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A Neighborly Act.
Disorder in Central America Is of
fensive to Mexico and to the United
States. It is as if the neighbors of
two law-abiding citizens were continu
ally bickering and carrying their quar
rels over the fence into the grounds of
the peaceful. It is the duty of tho
orderly, not only for their own protec
tion, but in the interest of decency, to
persuade the disorderly to behave
themselves. The presidents of the
United States and of Mexico acted as
"benevolent international neighbors
when they tendered the good offices of
their governments to the quarreling
republics in Central America to assist
in arranging a plan for arbitrating all
disputes which cannot be settled by
the republics themselves. Government
is in an unsettled condition in Central
America. Although nominally demo
cratic in form, in fact it is almost a
military despotism. That aspiring
leader wins the election who can com
mand the largest number of soldiers,
and the people have little concep
tion of the nature of what we in
America know as representative insti
tutions. There is little more respect
for th" rights of the neighboring coun
tries than for the rights of the opposi
tion party; consequently petty wars
are of frequent occurrence. This sur
vival of a sort of petty feudalism, a
group of little warring countries,
squabbling over matters that other
peoples to-day settle peaceably, can
not be tolerated. It is necessary, how
ever, remarks Youth's Companion, for
the United States to assume that
these little countries mean to keep the
peace save on the gravest provoca
tion. Yet its joint action with Mexico
amounts to little less than a warning
that if they do not behave in an order
ly manner voluntarily, they will be
forced to submit to the power of tho
stronger nations.
It is no longer possible to doubt
that the natives of New Guinea use
spider webs for fishing nets. A medal
ist of the Royal Geographical society,
who has lately been traveling in Xew
Guinea, reports that the natives bend
the tip end of a long bamboo rod in
such a way as to make a loop five or
six feet in diameter. They set up this
arrangement, in the forest where the
spiders are thickest, and wait for the
insect to weave her web in the loop.
The web has a mesh about one inch
square at the outside, which gradually
decreases in size to not more than an
eighth of an inch square at the center.
The native uses this as a scoop net as
lie stands in the stream and dips the
fish out as they come near. It is
strong enough to hold fish weighing a
pound. The spider which makes it
has a body about the size of a small
hazel nut with legs that spread out
two inches.
Parents who are dissatisfied with
the present status of athletics in the
public schools—and there are many of
them—will follow with interest the
course of the Boston school commit
tee, which is considering the advisa
bility of introducing the West Point
drill. It is a matter of common knowl
edge that the drill at West Point ac
complishes the main object of all ath
letic exercise—it gives its pupils a
sound body and an erect, vigorous
carriage that lasts them through life.
Is there any school in America where
football, baseball or all the sports to
gether do this for the whole student
body?
All the justices of the United States
supreme court except William H.
Moody, the youngest member, are
gray haired. Mr. Moody is a blond,
and his hair is of that pale straw
color which turns gray only very late
in life. His ruddy complexion gives
an additional touch of youthfulness, so
that, the contrast between Mr. Moody
and the other members of the court
is striking.
The professional pie biter occupa
tion will soon be gone. With the rise
in pastry he will be compelled to re
trench. Luckily, however, doughnuts
remain at the same old price, and the
New Englander can afford to have
them with his matutinal coffee.
MADE CHINA FRIEND
SPLENDID ACHIEVEMENT OF SEC
RETARY TAFT.
t
His Visit to the Celestial Empire Has
Done Much to Restore the Su
premacy of American In
fluence.
The gratifying effect upon Chinese
opinion of Secretary Taft's address at
Shanghai has been summarized in a
dispatch from that city to the New
York Tribune. Front the comment of
the press, officials and leading Chinese
the prevailing opinions are said to be
as follows:
"The United States will not sell the
Philippine islands, an assurance which
is welcomed, as it means that there
will be no extension of .Japanese influ
ence and a continuance of American
influence in the far east.
"The Chinese desire to interpret Mr.
Taft's statement reiterating that the
United States favors the open-door
policy in China as being inofficial, but
at the same time made on high au
thority and indicating that the United
States will support it in China and
maintain the policy in Manchuria, the
only place where the open door is
threatened.
"Mr. Taft's indorsement of the
United States court for China, over
which Judge Wilfley presides, is re
garded as meaning a continuance of
the new era of justice and as demon
strating that the United States is
really interested in China, as sliown
by the acts which follow her assur
ances on the subject.
"The enthusiastic welcome accorded
to Mr. Taft here atones for the boycott
of American goods, and demonstrates
China's freindship for America.
"The assurances given in regard to
fair treatment of the emigration ques
tion are accepted In good faith.
"China trusts in the United States,
and believes the latter to be her true
friend."
The Tribune's representative further
declares that Secretary Taft's visit is
regarded as epoch-making, and that it
goes a long way toward restoring the
primacy of American influence which
was the result, of Secretary Hay's en
lightened statecraft. "The Chinese
consider the United States to be the
only power not wanting to annex a
part of the territory of China,"says
this correspondent, "and as being dis
interestedly concerned in China's wel
fare. It is regarded as assured that
tho utterances of Mr. Taft will give
American business men in China re
newed confidence in pushing their
lines of trade."
For Germans Only.
A recent report of the Frankfort
Chamber of Commerce says:
Owing to the protection afforded by
the high tariff rates, factories produc
ing tar colors are beginning to spring
up in the United States. If the import
duties are not lowered the German
color manufacturers will be compelled
to establish factories in the United
States so as to continue their business
with that country, similar to the
course they had to take in France and
Russia.
The upspringing of the coal-tar
color industry in the United States
is one of the things which the German
agreement is calculated to prevent.
All the Germans need to do is to label
their products "for export only," and
get a local chamber of commerce to
certify the value, and the colors will
come In at a rate of duty which will
discourage any more factories in the
United States. The general plan of
the agreement seems to be to provide
a system of duties that will afford
protection to German producers only.
Not a Bad Example.
President Roosevelt strikes quickly
and strikes hard when he is aroused.
There was some jockeying among the
steamers in the fleet that bore the
president from Cairo to Memphis, and
the master of one of the boats an
noyed the others by crowding and
racing; it is even said that he endan
gered the president's own steamer for
a few minutes. Now the president
has telegraphed to Washington di
recting that the license of this master
be suspended for 90 days; and he even
wishes him suspended by telegraph.
Some persons like this quickness of
President Roosevelt in action; some
others do not. But if everyone were
as quick as the president to strike
when ke sees something wrong, the
world would be better. A good many
abuses exist because those who ob
serve them complain—and do nothing.
President Roosevelt is not of this
kind. And this is one of the reasons
why he now has the power of sus
pending by telegraph.—Buffalo Ex
press.
President and Questionable Finance.
A good many persons have pro
fessed the fear, and many more have
sincerely entertained the apprehen
sion, that a continuance of the pres
ident's main policy will interfere with
prosperity. Why should this fear be
widely held? Every day gives addi
tional proof of loose management in
the world of high finance, of methods
which are adverse to the public wel
fare, even when they are not dishon
est, as they too often are. President
Roosevelt is not destroying confi
dence; the men who juggle values,
who misappropriate the savings of
the community, who engage in or per
mit on a groat scale transactions
which cannot be defended by any
code of morals, and which would not
be tolerated on a small scale in any
village—these are the who de
stroy confidence.—Boston Herald.
CAME-RON COUNTY PRESS, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 7, IQO7-
FOR A STRONGER N*VY.
President's Speeches Point to Wisdom
of Preparation.
In the series of speeches whlok the
president made on his tour especial
stress is laid on the enlargement of
the navy. For the first time Mr.
Roosevelt is publicly discussing the
proposed transfer of the United
States fleet to the Pacific. The move
ment, he declares, is the result of a
new policy he hopes will be made
permanent, the policy of shifting the
fighting ships now and then from one
ocean to the other, not only for the
invaluable practice such voyages will
give, but also for the strategic ad
vantages of demonstrating the mobil
ity of the navy. After »the completion
of the canal this policy could be very
easily maintained, but it will be less
urgent than now. In the meantime
the president has made it clear that
the first of these fleet tours is to be
for the benefit of the navy and that
the ships will be returned to the At
lantic indue time. Thus he refutes
the theory that they are to remain
permanently in the Pacific that new
vessels are to he built in the Atlantic
to take their places.
On the other hand, the president
urges more strongly than ever before
the enlargement of the navy. He
calls attention to the fact that so
long as the main fleet is no larger
than it is now is must be moved as a
unit. This being necessary, 'it is im
possible to give adequate protection
to the eastern and western coast lines
at the same time. He probably does
not hope to have another mighty tieet
constructed, but he would have
enough sliip3 added to the navy to
make it safe to divide the ships be
tween the two oceans, especially
pending the completion of the Panama
canal. The arguments in favor of a
larger navy are unanswerable. It takes
a long time to build a battleship—
longer than to fight a war such as
that between Russia and Japan. There
is no time to build ships when their
need is once immediate. They must
be prepared in time of peace if they
are to be available in time of war.
And the best possible way to avoid
war is to be continually prepared for
it.
Comparative Centralization.
There is interest, not to speak of
amusement, in the reason which Mr.
Bryan assigns for his stern rejection
of President Roosevelt's proposition
of national incorporation of railroads
doing an interstate business. Mr. Bry
an sees in this"the most far-reaching
s,t.ep for centralization proposed in
this country since Hamilton submitted
his plan of government," and will
have none of it.
We are not prepared to endorse the
president's proposition until its neces
sity and effectiveness are made clear
er. But the unconscious humor of
Bryan's objection is that whether Mr.
Roosevelt's proposition is a "far
reaching step for centralization" or
not. It is not half as far-reaching in
that direction as would be the proposi
tion which a certain gentleman made
at the Madison Squart. Garden for the
government's ownership and opera
tion of all the trung line railroads.
National Incorporation of railroads
would establish relations equivalent
to those between the government and
national banks, which, whatever else
may be said of them, are so de-cen
tralized that a large share of the bank
ing interests are busily agitating for
a big central bankers' bank. But
ownership of the trunk lines by the
federal government would add to the
present powers of the national gov
ernment all the powers, legal or Il
legal, of the entire railroad interest
rolled into one, unrivaled in arbitrary
possibilities by any existing govern
ment in the world.
Certainly the man who made that
proposition is not in a very good po
sition to accuse others of seeking
centralization. Mr. Bryan may have
forgotten for the moment who made
the proposition, but the public may
with an effort recall that his name is
W. J. Bryan.
The Tariff Didn't Do This.
No doubt counsel and all others
within heark'-s were surprised kjt Mr.
John G. Milburn's frank statement
about the placing of the Standard Oil
pumping stations on the border lines
of New York and Pennsylvania, and
also of New Jersey and Maryland, to
evade the requirements of the inter
state commerce law. In each case
there was no necessity to file trans
portation rates because the oil was
sent to a part within a state. When it
went over an invisible line into the
next state it was again pumped to a
point within a state, and it made all
its trips to tide water under these
short line consignments. Mr. Milburn,
who is the Standard's chief counsel
in the pending case, told the referee
that the scheme was his. He advised
it,"and I thought it was excellent ad
vice," ho added.
Probably it was, at the time it was
given and for the purposes of the
Standard Oil company. Mr. Milburn
always gives good advice. That is
why he gets such well-to-do clients as
Standard Oil. The fact that he served
his client to the best of his splendid
abilities calls for no comment here.
But when from a familiar quarter a
cry goes up that the tariff is father or
mother of the trusts and responsible
for all their exactions and oppressions,
let it be remembered that it was net
the tariff that did this, nor was it a
defender of the tariff that prompted
or devised it. Mr. Milburn is well
known as an eminent free trader and
a member of the Democratic party
which abhors the tariff —or thinks it
does.
That's all. —Buffalo News.
A Nil BATTLE
AT VLADIVOSTOK
MUTINEERS SEIZED A RUSSIAN
TORPEDO BOAT DESTROYER.
FIRED ON FORTS AND SHIPS.
A Number of Men Were Killed and
Wounded Before the Mutinous
Crew Were Forced to Beach
Their Disabled Craft.
Vladivostok. An exciting little
naval battle took place in this
harbor Wednesday between the mu
tinous crew of a Russian torpedo boat
destroyer and their loyal comrades.
The mutineers were finally subdued,
but not before a number of men had
been killed or wounded.
The mutinous boat is the Skory, and
she gave fight to the gunboat Mand
sur, the destroyers Clarsovoz, Sniely
and Serditz and the garrison in one of
the harbor forts, manned by the
Twelfth regiment of artillery. The
Skory soon was overwhelmed and she
had to be beached to save her from
sinking. This was not accomplished,
however, before her guns had done
considerable damage and several offi
cers and men of the other ships had
been killed or wounded.
The crew of the Skory were incited
toy agitators, including some Jews,
who had managed to get on board an 1
take charge of the destroyer. She
steamed out into the harbor with the
red flag flying and at once opened lire
on the town and forts. A gunboat and
three destroyers went out to engage
her, and with the aid of the forts soon
had the Skory riddled and helpless.
She then turned and ran through the
surf and was beached. Those mem
bers of the crew who hail not been
killed or wounded by the gun fire were
arrested by soldiers as they made
their way to land.
Among the men killed are Capt.
Kurosch, commander of the torpedo
boat Ravy, and Lieut. Stoer, command
er of the Skory. Lieut. Vassilief,
commanding the Serditz, was wound
ed. Several people in Vladivostok
were killed by shells from the Skory.
A TOBACCO WAR IN KENTUCKY.
Growers are Lined Up in Opposition to
Buyers—No Crop to be Raised
Next Year.
Louisville, Ky. With "peaceful
! armies" of invasion in the dark
i tobacco regions and the hurley
l growers having reached a decision not
to raise any crop next year, the to
, bacco situation in Kentucky appears
: to be serious. From the western end
i of the state, and especially in the
j Green river and the Henderson stem
ming territories, reports of an unset
tling nature were received Wednes
day.
Bodies of growers, members of the
American Society of Equity, are riding
through* McLean county advising buy
ers to quit tiie tobacco fields until the
1906 crop is sold and urging growers
to pool their crops with the society.
The same thing has been done in
Daviess county, of which Owensboro
is the county seat; in Henderson
county, of which Henderson is the
chief city, and in several other neigh
borhoods.
The growers are determined to
carry their point, and the buyers are
determined not to take any action that
may be detrimental to their Interests.
Every warehouse of any consequence
in Owensboro and Henderson is
guarded by armed men and there is
considerable uneasiness.
The National Association of To
bacco Growers met In Shelbyville yes
terday and ratified the action of the
executive committee of the Burley To
bacco Growers' association, which de
cided in a meeting at Winchester not
to raise any tobacco next year, be
cause of overproduction and the ex
isting low prices for tobacco.
AS A SUBSTITUTE FOR HAZING.
Students in a North Carolina College
Meet in a Free Fight.
Raleigh, N. C. A recent case
of hazing at the State Agricul
tural and Mechanical college here
caused President Winston, of that col
lege, to reprove the student body, and
in his remarks he advised the men to
fight in the open. As the result of
this the fresh map class sent a chal
lenge to the sophomores to meet them
for a test of prowess on the athletic
field. Accordingly there was a mass
fight Tuesday afternoon with about 75
on each side. Lieut. Young, U. S. A.,
the commandant, and members of the
junior and senior classes were pres
ent and allowed no fighting on the
ground, and the scrapping match
passed without serious injury to any
of the participants.
Wednesday afternoon the sopho
mores Invited the freshmen to battle,
when a fiercer struggle ensued and
there were many injured on both
sidos. There were 65 men on a side
and the noses of four men were
broken, a number of eyes were black
ened and many faces scratched. It is
understood that another fight will
take place to-day.
The opposing sides lino up, rush at
each other and fight at will, but rough
and tumble tactics are barred. Presi
dent Winston and Lieut. Young believe
this will do away with hazing. Many
friends of the college bore condemn it.
Four Men Killed by an Explosion.
Pittsburg, Pa. A premature ex
plosion of dynamite occurred Wednes
day at Venice, Pa., on the Wabash
railroad where a cut is being made,
and four men were killed. Two oth
ers were seriously injured. The men
had been dynamiting rock when a
heavy charge was set off prematurely.
City Destroyed—Many Lives Lost.
Tashkend, Turkestan. —The whole
of the town of Karatagh, in Bokhara,
has been destroyed and hundreds of
the population were buried by a moun
tain slide following the recent earth
quake there. I
Costly Free Schools.
Immigrant (with large flock of chil
dren) —I came to this country because
I hoard that education here was free.
Native —My poor man, you were
misinformed. To educate that family
of children in this country will banlfr
rupt you.
"My goodness! Are the terms so
high ?"
"Nothing is charged for the teach
ing; but you will have to buy about
half a ton of new, standard, revised,
improved, and otherwise mutilated
school-books every month or two." —
New York Weekly.
Parlor Magic.
Mr. Kybosh, who was in search of a
late copy of a monthly magazine, ab
sent mindedly stepped into the par
lor.
He was just in time to see the
young man hastily remove his arm
from the back of the chair in which
Miss Kitty was sitting.
"Pressed! Oh, Change!" ho mutter
ed, instantly stepping back into the
sitting room.
For Mr. Kybosh remembered that
he was a young man himself years
ago.—Chicago News.
Quick Change.
Eva —Yes, that handsome young
man took Edna out on the lawn to see
the stars shoot. He told her every
time he saw one shoot he would claim
a kiss. She blushed and said she
hoped none of them would shoot.
Katherine—The idea! Did she keep
up that sentiment ail the evening.
Eva- -Oh, no. Later on when all the
stars had been exhausted wo heard
her ask the young man if thero was
any chance of the moon shooting—
Chicago News.
THE MUSICAL CRITIC.
Will
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"I am surprised, sir, that you write
criticism of concerts you do not at
tend!"
"What's the difference, madam? I
don't know anything about music any
way!"—Jugend.
One-Sided.
"You should give us credit for good
intentions," said Mr. Dustin Stax.
"Yes," answered the discontented
citizen, "but we consumers get tired
of being constantly called onto give
credit when we are invariably requir
ed to produce cash." —Washington
Star.
A Logical Difficulty.
"Pa, how do they indict a man who
makes bad money?"
"The same way they indict other
people. Why do you ask?"
"But if the money is counterfeit,
how can the grand jury find a true
bill? Baltimore American.
A Drawback.
"I wish my teeth were not so regu
lar," sighed the young woman regard
ing herself pensively in the glass
"Every time I smile when I'm talk
ing to Harry, he looks as if he won
dered how much they cost."
The Literary Test.
"Do you think the flying machine
will ever be a success?"
."A success!" echoed the scientific
author. "Why, it's already a success.
The magazines are full of it." —Wash-
ington Star.
Qualified.
Editor—No, take It away. I don't
buy poetry.
Poet—Well, all the editors who have
read this say it isn't. Won't you look
at it, sir?
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