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GAftVEN ON STORAGE
Mi:\A( /; TO HEALTH.
'Jersey City Prosecutor Chief.
Speaker at Hearing. \
. [By Telegraph to Th». Trihu]r.c.
Trenton, N. J., March „7.'—l 'roscctitor
Pierre P. Garveu. of Jersey City, speak
tag at th* hearing on- the James cold stor
ate bill held before Iloase Committee
on Tabor and Industries this afternoon,
urged th« passage of a bill of even
stronger provisions than the.. James meas
ure, which prohibits the keeping of food
stuffs in cold** storage Jor more than six
months. Mr. Uarven said v that he was
prepared to prove that col<* storage food
stuff* wire injurious to the health. Dis
cussing the. relation of cold storage ware
houses and high prices, Mr. Garven said:
I am Informed that poultry which has
lost its natural color while in cold storage
enJ has turned either black or green is
washed Kith some solution which tends to
re.-tore* tile natural color. It is positively
known that by thawing out cold storage
poultry in water before placing on sale
a pain i«i weight is found of from 9 to
14 per -cent. By keeping poultry in. cold
storage . mary months the consumer is
compelled to "pay an exorbitant price for
li. not only because it is kept from the
market and the price thereby enhanced,
hut al£O because he has to pay for an
Increased weight brought about by the
thawing out . process. Further, he ! is com
pelled to nay even for the intestines,
which, of course he cannot use.
In a certain cold storage plant In this
Kate th«re*were stored a short time ago
vast quantities of beer liver. This liver
appealed to- bo as black as coal and as
hard a.-= s;'-:5«-. ■ . it amounted to hundreds
of pounds. It' had been in cold storage
for several month*, and I am told that in
order to restore it to life it is placed In
■Rater, thawed! out- and purchased by the
consumer as fresh" liver.
Professor Herman C l.nsman told of a
turkey which had been placed in cold
norage on January 4. tNs, and taken out
on February 24, 1910. and which, when
thawed out emitted a disagreeable odor.
The fkin, re said, stuck to the "oor.es. He
also told of a chicken which had been
stored only one month in a modern cold
storage plant. While the chicken looked
found, the professor said that a nauseous
•MTch came from the entrails. He urged
that when animals and fowl were put in
Cd i storage the entrails should first be re
rnnved. for without this precaution even a
Short time In storage would result in much
deterioration. He also said that such prod
jucts should first be thoroughly washed.
"They are not so washed.
V. A. Adams, president of th# Union Ter
minal Cold Storage Company of Jersey
City, read a long statement in support of
the argument of the cold storage men that
they benefit mankind. The statement held
,*ha»-th* storage of. foodstuffs was a boon
to mankind in that tin process enabled the
keeping of food products which would
otherwise go to waste until such time as
there was a shortage. The cold storage, be
paid, iras also a great help to the little re
tailor: He declared that all foodstuffs sent
to his warehouse were first inspected be
fore being stored. This. he said, however,
was for his own protection against claims
lor stuff spoiling in cold storage
HER KENTUCKY BLOOD UP.
Hangs to Bridle Until Alleged Cruel
Driver Is Arrested.
A Em 01! Kentucky woman, with plenty of
nerve and a fondness for horses, had a
truck 'driver brought into the West Side
'fun yesterday, and saw that he received
* revere reprimand from Magistrate Krotel
for orucltv to his horses. Mrs. Jacob
Maurir«» j Khrlich, of No. 530 West 14Sth
► •reel, who is amrmher of ihc Society for
the f <-<-mio;i of .Cruelty to Animal*, was
' - complainant.' and James Murtha, of No.
HI Eleventh avenue, was the accused
teamster.
Patrotm&n th Elite*, describing the inci
d«-rt in courtj said:
1 ■']£' ,' t T.j)''vpr saw a nervier woman.
&hr. ordcrtrf-lhls prisoner to stop abusing
!:>». team and had her chauffeur drive
alongside tjikt she mißht talk to the truck
man, who had on a heavy load of £tone.
lie wouldn't listen to her, and he tried to
drive around the automobile. The plucky
little woman leaped from her ear and hung
on t«» the bridle of one of the horses for
l;siif.a r.inrk. She had him stopped before
1 < o'.ild per Jo her."
•'When 1" remonstrated with this man,"
»-••■! Mr&?£hrlicli to the magistrate, "he
tried to drive away, savin*?: 'You're a rich
■j ntriau riding around in an automobile and
'"bnttiii' " Into things that's none of your
business. I'll fix you.' Your honor, I'm
a Kentucky woman, and I was brought up
*vith 'horses. I kn iw when one is over
loaded and 1 can< tell every time a whip
i«- used when it isn't needed. 80, judge,
when this man threatened to "fix me 1 after
I had *een Ilia hordes abused ray Kentucky
blood was up and ) ;:m couldn't help
Jumping out of my ear and hanging on to
i?i«° ho;^e> bridle until that driver stopped."
. strata Krotel save the man a severe
lecture •■■ kindness to animals and polite
r«« to weir.en and then discharged him.
JNPICTMENT HAS NO EFFECT.
r
Meat Prices Go Up — Directors Person
r ally Served in Chicago,
.- ,Dej-pite the indictment of the directors of
<he National Packing Company and auxili
ary companies by the Hudson County <.V J.)
Qrhr.d Jury, retail dealers reported that the
rompanlfts had increased ii •■ wholesale
pirioeF, the new schedule going int<r effect
£'e«-{rr<J;i>. The j>r:ce, of beef "i the low
«~M pradc was advanced from 9% to i*>
rents and the better grades from 11 cents
.to 12 cent*, mutton From 13 and 34 cents
t« 1 1 «nd 3". cents. lamb from 14 and M
•(flits ■: 35 and 17 . -is. 1 aras from 17 and
pit cents to 17' 2 and 3>s'_- cents, veal from
H ■■■ 17 cents, pork from 11 cents to 12
-c^nts and chickens from 22 and 21 cents
to 24 and 26 cent«. ' '
.• The nineteen Indicted directors living In
Chicago were served personally yesterday
with notice of. the indictments, Prosecutor
-Osrven having detailed Detective Frank
Henmtt. of ilia staff, to serve the papers.
»This was done to give the indicted men an
•opportunity to appear voluntarily in court
pnd avoid .the extradition proceedings! if
they do not pond within a reasonable
lime Governor's warrants will be Issued
• Prosecutor Garveri will so to Trenton to
jday to argue for the leans 11 of the order
•«on>pellin-? the iri'irt»wi packers to submit
'ili^ir books to the Hudson County Grand
Winy.
CLUB FOR INTERBOROUGH MEN.
{ The Interborough Rapid Transit Com
jP£ny <■ terday opened a rlubhpuse at the
Bronx P*rk terminal of ti. Third avenue
.-i.-.-aud line lor its employes. Five other
nj--!i clubhouses nill I .* opened within a
p!.«-ti time at ■■ aii" terminal points. It
Ii t-tiin^'. -. that, each building will cosi
ajx-itf $*,<•<*•. ' •
.\.jeu>t gehTJontiljas Riven 110.000, which
will be ufed '" supply furniture, news
pvpera and periodicals. Shower baths. 1>I1!
taid and pool .tables unt\ ; ( library. are pro-
Jvi'jM. :in«J food trill l<« served '■: the men
:rt actual cost;
YOUR
OPPORTUNITY
May Be In The
QUALITY ADS.
On Page 1.1, To-day's
New- York Tribune
KAHN ON BUYING
M)ri si;n liv LOFETT.
Says: Union Pacific Acquired
7000 Shares of So. Pac.
Otto 11. Kahn. of the firm of Kuhn, I.oeh
& Co.. who was on the stand all day yes
terday in the hearing in the government's
suit to dissolve the Union Pacific merger,
j expressed the opinion that the defence
i would win. It was late in the afternoon
j when C. A. Severance, of counsel for the
government, reverted for a- moment to the
: purchase of additional Southern Pacific
stock to make up 50 per cent of the total
In view of a proposed federal law, and
! asked:
"By buying this 50 per cent of the South
i crn Pacific stock didn't you expect to de
. feat this suit?"
No. sir," replied Mr. Kahn; ''we are
confident that we Till beat this suit on its
i merit?." '•'■»'■
On the subject of recent purchases of
; Southern Pacific stock Mr. Kahn said that
I seventy-four thousand .. shares had been
j bought by the Union- Pacific or the Oregon
j Short in January. This purchase was
I made on the advice of Judge Lovett, who
( now fills Mr. Harriinan's place in the
: merger.
•"These shares were purchased for the
I following reasons," said Mr. Kahn. "A
j bill, we were informed, was Introduced In
; Congress, or was about to he introduced,
which would give the railroads that had 50
J per cent of the holdings of another rail
competing or otherwise— the right to
retain that 60 per cent, and, if they chose,
; to purchase the balance in addition to that
{ 50 per cent, while roads that had less than
CO per cent had no such assurance. '
Southern Pacific Buying Stopped.
"Thereupon, on the advice of . Judge :
! Lovett, it was deemed in the best interests
| of the Union Pacific that its holdings of
Southern Pacific stock should be increased
; to a total of GO per cent of the entire out
standing amount of Southern Pacific stock.
A few weeks :ater Judge L.ovett advised
j the Union Pacific that the terms of the
| biil as he understood them had been or
were to be changed, and that the provision
; to which he referred and which was the
! reason for the purchase of the additional
Southern Pacific stock would not go into
the bill. The purchase of additional stock '
v.as thereupon stopped and no more stock
has been bought."
| It would have required 134,000 shares to
obtain a one-half interest, said Mr. Kahn,
and Inasmuch as S0;000 shares were sold '
some time last summer, before the death j
of Mr. Harriman, the present holdings
were only 34,000 more than • the original ;
purchase. These shares are held by the
Oregon Short Line. He said the total in
terest of the Union Pacific and the Oregon
Short Line in the outstanding capital stock I
of the Southern Pacific at present was 4ti ■
per cent.
Mr. Severance asked what was the neces- •
sity of the acquisition of 50 per cent of
Southern Pacific stock if, as alleged by the
defendants, there were no competition be
tween the roads. Mr. Kahn replied that j
Judge Lovett would know more about that
feature of the cage.
When Collis P. Huntington died the Union
Pacific was forced to purchase control of
the Southern Pacific, Mr. Kahn said, in
order to maintain and preserve connec
tions to the Pacific Coast, a previous effort
to purchase the Central Pacific having
failed. For the purpose of financing the '
deal an issue of $100,000,000 Union Pacific \
convertible bonds was authorized. Only
540,000,000 was required, said Mr. Kahn.
•'It was always Mr. Ilarriman's policy,
however, to ask for more than was im
mediately needed," he added.
Early Contest with Hill.
Mr. Kahn said another reason for the i
large issue was the rumor that Hill in
terests were going to purchase the Burling
ton, loiter it developed that the rumor :
was true. • ■"• f ■ •■ i
"Mr. Hill and Mr. Harriman at that
time were anything but-friendly," said Mr.
Kahn. "Mr. Harriman was a newcomer
and aggressive. After they got to know
each other better they came to respect and
admire each other."
At that time, however, Mr. Harriman de
termined to protect the Union Pacific, . ad
served notice that the purchase of the Bur
lington by the Great Northern and North
ern Pacific w is- a hostile act. Mr. Kahn
said it was for this reason that the pur
chase of the control or the Northern Pa
cific was made indirectly. He termed it a
defensive act. He said if a monopoly had
been planned 'the result could have been
accomplished easily by the purchase of the
Atchison.
Coming down to the purchase of the
(southern Pacific, the witness .said it had
been made after counsel had advised that
it was legal.
"Your counsel advised you that the North
ern Pacific purchase was legal, hut the
Supreme Court decided otherwise." com
mented Mr. Severance.
•"The court was divided on that question,"
observed Mr. Kahn.
Mr. Severance inquired at the afternoon
••• .^sioii about the proposition that hail been
made to purchase the Rock Island. Mr.
Kahn said Mr. Harrimaji had told Kubti,
Loeb A Co. there was a chance to buy the
Hock Island, but they had advised him i<j
leave it alone, an he had enough on his
shoulders. The wittiest said he didn't know
what reason there would be for the pur
chase of the Hock Island, except to obtain
a monopoly la that country.
"Except for Just what >ou are ace us
i.ere," said Mr. Severance.
H< seemed to consider the explanation
made »y Mr. Kahn of the motivea tor the
purchase of the additional 74,000 shares of
Southern Pacific in January as evidenc<
thai the road was looked upon ;.s a genuine
ompetttor of the U:ii'»n Paciflc. Mr. Kahu
•••. ,is :i in' inii i <>r tlie board of directors
anri tne executive committee of ih<» lattei
load, maintaining iii 1 - connection with the
r« .id from ISM to I*os. He returned to the
b< arti vi direct >rs * few months ajj-i.
The bearing will »>e •jsumed to-day,
when, according t" expectations, it may be
ended.
HOG PRICES STILL SOAR.
Highest Quotations Since the Civil War
Reported.
Chicago, March 7. Live hog prices ad
vanced to-day at the Ktockyards, several
carloads selling at $10 20 a hundred pounds,
a. new top price record since the <ivll War.
Pittsburgh March 7.— With a bound up
ward of 20 cents over Saturday's closing
prices, live prime heavy weight hogs brought
510 l>j ■ hundredweight at the local stock
yi.rds to-day. This is the highest record
since IS**, when hogs brought $12 in West
cm Pennsylvania.
Cleveland, March 7 The price of hogjj
in t;;« local uiiirket te-day foe* to |10 23 a
bundaed pounds, an absolutely unprecedent
ed piice In tiluo.
Indianapolis, March 7.— Live hogs sold
here to-day itt the unprecedented price of
$1* 25 a hundredweight. This Is another
record tor the local market.
Cincinnati. March 7.— The Civil War mark
of $10 Ji for live hogs was surpassed on the
Cincinnati market to-day, when beat lots
sold lor $10 2.". a hundred pounds This Is
the highest price ever recorded here.
»
TO HURRY CHILDREN'S TRIALS.
The. judges of the Court of General Ses
tion? decided yesterday to allow all pri.s
ujier* between sixteen and twenty-one
years of age awaiting trial in the Tombs
to have ilift!- cases placed on th« preferred
liet, thereby Insuring trial at earlier flutes
than U continued on the standlnz calendar.
JVEU'-YQliiv' jJAU>-> TRIBUTE. TUESDAY, , MAftCH 8. I^l
<4£F \
jffgJ^* TPHIi) weather man plays
/%5r no part in the sale of \§^fc
/My Unceda Biscuit.
W/ \ He can turn on the rain, raise a
dusty gale, turn loose a damp fog, or
forget to turn off the heat, but he can
5/£ not affect in the least the freshness
I and crispness of
a Package I Imm £2k£2k£§ *%
(Never .old in bulk) %£ I I %& %# %M d
Biscuit
The perfect package of these per
. ; feet soda crackers keeps out all harm.
PJG^^^^^ COMPANY J*¥
MORE SEATS TO-DAY
Subway to Put Plan of Its
(hen in Effect
Frank Hedley, general manager of the
lnterborough Rapid Transit Company, has
capitulated to the Public Service Commis
sion. After maintaining that it was impos
sible to carry out the order issued February
18, Mr. Hedley admitted yesterday that it
was possible to provide a better service
than has been Riven up to the present Ume.
He went further ami declared that the
new schedule, which he had prepared after
a number of consultations with K. G. Con
nette. transportation engineer of the com
mission, would pive a better service than
that provided for in the commission's or
der.
To give an opportunity to Mr. Hedley to
chow that his new schedule will meet re
quirement?, the - commission consented at
a special meeting yesterday, to stay the
execution of the former order until March
17. Instead of putiinsr in operation last
midnight the order issued in February, the
Interborough begins to-day a new service
on the Hedley schedule, which calls for the
following:
Headway of one. minute and forty-eight
seconds from 7 to 10 a. m. and 3:40 to 6:10
p. mi.; headway of two minutes from 10
to 10:30 a. m. and 6:10 to fi:4o p. m.: head
way of two and one-half minutes from 10:30
a. m. to 2:.V> p. m. and headway of three
minutes from 6:40 p. m. to midnWjht. •■- • v-
This provides for a three hour rush -p«r
vice in the morning, as' against on© hour
and twenty -three minutes up to the pres
ent, while, the evening rush service Is more
than an hour longer according to the new
schedule than that heretofore in vogue.
The schedule as present applies only to
express trains, if it proves satisfactory,
however, the commission will Issue an or
der to make it apply to the local trains as
well. The company agrees to obey the
other provisions of the commission's or
der and at every half-hour period will
supply enough trains to give every pas
senger a .seat.
Jn order to give a two and one-half min
ute service between 10::,0 a. m. and 2:o*> p. m.
the company purposes to run eight-ear ex
press trains on the Lenox avenue line, hut
will cut down its trains to five or six cars
on the Broadway route.
Itrsir NEW SI'BWAYS.
Commission and City Heads
Again Hold Conference.
Another conference— the third so far held
—took place yesterday at the office of the
Public Service Commission between the
members of that body and a special com
mittee of the Board of Estimate made up
of Mayor Gaynor, Controller Prendergast
and J. Purroy Mltchel, President of th
Board of Aldermen..
Details of ti>^ Broadway-Lexington and
Broadway-Lafayette subway plans were
discussed once more, hut i:o new subject
was broached, according to the declarations
of the conferrees after they had parted.
Tho bill now in preparation by the Cor
poration Counsel to provide that bonds Is
sued for subway purposes shall not bn in
cluded in the amount tixirifr the. debt limit
was also considered as part of the whol«
scheme.
Chairman Willcox of the Public Service
Commission said after the meeting t'nat he
still believed public hearings on tlie new
subway proposals would begin by April i.
H<> was asked whether any significance
was to be attached to his visit t'> the
Mayor at the City Hall earlier in the day,
followed by a visit from Theodore P.
Shouts, president of the Intel borough
Hapiil Transit Company.
"Mr. Shouts and tii* commission have
been frequently In conference since we had
the company's second proposition before
us," said Mr. WHI'-ox. "We have sug
gested that the company in making any
further proposition should endeavor to find
out what would be a< ceptable, and we
therefore sought to bring Mr. Shonts to
m(i ni;»tt.-!s from our point of view. I
have discussed th" two propositions of the
[nterborough with Mayor Gaynor, and have
bubinittcd to him map.! showing the com
pany's proposals and our ! Ugg< stions. No
proposition haa been received by ih* ■•'>m
mtsxlon trom the Inter-borougli Rapid Tran
?«it Compan) ttince thai which we rejected
last June."
URGES BETTER PIERS.
Collector Wants Cow for
Passengers and Employes.
Collector Loeb was In consultation yes
terday with members of his advisory com
mission regarding pier Improvements that
have been recommended but have not so
far been carried out, The commission has
favored better facilities for passenger
while waiting for the Inspection of their
bapgnge, better accommodations for the
customs employes, especially the cashiers,
who are •'' prehent compelled to receive
payment of duties on open piers, and heat
in- apparatus on the piers 1 ! >" •*!*** ttu
■team shin poxtienger« mid others may l»o
comfortable during tho long waits pending
the 1 1 \< a-i of. hussa«e.
"We klwiulj ii..v.. mure than '""' cashier
on the piers of the big liner*," tae Col
lector «aid last evening, "but there are no
accommodations for more than one. All
the other facilities recommended by th«
commission should, in the Interest of the
whole port service, be provided. It would
be of more benefit to the steamship com
panies than to the customs service, looking
at the matte:- from a commercial point of
view. Passengers will patronize the lines
that take the best -are of them. We have
had some assurances that the companies
would consider the recommendations favor
ably."
The new Chelsea piers have been a boon
to the customs officials on account of the
modern arrangements provided by the city.
There Is more room for the passengers, and
good quarters are provided for the cashiers
and inspectors, upon whose activity the
passengers depend for quick release upon
their disembarkation. There is little room
on some of th© old piers; the inspectors are
hampered by the crowding incidental to the
landing of a steamship and the cashiers
are jostled while making their collections.
With improved facilities the present force
hi the customs service could handle the
business in two-thirds of the. time taken
for the work nt present. This would ob
viate the necessity of Increasing the force
of men now In the Collector's department.
MAXY WERE CALLED.
But One Remained Who Wait
ed in Vain for His $250.
Kenneth I*. Wills recently arrived here
from California with a bi«r roll c* Mil.
tucked away In Ills pocket, with which 'lre
expected to do something unusual. He ac
complished his purpose last nicht. when S.'.V*
was taken from him in a way that made
him gasp.
Wills told the story of how the money
was separated from him, in ihe West .y>ili
street .station. He salfi a man In a. hotel
restaurant, where he wv* dining, sat down
at the table with him and started a con
versation. The stranger saw a styllshlj
dr*'S;ed man passing the table in a few
minutes, and remarked to Wills that ""that
gentlemen is the proprkHvYtT ir " called
the "proprietor" and Introduced Wills.
Presently the stranger suggested that 'hey
match coins for a li»tl« amusement. This
they did. and from small amounts the
stakes grew larger and larger.
"Let's match f<r ji.fKjn." said the stran
ger.
Wills explained that he didn't have H.flW,
but only ?2:«0, which he gave the stranger.
Th« stranger, holding the money In his
hand, excused himself while lie went out
side to mert a friend. Presently the "pro
prietor" also begged Wills'* pardon, for he
was expecting a caller, too. Wills waited
about ten minutes for th« two men to re
turn, but unfortunately their •"friends"
were better company than Wills.
WILL LIMITS SONS' SALARIES.
Testator First Thought $6,500 Enough,
but Later Added $1,700.
Hackensack. N. .! . March 7 (Special).—
The will of William Dods worth, of Kngle
wood, who was the managing editor of
"The Journal of Commerce" for several
years and controlled It, was probated liy
Surrogate Hester here to-day. Mr. Dods
worth bequeaths the home, all the house,
hold effects, horses and carriages, th*
life insurance policies and one-half the
cash in the banks to his widow, Mrs. Maria
Dodsworth. The other half of the money
is to be divided among seven children.
An unusual provision is that the trus
tees, consisting of Mrs. Dodsworth and
the four sons, shall not vote or permit to
be voted the stock held by Mr. Dodsworth
In "The Journal of Commerce and Com
mercial Bulletin" in favor of fixing a salary
greater than 16,500 a year for any of his
sons engaged in the service of the corpora
lion without the consent of all the bene
ficiaries of the stock. In a codicil, how
«faVto*sim itOr lllCr ° aSeS th ° li ' nil ° f
DISHES WAITER'S WEAPONS.
Man Who Lost His Job Resents Efforts
to Put Him Out.
Backing witb an armful of dishes Into ■
corner ol College Inn, Broadway and 4ist
street, last evening, Henry Crosby, i dis
charged waiter, pelted other waiters who
tn. (l to eject him. In ths fusillade Frank
tftemad received h scalp wound and w ;( s
removed t<» the .\>w York Hospital. Crosby
«as taken io the Tenderloin police sta
tion, a prisoner,
Crosby, according to Louis Relndan, the
head waiter, was discharged Ihm week
and went bat k last night for his pay. He
wn> told to return this morning. The dis
turbance followed, during which most of
the patrom In the i .if.'- Red. Crosbj would
doubtiei hay« held the fort Indefinitely
had it not been for the arrival of Patrol
man Mulby.
FUND FOR BUSCH EMPLOYES.
Adolphus Busch, th« Si Louis brewer
has announced a novel pension and bene
fit fund lor the good of his great army of
employes. it la not to rely upon monthly
rontributtona from the workers In his em
ploy, but «ill come directly out of Mi
Bunch's ♦pocket, and be somewhat of the
nature «-f i prortl sharing Hun. Kverv
ope of the !-i\- thousand persona employed
in Mr. Biiseh'fi brewery will derive tii,.
henett) from (his fund without m cent of
LUkt to himself.
POT SHOTS AT FOOD
FARM EXPERT TALKS.
Hotel Men Hear of Romance
in Life of Vegetables.
When the hotel men read that they were
to hear a lecture on the theme, "Money:
How to Save Some for the Proprietor and
Coax It from the Patrons." there were those
who turned aside and whispered something
of coals and Newcastle. But the man who
talked of it last night at a special educa
tional meeting of the International Stew
ards* Association in the Hotel Marlborough
knew what he was talking about, and if
he did not fulfil the dazzling promise of
the, programme he showed them the ro
mance of the lives of cauliflowers and mel
ons and took some sly and pertinent pot
shots at the high cost of living and those
common enemies of present day mankind,
tha commission merchants.
The man was H. B. Fullerton. who runs
some model farms for ill" Long Island Rail
road in the woods this side of Mont He
had a magic lantern and a set of pictures
that for color would make a Hammerstehi
grand opera setting look like the drawings
the Sunday papers borrow from "Punch."
"About everything we cat in New York,"
he said, "comes anywhere from five hundred
to three thousand miles. The best experts in
vegetable growing have been devoting them
selves for twenty years to raising vegetables
and fruit thai will taste good? Not 'at all.
They want to raise stuff that will stand all
the. banging possible and yet come to mar
ket looking not more than half wilted, The
stuff conies about as far. speaking commer
cially, as it does in distance. It s°es
through the hands of a whole arm.- of peo
ple, most of whom take off what they wish
for profit.
"Don't believe for a minute, that we.
can't raise all the country can eat for a
good while to come. We haven't begun to
learn how to raise vegetables here yet. Th.
fanner thinks a carrot is a carrot; they
all look aliko to him. You buy from a com
mission man, and you take what he gives
you, knowing. that most of the time you
are getting half wood fibre. That is grand
feed for livestock, but not just what you
want. There arc about fifty kinds of car
rots in the seed catalogues, and only two
or three are worth anything. But the
farmer plants them all. and th« commis
sion men arc glad :o pa"»s them all on you.
"When we started selling tomatoes wo
set out to sell them right, and we found
that the right way was, nor in the bushel
crates they commonly us.-, which bring
them in mostly tomato ketchup, but in
four-quart baskets. When we tried to buy
four-quart baskets we found we couldn't.
You can't buy a quart basket for fruit, or
a two-quart basket or a pack. You can
gel a 'fake' quart, or a shy quart, or a
skinned quart, or a Kansas quart or a
Michigan quart, but not one them holds a
quart of two fair pints.
"All commission dealers aren't crooked,
but most of them get rich before their
hair pets thin, one thing about this ques
tion of feeding New York that people don't
think ol at flrsl is the way the produce
Comes in here. They land nii>>t of it her©
down around Bowling (Jreen. where it
came when there were bears in 11th street
and stray Indians In f'ity Hall Park. You
eai it between here and Harlem, and snnif
bod| has to pay for bringing it tip m
wagons, which is as expensive a way el
transporting things as there Is. Who pays
those bills? It isn't the commission man "
OFFICER HAD GRIT.
Steam Out to Launch and
Captured Alleged Murderer.
Through the bravery of Patrolni.in Isaac
Van Houten, a negro accused of murder was
captured late yesterday afternoon within
half an hour of the time of the ,'a a! shoot
ing. George Jones and Henry Holy, both
negroes, quarrelled in a barroom on Barren
Island, which is three miles from s-'nore, in
Jamaica Bay. Holly was shot, twice and.
then Jones tried to get away. lie jumped
into a launch which was tied to the short
and tried to start the engine. Before he
succeeded, however, the patrolman ran up
and covered him with his stun.
The negro, instead of throwing up his
hands, produced his revolver and shot at
Van Houten until he had no cartridges left.
Fortunately bis aim was bad and itja officer
was not hit. The negro escaped V.in Hou
ten's bullets, as he had thrown himself down
in the bottom of the launch. Meanwhile the
launch had drifted some distance from the
uhoie.
Van Houten wanted to make suit: of his
man. and there being no other way of get
ting to him, he Jumped Into the water and
swam for the launch. While trying to
climb in he found out that tie i:e{,ro was
as full of fight as ever. Notwithstanding
the blows that rained on his ■„,». Van
Houten got into the launch and •;• i: d Jones
with the butt Of bin pistol.
White the prisoner was making his fight
f«r Itbertj the man he had hot w; .- being
hurried in .. hospital, but he died before
«*»»»» there. The negroes had bi .. friends
for many years and wcie employed by the
Store Ready at 8:15 A. M. Eight Car-Lines s
Directly on the Intcrborough Subway Each Way to Store ~^
Everywhere / ' rwr v ■*•*!« St » ai^
_• I New York, March 8. 1910. / - V~
This Season Every Woman
Seems to Wear a Foulard Dress
(hi MM 'ln\ Ish v ill need a coat to wear with it.
In a new style creation here exclusively we have r^.
hinrd kfow two neeH-. It is a semi-tailored one-pint nj^
of polka-dot foulard. ! .:ther navy hlue or black with white
printings.
The bodic-e has tbr new scmmlesa shoulder effect and
tlirce-quarter length sleeves. The new low rounded m^
]i«is an extra little yoke of fine tucked net and this is al^
used for the ekt fitting undersleeves. The charm of th«
dress is in tbc ])lain eoloved »vr%e trimmings, serge on
silk! This fine serge is used for the overlapped girdle and
narrow bands oq the bodice and the very deep band roiunj
the skirt. 1 1 is the latest combination that Paris has adapfef
— cloth and foulard.
The 38-inch tailored coat is of serge, and the foulard
lines the coat. It is also inset in the long tapering collar.
Kven the centers of the button^ ion the coat are foub
The many occasions for which this dress and suit
bined is appropriate will he apparent to women as soon as
they see it.
Exclusively $37.50. Second floor, Old Buildwg.
Occasionally a Publisher Finds
Himself With too Many Good Books
At such times it is natural these publishers should •■.--. •-
a store like Wanamaker's, with its very tsVgt cutlets tor quick
disposal.
And So These Sets of Books Came to Is !
These sets are usually advertised by the publishers as
"editions tie luxe." We call them "good library editions." The
cloth bindings arc neat. When we use the term " ;: , leather," the
bindings of the back and corners are of leather with levant grain.
PuMish«r's v
MB)
Goethe, complete works, 7 vols., V 4 leather $30 lift
Schiller, complete works. 5 vols., 34 leather 25 475
Hugo, complete works, 10 vols.. cloth 30 US
Hugo, complete works. 10 vols.. $4 leather. , 35 IQJR
Dickens, complete works, 1 5 vols., $£ leather 32.50 12.00
Dickens, complete works, 30 vols., * 4 leather 45 12.50
Dickens, complete works, 30 vols., full leather 60 list
Dumas, novels, 1 5 vols., cloth 45 9.5.3
Dumas, novels, 1 5 vols., y* leather 60 111
Balzac, novels, edited by Saintsbury. 18 vols., -l 4l 4 leather 72 15.C&
Balzac, novels, translated by K. P. Wormley, 30 vols., cloth 30 12JI
Stevenson, R. L., works, 10 vols.. cloth 30 153
Stevenson, R. L.. works, 10 vols.. A 4 leather 40 7.5.)
Shakespeare, complete works, 13 vols., ■?. 4 leather 38 g.ca.
Shakespeare, complete works, 20 vols., cloth. 60 10.W
Shakespeare, complete works. 20 vols.. 3^ leather 85 13.53.
Thackeray, complete works, 10 vols., cloth 20 sj,j
Thackeray, complete works. 10 v vols., 3 A leather 30 US
Cooper, novels, 16 vols., cloth 43 l()j|
De Maupassant, novels, 9 vols.. cloth 30 5.5.3
Kipling, works. 10 vols.. 34 leather 35 • ■■•
Pepys' Diary. 9 vols.. 3 4 leather 45 105
De Musset, works. 10 vols.. •* 4 leather 43 ■ lOJ|
Lamb, complete works, 8 vols.. cloth 30 i ■ ;
Lincoln, complete works. 8 vols.. cloth 20 '. 33
Lincoln, complete works, 8 vols., 3, 4 leather 25 '-'A
Scott, Waverley novels. 12 vols., 3/4 leather 48 1141
Sloane's Life of Napoleon Buonaparte. 4 vols., cloth 18 5.33
Rcade. Charles, novels. 12 vols.. 34 leather. 60 UM-
Gautier. T.. works. 12 vols.. 3/43 /4 leather .49 hjh
Eliot. George, complete works. 8 vols., cloth 17.50 101 1
Carlyle, complete works. 10 vols.. cloth 25 6-M
Green's History of the English People. 10 vols., cloth 10 UJ j
Chas. Reade's novels. 1 2 vols.. cloth 21 :v«
Capt. Marryat's novels. 12 vols., cloth. .24 8.00
Modern Achievement, edited by Edward Everett Hale. 10 vols.,
1 2 leather '.'. 30 535
Masterpieces and History of Literature, edited by Julian Haw
thorne. 10 vols.. V leather 30 $jjj
Edgar Allan Poe's works, cameo edition. 10 vols.. T 3 leather . 6 2.11
International Library of Science. 16 vols., cloth...' [16 7&
Prosper Merimee. the wtitings of, 8 vols., 34 1eather..... ...... 32 IJ.OO
Herbert Spencer's works. 18 vols.. cloth "35 J7J§
Ruskin. select works, handy edition, 12 vols., cloth. . \..Y. 6 2J5
Main Aisle. Old Building.
3,000 New Eastern Rugs |
That Are Specially Attractive
We Invite the Keenest Comparison on the Sizes, Colorings.
Weaves and Prices of These Hearth, Threshold
and Sofa Rugs Just Opened
Colors were culled from the bales in the Orient, and net
bought sight unseen. . . . .
The qualities we could recommend if prices were grcatet
than we shall ask today. s
Those who are contemplating the purchase of Oriental Fu|B
are particularly invited to sec this large gathering of Oriental Rugs
in small sizes, nnd to make comparisons with the market'
Too many for a descriptive catalog here are the sizes 4a! J
prices, and some salient features— purchasers will probably wonder I
why no superlatives are used in this advertisement.
Group I— Mosouls and Group 4— Kurdistan.*.
Ghendjies Mosouls and Ghendjies
Average size 4 ft. 6in x 6 ft. „ Avcra size, 4 ft. 5 in. x 8 ft
6 in. $13.75. 7 in - ?37.50,
Group 2-Mousouls and I M Gro " , p 5 h ; urdi i ; la " 5 :
H ... ... Mosouls and Ghendjies
Ghendjies Average size. 4 ft. 10 in. l I
Average size 3 ft. 10 in. x 8 ft. ft. $50.
Note the above sizes at $20. Mahal Carpets
Group iMn«;ntil« f]','," ft - 1! in - x 8 ft. 3 in.. S'S.m
UrOUp lUOSOUIS, 13 ft.9in. x 10ft.3in..5150.
Ghendjies and Kurd is tans Serapi Carpets .r^r;
Average size 4 ft. 3 in. x 8 ft. I ?j z * "? L 5 in - M-S'SsSSSI
(■ :n: n c; >:> «14 ft. 5 in. xll ft. 6 in.. $250. Q
° ln ' . Fourth Gallery. New Building.-', rf
Formerly A /T7?7t!> /T*ti/f //T » Broadway, gjl
A. T. Stewart & Co. 'I A 1 1 11 /I U AP/Y * Fourth avenue.^
ruW%MUO*vfv/or f Eighth to TenthS*
same company. Their quarrel, as marly as)
could N found out. was over the bells of
Ban. Island's negro colony. J<ui«s. how
ever, -lid that the] had been drinking and
that' Holly hail Insulted him.
MBS. CURTISS 7.V.V.
Jury Will Pass on Her De
mand for Estate.
Justice Gerard granted yesterday the mo
tion oi Mi.-. Julia Watt MorrU Curtis*,
whose ♦■'!«»«• is valued at from $3,000,000
to 117,009,000, i,> have a commission ami a
■iLufTs Jury take testimony ami deter
mine on her competency. Mrs. Curtlsa has
been for seens time trying lo l*»Kfl her «•!«
iHi.- out of the hands eJ John C. iJhaw and
I'.ltiier > Hanks, who were appointed con
ecrvators in the Connecticut courts.
The Supreme Court m Ihls ciiy rvmovctl
the cMnscrYatuni »i few months • ." l-it th'>
hlcher courts reinstated them. ill Cur
tiss is v alevs "t .Miss Mary O. 1 inkney,
BOOKS AND PUBLICATIONS^.
The latest publications may *> c
had at the Mercantile library.
Astor Place and Eighth Str«^
Branch. 141 B'wav. Room 71*
Books delivered at residency
who left her a large pa r * ct I " CSBBP*
which was valued at |3fr.oofcMfc fV
-Mrs. CuxUH in tier petition said fKi ; „
had recovered from her intemr^f-J 1^ „jt
ever existed, ;u:<l with the pennls*'" l c » f
Connecticut courts had estasj ,, t j
!<sal home in New York. Justtc* ■ jj,c«
says in his decision : "She now COl *T trot
court alifSinS that she has recover*! -^
her Intemperate habits (if t&ey '' .. „
is U >.»> and ihat >he is now conV«K
manage her affairs. M gS
"Her allegations arc supported , - -^
meroua afiiiUvits. 'Hie atmospiiete ~
rounding the ra.se-l.he apparent »*«*£.
kevplng her and her property ia *^ urt
tivl— appeal for her strongly to " c *"