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; our Jrirnili .io ftiror ut trlCi r,irtnurrfpf.t atiti
f riijini'l '! 'nr imMlrnlon tii1 In Itnrr rtydnl
crtulu TtiwmJ thru riuit Ci ull taicn ,mrj stamps
tnr II t I'M . .Mi
t'ufair to Mr. Ilryan.
unfair to poison Mr. Bryan's
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rare presences jn Washington by mali
fious er imior.mt itiisintcrprctations if
hi- remarks on the oratorical circuit.
1Jecue In- iiisjis in a IVnn-ylvunia
hpeei h on the sacred nnd indefeasible
nbliuatinn of a candidate to stick to the
platform, the swallowers of tiles and
the utterers of calumny are sure he is
Imotuini; himself for the 10I1I campaiKr..
uinhng at Mr. Wilson and reminding
him of ihe single term pledge in the
Haltimore platform.
Whatever .Mr. Hiiyan's hope and
Ambitions, it is unjust to attribute to
him so gns n misunderstanding of the
plain language and purpoM1 of the Bal
timore declaration about the Prcsi-
tient s term as to imply that it rotors or jM(.ortaln the reason whv.
ran refer to a second term as the Con- Secretarv Ri:im:u now g(s much
Mitution now standsand binds Mr. W11.- : furttx-r with his idea of the function of
80N to a single term. There is so much Government in the supervision of pri
flaccid talk about the subject that our j vatoand unoftleia! industries. He hold
reivters win not object to reading the
very woids of the Baltimore platform:
"We favor n sinle Presidential term, nml
to Hint enI vp urtre tlm adoption f nn
amendment to the Cnnnltutlon nmklni: tlm
President of the t'ntted States ineligible for
reelection, nnd we pleilxe the ramliilnte of
this convention to this pilnclple '
A constitutional amendment fur
single, and presumably a longer term,
is what Mr. Wilson is pledged to. Is
it the indiscreet fanatical lricnds or the
equally indiscreet fanatical enemies of
Mr. Bit van that are always trying to
make trouble between him and Mr.
Wilson.'
The 4 'mis 1 1 1 11 1 1 on a 1 Convention.
No serious inconvenience or important
delay of good works w ill result from fail
111 1 of the scheme to submit to the voters
this year the question of holding a con
stitutional convention. The Constitu
tion provides that the olctors shall be
polled on the subject at the general elec
t ion of lltpl. Should the matter not come
up until then the iiininoo citizens and
residents of the State will not suffer.
Since imii eighteen amendments to
the ( 'oust it ut ion have been adopted, and
i number have been defeated. The
document is not the work of dead hands.
It imposes on the State no aute-rail-rnad
ante-electric telegraph limitations.
A year or so more or less spent in consid
ering its present provisions will do no
harm to nnvbodv
.1.1 .i 11'- Xet Win c.
f5ovoi nor HntAM Johnson's letter to
Secretary Bisyav serving notice upon
the Administration at Washington that
the alien l,iii,l tenure bill will be signed,
"unless some absolutely controlling
necessity demanded contrary action,"
i an adroit political document It will
enhance the Governor's lepiitation as
leader of the Progressive party in Cali
fornia, and the country will be ini
pressed by his argument that the Webb
bill is not in conflict with the grant of
land holding rights in the second scc-
f r .1... . - !. 1. t t. .
lion 01 no' lie.u "Ull .iiqiiiu, 11 is mil
eusy to take issue with the Governor
when tin says: "We have prosorvi-d
every right that any foreign nation by
international contract lias insisted upon
preserving with our national Govern
ment." In deuling with the question whether
tho distinction implied in the Webb bill
between those who are "eligible to citi
zenship" nnd those who are not, with
regard to their rights to hold land, is a
discrimination against the Japanese
Governor Joiinkon says. "Wo do not
mention the Japanese or any particular
race," and he finds justification for the
implied discrimination in the nat uralia
tion lavs, which provide that only "free
white persons" and "persons of African
nativity or descent" can become citizens.
Ah tho 'Governor knows that tho Nil
preme Court has never passed upon the
application of a Japanese subject to bo
naturalized, it is an assumption on his
part that tlm Japanese uro ineligible to
..;:..... 1. 1. 1 , il... .I., i.,.i:..r 1.,
I'itizetihlilp, but us the popular belief is
that they are not eligible, und us it has
been so held in the lower courts, ho feels
sure of Ills ground. There will Im no
inclination in the I niled States to dis
pute his dictum.
If there is to lie any challenge of
lloviit-nor .lOllvSHM M :iyc il it'i tsui,.,
.,.., .1 1 i.i.i.. 1 .1 .!
7. n .1 '. ,
no moro s;iiilar thing in (uliloinia than
to provoke the Japanese Government
auumifc Utttu v mn test, whether
cares to enter tlm arena of litigation blacklisted and itiiifront the onso
witlt the odds heavily against it will ( (iiences of (iovemtncnlal diNipproval.
stMiii be known. Mm there tan hardly I nd the piocew of difl'ciciitintioti, of
bo it tlntilit that .Japan in tint done with
protests against the 'aliforni.'i legisla
tion. Tim issue of honor involved in
not lightly raised or light lv dropped,
especially in tlm rase of II sensitive Mid
powerful tuition like llm .lannimso. It
t commonly said tlint Australia luw dis
criminated against tho Japanese in Its
naturalization laws ami yet there was
no protest; but tlm fact in that 1 tie Aus
tralians lmvo worded tlmir ftatiitc care
fully to avoiil wounding Japan. Atul
tlm fact should not disregarded that
nti offensive and defensive alliance
exitH between F.nglntid and .Iuan,
so that it is politic not to lie critical of
the spirit of the Australian naturaliza
tion laws.
It may be supposed that out of the
controversy will eonm from the .Tapa
new (lovernnient
I a proposal to imeo- J
v if the Tnitcd StateH
tiatc a new trentv
conttnds that section two of the present
treaty cannot be read in the light of
other sections to insure Inpnn the treat
ment of the most favored nations as re
gards the holding of land in the t'nitcd
States. If negotiations for a new
treaty were taken up Japan's design
would ohvioitslvbo to have hcreoualitv
roCTilzoH and to obtain for her sub-
t .m . ., u
,l i m liM rsmiT- I I . t 1 111' 111 III 111 llimin-
trial. commercial and agricultural pur
Milts that is accorded to other nations
of w lium she regards herself the peer.
Arc Tlirsr liood Men Ob!!!?
The case of the lion. OsCAU W. I'XDKIl
wdoI), chairman of Ways and Means and
leader of the Democratic majority in
the Mouse, is surpassed in contempo
raneous human interest by that ot the
Hon. Wn.t.iAM Cos Rkm'IEI.p, re
cently of the House of "Representatives
and now Secretary of Commerce in
President Wilson's Cabinet.
Mr. r.snr.liwoot) has threatened Re
publican nuinufacturtrs suspected by
the Administration of lack of enthu
siasm for the new tariff schedules with
I'eilcral invasion and compulsory proc
ess. They have got to like the t'ndcr
wood tarilT. They have got to make il
a popular.and a political success. They
have got to keep their factories running I
and keep wages up for the sake of their
employees and without regard to busi
ness profit, or the Federal Government,
in tlie person of an inspector pf the
Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Com
merce, will "walk Into their ntllces" and
overhaul their books and accounts to
it , , (i, . ,,.tv of .1.,, Administration
and of bis Department to detect and
expose "inefficiency" in the manage
ment of private enterprises of all sorts.
Consider his amax.ing programme of
educational interference:
"There is a heliof tlmt the ledin tinil or
unee i the eny jemirt of tli" liHfflci"iit 1
and lli" hnll mirk of poor m.mauement " I
s th" reduction of wntfes Lis direct so
cial efteets, and an the public han thr rinht Id i
r?frii nry in iln farlorv ATfimM, tile Depart- j
ment 1ms undertaken to find out whether
the fact do nrdo not lutlfy the ttue.iteneii
reduction" " l
"As ihe head of that Department I feel
that while its.Hcope in nldlns comment' l
broad nnd has many phases, on" of the
phases which are important 11 that of turn
ini Unlit on inefficiencies u-iirrrrrr thrv can
he fftiptt
"It wimld be nei es.,ir to leirn not only
what done tut trhat nwjht to br 'tone, 1'nr
we ihould think It more important to point
to better method than to tlnd fault with
bud oiie Nor would our repre-eiitathce
be told to incept o en the bent processes
hi Mind ones.
"We should h.ie 10 eiainlne Into nil
cla-es ot labor and into the various opeiu
lions to see whether and how far imy of
them are ipble of Improvement or
whether and how 'fur any of them wete In
any one parlli uliir plant on 11 better basis
than Hiioiher."
"The spirit of the inquiry would he 'Tho
public is entitled to eftTclency '
'I hew utteraiKcs and others of the
mine general tenor from the same source
were tead yesterday with mingled
amusement and consternation by mill
ions of Americans.
Amusement, because the undertaking
thus confidently outlined by President
Wilson'h Secretary of Commerce is of
dimensions so ridiculously beyond the
powers of any bureau or department or
Ciovernment as to make the mere prop
osition seem grotesque in the extreme.
Consternation, because tho proposed
effort to make the Federal Govern
ment thus the suMrvisor of the efli
cieney of private industry in itH myriad
forms, anil to instruct business men in
all sorts of business how to run their
shops, bigand little, and to compel them
to "eflicieney" as "eflicieney is officially
understood by a little group of Govern
ment functionaries, opciib 11 vistu of
appalling consequences in the way of
Interference, inquisition, surveillance,
official blacklist itig, coercion, constant
harassment, probable litigation in the
courts, and ruinous discouragement to
tho complex mechanism of business us
now constituted. It is no exaggeration
to say that tho worst that could possibly
result to American manufacture's and
their employees from the pructical ope
rations of the now tarilT when enacted
would be a K)sitivi blessing to the coun
try in coiiiiurison with tr.o prospwt
which .Mr. I(KI)KIKLI) now holds out,
For if 1 hit Socretury'H announcement
of intentions means anything, it means
in its mildest significanco the future
division of ull American industry of ull
I sorts and sien into two new classes,
namely, the Government certified und
I i... t H 1 1 1 1
nn. wiivi'iiiiin-iii. no iiuiiiicfii, ;i sluml
ord of "eflicieney" is to bo established
by a bureau of salaiicd oflicials of lim
ited human intelligence ami politicully
uppoiuted. Those business methods
which secure the iinnroval of inntrnl
political authority ui once become, "good
Im, iieKS iiiid thn .'ononis i.nmlnvltwr
.1 ..i.ii..i 1 ... .! ...!
" l"" ,,,n""
able "servant of Iho people. The
concerns not so fortunuto immediately
them are publicly udvertised us desir
it, become "bad bUbinetm" and aro oillcially
THE
benelietal iiincrtiscmciil on the oim
hand and disastrous stigmutijilioii on
. . , , ,, . , i 4 .
the other, is controlled at all times by ,
partisan ofllccholders acting in the in-
icrest oi a single political organization, ,
ai'litiK avowedly in tlm llrsl instance for
the purpose of lacking and buttlcssitiK
11 political measure in the shape of a
tariff de,iCi,od to promote the contintl-
ance of Democratic power. Can the.
fact be stated more plainly? Could
there 1m devised an aptcr utensil for tlm
frying of the fat?
That, however, is but the beginning.
Secretary Rtltn iKl.ti luw views of (lov
ernmentnl supervision of privnto busi
ness far broader and much moro por
tentous of lasting evil than the mere
Incidental use of his bureau to cotniml
I cheerful aetiuicsccnce in a particular
set of schedules, "The public has the
, i.. 11.. t 1 ..
I rigni 10 cinciciicy 111 11s nicior.v si'i-
vants. That is true, but in a sense
quite different from Mr, Rr,ni'M:t,t's
assumption. The public bus the right
to efficient factory service, and it has
exercised and will always continue to
exercise that undoubted right, by pat
roni.itig the efficient servant and re
fusing to buy of the inellieient. The
public is the guardian of it own rights
in this respect. Its power of selecting
itH own "factory servants" according
to the dictates of enlightened selfish
ness is the mainspring of comstition
in manufaetu-e, of romictition in trade,
of conipetit'un in the distribution of
products. The business of the Fritted
States, as of every other civilized nation,
is founded upon tho free exercise of the
right of tho purchaser to determine for
himself the eflicieney of his servant, and
to go elsewhere if he is dissatisfied.
No other incentive to business efli
cieney can take tho place of this; and
Mr. ItKDKlEt.D's proposal to step in and
secure eflicieney in every brnneh of
American business by (lovornmcntnl
instruction to business nion by a corps
of politically scleitod bureau officials
directed by himself as "Secretary of
Commerce would be the subject of
nothing more than mirth If it camo from
anybody but a icsjionsible member of
President Viuson's Administration,
with the power of unlimited and dis.
astrous meddlesomeness until restrained
by a decision of the Supreme Court of
the Fnited States. The imagination
staggers when it attempts to picture tlm
estimable Mr. Rkoi'IKM) and his staff
of salaried siilxirdinates undertaking
the instruction and direction of tlm
industrial activities of this nation of
ninety-five million people.
Fortunately TltK SfN is able to an
nounce upon the highest authority that
President Wilson is not behind Secre-
itary lLnni:i.i) in his project of Federal
supervision nnd instiuetion of private
business. Mr. Wilson's ideas concern
' tug the absurdity of such an enterprise
on the pirt of a Government bureau
j arc sound and sensible. In just a score
of well chosen words he has effectually
disposed of his Secretary's plan, both 111
its educational and in its. socialistic
aspects. "No body of men," said Mr.
Wiixin in a speech in this town scarcely
nine months ago, "would havo the wis-
dom necessary to enable them to regu
late the industrial processes of the
country."
.sniffed Delaware .Macl.cri'1.
The wickedness, grave, silent, p"iist
ent, of New Fnglainl salt sea fishermen
makes countless thousands mourn. The i
Yankee landsmen are mote than bad
enough, especially in Maine. seeming
lunch box, perhaps labelled on its falla
cious back "The Works of Josephns" or
"Fncle Tom's Cah.n," hides who knows
what Sheriff-pursued form of the cup
that beers, It has been told that back
gammon boards in a deacon's library
may be but reservoirs of similar venom.
Vet these are the protests of the 1111
regenerate against the rule in mortmain
of Nr.M. Dow; and there is wet humor
in them But what relieves the enor
mity of those ankeoskipcts, fislmrsand
devils who are filling the dry countries
of lower Delaware with bottle howclled
mackerel, making that "finny innocent
the carrier of pint and half pint flasks
of that w hich st ingoth liko an adder?
The malice of this scaly way of stulling
mackerel is that il involves tho pur
chaser in nn endless net ,,f thirst, Tim
shoehorn bears the stimulant in its
bosom. The lish at once whips tlie
appetite and gratifies it; perpetual mo
tion of the jaw and elbow is indicated,
Out of the moving waters at their priest
Itke task of puro ablution on Kent
Sussex shores speeds this Htiilftil muck
crel of sin! rrvtz the puro clement
comes the impure, water and mackerel
and whiskey!
If rings atid cijlnt.s and Jonahs havo
emerged from piscine holds, yet never
before have gins, brandies uf.ti tho
other stuff on tlie rum ulleror'a cata
logue been extracted thcr.co. There
seems to be a university of whales off
the Jersey coast. I,oad 'em with ice
and gripe juice and steer em for tho
Delaware Breakwater beiore all lower
Delaware has succumr.ed to the stuffed
bottle tl:
"Hewnio, hen vent tile niuekcrel
1 mi r '.he crafty "nnl:ee sailors sell,
Nor Mild til" table contents well'
lie im mil n liiask for I lie blacl. tint Mask
T hat prisons the UamiiiK child of hell!"
Tim proposal o' Secretary Damma
to send Mai Atlnnt'u fleet to tho Mediter
ranean mny bo m'.i'Uiuierstood in Fnglaiid.
It Is no part of his design to remind Furopo
ihht the United Slates, to quote the Lon
don 1 jaitrfiin, "is tho second naval ower
or ti,o gioisi. 111 massed gun Rwer
sho is indeed suHrinr to Germany; but
the oxperls count only dreadnoughts,
1 or first lino of battle shins, and Germany
l,u,w lmH mor" "r m commission, nn
i viiiiuiKe nun sie.uiny increases, nvcro-
I tary Da.NIKLK, if the fleet is ordered to
Furoe, will not invite comiHirisons will,
' German or French sea power, nor will
ti, visit have tlm Mlghlenl pu'llilwilhtg.
niflcanco. It la to bo a practice cruUe
SUN, FRIDAY, MAY 16,
nnd a holiday, educational mid recreative
TIim rank nnd tile Iihm cot Into a nil on
the Atlantic station, mill, as Mr IMNM.t.a
lias pointed out, tho (loverniimnt i not
keeping Its promise, to enlisted men In
l.if tlintll uilll t.t fri.1 rll tlfirtu linH M0P. t III!
" '- .. .v ui ,.,p, " -
worUi
Amusing i thn conception of llm
siumtam that llm appearance 01 inn neei
in tlm Mediterranean would siicet Hint
" "m unlteM Miates ple.ised sno couio
throw Imr weight Jnto llm scale" of P.uro-
l.an complications with "decisive offrcl "
I he tilted policy of thn Government not
to enter Into "nntanRlIng alliances" and , piiry wntlmontal uround. Wher
thus avoid thn dispute that sot other pvor m(c), Rronnd Is tuken tho result
nations by tho oars ounht to bo known to rannn , foreseen, because reasoning
nil tho London editors by this time.
Prnt lilenee and Boston most exprnslvn
lilnccsin slili lito live,- Prnritlmrr Journal.
Well, don't you get your money's worth? j
Think of tho fun you can havo in the
Providence Plantations, of the warm cor
dial hand and hoart of tho other place,
Sintnr Is Icwlny loner Minn II .is Inn
yenrs mti). II, Is tlm one staple thnt. has
hern utrnrilly falling. - Hartford t'omant.
Merely tho accursed pighoadedness of
a "trust product"; merely a wicked at
tempt to stavo off tho Income tax.
Knnsns rlerayninn snys lie would rntlior
drink led InU tlmn heor. rv ifrm
Are we to Infer that ho is a regular at
tendant nt Italian tahlos d'hoto? A good
bottlo of red ink is liettor than denatured
alcohol, provided It is not mado from it.
year of fnl eriiandln has mnds S.ilt
I.nke !-11 city of ldeRirend Imparity
Ooirn SlnnHartl
Kven out thoro amateur exports know
moro than tho police. Wo had begun to
think that Now York hod a monopoly on
private reformers.
Tho gentle melancholy Inevltnhly fnmul
In epicures .ViiirfrenlA Crnlnrv RrtiVir
Thero Is much Insight hore. Wo wonder
why epicures aro melancholy, particularly
before they uro fed. Prolwihly from tho
anticipation of having some cherished
dish ruined by bad cooking
A country that has or Is had by the In
dustrial Workers of tho World can't turn
up a very supercilious nosn at Kngland
and her Mad Militants.
Now l the time to lay In next winter's
supply of roal t'lnrland l.taHrr.
Now is tlm time to lay in thisMoy'sstnre
of coal. Ahout everything elso in the
world has been or Is lieing reformed, but
May -and Undo Jon Cannon remain
incorrigible
The Or'eyMone Mills In Khod Island nre
preparini; to lenxe Ihe rountry. and that is
no bluff T here nre severul concerns pre
paring to move to Canada, anil that is no
liliiff - Fibrt anil Fabric.
What or It? Isn't it good news since
"tlm future growth of our great industries
lies Imyond the seas"?
Speaker I csillM) of the llouso at ISu.tlon
pay- if It were not for Covernor l oss and
his HwnkeniiiK vetoes the ltepublicans of
Massachusetts would legislate that rain
w liter must not fall or irr.uille boulders wall:
of! Into space nnd kiss the moon H'nrrrter
Ti li uram
A thoroughly modern legislature, full
of the genuine spirit of doing and equal
to all impossibilities But how could th
vet ik'n of I'oss "awaken"? Much moro
likely to put to sleep
With passionate anticipation divers and
sundry Democratic brethren ;ire still
awaiting Pap Day.
Wlmn is Papa's Day cominK? Ilaitanl
rovrnnt
It comes with the bills tlm first of every
mont'1,
liy vntine for saloons Lincoln, Nehtaska,
repudiates the crnM .mice example of its
foremost cltuen I'Ulnliuru I'nnt
Not a bit of it. Lincoln simpl? pro
vides entertainment for persons who
don't Is-long to tho diplomatic corps.
Chicago man has Invented a bulletproof
lllrt "on,lr-'oiirnn.
What humanity hankers for is a laim-
dressproof shirt
.Secretary llltrN says he expects 10 be
In Washliiijtoii nil next week limpatch
from W'anhinatan
Incredible!
It Is not magnanimity but policy that
ictuates tho British Government in per
mitting the Suffragette to continue publi
cation Militancy has played hob with
its circulation, and if let alone it bids fair
to slop for want of motive power
Have tho coiirls of New .lersey the
power to convicl and sentence an inciter
of riot who belongs lo that pnvilecisl
order of philanthr pists the I V. V ?
Have tho .Sheriffs and other authorities
of tho law power to protect life and prop
erly in Now Jersey against tho rage of
mobs? Is law or dynamite supremo in
northern New Jersey?
Tho usual fi nils of the I V Y .lawless
ness anil violonco, mob rule, government
by tho bludgeon and thn dynamite stick,
have been too common too long in Now
Jersey.
Jury reform, constitutional reform,
what are these but toys in the face of facts
that tho verdict of juries is spit upon by
rioters, that tho court house whore a
fonmnter and champion or riot is to tm
sentenced to-day lias been marked for de
struction, that tho laws and Constitution
of New Jersey are daily sot at naught?
The PeMtlnilKl.
To nir, Bpitoii or Thk Sr. .Sir Mr.
Frank Trumbull Is quoted In Thk Si s as
writing.
On thr Isilumis we arc itttlrnlly ami unscKlfchly
arlng tnr the welfare of 30,oro negroes mostly
from Jamaica, anrt lu.om other employee.
Why? Ilecause on the Isthmus Ihe most
competent men are managing affairs, iiiru
selected because I hey were known to possess
the necessary qualifications. At home this
is not the case, and "tho people," in whoso
ability lo choose well certuiii eminent
stutesineii have so much faith, generally
manage to select thn most incompetent men
for Important offices.
What would huppeii on the Isthmus if
Ihe Iio.noo negroes employed there were al
lowed lo have a volte In the miiiiugemeut
of affairs? IIknkiuci I'liiiirn.
Nkwaiik, N ,1,, May lis.
In Defence or War.
To 'iiir. Kiiium or Tnr. Mrs .sir. We
have heard a good deal lately about punce.
II i ull a dream, War has Its raison d'etre
deep down in human naliirc. A man who
had mi fear of sickness would be sure lo
iapee Into em-esses or vices, So with na
tions, It in the feat of war thai keeps lliem
M might nnd virile, or if they lapse, ns men
nnd uutlons will nt times In spite of every
thing, a little blood letting tilings them to
their senses and sets lliciu right again ,
Nkw Yoni, May IS. . Hthini h,
1013.
i n v. i'asama Qt i:stiox. j
lis littrrnnl lomtl treli nml llm Muni,
rrl Inexpedient-) of llrln).
To i nt: I'.IU ion or Tiik Ht'S' -Mr There
I. .1... - I.. ... ...... .Iu.. I., llin aAHUmiinl.
iiiiiiui'l III im'IJ tinny in i i" . ...... v ...
()f (n ,llte,nilliolml controversy rpe-
eiidlyls (hit llmcus" whore strong fooling
), ,con e.i.hihitsl dm Imth sides, 11s wun
rr,,oel to tlm Panama treaty and the loll 1
pXOIiion Within a sitmln day a inn
iiiidnislniidirin with sotnn other 1'owf
my develop itself Witness yesterday
Within a simile day a ml
Pownr
's
hi,iri,iff r .luruinnsn coiniilalnls to a now
bcrtomcs limn out of the nticstlnn.
In thn Panama mutter all commercial
countries will Ik? dead against us, Wo
havo also upon our shoulders tho Canning
dnotrlne, naturalized undor tho Monroo
name. This proteotornto of tho Western
llotnlsphero Is highly offenslvo to moro
than one Kuropo.m nation. To mnko It
thoroughly resected would requlro n
trebling or quadrupling of our navy.
At any day deep humiliation, If not ma
torlitl disaster, may result from a con
currence of sovcral Indcpondont sharp
questions.
It Is for those reasons that a frlondly
adjustment of tho Panama matter should
be had out of hand. Thero should not bo
delay, oven with the consent of tho British
nor even should thoy positively doslro It.
j In both countries Iho press Is a tindor box,
niton round qulto wot at a momcm wnen
a kindling would bo useful, ot othor times
self-combustlve.
However wiso might bo a repeal of tho
clause exempting coast wiso vessels. Con
gress may not Im able to bring itself to
a reeal. In Thk Ht'N of April 28 clear
proof, if tedious, was given from tho Brit
ish noto of November that Great Britain
has no objection to the exemption per so
nor to tho tacit bounty in it, nor indeed to
an express bounty, provided only that
the exemptions Im reckoned in by us as
if U10 moneys were received, and providod
also that British cotnmerco be safeguarded
against unfair competition through trans
shipments of foreign trade cargoes to
coastwiso vessels and through smuggling
sucli cargoes in a bottom that plays both
coastwise und foreign trodo rrtles. In
deed their note of last .Inly says expressly:
"If the trade should be so regulated as to
make it certain that only bona tide coast
wiso traffic which is reserved for United
States shipping would be benefited by
this exemption it may lie that no objec
tion could to taken." But tho noteasse'ts
that it "would be impossible to frame re,;
illations which would prevent tho exemp
tion from resulting in fact in a prefer
enee to United StMes shipping and conse
quently in an infraction of tho treaty
A way is never to be dcs(aired of if
tho will is not despaired of li may well
be doubted whether tho British, precisely
like ourselves, have not failed generally
to realise that ooili tlm iranssiupmeiu
evasion and that other evasion practicable!
through the double character of n coast
wise and a foreign trade bottom will Do
frauds upon the revenue of tho canal,
and that conseiUently tho United States
should for its own sake be not less
active in stamping out tnese practices,
through such fines, forfeitures and crimi
nal ieiiultles as the canal act can pre-
scribe, than the Hntisli on their pari
might desire
After weighing the fueaey of the strong
I .. j I,.
,... .I... ........,. s .... ..... ...
would wish to adopt .mil the ditllculty
of conivaling any but trivial evasions.
if tho British still see mir ''it would bo
impossible to frame tegulattons" which
would lm effective it lies with tlmm to
loint at once with the linger or else lia
done with their despair In either case
mil in everv case our own tmrt is to
agree with our udwrsary ipuckly, so long
ns there is really nothing to disagree
about. Otherwise we may have more
than one adversary at a time, and then
be unable to agree with either and be
forced to pjy the uttermo-t farthing
Maiisio.v Nii.i.s.
. T'opsiiam, Me , May 1 1
Inherent IllKht.
To nti I.iiitok or I itv: Sis .sir The
discussion ns lo whether Inlmritance is an
inlieient rutin or a grant from society
Miutids greater depths than either Vice
President .Marshall or suriogate I'nMler
has reached The answer touches the re
organization of society not in rapid prog
ress. The fact that great iurist and philos-oplier-
haw In the past decl.ucd that In
heritance is nn Inherent rU'ht which cannot
be taken away bv the State is interesting,
but from the practical and political stand
point absurd, for unless the rtlie theory
of go eminent bv majority is fallacious an
inherent rleht to anything does not exist.
since the maiorlty cm nlwnys lake nwny
the right
How can any one doubt this In view of
our pending iiuonie t.n law? Its sponsors
make im laim that it is to be nn dilutable.
applvii.g to all eiticns alike and under
which each will pay his pioportion to the
eiensH of government II w openlv meant
to apply oniy to such ml no i it v of voters us
will be powerless to retaliate by their votes
and to benefit such majority as will thereby
lie induced in retain its fathering patty In
power
Tlie right to hold and retain property and
the income theiefrom Is as inherent us the
light to devise by will or by operation of
law M.HAMU.R Don.K.
Dkpuam, Mass., May 1.',,
Thing Hren In New York.
To Tiih r.niTon or Tun Scn Sir; I
have been in New ori a few dnys.
1 have seen and heard In the theaties
the most vulgar acting and loudest talking
uiidiences ever ohseived
I have seen ut the ball parks the most
partisan audiences I eer saw nt a hall
game: they scarcely eer respond to any
good work of the visitors
1 have seen the most vulgar treatment
ol visitors at restaurants when, they did
not "come across" to the head waiter when
culling for a seat,
I have seen at the ball park wholesale,
gambling hack of third li.ise. This I point
out because 1 believe it to be the greatest
menace m our national sport
I have seen business men thoroughly
frightened over the industrial and political
situation, fearful that our "schoolninster
tlieoreticnl" conditions will work havoc.
At that, 1 mus) say that Now York la still
"tho greatest thing" that ever happened in
the way of a largo city, and that the good
points fnr excel the blemishes; that tho
metropolis Is better than It is painted.
IIoston Visitor,
Nkw York, May l.V
Ihe Modern l.ullli,
NoiUaml no In out ut cUli:
,h the baby's best estate,
Sltrpytowii In on tlie lillnk.
()( the Mand Man none shall think.
.Slumtif ilnnrt h oil the map,
Not mnthrr gives a rap;
Hahy'o entered fur Ihr t.how,
PolntlMid Is Ihe (ilire to (o.
Therefore, hohy, look aualr,
l.rt our points all prize lake
Have on got onr rlhs on Klrklsht'
Are you Just Ihe proper wiluM'
Do you tinasl the ttamlaiit hrlslil'
re your lungs, ami llrr right
Darling, perfect you'll he found,
on in IMliillaniJ we are hound,
MOLANDBt'ROH WILSON,
APl'LICS 01' 4i()Llt.
The l;erninn Practice of Plant hut trull
Trees Along Ihe lloBitldr.
To ini. I'.iuron ot Tur, Hi .s- ,sir o
ernor Hulr.er Is right In saylnir, "Plant trees
nlon every country rondiide," Imt why
elms nnd nmples? Theso trees are alt very
well for shade nnd henitty. hut they sap the
moisture nnd lifo from Iho esrth whete they
itrow mid vet bear no fruit
Mr Hulor's father mny have been "foitv
years ahead of his time In forestry," but
Mr Huler lilmself Is nt lenxt twenty ars
behind his time In conservation of Iho cut th's
vital force.
tfi (lermnny the country roads In many
sections uro fringed on either side with
tulles upon miles of itpple trees, nnd I hne
seen them in summer loaded down with
fine apples und presoiitlnit n wonderful
picture of bounty,
I'.very fanner knows that (food crops
ennnot Ira grown within fifty feet of a large
Im or mApIo Iree or a willow or poplar
hedgerow, nnd so he objorts to planting
trees along the edges of his field".
If ho were In plant npple, peach nnd other
fruit trees along his rodldo the fruit yield
would compennnte forthe losnnf other onops
nnd tlie trees from hloiojom time to harvest
would present a picture of sweet cflulgence.
If npplo trees grow on either side of every
rond In the land, think what, would happen
to tho price of npples. Not only would
this help to lower tho cost of living nnd give
the poor man's family la the city the privi
lege of partaking of this wonderful hut at
present "forbidden" fruit and the elder
mado therefrom, but it would relieve the
Housewives league of tho necessity of
running "npple carts" to lower the price
of npples.
Apple trees present a picture of plenty
nnd contentment, anil nleo makon flnenhade
to lie nndor. Bend Whltoomblllloy's "Knee
Peep In June" nnd know.
William Hinsiiaw
New York, Mny is. -
Of All the Vear Rotinrt Tree Plant lug.
To mr. rnimn op Tm; mis sir "If I
hnd my way I'd make every man in llm
Htnteof New York plant a treo every month,"
sny (lovernor Sulzer.
We who live on the farm have always
understood that It Is practicable to plant
trees during only the spring nnd fnll. But
little does tho earnest reformer reck of the
unrepe.ilnhle nnd reactionary laws or nu
tore W. Hkn. l.KArl.nss.
I.ari; Waccappc. May M
TUHTLES OI' OTISVILLt:.
A Free Ileal F.ntnte Adterlliemrnt for
the Heneflt nr Or. Frlrdmnnn.
T o mr. Knttor. nr Tnr. Si's -.Sir- I sue
test that Dr. l'rledmann come up to this
unlet llttlevlllageontheShawnngiink Moun
lain. only seventy-six miles from New York
ciiv Mere is a location where there is
a turtle farm nulling the foothills These
shellfish, snapping turtles and box turtles,
weighing from Ave lo filly
pniinus earn,
arc now breeding nnd growing with great
success nnd profit as well ns in n eatisfoc
inr manner to the niqungcr and lis pro
prietor, a friend of mine.
The place has some '.'no acres of nice sandy
loam, gravelly nnd alluvial soil, made up
of hill and dale, with a dozen or more of
small lakes and ponds where these hnrd
shell fish breed spontaneously by the thou
sand ANo frogs in great abundance and.
of ery large size and weight Thete is a
famous trout brook
On the west side of the place is a veteran
Pine forest no an oerlooklng hill, and near
the trout brook l n Inrfst of oak, chestnut,
wnl nut, maple and other larcelorest trees.
T here sn fine commodious dwelling, with
water, cellars, Ac large bains, carnage
houses, granary, chicken hou-es. piggery
. l '. .U I 11,1 IT) 111 1IUISI'IIISS I, t'l III lltv
. . iitr, all ra ed on Hie farm.
1 1 I .1 ill... ...!.
, ci, , , ""- "' ; ' ,";, '
and his enterprise in tlie right spirit, und he
can now withdraw from "a strained situa
tion, ' come up here and be near I lie New
York Sanitarium for the Tuberculous, for
those ton poor to pay We can nslst him
with our pure mountain nir, sparkling
water nnd other advantages not to tie
found elsewhere in airing patients and
spreading the "gospel of turtle serum" else
w here a the demands thereof call for
Siti-HhS II Stm;
Orisvil.l.t, May li
.i ".s;.y ArPK.ii.."
Carplugs and Harping About the Clothe
of Suffrage Panders.
To hie BniTon or Thk siw .sv fie
ferring lo the recent interchange of courte
sies in regard to Indies' dro and particu
larly to the kind cn exhibition in the recent
suffrage parade. I notethnt the suffragettes,
when not too incoherent lo sny anything,
deny that the clothes worn were Intended
us n "sex appeal "
Not many years ago clothes of this char
acter would have been universally con
demned ns Indecent.
When Indies make themselves ns conspic
uous as possible in public and invito the
gayo of Ihe populace. If they don't wear
these clothes ns a "sex appeal" why do they
wear them? A Mtnu Mas.
Nkw York, May is
niu Not?
To nn. liniioi: or Thk Sis Tr Of
course Ihe equal suffrage parade was a
"sex uppeal " Why not? Is there nnythlng
wrong In one-half of thopeoplenpponling to
the other half for rights nnd privileges which
only they can grnnt them''
Ihe parade was the nppeul of ten tliou-
aand women ready '.o show their devotion
to a cause by iiinrehliig for hours under a
broiling sun. They represented thoie-ntuls
of other women w ho believe as they do bill
ho ore unable or unwilling to come out so
courageously for their convictions.
All suffrage arguments nre "uppeuls to
men's sense of fairness nnd justice. If
the parade made thnt appeal il did whul
it was intended to do. II. T. Tookk.
OnaNiiK, N. J., May IX.
A FrUolous Parable.
To TnK BniTor. or Thk Sns .Sir- Opin
ions to the contrary notwithstanding, I he
Hove the suffrage marchers gave no more
thought to w lulling man by divided skirts,
guy colors, picturesque h.its and ilivlne rid
ing of magnificent horses than the members
of the Ancient nnd Honorable Artillery t'om
pany of lloaton do to entrancing woman
by their calotte, artistic military uniforms
and Jaunty bearing,
Why in the name of justice should these
women lie accused of guile any moro than
the aforesaid warriors, who were never
guilty of doing anything? I.
Nuw Havkn, Conn., May is
A S)lng of Lard Melbourne'.
To thk I.'ditob or Tnr. Ht'N-.s'.r: In to-iUv't
Hl'N "R. C " ik how mines II ihit Ihe rector
of St. Andrew's, notwithstanding The pre arent
ha been working overtime has been overlooked
when lilies to llontl nori-hlp have been paused
round. Perhaps he may find an answer In the
laic lrd Melbourne's admiration for the Order
nf tlm Carter: "UcrauM there li no damned nou
sense of merit about It," Pasmmno.
Iliciirui.ii .Spkinos, May It.
The Itlihl Molasses for Hnltrhel.
TotiiKditosoi'ThI!.SCs- .sir; If Mr. Walter
Sands Mill will look at his family bill he will
and that I'orlu Itlro'nr Jamaica molasses was
used for swltchel. If not. let him try lo make
It out nf New Orleans moiaKses and tr) It against
the rummy product of the (inlf.
one Who tasted Nwitchkl in llto.
riELUHOUR, May 13.
On to Washington.
To the IIditor or The Sl'N-.Sir I hope the
membership committee will rrporl favorably on
Good it .Strong. tobaccunlMa, uf Dtytoa.
Doctor Lawyer, dentltl, of (iermaotimu avenue,
Phlladrlphla. Is another worthy candidate,
tSFElNOFlELD, Ohio, May 13. P, II. B.
iMtrHf M A MO TA 13X01?
noil runno 11 dhod
TRAFFIC ON 5TH AVE.
Aufoiiiobllist.s Complnin of Too
I'Voqiiciif. Urosslnj
UnKf.
TITi:s FAVORS SUBWAYS
Siiu-iffhttnl Thai Pcili'.striinu
Cross Only at Stroel
rntcrspctions.
As superior ns the traffic nn,.
ments on Fifth avenue are to t (,
methods of the day when New Y"ik
couldn't boast of 600 policemen on
traffic duty, there arc thousand? of per
sons who declare there Is still room fnr
much improvement. Theie Include nunv
nutolsts In the processions passlnp up
and down who believe thnt It Is ),o
slhlc to obviate the necessity of tlm
frequent holding up of vehicles nt Ptrert
Intersections by more team work anion
tlm traffic men.
As it Is now, each traffic policeman
holds up nnd releases traffic on his nvi
initiative, causing many stoppage, fur
Irregular periods, whereas It Is hepVe,
that tf four nr five policemen on nn".
Joining blocks held up traffic nt th
same time, better results would h ob
tained, Inspector Titus, who has charge ef
the traffic squall, jedd yesterday that
tlm problem of keeping automobiles ntrl
other vehicles going back and forth on
tlm avenue nnd guarding the free flow
und safety of foot travel ncross the ne.
nue was a big one.
"I am constantly receiving suggp.
Hons from people ns to ways In whlcn
to Improve conditions," lm snld, "hut
most of them come from theorists. If i
a condtion, not a theory, that confi j t
u..
"In the first place, we mustn't forget
thnt the people who ride and the people
who walk have equal rights. Moth
must be taken care of, and we nre
obliged to regulate tho passage nf
vehicular traffic by the traffic Itself
and the number of people who want tf
cross the avenue at street Intersec
tions. "The crossings at Forty-second street
nnd at Thirty-fourth street give us ih
most trouble. Thero the travel cut
and west Is tho greatest. I see no
remedy for the situation at these n.
tersectlons except by a subway. If stih
ways were built from one side of Fifth
avenue to the other under the street,
pedestrians wouldn't be held up at nil
and there would he no break In th
vehicular traffic. I think In the end w
will have to como to thn subway Ides.
"Much of the trouble that we en.
counter now Is caused by the fact that
men and women Insist on creiclnr
the street In the middle of the Moekf.
This gives trouble to autolsts and driv
ers of other vehicles, causing delnys In
i the movement of the 11th. I rhouM
ill,. , .. .Ano,t rtrn.
............. v, .....
vldlng that no person shall crons th-
street except nt tho regular stree'
crossings. There Is such an ordinance
In operation In Chicago and 'Wash
ington, and It works well. A police
man detecting a person In the act of
offending hands him a subpoena on th
spot compelling him to appear In
court."
Inspector Titus Insists that the foil
wheeled procession on Fifth avenue I
never held up nt street Intersection
longer than a minute. It Is usually
thirty seconds, ho said, although It
seems longer to the person who Is In
a hurry to get somewhere.
"We have tried the experiment," h
said,' "of having the traffic men on
Fifth avenue simultaneously hold ut
vehicles at street Intersections for fotr
blocks or so, but wo found that thl
dldn t work, so much depends, yon
know, upon the amount of traffic on
the cros strectc."
Tlm Fifth Avenue Association, which
has done much to find a solution of th
congestion problem of Fifth avenue
has suggested tho placing of Isles of
Kifety nt different points for the pro
tection of pedestrians.
Inspector Titus said he didn't like th'
Idea of placing :. kind of obstruc
tion In the street.
"There is nn Isle of safety nt esrh
street Intersection." he said. "It Is on
cacti street crossing between the two
lines nf moving vehicles where tlm traf
fic men stand. It Is wonderful to me
bow many persons will risk their live
by ducking In front of moving nttto tn
roach It "
Investigators for tho Fifth Avenu
Association found in April that 'h
Fifth avenue vehicular traffic hnd fallen
off obout 20 per cent, from the winter
trnfllc. This was due to tho fact that
many prefer to walk to and from busi
ness nnd on shopping trips when th
wenthcr Is fine. Trafllo on the sld
streets, however, increased ns the ie
suit of the erection of many tall build
Ings. This congestion was noticeable nt
Thirty-second, Thirty-third, Thirty
fourth, Forty-fourth, Forty-fifth nn4
Forty-sixth streets.
Much of the congestion on the avenue,
it ts clalmod, Is due to the never ending
procession of haclcmen who cruise bark
and forth on tho avenue looking for
fnros. The Fifth Avenue Association
has gone on record ns favoring the
passage of an ordinance that would ban
ish hackmen from thn nvonue nltogcth'r
and conflno their activities to certain
spots on side streets.
The association also favors the ldf
of experimenting with tho Isles of tafety
and moving crnsstown trntllc simultane
ously for a number of blocks.
An Idea of tho great congestion of
trnfllc on Fifth avenue Is gained from a
count made by Inspectors of the Fifth
Avenue Assocnttlon In Fifth avenue nn
day last winter, when 7,115 passeng'
vehicles and 962 business vehicles p.issel
Forty-second street between 2 anil
I M.
IiAIWE aHOWTII OF AM'EXTIST
Hnrope llai JVovt 15,000 Mrmfcerfi
Maya President of Conference.
Wamiiinoton, May 15. The, thirt"
eighth nundrennlal conference of th
Seventh Day AdventlaU of the World
opened In-day at Tskonui Pnrk. a ml
Kvory State III the Union was repieentel.
delegates nnd thrtr families present ii'Jf"
berlng tnoie thun S.nno. Klder A
DHiilells, president of Ihe conference 1,1
his opening uddrcsa auld: ,
"There aro 15,000 members In lluro-r'
to-day, morn than there were In the werH
In WTO, although the church has lt c-nlf
and had Its origin In the United Stater.'
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