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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-02-17

tween the Bridge and the navy yard are piers for
the landing OF coffee and sugar Above the navy
yard are the Wallabuut Basin. railroad freight
stations and piers for the Use or the sugar re-
huerirS Along \eUtoVn Greek. which sets In
just south of the yards OF the Long Island Rail-
road. are WhGrVes fey vessels drawing less than
sixteen feet of water. The Long Island Rail-
road is improving "A portion OF \ewrpvu Creek
IN the ueiEhhovhuod Of Dutch Kills and ths
city is contemplating The construction Of a basin
something like the WalabOUt TWO miles up the
creek in Whale Creek at cost Of about Sl.jOO-
OUo. -Four piers. tao feet long. are proposed.
This part % the city is occupied by factories
In The Bronx a large proportion OF the water
front is not utilized for commercial purposes.
part OF the eastern shore being SET aside as q
park There are lumber piers. and the piers OF
the New York. New Haven & Hartford Railroad
terminals. which take NJ all the lower part or
The Bronx. The remainder Of the watertront
along the Harlem River Is used FOR the landing
OF building supplies and other local purposes
ON the north and east shores OF staten Island
are numerous piers. At ST George and I0Ip-
kiusvilIe are those where cotton is landed Tor
storage Factories desiring more room are re-
novin: 10 Staten Island from other more con-
ces+-d parts of the city. Several large plants.
incIuring an iron works. have been erected hers;
All To- 2 In the city there aye 400 piers: OF
which SEQ are in Manhattan. 19I in B-ooklyu
LIS I'm Statc~ Island, - In Queens and ~ n LIE
Bronx or tuc 800 en- Manhattan. the cry o"ns
2O7 and has % part ownership i'm ~ others "
rha - piers in the other bOroUEhS the city Owls
only - IL BROOKLYN. before il was consot-
dated with New NuTN. the street rights on Us
Waterfront were sold. and at present the puoLo
in that borough has little direct access % 80
water. Unlike Manhattan II has no Hl1s'l''
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-02-17
THE DIRECTING HEAD.

VINO delves down into the depths of things IN
order TO evolve such comprehensive schemes for
the beneft OF mankind? Is there any one man
who thinks these things out? 1t is not generally
known that IN an office the fourteenth floor
OF the Standard on Building at No. % Broad
way is a man whose duty Il is 10 think out ways
giving away Mr. RockefeleTs money thst
Hih secure Tor 1t the maximum services TO man
Tno- he reads widely in history. medicine, eco
aor1ics. sociology, in order that he may be able
20 learn the needs Of the world. He escha,,y
club and other forms Of social life in order tnat
ne may spend his evenings studying When
ever some man who has new ideas on the sub
rect comes within his ken he takes him horns m
spszd TIE night With the Intention OF gaining
tsc1-:ons 70 his stock Of suggestions. Ris name
ls Frederick 7. Gates. chairman OF the General
Ednsasian board Although he has been ascot
sted with Mr. Rooksfel5er in confidential ca.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-02-17

factories and its terminal railroad having con-
Hections with all OF the railroads terminating 1T
New York Harbor BY car ferries. illustrates The
possibilities OF terminal construction ON the
waterfront OF New York City, such a terminal
satisfies the needs OF the interior exporter. and.
with the municipal ferry connection. brings the
local importer in touch with IT, For tr;tusshiD-
ment from steamship AT one terminal JO a yes
Sci in another the liGhteraEe service which Is so
characteristic feature of the system OF harbor
transportation would serve.
For the local shipper and the landing u
supplies FOR local consumption there would he
open piers with sheds TO which all classes ~
vessels. including the canal barge. could come .o
receive and 70 deliver package freight AdjOiD-
ing them would be the piers for the railroads and
coastWlse lines bringing supplies To- New York
and taking away freight IN separate wrappings
Tor delivery in the Interior
IL such an ideal scheme practicable IN New
York. What Is needed 10 create u more nearly
ideal SVSterl1
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-02-17
HIS HOME LIFE.

The Hfo Of Mr.. Gates at his home in Montclalr
Is especially delightful. He has seven children,
the oldest OF whom. son twenty years of age,
Is now In the University OF Chicago. Mr.. Gates
has in a measure lived with his children in their
growth. He has read with them. kept mp his read
ing Of the classics in the original. and even
learned to play the violin in order to partic pate
in their musical studies. In the home is or
chestTa or six instruments. Of which ne
plays
He spends much time reading history. biog-
raphy. sociology, history, Latin. Greek econorn-
les. medicine and poetry. He seldom spends
evening away from home He IS always sug-
gesting books 20 his friends and seeking sug-
gestions OF the same character from them.
When asked what he considered the basis ~
his success IS n huancicr as well as a clergy
man and educational secretary, he credited it 10
his love OF study and hts determination To strip
OF from any question the nou-csseuti1Is He
always sought To- find the bottom Of thiur
and 10 work from that. The development Of
these qualities H. credits L. professor under
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MANHATTAN TOO FULL NOW.

Is Il possible - carry Cur the local system = ;
Manhattan? The Waterfront o., Manhattan "
the only one in the city which, apparently aU-
mits of little further development without &C
atug q great deal OF opposition on the part "
those living on the upper West Side Lana i :
valuable there that there IS little temptation 20
erect large warehouses and fsC-oricS. In iAe''
they finding IL to their advantage 10 le.''
Manhattan. The crowded condition q the ei,s
also makes il weIInish impossible 10 form ra.'-
road terminals along the Waterfront inside Us
marginal street Indeed II f. we're feasio's
from the financial point OF view IL might Do m
advisable from the point o. view Of space oecu-
pied. Many building lots would be consumed ih
providing freight yards. Manhattan is not uN'
place for Gischarging cargoes Of bulky IA" Ia
terials or articles which are TO be stored q.
transshippsd. Apparently the chief service @.
tNe Waterfront Of the narrow island on Which =
the centre OF the American metropolis Is that .
furnishing = landing place for human us4i-s.5
the articles to be consumed On the lslanq o." t,s
the shipment of freight originating WITHIN -
confines. ,,,
This would mean that the big transatsnt,o
liners, which chiefly bring high class NeiSHS
much of il in packages that can be drawn $3.50 $3.50
readily 70 the places where IL is TO be opensu.
would find place its front. That this IS ~
necessarily true. however. is evident ron IA h
fact that several of the great lines do not uH ~
q serious hardship To- he on the west Slde q -
North River in Ho5oken. The cCastwise 'i "a
would probably md II necessary 10 use "a
Manhattan shore, for they bring produCS 70 -
borough for local consumption. misceiIaheo-,
freight for the borough, and they take 49,
goods from the wholesale grOcers and dTSsO0
dealers and the department stores a
The character Of the freight which SONS =
the COastwiSe lines handle Is shown by tne -
goes of the Old Dominion Line, from VOTE
This line brings large quantities OF polasJ5ssss'
cabbages. Chesapeake Bay oysters, hSfi, oet -,
watermeIOus, furniture and cotton goods 1iS -
the South OF its freight, a. per cent = - 60
tributed in Manhattan and 81 per cent or'sF
mates in this borough. -.
1T is essential that the coastwise lines w.
uinating At this point should dock in Mahls.
tam" said the president Of one OF these rs.
for large proportion OF their cargoes are =.
tended Tor Manhattan distribution The 800
petitive element also enters into the prooien =
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-02-17
WON R0CKEFELLER's EsTEEM

The oil man observed the good sense and skill
dispAyeo by MT Gates in overcoming the diff
ncuities lying In the path Of the proposed uni
versity, and as soon as it had been established
invited Mr., Gates TO see him In New York Mz.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-02-17

policy should be developed now. Therefore 1
will sit for my picture.
This money is not ours" he added in n mo-
ment. This money is the public's We are only
the trustees OF the public"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-02-17
Vast Work Of the General
Education Board and the
Chairman Who
Guides Ii.

-h. General Education Beard. to whose GUS
todianshto John y. Rockefeller recently IN
trusted $50 100000 If his money, in addition to
S11. o9oocc previously turned over 70 IL. is IN
Ike anything else n the world. Readers Of The
Tribune are familiar with the objects and char
acter Of its work through article published
nearly a sea, ago. Since that time the board
las become the channel for the expenditure OK
he income CT S43.G00.OoO. sum controlled by no
cher educa :tonal institution I'm the world
Il is unique not only in the size OF its endow-
men: Int In its purpose. IT has as its primary
object the elevation OF the standard Of educa-
1ion elementary, secondary and collegiate
throughout the length and breadth OF a land
occupied by S00OO000 people. through wise use
II the purse. Il has undertaken TO do three
1hinrs I has endeavored TO collect such a vol
inc Of accurate data that in its library any
person without cost TO himself could obtain the
history and latest information of the condition
= any institution OF learning in the United
States Through its control OF a generous treas
IRE house Il has been able TO secure such an
amount Of this kind Of information that It has
come close TO fulfilling it's aim, as expressed by
Frederick 7. Gates chairman Of the board, a few
Says ago. TO be better acquainted with every
college in the United States than any member
IF its board Of trustees" Tho information at
The command Of the board he added, has
many times astonished the president himself
when he has come TO search files for what
We know Of bis college"
In collecting this data the board had two OBJ
-ects in mind. II desired to obtain pict-
IRE of the educational condition Of the country
in order 70 have a guide in the distributing Of
its funds. and to be in a position TO give adj
vice 70 pfilanthropists desiring 10 give money to
educational institutions.
rs Second y,,r-roea &c ha actual
n funds. From the income Of its storehouse Of
cash IL is in position now to give to colleges
about S2,5000O0 year. Moreover. any person
Who desires TO make a gift to the object Of edu-
cation which he wishes TO make sure will be
used wisely and he desires whether # be
800 or S5o,o00,000. can do so by intrustng it 70
ne trusteeshiD of this unique organization.
Furthermore, the administration OF his bene-
faction will practically cost him nothing
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Continued On third pss>
The Pensacola journal., 1907-04-17
LORD KIrcHENER's SARCASM.

Lord Kitchener's pitiless contempt Tor
anything which savors Of effeminacy IS
well illustrated in the following story.
Shortly after his return from Egypt he
was accosted in a friends house by
young lord. whose zeal Cor impUdence)
in soliciting celebrities autographs Is
the cause Of constant vexation- DO
honor me by penciling your name on
this. Lord Kitchener" he gushed, pro
ducing a very fimsy lace handkerchief
and LAYING il on the table Then III
have the autograp worked in silk and
keep i forever in memory Of the hero
Of Ehartouun." Kitchener picked up
che scented handkerchief and sniaed It
Your sisters. I presumeE' he qCes-
toned. fixing the Glidsd youth with
scornful eye. NO, sir; my own
very pretty pattern, isn't it?' Very"
was Kitcheuer's dry response as he
passed the Handkerchief back unsigned
what IS your taste in hairpiEs, b. the
The Pensacola journal., 1907-04-17

is nip and tuck for the train to supply
logs.
DR.. A. H. Miller was called to Mil
ligan on professional business a few
days ago and reports being called in
to see a patient with a very unusual
record-a lady who is more than one
hundred years old, who was married
in 1921 at the age of fourteen, and
who is the mother of y children,
most of whom are now living. She
has been a widow for the last 5S
years.
Saturday was pay day with the
Florida and Alabama Land Co. at
this place, and as usual blind-tigerism
was very much in evidence. If it
will be any inducement we will try to
raise a small purse for any man, of
ficer or citizen, who will get up evi
dence to land at leas some of them
in jail, and all Of them if possible.
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came to Economy when he was two
years of age and entered the connraun-
ity as servants. Although il was re-
garded as an innovation and some Of
the older brethren shook their heads
the parents were permitted TO take the
VOWS. and the Child was adopted into
the society
austere and celibate family bred a SEN
timent Of discomfort that threatened to
prove disastrous. The women became
his veTiest slaves, and the men were
scarcely less abjeCt in their servitude
The time came when Father Jacob
HenriCi. then head of the Harmonis;s.
realized. that the boy must not be per
mitted TO remain in the community.
Although he was overfond of the child.
he sent him to a boarding school 10 be
educated.
When he left the school young Duss
did not return to Economy. He went
10 Nebraska, became a farmer. married
and prospered moderately. Twenty
years after he left Economy t. go to
schOo! he returned in company with
wife and several children. Father
Henrici. who was still at the head OF
the greatly reduced community, re-
ceived him with open arms The old
man had never lost his affection for
the boy. who was still the adopted child
Of the society.
Henrici was old and feeble and the
affairs OF the society were in had
shape. DCss saw his opportunity. and
Henrici encouraged him in his desire
tc assume charge of the society's buSi-
ness There was the obstacle OF the
marriage. but Duss and his vile agreed
to become brother CId sister and took
the vows to that effect When Hen
rici died the few SuTI living members
elected DusS to. succeed him
The HarmonIst cult had its origin in
Germany. having been founded by
George Rapp, native q " WurtteFnbers.
who in 1893 euligrated with a company
Of adherents to America and esta blish-
cd the first colony. at Zelionople, Pa.
Rapp was a firm believer in the idea
that he had been delegated TO restore
Christianity tc is original purity. ana
he succeeded in inspiring about hum
drcd follower with the same belief
For a few years the cult four.shed-
and at one time there were about 500
disciples.
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STATE A|D FOR
PUBLIC SCHOOLS
Bill introduced by Mr.. Tram
mill and Now in Hands
of Committee.
SpecIaI TO The Journal.


Tallahassee, Apr. 16-FoIIowing is
the full text of senate bill No. SO, by
Mr.. Trammell, of Seventh District,
relative TO state aid for public schools,
which is now in the hands Of - COM
mittee on education:
y Bill to be entitled an act prOvid-
ing that certain public schools in this
state shall receive state aid, and max
ing an appropriation therefor
Be it enacted by the legislature ot
The State of Florida:
Section l. That each and every
public school throughout the state OF
Florida that shall have daily aver
age attendance Of eighty 800 per cent.
OF the average enrolment in said
school during the regular term as al
lowed by the county school boards,
shall receive from the state, aid III a
sufficient sum of money to maintain
such school fCr two months iii addition
TO the regular term OF Suca school;
Provided, That no school receiving aid
under the High School Act shall re-
ceive aid under the provision of this
act.
Sec. . That each and every pub
lie school in tie state of Florida main
tanning a daily average attendance Of
seventy-tWO C72) percentum of the
average enrolment of such school
shall be entitled to aid from the state
sufficient to maintain such school for
a term of one month in addition to the
regular term; Provided, That no
school receiving state aid under the
High School Act or under the proyi-
sioEs of Section One (D of this Act
shall receive aid under the provisions
OF this section.
Sec. =. In order to receive aid as
provided in Section One (1) and Sec
ton Two (2) of this Act, the County
Superintendent of Public instruction
of the county in which the school Or
schools entitled to receive the same
may be located. shall within ten G0D
days after the expiration of the regu-
lar term Of such school file with the
State Bosrd of Education a certified
copy of The reports of such school
showing the average daily attendance,
upon such form as may be prescribed
by the State Board of Education. Upon
receipt OF such report the State Board
OF Education, if satisfied that all con-
ditiOnS have been fully complied with
shall make reOuisition upon the State
Comptroller for the amount due such
school Under the provisions OF this act
and he shall issue his warrant there
FOR which said amount shall be duly
forwarded to the proper authorities of
the county wherein such schools may
be located.
Sec. 4. That the sum of one hun
dad thousand dollars, or so much
thereof as may be necessary, for each
of the school years beginning July
lst, 1907, and July 1st. 1908. be and
the same is hereby appropriated out
of and from the funds arising from
the hire of state convicts. to carry out
rhe provisions of this act, and the
state comptroller is hereby authorized
- draw warrants upon the state tTeas-
urer for such amounts upon the order
of the State Board OF Education.
Sec ). All laws or parts of laws
in conflict with this act be and the
same are hereby repealed.
Sec. 6. That this act shall become
operative upon its passage and APPROX
al by the governor.
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reason why he should not be undis-
turbed in his possession Of the rich es
tate of the Harmonists. Is a man Of
parts. He is z. born fighter also. and
he has had much experience in the
business of holding what he regards as
his own He became head of the COM
munity about twenty years ago and at
once began to exhibit a remarkable ex-
ecutive ability. Through neglect and
poor business management the society
had met with reverses. Many of its
industries had fallen into decay, and
its splendid agricultural plant had been
suffered to deteriorate.
DuSS-young, capable and energetic
worked a remarkable change Once
more the society became prosperous.
and its property was restored to its
original value. The membership of the
community was dying out rapidly. and
there WIS no remedy for that. but there
was no depreciation of the estate.
There had been no additions to the
communistic family from the outside.
way. The time came when Duss was
the brains and almost the absolute
ruler of the entire concern.
Although evidently he was doing so
much for the community the old Har-
monists did not approve of his meth
DDS. 1t seemed to them that their
leader was holding too much inter
course with that world from which
they had Withdrawn. He was musical
ly inclined and organized brass band
and orchestra at Economy, which was
a source of great discomfort for his
brethren. They put their venerable
heads together and resolved to oust
him.
They appealed to the courts, but fail
ed TO secure relief. Their young leader
was too well intrenched to be dislodged
by their feeble efforts, The United
States supreme court decided every
thing in his favor, and he secured an
apparently firrn hold on all the proper
ty- He bought and sold on his own in
itiative and became practically the
whole thing"
The career OF John s. Duss abounds
in incident. 1t is quite as interesting
as is that Of the curious society of
which he became the head He was the
only child who ever became a part OF
this strange celibate family. His IA
ther and mother. German immigrants.
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After awhile. however there were no
more additions, the ceibate feature
not proving attractive to investigators
of the principles of the society Most
of those who had joined the Harmo-
nists were middle aged or beyond at
the time of their entrance, so that by
the time the sect removed 20 Economy
il had been reduced to about hundred
persons. When Henrici. Rapp's sue
cessor died. the community owned
about 2,5cO acres Of the finest farming
land in Pennsylvania.
There is little doubt that IL Duss had
not reapPeared AZ Economy when he
did there would have been but a miseT-
able fragment Of the original Harno-
mist estate at the time Of the societys
dissolution. It Is due TO his energy
and business ability that there is stilI
an estate worth fighting for.
JAMES Z. STILES
The Pensacola journal., 1907-04-17

~ ECENT proceedings brought
by the state of Pennsylvania
to obtain possession of all the
- - property OF the Harmony So
ciety now remaining serve to revive
interest I'm that almost forgotten com
munity. which was at its apogee in the
middle, Of the last century Among all
The strange manifestations of social
and religious exclusiveness that have
from time TO tiI>e taken root in this
country the story of the Harmony
communists. called Economists from
the name of their settlement, is most
pathetic.
For it is now at its final chapter.
For more than three quarters of a CEN
tury IL has been unfolding step by step,
and now II has reached its end-the
only end that has been possible under
the circumstances. When the courts
have fixed the ownership OF the COM
munaIs estate now remaining the book
will be;closed forever. and the Harmony
society VIII be a thing of the past.
Practically it is that now. At the
present moment there are only two
survivors of the curious sect These
remaining Harmou;sts are John s.
Duss, the Well krown bandmaster. and
his wife. Upon them are centered all
the traditions of the extinct society,
and its estate has descended to them.
There is no question of descent. The
state Of Pennsylvania admits it, 1t is
a matter of history and record that
John s. Duss and his wife are the last
representatives OF the old community
The state contends that Duss and his
wife have forfeited their right 10 the
estate by following a way of living
which is not in accord with the prin-
ciples of the community.
The state maintains that the terms
Harmony society" and John s. Duss
and wife" are incompatible and can
not be made TO agree. For the Har-
monists were celibates. and there was
no marriage or giving in marriage at
Economy. Every member of the COM
muntty was bound by a vow to remain
celibate for the, remainder OF his or her
life. Celibacy was one of the most
vital features of the sect. The viola
tion of this rule would have entailed
speedy expulsion. Now that there is
40 one LETT TO enforce the rule the state
assumes the responsibility.
John 8. Duss. the man who sees no
The Pensacola journal., 1907-04-17
StungI

Hiram Hardapple-Old Jason Cros-
by, the rural carrier looks all done up.
Zebe
Zebe Crawford-Yes, by heck, some
body sent a package through the mail
labeled Queen Bee" Jason's curios-
ity was aroused and he peeped through
hole in one end of the package.
Hiram Hardapple-Gosh. And was
il really a queen bee?
Zeke CrawfOrd-NO, by heck, it was
4 humble bee just waking up from his
winter sleep.-ChicagO News.