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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1904-09-16
The Ethics of Dumping.

In the recently published report of the
investigations and findings of the British
Tariff Commission appointed in oonneo-
ton with the proposed reform in Eng
lands fiscal policy, much attention is
paid to the matter Of dumping, and q
summary Of conclusions on the question
is submitted. We quote the following:
we md, therefore, that dumping Is OF most
widespread character; . that unless checked
II ~ likely TO remain ono OF the permanent Incl
cents Of trade; tina, II has already caused dn Eng
land serious loss Of employment and wages. dmin-
ishod PROFITS, and brought about feeling Of inse-
curity throughout the iron and steel industry
Dumping ID comparatively new
term for an old process. Although in
common usage 1t applies only to special
proceeding, that Of the export sale of
merchandise at @cut rate" prices, the
process which it describes is not similarly
limited. The bargain counter in depart
ment store is as distinct phase Of dump
ing as the sale Of steel rails or cotton cloth
in q foreign market at prices which are
less than the ruling quotations. All
sacrifice sales domestic or foreign,
whatever be their motive or occasion,
afford illustrations Of dumping
Although dumping, in perhaps all of
its different forms, is not a new feature
in English trade methods. both domestic
ana foreisn. the increase and extension
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1904-09-16
A L,nsuist. Ten Year. OF Toll.

From the 81. Jcsnsss Gazette.
A story is told about tho original John Walter OF
the Times. On certain ~ the copy fell short by
half a column. There was none at hand ready TO
MI UP with and tine pressal With the inspiraton
OF genius, Mr.. Walter laid hold Of column OF "pl"
and prepared 1t In the motst expeditions way. so
that might pass muster mr. an article In foreign
tongue He popped II In with few lines OF intro
duct,on. stating this inconprehensibe mass TO be
a paper In some Hindustanee dialect. translation
of which would follow In the course of a few days.
No "translation" ever appeared. Ten years after
Mr. Walter was on visit TN noble Earl In Cheshire.
where he was Introduces 10 a most learned pundit
and Oriental scholar All" said the latter, II
have long and ardently wished to solve problem
which has puzzled me for the last ten years" And
wing from his poaket tattered old copy OF the
Times he poihted ou 10 the embarrassed proprietor
Of that journal the alleged Hindustanee article
which he confessed had batied his most strenuous
and asslduous efforts TO make anything Of although
he had Tried every known dialect Of the lang uage.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1904-09-16
PACKAGE SERVICE BY ELEVATED.
The Interborough Introduces an Inn0va.
ton on the Manhattan Lines.


The marlborough Rapid Transit Com
pany has completed arrangements for the
installation Of an express delivery service
on its East and West Side elevat ed roads.
The new system was successfully tried
yesterday. The company will have five or
six stations at which an OF the present
express companies may deposit and take
of express matter the object being to make
faster time between downtown and Harlem
than can be made at present by the cum
bersome delivery wagons.
Advantage Of the arrangements was
taken yesterday by the United States Ex-
press Company the elevated officials being
unable to furnish facilities for all the COM
panies at present. The experiment was
some time at least, this business will be
confined 70 the elevated road, it will prob
ably be extended to the subway later. In
each case the express trains will be run in
the quiet hours 80 that there will be no in
reference with passenger traffic.
We made six trips up to S p. NJ, said
J.. p. Starkweather, general agent of the
United States Express Company, Of yester
days W DIRK. "We have two cars on each trip,
one motor car, which carries no passengers,
and the second the baggage car. The
principal station Is at Sixty-sixth street.
at the storage yards The other stations
are at Ninety ninth street and Third ave-
nue., ls3d 9, rect and the Southern Boule-
ward and W est l47th street. Our loading
station is at Greenwich and Morris street 8,
where there is an incline from the ground
to the elevated tracks. We reach the East
Size by rounding the Battery loop"
Tie scheme is similar ia a way to that
now in use on the surface lines by the Met
ropolitan Express Company, which hanC les
much Of the city business Ct one of the large
express companies, but the elevated and
Underground service is expected to prove
even faster.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1904-09-16
Maine Figures.

The Democratic mathematicians are
figuring up percentages that show a
glorious Democratic triumph in the
Maine election. Figures are free to all.
Fantastic combinations Of them and
radiant deductions and soothsayings
"based" on the baseless fabric Of provision
are nice to amuse the children with.
Is it a pot Of gold or hodful Of gold
bricks that the Democratic pilgrims to
the Land Behind the Rainbow are
Juggling back with them?
In 1se0 the population of Maine was
6s1 ,Ose. In 1900 it was e94, 48e. Here Is
the Democratic vote for Governor IN
Presidential years, beginning with 1892:
1892, IS. 07s; 1895, "a, 1851; 1900, 3S.s2s; 1904
ulnoffieiaD, 1.3So. Compared with the
Rgeres of 1892, when gold and silver
Democrats were united, there is a
Democratic loss of s,74s. The Repub-
lican vote for Governor in 1892 was
$1,000. The (unofficiaD Republican vote
this year is 7s.46o, Republican gain
of 1851. The Republicans have been
gaining and their gain is out Of proper
tion to the slight increase in population
of the State. The Dem ocrats have been
losing. Their apparent gain since 1900
looks large, but it is a gain upon the
sEpallest vote but one 1890 which they
have cast for many years.
The Maine election seems to show that
a good many Democrats have acquired
the habit of voting the Republican ticket.
1t certainly shows that there are not az
many Maine Democrats as there were
twelve years ago.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1904-09-16
THE LENA.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-SH: II
there is q recognized law Of the nations
which prescnbes with certainty the rights
OF the Russian vessel Lena IN the harbor Of
! San Francsco, wish some one would name
the page OF any book which contains 1t.
II public law has prescribed the rights Of
the Lena. that law has probably told us also
OF the duties respecting the Lena Of the two
| governments-natonal and State-whicf
control the harbor.
| II the law Of nations has already fxed
I the respective rights and duties, the case
Is simple. But has it2
What the customs, usages and laws Of the
| United States permit and require in waters
undtr American jurisdiction may be one
thing, but international law on the subject
may DO non-existent.
Has the United States assented to rule
OF public law which has deprived 1t Of free.
dom to dictate what shall and what shall not
be done in the harbor OF San Francisco by
the Lena?
We all know what the Supreme Court
decided by the pen Of Marshall. in one OF
the very greatest of all his great opinions
in the case Of the Exchange. which the
Geneva tribunal followed.
Old as Is the twenty-four hour rule OF q
few Governments respecting the departure
OF belligerent cruisers from neutral port
have all the nations assented to 1t 80 far
that neutral Is responsible II failing to
enforce it?
Where Is there in print q law Of nations
covering the rule prescribed by Great Britain
In 1862, during the war Of secession (never
lived up to by herselD, recently aimed by
her at Russian cruisers, proclaimed by
Grant In 1870. and copied by Roosevelt
when war came between Russia and Japan,
respecting neutral asylum for belligerents,
supply Of coal to them, or provisions, or
repairs?
Has our Congress ever legislated on the
subject?
Can 1t be that the Consuls OF Russia,
Japan and other Governments can hold
meetings in San Francisco and formulate
American rights or duties In regard to the
Lena?
II the United States has hampered itself
by treaties or by its universal usage or
by consent, that will change the situation
at San Francisco.
The prescriptions are that, on the one
hand, the United States is sovereign in San
Francisco harbor, and that, on the other
hand, the Lena has Russian Intentionally
80 long as she is permitted by the United
States to remain there.
Am not right? COMMON SENSE.
NEW YORK, Sept. Is.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1904-09-16
Governor Peabody j..

The Republican party in Colorado has
honored itself and served the entire ma
ton by renominating JAMES HAMILTON
PEABODY TOR Governor He stands for
an idea of the first magnitude. Never
in the history of any State of the Union
has there been stronger reason against
a change in the person Of the Chief
Magistrate.
Two years ago Mr.. PEI ,oDY was
elected by plurality. but not by ma
lorty, of the vote Of Colorado. He is a
minority Governor. The combined vote
against him, divided between the Demo-
cratic, Socialist, Populist and Social
Labor tickets, exceeded his own vote by
more than $500. When he took Office
he found certain parts of the State under
a rule not contemplated by its Constitu-
ton and utterly unconsonant with the
American system. 1t was the rule OF
terrorism. An organization styled the
Western Federation of Miners had so
far succeeded in closing the shop to free
labor in one department of industry that
the guaranteed rights of the citizen to
dispose of his property and his labor as
he deems best were openly denied, and
the laws Of the Commonwealth were
defied and derided. The story Of the
conditions that confronted Governor
PEABODY has been related over and over
again. They were such as might have
sent an individual Of weaker fibre to the
madhouse, or have drawn less honest
politician into shameful completely with
the lawbreakers.
The Governor who governs is yet
needed in Colorado. 1t is scarcely an
exaggeratioE to say that the departure
Of JAMES II. PEABODY from Office at the
end Of tho present year would be mis-
fortune to the whole country compare
bic TO that which would have happened
had ABRAHAM LINCOLN been voted into
retirement in 1884.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1904-09-16
The Calchas Case and Russia's View
Of Contraband.

When the steamer Calchas was seized
and taken TO Vladivostok we pointed
out that Russia's arrogation of right to
treat as contraband the American -four
which formed part of her cargo, and
which was consigned to private persons
in Japan. raised question Of vital
moment to Great Britain and of great
importance, to the United States. The
question was this: If Great Britain should
become involved in war could we permit
her opponents to interfere with the ship
ment Of American food products to pri-
vate persons in the British Islands, pro-
vided the products could not be shown
to be intended, directly or indirectly,
for the British military or naval forces
or for blockaded port?
Neither the Unitsd States nor Great
Britain can accept the principle pro-
claimed by the prize court at Vladivos-
tok, which has just rendered decision
in the Calchas case. 1t will be remem-
bered that on Aug. 8 Russian cruiser
captured the British steamer Calchas,
which was under charter to the Northern
Pacific Railroad and Steamship Com
pany and was conveying from Tacoma
to Japanese ports and Hong Kong a
cargo comprising flour, cotton, timber
and machinery. The Vladivostok tri-
bunal has. decided that the vessel was
Justly seized, and that while so much of
the cargo as was consigned to neutral
port should be released, that part of it
which was destined for Japan must be
pronounced good prize. 1t was pointed
out on behalf Of the owners of the cargo
that the commodities shipped to Japan
were consigned to private persons and
were not intended for consumption by
the Japanese army or navy. So far, in
deed, as the machinery is concerned, it
has been alleged that this was manifestly
meant to be used in connection with the
railway which the Japanese are building
for military purposes in Corea. No such
charge seems to have been made with
reference to the -four which formed a
considerable part Of the ships cargo;
nevertheless. this also has been confis-
Gated. An appeal, however, has been
taken from the local court to st. Peters
burg, and there is some ground for be-
ieving that the position assumed in re-
gard to the -four will be reversed.
Nothing could be more definite than
the declaration made by Mr.. A. j. BAL
FOUR and by Lord LANsDowNE concern
ing the principle involved in the Calchas
affair They both announced, just before
the close Of the last session of Parlia-
ment, that the British Government could
not aoquiesce in Russia's assumption Of
a right to deal with food products con-
signed to private persons in belligerent
country as contraband of war. II is
known that strong representations on
the subject have since been made to the
Russian Foreign Office through the
British Ambassador at st. Petersburg.
We have taken for granted that our own
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1904-09-16
CANAL COMBUSTION HOME.
Laws Providing for tho Government OF
the Zone Put Into Eject.

=
WASHINGTON, Sept. 15.-ChA irman Walker
and all the members OF the 1sthmian
Canal Commission except Gov Davis re-
turned to Washington last nighA, During
the sessions Of the commission on the
Isthmus much work was accoin olished
Laws were enacted providing for Me gov
eminent Of the zone, including those'vcreat-
ing judiciary, penal statute, autho c1ing
municipal governments for the cities And
putting into effect the anti-lottery laws AZ
the United States. The old Spanish Lawn
which we're in effect prior to the transfer
OF sovereignty remain In force except
where rep called by the laws of the com.
mission, and the task of adjusting them To,
suit new conditions has been a tedious one
With the exception, perhaps, Of the anti
lottery laws, the changes have not been
violent ones, and the commission has en-
deavored to continue the local laws and
customs as far as practicable. The work
OF constructing the canal Is now confined
almost entirely to the great cut at Culebra,
where several hundred men are employed
The engineers found the machinery used
by the French company much behind the
times, and it will be replaced by modern
American machinery as soon as the manu-
facturers can make deliveries. The re-
ports Indicate, however, that even with
the same machinery or a smaller force Of
workmen more ls accomplished than under
French control and at less unit cost.
The commission will resume its sessions
here and proceed as rapidly as possible
with the preparation Of plans for the canal
In connection with the work on the
Culebra cut, the commission has adver-
tsed for bids for 1000 steel dump cars
for prompt delivery. Bids have also been
asked for 10000 feet of vitriied sewer pipe
and $50 hydrants for use in the new water
works and sewerage systems Of the city
of Panama
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1904-09-16
'Rebuke to Niggling Naggers.
The Nashville Banner justly prods the
prodders Of Judge PARKER:

81 The apparent Democratic impatence with
Judge PARKERs quiet conduct 10 not warranted.
He has been most soemly In hia conduct, and any
extra horn blowing or unusual talk In which he
might now engage would not prove to his advan
tage."
Judge PARKEB is playing with per-
feet decorum and dignity the part in
trusted to him. He is the rest cure. He
is silence. He lis the Tranquil Cot, re-
mote from the Terror Of Militarism. He
is the Sage, who has two warning sects
of disciples and can't very we'll say any,
thing without offending one of them.
He is not called upon to make noise.
BRYAN and SULzER will attend to that
branch of business. II is or ought to
be enough for good Democrats to look
toward Esopus, and feel that the Judge
is there and has put the Constitution into
the safety vault.
Certain. altogether too certain, ebul-
lent Democratic editors and oracles ara
nagging Judge PARKER to be and do
something which tho conditions Of his
candidacy forbid. At st. Louis the
Democrats ordered sleeping powder.
Now some Of them are oursing because
it isn't hot rum.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1904-09-16
The Departure From EsOpus

Our neighbor the Times has in it's
service at Esopus young gentleman
at least we hope he's young-who has
an eye single to the imaginative, the
picturesque, the scenic. In fact, he is a
born painter, a master Of graphic art
Not every year, or ten years. is a picture
exhibited so strong 30 moving, so salient
of effect and so charged with tragic sym
bolism as this his Exodus from Esopus' ::
with q suit case tho candidate entered tho
cabriolet and driven down the hill to the dock.
His departure was marked by great display OF
natural pyroiechncs. The lightning flashed and
the thunder crashed. and with heavy haze settling
down like huge canopy. shutting Of all view OF
the eastern shore, and the candidate going on q
swift drive down the rocky hill road through tho
rain. disciples OF the strenuous life would have
been quite well satisfied with the stage set for the
Judges entry into active work"
Driving down the rocky hill! All,
Maeterlinckian or perfidious reporter!
1t seen:s to be the belief, held sadly but
firmly in the thought boudoirs and
meditation rooms of the Times and other
OF our esteemed contemporaries, that the
Democratic canvass is going down hill
rapidly. The heavy haze Of the Judges
speech of acceptance, the Hon. BoURKB
CocKRAN's great display Of his natural
pyrotechnics and property" thunder
there never was more beautiful bit OF
symbolism.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1904-09-16

Pity the sorrows Of poor plenipotentiary
His name 10 ToHIN Pom Y. and he IL In q
peck OF trouble. He 10, or was, as the case
may be, Minister Of Corea at At. Petersburg;
but since the Japs and Russians began
fighting his pay failed to reach him. and
now the -remnant'-pardon the war word
OF the Corean Government recalls him.
TcHIN Pom Y would be delighted to get
a few thousand miles away from St. Peters,
burg; but he can't raise the price Of trans
portation. For some time past his financial
embarrassments have been ACUTE but with
truly aristocratio fortitude he consoles
himself with the thought that it Is the duty
OF a gentleman to have debts and duns
noblesse obhpe. He needs just 5000 rubles
to put him square with his creditors. But
who will pay the money-the Japs or the
Coreansp That Is serious question for the
distinguished Minister.
However, the case may serve rs an eI-
ample, going to show that when . man boz
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1904-09-16
INDIANA.
Tho Republican Outlook-Return OF Tom
TagSart to His Own.

INDIANAPOLIS, Sept. l5.-Brevet Chair
man TaggaTt is home again and as buoyant
as ever. 1t will take all his buoyancy to
stand up to the conditions that prevail in
tho State which he Is under contract to
deliver. The only question asked here Is
as to the size Of the majority, and the best
opinion Ia that Indiana is Roosevelts by
$4,000 Taggart, however, Is not in the
campaign for his health, and the general
belief Is that he has already done pretty
well. August Belmont took $4,000 OF his
Sentinel bonds himself, and 1t Is believed
here that some Of Mr.. Belmont's political
friends also subscribed in substantial
amounts. This Is believed to explain
certain restiveness which has been noticed
here among the faithful Democratic editors,
and which the late trip to Esopus and the
Waldorf banquet have not sufficed TO allay.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1904-09-16
FATHER DOYLE TO LEAVE.
Takes Charge Next Month or the New
Mission House at Washington.

The Rev. A. P. Doyle OF the Paulist
Fathers in West Fifty-ninth street ill
leave New York on Oct 1 to take charge
Of the new apostolic mission house at WASH
ington.
The mission house, which is situated on
the grounds OF the Catholic University,
has been the result OF the ei'orts and labors
Of Fathers Elliott and Doyle. 1t will be
completed by Oct. !, and the first year Of
the training Of priests for missions TO nom
Catholics v i'll begin, under Father poyle's
direction, on Oct 4. The students v i'll be
priests who are sent by the Bishops 10 pre-
pare for the " DIRK Of giving these missions
When they finish their course Of tw o years
they return to their diocese and form what
10 known as the apostolate.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1904-09-16
EXTENDS RIGHT OF VISITATION.
Acknowledgement Says Board OF Charities
Can Inspect Private Institutions.

ALBANY. Sept. l5.- Attorney General
Cunneen to-day told the State Board OF
Charities that its powers OF visitation and
inspection extended over certain institu-
tons in the State which are In receipt o.
public money but which are apparently
private business enterprises rather than
charitable institutions.
The State Board Of Charities recently
wrote to the Attorney General asking
his opinion as to its jurisdiction over these
institutions. In his reply Mr.. Cunneen
saws that whenever a public agent en-
ploys a private individual or corporation
TO care for. support or maintain one OF
more persons at public expense the service
must be rendered pursuant to rules estab-
lished by the State Board Of Charities,
and that the State board has all the powers
of visitation and inspection necessary to
enable it to know whether its rules are com
piled with. The board. however. has
nothing to do with the general businesy or
affairs OF an ind yiduai or corporation ee,
public service.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1904-09-16
THE SUN. FRIDAY. SEPTEMBER le. 1904.

representative at the Russian capital,
Mr.. MCCORMICK, will be instructed to
pursue similar course.
1t may prove, however, that concur
rent remonstrancG on our part would be
superfuous. According to despatch To
the London Daily Mail from st. Peters
burg, the Car presided the other day over
special meeting held for the purpose OF
defining the lines on which naval officers
shall proceed hereafter with regard to
contraband. 1t was decided, we are told,
that provisions, coal and other articles
consigned to private persons should not
be seizable unless the captor could show
that they were intended for the enemy's
military or naval forces. The despatch
goes on to say that in pursuance Of the
decision on the matter Of principle all
the British claims thus far presented are
to be admitted and the owners OF the
confstated vessels are to be paid. In
that event, Of course, the Calchas and
her cargo will be restored.
We hope that the report published in
the Daily Mail is well founded, for it
would not be easy to exaggerate the i'm
portance of determining the status OF
food products in war, 80 far as determine
ton can be reached in the absence Of
treaty agreements on the subject. The
seizures made by Russian cruisers,
though eYasperating, have had the salu-
tary effect of making known to the world
the resolve Of Great Britain and of the
United States not to allow food to be
treated as contraband unless plainly
intended for the use Of hostile army
or navy.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1904-09-16
MAN ELEVATOR ACCIDENTS.
Ceroner's jury Censurfs the Owner n
Building Where Fatal One Occurred.

A Coroner's jury called yesterday to in
auire into the death Of William Becker in
an elevator accident at TOT Broadway on
Aug. is returned a verdict censuring the
owner and manager Of the building, Fran
els f. Ward, for conditions that made the
accident possible. Mr. Ward and Leonard
Schmidt, the elevator operator we're held
to aw ait the action OF the District Attorney
Coroner jackson told the jury that since
elevator accidents and scores Of persons
had been injured. There is no doubt that
the great number of accidents proves tina
there is carelessness in the inspection OF
elevators the Coroner said. 1t Ia our
duty to find out no is to blame.s