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SAN ANTQNI0 1 -XPRESS: SATURDAY MORNING, MARCH 22, 1913.
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k. ui. for Austin, 1'uyioi. liaorgeUiwu, iteuiu»
anil Intermedium poluis. This iruln inukeu nil
railroad connections cu route. Arrive* Austin
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'I his Is the longest run of a uewnpuper special
train In the entile houtli, bclug 10- uiilea, anil
llila ualu la operated solely lor Hie tieueflt of
'mo aau Antonio Express.
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CIRCULATION BOOKS
OPtiiN TO ADVLkl ISERS
hag been withdrawn liy depositor* for till' pur
pom. of Inlying |n ; till savings builds, l...|iB|!l
PiM' (lemouatraton lite vulim of dl»p<tli«lttl( w'l»
Hie |1U«« bow I, mill Intrudili'luis 111 tin pluen n ref-
llfleute O: dcpoalt, Tlie lliooliie of Hie
postal aii^iPk'H .■■ it'lii for tlie liH<nl your oinlluk
June "4.1, 101 f, Mill aiiioitnt io (,7ml,OHO nml Ibn
lll(rir>t pityntdo to dn|iualtiira to Tlie
co»t of supplies, eiitilpineiit imd a11111 I*iln la $7im.
Owi. II tbui tippiam ihat lln> »y»tw# IlH'lt»
»;i0ti,00t) ii >put' of pmlng interest mid expeinm.
It la i'hIiuuiieU. lunvcvi'i, tliut whim llin dnpiKlU
liftvi* Ifiiebed till Kill" of J60,(KM),mill, wllli'li ill III"
prewiit rale lliey aooit will do, the ayateltl will
lie MO 11' KllHlUlllllJRi
According to the estimate made by the
President, $300,000 will be the total amount
of interest paid by the Government during
the present year, a considerable sum to K°
into the pockets of a class of persons who
But for the postal savings banks would
probably have nothing left from their week-
ly or monthly wages, whereas they will,
under this system, have snug deposits,
growing constantly, and I'll the time encour-
aging this class of persons to practice
greater economy and take more interest in
saving money.
Another way in which the postal savings
bank system is helpful to Stale, National
and private banks, is through the deposits
of the savings by the Government. Under
the law these savings funds arc required to
be deposited in local banks, and at the time
President Taft gave the message to Con-
gress containing information on the subject,
State and National banks to the number of
12,367 had qualified as depositories for
these funds. Such deposits are secured by
bonds aggregating S54,000,000, of which
amount $37,000,000 are represented by
municipal bonds.
Now is a good time to spade up the back
yard and get ready for seme gardening.
One evidence of spring is to be found in
the fact that the mulberries are a-ripening.
It is springtime wearticr, but it may not
last very long. Better not be in a hurry
about taking them off.
Aa the record now stands there are fifty
Democrats in the United .States Senate and
forty-four Republicans, with two vacancies.
Democracy is in the saddle, all right, now.
However, those Texans who fail to get
any plums in Washington may find consola-
tion in the reflection that the peach crop in
Texas has not been seriously injured by
frost.
REDFIELD ON TARIFF.
ll will not be at all surprising if Postmas-
ter General Burleson has a good deal more
sympathy for a baseball umpire after he gets
through deciding which of the contending
applicants shall have the postofficcs.
When women's gowns are regulated by
law there will be no decollete cewtuines and,
let us hope, no more of those trailing skirts
that have aforetime been called sidewalk
sweepers.
All over Texas they are talking about the
approaching Spring Carnival which it is gen-
erally understood is going to surpass any-
thing of the kind ever before attempted in
the Southwest.
Speaking of the high cost of living a rait
way president from the far West tells the
Mall Street Journal that he paid 40 cents
a pound for California cherries in a Chicago
store. Astounded at the price, he asked
why he had to pay so much when he could
buy the same fruit in California at certts
a pound. The answer was: "On account
of the freight." The railroad man knew
that the freight on cherries from California
lo Chlcaso was only 1 '4 cents a pound and
he wanted to know who got the difference
between cents and 40 cents. What it
the answer?
POSTAL SAVINGS BANKS.
During the few years In which the postal
savings banks system has been in operation
the experience has been very satisfactory
and It looka as if, when the system is fully
developed, its usefulness will be still greater.
The most pleasing feature connected with
the system Ii the encouragement it gives
for the saving of small earnings and the in-
ducement it offers to thrift. Thousands of
persons, in fact, a very large majority of
the patrons of these savings banks, are of
the class of laborers who heretofore had at-
tempted but little saving bccause their in-
comes were small and the task of getting
a sufficient sum ahead to open an account
in a State or National bank appeared in-
surmountable. Hut the most inconsequen-
tial wage-earners may make deposits in a
postal savings bank and when the deposit
has grown to sufficient size it may be re-
moved to one of the State or National banks
or to a private bank, together with the ac-
cumulated Interest received from the Gov-
ernment. This not only stimulates savings
by persons with small incomes, but it is a
positive benefit to all other classes of bank-
ing institutions, because they ultimately re-
ceive the deposits begun with the Govern-
ment and thus receivc business they would
never have got otherwise
A short time before going out of office,
President Taft gave to Congress some in-
formation regarding the operations and
growth of postal savings banks in which it
HI was stated:
Tb» pndtal aattog* bank »y»tem hi»« been fI*
1 |*nd»t *n (bat It now lii' lndea 4.<*M fourth elssa
p«w|„rfl,~ l« *rll «« *4.1 liran.-h nfflo,., sort
f «<allot" In iIn* lanr»r Httwi. Tlwr» ar» now 11*11
dniKKomrlea at nblrk patrnua of lti« «.ral«m mar
nprfl ftrrniint* rtw number ,,f itepnaitors la .TOO.
lira an.I I>I» »>"'.<I11| of tlwir fjrpoalta la appenit.
>aa" y not isrlnimg gt.3ll.IW wbt- b |
Just liow near Secretary of Commerce
Redfield comes to being an out-and-out free-
trader we are not clearly informed, but if he
is so near to this as some of his writings
indicate, it is fortunate .hat President Wil-
son did not placc him in a position wiierc
he could exert a greater, influence in the
matter of shaping tariff regulation.
Mr. Redfield appears to have convinced
himself by a process of reasoning contain-
ing a great clement of sophistry that pro-
tection of an industry is not only a great
Crime against the people, but that it also is
a positive hindrance to an expansion of our
trade with other countries. In his "New In-
dustrial Day," published by the Century
Company, Mr. Redfield made this assertion:
I liolleve that protection la nn injury lo Ameri-
can mamifniturera hy Huilllng their aoopo and
liy narrowing Ihelr hnrlisnn*. I hellere ll coats
tliem enormously in Hie losa of foreign Imalmaa,
nnd that la one reason why manufacturers In
this country are so rapidly ceasing to be protec-
tionists. Itut one other reason why the manu-
facturers of Ihla country are abandoning the pro-
tectionist fullh la thai their plant* have been
stimulated lo liecomc so lorge tluit only In rare
years has the demand In Ihla country become
enough to lake tliclr total product, and lliey Imve
lo aell It abroad.
This view is hardly in harmony with the
real facts. In an official statement made by
the Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Com-
merce, reported under a Washington date of
March lti. regarding the exports and imports
made hy the United States, this paragraph
appears:
American Iron and slcvl manufactures are being
sent abroad at the rale of H.oon.ouo worth a day,
according to the bureau. No class of artlclea it-
ported baa shown In recent ymra such a phenom-
enal gain. In 1W these products aggregated t-Tt.-
OOO.OUU, In 1803 II'.'O.OISI.OOO and Ihla year II Is esti-
mated they will reach fully tnHTi.non.flOn
Since iron and steel products arc among
the important beneficiaries of protection, it
will be seen from this statement that the
fears of Mr. Redfield are groundless and his
theory is decidedly inconsistent with pre-
vailing conditions.
It is not assumed that iron and steel do
not receive greater protection than they dc:
serve—they are used as an illustration
merely because the report made regarding
them only a few days ago is apropos, but
Mr. Reafield's position is made untenable
by other examples which might be given.
Under the protective system trade is rapid-
ly growing with other countries and there is
a healthy balance in our favor, aa is seen by
another part of the report, which is as fol-
lows:
A high record for February In the hlnory of
American foreign commerce na» established last
moDtb, when the aggregate of eiporls and Im
ports amounted to •343^410.1 no and there waa a
balance of trade In favor of the rolled States
of $44,4oO,TO'. for tb« monlh. Eiporls aggregated
tlHO^.016: Imparts. tl40.V9i.JlI Ihe ltureau of
Foreign and liomeetlc Commerce announced to-
similar to one recently recommended by the
Governor of Kansas, hut differing In some
material points, Governor Hodges in his
message to the Kansas Legislature said:
"In a short session of fifty days you are re-
quired lo study and pas.5 hundreds of meas-
ures, and the hurry with which this must be
done must necessarily result in a number of
etude and ill-digested laws, which often
puz.de learned jurists to interpret." Gov-
ernor Hodges, therefore, proposes that the
Legislature proceed to bring about its own
abolition by submitting the necessary amend-
ment, this providing for the creation of it
substitute body, consisting of sixteen mem-
bers only, two from each congressional dis-
trict, the members of which shall devote
their wnole time, and all the year round, to
legislating for the Slate, whereas Mr. Morris
would have the Legislature convene at regu-
lar intervals, or upon the call of the Gov-
ernor. There would be the same expense
of mileage and perquisites and the same
large clerical force requiring larger compen-
sation because of the shortness of the tenure
of service and the same waste of time in
the usual preliminatics before the Legisla-
ture is ready to get down to business. It
has been charged that the average State
Legislature rarely ever really does anything
in the way of legislating in the first four
or five weeks after it meets, leaving to the
last days of the sessions matters of impor-
tance which are then rushed through with-
out due consideration or left unfinished so
as to necessitate an extra session.
Although Governor Hodges proposes to
pay members of the Kansas legislative body
much larger salaries than are contemplated
by Mr. Morris for the Texas members, he
would require them lo be on the job all the
time and for the reduced number of law-
makers at a salary that would attract experts
of the highest ability, the total expense prob-
ably would be less than for the greater ag-
gregation of mere amateurs having, in a
majority of instances, little or no capacity
lor making laws and not chosen by their
constituents because of any peculiar fitness
for the business of lawmaking. Of course,
Ihe requirements to successful municipal
government would apply here and in the
legislative body would be competent civil
engineers, railroad experts, advanced farm-
ers, scientists and sociologists and the like,
as well as lawyers, to head the several com-
mittees to which would be referred matters
with which they are familiar. The theory Is
that if the Stale is determined to have good
government it wIII have a much better chance
of securing it through the working of a small
than a large body, assuming, of course, that
the smaller body was devoted to the public
service and its members anxious to make
good in the capacity in which they were
serving, rather than using the office as a
stepping stone to something higher or better.
Progressive ideas are being urged in all
the progressive Slates and this particular
one is in harmony with the agitation for the
shorter ballot and may be the forerunner
uf the'Cdmmission plan of government for
the State, as well as for the municipality.
WITH TEXAS I.lllTj {•
IHiii DAILY HOLLAND LETTER
The Corpus ChrlHll Culler tuts re<M»lvi*<l » butch
of prrlou Hwti from the Gotornittent, whloli it »»
ul n 1"mm to uiKlerHtiuul, Tlie Heod Iiiih boon fe*l
to I ho t 'oi'jiiiH (Tiiokoiii, uiid tliu Cullor doenn't
know wliotber lo mnJlt Hie result to tho poultry
industry or to the iruck farming ImimIiiomh. It
may beeouie in'oosMury to charge the amount to
profit 1111(1 loHM.
Tlio 1'enrnfll! Leader report* Unit the mnyor of
Unit town )iuk lHMUeil n wurnlug that anyone
tfijjirv of dumping trash within the city limits
will be prosecuted. After u while »ueh wamlngi
will inn be necessary. Then people will under*
hi and the necessity of keeping tliclr premises
clean and no such official warning# will be need-
ed. in the meantime, however, 11 will be just
a* well lo remember that cleanliness is close
ukln to godliness, and godliuess Is one of the
attributes of the Penrsull disposition.
The Dalltin Tluies*Herald announces that sun
Antonio 1# to have a week of prayer and that
Hifordliig lo Houston papers the tluie devoted to
the servlfos n. not sufficient. Perhaps not. Nnn
Antonio 1h praying during holy week for Its
enemies bk well ns for Its friends, as the Scrip-
ture requires, and it may take more than a week
i<> do the subject justice, but Han Antonio will
persevere, hoping Dallas and Houston may yet
be Saved, since "while the lamp holds out to
hum, the vilest sinner may return."
The Houston Tost having stated that the Texas
onion has started on Its journey North, the
Uenlson Herald expresses the hope that some
of the shipments will be stopped over In Ueui*
stm on their way North. It Is a pity more such
shipments cannot be divided curoute. There are
hundreds of points anxious for articles which
are scarce elsewhere, and some arrangement
should be made by which the distribution can
be better equalized. It Is up to the associations
to make u satisfactory arrangement of the situa-
tion.
The Hccvllle Hee calls attention to the fact
that although n UJ-yesr-old girl of Hee County
lias gained fame b.v raising and canning more
tomatoes on a tenth of an acre of land than any
other contestant lu the canning clubs lu the
United States^ mid that though her picture has
been In Hie newspapers, she hns never won a
prlxe at bridge, it h nil right, however, about
the fame. That Hee County girl can afford to
dispense with a great many of the social fea-
tures when she Is setting so good an example to
other Texas girls. Koine of the girls who win
prtfcej at bridge «"iildn't put up a can of toma-
toes III a week.
The Tarpon season has opened on the eoast
nnd f«»r the benefit of newspaper men who may
nsplre to catch fish which will break the record,
Hie following synopsis of the rules of the Aransas
Pass Tarpon Club Is taken from the Hockport
Tribune:
The Aransas Pass Tarpon club i* one <»f the
largest organisations of Iff uin«i in the world* it
wan organised In 1U07 and nunibern among lis
member* leading sportsmen in nearly every State
In the I niou. and some In foreign eoiintrlcs. The
objeet of the <1 III* Is to encOUtHKc the use of light
farkie lu taking the tarpon In the waters of Port
Aransas, for Ihe protection of the tarpon and In
the interest of r likher xtniidard of *port. Mem-
bership Is open to amateur fishermen only, who
have .aught in the waters of Port Aransas, on
light tackle, a tarpon of not less than four feet
and fix inches
Ijteh angler landing a tarpon as long as four
feet and sU inches U presented with n silver
button b> the elub. A gold button Is presented
to tbe angler landing a tarpon as Ioii^ us five
feet and six no-hen In nddltion to these buttons,
handsome prlxes. gold medals, trophies and lov
log cups are offered by Individual members.
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A Song of Corn.
Thotyfh other products of the soil
Are very good to e.it ;
And fruit I* pleiiftlnic to the tante,
And so are fish and meat;
There's nothing since the world Itegsn,
of need or tuber born.
That nourishes ihe human race
Ho perfectly ns corn.
The brenkfsMt muffin amber brown,
The pudding lu Ihe pot,
Com bread that uiuko* the butter melt,
It is «o piping hot;
The h»e-eake of the sunny South,
What epicure eouM scorn
Fneh simple, tempting dainties made
(If g«*M| and wholesome com.
There's health In every yellow grain,
There's magic in the meal.
It bulblH our jaded muscles up.
And makes them strong as steel;
Koch kernel anrner* up the gold
And fragr»tire of the morn.
So let us all take off our hats
To every field of corn.
Minna Irving In Leslie's.
Collegians and Cafeterias
From Files of The Express
day.
For lh» »lfht raoottn .-nrtlne Willi Ki>briui<
ttir t'i>mi>in>it nport un.l Import tri«l« nmntmlH
to nm.TH.itli. with • t.il»n<* or irulp In fm»r
uf tbr I'lilleO SUtP* mmmntlli* to tM74.HOil.Cu.
Tito rt|.ort» ■Kifrrfolwl f 1,190.880.1106; lli« Im
port! ll.'.'W.Oj.l.'JPt.
An unreasonably hi|h protective tariff has
its evils, but absolute free trade, which Sec-
retary Redfield appears to contend for, is
impracticable from every point of view.
President Wilson is an earnest advocate of
tariff revision and for the removal of duties
that are an unjust burden upon consumers,
but that is a very different matter from ab-
solute ftee trade.
WITHER PROGRESSIVE MOVE.
Representative Morris has introduced in
the House of Ihe Texas Legislature a joint
resolution providing for a constitutional
amendment by which all legislative power
might be vested in one legislative body com-
posed of two Representatives from each con-
gressional district.
The scheme contemplates the payment of
a salary of $1,300 per annum for each mem-
ber of the Legislature, in lieu of the per
dietn now allowed as compensation for Sen-
ators and Representatives. The new legisla-
tive body would hold sessions the same as
now. with the Lieutenant Governor as the
presiding officer.
The measure proposed b> Mr. Morris il
Tfclrtj-fl>« War. A HO Today—1R*S.
In a frontlpr fr»<o« nt F«rt <'lark, whore the
■ /tiller* paid off yMiorrtnjr ami upout their
uiouoy frroly. fight" «*re v»ry numerous last
nUhl, so murh so t» n»t to ho allraiilre or nen-
national, although while the while aotl hlaek
i.oI<II<t* were at irnr two of the soldiers wcrt
killed.
♦ ♦ ♦
.1. II Hammond, alia* "Fakir .loc," In. l>een
nrresled al Halts*, charged wllli rohl.tng ihe
'lesm t'eiilral rxprr.* car si lluti'blnits. An-
other aupponcil r«hl<er l« helng sought.
♦ ♦ ♦
The United Hlalei artillery encamped north of
Ihe rlijf engaged yesterday In a very lively can-
non tsrget practice.
♦ ♦ ♦
A young girl while fl.hlng hack of ihe t'aslno
jcterday anted n t'hlnamaii from drowning liy
handing him a fishing pole which be gratped
ind she pulled htm from the river, which Is very
ewlli and il"ep at that polm The rblniiman
Imd lo«t III. bnla&ct' .uil fell Into lit.* .Iroaiu
while trying t« dip water from |l with a wash
tub
» • «
In a tew <1,1/. Km Antonio w lo have « novel
combat lietwcn a Texa. hull and an African
lion, tliill fighting wo* dull,, away wim here
nouie yearn ago hy ordinance, l,ut this cliy orilt
nance seem. i<> conflict with lh< mate ronslllii
Hon, whlrb <*n lie con.trucd to iicrtnli ll.cn.log
hull fighting, no Ibe managers or ili„ ,\>n York
menagerie will tike advantage of Ihla lo pit one
of their fierce*! lions iigalu*t the Tela, hull
IIfleen \rart Ago Today—ISJS.
The crtit.er Amnion ion., rc. eniiy bought from
tlragll. will l<e reehrlstened the N, w iir »nns and
Ihe Ahronall will be known as Ibe Albany.
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A Wtseowiltl wan ha. accepted ibe , baiienae
lo a iluel seni hy the editor of a Ppanlth news
paper In Henalor Ma«"n
♦ ♦ ♦
ltepr»«eiilnllve King of Mali lnirniluie.1 in tlie
House a re»«lltl«ii to recognise th<> Independence
of Cnhn.
♦ ♦ ♦
At Ibe meeting "f the City Council yesterday
Ihe Mnyor wn« authorised t« appoint a illy eta'
trliian An ordinance was udopie.i n.inlrlng
Hull «lr«e» c»r* lie provided Willi
• • •
After making a thorough luVMIIgatlon „f the
river. Mayor t'allaghnn < <nrlii,|e. |h,i .,n|
tar. condition can i*«t I " Improved l« removing
the ilsm. draining Hie deep |.„oi, aod re.lii.-log
the , Men.' to .-orre.poiid wllh ibe M..» ,,f the
rater fr'in Iks .pnu.a wlikli teed ih, rli,r.
II la heralded with satisfaction, not unmixed
with pride, in Texan, that despite the high cost
of living generally pre\alont, Ktudcuta of Ihs
Slut.* Iiitverslty who flud economy necessary,
and who plan their Individual menus carefully,
nr. able lo secure meals for leas lliati 110 a
month. The manager of the university com-
mons la authority for the statement that this la
frequently done under Ihe cafeteria plan of serv
Ing tnenls. ruder this system, as la well known,
no waiters are required, dispensation with tbls
expense makes It ponnltile greatly to reduce
prices on the bill of fare. Nothing should l<e
vi 1,1 to dull the eiig* of Texnu satisfaction and
pride in ibig connection, but It Is a fad, never-
thele.K, that i-ollcglana lu other parts of the
country have long been compelled to economise
through the medium of Hie cafeteria, aud It la
also a fact that many of tbein have scaled down
their meala to a point where the monthly total
i» even below the Texas figure
'I he cafeteria plan hu» proved to be a aolullon
for a great problem In ninny educational ln«tltu-
tlon*. The high a< lioole, an well a< I ho acad-
emic. and colleges, have very generally adopted
It In nouie of the large ,-ltie<. no lu «ome of the
larger uolvornitlwi. the eeonvmlen are ao great
that good men la may be had for from one-half
lo one-third Hie price charged by ordinary res-
tauranta. For the pupil, and atudetita who«e
allowances are Huilled. the iufclerln .vntem bn<
proved a great taiieftcem-c. \o, onl'v beeanae
ihe price* are low, but to , ,ihc the quality «f the
fiK,il furnished la generally superior to that
served In oriltuary eating limine.,
home wonder will doubt lev 1m> m cantoned by
the nnnouii'-eincnt that living should be high lu
Texas, a State prolific In the growth of table
iiceaiiarle* of every kind. Texas rul*e* vastly
more food than It consume.. It .hip. farm
produce lo nil parta of the country aud to all
part, of Hie world. Like oilier American state*,
however. It* arrangements for di.tiibiillng food-
•tuff, among It. own people are crude and costly.
There I* too miii'li handling timl hauling, then'
are too ninny middlemen. If ihcre Here mora
direct trailing between the producer nnd .on-
(.nmer In Texas, »iudeut» of ll. university Could
undoubtedly live al a lower < o<t monthiv after
ibe .nfetcria fa*hlon or. If I hey did not .-are to
reduce Ihe cost, they would undoubtedly get more
for their money — Cbriatlau Science Monitor.
—— — —
Tariff Making in 1H97 and in 1913.
In lit* proclamstlon calling an extra *e**lon of
Cougrr.s President Wilson lia* followed ilium!
verbatim the similar proclainstion of I'realdeni
M.-Klnley In 1W t'ongre.. is cslled together
now. a. II was then, "to receive »u<h i-ommdnl-
cation* a. shall lie made by the Executive."
WItb Ibe exception of passage of annual ap-
propriation bllla led over from the last t'ongre..
Ihe work of the cxtrt session will lie confined to
tariff legislation. That, nt least, Is the present
programme.
Sixteen years ago ■ lleptthilcan Cong re.* was
called upon to euiet a tariff law to re.,ore Ihe
prosperity that had heeu so successfully dls-
lielii^l by four yesrs of Democratic rule pros-
perity came and bss Insted Now the liemocrats
arc t« have another "try" at tariff making.
What will came of It? We must wnlt aud see.
—.New York Herald.
Mutual Recognition.
<me groat doubt has been dispelled already. J.
P. Morgan 4 Co. have recogulsed the new t.'nlted
States Government. More than that, they hive
rcognlxed William J. Jlryan.
The nerve of Mr. Morgan's young Mr. Iiavl.ou
ha. been celebrated for some years, but who
could have Imagined him leading ■ Wall Street
Hell gntloti Into Ihe very presence of Mr. Itryan,
le.. than a week In office, saklug noUonly Fed
rriil |ir,.«.ure In xipport uf sn International fl
unnclal hold-up In china, but presuming to tell
the S.»reury of State the sort of mnn who
should i<e name,! lo represent the I lilted Hlntes
al Peking?
We h<>|» thai the tiovernmenl and e*|M<iially
Mr llrian. illilv lmpre.»ed by this sign of
favor, bill if Wail Street ha. «o mu.h limner to
loan III China, whv d<» Ainerl. an loirrewer. find
. urreiu-y *.» .. ar<et Vlr. Itrysn I. an et|*Hrtiied
person Probably lie tis. re,-ojnl.e,| J |- )|or
I ami A Co- aisn. .Nc* iork World.
If American manufacturers mid merchanta
should continue to buy and dell In foriigu mar
IicIh iis tliey iliil from July I of Inst, your until
July 1 of tills year, they will have done a busi-
ness with foreign uutioils which will aggregate
lu money value about four billion five huiulred
million dollar*. Figures of this kind seem to
belle the complaint* or those wlm continue to
*|ic.-ik of depressing conditions In American busi-
ness life. We should have, by the first of July,
accumulated In twelve mouths of Hie present
fiscal veur a visible irndc balance of not less
than fhc I red and fifty millions, possibly
us luinii us slv hundred millions.
In Hie short month of February Ibe money
value of our hill-guildnir In other laiids, both buy-
ing their pi'uiliniH and selling our own. wus three
hundred ii ml forty.three million »h hundred
Hioiisand dollars, round numbers. I pon these
transaction, n visible credit balance in favor
of the Fulled States of forty-four million fire
1) It lid id I thousand dollars wa* established.
Very likely in the remaining four months of
Hie present fiscal year we shall buy considerably
jess from foreign markets than we have been
loing in the other mouths of the year. Tills,
however, will lie no more limn a temporary <!<•
ereaso In importation and will he due nlmosi en
tlrely to the hesitation of Importers about mak-
ing purchases until lifter the contemplated re-
vision of the tariff bus been formulated Into law.
The trade of the l ulled States with other na-
tions and peoples lliau her own Is hii astonishing
phenomenon, at least In ihe suddenness of its
growth and the steadiness of lis Increase In the
past ten years. We have gained a wonderful
entrance Into foreign markets. It may be a
mere coincidence that this increased trade begun
nil It the orgnlihtiillon of grout combinations of
industrial capital or these combinations may liuvo
made I III. Increase in our foreign trade, espe-
cially lu manufactured products, possible
The commodities produced by American In-
dustries and cotton together form the greater
pan of our exportstIons Flint they will con
tinuc lo do this seems now lo be fairly well
eatiihllshcil.
There i«, how ever, nn.dher feature I bat can be
dli'overed in the statistical figures to which,
perhaps, too lillle heed iH P"id At Ihe time of
the election of .iiiines ,v Fnrrell to the presidency
of the I lilted States Meet Corporation tJoorgc
W. I'erklns spoke of Mr. Fnrrrll n* a flue lllic
(ration of the recent development In Hie fulled
Stall', of the gi-eal salesman. In area I measure
Ihe choice of Mr. Fnrrell us prealdeiit of this
corporation was based upon his extraordinary
achievement* ns a snlekniuii throughout the world
of the products of ihe steel Corporation lie
recognized that salesmanship 1. not only .
science, but. In It* liesl endeavor*. I* n real art.
Not until within Hie pasl fifteen or twenty year*
have the uiiniufneflifers of Ihe I idled State*
understood this fundamental principle of great
salesmanship The Slandnrd nil people wore the
fir.t to work out the problem.
There were some except limit liy good siilesincn
in earlier year*. The oxplnlt. and achievement*
of Henry Sanford lu Seiilti America, and o.|<c
chilly In Argentina, were bused upon Ills uiiiar
lug nieces* as an American salesman of » single
proprietary article In tlint countrj ArgentIna
reasoned ttint If tills iihiii possessed such bril-
liant iihlllty n* a salesman of n single nrtlrle
be should also have ability lo sell the national
obligations of Argentlnii lie did soil those obli-
gation* lo iiondon banker*, but he oversold the
market, and nothing but the mi operation of the
Bank of England In a time of peril prevented a
most disastrous panic In Hreiil llrltaln
Tills, however. Is not the kind of salesmanship
which Im* made possible the wonderful market-
ing of Mnericnn mnnufnetured commodltiea In
fon-lgn land*
Cotton nnd food products do not require |he
kind of scientific and nrllslle wilcsiniuishtp whi<'h
is esspnf lu I If luauufluiurnd cmnmodltlei arc to
he marketed. The world's demand for American
raw cotton is Sternly, us Is iiiku the demand for
Aiiihrit'lln food products, lint Amcrlcau mann-
fiieturcs appear In foreign markets in competi-
tion with the skillfully made and economically
icrfeotcil nilinufttctlired prodilcis of Herman,v,
['ranee nnd Urcnt ilrltnln, In such unirkel.
lothlng but the real diplomacy which Is behind
professional siilesiiiunnhlji cumlilned with the
high qinillly of coiuniodlllcs offered, avails lo
secure the jturchimers.
Had ,lohn VV, ■ in Ion remained always a .oles
11IIII1 ns lie al 11i'M became upon n stupendous
scale his iichleveineuls would nave been grcnlcr
and perhaps Ills reputation of n higher kind. I In
WHS one or till' first of the lenlly great American
•ale)men. The qualities which enabled him to
market Ills wares are not easy to describe, for
a purl of Iliein consisted In peculiar personal
gifts, it persuading magnetism and an ability lo
iiiuke Hume whom lie desired lo secure as pur-
chasers Hee tilings from Ills own point of view.
Mr. Hates, however, did not curry bis salesman-
sliip abilities into foreign markets. When he
laid estnbllshefl the foundations uf bin fortune
by Ids brilliant work as ii salesman i liroiighnut
nianv parts of Hie West lie changed Ills methodl
of iiflnck and became skillful as u promoter.
Ueecnl reports from Washington tlx the money
value of iron and steel commodities manufac-
tured bv American industry which are sold In
foreign lands as about one million dollars a day.
I,envliig out Sundays, we are now nolllug ap-
proximately three hundred millions of steel and
Iron products u J'ear in foreign markets. Thi*
llgnre shows n proportionate and steady In-
crease for each year since the organization of
the I nltcil Stales Steel Corporation.
Mr Fnrrell was placed 111 charge of the foreign
sales department of this corporation soon after
Us organization.
No diplomat ever gave more careful study to
the conditions that distinguish any nnllon upon
which his eyes were fixed than Mr. Farrell gav»
to the great foreign market*. He rtwliaed that
if we lire to capture market* In South America
thoroughly trained salesmen, taught In nianv
things by himself must be sent to South Ameri-
can countries They must feel that they tire If
be occupied for two or three years In studjin*
the business and personal peculiarities of thr
South American people. Ho Insisted that Ihe
Spanish and I'ortugueso languages should be
I. He counseled the adoption of ibe polllr
nnd gentler ns well as courteous formaline
which distinguish Ihe I,nUn-Amerlcan buslnes'
men. Having passed through u *ehooling of thin
kind, Mr. Farrell'* pupils were able to gain an
entrance to South American markets.
Something of that kind has been done by the
Industry which nmnnfacture* Anicrlcun farming
Implements. Mr, Westlllghouse, for the company
which III* name Identifies, and Mr. Coffin, for
the company which reflects Ids brilliant man-
agement, have trained their aalesmcn so per-
fectly that thev are now able lo meet In success
fill competition Ibe salesmen who represent the
manufacturer* of electric apparatus from Blig
land, lierinanv and France. Another Coffin, W il-
liam Carey, Is not only a mnn of great ability
ih contracting engineer, but he also, by following
the precepts which lie behind soecea*ful aalc*
mnnshlp, has marketed lu foreigu countries largs
amounts of American industrial commodities.
Hunlcl 0. Ilifld possesses extraordinary abili-
ties n* a salesman and an unsurpassed gift for
Instructing other* so that lliey hnve become *c-
compllahed salesmen, gaining great successes In
foreign markets.
Due of Ihe greatest achievements of American
salesmanship In recent years was compassed by
Walter I,. Chirk of the NIlea-Heinent Pond Com-
pntiv. all Anicrleaii Industry which Is of Inter-
national reputation and authority. The Aus
trnllan government wus In the tnarkcl several
jear. ago for n certain line of equipment with
which Ihe new ami colossal arsenal for Aus-
tralia was lo l«- equipped. The lending inanu
fniiurers of Fngluud were anxious to secure till*
oilier Mr Clark hegau a salesman campaign
for gaining till* order for Hie American Indu*
trx «lth ns much patience, ns keen eonildewtlop
of details and at the same time a* eompreheii.lv*
a view «f Hie whole situation a" characterised
\on Moltkc wlien be wa. preparing the Herman
aruile* fur Ihe e\[MS'tis| war uilh 1 illlli'e.
IHplomacv, tact, the ability «f skillful demon-
stratlon. the utmost patience, constant good uii-
inr.- all these and other consideration, entered
Into Clark * phin of campaign. They were
In the ciu) sufficient to oven-nine the natural ile
.In „f Vustialla to award theee great centm<-t.
lo Hngllsh manufacturers and the great national
srseniil of Australia Is now being equipped wllh
this American apparatus because American .ale*
mnnshlp wa. equal to the unusual opportunity.
Xhoiuu* W. I.an.out of J P Morgan A Co.. him-
•Sir a sn Ionian of very great ability, regard* 'he
rrnlly marvelous recent Increase tn the market-
ing of American manufactured product. In for-
eign market, a* n aure demonstration Hint a
highly competent group of .killed and hrlltliint
salesmen ha* In recent year* been Instructed to
do lis work. IIhI,I.AM».
MR. DEVLIN'S DECEIT
HY FKANH t'ONIION.
The marriage of l.awretic* lievlln to Mlsa
Ernestine Chllda occurred promptly at H o'clock
In the evening at SI. Bartholomew'* Church, and
n small number of close frleuda attended the
pleasing ceremony.
The usual remarka were made by the rlergy-
mnn. and the stilt more usual one* by the spec
talors. after wlilcb the newly Joined pair went
happily away.
At * o'clock In the morning of the same day,
young Mr. lievlln was what Ibe newspaper*
would term "a prominent young millionaire.'
meaning Ibal lie poaseaaed large quantities of
money.
When Wnll Street and the banks closed In mid
afternoon. Mr. lievlln was worth, npproxlmaiely.
the cost of 1 lie suit of clothes be wore. A trust
company had aniik with nil hand* on board, ear-
lylng with H the lievlln fortune.
In the cab which carried tliem from the church.
I.awrenee looked sadly and thoughtfully al hie
beaming bride She knew nothing of the fluan
clal crash. Ill* friends knew nothing To all
outward appearances he was *till the "prominent
young millionaire."
"Iieare.t," Lawrence aald, taking bis bride's
hand tenderly In Id* nwu, "we are going to be
very happy, are we not?''
"Ye*, i.awrenee." replied Krucstine. pre*alng
hi* hand.
And to contribute to our supreme happiness:
lo provide for u* an uuu«unl and unique ex-
lierletice. 1 hnve thought out a plan in which 1
aui sure you will concur. We have been accus-
tomed lo the good thing* of life; to luxurle* lu
every form: lo servants, automobile*, theater*
mid all the thousand little extravagance* th.n
make life easy. Hut we have never had
portunlty to try the other sort of lib' the life
exnetly opposed to our own the life of the poor
What would lie a finer thing than to pretend we
were verv poor; lo live a* the poor live; to deny
ourselves Hie thing* to Which «<• have been ac
customed ?"
"I am *ure it would lie delightful.'* his bride
responded
W ith llinl decision n* a broad foundation, there
nroae tar lu 'lie casters portion of the cliy a
small rial An installment furniture company
filled ll with the usunl "hundred-dollar set" at
*in down and n month Mr. lievlln paid **
n month for Ihe renin" Krne.tlne ga»e.| about
her nIth Ihe Interested eye* of a traveler who
lis. couie'upon a strange and foreign country
So Mr Hi'Viin lert the llat al half ps*t "even
U< the morning and .pent the day looking for a
Job lie clipped from the morning
newspaper nnd hunted tirelessly, in the evening
lie appeared for supper
"You look drawn and weary, dear one," said
bis bride
"We hnd It hard today." said ijtwreiiic ' The
market I. panicky. They've been trvlug tn shoot
holes tbnnigb my railroad, lull 1 refused to let
"cm. What hsve we to eat?"
"Tripe. I,nwrenee, dear." replied I'.rnestlne
The scene changes
At noon Ernestine bung the dish rag over the
clothes line In the kitchen, yawned s weary «lgh
Slid let down her hair. A vapid afternoon stared
her In the face,
"I think." *be ssld to herself musingly, "that
I slisII go to n tnatineo today."
She dre..e<l leisure!* In aarmeut* long un-
titled. .elected a popular tnualeal comedy, and
went gaily forth,
"Al ."< o'clock lu the afternoon Broadway was
Jammed with truffle hundred* of motor ears
drew np before the theater* and waited for th*
owners
Al the entrance lo the Knlekerdashet s Itverled
attendant shouted the numbers
Mrs. Ernestine lievlln eatne forth with Ihe
handsomely dn«*e<l throng of women and chil-
dren and held np her hnnil The attendant gave
esr to her request snd shouted s ni)slertou*
signal, wheveupoii a pint. I sites I. darted through
the seemingly impenetrable welter «f traffic mid
halted St Ihe curb before Mr* liedlo
<*h* ilsm-ed *t ihe mail nn Ih* chauffeur's sell
•ad .ttflH s ***p
It •*• bar kosbaaitl
Lawrence looked back at her stonily.
"Where to, madam?" lie asked
ll<' wa. dressed in a bather coal, nllli leather
teggln*. and a chauffeur's cap adorned with a
license lug
Ernestine stumbled Into the cab.
"Home!" she said huskily
When lb, call hud cleared the thick of lite traf
fir Krneatine leaned forward I
"Irfiwrcucc lievlln." she asked, "what Is Ih*
meaning of Ihl* Joke?"
"Sweetheart." replied her hn»bnnd. skilfully
avoiding a two-font child carrying a rag .lioll,
"this Is no Joke. This I* latleal, No SiTm. ,N V..
nniie,| and operated by the pink TuXIUII, Com-
pauy. mid I ntn tlie official chauffeur 1 belong
to tlie chauffeurs' union. For driving ihla car
ten hours a dm I receive S.'.'i a w<-ok. nnd nil Ihe
Hp* I can collect. Von have found lue oul I
must make a clean breast of it."
"||<1 you mean." I'.r naked In a trem-
bling voire, "that you have loal jour money?"
"Precisely," Igiwreuee au.wered without turn-
ing In Ids' seal. "My yarn nlioilt Ihe railroad
was pure (lotion The day we were married I
wa. nlpcil oul. I haven't a .cut lu the world
except what I cam this way,"
"Vou brave boy." hi. wife wlii-penal tearfully,
(lu the drive home i-ruc*lliie l<cc*iuc thought-
ful. I,nnrence pniccvded »llh speed and skill,
aud In tlie course of Hun- Irew up before Ihe
doorway of hi* modest flat.
He flicked open the door nnd turned down the
rod flag «n the meter.
"It Will lie *1 Ml. door one." he said Jocosely,
"It trill be nothing of Ihe kind." Ernestine «•-
lortcd. Stepping d iltillly lo Hie curb.
Vou refuse r.< pa) me?" Ijiwreiice Inquired
"I cerinliilv do,' answered his wife
"Then I shall have to take you to the nearest
police .tailoti I have done Hint .everal time*
to trotildconie fores."
"When I ride III a taaleab I never p*y money.'
Erno*tlUe answered
"Vou sill get me Into trouble with Ihe Pink
Taxlcnb company. Ernestine. 'Illr. I must de-
uiaiiil payment." said Lawrence.
It ha. lostt my cu.toni to taxlcnb with His
link t nmpsbv. Lawrence, because of the fact
thai I ride on a pas*."
"A pass?" Lawrence luqulred,
"Be.itnw Ernestine continued, patting her
husband's arm. "as the president aud owner of
Ihe link Taxlcnb Company, I would lie foolish
to pay. If you will look at the lillle strip of
im! il bat i, of Ibe *eat vou will notice Ihe words.
'Child*, tncor. I am child*" "
i.awrenee gated nt hi. site In amaseuieut
"And now." she continued sternly. "** presi-
dent of the company, t can discharge any em-
ploye I wish. You arc hereby discharged Taks
tlie car lo the garage and turn In your license.
You are n.. longer In iny employment "
rtivii Ernestine kl.ted the chauffeur.
"We ihovc back lo ilrllltatlou tonight !* she
said, going up the .top. to Ihe Utile flat,
il upyrlgtit by the Frank A. Munsey Co.)
Mr. Burleson Checked in Ilia Mad ('/veer.
But for Ibe principle Involved tbe Herald would
gladly have compiled wllh Hie law passed by the
las! Congre*. inquiring Into tntlmsle buslnc*
concern, of the new*pa|<er»
tt ha* no outstanding bonds. It lis* no debts,
it never print* new* or editorials that are pall
for. and no corporation otilalde that of the New
York Herald Company control. II* policy or II.
buslnes* It* circulation I* known of *11 men.
ami II Is Just a* Independent of clique* of poll-
lliians a* it Is of cliques of finance
But It doe* question the right of Congre** lo
p»*« s l«w telling It that II ' mu*l" do lint « ■
and SO or lie excluded from the mull. YVe had
thought that Mr. Burleson. |be new I'oslmaste
Hcneral had more wow than lo «cek lo enfi..,»
lb1,. Ian ilending Ihe let ,.f p. c.,n.Hiuii»nailti
in the supreni>Court of the Cntied Hi.to* But
be dldn t and Ihe court b*« to step In and rs
•train Mr Burle.on, nhbh It did icterdar I*
tti* *nl' of the New York Journal of Cotnm.n*.
lias lit! Liar aid.
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