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SAN ANTONIO EXPRESS: MONDAY MORNING, MARCH 10, 1913,
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CIRCULATION BOOKS
OPUn 10 ADVERTISERS
=fEf Legislature, in revolving to adjourn
April 1, should have added, "This is no
Joke."
Mr. Taft signed the bill creating another
Cabinet position, all right, but even at that
his successor didn't have enough Cabinet
jobs to go around.
Beverly, Mass., and Oyster Bay, N. Y.,
having had their turn, why not San Antonio,
Tex., as a summer capital tor the President?
The Wilsons will be welcome here.
Squire Squiggles says if the President has
any idea of appointing him a member of the
Supreme Court of the United States, he may
be considered in the hands of his friends.
"General" Rosalie Jones says she could
have written a better message than Presi-
dent Wilson wrote. Anyhow, we'll bet if
she had written one she could not have
resisted the temptation to attach a post-
script. , • ' ,
The Arkansas Legislature has passed a
law making It a misdemeanor to buy a drink
for anyone. This is almost as much of a
sumptuary law as that other Arkansas
statute which makes it a felony to steal a
cow on Sunday.
The Texas Legislature wants to make the
limit of a warking week for women fifty-
four hours, with numerous exceptions. No
member has thought, however, to provide
that the little mother who feeds the chil-
dren, cooks the food, washes the dishes,
does the family sewing, cultivates the gar-
den, milks the cow, does the churning,
patches the husband's trousers, does the
washing and ironing, does the marketing,
stays up at night with the baby when it is
efck and does a couple of dozen other things
tver needs limited working hours.
A LITTLE GIRLS ACHIEVEMENT.
There is a little woman, only 13 years old,
In Texas, who enjoys the distinction of hav-
ing put up the greatest number of cans of
tomatoes from one-tenth of an acre of land
end for having received the greatest net
profit.
This is a distinction worth while, it is an
accomplishment that means something for
the little woman, for the community in
which she makes her home, for the county
which has encouragcd her efforts and for
the State at large.
Every year shiploads of canned fruits and
vtgetahles are sent to Texas ports from Bal-
timore and carloads from other parts of the
country and meanwhile Texans have been
sleeping on their opportunities. Now a little
13-year-old girl of Bee County, Annie Wolfe,
by name, who belongs to a girls' canning
club, has shown what can be done with
honor and profit. Cultivating one'-tenth of
an acre of ground she gathered therefrom
enough tomatoes to fill MO quart cans,
which she put and disposed of at a net profit
of $50. besides the prizes obtained, which
It on the bssls of *500 an acre
In connection with this individual achieve-
ment, which has been suitably recognized
by the Agricultural Department at Washing-
ton, It Is stated that the products of the Bee
County canning clubs for 1012 amounted to
nearly 30,000 cans of vegetables of various
sorts, that they were readily sold and that
the supply fell short of the demand The
ftasonst- e supposition is that an increased
supply would be met by an increased de-
itand. especially as It Is authoritatively
stated that of the entire output of the can-
ning clubs only one can was found to be
faulty, which Is a remarkable record.
Why should Texas be dependent upon out-
side markets for her canned frylts and vege-
tables with her facilities for producing every
variety of edibles and when the profits from
trowing .md canning reach such a figure as
$SOO an acre? The coast country of Texas
Md the Rio Crsndc Valley alnna could sup-
ply the whole country with vegetables snd
tending csnned goods of this description to
Texas from other States Is like sending coal
to New Castle. For many years Texas farm-
ers devoted their energies almost exclusively
to the production of cotton, bought their corn
and hay, even their butter and cheese, nearly
all of their feed and food supplies from the
North and West, and they had little, if any-
thing, to their credit from the sale of their
one crop after paying the debts Incurred in
making it. In later years they have been
raising their own feed crops, marketing va-
rious farm products at all seasons of the
year and strutting around with money in
their pockets and in bank every month In
the year—that is to say, some of them have.
Pioneers have blazed the way and corn clubs
and canning clubs have aided wonderfully.
Honor to the braVe, industrious and ener-
getic little lady, Miss Annie Wolfe of Min-
eral, Bee County, for showing her elders
what even a little girl can do toward pros-
perity for herself and her county.
THE TREATMENT OF CONVICTS.
The report made to the Governor by the
House Committee on Penitentiaries reveals
a condition which calls for prompt and vig-
orous action.
If insanitary food is served to prisoners
and they are compelled to submit to insani-
tary living in other respects, as the report
indicates, immediate ste|.s should be taken
to remedy the matter, even though it should
necessitate dismissal of the persons respon-
sible for it from the service.
The report states that at one of the peni-
tentiaries molasses was served which was
scarcely fit to be fed to hogs, that the in-
mates of the prison were compelled to go
during the winter without underwear, and
that, cruel and inhuman punishment is In-
flicted on the convicts. According to the
report conditions are very much worse at
t one of the prisons than at the other. An in-
vestigation should promptly follow, if there
is any doubt of the correctness of tht report,
and summary measures should be adopted to
bring about a reformation.
Because a man has violated a law of the
State and Is sentenced to imprisonment it
does not follow that his life or his health
fs to be endangered, nor that he is to be
treated Inhumanly. There'was a vigorous
condemnation of the methods practiced un-
der the conditions which prevailed In the
management of the prison system a few
years ago and the public was led to believe
that these methods had been changed, but
the report made by the House committee in-
dicates that there are men in the employ of
the State who have refused to comply with
the new regulation and these should be
promptly removed. The responsibility for
the practices complained of should not be
difficult to locate. Of course the manage-
ment Is primarily responsible, inasmuch as
the management should be aware that such
things are going on without waiting to be
informed by a legislative investigating com-
mittee, and if the management is aware of
the condition, then it Is clearly its duty to
provide a remedy.
MARKETING PRODUCE.
With a big onion crop almost rea'dy for
marketing and with immense crops of cab-
bage, cucumbers, tomatoes, lettuce and other
vegetables either already being marketed or
growing, the Important question of selling
such products is again to be considered with
the result, it is hoped, that the growers will
fare better than they have uslially done in
preceding years.
The experiences of Tcitas onion farmer*
last >ear will not soon be forgotten and it is
greatlV to be hoped they will not be repeated.
What promised to be a most prosperous sea-
son for them was converted into s period of
slmost dissster, and unless the reasons which
brought this about can be obviated growers
will not feel secure from a reoccurrence of
this situation. An effort has been made to
strengthen the organization of truck growers
In South Texas and to prbvlde for better co-
operation in marketing, but the solution of
the selling problem has not yet, it is feared,
been reached to an extent that will eliminate
the danger of sudden slumps at times when
shippers are In positions to be caught by
them and the best thought coupled with the
best experience that can be brought to besr
on the subject is needed to accomplish the
needed result. On this subject the Houston
Post says:
The South Texie Truck Grower.' Association
baa been a potent factor In developing the truck
gmatng Industry or that eeciton, hut there ha*
always been n sufficient number or outside grow
rr* ind .htpperi to demoralise the markets and
to rtrev.ni the .ten and equltible distribution
or the truck grown It la a principle well under
aloud In trad* thai the .eller owe, .nine pro-
tection to the buyer. The Mrtn who ptyt raah
tor a car or truck to l* aold In my particular
market .hould he protected In that market to
th. extent that no e«r will he offered to that
market ai a leaa price than the buyer ha. paid.
riii« guarantee cannot he made and lived up to
a. lone a. there are growers and shipper. oper
at [Ok Independent or the aaaoclatiou Cash tract
stlet nnftot he made a policy of ths organise-
ilon a< long a. thla condition egltti And thla
•talent la the dealre of the majority of the grow-
er* An organisation compoied of all the grow-
er. of any particular product would he In por-
tion to adept anjr telling arstem It. memtvra
detlred aflil to protect markets against glma.
There are the** c.cn<lil rartora Invoked In tli«
problem of marketing: The producer. the teller,
the buyer and the enntmner. The aeller la an
essential factor. Th» producing nf g thing sod
the wiling of that thing are two distinct propo
•itlons, The producer rannot do without the
aellei nor mn (he aeller do without the buver.
The buyer cannot .iM and repeat hla pur-lias*
without the con.umer. It I* ihiniutely neoet.trr
that all th*«e potent factors work In perfect har
mony It aucce** I. to he achieved The aeller
look, for a buyer The buyer look, for the eon•
annier*, tr th* consuming condition. are ftvor
able be Is ready to buy; ft the ronaiimlng Condi
Hons are bad ins buyer I. very careful noil cau-
tious. and If he purchase at all he pive ■ rery
- low price Glutting market, with nv particular
produce .hould h» awlded. Thla cannot he done
unle*. some kind of a eo operative plan I* estgh-
I'.hed that will .nahle the ahlap*r or ahlppera to
arold concentrating In territories where gluta
etlal We know of no way hy which thla ran
lie better acrompllahed than by s union of all
growers of ant nartbular crop Into a compact
organisation which ha. for Its guiding aplrlt one
central head whose declilons In tht disposition
of the pr.xlare of Ite tn*gih*ts I. aupr*me. Thla
character of oitMlaallon can keep In touch wlin
the mtrket* at the country <nd arold tk«ee
wheiw the consuming condition, are tsfgrorahi.
by the growers of the various sections can
communicate with each other frequently,
there Is certain to be a lack of such co-oper-
ation as is required. Not only is It neces-
sary that growers In one locality should
know when shipments are made from other
localities, but all should know the conditions
of the various markets at all times so those
that are supplied with a given product will
not be glutted by additional shipments. When
this Is accomplished the truck growers may
hope to have more stable markets.
WHAT'S Itf A NAME?
Ill' MAKVIN DANA.
A NARROW SPIRIT.
The spirit that prompted the Democratic
members of the Legislature of the State of
Washington to refuse to allow the Repub-
lican members of that body to join In a con-
current resolution of congratulation to Presi-
dent Wilson on the occasion of his inaugu-
ration is unworthy of men who profess to be
broad-gauged Americans and the action re-
fleets ii credit on the party tney represent.
Duniii; the campaign which preceded the
presidential election, Woodrow Wilson was
the candidate of the Democratic party and
his allegiance was to the organization whose
standard-bearer he was, but when he took
the oath of office and assumed the responsi-
bilities of President of the United States, he
became President of the whole people, a fact
no one more than he has emphasized. Even
in the closing words of the address in con-
nection with the inaugural upon which the
Republican legislators wished to congratu-
late him, President Wilson, speaking as an
American and like an American, declared:
"This is not a day of triumph; it is a day
of dedication. Here muster not the forces
of party, but the forces of humanity. Men's
hearts wait upon us; men's lives hang in the
balance; men's hopes call upon us to say
what we will do. Who shall live up to the
great trust? Who dares fail to try? I
summon all honest men, all patriotic, all for-
ward looking men, to my side. God helping
me, I will not fall them if they will but
counsel and sustain me."
These were splendid, noble words, ex-
pressing a lofty sentiment and they are a
scathing rebuke to the small, narrow spirit
which actuated the Democratic members of
the Washington Legislature and xwhich all
liberal-minded Democrats must condemn.
The Road to Anywhere.
Acroa. the plm-ea deep nnd dim,
And place* brown nnd Imro.
It reacliea to the planet*, rim—
The Hold to Anywhere
Now enat la en.t, and went I* we*t.
Hut north ilea In between,
tile.l who.,, foet have preat
The rond that's eool and green.
The road of road* for Ihein thnt dara
The lighted! whim ohoy.
To follow where the moAae or hear
Mat bruahed hit headlong way.
The .ecret* that the** tangle* house
Are .lep by step revealed.
While to the sun the graaa and houghs
A store of odors yield.
More aweet these odor. In Ihe sun
Than twlin In eheiulnln' Jars:
And when the fragrant day I* done.
Night —and a ahoal of alara.
Oh. enat la ea*(. and weal l« weal.
Hut north llet full ami fnlr:
And bleat la he who followa free
The Itotd to Anynherii.
About Open Air Schools
the coiuitry and avoid Ik
lag roadlttena are unftvor*
Until soma method can be devised where-
Not many people realiae that the open-air
school may Ite eitld to have paaaed the expert-
menu I stage, nnd Ibat the*,, .choolt ure now In
luccet.ful operation In tcvcral placet. The first
of aurli school* to be established wat only In
#04. whi'n It wta decided to atart an open-air
ecoverr tchool tl Chtrlottenberg, near H#lln.
Germany. Thla tchool wng locottd In a pine for-
est. and Its i.nplla were from ih* congested dis-
tricts of Berlin It was limited to the Instruc-
tion of children suffering from vtrloua forms
of Incipient ,ll*ea*e, anaemia, elc.
The tieeee.tr)- building* were erected, and s
aum of #>,(..i was voted by the education eu
thorlllet, to ctrrv on the work. Nlngty-flre chil-
dren. later lncrea«.-d to m were ,li.,«en for
thin Miwrloieiit Tbf cIami** cflniilnml
five pupil., principally anaemic children, or
tboae suffering from tne lighter form, of luna,
heart and grrofuloua dlaea...*, Children suffer-
ing from anile or Infectious dl.eas,. were not
allowed to attend. The (lr*t period. Ia«tlng for
three muntbt. wua einlnehtly sallsfi'tory In re
•ult.: but It wi> found the lluw wn* too abort
to make au> luting difference la tbo chlld't con-
dltlon Kven thi>*.> wbo hud received gr*at bene-
fit from their three month* In th.. country, toon
fell back Into their old condition when returned
to the ordinary school. |t nu«. therefor,, de-
cided to cttend the session In IMA to sit month*
and In mm to elgbt month. The 'IKflculty of
suitably beating the cltt.rooSM durln* the whi-
ter month, was the stumbling block In ihc wnv
of a continuance throughout tne v,Mr in r»»i
two Other open-air scho„lt wertwpened. In Mul-
hanter nnd Gladback, tnd In ItaiT t similar school
wat opened In Klberfleld The move then
•pread to England, and In Jit|y, lta>7, an open-
air achool wta opened at llostall. not far from
l^ndon. and continued for a period of three
month., line hundred debilitated childr.n were
choaen from the borough, nf Woolwich and
tireenwb-h for the purpoae* of thla eiperlment.
The reaults achieved allowed tbe plan to be an
undoubted •u.-er**: although, a. at Charloiten-
berg. the lime was found to he much too short
for permanent benefit.
In tons three of theae achnolt were opened In
dlffereot part* of l.ondon, tad tbe *eatlona e*.
tended to flv* montha. They opened In June
tnd rioted at tbf» end of October In ISOO tbe
eeaalon was otteaded to aeven montha. In 1010
to nine month* and In 1011 titer remained open
for the entire year. It found that the chll-
Imnrortd In «oii«*rnl vitality und#r tUU
tretttntnU to lh-»t «bi>ltm ,,n|T
on ralnjr dajrt. an* the. r.f fiirVv hmtt*
op»r« ulr «rbn«.i report• thnt during i««t «mt«r
no heating npi'irnttii ti* found In Ik» ntiiMfutry
In lb* until#™ lint nn rnl.l rt»y. vh* riii4r*n
wrnf»|»#<l In I>UdIi»Ir nn>| <ltO thtlr wnfi m
usual
The medlral officer |n chart* report, that on
adinl.alon thcue children pre«enie,| a mlaerable
un-ared for condition, hailtu come from the
alum dl.lrleta of Undon Twelve mouth, later
tbe phyalclan'a report on th. »an„ children **ld-
"There can tic little douht aa In the henefl,-|ai
results to Ihc children from sttendlng thee
schools A person hta only I . •*» it* t.rlghtnee*
tnd general contentment of the children now aa
compared with their former apaihr and often
aullea resentment toward the outdoor life to
realise that each an •apertence *. thla I* nf
great tdncatloeal value "
The children Improved morally, phyalcallr and
mentally; god teachert became onlie euthn.lat
tic over the Improvement In brlthtne*. alert-
tie*, tnd Intelligence Modinrsilon. of thete
open air schools are now being operated In thla
eonntrjr; In Chicago, New York. II -ton and .-thee
citlee. ind the movement I. rapidly apreadfng.-
t)r R. f> fc-ott In New Orleah. Times, democrat.
Preparing for Office.
In learning to play eoir. Vice President Mar-
ehall shnwa that lie eoaa.-lentlnu*ly dealt*, to fit
himself for the duttae of hla Memphis
Commercial. Appeal
—— — ..
Itumor Without Foundation,
The belief that there It In b» t "clean sweep"
by the Wilson administration I. got well founds*.
Ths White House coOk la to be retained.-hauaa*
CMj Journal. ...
(Inorvu Hunter. Hut young author of throe very
•uoceasful novels, stood stork-still on the pnve-
meat ouialtlp the building in which hla publlati-
ara ltml I heir offices. Ho wus beset with dismay.
It wua liulf punt one of s June dsy. He hsd
just touched the offlcoa, only to find thetu locked.
The elev.itor man told him that, tbe firm .olotud
th» duy'H work at 1 o'clock on Muturdsys during
tliu miiitihut From this fnct ciime the mita-
strophe.
New york wn« not Hunter's home. He only
t'outc to llio city occasionally to ace hla publish.
are. Thla tiioo ho bad niude the trip from Bar
Harbor, where ho,was spending the season, for
two reason*! First, to See his publishers con-
earning a new novel Incidentally, to draw aomo
money from them; second, to enjoy tbo company
of Mrs, Vhiio, the fair young widow with whom
lie hud fallen In love
She had heitn called from liar Harbor to attend
In some property affair* In the city, nnd Hunter
hail urlfully timed his trip wllh hers.
Aa to th" dlniHter:
lie wai to take th** widow out. to dinner that
ovenltiff, and-h« hud exactly $1.40 In caih—not
miotitfii for a tnxl.
Whatever an unsympathetic reader mny think,
the Kit nation was truly dreadful to Hunter. He
fated the ytlni truth thai the romance of his
life might lie -hattcred for lack of dinner tuonoy.
There won hut once chance to etcupe. He must
find someone In* knew and borrow the money.
Hut I his ,tim easier .aid than done. He chose
for a rirat trial a fellow author who lived nearby,
on Madison Avenue, hut unfortunately ho wns
not at home,
lb* then went to West Knd Avenue, where he
hoped to find a newspaper man whom he had
once known lu Utlcu. He, too, was out had gone
to Cuney.
There remained now only Berkeley, a college
chittn, who had rooms on Washington Square.
Thither Hunter hurried us fast an the elevated
would i-arry him.
"Vet. Mr Berkeley Is In," said the maid wbo
answered his ring. "He's Just come home."
Hunter a hesrt hounded. The miracle had hap-
pened.
He disdained to wait while his name was sent
un. He knew hla friend's room, up two flights.
He "ought It with eager slept and knocked loud
ly on the door.
Hunter turned the knob and entered.
"Lem! he cried.
The occupant of the room jumped up.
•What!" ho oclntmed Joyouily; "George Hun-
ler:" II" gripped hit frlend't hand. "When did
you blow In? (lod! I never was so glad tn aee
anybody, Yoti come like an angel'from heaven.
Lend me $10-qulck!"
Hunter gasped, and sank limply Into a chair.
Hp <ll'l not tii*»ir n word of thp other'* explftna-
lli>n« concerning a check ihiit had Rone astray.
Ho waa at tinned by the mockery of the event.
I,end yon $10!' he muttered, at his friend
paused He laughed a laugh of dcpalr. "t.end
you SIO! I.cm, I came to borrow, not to lend."
Hit voice was aavagr The Iron had entered
hi. soul.
"The devil!" niiolh his friend.
The two parted In nun ua I mlaerv Neither had
any crumb of comfort to offer the other.
I'lnngeil In melancholy meditation. Hunter
wandered aimlessly up Fifth Avenue. He bad
piiMcd Madison 8quare, when be turned toward
Broadway, tn the cross street a elgn In a shop
window cnught hit eye:
"Autographs of all celebrities for aale here."
The words moved Hunter deeply. He stared
steadfastly at the sign.
At flral he could not understand tbe cause of
hi. emotion. But In a moment hit brain had
aolvod the putile:
The man who sold autographa mutt, nf necet-
slty, buy autographs. And the miln who told
the autographs of all celebrities mutt, equally of
necessity, sell the autograph of George Hunter.
Therefore, he must buy the autograph of (leorge
Hunter. The way of salvation lay open I
The proprietor, a tall man of gloomy visage,
hurried to attend on a prospective,cuatomer,
"What can I do for you?'"he tfiie.itoned cour-
teously.
"Vim tell autographs.* the author remarked.
"I see hy your sign autogrsph* of all celebri-
ties?
"Vet, tlr. Whst autographs do you with. I
time —"
' And t". I tuppoto, of courte." Hunter Inter-
rupted, "you also buy autograpba,"
"Of course." the man agreed, rather shortly.
There was a noticeable change In hit manner.
"I have tome I with to dlnpoee of." Hunter
continued
"I'll took at them." said ihe dealer tonrly.
Hunter opened bis packet and laid down on
the counter it dosen pieces of paper. Ten of
Ihem were narrow atrl|i* containing al tn pi y a
written name The oilier two were ebeeta of
note [taper line contained a brief signed note,
addressed to "Hear Jack," the other was longer,
and read, "My liear Mr Whllehouw*'
"I Should not sell theae." Hunter eiplalned
glibly, "estcept for the fact that I happen to b«
tn nee,| of fund* today—quite by accident."
"What do you expect to get for them?" the
dealer Inquired with sudden Interett
There wit. a sarcatllc note In the voice that
the author did not notice In bla eagemeat.
"Why -er—I don't exactly know," wat the re-
ply. Then, doubtfully: "Would—tay Mo be
about right V
"Fifty dollar.!H the dealer laughed Insolently.
"Fifty dollarst"
Thte time Hunter perceived the change In the
man'! manner, snd be wtt alarmed by It.
"Oh, well,-' he it Id hattlly, "I'm not very par-
ticular. But I mu.t have $15. I'll let the auto-
graphs go for that."
"Hugh! 1 don't think yon will," the man de-
clared meaningly. Then be chuckled. "Boah! 1
wouldn't give yott 15 rents for the lot They're
no good,"
"I I don't understand," Hunter gaaped weakly.
Hope wa* flying from him. Despair hovered
Close
The dealer explained with abominable frank-
ne*a:
"I ain't keeping thla ploct for my health. I'm
here tn do buslnet* I bur and sell autograph,
of celehrltlet. George Hunter ain't a celebrity-
nor «vcr will he, I'm thinking Tboae autographa
tla't worth the paper they're Mrllten on. No-
bodr wonld par a cent for them See?"
"But—but, *tammered the author, confuted
between suger and dismay, "he'a t famout novel
l*t. HI* tltree novel, have had a big—on Im-
mense sale."
The denier shook his head.
"Ob. hi. book, tell «| to, I gue.t But b*
ain't no Kipling, or Hugo, or Dlcken* lie ala't
a celebrity. If he waa dead, now. | might rltk
10 centt on the lot. But he ain't."
Hunter wa. tllent. unthle to deny the fact that
he wa* alive, though for the moment he heartily
wl.he.1 hlmaelf dead The ralamltv wa. com.
plete Ills romance waa turely .htllered, tnd
to wt« hit pride
"Now, If you've got in autograph of Lin-
coln's tbe dealer *ugge«ted
"I hrvea't!" .napped Hunter
A gn-t of rage *wepl over hlin lie wat thont
lo »*> more, but the detler turned ibruptly from
htm tnd hurried to the curb, where t carriage
containing a lady had ju.t .topped.
Hunter gathered up the autographa. thrust
the/n Into hla pocket, and ttirted to leave the
ll» waa met at the door by the dealer.
"Th# ladv In tbe ctrrlage withe* tn tpetk to
yon Mr Hooter," he *tld
The expression on hit face wa. a atudy. I
Hooter did not Just then realiae the slgnlft
HOLLAND'S DAILY LETTER
Announcement wua mnilo n dny or two ago that
Ihc two grout electric coiupunlea of the I'tille'l
Hltttea, Ihe General Kleetrlc ami Ihc Westlnghousa
company, have completed negnllailons which will
termlnato litigation or Irritation urlsng from
differencial over I ho puiciil rights which represent
the most Important, commercially at least, of tlio
discoveries and Inventions of l>r. Peter Cooper
Hewitt. There hat been agreement for nil ex-
change of licensee between these companies, and
for that reason what were likely to prove pro*
longed ami expansive litigation, over patent
rights will be avoided,
Aside from the purely technical fcaturnt of
this ugreement, there are ionic Ihat urn of gen-
eral scientific and business Interest, The ettger-
neas with which the management of Ihe General
Kleetrlc and that nf Ihe Wemlughouae KlecLl'lc
Companion have sought to utilise ihe Inventions
which fiiHtmed the discoveries nf |)r Hewitt
of llaelf prove# how valuable, from the com-
mercial point of view, theae ure now regarded,
"his agreement formally places Dr. Hewitt com-
mercially In a rank fully equal to thnt which he
has obtained as a man of aclence, Ten venm ago
Lord Kelvin, upon hit Inst visit to tfie I'nlleil
Hlates, spent hours In the laboratory and work-
sliops of Dr. Hewitt, which were In the lower of
the Medtson Square Garden. II was chiefly as a
man of science greatly occupied with original
research thnt Lord Kelvin vlalted Dr. Hewitt. The
greatest llrltlsb authority of his lime and pos-
sibly Gift world'* greatest man of science. Lord
Kelvin wan completely absorbed by his Investi-
gation* Into the rcaull* nf Dr. Hswltt's origin.I
research and hy hla discovery of law* the
existence of which had not before been suspected,
and summed up lilt visit by miylng: "Oh, If only
Helm holt?, were here and could see wbnt I have
seen toduy!"
Working for year* with Ihe patience and sin-
cerity of nn enthusiastic lover of science, Dr.
Hewitt discovered at Inst an extraordinary nnd
unsuspected relutlon of mercury to electricity.
It seemed almost n mystic relation, but tt wns
established by Dr. Hewitt, although postlbly the
fundamental Inw by which this relation is ninde
and maintained Is no more discoverable than Is
the secret, vol unsolved, of the nature of elec-
tricity line!?,
t'tlllxlng this discovery, which wns abtolulely
original, Dr. Hewitt perfected the so-called mer-
cury vapor lamp. Hit name will always be
re nee of tht. nte of his nam« He looked nn, and
"m" eerru
quSlutSBce
esw in the rarrlat* a Society woman
:ed up
of hit
a ar-
"I taw rmi through th* window." aha es-
nlsbifd "I'm here lo tee mr tl.ter off for
Knr ipe Town It deed. Im come lo dinner to-
morrow."
Punier accepted Ihe Invitation and chatted for
a minute mechanically. Then the carrltga rolled
on But ere h* had taken two .tept th* d**l*r
*.. at hla side.
\lr. Hunter." he aald deprecatlngly.
Vow. th* author reella* wllh . ahnck of ahtm*
th-t th* womtn In th* carriage bad r*v*#l»d hla
Idrnllty lo th* abopkeeper. And he bad
Ciniihl trying to tell th* mtn hi. own
fr.jihtl
aolo-
I'd dreamed who yon artre." th* da«l*r
tpologlted. "I'd bar* »xpr****d my*Hf belter
f|f ennr«* hu*lneat It huiln***. and there ain't
any money In ihe aut>wiraplia of the ynnng men
ebo'v* jn*t come up tint yon have com* np, Mr.
Itonter I'v* r*a<t your hooka, and I know they
•til welt, and I know yonr pnhllahera, nnd I
knew Mr. Wellington, who .poke in yon hy
*laht and If yog bappwi to h* a hit .hort today
I'd he ■ ' - ' "•
I.OV*
Lot* conquvred.
glad lo" lend yn what jreo need."
Love and prld* warred In th* aathofe hoeom.
"Th.nk yog," he **ld at laat; "twenty dnllare
»tll he enough."
tCopyrtght hy the Frank A. Munaey Cn l
Not Hla I*** Hull.
Kven Ihe Coloael will not be barred from the
B*w Republican perty If be eramt to come hark
How*v*r, coaileg back" It set tbe Celeasl'a long
tall.—Wt.blngtm Peat-
aasoclated with this apnarniun nnd nl»o with an-
other which followed the Invention of the vapor
lamp namely, the mercury rectifier linth or
these have been nf great commercial Importance,
und Ihe rectifier, It '.n believed, I* hereafter
widely tp extend the nppllcstlon nf electricity for
the movement of railway trains nnil glto for
power purponen.
AN INHERITED ABILITY.
Dr. Hewitt hnn not pursued rcnenrch In the
field of electricity chiefly for the purpose of
gaining wenllh. HI* uicans nte nbundnnt. He
eotild, If be chose, live a life of elegant leisure.
But he Is a grandson nf Peter Cooper, who was
olio of the (pout practical men of his dny. com-
bining a love of science and a innalery of It na It
waa known In lilt dny with a desire to to npply
science nn to terve mankind. It wa* thin which
led t'cler Cooper to Invent, and build the first
locomotive engine constructed In the United
Ktntea.
In addition to his Inheritance of a pnanlon for
aclentlflc research similar to that which char-
acterized his distlngulshd grandfather, Dr.
Hewitt Inherited from bla father, the late Aliriitn
H. Hewitt, a hilalneM capacity and a practical
nn witll na philosophical ability which In the
cane of the lute Abram H. Hewitt connllluteil hlin
an remarkable n mint of hii.luets and n* pro
found an Interpreter of tbe modern spirit nn
lived In his dny and generation.
THE SENSE OF ACHIEVEMENT. _
The sense of achievement I* no doubt the"ehlef
Impulse which led Dr. Hewitt to spend days and
nlghta In profound atudy. For hlin original re-
search 1* n fascinating pursuit.
Tbe agreement between the great electric com-
panion Mind Dr. Cooper Hewitt einphanl)>.c* the
modern tendency among lbo«o whose buslnet. Is
largely based upon patenl right" to defend them-
rs w ho have'to often
nelve* against the outlawa
succeeded In Impairing, through violation of
patent lights, the lust reaulta which patent*
under the law nbotild have Edi.on once aald
Ihat after yenrt of litigation that wan very ex-
pentlve he nt laat secured final Judgment from
the United Ftntet Court. Tblt favorable dHtion
came only n few week, before hit patent, ex-
pired. He had bla legal battle for nothing. Mr.
Weatlnghouse has recently ttld thnt the defen.e
of patent rights hat cott the lntere.1* wllh
which he I* Identified *everal million* lu the pnnt
twenty yenr«. tud that ha* also been the experi-
ence of the General Electric Company. Tbe tdop
tlon of ii ty.tera of exchange of licenses reducet
the possibility of expentlve litigation to a mini-
mum.
THE MERCURY RECTIFIERS
Dr Hewllt't discovery of a relation between
mercury and electricity, which can only lie de-
ecrlbed to laymen by this general term, which
Ii
*
was followed by bin Invention of the mereiirj
vapor lamp, nlao contained clue* or Itlitln whlci
leti Dr. Hewitt lo au.pecl that by the utlll/,nl.|o(
of mercury Important, iitd would ito given toward
tbe wider development of electricity n* n faetoi
In transportation anil In the prodnctlon of In-
dual rial power. There are vlslun of nn extra'
ordinarily broad field which Dr. llewllt uiny
hereafter venture to explore
Commercially, lu nil probability, the mercury
rectifier la to |tlny it very Important pnrt In the
extension nnd the economic tine of electricity for
transportntlon purposes. There tire two forms,
nn to call Ihem, now cninmeriially employed,
one In the allernallng current and the other Is
Ihe direct current. It hut. always been Ihe Ideal
of men of science employed In tbe field of elec-
tricity to perfect tome niennt by which the alter-
nating curreni can be easily, economically and
safely converted Into the direct current. Con-
version of I bin kind Is now nnd hnn been for aonie
veur* tlliide by means nf apparatus that Is far
from Ideal. President Mellen of the New Haven
Railroad, when considering tbe electrification of
this nv.tem, found It rs.etillal to have a rectifier
capnttle of converting U.ODO voltage of alternating
current Into about three hundred nf the direct
current. He wnt obliged to u«* Ihe cumbersome
rotary transformer. It did Its work well enough
nnd yet It wnn g somewhat expcuslve fentuse of
the Installation.
Dr Hewltt'a renenrchrn that, followed his
origlnnl discovery of the relation of mercury lo
electricity showed blm thnt when an alternating
current wns paeaed through mercury the moronry
received und trnnnmltieil only tbe direct curreut.
It would not puss the alternating current a. It
came Irntti the reservoir or through the conduc-
tors Having ninde this discovery, Dr. Hewitt,
iurued from original reaearch to applied science,
lie perfected n HtUo apparatus of very simple
colietruction, easily Hdjunleil, comparatively In-
etpenslve. whereby through the use of mercury
the alternating current waa converted Into a
direct current at. whatever voltage required.
Thl* apparatus I" regarded by Ihe lending
manufacturers of electric inoture or locomotives
as sure greatly to Increase, and In n future which
la not distant, tbo utilisation of electric energy
for the hauling of rnllway earn, freight or pat-
eenger. It tends to reduce the cott of the Instal-
lation. It I* thought likely to overcome some
of the objectlont which railway lnuiingeri have
hud against the nuhtlllutlon of electricity for
itcnin Mr. Westlnghoute It of Ibe opinion that
thla little apparatus, tlmple almo.t n* a drum,
I* bound greatly lo tllinulste the adoption of
electricity bv raliroada, for It la to tnke the place
. ' . _ . . , 1 .. . M .«* Shli
of the cumber.ome tclnry transformer, nnd
motor generators wblcli In the pn.t have been
the only mean* of securing the end* desired.
Furthermore, the great manufacturers of electric
apparatus are persunded that this little nppn-
rntun whose fundamental principle wns discovered
by Dr. Hewitt and whose prnctlenl form wnn
perfected by him will he followed by the ut11 Ixn-
tlon of electricity to n much wider extent thnn
In new the cane for the production of power In
manufactories, small or great.
In itsvi Dr. Cooper Hewitt received the degre*
of doctor of science from Columbia University I
at the same time Lord Kelvin wan honored with
the highest degrees Ihat Columbia University
wns empowered to give. He hnd recited qignv
degrees Dr. Hewitt's Wat the flrtt oT Itlifh
distinction which had been bestowed npon b m
and II wat given for merit. After tbe cere mo nice
were* over I,nrd Kelvin said that he w-as P"r-
tun'led that In the course of a few years It would
be found that Dr. Hewitt's dlecoverlct nnd hla
prnctlenl nppllnillon of them would cauae t u-
luuitilii'a degree In IIHM to be regarded a* pro-
phetic rather than an an seknowledgiueut of all
thnt Dr. Hewitt hnd acconiplltbed.
Panama Canal Opportunities
It la sincerely to be hoped that the friendship
nnd good will existing among all the American
republic* may grow continually .tronger and
more Intimate with the lapae or time. Already
there 1. n notable ba.ln of union In the com-
munity of tbe political Idenla of ihe*e countries.
The democratic principle of eqnnllty thnt recog-
nises Individual merit anil character as the only
title of superiority, nnd no other power than
Ihe will of the people n. expreated by free «uf-
frtge. form, not only their great bond of union,
but It it Ihe moit tdvanced tiep on the road to
peace and prosperity,
The dream of ceiiturlet will be renllxe.l snd
pbytlcal distances will he nluiott annihilated by
th* opening, in the netr future, of tbe Ptnnmn
Canal, built by the energy and the financial
power of the people of the United State.. The
elow development of commercltl relation, be-
tween tblt country and the republic! of South
America In tbe pnat bat h*en largely due to the
difficulties of crottlog ,|h. l.tbrnu*. Th* Iran,
portatlon cltarget via Panama have been tn t
large extent prohibitive, wrllet Mr. Calderoe In
the March Issue of Export American Industrie.,
Tbe freightage by steamer from our ports to New
York via Msgellaa, and from our porta to Europe
I. on an average from i5 lo .V per cent cheaper
thsn our commerce with New York via Psnams -
this despite the fact that the most distant ports
of our respective republics are but 4.500 miles
from New York via Pannme, and 11.000 miles
from New York via Mngellan.
The completion of the Panama Canal will re-
move these aud other obstacles. Equally Impor-
tant Will be the Niter understanding of the
markets of South America by the exporters and
mnnufseturers of thl. country, who will bsve
more opportunity to studv nnd ronault tbe tnalea
nnd neies.ltle* of the South American people:
and alto wtll have greater firllltlei In vltlt tUe
virion! countries In itrdar to get acquainted with
lb* bnslnese men Personil ind direct contact
I. t powerful elemeut nf union tnd t powerful
• gency for the promotion of adunlngenua rela
lion.
The continent of South Americt it ctpnhle of
unlimited de<ciopnient bv reams of It. .lie Hie
varlefv ind rlchneti of lit product. The totil
population of tbe ten republlct doet not exceed
Vimri.flM) people; hut their International com-
mere* nmonntt to thont |-.'..viO,onO,nnft tnnuilly.
ind crow, itendllv everv year
My country. Bolivia. .Ilnaied Is the center of
the continent and croused by double chain, of
the Andefc wstered by great rlvere flowing to tn*
Amiton tad the Pitta, rich lu virgin fore.ls,
abundance of rubber and all tropical product*,
offers in lis eastern plains wonderful oppnrtiinl
tie* for stock raiting Ibe mlusa of sliver, cop
»er. bismuth fine snd tin ars th* prtnelp.l
sutrce* of wealth ever line* tbe domination of
Spain The .liver mlnee of Potoil produced hll-
Hon* during Ibe 100 yeara of the CoVwIal period,
ind If It hsd not h**n for th* great deprc-lstlon
In th* vslue nf this metsl snd the lack of cheap
tranaportntlon. the nnmerena abandoned mines
wonld today l>* In active operation
on the other hand, tht exploitation of tin bnt
Increased considerably. Bolivia, being tbe only
American country where thli metal la found In
paying quantities, ha., I will asy, th* natural
monopoly tn Its production. Laat year more than
it.non torn of pur* ttn -ver* egported; ind with
belter tran.ponailon facilities and greater work-
ing population, Bolivia, that now produce* about
one-fourth part of the tin na*d. eonld eaalty aup-
ply enough for lb* world', enneumpilon.
The e.len.lon of the Bolivian rttiroid iy«tem«.
now under w.y, will eventually ntsltt mitertilly
In developing th* national resource* and will
Katly facilitate eommcrr* with tbe merkel. of
world.
II la well for exporters to hear In mind that
with th* Latin race aentlment Is more Important
than mere gain, and tbe tntsrenurs* wllh th*
Southern republics mux h* h**ed «n mutusl
consideration, which so greatly contribute, to
render .Hrirltv* th* relations bet seen countries
snd Indlrldusla We asprc-laUi mors th* kind-
news re cited than lb* dollars gained.
Supremscy In comswrv* Is held la South Amer-
ica by those who defer la the desires snd needs
*f the varloisi martete, who etereia* ear* In
packing and preoipln**a la skipping goods, and
who grant credlla mnrg er l**s extended 11
American exporters are lnt*re*l*d la developing
their relatione with tbe consults ft the sentL. It
The Parcel Post System
An article In tbts newspaper on the workluge
of the pari-cl post make* It clear that niercban-
dl*e distribution Is Itelng greatly facllllnted and
cheapened br the Introduction of the system. As
might hive lieeii rennonnbly expected, the lervlce
In It* Initial week* hnn not been Invnrlibly antls-
fnciory; there have been aomo delays; there hare
been en»e* In which the package* have bean
opened and rewrspped untidily, but. on the wbols,
tbe operation of Ibe new department of the postal
.ervlec up to this time demunatratea the jtoeal-
blilty of nn efficient govern mentally conducted
good, distributing agency Tlie exient to which
thl* agency was Immediately employed, and IIS
rupld tnd tremendou* growth, establish conclu-
sively tbe fact that It bns met s grent public
lived. There can lie no douht now as to tbe sue-
teas nnd permanence of the Ooverument'a adven-
ture Into the domain of transportation and this
Is really the most important phase of tbe matter.
Much ha* been written with relation to ihe
probable centruUsing Influence of the parcel po«f.
Centralising Influence*. II must bo borne In uilud.
have been operatlug for a uumber of years. They
are eipre**ed lu the cityward trebd of population
and Induatry nnd wealth. Tbe Introduction of
the pa reel poat. then, cannot rightly he regarded
tn tne future. In any event, its a cause of this
tendency. The queatlon of greater moment ta
whether the parcel post will coiitrlhule strength
to the centralising movement, whether It will
.Tcenluatc It More likely It It to prnvs an anti-
dote for what the thinker* of tbe country have
Item for .oine time pant disponed to regnrd na
a ladientnble condition, namely, the movement of
rural population toward the dtlea.
The parrel post Is not only a distributee of
merchandise, nut II Is one of Ibe most pro-
noum-ed steps Ihe United Slates Government bis
ever tnken toward Ibe more equitable dlntrlbn-
lion of farora The populous centers have long
enjoyed ngcepllonsl advantages Industrially They
bar* akluinicd. lu labor, talent, gentu., enterprise,
the epsam of tbe country. Ile<aii.e of the central-
isation of lutereata. Iliey have enjoyed exceptional
advantage, lu transportation. In shipping facili-
ties. tn all that make, for cquveuleme In mer
ehandplns The pan-el post, even under Ihe
present none tv.lem. nio.l Inevttihly strengthen
the .miller communities In Ibis pnrtleulnr Tbe
Government milt service It no respecter of per-
tont, communities or s*«il«rtt. Distribution from
one n»ln| will be tt rapid ind ni rheap Sj from
another In consequence, many Industrie* now
cent rail-ed should l>e diffused; exchange ^tiouid
lie creafle promoted
The parcel pott ayslera In th* I ujieil Bat*,
le bnt n few week, old The great mn** iff I he
people hnvc not a* yet learned to nitke uw i| It
When It .hall be popularly employed II fci'"
of neees.lly. hy opening Ihe avenues of romiffljll-
cation between Ibe producer and the eqnauwr.
lead |o *ome solution of Ihe problem of dUttl
billion This ought lo mean, eventually, Ibe ..qS|i
tng of Ihe natural resources of Ihe country to
the peopje Cbrliltan Science Monitor.
la btShly Important Hint tbev atudy their lie
mandt. 'cud represent ni Ire. who Ihoronghlv nn
deratind the Spanish language, cxrr-l.e grestsr
e*re In filling ordera. and avoid deliye. whleb
HMM
good.
Ii I. true ibit the peopt* of the United StSf**
have been almo.t wholly occupied. hltberto^*ln
developing Ihe resource, of Hits mngnlflcent c<f||!i
try, irtd In bringing It to tbe front rsnka at one
ostunstely occur frequently, rendering l%e
ids wnt of little vilne or even uielets
of Ibe t res I est powers. Indnstrtslly. financially
and politically. Ther have been hilar cresting
innltlmllllonnlree by Ibe hundrede. but the time
lin* com* when the expau.ton of their f I n a t> c I a I
and manufacturing retoimr* demand no* tnd
enlirged markets.
The opening of tbe Psnsma emit wi|f mtka
y»t more Imporlint th* development of JJie free
commercltl relalloni li*Hveen both America. Th*
completion of Ihat etupendott* work. ealM lo
r*rolutl"nlt* tbe political and trade relatione of
ths world, will ahow how near neighhsr* we sre,
and how clo** together are Ihe nuinlrlce of this
hemisphere Mny their lelsllona Increase snd
slth lit* development nf trsde and friendly In-
tercourse. all the nut Ions of America become
Hie home* of happy and fie* peoplce. snd nf per
msnent peace snd good wBt amongst Ihem—
Ipsetn I'aideroil, minister of Bullvli lo lbs
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