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THE XEYTS THIS UOBXISG
FORElGN.— Advices from Naples say that
Mr. Roosevelt is to arrive ther*: or. the
Han hure about n^on: the fttamer Admiral, or:
•which be will sail for Mombasa, is decorated
•with n>ep. and many ? : *"ts of flowers have been
Ttct-ixri The French tariff committee hr.n
a^re^d to amendments reducing schedules in
favor of the United Slates, though the increase
"ft cotton?*-ed oi! ha? be<»rs retained; hopes ar^
evpross^d that the American b:!! may r><=- mod;.
ft»?d «=o &s to aiinw trrest>i latitude in subsequent
n*>sx"t!at:on« with France and otber countries.
--. " - A dj!=paTch from said that Presi
dent Oom^z might transfer bis oSc^ t^mp<TTari!T
to J. A. Valntini; ther^ are many conjecture*
reg^'ding the plans of ex-President Castro.
=r=r Seriia hn« informed Austria of her will
fng-n^ss to negotiations for a commercial
treaty: farmer frown Prince G-orz*- will enter
thf- Russian army. M. Pkhon. th» Fr^nc'.i
For.-igrn Minister, asked whether Krance wcu'<l
agree to the abrogation <.f Article 25 of the
B*r!ir< treaty, made a favorable r«^piy. -
Adolf BUtter yon Sonnenthal, Th*> w*-H known
German actor, ditd suddenly at Pras'ij". —
Dr. Saer? Pena. of Argentina, has b e en selectetl
fay Venezuela as arbitrator in the questions to
fee settled with the I'nit^d States and has ac-
Cfr'*^ the appointment.
DOMESTIC. — Representative Dv.is-ht. the Re
pub'ican -.vhip. said aT Washington that he waus
rartala the tariff rule would be brought into the
House to-day and passed. It was said at
TVsshingtnn that officials of the internal revenue
bureau believed th*- temperance movement had
resulted in mcr*a=ina: the number of violations
of the inf-rnnl revenue i^ws In the distillation
of illicit whiskey. =r^zr= The hearing: of tlie gov
ernment's case asainst the Standard <~>il Com
pany of N<»w Jersey will b'-pin t<>-ciay before th^
F^i^ral v'ircuit «"ourt in St. Louis. — Two
alleged postofflce robber? blew up the floor of
ttKir cell at Greenville, S. «\, with dynamite and
escaped. ===== Dr. H. C Potter. bu:'!d*-r of the
Fere, Marquette Railroad, died on a ranch near
Santa Barbara. CaL A y<>unp woman at
tacked by a thi'er at Chicago defeated him by
t,he usp of jit) jitsu. == In a fire which de
».-trf>v»d an historic hous^ near Winchester. Va .
a girl lost her life and her parents were badly
burned in r. futile effort to save her. . . .. ' The
American Academy <;f Political and Social
Science -.\ ill nieft in Philadelphia on April 15 and
I" Ethan Allen Hirchcock. formerly Sec
retary of the Interior, was reported to be criti
cally ill in Washington. — Fire broke out
in a colliery at Mahanoy City. Perm., and threat
ened much damajre.
'."ITT. — Credit was given to the Xatior.a!
Highways Protective Association for the dimin
ished number of accidents and arrests for speed
ing. -== The R?v. Dr. John P. Peters said the
heads of the Steel Trust were worse cilizenj
than saloonkeepers The Bureau of Munici
pal Research Issued a "bri^f" of the evidence
tiilien in the debt limit inquiry, designed to aid
the referee. — More persons expressed dis
approval of the plan for the National Academy
of D^!-;?n to h-w a gallery In Central Park.
: ■ The Price family, in South River, N. J..
honored an aged woman who had been a ser
vant with it for fifty years. — Claims aggre
srat.r;.- nearly 110.000,000 under the prevailing
rate of wages law were whittled down in the
Finance Department to about jr.OO.coo. ■■■
The Xati'ina! Civil Service Reform League com*
mlttee rt- ported recommendations for broadening
the Civil Service. Arrang'-inonts were al
mc*.t completed for the- establishment of a
museum of safety 2nd sanitatfon. == Fifty
thousand pleasure seekers visited Coney I.sland.
THE W2SATHEE.;-— Indications for to-day:
Cloudy end warmer. 'The temperature yester
<lay: Kigh?.--t. 59 d^grw-s: lowest. SS.
XOT 7" BE REJECTED OUTRIGHT. •
If tin' reports from Albany do the Legislature
no injnf=ti«-e. its attitude toward tbe 1 proposed
new (-barter for this city it unreasonable ;nul
Inexcusable. That instrument is not .< thing to
be either Emotbered in committee <>r defeaied.
outrijrht on the Hoar. Tbe commission was »p
pointed oil the authority of ih<- r xȣislature both
la«t year and tJie pear before. The legislature
has thus twice rervrde its opinion that t lit- city
charter requires rertskoC and then fere th. char
ter pieyared by Mr. ivh;s"s comniiesion cannot
bo rejected in t< ( r<» unlees it is totally had.
Bat no reasonable [lerson will maintain that
the Ivins rharter is totally bad: On (lie con
trary, whatever <UfFercnce of opinion may «-xist
retrardinc urn or threv d»t.iiK sill rairmlnded
persons will njrree that It lias many merits It
Kh«p!:lies the «.:«] charter, sets rid of Its ver
bin^'i .i! ■; :■: ■- .■. ■- order out <>f cJiaos. If it did
no more than this. ;t would deserve to Ik" passed,
•with such aUeratknrs as the Legislature tnigbt
th!r.k desirable A feviaiab which has mm-
Iili«hp»l what t!ii.s ur:e lias iv reducing Jo order
tb*- iaonstroas confusions of the oW patchwork
laTi r:innot reasonably be s?t:ored by tue I/cis
Uture. coateiEptuously disnilssed or defeated at
tlse behest cf kScil twilitiotcus. The now char
ter, moreover, provides a moans for reckoning
the debt limit •which wfi! put ail <".i>\ for the
future to tJjo pr<*>ejjt doubt ;i!id uncertainty. It
gust<:~ apainst thf misuse of «T.rj>orate stock to
fay nmui:ap vjcivuhes by enumeratinx the p;ir
|JO>c< for which pir.visKn mvn be made hi :he
Injcirft and those for v\ bi»-li alo:<e provision may
bs made tbroucb the sale of corporate stock, it
provides for j« anUbrai.aoccnntuig system and
I central purchafinz bureau: It ends rh<» pfW
«tsf ' •'•■•-• nnder which the'borough i<re«i
-denif l*r»i?i snjproprinte ai:d epemlTnoney^ Even
those who iu*i«? that tb«* boroughs should elect
administrative beads .to aim-ed that inch ;»1
roinlsfrators should not have nc«'cr ; il»o over
tbe'approj,riat;ui;s rh:it tiiey are to -;•»•. d.
The new rharUv: is full vt ex'-ellont-es. and
asarks a zvkux advance in charter making.
Every one is agrtcd as to the desirability of
It. ln general and as to the wisdom of uine
t*-i.tij« ;ofit ip detail The nt]. r >eatli is hi I
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THE '■• ADOO EITES&
Mr Sbontss fears recardius 42d street appear
to have M-en groandless: wherefore, we are *ure.
the public will lie infinitely relieved. The Pub-
He Service Commission room not only^ior
Mr M.-.\d.»v> tunnel to the *imwl Teiitral Sta
tion but aKo tor several mere north and south
and crosstoTkn lines, if. therefore. Mr. Sbonts
is so disposed, he can now go richt aiiead with
any on- of the many lanre projects for thp ex
tension of hi* system which he was afra-.d would
be interfere*! with by rbo McAdoo plans. And
if hr want* •• . another level in 42d siw
and run h;* Belmont finnel throush it and up
to Thr Bronx or mi to th? Battery it is a
<;,fe Li;e<s that Mr. Me Moo will not write a
letter waniins the public that there Will 1* no
r-^iin I«"ft for some tremecdous development or
other that he «*•*■< with his prophetlj! eye.
No doubt the Lemuel E. Qu;jrz <"lub of
fieM and -."■-■- Accelerators. Incorpo
rated, will say that this is because Mr. McAdoo
X after all. oily a >e!f«h man who Thinks ..f
f-xtendinr l>is ttir.nel merely with a hasp eve for
dollars, and i« no such stern snardian of tli"
public interest as Mr Shunts, who wants to so<\
tirst of all. ...... opportunin- is left for
"rhe ... own" system and thaT we don't 1 '
•>i:r intertx.rr.iich birthright for n mess of N>w
.I^t^pv pbttase. But, for our part, we look upoa
this Interloper who i? intrndins into tiie field of
••the city's own" ->, an efficient protector of
the public ...... He does not warn us or
• hide us so much as do those who feel the dread
responsibility of runninjc -'the city's own." bnt
he builds subways. Sparing of curtain lectures
and indifferent to crave moral questions, he
keeps at it with hi? pi'^k and shovel, and this
is a point in bis favor with a public which
want? more rapid rrsßsit and less advice. His
habH of actual diczinc. moreover, spreads a
wholesome feeling of nnea?inosp among those
vrho. when they tnlk "the city's own" often
Think "own the city." One little McAdoo ex
tension ir.=pirvs the luterl^rouch to offer to
build half a subway: A woman's ear on The
McAdoo lines is follow. -5 by a woman's rar on
the Inter? w-irourh lines. it is not impossible
evpn to think That menarer? of "the city's own"
may soon perceive it to be worth while to
emulate Mr. McAdoohl sraininc and keeping th?
pUbllt* C'hkl will.
IXOTRER IXTERESTIXQ SUGGESTION
Any reasonable suj^restion relating to the
health and wellbein? of The bun race Is
worthy Of consideration; and there never before
ivas a time when so much interest in this ques
tion was displayed a« now. Instead of trusting in
Providence while they are well and after being
attacked by disease throwing themselves en
tirely on • ie skill of the physician, al! classes
rcanifest a more or less intelligent Interest in
whatever relate to nines* and health. As a
■-.•■.--- a gradual decrease
in the death rat?, find this decrease is likely to
i>e even more notable in the near future, wa#«i
the public arrives at a better understanding of
the dose relationship between certain natural
laws and health.
Some time ago Professor Fisher, of Yale, Bug
pested to the Association of Life Insurance
Presidents that they might materially Increase
the longevity of their policyholders and benefit
themselves by promoting hygienic conditions
and thereby reducing the death rate. Dr. Fos
ter, editor of "The St. Paul Medk-al JournaL"
now call" further attention to the responsi
bility of life insurance companies and *!:• op
portunities for benefiting themselves while pro
moting the interests of the public by examin
ing risks it intervale of, say. five years. He
thinks that, while such examination* could not
l>e made compulsory, most policyholders would
avail Themselves of the opportunity, to be ex-
mined by a competent physician now and
then if it were offered To them. and certainly
there is some reason to believe that the interest
of the Insurance companies in keeping the in
sured alive as long as possible might be great
enough to justify the trouble and expense.
Unquestionably a great percentage — how
large no one can venture to say — of deaths is
due to disease which could have been checked
if taken in time, and it Is to' reveal hidden
dancer that the examination is proposed. The
Dumber of persons who will not go to a physi
cian so long as they can keep en their feel is
very large, and while in some Instances the
determination not to give up aids the individual
in throwing off the disease. in others it gives
■' curable disease opportunity to seize bold upon
the victim and become too firmly rooted for
eradication before it is brought to the physi
cian's attention.
Thai insurance companies are to a gi
or lees extent bound by moral laws which do
not apply to Institutions m close to the people
as even the s;i\iii^s banks is generally recog
nized. The statutes governing them are more
stringent, and there i* coming to be a greater
sense of responsibility on the part of the officials
of the companies themselves. Whether the suc:
gestion made by Dr. Foster Is practicable may
be open to question, but, both In the Interests
of the companies and of the public; it .- desert'
ing of careful con.-ideration.
JO BE KEPT WART.
The almost simultaneous introduction of
bills in the legislatures of »\v York and New-
Jersey for the prohibition of the pollution of
stream* with rawagp and manufacturing waste
> to be regarded gratefully and hopefully as
:m important step in the interest of health, de
■ <'-icy and economy, it ought, of course, to
Lave been taken long ago. not 'only by these two,
but by all rh" states of the I'nioa: but it may
si ili be made effective and of great value. There I
is no exaggeration in Baying thai the enactment
and strict mfortfent tf such measures would
be one of the most serviceable acts in behalf of !
the great iiit^re^TK which we have mentioned i
that any stat»» government could perform. It
would be particularly in line with tlie movement
for The conservation of natural resources which i
is now commanding so much attention and sup- |
port, for there certainly ar«» bo natural resources
more indispensable to the public wcifarr- or. we
may add. more scandalously abused and profli
gately wasted than our supplies of potable water. i
We are told that special attention is given In *
the per Jig measures to the compelling of man- \
ufacturing concerns to dispose of their waste
otherwise than by pooling {II lot* the nearest :
stre-im or -lake That is emphatically as it i
should be. The waste of factories is generally i
exceedingly offensive. In some cases it •- rank
!.\ iMiisonous. killing the fish and other aquatic '
..nilgais of the streams Into which it is poured.
In some cases it is vilely malodorous, li often
discolors the water and coats the shore with
sludge. It has long been recognised as proper
to forbid a factory to pollute the a!r with RUioke
or gases to the detriment of neighbors, and. of i
conrse, no concern would be permitted j dis- !
clinrgo its solid refuse noon adjacent land be- :
longing to others or to the public. Logically^
then, factories should lv forbidden ro pollute
water which may be needed for the ii- of j
other*. In England a strict distinction is made
betwotn • domestic sewage and factory waste!
sod even when thi> former la permitted to es
cape in« ■ str«*-iiiis the latter is required to be
kept out of them.
The f-couoniie iaapoitaßre of the proposed
action is far greater than many superficial ob
servers may wjpix«e. The fact is that an encr- (
XEW-VORK DAILY TRIBUNE, MONDAY, APRIL S, 1009.
mous pecaniiry loss results fmni the pollution
«.f strean:« siuil lake?. It rs rnnseil not infre
quently by the destruction of life aivl health
nnd tlie necWssitatinp of sreat expense in out
breaks of typhoiil ft ver. In many cases it fs
caused by depreciation of the value of real
estate fronting ran the polluted warers. The loss
winch hns thus hoen *u^taisie<l alouz tiie P:<«
saic Kiver from Xcrnrarfe to Paters i* probably
fr.r greater than would hr.ye ■ .... the entire
cost of protectiiis tho river from pollution. TLe
loss to fisheries ami to . -.-immunities which are
<^»ruix><3e»l to establish filtration plants 01 to po
t-"» remote sources for tbeir potable writer I
p!y i< enormens.
Pur^ water and «*«wace are N.ith ex'-eeiinsly
valuable when they are kept separate. They
ar*> Nth practically trorthless 'and wor«> than
worthless when they are mingled. It i- one of
thp prinio duties of civilized administration t>>
koep th^m apart.
THE FLORIDA'S ARMAIIEXT.
A dispatch from The Tribune"? Washington
bureau contains th^ information that the ton
tatire plan "f nrn:inc the Florida and the ("rah
with 14-inHi - ■ - !in> been abandoned, and
that the main lotteries of those battleships will
be crrnpr-setl of 12-inch mint There i* no in
dication that <>rh*>r navir-* nr*> nsins: or intend
ing to u«e th ins heavier than the weapon
which has received the approval of the <;enernl
Board. NYitb 'h- 3 i«-« ; ble exception nt Her
uaany, which appareutly adheres to the 11-incb
nm. all foreign v pru still favor the size
adopted f"r the latest battleships authorized by
• ■.•ni:re?s. A 1.-ircer calibre would have given a
srrentpr ranee. u« doubt, and an Increased range
would have its n«!v:iuta£:es. ypf thp adoption of
n biL-zer Run would hive involved '^ besinning
of a new .-la*-' of ves«iels ami tl>reiite"ned to
Farrifi'v that homogeneous quality which is one
of the essentials of an effective squadron.
It would b*» ir.terestinc to know, nevertheless.
why bo more than ■ ■-•-■ b? motinto*!
on the ship*. The Florida .nnd the Utah
jire to disj'ilace 2<i,6oQ tous. or fully <.<>«'»■> ion*
more than the I»renWn<>u£:lit. which <-arries t«>n.
To th. uninitiated it would seem possible to ppt
more bei:efit from thi« extraordinary and un
precedented increase ia size. Three battleships
are under construction f>>r Brazil in British
yards, displacing 19.000 tons, mount ins twelve
puns each and designed to develop a speed of
twenty^one'knots. Tt has also b«»n ropoeed to
provide the St. Vincent and the Vanguard Brii
Ish ittleehipfi whose keels were laid last year
or the ye;.r before, with twelve guns each.
thonzh there is yet no official confirmation of
the report. ...... last mentioned are to
displace 19.250 tons, a little more than the
Dreadnought does, but will be'nearlj T.«-<»f» tons
lichrpr than the Florida and the Utah. The new
American battleships re not expected to be
faster Than those now under construction-, for
England and I?razil. and hence Tlie additional
weight rannf't ' > attributed to Their engines.
]':■■■■ ultimately appear that the designers
of the Florida and the T'f.?h. preferring to utilize
the increased si^,» of the ships for defensive
rather than offensive purjjos«-s. have employed
much heavier armor Than the St. Vincent and
The Brazilian vessels will have.
DETELOPIXG AX ASSET.
The r»'i«-'rf which we published ou Saturday
concerning the rapid progress being made by
the li-.ard of Water Supply on the indispensable
Cat«« extension of thi« city's water -;• ?tem
is gratifying for more than one reason. l*here
i< much satisfaction in knowing that an under?
taking of such importance and urgency is bchii:
pushed toward completion so enerjtetically.
There will be need of the ?k»w supply, for com
fort, health and safety, just as noon is 11 can
l«e provided, and with ri\ •■ thousand or more
men working at various advantageous points
along the line from Ashokan to The Bronx there
is assurance that it will be provided about as
soon is prudent and thorough workmanship will
permit, ir is n!»o creditable to the board that
of all the various contracts there lihs Ix-en de
fault or failure on only one. and lluit provision
has promptly been made for the continuation
of work at that noin: without interruption <>r
delay. On the whole, tho administration of the
enterprise ceeuis to afford a commendable ex
ample of economy, efficiency and expedition.
By no means the least gratifying feature of
this hole enter] rise is the fact, which was
clearly set forth by Commissioner Chadwick in
an address before the Chamber ■■: Commerce
last week, thai in spending 51(30,000,000 on this
work the city » not incurrinc a liability, but is
developing a valuable and profitable asset If
it were not so, if no return whatever could be
expected from it, not even repayment <>f con
struction cost, the city would still have to in
crease its water supply, and could probably not
do so Id any better way than that which is
now being pursued Bui provision lias been
made for the accumulation of a sinking fund
which will repay all the cost of construction,
and thereafter tho system will be a source of
revenue to the city. That is ■> say. New Yfjrfe
will be coiiins an abundant supply of wuterTof
the be* quality and will b«- able to distribute
It to the people at a cost to them so small as
to be only nominal, and at the same time will
be making a considerable profit from the opera
tion.
"■/ MORE ILLr&lO\ DISPELLED.
Thos -K'-v,- the press gent to be a
produH of modern renditions may have to re
-■• their opinion. As for those word painters
who can make the desert n< blossom an the
rose, who ran construct literature which will
par) the wily metn>politaii resident from bis
nionej in pxchange f.-r an Ivory plautation in
Timbuctoo, an In ad _• did not begin
when they were born, nor nil! it gasp and ex
pire when they have departed. Ii appears, in
fact, thai in respect at least to the permanence
of their work the ancients had the advertising
art. like many others, worked oui to perfei
for few of tbe present day Impressions based on
error can be expected to last several thousand
years.
Most of their descendants have so far yielded
to the spell of the old publicity men as to
grow up with ti:> notion that Cyrenalcai was
a laud tit to be the abode of the gods. An emi
nent authority lias said thai "this plateau of
"Cyrenaiea was, and still is. 1 one of the loveliest
"and most agreeable regions of the world. The
"climate is delicious, mountains on the south
•'sheltering the land from the scorching blasts
'•of tlie Sahara, and cool winds fanning it on
"the north." It has been further said that for
a Ustance of eighty mile" the land slopes down
In verdant terraces to the Mediterranean, these
terraces being cut and watered by mountain
streams, forming luxuriant ravines. But now
«re fear thai these glowing pictures of the fa
tuous granary of the Roman Empire are to be
blotted out by one sweep of the brush of truth,
for an expediti tilted out under the auspices
or the Jewish Territorial Organization to in
vestigate the suitability of this region for colo
nial purposes reports that while the country is
beautiful and healthful and the climate pleas
rat, \v:»t«r is scarce, owing '•> the existence of ■
great bed of porous limestone " underneath,
which takes up the moisture like a sponge, bat,
unlike thrt bathroom accessory. will not give
it np again
The loss of a single illusion would not be
perious, but irreverent modernists may next
fe-M inclined to doubt other presumably vera
cious statements' f the ancients. Historians
of the heroic age of (Jreeee and Koine have
supplied inspiration to several hundreds of
millions of people finoe that time, it it should
ever appear that their blood warning tales, like
that of Wlliiaiu Tell arid apple, were only
myth?, what tronld become of the skeptical ;
youtfcs of the next generation 7
UOyBJ ASD Bl SIS ESS.
Aggressice operations for hieher irice* de- j
ve!or-?d In last week's stock market, and before j
the close the average quotation for the leading \
issues ide a new record for the year, at —22
for the leading railroad shares, against 120.98, !
the best preceding high point, or. January 2. and ,
50.37 for the chief Industrials, as compared with |
.SV2:*. in the first week of the veer. The move- !
tr.ent wa«= accompanied by an increase in trans
actions for public account, outsiders showing a j
• decided disposition to follow the "cad of sub- j
stantlal speculative interests that exercised the j
' usual manipulative tat tics to attract a commis
. sion house demand, -•-.. of the fact that j
i values had already discounted expected favor- :
\ able changes in the current of business affairs
iin this country: Stocks, however, were too high
i to indue- active Investment buying, the trading |
: representing little beyond marginal purchases \
1 ....... wiso men began to unload
! holdings accumulated at lower figure?. Capital
i in fair V-lume is moving into railway mortgage
: issues f.»r permanent income Bid. and. In view
' of the ease in money, operations of this char- ;
I acter doubtless will continue for some time to
! oom». Th° average for the prominent railroads ■
• at the end of the week was 121.& against 11975 ,
! tn( , w «, k before, and for th" industrials 8T..00. a
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Money market conditions suggest no immedi
ate change In ruling rat ■ for mam. a* there
are no Indications of any extraordinary de
mands for accommodation in the course of the ;
next few months. The supply of can monoy la ■
abundant enough to meet all requirements from I
i Ftook Exchange » urcea, while notwithstanding |
the expansion in business in BectiritJea. no In- |
rrPa5 p j«t reported In the Inquiry for time funds; j
nor is the volume of mercantile transactions. \
lare- 3 enough to cause a hardening tendency in j
I commercial paper, which continues In light sup- j
ply at this point. At the West some activity Is
! reported in the money market on account of
i mercantile borrowing, but th<* home banks have j
j ample supplies on hand to meet local n«~d«
i without withdrawing their balances from New
| Y<rk. Currency continues to move to this j
; centre in excess of shipments, gold exports to ;
j London have ceased, and fM^ral Treasury dis- j
J - menta are larger than receipts, though the j
j latter are increasing. Discounts abroad are :
j lower, <lv* to the Balkan settlement, and the i
| foreign exchanges, both here and in Europe, are j
weaker. th*> decline at Paris on London sug- !
gesting the possibility of imports of gold at the j
French capital, involving, perhaps, future ship- j
ments from New York on the so-called tri- I
angular operation.
Analysis of commercial failures for the first j
quarter of the year furnishes adequate reason
for encouragement over the condition of the ]
country's g<Mi»ral business. A decrease of 20 per t
cent In the number of failures from the same j
period a year ago was accompanied by a re
duction in liabilities of S4 per cent, and while ;
the exhibit was less favorable li comparison '
with the sarn* time in many preceding years, it
i rpfifcted. nevertheless, increasing strength in '
| r>ur industrial affairs, whi^h ■• the remainder of j
th€ fiscal year are expected to shot moderate
but steady improvement. Though general trade }
is moving on a basis und«>r the normal, railroad j
earnings and bank clearings supply additional \
evidence that our industries are n---t inactive. I
j I>'th gr^ss ar.d n»t returns show marked gains
from this time in 1908, and railroad officers are
confident '-nough over thf future to increase ex- i
pendituros <>n their properties from traffic re
celpts, which are particularly heavy in the i
\v- b1 Industrial activity in certain sections of |
the W^st :.>s pronounced in comparison with the !
volume of business in the last, the wealth of [
the farm'-rs as a const-quince of y^ars of good j
crops* beins an ....... In increasing !
the buying power at interior centres. An active j
demand for agricultural implements is reported. ]
Independent st»-fl companies re receiving few ■
orders and the rnit*d stati Steel Corporation j
;s o;>< rating, it is estimated, between 5S r»er cent I
and 62 per c^nt of its capacity on a basis of I
prices that m»-an ►•xtremely lean earnings in the !
current quarter Merchant .■■■■■■■" that I
furnish Iron to independent mills apparently will |
be compelled to curtail production to a large :
♦ xtent. an'! the undercutting in prices by the
United States .-■• . Corporation is placing the j
Independents in a sorry plight as far as div: j
dends are concerned. In structural steel, tin j
plates and sheets some Improvement is repioried. j
hut the Increase In the output of tin plate ha.« j
been offset by the reduction in tiie production of \
wire products. ■.. interests believe j
that the rapidity with which events have moved j
in the steel trad*» since the announcement of j
prk-e cutting indicates that the market will soon )
reach bottom, with the speedy estublishnicnf '
thereafter of « -'...•- and profitable ba?*is«. In
the drysoods market business in the aKgrrgate
Is of moderate proportions, the current (juietnes^ ;
i:. t::<- Eastern trade possessing none _ Of i the
earmarks of permanency.- As a whole, the sit- ;
nation Is healthy and the outlook promising,
especially in the West, where in th»> la.st week
more orders were received and more buyers were
in the market than in the corresponding weeK
last year. Xo overproduction i reported.
Primary markets for cotton goods are re!a- !
| tlvely inactive. Jobbers show h disposition to
reduce stocks before eniahinf while in the
secondary market fur cottons a mo.«t Irregular
demand is reported. Speculation in cotton futures
! ia more active than It had recently been, ami ;
! prices are^higheri with strength also In the spot j
market a Western grain speculators who have
made money in their own lines are buying cot
tun in the belief that the price Is too low and
that Texas weather conditions are menacing, i
m;.: 1 quotations for wheat are reflected in a [
firmer level *or flour, but buying is light in
volume Visible supplies of wheat are said to I
be unusually low. and the fact that the world's j
requirements in the next three^mp'ntns are -M
mated at 500.000.000 bushels strengthens the be
lief In bull circles that quotations will continue '■
to rule at high figures. Exports fr«>m this coun
try continue light, total shipments of wheat and i
corn last wc-ek being smaller than in any pre- !
cedlngVeek «ince that of October 5. 1905. The I
shoe and leather trades are quiet, but for the
first quarter of the year Eastern shipments <•(
| shoes show an Increase of 23 per cent over the
same time in 1908. Bituminous coal Is dull and. j
: weak, while more activity is reported In anthra
cite as a consequence of the usual April cut In I
prices. Building operations are more active. [
Among the current indications of Improving j
business, with the resultant increase In the buy
ing power of the country, is the gain In imports
of merchandise at New York for March, amount
ing in value to $21,000,000 over the preceding
month and $I,(MMMMW over the corresponding i
time a year ago. . - '
Itn an- i-siiffragette told the suffragettes that
"woman was no better thin man." Th^n If she
p/-.TP the vote there li stil! V>e peer and skittles.
Reacsuring, so far
Diamonds are said to have been discovered in
considerable abundance in German territory in
Southwestern Africa. As the stones are excep
tionally small and as the colonial government is
taking steps to limit th«» output, no conspicuous
effect on market quotations need be expected.
Mr. Rockefeller urges every one to arid years
to his life by "eating sparingly." Professor
MetchnikoS promises length of. days to him who
will become a storage warehouse for lactic acid
bacilli. Mr. Horace Fletcher's motto is, "chew
to live and live to chew." . And now a life in
surance physician sifggests that he who courts
longevity should be -examined by a life in
surance company every five years. Whom the
gods love die young.
As to the personal references in Mr. Bryan's
statement to my aem of propriety and respect for
my party. I have on:y to say that, if the Demo
cratic party had given me three opportunities to
become President and I had failed as dismally a»
Mr. Bryan has. even if I did not have the sen^e to
do ?o. jet the obligation of gratitude to my party
would compel me to remain si'ent about matter?
of which I tna grossly it:r;orant. — Hon. John J.
Fitz.^eraid
"The rising hope of the sane Democracy" con
ditions his silence on Batten of which he is
ignorant upon his receiving three'opportunities
to be elected President That will not prove a
burdensome restraint.
If the customs officials were able f> finish their
inspection of baggage at one session, they could
not reasonably complain at being assigned to
duty at 10 or 11 o'clock at night. To take the
work In two instalments b-*:aus* half of the
passengers stay on board overnight is another
matter.
THE TALK OF THE DAT.
Nineteen hundred snd eight -»?s the m-st pros
perous year ever experienced by the farmers of
Southern Mew Jersey, accordlns to reports com
piled by the freight department of the West Jer
sey & Seashore Railroad, one of th<* subsidiary
lfnes of th«> Pennsylvania ■■■-•• Company. M«re
than fourteen thousand carload— 14"> miies of cars
— of porlphable freight were shipped from join*
on the West Jersey & Seashore. Th^ shipm« > n -< '
in 190S were larger by 2.771 cars than thos* of I>~'7.
an increase of 13 per cent. These Ogores <^erlv^
added sipnlfiranoe from the fact that llie railroad
company in the tut year nas been carrying on an
active campaign to eneourace the further develop
ment of New Jersey as arj agricultural state.
aviation!
Aspiration;
Expectation;
Preparation;
Inflation:
Elevation;
Exaltation:
P»rfr» ration:
Fvapo ration:
Trepidation;
Gravitation.— Life
" East Rutherfcr i. N. J., enjoys th» dt.>=tir!'-tiin - •
havlnp: a Chine » < ditor of one '-.--■'
Bnrni:ih Weekly." This paper changed hands a
few days a?", and Yak Lee. a Chinese grnd'iate
of Yale, vis mad» its editor In his first editorial
Mr. Iy?** ssys that the paper "will he conducted
alonir strictly non-partisan lines, ar.d will advo
cate those en for office who. in ■= Judem^nt. ar»
best fitted for the requirements of the posit:on«
they seek. r»?ardles3 of party r-ilirics. believing
that our government, "specially In l"ca! arTiirs.
sho'iid not he made the prey of the spoils se»ker
nor be permitted to rea-h the hands of Incapables."
Juds:e— Y«u are accused of matching a turkey
fion: a grocery window.
Prisoner ta studem— I took it for a lark, your
honor.
Ju-lire— No resemblance whatever, sir. You must
have been trunk. Sixty days.— Boston Transcript.
Statisticians are not always r:g:;t. so far as the
cau.«es of insanity are c>->nrerned. according to Dr.
Rritton D. Kvan*. head of the New Jersey Hos
pital for the [nsanc. at Morris Plains. Tn his an
nual report this year h? say? "The occupation of
Insan» patient* previous to admission is thought
by many to play an Important part in the causa
tion of their mental aberration. Of the -«3i ad
mitted during the last year IS) were housemaids
and domestics, which is 30 per rent of th« total
admission?. This it Interesting, tut not in har
mony with the contention of numerous statisti
cians."
He was a fine '.} re "f the old Po;ithern i-n:.->n»:.
the fiery sci'^n of" n. race of c.iva!;cr«. Also, he
wa<= ej.rwdintrly wrsthv. He had just received a
letfr froni a man. a low s>>hf of pahson, sur. I
assure jrou." which dßsplemsed him Imrai nsely. and
h* wns d»t>a?!r.?. inwardly, how best to convey to
this vuljrar corre^poriiVrit an a.!e.;-jatp expression
of his (the colonel's) opinion o* him.
Rut his stenographer was a lady.
The colonel sr.ort*.!. made two or three fa,«e
starts, and flnallv dictated:
"Sir: Mv s'enocrap^er. l^emc a lady, rannot
transcribe what I think of you I. beins a gentle
man. cannot think it. But you. r-einp neither.
will readily understand what I mean. —Trie Lirc.e.
A strar.ser '.r. town was at an off.cc ir. one «f the
downtown skyscrapers a few days asro. He had
promised to tall on some friends on the upper
West Side while in the city, but four.d that his
business would not permit him to do so. Wishing
to excuse h;rns"!f. he c.illed hts friend on the tele
phone. The servan* answered and said that her
master could be called up at a certain other num
ber; he had gone out. Mr. Stranger called the num
ber and was soon in communication with his
friend. -Well, where are you now? ' he was asked.
••At a. certain number in Broadway.* 1 "Is that so?
What room— So. 51! -We!!. lam in SIS,
next door. Come in." The stranger did SO, ar.u
now never tires ■■--•- It 1? to be in
two places at the same time in New York.
Huntsman— Here! Look here, what do you mean.
k Tr^£!c£rV: thars wo. ye want to do. ain't it?
—Punch.
<sun<; ■• ■'
Irioi- The Jehua
b Wit I
DIRECT NOMINATIONS
( -UoBBl-K THE SELFISH POSSES.'
„.
•.-.MEN."
x.- ,„, The Rochester Po^t-Flxpress.
from The it <- . •• 9aJS the Governor.
•Hobble the selfish bo-se.. y*
and the people ansv^t-r. Amen.
•THE URGEB BUIJE OF THE PEOPUE."
yIOWy IOW The ieaaer,] to think '
What reason ha\e lhf> l-V „„„.,» thal , ;
they know the ""JVfi^jSSS done ha S been
the e 7\°\ h k' - ,[, ;^ g if "here is anything ta '
!n ;L\ >r i" finance. 1 th'sshouid redound to the C.ov
past i^rnj ""•""■ a the VCO pie Indorsed every-;
ffIfSSSSS« l>ne?" If ->t then let .heir
record be "ex. over asainst the record of the gov
ernor Thar«l«l do to Mart the campaign for the
largo. rule of the people, to which cause Governor
Hughes r. is devoted himself.
•NOT A PARTY QUESTION."
From The ••■■•■••■■ Time«.
It is not a party question, for it concerns the
member* '»i all parties. It fcj a questi..n that goes
to the root Of representative government, and what
the voters Of all parties want to know -- l>«?s the
present bill accomplish the purpose, or can it be
better accomplished by other methods, or h.is the
picsent Mil defects that ousht to be remedied?
BEHIND THE PROCESSION.
From ljp«lie's Weekly.
We doubt If any refoim movement of such im
portance has e\er~be*rn so little understood as that
in favor of direct nominations. Its purj-oso t3 to
magnify the people and minimize the bosses, and it
la meeting precisely the same opposition that Civil
Service reform, the Australian ballot i!iJ th~ pre
vention of corruption at the polls had to meet. All i
these, measures triumphed, and h.iv<- the approval ,
of many or those who bitterly opposed them. In ;
more than half state;' of the Union dire<-t nomi
nations are established. Th* strong tren.l of public j
opinion is toward the purification of politics and i
the subordination of th bosses. New York cannot I
afford to be tehtnd In the procession. j
WHAT OF IT?
From The Buffalo Express.
Senator Raines has tasosfl a statement on the j
direct nominations Mil." in which he returns to the
old appeals to mutual prejudices between city and
country. I" OrteMa County, for example, he s.*ya .
that the two cities of Utlea and Rome now have j
101 dtlegates In the county convention and the {
towns Mb. ruder the proposed l.iv. Utlca and Rome
would have 116 votes in the county committee anil :
the towns 113. So th': conirol would paw from «h*
couMry to the cities. And th Senatvr I ■[!■<■«.-< this
with a number ot other ca*es» wlieie tlie same tiling I
might happen. What of It? The candidates sus- j
gested by the oounty committees would liave to'
receive the approval of. the majority •■: the i-arty i
voters In the whole county, regardless of, city m j
country. j
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
-ARMING OPPORTUNITIES.
-
Sir: Recently I hare noticed letters *ri **!•
torials in your paper regarding the v»ry ess*.
menjiable worle beirsr dor.c by- sonse of ?»•■* T>rk'»
philanthropic citizens, especially "Little T-*-^ aa£
League" fcik. toward conwrtins some cf the city
population to the country, It is an i3ter«*tiaj
proposition from every poiat of vi«». for tie tet
terment of the tlty acd also ticse trr.o zrs to th»
country- The country— farm ccsntry— to-day U en
tering upon a neiv era. and it wotiM be fcarj fa
one to predict what an important i«art it is g3l=g
to take up in the business •wt-rlti in" the cext f»»
years, for in the future, particularly, the trticktsj
and fruit growing branch trill be principal!? dci:«
on business principles, where profit zzx\ loss niii
be taken into account, and not run a-j it haj be«a
in years gone by. •
Tlio>e people wlio take advzntase of tfcie ayysr
tu.iities to farm vQ lead a tetter life, azr.id ra-sr»
healthful surrour^lingrs. Incidental!;* making b«r>r
citizen.*: l»jt. being near to the city and its at
tractions, they win never save ■nimb out of tS*
litUe surplus it their tiring- In comparing - --«.
articles with many showing what the sovem^eai
is <!oir,s to improve the South ami Southwest, I
»■ .nder rvhy n^-re people are not properly encatr
a^ed to buy or rent farms, where there are hun
dreds of fertile acres waiti-i? for them. With th#
shipping facilities el th« present day. a far:Tt:y
could rent lami in some parts of the 5-rjtJ:«e»l
and in threo years make eno»j?h to buy a hofrr*.
To a person who has been following the papers
clcse'y ar.d watchinsr the interest takes Jr. firm
ing- by the pevernrn'-tu. and the ro-crpeTat:oii «f
the Oovcrncr «f each state, esperially the atmtM
of Arkansas and Lou:siar.au ;t !■;<•&; as if *«
might yet ?ee a migration to the*? states <?rrial
to the oidtime rush to the gold fields of C«'.i
fornia. With the prospect ot ownin? a horr.e of
their own. there would he an incentive ta rsaie
the mo?t Of their opportunities, ar.d a great »ai
untold rood f.-ou!d ?e a-^romplished thereby.
New York. April 1. ISO. RI'FUS I'ARROX
ARBOR DAY EDUCATION.
--.----- Tribune
? ; r: The r^al purpose or function of Arfcor Tsar
thai of en'ourasing amons the p*.^p'.e th» plaatatj
of trt#s and. not least, of interesting- th» yncif
in an inteSlis^nt app-»i.-iation of the importar.ee ef
practical tree culture— ls In d.ir^er. I fear, of be^nj
subc>rdinated to <% oonv-ntional and more cr >»s
sl?tract form of obajrvance — n->t bttellectnal r asi
sure-ron the part of the state Educational D^js,—.
m*>nt. which sr-rs-Is down to us from AH'ar.-. e«*^»
y«-ar mo-e beautifni and Interesting; the Arbor
I>ay Annual As a part of the department's ir.ter
ver.tion and in order to practicalize it and rrrake it
dcabljr serviceatle .md valuable, there should fc«
s*n: forth •'ach year in the ea.r!y sprtT:« a re-re
t^ntative. with the prestize of the department be
hind him competent to dlscosa and advise on ts«
practical side of tree piantir.sr. to visit district com
mitteea and school principals with the view t»
interest them in a tim^y ar.d •ffeeilve ■ v In th*
Important subject of tr°e planting. Beins on the
ground will be of advantage, as th>» posslbilit'.es -of
each locality may be eas-.ly determined ar.d th»
variety of the trri. Its best condition for use. th»
soiling and manner of planting, and subseci-jent car*
can all "r-e a^ree-i upon. Indeed, at this time, whes
the subject of the conservation of o<ir ratnra!
resources is beir.? jo impressively discussed. th»
cepartment could hardly n^end money to better
advantage than to equip a competent repres^rta
tive with a lantern outSt to go about through every
village and hamlet of the state lecturing with Ulu*
trate-i material on the planting and care of treei
and other vegetation for shade and ornarsentatzaa.
New York. March 2?. I>.«. JOHN T. CULYSK.
IN DEFENCE OF IMMIGRANTS.
To the Editor of The Tribune.
gjr- "Aliens ar» 3.d:r:"'-c! too ha.sti",y." "•»•• ,4
rrit to our shores men and womeri who b*corr.e Xi
napprs. blnckmall"rs." "ie, say our crtmir.a; as
... Tet the Sicilian. Italian. Russian or CV.
r^e Immigrants are not the cowardly unudema
who run the red and jtreen high power-I *rr-t
loco.-notties at sixty mUes an hour through "special
privilege" parkways and speedways. leaving a trail
of dyir.g and m2im-»d women, children and babies
in their wake, and who kill and malm more pcepia
in one year ta the public thoroughfares of th:s citr
than have betr. credited to anarchisra ar.d tl-e BlacW
Hand in the whole United States in a cr.tury.
The most recent kidnappings were engineered ty
born Americans of some standing ar.d education.
The arriving steerage passengers are not the or.?»
who wreck banks, railroads, trust and Insurance
companir-s. and who s-11 "paper tra^ion 9yste=s"
rob the public, buy and sell public ercia/.s. feO
the Legtalatnre of a state, the courts and the peo
ple with a high priced legal staff instructing tr.ea
fcow to Ao It WILLIAM STOXEBRIDGE.
New York. April 1. 190?.
THE ACADEMY AND CENTRAL PARK.
To the Editor of The Tribur.e
Sir- \ letter of which the inclosed is a co??. taJ
been sent to Albany. If you see a=y value la W
publication, please use the letter. J. H. MOP^S.
New York. March a IC«S.
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Breat majority of our neighbors. .t. t " e , > .^ o^. e p ' > -Vrti
I op^sition to the biC assisting to the FteJ Am
i Academy the Arsenal Building situated in our cea-
of the fine arts^tn pr.eral. aad l 1»
particular of the beautiful an o^P*-=;;^ a 'i v J c V
in common I hope, with the va^t majonrj ol roe
f love ?ar !> more' tl.e notler.art of *?***J£
dening as so srieruiid!y applied »^*^g °.; v h:*
people in our main Central IMr*. -No arUs-. j£ -.
or dead, has ever lielpe.l nature •»£**£)£? "
give sound health, mentai. moral aad PfE*»^
many people through nap years. XoarDß
has e%er done B o much to f**™*. *£££&£
purify the heart, to sweeten -,'; c : ar _- ; .hl-' a ; o e n
naember ot a sister art should be J^t o ' t"-u
eroach even upon the edge of tato »_» *>-^
wonderful and most serviceable P*f*?^^LS
rtowers and gru-. 3 . with their w is .*Jr"*S^e Bict
make the valuaoie features of this servit-»b.e ■ p.«
ure Buildings necessary to *%g£**s£J?lZL S
ransement— and only such l'ui:ding»-*hi_-a cc t
lowed to gt. uo there. Some structures 1^ t~*
old Arsenal, have been allowed
in a measure they can be made usefu,. --t a.*^
has the understanding kept to t.; c «
whvn that bußdiOK U removed it shouJ b^t-*^
castoa of rcatorlac the crponda *»^2fTtaSS
iandscape features-beautifu!
j n<T __d.,voted to the widest uses of ™tJSrmS«f!
ber of our people. What Is that J***"} ££>£
Surely it Is that vast oft!« tie
rarely leave tho streets of the to* in ■ £ a £ J^3
hlllsldea aad in the pastures "g^^rtlVW
them that there is «>»^ e ~iiJ^ ird »W«
of^xl's creat,on *«££■£*§£& MO^
NEW YORK SCIENTISTS TO SPEAK-.
American Academy to Hold Meetn? in FbO*
delphia April 16 and 17.
Philadelphia: April *-"Race Improven^rjn^
United States" and 'The DevetopmMt ?«W g
Welfare Through Social Environrr.er.t w-.
principal topics discussed ** «*• T ""V^"..'.'.^ »»1
meeting of the American Academy ot I -
Social Science whU-h will be held in l " s / ;^ e ,
April 16 and IT. Among those to t****?^
various discussions are men of ra i0..al r
nence. An exhibit on congestion lt^ t pf #
charge of Benjamin «'. Marsh.
NVw-York Committee on O^e^n .n t
Among those expected to tike p«rt _in »•
discussions are Benjnritn C. Marsn. l ■ -
Allen Sargent, director of the "* menw *- w^.
naslnm. Harvard University: Dr. \^' X^J^
port, director of the Station for j
Evolution (Cfemegie Institution. "'^^\, eSi i'
Cold Spring Harbor. Long island. N. '^,^,l
der Johnson, general secretary of tc# ' rort
Conference of Charities and orr^^ ?a3 o?
Wayne. Ind.; 1 It Luther H. Gulh-a. *T£*m
the Playground Extension Committee. »>>- rs ,j SJP ».
Foundation. New Y^rs City: "^^ trood*
member of ronpre^s from New >ort. Vit .
Hutchlnson. New York City; L>r. V- f «*«*•
mer. professor of psychology. Universi . Ti»
sylvania; Ray Stsnnard Faker. ♦ d!t "I r osr! M
American Magazine." New York city: \v" 3 r2« lil '
U I»ana. New York City: Ethelbe^ » Am!rt w*.
president of Lafayette «-->llege. ■ j— > "~l cntV f*et
New York City; Mrs. «>o.-e Kel> v - , u^t
the National Consumers' League. N«* bmclsJ •
J. P. I hliisjhsiajai of the Eur»T> <•-
v Y^rk
■ — ■
M. STOLYPIN GOES TO cRIME^
St. Petersburg. AprU «.— Pren*',"* st^T*"K>tcs!
here to-day for Crimea to reeu» . V*^V* {v«j •
j-akoff. president of the Douroa. j^ 3 V?" to-4"*
audience by the Emperor at TsaK*^ 3 ** 0
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