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Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-01-10
THE FISH TRUST AND THE LEGISLATURE.

ON assembling of the New Jersey Legislature
few words of adonon pertinent They relate to the long
standing outrage upon the people of this State by foreign CON-
bnation in its monopoly the FISH supply the New Jersey
the heavy private the fish that Is SOLO
in markets consumers.
The Star very fully presented the case 1t has SHOWN
that this foreign combination trust has monopoly OF inc
purchase paying two and onehaf cents
nond that citizens of the State buy this Ash at the shore
without paying the that the hsh is placed IN COLO
storage New York for sale by the wholesale that
only there Jersey dealer be supplied that the trust
pound independent OF other charges ana
the retailers profit this seaood reaches the con-
sumer the fish is included in the charge to the
really pays for the edible part than ne Wouo
for good shown that the trust without any
risk of capital any plant without ownership either OF the
coast the fisheries fish the an immense
annually simply monopoly control both of the catch and
Of its distribution
the essential points OF an intoeaole situaton
that population of the State greatly increases
living especially oppressive to the poor and
disgraces the State From this organized expota
ton of great of New Jersey the State gets
pitfu of $4,000 which the consumer pays
anything in the system OF the country which
the American people revod from that is offensive
criminal the organized greed which permitted
use splendid State Cypress and inn
povcris the peope shall it be said the Legislature OF 1914
is indifferent this great wrong2
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-01-10
NEW NEWS OF YESTERDAY
How Sentiment influenced President Harrison

81 was compelled, on tho other
hand. to decline President Harrison
offer of the State department port
folio because there were imperative
business reasons arising from some
very important matters in which the
New York Central Railroad at that
time was greatly interested.
TT was for the same reason that
1 declined, some years earlier to per-
nit the use Of my name as a candi-
date for the United States senate, al
though I was assured that II would
accept the nomination I should be
unanimously supported by the Repub-
lican caucus
years of age was I so placed in a
business sense as to make 1t possible
to accept political office.
81 have often thought Of how senti-
mentally admirable were some OF
President Harrison's appointments.
think the country never fully under
stood how thoroughly sentiment
dominated President Harrison when
making appointments for the i'm
portant foreign missions. It was en-
tlrely his own idea to name as min
lister to the court of st. James the
son Of Abraham Lincoln and as min
lister to Austria the son of General
Grant. 1t was also his own idea tC
name for other foreign missions mer
who had gained distinction as jour.
nalists and who in that capacity had
given valuable service to the Repub.
lican party. For that reason he named
Whitelaw Reid minister to France, and
he also nominated Murat Halsted, o.
Cincinnati, minister to Germany. 6
nomination which failed because Hal
sted had created some personal ami
mostly in the Senate. It was for thi,
reason that he named Charles Emor.
Smith, little later. minister TO st
Petersburg.
These were all from ono point o
view, sentimental appointments, bu
the appeal was made to sentiment II
which there was no reproach and II
which, from the highest point Of view
there were really excellent politica
considerations
Copyright, 1914, by e. j. Edwards
All rights reserved.)
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-01-10
The Master Mariner!

When tossed by. the tempest DER ife's
stormy sea-
And appalled, by the sound OF the
breakers loud roar.
In His mercy and love Christ ap-
peared unto me,
And in Him sought refuge and
peace evermore.
Like the sun in It's glory. His love all
alone,
Pierce the gloom with radiance
naught could suppress,
And throughout the long hours Of
danger 1t shone
AS a beacon of hope to a ship in
distress.
Though dire was the grief which as
sailed me that night,
When my poor shattered vessel was
blown from the track.
1t was turned into Joy when the Cos
pel's pure light
Cleaned bright through the storm
clouds to pilot me back.
rye reached the biest haven Of safety
at last,
WUeT6 Luc DillOWb iOh6oI MY
bark can o'erwhelm,
For the anchor of faith in the bedrock
Is fast
And the Masters firm hand is now
grasping the helm.
All, many bark has been driven like
mine
From the trackway which leads to
the heavenly strands,
And so few ever seek for a guidance
divine
To escape being wrecked on the
treacherous sands.
Then accept of the Master who's seek
ing to save
Every vessel upon this great ocear
of life,
So that none may sink meath the
tempestuous wave
Where the staunchest of sea crafts
succumb to the strife.
Il. Y. DAVIES.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-01-10

How can we measure the value Of
a man?
Lord Haldane, recently at the head
of England's judicial system, says
a human life is worth $4,000. The
statement is arbitrary. You wouldn't
sell your life or the life of one OF
your children for $4,000 or any null
tiple thereof. 4
In law there has to be a dollar
measure SO that damages may be
reckoned when men are killed. Gus
tom in America has fixed this meas
ure at about fifth Of Lord Hal
danes estimate. In a number OF
States, IL a railroad kills man, his
dependents can't recover more than
IS, 900. The legal allotted damage for
manning a man is often, indeed usu-
ally, larger than for killing him.
But, Of course. this makes only a
blind stagger toward Justice. Sup
pose that a Lincoln or an Edison
or q Marconi had been killed In his
youth. Would $1,000 compensate CIV
llization for its loss?
On the other hand, you have seen
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-01-10
OUR POLICY IN MEXICO.

THE administration policy in Mexico is in addition
watching waiting nobody knows after the lapse of eight
months Washington still watching and waiting and the sit
Mexico grown steadily with prospect OF
betermen points may be kept in mind One that the
public Endorsed the refusal by to
recognize Hura both for moral and political rea
sons The other nation armed Intervention
unless as imperative necessity The of such
step of and fe for they would
most seriously future the American continent All
Lan-Am would resent intervention.
principal States of LanAmerca could be induced
Join United States intervention TO bring about peace
and ORDERLY government Mexico the States should
cooperate plan pacfcation and if the of
armed force occupy country down faction compel
reforms help establish stable constitutional government
there could be no America European nations
opportunity make capital and
would spared generation of LatnAmerican hate States
ansp in ecretayshp might arrange for that kind
of intervention would difficult task for John Hay who
China from partition by the great
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-01-10
TIME INTERPRETED BY LAW

a period of twenty-eight days, unless
| it was clear that a calendar month
was intended. But now, II the WORD
occurs In any act of Parliament
passed since that year, 1t means q
calendar month, and the word has
the same meaning In all judgments
and orders made by the courts, and
also in bills of exchange, promissory
notes and contracts for the sale OF
goods. Yet In other matters the old
Interpretation still holds good, and II
lease is granted for a period OF
twelve months 1t will expire In
forty-eight weeks. II, however, 1t be
granted for "a twelvemonth," in the
singular number, 1t will be supposed
that a year was intended, and the
document will be interpreted accord
ingly.
A day is a period Of twenty-four
hours, from midnight to midnight,
and usually any act switch must be
performed on a certain day may be
done at any time during those
twenty -four hours. Thus, II a sum
of money be due from you to be paid
on December 81, the obligation is dis
charged If you tender the money on
that date any time before IL O'Clock
at night. OF course, If the sum is
due on bill of exchange the three
days of grace are added to the period
mentioned before the money can be
demanded.
If, however, the money due is for
rent, there is a conflict of opinion as
to whether the rule applies. One au-
thority says rent must be paid before
sunset on the day upon which 1t falls
due, while another says 1t is not abb
solutely due till midnight Therefore,
ifs YOU are to pay rent on a fixed day,
to be safe you must tender payment
before the sun goes down.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-01-10
TRAINING UNUSUAL" PUPILS

drunken mother, an insane father,
and In three instances, gypsies; physi-
cal condition, from partial blindness
and deafness, and spinal trouble and
anemia, to vigorous physical health.
Think of the problem before this
teacher, who may not even have a
working definition of feeble-minded-
ness in her consciousness to aid her
in classification and instruction"
In the opinion of DR.. Gesell the
time Is coming when all our large
municipal school systems and per-
haps country educational systems as
we'll, will have the equivalent of de-
partment of child classification and
special classes. Child classification
is the basis of child hygiene" he de-
clared, "but 1t is more. The primary
school may develop into a sociology
cal clearing agency for the discovery
and registration Of all children who,
when adults, may prove socially de-
penden, defective or dangerous
Child satisfaction thus becomes a
part of the task of social hygiene as
we'll"
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-01-10

When does a youth become a man
or. rather, when is he invested with
the rights of manhood? asks Tit-Bits.
II that question were asked Of a hun
dred people, ninety-nine would an
swer. ION his twenty-f1rst birthday"
Yet those ninety and nine would be
wrong.
In the eyes of the law person at
tains his majority on the day pre-
ceding the twenty-first anniversary
of his birth. Thus child born in
the afternoon or evening of January
2, 1898, will become of age in the
early morning of New Years Day,
1914, Immediately after the first
stroke of the hour which rings down
the curtain on the present year.
Some of our divisions of time, when
looked at from a lawyers standpoint,
reveal one or two little peculiarities.
For example, we have been taught
from childhood that leap year con-
sists of 366 days. The law, however,
says this is not SO. A year, no mat
ter what kind, always consists of 1856
days. and no more. Then, 1t may be
asked, how does the law deal with
February 297 The answer is that on
one day q. e. February 2S) in every
four years the sun rises and sets
twice, or, in other words, the 2sth is
merged into the 2Sth. and they to-
gether form one long day of forty.
eight hours.
A lunar month, as everybody
knows, consists of twenty eight days,
and there are thirteen of such months
in a year, while in calendar month
there may be twenty-eight, thirty or
thirty-one days, and twelve of them
(taken consecutively, of course), COM
prise a year.
Prior to 1850 a month was always
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-01-10

1T is promised the of the coal combine in
vegation by Legislative committee this year Is to be suits
bv the the State against the combinations
of retailers The prosecution will devove
appontee Governor succeed Wilson
There enough the State deal with conspaces in the
evidence taken by the commission has showed the
combines restraint of trade and intended to fleece
the
of this conspiracy the State be aided
by Commerce Commission which has authority
relations of the coal trust The grievance of
the people prices for anthracite coal Every
that his coalbin robbed with
ton of coal put it, administration that shall grappe
with this public evil and force down coal prices normal figures
popular prestige such former administration
ever achieved.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-01-10
.UPLIFT TALKS
BIZ oRIsoN SWEET MARDEN.
Author Of Pushing to the Front" Etc.
Copyright, 1918.
THAT ONE CIGAR A DAY

constantly being in their presence and
getting acquainted with them.
Good books are lengthening and
Frightening the lives of a multitude
of people. How many a wretched one,
poor and forsaken perhaps by the
world, has found solace in his poverty
and a refuge from his want and woe.
q pleasant substitute for his gloomy
thoughts, as he has delved like a
prince in some great book!
We hear a great deal about the in
creased cost of living, but never in
history could poor people get so much
of the life essentials, and even the
things that were luxuries q short
time ago, for so little money, as to-
day The products of the greatest
minds that have ever lived were never
so cheap. Copies of the great master
pieces of literature. which a century
ago were only within the reach of the
rich, are now often found In the poor
est homes and can be bought for the
price OF a cigar.
Many of our choicest friends live
between the leaves of our favorite
books. We become more intimate with
them than with any living characters.
We are not afraid to open our hearts
to one of them without reserve. There
need be no clash of opinion. Our
communion Is heart to heart.
People are often ashamed to be seen
with some persons with whom they
desire to associate. and they are often
secretive about some OF their friend
ships, but they are frank in choosing
friends in books. Hence. the volun-
tary selection of book companions is
very important, and we can quickly
estimate mans character by his
choice. They indicate the degree OF
his culture, his good taste and refine.
ment or his coarseness and vulgarity.
The books we collect are confessions
of what we like and of what we are.
If you are anxious to improve your
self read books which tend to elevate
your being to some purpose. Read
books which make you resolve to do
and be little better; to try little
harder to be somebody and to do
something In the world.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-01-10

asked ex-senator Chauncey M.
Depew, shortly after he retired from
the United States Senate, IL Presi-
dent Harrison had offered him the
portfolio of the state department
when Harrison was making up the
first cabinet. told the senator that
I had heard that General Harrison
had made up his mind soon after MS
election to select Chauncey M. Dope"
as secretary OF state.
The senator did not at first answer
me directly. He replied substantially
In the following words:
General Harrison, 1 think, felt that
1t would be good policy, highly ap-
propriate thing and one which would
give qualification to the Republican
PARTY IL he were to go back to the
cabinet of General Garfield and Sc
lect as secretary OF state and as sec
retary of the treasury two distin-
guished Republicans whom Garfield
in 1881 had called to his cabinet
Blaine as secretary of state and VIM
dom as secretary of the treasury.
Harrison did not mis1udge ms
party or the sentiment Of the country
when he made these appointments
But he was not to have either bialne
or Window throughout his entire ad-
roinistration, Mr.. Blaine, whose
whose health was far from good ana
who was even then under the grip
of the organic disease of which he
died few years later, had resigned,
and Secretary Window died just
after delivering a speech at the an
nual dinner OF the Chamber OF COM
merce In New York.
at was after Blaine's Resignation
as Secretary of State that Presiden.
Harrison, with great cordially ano
earnestness asked me to accept the
portfolio. But the same reason wnicn
was given for opposing my nomina-
ton for President in 1SSs-namely, my
association with one of the great rail-
roads Of the country-compelled me
to decline President Harrison's INV.
tation. And yet the reason was no.
precisely alike in both cases. MY
nomination in 1888 for President, al
though supported unanimously by
delegations Of my State. was opposed
by delegates of some Of the far West
ern States on the ground that was q
railroad man.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-01-10

How can you afford all these
books?" asked a young man, calling
upon friend; II can't seem to find
spare change for even the leading
magazines
"oh, that library is only my one
cigar a day." was the reply.
what do you mean" inquired
the visitor.
"Mean7 Just this: when you ad-
vised me to indulge in an occasional
cigar, several years ago, l had been
reading about q young fellow who
bought books with money that 9TH
ers would have burned In cigars. and
thought I would try to do the
same. You may remember that l
said ! should afiow myself one cigar
a day?"
Yes. recall the conversation, but
don't quite see the connection"
"Wel1, l never smoked, but I put
by the price of a five-cent cigar
every day; and, as the money ac-
cumulated, bought books-the very
books you see."
you don't mean to say that your
books cost no more than thati Why,
there are dollars worth of them"
Eyes, / know there are had six
YEARS VI app CnbiCCoiiiP "
serve when you advised me to be
man. put by the money, which,
at five cents day, amounted to
s1S.25 year, or $109.50 IN SIX years.
l keep those books by themselves,
as a result of my apprenticeship
cigar money; and, If you'd done as
did, you would by this time have
saved many, many more dollars thln
/ have, and would have been better
off in every way and own library
besides"
Surround yourself with good books.
There is something in the very at
mosphere of books which Is helpful
and inspiring. One seems to absorb
culture from the presence of books
and contact with them. The mind
changes; our ideals enlarge, when we
are surrounded by good books. One
can learn to love books. and derive
much pleasure from Them, too. by
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-01-10

THE ESTIMATED of Hudson river bridge is $4,000
o0 which New Jerseys share would be $2 100000 Senator
Johnson of Bergen that this cost be borne by Hudson
Bergen and perhaps Passa in due proportion but only after
combined raabes of the counties assessed shall exceed
billion dollars The combined ratabes in Bergen Hudson
SITS In Hudson and Bergen
amount With the normal increase the jack
of low the billion mark will be reached the
three within five years. Both in Bergen and Hudson
decision build bridge would have immediate effect real
But it be what effect the prospect of
annual sinking fund charges bonded debt
sci 100000 will have the general taxpayer
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-01-10
THE VALUE OF A MAN

many human derelicts-bums, was
trels, ncompetents-whose lives you
wouldn't think of valuing at 5000
apiece, though in each was once
an invaluable human soul, with linn
ltless possibilities of development
We have thrown them on the junk
heap as we would discard old ma
chinery or old shoes and thought no
more about 1t.
The fact is, there isn't any way to
measure the value of man in terms
of dollars and cents. The best we
can do is to go on making blind
staggers.
But we can save and enrich human
life by curbing greed and unfolding
brotherhood. We can give our chill
dren better chances. We can en-
phasize those values which aren't
computable by the dollar standard.
We can strive to pass prosperity and
welfare around.
There Is no end to such a task.
Remember that when next a stand
patter pleads with you to let well
enough alone
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-01-10

That twelve out Of every one hum
bred pupils at the threshold OF the
public schools are mentally unusuaP'
and need special treatment II pos
sible apart from other children, Is the
conclusion reached by DR.. Arnold
Gasell, of Yale University, in a publ
cation just issued by the United
States Bureau of Education.
Take an ordinary kindergarten and
first grade, with a combined enroll
ment of one hundred pupils" says
DR.. Gesell. among this number we
may expect to find at least one child
feeble-minded: one child who slut
ters: two or three who seriously lisp;
another extremely anemic; badly
spoiled child, another babyish-a year
or two retarded in mental or moral
growth, and still another morally
weak. There will be one negative
Ichild-passive, colorless; one over
sensitive, nervous child; one super
ficially precocious child; another dis
tinctly superior = eager, urgent,
imaginative, sociable.
For some of these children there
Is no better disposition than prompt
assignment to special class, the
special class method having been put
into successful operation for thirteen
different types of children. But even
the special classes-particularly the
so-called ungraded classes for back
ward children that have been estab-
lished in our large cities-are greatly
In need OF inventory.
1.-THE diversity of the ungraded class
membership is often pathetically pic
turesque. Here is the rollcan for one
such a class in q large Eastern city:
Twenty-four boys, 16 girls; nationali-
ties, Norwegian, French, Irish, Ar
menian, Italian, Austrian, American,
Chinese; names range from James
Moriarity and Ong Yung to Arcan-
cello Christiano and Niehan Kale-
hadoarian; ages range from to 49,;
mentality, from giggling imbecility to
ambitious intelligence; morality from
truancy, cigarette smoking and thiev-
ling to good behavior; parentage.
noted in special cases, include a
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-01-10
Noted Women Whose Birthday Is Yours
JANUARY 10
Louisa Drew

Louisa Drew
Copyrighted. 1918.
By MARY MARSHALL.

Louisa Lane Drew was born ninety
six years ago today in England, but
she spent so many years Of her life
In America that 1t Is only fair to
count her as one of our American
actresses. She was an infant prodigy
and like most great actresses began
her stage career when but child.
She was regularly acting at the age
of nine and made her American de-
but the same year as the Duke in
Richard III" Another successful
part of hers as a child was that of
Little Pickle in the Spoiled Child"
Her powers of mimicking and her in
fallable memory which were early de-
veloped, remained with her through
out her long life. She was married
when she was eighteen and there
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-01-10
Britain and Panams Fair.

From the London Chronicle.
An extremely bad impression has
been created in the United States by
the British governments decision not
to participate officially in the San
Francisco exhibition of 1915. The
American journals express disap-
pointment and bewilderment. Some
of them attribute the decision OF our
cabinet to German influence; others
to British resentment at America
attitude on the Panama canal tolls
question. We can assure our trans
atlantic confreres that these explana-
tons are very wide Of the mark.
The real explanation is much SIM
pier. It lies In lack of Imagination
a deplorable fault in all men, and es-
pecially In statesmen. That lack OF
imsgination is aggravated at the mo-
ment nv lack of pence. Concern about
the growth of national expenditure
becomes the cabinet; but 1t Is not
economy. 1t is short-sighted parsl-
mony that refuses to spend flooooo on
an official British exhibit at san
Francisco. We squander money py
the million on ornaments; we grudge
f1Oo 600 to promote the arts of peace
and celebrate the conquests OF indus
trial enterprise.
There has never been in power IN
this country drawer or more
canable administration than that over
which Mr., Asquith presides with so
rnych ability. The cabinet abounos
with able. far-eighted men. 1t Is that
which makes it's adverse decision IN
thi, case SO utterly inexplicable.