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IDLE GOLD IN BANKS.
Plan Proposed in English Parliament for
Dealing With Unclaimed Millions.
From the London Daiiv Mail.

From the London Daiiu Mail
The House Of Commons gave first read
ing yesterday to MIR. Bottomley's bill to make
banks give o return to the State Of unclaimed
balances and valuables which have been un-
disturbed In their possession for ak years
or more and hand them over to the Public
Trustee.
The object" he said. is to bring into the
possession and control Of the State the vast
amount OF wealth which is at present lying
dormant and entirely unproductive in the
vaults and strong rooms of the various bank
Banks would have to make a return OF the
money securities. jewelry and plate which
had been in d their possession n, unclaimed for
tSas not
to
to believe had by the effiuxion Of time become
The theory of the bill was that these banks
had from, various causes, deaths. removals
abroad, the extinction OF families and the
carelessness OF testators. accumulated vast
years OF writing Of these dormant balances.
There Ia over q million pounds to-day"
said Mri gottSmiey. In the shape OF unpaid
There was, q joint stock bank which few
sdy Sso had tSe basf onSe oa
every year she would drive up to the bank,
ask for the manager. draw a check for the
entire sum. count the notes, check the inter-
est and then pay it In again and disappear
for another twelve months"
For seven years past that lady had not
been seen. That e2s,0OO with its aocuml-
lated interest was still lying in the bank. He
could give the name Of the bank to the Chan
that the old lady had ceased to existp What
about the poor Dependence Of the old lady
who were deprived Of the money!
A wealthy personal friend with money on
deposit In various banks was killed in a rail-
absolute want because they were unable to
find out where the money was They had
gone from bank to bank and the banks had
said they could give no information
Mr.. Bottomley made himself responsible
for the statement that there was one private
bank In London which admittedly had over
tive millions Of dormant securities,
His bill provided that after q given date
the whole Of the securities should Be handed
oyer to the Department OF the Public Trustee
There should be returns every. January
The result would be "A surprise to the country
and a vertable godsend to the Excheauer."
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~No admittanoe except on business" is the
policy enforced on a little Canadian island
which is being reserved for a great future
When the Grand Trunk Pacific was planned
four years ago and financial arrangements
were made to give Canada this second high
way between the oceans nobody knew ex-
actly where the line would hit the Pacific
Coast. A number Of harbors and their ap-
proaches offered fine advantages. and
though Port Simpson was most discussed
the talk was only tentative. The western
sea might be reached at Port Simpson.
Kitimat, Butte Inlet-or at none of them, and
they were all counted out when the final
study was made.
Prince Rupert Island was declared to
offer most advantages. A deep indentation.
O mile to a mile and half wide and ten
miles long, was pronounced to be the finest
natural harbor on the Canadian coast. The
approaches are easy and there are no inn
pediments to navigation. The waterfront
is now owned by the Canadian Government
and the Grand Trunk Pacific, but it is an
nounced semi-ohioially that part OF this
property will be put on the market in Sep
tember. Meanwhile no one is permitted to
land there unless he has business with the
railroad.
1t will be three years before the line will
reach it's Pacific terminus. 1t is practically
completed across the prairie section from
Winnipeg to Edmonton. but the remaining g
100 miles to the Pacific through the noun
tain passes and along the river gorges will
be a very difficult undertaking. The quiet
little island will wear another aspect when
it is finally linked with the Atlantic. The
Grand Trunk Pacific announces that as
soon as the road is completed it will start
a steamship service to Hongkong; and the
Canadians predict that with Prince Rupert
a day and a half nearer the Orient than
Vancouver It will become one Of the lead
ing ports OF the Pacific in quarter Of a
century
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TIE NAYk or BRAzrL.
Comments on the Report That She 10 Build.
inS War Vessels for japan.

To THE EDITOR oP THE SUN-lSir: The
reports sent at the same time from San Fran
cisco and Washington and published In yester-
days papers, to the eject that Brazil is build
ing in her own name twenty-seven warships
for Japan. are so extemporaneous and out Of
place that, ! dare say, none ofthe Brazilian
official representatives In this country will
think 1t worthy OF refutation.
Why should Brazil build n navy for Japan
and not for he5selfI She has no interests
whatever either In Asia or on the Pacific
Ocean that should cause her to be better
friend to Japan than to any other Power.
Whoever thinks It strange for Brasil To
build large navy for herself Is not acquainted
with the political situation Of that country
either in the past or at present.. It must be-
understood that she stands to day quite pre-
c!sely In the same position as the United
a little large larger a and s jSst as ricS. predict that
the world will soon be great deal more aston.
ished a at h her tt building up az nation than IL 70
Brazil may have many reasons for wanting
war vessels. @ . and nd we 81 must not forget that Y
as a great naval Power. for when she built
the most powerful ,battleships saoat. Mo-
nayies OF the world during the 'sOs Of the last
century will refute this,
another rsason Brazil has for being ready
realizes that a nation Is not great which 70
perpetually 70 be conaueered; that eternal
negligence leads to serYitude Individuals
may form communities, but nowadays 1t is
create arfs naoHy Fl se ha s
reasons may be. acqusinted as we ar. with
the concilatory character Of the Braziians
Congresses Of nations. i we may m ' be sure e that @
Brazil will never be an aggressive Power end
will never war except Ter peace p,ncur,.
BROOKLYN. June 2s. - S
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THE SUPREME COURT.
Power to Annul Legislation Given re hy
the Convention.

rover 70 Annu Legislation Given Tt hy
the Convention. i
To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN--sir. In q
recent speech upon the floor OF the Senate
Senator Rayner Of Maryland. speaking Or
state rights. declared that it was not the
intention OF the convention that the Supreme
Court should have power to annul legisla~
tion and that 1t was voted down, but 10
the t, contrary We And: Monday, Angst a7th.
moved 70 insert the words this Constitv ION
ana ana the before the word laws sVS'e
ane motion OF Door. johnson was asy1 1ed 10
Ip discussion Mr.. Madison Thought -ie
snouid be Limited to cases Of Judiciary ma
lure, and In note declared it was sIipfosed
20 % 80 limited, but subsequently,, on tho
same day. 'Mr Madison and Mr.. Gouvr. Morris
moysd TO strike out the beginning on the
% % sec. the Jurisdiction Of the buprenie
Court, 70 insert the words tho yidiolnl
posMrer. which was agreed to nem: con. : q.
Ihe toiiowtRg was disagreed To-, to W.T.
toned the judicial power shaii be e1ercissd
greg 9! g. mo- Del TSi,ss TSSirsa az, y. Con; 81
ysrts' The oplnicn Of Mr. Madison IN 0Snrrs- pre-
tS yS,ous paregraph and enlarses the power or
ssS nowss SSurt by changing Jarsdietion 70 judicial
= EAszsoar.- Me-. Juas a.. :. 'os'
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Remembering Cleveland.

To THE EDIToR OF THE SUN-Sir: From
one who has never swerved In allegiance and
who feels Grover Clevelands death as a per-
sonal grief. one word of warning may be
allowed. one prayerful appeal in the spirit of
that true patriot. In Cleveland's name let
us adjure you who are about to convene at
Denver:
Give to Democracy worthy standard
bearer. Yours be 1t to cast down the idol of
clay who for twelve years has made Of IL a
mookery and q byword.
Remembering Cleveland, give US a leader
whom we shall proudly follow. one to save
us on one aide from the party OF privilege
and on the other from the domination Of the
selfish oharlatan who 30 long has oowed or
cajoled the foolish hordes Of the Democraov.
j. w. SCHWARTZ,
ALLENTOWN, Pa June "a
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SKIRTS.
The Gown OF UnJoined Hens.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN->Sir: 10 10 evident
that many who write and talk and mako pictures
ignorant men who have neglected 70 seek wisdom,
from their womenfoik. We road, for instance.
Of two women whose appearance in sheath
gowns caused near riot at Coney Island ON sun
day. So1 There were probably 1000 women
in sheath gowns there on Sunday. and nearly that
number Of women wearing sheath gowns may be
seen In tho supper rooms Of Long Acre ncighbor-
hood any night II is tho Directolre gown which
causes tho sensation. This gown, am informed
by my wife, may or may not be Of the shcath va
riety, but 10 must be distinguished by q slit, two
unjoned homs. II you please. on one side.
NEW YORK. June 20. VERsAILLEs.
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Belgium and the Congo state.

It viii be recalled that at the recent
general election In Belgium the relative
strength of parties in the Chamber OF
Deputies was substantially unchanged.
although the Catholic majority was re-
duced from twelve to eight. The new
Parliament assembled ON June IT, and
for the last ten days has been engaged
ir discussing the terms on which the
Congo State shall be annexed.
Il has BEEN disclosed In the course OF
this debate that much more irritation
has been caused by the peremptory
tenor OF the demands set4 forth in the
despatch Of Sir EDWARD GREY, tho Brit
ish Minister for Foreign Affairs, than
by tho more-mildly worded. d.oommunica-
ton from the United States. Both
dispatches, concur, however, In insisting
that effective safeguards shall be pro-
vided againstAa perpetuations Of the op-
pression with which the natives Of the
Congo oTegionhave beentreated although
no attempbismadetodic dictate the precise
measures by which this duty shall be
psrfoTmed. Sir Edwards GREY, indeed,
admits In 80 rnanyswords the claim Of,
the Belgian Minister dor Foreign, Affairs
thatBelstum, being a sovereign, State. IN
not accountable to outsiders for the
exact manner In which she mayschoose
to rule her dependent territories. At
the same time the fact~is recalled that
Belgium, like any other country. ishound
10 carry out her contractual obligations,
and II she takes over from King LEo-
poLp II. the Congo State she can be
called upon by anysparty to ;the-B Berlin,
Conference to f,llfl.the conditions under
which the political entity thus named
came into existence. Article@T. Of tho
Berlin act expressly aufhorizesttha dg-,
natory Powers to submit TO- aupart,ftral
tribunal the question whether the SOW.
ereign of the Free State has.orshas.no
discharged his obligations. There is.n no
doubt that the British Government,
possessing conclusive evidence of mis-
rule tantamount to violation Of con-
tract on the part ofKing LEOPOLD, had
resolved to have recourse to such arbi-
tration, and that its determination is
merely suspended in order to see what
obligations the Belgian Parliament will
pledge itself to fulfil after the annexation
of the Congo.
While abstaining from dictation as to
detaila, both Great Britain and the United
States have made up their minds that
the reforms to be effected shall be genu-
inc. None Of the evasions oontem-
plated by King LEOPOLD will be tolerated.
The injuries and the wrongful practices
which must be brought TO an end are
enumerated in Sir EDWARD GREx's mem-
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The New Harvard stroke as Taught by wray.
TO THE EDrroR or TEE SUN--sI: Harvard has
at last awakened or been reused from her trance
ana mas changed radically the fatal stroke Of she
last two years To bo sure 1t won two years ago
miraohe diesu. with crew OF very powerful men
wasting much Of their power
Tho long backward swing past the perpendicular
and the hard heave at tho nnish have been elm.
mated, tho recovery Is much caster and the rushIn
OF slides corrected. the boat does not chscl. the
crew s able TO push tho stroke up high effectively
and 70 hold 10 there for long time. and repeat if
necessary. shing physically Impossible with the
stroke rowod in 1906 and 1907
This year leaving out the question Of endurance.
which was certainly proved. there were soesd'
smoothness. power properly applied and not
wasted. and We wont wray. II is said, has had a
much freer hand this year In shaping ,he policy OF
INC crew. harvard has In the past been very re-
luctant TO learn the wisdom OF that good old adape
Too many cooks spoti the BROTH
xASox. Mass., Jvae-aA xx0, sxvnor..
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BLrNKp 3OM.
a S,euesrt cIyen py EEirn ia sseeFsla as sha
Close Of the war. Il

Close Of the WaF.
TO TINE EpIxoR or TEE BuN--elys Ih@.
closing days Of the civil war found GsnsgGz
James Harrison Wilson with 1900 veteran
Z Union bcrsemen sweapfng aofoss the nsess
OF Alabama into Georgia. When nea, Msocn. M
GA. this column Of cavalry was met by some
thirty or forty Confederate oficers csrryin9
4 fas OF truce, who told un that tho var wss
over. that General Lee and General johnson
had surrendered and that General ehaFrnan
had been trying Tor several days to get wor0
to Wilson . 1000 cavalrymen to stop. 4.
Before this word reached us. nowever, &c.,
from the main command had been detachsd
20 proceed TO Andersonvtlle and there doT
stroy the prison Our regiment, che sevcnen
Ohio Cavalry, was In tho advance OF fniS
separate column. We had arrived NJ 0gle-
thorpe, Co., only few miles from our destina-
tion, when we COO met band OF Handsome
youns officers in gray. carrying hag OF
operations. IL was General Shsrmap's ordsne
these Confederates were delivering toueSnd
there was nothing for II but tnamediaseU "
suspend operations.
While here pear 0glethorps, Ca. we had
nothing to do, and q dozen or more Of ehe
Seventh Ohio Cavalry were entertained q
house near town. After some conversation
concerning the war. the master OF the Plan
tation said he had black musical prcdigy.
a blind boy, whom he would like us 70 see and
hear before we departed. Acceptlng nlS
cordial Invitation. quito Q number OF the vet-
erans OF the Seventh Ohio Cavalry sas Tor
hours and listened to all the eirs belonftng
to The south as vel as to every sy,s sufs sAsy
to YANKEE DOODLE which the blind negro
bsS Sst e. As ss SssE u.o oSs s
the hse whois NortR and nsiy 70 .Ss ocssn
and play before the crowned heads of Europes
and before thousands and tons OF thousaHsqs
Of every nationality on the globe. THIS
freak musician, then Q boy about sixteen
years old, to whom the veteran cayalryme4
had been listening, became the fsT dswssa es
time I speak Of earned thousands and tens
Of thousands OF dollars and eleGtrifsd the
world witt, his musicaI s talent: outsids q
with scarcely gleam OF intelligence. yN
mustered out at the close OF the war. At Nash
vile, Tenn. and arriving at CINCINNATI on our
way home, when looking for some entertatn-
ment for the evening. the first Posters On the
billboards we saw annnounced Blind Tom,
at mozarts Hall. for one week only.
1t Is quite likely that the Blind Tom VINO
died recently In New York was the original
Blind Tom spoken of above. II living now
his age would be about sixty years.
by an uncommunicative white woman can be
master, the one who profted by the blind
idiot s musical genius to the extent OF many
thousands Of dollars. paid this woman we'll
for attending 70 Toms simple needs un 70
CINcINNArI Ohio. June ~. t@ =
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American Silks.

The Silk Association OF America held
its annual meeting few weeks ago.
In his report the secretary Of the asso-
citation said: "We should not forget
that the United States has become the
largest consuming country Of silk goods
in the world, also that we are the largest
consumers of raw silk in the world, with
the possible exception of China" Silk
goods do not figure prominently in our
export trade, although our sales last
year were valued at $500, 900, but the
development of our domestic business
forms an interesting incident in the his
tory of our industries.
In 1870 there were eighty-six silk
mills in the United States. The total
capital invested was SO, 23O, 900; the con-
sumption of raw silk was 6s4, ,4ss pounds,
and the value of product wes $12,21O,882.
FIN 1905 there were 824 establishments,
with total capital of about $11O, ,0O0, 900,
using more than 1l,50O,O0O pounds Of
raw silk in the produaeion Of $133 zoo, 900
worth of merchandise. Within that
time the number of wage earners in
creased from $3.50 to 10000. The present
state of the business as domestic in
dustry is fairly indicated by the fact
that during the fiscal year ended with
June, 1907, our imports of manufactured
silk were valued at $3s, 1853 900, while our
imports of raw materials were valued at
ST. 100000. Nearly one-half of the i'm
ports Of manufactured goods consisted
of piece goods, ready made clothing
and other wearing apparel. Laces and
embroideries show a valuation for that
year of $s,8S0,O0O. Our purchases from
France amounted to 100000, from
Germany, ss,OOO,oOO; from Japan,
S., 900, 600; from Switzerland, $4,l4O,OO0
while our bill for the Chinese article
was only $229,1si.
Japan is our princip& source of sup
ply for raw silk, and our purchase of
$40, ,OO0, 900 worth in the course of year
is an item Of great importance In the
economy Of that country. Italy sent us
SIT 100000 worth last year, and China
sent lis $40, 900, 900 worth. France came
In fourth, with $4,000, 900 worth. In 1897
our imports were valued at $4,000, 600
for raw silk and $25,OOO 900 for manu.
factured. This shows a gain in ten
years Of s52,o0o,000 in raw and only
$13,000,000 in manufactured. The ex-
clusion Of imported goods by the do
mestic product is shown by the fact Of
large increase in the output Of domestic
silk goods, while the average annual
importation a the last ten years is
actually less in value than that Of the
decade Of 1880 to 1890.
New Jersey, Pennsylvania and New
York are the principal centres Of the
manufacturing industry with New Jer-
sey in the lead. Connecticut, with only
forty-three mills, shows a slightly larger
capital invested than does New York with
l23 mills. New Jersey has 2so out Of the
total Of saA mills 'and, Psrnsylyania
IN
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Opera Publicity and cIaques.

FELIX WEINOARTNER, whose achieve
ments az q conductor Of orchestral con-
certs are remembered by American
lovers of music, Ia the successor Of
GUSTAV MAILER as director OF the
Imperial Opera at Vienna. In that gay
and happy city he has created sensa-
tion by introducing into his government
of the theatre methods akin to those Of
the late AUGUsTIN DAILY, who made IL
punishable offence for any member Of
his company to walk Broadway. Mr..
WEINGARTNRR has issued ukase that
any person in the employ of the opera
house who gives information to news
paper men will forfeit 100 per cent. Of
his monthly salary. He has further de-
creed that one who engages a claque
shall lose not only the same amount Of
salary but also his position.
In these promulgations there ia much
food for thought for tha rival impre-
sarios Of this city. Mr.. HAAndERsTEIN.
will surely praise the anti-publicity
plank in Mr.. WETNaARTNER's platform.
The director of the Manhattan Opera
House has been and still is q stern OPP
ponent of publicity in all It's forms,
save one, namely that shaped and
fashioned in his own fecund mind and
moulded in that vigorous, picturesque
and compelling English familiar now to
the entire musical world.
Mr.. GATTI-CAsAZzA and Mr.. .DIPpEL
are as yet unknown factors in the oper-
attic world, but it is safe to say that
they will approve of the abolition OF
the claque and forthwith deprive the
Italian colony of one of its most profita-
BILE forms Of recreation. Mr.. CARUso
may be trusted to give no offence, for
it would indeed be pity if he were
caught in the act of hiring a claque
and instantly discharged. But the
Metropolitan managers must not, nay,
we beg on our bended knees that they
do not, adopt the non-publicity clause;
for how much more solemn life would
be were it robbed Of the frequent enjoy
ment of Miss GERALDINE FARRAR's
views on politics, morals, art and as
Scion Single was wont to put it, mat
ters and things in general.
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In the North American RsvfsU for July the Right
Hon. James Bryce reviews tho recently published
letters of Queen Victoria and Baron Kojoro TAX
ahichi writes apprecisuvey Of Durham White
Stevens. victim Of political assassination Two
articles deal with the negro question In tho South.
another with the way the Mslays arc governed.
comparison Is made between the swiftness OF
judicial procedure In England and the United
States, Other articles deal with Quebec, with
Wagner. with school hygiene, with Mr.. Pinero's
women and with the centennial Of the birth Of
Lincoln and OF Darwin. Mr.. E. 8. Martin con-
tributes an essay on success and the editor ono on
presdeut Cleveland,
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An Ex-Army Guardsman on the Pine Plains
Camp.

To THE EDITOR OF TUE SUN-Sr: Regarding
the comments upon the Pine Plains camp. an e1pe-
riencc Of six years In the regulars and subsequently,
nine In the New York guard makes me think that
while such exercises are Of value perhaps to otner
States. the time consumed is not profitable enough
for New York. IL wac well, however. to open the
eyes Of regular officers, appointed from civil life,
whose Ideas Of the militia are based upon observa
ton OF tho Western States. Incidentally number
Of them made beautiful errors which II made by an
outsider would have been considered frght1ul.
As an example. tho First New York Battery mad o
certain regular infantry battalion wiped out several
timce, but Its Major afterward remarked that "the
sacrifice" was deliberatel No wonder the New
York contingent was not greatly impressed.
BROOKLYN. June a. DOUGH Boz.
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Our streets.

To THE EDITOR or TEE SuN-Sir: The con-
tractor who Is paving Pearl street with granite
blocks has left and apparently has forgotten q
pile OF pebbles Hfoot or moro deep In front Of i2s
Pearl street. extending from curb 10 curb for nearly
two lots frontage. II is painful to SEQ the efforts
OF tho horses to pull through IT, and at any tmo of
tho day there arc one or more teams held up there
To shovel 1t into heap on one sldo and leave
half tho street clear s probably too much trouble
and expense TO put upon the poor contractor IL
has been this way fol two weeks and almost stops
trafhc. PnAnL SrnRHT.
NEW YoRK, June a.
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Tho Burmsss Fashion.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuS-.sir: What fuss
about sheath gownsi Split skirts arc as common
in burma as split innnltlves In the Warrington
dialect They have been fashionable for several
hundred years, introduced originally by o royal
dame, BY the way, sae men wear tho same sarongs
as the women. but not split They are very com.
Portable In warm weather. THAxuTMxo
NEW Yoax. June3a.
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has 1e8. The rest are scattered from
Massachusetts, to California.
The Department OF Agriculture has
made valiant effort to keep at home
some Of those many millions Of dollars
now sent abroad for raw material, but
thus far without results.
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President G. STANLEY HALL of Clark
University who proposes boycott at in
stitutions Of learning against offending
ne .spapers.' says
College professors must do something to keep
themselves from being made Ridiculous The time
has come when college professor cannot open his
mouth without being made to look. speak and act
like fool"
Why so sensitive? We have heard no COM
plant from President ELIOT or President
HADLEy or President WOODROW WILSON.
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With Mr. BRYAN at the head Of the opposition
ticket there will be practically nothing to do In the
Rast--Sscrefdrv ELMgR DOVER OF ne Republican
national committee.
Nothing to do but vote.
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The New Harvard srol. as ra.sh, BY wray,

ALLENTOWN. Pa, June 20.