Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1914-05-08
Unrea, lated Determinations.

sion has come to be known as the
sworn enemy of discHu;o1tions u
inequality f.. transportation rates. 4
peculiar ms .a.o outside thc tur;e-
diclicr O.. the Interstate commerce
commission has been brought 70
light. i rel2tes 10 ooean traffic. a
few days ago party Of foreigner
who had been thrown out of employ
ment aud were disgusted with the
the brave" called at Washington
steamship Offices for the purpose Of
purchasing tickets TO Europe. Two
were going to German ports and two
TO England and being friends, they
decided to travel by the same steam
ship. Going into the Offices of one
Of the big British steamship compan-
les they found that while the two men
travelling to Liverpool would be com
PEELED TO pay $40 for thirdclass pas
sage including railway fare from
Washington, the two travellers to the
German port. 800 miles further
away, could make the same trip for
$50, although the four would be car
ried to Liverpool on the same vessel,
where the two destined to the cont
nent would be transshipped to an
other steamship for the last stage OF
the journey, a service which costs the
Shipping line considerable sum.
The explanation is that rate war is
on among the transatlantic steam
ship companies, and the British lines
in an effort to wreSt the important
immigrant traffic from Eastern Eu-
rope away from their continental RI
walls are carrying steerage passengers
at a rate which means the loss or nun
dreds Of thousands of dollars in the
aggregate. In this particular case
the would-be voyagers decided that
all should purchase tickets to the
continent, while the two going to
England would leave the ship at
Liverpool, thereby saving sum equal
to one-third of their passage money.
"Upholding the President"
A good deal of criticism has been
visited upon Republican members or
the senate because they sought to
frame the form of the resolution de-
fning "our unpleasantness with Mex
ico" Editors everywhere have been
declaring that the hands of the pres
ident must be upheld There is no
question but what practically every
body is back of the president, nut
some of the men in congress have de-
clared that while they want to fol-
low, they would like to do so with /
their eyes open.
After short experience in the
presidency, General Harrison char
acterized the White House as "a
fools paradise" Nothing not IN
tended to be pleasing is ever spoken
to the occupant by visitors. The "Joi-
ly" that is handed out to the presi-
dent is polished off till it glitters.
Unselfish partisanship of rose-color-
ed hue, the soft pedal, and easy
speech, labeled respect" to the ONCE
are things of which the president
must ever be on guard. About the
only relief the president gets from
days of gush and soft soap is in the
delightful diversion of reading the
criticisms that appear in opposition
In congress any one who disagrees
with any view of the president US
ually prefaces the remarks by assert :
ing an usually quantity Of respect Tor
the occupant of the White House. IL
will be recalled, when the tarin Dill
was in congress, that although the
president did not set himself up as
tariff expert, the men who framed the
measure put the presidents judgment
above their own, Notwithstanding
that they had spent months in calcu-
lating the schedules. The same was
true with the currency measure
while it is assumed that the president
knows all about the antitrust ques-
ton.
Things are different from what
they were when Washington told
landowner that he should be more
respectful, and remember to whom
he was talking. ooh, you never
would have amounted to anything II
YOU had not married rich widow
was the reply. The Washington mon
ument now stands on land formerly
owned by this same man who thus
the first president.
The Race Issue. '
Robert II. Terrell was appointed
Justice of the peace by President
Roosevelt and because of excellent
service was promoted to be judge OF
the municipal court of the District or