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s.cret,ry NIorton on Rebates.

Several members Of the Cabinet are
In Washington and available for banquet
purposes. II is therefore the moro graft
fying that the member Of Mr.. RoosE-
vELrs administrative family chosen 10
speak 10 the railroad men from abroad
in behalf Of the President, and to assure
them Of his good faith and evenhanded
Justice in the prosecution Of such abuses
in the transportation business as re-
bates and illegal discrimination In rates
should have been none other than the
Hon. PAUL MORTON, formerly Of the
Atchison, Topeka and Sante Fe.
Secretary MORTON gave the delegates
something more than a certificate Of the
Presidents just intentions. He even
added his personal opinion on the gen
eral subject:
Tue private sldstraok Arrangements By which
unfair inside rates have been enjoyed BY some Of
the big Industries OF the country. the earning Of
more than a fair return on private car Investments
the payment Of commissions Of various sorts or
rebates or preferential rates IN any form, ought 70
be entirely discontinued. en- sure there Is not
a railroad man here who does not heartily approve
Of this declaration. Ny own opinion is that II all
vicious determinations can be abolished the cues.
ton Of rates viii adjust Itself"
In simple justice 70 Secretary MORTON
We feel ourselves impelled 70 say that
for refined and well disguised humor this
passage deserves to rank high among the
masterpieces Of mahogany oratory.
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Adulteraung the Truth

The German commercial newspaper
Export gives a page in its latest issue 10
celebrating the text; Almost every kind
Of food in North America is systemat-
ioally adulterated.' The text and the
startling facts with which it is bolstered
are supplied by Mr.. NIsUs Of New York,
who warns the German public against
buying our food exports.
According 10 this person our official
chemists assert that only the rich among
us can pay the excessive price required
TO assure pure food. Our physicians
say that the great majority Of cases Of
illness are due TO food adulteration. In
spite Of the fact that two groups Of chill
dren, those under year old and those
under years old, formed larger per-
oentAges in our total population In 1900
than in 1890, Mr.. NIsUs finds that the
percentage Of deaths among little chill
dren Is constantly increasing, and the
fact IL traced 10 impure food.
This writer's bill Of particulars Is too
long TO quote, but a few conspicuous
items are cited as a sample Of his mag
NATIVE talent. Our bread is, in large
part, made Of chain, moldy -four and
alum; our coffee is chiefly ground cocoa
nut shells and pulverized hog liver; all
kinds Of leaves treated with Berlin
blue or indigo and gypsum pass as
tea; much Of the whisky we drink is
an immediate menace to life because il
contains 80 much wood alcohol aniline
dyes are important in the coloring Of
butter, timed vegetables and fruits;
copper is used TO give an extra green 10
canned peas; and wood alcohol salt
peter and borax are employed in the
preparation Of every kind Of preserved
meat and FISH.
The milk in this oocoanut Is that within
two years the importation Of a number
Of German food products into this coun-
try has been forbidden because Of their
adulteration. Somebody has been hit,
and he retaliates by trying to brighten
German consumers Of our. foodstuffs.
We ere not proud Of the rasoals at
home who add TO their gains by selling
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-05-05
RAILROAp az HEARINe.

Prof. Huge AIoyor and other Witnesses
Opposed 70 Federal Regulation Of Rates
wAsHNoroN. May I.-Prof. Hugo R.
Meyer Of the University Of Chicago ap.
pearod before the Senate Committee on
Interstate Commerce to-day by invitation
10 give information In regard TO railroad
mates In this country and abroad. In hh
statement to-day hO dealt chiefly With the
railroad conditions I'm Germany. In which
country the railroads are owned by the
Government. OF American railroad rates
he said;
American railway rates are the result Of
arbitration and warfare, they have been
heated and forged and welded and pounded
and hammered into their present shape.
and they are about - nearly night a. prac-
tloal people can make them. The people
Of the United States go little OF the SEQ
tIonal struggle which Federal regulation
Of rates would engender; the inevitable re-
suits would Be mileage rates and provin-
cial industries
W. A. Harris Of Chicago formerly United
Stateo Senator from Kansas, appeared
before the committee a. the represent ativO
Of the American shorthon Breeders' Assoc
citation and the National Live Stock Asso-
ciation. He contended that the rates on
livestock from the southwest were extoT-
tionate and urged that authority Be given
the interstate Commerce Commission to
fx rates.
Senator EllCins called Nj. HAEris's attention
10 the advance inthe price Of meat, and asked
n Mr.. Harris would have q commission M
the price ofthe product Mr.. HaTTis's answer
TO this was that he would hrgt like 20 SEQ the
result OF some matters which the Govern
ment was investigating referring 10 the
beef inquiry. He drew the distinction be-
tween the cattle business and the railroad
business that a man who invested biz
money In railroads entered into a contract
to discharge q public service, subject to
reEllat ION and cont ol. and made the In
vest ment with that underst Anding.
Mr. Harris was followed by three West
orn men who are interested extensively
In industrial enterprises In the West. Al
Of them expressed the hope that the rate
making power would not Be given to the
Interstate Commerce Commission. To
give the Commission the right to fl rates
would mean, one OF them said, a general
disturbance Of our present splendid indus
trial condition
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-05-05
ASSEMBLY PASSES SUPPLY BILL.
Il Carries over 5000 !OOO-Two MnS
Passed over Mayor McCieIlHn'S Veto.

IL Carries over 5000 .O0O-TwO HnS
Passed over Mayor MoCleIlan'S Veto.
ALBANr, May 4-The Assembly passed
the annual supply bill to-day, carrying
appropriations amounting TO over 5000 900.
The supplemental supply bill will be re-
ported and passed tomorrow, but the
amount il will carry will not be known
until the bill is printed. which will be after
the session adiouns.
The Assembly passed two bills over Mayor
MoClellan's veto by party votes They
were AssemblymRn AgneW's, in the in
tsrests OF title insurance companies, N
compel actions for enoroach ments upon
streets to be begun within one year from
the time the proposed act takes effect.
which Is Immediately upon the Governor
signing II: and AsssmblymAn Prentcs's,
intro ducing the BeTtillion system Of identl-
fcation for all persons arrested for drunken
meas in New York city.
Senator SaIe's bill, in the interest Of the
New Hotel Gotham bar in New York city,
also passed the Assembly
Gov. Higgins has signed Senator Lswis's
bill, exempting from the Collateral lnhen-
tanoe Tax law requests 10 charitable. re-
igious, educational and benevolent societies.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-05-05
Treating Central Parks DyInS Trees.

To THh BpfroA or TEE SUN-IST' In the matter
Of the morbund trees 10 Central Park. my curiosity
hAs oftsn been aroused by the fact that 20 far a.
have been able 70 observe no attempt has been
made 70 render available what n0uftthment may
tun remain In the impoverished coll BY loosenlng
the earth about the roofs Of the treet and BY .
generous supply Of water.
In PaTts the trees along the boulevArds are kept
alive and green IN this way. made this same buE
Reation somt yeAu Ggo 70 the PARK authorities and
was told that the whole question Wa being studied.
The earn around the roo OF the trees In our ttreets
and parks IL hard that rain can hardly percolate
through u and Dissolve into the nutrient elements,
while a. 70 artiheial Irrigation OF the tree roots
I have not had the rood fortune 70 zee n once
applied In New York, W. s. a,
NV YORK MAY l.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-05-05
THE TAX on SAVINGS BANKS.
Gov. Higgins Urges the Repeal Of the Law
Imposing q Tax on Undivided Fronts.


Imposing q Tax on Undivided Fronts.
ALBANY, May A-Gov. Higgins sent to
the Legislature this afternoon q special
message calling attention ID his recon-
nendation made IN his annual message
that the odell law taxing the surplus and
undivided profits Of savings banks be re-
pealed. The message says
"A bill to carry into effect this recon-
mendation. introduced on the first day Of
the Legislative session, still remains In COM
mittee. With the unexpected and in
creasing demands for the payment Of claims
against the State which have been held by
the courts to be justly due, with the equally
unexpected curtailment Of revenue, also
due TO judicial decisions. and with the I'M
avoidable extraordinary expenses Of this
session, doubt has arisen In the minds OF
some as to the wisdom Of surrendering
any source OF present revenue.
1T has been urged that the Empire State
cannot be either penurtous or niggardly
in the exercise Of its public functions; that
il should not in honor and good faith seek
to hinder nor delay its CREDITOR, and that
II cannot with prudence release the savings
banks from the burden Of this tax at the
present time.
sBut pledges TO the people must faithfully
be kept and cannot safely be ignored on
the speoious plea OF necessity. The Republic
can party Is committed 70 this repeal by
the repeated public declarations Of It's
candidates. II cannot AFFORD % refuse to
do It's duty in this regard. The reasons
for relieving the savings hanks from this tax
as a matter Of justice are more oogent now
than at the opening Of the session.
L therefore recommend that the Legs
lature take immediate favorable action
on the bill to repeal this tax
II is not certain that the desired legisla-
ton will be enacted at this session. To-
night Senators Page and Grady made an
earnest effort TO have the rules suspended
in order to pass the bill, in the Senate, but
Senator Rainss objected, saying he wanted
time to consider the matter.
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falsihed foods They have had much
free advertising here; but such cheap
sensationalism as that Of the alleged Mr..
NIsUs was not necessary 20 secure the
passage Of the pure food bill and other
measures against fraud which are not
mentioned in the Export article.
This German newspaper usually seems
respectable, though dull. In the present
case, either Il is the victim Of an imposi-
ton or it has Willingly spread abroad
an adulteration Of the truth.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-05-05

Yellow Journalism on the part Of the
London Daily Nod has brought q boone
rang on its head in q rather amusing way.
A motor car In a country village ran over
a boy, killing him. and FASTENED away.
The Dolly Mad took up the case, Offering
a reward Of sIoO for the detection OF the
offenders and publishing daily scarehead
articleA attacking them and motorists in
general.
When the car was discovered It turned
out to be the property Of Mr.. HARMswoRTH,
brother Of the proprietor Of the Daily Mai.
who is a candidate for Parliament and was
using his automobile for electioneering
purpoEes
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-05-05
No, Mutusliuation, Specialization.

To THH BprroE or The sUN-Sir: In al the
comment and discussion over the Equitable muddle
have not once SEEN q word a. 10 the desrhbuly
OF the taxing over OF life Insurance by the state
tuslna that word In its most general sense.
personally think that there Il no function that the
STATE either nov carries on or which u leaves 70
private enterprise which from its very nature
more demands taking out ofeIplotAtion for private
Fain-and u IL 20 exploited univeuAlly-and icing
put into the hands Of the STATE exclusively than does
nfs insurance II seems 10 me 70 Be the only way
b. which there can be real naturalization.
T. L. c.
UIuvEasrTT cpUB, Providsnss, r. l., Nay T.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-05-05
VANDERBILTS MUSr WAIT.
Congress Must Make an Appropriation TO
Pay Their Gain.

WASHINGTON, May i.-The claim against
the Government Of William X. Vanderbilt
and Others as administrators Of the estate
Of Cornelius Vanderbilt, although allowed
by decree Of the United States Supreme
Court, cannot be paid until Congress makes
a specific appropriation for the purpose.
The will OF the late Cornelius Vanderbilt
provided that certain interests should be
held in trust by the executors for the bene-
it Of his son, Alfred @. Vanderbilt, who was
to receive one-half Of the estate when be
should become 30 years Of age and the
other half when he should reach the age OF
IS years. This right Of Alfred @. Wander
bilt was appraised at IS, lie 6i2.
The Commissioner Of Internal Revenue
ruled that the entire interest should be
assessed as q vested estate and q legacy
tar amounting 10 tSl ,Ssi was paid TO the
Government under protest. The executors
appealed to the court and won and the
amount, including accrued interest, which
the Government win have to refund when
Congress appropriates the money Is about
Aq90 O00
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-05-05

The women who on being arrested for
illegal use Of an automobile hailed passing
member q q prominent family with the
exclamation, hey. REooIE, were pinchedl
succsedsd In expressing In that laoonio
utterance their contempt for the Law. Tor
the ofloer Of the law, for the approaching
court Of Justice, for modesty Of behavior In
public, for elegance Of language and for
feminine refinement But In this oompre-
hensive achievement In expression they
were unable 10 equal the condemned In
tensity 81 the opinion entertained a. to
their kind by men and women Of another
KIND
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-05-05

u will be noted that while on March IL, 1900,
our national bank circulation was 50 .OOO. 900
less thep half the paidup capital Of the banks;
on April 30. 1905. Il was tsi 900 900 more than
half This shows that through IN Q banks with
S7b, 900 min inufn capital permitted by amended
national bank law Of March II. 1900 the cir
culAtion has been freer than when $50, 900
was the minimum national bank capital
That s lust what was desired TO accomplish
by the amendment The money has to go
smaller towne An increase in circulation Of
b777 OO0 ON In practically four years means
much TO the business interests OF the United
States This t227. 900. 900 circulation was ac-
companied with a t2VS 900 900 increase in the
deposit Of Federal bonds TO secure the oir-
culAtion.
During Anrn. 1905, forty two new national
banks TerS go. Win H'Iz ~; pain up
twenty mine were Of the smaller class re-
terred " In al, since March IL 1900, the
lhcr taa0 we're 9thA In the number OF banks
and Nit 300 900 In the paid up capital
Viewed 81 a whole, Uncle sam. Banker
IA auccess WALTER !. BALLAHD.
ScHFNTCTAnT. May T.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-05-05

A despatch from Pittsburs, orstwhile the
fountain Of charity, states that the local
branch Of the Young Mems Christian Asso-
citation has refused admittanoe to three
not ors solely on account Of their profession.
The question Of the personal, social and
moral fitness Of the particular applicants
seems not TO have been considered, the
pronunciA1nento being directed without
exception 10 a whole class.
Thus do Church and Stage part company.
The Pittsburg enthusiasts must surely have
forgotten the origin Of the modern English
drama. Alas for the nun RoSwITHA, abb
bess Of Gandershelm In the tenth century.
and the other ecclesiastical writer's Of the
early miracle, mystery and morality playsl
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-05-05
CITY NAIL REVIVAL MEETINGS.

Mayor Can't License Them and Refers
Committee 20 President Ahearn.
A delegation Of the evangelistic oom-
mittee which lie arranging TO hold a serios
Of outdoor meetings during the summer
called yesterday on the Mayor to get leave
10 conduct services at noon on the steps Of
the City Hall. The visitors were the Row
Mottet, James Taloott, J. B. Ely and +. NJ.
jacobs. The Mayor referred them 10
Borough PreEident Ahearn, who has juris-
diction Of all the public buildings In this
borough, and 10 Police Commissioner
MoAdoo. from whom permits for meetings
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-05-05
LONG ACRE SQUARE TRAFFIC.
New Regulations for Il to GO Into Eject
Tuesday-Sharp Turni.


TuesdHy-sharp Turns.
Tratac regulations for Long Acre Square
will be put into effect on Tuesday, Tafic
through Forty-second street will be diverted
to Forty-hrst street, and tratic on Seventh
avenue and Broadway will be kept near
the curb and will not be allowed to cross
the square,
How about the islands Of safety2' Com
missioner Mo doc was asked There are
several in Long Acre Square.
Those things" said Mr., MoAdOo, are
about as much use 10 eaving life as q spit
TAN would be in stopping a battleship in
action Still, they win remain there.
can't remove them"
Mr.. McAdoo said that most drivers made
their turns too short in turning from the
avenues into West Fifty-seventh street.
Most Of the trafhc now goes through that
street instead Of Fifty-ninth street.
Il think that l will have a couple Of iron
dogs made to project at the corners" he
said "I'll make them with such sharp
points that the wheels will be cut OF IL the
drivers don't give them q wide berth
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-05-05
BOYS DESTROY COLLECTION.
shoot on Head, ana BIus OF STUFFED Birds
With Bean shooter,

Boys got into the house formerly oocu-
pied by DR.. Frank Baldwin at 0sl VII
loughby avenue, Brooklyn, on Wednesday
afternoon and destroyed costly collection
Of stuffed birds which had taken the
physician yeaS TO get together. Dr.
Baldwin moved TO SAT Hancock street on
Monday, but removed only part Of his
household goods. He was In the VIII
loughby avenue house Wednesday and
after he had gone away eight boys forosd
an entrance through a rear window. They
collected metal goods valued at 500 and
then removed from DIR. Baldwin's COL
lection Of birds a large glass case, With
and bills and completed the destruction
by pulling out the feathers and scatter
ing them over the floor. junk dealer
10 whom the boys had sold the metal gave
information which led 20 their arrest.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-05-05

an encroaohment on the Park and has
indicated the reasons why lie proposal
win never be taken seriously by the Park
Commission or by the people OF New
York, who look on their great and beauti-
full pleasure ground as the proudest
ornament Of the town
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-05-05
NEW AUTO CLUBHOUSE.
Plans for Eight story FIre9rOof Building
In West S4th street.

The Automobile Club Of America has fled
plans for it's new clubhouse. az 2i7 to 2is
West Fifty-iourth street. Its present aunr-
tors are at Fifth avenue and Ffty-eighth
street.
The new building is to be an eight story
tension 80 feet wide and IS feet deep. II
" 10 be lighted by seven rows OF ornamental
windows extending from the second story
TO the roof. The main story will contain
the assembly chamber, a grill room and a
library. The meEzanine floor above II
will have billiard and card rooms, and the
basement and ground floor and all the
upper stories viii be devoted 10 the storage
OF automobiles. The building is 70 have a
facade Of brick and ornamental iron, with
trimmings Of marble and terra GOTTA Its
cost II estimated a 1S5o 900. --r-
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-05-05
TruI, and sport in IN. financial district.

To rHH Enron oY THE sUS-sE W1n you
kindly, n you can. and II commiEsionsr MeAdoo
cannot. tell me why;
Tue streets In the neighboThood Of wan street
arc literally strewn With banana peelsi
Boys are allowed 70 make bali held Of New and
Beaver streets and 70 indulge IN prolonged games
Of craps 10 the sAmef
Boys are allowed 70 peh one smother with banana
peslu In Wall street, D,B.
NEW YoNE, MAYA
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-05-05
UNCLE SAM. BANKER.
The National Banking System During Five
Year Past.

To THE EDITOR or THE sUS-Sir; Our
national banking record is one Of steady
progress In spite Of the occasional dcfalca-
ton Of some oilclal No law. however
stringent. can prevent a man from doing
wrong II he wants TO do wrong. All II can do
Is TO punish him afterward, These betrayals
are 10 reflection on our generally Satisfactory
national banking system.
Briefly. the record Of our national bankin g
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-05-05

The next thirty days, and particularly
the next Thirty hours, will show better than
volumes OF biography and hours OF oratoFy
whether the Hon. FRANK WATIANp HioorNs
Il q man or Q minion.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-05-05

Published By Tue sun Printing ana Publishing
Association az 40 Nassau street In the Borough
q Manhattan. New York.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-05-05

~ ouy friends rho fdt0r ~ nth rdHufcripis for
publication Dish 10 have rsjtcied drnie5 yeurntd hev
e4sst IN al CASES Ssnd siampS for nat purp5se.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-05-05

s'.Hs-H, VINO laughs l.s, AaEAs bs.A
Dsna-Ys,i spe shs Vho srias an, eris, bosA
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TA. nsau,r 80. q EIsr,r..

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8soond oted-Wsr. Ne oAtAlorpa aattsTs her
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The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1905-08-23
A MEMORY OF LEE.

He Had Much Dignity OF Bearing
and Beauty OF Face.
Soon after the C~onfcderatcs began 10
enter the town (Elizabethtowm | met a
friend OF mine, the son of DR.. Doyle,
who told me that his father had Just
been sent for to sec Lee and that /
might go, too, If / ran as fast as my
small legs could carry me, and we
found the doctor just starting. DR..
Doyle was n man who had been in
communication with the enemy from
the beginning Of the war, but had so
far managed to escape the fate of
many Innocent men. Two OF his sons
had been arrested n short time before
and We're lying In Jail when their
friends arrived and set them free.
The doctor was In his old gig md,
being an immense man, left no room
for any one else In it, so we two boys
sat on the springs behind. 1t WAS on
the Williamsport pike. about half Il
mile from the town, that we met Cen
eral Lee. He had dlsmountcd and was
standing by his horse, n small sorrcl
mare, which, / was told, 1t was his Gus
tom to ride on the march. His stan
was brilliant In gold lace, but ho was
very simply dressed. No ono could
have seen that man without being
greatly impressed with the dignity Of
his bearing and the beauty Of his face.
His hair at this time was almost en-
tirely white, and those who had seen
him the year before said he had aged
greatly In the short space OF time which
had elapsed since the battle of Ante
tam. l could not help thinking of
Washington rs / looked nj that calm,
sad face. 1t has been said since by
those who were near him that he had
no expectation of %conqucring the north
and that ut the most he only hoped to
win n great battle on northern soil in
order to affect public opinion In Europe
and lead to the recognition of the
Southern C~onfederncy. However that
may be, there was nothing about his
bearing which looked like a great hope.
Rev. DR.. leighton Park In Century.