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The sun., 1905-09-04
The Last stand.

From the Providence Journal which,
though published in "a small but de-
lightful State in the neighborhood Of
Pawtucket,' has always sound informa-
tion about Massachusetts politics, comes
this story Of the last stand of the Boston
machine against the peoples choice;
THAT the lrrepressibe advocates Of the Miles
Byles Democratic ticket in Massachusetts do not
intend 10 be discouraged is indicated by the formal
inquiry set on foot to determine whether the pic
turcsque retired Lieutenant General of the army
is eligible under the legal requirement that can
dida,e must have been an inhAbitant of the State
for seven years prior to his nomination This. 1t
Is respectfully submitted. is immaterial. General
MrLEs Is an intrepid fighter. strategist and some
thing Of politician. He ia not to be restrained
or frightened by such a little word as eligibility.
and II this Is all the ammunition his opponents
have In reserve. they may as we'll acknowledge
themselves beaten"
As we'll say that the Hon. EsEK BYLEs
has lost n residence by his necessary
voyages and perambulations in the
hulled corn industry. NELSON APPLE
TON MILES has always been a citizen Of
Massachusetts. From Washington or
Porto Rico his heart untraveled fondly
turned to her. He has maintained a
de jure residence in Massachusetts
Does MEYER lose his residence by serving
his country in Rome and st. Petersburg?
The notion is preposterous. For seven,
for nearly sixty-seven years NELSON
APPLETON MILES has been to all intents
and purposes an inhabitant Of the Bay
State. In absence, at the Diamond
Jubilee, for example, he has always had
animus rerertendi; and now he has
returned. go.
And now he will be returned by the
suffrages of his fellow citizens, the popu-
lar strength of uniform reform and the
glad cooperating hand and heart of
EsRK BYLEs, IL the Vaccinations of the
Democratic machine do not throttle the
eager desire and hope of Massachusetts.
MILES and BYLEs! BYLEs and MILES!
Two lovely berries growing on one stem.
Let the Boston plotters beware of the
wrath of an outraged people.
The sun., 1905-09-04
GEOGRAPHIC NAMES.
Col. Posey Wilson'S Animadversions on .
Board Of Experts.

To THE EDITOR OF THE Sus-Str: At the time
read THE SUNS comment on the Presidents
order as TO wlkcsbarre and Its rating Of Mr.. Henry
Gannet of the Board on Geographic names as
"the erudte and distinguished" had Just a little
while before examined some of his othcial maps.
Then wondered what his boards rule might be
when II translates a proper name from another
tongue. have been able 10 get glimmer OF light
upon the change or genesis OF European names.
and OF ancient to modern. but no such method
can be said to have been used here.
Turning to his maps for 1890: In Washington .
name which have seen spelled Teton" the French
for "teat," or breast" Is ''Tieton." Mcleod
see this spelling for Fort Mcleod (-Maclouds) In
Alberta-is spelled "McLeoud" by Mr.. Gannett.
"Peone" is another: Is It an Indian word or
phonetic spelling of the SPANISH What Is TIA
ncum"7 II LOOKS like Latin, but is not.
Mr. Gannet seems TO have undertaken 10 change
the spelling of "wenatchee" to -wenache"; Co
weechee" or 'Cowechee" or 'Cahweechce" 10 Cow
iche": "Ahtanum" TO "Atanun,.- ! have always
heard the Indians and old settlers say Wee nat
chec," and Nee -natchee," Cow -ce -chee." &c.
So they say "Chee -lau" and In using the adjective
"mesatchee" or "mesachee" tbad. wicked. they
draw ont the "chee" just as they dwell on the "Ah"
The sun., 1905-09-04
ma Re,,s,ou Innuenoe toe Mikado,

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUS-Sir' Unlver-
sal surprise 10 manifested that the Mikado OF
japan should relinquish the fruits OF victory
In the moment Of triumph. but nowhere
have 1 seen his action ascribed to the teach :
Ing Of his religion. A central principle OF
Buddhism 10 that one should never seek 70
enjoy the fruits Of worldly activity.
THY right In only to the work. never to
its fruit" says the Bhagavad Gita (which sir
Edwin Arnold has rendered into Engllsh verse
under the title of The Song Celestial-). Let
not the fruit Of the work be thy motive. yet
desire not to abstain from work. Pitiful are
those whose motive is the fruit"
Yet one should work as do those actu ated
by worldly ambition.
This view of work 10 surely novel TO most
Of us, accustomed as We are to working for
certain definite results, and not caring for
work unless IL b-!n s. such results.
The commercial aspect seems 30 important
TO US that we cannot bring ourselves to believe
that some thing may be better than driving
hard bargain.
II should be remembered that with the
Japanese religion is something entirely dif-
ferent than with us. 1t influences them In
matters Of real Importance. and is not merely
something good enough for women and for
use only on Sunday.
As the Miksdo Of Japan 10 follower of the
teachings of Buddha. he 10 bound to make
peace at the earliest possible moment
30. too. 10 any follower OF Christ. but the
teachin g Of Christ have little weight In the
councils of the principalities and powers Of
ChrIstendom. h.
NEW YORK. Sept. ?.
The sun., 1905-09-04
Reorganization.

We know an eminent and respected
member Of the bar who is by way OF
being naturalist, grievously concerned
with all the small doings OF natures
creatures and most attentive to the fail-
ings and the proclivities of all sorts OF
humble members of her great family. 1t
is great privilege to associate with
this admirable philosopher in his hours
of distraction and listen to the Lessons
which he draws from the inexhaustiole
stores of his observation,
Just now it was at Montauk, where
all is loveliness and not even man Is
vile. A far from unprepossessing snake
discovered himself in bare patch amid
the wild grass that covered the rolling
sward, and the philosopher abandoned
himself to an intelligent agitation. The
reptile was completing an act OF strenu-
Gus but grateful deglutition. Even the
baleful CLEAN of his eye was tempered
by the consciousness of an agreeable
repletion,
"That is a poor toad, said the natu-
ralist, that he has swallowed. You can
see it's outlines through his skin. l am
going to make him regurgitate. selz-
ing with marvellous dexterity the snake
by the tail, by quick and almost i'm
peroeptible movement he seemed to par
alyze all its vertebre, 80 that it hung
limp and extended from his hand. Then
passing a thumb and forefnger down.
.l ,Ionr tia e;des the maintenance
in its midst slowly retreated until finally
from the distended jaws there dropped
disconcerted, but, presumably, CRATE
full toad.
Dear me, dear me-, soliloquzed the
worthy naturalist; "how strange that
that wretched little reptile should look
like $4,000, and that should feel like
that excellent lawyer Mr., CHARLES f.
HU6HEs"
The sun., 1905-09-04

The wise students of the Social Life who
devise for publication the letters and pub
lio papers Of the Citizens Union dearly
love an academic controversy. They seek
to deserve laurels rather than to win bat
ties, and their thesis as to spublio owner
ship" delights them 30 that, adopted in
June at public meeting, 1t has been ratified
and reiterated not less than twelve times
since. Here it is:
The Union holds that any business the conduct
of which requires the appropriation OF any part
of the public highways Is BY Its nature public
business"
Every business which is not conducted
exclusively indoors, on housetops or in
cellars, requires some appropriation Of
the public highways Express companies,
cabs, automobiles and water wagons re-
quire and use constantly some part Of the
public highways. The exchanges Of COM
merce. the delivery of marketable produce,
Of coal, ice and milk for all these purposes
some part Of the highways is continually
needed. They are not "public business"
but their suspension or interruption would
entail serious public loss.
The sun., 1905-09-04
GERMAN VERDICT on OUR
INTERVENTION ~ CCBA.

Some people may not have forgotten
the cynioism with which large part OF the
German press viewedthe Spanish American
war. They could see nothing IN American
efforts to end the horrors IN Cuba exoapting
the selfish determination to add the island
to our domain. Our declaration that we
took UP Cuba's cause for humanity's sake
and not for aggrand!x s,nent was derided
Time has doubtless set those editors
right; but II they have any sense OF Tanli-
ness they c,n recall only with sense OF
shame their unjustifable perversion OF
the motives Of this country In entering
upon that war when they read Prof. DR..
Karl Sapper's article on "Cubs under the
American Military Regime and a. Repuo-
lie" in the latest number OF Petermdnns
Mhteilungen.
DR.. Sapper " Germsny's leading author
ity on the geography. inhabitants and in
stitutions Of Central America and the An
titles. That he Is a keen and ca,Btic critic
every writer Of a poor book on those ooun-
tries finds to his cost. He has now an
alyzed the work we did for Cuba In its polit-
ical, educational, sanitary and other aspects
from the close Of the war to the launching
of the republic, and his study and the oon-
olusion to which 1t leads him are publisneo
in one Of the leading scientific Journals OF the
world, together with fine map OF Cuba.
In some respects we might have pleased
Dr. sapper better. He finds that some OF
our statistics were conflicting and dunsatthao-
tory, that our plans for the improvement OF
Matanzas harbor were inadequate, and 90
on; but he sees wonderful achievement In
our reorganization Of Cuba; in the complete
restoration Of peace and order, the remod-
cling Of the postal service, the establishing
Of free schools and compulsory attendance,
the reduction OF railroad tariff, the rehabil-
iment of the courts, the reform OF prison
management the opening Of the School OF
Arts and Trades; the multiplication OF
school houses, hospitals; and other public
buildings; the new convenienoes for oom-
merce such as lighthouses and harbor i'm
provements; bridge building and road
repairing, new waterworks for tho leading
cities, the remar liable system Of sanitation
and many other innovations that are help
ing to transform Cuba and are worthy, DR..
sapper says, of the admiral Of the world.
He believes that our war against disease
in Cuba was an object lesson that will profit
the whole tropical none.
The sun., 1905-09-04
American Export Notea.

Switzerland imports American bicycles at the
rate OF 5000 a year. Our total export Of bicycles
In 1905, nscal year. amounted 70 si,Ns,42e. Auto.
mobiles Of American make wero exported In 1905.
fiscal year. TO the tune OF e2.<Si.20. very few
years ago our entire output was only forty ma
chimes q year.
Don't send catalogues printed In English to
China as not one In 100000 Chinese can read them
Consul Cloud OF Hangchow, China Ian open
port OF 100000 people, says that American notions
toys, kerosene lamps, straw hats, clocks. watches
garden tools. shoes. rubbers, patent medicines
kodaks. photo supplies, cheap motor boats. SOAP
towels canned goods &c, can bo largely sold (he
does not even refer TO the boycott bogy) II they
put before the people by lve up 10 date sales.
men and followed by Intelligent and persistent
advertising. In this connection 1t may be noted
that the number Of newspapers In China 70 in.
crcasing rapidly.
The Diet OF Switzerland has decided 70 allow.
from Jan. 1, 1900, American goods TO be entered
under the rates Of the Swiss treaty tariff. Hth.
erto many American products had 10 come under
the Swiss general tariff by which rates were much
higher. This decision gives 70 American goods
the benefit Of the most favored nation clause
The Swiss realized, as Germany will realize II she
treats American goods TO harder terms than other
make up for the loss Of the great American market
Greece Is about TO increase the duty on imported
wheat by i.s cents per okc Zone fourth bushen
Many leading Chinese merchants at Newchwang
state positively, says Consul Sammons. that no
boycott on American goods will be sanctioned
by them and that the anu-AmeFican agitation
will die out. American cotton fabrics sold there
are in the lead as their quality Is the best In the
market. Chinese made goods are inferior.
With the Russians removed from the market,
American kerosene has clear neld In Manchnria.
The shipments direct from Philadelphia to New.
chwang, w!thou, breaking cargo, are turning the
trick for us.
American lumber canned eoods nour eliza.
rettes. sewing machines and cooking and heating
stoves are popular In Manchnr,s. and vii he sold
more freely there now that the Russian lid Is or
Automobiles are becoming very popular in the
city Of Buenos Ayres. Argentina.
The nrst American sailing vessel to enter the
port OF Newchwang. China. was the nve mast
schooner Crescent, with 1885,. 800 feet OF Oregon
pine from Bakely. Wash. The voyage occupied
seventy days from Puget Sound 10 tho Bay OF
Pechii.
American Arus exporting manila hemp are re-
quested TO write Consul Burre Of Magdchus'
Germany.
The sun., 1905-09-04
DIVERS VIEWS or TIE PEACE.
Does the Result C0nnt for Civilization
and Humanity?

To rHx EDITOR or THE SrN-S,r; can
not be easy about this peace. Ordinarily.
II Is good that virtue be rewarded and wrong
pun ished. Such Is not the Issue here.
doubt II the result 10 really good for civlllza-
tion and humanity. II | were Jap who
had lost some arms and legs In the war
would say, Such peace Is not fair TO me-
did not bargain to flght for suoh as this
II we're parent OF a son killed in the war,
would say: Such peace 10 not fair TO my
dead" II 1 were a Jap private or oiiicer;
l think | would say: II have not nerved
myself to see this war through to righteous
retribution 10 fall away into such peace as
this; would rather 20 on"
DO you think that the Russian Government.
the greatest offender on earth against clvill-
zation and humanity, is likely to be made
less an offender by this peace. or more?
Civil sation and humanity will DO very we'll
without President Roosevelt's special efforts
40 long as right is allowed to have It's iuli
triumph over wrong.
My admira ton 10 for the individua al Japs who
have planned. executed, dared. fought and
either died, been mansled or still live un-
harmed. a. the case may be. All the peace
making by outslders, 6o., has Its admirable
place. no doubt. but by comparison leaves
me cold. f. P. BERGEN
New YORK, Sept ..
The sun., 1905-09-04

erty, or at least not to reduce the num-
Der Of watchmen employed.
But instead Of taking unusual measures
in order to meet the emergency created
by the. departure from town of large
number Of taxpayers and householders,
it appears that the department is in
the habit OF reducing it's force, lengthen-
ing the posts Of its men, and in general
doing all 1t can to increase the oppor-
tunities for lawbreakers to work at their
callings. When the taxpayers are in
particular danger of suffering from rob-
berries, the protection for which they pay
most literally is, in measure, with
drawn. When Mr.. Householder is at
home, and to a certain extent prepared
to defend his property in person, we
haven't any too many policemen.
When he is abroad and depends entirely
for protection on the servants he has
hired, those servants leave their posts
and devote themselves to the pleasures
OF vacation pastime
Commissioner McApoo has not been
able to remedy all the faults of the New
York police system in twenty-one months.
The condition brought about by the GUS
tom of allowing policemen vacations
when their services are most needed
is one to which his attention has never
been drawn. 1t is matter which merits
the closest study. however, and he should
be able to devise a system under which
the town would not be left unguarded
at the season when 1t stands most in
need Of guardians.
The sun., 1905-09-04

years. Its experience has been attended
naturally by the internal disorders in
evitable in the life of such bodies. Its
efforts to force certain issues. notably
that Of the closed shop, have not en-
countered the hoped for success. On the
contrary, they have forced employers
into powerful associations, whose pur-
pose Is resistance to unreasonable en-
croachment. The struggle for the closed
shop has lost ground So has the effort,
too frequently exercised, to assert the
right of dictaton Of wage rates and
hours OF labor. "The hope Of future
peace in the industrial world, says JOHN
MITCHELL, "lies in the trade agreement
The route to agreement followed by the
Chicago teamsteys last spring, and in too
many instances by other bodies, is not
the path to permanent peace.
We are unable to agree with Mr.. JOHN
V. FARwELL of Chicago in his sweeping
assertion, savoring Of intolerance, that
"labor unions as they are now managed
are an unmitigated curse both to capital
and labor, but especially to labor" But
Mr.. FARwELL touches an important
truth, of which unionism should never
lose sight, in laying the responsibility
for success or failure, for public ap-
proval or condemnation, on the man.
agement of individual leaders. So long
as unionists do not summarily repudiate
but consent to follow men Of the type
of PARKS, WEINsE1AfER, IRONS, DEBs,
KEARNEY, SHEA and all the rest who
have done what they could to make
unionism infamous, the success OF or
ganized labor will be limited and its
complete downfall only a question OF
time.
Much OF unionism's seeming success
during recent years is really due to the
prevailing prosperity and to the readl-
ness of thousands of employers to share
their gains with those who aid in creating
them. If wages advance, unionism
claims the entire credit, and is prone to
forget all other factors except it's own
efforts, 1t is probably the fact that
labor's improved condition is due as
much to the liberality and sense of fair
ness on the part Of individual employers
as to any Of the more aggressive meth
ods employed by unionism. Yet both
influences are unquestionably preparing
the way for new conditions and a new
time when the real rights Of both en-
ployer and employee will be mutually
recognized. In his recent address at
Wilkesbarre President ROOSEVELT said:
Il strongly believe In trade unions. wisely and
Justly handled. in which the rghtful purpose to
beneft those connected with them Is not accom-.
panied by desire to do injustice or wrong to others
believe In the duty Of capitalists and wage work
ers to try to seek one another out. 10 understand
each others point OF view. and TO endeavor to
show broad and kindly human sympathy one with
the other
In just so far as Labor Day shall con-
tribute to a clearer understanding OF
each others point of view" and to
larger conception Of the respective
rights" Of capitalist and wage worker,
we join heartily with Mr.. GoMPERs in
his "All Hail"
The sun., 1905-09-04
"The Trade Center OF the Orient


We have received from Manila
special publication by the Daily Bulletin,
"the exponent of Philippine commerce,
reviewing and summarizing the indus
trial and commercial development of
those islands in the last year. Typo
graphically 1t is a very creditable piece
of work, and it's whole letter press is
important.
A map is presented to demonstrate
that Manila is "the trade center OF the
Orient and General CoRBIN, the mil
tary commander Of the islands, opens
the publication with an impressive ar
ticle with that text. His conclusion is
that Manila will be the trade center OF
the Orient within the next few years
if sufficient encouragement is given to
commercial interests, for Manila stands
at the gateway of "the entire overseas
traffic of the most densely populated
portions of the world
A large part of the trade which has
made Hongkong great commercial
city in a little more than half century,
General CoRBIN contends, belongs by
natural right to Manila" which should
be the terminus of the big transpacific
liners. "The trip could be made in from
thirteen to sixteen days, in itself no
inconsequential detail, bringing us, as
it would, so much nearer the markets
of the United States To secure such
an advantage, however, improvements
in the port are. necessary. Modern
docks alongside of which steamers may
take their freight with the same facility
as in New York or Liverpool, will
soon be provided, and Manila will be
the only city along the China coast
offering such facilities. At Shanghai
large steamers cannot approach within
fifteen miles of the city, and their car
goes have to be transshipped At Hong
kong, too, steamers must lie out in the
harbor, the city not being provided
with docks, and similar conditions exist
ct Singapore.
A system of bonded warehouses on
an extensive scale is needed at Manila,
however, and to further the ports COM
mercial interests General CoRBIN also
urges the establishment in the harbor
of a free zone" or certain part into
which vessels might enter with cargo
intended for reshipment to ports outside
of the Philippines, without being sub
jected to the dues prescribed for vessels
in other ports of entry. This measure
is favored in report to Congress by
the committee appointed by the Gov
ernor- General to consider the shipping
interests of Manila.
Finally. after considering the question
from many points of view, General
CoRB1N is emphatic in expressing the
opinion that the full development of the
harbor, with reasonable rules for the
government Of shipmasters, will give
our people advantages in the Orient
that will make our commerce the first
of all nations
The deputy collector OF customs, how
ever points out that now the Philip
pines are "at the mercy of foreign ship
owners both as to our import and ex-
port trade" because Of the absence of
facilities for building modern ships, and
because, commercially speaking. no
coal is mined and produced in the Phil
ippine Islands," On the other hand
the chief of the Mining Bureau reports
The sun., 1905-09-04
An American Citizen Who Found Its
People Pa clic and Fair TO F0relIners.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-Sir: In to-
days Sun / read about the trouble Of
william c. Albers president Of the Limon
Mining Company. In Nicaragua. According
to your article Mr.. Albers for some reason
was going to be arrested. and he turned upon
the Nicaraguan officer and threatened him
with firearms.
Now if Mr.. Abers is a law abiding citizen
and was To be arrested in any part Of the
United States. 1 have no doubt that he
would quietly give himself up to the offlcer
and II that Is the case. why did he not do the
same with the Nlcaraguan officer? Thus he
would have saved himself trouble.
II he threatened an American officer with
firearms without any doubt he would be
roughly handled. and.I am almost positive
that he was not by the Nicaraguan officer. as
they generally have some respect for foreign
resided In Nicaragua over fifteen years and
know It's people to be very pacific, but Of
toes hey can help It, During ss1n ny u @
come in contact with persons who acted az
to help them out of the. trouble. This ! al
ways did gladly. and in justice to the Nicar.
eses a%ays psacass
them a. S; Esp. It to to be treated BY Others ~
who 90 to those cosntries beilttie heir 9i peo: co.
pie and think they can do az they please and
not as they ought to. or In other words. they
ruled. There are at present in Nicaragua a
good many foreigners who have resided In
any trouble The reason for this Is that they
are law abiding men, they know Nicaragua
has a government and they obey the laws OF
the country. Consequently there is no trouble
coming to them.
Suppose Nicaraguan In the oity sof New
York was to be arrested and that he should
threaten government officer hFpa
What would be the result?
BRooKLYN. Sept, /. A. GONZALEZ.
The sun., 1905-09-04
The EYenipR na mns.

TO THE Enron OF THE SuS-Sfr: An acouain.
tance. warning me against smoking In bed pointed
out the real danger. which was not directly duo
10 the lighted cigar, He claimed that on the table
near the bed the smoker habitually placed lamp
or candle, tall glass filled with cracked Ice and
something else. and a box Of matches. He rea.
soned that the heat generated by the lamp caused
the Ice TO melt and moisture collected on the Out,
side Of the glass. which dampened the table cover.
This dampneas communicated itself 10 the box
nllcd with matches, causing the wood 10 swell, and
By friction ignite the entire box setting re TO the
bed and smoker. How about ~ II. c, OWEN.
PIr1sYIlLp. Mass, Sept. =.