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The Washington herald., 1915-07-02
A Problem Of Revenue.

The government closes the fiscal year with a
large deficit. 1t may be hundred millions or a
few millions less. The full returns from the in.
come tax will not be in for ten days, but the
Treasury officials do not anticipate that these will
be large enough to bring the deficit much below
SIooooo,ooo. This means that the Federal gov
eminent has expended $Ioo, 100000 more than its
income, and this notwithstanding the extraordi-
nary tax which was imposed last fall and
will expire next December. The authors of the
tax anticipated revenue of about 500 900 ooo
from that tax. If their hopes have been realized
the deficit next year will be $780, unless the
act is extended or other new taxation imposed
upon the people, for the appropriations for the
fiscal year 1916 have been authorized by Con-
gress and they are larger than the appropriations
for the fiscal year just closed.
1t will not help matters to speculate as to
what caused the deficit. 1t is there and the gov
eminent must continue to pay out 500. 1000
more than It's annual income, until thcre> is a
-hange in the revenue laws in the appropria-
ton bills, to bring the tongue of expenditures to
fit the buckle of income. The situation is a
serious one even for the government. 1t would
be disastrous to a business corporation.
The people will discuss this situation and
many will be the suggestions for remedy. A
great national convention will discuss one phase
of this situation at Atlantic City next week This
will be the Anti-Saloon League and there will be
noted orators to address thousands of people on
the Million Dollar Pier. The plans that will be
advocated at Atlantic City will not give aid and
comfort to the Secretary of the Treasury or to
the party in power. Instead of telling the admin
istration how to get $Ioo.oooooo more revenue
to ray the government bills the orators at At
lantc City will insist that the government sur
render nearly $25o,ooo,ooo revenues by
adopting a constitutional amendment Tor ma
t;onal prohibition. The revenue received by the
Federal government from internal taxes on
spirits and fermented liquors last year amounted
to $4,000, ooo and there about $4,000, 900
collected IN customs taxes on imported liquors.
National prohibition would cut off $247, 600 900
received Add this to the SIoo 600, 900 de-
icit at the end this fiscal year and $Io,o 900
which will fail with the expiration of the war
tax law in December, and it would amour: to
$447,ooo,ooo, than one-hllf the total
revenues OF the government. Such a situation
would compel Congress to make a complete re-
vision of revenue laws, and in the meantime
the government going while the revision is
worked out to the satisfaction of the people.
Whatever the zeal of the prohibtionists who
gather at Atlantic City, it will be impossible for
Congress to give serious consideration to their
recommendations. When the government is
looking for more revenues to meet its obligations,
it cannot stop to consider plans to cut off one
third OF its present income. There is law of
common in dealing with such situations as
confront the government.
The Washington herald., 1915-07-02
The Coal Situation.

There seems to be feeling in the trade that
business this fall is going to be good, and. that
prices will be much higher than usual.
When the matter is given thought there is
much reason to believe that prices will, on ac.
count OF certain conditions be of necessity higher
Those who have investigated the situation find that
there is going to be shortage of labor at the
mines. Many of the miners have gone into Other
lines OF labor, or have gone back to Europe and
1t is said that even at the present time if it were
necessary, some States could not run mines over
two days week.
In the anthracite field there is much discussion
about the chances tor strike next spring, and
many believe that one will be called
With strike on in the anthracite fields and a
severe shortage of labor in the bituminous fields
and II may be that great coal shortage mi
come about. -
The wise dealer will consider these things and
soon as practicable those that have storinc
capacity will stock up and become prepared
American Coal Journal
The Washington herald., 1915-07-02
Living Languages.

An article in the Philadelphia LEDGER c,r,s
attention to neglect of living lanpuag.s -
any scheme OF our education even in the coIJeo.s
And what IS more, 1t traces this indifference 70
Our EnSlsh interchangeable Anglo-Saxon's in
difference TO any foreign tongue The refusal of
the English OF Elizabcth's day to pronounce the
name of the town of Ypres, where British troons
have recently been fighting gave us our word
diaper" No Englshman would saw "dran
d'Ypres' (cloth OF Ypres) in the French s,,Is
"dra deeper, but in the English style of dive
per- cloth, then just "dye-per," and then diaper,
Many philosophers hold that it is this ;nd;fo-
ence to foreign tongues that has led to the nrensnt
war Just before the war England was losina H..
control of the world trade because Germans ~
ing command OF languages and KNOWLEDGE nf an =
peculiarities OF peoples, instructed her Youth =;
such things turning them out with one or two and
sometimes more languages. anu
We have inherited the Anglo-Saxon 1;rc,;s.;
indifference, in spite of the many mathematics ~
have come to Our institutions of Iearn;nr t,sa
out many students unable to speak any J,nsr ~.
but their own SO all our efforts to capture South
American trade are seriously hampered by o,,r -.
fusal to know either Spanish, French or Germs,
or all three All over South and Central An,ar;s
are German agents. engineers, specialists az 90,
kind who speak Spanish, Portuguese French and
English The German. too, is instructed in the
chance has Engshman or American with ,he;r
indifference and contempt for all languages but
their own.
With our economic relations with the We,
Indies, Central and South America and Mexico a
knowledge Of Spanish and Portuguese is indicated
the article goes on to say, absolutely refuse to
ereorganize" their modern language department
and send men forth equipped with a practical use
Of these ianguages.-lndianapolis News
The Washington herald., 1915-07-02
A FTER the Boston mob attacked the
~ Kings troops quiet could not last

A FTER the Boston mob attacked the
~ Kings troops quiet could not last
The flame was sure somewhere to burst
out again whenever any incident for
moment stirred excitement
In North Carolina there was the next
year a sudden blaze Of open rebellion
against the extravagant exactions OF
William Tryon, the adventurer who was
royal governor there: and only blood eH-
tinguished it and.
In Rhode Island, in June, 1772, his
Majesty's armed schooner Gaspee was
taken by assault and burned, upon a spit
Of land where she lay aground. 1t had
been her business to watch against in
Engagements OF the navigation laws and
the vexatious acts of trade; her COM
mander had grown exceptionally insoient
in his work; a sloop which he chased had
led him on to the spit, where his schoon-
er stuck fast: and the provinciais took
advantage Of her he!plessness to burn
her.
No one could be found who would in
form on those who had done the bold
thing: the courageous chief justice of the
little province fatty denied the right of
the English authorities to order the per-
petrators to England for trial; and the
royal commission which was appointed
to look into the whole affair stirred all
the colonies once more to a deep irrita-
ton.
The far-away House of Burgesses in
Virginia very promptly spoke its mind
again.
1t invited the several colonies to join
Virginia in forming committees of cor
respondence, in order that all might be
Of one mind and ready for one action
against the aggressions of the govern
ment in England.
The ministers in London had meantime
resolved to pay the provincial judges. at
any rate in Massachusetts. out of the
English treasury, taxes or no taxes: and
the Massachusetts, towns had formed
committees of correspondence of their
own. as Mr.. Adams babe.
Such were the signs of the times when
the final test came Of the tax on tea
The Washington herald., 1915-07-02

The East India Company was in straits
for money. 1t had to pay twelvepence
into the royal treasury on every pound OF
| tea it imported, whether 1t sold it in
England or not; but the government
there offered to relieve 1t of that tax on
every pound 1t carried on to America,
! and exact only the threepence to be paid
at the colonial ports under Mr.. Towns
hend's act: SO willing were the King s
ministers to help the Company. and so
anxious also to test the act and the SUBJ
missiveness Of the colonies.
The test was soon made.
The colonists had managed to smuggle
,, in from Holland most of the tea they
needed: and they wanted none, under
the circumstances. from the East India
ships-even though it cost less, with the
twelvepence tax of, than the smuggled
tea obtained of the Dutch.
The East India Company promptly
sent tea-laden ships to Boston. New
York. Philadelphia. and Charleston: and
in the autumn Of 1173 they began to come
In Boston a quiet mob, disguised as
Indians. threw the chests overheard into
the harbor.
At New York and Philadelphia the
ships were permitted to leave port
again without landing their cargoes.
At Charleston the tea was landed, but
1t was stored. not sold. and a public
meeting saw to its secure bestowal
The experiment had failed
America was evidently of one mind
and had determined not to buy tea or
anything else with a parliamentary tax
on it.
The colonists would no more submit to
Mr.. Townshend's tax than to Mr.. Gren-
ville's, whatever the legal difference be-
tween them might be, either in principle
or in operation. The issue was squarely
made up: the colonies would not obey
the Parliament-would be governed only
through their own assemblies
If the ministers persisted. there must
be revolution.
Tomorrow, A Promoter of Revolu-
The Washington herald., 1915-07-02
HISTORY BUILDERS.
A Chance to Requite Former Courtesy.
Written expressly for The Washington Herald }
BY DIR. f. J. EDWARDS.

BY DIR. Z. J. EDWARDS.
About a month before the inauguration
Of Gen. Garfield as President. March 4,
1881. I spent an evening with Benjamin
Holiday at his house on X street which
fronted one of the most beautiful parks
Of Washington. Mr.. Holiday was at that
time trying to secure legislation which
would make it possible for him to col
lect payment upon a large claim he had
against the government. 1t was money.
according to his claim. due for services
in carrying the mails across the plains in
his one-time famous stagecoach line.
Mr., Holiday had gained a nationwide
reputation by the ability he showed in
founding and operating with wonderful
regularity stagecoach line running
westerly from the Missouri River to the
Pacific Coast. 1t was for years the chief
means of passenger travel between the
Missouri Valley and the Pacific. Many
were exciting adventures his stage
coaches met with and the drivers of them
developed eccentric, unique. strongly
original character and always perfect
fearlessness.
Mr. Holiday met with misfortune later,
and at the time when I talked with
him he had just lost Ophir Farm, an ex-
tensive and beautiful country estate
Whlch ne naU eStdDllSHeu near w Hhle
Plains. N Y, and which afterward be-
came the country home of Whitelaw
Reid.
In the course Of our conversation. Mr..
Holiday remarked that he thought he
was justified in saying that of all the
men in public life at. Washington at
the time he was operating stagecoach
line none gave him stronger support.
always showing readiness to assist him
in every way possible, than William II.
Seward. especially in the years when
Seward was United States Senator from
New York State.
II was always anxious to find some
way in which / could appropriately repay.
Mr.. Seward by courtesy and kindness and
good service for all the assistance which
he so continually gave to me-" said Mr..
Holiday. Il despaired. however. of giving
such service to him until an unex-
pected opportunity came few months
after Mr., Seward retired to private life
I am glad now t. reflect that 1t was a
courtesy that he greatly appreciated. and
he told me that but for it he doubted
whether he would have been able to
visit Alaska.
"M1 Seward was in San Francisco,
,,fter having made what was really
tour of triumph across rhe continent,
for heSwas gre stai everywhere with dem
onstrations which were tributes to his
The Washington herald., 1915-07-02
Doings of Society

The Austrian Ambassador and Nine
ming at the Poplars. the Lenox villa
whers the embassy is established for
the summer, taking their guests la,er
to the Aspinwell Hotel for dancing.
Lieut.. Commander and Mrs. Frank
Taylor Evans were hosts at a lunch
con in honor of Admiral and Mrs.
Fletcher preceding the review of the
battalion of naval apprentices at the
training station in Newport wedres-
day. The other guests were Mrs. Rob
ley D. Evans. Chaplain Matthew C.
Gleason, Rear Admiral and Mrs. French
e. Chadwick. and Capt. and Mrs.
Roger Welles.
Miss Edith Temple Oracle left Wash
ington yesterday for Toms River. New
Jersey. where she will be the guest of
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. P. Clifford. Later she
will go to Long Island to make a Sc
ries of visits.
Ensign Marshall Arnold. U. 5. N.
who was recently graduated from the
United States Naval Academy. is at
Mr.. and Mrs. wilmot P. Thompson.
of Goshen, N. Y, announce the en-
gagement of their daughter, Miss Flor
ence Anna, to Mr. Christopher n. ope.
The wedding will take place in oc,o-
Der.
They will make their nome in
Washington. D. c.. where Mr.. Fope
is vice president of the Munsey Trus:
Company.
Mrs. Tallmadge A. Lambert, accompa-
MED by DR.. and Mrs. Davenport White.
has gone to her summer home at South
port Conn.
DR.. and Mrs. Thomas NJ. Chatard left
yesterday for White Sulphur Springs.
Mrs. Chatard's sister. Mrs. Howard, OF
Baltimore. for the summer
A marriage of interest to Washington
took place Wednesday in Norwich. Conn.
when Mrs Harriet Learned Rowland.
formerly of Washington. was married to
Alderman Henry r. Bond. jr., of New
London. The ceremony was performed
by the Rev S. II. Howe. pastor of the
Park Congregational Church. Norwich.
in the presence of 800 guests. including
former Gov. Bliss. of Rhode Island.
The bride was attended by her sister.
Mrs Grosvenor Ely, as matron of honor,
and Miss Betty Rowland, the brides
daughter, was bridesmaid. Mr.. Dennis
Sawyer. of New York. acted as best
map.
Cards have been issued announcing the
marriage of Miss Edna Bell Schaeffer,
daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs. ]. E. Schaeffer.
Of SIS Kennedy street, and Mr.. Thomas
W. Blumenauer. also of this. city. The
Rev. II. II. Ranck performed the cere-
mony, which took place at the brides
residence on Wednesday afternoon. June
so.
Col. and Mrs J. P. O'Neil will leave
Washington shortly for New York City.
Col. O'Neil. who has been on duty at
the War College for some time, Will De
stationed at Plattsburg, n. Y.
Mr.. Larz Anderson has arrived at his
cottage at Bar Harbor. Me.
Mr.. and Mrs. James e. Fitz Gibbon
are entertaining a house party at their
home in Chevy Chase this week. Among
their guests are Miss Ruth EIDE, Mr.. j.
r. Waller and DR.. L. Fritz. all of Du-
buque, Iowa.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank P. Mitchell are
spending some time at White Sulphur
Springs.
Mrs. Newton Gulick is at Che Little
cottage at Newport for the season.
Miss Louise Clark. who has been the
guest of Miss Alma Louise Hodges at
Fort Totten. N. Y. will go to Newport
The Washington herald., 1915-07-02
Navy Not the Road to Wealth.

: The late Admiral Mahan left an estate of
$4,000, including bank account of $4,000 The
American naval orvice offers many inducements
to ambitious youth; but clearly it is not road to
wealth when one OF its bestknown officers OF high
rank, and ono who made himself an autl oritv on
questions OF sea power leaves fortune CT this
small amount.-New York World
The Washington herald., 1915-07-02

The jurors in the trial of Stock Broker Henry
for ENLIGHTENMENT had vague idea yesterday
after hearing the arguments of Attorney Daniel
Thew Wright for the defense. how the Belgans
felt at Liese when the Germans first opened up
with their fortytwo centimeter howitzers.
The Washington herald., 1915-07-02
Any hope that Charles Becker NAV hav,

Any hope that Charles Becker may have had OF
a governor wardng off death as in the case of Leo
Frank has been shattered. In granting Becker
reprieve until July 20, Gov Whitman said it was
the last action he would take in the case Unless
the Supreme Court interferes Becker will follow
the path OF the gunner to the chair
The Washington herald., 1915-07-02
The Zoo Exhibits.

What is there about monkey house that
moves men to obtrude themselves upon women
to whom they have not been duly introduced
Some time ago it will be remembered that dis
tinguished vocalist was fined $40 in New York
for insulting woman in the monkey house, and
recently insults to women in this place of enter
tainment have become SO frequent that magis-
trate has urged that the monkey house be closed.
Probably the example of the monkeys is de-
Observation-Disclosures Record.
The Washington herald., 1915-07-02
FIGHT PROPOSED D1sM1ssA1s
Plate Printers Union VIII Prote.t
to Director Ra1ph.k

The Plate Printers Union has de-
cided to make a determined fight
against the proposal by Director Ralph
OF the Bureau OF Engraving and Print.
The union plans to enlist the Ala ~
plate printers throughout the United
States in its fight to have the twenty.
FIVE men retained.
Resolutions condemning the pro.
posed reduction OF the Bureau force
already have been passed BY the Balti-
more Local Federation. the Allegheny
Trades Council. Of Cumberland, Nd,
and the Federated Trader Council Of
Greater New York.
p. J. Ryan. editor Of the Plate Print.
or, declares that the reduction 10 not
due to lack Of work. but TO- the intro
duction Of power prssses 1t The Bureau
The Washington herald., 1915-07-02
Soon Enough.

Gen Huerta is more acceptable to the people
OF the United States in the role of country gentle
men on fine Long Island estate than as traveller
IN the southwest so near the Mexican border He
says he doesn't expect to return to Mexico for
hve years, at least. That will be soon enough
Springfield Republican.
The Washington herald., 1915-07-02
THE VICTOR.

The man who can laugh at defeat, and grin
In the depths of dark despair,
o he is the chap that will some day win
The bays that the victors wear
His eye is not set on the trials grim
OF today with its need of sorrow,
But high on the prizes to come to him
With the dawn of some glad tomorrow.
Copyright 1881
The Washington herald., 1915-07-02
The DOG and the Flea.

The dog cares not whether his mas
ter is rich or poor. but is as faithful
10 the cottager as to the owner of a
mansion. Same way with the house.
ny. never deserts house because
1t is humble.-Louisville Courier
Journal
The Washington herald., 1915-07-02
The Reason,

Farm products cost more than they
used to-"
Yes, replied the farmer. 'whs,
farh or is supposed to know the
botanical name of what he's raisin' an.
the geological name of the insect that
casts 1t. and the chemical name of
what will XII 1t. somebody's got to
Opinion.
The Washington herald., 1915-07-02
The Man Behind the Stroke.

Yale won glory enough for herself by showing
what the English stroke could do but Pennsyl-
wanna piled more laurels the Blue by demon
stratlng that 1t is the man behind the stroke who
really counts.-New York Evening Sun.
The Washington herald., 1915-07-02

Maj. Pullman has been noticeably silent as to
why he Shook up the police department. The
"shook-up" members of the force who feel like
cats in strange garnet are eagerly awaiting
the majors explanation. Will he dare offer I'm
creased efficiency"
The Washington herald., 1915-07-02

Over in London they have tried and convicted
a for three wife murders in less time than it
generally takes to get jury for one of the Thaw
trials. The London murderer probably will be
hanged before it is determined judicially whether
Thaw is sane.
The Washington herald., 1915-07-02

STUDENT read that Milton spent
fifteen days on one page when writ
ing Paradise Lost
convict-Thats nothing. ! have been
on one sentence six years.-Brooklyn
Evening High School Star.
The Washington herald., 1915-07-02

Wreck and Ruin Reign in Mexico" reads a
newspaper headline. Why don't some papers print
something new?
The Washington herald., 1915-07-02
4 Matter Of Hist0rv

Ihat pretty young widow says she
Is going to break her husbands will
Why. she did that before they had
neeh married week."-Baltimore
American.
The Washington herald., 1915-07-02

The Census Bureau reports that while national
wealth is increasing, the nations debt is also
growing fast After all, Uncle Sam is only human
The Washington herald., 1915-07-02

Bill collectors will increase their nefarous
activity now that ii has been published broadcast
that every woman, man and child in the United
States has $I,o65.
The Washington herald., 1915-07-02
Earning a Living.

Enumerator-How many hands do
you use in your business?"
Nictim-Both Of them-and my feet.
too. for that matter-Judee.
The Washington herald., 1915-07-02
A Line O Cheer Each Day O the Year.
By JOHN KENDRIcK BANGS.

First printing of original poem. wilton AASH
for The Washington Herald
The Washington herald., 1915-07-02

Lately have been seeing man who spent the
summer fishing with nets, not for pleasure merely,
but for living. asked him what kind of living
is provided. He shrugged his shoulders. There's
nothing in it for the fishermen" he said. They're
at the mercy of the big dealers. One day, for ex-
ample, we had big haul of shad. We left it on
the beach to rot, tons of it. There was no use in
our sending it to market. The dealers didn't want
it. There wasn't enough profit in it for them to
bother with it." '.-
docs that kind of thing happen very often?"
asked.
He smiled in derision. ut happens all the time.
There's enough fish thrown away every week to
provide food for thousands of families" Then he
became excited. "The big dealers here have every
thing their way. The fish industry is one of
the biggest monopoles. It's disgraceful tyranny.
The big dealers pay the fishermen whatever they
like. The small fish, such as perch, they hate to
have anything to do with. They consider the
profit not worth their while So there's an i'm
mense waste in small fish alone. And yet such
fish very good eating and could be supplied
cheaply to the people"
In Paris there is great market, called Les
Halles. There the French producers from many
miles around send their produce. AS early as
II o'clock at night in the country districts, the
rumble of the carts begin, the way with their
foodsuhfs to feed the big city. In the early
ing the activity in Les Halles makes great spec
tacle. Visitors go in swarms to see it. Large
quantities of fresh supplies are sold at auction to
the hotel and restaurant keepers And all over the
vast place there are booths for the sale of pro-
duce to the smaller buyers. These include the
tradesmcn with small shops in different parts of
Paris. The market, stocked in the early morning
is cleaned out by night. From the producers it
exacts a percentage for the sales. In this way
the producers and the consumers are easily and
conveniently brought together to the advantage of
both.
The Washington herald., 1915-07-02
Morning Smiles.
A Threat.

A Threat.
rs he finished musician"
NO, but he will be IL he doesn't le,
up soon. "-Philadelphia Press.
The Washington herald., 1915-07-02
D. JOHN u. BARRY.

A we approached the city on the river boat
"A my companion pointed to the lowlands on
either side of the river and said: Here is where
most of our asparagus is raised" Then he added
with a faint smile: "And here is where they had
the great eonAagration of asparagus"
"ConAagration of asparagus?" I repeated.
what do you mean"
oh. the prices weren't high enough to suit
the controllers of the market. So they burned up
a few thousand dollars worth Of asparagus to limit
the supply" a.... .'
The Washington herald., 1915-07-02
Our COUNTRY SD,
WOUR PRESIDENT
AZZSldIN mezaez1l1ZlWl8
9|1N00DR)K NILSSON
THE FINAL TEST

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