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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-03-17
Everything Protected but the Foreign
Going American Ship.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-Sfr: VIII
you explain what 1t Is that differentiates our
foreign going shipping from our other ma
tional industries in the matter Of national
protection against foreign competition? By
treaties more than thirty In number we have
estopped ourselves from protecting our
foreign going marine through the instru-
mentality Of the tarih, as our other industries
are protected. There seems to be left for
us only subsidies and bounties. such as other
nations give their merchant shipping. But
proteotionist newspapers, in considerable
number. make q great outory against such
q course. What is to be doneP Stick to
free trade, as we have done, in respect to
our shipping. for forty-Hve years more, and
effaoe 1t from the seas2 Proteotionist news
papers advocate-some OF th~em-admttting
foreign built vessels to American registry.
Nobody would do 1t II he could; but. II he
would. who supposes that that would satisfy
those who demand an American merchant
mariner Why suppose that our shipping
would thrive under full free trade. with high
protection the national policy?
Admiral Dewey and the Army War College.
President Roosevelt and many OF his prede-
oessors, have all shown that a merchant
marine ia needed for national defence pur-
poses, a requirement that raises the question
far above the plane Of mere economics, and
yet the opposition persists. Its only effect
can mean the continuation of the foreign
monopoly of our foreign carrying, alike a
menace TO the stability of our export trade
and a weakening Of our national reserve
forces.
Tho time to build up our shipping in the
foreign trade Is now; we never needed 1t more
than now. Let us have it.
HARVEY D. GoULpER,
President, Merchant Marine Lea que Of the
United States.
CLEVELAND, Ohio, March is.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-03-17
Railroads and tho Public.

These are the first two sentences OF the
peroration of the speech upon railway
regulation made in the Senate on March
II by the Hon. CHARLES A. CULBERsoN
Of Texas:
Already, Mr.. President, the general establish
ment of rates throughout the United States 10
dictated by a body Of capitalists who control tho
great systems, not much greater In number than
the Interstate Commerce Commission. and the
philosophy OF this bill 10 to protect tho public in
some degree against the selhshness Of this COM
hinstion by comforting limited and emergency
powers upon an organized, legal and impartial
tribunal which will represent fairly every interest
entitled 70 consideration, and which will be aetuated
and guided by principles OF Justice, and not the
merciless and despotic standard of what the trafho
win bear. And the public will ultimately come
Into Its own"
For @body Of capitalists" read body
Of specialists For such a body Il is
proposed to substitute a body Of mex
perts. Does Mr.. CUIBERsoN suppose
that some general transformation Of
character is to come over the magnihed
Interstate Commerce Commission? Some
members Of the present body are neither
impartial nor just, at least in their
languagej and that may fairly be sup
posed to reflect their opinions. They
make Incorporate attacks upon rail-
roads. They share the fashionable
demagogioal spirit. Will the passage Of
the rate regulation bill begin the mil
lennium? Will a seat in the Interstate
Commerce Commission eve again be a
consolation prize for politicians out Of
q Job? Will the slightly increased pay
bring absolutely experienced, competent
rate makers? II so, whence are they to
come?
The public is to come to it's own again,
is it? Are the railroads no part of
the public2 Are the multitudes Of small
holders Of their securities, the multitudes
who work for the railroads directly or
in supplying their machinery, equipment
and manifold needs, no part of the
public?
Senator CULBEBsoN and many other
excellent regulators and reformers seem
to think that they can interfere with
or injure this vast construction oflabor
and capital and yet leave untouched
and unframed the rest of the United
States. The theory appears to be that
whatever you do to the railroads will be
felt only by that monster "watered
stocks and bonds"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-03-17
The War Against Art and Hoke.

Boiling and bitter is the campaign
Of the Hon. HoKR SMTH's enemies
against that illustrious statesman, cheer
fully obeying "a divine CALI to be Gov
ernor of Georgia. The Hokesmith Vic
tory, popularity called the Gal in the
Fountain in the Art Gallery Of the
Piedmont Hotel in Atlanta, is the loveliest
and the strongest piece of artistic sculp-
ture ever exhibited in Crackerdom, and
not unworthy of the artist to whom it is
attributed, PRAXIIELEs HERMEs. 1t has
brought hundreds of thousands Of pill
grims to Atlanta. 1t has developed the
aesthetic sense Of the whole country.
According to DR.. THOMAS LAwLEss, it has
increased from a quarter TO th%ree-fourths
of an inch the average male right elbow.
Yet hear the bark of envy:
OF course, HoKR was forced into putting up
that bar"
W are real sorry HoKH has a third Interest In
that barroom."
The Mend who polls every crowd in saloons
declares HoKR is In the lead"
" Several Mlledgeville gentlemen visited the
Gal In the Fountain IN Atlanta and made contr1-
buttons to charity That big catfish in the foun-
tain also ntt,acted attention. One gentleman said
the catfish was an appropriate addition to the
fountain. and reminded him so much of HoKH
SM1TH-all mouth"
HoKE cannot get away from the odium of The
CAL"
The urbanity and intellectual charm
Of these remarks of various newspapers
speak for themselves. The odium of
The Gall Mr.. SMITH does all for art
and gives a third Of the receipts to char
ity. He has made Atlanta famous as
an art centre from Cowaneta to Cathay.
He has turned thirst into q charity So
ciety. And his reward ia odium!
The white upturned triumphant arms
Of that Victoy-Gal are ink and great
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-03-17
Tho God in the Car.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-Sr, After waiting
at Ninth avenue and Twenty third street for more
than ten minutes In a hard storm. I boarded the
hrst car that came along, forgetting to look at the
sign. | had not gone more than hve blocks when
l heard q passenger exclalm: Why, ! thought I
was on an Amsterdam avenue car" so did l.;
please give me q transfer" l said,
The conductor informed us both that we had q
right fer TO look" Then he turned his back and
muttered things that were anything but polite.
l said: Il cannot hear through the back OF your
head. II you are saying things l should hear,
turn around: II not, keep still"
He replied: "Yeez only got a block to walk over
to Amsterdam. anyhow" but did not add-in q
pelting rain. Then he stepped outside and slammed
the doors shut in such an ugly manner that II l
had been a man ! would have followed him and
had II out with him"
The conductors certainly are the gainers by
this new rule, for Il supplies them with still greater
opportunities for insolence. DAILY TRAVELLER.
NEW York, March lo.
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darkness in comparison with the Hon.
HoKE SMITH. He is a mountain Of snow,
with the fire Of genius in his insides.
Base and unworthy as are the things
written about Halo HoKE, they are
ethereal by the side of the caricatures
by which a degraded and impotent art
seeks to insult the discoverer and patron
Of "The Gal in the Fountain" Decrepit
age and milk-toothed childhood have
been impressed for this unholy service.
Two specimens shall be preserved here
for the Use Of historians of art. This
picture is by JOHN WESLEY PERKINS,
aged IS, of Dawson:
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-03-17
whiskers in Town Politics.

Siour Guy correspondence s.. Paul DtSpafeh.
whiskers may be an issue in the forthcoming
city campaign, They will be the shaggy cluster
which .adorn the physiognomy Of Fred Lerch.
health o1icer.
oncers associated with Lerch believe this i'm
penetrable hedge affords q too comfortable retreat
for dangerous microbes. II is the duty of the
health on1cer to maintain guarantees, and he Is
often called upon 10 visit the premises where the
deadly disease is in progress. While he claims
to take great care 10 dlsinfect his beard, there 10
grave doubt In the minds OF the city physician and
men about the police station that this is done.
The once is appolntive, and Lerch will likely
align himself with the man who will guarantee tho
safety Of both his job and his whlskers. He Is
very influential among the Germans Of the city.
and his pull will be worth the careful considera-
ton OF any candidate.
Lerch's whlskers arc excessively luxuriant. COW
orng his entire face. Health oficer Ross is a most
persistent warrior against the microbe, and he has
had 1t pointed out 10 him that in order TO be thor
oughly consistent he will be obliged TO Insist on
the separation Of oflcer Lorch and his whiskers.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-03-17
81. Pattiok,s pay for MOLLY.


Now, Molly dear. the time has come, 50 let me hear
ye say
The words that I've been longln' for since last
ST. PAthrlck's day;
Twas this day twelvemonth that we met. upon
Fifth avenoo,
whin | was marchln' wild the byes, an saw yer
eyes Of blue.
We stood inside a v windy OF a mansion big an grand,
An won me heart intoirely whin We waved yer
little hand
The mansion wasn't yours, machree. but p~rettier,
I'll swear,
Were you than your young misthress. as she stood
beside ye there.
Your present place as lady's maid will not be yours
for long.
For I'm In politics, me dear; me pull" Is nne an
sthrong;
You'll look from out the windy of q mansion OF
yer own.
To-day. avic. yen see me whin the big parade
goes by,
A-riding on q charger, while the oheorin' thousands
cry:
An whin l watch the windy, in the mansion where
youll be,
Ne heart will keep a-thumpin' TIL yer darin' face
see.
So, II you name to have me dear, Jus, wave yer
little hand.
An shmile just like a year ago, an / win under
shtand:
The weather may be stormy. but II will not make
me pine,
For, II We smile. scuShla, sure the sun will seem
to shine.
"ris but a month till Alsther, an we've time to have
the "banns"
Read out al mass. me desrte, so that all the Irish
clans
VIII know that Molly Grogan an yours truly,
Michael Dunn.
VIII be attn eggs together Aisther Sunday night
eA,ons AAEAtQ1u jM91eapAWeae
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-03-17
New jersey and the Staten Island
Water Problem.

The opposition in New Jersey to allow
ing Staten Island to draw a temporary
supply Of water from her streams is the
result Of unnecessary panic. 1t comes
Of ~oonfounding conditions which are
likely to arise in from fifty to q hundred
years with those which exist to-day.
There Is reason to think that some
time in the future every drop of fresh
water IN the northern half Of the State
will be needed for the great oommuni-
ties Of Passaic, Bergen, Essex, Hudson
and Union counties. The present rate
Of growth Of Paterson, Jersey City,
Newark, the Orange towns, Elizabeth,
Plainfield and a score Of smaller places
is rapid enough to create this expecta-
ton, and New Jersey statesmen sit up
nights worrying over the crowding that
will begin when the half dozen tubes
being bored under the Hudson get into
business. The State appears to its own
people to be in this peculiar position,
that while nc n car see any limit to
the growth Of its population, the limits
OF its available water supply are 30 well
known as to be alarming.
New Jersey has no such illimitablo
supply TO draw upon as New York State,
which, so far as quantity goes, could
xupply the whole United States with
water Of first rate quality. New Jersey
has no great lake, and no great river
wholly within her boundaries. Neither
has she any extensive mountain system
to serve as a gathering ground. Her
best river for municipal supply pur-
poses is the Ramapo, but the section
Of that stream along which potable
water could be collected and impounded
lies almost entirely within New York
State. The two next best rivers are
already appropriated to the two prin-
cipal cities Of the State, the Pequannock
to Newark and the Rockaway to Jersey
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-03-17
Mr.. D%alrymple,s Report.

OF the report made by Mr.. JANIS DALI
RYMPLE on the traction situation in
Chicago, to study which he was imported
from Glasgow by Mayor dunno after
the voters had declared for Immediate
manipulation" of the street railways,
the meat and essence is contained In
these two short sentences:
Speaking generally should say from my
knowledge and experience OF what 1t means TO
operate a municipal street railway system that the
municipalities OF the United States are not yet
quite ready 10 successfully undertake this work.
Il would certainly that the street
railway department be managed by a mall com.
mittee OF the city council. to be chosen Irrespective
Of polltlos, and that the whole internal management
be placed under one permanent onhcer."
Unquestionably Mr.. DALRYMPLE real
lied how improbable, with American
municipal government in its present
stage Of development, was the attain
ment of such conditions as he regards
as essential to municipal suooess in the
traction business, A small committee
Of the City Council chosen irrespec-
tive of politics, and one permanent
officer managing all the details OF the
enterprise, would be most unacceptable
to the politicians who have been most
active in the municipal ownership and
operation propaganda.
Excluding politics from municipal
ownership would rob 1t Of the feature
most attractive to the men now loudest
In its support. Running street railway
cars in the public interest would not
attract them unless there was some
thing to be got out Of it "on the side.'
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-03-17
Guatemaian Currency,

From the San FrdneLsc0 Chronicle.
IF you want to undergo the pleasing halluclna-
ton for a brief moment that YOU are Just rolling
in wealth. 20 down TO Guatemala" remarked
George T. Klink, who is just back from a trip TO
Central America. THE exchange on gold Is twelve
to one. which explains the joke. One Of the FIRST
things I did when | landed In President Cabrera's
realm was to change $50 In gold 10 the currency n
the country, and they handed me s7e0. really
hated TO take the money. The Illusion was quickly
dlspelled, however. when / started out 10 spend
some OF IL. l procured a shave. a hair cut and a
shine. and II made a surprisingly big hole In SEQ.
It's a pleasing Illusion while 1t lasts, however. II
you want to feel how II is TO be a millionaire 20
down there with a months wages aud buy a trunk
full Of paper money"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-03-17
Russia's Lucky Strike.

Russian newspapers say that a new oil field has
been located in the Russian northcas st In Europe,
which promises TO exceed In quantity the oil helds
on the Caspian, while the quality is much superior.
The Caspian oil Is heavy, and, barrel for barrel
does not produce more than half as much illuminat.
ing oil as does the American crude oil. The new
"hnd" Is In the valley OF the Pechora, about 800
miles south of the Arctic and 400 miles cas-, by
south from Archangcl. In an uninhabited wilder
ness. At present the new field is unavailable, but
about 400 TO 500 miles OF railway. connecting with
a now line eastward from 81. Petersburg, Will rem.
edy that dinlculty.
Not only is oil in vast quantity reported, but Il 10
said that the region abounds In copper mines.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-03-17
EDWIN BOOTH,
Should There Not BE q Monument Here
TO the Greatest American Actor?


To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-Sir: THE
Sun this morning states that there is a move
ment on foot to erect a statue in Central
Park to Joseph Jefferson. Such a movement
should surely be encouraged by every lover
of dramatic art, but 1t appear to me there
Is another American actor In whose memory
a monument should have been built long ago.
I refer to Edwin Booth. the greatest actor OF
his day and generation, by far the greatest
actor. upon the whole, that America has ever
produced.
There may nave been two or three actors.
like the elder Booth. for example. as Riehdrd
Ill.,, Salvini as Otheiio and Forrest az King
Lear, who surpassed Edwin Booth In thos 80
particular roles; but what actor ever attained
the eminenoe Of Booth in such varied parts
as Hemis; Riehelien, Iq,Oo, BsrtsSeiGp. BrS4tSs,
Booth was matohless and supreme. while he
also closely. rivalled. and in the opinion Of
many equalled, II not exoelled. the actors
No actor before or since has been so revered
R * the ssm Amsr5Ssn d RsSpls as Edwin aod sSStsdi
genius evoked, have had no parallel since on
witnessed on the stage to-day. and would
be a revelation to the theatregoers Of the
present generation:
standard equal to his dramatic genius
gentle, generous, modest, pure and noble
hearted, this great American. actor needs no
monument other than his character to live
forever in the hearts of the people whom he
inspired with the genius Of his noble art.
Yet here in New York, where he was 30 espe.
cially loved and admired. surely there should
be some lasting monument TO him as a testi-
monial Of our appreciation and indebtedness.
surely re th E Is x ddY9 that at t Ssa fa%s ah adff name oi
Edwin Booth should be cherished. 1t is often
said Of us by our critics that in our mad rush
for things material We lose 6lRht of hiphpr
things. In the failure thus far TO honor the
memory Of Edwin Booth We do alike injus-
tioe to ourselves and to the art which he so
glori1ed. E. H.. s.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-03-17

Every day these exeorable shapes are
made to gibber at the good man with
the divine call and one-third Of the bar
receipts. From these hideous scratches,
unfit even to be scrawled on cave walls
by primitive savages, turn to oontem-
plate the tranquil and immortal beauty
of The Gal.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-03-17
Foes OF Carnegi fed Spelling.

TU THEE EprTER OF THRs SuS-Sur; Thai askt
NEE tu kun intu thee moovmen tu teetsh Mr.. Carne-
gle spelling. Wy duZZ hee kair III lurr spelling at
hz vennurabl yeerzG Josh Billings. that pyuneer,
galv 1t up vile still In the zenith ov hiz yooth.
/ nevur let emitting lyk that wurri NEE. Tu
spell tn wei myt INFER mi orijinalltl. Wy duEzent
Mr.. Carnegie kut theez Shakespeare plaiz that
talk from tn III I'll overs and a han, and saiv over
preshus tym1
For instunE. "othelo" shood not talk moar than
O few wuIds,
"Jellus ofhelo kullurd smuthurd his wyf twyp
Desdimoana last nyt, immeejatli nyhng himself.
Notlss ov fewnural laitur." YoorE.
OWEN wIsTKR.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-03-17

New York oity's manufactures are, to a
great extent, of the textile rather than the
rolling mill variety. Hats, embroideries,
silks, millinery goods, laces and artificial
flowers are made here in vast amount The
persistent smoke nuisance ia a direct in
jury to all these trades and industries,
while it's continuance would not injuri-
ously affect chain making billet casting,
structural iron work, rope weaving and
boiler riveting.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-03-17
Modest Mr.. Douiyer.

From the Congregational Record.
Mr.. Dolliver-1 will say TO my honored friend
tMr. Tllmanl that ] have my FIRST boast to make
on this floor OF being q great lawyer. ] have not
acquired the art Of saying OF one that he is the
greatest lawyer in the world and OF another that
he Is stu greater, and then advancing my own
opinion contradicting both,
Mr.. Tllman-l admire the Senator'S modesty
much We all know that In the bottom Of his aol
he thinks he is as great q lawyer as eithrr Of them.
tLaurhiprl
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-03-17
Indirestiye Georsiana.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-sfr: The letter
on Love and Indigestion" In to days SUN reminds
me OF Dickens's description of GeorgianA, one of
the "toadies and humbugs" who surrounded Miss
Ravisham: An indlgestive single woman who
called her rigidity religion, and her liver love-"
NEW YORK. March is. X.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-03-17
Browns MILLS. IN. THE. PINES, \. H., March Is.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuH-Sfr: CArnegle's
spelling reform suggestion makes me very weary.
He thinks II will simplify matters. whereas 1t will
make spelling and reading Infinitely more COM
plicated than ever. 1t will take a very wise man
to recognize his own language when Carnegle's
crowd gets through with II, II they have their way.
NEW YORK, March 10, L. H.. ].
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-03-17

st. PATRICK was born Of decent people,
according to the old song long popular in
Ireland. His memory has been kept green
by the loyal affection Of the people Of Ire
land, who have honored him as no other
country has honored its patron saint.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-03-17
Snowshoes for Horsss,
From he Steamboat sennael,

Charles Mccormick. the janitor al Hahn,s peal
has perfected a set Of web anowshoes for his horsea.
and Is now doing daily stunts, very much 10 the
amusement OF those who arc residing In the county
seat this winter. 1t 10 said the horses soon become
accustomed to the shoes and manipulate them with
the same ease that a man does. Those &ho have
watched the performance say that the scheme N
feasible.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-03-17
Brave woman's Matrimonial, p~rosD.e,.

Morgiana had Just sealed UP the forty thieves.
And YET she sighed. an bet II will be my fate
70 marry a man who Is afraid TO look under the
bed"
Thus we may perceive that she had a rare insiEh,
into uioA.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-03-17

this question should be regarded as
settled. From this IL would appear,
conclusively, that when Spain "relin-
pushed the island Of Cuba she did not
"cede" the Isle of Pines.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-03-17
Subscriptions by Mail Postpaid.

Published by Tho Sun Printing and Publishing
Association at ITO Nassau street. In tho Borough OF
Manhattan, New York.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-03-17

Knicker- What do you think Of spelling reformr
Bocker-Fine; nobody would md out you didn't
lpou hnw
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-03-17
MIRht BE Morna.

Knicker-The car company makes you ask for
o transfer when you pay your fare.
6ocker-supposs they only gavo'lt when yom
500 9 seat ~
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-03-17

n orr friends rho favor Us nth manuscripts for
publication tfsh 10 hasS rejected articles returned, het
mus ~ all cases ssnd Gfa'nps for that purpose.
The daily Alaskan., 1906-04-11

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 Tremendous volumes of black smoke are leaping two miles high, and great masses of tncandescent stones are thrown 5000 feet into the air. New
The daily Alaskan., 1906-04-11
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