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MUMltt, M\K< M !? 1 "Il Owned and published ?"ally by The It M I lat??.*?. e Nrw York 00 HI Ogden M tie. '; '' \,im.r T;r??;s. ?-.t.reiai y ami iieamir.-r. address '",,u"* Bulldliif, No. 134 .N.i6>uu Mr?-et. New York. m psi-rtirTb'iN RATES Bi Mall, ""eataga *el?*. setal 1er Now Terk ?t ,>n Dally aad Sunday, ? n ? $ ? ly. ? tnontna : Dailyealy, t raontti..50!8unday o-tfjr. l ><*". RBION RA? ~C8 I CAN \I?l VN r ? PAU SDA1 ' 1?m: v \? D B NDAT ???Iti. II.Mi On" iii??titli. ata ?Mie y,Hi . . 1?.'" HI NOW ONI " DAILT 0NL1 t? \ ?aonths.df. gWj?One month.. ?.'tie >4-?r. 6.11 M . . ? "" D?1 ? ?? -4 1 ? I.\V ?>N! Y >n* month. Or] ?">? I month. .?no jrai. 12.261 One ?.ear. .M 4 l| Knttreil at the r?"?toffl?.-a al h ? Ss?Bead '"?-*" ",,K" Matter. The Tin.une u^rs its best endeavors to insure ??"?* trustworthiness of every advertisement it prints uw avoid ths publication ol all advertisements contain? ?S ailsleadlng statement! 01 clalsse. I. P. Morgan A Co. and the New Haven Railroad's Finances. in their letter to H?trirard Elllotl .1 P Morgan ?" dispose <>f the charge* that thoir firm profited b~ ho ox|ii?':t.'iti?'n of the Sens ?Haven Railroad. Tb? leCtor glWWg U) ' ,! " profits Of ?M house of Motgafl rinrinc twenty -rears ft marketing of tin? New Hsvca Railroad's Be*t"urit~*e anaounted only t.i the sur (?n-itiiiv so ill gui- of $850.000. (?n Um -sscnritle lK?nght outright and rabeoqnenU*" sCd the Morgan latter gho~rg thai the l'Hnking lions?1? lost $1<S3,86014 1 Im bulk of Um -"ecoriUee handled by Morgan ?S. Co., *ClO.0(X>.000, won? handled tip?"1" commiaaloa Um rhargo for handling them atnonntod to 1996,000, of whlcb Um honse of Morgan retained $5153,000, the vest being tii<* Shsrs of banking companies which par tklpated with Morgan 1n the loan??. When the ?3mount tost oa the outright purchaae and ?jale trans ?CUotJS is d??lu??tod from tills -rum the Morgan ?profits from Now Haven securities transactions are shown to bave arengo?*-1 $17,500 a year for twenty year?*. Th? possibility of any other profits than direct ?hanking rrorits 1?? met by the explicit denial that any of M?e Morgan firms or any member of them WSJ ?pver Interested in any property, railroad, trolley or ?toamship, acquired by th?- New llaven Railroad, th?? only exception to this brin*; a small Int?r?t which tho late .' 1' Mnrg<m inherited 1n one company ac quired by it. Any Intersil by the firm or any member of tt in the transactions by which Ihe West ehester ft Boston Ba?road was acquired by the New llaven is also d<> ?red it was in these transactions tlmt the Interstate rommorce <'nnniit-sion found $12,<t?00?000 "vanish???! Into thin air.' Tho charge had been made in BOUM iiewopapors that Morgan & Co. "unloaded" this ma<l ?luring the panic of "007 upon the New Haven. Bat Morgan ft to. produce a letter from Mr. Mollen, president of the New Haven, dated April 2, 1907, s'\ months before the panic, referring to an agreement dated T?e?*ember 4, 1906, with the Millbrook Com? pany, arhtch was financing the "?Vest ehester & Bos ;?iii. in purs'iance of which Morgan ft Co. advanced money to Mr. Oaklelgh Thorne and tlie Millbrok 1 ompany. The fetter assumes responsibility for the 1 ransaction?* and places Morgan ft O?. in the pool? non of agents from the outset of the Now Haven In financing the YVestohestor & Boston. The Morgan statement on this subject is Btipported l'y Mr. Oakleigh Thorne, who 6ays In The Tribune : his morning that In financing the Westchester ft Boston Im dealt directly with the New l?aven, and that llosgan ft Oft figured in the transa'-H^ns pimply Hs the Now Iiavt j's banker-?. Morgan ?.". ?Oft seem to us to have made It clear hat whwver got "Insiders' profits" out of the West tor .i B"ston transaction and out of the other transactions by which the New Haven moii'ipnly was ??rested, it was not Morgan ft Co. Their denials are ? "mplete and explicit, and there Is not u bit of evi? dence against them. Surprise will be felt at the smallness of their profits out of their transactions in the New Haven road's securities. But the great bulk of th? transactions w?rre on a ?*Ammis,?*ion basis, ?nd a false statement rfyrarding the ?mount of the fommlssloni? would not be put out by any banker in h la sense?*. The mystery of the plnck.ng of the New Haven r*v malna as great ?s ?twer. J. P. Morgan ft Co. should V amont* tho?e who wou'd wel??ome Its Investigation. Public Buildings for the Public. Ihe e-freenient reached by Mayor Mltchel, Mr. McAneny and Mr. Churchill, of tho Board of BdO? cation, to rent Kh?ool buildings at actual cost for recreation centres, meetings, lectores, concerts and the like is eminently sensible. It wipes out the ridiculous tarifT recently f.x"d by the Board of Kducatinn, which seemed intended to exa?'t a profit for Itself or gome of Its employ?s. i gg of tho school buildings by the public should tie fn-'oura-jed so long ns It does not interfere with their n*-e for ?JdOCSUonaJ purpos?-s. 'J'hey are the public's, t'ertainly use for meetings. coiK-erts and as recreation centres ?-h.-mld not be made dith>ul! or t"3! these iiiin-rs ?re edocational, and UM Ttoard Of EdmcatiOn ought to be able to reali/e that there is more to edn??atlon than what i?. taugbl to pupil- in school hours. , The Lazy Legislature. The Legis.ature, having adopted a rosoloUos for final adjournment on March 27. 1> ri-~ afraid 1t mav ha-e to adjourn. Ti-. whteb originated the <? - :'.'-n, Uireatons the Aasemhlj oiBclals wiui an -.traordinary *??-?! n \r the Governor's pet leglalg 1 Is not r>a*-sed. Thlg cannot ?be done without ei tciidiij^ the session bt9%m? the inljfiurnment date ?I ?iiid di?ruiiting the tight little do-nothing pro granune of ?Speakor Bwoot and his sida, ?rti "?- the Inability of the li-Klnf??---*?. to cl\e .?- 4? m ?'? rat_M to Important bills within the e left sppetis In an analysis ?>f the pfOfrges of rSl Mr. 0. V. Howard. Mcrelaiy of ?ocisUoo, reports t<> his ? 1 f the 1 '."jo Mils* ez?crtidlt*g dopll? ???I "1 the tWO DOOeeS Qp to the first Of month, is bad bees tmacted into law an?) 4 bad ' I ' ;?!?. 1 gg before the Ol '?" - '. '?'; had psssod one boose sod ?MS ?? : o:t?-'i ,n the otbei ?;_? bad psi -"-i ooe house, bill bSd DO. bOSfl I'port.d |r, the oUMT; M h id been "' both 1.'m-'?-. 1.m bad not passed ? ? ' ad mads so ? ro| , n,,,! - or.?? third ?.f Un- 4d ..,,,, rc ere Urns 90 pot cent of tbe leglalation pre ?'' ratios ep to Marcb 2 bad uni gone ? d the Initial stage ? ??Si ' " " ' ori 9 h* as ha-i si gnj ?.r n?. othen '?""?'?',' :; ' ? in wind up 1 ii h nail; '!"'' 1 ' ?? nil mo 1 m ! 1 ' ?..- untouched sod ' ? ' ' "f ?Vm-sJ Mil spi i*opi ll ?! :?-.,. ?u-uat upoa the sUtdt? boohs Tils ""til bu Uuo iv.-ar.ll?'?? ?'f thi? dit.' ??f adjournment. It Is !-? BB ?hoped m tatet date Ulan the ?one a;*rc.?.i on will ixH i..- M-!, und. above gH, that, miro away fTOfBl All?nny. tho la'cl.-laluri? will be allowed to ?.lav flivHi. Th" slate f?- safer that s g] Overnight Sentences for Speeders. ill?- ?Board <?r Aldermen will probablj r??te ?-rain I?. ni.irr.iu ?ui ?in amendment t" Hi" t-peed mi; i?rdi aguce iutended to put an end to the preaenl burlesque of "one day" Jail ?-'-nt.-ii?'?1-'. "One day" al present generally means three or four hours, alnee tin- prison ?l:i\ begins and ends al I p. m. A gptsoer ?wired with ;i Bummong gppegjn In court aboul n a. m., and If aentenced for "on - day" or to :i tin?' ?>f ?$25, which be may escape bj serving ">>"c ttay,** reinalna in csjj> lodj onlj until the elodi itrlke I i ii?> amendment to tha ot-dinam-e make?, the mini iniim sentence two days and irotold tstsspai n ron \i.-i??i si'?>o?!f?r to stay ?t leaal one night in Jnil. Chief Magtatratea McAdoo and Konipncr have both approved the change, ?and it u being opposed In the board only by the Tammany element which is siw-ay? Bohcltona to make things as easy as possible f?.r violators o? ordinance?-.. More people were kilh'd by the speeders In 1918 ?than In Hie tero years procedlng. Any Ughtenlng Of the las) Wblcb nill tond t<? ?ml fiar Into the liearts of reckJeaa drivers *iii ho ?welcomed bj a long suffering public . National Honor and Parly Platforms. lin? Democratic party eras nol the only party to go srrong In 1912 on the Panama ?Canal tolla question. The .Progressive National ?'onvenilon wag lost nr* short sighted as the l^emocratJc In yielding to the pressure of Atlanl ?? coast Intereeta which wanted to geciire an Indirect subsl?dy for coaatwlaa shipping and of Pacific Coasl Interests which ?aranted to n ??ko the federal Treasury pay par! of the frelgbl on commodities handled over i new transcontinental all water route. The ?Progressive platform paid: \\e demand that the canal shall be so operated as to break th trai portatlon monopoly now held and ed by the transcontinental railroads by ni.nr. talning aea competition srith them thai ahlpi dl rectly oi- Indirectly owned or controlled by Ameri? can ralhroed ?corporations anal] not be permitted to us? the canal, and that American ghips engaged In i'?? trafilo shall pay no tolla Roth the Democrats und the. Progress! t*-??s were playing domestic politics und were willln? to over rldo th?? Hay-Patincefote treaty In order to catch votes. Now that the consequences of ?'i repudiation ot our Internstiotal obligations have hern brought home to the treaty gmaahen blgh-mlnded Progr?s si-.?-?? .'(-4 well as Dem?crata uro beginning to T*"irt-?>t the blonder of the imi' ?datforma. Mr. Oscar Strnu?*. the Procres-lvi-? candidate for Governor in this state In ?nii?, has just repudiate?! the Progressive tolla exemption demand as earnestly ns President Wilson his repudiated the Democratic demand. We have no doubt that Mr. Straus speaks for a majority of bis party when ha f-ays th.-it the claims of ? party platform are loss binding thnn the clalms Of national honor. All good c!tl/,cns should | aproo on Hint point Although I P.epub'i?-nn Proal dent reluctantly approved th? tolla exemption, the RepubUcan party has never approved It. Repu-b? llcans in Congress should therefore gladly join with repentant Dem?crata Hnd Pro^greaalvea in reaffirm Ing by an impressive vote this country's sc?ropuloti8 good faith In its dealing With foreign nations. A Charge Rased on Ignorance. Attacks like ?that made by Mr. Amos PIn?'hf>t on i he Associated Preaa would need no reply except for the fa?*t that the pub Ic generally baa a very ha/.y notion of what The As OClatod Pre s la nnd doe-?. It Is not a corporation which collecta news ami sei:?, It to the newspapers, but i co-operatllva agency maintained by the newapapers ihem-eh ?>.. [| eoold have no Inducemeni to color new s deliberately, since among it?? owners god patrons pre newspapers of every variety ?.f political, ?rellglona and economic be lief. Some are Republican. ?some J><?mocntlc, ?sonio Progreaatve and some ?Indepeadrot if the kSoctallal party were as strong here pr it i?> in Germany, for instance, many Socialist neWSJMperg ?STOUld he In ??Indo'l among the operaton an?l franchies holders ?.?f Tho Aaaioclatod Preaa. it would be surprising if an agency employing hundreds ?-.r rorresp indents should not now and then receive and dlannmlnnta what looks to ootakta ?-riii'-s like ''colored." news. The Information ?gathered must reflect to some extent the atmosph?re In which it is ga?thered. But to charge the {.'?-lierai manage? ment with trying to impress its nwn point of \i<?w on agents ?Mattered all over th?> w?ir-i?i 1s t?> charge an nbsunlity. The hardest t:i-k of the management 1s to keep local ob servers from coloring their r? porta. To ho true tu the purposes of Its organisation and :<?y.*ii to its patrons of all abadea and vaii<sties oi opinion The Associated Preaa moal light on the part of others s tendency which for every tasines? rea son II must Itself avoid and despise. The New Bra in Fducatinn. The Department or Agriculture once gol oui g horse |io?ik wh??se circulation made thai Of Hie other "hesi sellers" of its day look niteroacoplc 'Hie countiy is Indebted to the Hon John ?t Pltzgerald, of Brooklyn, for calling attention to i now govera? ment "beat seller'' appearing under the auspices Of iho esteemed federal Bureau of Education, it la entitled "Agricultural and Rural Ufa Day: Mate? rial for Its Observance.'' We reproduce this gam pie of it ; contents, read by Mr Fitzgerald the other ?lay In the House of Representatives, to the -wild applause of both b - urban :<n?i bla rural collesguea: THE ?'.M.r PATH. ilked home as ?good calves should, Bui made .*? trail all !" ni sake?** ?1 i rooked trail, as all colt ???< do, Since ii.? n 800 years ha? e fli d *?nd I mi. r the calf la d? atill he I? it behind hi tl And thi reby hangs my moi tal I ? Tha trail ?? as taken up nt I at By i g th.-it pg ... rj thai wa;. .\n?i thi n s wl a ?bellwether ? i.? er? ? . ;ii" trail o'er i ale and steep; Vnd ?n ? *?? the nwk behind him, too \?. good bells ethi do from that ds? ?. ? i hill snd i - old wood s path v ai made, : ; net i m and out nd bent al *-. n?i ?.:??* ?? word ?.ft Ighli oui ? rath i :? rsase 'i a ss ? m h ?< ? rook? .i !??. | Bui ' followed 'i" nol laugh ?| h< first n grsl Ion of I hsl ? slf, ?'ii'.unii the winding woodway Htiiikeij, i :? a use hi wa bb ? 'i s hen he v I i u hen II comes to putting "human Interest" Into .-. ? . i n n n-i 11 publications Ih? Unrein of I.?lu? .il ?ui be n.i- i ?. |..u i iiiini of Agriculture beaten one thou ? nul |, i : ,i ? the Kra of the '?'?i1 I reedom in \\ h hin 'ton al o Ute Krs ol I lie Set b?ducation thai r* Iho h? i.i?, copli i of the i n ,i i? i |.ii ? ? will iMtii i ?? clllng .n ih<- cap? ci ?<,.ii.i band i.h lore al from >i HO l?J ?"f?' *'1' U lyjlalll?',. | t_? I The Conning Tower Sunday Night Thoughts. "Sweet ?lay. so cool, so calm, so bright, 1 lit: ?iri<ial of the earth and |k* 1 read Georg? Herbert yesternight When I was shy. '?? ?! timid or meticulous, But "shy," as slangy ?persons say, In rhymes and themes unplenteoua - I wac that way. For Sunday is a sorry time For one relentlessly ?pursuing Th? elusive Muse of motley rhyme I here's nothing doing. "Sweet day. so cool, so calm. 50 bright, Day of surcease, of cosmic lull, ? ?rah it from me, so calm is right It's, downright dull. BU11, H I- only comparatively dull In a Mwspapet oflkfJ Sunday nicht. By nightfall on Sunday vacation beging t?? pall <>r? the a\orage urbanit?, vih'd? Is unre ?ourceful, and he wishes somebody would drop In, or that he Might drop In on ?somebody We know one Irr?ligion* man who has this plan for 'dulling the aharpness of Sabbath dulneys, as you might Pay: He attends the church of the prosic?t. aeruioner he can find. "After that.'' he confides, 'anything seem? Interesting." BY. ATdTd MEANS Sir ?"an yoo tell me ?mj eourage almost falls me at th's lancturel Wb?s i?eople talk about a "lorely contour, i? it ?-hort for "Conning Tower":' Sio\n;sn Spai-th. i l'nssl.nc tire Wootworth building nt dusk yestrr day, we caw the sign "Tower Open." Thanks f>r the nd, V C. Eren Slowly, the Game Has HumertcsJ Limitations. (Prom "An/hony th? Absolut?"', by Ramual M*r?vtB.] "I kissed her eye\ ?lowly, one by one " The Public l/od?-er'?! ?c,?ount of the President's ?lay In Philadelphia - and the one 1n all the New York papers, too said that he bought Brand Whit lock's "I he Thirteenth I?ivls|on." The l?nn'v is "The Thirteenth Dlgtritf.'1 and "ghat we want to know Is: DM be ask for "The Thirteenth T?lvision' ? T>id the j lady book-clerk tell the reporter he had houzhf The Thirteenth Wvtetoo"l Or did the title elude the re : porter when he came |o write th?? story'' Soinethiiu tells w we shall nei-.-r know. I.lt'ry tip to the President : If you wan! a go??'l book, read Mr, Whltlock's "Forty Years of It" ? I ?onbtlesg there Is a saner gentleman than Mr. B u\[ !o??k now writing on human themes: but offhand we don't r?v?all blfl name. The President h:id come to Philadelphia in consult m.uifs-f Brerybod* lo town knew it, or should bare known if. Shouldn't the saleswoman ha-e tried l" se!! bim a copy of "W W.'s Byes-' ? Theaa Get By Mast C'ory-Doskw and Proofrooms. Tennosseeau Irving S. Cobb Irwin 8. Oobb Ijigene Walter?. Peter Finley Dunne And one of Charles Hanson Tnwne s lad* a<*quaint? fin?-es allftwB that automobiles are divided into two classes 'he Voids and the Osnt Affords. AtiD NK.W INl'OP.POP.A'ltOl g r l ?, T'caaa cnt??r me aa a rhart??r m*m->?r r>f ??? A tin? is..'na i *?1 A?*>?r!atl??n of Wall Sir??t - Writ erg -Who- do I -i Balla?-*S)?<Ihst?MW)Jld ? aVatsi re-toM-John-W Oat ?M-to go t" H?ll w SHBRIDAM ?XANA Old .lohn Si-MhII I?? a bP. late, but, then, he |g g ' tri?iea/.ine e?iitor. [?got week, he nais, w lien ii" train?? entered or left (he Pennsylvania Terminal ' from 7 p. m. Sunday until 12*80 p S*. Monday, be ; enjoyed particularly this line, hewn in marble and ninning ??l?-ar BCTOSg the top of the Station: NOR WIND NOB RAIN nor snow CAN BTA1 THESE ?COURIERS Fi;<?M THEIR APPOINTED TIM P. ??7VVE 0?OT him on inn; i.i.sT. Ar?1 that relic Of antiqult.' . tih'i ?Vara tlii feminist We're not him en thu list-he saver WOadd I'? mis-jcij .111,1.. ?irchsic them,.s und modern ate iiidudsd in the I ivo Public I/ecture.-i l'ourse offered by the esteemed ?Board <?" ?Zdncstion. i in? lectures, the gnnonnce* menl gays, are Mon Music, HMary, ?Economies, Lit* ??ral?ire and SObjeCt! of proaeol interest " TF"T SOStl SAT tuf. KAILS AT.": gLOW fKrorn tha Tlm?s ' Magistrats Camrb^ll ic-c; ?1 a Black Hand ihr?.-?? ?? taris*" morning. Tha ISttM ??as mall?" at 4 ?Vc'o'k ? ?-? I ? ?Til? y ?f'<?nu>?>n at fctailon ?">. It is the flceti?? notion of W. W. B. that fcilss Mar garet Rotnslne gbOOld change her name to Olive lloyle. Bpeaklag of the mad. mad nnp? fiiero gn i\ir.\ inn?I. mad w Is??, also. Tin- poeltloo of the .ludee is like < ;r.sai s g ife u,. must be a'l Uiings to all men. - From the Times'! report <>r Mr. Taft'- Boston SddrCM Tes, or like St. Paul. He must be sbove ittspidon. The Ton or of Tuesday. Mar??h 17 will be planned, specified, ?^instructed and dedf??ated by tlie gift.-?! staff of tit?? Yr!? Record. Pigre your order early. \.h i Lowlife Thoughts About Hlghllfe Animals. Bv (V-SDSBIS Porb BtBMLB, Tkt lion is a kingly h'easl: .111 kitidi of It otk he hale< 'Rut one tiling lie can Jo at tout: He Joles on duatJitig G?ttt, 0_/)7 ?*,i ?h,A (^at) M fr IM: ol()i ?" (!!!) I.H'.V 4,N,M m i, , |,IN THE LOGIC OF GRAFT. CORRUPT CONTRACTOR?Don't let 'em out! Think of the danger! THE PEOPLE'S COLUMN **ooea g?; ?<-? A PREDICTION FOR 191? Thi? Wilion Succesaea Are Praiaec While a Reaction Ii Predicted. To th? ?Sdltor . r ti * Tribune Bl All tru?-? Americans are a th"ir loyslty to th? Chief ?Executive ? the nation. Ths Tribune's uncpialiiie manifested in to day's lesdlng edl torlsl <>f Prssldenl IrVTIaim'a first year' ement \n Indeed sppred ited b your readers, ?"-.en though pollth ? aratri from him it la to be hoped ths thta sttltude will l?? followed by oth? lesdlng papei ?? tl ro ighoul I s and for the lime being formet Bryanlar ;?rnl other mlatakea of the ad i ? handle the machinery of pol ?i bj thla i our ??re Ident la a past master of tin?. and U for what he ha achieved thai it? must admire him. ll -1 tain y Intrant ht d tdinsslf In th con denes of r: . common people, i\hii his acts are the results of a desp*?roo*te< conviction which reveals ? sturdy hones tj snd t i? pal otism. "Ths nsw 1res dorn" has <n!?i. ?i t>. Hi" buoyancy ?.f thi ?n people and cleared the atmos ? Unfortunately, the people have- no tie s to as sil tii?> ?actual re .??nils of tl S s. ' - snd befoi? ?' ?? are liberated the pendulum will swlni bach to the opposition psi I . a ord for proapertty * ? still the living b?res< !?? ? hi? ii ihej ???? An an Indepei ?' ' ibllcan golni ttclpatlon '.-i ti"? Qre4lej .:?!. i . an tee the bands i Iting ? plain!) m thst pendulum apofcea of. i pri dl? t that Mr. W I son has shoe n th? to s clean wi p for the o( her- r., ri and thai their spirits are Riled with th? jubilan ute j reslissbla hopes M.W JAOERHUBBR N iman, S. 1 Man h t, Itl*. *'A PITIFUL SPECTACLE" So a Reader Regard? the President'! Stand on Canal Toll?. i ?? the Dflitor of The Tribune Bii The sight of the Pn iid? n of tha United Btatea of America plesding with Cong I ? repes? of the provision of the Panama Cans! set exempting Amerl ?an vessels from the pa>ment of tolls In order t.? ?nsble him, ns he stab deal Hin. matters of even greater delicacy and nesrer consenuence," sffords the most pitiful Bpectacl? in the politics] hia of I ?untry. it i.? th? first isi tance o? s re?ut it made by an American Pi idenl for egtalstlve action for the purpose of conciliating a foreign nstion The language na"'i bj President Wilson in the Isst parsgrspb of his address to Congress leaves little room for doubt tiiit uni * is i tires of Great Britain he met an?! en Interpretstkm of the canal ti??.?t?. favorable t?j that power be adopted bj Cotigreaa this country <an 1...1 count upon th? Mipport of the 1-aiR ... . rnnii nr ;n |ta M> \i? an p? ? The President, it i-e'?ma. f??eis powerlei ? i?? d?f? n?i the Americsn ln?lerpretanon of ti.? Monroe l'o.-tnn??. lie la right when ? that no communlcsUon which he lia addre sed to the Congress carriol with It grSVST ami more fSTTSSChlng i'" pli? ?tions tu the m!? --?'si of th?? oounti ? i bi honor snd ? 1er of the Amerl .i. i????; ? demand thst If the Interprets iion ol the Pana.tresl not i> di? idenl W i1 -.?n be ? orreci ould be grsnted to ?teropean powers matter of right snd not be sstortsd from ? ?iiiHi?''-'? undei thresl of rssulting damage to thla country in other matter.? i Im Cngltah k".m al ? ia*to i?la 1rs dit ions m diplomacy, i*a?i selected th" i? . hologli ii moment f?.r securing an ad i antage which otherwise n could not obtain Bui thai advantage la u* nsughl ? ??m psred with tha i.al advsntsge gulMd I?- the British go ernmenl In forcing from n?. Presidenl of the I nited ?Stall i s pro ? on urbi el ??> bl thai unlei ? w? ineel the " i ih< "i Ui esl Bi it.*?.? m the Pan am . i|U? ?t i.'ii ?? ?? \? in ' n?.t knos bos to dcii With natters uf even grsgtSf dell cacy and nea?- - la n c v" au? ifesslon has ever bean wrong froi i .-? Amort? .?n Pnesident by a foreign nation nor ?'an I recall an Inetance of a slmlls rcfjuest tor legislation reads b. s Euro peoa statesman upon a legislativa bod under clrciimstances 50 humiliating DA"l ID NI", i MARK. New York. March ?". lili THE MANY BREEDS OF OYSTER: Why New Jersey Requires Six Com missions to Regulate Their Growth. To the Editor of Th? Tribune. ? ' . s read with much Inters I I . . ! Smdency Commit! - ? j New Jcr.4? ? . n opoalng to do away wll Ml,- ins and oAOSS I ' 1 dally whsrs held by Republicans, and to ladng them ?with Dornocrats who ar ? on of Job* ! WM especially Inter csted In the plans for abolishing the si ?.-. tar commissions, now asistios pladns their power In the hands of on [director a Damocrat, of eooras at a goo i salan I .Mont thirty yaara ago i waa apa I s pood deal of my I ma st Trenton durtai .1 session of tlie [*atd1slatiiTOi and my ?it tton was directed In tha -.une chan rcgardlei i of the i utlre In coi ? ; ? ?-. and it afamad M ms that the va irioui syatar commissions thon a_Istini might i"? repi.e ? d b? a single hod' : sr.l with all tlie dUtlO! and rosponsi b lilies of the various hoards thon It being, i according!) dren up a bill t? thai effect an<l lud It Introduood an? | printed. what was m.'. amaxont? nt tl a followlni week, to be overrun bj visiting delega (ions from four or flva count!? to expiaii to mo the defecta of any su.? n plan foi looking after the oystcra of New Jarse* ?m? delegation came troto Monmoutii County and explained that the oysters 01 thai county wore accustomed to be fed on ths stimulating sewage and the aavorj Street sweepings of New fort Clt" ami I they could not i i looked after bs ?i ?n ? ?? sel of mea a ho ha?i other |n? ts at heart, a delegation from ? . t. explained thai tha oysters of that county wer?? ??f an entirely different breed, if not of a different origin, from their neighbors ?if IfOnmOUtb Count**, and re? quired different food and different (real nient. ?'uniberiand County reprosentod thai th?*? oysters on the r-and hanks of the 1'? lau.it? were ?rorj much more drli?:atel> nurtured than their relatives on the. At* lantic ehores, ai <i it seemed thai the ... itars on the three or four different und bank.? particularly ?bounding In that sheUSsfa rcipiired MCh a ?liffcrent ? ultura from the ??iheru. Thsss men wore nil serious and very much in earnest in prerSSntlag their argu rnoata, I had no answar'Ca make, and in ? . nlln. ntly gave up the a-hem? of eSl clency and SOOOOmy la the supervision ati?l direction Of the o?ster culture of New Jersey. Natural!?-, I ha\? much curiosity to MS if there has been aaudi ?-hange In the last til?n.- years in sttbar the oysters or in Ul! public sentim? nt of the atnie N. Pataraan, n j . Ifareh I vu. Our "Pampered" Servants. i.. tha i.dit'.r of Ths Trtbua! Sir 1 Indorse a hat is said b ""I llouseke? per'' In to-day's Tribune M aarvants always -..?em aa happy as the ? if us, and stay from ana M leoi san, laavlng foi h-airtage or a ?Jesir? l?> ?li.tiig.?, ?hi.-li ?-.reins rather necessary In SOfflO nature?.. .Man? of re* friand! have i??*ip ?ho ha?e been with thoai tu?- to toa yaaraa_d seem to feel like pail of tlie tamil) And when i good maid leavi i-i .? good raaaaa it both enlightening and ?Iim-hhi aging to ( ?? -i. n"i ??!' mi rwnpetont, in?ie pendenl and Insolent apoci?jnaps who ? . ? ? ndlngi* intisrvMa as before ?4? ? n tin.i n reasonable peraaa ?ho r.??u? Intends to givi service foi value reeetred? 1 i it shin?. .Nr?* k'orh, llarefe ??, mt THE SUFFERINGS Ol HOPPES An Obierver Lamenta Their Lot im Suggest? a Remedy. To the lair. Bir: It Is well to ill - ?? humor when on - ? .,ru..< j threaten? d bul in the result? ol storm boa .?a? oui ?;? j a of i hen Itaeaei the extraordinary sufferings of the horsn Added to the bard r'iiimi? in;?i in?>ers' footing in ??he a hip, then t ? eillaj distraught iiriv, : - rklaf ' mouths 'i ! '? strain and s ? aidas I Bight I one ? * nation If the humai >.n*k tM ?--rum! ? forts SI 10 ha\ ? t hi I I emclo . ? g at tl .... i - . .?.. M V\ est *eth street ntral fl 11 Wi r snd ' " imb.-- i enue, has ss* ? i piled in the middle ?.?f the ruad? a?. ?i* ? ? . l l,?.m ihiveaa-' . - ? ' - - ' . I to ? art ano* Ml * j nearly Impasssble ? il mountalM .??now the horses hsving tro ?I? trylsjl haul osen empt) i R sTOBBS \,?. at ??vest m ! Advice to the Disgruntled. TO the Kditm Of Th' I rlbUS? I Sir. | :??'? ' ; ilusble titnt ? the chronic k'. k?-r-4 ?? " 1? ' bach snd ? ?-- nf -?fW ?.'loatiir:}-. ! '? pat la "Why don't they keep th? treeti aisss ?!? n: ? [You n?k with deep anno: u tin "Why don't the] Iteep th.? parks a iit,:* gl ,?eii?;r'.'." Did you ever Stop to think that th'" m? an?? J OU .' ?Lei tha ?csUoti ? critics of Hi MM? Ston'a cohort?? han,; up ' i.ainm?^ and net down their little Un sbsvelsaaJ ? how us ho? Boon tin tins nasty work of the ? ?niMijor eserelse ?riKMiM i?-- a gvest lass to their a^aaataafled impatiene OEOltOB w '? IN Si"t.f"> N"iv York. Match .*!. IMI. The Toll Clauae in the Treaty T 0 the K'titor of The T-i'.? II I H.i if j au ii* - ? si.? s wi - m Idas punt th" -BlaUSS in the foy.PsUfASS**? treaty regarding toi ? which th? Ds** ??ratio party bas violst ? ; > "?'*??t!)' sxsniptlea Ian ! A TRIBt SE READH Ne? York. Ma:, h I hW The iia>-i'ain?-efote treat) *** P.n *.. provides as fellows "The esai ?shall be free and upen to ths ?< lasmnier-re snd of "?? of el '??ll">n?, J ?serving: t! OSS i lies on term-? of 4??lU* . quality, as thai there ?* r"? dl^ ?a mil nation SgSll st SI 'u"1 i??? rltliesis or subjects In r? p? ! ot ' ???.ni-Jitions or charges of trsjhe or sass wise Pueh conditions and chant?-* ', 11 am? (?hall b? )USt an?l eCJUlUbtS The Real Stone C?r??n nt? who i? ? ??? - JOHN VOSlitUW New York. March ?>. i?4