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TUESDAY. SEPTEMBER. -6. 1911.
UOW TO I NLOAD THE PHILIPPINES
It was William McKinley who said
at the time of the Spanish*American
war that war on the part of this coun?
try for the acquisition of nfcw terri?
tory would be war of criminal ag
gression. For thirteen years the
United States has tried to govern '.hi
'Philippine Islands which came Into its J
possession by conquest. The pledge
'.was made upon taking over that far
sway country that as soon as order
ijvid been restored and a stable gov
'icrnment assured the United States
'?would turn over thw Islands to the
f
^'llipinoes themselves to that .they
jniight have control of their own of
Walrs. At the time of the conquest the
(flllplnoes were fighting for their free?
dom from Spanish domination, arid
?would In time, probably, have won
j-thelr independence. Since the Alrieri
Lcan occupation they have not given
{.great promise- of their ability to gov?
ern themselves, and It does not look
wns if the time will ever come, or come
;at least for generations, when Ameri
ji.-an exploiters will reach the conclu?
sion that the Flllplnoes can be trusted
rto take care of themselves. The Islands
?have been held so far at an enormous
waste of blood and treasure, and >"ct
'.the Filipino has not been assimilated,
jit is doubtful that he ever can be. Wo
rought to get rid of him in some way.
/The Denver Post lus suggested a way
?*liy which we car escape from our re?
sponsibility with as much honor as we
not into it. The Denver paper says:
"The United Slates does not want
jthe Phlllppiiu-s?never did want them.
Jt is against the American policy to
own colonies or to rule any people
beyond the seas The Filipino does
not want to be ruled by the American,
ye-l Is until to rule himself until he Is
civilized; and he cannot be civilized
by the American. The obvious solu?
tion Is to turn the Islands over to
son-,- nation which does want them,
und whoso civilization is.fitted to the
mind and character of the Filipino.
"That country is Japan. The little
Island empire is badly overcrowded,
and the Japanese must have room for
expansion. They have already overrun
Korea, and year by year they are
crowding more heavily op Russia and
China. Now the Philippines are ut
their very door, as convenient to them
as they are Inconvenient to us. They
netd them and want them?and if wai
should come they would take them in
?spite of us, and it would cost us un?
told millions to recover them. The
.Filipino and the Japanese would read
lily understand each other, which tha
'.Filipino and the American never will.
"The Post wishes to propose that the
1'nited states sei' the Philippines to
Oapan. the purchase price to he p.ud
in annual installment!-, and that both
ilhls purchase price and the sum now
.annually expended in governing the
Islands (which would then be saved)
/lie applled-?.to th? reclamation of arid
[lands In-.'the? West and of lands sub?
vert to overflow in the South. Thus
i-we would brtng tinder cultivation an
enormous area within our own borders,
rwhlch is now barren, wo would be
jrld of an overseas possession, which
jib both expensive and dangerous; we
[?would make a friend forever of Japan.
*nd we would help both the Japanese
end the Filipino.'!
/ It looks as if this disposition of the
(Philippines would be a good way out
Jof a bad bargain. Having obtained
Ojossesslon of the Islands by conquest
(>*ind purchase?the price paid by the
^United States to Spain for the group
kit Islands was 120,000,000?It would
jS'em that we could dispose of our
(rights, so far -s we actually have any
frights, by sale. Japan Is a highly civ
lilized country, rowerftil In war. clever
jin diplomacy t;nd especially titled to
hake over the control of the Islands
-which we have found so easy io get
*nd fo hard to hold. The present situ?
ation is wholly unnatural and wholly
un-American. It is a great thing,
of course, a thing tlm appeals t.> the
-National pride to speak of our Posses
?8lon3 In the Far West, of our domin?
ions beyond the sea:, of what we are
doing for the civilization of strange
peoples with whom we have nothing
in cbmmorr, but we have quite enough
to engage all our faculties of govern?
ment and administration in th<- West.
Having assumed the role ,.t policeman
for this entire hemisphere, w ? should
pot stretch the sacred Monroe Doctrine
to the breaking point. We cannot
safely venture upon the i reserves of
other races and countries without
making some concessions thai might
prove of r.erie.uh embarrassment to. us
on this side of the water.
If the Flllplnoes must be nursed hy
fome other nation, it would seem that
Japan could take better care of them
than any other country. liow the
money derived frcAji the sale of the
Philippines should be used Is u ques?
tion that may he Jeft for future con
?sldei at ion. Instead r>f devoting.lt to
the reclamation of arid lands in the
"West and swamp lands in th? South.
It would be better, probably, to apply
It to the payment Of what It has cost
thla country to govern' the Fillpinoes.
'If we do not unload the Philippines
by some such arrangement as that
suggested, we shall in the end have to
right for their retention
HOW TAIT CAN SAVE HIMSBl.t".
"If the Administration would send
half a dosen trust magnates to Jail
it would help Mr. Taft Immensely
recover popularity." says The World
and The World is right. That's exact?
ly what he ought to do. and do nt
once, and the more of them he can send
to Jail 'the better, of course. It is true
that, ordinarily, he could not do any?
thing of the sort, the law. strange as
It may seem, assuring to every one
the right of trial according to long
established procedure, but this Is uu
extraordinary emergency. and Mr.
Taft must do something to save him?
self and should forthwith issue an or?
der committing a selected number of
the generally acknowledged worst of
the offenders to jail.
There are Morgan and Rockefeller
and Gary and Clary's best friend and
partlceps crlmlnts The Colonel:?these j
certainly ought to be lodged in jail.I
and, if the courts are not competent |
to punish them as the law requires,]
the President should take the matter
Int5 his own hands and have t'hem
locked up, and Wlckersham with them.
Desperate cases demand desperate
treatment; and the President should
proceed at once to satisfy the demand
thar is made upon him. He lias no au?
thority. It is true.' to ilo anything of
the sort; but bother authority: when
there are trust magnates at huge who
ought to be In Jail.
It is a fool demand, but we Join The
World In Insisting that the President
shall Issue his commitment papers
without another clay's delay. Whitt'j
the use of being President If a Presi?
dent can't do a simple little thing like
this?
?
? II.Mtl.OTTI". DONG IN VETtSB.
A lot of us are going down into
North Carolina next Monday with love
In our ht-arts for all the good people
of that great State, to tell them how
much we really think of them and how
glad we should be if they would think
hs much of us: dflhvn into the land of
great soldiers and statesmen, of tine
men and lovely women, of magnificent
mountains and . smiling valleys, of
growing cities and ?ilourishing towns,
of happy homes, of an illustrious past,
u throbbing present and a glorious
111: are; a land of poesy and song.
Next Monday night the Richmond
tourists will reach Charlotte, which
claims to be the largest city in the
State, and which is certainly one of
the most progressive and high-think?
ing communities In the South, and
there, if the visitors from the City on
the Geenis will only keep their eyc3
open, they will observe "Pa come
stoppln' high as was of his walk the
way." and there they will Join their
friends and neighbors in exalting the
horn of the "sinner who has captured
Mecklenburg's laureateship on his
first try," us the Charlotte Observer
announces in giving space to this new
est output of the native muse:
Charlottes our city of which we're
proud.
We'll sound her praises, long and loud;
She's the town uur fathers long had
built
Before the Briton's blood was spIU.
They loved her then, we love her now.
Well show the Greensboroush people
how.
They strive, so hard to make a show
While we merely "Watch uur City
Grow."
They strive with all their might and
main
To win our prestige and our fame
of being the llvest town in the "Old
North Stale."
But Greensborough folks get up too
lute.
We've g.-.t' the Coon, our town will
buzz.
No matter how their city docs.
We'll i ave our streets and build our
schools
And obey our City Pathers" rules.
We'll spend a million more or less.
Invite our sisters to be our guests,
'And teach them how they 11 have to
crow
If they ever expect their towns to
grow.
IVe 11 rear our buiidlngs strong and
tall.
Set the conventions, one and all.
And when Teddy comes to see our fair
Our Greensborough friends will all be
there.
We love our sisters: they're kindlv to
think
When our pond goes dry. to seryi us a
drink
>'rnm the noblest of hearts such kind?
ness proceeds
Heaven. I'm sure. I take note of their
deeds.
But we all are Americans, and South?
erners, too.
When Uncle Sam calls for us he know a
what wp do.
We'll raise the bright colors and hold
them up high?
And If fate has decreed It on a battle
field die.
But peace Is our motto and thrift is
our pride.
Jehovah's instructions we've chose for]
our guide.
, W ith pushing and watching and hold?
ing on fast ?
' We hop. to meet Greensborough in
heaven at last.
There has been nothing better than
that In .ill the range of verse with
whb-h the North Carolina singers have {
m ide the Rlleys and Henry Austins'
..r.d Walt Whitmans and Kiln Wheeler
WII< ovos of the other half of our com?
mon county, who aspire <to ni. hesini
if:
look ehe.i
indeed. "Who can now doubt."
exelalms the Observer, "that Char?
lotte possesses a patriot hard? He
has sung only North Carolina
near-poets can and. has deserved ex?
cellently well of the city. If the
patriot bardi of other North Carolina
cities wish lo contend with him. we
will see fair play. Lot not only
Greer.rboro. but Winston-halom, High
Point, ballsbury. C-acord. Statesville.
Asheville. Durham. Balelgh. Wilming?
ton and many others appear by cham?
pion In this field of song. it would
be North Carolina singer meeting
North Carolina singer. tlreek meeting
(treck. It would be the greatest poetic
battle the sun ever looked on aa well
as a great publicity fest."
j That would" he a battle worthy of
I the genius of the great po?!ts who have
I written themselves Into glory, thanks
I to the assistance they have received
I from a generous press and convenient
: publishers. There must be something
I that tney eat down In North Carolina
I that makes the better writers of that
j State turn their thoughts to poetry, or
j something In the air they breathe, or
j the history and tradition they have been
I taught. It I; all done so easily, too, and
j In such exquisitely good humor that it
shows there is really no Jealousy it;
j the highest teaches of the poetic art.
J It Is true that there are too many
I feel In soniu of the lines of this mas
! terplece, .but there can't be too many
I feet for us tri singing like that. There
j is also a grein lesson in the last two
lines of the present ode which we wish
I might be'-adopted in all communities:
"With pushing and watching ami hold?
ing on last ?
We hope to meet Greensborough In
1 " heaven at last."
Indeed, we lo. We snail all be glad
to see both of them whenever they
come.
"MBKRTE" 11 LOW A l p.
yesterday, nt Toulon, the French
battleship "Liberit" was destroyed b>
an explosion of hoi magazines, and!
more rhan the half of her 7:?.i officers
and men were killed. Several other
warships in the harbor at the time
were also damaged and one hundred at
their men lost their lives. The battle?
ship was one of the finest in ill*
French Navy. Her destruction weak
ens to a considerable degree the light?
ing strength of the Frenchmen at sea
if, indeed, they could be said to have
any such strength, and how It hap
pened has not yet been clearly estab?
lished.
?It was found during the Franco
Prussian War that1 the French were
rather better on dress parade than on
the Held of battle, that they were oon
splcuously lacking in the hard disci?
pline lb. i make.- good lighters. If the
French should go to war with Ger?
many over the Moroccan question It
would be found doubtless that they
have not yet learned the lesson of
thorough preparation for war before
golnt' to War. In the c.erman Navy,
we believe, no warships have been
blown up.
TUE BAPTISTS ON THE MARCH.
At S o'clock this evening, in the
First Baptist Church, a great mass
meeting will be held under the auspices
of the Baptist Wot Id s Alliance, and
the place should be packed because the
spealt< is who will address the meeting
uru men of World-wide distinction; but
especially because the general subject
of which they will speak should con?
cern ?very man In this community who
has any human feeling for his felio-.s
who da not enjoy their privileges of
light nnd liber?%.
Th.- speakers will bo the Rev. lir
Robert S Macarthur, President of The
World's Alliance, and the Rev William
Feiler, a native of Russia, master of
seven languages, educated at Bour?
geon's College In London, and for the
lasr four years pastor of a Church In
St. Petersburg. Dr. Macarthur is de?
servedly one of the most eminent of
the Baptist ministers in the l.'nite 1
States. Long editorially connected with
the Christian Enquirer and Baptist
Review, a most entertaining lecturer
on foreign travel and for many years
pastor of Calvary Church In New Vork
City, he his a high place in the
religious world which makes him a
most welcome visitor wherever he
goes, because what he says Is worth
saying and generally better said than
il could be said by anybody else.
The meeting to-nlgbt is not to b.j
confuseri with what Is called the Lay?
men's Movement; its general results
will contribute lo the same worthy and
desirable end?the redemption of the
world?but this particular meeting is
under the auspices, as we have said,
of the Baptist World's Alliance, an or?
ganization composed of representative
B;?r-;.fts from all over the world, as
its name indicates The second ses?
sion ot this All..,nee was held last
June in Philadelphia, at which tliej
Rev. I'*1 Pitt, of the Religious Herald,
of Richmond made a most able ad-!
dress, and the next session will bei
held in Berlin in 1.915; At the meeting j
In Philadelphia thirty-two countries j
or stations were represented; at thel
meeting in Berlin there will be. it |
may be predicted with certainty, an;
even larger and fuller attendance; fori
the irlb.es all over the world have I
caught the enthusiasm which wil|:
spread from pole to pole. Although!
the. meeting to-night and oth?r meet?
ing!! held under the same auspices do;
not belong to the genera] Laymen's
Movement, as we have said, the;
results that- are to be realized!
from generous work among the
I different denominations; must con-"*
i tribute to the improvement' of tpe race
of men everywhere and hasten the
j time when "the e-,rth shall be filled
with the knowledge of the glory of
! the Lord, as the waters .over the s*a."
POUT! ?INI-- \ in \n.
Again admitting thai It Is "n/ine of
our business." seeing that this is a
secular newspaper, we must s.iv that
the- situation among the Southern
Presbyterians as to their foreign mis?
sionary enterprises is most Interest.
Ing. if B .mewh.1t discouraging Dr.
Cecil has been doing a little figuring,
and (Inda that 40 cents a head from
tha 300.000 members of the Prcsbyte
rtan Church would pay the debt: and
It must be a pretty sorry tort ot Pres?
byterian whb would not be willing to
oontrlbute that much?the price ot
eight street car rides, or four admis?
sions to some of the moving picture
shows. It must be understood, how?
ever, that this comment un the calcu?
lation made by Dr. Cecil was not made
by him: but is simply a bit of secular
reflection deducible from the 40-conts
proposition he has laid down.
THE SI EN WHO 111 it I THE MEN WHO
FIGHT.
? "Virginia must and Is going to main?
tain an pfbeient citizen soldiery. Em
plovers who attempt to place obstacles
In- the way of consummating that end
deserve to be punished at the hands
of the law. and there ought to ? hi
found sonic way ct Indicting the pun?
ishment in the full measure deserved.'
Incensed by the action of numer?
ous employers in refusing to grant
their clerks permission to attend thfl
recent encampment at Culpcper. the
Vlrglnlan-Pilot fires thls.shoi into the
vitals of the employers; but we doubt
that it will have much effect. Men
who have to be reasoned with In mat?
ters like this, which should appeal
not only tu their sense of patriotism,
but to their sense of personal safety
and property Interests, are not apt to '
be Influenced by common . sense re
flections. The military law must be
amend'-d in some way to catch them;
how, we do not know. If the law
should impose heavy penalties upon
employers who forbid the absence of
their emploves for the performance
of military duty, what would be easier
than for the employers to say that
they discharged their employes for
other and sufficient and business rea?
sons and not because they had at?
tended the camps of Instruction?
The main question Is not what
should be done with obstructive em?
ployer.-, but how to get at them, and
pet at them in a way thut will hurt
them. This is the problem with which
the Legislature should deal at its next
session.
A TAX ON UIIEAKPAST TABLES.
Droughts have made sugar higher.
Tea has ndvanced without reason. Dry.
hot weather In the Par East has
shoved spices upward. Rice Is going
up. Coffee, too, is high, and there's
a reason.
No drought, no crop failure. Is nt the
root of the advance in coffee. The
coffee that was worth a year ago h X-h
< ents and four years ago 6 3-S cents
Is now held at 13 3-8 cents. This Is
on account of the valorization scheme
of the Brazilian government working
through a syndicate of bankers In thin
country and in Europe.
A dispatch from Rio de Janeiro to I
the Journal of Commerce under dato
of August 1 explains in detail jlist why
there 13 a coffee shortage It Is a.
report of the message of the President
of Sao Paulo to the legislativ.? con?
gress showing that there were :n tho
hands of the government's romml'.teoa
on the first of the year 6,305,133 bags
of coffee. That this committee al?
lowed to be sold In 1910 only ?06,9111!
bags In accordance with an agree?
ment?conspiracy, as the Birmingham
Age-Herald s-iggests. would bo a bet?
ter word ? entered Into 1'ecember 11,
1908. This report further gives the
places wherein the Brazilian govern?
ment has stored this coffee to be hold
for the forcing of extortionate prices ?
Havre, New Voi k. Hamburg, Antwerp
London. Rotterdam. Trieste. Marseille?
end Kiemen. The quantity held in
New i'ork to the account of this gang
of conspirators was 1,460,756 bag*.
During the current year the sonsplra
tors have disposed of 600,006 bags, and
if it Is necessary to prevent a famine
have ordered the sale of another 400,
000 bi=:-. which will leave only a little'
more th.in ?.oon.ooo hags. "T.ie coffee
sold fetched excellent prices," said
President Lino to the congress. It
certainly did.
The.-e ambrosial days and nights,
and ambrosial days and nights are the
regular thing in Richmond, would be
a fraction more comfortable, more
ambrosial, so to speak, If they wort
Just a little cooler.
What's the matter with Shafer
Street? Why Is it neglected'.' What
hai II done to Justify the City Fathers
In their failure to improve its sa.!
condition? Why should Harrison
Street nave been paved before Shafer
St eel w s touched? Why should
Laurel Street and the street through
which the railroad trains of the R.,
i" ft P. run be improved and not a
lit k Bti n !: .n Shafer? If Shafer Street
is not to he Improved, nt least the
heavy traffic now using that thorough?
fare should be diverted to Harrison
Street and the other streets that have
been Improved. v~ ;
Is the opposition to Shafer Street
In ( :?? Council personal, or simply
the authorities do not know
any better?
Ihe summer wanderers are
on ng back home, and they do not
look very much better than the people
1 ? stayed nt home, enjoying the
and quietness of their own
homes. Judging from the number and
rlze of the trunks the quitters took
with them, they must have embarked
with .ill the things with which
the home folks were familiar beforo
"the season'1 opened. Spite of all.
how/jver, we are glad to see them
? t home again. But why do summer
tourists travf.1 with so much baggage?
It looks as if the Houston Post in
losing it* grip, as It Is not backing
Cone Johnson for United States Sena?
tor to take the plr.ee of Joseph Wel
don Why this neglect of Cone?
What has he done to deserve* such
treatment? Cone Johnson Is ! very
mueh of a man.
Voice of the People
For the Initiative uud the Re?t.
To the Editor of The Times-Dispatch:
Sir.?In your issue of September HO.
In an editorial. "Good for Governor
Mann." you quoted the Governor; as
saying: "If it over comes to pass (the
adoption of the initiative, referendum
and recall) 1 shall retire from poll
tics." it Is more than probable that
Governor Mann would not bo the only
official who would "retire" However
we think from what we have learned
of the Governor he is unduly alarmed.
It seems to us that a man who trusts
the wisdom Of a minority to put hltn
In olficc should have confidence In 4
majority to retire him from that of?
fice.
In commenting upon the Governor's
remarks you said, "that is straight,
Democratic tilk." In discussing such
a subject as the "Oregon System,"
which Is bound to exert a tremendous
influence upon our political institu?
tions, why not. In statine; a fact, ha
sure thai that fact is correcty Was
the Governor's talk "straight Demo?
cratic?" What Is Democracy? Is thi
Initiative, referendum and recall Dem?
ocratic in its aim or' not? Is this
; irresistible tendency of the people to
I get closer to their government bor
01 their love of Democracy?
"The people are beginning lo under?
stand." you say. t'nderstand whatl
That the initiative and referendum is
Democratic, and that a reprceentutiva
government lobbied by "vested In?
terests" is plutocratic? That the few
are easier to "get at" than the many!
"Hut Ihey will come back.'' Com?!
back to what? The Democracy of Jef?
ferson, or will they rush on toward
a rockribbed centralized government
of a Hamilton? "to the law of the!
Medea and Persians, which altereth
j not?" Why speak of the initiative and
j referendum as the "Oregon System?"
They had done much for iho political j
development of Switzerland long bo- <
tore the "nohlf- redmen" of Oregon had
been driven into reservat'ons by their
virtuous and Justice-loving palefaced
brr-thren.
Professor R. T. Ely. director of the
school of economics and history In
the Wisconsin University, says: "Swit?
zerland Is. politic illy, the most demo- j
cratic country In the world . . . and .
it is a country In which social reform
has advanced more rapidly than in any
other. It seems that social and po?
litical reforms, which are within the
reach of the people, have. In the main,
absorbed their energy and directed
into peaceful channels the social cur-j
rent which. In other countries, haj be- !
come revolutionary. . . . The Swiss
development has been superior to the!
con: titutlonal development of the
United ; isles. The Swiss system en
iihles the people to ke? p their hands
upon the government at all times.
. . . Under the referendum and inltla-,
tlve every law passed may be vetoed by
the people, and any law may be pro?
posed which a small fractional part
of the population desires tJ see
enacted."
In light of the bitter personalities
of til- senatorial contests 'n thf r -
cent primary election. It might bo
profitable to quote further from the
i-ame nuthor:
"One of the chief advantages of ;he
referendum and initiative 1h that they
would teach Americana to discuss
measures more and men less. Our
politic.- have a tendency to becomo
purely personal, and personal poli?
tic.- ;-re apt to become petty ahu in?
significant. When grvat measures be?
come live questions goo<i men will
come 10 the front."
A. C. BMITH.
Bla-. kstone. Va.
M?mling I'p for KniiHiin.
To the Editor of The Times-Dispatch:
Sir.?I noticed an editorial In youi
paper the other day entitled "Bleeding
Kansas." I would Judge from lean?
ing |t that you were never In Kan
sas. It would seem that any one cap
able of editing a newspaper wotile
know that a Stute as young as Kan?
sas 1- would naturally be a cosmopoli?
tan State. The people living in Kan?
sas as a rule are originally from the
Central anil Eastern States.
Kansas Is far aheipl of any oth.-t
State m the Union in Its sanitary and
Pyre food laws and its general pro
greaslvenesa I think Virginia is
aheail of Kansas in climate and nat?
ural scenery, and for climatic reasoni
I came here a few months ago. and
expect to make this my permanent
home. However. I miss the progres
siveness of Kansas In .1 great many
ways. I am afraid I shall also mourn
for the generosity and non-exrluslvo
D6S8 of the Kansas people. We have
no F. F. K.'s there, such as the F.
F. V s here in Virginia Refinement
and klnd-hearj.ednesa Invariably find
their way to the hearts of the best
people we have In Kansas.
Lawlessness is as severely dealt with
there as anywhere In the world. H
Is a statistical fact that Kansas has
grown more rapidly in its short ex
Istence than any other State in the
I'nifin.
I like Virginia or I would not be
here, but I have lived too long in
Kansas, and know of its good quali?
ties too well to hear It run down
without protest.
A KANSAS GIRL.
Fredericksburg, Va.
The Can** of Poutitta l'llste.
To the L'dttor of The Times-Dispatch: I
Sir.?I noticed an article in your !
editorial columns of the 22d of Scp-|
tembcr quoted from the Chicago Jnter
Ocean In regard to the recall of the
judges, "it existed In the time of
Pontius Pilate," who had the courage
to wash his hands of the blood of the
Innocent Poor Pilate and poor Jews
will we never forgive them for this?
Without the crucifixion we would havo
no salvation. Those Jews thought the
Master had come to rule this world
in the stead of a monarch, and H1b
parentage was too lowly for them to
stand Him. He got Just the name
treatment the very poor are getting
to-dav. and if it were possible for
Him to come to the United States now
and go into some farmer's cornfield to
get a few ears of corn to satisfy His
hunger. He would be run out; and If
He were to go to a large city some
great detective would arrest Him; and
If He were trying to get work thuF
He might make an honest living Ho
would be considered a menace to
public property and taken (before a
justice. Looking for work, He would
get It?ninety days on a rock pile. I
am not in favor of the direct recull
of the judges by the people, but 1 am
In favor of electing the judges, -and If
one of them goes adrift from all thej
traditions of Justice, lot him be. tried;
by twelve Just Judges?not Jurors?
and If ho is found guilty let him come,
down from his high position, and let]
no judge succeed himself. There isj
more than one honest and competent;
lawyer. If the Master did say "Woo |
unto ye, lawyers." He meant those. 1
who withheld from the people the
knowledge of the truth.
J. C. GOODLOE. JR.
Gordonsvllle. September 23._
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Industrie? In Vnrlou? State?.
The writer would thank you kindly
to publtBh wha.t. you consider the prin?
cipal Industries or the following States:
North Dakota. South Dakota. Michigan,
Delaware, Wisconsin. Texas. Colorado.
Connecticut. Pennsylvania. California.
New Jersey. Ohio. West Virginia. Mon?
tana. READER.
The leading occupation of North Da
kola Is the production of wheat and
the grazing of cattle, and the same is
true of Pouth Dakota.
Michigan Is the first State In the
production of copper, salt and lumber,
the fourth in wool, and one ol she first
In Iron and wheat. Its lumber enter?
prises are extensive, and It has Impor?
tant fisheries.
Delaware's leading productions are
when;, in ban corn and fruit.
Wisconsin, agriculture, lumber and
mining; important Iron mines In the,
north.
Texas, leading products, cotton. In?
dian corn', live stock, sugar and rice
ColoraiTb. gold, silver and lead mines,
and stock raising.
Connecticut, agriculture and manu?
factures of great variety.
Pennsylvania, coal and Iron. It Is
the first State in Iron manufactures
and the production of petroleum, and
the second State in manufactures.
California, gold, quicksilver, lead and
silver, wheat, barley, wool, grapes and
other fruit, wine, brandy, honey and
timber.
New Jersey, first State In the pro?
duction of zinc, one of the leading Iron
producing States, and one of the chlel
of manufacturing States, ranking flrsl
in the manufacture of glass and silk,
and among the first In the manufac?
tures of leather. Iron, hats, rubber,
sugar and steel.
Ohio, chief products are wheat, In?
dian com, wool, live stock, dairy pro?
duce, flour, pork, coal. Iron, salt and
petroleum
West Virginia, chief produets are
mil, timber. Iron and salt.
Montana, the leading Industries are
mining and stock raising.
Nntlonnl Holl.Im.
Please tell nie how manv national
holidays there are ?WJDL.IAXI M
There Is no national holiday, not
even the Fourth of July. Congress
has at various times appointed special
holldnvH The proclamation of the Pres?
ident designating a day of thanksgiv?
ing onlv makes It a legal holiday In
the District of Columbia and the Ter?
ritories.
dinners In South America.
I am a machine designer .twenty-five
years of age. and would like to make
n change I would be glad to know
Cte conditions and chances in some of
the large cities in Argentine Repub?
lic, Bolivia. Brazil. Chile, or any of
these countries In South America. I
have had the city of Buenos Ayrei in
mind, and would like to ask If It is
necessary to know the Spanish lan?
guage In order to succeed there
H. W. M.
You would acquire all the Informa?
tion you might desire bv addressing
the Bureau of American Republics.
"Washington. D. C It Is not absolutely
necessary to know the Spanish lan?
guage.<but It would be very useful to
have such a knowledge.
What Doen Wor Costf
Can you tell me definitely or approx?
imately what the annual military ex?
penditures of the world are? Rices?
also 6tate the figures for the great
powens. II. W. J.
The total Is estimated at about
$2,250,000.000. The military budgets of
ten of the principal nations, as given
in the latest olhclal statistics avail?
able, arc as follows:
Austria-Hungary ..1909 I 82,265,000
France .1910 232.868.000
Germany .1910-11 216.97ft.000
Greut Brftaln . 1909-10 312.890.000
Italy .1909-ia 95,672.000
Japan ....1909-10 53,808,000
Russia .1910 2S4.982.000
Spain .1910 , 39.085.000
Turkey .1909 55,197.000
United States.1909-10 282,1 17."On
Totals .fl.665,S?9,?0u
TtyankkglvliiK Day.
Please give Information as to the
orrgln of Thanksgiving Day. the date,
and the first proclamation In full.
v JOHN.
The Initial date of the national
Thanksgiving has beeji fixed at Sep?
tember 3. 1861. but thin seems some?
what arbitrary. On April 10. 1862
(Nlcolay & Hay, Complete Works, vll.
114), President Lincoln Issued a pro?
clamation recommending general
thanksgiving and prayer for the na?
tional victories on the weekly day of
religious observance next following
the receipt of the proclamation. On
July 1ft. 1863 fix. 32) he Issued a
thanksgiving proclamation for victo?
ries, and appointed Thursday, August
C, as the day of such observance. A
second proclamation In the. name year
dVUed October 3 (lv, 151 i. in more gen?
eral terms appointed the li t Thurs?
day In November at a day of thanks?
giving and praise. On May 1864 (x,
91?, he issued a ]r>?? formal "recom?
mendation .,f thanksgiving" without
setilng apart any day for observance.
In the serial examination of these
records we now discover that the as?
signment of the Initial date to Sep?
tember 3^ 1861, in more than arbitrary;
It Is absurd On that day President
Lincoln fasued two "orders of thinks
and rejoicing" fx. 2I3L tendering the
national *<anks te> Farragut. Canb'y
and Granger and setting apart Sep?
tember ft. ?'. and 7 for national salutes
of ion guns On October 20. 1S64 tx.
2A7' i. he i-sued hit seeond th.inksgl vlng
proclamation for the last Thursday of
November. These thanksgivings were
a part of the war feeling That they
were continued after the war and were
turned into more general channels is
due to the success of the agitation
carried on most earnestly bv Sarah
Jo.-epha Hale, editor of Godey'S Ladies*
Book
AFFAIRS OF PRINCE
PORTRAYED OO STAGE
BY LA MARQI ISK DK POXTBJfOV.
IT is not often that a royal person?
age i.s entertained by seeing him
self, and especially his matrimo?
nial B IIa Irs, portrayed on the comic
opera stage ,.( t Ii i is what has fal?
len to the tihare. of Prince Joachim of
Prussia, whose name figures in ' the
Almanach de Gotha, described as ot
'residence unknown," and who has
been turned out of ihe German army
by his cousin, the Kaiser, and deprlv
ed of all l-.is military honors and dlgnl
ties He, is now stayiuy at Marienbild
under the name of "Count Joachim
Hohenstein," while living with him a
his reputed morganatic ?it.- is the
Baroness von Lieben berg, foimeri>
known a-; .Marie Bulzer, a favorite ot
the mu'Sic hall stage or Berlin.
It is for her sake that he Is an
exile from the land of his birth and
shorn of his prerogatives as a prince
of the blood. For Germany's diplo?
matic representatives abroad have
b- en dlrc-i ted to prevent hi* recogni?
tion as a prince- of Prussia by tho
courts and governments to which they
are accredited.
The other evening Joachim and the
baroness attended the local theatre in
order to witness the performance or
The <;,,unt or Luxemburg," which had
so great a success in London at Daly's
last .-ummer. and which Is in reality ft
musical staging of their own matrimo?
nial affairs. In "The Count of Luxem
burg" a Husslan grand duke wants to
marry Angele Didier, an opera singer,
but she must have a title before th?
Czar will consent. Therefore the.
bankrupt Bohemian Count of Luxem?
burg is offered 1100,000 to agree to
marry her without seeing her. and '..
being divorced from her within Ihre?
months. In jeal life the actress i
eiuestion was Marie. Sulzer. the "Ru..
sian grand duke." was Prince Joachim
of Prussia, and the "Count of Luxem?
burg" a penniless Austrian noblcmai
of the name of Baron Victor von Lie
benbbj-g- Prince Joachim was so in?
fatuated with Marie Sulzer. even dur
ing the lifetime or his father, the late
Prince Albert of Prussia, who died rb
Reg-Jnt of Brunswick, that he was bent
on marrying her. But Prlr.. e Albert
wha entertained a holy honor fo*
everything In connection with thu
stage, endeavored to prevent this by
stipulating in his will that if his bOu
married any woman not of noble rank,
he should forfeit his share. In his
enormous estate. Prim e Joachim, there- |
fore, after his father's demise, ar. }
ranged that Marie Sulzcr should leav?: ;
the -stage, and marry In London Baton
Victor von Liebenberg. The baton was'
to quit her on the. wedding day, unO !
to immediately secure a divorce, 01
rather to allow himself to be divorced,
on the ground of desertion, leaving
Marie. Sulzei- his name and the bona
llde title of baroness. In this way
Joachim expected to avoid the provis?
ions of his father's will.
The marriage of Baron Victor v*h
Liebenberg and of Marie Sulzer took
place In London, and they left one an
othej within an hour after the wed?
ding ceremony, as arranged. But be?
fore the divorce proceedings could be ]
completed. Emperor William Interfered, i
as head of the reigning hou^e of Prus?
sia. Taking advantage, of tho fact thai I
Mari-; Sulzer had forfeited her Ger- I
man nationality, and had become ar. j
Austrian subject, by her marriage ti?
the Austrian B'tron von Liebenberg \
he caused her t? be expelled from |
Germany, as an undesirable alien, and j
sent Joachim off to Germany's African
colonies, on military duty. The prince
did not remain there very long, and oh
leaving Africa without the. permission
of .the Emperor, and rejoining the !
meanwhile divorced Baroness Lieben- j
berg In Europe, his name was removed
from the ranks of the German army,
and he was forbidden by the Kaiser
to take up his residence on German
territory. Moreover, the administra?
tion of his father's largo fortune, was
vested in the hands of his youngest
brother, Prince Frodorlck William,
who last year married Princess Agatha
of Hohenlohe, at Potsdam, and Joachim
la virtually dependent upon the al_
lowance made tc. him by this brother.
Joachim is one of the most gifted
members of the reigning house of
Prussia, and has achieved considerable
fame In the musical world as a com?
poser of some works of considerable
merit, apd which hove attracted a good
deal of popular attention. Two of his
operas, of a light order, have beon
produced, under an assumed name, on
the Berlin stage, with much success.
He shares the intense devotion'of his
late father to Bach -and Handel, his
fondness for trfe works of Mendels?
sohn, Beethoven and Mozart, and. is |i
most accomplished performer on th*
violoncello, being a pupil of tho well
known master of that Instrument, Pro
fessor Luedemann.
Prince Joachim ?tust not be con
founded with his elder brother, Prince
Frederick Henry, also uisgr.u'e.i, ex?
iled, cashiered froth the army, and
forced to livo abroad uu j? i an n?
Mimed nam'-. Joachim I? ti?o intlnit?
ly b^uer nun ol the two, and in view
of the terrlt.le scandal id which
Prince Frederick Henry was Involved,
It would t-ciin to most people that h?
deserved a worse pumahment thuu
Joachim's, who alter all Old what au
many otnera h?ve done, namely, sacii
iiccci hi? cursor tui ihe sak< of .? re
ji.arkubiy attractive, though. it la
true, sotiiewtiat notorious woman.
Major H C. Lowiher, who Is ac?
companylng the Uukt of Conhaught
to Canada, in tne capacity of military
secretary, und wto will >a such be one
of the principal members Of the h?>use
hold -it the new Clovc-rnor-Oenerai of
the Dominion throughout hit- term of
office, Is a brother of the speaker Of
tno House or Commons, has been mili?
tary attache of th? British eiribat
Bleu in Paris and Mauriu, ana uiso
formed part of an English special mla
slon to Fez, in iLu>i>. liu Is an ottitcr
of the Scots Guards. and served,
throughout the war in South Africa,
Where he won the Distinguished ser?
vice Order. 1 may add that In- is mar?
ried, ar.d has been associated with i hd
L>uke of Connaugnt fur loroo time past,
having accompanied htm on the de?
cision of his trip last year to South
Africa, in the capacity of private sec?
retary. Needless to add that. Ilko an
members of the house of Lowiher, of
which the Earl of Lonsdala is the
chief, tho major >? devote i to ovei y
form of sport, especially to all things
connected with the horse.
Amcng the many Incidents mentioned
In the obituary notices ot the late Lord
James ot Hereford, one e?t the most
popular and respected figures in Eng.
lisn life, and more especially in Lou
don, during the last lltty 'years, no
reference tnat 1 can tind was made to
trie lact that he really made Herbert
Asqulth, the present Prime Minister,
In is&;< Herbert Asqulth was 'devilling"
for Sir Henry Jam-:, then Attorney.
General. Gladstone, who was Prim*
Minister at the time, was anxious to
fulfil his promise of extending sul
fragtr to the agricultural laborer. As
a preliminary, It was necessary to
draw up a conspectus of all existing
franchises, and tenure* which con?
firmed the franchise. Sir Henry James
delegated this work to Asquitb. whoso
memoir on the subject was so good
that Sir Henry r-ubmitted It to Glad?
stone. The latter thought very highly
of It. and Insisted on making the ac?
quaintance of the young barrister who
had written it. eventually bestowing
upon him the Siccreturyship of State
for the Home Department, when he
formed the administration in \^'.<-.
Lord James, who as every one knows
declined the offer of the lord high
chancellorship, with its salary of
000 -1 year, and its subsequent pension
of $25.000 a year for the. balance ot
his life, rather than yield to Glad?
stone's persuasion about Irish horn*
rule, owed his title of Lord James of
Hereford to the facl that when a i
Cheltenham College he was always
known as Hereford Jarnes." There
were peveral boys of the name of
James in the school, hut he was the
onlv one who hailed from the county
of Hereford, where his father was in
practice as a physician, lie shvita
retained to the last a very warm af.
fectloti for his alma mater, which lift
was the first to join on Its opening, and
wh'en raised to the House of Lord?,
he determined to revive. In a way. In
his title, the sohrinuet by which he
had been known at school.
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