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New-York tribune., 1908-07-31
FACTORY INSPECTION.

Turing the first three months of this year regular
inspections by the bureau Of factory inspection
numbered 1880 compared with R,52l in the
same months last year. The increase was chiefly
in inspections of tenement buildings. licensed for
home manufactures in New York City. Complaints
formal enough 10 call for special investigation
numbered Al against 229 the year before Prose
cutions violation. of law instituted during the
three months numbered H. only ten short of one
half the whole number begun in the entire hst al
year of 1867. Tagging" TO stop work until the
laws sanitary requirements should be complied
with was resorted 10 in OF Is tenement build
ings 134 tenant factories and bakeries One IL
cense for home work in tenements was revoked for
unlawful conditions. In five cases the use of un
safe machinery prohibited by hoti'e unsil
prcver safeguards should be provided. Accidents
to wclkmen in factories. quarries or tunnel con
s7ruction reported during the first quarter num-
bered 3,402 this year. about 3 per cent less
than in 1861 This decrease is to he accounted for
as the natural result OF greatly reduced working
forces this year.
New-York tribune., 1908-07-31

-Brings mall.
New-York tribune., 1908-07-31
THE DENVER AND RIO GRANDE RAILROAD CO..
Opening of Transfer Books

New York City. July %. reos
The sun., 1908-08-22
Taft, bryan or Izaak walton.

To TIE EpIroR or THE SUN--Siy: As q
born Democrat, with the peculiar prejudices
that attend my inheritance. am inclined to
think that shall 90 fishing the early days
Of November.
The splendid equipment, intellectual and
moral, Of Judge Tsft and his proved fitness
20 deal successfully with large Questions
raaks him In many ways . most agreeable
alternative Tor the candidate OF my party;
bus how am TO reconcile my conscience to
aiding IN The perpetuation OF suoh doctrines
- constitute the policies Of the present
Administration. to which he seems to be
committsdf
On tho other hand. to vote for Mr.. Bryan
will be TO give approval to pronouncements
that violate sacred Democratic tenets.
A late railroad masnate characterized
son-in-lsw 40 being not onlysa damned fool
but az being more kinds OF a damned fool
than any one OF his acquaintances: and look
ing over the career and utterauces Of the
candidate OF my party he really seems TO be
more kinds Of demagogu than any other
person can recall.
/ sinosrely hope the fishing will Be good
on election day. b.
NHV YORK, August II.
The sun., 1908-08-22

sissippi catfish, which Is put up In large
quantities as canned lobster in factories
at Memphis, Tenn. It Ia not only HARM
less to the consumer but has the adj
vantage Of yielding large profit to the
producer.
Although II is very seldom that a
lobster larger than this Montauk speci-
men is found in any part of the world,
there are allied creatures belonging to
the same order OF crustaceans-the deca-
pods--in the Eastern seas which attain
much greater dimensions. Professor
BASIL H. CHAMBERLAIN, who is perhaps
the highest authority on things Japa-
nese, states that there is one species of
crab in Japan 30 gigantic that human
beings have been killed and devoured
by It. The legs Of this crab are over
four feet in length, and there is speci-
men in the museum at Toxic the body
Of which measures over six feet in diam
etAr
The sun., 1908-08-22
Concerning Genuflection.

The subjoined question Is addressed to
THE SUN by the elder brother Of the Hon.
WILLIAM BARNES, Jr., Of Albany:
ITO THE EprroR or THE suN-ssr: with oil
that wisdom supposed 70 sdherc TO your exalted
function. can you inform an anxious public why
It 10 that Mr.. HUdaRs should resent with ferocity
support OF men called iitslo bosses,' and At the
same time get down on his august knees 10 RoosR-
WILT and HrrcBcocK because the latter are sup
posed to bs big bossesf
"The Baptist Pope does not appear to be econsist-
eat. THuRLov WEED BARNES.
NEW YORK. August 90
We reply with pleasure that the specific
acts Of appeal and self-humiliation to
which Mr.. THURLow WEED BARNES re-
fers have escaped our notice. To tho
best OF our information and belief Gov
ernor HUGHES has been doing his duty
as he understands it and getting down on
his knees TO no human creature.
This is a senseless question, rendered
moro unworthy by the sneer at Governor
HUGHEs's religion. How much more
respectable was the attitude OF that
hardened old political boss, the late
THuRLow WEED, toward people Of all
Christian faiths and denominations:
In my Judgment ali who lead Christina nves.
however different In their modes Of worship. VII
be merclfury dealt with by . mercifui Creator
through the mediation OF our Saviour
Such was the tolerant and reverent
and manly creed Of Mr.. THuRLow WEED
BARNEs's grandfather. II IL recorded in
the biography Of THuBLow WEED by
his grandson, Mr.. THuRLow WEED
BARNES.
The sun., 1908-08-22
IN MARYLAND.

BAIrtMoBR, Aug. 70.--In Maryland po-
litical conditions are MIXED, with the State
ieanine slightly to Taft. This b q great
gain for Bryan over 1890 and 1000. when
Mckinley carried the State by $4,000 and
l4,oOo respectively. Since that time the
Democrats have passed an Australian
ballot law, which renders ineffective Q
large percentage Of the iiiiterate negro
vote. The names Of tho candidates are
arranged alphabetically on the ballot with
out party emblems, and the voter must
pick out and mark without assistance the
Individual candidates. Moreover, In nine
counties Of the black belt In southern Mary
land and on the Eastern Shore there 70 not
even a party name to guide the voter. In
consequence OF this and Of Bryan's in
creased strength in the country districts
the State outside the city Of Baltimore
should be q 'standof.' thus wiping out
Republican majority Of about 1000 In
1000 In that territory.
In the city OF Baltimore conditions are
very much involved. with the indications
in favor of, Taft. In the silk stocking
wards, where the society. club and lead
ing business men live. thsre is as much
Democratic detection as In 1000. but this
is all confined TO the Fourth Congress dis
trict, now represented by Q Democrat.
which thus becomes almost certainly He-
publican by from 2.o0O to 2.5oo majority.
On the other hand. In the Third distriot.
generally very close. whore none OF this
element lives. Bryan 10 much stronger than
formerly and will receive the full Demo-
cratic vote. A heavy Democratic labor
vote In this district which left the Demo-
cratic party and voted for Mckinley In
1895 and 1900 now appears to be solid with
Bryan, and he will get a small sprinkiing
Of Republican labor votes, with tho indi-
cations that this district will DO Domo-
cratic by from 1000 to 1900. The result
IN the city Of Baltimore will therefore de-
pend on the four city wards In thu Fifth
district. which while formerly Republi-
can, with a heavy labor vote. certainly
look Democratic this time. and the Fifteeuth
and Sixteenth wards in the Second district.
which will give from 500 to 100 Republican
majority. perhaps as much as 1000. Yet
Bryan will run several hundred votes ahead
Of tho ticket here. as the Democratic Con-
gressional candidate viii be affected by fsc-
tional differences and tho intersection OF the
liquor question.
maryianu ooos uOt tAho hmoiy W tnuo-
pendent movements, and the Independence
League will be a negligible quantity. Tho
Democratic leaders whose loyalty to their
party was much questioned in isee and 1900
seem to be regular this year.
While indications as above outlined
lean on the whole slightly In favor Of Taft.
the State Is undoubtedly very close-so
close that the shift Of 1000 votes either
way would probably change the result.
Conditions are indeed very similar to 1904.
when the States electoral vote was divided.
In that year seven Democrats and one
Republican eleotor for President and Vice
President were chosen.
The sun., 1908-08-22

licenses been as great as it was after
the first vote.
These figures indicate no such violent
opposition to the liquor traffic as is
shown in the South, but the steady de-
crease In the number OF towns permitting
the legal sale Of alcoholic drinks Is not
without significance. The advocates OF
no license have more than held their own
In spite Of the best efforts Of the liquor
trade to extend the territory In which 1t
may operate. 1t Is evident that though
a negative vote on the license question
may not Danish the demon 1t produces
results generally satisfactory to the voters
who try the experiment.
The sun., 1908-08-22
Tho Master of the Bosses.

The Universal Boss has spoken and
Governor HUGHES will be renominated.
The bossikins and bosslets have had to
take their medicine. They are justified
In making faces. HUGHES Is not their
kind OF man. No doubt some of these
mean to knife" him in the fall. But
what else was to be done7 Once in q
while the people have to be 1placated,
The politicians have to let them have
their way. HUGHES had to be NOM
mated to save TAFT. HUGHES will help
TAFT in every State and not merely in
New York. So with sigh the Universal
. Boss accepts him.
Let there be no mistake about the
attitude Of the Governor and the UNI
versal Boss. The latter takes HUGHES
because he has to. The Governor Is
alien to him In. temperament and meth
ods. By the simple means Of peggfng
away In the path OF his duty, without
postiIres or advertising, making enemies
as cheerfully as public men of an opposite
type make friends, Governor HUGHES
has impressed the imagination and now
the respect Of the community, and he
has now imposed himself, without terms,
upon the Universal Boss.
=: - Whatever magnetic qualities Gov
ernor HUGHES may lack, he has a strength
which tho most sensational and the most
suecessfdl Of American politicians has
had to admit and now means to use for
national Republican purposes.
The bosses and the Boss have had to
stomach HUGHEs. They need him In
their business. In spite OF all the hula
baloo Of his opponents perhaps tho peo-
pie Of New York feel that they still need
him In theirs.
s;At any ratio Mr.. TAFT Is fortunate
The sun., 1908-08-22
The Memphis Moses.

For the shame and betterment of all
those Democratic niggards and gripes
who refuse to put dollar on 'Shall the
People Rule we cite the radiant exam
pie Of the Commercial Appeal Of Memphis.
Its commercial appeals to the Bryaniao
brotherhood have touched the heart and
the pocket. Fame with all its trumpets
blows the name Of the givers. How can
more glory be had for a base and COM
mon .plunk'i And no mere mention, no
grudging line, mind you. You can write
serious and beautiful letters about the
situation and the Peerless, and the Men,
phis sheet will spread your edifying SEN
timents upon the record. A dollar and
letter: thus is patriotism grated upon
the pride Of authorship.
Decrepit age and vigorous manhood
and helpless infancy are coming into
the pot. as they say in Memphis. a
young gentleman with a charming pas
toral prenomen, BoAs GIBSON, sends his
dollar from Hoxie, Arkansas. Il am
II years DID, he writes, but in his juve-
nile bosom BRYAN throbs and burns.
He seems very young to have bank
account, yet he encloees "my check on
our bank for the success OF BRYAN and
KERN BoAs is the Hoxie agent of the
Memphis collector. Il guess you will
hear from papa soon," he adds. So
another dollar and letter may be ex-
pected from Hoxie. A veterinary surgeon
In Pine Bluf contributes about half a
column Of letter with his dollar. "Hur-
rah for BRYAN, Democracy, the common
folks and the Commercial Appeal cries
another dollarite. The rush to subscribe
is unparalleled. Forty-one dollars were
taken in one day this weeki
Yet broad as the stream of benefaction
is, the Memphis Moses, so to speak, the
smiter OF the Democratic rock, Is going
to make tho channel deeper. THE
alarm clocks Of the Democracy are ring
ing Win the people wake and fork
over7 Hear ye! hear yei Fifty dollars
in gold to the person who gets the most
B. 4 X. subscriptions in Memphis; ditto
to ditto in Mississippi, Alabama, Arkan-
sas and Tennessee outside Of Memphis.
Step up and get the prize, An unrivalled
opportunity to do good TO yourself and
help the sacred cause. .....
Az we read Of this combination OF
business with pleasure, and learn further
that the Comm srciai Appeal is not 'rais-
ing the money"-the prize monsy-"to
exait ITSELF we seem to see a deeper
glow Of shame blushing on the fiery poll
of the Hon. Ed CARNAGE. sometime edi-
tor OF that paper. Shame to recollect
what things he has said about Mr.. BRYAN,
for whose relief Mr.. CARMAcK's success
sors are striving 90 manfully. to in
crease their circulation.
The sun., 1908-08-22

Thus there are to-day eighteen fewer
towns In which full licenses are granted
than there were ten years ago, twenty
three fewer towns In which partial
licenses are issued, and forty-three more
towns In which the trade is not per-
mitted. While, asemight be expected,
there have been fuctuation and frequent
changes in the attitudes of the towns on
this subject 1t is obvious that the ten
dency is toward restriction Of the busi-
neea By the voters themselves. II will
be noticed that in only two Of the eleven
years has the number Of dry towns been
less than IL was in 1897. The number Of
full license towns has been above the
original number in only four years. Not
once since the law took effect has the
number Of towns allowing partial
The sun., 1908-08-22
Minnesota.

The Hon. JOHN A. JOHNSON has been
renominated for Governor OF Minnesota
by q hysterical convention apparently
composed of frugal and far seeing Demo-
cratic officials who wanted to retain their
jobs. The. Governor himself had en-
phatically declined the distinction. He
has already served two terms and it is
quite possible he understood that while
the Scandinavian voters may have
elected him Governor through the pride
and affection born Of common blood and
racial attachments they could hardly
be counted on to imperil the national
ticket for the sake Of that highly honor
able emotion. At any rate it is notorious
that he rejected the intended compli-
ment and every indication points to the
surmise that he was in earnest. Evil
IDENTIFY he much preferred the indepen-
dent role OF campaigner to that OF an
anxious aspirant hampered by personal
interests and immersed in unwelcome
responsibilities.
u 10 not to be expected that Mr.. JOHN
sos's new candidacy will exert the
smallest influence UPON the national
contest. The chances ell are that Min
nesota will 60 Republican by a larger
majority than ever.
The sun., 1908-08-22
Bryan on tho Tariff.

In his tariff speech at Des Mpines yes
terday Mr.. BRYAN pointed out and dis
cussed that astonishing declaration OF
the Republican platform to which THE
SUN early called the attention Of anna
teurs Of political absurdity:
IN ell tariff legislation the true principle Of pro-
teeton Is best maintained by the imposition of such
duties a. viii equal the difference between the cost
Of production at home and abroad. tooefhsr Grh a
reasonable proni % Amsrean tadEsiriss.-
Here, for the first time in history, II
memory serves US, Ia distinctly an
nounced the doctrine that one Of the
functions of the general taxing power Of
the Federal Government is to collect
from the taxpayers money with which to
guarantee q reasonable profit to the
manufacturer. Mr.. BRYAN asks, with a
fine aifectation Of innocent thirst for
knowledge, what constitutes reason
able profit, and why II it Is due from
the Government to these particular oiti-
zsns 1t is not due likewise to citizens en-
gagged in other occupations.
It would be unfair not to recognize the
moderation Of language, the apparent
candor Of tone, the directness and suavity
Of statement and the clearness Of argu-
ment which distinguish this and other
recent addresses of Mr.. BRYAN from the
often frenzied rhetoric Of his earlier
productions.
The sun., 1908-08-22
THE ALL BIG GUN SHIP.
Target Practice, Not War. susgested the
New Typo.

Waiter s. Msrripether IN Van Nordea's Maoa-
sine.
1t Is popularity supposed that the running
fight which followed the sortie from Port
Arthur provided the first hint OF the all big
gun ship. It will therefore come a. . sur
prise to many to know that the value Of the
all big gun ship had been recognized prior
to the outbreak OF the war In the East and that
the type itself had been evolved not from
any information Furnished by Japan. not In
Great Britain. but right here In America.
The way II came about 10 an Interesting bit
OF unwritten history.
The idea OF the type originated in TARGET
practice. Up to few years ago there was
The result OF this lack OF practice showed at
Santiago. where there was only about. . per
sus hs ess sy ss Ss rs
defenders we Mere soSeTly thinking of that Very
went at target, practice in a serious and thor
ough way; Then for the first time was In
Ss the Of airing %as ns iSs
sdsrs s q s ss aef bag e
riety Of eaiibres brought much confusion. es
70 dIstinguish one from The other. Here wss
Or more different eaiibTes ffihg at the same
t tinsush % Ss.ween them and 'ss,Rs ooseoS.Dtiy 10 %
impossible accurately 70 estimat the range
~ Then 4 began to dawn ds on ths navy sy that
only. I ''I and as "a q result The plans Of The The
United statee ship Feasible and the United
States ship Possible were drawn by lieu.
one OF the progressive young officers. OF
tie navy: These plsns were submitted 70
body. Thus originated the typs that 20 many
nations are now so feveIishly constructing,
But Il was not until Great Britain had launched
overheard that this country set about the
building. OF the four prsadnoughts which are
now under construction.
The sun., 1908-08-22
AN OLD TURFMAN'S VIEWS.
He DepIores the Abolition OF Racetrack
Gambling.

To TIE EpIroR OF THE suN-Si Pleas
allow me as a turfman since 1883 TO reply I,
tho letter recently printed by The Sex
signed III and called Another Republican
on the Racetrack Issue III quotes
Republican correspondents who does not
Ike Governor Hughes's racetrack legisia.
ton. TD Is the sentiment probably Of haf
q million people In our country, and IL is well
grounded. N further says: The Rex
publican party can spare that Kind Of people'
Yes, now but they will be needed in Novem.
ber. Paste that note In all your hats.
H." says that the biggest curse ia he
racstrack.- o offering track! Thy sins
are as numberie4 ss the grains Of ssnd,
and the pebbles and the shells on all the
shores OF all the seas. And all the wrecks
and all the ruin Of all humanity are all
charged to thee by Hughes. H. and Com.
pany. Mercy on us!
My impression IL that the best OF men
never go ruined by the racetracks. 1t isthoss
grasping fools and reckless sucker who
70 broke at any gamble. And H. admits
playing against everything with e -boys'
The racetraek never offers Inducements
such as III. has been against, and frovm
on betting within its enclosure. Nor are 90
he fails TO mention the evils following he
tanoed aimost the oiroumference OF the globs
X II psss ssaa 9 ns''a
It's products harvested by our national and
SsvsSsy. nearly every new new q! thief doa.,.s who \
came through the racetrack. Thieves. Ike
the best Of Tacehorses. are natures gnts3
In In 1865 1865 we saw the last. Of racing here.
and later the. clubhouses closed BY v.yt
Of reform. Now the majority OF the people
In Monmouth county sadly regret Il because
Of lost prosperity and prestige. Now nun
drsds Of farms and thousapSSs s aS 81 nj aSpes @ a
form. An absolute fact.
Reform has worked the looting Of four
banks here Sithin the space Of two years:
rum tSS a .ns a'd mssay Es9y iSd e Of s
And { has yet 10 be said, 70 the credit Of
those looters. that not one q them Lost q
efiiciais 81. these four banks. has been pun
ished, A fact
Our county jail has been enlarged to o,
s aSasS S nsa ces w
from being contaminated by the recetraeni
Our county and Its city courts have haq
their smns SSSs Ssssss SsssSs to Us
hore-stlll another fact, And thanks W
II, the faTmers OF the Empire STATE are
only oH' to reflect their present eoyerno5 Y
continue to WELD his knout on his puppets o.
Albany, lashing them into his Pilgrim policies
and blue law views. A..
wealthy from scattering their riches among
the needy, as seen here by multltndes:; ss:
and their reforms. end those too VINO ses
'n'' one s''' IN our 0oJnils JAMES H. Mocmrrr.
OCEANpoRT, N. j., August 20.
The sun., 1908-08-22
No License I'm New York.

When the New York liquor tax law went
into effect 1t provided for local option in
the towns Of the State, Of which there
were esi at the time the first elections
were held In 1897. In 1901 the number OF
towns was increased by one, and in 1908
another was added 10 the list. In his an
nual report for 1907 Mr.. CLEMENT, the
State Commissioner Of Excise, has intro
duced q table showing how these towns
have voted on the liquor question, a
study OF which must be gratifying to
the opponents Of the traffic. The table
shows:
The sun., 1908-08-22
Mime. curie Disputes Sir william Ram .sy.

PafN foTftsp6HdsHF LoHdoH 1tIe0fdph,
Nine Curie, who shares With the late Pierre
Curie. her husband. tho honor Of having discoy-
cred rsdium, has bone 70 piek with Cir william
Ramsay. and In Q Communication 10 the Academy
OF Sciences questions the results Of ono Of hs best
known experiments Sir William found that un-
der radioactive influence copper yieids nthlum
Nine. Cure disputes this discovery, and suseests
that the thlum from the glass vessel In which
the experiment ives made. She tried the sane ex-
pertinent rst In glass tube then In one Of quarts,
and in both cases found hthium, But when shs
employed platinum vesael the copper saits under
the influence OF rsdium yielded no lthium a all
oovery. But she h continuing her experiments,
and win not sssert for certain that no Ia wrong be-
fore abe 10 quite sure
The sun., 1908-08-22
Notes From Abroad.

-slAA
LONDON Comnfrosa' inieaaoe"ce oiews ,Vs a,eAuss
70 the fact shat the many new muhicipanues w.
being formed throughout the Canao'an PloNs .aSs
OF Manitoba Saskatchewan ana Aioera mus ~ ~
largely In tho next ave years to the aeniAnu
steam road rollers scrapers. nro epphaheee ILL.,
Ing installations ana other i'ems OF ue -
municipal equipment ana 'hcre arc aiso ia'so ~
tracts definitely In prospeot iof wen po,'ns hs
ing OF highways drainage wa'er anu o'he' pS''~
works. ,...,.
Germany Is freely Initiating American pa"l
In the manufacture OF term implements anu 10y
chinery. though American harSes'ers sah p''
dominate. u~
The State OF sac Paulo. Brazil, owns ,Wos
bags Of coffee stored In Europe ana Nor,h Am.l
and es7ooo bags stored In SANTOS. Inc ioiess
cities OF storage are havre. Hamburg. pIewsI
Antwerp, London. Trieste, harseiiies' NC" '''.
and New Orleans.
In the siI months ended March 81 last tne tps
earnings Of the South Aanchuria Railway Company
Japanese) were 471o'ooo and the ope,aues
expense was s3'.:oo0o, leaving a net prom
tssoooo but only $50 ooowas paid out for dvioena.
In addition TO the railway the company opeiMS
nlnes, harbors lands, hotels and electric hehuns1
One hundred thousand dollars was carried ,o ~,
serve" and $4,000 was eiven as rewards U ~