New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-02-13
THE PASSING THRoNG.

James A. Shelton. London merchant vho has
been coming TO the United States at regular IN
tervals for tbs last twsnry-thrss
JAPAN years. is staying &C the Grand
MUST BE Hotel. He is Of the physical mould
SUP and appearance that accounts tor
PORTED" his being frequently mistaken tr
the Laird OF SkibO.'' Tbs IN
ui1encs Of war between Russia and japan" said
Mr. Shelton. was not seriously cOnsidersd when
7 left London less than a month ago \ vas
believed 20 be largely matter OF newspaper
gossip. and that the whole matter would blow
over OF course. II II begins it will not DO for
England and the United States 70 stand By and
Japan get walloped-' 10 she Is getting ts
best o. Russia they afford 70 keep hands o.
but Japan must not be crushed. She stands a.
STA. England and the United States. as ths NO
great English speaking peoples must stand %
Controversy now going on in England, Mr shelton
asco RetaaoT ia the s' oay policy DS sas s
land can pursue and that can only be made rly
effective when the colonies are ready to come mo
a closer relation with the mother country sne
establish the same sort OF free trade throasns..
bstWeen the states that compose the Amerioaa
Union. The attitude OF the colonies toward Is
OF them in trouble they expect and are a1orasi
the aid and protection OF the British sosssPs-
but when tariff arrangements are GEder Soas'~'''
ton they take the best end Of the bargain
Peter StenEer Grosscup. or Chicago. Judge ofus
United States Circuit Court OF Appeals for ths
with District was in the du
WEAKNESSES few days age. on his way
or SHERMAN Washington. Seen at ths Walao'
LAW. Judge Grosscup said IN reply 70
question: Il have not read SsnE
tor FOraker's proposed amendment TO tne SIS
man Antitrust law but presumed ron ~
newspaper headline announcement that u was y
tended 70 cover the change that Attorney S'a''.'
Knox had suggested: but I note the Attorney S'n'
r~N.# fra a-7aT1
I think that change % the law to conIola
the dissenting opinion OF the Supreme Court N ~
trans-Nlssouri case, would be wise. rhs mN0n1
opinion in that case. expressed through SuIs.
Peckham. was that any combination IN rssu.-.
OF trade whether IN large or small degree WIS.,
IL was proved 10 be hurtful OF not. SO long "
was I'm restraint Of trade. though in merely M
mum measure. violation Of the IA" %.
stands The dissenting opinion was that rs'u.
Of trade that was unObjsctionabls IN It's snsc' ~
the public was not IN violation or me A~"'
were Congress 1 would so amend the law ~
would operate against the hurtful FsstIaI
trade Il must be obvious that two msr'n'-s -
opposite sides Of the street might comongS \, a.
estabffs1r1enr5 and accomplish economies N s-rt
rlufstration and operation that would NOIss - tass
20 I1e PL 4, eGuitabls 10 consider whether %
not the restraint Of trade alleged 70 20 YsSvr-
s sTaI' To '' '''
Walter H. Chamberlain. OF Chicago, sx~V -,
sIoner of Patents returned on the Ocsanio -
six weeks business trip IN AN'1,
..,,,rp1rA ser al the WaIdort-Astofis. ~
80 yvONr aid. ..Despite the heavy seas -
HER PLACE" head winds that retarded our 49,,
the massage was very comforts
The raptafn rated the weather the heaslee- =
oceanic had ever encountered. and the rs. -. 4,
hours We were beated was record 0reaH -
weather interference. Ny time was divioeu "a
Iopdon. Paris and Berlin. and every W.. =,
business men with whom my mission oro-s --..so,
I'm contact INDUCED IN the most eorala4 eAE-i,Itv
OF good feeling for Americans THIS Nas - ,,ss
notable in London, and l marked the chANs -, I,
had obviously taken place since ny nrss -. q
England ten years ago. Then the atti'uN- \,
thu rstroniztng sort such as big man - ,ss
exDected to manifest toward uttie OOS. ,uch
war with Spain Dewey in Mania ma, pa yybi1Es have
prOofs OF American capacity Tor IolnS -. ATnericsl
49,, y,ritten into history and now nc - a BIZ
IN london Is hailed BY an 5ns rssr1nsss sltus-
b-ctber THE talk anent the husso-Sos.,. In Len-
tJ,D vTas earnest and persistent etSIs Sfates bal
49,, tbat England and the I nlseI -.r,srzsncy
t-ts-ssfs I'm common. and that IN ~ lat tn3
tbev should stand tOgether ~ w. 49,. vofced IN "
none thar the sentiment IN tne III sroressed ~
no55current Business men genera.y J4Hssian an
bsTef that the differences oet 49, var would p
IIt, ,vovrS h. adjusted and tnat Va 80 assume
S-RFi5s5 NJ Il perhaps fair, howetvt ~ hope thss
49, the prediction was fathsred Ds -tsncs 81 bus
me conflict. with It's attsnoanl
ness would not come.