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New-York tribune., 1907-11-24
Constant Reader Tells What He
Missed IN Last Ueek'S Papers.

What has aroused the most puohc 'u'eie0' u"
tho ,reeI lust ending?" asked the Busy Man. as
bo entered the sanctum of his friend Constant
Reader
The efforts To relieve the financial SITUATION
was the reply. "and the results of the legal in
ouir, into the affairs of the suspended banks IN
the Borough Of Brooklyn After these the
Horse show in Madison Square Garden. the
maiden voyage Of the big Cunarder Mauretahld
the attacks on the President, growing OUT oI
the financial stress. and the trial of Mrs. Brad
lev for the murder of Senator Brown at WASH
ington. The week has not provided any occur
rences of first class Importance abroad. The
negotiations for reciprocity between this coun-
trv and Great Britain in the minor matter OF a
reduction of the tariff works of art brought
here in return for the admission or connerCldI
travellers samples free of duty In Great Britain
is regarded as an opening wedge for the settle
ment of other tariff inequalities. 1t is reported
that an invitation will be extended 10 the
squadron of American battleShipS which Will
go to Pacific waters next month to pay a visit
to Japan which would be proof positive of the
purpose of maintaining friendly relations be-
tween the two nations which have the most di-
rect and vital interest in the greatest body of
water on the globe Secretary Taft is speed
ing. as rapidly it's facilities Will allow. west
ward across Siberia on the Russian railway,
bound for the capital Of the empire OF the Gar,
but il will take him fortnight to reach salt
water more and he has engaged passage
from Hamburg on December {. After visiting
the ruler in whose territories he will have to
spend so much time in crossing two continents;
but ne has decided not TO visit any other Euro
pean rulers and will not even accompany his
wife France, where she purposes spending
month at least before returning to her native
New-York tribune., 1907-11-24
WHERE WORLDS
GOLD GOES.
,STE1DY DISfPPE11R1lNCE
or PRECIOUS METAL.
Much .SzcoIIo5ced Up IN Ind'a-Na a
homefan Countries Take Great
DeaI- -HOaTdirG.
Deal HOardirG.

From time immemcrial the boarding % gold
end other currenc.- and their consequent with
orayval from circulation have been regarded as
an evil and rs a menace 10 the state. The
Founder Of Christianity in His parable concern
ing the talents commended those who had used
the funds iurrusted 90 them for purposes Of COM
1narce. but denounced the man who had hidden
his talent in the earth as an ''unproitable scr
,7t,1 ~ and as unworthy of confidence, consign-
ing him 10 outer darkness. where there shall
be weeping and snasfing OF teeth. In the
Middle Ages of Europe monarchs We're won't TO
infict all sorts of painful tortures upon those ct
their lieges who they had reason 10 believe
were given To the sin Of boarding, and the cruel
ties which they perpetated upon their victims.
fa1 from exciting any pity. invariably met with
popular approval since they helped TO restore
10 circulation money that had been hidden
away And to this day. in those OF 1he
countries OF Asia and Africa that are stlIl SUD
ject 10 native rule. the suspicion OF poSSesSIHS
secret boards is considered by the people as
ample warrant for the baTbarous measures
adopted by those In authority to compel the sur
render Of the treasure. which, even II conilscateu
nevertheless is brought again into use
Civilized governments IN these modern ulIeS
have no such means at their disposal fact
which has been brought home recently Win
particular force to the English in their adlnln-
istration OF Egypt Thus, according 10 the re-
cent annual report of the Egyptian Estates
Comnanv Limited IA semi-ofticial concern
close upon S1.abOoO0pa goes into the pockets OF
the Egyptian people in payment OF the cotton
crop each year. and OF this vast sum the greater
mart disappears from circulation. being hoarded
bv the native landowners, farmers and feaheen
These figures were subsequently confirmed by
Lord CroYner in the speech which he delivered
last month at the Ciuildhall, on the occasion OF
the presentation to him Of the freedom OF the
New-York tribune., 1907-11-24
RELIEF OF FINANCIAL SITUATION

what is the prospect for the return of nor
mai conditions i'm the money market?'
Apparently all that is needed is the restora .
tion OF confidence and the return to its ,,suay
channelS of the currency that Customarilv aids
IN the exchange of what one man makes for that
winch some one else produces The old Iati,,
motto EX nihilo nihil MT meaning that from,
nothing nothing comes, will apply TO the present
condition IN the money market Much has an,
parently been made from nothing but when I.
Is sought To materialize the product n canpot
Nc round IN other words. financial struCture
reared on credit has nothing To sustain il vvhe,,
the credit fails. When everyb wants r,,,ns1s
AT once there is not enough to GO around and
Whcn persons insist on having cash instead of
checkS there Is hard work to SUNNY the dc
inahd one instance of this is shown i'm tho
case OF a man who refused to take anvtbirs,
save real money when he rendered a 81 na1
hhl To pay SO. and had to lug away sixt%,
pounds of silver, having received A74 silver dol
lars aud four quarters. The effort of the GOV
ernment tn dispose of the difficulty i'm the money
market by issuing S1o0000000 of TreasIIrv
certlncates. under authority OF a measure pasSed
IN the time of the Spanish War and puttinr
S'opOhVUo of Panama bonds on the market
mas aroused diverse opinions i'm the minds oT
those most conversant with the situation. but
no marked relief has Vet been seen The plan
Is said TO have been wholly devised hy the an
thorities at Washington and was not ever,
submitted TO the judgment Of the financiers oT
tns city before 1t was promulgated
New-York tribune., 1907-11-24
MANY USELESS JOBS.

In view Of the official statement in the re-
port that the entire working force of the parks
in Manhattan is employed throughout all sea
sons, and that some of them appear 10 have been
on the payroll for seven days in the week" 1t
is interesting TO look through the civil list and
see what this army of supposed wOrkmen is
composed of.
that costs S@69lS a year to maintain, and only
$I,.oO of this expenditure appears i'm the budget
salary lists. The rest paid out of all sorts
Of appropriations. principally out of corporate
stock funds and maintenance appropriations.
Then there are orchid growers, alnNErowers.
garden propagatOrs. entomolOgistS. and arbori-
culturists, who are paid TO watch the flowers
and trees grow every day, including Sunday
even in the time Of the year when the flowers
are dead and the trees barren of foliage. There
den in the winter time and all the year round
Twenty three climbers and pruners are paid
to ascend the leafiess trees and carefully prune
them when mantle of snow covers the parks
No less than 366 laborers wander about looking
for things to DO, even when the earth OF the
park lawns and plantations is frozen stiff and
the grass lies under a snowy covering. Over
looking this work there thrty-nine fore
men, who paid to that the city gets its
money worth of work whether there is any
to be done or not. Though there are no lawns lii
tered with paper and banana skins for four
months of the year, a staff of forty-nine clean
ers is supposed TO earn wages all the year The
results OF their work more apparent in the
winter time than in the summer months. when
the park is used by the City's millions. Eighty
cottage. playground and gymnasium attend
ants supposed to go daily to the deserted
bath attendants perform the same functions.
BESIDES all these. there is n heterogeneous
collection of carpenters, painters sign writer's
steam engineers. stokers. housesmiths. black
New-York tribune., 1907-11-24
"G3AVEYARDs OF GOLD" ="

Mahometan countries have often been de
scribed as the "graveyards of gold" in the
sense that they swallow up the yellow metal re-
moving il from circulation This is especially
the case in India where the sixty million Mos
lems constitute the most prosperous and infu-
eutial element Of the population Of the empire.
There elsewhere, their wealth is represented.
moi by bonds and stocks. but 10y boards Of the
yellow metal and in a lesser degree of jewels.
which constitute merely another form of cur
Tcncy, and which their owners. holding aIooi
from banks and financial institutions, conceal
ali sorts Of strange hiding places. usually
underground. Ia the last forty years the i'm
ports ~ gold into India have exceeded the ex-
ports by a bion-that Is 20 say. q thou
rsTd nIiIiion-of dollars These are not only
FnOat conservative figures. but necessarily *
frergelY incomplete. and IL - possible that the
resI ls double treble that amount. No
frane n fbe money is 10 be found in the fnan-
sal institutions ~ india.
Es pointed oUf ~ Thomas jefferson sfIurlcy.
Il the American Institute of Mining Engineers.
81 his gSF0 gtsief fhe Gold Production OF
fi.a Wa910." published some ten years ago.
ff4hefe fs VsilOW stream flowing into india
Ysar ~ vear Thsre b. n0 end 20 lhst stream 4.
t ~ aivars flowing re money does not re-
appear IN fife Indian banks. The soil of Indis
abegrbs the eol5eIi 11od. just tho sands pf
the 1eseTt sWaiiOw ia overflow a. the great
rivefE When n is remembered tlias this work
of atagry'.on has aeeu going win little IL
New-York tribune., 1907-11-24
SUMMER JOBS
HELD ALL WINTER.
PARKS 4 H1VEN FOR TAM
MINY "HEELERS.
OrchM Gro7cers and Other 1lieged
Erperts by the Score Dr07o
Pau the Year Round.

The new Commissioner of Parks for Manhat-
tan. Henry Smith whose appointment was an
nounced by Mayor Mcclellan yesterday. has
splendid opportunity to earn the approval "t
the public in the administration of his new
office For many years il has been an open
secret that the payrollS of the department have
been disgracefully overloaded with an army ol
employees appointed for purely political reasons,
and that the taxpayers have been compelled to
pay thousands OF dollars a year in wages for
which they have received no adequate return
In changing this system the new Commits
sioner for Manhattan has definite basis upon
which TO proceed. An investigation into the
workings Of the Park Department has recently
been completed by the statistical bureau OF the
Finance Department The results contained
in three separate reports to the Controller deal
ing with the three administrative branches ot
the department. These reports analyze in q de-
tailed manner the expenditures of the Park De,
partment for the twelve months of last year and
for seven months of the current year. and re
veal a condition OF aHalrS worthy OF serious
consideration by every taxpayer in the city.
1t is shown that the payrohs of the depart
ment are overloaded in shameful manner
Thousands of employees are paid by days labor
presumably that their services may be dis
penSed with when not required. Yet the facts
brought out in the reports indicate that prIct-
Cally the entire staff of the department Is kept
upon the payTOls during twelve months in the
year, though hundreds of them could not by any
stretch of the imagination perform the duties for
which they are OstensibIy employed i'll the win
ter months. In order to provide the money
required to pay the wages of an army OF useless
employees II mas become lut tuSloHl III Gel N'iiii
branches of the department TO utilize for pay
roll payments money specifically voted Tor en-
tirely different purposes.
Engineering and technical staffs that ought
to be paid out OF regular salary appropriations
voted in the annual budget are paid out OF all
manner of appropriations, that their names
never appear in the annual statement of ac-
counts at all. There is a clear inference from
the facts brought out in the investigation that
hundreds of wOrkmen are paid their wages year
in and year out from funds raised through 'h'
sale of city corporate stock. though they are
really employed upon maintenance work rms
is in direct violation of the provisions OF the city
charter. which limits the use of money raised
by the sale of city corporate stock to construc-
tive work of Vi permanent character.
New-York tribune., 1907-11-24

is impossible for youth to attempt, and it is
from the explOitations of youth that sages draw
their wisdom. Remember that second childhood
is never as enjoyable the first 1t lacks
uberanCe Solomon bids the young man rejoice
in his youth He might have offered the same
advice 10 young women Doubtless he did not
because. having the youthful spirits OF some
hundreds of them to restrain. such advice would
have been unwiSe if not positively dangerous
Finally if you are old, be thankful Age con-
fers privileges which nothing else ever bestows.
II is pleasant to be able to tell other people how
to bring up their children properly, whether You
ever brought up any yourself or not, and 10 ar
roPate to Yourself and sometimes express, all
the wisdom which years are supposed To gar
ner To the aged belong accumulated recouec-
tions of Thanksgivings 10 illuminate win the
halo of happy memories the feast of the pres
ent and not the least thing to be grateful Tor IS
the capacity To dissolve the shadows OF a long
life in the sunshine of "A thankful spirit
New-York tribune., 1907-11-24
HE WON HIS BET

Thomas Nelson Page. while riding down a conn
try road in one of the Southern States of America
met an old negro leading horse, and laughing
as only niger" can.
Sam" said Mr.. Page. what's the joke?"
"Oh! Mawnn, marster. ! jes' won bet often
dis hyear fool boss"
why. Sam" said Mr.. Page, how did you do
that?"
We'll, you see. boss. | a-Ieadn' dis hyear
hoss back yonder, and a piece of paper
ahead Of us, an ! says: 'Backy l bet yer a quar-
ter yer gwne ter be afeard of IT. But Blacky
shook his haid-h wouldn't. Then l said: 'Blacky,
bet you quarter you Willwill you take my bet p
And he nodded his had. We'll. sah when we sit
up dar, de wind futter dat paper about. an. Lord
bless my souE YOU oughter dat hoss He
shy clean outen de field Ha! ha hai An dat's
what uckles me-dat I'm quarter ahead"
Why, Sam, you are crazy; you can't collect the
quarter from a horse"
'1assah, dat l cam My marster he'll give me a
dollar tonight to git oats and hay fer dat boss
but III git him seventyfive cents Wllth and keep
my quarter. Ha, Hal" illustrated Bits.
New-York tribune., 1907-11-24
MARRIED PERSONS OF BOTH SEXES

II you are married woman be thankful that
you need never suffer like heroines of romance
from suppressed emotions and overcharged fael-
ngs. You nave always at hand one upon whom,
you can vent athe one and 10 whom you NAV
charge the other. You are secure in the strone-
hold of responsibility husband serves &c
one of the most effective excuses in modern Iife
for every social obligation his wife fails to ner
form; for every duty neglected and for any
friVolities in which she may indulge
Are you married man? Rejoice that thera
lives at least one person i'm the world who
secretly believes that You now. or at least
once were a paragon of perfection; for lacking
any other reason for this conviction she could
never doubt her own infallibiHty i'm the matter
of selection.
DO you add spinster' to your legal signature ,
Let your soul be filed with thankfulness that
your especial domains may be kept tidy and
furhelowed to degree neither appreciated no,.
New-York tribune., 1907-11-24
WORLDS OUTPUT OF GOLD.

Experts such as the Director of the United
States Mint ut Washington and other authori-
r"s OF equal standing have no difficulty in
forming approximate estimate Of the worlds
output Of gold in the last two hundred years.
But the most remarkable feature thereof is to
he found in the fact that although since the
discovery of gold mines in Australia South
Africa. California and the Yukon there has
heen an enormous increase in the production
of the yellow metal. there has been
responding growth but. the contrary, an
alarming decrease, in the monetary circulation
thereof. IN fact. the latter has fallen off The
Bank Of England is said to be poorer by $780,
WElo0 in gold than il five years ago, ana
analogous institutions show a. similar decline
in their bullion reserve. wbiCh they ascribc t.,
tlc never ending disappearance of gold from cir
CuatiOn. And whereas according to the annals
Of the ante-ChTistian era the amount OF gold
tnen in existence even greater than thai
records of the construction of the Temple of
solomon at Jerusalem-yet that gold. too has
disappeared alike from sight and circulation.
boarded, boarded away in hiding places long
since forgotten. the quantity Of ancient eoId
recovered usually in the form of manufactures.
eloquehl OF the volume of metal used for the
purpose in ancient days. being so infntesimal
that II is hardly worth mentioning.
While undoubtedly Asia and the northern and
central regions Of Africa are responsible for the
disappearance of the greatest amount of gold
from circulation, the people Of Europe and Of
III LufoIe the boarding Of money and its re-
suitant disappearance from circulation are main
~ cue 10 the farmer and peasant classes whose
Iack OF education and absence of knowledge of
the world cause them to distrust any form of
banking establishment or analogous financial
institutions. Striking evidence was furnished
OF TINS pecularitN at the close of the war of
1870. when Germany imposed as one oP the
conditions OF peace the payment by France of
an indemnity of a billion dollars. Prince Bis
inarck, whose means of information were sI-
pGrlor 10 those OF any other statesman and
VINO was advised in the matter by some of the
most experienced financiers of the day such
as, FOR instance, the Rothschilds the Rlech-
roeders. the MendelsSOhns. etc had fixed upon
That sum as being beyond the means of the
french people. as calculated to prolong the
InlltaIy occupation, likely 10 lead to
1urther territorial sacrifices and as destined It.
cripple the resources and the power of France
Tor generations to come In fact, when the
amount of indemnity was first mentioned peo-
ole on both sides of the Atlantic gasped with
establishment.
New-York tribune., 1907-11-24
VAST COSTS OF PARKS.

The analysis contained in the reports of the
statistical bureau of the Finance Department
indicates that while $5045.21S was voted i'm the
budgets for 1906 and the current year Tor park
purposes the enormous sum OF $9.050.41a was
authorized and almost the entire amount eN,
pended in the twelve months of last year ana
seven months of the present year, ThS means
that in this period the city parks have cost tn"
taxpayers s4,005197 more than the budget dc-
counts for those years indicate as the total eN-
penditure. The four millions were obtained
from two sources SO 100 600 from the sale ef CITY
corporate stock and S905,197 from the sale ~
special revenue bonds. The amount derived
from the sale of city corporate stock is direct
addition 10 the funded debt, and the amount de
rived from the sale Of special revenue bonds Is
later on must be added to the funded debt
The Commissioner Of Parks for Manhattan
got S4S9 $50 in the budget for 1906 to pay wages
of Workmen but his payrollS in that year ran 20
drew upon the special revenue bond account for
$13S43I and upon the corporate stock account
for $12S,S20. In seven months OF the current
year. to July 81 last. the Commissioner eX-
pended for the same purpose S409,942. of which
12o out Of special revenue bond funds and SIS
40 out Of corporate stock funds For the com
ing year q still larger appropriation has been
put in the budget To pay for labor charges.
Commenting upon the expenditure for labor
by the Commissioner Of Parks for Manhattan in
1906 the report of the statistical bureau of the
Finance Department says:
Examination of the payroll schedules shows
that il has been the practice of the department
employ practically the same force the year
round. in the spring of 1907 there was small
decrease in the payroll averages due To the
action of the Commissioner in putting some ot
the laboring force upon part time owing 70 an
anticipated deficit III the budget appropriations
and pending the action of the Board of Estimate
on the request of the Commissioner for a issue
of special revenue bonds. With the exception OF
this instance, the policy of the department
seems TO have been to continue in employment
throughout all the seasons the full complement
of workmen some of whom appear to have been
on the payroll for seven days in the week"
New-York tribune., 1907-11-24
KORAN PROHIBITS UsURY.

OF course the English are unable to resort to
any such methods to prevent the annual disap-
pearance of these millions upon millions of gold
and although savings banks and other fiduciary
institutions have been started in E,gypt and the
chiefs of the Moslem creed have been induced
10 consent 10 a liberal Interpretation of
the laws OF the Koran the subject of usury
the drain continues unabated and with no signs
of any diminution. The Koran strictly pro-
hibits usury, denouncing ii as one of the un-
pardonable offences. and owing to this Mahomc-
tans have for more than twelve centuries alb
stained from ever lending money out at inter
est and have refused to make use of banking in
stitutions. boarding their gold. as more easy of
concealment and as less liable TO confiscation
and seizure than land. AS an illustration of the
sentiment of Mosems about the matter l may
state that Of the more than twenty thousand de-
poSitorS Of the savings banks of Egypt last
year fewer than two thousand were Mahometans
Of the EuropeaniZed and essentially modern
minded sort, and even they while willing to
leave their money in the Golfers Of the bank alb
solutely refused to touch a cent of the interest
accruing to them 10 allow il to be placed TO
their credit The chief dgnitaries of tire Mos
lem faith and the highest authorities Of Islamic
law at Cairo have now, thanks to the efforts of
Lord Cromer prior To his leaving Egypt decided
that there was objection to devout follow
ers Of the Prophet making use Of banks and
analogous institutions, and 10 their receiving
nor-usurious rates of interest for their deposits
But this pronouncement is Of relatively recent
date. and generations will pass away before
any success is achieved in weaving the peoDio
from that practice of boarding to which thev
have been accustomed for more than twelve
centuries.
New-York tribune., 1907-11-24

tolerated by the masculine mind Remember
that a maiden NAV if she likes. try many en-
gagement rings and still enjoy the feminine
prerogative of failing keep the contracts these
inpIv RecOllect that il age finds one some
what gray and lonely the consolation remains
cottage. playground and gymnasium attend
that there mental cares To weight the
wears and no grandchildren inOppOrtunely to
proclaim their passage
Are YOU rich? BE thankful. for your opportu-
mites to enrich the lives of others are many
and even YOUR enemies will kowtOw to you.
Are YOU poor? Rejoice, for those whose pleas
ures are few and bought with an effort are hest
equipped heartily to enjoy them. Persons VINO
have neither money possessions are not
harassed by the fear of losing them nor troubled
by fluctuations in the world Of finance
YOUTH OR AGE TO BE GLAD FOR.
Have YOU youtho Be grateful for it. Nothing
New-York tribune., 1907-11-24

terruption for zen centuries and still continues
ala eady III 1880 the French Envoy Bernier, fli
q report 30 his government dated from Delhi.
wrote that the gold Of the world after circG-
lating for some time finally flows into India as
into an abyss from which there is no return -
il is possible to form some faint idea OF the
colossal amount of treasure that Is comprised
IN the hidden boards of that country. Al!
classes in India. and in fact throughout the
Orient, are afflicted with the time honOred habit
OF boarding gold which the influence exercised
during centuries of MahOmetans, as wei!
a@ the insecurity of life and property. has iTl
course of time extended TO the Hindus and
other Asiatc races. In fact the boarding goes
I'll Asia 4 fcica