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TL£ A FOR PROTECTION BAT IT HAS DOXE HERE. wmfrctntor Ladd Urges Taking the Tariff' Out of Politics. .„. Editor of The Tribune. * c ~ v are aw::rc of what constitute the ta £tf: #.. ric »! l <r.« of life, and then men do differ '^vrma' 1 universities educate their young men •f' ' culture, refinement and social dignity. lßt f^'.ietn in addition for a successful business tiX *'L^e;a Germany lias jrone Great Britain an.l <. e d States one Letter since XBML and now «** h ß s IlliWtrated what a restrained people are W53,W 53 , doing- J T P'"" 1118 but yesterday since our CW * i> 'inrnl to protect its Yankee whale •!<•.•; in *^S* raciflc. .-■■■■ the ancient 15:6 ,* ' and become ;iequ:«.inte<l with the little **^^n. Who could have prophesied such a I'rCUn1 ' rCUn jn all worldly conditions us has marked t*" l^^,' of tt« last Quarter <vntuT. To-day it th * «jbi'» to communicate with nearly all ports JsT««ld. on larftl or sea. s.n the tut remains known, and never more *Ty an ' plainly dra^n. that the great peoples of yore nercr more independent or further non-. National pride never predominated i7l " rrf . Sen:S en: throughout the world, and the cvi- not confined to the strenuous and won f^'fElarKemrnt of sea ptiwer now going on. >ji»fP le al(>ne serm to bl " a 1U1!e lil at ease ln .v l « r»gar<l. Two parties have lons contended v^- we for an Independent borne industry, that te time mipSt make us the greatest free trade BSB on earth, while the other cared less for —Mf anr. co:r.try. their chief anxiety bein* to buy ' >*r* thpy <"3« « v^ta!n poods they want the cheap rtt. •r'nethf'" It he in England, Germany. France. i»-aa or etoewhere. Gladstone said he saw In the a^eftflOOSlj mixed ;.orulatl ( >;i eettling in the TsSed States the prratest .lar.per. The new peo tie' bririF •*!> them a loyal home pride, which jjanot I* replaced by an equal pride and loyalty far their new honi» in much less than a frenera .' - Men come here to obtain a better living, i£d love of home and friends and country remains Krone while '.hey live Xtas -onditi'">n is unknown to any other preat sujoa in Mtythtag liKe the same depre*. and It toes iar to explain the lack of patriotism among ear peer*- ll accounts for the indifference in leralrj" of the free trader? and tariff reformer* and. eyjaliV tree, may it be paid, the master minds In ecr country *ho have always been protectionists Pi new stronger protectionists than ever. la season ard out, these men have, been de- Ustti. and because they have not talked back tteSr ejppcaenta got to believe that they were Eighty; tut what a revers-sl of opinion! Magazines tzi the pna have continued to advocate tariff Rfgna, though it c>feat«*d Cleveland, their Idol. In 131 and pave evidence of Its costly mistaken policy in the lor.i; years of depression that began in -so; when people began to 1 • lard against toch a business policy, months before Election Day. For four years th<~s« papa have been demanding uziS reform ssaln. and. notwithstanding they were everwhelmineiy defeated In the last election, with tfce aid o? a few inrcrpents they continue to fiftht teairrt home indtistri-s, which have made our eocptry co rich and prosperous. The tables are turned, however. The old savin?, "tone so b'.irii as those who won't see," loom? every where. Fi?s!dfr.t Roosevelt would not yield to the tlesanl tar tariff reform, and weak offlceseekers, inlK»fC" th» handwriting on the wall, allied them selves with what they r*ascned out to be a popular desMd- Borne of them will find It difficult to in spir* cenfidpnrf- »gain. c\*n with a good command Cf eloquent words. From dM wage earnerß in our lirpe cities came the astonishing votes that settled a? eleciion, and they indicated more than words ttmld tfll that they realize that to maintain the laericaji -wage scale a?ain«=t all Kurope. Japan c 3 tt# rest of the world, without a proper pro waive policy for our own industries, was an lm jesifcle problem. Such an overwhelming landslide hi net : • -is dreamed >>i, and its influence still RSRers the free, traders. I the po icj of the present leaders of the Repab- Jne party is continued, great progress will result. 4i«(Jy V.-.c good effect apparent in the peneral im- PMrtr.:- in business and the marvellous advance fa stocks trcra February to June !s as slpniflcant «i -xas ti« depression that came over the country in ISC wins Cleveland, under a double-leaded edi torial order is 'The New York World," joined the Pullisan car party from Washington that w«»nt iato Rhode Island to defeat Aldrich and boom tariff reform b March cf th.it {near. Tlitn the scare de pressed the country months before Election Day. Tfcis BHM the conSdf nee tn a real protective tariff be^aa xd disccur.t the result before Taft was inau panMa, The £ght was pushed while before the Senate, aad much Uttenwaa • mm shown by the in turge;.: Kepublicans, »ho had, for political pur poses, opposed the real voice of our people. The Democrats were the greatest surprise to the reform press, however. Here the disgust was outspoken. No each extreme bulldozing was ever witnessed. Every one of them with any influence or standing reccgaizeti the nerd ■' protection on his local com- BjaH •. and ite cleverness with which these facts *ere brought to light v, ill not soon be forgotten. Tfce Republicans generally felt that the \oters ■understood the tariff, ani should be relied upon to sake it protect home Industries, and that directly fcclailes the scale of wace«. If the insurgent tariff reformers read a rev jctkm of schedules downward a tbt party puufonn to win tree trade eulogies, it «* their ota blander. Good Republicans were cartful in havir.g that platform correct, and the efcout that anybody was df-ceived is an error. Mare an<l mere do «c realize w^iat a local issue tiis tar*lf tjuestiun is. 3iad the tariff reformers known the facts, details and particulars, then they *rc-!l not have so lung ago begun their demand. a 2 is «ell that ends veil, and there is no revenge « tae Republicai policy. It f-tands for American Progress ia ladusuieg, trilling that * few, if nc-ces *arj-. sho-jld suS<?r thtt the country advance, rather than that a lot Buffer and then there be no ad "Sttc*. tiirply rr^edinj; to a Rort of Ireland. On- can r«-i<i all the tariff reform books and ut '•*raace» ir, enr lihr^rJes, only to find that they a»ir. Tcoura«f-ment to foreign wage earners and tl»dtrF to our co?t. Tiit- ecxjds we now are able to =aice in this country had i rotection, and now con flJUoa? r^qiur* tr-.or^ to tartber protect tii^m. Who *wld know this Lh* 1h ttf r. our manufacturers a.nd Coward Shoe Cool, Dressy Low Shoes for Women Coward Oxfords have grace ful shape, stylish appearance £&d the springy, comfortable tread, peculiar to Coward lasts. Coward uppers fit close lj about the ankle, and never annoy the wearer by riding at the heeL All summer leathers in hi«.<s and widths to fit all ieet. solo NOWHERE ELSE. JAMES S. COWARD, 368*274 Greenwich St., N. Y. C>UK V.'*2fcl_V STREET.) *&*> Or s 111 1 • Filled. bead tor Catalogue* wage earners la the industry or those Importers and agents of foreign manufacturers who desire to block our mills and take our mark*"!? Again with a sotr»id and solid protective tariff. and men behind it able to carry it out, this na tion advances to a now and greater prosperity in which those who have fought against It will share a part- In the fall of 1891 Hill, of New York, attempted to secure the Democratic nomination for the Presi dency th*- next yar, peeking his aid in the South end among the Western Silver Democrats. This led Cleveland to cut out the silver question, as ho knew it would be fatal as an issue In the Kast. He selected tariff reform, and on January s. 183:;. declared any other issue would bode defeat, When Cleveland went to Providence in March, 1892, he endeavored to engage tii?_ Republicans In a Joint debate on the tariff question alone. The Republi ■■ins offered to meet Cleveland and Governor Camp bell .ir.il discuss questions of the day, Including si) ver, and to furnish a hall for the purpose, bui Cleveland declined. Speaker Reed and ifcKlnley were to be the Republican speakers, but Cleveland would not listen to any silver debate. This was Bryan's first Introduction Into a national campaign in the Bast, and he was introduced as the silver tongued orator from the silver state of Nebraska, lihode Island voters stood by their Runs for pro tection and Aldrich, and the fierce tariff reform onslaught failed. The special session has shown that the protective policy has been the root and foundation of that prosperity which has so Invited the world's admira tion. The surprise of the session has been the hearty approval by the South and prominent I '•■in... rats of the protective policy. Even the Re publicans who wrangled over trivial details were made restive until they Insisted that their states were as thoroughly American as any in the Union. it seems as if free trslae as an Issue Is dead. The tariff question should not bo made a political issue again. It Is un-American to patronize foreign ers on goods we can make here longer than time enough for us to organise that Industry. Our pro tective tariff Is to aid in doing Just that. We have only to imitate or Inaugurate business methods in the handling of tariff matters to derive greater results. A separate and distinct branch of the Treasury Department, under the Secretary of the Treasury, to keep in direct touch -with business at home and abroad would So mars than any commis sion that can bo named. IIKKiiKKT W. LADD, Ex-Governor of Rhode Island BEARING ON RISE IN LAND VALUES. Plea That City and Its Workers Be Eece ficiaries Rather than Favored Few. To t u <- BMtoi ol The Tribune. Sir: I note hi one of our city papers suggestions made by the secretary of the Committee on Con gestion of Population as to the need of a commis sion to "investigate the problems of land specula tion and land profits." At present land values are being so exploited and the unearned increment is being so ■orbed by the few to the loss of the rent payers among our poorer wag" mum that the community has a right to demand jus? such an in vestigation, that the truth may be known and all classes learn just how they are affected by ill fit ting economical conditions. Is it not full time for our people to understand clearly that while it may appear thai the burdens of government are borne by the propertied classed, the taxes really are shifted until, according to the laws of incidence of taxation, the burden finally rests In most instances upon those who apparently pay no taxes, but who actually do pay through In creased rents and cost of commodities? So, un fortunately, the ; ns;msn sees no benefit to be derived from a more economical city administra tion, but much to be Rained from increased city expenditures, high salaries and higher wages, all of which 1 , he feels. Increase the demand for labor. He does not see the matter In its true light. I note that in Rio d«> Janeiro the authorities are now having thousand? of model tenements built, rents to be from $7 SO to j-j4 ■ month. Why may we not deal Just as fairly with •:■ people of our slums? Frankfort. Germany, during the last ten years has purchased sixteen thousand acres of land at the cost of five millions of money, Instead of allowing land owners to become rich: through the growth of a town, when signs of growth are visible the municipality steps in and buys the surrounding land, BO that the town get." the benefit Instead of the Individual ■We have in this city fully twelve thousand tenements without any adequate light or ventila tion. Our tenement laws should be amended and our present la. of co-ordination In our several city departments should be corrected. In Germany from 50 to 75 per cent only of the an of a site is allowed to be covered by a building, while here it is 90 per cent on a corner and 70 per cent on an interior lot for tenements, and 100 per cent on a corner lot and 90 per cent on an interior lot for other buildings. The city gains through better conditions In the stums by it* easier and more effective policing and a resulting benefit to the entire community. The writer tested this point when he was shown by the Commissioner of Public Work? of Liver pool its Improved municipal tenements. "We re ceive." he said, "an income in the case with which we can now care for and control' a dis trict which for scores of years was a veritable •Heirs Kitchen.' " Theodore Roosevelt, when President, urged strongly upon our people the necessity for con servation of our ureas, and so not to degrade th« standard of living and prevent freedom of op portunity for every citizen. "No man." said he, "should be allowed to play tho game of competi tion with loaded dice; when there is a reasonable equality of opportunity the distribution of rewards will take care of Itself." Do we In New York give such an opportunity to our poorer i lasses in the tenement districts? JOSIAII C. I'UMPEI.LY. New York, June 8. 1909. HOTCHKISS ASKS REPORT. Would Learn How Companies Are Complying with Laic. Albany. June tt.-WlUlam H. llotchkls* Super intendent of Insurance, has called on each domestic life insurance company of the state to report to the department as soon as possible after June M what reduction It has made as of that date In its holdings of railroad and industrial stocks and In the stocks of banks and tnm companies. One of the .-.!:- developed by the insurance in vestigation of four years ago by the Armstrong legislative committee, was the large investments made by Insurance companies In such stocks and ,he committee pointed out In Its report to the l£g- Wature that, through the control of subsidiary citations, by means of stock ownership some insurance companies bad practically transacted the business of banks and trust companies. Invest ments in StOdcS should be prohibited." was the com mSecmSee- a recommendation. "They are fundamentally V M«n»ble as the corporation. instead of ho d *ng a secured obligation, acquire* a proprie ary in 1^,,, in another business, with rights subject to -U IndeMeutess which may be created in the con duct of it, and even direct liabilities as stock h°l!igir ,iatlon was subsequently enacted prohibiting France companies from Investing in tHe stock of any corporation except in public Ktocka of mumci- S colons. The investments of &£%£ „,' in stock, of the prohibited cUsses at that time, however ran Into the millions, and a provision was made that every company owning such stocks Should be required to dispose of them within five years from December I,W. and that each year prior to the expiration of that period a reduction ;: he amount of such investments should be made to „ extent approved by the Superintendent of 1 On""™ . next one-half of the five-year period will have, elapsed, and the department desires ito know t" what extent me companies have complied SSTtS law in disposing of their holding of Mock Superintendent Hotchkiss ha. also ''-"--'» 11 aft er their principal office T*:"".'*";,,- .... w — XEW-YORK DAILY TRIBUNE, MONDAY, JUKE 14, 1909 STATE-OWNED LINES Ratio of Failures Sixteen to One, Say a "Cy JVarman." By Cy M'arman. The ratio of failure to bUCJess anion:; men who have experimented with state-owned railways, BO far as my observations reach, are about sixteen to one. Only the strongest lines can live under gov '■rnment regulation, while absolute ownership and control are almost invariably fatal. The Inter colonial, of Canada, has been the government's bur den for a third of a century. It has been tlv» one m re spot for the prod of his majesty's loyal Op position for years, and it shows no improvement. It is the white elephant handed down from one political generation to another, which will pass it on a little smaller as to capital account and a little slower as a golti^ concern. It is extremely gratifying, therefore, to ]>•• able to Bud here in Canada the "one" which forms such a contrast to the sixteen The Temiskamins & Northern Ontario Railway was projected and bull* by the provincial govern ment. It is owned by the Province of Ontario, but i! is not managed by the government direct. Profiting by the sad experience of the Dominion, the Premier, Sir James. AVhiteney, selected a suc cessful retired business man who needed neither the job nor the money. Ills name is Bnafenarti He had no entangling alliances or embarasslng politi i i! followers. There are two other commissioners. practical railway men, but Knglehart is the head and always on the job. The heads and .staff of the operating, traffic and mechanical departments were recruited from the officials and employes of other Canadian railways. When the faithful came to the commission seek ing special favor, reduced rates or refunds, they were surprised at the coolness of the atmosphere. They wont to the government, only to be told. gently, Of course, that the commission was all powerful. Once In a while a ri»rin:r "worker 11 would :hi urn to ;he commission. They would begin to point out that the commission was the creature of the government which they had placed In power. About that time the semaphore would drop and only red could be seen nil down the line. Not a political soldier in the Conservative ranks (and many who had opposed them) but would have pocketed his pride and accepted an "annual" on the government line, but there was absolutely nothing doing. Sir James would say. sorrowfully, that If he in terfered Englehart would quit and the road fall Into a long list of failures. So In time the worker found that th» Temiskasn ing & Northern Ontario was a business proposi tion, run f*n business principles. Th» h p ad office was far from th« government buildings, ml off. Isolated absolutely. i"'^' '■- al railway tn«*n looked upon the r ti. a to build railway from s • orrip"' l "' l "''.' small town <-n I^ake Nlpisslng Into I wilderness as Ut absurd Only a wilderness of lak< between the starting :-"nt and Radeon Hu where the Hne would have to end. These practical • ritlea bad not reckoned on the eleß>ent of cfcants la a country charged with mineral pome seventy-live mllns north of " which was the starting point, the ■ • ■ jin.i made accessible Temagami •» wild romantic region, which in sis short Minn ■ aai c known n> hunters, fishermen i i ot ■ r the continent T:iklnc triifflr at North Bay from tne I ■ east and went, and f»d by tbe .Jran.l Tmnk Railway system, which beguiled »nd gatben pie from Toronto, Detroit, Buffalo and i Ing, pulsating south, Urn ne'e. Uns. thrived on tourists alone. At .i point 104 miles north of North Day the builders camo to a. claim said to show rich silver values. One day a btecksml employed by th.; contractor* threw a hammer at a pa ■wins. cotton tail. nnd chipped off a chunk of solid silver, which eventually gave him fame and fortune ■■•> M the needs of iho average "habitant.* 1 One of the contractors Is now president of the mine, which is easily worth $I'>.<\».ooo. t>-K'.-'hrr with other properties trolled by the same cor poration, and which would In ail probability pay « fair return on double that amount. At the «-nd of Its fourth shipping year Cobalt cams wns pro ducing and patting out nearly t10.0U0.000 annually. ateaawhtla the little railway keeps on Improving Its roadbed and rolling stock, taking in of all the trafiic that comes to it. an.i is stlil pushing on toward Hudson Bay. Already it baa reached up to Lake Ablttlli. to the Grand Trunk Pacirlc, the r.ew transcontinental road now In course of con struction from Halifax to Prince Rupert, in North ern Britißh Columbia A i-hort way north of Cobalt the Te : ni»kamln« A Northern Ontario taps the ur.ii-r Lake gold fields, Into which a branch line Uto be built. A singular fact in connection with these unique, not to say freakish. Reids Is that there Is a dike runt. lng al most east and west, crossing the railway north of Cobalt, above which only gold has been discovered, and below which all the rich silver veins ha .■• been found. In the .slide south something seems to have arrested the gold while puttering the silver to siip past. North of the gold fields the line traverses a fine timbered district. The soil Is clay, and it produces excellent crop* of all kinds. Although the, -.-,!]!,»,• season Is a month later than In Southern Ontario and Northern New York, by August the crops are further advanced than in the south, owing to the long lays and the hours of sunshine in the north country. These good fortunes have, of course, contributed to the success of the government line, i it even these would not save the average mat.- railway, run, as they often are. with ii view to the political effect Now comes George Graham, Minister Of Rail ways in the Dominion government, making an heroic >-ffort to separate the intercolonial from politics. The minister wanted to tiell or lease, the line, which is the wise thing to do, since it was costing the country) slo,ooo a day to own and operate the road, but the people who live along the line put up a great protest They have been spoiled for a quarter of a century. Now the blow that felled the faithful In Ontario Is about to fall upon the pampered and petted patrons of tha Inter colonial. This road has also been placed in the hands of a competent commission, responsible to the Minister ..I Railways, who is. under the Cana dian form of government, responsible to Parlia ment. it win i/.' Interesting to watch the returns nnd note the effect of this last move the srtsesl thsst could he made, since th*- people are not y. t ready t.. part with their toy. WANT LINCH TO USE NEW FENDER. Commission Will Give Another Hearing on Safety Devices of Surface Lines ■filo )t- Maitbie. >.f the Public Servlee Comnus llon will continue this afternoon an hiveatlgstlon to determine why the Second svenue and sftk street surface lines are not equipped with the approved type of wheel puard fenders. At previotiH h"arings Qeorge W. Uneh, receiver of the Second aventtS line, brought testimony to mmw that the rl»;id type of Wheel guard he was using was effective. On the ether hnnd, G. V. Daggett, chief of the bureau "f accidents uii'l complaints of ih«- •omtnlr- Blon, testified hi^ records showed that since August ", 19fi" the Second avenns company had -eported alxty-four aeddenta, twenty-nve of which were iatal. VVI.'-:'I guarns wen- Involved indirectly In twenty-three of the accidents, and In fifteen of these d«-ath resulted. STEAMER PULLED OFF SAND BERTH. After Four Days on Long Island Shoals the Antonio Lopez Comes to New York. The Antonio Lopez, the Spanish liner stranded off Point o1o 1 Woods on Wednesday, Is safe in New York Harbor. She anchored last night at Quaran tine after having come in under her own steam from the I'iiiK Island coast, where she was dragged Into deep water by wrecking tugs yesterday after noon. The rising tide helped the work, and the Lope* assisted materially by pulling with her own cables attached to pea anchors. One casualty marked the effort* of the Merritt A Chapman wrecking crew. Fred Steward, of Belfast. Ireland, fell overboard from a barge while asleep on Saturday and was drowned. The steamer apparently is undamaged, but she probably will go into drydock for overhauling. AMENDMENTS IN PERIL Machines of Both Parties Fear Loss of Power Through Them. [From the Regular Correspondent of. The Tribune.l Trenton, June — A peculiar situation in regard to the proposed constitutional amendments has arisen In the state, due to the fact that the politi cians are making the welfare of the people of sec ondary importance to the holding together of their political machines. Although these amendments were fostered .by a Republican Legislature, (sure will bo no finlted effort on the part of that party to help insure their adoption; Indeed, the efforts of a majority of the. members of the Republican State Committee will be directed toward opposing them. The same is also true of the Democratic machine, which fears the adoption of Assembly districts for the same reason that the Republican bosses oppose them. At the present time tin people of Urn state have practically no direct representation in the lower house, because Assemblymen are elected by coun ties at large. In the counties with more than one Assemblyman, and the™ are thirteen such counties, imaginary districts arc created, and candidates drawn from them. The voters of any of these Imaginary districts are not the ones, however, who have the final say as to who shall represent them, as they may. by voting against a candidate, decline to accept him as their representative, only to find that their wishes have been overruled by the voters from another end of the county, who have no In terest in their affairs, and who vote for the candi date whom the former oppose simply because he be longs to one political party or the other. SCHEME AIDS POLITICIANS. In Hudson County, for instance, a candidate selected to represent what is known as the North Hudson district must be voted on by the citizens of Bayonne, ten miles away. The same i* true In Bissez. where a voter in the Ist Ward of Newark has Just as much right to '.''ll the citizens of the. Oranges who shall represent them In the Assembly as the citizens of that section of the county them selves. This feature, however, In what appeals to the politicians, as it enables them to get solid delega tions In the lower house, which means increased power to them. Under the Assembly district plan the forty thousand Republicans in Hudson County would be represented at Trenton, whereas now the Democratic majority in the county at largo means ■ Democratic representation. Both (he Democratic and Republican machines in K.vsex are opposed to this amendment— the Republicans because they fear that the Democrats would elect a few Assembly men and the Democrats because they think the county 13 going their way and want to shut out the Republicans from representation. Tacked on to this amendment la ■ provision in creasing '!.• terms of th»« Governor, Senators, Assemblymen and county officers for the purpose of separating local and national elections from state elections. Much opposition has sprung up to this part of the amendment, the chief argun-.ent being that It remove? the lawmakers further away from the people. But the quest arises. Can they he nny further away than at the present time un "der the county election plan? No good grounds havo jet been advanced for the defeat of th-? (amendment. Increasing the salary of Senators and Assemblymen to V.'*** n ear; and. indeed, there are many persons who believe th» in cr*as* is not enough. The Judiciary amendments are favored by all lawyers Interested la bringing this part of the state's machinery np to the sand* • 1 ■•'. other states. MRS. EDDY THE REAL HEAD. So Professor Hering Declares at a Christian Science Meeting. Springfield, Mas* Juw 13 I ' Mrs. Eddy Is ■ ■ Waw Science I "hurch v. « In the Court I Professor ' ng. "Sh« has remained steadfastly at hT post of duty nd continued '•■ Instruct, guM advlna and a<l monina her followers and to lend her great cause in Its stately progress." said Mr Hering. • - Tlu>se of us who have known her personally and ha-.. had the great privilege of being under her super vision re»l!ie in MM aSgTSa what SB extraordi nary woman she la." BEES INVADE STREETCAR. Make a Lively Few Minutes for Churchgoers in Pittsburg. [ rty Teieffraph <o Tha Tril>un». I Pittsburg. June VS.— A swarm of bees on the North Side thU evening settled inside a streetcar which was crowded with churchgoers, and there was » lively few minutes. ■ Ohio ■ v apiary on his second floor i the ■ r Many i- opl« l■ :• - flghl from the car. The motorman Anally • the car. with Urn bees ai hit i. 1Ilt " the island avenue ' ■ ""'' IDENTIFY $1,000 BILL SUICIDE Upholsterer of Rutherford, N. J., Says Man Worked for Him -Lived in Brooklyn. [l-.y TWCSTS] h " . : n .i , June IS George B. Holman, who m upholstering shop in Rutherfor*, Identified the tn: - "!'' ■' '" ! round hanging In a grove on ths outskirts of Dovei on lun« 8 aa an employs who left him on m , .-.<. The man waa a Swede of ths name of Kv.i... Mr. Holman aaya that, while livers bad work.-d for him for •■ *<c d*d noi know mcd In Brookl; < muting daily between Rutherford and that borough. Holrnan said thai altho th Bvera h»'l »ved alone m Brooklyn, he had brother- and sisters there, and aft-i viewing tlw bodj be started for Brooklyn to look up fno suicide's kin. over &.»e was found m tbe s.n. We's pockets, Including a H.MS bill ENGINEER HELD FOR FLAG BOY'S DEATH. ramea McCarthy, of No. 413 West l*h street engineer of Ihe New rorfc Central frelghi trata that run over and killed Philip Waltenberg, a nag boy at Leroy and (reel streeU on Saturday, waa remanded to th*- Coroner by Magistrate Krotel in j, ff. rson Market court resterdsj Before you say flour say GOLD MEDAL - Always. Its your say ■« •— ■ . , SJ^ ■■■■■MB & Now, ;-■■" i • •: •■ ' i ... ■ ! .;■■■. .'..■'"_;■ .;. • •"<-■;..". . ■■■• .. ' , -. 4 -,'j;- ■'■'•'■■ V-^j ■■■-.•■' • ''£$»■ •'' --'■ ■ ■ ' WASHBURN-CROSBY'S \ A GoldMedalFiour THE VERY HIGHEST QUALITY FOR INDUSTRIAL PEACE. Ambassador Straus Says We Treat Commercial Subjects Politically. Washington. June 13. -A bulletin was issued to day by the National Council of Commerce contain ing a letter from Oscar S. Straus, formerly Secre tary of the Departmenl of Ossssnesec and Lakes and recently famed as American Ambassador to Turkey, In which he urges promotion of a better Dnderstandtag ef the two K'«-at milustrini fcrcest caiiital and labor. The letter from Ambassador Straus, addressed to Gustav ii. Schwab, is In response to resolutions adopted by the National Council of Commerce in which appreciation is expressed of his efforts, while Secretary of Commerce and Labor,' In pro moting the work of t*- national council. Mr. Straus says: ' In the last administration it was my pleasure to unite with the Secretary of State. Mr. Root, and vi lth the Postmaster General, Mr. Meyer, In ur gently recommending that the postal subs: . act be extended to ships of sixteen knots and over on the Pacific and to Latin-American ports, which under all the circumstances appeared to us to be the most practical and wisest plan, and would not be a burden upon our revenues, for the saving in postal charges would largely, if not entirely, covet the proposed subsidy extension. While our leading commercial rivals treat purely commercial questions from a commercial stand point, we, persist in treating such questions from a political and partisan standpoint. Whatever Jus tification there may have been In years past for such an unbusinesslike attitude toward actual business questions, the extension of manufacturing, formerly confined to the Northern and Eastern states, throuchout the South and West has unified and nationalized our economic interests. There is no longer a "solid South." certainly not commer cially, and when this is fully realized, as it Is now beginning to be understood, there can no longer be a solid South" politically. The unifying influ ences of the economic interests of our country are fast obliterating not only sectional but also state lines in respect to all questions that afreet the commerce and Industries of our people as a wnets. TEN SMUGGLED CHINAMEN FOUND. Immigration Officials Find Them on Vessel at Seattle. Seattle, June IX— Immigration officials, after finding Oil th.- wharf a Chinese who admitted that he came over as a stowaway on the Great North ern liner Minnesota, searched the vessel to-day and discovered nine more smuggled coolies and a quantity of silk and cigars. Inspector C E. Keagey. who is a heavy man. stepped into the sail locker of the steamer and fell twenty feet through I hole In the flo^r. alighting on top of n'ne Chinese. Further investigation brought to light several leather sacks resembling government mail pouches fllle.i with raw silk and several boxes of expensive cigars. The baits of frilk are supposed to have been taken aboard with the mall sack?. GOSSIP OF THE COMMUTERS. The ferryboat hands on on» of the lines entering New York do not cry "Step lively: 1 to travellers on the boats when they want to hurry things. They iv- a more refined but equally effective goad. About three minutes before the boat Is due to depart from the Jersey side of the river th» boat hands begin to yell to i. elated passengers. "All aln.ard!"' The passengers from the trains, thinking that the boat Ml about to leave immediately, fall bead over heels In covering the several hundred feet lat they must traverse and reach the ferry panting and excited, Then, to their annoyance. they nd that they ha re ample time and that thetr fear of missing the boat was unfounded. Commuters from Lyndbui and other towns «n th* rtoonton branch of the Lackawanna Railroad will «o to Trenton on Tuesday to mane complaints about the train service on the branch. Alfred N. Barber, secretary of the New Jersey Railroad Com mission, announces that the commissioners will re sumo consideration of the grievances about the ser vice on tl.e lioonton branch on that day. Beginning with yesterday, a Sunday mall service was inaugurated at Asbury Park. Hitherto it has been Impossible to send mall from the town or to receive any mail on tho Sabbath during this season Of tha year. Xo mall matter posted in the boxes before 5 o'clock will be delivered in the outgoing mail on Sunday. The postofflce will also be open during rh.. noon hour on Sunday, and letters ad dressed to boxes and general delivery will be dis tributed to those bo call. A movement preliminary to the electrification of the Erie Railroad between Jersey City and Suffern will shortly be started by that railroad company. it is reported. The tracks from the Passaic River bridge to Clifton will be depressed, and in Pater son the tracks will be elevated, it la said. Four tracks through this territory are contemplated by the. Krie officials. Montclair conirnuter.x are making many gnesssa whai Ihe i.i.-kaw i! r.t RaUroad win d.-< the congesaJoa at the terminal in thai I >wn Ctondtttona have become such that relief win , t \e f> come. Trains o* ten and twelve cars ptoperlj bs handled at the Mwetrlarr ter mlnui, and tbe stn -,'s an blocked la con- on ti..- Lehlgh Valley Kallroad is being tested an oil-burning locomotive, weigh!] g MB Io built, it b na was con structed by the BaldsihM f-jf »ha Southern :• It is a«werted that the Ug oil burner ha.* a haiil . t ; four ordtaar] frrtghl engines, The strawberry crop in South Jersey was never larger than this year, a fact that is reflected in the extremely low prices of the berries in and around Washington Market. The growers are ■hipping the berries to such an extent that nas ■enger traffic la delayed while the crates are i>e- Ins placed on the trams. Along the Delaware River Railroad there nre between L2OO and 1,500 pickers at work. Many of the shipments of this section went to Boston .luring- the last week. It bj said thai t!'* 1 intention of Ins I.ackawanna Dd the four tracks froni I'.'rt Morns to Den ville will *:iv* «o lbs road of anthracite a tamr track system from Delaware Water tin 1 le He boken. This later will be continued westward un til the main line from Boboken t« Bnonlo is » four-track system. AEROPLANES O.N VIEW Curtis* Machine, Though, Boxed, Feature of Morris Park Shaw. Through rain and 1 shine, disappointment and de lay, the aeronautic colony at Morris Park keeps looking upward and onward. The -.accumulation of all the loose end-» of several months' efforts mani fested itself yesterday, when fourteen aeroplanes, gliders, wind wagons, monoplanes and helicopters were shown to Interest^ persons who <»wtsae4 through the tall, wet grass to see. The news That Olenn.H. Curtiss. si Hammonds port. N. V.. had delivered at the racetrack thenMT aeroplane that h«» had built to. order- for the Aero nautic Society drew many persons to the grounds. They went in the same spirit that music lovers wave welcome to incoming stars of th« cpera. Ths day might be doleful and the aeroplane closely crated, and it might be a colorless experience to. the uninitiated to gape at an airship in a box, but members of the Aeronautic Society saw with the mind's eye yesterday the beauty of the newest addition to the crew- of aspiring appliances at the park, and they pointed out the circles in the air that it would navigate when it was freed from its pine shell. Mr. CnrUss, who will try to duplicate, if not •** eel, his recent flights made at Hammondsport la tlils machine, wasf expected In this city yesterday. but did not arrive. Although the exhibits now at the park are in number an<l character the finest that have ever been a.s*»mhl.-»l in this country, all aeronautics hearts will beat more regularly when Mr. Curtiss makes known, after an inspection of the aerodrome, that he can fly there. Asked about the probability of the successful operation of this new machine at II a Aeronautic Society's grounds. Mr. I'urtiss said some time ago that a large field was absolutely necessary. II- said it was Important that the operator should not have to fret about turnins on first trials, and that when it came to the time to cut circles the operator should begin with large ones. He has made five successful nights at Hammonda port In the new aeroplane, which, he says, shows better stability than any machine yet built by him. It hi planneil to hold an aeronautic show at tha racetrack on June .S Inventors have already brought their machines from as far West as Chi cago. At the grounds yesterday was W. H. Martin, from Canton, Onto, whose glider has seen aerial service after b>Mn< towed by a horse. Mrs. Martin was present, and so was th«- glider, and it is said, that Mr. and Mr». Martin will ride together wher ever Ins? no after the horse is cut loose. F. H. Lindsay has brought his aeroplane from Chicago, and it i." said to be the smallest in th« world. It is eighteen feet long. A splendidly con structed aeroplane that has already cost the in ventor Jl.l<»>. it hi said, was in one of the star dress bag rooms. Dr. William Greene, treasurer of th * society, planned this flying machine and will oper ate it. There were also on exhibition behind locked doors and cl°sely drawn tents the best examples of aerial craft that have been seen in thl3 city, as follows; The Re-ich-Witlard monoplane. Dr. YV. H. Wal dron"3 tandem aeroplane. Charles Rickman's heli copter. Louis R. Aciams'3 aeroplane. Albert C. Triaca's *!id?r. Jam»3 Hende'son'3 aeroplane, from Middletown. X. v. Wilbur R. Kimball's aeroplane, and the . , Mn< . of Fred Staieider. of Brooklyn. Roekinz in the yard, filled with ?as. was a larga yellow dirigible that had been sent to the society by Carl K. Myers from his balloon farm at Frajk, fcrt, N. V. BALLONISTS DOWN FOR BREAKFAST. Partake of Meal While Residents of Vermont Town Hold Their Gas Bag. Pittsneld. Mass.. June H. The ascension of tha balloon Massachusetts, which started from here at 12:17 a. m. to-day, with William Van Sleet, of this ctty. an pilot, and W. C Bramhall and Edgar L. Robbins. of IV>stin. as passengers, was ended at 10:32 a. m. In the town of East Alstead. N. ft The balloonist? landed first at Dummerston. Vt . about 7 o'clock and In one of the farmhouses there* they part, ok of breakfast while the residents held Their talloon. after which tho aerial voyage was resumed. They reached a height of 10,500 feet. THIS JERSEY DOG SUCKS EGGS. Steals Between Eight and Ten Every Morning for Breakfast. Mor.tclatr. N\ J.. June tJ (SpeclaH. — P. ("-stone. a local contractor, solved to-day the assansnnnsj disappearance of the eggs laid by a brood °- chickens on hi* place. From eight to ten eggs vanished daily, all that remained «f them betas half the shell of each. This morning Mr. Cvaesne saw Bat. a w-»?ch dog about the barn, enter the chicken yard after a chorus of cluck* had announced that th« daily quota of eggs bad been laid. The dog; went to fire nests in succession, and with one snap of hi 3 jaws bit the ess that reposed therein. Tha dog swallowed the half that he seized in his mouth. shell ani all. an-! then cleverly sucked the remain ing part of the ess from the other portion of tie shell. MAD HORSE BITES ITS OWNER. Attacks Truckman After Wounding Tmci? Horse — Tries to Injure Two Other Men. Frank Savage, a truckman, of Newark. wa3 bit ten by a horse yesterday and his face badly torn. As there is every Indication that the horse was suffering from rabi.s. Savage will take the Pasteur treatment, and a truck horse which was also bitten will be h«-!d for examination. The horse was a small tmt: used for carriage pur poses by Savag*. He was in one portion of ths stable with a large truck horse. Somr time during the nlgnt tn*» carriage horse broke loose and at tacked the larger horse. The bis horse apparently beat the smaller horse into a state cf exhaustion, but was himself bitten in the Rank. Wh"n Mr. Savage went to the stable yesterday morning ha secured the animal, although it tried to bite him. Later the small horse broke loose and attacked him. It was then that Mr. Savaes whs injured Savage tied the animal f. a truck, where he was later shot by Louis C. TWO. el the Society for tha Prevention of Cruelty Is Animals. Before ho was shot the hor:.e attempted to attack Mr. Teed an-1 Dr. J. C. Corliss a veterinary surgeon. i:p*.>n whosa advice Mr. Teed had been summoned. It Is believed the horse had be.n bitten by a dog which, after bang I about the stable for several days, was shot and round to have been suffering from rasaaav 5