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New-York tribune., 1906-11-20
AMERICAN CRAFTSMANSHIP.

Nj Nanderlps sweeping indictment-fOr it
was nothing less than an indictment-Of Ameri-
can craftsmanship in his address at the first
meeting of the Society for the Promotion Of
Industrial Education, will not go, and, indeed,
should not go. unchallenged. That its intended
effect was most beneficent is not to be ques-
toned. That it contained a large proportion
of pertinent and timely truth few will venture
to dispute II is we'll that we should be re-
minded of the great debt which we owe to our
unique situation and natural resources, and OF
the need there Is of supplementing these advan-
tages with the highest possible cultivation of
the personal factor in the equation. 1t is well
to promote technical education, which, as we
have often pointed out. has been much neg
lected in this country in comparison with some
other lands. 1t is doubtless true that we are
too often inclined to vaunt ourselves upon the
quantity rather than the quality OF our work
and upon the rapidity and cheapness with which
we produce things rather than upon their in
trinsic merits and durability. Yet we must
hesitate to agree fully with Mr.. Vanderlip's
sweeping declaration that "No purchaser bought
''our goods for the reason that there had been
wrought into them superior handicraft Man
''ual skill controlled for US market
Never have we gained an important market
because we could do a piece Of work bet
ter than competitors could do il Never
have we sold an important CONSIGNMENT be-
cause superior handicraft entered into its pro
"duction.'
We are confident on the contrary that in
a number Of important lines American goods
are superior in handiwork to those of other
countries. and there is rea son 10 believe tba.
it is largely because of that superiority that
they have won their commanding place in the
markets Of the world In certain costly articles
of luxury some foreign lands doubtless surpass
us, though even that may be because Americans
who can afford to pay eXorbitant prices for
such things prefer to patronize foreign rather
than domestic makers But in the great
mass Of goods of medium cost such as sup
ply the needs of the great majority of the
people, American workmanship is in most es-
sential respects equal to any other, and in many
cases IL actually superior TO any other. To
what extent that fact Is recognized abroad.
and TO what extent it is TO ne credited with
the extension of our foreign trade It may not
be possible 10 determine
The end at which Mr.. Vanderlp and his as
soclates ann is however, altogether good No
matter how excellent our craftsmanship may
be. II Is susceptible Of Improvement and It Is
necessary that there should be systematic study
and training II ii is to be maintained FOr 1t
is ID respect or craftsmanship that the KEEN
est competition in future will occur The great
advantage of our natural resources Will wane
with the progressive exhaustion Of those re-
sources. Our labor saving machinery will be
indeed already is-copied by our rivals. Ali
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years Nor is it altogether disheartening, for
the reason that the circumstance has been dls-
counted in advance. But il is TO be hoped tnat
judicious and patriotic Cubans will appreciate
the fact that Governor Magoon has these diff
culties to deal with, and that be Is really en-
gagged in the task of saving Cuba not perhaps
in spite of herself but, at any rate, In spite Of
many Of her people. Let the facts be clearly
recognized The United States would have been
amply justified in 1898 in taking Cuba for its
own lust as il took Porto Rico and the Phil
ippines 1t was one of the wonders of the world.
to all other nations that it did not do so.
There were many thoughtful men within these
States who believed it made mistake in not
doing So Nevertheless it did not do so. 1t
adopted that act of self-denial. 1t did in
good faith and it means TO live up to it. 1t
means not only TO give Cuba another chance but
also to throw such weight into the scale in
Cuba's favor that there will be no possible ex-
cuse for the failure of that chance 1t will
make Cuba independent and stable, If it is pos
sible to do so. as it believes it is. 1t is a pity
that the burden of the United States should be
thus aggravated by those who ought to do all in
their power to tighten it. But the United States
will bear the burden, and it will not be its fault
If it does not bear ii TO the goal of complete
New-York tribune., 1906-11-20
NEW HISTORICAL SOCIETY HOME.
New York Organization viii Celebrate lo2d
Anniversary In 1t To-day.

Tbs first meeting OF the New York Histor'eai
Society in its new building. in Central PARK Wes-
bA-vyaen 18th and nth streets, will De held to-ai
~ celebrate the 1925 anniversary OF The founding
the society Dr. William MIlltgan Sloane VIII sVsA
~ proportion and Values IN American History
Samuel Verplanck Hoffman. Frederic Nena'4
Jackson and James William Beckrlan are me II
ntyersary committee The exterior or the man p4''
Of the building is completed The entire hnilns
as planned. including two wings on the norrn AID
south ends, will cost at least S1,ooooo-
The erection OF the structure IS due TO ths n1h-
cence OF Henry Dexter as a memorial 70 as 81 80
Orlando Perry Dexter. who was shoC n tAs AZ
rondacks a few years ago MI Dexter, Who - Nv Nv
ntnety-four years old, has been q member OF As
society since 1862 An officer or the society =
nounced yesterday that some OF us oelons-as
would be moved into the new structure he1N seeA
and that the work OF moving would continue sIaa
ually according TO the progress mads n "'-
plettng tho structure. ,,,,-
Mayor Low in November 1SoS the site, eonssl1s
OF ten lots being purchased in 1S9l. Wnen -
building IS completed the offices will ee on -
first floor. with the assembly hall anu rea.--s
rooms In the southwest corner or the s-lSt1'
will be library OF 10000 volumes. . r
On the second floor. over the assembly nal W.
be the study room, lighted from overhead on tnfss
sides This Will contain several alcoves and vi
connect directly with the book stacks. 2a-culs
overhead will also connect with the stacks an
lead TO four the mezzantne hoor; INTENDED
front OF the second story IS TO be occupied oy 70
New-York tribune., 1906-11-20
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE DINNER
German and British Ambassadors Will Be
Among the Speakers

One OF the largest annual dinners given by
the Chamber OF Commerce will be that OF Thurs
day evening OF this week at the Waldorf. About
six hundred men will sit at the tables in the grand
ballroom Of the hotel. The speeches will deal
with international topics largely, as the CHIEF
speakers are TO be Baron Speck Won Sternburg the
German Ambassador, and Sir Henry Mortimer
Durand. the British Ambassador II is hoped
that Commander Peary will arrive in the city in
time to be a speaker at the dinner.
The committee of arrangements for the dinner
Is composed of ]. Edward simmons. chairman;
Cornelius n. Bliss. Charles Stewart Smith. J. S
Kennedy James Stillman. William Butler Duncan
and John Crosby Brown, Among the well known
Nfa New aoTheTS Wno are TO be at the dinner are
Morgan, D. Q. Mills. Jacob H schifr. William H
Truesdae. Charles A. Moore. Robert c. Ogden
Gustav H. schwa6. John Clahin, Woodbury. Lans.
Woodward, Vernon H. Brown, Henry NJ Fiasler.
Richard I Wilson. A: Barton Hepburn. John
Isaac N. seligman. George F. Seward. Samuel
Spencer, Charles Ianier. John Jacob Astor August
Belmont, H: H vrsela4d. Clarence H Mackay.
George Gray Ward. Henry Clews George r
Baker and Robert {. Clowry.
New-York tribune., 1906-11-20

that is serviceable in our business organlza-
ton will also be adapted to the uses of other
lands. Deprived of these advantages, and
placed upon an even footing with other lands In
such respects, we shall have to excel If we do
so at all, in the character ana quality OF our
too much attention to the development of in
dustrial education. Hitherto, with the advan
ia ges with which nature endowed us, we may
not have felt the need of such education and
training, but we may be sure that that need
will steadily increase in future, and that, if we
are to maintain our present superiority In the
industrial and commercial world over rivals
whose competition daily grows more keen and
more resourceful, we shall have to employ their
methods as we'll as our own, just they are
adopting our methods In addition to their
New-York tribune., 1906-11-20
THE DIPLOMATIC CORPS.

tFrom The Tribune Bureau-l
Washington, Nov. 19.-Miss Louisa Moncheur. the
third daughter of the Belgian Minister. who came
to Washington to attend the wedding Of Miss Kath-
leen Clayton. sister of the Baroness Moncheur, TO
Arthur Grant Duff. last Monday, is critically i'll at
the legation The baron and baroness have can
ceed all their social engagements. and the baron s
two other daughters Miss Marguerite and Miss
Alike Moncheur, who at school with their
sister Sharon Hill. Philadelphia were sent
for. and arrived at the legation this afternoon
Miss Moncheur not in the best OF health when
she came 10 Washington for the wedding. and soon
afterward typhoid pneumonia developed
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Grant Duff. who since their
marriage last Monday In the Belgian Legation have
been spending their honeymoon in Virginia. are
expected in Washington tomorrow for about a
week. They will sail December from New
York for London.
Roberto Centaro. attache OF the italian Embassy.
who arrived IN New York yesterday from Genoa.
reached the embassy tonight.
New-York tribune., 1906-11-20

Yesterdays exasperatlng bridge blockades
which were merely repetitions of occurrences
which have long been so common as to attract
little attention, give point to the observation of
Tribune reader yesterday. TO the effect that for
the last five months he had been living twenty
five miles out in New Jersey, that in all that
time he had not once failed to get a comfort
able seat. without crowdlng, in boat and train,
and that only once had there been much as
a minutes delay in transit. and then for only
few minutes. And his fare was only about 10
cents each way-and he greatly preferred paying
10 cents for such accommodations rather than 5
cents for those on the bridge. This contrast in
facilities suggests the handicap to growth in
population which the wretched transit facilities
between Manhattan and Brooklyn impose upon
the latter borough
New-York tribune., 1906-11-20
FUNERAL OF S. NICHOLSON KANE

The funeral Of s Nicholson Kane was held yes
terday at the Church Of the Ascension Fifth
avenue and 18th street. The Rev Walter E elf
TON Smith curate OF the parish, read the first part
OF the service and the Rev r G. Quenneu vicar
OF Ascension Chapel the lesson. Bishop Potter
read the committal office. Mr.. Kane was not a
member OF the Church OF the Ascension but his
sister. Miss Syoil Kent Kane. has been for years
The honorary palbearers were Senator George P
Wetmore. Rear Admiral Sigsbee Archibald Rogers
Thomas NeWoold. Adrian Iselin, Irving Grinne
George Macculloch Miller. ]. Frederick Tams
Gerald L Hoyt. H De Coursey Forbes Charles
Augustus Schermerhorn. F. c. Post. Commander
J. d Jerrold Kelley and LoYaH Fsrragut AT the
funeral We're Mr. and Mrs. DelanCeY Kane ana
MISS Mss Kane. Nj and Mrs John I Kane and Miss
Sybll Kent Kane, Mr.. and Mrs. Augustus jaw
De Lancey Kane Jay, Mrs. Woodbury. Kane. Mr.
ana Mrs r NJ Phelps and Mr.. and Mrs. Gren-
NiHe name Floral pieces We're sent by the New
york Yacht Club. the Union Club. the alumni OF
me me United states Naval Academy, the Church
Cluo and by many other organizations
New-York tribune., 1906-11-20
ENEMIES OF CUBA.

Two kinds OF enemies of Cuba appear to be
perniciously active at this time. One comprises
those insular politicians, Of whatever party, who
exalt partisanship above patriotism and object
10 any adjustment Of affairs by Governor Magoon
which might fail to give them all the offices or
which might leave or put some of their political
opponents in power. There already has been as
we have hitherto pointed out, too much clam
oring for "clean sweep" of the Offices The
United States has not interviewed in Cuba for
any such purpose, and the Cubans ought TO rec
ogniZe that fact. They ought TO learn, and they
must learn, too, that in free republic one party
must be In the minority and that il is lust as
essential and Just as much the part Of patriotism
for it TO accept that status Loyalty and acquiesce
IN the viii Of the people which has placed the
other party in power as it is for the party in
power TO administer honestly and Justly the
duties with which it has been invested If there
are Conservatives in Cuba who object TO Gov
ernor MagOons policy because they fear il will
turn the control Of affairs over TO the Liberals
or If there are Liberals who object 10 il because
they think ii will leave the Conservatives, or
some OF them, tn Office, they playing the part
Of enemies 10 the best interests of their country
The other kind of enemies consists Of those
who, current news items indicate, are in
triguing against the establishment of any native
government whatever in the island and for an
neXation or at least q permanent prOtectorate
by the United States. We are told that foreign
financial interests actively aiding that prop
agaDda II would not be easy 10 imagine more
gross impertinence. The island OF Cuba is not
10 be exploited and disposed Of at the beck and
nod Of allen spectators. or even of investors.
Il may be granted that honest investors have
q legitimate interest in the government of the
Island But that interest does not Justify them
in intriguing the manner reported. They went
10 Cuba and Invested there with the fullest
knowledge Of the intention Of this country to
relinquish the government of the island TO the
people thereof. If that Sef-abnegatory adden-
dun 10 the act authorizing intervention in 1898
served no other valuable purpose, il, at any rate.
gave ample notice 10 ali the world that Cubans
would be responsible for Cuba, and that alI who
invested in that island must look 10 Havana
and not to Washington for the safeguarding of
their interests. Men who invested capital In
Cuba with that clear understanding have no
business now TO call upon the United States TO
reverse its policy for their protection.
IL is not surprising must confess, that
these two classes Of enemies OF Cuba are max
Ing themselves Extensively conspicuous at this
time, for %e aave bcel used to precisely such
narformances CT intervals for a number OF
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WAS THIS GUARANTEE KEPT

Said William Randolph Hearst in a campaign
speech in this city on October s:
| guarantee not to contribute more funds to
my own campaign. in which I am personally in
terested, than did to the campaigns of Grover
Cleveland and William Jennings Bryan. in which
l was merely interested a Democrat.
We suppose that in this guarantee Mr..
Hearst bad in mind only the funds which were
to be spent after his nomination to office: that
is. those which are included in his recently filed
election expense voucher. We suppose there
was no quibbe about it, and that he did not
mean TO compare his contributions to his own
tions to the three Cleveland campaigns and the
two Bryan campaigns. According to the GER
tifcate filed with the Secretary of State, Mr..
Hearst spent in his campaign for Governor
$256,370 % Now, did Mr.. Hearst contribute
over O quarter of a million dollars to either
Of the Bryan campaigns to any one of the
Cleveland campaigns? Did the total of mis-
campaigns equal his acknowledged expendi-
lures in his own campaign? A guarantee is
a solemn enough form of assertion for the
public to be entitled to have some light on this
question. Is it Mr.. Hearst's habit to go down
into his pocket for a quarter of a million as
his contribution to national campaigns in which
he is interested merely as a Democrat? If
Of the sinews of war with his declaration made
also in the speech quoted above: II do not be-
leve in the use of money in politics.?
New-York tribune., 1906-11-20
NOTES OF SOCIETY IN WASHINGTON.

IFrom The Tribune BureauI
Washington. Nov. 1e.-Leuterant General Nell
A. Miles is the guest of his son-in-law and
daughter. Major and Mrs. Samuel Reber
Mrs. Thomas T. Gaf returned to Washington
tonight. joining her daughter. Miss Zaidie Ga If
who preceded her mother by several days They
will open their homo within the next few
days.
Major General and Mrs H c. Merriam have
taken apartment here for the winter
Lieutenant Colonel and Mrs. Charles Newbold
have returned from Europe and opened their
Washington home.
Misses Perkins have returned from abroad and
to- morrow.
mally number Of Washington friends Of her
ish Minister to Denmark Lady Alan will leave
Washington next week for New York. where she
will remain till December l. the date OF her sail
ing for Europe. Mrs. Pinchot will entertain at
dinner in honor of her daughter on Wednesday
November q. and again Saturday. November "a
Miss Caryl Crawford. daughter OF Mr.. and Mrs
Joseph Crawford. OF Stoneleigh Court. who
introduced to society at tea Tuesday. No
vember 6. by her mothers old friend Mrs. Francis
B. Loring. entertained a number Of the seasons
debutantes at luncheon to-day in the Chevy Chase
Club. Her guests were Miss Margarstta Symons
Miss Joanna Schroeder. Miss Ruth Tanner, Miss
Laura Wells. Miss Ne vIands. who came out last
season: Miss Marian Stevens. Miss Eleanor
Parker. Miss Jean Loring. Miss Stephanie Tres
cott. Miss Katherine ClaoauSh. Miss Maxwell. a
debutante OF last season; Miss Olga Converse
Miss Evelyn Chew. Miss Esther Denny, Miss
New-York tribune., 1906-11-20
NO AMBASSADOR CHOSEN.
Possible Successors of Sir Mortimer Durand
Discussed

London, Nov. 19.-Runlor has been busy concern
Ing several diplomats who may succeed Sir Morti-
mer Durand as British Ambassador at Washington
Men who have American connections or who have
at different times been connected with the en-
bassy at Washington chiefly mentioned Among
them Cecil Spring-Rtce, who has recently taken
up his duties British Minister at Teheran, and
Gerard A Lowther, the British Minister Tangier.
Neither Of these, II is learned. is likely ap-
pointed TO the Washington post. as they both have
special work to perform in their present places.
Lord Curzon of Kedleston IS still mentioned in
quarters. despite the Foreign Office state
nlent that ne had not been considered 1t is be-
lieved here that his appointment would be well
coined IN the United States but there is some doubt
whether he would accept Enthusiastically after
being viceroy. Besides there would be much
opposition 10 his appointment on the part OF the
Liberal politicians. who strongly OF the opinion
that the post should to a supporter Of the party
in power Any suggestions on the subject at pres
ent mere con lectures, the question OF Sir
Mortimer's successor has not yet been formally
New-York tribune., 1906-11-20
Il 4nlnSementS.


AcADEMY OF MUsIC-s-Merchant of Venice
ALHAMBRA-2-S-Naudev
ASrOR-S:l5-The Daughters of Men.
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BROADWAf-S-The
CARNEGIE HAIL-3-Sembrich Recital
CASINo-S-The Blue
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GARDEN-S.2o-Nadam Butterfly.
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HERALD soUARE-2-s-The Great Decide and
About Town
EIPPODROAE-2-S-A Society Circus
HUDSoN-s 1.-THE Hypocrites.
IRVING PLACES: :9e-pe kstakomhen CThe Cataconbs).
kSICkERBOCKER-S:15- Red Mil
l4BERTY-s-Susan search of Husband and A
Tenement Tragedy.
LJNcoLN sQUARE-sl5-The Love Route
LYCEUM-s:I6-The Lion and the Mouse
LYRIC-s:I5-The New YORK idea
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NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Passes: s-l5-The Tourists
COMMUNICATIONS.
new AMsTERDAM-s :15.Csesar and Cleopatra
NEW YORK-s:15-Forty-fv Minutes from Broadway.
PRINCESS ;i5-Hedda Gaber-s:2o The Great
Divide.
sAVoy-s. s.I5-Sir Anthony
WALI>A ACTS SIS .l5-1'he Rich Mr. Hoggerhe elmer.
WEEER'S-S .20-Twtddle-Twad
New-York tribune., 1906-11-20
No WATER FROM OUTSIDE.

The unanimous decision of the Court of Er-
rors and Appeals of the State of New Jersey
rendered Yesterday in the Hudson County
Staten Island water case was precisely what
has been foretold by the Tribune, and is
In accord with sound sense, economy and nru-
dence. IT is 70 the effect that the law of
1908 fOrhidding the alienation or expectation
of the potable waters of the state is constitu-
tional and valid, and must be respected The
practical result is 10 prevent the Borough of
Richmond from getting a water supply from
Hudson County elsewhere in New Jersey
We trust this will not prove 4 serious hard
ship to our fellow tOWnsmen of Richmond but
even If 1t should we could. not blame New
Jersey but would still be compelled to ap-
plaud the judgment of the court as reasona-
bic and righteous. If blame is TO fall unon
any, 1t should be upon those who for years
past, for speculative or other reasons have been
holding up before the people of New York the
false hope of getting a water supply from
sources IN some other state We have not been
unmndful OF the advantages of such supplies
If they could be obtained and properly con-
Tolled. We have in these columns pointed out
that certain Connecticut sources could give
New York superb supply at far lower cost
than any other. But we have also emphasized
the points that there no probability that
Connecticut or any other state would ever
New-York tribune., 1906-11-20
THE SCOTS AS STATESMEN
Their Prominence in Great Britain and
America
From The Scotsman.


Dundee gave proof yesterday of good taste and
sound judgment in comforting the freedom of the
city the American Ambassador. Mr. WhitelaT
Reid deserved the honor, alike personal grounds
whom own is so nearly allied by blood and a
common language and literature. and so cIosel.,
bound by the ties of commerce. One is glad 10
have confirmation of the statement thar Mr. Rsij
of Scottish Scotland is the last countrv
where the ties and the obligations of raCa and
blood, in the second and third generation are
has given directly and through her colonies in the
North Ireland. some of her best blood 70 me
founding and the building of the great Ameri-
can Republic 1t Is pleasing know that the
ciative of what they owe TO the Scottish strain in
them No element in their composite nationality
says Mr. Reid has been more trusted. or with bet
II has furnished the states as Ii fur
nished the colonies at early period with some
greatest of their statesmen. the most brill
ant Of their soldiers, the enterprising OF
benefits OF the intercourse between Scotland and
the other side of the Atlantic have not been one
sided, the admiration is mutual The bond, as the
ambassador reminds US. is of q double strand
sentiment and material interests The American
Republic is Dundees hest customer; New York
does one third of its business with our empire
ing of others least equally powerful that n
not be weighed measured or summed up In
trade returns, why good relations and friendly
feelings should be Increased and strengthened.
Mr. Whitelaw Reid was struck by the habit
which Scotland; and especially the eastern side
of it. has acquired OF governing the British en-
every corner OF the Kings dominion but what has
struck him particularly is that out of the nve
British Prime Ministers he has known four have
been Scotsmen of Scottish birth, and three
have been enrolled IN the Dundee burgess list.
The fact is significant well singular. 1t
enhances the compliment paid 10 him by Dundee:
ship and the habit OF rule are both grown and re-
warded-