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Whitman.

The opponents Of Gov. Whitman
stressed three points in the recent
New York campaign. Il
% He was candidate for third
term, and the rule in the state was
against a third term. They insisted
that it should not be departed from
in his case; that there was not sufi-
cient merit in his two terms to entitle
him to a third.
(2) He was accused Of fostering
presidential boom for himself. It was
asserted, indeed, that that explained
his wish for third term as governor;
that he desired to be in full control at
Albany when the time came for select
ing the delegates to the next repub-
lican national convention, so as to be
able to bind them to his own interest
This charge was intended to operate on
the friends Of Mr.. Roosevelt, who
wanted the delegates pledged to him.
(3) Prohibition would destroy very
large property interests in the state,
besides temporarily throwing out of
employment large numbers of men.
And yet, as Gov. Whitman's opponents
complained, he had been, and still was,
urging prohibition on the voters.
The governor was defeated. The
enormous majority he had secured in
his second race was wiped out, and a
majority of some ten thousand thrown
for candidate carrying the weight Of
Tammany's tag. The governors oppo-
nents were jubilant and considered
him done for. Their jubilation was
premature.
Since the election Mr.. Roosevelt has
died, and hence the Roosevelt presi-
Dental boom has disappeared. Gov.
Whitman's friends have no longer to
reckon with it, but are at liberty to
boom him for all that his name may be
worth. There is reason to believe that
they will improve their opportunity.
In less than thirty days after the in
auguration of the anti-prohibition gov
ernor, the prohibition amendment to
the federal Constitution is ratified.
Gov. Whitman's attitude, therefore, has
received national Endorsement. New
York is affected along with al her
sister states. Nothing that Gov. Smith
could do would in any degree change
the situation.
On the face of things, Gov. Whitman
does not appear as a man done for
politically. How strong he may be at
home as respects his party's national
leadership in 1920 is question. But
that his defeat last November, largely
on the prohibition issue, will perma-
nently disable him, with prohibition
an established decree in two months
after the election seems most improb-
able.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-01-26
Liberty Hall" War Memorials
From the New York World.

From the New YORK World.
A representative of the Department of
Labor. speaking at the public forum Of
the Church Of the Ascension, urged
the building of Liberty Halls" as war
memorials. They would be far more
fitting monuments to the hero dead"
than shafts Of stone or metal. and
their erection would help Offset $3.-
100000, 900 deficit in building CONSTITUTE
ton. The plan Is eminently "practi-
cal" But is our commemoration Of
Americas ideals In the war to be
based on considerations OF practical
ity? Are the memorials to be useful
first. with only a secondary regard
for their artistic merit? And is not
their capability Of inspiring such SEN
timents the basic test Of the appropri-
ateness OF all war memorials? The
country has enough examples of the
useful. It needs statuary and monu-
mental art more than buildings
There is plenty Of time. and some
thing may even be left to posterity In
the commemorationp Of . great cause
the benefits OF which, arc not only
TEMPORARY.
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The Peace Conference.
"iShall we get the true story Of t
1eaca eonferencef0


peace conferenceW
IT think so. In time"
"Upon what is your reliancei"
"The training of the men who are on
hand to report it. The pick of the
American correspondents have had to
do with Congress, the pick of the Eng
ish correspondents with parliament,
the pick of the French with their ma
tional assembly"
"But they are to be held at arms
length"
"Figuratively, yes. But they'll get
close enough. They are hunting in
couples, and know how to beat the
bushes for game. You've heard about
the executive sessions of our Senate"
eyes, and the story that the pub
ished accounts of them are usually
accurate"
"They must be, or there'd be less
complaint by supersensitive senators
on the subject"
"The forbidden thing is always in
request, and tempting"
Eyes, and often secured"
"The sessions of the conference
would probably be more interesting to
the members themselves if public. In
the presence Of a large gallery the
speakers would be more inspired.
What do you thinks"
II doubt that. You see, none is
young. Clemenceau is seventy eight.
Balfour is past seventy. Lloyd George
is getting along. The Italians are car
rying weight for age, and our man,
the President, is past sixty. Men of
advanced years, aud odd performers,
as all these men are, do not feel the
thrill of youngsters in the presence of
crowd. They are often at their best
in small and select company"
Maybe the executive sessions Of the
Senate are choice occasions"
II was just going to cite a tradition
of the Senate, to the effect that maybe
the most brilliant discourse ever de-
livered by Roscoe Conkling, a very
brilliant man, was staged in an execu-
tive session Of that body. The topic
suited him, the auditors he knew were
following him with understanding, and
he quite eclipsed himself. There were
men present who didn't like Conkling
but they agreed with his friends at the
close that so remarkable a perform
ance-full Of wit, sarcasm, humor, ar
gument and persuasiveness-would be
something always to remember"
"Did he carry his point7"
"Eo; that was the surprising feature
of the case. After yielding to the spell
Of his eloquence, the majority voted
against him."
"You have faith, then, in the repre-.
sentatives Of the press assembled in
PARISH"
GAIL faith. The fourth estate has
never fallen down with a big assign,
ment; and it was never in better keller
than now"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-01-26

Psychologists have asserted that no
man contemplates or engages In crime
while indulging in comfortable
smoke. Arrangements for feeding the
Hun might wisely include provision.
for the after dinner cigar.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-01-26

Some Of the allies regard Sazanoff's
statement that he will not "sit down
with assassins" as n somewhat imprac-
teal effort to draw social distinctions
in Russian politics.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-01-26

Enough time will elapse to permit a
renewal Of unbounded enthusiasm
when the armistice is concluded by
agreement upon the terms Of enduring
peace.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-01-26
Quagmires in
the Streets.

most impossible. A protest against
the procedure then in vogue in carry
ing out improvements of this char
acter is printed in The Star of Janu-
airy IS, 1869:
''The experiment of carrying out
street improvements in the way of
opening them late in the fall and in
the early winter months seems to
work badly in one particular; that is,
in leaving the streets a perfect quag-
mire during the rest of the winter.
the thoughtlessness shown in making
irregular excavations at points over
the ground to be cut away, instead of
working from the ends, with view
to maintaining the drainage. Thus
the water stands in pools and puddles,
not only making travel impossible,
but, from the unhealthfulness OF new.
ly opened ground in a water-Soaked
condition, serves to help the doctors
and apothecaries to a great deal of
business during this open winter. The
way how not to do it in the line
of street improvements-so-c
shown in the condition of the cutting
on south G street between 7th and 9Th
streets. The grade is so steep at both
ends that not a gill of water need
liant tactics of somebody the work
has been left half done. covered with
standing pools of milk land GLASSES
colored water. The result is that
from being one of the most healthy To-
calities in the city there is scarcely
an hour in the day that doctor may
not be seen entering some house there"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-01-26
Inuuisitiyeness.

"When does the next train leave for
Chicagop
"That's funny!" exclaimed the OBJ
viously inexperienced railroad clerk. II
never knew anything to arouse so much
inquisitiveness. You are the sixth per-
son who has asked me that question in
the last half hour"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-01-26

Mr.. Swift refers to the desirabi1ity
Of reasonable regulation Of the meat
business. In the vocabulary of courts
and legislatures there is no word more
flexible and elusive than reasonable"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-01-26

A cynical suggestion that the statue
Of liberty be returned to France rep
resents in itself a freedom Of speech
that guarantees the natural privileges
Of republic.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-01-26

Mention Of Social lobby" is cal
culated to encourage some Of those old
time publishers Of hectic "Washing-
ton novels" to step forward and claim
q vindication.
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An Apprehension.

Way over yonder dar's trouble in de
air.
I sorter got de notion dat don't much
care,
But sort got a s'picion dat it won't be
time to laugh
If dey's gineter mako pork chop cost
dollar an half.
De trouble over yonder, tain no fault
o. yours nor mine,
AM sposed dat dishere neighborhood
was where dey draw de line,
But dar's boats down in do ocean an
dar's airships in de sky,
An mebbe dem all troubles gineter
hnn 10 swim Or dy.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-01-26

A certain .vengeful satisfaction may
be felt by old John Barleycorn if
heavy tax is put on ice cream soda
water.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-01-26

Changes in custom and sentiment
make it safe to assert that the Fourth
of July will never again be the hoi-
day it once was.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-01-26
The Critical Quiz.

The Critical Quiz.
"a man has to be smart to make a
vast fortune like yours"
eyes," admitted Mr.. Dustin Stax
"He's got to know more than he gave
even himself credit for when it comes
to answering questions in the inevi-
table investigation"
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Fickleness.

The furnace is a tickle friend,
So warm in sunny weather.
But when the heavy frosts impend
It quits me altogether.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-01-26

It is evident that the railroad bust
ness has to round a few more sharp
curves.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-01-26

IF last winter had been as mild as
this one the work of the fuel admin
istration would have been much easier.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-01-26

The weather prophet is still gleeful-
" confident that the worst is yet to
come.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-01-26

Peace seems a simple, normal mat
TOR until the diplomatic logicians pro-
ceed to take it in hand.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-01-26
SHOOTING STARS.
BY pH1I.ANDER JOHNSON.
The Only Explanation.

The Only Explanation.
"Your husband tells me he has quit
betting on horsesp
"Oh, dcar!" exclaimed young Mrs4
Torkins. "Charley's broke again"
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HOW PROHIBITION HITS TRADE
The United States has gone dry.
throwing into the discard a tremen-
fi0flnIy big industry.

The United States has gone dry,
throwing into the discard a tremen-
dously big industry.
Foreign Trade The public d
even some of those
Sese~. who are in close
touch with business conditions have
failed to realize how this wave of
prohibition sweeping over the United
States has affected foreign trade.
Not only has an export trade that
has been growing rapidly during the
last five or six years been suddenly
out off. but some related industries in
this country have been threatened
with extinction, or at least serious
loss of business. But with American
production Of beer and liquors cut off,
certain countries. notably in South
America, which have depended for
their supply of brewed and distilled
beverages upon importations from the
United States, are now importing or
producing the raw materials and
manufacturing for themselves.
This has opened new market for
the raw crops in the United States,
and for accessories such as bottles
and cork caps, as well as for brew
the United States has opened up a
more varied trade with South Amer
lea and other countries
X
This readjustment has been a very
important matter to a large number
Of people, 1t has been
Indne+r;o1 humanitarian as well
as an industrial prob
1Ioplem. lem. The bureau of
foreign and domestic commerce has
taken a leading part among govern
ment establishments in assisting the
industry and related industries to
meet the changing conditions with as
little suffering and loss as possible.
The Latin American division Of the
commerce bureau has been especially
active because there has been heavy
and increasing trade in beer, wines
and liquors between the United States
and the southern republics.
Take the growing of hops. for ex-
ample. This has been great home
industry in California, where women
and children did much of the harvest
work. 1t was source of revenue
quite vital to the communities. An
ticipating the prohibition movement,
the federal commerce bureau through
the Latin American division has been
aiding in the development of trade in
hops between California and the west
coast of South America. In Panama
the hops trade of the United States
advanced from 1904 kilos in 1912
to 21,0O6 kilos in 1915. In Peru before
the war Germany had practical
monopoly on the hop trade, amount
ing in 1913 to 32,SS9 kilos, while the
same year the United States shipped
in but one kilo. In 1915 the United
States sold in Peru 1924 kilos, out
stripping Great Britain, which sent
in 1926 kilos. In Chile the develop
ment of the United States trade was
even more marked. In 1914 Germany
supplied Sass kilos. while the United
States sold only 3,005, but in 1915 the
German imports were only $3.50 as
against 7o.2s5 from the United States,
and In 1916 and 1917 the United
States had a monopoly of the Chilean
market. with 92.340 and s0.5S3 kilos,
respectively.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-01-26
FIFTY YEARS AGO IN THE STAR

The possibility OF the purchase BY
the United States from Spain of the
Island of Cuba nifty
A Deal On toyears ago was enter
Buy cuha tanned and nesoua.
undertaken This matter Il thus men.
toned In The Star Of January 20, 1869:
1T is now stated positively that
negotiations are pending between our
government and Spain for the trans
fer of the Island Of Cuba to the
United States. the only material dit
ference to overcome being apparently
the price to be paid to the Spanish
government Agents Of the Cuban
insurgents are also here for the pur-
pose of inducing our government to
recognize them as bellfgerents. 1t
may prove to be somewhat Of a draw
back to the negotiations that Con-
gress Is now giving cold shoulder
to purchases OF territory. But then
Cuba is a very different affair from
frozen Alaska or quaky st. Thomas.
We doubt If Mr.. Washburne himself
would not vote aye for its acquisi-
ton"
Had the wishes of Gen. Grant been
strictly followed fifty years ago there
would have
Gen. Grant Wanted No been no in,
augural ball
Inaugural Ball on the oc-
CASTOR of his first induction into OF
fee. as there was mono forty-fourt
wears later in respect for the wishes
of Mr.. Wilson. In The Star OF Janu-
ary %, 1869, is printed the foiiowins
text of a letter sent by Gen. Grant 10
the secretary of the committees
Understanding that the commi..ee
of which you are secretary meets LIE
evening for the purpose of arranging
for the Inauguration ball. i Venture
IN drop YOU q line to say that II any
choice is left to me l. wouiG DC
pleased to see it dispensed VIII.
do not wish to disarrange any pas
made by my friends In the maj,
ceremonies attending the inaugura
tinn INT in this matter 1t Will pc
agraeable to me IL your committee
should agree that the bali is unneces-
Notwithstanding Gen. Grants per-
sonal wish, an inaugural Dali was He0
in the Treasury building.
X
washtneton's hopes OF Legislation TO
permit the establishment OF additionai
railway connec-
Co., c:l.~ lions b e t ween
oen"sS the capital and
Railway Bill. other parts of
the country were raised fifty years
ago when the Senate took up a bill TO
this effect despite opposition. The star
of January %, 1863, says:
.'The course of the Senate debate ana
the action of that body upon the rail-
road question are on the whole quite
encouraging to the cause of the peo-
pie and correspondingly depressing 70
the monopoly interests The fsct tnat
a majority Of the Senate voted TO t4ke
up the bill in the face Of the desperate
effort to throw it over is a good sign.
as showing that the gigantic railroad
lobby has failed to make the head
way claimed in the Senate But
whether the bill succeeds or not at
this session, the principles 1t embodies
have acquired such strength that the
time of its adoption is but question
Of months"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-01-26

The German chancellorship has as
serted itself as one Of those Offices
that seek the man.
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II want q job where I can be my
own boss" remarked the young man.
"You probably will be disappointed"
answered Senator Sorghum. "No read
boss ever succeeds in electing himself
to any conspicuous distinction"
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has developed a domestic brewing in
dustry in South America.

4uo WHO UuSIuSSS III ARE cAlIHd duQ
other South American states has been
largely in the hands of
A, Wartime italians. and when
>. Italy went into the
Handicap. war those who are
conducting the industry answered the
call of the mother country to arms.
Therefore the wine industry has been
handicapped for the last two years.
According to the Prensa, an infiu-
entail and reliable journal of Argen-
tina. it is now proposed to put into
effect law fixing high license taxes
on the sale of alcoholic drinks, and
stating that much insanity is due to
their use.
These are some of the foreign trade
conditions that have bearing on or
are Influenced by the prohibition leg
islation in this country. The devel-
oping domestic wine and brewery
businesses, and the partnership ice
business are demanding machinery
from the United States. There is an
Increasing call for bottles and bot
tie caps made in the United States.
Barrels. and especially barrel slaves,
have been shipped in large quantities
to South America and some concerns
are selling discriminating machinery
in the Latin-American countries.
The federal foreign trade advisers
In the Latin-American division are
now giving American manufacturers
and exporters of substitute drinks
and beverages, which are classed as
''non-alcoholic," some very valuable
advice. Certain of the South Ameri-
can countries have very strict pure
food laws. Some of the interests in
the United States have lost consider
able money because they did not stop
to consider these conditions in the
markets to the south.
The bureau of foreign and domestic
commerce is endeavoring to keep the
manufacturers posted as regards the
changes in these laws. Care must be
taken, too. because in some of the
countries the tax collectors are paid
by allowing them a percentage Of
the duties they collect on imports,
and in some cases very heavy duty
fines have been imposed for techni-
calities and minor attractions of the
import regulations, or peculiar re-
strlctions in the food law.
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It was just fifty years ago that the
United States began to establish q
foraicn m n n a y
International
Money Orders.

AAtCA udt1Oudl
Money Orders. ary IS. 1853, is the
following news item relating to the
first move in this direction:
1.-The Post Office Department is now
engaged in arranging the final details
for an international money order sys-
tenn between the United States and
the government of Switzerland. When
this is completed and put into opera
ton the same arrangements will be
made with other countries. The Can
adam government has already made
application for the establishment Of
money order system. On the first OF
February next money order system
between the North German Confedera-
ton and the agents of the Bremen
line of steamships. sailing under the
German confederation flag. will be in
augurated. This line, which has
agents in all the principal cities OF the
United States. will issue money orders
upon the post Offices of the North Ger
man Confederation, which will be
honored upon presentation, and like
orders will be issued upon the agents
in this country by the post Offices
there. This arrangement is by con-
sent of the Post Office Department and
will be continued until an interna-
tional money order system is entered
into between the two countries, which
Will probably be in the course Of a
few months"
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Native Wine
Industry.

California growers have gone to Mem
doza and helped to organize and de-
velop the wine industry. The result
is that Argentina has been growing
as a wine-exporting country from
3,251 gallons in 1912 to 227.S14 gal
Ions in 1915-with an increasing de-
mand for American machinery.
Californian wines were just COM
ing into strong rivalry with Portu-
euese wines in Brazil when prohibit
ton stopped the export trade as we'll
as manufacture.
In Guatemala there has been large
trade in California wines and a very
heavy importation of liquors. whis-
kies and beer. chiefly from New York.
American beer was coming into
good demand in Switzerland when
war shut off that market even be-
fore prohibition put the lid on.
The brewing interests in South
America are principally in the hands
of the Germans. Valdivia, in South
Chile is the heart of the German set
Elements. In Brazil they are clustered
in and around Sac Paulo. There the
brewing business--and. in fact,
throughout the tropics-is linked in
with the ice-making business.
AS a result the market is opening
up for ice making machinery as well
as for brewing machinery.
The cutting Off of the German trade
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There is another industry in the
United States that seems far removed
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-01-26

Of hops and was
To+;r Amar;no able to compete in
that market with
Interested. Great Britain be-
cause of the large yield per acre.
Chile has been an especially good
market for wet" trade. because the
population is largely Indian. and the
rate of arrests for drunkenness has
been about the highest of any place
in the world The authorities have
been much disturbed by the preva-
lence Of alcoholism.
Many Of the Latin American coun-
tries are swinging into the prohibi-
ton stride, and the speed of the
movement is causing considerable
foreign trade perplexity. Mexico un-
der Carranza dominance has had
strict prohibition legislation. Prior
to March 4, 1915. the manufacture or
hibited in the state of Durango.
Heavy taxes on alcohol and spirituous
liquors were imposed in the state OF
Vera Cruz on October IL. 1917. The
prohibition question in Chile is caus-
ing serious question regarding the
income of the country.
These matters have been matter of
great concern to one of the biggest
Industries in the United States. which
foresaw that it would have to liqui-
date. and the federal bureau has been
making careful field studies Of the
legislation in Other countries and
how conditions there fitted in with
the impending change in the industry
in the United States.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-01-26

In support Of their claim to the
Thracian area, including CONSTANT
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-01-26

Washington's street pavements were
bad enough fifty years ago when I'M
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1919-07-22

The Daily Leader is the place to
advertise. IL brings results.