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APRIL CIRCVLATION.
The total daily average circulation of the dally edition
of The San Antonio Light during the month of April.
1914. was 22753 copies and of the Sunday edition was
23.687 copies Omitting all spoiled left over unsold
returned filed samples advertisers and exchanges the
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copies and of the Sunday edition 21835 copies.
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THE BALKANS AGAIN
Will the Balkans never cease from trou-
bling and the weary peoples of those
border countries be at rest? They are
at it again in Southern Albania where a
terrible massacre has taken place and
the match is again lighted under the
mountain powder-mine over which are
seated all the powers of Europe.
The arbitrary division of land to make
up the new kingdom of Albania is respon-!
sible for this latest uprising. Epirus was
a state inhabited by people Hellenic and
Christian. Greece won it as one of the
spoils of the Turkish war.
But the powers in order to keep the'
European balance politically correct es-j
tablished the new kingdom of Albania. 1
They allowed Montenegro to lop off al
territory at the north containing four!
large market towns and then in order!
that Albania should have something left ।
to make a new monarchy out of they'
forced Greece to give up Epirus which;
thereupon became a part of Albania.!
Greece withdrew her garrisons from that
state accepted the resignations of mili-i
tary officers who protested and forbade
the inhabitants from migrating to Greecel
as most of them declared their intentions!
of doing.
But it was one thing to order these
things and another thing to make the
fierce inhabitants of Epirus obey the Al-
banians their new masters. They are the
superiors of the Albanians in civilization
they profess a different religion and
their national feelings are Greek! So while
Prince William of Wied was being settled
on his puppet Albanian throne by the
powers they prepared to revolt under
the leadership of former Greek officers.
The massacre at Kolomia is the result.
Dispatches always brief regarding af-
fairs in the Balkans say that the new
king proposes to take the field against the
offenders. But the Albanian army con-
sists of not more than 2000 rural police
under the leadership of Dutch officers
and the wild tribesmen who follow' Essad
Pasha—and Essad Pasha is said to want
very much to be king of Albania himself.
At the best the new king has a hard task.
At the worst he might well lose the
throne on which he balances so perilously
and thereupon might come intervention
by Austria or Italy which would again
threaten the peace of the whole continent.
SHE STILL LEADS
San Antonio still leads. That is the
verdict of the United States census bu-
reau. In short San Antonio not only re-
mains the largest city in Texas in point
of population but is likewise the largest
city in the enormous stretch of territory
extending from the Mississippi river to
the Pacific Ocean south of the Missouri
Kansas and Colorado state lines. In a
section representing one-fourth the entire
continental area of the United States the
city of San Antonio is the largest city.
It is the one metropolis of this big section.
In its triennial report the United States
census bureau credits San Antonio with
a population of 115063. The city of Dal-
las is the only rival with a population of
111986. Fort Worth has passed Hous-
ton having 94494 as against 93122 for
Houston. San Antonio has again widened
the gap with Houston. That enterprising
city had an ambition to catch up to San
Antonio but is learning that “the race is
only to the swift.” “A stern chase is a
killing pace.”
Why does San Antonio grow and lead
all the other cities of Texas Arkansas
Coahoma New Mexico and Arizona? She
SUNDAY
makes no effort to lead. She leads; that’s
all. The late Dr. William Bradshaw Egan
of Chicago was once called upon to re-
spond to the toast “Chicago.” The witty
! doctor describing the rapid growth of
that city addressing his audience said:
“You have lied about Chicago. I have
lied about Chicago—but dam’er she out-
lies herself.” So with San Antonio save
that San Antonio does not lie about her-
self in railway guides and other promo-
tion literature. She simply sits tight and
permits the United States census bureau
' to tell the brilliant story of her growth
and stupify her rivals.
i Why does she grow? The catalogue of
reasons is a big one. Her location is not
| only strategic from a military standpoint
I but is strategic from the standpoint of
i health and real enjoyment of life. To
which city does the Texan turn his eyes
j when seeking recreation and the perfect
retreat for his declining years? San An-
1 tonio. Who has ever tasted her joys of
I life that has not come again and again
I to breathe her pure air drink her pure
; water and enj6y her charming vistas?
San Antonio has grown in population
and has kept the lead of all her sistier
cities without any effort on her part and
. without even adorning herself without
paving her streets or grading her road-
ways without even embellishing Nature
in her noble parks nor indulging in com-
mercialism in a strenuous way. San An-
tonio is now doing all of these things.
Where will she land when once under full
headway? The story will be told in an-
other decade. It means a quarter of a
million inhabitants long before the United I
States census taker again makes his de-
cennial round. San Antonio is the des-J
tined big city of all the southwest section j
of the United States. She was destined.
to this end centuries ago and the move-1
ment of the American people to this quar-l
ter of the republic which has now set in I
is demonstrating this fact to all observ-
ers. including all the pessimists and j
doubters.
WANTED—A VERTEBRA
According to advices received in this
city from Tampico refugees the United
States government handled the dangerous
situation there at the time of the Vera Cruz !
seizure about as incompetently as such a
situation was ever handled since nations
became big enough to have fleets.
Word came from Washington it seems I
that the Unite.d States vessels lying be-
fore Tampico should retire some three
miles off shore to await developments.
It would appear that somebody or other
thought this would be a good thing as
convincing the Mexicans that the taking
of Vera Cruz was not to be duplicated I
at Tampico. Thereupon the commander
of the ships sent for the United States
consul and informed him of his orders. 1
The consul protested that this might
mean a massacre of the Americans in
Tampico and protested against the de-
parture of the ships. The commander
according to the refugees repeated this
protest to headquarters and endorsed it
only to be curtly told to obey his former
orders. Thereupon he pulled up his
anchors and steamed awav.
This meant but one thing to the Mexi-
cans in Tampico—that the American fleet
was deserting the Americans in the city
probably because it was afraid. Where-
upon a mob gathered attempted to break
in the door of the hotel where most of
the Americans had congregated for safety
insulted the American flag—a proceeding
that had become quite the thing in Tam-
pico—and pointed guns at any Ameri-
cans who appeared at the windows.
This was getting steadily worse and
there is a probability somebody would
have been killed before morning had not
the commander of a German vessel come
ashore and notified the authorities that
if they did not disperse the mob he would
bring his marines ashore and do it him-
self. The officials heeded his commands
whereupon he organized a party took the
Americans off to his ship at midnight or
thereabouts and on the following morning
put them aboard an' American vessel
which brought them to Galveston.*
Whatever weird policy may have nested
in the heads of the authorities at Wash-
ington who commanded those American
ships to leave the harbor at Tampico at
that critical moment the actual fact was
that they went away and left the Ameri-
cans at the mercy of a Mexican mob
which but for the backbone of a Ger-
man naval officer would have probably
added massacre to insult.
They have attempted to explain this in-
cident at Washington but none of the
fair words thus far uttered have had much
effect in smoothing the bitterness of the
Americans who watched their ships steam
away.
It may be said in passing that Secre-
tary Bryan has again announced that he
has no intention of resigning.
TAMPERING WITH TIME
Cleveland Ohio has laid up for itself
more than a bushel of trouble. The tragic
and comic possibilities of Cleveland’s act ।
are so great that one might reverse the j
order and say O Cleveland! A few days
ago the Ohio papers told how Cleveland
had adopted Eastern standard time and
discarded the Central standard time which
latter it has been using ever since it was!
11 invented. Doubtless it was a foxy town
i! on the night of April 30 for the people of
! Cleveland claiming that they would beat
! Father Time by “gaining an hour of day-
■ light each day” held high revel like that
j which marks a New Year’s celebration.
! And next morning May 1 Cleveland
awoke just one hour later than had been
! its wont —not because the merry-making
lof the night before had made the city’s j
eyes heavy but because at the same time
it is one hour later by Eastern time than I
by Central time! For the same reason I
I Cleveland went to sleep just one hour!
later than had been its custom. Where-
fore it may be argued according to poor
I Richard’s philosophy Cleveland will be
I neither healthy wealthy nor wise.
But that is not the largest fish in the
large kettleful which Cleveland has set
itself to fry. For although the city may ’
| adopt any time standard it likes or at-
। tempt to imitate Joshua and have noj
| time at all Cuyahoga county of which j
! Cleveland is the seat of government must!
retain the old standard—the Central—and |
the county courthouse must maintain a
double standard. The county cannot op-
erate under Eastern time without legisla-
-1 tive permission from the state and in
conformity with state law the city must
make bond sales in accordance with Cen-!
tral time. Also it will be necessary for
interurban cars operating out of Cleve-
land to use both time standards.
In short it is not an enviable situa-
tion that Cleveland has created. Resi-
dents may become accustomed to the dou-
ble standard but for visitors it will be a
| source of endless trouble. Cleveland how-
। ever is not altogether alone in its mis-
fortune of longitudinal location. For in-
j stance a difference in time between East
Liverpool and Wellsville Ohio respec-
( tively 56 and 60 miles down the Ohio
river from Pittsburg causes the residents
| of those two towns no little inconvenience.
I Residents of Wellsville (Central standard
time) who desire to attend 11 o’clock
I church services in East Liverpool (East-
' ern standard time) must start from their
homes at about 9 o’clock in order to “be
on 'time.” Returning home they “meet
themselves” going to church.
Probably the only class of people to
profit by the change of time standards
in Cleveland—or rather the adoption of
the double standard —will be the jewelers.
Many people there may find it necessary
to have double-dialed watches one dial
showing the time by the Central standard
and the other by the Eastern standard.
Even at that much confusion would be
experienced.
The Republican Attitude.
We sincerely hope that Minority Leader Mann
was telling the truth when he announced in the
house that "my allegiance is to my country.” but
we can not banish a suspicion that if it had been
Mr. McKinley or Mr. Roosevelt who had asked
Congress t-» approve his determination that the
American flag should bo saluted in Mexico in
as public a manner as it had on several occasions
been insulted he would have been insistent on
immediate response and if any Democrats had
expressed a wish to talk about it for several
hours he would have referred to events in IR6I.
Twenty-nine Republicans. Including the minority
loader went on record in opposition to this exac-
tion of respect to the United States and Mr.
Mann demanded several hours to discuss the
question whether indignities that are not inflict-
ed upon the representatives of any other nation
in Mexico or Mexican waters should be submit-
ted to by the United States. —Philadelphia Rec-
ord.
Mexico’s Products Advance.
New York papers record advances'of from 10
to 35 cents per pound in the various bontanlcal
drugs native to Mexico during the past two
weeks. American saffron flowers so called in
order to distinguish them from the Spanish pro-
duct have risen from 40 to 65 and 75 cents a
pound; Mexican sarsaparilla root has advanced
from a basis of IS cents a pound to 30 cents a
pound. Chicle gum is not available at under
60 and 65 cents a pound compared with former
quotations of about 50 cents. Prices on jalap
mot have been absolutely withdrawn until im-
porters are able to ascertain the probability of
securing further supplies while the various
grades of vanilla beans ‘‘cuts’’ "Bourbons" and
"Tahiti#” are from 25 to 30 cents a pound high-
er.—Fort Worth Record.
In Striking Contrast.
The quiet and dignified departure from Wash-
ington of Senor Algara. Mexico's charge d'af-
faires made necessary by Huerta's orders was
In striking contrast to the riotous demonstration
against Americans In Mexico City as our charge.
Mr. O'Shaughnessy was preparing to depart.
We have no quarrel with Senor Algara who is
of different stripe from Huerta. lie would be
j safer In Washington than In Mexico City. He
is to be congratulated that he is going to Mon-
j treal instead of Mexico.—Washington Herald.
OO —
Women Offer Services.
Many women have offered their services to re-
cruiting officers nurses if war actually breaks
out between this country and Mexico. Such a
sentiment is as noble as that which prompts the
soldier to fight for his country and the inspiring
patriotism therein is equally as great. Good
nursing of the sick and wounded requires as
much heroism in many cases as standing on
the firing line.—McKinley Courier Gazette.
Bryan Appears “Peeved.**
The persistent reports that Mr. Bryan is con-
templating retirement from the cabinet may
not be well founded but they at least suggest
that the Secretary of State is peeved because the
president passed up his battleships "Friendship"
and "Fellowship." ordering Instead the ships of
both the Atlantic and Pacific fleets to concen-
trate in Mexican waters with the view of block-
ading the ports of that republic.—Houston Post.
Cannot Ask Too Much.
The people are convinced that the president
has been very patient. They feel that the United
States has gone as far as any peace-loving great
power ought to be asked to go in forbearance
and consideration. Now the head of the national
government cannot ask too much action to
please the country. Congress and the people are
ready.—Cleveland Treader.
< oiMlitlon of War Exists.
The condition is that of war. whatever may
be the finely-drawn theory. Assertion at Wash-
ington that there is no war nor a purpose of
war is contradicted on every hand. The lack of
formal declaration on either side is immaterial.
Naval forces of the United Statq# have assem-
bled in mass in Mexican waters; there has been
bloodshed diplomatic relations have been brok-
en off; artillery and infantry are being rushed
to Vera Cruz; preparations are being made for
a call for the services of the National Guard.
There I# nothing lacking to constitute a state of
war. and no official statement can suffice to al-
-1 ter the fact.—Philadelphia Bulletin
THE SAN ANTONIO LIGHT
“Movies" Hurt Eyes
From the Journal American Medical As-
sociation.
The injurious effect on the eyes
of the swiftly moving Images of the
cinematograph has been frequently
discussed. It has been shown that
a number of disorders of the eyes
are caused by this form of enter-
tainment. In Massachusetts a five
minute intermission is required be-
tween reels so as to lesson the eye
strain. One of the factors In
Cinematograph exhibitions which
[favors the development of eye fa-
tigue is poor definition of the origi-
‘nal negatives. This is greatly as-
centuated when the positives which
are used are enormously magnified.
The smaller the image in the eye
the longer the impression lasts and
the more the eyes are tired so that
seats nearer the screen are less de r
sirable than those more remote.
There is less eye fatigue when sit-
ting not closer than forty feet from
the screen.
That the movies are a prolific
source of eye strain must have been
recognized by many occullsts. These
symptoms usually consist of head-
ache vertigo nausea and fatigue of
the eyes following later by vomit-
ing sleeplessness and lack of en-
ergy. Physicians and public health
officials have only recently realized
the important part the picture thea-
ter plays in the wellfare of the com-
munity from a health standpoint
Many theater buildings are re-
medied store rooms with no facili-
ties for ventilation. The air is
breathed over and over and plenty
of opportunity is afforded for con-
tact between infected and noninfect-
ed thereby facilitating the distri-
bution of infections diseases. In the
United States there are over 25000
moving-picture theaters at which
there is an average attendance of over
15000000 spectator#. This variety
of eye fatigue may be largely re-
moved by wearing proper glasses
by patronizing orAy those places
which have good films proper ma-
nipulation and proper intervals of rest
between the reels by sitting at the
right distance from the screen (no
closer than forty feet) and not by
overdoing attendance on these places
of amusement. *
It has been suggested that li-
censes be issued only to those pro-
prietors of moving-picture theaters
who are willing to abide by the
following rules: First to operate
the machine by a motor instead of
by hand to have an adjustable take-
up or speed regulator and an auto-
matic fire shutter which renders
more accurate the sequence of the
individual makes; second to use the
arc light with the direct current
which Is brighter and steadier than
that with the indirect current; third
to have a proper screen free from
disagreeable and harmful glare. The
so-called “mirror screen’’ consisting
of a mirror glass with a frosted sur-
face seem to be the most desirable.
Fourth to use no reels which have
in use for over a month. Reels
ofxan inferior quality of which
have become scratched from much
use give poor definition. Fifth to
allow at least three minutes inter-
mission between the reels.
PANCHO VILLA.
From the Houston Chronicle.
The praise and commendation
which Pancho Villa is receiving in
certain quarters because of his at-
titude toward the unpleasantness
now existing between the United
States and the Huerta government is
regrettable.
Because he is crafty enough to
take advantage of a manifestly fa-
vorable situation it does not follow
that his principles or purposes have
been altered.
Both Villa and the American peo-
ple desire the overthrow of Huerta
but for vastly different reasons and
this difference of reasons'makes it
well nigh impossible for the two to
stand together even though impelled
by a community of purpose.
Villa desires the overthrow of
Huerta in order that he and hig fol-
lowers may gain the mastery of Mex-
ico and incidentally a share of the
spoils resulting from such an event.
The American people desire the
overthrow’ of Huerta in order that
the way may be prepared for estab-
lishing a constitutional form of gov-
ernment.
In this latter phase of the situa-
tion Pancho Villa is not interested
unless the identity between himself
and such a constitutional govern-
ment D conceded.
Because he happens to concur
with us a« to the desirability of elim-
inating Huerta it can not be con-
cluded that he is so amenable as to
the necessity of creating an impar-
tial government through a just and
fair election and. since the end is of
vastly more importance than the
means his obvious divergence of
purpose in this respect makes him
an impossible ally.
If those who are prattling about
the wisdom of Villa would recall the
events of the past few months they
would be shocked to find what a
fickleness of sentiment their attitude
Implies.
UNFAIR CRITICS.
From the Milwaukee Sentinel.
Nobody is going to condemn fair
and reasonable criticism of the Wil-
son administration But snarling
at everything the Wilson administra-
tion does simple because one hates
Mr. Wilson and Mr. Bryan politi-
tically becomes ridiculous and ex-
asperating. like the continuous clack
of the common scold.
"Watchful waiting” was barked at i
for months and months. All right.
But now the same barkers bark at
the sudden swonp op V<ra Cruz.
But do they consider what the I
movement was f„ rt and what it ac-
complished? Of course they don’t.
Well It intercepted a consignment
of 200 field guns and 15000.000 cart-
ridges that mirrht have been used
against our tronpg.
Worth while was it not? Or would
•■watchful waiting” to oblige thej
Mexican consignee* have been bet-
ter T I
Daily Fashion Hint
The dressy wraps of the spring are the most charmingly plstnresqne
garments that women are wearing they are so femininely fluffy and
graceful of design. Here is one of shot taffeta moire in green and blue
cut on loose lines and finished with flaring frills at neck sleeves and
edge. The front is snap-fastened under an ornament. While these little
wraps are usually made in taffeta or moire. Egyptian and mandarin
crepes are used as well in black or colors and they serve for afternoon
and evening.
GYROSCOPE MOTOR CAR.
From the London Globe
At last a two-wheeled motor car.
kept in the upright position by the
use of a gyroscope has been con-
structed and it will be most Inter-
। esting to see If it can be made avail-
|able in practice for ordinary use. It
is only necessary to compare the
| bicycle with the tricycle to realize
. the advantages of two wheels over
'three or more; for everybody knows
। the blbycle can be propelled with
I less power and at greater speed.
What Is true of the machines which
depend on human muscles is equally
true of those that depend on an en-
gine.
The single-track machine seems to
offer all sorts of delightful possi-
bilities to motorists. It could go over
paths altogether barred to the ordi-
nary motor and in new countries
where broad highroads as yet are
not it would be simply invaluable.
It would have all the advantages in
the way of speed and expense of run-
ning which the motorcycle now pos-
sesses over the motor car. and so
far as we can see none of the disad-
vantages.
It is claimed it does away almost
entirely 'with the danger of taking a
curve at a high rate of speed since
the only thing you cannot do with a
gyroscope is to upset it. Possibly
practical objections may be discov-
ered to the idea but at any rate the
experiment when it is put into prac-
tice is bound to be of the greatest
Interest.
A SENATORIAL NET GAIN.
From the Sioux City Journal
The popular electin'* o f United
States senators may have its draw-
backs but it certainly has its advan-
tages. Not the least of these is the
way in which it relieves the electo-
rate of necessity for electing a Leg-
islature almost solely with reference
to the senatorial issue.
Under the old order the Legisla-
ture must be elected mainly with a
view to electing cither a Republican
or a Democrat to the United States
Senate.
Under the present arrangement
the electorate can elect a United
States senator without complicating
the process with the election of the
Legislature.
It can elect a senator on national
issues and a Legislature on state Is-
sues. If one party offers the strong-
est candidate for United States sen-
ator while another party offers the
strongest state issues both parties
can be successful in the election.
One can elect the United States sen-
ator to deal with national affairs
while the other can elect the Leg-
islature to deal with state affairs.
And the public interest may be con-
served In both Instances.
HENRY' NOT HOPEFUL.
From the Denison Herald.
Congressman Henry is not very
hopeful of the results of mediation
proposed by the three South Ameri-
can republics and agreed to by the
president He seems to think that
Huerta has decided to sell out to the
United States rather than be de-
throned by the Constitutionalists
and for that reason will decline to
accede to any proposals that may be
made by either country. There is
much wisdom in this thought.
Huerta knows his tenure is short. He
will either be removed by Uncle
Sam of the Carranzistas. Perhaps
his pride will not suffer as much
by being overcome by a superior
force as it would if his discomfiture
and banishment was caused by the
dissatisfied element of his own coun-
trymen.
A DAY OF FLUFFY WRAPS.
VILLA FOR PRESIDENT?
From the Kansas City Journal.
During times of extraordinary ex-
citement and when accurate Infor-
mation is difficult to obtain many
things are published as facts which
are well nigh incredible. But prob-
ably the most unreasonable state-
ment yet printed in connection with
the Mexican trouble is the assertion
that it is a part of President Wil-
son’s plan to groom Villa for the
Mexican presidency. This is not a
mere random rumor emanating from
sources unworthy of attention. It
h?s reached the dignity of a formal
demand in a resolution introduced in
the Senate of the United States call-
ing upon the president for a definite
statement as to whether this is or is
not his intention.
It is inconceivable that there
should bo any real foundation for
such a report though the apparent
coddling of the Constitutionalists
from first to last at least paves the
way for suspecting that the Wilson
program involves some such fea-
ture. Carranza would be impossible
—not so much because he is person-
ally objectionable but because Villa
would be the power behind him.
The thought of Villa as a civil ruler
is simply revolting. A brutal bandit
unlettered and devoid of scruple or
conscience is unfit to govern any-
body. Huerta is bad enough but
Villa would be infinitely worse.
UNCLE SAM S PAYROLL.
From the Philadelphia Ledger.
Uncle Sam is adding 25000 persons
to his public payrolls every year.
The forty-eight states and the hun-
dreds of cities counties and towns
arc steadily becoming more office-
ridden.
It is a big leap as Congressman
Fitzgerald says from 370000 to 4 70 a
000 Federal employes since 1909 but
the city and state governments have
also done equally well in the scram-
ble to multiply the number of poli-
tical plums.
America’s public-job class—the
total number who live at the taxpay-
ers’ expen&e—cannot be short of
1500000 persons.
Nearly all of them are non-produc-
ers. They spend their time govern-
ing the rest of us while we pay their
salaries.
Americans often talk of the crime
of the big standing armies in Eu-
rope which are non-producers. Eu-
rope hasn't any army over half as
large as America’s army of persons
whose sole Income is taken from
taxes paid by you and me.
SUBJECT FOR INVESTIGATION.
From th? Philadelphia Record.
If the passion for Investigation
still exists in Congress a tempting
subject for probers is the determin-1
ed deslstance to the repeal of the
tolls exemption law. We do not
question the sincerity of Mr. Taft
on the Republican side or Speaker
Clark and Senator O’Gorman on the
Democratic side. But the subject
is not one on which intensity of
feeling is easily understood. Natu-
rally Republicans are in favor of
anything In the way of subsidy but
Democrats have not been given to
that sort of thing. There is no chance
that freight rates will be affected
by the exemption which will merely
put into the pockets of some steam-
ship owners money which might bet-
ter go into the United States treas-
ury.
Final official figures of th* geological
survey show that more than >2.000.000
barn*la of Portland cement were produced i
in the United States last year.
MAY 10 1914.
The Rate Decision
From the Saturday Evening Fot.
We hope the railroads will be per-
mitted to raise freight rates 5 per
cent—but it Is a hope with a string
to it. As Commissioner Prouty has
pointed out we are trying in this
country a completely novel experi-
ment. By far the greatest business
in the country except agriculture is
entirely owned by private capital;
but we have taken away from the
owners all power to fix the price at
which their product—transportation
—shall be sold.
Imagine that situation in your own
business. You furnish the capital and
the management but somebody else
has absolute power to fix the price
at which your goods shall be sold.
That Is the novel experiment this
country is trying in regard to rail-
roads.
The net revenues of the railroads
in the last three years have not in-
creased st all commensurately with
the increased capital investment and
we believe the government—under
the novel conditions we have creat-
ed—can far better afford to give the
roads an inch too much than to give
them an inch too little. So we hope
an increase in freight rates will be
granted.
However when we look over cer-
tain scandalous abuses of railroad
credit that have come to light of late
years we tie a string to the hope.
We believe that a great many roads
are capably and honestly managed.
We also believe that there has been
and probably still is a shocking
amount of graft in the railroad world
as a whole.
When we see great flourishing ;
transportation enterprises which
ought to be highly prosperous drag-
ged down to a bankrupt or crippled
condition we want more searching
explanations of the reasons then
have yet been forthcoming; and we
decidedly do not want any railroad
to have another nickel for the man-
agement to gamble with.
As to somewhat higher freight
rates yes. As to more comprehen- j
she and rigid public regulation yes.
also.
Tin’ DECISIVE TEST.
From tho Pittsburg Dispatch.
Colonel Goethals’ testimony before
the Senate committee put the cast
for the repeal of the canal tolls ex-
emption on the ground which the
Dispatch has always held to be the
most important for this country. It
Is simply that it Is taking the money
from an enterprise that cannot pay
expenses at first and giving it to an
interest that does not need it at the
cost of the whole nation.
To pay expenses of the canal in-
cluding Interest on bonds issued will
take $11500000. To pay interest on
the entire investment will require
some $8000000 or $9000000 more.
But dealing with the $11500000
that may be ranked as fixed charges
from the start the million or more
that should be paid by coasting ves-
sels will be 4 serious diminution.
The vessels which will get that aid
fix their rates by conference. They
will simply pocket the $1000000 or
more each year giving to the ship-
pers of freight no share of it and
all competition from foreign lines is
excluded by our navigation laws.
In short the exemption is a very
thinly-disguised subsidy expressly
framed to violate a treaty and con-
trary to the real principle avowed in
the Baltimore platform. And it Is
giving a grotesque character by se-
lecting as its beneficiaries the one
element in our shipping that is com-
pletely protected against foreign
competition.
AMERICAN PEARLS.
From tho Indianapolis News.
Perhaps the richest pearl fisheries
in the Americas at present are those
of the Gulf of California centering
around La Paz and along the outer
coast of Lower California in Mexico
and along the entire west coast of
the gulf from La Paz to above the
islands of Loreto and Tiburon on the
east side. Pearls are also found along
the southern coast of Mexico and in
Nicaragua and in the Gulf of Cam-
peche. on the eastern epast of Mex-
ico. The principal fisheries of that
section are however among the
Islas del Rey or King's Islands now
known as the Pearl Islands lying
in the Gulf of Panama about 50
miles from the city of Panama.
These consist of Rey Island. Pacheca
Pedro Gonzales San Jose and a
number of smaller islands to the
north. Some beds are worked along
the Atlantic and Pacific Coasts of
Columbia and on the latter coast asl
far as Ecuador and Peru. The Costal
Rica. Panama and Colombia fisher-l
les are famous for their I.lack green)
and bluish tinted pearls and many]
beautiful delicate pinks have alscl
been found. With hardly an exccp-l
tion there are American pearl.*!
among ibe crown jewels of every I
ruler in Europe. I
GVESS RIGHT.
From the Philadelphia Ledger
When you guess right you are a
great man. When you guess wronl
you are a dub.
Fortunately for th" heirs of D
| Ogdon Gillis he made more goo<
guesses than poor guesses heno
their *35.000.000. But he made t
great many bad guesses at that.
I count upward of 450.000 share
of .various stocks which the appeals
ora of his estate say are worthless
Mr. Mills received much credit fo
his In getting a bi;
slice of the renowned Comstock ail
ver mines. That was his best guess.
But the world never heard of hi
124000 shares of valueless Bess?me
Consolidated and his 1 15.000 share
of worthless British Guiana gold mln
Ing or his 102000 shares of Bruns
wick Consolidated which are n<
worth a street car fare.
James Keene the renowned Wa
street operator said the man wh
could guess right four times out c
seven was sure to win In the stoc
market.
It is like that in business. ICHI
guessed atrociously In many It
stances hut he made up for It an
more by making good guesses th»
netted him more money th*
Croesus ever saw.
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