New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-07-04

The fair which was opened on Monday in
Santa Fe, New Mexico, promises to be as sue
cessful as it is unique. 1t is in honor OF the
$3.50 anniversary of the settlement OF that
Territory by the Spaniards, and is to last
thirty. three days. Arrangements have been
made for display of antiquities OF no mean
order, and three stages of civilization Will DO
illustrated-that of the Pueblo Indians, the
Spanish and that which is distinctively called
American The fair will also offer an oppor-
tunity for the study of the resources, present
condition and prospects OF the territory.
To-day, in celebration Of that compar-
ativcly modern event the Declaration of In
dependence, several speeches will be made,
and among the speakers announced are the
Hon. L. Bradford Prince of this State, and
Senator Logan, Of Illinois. On the whole, for
a part of the country which is commonly re-
carded as decidedly new, New Mexico is doing
pretty we'll to be able to arrange celebration
of this kind.
When compromise schedule to govern the
price of milk for this summer was agreed upon,
last March, between the farmers and some OF
the dealers in this city, the feeling on the part
of the middlemen was so bitter that 1T was
apparent they would break tho agreement at
the first opportunity. That is what they
are trying to do now. They promised to
pay three cents quart during July !;
but because the pasturage is exceptionally
| good now, and there is plenty of milk, they
say they will not pay more than two and
half cents. Naturally, and rightly, the farm
ers object. If pasturage had been poor, and
L tha
willing to give three and half cents9 Hardly.
1t is to be hoped that some compromise will
again be effected without delay. The milk
supply is a matter of so vital interest to every
family in the city that milk war,
and possibly a milk famine, cannot be contem-
plated with composure. If the dealers will not
settle the question satisfactorily, the consum-
ers must take hold and devise some way for
more direct communication with the farmers.
Almost every day the dispatches published
| in the newspapers contain reports of one or
more lynchings, or threats of lynching, at some
| place in this country. These exhibitions OF
a wlessness are not confined TO any particular
part of the Union. A day or two ago two
murderers were taken from Jail and hanged III
Iowa; more recently threats of violence were
uttered so near us as in Westminster County !;
and this morning the lynchng of a murderer
is reported from Mayersvile, Miss These oc-
currences should attract the serious attention
of all thoughtful citizens, but especially OF
our lawyers and judges. 1t would be pertinent
| to inquire of the latter if this spirit of law
| lessness is not one of the results of the great
delay which intervenes so generally in this
country between the capture of n Grimm al and
the infictiOn of bis punishment. And if this
is the case, should not our jurists strive to
have the laws changed so that justice in the
United States may be more swift and sure 7
Is it not probable, if the members of the COM
munity in which some dreadful crime is COM
mitted felt certain that the just infection of
the death penalty would be as swift and IN
swerving there as it is in England for exam
pie, that they would be muchless inclined than
they are now to take the law into their own
| hands,