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New-York tribune., 1908-07-27

land have so long refused to see in the klond1ke
region more than long distance summer re-
sort is now out. The wealth of the cornneids
between the Mississippi and the Missouri rivers,
from Spirit Lake to Keokuk and from Counci
Bluffs to Dubuque, is so great that there is no
lire In the Alaska sands sparkling with pre-
cious metal When man in straw hat anu
overalls can go out before breakfast and PICK
an ear of corn which is worth $40 he begins 10
feel a gentle contempt for the average van
Street plunger and when he has picked eights
others footing I'D to total of S2O4 90 more, as
one son of the Hawkeye State yclept McCui-
loch is said to have DONE he decides that ne
can afford to send his sons to the city 10 eAperf
ment with the bulls and bears WHICH iheie
do congregate If they feel so Inclined
The moral of this seems to be, II there can
he any morality connected with the possession
of such wealth as these figures indicate, thaI
the Iowa farmer Is to be congratulated on MS
appreciation of the wisdom of improving MS
farm. his stock and his crops. While the hlgh
value TO the acre of Iowa crops may TO some
extent he due to the natural fertility of the soh
and other marks of natures special faVor' we
can account for the fact that the state raises
the finest corn in the country only by taxing
info consideration the character of the men
who raise the crop. Much of this success Is
no doubt due TO the efforts Of the State Agrf
cultural College which has managed TO secure
and retain the confidence of the people 1t Is
presumed TO serve.
New-York tribune., 1908-07-27
sponsIbiIity which rests upon the public, too,
and It should not be forgotten neglected.
Mr.. BRYAN'S INSPIRATION.

Mr. Mack's appointment" says Mr.. Bryan,
"s recognition of the Eastern Democracy and
IAN announcement that we intend to fight fpr
.New York" This is good news This state
could hardly relish the report that it was to
lose its old place as the most important battle
ground in the nation and be relegated into the
class of Maine and Texas as a mere spectator
of distant contest. 1t would be a dull cam
paign for New York. accustomed as it is TO
have the eyes of the nation upon it, II the hight
were TO be shifted entirely to the West and no
more doubt were TO be felt over the outcome mere
than over that in Vermont. When so simple an
eypedient as the choice of MIR. Norman Z. Mack
as chairman of the national committee prevents
New York from falling into the class of the
negligible, because sure and preserves for IL It's
old rank with the doubtful states, where the
interest of the campaign centres, it is fortunate
that Mr.. Bryan, just at the time when he and
his friends had almost made up their minds to
concede the state had the good fortune TO think
of the Buffalo editor.
Mr. Bryan is happy. He fairly exudes bliss
at the thought that New York has been kept de
batable Naturally. Everybody in the Demo
cratic counsels was at his wits ends to know
what to do with New York, when suddenly ME-
Bryan thought of Mr.. Mack, and the compete
ness Of the inspiration was recognized at once
even by Mr. Conners, whose relations to Mr..
Murphy to Mr.. McCarren in this city Mr.
Murphy and Mr. Conn6rs accepted the inspira-
ton gladly, it being the easier to do so because
of Mr. Conners's full confidence that Mr.. Mack's
ability to make political situations doubtful was
of statewide and not at all of local char
acter.
Like all inspirations, the chief wonder is why
it was not thought of before. Mr.. Bryan says
of the new chairman: He is in harmony with
''our platform, and l can say Of him personally
THAT he has been close and trusted friend In
''the two former campaigns. That is rare
distinction in New York, so nearly unique as to
be practicaIlt irresistible. Only two other men
readily occur to mind with the exceptional quail
fication of conspicuous Bryanism. One is Colonel
Augustus Thomas. who made grand second1ng
speech out at Denver. The other is Colonel
Harry-something his name escapes us. The
selection of either of these two men would
unquestionabIy have made New York as doubt
full as the appointment of Mr.. Mack has done
But to name either Of them Mr.. Bryan would
have had TO go outside the membership of the
national committee. in the absence Of insuper-
able objections from Mr.. COnners Mr.. Mack is
the natural choice.
New-York tribune., 1908-07-27
ADVANCED NAVAL METHODS.

The immense size of the feet engaged was
not the only extraordinary feature of this years
British naval manPuvres. Methods never before
employed have just been brought into play in
sending orders TO the officer whose command
numbered 321 vessels. At its headquarters in
London the Admiralty has wireless telegraph
plant. by means of which it could instantane-
ouSly give Instructions regarding Lord
Charles Beresford's movements.
A clew to the range of the direct control
thus afforded is found in the announcement that
the government is in regular communication
with Gibraltar, nearly nine hundred nautical
miles from London. A few years ago, while on
board a war vessel lent by the King of Italy,
Marconi continued to receive messages from his
station at Poldhu, in Cornwall, every day at
hour previously arranged. during a cruise which
extended first into the Baltic and then into the
Mediterranean. Ia power the generator at
Poldhu is apparently equalled by that of the
Admiraltys office in Whitehall. 1t is now posi-
BILE on a moments notice therefore, TO make
known the governments wish for a concentra-
ton. at any given point, of all war vessels
which are not more than eight hundred or nine
hundred miles from London.
At how great a distance from headquarters
the same means can be utilized for purposes of
reply is not known. Hitherto it has not been
customary 10 equip merchant ships with ap-
than about one hundred and fifty miles In
the navy somewhat more ambitious attempts
have been made, and occasionally intelligible
communication has been held with stations
more than five hundred miles away. Moreover.
the limit TO such service has probably not yet
been reached. Simply by adopting electric
wave generators of greater power and without
any other technical improvement, it is not un-
reasonable TO expect that war vessels will soon
be able 10 report the receipt of orders, and de-
scribe the steps taken in compliance with IN
structions when thousand miles from tAe
nearest available land station
That such service is already possible might
be Inferred from the statement. which is prob
ably correct that an operator near San Diego
received tidings from the Connecticut the other
night when she was twenty-nine hundred miles
away But that incident is not representative
st existing conditions. Owing to number 0f
New-York tribune., 1908-07-27
POISONOUS PRESERVATIVES.

DR.. Wiley has supplemented his other valuable
reports in regard to the use of preservatives
with one on benzoic acid and benzoate of soda
Various articles of food containing these agents
had hurtful influence, he says. on the health
of the persons to whom he administered them
Loss of weight, diminution in the number of
blood corpuscles, nausea and other prejudicial
effects followed his experiments. The subjects
of his tests the members of the poison squad"
were exceptionally robdst men, and he reason
ably believes that persons of only an average
degree of vigor would suffer more severely un-
der the same conditions. In the interest of
health, therefore, he concludes, "benzoic acid
land benzoate of soda should be excluded en-
"tirely from food products"
When the unwholesome character of these
two substances has once been demonstrated
little more need be said to convince the public
that they should be banished. However. DR..
Wiley goes a step further. He shows that they
are needless as well as perncious and, there
fore, that there is no excuse for their introduc
ton into jams and jellieS, cider, grape juice
and mincemeat. Everything in which they are
employed can be preserved, according to the
chief chemist of the Department Of Agriculture
by other means which absolutely harmless.
Already the packer is required by law to in
dicate on the label Of such products as jam the
nature of any chemical which he has added TO
them Careful scrutiny will sometimes reveal
the phrase preserved with benzoate of soda"
in fine print at the bottom Of the Inscription
but the buyer seldom notices anything be-
sides strawberry" Ounce or the name
of some other fruit in glaring capitals Be
sides, perhaps not one person in a hundred who
discovers the warning takes in Its full sgnf-
icance. Indeed, previous to DR.. Wileys ar
ragnment there might have been some doubt
about the injurious influence which benzoic
acid and benZoate Of soda exert on the con-
sumner. Now that his investigation of their
qualities has been completed, energetic cam
paign against those who continue to them
would seem to be In order.
New-York tribune., 1908-07-27
CITY RAILROAD ACCIDENTS.

The report of railroad accidents in this city
in the month of June and in the first six months
of this year which the Public Service Commis
sion has just made is deserving of serious at
tention not only from the commission itself and
other officials but also from the responsible Off
GERS Of the transportation lines and from the
general public 1t is a startling reminder that
one-third as many persons are killed in this city
on railroads as in the whole of Great Britain,
and that nearly twice as many are injured here
as there In the six months covered in the re-
port 21S persons were killed outright on the
local transit lines in this city and 1926 were
injured In Great Britain about 1,2o0 are killed
and 10000 injured each year.
It must be recognized that in great city the
difficulties and dangers of railroad service are
especially great. The surface cars are run on
streets thronged with other vehicles and with
pedestrians and are for much of the time
in momentary liability 10 collision. The elevated
and underground roads are free from those
perils. but are subject to others OF their own,
among them being those inevitably entailed by
the running Of swift trains the shortest pos
sible Roadway. The enormous congestion of
traffic. with the consequent crowding of cars
and stations must a so he taken into account. as
well as q certain perversity on the part Of many
persons which iEpels them to defy the rules of
the companies and of ordinary prudence and
common sense we SnOulu De uiuCu lileTeSttu
in seeing an analysis of the returns which
would show the causes OF the accidents and in
dicate how large proportion was due 10 the
conduct of the sufferers themselves
Nevertheless when all things are taken into
account the roll of casualties is much longer
than ii should be. If the difficulties and dan
gers of railroad operation in a large city are
greater than elsewhere, comparabIy great should
he the efforts TO overcome them and vigilance in
guarding against them. That is the imperative
and primary duty of all who are responsible for
the operation of the roads--a duty paramount
10 that Of providing transit facilities for all who
speed in conveying passengers. II is. Of course,
desirable that all persons who wish to ride in
Streetcars shall De enabled to- do 50, but il is
far more important that al who DO ride shall
ride 81 safety. II would be a fine thing 10 real
lze the long cherished dream Of fifteen minutes
from the Battery 10 Harlem" but it would be
better 10 have all the millions of passengers
conveyed to and fro without 4 single injury TO
life or limb.
We have said that the subject is one which
the public viii do we'll To consider carefully
Thee figures quoted will no doubt seem shocking
70 those who read them. But how many of
those who are shocked would unproteStingly
acquiesce in changes which might cause some
little Inconvenience but which would lessen the
GaTger Of accidentss Rather. how many of
them would fail 10 protest vigorously against
any such change: We would not acqut or re-
iieye the transportation companies of their due
measure of responsibility, but there is So
New-York tribune., 1908-07-27
A PRETEIT FOR CRIME.

The reputation of New Jersey, which Is by no
means undeserved, for the swift and inexorable
administration of Justice in criminal cases
renders an exception TO that rule particularly
noteworthy and makes especially regrettabe
such practices as those which a few days
ago were reported to have prevailed in the sec
ond county and city of that state. The Prose
cutor of the Pleas of Hudson County is reported
to have said that the grand juries of that
county, instead of being drawn by the Sheriff
for the indictment OF criminals were sometimes
drawn by local politicians for the protection OF
criminals, and to have referred to at least one
case in which a grand juror admitted that he
had been instructed to prevent the indictment
of a man who was accused of committing
particularly abominable outrage.
1t is an interesting coincidence that within a
few days of the making OF these revelations, or
at least charges in Hudson County, in another
county of New Jersey furious mob was with
great difficulty restrained from 1ynching man
who was charged with attempting precisely such
an offence as that for which the grand jury was
said to have given immunity. We do not
know that there has been reason TO suspect any
crooked work with the grand juries of the lat
ter county, and even If there had been that
would be no justification for committing or
attempting the crime Of lynching. But what Is
unquestonable is this. that such work as that
which Is charged against the Hudson County
grand juries, or some Of them, does afford
pretext for hot tempered men to take the law
into their own hands and affords also direct
incitement to such a course. Jurors who are
guilty of such practices as those which the
Prosecutor is reported to have charged them
with are, therefore doubly guilty, first, of
shielding one crime, and, second, of giving In
citement to or pretext for another.
1t is not credible, of course. and indeed is not
charged nor intmated, that all grand juries In
that county are corrupt, but merely that when
there is occasion for it a criminal with pot-
ical pull" can get somebody appointed TO the
jury who will see TO it that he is not indicted.
Merely that; but that, if true, means a state
of affairs than which nothing could be more
menacing or more disgracefuI to a civilized
community.
New-York tribune., 1908-07-27
PRESIDENT At CHURCH.
Il gain Uses automobile Young
People Dine on MayfOscer.

Oyster Bay. July 26-Presdeht Roosevelt made
again this morning OF automobile in pref
erence to a team Of his fine horses in going from
Sycamore Hill to Christ Episcopal Church. in the
village. Mrs. Roosevelt accompanied the Presi-
dent usual. this morning and with them came
Mrs. Beekman Winthrop. wife OF the Assistant
Secretary OF the Treasury. and a guest at Saga
Hin: Captain Edmund l.. Butts Sd Infantry
L. S. A. of the Presidents military aids also
Il guest over Sunday. and Archibald and Quentin
Roosevelt, the Presidents younger The usual
ly large number of summer visitors were on hand
to see the President both when he entered and
when he came out OF the church.
Miss Ethel Roosevelt and Kermit Roosevelt and
a party of their friends guests at a dinner
party this evening board the cruiser Mayfower
which is anchored In the outer harbor of Oyster
Bay. the entrance to Cold Spring Harbor
three or four miles from the Roosevelt pier. The
members OF the party conveyed to the yacht
in the launches from the Mayfiower
New-York tribune., 1908-07-27

New Workers may well pride themselves upon
the showing which the Bronx Geological Park
makes in comparison with Old World rivals
Mr.. w. T. Hornaday reports In the Geological
Society Bulletin that his establishment now
houses nearly nine hundred more specimens than
the next largest zoo. which is in Berlin. The
only unfavorable point of contrast is found in
the mammal cages; Berlin. London and Frank
fort have conspicuously larger displays here In
view of the fact that the New York Geological
Society has been deferred from completing its
buildings this inferiority counts for little.
A few more years. and it will probably outstrip
all rivals.
New-York tribune., 1908-07-27
WHAT'S THE NATTER WITH IOWA,

While no one seems directly to have raised
the issue as TO what is the matter with Iowa
that state, like its sister of the plains the
Sunfower State, seems to have been under srls-
picion. Because of the peculiar habit which
some Of the sons of the Hawkeye State have
displayed of going to New York to manage trac-
ton companies TO Washington to look after
national finances and hold down other Cabinet
positions, there appears to have been some
what general impression that Iowa was good
state to get away from. And this suspicion
seemed to be confirmed when the 1905 census
came out showing that there were several thou
sand fewer people within It's boundaries than
had been there five years earlier.
1t is evident, however, that apology is due
TO Iowa It's people are so accustomed TO pros
perity and all the other good things that make
life worth living that they go elsewhere merely
to break the monotony. After raising hogs and
cattle and corn and wheat for the rest of the
country TO eat they develop curiosity to see at
close range the hungry millions who so eagerly
seize upon the products OF Iowas rich soil, re-
turning in place of it bank balances and auto
mobiles 1t is evident that there can't be any
thing radically wrong with a state whose coun-
try villages veraciously boast of automobile
to every hundred inhabitants, and even the
slightly chaotic condition of its politics indi-
Gates nothing more than an effort to chase
away the ennui of panic time prosperity.
The secret OF why the people Of that favored
New-York tribune., 1908-07-27
MORE FRESH AIR SEEKERS
about 5000 Needed to Keep Up
Work for Poor Children.

In the party OF 155 boys and girls who vii lssVe
the city tomorrow for Bradford. Penn. w1sr'
they will be met at the station by numerous fa1mr
ers and taken for two weeks rest to county
homes are sixty children known 70 the Iri01n'
Fresh Air Fund as specials Mrs John Smih
for instance writes the Fund that last summer sn'
had with her Oracle Jones. and that. II Gracs eaa
be her now she will be glad TO take cars %
her It is frequently easy matter 70 locate MS
Jones. in most cases address IS furniSheo ~
Fund by the applicant probably because II is Hol
known. But all of these requests are setnioasy
followed and che greater proportion OF tH7n
promptly met The history OF such cases reeorH
numerous instances where not only the cnl1i'-
have been permanently benefited by repeated Gun
tact with persons whose interest they have IOuS5O
in their young lives. but many times wnols an an
lies have by such small beginnings been m'eU '
Of sQuaid surroundings
Not long ago upstate family. after takins go "a.
OF a little girl for several summer vacations GUMS
which period interest in her brothers ana sS
and parents was stimulated by correspondents -
ried on between seasons. decided 10 ind W0rA :
all Of them on their far and there lney s,sr AZ
Harold Fl. Burton. kesh Air Fund helper, -, :
Ashford Hill Home at Ardsley, y j. WrO'e -
week Of his experience in taking care OF W.
one 'of the smallest boys and girls that ever !.
10 this Home Their ages ranged from thTeo
to twelve but most OF them are about seven - -
old Every one of them seems glad 70 oe -.
none is hOmesick and ALL am sure, are Ia -. -
ter for the visit-Cne little boy addinS hihV - a,
to his weight There are many interesting 20. - ~
each boy he wrote. but am greatly Ss STU =
the continued care for one another exerci's~ - =
brothers. The little three-year-od always -
about with a smile and with shining eyes. on, -
than that he is almost always hand-in-h4li1 -
one of his two little brothers. one fve and tne -
seven They take care of themselves IS .ssss
than lots from uptown could do, for pefhdsS .Ssn-
70, ~
selves" .,-s
Five. thousand dollars must be raised ii0.- ii.,,,a
source this week for board bills and trahSg ,..s.
II the work Is to be prosecuted along oroaU IN
New-York tribune., 1908-07-27
SAYS SPEECHES SHOWED GOOD WILL
Earl Grey Pleased Also by Presence Of
American Marines at Quebec.

London, July 2s.-EarI Grey, the Governor Genera
OF Canada. in official report 70 the Earl ot
Crewe. Secretary OF State for the Colonies. on the
celebration OF the tercentenary Of the founding 9t
Quebec, says that the speeches OF the Vice-FTes-
dent of the United States and the Representatives
France touched high note Of friendship and sooe
will TO Canada and the Crown
Earl Grey also mentions the great sats1acron
felt at the presence of detachments of American
marines at the review.
New-York tribune., 1908-07-27

When Mr.. Hearst saws he is not candidate
for the Independence nomination for PRESIDENT
he Is not to be understood in the ordinary sense
as being "in the hands of his friends Every
one knows on the contrary. that his friends are
entirely in his hands.
New-York tribune., 1908-07-27

The failure of the police to find the mch-
delaney centre" of New York is doubtless que 10
the fact that the Democratic NationaI Coiiiiii'
tee has not yet opened it's campaign headquar-
ters here.
New-York tribune., 1908-07-27

Oklahoma scores again. With the Democratic
campaign checks all drawn upon the Oklahoma
guaranteed banks, the state will receive grand
advertisement. provided. of course. there is some
response to the begging for the fund.
New-York tribune., 1908-07-27

Justice Finelite reads the law in fine light
when he assures John Lightfne that the light
fine of 500 must stand against him because the
undue omission Of duly In legal document
New-York tribune., 1908-07-27

When Governor Johnson seeking the Dem
ocratic nomination for the Presidency Mr.. Bryan
attacked him a representative Of Wall Streer
and the trusts. How can such villain now
serve the pure cause of the people on the stump:
New-York tribune., 1908-07-27

"Macropha gocytosis cannot wither nor custom
stale" etc, is what the poet would have had 10
write If he had only known that II was not the
years, but the microbes. that play havoc with
the infinite variety of charms.
New-York tribune., 1908-07-27
FALLIEREs SAILS TO MEET CAR.

Stockholm July 26.-President Fallieres OF France
sailed to-day board the French gunboat Cassini
for Reyai tQ meet Emperor, Nicholas.
New-York tribune., 1908-07-27
IndeG to Advertisements.
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MONDAY, JULY %, 1905

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does not vitiate the entire proceeding in MS
legal duel. His honor is quite right In assuming
that the traditional power of duly" is Dooiey-
ism,
The Globe-republican., 1908-04-30

Senator T. Dumont Smith, who /. a
candidate for reelection from his dis.
trict has Introduced commendable
method Of campaigning. He buys sp.ce
at advertising rates In the newspapers Of
bis district and 10 the space he publishes
articles reviewing the actions Of the
legislature, during the time be served In
It and states just what position be took
upon different matters. He writes the
articles and signs his name to them
The campaign he is making Is al ou' n
the open and all he asks the reader Is
that they carefully consider his off cial
NIT auh give AIM wtu. ,r d. hey d..
,t'.~. rb''l- ceralnly AZ opsn aud
above DoA'd method " campaigning AID
a quick way Of reaching the people be
wants to ttlk to and 1t Is a method at
will receive consideration by the peol lie.
The Globe-republican., 1908-04-30

Service money will be dueDwben mare
IS sold or traded, or removed from tie
county.
The Globe-republican., 1908-04-30

Bay geldings. yrs. old, w.t. about 1850 each.
I steel grey 4-yr-old work mare, Troy Boy colt
weight II5o.
brown o-yr-old work mare, weight 1880.
grey IL year-old brood mare, weight 1900.
chunky bay 3year-old mare.