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and poor men, own shares and can in
person, or by proxy, vote for directors
to manage the roads they run in con-
formity with the charters thereof and
the expressed will Of the people subse-
quently set forth in constitutional enact
mcnts
Those corporations are private but
they owe duties 10 the public which
they cannot shirk or evadc Had they
not been dedicated to a public use they
could not have condemned private land
If in the face Of recent Federal laws
the owners of Inc roads persist in choos-
ing directors who Will delegate TO agents
the making of rate sheets they must
suffer the bad consequences.
The presumption Is that if the owners
really regulated the railways they own,
and directors did not delegate their
now most important function, the freight
sheets would bee made in obedience TO
law and 10 the satisfaction Of Congress
Railway owners cannot be assumed to
wish to deal unfairly with their neigh
bors or with Congress, nor to impair the
popularity of their business Investment
or its earning power They presum-
ably, do not wish their agents the di-
rectors. 10 delegate the fixing OF rates
10 other delegates, any more than II
declaration of dividends, mortgaging the
property. selling bonds, issuing new
shares or constructing new lines.
OF course, board Of directors must
have agents, but recent laws have ele-
waited the fixing and maintenance Of
rates into a new prominence which
should modify old usaGes and the inn
piled power OF traffic agents
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France, Spain and Morocco.

Some dissatisfaction is said TO be felt
at Madrid because under normal condi-
tions fifteen years must elapse before
Spain can enter into full possession Of the
sphere allotted to her in Morocco. Tho
Franco-Spanish arrangement provided
for that period as the shortest time in
which it would be possible for the pacific
policy of France to prepare the Moors to
accept peacefully the partition OF their
territory.
During these fifteen years Spain can
only enter on a full military occupation
of her share OF Morocco in the event of
France intervening by armed force in
the internal affairs of Morocco, landing
troops and occupying the ports to the
east and west Of the Spanish sphere.
This arrangement, the Spanish say.
involves all the cost of an actual occupa-
ton without any of its advantages a.
they have to maintain military and
naval force IN readiness for transfer to
Morocco at a moment y notice, owing
10 the uncertainty Of Moorish politics.
They would like. therefore, TO have more
immediate and substantial benefit from
the condominium, which is what the
agreement with France amounts to; and
in order duly to Impress the Sultan with
the equality of the positions Of his two
caretakers. the Spanish Government has
nominated a Minister Plcnipotentiary
OF the same rank as NJ. ST RENE TAIL
LANDER. the French envoy, to represent
it at the Moorish capital
VI DELCAssE, the French Foreign
Minister. is reported 10 be somewhat
embarrassed by the turn of affairs and
10 be anxious to put off all action which
would precipitatc matters and be the
signal for the Spanish to move. His
Government also desires to keep its
hands free while the Russo-Japanesc
war continues TO unbalance the general
situation in Europe and gives opPor-
tunity for the play Of disturbing forces
that gather strength with every day OF
its duration.
The recent furry between Great Brit
ain and Germany, the immediate cause
Of which is still obscure; the threaten
ing trouble between Italy and Austria
against which the latter is providing by
terrifying the Dalmatian coast and put
ting its military preparations on the
Italian frontier in order, and other signs
of unrest, deter the French Government
for the present from involving France in
warlike operations among the mountains
OF tie Atlas range 1t is consequently
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Peter, Pence and Home Charities.

To lux EDITOR on THE SuN-slr In last sun
day > Sos there was a news Item TO the effect ina,
Mgr Falconlo behalf OF the Pope had made
an appra TO AZ the lAsnops OF TIE Catholic Church
In the nted states FOR an Increase IN Peters pence
coilccuons A. Justification for this appeal II
was stated hy Mgr Facono thai the revenues had
fallen Oh very much IN European Catholic coun-
thts. notably In France and Italy
lic even suggested some Of the methods whereby
Peters pence collections could be- augmented
such as thc placing OF special boxes In All the
churcncs and the formation Of Peters pence so
clcues. he conceded that the Catholics OF tho
United states have been more than generous IN
NE past.
Why should We American Catholics br bur
dcned with obligations mat European Catholics
shin. and eyAdr' We have In nearly even parish
a school to support which entails oncrous burdens
on US. We build and support costly churches. col
lcgcs. asyluius, proiectorlcs. mouastciies. con
vents and episcopal palaces nut the worst OF Il Is
that. while the Irish are contributing very largely
for such institutions are ALREADY noted. the
Italian and German Catholics eNprnd their charity
tn real estate for themselves ana their families.
Take 81 Anthonys Church and Monastery in
sullivan street. now used by the Italians and
having none but italian priest There Is not A
brcl or o sicn- ~ nall IN these sdlaoes that
was not pald TOR by English speaking people
Not only have We 30 pay Tor churches for Italians
here but we are now called on 10 double our col
lecuous for Peter, pence. much on which, u not
an. Is spent In ltar.
rs charity, 1t Is said, begins at home would It
not be well to build Few homes or Institutions
for aged but respectable lndigcnts. whore such
people by the payment OF a small sum could end
their declining year' Many such people have
been generous contributors to churches In their
younger years ana now with only two such homes
In our city. many are obliged TO end their existence
IN ihe poothousc Oh Wards Island
J an Irish born Catholic hut shall not act
suplncly when think a wrong or injustice Is about
10 be Imposed on ms people
New YORK. Jan ~. WILLIAM o Dowp.
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All or None.

These remarks by ovcmor'HidGINs
have been much quoted.
IL tbs sl--. 20 vote \, ,iceuoa,us to he limited
to property hudcfs.i would 'cein'to'be hut an act
OF Justice to extend that rght to'women property
holders as well as to men
Exactly. but the right 90 vote Mt
elections is not limited to property
holders. Generally speaking manhood
suffrage prevails throughout the United
States. The old property qualifications
for voting have largely disappeared.
The State Constitutions have been re-
yised and made more popularand demo-
cratic. Even Rhode Island, so long a
bunker Commonw ealth, has yielded
much TO modern ideas and conditions.
The traces of aristocracy, Of plutocracy.
of distrust of the people, the lingering
OF the colonial spirit under the new forms
of the States, have mostly disappeared.
Why. then, should suffrage for women
depend anywhere or'in any degree upon
their possession or non-possession Of
property?
A few DAYS ago the Hon s, FRED
NIXON, Speaker OF the Assembly. let this
molasses drip from hiseloquent lips
Il recommend lceislauonuo permit women tax
payers to vote on all tnt propositions. and believe
that every community would be benefited nv the
votes OF such women. They are conservative.
conscientious, patriotic and intelligent class. and
the moro voters OF ma, Kind have a. tns polls tho
better Tor the commonwealth They are asting
only what Is reasonable and rlsbr~
With the highest respect torhe speaker
this sort Of talk is flubdub. 40 matter
what mistaken legislation may permit
here and there, women should not be
allowed to vote because they are tax
payers That is not a democratic basis
Of suffrage Nor does it make any diff
ference SO far us the merits of the argu
ment are concerned. whether women
taxpayers are or are not more conserya-
tive, conscientious, patriotic and IN
telligent than other women.
The right or privilege Of women to
vote should be no less than and no diff
ferent from the right or privilege Of
men to vote These tax-bill-and-ballot
propositions are misleading false in
principle
A small band few thousand only, Of
women have been working hard and
effectively for woman suffrage They
have a good system of propaganda, able
orators and writers. Until of late they
have had little real opposition. The
mass of women don't care rap about
the subject, so far as the public can find
out Now an association of women,
conservative, conscientious, patriotic
and intelligent is fighting woman suf-
frage and the woman suifragists, worthy
OF all Speaker NIXoN's adiectives, except
conservative.
The question is one Of numbers. Do
the majority of women want 10 Vote
Then they viii be allowed to vote They
will get the ballot, absolutely. without
reservation To let women taxpayers
and no other women vote is repugnant to
American institutions.
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onr Trade WIN Chlna.

An instructive point is made by our
Consul at Hangchau when he says that
in order to gain trade in China IT must
be remembered by American merchants
that the great Chinese demand IL for
cheap goods especially adapted TO their
use, not merely for the surplus of goods
manufactured for other markets.
After the TAPPING rebellion, which set
China back greatly the people were in ex-
IRENE poverty From this, however, they
are gradually recovering, so that only
now are they beginning to be able to buy
and use foreign goods in any considera-
bic quantity. Moreover, the fall of Port
Arthur. with the destruction OF Russian
control of MancnIria and as "A natural
sequence the setback TO Russian influ-
ence in all China, will help foreign trade
very materially.
Consul ANDERSON saws further that
the Chinese look on all foreign goods az
luxuries ami prefer them as such For
example, even the coolies prefer cotton
tunics Of foreign make, though the
TUNES OF Chinese mako are stronger and
more durable, because the foreign IS
smooth and handsome. The Chinese
people seldom discriminate between
American and other foreign goods, so
long as these suit them. The demand
is for cheap, smart looking goods at low
prices. Goods Of higher grade can only
be sold to resident foreigners
American sales TO China grew from
silo1 900 in 1880 to s24722,OOO in 1902,
our high water mark They fell TO sls,.
600 in 1903 and to sl2,So2,o 600 in 1904.
This gives about 81 100000 a month trade
to get back before we can say We are
holding our own in China. OF course, a
considerable part of the 1903 and 1904
falling off is due TO the war and the grab
all Russian policy in Manchura.
Ourpurchases from China have not fluC-
tuated like our sales. In 1850 we bought
s2l, 10000 and in 1904, our largest pur-
chasing year. s20,342 900 The lowest was
sl5.6lG,OOO in 1884.
The awakening OF China to Western
IDEAS and to Western civilization. aided
materially by the loosening of Russia
grasp on her throat will revolutionize
Chinese trade. Moreover the Panama
Canal. with cheaper and quicker trans
portation. will increase our sales to the
millions of that industrious country till
they will be nearer slO0,OOOOOO than So
100000 "A year Even then they would
he equal 10 only % cents worth a year
per capita of China population.
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Producers and User. of Tobacco

In 1903 the United States produced
5,072, i25 pounds of tobacco of a value
of S55.5lfGc7. The census Of 1900 shows
that capital of $l2loSo,S7l was invested
in the manufacture OF tobacco into its
various forms for Use
just now, tho producers Of this vast
quantity of the leaf and the propretors
Of an industry representing this huge
investment are sitting up nights to devise
means whereby Congress may be kept
from opening our gates TO the entrance OF
a few thousands Of pounds of tobacco
from the Philippine Islands
The internal revenue report for 1903
shows use, during the year 1901. Of Dos.
3iS .83S pounds OF leaf in the manufacture
Of chewing and smoking tobacco and
snuff. With this 80 per cent. of the pro-
du"tion Of that year the product of the
Philippines oilers no competition what
ever il is not chewing tobacco and it
is not a snun tobacco An insignificant
quantity of picadura might bc used in
pipe mixtures. but This is improbable.
The same report shows an expor, Of
384 .009 $40 pounds. or a. per cent of the
total How can this export be menacej
los Philippine competition. On the
contrary il Is even probable that "A fair
par of any leaf imported from Manila
would find an outlet through our export
trade. and our commerce would thus be a
gamer by the process
There remains about 10 per cent Of our
product with which ihut OF the Philip
pines mi1n' possibly come in COMPETE
ton. II is quite beyond he range Of
reasonable conception TO imagine the
displacement OF any notable percentage
OF our present annual manufacture Of
7O0O,00O.OoO domestic cigars and 3,O0O,-
900 domestic cigarettes by any Phil
ippine importation which would be ex-
pcctcd even by the most timorous II IS
more probable hat the importation OF
Philippine leaf for mixture with domestic
leaf or Havana leaf, or for Use as wrap
pers in place Of tae Sumatra article, would
tend TO Increase rather than diminish
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the demand for home made goods. In
the face of this the groans Of the
frightened tobacco organizations seem
rather ridiculous
Moreover, there is another group which
is entitled to modicum Of consideration.
Numerically. the smokers are vastly
more than the members of these various
organizations The terror Of the organ
lzed growers and makers is that better
or cheaper article would be presented
in competition Otherwise there would
hc no ground for alarm May we not
ask why in the name Of our dear Lady
Nicotine the taste and the pockets Of
tho majority should be sacrificed in the
special interests OF small minority
Nor are we at all sure that such would be
the outcome Of free tobacco from the
Philippines; but, assuming that it would
be. have our millions of smokers no right
to consideration and projections
The struggle of the tobacco interests
is natural and entirely legitimate; but,
after all. the menace to their interests IL
lIfOU0lQt'l dbltt anu Nll'Al l'lhillN ''Nl'iH w
us unworthy as well as almost ground
less On the other hand, the United
States il under measure OF moral obi
CATION TO give the Fiipinos chance to
live by their industry and can best serve
its own political interests by dong SO.
Also. our legislators are bound to take
into consideration the rights of smokers.
II The smoker can buy better cigar
for less money than he now pays, has
he not some right to demand an oppor-
tunlty TO do it If there is involved no
disaster to the interests Of others?
If there is an advantage in the Philip
pine leaf, the smokers ought to be heard.
If there Is none, the now protesting inter-
csts have no cause for alarm.
Morally, we are bound to let in tho
Philippine leaf free, and there Is alum
dant ground for conviction that we
should make money by doing 1t.
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A state senator on Liquor Legislation.

TO THE EDITOR or THR SUS-Nir. II seems
10 be the intention of the Republican organ
ization OF your city TO have the so-called res
taurant bill Introduced in the present session
OF the Legislature. The bill is 10 provide
that liquor may be sold on Sunday in res
tuurants
That is sneak legislation. il means 10
accomplish IN al underhand. sneaking way
that which the Republican majority in the
Legislature has heretofore steadily declined
to grant by direct legislation the opening
Of the saloons on Sunday
Such bin would turn every sNloon into
restaurant II would probably suit the brow
ers who are seeking an enlarged market for
their beer Tho passage OF such a bill would
hurt the Republican party more than any
thing that has recently been proposed at
Albany.
There is a better way out OF the diflcuity
Tie people of your city should have an oppor-
tuuty 10 vote on the question whsthc~ tho
sale OF liquor shall be lawful In New YORK cit,'
on Sunday is the Republican organization
nj your city. presided over bv Mir Halpin
afraid 10 trust the people, This queEtion OF
selling liquor on Sunday Involves a great
economic problem which can best be solved
by direct votr OF the people
ALBANY Jan - A STATE SENATOR
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cHEiP BlLrIuORE LIGHT.


Charles f, Phelps chief engineer of tho
Electric Lighting Commission of Baltimore.
and member Of the Municipal Lighting
Commission OF that city, was the only wit
ness examined yesterday before Comp
troller Grout In his Investigation into the
cost of electric and gas lighting in other
cities The witness gave figures To show
that Baltimore paid less for its electric
light than this city does and that a. soon as
the Maryland Legislature had made an APP
preparation for municipal electric light
plant for Baltimore the companys DIS 10
the city were materially reduced.
Baltimore Mr.. Phelps said. under a hve
wear contract which will expire in Septem-
her next, pays the reduced price OF Sa9.S2
a year each sor iSl ou0- candle power cleo
trio nghtG Reduced the price meant 50
cents a h'owats hour for each lamp. This
city pays Si4t per lamp, or an average OF
about ~ cents ! Mlowatt hour, the pr1ce
varying from 50 TO II ~ cents. Under the
previous contract the price paid was SPILLS
Il lamp "A year.
As the termination OF the Baltimore
contract approached, in September, 1890,
Mr. Phelps said commission was appointed
To learn what prices other cities paid. as
there was no competition IN baltimore
At the instigation OF the commission the
Maryland Legislature authorized an APP
preparation of 81 $4,000 for a municipal
plant. An experimental plant costing
si3 900 was built 1t supplied eighty-ive arc
lamps at a cost OF $40 a year lamp. Add
ing 10 per cent for maintenance and the
same amount for interest IN the investment,
the cost per lamp was about so, or less
than cents a kOwatt hour.
After Mr.. Phelps had concluded his testi-
mony Edward A Maher wanted to cross
examine as the husband Of a taxpayer. He
admitted that he hadn't talked with his wife
about it and had talked with the Edison
people He was not allowed to ask any
questions unless he would do II as repre-
sentative of the Edison company, which he
wouldn't. The hearing will 90 on at 2:3o
o'clock this afternoon.
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W4NTs WORk FOR 10000 JEWS
South Asked to Make Room for That Num.
Der OF the Unemployed Here.

NEW ORLEANS. Jan. i2.-Mr. Captain,
agent of the New York Jewish Immigra-
ton Society has asked the various Hebrew
benevolent associations of the South TO
find employment and make provision for
$4,000 Jews, mostly from Russia, who he
says are now idle in New York, The Jew .
will be brought TO New Orleans for distri-
button throughout the South.
Mr.. Captain expressed the opinion that
the South WAS the best field for labor OF
this kind but he did not think the immi-
grants would do well in growing cotton or
cane. because they are ignorant on this
subject. The proposition was laid before
the Hebrew Benevolent Association Of New
Orleans, which will investigate and reply
determining whether the scheme is wise
and how many Jews can be conveniently
provided for in the South
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rHE REFORMED DOC OWEN
Arrives on the Majestic With Loving Cup
and Permanent Good Resolutions.

Doc Owen, AS smiling as bunch Of poker
chips arrived yesterday from Liverpool
aboard the White star steamship Majestic
which was held up on the Hook twelve
hours 10y fog and rain. He registered
under his own name. and was as proper
rs any other cabin passenger refusing to
be led into temptation in the smoking
room But he did spin on the stormy
trip few yarns more or less nautical
and all hands who knew him voted him u
jol goo fellow whisch n'b'ycn d'ny. He
brought his loving cup with him and showed
it to the reporters and Central Office De-
tectives Lesson. Moody and Altman, who
seemed to be not altogether certain that he
had not presented it TO himself.
The Doc said that he was "A decent married
man with children and all he wanted
was square deal in the game Of life that
he proposed TO lead hereafter He de-
cIared that virtue j. it, own reward, as he
had been informed 10y the copy books, and
that virtue would be his hereafter
The loving cup il about ten inches tail
and il Of silver II WAS presented TO the
Doc at a dinner given TO him at the Carlton,
IN London. on Dec, Is. uy passengers VINO
liked his stories, They never knew hlm
by his full name of " }. Owen, hut by the
sobriquet Of Joe. and this l. the inscription
they put on the cup
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NAMES TO 5. p. c. 4. CRITICS.
lie Says They Remind film a snodgrass
In the hattie OF IpsNleh.

The Society for the Prevention OF Cruelty
to Animals held its annual meeting yes
terday at Madison avenue and Twenty
sixth street and heard reports Of officers
showing il to be in excellent financial con
diton.
In his annual address President John p.
Haines had some thing, to say about the
policy and work OF the society and the
criticisms these have evoked He as
serted that the work Of the American so-
ciety IL IN some respects greater than that
Of the Royal Humane Society Of London
or the Ba,tersea Home for Lost Dogs.
although the latter has the assistance Of
the London police and the New York So
cety does ia work singlehanded, lie
regards the sOcletys critics and rivals as
persons who never took the slightest IN
terest IN the welfare OF animals, but are
eager To become the champions OF We
torlous cause and find an easy way to no
toiety. and he said Of them,
When these persons -hali have done
something more than to tell the public OF
the great things they are going to do IT
may DO worth while 20 answer their sla.t
and assaults. Until that time these
ance may be classed with Mr.. SnodgrasS
in the famous battle of Ipswich, when that
gallant gentleman threw OF his coat and
told the people to stand back because he
was lust going to begin"
He cited az an example the establish
ment Of an institution with an attractive
name which promised all sorts Of things
but succeeded only in causing much ad-
ditional suffering to a few hundred wrctched
creatures which ought to have been merci-
fully destroyed
Meanwhile said Mr.. Haines, the
society has kept on its accustomed way,
doing its duty, and doing 1t successfully
l think
Mr.. Haines made objection to the number
OF complaints sent to the society rs per
cent Of which, he said, are frivolous.
Even when ambulances are called for,
In thirty-five caaes out OF a hundred the
ambulance driver found no animal to re-
move.
His report showed that in the last year
the society caused 1853 arrests and prescott
tons; 4,49e animals were suspended from
labor i.27S horses, mules and other animals,
disabled beyond recovery, were destroyed,
and 81 s65 small animals were humaney
destroyed There were removed from
the streets in ambuances no disabled
horses and other large animals. The
cases Investigated numbered II 055 and
every instances these figures show an in
crease in the sooiety's activities.
The society has a new button. a badge
for women and button for men. These
remain its property to be returned when
the wearer dies or resigns
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