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I'm Argument About Ho. Nca,

\ \ Eastern Shoreman and Western
Shoreman in Maryland differed about
the best age a ham for eating purposes
whcrcupon General Murray Naudivcr. State
Treasurer and champion hamolo2St of the
Commonwealth. called in TO settle the
dispute Opines General Nandver as fol-
lows first, the average motel ham isn't
more than year off the living pork: second
hams on the farm never get much chance to
grow old; third. no ham is fit to eat until il
is three years old or older. and he would
rather have his five years old He would as
soon think of eating a chicken Just out of
the egg as ham just Topped OF the porkcr
There il every chance that this ham argu-
nent Will become serious question. and, if
II does, more power to the dchatcrs There
are few things more delightful to discuss than
cdbies, and of all cdblcs. what could he
more probably talked about than ham?
blessings on every Dorkcr in Virginia. and
every man who raises them and every man
who eats them,
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knowing the Rules of the Game

D USlNESS. big and little, Should welcome
- the spirit in which il is regarded by the
national government. as this spirit finds cX-
preston through President Wilson. The
creates, handicap progressive business Smcn
can endure. short OF downright and absolute
oppression. is uncertainty. When nobody
knows what the law is. when the reckless or
dishonest brave consequences, while the timd
and conscientious refrain from putting the
matter to the test commerce is shacklcd.
Freeing the business world from this un-
certainty is in itself Il great achievement.
Insurance that what has been done represents
he total Of this administration plan OF regu-
lation confcrs on business full knowledge Of
what the President calls the rules Of the
game. If these rules are bad. they can he
amended. but. AT any rate. they are known.
and they will have fair trial
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TO the EDITOR. OF ne llncs-DiSpaicn;
Sir,-RcfcrTInE to your editorial
much and foodstuft being raised in
the south do YOU realize that so per cent Of
The Southern white farmers have enough food
stuff to feed their families and stock for one
The starving thousands in New York and other
cities account nf trusts. loss in weight of
live poultry, deaths of hogs etc. excuse
for swindlins. until southern farmers will not
snip more To the cities: Legs in North Caro-
lima are now worth ID cents per dozen: grown
chickens, 30 cents apiece: butter. 20 cents per
pound quail. l2i. cents each. and other things
III proportion.
Still one Starv.S. suffers for food
clothes. Theoretical farming is all right in
newspaper Office, but il buys clothes made
from cotton and manufactured in New York
sw,atshops. w. II. NEW ELL.
New York City, January -, 1919
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Taxation Fancics and Taxation Facts

TAXATION FancicS and Taxation Facts
TT is curious how many excellent gentlemen.
l in legislative way and i'm other WAYS
are given 10 that foolish practice known as
shooting in the airr AS a matter of fact
they don't inhahit the same earth or breathe
the same atmosphere as common or garden
mortals Their goal is perfection. and moth
Ing less will either satisfy or appease them
that is. to hear them talk. They not only
do not believe that half a loaf is better than
no bread. but. offered that modicum of the
staff OF life. they wall increasingly and re-
fuse 10 he comforted
MI this may be little confusing in the
metaphorica sense, but ii conveys the idea
perhaps. AT any rate we are moved to
these reflections by 4 contcmpa ton of the
unhappincss OF the more stalwart advocates
OF the commission plan of tax reform.
Various segregation bills being offered.
lhcsc gentlemen proceed to attack them, in
mass ana in detail Because they will not
remedy right away every injustice that
springs from the existing tax system and be-
cause nobody in his sober senses believes or
promises that they will the segregation bills
are declared 10 be wholly bad and indie
fensblc.
If we are to judge from the spoken and
printed criticisms of these measures they arc
held to be failures. even in advance of trial
because they will not prevent The rich from
paying more gross taxes than the poor and
because cities will not agree immediately on
their passage. to reduce their expenditures
Tor paving, health. police protection and all
'hc other things That make urban life ex-
pensivc and urban tax rates high. to the level
ni the rural districts.
But when these same gentlemen come 10
talk of Tax Commission. they follow IA diff
icrcnt plan They never base their fluent
and roSeatc prophecies on any Tax Commits
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-01-31

Various state newspapers speak approvinsly
of Governor StuartS efforts effect real tax
reform. Here is sample utterance, from the
Clinch Valley News: IA prominent citizen
asked the other day about the several complex
u,lestions Of taxation. now being considered In
Richmond. and replied. Let Henry Fix it. Villa L
ever he does will suit me Governor Stuart
is n practical man. and knows as well. perhaps
better, than amy other citizen in the state. what
prouerly is worth and what tax il should carry"
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SONGS AND SAWS
a Poets SO,,l.

icrhapS YOU think old I.otsofroS
NonhhcS MS thoughts to bonds and stocks
bu' that's where you wrong.
nc does. OF course. keep cash in view
hut. though it's strange. it's Just as true
49, ~" likes One poets song
ma. INA. song which runs YOU may know:
MAN wants but little here below
Nor wants that little long"
80 singing, this kind hearted man
Grabs from his fellows all lie can
fwiNt New York and Hong Kong
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Smooth Paving and Clean Streets

NE clty budget, as prepared by The Coun-
ell Finance Committee, represents AN
evident purpose 10 effect every possible.
economy III municipal expenditure In lhat
view OF the matter, il deserves hcar,iest pub-
J. Communications for this is essentially ana
peculiarly Il time when economy should he
the watchword OF all guardians of uublic
funds.
even with the departmental estimates pri,ncd
TO the limit hy the Finance Committee. th,
budge' carries appropriations aggregatinc
$3,SoA.Iso, which is $25Gi2U in excess uf
budget appropriations last year This OK
cess Is representative, for the most port NJ
me needs oil the newly annexed territory
The Times Dispatch is frankly tisaupointod
that the committee could not see its way
clear to making larger provision for stree;
Improvement and particularly for smootl,
paving. In this respect Richmond is far ne
hind her progressive sister cities tbroupbou,
the country. While il is praycIv ia hc
doubted thai the handicap imposed bv loDo
neglect of The duty Of paving streets can hr
overcome by anything short of a system or
assessment or spccia! taxes the civ can and
should do something from tho general funds
PcrhaDs the committee had i'm urosnoc,
new bond issue, which II Tie city trancos
Will bear the added burden is cor, ,inlv
much fairer method OF paying Tor paving az
any other permanent Improvement ,h;,i hv
direct appropriations from the tax low
There is small justice in making tb, tau
payers OF any particular year pay the whole
cost OF pavement that should bc ia fairly
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The Voice of the People

Letters to the Editor should not he over
$50 words In length. and the md nd-
dreHs OF the writer must accompany ench
communication, not ncceHsariIy for publica-
ton, but nn nm evidence of good faith. Write
niJc OF the paper. and incIose stamps
IL manuscript is tn lie returned. Partisan
letters concerning the European war will net
be puhlished
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-01-31

She (sadly)-Lifc is not
what II used to be,
llc-No. the high cost of
living has changed the refrain
from "onc glad, sweet song"
to "wc can't afford TO eat
long"
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time In the human touch alone Yet the
entente cordialc so suddenly established tween
the younger Rockcfcllcr and such an extreme
apostle OF unrest and discomfort Mother
Jones. merely the result OF seeing each other
Tor three days, should suggest to every employer
oi labor on Il large or small scale the enormous
advantage to be derived from dealing with labor.
never AZ n mere "commodity.' hut always AS
somtthlns with q soul--SprnEiicld ikepublican.
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Why Not scgrcgn,~ "scxr.sn,ron".

TO the Editor Of The Times Dispatch:
Sir--lsn't II II littic confusing and unfortunate
that just 1T this time should be pa lpably
"vcrworking the word segregation? In
paragraph il VIII refer TO leg iSlation concern
ing separat ton OF the races In the matter OF
residence: in another to certain theory deal
ing with the ugly social evil; in yet another -
a method Of taxation.
In the circumstances it is difficult keep the
record straight CHATHAM
Richmond January % 1915
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just an Added burden

louisville Courier-JournalD
POSSIBLY the South Sea Islanders who
are SAID TO he relapsing into cannibal.
ISL" nave nren reading the papers and
have decided that European cuiiurc and
religion constitute nothing more than
the white mans BLUM
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M.ould rrotert Ntrginin,s CnIyr..

To III" Editor Of The Tunes Dispatch:
. Sir--Dont YOU think that since he
Legislative bars down. it would be q good
idea to put The pasture gap to keep the
little calves from wandering of to the butchers
shop? our meat and leather supply in these
times, in my opinion, is very important
matter. w. e. COUSINS.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-01-31

y little detachment Of men crossed
the rear lines at the battle Of Leopold.
a group OF russian prisoners escorted
by TWO Austrian soldiers. The prison
crs We're remarkably Young. active.
slender fellows. and gazcd at their sur
roundings with chances partly timid.
partly curious. They had been taken
In an assault Oh the trenches. one OF
those minor episodes that the CORE
SpondcnZ bureau always raises to i'm
portaut engagements" but which are
IN reality fragmcu;ary and partial sue
cesses whose brief life has no effect on
the success of the Austrian campaign
as whole.
Official reports pass over in silcuc.
tn" greater defeats, and praise tn"
small victories TO the skies. Thus il is
that the population of Austro- liuugar.
has been led up To the fact OF thcir fan
ur" in GaliCia by the towery way OF :,
succession Of victories" The army was
always beating the enemy, nov here,
now there, but suddenly one day ii bad
rctrcatci 500 Kilometres back from its
position.
do no, know whether The Russians
always tell the truth. bat I do know
that thcy are winning and are advance
ing in Irresistible hordcs. As for the
Austrian dispatches. one cannot say
that they lie. They simply hush up the
facts. They are not uutru,hfui, they
are only reticent. This episode. there
fore. viii he -pounccd upon ana mad.
much Of in the dis atches and in the
light OF its glorN the defeat passes uu-
noticed. thus the people are not
alarmed, and the reserves keep up their
courage.
FriSun~rs Were Very Young.
The group OF prisoners was escorted
10 place back Of the firing line. and
" TOD Da-
~. The whole band was destined to be
transported later To some town in the
interior. These boys. for they were
none OF them more than eiuht..n and
all had III ihcir faccs certain ingcnu-
Gus childiShncss, far removed from the
semi -barbarous ASPECT that AN iniiamcd
literature has unjustiv fixed on the
Russian army--had been taken in ;hc
trenches. the sole survivors al their
company. Seeing themselves lost they
had thrown down their arms aud raised
their hands i'm surrender over their.
hcadS whiStied the shells Of TN. ar,il-
lerH-thcrc We're, i; seemed. SIN some
companies at il. but the prisoners felt
no longer much interest They were
out Of IL. Eut when they saw M, poiu,
my can'"ra at them they Strengthened
up proudly looked the lens firmly in
the eye. and marched by in stem +.
was the pride OF race that spoke. The.
wished the photograph to show tb,t
these liussian prisoners were stiu sol
diers. '
doctor came up To me ana spoke
Have you seen the woundcd"' he
asked "At farm near here they have
Drought Who'll. cartioai. Russians"
quarter OF an hour later | found
ihcm in the courtyard Of a vast country
house, lying on The ground in the sun
som" had been able to find q littlc
straw to lie on, and all were covered
up with their long, heavy overcoa,s
They were not the wounded or tbe
battle that was raging, but poor fell
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Gossip From Down HON."

INC bold, bad Greensboro Record continues
to print It's base destinations that the process
of reform in North Carolina is not comp,ct Z.
IL SAYS: When Judge Boyd was United states
district attorney he said he became convinced
cas-" quicker than i'm murder case. has
now only to visit the Superior Court to verify
this. If the Record does cease these re-
Wings. ii is likely to be hauled up for con-
tempt.
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'IiSlINtlcrstO0ti.

What are YOU looking dolerul about"
I've Just suffered crushing loss an
accident"
I'm distressed to hear that. Railroad wreck?
Relative"
No. Poker bluff called. Bank roll"
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wise diplomats have always said
That language was but vapor-
10 ma" the thought lie seemed to shed
Thc statesnan's proper capcr-
hlch must make Bcthmann hide his head
TO see "A scrap of paper"
THE TATTLER.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-01-31

"oodro" Wilson, as a rcformcr, tells us
mat the only men who serve The world these
days are those VINO are young or who never
grow old by which token We may confident
~ believe that forty years hence Woodrow
wilson viii be among the class called by him
self useful Tor that sort Of stun is The foun-
dalton o? all energy
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Tic rcssimlst Snx..

som" iulks carried out the injunction
!!,,'rf"i'! ana loved their ncighbors rs they do
."sc'NeS the ncighhors wo-ld have 10 get
gu, an Injunction of their own to keen from
pcinS surfeited with affection
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Queries and Answers
.FicId md Stream"

Please give the address OF tho periodical
Field and Stream. =
80 West Twentyfirsi Street, New York city.
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y freight train one mile long stands with the
caboosc at station. The conductor gets on the
rear and walks TO the engine just as the engine
reaches another. station three miles from the,
first. How far has the conductor ridden?
H. :. WORTfIINC;TON
Two miles and walk ed
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IL, is apparent that the practice Of setting
OF iirecrackcrs at tho heels of the Legislature
~ not peculiar tn Virginia, but prevails also
down home" Says the Fayetteville Observer:
The Legislatur is certainly not making haste
IN the 'rst days Of the session, and if they
want To expedite til. work, they should get a
move on 1t is not 50 much that they work slowly,
but that they hold very short sessions putting
in far less time each day than they do their
private business when home
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-01-31

There is but ono valid charge against The
adniuistr OF President Wilson," says
suffolk Herald. land that is. he has failed TO
turn the Republicans out and to turn the Demo
Gratis in fast rs he should have done, but ii
is belle, ed that he is going TO speed up in that
work from now on" There is departure in
SUFFOLK. evidently, from The political views Of
Jackson.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-01-31

Grubbs-Tou don't seem to tell many joke
as YOU did formerly. what's the matter?
Siubhs-lm waiting (for those ON whom
sprung those whcczcs to forget them Thel
shall start all again
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CitIZcIlHl,in.

To whom must apply for information, papers
etc. for my application for citizenship:
SUBSCRIBER
The clerk Of the United States Court in the
post-oNc building, will arrange the matter for
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-01-31

MI OF us might be honest" says the Will
minSton Star, but there are none Of us whose
methods could not he improved upon" Per
iectiE true. out VIC 2rievc the impression
'ae star leaves that so few actually honest.
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Canal Tolls.

Is there any favor shown I'm. lish vessels i'm
the Sucz Canal rates" What the rates"
ii. i. :.
or course not. Th" rates are complicated, and
YOU may get pamphlet showing the whole matter
by application To the Panama Commission
Washington, u. c.
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The lHtnnl reAf.

lis Miss iiighbr"w very literary person.
Il should she Is. Why. she can rccitc
whole pages from the works OF Robert W
ChambcrS,"
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Mtbmon0 Ginlps-pispatrb

Published every day In thc ,cnr by The Timc..
ptspntch Publishing Company. Inc. Address all
communications TO TSIE TIMES DISPATCH
Ttmcs-Diapntch building. 10 south Tenth street
Utchmond, Va.
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Old Coins, Etc.
4 IsItZyIt.-

Lists from subscriber, Briton, " T. and u
{. Quarlcs contain nothing worth selling
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y
. for draft purposes
w VIZ" common wherever agricultural
i'a'h ih'" operations w"r" in progress I;ut
His Own the slow moving
placed by more rapid teams of
mules horses. Nowadays an ON team is
orc, SiouallN in Il few counties, "Spccally in
those in which there still is logging" o do
but the sight is novel one TO majority of
residents Of the State who have grown up
within the last thirty years. According the
breeders Gazette the economic value Of the OK
is bringing him back int" favor There are,
nowadays, steam and gaSolcnc tractors which
are advertised as Il great Improvement upon the
everlasting mule, whose history is az old as
that of man, and who Will never 10 put out Of
business by any invention whatsoever. 1t is
rather surprising, however, TO hear Of the use
OF OK teams being revived at period In which
the adagc time is money is upon "Vcrybody's
tongue, and when the fact that time is money
was never more widely realized By the agricul-
tural col louisville Courier journal
II is often the isolate OF one
Isolation sort from another sort In social
life that cmbit social rcla-
..'' lions: and in industrial life how
bitterness true IL is that the detachment al
the owners and the irhcsi
officials Of large corporate enterprises from
the employees has mad" much the worse The,
difficulty Of roconciiing the interests o labor
a nd capital. The actual distance between the.
on Sit the other alliuE I'm IN.
Colorado strike. ownership represented bv
the RockcfcllcrS resided thousands Of miles from
the coal fields and the acerhitics OF labor war
fare cnvcloped both sides with passions so bitter
that nothing apparently could pierce them with
kindIirr and reasonable INTERPRETATIONS Of
personal relations between TIC owners Of largo
enterprises and the labor force is not ALWAYS
practicable. and IL wcr" visionary expect The.
final solution of the industrial unrest OF the
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Freak bills
Lack Old
Chal ms

Freak bills i've biils appears to be well up
Lack Old H. -, " IT., hu, ~ ~ o'sappoiht-
Nh'"i'S distinctly inferior TO the produce
tons of other years. The bills
arc commonplace where the others were original.
lhcE are tainted with sanity. ,plausbility and
an outward seeming or rcaSonablencss Their
predecessors in frcakiucss bore no such flaws
iheE were crazy and entertaining. Recall the
measure for lcnEtheninS shirts and bed sheets
by law and sec il in the fool bills of to-day YOU
can hnd anything to compare with it. Tho
bachelor tax. the signature for every newspaper
ITEM ana the twenty year sentence shcrs
bills attracting no more notice than they
deserve They ar" "old stuff" How family they
resemble the bin for tapping the under
ground reservoir OF heat and the one for ma kim
'he circumference" Of each and every circle
exactly three times the diameter. They can't
iouch en- Legislators become wcakiincs
Their souls are tapped in lcad"-rolcdo blade
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Sure! Give Them Badges.

p REPRESENTATIVE CARY. of Wisconsin
so!cmhIY proposes that members OF
Congress be provided with badges TO dstin.
glsh them. SO that in the event of raids on
gambling dcnS near Washington any person
pretending 10 be Il national lawmaker could
be required 10 show his badge or reIinouish
his bluff. He does not suggest. although it
is equally true that there might he an adj
vantage in exemption from annoyance for
some Of these county constahles are power
fully impressed by greatness and il would
take very calious officer OF the law i'm ,he,
rural districts 10 pinch a living hero OF mis-
Idle dreams Indeed. the lucky Congress-
man. by being real pert about showing his
badge. might be invited 10 take dinner with
the Mayor
We have always felt tina, Conercsslncn
ought 10 have something to distinguish them
other than silk hats, whskcrs and such like
natural adornments OF the species There
are some congressman who. il YOU didn't
know better. might br aiken for cab drivers
or bartendcrs. walters Here and there a
Congressman Sticks out with a head like a
hickory nut, who might be mistaken for n
village pest. The badge would do away with
all chance OF error. Accostcd by some one
who wanted boy to run an crrand he could
Sho" his badge .amd escape running the
c@Pnd.
Wisconsin ought to be proud of Rrothe,
Gary, ana for the reasons above mentioned
and in recognition OF his valuable contribu.
ton 10 The gaieiy OF nations he ought TO
nave badge No /. with gold rim around it,
~ Port Deposit, in Maryland. where little
unusual ever happens. jOy-riding party ran
out OF Gasolcuc a mile from town 40 gaso-
lone IN sight, they poured a quart OF IIayrc
1t" Grace Whisk4y INTO the tank, ana the en-
fine started up splcndidIy The horn how
ever. instead OF going "honk, honk," went
"':ic, hc,"