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bark u; m r-.ii.i-.i. No red tape, no <|uib
blina- XX? make good prrsmpll) if tli? ad
?.irtiser doe?- ? ,\.
Our Neighbor, Patriot.
r mi. th< editorial olumna of "Th*
World' ... n di e da] i ? take the follow?
ing:
"Ali - - m d 'Staats-Zeit
un-T-s' n \- '. Tribun? "f that
'.'HIC . ..;'??'?- upon
him."
The relit* policy
of Ge? ge Wi Id , Wi w ' prede
' e**0 ..- i ' i\. ! ." .', ii. tlv pol
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As to ;i," tipp ol I'??? paialle!
o? '1 rentoi. Valley
h'org'- m \ I and the author <>f the
recently familiar note i xpressing Ameri?
can poiK*y ol home and abroad, The Trib
ti e will leave thil question tu history to
decido. Wh, U it at the moment
i- the n n itself ami criticism of
Mr. Wilsoi n- the outgiving of "a mud
battery.** Tin Tribune i- Interested in this
eharge because it suggests that "The
v i i" l?; el last concluded that its own
.? in ihr matter ef nun! ii bo com?
pletely forgotten that it can safely charge
ethei lewspapen with pursuing; the
COfjroe Which lone gave it the pole distinc?
tion it enjoyed in American journalism.
Hut The Tribune believes that in this
' The World" is iti error. From Rhodes's
"History of the United States" the follow?
ing account of "The World's" part in the
?Tort t'i defeat Abraham Lincoln in 18??4
.- taken:
The desperate character of the canvass for
MeClcllaB l"l 'The New York World," the!
ablest and most influential Democratic jour?
nal of the country, into an unworthy line of
argument. Not content with the general
charge- of "ignorance, inconipcter.cy and'
corruption of Mr. Lincoln's administration,"
i? east imputations on the personal honesty
of the Pres-di n?. It asked the? questions:
"Mr. Lincoln, has hi- or has he not on inter?
act m the profit:- of public contract??" "Is^
Mr. Lincoln hone.-; ?" und gave these answer?: ;
"That Lincoln has succumbed to the oppor-i
tunities and temptations of hi? present place;
is eopobli ol the easiest proof," and "This I
claim cf honesty will not benr examination.**I
Again it '? ion: "Honest Old
Abe bol feo honeel men to defend hi* hon
e-ty."
As to our neighbor the "Staat?--Zeitung,"
and German-Americans generally, we hold
no brief for them, hut we fancy that it
irii-t come with surprise to them to be de?
scribed a- "Copperheads" by that nowspa
per which, in the Civil War, was the rec?
ognized and proclaimed organ of "(opper
r-e.adism," and in the dark days that
followed the early failures of Grant in the
advance to Richmond was actually sus
j.i ruled by the government for publishing, a
1 als'- and harmful rumor intended to weak?
en the cause of the North and contribute
to the aiil and comfort of the South.
n i- neighbor "The World" affects to
treat with indignation and bitterness those
German- Vmei ?cans who are now in re?
bellion against the United States or at
vori: conspiring Ogainot its safety. But in
the ?lays "f 'he draft ri'.t, when this city
vus in rebellion against the necessary com
poislon t" tili the gap in the lines at the
front, it was "The World" which frankly
and ope ?? I the United Stete* goi
i ' i..- e- ? iroe in ordering and en?
forcing th-' draft In the cri.-i* of that
draft ri"t the "Copperhead" mob marched
tc The Tribune Building ami destroyed the
machinery, hit "The World" was not mo?
l? sted.
The Tribune does not cfuarre! with "The
World" because in 1916, as in 1864, it ad?
vocates peace ol any price and -supports a
Democrat on a platform of "too proud to
fight." It m-ogniy.es the right of "The
World" to adhere t" the policy it has al?
ways pursued without regard to any ques?
tion sa-- thai "t" par.ichia! Democratic
polities. It realizes that a newspaper
which attacked Abraham Lincoln because
?< defended national honor and safety
would BOtUrally suppor* Wo.xlrow Wilson
ieriftetng both.
But it ventures to vjggest that "The
World" should rever permit any exee-s of
> ycuphar.tic enthusiasm to betrny it into
'ne use of certain terms. Of these are
mud-battery aid "Copperhead."
Ellis Island, a Privilege.
Undoubtedly New York's most tnking
onil expressive possession is its ?ky line,
thai st?rm of pitted masonry which out
Iteelf against the clour's like a fairy
of Maxfield Porrish's de-igning, now
"?g i? a steel blue atmosphere, now
/ phantom-like ?r.,m the mists, and
n Btodded sgoinol the dusk ?vith a
?i<* pin points of light. It is the
thir.g r New York which can be t-ot
?.here ? . -, the world eositaiae no duali
i.e.
But, m ? I inatety fei Slew Von..-- ||
somet? i.?- which t*Mme*i be enjoy.-d
:*hin tin '. H elf. One must withdraw
i.. 0 spiri' .f detadHMBt to Brooklyn or
lorsey < H I of tl.*? island? of the
bay U) ? K n? K pe? petti?e and
. ' h v.,,, > P.u Island affordo om of the
I '.'/e, ai,.| ,.. -. .,.,,,,,,
lately, s 'h' gata-way to the land of in
migrant dreams. There it is the one tre
mendous fact focussing attention, as solid
a- Pike'- Peak, as beautiful as a mirage.
"Ah, I could gaze at the buildings for
i . ;.?-." exclaims Professor Volpi, of Flor?
ence. "They are marvellous. wonderful!
To appreciate them one should spend a
week in the harbor."
ProfwaOV \'olpi know- uh? 10..f h?
speak.*, but ?I is not every voyager to
these shor i who has eithyr the tempera
? ? th?. grace to refer thus delicatel)
t?. his detention. An annoyance, ai. indig*
.':.. an outrage! Hardly. A privilege,
rather, which should he accorded every
New Yorker for th?- good <?f his BOUl.
Ai,?l we arc just enthusiastic enough to
??<? i.?i maiicc ii. tin- ? uggottion.
A Respite from Sewage.
Again the city seems to bo laved tem?
porarily, at lees, -from the prospect of
drinking sewage fron state institutions.
Following the argument of Corporation
Counael Hardy'i application for an injunc
Hon to prevent the emptying <.f -ewage
fron the Mohansk State Hospital and
the New York Training School for Boys
into Mohanak Lake, it was announced that
ttoraey General liad . ignod a .-lipula
thal ?. action toward tin- building of
??? ewagc disposal plan ?would b? tak?'n
Miti: the Legislature meets. Then there
?? presented a proposal to pipe the
..- i '?' ?'".i ;h .-" - :< untry to th? Hud
sen near Pc ekskill.
Though this would unquestionably he
i ?tis: than the direct discharge ?>f the ef
into Mohansk Lake, .?ne of the
c??lc:'. of the city*? water . upply, then
have been raised seno;:.- objection? even
t?. the courte now under consideration by
? he state oAeors. It ?a argued that leak
? light occur in the several miles of pipe
lme from the institutions across to the
Lud-??i which might be almost, if not
quite, a- dangerous as the di charging of
the sewage i;it<> Mohansic Lake, since
they would be undetected for a con-ider
able period. Of the relative danger of this
procedure? compared with the emptying of
?vage int?? Mohansk Lake, the legis
wil! have to be the judges. One
thing IS certain -thi.* great city is entitled
?<? every possfl>k protection to the health
and safety of its inhabitants. Any possi*
bility of an epidemic of disease which men?
ace- them menaces also the millions of per?
sons to whom they might transmit such
disease. It is not just, it is not fair, to the
city, which contains more than half the
population of the state and which pay? far
more than half the taxes of the state, that
there should ever be such h menace. If
piping the sewage to the Hudson can be
proved to be a safe measure, it will be ac?
eptable. If not, the Legislature will have
to consider this city's demand that the pro?
posed new institutions be built somewhere
else than within the district which sup?
plies this city's drinking water. New York
has no desire to drink sewage, even in
n-inutest quantity.
Sniping.
All big game hunters should be inter?
ested in the sniping record of a Queons
land cavalryman named Sing (there ia
music in the chronicle of his deeds!), who
by September 1 had shot ninety-one Turks.
Sing had won prize? for marksmanship
I oth at Brisbane and at Sydney before the
open season for Turks lured him to Gal*
hpoli. And now "day after day and night
after night he settles down comfortably in
some pet p .-ition and wait? with inex?
haustible patience for his chance."
There is really no sport like it in all the
world, a the feudistfl ? ?f the Southern Ap
palachians have long known. Man is not
only ths- most dangerous of game when
r??i?sed. but the most cunning. And he is
a brave hunter who would pit himself
against him: and he must be a brainy one
if he would get him tir.-t.
Sing "sit.- for hours with a telescope as
an aid. watching the Turkish tracks over
the hill or the lengths of the Turkish
trenches, until sooner or later a Turk
shows himself. If the Turk is wary and
?iui?*kly bobs'up and then down again Sing
?'oes not fir?. He proceeds on the prin?
ciple that, emboldened by fancied security,
the Turk will gradually risk first his h?*ad,
then hi= shoulders, and finally the upper
half of his body. At this stage Sing's rifle
cracks and the Turk is seen to fall. A
notch is made by Sing in a stick which he
keeps by way of a record."
Suit;, we fear, likes to feel that he has
killed his man, which introduces into the
Sport an unnecessary element of destruc?
tive fervor. On the W?sst front, on the
Other hand, the opposing sportsmen seem
quite conten? merely with disabling their
quarry. Owen Johnson ha- written of in?
stances there when Frenchmen have de
posited their little tins of food ?>n the
trench'- brink as a taunt to the (?ermans.
who in their turn have watched these shin?
ing marks with infinite patience, knowing
full well that at supper time their pos?
sessors would reach up to reclaim them.
Anil when they did the boche rifles barked
and bullet-8 sped through tins and hostile
hands impartially.
Your perfect sniper Is the watchfullest
waiter then i ,
?The Hands of God."
It was in this manner that the father
?.f Lnglish surgery spoke of his trade:
? He that shall duly consi.ler the deplor?
able misery of mankind, end how much it
wisiiteth r?'li"f in such a multitude of in
Btaaoea, must needl acknowledge us to lie
what Antiquity hath long ,-ince call?'d us.
viz. Th< ?ImuiH ni (Jod. Indeed the ancient
Grecians in the dayn of Ignorance did not
stick to testify their reverence of the Kmi
nent men of the Profession, by referring
tiVm into the number ?if the (Jods which
they wonihipt. Nor have the latter times,
i bough winer than to ris?- to such extrara
?-ar.cy, beer, backward in expressing their
asteen of us; which notwithstanding they
have guided with much more discretion
and uxcfulii?
In attempting to determine the precise
measure of authority that may safel
granted to a profession so much eonce
in relieving the misery of mankind
e\ident that we mus? be goramod Ui
main by considerations of discr?tion
usefulness. In the case of the baby
Was allowed to die it- Chicago the c
?lay the coroner's jury ihowed more re
., h ,-..;? doral ions than certain
ihu.-i:. . . without measure or j
ment, and oven without knowledge 01
particular circumstances, have ino
nsntly execrated or spplaudod the sur;
who has been so busy of late provi
the paper.- with photographs of himse
various postures.
Ft is altogether ressonabk that a
goon should not i ?? obliged to perfora
operation against his conscience and j'
ment, but this obvious truth must
blind US to the possibility of error a
seems t?> have blinded some of the n
criers of persecution in 'his ease. M
men wo'ibl die prematurely if their
"??re to i>< determined entirely by
doctor's speculations on probability.
That the better sort have no delu
01. thi- bead is probably true, and B
doctors wouhl doubtless agree with
jury "'hat t'?i?' physician's highest ?lut
to relieve suffering and to prolong li
Bui the commonplace was perhap- ?>?.?
reiterating in reaped <>i a tendency
sonn* quartan to aaaume an nndue po1
ife and death, si if in these thi
the surgeon were something more than
Hand ?>f God.
Excesses of Censorship.
If ipber people in England v.ere
??reatly concerned Si the temporary -
pension of so violen! and injodkioui
journal as "The (?lobe," of London, m.
of them regarded the action of the g
eminent with misgivings, which will not
dispelled by the clemency graciously
tended in the meantime to the trucul?
editor. For the circumstances were st
as to justify grave fears for the freed
??f the press generally, nor were th'
fears satisfactorily disposed of when '
mattes was debated in '.lie House "f Co
mona
The question that occurs even to tin
who are most inclined to regard the g?
ernmenl with indulgence is tin-: it iu
i thing can be done so easily in tiie et
ot "The (?lob?." what is to prevent a rej
tition of thi proc?s- whenever ; dil
has the misfortune to displease the g?
eminent" The question i-r natural, (
the policy of the government ha- "lev
been made clear in this matter. "T
Globe" did indeed defy the Pros. Bures
but that is not generally regardes! a
tatisfsctory pretext for suppressing it I
executive act without any appeal whl
ever to the court?.
The case seem? to be nearly similar
the case ?if the "Eclair," of Pari.-, whi
was suppressed about a month ago ait
an attack upon the government. This a
was denounced by *--?? B?renger a- "?.
merely a material damage, mo.-t srbitr
rily inflicted, but a moral violence whol
unworthy of the ?regular regtet* >?: "?.
We-tern democracies." The law reganlir
censorship, so far as the public know
confers no right on those in authority
?ei/.c newspaper.- without legal trial. 1
practice, however, the censor seems
have his own way. Thus a paper of O
Mans had some pr<>of-sh?-et? returned it?
long sii:.?' with a marginal note to the e
feet that "attack- sgainst the ?, overnmei
; n?l the Parliament an- forbidden, accon
ir.g to ministerial instructions." N'o sue
instructions had ever hitherto ho?-n con
munkated to newspapers.
Obviously a censorship which is ?
t?> account by th?' government to - ippret
critici.-m would be a very real danger, an
in England quite bj much si
? peciaUy to-day, when the House of < orr
mons, to a considerable tlegree, volui
tartly refrains from criticism.
Mr. Foni ha* announced h pr????
sence in Kurope Wsf iias its romp?"
The New Centre of the Fur Trade
(Tram lot Bprta#S*M J..>v
Among other effects ?if ths European Wa
is the shifting of the world's fur market fror
London to St. Louis. The United Btat?
eminent recently sol?] nearly |60,0OU irortl
of furs in the Missouri city, and R..
other foreign countries are skipping larg
(?uar.tities of furs to St. Loui? fur sale. Th
recent ?ale there was the first general au?*
tion of fur?? on a large scale ever hei,; 11
America. Ponaerly uli ths Uaitcd
gOTsrnment's fur- were auctioned ti London
Hut how com?*.? it that Uncle Sam lia?; fur
?o >cll? Those recently dispos?
blue and white fox skin-' blue is tin
most coveted ami the government1 al s is i
large trader in SSalsklns. Here ?ir.' govern
ment iudustries worth million? of dol?an
about which the average sitizsn knOB
iti(*. The United States g?>t into the ui
buainass by the acquirement of ths Pribilol
islands when it bought Alaska fr.im Russia
But where do the fox skins csime in? Th?
two larger islands of the Pribilof group iMtVI
supported exceptionally large packs ?f fores
the animals living in spring ami ?unim? >r or
the eggs of counties- birds that ne-! there
and on the birds theSMoWoO, and in ?v'ntei
on the remains of the seals slsughterad for
their skin?. The fox industry b? <-a m ?? in thi?
way largel) dependent an ssaiii.c. and it has
suffered ?ince the clo?e season was ? ro
mulgatod. Nevertheless, the returns from
the recent sale of fox skin? equalled interest
on 11,000,000, and when sealing ; resumed
it il bel'.eve i i that the sire of the gsivernment
lox pack can be materially Increased
Spain Honors Cervera.
| r.,1,, fh.r SI 1 ? *U illr.hr ;,.,, .,,.
The other day Orvera's remains were sop.
ultured in the Pantheon at Madrid, umle: t?
raoaaflseat *rltli this inscription: "H.-r
in this -acred IpOt, the mortal MASS
Vice-Admiral Cer?fera, a gallant sailor, a man
r,t saner, faithful, upright, a model af senega*
tion. eesrteay, and ??il ths Chrlatiai ? rtu?
Americans. Brhs never at any time fin..-I to
see thi- gl"!' ' f ( ?r- ? ni's forlorn hops- ehargU
at BantiagO, and who have never failed In
pa; '../. .1 i?' honor to the living man, und ths'
slei.il man' memory, he] a satisfaction st
this belated tribute, from his own eouatiy,
to one who -vrote a glonou* pag.
tory in making a hopcl.v?? -arr.!..- .,?' which
?he ?eaetreai and till latinad th- herou
.. It ran no.' '"? laid that had ?
failed in doing thu' v?ry thing fur which he
dOBinod m Spain, Baan
,.), Aeem weeli be i?i??tte,i and the had*/ <?f
I Cervera would not rest in .pain's Pantheon. |
WEST POINTERS
They Have an Advantage in Taking
Up an Army Career.
To the Editor of Th? Tribune.
Sir: With reference ?o Mr. J. B. W Gar?
diner's article on West Pointers and hi? vie".
o' ' causo? for the -hortage of office;-?. I
w-oul.i b that the gradaote of West Pom?,
has far better chance* for becoming an of?
ficer thsn either the enlisted man or the
civilian. If Mr. (?airliner will look up this
matter he w;?! i.i.d that at the pres.n? time
and for th.- pa-t year or two neither the
enlisted man nor ?he civilian has had an
opportunity to compete for a commission in
the rc-K.r..:i army. He will also lir.J that
BOiethtag over two hundred.
. i lieutenant?, graduate? of
the Miiit iry Academy, or. tu- list of ertra
?i ???icaiic e . but
who ? tat os ?oon a? va
cur, and til I estro ol
posed o ?;. raeooeioe no enlisted *u
civilian can lie appointed according to .aw
Now, ?nke the qOOStiOB of the enlisted mai
and the ? iliaa. An enlisted man most lave
practical!y COliegi education in order to
it on for a comm - B
foor year-' Btody at hi.? ovn exp:.
? re years of hi- valuable time which
the arm;- at fifteen dollar
month., end he ma;, have to wait si\ year.!
before Bfleieat roeaneie la too arm] enable
him ? npeta foi a eommlaeioo, and if he
Bag, nine tnr.es out of ten he ha?
mit twenty-seven years
to qualify. I'urther, the BBliStod BUM spends
? ?pocialising in one jar
??ciliar military subject. lofoOtry. COVSlry, Ol
artillery, ander exp> .-t ..r peeii
.-.ubjec. I- he not mon qoolifled te common i
troops of that branch iban a cadet who ha:,
covered four years, of probably one hour a
day, ;:. .hi'.1 branch? AI o, the cadet gets Soil
per month for his time at the academy.
The civ.I,an is probably ie-s qualified than
either of the above, but when you CCUSldcr
that he i? also required to p? I an examina?
tion which ?could require gradua, ion 'rom a
coller??? or university, and be not over twtnty
?even years of ape, !.f will prove pretty fine
material for the makiog of SB ".Peer. How
ever, education is a vary bsboII part of the
real qualifications of an officer; ability,
training, character and experience pre more
beneficial than education. The man who has
commanded troops or has had experience in
the handling of men in large number? and
ha the ability and character to lead men
is, in m> opinion, far superior to the gradu
ate of any educational institution.
In conclusion, the real reason for not hov
iflleieol officers for our army in event
of war il in the failure of Congress to pro
ititUtiom similar to We?! Point all
ovi r the country and provide for the ap?
pointment of the graduate? as officer?. You
?.."?:'<l gel more officer, out of the evening
higl ichooll of New York City than you
oui ef West Point if you guaranteed
them halt the pay and allowance? of officers
of the army upon graduation; the only edu-'
-aliona! requirement being graduation from
?hool. PRANK A. CLAME.
Brooklyn, Nov. U>. 1616
Courtesy in the Subway.
Ti the Editor ef The Tribune.
-: When I :". r?t ..?me ?o New York. rcv-.
ago, from a New Kngland town
which I shall call H . to obviate the PC*
s;hiiity of giving rise to Md.- discussions), I
red m) established habit ef giving up
eat to h v.-oman whenever I saw oo*
loading. I soon abandoned this eOOrteOOl
le, and now for years \ have given up
I) to elderly women or to women
with children in arm?. This was for the rea
-nn thai I found thut the women one favors
in the New York BOhwoy IBOW, in nine c?: M
i. it of tel . BO appreciation of the polite ten?
dering of a .-eat by .-? man.
My on. fifteen years old, has been at BChoO]
- England, and has just come to New1
York to enter a high BChool be***. I confess
I felt ?ome qualm of conscience when he!
? rather a surprised tone, if peo-!
\ >rl did i .1 BSOOlly give up their.
?? lediee. I told him thai r'? might do
Bl '? ?? thooghi beet, that I was gtod '
b wa- habitooted te giviag considero.
? te women and efferlog them every cour
BOd that I hoped thai tl ' e whom he
? favor would ?how him th* r appr?cia
tion by ? pleasant ?mile or a word ..f ?.hank?.
Thi? ?ii 'ruing I BOid to myself that I must
he mist. ken. I hod B BCOl in a crowded sub-i
?ray ear am! BBW a woman standing near aie.
. ted her by raiaiag my ha? and -a-.d
"Madam, Brill yea take this '-eat*" And ;he
took it! Did ?he thank me" She did not.
Not one line of her fao? Indicated apprecia?
tion ?>f my courtesy, ami she bounced into
-.- with th* air of en* who liad final!".
*d her due. She did not even I* '?
?
appel-.-- thai 'h - . ?? left the cal
after two or three station?:, and 1 regained
my ?eat. I . .? soother woman jasl coming
in the dot r I '-muglit I woald give them one
taaity to redeem thessaelvos. I
aro-e. offered her my loot, and she sank
? it with an air of satisfaction. A1-'
-he looked at me straight in the face,
yet ihe I '! not say a word. Hei feeling WOl
.. diffe**eOt from ihe other woman's,
but her complete laeh of d?sirs to acknowl?
edge courteously a little po: | - rom hei
? .-'ir.- stranger was Identical.
I offer my seat to the sex promiscu
ou-iy in future? 1 shall rot. Shall I teach
IB) son to g;ve up bil sen? to the BOX* ?i .
because he i* adolescent and Impressionable,
?nd might g.-i ?i riewpoinl that l should not
wish him to have. VAN,
.New York, Nov. 112, l'i;.,
An Appeal from Mothers.
To the Pditor of The Tribune.
Sir: We. the Bombers f 'he Mothers'
Club of the Booty Street Settlement, who
know so well from our ov,i, experience the
anxiety and the a-rief that come to th?
families Bf the working people, are -hocked
? IB* of the I- ef . r in the ||
WUliaoubarg.
Pike many Other accidents td ?Ol ling
it ?pern? to a* Unit the saennce of
' ' ? ? ? . ''? cause it wa? due
") lack of prof., r enforcement of laws pM?-ed
to safeguard ihe I: s of working ni.-n and
working women and children.
We feel thai W* must give public e\pr. .
ihi- time to our feelings again-t;
regard ef the safety of the working
people. We think that there should .? ?.ro
lection in ?he small ?hopa as well as in
the large factories. The loss of an indi?
vidual life i- e* great a loss tu the furni?
as the larger number i? to the commun:'y
W,. call unon mothers to unite to protct
against such carele?? method? employed in
safeguarding our bolovod one Ue f. .-?
that BOf hu?barids, children, ?isters and
brother! ?re sacrificed through ci:m ..!
negligi bob
we ??litre..' 'hose rcspooslbls, and the
-.- dOBBOOd v?.;i bring aboil* ihe
eaforcemenl of law-, thai our ??orUer? ...ay
-,..i . ?,-.. . o.
M. M. TATLOB 'For the Clubi.
New Vork, .Nov. 17, 1916.
MARS.
BAD FACTORY CONDITIONS LEGALIZED
An Engineer*! .Analysis of Law's Requirements in the Case of the Williams
hurg factory Which Burned?How Over-occupancy Was
Permitted. Resulting in Disaster.
To the Pditor of The Tribune.
Sir: While the authorities ?,re hunting 1
some underling to blame for the loss
life ..? the fVilHomsborg factory tire, it m
be instructive to look for fundamentals a
see whether the lows limiting ti.e numt
of people permitted to work in the facto
and insuring safety to their liv- ?
forced, would have ?.-m?i?-.I to prevent vvh
hpppened.
Ar'i.-le ,"i, Section Ti'-e, of the labor la
which covers tin.? requirements, ..a;..- spec!
cally, "The number ef person? who m
occupy any factory buildiag or portion thei
of ahoVO the ground floor ?hall be limit
to such a number B* can safely BBCapC fn
,-uch a boildiog by means of the BXitS |>r
vided in the building."
The exits provided in the building we
two stairways, three feet wide, at a distan
from each other accessible from each Bo*
It ha? been found thai the average p.-rs.
requires twenty-two inches width of pSBSBg
era] ii which to move, end the ?
was so drafted a'Tecting new buildiogS, h
as old buildings were constructed with pa
BOgewoyfl on an eighteen inch unit basis, i
rod ef limiting the number of people I
the actual capacity of the passage-.?, av - il
exigeacioe of the case wen? considered
' v r of the building own"?, a: d tl lvero|
pe?son was considered to he or.lv sight*?
inches wide. In this building the stairs, bi
irg thirty-sis inches wide, were plenty wi<
enough for one person and too narrow f.
?-..r. te go down abreast The actual capacit
;eh a Stairway would be ten per-oi
per Tloor. Hut in-tead ef this number th
law permit;.'.i three times thai :.umber i
this building, or a doable Hie el thirty <>
. :,.- stairway, or sixty ?n all.
It would hove cost something like sj.on
to?tireproof the two sui:r\?ays, as ordered b
the Department of Pabor. It would hav
co?t possibly 1800 to install a liie alarr
system, a?, ordered by the Fire Department
A practical tire drill, althoogh demande?
would have been impoosiblfl of developmen
or. account of the lack of exit facilities. 1
one could have been installed it would hav
cost more money to develop and maintain an.
for the reason stated would hv I failed ii
the emergency. Be that h> an expenditare o
more than 12,500, the owner could, und*
the enforcement of the orders- iaaued. hav.
secured a legal occupancy a Boor ?>f ?ixt;
people, and if ail had been in Ihe boildiO|
when the fire occurred they could not pos
sibly have escaped from it.
Hut ihe probability is thai there aren
demands on the ? art of teOOnt* for a greatei
. r.-upaticy thin si-.';, a floor. In fact, th?
evidence given before the Coroner show;
that there were at least seven:y poepld ot
the top floor at the time of the tire and thai
on some of th;- other floor? th..- occupant?,
was even gr?-ator at times, so that then
would be very little inducement for a factor;,
owner to spend $2.."?on m order to ob*a;n -.j
small a floor eceuponcj BI
Under the** dreomstances .?hat was ihe
building owner to do to meet the demands
o1' tenants'.' The law states that he may
ciustiiict additional -tan-ways or fire >
for the parp?se, bal if he should construct
ai additional ?tairwoy the expense won1!
ni? up to 12,600 or more, and he weald gel
but thirty people additional a floor, so tl Bi
the cxpenje would be out of proportion 'o
the increased occupancy secured, and
a? safety Ii concerned th?? percentage ef
chance of escape would not he ioerCOSl
aod If be should eooatroet a fire escape ?re
oil know from long experience that tire
escape is a misnomer, and it ?hoold be
entitled a "human griddle."
But the law as amended la*t winter offer*
.ti!! another opportunity for the building
owner to increase the occupancy of each
ROOT. It says that if a sprinkler -ytem IB
installed, the occupancy ma\ he ini?BOBOd
one hundred per cent. The Fire Prevention
Hin.an. it seems, actually ordered a sprinkler
System installed in thi? building, but with?
drew the regoicoBBoaf lobseqoently, ai they
t.it thai the fireprooftog of the stain would
fcive adequate afety. Hut what WOttld the
?SpriaUee ?>?tetTt have accomplished and
ivhal would it have cost? It wouhl have s
level 120 people to occupy each floor, ai
i. cs.ulsl have been introduced into th
I wilding at an expense in the neighborho?
of 14,600. Of course the pernsiaeion grant?
by tins amendment to the la? Is a still fu
ther visilation of th?* spirit of the statu
irhieh says that the number allowed '
occupy a building or portion of it shall I
limited te the I umber that can safely esca|
by the means of exit provided, ans! if tl
means s)f exit already provided allowed on'
sixty a floor, surely the installation of
sprinkler system not being an axil facilitj
rhould not provide SB increase in the occi
paney, and, as far as safety is concerne
a sprinkler system, being automatic in i
action, lines T?>t always work. There ai
valve?, tanks, pumps and other parts whic
may got out of order. There are concert
which make a living inspecting and supervi
ing sprinkler systems, and unless a iprinhli
?i is supervised it h uncertain of aet'.oi
But the la sot require this supei
; therefore, arhM S 'ire cornea thei
may be no Water there to put it ??ut, and
evident what will happen to the peopl
II -uck a supervision is desired it would co;
m? re money 1600 a year for a building lib
Bui -prinkler system does wor
th? lire must set it off, and it must gai
headway to sel it otT, and this takes tim?
Meanwhile, people do not sit around waitini
but as .soon as the tire starts they go, an
i.s many people ;,s can crowd into a stairwa
on each floor da BO, and in this instance th
stairway wouhl accommodate only ten
floor, and the other 110 wouhl have to r?
main on the floor to await such SSSUSlt** a
would confront them.
Hur the law aayi that there is still imothe
?hereby the building awsei car. in
thi' occupancy and at the sam.1 tun
obtain a greater amount of safety thai
would be offered by any other means. Thi
i. by erecting a fire wall through hi? buihl
ing, practically bisecting it. This lire wal
must have doorways on each floor, covere?
by fireproof door?. In case a tire slioul?
occur on one suis- s?f this wall all the peopl?
have to do ??> escapa from it ia to wall
through tha doorways in the wall (whicl
would not take more than a minute i, clos?
in fireproof door after them, and then the?
themselves in what is practically a sepa
rate building in which there is no fire an?
i n.m each floor of which they can at theii
leisure descend to the ground by ths- exist
ing exit facilities.
A fire wall in this buihling would cost
not to exceed $*'>'' a floor, or. say, $?.ooc
all tiihi, and in addition B tire alarm system
wouhl haw to be installs'.!, MStiag, say, $,"00
Ths law now require.- that ths stairways ea
both sides of tins lire Wall should be tire
proofed and that a tire ilrill should be in
Both of these requirements are un
neeessary and the Industrial Hoard has omit?
ted them ander the recent variations and
amendment ? . With theae omissieas, there is
therefore a greater1 probability that the
building owner would be willing to spend
?.?:??? a floor occupancy of nearly
600, nil ths assurance in addition that
abundant safety wotfld be secured for every
bodj in ;K?' 'ou.1.In.;;, than to spend $7,000
'' ...?? osvupancv ?.' "lily Uli, with no
sssuran?.:' safety for anybody.
The.?' facts have been known .-?nee the
present laws wem put on the statute books.
them conditions haw not been im*
in fact, tti?' bad conditions SXisting
? s I BSC "' the Triangl. tire aro now
legalised. The alternative effawed to the
tats "f "in factories of "burning to
death or jumping to death" is still extended.
If we arc -eeking where to place respon?
sibility it must be divided between live bod
is *. tin suie which slrafted the laws, the one
..inch enacted them, th?- two which w.-re
.? tahliehed to anforee them and *h?' one in
ttu-ted with the ?luty of seeing that they
were maiataiaed on the statute books and
that the bodies crested to enforce them per
fs rased their functions. This tire demon?
strates ?!?'? way ? democracy works; and
until the people select efficient officials and
give them the necessary .'quipmoi.t to per
fs'tni their functions effectively We must ex*
psct Inefltcieney and suffer the teasei, nonces.
?I 1 .1. PORTEI
New York. Nov. 11, If U J
CRUELTIES IN MACEDONIA
Are Not Committed by Bulgarians
Against Fellow Bulg.ir?
j To the Kditor of The Tribune
Sir: Some of the papers have pul
iteteflienta, emanating evident
bian or flreek source-, attl
.to the Pulpar?an force. .;?? ? '.I ire
doilia, especially about Pl'Iep and Mni'Hstir
' One who know? nothing a'-.
of Macedonia will he naturally tobas ?
I statement.-, fo l f .
cien* to state tin? there is no S*rh '
? tion either in or nbout MODOStir The :
? ity of the population there, a? in th? I
it Pfilep, is Balgarioa, and ? i
?unlikely to Bee before the BulgBliefl " '
but will welcome them witl .pen arm? ?a
their saviors and liberator s-rbi?n
oppression.
The Bulgarian for?es that arc operating
I n Macedonia consist nostlj \I,.--doni?r
roluateen, who, to thi numl er ef .".u.ooo.
?I i? reported, have aoliat? i in th? BolgariSB
army. Th..- women and g.iis .?aid to b?
fig from theei volunteers are, in many
cases, wives, daughters .-'d Isters of these
| men who are fig ? rbiSB*
.-. defei i e ef their I
ROt likely th It I iffer OBJ harm
:.. the hands of thi majority
of the .Macedonians bring Pulgar?, and '.?
hearty sympathy with Bali
?about the Bulgarian trooi sg ?*y
Ctueltiee and outrage? upon them are to B?
\ received with a great m
Thooe interested in the ? i ? focts, *\**
?.quest to the Carnegie Endowment for I?
lernat'.onal Peace, W? D C, oil'
receive one ef the heel si . tronkft*'
ports ,.-.cr compiled, mad- ?r BB?
I ,rt? were mendocioasl** ipi .->rbt?n
and Creek sources in the .Second Balkan War.
MA* E DuNIAN
New York, Nov. 10, L'l-V
Blue Cross and Purple Cross.
To the Filitor of The Tribune.
Sir: Although this reply, due Pucy El
phiaotOB Maitland, honorai., locrctory of
the Blue Cross Fund, is belated, I crave her
pardon and the courtesy of your I llO?OS, in?
asmuch as I've been delayed trying to find
their first appeal lor funds October 2?)',
which 1 mistakenly ?opplOBBOOted with advtc?
a- to an Amerkan agen, y A- I BBS able to
recoil, this first appeal contained BO ir.*irr.*
tion that there existed an Americas repr?
si-mative, and seemed to infer thai only on*
agency was working for the relief ef horsei
sick and injured in the EoropOOH war ?one.
Thi? misled me; having an e>. for color but
no ear for color I biundered. After all. it "
not the "Blue" i i,,--. PoTfJe
Cross of which Mrs. Clinton PiachOO] r*r
rell is the honorable secreta i . ef thi Am?"1
can division, at 1 ModiseO Avenue. The .-?.ate
ment made by Mrs. MsltlSfrfl ?B bei '???-' *{'
ter, November i, to The Tribune, the *????"
Blue Cross Fund is the only Blgai issd *>
ciety recognized by the Pre: -h |
I am pleased to correct, BJ i
Purple Cross Service i? officia!Ij
by the French Minister of War, \
and offered by him, e.<r ' ? ?? "v'
Cry facility to work m conjunction with ln*
army authorities. The Purple l r '
and injured horse.? has hospital? at \ e?oiii.
Pon?ala mear Chaumont I and Bordeaux- B"
president i? the Karl of Bueliau, London. O"'
director of the service in France is I.ieuten???
Colonel T. A. Hill, 8 Place Kdouard VII. *****
Another is Major Generul II. Jardine Hsl
lowe?. same address. My "pleasure" in eor
tiding the above mistake arise? from the re?
adily acquired knowledge that there ?at***
.u America more than ore effort to ?"""'
?.irate the unmerited suffering? of horse? '"?
.n To quote M. Millerand: "Horaes which
have already rendered ?en ice a ? SB?
eoostroctiog the living material whu-h repre?
sents one of the vital force? of the armie?."
B. K. STORKS.
New York, Nov. U, 1915.