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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
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THURSDAY, JANUARY 6. 1910.
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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