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Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-02-15

beef and butcher steers, $4.60@5.S0; steers
under 1000 pounds, sS.75 a. ,75; stockers
and feeders, $3.6094.75; cows and heif-
bulls, sS,sSS $50; calves, ;8.SS 500;
Texas and Indian steers, $2.50q $50; cows
and helfers, s2.00@5.50
5Q10c lower. Pigs and lights, 1925 a
1905; packers, s6.fO@7l0: butchers and
best heavy. $7.O5@717h
SHEEP AND LAMBS-Receipts, 500
Market strong. Native muttons, $2.76@
$50; lambs. $4.75@740; culls and bucks,
$3.00@4.25; stockers, s2.50@3.50.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-02-15
STRAUSS HAS A NEW PLAN
Head of Department of Commerce
and Labor Holds Monthly
Conference with Chiefs.

WASHINGTON, Feb. l4.-.A new depar-
ture has been made In administrative az
fairs OF the Department of Commerce and
Labor by Secretary Strauss. who yesterday
assembled all the chiefs OF bureaus OF that
department for what is termed the first
cabinet meeting" II is believed by the
secretary that the efficiency OF the depart
ment wiz be increased and the public serv-
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-02-15
surnT and MoIanaes

NEW YORK. Feb. 14-SUGAR-Raw
steady; fair refining, S1-s2c: centrifugal,
IS test, Sb-l6c; molasses sugar, 23-32c.
A8Oc: granula ted. 47Oc.
NEW ORLEANS, Feb. lI-SUGAR-Mar-
kst strong; open Kettle centrifugal whites.
seconds, 2jka3 7-i6c.
MOLASSE S-Quiet.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-02-15
ST. Joseph live stock Market.

ST JOSEPH Mo-, Feb. 14-CATTLE-
Receipts, 1884 head. Market active; mo-
tives sL25d65; cows and heifers, $3.50
Ate; stockeTs and feeders, $3.5Oq460,
lower; top, $7.071k bulk. S6.971zd7. 021k.
SHEEP AND LAMBS-Receipts, 2906
head. Market steady; lambs, H.3Oq160;
yearlings S6O0q6.40.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-02-15
PhIIadelphin Produce Market.

+ PHILADELPHIA. Feb. lA-BGGS-Mar-
ket, STEADY, fair demand western, fresh.
&c, at markl
western, creamery, SSIfd3llhc.
CHEESE-Firp, good demand; New York
fun creams, 1spk4i4Ac.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-02-15
sIoux City live stock Market.

SIOUX CITY, Feb. 1A-(Special Tele-
gram )--CATTLE-Rece so head; mar
and mixed, $275d4.75; stockers and feeders,
50 OOGl4.5O; calves and yearlings 25oqS. %.
HOGS-Receipts $500 head; market Sc
lower; selling at s0.75q6.sO; bulk Of sales.
So SOd6.85.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-02-15

$1,000; clear ribs. $1,000. short clears.
STOLEN Bacon steady; boxed extra
shorts, SiO.75; clear ribs, tiO75; short
clears, 31O.s7h.
POUBTRY-Firm; chickens, iOihc; eprings,
l1hc; turkeys i2c, ducks, uhc; geese, &c.
E BUTTER = Firm; creamery, Tqs4S4c;
dairy, Ha27c
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-02-15
0fIa mud Rnafn.

NEW YORK, Feb. 4.-OILIS-Cotto
steady; prime crude. (. o. b. mills, Ssc
steady; refined, New York, S.75; Phila-
delphia and Baltimore, $.7b; Philadelphia
and Baltimore, in bulk, A5 Turpentine,
firm, 746p74ihc
RosIN-Firm; strained. common to good,
81. 406f445.
SAVANNAH, Ca. Feb. 14-oII-Turpen-
RosiN1Firn Stock 7O.116 casks. Quote t:
A, B. c, D, 800; E, Aoei F, g, $40; "A,
e.; S.S5; w w, $3.50.
OFT CITY, Feb, H-OILS-Credit bal
ances. $1.6s. Runs 1S3 ,3S7 bbls., average 100
1872 4O3 bbls.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-02-15
Trensury Statement.

WASHINGTON. Feb. 14-Todays state
ment OF the treasury balances in the gem
erai fund, exclusive OF the Si5OO00,0OO gold
reserve shows: Available cash balance,
s2ls pa S33; gold coin and bullion, t1O6 42l 645
gold certificates $43, 4OS. 100.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-02-15
Metal Market.

NEW YORK, Feb. 1L-METALS-Ti was
lower in Londoni spot. e191 IS; futures,
ESQ los, Locally, the market was weak;
spot, 342.121tq425 Is. Copper market. I'M
changed to Is Cd lower in the English mar
ket; spot, clos Is Cd; futures, e1O9; cleo
trolytic, s24 75d25,00 casting, $24.25d2475
Lead was unchanged abroad at e19 los
according to delivery. Spelter was I'M
changed in London and also locally, e27
IS % and sGS
Locally, market Is quiet and unchanged; ;
No. l foundry northern, SIS 25q26.25 No. 2
foundry northern, 24.75Q25.75 No l foundry
southern, s26.OOd26.b0 80; No. 2 foundry south
ern. 81. 00726.00.
ST, LOUIS, Feb. 14-METALS-Lead,
steady at $40: spelter. firm at $3.50.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-02-15

MILWAUKEE. Feb. lA-wHEAT'-AGar-
ket steady; No, ! northern, SSdStc; No. z
SOdS2c; May, BIC, bad.
RYE-steady; No. !, 6sG69lsc
BARLEY-stsady; No. 2, &c; sample. 81
: coRN- Firmer; No. s. cash. 4sss@4sc;
May l5lkd47Ac.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-02-15

ice largely promoted by holding regular
conferences of chiefs of bureaus.
The secretary desires to increase the Inn
portance and add to the strength of all
by coordinate and harmonious operations.
II is proposed for the present to hold
these cabinet meetings. twice a month.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-02-15
CHICAGO LIVE sTO0K MARKET
Cattle Steady TO stronE-HOEs Ten
Centn IoMer-aheen StendY.

N"ue SteauS 10 strOhs-hogS Ieh
Cents Lower-sheep steady.
CHICAGO, Feb. H.-CATTLE-Receip
$500 head: market steady TO strong, COM
mon to prime steers, N6O67.OO cows, 81 7E
G4.75: heifers, 81. 35Gl6. 10; bulls, S215QD4 so;
stockers and feeders, 50 O00D4. 35.
HOGS-Receipts, 25,00O head; market 1Oc
lower; prime shipping hogs, S7121k6I7. 15;
packing, $7.O0Gp7. 021h; assorted light, ls7021f
a7.O5; pigs, s6.25d6.sO; bulk of sales, $1,000
ITO
SHEEP AND LAMBS-Receipts, l4.OOC
head market steady; sheep, So 006D6. co.
yearlings A.6O6I6.65; lambs, Sc 006I7. IS.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-02-15

NEW YORK. Feb 14-BVAPORATED
APPLEsIMarket EXHIBITS barely steady
change; fancy, s%a9c; choice, shas11c;
prime, 7NGSc.
CALIFORNIA; DRIED FRUITS-Prunes
are in light demand from the coast, but
holders there are firm In their views This
imparts steady tone TO the situation.
Spot prices range from Sc to Sc for Cali
fornia fruit; Oregon 70s TO sos, 5%m9o
Apricots are IN light supply and are firmly
held, with choice quoted at 1Sc: extra
Arm. choice, 11d12hc extra choice, 12k9
1shci fancy, 12%d14e; extra fancy 1SG15c.
Ralsins are unchanged; loose muscatel, ~
69c; seeded, 7h@l0c; London layers, $1.3
m.b.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-02-15
WnnI Market.

ST LOUIS. Feb. 14-WOOL-steady; me-
dunn grades, cOmbing and clothing, Ad
2S1kc: fight fine. 9Oq8c; heavy fine, l6dlSc;
tub washed. NQ3sc.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-02-15
Peoria Market.

PEORIA, Feb. H.-CoRN- Steady; No. 3
yellow and No 3. axe; No. 4. Ssshe; no
oATs-Firm: No 2 white, zoe; No. 8
white s9ls G39lkc No. white, SS1sGSSzc
RYE-Strong, No. 6714Q69c
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-02-15
s.. Loui. 1--we stock Market.

ST. LOUIS, Mo. Feb. i4.-CATTLE-
Receipts, $500 head. including 1900
Texans. Market strong. Native shipping
and export steers. t5.O0Qe.z5; dressed
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-02-15

PARIS, Feb. 1A--Formal denials were
Issued today OF the reports that Premier
Clemenceau intends to resign.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-02-15
Articles. open. High. Low. / Close,
Minneapoli. arain starket.

MINNEAPOLIS, Feb 1L-WHBAT-AGay,
sOlsd6Osse; July, S09Sc;. No. / hard. sac
SsMe; No. l northern, S2AqS2%c; No. 2
northern s01. d80&c.
FLOUR-First patents, S4.S014. 40; second
patents, A1bQ4,3; first clears. S. 25Q8 IS /,
second clears, s.. 4Od260
BRAN-In bulk. t1726d17.60.
Board OF Trade quotations for Mime
apolis delivery. The range of prices. as re-
Trade building, was;
Minneapolis Cash Close-Wheat: No l
hard SSdS3hc: No / northern S2h9s2Ac;
No Z northern. sOA qSO%e; No, 8 northern,
7Sd79c. Corn; No. 3, sac. oats: No. s.
s7t4c.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-02-15

futures, steady; March. IS "a: May. IS lSsd;
July, Sc 35sd
CORN-spot, firm: American mixed new,
e. SID; old, 4s nd: futures, flrm; March,
ls Sd; May, a. 4Ikd.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-02-15
ToIedo seed Marked
Liverpool Grain end Provisions.

TOLEDO, Feb. lL-sEEDS-Cloyer, casf
tS.O6. Alsike. So.s5. Timothy, N.0.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-02-15
nuInth Grain Mnrket.

DULUTH, Feb. 14--WHEAT-On track
No. / northern, S2Nc; No. 2 northern, S09sc
May, Sl%c; July, size; September, 7skc.
OATS-To arrive, Sl1zc,
RYE-6Oc.
BARLEY-45M62c
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-02-15
a asked. B bid.

A asked. b bid.
Omaha Cash Prices.
WHEAT-No. 2 hard, 71hc; No 3 hard
eSSSg1V1tci No. hard, eoa6s1kc; No. 3 spring,
CORNING. 3, sSassHc; No. 4, se8s7c; No
z yellow s9Q39Aci No. 3 yellow, SSh a3S1zc
No. 8 white, 40f140hc
No. white 37lkc
RYE-No. 2. Sc; No 3, 5Sc.
N.wans
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-02-15
Articies,I open. HighI Low. closet Yesy.

mo. =
Cash quotations were as follows:
FLOUR-Steady; winter patents, 5000
$50; winter straights. ss.O06S25; spring pat
epts. sS.7Oasso; spring straights. $a.lOas.bO;
bakers, S2.208260.
wHEAT.-No; 2 spIing, aGs4c; No. s. "a
CORNING. 2 SAC; No. 2 yellow. 44llc.
OATS-No. 2 SSfse; No. white, &c; No.
white, 39dt403Ac
RYE-HO Q 64hc.
BARLEY-Fair to choice mailing. SEQ
Coo.
sEEDs-No, / fax. sl1s; No. northwest
ern, Nse Timothy, prime. A5 Glover,
contract grades, 1880.
PROyISIONS-Sho ribs, sides Qoose).
81 8(5e60 Mess pork per bbl, Sl7 20di7 26.
lard, per 100 lbs. S9.s25S Short clear sides
CboNed), S9,S7hQ962ia.
The receipts and shipments OF flour ana
grain were. Receipts. Shipments.
Flour, ppls .ssssr'',.s'ssss So.VO0 E,No
wheat, Du .s..s..........s. lI0y0 lh,sOO
Corn, bu .-............,.,sS5ol0 62. so
oats, on ..s...-.......s.,..lSo,o00 $4,000
Rye, pu ..-................. loo 100
harley Du -............... f,te 16.4 40
On the Produce exchange today the but
ter market was steady; creameries 22a
2sle; diaries, S0de0o Eggs. strong; al
mark, cases included 4282le: firsts, Siikc;
prime nrsts Bite extras, 2T1tc. Cheese
steady at l'tqlee.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-02-15

LIVERPOOL, Feb. iL--wHEAT-spot
strong No. red western winter. e ID.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-02-15
stock in Sight.

Receipts OF live stock at the six prin-
cipal western markets yesterday:
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Articles. open.I High Low. Close. IYes'y.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-07-19
The Baking Legislature.

A count OF noses in the two houses Of
the Legislature at Albany would show
that the extra session is not popular.
There are many vacan seats, and the
party caretakers and tacticians who re-
pair to the chambers at every session are
inexpressibly bored. The Governor, pen
in hand, continues to sign and veto mea
ures passed at the regular session, and
on Wednesday he sent in another special
message suggesting fresh work for the
Legislature.
To a man of the Governors habits OF
industry and indifference to the draw
backs Of Albany as a summer residence it
seems incredible that Senators and As
semblymen summoned in extra session
should be content to draw their pay when
they are attending to their private bust
ness at home, cooling Of in the mountains
or lounging by the sea. II the Legisla-
ture does not o % agree upon an ap-
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-07-19
The Night Police Court.

The signature Of Governor HCGHEs to
the bin providing for a mandatory night
police court. in this city marks a distinct
advance for civic decency. The occu-
patton Of the professional station house
bondsmen, who through collision with
grating policemen have fattened their
purses for years from the shameful
earnings Of fallen women, is doomed
To Senator GEORGE r, AoSEw, who in
troduced the measure and who secured
its passage and repassage, in spite Of
a determined and sinister underground
opposition. which dared not show its
head but gained the ears Of susceptible
political leaders. eager chiefly for patron
age, the people Of this city owe a debt
for steadfas' devotion to the public good
With his name should be coupled that Of
CHARLES S. WHITMAN, president OF the
Board of City Magistrates, who drew the
bill and whose unyielding advocacy Of it
was one Of the most potent influences in
placing il on the statute books.
The station houses Of Manhattan will
be cleaner az the result Of this law. The
administration Of justice in our minor
criminal courts will be uplifted and made
decidedly more humane.
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An Oversight on the Part 81 the
Governor.

In appointing the Public Service Com =
mission for Greater New York, was it
the intention Of Governor HUGHES not
merely to create an efficient instrument
for the administration Of the law of the
State, as IL exists to-day, but also to
afford representation on that body to
the theorists Of the schools?
Was II the Governors purpose 70 make
the Commission a coign of vantage for
the advertisement of municipal owner
ship ideas
If so. the wisdom Of the Governors
choice If Mr.. MILO Roy MALrBIE is now
plain 70 everybody.
There is no evidence, however, that
the same principle of representative
selection was applied TO the other COM
mission created bv the new law, that
which is concerned with the larger rams
portation interests Of the State.
In ordinary fairness and for symmetry
the Public Service Commission for the
Second District should have been adorned
with an advocate of the Government
ownership Of steam railroads. The Gov
ernor should have named at least one
member as thoroughly representative of
that great movement as Mr.. WILLIAM J.
BRYAN himself; not Mr.. BRYAN, for he is
not eligible. but some New York Gov
eminent ownership man who is just as
pronounced and persistent as BRYAN.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-07-19
Let This Good work Go On.

A very large number of citizens who
are disgusted with the present unwhole-
some and unke!npt condition Of Central
Park and other smaller breathing places
in this borough derive a crumb OF COM
fort from the action Of Commissioner
HERMAN in removing the superintend-
ent Of parks in Manhattan and Rich
mond for the good Of the service" His
publicly expressed intention to fill the
place with a mar skilled in arboriculture
and horticulture is also received with the
utmost satisfaction by all who most en-
JOY the benefits Of the parks. So impor-
tant a place in the park system cannot
be filed in a satisfactory except
by a mar who has had long experience
in the business.
" is to be hoped that the good work
will not stop here. The removal Of one
Official will not restore the parks to their
normal condition or guard them from
future attacks from the u~nthinking.
What is wanted primarily is the divorce
ment Of politics from the park manage
ment and the establishment Of industry
and discipline among the force that is
paid by the city 10 guard and care for
the open spaces. Nothing short Of a
thorough reorganization can accomplish
this result. The parks have been so
loosely managed Of recent years and
have been so entirely the football Of petty
polincs that anything less than a revo-
luton in methods will fail absolutely to
correct the evils.
The rowdies Of both sexes who by
long indulgence have come to believe
that they can do as they please in the
parks must be taught to respect the
regulations imposed, and the evidence
of neglect and decay which is apparent
TO the eye on every hand must be removed
without loss Of time If the parks are 70
be what their founders intended.
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ever, to assent to the abolition Of contra
band. which would DO equivalent TO q
surrender Of the right Of search. so long
asserted by Great Britain, the exercise
Of which has always given great offence
70 ~noutrsls and constituted the chief
~provocation Of the War OF 1912. The
composition Of the negative vote shows
the influence Of Great Britain, for there
can be but little doubt that France, Spain
and Portugal could have been swayed
by her to either side, or that Great Britain
and France between them could have
won over Russia. II follows that u
chief attempt TO humanize international
law has been thwarted by Great Britain,
and was rescued from humiliating re-
lection only by the qualified support OF
Germany, which carried with it the other
two members Of the Triple Alliance.
Logically, as NJ. BOURGEOIS. repre-
senting France. pointed out, the nom
success Of Mr.. CHoATE's proposal should
have been followed by a vote on the Bel
gian suggestion, which by way OF COM
promise would prohibit the con~fiscation
Of the private property of belligerents
at sea, and would substitute sequestra-
ton until the end of the war during
which seizures should be made. Mr..
CHoATE declined to concur in the motion
made by NJ. BOURGEOIS on the ground
that as Great Britain had declared her.
self opposed to sequestration and might
be expected to have a number OF sup
porters a vote on the subject would be
a waste of time.
As TO the academic proposal for a limi-
tation Of ornaments, which at the next
session Of the conference will be brought
forward by Great Britain and backed by
the United States, there is no prospect
Of it's acceptance by all Of the great
Powers. for Russia, France and the three
countries composing the Triple Alliance
have officially pronounced against it.,
though it is personally favored by ex-
Premier BOURGEOIS, head Of the French
delegation, and by Signor TIT TONI. the
Italian Minister Of Foreign Affairs.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-07-19
PRAISE ron rRE AUTOMOBILE.
A Fair Champion OF Fourteen Years Re-
SCENTS Aspersions 0n II.

To THE EpIroR or TEE SuN-Sir: Thoush
I am only a fourteen-year-old girl I would
like to answer that very hard letter by a Ger.
tain MIR. A. A. on automobiles which was
printed In THE Sun on July rs
Either this gentleman has never encoun-
tered one OF our high class cars or else he has
had very bad luck with the cars he has been
In. He says that the people who ride in
motor cars are daily increasing In ugliness
the women's faces are becoming hard" &c
Now. II this Ia happening to his friends |
sYmpathize with Mr.. A. A., but possibly II Ia
not the auto that Is to blame Personally, !
think hat there L. a great deal more lauRhinI
expression, which goes further toward soften.
ing the face than otherwise,
Town that when driving ffty or sixty miles
same can be said Of the driver Of q fact horse,
full OF mettle and ready to shy az his own
shadow.
A. A. says that the running Of motor ora
San Francisco have done without the auto.
mobile during the great e~arthquake2 How
many. thousands Of lives does this public
make this raid against the automobile when
lives are being "a wed every minute by ~
Think Of the physicians that use automobiles.
quarter Of The time in which they would arrive
had they used a horse Why Is IL that only
our foolish motorists. who drive recklesslv
and abuse the msesins; SHOULD be written 70
tables and think Of the nameless blessings OF
this modern invention. ,
think if we were, 10 take 4, A. up and
she'll road and a soft Gabriel horn. that even
he would be won over and becoue one 81 the
many enthusiasts about our ideal American
car BOOTH,
Daughter OF Ballington Booth.
NEW YORK, July ~.
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Mr.. BURROUGHS Instructor.

Everybody but the Rev. WILLIAM J.
Long will b. glad TO know that Mr..
ROOSEVELT is a-birding at Oyster Bay,
accompanied by Mr.. JOHN BURROUGHS,
known afectionately in the vicinity of
his own nest as the Sage Of Slabsides.
The quick firing pen is heard only occa-
sionally. The sword of empire hangs
upon the wall. The shrill honking horn
of that resistless human devil wagon
abrades no more the tympana Of man.
kind. The professor Of pathology is
specializing in ornithologv. With glass
and camera he stalks the birds, as in
his storm and stress period he stalked
fierce voracious c%arnivorcs and wow
wowing harrimans.
Psychologists will watch eagerly the
effects Of this gentle and harmless pur-
suit upon the mind, the emotions and the
temperament OF the illustrious pursuer.
Will IL not soften, mellow and harmonic?
Birds in their little nests agree. May
not a more %eirenic, a less controversial
temper be encouraged by these excur-
sions under the greenwood tree?
At any rate, Mr.. BURROUGHS will be
greatly benefited. His ideas Of nature
will be enlarged. His knowledge Of bird
life will be increased nightly under the
tuition of a naturalist as quick to impart
as he is to receive information.
When next he writes Of President
ROOSEVELT as a Nature Lover and OBJ
server" Mr.. BURROUGHS will acknowl-
edge, no doubt, his indebtedness to his
comrade and instructor in bird lore.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-07-19
We regret to report that Governor HuoHEs

We regret to report that Governor HuoHEs
has offended the American Bison Society
In a leafer apparently authorized by il
he is taken TO task in a bitterly sarcastic
and unfeeling manner for vetoing the item
in the supply bill providing for the main
tenanoe Of a small herd Of buffalo in the
Adirondacks. There IL something extremely
personal in the following a%rraignment. and
il looks az IL the Governor had lost some
o In a respectable quarter
The bill Of the American Bison Society for the
establishment of q State herd of bison In the Adiron
dseks has met a very hard fate So far az heard
from only one person 70 .ne enure sa,e OF NeS
ron,, ,.w. !, ,s,, ma, s.,ner. - n. hxx.r
with no in,.re., in Wild animals. Incidentally he
is also the Governor of the Empire State. For
reasons that are yet 70 oe revealed the Item In the
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-07-19
An English mans warning TO American,

To rHH EDITOR or THK SUS-sfr, 4 few days
ago TnE SCN published the opinion OF an expert
to the effect that all the hard coal In America will
be consumed In about seventy I'VE years. This.
II true. must be serious news to those citizens here
who wish 20 see their cities made clean by lessening
the smoke nuisance. VIII you allow an English
man who has spent some months over here TO urge
upon Americans the pressing necessity OF stirring
themselves in this matter OF smoke destruction.
for that Is what II comes To.
shall be sailing In two or three weeks. and ! fear
after some time spent In New York London will
seem 10 me a very dirty city. but We are not as bad
as st. Louis. Cincinnati. Cleveland and Chicago,
because We do not allow people to send forth into
the air unconsumed carbon, l. e.. dense black smoke.
as appears TO bs allowed over here. II Is this black
smoke that ought 20 be prohibited. and when ! was
In Chicago ! was told that people were constantly
nned for permitting rs escape. The nnes are
evid entity no deterrent. as one man who represented
a Chicago nrm confessed 20 me the other day. for
his company is fined three or four times q year,
pays up eheerfuliy. but goes on ~polluting the air
and doing It's best TO ruin everything.
Surely In a country where inventive genluses
abound some one can direct his energies to doinx
something to solve smoke consumption. II New
York ceases her vigilance In the m latter OF smoke
land | regret 20 say that ! saw many heterogeneous
OF the smoke ordinancel this beautiful city will be
ruined. the loss In the matter Of laundry, house
cleaning and health will % far greater than any
gain that may accrue from the use OF soft coal:
and more than that. owing TO the way New York
IA being built up. with such little space between the
backs Of the houses. a smoky atmosphere will be
a very dire menace TO the health OF liza packed popu-
iation. London IL doing its best 10 Iessen the
smoke nuisance, and has Improved considerably
within the last ten years. and AZ say, she n Not
as bad as m any oitios I have visited on this side,
Your greatest offenders are your railway oompa
MES Either the worst kind Of coal Ia employed or
It Is burned very mechanically ana q journey on
the New York New Haven and Hartford Railroad