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Show THE PUBLIC'S ATTITUDt TOWARD 8AFETY When dlsastois happen In English Jurisdiction, thcro Is no question of y i prompt action or Intelligent Invest!- I gi.tioa. Threo days had not passed m nfter tho Empress of Ireland catao- 1 ! trophe, .when an English royal com mission was already named, hearings to begin n week later. In our own country great dlsastoM , tiro followed by fairly prompt action oi some sort. Thcro Is a clamor for publicity nnd punishment of tho guilty. guil-ty. After delays Incident to Judicial sloth or political Inefficiency, 3omo kind of an Investigating body gets to work. That Its efforts aro not always intelligent Is suggested by tho historic his-toric question asked in tho Titanic investigation: Did she go down by , the bow or head! I After n week or two tho newspapers I find somo other subject makes moro taking headlines. They quit for fresher tales of sorrow, love, or intrigue. in-trigue. Tho Investigation proceeds its dull way, and usually finds somo , , underling responsible. Or It Is de clared to ho a caso of no ono to blnrao, or an "Act of God." For a short tlmo moro stringent regulations are Imposed and enforced. Then ' I things drift back about whoro thoy iwero boforo. A great disaster like tho sinking of tho Empress is not in vain. Somo changes favorable td public sttfoty nre always made. But every day thcro Is a harvest ot llttlo accidents, most of which are needless and tho fruit of carelessness, Tho passengers on a rallroadtriiln or street car complain bitterly It a porter or a brakoman answers a question ques-tion with unclvlllty. Persons of determined de-termined conviction got tho offender's namo or number, hnd wrlto wrathy letters to tho management. Hut do thoy over complain where s dangerous chances aro taken? Indeed, In-deed, thoy rather scorn to enjoy brag-glng brag-glng nbout risks taken and esehpefl. So long ns this spirit provalls, railroad rail-road trains will try to pass each other oth-er on tho samo track, nnd stchmshlps will collide. I ! THE GREATER INTEREST IN THE HORSE It docs not add to one's senso of comfort to open ono's eyes and consider con-sider tho question whether tho domestic domes-tic animals on our streets aro well cared for or not. Most pcoplo go their way, comfortably oblivious as to whether horses nro well fed hnd kindly considered or tho rovorso. It creates an unpleasant senso ot responsibility re-sponsibility when ono sees a maltreated mal-treated animal, a feeling thjt It la ones dlsagrootiulo duty" lo Interfere however, tlw horso seems to have moro friends than formerly. In n great many places wcrk horso pari ados and "horso dnys" aro being I held at this tlmo of tho year. Tho summer Is tho period of highest strain for theso faithful helpers. Ahy-J thing that attracts attention to flieir needs Is useful. Plenty of cases of neglect can bo found on tho streets of any city".. Drivers ot horses who are careless In treating horses regard it as officious offi-cious and Impertinent when people call their attention to such neglect The grocer's boy will crack his whip loudly ovor his horse's head, It ho sees some specially zealous friend ot animals passing along the street. Nevertheless, tho person who protests nghlnst cases ot cruelty performs a service Tho most obvious 111-troalmont occurs oc-curs along ono oi three lines; Insufficient Insuf-ficient feeding, lack of protection against Insects, nnd badly fitting harness. har-ness. Many drivers fall to remedy tho last difficulty, simply because It would take them flvo minutes to punch a few extra holes In a strap. Tho poorly fed horso Is tho discontented discon-tented horso. Ho plugs along tho street at a discouraged and drooping paco, and balks at a falrslzea loaa. Ho returns no dividends to his owner and Is a discredit to any home, place of business, or farm. CLEVELAND HA8 BUT. FEW FLIE8 ' V Discussing tho reputation of Cleveland Cleve-land as a city that Is without flies, Richard M. Wlnana In tho current Municipal Engineer presents somo Interesting matter.- There secmB to bo llttlo doubt ot tho fact that Cleveland deserves the reputation It litis earned. It 's said In this artlclo that a tour of lnspec tlon through tho market district of tho city failed to discover nioio than two flies, ono In a moat market and tho other In n bakory. Such statements state-ments sound Incredible, like a mis-tako mis-tako or n misprint, but ovldently It Is neither ono nor tho othtr, for wo have In support of It another statement state-ment by tho mayor ot Clovoland lo tho effect that although an occasional occasion-al fly Is to bo found in tho business district, tho storo In which ono ot theso common posts can bo fund Is an oxceptlon, nnd In tho households house-holds ot Cleveland tho fly 13 almost a rarity. As Mr. Wtnans shows, thero has boon fly swatting In Clovoland, but tho swatting" was only IncWcmtal to tho real work ot fly extermination. Tho swatting was mado the means ot arousing tho Interest ot tho pedplo In tho moro cffectlvo motbods of- netting net-ting rid of tho flies. It was tho method meth-od by which a whole army ot bovs hnd girls living In ovory part of tho city woro enlisted In a 'cleanup campaign, cam-paign, not conducted by the boys and girls, thorasolvcs, but brought about by their scrutiny and report. Tho city was districted, after the sentiment fa-vorablo fa-vorablo to practical mothods of fly destruction whs fully developed to tho public mind, and In each district thero was manifested n general Interest In-terest In getting rid ot tho unsanitary conditions that breed tho flics. That part of tho anti-fly crusado w ha conducted con-ducted with tho utmost thoroughness, tho nowspnpors of tho city giving publicity pub-licity to those- sections and pVtyVlses whero thoro was undue ncgllgcnco or refusal to comply with tho cleanup propaganda. This is tho crux ot all the effort hnd method to get rid of tho fly. Do uuaj- with tho conditions In which he breeds, nnd that this can bo done Clovoland has amply demonstrated. Whether wo will not havo thu fly to pester us almost beyond endurance is after all n matter of municipal cleanliness clean-liness that may readily bo resolved upon nnd can bo as readily enforced. Dally Gazotto Times. . 4. .J. Mr. Softy Hero's somobody proposes pro-poses to kill all Idiots In their childhood. child-hood. '' Miss Pert Dreadful Idea. Thore nro not enough men to go wound as It Is. Baltlmoro American. l ! ! Innocent Old Lady (to grocer) I hear-, a great deal about tho tango ten nowndbys. How much Is it a pound? I.lfo. i Your daughter Is rather near sighted, sight-ed, shld tho doctor. Well, replied Mr. Orowcher, I y don't know ns wo will regard 11 as an affliction when she gets old enough to want everything sho sees. Washington Wash-ington Star. Do you make, "qtir wife a regular weekly allowance? I do. How much do you give her? Seo hero! I call It blamed cheeky of you to nsk what my salary Is -Iloston Transcript. .J. .J. 4. DEBATE DELAY8 VOTE ON CANAL TOLLS REPEAL Lines Drawn, However, For Disposition Disposi-tion of Measure Which Is Attacked At-tacked by Opposition r. Washington, June 8. Debate In opposition to the Panama canal tolls exemption repeal occupied all ot today to-day in tho senate, and frustrated efforts ef-forts of Democratic leaders to reach a voto on tho repeal bill. Senators Pplndexter, Martlno and Smith ot. Michigan, spoke during the day and Senator Smith will conttnue tomorrow. tomor-row. Lines were drawn for the final fin-al disposition of the measure, however, howev-er, .and parliamentary preliminaries wcro completed. Senator Simmons presented to the senate as a substitute substit-ute for the committee amendment to tho repeal bill, tho compromise amendment agreed upon by himself and Senator Korrls ot Nebrkska. This amendment declares that the passage ot tho bill shall not Dp construed con-strued as a relinquishment of any right tho United States may havo under un-der tho Hay-Pauncofoto treaty or otherwise Senator Sutherland criticised tho Korrls Simmons amendment and proposed pro-posed tho following: Provided, that nothing herein shall bo considered ns denying or nbrldlng tho right of tho United States to discriminate dis-criminate In favor ot tho ships of commerce ot Its citizens In respectj of tho conditions or charges of traffic traf-fic which may be imposed for tho use of tho Panama canal, but on the con trary, such right Is hereby reasserted. reassert-ed. Expect to Reach Vote Today Administration leaders asserted tonight to-night that thoy expect to reach a voto on tho Norrls-Slmmons amendment by tomorrow afternoon. Senator Polndexter told the senate that Great Britain debate was without ground on which to base a claim to consideration In the control of'the canal. Ho asserted that tho treaties between tho United States and Great Britain referred to the proposed Nl-caraguan Nl-caraguan route and did not affect the Panama route. 8ays President Erred ' Tolls exemption for both coastwise hnd ocean going American ships were urged by Senator Martlno of New. Jersey Ho regretted differing with, President Wilson in tho controversy and said: However honest tho president may bo ho may err, and 1 bollovo In this, instanco ho has committed a most grievous error. Tho Democratic administration was taken to task for Its foreign policy by Senator Smith, who declared tho president has not tho far slghtcduess ot his predecessors. I wish I could glvo my full Impressions Im-pressions ht to what drove tho president presi-dent to that dosperato position, ho said, repeal of tolls exemption. I think ho was moved to. this meas-uro meas-uro by a sudden situation In Mexico and ns a result ot a visit ot offlcors of a Japanese battleship to Huorta at Moxlco City. |
