Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, December 22, 1911, Page 9

Sale of Panama Canal Bonds Shows Credil of United Stales 1o be | FINANCIAL CONDITION OF THE GOVERNMENT ‘Better Than That of Any Other Government President Taft Makes Numerous Recommendations in Mes- ! sage to Congress, Including Currer'ncy Reform, National | Reserve Association and Rural Parcel Post—Favors Re- | mitting Panama Canal Tolls on American Ships—Ad- vocates Continuance of Policy of Building Two Battle- ships a year—Calls Attention to Economy Practiced | citncy and economy, but not along the in Several Departments. To the Senate and House of Represent- attves: The financial conditicn of the gov- ernment as shown at the close of the last fiscal year, Jume 30, 1911, was very satisfactory. The- ordinary re- ceipts into the general fund, excluding postal revenues, amounted to $701,372,- 87499, and the disbursements from the general fund for current expenses and eapital outlays, excluding postal and Panama canal disbursements, in- cluding the interest on the public debt, amounted to $654,137.907.89, leaving a surplus of $47,234,377.10. The postal revenue receipts amount- ed to $237,879,823.60, while the pay- ments made for the postal service from the postal revenues amounted to $237,- $60.705.48, which left a surplus of postal receipts over disbursements of | $219,118.12, the first time in twenty- seven years in which a surplus oe- curred. The interest bearing debt of the United States June 30, 1911, amounted to §915,353,190. The debt on which in- terest had ceased amounted to $1,879,- £30.26, and the debt bearing no inter- est. including greembacks, mnational banknotes to be redeemed and frac- tional currency. amounted to $386,- 751,917.43, or a total of interest and noninterest bearing debt amounting to £1,303,984,937.60. The actual disbursements, exclusive of those for the Panama canal and for the postal service for the year ending June 30, 1911, were $654,137,997.89. The actual disbursements for the year ending June 30. 1910, exclusive of the Panama canal and the postal service disbursements, were $659,705,391.08, making a decrease of $5,567,393.19 in | yearly expenditures in the year 1911 under that of 1910. For the year end- | ing June 1912, the estimated re- | celpts, exciusive of the postal reve- | nues, are $666,000,000, while the total estimates, exclusive of those for the Panama canal and the postal expendi- tures payable from the postal reve- | 1 | nues, amount to $645,842,799.34. This S8 a decrease in the 1912 estimates from that of the 1911 estimates of $1,- I 584.367.22. For the vear ending June 30, 1913, the estimated receipts, exclusive of the postal revenues, are $667,000,000, while the total estimated appropria- tions, exclusive of the Panama canal and postal disbursements payable from postal revenues, will amount to $637,- 920,803.35. This is a decrease in the 1913 estimates from that of the 1912 estimates of $7,921,985.99. As to the postal revenues, the ex- pansion of the business in that de- partment, the normal increase in the postofice and the extension of the service will increase the outl®> to the sum of $260,088,465, but as the depart- ment was self sustaining this year the postmaster general is assured that next year the receipts will at least equal the expenditures and probably exceed them by more than the surplus of this year. The Credit of the United States. The credit of this government was shown to be better than that of any other government by the sale of the Panama canal 3 per cent bonds. These bonds did mot give thelr owners the privilege of using them as a basis for banknote circulation, nor was there any other privilege extended to them which would affect their gemeral market val- ue. Their wmale, therefore, measured the credit of the government. The pre- mium which was realized upon the bonds made the actual interest rate of the transaction 2.909 per cent. In the treasury department the ef- ficiency and economy work has been kept stead'ly up. Provision is made for the elimination of 184 positions during the coming year. Two hundred and sixty-seven statutory positions were eliminated during the last year in the office of the treasury in Wash- ington and 141 positions in the year 1910, making an elimination of 542 statutery positions since March 4, 1909, and this has been done without the Mischarge of anybody, because the normal resignations and deaths have been equal to the ellmination of the places, a eystem of transfers having taken care of the persons whose posi- tions were dropped out. In the field service of the department, too, 1,239 positions have been climinated down to the present time, making a total net reduction of all treasury positions to the number of 1,801, Meantime the efficlency of the work of the depart- ment has increased. Monetary Reform. A matter of first importance that wiil come before congress for action at this session is monetary reform. The eongress has itself arranged an early introduction of this great .uestion through the report of its monetary commission. This commission was &p- pointed to recommend a selution of the banking and currency problems so long confrenting the nation and to furnish the facts and data necessary to enable the congress to take action. = in order to do its work with thor- @ughness and precision this comumis sion has taken some time io make its report. The country is undoubtedly port as the convenience of the congress can permit. The recognition of the gross imperfections and marked inad- equacy of our banking and currency system even in our most quiet financial periods is of long standing, and later there has matured a recognition of the fact that our system is respefisible for the extraordinary devastation, waste and business paralysis of our recurring periods of panic. hiough hoping for as prompt action on the re- ‘ the members of the monetary commis- | siderable time beeu sion have for a co working in the open and while large numbers of the people have been open- Iy working with them and while the press has largely noted and discussed this work as it has proceeded so t the report of the commissi to represent a national movement, the details of the report are still being considered. I ean not therefore do much more at this time than commend | the immense importance of monetary | reform. urge prompt consideration.and action when the commission’s report is received and express my satisfaction that the plan to be proposed promise to embrace main features that, having | met the approval of a great prepon- | derance of the practical and profesvl slonal opinion of theé country, are like- Iy to meet equal approval in congress. | Tt is exceedingly fortunate that the wise and undisputed policy of main- taining unchanged the main features of our banking system rendered it at once impossible tb introduce a central bank, for a central bank would cer- tainly have been resisted, and a plan into which it could have been intro- duced would probably have been de- feated. But as a central bank could not be a part of the only plan discuss- ed or considered that troublesome question is eliminated. And, ingenious and novel as the proposed national re- serve association appears, it simply is a logital ontgrowth of what Is best in our present system and is, In fact, the fulfillment of that system. | Exactly how the management of that assoclation should be organized is 2 question still open. It seems to be de- sirable that the banks which would | own the association should in the main manage it. It will be an agency of the | banks to act for them, and they can | be trusted better than anybody else | chiefly to conduct it. It is mainly | bankers’ work. But there must be | some form of government supervision and uitimate control, and I faver a reasonable representation of the gov- I.enter- tain mo fear of the introduction of politics or of any undesirable i ences from a properly measured gov- | esnment representation. - I trust that all banks of the country possessiug the requisite standards will be placed upon a footing of perfect equality of opportunity. Both the na tional system and the state system should be fairly recognized. leaving them eventually to coalesce if that | shall prove to be their tendency. But such evolution cannot develop impar- | tially if the banks of one system are given or permitted any advantages of opportunity over those of the other system. And I trust also that the new leglsiation will carefully and com- pletely protect and assure the individ- Juality and the independence of esch bank to the end tiat any tendency | there may ever be toward a consolida- | tion of the money or banking power of the nation shall he defeated. 1t will always be possible, of course, to correct any features of the new law which may in practice prove to be | unwise, 8o that, while this law is sure to be enacted under conditions of un- usual knowledge and authority, it also will fnclude, it 18 well to remember, the possibility of future amendment. With the present prospects of this long awaited reform encouraging us, 1t would be singularly unfortunate if this monetary question should by any chance become a party issue. And I sincerely hope it will not. The ex- ceeding amount of consideration it has received from the people of the mation has been wholly nonpartisan, and the congress set its nonpartisan seal upon it when the monetary com- misslon was appointed. In commend- ing the question to the favarable con- sideration of congress I speak for and | in the spirlt of the great number of | my fellow citizeas who without any thought of party or partisanship feel with remarkable earnestness that this reform is necessary to the interests of all the people. Tho War Department. There is now before eongress a bill the purpose of which is to increase the efficiency and decrease the ex- pense of the army. It eentains four principal features—first, a consolida- tion of the general staff with the ad- Jutant general’s and the inspector gen- eral’s departments; second, a comsoli- dation of the quartermaster's depart- ment with the subsistence and the pay departments; third, the ereation of an army service corps, and. fourth, an extension of the enlistment period from three to five years. With the establishment of an army service corps, as proposed i I am thoroughly in accord and am con- vinced that the establishment of such w corps will result in a material econ- | smy and a very great increase of effi- eiency in' the army. bt has repeatedly | been recommended by me and my | predecessors. 1 also believe that a con- | volidation of the staff corps can be | med2 with resulticg increase in efi- | tines provided in the bill under con- | sideration. I am opposed to any plan the resuit | of which would be to break up or in- terfere with the essential principles of | the detall system in the staff corps es- | tablished by the act of Feb. 2, 1901, and I am opposed to any plan the ve- sult of which would be to give to the officer selected as chief of staff or to any other member of the general staff corps greater permanency of office ‘ than he now has. In making the consolidations no re- | duction should be made in the total umber of ofiicers of the army, of | whom there are now too few to per- form the duties imposed by law. I bave in the past recommended an in- crease in the number of officers by 600 in order to provide sufficient officers | to perform all classes of staff duty and to reduce the number of line officers detached from their commands. Con- gress at the last session increased the total number of efficers by 200, but this is not enough. Promotion in the line of the army is too slow. Officers do not attain command rank at am age early enough properly to exereise it. Another feature of the bill which I believe to be a mistake is the proposed increase in the term of enlistment from | three to five years. I believe it would | be better to enlist men for six years, | release them at the end of three years from active service and put them in re- serve for the remaining three years. Re-enlistments should be largely con- fined to the noncommissioned officers and other enlisted men in the skilled grades. The army of the United States is in good condition. It showed itself able to meet an emergency in the success- ful mobilization of an army division of from 15,000 to 20,000 men, which took place along the border of Mexico dur- ing the recent disturbances in that country. The marvelous freedom from the ordinary camp diseases of typhoid fever and measles is referred to in the report of the secretary of war and shows such an effectiveness in the sanitary regulations and treatment of the medical corps ard in the discipline | of the army itself as to invoke the highest commendation, 1 beg to renew my recommendation of last year that the congress appro- priate for a memorial amphitheater at Arlington, Va., the funds required to construct it upon the plans already ap- proved. The Panama Canal. The very satisfactory progress made on the Panama canal last year has continued, and there is every reason | to believe that the canal will be com- pleted as early as the 1st of July 1913, unless something unforeseen occurs. This is about eighteen months before the time promised by the engineers. We are now near enough the com; pletion of the canal to make it im- peratively necessary that legislation | should be enacted to fix the method by which the canal shall be maintained and centrolled and the zone governed. The fact is that today there is no statutory law by authority of which the president is maintalning the gov- ernment of the zome. Such autfority was given in an amendment by the Spooner act, which expired by the terms of its own limitation seme years ago. *** I fully concur with the secretary of war that the problem is simply the management of a great public work and not the government of a local re- public; that every provision must be directed toward the successful main- tenance of the canal as an avenue of commerce and that all provisions for the government of those who live within the zone should be subordinate to the main purpose. The zone is forty miles long and ten miles wide. Now it has a population | of 50,000 or 60,000, but as soon as the work of construction is completed the towns which make up this population will be deserted and only comparative- Iy few natives will eontinue their resi- dence there. The control of them ought to approximate a military gov- ernment. One judge and two justices of the peace will be suficient to attend to all the judicial and litigated busi- ness there fs. Furnishing Supplies and Repirs. In my last annual message I discuss- ed at length the reasons for the gov- erument’s assuming the task of fur- nishing to all ships that use the canal whether our own naval vessels or oth- ers, the supplies of ceal and oil and other mecessities with which they must be replenished either before or after passing through the canal, together with the dock facilities and repairs of every character. This it 1s thought wise to do through the government, be- cause the government must establish for itself for its own maval vessels large depots and dry docks and ware- houses, and these may easily be en- larged so as to secure to the world public using the canal reasomable prices and a certainty that there will be no discrimination between those who wish to avail themselves of such facilities. Tolis. I renew my recommendatien with respect to the tolls of the canal that within limits which shall seem wise to congress the power of fixing tolls be given to the president. In order to arrive at a proper conclusion there 1l | sust be some experimenting, and this wannot be done if congress does not delegate the power to 0w who cam act expeditiously. S I am very confident that the United ! States bas the power to relieve from the puyment of tolls any part of our | shipping that congress deems wise. We own the canal. It was our money that built it. We have the right to charge tolls for its use. Those tolls must be the same to every one, but when we are desinz with our own ships the practice of many govern- | ments of subsidizing their own mer- chant vessels is so well established in general that a subsidy equal to the tolls, an equivalent remission of tolls, cannot be held to be a discrimination in the use of the canal. The practice in the Suez canal makes“this clear. The experiment In tolls to be made by the president would doubtless discloge wise trade between the Atlantic and the Pacific coast could bear without preventing its usefulness in competi- tion with the transcontinental rafl- competition and to bring shores closer together as a practical trade problem. The Philippine lelands. In ~Tespect to the Philippines, I urgently join in the recommendation of the secretary of war that the act of Feb. 6, 1905, limiting the indebted- ness that may be incurred by the Philippine government for the con- struction of public works, be increased from $5,000,000 to $15,000,000. The finances of that government are in ex- cellent condition. The maximum sum mentioned is quite low as compared with the amount of indebtedness of other governments with similar re- #ources, and the success which has at- tended the expenditure of the $5,000,- 000 in the useful improvements of the barbors and other places in the islands justifies and requires additional ex- penditures for like purposes. T also join in the recommendation | that the legislature of the Philippine Islands be authorized to provide for the naturalization of Filipinos and oth- ers who by the present law are treated #s aliens, 50 2s to enable them to be- come citizens of the Philippine Islands. Pending an investigation by congress at its last session through one of its committees into the disposition of the friars’ lands Secretary Dickinson Ji- | rected that the friars’ lands should ot be sold in excess of the limits fix- ed fdr the public lands until congress should pass upon the subject or should | have concluded its investigation. This order has been an obstruction to the disposition of the lands, and I expect to direct the secretary of war to re- turn to the practice under the opinion | of the attorney general which will en- { able us to dispose of the lands much more promptly and to prepare a sink- ing fund with which to meet the $7,- 000,000 of bonds issued for the pur- | chase of the lands. Rivers and Harbors. The eStimates for the river and har- bor improvements reach $32,000.000 for the coming year. I wish to urge that by congress as one to be completed the more money which can be economical- 1y expended in its construction in each year the greater the ultimate economy. ‘This has especial application to the im- provement of the Mississippi river and 1its large branches. It seems to me that an increase in the amount of money mow being annually expended in the improvement of the Ohio river which has been formally adopted by congress would be in the interest of the public. A similar change ought to be made during the present congress in the amount to be appropriated for the Mis- souri river. The engineers say that the cost of the improvement of the Mis- souri river from Kansas City to St. Louis in order to secure six feet as a permanent channel will reach $20,000,- 000. There have becn at least three recommendations from the chief of en- gineers that if the improvement be adopted $2,000,000 should be expended upon it annually. 1 urgently recom- mend that the appropriation for this improvement be increased from $600,- 000, as recommended now in thg com- pletion of a contract, to $2.000,000 an- nually so that the work may be done in ten years. Waterway From the Lakes to the Gulf. The project for a navigable water- way from Lake Michizan to the mouth of the Iilinois river and thence via the Mississippl to the gulf of Mexico Is one of national importance. In view of the work already accomplished by the sanitary district of Chicago, an ageney of the state of Illinols, which has constructed the most difficult and costly stretch of this waterway and made it an asset of the natien, and in view of the fact that the people of 1lii- nois have authorized the expenditure of $20,000,000 to carry this waterway that it is fitting that this work should be supplemented by the government and that the expenditures recommend- ed by the special board of engineers on the waterway from Utica to the mouth of the Illinois river be made upon lines which, while providing a ‘waterway for the nation, should other- ‘wise benefit that state to the fullest extent. I recommend that the term of service of said special board of en- gineers be continued and that it be empoweéred to reopen the question of the treatment of the Jewer lllinois riv- er. The Department of Justice. The report of the attorney general shows that he has subjected to close examination the accounts of the clerks of the federal courts, that he has found a good many which disclose irregulari- ties or dishomesty, but that he has bad considerable difficulty in securing an effective_prosecution or removal of the clerks thus derelict. I am certain- Iy mot unduly prejudiced against the federal courts, but the fact is that the how great a burden of tolls the coast- | | roads. Onesof the chlef reasons for | building the canal was to set up this | the two. | { was In arrears to the extent of § whenever a project bas been adopted | sixty-two miles farther to Utica, I feel | clerk in respect t» his fees and ae. counts which asscres in the oferk’s conduct a freedom from overcharges and carelessness. For this reason I recommend an amendment to the law whereby the president shuH be given paver to vemove the clerks for eause. Jkis provision need pot interfere with the right of the judge to appoint his clerks or to remove him. In my last message | recommended to congress that it authorize the pay- meqt of the findings or judgments of i the court of claims In the matter of the French spoliation cases. There has been no appropriation to pay these judgments since 1905, Employers’ Liability. The limitation of the liability of the master to his servant for personal in- ‘juries to such as are occasioned by | bis fault has been abandoned in most civilized conutries and provision made + whereby the ewmployee injured in the course of his employment is compen, sated for his loss of working ability irrespective of negligence. The prin- | elple upon which such provision pro- ceeds is that accidental injuries to workmen in modern indusiry. with its vast complexity and inherent dangers arising from complicated machinery and the use of the great forces of steam and electricity, should be re- garded as risks of the industry and | the loss borne in some equitable pro- portion by those who for their own profit engage therein. In recognition of this the last congress authorized the appointment of a commission to investigate the subject of employers’ Hability and workmen’s compensation and to report the result of. its in- vestigations through the president to congress. This commission was ap- pointed and has been at work holding bearings, gatbering data and consider- Ing the subject and it is expected will be able to report by the first of the Year in accordance with the provisions of the law. | In promotion of the movement for | the prevention of delay and unneces- sary cost in litigation I am glad to say that the supreme court has taken steps to reform the present equity | rules of the federal courts and tbat | we may in the near future expect a re- vision of them which will be a long step in the right direction. Postoffice. | At the beginning of th ministration in 1900 the postal serv I the In the brief been turn- | 479,770.47. largest deficit on record. space of two years this ha | ed into a surplus of 000, which has been accomplished without cur- tailment of the postal facllities, as may be seen by the fact that there bave been established 3,744 new post- offices, delivery by carrier has been added to the service in 186 cities, 2 mew rural routes have been establish- ed, covering 60,000 miles; the force of postal employees has been increased in these two years by more than 8,000, and their average annual salary has bad a substantial increase. On Jan. 3, 1911, postal savings de- positories were established experimen- tally in forty-eight states and territo- ries. After three months' successful It was very much i | rapidly as feasible to the 7,500 postof- es constituting the presidentia! grade. By the end of the year practically all of these will have been designated, and then the system will be extended to all fourth class postoffices doing a money order business. In selecting postoffices for deposi- tories consideration was given to the efficiency of the postmasters, and only those offices where the ratings were satisfactory to the department have been designated. Withholding desig- nation from postmasters wifth unsatis- factory ratings has had a salutary ef- fect on the service. The deposits have kept pace with the extension of the system. Amount- ing to only $60,652 at the end of the first month’s operation in the experi- 1310 by July and now after eleven tal of $11,000.000. This sum is dis- tributed among 2,710 banks and pro- | tected under the law by bonds depos- ited with the treasurer of the United States. The depositors thus far number ap- proximately 150,000. They include for- ty nationalities, native Americans largely predominating and English and Itallans coming next. The first conversion of deposits into TUnited States bonds bearing interest at the rate of 214 per cent oceurred on July 1, 1911, the amount of deposits exchanged belng $41,900, or a little | more than G per cent of the total out- standing certificates of deposit on June 1 80. Of this issue bonds to the value of $56.120 were<m coupon form and | $35,780 in registered form. Parcel Post. Steps should be taken immediately for the establishment of a rural parcel post. In the estimates of appropria- tions needed for the maintenance of the postal service for the ensuing fis- cal year an item of $150,000 has been inserted to cover the preliminary ex- pense of establishing a parcel post on rural mail routes as well as to cover an investigation having for itseobject the final establishment of a general parcel post on all railway and steam- boat transportation routes. “The de- partment believes that after the initial expenses of establishing the system are defrayed and the parcel post is in full operation on the rural routes it will not only bring in sufficient rev- enue to meet its cost, but also a sur- plus that tan be utilized in paying the expenses of a parcel post in the city delivery service. It is hoped that congress will au- thorize the immediate establishment of a limited parcel post on such rurai routes as may be seleeted providing fos <he delivery along the routes of long and confidential relations ,which | pasels not exceeding cfeven pounds. grow out of the tenure for life on the | 'The suggestion that we have a gen- part of the judge and the practical tenure for life on the part of the clerk are mot calculated to secure the strict- Bess of dealing by the judge with the eral parcel post hes awakened greau opposition oun the part of rome who think that it will have the effect to destroy the business of the countsy Order Narragansett Products | For Christmas From Your Dealer stu | think the cha ¢ business for the benefit of | operation the system was extended ns | fices of the first, second and third class- | | mental offices, they increased to $679,- | months of operation have reached a to- | | reduction in the cost of living it will | bring about ought to make its coming | eertain. The Navy Department. | On ibe 2d of November last I re- | vlewed the fighting fleet of battleships | and other vessels assembled in New | York harbor. consisting of twenty-four | batty cruisers, two | cruisers, twenty-two destroyers, twelve | torpedo boats, eight submarines and | other attendant vessels, making nine- ty-eight vessels of all classes of a ton- nage of 576,634 tons. Those who saw the fleet were struck with its prepared- ness and with its high military effi- clency. All Americans should be proud | of its personnel | The ficet was deficient in the num- | ber of torpedo destroyers, in cruisers | and in colliers as well as in large bat- } tleship cruisers. The bullding plan for this year con- | templates two battleships and two col- Hers. This is because the other and smaller vessels can be bullt much more rapidly in case of emergency than the battleships, and we certainly ought to continue the policy of two | battleships a year until after the | Panama canal is finished and until in our firs line and in our reserve line we can nixmber forty available vessels of proper armament and size, | The reorganization of the navy and | the appointment of four aids to the ve continued to demon- usefulness. It is certain that the navy with its present size should have admirals in active command higher than rear ad- mirals. Our great battleship fleet is commanded by a rear admiral, with four other rear admirals under his or- ders. This is not as it should be, and when questions of precedence arise be- | tween our naval officers and those of European navies the Amerfean rear admiral, though in command of ten times the force of a forelgn vice ad- latter. Such an absurdity ought not to prevail, and it can be avoided by the creation of two or three positions of flag rank above that of rear admiral. I attended the opening of the new training school at North Chicago, Ill., | and am glad to note the opportunity which this gives for drawing upon young men of the country from the in- terior, from farms, stores, shops and offices, which insures a high average of intelligence and character among them and which they showed in the very wonderful improvement in disci. pline and drii! which only a few short weeks' | en at the naval station had made. I urge upon congress the negessity for an immediate increase of 2,000 men in the enlisted strength of the navy, provided for in the estimates. Four thousand more are now needed to man all the available vefels, There are in the serviee today about 47,750 enlisted men of all ratings. Careful computation shows that in April, 1912, 49,166 men will be requir- ed for vessels in commission, and 8,000 apprentice seamen should bo kept under training at all times, The secretary of the navy has rec- ommended the abolition of certain of the smaller and unmecessary navy yards and in order to furnish a com- plete and comprehensive report has referred the question of all navyyards to the jolut board of the army and navy. Thik board will shortly make its report. nud the secretary of the navy advises me that his vecommenda- tions on the subject will be presented miral, must yleld precedence to the | early in ti Moy r For the couslderation of matt which are pending or have been posed of in the agricultural departm and in the department of com | and Jabor I refer to the very ex reports of the secrctaries of thoce d partments. [The president promises later mes sages on conservafion in Alaska, mec ond class mail rates and economy and efficiency in the departments. He also approves pensions for retired govern ment employ but thinks the em ployees selves should contribute to the pension fund.] Eliminate Local Offices From Politios. I wish to renew again my recom mendation that all ‘the local offices throughout the country, including col- lectors of i nue, , collectors of custo ters of all four classes, ation commissioners i and marshals, should be by law cov ered into the classified service, the ne cessity for confirmation by the senate be removed and the president and the others whose time s now taken up in distributing this patronage under the custom that has prevailed since the be. glnning of the government, in accord ance with the recommendation of the senators and congressmen of the ma should be relleved from Jority party. this burden. I am confident that such a change wonld greatly reduce the cost of administering the government and | that it wonld ndd greatly to its ef | ficiency, It would take away the pow ['er to use the patronage of the gov | ernment for political purposes. When | officers ure recommended by senators and congressmen from political mo tives and for political services render ed It 1s impossible to expect that while 1n office the appointees will not regard their tenure as more or less dependent upon continued political service for' their patrons, and no regulation ever stiff or rigid. w | because snch regulat the method and motive for selection, are plainly inconsistent and deemed | hardly worthy of respact . H. TAFT. The White House, Dec. 21, 1911 pectiul” to make love In & “I'm sure, m'm,” ber mistress, respectfuler young Thomas s been to me, *nobody | man nor wh We've been courting two years come Martlemass, and he's never yet offered 1o kiss m rom “Recollections of a Yorkshire Village,” by J. 8. Fletcher. | A Similarity. | “Hes quite wealthy and prominent nd they now,” sald Mrs, Starvem, say he rose from nothing.” “Well, well” remarked Mr. Border | “That's just what I rose from—at the breakfast table this morning.” Closing the Incident. Pulsatilla—Your latest young man, | hear, has written a play or two. Has he produced anything yet? Buphorbia —Y¥-yes: the last time he called he pro fuced a dlamond ring.—Exchange. The greatest homage we can pay to truth is to use it.—Emarson. OChildren Cry FOR FLETCHER'S CAST’ORIAV CRHERYG 35 no taveriistng mediup in Eastern Connecticut equal (o The latin for inces results