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Show wortm MINES AND MINING A Remedy for Some v, from an article Forms of Selfish Legislation Theodore Roosevelt In The CLEANEST Outlook, by August number of the Worlds Work contains an article which Is of interest t0 al who are concerned In ST the vital subject to which we ive the somewhat fogThe gy title of Political Reform. article, for obvious reasons anonymous, Is written by a member of congress who, the editors of the Worlds Work say. has served for more than ten years In the house of representatives, has acted on many important committees, and has been successful In getting things for his constituency. The article Is described as showing the reason why the pork-barrespecial tarlfT favors, and private pension bills become law," the reason being, to quote the words of the author, that the dictum of the constituency to the congressman Is Get all you can for US. There are no restrictions placed upon his method of getting it Until the American people themselves ibecome more national and less local, until constituencies cease to regard their congressmen as solicitors at the national treasury, congress will continue to enact Iniquitous groups of local favors Into national legislation. This serious charge against the American people for which there is unquestionably altogether too much justification the author proceeds to substantiate by relating some of his own experiences with constituents which, however surprising they may seem to the general reader, will seem almost commonplace to all who know ,how the average constituency does In actual practice treat its congressman. The writer sets forth the fact that. In the first place, ninety per cent, of the letters which a congressman receives are requests for special favors to be obtained In some way or other, directly or indirectly, from the United States treasury. For Instance, while the Payne-Aldric- h tariff law was under discussion, this particular congressman received In May, 1909, the following letter from the secretary of a powerful commercial association In 'Ms district: I have been Instructed by tho board of directors of this association to advise you that at special meeting May 20, a resolution, copy of which is Inclosed, was unanimously adopted, urging our representatives In congress to use every endeavor to have the present tariff in (mentioning three of the products of the Industries referred to) Increased one cent per pound and the present tariff on (mentioning the other two products) Increased half a cent per pound. I wish to further advise you that we have heard from Senator and he Informs us that he will take care of this matter In the senate. When the hill was finally passed, the congressman succeeded In adding half a cent a pound to the duty on two of these products and In preventing any reduction on the others. A year later, when the popular clamor against the bill had become acute, the same association that had asked .him to vote for increases wrote to the congressman denouncing the bill as 'the most Iniquitous measure ever enacted by congress and requesting him to explain by letter why he had voted with the Reactionaries" to pass the bill. When It was pointed out to the association that it had urged the congressman to obtain an Increase of duty on the products In which it was Interested, It dropped its demand for an explanation. An influential newspaper published in his district editorially commended him while the bill was under debate for his Intelligent efforts" to increase the duty on manufactured articles In which the district was Interested, and a year later the same newspaper in the same editorial column denounced him as one of the legislative banditti responsible for the Payne-Aldricmeasure." l, 0 EUROPE common error among those who personally know the city is that Dresden is an interesting, but medieval town, rich in artistic attractions, but bereft of those advantages and comforts which the modern tourist demands. Nothing could be more misleading, and on this point there is corroboration from one of the keenest of all municipal students, Dr. Henry S. Lunn, who some time ago conducted a party of municipal experts on a tour through Germany. His party, he afterward said, was prepared to be delighted with the architectural attractions of Dresden and with the wonderful art collections, which draw visi-or- s from all parts of the civilized world. To them, as to most people, Dresden was known chiefly as the home of he most beautiful picture In the world, the Sistine Madonna. They had, however, to recognize that the city, not content with artistic renown, was developing to a great extent oh the utilitarian side, and is now a manufacturing center of considerable importance. These new enterprises, however, have not been suffered to spoil the beauty of Dresden, which has acquired none of the dirt and squalor with which the foreign visitor is often too painfully familiar In his own large Industrial centers. In extent Dresden Is a little smaller than Boston, Mass., the population being nearly the same. There are two municipal governing bodies, the rat or council, and the municipal deputies. The council consists of 16 paid and 22 unpaid members, all the paid members (among whom are the oberburgo-master- ) being expected to devote their whole time to the service of the The schools are splendidly city. equipped, and the cost of maintaining them amounts to upward of $1,575,000 per annum. A technical art school Is provided by the state, and there are crafts schools for almost every trade. There are classes for cooking and domestic training for girls in several of the primary schools. It is to the energy and enterprise of their municipal fathers that Dresdeners and the few burgomasters owe most of the number Improvements effected In the city and suburbs. It is rather a paradox to find the most artistic city in Europe also the cleanest city in Europe, but neither distinction can be denied to Dresden. Indeed, the cleanliness of the streets A uments would afford a very usefu source of raw material. Is there a remedy for such a state of things? The answer is, yes; and, moreover. It Is a remedy which congress can itself immediately provide. There Is no complete remedy, of course. No scheme can be devised which can prevent such a request as that of the constituent last named who wished public documents to use In his private paper business. Requests like this merely mean that in every district Individuals will always be found who will request Improper favors. As regards these people, all that can be done is to create a vigorous public opinion an opinion which shall not only make it uncomfortable for any man to demand such favors, but which shall cordially support the congressman in refusing them and hold him accountable for granting them. Congress has now, and has long had, the power to rid its members of almost all the Improper pressure brought to bear upon the Individual by special interests great and small, local and metropolitan on such subjects as tariff legislation, river and harbor legislation, and pension legislation. Congress has not exercised this power; chiefly because of what I am bound to regard as a very shortsighted and unwise belief that It is beneath its dignity to delegate any of its functions. By passing a rule which would forbid the reception or passage of any pension bill save the pension legislation recommended by the commissioner of pensions (this of course to be rejected or amended as congress saw fit, but not so amended as to include any special or private legislation), congress would at once do away with the possibility of Its members being subject to local pressure for improper private pension bills, and at the same time guarantee proper treatment for the veteran who really does deserve to have everything done for him that the country can afford. In the case of the tariff and the river and harbor legislation, what la needed in each case is ample provision for a commission of the highest possible grade, composed of men who thoroughly know the subject, and whe possess every attribute required for the performance of the great and difficult task of framing In outline the legislation that the countrr, as disfrom special tinguished Interests, really needs. These men, from the very nature of the case, will be wholly free from the local pressure of special Interests so keenly felt by every man who Is dependent upon the vote of a particular district every two years for his continuance in public life. Such a river and harbor commission could report, and probably would report, a great and comprehensive national scheme for river and harbor Improvements fit to be considered by the people as a whole upon Its merits, and not dependent for enactment into law upon a system of designed to placate special Interests which are powerful in each of many score congressional districts. Such a tariff commission could at the facts of labor cost here and abroad by expert Inquiry, and not bv the acceptance of interested testimony; such a commission could consider dispassionately the probable effect upon the entire social and economic hodv of all changes in any given branch of the tariff, and Its recommendations would represent the exercise of careful judgment from a disinterested standpoint. Such a commission could work In harmony with the commissioner of labor so as to insure that the laborers for whom the tariff is passed get the full benefit of It; for the major part of the benet of a protective tariff should unquestionably go to the gt wage-worker- do not strikes the stranger instantly after havirg seen Berlin and other large centers. At the present moment, too, the gigantic sewerage sys tem, conceived and prosecuted at a cost of many million dollars. Is Ge-m- an and Dresden completion, then will be a model of public sanitation. These are admirable virtues for a city, and It is as well that they should be circulated abroad so as to refute the many misconceptions which exist in regard to the lovely capital of Saxony. Bettering the Cities. For a dozen years state leagues of municipalities have been strong factors in the movement toward more efficiently managed cities. The League of California Municipalities is now in its thirteenth year, and holds annual conventions in some cities within the state. The last convention was held at Santa Cruz and the program for the next one is now being arranged; It will be held at San Diego, November 16 to 19. The league publishes a monthly magazine devoted to municipal matters, which is mailed free to every city official. The California league numbers 120 cities and towns in Its membership The League of Iowa Municipalities has the largest membership, with California second. Nebraska and Kansas were recently organized, and West Virginia. Iowa, Wisconsin and other states have organizations of long standing. The purpose of these organizations Is in part to give standards of comparison by which the different cities mar know Just what their rivals have done in systematic street cleaning, sewage disposal, police troubles and the like. Collier's Weekly. Even under such conditions of errors might be committed, but they would he merely those errors of disinterested Judgment Incidental to every kind of pubic or, for the matter of that, private effort, and the work would not he hampered from the beginning bv the nesd of gratifying private selfishness. It Is only in this way that tariff legislation, river and harbor legislaThink This Over. tion, and pension legislation can be Does the man who sends to a mall of printreated from the standpoint order house ever take into account ciple and not from the very low stand- the cost of postage, expressage. point of privilege and preference. The freight and other expenses Involved In to the adoption of placing an order and getting It filled obstacle hitherto such a method of treatment has come Does he also take into account tha from the queer dislike fet by so many vexatious delays he often meets, and congressional leaders to a course of the probability that what he bought action which they (quite unjustifiably) Is not in quality and other features feel would in some way be a limitation that which he expected it to be? When of their powers. I think this feeling a man buys of his local merchant he is passing. It is simply another in- knows what he Is getting and he doer stance of the kind of feeling which not have to wait for it. makes some executives suspicious about delegating their work to any Force of Habit. subordinate, and which makes many How Is the magazine man voters, who have not pondered the getting ion& whom you have hired to run matter deeply, desire to elect great numbers of people on a ticket of such your newspaper?" "I haven't broken him of all his old length that It Is out of the question for any except professional politicians habits. When news Is dull he promises a lot of the news for the next to know much about them. a urn ter. THEODORE ROOSEVELT. tariff-makin- River and harbor legislation Is another field In which local selfishness busies Itself, to the exclusion of national needs. In this case requests are not made hy letter but by delegations which come to Washington besieging their senators and representatives. There is," says the frank writer of this article, figuratively speaking, between $30,000,000 and on the table to be divided. The committee divides it so that every one is satisfied, at least to a reasonable . extent. Every one, that Is, but the people at large, the people who have no special interest to serve, and who feel keenly Indignant that the rivers and harbors of the United States are developed In a fashion so inferior to that of Europe. Nor are all the requests for legislation merely. One constituent desired to have this particular congressman put his name on the free mailing list for all public documents. That this would be Impossible,, because It would mean delivering to the applicant several tons of documents every month, does not In the slightest detract from the Interest of the fact elicited by an Investigation that the applicant was the manufacturer of an article made from waste naner. and the public doc OF Opinion of Those Familiar With Con. ditions Regarding Dresden, Germany. by special hy Reprinted with The Outlook, of which Theodore Roosevelt Is Contributing arrangement All Rights Reserved. The Outlook Company. 1910. Editor. Copyright. CITY g Yl SYEK LAYS DOWN SCEPTRE The American Smeltirg & Refining company reports net. earnigs of $7, 507,916 for the year ended April CO, a decreare of $204,061 compared with the preceding year. The American Smelters Securities company for the year ended April CO shows net earnings of $3,202,310, an Increase of $1,575,534 over the preceding year, a gain of about 45 per cent On returning from abroad Monday Heinze, the morning, F. Augustus controlling factor of the Ohio Copper pronounced unreservedly company, his trip to finance the company a success. From the scene of operations of the Comet Gold Mining company, which recently took over the Indian Ike and an adjoining group of claims in Black canyon, comes the news that the face of the tunnel is in highly mineralized vein material, which shews occasional spots of free gold. In the New York Bonanza mine, at Park City, a drift is now being run in a southwesterly direction on the fissure encounteied some time ago, the work thus being in entirely new territory. The fissure shows three and a half feet of vein material which 13 highly mineralized. More work is being done in the old districts of the Vernal, or Uintah, resupgion than has been generally posed at this distance from the scene of action. In the Rangeley district, sixty miles southeast of Vernal, according to Euos Bennion, merchant of Vernal, thirty five wells have been sunk, with not more than four or five dry wells. Ten feet per shift, and two shifts per day, is the speed being maincomtained by the Tintic Standard pany of Utah, which is using the diamond drill for prospecting its big vein from the station of the 1,000 level. General Manager E. J. Rad-dathas returned from the mine, and announced that the drill work was progressing smoothly'. The Snowslide and Hardscrabble claims, situated near the Pittsburg-Idahin the Gilmore district of Idaho began shipments this week, by wagon route, to the Lemhi smelter at Hahn. is good The ore, which is for about $60 per ton. The distance from mines to smelter is nine miles. Gradual improvement has been shown in te ore Dodies as the work progressed. Alluding to the gratuitous advertis Ing of Chino Copper hy Thomas Law-son- , George L. Walker says that it naturally is having a tendency tc prevent the public from buying Chino apd is causing general selling by speculative holders and Is keeping the price of the stock much lower than it is entitled to sell on the merits of the property and the standing of the companys management. The tunnel at the Lost Josephine mine, in the former Uintah reservation, in which work was recently resumed by the Provo owners, has encountered a cave. The opening at Iasi account had not been explored, but from the strong current of air which comes from It, the miners believe thal they have penetrated old workings oi the mine, from which, according to traditions, the Spaniards took much golden wealth In early days. The Yellow Jacket, on Yellow Jacket creek, sixteen miles from Forney, which has lain dormant for the past fifteen years, is again in commission. A new bunkhouse and othei and buildings have been completed, the mine has been retinibered. The mill is being put in a thorough state of repair. The Yellow Jacket is a gold producer of ores grading from $3 to $15 per ton, and has hitherto been considered a low grade proposi tion. The Skidoo Mine! company, operclaims ating a group of twenty-thre- e in the Panamint range, Inyo county, California, has recently entered the list of dividend-payingold mines The property lies on the southwest ern slope of Tucki mountain at an elevation of about 5,500 feet above sea level. The country hereabouts consists of a series of rolling hills and gentle slopes, separated from Death valey by a range ot paleozoic limestone hills. Experiments In making from Utah mineral wax a product to take the place of the rubber of commerce, conducted by Dr. Clarence Barrett, general manager of the Paraffine Oil company of Utah, have apparently beer attended by as complete success as coud be desired. Dr. Barrett has made a rubber which, applied to cloth water-proo- f is firm, pliable, elastic, to of ordinary the action impervious heat and if it 13 not in every way as serviceable as the rubber produces from trees it is a case of appearaucea deceiving. In lice with the understanding said to have been arrived at among the big copper producers to curtail the output of the red metal, one of the our units of the plant of the Steptce Valley Smelting and Mining company at McGill has been closed down. Work is being started hy the of the Daly West company n the main tunnel, or 2,100 level, towards the point where the main ore shoot is thought to be, now that the ixistence of this resource has been demonstrated beyond a doubt on the 1.900 level. The southwest drift of the New York Bonanza property of Utah is reported to be following one of the fissures ever had in this apPark City group, some galena pearing in sufficient quantity to urge Mrward the management. z lead-silve- r, Ruler of Hermit Kingdom Finally Yields His Title, Submitting Gracefully to the Inevitable. Tokio. Tne official promulgation of of the annexation of Korea by Japan, under the name Cho Sen, v, a made at 9 oclock Monday morning. At the same time a mass of documents providing for the future government of the new colony was made public. Seoul, Korea Upon the relinquishment of his power and the turning over of his country and people to the sovereignty of Japan, Emperor Yi Svek issued the following farewell the treaty Notwithstanding our rescript: . ilnest-lookin- g un- - worthiness, we have succeeded in the arduous task handed down by our ancestors. We have endeavored, ' up to the present, to follow modern administrative principles, but long existing svils and deep rooted weakness make it impossible for 11s to effect reforms In a reasonable time. Daily and night ly we were concerned, but were unable to rectify these conditions. Therefore, we feel constrained, believing it wise, to entrust the great task to other hands." The deposed emperor appealed to his people not to create commotion, and declares that in taking this step he has not disregarded their interests. ENJOYS CHEYENNE Ella Fontine VISIT. knee tired, It must be, pet; Its gong Slenderly to sleep. Why He Was Sqrry. To impress on young children just what should and what should not be done and why, is among the most trying problems of parents, as evidenced by the recent experience of a West Philadelphia mother. Last Sunday she asked her 6mall son, aged eight, to carry a chair for her from the dining room to the parlor. He started off willingly, but in the hall he tripped and fell. Amid the crash could he heard the boy giving vent to utterances that would have done credit to a pirate of ancient day3. The mother was taken by surprise and was greatly shocked. She gave the boy a long and serious talk on the subject of profanity. This apparently did not make the right Impression, for when she concluded the boy adder to her discomfiture by exclaiming, I am sorry I swore, mamma, but I forgot it was Sunday. , GAYNOR Is your dear? Colonel Roosevelt Shows That West Has Still Hold on His Heart. Cheyenne, Wyo. Into the midst ol a p.cturesque setting representing the old frontier days of the west. Colonel Theodore Roosevelt, former president of the United States made a triumphal entry on Saturday; shook hands with old friends, looked upon the old scenes, reviewed a parade and delivered a speech, not to mention eating a luncheon tendered him by public-spirite- d citizens ol Cheyenne; dinner given by the governor of the state and a whooping, uproarious greeting from cowboys, soldiers and Indians. The west Is near to the heart of the former president and he showed it plainly in his speech and his joyous manner of entering into the spirit of the occasion. SLOWY LRECOVERING Injured Executive Leaves Hospital and is Now at Home. New York. Mayor Gaynor was taken from St. Marys hospital in Hoboken to Deep Sunday morning his country place at SL Wells, James, L. I. He bore the trip well, but his insistent plea to be allowed to walk unaided resulted in two distressing incidents. Once he sank to his knees as he tried to enter an automobile, and in ascending the steps oi his home he fell on all fours from Despite his weakness, however, he maintained his cheerful mood and once at Deep Wells he snent the afternoon reclining in 9 chair on the veranda. A Wise Old Owl. her trim little bathing suit she sat op the white sand. Id I Adore Intelligence, she cried. So do I, said he. . All the same, though, beauty and intellect never go together. And do you think me Intellectual?" she faltered. No, he confessed, frankly. With a faint blush she murmured. "Flatterer!" over-exertio- While In Soak. see that the paper says the treasury department announces that hy washing paper money It will last twice as long. Powell Yes, but what Is a poet devil to do while his money is at the laundry? Howell Says Factional Differences Should Be Forgotten. New York. President Tafts letter to W. B. McKinley, chairman of the Republican congressional committee, was made public Sunday night hy the New York headquarters of the committee. The president. In the commu- nication, says that differences between Republicans should be forgotten In the congressional election and that all Republicans who believe in the party principles as declared in its national platform of 1908, should give the candidates loyal and effective support. If this is done, there will be no doubt of a return of a Republican j f There Are Reasons ' Why so many people have ready - at - hand a package of Post Toasties majority. Cgden-Evansto- n Cut-of- f Certain. Salt Lake City. The Tribune announces that the Union Pacific ha5 just completed the final survey, and the maps and profile are now before President Lovett and the board of di-rectors in New York for a cut-of- f from Evanston, Wyo., to Ogden, wh'ch will effect a saving in mileage of more than fifteen miles and will cut .the grade between the two division points to at least a IJi per rent grade. To accomplisn this will necessitate the construction of a tunnel about 3,509 feet long. 1 The DISTINCTIVE FLAVOUR delights the palate. The quick, easy serving right from the package requiring only tne addition of cream or good milk is an important consideration when breakfast must be ready "on time. Courts Frown Upon Closed Shop. New York. Parades of protest hroke out alt over the east side Saturday afternoon on receipt of tho news that Justice Goff had ruled in he state supreme court that a strike which demands the closed shop is a conspiracy in restraint of trade. Bands of 60,000 clnakmakers now on strike marched through the streets, one of them to the city hall, carrying banners ard American flags and shouting closed shop at every street There was no violence. Six Kiled or Wounded. Lawton, Okla. According to a report received here, five men and one v.tnian have either been killed 01 seriously wounded in a fight that took place about sixeen miles from Waters. A. Busley, and two Rawles, brothers, were the principals. Booker Washington in London. London. Bcbker T. Washington, the negro educator, toured tha east end of London on Sunday to observe the conditions existing among the poorer classes. I that TAFT URGES HARMONY. g t ALMOST WORN OUT. The sweet, crisp food is liked universally by children, and is a great help to Mothers who must give to the youngsters something wholesome that they relish. The economical feature appeals to everyone particularly those who wish to keep living expenses within a limit. Post Toasties are espe- cially pleasing served with fresh sliced peaches. The Memory v Ungers Postwn Oreal Co., Ltd. Creek, Mick. |
