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THE SAN ANTONIO DAILY EXPRESS: TUESDAY MORNING, JUNE 7, 1910,
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PICTURESQUE FIGURES.
H. O. Havemeyer is dead. It is with
the greatest regret that those who have
occasion to mention his name in the
trial of his former employes do so.
They feel kindly toward him and it
hurts when they think that this case
of defrauding the Government out of
duties on sugar traces its way to his
grave.
It is customary to speak well of the
dead. It is not difficult. There is so
much that is good in all men that when
death has opened the eyes of mercy a
man's virtues are more visible. It is not
hypocracy; it is merely a willingness to
be fair after the struggles of this life
have ceased to blind.
These orgaaizers of big companies
have something picturesque about
them. They are men of wonderful
strength. They were loyal to their
friends. When they were rising in the
■world the ballot box stuffer was an
honored institution, the briber was
numerous, politics had never felt the
effects of reform, the general intel-
ligence of this country was much low-
er. They were used to riding over
strict interpretation of the law to do
things. Their consciences were not
forever sharpened bv the more idealis-
tic viewpoints of these modern times.
They had to get rebates or the other
man would get them. If they didn't
bribe the other man would bribe and
they would be lost. Life was more of
an open fight with them. They rebat-
ed, fought, bribed, coerced, threatened
and altogether stormed their way
through life.
But when H. 0. Havemeyer died
his last words were instructions to
"look after the boys." He turned to
think with regret that he was leaving
them in trouble.
These men are more picturesque
than anything else. Their relation to
the world of business is very much
like the relation of the cowboy to mod-
ern Texas. The cowboy drank vile
whiskey, tried to break as many of the
. ten commandments as possible every
day and closed the evening by shoot-
ing up a saloon or some neighbor. But
he also chased the Indians out and
put cattle on the Texas plains where
nothing but jackrabbits had been be-
fore.
Just at present the country is hear-
ing with interest about an attempt to
grab Alaska. There arc parts of
Alaska which belong to the people. But
the people are careless about Alaska.
That doesn't justify an organization of
capitalists to steal it, but it tempts the
organization of capitalists to steal
it, which is not far from admit-
ting that it might be just as
well for them to steal it and do some-
thing with it. This admission is not
made because eventually the people
are going to use that land but it il-
lustrates the point.
They are a queer lot. these older cap-
tains of indus.rv to whom trade regu-
lation is so galling but they don't
catch the modern spirit quickly after
half a century of their own kind of
business regulations and it is natural
for them to number the men to whom
they have given remunerative employ-
ment, point to their mills and railroads
and to what they have done for the
material welfare of the country and
ask a vindication on that ground. What-
ever else may be said of them they
"looked after the boys" regardless of
cost or danger.
DAY ON AUTOMOBILES.
Chancellor Day is not quite sure
about it, but he rather inclines to the
belief that the automobile is a curse
to the country. He explains that hun-
dreds of men do nothing apparently
but course about the country In ma-
chines and that other persons who
have not the funds to purchase ma-
chines mortage their homes to get
them anyway.
It seems the automobile has done
more than anything else to call atten-
tion of the public to the number of
men who have nothing to do or rather
who neglect to note the fact that there
is something for everyone to do. The
chug-chug of the machine seems to
bring a desire to choke someone espe-
cially when it beats upon the ear
drums of a man who is busy.
This old world has been plodding
along now for so many centuries that
no figures will be mentioned for fear
of opening a new discussion and dur-
ing all of that time there have been
men coursing around over the country
with nothing to do. In the good Vld
days they made love to the women of
the court and one such person fought
windmills.
Many of the cars are going into the
garages of men who are amply able
to pay for them and want machines
for pleasure and business trips. In
Southwest Texas they make it possible
for the resident of small cities to come
to San Antonio on business within a
few hours on hot days when no horse
could stand the road if spurred. They
bring the doctor to his patient and
the fresh air of the country to the con-
valescent while he reclines in the lux-
urious comfort of upholstering.
At the same time, of course, a large
number of persons look upon the auto-
mobile as desert for a champagne sup-
per. They frequently break their necks
or someone else's neck. Others leave
business and go wandering across the
country. There is only one hope of
separating them from the automobile.
When flying machines are a little more
numerous these persons will be drop-
ping through the roof onto our dinner
tables or upsetting monuments to Na-
tional heroes and playing smash with
church steeples.
As for the clerks who mortgage their
homes if they didn't have automobiles
to buy they would invest the money
in rubber stock or bonds of the gum-
drop trust. As it is their wives and
families have a good time with the
automobiles.
If this abused machine has a few-
more years in which to be improved
upon while some patents which pay
high royalties run out the man of or-
dinary income may be able to purchase
one without giving a mortgage on his
home and more farmers will use the
rear seats for bringing fresh eggs to
market. It wouldn't be a bad idea to
give the automobile a chance.
THE FEDERAL TAXING POWER.
One of the objections offered to the
Federal income tax is its alleged in-
vasion of State rights and prerogatives
through the concentration of authority
in Washington and in the burdens of
expense and publicity which it places
upon the corporation form of business
in distinction from the partnership or
individual proprietorship.
The chief merit claimed for a Fed-
eral income tax measure, aside from
its revenue feature, is that it affords
the nearest approach to that degree of
regulation of huge private business
concerns which mtny persons regard
as essential to the protection of the
public.
Of this iatter number the Boston
Transcript is evidently not to be count-
ed a3 one. It is not, apparently, so
much a stickler for State rights as it
is for the rights and privileges of cor-
porations which it appears to regard
as unauly .nvaded and in an agony of
spirit it demands to know "Is there no
limit to the raid of our lawmakers on
any :'noivid"als who may seem pros-
perous ?" The popular theory of tax-
ation is lhat the burdens of taxation
should be heaviest on those who are
best able to bear them. That, however,
is not always the practical applica-
tion, for the general impression is that
the citizen of moderate means has
more than his proportionate share of
the burdens of taxation. Hi3 taxable
assets are tangible and even if he were
disposed to do so he could not so easi-
ly escarc the exactions of the tax
gatherer as could the more wily ac-
cumulator of vast hordes represented,
in large part by intangible properties.
This is the extreme view of the
Eastern press and the Eastern politi-
cians that follow the leadership of the
Lodges and the Aldriches. It is in di-
rect opposition to the sentiment of the
West and the Northwest where insur-
gency has its stronghold and where
Theodore Roosevelt's popularity was,
perhaps, never so great before as it is
now.
SMOKE PREVENTION
BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN.
The Confederate Veterans are going
to interview the legislative candidates
about pensions and the veterans' home.
Why, the candidates are for it if the
people are for it, but you see the/can
didates are in dense ignorance as to
what the people want, but they explain
that this does not disqualify them for
the Legislature.
A Republican will oppose John Gar-
ner in the Fifteenth District. He is
evidently fond of fighting, but seems
reckless about winning.
As a result of the conference be-
tween President Taft and the railroad
officials there may be such an im-
proved understanding all round as will
eliminate the friction after awhile. Of
course it was not to be expected that
in such a conference anyone would
contend that there was "nothing to ar-
bitrate."
If Aviator Hamilton demonstrates his
ability to drop explosives accurately
from his airship, flying swiftly at an
' altitude of a quarter of a mile high in
! the test which the Government has
provided for what effect will it have
on the Construction of dreadnoughts
and super-dreadnoughts in the future?
The legal corps of twenty-five rail-
roads are planning a defense to the
Government injunction case. It is ru-
mored that the Federal Court will
make a requisition for nightmare and
0fcrvous prostration antidotes.
Announcement of the treasury offi-
cials that the per capita money of the
Nation is $34.69 has caused great ex-
citement in the paragraphers' union.
Some of the funds are evidently miss-
ing.
Jack Johnson fired his manager and
said manager made a roar that was
heard throughout the JSation. Persons
employed by men of Johnson's com-
plexion usually make less fuss about
The newest court of customs appeals
opens with 226 cases on the docket and
thereby takes its place among the other
couro of the land, the proper number
of viars behind its work.
MAINE AS A DOUBTFUL STATE.
"Maine went hell bent for Gover-
nor Kent" in the days before the Civil
War and ever since that eventful epoch
Maine has been going strongly and
unwaveringly for Republican rule in
the State and Republican representa-
tion in the National Legislature.
There has been two exceptions. In
1878 and in 1880 the Democrats and
; Greenbackers on a fusion ticket elected
their candidates.
There is a striking similarity in the
( name of the Democratic candidate who
, broke the Republican recotd in 1878
and that of the Democratic aspirant
who stands a good .*hinc* for the nom-
ination for Governor in 1010. The
first was Plaiste<{ and the latter Play-
ster, at present 'Mayor of the capital
city, Augusta. Now, as in 1878, there
is political unrest in the Pine Tree
: State and it is attributed to alleged
Republican extravagance and the high
! C06t of living. Maine's representation
\ in Congress is of the stalwart, "regu-
! lar" Republican type, hardly sugges-
tive of any shadow of insurgency in
the home State, but Senator Hale,
whose term expires with the present
Congress, sometime ago announced
that he would not be n candidate for
re-election and now it is fceing charged
that active opposition at home and not
weariness of public service is the rea-
son of his retirement.
Whether the Democrat:, have any
solid basis for the hopes of success
which they profess to entertain can
only be conjectured. If they have it
may augur badly t?r the party in pow-
er in the coming November elections.
As the Maine election will be held in
September the effect of a Republican
defeat there would undoubtedly be felt
in the elections to be held in other
States in the November following. It
has been said of the Republican party,
however, that it is never so little in
danger as when threatened with dis-
aster for then it exemplifies its get to-
gether and cohesive quality and pre-
sents a solid phalanx. But the
rumblings in other States than Maine
are this year ominous and the outlook
it at least suggestive of possibilities.
The census enumerators have all
turned in their reports and they are
being gone over preparatory to an an-
nouncement that may please a few am-
bitious municipalities, but that will be
very disappointing to a great many
more.
A glass of beer caused a killing in
Tennessee. Noting the murder column
for the last few months one comes to
the conclusion that a pleasant smile
might cause manslaughter in Tennes-
see.
Roosevelt will campaign for the Re-
publican candidates in Texas. Let him
come on. Everyone will be delighted
to see him and he couldn't choose a
more harmless occupation.
Mr. Foraker's dark-complexioned
friends of the Twenty-fifth Infantry
are in trouble again and it can scarce-
ly be charged to the citizens of Browns-
ville this time.
Chancellor Day scores the bachelors
and says wifey should help them plan
their expenditures. But their plans
last longer than their cash. That's the
trouble.
Well, the Fire Rating Board has
made up its mind that the public may
look at the public records.
Del Rio sees another railroad com-
ing. Speaking of effective hustlers,
Del Rio is one of them.
Corpus Christi has discovered natur-
al gas—the kind that can be used as
fuel.
His Maddest, Merriest Day.
If you're waking call me early, call me
»'arly. mother, dear:
TomoiTow'll be tho gladdest day of all
tills glorious year,
The maddest, merriest day, mother, that
I may ever see,
fc'o knock unon my door, mother, until
you waken me.
I've oiled my motocycle—It will be a hol-
iday—
I'll not hesitate for chickens that linger
in my way;
Oh, I mny run over children or old peo-
ple, mother dear,
But it wtli be the greatest day that we
have hod this year.
Let others hear the speeches the orators
shall make,
But I'll be smashing records—I've thrown
away my brake;
So call me early, mother; let me eat and
get away
From the stupid celebrations that mar
Memorial Day.
—B. E Kiser, In Chicago Record-Herald.
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Not Acquainted.
Salvation Army Lass—Little girl, have
you come to know Oodt
Child of Eight-No
and be. nre very grssi
polltan Magaslas,
TP IIE International Association for the
* Prevention of Smoke will meet In
annual convention in Minneapolis today.
Delegates from all the principal cities of
the United States and Can a lift, with many
visitors from abroad, will be in attend-
ance. Reports as to the success of the
crusade against smoke will be .heard
from the various cities of America, and
these will show that much good has pro-
ceeded from the quiet crusade that lias
been made during the past few years.
Many of the principal cities of Uio
/country have stringent antlsnioke laws,
and they are being enforced with a de-
termination never before evident. New
York has banished the smoking locomo-
tive and Chicago is trying to bring about
the electrification of its railroad termi-
nals. There are at least a dozen cities
in the United States where the crusade
against the smoke nuisance has accom-
plished nearly ail that can reasonably
be desired.
During the past few years public spir-
ited men have made a careful study of
the economic losses caused by the preva-
lence of the smoke nuisance in large cit-
ies. Ht. Louis whs one of the first mu-
nicipalities seriously to take up the mat-
ter, and the results of its studies of the
question are quoted wherever the antl-
sinoke agitation is carried. It was con-
cluded, as a result of these investiga-
tions, that the losg to the vegetation of
the surrounding country by reason of
smoke, amounted to at least 4 per cent.
It was also found that great damage to
the books In the libraries of cities and
to the pictures in its art galleries was
caused by the presence of smoke in the
atmosphere.
The city of Cleveland has some 400 re-
tall dry goods stores doing business rang-
ing from $10,000 to $4,000,000 a year. It
was estimated by the Cleveland smoke
committee that on fill white goods the
merchants sustained a loss or at least
10 per cent through damage by the pres-
ence of smoke. Taking the single items
of underwear, shirtwaists, linens and
white dress goods, eleven stores placed
their combined loss on these lines, be-
cause of the smoke nuisance, at $25,000 a
year. Taking all items of loss sustained
the Cleveland authorities figured that the
nuisance was costing the people of the
city several million dollars a year.
when the Chicago authorities came to
Investigate the cost of smoke to Its peo-
ple the figures became surprisingly large.
One department store alone declared that
its annual loss through the prevalence
of smoke amounted to at least $200,000. It
was estimated that the yearly loss to the
business houses along State Street
amounted to $2,000,000. Taking the whole
city together, It was calculated that the
smoke of its factories cost the city ap-
proximately as much as Its people paid
In taxes.
♦ ♦
The people of the United States spend
nearly $2,000,000,000 annually for heat, light
and power. It has been estimated that
the damage wrought by the smoke nui-
sance in America amounts to at least
half a billion dollars. Someone has fig-
ured that there are at least 2,000,000 men
In the smoky districts of the United
States who wear white shirts and col-
lars, and as many women who wear white
clothes at times. He figures that the
added expense of their laundry bills by
reason of the presence of smoke In the
atmosphere amounts to an average of 10
cents per week. On that basis the out-
lay for clean linen alone would amount
to at least $20,000,000. In addition to this
must be taken Into consideration the
great loss to vegetation, the blackening
of public buildings and the Injury to the
public health.
Some men have asserted that the smoke
nuisance is not injurious to health, yet
this seems contrary to the testimony of
th statistics. It was shown in the 'ens*
of the heavy London fogs that the death
rate was greater by thousands during the
prevalence of the fogs than at other
times. The spread of pulmonary diseases
has been largely In keeping with the
growth of Industrial regions. Nearly all
of the Serious students of the smoke
question agree that the presence of smoke
In the atmosphere causes much damage
to health.
♦ ♦ ♦
The figures secured with reference to
the prevalence of smoke over London
show that this pall contains at least fifty
tons of solid carbon. One authority esti-
mates that the annual consumption of
coal In that city releases nearly a million
tons of sulphuric acid. If one has ever
had occasion to note the damage wrought
)n animal
pall extends for more than forty miles
into the surrounding country. When the
wind blows from London heavy deposits
of matter* are made on the snow, ice or
vegetation at that distance. Prof. Hollo
Russell placed the annual damage by
reason or the London pall at nearly $23.-
000,000.
♦ ♦ ♦
While great losses are caused by the
prevalence of smoke, these losses are
small in comparison to the estimated
losses by reason of the deficient com-
bustion which produces the smoke. No
question in the engineering world has
been so neglected as that of advantageous
conversion of fuel Into power. It has
Veen stated frequently that not more
than 5 per cent of all the latent heat ill
coal Is converted Into power under pres-
ent conditions. It Is said that the pro-
duction of power through the medium of
producer gas gives twice as much en-
ergy to the driving shaft as is given by
the use of the same quantity of fu»M
through the medium of steam. Not only
Is this remarkable saving effected in
the energy of the coal used, but at the
same time the smoke nuisance Is entirely
overcome, since the producer gas engine
needs no smokestack.
It Is believed that the future will wit-
ness the establishment of great power-
producing stations at the mouths of the
coal mines of the country, and that here
will be produced the power wh'cn will
drive the machinery of the future. It
has been shown that electricity can be
transmitted at least 2n0 miles advantage-
ously, and that thus a large producer
friant could serve a territory of practlcal-
y 200,0(10 square miles. Such a territory
would be about Tour times as large as
the urea of the State of Illinois, fur-
thermore, the conversion of the lowest
grade of coal Into gas yields a* much
power as the best bituminous, and thus
may be made highly available the bil-
lions of tons of lignite In the United
States that otherwise would bo all nut
unavailable. If this era of producer gas,
with electricity as its aid. shall come
about, the day of the smokeless factory
may not be an idle dream.
♦ ♦ ♦
Tt Is also said to be feasible to heat
the houses of the urban population of
the world from central heating stations.
In some cities this has been fried on a
more or less extended scale, and it has
proved a great boon. The furnace that
needs constant attention is no longer to
be bothered with. The eoalbin Is rele-
gated to oblivion and the ash can. with
its dust and bother. Is banished forever.
The crusade against the smoke nui-
sance is by no means a new one. As
far back as 1306 a royal edict was issued
In I/ondon fixing death by hanging as
the penalty for allowing smoke la escape
from a chimney. In tne reign of Eliza-
beth coal was forbidden to be used in
London during the session of Parliament
on tlie ground that it would endanger the
health of the. lords and of the members
of the lower house. Europe has always
led the world In opposition to the «nioke
nuisance, and the Prussian government
maintains a staff of traveling Inspectors,
whose duty It is to go about the country
and instruct furnace men In the art of
firing.
♦ ♦ ♦
Wherever there has been a ~rusade
against smoke It has been found to be
the best policy to secure the co-operation
of manufacturers rather than to fight
them through the courts. As long as
Cleveland tried m compel Its manufac-
turers to abate the smoke nuisance it
met with but little success, but us soon
us the appeal was made upon the ground
of civic pride, the manufacturers readily
agreed to the program. When Mayor
Busse of Chicago came to appoint a
smoke Inspector n<* chose a man of prac-
tical experience, lie went about the city
and where he found violations of the
smoke law he visited the violators and
pointed out to them methods by which
they could abate the nuisance. When it
was necessary he called Into consultation
a number of power experts who ass'sted
in drafting plans for such change as
would overcome the difficulty. These
plans were presented to the violator with-
out charge. In this way the mayor suc-
ceeded in having hundreds of establish-
ments equip their plants with smoke-
prevent ing apparatus.
The necessity for stnok.t prevention is
si oivn by the records of Mv» patent office
in Washington. More than 3500 different
patents have been taken out with the
prijtse of promoting comb.istlon and
•»|in loatlt-u r.ii'oke. Tli-; great majority
of these la\u proved una iml
worthless. An ong these are viirfocs
tyjts of MliKeis which kseyj a *nr*iant
supply of fuel on the fire, and thus pre-
vent the black clouds of smoke caused
upon animal and vegetable life by sul
phurous fumes, he will begin to appre
elate the possibilities of the London fog j by irregular firing.
and the American smoke. It Is said that
the area of smut from the London smoke | Tomorrow; ••American Nurserymen.'
THE PEOPLE AT INTEREST.
The resolution of the fire insurance
board not to announce the key rates
made by the Insurance actuary Is a
virtual confession that the law-made In-
surance trust can't stand publicity.
It makes little difference to the peo-
ple whether the rates are made by the
insurance company oi the board, so long
as they are permitted to stand. The
State Hoard has the power to change
them, and so long as the board does not
change them they are In effect the State's
rates.
As we understand th® situation the
board has no Information upon which to
base a reduction until complaint is made
and proof Is offered, and under the rul-
ing of the board Of re is no opportunity
for complaint until the rate actually goes
Into effect. Commissioner Hawkins and
other advocates of the law nre fond of
comparing It with the Railroad Commis-
sion law. but they are reminded that the
Railroad Commission did not at the out-
set assume, as the fire board seems to
assume, that the whole system of rates
was out of Joint, and permit the rail-
roads to readjust all their tariffs upon a
higher level. The Railroad Commission
began by Inquiring into rates, by assum-
ing the function of the shipper's, not the
carrier's, representative. The Fire in-
surance Board seems to have accepted
without question the plea of the compa-
nies that rates are too low. It was the
railroads that complained of the Rail-
road Commission's rate-making views.
We have not heard that the Insurance
companies are In the least apprehensive
of the fire rating board'! action, nor In-
deed that the fire rating board has done
anything except to make public conten-
tion for the law as It Is applied by the
fire Insurance companies' actuary.
Now It Is complacentlj' proposed to
have the rates entered at Austin and let
the people learn what they are as best
they may.
"The public be d -d," Is the spirit or
all trusts, whether privately organized or
legally constituted.—Port Worth Record.
CHAIR SHEETS WERE RARE
But Sixteenth Century Inn Had Numer-
ous Touts.
often before the Inn romp In sight tho
trHveier would MP his Italian boat. Some-
times, the host-would have touts ns far
away mm seren or eight leagues to but-
tonhole foreigner*, curry their lugsaije,
premise Hn.rthln, nnd behave with the ut-
moHt seiTlllty till the morning of de-
parture nut with nil thin, to expect them
t') provide clean sheets was to exnect
too much, nnd no the nation was grlev-
ouwly afflicted with the Itch It wna de-
ulrnhle for the visitor to carry hla own
bedding. In many casea we find the tour-
ist sleeping on a table In his clothe, to
avoid the dirtiness or the vermin of the
bed. Still, In Italy, as a rule, you ahared
ynur bed with these permanent occu-
pauta only. In Spain you were sure to do
go; one innn, one bed, waa the custom
there. In Germany the cuatoni wn« Ju«t
the reverse; In fact. If the tourist did
not find a companion for hlmaelf the
host chose for him, and his bed-fellow
might be a gentleman or he might be a
carter: all that could rafely be prophe-
sied about blm waa tbat when he came
to be<! he would be drunk. The bed would
he oa, of several to a room; th, cover-
ing a quilt warm enonfk to be toe warm
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i(»r,o i'C "» or »riBI «|| ■ ruvw (
jod ? Ing a quilt warm cnongh to h
, buj tny grandmother f0°nr. ,n.S^Vn«c,ifr,2^re£#,,
winter That T .u&SlW
/beds — B. S. Bates, in Jum Xtl
COMET FACTOR IN CHINESE RIOT
Natives Took It as Sign for Loss of
Empire.
Among tlie reasons which Prof. C. H.
Robertson In his lecture Inst night at the
Young Men's Christian Association ad-
vanced ns the cause of the recent race
rlota In China were Halley's comet, famine,
the rates for rice, the oppression of the
people by the officials, the labor dis-
turbances caused by the English consul.
"The Chinese," lie continued, "look upon
the comet as the sign of the partition of
their empire among the foreign powers.
There has been considerable autlforelgn
agitation, anyway, and when the comet
came forth Into the sky tlws was lookel
upon as a sure sign that foreigners were
to gain the upper hand."
Prof. Robertson spent seven years In
China, coining fonck t() M*'* country Just
a year ago. lie Is one of the best authori-
ties on Chinese political questions. lie
speaks again at the Young Men's Chris-
Hon Association Sunday at 4 o'clock on
"Reform Movements In Japan.'*
"I think one reason why the comet had
so much effect on the people of the world
Is that it appeared in trie sky In May.
You will n«»tlee that all of the strikes
and all great agitations usually take place
In tills month. People move the first of
May. At that time of the year there Is a
stirring movement In the body which tends
to make unsettled conditions among peo-
ples.
"Among the good Influences In the
Chinese empire I would name the fine
educational work of the American mis-
sionaries, who have done more In this
line than the missionaries of all the other
countries put together; the Young Men's
Christian Associntlon nnd the attitude of
the American government toward the Chi-
nese.
"For bnd T should say that the patent
medicine dealers, the tobacco dealers, the
American and Japanese brewers, the gam-
blers and the fake lawyers are vylug for
honors. .
"Chlnl 1s undergoing one of the most
wonderful reform movements that the
world has ever known. There Is taking
place an absolute revolution lu politics.
A ten years' program Is being carried out
to make the government constitutional.
"Along educational lines schools are be-
ing built and the number of students is
Increasing at the rate of 150,000 n year.
Along religious lines, temples are being
timed Into schools. Idols nre being buried
or put. In warehouses, and It is begin-
ning to be reullzed that Confucius is in-
sufficient for the needs of the Chinese
people.
"fn the midst of these changes It Is no
wonder that riots should occur."
Prof. Robertson, in 1002. became secre-
tary of the International committee of
the Young Men's Association, ami was lo-
cated In Hankow, China. His special re-
sponsibility was among the officials of
the empire.—Denver Post.
VARIOUS TEXAS VIEWS.
The saloons of Texas do not and never
did dominate the politics of Texas. Some
day the Times Herald may tell of the in-
fluences which have attempted to domi-
nate the politics of Texas. In Galves-
ton and Bexar (tho so-called wide-open
counties of Texas) voted for Thomas M.
Campbell, a self-confessed apostle of po-
litical. civic and religious righteousness.
Did the saloon dominate Thomas M.
Campbell? The Almighty Dollar may
have dominated, or attempted to domi-
nate, Texas politics, but the dollar did
not come from the saloon. The liollar
that Dominates comee from other sources
and "men higher up."—Dallas Times Her
aid.
Anyway, Bexar County's subsequent
comment may be epitomized as "stung "
Henry Turner Bailey, head of the art
department of the BostoiwBoard of Edu-
cation, says tlint women should not go to
Paris, but the the leaves of the forest,
for the d9slgns for their gowning. And
why not? was it not so attired that
woman made the very first hit of her
coquetting career!—Fort Worth Record.
That's a good sample of Boston reforma-
tion. She may go to Paris if she Just
doesn't go too strong.
The fruit is going out and the money
coming in here in East Texas, nnd happi-
ness and prosperity stalKs abroad In the
land. I^ater on, when bumper corn and
cotton crops are gathered, think what a
feast Is In store for the fall, and think
of the visiting that Is going to take place.
More men will be taking their families to
see their wife's kin folks than ever before.
What a Joy to contemplate—meetnr once
more with your dear, old mother-in-law.
—I;ufkln Dally News.
We're planning high Jinks over here
In Southwest Texas this fall, too. Might
bring mother-in-law to the San Antonio
International Fair.
Boss t Establishment
He Talks learnedly on Astronomy,
Bell Bojs and Fire Escapes.
If Y AM EH K MANX——
Our always esteemed contemporary,
the New State Tribune, Governor Has-
kell's paper, Is again before us. Without
letting his right hand know what his left
hand does, Governor Haskell edits the
Tribune without letting anybody know
at times exactly what he is driving at.
But In one thing it is always as clfar as
a bell and strong as a wild onion. When-
ever the Tribune takes a fresh stand for
righteousness and begins to smite the un-
godly In their tents, tnere is no mistaking
its meaning and its mood. It is then a
journalistic fragrance and forensic de-
light that ravishes the mind of all true
patriots and makes villainy crowd speech-
less Into its deepest hole.—For J, Worth
Telegram.
Some time ago Mr. Haskell wasn't par-
ticularly driving at anything except per-
sons who were driving at him.
We believe that the movement for the
refinement of urban life In Texas Is
spontaneous; that is, that It Is inspired by
a genuine desire or a softer and more
exalting environment. This desire, this
aspiration, and the determination to grat-
ify it. mark an ethical and intellectual
advance that Is to be regarded as a re-
sult of the educational processes that
have been at work. It Is fruit that has
resulted from tho work of moral and edu-
cational forces. Tt is a consequence of
our social evolution. Twenty lines in a
well-circulated newspaper telling of a
town's efforts to beautify Itself are, we
believe, worth as much to It as an im-
mlgratlon force as a good many booklets
and pamphlets that are prepared and dis-
tributed at great cost.—Dallas News.
Yes, we're strong for that down this
way, too, but nature did about 90 per
cent of the work and we're slow finishing
the Job.
"Beware of false prophets," thunders
the Houston Post, followed by lengthy
quotation from Jeremiah. Which are the
false prophets, please? And in its issue
of same date the Chronicle has an edi-
torial labeled: "God shall wipe away all
tears." No wonder they call It Heavenly
Houston. We always thought, heretofore,
that the adjective referred to some char-
acteristic of the town in spite of its nu-
merous killings.
THE comet was plainly visible for
several hours last night, oh-
served the Boss of tliu Establishment,
looking up from his evening paper.
they say we'll get another lock at It
around 11 o'clock tonight. I-et's ru'j
up to the roof and take a peek at It.
His wife laid down the xtujazina she
was reading with a sigh,
"Do you really take an interest in the
comet?" she Inquired plalntlve»y.
"1 should soy I do," exclaimed the
Boss, "and so does every intelligent per-
son."
The Boss' wife bristled at this sweeping
assertion. "I don't know a woman who
cares one thing about It," she declared
positively. "Why, it wasn't even men-
tioned at the club this afternoon."
"I said intelligent persons." the Boss
Italicized, "liurupn beings with Interests
above pots and kettles, love stories, mil-
linery and the other silly things woman
cackle about when they get together."
"The topic of today 's meeting." the lady
retorted Icily, "was 'The Humor of
Ibsen.' In fact, I rend a paper on it.
Frankly," she added In her loftiest man-
ner. "I am not Interested In natural
phenomena."
"Ah, cut it out and come up on tha
roof," said the Doss, who had no particu-
lar use for his wife's highbrow tenden-
cies. .
And with slightly exaggerated resigna-
tion she threw a scarf about her shoul-
ders apd they proceeded to the roof.
But when they stood among the de-
nuded wash lines, where only one forgot-
ten article of lingerie waved a rakish
weleomo to the celestial visitor, it was
not of comets that the Boss' wife dis-
coursed.
"What's the matter with. Sam? she
I asked anxiously, referring to the dusky
I elevator boy who had brought them up.
"I never knew him to be so surly bo-
fore."
The Boss' face set in Its grimest Jines.
"Wo had a little difference of opiniin
when I came in tonight as to which is
entitled to read my evening pnper first.
ha or I . Hut look over there! Sen
that big star—that great big fellow up
there. Well, that's Jupiter. Now look a
Troubles.
The drummer stopped short on the
threahhold of the Splaahvllle poitofflce,
his eyes wide with un&iement.
"Well, I'll be !" he jasped, but re-
covered himself as tha po«tmaster glared
•ourly at him. "What In the name of
John Paul Jones are til those young
women doing In there with you?"
"Assistants." grunted the postmaster.
"Sine* them —1 —- —"—' —
cards
rsx
rwd yhatM on '•» lurlifdri
'' time."—Puck.
Great time in the old town as two sky-
scrapers take shape, comments tne Waco
Times-Herald. Residents of Waco, we
judge, should be led gently through Dal-
las and Fort Worti before coming to San
Antonio.
"POSITION" AND THE PURSE
Women's Clothes and Their Cost and
Some Other Thinsg.
While an honest, warm-hearted priest
over on the West S'de is doing all he can
to promote matrimony in his parish,
along comes the omnipresent Everybody's
Magazine to tell us, In a too attractively
Illustrated article, about "The Cost of
Women's Clothes."
That cost la high, and It Is getting
higher. It Is all a part of the sacrifice
laid on the altar of equality in this dem-
ocratic day and country. "One Is as
good as another"--and must make that
fact plain to the general ejre.
A woman, It Is said, is obliged to dress
in accordance with her "position." What
Is one's position? It Is less the place
thqjt one fills than the place one has one's
eye on. And In th's a.iplrlng period, this
day of golden opportunity, the place we
have our eye .on is always a higher place
than the place we are occupying. The
standard steadily rises, and the prices
rise with It.
In theory all American women of any
account ate queens and princesses. Where
all are of royal rank no room must be
ullowcd for Ilfferentiations In the royal
trappings. Who, a 1 dressing goes now-
a-days, can form ar.y Just Idea of a wo-
man's social and financial status from
her clothes? Nobody. It is impossible.
The man who can not maintain his wife
in tbe proud "posltlrn" due the American
woman as her right Is looked upon as
something of a failure. But though all
American wives and daughters are
queens and princesses, all American hus-
bands and fathers are not kings and
princes—least of all, financial kings and
princes. They are breaking down; they
can't stand the pate.
-^adles, you see the difficulty, do you
not? Tou are Involved in an antinomy.
Antinomy means a.i Irreconcilability be-
tween two conclusions that, though log-
ically reached, yet seem unavoidably
contradictory. You have overlooked the
fact that all purses ore not the same
length and that all husbands have not tho
same earning capacity. If one of you
happens to be mediating Just now wheth-
er she shall favor her wardrobe or the
family pocketbook, we hope for a wise,
self-sacrificing choice. This Is no time
to look upon pictures of $9u0 gowns, $hi5
hats and $15 parasols. All three can be
lound, effectively combined, on page 757
of the current Everybody's. But avoid
it; avoid It.
FORTY YEARS AGO TODAY.
(San Antonio Dally Express, June 7, 1870.)
Edwin L. Borney is appointed Federal
attorney for the Western District of Tex-
as. according to telegraphic advices from
Washington Saturday.
♦ ♦ ♦
The^e Is a universal complaint Just now
as to the quality of the bread our bak-
ers are producing. We are waiting to see
some enterprising individual start a reg-
ular first-class bakery. Wh«i he does,
tne
THE Boss
CL1MBCD
we will ldhid him to
skies.
♦ ♦ 4
Indlannla, Tex.. May 28.— Freight rates
are slowly rising. Mule teams, II to
W.26. Ox wagons very scarce. Mexican
carts on private terms. Dry weather con-
tinues, causing very low tide In the bay.
Business dull. May 29—Schooners Mary
Steckham and Sophia Oodfree sailed up
from the Pass.
♦ ♦ ♦
We were shown yesterday morning a
fine specimen of oats grown near Ban
Antonio by Messrs. Adams, Wicks A Co..
who have a field of *X) acres. A, yield
of forty bushels to tha acre la expected.
The firm deserves tha gratitude of the
agricultural community for tha demon-
stration of the adaptability of our soil
to oat cultivation.
J>0WNTH£
."SCAFS.
little further over this way—at that f"rt
of hazy spot that looks as if it hau
escaped from the milky way."
"Yes," breathed the Boss' wife, b«gtn-
ning to be interested, ( "1 seo them both.
Now where do I look?"
"Why. keen right on looking at the
same place. That's it."
"That! That little birry splotch! ex-
claims the lady disgustedly. "Is th.it
It' Why—why, I thought it would be lota
bigger. When I think of all the fuss
the papers have made I don't understand
it at all!" . „
"l-ook there now!" cried tho Boss en-
thusiastically. "The tail's getting clcar-
ef."
"Yes. I see It now," she agreed, follow-
ing the direction of his eyes. And then
she added speculatively, "I wonder if
the comet ^ agu tho tail or the tail wags
the comet?"
But the Boss' mind now soared far
above such a petty play upon words.
"How small we aro in comparison With
this wonderful universe of stars!" he said
solemnly—"millions of worlds whining
through space, coming from nowhere, go-
ing nowhere; just whirling dervlsher of
tho sky"—•
"But, my dear, souls are just the same
as stars," his wife interrupted—"lust as
far apart—Just as Infinite of beginning
and end. All these things, stars, planets,
comets—are vast and great, I suppose,
but do you know I find the creations of
man much more Interesting. A poem to
a star seems to me greater than tho star
—a Corot nocturne greater than tho
moon."
Tho Boss realized that his wife was
setting a heart-breaking poetic pace, but
ho rose nobly to tho occasion.
"But where were your creations of man,
your poets and painters," he asked gran-
diloquently, "when the earth was a moN
ten mass and the stars sang together?"
At which the Boss' wife giggled alrn^t
unaccountably.
"Do you know what song the stars
sang?" sho asked. "I've Just thought,
it's that old thing they have at stags,
'Wo won't go home till morning, tlU day*
light doth ippear.' "
"Gee," said tho boss, getting back td
Ms everyday manner, "it's nearly day*
light now! Come, let's go down!''
And he strodo toward tho heavy iron
door on the roof and started to swing
it open. Slut there was no swing to It.
The door was closed tight and locked.
"That blankety blank blank." said tha
Bosr, bin mind swiftly reverting to Sam,
"haw locked us out! I'll fix him tomorrow
for this. I'll have him fired!"
"Walt a minute, dear," said his wlfa,
"perhaps"—•
"When I want advice from you I'll ask
for It," replied tho Boss, grimly. "Are
yen opening the door, or am I?"
"Neither of us, apparently," his spoueo
retorted, and then for thirty minutes
watched him beat the door, rattle It some
more, try to pick tho lock, only to ob-
servo finally: "Well. It looks to me as
If we were going to spend tho rest of tha
night or. tlin roof."
"Tf I may say a word," Ills wife re-
marked In her coolest accents, "I would
suKKest that you cllmh down the fire
escape to our apartment, which , Is
lighted—In through the window, which
Is open—and then come up hihI get n^e."
Tlie Bobh grln/ied somewhat sheepishly.
"I never thought of that," ho said.
And for once meekly and with entire
success he acted on her suggestion.
"It becomes plainer and plainer to tne
every day that women are utterly devoid
of the simplest reasoning powers," de,
clared the Boss of tho Establishment to
tho Confirmed Married Man next day.
(Copyright, 1910, by the New York Even-
ing Telegram-New York Herald Com-
pany. All right, reserved.)
Thig Waa in Texaa.
A young man who always attended
church regularly waa Indirectly repri-
manding an old-timer In a West Texas
town for failure to attend church last
Sunday.
see
■•Why, Mr. W.," he said, "I did pot
•e you out at church today."
"Mo," said tha old-timer, "out ror In,
either. I am- not In polltloa thl, year.
Th* prohibition question la not botherlaf
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