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New-York tribune., 1907-11-21
dR. CARNEGIE MEETS PROFESSORS
Attends Foundation Meeting-State Univer-
sity Presidents Want Benefits

More than hfty presidents Of colleges and uuiyer-
stiles attended tho annual meeting OF the board OF
trustees of the Carnegie Foundation for the Ad-
vaUcemeut of Teachers held Its rooms. No 54e
Fifth avenue. yesterday. Charles William Eliot
chairman of the board and president of Harvard
presided
In the morning there discussion OF the
relation Of the Carnegie Foundation 10 State Uni
versities. Henry :. Pritchett president OF the
ties should not receive pensions from the founda-
ton The state, he said should make the neccs-
sary provision.
the Information that they had no control Of th.
legislatures. and that il 10 obtain state
aid the state professors should suffer They
said that the pay for a college presi-
dent and the state college professors $50 4
year They requested that provision be made for
them BY the foundation.
William F. Slocum president of the Colorado col
icge. who appointed by Mr.. Carnegi" to sue
coed the late William E. Harper, Of Chicago, was
among those present.
Mr.. Carnegie arrived after noon and went
Into anterOom. awaiting adjournment. but
Jacob Gould Schurman. president of Cornell Uni
versity, persuaded him TO into the meeting
room. Adjournment followed. The members got
luncheon Delmohico's. President Prtchett pro
posed toast 10 Mr.. Carnegie. who will be seventy
years old Monday.
Mr.. Carnegie said: There is no work in which
am more interested or which gives me more
pleasure than the work OF th" foundation. Al
though am seventy yelrs old fully reciprocate
your wish in your that I live many more
years. and thank YOU for your good wishes,
At the afternoon session the officers Of the fOun-
dation reelected.
New-York tribune., 1907-11-21

buying stocks freely. the premium on currency
was declining and boarded money was coming
out, and clearing houses ali over the country
were ploNiolhg an emergency currency. 1nJ
monetary SQudl had blown by and the financial
ship was righting itself before the admnstra-
iion determined to create the impression that II
WaS rescuing the country from panic by the
very remarkable process of selling its securities.
This ingenious view happens, however 10
lac in conflict with The Records desire to
charge the administration and Republican poll
ces generally with responsibility for a real
panic. In another editorial on the same page
with that just quoted from there appears, con
sequently. an argument 10 prove that the adj
ministratiOn has been IA colossal failure because
the country is now threatened with panic and
disaster. Says Editorial No. .:
1t is matter of dispute in what degree the
money panic is due the one hand to over
trading and frenzied finance and on the other
10 threatened paternalism and a disordered
system of banking and currency regulation.
But there is no dispute at all that panic condi-
uons are prevalent at a time When the hlghes'
protective tariff ever enacted is in active opera
ton and when the country is at peace and IN
the enjoyment of undisputed control at tht
hands of the Republican party. It Is startling
that at such time, when all the portentS o
future prosperity seemed so alluTlng, d storm OF
doubt and disaster should so suddenly SWEEP
over the land Can 1t be that we must put tllo
manag cement of the ship Of state in soberer ana
safer hands?
1t is hard to see how our Philadelphia contem
porary can reconcile lis alaTmst description OF
the panic conditions due 10 Republican misman-
agement with its cenSure of the administration
for trying to create the impression that 1t Was
rcScuing the country" from panic which IL
purely imaginary. The Presidents critics ought
to get together and agree on a point of view.
They cannot indulge at the same time in the
pleasure of denouncing him for precipitating a
genuine currency famine and then charge him
with having precipitated a bogus currency fam
ine simply to get the credit of coming unneces-
sarily and spectacularly 10 the country'S relief
New-York tribune., 1907-11-21
Mr.. NH AND THE RAILROAD PROBLEM.

Even In these sad times. when everybody is
penitent about having recently been too cheer,
full and subdued spirit is To be observed
everywhere except in the bailiwick Of Governor
Conner, we still adhere to the belief that the
railroads will continue to increase and prosper
and that the American people will continue to
endeayor 10 treat them with fairness and jus
tce Mr.. James J. Hill is too experienced Il
man to be frightened by the Outcry of the dema-
gogues Their voices are the loudest, but they
represent neither the temper Of the people nor
the ultimate wisdom of the courts.
Meanwhile let try Mr.. IIll's predictions
by their outcome. He says:
A year ago / said that it would require S.. 800 -
100000 or 81, 100,OO0O00 year for five years to
make railroad facilities equal to the de-
Tnands upon them. Although substantially the
amount of money suggested by me as indis-
pensable has been collected and spent, the rail-
roads have barely held their own, and the future
remains to be provided for.
But year ago Mr.. Hill asked where this
great sum Of $1,1OO,000,O0O year would come
from, for he declared that the credit of the
roads was dead and borrowing was wellnigh
impossible Now he acknowledges that sub
"stantially the amount of money suggested by
/ "me as Indispensable has been collected" If
the railroads have been able to borrow billion
during the last year, when borrowing has been
extraordinarily difficult there must still be a
good deal OF confidence in their future and Il
pretty general desire to invest in their securi-
/ ties.
Moreover, the last year or two cannot be said
to have represented typical conditions. Capital
Will not always be so scarce and high as it has
! been of late. The railroads will not always be
so rushed With business they have been in
this period of unexampled expansion A reces-
sion in business may show that Mr.. Hills great
problem has vanished, for the time at least, into
! thin air. When capital is cheaper and business
/ less brlsk-and such period is bound TO occur
the railroads will have chance to catch up
! with the country, II they have not already
( done so
New-York tribune., 1907-11-21
~FIRST CLASS" CITTEN.

SAYS The Washington Post commenting on
III" Supreme Courts refusal TO interfere with
the consolidation of Pittsburg ana Allegheny
city:
Not only Piu~burg but the State OF Pcnusy-
vana is to he congratulated upon the decision
of the Supreme Court That state is the only
in the Union containing two cities of the
first rank
But what cities of the first rank: Pitts-
burg WAS one according To the laws of Penn
sylvania even before it WAS Joined with ALE
gheny City. In this state count Buffalo Il
city of the first class, and its population in 1900
WIS :;;I-:}S7 to 321.Gl6 for PittSburg Ohio has
two large cities Cleveland. with %Sl.7GS in
habtants in 1900 and Cincinnati. with 32J,902
Minnesota boasts two real Minneapolis
and St Paul with 2O27lS and 163.O65 nhabit-
ants, respectively-and Missouri thinks she has
two Uuimpeachable metropolitan centres, with
St Louis population 575.23S in 1900. and Kan
sas City. population 163,752.
Pennsylvania is the only state in the Union
with two cities of over five hundred thousand in
habtants But it will not maintain that dis
tlnction many years, since Buffalo will probably
pass the 100000 mark before the census OF 1920
is taken.
New-York tribune., 1907-11-21
ELECTION OF ASSOCIATES.
Will Be Held at Annual Meeting OF Ma
tionsl Academy of Design

The council of the National Academy OF Design
has decided To hold its annual meeting for the elsc
ton of associates on December II at Amsterdam
avenue and 1G9th street There is some Speculation
in circles regarding the associates to be choseU
the constitution of the academy since us
union with the Society OF American Artists pro
vides that the number OF associates may be IN
limited but that the number of academicians sn@-.
he limited to l2S painters. twenty-five scuptors anu
twenty-five architects and ensraveTs.
Painters, sculptOrs. architects and engraVers ara
eligible for the associateship. All nominations 1or
associate must be made in writing and signed oy
seven members and sent TO the corresponding sec
retary, Harry w Watreus. least two months
before the date of the meeting The secretary will
send a list of all persons duly proposed for the
assOciateship to each member OF the academy az
least one week before the date OF the meeting.
New-York tribune., 1907-11-21
THE DIPLOMATIC CORPS.

From The Tribune BUreau.I
Washington Nov. 20.-The French Ambassador
will go 10 New York tomorrow to attend the din
of the Chamber of Commerce. He will remain
in New York only short time. The Russian Am
bassador, who will also be a guest at the dinner.
left Washington last night, and will return here
within a few days He was accompanied by Baron
Schlppenbach Russian Consul at Chicago. who
has been his guest at the embassy for some time
Baron Schlippenbach will so TO Chicago from New
York
The British Ambassador wiz deliver address
before the Young Mems Christian Association in
this city on Friday. and November 30 will be
the guest of the st. Andrews Society of New
York, at dinner.
The naval attache of the Russian Embassy and
Nine Nebolsine have returned to Washington from
Black Rock Bridgeport. Conn where they spent
the summer.
The President OF Panama and Mrs. AmadOr who
have spent the last six months In Europe. will be
met in New York Friday their arrival by
Sehor @ c. Arosemena, charge d'affaires for Pan
anna. who will accompany them 10 Washington.
President and Mrs. Amador Will be here several
days and will pay their respects to President
New-York tribune., 1907-11-21
THE WHITE HAND.

The reported organization of Chicago Italians
under the name of THE White Hand" for
the suppression of extortioners and criminals
among their compatriots is a welcome bit of
news in many respects. 1t will perhaps astound
those persons who, while scorning the entire
race, display double contempt Tor Sicllians and
Calabrians to learn that the crusade has been
started by the two leading Sicilian societies Of
Chicago The notion that Southern Italians
are consdtutionally incapable OF learning and
compelling respect for law and order thus re-
ceives rude shock. The mere fact that the
members of these societies have started to raise
a fund of $4,000 and have already persuaded
the Italian Chamber of Commerce and the ItaI-
ian Consul to lend their moral and financial
support 10 the movement demonstrates clearly
enough that the organizers have become Amer
lcaniZed to no small extent 1t shows they
have learned that little grit and a good
cause will work wonders in this country. and
that only n fraction of the energy needed in
their native land for the esta ablishment of JUS
tice and personal safety sufices TO secure the
best possible results among people and under
a government like the American
While the immediate aim of the White Hand
is to protect its members and their friends
against the Black Hand, the new organization
will render itself and society the greatest SER
vice by revealing the true character of the
mysterious worldwide league of desperate
criminals" the whispered mention of whose
name alone is enough TO make Beppos knees
Wabble BY systematically running down self
New-York tribune., 1907-11-21
HARD PUSHED CRITICS.

The critics Of the Presidents currency famine
relief measures are hard to please Their ideas
have been sadly dlsarranged by the celerity
and completeness Of the Treasury's prepara-
tions to supply the ready money which the
country for the moment thinks it needs and
does, therefore, actually need They were be-
ginning to enjoy the luxury Of intimatng that
the administration was responsible for the
conditions which started distrust boarding and
currency contraction. and are not little dunn
founded that the President has not waited to let
the trouble cure itself. but instead has used the
resources Of the Treasury TO replace at one
stroke the circulating medium withdrawn by
individual hoarders or by banks compelled in
seIf-protection TO double or triple their ordi
nary cash reserves.
We have already referred to the complaints
of "The Springfield Republican" that the ad-
ministration is "mOrtga ging the future by
issuing new Acknowledgements of Indebtedness
on which 10 base additional banknote circuia-
ton. 1t IS indeed, agreeing to pay an interest
charge Of S3.O00,OG0, to be collected by taxation
about three cents and a half apiece for every
man. woman and child in the United States
10 order TO relieve a currency famine which
might if prolonged, cost every man, woman
and child many times three and a half cents.
II such a mortgage is oppressive its oppressive
ness exists only in the Overcharged imagina-
uon OF a critic ready 10 let his heart bleed on
general principles for the woes of the future
1t is Interesting 10 learn from another critic
The Philadelphia RecOrd'-that the admin
istration is entitled to no credit whatever for
burrying TO the relief of the country. since no
relief of any kind was really needed Accord
ing TO this Interpretation of the situation the
Treasury merely furnished water TO put out
the fire after the fire was over. Saws "The
Records" stern exposer of this waste Of Of
fort:
Inc one indisputable fact is that the situation
nad greatly improved before the Treasury acted
Aso more failures had occurred, investors were
New-York tribune., 1907-11-21
FOR SALE.

Those who had hoped that the present trou-
bic would begin and end ia Wall Street. or that
at the wo.st its effects would not extend beyond
the limits 0f greater New York. have been
doomed to disappointment. Not only has the
virus of business depression extended out be
yond Hoboken, but ii has even been carried
through the arteries of commerce to the utter
most parts of the earth. In the face of this
latest development in the situation what mean
ing can be attached to the little local straws
which indicate a freshening breeze from the
direction of prosperity? The opera may
have blazed with diamonds on the opening
night usual; the Pennsylvania Railroad
may have acquired S25OO0OOO worth of prop
erty in Chicago for the purpose of erecting a
new terminal there; crops may be good
throughout the West and the Pacific Coast may
be revelling in all the luxuries tnat money can
buy, but we fear that IL is all a hollow mock.
New-York tribune., 1907-11-21
RECIPROCITY WITH GREAT BRITAIN.

RElIPRtbtfI
The announcement of a limited measure Of
reciprocity with Great Britain will be regarded
with no little interest and will he followed
with actual benefits TO both parties. 1t is an
apt reminder that the United Kingdom is not
it is difficult to imagine any nations being
entirely free to the trade of the world. Each
according to it's own supposed interests, but
every nation maintains tariff of some kind.
There are forty-Odd general heads In the tariff
list Of the United Kingdom, with many more
Sub-heads covering large variety of imports.
the customs dues on which yield on enormous
revenue
The convention which has Just been agreed
upon between the British Foreign Office and the
American Embassy is limited in its scope to two
items tu two general heads. ON the one
hand - per cent of the present duty will he
remtted by this country works of art Of
British origin and on the other commercial
travellers samples from America will be freely
admitted at British ports. The United King
dom may not be regarded as the most important
source of fine art importationS, yet il is not an
nconSidorahle source. and the reduction of the
tariff on such products will be welcomed a
step toward the free art ideal which has been
earnestly advocated in these later years and
which is doubtless strongly to be commended :;
though must remember that many works Of
art are subjected TO heavy duties in some Euro
pean countries which are supposed 10 lead the
world in art and 10 furnish examples 0f en-
lghtened commerce. The free entry Of CONNER
cial samples into Great Britain will further
stimulate trade which has already reached
gratifying proportions
This agreement between the two nations is Of
small Importance when compared with the re-
cent convention on the Newfoundland fisheries.
hut it will doubtless prove acceptable and prof
table TO both nations That energetic British
Minister. Mr.. Lloyd-George. has contended siren
uously for the hest possible terms on the Brit
Sh side Of the compact, and he probably Is sat
iSticd that he has secured them; at least he has
secured terms which, flushed with his great
I@acemaking triumph in the railway negotia-
tionS, he can well afford TO accept.
New-York tribune., 1907-11-21
sIRo THAT CAN BE HEARD THREE MILES
From tho Pail Mall Gazette.

FTom tNN FaII Mall tIa1ette
specimen of the naked-throated bellhird
'b2Sm0rhNnChuS uUdiColliSl has Just been received
al the Geological Gardens II Is some time now
since the last example OF this extraordinary bird
was exhibited by the society.
The most remarkable thing IN connection with
the bellbird is it's powerful voice. Il utters
clear metallic note that be heard at distance
of three miles It's noise is like that produced oy
"A blacksmith striking his anvil. Sometimes It re-
peats its notes In quick succession. sometimes az
fairly long intervals. There Is mistake abous
the voice OF this bir il is loud and piercing and
would be heard above the din produced by every
inmate OF the Zoo raising its voice at once.
Except for a space OF naked skin the throat
and around the eyes. which during the breeding
Is of a green color. this bird Is pure white
The contrast between the sexes in the bellbtrrs,
of whci, TWO species have been Exhibited in the
uCnageTle, is extreme. For while the male Is pure
white the female is hro-aish green. Darwin refers
to the bellbird when he points that white -
a very color in terrestrial species OF modersD
Aize and inoffensive habits.
New-York tribune., 1907-11-21
TO VISIT MADIsON'S HOME.
President Contcmplates a Pilgrimage on
Thanksgiving Day.

Washington. Nov. 2o.-President Roosevelt is 70
occupy Thanksgiving Day by a pilgrimage to the
early home Of President Madison. near Montpelier
Va. With this visit the estate which was
owned by the father OF Madison. and on which
President Madison spent his early days. Mr. Roose-
velt will have completed visits the homes most
of the former Presidents of the United States who
lived IN the South Returning from his recent trio
down the Mississippi he visited the Hermitage the
home of Jackson Several years ago he made a
trip to Monticello. the home OF Jefferson and visits
10 Mount Vernon have been frequent. The .Presi-
dsnt viu return In time - have his ThanksgivaHs
dinnsr At the White House 10 the svanins
New-York tribune., 1907-11-21
NEW YORK SOCIETY.

Miss Julia Cooper will 70 married TO-DAY to
Schuyler Schieffen the house Of her mother,
Mrs Charles W Cooper in CiramerCy Park The
ceremony will he performed by the Rev Herbert
Shpman at o'clock. Phoenix TuErauam. SChieffe-
lin Stebbins Rudolph Neeser and Mansfield Patter-
son will he IN" ushers and Henry II. Sclieffeiu
the best Miss Olga Kcbhe. Miss Eza beth
Dodge. Miss Mary Appleton and Miss Louise Firth
Will be i'm attendance on the bride
Another wedding Of to-day is that Of Miss Elsie
Sha" and Harry j. Hemmen~ the homo of IN,
BRIDES parents. Mr and Mrs Thomas Francis
Shaw. ia West 5lst street Frederick Lathrop Al
len will he the bes, He was married about
a fortnight at Washington to Miss Jane Car
Isle. granddaughter of john q. Carlisle.
Miss Mary Brent Stewards marriag, 10 Ernest
New-York tribune., 1907-11-21
RATE MAKING AND THE LAW.


The decision of the Appellate Division of the
Supreme Court sitting in Albany that the pub
lie service commissions law is constitutional
goes into the essential question whether the
Legislature can grant such powers 10 a com
mission as are granted in that act That the
Legislature itself has the power to do what the
commission is authorized 10 do no one dis
putes. But there is an established rule of law
that the Legislature cannot delegate legislative
powers TO other bodies The question was
whether the rate making function Of the com
mission was legislative or purely administra-
tive 1t is established by law that 4 legisla-
ture may fix standard of charges and intrust
to commission the application of that stand
ard. 1t was contended that the public service
law fixed no such standard and that therefore
the functions of the body were legislative. The
court has decided that the broad words within
the limits prescribed by law" constitute a
standard within the meaning Of the law
1t is in the public interest that a broad con
Struction be put upon the word standard"
for the vitality of regulation by commissions
depends upon the power of legislatures to ere
ate such bodies with large discretionary au-
thOrity As shown al the hearing before the
court. twenty-five states have commissions
under statutes similar to the New York statute
The growth of such commissions is so recent
thar the law relating TO them has not been
made clear by decisions, and there has been
doubt how the courts would apply in their case
the prohibition against delegatng legislative
powers and how exact standard" the courts
would require to he fixed in the acts This de
cSion was in the public interest, and although
it was handed down by divided bench there
is reason to feel confident that it will he sus-
taiOpd
New-York tribune., 1907-11-21
AT THE WHITE HOUSE.
IFrc1n The Tribune Bureau. ]

Washington Nov. 20.-The President received
Iohn G. A Leishman, American Ambassador at
Constantinople, to-day. The ambassador is on his
annual leave and merely called TO pay his respects
Representative Parsons. OF New York, called to
give the President copy of book settlement
work that he had recommended a previous
visit.
Senator Lodge had conference lasting a quar-
ter of an hour the financial situation.
Other callers at the White House included Post
master General Meyer. Secretary Garfield, Sem
ators Hemenway. Burkett and Flint. Representa-
tives Needham, Murdock, Gardner and Sherley.
Justice Harlan of the Supreme Court. and Rear
Admiral CowleS.
New-York tribune., 1907-11-21
YALE's FIRST ROCKEFELLER MONEY.
Receives $4,000 from Board in Charge Of
Big Fund

New Haven Nov. S.-The Yale University treas
urer has received S2Oa the first OF instalments
Of the same amount from the general education
board, which has charge OF the sum given soma
time ago for educational purposes by John T.
Rockefeller.
The $4,000 and the additional amount TO coin'
were conditioned upon the raising OF a much larger
sum by the university mainly for its UNIVERSITY
endowment and extension fund. which has now
been done The sums derived from the genersi
education board be used for general untvfr rsS
purposes subject to trifiing restrictions
New-York tribune., 1907-11-21

Surely no other Of the many plans for the Rob
ert f. Lee memorial suggested by contributors TO
the memorial fund combines so many essential
features does the proposal TO give the money
TO some Southern university as an endowment
Such an investment would be both commemo-
rative and useful. Furthermore, those who
might later wish honor the memory of Lee
could at any time contribute a mite or million
to the endowment
New-York tribune., 1907-11-21
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THURSDAY. NOVEMBER 81, 1907.

This newspaper Is owned and published bp
The Tribune Association, a Neic YORK corpora
tion; office and principal place Of business. Iffo-
,fne Building, No. 15+ Nassau street Netc York ;
Oqdea uiVs. president: Nathaniel Tuftie, sec
,efayy and treasurer The address of the off-
oere is the Office Of this newspaper.
New-York tribune., 1907-11-21
SOCIAL NOTES FROM NEWPORT
TRv Telecraph 10 The Tribun

[Fv Telegraph 70 The Tribunal
Newport r l.. Nov 20.-NIrs. ZabrisNie coSea
her cottage to-day and went to New York, where
she viii spend the winter
Louis J. I.orillard. jr.. returned from New YORK
tonight.
dav for "A short visit
New-York tribune., 1907-11-21

Mobile Is threatening to secede from Alabama
because Of the passage of a prohibition law.
VIII the Montgomery government coerce the
departing municipality will it stand his
toric Cotton Kingdom theory and say simply,
"F,rring daughter. go in peace?