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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-12-20
TIE PLAN OF THE CANAL

Earnest attention is deserved and will doubt
less be commanded by the statements Of Mr.
Wallace, the chief engineer of the Isthmian
Canal Commission, made by him TO the com
mittee of the House of Representatives which
recently visited Panama. and published in com
prehensive synopsis in our issue of yesterday
Now that this country has actually undertaken
and begun the work of constructing the canal
il is essential that the plan of the canal shall
he decided upon in the not distant future and
it is. of course. eminently desirable that the
best plan shall be chosen Happily. there is
time for deliberatiOn in the choice The work
that is now being done is being done largely for
the purpose Of securing data which shall serve
as the basis Of the choice and also rs bases for
contractors estimates. So far as it is actual
work of excavation. it will not he wasted i'm
any event. but will he serviceabIe under any
plan that may finally he adopted It NAV be
that final decision could be postponed for a wear
or even more, without detriment TO the enter
prise. though il is 10 be hoped Il NAV he made
and wisely made, at a much earlier date In
deed, it may be that the results of work already
done, the statements already made by Mr. Wal
lace and the observations of the House com
mittee and of the Secretary of War-who has
very carefully inspected the whole line of the
canal-will he regarded as sufficient basis for n
prompt decision
be!ohd doubt opinion, especially on the part
Of those who have personally gone over the
ground, Is strongly in favor Of a sea level canal
or Of one at an elevation of not more than thirty
feet. few. including some men of copious in
formation and excellent Judgment. incline To the
high level plan. because Of it's smaller cost and
q the less time required for construction But
fTen they concede that in the end the canal
must be cnt down to sea Level In that case
the argument for at once adopting the sea level
plan is strong. II will cost no more. and nroh-
ably less, 10 build the sea level canal at once
than to build il at high level and afterwsrd
cut II down 70 sea level Moreover there fs tho
best professional authority for believing that n
down to sea level without suspending all traffic
upon Il while that work was in progress
period Of several years. Certainly II wouId he
great hardship. after the canal had been in
use few years and lines OF commerce had been
directed thther. TO close il again for several
years. Better walt those few years more nj tho
outset and make sure that when the canal ts
opened it will be opened for ali time We are
aware that some engineers have expressed the
opinion that the reduction from high level 10
sea level could be effected without Interference
with traffic but the vast preponderance of ex-
pert opinion seems to be on the other side
SO far as the engineering problems are con
cerned ii would proba bly, be easier To construct
a sea level than high level canal The sea
level plan Involves two major undertaking.
nameis the great cut at CuIehrs and dam at
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-12-20

than we can raise for years to come we can AZ
ford To give the Philippines chance 10 make
some money by supplying our wants when it
comes TO tobacco however. there is less mar
tnouv The American growers are making
strong. or At least vociferous. hgnt against
any concession Their argument is that. where
as they now have the market for the cheaper
grades of cigars. the Filipinos. with thelr cheap
labor and low priced tobacco. might mood the
country with their goods and practically monop-
Ollie the trade in FIVE and ten cent imported
cigars Yet Porto Rico. close at hhnu' with
absolute free trade. not even the % per cent
restriction proposed for Philippine tobacco has
not ruined our domestic industry. Wen made
Porto Rican cigars are sold here at from ~ TO
81 a hundred The Philippines wouid Dc AT a
great disadvantage as compared WIN Porto
Rico because of distance and duties Inc pro-
nosed concession would doubtless open UP some
trade but il would not be any Hood. Inc haNor
Of Philippine tobacco. like that of Porto RICO Is
peculiar and appeals only to iImtted hunDer
of nersons Smokers are creatures OF haot. ana
those who are accustomed to American toha"co
will in large measure continue TO consume H.
no matter what the Filpinos may do
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-12-20

carohoa with spiIIways etc for the control of
the Cbagres River. 1t may be said with conf
dence that neither of these involves any prob
lem which has not now been satisfactorily
solved or is particularly formidable save in the
amount of work to be done. 1t is a big job. OF
course TO make a cut $40 feet deep. but 1t Is
one that no competent engineer would shrink
from undertaking. AS for the control Of the
Chagres River, that dreadful bogie which so
many pessimists have conjured up. there seems
satisfactory evidence that ii can be effected
with ease by the construction of the Gamboa
dam for which work a solid foundation has
been found at sea level On the other hand.
high level canal would involve the construction
of the colossal Bohio dam, n far more formidable
undertaking than that at Gamboa, and one which
does involve problem yet unsolved, to wit,
that of finding a suitable foundation. 1t has
been ascertained that the former soundings of
supposed bedrock" were grossly erroneous and
that the foundation for the dam must be found.
if at all. at depth of more than hundred
and sixty feet.
The question of cost is, of course to be con-
sidered But we must bear in mind that it
does not involve merely the first cost of con
structon. Commercially speakinga and this is
n commercial enterpffse-the problem of cost
involves four factors These are the initial cost
of construction. the cost of maintenance, the
cost of operation and the cost value of ships
time in passing through the canal. That canal
will be the cheapest in which not any one of
these items. but the sum total of them all, is
leaSt Now. the high level canal would be cheap
est in respect TO the first of these items and
the sea level would be dearest But In respect to
every one of the ..,hers the sen level canal
would be cheapest. There is reason, therefore
for thinking that in the end it would be most
economical 10 adopt at once the sea level PLAN,
Nor is it probable that that plan would prove
as costly for construction has been supposed
Upon the basis of the former commissions sur
veys and estimates. which are now known to
have been inaccurate high level canal would
cost S2oooO0OOO and level canal $780,
100000. Now. the crux of the construction work
is the excavation at Culebra. The former COM
mission estimated its cost at so cents cubic
yard. Mr.. Wallace is now doing it for a maxi
mum of a cents. and is doing some of it at
much less than that. There are 1OOOO0OOO
cubic yards to be excavated for a sea level
canal so that the reduction of cost from so to
~ cents would mean a reduction of total cost
to the extent of $26.O00.00O, or from 100000 900
to S2I4.O00.0o0. There is ground for belief that
a considerable further reduction of cost can be
erected. and also comparable reduction of
the time required for the work When all these
facts are taken into consideration it seems prob
able that the sea level plan, to which we believe
AIR. Wallace inclines and which Secretary Taft
strongly favors, will he adopted.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-12-20
AT THE WHITE HOUSE.
tryo,, THE TRIBUNE BURzAU.l


Washington. Dec 1e.-President Roosevelt enter
tanned AZ luncheon to-day Baron Kaneko first sec
retarv and commander Takashita, the naval at
tache Of the Japanese Legation.
Senator I,epew who called at the White House
this morning with Postmaster Wilcox of New
York was in good spirits. oh. have no troubles
he said with a laugh when he asked for the
latest news from his State. II just came up to the
White House to help Wilcox along"
Just came up to wish the President Merry
Christmas" said Senator Kean. Of New-Jersey. as
he left the executive offices this morning 'I
now going down TO catch the noon train for Eliza
beth"
Senator Fairbanks came in the morning to intro
duce a friend. and Senators Clapp. OF Minnesota:
McEnery of Louisiana; Dryden. Of New-Jersey;
Lodge of Massachusetts. and Warren. Of Wyoming.
came on small social personal missions. Among
the Representatives who called were McC1eary. of
Minnesota Gaines of West Virginia; Murdoch and
Miller, of Kansas and Fowler. of New-Jersey.
The President had long talk this morning with
the Rev Dr. Charles L. Thompson, secretary of
the Presbyterian Board Of Missions. who is inter
esting himself in the case of the Pima Indians OF
Arizona who are dying from starvation for lack or
water for irrigation. commission appointed 10
investigate the subject has recommended the estao-
lishment of pumping stations to furnish water for
the Indians and 1t Is said that the President ap-
proves the idea To-days conference related to the
working out of the commissions plan.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-12-20
pHILJPPI1r NrGaR AND TOBACCO

Now tbst Philippine bill providing for rail
roads and other necessities has passed the Sen
ate and only awaits agreement of the House to
amendments. tie efforts of all who desire the
Success Of CUR work in the archipelago should
DC concentrated TO secure better trade relations
be- Yeen the United states and the Philippines
The President and Secretary Taft favor the abo-
Iition II al duties on philippine products ex-
cept those on sugar ana tobacco. On these they
would levy - p"r cent Of the Dingley tariff
duties. 81 as 70 guard our sugar and tobacco in
duSfries from danger
81 present wo levy - per cent of the Dingley
duties on Philippine products. We have ex-
tended our navigation laws so that the carrying
trade from the islands is to be confined to
American bottoms with resulting increase in
the cost II gerting goods 70 market here II is
5n obvious injustice ~ cut the Fiipinos of from
The opportunity 70 make the best shipping bar
gains they can, 20 place them under the restric
tons Of co8stwise traffic. and then refuse 10
give them the corresponding benefit of at least
2 partly free market The Philippines are Door
Their products are small in comparison 10 the
cost q the government which our methods and
aims entail We must for the sake of our own
honor which Is bound up in the success Of our
rule. promote their commerce and cultivate
closer relations Of business with them. The
Philippine problem is more economical than
political. II we make the islands prosperous
and make their commerce with US profitable
we shall have TO spend less relieving want and
s,Ippressing disorder. An open door to Philip
pine commerce Is as much an investment for
ourselves as II is a concession 10 them
For the promotion Of such an important ma
ficnal purpose barmonizing and developing
the Islands. and indicating our national honor
apd ability TO govern wisely territories thrown
upon our hands q call for some sacrifice by our
OWN citizens might easily be justified When
public welfare requires men may be taken from
fheiT homes 20 march and fight and die and
grieyous taxes may Ice laid on special industries
50. II public interest Is 70 be served an in
GgstIy may justly ha asked 10 surrender some
u The protection which it has enjoyed Tint
protection. D" II remembered. Is not given as
SAVIOR 70 III industry and TO enrich its follow
ers, hEt 10 promote what is considered the gen
eral welfare There is no vested right 10 f. but
j may bc withdrawn whenever a higher pnbIic
inferest wi5i thereby Ice served
40 such sacrifice however is demanded IN
behalf u the Philippines, They raise practically
giothing but sugar and tobacco which could
compete w3th ar OF our own products As
safeguard 9eaCa, -, competition IL is proposed
- rive = per con ne Dingley duties. Our
lieef aVf ffGo SO 1ucerS appear 10 he
- aa'itaeH IN .his They know that
- - a. 'abor con- Sons in the Philippines
ihere Is little dr8zs 4 any serious rivAIry in
ffat 9FsT'~r - 70 sc Vastly more sugar
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-12-20
NETWORK DAILY TRIBUNE TUESDAY. DECEMBER 90 1904

should art promptly and summarily in this last
week of Christmas shopping Inspector NC
Cmskv req Lies the necessity of unremtting vigil
lance. He has sent out an order which ought 10
accomplish Il great deal for the protection or the
innocent but careless shopper. He has outlined
the district 10 be particularly guarded. Inc
need of such precautions extends as far north as
Thirty-ffth-sf. conspicuously, although it may
be necessary to give marked heed to the prin-
cipal stores in Harlem. From Thirty-ffth-st.
downtown on Broadway to Eighth-st., and In
Sixth-ave TO Fourteemth-st.. the great multitude
of holiday buyers will require the special watch
funess of the detectives well as the most
thorough efforts of the patrolmen OF course,
there are exceedingly important stores in Fifth
ave and elsewhere above Thirty -ffth-st.. and
others below EiGhth-st., but the region where
the abest detectives will Be most needed is in
the district outlined by McClusky.
When the holiday jam and rush are over there
will remain ample stocks of fascinating goods
in the principal places of business in New-York.
The attractive power of this busting city is still
growing, and for the rest of the winter there
will be eager purchasers in prOfuSiOn But just
for this week comes the crisis in retail sales.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-12-20
PROTECTING THE SHOPPER

In the last few days Of Christmas shopping
the crowds in the stores viii be extremely large
and exceedingly busy. 1t is not often that
the holiday hustle has full week lust hefore
Christmas In order TO exemplify it's fullest NO.
tvtles Never were the stocks in the stores so
extensive and so varied as they are now. and
never were the propretors of the chief centres
Of activity compelled to take more care to pro-
tect their goods and their patrons. In the
streetcars the passengers on the surface in the
elevated lines and the subways the electric
roads and the ferries will need the care IF the
police.
Such n period of eager, active buying as that
now evident on every hand means the necessity
Of complete and admirable protection by the
patroIInen. sergeants and higher officers need to
be wisely alert Every member of the force
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-12-20
THE PARROT STILL SAYS MAJOR.
Birds Owner and the Real Major Quarrel
She Is Held at Ellis Island.

Among the passengers yesterday the steamer
st. Paul was young Englishwoman. who came
AS second cabin passenger. She had a large
green parrot and the bird speedily became the
ships pet. 1t greeted every man with this remark
Hello Major! How you. Major
1t became known that this young woman on
her way To meet certain major. once In the Brit
ish army, but now In a civil occupation in this
country.
on arriving at the pier on Sunday the major
there TO meet the young All her
fellow voyagers babe her goodby and gave her good
wishes. quarrel however seemed occur, and
was held at Ellis Island
The mainr had several interviews with the Young
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-12-20
NETWORK SOCIETY.

Mr. and Mrs. Sidney Dillon Ripley gave dance
last night sherrys for their daughter. Miss
Annah Ripley. a debutante of the season 1t was
8 rather late affair. great many Of the guests
came on from the opera. where Nine. Sembricn
had been appearing in La Traviata-" The dance
was the largest of the winter thus far. some four
hundred and fifty invitations having been Issued
Two entire floors were used. and the guests were
received by Mrs Ripley and her daughter in the
reception room. adjoining the large ballroom.
There was informal dancing before supper. which
was served at small tables about midnight The
cotilon followed, led by Henry E. Winthrop. with
Miss Ripley and by Elisha Dyer jr.. dancing alone.
from the other end OF the ballroom The favors
included sachets white leather cardcases and muffs
white tulle trimmed with holly. Another supper
was served at the close of the cOtlOn. Among
those present We're Mrs. Vanderbilt Mrs. Aston
Mrs Stuyvesant Fish, Mr.. and Mrs H. Mex
Twombly Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Goelet, Mrs. Ogden
Goelet Colonel and Mrs. John Jacob Astor. Count
and Countess du Temple de Rougemont Mr.. and
Mrs. Ogden Mills, Nine. WaddIngton Mr.. and Mrs
Laurence Waterbury. Mr.. and Mrs. ". Rhine
lander Stewart. Mr. and Mrs J. Norman de r.
Wnitehouse. Mr.. and Mrs Cornelius Vanderbilt
Mr.. and Mrs. Alfred 6. Vanderbilt, Mr.. and Mrs
William X. Vanderbilt jr.. Mr.. and Mrs. Douglas
Robinson Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence II. Mackay Mr.
and Mrs. Arthur Iseln. Mr.. and Mrs Stanley Nor
timer Mr. Mrs. II. r. Bishop. Mrs. Hermann
Oelrichs, Mr.. and Mrs. c. oliver Iselin Miss Cornne
Douglas Robinson Miss Gladys Vanderbilt Miss
Mabel Gerry. Miss Angelica Gerry, Miss Evelyn Par
sons Miss Jean Reid. Miss Alice Roosevelt. Miss
Natica Rives. Miss Anita Stewart Miss Beatrice
Mills. Miss Gladys Mills, Miss Dorothy Kane Miss
Georgette Dorland. Miss Ruth Twomby. Miss Nora
Iselin. Miss Mary NewboId. Miss Laura Swan, James
H. Hyde Baron Aphonse de Rothschild, Baron
Louis de Rothschild Sir Ernest Cassell. Lispenard
Stewart Rawlns Cottenet. Center Hitchcock z. G.
Griswold. Creighton Webb. Moncure Robinson. AL
fonsn de Navarro James Henry Smith Worthing-
ton Whitehouse and Robert r. Van Cortlandt.
Miss Helen n. Trotter made her debut yesterday
afternoon at a tea given for her by her mother.
Mrs. Theodore Van Antwerp Trotter. at her house
in East Thirty-seventh-st. Receiving with Miss
Trotter were Miss Olga Kobbe Miss Blanche Shoe
maker Miss Dorothy GrinneH and Miss Louise
Schroeder.
\ dinner party was given last evening by Schuyler
l.. Parsons at his home in West Forty-ninth-st..
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-12-20
.4mUSentenLs.

ACsDEAiE o. aGTsIc-s-The Wizard Of o.
.ts- ~ -1S--Dov-n the Pike
llEsgsASEC,-s. i5--The Music Master
~ 81 GEs Bisck Is Back
asffo AE--Ll5esL liis week
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
CfsI TAR ions -S0--A wife Without Su-i'7
EAlsY s--C5csed THIS week.
f.sl-er MtSEE-Nori6 ! Wax
lsaEF'TRE-s 5O--The Duke of kilhcraakiA
t-AEDEN-s -2o--The College Widow.
a5sfgEf Jacques
lEAsaNkcSSTEIN's N1CHOF IA--2-s -lS--N siaeNl''e'
LIE As oseph EnEangie5-
sst-PsL,Ic soCaP E-S .i0--Tns School CIR
III L9S9N-S .2o--SBnasE.
IRVING pI.AC E,-E -20-Sodoras Ende.
ayN1cKFRP 1Cll EF-S :l6--The Usprper.
I.I-w FIEl .LlS---S--It Happened in Nor1sa1.
l.tBEETT-S ea-Little Johnny Jones
Il ,E-J - 3d. -srs fsorrinee's Necslace-
i.Ff7Fre--s Site Fortunes % rhe King
-SAJFsSTIC,-S = Dorothy vernon q HaSdon Hsil
AF7 s--E-IgAsh kieSChus
sraTTSrH, Sc--ARE GARnEN-Ncca 70 Hid7iEn'--Si
LOUIS Fair ana Pike
,er-n7-T flTeN--s I5--Woo6isrd.
Princess IL Tlchelieu.
eAKtY--s g5-Nirs Wigs % the ''shbase FaT'7
ALA CE[ SIS -st--1he shotgun
TTFHER-S SIC r ALI~-2-S-NsGdevtls
T=F-ST -s.-Fl.-S -15--7he E. en ~ the -Four
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-12-20
eILTmoRE CHRISTMAS PLANS.
La rELEGRArH 10 rHE rRIRrNE.l

TBT TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIBUNE-i
AshevilIe n G.. Dec. TS.-Nfr. and Mrs George W.
Vanderbilt will give a number OF Christmas enter
tainments at Bitmore House. On the afternoon OF
Christmas Eve Mrs Vanderbilt will entertain the
members OF All Souls choir at tea A aree
Christmas entertainment fer members OF the 7ii'-
more estate will follow There VIII be between
two hundred and fifty and three hundred guests
present and there will bt Christmas present 10y
each. The Christmas tree will be a large spruce
pine thirty feet high AMI will be fairly laden down
Among the guests ALREADY arrived are Ny nav
ers and son Of Ner-York: Miss Pendleton ol
Baltimore and Mr. snd Mrs. Charles McNaIAee'
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-12-20
THE PRESIDENT AT THE OPERA.

Washington. Dec. 19.-Presideut and Mrs Roose-
Welt and ice-President-elect and Mrs. Fairbanks
occupied boxes at the hrst production or grand
opera at the Columbia Theatre tonight by the
savage COMPANY Others IN the Presidents box
were Miss Alice Roosevelt. Senator and Mrs Lodge
and Senior Ojeda, the Spanish Minister MI Fair
banks had a party in his box. Other occupants or
boxes included Secretary Morton and party.
Prince de Bearu. Of the French Embassy, and a
marty and Senators Kean. OF New-JerSey. and
Hepburn. OF Idaho Many diplomats and army ard
navy officers I'm the orchestra. The opera was
PucCIni's Ia BOheme." which produced for
the first time in Washington in English.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-12-20

In all other lines Of business when article
has been paid for and is not delivered as
agreed upon it is customary for the seller to re-
fund the money upon demand. Why should
streetcar company that agrees to convey
passenger to his destination on its route refuse
to refund the nickel when unable to keep that
agreement? OF course. the passenger has
remedy at law, but it ought not to be necessary
for it's patrons to resort to law in order to get
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-12-20
FOR TUBERCULOUS PATIENTS.
Appeal for Warm Clothing from Bellows
District Nurses Department
me following appeal has been issued:

The following appeal has been issued:
We greatly IN need of warm clothing for ere
use OF tuh1rculOus patients In tnclr own homes.
who are bling treated by the district nurses cen
neCted with the out Patients Department OF Belle
Hospital and for those whom planning
TO send into the country.
As the successful treatment or these patents a.
ponds largely upon our being able to make them
comfortable out of doors this appeal Is made Tor
any kind OF winter clothing shawls. capes. coats
hoods rugs or blankets, heavy underwear. arctles.
warm wrappers and bedroom slippers.
Any contributions may be sent Go Miss Jare n
DelanO Bellevue Hospital East Twenty slxth-sA
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-12-20
CALLS DR.. ABBOTT AN INFIDEL.
Address Before Harvard Students Stirs Up
Pittsburg Ministers.
IBY rELEGRAPH TO THE rRIsUNE.I

= Pittsburg Dec. 19.-The sermon preached to Har-
ward students yesterday by the Rev. Or. Lyman
Abbott provoked storm of indignation among
Pittsburg ministers to-day. The Rev. j. T. Nc
Crory of the Third United Presbyterian Church
of Pittsburg. perhaps the most bitter.
DIR. Abbott might be called an Infide" said DR.
McCrory but do use those words any
longer. We used to call man a liar but now we
say he is prevaricator. Lyman Abbott is an in
fdel He does not believe in Christianity He sim
ply speaks his belief, and II is better for man to
utter his thoughts
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-12-20
! lust what the trouhls

woman but withoui result. Just what the troU''e
is is "a mystery. .- - ,
The woman IS held for special inquiry aIo =
special board wiz be convened to hear her case
One Ofical IS reported have said that the
woman will not now marry the major because ms
income is not What she thought It would Be. ara
that they mad a quarrel over Il. The parrot IS
still aboard the St. Paul and calls the sailors and
under stewards Major"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-12-20

1t is estimated that under the and what is
said to be more economical system of snow re-
moval introduced by Superintendent Bouton 1t
costs $4,000 for every recorded inch of snow
fall AS there have been 21.9 inches of fall so
far this season the prospects good for
busy and remuneratMe season fer snow show
nlln