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THE ATLANTA SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL, ATLANTA, GA., TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1913.
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Parcel Post and Farm Products.
It has been suggested that the Postoffice depart
ment undertake an educational campaign to bring
the opportunities of the parcel post more direqtly to
the attention of farmers and truck growers. The
rural districts have been prompt to use the new
service in getting supplies front the towns and cities,
but they h^ve yet to realize its full value as a means
for selling thajr own products. This is a matter of
large importance’J.6 the people as a whole and any
plan that will develop the parcel post as a medium
of direct exchange between consumers and producers
will be a distinctivebenefit to the public.N
I(, as has been suggested, the Postoffice depart
ment would send to State fairs throughout the
country agents would explain to the farmers Just
how the parcel post can be used for mailing eggs and
butter ^uid other table commodities much practical
good would doubtless be accomplished. There is still
no little confusion concerning the rules and rates of
this service. Even in cities where daily newspapers
took great pains to clarify the details of the system,
several weeks ^lapsed before the public grew familiar
witfi its workings.
There are perhaps many people who have table
commodities they would like to sell, but who lack
tion on methods of packing and shipping and
of getting in touch, with customers. All such problems
could be cleared by a competent representative of the
postal department and at the State fairs he would
lidve the opportunity of instructing tnousands of
people.
Other means toward this end might be found.
The important fact is that some plan to extend the
use of the parcel jjost as a vehicle of trade between
the city household and the farm should he devised.
For, it is thus that the post will beeome a definite
factor in reducing the cost of living and in quicken
ing the business life of rural districts. It can be and
should be made a 'blessing to both the producer and
the consumer.
Horiest Business Has No Fear.
"Honest business and honeqt men have noth
ing to fear. Those who would engage in the
heartless practice of ruining rivals and filching
from the people more than they ought reason
ably to demand are the only ones who will have
^pause to regret the enactment of these measures.
1 predict that under them the people of New
■Jej-sey will enter upon a new era of prosperity.”
These words by AVoodrow AVilson, describing the
seven anti-trust laws which mark the crowning work
of his administration- as Governor of New Jersey,
are applicable to the new policie. that will soon pre
vail at AVashington. The country awaits with rare
composure and confidence the change of govern
mental control which is at hand. Only from a few
partisan or trouble-brewing quarters do we hear an
eejio of pessimism or distrust. The people know
that certain readjustments of far-reaching impor
tance in their economic affairs are about to be
made; that certain practices and methods which
hitherto have been tolerated iiw-ig business are to
be forbidden; they know that 'the tariff is to he
revised and they expect the injustice of monopolies
to be put down; yet, they look forward to these
constructive reforms without misgivings over the
security of business.
The fact is the public believes with the President
elect that “honest business and honest men have
nothing to fear” from thoughtful and workmanly
laws designed for the nation’s common interests.
The anti-trust measures recently enacted in New
Jersey are, perhaps the most thoroughgoing laws of
their kind ever devised. They are largely of Gov
ernor Wilson’s own making; certainly they were
introduced at his instance and they reflect his views
in so far as State problems are concerned.
They are no less well considered than forceful.
While'Insisting upon square justice for public rights,
they are eminently fair to the legitimate interests
.of the individual; indeed they are a practical appli
cation of what Mr. Wilson called in his speech ac
cepting the Democratic nomination, “the rule of
justice.” Only those who would protest against all
laws for the economic rights of the rank and file of
men, only those would engage “in the heartless
practice of ruining rivals and of filching from the
people more’ than they ought reasonably to demand”
have any fear of the operations of these anti-trust
measures.
That may be accepted as the guiding purpose and
policy of the incoming Democratic administration.
It will wink at no evils. It will grapple vigorously
with the problems before it and will do its utmost
to fulfill the party’s pre-election pledges. But it
will be an administration marked with foresight
and prudent counsel, filled with earnestness but free
from rashness, an administration that will open the
way for a new era of true prosperity.
An Outrage on Civilization.
The slaughter of former President Madero and
Vice President Suarez marks an ominous beginning
for the new Mexican government. It was not to be
expected that the Huerta administration would deal
squeamishly with rebels in the field or would hesi
tate at any defensible course in putting down an
archy. But what excuse can be • offered for the
butchery of two political prisoners who were more
unfortunate than offending?
The official execution of Madero and his former
associate in the presidency would IiaVe n de
plorable, and, according to the expressed opinion of
the American State department, unjustified. But
if their death was the outcome of a treacherous
plot, as apparently it was, and if' the provisional
government at Mexico City connived at the scheme,
as apparently it did, then every sense of civilization
and humanity has been outraged.
The Huerta administration had given its pledge
that Madero would be dealt with fairly and legally.
Its false play cancels the confidence and respect of
the United States and lays It open to the suspicic \
of all self-respecting governments. There can be
little hope for the security of life and property un
der a regime that rests upon sucli infamous -iurder.
Balkan Mediation.
As a means of settling the long-drawn Balkan
dispute, mediation becomes more and more likely.
The Allies have reduced Turkey to impotence, but
they, themselves are reduced to financial, if not phys
ical, exhaustion. European business' which for
months past has been checked or embarrassed by the
war is growing impatient. At the first opportune
moment, the Powers may be expected to exert their
united influence for peace.
Any such plan, however, must be conducted more
firmly and more expeditiously than was the late peace
conference at London. The Turk cannot be permitted
to temporize as he has in the past. He must be
admonished, as sharply as occasion may demand,
that his game of trickery and trouble-breeding is not
acceptable as diplomacy. He has lost in battle and
he should meet the consequences.
Nor is there reason to believe that the Balkan Al
lies, straitened thougn their circumstances may be,
will consent to give up any considerable measure of
their former claims. Since the resumption of the
war, Turkey has recovered none of its losses. Adri-
anople still stands but Jt is more closely besieged
than ^ver and its fall would be inevitable should the
fighting continue. Greece has pressed forward more
and more aggressively from the South and holds a
strong position with reference to the Dardanelles.
News dispatches indicate that in most, if not all, the
engagements which have recently occurred the Otto
man. troops have suffered severe reverses.
Strategically, therefore, the stand of the Allies is
more promising than it was before a truce was de
clared last December; and their claims have mo
merit than at the beginning of the futile peace con
ference. These circumstances would indicate that
in future negotiations, Turkey wifi stand no chance
of retaining more xm.ii a fragment of its power and
territory in Europe. It will doubtless have a place
on the map but it will be a name rather than an
influence.
The Bird Protection Bill.
A month ago the Senate unanimously passed a
bill providing interstate protection for migratory
birds. So Clearly commendable is this measure that
lt'will undoubtedly receive the sanction -.f the House,
if it is ptit on passage. But in the crowded, closing
days of the session the bill is likely to be sidetracked,
unless public sentiment is brought to bear upon all
representatives in Congress. Every letter or mes
sage from a constituent to his Congressman will
count if it is promptly sent.
The need of more adequate protection for game
and insectivorous birds is a matter that vitally con
cerns the practical interestsgof the entire country.
The slaughter of these birds, particularly during the
season of migration, has become almost incalculable.
Unless an effective check is provided, the time win
soon come when there will be few game births for food
and comparatively few insect-destroying birds for the
protection of crops and orchards. r
Such a condition would be a calamityfto all the
people and especially to those who are^ engaged in
agriculture. Birds are worth million^ of dollars to
American farms. It is a matter of record that as
their number has decreased, the peril of devastating
insects has steadily grown. Any plan, therefore, to
prevent the further destruction and the ultimate ex
termination of such birds should be of keen interest
to the farmer and, algo to every consumer.
AVhile a number of States, Georgia among them,
have recently awakened to the importance of bird
conservation, the present problem is one that, cannot
be solved except through federal aid. The pending
bill empowers experts of the United States depart
ment tof agriculture to establish regulations for the
safety of migratory uirds. It is the only measure
now offered to meet the needs of the situation.
Unless it is enacted at the present session of
Congress, the campaign in its behalf must be waged
over again. Every good citizen should exert his in
fluence for its passage.
Deer in Georgia.
The efforts of State Game Commissioner Jesse
Mercer to restore wild deer to the forests of Geor
gia are a particularly pleasing and commendable
stroke of enterprise. AVbether or not the deer will
add to our material wealth, they will certainly
enhance the interest and variety of our natural re
sources; and deer will thrive in Georgia today no
less than in the far-gone time of the Red Man.
Thus far the Commissioner has met with heart
ening success. Through the assistance of members
of the Georgia delegation in Congress he has se
cured the tacit promise of the Department of the
Interior of a herd of fifty elk from Yellowstone
park. These elk will be quartered on the Govern
ment’s recently acquired forest reservation in north
Georgia. They will be under the protection of the
federal authorities and also under that of the State’s
game law. The bland climate and lush grasses of
Georgia will supply just the hospitality the new
comers require and in time they will doubtless mul
tiply into a numerous hen},. '
Commissioner Mercer also plans to stock the
wilder regions along the Oconee and Ocmulgee riv
ers with deer. To that end fawns are now being
trapped on St. Catherine’s island off the Georgia
coast. These will be paired and distributed and,
safeguarded by a well enforced game law, they will
increase.
Commissioner Mercer is not only protecting the
game yiat already exists in the State; he is also
seeking to add to its store and variety. This is his
generous conception of an important office.
Public Health Laws.
A commission recently appointed by Governor
Sulzer to inqure into the character and the adminis
tration of the public health laws of New York State
has made a report that should be of interest and
value to the entire country. Among the needs em
phasized in the report are those of a•broader and
more thoroughgoing supervision on the part of the
State government, more careful sanitary regulations
for rural districts and the establishment of a com
plete and uniform system of vital statistics.
Such recommendations may doubtless be applied
to a majority of the States in the Union. Certain it
is that they fit the needs of Georgia. There are
divers problems of public health which the individual
county cannot solve unaided. Contagions and ep
idemics respect no boundary lines. AS fever-breeding
pool is a menace not only to the people of its imme
diate environs but also to those of all the adjacent
country. Adequate latvs concerning the purity of
water and milk cannot be enforced by local author
ities alone. State power and State, inspection are es
sential to the health of each community.
This principle is well recognized, but it has not
yet been wrought into detailed, application. AVe have
a State board of health which is doing excellent work
so far as its means and authority permit. AVe have
a State food inspector with jurisdiction over the en
tire commonwealth as regads his particular duties.
And we have laws which, as far as they go, are sub
stantial and efficient. But the State has yet to as
sume the full and due measure of its responsibility
in these vital matters.
Especially important is the need of a more care
fully administered system of public health laws for
rural districts. In New York, it has been proved
that within the past ten years the reduction of the
death rate in cities, where sanitary regulations are
comparatively strict, has been marked but in the
country and in villages where few such regulations
exist or are enforced the results habe been negligible.
Every county should have a Doctor of Public Health
or some official ho will act not only as an inspector
but also as an educator to quicken and direct popular
interest.
The value of vital statistics cannot be overgauged;
for, consistent progress depends largely.upon com
plete and accurate .records for guidance, Georgia is
without such records. They should be provided for
at the next session of the Legislature and at the same
time a more effective system for administering public
health laws, particularly in the rural districts,
should be established.
Forestalling Monopoly.
The Panama Canal Commission proposes that
the Government retain control of the terminals and
water frontage of the isthmus to the end that ship
masters may bp protected against extortionate
charges for coal and oil in the Canal Zone, and ,n
order that other evils of monopoly may be pre
vented. This is a foresighted and well timed policy
which it is to he hoped, will be consistently applied.
AVhen ports and waterways fall under the con
trol of special interests, either directly or indirectly,
their value and service to the people are impaired,
if not destroyed. Many of the country’s rivers and
harbors which by every natural circumstance should
facilitite and cheapen transportation have ceased
to be of use because they have been blocked or bot
tled by railway influences. One of the/ important
duties of the federal government and of the State
governments is to see to it that the public advan
tages which should rightfully accrue from ports and
waterways are restored and maintained.
It is especially needful that every possible guar-
An Awkward Gap.
M. Poincare was elected President of France in
January. Thirty days later he was inaugurated and
his administration is now well under way.
AVoodrow AVilson was elected President of the
United States last November. He will not be inau
gurated until March the fourth. A third of a year
will have elapsed between the expression and the
carrying out of the people’s will. In thi£ respect,
the French certainly enjoy a better governmental
program than we.
Indeed, it is remarkable that so awkward and
really unbusinesslike a plan shcgild have prevailed
so long in the United States. Not only the President
but also the Congress chosen at the polls must wait
four months until they can take up the tasks en
trusted to them and make a beginning on the policies
to which they are committed.
This interim may be occupied, as it is now, by a
chief executive whose administration has met the
country’s disapproval. It may be occupied by a Sen
ate or a House, or by both, that have been rejected
should be avoided. It makes a Ap in governmental
by the voters. In these circumstances, little or noth
ing can be accomplished by what has been termed a
“hang-over” administration while, at the same time,
the officials to whom the public looks for results are
belated in entering upon their duties.
This negative and almost irresponsible period
business. It gives rise to embarrassments^ and delays.
It prolongs an administration that is but nominally in
power and retards the one that fs freshly commis
sioned from the people.
AVhen a President is elected he should be inaugu
rated as soon as is practicable; and the French period
of one month seems none too short. Likewise the
term of a newly elected Congress should not be de
ferred as it now ' for four months, but should begin
promptly. i
A Constitutional change to this effect would be
welcomed by the people. It would serve their in
terests with far greater facility than does the exist
ing system. It would make our po’itical machinery
more responsive and efficient.
RUDENESS TO CHILDREN
By Dr. Frank Crane
A common sin among- otherwise decent enough pa
rents Is rudeness toward their children. We little
realize the sufferings children undergo from hurt
feelings. The most inexcusable
form of parental rudeness is the
reproof of children In the pres
ence of others. You would far
better strike your child in the
fac« than say some cutting sar
casm to him that humiliates him
before strangers.
There Is but on© way to make
jour child uniformly respectful
and polite to you and to all lie
meets, and that is to be uni
formly polite to him and consid
erate of his feelings.
\ The ornament of a home is
courtesy.
Would you lik© a few samples
of the common rudeness of pa
rents? Here they are:
“Get out of that chair. Don't
you know enough to offer your chair to a lady?"
“Look at your face! Go and wash yourself this
minute!"
“Leave the table!"
“So you didn’t pass your examination? Well, that’s
about what I expected!"
- “Quit that!" #
“Go away!"
“Now don’t try t<^ be smarty!"
All these before company.
No child was ever improved by these tactics. They
irritate, excite rebellion, and where they do not pre
maturely harden the child’s feelings they are cause
of intense pain.
Whatever rebuke you may feel called upon to give,
let it wait until you and the little girl or boy are
alone together.
I remember once a domineering old preacher was
visiting at my father’s house. Dinner was over and
only my father and his guest remained chatting, while
I, a boy of perhaps seven, stood about listening to
their conversation. By and by I went up to the table,
took a piece of cake and stood eating it. The preach
er thereupon proceeded to administer a sharp rebuke
to me.
“Don’t you know," he said, “that it is not good
manners to take food from the table? Put that cake
back; and if you want more to eat, sit up and take
it like a gentleman!"
“Come here, son," said my father; and putting h!s
arm about me, and I was sobbing with anger and cha
grin, he said’:
“Mr. Barker, I always speak respectfully to my
children, and' I expect other people to do the same.
Your language is brutal, and a far greater offense
to good breeding than was my boy’s act.”
I forget what happened after that. I only remem
ber that I felt such a surge of love toward my fa
ther that I gladly would have died for him.
Panama Canal Tolls
III. THE ADMINISTRATION REPLY.
By
Frederic
J. llaskin
Aerograms From Antiquity
BY EDWARD J. 008X1X1*0
The government has decided to supply the north
Georgia woods with elk, but of course barred the
moose.
> *
POMPEII, Campania, Feb. 24. (A. D. 79.)—Over
whelmed in irremediable ruin by a terrific eruption
of Vesuvius, the gay Pompeii is today nonexistent.
More than half its population of 20,000 has, in all
probability, been destroyed, though it is unlikely
that anything^even approaching an accurate death
list ever will be complied.
Herculaneum and Stabiae, enterprising little towns
near here, also were swept away, and the country in
tervening was completely inundated by the molten
lava. The dead in those towns will reach several
thousand.
Within the brief space of a day the last vestige of
what was considered the most famous summer and
winter resort for the wealthy fashionables of Rome
has disappeared from the face of the earth. Where,
just a few hours ago. the splendidly attired nobles
and aristocrats of the capital promenaded the bril
liantly decorated streets evil-smelling heaps of ashes,
cinders and still burning lava lie. Even the beautiful
Temple of Juno, the mecca of the religiously Inclined,
has departed front its place bsslda the gently flowing
Sarno. And the Sarno, too, has been forced to seek
a new bed by the violence of the disturbance.
The mutteri'ngs of Vesuvius had been heard for
several days, but the inhabitants of the three Ill-
fated cities, apparently, had paid little attention to
the sinister warnings. Volcanic indigestion was
very ordinary, so the people went about their affairs,
bent on business or pleasure—mostly pleasure.
Then came the catastrophe. Great clouds,'of black
smoke issued from" the widening fissures in tlie
mountain, and before many hours these had been su
perseded by sheets of flame. Molten lava wa*
hurled from the summit, and like huge tidal waves
sped down the slopes, enveloping all in its path. Tlte /
terror stricken people rushed hither and thither,
some of them gaining places of safety, but many of
them not.
Thousands of survivors today are endeavoring to
find’traces of lost relatives arid loved ones in the
’lava beds These mourners are scattered over the
broad area where Pompeii and Herculaneum and Sta
biae once were, but they are finding nothing to indi
cate that those unfortunates, once caught In the
molten flood, had any chance for escape^ There is sor
row everywhere, and most pitiable scenes are con
stantly recurring.
One survivor told your correspondent that as he
was leaving the city he saw hundreds of people rush
ing toward the Temple of Juno, as if seeking the'pro
tection of the gods. They probably died in the tem
ple, but no one can tell where ‘the temple was lo
cated.
The city of Pompeii, with all its departments of
social life, its public and domestic affairs, its wor
ship of the gods, and its shows of the arena, its
splendid sculpture, beautiful paintings, and massive
architecture-»-in fact, all ihe appliances of comfort
and luxury in a wealthy community—lie buried in
ashes and cinders and lava,
’ Perhaps, in the ages yet tq come, future genera
tions may learn of the glory of Pompeii, but those
who have known that glory will witness it nevermore.
HOO’S H O O
BY JOHN W. CAREY.
Vi
/
<71
Who ncvfir
knows when he
goes -out to do
his daily grind
but what the
Pankhurst dame
ere night will stab
him from behind?
Who spends his
time in dodging
bricks and * tin
ware every day?
.Who sidesteps
gleaming hatpins
’ that the fair one3
’ thrust his way?
| Who cannot make
spiel but what
the gentle sex
* ghats in with!
yells of “Trait
or!" “Get ’him,
‘ Mame," and “Liz-
p, .zie, where’s the
tin?" Who’s got
_ so used to it ho
feels the day is
incomplete if no one breaks his window lights or mobs
him on the street? Who couldn’t slip ihat job to us
at 50,000 per? Ttfat Herbert Asquith man, the King’s
Prime Minister.
A
M
I
AVhen Secretary of State Philander C. Knox wrote,
the reply of this government to the English notes
protesting against the Panama canal act. he politely |
told Sir Edward Grey that the,
British foreign office display-1
ed so little knowledge of the
president's proclamation fixing j
tolls on the canal that he
could scarcely believe it had!
been read before Sir Edward
drafted his note of protest.
This was something of a case I
of tit for tat, since Sir Ed-
ward had expressed the belief j
in his note that President 1
Taft had not been able to catch j
the purport of the Innes note.
Such is the course of diplQ-1
matic indirection. Mr. Knox
then recalled the fact to the
British foreign minister that
he had probably protested be-,
fore his country was hurt
since his note was published i
the day after the proclamation
was issued, and, therefore, seemingly before Greal j
Britain could have understood the effect of the pres
ident’s proclamation. Mr. Knox informed Sir Ed
ward that the whole tenor of his note was a pro
test against what the president might do rather '
than against what he had done. He declared that.
since it was evident that England had protested with-!
out waiting t<^ understand the president’s proclama-,
tion, the diplomatic situation that Sir Edward was
discussing was wholly different from the one noyv
existing. Mr. Knox in this tacitly ignored the Brit
ish contention that it was a violation of the treaty
to assume the right to exempt American ships,
whether the exemption was actually made or not.
*1 • • •
The three direct objections to the canaii act
urged by the British government are that it exempts
coastwise traffic from pacing -tolls, that it gives the
president power to discriminate against foreign ship
ping, and thaij it gives the government-owned vessels
of the republic of Panama the right to use the canal
free. Taking up these objections in reverse drijer,
Secretary Knox expresses surprise that England
should drag Panama into the matter. He says that
the treaty with the republic of Panama, providing
for this toil exemption, has been in effect for a
decade, and that until now not a syllable of protest
has been heard. He concludes that all the facts in
the case Indicate that England does not want to
submit that matter to arbitration.
With reference to the allegation that the canal
act gives to the president the right to fix tolls in a
way that would be discriminatory against British
shipping, Secretary Knox advises Eiffcland that it
will be time enough to consider this question when
the president takes such action.
• • •
With reference to the principle of exempting
coastwise traffic from toll charges, tjie British gov
ernment is reminded that in its first note it prac
tically conceded the right of the United States to
exempt its coastwise shipping from toll charges,
when It said that if "the trade. Should be so regu
lated as to make it certain that only bona-fide coast
wise traffic would be benefited by this
exemption, it may he that no objection could be
taken.” Secretary Knox then drives another argu
ment home by asking if the United States is to be
denied the right to exempt suth traffic simply be
cause England has a suspicion or believes there 'is a
possibility that the regulations yet to b« framed
may not restrict this exemption to coastwise traffic
entirely. . t
* • *
The Grey note expresses the fear that the United
States, will, in remitting the tolls on coastwise busi
ness, assess the entire charges of maintenance
the canal . upon vessels in the foreign trade, and
thus cause them to bear an unequal burden. To
this Secretary Knox has replied that the Britisli
government is far from the. facts. He shows that
this coastwise traffic was computed by Professor
Emory Johnson in his calculations, and the loss in
curred by the remission of these tolls will fall solely
upon th* United States. He furthermore calls Eng
land’s attention to the fact that the treaty gives the
United States a right to charge, 1 :f the'very words
of Sii; Edward Grey himself, a toll that would re
turn to the United States “the interest on the capital
expended and the cost of the operation and mainte
nance of the canal.”
• • •
As a matter of fact, the United States does not
propose to charge England a rate of toll that will
yield such returns. Under the English construction,
warranting the United States in charging a rate that
would yield a return on the capital Invested and the
cost of operation and maintenance, we might have
fixed the rate at nearly three dollars instead of at
51.20. It is estimated that our total outlay on ac
count of the canal, including interest, the cost of
operation, maintenance, and policing, will represent
approximately 527,000,000 a year. Professor Johnson
estimates that 10,500,000 tons, net register, of ship
ping, will pass through the canal to begin with, and
that this amount will be increased to about 17,000,-
000 tons ten years hence, and to some 27,000,000 tons
in 1935. From all this it will be seen that instead
of working a hardship on England by remitting tolls
on coastwise traffic, it will be nearly twenty years
before England will be paying for its shipping what
it costs to maintain and operate the canal for its
benefit.- This, of course, begs the question of the
treaty guarantee of equality of treatment.
* * *
i
Secretary Knox observes that since admittedly
we are not going to make enough out of the tolls
we charge to meet the fixed charges and the cost
of operation and maintenance for many years to
edine, when we fix a rate below that point we are
practically subsidizing every vessel that passes
through the canal, be it British or American, foreign
or coastwise. , With the British government recog
nizing the right of the United States to exempt its
coastwise traffic provided it does not add toll or other
burdens to British shipping, with the'United States
including coastwise snipping in its estimates of ton
nage upon which to predicate a fixing of tolls, and *
being in a position to guarantee that the exemption
under the canal act shall be limited to bona-fide
coastwise traffic, Secretary Knox professes to be
unable to see what England is complaining about
* * •
In other than diplomatic language he thinks tha't
England has gone off half-cocked—that it objects to*
the canal act, hut ^lat the act does not fix the tolls.
He charges them of ignoring the president’s proclama
tion which, he thinks, puts at rest practically all the
fanciful injuries that Sir Edward Grey thinks are-
about to descend upon British shipping. He says
theq- protest is a protest more against what may
happen than against what has happened. He thinks
Great Britain is suing us because we have the Vower
to commit trespass against our neighbor rather than
because we have committed such trespass.
’ * * *
In concluding his reply t«. Sir Edward Gfey, Sec
retary Knox politely asked -.im to wait until the act
and the president s proclamation do indicate that they
will work inequality of treatment or unjust and in
equitable tolls upon British vessels, and that then, if
Great Britain chooses to assert that they do, the
question will be raised whether the United States is
bound by that treaty to take into account and to_ col
lect tolls from American > vessels. But to date, he
ohserves, nothing more substantial upon which to
predicate action has made its appearance than a mer*
possibility. '
The weather is enough to encourage a spring
poet and then some.
The game season closes on March 1, and game
arns of any kind will be barred after that.