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THE WASHINGTON TBIKS, THURSDAY, MAT 25, 1911.
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Entered at the Postofflce at Washington,
D. C. as second class matter.
The F street parade Is preparing to
take a Up from Baltimore and don the
sunbonnet. In which case we will pit
aur Sues against the world.
In spite of the glad sunshine, a shad
ow rests upon the Capital City since
Major Butt announced last night: "I
don't believe I shall ever nfarry."
And now they are going to Investigate
the Weather Bureau. If they find that
Jupiter Pluvius is drawing a salary he
should be docked for continued neglect
of duty.
Major Sylvester says that hereafter
it wilt cost "mashers" caught speaking
lo women the maximum penalty of $25,
which shows the major Is going at the
evil In the right spirit.
The awful calamities which have re
sulted from fires in Institutions for the
insane should result in the Immediate
correction of the inadequate protection
now given the lives of inmates of the
Government Hospital
A bricklayer who was at work on the
new Ivy City school building fell twen-
tv-flve feet and sustained a laceration
of the scalp. If he keeps on taking
long chinces like this he is liable to
Ijreak some of his legs.
The diamatic club of the Business
tllicli School has been presenting "Th
Return of Ulysses " The news of his re
turn Is gratifying to his old friends, who
had begun to fear tint he was caught
in the November landslide.
Hints for the Health Officer: Violet
Purcell, .492 K street southwest. Nettle
.Baker, 1217 Twenty-third street north
west, and Beulah Thomas, 2456 Snow
court, were bitten by dogs Tuesday
! evening. How about those muzzles?
I
Vice President Sherman has been pre
sented with a set of automobile Blue
Books, showing the best routes to travel
throughout the TTnltod States. Presunf
ablv there are marginal notes indicat
ing t'u- bet field fcr political mlssion
nrv wxrk a'.ong the way.
The former president of the National
,'Clvll Service Improvement Association
has announced his Intention to reorgan
ize that moribund organization. What
As the use when there Is already a com
lietent organization working for the bet
terment of the civil service employes?
AVhy duplicate'
Time does hang rather heavily on the
hands of the soldiers cm the Mexican
border, at times, and there should be
a generous response to the appeal of
Miss Mabel T. Boardman, of the Ameri
can Red Cross, for old magazines and
other periodicals to help them drive
4-away their loneliness.
The snow bill has passed the Senate.
J Unless the House gets cold feet the
"measure will soon become law. Wheth
er it is enacted or not the bill will have
at least performed the useful service of
suggesting cooling thoughts at a time
when It is difficult to Imagine that there
Is ever any winter weather In Wash
, lng ton.
Social workers of the District will find
fa friend in Senator Works, the new
Republican progressive from Call
ffornia, who has been given a place on
i the Senate District Committee. Scna
f tor Works. announces that he is study
ing housing conditions In Washington,
Swlth a view of using his efforts to Im
prove them As president of the city
council. Senator Works was Instrumen
, tal In bringing about marked improve
ment in housing conditions in Los
Angeles.
The rapidity with wjiich Japan has
been Americanized finds apt Illustra
tion in the fact that a baseball team
of Nipponese is now touring the United
States and winning most of Its games.
' It will meet the Blue and Gray team
on Georgetown Field tomorrow -afternoon,
and the sporting department
"dope" Is that the Hilltop lads will have
to hustle to teach any diamond tricks
to the boys from the Orient, who are
reported to hare done In baseball what
the nation Is famous for -doing In
everything" else copied somebody's ln-
ventlon and produced a better article
- than the .original.
Senator Galllrigers bill requiring
' health -and accident insurance com
panies in the District to maintain a
guarantee fund of at least $25,000 is In
line with the modern requirements of
most of the Slates. Experience has
taught that efforts to operate com
panies of, this character .without the
substantial backing of cash assets or
their equivalent are likely to prove
futile and to cause a great many
people, who buy such Insurance, to
think they are protected when. In
Tact, they are not. The minimum re
quirement In the Oalllnger bill la not
large enough to hurt any company that
Is entitled to live.
Miss Mabel T. Boardman's appeal, on
behalf of the American Red Cross, for
old periodicals to send to the soldiers
In camp along the Mexican border de
serves to meet with hearty response.
Instead of throwing away or burning
your winter's accumulation of maga
zines, send them to W. T. Boarf man,
1801 P street northwest, or drop a pos
tal card to the Red Cross, care "War
Department, city, giving your name
and address.
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CANADA, THE EMPIRE, AND
RECIPROCITY.
It is good to read the sane address
of Sir Wilfrid Laurier in London, in
which he scoffs at the fears entertain
ed or, more likely, pretended to be
entertained by various imperial jin
goes, that reciprocity will prove a step
toward annexation.
There was no 'end of that sort of
talk 'at the time when Canada and the
United States entered into the reci
procity arrangement of 1854. The his
tory of that treaty and its abrogation
is highly illuminating at this time.
When the treaty was made, many
Britishers and Canadian alarmists
were convinced that it was the first
move of the United -States to draw
Canada away from her imperial al
legiance. After a few years, proposals for
abrogation came from the United
States. Meanwhile, Canada had
secured large commercial benefits from
the arrangement. That treaty, like
the one now under consideration in
Congress, was a decidedly jug-handled-one,
with the big balance of benefits
on Canada's side. The United States
got the small end of advantages, and
in time, as that came to be realized,
there was demand to end the ar
rangement. Canada had prospered by the pact.
The fears of ulterior purposes on the
part of the United States had vanish
ed. Canada preferred to continue the
deal.
Then it was that Canadian senti
ment changed. The Canadians began
protesting that the United States was
going to abrogate the treaty as a
means to forcing annexation. They
said that abrogation would cause a
period of serious depression in Canada;
people would realize that their com
mercial interests demanded intimate
relation with the United States; dis
affection would deelop, and at length
a demand to be made politically a
part of the Union.
In short, before the treaty took
effect, alarmists saw in it a plan to
coax Canada away from England; fif
teen years later these same alarmists
saw in abrogation a plan to starve
Canada over to the side of the United
States! a
Both views were wrong, and are
wrong now. Free trade with Canada
would benefit both countries, just as
Iree trade between East and West
benefits both sections. And if free
trade with Canada were proposed,
there would be a vast deal more of
enthusiasm for it than is possible for
the present proposal.
VINDICATING THE HOUSE
FROM HYSTERICS.
Kepresentative Mann is engaged in
the work of vindicating the House
from a charge of undue susceptibility.
The late Oliver Goldsmith had some
thing to say about "the loud laugh
which speaks the vacant mind," and
close students of the Congressional
.Record have been wondering of late
at the brand of humor which moves
the House to mirth. They have also
looked askance at the peculiar type of
eloquence 'which moved the grave and
reverend signors to applause, and yet
both outbursts of emotionalism are set
down as plain as print. It was bring
ing reproach upon the lower house
that they could be so lightly moved to
"laughter," "applause," and "tumult
uous applause," so Representative
Mann started out for original MSS.,
stenographers' notes, and other docu
mentary evidence which would throw
some light upon the question.
He was pained, and those who choose
to believe it may assume that he
was surprised, to find that these out
bursts had been carefully edited into
the Record, and with no very strict re
gard to the subject matter which
awakened these respective emotions.
Sober recitals of the benefits or the
burdens, as the case might be of free
wooLiad apparently thrown the House
into paroxysms of enthusiasm, while
the mere reader, cold and unmoved,
wondered what it was all about. Pass
ing pleasantries, involving, for in
stance, the stone age enigma as to
why a hen crosses the road, had tied
the listening members into hilarious
hard knots. The Record was convey
ing the unpleasant impression that
men who were easily wrought up to
laughter or to tears were not sale
counselors.
After due consideration, Hepresen
tative Mann has given fair' warning
that he will expose the entire system
unless it is discontinued at once.
Whereby he, has earned, a nation's
gratitude. It is bad enough to know
that some of the humor and eloquence
uttered in the House, should cren'tbe
perpetrated. It is rubbing it in to
herald the fiction abroad that it met
with approval and sympathy. If
nothing better results we shal at
least have some improvement in the
average of speeches whose eloquent
passages are only too often the only
features in the course of a debate
which really deserve a laugh.
CHIEFWILKIE GETSDESERVED
PROMOTION.
Thousands of people, not only in
Washington but throughout the coun
try, will indorse the promotion of
John E. Wilkie, chief of te Secret
Service, announced yesterday, as de
served recognition of a long term of
faithful and useful service to the coun
try. Mr. Wilkie is to retain his old
position, but in future will also be
the head of the United States, customs
agents.
Under the genius of Chief Wilkie
the Secret Service has become the best
organized and most; efficient corps for
the detection of crime in the world.
Since 1898, when he was placed at its
head, violators of the coinage and
revenue laws have found it more and
more difficult to escape detection, ar
rest, and conviction; probably the
highest tribute that could be paid
Chief Wilkie and his service is the
wholesome fear in which they are held
by these offenders against the Federal
statutes.
Chief Wilkie's life has been one of
remarkable activity along unusual
lines. In 1877, at the age of seven
teen, he became a reporter on the old
Chicago Times, and within the next
few years was twice sent to Europe
by that newspaper. In 188r he joined
the staff of the Chicago Tribune as a
reporter, and worked up from the
ranks steadily, becoming assistant city
editor, city editor, and commercial
editor. He went fo London in 1893
and spent three years in the employ
of banks and steamship companies
there. In 1896 he returned to Chicago
and did special newspaper work, devot
ing his energies to crime investigations.
The most conspicuous single piece
of work performed by Mr. Wilkie was
immediately after he became chief of
the Secret Service, in February, 1898.
'He organized an emergency force of
Government detectives to checkmate
Spanish' spies in the United States,
and succeeded in arresting the chief
bpanish emissaries and driving the
rest from the country.
Mr. Wilkie has just completed a
reoigamzation of the United States
customs agents. The decision of the
President to put him at their head
is fitting recognition of the thorough
ness and effectiveness with which this
work was done.
DISTRICT MUST PONY
WILLY-NILLY.
UP,
.Without going so far as to designate
which is which, the new ruling of the
Comptroller of the Treasury on the
status of District patients at the Gov
ernment Insane Hospital puts the Dis
trict Government in that unenviable
position sometimes described as mid
way between His Satanic Maj'esty and
the deep blue sea. On the one side
stands the United States Government.
On the other side stands the District
Supreme Court. Caught between these
two forces, the District stnnds to lose
about $15,000 a year.
Two classes of patients are committed
to the insane hospital from the Dis
trict. One is the indigent insane, who
are supported by public funds, an ap
propriation of about $300,000 a year
being made for them. The other is the
"independent" insane, whose expense is
supposed to be borne by their families
or estates. Prior to March, 1911, the
hospital authorities rendered bills to
the trustees of the latter class and
collected from them direct. Beginning
in March they rendered these bills to
the District, holding that the District
should pay them and then collect each
account.
The District Auditor refused to pay
the bills, and .asked the Comptroller
for a ruling on the issue. This has
just been made. It suggests that tho
hospital authorities continue to render
bills, but holds that if the bills are'
riot paid by the trustees they must be
paid by tho District, which must then
get its money the best way it can.
This wouldn't work such a terrific
hardship on the District if it wasn't
for the fact that the Supreme Court
has just held that the District can
collect money for the care of insane
patients only up to the time a trustee
for the patient is appointed.
It so happens that no money can be
collected from the estate of an insane
patient- until a trustee is appointed,
which means that, as the case stands
today, the District would be powerless
to recover money which the Comp
troller says it must pay to the insane
hospital if the hospital doesn't collect
the money itself.
Under the Comptroller's ruling and
the court's decision, the situation is
resolved to about this: If the bills of
"independent" patierits are not paid
by the patients' trustees, they must
be 'paid by the District, but the Dis
trict has no authority tocollect, in
turn", from the trusteesuman nature
being what? it is,,it is1 notunreaBonable
to anticipate that the trustees many
pf them, at least will refuse to pay,
and that the District will be allowed
to'foot the bills.
JL, reversal bf the District Supreme
Court by the Court of Appeals, a new
ruling by the Comptroller, or a change
in the law relating to the insane hos
pital will be necessary to straighten
out the tangle.
Commerce Court's Rating in Sugar' Trust's "Lighterage" Case
tikely to
Decision Gives Monopoly
Loophole Through Which
to Evade Law.
POINTS NEW WAY TO
WORK AN OLD TRICK
Means Ruin to Rival Concerns
Unless Way Is Found to
Stop It.
By JTJDSON C. WELLIVER. '
That the whole force and effect of the
anti-rebatlng laws Is In imminent dan
ger of being broken down by decisions
of the new Court of Commerce, Is the
fear entertained by transportation au
thorities who have studied the effects of
the recent decision in favor of the Sugar
trust's lighterage allowance.
For the last two or three years It has
been popular to assume and announce
that the vicious pracUce of reoatlng has
been ended, as a result of the vigorous
laws and their righteous enforcement In
a number of cases. As a matter of fact,
rebating has taken a new form, and
there is grave uncertainty whether in
the new form it comes within the inhibi
tion of the Federal statutes.
A series of cases of the first magnitude
are about to reach the Interstate Com
mission, while others have passed that
body and are awaiting the attention of
the Commerce Court, Involving thesa
new and Ingenious practices which are
held to be the substantial equivalent of
rebating. If the injunction in the New
7ork Sugar trust lighterage case Is to
establish a precedent and be followed to
its logical conclusion by the Commerce
Court in coming decisions, then, in the
view of Interstate Commerce officials,
the industrial railroads, the tap-line
lumber roads, the systems of wharfage
and harbor charges, and various other
methods that have been devised to en
able great shippers to secure specially
low rates, are likely to be sustained.
Big Concerns
Have Advantage.
The danger of such a decision, it is
pointed out, "lies In the fact that such
practices are possible only in the case
of very big, rich, and powerful indus
tries that can provide their own Indus
trial transportation facilities. The de
cision In the Sugar case, for Instance,
confirms the trust in a tremendous ad-
TIMELY
CORRECTION IN LIST
OF FAVORITE BOOKS
To the Editor of THE TIMES:
I notice a slight omission in my list
of "One Hundred Favorite Books,"
which was printed in The Times of Sun
day, May 21, which it might be well
to correct,
If I may be allowed o little space. I
would like to say that in suggesting
my list of books to the members of thj
midshipmen's Y. SI. C. A. at the Naval
Academy, Annapolis, I urged a general
course which would be of Interest to the
average young man, and embrace such
topics as are of general interest. My
schedule is something like this:
Reference books 14
Fiction 20
Poetry and the Drama 11
Biography 7
History 9
Travel and description 6
Popular science 5
Religion and philosophy 9
Essays 9
Art and music 5
Nature books 5
Total 100
In counting the list as It appears in
The Times, I find only ninety-two titles,
the following having been omitted,
probably by accident:
"How to Know the Wild Flowers,"
Mrs. W. S. Dana.
"Our Native Trees," Mrs. Harriet
Keeler.
"Birds Through an Opera Glass," Mrs.
Florence B. Merrlam.
"Wild Animals I Have Known,"
Thompson Seton.
"Innocents Abroad," Mark Twain.
"Tom Sawyer." Mark Twain.
"The Piper," Josephine Peabody.
"The Blue Bird." M. Maeterlinck.
FRED E. WOODWARD.
UTILITY CORPORATIONS'
MISPLACED ACTIVITIES
To the Editor of THE TIMES:
I' see considerable discussion in your'mJijn' w" and broken-hearted
paper as to whether the officials of pub
lie service corporations are or are not
in favor of the creation of a public
utility commission, and you seem to
devote considerable space to ascertain
ing their views. Would you kindly ex
plain to one Ignorant in these matters
what the president of the existing pub
lic utility corporation has to do, as
an official of such a company with the
question of whether a commission is
established? These corporations are
formed and given their rights over the
public streets for the .purpose of trans
porting passengers or performing other
public service. They are not incorpo
rated for the purpose of advising the
people of what is for their benefit. It
seems to me that if the officials of these
companies would confine their activities
to executing their obligations under
their charters, and give less time to
advising their creators how they Bhould
be managed, they would not be subject
to as much criticism as they are now.
As ordinary citizens their opinions are
valuable, and no more valuable than
that Of any other citizen. Their opinions
as officials are gratuitous .and impertl
ent. FRANK LYON.
RED CROSS ASKS GIFT
OF OLD MAGAZINES
To the Editor of .THE TIMES:
At this time of the, year many fami
lies have a winter's accumulation of
magazines and weeklies that they do not
care to keep. The Red Cross Is desir
ous of collecting a number of these
magazines and weeklies to send to the
hospitals and reading rooms of the
army divisions now at San Antonio and
other points along ,the Mexican border
for the use of the soldiers MaJ Gen.,
Leonard Wood, chief of staff, United
stat.o armv. writes to the Red Cross:
"I am sure good reading, matter that
is, magazines ana weeiciies wrouia De
appreciatea, especially ai ie iuuiuu,
hospitals." ..!.,.
-MtKTi7ln and weeklies may be left
at the residence of W. J. Boardman. 1S01
p street northwest. If not possible to
leave these publications, please Send a
Undo Effects
Figures Show How Ruling Allows Sugar
Trust Great Advantage
Sugar trust Is allowed 60 cents a ton for lightering three miles "sugar
shipments Intended for Pittsburg and Points East, and 84 cents a
ton for shipments billed irest of Pittsburg.
Corn Is transported by water from Chicago to Buffalo, 900 miles, at
40 cents u ton.
Wheat Is transported by water from Duluth to Buffalo, 985 miles, for
60 cents a ton.
Coal Is transported by water from Buffalo to Duluth, 985 miles, for 30
cents a ton.
Iron ore is transported by water from Superior to Buffalo, 985 miles,
for 70 cents a ton.
Sugar Is transported from Stettin, Germany, to Sew York, 4,600 miles,
for $1.40 a ton.
Ice is transported by water from Kennebec, Me., to Philadelphia, 580
miles, for 60 cents a ton.
vantage over a weaker rival, placing
that rival at a great disadvantage in
the matter of transportation.
The seriousness of this discrimination
in favor of the Sugar trust Is shown
when rates on sugar transportation are
stated. It was shown in this case that
the published rate on sugar from New
York to Cleveland was 17 cents per hun
dredweight. The railroads allowed 2
cents rebate for "cartage." and 4 1-5
cents for lighterage; total, 6 1-5 cents
pared oft the 17-cent rate, leaving the
net rate 10 4-5 cents.
By lightering Its sugar three miles,
the trust got this 10 4-5 cents rate. But
the trust's competitor at Yonkers, being
denied tho allowances, must lighter Its
sugar some fifteen miles, and then pay
the full .published 17-cent rate.
The Issue between the commission ann
the Commerce Court is perfectly plain.
The commission found that this was
discrimination, and ordered It to cease.
The Commerce Court enjoins the en
forcement of that order. The Issue Is
clear. -
Aside from the discrimination, there
is the question of the essential reason
ableness of the allowances. The cartage
allowance has already been forbidden,
and thus far that prohibition is in force,
and this allowance has ceased. Whether
the Commerce Court will find means to
restore that allowance is yet to be seen.
But the discrimination In the lighter
age allowance is specifically sustained
by the court.
Gets Rebate In
Lighterage Charges.
The Sugar trust Is allowed 3 cents and
4 1-6 cents for lightering 100 pounds of
sugar three miles across New York
harbor.1 Is It a reasonable allowance?
LETTERS TO
postcard to the Red Cross. War Depart
ment, giving name and address, and
they will be sent for.
The Red Cross asks your cordial co
operation in thus helping to make
plcasanter the long summer days of our
soldiers at San Antonio, especially those
who are HI.
MABEL T. BOARDMAN,
Member of the Executive Committee,
American Red Cross.
PLEASED WITH TIMES'
RECENT EDITORIALS
To the Editor of THE TIMES.
I, too, am one who was deeply inter
ested In your editorial, "To One Grown
Weary of Life," for it demonstrates
your own humanity, and such mes
sages, bearing eternal hope to the heart
broken and discouraged are of more
lasting benefit than a million articles
on politics, or aught that deals with
the confusion of the day. For It is
only a deep sense of religion, a deep
sense of phllobophy, that will bear
man's mind and soul ud through and
beyond the terrible clouds of doubt and
darkness, that will gather around life,
at times, no matter in what position
one may now find himself. And philo
sophy and religion in their final mean
ing are one and the same both pointing
to the eternal cause of all existence,
and to its ultimate destiny.
Do you wish mercy? Give and you
shall receive1 For do not the angels
of heaven give? How else can you be
come like them? Do you expect God to
change your nature when you will not
even help Him to do so? How shall
He help you unless you help yourself?
For faith without works Is dead! By
jour unselfish efforts you may draw
HIs spirit down upon you, and He will
take your weariness away. But never
so long as you live for yourselves alone.
I had thought your Washington pa
pers cowardly in politics (in com
parison to those of the West),
trembling in the shadow of the throne!
But the editorial on the "Invasion of
Mexico" had the ring of true manhood
and statesmanship. And the "Weary of
Life" article was suoume,xnex,me
might come for advice ana consolation, i
before tney go tuo iu, u uim j ".
lasting and forever benefit to its read
ers arid the race. O. O. HIATT.
PAYS HER RESPECTS
TO DR. CYRUS BRADY
To the Editor of THE TIMES;
The Rev. C. T. Brady, in a letter to
Mrs. Du Pont Lee, Informs us that he
Is not to be confounded with those be
nighted ones of his sex whose trousers
are worn so tight as to require hitching
at the knee upon seating themselves,
and Imagines, he scores a point over
the foolish women who button their
waists down the back by saying tri
umphantly that at least, if necessary,
he can hitch his trousers for himself
without any assistance, while he asserts
that the buttoning of a waist In the
back Is too complex a feat for any one
to do without assistance. But not so;
reverend sir, hundreds, of women, day
by day, perform this "complex" act for
themselves, and do not require a maid
(men, of course never have valets) or a
husband, to button them up behind.
However, If upon a matter of this na
ture the citizenship of a human being
could possibly depend, the argument
could as logically be used against oil
men; because forsooth everybody knows
that the clerical waistcoat does not
button down the front, and many clergy
men wear them. The Rev. Dr. Brady
graphically described his own difficul
ties upon being served with one of
these garments, which no , doubt his
troublesomef?). though doubtless, long
Buffering and patient spouse meekly but
toned for him in his extremity.
Were the strictures upon the foolish
ones of his own sex directed at those
of his own cloth, or only tho'sa number
less American sovereigns ln their own
right who turn their trousers up at the
bottom when it may be raining In Lon
don? Or, perhaps he was thinking of
the cigarette fiend, or habitual gambler.
or drunkard, all of whom are freely ac
corded tne political recognition ana
nower which is denied to the wisest and
.wcrtniesi or women, wnen we consider
this amozlng anomaly In, this enlight-
-of All Anii-Rebating Legislation
It amounts to GO cents per ton on
sugar destined to Pittsburg and points
East, and to 84 cents per ton on sugar
billed west of Pittsburg. Here Is the
answer:
Corn Is transported by water from
Chicago to Buffalo. 900 miles, for 40
cents per ton.
Wheat Is transported by water from
Duluth to Buffalo, 9S5 miles, for 60 cents
per ton.
Coal Is transported from Buffalo to
Duluth. 985 miles, for 30 cents per ton.
Iron ore Is transported from Superior
to Buffalo, 9S5 miles, for TO cents per
ton.
Sugar is transported from Sttttln, Ger
many, to New York, 4,600 miles, for
$1.40 per ton.
Coal is transported from Philadelphia
to Boston. 450 miles, by water, for 85
cents per ton.
Ice is transported by water from
Kennebec, Me., to Philadelphia. 580
miles, for 50 cents per ton.
In the face of these figures, at
which transportation Is done profit
ably by water, the Sugar trust is to
be allowed 60 and 84 cents for trans
porting sugar by water three miles;
and Its competitor is denied any such
allowance
The power which the Sugar trust
holds, enabling it to force railroads
to give It concessions tantamount to
rebates, will be understood when It is
pointed out that the trust and Ar
buckles, which are given these con
cessions, control the entire tonnage of
coffee and sugar from Brooklyn, and
that that tonnage is one-third of the
entire westbound freight, of all de
scriptions, from New York city!
So vast Is the power over railroads,
which accrues to the man able to route
this Immene freight, that Henry O.
Havemeyer, when he was at the
THE TIMES MAIL BAG
ened day. we naturally pause and gasp.
w ny i
That a human helnir almDle and solely
on grounds of sex should be a full citi
zen, or not, is worthy of the Dark Ages,
but not of our progressive era. If It is
argued that men are entitled to the
ballot because they risk their lives in
battle and women do not. the answer
is that many more women than men
risk their lives for their country, and
very much oftener. Most men never
have a call to war, and many voters
are exempt from fighting, :ike the Rev.
Dr. Brady and the others of his profes
sion. There are also classes of men
physically unfit to fight on account of
age, etc. Others send substitutes. Are
these classes of men disfranchised? If
not. why not. if the test of fitness for
full clUzenship Is the ability to bear
arms?
The sight of that platform full of
clergymen, smiling blandly at the novel
nroceedinir of actuallr discussing woman
suffrage and listening to arguments by
women upon the subject, as though It
were a light and unimportant matter
(the legal and political status of wom
en), was a sad commentary upon the
wisdom, of those self-constituted spirit
ual guides which make up a large part
or. the Episcopal cnurch ol America.
A. T. JENKINS.
PHYSICAL CONNECTION
OF STREET RAILWAYS
To the Editor of THE TIMES:
The Great Falls and Old Dominion
Railway Company and the Capital Trac
tion Company are common carriers of
passengers. Incorporated for the pur
pose of transporting people from one
point on their lines to other points on
their lines in the most convenient and
economical manner, both to the pas -
sengers and to the companies. The
Great Falls and Old Dominion Railway
operates with overhead trolley cars
from Great Falls, In Fairfax county,
Va., eastwardly, through Alexandria
county to the southern bank of the Po
tomac. At the south bank the overhead
line Is changed to underground and the
cars cross the Aqueduct Bridge into
the District of Columbia at Thirty-sixth
and M streets. The Capital Traction
lines begin with an underground
system at Thirty-sixth and M
streets and pass down Pennsyl
vania avenue to Fifteenth street and
on to various sections' of the city. At
Thirty-sixth and M streets the tracks
of the two companies are within twenty
feet of each other and thero Is no phys
ical reason why the two companies
should not have a switch connection
and permit the cars to pass from the
suburbs down into the city.
The Interstate Commerce law provides
for the
la nro -
enlencn
iur me miercnange oi cars ana ra
Installation of switches ovw thn
test of railways when the convenlencn
of the public is to be subserved. It Is
inconvenient for the women and little
children, regardless of the men. to have
to disembark from the Great Falls and
Old Dominion cars at Thirty-sixth and
M streets and walk across the Inter
vening space and board a car of the
same character to perform the balance
of the Journey down to the heart of the
city. What-interests wpuld be Injured
by making a through service Is not ap
parent. On the whole, the two com
panies would, In the long run, actually
earn more money, as It is almost axio
matic that street car service increases
In almost geometrical ratio to the -convenience
of that service. These two
companies already have a through rate
by means of a transfer, but, rather
strange to say. have no through route,
as contradictory as this may appear.
If we could figure out even that the
stockholders of either corporation would
be Injured by the arrangement suggest
ed, there might be some excuse for not
giving a through route. The arrange
ment now is that the Great Falls and
Old Dominion keeps all the money it
gets and gives a transfer on to the Capi
tal Traction line: the Capital Traction
line keeps all theynoney It gets and
gives a traiafer to the Great Falls and
Old Dominion. That could be done with
the cars physically going through to
Fifteenth street.
While we recognize that the corpora
tion!! have nothing to learn, we are bold
enough to suggest what would be a con
venience to the public and no Injury to
the stockholder. F". L. L.
Transportation Men Regard
Act as Greatly Dis- , ,
criminatory. uJ
RESTORES SPECIAL "
PRIVILEGES TO TRUST
Rebating Now in New Form
and Possibly Outside
of Laws.
height of his power, largely disposed
of his Interests In the Sugar trust,
and consolidated them instead in the
Brooklyn Eastern District Terminal
property, which cleared all sugar for
the trust. The terminal company did
the lightering ana got the huge al
lowance. Havemeyer was a broker fa
transportation, and found he coul4
make more money that way than di
rectly In sugar.
Worked Agaiast
Other Ports.
These huge allowances to the trust
worked to the Immense disadvantage of
other ports than New York, at which
refining was carried on. Dominating
the transportation situation at New
Yor, Havemeyer and the Sugar trust
sought to concentrate the refining busi
ness there. Accordingly, they reduced
constantly their operations at Phila
delphia, and increased those at New
York, until Philadelphia, once about
equal to New York as a refining center,
was an almost Inconsiderable factor.
For Instance, the rate per 100 pounds
on sugar from Philadelphia to Cleveland,
was 15 cents; from New York to Cleve
land. 17 cents. But the cartage and
lighterage allowances at New York re
duced the real rate, as already shown,
to 10 4-5 cents at New York. Conse
quently. Philadelphia, still held up to
the full 15-cent rate, was at an Impos
sible disadvantage. Yet the haul from
Philadelphia to Cleveland was ninety
miles shorter than from New York to
r?lveland.
Such are the conditions, favorable to
the Sugar trust's monopoly, which were
built up .through this sytem of allow
ances. By virtue of the Commerce
Court's order, these conditions, one
ordered to cease, will be restored so
far as concerns the lighterage allow
ances. ...
Not only Is the public vastly concerned
because of the efTect of all this on tho
cost and control of sugar, but it Is still
more Interested because of the precedent
which is established, to apply to other
.Industries. The Lumber trust will be
an even greater beneficiary of this de
cision than the Sugar trust. The lum
ber situation, in this regard. Is critical.
CROSSING POLICEMEN
SERVE GOOD PURPOSE
i
To the Editor or THE TIMES:
Your correspondent, Interested from
a "pure standpoint of psychology, what
the crossing policemen are -destined to
do in the civic world," In The Times of
the 17th instant. Is requested to watch,
the crossing policemen a little more. It
may be more a question of uutillty than
psychology. What they are destined to
do is hard to tell. What they do do is
much easier; they stop reckless driving
of horses, see that children and elderly
persons are not run over. In their vicin
ity at least; stop frantic, reckless and
drunken automoblllsts who slow down
at sight of the brass buttons and club.
"No rogue e'er felt the halter drawn
With good opinion of the law."
And probably of law officers. So of
late these maniacs have heard the call
"back to the land," and while our city
is getting safer, our speed "psycholo
gists" are either killing themselves in
the country or chasing the cows. If
the crossing policemen are gifted with
the ability to "sleep standing up" it is
a great accomplishment, but It is not
deep enough to prevent them arresting
those who are dangerous to the com
munity as some of them have found to
their sorrow.
their sorrow. F. A. FORBES.
What's on the Program in
Washington Today.
(The Times will be pleased to announce
meetings and entertainments in this
column).
,Addrcss by the Hon. W. P. Hepburn
before the Men's Temple Club, Eighth,
oireei lempie. 8 p. m.
Third anniversary reception and supper
at the Terminal Railway Department
of the Y. M. C A.. Union Station. 7
p. m.
"The Return of Ulyses," by the pupils
of Business High School, at the school,
tonight.
Organization of the Southeast Camp of
the Sons of Veterans, 304 B street
southeast, 8 p. m.
The following Masonic organizations
will meet tonight: Lodges The New
Jerusalem, No. 9, M. M.; Temple, No.
32, M. M. Knights Templar Ascension
day services. Church of the Ascension.
Massachusetts avenue and Twelfth
street northwest, 8 p. m.
The following I. O. O. F lodges will
meet tonight: Columbia, No. 10, de
gree work; Salem, No. 22, regular busi-
npfta.
i The following Knights of Pythias or
ganizations will meet lonigni; lour
-Harmonv. No. 21. regular business.
1 Uniform Rank Coidwell Company,
I X? 7 .4-tll
! Elocutionary" contest for the William
1 Wirt Dixon. Jr.. memorial medal, open
' to the students or Georgetown Unl-
verslD, win De neia in uasion nan at
3:30 p. m.
Meeting of E. J. Ross Council, No. 25,
J. O. U. A. M.. Seventh" and D streets
northwest, tonight.
Meeting of Columbia Council. No. 32.
J. O. U. A. M., 820 Twentieth street
northwest, tonight.
Meeting of Constellation Council, Np. 39.
J. O. U. A. M., 419 Tenth street north
west, tonight.
Meeting of Logan Tribe, No. 8, I. O. R.
M., Wisconsin avenue and N street
northwest, tonight.
Meeting of Camp No. 3, Patriotic Order
of America. Third Btreet and Pennsyl
vania avenue southeast, tonight.
Meeting of Camp Nq- 8, Patriotic Order
of America. Congress Heights, tonight.
Meeting of Camp No. 7, Patriotic Order
of 'America, 419 Tenth street northwest,
tonight, .
Address bv Mrs. J. B. Withers before
Stanton Suffrage Club at 1348 Blltmore
street, 8 p. m.
Amusements.
National Aborn English Opera Company
in "Thais." 8:15 p. m.
Belasco The Vagabonds In "Peter
Pan," 8:20 p. m.
Columbia Columbia Players In A Wo
man's Way," 2:15 and 8:15 p. m.
May Carnival by the pupils of Miss Cora
B. Shreve. Chase's Theater, S p. m.
Majestic "Ten Nights In a Barroom."
Cosmos Continuous vaudeville, 1 to 11
P. m.
Casino Vaudeville, 1 to 5 and 7 to U
p. m.
Gayety Burlesque, 205 and 8:15 p. m.
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