Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 32, Number 230, 22 September 1907 — Page 4

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REFORM IN KANSAS CITY. Speaking of the wonderful reform that has been wrought In Kansas City, Kansas, the Lutheran World says: "Kansas City,. Kansas, a city of 100,000 Inhabitants, has just completed a prodigious task In cleaning itself of crime-breeders, the remarkable success of which ought to be a shining example to other cities and city officials. One year ago the county in which Kansas City is situated was disgraced by 256 saloons, 20O gambling houses and CO houses of social evil. Today it has rone. It has had none for over ten months. It hopes never again to be injured by the gin-mill, pool room or brothel. The splendid results of this disinfection of the city are seen in a

remarkable report made by Assistant

Attorney-General C. W. Trickett to the

Congregational ist: "At the commencement of the con

test a large number of our people

thought it would ruin business and deBtroy our prosperity, but it has stimu

lated business in all lines. Our pop

illation has increased at a greater rate than ever before. The deposits of the banks have gained by $1,500,000. The merchants upon our streets have had to

employ additional clerks. The attendance in our public schools has increased largely, and we have had to employ eighteen additional teachers. The teachers Inform us that this increase Is largely of boys and girls from 12 to 16 years of age, who prior to the closing of the saloons were compelled to assist in supporting the family, by reason of the father spending his wages for drink. The charitable institutions report a reduction of more than twothirds in the demand for aid. The juvenile court, which, has the care of dependent children, had but two applications in the past eight months; while prior to the closing of the joints from eight to eighty-eight children required some assistance and aid every month; while prior to the closing of the joints we sent from 15 to 25 young men to the reformatory every year. In the twelve months since the closing of the saloons we have sent but two. The expenses of prosecuting criminals have been reduced $23,000 per annum. The expense for the police force has been j

reduced as much more. For the first time In twenty-five years the court of common pleas of this county opened its term of court the first Monday in May without a criminal case. The city courts, created for the express purpose of trying petty suits for the collection of rents and grocery bills, which formerly were crowded with a black docket every day, have now practically no business, for the reason that people are paying their bill3 instead of being sued for them. ' A year ago this city was trying to devise ways and means to spare the money to build additions to our city jails. Today the doors of the city jail swing idly1 upon their hinges, and we have no use for those we have. One year ago not to exceed two business on the principal thoroughfares of this city would have favored the closing of the saloons. Today there are not two who would favor opening them up, showing a wonderful revolution in public sentiment. Twice since the saloons were closed we have held city election, at which the issue was

presented to the people, and at each election the people have Indorsed present conditions. Every banker is loud In praise of the present situation; the city is clean; crime is at a minimum; merchants prosperous; real estate advancing." The foregoing offers a splendid

problem for the thoughtful of all communities. It has generally been supposed that putting the "lid" on a city meant a falling off in business, yet Kansas City's example shows the re

verse to be true. Kansas City lost the revenues from 256 saloon licenses and made up for it by reducing the cost .'f prosecuting criminals $23,000 per an

num besides saving the same amount

In the police department. Possibly la this instance one account would just about balance the other. On the profit side of the community's ledger, however, appear the following items:

Greatly increased attendance in the public schools, therefore better and more enlightened prospective citizens? a two-thirds reduction in demands for aid from charitable institutions, therefore, a corresponding increase in self reliant citizens; only two boys in one

year sent to the reformatory, whereas formerly from 15 to 25 were sent up annually, therefore greatly reducing the number of prospective criminals; practically no business in city courts created especially for the purpose of trying petty suits for the collection of rents and bills, therefore, a saving of thousands of dollars every year to Kan

sas City merchants for collection and attorneys' fees, besides creating a better class of customers with a greater sense of responsibility towards settling their just debts; greater bank and savings deposits, therefore, more capital

for carrying on the business of the city; increasing population and Increasing real estate values, therefore, increased receipts for city, county, state and na

tional governments in taxes and, last

but not least, the chance of bringing up a race of citizens removed from the horrible temptations of the saloon, gambling house and brothel. Kansas City may be said to represent the truest form of government for the people and by the people, while other cities which have not yet cast out the greatest evils of modern society are governed in the Interests of an exploiting class alone.

Political Comment.

Watson's Ambition. (Muncie Press.) Plain announcements like that made by Mr. Watson, gubernatorial Barkis, are refreshing from the lips of a porTticlan. That Ilk of citizen is too often a trimmer and inclined to confuse knowledge with a multiplicity of words. Says Mr. Watson: "I have determined to be a candidate for the republican nomination for the governorship of Indiana. I am a candidate because I want to be governor of Indiana. I have studied the duties and responsibilities of the office and believe that I can meet them with credit to myself and with honor to the state. My desire to be governor of my native state is so earnest that I have put all congressional ambitions behind me, and henceforth shall entertain but the one hope, of being chief executive of Indiana. I am making my campaign solely upon my own

responsibility, free from all pledges, .

promises or alliances whatsoever. I am in the fight to win." If it be true that his campaign starts out "free from all pledges,

promises or alliances whatsoever," it will become one of the unique things of Hoosler political history. The gentleman must indeed have supreme confidence either in his own popularity or the popularity of his party. Will the Democrats please take notice and decide which? The Congressional Nomination. (New Castle Courier.) The announcement of lion. James

E. Watson's candidacy for the guber- j natorial nomination removes him as j

a factor in the congressional race and opens the field to all of the counties In the district. The question of his probable successor is already being

actively agitated and will probably

continue to hold the boards until the matter is settled by the convention. Henry county has never been honored with the naming of one of its citizens as representative in congress. The nearest it ever came was when General Grose was nominated In the old "shoe string" district, close at best and in a year of general political upheaval, so that the nomination proved an empty honor. The conditions are now different. The Sixth congressional district is so safely republican that the nomination Is a practical assurance of election and Is a prize worth fighting for. The Republicans of Henry county have been loyal to the standard, and

have stood united, strong and faithful in every contest, earning the approval

and winning the favor of their political compatriots In other counties of the district. - The time has now come, they firmly believe, when they ought to be able to realize on their ambition to have one of their number selected to represent the district in Congress, and they will spare no honorable effort to accomplish their desire. Of congressional timber in Henry county there is no dearth; it is simply a question of selection and the republican voters will attend to that, so that our delegation will go into the nominating convention fully prepared to voice the sentiments of their people at home and to labor zealously for the candidate of our choice. , At this early date we venture to bespeak for the party in Henry county the consideration that its past services and present position warrant. Our candidate shall be a man whose pure character, honorable career and well known principles will commend him to the intelligent republican voters of the district. We will advocate his merits with all argument at command but it will be without malice or illwill toward any competitor, and whatever the verdict Henry county will abide by It

The Magazines.

Everybody's for October. Everybody's for October has a striking cover in white and scarlet to advertise their leading article, "The Keystone Crime," by Owen Wister. This is the first comprehensive story

of the scandalous cost of Pennsylvania's new capitol to appear, and in telling it Mr. Wister proves himself as successful a publicist as he is novelist. There is the usual number of readable articles in the October number, notably "Celebrating a New Ireland," by Maude L. Radford, a suggestive ac

count of the Exhibition at Dublin, and "The Miracle-Workers," by Henry i Smith Williams, giving some of the amazing recent achievements in In-; dustrial chemistry. Hartley Davis of-1 fers some interesting figures in "The ' Business Side of Vaudeville," Leroy ; Scott relates the dramatic experience of a woman revolutionist in Russia, and Charles E. Russell, in this month's Installment of his series, .

"Where Did You Get It, Gentlemen?"!

resumes his study of the career of Thomas F. Ryan. The seven stories In the October number are all of exceptional quality, and among the writers are Charles G. D. Roberts, Parker H. Fillmore, George Hibbard, Bert Leston Taylor, Mary Stewart Cutting and Bessio R. Hoover. Woman's Home Companion for October. The Woman's Home Companion for October is primarily a Fashion number, not that the other regular departments are slighted In the least, nor that the fiction is In any way below the excellent standard the Woman's Home Companion has set for itself. Grace Margaret Gould, the fashion editor, has done more than any other

one person to make this October Issue interesting and helpful, contributing, as she does, page after page of attractice and practical designs for fall and winter costumes. A particularly novel and helpful page gives photographic Illustrations of the newest silks, fabrics and trimmings; another shows the new hats, going into detail a3 to shapes and colors. There are still others of waists and lingerie. Two of the many good articles deserve special mention Jack London's "Riding the South Sea Surf," an animated description of that "Royal Sport for the Natural Kings of Earth," and Anna Steese Richardson's "The Influence of Women on Business." Mrs. Richardson, herself a most successful business woman, is telling the hard truths connected with woman's entrance into the field of busine as, in a series of three remarkable articles, of which this is the second, on "The Woman in Business." There are good stories by Anthony Hope, Zona Gale, Herbert D. Ward. Elliott Flower and others. Dr. Edward Everett Hale contributes a delightful talk on "The Division of Time," and the editor has some pungent things to say about "Your Grocer." The cover of this Issue Is the third prize winner in the recent prize cover contest, a charming painting by Hermann C. Wall. To Cross the Atlantic in One Day. "Within a few years," says Wm. G. Fitzgerald in Technical World Magazine for October, "the crossing of the Atlantic, with Its 3,000 miles of stormy sea, will be a mere pleasure excursion of thirty iiours in length.

The marvellous boat. Invented byPeter Cooper Hewitt, which Is supported planes which glide or skim through the water, is expected to cut down the length of the trip to Europe to a day and a quarter, at the same time doing away with most of the danger of an ocean voyage. "My first model," Mr. Hewitt told The Technical World, "was entirely supported by the planes at sixteen miles an hour; the flotation hull being entirely out of water at that speed. I found, too, that the area of the planes should decrease with the speed for economy and safety. So far, speed

has only been limited by the propeller but the craft will gradually improve with increased size and the liner of the future will be practically independent of weather, and have no motion from the waves." Mr. Cooper is known for the invention of the famous light which bears

his name and of many devices used on automobiles. His reputation is that of a conservative and careful, as well brilliant observer. His new gliding boat has been seen and approved by many leading scientists. A larger model for which a speed of seventy miles an hour is confidently predicted is now in process of construction. New Army at Work. Writing on Our New Army at Work in Collier's for September 21, Mr. Frederick Palmer says: While we are intent on the massing of our fleet in the Pacific we must not forget that we have a new army new in method, in spirit, and in organization. To see it in practice you must go to eastern Kansas, where the

officers attend school and conduct continuous war. The post reservation at Leavenworth has been metaphorically mapped until it is a blot of ink and plowed with shells and harrowed with bullets until it is a dust heap. Although our land forces were never so well prepared for any emergency as they are today, there has never been a time when recruiting was so difficult, the material so poor, and the standard necessarily so high. Either by a raise of pay or other legislation congress must this winter deal with

this question. I We have 16,000,000 men of military 'age in the United States. Out of that ! 16,000,000 we are scarcely able to fill ithe ranks of a standing army of a liti tie over 0,000. This is no Indication

of a lack of patriotism. Ferhaps it Is not even an inconsistency. Our youth are ready to die for their country, only they want to be sure they will have the chance before they enlist. Agreeing to serve three years as a "doughboy" in times of peace and prosperity, when it Is easy to get a job for two dollars a day from week to week, is another thing. Such an explanation, though soothing to our susceptibilities. Is no help to the General Staff. Of course it Is easy to get 60,000 men of sorts. A few soup signs hung over the recruiting depots will bring them. This typo however, is not wanted by Major-Gen-eral J. Franklin Bell. His idea Is that the way to make an army efficient is by work. Our army of today is less like the army of 9S than the army of 9S was like the army of Andrew Jackson's day. A man who felt at home In its ranks five years ago feels somewhat a stranger today. No other army in the world has undergone such a change. The German's heritage lies across the same old frontiers; the Britisher looks toward India and colonial garrisons even as he did in Wellington's time. But the American Indian, the cause of existence of our United States regulars from their Inception, no longer needs a policeman. The Craftsman. The Craftsman ror October might well be called an "Educational Number," for the idea most prominently set forth In its pages Is that of the great value of handicrafts as a means of mental and moral development, not only for children but for men and women of both business and leisure class

es. The editorial by Gustav Stlckley is devoted to the subject of manual ; training. "Among the Craftsmen," ' and "From The Craftsman Workshops" are new departments started in October, which Include practical : lessons in handicrafts; the theory of design is taught by Ernest Bachelder, ' and also there are practical lessons by

Mr. Stickley himself in cabinet making and metal work; for the builders there are important architectural articles, and also a valuable talk by the editor on the decoration of wall spaces. Besides the special educational purpose of the magazine, there are valuable articles on "Secession Art Its , Growth, Meaning and Failure"; somej interesting letters which Lafcadio Hearn wrote to an English friend about "Modern Decadent Writers," and a delightful talk about Millet from !

notes made by hls friend Wyatt Eaton who lived much with him In Barbizon. A brief account of Saint Gaudens work is interestingly Illustrated., And there are two vigorous stories one an Indian romance by Frederick R. Burton, and the other a charming tale by Katharine M. Roof. Among the Illustrations are nine beautiful color Inserts. The Cowardly Mountain Lion. Many attempts have been made to hold up the mountain Hon as a true Hon In point of bravery and courage, says Mr. Charles F. Holder in Ths Travel Magazine, but the consensus of opinion is, of those who have hunted it, that the mountain lion is a coward, that the instances where It has attacked man are very few and far between. Almost any animal will fight when cornered like a rat, or In defence of its young, but the mountain lion has, at least to my knowledge, never been known to charge a camp of men though I do know an instance where a cougar swam to a small key in Florida and sprang into a camp and stole a pig that was being used as a lure, taking the animal from among the hunters who were demoralized by the apparent courage of the beast.

During the recent field operations ol the British troops at Aldershot it was desired to serve hot coffee during the hours of darkness to the soldiers lying in the trenches. As It was found Imposible to light fires during the night or early morning for fear of betraying; the position to the enemy, the coffee was made In the evening, and while still boiling, was burled in camp kettle with close fitting lids a few feet in the ground and slightly packed with earth. When the pits were opened In the early morning the coffee was found to b still hot and ready to serve.

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