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MONDAY. -FEBR?ABI 12, UW*
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HIT NEWS THIS UORMSG.
FOREIGM?Three bombs were thrown
at tho Viceroy of Manchuria, who, how?
ever, escaped Injury, v.--It was an?
nounced that tut edict establishing tho
CJunete republic will be issued on Feb?
ruary l'?. z^zzjz Riots took place in Parla
or? the occasion ot" a socialist burial in
Fera Lachaise, the mob attacking tho
poluu "-?viih paving stones. _? W.
j.ior?*an Sbuster, ?-x-Treasurer Qenaral
o? Persia, sailed from Southampton for
"Sew York, t-tt? It was expected thai
the water within the oofferaam -sut
roui'ding the wreck ot the ?Maine would
reach ?ses level to-day. ? . ?. : Lord Lis?
ter, who perifCted the antiseptic treat?
ment in surgery, died in London in Ml
eighty? 1 u't h y?*ar
DUAlL^TiC??enator Heed, of ?His
souri, eaid the- nomination of Champ
?Clark for the Presidency was assured.
-?-tt-.?? Ballot boxes disappeared from tne
polling placas at the election of delegates
M the nominating conventions in the
l?i*-ii*i? 1 of Columbia; Taft men were
1 oosen. S3SSSS Rival labor organ ??at ions
continued their activity at Lawrence;
th?- etnke, it was said, has thus far
?causal u loss of ?i.uuo.'OW. =3 An
Indianapolis dispatch said the govern?
ment was ready to arrest the alleged
member? of the dynamite conspiracy to?
morrow. ^___-- State Controller Suhmer
liMdc puMi?. at AP.any the report of an
examination of the fiscal affairs of the
city of Albany. *::r-?-; Alexander Hamil?
ton Stuart, who portrayed the dying mag
in "The City,'' died from heart failure in
Detroit. :.-- Tyrone Power and hie
theatrical ?omp-ir.y. who were impris
oued op < train in .? ?snowdrift north ot
WSstOtTtonrn. X. V., were rescued by two
rotar] anon ploughs. r= Twenty
seven negro men and women were bap?
tised through a hole in the ice in tho
?iionongah*"')'' River; temperatura of air,
?1 degrees above zero. ;r____ The ice pack
of th? Caps Cod coast held up a small
fleet of vessels; the revenue cutter
Oreshara towed two disabled schooners
into the harbor at Provlncetow n, Mass.
-?j-jg The sarage of Mr.?. William H.
Young at Tuxedo Park, X. Y., was * -
stroyed by fir.*.
CITY.?There were two deaths from
the cold, and UK i?*e in the harbor mad?
conditions the worst in recent years.
;__-_ Seven persons were overcome by
gas sn?l seventeen horses were drowned
M. their stalls by bursting mains, and
the st-ction around West End avenue
?nd !?7th ?treat was without water ;?r
for hours, . Detect i ves working
01 th? torgery by which the National
Bank was swindled out of glO.OUO
the forgery was done by a band
!i has ??sadquarters in Connecticut,
and that one man had been identified as
being connected with the City Rank
.?ase. -xr..-?. Patrick Burns, form?**" chief
of Toledo, was held up and
1 by two men in his Saloon in Tho
Bronx, stags The communiants of St.
Paul's ?Church. Staten island, opposed
to ritualiem. would, it was said, file
charges wth Bishop Greer against then
rector, the Rev. G. S. Wallis, to-day.
?*,?j.x Attorney General Wickersham ad
dressed the People's Forum In New Ro?
chelle, describing tho work of the De?
partment of Justice, which prosecuted
14.702 cases in 1911. =r? Woodrow
Wilson sent a letter to the Hungarian
League denying he meant to cast any
reflection upon the Hungarian race in
his 'History of the American Peopl?-."
THE WEATHER?Indications for to?
day: Probably snow. The temperature
yesterday: Highest, 21 degrees; low
eft. 1 below.
RIGHT'' COSSERVATIOS.
? Governor Dix's position is unassail?
able when he d<sclares he would rathe?*
start right and be defeats this year on
Relation for conservation and develop?
ment ot the state's water power than
have enacted into law a plan not right
"Right." of course, is a relative term.
The Governor and the Conservation Com?
mission think the scheme of the Ferris
legislative committee is not right It
grants in practical perpetuity a virtual
market monopoly of the water power of
the state to bo developed through the
?tate s help at the most important power
t-ites? to the fortunate intcrtast.s which
happen to earn thoas power sites. T'n
doubtedly the wafer |?wer interests
would call this right The manufacturer
who desires cheaper power than he can
obtain from coal, but doe? not happen
to own s water power ?sit?-*, undoubtedly
would not call it tight It^ is probable
that the average person will ggr*M with
the Governor and the Conservation Com?
mission rather ?than with th?* water
power interest
This state possesses from l,?j<X>."Ut)0 it
2,<Wu.<X?*<? fcmwpower .?f undevelojied
water p??wer. The jxissibllity of this iu
turning mill wheels is stupendous. It is
the state's greatest natural asset outside
the fertility ?if the soil. There are
claims that the state has not a . i-ar
title to all this undeveloped water jjower.
some of it, though uiuleveloped, has ?been
?ilven under grant to private concerns.
Yet soase of the grants have not ban
?Iwlded to be irrevocable, and the courts
have not passed finally on the validity
of the daims of riparian owners to
power dgteloped through storage of
?torui u at eis. It aeetni trite and axio?
matic to say that the state should not
bo depri.i.l of one Iota of that grant
posstession t?? whl< Ii it has any shadow
?t right, and that no scheme of legisla?
tion should be adopted which would
]?ermit ?f*oncentrati??n of the benefits tat
wiitir eotiMTvation in the hands of a
few when the power could possibly be
?listributed am?me a gr?sater aoasber.
That is the essential feature of the
Ferris coriitulttee's schein?**?its ismcsii
trntion in practical ]?erjK-tuity of most
of the water ?power of the state in the
hands <?f a comparatively few people,
with possibilities of profit for them aud
much harm to competitors through re
fin*] to ?*eii power and the like.
The plan of the Governor and tue
C?a?ar*.atii>n Commission, -while perhaps
nut uitieb more perfe?t in detail at pres
*i_t tbso tb*t of the legislativa commit?
*AML w<*_J?1 pret?ud?? any t>u?h market
wenopoJ** It would have the state Itself
develop and msrket power?electri.-al
energy from the stored -enter?or s?ll
the stored water, as seemed best. If tbe
stall* M.l.l water only. M the legMallu*
committee suggest* thai it do, it could
hnxf ?OT customers onh those now *<>
placed as t.. be able ?o ??ouvert that
water lui?' energy? i? limited class. If
U sold energy as wol! as water capul? I
of roii-erslon Into eii.*i*<_*. it on!?!
it? ?-**eto__?r_ and then* <?>uld l>e no
?j?.?u.i; trust" Th? working cut of a
proper conservation gcbeine, to ?ecore
ad?quat?* revenue t'> the state llirougl:
the wile of power while effective!" pr<>
tuotliii- iudustrial development, is one of
tin? btggMl problems of the next f' m
years. Perhaps it is not n bad tiring
Hint. Hie Governor and the Conserva?
tion Coninilssloii and the legislative com*
mirto.? vhotilrl differ so radically, for
then* nragl result from that difference
I widespread discussion of the proh.em
bound t?? bring light t?i bear on it.
WHAT ABOUT THE "0\K FIItD
POI\T"f
Can it be that the Democratic com?
pass is going to veer uwny from the
"one fixed point" which more or lew re?
cently became Governor Wilson's pole
star? The treatment of Colonel Bryan
by tin* Democratic majority in the
House of Representatives has be?*n :il
most contumelious. His orders arc be?
ing disobeyed, his warnings unheeded
and bis threats disregarded; and it is
now proposed by the "money trust" In?
vestigators to put Colonel Bryan on t ru?
staud as the first witness and make h'ni
produce the proof that the big interest
are In control of the inquiry. This 1
expected to result in a ?showing up that
will be damaging to his prestige. Too
colonel will In that case be only gcttliu*
his deserts, but strict justice to an old
idol is the worst of impiety.
And the difference between the Demo?
cratic party, as represented by its lead?
ers in Washington, and It* New Jersey
candidate for the Presidential nomina?
tion is bewildering. Wheu the whole
party was prostrate before the Lincoln
idol Dr. Wilson was privately expressing
a fervent desire to knock him into a
cocked bat once and for all. And now
that the party is knocking him into a
cocked hat Governor Wilson is discover?
ing that be is the "one fixed point," re?
canting his own errors, declaring himself
a teacher of "bosh" and embracing nr
dently the Bryauite doctrine of the ini?
tiative, referendum and recall. Which
is right, the late convert or the bored
backslider? Will the Governor have to
re-examine his faith?
KKVLST ROBBERIES.
Perhaps the excuse that this city 1
inadequately policed may account for
Sunday morning's shocking hold-up ana
murder In The Bronx, but does it covet
the frequent bold crimes in other und
more settled parts of the community?
It was only a few days ago that men
entered, "shot up" and robbed a news?
paper distributing agency in the daytime
and within a stone's throw of crowded
Park Roer, And on Saturday mornlns
a highwayman blackjacked a book?
keeper on his way from the bank at the
Bowery and Great Jones street and
robbed him of 1*000. This daring hold?
up was accomplished in the presence of
many persons upon a usually busy street
The robbers in both of these cases en?
countered no interference from the po?
lice.
Tbc?-*? ertme*. wore darin*- and <*>per<.
the very kind of crime? which an . iH
cient police ought to prevent, at least
I from Mug a matter of almost everyday
occurrence. And they were committed
in parts of the city which ought to be
well policed. They may revive discu?
si?n of a "crime wave" In this citv.
; From this no good will result unle-s the
? p*-..plo come to ronHze that there Is u
! perpetual crime wave here. Crimes of
j violence ore always more common and
| safer than they should be. It is only
srben they happen to be especially bold
and successful that they attract atten
Hon. If the public would exhibit con?
stantly instead of only at intervals its
dissatisfaction with the protection ??r>
life and property here conditions might
be improved, either through the InerOMe
of the police force unti! it compared *n
numbers with that of the other great
cities or through its more effective ?ii
rectlon
Tin: RHODES SCHOLAR*.
The vast academic benefaction of
Cecil Rhodes has become a commonplace
of current and perpetually continuing
history, and as such receives compara?
tively little attention. We are too busy
noticinjr new things as they arise to
have much time for ovon pr-eater thing.
which bave bien established for a few
yi-ars. Yet the simple and businesslike
statement which comes to hand of the
year's pvord of the Hhodes international
scholarships 1<- filled" with suggestion ri?
valling the most ambitious flight? <?f
rot n a nee.
In the last academic year there were
in residence at the twenty eoUefee of
oxford Cniversity a total of 17<", scholars
on the bounty of Cecil Rhode*. That
mean?, in numbers an entire "small col?
lege," all supported **-*> the gift of one
man. Of these the plurality, eighty-nine,
came from the United States, seventy
seven from British colonies and ten from
German--?a potential leavening to make
for an Anglo-German tntcntr. When
we reflect that these students are on a
permanent foundation and that for all
Huie to come there will every year be a
like uuinbcr there, the farreachlng in?
fluence of Rhodes's bequest becomes at
least partially apparent.
It is pleasant to Bhgggfi that Amerl
? an students rauk well in scholar-hip
as well as in numbers. They are re
petted: tint* amoug the three taking the
B. Litt, degree, one of the two taking B.
Be ami two of the four taking B. C. L.
In the final honor schools one of the
two in the first class, in Jurisprudence,
was from West Vlrjrinla. and In the aec
oud class two of the three In litertr
huinnniort.* were from New York and
Vw Jersey, three of the five in Juris?
prudence were from this country, as
peri live of the eight in modern history,
anil both of the two in English litera
lure, these last being from Texas and
Oklahoma. In the third class all three
in natural science?physics, engineer?
ing and chemistry?were Americans,
with oui? of t_e three in Jurisprudence
and one each In English literature and
tb?*ology. Of the sixteen who were
admitted during the year to rend for
advanced degrees nine were Americans.
There is a fine suggestion in the cir?
cumstances of au Oklaboiunn winning
honors at Oxford in English literature
and a Coloradan securing a diplomA
"with distinction" In otsmomics, and
men from VeriuoDt and Oregon taking
honors respectively in chemistry and
engineering sud two from Arkansas
and New Mexico in Jurisprudence. The
carrying hack of Oxford i-nltnre i'> s?*nt
tered communities in our various state
wii! mean much, w hilo tlu* fact that
from tln.se state's come men who qre |
Utted Um? to play i luir ;.art> al Bnf
ami's senior university must carry ?"?Jl'i
it M elevated impression of the state I
of leenriag bq Anerlce. Nor is b*M
after disposition Of the Rhode-* **__?!-?
less noteworthy. Of the 'JIO who left j
Oxford in the live -ears 1906-'10 more
than one-third?eighty-four?t'iigugcd In
educational work, ilxty-ois turned to the
?aw. nineteen took up religious work,
tliirtecu mil German*-? entered tho civil
sen ice. gieren practised medicine, nine
engaged In scientific work, eight in "busl
ncs?," five in journalism, rive in mining
and engineering, three In agriculture,
three In the German and two In tliej
American diplomatic service, two in the
Indian civil servi.-?! and two in forestry.
and one each in the BritNh con*ulur ser- j
\ice. the colonial service, the army and j
s.vretnrial work, while ?he fete of bW j
is not recorded.
Upon this foundation men are thus;
I gathered in from many pinces, trained
in many arty and sent, forth to serve
mankind in I naulUtude of callings. It
i? (litlioult to imagine how (be great de
sign which Rhodes had, of promoting
petes and good will among men through
the international diffusion of higher
; education, could have been more effec
? tlvely executed than in this way which
j be himself deeioed. it has made the
! Anglo-Saxon and Teutonic world bis
debtor for all lime.
.?Off.[I.ISM AMI THE STRIKE.
The bringing of the children of the
Lawrence strikers here and making them
tho subject of I "demonstration," with
n*d Hags, the singing of the "Marseil?
laise" aud the rest of it, Is a ?ircuin
j stance that marks the difference be?
tween this labor disturbance ami those
with Whkb this country is mor..* fa?
miliar. The demonstration with the
children is a socialistic device borrowed
from Enro?e, and the strike at Lawrence
is differentiat.il from most strikes in
this country by the proniinetn-e of Hi?
socialists in it. The leadership Of Iluy
WOOd, of Western Federation of Miners
notoriety, bas made It bitter and un?
compromising. He 1ms little la c?.iiim?>*j
with the older labor leaders of the Gom
pen group, being a socialist of an ex?
treme typ? and baTing no faith in the
method of cooiprotniao which iiu-y rep*
resent. Their elm is auy Mibstantial
advantage that may be obtained for
union labor. His aim is sociali?m. and
i he seeks to make every labor conflict
?'?outribute to the advance of socialism
by getting converts to that Idea und by
, intensifying the sirife between tabor end
capital Henea the appearance In thl
cAoe of the methyls Of F.urop'un MM t?l?
lete, such as Hie bringing of the strik?
ers' children t<> this city und the a?
tivity of well known rwctatteta beta In
behalf of the strikers.
The socialist movement has made lit?
tle progress within the rank-, of organ
Ued labor, it has represented a gt|SOf
I ity in the American Federation ot Labor.
Impatient with Gompers mid encrer to
displace him. but not gnMottng the sym?
pathy of the Federation'-? m? m hers to \
auy considerable extent. It is n<>w sook
tng to strengthen Itself by Its activity
in industrial disputes. Its influence ha?
hopp felt rep-at.dh in ihi- city when
imIhii* dtapvtei aros?* in the leei >*eii or?
gurtaed or unorganized trades. Its on j
portunity exists In such eond?ioiis. ,
Doubtless the regular labor leariers of j
the more conservativo typ.? rei*?ird its i
activities it Lawrence and etoewhem
with little sympathy. If It should gain
supporters tbe effect upon pcpU-lMd
labor would be interdi in*; and im
portent
TYPHOID is TWO COUhTIUBM
B**cent vital statistics of the Cnlted !
States Census Bureau for Its registra-1
Hon area, ?comprising about oue-half of
I the population of the country, and of the I
Local Oovernnient Board of (?rent Brit-!
aln. comprising nearly one-half of Hie
population of i hat kingdom, present in
some reepecti a contrast which is not al?
together creditable to the !'nft<*d states
Typhoid fever, for example, rauks
among the most destructive diseases In
both COOntrlea There is. however, a
marked difference between the respec?
tive death rates from it. In thl< coun?
try in a population of a little more than
B8JMJD00 there were in 1910 no fewer
than 1_.t!7.'> deaths from this matad"*, or
_.';..-> t?. the lOOgOOO. In Greet Britain, on
the other hand, there ?ere in a popula?
tion of more than I9.,r>;:2,000 only 1.1 SO
deaths from that source, or 6 to th.
K*0.0O'.?just a trifle more than one
f??urth as niHiiy as in the united State*.
There ought not to be so great a dif?
ference. 'Hiero i? nothing In natural
conditions to warrant it. Typhoid Is
refed in the greet majority of eaeael
by contamination <>f drinking wetOf With
.???wage .?r by contamination of f?iod and
drink by house glee. Mow, In the Dolled
Kingdom the population Is much more
crowded than n i? here and the danger
Of ? 'iiitamination of the water supply
i? therefore a.-tualiy greater tlian lure,
while Bieg tire fully as mu? h al pome
and as nuinerou?. Yet we hai.? practl?
?ally four time* m? many deatba from
typhoid us they do there.
It is difficult t?. account for this on
any ground thai i? not ileeiedlteble t<>
the Fuiteil State?. We d?. not Ilk- le
say that Americans are le?s competent or
less careful to safeguard their valer
supplies, or turn they ?re inure tolerant
of the flying vermin in which typhoid
finds apt purveyors. Vet If stub I?. _o(
the case, how ran we uecouni for 28*6
deaths here against only C, there? There
is food for thought f?>r practical aanlta*
rlans in these statistics.
UMSO OS CHARIT).
A state clamoring to be eared from
tbe consequences of Its own persistent
folly makes a rather sorry figure, sin?-.*
In asking for o.nuiniserutlon It Im?
peaches its own intelligence. Louisiana
is Just now in th.* unhappy fix of having
to depend on | Republican President
whom it did ererythlng within ils power
to defeat for protection against a Demo?
cratic majority in the Hous? of Repre?
sentatives which ii helped to errette.
"The New Orleuns Picayune" pub?
lished a Washington dispatch the other
day which told of the hopes and fears
of Mr. D. D. OOf-QOcfc, the secretary of
the New Orleans Sugar Exchange. BOW
at the natioual capital trying to prevent
a reduetiou gf the July on anger. Here
is his illumiiuitin;. rammarj oi the situ?
ation:
The rotttner the t-chedul? the surer
tha veto. The Democrats urc going to
put up a rotten schedule, and it will he
vetoed. Look at the sub-committee in
charge ef the sugar turiff bill. Repre?
sentative Fh-okWord is from Missouri,
the mulo stat?-. Repraaentattvc Hughefj
U from Pateraoi,, x j.. the bom* of
soar? hy In th? Lnlt?vd states, *nd Hop
re?e*ntative Rand.ll, of T?9i~ae. is a free
trader. What win the bill thev report
bol I d'in't know; Chairman T'n<1?-n-o?*?J
of the Ways and Means ^mmit!****??
not know, and Sal.-charrman Shackle
ford Won't t?-11.
Mr f<.l?<?ck has ab??ut M Util? confi?
dence in the Democrats and Insurgents
In the ?Senate as he has in Meaern
gbachlefflrd, Hughes and Randell. He
connta solelv on the l'n^sidenfs sense of
lustke m sine I?ouisiann. Hut Louisiana
Toted against Mr. Taft in 100? and will
probabtj got? aeainst him in U'12, even
if be dtx'S step in and protect Its leading
Indnetu bf ? v,,,-?* Thorc *re s(mit-'
states which prefer Itvlng on charity to
working out their own salvation. \ if
Louisiana thinks sugar ought to be
guaitfed front ?Pomocratle onalanghti on
the pres.'iit protective tariff rate, why
doeenl it ime It* vt,te In ingress and in
th.- Klcctornl College to defend Itself, In?
stead ">f throwing away that vote and
?hen ?Tying out ?for pity when it comes to
facing the iiinseipieuces?
UONkTt AVD W9IX9M8.
Measured by the volume of payments
through clearing houses, current busi?
ness transactions are large, but opera
tlons, as a rule, represent day-to-day
dealings. Little disposition to antici?
pate futuro requirement? is noted in any
line of trade, and at the moment weather |
conditions are not in favor of a satis?
factory distribution of goods, except
winter merchandise. rmh-reurrents in
the business world, however, suggest
gradual expansion in OUT industries,
.51?. dally in the steel and ?Irygoods mar?
ket's, the latter showing a better inquiry
from buyers, Induced to ?jome extent by
higher prices for raw cotton, on the
theory that lower quotations on tinlahod
goods are out of th?i question. The
heavy cotton crop doubtless has been
fally discounted, and as the larger num?
ber of mills are short on stocks in the
face of rising prices f??r options and the
spot material It appears safe to assume
that future quotations t>n cotton goods
will rule above prevailing levels. Cot?
ton for future delivery has been acttVS
in recent days at advancing figures
Under the influence of heavy buying by
speculators snd spot bouses.
According to "The Iron Ago" pig Iron
production in -January ww? ?.'.??."?T.fill
tons, ns against 2,<M.'1.27ii tons In De?
cember. and according to the same
authority thirteen rnl'-.l States Steel
Corporation furnaces were blown In the
tirst month of the year, which is exactly
the number by which the total of active
furnaces in th? whole country on Feb?
ril try 1 exceeds that of January 1. In
finish?*.! ste, i materials some irregularity I
IS reported in prices, tho figures at which
large producers were holding plates,
shapes and bars in December having
been shuib.'il in many instan??. While
the. general steel marker is "spotD ' the
t'nlted States Steel ?Corporation's book?
ings are etvournglng, end It? unfilled or
ders on hand at the end of th?? laut
m??nth ehow an Incre.-ne <>f ^l.'.H?O tons
over the De?emher record. It Is estl?
mat-1 that the big steel .on?:ern Is now
operating on a beats of M per cent of its
pig Iron c?jpa?'lty and upward of ?V? |?cr
cent of tlnlshing capacity. The Inde?
pendents are not doing so well. Im?
provement Is reported In the copper mar?
ket, an?J the price of the metal is again
practically on a l-l'i-cent basis.
K? ports r**elv?jd by the eommerci tl
agen? I?"? show- a lar?* number of failure?.
In the first month <>f the year. "Dun's
Re\l?\v" finds that the number of all
mercantile disasters In January was
i>!?7, v*.ith total tn-flebtedMei of fie
77" .W?, ooOBpared with 1,088. with lia?
bilities of Jl'l.'-lto.t.l'.? In the correspond
ing period a year ago. the record present?
ing an Increase In ?mall Insolvencies and
a d?y*reas.? in the number of failures Ot
Mt****e ?oucerns. So far In the currenr
month the number of commerclol fallur?-s
is considerably In excess of that, re?
ported In the same time in 1911 In th?*
commodity markets prices as a rule
favor the buyer. In comparison with re?
cent quotation ltjvels. cotton heing the
chief ex.-eptloii. Cereals, however, show
little clmngu from the high figures of th*
season, -and in spite of speculative profit
taking In wheat and corn there has b, en
no material decline In the various op?
tions. The world's s'ipply of wheat In?
creased lest week M&OOO bushels,
against a gain in tho like period In 1011
of l.tiVit.OtiO bushels, while exports of
wheat from ?11 ports In this country and
Canada amounted t<? .1,Slft,?t?S bushels,
compared with 2.271,201 bushels for the
corresponding week h year ago. Butter
and eggs are lower; also cattle, hogs and
Sheep The market for hl'les Is strong
In nil p.'trts of tho world.
Speculation In stocks is light in vol?
ume, and only a small investment de?
mand is reported. Th? professional ele?
ment on tho Stock Exchange Is bearish,
owing to the vurlous uncertainties In the
general situation, but it has not been
successful In bringing about investment
liquidation nor ha? it mado much of un
i m pr?s* Ion on prices. S?vurtttes are In
strong hands ami the larger llnancial in?
t?r?ts ??re not pessimistic regarding the
future. Hank reserves, although small?.
than th?.s<? reported at the spotting of the
year, are m 111 large enough to maintain
seey rates for money, but .-?? Aliments |
of funds from the Interior aro beginning
to increase, while ly.-ai hankers are lend?
ing heavy ?unis to Europe and are ship?
ping gold to Purls. It is quito p?>*nlblo
that u firm? r temlemy will soon develop
In the leenl market f??r loans. Discount
rat-s in London have decline?!, and the
easier situation In tho British capital Is
i ? BeetOd In a reduction of the Hank of
Knglanil's rate from 4 to V*\ pata (l.llt
Exports of merchandls.? from tho. L'nlted
State? are heavy, und th.? p'-sltion of th?
country In the International money mar?
ket Is one of extremo strength.
DM Oownor Wilson misread the signs
of th : tlm?-s when ho recanted his
"cocked hat" opinions and turned to the
worship of Bryan? If so, he can doubt?
less get a new light as ho advances In
exi-erlence of practical politics.
- a
How* about making o?ir cavulry regi?
ments a truly Democratic soldiery hy
mounting them on donkeys, and so being
allowed to keep them?
a
And now it has come to the "t'hurcli
yell," given from the pulpit platform or
the steps of tho altar, presumably con?
cluding with an "Ah-men!" Instead of
the conventional "Sis! Boom! Ah-h-h!"
And wonder gasps, "What next?"
? ?
Andrew Jm kson won the buttle of
New Orleans with a breastwork of sugar
hogsheads. Naturally, then, th?i Demo?
cratic C-ngrsssnun s*-e? no use for
battleships, and finds it better to put
the money into a "pork barrel" for de?
fence In every dl?rlct.
?
Governor Wilson f-een-?" to hu\ e got
into and out of Kentu-cky witheut hav?
ing been haled before a 'court Of hont***.''
Kentucky colonela nowadays fall to live
I up to the inspiring motto:
und all for one."
"On<* for all
In the Northwest they have railroad
trains which make their time In zero
weather. Romo of our Eastern railroad
managers whose engines seem unable to
make -Kam \at\en tho mercury **o?*s be?
low th.* frawhig point might ptvfltaMy
go nnd study their methods
HIE TALK OP THE HAY.
The United States jrovernment lia* or?
dern! an army omtoat to the t'nlveralty of
Kam-an to study the system of teaching
swimming that Is used by Dr. Jam?-* Nal
smith, head of the department of physical
edu.atlon at tho university. Dr. N'aismith
aaeerts that a man can be taught to swim
in lift***, minutes. This assertion has
aroused interest In all earl? of the coun
try, and the oflV-c of the department of
physic.?* education of the university 1? be
?laged with letters asking for Information.
The Bjrstsan that I haft* adopted In teach?
ing swimming 1- very simple," ?ay? Dr.
Naismitli. "it simply -pesa back to tho
foundation principles. All animal?, except?
ing man. swim In the same position that
?h. : walk. TeecMag man to swim re?
solves ttOetf Into two factors. First to keep
the body in a horizontal position, and tbe
second principle rests on the fact that when
a heavy body strikes the water in a elant
Ing position with an impetus almost par?
allel with the surface it is almost Impos?
sible for the body to ?-Ink."
"Is your husbanil ?ticking to hi? re.-olu
tlon to give up smoking?"
"Mercy, no! Haven't you not led bow
good nature?! he Is'.'"-Chicago Record-Her?
ald
Two young aromen who have been (rienda
from chlldh'iod an?l now occupy house? on
the same Mock employ tha same family
physician. He was called h few days ago
to attend the four-year-old boy of one of
the women and was asked before leaving :
"Why Is It that Harry?her neighbor's little
boy-la never sick and our boy Is un?lcr the
weather so often?" "That's a hard one,"
said tho physician, "but maybe you can
Und an answer In the fact that Harry
pelted me with snow a few minutes ago."
The doctor made a quick exit, leaving the
Impression, however, that more fresh air
might ??ring about a desirable change. In
relating the. story the physician ?aid that
the puny child got most of his "fn sh air"
in a tightly closed automobile.
Bllllcvi?!? I can truttifully say I nnsXtmt for
-*? t a favor.
Cynlcus?Nothing remarkable about that
The fellow we accept a favor from nrJdom
lets ui forget It?Philadelphia Record.
A Heat York merchant W?ho makes fre
iiuent trips to Europe in the Interest of his
botOaeas, in ~rpna"rtng of the porter-drama -
tlat Otto Reinhard Topper, who recently
disappeared from his home In Vienna, said
that he had met the WrtUT of "The Balsa
Woman** shortly aiter his first work had
been produced, "lb* told us," said the New
Yorker, "of his poverty-stricken bom? and
how happy he was wh?n he ?ecurod a place
as metal polisher In a Berlin store. There
be worked all day and remained In his
lodging place at night and wrote what he
called 'little dramee?' made out of the ma?
terial which h<* saw before him dally, fi?
nally he took courage to show his largest
work to a manager. 'F*r?-lh?'ltsdrang' Mai
a frest success and made him famous. I
eral lold that he was not provident. I sup
pose that this bad something to do with
hi? disappearance.''
"He say? that hi? I? the straight and nar?
row way of existence."
"He speaks truly. Ills one Ideal Is the
pronoun 'I ' ?Washington Piar.
K_t the crust of bread in preference to
the crumb This la the advt<*e of "The
Lancet," for a century or more a sort of
doctore' bible. This London medical pun
llcatlou say? that analyst? BbOWg that "the
crumb contains on an average IS fsog cent
of moisture, while the crust contains only
_? per cent. On? Importent dietetic differ
ISMS between cruit and crumb Is the fa?"t
that the former contains an increased
amount of soluble carbohydrates owing to
the action of Intense heat which the crust
receives compare-l with the crumb during
baking Moreover, the crust ha? a more
pronounced bready flavor tiian the crumb,
a flavor which is attractive and which
stimulate? the flow of digestive jnlces.'
Mother?If your* v.-rv good, Kdtth, I'll
take von to the circus.
Little Ulrl -Do you really mean it. moth?
er, or Is It lust a promis.-'* -Life ,
A PROBLEM FOR SOCIALISTS
Antagonism Between Morality and
Root Principle of Sociali*****.
To the Bdltor of The Tribune
Sir; Since the appearar^e of Condi I".
Pallen's article In Tho Tribune on January
2* there have been n tew ineffectual at
tempts to an?wer it. None of your cor
re?pondent?, however, havn made the
slightest effort to meet the issue raised by
him. Joseph A. Margolles protest* against
"the dragging In of ?dl the atuff about
moral?, etc." That Is evasive, but Is
nevertheless the logical position tor a
Hi? ?allai It is never particularly pleasant
for a r-.Wa.lat to have the antagonism
hetween the root principle of Socialism and
morality preased homo with Mr. fallen's
force and dlre-Ui*-ss
Mr. Margolles would prefer to divert the
attention of the public from the phase of
Socialism emphasized by Mr. Pallen to the
aeml-Hociallstlc postal service. And for
obvious reasons. He does not point out,
however, that In the administration of the
postoflh-?; there is no production In the In?
dustrial sense, and that distribution Is not
mude known on any known Socialistic
formula Nevertheleyf. In the administra- j
lion of the postofllce there are certain i
potete of resemblance to the Socialistic I
regime foreshadowed !?>' tho prophets ?of I
the new commonwealth- n UBOly, the lack j
of check upon wuste and the absence of ',
that pushing iiu-.-nilv.i t?. exertion when.
there l? a personal stak? In tho product,
the spirit killing routine and red tape and
the poronnje) daflaet.
Another correspondent, from the hinter?
land ?f B ehjtor state, doubts whether Mr.
Fallen "btmOClf undcrslaml* what he is
talking about." Eta WggMla that better
argument- would l><: ?on booming from
eertoln writers, the practical effect of
?rhoae pnncipi? i a~onld bo to level the in-1
e?|iialltles In wealth that correspond to
difference? in enterprise, in Industry and
in thrift, as well as those which correspond
to ?Jifferencis ?r? _t??l by art?llela! advan
Bafae. ln-t?-?-?l, John Armstrong, of Peets
burg, N". J., is not nearly so far removed
frimi Socialism u? ho would have ua be?
lieve. The gentleman doth protest too
much.
In Tho Tribune of February G Arthur
W. Welles, writing as a iu>n-S<>clalIst, lect?
ures Mr. Fallen upon his tllppancy and
bid? him address himself to "the problem ?
of distribution of wealth ... a problem
which no Socialist has ever ?aUsfactorlly
answered. . . . Free love and Irreligi?n
are no part of Soclall?m. Socialism is an
economic doctrine, pure and simple, and
the private views of Socialists toward mar?
riage and the Trinity have nothing to do
with Socialism."
Well, let us BOO. One Hdght as well bay
the moon aa urgue the economic principle
Involved In Socialism with Its followers.
The fatalism of their philosophy makes
collectivism inevitable, and any argument
about the universal disorder that will fol?
low doe? not dloturb the ordinary Socialist.
Reside.-, it would have be?? dtteourteoua in
Mr. Pallan to have ignored the moral Issue
?hieb wee ralaad in Mr. McMahon's com?
tuunlcation. Mr. McMahon would, then
have had reason to complain.
It is true that "free love" Coot not een.
?tltute a pert of ?he definite, written, po?
lltical Programm?* of Soctalton*. N'everthe.
!???. eine? the philosophy of Socialism
predicate? th? aboUtlon of the mon??gumlc
family, and slnee their 1-aders and repre?
sentatlve spokesmen hold that the only
union of man and woman compatible wlti?
Socialistic equality Is one to be deter?
mined by the duration of what they call
"sex fondness," and since, moreover, no
Soclullst leader or writer of any standing
denies either the plain Implications of their
philosophy m that respect or r?pudi?t???
the authorities that would substitute "?ex
fondness" for the marrlag?^ tie. perhaps It
is not a very are.it exaggeration to say
'li?t Socialism has a free love llavor. Hut,
in any event, between "free love" an un
Institution and "sex fondness" as the sole
condition for making, unmaking and re?
making affinities. I will lea? e Mr. v\ elles
to cho?we.
N""r Is Irr?ligion In express terms in?
eluded in the ?Socialistic programme. In?
deed, the reverse ia the case. The Socialist
party has solemnly declared In a political
convention by a majority of one that "it
is not concerned with matters of religious
belief." Yet an incredulous world will re
nerve Its judgment. Soctsliat leaders. If
anything, are tacticians. But the question
flung at t'-.e convention which adopted that
platform, by one of the delegates, was
not then, nor has It been since, answered.
Perhaps some of your correspondent? who
fcem so anxious to shift this lssuo from
its moral bearings might try it. It runs
as follows:
"If economic* determinism be true, and
if the moral and sthlcal principles ot so?
ciety be based ultimately upon the manner
ot economic production, how ?Jaro you then
j say that wo have nothing to do with re?
ligion'.'" (Proceedings National Convention
of the Socialist Party, 1908, p. 196.)
Mr. Pallen merely presses the same in?
quiry |n another form: Does the theory
(or, if you wish, the law) of economic de?
terminism presage or imply the abolition
of the family and the negation of religion?
Or does it not? And if not, why no?.? That
is the question. W. J. O'DONNELL.
New York, Feb. 7, 191_.
FOR LA FOLLETTE ANO WILSON.
To the Kdltor of The Trilxine.
Sir : The editorial in The Tribune of to.
day in regard to th? unseemly basto of
some of the Progressive leaders and oth?
er? to hold the funeral of tho candidacy of
Senator I?a Follette Impresses me as very
opportune. When the Senator himself comes
forward and declares himself out of the
lace will be time enough to go on with
the ceremony. The Progressive leaders and
others?who In all probability will be found
not to be leaders?who <?em no greatly
pleased that the Senator is, they hope,
"down and out" will find that their Joy is
r.s premature as was that of those who so
Jon fully proclaimed the "killing' of Gov
ernor Wilson.
Neither Senator La Follette nor Governor
Wilson Is going to be put out of the way
fo easily, ami the "leaders" who proclaim
tn^mselves so loudly and who know so
ir.uch will net only find themselves without
followers but will learn that both Senator
La Follette and ?Governor Wilson are rep?
resentatlves of principles which appeal
with a great deal more -strength to the
ordinary American citizen than does the
?personal ambition of any man or any con?
sideration of party fealty.
When in Philadelphia Senator La Fol?
lette said. 'If we must have a Democratic
pf??fldent I hope It will be ?Governor Wil
:son." he did more thin express his personal
I i'-llng; he expressed the feellnn of thou
! sands of Republicans, who If they do not
! bav? the privilege of voting for Senator
? I. ? Kollette will vote for Governor Wilson.
?w York. Feb. 7. Itlt D. E. DAVIS.
POSIES FOR PRENDERQASTIANS.
To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir : The writer. In the Interest of his
j clients, frequently has business with the
office ot the Controller In New York, and
lie cannot help noting the contrant between
the efficiency of the present administra?
it? n of th*? offl-ae and the old re-citne of
Tammany officials and clerks.
It I? really a pleasure now to do buslnew
with the office. The officials and clerks are
not only attentive to husmees, but display
a marked degree of intelligence and are
[extremely courteous. The man at the
cashier's window Is one of the most cour?
teous, efficient and polite clerks that tin
writer has e\cr come. In contact with.
The public Is surely entitled to prompt,
courteous and efficient servies by Intelli?
gent clerks, and that It surely rwelves In
th-* Controller's oftVc und?*r the present ad?
ministration, A LAWYER.
.Tersey City. N. J., Feb. 10. |IU. .
A PESSIMISTIC WESTERNER.
To the Editor of Tho Tribune.
Sir: I regret that somebody has circulated
?"?rle? throughout the East to the effect
thHt l.lgh wastes prevail In San Francisco
and throughout the West and that sundry
Industries are scares of men. The result
bu a been to flood this coast with deluded
men and women. People slnv.il- undcr
9\ ?tat that gold does not grow* on the
bU.hSS ?i?it here and that work on the
pi.ncnia-Paclfic exposition has not started.
Tnere are 20,000 applicants for Jobs at the
fair, and the officers say Eastern people
hau the wildest Imaginable idea? about
Pince?1.
I have recently ?tudle.l Industrial and
agrleattnral conditions all the way from
AltwftS to Phirnlv. While there 1*- room
*<?>?? many thousand of persons out this way, I
flu land IS Infested with eswiiidlers of the
worst type. Th** Pacific Information
L. mi?. of Han Francisco, is counteracting
tin->?? misapprehensions as to a great de?
mand for n miscellaneous lot of Immi?
grants, and niai*? > H I point to prevent
p? rions from leaping in the. dark. It Is
criminal to use the maib* for such mlsrep
i. s?i-.Li.tion?. as fill thin country with Idle
and psnaltsss tourists.
LEIGH H. IRV1NK.
? ..ki.??vi. Cat, Feh, .". I'M:.
AN INTERPRETATION.
To the E?llt'?r of The Tribune.
?Sir: in Dr. Fallen's cleverly written an?
swer to John IX. M<\\lahon'ii article In favor
of c.cliUhti! we have a socialist answered
hv a socla'.l.it. The answerer is oppos??d,
hut Ih himself guilty of the essential prln
clplcs of socialism. I?est It may be Im?
agined that the doctor did not drop any?
thing savoring of socialism, an?! lest It may
nul be noted that he Is a socialist without
knowing It, wltnexs the following extract
from hi? final paragraph: "The picture
(ths socialists' Indictment of the prtwut
to. tal organization? Is Immensely over?
drawn, Is limned with ? ?h, radically falsl
?ss the perspectlv _n?1 Is a reckless
calumny to boot." Any one but a conserv?
ative soclallxt knows that no pen has as yet
p.?Ii,ted the present failures In ?lark enough
colors.
He continues : "Abuses there have been,
abuses thore are, under the present social
Organisation, but many have been rectified
and more will be rectlfhu!." No man not
poisoned with the virus of socialism could
have so much confidence In our present so?
cialistic system. The answerer has not th?
slightest suspicion that present day evils
aro caused by tho socialism Inherent In our
fed. ral und state constitutions and In most
of our national and ?neat statutes. Ills
objections huv?. all been many times suc?
cessfully answered. It will take something
i?.""- than a socialist to give tho socialists
??unething that th??y cannot answer, will
not Tho Tribune make un attempt to get
answered both McMahon's radical social
Urn and Pallen* far more dangerou? con
s*irvattve socialism?
E. D. BRIN'KERMOIT
Ii-vlngton. N- J.? Feb. a, 1912.
S 1 ...
A FINE CENSOR!
I' rum The Buffsl" ? ouritr.
Das of ?h? f?ll?*v? tadlet?., {or tmphcstion
In ?h? ?-Ur?*?'"?* <?-?tupiracy ??,, prM((JftUl of
th? Astatic Exclu?! ?n Uj???_-;, of ftn Vttn.
r.\eeo. Wo may net w?mt th? <?**_*,,.?? but
th?*y art prufsrsbU ts dynamlt??*
?I REFORM
What It Costs?What Bankera,
Think of It.
London. January 27
The political millennium is not cheap.
The Chancellor's refreshing fruit for
parched lips is as costly as the luxurious
feasts of Cleopatra and the Roman ?sm
peror?, when Jewels were dissolved In
wine an?l delicacies from the world's end
were served on rose leaves. Taxpayer?
have to bear the burden of those social
reforms which are bringing in the new
heavens and the new earth, and it ii
heavier than the war toll of the Na?
poleonic period. Every progree?i*/e
scheme requires a fresh horde of official?
and sends up the expenditures by lean?..
and bounds. Mr. J. 8. Rubinstein ha?
been making some Interesting oal-mia
tions baaed upon the financial vote*
sanctioned by Parliament, and ho bas
discovered that between IS94 and 191?)
the salaries and expenses of government
officials have increased from $80,725.000
to ?210.0< ?0,000 annually. This estimate
does not Include the cost of the labor ex
changes and the revaluation of the lsni;
and the expense of the notional system
or Insurance, which is to go Into effect
in July, is mainly conjectural. Tbs bur?
dens of armaments are rivalled by th*
exorbitant expenditure? of officialdom.
j One costly barrack after another Is built
I In Whitehall for new brigades of clerHs
j and inspectors, and the national expend?
| tures have reached a stage *f extrava?
gance that is appalling to oldtime e?on
omlsts.
What would that apostle of individual?
ism. Herbert Spencer, have thought of
the expenditure of gl.870.0O} on a new
Domesday Book with the collwtL>p of
.5100,000 as a meagre offset? Or what
would Richard Cobden, the national bag?
man, who considered that the world was
governed too much, have ?aid about an
official return of the Board of Trade
ehowing that over 80,000 candidat?*'
application?? had been received In con?
nection with the labor exchanges and:
unemployment Insurance? Lord Catrris
questioned the utility of land transfer
acts, uni condemned the proposal for
the establishment of branch r-agUtries
wh>en the c-antral office was avoided bv
landowners as unworthy of confldenc?*
How amazed he would be over the de?
liberate department plan of having a
branch registry in every -country, with a
swarm o? officiais: Gladetone had a
phenomenal talent for constructive legl?
latlon, and was conspicuous for maitsry
ot figures and detail?. Would he not
have confessed his helplessness if he ha?J
been required to explain the praerfir?i**
operatlon of a measure like the Uigur- \
anee bill, with Its provisions for r?sor *.*ia
lalng the friendly aocieties. creating a"
rational medical service and supervising
the stamping and collection of 13,000000
cards? Th?s magnitude and c-omplejttty
of tb?k? social reformers compel offl<-*jaI*
to chatter about millions of ri*.'.*.? and
benefirs; and naturally there must te
fresh multitude? of civil servants under
pay. If anything Is to be done with the,
system
More than one-half of the land in Ire?
land ha? passed into the poe-seasion .of \
tenants and small owners through ili^
operation of the Wyndham act. and lb?-,
remnant might be readily financed it.-,
agitators were not warned that the 'am?
p?ete resettlement of the population on
Its own soil would interfere with politi?
cal objects. This has been an immense
undertaking, involving enormou? use of
public credit, but it Is a beggarly enter?
prise In comparison with the purchase of
English land for the benefit of occupiers
and agricultural laborers' small hold?
ings. Allotments and agricultural hold?
ings measures have been enacted In rapid
?succession for the purpoae of multiply?
ing small owners and sending back (_.'
. *
the land unemployed workers In lb?::
towns, and now there are fresh prep??- ?
sals for the establishment of land ?"?a-iks
with capital supplied by the state and
with resources for financing the pur?
chase of small properties on the instal?
ment plan, with agreements covering
seventy-five years. Advanced radicals
consider that these recommendation? d>
not go far enough and talk glibly about
the good time coming when under Mr.
Lloyd George's leadership the railway?
of the kingdom will be purchased and
operated for the public good and a com?
plete system of land nationalisati-rm in**
troduced In con'ormlty with the t?*mclt-*''''
.. v.-.?:
Jngs of Henry George.
Ministers obsessed with viewy scheme?
of social reform, the continuous recruit-.
ints of hordes of official?, and exorbitant ;
and oppressive taxation of Investors and
capitalists are characteristic feature? ot
England under Radical rule. The cost
may easily be counted when consols,
which were once gilt-edged securities
among nations, go hogging at 77 and ma*7
fall into the sixties or fifties if extrava?
gant expenditures are doubled and fre?'*i
blocks of social reforms ere finan?:?**! by
increased levies on the haves for th?*?
benefit of the have-nots. The bank pw<
dctits understand the seriousn-saa of tbt ?
situation when, according to Lord
Aldwyn, nino of the largest Institutions
have been forced to write off t'ti.SS?.Oil)
since 1908 in consequence of the depreci?
ation of securities. Sir Felix Schuster.
Lord Gosohen and Mr. Maurice O. Fitz?
gerald are experienced bankers, w*h"
command the confidence of the busings
c??mmunlt>. and they agree that the de
OllM ?f consols and other Muh class se?
curities hat lieeome a serious national
question and that with the country rush?
ing heudlon*.- toward a yearly budget of
?*.\H?,<?)0,000 the future of British 'n
duHtry and finance is a matter of the
gravest concern.
Not only have expensive servie??? t*?eeti *
multiplied by credulous social reformer*
but the cost of revenue collections ha*
also rapidly Increased; and in the -?pinion
of expert financiers like Sir Felix Schus?
ter there will inevitably be a dtKTeasing
yield from death and succession dnti?e*s
and super-taxes, .since these levies in?
volve the destruction of capital and are
economically unsound. Direct taxation
is a milch cow that can be overmllked
und exhausted. There is a current ids?
that money Invested abroatl is safer and
more profitable than capital kept at
home, where It is under close scrutiny
bv revenue officials and may be ?uh
jc?;ted to predatory budgets and legisla?
tion. If the Chancellor of the Excheiue.
has discovered new methods of financing
social reform under Free Trade, he ha?
failed either to find adequate employ?
ment for capital at home or to prevent
a disastrous decline of national *ecuri
tleb The political millennium ?**Wea
he has been portraying with vivid rbeuj
r\e in a paradise for legion? of offlcisl*
and tax-gatherara. ?-? ? ? ***