiz
SO much refreshment is matter Of ST.
cere cCngratulation. It ought to- make
our task very much less difficult and
embarrassing than it would have been
mad we been obliged to continue TO
act amid the atmosphere Of suspicion
and antagonism which has so long
made 1t Impossible to approach such
questions with dispassionate fairness.
Constructive legislation, when sue.
ccssful, is always the embodiment of
convincing experience, and Of the ma
;Ure public opinion which finally
springs out Of that experience
Legislation IS a business Of inter.
probation, rot OF origination; and it is
now plain what the opinion is to
which We must give effect in this
matter. It is not recent or hasty
opinion. it springs out of the exper-
fence Of a whole generation. It has
clarified itself by long contest, and
those who for a long time battlcd
with il and sought to change it are
now frankly and honorably yielding
to it and seeking to conform their
actions to it.
MdSters Of BUSINESS Yieidinu
The great business men who organ
iToG and financed monopoly and those
VINO administered it in actual every
| daT transactions have year after
year. until now, either denied its OK
istancc or justified it as necessary
for the effective maintenance and de-
velopment of'the vast business pro
| ccSses Of the country in the modern
circumstances Of trade and manu-
facture and finance; but all the while
opinion has made head against them.
The average business man is con
Vinccd that the ways Of liberty are
also the ways OF peace and the way3
IF success as we'll; and at last tic
masters Of business on the great
scale have begun to yield their pre-
ference and purpose, perhaps their
Judgment also, in honorable surrnn-
der.
What we are purDosing to do,
therefore, is, happily, not to hamper
o. Interfere with business as enligkt-
ened business men prefer to DO It..
Or in any sense TO put it under tn"
on The artagOnism between husi
4 -
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not only III ala or the courts but
also by independent suggestion, Il
necessary.
lnasmuch as our object and the
spirit Of our action in these matters
Is to meet business half way In .ts
processes Of self-correction and dis.
turb its legitimate course as little as
possible. we ought to SEQ to it, and
the Judgment OF practical and saga.
cious men OF affairs everywhere
would applaud us IL we did sec to It.
that penalties and punishments
should fall, not upon business itself.
to its confusion and Interruption.
but upon the individuals who use the
Observation-Disclosures OF business to do
things which public policy and
sound business practice condemn. y
Hold individuals Responsible.
Every act OF business is done at
the command or upon the initiative
or some ascertainable person or
group OF persons. These should ba
held individually responsible and Tn.
punishment should fall upon them,
not upon the business organization
OF which they make illegal use. It
should be one Of the main ,obieotS
or our legislation to divest such por-
sons OF their corporate cloak and
deal with them as with those who
40 not represent their corporations.
but merely by deliberate intention
break the law.
buslEess men the country through
would, l am sure, applaud US IL we
were to take effectual steps to SEQ
that the officers and directors OF
great business bodies were prevent.
ed from hringing them and the bust.
ness Of the country into disrepute
and danger.
Controlling Private Fortunes.
Other questions remain which will,
need very thoughtful and practical
treatment. Enterprises, dn these
modern days OF great Individual for.
tunes, arc oftentimes interlooked.
not by being under the control OF the
same directors but by the fact that
the greater part Of their corporate
stock is owned by single person O.
group of persons who are in some
way intimately related in interest.
We are agreed, take 1t, that hold
ing companies should be prohibited.
but what Of the controlling private
ownership Of individuals or actually
| cooperative groups of individuals?
Shall the private owners of capital
stock be suffered to be Themselves
in effect holding companies7 ~
We do not wish, I suppose, to for:
bid the purchase Of stocks by any
person who pleases to buy them In
such quantities as he can afford, or
in any way arbitrarily to limit the
sale Of stocks to bona fde purchas.
ers. Shall we require the owners
Of stock, when their voting power
o. 4qSno qoIuM seIuvdmoo IeIeAes W
De indepNQdent OF one another would
constitute actual control, to make
election in which Of them they will
exercise their right to vote? This
question 1 venture for your consid-
Grafton.
-.
Reparation For Injuries.
There is another matter in which
imperative considerations OF justice
and fair play suggest thoughtful
remedial action. Not only do many
Of the combinations affected or
sought to be affected in the indus
trial world work an injustice upon
the public in general; they also d.
rectly and seriously injre the indi-
viduals who are put out of business
In one unfair way OF another by tho
many dislodging and extorminatinE
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ness conscience and honor Of he
land
Ready to Meet Half Way.
The government and business men
are ready to meet each other half
lay in common effort to square
business methods with both prb.ic
opinion and the law The best in.
formed men OF The business word
condemn the methods and processes
and consequences OF monopoly as we
2ondem" them; and the instructive
Judgment Of the vast mapority Of
~ mess nen everywhere goes with
,Hvm. we shall now be their spoLnN-
men. That is the strength Of our
POSITION and the sure prophecy Of
WAT will Hnsue when our reasonable
work is dDlc.
When serious contest ends, when
zen unI@ in opinion and purpose.
nose who are to change their WAYS
81 business joining with those who
" wv oi''iSS, II Is possible. TO
eHect 1t III the way in which prudent
ana thoughtful and patriotic men
would wish to see it brought ahour
with as few, as slight, as easy and
;impi" business establishments as pos
slhlG in the circumstances. NOTHING
essential disturbed, nothing torn no
by the roofs, 10 parts rent asunder
which can be left in wholesome com
hination
Sweeping Changes Unnecessary.
oFtunatcly, no measures Of sweep
ing or novel change are necessary.
IL viii be understood that on" object
is not to unsettle business or any
where seriously to break lis cstab-
ished courses athwart On The CON
trary. we desire the laws we arc
.oW about to pass to be the bulwa"ka
nd safeguards of industry aEair@t
lc ICIcCS tIat have disturbed if
What We have to do can be done in
new spirit, in thoughtful modera-
in, without revolution Of any unto
ward kind.
We are all agreed that "privatc
monopoly is indefansible and intolor
tble,' and our program is founded
'ncn that conviction. 1t will be a
comprehensive but not a radical or
unacceptable program, and these are
IS items, the changes which opinion
deliberately sanctions and for which
BUSINESS waits.
Bar lntcrIociing Directories.
1t waits with acquiescence, in the
first place, for laws which viii cf-
f"ctualiy prohibit and prevent such
11eGlocking Of the personnel Of the
dlrectorates Of great corporations
banks and railroads, industrial. COM
me~c!al, and public service bodies
as in effect result in making those
who borrow and those who lend
practically one and the same, those
who sell and those who buy but the
same persons trading with one an
other under different names and in
different combinations and those who
affec1 to compete in fact partners
and masters Of some whole field OF
business. Sufficient time should be
allowed, Of course, in which to effect
Sc changes Of organization with
out convenience or confusion.
Will Develop New Men.
SuCu a prohibition will work much
more than a mere negative good by
correcting the serious evils which
have arisen, because, for example.
the men who have been the directing
!Dirits of the great investment banks
nave usurped the place which belongs
to Independent Industrial manage.
mont working in its own behoof. it
will 4ring new men, now energies,
rev spirit of initiative, new blood,
into the management Of our great
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the best business Judgment 81 Amer
lea to what We know to--be the 3'.si-
ness conscience and honor Of he
The Washington times., 1914-08-21
DANDRUFF-AN
ENEMY TO BEAUTY

Pretty hair. more than perfect fea-
lures. makes woman attractive. but
no one can have beautiful hair II the
dandruff Is not kept out. Dandruff is
your hairs worst enemy, and the dust
and dirt of the street help to clog the
pores of your scalp and stunt the
growth OF your hair.
TO prevent this condition wash your
hair thoroughly with Cobb's Shampoo.
little Of the powder dissolved in
water makes a rich creamy lather
that takes away every bit OF the dirt
dandruff and excess oil. Il contains
no tree alkali and rinses out easily.
lea wing your nair soft. Iustrous. and
easy to do up. After the shampoo.
apply Partisan Saga perfect tonic
and rub 1t into the SCALP. Cobb's
Shampoo (used frequently, and Pa
risian Sage. are all that You need to
keep your scalp clean and your hair
fluffy. glossy. and entirely free from
that sticky. stringy appearance.
ODonnells Drug Store. or any drug
or toilet counter will supply you with
these absolute toilet necessities at a
small cost-Advt.
The Washington times., 1914-08-21
JAPAN WAS FIRST
IN MEDICAL CORPS
Service on Field Invaluable in
Keeping Soldiers Front Con-
tracing Fatal Diseases.

With nearly all of Europe one vast
ampitheater of war. special interest at
taches to communication received
from DR.. Louis Livingstone Seaman. of
New York. by the National Geographic
Society here in which he states that
the japanese were among the very
first to recognize the value of the
army medical corps. as now organized
in the continental armies.
DR.. Seaman was with the Second I'M
perial army of Japan when it took the
field in Manchuria, and is a recognized
authority on contagious and epidemic
diseases.
THE Japanese medical officer is om-
nipresent." he says. You will find
him in countless places where in an
American or British army he has no
place. In the Russian-J apanese war,
he was as much in the front as in the
rear. He was with the first screen Of
scouts with his microscope and chemi-
calls, testing and labelling wells so the
army to follow should drink no con-
taminated water. When the scouts
reached town he Immediately insti-
tuted thorough examination Of its
sanitary condition, and II contagion or
injection was found he quarantined
and placed a guard around the danger
Gus district. Notices were posted, so
the approaching column was warned.
and soldiers were not billeted where
danger existed. Microscopic blood tests
were made in all fever cases and bac-
THEOLOGICAL experts. fully equipped,
formed part of the staff of every divis-
ional headquarters.
Instructs the Soldiers.
The medical officer was also found
in camp, lecturing the men on SANTA
ton and the hundred and one details OF
personal hygiene-how to cook. to eat,
and when not to drink. to bathe. and
even to the direction of the pairing and
cleansing Of the finger nails to prevent
danger from bacteria 1t was the rule
OF the japanese surgeons at the front
to do little or no operating except in
cases OF extreme emergency or where
application of the first aid dressing.
and then sent to the rear as quickly as
possible. thence by hospital boat or
transport to the base hospitals in Japan.
when disc ussing with me the subject OF
Russia's overwhelming numbers. said.
You know in every war four men die
OF disease for every one who falls from
bullets. That will be the position of
Russia in this war. We propose to
eliminate disease as, factor. Every
man who dies in our army must fall on
the field Of battle. In this way we
shall neutralize the superiority of Rus
sian numbers and stand on a compare
lively equal footing
Japan Was the Leader.
Japan was the first country in the
world to recognize that the greatest
enemy in war is not the army Of the in
vader. but Of a foe more treacherous
and dangerous. preventable disease,
found lurking in every camp. The state
deprives the soldier of his liberty, pre-
scribes his exercises, equipment, dress,
diet, the locality in which he shall re-
side, and in the hour of danger expects
him. If necessary. to lay down his life
| in its defense and honor. 1t should.
therefore, give him the best sanitation
and the best medical supervision that
the science of the age. be It japanese or
Patagonian. can devise"
The Washington times., 1914-08-21
Mystic Shriners Make
Merry at Marshall Hall

Wearers OF the red fez OF Shrinedom,
heir wives. families. and friends took
possession OF Marshall Hall this morn
nE and will continue in charge OF the
fun al the resort until late tonight. The
7ccasion is the annual outing of Almas
lemple.
ulustrious Potentate James T. Gibbs
nd q large committee have for some
me past been preparing a program Of
1sppiness and mirth for the nobility and
aides of the organization, and the fun
=tarted upon the arrival Of the first
boat Immediately upon the arrival of
ne 2:30 boat. fourteen athletic events
for $500 in prizes. will be started. On
G he floor of the dancing pavilion, two
cams of the famous Almes patrol drill
squad will compete in indoor baseball.
During the intermission between dances
ster in the day and early evening,
solos will be sung by Charles F; Rob
It's. Milton ]. Filius, Edward Hutchi-
on. and William Scantlebury.
The Washington times., 1914-08-21
Hopes for Early Action
On independence Bill

With prospects that Congress VIII re-
aain in session until late in the fall
nd possibly until the two sessions
merge in December. Congressman
Jones, chairman of the Committee on
nsular Affairs, is hopeful that action
viii be taken soon on the Philippine in
EepenGence bill The bill has been re-
Dorted from committee. and while there
Fas general understanding when the
~epoTt was ordered that action on the
Measure in the House would be post
oned, Mr.. Jones believes there is a
rance TO get the bill up.
The European war caused the writing
the bill Of a section giving the pro-
rosed Philippine legislature the right
Q enact internal revenue and tariff
avs. except those covering relations
between this country and the islands.
Ir. Jones says the islands. like the
'nited States. need revenue during the
present depression.
The Washington times., 1914-08-21
UNFAIR TO HOUSEWIVES.

the art of cooking which the French
woman employs to nourish her fam
lily on meat that Is thrown away in
the United States. In Paris the
heads and feet of fowls are sold with
which to make soup. American
housewives buy roasting chickens
and broilers because they DO not
know how to utilize poultry.
The ocupation Of other American
housewives Is so condi toned that
women are 'swcated' in the kitchen
precisely the same as elsewhere they
are sweated in shops. with precisely
the same losses to society and the
productive power Of the nation in
both cases
1T would be quite possible for you
to enlarge your scheme of market
reform. or rather. more carefully to
analyze IL, SO as to develop some Of
the elements of the cost of living
which are contained in the occupa-
ton OF the housewife.
Cost of Living.
These elements. considered off,
hand. seem intangible. But serious
study Of the matter discloses certain
means of arriving at definite no.
tions, and surely at this moment 1t
is worth while. With the war in
Europe confusing and more or less
limiting our food supply, making
further increase in prices proba BILE,
IL You should do no more than bring
home to American housewives and to
the public generally the idea that
the occupation OF housewives is Of
importance to the nation as source
Of the cost OF living. 1t would be
exceedingly helpful.
In nothing, perhaps, does the
problem Of domestic economy in the
United States suffer more than in
the contempt in which domestic la
Dor. paid and unpaid, is held.
"You have been unwittingly be
trayed into organized expression
of that contempt yourself, pro-
noting q scheme Of market reform
which bases reduction In the cost
of living on the assumption that
the occupation OF the housewife
costs nothing-that her services
therefor may be switched this way
and that without affecting values
in an! operation In which she In
engaged.
"I trust you will at least by some
means rectify this error IN your
plan of developing the utility Of
the parcel post. and l hope you
may go further and help to resolve
the unknown quantities of the
housewives services into definite
values. permitting improved regu-
lation of this neglected source of
cost of living.
Very truly yours,
FLORA MCDONALD THOMPSON.
2505 Clifbourne place. City.
The Washington times., 1914-08-21
Four Cases Reported
Of Heat Prostrations

Four cases of heat prostration we're
reported by the police last night. Hor-
ace Carter. aged fifty. living in Nine
teenth street northwest, was overcome
at Ninth and l streets northwest. He
was taken to Emergency Hospital.
Henry Washington. 1919 Massachusett
avenue. was overcome at First street
and Pennsylvania avenue southeast. He
was taken TO Casualty Hospital.
George Anderson, 1854 Ridge street
northwest. was overcome at Twelfth
and L streets northwest, failing to the
pavement and cutting his head He was
taken 10 Emergency Hospital. Pearl
Nicholson. aged seventeen. 10 Irving
street northwest. was overcome at
Fourteenth and Irving streets. She was
taken to Freedmen's Hospital.
The Washington times., 1914-08-21
Parcel Post PlanIS
UnfautOHOuSeWife
Postmaster Praeger's Attempt to Bring Farmer and
Family Together Merely Substitutes Unpaid
Service for PAID, She Declares-Solu-
ton Is Pointed Out.

Championng the Of the housewife, Flora Mcdonald
Thompson student and writer protesting against propaganda to
bring the farmer and the together merely substitutes
unpaid of the housewife for the paid service of the mid
deman declares rencha letter Postmaster Otto Praeger
Mrs Thompson declares there is at the bottom economic
problem hitherto considered She would and paue in
definite of the housewife her against
exploitation
Pointing What she terms in Mr. Praegers pan she
suggests a method of rectiyng it,
Beginning nest Monday THE WASHINGTON TIMES will pub
h series of three articles by Mrs. Thompson in which she
lines solution of the problem of reaching definite knowledge
the paue society and the nation precise of
Re The series has uen thorough upesiga
on and forms striking commentary from angle upon
of the present high of living Mrs. Thompson letter
Postmaster Prdeger follows: