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AMERrcAN oARsMEN ARRoAD.
story ~ the ExcIuniSn % the s~hosDae-cae-
ns~tte POaP 81 l0T9.

ia rHE EplroN or THE srN--sir. Your
.r,icl. of SUNDAY las, on old time interna-
tIOnal rowing races upon the Thames" n In
sho-wae-cas-metteu. the American con-
four Dared crew came from Monroe Aicn,.
s and adopted a., an l lsS1Sn name I"s:-w ~slCS Sy
"nInSSrnsa Ess,.rS snortIn~ writer's Of the
uhIhICrmed hasUsrh spor."E NI"is ~
watkins Glen. N. Y. early In June. ISIS. that
they won the rlsht 70 20 abroad an repre-
sentative American chaIenGers for the stew
srds cnn At he Henley event of the forowInx
month. They defeated, at this test regatta.
such famous crsws as the Atalantss Of New
strOked by that grand American athlete the
late rh S"' sso Bill Curtis Ss'%s,,. fo.r va. COM
posed as follows: stephen Duaseau. stroke;
Henry ". Dursll. No. ;: Joseph Nadesu, No,
;; Moses Nadeau. bow: John j.. Holman.
substitute. As two substitutes were allowed,
The wrltsE then sporting Editor t OF ne me D ysEsnt
Hosn osS.. .hs, bs rIshI acccnrn m v
tS~ oSrsmsu mon Of whom had prsvIo1siyy
49, uc, ss thsir husines. mana Ter,
TTShI, Se' ana ao STs as y me avSSestIo1 or W. 4.
Curtis OF the Spirit 81 ne f'"e'' VINO reaiiIeo
'"y Ws sSnsdS on Nv IA Anchor Line tub Al
ala tWS days s" Alter the watkins event.
Lne trlp ccupled .htI.esn oaSs' unLsLsr.S
- thsn = .OrtnInnt 10, ~ $500 4:
~ AmeLicsn GreM Ioscu ~ thsr
ceueL sneii. wsienLnk sonieehhns 49, 1ub
a, top. pttcned ana weaver Destsn. Mmn
All tneir nsnqlcsPs the -
Juiy : oefesting Duoain' lreienn, snn Sesus
Coiiegs or Gsmoridse. Inc Ionowins usy
q Itte Dend, OF american vlsltoIs wexink
.neT natlonai coi2rs: saw ,nein uereaSeu ~ NJ
tne nnal oy tne Lonron EowLne NiuO' LII
grlde ana nower OF EneLsn oArsIhen' thE
about a dozen, strokes or SO t'onnon went
70 the fr0nt ana nneIly cTQesed me llne sonei
a. Durc!i was taken suddenly Ill sno iotcso
Inc Henley course "a one mle $40 nve-
sIxteentns' Win q sharp sngie one mIe LOU
the start. As mater OF .Iact tns onoSwee-
cae-mettes. holding the unievoraoie posltlon'
got away 1rst and led, slightly a. the pile.
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To TIE EDITOR or TEE SUN-Siy. May suRxese
q few delightful trips into the country In answer 20
the inquiry in THE SUN Of August 2H The West
lS0th street ferry will take one TO EdreWateI, where
there is a very pretty, quiet park on the hill, only a
short walk from the ferry. There are no attrae-
tions here but the nne view Of tho river and q va
riety Of beautiful flowers. trees and shruba, and a
simple refreshment booth. There are pretty woods
near by. TOO. The Hudson River trolley line from
the ferry runs through lovely country. through
Morsemere. with the Clover Neck creek In sight,
to EnElewood, which 10 q very beautiful and quiet
place.
There are two beautiful drives one cen take here.
one through the Phelps estate. several thousand
acres Of plctu wooded and cultivated land.
with good roads, and up Pslisade avenue to the
Hudson, about two miles through lovely woods
There 10 a one prospect from the top OF the Palisades
~ either this point or Clinton Point. q short distance
further. BY taking the same trolley ~ Edgevater
and changing az LeOnia Junction. one may ride over
cool meadows SpanEIed With flowers. through
quaint old Hackensaek, to May wood and East Side
Paterson Park. a quiet park mil Of flowers. The
Passaic River 10 me at this point.
or. Instead OF sllg htlnE at she East Side Park.
one may continue the trolley trip 10 Paterson. and
by changing cars ride past Passalc Falls, along the
tree fringed banks Of the PasSaIc. through . wind
country. to Little Fails. The en- tire trolley trip costs
about Is cents.
The Erie railroad from Twenty-thIrd street or
Cha mbers street ferry viii take one 10 Piermont.
ABOUT one nOuTs rl0e. Inc Vows or the Hudson
are magnificent from here, and a quaint old fashioned
street winds along the edge Of the river In a
most delightful way. There is a narrow beach with
bathing facilities and q refreshment pavilion, but IN
q ANAL scale and quiet. This branch Of the Erie
runs through TapDan. where the old stone house
which vas Major Andres prison still stands: through
EnGIswOod and Spsrkin TO NyacE. II 70 . beau.
tihIl trip.
From the same Erie station In Jersey City one
can take . train through MontcIaIT, also a very
beautiful town. and Upper MOn tclalT and Caldwell,
The latter and Essex Fells are well worth q visit.
being In the midst Of lovely hills. with fair and a.
tenasvs prospects and . nne country on all sides. An
they lie on top Of q hill. there 10 usually a refreshing
breeze, and the sunsets are lndeacrIbabIe. An.
other branch OF the sAms railroad win take one
through the Oranges and 10 The neIg hbOrhood Of
LleWellyn PARK. . very large and handsome rsI.
dsnce park. where Mr.. Thomas A. Edison has hIa Nab
OntOres and telescope and houss. ItI can give any
Of your readers any further on thla
subJect I shall be more than ElAd TO do 80.
A CoUNThI Lowe.
NHw YoRW. SepIembeF 4
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L, CompromI,e Possible in Cuba2

Although the kilograms from Cuba
vary widely, according as they emanate
from official sources or from quarters
friendly TO the insurgents, a comparison
of the admissions on both sides leads to
the conclusion that the Governments
offer Of amnesty has been generally
rejected, and that the instruction, al
though it still lacks a proclaimed national
leader and an adequate supply Of arms,
Is spreading. Is a compromise between
the parties to the quarrel practicable?
A spokesman Of the Palma Admins
traitor replies in the negative, asserting
that a Government which he declares
il the outcome Of a lawful election can
have no concession beyond amnesty to
offer to demands pressed by rebels with
arms in their hands.
The insurgents, on the other hand,
deny the premise, to wit: the lawful
ness Of last years election; and not only
bankers and merchants, but many vet
Grams of the late war consider the denial
made good by facts and figures. They
point, for instance, to the preparations
officially made last year to overcome by
fraudulent returns the majority which
the Liberal opposition expected to exhibit
et the ballot box.
The Governments registration list OF
adult male qualified voter contained
about AS, 900 names, although the total
population of the island does not much
exceed a million and a half. This was
on its face SO gross an exaggeration OF
the possible number of registered voters
that most of the Liberals refused to take
any part in the election. In view OF
this fact, and Of the proof OF a recourse
20 violence by officials at some voting
places, not a few impartial ~onlookers
no tatus in the forum OF equity: that
its right to govern is purely technical
and is Initiated by wholesale fraud, the
responsibility for which can be brought
directly home to il.
II is doubtless a knowledge Of the con-
clusion reached by n~On-partisan Obsery-
ers that has caused the announcement
Of the insurgents that they will lay down
their arms on condition that the legality
Of last years Presidential election shall
be made the subject OF inquiry by a COM
mission on which Noderates and Liberals
shall be represented equally and on which
an appointee OF President ROosEvELr's
shall act rs umpire.
II the commission shall pronounce the
election valid, the insurgents promise to
submit forthwith to the decision; while IL
the invalidity OF PALMA's title is recog-
nized, they merely ask hat a new cleo
ton shall be held under the direction OF
persons appointed by the commission.
The Piatt Amendment was never in
tended by its trainers to serve as a pre-
text for the annexation OF Cuba. It's
sole and honest purpose was to enable
u Government to fulfil the obligation
assumed by the Treaty OF Paris, that,
namely, Of safeguarding the lives and
property OF Spaniards and other for
eigners in the Island when In the opinion
Of Dur Executive these were seriously
inperilled. The Platt Amendment would
have bean trsacherOus had IL not been
understood universally to carry the i'm
plcation that in any event our inter-
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skoaI to the NorthIand. skoali

Captain RoALD AMUNDsEN has done
the trick. First Of all men he has steered
his little Atty o ship, the Gjoa, from
east to west, from Atlantic to Pacific,
and after three hundred years Of failure
the northwest passage has at last been
made, fairly and squarely. He has won
his place by the side OF VAsCo DA CANA
and MAGELLAN and JAMES CooR as the
solver Of a great geographical problem.
That he was very likely to succeed in
his task became known last winter, when
after an adventurous land trip he sent
out the news that the Gjoa had reached
the mouth Of the Mackenzie River and
had thus put behind her the unknown
and dangerous part Of her voyage. The
trim from the Mackenzie to Berin0
Sea, though it has been often made BY
whalers, offers perils enough, as was
shown the very last season, and there
were plenty Of chances that the little
Gtoa might have to be left behind. She
has come through, however, first oH all
vessels to pass from Davis Strait to
the Bering Sea and the Pacific, and will
share the glory Of the feat with her brave
commander and his half dozen comrades.
MCCLURE and his ships company, Il
is true, made their way across in the
opposite direction more than fifty years
ago, but they had 70 leave the InvestiRa-
tor behind them, and narrowly escaped
FRANKLIN's fate.
Long ago thiatlopg sought Tor north
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Art IL the VILLAGE.
From ihs Spectator.

wv ~ EFVFTFWTVTg
A story IL told IN tho Villa &c Of q well known
painter who was engaged upon q 81 bJect In humble
life which he Intended for exhibition. He had
occasion 10 introduce into the picture the locai
tavern, and was painting In the hight Of stone
steps leading TO the door when an old woman who
had been lntently watching him exclaimed: What
dee want 10 do them old things for You'd mucn
better come an paint the inside o. my house. p-
ply his pigments, that 10. to Its walls. Another
artisl-A lady this time-wss advised. n She wanted
something 10 do" 20 paint our garden seat. which
as how MS got rather shabby" She su Hered many
things 81 the hands OF local critics, who took great
umbrage at her representation Of che sun set nusl
on the yellow washed walls Of a waffle and daub
cottSge. "LOr'. fancy making whltewAsh color"
cried thtse preciSianG unlike the old clerk who
announced that "neHt Wednesday . meetln' will bs
held 10 consider what color the church shall he
whlteWAShed."
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PORTO RICO.
Comparative Importance ~ Its COnee, sugar
ana Tobacco Industries.


and TobAcoS Industries.
~ r.v r,,ro. :. Tvv srv-s,.. MANY
D. rS Tr S.S nD STs1, S ~ W. ,I'ns s ~ ,,m ~" aOo %I ~.
mi. "a s''ch an .,t.", sh.t aho.s "ns~ars Of
the lsiand's fertility In other respects are
led TO believe this single product constitutes
NOT ,hs ca. Sv .uy T mean Tss ETsSt.st
conss producing years OF wplch we ave
% nT'I ina. HD thirty .sv ~'T milton lHSS; % sounds S%.is valued
at o.. s5t. were shIpOed. and IOOI. in which
about thirty -four and o~hs-quartsr million
Il may he noted here Of the iSOs crop that about
at C7ls.sSI. were shipped TO the United States.
III: year 1909 sAOw. a serious fall. Iali,n. g o. e.! in
100 No. =. 80 :" 30. 1000 40 Gar "a
% "S. may % sS'o 70 nave ceased 20 TAR
Figures EIvsa above are United states Gus
toms valuations. what money was actually
returned to the &O.' Is a matter OF
sugar i. peThaD" the most important prod
standpoint. An Oahcisl Of the insuIar gov
for the year ended July i last would reach
about two hundred thousand tons. valued at
SII.oOO.O 900.
nsure Win prove q low estimate. Next year
win show. no doubt, the quantity
Of three hundred thousand tons, or nearly
90. The acreage under cane cultivation Ia
increasing year by year, and the ~centrels or
sugar 'fsctoriss nov In operation are adding
Ing and others are In contemplation. The
| Importanee OF this industry cannot be over
estimated,
II 10 difficult. II not impossible. 70 under
stand tho magnitude Of the tobacco indus
Try; Without considerLns the numerous
urers, we may look az the largest producing
company alone, which has an enormous
acreage under cultivation. and this cultiva-
ton Of the most scientinc and modern char
leaf has been increased and the Quality I'm
proved. This compan owns and operates
many modern cigar. cigarette and box fac
tories. notably thoee at San Juan. Rayamon.
Carolina, Rio Ptedtas. &C. At San Juan the
d is said. and viii. be converted into a cigar
factory very shortly. Az Caguas this enter
prieinE company has caused quite q boom
and IL preparing for planting, drytng, curing
and storing. on an extensive scale. The In
yest'nent OF HE company reaches into the
are following.
The TOBACCO industry 10 OF especial value
70 the island becauee OF the large. number
OF workers employed ip many and varying
capacities, from. the heid labOrer. teamster.
Many Of the latter, receive excellent. com
pensatlon: 1t Is said that some go. 900 ls dis;
tributed In wages weekly In San Juan and
vicinity.
These are the three most important prod
SSss 81 81 P tSeIT R,iSi AND im StI slws soT ne sE Coaes
planter employs one certain class OF labor
quite unsktlled, composed Of men, wOmen
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The ImDOrtant NH n.

II Is q matter of relatively small I'm
p~ortance whether the policemen wear
uniform helmets or caps, but in tho
purchase Of supplies for all public pur-
poses il is OF tho utmost consequence
that there be a fair field and no favor.
The publication of certain ~~proceedings'
directed on August ~ by the acting
Commissioner OF Police shows how COM
pletely this fundamental principle is
kept in mind by municipal officials. The
following lines are taken from the City
Record Of yesterday:
Ordered. That the proposal Of HESHY v. ALLEN
. Co. of No. r4 Broadway. Borough of Manhattan
70 furnish caps with detachable cloth cape and
rubber cap covers with cspe. for the use of rounds
men. patrolnen and dO0rmen of the Police Depart
Hent. for tho sum and price As follows. be and 10
hereby accepted:
= Gaps with detachable cloth cape. esoh......I.
= Rubber cap covers with cape. each.......... rs
Such caps and rubber cap covers 20 be made
conformAbls with the scaled sAmps on deposit In
the bureau OF clothing and equipment. and 30 Be
strictly union made throughout. each and every
cap TO contain the union label
1t will comfort the non-unionists and
taxpayers OF New York to have this
fresh evidence Of the impartiality with
which the interests Of every citizen are
guarded and protected by the trustees
and administrators Of the public funds.
1t will crafty them to know that no
improper or burdensome restrictions
ara inclnded in cOntracta for nuhlic
works, and that the power Of the city is
not used to favor and promote one class
Of workers an opposed to another.
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TrLmmers.

To rEn EDTToR OF TEE SUN--Siy: Since we are
in the season OF hotly contested primary lights in
New York aud Kings counties, Il may not be amiss
20 quote q few words touching on and appertAInInr
to trimmers, l. e. man who Ia afraid 20 announce
his position for fear he will lose his Job IL q poor
crtter. That is an indictment of 700 IN every 1000.
but II IA true. I'd rather be beaten . hundred times
(which never hurts anybody than tnm once (which
ought always to knD. Feed . man for . hundred
years. and the minute YOU take the poor debtors
oath that man takes his trade to the other store
! hate q trimmer worse than Q thief"
The foregoing from a distinguished Republican
of this state. r =
NEW YORK, September 4.
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live up 10 them, the profound scholars Of
spelling reform use, in public ut least,
the cumbersome photography 20 which
popular sentiment still cliRgS.
or the three great champions Of the
reform in America Professor FRANCIS
A. MARCH In the only one who has prac-
tised consistently what he preached in
spite Of editors and publishers. President
ROOSEVELT must be familiar with Profess
sOr +. J. CHILD's monumental English
Ballads, with Professor W. ID. WHITNRY's
books on language and with the Century
Dictionary which he edited. With
the exception OF the many words that
had been changed by the natural proc
esses Of language long before the reform
came into existence he will find there
the old condemned spelling. or the two
scholars he mentions in his letter Pro-
lessor T. X. LOUNsBURY has written
entertaining articles In Harper's Monthly
Magazine, and Professor W. W. SKEAT
sends letters almost every week to the
AhenRNm, but. whatever their opinions,
the eyes Of their readers have been
struck by 10 reformed spelling. It is pos
sible, too, that Mr.. ROOSEVELT may have
come across magazine articles by the
president Of the Spelling Reformcrs,
Professor J. BRANpRR MATTHEW'S, and
may have noted the orthodox spelling
there. II shines in tho verse Of Mr.. r. W.
GLIDER, another signer.
Naturally IL NAV hs ssid In these In
stances that the right minded author
was at the mercy Of conservative pub
fishers, and these gentlemen may have
followed the new gospel in their private
correspondence. At the same tins IL
seems clear that President ROOSEVELT
in this case is rather more royalist than
the King, and has rushed in where pro-
found scholars feared to tread. As usual,
he is the leader and not the led.
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Tho Only Desses.

To THE EDIToh or TEE SUN-Sv: -Repub-
lican- or Democrat has become q misnomer.
Boss domination for personal graft has placed
q stigma on both honored names. -Inde-
pendent" now repr esents the highest type
OF an American voter.
The God given duty Of an American fran
chise il q conscientious vote for honest men.
Education and q free pr ess should be the only
bosses OF q true American.
JOIN s. LAMsON.
SUMMIT, n. j., September 4.
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4 Plea for the niotinnarx

o Roosevelt. spare Ina book,
Touch not a sin gle bOugh:
In youth II succOTed me
And III protect II now.
| sat upon It's pile
I table when ate:
SO cAme within my reach
The dAlntIes of each plate.
sat upon II. grown.
Where letters feast was spread:
So came within my grasp
strong Sh~Akespesre's meat and bread
So rrithee cut II not.
Nor its dimensions earva,
For we're Its bulk reduced
W. ell Of ~ would starva
k~cLAMDsuasR WuAon.
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From the London Globe.

From the London Globe.
Salt 10 the latest device for laying dust on roads
in the country. The author Of this new departure
is NJ. TrintEins. city surveyor Of Rouen. who has
published II 40 the result OF q long series Of expert.
ments. The list OF these. while bringing out the
weak aide Of the new system, Possesses eonsjoey.
able interest 40 showing II 10 possess real pcssi-
bllities Of utility. A long stretch OF road was nr.t
watered and then spTnkled with salt. TIE merit
day the surface OF the road was covered with a
thin glazed crust. Rain removed this tn ar,H.
but where the glaze remained there was no dus,
for Ave- daya
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Rafarmaa Nntatian-

To TIE EDTToR OF TEE SUN-tSir; As We arc 70
learn new ways Of spelling. perhaps We may be
required TO reform our method OF enumeration. as
per the following e~necdOto. The track foreman
OF one OF the trunk line terminals In Jersey City
recently called TO one Of ha men
pat, that last engine down ran through that
switch. Go down and get her number
well, what's her number" Pat was asked on
his return.
well, BAI," SAID he. I'm damned n know what
yoa call II but there's three twOs and another
one IG111L" R~oADMAsTRR.
JRRHHx CITY. September 4
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Is PNo 0UKRRA, the generAIisaimo OF
tho Cuban army OF oficeseekers in the bush,
q myth or q man Of desh and blood with q
poEtioo-military reoordi The great insur-
rection was mysterious In its source, its
battles and sieges have been nebulous and
elusive, its armies have bean a. spectral
and evanesoent " the will o. the wisp, but
the p~rofOundest secret and oldest mystiica-
ton OF all has been General PrNo GUERRA.
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Progress Of IN. Fairba.k. Roo.

Fr0N ne hansa1 Guy Journal.
The most Unique" campaign 80 far heard Of Ia
being made In Lyon county by George Randolph
Of Emporia. the Democratic candidate for Register
OF Deeds. He Is treating his constituent Ia 20 butter
milk and grapes. Al q Welsh picnic he funIshed
the whole crowd with grapes and buttermIk. ali
they could eat and drink. On Saturday last he
took q can of buttermTk and q big basket Of crane,
down 70 the Santa Fe rOundhouse In an eEort q
capture the railroad vote.
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II "a WhHH

To TEE EDrToR % TEE Svr-~sy' Why "a thu
volume Of the New English Dictionary" CDR.
MurraF'O containing words segiBnlns With ths
letter placed On the Lnde1 ExDuEgsssrius az
the Aston branch o. the New York Public Library,
A1p@NSeseptempeI 8. wSo0um.
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FTom me Medical Record.
The peculiar rehe1 phenomenon 10 which Rab,p-
skis name has been attached has often been noted
in organic nervous dseasSs. The symptom has
been described 40 = allow extension Of the rrsat a..
whcn the sole Of the foot 10 Irritsted. Although IL
seems 70 be Invariably present In child ren, IL can
only rarely be elected in normal adult individuals
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ma. mis- s W oudrou, 0.r.n...

To TEE EDTroR o. THB SvN-ySN: DAILY a
KnlGhtly are willing 10 repair q detective pipe or
stop q leak any hour out OF the twenty tour. They
are plumbers and do business In New York Avenue.
In this tow.
CR8Vg cHAN, Nd, September A
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Work the publicP

The question whether the theatrical critic
shall be dispensed With whom a play is pro-
duced Is a question for the public and not
for the managers to decide.
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The great American poet who wrote, = All things
rome round to him who ull but wait, should have
written, All things come round 10 him who will
but work."-FrOm tho speech Of W. r. hKAksT at
WdteTt0ten.
Work the publicf
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Mr.. BRTAN 10 q good man, but he 10 not properly
poised 10 be either q Presldent or . candidate for
President.-A Kentucky Democrat.
Popularity. and not proper poise, IL the
prime requisite nowadays for q Presidential
candidate
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In Kansas.

Stranger-what was the nOlssf
Farmer Dunno u IL wuE my auto tire or my
barn OuStln' from the overlooking crop.
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First waitss-Any spHvsniH nsadGf
Second W~sitsE-Yep. one Of en- took away bis
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punalshsd by The sun Printing and Publishing
Association A. 40 Nassau street. In the Borough or
Manhattan. New York.
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SUMMIT. n. j., September 4.