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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-03-30
THE SO-C1LLED MONOPOLTES.

Before discussion of the new trusts and com
bnations goes further it would be well If pcO-
pie both sides would get little closer to
the truth in their statements. Perhaps con-
stsnt familiarity with stocks inflated three or
four times the value Of properties they repre-
sent breeds tendency to careless and wild
assertions But il is the fact that the adv0-
Gates of such combinations have been continu-
ally talking of uniting all the works in this
or that branch. and securing entire control" OF
this or that market. when no such thing has
been done. The oppOne nts are equally in
accurate. They talk OF absolute monopOlies'
being created. controlling the entire produc-
ton as If these phrases bore some relation 10
the facts.
II does not appear that either the older or
the newer combinations have created COM
pletc monopoly in any instance. The Standard
oil Company does not produce all the
refined oil. but. according to The Financial
Chronicles" stock supplement- about 81 per
cent Of the country's total output of refined
oil" The American Sugar Company has never
pretended 10 supply the whole market In
February. 1891. it was officially said 10 supply
about ~ per cent of the output of refined
sugar" but the Arbucklc and DoScher re
fnerlcs have since been taking part OF the
bnsincss. The American Linsced Oil Company
organized last December 10 take the place
Of the National Linsecd on Company with ten
leading outside companies. It was stated. would
control over s. per cent of the linseed oil prop
"erties in the country" The American Spirits
concern only claimed n purchas" part Of the
properties formerly held by tho Ds'lnc ard
Cattle Feeding Company. which did not ON
brace all the dsrlleries. 81 pages might he
flied with details Of the old companies, show
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-03-30
cONDONTNG Outrage.

The melancholy and astounding announce
ment is made that n wealthy concern in this
city. having been convicted Of polluting the air
with black smoke from soft coal. has been fined
Twenty-Five Dollars! We have no thought OF
censurlng the Judge. Perhaps that was the
highest penalty he could impose. In any case.
we give him credit for entire good faith But it
is time To say plainly that such punishment of
offenders is utterly inadequate and that if the
authorities can do nothing more toward sup
pressing this particular form Of crime the out.
look for the city Is black indeed The fact that
a hagrant offender who has wilfully and inten-
tionally and dcfantly broken the law. can get
OF with merely nominal punishment Is not
calculated to have restraining effect upon the
perniclous activities of others.
1t is impossible to resist the conviction that
the Health Board of this city. either through
negligence or otherwise is delivering New-York
over to one of the worst public curses any city
can suffer II knows that the law IL being
broken. II knows who The lawbreakers are.
Yet il does nothing whatever in the great ma
jority OF eases, and when II does move the re-
suit is petty and Intellectual beyond description.
Last year the blacismoke chmneys were to be
counted by units. Now they are numbered by
btoT'Ss hufuIN 'Iouu Oh SUlOk'
hangs over large part OF the city. shutting out
the sunlight. poisoning the air dchng the
houses and the people themselves and killing
the trees and other vegetation. There are large
districts now where one can rarely see a clear
sky and bright sunlight where the houses are
coated with black SCOT. where the trees I'm the
streets are dying Of suffocation and where one
cannot walk three blocks on the street without
having his face smearcd with lampblack And
this in a city which was once famed for it's
crystalline atmosphere
There are cities in our own land that would
give millions NJ dollars tn get rid ~ their smoke
md 10 get the pure air New York used 10 have
And here is this city deliberately taking upon
itself the denominations under which they groan
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-03-30
1pcTSL4TIVE INVESTIGATIONS.

Tho ovnariencc of this city with legislative Ill
,csticatons has not been such as 10 a"ahV"
rnboundcd expectation Of their accompilsii'nS
ANYTHING Of value. They are too frequeh'l! '''
resource Of political intrigue revealing just
orouch for the purposes of the Investigators
and bringing Just enough pressure 10 pear U"
,ho invostirnted 10 secure the conclusion OF Il
,,,oduo vjvondi At the same time the power Oh
tho legislature 10 investigate abuses or the
Government created by 1t Is Of great importance
to tho citizens and may be their only SAFE
ouord from great wrong. The fact that poll
ticians have frequently made i'll Use OF TINS III
e,r,,oort of Justice by no means should he per
mi,tod to discrcdt its employment at proper
times and in a proper spirit. The recent IN
ou,rv into the conduct Of the SurrOgates office
was dictated by the highest considerations or
nubllc utility. had the favor Of the bar OF both
parties and accomplished n great good.
II q legislative committee wishes TO make
tborouoh examination Of the Police Department
Of This city no doubt 1t will he rewarded by the
discovery Of much corruption. The utter de-
morolization of the force is evident TO the moSi
casual observer The discipline of patrolmen
no longer exists. They lounge visit desert
their posts as IT suits them. The protected re-
tempt is made To check them. All these things
could he shown in indiSputablc form. But
whether any great practical good would be az
cOmplished by doing is more doubtful The
FaSSptt committee exhibited Tammany COrrup
ton in high places, so that nobody misundcr-
stood the character of our rulers. but the sCoun-
dreS were not punished and only became more
brazcn, concluding that dishonesty was safer
than ever since II did not need 10 be secret
i he Lcxow committee piled up the most con
vncing evidence of Matchmaking and police
partnership with crime The result was some
indictments. some convictions and some rever
sails However satisfactory the revelations as
moral proof Of corruption they did not serve TO
secure punishment or deter others from reviy
ing the corrupt system.
The LexOw disclosures doubtless had great
political effect An investigation now may
have. hui il is not certain that il will produce
results Of much value 10 this city. which Tam
many will control for nearly three years TO
come. Perhaps. however. the moral effect on
the investigated or their friends AT the capital
may he saluary and stop the campaign
Of obstruction Of all good measures which has
So seriously intcrforcd with the usefulness Of
This Legislature. Certainly IL the police have
been raising corruption fund for use in Al
bany. il Is worth while to find il out
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-03-30
fries N THE PHILIPPINES.

=. ,,u n, escape the attention OF even 'ne
o,,rsorv observer that for the last year ''.'n'
doo,tv has been the chief stock-ln-trade ol "''
,,.,ororcv in the Philippines. The Spah''I"S
a.. ,o do use Of H. before the advent OF Dewey
.a,,io,,ore ccclesiastic at Manila put forth-
,.,or 400 an impassloned appeal for union vi
-" ,1 Standards against the Americans
ON rho GROUND that the latter were here'icS' i"
-" ,horo md sovagcs. who were coming
90 ornross the Church and destroy society nv
~ oc course that his statements were I'M
,ruo hut he hoped that the masses OF the peopir
-. ,ro,,. II but would believe him. ana
inns no melted to support the Spanish Governor
-, -os,s,orce to the American attack II
hoos NOT onnear that the device was In any con
siderable degree successful. El'he' '"' P'r
tnew better or they felt that. no matter no"
bad the Americans might pe' 'h'H 'o"''
ms bad as the Spaniards. ,.,
Sinco then. however the Tagal insurgents
hoye been trying the same trick. LIKE inv N''
ucsc they are natural mnics. ana eve" 'i' ~
for failure Of the Spanish device did no' r'S''"'
their propensity for initiating II. we hive al
ready reproduced the literal text OF some VI
Aquinaldo's fulminatiOns. III when Nii''i ''""'
orc portrayed somewhat worse TIA" III"
tIropophagi Every day adds TO tneir hu"'uei'
Tho natives are being told thar Americans are
monsters OF cruelty. that their home 'roVerh-
mont in the United States is far more despouc
than that of Spain. that they mean 10 rcuu'e
tho Philippine natives TO slavery. that they pro
noeo ~ maintain and even 10 intensity the ola
Snanish system Of taxation by "squeezihg 'l''
they habually disregard the rights OF properly.
tho sanctltv of churches and the virtue OF
women. and so on. ad nauseam. Such stun Is
being pu, forward wholesale In desperate az
temnt 70 fire the Tagal heart" OF course,
AeuInaldo knows better. His agent Agonclllo'
who has been visiting this country and abusing
it's hospitality. knows better The campaign OF
mendacity is deliberate and Intentional.
There is no use in protesting against it or III
finding fault with II. however; nor Is there rea-
son seriously to fear lis results The old saying
that a lie travels so fast that the truth cannot
overtake n may In n limited sense be true. III
comparably more true is il that truth is mighty
and will prevail The lie Is certain to be found
ont and then 10 react against it's author The
Philippine natives did not believe the Spanish
fabullst There is little reason TO suppose that
many Of them will believe his Tagal cmulatorS.
They assurcdly will not when, by actual eXpe'
rlpnce. they find Americans not 10 he the Md
cous monsters pictured in these proclamaions.
Acuinaldo first told them Americans could not
or would not fight. They now know that TO
have been untrue. Now he tells them Ameri-
cans are tyrantS and ravlShcrs II will be easier
still 10 show them that also is untrue.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-03-30
LE/E MAJESTY.

Our AnGlo-SaXOn legal procedure is n trfc
incoDvenent for Continental prosecutions. but
our puissan.. noble. serene and most exalted
Lord CtAttOrney * doing the best he can
with the imperfect instruments at his
mand. His methods have recently been wide
~ criticised as tvranncal by people brought
up in the old theory Of our law. that persons
charged with crime were entitled 10 prompt
hearing and were presumed Innocent until
proved guilty The friends of his lordshlp
however have said that if our law did not
provide for the French method of prosecuting
suspects. 80 much the worse for our law. our
old notions nur>ed crime end interfered with
the "prer0gatve' of the constitutional Officer"
which everybody humbly admits the noble Lord
Dstrict-A'torney 10 be.
Having incorporated into our system then
that bcnehcent method without which It would
be impossible 10 convict criminals like Dreyfus
or ndict men like Mollneux. the Lord District
Attorney has taken another step in assimilat
ing our institutions TO the Continental model
and has numbered lezc-majesty among the
crimes which he is going 10 eradicate from
among us. The German War Lord is not going
10 have monopoly of this good thing If the
Lord DiStrict-Att0rney can prevent II. 50 long
as rcformerS college professors and other pes
tiferous persons are AZ large TO annoy the Lord
Boss. the Lord Mayor. the Lord President Of
the Board of Education. the Lord District-At-
tOrney and the other lords who are devOtng
themselves 10 the welfare Of an ungrateful
pebeian crew. A. Lord Gardiner announced
yesterday. 50 long as he is in office he will give
these noble lords the fullest protection of the
law sgainst what he regards as improper crit
icism Dy the pOpulace Ordinary pebeians who
are lbelled must apply 10 magistrate ana 20
through preliminary hearing. but in eases of
iczcmaicsty different rule prevails; for when
asked about Lord Titles failure 20 go before
magistrate. Lord Gardiner replied that he
was permitted 10 take the ease directly be-
fore the Grand Jury because he was a public
officer" That IS the German War Lords the
orv exactly. and Lord Gardiner is 10 bc con
graduated OF his success In adapting 10 II our
cumbersome legal machinery built 10 conform
10 the foolish idea that private citizen had
Just as many rights as public officer. and
that an officer had 10 more immunity from
criticism than any other man and no better
standing In court The code Gardiner Is a
great advance on anything we have known be-
fore
This Is great public question. bur we con
fess ourselves somewhat embarrassed in dis
cusslng H. we have no desire IN be charged
with leze-maiesty AMI loaded with chains. fcr
saying about orr noble lords and their rule
something which NAV violate the new regula-
ton. Lord Little thinks that calling him an
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-03-30

educational masrodon" tends to disturb the
public peace by creating alarm and dissatls
faction in the minds Of the parents OF several
hundred thousand pupils" and he calls on
the Lord District-Attorney. MS representing the
good order of the city at large, TO protect him.
the Lord President 1t is not as private ci'i-
zen. but rs an official. that he must be pro-
tected from criticism. Therefore. ii bchooves
one 10 be more careful in speaking OF pubic
officers than OF private citizens. The duty
was quite the contrary under the old RUE "S
laid down by our courts. Therefore. we take
great pains now 10 bow low 10 the LORDS an"
speak of them with great respect. As TO the
complaint of Lord Little we must ADMIT 'h"'
the idea OF mastodon tyamping through inc
schoolhouses is enough 10 disquet parents """
perhaps he is justified in saving them 'ha' a"A
ictv and removing the doubt about real HAS
todon threatening the lives of their Innocent
children. If the term maStodon - To DC '"NVn
IN merely fgurative sense, deno'inG III o''
fogy. a difficult problem Of rhetorical Zoo'oe'
is presented 10 writers and speakers VINO a''
net the stuff Of which martyrs are made we
know the Kaiser regards the tue can h'""
as a criminal insult. We ourselves shouia n"'
dare 10 call Lord Gardiner donkey. h"' just
where is the line 10 no ura"H 'i' '''
know is honorable We believe II is permi''e"
20 sneak of the Lord Dstrict-Attorney ~ "
bird Would it be crime to speak Oh MN d"
q dodo: II so. why so: And II. on the DINER
hand the extinct dodo is q fowl hrld III hoho''
what is there of leZe-majesty in the extinct
dinoSaur. o. in the pterOdactyl or even !" '"'
,nostodon whose relative, the elephant WAS
sunnoscd 10 hold safe place in the news u
tho cortoOnist: But let the cartoonist pe"aI''
II Lord Little objects to the mas'odoh tue
ord Poss nav object 10 the tiger anu Inv
ord Navor TO the bear and me Who'' ~
,,ocrocy n IFS historic symbol and his ehthP
,nonocerie NAV starve while he lanGuishes Ill
prison. ,s,ro;rod
After mature deliberation. we are cohs'rai"''.
IN advise all artists and writers VINO spe"N W
orr noble lords 10 follow the example o' '"c
serront Of n famous Russian general WHO ""'
roin ~ leonine countenance. one u"! ~,
so,d. "Ivan. Is II true look Ike non
"yos Fxcellency. Very like a lion put
,.o, rascel Won never saw lion No. Fan
"cellencv: but have seen picture vi " '','
Gin Tho Bible" The General was pie"So".
hnt curious. and said: I'm the bIple' Na"'
,yhoro," Yes. ExCeency; the hon III 'ne
"pulo Tho lion Of Balaam. who was WISER
chan thc prophct and saw the angel VII"
.,ho svord standing in the way" Like IVAN
!, no. know how a lion looks. hut when
ord Little and Lord Gardiner ana inv
of the noble lords appear let lis call 'lc'' HUNS
oven u we have other beasts in NINA
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-03-30
IVTRFLESS TELEGRAPH.

,,,.oo,,;.s success in communicating across the
,,,,Iish Channel il interesting from SEVERN
in,g ~ Wow Ike employs form oi ellers!
,ho oloc,ro,noqnctic wave of Hertz-that WAS
,,,,.rourn until n short time ago. lie has eN'
hi,,,tod mot only q scientific wonder. but also
odu,iroblc modcsty and ingenuity. Moreover
w. hos incidentally given his chief patron Mr.
proece the chance TO bctray a beautiful disih'
terestedness and devotion TO country ana sc'en''
IN GETTING aside n method Of wireless tclegraphy
with which the chief electrician Oh '"e ID ,'''
nostoI service had himself been Identified IN
favor Of one devised by much younger hh",'
Norcoui bv sending messages from the South
Foreland to Bouogne, mas extended from ''tn
teen 10 thirty-twO miles the distance III wiz"
his system is shown TO be practcapie' anu Nv
has greatly stimulated speculation Ill reSaru W
the general subject
The AIarcOni system possesses al leaS' 'l'ec
distinct advantages. 1t operates equally wen
in all kinds Of weather: it provides exceptions
olly convenient means for tclegraphing 10 Il
moving station, like war vessel or an alrshlp'
and. by dispensing with the costly submarine
cable needed for lightships and vide s'raHs' II
insures marked economy wherever service Is 10
be performed over or through unbridgcd waters.
How far secrecy can bc maintained is yet an
omen question Wcll-knOwn electricians nave
EXPRESSED the belief that il is not necessary 10
have n receiver which Is accurately tuned TO
the mitch of the tranSmitter. and if that should
nrove to DO fact il would be comparatively
easv TO pick up messages anywhere within Il
few miles of the station from which they were
launched into the surrounding ether Further
investigation is needed to clear mp this point.
How great distance can be spanncd 10y wire
less tplcgraphy Is n question that cannot be an
swercd with certainty at present As for the
Marconi system its range will probably be
found to have rather narrow limits. 1t is based
on the dissemination of waves from n central
point in all directions, and the intensity of the
vibrations must diminish the further they cX-
tend from the exciting apparatus. II may he
impractcable to produce a receiver sensitive
enough 70 respond If more than one or two
Hundred miles of But other methods than
This Of tPlegraphing without wires have been
conceived. Mono of them have been carried TO
the degree Of perfection attained by Marconi's
thus far hui two three of them which are
more or less allied in principle give promise Of
communication through thousands Of miles Of
sea or land SilvanuS i. Thompson n sane and
reputable English expert has offered 10 send
messages without wires from London 10 Cairo
If somebody will pay for the mechanism he
wants TO use Marconi's achievements on the
Isle OF Wight, the East Goodwin Llghtshlp and
the shores Of the English Channel usher in an
era OF almost unimaginable possibilities.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-03-30

mont 10 foot beam and q feet inches drlugh''
against the Phlladelphias 1924 tons, ~ rect
= inches md 10 feet inches. The lmperieuse
cost. moreover. Just about twice as mucn "'
The Philadelphia Yet, according to the autnor'-
tauve writer quoted in 1897 the Philadelphia
target nractlce showed the splendid efficacy OF
o., nor cent of hits while In 1898 the lmperieus'
was able to show only fraction over ~ per
cont of hits And he adds that, while all the
hic sbins of Admiral SIMPSONS fleet AT Sah'
,iaoo Ind records Of from 20 to 80, and at ieas.
ono of % per cent Of hits. the general rccoru
-, ,bo Rr,ish fleet for 1898 is only traction
better ,han 80 per cent.
pcvond question such n state or a1arS II
unsatisfactory 10 the British Navy. ma even
,,oro en- IN Continental navies. since there i
M reason 10 suppose any Of them can hahc
o,., ,s good n showing as that OF Great brl'
ain II Is canning 10 no realized that Just rs
.h,,s without guns would be- useless, so guns
,h, oonpot hit the mark are Of little account
That was convlncingly shown at santiago.
povopd doubt Ccrvera's feet was ovcrma'che"
-, cornson's Yet Cervpra had four superb
sh;ns armed with superb guns and having INV
. ,dv.n+ace of using SmOkclcSs poWder'
II,d tbos. guns been worked * well as N'I'
,h,sc on Saninson's fleet Cerverns ncc' mlS"'
s,iu have been destroyed. but before suh'r'"E
that fote If would have inflicted heavy osS'N
imam samnson's fleet and more than one OF 'l''
Iattcr's ships would have been disap'en u w
strovcd II Cervera was beaten pec"uS' Nv
was houclessly overmntchcd. Sampson '""'e
out almost unscated because the idea mao P''
vailed in the Spanish Navy that target P'"c
tice was simply throwing money into the S'".
There arc many things in the American nav!
70 no proud Of. There Is nothing OF whlch we
NAV more justly be proud ana wn''" '"ou ,.a
more greatly inspire us with confidence III ~
oe,c;encv. than the accuracy OF us g"n'i'''
,,ho,hcr in target practice in time OF peace OF
t., tho stcrner service ut Manila and santiago.
To-day our Navy. by the common cohsen' =.
tho world is ranked above all oth"' III "'''
resnect. and the others are begihnnt ~ -.
"a rival II. We cannot object 10 'ne'r "o'".
co Rut what we can do is TO make s'r' Una
- thov over do rival us it will be because the!
hovc worked up to our standard ana not oe'
nouso our standard Of efficiency has been per-
mtted TO decline.
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Aetu91nrk DAILY Gribn,1e
THURSDAY. MARCH 80, 1900.
THE NEWS THIS MORNING.

FOREIGN.-Fightng broke out in Samoa, the
American and English warships shelling the
forces Of Mataafa. - General Macarthur $
division reached Bigaa after some sharp fight
ing with the insurgents - The Bolivian in
eurgents captured Cochabamba, Presldeht
Alonzo returning TO Oruro. 60 The cour, OF
INQUIRY into the loss Of the steamer Csstilian
made public its findings censurinf the captain
and fret officer for the disaster - Secretary
Alger left Havana for Cienfuegos
DOMESTIC. The news from Samoa came with
startling suddenness TO officials in Washington;
while recognizing the gravity of the situation
- General Eagan testified again before the
Army Beef Court Of Inquiry. and was subjected
20 n severe cross-examnation by Major Lee. the
representative OF General Miles. -- The
President appointed ex- Senator George Gray. OF
Delaware. Judge OF the Hid Judicial District
- The Cabinet held a long meeting. at which
several important topics were considered --
Breadier General Daniel w. Flagler. Chief OF
Ordnance Of the Army. died at the Hygeia Ho-
TEL Old Point Va --- Ex-Secretary John
Sherman was brought back to his home in
Washington. ====- The Assembly at Albany
passed a resolution directing an investigation
Of the alleged corruption in the Police Depart
nent and government Of this city; the Senate
passed the Amsterdam-ave. bill. but Governor
Roosevelt insists that it shall be amended -=
The Warren Line steamer Norseman is fast on
a ledge off Marblehead. Mass
CITY.-Stocks were active at small net losses
I'm the greater number Of issues - One man
killed and two wounded by the bursting of
n 10-inch gun that was being tested at the
Sandy Hook Proving Ground new brand of
smokeless powder was used - The Rapid
Transit Board approved amendments to the
bill now before the Legislature. and the me-
mortal prepared L. its counsel. anOt her offer to
build the tune. was received. -=- The defence
in the Kennedy trial was opened, and the de-
PENDANTS counsel announced that he would try
10 prove albi =-- The new tax on out-Of
town checks it was pointed out, vii severely
affect many small banks = Mr. Holt and
Pr ofessor Nicholas Murray Butler were al
raigned on a charge of hbelling President Lit
tie Of the Board Of Education. 49, 1t was
reported that the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Com
pany has secured control Of the Manhattan
Beach Railroad and hotel properties. -=-- The
transport Crook passed Quarantine with the
bodies Of csc soldiers from Cuba and Porto
Rico aboard. =- company has been formed
in Brooklyn with. il said $500 900 sub
scribed, to build opera house and produce
grand opera on the off nights" OF the regular
season.
THE WEATHER.-FOrecast for to-day: In
creasing cloudiness possibly with rain tonight.
The temperature yesterday: Highest - degrees.
lowest, 35 average 40l2