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M Amusements. ACADEMY OF MUSIC— S:ls—Th« Easiest - Way. ALHAMBRA — 2— S— Vaudeville.- - ABTOR B:ts— Sersa Days. .* JIELASCO— ?:15 — Is Matrimony a Failure? - BIJOU — S:ls— The Lottery Man. ' BROADWAY— B:I*— The Jolly Bachelor*. \ CARNEGIE HAL.l..— 2:3o— Bethlehem— B:l3— Concert. CASINO— B:IS— The Chocolate Soldier. COLONIAL-".' — Vaudeville. OOMKDY— B:3o— The Affinity. COOPER UNION— b:W Concert. - CRITERION— B:2O— The Bachelors BtftT nAl.Y'S-^S:ls—The Belle of rtrittany. EDEN MfSEE— World in Wax. ' EMPIRE— S:*JO— What Every- Woman Knows. GAIETY —^:I5 — The Fortune Hunter. GARRIOK — R.lS — Your Humble Servant. GRAND CENTRA 1/ PALACE— IO a. m. to 11 p. m. — Automobile Show. H.MKETT— S:IS— Cameo Klrby. '.. IIAMMERSTEIN'S— 2:IS— S:I5 — Vaudeville. , HERALD SQUARE— S:IS— OId Dutch. HIPPODROME — 2— B— A Trip to Japan- In side the. Earth: the Ballet of Jewels. KUD?ON— S:I5 — The Nazi of Kin. JRVINO PLACE— B:ir.—Der Floh Ira Ohr KNICKERBOCKER— The Dollar Printers. JJBKRTV — — The Fire of Fate. I.TCF.UM— 2:2O— Penelope LYRIC— R:l.l— The City. iv V- - MAXINE ELLIOTTS THEATRE— S:3O— The Passing of the Third Floor Back. METROPOLITAN OPERA HOUSE— S— NATIONAL ACADEMY OF DESIGN*— IO to 6— ■ w to 10 — Winter Exhibition. NFW AMSTERDAM — — The Silver Star. NEW THEATnE— 2— Pagrliacci— S:3o— Don. NEW YORK S:I3 — The Man Who Owns nroatiwav " •— "" BAVOI 2:ls— S:3s— The Commanding Officer. BT. NICHOLAS RINK— Ice SUatin» .. STUY\-EaANT— 2:ls— The Lily. WAI.L*CK'S — A Little Brother of the Rich TV^BER'S — S:15 — Tb» Goddess of Liberty. WEST END — S:l.% — The Ml<lnle:l-.t Sons. Index to Advertisements. Pace. Col. ) . . Pap*. Col. Amusements 1C -7 1 Instruction 13 8 Art Bales ..:...» 5-« M Lost Bankbooks. 13 « Avuoinobil^ii .I<> 4-7' MarriaK°s and Autoawblles ...II 2-7 1 Deaths 7 6 7 Bankers and , Meetings 14 1 Brokers 14 lj Miscellaneous ...It « Board &. Rooms. 13 ' fi! Notice of Sum- Bus. Chances. ..13 S! inons 9 * Carpet Clean'g.lS J>l Public Notices. ..« 0-fl Citations 15 71 Real Estate 12 7 City Hotels 12 7 Resorts ...13 4-5 Desks and Office | Savings Banks... 15 7 Furniture ....IS 6 School AKencies..l3 5 Dlvld'tl Notices. l 4 I Special Notices... 7 7 Domestic Sltua- j Storage Notices.. 9 7 tfons Wanted.l 3 4-5 I Timetables 13 6-7 Kxcurslons ....15 6! Tribune Subscrlp- Flranclal '.14 6-7 1 tlon Rates 7 7 • Financial ■ 15 5-6 i Trust Company F* closure Sales. 9 7 Report- 15 3 4 For Sale 13 A | writing 13 5. Furn.- R00m5... .13 5! Unfurn. . Apart Fiirn. Houses to I roents 12 7 I^t 12 7 Work Wanted... 13 3-4 _H"ip Wanted. ■ .13 1-31 ■D&uj-fjorfc (Tribune. THURSDAY, JANUARY 6. 1910. «- This newspaper is owned and pub lished hy The Tribune Association. •» yric York corporation; office and prin cipal place of business. Tribune Build in Kg. 154 Xaxsau street, New York; Offsfesj Mills, president; ' Henry W. Packctt. secretary: James M. Barrett, treasurer. The address of the officers is the office of this newspaper. THE KBWM THIS UOR\'IXG CONGRESS. — Resolutions providing for an investigation of the Ballinger- Finchot controversy were introduced In both houses. — Senate: Resolutions for an inquiry into the increased cost of living were introduced. =r=r— House: The Mann bill, providing a new form of government for the Panama Canal Zone, was passed. FOREIGN. special cable dispatch from London says the Liberal party con cedes Urn loss of not more than fifty of the seats they won In 1906. leaving the party a large majority: while the Union ist* expect a majority such as they ob tained during the time of th» Boer War. t It was announced in London that th<* tariff on live rattle from Argentina mould ho removed and that there would b«» a consequent cheapening; in the price of meat. —:= The Russian Foreign Of fir-, lias received a memorandum from th*» United States government suggesting Ih3t all foreign owned railroads in Man churia l>«» sold to China to guarantee neutralization and that the operation be financed by an International syndicate. DOMESTIC Secretary Knox. with a vinv of making international arbitration judicial in fact, as well as in theory, has addressed a circular note to the powers proposing that the jurisdiction of the International prize court, authorized in 1907 by thf» Hague Peace Conference, be extended bo as to make it a court of ar bitral justice. — : President Taft ap pointed the members of the new Court of Customs Appeals, the list being headed by Judg«= A. C. Coxe. : = - It. was again announced at the White House that the President's special message dealing with sh*» interstate commerce and anti-trust laws will be sent to Congress Friday. CITY. — Stocks were weak. ===== A new investigation under the Sherman Irw has b»en begun against the Sugar Trust which seeks to make it impossible to plead the statute of limitations and will not allow Immunity to those re sponsible. ====== An organization to help Governor Hughes in his campaign for a phort ballot has been formed here =— The New York Zoological Society start er" to rais" a fund of $1,000,000 as a per manent endowment. -= In appointing announced for the consolidation of the Amalgamated and Cole- Ryan copper in terests. Low Tang and Low Shang were placed on trial for the murder of Bow Kum.= Jam<*s B. Reynolds was chosen to aid in the grand jury's "white slave" investigation. THE WEATHER. -Indications for to day: Rain and warmer. The tempera ture yesterday: Highest, 30 degrees; lowest, ' ' in I! 1 GREAT STATE PARK. Seldom, indeed, doe* the regular an nual ijichwjt of a (Joyenior of any state contain the announcement of a public benefaction <<un para bio with that whicu was yesterday reported by Mr. Hughes. The sifts <f land and money which are offered' on easy conditions to the State of New York by Mrs. Harrhnan and ;i number of other public spirited citizens are noteworthy for their pecuniary mag* nitude, even in this day of large things. Ten thousand acres of land, much of it highly valuable, and $2!<J25,000 in cash form a sift of princely proportions; com manding ■ full measure of public thanks. But oven more admirable than the « mount of it are the spirit and Intention of the gift. We have, frequently dwelt upon the desirability, from more than one petal cf view, of establishing in the Highlands of th*- Hudson a park which would preserve that interesting and pict uresque region from desecration, and last year there was a well meant though unsuccessful effort to secure legislation to that end, as a permanent adjunct of the Hudson-Fulton commemoration. In Governor Hughes/s announcement op portunity is afforded for a realization of that project, at least bo far as the west ern and more Important side of the river is concerned, on a finer and more com plete scale than that for which any one has hitherto ventured to hope. The land which Mrs. Harriman purposes to give lies far back from the river, on the Kamapo Mountains, bat her additional offer of $1.000.0' »0 Is meant for the ac quisition of other lands lying between tbat point and the river, while the fur ther subscriptions of Mrs. Sage, Miss Gould, Mr. Rockefeller, Mr. Morgan aud a dozen more are for the same end. • The whole plan involves the creation of A jrreat state park—in its southern exten sion an interstate park— embracing the whole western shore of the Hudson from Fort Lee to Newbunr, and in the hi chanting region back of Stony Point and Dunderberg extending west ward to the Ramapo River. It would include prac tically all of the Palisades and ail of the Highlands on that side of the river, with the exception of the federal at West Point, which would, however, con stitute an entirely harmonious adjunct to the park. The conception is bo fin* and the offers of the public spirited benefactors are »o munificent that we cannot permit our selves to doubt that the reasonable con ditions which have been imposed will promptly be complied with and that ihese gifts will be gratefully accepted and secured. The state can surely af ford to add to these private gifts a nearly equal amount from the public purse for a purpose of ho great interest and value to the people. It would be indulgence in vain repetition to enlarge upon either the historic interept or the scenic charm bf the region In question, or upon the consequent desirability of preserving il unmarred as a perpetual public inheritance. The opportunity to do this is now presented, in an unex pectedly advantageous manner. Surely the State of New York, and New Jersey, too. to the small extent Which may be required of it. will not unduly delay to meet generosity with appreciation and to assure the fulfilment of thi< splendid M-heme. THE Goyuitxoirs message. Governor Hughes's message contains almost no important recommendations which are also novel and brings no new question before the public, aside from the matter of the interstate park extension. In general the Governor contents him self with repeating previous recommen dations, but his message is none the less notable for its scope and variety, for the grasp of state problems it shows and for its sustained strength and interest. It is the work of" a statesman, and it shows from end ;to end deep thought upon the topics it discusses, it is char acterized throughout by that intellectual power which the public has come to as sociate with the Governor's papers and addresses. Every recommendation has gone through the crucible of the Gov ernor's mind. Nothing half thought out or ill conceived is presented. The prod ucts of other men's . deliberations, ac cepted because of the authority of their authors, are- not in evidence. The mes sage is not the result of "talking over" the affairs of state with a cabinet of ad visers, state commissioners and the like. Wherever the various ideas have sprung from, the Governor has made them his own. Upon the fundamental question of im proving governmental conditions Gov ernor Hughes declares fora simplification of the duties of electors, for a reduction in the number of elective offices, so that the Governor would have the selection of his own "cabinet": for a short and simple "ballot that would not permit rep etition of a candidate's name, and for the direct system of nominating candi dates for office. Some of these changes will require amendment of the state con stitution and. we might add. further edu cation of the public concerning their ad vantages — but a reform of the ballot law which weald prevent the recurrence of such n monstrosity as was prsented to the voters in this city at the last election is an immediate possibility and neces sity, and a reform in the primary laws which would do away with conventions that "neither represent nor deliberate" is one on. which the people of this state are probably already determined. The Governor dees not advocate direct nom inations because he hopes to change human nature by legislation, h- says, but because, human nature being v.-hat it is. allowances have to be made for *rs weaknesses. As it is now. "the ordi "nary party member, who cannot make "politics a vocation, feels that he is "practically helpless, a victim of a "system of indirect, complicated and "pseudo-representative activities." If men were different they might struggle with the difficulties of the present sys tem and master them, but they are what they are. and the Governor purposes to give them something easier. Though public attention will be largely attracted to his recommendations re garding political reforms. Governor Hughes devote* attention to economic and administrative topics of just as much Importance. He goes at great length into the conservation of the state's natural resources. "He makesrec onimendations for the early and system atic preparation of the state budget. He renews his proposal for the extension of the Public Service - commissions law to cover telegraph and telephone compa nies. "The events of the year." he says, "have served to emphasize the impor tance of adequate supervision and regu lation" of those utilities. He suggests automobile legislation, changes of law that recent developments have shown io be necessary in the regulation <.f insur ance, reform of condemnation proceed ings and a reduction of the delays in judicial procedure. Altogether, the mes sage is interesting and valuable as the contribution of one of the best minds in the country to the solution of the problem? of state government. A BLOW. AT THE STATES. In recommending the rejection by the Legislature of the amendment to the fed eral Constitution enlarging the national government's power to lay direct taxes Governor Hughes develops an objection which has heretofore received too little consideration. He holds thai the rati fication of the amendment in its present form would seriously infringe on the rights of the states by depriving them of the power which they now have of issu ing securities protected from federal taxation. He says, with undoubted war rant; that the language of the proposed amendment, which authorizes Congress "to lay and <-ollect taxes 011 incomes, from whatever source derived," is broad enough to cover taxation Imposed on in comes from slate and municipal bonds. Bat if Congress can impose taxation on the income from state and municipal bonds, it can,' In effect, interfere with the state's freedom to borrow for its own purposes. If income from state securities is taxed, the market value of securities outstanding will be depressed and new securities will have to be sold at lower figures or bear higher rates of interest. The state's sovereignty would thus be Impaired and the federal au thority proportionately aggrandized. As Governor Hughes puts.it:. To permit such [state] securities to be the subject of federal taxation is to place such limitations upon the borrow ing power of the state as to make the performance of the functions of local government a matter of federal grace. It will probably be argued by the ad vocates of the amendment, as it stands, that the Governor's objection has a technical and theoretical rather than a practical value, it will be said that the national government would not care to exercise v. right given to.it to tax in comes from.state and municipal bonds, just as it would certainly discountenance an^ effort on the part of tht states to \E\Y-YORK OAIL* TRIBUNE, THrRSDAV, JANUARY 6. 1910. tax income from federal securities. Ac cording to the decisions of the Supreme Court, the fajfljera] government is not jtif tifled in trying to tax the property. revemieH or securities of the stales, or to tife the taxing power in any \v:n to interfere with proper state instrumen talities and functions. The defenders of the amendment in its present ihapa will probably say that practically the present modus rirrnrli would be main tained and that there can be no dan ger in giving Congress power to tax income from ail sources, because the. states are themselves represented in Congress and will not vote there to in jure their own credit at home. 11 will be urged that the s;nne people who elpct state legislatures elect Senators and Rep resentatives, and that what their spokes men in the legislature would not think of doing their spokesmen at Washington would also hesitate to do. If Congress imposed a tax on incomes from stnte securities, would It not logically be com pelled to tax incomes from federal bonds, which are now expressly exempted from taxation. To that question the friends of the amendment will reply. "The ;i*- Riuuption is absurd." But is it absurd V Congress is not im mune from attacks of unreason. II would be unreasonable on iis part i<> Interfere with the markei for state securities by taxing income from them. Rut thai is exactly what the Democratic Congress of JB9a-'9."i did when il passed I lie Wil son-(iorman law. The Income tax sec tion of that law did not exempt returns from state and municipal securities, and only ihe veto of the Supreme Court pre vented the collection of federal taxes on income from such securities. The inclu sion of such bonds as taxable was one of the grounds on which the Supreme Court invalidated the Wilson-Gorman income tax scheme. The court held that the balance of powers between the stales and the nation would he disturbed if the centra! government were allowed to in terfere in that manner with the inherent sovereignty of the state governments. But if an amendment Is ratified expressly giving the nation a power which it now lacks, can Congress be expected to re frain always from using it? A tem porary majority in Congress might be led to think that the nation's interests required a further sacrifice of state rights and the Supreme Court would then be powerless to step In and save the slates as it did in 150.".. It is even con ceivable that Congress, tinder the au thority granted by the amendment, might proceed to tax income from United States bonds. The warrant in the proposed amendment would be broad enough. It would only he a question of exercising or not exercising a too liberal grant of power. There is. therefore, undoubted merit in Governor Bughes's suggestion that the power of Congress be clearly limited in any constitutional amendment which is to be ratified. We do nor believe that the two houses intended to ask for an au thority as unbounded as that conferred in the pending amendment. There is no urgent reason for including stale anrt city bonds as sources of income in be taxed under federal law. The'govern ment can properly surrender thai revenue. If Congress does not mean or want to claim it. it would be safer to say so definitely at the start. If an in come tax amendment is desirable il is equally desirable to have it drawn in a precise and definite form. Its limitations should be expressed, not merely under stood. There is wisdom in Governor Hughes's Insistence thai the new article's interpretation should not be left to chance, but thai its provisions should be so guarded that they could not be used to tk> B needless Injustice to til*' stales. HARD f/ITs FOR TAMMANY. Mayor Gaynor continues t<> spice his letters to his appointees with language which the public likes. -I have selected you." hr tells Mr. Waldo, his Fire Com missioner, 'in full confidence thai you "will be able to carry out my intention ••of banishing all political and outside "influence and favoritism Immediately, '•and once for all." Appointments must be made without regard to Influence, even if the men have to lie chosen from the eligible list 'Mv numerical order." In fluence, the Mayor adds, nnis; not bo tol erated in the consideration of charges against members of the force. Further more, he intends to make this the role in all departments. To Park Commissioner Kennedy, of Brooklyn, on reappointing him after in timating his intention to fill that office with another man. lie writes: "Yon "never had 84 foremen to H!> men, or 'any other padded payroll. These tilings "must come to an end In the city of ■ .New York." No more padded payrolls. \o more appoint iiKMits for "pull." No letting down easily violators of discipline who have influence. A hard blow is struck at the Tammany system. Even if the rest cf the city goes up to Tammany Hall and "says a good word" to Mur phy, we wonder whether the Tammany braves themselves will say a good word to the man who foisted this Mayor upon them ? NEW HIGHWAY. I. 1 Ws. There now rests upon the courts a fuller responsibility than ever before of dealing efficiently with criminal automo biliStS. Hitherto there have heen occa sional expressions of regret earnestly seconded by the public, at the smallness Of the legal penalties for highway crimes and the consequent Inability bf llu* courts to impose sentences approximately adequate to the offences. Thai i-egrel is now materially mitigated. The fining power of the courts has heen Increased tenfold, and ii hits heen made possible to Impose sentences of Imprisonment in many cates in which formerly an Insig nificant fine or even no penalty at all was possible. The change ought to re sult in much good. Many a man who would contemptuously toss a $10 bill at the clerk of the court and go his lawless way chuckling at the cheapness of hi« fuD will hesitate before the pros pect of a fine of $100 or an imprison ment of six months. Henceforth, moreover, conviction and punishment will not depend upon mathe matical proof that a driver has exceeded an arbitrary limit of speed. The testi inouy of the stop watch will 00 longer be essential. It Is now culpable to run a machine recklessly or lv such a man ner as to endanger others, no mutter what the actual rate of speed may he. That U the principle which has for some time been In force in England, with highly satisfactory results. We shall see how it works here. Theoretically, it is the best possible rule, itut its efficiency de pends entirely upon the discretion and resolution with which it is applied. It is obvious also that it Imposes an ex ceptional degree of responsibility upon the court. It will often be a matter of dispute whether a machine was run reck lessly : and dangerously or not; though we suppose that the fact that ■ machine was run into somebody or did some dam age will be regarded M evidence that it was run unlawfully. 1 Most commendable of all, perhaps, is the provision for the punishment of those cowardly and inhuman miscreants who, having crippled or killed I person on the highway or having smashed a carriage or, done other serious damage. Instantly betake themselves to flight in order to conceal their identity, without stopping to aid their victims or even to ascertain the amount of injury which they have in flicted or the aid which may be needed. There is still fresh in mind a flagrant but not entirely unprecedented case of one who. it would seem, deliberately tried to kill a young woman 'who had been caught and dragged by his machine, on the principle that if he stopped and re leased her and she lived she might iden tify 111 111 and secure his punishment, while if he continued to drag her and to crush her against the pavement until she was dead she could tell no tales. Such n wretch deserves "the utmost rigors of the law; and ii would be cause for re gret if any one should be permitted to escape with less. 1 /' PO-Y SOLI DAT lOy IS H\\Kl\<l. The projected banking consolidation in this ciiy suggests that banking is the one field where such amalgamations among essential competitors still run no risk of conflict with the law. Had the Institu tions to be united been railroads, as much in competition with one another as are three trust companies of similar rank in the same city, a combination of them would have been precluded by the statutes. Had they been large industrial concerns their combination might have Invited a visitation of the Sherman act, if that act is to be construed as broadly ss the Circuit Court has construed it in the recent cases. But in banking the public seems not to have regarded the manifestation of the general tendency toward consolidation with the same jeal ousy which It has exhibited elsewhere. Perhaps this is due to the fact that the tendency toward consolidation in bank ins: is more recent, and indeed has made little progress compared with other con solidations, so that the public has not had an opportunity to observe its effects. It may be because the subject of credit and the consequences of its centralized control are more difficult to understand than the subject of the centralised con trol of railroads or industries. Or it may be that the management of banks and the use of the capital which that management gives have been such as to occasion little public criticism. Hut if the country Is to witness any develop ment of consolidation in banking com parable to that which has taken place in commerce generally the use which is made of the vast credit thus put into the hands of a few individuals will be sub ject to dose public scrutiny. The accumulation of vast power over credit by a few persons, aside from the danger of its misuse in speculation, vitally affects the public interest la many ways. The present instance of amalga mation may be an isolated one or it may be a forerunner of many more. The situa tion may prove to be a topic for legislat ures before many seasons have passed. The general election which will begin in the United Kingdom on Friday of next week and will continue for a fortnight will involve, the suffrages of 7,705,717 voters, of whom a 625,276 are in the counties. 2,576,336 in the boroughs and 20,110 in the universities of England and Wales; 450,950 in the counties, 311,234 in the burghs and 23,024 In the univer sities of Scotland, and 578,464 in the counties. 115,303 in the boroughs and 5,020 in the university of Ireland. In every one of these classes, excepting the boroughs of England and Wales, there has been an increase since last year, the net increase in the United Kingdom being 90,270. The Mayor seems to be not only a dis ciple of Epictetus. but a follower of the Peripatetic School. His example may substitute walking for automobile riding among the city's employes. ; ™JJ 11 n i LV c I!""* th , at th< * T ' ord hel P s those tl .' T«£,™ liems ' IKMV did v happen that Tammany KO t such a Jolt? Hasn't Po"t many alW3ys helped Its^?-Houston The chief trouble with Tammany was that it was a case of overhelp. Under th*» new administration rubber tires are evidently going to give way to plain old sole leather. The words "Gaynor Chooses Only "Democrats— Gives Offices and Salaries "to the Dyed in the Wool. 1 appear as headlines over a New York dispatch to 'The Columbia (8. (\> State." "The State's" correspondent here seems in clined to view things with almost 'Yan kee Doodlish" enthusiasm. With two hours added to the otticial day and time cards keeping track of comings und goings the city's army of pay drawers will find themselves in each other's way. THE TALK OF THE DAY. In a discussion of. colds and their causes a writer in "The Hospital" (London) says they are most infectious and that if this were generally appreciated people would in sist on more fresh air In public buildings and conveyances. Me adds that people who are overworked, depressed or generally run down are the. earliest and most severely affected of the victims. Blobbs— The . suffragettes believe In ■ the equality of woman, don't they?' Slobbs— Not at all; they believe in the superiority, <,t woman. - Philadelphia Record. .When a prisoner was taken to the Tombs in default of $10,00) bail last week on a charge of grand larceny a man who was In the District Attorney's office said: "A debtor to prison?" ",\u, not debt," an other man said; "It's grand larceny." "That may be true, Jbut Schuldner is the German for debtor— so for the time the Tombs is the debtors' prison. 1 : The Joke lost Its point, however, when It \ was j ex plained that there was an additional "1" In the name, making it Schuldlner. . The kind-hearted man had- riven in* panhandler a nickel. "Haven't you got anything smaller?" asked the panhandler "Well, here's a dime; that's smaller •'• answered the good-natured man. display ing the coin for a momwi and waikii»« awny.-Buffulo Express, walklnj, Having accomplished a reform in county administration by providing for a Con troller, unelda now comes to the front with a suggestion that a the office of county presi dent be created. "The Utica Press " father- Ing ■ the Idea, believe* that wen an officer, holding the same relation to the county that a mayor does to a city, might oo much in the way of Improving run*, ad ministration. "The Presa" J»eiieve* that a county president would administer affair* with regard to the county at large effect ing a .large Having, It adds: "There are lorty-elght supervisors and the support of twenty-five is fortunately r»qul»U» to Jul . tlfy UM -xpendlttire of public nione%-. Not all pay very much attention to tho business and there i* a much more mani fest disposition to save money for the In dM.Hial town than there Is to save money for the whole county. . . . The present syatsn has been productive of a good deal of graft. That much is certain. T! proposed f^ould not be any worse, anrt there is every- reason for believing that it will be Infinitely better." Builder's Man -Hi. guvner. that new row of 'ouses In Xlaple Grove are al! fallen down like a pack o" cards. Builder— ldiot! Didn't 1 tell yoti not to take the scaffolding down till you'd put the: wall-papers up!— London Opinion. A man who believes that many ttr^s and much loss of life could be avoided if peo ple exercised more care In disposing of burnt matches and cigar and cigarette stumps Is sending thousands of postal cards through the mall hearing this plea: "Fire is a useful but also dangerous ele ment. Remember this when you would throw a btirnt-ou; match Into a paper bas ket or on the floor, where an unseen spark might make a flame. Think of it when you throw away your cigar or cigarette stump. Prevent the fires that kill. A receptacle for burnt matches is a more valuable piece of furniture than a rocking chair." Small Boy- Pa. what Is an optimist? l'a-An optimist, my son, is a man who doesn't care a rap what happens so that It doesn't happen to him. -Tit-Kits. ALIENS AM) FARMS. Plea far Directing Immigrants to Agricultural Work. To the Kdltor of The Tribune. Sir. In response fa your article "More Farmers Needed" permit me to say: In the countries from which the greatest num ber of our recently arrived Immigrants— Hungarians, Italians and Slavs — com* the chief Industry, almost the exclusive one, Is agriculture. The bulk of these Immigrants are skilled farmers. Such peasants toll here In mining, construction work and factories and at other manual labor; they save part of their earnings for the one purpose of purchasing tillable land and as soon as possible re-engage In agricult ure. A multitude of concerns styled "private banks," engaged In transmitting the sav ings of Immigrants to their respective native countries and in the sale of steer age tickets, stimulate this. The sums thus exported amount annually to over $300. 000,000; in panic years to over twice as much. The number of ♦emigrants is over 40 per cent of all arrivals, only the thrifty immigrants are enticed to go back; the Kpendthrifts and paupers are left here. The influx of this American money caused in certain parta of Europe the rising of the price of land to fabulous heights. A num ber of the remifjrants discover in time that it Is Impossible to make a living on the land which they purchased In their native country for exorbitant prices. They sell it for a fraction of what they pay and come back to the United States, de prived of their savings, discouraged and decrepit. The masses of immigrants do not know that farms can be acquired here— that good farms with improvements can be bought in New York State for from $10 to $25 an acre. The Department of Agriculture of New York State does, on a small scale, disseminate information to immigrants. However, experience in the last two years has proved that only unsatisfactory re sults can be achieved with insufficient fa cilities. Our native young men and women for sake the (arms and flock In steadily in creasing numbers to the cities, to stay there permanently. Our peasant immi grants are skilled farmers. They know from experience how to keep the soil fertile. They come from soil which is highly productive after having been culti vated for one thousand years. They could be induced to take up farm work In place of those who abandon agriculture. Such farmer immigrants are determined to re eiißase In agriculture Just as soon as suf ficient funds are saved to secure land. If they are not directed to our farms they will buy farms in Europe, and we will con tinue to lose the best of them and suffer yet greater injury to our already decadent agricultural resources. The export of the savings and the re misratlon of the thrifty immigrants are artificially brought about by certain con cerns and their auxiliaries. A multitude of notaries public, interpreters, shysters, em ployment offices, clergymen and foreign tongue newspaper men co-operate with the "private banks" in creating the present deplorable condition. Any individual two lazy to work in honest occupation, often of tainted past, can operate a "private bank." Hundreds of such concerns exist In New York City and a multitude In this and other states. The only law in New Y^rk State regarding them is the unen forced once which places them under a bond of $15,00<\ This law furnishes ground to these institutions to pretend to be legal ly constituted banks, such as are our state and national banks, regulated by law and supervised. A department of immigration of the State of New York should be established at this session of our legislature. This office should supervise the transactions of the bankers who are exporting the savings of immigrants and selling them steamship tickets. This business is not banking, nor doe 3it include affairs which are attended to by our Labor Department or any other department of New York State or the United States. Being the cause of much misery, it should be dealt with and correct ed by a department of the state. The work of this department should embrace the de tection of fraud and prevent the exploita tion of foreign residents of this country. It should also regularly supervise firms which are licensed and authorized to transact the business of exporting amounts below $30 to foreign countries and to sell steamship tickets. Another important and necessary duty which such a department could perform would be the information of newly arrived immigrants. Few If any opportunities can be found by the peasant immigrant to be come acquainted with American Institu tions, methods and ideals. The teaching and Influencing of immi grants, especially those who have accu mulated funds and art? ready to depart and re-engage hi European agriculture— those hundred* of thousands who have the means and are determined to again become farmers and do not know thai this is pos sible for them in this* ioun:;>— would sure ly be a profitable enterprise for the state. Bach Immigrants and their number Is over four hundred thousand a year— .should re ceive Information of our agricultural op portunities in the language* which they understand, and they should be encour aged, directed and assisted to our farms. Soon there would be no Idle, abandoned or partly tilled farms. Demand for land would be sure to ensue and would incrtaso values. These experienced farmer Immi grants would also Increase the fertility and productive capacity of our farms. This work of doing helpful, practical things cannot be accomplished except by a specially appointed corps of officials who are qualified and competent for this work and are supervised by a central authority. This could and should be done by a state department of Immigration, charged with responsibility and endowed with the requi site facilities.- L.AJOS STEIN kh. New York. Jan. 3, 1310. ?:*•'■ GIVE IT TO A DEMOCRAT. From The Buffalo Express. ; ! :^: Think of waiting the tilling of such an office as county undertaker a party ques. t Ion ! SWEAR OFF WHAT YOU CAN'T DO. From The Rochester Union and Advertiser. All of the Republican bosses In the mat* made one pood New Year's resolution They r«solved that they would not tell uov •rnor Hughia what he muM Ua, People and Social Incident* AT THE WHITE HOUSE. [From Th« Tribune Bureau.) Washington. Jan. s.— The President spent most of the day putting the finishing touches on his special message to Congress. Representatives Bartlett and Hardwick. of Georgia, called at the executive offices this morning to protest against Census Di rector Durand's plan to employ negro enu merators in the South. The Congressmen were assured by the President that the cen sus taking amon? the, white people. will be by white enumerators, negroes being era ployed only where the negro population is dense. The members of the Tariff Board were in conference with th»» President this after noon. Senator Beveridge discussed with the President the proposed bill for a change in the form of government of Alaska. The friends of Judge E. T. Sanford are making almost dally call» on th« President to urge, his appointment to the vacancy In the 6th Circuit. Senators Taylor and Fra zler, accompanied by the entire delegation from Tennessee, called in the Interests of Judge Sanford this morning- President Taft promised a delegation consisting of Colonel W. J. Oliver. M. D. Oliver. David C. Chapman. T. A. Wright and H. A. Morton, who were Introduced by Representative Austin, that he would open the- Appalachian Exposition at Knoxville, Term.. on September 15 by pressing a key In the East Room of the AVhite House. He said h« would attend the exposition if pos sible. The names of Creed M. Fulton and Gen era! John A. .lohnson t retired) ha\ • added to tbs list of candidates under con sideration for commissioners of ih» Dis trict of Columbia. The NSW York delegation In Congress will call at the White House to-morrow to ask President Taft to preside at the meeting of the- Grand Army of the Republic in Carne gie Hall on May 30. More than ten thou sand veterans are expected to attend. Starbrlght. the new blark hSATSS recently purchased by President Taft through Hm quartermaster general of the army, arrived, at the White House stables to-day. The Presidents callers Included Senators Depew. Richardson, Burrows. Elkins. Fletcher and Scott and Representatives Parsons, Townsend. Garrett. Brownlow. Barnard. McGuire. Sims, Byrne? and Ma gulre. The President and Mrs. Taft occupied a box at the Belasco Theatre to-night. They were accompanied by Charles Tat't and Mrs. Taffs niece. Miss Elizabeth Parsons. THE CABINET. I From The Tribune Bureau! Washington, Jan. s.— The wives of t'ub lnet officers, with the exception of Mrs. Knox and Mrs. Dickinson, held their first formal Wednesday afternoon receptions of. the season to-day. Mrs. MacVeagh had with her to assist in receiving from 3:30 until 6 o'clock her houst? guests. Mrs. Potter Palmer. Xlrs. Wirt Dexter, of Chicago; Miss Georgiana Hop kins, of Boston, and Miss Ruggles. On account of the serious Illness of a relative In Tennessee, and expecting to be called away from the city. Mrs. Dickinson did not receive. Mrs. Wickeisham was assisted by Mrs. Bowers, wife of the Solicitor General, and Miss Ruth Harlan. Mrs. Baiiinser had to assist her Mrs. Samuel H. Piles. Mrs. Frank Pierre. Xl rs. William E. Humphrey. Mrs. George Turner, Xlrs. W. H. 11. Green. Xlrs. L. C. Gillman. Xiiss Gillman and Xliss t'llt-s. Mrs. Nage! had with her Xlrs. Austin, Miss Gallaudet and Miss Nagel. The Secretary of the Navy and .Mrs. M< yer entertained at dinner to-ni?kt in compliment to the Vice- President and Xlrs. fperman. Th 1 -)!- other guests uere the At torney Genera! and Xlrs. Wicfcersham. Sen ator Gallinger. Representative and Mrs. Foss. Rear Admiral and Xlrs. Wstew light. Rear Admirr.l Swift. Miss Boardman. Mrs. Potter Palmer, of Chicago: Commander and Mrs. Philip Andrews. Mr. and Xlrs. W. K. Curtis, Captain and Mrs. Reginald F. Nicholson and Dr. and Mrs. Wilmer. Xlrs. Xleyer and the Misses Msyei received visitors in the afternoon. THE DIPLOMATIC CORPS. [From "Hi- Tribune Bureau.! Washington. Jan. s.— The German Am bassador and Countess yon Bernstorff en tertained at dinner to-night Baroness Rosen. Senator and Xlrs. E!kins. Senator and Xlrs. Burrows. Xlr and Xlrs. Lawrence Townsend. Representative and Xlrs. Weeks, the Austrian naval attache! and Baroness Preuschen yon und zu Uebenstein. the Jap anese rounsellor and Xlme. Xtatsui. John R. Carter. American Xlinister to Bucharest, and Lieutenant yon Brtining. The Danish Xlinister and Countess Moltke had to dine with them at the legation to night the Secretary of the Treasury and Mrs. XlacVeagh. the Austrian Ambassador and Baroness Hengelmiiller. the Portu guese Minister, Senator and Mrs. AMrich, Representative and Mrs. Nicholas Ix>nE: worth. the French naval attache and Vis countess Benoist d'Azy, Mrs. Richard H. Townsend. Baroness Elizabeth Rosen, Miss Janet Fish, of N>\v York: Captain Archi bald Butt and Signer Centaro. Italian sec ond secretary. IN WASHINGTON SOCIETY. [From tim Tribune Uurcau. ! Washington. Jan. s.— Mr?. Sherman occu pied herself in the early part of the after noon in making calls on the women of the Cabinet. Later she opened her own house for her first Wednesday reception, and had to assist her her house guest. Miss Mary Baker, of L'tica. The Vice-President will go to Utlca on Friday to remain for a few days. Mrs. William J. Boardman was hostess at the Bachelors' Mrst cotillon of the season to-night, for which all other late social affairs were abandoned. Assisting Mia. Boardman were the president of the Bach elors. Gist Blair: the vice-president. Colo nel Montgomery M. Macomb; the secretary. Frederick H. Brooke; the treasurer, Frank lin Ellis, and the committee, Captain Cheney. J. Mandeville Carlisle. Commander •If land Davis mid William Mitt. The guests comprised almost the whole roster, otticial and otherwise, of Washington »b-" clety. Captain Cheney and J. MandevlUe- Carlisle led ib« cotillon, assisted by others of the committee! The decorations of the ballrooms were all in red, and the mum warmth of color was carried out in the favors, which comprised, for the women, red boas, Miver picture frames, fans and garlands of red flowers, and for the men, collurettes of red flowers, garlands of red flowers, silver boxes and travelling cases of leather filled with brushes. The supper was served at numerous small tables, Mrs. Boardman entertaining the- president of the Bachelors and a number of visitors at her table. Among the dinner patties which preceded the Bachelors' cotillon were one at the home of Senator dv Pont In honor of Mrs. Joseph Stlckney. of New York: one at the home of Senator Elklns, with Miss Elklrii as hostess, and one at the home of Colonel and Mrs. Robert Roosevelt, for th*> friends of Miss Olga Roosevelt. OtHer hosts of the evening were .Mr and .Mrs. Hennen Jen nings. Senator Elklns was a luncheon host at the Capitol to-day. His guests Included Mrs. Rßobertt t Goelet. Mrs \v. X, Vander bllt, jr., Mrs. Nicholas Longworth. Miss Katherine Klklna, the Vice-president, Sen ator Root, Senator Kean and Senator Bran degee. Mrs. Richard Walnwrlght gave a tea this afternoon, in compliment * i.. the fiance* of her son, Miss Alice Blech.; whose marriage will take place in the fall. Assisting Mr«. W«iawTl«ht in receiving and dlsptxulsf hospitality were Mr*, Beaton Schr'o*^; Mrs. W. W. "Wotherspoon. Mrs. Turpta^ others. • - NEW YORK SOCIETY. Miss Sarah Jewett ; Robbins, laaghte* * Mr. and Mrs. Julian W. Robbins. »m su^fl lied yesterday afternoon In St. G» srw ■|; Church. Stuyvesant Square, to John ir^ X: dell Minturn. The ceremony iras.'^Cl formed by the Rev. Hugh Blrckh^ad,*^ ; slated by the Rev. Sherrard o'q^ tori. 'ism., and was followed bjr.in^ tion at the home of the bride** parent* C 9 East 74th street. The church was 4^ orated with palms. Christinas st»«^ . white roses and smllax. and vases of wife I flowers were placed on the altar. * TJj«^lg y. as a fun choral service, and a projcraaj^, -ft of organ music was rendered bef or* ! UhPb ceremony. The bride, who was given airaj W hy her father, was In a gown o£ Trhit^H satin, with a court train of point a^pli^'S lace. She -wore a tulle veil, fastens irltyli a wreath of orange blossoms, and earrlasfl a bouquet of l!tles-of-the-valley. She ■*!*& attended, by her sister. Miss Ju!!a Robbls* m as maid of honor, and by Ills* Dorothy £ Tuckerman, Miss Emily ' Slosua*. j|t^ | Blanche M. Osfriehs. Miss Helen Com**, : tt- s '- Miss Virginia Murray. Miss Muriel KtasjsT r land and Mis* llarion Van Rens3ela*r K«B> nedy as bridesmaids. The maid of boas*. was in a gown of pale blue chl^a* ■' over blue satin, trimmed with mink tail* I with which she wore a hat of blue ci4|b trimmed with brown velvet and carried a bouquet of .pink roses. The brMsssjaMtifi were in blue moire frock.*, with hats. of. P brown mallnes; trimmed with pink: rose's They also carried bouquets of pin* rosa* I J. Hopkins Smith, jr.. was the best maty and the ushers comprised E. Gerry' Chad. wick. E. Coster Wilmerdin*. Rlciari | Derby, Henry dv Pont. I. Wlstar 3«assJV j Hugh Mm turn, Henry Hooker and Aria* Ron bins. Among the guests at the church w«r»'Mr.*-' I and Mrs Gecrge A- Robbins, Mr. and Mm I Allen Appleton Bobbins, Mr. and Mrs. I. X. > Phelps Stokes. Mr. and Mrs. Pa;! Tucks** - man. Mr. and Mrs. H. V. R. Kennedy. MJjt" I Maud Kennedy. Mrs. Robert Minturo. Jfr J and Mrs. R. S. Minturn. Mr. and lfcj[ ! William Manice. Mr. and Mra. Percy a. ! Pyne, Professor and Mrs. H. Fair! elf Osborn. Mr. and Mrs. John Turner Attsjv I bury. Miss Beatrice Flagg. Mr. and Jfes, p David Wagstaff and Mr. and Mrs. Aatm t R. Pinchot. Another wedding yesterday was Out si Miss Juliette Benedict, daughter of Jamss A. Benedict, to Philip Livingston, la ti» Church of the Incarnation. The bride wa» attired in a gown of white satin. eattanaV ered and trimmed with point lacs, wits which she wore a point lace veil that d& similar duty at the weddings of hermotisr and grandmother. Mrs. Robert Kelly Prentice was bst as» ter's only attendant, and sne was la % gown of blue satin combined with tofta* brocaded velvet and trimmed with ponaT lace. She wore a white lace hat t~lmmaS. ; with blue feathers and mink. T. J. Oak ley Rhinelander was best man, sad ths> ushers included Robert Kelly Prenttc*, Philip G. Blrckhead. William P. "Wala wright, Howland Pell. Guy Van AmringS) and D. Mcßae Livingston. The cereaiony was performed by the Rev. Dr. William 3L Grosvenor. and a small reception folloired at the home of the bride's father, .a East 61st street. Mrs. Frederick Pearson cave a large «la> ncr dance last nisrht at Sherry's for ssf debutante 'laughter. Jibs I^esley FredsrtOk Pearson. The dinner was served at mil tables, decorated with pink flowers, la tii» grand ballroom, and was followed by gen eral daneinsr in the small ballroom, on til floor below. Among: the guests were Mr« and Mrs. i •ourtlandt Bixon Barnes, Mr aa4 .Mrs. William Earl Dodge, Mr. a'pii " Jin. Albert £abriskie Gray. Mr. and Mrs. Austin i ay. Mr. and Mrs. Artha» Scott Burden. Mr. and Mrs. J. GonMSS Douglass. Mr. and Mrs. Oliver Gould J«J» nines. Mr. and Mrs. Arthur C. BlaaißV Mr. and Mrs. Gifford Cochrane. Mr. W.i Mrs. Pauling Fosdick. Mr. and Mrs. Hoars, I. Cobb. jr.. Mr. and Mrs. H. P. Robbins, Mr. and Mrs. Konsi Sellar. Mr. and Mrs. Reginald C. Vanderblit. Mr. and Mrs. Payn« V.hitney, Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Wagstai^ Mr. and Mrs. William Woodward. Mr. sat. Mrs. Forsyth "U'lckes, Mr. and Mrs. *' Norman, de R. Whitehouse. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Earle Stevens. Miss Eleanor aiortW . mer. Miss Jean S. Roosevelt. Miss Paylin* I Risrsrs. Miss Virginia A!exaadr». Miss Helea I Aiexandre. Miss M. Civilise- Alexandre. MisaJ J Katherine S. Atterbury, Miss Ruth Adams, I Miss Frances Alexander. Miss Franc«a | Burr, Miss Elizabeth S. Clailtn. Miss Bea- I trice Clarlin. Miss Harriot Daly. Miss Jars* 1 Dana. Miss Lilian Endicott. Miss Laura ' Emmet. Miss" Catherine I* Hamersley. M is Marjorie Gould. Miss I^e!la L. Haven. M.as Marjorie and Miss Muriel Klnssland. Mlaa Ethel Kins^land. Miss Blanche M. Oelrici% ; Miss Effle Pearson, Miss Maria de- Bar-'J, '; Miss Joan "Whitridge. Miss Evelyn "vVlthe?* | bee. Miss Bessie Yoakum. Miss Em >» | Sloan?. Miss Katharine H. Tilford. M sa. Pauline Robinson. Miss Elsie. Nice Ms*} Alice Van Rensselaer. Miss Marts "ft -v. | throp, R. Thornton 'W'iison. "William Rhtsss lander Stewart. G. Mifflin T\ r harton. Worti^ 1 I inston "W'hitehouse, Marshall R. Kerp.oc'-'V Albert Eu«ene Gallatin. J. Harry Alex* 1 andre. Jr., Harry K. Oelrlchs. MonsM M^ | ris, Phcenix Ingraham. George \Vap:>'» S Robert Sedgwiek. jr., Lydi^ Hoyt. Hi: 1 f F. Kadden. Francis Burke Roche. Frank. | A. Plummer. Pembroke Jone?,* Jr.. aad *si { Orme Wilson, jr. Mrs. Norrie Sel'ar Elves a dinner t! evening at her house in East Soth street. Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Oakiey Rhine!sadss| have returned to towu fr-mn Tuxedo. Mr. and Mrs. Henry S. Redmond hSJII left Tuxedo for Miami. Fla.. where tMst will join the houseboat Everglade, chs»«J tered from Colonel Robert M. TbompsSs»| They will remain la Florida waters for &• remainder of the winter. .r" ' f Mr and Mrs. Bushrod R. Bayas hays r«s turned to town from their «ountry place" M) Short Hills. X. J.. wber»' they «peat tla*} holidays, and are at thtj^olcott. • SOCIAL NOTES FROM NEWPORT. I [By Telegraph ft> The Tribun«-1 Newport, Jan. Z.— Tfte army and navy ools^ ouy and many of tfie winter residents a»% tor.ued to- ( lay the/first reception of Con*^ mander P. \\ l/onriean, the new cons% mondlng otUeer of the I'nited' States naval training station' » Mr. and Xl* * Hamilton Fish '\Veb»ta^ went to New Turk to-day tot a short sta* I Miss Emma' ' Stone, of New York, is Ulsf guest of Mr* Harold Brown. , n • ■ r . :Vj AFTER WHITE RHINOCEROS. V Butlaba, ; Jan. Colonel RoossT«;t aaat the others of the American expedition ass rived to-day from Holtna. From this po* 3 *] the part/ will make a hunting trip on Us»; I«ado Enclave In ••*rch of the whits r»i»» nocero* 1 SECRETARY DICKINSON'S TRIP- Saoto Domlnsto. Jan. j,- Jacob M- t>l»*" lnso?. United States Secretary of War. »** party left here for Havana last night. Dtxr in« their stay the visitors received maa* attentions from the government. W l^ Brieadler General Edwards, chief of-t^ bureau of Insular Affairs of th« ITnl l ** States. Secretary Dickinson examined !*• administration of the customs. TRUE TO ITS NAME. \ From The Rochester Democrat and Chro*?* Icle. • > The news that Walla Walla. Waah-. •♦"• "wet" will not be any surprise to tru i»a* erar-public. How could a town with wo"' rakish and dtsstp«tsd a*»« &• if J til r' i. MU'.Uii&f Mm! - —*v