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New-York tribune., 1908-04-05

dicted to scientific quarterly reports would oe
money wasted. Not so, however, with hberai
endowment for a we'll equipped practical inror-
nation bureau, which would soon prove good
investment provided all the other influences
tending to distribute men profitably continued 10
work unabated
Mr.. Merritt has correctly measured the
powers which such an institution should have.
He proposes the creation of q state colhlnls-
sioner of immigration, who shall be charsed
with the collection and dissemination among
Immigrants of information reiauVe u
national and state institutions, conditions Oh
labor and industries throughout this state anu
who shall perform such acts as VIII teho 10
prevent extortion fraud and imposition upon
Immigrants But it is not obvious that lhese
duties can be satisfactorily performed, II the
proposed bureau is financed solely by the 500"
annual license fee which Mr. Merritt seeks 10
levy upon every person or hrm receiving
money of immigrants for TRANSMISSION 10 any
place without the state Of New York, or sup
plying or contracting TO supply foreign LABOR
AS this category properly does not include rall-
roads. steamship lines, express companies ana
duly authorized banks, how much money would
the new department have after it had driven
Illegal banks and fraudulent agencies ont OF
business?
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took refuge in a wholly irrelevant parley over
the right OF assemblage. 1t is scurvy u1cK
to lure a man to a meeting where he may Dc
arrested or hurt without letting him know
these risks And yet to all appearances. tns
was the trick which the ringleaders served
upon their sympathizers: the notices OF the
meeting flung about on the East Side allowed
people TO understand that the proposed gather
ing was in conformity with law, when the
ringleaders fully knew that ii was not. What
conclusion, then, can be drawn save that the
great champions of the downtrodden did not
care what happened to their audience, so long
as they had one? If this is the sort OF
brotherhood of man that socialists are
preaching. we prefer the humanitarianlsm OF the
Stone Age AS for the various misrepresenta-
tions of facts made by some socialists by way
of excuse we have not the heart to call them
deliberate or wicked falsehoods; for a social
istic orator who plainly cannot distinguish De
tween fact and fancy in his theories and eco
nomic observations cannot be held responsible
for other inexactitudes.
New-York tribune., 1908-04-05
FROM BAD TO WORSE.

Whatever sympathy the ringleaders Of the
recent Union Square meeting may have won
by their cries Of injustice" misunderstood
ing" ETC. must all be forfeited as a result Of
Park Commissioner Smiths explanation Of his
rulings in the matter. The socialists have de-
clared that Mr- Smith lndulged in little double
dealing by granting permit for the meeting
and then quickly cancelling the same without
letting the would-be participants know OF the
reversal Tho swarms that focSed TO Union
Square did so, therefore, II IS said without
knowing the true attitude Of the authorities
aud the wOuld-be orators were in the same pre-
dicament, il is alleged.
The explicit statement of Mr Smith pub
Eshed in The Tribune yesterday. shows how
disingenuous these pleadings
permit for q meeting in Union Square was
given, but after IL was granted / discovered the
true significance OF The movement and frnrne-
Giately communicated with the holders OF the
permit, cancelng IL The holders of the per
n34t returned II 10 my Office, saying they had
changed their minds about holding the meeting
on the date first asked for, and they wanted ma
10 grant permit for meeting IN Union Sor,era
on the 2sth This I ernphatically refused 70
grant Mr. EnlQuit and others came 10 me
personally two or three times and asked for a
permit On the asth. and I refused each time
~, dne oelegacon New eleven days before the
2sth that they could not get q permit for the
the 2sth received q typewr1tten letter telling
ing 20 hold II, whether they had q permit or NOT
II any of the people who gathered in Union
Square get the impression that they were free
10 hold mass meeting there on that dsv they
were misled By the organizers Of the meeting
In the light of these facts the ringleaders in
the ill-starred movement now appear to have
been guilty Of three serious offences. instead of
enc, as has been generally supposed They
were not content with themselves defying the
law; they furthered this snarchistc end by
dragging innocent people TO gathering which
they knew was illegal; snd then after the af-
fair had resulted disssrously, ssme Of them
f<1Rned ignorance Of the true ntuatdou and
New-York tribune., 1908-04-05
4 STATE IHM[GRATLON RTREAT

Those who have seen the Congestion Exhibit
or any of the Ills there portrayed must realize
that the problem Of getting immigrants into the
ways Of right living is as important as it is
large and complex. Attention has already been
called to the efficacy of reforms in transporta-
ton, factory laws and tenement regulation; we
have also seen the good work that is being done
by the public schools and other agencies in edu-
eating tenement dwelleTs 10 live CIeanly and
economically. But one important means of re-
ducing congestion and its attendant evils has
not received due consideration in this state
New York does not supply its lab9ring classes
with Industrial news and advice in such man
ner that the immigrants who are dumped at the
Battery by the Ellis Island ferry can learn cas-
lily and promptly that there are thousands Of
communities where help is wanted as much as
or more than 1t is wanted here. Neither has
any effort been made TO acquaint newcomers
with commercial customs and kindred facts
knowledge Of which is Indispensable And yet It
must be plain 10 every one that such publicity
would materially aid in distributing laborers
who now pack tenements TO suffocation largely
because they do not know where else to go, and
while IL would not prevent. il would doubtless
reduce the patronage of illegal banks in this
city, all Of which exist chiefly because their de
pos!tors are ignorant and hence suspicious Of
authorized savings institutions.
The East Side would not be the only bene
fciary Of a scheme which would distribute labor
properly. In d statement just issued by the
New York Department Of Agriculture it Is said
The State Of New York is capable OF sustain
ing an additional agricultural population OF O.
100000, and the placing Of large numbers Of these
immigrants upon the cheap farms OF the state
would more than double the valuation OF the ag-
ricultural lands OF this state,
If publicity help in the discoura ginglv
huge task Of clearing out the surplus population
in the slums Of cities in this state, We can SYM
psthize with Assenblyman Edwin A. Merritt
1r., OF St Lawrence, in his effort to secure the
esta abishment Of a state immigration bureau.
Such a department, however, would have to be
more than q statistical agency. II immigrants
are to be enlightened. II will not suffice to emu
late the Massachusetts Bureau Of Statistics Of
Labor or any Southern states immigration
commission. The former gathers ali sorts Of
valuable Information except the kind which en-
ables Beppo Cosa TO pack his wooden trunk and
take local train straight to job The latter
helps Beppo and few hundred others to get
where they are wanted, but 1t operates on a
small scale and after the fashion Of select"
employment agency. In this state where more
than one million immigrants have become resi-
dents during the last three years, slums can be
emptied and farms filed only by public intelli-
gence ONCE which keeps constantly in touch with
thousands Of wouid-be employers and employees
Money lpsnt On picsyuns bureau or on ens ~
New-York tribune., 1908-04-05
THE TALK OF THE DAY.

Recently The Tribune made mention of new
East Side philanthropic movement. the Nolks
Kitchen. a Kosher" eating place for orthodox
Jews. At first 1t believed that on Satur-
day It could be open only for supper and not for
luncheon. as religious Jews do not handle money
or tickets on the day of rest. However, IN
genous plan has been devised by means of which
luncheon can be served the Jewish Sabbath.
This plan is the simple one of adopting badges
or pins instead of tickets. On Friday small
badges are. sold for seven cents. The Observant
Jew pins it his coat from which 1t is
moved upon his entering the following day. Thus
he obtains his Sabbath luncheon from the Volks
Kitchen without breaking law or tradition
Julius Cesar young gentlemen, reformed! the
That he was a good politician and stuck to
harmless issues answered the class one man.
Louisville Courier-JournaL
Parisians have found a way of turning the rat
into profitable commodity In that city there
is a rat pound It is a deep walled pit, in which
some thousands of rats kept dead horse
is thrown into this pit at night and rats strip
the carcass of its flesh. Once month there is
general Staying Of rats by gas. The rats
sleek and plump. and their hides are in excellent
condition. Their skins are removed and treated
and eventually made into kid gloves
Bronson-OId De Swell seems more proud of
his horse than of his family.
WoodsOn-No wonder The horse has a pedi-
gree-Illustrated Bits.
ii
cording to n article in The Star" of that city
was personally acquainted with twenty-three Of
the twenty y-five Governors who have presided over
the state since its admission into the Union in
1916. Curiously enough, the only Governors whom
he never met Governor Hanly and Colonel
Winfield T. Durbin. The first two Governors he
knew well. but he has never seen the last two
Dr. Wishard is described a most remarkable
man. He is in his ninety-sevo::d ear. and liG
mind is clear d bell His memory stretches
back to Jonathan Jennings, the first Governor OF
the state, who the chief executive from 1916
to 1922. Only two widows of Indiana
Governors now living. They Mrs. Ira J.
Chase and Mrs. Claude Matthews. When Winfield
Taylor Durbin Governor there ex-
Governor living, and the fact that all OF the
states chief executives had died soon after com
pleting their term of office made some people be-
Ieve that the election Governor of Indiana
solemn warning. Colonel Durbin.' says
The Star is showing disposition knock the
props from under this superstition. He and Mrs
Durbin enjoying the best of health at their
home. IN Anderson"
New-York tribune., 1908-04-05
The NEW SOTTH.

More evidence is at hand to prove that man
is a product of his environment. For twenty
years or longer manufa curing industries and
modern business methods have been stealth
lily wiping out the lingering traces of that
dnte-belaln economic and social system whose
finest flower the Southern gentleman of
the old school. With the passing of planta
tons and the conversion Of Colonial man.
sions into boarding schools and lodging houses
q change has come over the spirit of men,
Customs which nobody dared question or jest
at now find few supporters the recent oc-
curren,o On a Washington streetcar demon
strates. An Alabama Congressman on his
way 10 deliver a church lecture on temperance
shot q negro after a controversy in street
car. Maybe he can vindicate himself, and
maybe he can't; but that is irrelevant here
The interesting feature Of the episode is the
comment it has evoked from Southerners.
The Louisville Courier-Journal' says:
Mr.. Hefn will find when his seething South
blood gets below the boiling point that he
has neither added lustre 10 the name OF HELM
reflected credit upon the South by attempt
ing TO police the national capital.
The Nashville Banner joins in with this
opinion:
Representative Hefin seems to pose as one Of
the professional Southerners who seek 10 make
display of supposed Southern traits when in
Northern ATTITUDES.
The Columbia State with all the hyper
borean calmness, of Il New England intellect
ualist, expresses its feelings thus:
The afray Illustrates if 1t illustrates en-
thing at all, but TWO points. The first is the
disposition, so often manifested, of Southern
man to take the settlement OF these matters in
his hands. In the same circumstances j
Northern man would have simply called the pO-
lice. 1t is this difference, the result of tempeTa-
ment, inheritance, environment. something.
that has done 50 much to give the South bad
reputation in respect of law and order.
They order these things better in the North,
where there Is q keener anxiety to make the
officers Of the law earn their pay. The North
ern man argues that the police are there to do
just this sort OF yeOman service, and when
trouble begins he calls officer; the unruly
one, being duly impressed with the ajesty of
brass buttons, quietly submits, is led away, ana
everything and everybody settle down
fortsbly again. The Northern man is practical
and sensible. II is great pity that the South
view OF these wayfartng incidents; 1t would save
much trouble and occasion less blood spiling-
This cool boodedness with the resultant IN
popularity Of hair triggers and codes Of honor,
is not passing ague in few backbones; it
as spring millinery. We find an Arkansas
Senator being arrested and fined merely for
having fiourshed a shooting iron in a public
thoroughfare; we read in dozen Southern
Journals editorial complaints about the time
Southern statesmen waste in unreeiny en-
broidered verbiage under the false label of n
legislative address while the sudden enthu-
siasm for prohibition, the growing distaste for
lynching parties and the unpopuiarity of the
ksntuckI night ridszs" prove beyond doubt
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the advent Of a new type Of Southern gentle
man.
STICKING TO BUSINESS.

po-s;mon,ous as the city is compelled to be
in +b,. orr of municipal Indebtedness. there are
some expenditures which must be sanctioned Tor
the sake of decency and health: and there IS
scant room for doubt that new tuoerculosis nos
pitaIs for Blackwels Island and the 4iome ior
the Aged can claim such an outlay Inc conui-
tions under which patients at the former insti-
tuition are now existing are about as vile anu
dangerous as any outside Of sensational novels.
When Controller Metz. visited the Island the
other dav in company with Commissioner HE'D
herd of the Department OF Charities he rouhu
1910 sufferers crowded together In one room'
while f nearby corridor held fifty SICK men OH
as MANY cots with no space between tnem- AZ
commodations for $50 patients were 1ound "
bn doing service for about eight hundred
iournev TO the New York City Home for the
Aged convinced the Controller that the tuper-
cuIous sick there We're enduring cohnltions
worse than those on a small lmheran'
steamer, In assuring Mr.. Hebberd that appro-
priations would undoubtedly be granted at ONE
for the relief of these two institutions, the Con
troIIer at east gave utterance to wish whcn
every man would cherish after glance INTO tne
slumlike sick wards
Mr. Netz's conversion suggests moral.
While the cry of rigid economy mas Deeu
raised by the Mayor and the Conuoiier' 'ne
old game of buying sour bread al puddins pr%eS
,oes merriIy on here and there, as the men VINO
market marks and other civic commodities know
At the same time many urgent Improvements
sra ionored Now not all of those who are IL
Greater or less degree responsible for these
things are lacking in intelligence or integrity
why then. have they permitted clever dealers
70 sell them $50 swamp lots for S2,25O, and In
co,nnetept borough presidents 10 waste millions
through innocent ignorance, while hundreds or
moor devils were left to gasp their lives away
in unclean public hospitals, and the Charities
and Tenement House departments received
short deal" in the budget making: The answer
is that the well meaning, intelligent members
of the administration have little or no first hand
knowledge Of the enterprises which they are
ca He'd upon to support Had everybody ofhciaiiy
concerned taken a few opportune hours of 10
look at what Is now Kissena Park would that
breathing spot now be public property: Or,
if purchased would It have yielded the sellers
q fortune? And II Blackwell's Island had been
visited In season would city threatened with
bankruptcy have bought Hunts Point at al
scandalous figure? We cannot believe IT. Inc
majority Of officials are neither shameless nor
imbecile: they are continually blundering be-
cause they spend too little time in getting at
facts, The result is that matters anectlnS
themselves and their friends assume grotesquely
vast proportions while others are rated and dl5-
pOsed of by armchair logic
New-York tribune., 1908-04-05
IN WASHINGTON SOCIETY.
From Tho Tribune Bureau ]

From The Tribune Bureau
washington April 4-Mr- and Mrs Larz Anoel-
son are expected to open their washington hone
in dav or So and will spend the spring season
here They have been in their houseboat the Ro1-
anna in Southern waters, for several weeks en-
tertafning parties from Washington and Ne" i0IA
constantly. -.
Mrs John s Newberry, mother OF the Assist
.2x Secretary OF the Navy, and Mrs Truman II
Newberry and her twin sons left the capllaI To-
day 10 spend week in New YORK MISS CarIoi
Nawbarrv who has been in Detroit several weeks
will ioin them in New York, and accompany then
TO Washington next Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. Blaine Elkins are staying Re"
days with Senator and Mrs Elkins- Blame ELhlIls
"a the Youngest son of the Senator and was mar
rled TO Miss Mary Kenna, daughter OF senator
Kenua of West Virginia, few weeks ago
Mr. and Mrs Edison Bradley will reach WASH
ineton Tomorrow to spend two months looking
after the decorations Of their new house, IN Du-
pont Circle.
Mrs Royal B. Bradford. wife OF Rear Adnirai
Bradford left hero to-day 70 visit her son-ln-Ia"
and daughter, the Rev Mr.. Johnson ana MIs-
Johnson. at West Pittston, Penn
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NOTES FROM TUXEDO PARK.
tBy Telegraph 70 TIE Tribune


Tuxedo Park. y. Y. April 4-Thers have beeH
The fishing season opened This week with Many
fishermen, but few fish were taken. The weather
has been cold. but there are prospects 0t Big
catches the weather is favo-ac-e. to-
the lakes and brooks have been well stocked
The automobile season has opened. and t- corse-
quence the club lawn is often sJrewn with cars
OF parties taking luncheon at the club
There few arrivals the cottages RS
week but many were locking at their Villas ara
giving orders to their gardeners to set grounds
in readiness Few Will come out stay uot-
May l. The arrivals included Nr. and Yrs. Pierre
Loriliard Barley. who are in the small Baroey
cottage; the Rev DIT. and Mrs George W---.ah
Douglas who staying at the club ---L tAer
villa is ready; Nr and Mrs Newell T.I-ou. IN rs
NicoU cottage. ana Sirs - - Bell in the Keen
house. Weekend house parties are being enter
tanned by Mr.. and Mrs A : Csrharr NJ and
Jr.. A Z GallatIn and Mr. and Mrs Frederick A
Snow.
There several interesting matches az court
tennis to-day which attracted q large sut!eacs
MIR and Ms James Brown Potter who wsre
In their cottage last week. have gone abroad for
a few weeks They will open their villa. walca "
undergoing repairs. in June.
Pierre IsoTillard, IT., has returned from RS s7-s
Other late arrivals are Mr.. ard Mrs. Henry >
Redmond Mr.. and Mrs Charles E. Hoffman,. y
and Mrs. Lewis 3. Preston, Mr.. a1a Ma >
Ayrnar SANDS. s. Montgomery Roosevelt, Nr s.s
Mrs H NJ. Tilford. Nr- and Mrs David WasstAI-
=. y. Potter and J. II. Prentice
New-York tribune., 1908-04-05

At THE WHITE HOUSE.
TFrom The Tribune Bureaul

washinRton. April 4-The President ms epD
~ James B. Reynolds Of New York, chairman %
.or,n,,s,on 70 investigate labor conditions In ,ne
panama Canal zone The place on the COMMISSION
recentIy declined by John Mitchell has been one'e
~ Touis NJ Hammerling of Scranton PENN a"
tn. third member is still to be selected
The appointment by the President Oh 'O
- 1,,rois a. public Printer was announced
rho President sent to the House OF Represents
+,ves a message defining his authority to govern
the canal zone
Callers at tho White House included senators
Beverfdge Hopkins and Dolhver Hepreseha
c.ranar Foss Hobson Murdock, Bede. weeks
oI.o,, Ksbn Wsnger Bartholdt and Allen. Henry
yvattersou of Louisville; Lafayette Young ana
Professor H NJ Bell. of Des Moines. and William
Edgar Cell of Doyleston, Penn
Mrs. Roosevelt and her children. VINO nave oeen
nm Southern trip since March 2S. are expected ~
the White House tomorrow
New-York tribune., 1908-04-05
SOCIAL NOTES FROM NEWPORT.

tEy Telegraph 70 T1s T-tou---I
Newport R T.. Anil 4-Nr- and Mrs G + Bs--
janlin. Of New York. NJ. and Mrs. Il P-z-- Nc
kean. OF Philadelphia. and N-- and Ms. Q. G.
Rice, OF Ipswich. Mass. are registered t1s
Muenchinger King cottage
Mrs A c. Dulles and Mrs Dulles Irwin. her
daughter, OF Philadelphia. arrived to-day t7- rs
season
Nh and Mrs. Benjamin z. Toaku-. OF P1ladsi-
phia are reported 10 have rented Beach Sound trs
Benjamin Thaw estate. for rhs season. Nfr and
Mrs. Yoakum last season. their first in Nsw2o--.
occupied the Thorne villa in Narragarset- avs1ls.
New-York tribune., 1908-04-05
REALLY HARMLESS.

From The Terre HaUte star
One account OF the affair at Union square 49, 49,
mat although public speaking had been tcI o---
Robert Hunter. Socialist and Settlement WoINt5.s
was pulled by the police from q wagon WaeIe a.
was preparing 60 address the crowd IleIe =
probahiN some mistake about tEl- People "a
knew Hunter in his younger ddys lD ludle-A -
net regard him tnsendlHry person "t = a
ooid bad man, but, IN fact snuaethins f.s,s ".
Iour-nusher of a haUmleSs type Alrhoush -. "a
he left here he has written on social topics W. w.
an apparent view To effect rather than % ths 81
ting forth OF actual fact. he has shown no fS'ILs~
tionsry spirit He probably unaware s-s
speechmaktng was forbidden the OCCASION a
had ne spoken his address would have esea .! -
unexctsinx charactar,
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Do thy duty; that is best
Leave unto the Lord the rest.

Lieutenant General Lord GrenreI. commander
in chief OF the British forces In ireland, has is
sued order in which he points out the injury
which the increase in cigarette smoking is doing
to the health of the army The order says in
part: with view TO helping men to overcome
the habit the commander OF the forces directs
the smoking of cigarettes to be prohibited at GER
tain times when. the other hand no similar
restriction regards pipe smoking will be made.
The smoking Of cigarettes, therefore, will be
permitted when the men fatigue or under
arms on any occasion. including field operations
and maneuvres"
What makes the ONCE boy Eium7'
Il understand that his grandmother has Rons
on strike and refuses TO die during the baseball
New-York tribune., 1908-04-05

The Canadian railroads are said to be in
augurating policy of retrenchment. OF course,
either the New York Stock Exchange or Presi-
dent Roosevelt is to blame for this depression!
The Canadians all too innocent, too upright.
too thrifty too farsighted- too religious to do
anything that could give a mouse the panicky
feeling. Doubtless somebody will soon come
forward with proofs that the federal govern
ment has been intimidating corporations north
Of the boundary.
New-York tribune., 1908-04-05
THE CABiNE Ell.
From Tbs Tribune Bureau. ]

TFrorn Ths Tribune BurtauI
WASHINGTON April 4.-The Secretary or stats s1io
Mrs Root will leave Washington the last Of next
o1, ,or Now YORK where they will meet their
son-in-law and daughter, Lieutenant and MIS-
ULYSSES s. Grant. Sd. They will be Joined also oy
their sons and will all be the guests OF Mrs RooI
mother Mrs Salem II. Wales. until after Easter
William Winthrop Cortelyou. son OF the secretary
=, tba rrs.surv and Mrs CorteIyou who has spent
his spring holiday with his parents, has returned
TO his school George Bruce Cortelyou. IT. VINO
came home at the same time, will proons his Visit
o a few days
New-York tribune., 1908-04-05

The Hon John Sharp Williams says that the
obstructive campaign which he Is conouctlhs
in the House of Representatives is not q
"flibuster.' It seems to be merely an attempt
to establish the principle that the minority has
a right to tell the majority how 1t shall conduct
business.