The evening world. Newspaper, December 16, 1907, Page 14

The Evening day by the Press Publishing Company, Nor. 53 . Park Row, SOSERN PULITEER, rree.,.1 Feet 18d Hrret. (oan Sr re ee peace. Entered at the Post-Oftice st New York : Published Daily Except Sun as Second-Clasa Mail Mat Pubscription Rates :o « Canada. For England or OS ening world for ine | SY | tnen: aa al 1 a5) United States. Onaivene: aver fh the Interna ional ( 4euOne year... $3.50 f One yenes eee *7*'One moath... .@ | One mont ne One month. Na oes hak: i cet > ‘World Daily. Magazine, Monday, _ The Day of Rest. By Maurice Ketten: to 6 Alport Payson lerhum 5 NO, 24—THE SECON D KBARBARY WAR. FORE our worn-out nation could rest after the War of 1812 a new STo? THaT RACKET! I WON'T GET uP. INJON'TGE te “VOLUME 48...!........ THis. ts MY coniiict confronted It. The Barbary pirates, whom we had brought to terms years before, be- THAT OLOTRICK ten WHERE THE NICKELS GO... ORROBORATION of The Public Service. Commission an, Interborough Rapid Transit C According tothe Com ¢ year. ending June 30 amou {0 $66,093,776. The total co: operation was $37,013,002, i, 080,714. “A three-cent fare would still leave big profits. + g Sey yer i ough’s report helps explain. erst *, * Mt + The Interborough is the corporation which operates by lease eto) U y b : chase capttred its flagship and a twenty-two-gun brig. Then, with hundr <> Subway and all the elevated roads in Manhattan and the Bronx, © Is a Se ations BOC Hata a es, raat eee se etualdsvestment is only the cost of the Subway equipment—some eight or Der word to the Dey that he would stay there until the ittto It is canitat i Facil ver for $70,0 greed to such terms a4 1 United Sin es, and that if in. -tyten million dollars. It is capitalized in the traction merger for $70,000,-} he Sea ere ee Alara need dooitalization for every dallar_of honest investment, bi) “The total nuniber of passengers that the Interborough carried nov-Year was 449,287,884, of which 154,690,864 were carried in the Su oe and 294,597,020 on the elevated. ne ‘ ec: . For carrying 1 rm! $22,363,820 and paid for all expenses of operation $9,593,331. gas €arnings were $12,770,471. 23: ‘Tha’ Of the gross earnings, for =" cent., were profit. : A vba wits ur-sevenths, or, fo be exact, 57 THIS BART OFA NKKEL 15 wes Of every nickel-2.08 cents were profit. «i + No other lezilingte business pays a profit to compare wi Most manufacturing businesses are glad to make a profit of 15 perc ; lis,fares from a nftkel‘to three cents and still make 40 per cent. profit $13,586,303? The elevated stock, which is almost all waler, receives 7 per c The $70,000,000 of Interborough bonds received 433 per cent. Th moge “of New York receives next to nothing, and the Interborougl{ is continually shes Baa eri pa eae who, in the hour of need, deserved ite equibbling about:paying that. 4 ; ic 2 es SA ee MR eee we The RiesaiL ickok situation is due to no lack of earnings, to. no Only on Sundays When the Saloons Are All Closed Good and Tight Mp : Me AH ‘asi lack of profits, but simply because the men in control of the traction By a aE eet, want to read about fashion and“Hartem woclty.” | Candy-Eating Is Beneficial. ‘companies looted them. ‘The most profitable corporation in the richest | ytRoy L. McCardell. me about it, please!” ssid Mrs, Jarr. "L think yoni on By Dr. Woods Hutchinson- city of the World could not stand the drain of incessant theft. | Aa " : ere ar raid Mr, Jarr, “but. I would Dke to look uver the! T {ts worst, candy isn) i) dangerous as haya, soup out of a stock é | 5 | Td tke to know # going on in the w If you'l} only save me the ES “pot, bread pudding, or any ottier of the sacred mysterios wrought out ef | other similar scheifte. The 3 should be wiped out, geet The traction companies shouls eat be honestly recapitalized. The fares art sand transfers should be fixed at such fue Tates 4s Will insure an adequate re- turn on the honest investment. Of eethe profits a certain proportion “leteshould. be used for reducing the sec" fares. it By this process Poston has re rs present unreal and inflated capitaliza’ “Sarit * **duced the price of gas to 80 cents By a similar process in many © Syopean ‘cities fares have been re- Sets, . wen duced. fers) 1 Be : One thing is certain, that under an honest capitalizatic be no innocent investors defrauded and no widows deprived of t & dower and no orphans stripped of their patrimony. . - Letters irom the People. men to wiom-lt tx a str. money to pay for the pror ire, to net er sho Lighting the Teo the Editor of The Evening Wor In reply to the quer. to which should ieht them I would say; The husiand as fire TI of New York, wo in my op! iS : Js tho greatent oftender., I haye T haye ing World's transportation figuré comes from the. reports of the 1s the public paid for The gross profits were $29,- The reason .the public is poorly served an analysis of the Interbor #000 Of 434 per cent. bonds and $34,500,000 of stack—that is, $10 of capi- hese passengers the Interborotgh received in fares} The net; h this, ~The Interborough made a profit of over 130 per cent. It could reduce . What becomes of the nei earnings and other income, which amount The remedy is not to atlempt to continue the traction merger or would | butsthere Js no excuse for: the grea x UP, HOUSE ISON. FIRE! OF YOURS DON'T Hieved’that Great Britain had crushed our power and that nothing more was fo he feared from us. So; when the United States wearied of paying them the annual tribute to protect our commerce in the Mediterranean, they: be- San again plundering American merchant ships and selling American sailors ints slavery. [i> Dey. of Algiers ordered our Consul from als court an capitired one of our vessels, making slaves of lier créw, ; Accordingly, Jn May,1815, Commodore’ Stephen Decatur, who .had once before hilmbled the pirates;.salled for the Mediterranean with a fleet_of ten . (nen o'-war, Our war with England had made the people of the United” ‘States hate the Idea of paying tribute or suffering injustice, We were in @ ; Mood to resent any’ Insult or act of oppression. Hence, when Decatur bore down upon the bary coasts the indorsement’of the whole nation was be- id the Som. amis- inted st of | | 1 NEEDNT THROW hind him, : On June 17, just after passing Gibraltar, the American squadron came “upen a fleet of Algerine warships cruising about {n search of American vee , els. Very suddenly the pirates found Mier vot : ¥ sought, but in larger, more active quantities npg Sean Blane In i they cared for, It wis before the days of cab.e or i the Mediterranean. } telegraph; so the Algerines liad no warning of 2? Decatur's approach, They still belleved the United States naval power had been wiped out and that no Yankee warship was - within 3,000 miles of them, ie Decatur attacked the pirate ficet, put It to flight and during a two days the destre The frightened Dey, unused t a forets squadron would at on thick and janguage and amu workd-old custom of piri Invited Decatur ashore to talk matters over. ttur refused and ordered the Dey to come aboard his flagship, The thor- shly cowed Oriental dignitary obeyed the summons When the Dey arrived Decatur briefly and {mperat All oppress {can prisoner b. fast vely told him that paid for all American property looted, and t nust formally withdraw claim to any further trib- ute from the United States. A treaty to tuis effect was drawn up and the Der was commanded to sign It. Gs This was audacious behavior toward a country which tor centuries had been accustomed to prey unmolested, on foreign commerce, Even the great fons of Buroy kly paid annual tribute to the pirates to protect : merchant vessels from robbery on the high seas, Should Alglers con- ~ to free the Un es from the yoke of tribute every other govern- ment would refuse to pay and would back the refusal by force. The Barbary ose their chief means of revenue. To avert such ruin the (while corsenting to the other termiy of the treaty). begged that. the States would, as a mere form, continue to pay tribute. “Pay something each year,” he implored, “even {f it js only a Iitue gun- ( per HERE YOUGO! Loon obT BELow! | powder. S “If you insist on receiving gunpowder,” retorted Decatur, “you shall have it. But you must expect bullets along with it" rhe Commodore's grim threat completed the scared Dey’s submission, He signed the treaty without further objection. By this document we re- than any other nation, and, inci- © ized piracy. , broke forever the power of Decatur Humbles © Barvary State | tur next sailed to-Tripoli and Tunis, where he forced on the rulers i of theso states‘a similar ement.-So suddenly had he made his appear- | i : each port:and so decisive were the blows | he struck that no fit preparation had been made to him. ‘ywhere, he was able to compel instant) obedience to Uncle Sam's high- * handed commands, This accomplished, Decatur % not only smashed piracy but tanght the ican commerce and:to give the United States tue Second Barbary War. A few years later ng Commodore who won ft threw away his life in a duel with a fel- al officer. ent ments dimmed the first brightness of his name, But. y known « more heroic, brilliant, resourceful war- ent. It Seems Strange to Mr a s. Jarr That Mr. Jarr’s Friends Come Round many house- as Woman's Home which are worshipped: by Do j ne wR Section st care.” staleEend. di “said Mrs, Jarc. j tion 1 the ERE tbe ho . is the news section,” you had body to the t da | | Sunday to read You it 2 { i's Monday moralng and this Jarra cal and pastes, while very difagreeable, Is absolutely harmless, and i cleaned up! Ins of rasiog @ row a i « the tse of rancid but even choaptr fats, such ax suet and lard, will promptly reveal its the unbluated palate, In fact, candy: ts peculiarly prow what sneertalzy. now™ asked Mr, dirt Jarr in reply to vcs, papers you'd better get your breakyuat Next thing I know you'll be saying It! vt is never ready and you can't gt PAR La ations and dangers by the yery delicacy and purity of from many nda are thes * raid Mrs. house for weeks, and I must say at least that fes(u shetty : that that man nic was sald to be used to give the green color to the cheaper i | : = | had “1 want to ee the Sunday papers," raid Mr. Jarre"and| how ie! meker yourstny out) retee -condys but ih aa (abe Conta and has passed out of use entirely, ae Tin Fela to Rut ef them. 1 care if its | that ho shculd come the two st . cot Monday, or Tuesday, or Wednesday! 1 never get to see a tkabaind tiheanoonkierAna To sum up, candy. wherteaten tn moderato amounts and toward the close, ig , toonsit! or shortly aftér a meal; ie a harmless and vften benpfictal addition to our dlet ‘ Ea Se uene ayant ae s a Walle a liking for {t Is perfectly natural_and wholesome, an ex 1d ereat de 4 ory thame to film, then; coming to this house and drink{n. ryt: eA bisa oniet é you If you went iting around or laying round all day ified haa ff t as ie i ehiefty upon candy and les do pot owe thelr pallor to tiie candy they set, a reseed ROSA Se aa GaTAUE Whoymaxical lg sngucely but to some definite morbid condition, most generally based upon a lack of pros | Fite eee eae Airy CLLEGE CNIS LO are Test AE BONE ATE 1 Uo) per oxorcise in open alr cr of suficlent steep. This should be corrected’ by K, hy Jen't bw bring it along with him , fo-or ncdie: id then thelr normal appetite for more seb Here Mrs, Jarr tiammedinut/of the room and then sfammed back again fA mais of Sunday papers. Now what cise will you fuss about? You and ycur old Sunday papers!” F na careless gia “On, hin with au odd expression, children?” she asked. ntlal foods will return . It is perfectly {dle to try to cut off thele ply of candy. They had better eat that ian nothing, which will be th | cholce until thelr nofitattendition 1s restored. en be tele A Hard-Dying Idiom. about a ore! : ys and jour of never inind Do's Lens a Jarr gave ihe sald +, Jare loo! papers for me and em now, Ay yo Ret "I always kaew you y nybou: ou 9 heir | bie Q » stuplu, br ightaven re howraud Here's (he comic section. You're the biggest kid in Uits house!” By Prof. T. R. Lounsbury, apout the ot 84 Ard Mrs. Jete produce) the comic section from bohind her back. NH ntitho oat naliceableotithelaxplelly ( * "So fi “ j ia I cen blancs: Dletlve Unages which beret the ra: 1 said Mr, Jari o far as Int} y ymbled Mr. Jarr, man mi be Interested in worre things!" writer Is the repetition of “that'' after a sentence containing an interes ) Ing proposition bearing upon’ the main statement Few authors, indeed, “In No Other Country In the World,” Says are are who have not at rome time experienced the risk {f not the reality of Mrs, Cobden Sanderson, ‘Do Women Lead { | By F.G.Long) Our Women Should Go toWork i | ie detbg-caught: In this verbal pitfall, writes Prof. T. R. Lounsbury, in Harper's the ( 8uch Lazy, Luxurious rlvem, _% Cale) Magazine, The diMoulty of avolding Jt 13 due to the fact that all the traditions ete = = fof the wpecca are In its favor. ‘The repetition: cf the conjunction ts uch cases has a very ancient and honorable history, {t ls frequent in Angl-Baxon; an@ tie same statemont In truc of later English. Chaucer, for instance, saye “There jn a law that sayoth thus) ni THS WouL, GIVE Be ST pouGat eZ rm ee) done it for a number of years, and my) 7Ay atten ty catled to th That {f a man fn one point be aggrieved wife han never found fault. Of course. | street c are It re crime y OF EXERCISE + That tn another he shall be relieved.” ve i y M1 0 ave aX 's seoit allingr it SF Un Z vr hia’ tt ‘ realy pe wat alee $3 se | mizaota StUNGw NOC eanagn tie ans There are occasions, indeed, when this repetition becomes necessary¢to pre + comfortable bed a Wea Fale Ha lett ean Yee Se HHS sérvo clearness In consequence of the Intervention of scveral clauses. In modern Sue inns saureator | inauiries axitovthaseo) soinethn dnyn, however, the practice has been ao frowned upon that the employment of fs FREE oe Wie aenarievecintia ia a Tse cei the second “that” has been reduted to {ts lowest possible limits, Yet sdioms dle andigratifce SPR aa teary gS estes Beetite hore, and this oné has been #6! ingrained into the texture of the race-that few 1pwh y Me fi ing rapidly, do not find It 1 5 horses bel contrac ic persons thererare who, after composing ‘\ id It incumbent upow the cold. all means let iorses beln ntract (which, them to cut out a redundant that. . re ' By a cd the con month the build the i Pest of the housework as a re bis great sacrifi : ih ea “Mow About the § Bo the Kiltor at Tread thal tho muat be braced up. qreat artery of traf overcrowded ow, i mtling, delays, roughnes z fncopyaniences, Poor old Father Knick- er! He suffers ionx! : ; HARLEMITE, Wry Ip a Ship “She Te the Editcs of Toe Uvenine Wor PLEO gome one please tel KS why @ Pr whip is always spoken of in the veminine | gec@endert How did this orl rato? GEORGE D, exer Horses in Winter, "Wo the Editor of The Evening World: Your editorial on shoeing horses ta E-trosty: weather was well put and op- portume, It 1s hoartrending to see those nboway f tlon In winter. Exceasive Smoking. To the Heitor of How man jean the a Injury?) J am I amoke twelve clears a day’. My excessive. I say “DM leave it to it ers." This smount of smoking not seem to harm me yet. I. Ih Pr ‘To the Editor of The EN’enine World; In my opinion, the best way to m this Sunday closing question woul to let the ofty put It to a vote mas) course, ruling. FR Wedding Clothes, To the Féltor of The Prening World The Hvenine Wor! beasta struggline for a foothold. | What ts the proper attire for a /RON WORKER? i NE-of the inmates of Towcester Workhouse, a woman aged eghty-fou finally falling with © thud to the| bridegroom If tho ceremony take: | THIS WOULD (o} years, has applied to the board of guardians for an allowance of tobacco, weenent, thereby in gredt ‘many re AN Of.7 Also’ Wat is Hy ity * rf ) MAKE 'E/? She sald she had smoked eeventy‘one years and missed her plpe go much sings Permanently dimbline -them: all | “Dreay eult after $ P.M. rock’ coat | 2ET EM CARRY AD nt WUsSKY: entering the house-she-cdmid.not digest her food. The beara @ecided to com. oese of poor for afternoon weddin, ‘i ~ — a ply with her request. DTT a ry MAMA ee sul be a iy 77 ere By Neg Oran a4 lar Vote on Blue Laws, ‘ Hn A Random_Dictionary. By Helen Vail Wallace. i OLIDAY—A day set apart to augerindice appreciation for hollow-er days H=. the joys of nlavery. | MONOTONY—Permanence in motion, SUSPENSE—Misery on a Journey, DESPAIR—Tho end of the Journey. ~ HOPE—That which prevents suspense from reaching Despalr, ANXIETY—A millstone about tie neck of thought. LIF BENTENCE—Something Methuselah would havo ragrotted. HONOR-—Somotimes but a pact of allence between adroit accomplices. EVENT—Uhat walsh a mere incident becomes transformed into, by virtue haying happened to’ an Lxotist. ‘ SMALL-MINDED PERSON—One tio omits all the amall Kindnesses of —— Mfe and- indulges all the small sine, UARGE-MINDEI) PERSON-—One who thinks no act of kindness too small to perform and no sip, however trivial, too small (o fgnore, -’ COMMONPLACE-—A stale miracle, a She Smoked 71 Years. WAY DID you HERR ABOUT 9 MRSS ONES: cy ettle Id by the 2) OR AN