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Tho utomobile ~ q Plough Horse.

From hbe .ScfenIHC ANfTfcdH'
An Interesting experiment was recently tried on
the Raser estate at Ashtabula Ohio. where sparks
from passing train on the Nickel Plate Railroad
had set Are to tho grass In the adjoining meadows
To cone with the nre poushlny was necessary,
and the horses not being available at that hour the
owners automobile was pressed into service
Ropes from the ends Of the swingletr"e were at
tachcd to the rear axle OF the machine Mr.. Raser
held the plough handles. and his brother operated
the automobile. Burrows wore turned. but II was
found To he impossible to operate the machine
slowly enough to get the best results Tho ten
dency Of tho plough was to skim the ground In
pIaces. and II was with dIfnculsy that the man at
the plough handles could keep up. The sutomo-
bile. however,. served the place NJ plough horse
sulcicntly well for the purpose OF breaking up tae
surface Of the ground, and tho work was done more
YapidIy than II could have been In any other way.
This nrst test led 10 another In few days. when
an aero and half ~ grass was To be moved. Here,
too II was found Impossible ~ operate tho machine
rs slovly AZ was desirable. However, IL was proved
that piece OF grass which would require three
hours with horsss could be moved In one hour
with an automobile A. the motive power. The
machine which Is OF the sasOlene type. weighs
800 pounds, and has . seating capacity for four
persons
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Tho Secession OF Panama.

Tho views of the senior Senator from
Maryland on the question Of the Panama
Canal are thus stated by a newspaper
to which he has communicated them,
the Sun of Baltimore:
"sspator NoooMAs believes that the commerce
of tn world demands canal At Panama and snat
ws cannot get permission In one way to build
there, there V another way: And he has no doubt
that sae easaI will b built, and built at Panama.
This sentiment, openly and squarely
expressed by the Senator in question, is
shared by many other Americans. They
believe that the mercenary Government
at Bogota, with Its preposterous and OK
tortionate demands, must not be per-
mitted to block the great enterprise OF
the twentieth century for the worlds
benefit.
Tho alternative, Of course, is the seces-
sion af Panama, and the resumption BY
our Government of canal negotiations
with Panama and not Colombia az the
other party.
Is there any crime in suggesting or
favorlng this course? Would there be
any crime in giving moral support,
for this purpose. to the secession OF
Panama?
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Aftsr-sJidnigLt Trsias In jersey.

To rHR EDITOR or THs SUN-!sN; There has
been an urgent demand for increased train faci''
ties during the early morning hours on the GreeA
wood Lake division OF the Erie Railroad, and on tn
Montciair branch o. the Delaware Lackawannn
s.a Western.
Many persons living In towns and villages along
these two roads have been seriously Inconvenience
by the lack OF train service Ia the carly morning
They have been forced TO leave entertainment
in New York to catch the last train about MD
night. The disappointment caused by THIS cor
dit,0n OF affairs Is apparent whom one cons'dst,
that the Glen Ridge or M0Dtclalr resident ,oi
example. 10 forced 10 leave the opcra before to
CONCLUSION and then hurry TO set the last Train
How blessed would be the Oflcials OF me En-
and LAckAwhnna roads II they wouid satisfy we
reasonable wants OF the suburban residents 70 ~ :
particular How wise and iar-seeihg w"u'd W
their policy.
There Is adequate train service from oclo'e
In the morning. until midnight, but 20 fAr Is thr
brnncb lines are conc Dsd The bottom hAs dypppeo
put Of s1htsncs between niidnlght and = SsiSeA
In the morning. NoUsFAn AvhADS
MoNTcIAR. N. j.. Sept. TO-
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The States whose population Is enumer-
ated In this table constitute. respectively.
the North Atlantic and North Central
divisions and the South Atlantic" and
South Central divisions. as denominated
in the Census.
1t will be seen that the population Of the
two sections was practically at a parity
during the first twonty years OF the Re-
public but that from 1920 to the civil war
the North gained on the South steadily and
rapidly The maximum growth in the
North and the minimum in the South were
In the decade from 1880 to 1910, or 4l.4 per
cent, for the North and only 2ls per cent
for the South. In the decade from 1890 to
1900, however, the Southern percentage OF
increase was the greater. or ga per cent,
as against 1910 per cent. for the other.
In 1890 the number Of persons living In
these Northern States was ,9SS to each 1 900
persons in the South. but In 1900 it had
fallen to 1882.
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TO EDUCATE FILIPINO YOUTH.
One Hundred - Be Sent - This Ceunts
to Fit Tnem for the Civil Service.

Ono Hundred - Be Sent 70 This Country
to Pit Them fsr the Civil Service.
WASHINGTON. Sept. 1.-THE Philippine
Government has enacted d Law for the edu-
cation Of number Of Filipino youths In
the United States. It's primary object -
to 1t young natives for positions In tho civil
service Of the Philippines. Under the pro-
visions Of the law. 100 native young men be-
tween the ages Of 10 and u are to be chosen
by competitive examination, and out OF
these tho Governor may select those he
deems best qualified to be educated in this
country. The Governor is also authorized
to select for the same purpose twenty-five
Filipino youths without sub lecting them to
competitive examination. but the whole
number TO be sent W the United States in
the first year Ii not to exceed 100
Those to como TO America ars r. bo re-
quirod to take tho oath d allegiance to the
United States, and to sign an agreement
that upon the completion Of their edu.
cation they will return to the Philip
pines and within two months thereafter
take an examination for appointment in
the civil service Of tho ialands. Five
hundred dollars u to be paid annually by
the Philippine Government for the sup
port and tuitisn Of each native student
Tho passage Of this act was the outcome
OF correspondence between Col. EdwArds,
Chief OF tho Insllar Bureau OF the War De-
partmsnt, Prof. Young Of the University
Of Pennsylyania, and the Philippine Gov
eminent. Col. Edwards, In suggesting
that Filipino youth be brought to the United
Stntss to be educated, favored having
them live with American families IN
order that they might receive home train
ing and discipline. In conourring with
this view. Prof. Young remarked That u
had been the experience Of the University
OF Pennsylvania that students OF Latin
blood did not possess the requisite amount
Of self-controI to reside at an educational
institution where there Is a large student
body. The Porto Ricsn Government "a
sending scores Of young natives to schools
In this country. Colored Porto Rioans
are being educated at Booker r. Washing
toms Tuake rec Institute, and at the Carlisle
Indian School,
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Amateur suxnestiou for . New Tire.

To the EDITOR OF THE SUN--Sty: Noting your
edito nal on pneumatic tires In Wednesdays SUN,
and that something better than those now 10 Is
needed, may ask II there has ever been tire made
that u flird with pnenna'ic. not solid rubber pals
II seems to me that such tire would give sufceus
residence and could not explode seriously. The
tire containing the balls would OF course be Inated
but the amount Of air required would be much less
and tho pressure on the tirc would no relieved by
the balls inside. Such tire might be punct,l red
but the balls would keep II In shape TO make any
ordinary run omit. lam not tire expert, apd mere
y offer this q suggestion a. Won turc, seeing that
the results Of previous suggestions haven't pro-
duced what ID sought. AUroMhf.
PAsSAIC, N. j., Sept. 10
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President SwANsrRoM Of the Borough Of

President SwANsrRoM Of the Borough Of
Brooklyn. In recent communication to the
Board OF Estimate and Apportionment, de-
clared that he believed Section 1854 OF the
Charter, which provides that no patented
article may be purchased by the city except
under such circumstances az give reason
able opportunity for competition among
bidders to supply it, was unconstitutional
because 1t is in restraint Of trade and tends
to destroy the value Of rights granted
by the Federal Government. Corporation
Counsel RIvKs. to whom Mr.. SwANsTRoAs
communication was referred, wrote letter
to the board in which he said that he dis
agreed with MIR. SwANsTRoM. Mr. RIyEs
said that the section OF the Charter did not
prohibit the purchase OF patented articles
by the city, except possibly patented pave
ments. and was not a prohibition OF trade.
hut regulation fit. Thus was great oon-
stitutienal controversy nippcd in the bud
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Revsnues Ereee1 ExDeaA1tures-0alanoe
or TrsSss IN Ysvsr q the Inland.
wAsnIHorox, Sept. i7.-Cuba's first year
Of Sovereignty was prosperous ono. and
tho outlook n excellent. These statements
arc substantially upheld in the annual
report Of =. 6teinhart, tho United States
Consul General Of Havana. who discusses
tho situation In the Island republic at great
length. The Federal revenues from May
20, 1909. the date whom the republic was
established, TO Dec. 81. ieo0. amounted TO
7,? ~ and the s.Dsoditc =. w 1890. .,% :;
!: =, ~ ls ~, surplus IN sa' treasury OF
Ths Oibsn imports up tSsDso. 81 were.
81, l3s, ~. Yielding customs revenues o.
elS SM,l44. The exports were AS4s S4;
Tho balance OF trade u favor o. the eland
was therefore nearly 1900 go. Of the
exports ~ lsoa - 1891 vent nsx 70 v ahS
q, so7 3l7, and Germany third with . ee7. TO.
Tho Consul General gives tho following
facts about the sugar crop:
Az to tho crops In the present year. y may
b. said that the sugar crop amountsd 70
81 s ssn ~ a ~ po UP ..sh
81 this "a. "a tons nave Sssa exported and
; @u:. f ), .S as II sSs: T.
In tho isisnd, and tbs $50 tons Of sugar
which were on hand jan. ! loos, IRON me
from. The difference between the ngures
thus realized and tho 80. 100 ton. rei?lrsd
| to y represented by sugar still Ct plantations
and remaining 70 be delivered At some futurs
date.
The prices obtained from the sale Of suga!
IN january. February. March. April and
| May, 1901, averaged Its oentS per pound
which gives total value Of ~ ,1ot : ~ 10 thu
present crop. These prices are In Spanish
gold.
The tobacco crop Of 1901 Wa only medium
being u $50 bales lass than the crop o. iSol.
is a great future for the cotton industry
| In Cuba. It b proposed to raiss sea island
cotton Of tho finest quality, and striking
report on the subject has been made to the
Cuban Government.
The Consul General advises the establish
ment Of United States merchants *
change in Havana.
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Mark Antony had just presented his cook with
q city.
1T was the only thing W do" he explsiHed: she
positively refused W 1--we In the counsry."
Thus early In history were desOerrts measures
needed.
The Ancient Mariner was In . communicative
mood.
why" asked Coiertdge. didn't YOU havs the
AIbatross stuHedf
because" rr.ortsd che IA. u ssuasd you In
stead"
Hereupou tho bard got even by passing on the
tale " the rest Of Us
Henry Of Navarro vas sxhorsans his ssidisrs 70
follow the white plume
But" thsy protestsd. our wivss viii al want
one for their hats"
y can't hslp Aat." fsDlisd thsir stem leAdsr.
"RsmembeT. var ID war bssSdw, would sp0il
Aacsuisyl poem II you dtint.~
Pressing f0vvasa ~ 10 thstr duty. thsv sosu
made ivry famous
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THE AMERICAN GOAT.
I New Industry With MS ,ONO, 900 In
Sight for Americ Producers.

To THE EDITOR or THE SuN-Sir: Those
who think that the United States Is at the end
OF its tether in the way Of new industries are
very much mistaken. New lines Of produce
ton and manufacture are continually spring.
ing up. We are diversified people. with
diversified wants. diversified resources aud
diversified methods Of using the resources
we have. and Of getting those We have not.
but need.
For Instance. our consumption Of kid
leather for footwear and gloves has increased
very largely This shows itself in the in
CREASED Importation Of goat skins. Accord
ing to the Bureau of Statistics Of the Depart.
iDcnt Of Commerce and Labor, this line OF
Importation shows the following totals:
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The Cotton Trust.

Presumably, the Hon. ANsEI-M JOSEPH
McIAURIN, q Senator in Congress from
Mississippi, is as willing az any other
Democratic politician to shudder at
trusts when his platform calls for shud-
der. But the business point OF view is
not infrequently different from the po-
litical According to dispatches from
Memphis, Mr.. McLAUR1N has been in
that city for some days meditating a
cotton trust and consulting with counsel
for various Southern railroads how to
keep it safe from the tender mercies OF
the Sherman Antitrust act.
The Southeastern Cotton Buyers AS
ISOLATION, whose membership covers Ala
bama, Georgia and the Carolinas, has
been in existence for somo years. SINH
lar associations have been or are to he
formed in the other cotton States. These
State organizations form the Mississippi
Valley Cotton Buyers Association. The
still more ambitious combination, which
Mr.. MCLAURIN. the representatives of
the legal departments Of the Southern
railroads and the representatives of the
association of Mississippi Valley cotton
buyers have been bordering, is to have
no meaner name than the Cotton Buyers
Association OF America.
1t IS proposed to build at Charleston,
Memphis, Atlanta, Savannah. Pensacola
Mobile New Orleans and Galveston
warehouses with capacity OF from
5000 TO 10000 bales. Smaller ware
houses will be built in the interior, where
the crop can be stored before it is ready
for the big warehouses. 1t is argued
that these smaller warehouses will save
the planters q good deal OF loss to which
they are now exposed by the damage
suffered by cotton left to itself on the
plantation or in the public ginnery before
II can be ssnt TO market.
The plan u TO charge the planters two
cents 9 bale for storage, letting Their
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The Destiny OF Morocco.

The abandonment Of Morocco to France
by Great Britain would be one Of the dip
lomatic surprises Of our time. 1t would
be q recognition by British statesmen OF
the fact that their burden Of empire Is
already sufficiently heavy.
For some time past it has been evil
dent that the disorders In Morocco must
sooner or later call for foreign interview
ton. The difficulty lay in the long
standing claims OF England in tho west
and the more or less substantial preten-
sions of Spain on the Atlantic coast and
along the Mediterranean shore. Logi-
oally, France had the first claim to the
reversion OF tho politically and hnan-
cially bankrupt State through her pos
session Of Algeria, OF which Morocco is
but the western territorial and clinical
extension; and the experience which
France has had in dealing with the va
rious races and tribes Of Algeria would
help in the pacific assimilation Of the in
habitants OF the new protectorate, prov
ince, or whatever it might be called.
It is not likely that there would be
any trouble between France and Spain
regarding the Spanish claims, as the ten
dency of the relations Of those countries
is to become more cordial and intimate;
but the German Government has OF
late put forward O view of its interests
In Morocco that might require delicate
handling on the part of France to adjust
In case Of an acute discussion arising out
OF this. it would be Of great advantage
to France TO have the support OF Great
Britain whose commercial interests art
less likely to suffer from the extension
of French sovereignty and influence ii
North Africa than OF German.
As to Russia, anything that strengthen
France is to her advantage, even II it a
the same time renders her more indie
pendent partner in the Dual Alliance
There are few points where their inter
ests clash, while there are many at tn
present moment where they have micl
in common outside OF those conneotet
with Frances relations with England.
The settlement Of the Morocco ques
ton would bring the assumption OF tn
control Of Tripoli by Italy perceptibi
nearer, leaving the eastern coast Of tn
Mediterranean the only part Of tn
shores OF that sea not yet under settle
and civilized government.
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SMALL RUNAWAYs TOOK A cAn.


Nttle Girb Frem The Be1loolaire Give
Their PArentD Q Scare.
Thirteen-year-old Birdie Meyers, who
Is staying with her parents at the Hotel
Bsllsclaire and the eisvsn-year-oid daughter
Of Mrs. H. 8. Levy Of the Same address,
dsciied yesterday that 1t would be great
fun TO 90 to theltheatre like grown-up folks.
They put up their hair and donned long
dresses - = preliminary. Then, without
laying anything to their mothers. they
borrowed 35 from the hotel barber and took
q cab for one OF Proctor's theatres.
Meanwhile the mothers became worried
At the girls absence, and when they did
not come back by the middle OF the after
noon Brides father Leon W. Meyers, who
lives in New Orleans. went to Police Head
quarters and general alarm was cent out
Birdie and her friend hadn't had much
experience with cabs, or they would have
borrowed more than Ss. When the matinee
was over they found that they had spent
all their money and didn't know how TO
ret home. Some csbby took them, In the
hope Of G Collecting at the other end. and he
did.
Birdie was playing around the hotel COR
ridors last night and didn't seem any tho
worse for her trip.
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Right here is an opportunity for our farm
ers and manufacturers to add to their annual
income The farmers should raise the goats,
whose skins the manufacturers will speedily
fashion into several desired utilities. At
present our farmers are apparently not maG-
INK any effort to fill this want md reap the
harvest In this line is just so5 900. 900 to
divide annually between our farmers and our
manufacturers.
The census Of 1900 showed only 1000. 900
goats in the United States. while II took
20, non, 900 goats to furnish the S2s 900, 900
China, France and Mexico sent US goats
literally. We have areas fully as suitable
for the raising Of goats as any In the countries
named. WALTER j. BALLARD.
SCHENECTADY, N. Y, Sept. Is.
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WIN Bishop Potter Have CoadJutOr?

We print in an adjoining column a
letter from an Episcopal clergyman Of
New York, in which is discussed the
question OF the election OF Coadjutor
Bishop to Bishop POTTER at the diocesan
convention to be held next Friday, and
eight candidates are suggested Us possi-
bly, eligible.
From Bishop POTTER himself, so far,
no indication of desire for Coadjutor
has come; but in his address to the dioce-
san convention he may express himself
more decidedly on the subject than he
has yet done. According to precedent
the wishes Of Bishop in such matter
are usually controlling
Up to the present time Bishop POTTER
hns given the impression that he felt
entately. competent to perform all the
duties OF diocesan and had no desire
10 shift any OF them on the shoulders
Of a Coadjutor Bishop. His mere age,
OF course, does not disqualify him in
any degree even for the labors Of the
Bishop Of the greatest diocese Of the
Episcopal Church in this country. He Ia
ss years old, but it is far from great
age for a prslate either Of that Church or
Of the Roman Catholic Church. OF the
Bishops Of the dioceses into which this
State IL divided, Bishop DoANE OF Albany,
his senior by TIRES years and Bishop
WALKER Of Western New York, his junior
by only four years. are without Coad-
tutors. though Coadjutor to Bishop
HUNTINGTON OF Central New York, now
In his eighty-ffth year, was properly
provided last year In Bishop OLMsrEp.
Bishop BURGESS OF Long Island, it ia
true, Is only in his tiitieth year, but Bishop
SCARBOROUGH OF New jersey Ia Bishop
PoITEBs senior by four years OF the
ninety-three Bishops Of the American
Episcopal Church seventeen are older
thsn Bishop POTTER. To pass from prol.
ates, The, Rex Dr. MORGAN DIX. still &C.
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Babies, HOSPITAL Usefulness Doubled.

The work of the Babies Hospital at Fifty
9th street and Lexington avenue has far
exceeded expectations since the new build
ing WIS opened last December. The. mum
Der Of patients admitted in March was
double that for March last year, and Mrs.
John d. Calvert of is East Fifty-s eventh
street, treasurer of tho hospital, has sent
out an appeal for assistance. Last year
$40 babies were cared for, varying in age
Out-Patient department 4,i2s babies were
treated.
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cotton stay there until they want to cell.
Certificates are to be issued to them, on
the value Of which they can get money
enough to keep them along until the price
OF cotton b tempting. These store
houses will be an agricultural sub-treas-
ury, 90 to speak, only private capital,
not the United States, will advance tho
money. Two well-known trust compa-
MES, one OF Philadelphia, ono OF Balt-
more, are said, we don't know how truly.
to be backing the scheme.
The projectors Of the trust believe, too
much in the manner Of AIINAsCHAR, that
with most Of the cotton crop in the
warehouses the price will DO higher.
They hope to keep much Of the cotton IN
the warehouses instead Of shipping 1t to
Europe soon after 1t leaves the gins.
They propose to force the European
buyers to come to America for cotton
and pay the expense OF transportation
from here abroad
1t il an interesting sketch OF q mo-
nopoly and shows how eager people are
to make trusts Of their own, no matter
how hot they are against trusts AZ viewed
with alarm for declamatory and po!lti-
cal purposes. But agricultural trusts are
VIGOROUSLY hard propositions. II they
can get a majority Of tho planters into
the trust and a majority of tho cotton
crop into the warehouses, and the finan-
cial part Of the business is properly con-
Quoted and the crop is not too large for
the demand, and so on, tho monopoly
may thrive. But we can't help thinking
Of ALNAsCHAR; also OF tho milkmaid and
her little agricultural trust.
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No Interference with Wedding Decorations

The clergyman who officiated at the mar
riage Of Miss Agnes Rose Lans and James
D. Rossman at Christ Episcopal Church, in
Williamsburg, on Wednesday night, denied
yesterday the report that Bishop Burgess
interfered with any plans for the decoration
of the church for that occasion. Bishop
Burgess has been out Of town on his vacation
for several weeks. There were no unusual
features about the decorations except that
many electric lights were used and festoon n
ing Of hydranseas draped the pillars OF the
church.
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From The BpTdlo Tim 90

FROM INC bbWWO TWlS
Would that McKinley's successor had
hand like his 20 guide the Ship OF State Would
that he had hcKinley's wisdom to solve the
problems which confront the nation! Would
that he might heed McKinley's precspts and
follow his teachings in tho administration OF
our Governm ~ In tho hrst hour Of bio
accession he promised 10 do!
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II the storm on Wednesday did great
damage ia other places the people OF Long
Beach have no reason TO complain OF ita
treatment OF them. The wind and rain
graded the beach at this point for two hun
dred feet, Transforming it from an irregular
hummook covered strip Of sand into fine
level bathing ground. Unless the winter
storms undo the work Of the September
gale all the property in tho settlement will
be benefited by this inexpensive public
Improvement