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New-York tribune., 1907-10-24
STATES AS LABOR IMPORTERS

we are surprised to find the dissatisfaction
expressed by various Southern newspapers oyer
he terms OF the new immigration law ECHOED
In so intelligent and discriminating a contem.
porary as "The Philadelphia Press" AS we
nave already pointed out, the scope and bear
ing OF Attorney General Bonapartes interpreta
uon or the act Of last March have been widely
misunderstood In the South. Because il does
nor aIlow states TO do certain things quite be-
yOhd their proper functions as states the new
legislation is attacked as "federalistic' and do.
sTuctive Of state sovereignty. Yet il il clear
that the states enjoy more freedom under the
new act than IS granted TO corporations or in.
dividuals, and that they are deprived of no
privileges In the way Of assisting immigration
which are consistent with rational public nolicv
The critics of the law fail TO distinguish he
tween legitimate and illegitimate forms of state
aid TO immigration. "The Press" apnroving tho
erroneous Southern view, says that Congress-
did not intend 10 interfere with the plans of tbe
Southern states TO secure immigration nv stata
aid, and that the House bill would not have
passed the Senate had not assurances been
gwen OF its innocuousness in that respect But
uie conclusion that 1t does inhlbit proper state
aid is purely gratuitous; for states are nor
mitted TO Solicit immigration by advertisement
"a right denied to corporations or individuals
ana TO pay the passage OF immigrants-a right
denied TO corporations, societies. associations or
municipalities. There Is no bar TO the exnen-
oiture py state OF any sum it chooses TO an
proprlate FOR assisting immigration. state
can charter steamship line and bring In aliens
st lts own expense. 1t can give away forty
scres and COW to each immigrant after he or
ee arrives 1t is merely forbidden to bring in
Iien iaborers under any prior promise of com
pensanon or employment, or under any form
of labor contract
1Ais restriction is not an ardrous or uurea.
New-York tribune., 1907-10-24

s0nable one Congress passed some years ago
a contract labor law which sought TO pre-
vent corporations or individuals from import
ing aliens intended TO displace native laborers
4 foreigner seeking labor must now come in or
his own volitiOn and take his chances of find
ing employment. But if corporations and in
dividuals are forbidden 10 import labor under
contract, why should the states be permltted
10 pull forbidden chestnuts out of the fire! The
states states have direct use for laoorers'
Why should they demand the privilege OF an
nullng the contract Labor law for the Deheli'
of the corporations or individuals in whose ne
half they offer employment 10 aliens: we
agree with The Press" that the enc"uraSe
''ment of Immigration hy states Is an ehtireN
different matter from assisted immigration pH
individuals and corporations. II ought TO pt
kept entirely different The states can 20 aheau
assisting immigration by legitimate means. bu'
there is no need of IA modification of the pres
ont law to permit their conducting employment
agencies with individuals and corporations Tor
c1ipptS
New-York tribune., 1907-10-24
JERSEY CITY.

one of the most interesting and important of
the local contests in New Jersey politics this
year is in Jersey City, where the Republican
Mayor. Mr.. Pagan is a candidate for another
reelection. Considering the overwhelming size
of the usual Democratic majority i'm that city,
II is extraordinary thing that he ever was
elected, II showed that the Democratic admin
iStration of municipal affairs had been SO bad
rs to cause thousands of Democrats to revolt
against It. That he was reelected may be taken
proof of the excellence of his administration
and the popular beuedcence of the reforms
which he effected, Upon that same admirable
record he now again seeks reelection, and it
may unhcsitatingly be said that h. deserves il.
In spite of the fact that he has been ham
percd and handicapped by the lack Of co-opera-
tiou and even the outright opposition of other
local officers. Mr.. Pagan has given Jersey city
better administration than it had enjoyed for
many years before his advent He has sup
pressed vice and crime TO a marked extent and
promoted public improvements. and at the same
time has materially reduced the general burden
of taxation. His administration has been free
from the evils of "boSSiSm and the influence of
law evadiug corporations and has been con-
Quoted impartially in the interest of all the
people. without regard to party or creed.
In such circumstances Mr. Pagan ought To lie
sure of reelection. and he doubtless would bc if
II were not for some unworthy opposition
within the ranks of his own party. The party
boss" is opposing Mr.. Fasun far he
can with the remains OF his "organization.'
and the chief Republican paper OF the city Is
doing the same. Yet we doubt If their hostility
proves very serious, for the reason that il is.
and is generally recognized by intelligent men
10 be-. illogical ana self-stultifyng. They have
always been stcklers for party regularity.
d"nouncing "bOltinE" as the worst Of sins and
formerly affected to regard Mr.. Pagan with dis
favor because of his Independent proclvtics
Yet this year Mr. Pagan is indISputably the
regular party candidate" and thos" who are OPP
posing him are in fact boilers and are relu-
dating the very regularity" which they have
professed To look upon Sacrosanct.
New York IS sufficiently interested in her
next neighbor over the river to wish her well
and there can at present be no better wish for
Jersey CITY than that she may have another
term Of Mayor Fagans excellent and publicly
profitable administration.
New-York tribune., 1907-10-24

leagues made no reply Instead they assumed
the position that no mOdus UiUendi whatever
was necessary, and added the suggestion that
the British government should abrOgate the
treaty of 1S1S-"a suggestion which, says
Lord Elgin, lit is difficult to believe can have
been meant seriously and which the London
Times" describes almost incredible folly
Again, with noteworthy patience the British
government requested the Newfoundland minis
ters to assist in drafting a satisfactory mOdus
rircHdi. but in vain. All it could get from Sir
Robert Bond promise that If it would
drop the mOdus rireHdi plan the colonial gov
ernment would permit Americans to purchase
fish from Observation-Disclosures at 50 a barrel
the price last year having been only 81 %.
This of course, would not do. and the Brit
iSh government had no alternative but to go
with the making of "a mOdHs DiUendi with
out colonial cooperation. This it did, and as
it regarded the prohibition of purse seining as
more important to insular interests than prohi-
bition of employment of Observation-Disclosures by
Americans, it concluded the convention on the
terms already familiar to the world. Finally, to
assure the enforcement of the agreement, an
Order in Council was issued fOrbidding the ap-
plication of colonial laws against it. The record
is completed by adding what of course, the Blue
Book could not add that Sir Robert Bond in
Weighed against this settlement "a disgrace
to British diplomacy" and "a shameful sacrifice
of the interests of the people Of the colony"
In view of all this the London Times does not
appear to be unjust in declaring that the Incl
dents recounted are not calculated to add To
the reputation as a statesman of the Prime
Minister of the colony. But it may also be
said, with equal justice and with much more
pleasure. that the whole course of the negotia-
tions reflects high credit upon the TWO major
governments concerned. as friendly powers sin
cercly seeking Il friendly and equitable settle
mcnt of Il technical but quite honest disagree
mCnt
New-York tribune., 1907-10-24
VALE JUNIOR CLASS APPOINTMENTS.

New Haven. Oct . (SpecIaD-The junior ap-
pointments were announced at Yale to-day for the
class OF 1909. including the general scholarship
averages for the members of the junior class for
the first two years OF the course. They were as
follows for the leading twenty-tour students in
the class
Philosophical orations-Paul Thompson Arnold,
Ridgway. Penn; William Rider Babcock. Brook
line. Mass; Richard Herbert Bennett NewburS.
n Y; John Kingsley Birge. Bristol. Conn; Haw-
ley Hollister Bundy. Grand Rapids Mich. Charles
Soutter Campbell. Essex FeIls y J.: Frank
Thompson Case. Hartford. Conn; Clarence FIack
Graham. Albany; Charles Vanderveer Graham
Brooklyn; Robert Noah Griswod. Hartford. Jesse
Mcmillan Harding. Omaha: Wilson NJ. Hume
Ahmednagar. India; Elias Alfred Johnson. Chicago:
Alexander Comstock Kirk Chicago: Allen Trafrord
Kots. Huntington, y. Y; Dickson Hammond
Leavens. Norwich: Kari Eugene Murchey Detroit:
William Adolph Nitkins PIattsburg: Leonard
Bacon Parks Cleveland: John Bates Perrin
Indianapolis; Howard Benjamin Slider. Loag
Penn: John Minor Stetsou, New Haven; Carl
Hammond Thurston, Worcester. and RAYMOND l.
Walklcy, Southington.
New-York tribune., 1907-10-24
VALE STUDENTS BOARD HIGHER.

Students of Yale hereafter will pay an advance y
p cents week in the price of board In the coiess
commons. where more than one thousand OF -
university undergraduates eat This was prln'e1 :,
the catalogue of the Yale academic or coIless -
partment which also says that more rigid re9...
ments are to be expected In accepting cerIL.o
of standing in other colleges as admission 70 80,
The Planneld and Witherbee scholarships -
been added to the list the last year. and the - -
feIlowships are the Cleveland, Abernethy anu -
den. while the prizes are the Stanley i |,ev
matical the United historical and the kansas ahS@-S.j
entrance Additional courses In the meolcSL s-.tx
have been thrown open TO the medical So 49, ara
making Il possible now to take the worA OK 'N'
two years as a part of their college course
New-York tribune., 1907-10-24
I'M mMSenPnts.


ACADEMY OF MUsIC-s15-The Old Homestead
ALHAMBRA- -2-s-Naudevile.
ASTgR-S IA Yankee Tourist
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BERKELEY Washnston's First Defeat S4"-Iho
BI5OT--S 1.-THE Master Builder.
BLANFY S-s. s.15-RObin Ho0a.
BROADWAY -S.l5-The Round D.
CASINO s:15-T'ne Gay White Nas-
sOLONIAI1-2-s-Haud
CRITERION-S.I5-The Darymaids
DALY'S-s -30-The Great Divide
DEWET-2-S-Kaudey
EDEN MUSEE-The V ord IN Wax
TcATPIR Wife
GARDENS 20-Nadam ButteTfF-
GARRICK-S- -20-The step p-Sister-
GERAIh%-s.2O Maria Magdslena
GOTH FAM-2-S-N vaudeville
HACK FITS .30--When knights We're botG
IFANMERSTIcIN' -2:1J--S:l5-N vaudeville. a., go.
HERALD SQUARES 1.-the Girl BehlnH tht 'oUi
fIIPPODRoME- -2-s-Neptune's Daughter and Pioneer
TII-DS6>-s CLASSMATES.
KNICKFR SOCK ETl-S:15-The Hoyden-
LIBERTY -s:15-Rogers Brothers in Panama
LYrEUN 2.l5-s :30-The Thief
IA IIgI.r-S SaPpho and Phaon
MAJESTIC SD The Top o N World
NEsN arFSTERD ms 1.-THE Merry Nldo"
.CF-V CIRCI IE-s.I5-Two Islands
NEW YORK-2-E- -E-30-Advanced NaudeNille.
SAVOY -2.I5-S-I5-The Of the Hour
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WATI.aC aCE'S-s s-15-The silver Girl
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WEST END-S-The Spoilers
New-York tribune., 1907-10-24

tasks mechanical and botanical. The first
would seem TO be easier than the second. To
separate the bolls from Il harvested cotton
plant whether the operation were conducted
slngly or in combination with ginning. might
call for nothing more than skilful modifca-
ton of existing types of machinery. In view
also of the miraculous results already attained
in hybridizing, it would be foolish TO pronounce
any new experiment In that realm of biology
useless On the other hand, while the world
hears of a few brilliant successes in coaxing
nature 1t is ignorant of the number of failures
There is a chance. too. that in producing plant
having the characteristic requisite to the pro-
posed revolution in harvesting methods some
other desirable quality. like fineness of fibre or
abundance of production. might he sacrificed
Whether the difficulty attending such expert
ments prove great or small they are worth
undertaking. Both the producer and tho con
sumer of cotton would profit by inventions ana
discoveries materially lessening the cost Of
growing II. The prospect of an immediate re-
ward might not he bright enough to tempt the
individual inventor or bOtanist to employ much
money in the work. but if practicable scheme
for cooperation between organizations of plant
ers and manufactur could he evolved for TN"
nurpOse ii would deserve practical encourage
mcnt.
New-York tribune., 1907-10-24
HARVESTING COTTON.

The Manufacturers Record" in discussing
the efforts to perfect machine which will pick
cotton, expresses a doubt If they have been
directed with the utmost wisdom. Inasmuch as
the bolls do not all mature at one tlme 1t is
necessary 10 discriminate between those which
are ready for harvesting and those which are
not No mechanical device can be expected to
do this, and hence the problem of gathering the
crop economically must apparently be attacked
in another way. If some Burbank our Balt-
more contemporary suggests, could develop a
plant in which the bolls would ripen almost
simultaneously, nothing would be needed in the
field but reaper though subsequent treatment
with another machine closely akin TO the
thrasher would still be essential
The plan here outlined includes two distinct
New-York tribune., 1907-10-24
GIVES COST OF YALE INSTRUCTION.
Annual Report Also for First Time Shows
Receipts a Student.

New Haven. oct 23.-The annual report of Lee
McClung. treasurer OF Yale University. shows that
the total funds and assets Of the university are
returned $,1o4.is9 the larger items being S25I4-
99l m bonds ami mortgages S2.65S 123 in bonds OF
railroad companies and SIfS5 sS4 in bonds Of other
compani"s- The expense for the whole university
and departments for the year was s. I0l $50 Less
the payments from the library and other funds
the total increas Of funds for the university for
tho year S5-7Ji5.
For an" first time the treasurer prints table.
showing the cost student fot instruction ana
the receipts a student FOR each department. and
for the whole university. The university. incud-
ing all departments. shows an average cost a stu
dent of S2Sl 50. average receipts student S32 ST.
and a percentage Of receipts To expenses of 466.
The most striking showing is in the theological
school. where the cost of instruction 500 a
student "A year. and no receipts. The academic de-
partment returns average student OF Sos -.
and average receipts student OF $l52 50 The cor
responding figures in the Sheffield Scientific School
are s274 % and Sl56 "A.
New-York tribune., 1907-10-24
IN WASHINGTON SOCIETY.

ilr"u The Tribune Bureau
Washincrou GOT. pa number OF promnent
persons iu society returning to the capital for
the season. and the first week Of November will
find most OF the larger houses occupied.
Mr. and AIRS William Corcoran Eustis Will open
the 'or,oiau house ON Friday, when they will come
up from t1eir "rtate al I.eesburg. Va where
they spent thu TAN. Others who have returned 20
Washington Brigadier General Alexander
Mackenzie. who e with his son-in-IsW and daUgh-
t"r: Nr and Mrs Eugene r, Hendley. AZ their
home on Adams Mill Road after d Western visit;
commander md Mr. William Manning Irwin. and
Mrs Richard Butler New York who spends
the winter in Washington
Mrs. Horace Lee Washington. who arrived in
New York to-day. will 90 Washington to-
morrow.
Ny. and Mrs. Clarence Moore. who have spent
several days iu Washington looking after rue
completion or tu'ir new house. have gone TO New
York
Miss Grace Peters. daughter ~ Comma nde- and
Mrs. Peters. entertained. among other guests at
dinner Tonight Miss Reynolds. Mrs. j. Malcolm
Dunn. Of Ne" York: Mr.. TunsJal and M Under
wood
New-York tribune., 1907-10-24
CHINESE WEIGHTS AND MEASURE.

A brief and scarcely noticed dispatch the other
day significant Of the thorough, painstab-
ing and practical manner in which the Chinese
government is proceeding with the work of
awakening" its vast empire and putting ii into
touch with the rest Of the world. II was sim
ply that the Board of Revenue and Commerce
had been ordered 10 introduce and establish
throughout the empire within six months a uni
form system of weights and measures. To the
American accustomed to such uniformity as a
matter Of course that may seem a slight thing
or it may be cause for wonder that there has
not been all along such uniformity in China.
To any one accustomed to commercial dealings
with China, or even TO travelling in that coun-
try. the Importance Of the reform will be OBJ
vious and will appear enormous
The diversity of standards in China has been
from the earliest times one OF the chief diff
culties OF commercial dealings with that coun-
try. At scarcely two ports on the coast have
weights and measures been alike. while I'm the
interior confusion has been worse confounded
with a different set of standards for every
province II not for every city. What has capped
the climax OF confusion has been the similarly
variable standards Of money The Haikwan
tael has in late years been the standard in gov
ernmental transactions. But traders have found
a different tael in almost every province. In
many places the chief currency consists of
pieces Of silver chopped from a bar OF that
metal and valued according to weight, the
measurement of weight varying according to
the province or city.
The establishment OF a uniform system of
weights and measures. and presumably Of cur
rency. will he OF vast value to China in her
domestic trade, for the old differences of
standards have been grave barriers between
province and province and city and city. 1t
will facilitate the extension of the foreign i'm
port trade more, perhaps than any other one
thing could do, and extension Of trade means
closer connections and more perfect under
standing between nations, this reform will
greatly promote at once the domestic enllght-
enment of China and her more intimate rea-
tionship with all the world.
New-York tribune., 1907-10-24
SOCIAL NOTES FROM NEWPORT.
-. TeIegranh Id = r-ibrreI

rRy Telegraph 70 The Tribune
Newport. z T.. Oct %S.-There little activ-
ity social circles here to-day Miss Gladys Van
dgrbilt and Count Szechenyi spent the day drv-
ing about the city. There was no entertaining in
their honor.
Nr. and Mrs Ralph y Ellis and Mss Alice
Warder. sister of Mrs Ellis closed their New
port season to-day and went 10 Washington.
oliver n. y Belmont left here to-day for New
York on account of The banking situation in thar
city.
MIS-. J. Stewart Barney closed her Newport cot
tase to-day and returned 20 New York
Mrs Joseph Hartman returned to Newport To-
day after stay of some tim. in New York
NEIEnS Spencer Went 70 New York TODAY Hs
will join his parents. Mr.. and Mrs. J. Thompson
Spencer, in Philadelphia in few DAYS
Major Theodore X. Gibbs went 10 New York to-
day for few days.
Mr. and Mrs Charles F. Hoffman have closed
Armsea Hall for the winter and have gone 10 Gar
den City
New-York tribune., 1907-10-24
THE CABINET.

lFrom The Tribune Bureau
Washington. Oct 23-The Secretary of State ana
Mrs Root announce November z as the date TOT
the marriage Of their daughter. Miss Edith Root
20 Lieutenant L. S Grant. The wedding will take
Mace at the Washington home of Secretary Root
and will be a much smaller affair than any OF the
fall weddings here far. Miss Root went to New
York this morning for visiting and shopping. ana
will be absent from the city several days.
Mrs Straus wife of the Secretary of Commerce
and Labor is the latest devotee of the saddle and
rein and spends all the pleasant mornings in riding
through Rock Creek Park and other suburbs OF the
capital She is the only horsewoman of the Cabinet
circle and is delighted with the exercise intro
duced by Mrs Roosevelt. whose riding companion
she has been several times Of late. Secretary
Straus does not ride. but is earnest pedestrian
walking from his home to his office. mile and a
half. every morning rain o shine
New-York tribune., 1907-10-24
THE DIPLOMATIC CORPS.

IFrou The Tribune Bureau
Washington. oct. 23.-The Minister from Spain,
Senor Don Ramon Pima who sailed for his own
country early in the summer. will return to Amer
lea in November and take house adapted 10
entertaining for the winter
The departure OF Major Korner. military attache
Of the German Embassy. for Berlin. November l. Is
he OF regret In society here where both the
major and his wife favorites Major k0rner
wishes return active duty in the German
army and requested the change. Captain Won
Livonius of the general staff Of the German army.
will succeed Major K6rner and arrive here In
few weeks
will serve charge d'affaires i'm the absence Of
the minister. who Will sail on october p for sew
eral months leave I'm Sweden.
New-York tribune., 1907-10-24
WILL ASK KING FOR PICTURE.
Golfers Painting Wanted in the Hudson
Fulton Celebration.

General Stewart T.. Voodford. head OF the Hud-
son-Fulton Celebration Commission. presided yes
terday at a meeting of the board of trustees ot
the commission at which it was decided ask
King Edward through the American Ambassador
at the Court of St James's. for the loan by the
British government OF n painting by John collier,
representing the last voyage OF Henry Hudson.
The picture is 10 be made a feature of the SIX
months memorial art exhibition az the Museum
in 1879
The report % the plan and srone committee pro-
vidug for eight-day celebration. beginning On
Saturday. September Il. I@q and continuing
through to September - was adopted
New-York tribune., 1907-10-24
kAiSER'S GIFT TO WEST POINT

west Point. n. Y. Oct. 2s.-Emperor William OF
'Tt rmany has presented To the United States Mill
tary Academy busts of Frederick the Great ard
General Field Marshal Count Moltke as tok ens
or his interest In the American army. The an
made to-day. Major Theodore
korner. military attache to the German Embassy
at Washington. has been designated by Emperor
William 10 make the formal presentation OF the
busts, which will take place tomorrow Major
General Frederick ID. Grant will represent Secre-
tary Taft and Colonel Hugh L. Scott win deliver
the address of acceptance. The busts are the work
of Professor Upheus and Professor kruse OF Berlin
New-York tribune., 1907-10-24
cITYs OLDEST UNDERTAKEN DEAD

James Winterbottom. the oldest under i-ars.pi -
this citv and who mas buried nearly hfty thousaa-
.,s d,sd in the New York Hospital yests's~nsa "a
Mr. wipterbottom was eighty-three years --aksr o--
for afty-nine years officiated as an 4 un - 1sss
He was born in Yorkshire. England go, an IN
oDened his own undertaking estaoiiSiiAS L-,ucs
Spring street Manhattan Later he OpeneN
offices. >yscS.
In lsss he was elected village president OF ~ =,
where he lived for many years and wneI7 a
came an extensive real estate holder hs ne 10
Mason and a prominent Republican ponuesI, ~
Rcckiaud County and Nyack The funersl ou
held al the Church of the Holy Commune IN
Saturday. and the body will be buried IN O"N
Cemetery, Nyack,