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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-01-22
SPLITTING THE PARTY"

When, little less than year ago. the fort
unes of the Hepburn rate bill were committed
by certain Republican Senators to the hands Of
Senator Tillman suggested the probability
that II that sudden and singular proceeding was
meant TO put the President 'in hole" the re-
suit would not correspond TO the intention. The
conjecture, we believe. has never needed re-
vision.
Under different conditions there has lately
seemed to be a willingness on the part of GER
tain Republican Senators to leave to Democrats
the credit Of supporting the Presidents course
in discharging enlisted men belonging to the
25th Infantry In this latter case, more clearly
perhaps than in the former. the President has
been expected in some quarters TO recognize the
danger and shrink from the responsibility OF
splitting the party" But it is happily becom-
ing evident that Senators who were cherishlng
such an expectation have been constrained to
look at their programme from a different point
of view, TO see II as the country sees 1t, and to
conclude that the most serious danger which
has been imminent Of late was the danger OF
their falling into the pit which had been digged
for another.
A member of either branch Of Congress may
at any time conceive II 10 he his duty, as IL is
his privilege 10 disagree with the President "a
to an act or policy; but we have never been able
TO discern proofs of party loyalty or patriotic
feeling in the efforts of Republicans TO manGu-
vre the President into an embarrassing position
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-01-22

Central and Eastern Europe, we can also ask
the German government and people TO make al
lowances for our own embarrassments in enter
ing into trade compact with one European
power while compelled by circumstances to
stand aloof from other European nations which
are as good or even better customers. We are
willing as advantage serves, 70 cultivate
friendly commercial relations with any nation
making advances to But we cannot be ex-
pected TO enter into hard and fast commercial
zollverein created and maintained by Germany
with view chiefly TO promoting her own inter-
ests In Eastern and Central Europe.
It ought not TO be difficult for the United
States and Germany to come to a satisfactory
understanding. Fortunately the pressure Of
events Is all toward peace. We simply want to
leave things as they were before the German
discriminating tariff went into effect We sell
the German Empire a vast quantity of manu-
featuring material, and we shall continue to sell
it under anything but prohlbitlve tariff But
we prefer TO trade on the old basis. and do not
want to have any of our products put at a dis
advantage through favoritism TO rivals. Ger
many's trade with us is in a great measure in
On-essentials and IL we wished to retaliate
through hostile tariff legislation we could bar
one-half to two-thrds of GeTmanys imports
from our markets In the calendar year 1906
German exports to this country increased in
value nearly S27.O0o,000. They now stand at
sl5O,000,OOO, against S230,0OO,OO0 or $24O,O00.-
600 in imports from the United States. This
growing trade, carried almost entirely by Ger
man shipping, is too valuable TO be sacrificed to
technicalities and distractions. The German
government and the German people are too en-
lightened TO allow themselves to drift into a
commercial war with the United States.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-01-22
AUTOMOBILE HIGHWAYS.

The plans-which bid fair speedily 20 be exc
cuted-for an automobile speedway on Long
Island have been followed with further pro-
posals for automobile highways from New York
TO Lenox, from New York to Tuxedo and else
where These latter would not be speedways
for racing, but true highways for travel and
pleasure driving: They would, however, be
exclusively for the use of automobiles. and on
them doubtless a much higher rate of speed
would be permissible than on the common
roads, The metaIling would be done with n
direct and sole view to the use and wear Of
motor car wheels and we assume there would
be, so far as possible, avoidance OF grade
crossings. In brief, the automobile roads would
be differentiated and separated from ordinary
roads somewhat as railroads have long been.
In this proposal there is much which is en-
gaging and which appeals TO the practical as
well as TO the imaginative sense That in
geniOus socialist Mr.. H. G. Wells, in one OF
his books a few years ago forecast the con-
structiOn Of just such roads. numerOusly radat-
ing from every large city and connecting all
important centres of population, as means of
solving at once the two problems of residence
and transportation in and about cities. II may
be that we shall one day come to that There
can be little doubt that a broad highway on
which private motor and public motor
coaches or omnibuses could be run at high
speed, extending ltOm new 1Ofk through the
villages along the Hudson, up the Bronx
Valley, or along the Sound or through the Or
anges, would be largely used. The present
scheme does not however, go as far as that,
but contempates merely the construction of a
few trunk line" motor roads through those
regions where automobile travel is heaviest.
There is constantly much travel OF that sort
from New York TO Tuxedo to Lenox, to Ber-
nardsville, 10 Lakewood, 10 Morristown to
Greenwich and 20 other places from thirty TO
a hundred miles away. IL Is hardship to re-
quire such travellers TO confine themselves TO
a rate of only ten or twelve miles an hour and
yet for much and, indeed, most of the way
the roads run through regions where a high
rate OF speed on a common road is unsafe. And
the steady growth OF population and of other
uses of the roads make II increasingly dam
gerous TO run fast
1t may well be argued, then, that with the
extensive adoption Of n new kind of vehcular
traffic kind system of roads should
be created for ii, just as was done at the
Introduction Of railroads. There Is need of this
for the sake Of the Automobiles themselves,
in order that they may travel rapidly end en-
Joy 10 the full the advantages OF the marvel
lous machines which they drive and Tor the
sake OF the general public 90 that they may
enjoz In safety thsiS ordinary nss Of tho oom-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-01-22
FLOODS AND GALES

The rise in the Ohio this year has occurred
about two months ahead of the usual time
owing TO the exceptional mildness of the win
ter. II has also reached levels which M some
points have not been attained before for twenty
years. good deal of injury was done in Pitts
burg, but the worst is over in that city. Fur
Their down stream the situation is increasingly
threatening and, according TO the Weather Blu
reau, is likely TO be for a day or two longer
Already between 10000 and 10000 people have
been made temporarily homeless In or near
Portsmouth, Cincinnati and Louisville the on
Grafton Of railways has been more or less inter
rupted factories and warehouses have been I'm
vaded by water and property has been dam
aged 10 the extent Of several million dollars
More sudden and possibly more unprecedented
than the deluge along the Ohio was the Visit
tation from which Buffalo suffered on satur
day night and Sunday. Such gales as have
Just swept the lower lakes are rarely observed
in the interior Of the country. Indeed, veloci-
ties OF eigtty~dve miles an hour are seldom de-
Telopsd anywhere except In the patn Of a
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-01-22
4 NEW ALLIANCE.

The National League OF Commission Mer-
chants have feeling that the consumer Is not
doing his full duty by them. High prices are
preventing him from accomplishing his utmost
toward the ultimate disposition of produce
For these high prices the commission mer-
chants think the retailer is largely responsible
therefore, at their recent national convention at
Pittsburg they recommended that ali the branch
leagues should enter upon n movement for re-
ducng the retail prices of food products II
a distinct act of friendliness to the con
sumner, and he should appreciate II, without even
considering that the commission merchants
profits depend upon the expedition with which
the consumer performs his part. Indeed, the
consumer and the jobber seem more or less
natural allies. for cheap retail prices help them
both, and II is good 10 learn that there Is one
class of sellers which. by a slight community
Of interest, mitigates the loneliness of the con.
sumer in the economic battle. More power 10
the commission merchants!
What moved the national commission mer-
chants 20 this friendly act was the statement
Of a Cleveland jobber that high retail prices
were frightening away prospective purchasers
and reducing the consumption even in house
holds OF comfort. This Cleveland merchant
went on to instance the prices and the unfair
profits, he regarded them on food products
At the time he read his paper potatoes were
selling III Cleveland by the DuShel at from Is
cents to 40 cents, while retailers were charg-
ing from 30 cents to so cents bushel for sales
OF fractional parts thereof: apples were selling
at 81 10 10 50 I5 bushel at wholesale and the
retailers were selling them at prices that made
the cost from 81 to 50 a barrel: onions at whole
sale were dull at 40 cents to 50 cents busheI
but were retailing at from so cents to 81; eggs
were bringing from "a cents TO 2S cents dozen
at wholesale, and 80 cents to 40 cents n dozen
at retail. Such profits the Cleveland commits
sion merchant thought unfair to the consumer
and bad for the commission business.
It is pleasant TO have some one besides the
consumer interested in fixing the responsibility
for high prices Usually the consumer blames
the retailer, who promptly explains that he can
see nothing ahead of him but the poOrhOuse
and forthwith blames the wholesaler who with
an air of injured innocence explains that he has
reduced whOlesaling to fine art. and that aIl
he eXacts is profit of one one hundredth of
per cent, and, in his turn, deftly transfers the
blame TO the producer. Each is the consumers
friend but some predecessor i'm the process of
producing and distributing has, by his beartless
and wicked exactiOns. made that friendship
nugatOry. Perhaps In the jObber the poor CON
sumner has at last found his real friend esne
caly considering their partial community of
interests The jObber has concluded formally
that "lt is no longer policy to leave 10 the re-
taller the information that should reach the
consumer" May the new alliance prospect
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-01-22
THE OPERA.
THE Barber of Seville. /"

SaIomes eve and bitter chill IL was. but Mr.
Hamnerstein was not discouraged and he pro
duced The Barber OF Seville with three hun
dred members OF the AriOn Society and numerous
other persons i'm attendance. and disclosed. more
over a performance conspicuous for unhagginS
comic spirit for charming singing and effective en-
semble BonCi sober BOnci drunk. as the count
sang as only Bonci and behaved himself Ike
an actor trained I'm farce Gilbert. as Dr. Bar
tolo doomed large I'm every sense by a capital I'M
personation a real piece OF character dellneation
which kept the audience I'm TOars OF laughter. An
coma as Figaro. with less experiences OF touch as
an actor less lightness and comic suggestion, and
perhaps less vocal agility than Campanari used
10 display. vet sang the bulk Of the music with
splendid voice and carried the burden OF the mar
rative successfully.
Little Miss Trentini painted wrinkles on her
pretty face and donued spectacles and was an
adorable Bertha. and Mile Pinkert, as Rosina. was
fitted with music which shows her vocal art at It's
best while the demands of action wSre not too
much for her resources. which have evidently been
rained In the traditions NugnCz sang the part OF
Rasilio and he too, caught the merry spirit OF
the rest-a spirit that campanini. from the desk.
Certaininy did not allow to flag. OF course. the
intimacy Of the auditorium aided greatly In getting
the comedy over the footlishts. 1t was jolly
evening
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-01-22
4nUsements.


ACADEMY OF MUsIC-s:l5-The Girl OF the Golden
West
ALHAMBRA-2-s-Vaudev
ASTOR-S :3O-The Straight Road.
BELAECO-6l5-The Rose Of the Rancho.
BIJOU-s:15-A Dole House
BROADWAY-s i0-The Partisan Model.
cASINO-s:l5-Prinhss Beggar.
COLONIAL
CRITERION-s:lB-Tne Truth.
DALY'S-s:15-The Belle OF Mayfair.
EDEN MUSEE-The World 4n Wax
TAfPIRE-S-Peter Pan
GARDEN-S:lb-The Student King
GARRICK-s: 8O-caught IN the Rain
1iAcKETT-s30-The Chorus Lady.
NIAMMERSTEINS VICTORIA-S:l5-f6udevil
HERALD SQUARE-2-S:I5-The Road 20 Yesterday.
WPODRoME-2-s-Neptunes Daughter ana Pioneer
FTuDsoN-s:l5-Ths Hypocrites
IRVING PIsACE-S2O-Der Blinde Passenger.
ENTCKERBOCKER-s:I5- Red MIL.
IJBERTY-s: l5-Salomy Jane.
LINCOLN SQUARES l5-Ths Prince Chap.
LYCEIM-s.l5-The Lion and the Mouse
LYRIC-s-John the Baptist.
MADISON EQUARE-s:15-The Three ~ Us.
nfAJEsTIC-2-S:15-B Of Harvard.
MANHATTAN-S:l6-Ises Miserahles.
METROPOrITAN OPERA HOUSE-S-Sslone
NEW AMSTERDAM-S:1 5-BrewsteT's Miiions
NEW YORK-sl5-Th Vanderbilt Cup.
pRINCESs-s:2 0-The Great Divide.
EAVOY-S:iB-The Man of the Hour. --,..-..
TEIsHARMONIC Halls. 4:lb. s:SO. s4o-flecuio
wATIAcKss-s:i5-Ths Rich Mr.. Hoggenheinler
wEBER'S :15-Dream city and The Magic Knight
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-01-22
DIR. ELIOT ON RITUALISJL.
Binds and Limits Play of Hind, He
Tells Ministers.

Boston. Jan. 2I-Prsstdent Charles ". Eliot Os
Harvard University spoke before meeting OF Com
gregatiOnal ministers Pilgrim Hail. IN this city,
to-day. His subject "EcclesiRsticism. Ritual
ism and Creeds.' Ritualsu, President Eliot held
involves immense authority. which binds and
limits the play OF the human mind and makes real
limitation to human thought OF sacred subjects. He
touched the freedom for which. he stated. Com
sregationalism has always Stood and said that
one OF Its many privileges is resstancs TO eccle-
siasticlsm.
Considering the question OF creeds. President
Eliot emphasized his position against anything and
everything that stan1s for nRlity IN religion. Out
side what Is called religion. he said. there Is no
place where absolute truth is fixed. There IS an
Irresistible trend toward the belief that truth can~
not be fixed. In the region OF philosophy and neta-
physics there is Incsssant flux; IN chemistry
zoology. botany. one for a moment believes that
the end has been reached "Why should the theo-
logian say he has reached the fixed point In his re-
search?'' President Eliot asked
The speaker Nksned the theme OF science 70 the
mariner feeling his way carefully and slowly into
a harbor Overhung with fog. THAT is precisely
what the men OF science are doing" said Presi-
dent Eliot. They know how slowly. painfully. pa
tientIy they must make their way. The theOlogau
takes different attitude. He sees in the tog OF
mystery a thing to be believed The scientnc man
IS going to rule. Before long It will be only his
way that viii command the respect OF thinking
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-01-22

mon roads. We may add that there Is need
of It for the sake Of the automobiles ana OF
the roads, for the former are not always run
to the best advantage on roads which may De
quite suitable for horses, while roads which
are admirable for horses and horse vehicles
are often ruined by the ponderous traffic OF
motor cars. There are, Of course, the ques-
tons Of room and expense. In many places
there is ample room for new roads, and, In
deed, much need OF them for the relief OF
the present overcrowded highways. Elsewhere
motor roads might be provided by widening
existing roads and giving half of them to
the motors-J1st as some of our parkways
now have one road for pleasure vehicles, one
for horseback riding and a third for business
traffic
AS for the cost, it would doubtless be objected
that roads for the exclusive use of one class of
vehicles should not be made and maintained at
the expense of the whole public. We are not
sure that that would be valid, however, since our
parks and speedways seem to furnish prece-
dents for such construction of special roads,
and people who own and use no horses are now
taxed for the making and maintenance Of roads
on which horses are driven. These roads would
not be essentially exclusive, but would be open
and free to anybody with an automobile. Per
haps this point might be compromised through
a reasonable automobile tax. to be applied to
these roads. 1t is generally recognized that
the enormous wear and tear Of automobiles on
common roads make it fitting that they should
be specially taxed for road maintenance, as is
now done in England II special roads were
built for automobiles. and those vehicles were
thus to large extent removed from the COM
mon roads. it would be fitting to apply that
tax to those special roads. There are other
features of the case which require considera-
ton, but on the face of It the proposal is in
teresting and promising.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-01-22

tropical hurricane which IS born at sea and
lives only on the ocean.
The remarkable banking up of the waters OF
Lake Erie by westerly winds produced a CORE
spondingy unusual effect upon the Niagara
River. Several islands above the falls-notably
those Of the Three Sisters group-were COM
pletely submerged. and below the falls scene
was presented which has long been without a
parallel 1t Is said that rise OF single foot
at the crest of the cataract Is followed by one
of seventeen feet for the first two or three
miles beyond its base. If such a difference
really exists. 1t is probably accounted for by
the narrowness of the gorge and the partial
choking of the channel by the sharp turn at the
whirlpool. In any case the turbulent stream
must have been we'll worth going long way to
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-01-22

ley Matthews Last night the vice-Pr~siesrt 49,,
the guest OF honor at their dinner party
One Of the most interesting dinners last nfyhs
that given by Mrs Richard H. Townsend To-
her guest the Hon. Maude Pauncefote, OF Fnslans
The Austrian Ambassador and Baroness Hsngsl-
miller; the charge d'affaires for Great Britafn
Esrne Howard; the Counsellor OF the French F1,.
bassy and Nine des POrtes Rear Admiral ard
Mrs COwIes, Senator Brandegee. Representative
Gillett. and Mr.. RadOwitz. OF the German EMBASSY,
were members OF the large party
Miss COwdin. OF New York. IS the guest or A..
sistant Secretary and Mrs. Bacon. Mr. and Ms
T. EdgertOn Webb. who were to be their srszts
over Sunday. detained in New York. ana bar,.
postponed their visit indefinitely Miss Covvdf, ms
return to New York tomorrow.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-01-22
TRADE AGREEMENTS WITH GERMANY

Our temporary reciprocity treaty with Ger
many expires by Limitation on February 2s, and
II Is perhaps too late in the session 10 expect
Congress to pass the legislation necessary to
re-establish trade relations on g permanent and
mutually satisfactory basis. But all signs point
TO a friendly adjustment OF the differences over
which so much ado was being made year ago.
IL was thought then that a tariff war might be
precipitated by Germany's denunciation Of the
treaties under which the United States had long
enjoyed INSTRUMENTATION rights ana oppor-
tunittes IN the German markets. The difficulty
OF amending our tariff laws TO repay conces-
sions offered by other countries has been often
Illustrated ana is well understood, and this IN
elasticity IN our system, IL was predicted would
prevent Us from coming 10 terms with Germany
and proftiDg by the conventional tariff rates
granted 10 countries promising q return in kind
1T is agreeable 10 note that this uneasiness
has almost wholly died away. A good deal has
been done by diplomatic negotiation to bring
each OF the two countries 20 a better under
standing OF the others attitude. An American
commission recently visited Germany, studied
the German tariff system and investigated COM
plants OF hardships in our treatment Of Ger
man exporters. IL is likely that by amending
the Treasury's regulations certain causes of
friction can be removed We can further re-
new, under the Dingley tariff law, the oonces-
sions In rates DOW allowed on a few objects like
ftili wines argols, paintings and statuary. But,
,ust as we have no criticism TO make of Ger
many Tor adopting policy OF reciprocity suited
10 her own Industrial development and CALICO
latsd 20 increase her commercial importance In
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-01-22

More than the usual amount of mystery in
vests the latest disaster the big Four rail-
way system. Until satisfactory explanation
is offered for the explosion of a carload of pow
der in a freight train while passenger train
was running beside it nobody can be justly
blamed. and perhaps additional precautions
in the interests Of safety can be devised. Never
theless It is difficult TO suppose that the accident
was not the result Of carelessness somewhere.
and the railroad company is bound to make
every effort TO discover who is 10 blame.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-01-22
NINE. EAMES HURT BY FALL.
Cartilage Of Knee Sprained in ROOm-Un-
able to Sing in "Aida."

Nine Emma Eames. who was to have sung
in Aida at the Metropolitan opera House last
evening. fell in her apartments at the Hotel
AstOr at o'clock and injured her knee pain
fully.
She STOPPING over to pick something up
from the floor when she lost her balance ana
fell on her knee. The doctors said last nisht
that she had sprained the cartilage. and that
though she suffered great pain. the injury would
not probably. lay her up for long. She Wih'
however. probably be unable TO sing at the con-
cert preceding "SalOme'' tonight.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-01-22
THE CABINET.

From The Tribune Bureaul
Washington, Jan. H-SecTetdTy and Mrs Tart re-
turned TO Washington this morning from trip to
Charleston. s. c.. where they went In the interest
of the Red Cross. They were accompanied by MISS
Mabel BOardman. Surgeon General OReily ana
other officials Ofthe American Red Cross
Word was received here to-day that Attorney
General BOnaparte, who went to his home in Balti-
more Saturday. indspOsed from tonsints
as to preve't his returning to the capital to-day
He expects to be in Washington tomorrow. ac-
companied by Mrs. Bonaparte. and in the evening
will entertain the President and Mrs. Roosevelt at
dinner
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-01-22
"AIDA."

The accident to Nine. Games and the continued
illness of Plancon. who will not sing tonight at
the concert either. interfered with the perform
ance of Aida at the Metropolitan last night
Nine. RoninSegna. who made her debut here
Aida. was called In again to sing the title part and
JOurnet sang R0mfis The rest of the cast. inClud-
ing Caruso and Nine. Homer (Nho changed from
witch To beautiful prinCess), appeared according
to schedule OF course the audience disap
pointed at missing the fair picture of Nine Eames
and listening her lovely voice. But II made the
best of the situation. apIauding Nine BOninsegna
heartily and CarusO To the echo.