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his respects to Mr.. GoMPERs and other
labor leaders by calling them "the mis-
leaders of the working classes He
comments in the following terms upon
the work Of the Federation:
In taking survey Of the Industrial ncid to day
we arc at once Impressed with the total inadeauacy
OF the present form OF labor organizations. Pure
and simple unlonism has long since outved It's
usefulness 1t Is In truth reactionary and auxiliary
to the capitalist class.
at has been charged tina, we wish to disrupt
union labor. Union labor is already disrupted.
We are here for the purpose OF uniting the WORKERS
The trade union movement Is to day In control OF
the capitalists and Is teaching capitalist economies
All tbs important strikes OF the last few years have
been lost. Look at the FAN River strike the stock
yards strike and the present teamsters strike.
There must be something wrong with this sort
of unonism, unionism that is In alliance with the
Civic Federation, an organization whose mission
II Is to chloroform the workers. There Is put one
way TO remedy this condition. and that Is to sever
connection with the American Federation OF Labor
and form union that will truly represent the In
terests OF the workers
THE supreme need OF the hour Is for such an
organization, based on the class struggle. am
satisfied that the great body OF American workers
desire such an organization. The leaders or
rather the misleaders of labor know that their
doom Is sealed II this convention Is successful"
There is no doubt that, as Mr. DEBs
remarks, there is something wrong with
the unionism OF to-day. One Of its
greatest evils appears in it's liberation
of some of ts leaders and the methods
employed by them. Only when union
ism by the wisdom Of it's leaders, the
soundness Of it's policies and the general
sanity OF it's actions, commands the re-
spect and support Of employers and
the general public can it hope to take
it's place as a permanent and effective
force in the industrial affairs Of the coun-
try. 1t weakens its own cause by tacit
and expressed approval Of such pro-
ceedings as the Cripple Creek strike and
the teamsters' strike, and by retaining
among it's leaders men who have shown
themselves incompetent and unworthy.
1t permits itself to be made ridiculous
by controversies in which slang and VI
tuperation are the chief weapons.
The success of unionism does not de-
pend upon the personal leadership OF
either Mr.. GoMpERs or Mr.. DEBs, but on
it's ability to work in harmony for ends
that will win public approval and deserve
public support. Neither internal dis
cord nor the opposition Of employers
and the public can be STAMPED out by
voluble denunciation.
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Snap Beans and Turnip Salad.

To THE EDITOR OF The SUN Sir: 1t Is per
fectly evtden, to my mind that your correspondent
"P O. D. Is not only familiar with the proper way
OF preparing the snap bean but owes his familiarity
to his Southern birth residence. have only one
thing 10 add to What he has ably said. and that
Is as TO the Kind OF bacon which should be used In
the proper preparation OF the SNAP"
He says "A Southern darby cook would no
more think OF cooking green beans without bacon
to season them than a Northern cook would think
OF cooking doughnuts without grease." but he doc
not say that this bacon is not the bacon which Is
commonly seen in tn. North, but Is what Is called
on the plantations side meat" or a very coarse
thick pork, which Is only cured In salt. and has
never been smoked. Paradoxlch though 1t may
seem, when the snap bean is prepared with a large
piece OF this coarse. greasy meat. 1t Is one of the
most delicate OF all summer vegetables
For fear that some OF my Northern friends my
think that 1t Is only In the North that this vegetable
Is Improperly prepared, viii say that II Is rarely
the case that nds II In perfection In any OF the
public hostelres OF the South
The above remarks as 10 the snap bean are also
true as TO what is called "turnp salad In the South.
This is dish from the leaves or tops Of the growing
turnip and Is sometimes called greens" the prep
ara,ion OF which Is almost Identical with that Of
the snap beam z F. McVEIoH
MEMPHIs. Tenn, June "a
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In Pennsylvania.

For years it has been the practise Of
the Republican boss Of Philadelphia to
occupy the Office OF State Commits
sioner Of Insurance, and therefore the
resignation of the Hon. IzzY DURHAM
will be accepted as formal announce
ment Of his deposition from supreme
authority in the party. Governor PENNY
PACKER, in accepting DuRHAMs resig-
nation, wrote that the Commissioner
inattention to his duties had been over
looked because there was hope "for
the restoration of his health Whatever
DURHAM's physical condition may be,
he has failed amazingly in political
health in the last few weeks, and there
is evidence that the Hon. Bo1Es PEN
ROSE ia not 50 strong as he was.
Mayor JOHN WEAVER has knocked out
DURHAM completely. What have the citi-
zens Of Philadelphia to expect from DUR
HAMS successor, State Senator DAVID
MARTIN? Mr.. MARTIN is not an indi-
vidual to whom the hearts OF reformers
turn instinctively when leadership is
needed. He is not theorist in politics.
He is an eminently practical statesman,
trained in the organization school. a
practitioner of it's methods as they have
developed in Philadelphia. DURHAM
knocked him out when AsHBRIDGE was
Mayor. Now he succeeds DURHAM.
What part had Mayor WEAVER in his
rehabilitation?
From various parts Of Pennsylvania
comes news that the Philadelphia revolt
against DURHAM created no feeling of
remorse among Republicans. There is
talk Of recognizing the machine which
Senator PENRosE inherited from Senator
QUAY. Mr.. QUAY's machine was rebuilt
for each emergency as it arose 1t is a
question now whether his successors
can follow successfully the policy of
that political wizard. PENNSYLVANIA
Republicans dearly love a boss and
venerate machine. II the Quay heirs
are to be put out Of business, some one
must take their place. Will it be Sena-
tor KNOX, late OF Pittsburg? Or is
there another man now quietly prepar-
ing to assume the leadership?
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Blrkes life Giving Radium.


Considerable publicity has been given In the lay
press this week to the results OF rcma rkahe series
OF expe riments made In the Cavendish laboratory
at Cambridge by Mr., John Butler Burke the
spontaneous action Of radioactive bodies In gca-
tin media. The first account Of these experiments
appeared In a signed letter published In Nature OF
May IS, and In this account the writer promised
more details shortly" but so far as We know
further communication has been published Briefly
the experiment consisted In placing radium salts
In stcrlllzed gelatin culture, care being taken 10
steriNze both the salt and the broth before
mencing the experiment. After twenty four hours
or so In the OF the bromid and about three or
four days In that OF the Chord pecuar culturelihe
growth appeared on the surface and gradually
made It's way downward until after fortnight
In some cases It had grown fully a centimc,cr be
meath the surface The centras showed no growra
whatever,
At hrst sight microscopic examination IN"
growth appeared to be due to microbes, but as tho"
did not give subculturcs when inocula,ed In frrS1
media they could scarcely be bacteria. Their pres
ence would appear 10 he due to the spontaneous
action OF the radum salt upon the culture medium
and not solely to the influence OF anything which
previously existed therein. Ny. Burke concluded
after a careful and prolonged examination OF their
structure, behavior, and development that they
are highly organized bodies, although not hac:e
ria and that they arose In some way from the action
of the invisible particles Of radium. He has Pm.
posed to CIV, these bodies the name OF "radlobcs'
as indicating their resemblance TO microbes as well
as their distinct nature and origin. !, has been
suggested that they are after all. crystals. but M
Burke Is confident that they are no, OF the nature
OF crystals.
While admitting the extreme interest o. these
results the evidence that gelatin culture has h"cn
vtazed by purely physical and inorganic agcn-
cics, that life has been established out OF inanlma'e
materials. not at the present stage of the expert
ment convincing and further results will he awaited
before the opponents OF the Spontaneous theory
may be induced to abandon their position.
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A Poor Opinion OF the Governments
Servants,

To THE EDITOR OF THE SrN-Sir' The
sense OF duty proclaimed by Secretary tart
in regard to the action Of Mr. Wallace is OF
especial interest. as it Is an exposition OF duty
to the Government and OF the duty OF the
Government to the people.
Right and justice are as firmly fixed In him
as personal honor. while the lack of these
attributes throughout the Administration
generally Is glazing. The saying, God
help the man who has anything to do with
the Government" has been uttered since Its
foundation, and 40 great Ia the distrust OF the
Administration that many persons refuse u
enter into relations with It, Its subordnates
have long been described as twelve hundred
dollar clerks. not as indicating contempt.
but the measure Of their ability. And their
lack OF individual responsibility and the
belief that the salary of the Office lie a reward
for political service. involving no duty. keep
the Administration in disrepute Remon-
STRANGE over a contract violated through
caprice, whims or something else brings
this answer: III you don't like 1t. 60 into
the Court OF Claims. Hence the calendar
of that court is crowded with business that
would never reach that stage with individuals.
To most Government employees 9 man
with a claim becomes burglar with jimmy.
and their little minds which resent labor,
act only to delay and annoy. Two years ago
a torpedo boat ran down a yacht. board
OF inquiry promptly allowed the claim for
damages. Yet the inertia of somebody has
prevented an appropriation. Illustrations
would become tiresome. Ignorance in the
construction of law. red tape and incivlity
are of common occurrence.
OF course there are men in the service Of
the highest integrity. actuated by sense Of
right and justice. who are incapable Of doing
a wrong or a mean thing, but there are not
enough Of them to constitute a proper Ad-
ninlstration.
IL the head Of every department had the
same conception of honor and duty that
Secretary Taft displays. much Of the con-
tempt held for the actual Administration
would be removed. \. X.
New York july l.
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Jail For number Of years, long enough
for most of lis to have forgotten their
connection with the unsavory Carter
defalcation, Canada has refused to turn
these people over to the American au-
thorities. She now seems fully disposed
to prevent Messrs. GAYNoR and GREENE
from turning themselves over to any
body else
Commenting on this peculiar and
thus far successful effort to evade the
operation of an international treaty,
the Toronto Globe says:
at is In the interest OF both Canada and the
United States that prisoners accused Of ohenses
coming under the extradltion treaty between the
United States and Great Britain should be promptly
handed over TO their own Government by the ESecu-
tive OF the country In which they take refuge Apart
from the obligation to enforce the treaty IN sood
faith. It should be impressed on the criminals OF
each country that they can hnd no safe refuge
In the other II Is not at all necessary that the
evidence against them should be sufhcicnt 10 Sc
cure a conviction In the country they arc using
as an asylum: all that Is In theory required Is tha'
1t should be enough TO make out prima 1ac'e
case. such case as In that country would warrant
their comm,tai for trial In a court Of competent
Jurisdiction.
1t is much to be hoped that in bring
ing these offenders to trial and punish
ment the United States will be less
dlatory than Canada has been in sur
rendering them Otherwise, their Of
Tense, already obscure in the public
mind, will be utterly forgotten.
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Salt in Central Africa.

To rHR EDITOR OF THE SuN-sir: With great
interest l read your article on Central Africas
Need OF Salt" and since I have been visiting the
countries In question In semi ofclal capacity for
the German Government, am In q position TO cor
rect in some way the statement OF your CORE
spondcn,-
The reason why salt Is not traded as a rule fur
ther than 100 miles from the coast is because tn 9
salt sold by European nrms on the coast Is almost
always saline salt. gained by condensng the brine.
I myself have carried salt In Africa for several
hundred miles. and kept It for more than a year
without losing more than per cent, OF Its weight.
But had rock Salt In double bags. the outer one
being waterproof canvas each bag weighing sixty
pounds. In such packing 1t Is possible to carry
salt right through Africa.
sal, Is the most important trading article In
Central Africa now since the slave has practically
disappeared from the market. l have seen wealthy
merchants starting corner in salt-hundreds of
miles fro the coastin the most approved Chicago
exchange fashion. Then OF course. prices were
considerably higher than those mentioned In your
article. ]. NJ. BAUER.
SAN FRANCISCO, June 20.
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Peculiar Boston Dance.


A stranger cropping OF morning from the clouds
or from an cypress balloon from Mars to group
OF persons waiting al a railroad station for trMn
to take them away from the land Of the brown tail
moth would signal back TO his home that north Of
Boston dwell the most animated people on the fac.
OF the earth. He would say that no matter how
warm the morning, ule natives, old and young.
large and small were going through a peculiar
dance In which the arms did perhaps most OF the
execution. While serious Russian topics were
being discussed by three or four men they would
on with the dance Just the same. Women, too.
Creased in sombcr fashion. while talking OF the
latest sad event in their neighborhood. would &C
company their comments with two steps 10 the
right OF them and two steps to the III OF them
Rut II the visitor would but stay few minutes,
over a train or two, he would send a later edition
OF his story to the old folks at home. saying he
could do Il: be had caught the rhythm and the
movement OF the dance, but that 1t wasn't such fun
as II looked: and that he would like 10 postpone
further tnvestig atoms Of this section OF the couo'
try tin certain parasites, of which he heard much
mention. could accomplish the work expected OF
them.
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The Probable Early Return Of Gaynor
and Greene,

On June 81 the Supreme Court of
Canada gave judgment quashing the
latest appeal OF Messrs. GAYNoR and
GREENE. Unless they can find some
new wrinkle for prolonging their al
ready unduly extended visit to Canada.
these gentlemen will soon return to the
United States under police escort. The
motion to quash the appeal was made
on behalf of the United States on the
ground that the appeal was contrary to
good faith, being only another mode Of
obtaining discharge on habeas corpus,
and that, inasmuch az it arose out of
a criminal charge, no appeal could prop
erly be made to the Supreme Court.
Dispatches under date of June Is
report these worthless as occupants Of
the Montreal jail In view OF the prob
able near approach Of their return to
the United States, unusual attention is
accorded them. A double guard stands
in front Of their cells, and notices have
been posted in the corridors of the insti-
tuition urging special vigilance on the
part OF all officials and employees of the
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tho promise made during the engage

Cno pTOIniso Hiduo uuihS OA'o S"s"e
ment."
The brother-in-law gave his note
simply to be shown to the wife and not
to be delivered. He strove for peace,
but set on foot litigation. The trial
Judge took the case out Of the hands
of the jury and decided for the de-
PENDANT. The Appellate Division re-
versed, and now the Court of Appeals
sustains the original judgment The
court divides on the meaning and effect
Of the decision in the case of STRICKLAND
rs. HENRY d75 N. Y. 372), in which Chief
Judge PARKER wrote the opinion for
united court.
81 do not think that the possession
Of the note by the plaintiff writes Judge
OBRIEN, cor the use OF the words value
received create any question OF fact
for the jury. The case Of STRICKLAND
rs. HENRY is not an authority for any
such proposition. That was doubtless
a close case, but it was decided in this
court upon no such state Of facts as we
have now before us in this case
Judge GRAY, however, thinks that the
argument Of A. B. PARKER, attorney, is
precluded by the decision of PARKER,
Chief Judge. THAT was an action upon
promissory note, when the defense was
that it was made for the accommodation
Of the payee and that it had no legal in
ception. We held that the defendant was
contradicted by an admission of his own
in the body of the note that 1t was given
for value received. 1t was said, in the
opinion, that while it was open to de-
PENDANT to contradict that statement
and to show that. as matter of fact, it
was without consideration, the note
in the possession of plaintiff raised the
presumption that it was given for a
good consideration, and passed to plain
tiff in due course of business. The
defendants evidence tended to over
throw this presumption. Whether it
was true was, in view Of the legal pre-
sumption raised by plaintiffs possession
Of the note Endorsed by the payee, and
the recital therein that defendant had
received value for it. question Of fact
to be determined by the jury That
there was no consideration for the ma
king Of this note rested upon the defend
ants evidence alone and his credbility,
in view Of his admission in the note,
and Of it's possession by the plaintiff,
as it's payee, was question for the
jury to pass upon. The direction of
verdict for the defendant was therefore
an error, for which the Appellate Division
properly reversed the judgment
This decision offers an occasion for
the speculation: On what side of the
court would PARKER, Chief Judge, have
stood had he presided over this appeal?
Would he have held with Judge GRAY
and applied the ruling Of PARKER, Chief
Judge, in the case of STRICKLAND Us.
HENRY to the case at bar? Or would
he have sided with Judge O'BRIEN and
the majority of the court in distin-
gushing this case from the Strickland
case, and in supporting the contention
Of ALTON B. PARKER, counsel for the
appellant?
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Parker, Chief Judge and Attorney.


The unusual situation of former
Judge resuming the practise Of the law
and in effect overruling his own decision
has just arisen in the case OF KRAMER rs.
KRAMER, recently argued and decided
in the Court of Appeals Of this State
In that case the final appeal on behalf
of the appellant was argued by the Hon.
ALTON B. PARKER, formerly Chief Judge
of the court Mr.. PARKER's argument
was sustained by vote OF four to three
reversing thereby the order of the APP
pellate Division, First Department, and
affirming the judgment entered upon the
direction Of verdict at the trial.
The prevailing opinion ia written by
Judge O'BRIEN, and it's reasoning Is
supported by Judge VANN, Chief Judge
CULLEN and Judge WERNER. The mi
nority opinion written by Judge GRAY, is
also the opinion Of Judge BARTLETT and
Judge HAIGHT.
The question before the court was an
important one in the law OF negotiable
paper, and rested upon the significance
to be attached to the words value re-
ceived appearing on the face Of a promis-
sorry note The precise point was whether
this admission, in case where failure
of consideration was set up as Defense
presented a sufficient conflict of fact
to warrant the submission Of the case
to a jury, or whether, on the other hand
it lay within the province OF the court
to reserve this to itself.
The defendant and appellant made a
promise in the form Of note given
to husband to be delivered to his wife,
the payee, in order to secure peace be.
tween a newly married couple. The
maker of the note was the brother of
the husband. THE theory upon which
consideration for this note Is made
out, says Judge o 'BRIEN, is that before
the marriage it was contemplated that
some provision should be made by the
prospective husband for the plaintiff
1.-THE wifel, and that between the date
of the engagement and the date OF tho
marriage there were great many family
conversations upon this subject. The
plaintiff claims that it was agreed that
the prospective husband should settle
upon her $4,000. that amount to be
increased as he might be able, and it
is said that the last conversation on this
subject took place the day before the
marriage. There was no payment Of
any money nor any settlement Of prop
erty in any form made upon the plain
tiff. It is claimed that after the marriage
the financial condition of the husband
was disappointing to the wife, and that
she insisted upon the performance Of
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IabOr's New Wrangle.

For several months Mr.. SAMUEL CON-
PIERS has been lashing himself into fury
of excited indignation over a proposal
to establish new labor organization on
a large scale in competition with the
American Federation of Labor In the
Federaliet for June he devotes four pages
to an editorial which leads up to this
declaration, printed in capital letters
When any man or set OF men mask behind the
pre,ence of friendship for labor, then attempt TO
undermine or TO open fire upon the most successful
general organization OF labor that the world has
yet seen. the American Federation of Labor. we
say. This is treason. gentlemen 1t Is treason"
In the July number of that magazine
he gives six page editorial to the same
general subject paying special atten-
ton to the Hon. EUGENE V. DEBs, n
prominent leader in the new movement.
While declaring that there is no man on
earth toward whom he entertains the
slightest personal i'll will, he throws a
carefully selected assortment of bricks
at Mr.. DEBs and his associates in the
proposed organization Mr.. DEBs and
his fellow traitors to that noble institu-
ton of which Mr. GoMPERs is the honored
head and voluble mouthpiece are now
rstt1g back at Mr. GoMPERs. They are
holding a convention in Chicago. Two
hundred delegates are present for the
purpose of organizing an Industrial
Unionist" association. Among those
present 'are representatives Of the West
ern Federation of Miners, the Socialist
Trades and Labor Alliance, the United
Mine Workers of America, the United
Brotherhood of Railway Employees, the
Red Lodge of Montana, the United Jani-
tors Local 1902 of Chicago, and others,
curious tumble of worthy and Of doubtful
associations.
Thus far Mr.. DEBs has been the prn-
cipal orator of the convention. He pays