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any Hisstatcmcnt of value according
10 the Interpretation by the Interstate
commerce Commission is severe
Commercial travellers are loft with
out any protection II the railroads
may be able TO establish by testimony
which they may secure that the value,
nave been either over or undcrs,,t.5
Nalucs at the best are comparative. and
G'lta!htE thcTc WI! he questions arts
ING constantly regarding values placad
on baggage. This will lead 10 long
dEhwn-out litigation In the event n,
losses by the railroads. The chief
proht which will arise from conJi
tons OF this kind Will be 10 the al
.pimtSs "ho vii! be employed by the
railroads and who represent the con-
Germs in the litigation which mrs,
necessarily arise. II the question az
values placed on samples were left to
the discretion OF commercial travellers
nStean or being an arbitrary measure.
mere would be little objection to this
"" on Inc part of commercial houses
or their representatives. Even though
these houses carry floating insurance
they would not object TO paving a tax
on few hundred dollars TO the rail-
roads IN order to insure some extra
protection.
II may be estimated that tho COM
meFcia! travellers OF the United Etates.
or which there are more than 500. 900
contribute fully 80 per cent OF the
passenger and freight revenue OF tho
railroads OF this country Commercial
travellers are really the advance agents
ioi inc railroads, and go out 10 secure
orders Tor freight which is shipped
over the railroads. and for which the
railroads exact tho highest possible
rates. The railroads do not grant any
spccih! concessions TO commercial trav-
c!eTs on account OF tho role they play
IN securing business for them on the
contrary. railroads arc constantly in
creasins passenger rates when possi-
bic. as we'll AS cxccss baggage rates
from time TO time
II would seem that the commercial
interests of the United States have
been sufficiently harassed and dis
turhed by adverse Legislation without
nov adding further TO their troubles.
Gradually legislation OF the sort en-
bodied in the Cummins amendment
VIII eliminate Commercial travellers as
part o! the mcr chandis!ng OF IN.
United states. ana the railroads Will
suffer in far greater proportion than
they are anticipating
II may not be so visionary 10 pre-
dict that II the heavy expenses OF
commercial travellers are added 10 in
the future as they have been in the
past, the method OF selling nerchan-
disc VIII resolve itself into a mail
order proposition with photographs and
iuii descriptions OF the articles to be
sold to the trade heing sent out In
stead Of personal representatives OF
houses wh5sc expenses are so heavy
Railroads in many instances have not
exhibited wisdom in the past. and il
may be that they will XIII the goose
that lays the golden egg"
ASSOCIATED COMMERCIAL. TRAY
ELERS OF AMERICA, INC.
NJ. Z. HislSk:. President.
New York. June s, 1915.
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Advice 10 Woman Suffragists

IF mere outsider may venture word OF
/ advice to those convinced and loyal woman
suffra gsts of Virginia. who oppose the plans
as we'll the methods CT the Congressional
Union, they will not permit the movement in
this State to be taken out of their hands by
the more militant sis,erhood.
If anything political and of the future can
be regarded assured, i. is that Virginia
Democrats will never consent to any extern
sion of the suffrage by national constitutional
amendment If that sort of reform is ac-
complished, ii will be their unyelding
protest Not Democrats especially but
as Nirginians they bitterly resent he insults
recently offered by two emssaries OF the Con
gressional Union to the President OF the
United States. That conduct approved
by Mrs. O. II. ?. Belmont, an officer OF the
union, and has never been repudiated by the
unions representatives here.
Virginia women will get the vote much
more quickly, undertake to prophesy, by
the adoption Of other methods.
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STUDY OF FISH AT CLOSE RANGE

tRAND RAPIDS, MICH lima
"cFcrai years ago. when the outcomo
,sn'hg trip TO him was entirely
Il matter Of conjecture. Leo l. TO,
better known among his nisc, ,,'js
associates as Hard Luck Troy. hecousn
Oh the frequency with which bo 20
turned from angling excursions with
out results, conceived an idea which
mas since made him quite famous and
which might be copied with effac, h,.
every other fisherman in tho co,n.r
VINO has been forced to spend pooG
ducats to ward off attacks of wifelv
ridicuie
In the parlor of his residence he in
stalled n glass tank, 2x2x5 feet. The
installation was made I'm the fall ~
the year. In the tank he placed sew
eral large and small mouth bass. Of
medium size, and members OF other
fish FAMILIES comm%l in the North Tenn
perate Zone All winter long, during
the day and at night. he cultivated the
acqudintanceship of the fish, edg;nr
closer to the tank at each sitting, UNI
til finally the fish. skittish and afraid
at tho outset. became very tame. thus
giving him an almost unheard-of on
portunity for study.
Once firmly established in their good
graces. Troy took steps to solve a
problem which had perplexed him for
years. and which is the cause of dis
appointment for the average unsuccess-
full angler. He wanted to know tho
most expeditions way to bait a hook
with minnow In order to catch bass.
With this idea in mind, he dropped
several club minnows in the tank
In n moment they had disappea red.
Several moreI were dropped and Troy
was surprised, a moment later. to see
one of the number, minus it's tail and
badly cut. belly up toward the surface.
a second later ii disappeared in the
NAV of ono of tho bass.
Observations were continued and
Troy eventually learned that the bass
would never take the minnow tail first.
1t was necessary for the little fish to
como head on. If. by accident. the
minnow was taken in tail first. the
bass would disgorge II and maneuver
to get the opposite end.
Logic afforded the reason for the
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NEW BURDEN ON TRAVEL FRS

To the Editor of The Times Dspatch
Sir.-We wish to voice protest
against the pcrniciouS Legislation cx-
empiiicd in the amendment of the In
tcrstate Commerce Commission law in
PRODUCED by Senator Cummins. OF Iowa
and known as the Cummins amend
mcnt to bill i522. which recently be-
cam" operative.
This amendment Will cost the com
mercial interests OF tho United States
unnecessary millions without any APP
parent benefit except that derived by
the railroad companies. The bill was
rushed through both the Senate and
the iiousc without debate and on it's
face indicates the efforts Of paid lob
byists rather than intelligent cons!d-
Grafton.
Quoting from the Interpretation Of
the measure:
The passenger must give tho right
value of his property. and n failure TO
do so is a msdcmcanor. For instance
II n passenger gives the value OF the
contents OF his trunk at 500. and the
trunk goes astray and is later rccov-
cred and found TO contain articles
worth 5000, the passenger has violated
the law, and may be sent to Jail. In
case trunks contents are worth $500
the passenger VIII say SO and his check
VIII he issued 10 him when he has
paid 10 cents for each additional 500.
which in this case would be so cents
y point to emphasize tho burden that
the law imposes on houses that carry
very valuable samples such as jewclry,
furs. etc, is shown In the fact that
such houses carry floating Insurance.
which covers al! losses while their
travellers are on the road. whether such
losses occur while the baggage is in
the possession Of the railroad com
nanies. hotels or other points during
the period when the commercial trav-
cicrs are engaged in selling mcrchan-
disc. The insurance which this new
law requires viii not reduce the insur-
ancc already carried on samples by
mercantile houses: consequently the tax
manltcStly is unfair.
Jewclry samples will run into .hous-
ands. For instance. supposinG $4,000
valuation were placed on samples car
riod by jcwclry salesman the tax
would be 50 a day. and II n house had
hVe commercial travellers out this wourl
amount TO $50 a day. In the event OF y
loss by the railroads the question will
arise regarding the exact value OF m.
goods lost. and the railroads Will con-
test the claim of the commercial trav-
cier owing 10 the nuctuatinG values of
merchandise of this sort :, CONNER
clal traveller may start out in the be-
ginning OF season with 4 limo of
samples having a sale value of $4,000
but in n month or even less the vaIu.
OIL these samples may be reduced ovin,.
10 Il chanSc of styles and a decreased
demand Tor certain lines If a sales
man placed value OF $4,000 on his
samples IN the beginning of tho season.
~ W Wee"S iater he might he justified
III reduced that value possibly to 81 400
lheh In the event OF n loss az th..a
samples by tho railroads the ouostio,,
VIII arise whether the first yalu,tin,
was justified or the second v,,n,t;o,,
noe sulnciently high. The penalty for
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menat ed seriously by this mschievous special
legislation.
Hospitals, public and private, exist to-day
In many of Richmond's best residential dis
tricts. Properly conducted, as most of them
are, they are not a nuisance, nor have they
served substantially to reduce property values.
Even If they have. it is neither the duty nor
the function of government to preserve values
by what is in effect retroactive law. A man
should not receive the cty's tacit assent to
his purchase of land or building for a
definite and entirely legal and proper pur-
pose, and then be informed that this purpose
suddenly has become entirely illegal and i'm
proper.
If, in the deliberate view of sane law
makers, a hospital is indeed a nuisance, that
deserves to be limited as to location and
hindered as to operation, an ordinance should
be framed that looks to the future and that
is not destructive of valuable and vested
rights. If the situation is anything like as
serious and menacing some of the advo-
Gates of the pending measure would have us
believe. the hospitals established in
Richmond should be dug p root and branch
and banished to the country. That would
make us not little ridiculous but on our
fools cap we should wear the precious jewel
of consistency.
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pccuiarity-ali the fins of the uttle
fish, as in all other fish, pointed 10 the
rear and If swallowed tail first, the
projecting bones would iacerate the
throat and .gullct of the bass. while. II
swallowed head first, the slide to the
crop could be negotiated without in
jury.
II was apparent to Troy, after MAX
ing his observations, that several Of
ms hooking methods of the past had
poeh radically wrong. so on his next
excursion, instead of .hrustine his
barb through the head or nose Of the
nlnnow. he caught it about the middle
ana just under the back fin, thus Civ
ing bass chance at the head. The
difference in hooking soon showed re-
suits, and when Troy finished the trip
he had succeeded in catching more and
better bass than he had on any other
trip of his career.
BY studying blue giIls and sunf1sh
In the tank, Mr.. Troy also acquired
some valuable information for the still
fisherman, and he is now convinced
that the attra ctivc feature Of the angle
worm is its wiggle.
Batting hook full with n good sub
stantial bulge of worm at the shank
of the wire, and allowing the tins OF
the worms to extend from an inch to
two inches over the point of the barb.
proved tempting at all times to the
fish. No matter if they had just par
taken of good portion of food and
were VOL filled, as soon as this sort
of bait was dropped in the tank, thew
would dart up and do their Investigate
Ing of the wiggle by taking the bait
in one gulp.
On the other hand, if Mr.. Troy haited
the hook plainly. without flourish. and
impaled the eXtrcmities of the worm.
the fish would seem to know that an
effort was being made to hook them
and would fin TO the background The
| same result came from the use Of a
dead worm. even in tho morning before
tho fish had eaten.
Mr.. Troy has had his tank in opera
| ton for Two years and he declares that
| he has not made fishing trip since
It's installation that has been unsuc-
! ccssful.
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would be brought to her knees, but when this
war was started and England, recognizing
the peril to her that was involved In Ger
man Victory. took sides with France and
Russia, Germany was outraged. She thought
England should Wait until German military
and naval bases were established at Antwerp,
Ostend and Calais an advantage that
Asquith and Grey were far too wise to
confer.
That was the origin and inspiration Of
hatred OF England, but hatred gained new
| viruieLce when British sea power began to
drive German vessels of war and commerce
from the high seas and to stop, more or less
completely, German importation Of supplies.
Germany has achieved such military glory,
has shown herself SO wonderful in battle. that
she was stung to rage by the reflection that
the fruits Of victory were to be snatched from
her hands, not by armies in the field or navies
on the high seas, but by the remorseless pres
sure of economic necessity.
she makes war, as the Bryce report on the
invasion Of Belgium establishes beyond ques-
ton, with an almost inconceivable brutality,
but protests to Heaven against Russi>n atroci-
ties on her eastern frontier. She forces the
ironworkers Of conquered Louvain to forge
weapons and munitions for the destruction
OF their countrymen, but invokes law that
never existed when the allies buy sup
plies from America She shells defenseless
village or sends a LuSitania to the bottom
vi 'he sea- ana then asserts-"hlcn is not
the fact-that England is starving German
women and children.
The thing has certain grotesque humor.
Reduced to analysis it means that in the
German mind everything Germany does is
right and everything her enemies do is
wicked and abominable Considering that
state of mind, in connection with an amazing
capacity to develop and organize every ma
tional resource and apply it to the conduct
OF war, it is no wonder that the world is in
arms against this modern Titan
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Ordinance That Deserves Defeat

III 1sM1ssING for the moment all considera-
~ ton of the merits of the special situa-
tion with which ii was framed to deal the
q ordinance passed by the Common Council on
FMonday evening, restricting III, location of
4 hospitals in this city, is bad and indefensible
land should be defca ted decisively by the
TBoard Of Aldermen We hope il viii be
81 Under the terms OF the ordinance il would
4 be difficult If not impossible, 10 find a suit
fable and convenient site in Richmond on
(which hospital however largely needed or
twhatever it's promised benefits 10 the whole
stcommunity, might be operated The pas-
sage of the ordinance means the erection OF
i a Chinese wall through over which mcdi-
Il cal and surgical progress may hardly be made
~ The ordinance forbids hospital in the
Ii neigh borhood of school, church or hotel f.
It's acknowledged frankly by the sponsors of
1.-the measure that school, church or hotel
Iasks the protection that is sought to be con
a ferred. 1t is not even pretended that the
53interests Of any such institution are receiy-
Ing first, or any save the most remote con
D. sideration 1t would not be difficult to show
I that not only churches, schools and hotels
hut all other institutions that depend for
{ their success and development on the cty's
growth in population. wealth and health are
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The Voice Of the People
Approves Estimntc of Bryan.

TIC The EDITOR Of The cs-Dlspalch:
Sir-The editorial In your issue of June o. on
The Resignation Of Bryan" deserves the com
The loyal, self-cftacing support which Mr..
Ervan has given the President has been test
of prcatness few in the history of the
country have met satisfactorily. and now his
WELDING I'm obedience to principle the second
most in the government. at time charged
With political possibilities. puts the capstone
on his measure as n man. l glad you recog-
nize it, Mr. Bryan; in my judgment. is CON
sis.ensy re he terms %" Of coming day mat ne
Mir Wilson more clearly voices the present
and the Immediate future. and is, therefore, more
perfcctly accord with the wishes of the people.
The fear expressed in some quarters tn that Mr.
dc mt is both insulting and prepostero
ROY *. FLANAGAN.
stanton Va, June Q, 1915
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Bryan
Scored by
n Friend


OF his views the note TO Ger
many, or his reasons for retiring The "rockin,"
- all the more mischievous to tho cause of Deace
and the welfare Of the United States it, as he
indicates Mr.. Bryan will try to brine.
popular pressure on the adminiSt ration TO adont
his views by stumning the country. The CON
hdcncc OF the American people in the prcsidont
has not been shaken by the action Of Mr. Rrvan
nor by his statement of yesterday outlining bis
iqcas OF what our position in the differences win
Germany should be. But both are quite Iik
10 be misunderstood in Europe They NAV foster
and give color 10 the idea held in Germany that
Americans are divided in opinion, and that Tho
German sympa;hizers and the peace-a -any-prico
advocates from such formidable force as would
stand on any question that might in any clrcun,
stances lead to Such an idea absur,,I,,
falls. az IL is. makes the chance of runturo
with Germany not less probable, but far moro
so. Thus instead of advancing the cause ~
peace, 10 which Mr.. Bryan is so much devo.ea
his action is likely to have exactly the onnositn
effect. Consistency Is called jewel and dnwo
believe that Mr. Bryan would have shown
fncr patriotism and better Christianity b,d
he allowed himself to be misunderstood 81
his record apparently married, by standing hrmiw
beh ma the President until the CRISIS is pest nc
other good Americans are doing. Afte"ward ha
w juld have found 1t easy repair his rcford
arc put himself straight before the pcopl. t,,
re'ignHs II Mr.. Bryan could accomplish any
thing of PRACTICAL fHpeit by his action II m i,.;t
bo condored; but he cannot lie did ali be cn,,Id
| 20 bring the President and tho Cabinet 10 49,
VA! OF thinking. and failed. VIII his I.avinn
change The policy ,s tho country ana ire In,d.s
| the President. by a hairs breadth? Not at q =,
| lie has simply broken ranks under are an1
r'sked demoralizing tho line-Baltimore Sun,
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Brynn's Resignation.

10 nc Editor of The Times Dispatch:
Sir---"It is Wilson, not Bryan who strikes
to day the note to which the heart OF the Amcri-
can people responds" The above quotation from
serious reflections when any one OF our public
men directly or indirectly elected by the people,
may DO called to Judgment at the bar of the
al this serious crisis in foreign rela tions.
I'm which the happiness of millions may be in
vclyed Mr. Bryan one other than n self
seeking politician should venture to raise un-
necessarily an issue with view Of taking chances
of riding into power and position on some longed-
for tidal wave.
horrors of war; I can heartily sympa thize with
Mr. BRYAN in his desire 70 peace, but | cannot
he n craven can think that the of 81
have reared degenerate anIcraven genera ton.
However would not hold Mr.. Bryan to account
for his extreme views as to peace in his private
capacity but in this one act of resignation,
brought about by alleged incompatibility of
the peace of the United States than would any
diplomatic state paper possibly have done.
Germany. in mad desperation. u.s. at best. little
the demands OF a people who, with united and
solid front, are seeking in dgnfed manner
their national rights and privileges Can we.
then hone that she will be more disposed so 20
do in dealing with divided and dissenting
pcopic? If Mr.. Bryan's conscience is too tender
10 sign any state paper maintaining the dignity,
honor and rights of the nation. he should be
ramanded In future to private life. in which he
may enjoy fullest extent his liberty OF :
science. >. v. WATKINS.
Wakefield Va. Juno 9. 1915.
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German Thought ON the 81,

~ throws somewhat curious light on Ger
man processes Of thought TO consider that
The very people who have shown Themselves
most iaci!c ana able in dcvislng and using
mover methodS OF Observation-Disclosures
6as, loT cxamplc-should be n the same
time so bitterly rcscn,ful OF tho emnlovment
ny theiT Toes OF any methods of winning the
war that are not exclusively military
German writers have talked for ten years
talked opcnly--of the time when England
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The woman suffragists Of Richmond, as
we'll as the woman suffra gsts of the coun-
try, are split into rival camps, corresponding
roughly to the allopathic and homeopathic
schools of medicine. One faction thinks the
panacea should be administered in broken
doses, while the other considers it would
have happier effect if the patient were
made to swallow at one gulp the pharmacy's
whole contents.
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The Newport News Times-Hera remarks
that Mr. Bryan is uncertain as to his plans. and
then asks: why does he not become an evan
selist! He is ono OF tho most powerful preach
ers in the world, and he is In position TO do
the cause Of religion great good" Doubtless
the Rev Billy sunday would obtect
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Dancing masters have devised a new dance
which is said to be combination of the fox
trot, canter waltz, one-step, mazourka and
mnuet. We haven't seen it in operation yet.
but even in advance we undertake to say that
this masterpiece will be some dance.
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SONGS AND SAWS

Father Sidesteps.
were moving to the country
10 'scapc the summer sun.
AND every one ut our house
Is KEEP. right on the run:
Mothers mighty busy
AL bossing folks around,
But father has departed
He simply can't be found.
Everybody works but father
He's downtown all day
Thinking up excuses
That keep him away.
Mothers packing curtains
So is Sister Ann
Everybody works at our house
But my old man.
The furniture's been covered,
The china packed in straw
The trunks are filled to bursting,
our hands are worn and raw
Inc servants groan and grumble,
The children roar with fright
But dad, at club or office.
is keeping out of sight
Everybody works but father
When we go away:
He has other business
That holds him all day.
Mothers i'll Mysteries.
SO is Sister Ann
But sappinG up mint tuleps
Is my old man.
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When the dove of peace shall have returned
to the world" says the Alexandria Gazette
then Mr.. Bryan close the temple of Janus
and talk as long he pleases about the faith
erhood of God and the brotherhood OF man: but
such Vaporines order now when
there is an apparent intention the part of
Germany to treat with contempt the Stars and
Stripes as she has the flags of other nations
In short. 1t Is we'll for Mr.. Bryan to step aside
at this time in order that Mr.. Wilson may have
members of a Cabinet who in accord with
his policies and which affirmed by the ma
jority Of members Of all parties"