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New-York tribune., 1906-07-23
WHY TAX HOMES
Scope of Mr.. Leubuscher's Plan.
To the Editor of The Tribune.

To the Editor of The Tribune
Sir 1t IS possible that the writer Of the ntersst-
ing editorial in OF the 18th inst entitled
why Tax Homes?" might have modified some of
his statements had he heard my paper on that sub-
Ject which read on that day in Rochester. at the
annual meeting OF the New York State League OF
Savings and Building Loan Associations. He IS
mistaken IN stating that my ''pian IS that all
homes valued at 49, 900 or less should be exemDt
from taxation, and that the burden of government
should be placed those living in houses Of great
er value and possessed Of larger wealth" NV idea
Is that supervisors Of counties and aldermen ~
cities should have the option in their discretion.
Of eXempting all real estate improvements from
taxation to an amount not exceeding So 900 on anv
one separately assessed parcel. Indeed cannot
fairly call 1t my plan a number Of gentlemen
colaborated with me in drafting a bill embodying
the iaboye IDEAS WHICH was introduced in the last
session OF the New York Legislature and on which
houses You will notice that the plan connotes the
!aeA Lhat the mllionaires palace and the working
exemption You will also notice that the granting
tirely discretionary the only mandatorv fe9rTre
being that the exemption is not to exceed So 600
II a $SO0o exemption is granted. even if that
should be e.. the fun value Of the building, the land
mere would be no representation without taxa
It is right in line with the policy OF cjvi,zad v,,
ernments, monarchical well as republicanethe
policy OF temPering the wind to the shorn lamb
Of t91atiOn The question WIN be asked why, in
Of citizens should be taxed alike in proportion 10
the value OF their property, should there be any
exemption at all? The answer is: Up to q GER
tain point mans income is used for bare sub
sistence-clothing and shelters beyond that point
luxury begins
Tax a man Of small income and property and
you lessen the amount OF his food and the ade-
quacy of his clothing and shelter Tax a man Of
large income and you merely tend TO lessen his
Injuries In doing the former you weaken and
deteriorate the very man who produces both the
necessities and the luxuries thus lessening the
The old utilltarian ,philosophy-the greatest good
OF the greatest number-hods good to-day, as Il
did two thousand years ago. The working class
constitute the bulk Of our population. Whatever
helps them helps us all, for they are the produc-
ers OF all wealth. Apart from selfish considera-
TONS however, this movement should have your
support for If thereby the number of homes OF
the people are increased the tenement house prob
lem VIII begin TO be solved Every time a family
is taken out of a tenement house and put into its
own nome both death. and vice are lessened The
mortality and vice OF our sums two appalling
problems OF modern civilization. Whoever does
q bcnefactor Of humanity
FRED CYRUS LEUBUsCHER
New York, July 19. 1906.
THE Tribune's comments were based on an
outline OF Mr.. Leubuscher's plan published IN
a Rochester paper. which gave somewhat in
adequate idea OF It's scope.l
New-York tribune., 1906-07-23
wEEK1r RrvlE vJr1yl
Ldfesf Foreign NetUs Abozxf Books.

among other treasures. a number OF highly in-
teresting "reminiscences OF Rossini and OF Ber-
lioz Sanhct IS issuing "Galanteries. Precedees
dune Vie Arnoureuse de Pierre Corneille,' by
d. Hanhot Orland. volume which makes clear
that the author os lie Cid" and "Le Menteur,'
like nearly all other poets from Horace TO Victor
Hugo, or 70 Alfred de Musset. was a passionate
adnlirer OF women. The book contains Corneile's
love letters and his love poems. Foremost in the
watering place literature is Lest Sept Cordes de
ia Lyre." by Michel Provins. published by Fas-
quelle. which gives some entertaining IL tran
sient impressions OF Partisan bohemianisn. lie
Theater de Madame" published by Ollendorff
and written by Jeanne Margi. is a work made up
OF a recollection OF brief studies of French life
which show keen observation on the part Of the
author. who is in turn piquant, sarcastic and
emotional From Mericant comes novel. Zine
Courtisane GrecQue." by Guy de Teramond.
GLIB
New-York tribune., 1906-07-23
Books People Are Readfrae.

NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY.-The most
popular books OF the week. according TO the
demands at the circulating department. are
as follows:
Adult FIction-S Sinclair's The yungie'; wards
''Fenwicks Career: Wister's Lady Baltimore:
Juvenile Fiction-Bang's Red Fairy BOOK
Clemens's tom Sawyer; Otis's Ahe Amateur
Fireman"
Clemens's Women ana Things: Spargo's '"The
Bitter Cry of the Children.
PHILADELPHIA FREE del
phia. July 2O.-The books most sought at the
Philadelphia Free Public Library the last
week have been:
Elstory-Chsmpney's ''Romances OF the French Alb
beys': Dukes ''MOrgan's Cavalry; Brodriclx
and Fothinghams History Of England"
inscription and Travel-Rawnsley's Months az the
Lakes Fraser'S America at Work. Nase-
fields ION the Spanish MAN,
piograpLy-Wiiliams's Later Queens NJ fl,a Er.ncb
Stage; Martins Monographs; Saltus's I'm
perial Purple: Battens Around and Around -
Egscelaneous-Hobso Porcelain: Noel's ga
bour Party: Weston's LEGEND OF Sir perci-
val: Flenings Principles OF Electric WraT1a
Telegraph; Milder's The Modern Packing
House; Wrights The Garden. You and II;
Hsnkss Camp Kits and Camp Lie
rishon-Deland's The Awakening OF Helena
Richie Churchills "Coniston''; Barr's "a F30ci<
N the Baltic Stringer's The Wire Tapnerss1:
Van korsts The Sin OF George Warrener':
WFight's The Tower; Stinsons I'm Cure OF
Her Soul -
CONGRESSIONAL LIBRARY. washington
say 2o-The following list Of books called for
New-York tribune., 1906-07-23
THE PEARL NECKLACE CASE.

To the Editor OF The Tribune.
Sir: Merchants you know, have very gen
orally adopted the policy OF allowing goods to be
returned IL they do not suit In issue OF June
o you state that n. Citreon. the Paris jeweller
who imported collection OF thirty-seven pearls
for William B. Leeds and had paid so 600 duty, de-
sired instead OF paying 100000 more duty, to take
the Jewels out OF the country and get back mis-
s22 oO It Is added that Assistant Secretary Reyn-
olds told n Citreon that he might take the pearls
to Paris but that the $4,000 duty paid coild not be
returned and the suit for the additional 100000
would be pressed. n. CitreOn left the Treasury
Department with tears In his eyes.
do not know either OF the parties in this case.
I am simply a citizen of this great and rich Re-
public and unless there some facts beneath
the Surface am ashamed OF my country that II
would treat any that Way-wtth less generosity
than any ordinary mercantile establishment Is
this the fairness OF dealing which our President
is ever insisting2 duty fouHd too heavy there
should be a ready way 70 undo the whole matter
and have the jewels go back whence they came.
JUSTICE.
Dingrnan' Ferry, Penn, July 70 1So1s
New-York tribune., 1906-07-23

indicates the tastes of readers in the Library Of
Congress this week:
Etzbaehers Modern Germany: Bourne's
,,Aediseya! and Modern Europe'': I,erov- Bean.
tleus Inc United States in the twentieth CEN
Jury FOsaicks French Blood in America
descriptive and Trayel-Fitzgerald's 'sNaples''.
Bslloc's The Old Road; SingletOn's ''Russia'':
"Hltheys Jungle Trails and Jungle People
lOgraphy-Jouherts THE Truth About the Tsar''.
De Wertheimer's 1.-THE Duke Of ReIchstadt',,
DunS Diary: Sergeants The RurlesolIe
SSSaPoieon; The Life and Kngshp Of Jerome
3acheilsr,s .SiIas Strong sinclairs The
Jungle; Phillips THE Deluge": Wister's Lady
baltimore; Wright's The Garden You and I'f
James Lane Aliens "Short Stories'
lsceuaneous-Butlers 1.-THE Meaning OF F,duca-
lion richardson's The Long Day; SpargO's
Ihe Bitter Cry of the Children"
BOSTON PUBLIC LIBRARY-Boston. July 20
Among the books most frequently in de-
mand at the Boston Public Library during
the week were the following:
Sicilian Marriage; Rowland's in the Shadow
Bowerss Chip OF the Flying U."; Ievis's ''I'he
IhrOwback'; Whites In Our Town.. sTifon
ells "A Diplomatic Adventure: Lorirner's 'oTShe
faIse Gods Bradford's Between Two Mas
teiS Burgess "A Little Sister of Destiny.
Mnls's The Ghosts of Their Ancestors'S. TJsvv
lett's THE Fool Errant'' "
on railroad rates ins1,rsuca
topics, Russia, the nihilist and revoiutionsrv
movements, etc; books yachting and aIlto-
Whtag VWloGhiHtang; Arthurs Ten Thousand Miles in a
3acht Parsons's The Heart Of the Railroad
Problem Macfalls whistler; Hollis tsTbe
Life Stories of Undistingushei Americans''.
NeseIs irrigation in the United States
New-York tribune., 1906-07-23
Wbof ~. y. booksellers Say Obey
Are -|eIlinlg Mosf.

Lllilkeepers" has just been published by William
). Nagel' Of Boston. need not. however. arouse
any expectations Of collection either Of enter
tanning anecdotes or Of narrowing experiences.
The book is the work Of Joseph Henry Beale. tr
6ussey professor OF law in Harvard University
ana deals with the laws of the various states
relating to hostleries and those who keep them.
as Wen as TO theatres. sleeping cars. boarding
houses lodging houses, apartment houses res
taurants and lighthouses. 1t is to be feared that
the volume is designed to give aid and comfort
70 the proprietors rather than to the patrons OF
these various establishments for public enter
tainment.
New-York tribune., 1906-07-23

preparation OF IL TO such an extent that the vol.
utness when issued, Will Be practically an auro-
SlosraPhy OF the present head Of the Catholics
Much OF the work VIII be found devoted 20 th-,
mission OF MOnsignOr O'COnnell 90 tne MAasio oc
Japan said MOnSignOF pldier Yesterday. Fhis
mission was considered OH the most tnp0r-.
tant OF his pOntifcate By HIS Holiness fags X u.
of the Pope for brtnsinE about peace between
japan and Russia. Efis Holiness much tlteT-
ested ln the war from the STANDPOINT OF a peace
maker, and tho success ot MS appeal % the
M.kqda end flc people Of Japan caused him n,
send a special commissioner 20 convey his .rafi-
tude 20 the NliNsco.
Ishs iifs or Plus * fn the volumes os which Mon
slgror Ildier the Guthor Is 60 be Illustrated xVf
many gare prints. GoH which tho Vatican a -
ruous. The fact that the gFeRt work e % -
issued "a A1'efle4 -. according 60 Norsisror
Dsdier. token q the esteem IN which thfS eST,-
Try 3 held by Plus X HIS Holiness hss a MN
regard for America and FOR the wor1 SoSa nv ~
Catholic Church IN the United States -"
New-York tribune., 1906-07-23

A series Of volumes projected by the Legal
Literature Company, OF Chicago. although treat
ing Of topics germane TO the law. promises to be
more successful in appealing to the popular
taste. The series, we are informed is designed
70 point out in racy and entertaining manner
the foilies and frailties Of judges, lawyers and
Juries which have come to the notice of the
author during his many years Of experience as
a trial lawyer. Henry S. Wilcox of the CHI
cago bar, is the writer OF the volumes, the first
Of which. entitled "FOibles of the Benoh," is
now ready 1t will be followed by "Foibes of
the Bar "FFailties OF the jury and "Fallacies
OF the Law
New-York tribune., 1906-07-23

London, July 20.
A litfle more activity Is 10 be noticed In the
.snson publishing trade. The English edition
q yusserand's History OF English Literature
zsu ,. issue6 by T. Fisher Unwin speedily;
,ongmans. Green & Co. have A-drew Lang's
,-rrneric study well in hand. and will issue
yesse CoIlings's book on Land next week.
sYpenny editions OF Frank Bullens "The
cruise OF the Cachalot" and OF Hall Gaines
Drink" story are being advertised enusively,
snd new libraries OF reprints of early novelists
ana writer's are constantly forming. The August
-ovels promise 20 be a dry lot, and no English
rorel of fiction recently published rivals Upton
slBclair's The Jungle" in selling qualities.
y "
New-York tribune., 1906-07-23
LITERARY NOTES.

The Rev. James S. Dennis. after twelve years
q close study and investigation, has completed
ts third and last volume OF his important work
q Christian Missions and Social Progress"
11slshed by the Fleming II. Revell Company
he author has recently sailed for long vaca-
tn visit in Europe
New-York tribune., 1906-07-23

The William Levi Bull lectures for 1906 de-
livered before the Philadelphia Divinity School
by Carroll d. Wright formerly United States
Commissioner OF Labor and now President of
Clark College, at Worcester, Mass, have been
published by George w. Jacobs & Co., Phil
adeiphia. in a volume entitled 1.-THE Battles of
Labor" The author starts off with the asser-
ton that ''the dark and unhappy background
of the modern battles OF labor is to be found
not in our modern system Of industry. but in
the revolts and massacres growing out Of labor
conditions largely In antiquity and through the
ages prior to the institution OF the factory sys-
tenn The first lecture is given up to a his
tOrfcal review Of the subject in ancient times,
and the second lecture follows the contests be-
tween the laborer and his employer through
medieval days and well into the nineteenth
century. The third lecture treats Of the great
modern labor battles, and in the fourth the
author states his views as to how these struggles
should be viewed and treated. DIR. Wright be-
lIeves that strikes are natural development Of
the growth OF education among the working
classes Fools" he says ''dO not strike. Were
our workingmen everywhere a par with the
serfs OF the Middle Ages should have but
few labor organizations and but few IL any
strikes" But Dr. Wright also believes that
with the still further spreading OF intelligence,
the good sense Of the workingmen OF this
country, cooperating with the good sense and
the wisdom OF the employers OF labor" will tend
more and more 20 q diEninution in the number OF
strikes. Relations between employers and
ployes. he maintains. are not IDENTICAL as econO-
msts have described them. but are reciprocal
and must be treated from this point Of view
New-York tribune., 1906-07-23
LIFE OF POPE Plus K.

Autobiography To Be Printed and Published
in This Country.
MonsignOr Schmitz Didier. nominaIly the head OF
the diocese OF Springfield. Mass, but for tTenty<
years moro Intimately connected with the Vfl-zrs
at Rome than any other Catholic PreIats. Is fx
THIS country 70 prepare for the publishing OF AZ
important work on the life Of Plus "
MOlsigpOE Didier arrived here q few dsvs ~
after q years continuous labor on the two lzrS
volumes thai are 70 come from the presses OF =
American publishing house within few TaontfJ
While the Monsignor is the reputed author !
the work. 8ius x himself has assisted tR q
New-York tribune., 1906-07-23

Paris. July 90
Garnier publishes this week the eleventh vol
uns Of ''L'Empire Liberal. Etudes. Recits ct
souvenirs" by Emile Olivier. which contains,
New-York tribune., 1906-07-23

While giving high praise to Mr.. Howells's own
EsE saying If IS 'as great as any work pro-
s1'si IN the United States. and the most dis
ihstirely American Walter F'rewen Lord, in
me Mirror Of the Century" which was re-
emily published by the John Lane Company,
lsasFees with him regarding Jane Austen. Mr.
H0Hslls II Will be remembered, has called Jane
Alsien divine; he has spoken OF the art OF
isin declining from her through Scott and
tlWer and Dickens and Charlotte Bronte and
liacke1ay and even George EIiot!' There is
I HiEtaking enthusiasm Of this sort" says Mr..
oa and adds that, whereas Mr. Howells should
regarded as a critic, he is in reality a wor-
llper And for the worshipper the thicker
@ cloud Of incense the greater the merit
ne act Of devotion. We who want 10 see
= DIVINITY face TO face would fain wait until
y incense has risen past the altar and the air
esar Mr. Lords opinion OF Miss Austen is
- she was a LADY and wrote like a lady.
g saw nothing that a lady might not see;
hssTd nothing that lady might not hear;
= recorded nothing that a lady might not
New-York tribune., 1906-07-23

B -. eie ooubtiess many travellers who have
rss.-N .Ney would Ike 20 write a book on
-. - oi hotels and innkeepers. and that
3 80. q least accumulated in their wander
',,s,,. enough 10 make an interesting and
> ,,s oeme. The announcement that e
'DEehensiye treatise on Hotels and
New-York tribune., 1906-07-23

~ Independent has iatesy purchased THE
sgnl' formerly 1.-The Great Round
- and. beginning with this week, sub
a. s,..ss 20 The searchlight" will receive "The
.. snoent IN its stead. The merger" so
can be ascertained from the articles by
slllo1s Of the two periodicals, printed in the
-, - number does not extend beyond the
--s'l anc subscription lists. II is not ap-
- -. mat The Independent" intends TO take
u. .Ose features OF the absorbed journal that
hs distinctive character.
New-York tribune., 1906-07-23

~, S"aDiete letter writer" appearing In
,ss. .-''+s and under many titles. has been a
-. s'-see of satire and parody. An effort to
~ subject OF business correspondence in
"a, '..1 reasonable manner has now been
) s@er"in Cody in a small volume. Issued
! I..,e- -IoCiurg d Co. II is called Success
49, I" "--1ng,' ana aims TO assist the busi-
lss,. IL properly presenting the cOsent ar
! a. = each the elusive customer. To this
,i5.r '-s; enough OF the social side Of the
6 sss give these wanting suggestions in
sss.s a understanding Of the most modern
New-York tribune., 1906-07-23

sad that Mr. Ridgway. Of the Ridgway-
- - Company. publishers OF ''Everybody's
-1ne' win begin the publication OF q new
- magazine in the fall. Il is intended 20
-. ne periodical simultaneously from several
-, 49,, ~i'a Z local editor in each place TO furnish
! - -. o. strictly local interest, which will not
.,-..ea IN the other editions. These editors,
!, ''''''ea' vii form sOrr eS literary agency
=, ], magazine. that which will enable Sc to
s,,,- paise Of the public ia all parts OF the
z 80 @i'a 10 secure promptly timely articles
.l'sreS' to Ell sections.
New-York tribune., 1906-07-23

h e..- -a mas furnished themes for many pOIit-
., s-oilnc, engineering and sanitary discus
b., a has remained for James Stanley
1sl,,, discover there the inspiration for
e,-,s,..''n position. A volume Of verse by this
~ ~ J. VINO fond opportunity and energy
"a, e Muse while engaged there ia more
- PURSUITS. Z. is announced by Robert Grier
n p. ine book is called. with becoming mod
'aaana Patchwork"
Evening journal., 1906-11-06
FOUL STRIKE RULE
Is NOW LIKED
Second Game Of Double Head
eT Should Be Only Five
Innings

While many regret the foul strike rule
was ever adopted. 1t is doubtful Il It
would be expeditions to go back to the
cid state Of affairs. The patrons Of the
game showed full woll last season that
they Ike the game vesy well as II is and
there is no doubt at all that II a return
were made TO the old order Of things the
games would drag TO a tiresome extent
and then there would be another howl TO
make tho games shorter. There Is no ques-
tion at all that the best batsmen prefer 10
have the rule regarding the foul strike re-
main exactly as IL IS. They think the
batsman has plenty Of chance to hit the
bah and are satisfied to take back seat
II they are not successful IN meeting the
ball after three essays so to do.
Without doubt legislation should be
had to prevent the playing Of but five in
nlngs in a double header Doubtless some
thing will be done ia this matter. II a
duuble-header is announced the public
should be informed n the second game is
to be curtailcd, and Just how much. UNI
plres trausgressod the rules in every in
stance they stood for such an arrange
ment the past season. for the rules call
for nine innings, and only darkness or
weather could make a game shorter.
Baseball produces more cranks and
makes otherwise sane men do more
idictic things than any other thing IN
the world-except love
Evening journal., 1906-11-06
News of the Town.
MARYLAND NEWS NOTES

Charged with illegally killing four rab-
bits, Golfer Joseph of Caroline was fined
SEQ; and w. f. Ward was fined SO for
killing two squirrels.
The public schools on Kent Island
which have been closed for several weeks
on account of an outbreak of diphtherla
were reopened yesterday.
The new Agricultural High School at
Calvert, the first in Maryland; was opened
yesterday under the supervision Of Profcs-
sor II. o. Sampson, OF the United States
Department Of Agriculture.
The advocates Of license have issued a
statement showing that to maintain locai
option in Cecil county during the past
four years cost the county over s27.OyO
The question win be submitted to the vot-
ers to-day.
Calvin r. Ewing OF Cecil county, who
several weeks ago fell so feet from a
building upon which he was working a
Newark n. j. viii recover, notw.th-
standing that his back was broken in two
places and both legs fractured.
Evening journal., 1906-11-06
HANS WAGNER IS
AGAIN In FRONT

only an even dozen National Lag o
han players succteded in maintaining a
800 batting clip through the season just
closed. OF these the Official averag IS.
Just announced hy President II. O. Pull
liam, give the mighty Hans Wagner. Of
rlitsburg who In times past has held the
premier laureis IN stickwork, the first
honors for 1906
The agile Hans led the National League
haismen with total average Of .ss9
This is the result OF participation in lio
games, during which Hans went to bat
5if times, made l75 hits and scored l0g
runs. He made but two home runs. SIX
sacrifice hits but stole So bases.
The batsmen who follow Wagner I'm the
800 class are as follows:
Ferguson. New York. $780, stcnfeldt.
Chicago. .s27; Lumley. Brooklyn. 81:
Movrey. Cincinnati. .s21; Chance. ch.clgo,
.sl9; stnng, New York. si9; Don,u. slew
York. .sii; Klink chicaso si2; Lobsrt
Cincinnati, $40; Clark Pittsburg. s09; Nc
Carthy, Brooklyn, SOi.
Cy Seymour, who led the list last year,
finished sixteenth the past season. with
an average Of .2S6.
The official team averages In batting arc
ac foiioufe.
Evening journal., 1906-11-06

TOURNEY TONIGHT
FraternaI Order Of Eagles
SandbOard Artists Will
Have an Inning

The sandboard artists who are members
OF Fraternal order Of Eagles. Aerio No.
"a, are much interested in the shufiicboafd
tournament which viii begin tonight at
their hall. The number of entries ,his
year, forty-two, is greater than ever be-
fore and as al the experts Of tho city
are entered interest will not be lsckhg.
Handsome emblems Of the order will be
given as prizes. At the close Of the tour
nament the high men will probably be
selected as a team TO meet team from
the Camden Aerie. Much interest was
manifest last evening when 1t became
know that George Jefferis the King Of
the Sand Board, would be a contest5nt.
The following gentlemen will nave
charge Of the tournament w. Hogue.
Joseph Mahoney. l.. Freese, ]. Mcguire,
] Horty and W. Merchant Other mem-
bers entered are: W. Sasse w. Hanlon,
n. saylor, Thomas Hogue. L. Heiss, ].
Shade zeb Hobklns S Jones, w. stiIley,
P. Mcguire. w. Abberger, G. McCabc,
George scheuler, George Jefferis, a. Kel-
ley. r. O'Nen j. Nolan. f. Harlns J..
Gillespie, W.. Lucas A. Renter, @. White,
T. Dale. Joseph Murray J. Harkns d.
Baisel. ]. Dunbar j. Rowe, 3. McCaf-
ferty b. Mooney, J. Dever, Dan McrB de.
Edward Flanagan. j. O'Donnell, a. Sui
livan, d. O'Donneil.