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LEVER AUS COLLEGES.
A?RUTI/ITKAL S4 HOOI.s AM)
OoogrovMiiun From Thle District Re?
gards Pssaage of Act a* II In Most
assportsiit Work.
Washington. Aug. 25.?The house
on Friday passed the Lever agricul?
tural extension hill, providing for the
establishment of agricultural exten?
sion departments In connection with
the agricultural colleges and experi?
ment stations In the several States
This measure, to which Mr. Lever i
had devoted several years of study
and preparation, completes an agrl- |
cultural educational system which had I
Its beginning with the passage of the ,
first Morrlll set in 1862. augmented i
by the Hatch act^S year* later. Un?
der these enactments stores of agri?
cultural Information and facts have
been accumulated, but the one defect
in tb* national system, until the Lever
bill, has been the fact that its prac?
tical and local application has not
reached the actual farmer. These
scientific agricultural facts, gathered
by the experiment statlor? and dis?
seminated by th' agricultural colleges,
have reached only limited number*
tn proportion to the total rural popu?
lation; and the passage of the l?ever
bill, having as its main purpose the
direct dissemination among agricul?
turists <>f this accumulated knowledge
tpperts'rdng to agriculture and home
econon Ics. through such agencies as
field Instruction, demonstrations, pub?
lications and the like, will forge the
last link of the chain In a complete
system of national agricultural edu?
cation.
Under the appropriating section of
the Lever bill It Is provided that an
initial sum of $10,000 per year shall
go to each State unconditionally, an
additional appropriation of $300.000
is spproprlatcd for the first fiscal year
and an annual Increase of this ap
proprltlon of $800,000 a year, over
the preceding year, for a period of
nine years is provided until the to?
tal amount of additional appropria?
tions will be $2.000.000 annually, but
that no State shall be entitled to any
part of these additional sums until Its
i
legislature shall have appropriated a
similar amount for extension work.
As a matter of local Interest, the State
of South Carolina, under the propor?
tion Its rural population bears to the
rural population of the country.
w..ul l be entitled to receive annually
the sum of $78.600 from the federal
government; conditioned, of course,
upon the appropriation of s like sum
by Its State legislature for agricultural
extension work. Any lesser amount
the legislature might see fit to apply
to extension work would be dupli?
cated from the funds of the national
treasury
The bill places the disbursement
of these funds and the control of the
work to be conducted under Its pro?
visions, because It was believed that
each State had Its own individual ag?
ricultural problems which could best
be worked out under local environ
ros*. The system it will work out
seeks to do In a larger measure what
I it now being accomplished In sections
through the Farmers' Cooperative
Demonstration work.
Possibly no measure this session,
certainly none of an economic nature,
has become more ger illy discussed
or more widely advertised thkn the
L*ver extension bill. It has been en?
thusiastically supported by leading
agricultural thinkers In every section
of the United States, the rural press,
business oiganlxatlon. agricultural as?
sociations, agricultural college pres?
idents and experiment station di?
rectors. President Taft in his address
at the Kansas <'ity Conservative con?
gress strongly supported the Idea, and
Oov. Wilson In his speech of accept?
ance of the nomination for the pres?
idency said:
'There is another duty which the
Democrat!'- party has shown itself
great enough and close enough to the
people to perceive, the duty of the
government to share In promoting
agricultural, Industrial, vocational
education In every way possible with,
in its constitutional powers"
The Democratic platform at Haiti
m?>re urges federal appropriations
for euch training and extension
teaching In agriculture in SOOpefA?
tior with the several States."
Mr. I^ever. of course. Is enthusiastic
over the outcome of his long and con?
tinued efforts In perfecting and work?
ing for the passage of this measure.
"I regard the passage of this bill
In the house." he said, as the gftgal
significant and pregntnt Steal of my
congressional carc-r. My llrst con
? eptlon of this bill a ose gages p#gf|
. when I first discovered the i.o t
> I <( . is Were tr ?? efforts of the
national government In behalf of ag
ilture they w re 11-.t as far-reach
ing as they ought to be into the uc
?i.l needs of tho rural population.
,4 T have gg gf|gg Haid, the
eejrpgga sj this bill it to reach the
'arm-r on his farm with known a?rt
, ultural truths. but showing him
KXPFHIMFAT STATIONS
BENEFIT.
their peculiar application to his in- |
dividual and particular needs. The
ugricu'tur.' COl legst and experiment 1
stations ha\c I ? n and ure now doin.4
an efficient work in the accumulation
of this agricultural knowledge, hut
true progress among our rural Oltsstl
will follow the wisest education and j
that teaching is wisest, which, being
efficient. Is most general. This end I
is the aim <f this bill, and 1 regard
its passage in the house as my most '
signal effort in behalf of tho vocation
from which I have come and for the
betterment of whose conditions it has
i
i ? ? ii my privilege bumbly to labor " |
HEARST FOR "T. R."
It cud > it Ulve Indirect Support To
Hull Moose.
New York Tress.
That William It. Hearst Is getting
ready t?? give Indirect support to
Colonel Roosevelt was made clear in
Brooklyn yesterday. It was admitted
that In all probability the Independ?
ence League organization would join
with the Progressives in the nomina?
tion of candidates for Congress, the
State Senate and Assembly. This
combination, it was asserted, would
eventually go to an agreement upon
State candidates and bring about a
general movement for the support Of
Colonel Roosevelt. The general state?
ment was that William R. Hearst,
who announced his support of Gov?
ernor Wilson, is getting ready to de?
sert the Democratic party because of
its stand against a big navy?at least
that will be the excuse. Timothy L.
Woodruff was asked by & reporter for
The Press whether the Progressives
would fuse with *he Hearst men.
Of much more Importance Is the ad?
mission yesterday by E. T. O'Lou-rti
lin, Register of Kings county, that a
deal is on. O'Loughlin. who was em
oloyed by the Hearst newspapers,
was tlttttd Register of Kings county
on a fusion ticket last year. Ha is
tho leader of the Independence League
in Brooklyn. He said yesterday that
Hearst is in Europe and that ho is
acting upon his own Initiative. He
said it was likely there would It* p
combination of Progressives and lu
dpendence Leagues, and that there
was a tentative agreement. Of
Hearst, he said:
"He has had nothing to do with it.
It was the spontaneous expression of
the desires of the members of the or?
ganisation here, and I was directed
by a vote of the executive committee
to take steps to bring it about. If
Mr Hearst does not like it when he
returns. I can only tell him that the
great majority of the members want?
ed it, and that is all.
The belief la that Hearst will cause
the indorsement of straightout Re?
publicans In some districts of Man?
hattan so as to take away the appear?
ance of a straight deal with the Pro?
gressives, but his general object. It H
believed. Is to bring about a State?
wide split In thp Democratic party
and give New York **? Colonel RoefcS?
velt if he can.
State Suicide.
A State which can produce all the
corn and hay It needs, and then some
more, has no business buying a bush?
el of corn or a bale of dust-tilled
grast shipped from a distance of
1,000 miles. A state which can raise
its own grain'and forage and can get
plenty of rich cattle food from cotton
seed oil milla right at home, is im?
provident If It has to semi money
away to buy olemargarine. 1 utterine
arid butter made in wide-awak States
A Stato which can feed ttttlf and
won't, which can make all its meat
and don't, and which can be indepen?
dent and Isn't, Is sound asleep ovtf
its resources?Wilmington Star.
A Fine Dwmocrai.
A Democrat is a man who votes the
Democratic ticket without Praying for?
th'- election of a Republican.?Wtl
m'r.gton Star.
The Panama Canal.
Ah an indication in th* Igtrtgnt kH
tragt tiptntsd to follow the opening
of the rigging Canal, a New York
? hipping Arm has let a contract fOf
two steel 100,000-ton steamships Tim
ships will cost Jl.r.OO.OUO and w!' be
os?d for the Pacific coast trade,
-lino loillders are completing u slop
for this firm which will 1 iie pio?
neer of its itoomsn under the An erl?
Cgg Aag. Savannas News.
A gprlngfloM minister prtdluti the
oi-Klnning of tin- millennium J inn it y
1st. PfObably he has foreseen the
good results of the elsotlog of Wood
r-.s\ Wilson. Wilmington Star
The Grruud Jury brought out in
dletment ggajgsj two parties BVtf the
ii\er for putting up a Wlfg fell 8 ' Ml
n? ir the public roads They ifc . iH
also bring Indictment! ggatnst par?
tor glowing u]? the roads and this
nuissmi-.. would be stopped Dlshop*
ville Vindi' it r
SITUATION TOUT PARALLEL
l?LA\s TO A! JOl K\ CONGRESS
SO FAR FRUITLESS.
Krittler Sengte or Houso Expected
lo Have Quorum Today, There
loro Slight Progped of Early
Agreement It) Ulo*H' BeSSlon JjS?
Foiietto May Continue Filibuster
Cnttl Vote Tukon on Penrose Reso?
lution.
Washington, Aug. 25.?A few score
Weary member! Of Congress and an
Impatient President of the United
states today confronted an unpre- I
cedented Governmental situation, fol
lowing last night's prolonged and
fruitless struggle to adjourn the ses?
sion of Congress. The outlook for to
morrow'l sessions of the House and
Senate promised an even more chaotic
condition than obtained in the fight
that began Saturday morning and J
continued until nearly church time I
today.
Disgusted with the adjournment
failure, many members of the Sen?
ate took early trains today for their
homes. Senator Penrose predicted
that there would be much less than
a quorum in the Senate when It meets
at noon tomorrow. House leaders
were satisfied that that body would
be nearly forty members short of the
number necessary to transact busi?
ness.
The double filibuster, which com?
pelled the abandonment of the plan
to end the session of Congress, is ex?
pected to be renewed when the House
reconvenes. Senator LaFollette made
known to friends today that he would
insist upon a record vote on the adop?
tion of the Penrose resolution for in?
vestigation of campaign contributions
of the Standard Oil company in 1901,
John D. Archbold. George \V. Perkins
and members of Congress.
Senator Chamberlain, who led the
o*.her Senate filibuster, the object of
which was to force the House to agree
to the payment of $600.000 of old
s'tate claims, will have the support
of many Senate Democrats if he re?
news his insistence to hold Congress
until these claims are paid. The
House leaders are determined to fight
the claims "until December" if nec?
essary.
Either of the Senate filibuster holds
trouble for any plan of adjournment.
If Senator LaFollette should insist on
a record vote, it would become neces?
sary to secure a quorum. In such an
event he could hold the Senate indef?
initely, because it would again be un?
able to make an adjournment agree?
ment with the House.
Th? general deficiency appropriation
bill If agreed to on all points except
the $600,000 of claims, demanded by
Virginia. Maryland, Oregon and Tex?
as, and the extra months' pay for
employes of the. House and Senate.
Chairman Fitzgerald, of the House
conferees, renewed today his decla?
ration that under no circumstances
would the House concede the pay?
ment of any of these.
"If the Sonate insists on the.se items
in tho bill it will force tho measure
to go over until the December ses?
sion," he said. "The House has an?
nounced its attitude firmly, and soon?
er than see it yield on the items, 1
Will raise the point of no quorum."
Members know that it would be al?
most Impossible to secure a quorum
now. except by the physical arrest of
absent members. Senate leaders were
hopeful that the Senate might be in?
duced to yield on these claims.
Tho State claims which have arous?
ed tho resentment of the House were
also added to the general deficiency
bill in the Senate. In the case of the
Maryland claim of $72,000 and the
Virginia claim of $120,000, house con?
ferees insist that the amount now de?
manded by those States, as "loans"
that were made to the Government in
171b) and 1791, actually were given to
the Government as an inducement for
the location of the national capitol in
tln> present District of Columbia.
The Texas claim of $217.693.:i9 is to
reimburse the State for money it
spent from 1S5S to 1861 In "defence
of the TeXSJ frontier against Mexican
marauders and Indian depredators."
The Oregon Claim of $19:1,543.02 is for
tiie expense of raiting volunteers for
three Indian wars from 1862 to 1S67.
\ hare quorum of Senatort was in
Washington up t" the adjournment
failure 'brs morning and less than a
quorum voted on each propotitlon
brought bet?re that body during the
night
Senator La Follette, by Insisting up?
on a roll call on a motion designed to
displace tie- Penrose Invettlgatlon
resolution threatened to block ad?
journment Indefinitely. The leaders
u. tinall) forced In surrender and
i l iv ild ration of the resolu
i Ion,
Benator Penrose immediately pro?
deeded lo porfect the resolution with
amendment Relief seemed to be
it light when the conferees on th
general le! Icn \ bill appeared with
th?*li report Senator La Follette
yielded thfl floor expecting action on
the measure with hut litle debate.
Within fifteen minutes all hope of
immediate adjournment was dissipat?
ed when Senator Chamberlain, of
Oregon) with Senators Martine, Cul
berson and Smith of Maryland, be?
gan thoir filibuster against the gen?
eral deficiency on behalf of State
claims.
Scores of members of the House,
which drifted along for hours without
anything to do, visited the Senat?
chamber and sat about, arguing with
the Senators conducting the filibuster
and listening wearily to the extended
debate.
AS OTHERS BEE IT.
'Ml I ma ii and Blease.
Senator Benjamin R. Tillman never
did a braver thing when young and
well and strong than he does now in
his age and weakness in speaking the
plain truth about Governor Blease, of
South Carolina. The South Carolina
primary takes place tomorrow, and
the campaign which preceded it has
been one of the bitterest ever known
in that State. Senator Tillman Is a
candidate for renomination, but his
physical infirmities have prevented
his taking a part in the canvass, and
considering the precarious state of his
health, his silence and neutrality
might, perhaps, have been excused.
!'ut with all his Imperfections, cow
; rdlce has never been one of the Sen
tor's characteristics, and he speaks
t ut now In denunciation of Biegte
\v!th entire disregard of political con?
sequences to himself.
What makes Senator Tillman's step
all the more commendable is the fact
that his political sympathies and af?
filiations have been rather with the
plainer classes of the electorate In
South Carolina than with what Is re?
garded as the aristocratic elemant,
and the latter are numbered among
the most uncompromising opponents
of Blease. Senator Tillman remem?
bers their fierce antagonism to him?
self, but he refuses to allow that to
sway him, and he appeals to the peo
pig of South Carolina to "take care
of tho State's good name" Tuesday
by defeating a Governor who "has
disgraced the State in the eyes of the
whole world."
Since the days of carpet-bag rule
South Carolina has not had an execu?
tive of whom she has had so much
reason to be ashamed as the present
? Governor. If he is not defeated to
, morrow, the clean and decent people
I of that State may well feel that their
I cup of humiliation is full.? Balti?
more Sun.
W. T. ANDREWS FOR TAFT.
Former Roosevelt Man Denied gent
in Progressive Convention.
Chicago, Aug. 26.?W. T. Andrews,
of Sumter, S. C, a negro edator, to?
day visited Director Mulvane, of the
Repubilcan committee. Andrews said
he voted for Col. Roosevelt In the Re?
publican National Convention and at?
tempted to attend the Progressive Na?
tional Convention as a deiegate from
South Carolina. He said he was re?
fused a seat in the Progressive Con?
vention and its a result has decided to
champion Mr. Taft's car/didacy.
NICARAGUA WANTS CHANGE.
Liberal Party Appeal* at Washington.
Washington, Aug. 27.?Appearance
in Washington today of an active
Nlcaraguan junta, working in the in?
terest of'the Liberal party and laying
plans for bringing pressure to bear
upon the State department to cause
a change of policy In the handling of
the Nlcaraguan revolutionary prob?
lem, has added much to the interest
felt by the Latin-American dement
here.
In the absence of any direct news
from Managua in the past 4 8 hours,
owing to continued interruption of
telegraph service in itself a potent
sign of Intense activity on the part
of the rebels, the attempts hero to
bring about a settlement by diplo?
matic meant are being watched with
interest.
Envoys in Washington from the
Liberal party are Francisco Altschul,
who was consul general for his coun?
try under the Zolaya administration
In New Orleans, and Angel LTgarte,
one time llonduran minister to
Washington, but afterward a Liberal
leader In Nicaragua.
They are seeking to reach the state
department with a proposal that the
American naval force be diminished
to ;i mere legation guard, then the
American minister should demand
that all factions Including the gov?
ernment submit the question of po?
litical supremacy to the people in u
fair election with the important stip?
ulation that the large number of Lib?
erals disfran< hlsed by the clerical
party should regain citizenship.
it is Improbable tlmt the state de?
partment would regard nny proposal
for the dlmunitlon of the American
force now In Kicarngua so long as the
present leml-anarchlstlc conditions
continue.
NEW CONIEMNATION PLAN.
BY "EXCESS" IDEA CITY GETS
LAND TO SELL.
Kingswuy. in London, Greatest
Illustration of Tne Method's Bnc*
cee?.
Baltimore sun.
Back of the $2,000,000 loan for a
new Light street bridge and "other
things" is a plan that is new in Ameri?
ca?one that has nut yet been tried
out in this country and that will be
In the nature of an experiment. It
li known as the excess condemna?
tion plan, and it calls for the condem?
nation of land in the neighborhood
of the approaches to the bridge so
that the city may control if for indus?
trial development.
The local plan will be used to en?
courage manufacturing industries to
come to Baltimore and not for profit,
as has been the case elsewhere. The
city theory is that the location of
additional factories in the city will
make up for any profit that may be
lost. The administration, it is be?
lieved, intends to sell this factory
site property at cost, as it did in the
case of the old Quarantine Hospital
property.
Only Four or Five States Have Such
Laws. ,
Though excess condemnation is an
old story in Europe and has proved
its value, it is comparatively new in
America. Maryland was one of the
first States to pass, in 1905, legisla?
tion allowing excess condemnation.
Only four or five States now have
such laws. In 1910 the voters of Mas
sachuestts passed a constitutional
amendment allowing the Legislature
to authorize municipalities to con?
demn land in excess of the amount
needed for public improvement.
Philadelphia is now experimenting
with the plan in connection with the
building of the Parkway. City offi?
cials have written for information,
but have not yet learned how much
progress has been made or the re?
sults.
Chief Aim is Control of Improve?
ments Nearby.
Excess condemnation where it is
in vogue abroad and where it is be
| ing advocated in this country aims
[ chiefly to control' the character of
private improvements to be made as
a result of the public improvement
and to give to the city by the sale of j
the land condemned in excess of the
improvement a profit on the invest?
ment. In other words, the city takes
over the land which is benefited most
by the public improvement?be it a
municipal building, a new street, a
boulevard, a park or what it may?
and sells it at its increased value
with such restrictions as may be nec?
essary to protect the beauty and use?
fulness of the puidic Improvement.
Many advocates of the plan claim
that by its use the city can carry out
vast improvements at a profit instead
Of a loss owing to the increased value
Of the excess land or property it pur?
chases. The plan does undoubtedly
reduce the cost of improvement to
the public at large, and results: in a
symmetrical development of the en?
tire section, but the claims do not al?
ways pan out as expected. Opponents
of the plan claim that heavy benefit
assessments that are really fair from
the viewpoint of the city and taxpayer
bring about the same result without
the great investment necessary where
excess condemnation la adopted.
London Made it a Success.
The greatest and most interesting
Undertaking in recent years was the
construction of Kingsway. connecting
the Strand with Holborn. London, a
distance of 4.200 feet. The cost was
$30,000,000. The sale of land acquired
under the excess condemnation plan
brought back to the city $21,000,000.
leaving $9.000,000 as the total cost of
the improvement, but even this
charge was covered by the business
sense of the City Fathers.
When the new street was cut
through it caused the demolishment
of slums housing 3,500 persons. The
Aomea of 3,000 other persons were
also destroyed. It was necessary to
provide homes for them, so the city
built a number of model tenements.
The rents from them meet the inter?
est charge! on the $9,000,000. \ good
deal of the excess land has be n
leased. If sold it will bring in more
money.
Money N o object.
Now. the local plan differs from the
one in vogue In Europe and advocat?
ed In this country In that it aeeka to
bring about industrial development,
ami the question of financial profit
for the city is a minor consideration
only.
It a farmer could borrow money us
easily on land as a speculator can <m
w.it? r, the agricultural Interests of
the country would nol be a cause for
the Nation*? concern. A Republican
government for 50 years has been sub
sldlzing Industries al the expense of
agriculture. Reverse the order awhile
and watch the results?^-Wilmington
Star.
"IX BETHANY HOUSE"
Story Tolls About Kcal Lifo in Sontta
Carolina?Written by Method**
Deaconess.
"In Bethany House; by Mary Eliza?
beth Smith," is a novel by a Botltfc
Carolina Kirl who is evidently deeplr
imbued with the South Carolina be I
that that plucky little trianglo i.> th*
finest State in the union. Her story,
like hundreds of others in these dayi
of growing social Consciousness, con
corns Itself with the "submerged
tenth"' in a city's slums, and must
prove its claim to originality, not hi
its subject, but in its method of treat?
ment. At this point Miss Smith has
distinctly scored. There is strong re?
ligious feeling in the book; but even
those who dislike the usual type of re
l'glous novel will acknowledge th<t
passion of brotherhood with all ths
d sinherlted which has leaped from
the writer's heart to create a heroin*
so in love with humanity that ghg
carries even a critical reader alonj;
*ith her.
For a first book, the story is w<tl.
written, though it has its liter&xy
faults; and some points of Individual
belief are over-stressed, but it is a
good book without being "goody," th??
love affairs end, for the most part,
bright and natural; and the picture of
Southern childhood in the opening
chapter is deliciously real, sympa?
thetic and funny. One is sure to re?
member the tale of black Sam, who,
with the white children of the planta?
tion as audience, "preaches the fun?
eral" for which he has himself pr?
vlded the corpse.
Miss Smith Is a deaconess of the
Methodist Church, South, and ha*
been engaged in settlement work is
Louisville, Ky., and elsewhere. Thai
she has been remarkably guccessfjk'
will surprise no one who leads her
story.?Augusta Chronicle.
NOTIONG WITHHELD. SAYS T. FL
Colonel Comments on Prospective
Probe of Contribution Dispute.
Oyster Bay, X. Y., Aug. 26.?"They
can have anything I've got at a?
time. They are welcome to any letter
I have ever written to any human be?
ing on any subject."
This was Col. Roosevelt's only com?
ment tonight on the Senate's adop?
tion of the Penrose resolution direct?
ing an inquiry into the Archbold
Penrose-Roosevelt cpntroversy over
campaign contributions. The new*
reached him as he was playing a los?
ing tennis game with his sons, Archie
and Quentin, at Sagamore Hill.
He halted long enough to glanc*
over the evening papers, commented
again on the visit to him yesterday of
William Loeb. Jr., had a few words t*.
say concerning William Randolph
Hearst's statement in London, and
went back to retrieve th<- game wv^fc
his racQuet.
"You know 1 did not direct Loeb to
go down to Washington." he sail
when he read his declaration madf
earlier in the day that his former
private secretary was ready to testify
as to what he knew 01 the alleged
$100,000 contribution of Jonn T>.
Archbold to Mr. Roosevelt's cam?
paign in 1U04 and of the Harrimac
contribution of $260,000.
"Mr. Loeb came to me," said Col.
Roosevelt. "He told me that he had
seen statements in the newspaper*?
that he would be called upor t> testi?
fy before the eommitee. Irwuuich Ol
he had been my private ?ecretnrjr, hr
thought he had better ?peak \*
me before ^oing down to Washington.
^ "I told him to go ahead and testify
to everything he could remember. 5
told him that if 1 was absent from
Sagamore Hill he could come up here
and get my letter books and take from
them any letters that he wanted to
place before the committee."
Col. Roosevelt chuckled as he Teas'
the newspapers. He stopped abrupt?
ly in the reading and looked up at the
correspondent.
"I could thank Arohbold and Pen
rose for what they have done.'' he
said. **They have rendered m i s real
ser\ ice."
There is one thing that Col. Roose
I Volt asks the correspondents to make
clear each time they visit htm. That
is that be does not say the Standard
Oil did not contribute $100,000 to his
campaign fund in 1004, bU( that he
1 did not know of any such contrlbutlon?
land that if it was given his cam?
paign managers received it in \10ia
tion of hit explicit instructions.
The letter which Col. Roosevelt if
j wa iting to Senator Clapp, chairman g|
the Senate investigating committee:
was not finished tonight <mi he said
he did not know when it would be
done.
instead of making his usual Tues?
day \lsit to New York, Col. Roosevelt
will work tomorrow on the letter.
Marriage Ijloensc Record,
Isaiah Goodman and Viola Wash
I ington of Suntter were Issued .? mar*
ri;ige license and married in the Of?
. flee of the clerk of court Monday.
I