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I PLATE MORALS
Swansea's Enlarged irade-The
I : Payne Tariff.
Swansea, April 2*'>.
. This stronghold of Welsh industry
adapts itself to foreign competition and
profits Ivy it. When the McKir.ley tariff
| -was' enacted years ago manufacturers
| and shippers here were j»anicstrickcr..
i America, had been the largest market for
j:' sin plate, the staple product of the town, j
j and it was' suddenly closed by -what j
j! seemed a prohibitive protective duty.
|i For a long time a revenue duty had been ;
I imposed, and as it was not high enough j
i.'tf* foster the home industry there was j
no competition In the manufacture -of !
if tin plate, and the price -was not. reduced
[I because the demand exceeded the sup- |
; ply. Under' the McKinley act the .in- j
1, dustry was introduced in America under :
[; favorable conditions; the processes of
I . manufacture were simplified by the sub
" stitution of machinery for manual labor,
j, and there was terrible depression in
Swansea over what appeared the in- j
evitable loss of the best market.
Welshmen are not easily beaten when
they are fighting for life blood. They
" have survived the McKinley tariff and
*"' several variants of it which have left the j
* Americans-home industry at an ad
vantage over rival manufactures abroad.
Swansea, instead of being ruined, has
, multiplied its. foreign markets, enor
r mously increased its product of tin plate,
Improved its processes of manufacture, i
adapted itself to American requirements
" rtkl prospered generally. There are no
rijrnß of decadence either In the ware
houses, with their floor area of three
hundred thousand square feet, or in the
three and one-half miles of quays and
docks for shipping. The tin plate works,
the copper smelting furnace*, the patent
fuel factories and the coal mines pro
', *\l«3e trustworthy employment for a pop-
Ui*tl««r! of over a hundred thousand.
- Tin plate is now shipped to thirty-six
countries, Japan. China, Corca and Slam
being among them, and the home con
sumption has been largely increased.
Every Improved process adopted in
America has been employed here. A
■• thinner wash of tin is used in the treat
ment of the steel plates, economics have
. v.orn introduced in the acid and palm oil
baths, and a man and a boy with su
perior machinery Accomplish the work
which formerly employed seven pairs of
hands, Swansea lias kept abreast of the
times and saved her principal industry
from destruction.
America remain?- the baal foreign mm
tomer for tin plate, notwithstanding the
development of its own industry. The
shipments to the United States amounted
last year to 55.358 tons out of an agsjre
jrate export of ' 37r».000 tone to foreign
countries by coastwise commerce here
aod in Liverpool. This was twice as
much as was exported to cither Russia.
Germany, Japan or Holland. Tin plate
makes .$1,075,094 of the direct exports
of 11*228.451 for. last year from Swansea
to the United States, but as much more
went out of the district through Liver
pool.
There ■was a reduction of duties from
1% cents a pound under the Pingley law
t. 1.2 cents under the Payne tariff. This
Ooes not aaam to have materially in
creased the shipments to A.merica, al
though it may . ultimately «lo so. The
experienced vice-eonsut* -;AV. B. - Ifceeß,
tells, me that a considerable portion of
the steel. used in* the tin jrtate manu
facture here comes from America.
afajrafadaiataji can get the bars more
economically. In that way than by pur
chasing tfMa In the home market.
American steel If washed in Swansea
•with solutions of tin and sent back as
tin plate, and not a little of it returns t«>
Europe in cans for ell and tins for meat
| end oilier food products.
i The last anomaly hi explained by the
j provisions of the American tariff for re
bate when the tin plate is used in the
manufacture of cans or tins for export.
I Of the duty of 1 - cents a pound on im
ported tin plate there is a drawback of
uu per cent when the tins go out of the
i country lav the export trade. Swansea,
while obtaining a considerable supply of
• f=teel from America, profits by the ex
j jn>rt of oil and food products, because
j much of its tin plate if- shipped to New
i York or Chicago and converted into
; cans and tins, which are filled and sent
abroad.
The <lut>\ which was reduced In the
Payne act. suffices to protect the tin
plate industry in America, and the pro
: visions for rebate help to promote the
; manufacture of tins and cans and to en
i' :
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large the exports. Swansea in the mean
time has succeeded la keeping a con
siderable proportion of its tin plate es
port to America and in enlarging its
markets elsewhere. Its tin plate now
goes ail over the world. Every year
there Is an lncreasa of production. Last
year' it was over fourteen thousand tons.
Tariff reformers come to Swansea and
try to convince the working people that
they are the victims of Cobdenlsm. Free
Traders are close upon their heels with
warnings that the tin plate Industry
will be doomed if there be a return
even to a low revenue tariff. While par
tisans easily convince themselves of any
thing: which they choose to believe, the
prosperity of the town continues without
abatement and the working population
sees no reason for abandoning the sys
tem of free imports— especially the steel
which is the raw material for their main
manufacture. These are highly contro
versial points for Englishmen to discuss.
For Americans there are practical con
clusions in reserve.
Opponents of the Payne tariff are apt
to overlook the fact that there were
big cuts in the metal and other sched
ules, even if the cotton and woollen sec
tions were not revised. The reductions
in that schedule averaged something like
40 per cent in the downward direction;
and yet steel can be exported profitably
to England for manufactures and tin
plate admitted at lower rates without
serious injury to the home industry.
While foreign competition has not de
stroyed the "Welsh tin plate trade but
bended in the long: run to improve and
develop it. the reduction of— excessive
rates of duty, which were not required
for the protection and expansion of the
American industries, has not caused any
damage and has helped to enlarge the
revenues. I. N. F.
ROOT'S TRIP TO THE HAGUE
Will Sail on Friday to Argue
Fisheries Case.
Washington, May 15.— Senator Root, with
a party of well known International law
yers, will leave Washington on Friday for
The Hague. Besides the Senator there will
be Chandler Anderson, Georce Turner.
Samuel .T. Elder. James Brown Scott,
Charles B. Warren and Robert Lansing.
They are associate counsel with Senator
Root, charged with the presentation to a
Special tribunal, which meets at The
Hague, of the case of the United States
against Great Britain in connection with
the Newfoundland fisheries.
Based on a claim by the Gloucester fisher
men of their right under the trea*y of ISIS
to take fish and bait within the territorial
waiters of Newfoundland, the case is really
of much creator International Importance
than at first appears. What really i? in
volved is the right of a British colony to
curtail the rights conferred upon aliens by
treaty. It might easily follow that if the
Hague tribunal should sustain the right of
Newfoundland to restrict rights conferred
by treaty upon American?, then the vari
ous American states and foreign nations
might do likewise, involving the parent gov
ernment In serious complications with the
powers with which it has treaty relations.
STATE LINE IN DISPUTE
Controversy Over a Latin Phrase
in' Charter.
Washington. May 13. — Over the transla
tion of a I^itlii phrase In the Maryland
charter of 1620 has arisen a controversy
between Maryland and West Virginia as
to the boundary line between the. two
states. This phrase, Is "Delude vergendo
versus meridiem ad uMeriorem'dictl flu
miiils ripam <'t ram s«q«eiido <jua plaga.'"
Maryland contends that the. boundary is
at the hip!', water mark on the south bank
of the Potomac, while West- Virginia holds
that it is at -the: lo:w water -mark.: ::..
"This language clearly carries Maryland
to the higli water line on the farther
bank." says Attorney General Straus of
Maryland, in a brief just filed in the Su
preme Court of the United States, where
the dispute has been taken for settlement.
Attorney General Conley and Assistant
Counsel Price, for West Virginia, in an
other brief, say that an attorney general
of Maryland cannot translate 1-atin nearly
so well as an attorney general of West
Virginia. They are sorry that the Mary
land official should think "earn" refers to
"ripam." Even if it did. and all the rest
of Us translation was correct, the counsel
for West Virginia hold that under a com
pad between Maryland and Virginia in
Hs3 the low water mark was made the
southern boundary of Maryland.
The subject will probably come up for
consideration before the Supreme Court to
morrow.
CUTTING OUT DEAD TIMBER
Secretary MacVeagh Reorganiz
ing Special Agents' Division.
Washington, May 15.— Gradually Secretary
MacVeagh Is accomplishing the reorganiza
tion "1' th£ special agents division or the
Treasury Department which he began
months ago. He lias been weeding out
dead material, relocating the agents where
he thinks it for the best interests of the
service and introducing new men and new
methods wherever regarded desirable.
These officials the Secretary terms the eves
and ears of the customs service; and on
them lie depends to assist him in bringing
Shout the Improvements being introduced
into this branch of the Treasury business.
About seventy-five men in all are employed
under the direction of the chief of special
agents.
As an important feature of the general
rehabilitation of the customs service, the
Secretary is liavinr? investigations made,
first at the larger offices, these to be fol
lowed by Inquiries at the smaller ones.
New York and New Orleans particularly
have received dose attention, and .later
the offices at Boston and Chicago will be
looked into.
, At Now York tlie Appraiser's Stores are
now having their inning. - Nothing radically
wrong has been 'charged against the admin
istration of the Appraiser's Stores, the in
quiry being *larsely undertaken to deter
ruine what improvements may be made.
Secretary MacVeagti has In mind a visit
to. New York probably this week, mainly
for t!><? purjx>b« if showing bis Interest in
the investigation.
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SUPREME COURT MOTIONS
1
I Department of Justice to Ask Ad
vancement of Many Cases.
Washington. May 15- Preparatory to a?k
j ir.g the Supreme Court of the United States
I ad Monday to advance a number of casts
for hearing at the beginning of next Octo
! iif-r term, the Department of Justice has
, filed several mo.ions in the offices of the
i court. .... . _ _ ._;„. ;
i Among thesis are motions to advance the
I suit cf t!ie United States age" the Press
Publishing Company ("Ne\v York WorJd"),
J wherein It wae alleged thai libels had been
published concerning the jiurchace of the
j Panama Canal: the new "commodities
clau:-e cases," ariein^ under the Hepburn
! railroad rate- bill; the case of the govern
! ment against tiie Atchison, Topeka I Sar.ta
i T*- Hallway Company, growing out of !*-,e
c'jntrm cray as to the application of the
i federal "hours cf service law" to te.'K
taaMm: the BabcOch rate cl Mlnn«>i>ntH.
; involving the qufßti'-jn of the constitution
i alliy of the employers' liability law at UM.
1 ami the Hailey cane fif. Alabama, to test
■ the roiMitutionaißy of the so ca.!!t3 iib?r
iccntratt" lav. of that state.
NKW-YORV D.UTv TRIBUNE. MONDAY, MAY .16. 1010-
TH&DXy iff WASHING TOJW
ni Th< 1 TrltxuM Bureau]
Washington, May &
XO LONGER A TUEORY.-The Meyer
scheme of navy reorganization is no longer
a theory. It has been in operation practi
cally six months and the concrete benefits
are obvious on all sides. Ambition, emula
tion, competition and co-operation— these
are tiie keynotes of ths system itself and
the causes of tfie highly gratifying results
at.ained. The navy yards have become an
adjunct to the fleet, not the fleet to the
navy yards. The door of opportunity has
been opened to the naval engineers and
the\ are responding with an energy and
enthusiasm which means the saving of
nflliicns of dollars in time of peace and an
incalculable increase of efficiency in time
cf war. In his direction of the affairs of
the navy George yon L#ngerke Meyer, Sec
rotary of the Navy since March 4, 1910, has
soueht a single goal, has directed the ener
gies of his subordinates in a single channel,
the increase of the efficiency of the fighting
force afloat. To that end he may have hail
to .sacrifice something % of the commercial
spirit, something of the economic saving
ashore attained by his predecessor— and he
may not. But that he has instilled new life
into the military organization and promoted
t'.e effectiveness of Hie fleet none who in
vestigates without prejudice the ccr.ditions
In the navy can deny.
A CABINET OP EXPERTS.-Of primary
Importance in the naval reorganization is
the cabinet of experts which supplies tHat
I technical knowledge which no civilian Sec
! retary of the Navy can possess. Four
I officers, each selected for his proficiency in
j his special line, constitute this cabinet. The
| members are designated as aids, one each
: x for operation**, personnel, material ami in
spections. Two rear admirals and two cap
tains have been chosen . for these duties,
and a moment's reflection on the highly
specialized and technical character of the
modern navy will make clear the assistance
which such a board of advisers must prove
to a civilian appointed Secretary of the
Navy partly for political reasons and large
ly, in the present instance at least, for
marked executive ability. Secretary Meyer
has adopted the practice of inviting from
every officer of the navy suggestions for the
improvement of the service. Many of these
suggestions have proved of the utmost
value of themselves, while the simple fact
that they will be received and have Intelli
gent consideration has proved an incentive
to every officer at once to improve the
service to which he is devoted And at. the
same time to bring himself to the favorable
attention of his superiors. The receipt of a
multiplicity of such suggestions by a
civilian Secretary, unaided by specialist ad
viserp, would have served only to add to
his embarrassment. With the staff of ex
perts created by Mr. Meyer the wheat is
quickly sifted from the chaff, and only
those propositions which possess actual
merit are brought to the personal attention
of the Secretary.
COAL CONSUMPTION.— navy burns
in round numbers $5,000,000 worth of coal a
year. After allowing for differences in the
amount of cruising, the naval engineers
have to their credit a saving of $250,000 in
three month?. That probably cannot be
maintained under all conditions, but there
is .every reason to believe that a permanent
and continuous saving of 10 per cent over
last year can be maintained. How? By at
tention to detail?, by more systematic firing,
by economy of steam, by replacing defective
joints and journal?, stopping leaking valves
and the hundred and one little things which
go to make up increased efficiency. For
example, on the Georgia improved evap
orators have reduced the cost of making
fresh water 40 per cent. On the Kansas
and the North Carolina the fitting of im
proved propellers has greatly reduced the
cost Of steaming. On the Montana a sav
ing of fifteen tons of coal a day has been
effected by systematic firing. On a. single
ship the coal consumption has been de
creased 25 per cent at sea and ?5 per cent
In port. When the, Atlantic fleet returned
recently from Guantanamo it steamed at
an average speed .of 121 knots .and
consumed 150 tons. . lei's coal than on the
down trip, when the speed was only 11.5
knots. Since last December a total sav
ing in coal consumption of 5 per cent has
been accomplished.
EVAPORATORS AND Oil*— Fresh water
at sea i^ an expensive luxury. Such water
i; ; secured by evaporation. A new type of
evaporator was suggested some time ago
and has now been abundantly tested. It
has been fouHd that the new type will ef
fect an average saving of four toris nf coal
a day for each ship. Kigurlugr coal at 55 a
ton and the average number of ships at
tJ.it ly. the annual savin? would amount to
more than SSOO.OOO. Even if the average
number of vessels nt sea falls below that
figure ihe paving will amount to not less
than $150,000. Then take the consumption or
oil. In twelve m<>nf!i!=, ,wlth an aggregate
mileage of Slightly over 800.00-1 miles, 400,000
gallons of lubricating oil was used. In the
following twelve month.", with sn aggregate
mileaga of approximately 1,460,000 miles.
Ips? than 350,000 gallons of oil sufficed. Simi
lar instances of savins might be multiplied
without number, it is Hie attention to de
tails which is making the machine— tho fleet
—more neatly perfect each year, and it is
the spirit of the service which Is insuring
the attention to detail. It is the reorgani
zation of the system which is producing the
spirit.
THE MKYKK IDEA.-A? has been said,
th» first principle of the Meyer poli-y is
PHILIPPINE TRADE GROWS
Marked Increase Under New Tariff
Laws Reported.
Washington, May 15.— There v.-as marked
Increase in the trade of the United States
with the_Ph>liPPlnes during the first eight
months under the new tariff law, which
permits interchang& of practically all arti
cles free of duty, according to a report of
the, Department of Commerce and Labor,
made public to-night. The total value of
exports to the Philippines from August 1,
190&, to March 31. 3910. amounted to $11,500,-
OCO.'as against $7,000,000 in the corresponding
period of the year before. The imports
from the Philippines in the same period
amounted to $12,500,000. as compared with
$6,500,000 in the same period of the previous
year. '
The growth was < hiafly in imports of
sugar, cigars, fruits, nuts, manila hemp
and other floret*.
DATE OF PEACE UNION MEETING.
Wakhl&gton, May 15.— Representative
Richard Bartholdt, of Missouri, chairman
of the American group of the Interparlia
mentary Peace Union, is in receipt of notice
from the Secretary of State at Brussels
that the conference of the union will be
held at Brussels from August 29 to Septem
ber 2. inclusive. Dr. Bartholdi will call to
gether within the next two weeks the mem
bers of the American group in Congress to
select delegates to attend the conference.
An Invitation to all members of Congress
•will b<! extended by Dr. Hartlioldt to at
tend trip meeting, -with a view to securing
jj 3 large nn attendant* as possible from
America at the general conference.
GOLD AND Silver shipments.
Washington. May 15.— Gold imports of the
United States for the ten months ended
with April. 1010. amounted to $33.«j20,<350, a
decrease of JLISLttt from the imports of
th« <!orreßpondlnfi period the year before.
<j-ilrl export* for th»» same period were
$lU.JM<S,IM. an Increase over th 4 tame period
a year p£eyijui*ly of ?41,2Tt2.053.
Silver Imports for the ten itt*flthl *nded
with April. l^A, imevnted to |tf.6M,MI, an
increase over th* corresponding? period the
the promotion of the efficiency of the fleet.
The second is that the general duties of
fine officers are engineering; duties, whether
thov. are. performed in tho engine room or
elsewhere. That the modern battleship is
simoly a complex and highly organized en
tine of war' has been frequently remarked.
To run that engine. Mr. Meyer wants the
best engineers he can procure. According-
Iv he has established a school of marine
eneineerlr.fi: at Annapolis v.here engineer
officers who develop special fitness may
take a graduate course. Ten engineer offi
cer?, selected for their special aptitude, are
designated to take the coarse, and, besides
their laboratory work, receive a course of
lectures from the best engineers of the
world. To be designated to take th Is to*
ambition of every engineer officer worth
his salt. Then the navy yard reorganization
provides suitable berths for' engineers who
have risen to the top of their profession.
No loncer has any bureau any direct or in
direct control over methods of administra
tion or operation at navy yards. A line or
ticer commands the yard and the work do/ie
under him is divided into, two distinct ana
natural sections. One. dealing with the ami
and all that pertains thereto, ; is.cwfldea
to'the naval constructors. .The other, deal
in*: with motive power in all its forms, is
confided to the engineers. With the present
system it costs from one-sixth to one-eighth
to keen • naval ■ vessels in repair as it costs
for the same. work on merchant- liners. 11
has been maintained that the constructor^
could conduct the shops at navy yards rriore
economical^- than the engineers, who nec
essarily sptnd a considerable part of their
lives at pea. Perhaps they could, but the
engineers are more efficient at sea because
of their navy-yard training, and their effi
ciency promotes the efficiency of ■ the fleet
for It must be born© in mind that it is at
sea that Mr. Meyer is seeking th© greatest
proficiency, the highest possible develop
ment of all that goes to make up fighting
powes.
THE PERFECTED STSTEM.-On<S of
the most important orids for which . Mr.
Meyer IS striving Is the independence of
the fleet afloat. To that end he haS caused
special attention to be devoted to repairs
at sea, and has instituted a system .' of
periods of repair following every period of
cruising, precisely as is the practice of the
best merchant marine engineers. Not only
has one repair ship been placed in commis
sion and amply demonstrated its useful
ness, and another been asked although
an all-wise Congress Menu likely to refuse
it this year— but foundries are being in
stalled on all the ships. In one of these, on
the North Carolina, a gear wheel 2&4 Inches
in diameter was recently cast, and finished
in the repair shop, on board. Experience
has demonstrated that these foundries will
not only save $2SO a month a ship, but that
they will save many a trip to the navy
yard or into port— important item in
time of war. Hitherto, if not the purpose,
it has been the practice to run a naval ves
sel as long a3 practicable and then take it
into a navy yard for a general overhauling.
There was, of course, no regularity of such
visits to the yard?. Under the Meyer plan
a wholly different practice will be followed.
After every period of steaming or cruising
there will be a general overhauling of every
bit of machinery, the men even going over
the sklo in diving suits and inspecting, pos
sibly repairing:, the propellers. Th« effort
will be to restore everything to a point as
near perfection as that which obtained
when the vessel last, left the yard before
another period of steaming is undertaken.
Thus the fighting ships will be continuously
maintained in the highest attainable state
of repair.
IN THE YARDS.— Of Course, the over
hauling will not be confined to that which
can be done afloat. On the contrary, to
each vessel will be assigned a home base
or yard, which it will visit at stated inter
vals fur a general overhauling. These,
visits will be so disposed as to furnish con
tinuous work for the rfavy yard force. The'
officers and crew of the. ship will supervise
and perform the repair work and the in
stallation of new machinery and.-de.vices
In so far as practicable, their .' efforts being
supplemented by the yard force. Thus can
be maintained a steady force of expert
machinists at each yard, -while the officers
ami men of the several vessels. having as
sisted in the installation of new machlnery
and the repair of oia. will be" the more
skilful when called on. to do similar work
at sea. Moreover, this method will effect
a material economy in the maintenance of
the yards.
THE MIMTARY VALUE.— Much has
been said cf the economies effected, but
tht ir value does not consist of the saving
in dollars and cents alone. Coal saved can
be utilized for speed trials, which not only
try out the machinery, but demonstrate to
the fleet commander the dependability of
his command. A saving in the cost of re
pairs permits the installation of devices
which directly promote efficiency. «The skill
of the officers and men in making repairs
means more continuous serviceability in
the presence of an enemy and the subtrac
tion of fewer units from the fleet to visit
navy yards. A decreased consumption of
coal means an Increased steaming radius
without visiting the coaling base, and the
same applies to ftll other supplies. All
these tilings serve to promote the morale
of every man aboard, from the fleet com
rpander to the stoker. All combine to pro
mote the single end for which Secretary
Meyer ih striving, the increased efficiency
of the fleet afloat. G. G. H.
year before of $2.Vi>6,lfil. The silver exports
In this period were $t6.368,724. an increase
over the exports in the 390S period of $319,417.
INDIAN UPRISING OVER
Red Man Within 'Rights in Cutting
Settlers' Fences.
Washington. May 13.— threatened Ind
ian uprising in New Mexico is over and all
danger is averted. A report from Superin
tendent Crandall to the Commissioner of
Indian Affairs to-day conveys the informa
tion that the Taos Pablo Indians were well
within their rights in cutting the fences Of
settlers, for the fences encroached on the
Indian lands. The courts of the territory
refused to prosecutes the red men. Tin
militia sent' to the scene of the threatened
uprising was turned back before travelling
half the distance from Santa Fe.
TOO COLD FOR WATER TRIPS
Opening of Excursion Boat Season
Gets a Decided Setback.
Although yesterday was to have witnessed.
the opening of the excursion boat, season,
the absence of warm weather put a damper
on' it, and the only craft that made a pleas
ure trip was the yacht Halcyon, unless the
boats that made the usual Sunday trip to
the (towns banks are include.
There were no boats to Coney Island, but
on Memorial Day the various lines will
have their steamers in operation, and reg
ular trips will be made to the island on
that date. ,
The Battery, however, waa crowded yes
terday, and hundreds thronged along the
sea wall and looked longingly aoro*n thn
blue waters of the bay as If desirous of
rushing the season. The Halcyon made her
uuual trlp3 through the North and lOast
rivers ye. tcrday morning and ufternoon.
FIND GLASS IN MAN'S APPENDIX.
a small piece of slats was found in the
vermiform appendix of a young man who
was operated on at Suvdenham Hospital
yesterday by Coroner ». 1... I>lnberg and
Dr. UickiMt. of the hospital M;iff. Dr.
i<yiriber|: Said last Bight that h> fur as he
know* th'r* is no t*cor<l of any other case
.in which ft fr*#ni*nt of glftll has berh A
cause cf appendicitis.
DR. FREDERICK I* MARSHALL..
Now Republican leader of the 10th Assem
bly District
WILL WORK TO WIN IN 10TH
Dr. F. C. Marshall, New Repub
lican Leader, Is Enthusiastic.
For years Dr. Frederick 1* Marshall, the
! new - Republican leader of the lOtlr As-
I sembly District, has been one of the most
; active political workers on the East Side.
I He was the right hand man of Ferdinand
Eidtnan. the old leader, up to tho time of
the latter's death, ten days ago.
A native of this city, Dr. Marshall I*
thoroughly familiar -with the problems of
! the district In which he lives. His profes
sion is thflt of a dentist, at No. 152 Second
avenue, where he also makes his home. He
is forty-three years old.
One of the organizers of the Progress Re
publican Club, the district organization, in
1599, Dr. Marshall was its president up to
1837. when he became deputy leader of the
district. He was elected to the Board of
Aldermen in 1894 and served, three years-
He was defeated when Mayor Van Wye*
was elected. In 1896 he ran for County
Clerk, and although defeated ran eight
thousand votes ahead of his ticket. For
years he has teen a member of th* County
Committee and has attended tho state con
ventions as a delegate.
Dr. Marshall is a member nf many fra
ternal and .social organizations, end for
years has had a strong personal following.
Mrs. Marshall is prominently known in
social and charitable work on the East
Side. They have two children.
"I have not fully made my plans for the
management of the .lift! i '. - said Dr. Mar
shall to a Tribune report", last night, "but
I intend to solidify the Republican forces
and work to tbo end that the district may
join tha Republican ranks permanently. *Jn
numerous occasions in th« past the Repub
licans have elected Republican Assembly- J
men and Aldermen, but the loth is usually
looked upon as Democratic territory. Th©
renowned Julius Harburger, former Coro- j
ncr, is the Democratic leader."
.Jacob HellensteJn, a clerk in the Coroner's
office in Brooklyn, has been chosen to fill
the vacancy in the Republican County
Committee left vacant by the death of Mr.
Kidman.
STRIKERS REJECT OFFER
Bethlehem Workers Will Apply
for Former Positions, However.
South Bethlehem, Pe-nn.. May -1.7, — De
spite the good Offices of ex -Congressman J.
Davis Brodhead, who at the request of the
strOcers of tho Bethlehem Steel Company
has been in negotiation with the company
looking to the settlement of the struggle,
the Striken' executive committee voted to
lay the conditions on the table.
A series of resolutions were adopted, one
of which declared that applications for for
mer positions be made by the men. and
that for a further test of the fairness of
both tho Bethlehem Steel Company officials
and the workmen a public meeting be ar
ranged in Soutli Bethlehem for May :?!'. for
the purpose of ascertaining the progress
made and to create a more harmonious
feeling.
The following are the conditions which
Mr. Brodhead secured for the men ;
Men of ai: crafts may return to work
within thirty days an« 3 secure their old
places, as far as po?.«ible. excepting the in
dividuals who did injury to the works or
attacked the integrity Of the company.
At all time? workmen of the Bethlehem
Steei Company shall be at liberty, individ
ually and collectively, as workmen of the
company and not as representatives of or
ganized labor, to approach the president or
oflicers upon any subject of a general nat
ure.
Overtime and Sunday time I? to be op
tional vith the men.
Apprentices are to be taken back under
the general rule and restored to their full
standing: as to time, and if. upon comple
tion of their full term., tiiey have given sat
isfaction to their foremen and superinten
dents they shall, upon the foremen's rec
ommendation, "receive a.. diploma and bonus
and all benefits accruing 1 from the regular
apprenticeship system.
ITALIAN MUSICIAN A SUICIDE
Landed Five Days — Found
No Market for His Talents/.
Domlniek Marsatella, a young mus'cian,
landed in this city from Italy five days ago,
and, having: little ready money, set about
looking for a position. He soon found that
"New York has more musicians than It can
comfortably support, and he began to get
discouraged after three days' steady Search.
He held anxious consultations with his
cousin, Onofofio UatTore," and the latter's
wife, who live on the first floor of the <iou
ble-decker tenement house at No. 311 East
mth street.
.I.attore advised him to get work as a
laborer. ?.larnatella. was a consumptive,
and lie knew that he would not last long'
in a place like that, but on Saturday he
j went to FTchklll Landing and asked for a
j job at shovelling. He got It, and returned
to his cousin. Scon after 4 o'clock yester
day ho told his cousin that he was going
back to his room, at No. *34» East 113 th
street.
A few minutes later Police Sergeant
O'Connor, of the East 104 th street station,
found Marsatetla lying in the hallway with
his throat cut Two razors lay on the
floor. Before Dr. McCoomh, of the llarlsm
Hospital, reached him he was dead. Cor
oner ilcllcnsteln declared it a east of sui
cide. ;.
OTSEGO INDORSES HINMAN
Republican County Committee Favors
Senator for Governor.
Co6persto*n, N. V.. May 13.— Harvey D.
Hiiimah, of Bthghamtdn, N. V.. was in-
BtffMd by the Republican County Commit
tee of Qtsego County last night as a can
didate for the Republican nomination for
Governor In the following resolution, unani
mously adopted:
Resolved. That tho Republican organiza
tion !n OtSego County glvo Its hearty and
«m<**t support to tho Hon. Harvey D.
Minman, of Binghatnton, N. V.. a* a can
-lidat. for the Republican nomination for
<.'.i\.ii,.,r vi the t<l , ft of New York, and
that th« t#<*atary of th* Republican Ooun
ty committee «end a copy of this resolu
tion to each chairman of th* Republican
organisation of the cute.
iXLBERTAS LAND BOOM
I •
Factors Which Have Raised
Soil's Value by Leaps.
I^thbridge. Alberta, May - 15.-In these
days of dry farming, expert agriculture and
scientific rancbln* ' almost every farming
region on this continent has something w
show in the way of actual results. Let
bridge, which is Jn the heart of the ranch
ing section of Southern Alberta, is one of
the greatest surprises in Canada. Up > to
a few years ago the cattlemen held undis
puted sway here, where cattle range out
the year around and where beef steers are
rounded up, shipped and sold In- the montn
of February.
Some credit Is unquestionably due the Mor
! mons who came In here from Utah. They
rushed in where native Canadians, as farm
! ers, had feared to tread. They proved that
I what had been regarded as semi-arid land
would grow good crops of wheat about
nineteen times in twenty. Later they ex
perimented with winter wheat, and the re
j sults are amazing. They Imported Turkey
red. which In Canada is called Kansas red,
because it comes from Kansas, and from
this seed they have harvested all the way
! from thirty bushels to sixty-four and a
i quarter bushels of hard wheat an acre.
Another and greater factor in the testing
and development of the resources of v.-hat
' used to be called the" dry belt in th* Alberta
j Railway and Irrigation Company. This
company brought soil experts, agricultural
experts and irrigation experts, and began a
systematic educational campaign.
First they set aßout to educate them
selves. Of faith they had an abundance,
but they wanted to demonstrate. As the
experiments went on the holdings Of this
I pioneering company scared in value. High.
| dry land, which they had taken over under
f certain colonization arrangements . and
! which coat the- corporation something like
$1 an acre, and other land which had come
to them by way of public aid to their
colonization railway, went up to 13 an
acre. That was three years ago.
Last year tney sold the bulk of. their
holdings at $9 an acre. This increase of *l
an aero yearly for the last three ye4r« was
due largely to the educational work car
ried or. by this pioneer railway and irriga
tion company. As a matter of fact, th*
land was worth no more than it had been,
but before it was tried out no one knew it»
value.
During this development another depart
ment of the tame company, under me
guidance of irrigation experts, ■ was laying
out an extensive system of canals and dig
ging ditches through which the waters of
the great rivers that run down from the
mountains to the vales could be distributed
over the vast, tree!eS3 plain. The ranch
men saw the wonderful fields of golden
grain that grew upon what they had called
the desert lands, find still greater crops
grown on irrigated land, sold their herds,
cut their ranches? up into farm-", beat their
six-shooters into spades and began grow
ing wheat.
About the tim» the "cow king" began to
doff his hat to the "man with the ho*-" fad
Alberta Railway and irrigation Company
uncovered a huge coal bed where the Belly
River had gouged a great groove down the
I plain, nearly three hundred feet deep.
i " Of course, the price of wild land in all the
■ region round about soared in sympathy with
the prices eagerly paid to the pioneer com
pany by incoming tattlers. Ten million
acres of land lying about Lethbridge Mi
increased in value $10 an acre within the
last ten years, so that if one were to wipe
off the- cities', towns, miner, mills and other
improvement?, and think only of the naked
plain, this district is valued at $1C0,0C0,000
more than ten years ago.
Last year" the mining department took
half a million tons of good coal out. from
under the city of Lethbridge. which was a
cow camp yesterday. With modern equip
ment . recently installed in newly opened
[ mines they expect to take out a million' tons
! in 1910. and there .are. severs] other/com
panies operating or opening mines in. tire
same section.
The vast tract of land which the Cana
j dian Pacific Railway Company hat watered
'near Calfirary is now retailing at $30 an acr#.
Ten rears ago the Dominion government
was clad to hand these lands over to any
reliable colonization company at ft dollar
an acre. And that, too, was good business,
for by this arrangement they were able to
people these "silent places."
Year by year, as men experiment with
watered land, they realize that water. at
50 cents an acre, even if in many seasons
they do not use it, is the best and cheapest
::t: :t ;i - More Ready at 8:15 A. M. . Eight Car liner .
Directly on the Interborough Subway. Each Way to Stoxs.
Ziti'.g+iV* News ra*e» ga i ,-„■?
In the Hvenlnjr •>)-»- / B MT^ COiN'CERiY
tram. E>»ni:iK Mall. M TV/I ,i /^ftf/f [A /* in the "-
Ermins Post and /M ///// /fl/ifl AY// X m
Brooklyn Standard I/I I [MMj AAIUrVt ' *7 rJ Audltoriaffl;
Union— will be of In- /If Wfy W^ V '\^ - p ,p
terest to «T?ry woman M ¥ " " «I *r. *
in N ?W York ff / >ew York, Way 16, 1910 L_ ... — -^
Some Dainty Things From Paris
In May Sale of Underclothes
Fti3a : Paris is discovered ! French shops full 6
the lav novelties have seemingly been transplanted from*
delightful Rue St. Honore to 'American shores. They »
inund the Rotunda. Please walk into them to see the priOJ!
things new from Paris and Japan. Blouses, kimonos, !•
gowns, lingerie.
Bridal Sets %
The air seems vibrant with cupid whispers. and wedding
invitations around that lacy and beribboned group offsets,
just out of their, tissue papers. Mostly composed of||
popular combination garment and nightgowns, althajg
some include chemise, drawers and gown, $6.25 to $16 JIM
Over here one pauses to examine foulard petticoats— &£
red or white dots on dark blue, at the special May sale.pr^
of .$7.75. Black-and-white checked petticoats are pipedrf
have unit i ruffles to match of vivid green, royal blue or m
$5.75. Fashionable satin Persian skirts promise vonderfu*
durability because they are backed by King Cotton. .}%
New May Underclothes
Crisp white petticoats at $2, $2.75 and $&73 have join**
the happy family of May sale petticoats. If it is a woffl*
she just has to stop and feel the good embroidery and P" 1
her hand under the pretty laces. : 'i
Nightgowns with attractive linen lace and ribbon &
only si and two new Empire styles at the same price.
At $1.25 an entirely new group of high-necked nightgowns
often with conservative V or small square necks. : ' J
New nightgowns, too. at $1.50; three extraordinary styles f
combinations, $1 and another at $2. Four extra good styles of ■*(
drawers at 50c. ** .. ,-agi
And a thousand other things of interest to women genef^:
from a quarter to a third less than expected prices. ■ .: -
'j Third floor, Old Bid* -
Fc^merly tfAJtTtfJ j/7/ff/f A&S A
A T. Stewart & Co. f U \A4i/HU(r¥f^/(/ Eighth to Tent* S»
— : — . ' . ■ ~ ■ — — — «^*s j
! insurance obtainable, Verily 'the de?*^"
blossom under an 'irrigation ditch. V"'** 1
Increase In the; annual harvest I» a m^ '
[ ward for the work of watering. ?.;**
I This land, so long neglected by fjgjfla
| seeker, is becoming the mecca for <|b3bl
settlers. La3t year more Arnerirall^^ 1
j said, went to Southern Alberta than t " *
other section in Canada, or ' even ■■'».'^
section of its size on this ronUaer- t-* 5'5 '
■■ Immigration officials believe, is onl7> *^
ginning of what will prov» a r«f: ■•■Ji-ij.j2^
in the way of permanent scttlernes; CC 1 *
West. If not in the world. So won^;..!?
attractive are the talcs told j>y tjj os »*^
come and see and conquer, that every *V
fled settler "becomes a btc«tftr. ""
What adds to the general proa^..,
rapid development i* the character a »
men comln* in. They are largely f^ J*
American West. They have hen icp ?
tomed to similar conditions. They
"find themselves" almost immedia^i* **
| short, they are excellent citizen; igfv^
make od. "•'••**?
In all- the Western provinces the &Z
own and operate the telephones.' 'jajf?
farmer is no longer oftiU?d to :iv( sat*
la ted an.i lonely life. They fcave thel* &f*
i phone*, their motor car?, .*-h<xn* ■'■'*
' churches and they go to California fa, •?
winter— who Ifve In the seven*,!
mate!". The das/ of drudgery inr£
Machinery docs most r,f the worlr -f^ ■'«"
twentieth century farmer. '■
I Ten years from now, Canadians .. If)| .
the West will be yielding 9MIMM tto«2
of wheat, and ma of this trill go toss*.
make ud the shortage in the states <*vV'
Canadian wheat ft>M. as t«?ste?J and tea
out. is three hundred miles .' wt<j. tss ,
I thousand miles l<m^. Experts hectare I
! hoid9 72.»».0«> acres : of gocd wheat
| When 73 per cent cf this fi>M Lj tn<&»^
| li will yield. it U predicted, a Wllfonb^
j ««!=« of wheat. -■ J
Despite the fact that there is roacTr cars
less farming in Canada, *r. in all v nw*«
the average y!eM i 3 about twenty feaik%
lan acre. This gives a net profit, 6C 6ss :
[ $10 to $12 an acre annually.
It IS not at all likely that the prleeV
land in the Canadfar? West Triir-fe~ta
long where it is to-dar. Land raises r,j
! advance here, in the American West, *t m,
South an Southwest, experts a;?ni?;V
cause land cannot be produced. %■*£
wheat land will ** worth, say "•■ |tt?i
from now. is problematical, but ta^iyj
i* worth what It *ei!s for. and ibr'sJ&j
price is based on its earning power. \
James J. Mill predict*** more than a jjj.
ago that, wheat would not co heloy n i
' bushel again. On th*. basis ••' invar *$£.
Canadian land at CO an acr» winiar.liii
figured, 3> per cent a v?itr If mup*r>
farmed. And rr-» irrigated "laa^'g"^
asserted, will ri*H year In art! Tear ' 93 j
'twice the average jrMM of the kwt Thnt
i state In the republic, ar.rl often m un* j
age crops in a sfn?!c year. ." }"J?^ i
Encouraged by the results olstaiaei if
the I.»thbHda:e irrigation
provincial govern m ha.~ •stabllsErf j
Southern Alberta an <- <rw-Hm - P tai fe» '
which is undpr th" dir*>cfion o? a s3B«j. |
pert from on* of the Western s'ziei ft |
experiments trill b? alfng the Iyr» c! *tj
farming" imJ.i!;. •rJriia th«« private CorpcS.
tion. having sold out tho bulk of iuloii.
Ing in dry lan I v:i\\ \ncrras" its Hi**
tion system and go In for this fora at
[ crop insurance. •
For many years there was a umjijto
against irrigation in <;fcr>ada. So lac? c |
area of land was available. Is still *r«). !
able, where the rainfall was suSrtent, tfci: j
, no seamed to care tr» so to tfi<* watwti j
i land?. Immigration official?, who havete» j
so much to people tlie plains -with Aa*t>
can farmers. d!?cpur?-s?d any effort to 'si-
ttee irrigated land?, hit now that tftt j
system has been tried vrith such r»««rt- '
ar ,]«i results, settlers an eagerly seettf
! th'i3 class of farms.
Newcomers from th>» south often fiarrest
their crops below '■ line, come into €ai
adr!. break ir> their will i-'ni. plant sjritj
[wheat and reap their next ■ reward in th*
new home.' never m!??insr a-croff. '.-5*
I/ast year something like sixty 'ricnliit
i settlers cam™ into i"*arada from th* stiff.
' bringing with them '?«/•'«>,««• In ' '•!*'?• !
Thefts «r* th* men- who ir* 'malkfitg <•»
ada and thin i- "the Arflcrtcari'tn-rasEH?
• — —
STRIKE VOTE OF EXCAVATC3*
Another attempt is to '••■ rr.sde, .• it ys
announced yesterday ty the e2CK3' of
the excavators* unlnn. • Trhos--e '-emiW
strike in April fizzled oat, to have a I*
eral strike. Louis Mazzoia-, presidniof
union, issued a call last evening for inia»
meeting of the union, next Sunday t»ato*
vote on a general strike on June \. 1*»
men will demand $1 V> a day. nir.e Jioar^tu
constitute a day on private work aaidi*
hoars on public work. If the ToteisfoM
strike. Mazsola s»ai«t last nijrht. '5S2°
thousand excavators would be affccwJZ