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I Kcu? Sod. .Tribune. THt KMIAT. MAT 1. IBt?. Own?* and published dally by Tti? Tribun? A??-??-latl->n. a New York corporation. fJ**tfsO M Reld, Pre?l?)?nt. O. Vetnor Rocera, See-retary end Treaaurer. Addr??? Tribune Bulldins. Ko. 134 N-.??au ?treet New Torh. fl'BSCRIPTIOV nATKS ? By Mall, Po?tasa Pal?*?. eut?ld? of Qr?at?r New York: Tally and Pun1?\y. 1 mo.8 .75 Pally only. * month? ...ft JJ Pal'y and Fundav. ? mo? 4.58! D-11?? only, t ve?r .... W Dallv and Fundav, 1 vi?ar 8.30 Sunday onl?-. ? month-.. . 1 ???' T?ai:>- only. 1 m?inth.80! Sunday only, 1 y*?r. B.SS FORE|r?,\? RATE.?- 1 CANADIAN nA"?*?k DAILT AND St'NDATr DAILY AND BUNDAT. On? month. 81.53 One month. ? ?n One year. .. Ife.30 On? year. ? ? ?*? ?V KTNDAY OKLT: DAILY ONLY ^ Ri? month?. 8.07' On? month. On? year. e.l* one >?r?r . DAILY ONLY: MNDAY ONTuTl On? month. LOI On? month. On? year.?.K2?|On? year. e.oo *,(i 4 M *?*it?re<J at th? Po?tofflr? at N?w York aa Second ri??? Mall taaaaaa Th? Tribuno usoa lta best endeavors to Insure th? truat-A-orthlneas ot e\ery edvertteement It prints and to avi.td the puMii ration of all ad\erttseinent?i contain? ing mls'eadin?* ?statements or claim.*.. No Delay in the Becker Trial. The mot ?on fora clunj-eof venue made by Boxkafi lawyers and Its ??ompanion motion to hold district Attorney Whitman in eoniempt of court f?>r publica? tion of stories tendinc to prejudice the tal??smen in this second trinl were legal finesse of a well recog? nized brnnel. They ilssainsi the denial which Jos? Tie??? Seabury pave to them, both on jxrints of la?v end thai further point of common nense which points of law do n??t always seem to Include. Becker ?an pet as fair a trial here as he can cet siiV-vhere in this state. In fact, he can tret a trial here under c.uifliii?ins which inii-ht suit his lawyers better than those which would prevail under many upstate .nidi;????, who are not so accustomed to legal finesse of this brand or -*o patient with it as are "metri???olitaii" Judge* H" srill let n trial by a jury in the examination and selection of which liis law yers will have full sc<?i?e and ample opportunity t?-? pn-tect him. Appeal from the decision of that jury will he ptrSslble, c\??n t?> a Court of Appeals, which Iihs power to weir-h evidence, as well as consider law. A jury could not be Impanelled whose member?? would not have read accounts of pome phase of this ??;i>e and spe'-u!ated on it and the conditions In ?ii??di'rn life which brought it about. The only way t<? avoiil the conditions of which the defendant's lowers ci?ni|.]riiiii-il would (?e to abolish newspapers or juries It is within the rieht of the defence to ficht, with ? technicality kn??wn to the lepal profession. and perhaps it is its duty 10 do so. Never!heles-, ? must beoatise for thankfulness in the fad thai .'notice Beabury set his foot on these partlculai efforts to complfcata and delay the p-ragl-esu of the fria!. 1 The Roosevelt Trip. I The Interesting summary of Colonel Roosevelt's crip throuph the heart of South America shows it to have be*?n a thoroughly Rooseveitian achievement. The Obstacles were many and prave. Canoes wore lost, one of the native guides was drowned, another ??, ? murdered, and progress was so alow in the early pari of the river travel, owtng to fluent rapids, that the party was cut down to half rati?iti?<. Vet the e*7p??diti?in <-ame through in -*<??'d shape, with much collected material and one newly discovered river to ils Crodll The ??lt'iitny of this river, as Larga as the Rhone Of Hudson, according to the colonel, is still in some duubt H? seem?; t?? fee! DO question of the original? i * \ of the discovery, iT??m the detalla which ha -.'i? es it is eiillic-lllt t" pass t]|?nn the facts; 1 he tl?hu tariaa of the River Madeira, Itself a tributary ?if the Amazon, are legion,and the MrtOgnphen have hecii l-iii-\- with them for reara, There Is nothin-* at all unlikely In the idea that a rivet as largl as the Hudsod has escaped earlier explorer* of this little known i^sgion. If adventure doesn't come to you, an out ati?l hn?l it That has been the colnnel's motto for 8 good many years, and small wonder that he ftada the world a corking placa t<> live In! A New Memorial to Washington. A useful and admirable structure the now Wash* iiutnu immortal In the capital promises t>> be. 1 lie plau selected by the jury show.?, a ilif-nifieil tuiil?! n? designed with the utmost care to obtain the liest acoustic effect The main auditorium will seat 8,000, and .t is hoped that the entire audience will he within easy reach <if a speaker's voice. This ja as larga a number as ?-an i?e accommodated in our own Madison Square ?.arelen, and It <*an be seen DOW serious a problem confronted the architects. The OSS of the ellipse is chiefly relied upon to aocoanpliah this result, as wall as to furnish an Inter? ??.tin*? ntgfrlor, somewhat i.i]i;inili|?> to our own round courthouse. A<rordiii-r to the modern theories of acoustics, the ellipse? cmifnnns to the "line of e<-]ual sound" and permits the greatest number of auditors to hear upon e?pial terms. A su????essful auditorium always involves an ele? ment of chance. This new venture to fill an old need in the nations capita] h?~*iii8 admirably and bears every mark of aiming toward a BUCCeaarftt] fulfilment Ambassadorial Humor. Whatever Amba->a?l??r Page represents on anv | given pub'.K CKrcasion, whether country or s??cti(in or craft or bastees?, ttnit ciintry or section or craft or business may confidently fgqwd him to raise a Mfflgh. at its exjifiise. Tlie Aglbaaaadof wants it utider si""d that he is rlewlng his b.-i.-kr-round with a [ proper perope-ctlve, ttougb he nol Infreqnentty a?' complishes Just the opposite result. His latest exhibition of this genial, if slightly em barrassinv. trait i-i.ipsout in his >|.e?-, h at the annual banquet in London ?>f the Royal Uterary Fund foe tlie Relief of N'wessltous Autltors, lu reference i? N8 literary career be has this to say: ? "From tlie viewpoint Of mere barnyard ?r-iimption If is absurd for anybody t?> atari to spend his lite writing. Gambling la more likely to yield a ttaady ir' ome. It is an absurd career .iii?| a foolish, fool I: rdy business. No man has a riKht U? take it up ? ?an avoid doing BO " V> one wi:i take umbra-re at this remark unless . pi -sii'iy the cambi?is least of all his literary co! leagues bul it Is Interesting to tra?-e in it the iden ti-'I vein ?>f h.r w bid, !e?il him mte? his re??ent in?lis.-reti?.n concerning the Panama ?'ana', which prompted him to tell hta fellow mairazine ???lifors and publishers OB the ?>? ?asi?>n of their dinner in hi? honor before he embarLM for England that be hoped on his return there would be fewer of them. and ?hlch tinges thr? ntferaur-es In his bonk, "The Southerner." so distasteful to Senator Baton, of Georgia. It is perhaps ns jjood a tribute as any to the sense i of humor ptisscsat-d by the majority of his country? men that Dr. Dago's propensities In this direction do not m.?re seriously Interfere with his useful liens ; ns Ambassador. In Memory of Those Who Fell at Vera Cruz. There is reported to b?> gfl official desire in \Vn?h i n jet ? -n 1?> minimize (he ceremonies here next Monday in honor ?if the seventeen sailors and marines who fell at Y?>ra Cruz. There having been no war, thr* incident is a small one. It Is Implied. I>et It be forgotten. Fortunately, this city has acted promptly to do What it could to reject this idea. And It is now con? sidered likely thai the President and the Secret/try of the Navy will both I?e present I?? express their appreciation of these men. Mills is right anil proper. i If la the contention of our administr?t!.m that these ' men ?lie?! in the pacttV occupation of a ?-ustoni house ?loin?; police duty, not In battle. History i and the American pe?iplo will scarcely uphold this i flag distinction. In any event, the coiiraj-e of the men who fnced the snipers of Vera Cruz speaks for itself. A small engagement in a lon>? record of greater warfare, it is of a piece with the stanch fighting spirit of our riali"ti. The men who died In if deserve ami will ! receive the tribute of a grateful nation's honor. The Gypsy Moth's Invasion. The invasion of Wostchester County and l/mg [Bland by the gjpey moth constitutes its first real attack on this state. It ?as unknown here until tWO "t" three feejn a?'?; though it was ravaging New England, Its OUtpOSta were unable to gain a frxithold BCrOBS N?SW York's l.?iplei->? They are veritable Mexican banditti, fliese in? sects. They have done damage (o trees ami shrub? bery in the Kastern slates estimated at millions ??f dollars, and millions of d"Hnrs have been spent in Dgfating them. Kvery land owner here ought to as? sure himself that his own property is not attacked, and the vigorous campaign of defence begun by tit* Department Of Agriculture should lie pushed to a complete vii'tory. The only safety lies in no quar? ter. Police Reform for the Police. It is perfectly true, as Commissioner Woods told the police at the meeting of the HOOOr Legion, that no outside help should be needed to clear the de? partment of things unworthy of it. Such a senti? ment should, and did, bring applause from the auditors, and should, and probably did, ?-tir thera to fresh resolve to light graft and crime for the honor ? of the force. Yet just as hearty applause at a police dinner not so many months ngo greeted ?me <?f the four ln BpactOll accused of grafting. The |io!ice stood practi? cally as a unit against Mayor Mitchel's legislation to giv.' the Commissioner power to ihTt_rl**l without ap? peal a grafter or an incompetent blueooat, although such a law could nor have hurt the honest and dili? gent, and its absence inevitably must help the lazy and crooked. The polio* ?complain bitterly of a gen? erally prevalent attitude of distrust and gqapiciO of then., and that attitude of the publics mind un? questionably is an injustice to the thousands of de? cent, straight livinz men who wear the uniform. Yet so long as those men directly or indirectly Bid ami abet the crookedness of the few so long as they "stand for'' grafting- there ???m bo no Change in ihe public, attitude. The police themselves could cicaii their own house, as Commiasloner Wo.mIs. lolls them it is their right, their obligation, I?? ?In It, and only when they do it will I he Job be tolerably well done. But a loi more energy must be given to it than the impulse to applaud the voicing <?f the thought. A Children's Clinic for Delinquents. The pretident and managers <?f the Brooklyn Dis-! ciplinary Training School for Boys, reporting ?M Other day t'? Mayor Ifltehel and the Board of Ksti-, unite that it la undesirable to continue ihe school in its present buildings, raconunended the establishment of n children's clinic and detention home to take its place. It Is an important subject which is thus opened. This training school is the only city institu? tion which cares for d?'linf|iient boys that is. for boya who need discipline bul are not yet crim?nala It is tiie ?.nl.v Institution to which short term ??'?ni niilmeiils, favored by the judges ?>f the children's courts, may be made. Its equipment has been COfB* demned by the Board of Health, the State Boapl of Charities, the Fire Department and grand juries, so it I? imperative that prompt action be taken on the ?matter. Advocacy of the proposed children's dinic is based on two grounds the desirability of an insti? tution or gchool t<? Which short term commitment-, may be made and the necessity for an institution for study of nil children \?i.ne bef. the an thurifies before their cases are Uspooed Of. Hiss Davis. Commissioner of ? "??rrection. who la MM "' the board of managers of the training s?-h??ol. be heves in the long or Indeterminate commitment for d?linquante, bit la la fav??r of the ciiuic and data? tion home nud its feature ?if short terms for those boys who need something which their home disci? pline hasu't friven them, btif not too much of it. The judges ?if the childrena courts are all In favor of this short term for the boy who is unruly but not yet vicious. The necessity f??r some plan of study of delinquent* not hasty "sizing up" of cas.-< . in court, but careful ol>?ervnti?in and 81 lenllfll in vestig.itiiin has long been recognized by the fudge* and ?ill who have stu?lied the work of the children ? i courts. ( UCage has its psychopathic institute for BUCh cases. Minneapolis has a big farm and cottage ????lony as a detention home f??r the study of Its delinquents; Seattle its department of research. headed by a physician, to make investigation of each child's case by a physician and psychologie? : nd report to the judge before his action This City needs a more comprehensive and ????ientific method of handling this big problem than It possesses. |t?i children's ?-?nirts are n necessary part of the machinery, but their work nmst be aided aud sup? plemented along the line suggested if best result ?< are to be a?hieved. and the judges undoubteslly would weli-ome such help. The juvenile delinquent, properly handled, b??coraes an honest, self respe t Ing, self siisiaining citizen, lmprojierly haudletl. lie 1 btxoinos n gangman, thief, menace to the eomnni nit?. The Institution suRgested to the Board ot 1 Estimate would coat, It 1? sal?l. al?'Ut $'.'.4?.??<??l ??t which about fi??).???) could be realized from th? ?sale Of the training school's site Su-'h au Infgat t ment is uot big for the results certain to be 06 j talued. The Corvning Tower to itf-ia norach book ?. onr a. 'Lydia, die. per omnes" Come. Lydia, tell me on the low, Why Sybarls ia acting so? You're all ttutt he can see. Why has he canned the outdoor stuff? Be never even chucks the bluff He likes the great o.-d. Why do?** he duck the Mexwar talk? Is be afraid his skate will balk? He won't go for a ride. t Why doe? he never swim, or show Some of Zbyszko's holds or so? Why has he hit the ?lido? No more he tell? how- Theodore And he fought in the Spanish War. I know your secret hist! You've hhlden him. like Thetis' son. Till now he cannot hold a gun, And so he can't enlist. Y. B. _. If there should be no war--ami the wi?.h Is foe thought's own daddy we shall point pridefully to . the arfhie of our ex-Mex corresp?in?1ent, Mr. Maw russ Perlmutter. Mr. Perlmutter kit Mexico city Just as the other correspondents arrived. He f??ro , cast that there would be no war, and him, he was fertig. " 'WHOM AtlF. TOOT PAID ?TRIL." (From th* New Tora Tribun?.] . . . s man whom the poli?? said was Pumpy was th? only marcher ? ? ? [Krorn th? MS* Tf-k Sun.] "These." ?aid Mr. Page. "In? lude a tlozen persons of our own time whom I would never have guessed I needed help'" Yesterday Mr. Orson Lowell was trailing Mr. .'elnald Werrcnrath In the proofroom eluding con? test, the score being ;,;:. But a letter t?. ciem Lowell and the bulletin in front of the \Vashingt?>n Irving High School, to the effect that Orson I.owel's exhibition begins today, tied the score, which stands at 5-all. Gwendolyn Stocking, in the revererl American, en? ters this for the mixtmet championship: "But the steel was cast with a flaw. A tiny bubble working its way out left a tissure through which could be dlecamed one small oasis in a barren place the love of poetry and that yearning for higher tilings which his own bardneaa sought to crush with a ruthless heel." ??tie of this Turret's acquaintances has just been inoculated against smallpox and wants to know whether she may dance the vacdie. . . . Ymi tell her. "Huerta used to he the Idol of the north, huf he is that no longer," says the Beaumont Enterprise. Ilexiconociaaaa, as it were. Our Own War Photographs. if we don't use "By and Large" for our threatened book of verses, we've three-fifths of a notion to call it "S?.iigs and Snatches," as J. o L. surge-is. CITIZEN'S SPTtnfC SONG. itiher^o In Springtime retry other jter, .4i sure as sure . *? be, l ?et a hit of Jurv Du Iv trii'i'i ott 'It'. B'it liego merry round'', i: ' This Afjp / frelit tree, I did *>i.' Outv last fjr ;ti/ Thev tetii Z't 01' ' H ,vf .<;. If you doubt the puissance of Mr. Chance's team read, in the Journal, how "it was in the third Inning that the Yankees pulled their triple play. There were two out and two runs in at the time." Any team that can pull a triple play with two out can win any pennant that ever fluttere?l in the free, s.i t" speak. American breeze. Vet we doubt not through the age> one daeceaalng purpose raba. And the thoughts of fans are saddened at the stand? ing of the i'ubs. The Pittsburgh team'? motto seem.? tn he Safety First. # THF CRUX OF THF. MEiX SITUATION [From yei'erda?'? N. T KeVS R'ji-*??ii Mrkir j HILHTAHSAVSKHKKWONTMl'MMM Sir YY. S. Gilbert gave us a nice little ad when. ,n "The '.eomen of the Guard," he spoke of "Tower warders . . . ea?h a bold contributory." TDK COMPUETO I4ETTER WRITER [I?e?-?I??d by ? au?ar refining r^n.-?rn | I?ak?vill? C\ May 4th 1914 Gentlemans Co 1 r?ceived your receipt last week I thank you but vou ?tarch any come yet I been station inquire agent man he told not come where much obliged to you fix come here quickly but my have some before no mi?r?* I want needing Just now please you no postpone?l for me yours Kindly Friend CHARLIE \\i.\G -. Th'? B of a., a? has been stated, knew bow the colyuraist feel? a.? he fus?es over an endine From Two Gentlemen of Yerona" : "Write till your ink Is dry, and with your fears Moist it again and frame aome fceilaj Une " F. P. A. IN THE GOOD OLD DAYS. -Gentlemen, Our Temporar> Treasurer. THE PEOPLE'S COLUMN %"?,<? g?- '"' NO POCKETS FOR WOMEN! A Review of Anti-Suffrage Fallacie?. To the Killte,r ?if The Tribune Sir The Tenter has Slwajra npprerlate?l The Wesnaa'a l*orui-*, but tha best thinr; I ha\e ever seen on the sabjecl of rights of women la In to-day's fot im, undsf the - . "\\ hv \\> ' '! po ?? P?Kaats for | Women." Only thoss ? ho I '?'??" Uvsd where ail citisens rois can realise how ? ?4 all at Vhoaa "Whys We . Op-Msa Votti for Womsn*' srhlch have heen haii'-ii <?n for the pabt few years. Not oes ??i" thesa la boras oui ?"? "m-ti ?ilie Of Is ba*rSd upon fa?t of the more flagrant, not gives tha .simile in the ?trill le r.-r'.n- .1 tO, la "Woman? place is In tas i orne " ?ro?an who has a hotn?? Laves it to KO to plaoSB ni' .tin .?-? ni-nt. to st?>: - market and to ?-hiu.-h "It WUI?1 them fiom beerina '?^??i rearing chUdrea." BtattStieS show that in > ol<?r.i?1??. w h.-re ?Aomen have vote?i fOC twenty yean, the -WKeatags of "Atf-dren o\rr tin? ami tea ?reara of ?ne to the women is among the largest 'it will rUsrapt fsmilles"; but Nevada, In which is situated Reno, th?r, lar?-? sf ?livor, e null in the world, is an (Crsgs mate ami is eon NMMldsd b) woman suffrage state- in srhlch the p?t?r?*entaga <?t d v?***?*ee la ram* paraUvely low. ami which have not sassd p*w?7*catages .sime all dtisena vote. "Woman if so burdened ertth home duties she haa no Unas to inform her? self." The very eerfortaanee of her <iu tJts <?f "hearing ami rearing children" arid keeping "her place In the horn?-." (if fords h??r a bettor opportunity to read than men Usually have. THOMAS P. NASH. ; New York. May '1. 1914 THE SINGLE TAX IN CANADA It Ha? Gained Ground in the We?tern Province?. To the Editor ?'t Tha Trlb . Sir. In all the four great '?'. ? ten pravtaesa of Canada U*uUtoba, Bas? kati'hewan, Alberts and British Columbia single? tax has been In various degrees adopted for mail va] and provincial rev? enue?. In tha province of Alberta the government has made it , onrp'il.soi y on all ni'ini'ii alities ami is also ?. i ?41 ?. ?? a small tax In land Values for pre* : :.??:?? 1 ?airpassa ?me-half of tins pro?) inrdal tax Is i? nutted on band that Is cultivated So far Alberta ha? carried the ?d?M furthest, but in British I'olumbia and s a .skat, he wan. where the) have local option in the matter of taxation, the Singla tax is al- ? moat universal, and the tendency is to follow the example of Alberta by adding a previa?rial tax on land values. The, oli j<( t is to en o ?rage Improvements, on whi^h there is no ta*, and to dis- o.rage th? holding of land out Of USB lators h) increasing the tax on It. This avatem began to ma?.? way about five reSTS ,,t- , sad there has I steady in-?I ase of the application of the idea, la no pisos a ? re It baa be? ?? | have th?-:. funa bach to the ok\ kvstsfa. An id?a of pabilo optnurn on the matter may bo gained by the followu ~ ltS?BS: OB March 1? Ust at ?'.tlt-ai;.. Alberta. was held th? annual convention of the .; aht.es of Albert ' 1 te'ore the convention the Hon. I Stewart. Minuter of PsMtc Works, de? clared -'the ?ingle? tax a complete ?i.e. ?e?g. A few week? earlier the I'remier of the province. Mr. .Sifton. in an inter? view- at Ottawa, said that "taxation of land values a- the only mediim of rale* Ifag taxes Is proving mora BBjestMSfUI tn Alberta, thaj-, those with the moat s*ngu lne hopea had expected." At the annual convention of the Inited Farmer*, of AI berta, held in Calgary about the same time, the president in Ma address told the is assembled that "the single tax was working setlsfactority and | friends.'' ??ne new?paper report ?aid that nearly ev?-r? delegate BSeWSd to be a singl?- ta SI i The BlftOfl go? eminent in Alberta, win-h nade the single tax COHII has been retaraad to power with an in ereeaed majority, in the other provinces the people hive an Opportunity to refirn to the old ByStem every year, but no? where have thev done no. Considering these (arta and since there is i.?i part) nor say considerable number of people opposed to It, II in safe t.. i timt it is te h? a permanent sv.stem of taxatlo far aa Western Canada is .-ne.I. in ILT1 ,v? HALL? \. w rork Maj I, 1114. A REPLY FROM AN "ANTI" Where the Ninety Per Cent Are To Be Found. To the Editor of The Tribune ^it I am glad to answer fie of " H T T " as to how the fix ?res are .?'? I BS te the proportion of women vvh?. do not indorse the sufti Ige CBU88 Tailing the HgUrSS of the BUffl BgtOta themselves??sitbout gueetlonlng, as ?uni? ?? ?orne i eror.led are under twen ty-one years and deducting this number from the number in the census of women over twenty-one. the rSBUlt Is a* stated I congratulate the writer on her |oy that the percentage is only ?!> per rent aid a fi.iL-tion and not i* per cent of those who are either indifferent or op pemd tu ti?.- cense. VA 11| til" tired worker, vv to vote once to obtain mot? reasonable BOUra of Work, tell us Which partv ?be would vote for to insure that dSBlraMe reBUltt A former Governor of ?'olorado has asid tt.tt in Ins state there has been no changa m Industria ? ??nditlon? be cauge women voted- but thev are forced lo ,se the ?ame means fat men have, brad?e unions ami the like I would re? mind her that strong influences are at work In New York to better conditions, as, fur instance, tue Consumers' l?eague. which has brought about many changes in making a working woman s lot easier. We havs to Cace the tuet that in state? where women ?lo not vote, as, for instance. Coaasetlcet, every law has been change.) that was unfavorable to wom? en, and In stale? where women have voted for v.ars, like Idaho, laws are cruel, forcing workers to turn th?lr hard-earned wages over to their husbands. A WOMAN M ?T A STKM "JRAPHKR. New York. May 5, 1314. THE COLONEL AND THE G. O. P. Advice to the Republican? from a Progressive. To the Kditor of The Tribune. i?r I would suggest that a good way to find on how many Republi'ans want Theodore Roosevelt to run for (Jovernor would l?e for the Republicans to place his name ??'fore the voters at the next stale primary. The I*rogrens!ve party will nominate T. R. and a rom?lete ticket. If the Republicans dont want to be last in the rao thev had better get to? gether with the Progressive? now and de? cide upon a programme. This I* a ?ear when the people and not the politician? are going to have ihelr way. In the interest of peace, why not name William Barnes for Senator* He will protect the Constitution. TtV_EDLEDUM. New "fork Mav S. 1914. THE MINE OWNER S POINT OF VIEW He I? Declared To Be Doin-j Ail He Can to Safeguard Live?. To the Editor ot The Tribu a I In a i troni I I ? ondaaai a of the Re ?.? . the Colorado I you ; .. loeIns itetsaasnt? "And with the str!k>rs because th. ? w-re t vlct.ms i'f the gnal a. t of .? LudlO? an! e',,r> ou* ? bow ? i., i wi.li1 gen? r.< by the mine oe - lions I wii -, ? -? -li? erai Bcntlmenl ? editorial. Wi * the detalla of I ?? ceplorable confli' t other Iban the i gs ol a eerenei I jui;. are Inri I i ?? eoademnaUon of lb? Ro? :-.ieia may be Justified end It i ' ' BOt What I ?to irUOBHOn Is this: Vv hat bast- ? * for launching ?ucn 8 groSB charge ?>f inhumanity .-?gainst tho.-e in ?barge of the coal Industry as a wi.o,?-' Cual mining Is a perilous "??--pation. The death rat* fn in seeidcntS Is nece? sarily hu<h tii? daaa of '..ihm- aaaploysd is virile and agk,-re?-i\e, ?.-? ustnmed to fa? e death SvetT) day. In cases of >! - pute they do B t ?ways respect propel? and the gentlest and most ?'hrtstiar owners if ere ale 80BB8) will defend tl property if it is threatened with ieatrtic tion. Thi? has unfortunately broug'i' bloodshed to the mining districts m I than once in the past. What woul 1 ? ' do if a mob thieatenfd BOUT betiding with the torch7 A mil'.-' owner values a human Itf? ?? doarij us .my ctviliaod man, ?n?t mor? tii.m ti.nst, i suspect, because the trau ?.<!>? of the death of the breadwinner t? su Often brought home to rum. In cases of ?? s it Is trie officials who are *l ? to risk the.r lives in reacue work. With? out siat? or government aid they are .i ? lag what they can to protect lite ty first" is tin? BlOg?a In a thl mines. The Crnted States Steel Corpora? tion employa a boss for every twelve ??oa! minera, and their safety ;- h duty I nder the law they might - one boss for three hundred men. The I of us aie d??ing ail we, ? an witii n."re llfl ? Ited means. It is hard for the public to ?ee w the miners demands should no* ?.? >? ted Thedaager eg Me tell HMkos a strong public appeal The "coal bar on ?a i i.r lily hated. As a matter of (e*t hi? fie pubUe ev.-r been given the Bg?SBS of the last < en>oi?i report. (Off the "-'' , ]W. which Showed offi ially that the Ml operating profit on the one billion do lars invested in OO il uni:?? lu tue t.'ni ted .-?rate.? : pot ''?-tit, ?Vtth no charges tBt let? rest an i ??.-preclatlon? Ten the coal aparatera how- to tnc ?? -, , when they cannot earn the Inter? est ?.a their lnvestm.-nt? Te i t ?? to burros money t.i make their mue"? r-.?:.r when the mining law? of a com? peting state are lax a'id any Increase in the cost of coal will ??pen their markets to their neighbors. Kv.-ry state make* US mining laws as It BOSS tit. The laws et some Southern aid Western ais'??* s ' a farce. an?l competing states un.et N main la* or their operators will M rupted Wo have the United States B reau of Mines. 1"a* the Influence of yo I oili.mns to put the SUWtrSl of mln.ng B ? i? .?pable banda Instead of uslcU IhBSI to further stir u;? class hatred. I ?>? the I to take away the i e^ulatiiin o: minina frorn the individual ?late? and put every operation under uniform federal regul?* tion?, as thev do in tn?ilan?l If wo-'t save a thousand Ilvea a year Ar.d th? min? owning corporation? who "hold lives so cheaply" will be the first to rejol-s 4 C L, WATKINS New Yors May - l'Ai.