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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-08-13
The Graft Charges In Mantle.

Secretary TAFT has ordered an inveS-
tigation of a system Of petty graft al
legged to have existed In the Philippines
among army officers stationed In the ISL
ands. 1t appears that some OF h army
men have gone too far in providing for
their physical comfort and their personal
welfare at public expense. The v
complained of is undoubtedly a devel-
opment of the practice begun in Cuba,
although there were a few trifing abuses
in the first days of American rule In
the Philippines.
In Cuba some very heavy drafts were
made by officers on the insular revenues
for comforts and oonveniences, for
horses, carriages and servants. The
statement Of expenditures includes all
sorts of things, from horses, carriages
and furniture to waffle irons, lemon
soueezers, newspapers and magazines,
and bath sponges for personal USE
Some OF these articles were duly 40
counted for, but more OF them were lost
In the shuttle. Some even escaped from
the palace at Havana, and no man knows
where they went.
In the early days in Manila 1t was
deemed proper and necessary to pro-
vide officers and officials with equipages
of one kind or another for use in the
discharge of their duties. When IT was
found that the officials walked or hired Q
auilez by the trip, while Mrs. Official used
the Government carriage for shopping
calling and pleasure driving, General OTIS
curtailed the privileges. In Cuba there
were horses, carriages, servants, furni-
ture and the like to the end Of stay
for Generals, Captains and L~ieutenants
Some OF these benefciaries fell into 9
careless habit of taking q little more
than was really due to them, because &C
much came 80 easily, and they carried
their Cuban habits with them when they
went to the Philippines.
1t Is improbable that there has beeh
in any Of the cases reported from Manila
a criminal intent. II is more likely that
officers who would not dream Of asking
the Quartermaster to supply them viii
sealskin overooats at Fort Niobrars
or Fort Ethan Allen have expected thu
Department to give to them shower
baths, easy chairs and other ttifss il
Luzon and Panay.
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Educating the Fnipinos.

IN the Philippine Islands 800 American and 5000
Filipino teachers are busy educattns nearly 500 900
pupils Of all ages.
Mr.. Scott, chief clerk Of the Philippine Board of
Education. said a few days ago that 10 per cent.
Of the population Of the Philippines. nearly 800 900,
now speak English, and that the Filipino boy until
he reaches the are Of 10 10 mentally superior 10
the American Of the Sans sse. Bat there his supe
riority ends. and our educational system has not
existed long enough 10 enable US to determine his
capacity during the second period OF his mental
development.
The Filipino boy IA inferior physically 10 the
American boy at all stages, but the girl Of the
Islands. according to Mr.. Scott. though Of small
physique In carly years, exceeds NJ the age OF "a
the stature Of the American girl. and Is ;ncompar.
ably superior 10 her native brothers.
All the American teachers and 900 of the Flliplnos
are paid by the insular Government. The others arc
paid by the municipalities.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-08-13
SILK CULTURE.
ITS Slow, Progress IN the United States In
Spite OF Bounties.
From the Boston Transcript.

From the Boston Transcript.
Az early as 1872 French Huguenots intro.
duced silk into Georgia. where lands wer
granted to settlers who would agree to plant
100 mulberry trees to every ten acres OF land
which they cleared. Sever years later Par.
Lament passed an act %exempting from taxa.
tIon silk grown in Georgia or Carolina, and
an italian expert was sent out to establish .
hiature. Within a year the receipts Of
cocoons at this factory exceeded 10. 700 pounds,
while the quality Of raw silk produced brought
IGJss the latter part OF the century ths
culture Of silk was introduced into New Eng.
land, Mansfield. Conn. became the centre
o Of an 3p sBe site q si lie sffG 2st sik isctory II tbs
ri, Tx sr E|iszslu,t item R %SIsS t. id asplt nc 8 s ssscv e
sntil i az by that time Congressional inyes-
t-Iastio3 bad given an impetus : to T.. putting ans
the INDUSTRY Sns sik WSre % became es .es q ms sDHa
p spftGSa oSssnas 'S Who had invested sssIr forums.
money m %ssi Making I1inaes snt eS SisS,s q, The times, T6s
s snniea 81 cut e by P tie hard sl%ss q iss5 and i.
ssain IN 1854 With an appropTlati9n for invss:
tlsatlons, which we're continued fr9m IN ss
s to yssd5 N 10, !s sod has hns benz ssP'S sPsntsd s s%
year since. u The mssnt!me, aIa IS by stat T.
do a paying business in the expectation Of
IN sTite 81 our allow development OF the raw
material the United States Ave, years aSso
passed France and became, the leading, SILK
estimated that 500 silk mills are now in oper.
alton. distributing annually to 70 600 persoSs
s2i ,ooo, 900 in wages and producing silk goods
in the production Of raw silk. and Of the worlds
annual output Of about 81 100000 pounds
produces more thai, half. Japan comes psm s
total. India, Slam, Persia, Turkey, Greece.
Italy, France. Spain, Portu gal, and the Balkan
American grown silk can compete In quality
with the products Of other silk growing eoun.
tries is evident from the award at the 81. LOUIS
to Louis Boris .Magid. for fibres grown a
Tallulah Falls. Ga. where he has plantaa
mere ne ss ssHn 2oo, oG % Mulberry II s s5s sMo aesssnea '@
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The Aouarium,s Scaoow,

To THE EDITOR or TIE SUS-Str: VIII you have
the Kindness TO correct an error which has been
making the rounds OF the newspapers TO the effect
that the large seacow that has Just died al the
Aquarium cost ts.O0of As q matter OF fact. the
animal cost the city nothing. II was presented BY
A. W. DimooI Of Marco. Fla, and was trans
portod 10 New York by the Florida East Coast
Railway Company and the Clyde Line Steamship
company absolutely free Of charge.
think you will agree with me that II 10 not quite
fair 10 Mr.. Dimock and the officers VI the trans
p~orta,lon companies, who have been so generous
10 allow the report TO become current that II was
purchased.
As the usual price OF q Florida seacow Tor mana
tee, Is sloo, the statement that this specimen cost
the city s., 900 is somewhat Of a reflection on the
Judgment OF those who purchase for the Aquarium.
The animal was very large and heavy and died
from injuries probably received during capture
n was 10 feet 4 inches long and weighed el0 pounds
The specimen has been turned over 10 the Amer
ionn Museum Of Natural History In Mr.. Dimook'i
name. u II. iouhshNp'
Director Of the Aquarium.
NEW YORK. August II.
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Story OF American Imports.

Although the classification Is OF ne
cessity somewhat arbitrary, American
merchandise imports are divided into
five groups. An interesting phase OF
the economic development Of the United
States appears in a review Of tho increase
shown in these classes. General indie
pendence of the rest Of the world in the
matter of food products is shown in the
purchases of ARTICLES Of food and ami
mails Imports of this kind show a
considerable fuotuation, but little or no
actual increase. Using the figures OF
Ave year periods, the record Is this:
1900. ........ SEAS. eoo. ss i~sop......... szis.io7.s os
isss. ....,... ass.A.,in 1895 ,........ sc.oss 7sS
The largest year within that time was
1892, when the figures were a fraction
below $500, OOO, 700, The smallest year
was 1893, when the imports only a little
exceeded sl7O, 200, 900. These various
sums are represented chiefly by u pur-
chases of tea, coffee, sugar, fruits, cocoa,
fish, dc. The comparative fxity Of the
total value Is due mainly to lower prices
of the articles imported. The quanti-
ties bought are larger. Thus the price
of sugar is given as 3.2s in 1890 and as
a.s5 in 1905, while coffee dropped from
10 in 1890 to 81 In 1905. These two items
are the most important on the list.
A widely different story is told in
importations OF raw materials These
have risen from SITS, 500, 900 in 1890 to
sse4, 500 900 in 1905. For the fiscal year
just CLOSED they are reported as t4i5,-
$4,000. From 1900 to 1899 there was
some fuotuation but no important gain.
Since then they have jumped from s2is,-
ooo, 900 to the present figures. While in
crease appears in a wide variety OF arti'
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-08-13

A curiosity In journalism 10 the copy Of
an esteemed Costa Rioan contemporary,
the Liaon Weekly News, which m to us
with two pages Of advertisements, q copy
of the new printing law and the notice;
until further notice the issue Of the L'rnon
Weekly Ns,os Is suspended, as prescribed
by the new law Of June 90, ls0s.'
Two blank pages represent the reading
matter, and the editor carries caution to
the point Of emitting even his title head
and running title. A glance at the pro.
visions Of this extraordinary law, worded
in quaint English, justifes his caution, for
not only are publications Of any kind for
hidden unless ell concerned give security
that the Government will find no objec-
tons to them, but editors and authors are
put under heavy bonds to make sure that
whatever fines Costa Rioan courts may
impose will be paid. The law was passed
by tho Congress at the instance OF the
Executive
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-08-13
Big Ben Loses q Minute.

at LSHtSV bhbN S''o""N'
"Bix Ben Is so much above reprosch as q IA
tional Institution that when anything goes wrong
with the great clock II Is generally assumed 'hA'
the weather Is TO blame. Yesterday morning
Messrs. Dent, the builders Of the clock, were m
formed that IL had lost a minute.
II was tho chief item Of local interest. Every oh'
said that the poor clock was suffering from 10.
heat, and that the pendulum had got weary o,
wagglng through the tropical hours, but the ro1
cause was given By Mr., Dent.
when we heard OF the unusual occurrence" DO
said, "we sent down a skilled workman TO ascertain
the cause. He found that the clock was eoffe'H
but that the workmen had been changing the lamps
In the clock tower, and In so doing they must nave
interfered with the dial works and so checked vac
progress OF the clock. Al 2 o'clock everything
was In order again"
big Ben" Is the largest striking clock IN VA,
world. The minute hands are u feet long ana
weigh ? cwt each. the pendulum Is Is feet long anu
the bob weight 4 cwt. II takes two men I'VE hoH.'
TO wind the clock, which Is done three times a wee.
Twice a day big Ben telegraphs It's time Aho
matlcaliy to Greenwich Observatory, which en-
ables It's performance to be checked,
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to enter q port blockaded by the naval
forces Of either party.
Are we still convinced OF the expedi-
ency Of persisting In this attitudef Eet
us suppose that We were engaged In o
wal with Great Britain or with Germany.
1t IL probable in the case Of Great Brit
ain, and II we cut down our programme
OF naval construction, at least conceiv-
able in the case OF Germany, that after
one or more tests We should find our-
selves unable to compete in squadron
warfare. How should we then like TO
see our surviving war vessels condemned
10 %innoouous desuetude OF restricted 10
duels, % in the War Of 1912, when one
of than should happen to encounter an
enemy's warship Of equal or inferior
ornament? How sho' Id we then 'eel
to find ourselves cut of by an agreement
10 which we had become q party from
employing u remaining war vessels
In the role OF commerce d~estroyersF
From the general application by belig-
srents Of their warships to that function
we should have very little to lose, since
we have relatively few merchantmen
employed in tho ocean carrying trade
The injury, on the other hand, which u
navy, even il crippled, could infiot upon
the ocean borne commerce. OF Great
Britain or of Germany could not fail TO
be enormous. The bare apprehension
of such an injury would cause Great
Britain or Germany to hesitate long De-
fore provoking us to hostilities, and the
huge dimensions OF the loss that would
actually be incurred In the event OF q
conflict with the United States, were we
committed to q policy Of commerce de-
struotion, would furnish Great Britain or
Germany with the strongest incentive TO
the quick conclusion Of q peace. From
the viewpoint, then, OF humanity, Is 1t
far sighted or short sighted so to narrow
the arena Of legal warfare as to MINI
mize it's destructiveness and thus
a prospective belligerent to regard with
relative equanimity a recourse to war;
It might be we'll for our State Depart
ment once more to consider seriously
whether to make war on the United
States might not seem to some Ell
ropean Powers less ~inexpedient were
we to renounce the right to employ our
warships as d~estroyers. 1t
is pretty certain that no such renuncta-
ton will be made by Great Britain or
France. In 1899, it may be remembered
Sir JULIAN PAUNcErorE and NJ, BouH-
GEo1s abstained at The Hague from
voting on the question on the plea that
they had received no explicit instructions
from their Governments on the subject.
Whistler or no the next peace CON
gress will agree that ali goods carried
under a neutral flag, whsther such goods
have hitherto been regarded as contra
band or not, shall be exempt from SELF
ure, we may reasonably hope that the
Powers represented at The Hague will
concur in declaring that food and the
raw material Of peaceful industries shall
not hereafter be looked upon a contra
band Of war. This. as we have often
pointed out, is a matter Of vital import
to Great Britain and Of great commercial
interest to thu United States, and may
soon become one Of scarcely less mo-
ment to Germany.
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little stir In the twenty-four centuries
since the Gauls founded " and gave 1t
Ito name, Sena Gallica. -,
The women OF sinigaglia have now
changed all this and have filed with
CONSERVATION the Italian politicians.
The italian country school teacher, like
her American sister, Is nothing " not
bright and energetic. Ten primary
school teachers Of ~Sinigaglia, according
to the Rome correspondent OF the Tab
let, having advanced ideas about their
rights, went before the Board OF Registry
and demanded that their names should
DO put on the voting lists. Male SIM
gagiia thought this q great joke, till the
board complied with the demand. Then
the District Attorney got busy: he car
ried the case to the provincial Court OF
Appeal at Anoona. and that body has
Just confirmed the legality OF tho regis
tration. The case will undoubtedly be
carried to the highest tribunal, the Court
Of C~assation, but lawyers believe that the
decision will stand.
In that case tho ten Sinigaglia school,
ma'ams, by merely insisting on their
legal rights, will have gained the suf-
frage for women throughout Italy, with
out any parliamentary action. 1t would
be % astonishing an example of judicial
legislation o. history can show, for how
over open TO the new interpretation the
Italian Constitution may be, there is no
doubt that its trainers had no idea OF
making women voters.
At any rate, sinigaglia becomes a war
ory for woman suffrage. and the ten
primary schoolma'ams enter into his
tory, as collective heroines. like the
eleven thousand virgins of Cologne.
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Thu Esssx Assemblymsn are said 10 favor the
~seiectioa OF exProsecutor Of the Pleas CHANDLER
W. MIXER for We seat which Senator DRYDEN now
holds, -Neps from Nsu Jsrser,
The Hon. JOHN FAIRFIELD DRYDEN Is not
to be allowed to deprive philanthropy of ever
Q part Of his time and efforts, Honorable as
II Is to serve the State, to serve humanity Is
better, purar, nobler. He who makes the
laws Is small indeed compared to him from
whom the people learn thrift and the virtues
~ eeonouy.
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The schoolma'ams Of slnigaslia.

Sinigaglia, the picturesque little fish
ing town on the Adriatic above Ancona,
seems likely to mako a name In italian
history. Hitherto it has been chiefly
celebrated az the birthplace Of Pope
Plus TX. and for memories Of the old
Roman days. Hard by lie tbs Metaurus
River, where HAsDRUBAL was undone,
and PoMPEY burned down the town in
the civil war. The town has its share,
too, OF mediavalart and romantic renais-
sance traditions, but II has created very
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-08-13
Tribute TO n Gifted Man.

To THx EpIToR or THE SUS-,Siv: The Twi.
light Park man wao rescued the red squirrel With
-one foot frozen TO a stone" deserves the palm.
That such . gifted one should waste his genius
on chipmunks when there lie such q mediocrity
In new fsh and snake stories 10 too bad. Some
accomplished liars write TO THR SUN, but there
has been no such hrtls,!o lying about animals
since Seton Thompson quit the business.
ELMKR, y. j., August 10. COUNTRY BOY.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-08-13
Cause Of vermant's Heated Term.

To rHx EpgTos OF THE suN-Sy: Your article
Of August Q, Thoughts on the Present Discontents,"
deals only With the minor causes OF the present
heated torn. Up here In Vermont we all know inc
raj cause, and you have overlooked II entirely.
II IN caused BY oveIheating OF the ball bearing
pens Of the editorial written In the ofhcea OF the
Rutland Herald and the lack Of sufhcient lubrioa-
ton Of The presses Of the same paper In getting
out the thousands OF extra copies Of the Herald
with which tho votefs Of Vermont are being DEL
uasd In q desperate attempt 20 elect the head OF
the Qeno. Demo State ticket. Percival w. Clement.
Tho voters OF the whole State arc receiving q
copy of the HeruId. Mr.. Clement Is after the
prootorv good and hard. and 1t 10 not young"
Proctor alone, but "oid' Proctor. as he was pleased
70 term him In one OF his pseudo addresses the
other night
-old- Proctor stli stands quite well In Vermont
and vti long AFTER the people have forgotten Mr..
Clement and his coon quartet. Tho vote In
september will show that the voten OF Vermont
have no fears thst Young Proctor Is not made
Of the can sturdy stun % "old" Proctor-hs
honored fnther.
One further reason for the excessive heat Is ad-
vanced BY many. [. e.. that Il Is due TO the lncin
Grafton Of this great extra edition--wrappeS and
ali. one old farmer said 20 me to-day: They
arc handy for the old woman 70 kindle the hre with
n 4 O'Clock In the morning, when everything Is
wet with dew" Complete nles OF the Herald FOL
August will not be found In many Vermont farm
houses on September !. IN A.
81. JoHseDvBI, W., August 10.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-08-13
The Chiyairous southerner.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuT-Sir: what sub
scnbcr" has TO say In The SUN OF July 20 about
southern Chlvalry" Is not only narrow from .
standpoint Of common sense but Ia entirely wrong
In It's display Of sectional feeling
His silly statement about idiots" sounds like
tie clap Of a broken bell. A SoUTPERNRn.
OMAHA, Neb., August Q.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-08-13
Dress Reformer's Fate.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuH-sfr: When Re
formed gets his plan OF dress hereafter" into COM
mission, that same old thermometer that was re-
sponsible for his idea will prove that It's eye was
upon him: and with q drop OF 30 degrees or So
REFORMED will be glad 10 60 home with only his
crash ends protrud,ng from beneath o borrowed
~oyercoat. ]. W. z.
NEW YonK, August IL.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-08-13

From he on CITY b.tsfard.
That q baseball club 10 effective rs an advertising
medium 10 nicely tiuGtrnted In the case OF Patton,
Pa. which was unknown before the enthusiasm
Of the place purchased the Horneli franchise.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-08-13

RICHARD CRoKxH mas summoned AN
naEv FRKRpAAN TO visit him In Ireland
and lay plans for the defeat Of WILLIAM r.
.HnAHsT. A conference Of political giants
a meeting Of twin statesmen OF majestic
mould, The Empire State halts b~reathless
while its fate Is decided by these master
oraftsman.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-08-13

Knioker-Take care OF the pennies
Bocker-And the dollars will take care OF ~
campaign fund,
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n our friend, cho favor ~ nth m'anu'erfp" ro'
publication ptsh TO haze rejected articles returned my
must In all cases send stamps for thaf ptrposs.
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Published by Tho Sun Printing and Publishing
Association at 40 Nassau street. In the bopusn Of
Manhattan, New York.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-04-29

most daring as well as the most beauti-
full horsewomen in England she had a
severe spill which has resulted in SER
ious conclusion of the BRAIN from which
1t is likely that she may not recover.
Lady Orkney was at one time better
known as Connie Gilchrist the famous
Gaiety actress.
Her love of horses brought her into con-
tact with the hunting set, and it Is stated
that her engagement to Lord Orkney was
primarily due to a friendly dispute over
the ownership of magnificent hunter
which both wished to acquire. They could
not agree until finally his lordship sug-
gested that the only way in which they
could both be satisfied would be to get
married and so have Joint ownership;
which they did and, in the story of the
Christmas fairy tale have lived happily
ever since. -
Lady Orkney is not the only gaiety act
ress who has made great reputation. IN
the hunting field. There, for instance, is
Belle Billion, erstwhile of the gaiety who
is now Countess of Clancarty for whom
every Hibernan in the south of Ireland
would go through fire and water, and who
If the Irish were to vote for queen,
would certainly be elected by an over
whelmIng majority. She rides furiously
to hounds and has scored many a bad
spill Dul Siie 10 diSO a ucNotSu hiolhOi VI
twins.
Another Gaiety girl who is now March
ioness of Headfort, was Miss Rosie Boote.
who left the plaudits of Jonneydom in the
first row to take first rank among the
hard riding set in West Meath, where the
poor amateur horseman or horsewoman
finds little sympathy and no sport. The
Warehouses is most beautiful woman,
who has taken to her new sphere in life
as If she had the blood of the Charlema-
gnes in her veins.
1t Is interesting to contrast Lady
Headforts case with that of another
Warehouses who was once on the stage,
and whom | once saw on the downs near
Brighton astride of humble donkey She
was known to the music halls as Dollie
Tester and she was married to the most
remarkable, and most astoundingly com
mon nobleman that the world has ever
seen. He was the Marquis of Aylesbury,
and his vocabulary used to put any COS
ter" out of court in two minutes.
The young Marquis is dead, and no one
seems to know what has become of her
ladyship, but see she is still described in
Debretts as a "Marquis's widow sDollie
Marchioness of A. dorothy Julia, daugh-
ter of Thomas Haseley, Esqulre)" De-
brett's has polite fiction of always put
ting ESQUIRE to any name that has no
other title. But | imagine that Thomas
Haseley, Esquire, when he was alive
would have been very much surprised at
the appellation