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New-York tribune., 1908-08-01
HOW'S BUSTNESS7

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Failing off, said the riding school teacher
The druggist, "Oh. vial' he said
ITS all write with me-" said the author.
-, Picking king upl', said the man % on the the dump
Said the athlete. I'm kept the jump"
The bother declared 1t was "corking!'
Rerf0h bob ends g0Ga saG fSe Butcher
The tailor replied, 1T suits me-
Writing in THE Boston Transcript" Frederic ".
Coburn favors a complete change in American va
cation habits Mr.. Coburn argues at length against
vacations in the summer and says the annual
outing should be taken in of the other seasons.
He says in support of his plea: Consider the new
comfortableness of the city in warm weather. The
habit of taking vacations only in July August
grew up in days when nothing mtigated for dwell
ers behind brick and brownstone fronts the rigors
Of desolating hot waves; when business people
wore OF starched linen and heavier outer
clothes than now; when Saturday half-holidays
and 8 o'clock closing had not become the rule;
when evening automobiling and trolley tripping
had not been developed; when roof gardens and
cool playhouses had not begun to offer attrac
tions and distractions. Philosophers like Simeon
Ford and Herbert Copeland have before writ
encomia the city a summer resort. Every
body should now and then go away from the
crowded centres; but for many an urbanite there
are compensations in remaining the shadow
of his bathtub until the frost the pump
kim
Lady Visitor (who is being entertained by Tom
my)-And whom are You named after, my little
man?
Tommy-Dunno.
Lady visitor-After Tour papa, suppose What
is his name dear
Tommy-Dunno.
Lady Visitor-Nonsense! What does your mamma
call him?
Tommy (promptly)-Donkey.-T
Colonel John H. Whallen, Of Louisville believes
he is the youngest living Confederate veteran and
less authority than General Basil Duke sup
ports his claim. The ended forty-thres years
ago, and Colonel Whallen is only ffty-seven
years old, yet he three years active service
in the great struggle between the states. Colonel
Whallen was eleven years old when he enlisted in
the Confederate army. he lived at Alexandria,
KY, just the river from Cincinnati, and
when some youths Of the neighbOrhood formed a
party TO cast their fortunes with the South, Whal
spirit, persuaded then. 10 accept him. On their
first start they fighting. for a band of home
guards who had learned what they about
undertook to intercept them. There was a sharp
brush. and Whaller shot man. wounding him
seriously. He met this man after he returned from
the and they became fast friends.
THAT meadow looks far from natural"
declared the stage manager.
What all it?'
"B gosh. l believe It's the absence of advertising
signs louisville Courier-Journal.
New-York tribune., 1908-08-01
Mr.. GoMPERs ON THE. DEFENSIVE.

The passionate protest of Mr. Gompers that
he did not undertake to deliver" the labor vote
confirms the general impression regarding the
Indignation produced in union circles by his
bargain with Mr.. Bryan. Mr.. Gompers himselr
finds II so intense that he is worrying lest lt
shall cost him his place as president OF the
federation It will not be at all surprising, In
case Of Mr. Bryan's defeat, If this should be
the result The labor leaders may feel that an
executive who cast in the fortunes of the Or
ganization with a weak party, whose defeat
was expected all for the sake Of few mean
ingless words regarding injunctons In It's plat
form, has made such a tactical blunder as TO
deserve retirement.
The strength of the American Federation
hitherto has been its non-partisan character
It has been able to present its demands to both
parties alike and whichever party was IN
power its political status was the same
Through Mr.. Gompers it is In danger OF for
feiting that position. In case he were to sue
ceed in inducing most Of the members of the
organization to support the Democratic ticket
and Mr. BRYAN were still defeated, Mr.. Com
pers would only have succeeded in demonstrate
ing that his organization was not dangerous
political factor If he fails to deliver the votes.
he will have proved that his threats are negl-
gibIe With the Republicans in power, more
over. the union labor men will very naturally
think that the leader who attempted TO denver
the organization to the other party is not the
best man TO represent them in Washington. 1t
looks es If the only thing that could save Mr..
Gompers would be the election Of Mr.. Bryan.
Mr. Gompers may not have said in so many
words that he would deliver the labor vote TO
Mr. Rryan but his conduct has been generally
interpreted both in and out of labor circles, as
an attempt to deliver the labor vote He went
both to Chicago and to Denver demanding Ger
tain things in the name Of labor, with the clear
Implication that labor would vote against the
party that refused them and for the party that
granted them. When the were granted by the
Democratic convention he called upon the faith
full to vote for Mr.. Bryan. His editorial In
THE American Federationist' paints the Re
publican party as the enemy of labor and the
Democratic party as its friend, and adjures the
labor voters to stand by their friend. II he
did not promise to deliver the labor vote, he
has, nevertheless, done his best TO deliver 1t
and has failed He has blundered badly and
now he knows It
New-York tribune., 1908-08-01
ursCHIEVOUs MOoKERY.

Monsignor Fox, of Trenton, did well to de-
nounce the holding of prize wedding for the
exploitation of a pleasure resort and to warn
all members of his church against attending
or countenancing the disgusting performance
His pIatn terse words the subject are 10 De
commended TO the careful consideration OF many
outside of Trenton and even, we regret to say
of many who profess to be within the Christian
Church A public prize wedding" for adyertis-
inc purposes Is he truly said, about as bad as
similarly exploited divorce would be; and ne
iustlv added that such affairs grossly violate the
sanctity of marriage and aid and abet the con-
ditions which have resulted in more than a
million divorces in this country in the last
twenty years.
The remarks of this reversnt and clear
Drained preIate might well be taken to heart also
by those who for amusement, for the raising OF
money or for other purposes indulge In the Ill
bred and sacrilegious buffoonery Of mock wed
dings" Such things are still occasionally prac-
tised by persons making some pretension to the
nossession Of intelligence and taste, and even
of Christian piety. They even figure now ana
then as features Of church and Sunday school
entertainments We have not yet heard OF
their being accompanied with mock communion
services or mock baptfsms or funerals Yet 10
the thoughtful and reverent mind, appreclat1ve
of the purport of marriage and OF the solemn
characterization of it and admonitions concern
ing it which are found in the words OF the cere
mony which is thus travestied, q mock wedding
is little less indecent and irreverent than mock
communion would be-
New-York tribune., 1908-08-01
Mr. BRYAH,s EASY WAY WITH TPrsTs


The Democratic platform contains Mr.
Bryan's personal solution of the trust problem
As the editor of The Commoner' and at the
same time an enemy of monopolies. he could
not. OF course. accept advertising from ANYTHING
IN the nature of a trust. for that would look
iAks inconsistency. For the guidance, therefore
" ne business manager Of his paper he had
70 lay down an arbitrary standard BY which
10 determine whether or not a corporation
should be admitted to its columns, and he de-
cided that any company controlling more than
80 per cent of the plants engaged in its line
Of manufacture should be barred from adver-
tsing in The Commoner." Fifty per cent was
apparently adopted as the test merely because
in Mr. Bryan's personal opinion, if less than
half an industry was in the hands of one cor
poration effective competition would exist
against IL There is no evidence to prove that
competition fails TO make itself felt just at that
point. There are no statistics TO show the con-
dition of industries OF which 60 per cent or 40
per cent OF the total output is in the hands OF
a single company. Mr.. Bryan simply decided
intuitively that if one-half given product was
under single control the situation was dan
gerous. and what was good enough for a rule to
guide the advertising manager of The Com
mOner' is good enough TO be the policy of the
United States toward trusts and monopoles
Il
product are TO be driven out of the country
Just as they were 10 be kept out of The Com
nloner.
Another arbitrary percentage is established
regarding corporations required 10 take out
Federal license. All of them controlling over
- per cent of an Industry must be licensed.
Why % per cent: Why IS a company doing u
per cent of a business negligible while one doing
j per cent more must be kept under the eye
Of federal inspectors: Apparently because -
IS just half of 30. There seems 10 be no better
reason. Having decided that no company doing
80 per cent Of the business in any article could
be permitted in the country, and that some. but
not all, companies engaged in interstate trade
should be licensed II was just as easy for Mr..
Bryan to decide that % per cent was the figure
at which licensing should begin that 30 per
cent was the limit at which determination
should be the policy. There are no statistics
70 show that 25 per cen: is the point at which
trusts become mischievous: in fact there is no
evidence indicating tie relation between the
degree Of control company has over the plant
and product Of IA industry ana its tendency
10 harass competitors or TO coprce dealers ar
20 raise prices ana rob the pubic The - per
cent and 80 per cent limits are just a arbitrary
and irrational rs any that can be imagined If
would have been just good craftsmanship TO
provide that any company whose capital stock
exceeded S20Oo00g0 should be exterminated
and any company whose stock exceeded So
100000 should take out q federal license or
- require the licensing Of any company whose
New-York tribune., 1908-08-01
TRANSATLANTIC TRAVELLERS.

Among the passengers who will sail to-day for
Europe are:
THE PHuADELPHIA. FOR SOUTHAMPTON
f E Drake. James l. Hays
Charles E EIiicqt, J. G. Van Cise
and Mrs. Charles b Mr. ana MIS- w A. Ferr'
THE KROoNLAND. FOR ANTWERP.
Mr Mrs John b Professor and Mrs ssu-
" Hyrne p Anderson. Major P T straub L. A
Margaret w Lock Captain and MIS- Iohh X
wood ThoInas Jr-
THE CAMPANIA- FOR LIVERPOOL
C. Howard Bright Mr. W d Hay
AIr Mrs. ). G. Carroll ward
The Rev. 5. Parkes cad r NJ. Peterson
THE PRINZEss IRENE, FOR NAPLES.
PS 4 TSs,n Tyson DR. rIs and sutfsr Mss william Nor
= mares AZ Wbeeier Mrs W W. Esbert.
Dr. and Mr.. q. A. Hull
D' THE PENNSYLVANIA. FOR HAMBURG
Dr = O Adams IMr and Mrs. NJ E. Barnes
Mr. and Mrs. Richard w A Dean
Bruins r. C. James.
A. D. Charee
THE COLUMBIA. FOR GLASGOW.
Mr. and Mrs Chauncey b Joseph M Holland
mr and Mr, II Mr. and Mrs W S. Mckee
Travellers who arrived yesterday from abroad
THE LUsITANIA. FROM LIVERPOOL.
Mr. and Mrs 4 H a Alden p B. g ,oI 6iupthsr 1isi:
Mrs. a''J''i j. campbell Macnil- The John oNeli
s r. Cuggenheirn. a. y {, TreadEo,d-
la sAvoIE, FROM HAvRE
George Bldde The Rev Charles A. Jes-
eoui Count Albert de sup.
J. =. Bigelow e. l. oppenheim
THE BALTIC FROM LIVERPOOL
MI and Mrs. Henry D.lMr. and Mrs. c W. Band
MI and Mrs Joseph Kenneth Norton.
ME e'osSs and Mr.. william {: q Turner
New-York tribune., 1908-08-01
WAR ON THE STRAY CUR.

Dr. Darlington has been slow In opening his
wisely planned campaign against rabies in this
city, but at last has begun operations. 1t is
by no means certain that the delay has not
produced serious results. Besides, there is no
assurance that the formalty of asking the Cor
poration Counsel for an opinion is appreciated
by those who have objected 10 the order re-
quiring the use of a muzzle a leash.
The president of the Society for the Pre-
vention of Cruelty 10 Animals Is dissatisfied
with the warfare now initiated, and offers g
strenuous protest. Colonel Wagstaff's argu-
ments, however, are not impressive The as
sumption that human life is less sacred than
canine life Is one which few enlightened per-
sons are ready to accept. He says that he
would not object to an ordinance on the sub
ject, apparently being unfamiliar with the fact
that there has been an ordinance on record for
years The trouble hitherto has been that no
one has tried TO carry it into effect. Colonel
Wagstaff puts himself in the position Of the
man who was ''in favor of prohibition, but agin'
the enforcement of it" John Sherman once said
about specie payments that the way to resume
is to resume" DR.. Darlington seems to think
that the way to get rid of dogs which run
about the streets in defiance of law is to get
rid of them.
Colonel Wagstaff fails to point out in what
respect restraint with a leash is hardship.
If the owner of a dog prefers to use muzzle,
that is his privilege 1t is he. not the law,
that is cruel Whether an animal which can
not be held in check with a leash is not too
dangerous TO be tolerated in public places is
question which might be raised with pro
prietv, but both the local ordinance and the
order of the Health Board permit the use Of
that substitute for a muzzle. Finally, it is alb
surd to pretend that due notice has not been
given TO the owners of dogs The proposition
to insist on an observance of the law has been
under discussion for nearly two months, and
the order of the Board of Health Temporarily
suspended was issued more than five weeks
ago. Reference 10 the subject has been made
scores of times by the newspapers. There is
no reasonable excuse for not knowing what
DR.. Darlington intended TO ask General Bing-
ham TO do
New-York tribune., 1908-08-01
MOST TO BLAME.

1t IS common and by no means unnatural
for victims of automobile disasters or their
surviving friends and relatives to lay the
blame for the mishaps upon the condition or
the road. There were ruts or holes there was
dangerously sharp curve a steep embank-
nent unguarded by a fence or by a suf-
ficiently strong fence. perilous spot was left
unlighted, something of the sort In many
cases these complaints are doubtless true Our
public roads, even within the metropolitan dis
trict are by no means all that they should be.
In some cases there are danger spots In them
for which somebody should be held crimfnally
responsible But such defects are not sufficient
TO impose all responsibility upon the roads
and acquIt the drivers of machines.
For any person who is mentally fit to drive
q motor car must be supposed to appreciate
the fact that it is dangerous to run at high
speed over bad spots in the road. And he
either is or is not familiar with the road over
which he is travelling. If he is familiar with
it he should know the bad places and exercise
caution in passing them. If he is not, II the
road is strange one to him, he should e3er-
else caution all the way, apprecating the fact
that there Is likely to be a danger spot almost
anywhere To rush at top speed along an I'M
known road in the dark, or along road with
known perils, must be regarded as 1mprudent
to the extreme Of rashness. 1t would be wen
if all our roads were in perfect trim, so as TO
be as safe as possible for automobiling: but
the notorious fact is that they are not and the
automobilst Is no more exempt than any one
seIse from the need of taking account of facts.
Moreover 1t should be borne constantly IN
mind that even on a perfect roadbed there is
always some danger: that q tire Will burst OF
iy off, that the steering gear Will refuse 10
work, or that something else will go wrong.
With well made cars such things do not often
happen yet there is always the possibility or
them. and there should be the realization that
if something Of the sort should happen the con-
sequences would be very serious. In br1ef, IL
is incumbent upon the driver of a car to feel
and to act upon the feeling-that he is himself
after all, chiefly responsible for his own safeU.
The exhilaration of speed Is very great Inc
sense of power in running motor car is al
most overwhelming The temptation TO let the
splendid machine do its utmost is weii-nlgh
irresistible But none Of these things should
be permitted to overcome hard-headed under
standing of actual facts, or to inspire reck-
less disregard of them. The roads should De
made as safe as possible, and all who use them
should exercise discretion; but above all else
if is for the man who runs the car himself to
fol
New-York tribune., 1908-08-01
AERIAL POSSIBILITIES.

It Is not surprising that officials Of the United
States Treasury Department are taking serious
interest in Captain Baldwin's dirigible Dailoon
which army men are testing at Fort Myer. The
connection between our national strongbox and
harness broken steed Of the air Is very real
No less than one-half of Uncle Sans living ex-
penses some 1888 100000, In short, is collected
by customs officers from boats landing foreign
cargoes on our shores, and in order to obtain
this money the government frequently has TO
have a heart-to-heart talk with the importers
The dirigible balloon if improved only a trile
more will enable smugglers TO avoid cOnverSa-
tion on the subject of their chattels. No wonder
Assistant Secretary Winthrop, of the Treasury
Department. is going down to Fort Myer!
Mr.. Winthrop's suggestion about aerial Snug
glers must not be taken too jOcosely. Nayiga-
tion in the sea we breathe is not as easy or as
popular as roller skating, but 1t has long since
passed the stage at which Darius Green left It,
With every Improvement In propusfve power
and control the airship becomes more serious
practical problem. The day is far off, let us
hone when Black Hand men will lombard ten
ements from elusive aeroplanes but smugglers
and other aristocratc lawbrcakers Will not post
pone aerial flights until this vulgarizatiOn OF
the sport has set in. Fifteen years ago any
body who had imagined burglars and safe-crack-
ers terrorizing the countryside in racing auto
mobiles would have raised only n laugh; to-
day such creatures are as common as bicycle
COPS Who knows but that the rise of the
aerial smuggler may be equally sudden? Last
wear less than $31 100000 worth Of precious
stones was brought into the United States Far
mans aeropane probably could have carried the
entire lot over the border on one easy trip
Count Zeppelin's dirgible balloon might bring
over the Canadian frontier nearly a ton or the
Hudson Bay Company's choicest furs and If
only one such haul were made every two or
three days the years official importation OF
sable fox and marten would easily be handled
What a hundred aeronauts might do, operating
at remote points aols the frontier. no patriot
dares whisper. These urderhIiuers of national
prosperity would be favored by two opportunities
of aerial travel. They might alight far back IN
the interior where customs officials are rs scarce
as ten-carat diamonds and, by choosing cloudy
days for travel, might elude observers and pur-
suit Again, flying by night, their 'car" would
be practically invisible five hundred feet away
from the most careful patrol. If the airshlp
becomes the automobile of the next generation,
New-York tribune., 1908-08-01
ANOTHER FINNISH CRISIS.

The new Diet which assemblies to-day at
Helsingfors will probably prove TO be one OF
the most important legislative bodies which
ever met in Finland. 1t will at any rate have
10 deal with one of the most serious constitu-
tional crises which have arisen in the history
of that country. The whole question of Fin
nish independence or subserviency TO Russia is
at the fore again. raised more insidiously, but
none the less certainly and menacingly than
under the brutal arrogance of Plehve and Bob
rikoff
An order was issued some weeks ago at ST.
Petersburg purpOrtng TO be for the better ad-
justment of relations between the two coun-
tries 1t provided that Finnish affairs both
legislative and administrative, should be divided
into two classes. Those which concerned only
the domestic interests and life of Finland should
be left to the Finnish government as hereto
fore while those which concerned the interests
of the empire a whole should be placed
under the jurisdiction of the Russian Council
of Minister'S On the very face of it this was
a violation of the Finnish constitution which
provides for 10 such arrangement; but in its
nroposed workings the scheme is more OBJ
iectionable still.
II was significant that the order was con
ceivcd formulated and promulgated without
the ,0l-rScl or even the knowledge of anyhou,-
IN Finland Thus il WAS a purely Russian
measure imposed upon Finland without the
latter's assent In accordance with the same
Principle an exclusively Russian council is to
determine what affairs pertain 10 Finland alone
and what are imperial in their scope Again, all
affairs which are imperial. although they of
course concern both parts Of the empire, Fin
land az well as Russia, are 10 be dealt with
New-York tribune., 1908-08-01

general Offices were In New York and the de-
et17,ction root and branch, Of any company
whose general offices were In Wall street in
the eaid iniquitous city.
Mr.. Bryan has no grasp Of the completely
of the conditions with which the government
has to deal He has his intuitive solution for
problems He makes no patient examination
of the facts He does not study the probable
effect of his proposals. He has the tempera-
ment of a man who could easily elaborate the
plan OF an ideal commonwealth whose govern
ment would be perfect on paper and whose
every problem could be solved by quick refer
ence to percentage book. But in real life
human affairs are not questions in simple arith-
metic Until you can judge mans morality
by his height you cannot judge of trusts
morality or utility by its capitalization or Dy
the percentage of industry under Its con-
tr-ol
New-York tribune., 1908-08-01
The CASE OF A pRuNKARp.
Chicago Evening Post

From The Chicago Evening Post.
The decision of the Appellate Court upholding
a verdict of $4,000 against saioonkeeper proved
to have sold liquor TO drunkard is not blow"
at the saloon interests. but. rightly interpreted
a timely and most valuable bit of advice to this
class of the community. 1t proved in the
lower courts that the owner OF a barroom had
sold liquor a addicted fntemperance
and the iatter's sister sued for damages the
ground that she had deprived of her
brothers support. The jury in The trial court
awarded her $4,000. ana this verdict has been up
held by the Court of Appeals.
The law i clear. II expressly prohibits the
sale of liquor 10 drunkardS. and the saloon man
who violates this prohibition should be punished
in the way he viii feel MOSTLY reducing his
bank account Nothing be more horrible
than deliberately pandering TO the cravings of a
man whose Will has been weakened by protracted
Indulgence in alcohol Such individual is no
longer a free agent he requires 10 be watched
over and guarded from the results of his own
weakness even as the insane. The law seeks 10
protect him, and those who thwart the laws
efforts deserve tho penalty.
New-York tribune., 1908-08-01

by purely Russian council, from which oil
Finns are rIgIdly excluded. Finally, no mea sure
of any kind local or imperial, can be intro
duced into the Finnish Diet until 1t has been
examined and approved by the Russian council
The Diet which meets at Helsingfors to-day
will have as its first and paramount duty TO
decide whether it will acquiesce in this extraor-
dinary decree. If 1t does, 1t will permit Fin
land to he made more supinely subject to Rus
sian rule than any province in Russia itself.
# it does not, there will arise another consti
tutional conflict between the grand duchy and
itS grand duke