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MONDAY. MARCH •_". 1010.
Thit ticirfpajicr •» <♦*" •* <I " pub
li*h(d by The Tribvnr A**ociation, a
JCrtr York corprtraiiu» : ajki end prin
rtpal pirns* o* businc**. Tribune liuild
inft. So 154 .VoMoti utrrrt. \<tr York;
Ogden Mill». prrtident ; Offdrn .V. Baiij
trrrcterji; James If. Rerrrtt. tfi+*mrrr.
7he eddre** of the viflccrt it the offlt+
of this ncirtpaprr.
ihf \r«> this Uoß\l\'G.
rOTIEION. — Th*»o<Jcr«» Itmtsevclt aril]
nail for NVw York or. June 10 on the
Kaiserin Autruitt* Victoria. aocordinß t« ',
liis pieMnl (..hi he announced that J
his reception here murt br nonpartisan.
j^=.-=r Th* Duk? <>f Orleans Issued n. j
manifesto to his adherents ssytas; thnt j
thf liquidiitjt'n t»c»uidal!» had i»r»>v«'d th»» I
xvorthlessness of republican institutions
and that he was rea<Jy to *•> I.' I'aris
when tb«*re was a chance of overturn
ing: the pit F«Mit rul*. A rumor of
Juttn-f Gordon Bennett's death in a '
wr*»ck of hi* >••«•!. th. I^ysistrata. was
denied In Paris. . Kin? Peter of j
Pan i.. with th«» Premier and F"oroißn I
Minister, loft Belgrade on a visit to the j
Hussian Emperor; «'rown Prince (lenrc«- j
wat nppointed RfK*»nt durinj; his father's
B>>Krnc«'. — =._ j. Th»» etrand.-d Scandinn
vian- American L<in«» s-t^atp-cr fiiii. <1
Ktßtoa was floated n«»ar Ohristiaria: >h*» j
ts believed to have suffered little damap«». j
Lr 1 . , Two priests. on«- of them th«* most '
popular preacher in Moscow.' were un
frocked by «rdri of tJx- Holy Fynod
DOMESTli*.— Advices fr«>m Wat-hlnp- !
ton say that the overthrow of Sjx*akrr
'»»'■.!, '■>!. will probably result in ir-.e
♦■pcfdy *»nactmtnt of the legislative j>ro
arstssie; that the insurgents will not
t.. excluded from tbe It» publican party. ■
nnd that rot mor»- than <>n<> insurct-nt
will t>«- placed on th«- Itules <'omjjiitt«-c ]
: ' ... . The tariff ctmftTCßC* between |
{•resident Taft and Minister Fieldhig of
• anada at Albany did not result ira Ir a 1a 1
detinite conclusion; an official t=tat*mfnt '
declared that **tho remuins one
••f friendly uecotlation"; th«- Ki^na were
taid to be hopeful. — — r: State control
And supervision of tel«-grnpli and telt-
phone companies and telegraph and t«^le
jiiionr lines, rates, service ;ui«l finances
by th* Public Service <"ommission. 2d
I >:-) ri< ' is rffomtnfndfd in a r<i>ort by
«he special legislative eommitte^ ap
liointed las-t year to investigate th«« sub-
I<-ct. ms4* public at Albany.
t'hatles 11. Llttletltld. special master. ha«
teportoi that (Test Virsiuia FTKWM pay
t«» \"irginia j« proportion of the latter
KtM-te> indebtedness prior lo tb»- former's
SiStrhood: the ti mount may run into
tnany millions. - ... ... t'«>sta Ili^a and
Panama have pjgned a protuool contain
iiiß a statement of facts on which «'hlef
Jlustiee Fuller will arbitrate their boun
dary differences. ■ John «*. .Mabray
Miid thirteen „f hjv U fs niate« \v«-je f.»un<l
cuilty at Council liluffs. low a. where
they hnd be^-n on trial for ten «lays,
i liarjjed witii trauduler.l us«- of t!>>- mails
lo prcmote fake sporting event*. =
Kevcral men \\er< injur. »l in a iiut !*>
tweep t-trilu rs and strike breakers «t
Cleveland. -£.■-- Emil I'aur announced
PittHburir that he would retire as leader
tl the plttvbure orchestra.
«'ITY — Superintendent HotchlUai will
<l«v«.tc the day to efr,,j-ts to discover tb.
ld<ntit\- «it th«- leßivhitive •trioiids" of
I lie chairman of the me insurane*- fund.
-.-_- A clerk was held t <• await irany
••h«tirr>i of bsvtasj "iiiained sotomobilea
fraudulently. =_:— -- The «ov< rum. Nt has
liccun an Inquiry l'Mikinu to ■ uniform
systcsn of Bsntptlng rasjsr for bapoti
duty. ■ The rntHnrmu of nuns und
nurses pr«vent'-d a panic in « lioFpit:. '
in Hrofiklyn, when fire broke out in an
fidjointni; building. =^=r Senator Owens.
*if «>klalioma. spoke on tbe initi.it ive and
referendum to" the Kthical Culture So
.iety. r=n A. I». Juilliard deni.-d that
XV. X Vand«r»>ilt J.elii proxies by which
he 4t'intrrille(*i the Metropolitan opera
usthm. r=T^r Kx-CJovemor Glean *t
North Osrollxts addressed a tsrse anti
saloon lenpuf meetinc in «*art»egje Hail
- I>r. «;i..rj;e 11. McAuliff. ..^,, n .
mended more mi indent physicsl cxatnl«
rmtfon «>f m^i«»o| cbildr.-n. r A *n"<>up
••f I \v«m> -O!;. prosperous I »Utch frfinllies,
i e-mpriisinj: .'tliout one hundred person^,
nrrheii «ip tluii way to ««•« upy Minn*
sot« t^rm^. ~ Dr. Wise *a;,i tin r<-
us n<>t eiKUirh Jewish ntlbodojcy !• It :n
]>iKla>i<l to make a t-chism possible.
tiik \m:at»m:i:. indkmtlons for to
<!<«>: r.iii The temperature \est«rda\:
Ificbrst, CS desreea; inv\est. a.
' «»»;/•/ fits', Tin: , ,ii' /.#;.
I he «let«Tiniti:iti)iii of the Iren< h g iv
fruuient lo tal..- ;ul vantage of (he ujllii
iii ii is ■ rate* offered l»y mj Payne tariff
inw giving the I'tilt«sl States in return
coUce»Ki<ins «juiv«i.i,i in value to those
to iiny oilier foreign nation, bap.
I illy ends ;i2l j.r.-|M- of tariff lio*ti!i
ti«»*i with any part of lluimjh*. |*ran<t*
Ni'lixxl for m lime indifferent to ttie
dmi,'"v lavolveii in laatafliaj lierM'lf la
otir umrkt't, numpctins i» it at :t crush
itii' <lisad'.utitnffe with rival lujiiiufact
isiinp natJons like KiMjrlaad, Germany
BIKI Itel^illlll. 11l the «*u<|. howi-ver, n*i-
v <^ h:^ asserted jt-vlf, nil in Kpite «if
llio nunoyln- fan that the few increases
»:. rates made njr xv»- Hajme j.mv on it»
|iitfi« « lasxt! bs lusnrkw te.'i in tliemani
:ii'«i movj heavily on |"i-en«li pr.«lm;<
I'ntli!*-- Ins lieleriuilied lo i... .k to the
fiiturr rather Han to the past, tod tv
Ijt'i* tiiH'ti, in her own Interest, her entry
i:it«» the jirosji-ious jmd fXjiamlliiS
.\tncrtcan market.
\V«* oiilofl :ittel.tio!i the other lay lo
the dislnpnnctts trtiUimm uf Ibe uasi*
li;U!ll tllll.iJilUlJl BcheU.it' <f (lutieK aji
j.:ov««l i»y <V«y:rc.ss in whi. h newsjuiperh
-I ,U- Io ]iiote<liOii |ia\e tn^-u iudulg
it.?. "The I'rifVMßajMß Journal," for lu
*-*Hif*. dascrlbod tlw lulniuiutu-mtiil
ii'ittirj n!teniatlv«* ns "t*» contrary to 111.
faWjal praetle*' for arranging for any
**<kiud "I ii" H»t\f I i lei'iiir- tLjit II Ik Uot
**Kurpris4na that other people eliould be
"puzzled by It : or. brought to o«aipre
-hend It. should fail to regard the ar
•laiureuMMit with unquallfled Katisfac
•tion • We said then that Franc**. Can
ada and "The Providence Journal" were
the only three authorities on reciprocity
which M>emed to bo at a!l "puzzled" by
the i|>elaliou of the II lllMVlllllllU
Nrheiue. FlMUee must now tie taken out
at the list «if the embarrassed, for her
government has solved in schedule time
all the difficulties inherent in the •*pu/.
7 line" offer of «»ne nation to exchange
Its lowest tariff rates for the low.
tariff rates of another nation. Every
country in l.urop.- and every country of
any >Miuineri'iMl iuiix<rtau< c in Asia.
Africa and North and South America,
ex<vpt Canada, has also been able to
master the logic of that you-give-me
wliat l-glve-you s<»ri of International
re. 1 pro.
It has remained for the I •••minion to
maintain that its higher rates should ho
exchanged for our lower rates. That, in
our opinion, is much more "puzzling" as
a basis for mutual concessions than the
proposition to trade like for like. Yet.
tM«cause certain large Interests lv Can
| mlji are not verse to fomenting a tariff
war between the United Slates and the
Ikiminion. Canada's one-sided bargain is
; held by representative organs of opinion
beyond the St. Ijawreiiee Illver to '.••
fair, if not distinctly generous. It is to
be lio|«vl that an agreement can lie
' reached for a witistactciy exchange of
concessions. It would be harmful to each
| country to engage In commercial repri
sal*. h'ml the relatively email surrenders
■ throned which Canada could fairly earn
Inn does not want to earn the benefits
of the minimum schedule of the I'ajite
law are perhaps not worth to us the
coat of tariff hostilities. As a matter of
right uml logic the I'nitMl States mis
offered all that our neighbors across the
{•order are entitled to expect. If we
accept less thiiu we jive, it will only be.
out of a larger sense of nelghborliness
and of the lm|iortMUoe of continued
friendly relations in trade and com
n.erct*
I \ IVAiUVO MODESTY.
Some iierMtuw in the tire iasurauea
business are already showing symptoms
of an acute attack of nerves as the result
of Ku]terinteiMleut llotchklss*a inquiry.
The seizure lakes Ihe form of protest*
that the insurance law does uot confer
ujkiti the- Sup. rinteudeni authority for
such an investigation as he is cundticting.
The statute authorizes* him to " « \amine
"into the affairs of any Insurance eor
**|M>ra(iou doing business in ibis state."
an.l for that purpose to require the testi
mony «if "all perNotiii deemed to have ma
terial informal regarding the .-.•in
"pany's property or bUKin«*s." S»»megen
tlemen to whom the word subpu'tia has
a horrid sound suggest that he exceeds
his | towers when lie examines into an
cient lobbying transactions conducted by
the Hoard of Fire Underwriters, a t»ody
not organized under the insurance law.
Therefore they are considering resist a nee
to his inquisition.
In answer the Superintendent may say
with apparent good reason that the
&.".<■. to given to Mr. Fox and the M.«-«i
given la ?Ir. Aldrldge «-ame. not from
the iKh-kets of the Insurance managers,
but from the. offers of the Insurance com
panies, and that as "information regard
ing the company's property e-r business"
it is not only his right b.it his duty M
leal 11 the disposition of what was eon
! tribuled by any company, and it |iuaBMM
ito recover it Any court proceeding M
test his authority would doubtless Inter
• fere with bis present progress. Never
theless, ihe prospective witnesses would
not Ite w -;i advised iv forcing such lie
: lay. They would only convince the pul»-
I li<- that there were matters hidden far
more -.11 ..us than what is now revealed.
A thorough investigation is 'liable
i It the Insurance I department cannot UM
.In. < it. the Legislature must. Indeed,
! the operation of the system by which
'•. party leaders sell law to cuuqtaigu con-
I tribut' as \p<t>»-.l by Mr. Kennedy,
puts a final emphasis on the demand for
ilie house. -leaning which the AlUls and
Conger testimony initiated. Itoth ihe
buyers and s«-iler> of law may M well
I adjust themselves to 'he |»opul&r iui|M'ra
live «•( that demand.
ju'ws \/:ir i.\\:t law.
1 lie new land bill of Japan, which has
lioen |ia»*ed aj the House of Representa
tive* in parliament and is likely s-«.n
to lieixinie law, li..- been variously dc
1 M-rilied by 'lie American press. Some
j have -|H^eti of it as a restrictive or a
prohibitory measure, which is 11. .-..r
reci without further explanation, while
others have ile— r.l». ' it as a permissive,
'a r»*«-ipr«H-al or a liberaliz'ii measure,
which :.i fact it 1- The bill a- it now
j viands «li<es inde*^! fordid .-.ruin aliens
' to a«-quir«- real estate in Japan, and lo
that extent it is prohibitory. KUI the ex
isting law. as it lias always stood, for-
I I ill-- any and all aliens to acquire laud
; there, -■■ that the new I., I! at 1110-1 pro
\ ide'. no new prohibition but merely
. maintains a portion of that which is al
ready in'force. Itut only a portion^ tor
it nls.. provides that Japanes.- land may
Im- pin •< ha I . n.l lu-ld by aliens ir.*iii
I any .-..iintiy wiii<li gives a curresiuudlug
' privilegi* to Japaue>e <itizei!s. so that it
1- in fad a liberal measure, h hicb in 1
terially iv :<i-e~ .in. l extends ihe rights
and privilege* of 'ii- in Japan.
Tin* repmacb has often |m-< directed
I against Jajian that slie forbids toreign
| ers to ac«juire or hold real estate. I". Hi
that is preeiM'ly what aliens other na
lion- «1«. a !>d what the liiiti.l States
government has l«-»-n doing for man)*
' years iv all the regions under its direct
control. The law of March .'I, lssT. pro
i bJbitS foreign corporations and alien in
dividuals from acquiring or holding
: ]. Hid in the District of Columbia and the
territories, mid the amendatory act «»f
J ten years later giv«"s only th«» concession
I that aliens who have declar«*d their in-
I tention to Umoiiii. citizens may acquire
i land in the territories. Some exception*
\ to Man law appear lo liave !•<■» n made
I by k]mh 1.1. treaties, as for example that
with Kraonp, which gives i'rcurh citizens
I <«iual right> uillt Aiuerioiiis. at>d 111 I ■
j with Great Britain, which |termlta Brit
| Mi «itizens t.» bold or to Inberil l-inds
j wbkfa were in British possession when
! the tr«-aty v made.
In the individual Mates of the Union
j "ie practi«f varies. Illinois forbids uoti
; n-sident aliens to acquire or hold bind,
land lowa d<»es the BUM) Kansas and
' Idaho forbid any alien to acquire or
hold real estate. New York, under a law
of ist«7. grants Ihe privilege of acquiring,
I holding or conveying laud only to elt 1
1 sens of nations ulii.ij grant similar
privileges to American*. This latter plan
npjiears t«j lie that v l.i. |, Japan has de
«j..t,i to adopt, and we may therefore
rrtittu Count K«Miuir.i as quite right In
Kaying that his ««»untry Ist fhtiply putting
I brradf ii. line with the usages of the
pother civilized nations. Since most of the
NKW-YOIJK DMI.Y TIJIISUNE. M«»M»\\. MVIJCH 21. 1010.
I BBBkM of the Union permit alien* to
; hold real estate, und >hi<^ New York 1*
1 ready t<» do mi on reciprocal terms. It
is |,i |>. assumed th.it Japan will <lis
; regard tlie limited prohibition in the
, federal district and jerrltorle? ami will
I regard America M MM of the "most fa-
I voted cations'* who** citizens will he
1 permitted to purchase rVnd hold J«|iMUese
land.
I r,iu\l '♦/ FWHTER.
In the ilr;int?> of lite revolution :ig:iiiist
"t'aunotdKiu" tin* most dramatic figure
wan that of "\ n.'l.. Joe*! himself. II«
■ dwarfed all tin* others. Insurgents ami
j regulars alike. With the odds u rains!
! him In* tnado what must |.<» reeosnlzeil
as mii uiitiiiH-liiu- uulit. maintaining his
I freshness. despite hi* more than seventy
years, through the xtruin'of long and ex
«-itin*r session*, and managing to extort
even from hi* opponents what his friends
are not slow in calling m "vote of con«
li<l«n< («.• With his associates weakening
and counselling surrender he put up a
grim resistance. lie was the youngest,
boldest and most unpromising of the
regulars, I.il his own forced and fur
j nisl'od the spirit of the defence, for
j there can t»o no doubt that many of his
| own follower* had no stomach for the
i issue. It was a remarkable exhibition
I of vitality, resource ar.d courage.
\« •> that *Taniiy!''<!n" is beaten it is
proper enough that the Speaker should
receive whatever [<er*oiial sympathy and
applause his revelation of his fighting
i qualities rails forth. l.ut. however much
j his end as an autocrat became him. every
! right thinking man will rejoice that be
has reached that end. and that lie is now
I ;«erfor«v what he always professed to be,
only the servant of the House. He re-!
vealod in his last tight the qualities
which made him the power lv Congress .
i tliut he was.
•fannouism" In the public mind was
i not merely the filtration of power
| over legislation in one man's hands but
a certain attitude upon public questions
with which the public no longer has
sympathy. It was* the possession of ex
cessive power that made the altitude
obnoxious, and it was the attitude which
inspired Ihe determination la reform the!
system which mail*- the possession of
; excessive power i' »>sibie. Now that Can
j non is no longer a system, but simply a
I man. his purely human qualities will
, probably receive their just due.
I*/ //; srHWAYITJS.
A«« a*< remarked MM time «go when
I.os Angeles Voiced the longing of her
*«»ul i</r a subway, this form of sui»ter
r; neaii development Is not entirely au
unmixed blessing. Brooklyn is already
discovering this, lv the abstract, all
that borough was n unit for a subway,
before there was mile li chance of getting
jit It was not so much a question of
! here the subway should In*. but one of
j getting a subway somewhere, somehow.
I With this achievement in sight, there are
j certain concrete problems which clamor
• loudly for settlement. In the first place,
every part of the borough aero** the
I bridge, except the one through which the
j new subway will pass, thinks that it is
just a little more entitled to the im
! provement than the section which will
receive it. And already the enthusiasts;
j have planned a network of underground
! cavities which It would puzzle an e\|>ert \
| engineer to beep tra«k of.
And even along the way of the Fourth j
avenue Ktibwajr all is not joy and glad
! ness. Stations are not where ihe. ought '
| to be, whl'h Is to nay that every prop- j
ert\ owner rannol have au entrance to I
the till*' ju>t outside his tloor. As
planned, there hj to be no express stop
between Pacific and 301k streets. Ninth
street, hi« li is quite a busy little thor
oughfare la its way. fort* that It has
been discriminated «gainst and that there
should I** sin expnss station there. It
* is tmtei] thai 111* tir»t express stop on the
elevated, after leaving the Long Island
station. Js at '.•Hi "tree!, and why ;
shouldn't the subway be laid out along
the same Hue*:
lii. n. :u\ street thinks ii has ■ grlev
! auce because 110 stop at all has be<Mi ;»n»
iJected there, the cars running from
I'nioii to tltli >lre»'l without so much as
hesitating at th»> half-way point. For
a loin: time sign?, li.iv.- appeared in the
windows roundabout .".d street peril
nciiily Inquiring as to the value of a suit
way without a station.. So far. no one
has ventured .in answer. From the point
of vie--. «.f the resident ••!! that particular
street, there is no answer
In the mean time, a |ietitiuu as appal
ling as that which must be prepared in
I Boston to get a man on the municipal
! ticket has been prepared. It is said that
■ there are eleven thousand names M back
■ up the demand of the '.oh street pm
! pie for an express station there. It is
.even intimated that thi< is the longest
. list of names ever attached to 11 petition
', in Brooklyn. A form.'! Mayor of ltrooklyn
I Will make the address when the un
' answerable argument is turned in to the
I I'uliii. Svrvine • 'oinmissioii. .lust what
the |*üblic Service inmlmiMm will do
with the list of n«itogr:«ph« remains to l»e
; iM-eu. but it may as well understand
tight now that '.nit street, Brooklyn.
j is up in arms : M | likely to invite the
hoard to stick the lube into the l.ay rather
I than rail it •■> thai thoroughfare without
1 Mil express stop. •
ll\i'lh IYOIIK ov W. Mrs mi's.
i An att<in\nioi|s contributor lo • The
; l.oti<l..:i Times." who is evidently Hiwely
|n»wMiate«l with the I'.ritisli shii»building
; industry. Ihruws a little new light on
I that umrrHhnu acwiaiplbthment, 111.-
Icouplc-tion of the l ireadiioiitrtit in four-
J teen months. He shows that working
the men engaged in the task overtime
does no , a- has MM supposed, fully ac
••"iiut fur the record they made. Ity the
preparation of plans and the issuance
: of orders for material, armor and guns
| several months before the laving of the
' battlohip's keel progress was greatly
promoted, llesldes, If ♦?• asserted, gun
mountings which had l>een Intended Ir.r
other ships, previously Itegun. were used
on the first ve>M-i which embullcd the
j one i-.ilihre tun principle In the opinion
of the Informant of "The Times" twenty
; mouths would be » fair estimate of tin'
I actual time required for th!s exceptional
' a< hleveiueiit.
It is evident thai the rapid work done
I "ii the Dreadnought i. not to be adopted
j as the standard by which the building
of other war retwebj la i<» be jiulg.il.
Several of I .L'lan.is Liter battleships
were QnUbed In twenty-four months,
and one, the Vanguard, in twenty-three,
but, according to the authority Just m ■•!
tioned, the contracts for ike four "con
tlttgeny lireaduoughts will call for de
livery lv twenty-seven mouths. The
most recent coutracts for American bat
||MJMJBI provide for completion In thirty
two mouths, but the disparity between
th«-*e two rets of ri'qulrcinents Is not con
».picii.,iis. It should Im- borne la mind.
TiM». that for the const ruction of many
■ vessels lv the I uited states Navy much
smaller than tbn North Dakota ami tha
Delaware from three to four years wan
needed. Perhaps the two American flrms
which have agreed to build modern bat
tleships for Argentina in twenty-four
months may •* the pace for other build
an on this side of the Atlantle. Yet the
Cains actually recorded In the last live
or ten years warrant no little pride.
(Jermanv ha* also materially abort
rued the time devoted to the building of
nrst class battleship*. It Is estimated that
the Nassau, ret-ently eoropletetl. was
ready for trial in twenty-seven months,
and three other vessels of the saint* clan*
are said to be in an equally advanced
state, though their keels were laid after
the Nassau's wan. By building four bat
tleships to America's two Germany ha»
promised to outrank this country a» a
naval power before many years. Will
she also surpass the United State* in the
quickness with which she fltH her heavy
sea 'fish-tew for Benic«»?
IIS LARGER BEARISH
-Mayor Mb Low. In his munrestive
letter printed In the Tribune this morn
inc. calls attention to the vital interest
of the national leaders of the pub
lican party in the New York situation.
The question whether Ciovernor Hufchen
is to be supported or not Is. as Mr. Low
j»olut>i out. not a merely local and
parochial one. Just as the eyes of all
the country were on the party In New
York when doubt existed of Mr. Hughes**
renominatlon- in I!***. so now the whole
nation Is watching the attitude of the
party in New York toward the governor
a ltd toward bin policies. It is not merely
that Governor Hushes is. as Mr. Low
says, outside of the state "a tremendous
imrty asset." but the party itself is put
to the touch lv the wind* of a vast
number of voter* throughout the Middle
West, especially by its attitude toward
the Governor and his progressive legis
lation. Just as these voters should have
judged and condemned it in IOCS if it
had refused to renominate him, no now
they are likely to he influenced in their
attitude toward It by the extent to
which here Id New York it follows the
Governor's leadership.
As Mr. Low remarks, the lenders of
the party in Washington look u|«>u tbe
party nation In New York from a
different per*p»^-tiv»« from hat which
prevails in this state, ami It is this which
justifies the concern of Mr. Hoot and
those who are asttuciatnl with him over
what Is huppening at Albany. Not only
lit New York too iiii|N>r'niit a stats to
l»e risked l.y political trirliuir. but the
Republican party In New York cannot In*
divorced from the Republican party In
the nation. The Republican party Is
one and it will be jiulgul by what its
left hand doe* not do. as much mm by
what Its right hand doe*.
UOXEY ASD Btsi\t:ss.
Investment demand for new securities
continues fairly active, but actual buy
ing of old issues Is light in volume, with
little indication of important improve
ment In the near future. Monetary con
ditions are beginning to work against ac
tive Investment markets, though in com
parison with the current price of funds
the return on high grade railway bonds
and stocks Is satisfactory to buyers who
l.:ise their operations on the character of
investments rather than on the amount
ct income involved. Speculation in
stocks is quiet, and in view of the grow
ing strength of money at home and
abroad it does not appear probable that
substantial advances from prevailing
■ liiotationa will be recorded in the course
if the next few weeks, although the out
look does not encourage the iu>u of a re
adjustment of prices to ■ materially
lower level, Slock market Interests who
are well Informed on conditions in the
business world do not hesitate to advise
the purchase of first class shares for
permanent investment account, but they
hesitate to suggest speculative transac
tions on the aaak) of borrowed money
owing to the Increasing demand for ac
commodation In mercantile, circles and
to the highly extended loans of the banks
throughout the country
Time money rates are higher fat sh..ii
pad !«»>>? maturitieu. while a tinner ten
■ reporteil in tile call deji;irtinent.
London op«-n market di?. ounts lia\« 1. . i:
inhaii'i'l, and in order t.. *he k the
drat] apaa us gold holdings th. Bank af
Kngliind has raised its minimum rat. |..
-I par cent, an ahn>.imal <iuotati.
this time oT the year, but In the present
instance wiiollv Justified by existing <on
i.itions. The action of the governors af
the bank is not directed against New
York, and it Is not atMsrsd that the
I'.uuk of Kngland ia endeavoring to draw
paM from the I'nited States, hough it is
tone. ;\ able that factors in the foreign
♦ xihange market mat Nad to shipments
of the metal from this - uunti \ . our
position in foreign trade Is unfavorable.
K«.i the month of February official fig
how an metal af laaparta af awr
« handlse over BBpatta f<r the nrst time
111 an\ inontli sin<e INI." aad if it v.. re
not for offerings of exchange a^aiiist
Kuropcan purchases af American
rHIM ars would no« be BtaMMJaj goi i
1 Tawit is .1 paad daMaad ua ihia
..litre tot * -urreii. > r..r tn. \y, . t an ,j
South in connection with tin BTtaaia
Moiis faff active furri' operations, while
the general mercantile BBajaarj is nn
iroxiiiK. a ictie. tion af wld. h is found 111
grsatav artlvtty in the comma n lal paper
M'iirk' f
General trade conditions are sound and
the volume of business in most parts of
the country is large. Hank clearings f or
the last week »how an Increase of JJ per
cent over the same time in IWL\ while
railroad t-arnlngs for the first week in
March present a gain of more than lo
Bat cent, as compared with the corre
sponding period a year ago. No better
indication of the progress of industrial
conditions can be found than la the
growth of payments through clearing
houses and expanding transportation
company receipts. Merchandise Is mov-
InK fre*!v, wall wholesale distribution
unusually active for this season of the
year, the cotton goods market alone
thawing a tendency toward curtailment.
lli«h prices for raw materials, l>oth In
cotton and wool, naturally induce Mill
owner* to adopt a tno;U conservative pal
icy, but buyers nevertheless exhibit a
disposition to operate at figures quoted
by the Manufacturers, who believe that
their refusal to make concessions lias v;
last convinced customers that lower
!• V. Is ore out Of the question, especially
as in many lines quotations are under
the < list of production. Jobbers report
a steady demand for spring and early
summer merchandise. Kiptti trade in
textiles with the Fur r!aat Is revlv ing.
speculation in cotton futures It mod
erately active at higher prices. Increased
trade in Manchester and a better export
demand have encouraged bull manipula
tion, while declining stocks here and evi
dence of Improvement In th. foreign cot*
ton goods markets have contributed to
th« upward movement. Spot markets
are steady, and the atrenicth of the sta
tistical situation BUSBcst» that American
eplnners will not be abl^ to replenish
stocks at lower figures. Middling np
landH cotton was quoted as hi«h as 1.~».ir.
cents In the local market last week, the
best price since IS7.">. with the exception
of the year of the Sully speculation.
Crop news from the. winter wheat flelda
has been conflicting, and as a result
grain quotations have moved In a most
irregular manner in recent days, with In
dications that the May option will be the
feature of trading in old crop supplies for
the rest of the month. Heavy arrivals
are reported at primary markets. North
western receipts are double the totals of
» year ago. but exports continue light.
Purchases of flour are "till on a hand-to
mouth haul*.
Reports from steel trade centres »how
Increasing demands from the railroads
and equipment companies, with heavy
orders for rails and structural materials
pending. As for new business, January
and February were dull months In the
steel industry, but the recovery since
March 1 promises growing activity at
the mills throughout, the rest of th
year nnd new high records for taming*
by the United States Steel Corpora
tion and the Independent concerns. The
chief buying of pig Iron at the mo
ment is for the account of the big Inter
ests, who are taking advantage of cur
rent prices to place contracts for the
later months of 1010. Copper Is In fair
demand at slightly easier prices. In the
anthracite market concessions are re
ported, many companies now selling
March deliveries at April figures.
l>oe» PpMJIMt Wadsworth still think
ti'e r^ in nothing to investigate?
And the greatest marvel of all ts that
I'h.imp Clark's band held together for
two whole days.
It was testified in Washington the
other day that hundreds of meat pack
ers had cone out of business, at least in
interstate trade, because of the federal
Inspection under the pure food law. \V©
should say that if they could not endure
such observation it was well for them
to shut up shop.
Now th.it the piohe kl <...r^- nto m
satajhM Bsattera, th»>-e who ar«tM aa the
palltlral shelt in 19f,U f.-el tha.t they must
ir.ov.- up and make r>x>m for more.
The opposition of Park Commissioner
Iligglnfi to :i cur line through Bronx
Park should prevail. The opening uf the
parkways to trolley companies would b-j
the ruin of the parks.
Naval otflct-r Kracke. remark-*: "It has
become somewhat the fashion for lead
'Vrs to approve Governor Hughri's poll
"ciea ii. an indefinite way and then to
"oppose them in secret." but hi* own ut
terance loaves much to be desired in the
way of dertnlt. .What is "a satis
"factory and workable primary reform
"measure." which Mr. Kracke favors?
Is It the Hlnman-Green bill, the Meade-
Pliillips bill or something still less direct
than the latter? There should be. an
the Naval Officer says, "a free and full
"investigation of any definite instances
"of legislative corruption." But are not
the instances already brought to the at
tention of the public sufficiently "definite"
to require Investigation?
7HK -/' \l X 0/ I lit h\Y
Sling of the "hat" ron?*-st" which
took place at the Metropofe Theatre ball
iii Merlin. th« "Theater ZeitunK" »a . - "A
prize of <i"i marks a.v offered for the
handsomest and most artistic hat. and one
can Imagine what an abundance of "crea
tions' were displayed and how much money
was . upended la the effort to seenre the
Jury's weiil of approval and Its tangible re
ward. Everything had to harmorl/e. of
course, ami a hat. he it ever SO beautiful,
must be In keeping with the rest of
the costume to give tr v chance. The
process of elimination bronchi disappoint
ment to many milliners, amateur and pro
fessional, for every hal was l.v fur tlie
must beautiful ill the exes of the wearer.
The prize finally went to Ira . 1.in.1.-n-
nit. whose hat was <t tremeniloiis affair
of the Oaiiis!>orouj;h style, *-.> completely
covered rrtth ostrich plumes that little of
the liat proper \va< xij*ihle The money
prize probably covered cnly a »mai: part
of the cost of the gown .iriil hat. but what
is m. ii.' \ to .1 woman compare*! to a \ ic
tory which carries with it the sight to
proclaim her :iat the Ruest?"
"Pull runs everything these time*"
I toe*, ell? Kver see «>ull s;eepi an Iri
compel • man on a big l'all team?" —
Wush.lns.Mon Herald.
"With the lute achieve mer.t of Professor]
ftfiiihold |:e«a> before us," >.uy* a writer i
in a Berlin paper, "we tan readily under- '
stand that as;*- is not always a bar lo ac- j
tlvity and that tl.e O»ler theory .■* de
fective. Ise ;aH lias ..-: completed the j
iiio«lel vt v lift* sized, partially draped la
male nguse. entitled The laacer ' li shows j
a tutlful woman, jiau^irp to re*,t after'
the i!:ince. The work ha* lieeh pronounced I
beautiful and highly artist by •etxlptorswl
ar.d they say that it will he >.t!ll more so ■
v.heri seen in the marble, on which Alt"*rt
Gerltz i.» now ensaged. Hera? will be sev
entv-nii.r >ears old ii. \-. July." . ,
Politic 1 in -1 want to talk to you. sir. |
about a remark you m irte concerning me In :
your paper. You called me a po'.UK-e! Job- i
b»r. sir!
Newspaper Mm—Y e.», It was a very an- :
noyinc prlnter'u error, and I promptly dfs- i
charged the compositor.
Politician— Alt! Then you didn't mean to I
call m«» a "jobber"?
Newspaper Man— X«>. sir. 1 wrote "rob
ber" very distinctly.- Tli-I'.it*.
Noi.^«- Is systematically fought i.; tain :
i let man towns. Dr. Auerb:nh. of Frank- ,
fort, has founded a Society of the Knemies
of Noise, which numbers many adherents
throughout Cermany. The society issues a
monthly organ full « ' most soothing read
ing matter. One saggsstior it recently pub
lished was that hot-lkeepers, thou'd keep a
b'aok list of "itoLsy and 111 bred travellers
—persons who habitually speak i«» mi over
powering, thrill or -iiu'-i«k> voice, who in
.iulh>- in iinnecesvary and l.ltu'i. lansiiter
or »•.!•■ habitually talk scandal. All hotel
keepers yhall ha supplied with a weekly
copy, and thus, it Is hoped, these Indi
viduals will iin.i themselves burred from
respectable establishments."
•'Going I.- move thin spring?"
•Sure. Then a DOthmjg the m.itier » |a
my wtti-'K health."-- Detroit Itt Ires*.
When Cmerui Pranctaco (>'.>!lt.« Yatiiues,
formerly consul ■saatal of Pasts Dsasajaai
In New V..:1. was appointed a- mtntstCS
t.. Germany nnd France, he did an i:nusua»
thins 'or a diplomat, .hiit one which Mubae
•juvnt tventfl Iwve ItMsa 1 vhjta regarded
from .1 certain point of view. l^tin-Ame^i.
tan politics it not always a stable M'inntity.
General !l .1 1. 10 VaiHiues. .nil. 1 president
of s.niio iN.iu.iiK". uu.i brothel of «;«n.-rui
I •":"• \uh.»>i»z. l^t now utrongty opinme.i
to the present government. With thai con
tingency In mind M iirli he ». a S ap»>oint«-d.
and iiKuriuK out 11, prubobi* effect on hi.s
odarlal tenure. Qsajaml I.eonte Vaasj m
•lhtrd on li«vliik it y»-ur » »»larv of $i^.t»o«»
In tuivanee before he would leave Hhiuo
Domliigo fur Europe on his diplomatic mis
.hL.ii The |ti.\ernm. ul pali It . There has
ktaa at irast on* laataaaa of a South
American diplomat betas; appointed to m
European j, O at sod nudnik that some one
el*© had succeeded him berar- he got there. ?
»•• th-n learned that the President of the
country merely wanted to get him ont of
the wsy
PhyalologT Teacher -Clarence, you may 1
' explain how we bear things.
•'larence-Pa tells 'em to ma a» a secret
and ma givt- a >m away at the bridge Hub.
-•' lev*- land laaasr.
V [N NICARAGUA
Ne«d of the Good Offices of tat United
Slates.
To the Editor of Th- Tribune.
*" I thank you very much for th« hos
pitality that you accorded to mv former
letter anil for the honor that you pay to
tt by making It the object of commentaries
In your editorial column!*.
My contention. however, is that only
the Inlt-d States by Its great moral
power can nnd must take a hand In those
affairs In order to bring the country to a
peaceful and decent lenient of si) pend
ing calamities. What we aaafl and what
we want there ia the beneficial moral In
fluence of this wise commonwealth: so that
we . an arrange our troubles In an honor-*
able way and insure permanent security
for business, work, citizen* and home*.
A" far *h material force Is concerned,
any one of the American countries
that you have ' mentioned could exercise
overwhelming military compulsion upon
Nicaragua: but this i* not the point, at
least not the fair point.
A Mexican Intervention— what MMM It
bring to us* The creation of a system*o(
government according to Mexican rules,
which means absolutism— the power of one
man over the masses; the erection of a
new dictatorship of the Zelaya type, which
would make inevitable another revolution.
The I id ted State*, governed by the will of
the people and with the highest concep
tion of what citizenship is. can accomplish
the work, not by the pressure of its arm*.
but by the high standard of Us morals, its
institutions and its prestige.
1 do not believe that the United States
"have to become the general guardian and
political receiver of all the Latin-American
states." and .10 not pretend to Insinuate
that the Monroe Doctrine commands or
authorizes this; but I do hold that, ac
cording to that doctrine and Its practice
in this continent, the United »tat«-» have
a kind of moral obligation to maintain
and even '" create in tho*«? nations the
rightful institutions which insure prosper
ity, safety and good government.
President Tart made the following decla
rations in hi* ncessage to Congress. Decem
ber 7. 190*:
It Is veiv apparent that tho considera
tions of grapole proximity to the Ca::at
Zone and the very substantial American
interests in «>ntral America give to the
I'citeti States a special position in the
zone c! tlT'^e republics and the Caribbean
Sea
At the date when this aissaago ts
[>rintrn till 1 * government Ua« terminated
diplomatic relations with th* Zrtaya gov
ernment. and is intending to take awn
future st. i>s as may be found most .-on
*lst*-nt with Its dignity. lt» duty to Ameri
can intwvMt.s and Its moral obligation* to
• Vntr-J America and to civilization.
For these r<rason» 1 do believe, and many
of my fellow citizens believe with me. that
the I'nited PaBSM have a great political
duty to perform in Nicaragua.' not tanta
mount to conquest, but Just to stop at once
md forever the perpetration of indignities
and also the state of anarchy which pre
vails In that country and which has almost
destroyed the foundations of society.
\r<>l*FH VIVAS.
New York. March IT. 1910.
NEW HORATII.
To the K.l i tor of The Tribune.
Sir: When state Senators suspend leg
islative business to study the absorbing
game of "bridge." and the question. "Did
Senator Allds get the prize?' takes prece
dence of all other questions before the
house, tt is time that women, with their
pitiful s..i.i pillow prizes, should renounce
the game and apply for the vacant seats
tn the Senate Chamber. M. D. ESTEE.
Gloversvllle. N. V . March 15. 191©.
THE CANCER OF DICTION.
To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: It la not so much surprising a» re
grettable that more Is not being done to rid
the country of the epidemic of blasphemous
and other forms of degrading language
to which It Is becoming subject. The de
grading a* of profane and low language
which *'-r\es no purpose but a bad one is
becoming a deep rooted cancer to the na
tion. What Is required Is the enforcement
• >;' the laws that exist In all parts of the
country.
We >tll have people who abhor the filthy
tonguct, Why should these not be protected
against the class of people who are pollut
ing th»* air with ■« ich language ! At pres
• nt it i> Impossible for any one to escape it.
I think Halifax some years usa was* as
bail as any other city In this respect. The
benefit of the enforcement of the law was
■well demonstrated here, as wh»n the police
were Instructed to arrest th, offenders, ami
there were dozens of them arrested anil
brought befoie the court and punished, ttie
ftow of profanity on the streets and in pub
lic places decreased El pat c rit.
This is tnc only course that can be taken
to rid civilized America of it. and I thin!:
the time li rip« when some s>stematic* and
ftindanieut.il -.tej.s should be taken la all
cities ami towns to have Mm laws vigor
ously enforced, as this common me of pro
fane and M* language Is gradually lower
ing tlie better instincts of th© people, and
goes far to prompt to other crimes.
GEORGE WRIGHT.
Halifax. X. i . Mar.-ii IT. IMjf
FROM ONE WHO COINCIDES.
To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: Allow me to have the pleasure of
expressing my agreement with your edi
torial "Spn'r.^n In the Tttsht Tone," In
which you re'er to the statemenr of Arch
btsbop OVimnel:. of Boston, wttfa regard
to corrupt-oa In rolltlcs.
You quota Hit Archbishop as Maying:
"VV> i>r<»frr v gout I. just, honest, aquar?
•ieullns public nflU-lal who i.<» not of our
race an<J cru-d to any one. no matter how
lri*h Mm i> u r.ie «.r hovr Catholic his Une
asjft, w!.-» liy iii-i a<:t* of weak ••omprorms-
Ing With partis political chicanery proves
lilns*#-lf unworthy of • onftilfnce."
I think Archbishop OVonnell and the
federation and all archoi^hop* of America
cannot tie 1 >.> pronounced or too specific
In conOfnming corruption in public life
MICHAEL CORCORAN'.
Brooklyn, March IC. 19! O.
BRUIN DIED WITHOUT A QUIVER.
To the K«l;tor of The Tribune.
Sir: our attention has Just been called
to an article In your lasos of Sunday.
March 13, under the heading. "Hear Hunt
X la Mode." in which it Is stated that an
•!ge£t of this SOCltty who had been called
on to destroy humanely a bear shot the
animal repeatedly before dispatching it.
IViralt us to nay that your account Is
incorrect »o far as U relates to the agent
of our society. The flrM -hot killed the
bear Instantly, there was no bungling, and
Hitiin succuaskad without a quiver.
ALTO kr> WAGSTAFF.
I'resldrni. American Society for the Pre
vention of «*rueli\ to Animals.
N. w York. March 17. 1310.
FEMININE PHILOSOPHY.
»1» 1 ..in Th.- Aaridfaa «;tub*.
IV I m woman ef the murder of m woman
it» Kinr-ii- City recently because »li«» >!'.s
trnsttnl bank.-* and carrietl her money Wit: 1
her. and .the wilt not •<•••• the sus^rntion *»
ih.- incident that the nouuin .tuuulil ■•»•
tru.tteil the lianU». "The woman v.juiit
hay» aaaa wtser." ah* will comment. "it
SIM ha.i BBMMI that money at th« «rygooO»
stores."
NEVER.
From Tl>*» TVa*hlngton Star.
No flcht aeatn-Ht th* hatpin will (tun
f iiou;;h of a victory to »«n«i jetainlsv l«*h
luns bach ti» bonnet auta^a.
UiYl) OWNERS (lip
liecent Political Changes fa
Ireland.
I.ondon. Mar. %
l.»n<l ownership has changed tha
motives of Irish politic?, it has pro [
moted the silent growth of r-onaavtaw
Ism and tolerance and impair** th*
resource* of agitators. The morenifnt
for placing tenants In possession «•
their land started under th» Ashboum*
act twenty-ftve .ears ago and receive
a fresh Impulse under the balfour t c ,
But progress was slow. since paMk
credit was lent for the purchase not at
large estates, but of Individual hoia.
tags. "" **
ings.
When the Wvrnlham purchase sehea»
was sanctioned sev«-a years ago and ay
larged by the Rlrr*-ll amendments \ m
year mechanism was provided for r.«*
gotiatlng the transfer of great tra«,
from landlords to tenants-. Ate-;:
J27i.000.000 has been advance* by tat
state for these land • transfers frog
landlords to tenants, and agreentesti
have b«en made for supplying J;jo.
000.000 in addition as soon as aw
I money inn be raised by treasury
guarantee?. A third of the agricultural
land has become the property a] force?
i tenants. 300.000 present owners ha*«
I been created, and the number will bt
doubled as soon as the settlements »;.
ready agreed upon are financed. Under
the normal operation of these pu*tkaa>
acts It will not be many years bster*
* three-fourths of the Irish occupier* aa|
lln po-saession of their own land. Al-
I ready there is evidence of reactlos
! against political agitation and of in.
creasing good will between former
I landlords and the new owners of Ir!r>
j soil.
The revolt of the O'Brlen-Healy "til
Irish eleven" against the Redmond
1 Dillon machine ha-« been an unanswtr.
[ able proof of the efficacy of Hgrariaa
reform. Apparently a working ar
rangement fur a coalition bf;twe«> n th*
Liberal government and the National-
Its* party had been arranged by Mr.
! Lloyil-Oori,'" and Mr. T. P. OTonntr
The Prime Minister, at the Albert 180
meeting, pledged the Liberal party to
take up Hume Rul»- as soon as the
budget and the veto legislation should
jbe carried into •ft*'. • ami in Nationa!
; 'st manifestoes Irish supporters and
! sympathizers in Great Britain wer»
ordered to vote for Liberal candidate*
Hearty co-operatii.n of the *UWs huv
; Ing b»-»-!i prearranged, the tlghty-twa
.Nationalist voten were counted in ad»
j van. for th« budget, but as soon a»
the elections began In Ireland thert
were unmistakable signs of rebellion.
: The O'Brien movement started ab
ruptly, without money or newspaper, as
a protest against whiskey and land
tajiks and the Devlin machine rule in th-
Nationalist organization. Wherever in
' dependent candidates were nominated
they received support from farming
land owners, Protestants and Conserva
tives. Kiev en members were elected
in opposition to The regular party or
ganization, and if there had been an
other month for effective canvaaatai
j there would have been larger results
jlt was a convincing demonstration
that a change had been wrought is Iks
; temper and aspirations of the Ira*
people by the new agrarian condition*
This body of SOOtCOO farmer land
; owners, which will be doubled, and even
j trebled. In the course of a few years, is
more prosperous than It has been as tea
antry at the mercy of landlords. The in
1 stalments paid toward the purchase of
their land are less than the >MMM
rentals, and now that the farmers are
their own masters they are more indus
trious, get better returns in stock and
crop* and are more contented with politi
cal conditions. M they are still poor and
i In d*«bt. they a; c nor so impoverished
I they were.
As landowners and ratepayers they art
sensitive to appeals to self-interest
; They have been prejudiced against th*
! budget by the vague notion that th»
! land section Imposed burdens upon them
i ar.ti that a revaluation of the landfd
j property at the kingdom would *••
j against their interest*. Barley Is one of
their principal crops, and the Increased
taxation of Irish whiskey has s»et them
j against the budget. If the Nationalist
j appeal for Honr.e Rule still influence
i them powerfully, they do not want '■•
I ma!;e any unnecessary sacrifices for it ifl
j fresh liabilities •.. taxation. As tn*
i holders they are no longer exposed to
1 eviction; the money paid for instalments
| of purchase is their Investment, and they
, do not want t«> have the value impaired
I by unreasonable agitation, and they have
' come to regard the Nationalist methods
of organization and canvassing as ho**-
Ics.sly our of It."
The oldtime landlord^ are also *gac«l
by the altered conditions bl land tenure.
I They have ftther sold their surplus •iT;
; < ultural land, got th.- money for it *•*
| invested their fortunes advantageously.
or else they are in the way of dispc3in?
(.{ it through amicable settlement art!
lißeatly improving their fortunes. Kf
. taining their own castles or residences.
|v. ith gardens, parks and .tings, sat
j enjoying complete immunity from ■
i dangers an.l anxieties of boycotting. Sgj
rages, cattle driving, intimidation and
; evictions, they are both more prosperous
an.l m..re tulerant. Whether •■ mm
| wild their !and or have agreed to do f*
' they r,*i on pleasantly with their for
mer dependents find it possible to tal*
about Booties without losing ihdr temp
, rs. and rcen go so far as to ««***;"*!
practicability of IK'tne Rule for *•■»»•
! • under adequate safeguards."
One of those safeguards natural U
an tipper house, m which baton** can
an as Lords with lapsed family tiilw re
nith lapsed W J p .
«Wsd. or wealthy proprietors. wlt " °J
I comes guaranteed by the credit or v
! Pt.it. can bf» ennobled for tnernbersb-.
They have ceased to be Irreconcilable «
tremist* and have become Opportunl**
ready to support the Hnen-iJa»
! movement and to aajkaasMi «'» «■* shu.
Of "Th. Cork Accent.' and V"*?**
' join »he freehold farmers in "TllTaaV
! ring organization ami *°* t^+
! tation and In restorli t peavs and co=
denee In Ireland. j|^
It may be premature to sssust: *- '
the old MM I of Irish policies Is js«S
away with the transfer of the " ,
tht> cniupicrs on reasonable «* I " fi>
Yet »h« doubt taai
Redmond. Mr Dillon and their •**
ate- or the regular "*S™l^»n*t*
in X on the defensive and **&*£
i effect of .sv.stetr.atic expansion of tae
indent- ijey tej.
m th- budget because they Jar .v
vote for it after BMBMaaMJ taair
lowers In ».r»at Britain to do so m »
general election, and they ore «JJJJ
an opportunity for forcing Hoaia**"^
the fr«nt. aim* they refuse to m^K
coalition majority permanently effs^