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bassarior found the answer in the enor?
mous growth of the country In all direc?
tions. It had quadrupled, he said.
Wealth and property bad quadrupled in
torty years?something that bad ?SOVST
happened before in the history of any
lountry in the world.
See? Nothing to Discourage.
There was nothing to surprise or dis?
courage the people in the problems that
had arisen colncidentally with this tre?
mendous growth. Mr. Hryee said.
"In England we think that the com?
mon fault of our country and America is
not thinking too much of ourselves, but
false modest v. AVe have not sufficient
confidence in ourselves. We ought to
remember the strength we have had to
overcome difficulties in the past and d<
j?cnd on it to help Up through the
troubles of the futuie.
"Tue inference I draw from a compari?
son of forty .ears ag?> with the pr?s?!.i
is that the troubles of 1"*7<> w?rc over?
come by calmness and patience. You
did not let the South alone to work out
her own fut?*. You ditl not sit down
quietly to watch th* problems 01 govern?
ment, but mad??- effort after effort t??
make the good citizens more active. Tin
result is that over the whole country
lomlitions are brighter to-day than they
ever were before. These things W?STS
achieved )>y faith in yourselves. P. a- g
and prosperity are not the children of
treedom alone, but of freedom and order
in government."
Dr. Rutk-r struck the sympathies of
his audience in his speech on "Politics
and Business." Ms said the < ommitt.?
had handed him what might be called S
live wir?' in giving him his subject
"S<?m?'ihiiig sgrma the matter betw?ten
politics and businsss." be declared.
"There has been more laid ami Written
on this subject in the last fiftcn or
twentv ysnrs than ever before <>n any
subject since the world ?began, and Oft*
is struck with the placidity with which
those words flow front empty minds."
He then explain? ?1 his opinion about all
the talk by telling a Story <>f I man who
explained at length t<> s Quaker how tu
ocru;iie?l all his time. AA'hun he finished
the Quaker replied: "Ami when, friend.
does thee think?" "And WS BOW n? ?-i
time to think," said Pr. ?Butler.
"The actual situation may !.?-," said
T>r Butler, "of an optimistic nature.
Eut for all that ws an? to-day engaged
in inuustrlal civil war. and the chief
burden of this stat?- <>f affairs falls on
those who un? ru>t conscious of any re
spoaslbillty."
? \A'.' ?arg living m a ?period <>f develop?
ment when institutions an being put t<>
It to k?-ej? j.a?e with iinlustrial develop?
ment,*1 he ?continued. 'The era of un
restri'tt?! competition bas gone foreA'er,
i.nd gone bcausc it has don?- its work
and has been taken up In the new and
larger principie of co-operation, and this
has com?- to stay. This, ?as manifested
in the limited liability cup?.ration, is
th<- greatest single dlscoverj of modern
times "
Rabbi Stephen S AA'ise talked 00 "The
C ?lis? let,? ?? of a Nation' C.??v . i n?>r
Emmet O'Neal of Alaterna talked on ths
initiativ,? and referendum.
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WOULD DISBAR LAWYER
Justice Zeller Makes Charge
Against Assemblyman Spielberg.
mblyman Hsrold Spielberg, of the
l"!li Assembly I??stii. t. facet disbarment
proceeding! on charg.-s preferred i.\- jus
? ? i.oienz ?Seller, of th?- court of ?Special
?Sessions, p - the lawyer with in
terfi :ing wit), the sdmlnlstratloa ??f Jus?
tl i
Justice ?teller ?ar?te to Districi Attorney
AA hitman last night asking that proceed
in?.s i., lastltuted si som sgalast bpiel
Mr. AA'I'.itman said i ?? would bring
rhsrges before th* grievance oommlttee of
11 ?? Bai Aseo iatlon,
h ? eharged bj JtmtJe? Seller that on
lay last Bplelterg fallad t.? produce
in eanri Jaosh and Rosi? n?-? und ?Mas
Rssenbarg, *tlleged k. .?;.??!.?? ?>f ? dlsorderl?/
hows,., thus in?- Iminis
t'.ttion of .lu*ii. ...
These Chargl '.solutely false,"
blvm.-.n Spi.lherg. when Men Si
his home last night. "Justice Zeller inti?
mates that I ?persuaitJed my clients n?.t to
'?l", BR I advised them to go to court, but
they tefuseii i bar? sffMstlli to support
.*?li my statement
three were OUl 00 ball at || e tlBM
V>V hen they failed to appear their bonds
w?r forfeited. Th. police are now -
inc for them
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MAN TELLS HOW TO DRESS
Boston Artist Suggests "Har?
mony" in Speech to Women.
That the Amrrl.Jin woman should ?JtUOS
In harrnonv with her complexion, slz?- and
shape was tlie advP-e given last evening
by Henry Bailey Turner, a Boetoa
at the ? ..n\ ention of the New A'ork State
Federation of Wmnen'i Clubs. In the Hotel
Astor. He said in part.
only in this present time arni smong the
Anglo-Saxon ue-iple alone, is the male less
gorgeous tha?i the female. L? t us hope
that ?some ?lay tnun may dress becoming y.
There should be unity of effet In dress,
an?! that unity must be such that the ob?
server ma? I?. aj.l?- to see you fir : aid not
you: ? !? ?
I want to congratulate the women here
en the fact that my eyes ere nol dauled
by ? show of diamonds. Don't be over?
diesscd either in clothes or in diamonds,
smj in this connection man mav add a
little to muni, ?pal beauty by dressing liim
nlf dlserectl)'.
There Li no reason why the city should
have its Stock Kxchange in the form <.f a
Greek temple, with winch it has nothing In
common. Nor ij good
Why our railroad stations should b* mo.l
.)l>d afti?r the cloisters Of the Mi.Idle Ages
T..? us create as architecture ?>f our own,
si?i give up imitating the ?architecture ?.f
the ancients
Mary ?Man spoke of ths ehikhea of the
stage an,l what was being ?lone f..r them.
Phe hoped the prejudice existing against
th?? stage and stage folk would disappear,
but she was quite sure, she said, that it
stll1 ficirlshrd, even among many in lier
audience.
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TELLS OF WORK FOR BLIND
Miss Holt Addresses Pennsylvania
Charity Conference.
Pittsburgh, Nov. II M;ss AA'lnlfred Holt
secretary of the New A'ork Association for
the Blind^ to-day addressed the State Con?
ference of Charities and Corrections In the
Carnegie Institute She outlined the work
done to aid the afflicted and laid emphasis
on the efforts to prevent blindness.
Miss Holt snld that the basis of the asso?
ciation's work was a campaign to ??top
blindness; warfare against Infant op! thai?
mla and industrial accidents; efforts for
saner social conditions, and better care for
the poor, the aged, the infirm and tl
sipated. Bhe gave graphic lUustrationg of
results the association had Obtained and
told of the success In edu? atlng blind chil?
dren. Her description of the many dsvioss
to amuse the blind was an IntorSOIlUg feat?
ure of ht-r address.
METHODIST NOW EPISCOPALIAN.
??Boston. Nov. 16.?The lt?v Howard lai
g?nt Wilkinson, formeilv g Methodist mln
ibler, in Lynn, was ordained deacm in the
Episcopal Church by Bishop William Law?
rence to-day. Mr Wilkinson becomes as
?istant at st ?Paul's Church, New Havea,
?Ltie he has been living for some time.
GOVERNMENT INDORSES
TOBACCO TROST -FUN
Wickersham, After Seeing Taft,
Says No Appeal Will Be Taken
from Court Decree.
FROWNS ON INDEPENDENTS
Attorney General Believes the
Scheme of Dissolution Will Re?
store Competitive Condi?
tions in the Industry.
IFrcm Tti" Tribune Ttureaii.]
Washington. Nov. ie?.?The govern
ment will not appeal ftom the decree
entered In the Circuit Court at New
York to-day providing for the disintegra?
tion of the American Tobacco Company
into fourteen curpo?ratl>ong. Attorney
-General Wlchemham? satisfied that the
de? ree will terminate a monopoly and
?restore actual competition,?.will accept
the court's dedelon, although the gov
erntiK-nt possesses the right to ?-arry the
plan of dissolution to the highest tri?
bunal at any time within a year.
The purpose of the Department of
Justice to give the plan B fair trial and
to i rev. nt Interference on the part of
the ?Independents in ?carrying it Into ef?
fect eras announced by the Attorney
General in a atatement ?to-day,
1'r? sunml'ly the explanation Of the At?
torney Gem ml of the attitude of the ?ad
ministration was made with the approval
of n s ?President? as they ?diocussed the
decree al ?length at ?the White House
earlier in the ?lay. It Indtoates satisfac?
tion With the ?plan Of dissolution and a.
?belief that it will rester" < ompetltlve
conditions, aimed nt by the anti-trust
law. At the same time, with the evi
I ?lout purpose of bringing about the re
ladjUStmenl Of the affairs of the corpora?
tion sa speedily as possible, of restoring
order and <?f preventing what might be
?called the bade? ring of the trust by the
IIndependents, the department has not
'?nly de? uied not t?? appeal from the de
but has protested against ??thers
attempting to do so.
Will Restore Lawful Conditions.
"The Attorney ?General beii.-vcs." as
set forth in the statement, "that thi?
plan, with the restrictive provisions em?
bodied in the decree, arlll accomplis!? .?
r.--? reatlon of lawful conditions, an?!
1 eing so convinced, he has opppOOd the
efforts ?of outsiders to Inject themselves
Into the situation, and t?> delay or pre
l\ent th?- ?carrying out of the plan."
Jn ?his comment <?n the objections to
th? plan advanced by the independents
Attorney ?General Wickersham ex?
presses ?t-rt.iiii ??pinions which may be
rded as applicable to the Question
of dissolution of corporations la general.
These are characterized l-v S conserva?
tism of tmie. an ObViOUO purpose t<? keep
Within the spirit of the law and to avui'l
extremo measures which would result,
in ct?e'i, m ?mclvershlps and injury to
the general business conditions of the
country. The Attorney ?General says:
The ?J?? ree embulles substantially all of
?he r> ?quests made !?v tin- ?government, ex-I
cept the ? nfoi'-cd ?sal? aim ?iistrlbution to I
outsiders of the Trilled ? tsar Stores ( 'om- |
puny and .m .< itjiorisetion to tin- govern-?
ment .,t ?any time within iiv?- y?-ars to
ai'i'lv to tlie ?court for relief based upon a
showing that competitive 'Ondulons have
not actually resulted from the operation?
oi tb<- plan.
it is th?- opinion of the AttoriK-v Gen?
eral thai th.- execution of this plan win
warily reeult in a termination of the
?monopolistic conditions created i,-,- the un?
lawful combination, and in substituting
aitual ?competitive conditions instead. The
principal objections mude by the ?so-cs led
"independents" t?? the plan were i?ase?i,
hist, ??n the f.o ?. thai the stocks of the
live distributee companies are to be
dlatrlbut-ed t?? ami ?among tin- stockholders
"i 11,?- American Tobacco Company, so that
Un- sain?, body of shareholders will sub?
stantially control each of the distributee
companies.
How Objections Are Met.
'ri,.? obiecttons to this ?necessary conse
Quence of an] plan ?of disintegration which
???>'. Id ?possibly Of vv.?ik.-'l out within the
?period allowed i??, tin- Supreme Court are
met, first, !>v ?conferring voting rights
which non arc v<st?-?i in the common stock
elone to the ?preferred stock ?holders also:
?secondly, by tiip restrlctlona upon the a? -
tions ?>f the respectiva corporations ,-m
i "?lie?! in the injunctlve features ??f the
deci*ee,
The next objection made was thai the
six.?- of some of ih?- ?corporations was
greater than that <>f any of the existing to?
dependente. Nothing In tne mw requires,
or. In the opinion "f the Attorney General,
would justify, the government in taking
l'u?- po ' it, to reduce s monopolistic
combination to legal siz<- no ?-n?? of the dls
tributee concerns should be larger than the
lamest exl ependenl concern. The
public at large will be m??r?- apt to benefit
from ?competition ?betw<-sen a number of
large, ?solvent well organised companies
in strons hands than from the imtral de?
moralisation of ?business which would en
mi.- w.re the business to he distributed be?
tween S large number of small, weak or?
ganisations without sufficient capital to
Iv-ea in active competition.
?Some of the repreeentaUvea of the so
called "Independenl retaillera' aaaodatlona"
urged the diatrlbutlon of the business
among seventy ?corporations instead of
fourteen, The sugg-estlon might as well
?have ?been fifty or two hundred. lor the
?government to have supported any such
contention would have undoubtedly result -
e?l in a receivership and enormous and
widespread Injury to the general business
conditions ?>f the country.
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TOBACCO DECREE SIGNED
Ready for Dissolution?Talk of
Appeal by Independents.
Judg? s ?Lacombe, Coxe, Koyes and Ward
of the United States ttr-cnll ?'?-?urt npprove,i
lay ibe final decree of dissolution
of the Atnerlcaa Tobacco ?Company and the
? iratton out of its elements of new ?-ompan
les, as ?submitted In the draft made by Lewis
?Gesa ?Ladyard, counsel f?,r the Am?*ri?an
Tohaeeo company.
??Before the ?lrnft was approved by the
court, Henry A. Wise, 1'nlted States Attor
i ay, compered it with the ?decision of Judge
I.a'-ombe ??n the proposed plan <?f renrganl
satlon ,'?n?l declared that th?- snK?,>-e;ifed de?
cree was In full .?ci-ord with the findings
? f tha Juilgea Beeentlally the final decrea
presente?! the plan with the am.?ndmen?s
ordered t,y the Juilge.,, Mr. Wl.c said, anil
it ?departed from this only in changes of
phraeeotogy to remove ambiguity.
With the signing of the de<ree the Circuit
?Court ?flnlshoi IU work in conne?iion with
tha Tob?ceo ?oeas anlesa the matter can be
1 rought for 1'OVleW before the Supreme
Court through the effort s Of the Independent
tobacco int?! i ?ta Burlier in the ?gay ?the
four Judges denied th?- petition of 1'ellx 11
Levy, counsel f??r the National Cigar Leaf
Tob?ceo Association, asking for leave to In?
terfile. The ?independents? however, ex
i themselvea u resotvsd to bring the
bofOfO the Supreme Court again in
some manner to be decided upon later.
TOBACCO MEN ORGANIZE
Manufacturers, Dealers and Salesmen
Prepare to Fight Trust.
An indepen<l<-nt ass? elation of relall to
baeoo d.-alers, salesmen and manufacturer?*
of New Jersey was organized In Newitk
I ??? sight. It? pies? ?natives of m similar rr
gaaisatloa is n? w York, led by i. wmiam
Vogel, angineared the plan- whereby the
nation-wide movement against the Amerl
can Tobacco Company was further aug
mented. The trust was assailed by most 0
the speakers, and the by-laws of the Nev
York Retail Tobacconists were adopted n
their entirety by the new body.
Henry H. Hunter, attorney for the Inde
pendent retail tobacconists of New Ylrk
nnd Oscar Viet, vice-president of the Inde
pendent Tobacco Salesmen of America
were the principal speakers. Followiiu
their addresses, In which they referred t?
the trust as having filled many sulell.
graves, resolutions were adopted charac
terlzlng the government prosecution of tb
trust as a farce and denouncing AtBrne;
General AA'lckersham's acceptance of th?
trust's reorganisation plan.
The officers of the new association ar?
President. Mortimer Pach; vice-president
Morris Sientz; secretary, I*. AA'llllam Vogel
treasurer, Frank Crawford; trustees, t.. |
Cook, Andrew Krenrlch and M. Athana
slop.
LIVING WAGES DEMANDEE
Women's Trades Union Heac
Asks Labor Men to Help.
|Hy Telenrsph to Th? Trlh'ine. |
Atlanta. Nov. IS. ?Mrs. Raymond Ttoblns
of Chicago, president of the Nationa
Women's Trades t'nlon League, told th?
American Federation Of Labor to-day 01
the nation wide struggh? among womei
workers for a living wage. Sh?- uig'd th?
(?invention to take a?tion in obtaining b-c
IslatlOn that would establish S ntlnimun
wag?? scale for women.
Mrs. Koblns arrived In Atlanta thll
morning, accompanir-d I y Miss AgUSS Nes
tnr. International president of the <>'lnv
AA'orkers' 1'nlon. Both were seated as del
egates In the convention. Most of the worn
en visitors who had come to beat her BMS
sage were of the first families in Atlanta
several being society leaders. They wer?
all apparently shocked at the general con
dltlon of working wom-n as reva'.-d b]
the speaker.
"Any imlustry that ?annot afford to pav
a living wage to its own vvom?n ?mplovci
] Is a parasitic Industry and should be swcp?
! from the face of , Ivillzatlon.'' Mrs Robin?
i said. "A minimum wage law must !"? lia?
I through the strength of trade unionism
No other power will ever irrite it into tin
statute books of this country.
"Womefl workers must be delivered fron
! bondage. Freedom is a costly thing, bul
i we must builil up a free people. The trad?
j union movement Is our only salvation. AA'i
have started a good fight, and It must M
? continued most effectively and i ?instantly
j f?>r eternal vigilan?-?? is the price of libsrtj
"Then the question of v. hat Is a llvin?
I wsgs confronts us. Hie steaographeri ol
?'hi? ago have fixed that wage at $12 a week
They are now organizing for the fi_rht
They ban? gone Into battis lo win, and
I they will doubtless win."
WOMEN TO STUDY POLITICS
Miss Anne Morgan Gets Cabinet
Officers for Lecture Course.
Miss Anne Morgan, daughter Of .1 P.
Morgan, and the women members of the
New A'ork and New Jersey branch of the
National Civic Federation have arranged
for a series >.f lectures on "How Uncle lam
Does Business," to 1.?- given at the AA'a'
dorf during the winter OB Monday after-,
noons. 1'ractlcallv all Br>?l?lcnt Tafts
Cabinet officers have agreed to speak. The
lectures will lie open to the public
Mrs. Frauds Bacon, jr.. . hairman of the
women's welfare department of the federa?
tion, in talking at out the project, saiil: "AAV
wanted t?. learn something about these
various branchas of the government, so
we went to the men who would siif.lv
know all there la t?> know on ths ml
AW are interested, and a lot more women
Would be interested if they i,ad the lit-t
idea what politics, and political economy
and elections wer?- ail about."'
The Introductory lecture will be held on
Tuesday, December .">; the next two on suc?
cessive Monday??, and then, after a holiday
interregnum, the/ will b- ?OSUSSSd M .Jan?
uary K.
Associated with Hlo* Morgan snd ?Mrs
Bacon are Miss Elisabeth Marl.ury, Mrs
Auuust H'-ltiiont, Mr?. AA'llliam Hand, ji..
Miss Maud Rives Borland, Mrs. i'corgi?
Blunv-nthal. Miss Jeannette * ; 11,1. i. Krs.
James S Cushman, Mrs Krn.sto ?; l-'al,
brl. Miss Marie B. B md, Mrs Ralph Sau?
ger. Miss Caroline- S'.ilppen. Mrs l.vndsav
A"an Renseelaer, Mrs Muy ?Hatch aa'ii
lard, Mrs. A'. F.verlt Ma? v and Mrs \\ ,
lam h AA'iii<-ox.
DEFERS BOWLING GREEN PLAN
Stover Will Wait Until Lay Designs
Eattery Park Anew.
There Is no friction between Turk ?Com
missioner ?Stover end ?'liarles D. l.ay, lan?l
s?'ape architect Of the Bark Board, be?
cause Mr. ?Lay has DOl nppioved the plans
of the commissioner to place a running
Hack in Battery Bark and to estshllsb a
bowling green there. The Bark Commis?
sioner said yesterday thai Mr. ?Ley's plan
eventually to us?- the gpaes north of the
elevate?l tracks, now put to no use what?
ever, would thoroughly suit him.
As was told exclusively In The Tribune
yesterday. Mr. Bay, In a letter to Eugene
Phlllii:*, president of the Bark*; ami Play.
grouml* Association, said he ,li.| not belleva
|| b.st to place a running track and bowl?
ing green on one of the present lawns of
the park.
'I see no reason why the ground space
north of the elevated structure ?annot be
used M Mr I>ay suggests," sai?l tin- Park
Commissioner. "I do not want to Inter?
fere with the park design, an?l the matter
?an wait until the \tBdst ap>- architect hat
prepared his new design of the park, which
will nut be possible until h<- has the plans
for the proposed subway station there"
Mayor Qaynor had told the Bark Com?
missioner to hurry up and build the run?
ning track
LOEB SEES M'VEAGH
Collector Confers with Treasury Head
Regarding Customs Frauds.
AA'ashlngton. Nov. lfi. AV'illlam T.oeb, Jr.,
Collector of the Bort of New A'ork, con?
ferred with S? relary MacA'eagh of the
Treasury Department to-day In regard to
CUStomi frauds at New A'ork Mr. l*o?-li Is
conducting an extensive Investigation into
un<l??rvaluatlon of Importations, but the
Treasury Department Is not yet pr?parai
tO ?Unclose the results.
John K. AA'llkle, chief of the Se. ret Ser?
vice and gopervtsor Of ths special agents
of the customs servlie, who is now In
Baris, is supplementing Mr. ?Loob'g Inquiry
into these conditions by a diligent ?search
for evl.l.n.e abroa?!. Mr AA'llkle is visit
in? ths pri'icipal trade csntrSS Of Kurope.
,-n?le.-ivoi"lag t" trace frauds from their In?
ception
.Secreta! y Ma(A'eagl) will discuss ques?
tions relating to the customs service In an
address In N?vv A'ork Saturday before the
?meeting of appraisers from tin: various
ports of the country.
REJECT THE AMENDMENTS
Two Upstate Counties Give Big
Adverse Vote.
Ithaca, N Y., Nov. 1?The otllcuil can?
vass for Tompkins County, c<?mplet??l to?
day by th? Hoard of Supervisors, shows
that all of the constitutional amendment*
voted upon at the recent election were lost
in the county by majorities ranging fr?.in
M to .',000. The largi-Ht majority ?gras
against the raising of the salarle? of As
s?-mhlymen snd Senators. Th?- .anal t?u
mlnal pro position was carried In this
county by a majority of %::
Mav ville. S Y. N'.'V !?; The canal prop.
osltlon and constitutional amendment! wer?
overwhelmingly rejected )?v th. roters of
chautiiiiqu? fount) Issl week, majorities
of from I ???i to 7?(.v being recorded
again*,?, tiiiui. J
HONOR IN WANAMAKER
Friends Celebrate His Fifty Years
as a Merchant.
MANY NOTABLES AT LUNCH
No Lock on Opportunities, He
Declares?Proposes League
of Business Men.
H.-presentatlves of foreign governments
and men distinguished in public and busi?
ness life Joined with some of the ?landing
?merchants In the Halted States in honor?
ing .lohn Wanamaher at a luncheon at
Sherry's )esienlay. In commemoration "f
his fifty years In business. A sliver loving
?up nearly thr?-?- feet high was presented
to .Mr. ?Waaamaher. R ?bora u?is inserip
.t Ion :
?Presented to John Wanamaher ?as a trib?
ute of the high esteem in which he Is
held by his fellow merchants of the 1'nlted
Stat.s IW-ltlL
?MoosogOB in ?praise tt Mr. Wanamaher
from many distinguished men unable t" be
present were r?*r*d by QeorgH R ?'ortelvoii,
former Secretary of the Treasury. One
,K ill N U'ANAMAKER.
Who was th?- guest ??f honor yesterday .'?t
;i lun? i ?son in ?sommemoratlon of hit Bfty
yeais ?i b;ie1ni m?
was from President Taft, another from
?Qovernor !>lx and a third from llenera!
Fred? ri k i ?. nt ?'.rant In ? ?Setter regret?
ting his Inabtllt? to l"- preaent, ?L-eell? ??.
?Shaw ?said:
The services of Mr. Wanamaher to the
merchants of the world are DOl excelled by
any living man.
An enthusiastic communication from
Henry <'i??v?s ?declared that were each ad
mlrer of Mr. Wanamaher t?> contribute a
dime no ?bdnquei h.di could bold the loving
??up ?made ?from the coina
IS pi'-seniinK the cup on In half of his
fellow merchants throughout the lend,
.lohn !?'. DaaMI said:
*>???i educate the public bj exhiblUtma <-f
the blgb'-st character. *> ou ere the father
of irnthfiii m?.?bin ?advertising, in Serving
.is Postmaster General you did bo with the
?greatest credit to yourself snd to the na?
tion,
?Patrick Francia Murphy, toaatmast-ei ?>f
the '" ? '-!??i. brought a smile t" Mr. Wane
maker's face when be said:
Tha n ward of labor la tardy Inde? ?i when
a man mus? wait finv rears for his lunch?
eon. 'J'" h.ive lived without luncheon Is not
?so r? markable ss i?> have liv?-?i t?? obtain
one from ids competitors, it is ?m?- -?f the
tu,-- ms to arriva si ?sucrceea ?and ?be for
glv-n.
The ?liners roes ;i? ??i;?- man when Mr.
Wanamakei ?stood up to make reply, ?tad
applaud-ed and ch< -i ?-?i ?him unUI bl
glowed. After conttaelna bis embarrass*
nrteni ?and ?acknowledging Ms ippreciatloo
for the ?honor paid him Mr. Wanamaher
l-'ifi'- i ? - - si ,??iii\ iti bustn-ess ?if?- ?seems
bk-- .. long ?time to !>-? In bne place winking ?
out one in?! i??is-. 'I'll, re are n<? locke on the ?
ol wisdom knowledge, hones! enter?
prise and the opportunities on ever) ?side.
Wherevei i mans i?-i la <-.-st 01 whoever
he may be, capitalist or capltaliess, k: ?.?-k
inu- steadily and persistently on these doors
srfll i irelj open st l? sst ona "i ?th? m.
After tolling of lus start In bualness? with
?some ii)on?-v he had ?saved out of bis wages,
at th-- ?me Of iw.-nty-two, Mr. Wanatnak- t
proposed s league of Hi?- ?bualneea mea ?if
the ?country. "By the joining ?.r band- in
ii pi-actl'-al Way," he said, "tin- poW-M of ,!
million m?r? hauts may I?.- . x.rt.-d for the
things thai guarantee the general g"?'?l
tint win ?conserve the business prosperity
throughout the ?nation." Ha added;
i? there anything ??ora practica] than
the establishmenl in tie- government ol s
Supreme Bench of ? ?naliri.-u Buslnese Men
neither lawyers, d-txetora ?nor literary men.
hut plain, experienced business men, sa s
Capitalized ?'"?nt of Authority with a mill
Ion "f votes behind it und important enougii
to ? ?mmaiiii the attention of Presidents,!
s.i.,?t?is snd Congressmen, few ?if whom
know the actualities or the ?hanging trend
ol commercial or financial questions?
Tlu widespread hatreds engendered un?
fairly against Wall Str.-ei and the trusts,
p.ir.iiy/.mg honorabh business undertakings
an?i creating prejudices, irritations ami
??! milli"iis of dollars, have been m??i?t
hurtful t? the United States ai borne and
abi ?ad The men who ?combine their own
pnv.it,- capital In the steel ?and other trust..
?save many concerns ?from bankruptcy.
Man] old dying plants were ?reorganize^
and by economies mad? to produce profits
to poverty-strlck? n on nera
Mr. Wanamaher boM be was glad the
Bherman law bad been Interpreted by th?
courts ami lie urged the merchante Instand
solidly together in supporting ail efforts to
eliminan- graft and punish bribe givers
?and taken in public snd business life; to
the high cost of commodities and
auggest mosns that would reduc? taxes; to
support municipal research, and s?? or?
cheaper rates f??r transportation ??f goods
either by negotiating with the ?railroads to
lake ovei the exprese ?r?mpanles ?>r tha >se
tabll n. nt ,.f S l-itrcels (??.st. and th? re
id ictIon "f telegraph ?sad ?al?!?- rat?-s. fall?
ing in which, I?? uig? the government to
i;ik. ?over the telegraph and cania rom
paules
Rotiert ?' Ogden, for many years Mr.
Wanamsher'a partaer, was the n.-xt
ker,
k\ tin- guest table wir.? William <? m<
BAoo, k Barton Hepburn, John P, ?Danli |,
John P. Denlell, Jr. the Itev. Dr. Howard
I>li(li?-l'l, Job ? i I,dg.*, Colonel William
?lav, the Rev. ?Edward <;. Thnrber? lohn
Wanamaher, ?Poetaaaator B. M. Morgen.
(?scar S .Straus. Nathan Straus, the |',-v
i?? ? i h Mvennan, ?Police commissioner
Rhlnelander Waldo, the Rev, i?r. w. t.
Manning, dank B Vol-i-I, I.-aa?- N Hellg
m.in, ???ii.-iai Qeoige Wlagatag Corporation
i Anhii...i?i w Wataoo ?and u n
Maxwell, gupeitntendent of City ?cheoB
?Others ?pr?sent were Baroo s? mi pp. nhach,
Russian Consul ?b-netal, II. N. T'pakyan,
Persian Consul -General; Nubei do Perched.
Austrian Consul Oe?neral; C, ?Rotnera, m-\
l-can Consul General; W. n Edwarde, ?Com?
mtasloner ?-f str-.-t Cleaning; Patriob a.
Whitney, Commissions! of Correction; in
' | Copelaad, Maix Arnbcba, Jacob
Olmbel, isart-- Brokaw? .i !.. Keener, ih
<I?.i. ?-rtkM. I' A. H Franklin, li. L. Sl'-il
?JuiU and Willis L. <_>_?1>.n.
M FOR IH OR POOR
Speaker Clark Says That Is Place
for Violators of Law.
IN CONTROL OF LOBBYISTS
Delegate to Trans-Mississippi
Congress Makes Startling
Charge.
Kansas ( itv, Mo.. Nov. 16.?"This Trani
Mleslsslppi Commercial Congress is con?
trolled by lobbyists representing the robber
c.-mpanles. the railroads and the Sugar
Trust, and this has been demonstrated re
?'?nt.dlv hv the congress's action," was the
startling statement made from the platform
at to-day's session of the congress by
??eorge .1. Klndel, of Denver.
Mr. Kln?1el's statement came as an angry
retort to an Interruption by a delegate. The
Benver man was delivering an address ad?
vocating the panels post. In which he
blamed the expreas companies for the an?
nual postoffice d?fi? It.
"AA'hy don't you put some of these Ideas
Into a resolution to be placed before the
congress?" shouted a delegate.
In replying Mr. Klmlel made his asser?
tion that the congress was controlled b>
the big Interests.
Champ Clark, ?peaker of the House of
Representatives, in an address before the
OOnCISSS madS especial reference to the
difficulty his party had encountered in try?
ing to economize in the expenditure of pub
llc money and the n>-ed of more Income Ms
said in part:
In onler to ascertain where It is most
feasible end beneficial to economize we
lav- vitalized and set to wirk the ten
standing Investigating .-ommlttees of the
11-.us.. AA'e also elected two special In
vestlgating committees, one on the Sugar
Trust and on? on the Steel Trust. AA'e have
been criticised more by reason of these
investigating committees than for anything
else we have done. Yet everybody knows
that the Sugar Trust stole millions from
the government and that the big wigs In
that concern kept out of the penitentiary
by a compromise J>v which they paid to
the government a small part of what they
had ?Stolen. There never wa? a thief yet,
great or small, who would not he gla<i to
? -.ape a felon's stripes and a felon's cell
by giving hack a small portion of the prop?
erty stolen. The proper place for a thief
i th?. penitentiary, no matter how big or
rich he la and it would do more good to
send that gang to the penitentiary than to
Muid a forty-acre field of petty thieves
Theoretically, the law Is no respecter of
persons, and should not be in practice. If
the 'aw won honestly and rigorously en
f..r.e,i against all criminals, the great as
well Rs the small, there would not he s??
much unrest throughout the land. It the
Sugar Trust had been forced to disgorge
all of Its ill-gotten gains, there would he
money ? n.nigii in the Tigasuiy t.. finance
several deslra*4s sntorprlssi
Mr. ?lark sahl there were several im
pOftaal and tar reaching problems of
urgent necessity pressing for solution, say?
ing:
Among these an- a rational conservation
of our natural resources, which we have
wasted vviti? a prodigal's hand; a compre?
hensivs and practicable sehen), for the
building of trag?n roads; a change In the
?..inking laws so as to give the element of I
elsstlcity to our currency system, a con- ?
Hummatlon devoutly to he wished; th? i
drainage and reclamation of overflowed j
ami swamp lands; and, above all, an ade-I
quate and comprehensive system Of river !
Improvement.
Speaker ?'lark digressed from Ils s,?t
speech to express his disapproval of the
promised changes in the nation's currency
snd banking system, as outlined by former
United States lenator Nelson AA'. Aldrb-h,
? hatrman of the National Monetary Com?
mission.
m
JURY BOX AGAIN FILLED
Bos Angeles, Nov. 16.?The Jury box in
the McNamara murder trial was filled with
Jurors and accepted talesmen for the sec?
ond time late to-day. Peremptory chal?
lenges by the *tate and defence will be ex
ercised at the opening of court to-morrow.
?
ASKED TO HANDLE MIX'S ESTATE.
Paris. Nov. lfi ?R. latlves ?.f F.dgar AA'.
Mix, who is supposed to have committe.l
uuiclde by dropping from a Channel steam
?? ? Sunday night. to-?lay requested Pierre
Planch?n, S Bails friend ?if Mix's, to act
a* administrator or the missing mans
, i opcrty.
PANAMA UNE IN DANGER
Railroad Influence May Prevent
Its Formation.
BANKERS REFUSE BACKING
Promoter Still Working, but
Government Owned Ships
May Use the Canal.
[By Tel^rsph to Th* Tribun*.!
Baltimore, Nov. K? Opposition of the
transcontinental railroads, It was learned
to-day, may force the government *? tk>
tabllsh and maintain an Independent line
of steamships through the Panama Canal.
Promoters of the propo.M-*d company which
had until November 25 to get capital for a
line free of railroad influence, have almost
despaired of finishing their work. Many
subscriptions, readily promised when the
plan was first made public, have l-een with?
drawn. Hankers Interested have frankly
stated they they did not wish to antagonize
the larRe roads, and so had to drop the
Idea.
Hernard N Baker, head of the proposed
<-ompany, in explaining to-night the re?
fusal of financial interests to subscribe to
the Atlantic and Pa?lflc Transport project,
sal?i unies? the bankers produce the OSSh
by November 25 the proposition Is done for,
so far as they ?re concerned.
"They have hail every chance In tne
world," he said; "every possible guarantee
was offered to them, and there Is only one
explanation of their conduct. The attitude
of these men clearly Indicates that some
powerful Interest has been brought to bear
on them. The trememlous enthusiasm
which greeted the project when It was first
mentlone?! shows, to my mind, what th?y
realy thought about It, and then, after a
few weeks, comes this strange reversion of
sentiment.
Sees Hand of the Railroad?.
"Bshthd the refusal to flpbOOHbe the
funds to the Atlantic and Pacltl?' Transport
?ompany enterprise Is the mighty ?t?r?e of
the allied r.itlroad and financial Interests.
They manned the plan carefully; they Ban*
that the new line would carry frelsrht
through the Panama ?anal, and they knew
that meant losses to them. That killed
the game, ?ince they decided that the new
line was dangerous all the rest was settled.
?o absolute was their sway that several
who bava sent me subscription.? have writ?
ten and asked me to withhold their names
from publication."
"Have you abandoned the project, then?"
Mr. Haker was asked.
Mr. Haker looked indignant.
"Not so long as I have health and a
dollar In my pocket." he said, vigorously, ?
"I have put the ?piestlon up to Congress, ,
and at the coming session It will be thor
OUghly studied. It Is perfectly feasible for |
the government to own the line, for It can )
contiol the rates. Competition will then !
count for nothing. It Is certain that gov?
ernment ownership of the line will be the
solution of the problem."
Mr. Baker explained that should the gov?
ernment decide to build such a line con?
tracts for the new steamers would he
awarded probably at once. The me*i on
the steamers, he said, would not neces?
sarily be government appointees, but he
said he hoped they would be recruited
from the naval reserve. Mr. Haker then
said:
I hav?? turned over for the use of the
government all the data that I hawe col?
lected laborlouslv In the lust few months.
I gave the data gratis, and will do every?
thing' in mv power to aid the government |
Pi establishing the plan, becuuse I know It i
will be a success. I should estimate that
1 have spent at the very least t.10,000 In
sctual ?ash, not counting the loss of time. |
I have made four trips to Panama and
have worked with tireless energy To put I
the thing through.
Mr Baker was asked what success he
thought would have met the project If It |
bad been advanced in England or ?Ger
many.
"Why," he said, "there would have been ?
thirty blilders Instead of otie. Instant
lecognitlon would have met the project, i
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Tell? of Future Plant.
As to his plans In the future, Mr f?nktt
had this to say:
I shall first do my best to interest th*
government In the enterprise. I am al
most certain that Congress wir te* 1?*
enormous possibilities and the neo.-_.ity
of government control. If the government
does take It up. I shall aid it In ev?ry
wav |?osslb1e to make it a ?u?*-'.-?. But !f
it Is turned down by the government. I
Mill not be discouraged, but ?et to work to
tralU anew.
If the government does assume control
Mr Raker said that several departments .
probably ?soul?! he involved. The Interstate
Commerce Commission, the RoetoftV? r>e?
partment. the Navy and War depart?
ment, as well as severa* minor interest?1,
would l.e ? oncerned Mr. Baker summed
up the situation thus:
YV< hive done the best we could We
started this project as an Independent one,
to aid the small as well as the large mer?
chants of this country In trading from
??oast to coast, and to develop the trade in
Hou'.h America The project was outlined
on a pure!y husinesa basis We secured
a charter to protect the people, and the en?
tire plan was to be under the direct con?
trol of the Interstate Comnier??* Commis?
?ion. The moneyed Interests, however,
have said "No," hut that "No" Is a nega?
tive for themselves alone.
WILL STUDY LOCAL OPTION
National Municipal League to Take Up
Liquor Problem.
Richmond. Va., Nov. 16.-With the . .-in?
clusion of discussions on franchise?, edu
? ation and police and liquor problems th*
seventeenth annual meeting of the Na.
tlonal Municipal [??ague and the nineteenth
National Conference for City Good QoV?
ernment ?ame to a close to-day.
F. S. Spence, a municipal official of
Toronto, told the delegates that ?o lom?
as corporations operated public utilities
under th?- franchise system there never
would be satisfactory service. Suggestions
for a model street railway franchise were
made In a report by J. W. 8. P< ters, of
Kansas City, and Dclos F. Wllcox, chief
of the Hureau of Franchises, Public Ser?
vice Commission, 1st District of New York.
Plans for an exhaustive stud) of local
option and all other Questions allied with
the liquor problem were rec?)mmen?Je?J In
the report of the committee on liquor, pre
?ented in Cstnlllua <;. Kidii.r. ot Orange,
N. J. A determination of the safest h.unls
m ?. ni. n m long.- the issuance ..f Ii- ?
was deemed to be of prime Importance.
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FREE SUGAR MEANS RUIN
Would Destroy American Beet In?
dustry, Refiners Say.
Chicase. Nov. IS?Beet sugar manufact?
urers who have be.-n meeting h?-re for th?
last few ?lays closed their session t?,-d?v.
att?r formulating plans lo combat th?
propaganda in the interest of "free sugar
alleged, to be carried on by the cane sugar
refiners and the New York Importing in
t?-rests.
The beet sugar cane men say they pro?
duce annually ?JM.IIM tons of sugar and
draw raw material from sixteen gtates, ? ?
tending from Ohio to California, and pa\
the American farmer $30.?n?,,0iin annual! v
therefor. They contend that by putting
raw sugar on the free il--1 the domestic in?
dustry would l.e destroy?! and all compe?
tition thereby eliminated, an?i that there,
after the Importers and refiners would hav?
a complet? monopoly.
Louis IX, the "St. I.ouis" of history, reigned as King of France
from l__o to 1270.
"The 24-Hour St. Louis," the Pennsylvania Railroad's limited
express between New York and St. Louis, is the ?reigning 24-hour train
in 1911. between the Hudson and the Mississippi, covering the 1054
miles from sunset to sunset.
Leaves New York
Pennsylvania Station Hud ?on Terminal
6.32 P. M. 6.30 P. M
Cleveland
7.30 A. M.
Arrive?
Cincinnati
10.25 A. M.
St. Louia
5.25 P. M.
"The 24-II(?ur St. Louis" has "'all Limited Train Features."
electric lights, terminal telephones, bathroom, barber, ladies' maid, and
stenographer, and is ?composed of a Pullman parlor smoking car, dining
car, drawing-room sleeping cars, and a ?compartment observation car
from Xew York to St. Louis, and sleeping cars from New York to
Cleveland and Cincinnati.
"The 24-H.?ur New Yorker." the companion train castwanl,
leaves St. Louis 12.20 P. M., an?! arrives Xew York, Pennsylvania
Station, 1.20 I'. M., giving passengers half a day in each city.
Other through express nains to St. ?Louil leave the Pennsylvania
Station at 8.04, 10.50 A. M? 2.04, and 0.34 P. M.
t?
For tickets, delivered at home, office, or hotel; for Pullman reservations
and any ini?u matioti,
Telephone "Madison Square 7900"
C. ST?DDS, D P. A , 2hi Fifth Avenue, New York City
PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD
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