A MODERN ALEXANDER.
TAFT'S LONG SWING
AMONG 11 'PEOPLE
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An Era of Great Achievement
Thousands Await the Monthly Fore
cast of Farming Conditions
Issued by Government.
President Start from Boiten
Hit i3,ooo-Mlle Tour of the
United States.
IS A CUE FOR MANY INTERESTS
SI1ENOTH IS GAINED BY BEST
Host of Correspondents in All Parts
of the Country Contribute to the
Valuable Information.
With Central Bank as His Theme,
Executive Conaldera Plan of
Financial Changes.
UNCLE 5AM HELPFUL
1)1 FIGURING OUI CROP
On hla fifty-second birthday Presl
dnt Taft entered on the first stage of
his 13,000-mlle tour of the United
States. HIh train formed the second
section of the regular express from
Boston to Albany on the Boston anl
Albany division of the New York Cen
tral Railroad. The first speech of the
President's series of addresses to the
people was made in Boston; the last
is to be made at Richmond, Va., Nov.
10. The next day the President will
be back at his work In Washington.
When the President left Chicago he
passed over what Kastern people call
the political borderland. Then his
real work of enlisting strength for his
policies as he outlines them seemed to
begin.
In addressing 3,000 persons at a
banquet In Boston, on the eve of his
trip across the continent, President
Taft prophesied a great increase In
the commerce of the country. Leav
ing the discussion of the tarifT, of rail
road control, and of the curbing of
corporations to be explained In detail
In later addresses, Mr. Taft spoke
more fully of the changes needed In
the monetary system of the country.
The plan to establish a central bank
as a safeguard against. Bueh financial
panics as that of 1907 was one of the
financial subjects considered by the
President. There are two dangers
which must be avoided In this plan,
he said, both of which had been ex
plained to the President by Senator
Aldrlch. Control of this Institution,
giving great power over the financial
welfare of the nation, must be kept
out of the hands of Wall street Inter
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POLAR ROUTES OF COOK AND PEARY.
Man Who First Reported the Discovery, While the Black Line Is
the Route of His Rival.
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ests, he asserted. The other danger
which the President said must be pre
vented is that the central bank, If
formed, should be manipulated for po
litical purposes.
Mr. Taft took occasion, In hla brief
reference to the tariff, to condemn the
efforts of certain public men to stir
up sectional strife in calling upon the
West to organize against the East.
Ills address was marked by praise of
Senator Aldrlch.
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PRESIDENT TAFT ON
I NATIONAL PROBLEMS.
Our bunking and monetary system it
a patched up afTalr which satisllea no
body. There are two Indispensable require
ments In any plan to lie adopted In
volving a central1 hank of Issue: First,
that control of the monetary system
shall be kept free from Wall street;
second, that It shall not be manipulat
ed for political purposes.
I hope for a aatlsfuctnry money sys
tem before the end of this nilinlnistra
tlon. We must mend our roof before
the storm ahull aho'V us analn Its
leaky and utterly Inadequate charac
We are, unless all signs full, upon
the eve of another gnat bualnaas ex
pansion and era of prosperity.
Throuahout this country there Is fret
trade of the freest character, and due
to this, the prosperity of the West, trn
Declally In agriculture, Is even more
pronounced than that of the Kust.
We are all in the sume business boat
Prosperity of one section adds to tha
prosperity of the other.
Cincinnati l'hxleiuu Kill Unralar.
Responding to a cull for aid at the
bouse of a neighbor where a negro
burglar had forced an entrance. Dr.
Robert D. Maddox, a prominent C'n
olnnatl physician, shot and killed the
uegro. The burglar was Identified as
John Scott, who had served three
years in the Frankfort (Ky.) pen 1 ten'
tlary.
On Irad, Tww Mltii In ( raa.
Two men are still missing as a re
fault of the falling of the walls of the
burned storage house, which demol
ished the Hotel Cella in Pittsburg.
Oiie man was killed outright and a
soore were injured.
HE sclentine world, evidently, is
to be treated to an unpleasant ex
hibition of bickering between the
two Americans who have returned
from the top of the world. In the
tTTfS-f world-wide controversy as to the
wdw D '' . T discovery or the north pole we
nave ao I ill only one man s worn
against another's. On his way
back to civilization Commander
Robert K. Peary Hashed a nies-
lljlu .""v- sage by wireless In which he
By Tl V ' practically gave to Or. Frederick
( A. Cook the lie direct. "Cook's
story," he said, "should not be
The two Eskimos who accompa
nied him say he went no distance north and not out
of sight of land. Other members of the tribe cor
roborate their story." Plainly before he leU Greenland
Peary heard of Cook's claim to the discovery of the
pole and put Cook's two Ksklmo companions through a
cross-examination.
A quarrel between the men will not settle the contro
versy. The world will demand proof from both.
Cook declares he left his data with Many Whitney
at ICt all, Greenland, ami until Mr. Whitney reaches the
United States the world must wait for Cook to submit
his proofs. In the absence of sclent illc proof from
either man, the Chicago Inter Oceau thinks Peary has
made out a more satisfactory case.
The settlement of the question whether Peary
or Cook discovered the polo is essential to the world's
peace of mind. It would be hard, indeed, if Cook were
the Ilrst to set foot at the earth's summit and yet were
denied the glory of his achievement. There seems but
one way In which the controversy can he settled satis
factorily. This Is by the adjudication or an authorita
tive body of scientific men to which the data of each
explorer should be submitted. That the case will reach
this alage at last Is even now foreshadowed. The board
which will determine the question probably will be
composed of members of the National Geographical So
ciety. The hearing of the evidence will be, In effect, a
trial. The plaintiffs at the bar will be charged with
discovering the north pole. Both will plead guilty.
And the hoard, sitting In judgment, will sentence one
or the other to immortality as the greatest discoverer
of this age.
Truly we are in the uge of marvtlous achievement.
Not satisfied with annihilating time by the railroad
and the steamboat and the telephone and the motor
car, we are harnessing the air to serve our pleasure
and convenience. We are wresting from nature secrets
which were locked in her bosom for centuries and
which all that time seemed Impossible to obtain. And
how these triumphs follow in quick succession! Within
a fortnight the announcement of the discovery of the
north pole by two men, and botli Americans, astounded
the civilized world. For I'.IO years the search for it
has been going on. and at last nature has been com
pelled to give up this secret. An American has demon
strated In a European atmosphere that an airship can
travel nearly a tnilo a minute. A submarine boat has
proved that under water she can travel as fast as the
speediest battleship. A great vessel, the Lusitnnla, has
cut down Columbus' time of two months In crossing tho
Atlantic to 4 days, 11 hours and i'l minutes. Such a
chapter as the above could not be written in any other
year since the creation. Such daz.ling achievement in
a few days astounds the searcher after knowledge.
Cook's feat alone was big enough for a century; but we
have another one Just as astonishing, and Iwth Hashed
to the world by aid of the new wireless telegraph with
in six days of each other. Verily we are in the cycle
of wonderland! And all owing to enlightenment and
the surpassing fortitude of human hearts steeled to
suffering and of Infinite patience.
Peary
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Seven new cuaes of Uifti.tllo paraly
ia and two death were reported to
the health department of St. Paul. The
health departiueut records show a to
tal of 170 cases reported, with thirty
Mix deaths.
Wsfdilngton correspondence :
There is almost no season of the
year when there are not thousands up
on thousands of eager seekers for
news waiting anxiously for the month
ly forecasts of the United States gov
ernment crop-reporting bureau at
Washington. Different portions of the
business, Industrial and agricultural
communities are swayed by this en
grossing curiosity at different periods,
accordingly as the crops In which they
are vitally interested are under in
spection. The crop reports issued from
Washington twelve times a year are
simply forecasts or very accurate pre
dictions, based upon secret, far-reach
ing infor.niation as to the size and
character of maturing crops.
in its activities the United States
crop reporting bureau might be com
pared in some degree to the United
States weather bureau, another branch
of the Department of Agriculture.wlth
which It was once proposed to com
bine it. Whereas the weather sharps,
however, merely tell the farmer and
the mariner what they .may or may not
safely do during the next few days,
the crop experts tell the planters, the
wheat growers and the manufacturers
something of what may be expected at
harvest time weeks or months hence
and thus enable them to act intelli
gently with regard to contracts and
prices. In other words, It places ev
erybody on the same footing by giving
free to ail the information which
would otherwise confer a tremendous
advantage on the wealthy firms and
individuals that could spend the mon
ey necessary to secure It privately.
The United States government first
made provision for the collection of
agricultural statistics upward of two-
thirds of a century ago, or more than
a score of years before the Depart
ment of Agriculture was established.
Probably the most picturesque fea-
turo of the system of governmental
crop reporting is found in the co-op-
eiation of an army of nearly 250,000
farmers, bankers, merchants, cotton
ginners, agents of transportation lines,
mill and elevator proprietors and oth
er persons who are in a position to
have Inside information regarding the
crops. All of these men are glad to
help the government by contributing
the data from their respective locali
ties for the reason that each is desir
ous of knowing at the earliest possible
moment the extent (in the whole
country) of the crop In which he is
interested.
The field marshals of the American
croi-reportlng army comprise thirty-
eight State statistical agents, each re
ceiving at tne rate of from l!00 to
$MH) a year. Each of these maintains
a corps of assistants or correspond
ents, entirely independent of the other
correspondents in the State reporting
directly to Washington. There are, all
told, nearly 10,000 of these . aids to
State statisticians and their numerical
strength In tne dtnerent states ranges
from about twenty in Delaware to
more than 500 In Michigan.
The State agent does not merely
compile and condense the figures re
ceived from his correspondents. He
analyzes the data that come to him
and in the light of his own knowledge
of conditions draws conclusions as to
the outlook In his territory.
Illtc Army f 'orrt-oiiilt-iitn.
Aside from the cordon of State corps
there Is a dual organization of crop
reporters covering the entire country
who report direct to Washington.
First, there is In every agricultural
county a correspondent, who has from
two to four assistant correspondents.
These county corresondents and suby-
correspondents number In the entire
country nearly 11,000. Then, in addi
tion, every township and voting pre
cinct In the United States In which
farming operations or any kind are
carried on has a correspondent, this
force numbering more than 30,000.
The great secrecy regarding the crop
forecasts which the government Is at
such pains to preserve concerns not
the first-hand investigations of the
field workers and correspondents, but
the compilation In Washington of the
grand totals wlu'reby the fragmentary
information from all parts of tlv coun
try Is merged In a general forecast or
trt.meudous significance.
The reports as . received from the
correspondents are (the majority re
port by mall, though some at distant
points telegraph In secret code I tabu
lated bv different groups of clerks.
working In separate rooms and ig
norant of each other's activities.
These compilations, as rapidly as
completed, are locked in a huge cabi
net tho office of the chief statisti
cian. Here likewise are stored the re
ports of the State statistical agents,
which it Is stipulated must be pre
served with unbroken seals until the
officials enter upon the work of mak
ing up the general report.
"I've Conquered the Air, I've got the Pole What Is There Left to DoP"
-Ilaltlmore Sun.
JUDGE SCORES MAIS
WHO LETS WIFE "INAG"
ammmmim MISSOURI Judge has given official expression to views on the
I marriage question that deserve more consideration than they
f" I will receive on the court records. He was hearing a case in
JJJ which a husband demanded divorce because his wife had an
IWBlSjVI extreme case of the nagging habit. "I have lived with this
JKfWRvl woman ten years," he told the judge, "and I haven't had a
minute's peace in all that time. She began finding fault on the
first day of our honeymoon, and she has been at It ever since." In granting
the decree the court volunteered a few epigrammatic comments. Here are
a few of them: "No woman has respect for a man who permits nag?ing.
A subdued husband is a mighty unpromising piece of furniture In a happy
home. The henpecked husband gets no sympathy at home or abroad and
deserves none. I believe the Lord Intended men to govern the house, and
when they fail to assume the responsibility they do it at the peril of their
domestic happiness." Some men have the Idea that when they promised
to "love, honor and cherish this woman" they bound themselves to humor
all her whims and submit to any imposition. There is no greater mistake
in the world.
Like the Missouri judge, I have no pity for the henpecked husband.
says a writer In the Chicago Journal. Why should I sympathize with him
for what Is his own fault? There are few exceptions to the rule that no
woman becomes an habitual scold if she has the right sort of a husband.
Whatever our "advanced" women may say to the contrary, the normal
feminine nature seeks a master. When a woman marries one of those tin.
spirited, Joblike husbands, she instinctively starts out to make a man of
him.
She jabs him tentatively with her only weapon, her tongue; looking for
some manifestation of really masculine spirit as she looks for her baby's
first tooth. If he responds their happiness Is settled. She has satisfied her
self that she has married a man, and not a mere imitation. She may cry a
little and accuse him of being a brute, but in her inmost heart she places
htm on a pedestal that she had been just a little In doubt whether he could
occupy. If he faiLs to rise to the occasion, there Is no hope for him. She
may decide to make the best of a bad bargain and do her utmost to over
look his deficiency. More often she tries again and again to rouse him to
resistance. Her shrewishness is merely a desperate attempt to awaken in
him some sign of the masterful spirit that her nature demands. So won
der the attitude' that first was assumed becomes a habit. She takes a sav
age delight in browbeating the man who has failed to measure up to her
ideal.
WOMAN WILL RENT
HOME TO NEGROES TO
SPITE NEIGHBORS.
Mrs. John Spirkel, 2578 North Pau
lina street, in a fashionable neighbor
hood of Chicago, wants to let her
home to negroes and will call it "Col
ored People's Rest." The woman's atti
tude is the result of a flat building
being erected on the lot adjoining her
home, and after resorting to various
other methods of "getting even," she
tacked a sign or her house announc
ing It would be occupied as a colored
people's rest.
"If they take one step toward the
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LITTLE ABOUT EVERYTHING.
Sealing wax contains no ax.
Printed musical notes veie liri:'
used In H73.
An African pigmy weljiis tindei
ninety pounds.
Siamese regard odd uu nbers at
very unlucky.
Some of the moon's mou italns ur
Ibi.iMiO feet high.
The Dutch tluoue has foity-one pos
sible I'lullllilllW.
of
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Turkey's sultan Is the proprietor
a fine zoological garden.
The earth's atmosphere varies
; depth from 120 to 200 mile.
Automoblllsts have to pay an extra
premium for lite Insurance.
Turkey exports good to the v:ilue
of about Jnm.iiuo.uoii a year.
Norway excels In the making of
wrapping and (.Initial' papeis.
Tho United Slates consumes 80,-
Jotm.000 pounds of tea annually
Among the Finns and Norwegian.
there are many women sailors.
ll.iir gro.vs i
mill iout lis of a
t the rate of thlrteen
yird In a second.
Algerian vineyards produce more
grapes to the acre than any others.
Over three-fourths of the people in
England and Wales live in towns.
New York has added 4.100,(100 to In
population dining the last century.
A tratn In the United States recent
ly traveled 9t5 miles lu l07 minutes.
TTi I Of
"Vh is house
wai BE OCCUPIED
BY COLORED PEOPLE
AND WILL BE
t.
"The pig in the narlor" was
done by the cow in the kitchen that
ate all the provender, winding up by
swallowing two cakes of soap for des-s-ert.
This unusual and horrid act was
perpetrated near Waterloo, Iowa, at
the habitation occupied temporarily
by Mrs. H. T. Fisher and eight girl
members of her Rible class, and oc
curred during the absence of the party
while they were bathing in the Cedar
river. When the girls left their domi-
die they little thought that they were
to have callers. The door must have
been left ajar, else the four-footed
marauder could not have entered. Thp
cow got In, at any rate, and proceeded
to make way with all the eatables in
sight, among which were five loaves
of bread, a quantity of lemons and
oranges and two cakes of soap. The
girls returned in time to see the last
cake disappear.
ruination of our street, then I intend
to take another," she said, "iw ill not
live next to this homely flat building,
and that Is all there Is to it. My
own home will bo turned over to col
ored families. 1 insist that this is my
privilege. Contractors are remodeling
my home Into a three-flat building.
The work will be finished In four
weeks. I am already packing my house
hold effects and my husband ami I
will give way to negro tenants just as
soon as possible after all arrangements
have been made.
"I have called upon the police and
have demanded that my negro tenants
be given full protection from aii:mv
nnce by the neighbors," said Mrs. Spir
kel. "I intend to turn my home over
to the negroes, and I defy any one in
this community to molest them."
The neighbors declared they '.v.,,:ld
prevent negroes from entering th
neighborhood, and expressed wrath at
Mrs. Spirkel.
Wireless telegraphy '- being talked
of for Chinese government service as
one of the most important needs of
China to-day. It Is considered prac
tically Impossible to establish ordi
nary laud lines across the great des
erts between Pekln and the extreme
northwest, but the natural difficulties
c mild be surmounted by the use of
in less.
SPLINTERS.
The city of Munich has given the
Austrian Alpine Club a flue building
lu which to house Its Alpine museum.
A stitch in time may save a big sur
geon's fee later.
if you would lengthen your life
shorten your worries.
You may have noticed that hard
cash is hard to acquire.
Many a man who Is sure he Is right
lacks the energy to go ahead.
Tho man who goes iuto politics for
what there is in it doesn't get lone-svue.
TO GET SLENDER.
Refuse rice pudding.
F.at whole-wheat bread.
Walk several ml!"s each duy.
Do not drink too much coffee or tea
F.at fruit for breakfast, for dinner
for supper.
Shun hot biscuits, hot rolls and but
ered toast.
Decline potatoes If they are serverf
more than onc2 a day.
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