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THE SAN ANTONIO DAILV EXPRESS:
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WEDNESDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 25, 1907.
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POPULATION OP TEXAS CITIES.
The population of the seven largest
cities of Texas on June 30, 1906, as esti-
mated by the United States Census Bu-
reau, Is at follows:
San Antonio 62,711
Houston 58,132
Dallas 52.793
Galveston 34,386
Fort Worth 27,096
Austin 25,092
Waco 24,443
Cotton Seed for Fuel.
Cotton seed meal is forging its way
to the front as a feed for horses nntl
mules. Its value as a cattle feed has
already been demonstrated in the
South, where it is used to the exclu-
sion of corn in preparing beef cattle
for market during the fall and winter
seasons. More progress has been
mcde in some of the Southern States
than in Texas in feeding it to work
stock.
Judge Henry C. Hammond, of At-
lanta, Ga., is a prominent planter
end keeps ten horBes and mules in
his bam, and is an ardent advocate
of th« merits of this diet. He feeds
ore or more pounds of cotton seed to
each of his animals daily and says
that not ono of them has been sick
Secretary Root's Visit.
Mlhu Hoot, Secretary of State iu
the Cabinet of President Rooqsvelt,
will arrive iu San Antonio next Satur-
day morning, and will spend the day
here as the sutisl ol' tne Slate ami
City, under the auspices of the lntei-
national Ciub.
When it was announced that. Mr.
Root would pass through San Autonio
en route to the Hepublio of Mexico
on a visit to President Diaz, the inter-
national Club, w hich was organized to
promote social and business inter-
course between the two Republics, la-
vlled Mr. Root to be its guest during
his stay in San Antonio. Since then
Governor Campbell, tor the State, and
Mayor Callaghan, for the City, have
joined in the invitation to the disting-
uished visitor, and he has so amend-
ed his original itinerary as to permit
of his acceptance of the proffered hos-
pitality.
Ellhu Root is one of America's
great men. He stands in the fore-
Iro'nt of the world's greatest leaders
of thought, and action an.l he meas-
ures up to the highest standard of
the American type of statesman. Such
a man is bigger than any political
tffice and worthy of any honor that
may be bestowed upon him. N'ot alono
for the official station which he occu-
pies at the State Department, but for
his splendid personality, San Antonio
should be proud to honor Mr. Hoot,
and the International Club is special
ly pleased to welcome hint and enter-
tain him at its board, because of the
relation of the mission which takts
1:1m to Mexico to the Club's own as-
pirations and purposes.
The Saloon and the Law.
The El Paso Herald, which has made
and is still making a strong fight lor
the strict enforcement of the new
liquor law, says a reading of the law
should convince even saloon men
themselves that the saloon business
is not in the same class as other pior-
cantile business.
1,260 days there are 30,240 hours. Sup-
pose each house has been occupied by
a family of three, this means an in-
crease in population of 90,720 for tho
lost three and a half years. We had
nearly HO,000 imlflOO. Dallas, Houston
and Fort Worth are notified that,
without having to publish a city di-
rectory, San Antonio is able to prove
that she has 150,000 people.
1 he Texas Republic, a weekly pub-
lication, with Mose C. Harris as edi-
tor ami Ii. C. Heilig as business man-
ager, announces that in matters Stnte
and National it will support the prin-
ciples and policies of the Republican
party and will lend Its every effort
tow ards building up and strengthening
the Republican party in the Stato.
The mission of the Texas Republic it>
also declared to be to "raise its voice
in earnest protest against the harsh,
retrogressive and discriminatory, pol-
icies of the State administration." The
fiist issue of ihe paper presents a very
creditable appearance, and is breezy,
ns might be expected of Editor Mose
Harris.
The factional fight in the Republi-
can party in Indiana may result in a
divided delegation in the national
convention, unless the Fairbanks and
lteveridge forces can come to a bet-
ter understanding. The warfare be-
tween the two Indiana Senators is
said to be even more bitter than that
between the Taft and Foraker forcts
in Ohio, but, perhaps, it has gone so
far that it may not be patched up as
to seriously affect the political for-
tunes of either Fairbanks or Bever-
idge.
The Herald contends that, morally
for two or three years. He has giown a)lj ajJgtrac(jyi the liquor seller has
Just a little impatient with his fellow
farmers of the South who are not
taking advantage of the opportunity
to profit by the experience of others,
end says:
"The Southern farmer who buys
front-bitten kiln dried corn from
Iov.a at $30 a ton would throw a fit
if you advised him to give his old
weathered mule a pound or so eacn
day of bright., rich, golden cotton
seed meal that came off his own
sandy farm."
The Rest Room for Women.
The Corpus Christi Commercial
Ciub has taken up the matter of a
rest room for women. In several
&mart Texas towns such rest rooms
have been found to be much appre-
ciated conveniences.
A ladjr from the country or from
some other town goes to the larger
town because of better shopping
facilities to supply her wants at the
trade emporiums. She expects to be
in town only a few hours and there-
fore does not go to a hotel.
Whether on business or on pleas-
ure every woman likes to know that
her hat is on straight, that her gar-
ments are dustless and creaseless,
and that her hands and face do nor.
show evidences of neglect. At tho
rest room she finds such toilet
articles as her necessities may re-
quire, whether she goes there im-
mediately on her arrival in the city
to freshen up for the arduous shop-
ping in which she is to engage, or
later to rest briefly before partaking
of her lunch. Perhaps her purchases
ere sent direct to this rest room in-
stead of being lugged around from
store to store, and she has them all
in one place when she starts on her
return.
This is a sort of convenience which
the town can well afford for t'ne
comfort of its own suburban resi-
dents as well as for that of out of
town shoppers, and where it is
needed retail merchants and busine. n
men generally could well afford to
contribute to its support. In the
larger cities the big department
stores provide such comforts and
conveniences for their patrons to a
greater or less extent, some of them
even going so far as to provide noon-
day lunches for a moderate con-
sideration directly on the premises.
As a rule cities and towns do not
make as liberal provision for the com-
fort and well being of the transient
woman shopper, as is her desert. The
man is free to go where he pleases,
can drop into a barber shop at any
convenient point to bathe his face
and hands or to have his clothes
brushed or his hair combed, and
numerous places are provided where-
in he may quench his thirst or eat,
t>ut for the woman there is usually
scant accommodation.
The rest room for women is an
eminently proper sort of thing that
should be a feature of every up to
date town.
no rights under the license system,
which is merely a regulative measure
by which the business is tolerated on
the theory that the evli may be bat-
ter controlled through regulation than
thiough prohibition.
The saloon men, however, take a
different view of the matter. They
insist that their business is quite as
legitimate as any other and that they
have the same rights under fhe law
as other citizens engaged in any other
line of business. The issue may final-
ly resolve itself into a question of
obedience to the laws, with the ad-
vantage on the side of the liquor deal-
era if they maintain their legal status
by a cheerful compliance with the
r 'quirements of the laws and recogni-
tion of the power to regulate as well
as to license.
The Prohibition wave that is sweep-
ing over the country and that threat-
ens to drive out the liquor traffic en-
tirely is due, in a great measure, to
the open defiance of the laws by a
class of saloons which the new Texas
law seeks to either regulate or abolish.
This law is declared by some of its
supporters to have been framed in the
interest of the liquor dealers and with
a view to conciliation of the growing
Prohibition sentiment. If rigidly en-
forced by the authorities and respect-
ed by the saloon men, its supporters
claim it will so minimize the saloon
evils complained of and put the saloon
on such a plane that it will no longer
be antagonized except by the extrem-
ists, who will be satisfied with noth-
ing short of absolute prohibition.
There has never been a time when
the liquor interests of Texas have ha 1
the matter of strict compliance with
the laws regarding the conduct of sa-
loons brought to their attention as
now, and they must decide for them-
selves whether they will invite prohi-
bition by respecting regulation and
gain the protection of the laws by
obedience to the laws.
S. C. Swallow, one time nominee til
Ihe Prohibition party for President of
the United States, suggests that the
Democratic party sbould adopt prohi-
bition of the liquor traffic as the para-
mount plank of its platform, "because
it is the only important issue not al
ready pre-empted or stolen by the Re-
publicans." It will be hard for him
to make the Democrats swallow what
he says.
WHAT THE STATE PAPERS SAY
The Nationnl Association of Manu-
facturers, replying to the charge that
it has accumulated a fund for the
purpose of crushing organized labor,
says it is not organized labor, but
its evils, that the association proposes
to combat. The labor unions, It is de-
clared, have "created a trust in every
sense of the abhorrent word, more
powerful than those which have most
recently come under the ban of popti
lar disapproval; more directly sti-
fling to honest competition; more
completely in restraint of trade; mora
tyrannical, unjtist and inhuman than
any of tho practices which brought
them into being." And so the labor
trust and the capitalistic trust are to
fight it out, Instead of amicably ad-
justing their differences on a basis of
justice and fairness all around.
A river man of Kansas City has just
given out some figures showing thct
during tho last two years tho Mis-
souri River has destroyed 00,000 acres
of farm lands by its encroachments.
This m^ans twenty-five farms every
years, of an average size of 120 acres.
At $100 per acre, It would seem that
$300,000 a year is a heavy penalty to
pay for a lack of adequate protection.
The Difference.
To stimulate Ihe best that Is in a hoy
will diminish his evil Inclinations.—Texas
Bun.
And yet they my that stimulants bring
the worn side* of some men to the sur-
face.
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Heat Is Oppressive.
There Is more climate in Te.'tas than
any othsr State In the Union.—Corpus
Christ! Caller.
Incidentally, there is, at present, more
hot air In Texas than any otijer State in
the Union.
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Smile at the Unmarried.
Did you ever think abo it practicing
smiling at yourself in the iplrror and
then go out and try it on folks?—Stam-
ford Tribune.
If you have not, you want to B» carrful
how you go about It. TVs "affinity''
rag is gcttlnu to be too common.
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An Additional Day.
An Kiljlft:i paper records the went
marriage ot a couple near Cornwall—
Thomas Day and Jane Weelw -and adds:
"A Day is pelned, a Week Is lost: but
tune onnn i c< mplaln, for soon tl.ere will
be enotiR'i Day a to make a Week again."
—Nacogdoches Plain Dealer.
It might l:r.ve been add'd that there
would no dcutt be another 'week-Day"
when Thorn is has been hustling for a
number of }'«»rs to support the nine of
tliem
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Expect a Drouth.
The San Ar.tonio Kxpress pndlcts an
early, long nr,d severe wlnt1-. It is vet1/
aeldoin a rc-vipitper that has been run-
ning as loni as The Kxp:\<ss hecomo-
bold enough t.< predict Tex ts wiathet.
Houston font.
With the prospect of being unable to
quench the San Antonio thirst on Sunday
staring us In the face, do yoi censure us
for believing that the winter will bj
"long and severe'.'"
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Watered Stock.
Why all this owl-like procedure with
reference to the people's business. Why
should the Mayor. City Council or the
Water Cann-lsslon desire to keep the
people from knowing what tho Wat»r
Commission and the Counct'men do i.t
connection with the people'.*; business?
Are not the j-frpl» stockholder* In every
municipal enterprise of the city?— Waco
Star.
Perhaps I' I * h-vause th"y are stock-
holders that the Major and Aldermen
desire to keep them off of the sucjeot of
water.
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Development.
A lew years ago .1. ft. Ktntr came into
Stockdal" on horseback and dropped a
switch, wntcn lie had been using on nil
horse, on tho ground right where tho
office of Dr. Ella Ware stands. Tho
switch, which happened to bo the branch
of a willow tiee, took root mid heyan to
(trow until the weening willow towered
above tho building that was .nnlt by Its
side. Hut now Ihe tree has bt en torn
aside to make room for a new building
which they are preparing to build.-
stocKUaio ft.'ws.
It Is »uppcsed, then, that had tho
gentleman In question bejn fortunati
enough to have possessed a riduig crop
and had dropped It, Stoccdale today
would be abl-5 to boast of a first-class
harness factory.
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Someone Originated Them.
About tv/r-tbirds of th« s<ntiment»l
and ].hit ist I hical paragraphs one sees In
tile editorial c< li'.mns of country weeklies
are stolen b< (Illy from some book or
magazine. You enn see them In every
paper, and If you know the ed'tor Vou
know he r< uld not get, up such para-
graphs.—Wilson journal.
Why rati-; such an Issue into publicity?
What's the use'.' Of course, the writer Is
not interest* I, he being strictlyUririglnal;
but he again repeats: "Willi's the .use?"
This sort ol' thing has be»n going on
from time immemorial. An tl.e writer
im e sai l. in original Improvised verse,
concerning the "fjlrst of all Ins race":
"He stole the sturdiest - anoe;
Ate the quarry others -ilew;
Died and took the finest grave."
♦ ♦ ♦
His Own Critic.
At last we have shut up that hiero-
glyphic who thinks he is running the Rl>i
Grande News That little old p'eee of fly
paper cottid find no defense ''>r it;* dollat-
grabbing cltissi nsliip, who won't build
homes to 'ive ill, nor will t;*cy sell |om
tor others to build on. Trtev have no
sidewalk., and won't fix tho roads so
people can leave town an I get away
from Its llrt/ streets. Those woishipe.'s
of the CJoddfss of I,lbertv stamped .m
1'ncle Sam's metallic menial anguish
plasters ought to come to Monto Se?i
and get tome pointers on civic pride.—
Monte Se?i Seeker.
This is the nay that Editor Hoehmer of
the Klo fjtandr News, In a side issue,
"soaks" his tewn, its citizens, his pap»r
and hims'lf. Joe has undoubte d/ reached
the happy stage where "we sec our-
selves as ethers see us."
^ Ne TOPICS OF THE TIMES ^ ^
Br.PRICE'S
( , Baking Powder
The finest in the world
When ordering ask lor Dr. Price's by name, else
the grocer may forget the kind you are accustomed to.
Httit^k the ivhltr paper quot-llou only,
and it !s only ono of the iieniH pntrrlng
li t- th> it « rr.'ts«:d ro*t of rubllghlnj* a
iK'Wfipaper. Nor do we bpflcvp that if
ai:y paper tru«t is attacked and broken
up and th* duty on Tnnadian paper and
wood pulp removed, it will materially
reduce the price of paper. U in natural
that the price of tint article should ro
up with the price of cotton and perk and
lumber and nearly everything el«»\ ind
then nr\ indeed, additional reaaon* why
it should advance, becnuse wo are com*
pelled to reccffnise that, with that rack-
Kssness r-o charACtcrlMJc of \meric.ini,
W" have ilmoRt completely destroyed in
this countrv our forests of npruce from
whi' h wood pulp and printing paper are
m;i.1", ai'd ?ooner or lat^r the aupply
will be completely exhausted.
The newHpiper publifthero in conven-
tion lacked the courage to point at the
true remedy, which In being adopted ny
individual ii^whpapers hire and there
: ml by the papers collectively le parts
ut Alabama. Iowa and1 oilier States and
towns ihat with tho increase in the coat
of every orthle produced, of ev*ry ma-
terial md evt r> kind of labor that en-
ters Int.i the publication of a newspaper,
ith price '.oust advance. The American
newspapers increased their size and de-
•re. s 'd I heir price in 1NW. when the
pri< e r.f wh.te piper was at its lowest;
and .iltiic i gh tncy have since suff'red
as nni' h ns any-other line of business
in the ircrcRscd cost of labor and ma-
terials, they have, except in a compara-
tively fev. irihtancee. lacked the courage
tc restore prices with the greater cost
of production. This H a matter for the
publishers to de( idW. as they are most
deeplv interested, aro we doubt whether
the New York resolutions will accom-
plish th'- relief lesired. Fhit It is a mat-
in- for the public -.iso. The New York
"Post iri \ recent article points out th>»
danger. When the newspaper ceases to
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broad outlook on life. He can talk if ho
wants to about Kankakee, Kokomo or
Kowanee. Take the middle class loafer,
the man who sits around the grocery
store and regulates the Government. He
has a broad outlook on life. He isn't
limited to any one field of human en-
deavor. He'll tell you if you will listen,
or try to tell you if you won't, how
Teddy ought to do things, what are th
mistakes of the t'zar. and how Dewey
should have fought the battle of Manila.
The idle rich al the top of the scale ot
loafers have a broad outlook. They
travel about, see the world and talk as
intelligently of Ixindon and Paris as they
do of New York and Chicago.
It ia a fact that the daily grind of bus-
iness life narrows a mnn. We see con-
stantly young m»n coming out of col-
lege with a broad outlook on life. They
will talk to you or to the admiring
"prep" school boys of the theories of
Malthus. of the history of art. or of
Tammany Hall. Within two years the
same college graduates think of nothing
but the price of nig iron, how to sell
goods to an unwilling customer, and the
best way to saw a man's leg off.
Some of the great men of all ages have
been lazy men, shiftless, according to
their contemporaries. Hut they had time
to think great thoughts or to give the
starting idea for great Inventions that
other and better workers have carried to
a finish. If Sir Isaac Newton had been
working on a memorable afternoon he
wouldn t have seen the apple drop. If he
hadn't been Idling away his time, no
wouldn't have dreamily wondered why
it fell down In place of flying awav Into
the skv. Laziness was the cause of the
dis#uerv of the law of gravitation.
Most of the poets were lazy men. Sup-
pose Bobbv Burns had been a traveling
salesman, the race of men would have
been poorer by many gems or poetry. ''
I, *i. ■ * ii" It in' ii' " D|ro|" i ' ' o oi n i" yv'/i v 1 • V " . . ■ , . «
i profjt. when It shews a loss, it Is Byron had been a nlghthawk canoy re
According to a recent technical
estimate the cost of operating elec-
tric railroads in the United States Is
$('00 a mile less per annnm than tiie
cost of operation of steam railroads.
That should induce the building: and
equipment of more electric railroads.
The Territory of New Mexico Ir
apain agitating for single Statehood,
and tho Sixty-first Congress may
grant it, provided New Mexico has de-
veloped sufficient wealth and popula-
tion in the meantime and the political
exigencies will admit ol It.
I* "Widow Woman" Correct?
Numerous indeed nre Ihe motives which
have led and still lead men to resort
to expletives. Certain of those now in
use contain little more than a repetition
of the same Idea expressed by two dif-
ferent words. A pa.t of the compound
has become obsolete or archaic; hence it
needs or needed to hnve Its meaning;
strengthened. Luke, for instance, meant
"tepid:" but as it came to be somewhat
unfamiliar, the sense was brought out
with precision by adding to It warm.
Different from this, though possibly al-
lied to it. may be the attributive use of
"widow" In the expression "widow wom-
an." The second word of the combina-
tion is clearly unnecessary; hut it may
tint have been always so. The difference
of the final vowel in the original Anglo-
Saxon words constituted the sole distinc-
tion between "wlduwa*' a "widower" and
"wlduwe" a "widow." When the level-
ing processes that went on after the Con-
quest gave to both these words the same
ending -e, a natural way to fix definitely
the idea of femininity, before -er was
added to create the masculine form, would
be to append "woman" to the common
word. If this were so, It would be al-
most Inevitable that the combination
The decline in the value of Stand-
ard Oil stock will not pauperize the
large holders who have been drawing
such enormous dividends, hut it may
cause them to exercise a little moro
prudence in the husbanding of their
resources.
"Thirty years ago I sold whiskey;
let the press comment on It as It
may," said a speaker at, the saloon
men's convention. Perhaps the most
pertinent comment might be that men
have done worse things than selling
whiskey.
Certainly licensed business ought to
Le protected against, unlicensed busi-
ness. Evasion of the law by artful
subterfuge is sometimes as bad ns
oppn violation.
would survive long after the necessity for
it had disappeared. However this may
be. the expression has subsisted for cen-
turies in our speech. When in our ver-
sion of the Bible the woman of Tekoah
tell<< King David. "I am indeed a widow
woman, and mine husband is dead." we
are supplied In the same short sentence
with illustrations <>f two different sort
of expletive««. For the one. the original
Hebrew is necessarily responsible: for
the other, the Sixteenth Century trans-
lators. The Wyeliffitc version of the
Fourteenth Century had "woman-widow."
"But whatever the origin, the expression 1902. would mean
has come down to the present time. Nor
is it confined, as is often asserted, to
colloquial speech. To cite one Instance
out of manv. it is used in "Barnaby
Rudge" by Dickens, when sneaking in his
own person. "To find this widow woman."
he says. * * * "linked mysteriously with
an ill-om*ned man • * * was p discovery
that pained as much as startle^ him."
—Thomas R. Lounsbury in Harper's for
October.
Cotton and Its Power for Good.
The cotton growers of the South should
stand firm for good prices, unmoved by
the bear tactics of the speculators. The
world can take every bale of their cotton,
even if prices of the staple were higher
than at present.
TIia English papers are ful lof the tre-
mendous boom in Britain's coal trade,
many of ihe large producers having sold
their entire expected output of 1908.
Miners' wages are at the maximum, and
the operators arc struggling to find more
men. England's Iron and steel trade
is In the same condition, with steel rails
selling at more than $.'1 a ton above the
price which our steel makers nre getting.
On the Continent somewhat similar con-
ditions prevail, and in Asia there is wide-
spread awakening, with reports of ad-
vancing prices of building materials and
of labor. The splendid prices which the
grain growers of the West and the cat-
tle raisers of th* country are getting as-
sure their ability to be better consumers
than ever before. T'nder such condi-
tions the South should receive the very
highest prices for its cotton. It holds
a world monopoly, and it would be false
to its own prosperity, to its best educa-
tional development, to the betterment of
all its people, if it did not unitedly strug-
gle to secure the highest possible price
for its cotton. If ihe people of th*s
sectiojj would see it blossom as a rose,
they would see every farmhouse lm-
The first duty of every citizen is to
obey and uphold the law, whether or
not the law is exactly to his liking.
Woman has one prerogative any-
t. ay. She is never compelled to bake
bread until she kneads It.
New houses have been built In San
Antonio at the rate of one an hour
for the last forty-two months, accord-
ing to figures compiled by the San
Antonio Business Men's Club. Let's
b« more exact, however. In forty-
two months there are 1,360 days, in
An Improved System.
In days of old. when knights were bold,
Divorces were unheard-of things
S»ve when the church wag pleased to
grant
Its dispensation unto kings.
The common crowd was not allowed
To break the ties the priests had tied.
A fellow's wife was his for life—
He had to keep her till she died.
But after all I think that we
Pursue a fairer, better course
In setting wretched people free
By instituting the divorce.
In days of old. when warriors hold
Clot weary of domestic squalls
They dropped their wives in wells or
pushed
Them from the highest castle walls.
—8. E. Klser.
—-CV
Reflections ?f a Bachelor.
A brass band could win in an argument
every time.
A girl wouldn't mind wearing ear muffs
in summer if they were good for the
complexion.
The only thing In the world a girl will
admit by the right name, when she has
It, is seasickness.
A nice thing about going to church
is when vou don't have to because the
minister l?T~*way on his vacation.-New
York Press.
The Immorality of "Puffs."
The school authorities of Cleveland
have forbidden teachers and other women
employed by the schools to wear "puffs"
In dressing their hair, during school
hours or while on duty. In rnnA-ttlng the
order an officer of the boflrd said:
" 'Puffs' may be all right at a ball. We
have nothing to say about them. Ball
dress is all right at a ball, but It Is out
of place In the schools." This order does
not go so far as that of nn Indiana School
Board, whi'h recently prohibited card
playing and dancing by public school
teachers. This order is more arbitrary
and unreasonable because It relates to the
conduct of teachers out of School hours.
Doubtless It Is the right and duty of
school hoards to exercise some supervision
over the lives and conduct of teachers
even out of school hours, at least to
the extent of seeing that they are not
such as would lessen their usefulness
as teachers. Teachers are properly ex-
pected to give the best that is it^ them
to their school work and nothing "apt to
lower their moral Influence over the pu-
pils can be tolerated. But cards and
dancing as practiced in polite society,
only fanatics deem Improper.
fine can see that the Cleveland order
has a basis of moral principle ns much
as the pure food law. Tills requires all
food article* to be labeled and sold under
their true names, without adulteration
or deceit. The protection of the morals
of school children is quite as Important
as the protection of their health. There
are mental and moral microbes, as well as
physical. "Puffs," as an article of femi-
nine adornment, are simply a concession
to fashion. They are often, if not gener-
ally. artificial; and so a false pretense, a
lesson In deceit. Ought school children
to be exposed daily and hourly to falso
pretenses in the teachers to whom they
look for lessons in naturalness and truth-
fulness. as well as In arithmetic and geog-
raphy? Nor let It be supposed that the
children do not know. They know quite
as much about their teachers as the latr
ter do nbout them, and they look up to
them for an example. "Puffs" are un-
natural and therefore untruthful. They
might teach Innocent little girls their first
lessons In deceit—In Cleveland! Per-
haps thev have deceived some members
of the School Roard. No wonder they
are barred out as an Immoral Influence!
.-.Indianapolis News.
proved and made more attrartive. if they
would see t^ns of thousands of new
dwellings on the farms and in the cities
with every modern ronvenlenep for les-
sening the labor of housekeepers, Jf they
would see schools and churches every-
where. then let them realize that good
prices, high prices hp compared with the
en j*ears of starvation prices ending in
all these things. ?hid
t*nt properly handled the South has this
situation absolutely within its own con-
trol. Ten years ago the cotton crop, seed
included, averaged about $350,000,000 a
year. T*ast year it was worth over $R00.-
000.000. and this year it should command
$900 000.000. Consider for a moment
what this vast difference of $500,000,000
or more a year means. It is a mighty
fertilizing power which will enrich the
soil of Southern business life and bring
forth a harvest of abounding prosperity.
—Manufacturers Record.
The Price of Paper.
The American Newspaper Publishers'
Association was in session ir» New York
the other d'ay to consider the paper and
newspaper situation, and see what could
be dene to meet the recent very heavy
advance in the price of white paper and
of other materials used in the publica-
tion of newspapers and In the increased
rost of labor and typesetting, printing,
stereotyping, etc. The ,i*s<-elation in-
cludes practically every paper of promi-
nence in the country; and as the Asso-
ciated Press was also meeting in New
York there was a gathering ihere of
puMlshtrs such as has never been held
nefcre. »
Tne meeting har. been under c( nsider-*
at ion for some time; and it has been
frankly confessed that something would
liavc to be dtonc to meet the Increased
cost of publication. The dismission was
for the purpose of determining what
sbould be done, and among: the various
suirgeFticns before yesterday's gathering
wors <1) increase In the price of news-
papers, (2) increase iu tin* charge for
advertisement, (3) reduction in the size
of the paper, (4) the removal of the tar-
iff on wood pulp so as to reduce tlvj
price of white paper in this country,
and (5) the estahlishm»nt of co-operative
paper mills by the newspapers so as to
render them ind^ptndent of the paper
truvt and enable them to secure lower
rates.
After a thorough discussion the pub-
lirhers o*»cidcd on a vigorous campaign
having in view a reduction in the price
w* "
of printing paper. Resolutions wero
adopted denouncing tho paper trust, call-
ing for relief, and expressing a willing-
ness to tight it out if necessary to se-
cure tha. relief. The attention of Presi-
dent Roosevelt and Attorney General
Bonapirte was called to the fact that
the pap-T trust, which had forced up the
price of the white papei. is organized
In violation of the anti-trust laws, and
they were urged to take such action
against what, is charged to be a con-
spiracy in restraint of trade as the law
authorizes and requires; antf, again.
Congress was appcakvl to and asked to
immediately repeal the duty on printing
paper, wood pulp and all materials en-
tering into the manufacture of printing
pane*-.
The resolution* wero right enough, fn
the public interest, and whAt the asso-
ciation asks should b* carried out. But
even If ihey are curried out we do not
believe they will cure the situation. They
nly too Vk'ly to pass "into the bands
of a few capitalists." wll'lng. says rhe
Post, "for < ne reason or another." to
run it at a lops, that is. to use it to
defend their schemes or exploit their
political fir-anciil or other interests.
Here lies a great danger, that by the ex-
cessive 11 st of publishing a newspaper
today the people may loye ihat frond
End def'pcie!. an independent press.—
New Orleans Times-Democrat.
ROOSEVELT AS A STOKER.
President May Try Another Round al
Firing on the Mississippi Trip.
It is an open secret that when Presi-
dent. Roosevelt went d^»wn to the Isthmus
of Panama to make an inspection of our
canal work he took the keenest interest
in every detail of the handling and the
navigation of the war vessel on which he
rode. He made that journey on one of
our modern cruisers, and had two more
of them steaming alongside ns convoys.
Tt is also an open secret that the Presi-
dent visited the engine room, and, not
content with quietly observing the stok-
ers feed the fires, banterlngly dared a
member of his party to enter into a
stoking contest. For sufficient moments
to throw both the President of the T'nlted
States and his competitor into a plebein
perspiration, tltey shoveled coal in the
hold. This may he a hint to those who
operate the steamboat on which the
President will journey, and the shovel
which he us^s will then be preserved be-
hind glass and mahogany in the main
salon of the vessel.
Miss Rremer. who wrote of a trip down
the Mississippi seventy-five years ago,
visited tlie men working at the fires, and
she tells much of what the President may
se<* if he does likewise:
"The Immense'engine fires are all on
the lowest deck, eight or nine apertures,
all in a row. They are like yawning fiery
throats, and beside each throat stood a
negro, naked to the middle, who flung in
firewood. Pieces of wood were passed
onward to these feeders by other negroes,
who stood up aloft on a large open place
between them, and yet another negro,
who. standing on a lofty stock of fire-
wood. threw down with vigorous arms
food for the monsters on deck.
"The negro up aloft on the pile of fire-
wood began an improvised song in stan-
zas, and at thf e'ose of each the negroes
down below joined in vigorous chorus. It
was a fantastic and grand sight to see
these energetic, black athletes, lit up by
the wildly flashing flames from the fiery
throats, whilst, amid their equally fan-
tastic song, they kept time most ex-
quisitely and hurled one piece of firewood
after another into the yawning, fiery
gulf."—J. H. A., in the Si. Louis Globe-
Democrat.
DEFENSE OF THE LAZY MAN.
His Wisdom and Broad Outlook on
Life Generally Aid Mankind.
Everybody knocks the lazy mnn. But
give him a show. Let lilm answer some
of the hard things that are said against
him.
Penplp say that there Is 110 reason for
his existence. The lazy man Is found in
all classcs. from the hobo to the Idle
rich. There must be some reason for his
being. Such^a large class could not
come into existence without a cause.
One thins can be said of the lazy man-
tle is following a perfectly natural im-
pulse. We would all llk» to be lazy If
we dared. Now. don't Jump up into the
air and say. "No, sir: I wouldn't be lazy
if I could.'' Just stop and think It over
a bit. How would you like to lay off to-
day and go wandering up some quiet
river hank where the fish jump out of
the water and say "booh" at you? How
would you liks to lie idly under somo
shady tree and pull in twelve pounders?
A man almost Invariubly says that If he
had a million he would quit the Job ha
Is then In. lie claims that he would go
to work at something else. A man says,
"If I had a million 1 would study. I
would Invent." Then when he gets his
million from his aunt he goes fishing.
in favoispf the ln>y man It may he said
that he ha* » broader outlook on life.
He has more time to see things far and
ne«r. He is not tied down to a dallv
grind.
Take a number of worklngmcn, book-
keepers, for Instance; what do they talk
about? After work If two bookkeepers
meet they will talk shop to the exclusion
of all rise. Take n number of brokers;
they sit around and drink; idly wander
over the field of literature and politics;
but wait until some on. of them savs.
"1 hclleve that Pennsylvania is going
down." then wateh them Jump. The
talk will become animated at once. They
will he ail eagerness. Each one will havri
something to say. Stocks Is really the
only subject they care about. The other
topics were brought up simply as a mat-
ter of duty.
The worker Is narrow minded, limited
in vision to his own especial field. But
look at the loafer. I.et's take them In
order.
The hobo, the luwest class, surely has a
wouldn't have had time to think the
ideas that have been handed down to us
in such excellent verse.
Don't'condemn the lazy man unheard.
There are always two sides to a ques-
tion.-Chicago Tribune.
<TV —
REVISED CONSTITUTION.
Humorist Conceives This to Be the
Roosevelt View of It.
T, the President of the t'nlted States,
In order to form a more perfect Govern-
ment, provide for the common regula-
tion, promote the welfare of desirable
citizens and secure the blessings of My
Policies to posterity, do ordain and es-
tablish this Constitution for the Vnlted
States ot America:
ARTICLE I.
Sec. 1—All legislative, executive and
judicial powers shall be vested In Me
"and shall b© vested in
pass any law
IUK l«l
Ser •> All other powers necessary ana
proper for the fulfillment of My; Policies
are inherent in
Me. w lf
Sec. 3— No State shall
without my consent. ...
c;^,- 4-The migration or Importation
as such persons as any of the labor
unions think proper to admit is prohtb-
ite ARTICLE 11.
Sec 1.—The people of the ("nlted States
nre divided into these classes: Decent
citizens and malefactors of great wealth.
Sec t- All fines and taxes are to he
paid by malefactors of great wealth.
Sec. 3— Income taxes and inhentanee
taxes shall be imposed by me. The rate,
of taxes Shall Increase automatical-
ly with the tumuioslty of the fortunes
upon which they are laid.
ARTICLE III.
Sec. 1—All corporations whose business
or product enters actually or construc-
tively into interstate commerce shall re-
ceive their charters, on proof of desira-
bility, from Me; the physical value of
their properties shall be determined by
Me or such persons as 1 In my Wisdom
may select; and receivers for any or all
such corporations may he appointed at
my good pleasure.
Sec. 2— Pending such receivership a
reasonable sum may be paid. In the na-
ture of a fine, to the campaign funds of
My Party.
ARTICLE IV.
f^^c 1—As Commander in Chief of the
Maw of the i'nlted States I shall use
said navy for whatever good, convenient,
personal or secret purpose, demonstra-
tion. circumnavigation or divagation I
see fit.
Sec, 2.—The Senate by and with my
advice, consent and concurrence shall
ratifv treaties made and judges or other
officers of the United States appointed
by Me.
Sec. 3—Rough Riders and graduates of
Harvard University shall have prece-
dence on all appointments lo office.
See. 4—My iudlclal powers, whether
exercised by Me In the first resort or on
appeal, or graciously grunted to thft
courts of the United States of inferior
jurisdiction, shall be. directed to the re-
dress of erroneous decisions made In
the past and shall he In exact conform-
ity with My Policies, to which full faitn
and credit shall be given by all courts,
Legislatures, States and citizens what-
soever.
Sfc. a— I shall from time to time give
the Congress information of the state of
my people, and the Congress shall take
care that my recommendations be carried
out.
Sec. 6—The trial of all crimes except
impeachment and conspiracy to discredit
My Policies, malefaction, nature faking,
ananiasing and race suicide shall be by
Jury; and except in the exceptions here-
inbefore made no person shall be assumed
to be guilty until his guilt has been leg-
ally established.
Sec. 7.—All persons accused of the
crimes excepted by the foregoing section
shall be tried by drumhead oourtmar-
tlal consisting of members of the Tennis
Cabinet, the Commissioner of Corpora-
tions and such other experts and as-
sessors as I may select.
Sec. 8—Treason against the United
States shall consist only in adhering
to trusts, railroads or other corporations
and giving them aid and comfort.
ARTICLE V.
1 hereby nominate and appoint William
Howard Taft of the State of Ohio my
successor, political heir and personal rep-
resentative and conductor of My Policies,
said appointment to take effect on March
4. 1909. This power of attorney shall be
revocable until further notice.
ARTICLE VI.
Sec, 1—The "Pilgrims" shall be called
"Puritans" after this date.
Sec. 2—Close seasons for bears, bobcats
and all other game except corporations,
malefactors, conspirators, mollycoddles,
liars and nature fakers shall be pro-
claimed by Me from lime to time.
ARTICLE VII.
Sec. 1—All powers not herein specif-
ically enumerated are- reversed and re-
tained by Me.
Done by Me, at Oyster Bay with the
unanimous approval of Jacob Riis, Albert
Shaw and the Tennis Cabinet, this ninth
day of September, one thousand nine
hundred and seven, and of my Independ-
ence of the mollycoddle Constitution the
elvhth. T. R.
Attest: William L»»b. Secretary.
—New York Evening Sun.
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