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New-York tribune., 1908-07-29
THE DECLINE Ix IuMlGRA1ToN,

There is probably no good reason Tor regret
ting the marked decline in immigration which
is reported for the last fiscal year we are tolu
that in 1907-'0S not half as many immigrants
arrived at this port as in 1906-07, while more
went abroad than came hither 1T Is not 10 De
supposed that such conditions Will long con
Time and that emigration will permanently
exceed immigration. There is pretty geher'i
agreement that last years conditions were due
10 the financial disturbances and business de-
ression which prevailed here for time, and
per;,aps to the fear that they would grow worse
until the country was struggling with Senu-
inc and protracted period of hard times. ana
there is reasonable expectation that With the
restoration of the full tide of business pros
peritv here the tide of immigration Will again
rise toward the flood We must regret the
temporary circumstances which caused the
slackening of immigration and the great IN
crease of emigration. but these consequences
NAV h regarded with equanimity.
There is no serious scarcity of labor IN thlS
country to-day. There may be uneven and un-
fortunate distribution of it. so that in some
nlaces men are idle while elsewhere employers
cannot get all the hands they want. But there
Is on the whole no need of more workmen, Or
at least no such need as would justify the
opening of the gates to vast and 1ndlscflhi-
mate influx. The present opportunity is Tor
all who are now here to secure employment at
fair wages before further great additions are
made TO the labor market. Besides that cOn-
sideration. also, it viii probably have salu-
tary effect for the masses of people in foreign
lands to be reminded that America is not, after
all. a land in which every newcomer necessarily
at once gets rich. It will be well for them 10
have it impressed upon their minds that TINS
is a land of competition and of fluctuations
and that il is not prudent for any one TO come
bitber in the expectation of picking up easy
money"
There is little doubt that the vast majority OF
immigrants materially better their condition by
coming to this country, but as it becomes more
and more densely populated the certainty Oh
their doing so diminishes and the need OF cir
cumspection and of ample preparation against
i'll fortune increases. If the experience Oh the
last wear leads Europeans to exercise more DIS
creton in coming. and to bring when they come
more means for lf-support and working capl-
tai in case of need, it will be so profitable as
almost to atone for the distress with Wmch IL
WAS in many cases accompanied
New-York tribune., 1908-07-29
RAILWAY MOTOR CARS.

For branches on which the traffic is so light
as to be unremuneratiVe several railroad COM
panies in the United States are planning TO
substitute single self-propelled cars for the old
fashioned steam train. Three methods or mov-
ing such cars are now on trial One makes
use OF the gasolene engine another employs
combination of gasolene engine and electric
mechanism, and a third derives the requisite
power from steam.
The last of these has never met with mucn
favor In this country, though just now the
Rock Island road is experimenting with a steam
car in which oil fuel is used. Its operation,
therefore is unattended with smoke and ciD-
ders The second plan involves rather large
first cost for machinery, to say nothing OF a
waste of power through successive uansforma-
tions before any real work is done. Besides, a
gasolepe engine and dynamo must together
occupy more space than a gasolene engine
alone Hence, If the drawbacks which were
once imputed to the simplest of these three
systems can be overcome, it looks as If the
choice among them would be easy.
At a hearing recently given by the Wisconsin
State Railway Commission the fact was ELECTED
that no fewer than nineteen cars which are
driven by gasolene engines alone now in use,
some of them on Union Pacific lines and some
on branches of the Illinois Central. An othclal
of the latter company declared that the motor
cars performed the service at one-fourth the
cost of steam train, the comparison being
limited no doubt. to regions where the traffic
is light Incidentally, too, it appears that all
the motor cars of the Illinois Central are built
of steel. Hence they offer to those who ride in
them an exceptional guarantee of safety.
The extent to which electricity is destined to
supplant steam on trunk lines is matter con-
cernng which predictions are not just now
in order Eventually, no doubt, the country
will witness marvellous change in this re-
spect The use of electricity is profitable, how
ever only where the density of the population
insures reasonably large patronage In many
districts where old tracks have been in existence
for quarter half century there is less oc-
cason to-day for their use than there was years
ago Service on them cannot be abandoned. yet
it cannot be continued advantageousy either
with steam or electricity. To meet the needs
Of such regions the Independent motor car is
particularly well adapted and its introduction
should he welcomed by the few persons who
would thus be accommodated. The new vehi-
cIes are clean and attractive and vast inn
provement on the venerable rolling stock which
has hitherto been assigned TO insignificant
branch lines.
New-York tribune., 1908-07-29
THE TALK OF THE DAY.

A stroke Of journalistic enterprise that beats
anything that Yankee inventiveness ever suggested
is reported from France. In a small village, "nen
almost everybody at work In the heids' the
local newspaper announced that in the busy sea-
son all the important news would be condensed IN
single short paragraph and that the remainder OF
the sheet would be smeared with a fy-killlng COM
pound instead of printers Ink. In brlef article
the editor said: In this way we Will be able 10
give oIr readers appreciabe advantages which are:
First the possibility of learning all the news OF
the day in a few minutes; second, the means OF
reducing the plague of noisome insects which poi
son the countryside and disseminate a number OF
diseases"
Mrs De Richie (showing her home to Mrs Wind
faWhat DO you think OF my menus 5ow TS careless
servants are! But couldn't you glue the arms Oh
again?-Puck
Referring to the suggestion OF specialist on
names that Judge Peter s. Grosscups name might
originally have been Grosskopf. Tribune reader
SAYS: 1.-THE changes in names were usually made
because of the inability Americans to pronounce
them in their original form and the changes brought
the unpronounceable names as near to the Ensllsh
as possible Where the pronunciation was the same
in both languages changes were not thought nee
essary A noticeable example of this class is the
name Kohlsaat (cabbageseed)- The queerness or
the name did not cause the early Cabbageseeds
to change their name probably because the pro
nunciation practically the same as In the
English. A neighbor OF II H hohsdatS WHO
hears the name of Viereck (foilr-Cornered, or
souare) has also left the name as he brought it
from Germany. because 1t is easily pronounced by
Americans in its original form"
Sunday School Teacher-Did you ever forgive an
eneny?'
Tommy Huffnut-Onst. ,
sunday School Teacher-And what noble senti-
rnent prompted you do it?
Tommy Tuffnut-He wuz bigger n me.-Philadel-
phia Inquirer.
'It will be ten years on July 80 says writer
in "The New Yorker Revue" since the news was
sent throughout the world that the man who had
created United Germany Prince Otto Won Bis
marck had passed away As the mouider OF United
Germany he was mourned by his countrymen. and
when he died the world was poorer by one OF It's
greatest intellectual lights The writer recalls to
the memory of those who will remember the great
Chancellor on July 80 that despite his work, 1t
was not his privilege to die peacefully In pain
and in anguish he moaned Help! help until
death ended the agony. His body lies in a grave
selected by himself and his coffin bears this in
scrintion which he wrote: "A faithful German
servant TO Kaiser Wilhelm /"
what makes you think that young man disikes
music?' ,,., .,
Va
New-York tribune., 1908-07-29
MOSQUITOES As NUIsAYCEs.

4 highly encouraging and suggestive an
nO1I1cement is authOritativey made concerning
the progress Of the systematic warfare which
IS being waged against mosquitoes in New Jer-
sev. II is that various communities in the
northeastern part of the state are now quite
free from the plague Of mosquitoes from the
tidal marshes which formerly bred them, and
tnat the only insects of that general tribe which
are now TO he found there are fresh water mos
ouitoes from EwampS. ponds and rainwater,
and chiefly those Of the last-named origin.
It is reasonable 10 believe that this happy
consumnation IS due to the work which has
been done in draining the. marshes and in Sc
curing a free circulation of tidewater through
all their creeks AID channels, so as TO make
1t impossible for the mosquitoes TO be prOpa-
gated
Now this work the marshes has been done
ny the state government, or in part by county
or municipal authorities. The matter Of deal
ing with the breeding grounds of the various
fresh water mosquitoes has. the contrary,
been left TO purely local and generally 10 pri-
vate initiative. The result is that the former,
which was really the harder task. though per
haps the less important, was we'll done, while
the latter which is the easier. has been largely
neglected. The latter is perhaps the more i'm
porfant because while the bite Of the salt water
mesquite is generally the more painful and
Immediately Irritating. II is OINeTNiSH
innocuous. while the less painful bite OF the
fresh water insect is the assured means Of coli
yeying disease. It is a lamentabe circJm-
stance that while the government Of the state
has at great cost abated Ia q large degree the
nuisance of mosquitoes on and from the salt
marshes the careleSsuess. laZiness or stupid
neglect Of local health boards and individuals
should permit the more serious nuisance OF
mosquitoes from swamps and rainwater bar
rels 10 remain unchecked.
That mosquitoes are nuisance nobody VIII
deny. They are a nuisance not merely as IN
annoyance and impairment Of comfort, but
also Il very direct menace 10 md impairment
OF health and some day il viii probably be
deemed proper and. indeed, essential 10 con-
pei their destruction and 10 hold penalty re-
sponsible any LEGAL authority or individual
guilty OF ToIerating bg neglect otherwise any
breeding place Of them. They be prOpa-
gated only IN stagnant very sluggish water
Ia swamps and pools they can be exterminated
~ drainage or by putting oil on the wafer Ia
streams which are properly clearet ont 70 rs
"a hermit free flow the fSh VIII dispose n
them As for barrels. cisterns and other Feser-
vo.rs Of lainwater. they can he screened s@ as
to exclude the insects BT sGcb simple aud IN
>xnensiVe means the fresh water mosquitoes
New-York tribune., 1908-07-29
JAPAN IN SOUTH AMERICA.

The Japanese overtures TO Chill for closer
Diplomatic and commercial relations a note
worthy sign of the times, indicating the untr-
ing enterprise with which Japan Is reaching out
into all parts of the globe in her campaign for
mercantile preeminence. She is inviting Chilli,
one of the most prosperous and progressive of
South American states TO be represented at the
Toxic exposition. and proposes to establish
legation at the Chilian capital. Naturally Jap
anese merchants and students will settle in
Chilli and before long a Japanese steamship
line will connect Yokohama with Valparaiso,
and Japanese Industries will compete with those
of Europe and America in the Gillian market.
japan has for dozen years had a small
commerce with Peru, but has reported none with
Chill directly until last year In 1907, how
ever she exported to Chill merchandise to the
value of 65064, and imported articles worth
s1793OS Those were not large amounts, but
they were potential beginnings and we may ex-
pect to see this years reports indicate marked
increase 1t would be strange were it not so,
and If there were not a marked development Of
japanese trade with other South American
countries besides those on the Pacific Coast. 1t
Is of course a long way across the Pacific from
Japan to South America. But so is it long
WAY thither from New York, around Patagonia,
or from Europe.
There is no occasion for dispeasure or for
anxiety over this manifestation of japanese en-
terprise in a field which we ourselves have too
long neglected. There is no good reason why
Japan should not establish with Chilli the rela-
tions which she now seeks, and, indeed, the
same with all South American states. But her
doing ought to be another reason for our re-
gagding with qualification the rapid progress of
work on the Panama Canal. the completion Of
which will lessen by two-thirds the distance be-
4hn rip md
also for improving our methods of catering 10
South American trade. We have too long per
New-York tribune., 1908-07-29
Abouf People and S0cfdf 4ncfdenfs

tennis tournament. while the Newport Colt Cut
held sway during the afternoon hours The frss
bridge whist tournament Of the season opened az
the Golf Club during the afternoon. and thsrs vas
a golf match FOR cups offered by William Ganrnsll
and the Rev DR.. Roderiek Terry. which served "a
be about interesting as the bridge tournament
The winners in the first round OF the bridge whist
tournament were Mrs ]. R. DfIworth and II NJ
Hartman Mrs. Seth Barton French and William
Watts Sherman Miss Kate Brice and Mrs g. C.
Peabody Mr. and Mrs. n. ". Bull. Mrs Joseph
Hartman and J. c. Mallery and Countess della
Gherardesca and J. ?. Sill The cup offered By
William Gammeli for an 1S-nole match vas won
by Miss Anna Sands.
-Four dinnsr parties were given by summer resi-
dents tonight Mrs. ETbridge T. Gerry had
party of friends at Seaverge. Mrs Georgs Gordon
King entertained at her summer home. and Mrs.
Joseph Hartman also dinner hostess The
young people had affair of their own az ths
CIambake Cuba dinner given by Miss Sadie Jones'
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Pembroke Jones
James " Parker viii entertain al dinner oa
Wednesday evening
Charles D. wetmore. OF New York VII b
weekend guest Of Mr.. and Mrs Seth Barton
French this week
Stanley G. Mortimer. Of Tuxedo. IL visiting Mr.
and Mrs. James Brown. and Mr.. and Mrs D.
Chauncey. jr.. are the guests OF Paul J. Rainey
Mrs s C. Peabody and Miss Constance Coolidge
of Boston, are at the Laforge Cottage for few
days.
Mrs John Munson Hawlsy. OF Bridgeport. Is the
guest of Mr. and Mrs. James csrtswold Wentz-
Mrs. James Munson HawIey. Mrs s @ Peabody.
Miss Constance Coolidge, Stanley C. Mortimer and
Mr. and Mrs. D. Chsuncey. jr-. registered az ths
Casino to-day.
Despite reports to the contrary. Mr. and Mrs z
Rollins Morse are expected next month 70 open
their cottage.
Mrs Smith Follfns McKim, OF New York. Is ex-
pected tomorrow to open the Fearing estate, Ia
Narragansett avenue
- Jobn King Van Rensselaer, has returned 10
Newport for a visit.
Mrs Sidney c. Love. who has been III. has fully
recovered.
Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Brewster, OF New York. srs
visiting the Newport summer colony
James De Wolf Cutting has arrived from New
York for the remainder OF the summer
Edward j. Berwind has gone to New York for
few days. Lispenard Stewart and Dudley D. Gsau-
tier have also gone to New York Peter 2. Col
Iier returned from New York to-day.
New-York tribune., 1908-07-29
IN THE BERKSHIREs.
rBy Telegraph to The Tribune J


Lenox Mass. July 2s-Mr and Mrs Georgs
WESTINGHOUSE are entertaining at Erskine Park Mr.
and Mrs William I. Buchanan. their son. Donald
Buchanan, and Miss Hail. OF Buffalo. who
making tour of New England and are on their
way to the Maine coast resorts
Mr. and Mrs Melville E. Post have arrived II
Ienox for the season from Dubois. Penn.
Miss Helen Gould and her guest, Miss Mary u.
Patrick of Constantinope who have been at the
Red Lion Inn in stockbridse. departed to-day By
motor for Irvington-
General and Mrs. Charles H Taylor arrived az
the Hotel AspinwaI1 to-day from Boston
Mrs Ferdinand HOFFMAN and Miss Frieds Hor-
man. who have been in Europe for year. viii
arrive at their villa in stockbridge to-morrow.
Crenvne L. Winthrop gave luncheon entertain
ment this afternoon at the Elns-
Mrs John 8 Barnes entertained to-day at Cold
brooke where a lecture IN French was given by
a Paris salon lecturer
Mr.. and Mrs. Adolph obrfg departed to-day for
Lake Champlain.
Miss Adelaide Mum IL a guest Of Miss Wesen-
donck at the Hotel AspInwall-
Mrs Samuel Burhans and Miss Isabelle Holden
Burbaus. Of New York, have arrived az the Hotel
Aspinwan-
Mrs. J. Montfort schley. Miss Kathsrins B.
schIey and Miss Margaret schIey departed to-day
from the Hotel AspinwaIl for Loon Lake IN the
Adirondacks where they have camp
Mr. and Mrs Robert W. Gibson and family ar
rived at the Hotel AspinwaH to-day. Other arrivals
were Mr. and Mrs. George Motley, Mrs William
Morse and John P. Morse
Francis BuIlard is a guest Of Grenvills L VIM
throp at the E1ms
Mrs Walter Cutting is a guest OF her sister,
Mrs. Henry W. Bishop. at Pittsheld-
New-York tribune., 1908-07-29
A HOME FOR BIG BOYS.
An Especially Pressing Need of the
Tribune Fresh Air Fund.

The Tribune Fresh AIR Fund has the Shokan
Home for girls Of thirteen years and older. IN
New York State. but there has not yet been es-
tabIished. for lack OF especial appropriation a
similar institution boys older than twelvs and
one-haIf years. Such home would cost com
paratively modest sum Of money Called 70 the
attention Of some pfilanthropist the furd would
no doubt receive enough money to found for thir-
teen-year-old boys a home that would proV1ds
for them the same two weeks recreation IN tns
country that girls OF that age row enjoy ooot-
black or hawker Of vegetables who passes tne
physical examination should not be compelled
10 return TO the hot streets Of New YORK ClS
merely because the unlucky number 3 happens
to Re the exact answer 10 the query, How Ola alo
vou?' It IS not Of course the fault Of the ap-
plicant that he born six months before INC
fixed birth limit At the same time II Is no1 p
Iieved expedent by the fund mix boys from tne'
years old and upward with boys older than tWeiVe
and a half.
A chubby italian boy in B1eecksr street. yes1e.
day passed the doctors examination but 9ol-- %
not be taken with the party because ne -.
thirteen years ole las May. He heard 'n7 -.
tum put on his dark red cap and left the exanli.Hs
room In front OF the mission house he rolled
cigarette. lit it and puffed recklessiV' So
sues Of smoke from a larger human specimen -.
have been aScribed by a casual observer u -
Iessness of mind on the part Of the ''punee'
nIed with determination 10 solve some pIO0
confronting him with vigor and diS2a'CH-
Tony was facing a problem -, -,+o
I'm sorry Tony" said a man connecteo W.
the fund There will be a place Tor pis w.
later. doubt - ,ssy<
Tony pured on U quits ceegaret tree -
IA tescher say No countree eef don "a ~. -
smoke Doctor say to-day. 'Tony, You are as,
a boy All Alright. ] mex dolla quar-. -.
as black a da boot. and I stay home an S-0
laka dat" f-tz 20
One hundred and seventy-nvs boys anu ,,.-s
r. Ar5slev. n j., to-day; n TO Pittsneia- & =
"A TO Amssansett. Long Island; 10 to *
10 Brainard. and o TO Spencerto"n' y
children in all.
New-York tribune., 1908-07-29
SOCIAL NOTES FROM NEWPORT.

[By Telegraph to The Tribune.l
Newport r. l., July 2s.-Saturday nights prom
ise to be the leaders for entertaining in Newport
hereafter. There always several dinner par
ties on the last night in the week but according
to present plans there will hereafter be several
dances as we'll Robert W. Goelet has announced
an informal dance for next Saturday night Mrs.
R. Livingston Beeckman has selected Saturday
nights for her dinner dances, and Mrs. Edward ].
Berwind has already re-established her custom Of
giving a dinner, followed by dancing. that night.
There two centres of attraction here to-
day. The Casino claimed the crowd of cottagers
during the morning on account of the women's
New-York tribune., 1908-07-29
NEW YORK SOCIETY.


Many entertainments are being planned IN con-
necton with the Long Branch horse show whch
opens to-day, and in consequence most OF 'he sun"
houses along the jersey coast VIII De INC
scene gay house parties for the next four oaSs'
Mr. and Mrs. Reginald C. Vanderbilt VINO a.
rived in town Yesterday from Newport. have gone
on TO Long Branch and will stay at the ho'eI
Tallahassee. where they will entertain numoei =.
friends during their stay. Alfred g. Nanderoli'
has also gone on for the exhibition and worm
ineton whitehouse will be among the guests OF
Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Porter at their VITA at
EIberon.
Mr.. and Mrs George J. Gould. Miss Marjorie
Gould and Jay Gould returned from Europe yester-
day and are staying at the Plaza until Friday
when they start for their country home reno"
Lodge in the Catskills Delaware County. where
they will remain for about ten days Later they
will cruise their turbine yacht Ataianta which
is on it's way across the Atlantic.
Mr. and Mrs Frederick ". Vanderbilt also re-
turned from abroad yesterday, and after short
stay at their country place. at Hyde Park, ~ "
will go on to their camp in the Adrondacks ror
the remainder of the summer Among others who
arrived yesterday T. suffern Taller and Mr.
and Mrs. Arthur B. Clahn, who have been abroad
for the last four months
Miss IiIy Lee Page daughter of Mr.. and Mrs
Howard Page. of this city, Will be married to
John ". Cross. of Mr.. and Mrs. r. James
Cross, also of this city. Monday, August H. in
the American Protestant Episcopal Church. IN
Geneva, Switzerland. Miss lone Page will be her
sisters only attendant Mr.. and Mrs. Page and
their daughters. Miss Lily Lee Page and Miss lone
Page have been in Europe for the last two months.
Mr. Cross and his bride will to this country
shortly after the wedding.
From Paris comes the announcement Of the n
gagement of Miss Natalie Ingraham. daughter OF
Justice and Mrs. George L. Ingraham, to Claude
Bernard Dutreil, cousin of NJ Dutreil. Deputy for
Mayenne. The wedding will probably take place
in Paris. where Miss Ingraham and her mother,
who spent the two years ago in New York,
make their home.
Robert P Van Cortlandt has arrived in London
from Paris, and is staying at Claridges. He will
go TO Scotland next month for the shooting season.
Edward n Taller who has been spending several
days at the Monmouth Club. Monmouth Beach. n.
j. will soon Join Mrs Taller at Atlantic City.
Dave Hennen Morris has returned from hts
brief trip abroad and has Joined Mrs. Morris at
Bar Harbor
Mr. and Mrs stuyvesant Fish, who departed
from London a few days ago. have arrived at
Antwerp.
Mr. and Mrs J. Allen Townsend, who have been
occupying their country home at Ardsley- on the
Hudson, have gone to the White Mountains to
spend part OF August. They will return to Ardsley
in the fall.
.,
Mr. and Mrs Herman B. Duryea will close their
country home at Westbury, Long Island at the end
of the week and go to Saratoga where they have
the Bishop place. on Nelson avenue for the racing
season.
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Lewis Morris among the
recent arrivals in the White Mountains, where they
will spend the month OF August.
New-York tribune., 1908-07-29

could be disposed of really much more easily
than their salt water cousins have been. And
II NAV well be argued that any person who
refuses or neglects to employ such means and
who nermits the breeding of mosquitoes on his
land should he held guilty of maintaining
nuisance detrimental 10 the comfort and health
Of his neighbors and should be punished ac-
cnrdingy We have regulations for the sup
preston under severe penalty. Of far less seri-
ous nuisances than the disease-bearinS mos
fftrffu
New-York tribune., 1908-07-29
DEMOCRATIC SUPPORT.
nm The Rochester Herald Dem.

R,, his sober careful, unfiinching determination
he has wrought great work for the people of New
work n viii be memorable achievement. even
# 81 is not made complete and perfect by second
term of the same clear-sghted effort
We shall be glad to see final demonstration of
the measure of New Yorks appreciation of Gov
ernor Hughes's political character. 1t will be fine
onnortunifv to learn whether New York really pre-
fers the genuine civic prete nsions whether its
taste is for the noisy, empty and fictitious