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TIIE ARIZONA REPUBLICAN, MONDAY 'MORNING, APRIL 20, 1914
tJll Arizona Republican's Editorial Page
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.MONDAY MOKXIXG, APIill. I'd, 1914.
Imagination makes people aide to
put themselves in other people's
places. It makes them kind ami sym
pathetic and understanding.
-lean Webster.
Why a Merger Is Impossible
There is one. short .picstion which should be put
to every man who advocates a merger of the pro
gressive and republican parties: "On what basis."
Let all proceedings looking to a. merger- be sus
pended until a satisfactory answer has been sub
Jnitted. Wt. suspect that the suspension will be in
definite. Down in their hearts some republicans, ami, per
haps, some progressives, have the answer which
they will not breathe aloud: "The basis of our
common desire to secure the offices and apportion
them among ourselves." Rut the offices mean noth
ing to the real progressive, except as they give
opportunity to carry out progressive principles. They
could not be used for that purpose if they should
be divided by iot according to the trims and condi
tions of a merger-
The progressive-party must gain strength from
accretion and not from combination. There is no
poiitieal organization tir.it can be assimilated wall
it. Th-re is no party with which it could nn.rgc and
1'cinain progressive.
Lives and Territory
"All of Mexico," says a writer, "is not worth the
lift of a single American soldier." We may go fur
ther than that and say that all the territory in the
world is not worth a single human life. There has
been no proposal to go to war with .Mexico with
any part of the territory as the expected meed of
victory. The man who concludes that "all Jiexico
is not wort.i the life of a single American soldier"
proves that he has been engaged in a pretty cold
blooded calculation and has arrived at a result
which had long before been well understood.
Americans do not want to go to war at all, but
wars are not always mutters of choice, any more
than Mimmls between wtll meaning neighbors are
the results of deli.1er.1te provocations. One or the
other or both may be to blame, but the initial fault
may not be intentional.
It hiis been a long time since the United Htau s
has been engaged in a war -of conquest- In fact, no
war was ever begun in this country witii eon'roost
as its object, though territorial acquisition followed
two wars in which we were engaged.
The Home-Run
When is a home-run not :i home-run'.' is dis
cussed by Hilly Evans in the current Harper's
Weekly. He says that the much-mooted question
has been settled this year by the addition of a brief
section to the old rule requiring the runner to touch
all bases in regular order. Tbt- specific requirement
adjusts a conflict between the old rule giving the
batter a home-run for a fair b-illhitted over the fence
or into a Stand hevond a specified distance lr..m
the home plate, and a general rub- ixquiring runner
to touch every base. It was the theory of some that
the first rule gave the batsman a run by the mere
achievement of having knocked the ball over the
fence beyond the plescrilml distance from the plate.
But in the quotation of the former rule, which,
uf course, still stands, modified by the requirement
that the bases must always be touched. We suspect
that there is a typographical error; that is we.
would suspect it if we saw it anywhere else tiian
in Harper's Weekly: "A fair batted bail that goes
must pass over the' fence to entitle the batsman to a
man to 11 home run unless it (the b'-iIO should pass
tint of the ground or into the stand at a distance of
less than, -S'ij feet from the home ' plate, in which
case, the batsman shall be entitled to only two. bases.
Assuming the foregoing figures to be correct, anil
Mr. X'orman Hapgood is a stickler for accuracy, we
think the rule should be 1 emode.led. Tf a fair ball
pusses over the feme at a distance of not less than
;.:;:!." feet fiom the home plate, whence the ball is
butted, it must be supposed that it has been invested
with a degree of momentum that will carry it at
least StJJ feet beyond the fence. Thai would make a
distance of exactly half a mile.
We should favor a rule giving to the man who
should bat a ball such a distance, not only a home
run, but also a crown and a harp and eternal glory,
and giving his side the game without any further
play or quibbling. We respectfully refer this sugges
tion to the rules committer for further action pre
vious to the opening of the season of lilt 5.
Since writing the above we have conferred with
the sporting editor, whom We have generally found
to b a reliable young man, repiarkably well in
formed regarding frivolous, worldly amusements, and
he says the distance at or beyond which the ball
to entitle the batsman to a must pass over the fence
home run is 2X feet and not J.: Via feet. That seems
more reasonable.
Combination in Restraint of Excellence
Comity is a nice tiling, but it may be carried tun
fur and be put to an improper use, as we are re-
minded by a story in The Republican yesterday
morning- of the Oxford life of the Arizona Rhodes
scholarship buys. In the story it is stated: "It is
the testimony of the Rhodes trustees that in states
where there is but one university, such as in Arizona,
the nominations for llie Rhodes scholarships have
been of a high order. There has 1mm n a tendency
in other states for the scholarships to be traded
around among colleges of the state."
It thus appears that where there are two or
more universities in a state, they defer too much
...
to each other or to one another; competition is
wiped out. .The best man Tnay not be appointed to
Oxford for the reason that a candidate was named
the year before -from the university where the best
inn n this year happens to reside. All students
except those of the university whose turn conies
this year ale practically barred from examination-
The purpose of the founder is defeated and the
state fails of proper representation in order that
llie friendly relations between or among the univer
sities may be maintainPll. Here, by a learned gentle
men's agreement, we have combination in restraint
of excellence. That is worse than a combination
in restraint of trade, ami that kind of combination
is criminal.
DILUTING THE GERMAN LANGUAGE
Xo Englishman who has been in Germany a
sufficient length of time to allow him to become
conversant with the more common idioms and
forms of speech will have Tailed to notice that for
eign words constitute an unexpectedly large part of
the ordinary German's vocabuiarly. Many of these
words, which by one' process "' another have been
assimilated into the language and grown familiar
in everyday conversation, are of English origin,
though the novel methods of pronunciation to w hii-h
they are subjected generally render them extremely
puzzling, if not wholly unrecognizable to those of
us who should naturally be the first to welcome and
appreciate them. The word "bluff." for instance,
is a great favorite with tile political leader-writers
of the Fatherland, and may be relied upon to put in
an appearance in any discussion of political affairs
between a Oernrin and Englishman.
lint of the many foreign words current in Ger
man the great majority are French. So common
are they, indeed, that an Englishman, who is a fairly
fluent French conversationalist, on finding himself
stranded in Germany with only a limited vocabulary
at bis command will almost immediately acquire tile
habit of first translating the English word he wishes
to express into French and then giving the French
word a German form. And as often as not he will
hit the mark. There is a very large class of Ger
man verbs which form their ending in ' ieren." such
as "marschieren." "pyrieren," "ilictieren.' all of
which are directly derived from the French. Xor is
it uncmumon to find in ordinary usage in Ger
many French words which in England are .only
seen and not heard.
There are certain shops to be found in Oxford
street and the surrounding neighborhood which la
bel themselves "Friseur." but nobody ever thinks
of referring to them in conversation by any other
name than that of 'Hairdresser. Rut in Germany
a hairdresser is actually spoken of as a "Friseur"
because it is impossible to call him anything else
unless you employ the word "barbier." and even
then you will still be talking French and not Ger
man. And if you wish to mention the pavement
you have to call it a "trotller," or. if you fly the
town and desert the narrow streets for the broad
high-road, where are you? n the "chausscc."
Loudon Globe.
THE YUKON-TANANA COLD REGION
The first gold deposits found in inland Aslaska
were in the Vukon-Tanana region, which com
prises an upland diversified by broad valleys,
stretching westward fiom the international boun
dary to the great bend of the Yukon. The earliest
of the pioneer prospectors crossed the I'hilkoot pass
about 1SM. and six later began mining in the in
terior of Alaska after finding gold in the Yukon
Tana 11a region. Since then this region has pro
duced gold to the value of $x.'!,iinii,i)iin. The Fnited
States Geological Survey began its survey of this
field, which embraces some 40,imid square miles, in
lx!iK. With the issuing of the report on the portion
of the region known as the Circle quadrangle, pub
lished recently as Bulletin 53. geological and typo
graphic reconnaissance maps, together with a de
scription of the mineral resources of this area,
became available.
The town of Circle, from which the report lakes
its name, is one of the oldest white settlements on
the Yukon. It was located before the surveyor had
determined that the town was not in the Arctic
circle, as supposed, but fifty miles south of it. Lest
the nearness of the Antic circle be indicative of
ice and snow, it should be noted that there arc
neither glaciers nor permanent snow- in the Yukon
Tanana region. It is. indeed, a land of fertile val-
leys and grassy slopes, anil during the short but
warm summers vegetation thrives, many grains can
be ripened and vegetables gTow luxuriantly. of
course the establishment of adequate railroad trans
portation facilities may be expected to greatly de
velop this entire region.
The Circle quadrangle owes its chief present
importance to the placer mines of the Birch creek
district, which, though worked in only a small way,
have produced gold to the value of nearly $",''.
lino. DRAWING UNCLE JEFF OUT
Apropos of his policy of silence Mayor Mitchell
of New York said at a dinner:
"In silence there is safety. They who want op
inions, often get opinions they don't want. Take
the young planter's case. ,
"A 'young .Mississippi planter had a servant,
1'ncle Jeff, who had cared lor him as a child and
who was very devoted to him. The young man
became engaged to a neighboring beauty who was
credited with a very bad temper. Noticing that
1'ncle Jeff never mentioned his coming marriage,
the young planter said one clay:
"Jeff, you know I'm going to marry Miss
Lamar?'
" Yes,' was the reply, '1 knows it.'
" I -haven't you say anything about it," per
sisted the planter.
'"No,- acknowledged Jeff. "Taint for me to
say nuffin' about it. I isn't got nuffin' to say.'
"'But what's your opinion about it?'
"'Well, massa,' said Jeff with some hesitation,
'yon know one thing the most pisenesest snakes
has got the most prettiest skins.'" Xew oYrk
1 Ilohe.
POSSIBLY
"You may b
president of the I'nited States
si me day. niv little man.'
"I guess I'd have a better chanc
little woman." Xew- York Times.
if I was
FAMILY OF BRAZILIAN NAVAL ATTACHE
P' .. . ram
Madam de Aquine
Farm Notes
BY H. L. RANN
We have a confidential letter from a good sister
who says that her husband's relatives have fa'b it
into the cheerful habit of making her home a rest
lesort about four S.inuays a month, thereby vausin.r
her Saturday baking to resemble the pallid frag
ments of a free lunch. There is nothing in oir
marriage laws which says thi't the peace and qui-.t
of the Sabbath Llay shall be disturbed by the efforts
of a wife to stall the appetites of her husliand's
folks with boiled cabbage and Lima beans. The
trouble is. you never can tell the storage capacity f
a hungry relative with feet like a boiler top by the
size of his waist line. You can take a Georgia
cracker who is charged with hops up to his arm
pits, anil you will find that - he has a receding
stomach which will stretch like a fat woman in a '
inn-yard dash. Then again, we have seen men
who look as if they could eat the lining out of
a hay cooker, and if you lead thclti up to a business
men's lunch their appetites will shrink faster than
a modest gent bel'oie the Dance of the Seven Veils.
The next time a horde of relatives with elastic side
walls and rumbling stomach valves descends upon
our sister's happy home, we advise her to flavor
the consomme with hair oil and charge the olives
w ith styrchnine.. If this doesn't ,(ive her a brief
period for Sabbath meditation, the case is hojM-less.
We notice that the hand-Vainte.d coffee put is
hacking -in again. It is now found in the most ex
clusive homes, along with the crayon portrait of
futhy in a string mustache. Thus do outcropping.
of the artistic temiM-rament multiply.
WHY FOOD SPOILS
our grandmothers preserved food by various
methods. They cured, smoked and salted meat,
dried and canned vegetables, preserved, dried and
pickled fruits: they put down eggs in different
ways, and by vigorously salting butter and packing .
it in jnrs kept this commodity for 11 considerable
time. They did all these things and did them well.
but tljey did not know why this treatment was ne
cessary. The methods were "lucky" and they had
no way of controlling processes they did not under
stand. Micro-organisms are present everywhere; in
the earth, in air, dust, water, 'and evert in our bo
dies. Their Innocent, seemingly undirected, but
wholly proper purpose, from their point of view,
is to secure food lor their own growth, develop
ment and perpetuation of of kind. The trouble
arises because their food is our food. In our pur
suit of food material we destroy ninny things and
develop others. Thus do the 'germs about us. It
is a constant race between man and the micro
organisms as to which will get tir the food first, anil
all our modern methods relating to care of food
have for their basis a knowledge of what deters
or prevents the action of molds, yeasts and bacteria.
.Molds, yeasts and bacteria hot alone behave
differently, but have to be treated in somewhat dif
ferent ways. Some things which affect one affect
all. others do not. The goods most liable to mold
are bread, cake or anything made from wheat flour:
cheese, certain fruits, preserves, canned fruits, and
even pickles, when given an opportunity.' Molds
are not dangerous; they do not develop poisons,
but they do spoil food, and if allowed to go un
checked putrefaction and decay occur. Helen Louise
Johnson in Woman's World.
BOILING THE KETTLE
Mrs. Campbell had engaged a new maid.
"Martha," said the mistress, on the first morning,
"be careful always to boil the teakettle before
making the tea."
Martha signified her willingness and after an
absence in the kitchen returned to her mistreifs
and said: "
"Please, mum. there's nothin' big enough to
boil the teakettle in, 'less 'tis the wash boiler, sure."
Xational Monthly,".'..
and daughter.
Untimely Guests
By WALT MASON
Its hard to wear a saintly smile wiien bores ex
claim together. "We've just dropped in to talk
while about the crops and weather." The earnest
man gets down to brads, sells goods or scribbles
sonnets, to earn the .dollars of our (lads, and kep
his wile in-bonnets: he has no time to fooj away,
he needs each precious second: if man would win
at baling hay. each moment must be reckoned. And
so the toiler, anxious-eyed, must labor at his fences,
if he would k'ep his wife supplied with coin for
bridge expenses. And when his troubles are so thick
that he could fairly blubber, the bores come in. Hank.
Tom and Dick, and sit and talk and ruber. There
ought to he a law. methinks. for those who thrash
the weather, compelling all such idle ginks to go and
herd together. It Isn't fair that busy folks must
evermore be bothered, by dizzy jays with dizzy jokes
and gags they've lately fathered. Protect the man
who to his work with righteous fervor passes, and
boil the idler and the shirk in sulphur and molasses.
PACIFIC COAST LUMBER INTERESTS
The- lumber interests of the Pacific coast may
be roughly divided into Uiree groups the so-called
Oregon pine croup of the Puget Sound and Colum
bia river region, the sugar and white pine of the
Sierra, and the redwood group of the Xortiiern
California coast counties. In volume of output the
northern group is much the largest, a normal yearly
cut being about C.iiiiii.iMiii.noo feet for the north, 500.
eim.Oi'fl for the Sierra group and 440.000.000 for
redwood. The most valuable of these woods is the
sugar pine, which constitutes about 20 per cent of
tile Sierra cut. The market is largely in the east
ern and middle states," which take nearly or quite
half the northern cut, but the upper grades of all
are exported to all the continents. Australia being
much the largest foreign consumer, with the west
coast of Central and South America next. Each of
these woods has special qualities for which it is ,
. valued redwood for resistance to decay, Otregon
pine for strength and the Sierra pines for pattern
making and fine work. All are used largely for
decorative finish. Prices of lumber have been very
low and the northern industry is much depressed,
about 1'0 per cent of the cutting capacity being idle
and the mills running having hard work to break
even. Redwood and Sierra interests report de
mand good at the low prices. All. however, are
much encouraged Vy the present outlook, demand
having greatly improved since the first of the
year. Monthly Bulletin of the -Anglo and London
Paris .National Bank.
NONE AT ALL
It gives 110 surprise
When we hear of a, match
Twixt a widow that's, wise
And an otherwise bach.
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all of your money and pay all accounts by drawing your own personal
cheeks, you can easily keep, a correct record of your income and ex
penses. Moreover, you can always keep the checks, when returned by the
bank, as receipts an endorsed and paid check being the best possible'
receipt.
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.PERSONALITIES
While a strong supporter of the municipal vote
for women. Mrs. Humphry Ward nevertheless has
written to M. l-Vrdinand Uuisson, leader in the
Kronen Chamber of Deputies of the group working
for equal suffrage, in opposition to giving women
parliamentary suffrage in either Kngland or France.
Or. R. W. Branthwaite. an inspector uniUir
Kngland's recent inebriates' act. says that jail sen
tences are harmful to habitual inebriates and are
of no assistance in effecting a cure.
Alfred Xoyes, the young English poet, has
written a strong protest to the Xew York Times
against further circulation of the story that his
poi try hat; been inspired more by a desire for
money than by true art, and thut he always has
been insistent that his work should pay well.
Grand Puke Alexis, the nine-year-old heir to
the Russian crown, is described in a recent book by
a former attache of the Russian court as a "petted,
spoiled and constitutionally delicate child who will
never live to maturity."