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THURSDAY, BEPTBMBER .r., 1007.
INTERSTATE COMMERCE COM?
MISSION'S FUTURE.
One of the niest interesting papers
road before the American Bar Asso
elation al Portland, Me., was that
Contributed by Mr. Charles A. Pronty,
of lb)' Federal interstate c?.nerco
Commission, wlllon was rend before
the associailou by .lodge William II.
Stake, of Philadelphia. It was 0><
i-la red la this paper that the most
Important social question before the
country today Is the regulation of
Its railways; that for the last two
years it lias o?bn tue foreinosl polltl
cal Issue, and that it probably win
occupy thai place until Bottled. Too
railways have come to bo the prlncl
pal luefus cf physical communica?
tion ami have come to take the place
Of public highways. Hul. Mr. i'rouly
says, these highways, while public In
iiso, are private in ownership, and
tho capital Invested III tllOlll lllls been
put there upon the understanding that
ll shall hO allowed to earn a return,
and while the government must pro?
tect the cit lr.cn lo the use of these
avenues of transportation, it must
niSo protect the individual In the en?
joyment of his property. This much
Is obvious to all. What is not al?
ways so clearly apprehended, the
commissioner continues, Is the dan?
ger of deterring capital fron) necking
this form of Investment In tho future.
If the demands upon the railways are
to be met, enormous sums must bo
expended In extensions and Improve?
ments, and these ?expenditure* can?
not tie made out of earnings, but must
come largely from new money drawn
from Hie Invosttrig public, Every sys?
tem of regulation, therefore, should
assure capital of Just treatment.
Attention is directed by Mr. Pronty
to the fact that under the present law
the commission Is charged with two
sets of duties requiring diverse qual?
ifications .for their discharge. In tho
first place it stands as the representa?
tive of the government |() cnro
that the highways over which it has
jurisdiction ate In fact public, lo on
force the provisions of he Inter..tale
AJominerce law, and lo see that rates
nre reasonable and just; thai iho prac?
tices and regulations of railways are
not oppressive, and that tho penalties
provided by the act are enforced. In
the near futuro, In his view, its powers
most I.xtendcd to the operation <>f
the railways as well. These duties tiro
largely executive and can best be dis?
charged by a single head, responsible
to tho executive and answerable lo
the spur of popular criticism. In tue
second place the commission is a
judical tribunal which hears and de?
cides complaints. The qualifications
of such a body are the exact opposite
'Of the oilier. Its membership should
bo numerous, so that its decisions
may 1? the result of the nctlon of
Independent minds; It should be en?
tirely withdrawn from all political
und personal influences, and it should
have time for the deliberate considera?
tion of the matters coming before It.
Regarding these divergent functions
of the Interstate Commerce Commls
nlon, Mr. Pronty' suggests that while
the orders of that body were unim?
portant and subject to review in the
courts, the union of these functions
may have been well enough, but that
a different question Is presented with
the extension of its jurisdiction nnd
of Us power of final action. That
practical ist mil Ion has, ho says, now
arisen, Tho jurisdiction o( the com?
mission has lioon enormously lucrcns
oil, nail Its decision with respect to
most of Hi,, matter.? which It hoars Is,
in tils opinion, practically final. He
feels, therefore, thai under existing
conditions the duties of the commis?
sion should ho separated. Ills opin?
ion seems to he thai the same body
cannot long properly discharge linlh
Hie functions mentioned, and that, in
fuel, the lime has come when the
commission should he relieved of all
Ms duties except the hearing and
deciding of complaints, while its ex
ecutlvo functions might he transfer?
red lo a bureau In some dopurlment,
which from the first would have oc?
cupation In plenty. This suggestion
from a thoughtful member of the
commission seems deserving of at?
tention. It might not he necessary
to create a department to look niter
tho executive work. That might lie
devolved upon n commissioner in one
of tin- departments, say Hint of Com?
merce-, hut its successful performance
wonhi call for tho employment or a
man or unusual cull bor; such a one,
Indeed, as would fill acceptably a
Cabinet post.
POLITICS ON ALL SIDES.
The approach of the presidential
campaign Is plainly heralded by
events, nilil by the stale of mind as
shown by those events. It Is now in
order to bring out the old lime WOHl
phrase "tho political cauldron Is be
gluing to bubble." There seems to h ?
|poltMcs In everything, or nt least
people are beginning to attach poli?
tical significance.to everything that
anybody of consequence does or savs.
.lust what kind cd campaign woik
Secretary Taft Is going to do while
whirling around tho world does not
rppenr unite clear, bit' Hull his trip
is full of political significance all the
wiseacres agree. Then there Is tho
coming trip of Secretary Hoot in Mex?
ico; polities from start (0 finish, UM
Is this name cabinet officer's ntay ->u
a health gaining farm. Krank H.
Hitchcock, first assistant postinnatot
general, has recently returned from a
trip through tho Southwest, and it \a
declared that bo comes back with
various and sundry stale delegations
lucked away in bis pocket, ami all up
for Roosevelt. Speaker Cannon cuts
down bis Cigar bill; done to catch
tho attention of anti-smokers and
other similar people, declare Iho
political know-it nils. Governor Folk
talks to convent Ions whenever ho gels
a chance and ut the same time fixes
up his fences, say the pooplo who
keep posted. And so It goes along tho
entire length of the line. Everything
said or done by Roosevelt, llryan,
Fairbanks, TIugHos, LaFollotto and a
half hundred or more Democrats and
ItepuMlcnnS who have been "nun
tinned," and everything not done by
them is now saturated with political
significance.
Not only tho doings and the un?
doings of those ones are politically
construed, hut in the slates and in
(he counties and (owns, the down
sittlnga and the uprisings of the local?
ly conspicuous fellows, nre trough!
with deep significance, in connection
with one office or other, from con?
stable to county judge, Tho same In
true of other events besides the do?
ings of individuals. The sending of
tho fleet of battleships to the Pacific
ocean is viewed as a shrewd polltl
cal move, and (he giving of a house
party of the appearance at a church
fair or lawn festival Is nowadays ac?
cepted as a sein me lo win public at?
tention or capture the favor of the
dear people.
Ii Is all rather amusing and In
ordinary limes so much talk and
speculation relative to the president?
ial situation works harm upon the
business interest of the country, but
this year fortunately everything is
on too substantial a basis lo be unset?
tled My political gossip. It has been
contended that this country always
has a presidential campaign on this
hands and there Is much truth in the
statement, and it Is one of tho main
arguments In favor or making the
term of President longer as It is
believed that If the occupant of the
White House could be in it for Six
or eight years there would be a
chance that the country cm.hl fol?
get for a few months nl least that
another presidential election was
ahead.
Secretary Loob is still making an?
nouncements but ever since he was
'so positive that the battleships were
not going lo the Pacific the people
wonder If he is really so much In the
"Inside"' as he professes to be.
President Roosevelt and his four
sons have officially closed the straw
hat season by appearing with felt
headgears. This leaves us all free to
change whenever we want to.
The calamity howlers are prepar?
ing to lay all the blame on Roosevelt
when the expected panic occurs.
Nonsense. What Is Loob employed for
except to take the blame for all
things?
A lobby out in Detroit Buvod
life, according to :i lll8|llltcll, liy walk?
ing oVcr the keys of oh office which
Had boon closed by iho Btrlkc. h la
lucblonlnly romnrked that tho cat wan
an honorary mom bor or tho union. He
ought to lose tho distinction, for sun
ly ho must bo a scab to work a key
ilUindoncd by a union man.
The fifty union men who nttneked
two telephone girls ami Lvutully beat
them because they were attempting
to shield two men who would not .1
tho Union, displayed remarkable I.1,
cry. || certainly doos lake gn at I
courage lor 50 able bodied nion t<
beat two frail women.
A man out In Wisconsin died Slid
denly after his wages had been raised.,
i Most of us would take a chance thai
such a fate would not bo our lot if]
we beard Iho Baute news.
Nature faking controversies wen
all right In the mill summer dullnoBi
but the people have lost Interest in}
thorn, for which let all of us give
I up thank offerings.
A Teddy bear has been sent to the
young Prince or the Aslurla. What
the mailer with sending till of I hem
lo hlni?
The theatres lire opening In Hie big
(dib s? The churches next.
The human Kugle is a flyer all
right.
The only friends the railroads have
those days are their paid attorneys.
WITH THE PARAGRAPHERS
RS^J
How seldom money and common |
sense nie parceled out together!
-- V.igstown Telegram.
The Pacific Island known
Pleasant does not belong lo us. Med
of our islands are unpleasant.? HI. I
Louis Pout Dispatch.
The Inmates or the Indiana Stalo
Asylum for the Insane have voted
Henry .lames Hie most popular autli-'
or.?Know lie Sentinel,
There are said lo be Intelligent
people on Mars. If so, they must I."
much amused every lime they look
toward the earth.?New York Mall.
II is n curious fact thai II Is olily
when an elderly person Is very rich
that he or she Is regarded as insane
for wanting to make a foolish mar?
riage.?New York Evening Sun.
"1 never talk unless I have facta''
says .1. Plorponl Morgan. What a diltij
place the Capitol would be Ihls will'|
(er If our statesmen were lo follow!
II.sample or ibis captain ?( in-.
dlit.try.?Washington Post.
A colonel bearing Lbhe appropriate
name of Grandy will now be the bf-|
fil ial dress suit wearer for the Jamcr-I
town Exposition.?Washington Times.!
The telegraphers' strike calls at-1
lontlon to tho fact that Bomohow the
I supply of arbitration Is prevented
from being equal to the demand.j
- -.Washington Star.
"Do animals reason?" asks 001,1
George tlnrvby. Surely the Colonel]
(n't trying to start something else!
with the President.?Washington Her?
ald.
The Chicago ml Alton gels an Im?
munity bath. loo. The worst thing,
about * Immunity baths is that I hey
never clean up anything.?Phllaad. i
phla Inquirer.
A Peddler of Chontnuta.
One summer a well known sonntor
went back to bis birthplace and of
course made a Speech to the friends Of
bis childhood.
"How well 1 remember these old
familiar scenes!" be said. "Here Is the
bouse where I was born. Here Is the
old well and there the garden patch.
Yonder arc the wo.mIs. and there Is the
meadow. Along the meadow is the
row of stately trees where 1 picked
chestnuts when I was a mere hid"?
"Yes." broke In an old neighbor, who
seemed to lie a bit bared, "and you
have been peddling them ever since."
Whereupon the meeting closed.?Sat?
urday Evening Post.
Why Cabby Smiled.
"When 1 was in Paris," Bald Hie girl
who bus Just got home, "1 took a
French lesson every day. it was my
custom to write It down on one side of
n card and my address on the other,
the address very plain so that the cub?
by could read It and take me home If
I happened to get lost. ,
"Olio day 1 handed a cabby the card
with the address on It. lie looked at
me In a puzzled way, then smiled
sweetly. I took the card and looked
at 11. 1 had banded It to him with
my daily lesson 0:1 the top side. The
lesson was, 'I urn pleased to meet yon,'
written in Froach."?Exchange.
Tho Intelligent D.-homian Life,
t'orot, the French landscape painter,
was a model of consistent boliemian
Ism of the best kind. When bis fa?
ther said, "You shall have ?K0 a year,
your plate at my table and be a paint?
er, or you shall hnve ?4,000 to start
with If you will be a shopkeeper," Ids
choice was made at once, lie remain?
ed always faithful Id true bobemlun
principles, fully understanding tho
value of leisure.?Philip Gilbert liatn
ertoo* ?'
HINTS FOR FARMERS
Hairy Vetch a Soil Fertiliser.
An Alabama bulletin shows Hint t!u>'
hairy vetch on nil aero, vines, roots
llllll seeil. contains 2011 |M>IIIw1h Of nitro?
gen. This Is it very high percentage
I ml muk?s thin crop extremely valu
llble for putting nitrogen lute the soil, :
mill more than luiif ?>( it comes from ;
Iho ulr. .
Stock not familiar with veleli will
nave to loam to cat it; then they pre j
for It to other legumes. Hill the point \
ibotlt It that most couitnonilH it is lift i
value iim a fertiliser ami the fact thai
It may lie sown both lall nml spring;.
mill Hinke g.I crops, In fall, lifter u |
rummer crop Is olt, H may 1h> sown 1
ami make u good crop to plow under
In the spring. II Is claimed lo he
preferable to most of the leguminous
crops for use In the north.
W hen sown In spring II also makes
ii good growth nml can he plowed un?
der and very soon rot''. Owing to Its
fertilizing properties It Is also a vnlu
nbio cover crop for orchards. Some of
the largest orchard owners recommend
It as among the liest plants fur or?
chards.- Cor. Farm Progress,
Cnro of Sheep In the Fall.
Ill hot, dry lulls sheep suffer very
much. If the drought makes the pas
lure short, the necessity of grazing in
the hot sun long enough to get a full
feeil causes the sheep to sillier from
the heat.
Every pasture should he provided
With plenty of Blinde and a supply of
caul, fresh water. Sheep seem to drink
very little, hut what (hey do drink
might to he us good iis possible. A
thick clump of trees, under which there
Is undergrowth, is the liest thing lo
bnse for shade.
tu such a place sheep will spend Ihe
hot part of Ihe day anil he compara?
tively free from flics; A sited built to
keep out light Is a very attractive
place to sleep. They are very sensi?
tive to Hies, und when they can get
Into a cool, dark place llicy are free
from I hem.
Crop Bound Fowls.
In the ltural New Yorker a contrib?
utor gives bis metiioil of treating n crop
bound fowl as follows, said to be never
falling If applied In lime:
"Tilko toilet soap the sl/.e of a large
pea, iMp In water nml put hi the chick?
en's mouth. Immediately give nbout
four toiispoohfula of water. Carefully
kiieml the crop until soflenuil. In an
hour or two give u tublcspoohftll of
castor oil, or linseed oil (raw) will an?
swer. Knead again. Shut the chicken
up and leave water fur It, keeping all
kinds of food from It. Next day. If the
crop is becoming empty, fowl ?eine soft
feed with a little grease In It. In a
few days II w 111 be well. For young
chickens use nbout half the amount."
Sheep Notes.
A Bock of sheep will keep the wood
pasture pretty well cleaned up, but
they cannot live on weeds ami brush.
It Is a great waste of lime nml mon?
ey to allow sheep to become too old
for mutton or wool, (let rltl of them
In time.
There is scarcely a dock Iii die coun?
try but (bat dipping will make better
and far more comfortable. 1
Tile sheep killing dog should be
placed on the same footing as one uf
lilctcd with hydrophobia. Nobody asks
any questions regarding what should
be done with a rabid animal, yet a
sheep tblcf dees tea times more dam?
age than a mud dog.
S.ivo tho Early Pallets.
Don't make a mistake lu Ihe selec?
tion of birds for next winter's layers.
Many farmers sell their largest, earli?
est hutched birds because they are In
goed demand and will bring a good
price. Keep the earliest hutched, best
developed birds for your egg producers
ami breeders. All Unit are left are the
late hatched pullets and cockerels that
go undeveloped Into winter quarters,
Breeding from such birds will degen?
erate any Hook of fowls If you per?
sist to such methods long enough. To
have curly winter layers Ihe birds must
grow to maturity. The early batched
honltby chick makes the good winter
layer.
Grain For Hogs on Pasture.
Some grain should be fed to the hngj
on grazing crops?OU0 to three pounds
per day, depending on tin* age und
size of the nuliunls. An ear or two of
corn will often be all Hint Is IICCCS
Bury, says a hog grower. Ity using
grazing crops the corn can be made
to go much further nml a tietlcr qual?
ity of pork obtained at a lower cost
per pound. Hogs kept on grazing
crops are under the very liest sanitary
conditions. Tho plan suggested will
provide grazing for twenty-Ova to fifty
hogs, depending on tho character of
the land and the crop season.
Feeding Grain to Mares.
The mare thai is suckling a young
colt, even though she may have the
run of a good pasture, should be fed a
little grain In addition. Hrau ami eats
will not only enable her to give more
milk, but will furnish Iho elements In
her inllk needed for the growth nml de?
velopment of bone and muscle In the
colt.
^nrm Manuro Best.
Farm made manures are the most
valuable in Improving the physical
condition ?>f the soil. Commercial fer?
tilizers are apt to liinko soil heavy,
while tlii- bai n yard article lightens up
the soil and sots other factors to work.
Green Forage For 8wine.
The man who raises hogs and does
not have abundant green forage Is not
making the best use of Ids grain food.
A Held of ry.0 sown during early fill!
will come on early lu the sprlug and
furnish u lot of cheap teed.
'nrmmntMHiiiiMii iimmurun rtt?y "Tran
It'* Half Price Now
Tor all
Panama Hats
AH 83.50 Oxfords in
Patent, Gun Metal
and Vici Kid now
LARGEST OPTICAL
HOUSE ON THE
PENINSULA
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I irji headache I?? due to the ?so of the eyos too patients usually awake
frco 9 >m it unless thej havi bocn working lata the night beforo, when
; the lujnlnches Is often severe on awakening and will often pass ?rr during
the di*. it usually begins alK>ut 11 Dr 12 o'clock In the day?often starts
with f little discomfort In tho eyes; then there comes n dull pain through
i the (Alples. Often a little rest will stop tho pain, but If work is persisted
in IIm pain will gradually Increase till the sufferer Is obliged to close tho
oycsjind got Into tho dark. At lining the pain la referred back to tho ear
and It others to the back of the neck.
BROTHERS. Bankers
Your money is secure v.linn
deposited with this bank.
40i
ON SAVINGS ACCOUNTS
Tie Strongest Bank in the City
.1. A. Wl 1.1.1'.TT, Cashier.
ARTHUR LISG, Asst. Cashier.
T?i\it 3-irst liattotml 33auk
U. S. GOVERNMENT DEPOSITORY. CITY DEPOSITORY, CITL
ZENS' DEPOSITORY.
Capital .$ 100,000.00
Stockholders' Liability . 100,000.00
Surplus and Profits . 100,000.00
Done
Prom a Parcel to an
Cngii.
FREIGHT, BAGGAGE,
FURNITURE AND
SAFES
CAREFULLY AND
PROMPTLY MOVED ?bsbsbmh
Other Resources make total over .,.?-. $1,000,000.00
1 traiTOnBBgraCTJAMi^ is??mm
?.?IIMIS ??! 11 III
Citizens and
HAS A RECORD OF WHICH TO BE PROUD.
The Directors have made that record possible by (lose attention to
ilia llailk'S affairs. Have you coufhh lice In their judgment? If
so, will you not trust them with your account.
DIRECTORS:
J. M. Curtis. A. B. Mallett.
A. C. OarrotL B. W. Mllstoad.
13. T. Ivy. H. K. Parker.
D. S. Jones. Ellas Poysor.
Edwin Phillips.
L, p. stcarnes.
W. B. Vest.
Ceo. II. West.
Storage Warehouse}
514=520 27th St,
REASONABLE RATE
|^?l?rsU?iirf^feljii.lJ
E. QUINCY SMITH, President. A. L. POWF.LL, Vice ?President.
WM. II. K1CLLOC1, Cashier.
Tiie Newport News National Bank
CAPITAL, $100,000. ' ^3380
U. S. GOVERNMENT DEPOSITARY
Transacts a general banking business. Four per cent. Interest
allowed on saving:; accounts, f
Tidewater Loan and Trust Co.
Tirol glalloiinl 11 an It ttiitlolua
NOTE BROKERS
Emergency Loans a Specialty. I M. .1. SOLOMON
Ileasouable Charges and No Delay. | Manager
a?straiiuuy?HiuasraBre?t:<d
mm
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ABSOLUTELY PURE WHI3
physicians and others deuli n
excellont article aro respect ft a
quested to give this whiskey lal
on my guarantoo. Mellowed
B. R. COFER, 8ole Agei
24th Stroat, near Washington ,u?
Fresh Peah
IDE CREAI
AT
KIRK MA PS
2617 Washington^
Both Phones 5^
FOR SALE or LEASE
IN Ail PARTS OF THE CITY!
Hotel Warwick Building
LAW POINTS.
The liability of a municipal corpora?
tion for changing the course of drain?
age of surface water so iih to Injure
prtvtltc property Is sustained In Hoe
vs. Howard county (Neb.), 5 L. it. A.
(N. S ). 831.
Upon renewing a note for a debt. It
Is held in Draiublett vs. Deposit bank
(Ky.), C L. It. A. (N. 8.), ?12, Unit ac?
crued Interest may be added to Its
face, and the combined amount form
the principal of Hie now note, without
violating the usury laws.
An owner of .sheep Is held. In Uncoil
vs. Walker, Advance Sheets, tl. S.
<iiK)(i) 280, not to be deprived of his
property without duo process of law
by a statute allowing damages to be
recovered from him for permitting his
sheep to graze on tho public domula
?Within two miles of a dwelling house.
Power!
Tho no*t ana cneapest. Sen us
about connecting your building.
Hate, 10c per 1,000 watts, subject
to our usual terms and discbunts,
PURE ICE MADE OF DISTILLED
WATER?COLD STORAGE.
Citizens' Railway, Light
& Power Company.
Power houso and ptnnt, Twenry
flfth street and Virginia avenue. Of?
fice, Thirty-first and Washington ave?
nues.
I Roth 'phones. No. 15. Night 'phone,
iNo. 108. Cltlxons.