The Washington herald., 1909-01-01

Like q voice fTOm the tomb, there aaS
come from the devastated city Of Messina
to tie State Department within the last
few hours an official report from DR..
Arthur S. Cheney. American consul. now
dead in the stricken city
II was forwarded by mall as one Of a
series Of reports on trade conditions in
Sicily. and arrived only yesterday. It's
contents cannot be divulged until It has
passed through the customary depart
meut routine.
II viii then be forwarded 70 the De
partment Of Commerce and labor for
Official publication in The consular re-
ports.
Another OF DR.. CheHey's reports was
received in Washington only a few weeks
ago. and is now IN possession OF the
House Ways and Means Committee
some secrecy is maintained as 10 its con
.sefrts, 'snd. The explanation given for such
action is tiist the report was trans
mitted from abroad for the use o. the
.-ohmittee in framing a tariff OH What
secret reference the report on sicily may
aave 10 a general American tariff bill
can be only sGrmised as coming within
the committees broad inquiry into the
cos OF labor IN all sections OF the world
with reference 10 calculations on read
justinE American duties.
= Outlines Industrial Situation.
Il is harmed upon good authority. how
ever. ina the report has 10 do with the
entire Industrial situation al Messina,
covering twenty closely typewriter
pages.
one of IFS interesting features IS a
description OF the proposed government
monopoly for the purpose OF maintaining
an artificial selling price oB two articles
the fine lemons grown there. and oil Of
bergamot. The Italian government al
ready susisins a satisfactory monopoly
on sulphur and certain other articles
The plan under consideration is similar
10 the Brazilian coffee vaiorization plan.
under which the government undertakes
70 save It's business men from c.: prices.
and thus maintain the equilibrium OF the
market under all conditions
Consul Cheney visited washington just
before going abroad 20 take Up his duties
at Messina. His stay here was brief. in
the late spring Of 1907. leaving in June
He had served as vice and deputy consul
al Reicheaberg. Austria. an Industrial
center. from November o, 1906, and after
his Washington trip he was appointed to
fun consulship and sent 70 Messina
August Is. 1907. His efficient work there
had so impressed the department that his
early promotion was assured
Knew Many WaShiaEtoninns.
a dozen o.. more Washingtoaians knew
Consul Cheney more OF less intimately. a
number Of them having been Yale college
mates.
He was graduated from the : efHeld
Scientific School at Yale in the class Of
'S9. where one Of his best-known class
mates was the famous football player.
josh Eiartwcll. who played with
+ Fudge Hemefnger and AIonzo Stagg.
/ Of the preceding class. in making early
football history. Another Gas mate was
William G Wurtenburg, long a collegiate
champion mile runner. Like Consul Che
ney. both HartweH and Wurtenburg be
came medical men after going through
{ the scientific course.
In the Yale academic class Of the same
year Cheney's classmates included these
+ washingtonians: Forester Clifford Pin
chOt. Assistant Attorney General George
/ W Woodruff. Interior Department: Her
T bert a Smith and Philip P. Wells. Of the
: Forest Service: Horace Wylie. Of Thomas
circle. and Father David HiIlhOuse Buel.
I formerly president ~ Georgetown Uni
versity.
Two other classmates were at President
/ Roosevelt's recent labor dinner az the
( White HOuSe-Charles Z. SheriIl and Ed