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MONDAT. FMBKUAKY '21. 1910-
To* ttrrci'T^P'r >> Ottncd ontl pub- \
mked hv The Tribunr. A^orictiun. J |
ync York corporvtie* •' open and prw- :
HPal place of bvsincsz. Tribune Build
iv S , yo. 154 Vcstnm ttrcci. \nc lork;
O^rn UOls. president: Ogde n M. Reid. :
James M. Barrett, treasurer.
The address c* the r/Jlrer* is the office ;
v' ihis newspaper. _^ |
the yEvre this ifOK-vnc
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FOHElGN.— Aflvices from Blaefielda \
M ,d that the insurgents had driven G^
«*J Vasqucz Jrom bis position near.San
Vic-ntr. th- Amcrtauj scouts - •<;
i-atiin- part in thf action. = Premier
Soaitn to completed his Cabinet: Kins
nd,vard is expected to maintain the su
vromacv of the lower house m finaii--..-^
Sam-re, and Mr. Asquith r-mams iirm
rr^rcmz the precedein-e of financial leg
islation Great damage was caused
V.v a gab- which swept over the British
l*le«= incoming liners reported rougn
tiipi= arid there were many -wrecks <>t
craft. -■ — Bo;, r Piiclia, die
Egyptian Premier, was shot and sen
ouslv wounded by a student, who is; a
m^nber of the Nationalist party: Uh
man v.-as captured. == Easland and
France have urped China to respect the
■wishes of Russia and Japan regarding
th- Chin-Cho^- and Ai^un raiiway. ■-- -
"Mis? Mabel Swenson. -■'■
American Minister to Switzerland, died
from tuberculosis on board the steamer
Mnerika. = An official dispatch from
Ouantanamo say? that the battleship
Virpinki exceeded the speed made en
her contractors' test.
DOMESTIC. — President Tail attended
the Fri<?nds : Church in Washington for
the firsi time since he was elected Chief
Executive. ■ Senator Tillmai;. who :s
il! iii AVasJiir.rton. •"as reported as much
iTT:prov-d. — The anr.ual report of ihe
liar^e <"anal Terminal Commission was
given out at Albany. . Th^ annual
report of the State Commission of
Health was made public at Albany. =====
Kamnel D. •■■..■■ of the
lnf- Thomas F. Bayard, died at Dedham.
Mass. — Rioting in every section oS
Philadelphia followed the attempt of the
transit company to operate its lines and
five hundred persons were arrested. ==:
"^"hite women of Cairo. 111., armed them-
MJves on th«» advice of th^ir rnalf* rela
iHts, ivho f^ar another clash v>ith the
Ttesrro*'*. == The floor of a theatre in
Patton. P"nn.. fell just as th* 1 audience
•was leavinr the buildingr: twenty-five
were hurt but none was killed.
CITY. — The- fran? of Italian counter
m feiters s^nienred to terms of from fifteen
lo tliirty years vras taken to Atlanta by
deputy marihals. =^<>)vonior Hushes
rr'-sid^ri OTwa m'^tJnjr m honor of Rich
nrd Watson Gilder, whose life was praised
by many diPtinpinsh^d speakers. — It
■R-aj; anT:ounc*-d that a former sugar eni
ployp had Rivn information to aid in
th«j prosecution of the men whose trial
for supar trauus will beg^in on March 1.
== W. J. '"onn^rs announced that he
vnuld flsht any effort t o depose him as
Ftatr- chairman. " Two persons were
badly hurt in a trolley crash at Third
svenu* and street. I*resident
~nd Mrs. Taft consented to act as pa
trnns of the f«_-ie to b*> civen by the As
sociation for th*> Blind. - - United
Ftateo Attcm^y Wise is confronted with
TOO cases « waiting trial, with only one
available. — - The Main** me
morail at Carregio Hal! urpred Congress
to take steps to raise the sunken war
ship.
THE WEATHER. — Indications for to
d«y: Haii:. The fmi^rature yesterday:
Highest. CS defrr*»es; lowest. -Z.
TWO KIXDS OF HEROES.
Th«* Sheriff of Alexander County, 111..
who has just ro]iul^ j d an attempt «^f :i
Cairo mob to ... and lynch two jiris
«*-•■■ in his custody, has qualified hiui
>>'']f for admission Jo the li<t • L civic
lieroci!. Mob sj»:rir has ruled in Cairo
in an a^^ravat^tl form. Last year two
jiri^cuers were taken from th«> <-ouuty
jail and lyucbed. aiid public sentiment
in the city was so lax as to defcud ih"
mob's action and to re^«*iit the efforts
of thf* state authorities io enforce law
and order. Cairo need a lesson, and
Ihe Sheriff who Talk*} io soiue extent
iv vi* duty last November manfully re
covered hie baiuuc*' and adniinistersd it.
There seem to jm* two ways in which
ebwiffs «ic:i3iu^ with molt vkileace may
l«*coiu«' Iwnies. Captain Joseph F.
Slupp. of ChattaDooga, 'iVim.. recently
took Aviiiit Las been the mow accepted
nud easier way. lit- hu«l cuarse of .-t
jiri^^Ufr <t3ivictt'd «»f murder, whose <-x
«.-ution was deferred l<y an ;ip:n-:il Jo
rim United States Supreme CcurL Th<*
eem tiKjt it> tiiiM* in considering tlie
«:!s«-. \»>':uz piewpd with other liusiiie>>.
.•iinl wiuie iaji>aii»'iit citizeng of Chatta-
U*xJZa. dissatisli***! with tii»- delay. (M;
i:a^iil to iacecnte tlie tsentence without
< -^anl Io !h<i Supr"iuc Cuiirt's rights is
; rerjewity; autliority- Captain Shipp
«-lt Constrained ib offer u>> effective op
mtslt'um to the mob, which was <-tjin
»c**<i «»f uii'ii with whom be bad i>o
itical aud jx*r>>iiiial ji».Ki><ijitjoiss. H.
«"»*jjjc<l To tfm-uh-r ilkii his «t.-j:h it» px
wiite faJtbfulJy Übc duti*^ «»f his ofiic
\\r,k Huljj<"«"t to » <-a>u;ii popular rrfereu
<\um. He Jo*ik<d tlie nthfT tvay, iher--
for**, whilf rhe molt pn**"rd»«d 1«j execute
tfi" nr^oncr un its <«wn Informal !i«l
Ulster narmi.i.
Th* 5 f-fupr^nj** Court did nut lake Cait
tain £hipp> lenient vien- of bis own;**
hraticuE. It l»*»?d that i»ij> uc^leot '•■
prcrc^t a prii-mcr « b">-*- « as* 1 m* p>nd
ii\Z £1 "Wafcbin^ton aniount<?*J t«i ■ou
-.t-nc-t and urUTCd Uiiu imprkoiied iv
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the Dfetrtri of Columbia jail. Th cap- j
lain served his term there and returned ,
to Chattanooga to find himself aclaimcd ;
m a popular hero, lie •»»« regarded "
a victim of the Supremo Courts long
range taterf^rsnee with the bwal ■****" j
!■■_.•-. ••'■ a community Ih'lH on -oxercis- i
ing its own jmlgment in matters of j
legtil sentence and execution. He had J
also In a way atun-d for the sins of I
others, and that naturally raised bis
credit with- the sinners >"' < ' '-i"""-
It is said tbat In- will be renoininated
and t>.-. •„-.- Ml Sheriff as a vindication i
of his Complaisant attitude toward the |
mob mid a rebuke to the dNHplinary j
rigor of the Supreme Court. j
h'herirr Shipp was one kind of hero, j
but Sheriff Ncllis of Alexander County i
is of another kind. lie was nice taken f
Uy surprise and overcome by a storming j
party of Jynebers. but he profited thor- |
oughly i.y that uuXortunate experience, j
When the Cairn mob approached 'be jail j
an Thursday uiulit it found '"'' pre
pared t«» rcpol it. even at tbe "-' of •
l4oo(Lsb4Pd. Sheriff Neilis did not take j
:i refcrendura «>f those threatening the j
jail „.,.- to decide whether he should j
<:l>scrve his oath or suspend it. He |
warned be mob and then tired, killing j
one man amd wounding otb-r*. We tru^t
that this exhibition of severity will j
overawe the lawless temper exhibited j
in Cairo aud serve" as a deterrent ■• j
other ■inrniiitirr in which the bar
baric idea still exists thai justice ad |
ministered in the courts can .>•■ supple- j
aaenani or sin* 4 rseded by rial and law-
I*»ssih»ss. We need more stalwart and
osth-ahidincr heroes of the Nellis class
and fewer of tho accommodating order
pepreseutcd by Captain Shipp, of Chat
tanooga.
THE MAYOR'S TEMPI ■'■
Managers of dinners at which Mayor j
Gajrnor is to i-< a guest will have to t;ike j
notice and ... tlwt there is no slip about j
receiving him properly, that be i- not
left to wait outside without attention
while somelMHiy ease discourses within.
Still, it would manifestly be a mistake to |
deduce from the incident that the j
Mayor's temper has too keen an edge, j
His course iv office indicates plenty of
self-control. lie has worked extremely
hard, amid constant and often Hot very j
necessary interruptions, and yet lias j
never once m bis. public capacity given |
evidence of :i ruffled temper. Ou the j
contrary, he has shown an unusual ca- \
pacity to co-operate with official asso- j
dates, having entered at. once into <-or- j
dial relations with those who were elect- j
»•.! on a ticket opposed to him and having j
established harmony between the city j
administration and the Public rice I
Commissioners.
However, we would also avoid the :
I other extreme. We do not exactly wish j
I i«. make the Mayor <>nr to be :t sooil j
| narured man. l>ut could a good natured !
! man have done the t Liiiics he has lone 1
i Wouldn't a tolerant nature have yielded
; a little to the inevitable instead of being' j
i sliffuecked with it? Wouldn't a good j
i natured man have done a little more for !
Murphy than IK-si*»ak "kind words" for j
I him from the public? Wouldn't a good i
! natured mai: have sighed'iind acquiesced I
ie the Aqueduct Commission's hold on ;
office, and in The dozen other thinrs "that !
"couldn't be ]i o !]>eil in a cretir city like
"This"' V.> have had too ... good !
I uatured aicn in tlic Mayor's om«e and |
! have been altogether too gvod natured a
I city.
The Mayor has a right to sharpen his j
temper now and then — the way a cat j
d«»es her r-lnws upon a tree — for emer- I
gencies. He has the kind that, the situa- i
tion requires and Is puttincr it to ;i good i
use.
THE SPAXISH SCHOOLS.
It is encouraging to see that King j
Alfonso sustains in his pla'-e as Prim. I
; Minister of Spain so progressive and lib- '
; era! a statesman as Mr. Canalejas, and j
! that Mr. Moret, the former Prime M:;. j
j ister, logically approves his policy, j
! though many of the hitter's friends, for
■■ reasons which are not easily understood, 1
j assume an attitude of hostility to Mr. j
I Canalejas and vainly s»*«k his deposi
| tion. It Bcems certain that the Prime
j Minister will !«■ enabled to hold his
; place uutil the general election, with a
I cheerful probability that ns a result of
i the p«,l!m:: he will be retarned to Sice j
; with increased jiower. It is to be hoped j
j that such will be the casp, at. least for
' The sake of thus bavins settled on -i i
; rational basis the Church and school j
I question, which is really paramount in '
| Spain to-day.
It wili be recalled that after the riols j
■ «>t last July Mr. Maura, "the most reae
\ tiouary Prime Minister Spain ever had."
■ ordered the closing not only of Mr. Fcr
i rer's "modern" schools, which were said
; u> have i»<">;i founded expressly to iv
! culcate atheism and anarchy, but also of
all iay or non<*lerical schools in th'
1 province of Barcelona, more than a
! hundred in number. Tliat order was un
| releixtmgly executed, and added greatly
; to The popular discontent and resent- |
i ment. Immediately after ':<• Call of the
: Maura ministry and the accession of a
IJlktul government a demand arose for
the reopening of the schools, which was
! bitterly opposed by the Clericals: For
) a Time the government gave no sign of
] its intentions in the matter. Bat at last,
j on February 4. ii spoke to definite ami
i gratifying effect.
A royal decree of ih;a date declared
! that henceforth government supervision
j of private schools shuuid be confined to
I sanitarx and hygienic conditions and rd
; Icing sure that there should be taught
nothing antagonistic to morals, tbe weJ
i fare of the nation or the laws. It also
| directed the immediate reopening of ail
| schools which had been closed by Mr.
: Maura without offences being charged
■ and proved against them, while those
i guilty of offences against morals or the
; Ltwi* should remain closed. That meant
i the reopening of a hundred lay schools
in the province of Barcelona, bile th'_*
! establishments of Ferrer will remain
| closed. This appears to l>e a just and
; rational settlement The lay schools
j generally are v* loyal to the government'
! and laws :ts any in the laud, and while
they do not teach the Catholic faith
: they are not inimical ty religion. As
i /or the "modern" schools established
; by Sir. Ferrer, even so unquestioned a
j Liberal and anti-<ie:ic::! tH Mr. Moret
I admits tha; they ought to I c closed,
sii;c«* they v ne devoted to teaciihic mi
; niity to I utility. Ii thy Kiug. to the
I army aial i« the goveroßHiil and s.kj:i!
The tvsignatioii of .Mr. Moret a few
j «i;:ys ;ifl<T th«- [wsuailce of tliis decree
| wa>> iv no \\isi- rounerted with 1 1 1 f .
i Kcb«x»Js question; his Huccos*or. Mr.
! « ;tiial^ja>-. consistently i-»»ntinue> hi- {■<•)
■ !<;. : rind tlie iioKtiiify *>f of Mr
i M««rpt'« frieuds 1.. Mr. Cana^jati is
! l rr< *-*»d «>n croond* entirely Mparl frout
■■'■"■ '• !!«>oi •-. It In j.'-01.-'b!.' tii.-n. .|. •
• iilO pr-CIV'-slve ;l!!) | jilH'lJll » ill
SpanJsts :■"!■■ arc practically u!)!''d
NEW-YORK DAILY TTJTBUXE. MOND.^i". TKRIUATU 21. 1010,
I, support of the policy established by 1
Mr. Moret. for th« rewpiUjoii and ,
i.iiiiiih'KU! ■♦> of free schools In a free j
• i.it<\ 'Which is the only policy worthy j
of :iu enlightened nation.
across the coxtixext.
HUMllKiitll's praiidlose schemes for •<
yasi uiuc watcrrrays across t in* Ameri
can imiitla— tn will probably never be ;
realised, in nnr literal «=«>»>«*>. We shall .
■•■■ Bee shiix? i-iii.u; from the headwaters
<>;• the Missouri over tvt 1 lUx-ky M<>uu- .
tains to the Columbia, mm! while the ■
Amazon is so far navi;r*»l>lp toward the j
Pacific as *•• ;:ivp iVni it! ber own ter- >
ritory a deep water Atlantic port, vpa j
should i"' surprised to see a lock canal j
constructed over rue Andes. As. for the j
plan of a canal across Patagonia at the j
Guff af si. George! white it may* bo tp«H>- j
nrfcaliy maw feasible than these others, I
ir is murrelj less unlikely to be j»n«< - - !
ticaHr rxefuti'd Nevertheless, whether I
by *m*t-?rT or ay Kti»«t. there will before
miii- be oven more than the nine trans
continental nijriiways i»f trade and travel
of which the German sase dreamed.
The latest such route, and one which
obviously possesses formidable advan
tages, is that across Argentina ;iiml Chili
from sea to sea A great p:irt <>r it con
sists of the tntna Andean railroad upon
which Argentina anti Chili have loner
been at work and whit* is a**? approach
ing completion and will soon be in oper
;t;i •)! It will in fact alone form a trans
continental route, since each of its ter
minals i- 21 1 navipible tidewater. But
i< is not euoush for Its projectors and
tho:*' interested in its development to
leave the expansion of its traffic to
chance. Orders are '•♦•ins given for the
building of a fleet of ocean steamships
which will form a new line plyius: be
tween Buenos Ayres and Liverpool in
direct connection and co-operation with
the railroad, and as similar connections
are already provided at the other end.
at Valparaiso, the railroad will form a
link in an integral system of traffic
reaching nearly around the world.
This route across the continent will
be the only one at present in the thou
sands of niiles between Panama and the
Strait of Magellan, and it will be a
serious competitor with both of them.
Traffic south of th" equator will be In
clined to adopt it rather than to come
north to the isthmus, and of course the
preference for it over ibe strait, except
ing for through voyages^ is proa r and
obvious, ft provides a journey through
attractive countries of numerous popu
lation and high civilization, with a de
lightful climate and with a iar^»- and
splendid city ar ea<*h end of the route.
Added to the exceptionally efficient
Tehuantepec Railroad and terminal
ports, it is an impressive reminder of
the steadily growing rivalry with which
our Panama Canal will have to con
tend and of the consequent desirability
of completing the latter at the earliest
possible date an in the best passible
ma nner.
THOSE WHO LEAVE COLLEGE.
A casual inspection of the statistics
prepared by the secretary of Yale show
ing the percentage of students who leave
tbe various departments of the univer
sity before graduation would suggest
that students in the college proper take
their courses more seriously than those
in tbe technical schools. Whereas there
are only in per cent of nou-craduates of
:h<™ <-ol!erre among the living former stu
dents. there are T.l per rent -the proba
bility <-.f error in this •--■■ is rouceded —
of non-graduates of the Medical School,
:; ' }>-•:■ cent of the Forestry School. 31 per
cent of the Divinity School. 30 per cent
of the Scientific School and -7 i*' 1 cent of
the Law School. Excluding medicine, the
average of non-graduates for the whole
university is about 30 per cent of the
former students.
Most non-graduates of ;i university
have left it of their own volition to tuuo
up active work, and evaa those who are
dropped from its rolls because of failure
could ordinarily maintain a high enough
standard to continue in their coarse if
they cared sufficiently for a degree to
make the effort. Therefore, on the fui-e
of the figures, the students of the arts
department; who are everywhere scolded
a> triflers, attach so much importance to
a decree that only one in five of thorn
leaves without being graduated, while
• ;•,. students following a vocational
course, who are always held out as mod
els of earnestness and industry, care so
little for a decree that one out of three
leaves without oae. Thus the idle ap
prentice appears to take his education or
bis educational opportunities more se
riously than «!oes the industrious appren
tice. Bui probably some critic of the
college student will say that his advan
tage over the student in the vocational
school is only apparent, and that the
greater percentage of students leaving
the latter without graduation is due to
the fact that many young men enter such
schools with no Intention of taking a
degree, hut simply t«« follow a course for
a year or two, while the matriculant In
the college. proper almost invariably in
tends to remain four years.
TESTS OF COLOR SEXSE.
Among the tests required by iii"
British Board of Trade uf a man who
wishes to .serve as captain or mate of
a vessel are some which are to ascertain
his ability to distinguish colors. Whether
or not these are too exacting is a
question recently discussed by English
scientific papers, it having been raised
by the exceptional experience of a sea
man named Trattlea. The man was six
times mined for color blindness. On
half of these occasions bis fitness to
command ■ ship v.a- conceded, and on
half It was denied. One board of exam
iners requested him to surreni er ■ cer
tificate previously granted him as sec
ond mate. Trattles declined to comply,
and finally toot the matter to one of the
civil courts. On the order of the pre
siding magistrate he was subjected to a
practical test on shipboard. Having cor
rectly answered inquiries regarding the
color of certain stars and lixed lights on
shore, be won his case, the court direct
ing that his certificate, temporarily with
drawn, be returned to him.
11 i« «t essential that a man who
commands a ship shall have : i keen color
sense as thai a railway engineer shall
be similarly endowed. On the quickness
with which cither of them determines
the hue of a signal, frequently obscured
by baxe, smoke f<*^ or snow, depend-!
the safely of m ■• liven ,nd properly In
triigted to bis cure. Under the Hrcuui
slitnees one would I" tempted to say
that »o t«*fi(s could be 100 .severe for :i
candidate for Midi .i position as Tral
i ties aspired to 811. On ii,.- other
hand, the revocation of » license ■><>< ■
formally jgraiiteV] cannot fail to v. nit, a
hardship, (••! if the man who i* nli*r
: nately favored;*and deprived of his
privUegw is really qua lined for odvahce
; lii'iit. Vv.f treatment h* 1 H»rpi\Vr: iiiar
seem unjust. Both ".Nature" and •■'!'. i<*
Lancet," London weeklies of the hi?!!' 1
standing oppress tlia opiuion thut the
trouble in the instance died may nut
have been with the rules of the Board
or* Trade, but with tho way in which
they were applied. Hence they believe
that an investigation by a royal com
mission or s^inn 1 ••thrr nnnpalnni body
might lead to a modification of practice.
go mutJiiit a suj^estlou baa a reasonable
nppcarauce.
\;<>\ EX AXD VUJ&ISESB.
Current stock market movements suc
przt that forced liquidation has run its
i (li!rs ,. Scares sold on the recent de
cline have gone into strong bands, and
though operatiohs for the rise are not as
vet agjrressivp the larger interests ap
parently arc not unwilling to see i res
toration of the lush levels that prevailed
• m the closing months of the last year.
Investment maud is moderately active,
,n.-Hi.iiii=: an ibm of high gT»'i#> issues
f.ir foreign account, but at the moment
the public is not much of a factor in
speculative operations, despite the cheer
ful advices of brokers that the market
gradually v ill work to a better ranse.
The puMic might ■••■ more interested in
Wall Strret speculation if th« Stock Ex
change authorities would introduce ef
fective reforms for the protection of
honest traders Something besides the
expulsion of members guilty of harmful
practices is demanded by the country at
larye. and the activity on th* part of out
state legislators in introducing Stock
Exchange reform measures ought to con
vince the governtns committee of the
Stock Exchange of the necessity or im
mediate action to correct abuses before
the Legislature enacts laws that might
restrict legitimate Wall Stroat business.
Money rates at home and abroad are
easy, with quotations here, however.
hWher than they arc at the chief Euro
pean capitals. Demand for accom
modation is not active for specula
tive- transactions but the inquiry from
trade circles shows improvement, with
indications pointing to a lar?rcr vol
ume of loans for mercantile ac
count in the spring, a reflection of which
is found in a gradual movement of
domestic exchange against New York.
Foreign exchange is stronger. The prom
ise of lower rates in the next few months
is not encouraging, owing to our adverse
position in international trade, though it
is possible that European buying of
American, securities may increase to an
extent that will bring about a readjust
ment of exchange conditions. Foreign
trade tiKtirr- for January showed the
smallest export balance for all corre
sponding months in the last seventeen
years, and a falling off of upward of
$40,000,000 from January of any year
since 1901. ..while actual imports were
larger than ever recorded in the opening
month of a year.
Reports to the commercial agencies
are more optimistic, and, measured by
bank clearings and railroad earnings, the
recent disturbance in the financial mar
kets has not upset trade conditions. In
the last week clearings for all cities in
creased 21 per cent over the same time
in 1909 with a gain of 14 per cent out
side New York, while railroad earnings
for the. first week in the current month
showed an advance of 17 per cent as
compared with the corresponding period
a year ago. In the textile markets note
worthy improvement in the business
handled by jobbing houses is reported.
Interior buyers now in town are oper
ating on a scale that reflects confidence
on their part over the future, and it is
interesting to note that the volume of
trade in dr;. goods in the last few days
has been heavier than at any time since
the opening of the year, though activity
is lacking in the export department.
Speculation in cotton futures is quiet
at the moment and quotations are lower
than recently reported, the course of
trading being affected by the slowness
of the spot business here and the de
creased demand at Liverpool Liquida
tion also has been encouraged by the in
vestigation at Washington of the pres
ent system or dealing in cotton futures,
while the expectation of an enormous
enlargement of tlie acreage this year
lias likewise been a depressing factor.
The question of supply and demand is
expected to be the determining influence
in price movements for the rest of the
season. Wheat options are higher,
ostensibly as a consequence of reports
of damage to the growing crop in the
winter wheat belt, and increased
strength marks the spot markets, the.
latter being the real key to the specula
tive situation. Reports of winter wheat
killing, are so numerous as to create
doubt as to their genuineness. Trading
in flour is quiet and prices have not
gone up with the advance in wheat. in
the. West all high quotations since 1870
were broken last week in the market for
hop.-.
Although a seasonable lull prevails in
the iron market, sales are being made In
sufficient volume to induce confidence
among producers and to weaken the
position of the pessimists who have been
predicting a serious business reaction.
Trices are lower, but men best informed
on the industry believe that an active
buying movement will soon develop to
th' accompaniment of higher quotations.
Many producers are overstocked with
iron because of their attitude last fall
in holding iron with the expecta
tion that prices would show further
advances from the high levels re
ported at that time, and the re
cent purchase of fifty thousand tons of
Bessemer iron by the United States Steel
Corporation and large sales by Southern
companies are therefore encouraging
symptoms of a gradual reduction In the
heavy tonnage on hand. The demand
for finished steel products has improved,
especially for rails. The inquiry by the
railroads for rolling stock is more ac
tive, and railway managers are making
heavier appropriations for betterments
and general construction purposes.
The city of Poughkeepsie boasts with
reason its success in colled Ing its taxes.
February 14 was the last day for pay
ment of taxes there without penalty, and
out of a total of 1379.463 to be collected
only 13.726 10, or leas than l per cent, re
mained unpaid. Ponghkeepsie attributes
its success to Its practice of sending out
tax bill* to property owners and to its
custom of advertising for sale property
on which taxes are unpaid in August.
That is to say, it makes un effort to col
lect it- takes, which New York never
does. Probably also Pougbkeepsie 18
no( ii..ii!- • ,iii tho difficulty of col
leetin« perKonal taxes, be custom of
a.-- mossing personalty not being much fol
lowcil up Ho ttat<
Joo o.iru human arms ».!■ ■ b"<*n im
equal to tti task of propelling lifeboats
thruugh the :=urr from bhorc. The npci
cftt^mrrf trustworthy agency han ' -"a
'urns obviuuß, diifl the coinpletiou of the
, raft which arc to be driven with engines
and for which the a^rarnaacni ana just
ict a contract cannot come too soon.
Several at the transatlantic steamship
lines within tbe next few days will aban
don piers formerly used on the New
York shore of the Hudson and move
further upstream. The change is likely
to cause tittle inconvenience, owing to the
fact that passenger traffic is bow tight
When the public becomes familiar with
the new arrangements ft will tlnd many
things to admire. The most Important im
provement is the provision made for ves
sels more than seven hundred fe«H long.
The I iiaatanin ant! the Mauritania have
a length of 787 foot, and the Wktti SJar
company han :-e\oral Ktcamships enly a
little shorter. Some. but not nil, of th'
ntiir new berths are *:.'."> feet Ion?. They
arc not too commodious for the largest
liners, nor too numerous, and the; have
been finished just in time. The] happily
jcuppteincnt the work -lone by the federal
government in dcevening and shortening
the approach to the . ity. Un the whole,
the nerv piers promise to hr as acceflsibie
as th old ones, if not mure an.
In the era of mm ;*slo hog" pics' feet
may easily Income a delicacy as imtc
ußßaiolr as terrapin or cmnvasback.
The movement for -a •'safe an*, san«*'
Fourth ■■ July is steadily extending and
gaininc force, and if only all good citi
zens vii! aid in its promotion v*> may
soon b* 1 spared a national offence.
The fourth attempt of Illinois to ob
tain • • eonstitutiohal dir^rt primary law
will probably succeed, in the main, at
least. Th" difficulty in Illinois Is to
make tbe direct primary constitutional
in th ' ease of nominations for the Legi*°
lature. owing to the constitutional pro
visions ii regard to that office. This
year two laws are hems: passed, one pro
riding tor direct nominations for mera
ht>rs of the Legislature and tho other
providing for direct nominations for
all other offices. Thus the law regard
ing members of tbe Senate and Assem
bly may be declared unconstitutional
without carrying down the whole sys
tem.
That is a naive observation, attributed
to health officers, that the epidemic of
typhoid fever in Omalia is due to the.
drinking of water from the Missouri
Ri\>r. Without it some folk, might bnve
attributed the trouble to the canals of
Mars.
THE TALK or TBE HAY
A woman above the average height,
wearing a blacK plush bat of the slouch
pattern, an ulster cut man fashion, and
heavy boots which showed under her short
skirt, attracted considerable attention at a
restaurant yesterday which, is frequented
almost exclusively by men at luncheon
time. She was unaccompanied, but seemed
to feel perfectly at ease, although there
was not another woman in the place, which
was blue, with tobacco smoke. A waiter
was bribed to learn whether she was a
"shirtwaist striker" or a "vuteH-for-wom
eu" advocate The woman compelled the
waiter : " tell who had ma tbe inquiry,
then went to the table where the inquisi
tive ones sat, and said: '"I .- ■-■ a grocery
store uptown, if you want to know, but I'm
interested also in a charity. If you con
tribute I'll forgive your impertinence.'' She
produced a little book— and they contrib
uted.
'•There is only one troubl© with your
play." said the manager.
"What's that?" asked the ea^er drama
tist. "Isn't there enough action m it? Does
it lack situations? Don't you find the dia
logue bright enough? Or do you find that
the moral la not brouslu out a; clearly as
'■nu could wish?"
•Oh. It's all rirht in those respects, but
I'm afraid it couldn't be novelized, if it
should make a hit."— Chicago Record-Her
ald.
An American woman has been selected to
perfect the plans for the installation of a
modern beatinc system in the palace of the
Sultan of Turkey. Miss Anna Barber, for
merly of Colorado Springs, Col., who for
the" last era! years has been corinr> % t<Hi
with a London firm encaged n the manu
facture of beating apparatus, is the wom
an. v- an architect Miss Barber -roan ago
determined to betoan a tail it in the
science of heating lar^e buildings, and she
was chosen for thai work after the. Sultan
bad caused inquiries to be made through
out the world The plan of the rwla>>» In
Constantinople Is exce«dinsly intricate, as
it is on»» of the largest and most magnifi
cent uiMtnga in th«» world. containing
hundreds of halls and apartments.
The Prodigal - >!: was a fellow who took
what tin* old man thought was eon - to
him had what he thought was coining to
him and wound up by getting what was
really com to him. — Puck.
The table luxuries of the Chinese in this
country are supposed to be confined to
chop suey, rice and shark's fins, apart from
the sweets that are imported from the Ce
lestial Empire for their use. It is not gen
erally known that chop suey should not
be included among the dishes to which the
so-called Celestials are used in their own
country. It is a concoction made popular
In California yearn ago when the Mon
golian cooks catered, for the first time, to
the Caucasian appetite. But there Is a
fidelity to their native productions that is
responsible for another food imported by
them, despite the fact that the same might
be obtained here in abundant quantity—
namely, eggs. The Custom Rouse records
show thai In 1906 I here ere imported from
Hong Kong 111,801 dozen eggs, exclusively
for the use of the .Chinese. It would be
supposed that these importations would he
ready fur conversion into fertilizer, but
they have a method of preserving them
that has never failed. Each egg la packed
'In clay, then placed to the number of three
hundred in a case, which makes the long
journey without the breaking of a single
egg or its unseemly a^'iii;
"And can't be act at all?" demanded Hi
Tragedy. , ... ,
"Well upon occasion be can. replied
Low« Com<*rdy. "For instance, only to
,iav I saw him setting next to some free
lunch anil he acted for all the world like
a man who was starved to death."— The
Catholic Standard and Times.
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR.
DISAGREES WITH DIAGNOSIS.
'I", i the IMitor at The Tribune
Wllttam Liu.!ii"s. ji.. iias pessimistic
n.i.rif •in.". "Ttua jk-- ot hypocrnv -" ll bjn»
teriii' - Mr. Baamaa walks --adiy i •
lowering aklaa, evidaatb
But Hi it not a bit hopeful, to moat of us,
that the public loola a deep Interest in
present day revelations .ii Albany.* Is it
"hypocrisy*? for any man to say that he
does not relish beinK robbed through cor
rupt barffHinlns: between lagteletnra and
corporations? la It "hysteria"' to leol in
dlgnation at the gross betrayal of public
.
It is ill aitijaad I" drag In these two
words, the sure refuge of <jvery corrupt l«w
rhaJier aud .ii ■:■.■>!• -i corporation^ Every
time a move is made toward disinfecting v
diseased spot ■»»»• get that cry of !?nystoria."
Thrre is mighty little hyster! i adrift
among the people of this-" country to-day:
there ncrer wa« h time l.n all it* history
when sound common tens* could s-I a !ie.nt
ins fiulrk*r, er nhen *ounil coiiimioti eenw
more thomughly actuated the ntihli' 1 mitn!.
And thi American £<»><\ seure will sooner
or later force cleaner legislation asrl makfl
decent r,tisti,«~j: m#tho<!r. the rtnly plofttiblc
It U not;iiyp^crlAy to 'say Hut ihL ought
be ,ion". or hvnteria M say -:..•• M ana ;
be donr. And as a lifelong Republican I
think the Republican party is bis enough j
«nd strong enough to le»<! UM wav
New Tork. !-'■ l». t»l« W. C "
FOR THE DEFENCE.
To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir- I read with p><aai pleasure the criti
cisms made by the Mayor on street open
in- proceeding? •■ they Hr carried out to
«iay No doubt *r«al excess?* have or
canvas in making awards >■ the pa*r. ami
many commissioners nave <ion<* what they
couid to lengthen the special ■"■<■■■
ins in which tliey acted: but there are two
Bides! to tins question.
i k-».»v at imaaalaaianen who have tried
for months to sot two m three sittings a
week so that their work might be pushed
Through, but ■•.>" only get •"• Th* ««*£
ant counsel have all from one to thre« dif
ferent mnitnaa daily: their caien<lar.< arc
crowded, ami it i* only as cases are com-
H<>t«-d that the later ones get a chanaa to
push the work forward.
Then; again, only ■" few lawy-rs take up
Street opening, ami these usually hay« two
op thie*. sittings ■•«■ ■ »Jay to att-nc!. TH«-n
xbf experts can com*' only on certain days.
Son* ■■! -„.■ ••»> «*?* hav 7 l * " r seVCa
l>im Milmga a* =oiiik on *> oner.
If tii« Mayor will tell us **■ can «rran*
our own time of sitting, ami. If tho danart
laani cannot eive us counsel, that w« -an
engage our otm^-well and Rood. I can
vouch lor on« who will willingly «" four
hours daily, fix day* a wean, and naaa*
on<- street openinjc on record time.
A BKONXTTE.
WiniaanUwlilgr Feb. 19. Wai
WHERE ALARMS PROVE FALSE.
To the Editor at Th« Tribune.
Sir: I read with interest in yesterday »
Tribune the article entitled -The Curse of
Arlenolds." and it occurs to me that a few
words on the conservative side may not be
amiss.
r have observed. w« a growing: mmtAvr,
the number of my friends whose children
are beiiur operated upon for "adenoid?-
One mother had four children "done" «
once; another bad her "baby cut into." , on '
to find that t?e had no such growth! N>«d
losx to add that the shock and loss of
Mead were highly detrimental to an unusu
ally delicate dilkL
[ bad occasion last 1 aak to rcn?ult a par-
TJr-ulHriy vi.v and •.;!—'>■.» •• throat spe
cialist. " I asked him in rather a flippant
way if this adenoid idea way not more of
leas a fad. He replied sravcly tnal some
times the operation wna necessary, and laid
me ho?*- it benefited some children, but
a tided that three children had bt»en brought,
to him lately from the country to be anar<
nt*d upon, anna of whom proved, upon ex
amination, to need it!
In view of all this, may : venture to
commend thoxe niotheni whom your corre
spondent rather contemptuously describes
as -• unwilling to have their children -cut
into » ? G. E. STARK.
New York. Feb. IS. 1910-
AURIC ANALYSIS.
To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: Your reafaaHtant William James.
bie classified as "twaddle" the current the
ory regarding the effect o£ the increased
prr>duetior> of jrold on prices. May I suhmi^
a simple proposition?
What is minted goU but the token-io
which a standardized value baa been given
—used for the purpose of trade in commodi
tie.« in lieu of an actual exchange of pMa)al
Th- sold held in the public treasuries of
the world ?liould. in the natural course of
economic law. represent ju?t aa much
equivalent in the necessaries of ttle
An*- overproduction not bavins fceen
minted for tbe speclnc purpose of exchange
into the indispensable requirements of ex
istence- enters into circulation solely for the
uses of extravagance and luxurious living.
Ergo, the producer of an article of food
offering same for barter is entitled la say:
"Xay, nay: the ?old you tender .ms nor a
fully representative value in foodstuffs, but
has been also used in the. production of dia
monds, automobiles and other articles of
luxury. Therefore, ! must have just an
much gold in payment for my commodity
as— upon the old standardized basis—rep
resented the staple commodities, plus a
quantum of the new stock sufficient to per
mit me to indulge in the luxuries named
ami keep pace with the present day cost of.
Uisrh tiviiis. T. E. G.
New York. Feb. 13. 1310.
FOR WEST SIDE FREIGHT "L."
To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: New York City in Its competition
for business, especially freight business.
enjoys many advantages and many disad
vantages. Its position on an isla.n,l pre
vents the direct delivery of Pi Light from
car to ataanaar and vice versa, and neces
sitates the lahaiMlllwi. of freight on light
ers, which means expense, delay and dam
age to freight packages.
On an even basis th© terminal expense
at New York stands as a sufficient handi
ma to turn fratsht away. The result is
that the strictly cargo boat, the hu?:e
carso tramp steamer, largely loads at
other ports. New York has the advantage
of an immense bsaaa trad* in freipht and
passengers, and the pnaaaaajar trade has
produced the modern combination steemer
carrying larga car^oea and passengers. If
it were not for the liners New York weijid
pee a large part of its "Western freight
business transferred to other ports.
New York has wper.r millions of dollars
on Its double deck piers, which are mag
nificent. A popular and just cry arises
for tlie removal of the New York Central
&- Hudson Kiver Kailro^d tracks from
West street and the so-called "Death ave
nue." The natural and logical solution
would be an elevated structure. An ele
vat track means a direct freight con
nection wit the second story of every
city pier, adding immensely to the value
of the pier and the city facilities as a port.
Examine the second • ■• la to-day and
you will find them mostly empty except
when passensers use them. Think what
such a connection means to the steamer?.
Think what such tracks would mean to a
line of factories and warehouses, with
switches and tracks direct into their sec
ond stories.
What is the alternative? An under
ground connection, which must be built
under heayy hydraulic pressure, with tilletl
ii land as a foundation. Na connection
can be made with the magnificent piers
or with warehouses. n<> Increased value
is given to piers or real estate. You
simply f'irnish £r poor substitute for the
present surface trscks.
Eat-JIJIFMAM
Sontk Oraage. N J ' • :s. 1910.
NO CONTROVERSY POSSIBLE.
Pram The Rochester Union and Advertiser.
There is no chance for a quarrel with
Explorer Cnarcot. He says himself that
he did not reach the pole.
CHEAP AT THAT.
Lake City (Iowa) dispatch to Tin? Chicago
. tune.
While on his way home lam !a« niKht
from .i party at * farmhouse along the
railroad Steward Lnitibar fell through ••■
cattle guard arid his foot Uicamr .^.upht.
[Hearing a handr-ar. on which quests (wm
th.> party were riding hilariously into the
city; approachlns. Duo frantically tried
ti» (roe himself and lighted tlifi m- thine
at hand to warn the occupants of the car
of his .;. mi;er
The car stopped a few feet from him.
lumbar was pi.-kt>,J up in a faintinr condi
tion the last burned edice.s of a £>> bill still
clutched in tii« (tegl - :
AND NOT WORTH TANNING.
From The st i... .us Globe-Democrat
.Mayor (lay iioi has provided for hut on*
<■: Tammanj i thtrty-nvr district leader*
Another victory :ij,e tin- iavi m»l ihe Tiser
will have nothing left but » pelt.
MaNY EXIST. ANYHOW.
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LONDO.N .NOTES
The Best Fighter— A Dud—
The Chancellor's Second.
I^ondon. February 9.
The disabled leader at Tariff Reform
remains the bam fighter on his side, if
Mr. Chamb-rtain could have followed hH
own Inclination h* would often have
1 «-#n in his place at Westminster dtir
tnr the anal two years. II" would not
have attempted to sprak, but he »a»
often fascinated by the idea, el rerisitinz
the scene of his triumphs and wat hlng
the laajaani of debate. His physician
and his devoted wife have Invariably
dissuaded him. because th*- dreads; th«
effect of the excitem-nt which his return
would have caused in the House— th»
prolonged cheering, th* affectionate
jrrectiiißS from old friends and the strain
upon Ins powers of endurance.
As the opening of a new Parliament
has approached he has come up from
Htnnnnry •• London, and has baaa anx
ious to appear before the ■paaJn and
to take tb" oath. That has »~>nv»*» to
bun little enough to do when hia loyal
supporter* have returned him to Par
liament without a contest or electtan
«>»rinc or anj aaat.
Tlier* has ■an tßlk aMut Mr. Cir»n»
ljerlain's return as - «'aDlnet minister—
an honorary post like that of t^rd
Privy fc'eal — when his party regains the
strongholds of power. It has b*»en urged
that while his health will not allow him
to return* his seat on the l<*n' !'.--:* of th«
Commons he may be abl»* !•• attend Cab
ir.et meetings and to ajlva his party t»i«
full benefit of his judgment and coun
aeL It is not likely that Mr. Chamber
tain will be •willing to hold even a Cab
inet sin«^.ure unless he '-an take his car*
in debate nad tramp through th«? lobbies
in important divisions. At pr**»ent h «
must remain outside. Tet disabled aa
he is. with faltering lips and a fe*bt»
arm. he is still the lion hearted leader,
■who knows no such v.ord as ri-feat.
During the recent canvass bis was th%
clearest election address on the Union
ist side, and he wat •!■-'• every detail of
controversy, negl'-cting no opportunity
for advice or warning, encouraging can
didates by scores of letters and tele
grams, and scarcely ending a drawn bat
tle before he was preparing lea another
.-..nfli'H
"Would you have the government rzit
T.ithin sis months If you " ""' in Par
liaineri.tr 1 ""Hie Morning Post" inter
viewer ban innocently asked. "^"e!!.
I'd try." was the Quick response, a srnil-
Illumining th« veteran's stll! youthful
face. He will nrei ■ i" "tryiu?;.- al
though he cannot himself lajte di un
stable coalition at Westminster, and tr«
wary tactics will be adopted withou*
doubt by Unionists generally— the policy
of abstaining from intrigues with Irrsh
and I-abor factions and waiting for tr<*
government to take the initiative and to
fall out with its allies.
The Cabinet feuds '.-.a-* been Hrht? < i
up afresh by the disappointing result of
the general election. These arose pri
marily over naval policy, and factional
feeling was strengthened and embittered
by vagaries of democratic finance pr*»
posed. by the Chancellor of the Ex
chequer. Some of Mr. Asquith" j> associ
ates were scarcely on speakirtcr tcrzni
when "Limehousing" was introduced by
Mr. Lloyd-George and continued »'-
Newcastle. Mr. Churchill had sup
ported warmly the forward policy, and
Lord Carrington. Lord Loreburn ar.ci
Mr. BiiTtori had been in sympathy With
it; but Sir Edward Grey, Lord "U'olvsr
hamptor.. Lord Morler. Mr. McKenrui.
Mr. liaietar.e. Mr. Burns and Mr. Har
court had regarded it with suspicion anal
coldness. yUle Lord Oaa»a Mr. Glad
stone. Mr. Samuel, Mr. Birrell and M .
Bunclman had been non-committal.
A crisis was narrowly averted when
Mr. Lloyd-George chose the inopportun"
moment of the Prime Ministers visit t?>
Balmoral for a violsnt attack upon th
peers. The Chancellor, ha- ing th« me?:
influential Liberal journals beliind him.
declined t<> modify his electioneer \uK
methods, and the Cabinet -was dhrWed
into hostile groups, with Mr. Master
man, Mr. Dra and other ministers In the
more advanced section. There was *
temporary armistice when the Lords, tor
rejecting th** budget, enabled the dis
tracted ministers to unite on the con
stitutional issue. Hostilities have re
opened after the Pyrrhic victory, which
may speedily be converted into disaster.
Who is to be the winner in this pre
liminary trial of strength? Will it b*
the Prime Minister, supported by a '-*
majority of his Cabinet associates, or
the Chancellor, with the Radical prcs*
beating tha drum for him and thr Labor
and Irish factions rallying to his sup
port? The fortunes of tb.r government
hang upon this political duel. If th"
Prime Minister cannot enforce diseiph'K"
and direct strategy and tactics anwng
his own staff officers, how in he to keep
command over the coalition majority,
with its rebellious contingent?? Hfc»
supremacy must be established in hi 3
own household before he can hop* to ob
tain mastery of a most perplexing un<*
anomalous situation. The most deter
mined efforts have been mail^ by thej
Chancellors partisans in the press anl
in politics to force the Prime Minister t'»
take up the veto question in advance of
the finance bill, although manifestly It
is an impracticable course.
Mr. nannati has an ea^y method ••*
proving that be is the authoritative
leader of the coalition. Let him carry
out the procedure announced in his Al
b*?t Hall speech and it nil: be done.
The budget was to be first in order and
afterward the constitutional issue. XT
one question be taken up as settled by
the electorate and the other h» dealt
with in a comprehensive, statesmanlike
Way and in a conciliatory spirit. Mr. As
qntth will act like a great Prime Min
ister, who has no rival among hi* co!
leacues and Is conscious of his strength-
Mr. Winston Churchill's position la
thai most interesting duel is uncertain.
He has be«n the Chancellor's closest alb'
and most enthusiastic supporter, but h
has also been thorousMy loyal tv the
prime Minister. In his c*nvanins tn
Laneubtrc. the Midlands and ScoUand
he has not had recourse to Un.el-.oustnT
methods. He has discussed the consti
tutional issue with as much dignity an™
lusieul aennra us cither the Prinxe M'»
ister or Sir Edward Grey, and he ia3
never used course or abusive £ngg
about the. Lords nor singled oal V*>' '
inent r**r> for scurrilous attaefc H"
apeeches without douW lallfert the psg
ernwni's in lx.ucash.r- «
in the North, and th.re «v*s norhtn*
\astly superior t-» *h" ChaoceU!» -■ - _
». .* iiKisrm»nt and *3
disclosed sebrietj of jud»i— «"•