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The Anti-C Chinese Uproar.

There is little likelihood that the Chi
naman To- in custody on suspicion OF
being concerned in a recent murder will
receive ANY sympathy because Of the
outrageous treatment to which he has
been subjected by the police and in the
office of the District Attorney. Tor
ture having been formally discarded as
a means OF extorting statements from
alleged wrongdoers, it survives un-
officially in the interesting methods OF
bullying. ceaseless questioning. depri-
walton OF sleep and rest with which the
public is familiar. Caucasian and Afri-
can men and women, citizens Of the coun-
trN who are accused Of crimes or 8
pected of having information relating
thereto, are subjected to the third de-
gree" If they are permitted to suffer,
who is going to defend an alien, a yel-
low man, whose u c at the moment has
incurred the hostility OF q large part OF
the public!
At present the indignation Of certain
sections Of the population against the
Chinese Is high, and the astute managers
Of some Of the sensational newspapers
are industriously feeding the popular
passion. 1t is true that the diplomatic
representatives Of the Chinese Govern
ment, it's consular force and various
powerful commercial and social bodies,
have announced their intention to aid
the authorities in the search, for the
man now wanted. These r p~rosaic,
commonplace. tiresome facts; they
do not make half 30 interesting read
ing as plots against white girls
co~nspiracies to ruin American homes,
and the like. 1t is convenient to forget
that illicit relations between white men
and women have ended in crimes ex-
actly like the one now exciting atten-
ton. The unnumbered instances in
which good women who, beginning with
an earnest desire to improve or change
the lives Of bad men or men living in an
unorthodox way, have been dragged
down themselves, when no difference
Of race or religion has been involved,
count for nothing.
1t did not require the murder Of a
girl bearing an honored name to reveal
the danger involved in encouraging
close association between persons OF
opposite sexes under unconventional
circumstances. Yellow skin, black skin,
white skin; the danger is the same,
and has always been recognized. 1t
produces tragedies that periodically
shock the community and arouse it to
blind fury, s~enseless and unreasonable,
and if not entirely natural, at least
not difficult to understand.
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It's the first icket that costs. Or. DErHw.
Is 1t quite fair to expect . 81 800 Assem-
blyman to measure up to tho $500 stand
ard Of a Citizens Union legisla tive asentf
The vaisr Of tAs Late xs.as \. bliss.

The valor Of TIE Late Zsnas u. bliss.
To EprroR OF TIE sux-sh: Mr.. John
Branigsn. formerly 4 WAGNER attached 70 COM
pany d. Seventh Regiment, Rhode Island volun-
teers. has taken occasion In II SuH Of May -
10 cHticiso the language contained In my COM
humiliation, published In TIE Sun Of April %.
concerning the vaiof displayed on The bsstieheld
Of Fredericksburg By the late Major. General
Zenas r. Bliss, who At one time Wa Colonel OF
the Tenth Rhode Island Infantry. the regiment
In which Senator Nelson W. Aidrich served during
the civil war. Mr.. Brsnigsn seems 10 derive crest
satisfaction from the fact that the Rhode Island
VIcksbure Monument Coufdssion abandoned
the selection OF . bronze nGurt Of Colonel Bliss
TO surrnount the monument which has recently
been erected in the Ncksburg Nsuonai Park
Notwithstanding that II was the unanimous
choice OF the msmbsrs Of the commission and the
preference Of Captain Risby. chairman OF the
v%icksburg FAuonAl Psrk Commission. He con.
siders that ] was imaginative IN my communics.
tion. and cites - Its chief insccuraoy that Colonel
Bliss was not mounted during The light. II NJ
Branisan will read anew my comnunicst ion he
will Sc that In no place aid ! cay that the Colonel
was on horsebsck. He WAS on foos In front Of
his regiment, and . very brave neure he made.
II needed no Imagination 70 make moro vivid
the scenes on that bloody dsy or 10 picture The
courage and ability OF gallant Colonel Bliss. who,
TO add. to his difhculues. had ssfsred the loss
inside OF three hours OF all his neld oehcers and
three Captains, thus leaving him unAided 10 handle
. regiment which was under are for the hrst time.
It behaved calamity and suffered 9 'oss of 10
killed and wounded. II appears 70 me that
wasonAr Branitan should be proud OF tns fact
that he served under 20 brave . commander -
ZenAs n. Btiss. but hA oornmunioation docs not
warrant that belief. AL1AAf l. uEs1AN
OAK 6LUTye. hass, June u.
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The Roses and Raptures OF a
r- NeiRhbor.

A Washington despatch to the Tribune
suffuses with the rosiest light the White
House conference on the corporation tax
Tuesday evening and the prospects of
that halcyon measure in a docile Con-
gress and an adoring country:
All the members OF the conference. which In
GUIDED the leaders Of both houses OF Congress-,
rave the President the most positive assurance
that their respective bodies would adopt his
proposition, and expressed the belief that once
,he measure was properly understood It would
prove extremely popular"
II it was properly understood is
better than good; 80 is this obedient
spirit among the leaders:
The President expressed to his callers the
utmost gratitude at their cordial support. and his
pleasure AT their confident predictions that the
corporation tax would be adopted by a practi-
cally unanimous Republican vote in both houses.
Speaker cAsSoS and Representative PAINE were
as loud In their praises Of the Presidents propo.
siilon as any mi OF the Senate, and allswere
positive tina, no serious obstacle to the adoption
J OF the amendment would be presented"
We see Uncle JoE's hieratic and early
Assyrian head bowed devoutly. We
hear a mellow chant of rapture pouring
from tho throat Of SERENo ELISHA.
No serious obstacle. Everything lovely.
Even the corporations, we ape told, will
be pleased or ought to be pleased, il
they will consider that the corporation
tax 10 the only alternative to an income
tar.
Connoisseurs prize this fine official
honeyed vein OF the Tribune's WASH
lagton correspondence in its inspired
moments. An eighteenth century COL
lcge piesas ct ~0ratulatio is harsh beside
that tender spirit; at its best almost
worthy OF Byzantium. But what is the
fact when the roses are untwined and
the rice powder is scraped of? Who
wants the corporation tax? Where,
outside OF the patient Griseldas OF the
Tribune, is it popular?
Take the employees Of corporations.
Their number is in the millions. Do
they want a corporation tax? Do they
feel that their prospects for high wages
and steady employment would be in
creased by it? Or do they feel that it
will be collected in part from them
What the shareholders In corporations,
especially the small shareholders, think
w needn't bother TO inquire. They
are Swealth,' apparently, and ought
10 be amerced. What do the people
think They have never asked for a
TAI on the net profits Of corporations.
ne tax is to be thrown at them in the
t-ope that when it is properly under
stood" they will love it. Properly
Understood? That means, we take it,
that people will applaud this tax when
they appreciate that its object il not
TO raise revenue but to keep the Gov
ernment's nose poked into business. In
other words, the country, not yet re-
covered from the effects of Roosevelt
ism, will cry for more Of 1t. Popular
when understood! Well, the smallpox
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Tie CAAnty Of Grand Eoore.

II Tzz EDIroa OF THE suK-sir: In my TOM
the children Of the Copperhead Committee % Tie
Conduct Of the Wal used 70 sing about Grand
Eoore- 10 the air Of -Skobohl.- familiar TO college
boys - Bully MCGEE. McGsw." Skobohl, The
Presbyterian minister said, was obviously a
euphonio frequentative Of the Nonsnaa's
-Skoali- I don't know about his etymosoSy.
The stsnxa that sticks In my mind related 10 The
operations Of our armies about New Orleans and
the simultaneous operations Of the Cotton Ring
IL ran ~ follows;
me Ring went up TO Grand Eoore
Skobohll Skobohl!
The Ring went up. a. l said before,
Skobohil says ].
Ring came back and cursed and sworN
For Il rot no cotton at Grand Ecore;
And wen all drink stone blind,
Johnny all up the bowl.
II was much later. - ! r~eoollect, that Gllmoiss
when Johnny Comes Marching Home Asan
was sung 70 the same ancient air. I'm moi su.
that the last line but one was not nrst used 10 'n'
form In the Gilmore song. Seems 70 me thai IN
the earlier song II ran And wen all re' puma
6runL CAIus.
NEW Yonk. June =.
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THE TAX or
Consider the Case OF These Two Shoe Fac
tories-The Taxed and the Untax ed;
the SearchllBht Of Government Inqui.
sitIon on One. the Other In the Shadow.

sitIon on One. the Other In the Shadow.
slider for a moment the effect of the pro-
posed 2 per cent. tax on the surplus Of cor
1porations Here are two shoe factories
side by side In this city, both employing
the same capital and both having the SAME
surplus. By the PROPOSED act OF Congress
the shoe factory which is Incorporated is
selecf6d by Congress to be taxed to make
up the deficiencies in Government expenses
caused by the voyage Of our battleships
around the world and other e~xtravasances.
while the n~eiehboring shoe factory. which
is not incorporated. is not called upon to
pay q penny.
There may be one hundred times as many
factories which are not incorporated as
there are OF those Incorporated; thus the
gross injustice OF this scheme may be seen
at a glance.
Furthermore. the factory which is in
corporated is taxed by the State each year
In addition TO the tsS paid By the corpora
ton when it is Incorporated; thus the shoe
Arm which is Incorporated is plucked or
every side, while It's competitor is not dis
turbed in the conduct Of its business. The
corporation on the other hand must throw
open its books to the inspection Of the Gov
eminent authorities.
While l speak particularly for the small
corporation having $4,000 or sloo.ooo capi-
tai. I see injustice in placing the . per cent.
tax on large corporations. II there is a
deficiency to be met by our Government.
why not tax all Of our people rather than
a specified few? II a specified few can be
called upon to make up this deficiency Of
our Government. why could not the move
'msnt be carried to such an extreme as to
demand that some one rich individual make
UP the deficiency? CHARLES A. GREEN.
RocHEsTFR. n. Y. June %.
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Is Shakespeare Dead?

We again ask this threadbare but
ever recurring question, not In the sense
lent it by MARK TWAIN, but because Of
the brilliant success recently achieved
by the Sothern-Marlowe company at
the Academy Of Music, THOR engage
ment began when the major portion Of
New York theatres had shut up shop for
the season, and while the weather dur
ing the three weeks given over to the
performance Of Shaksspearian works
wss more propitlo'is than that Of tho
last few days, nevertheless II could be
hardly called favorable in the mana.
gerlal sense, The results must have
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to Montenegro the towns Of Cuisine
and Plavla. Come and get them was
their challenge to Europe. MEHEMET
ALI was sent to negotiate. His head was
returned to Constantinople, his body
was left for the v~ultures. The Powers
gave Montenegro other reoompenses.
No one but those whom the Guisinjo t
trusted has since entered their town.
Can the Young Turk soldiers now cap
ture this stronghold and break the
power Of the Albanians? To grant them
autonomy OF government where so
many others are clamoring for similar
concessions would be awkward.
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Natures RSss BED.

To THI EDrroR OF TN Sur-,SN, mo spots
AZ Scotts- 10 oil right, hut how came you 70 m,se
Otto babb spelled either vay-n Why not come
70 Springfield. meet our honest men ana maideps
fair and know for yourself that the heart Of
nature beats on In ever blissful ignorance Of the
existence OF Ssmbo's pocket aAskf The gatss
arc open unto you. Springfield. natures ross
bed. where love. reciprocity, health. buusrmlil
and happiness 80 hand In hand. whistlbe down
the Wind 70 future prosperity; and. strange 70 yov
~ II may seetn, some Of our most loyal and oon-
genial souls are under the root Of Sambo. Come
and dig them out end be yourself made Glad.
SPArNoyrkLD. Naas.. June n. AIYAnosr.
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II ! had the boss's income
Instead Of my bone . DAY.
Would I daily eat IN old Ann street
Them wsfies and oonssf NAyi
Right into The Row round the corner
I'd break and ia ordsr there
4 couple Of steaks, swo high shorteakes.
som pie and . rtch eclsir.
But the boss team you beat
IN orders milk and shredded vhsat
" had the boss's income.
Each pleasant afternoon
'rhe stroke Of two would sss me through.
And the subwsy'd zee me soon.
ia SAIL away to the hilltop
Where the Highlander DO bis,
And you'd nnd me. YOU can betcher
In q boz behind the ketchsr
Giving the empire hls.
Does Me boss do that ~syf Niu
Works when all the rsst have quit
II had the boss's income
Instead Of my chickeu feed.
] would take the cir behind q pair
That would surely be somt st<ed.
And VI and from the once
would dide In Q -kxty" car
That would hit The eye OF the passsrtby
And give EN- at tlmss) . jAr.
Blu, the boss, he hoeis - homs-
10 be dippy In his doms'
The guys what has II den't know hov 70 blow
II like the guys what hssa't GOT 10 inow.
-. oscAA % Tal oyy1es-
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been gratifying; N Is, 800 was taken
in at the box Office. Does Shakespeare
pay when properly presented
Previous to the advent Of Miss MAR
LOWE and Mr.. SorHERN the Academy
had been occupied for six weeks by MIR.
ROBERT MANrELL, who appeared In the
plays Of tho bard. although without the
peouniary profits OF the later comers.
The company Of the veteran actor was
said to have been not on the high level
demanded by Shakespeare. It is graft
flying, all the same, to record tho fact
that Shakespeare IL heard at least two
months every year In our own town, 50
avid OF musical comedy. Mr.. SoTHERN
and Mlss MARIowB were wise In sur
rounding themselves with competent
players. No n grudges them their
triumphs, artistic and financial. The
personal charm OF Miss MARLowE, her
exquisite diction and voios, above all
her sound training In Shakespearian
roles, largely account for the enormous
audiences at the Academy. Miss MAR
LOWE Is one Of the few surviving ao-
tresses on the English or American stage
who know how to speak blank verse.
Mr.. SoTHERN, actuated as eve by the
~loftiest artistic ideals, has been re-
warded after his long and hard seasons
work. The devotion and enthusiasm
Of the audiences recalled the palmy days
of Wagner. Nor were these audiences
entirely recruited from the East Side;
students and amateurs OF the drama
came from all parts OF the city. The
question, Is Shakespeare Dead In New
York? may be answered with a vigor-
ous negative.
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The Railroad workers. Farewell.

TO RI Eprrol OF TII SUN-Str: The Ent
sonr a two young Irishmen OF my sequAnusee
tn college used 70 sing u contained . stsni q
no particular AnAus domiui which deschoed ts
dssertaon Of The railroad lAborer to other n@e'
- follow:
he putt . sped tspsdel intl me hand
All for 70 20 and shovel sand;
threw the spade out Of me hand
The divvie may bang your railwas!
Plainly lpientyl Of ore in Irondals-
Plainly Of ore In Irondale.
Tn dig Tor ore In 1rondAls.
IN wors no mort on your railway. :
NEW YoRx, June =. LocffoAs'
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YooR coRsERs yooLlsKxEss.
A ship there was Ind aha put % sea.
AvAst keep her full and bye.
The captain paced the quarter deck.
Al home . Methodist elect,
A good man he - ever slept.
Heigh oi keep her full and bye,
The mate was another breed OF CATS.
Damn! keep her full and bye.
He cursed the men and he made them work.
The miserable far down dirty Turk.
And his bilinEseate whisper 70 thosA that shirket
Was: Hell! keep her fun and bye.
The cap and mate they supped Alone,
Hi keep her full and bye.
Tho cook brought on an old plum duh.
A neasley. monerH hind OF stuh.
That held plum pudding up 10 bluf.
Steady! she's full and bye.
Now cookie" played for the eap'n's grace,
-Four points" full and bye.
And he put the pudding plum end up
Toward the cap'I's coffee CUP
s. that the mate for plums was stuck.
Hal, Hal, keep her full and bye.
But the mate was on 70 the cookies" curves,
Hard down, keep her full and bye.
And be told the cook In the next menu
To put that plum end his end W"
So he could msstcan . few
And see! keep her full and bye.
And cookie did % he was told.
Aye, keep her full And bye.
And he placed the plum end toward the mate.
But the eap'n smiling raised that plate
And turning II began 70 state
Tack! shes full and bye.
The plum end tackled from stsrbosrd 70 port.
Steady! keep her full and bye.
Il bought that plate Of q wandtrne Jew.
And ! paid him . shiiiins. Bob and Two.
And think II . daisy. mate, don't youI"
Nowi 10 abe full and bret
Then came the blood IN the bad mates eye.
Tacki keep her full and bye.
He SeiEed the plate with . desperate clutch
And he TUNED II round With . bI1th ssssts touch,
And he said. "old man you paid 700 damn much,
And the ship sails full and bye
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Ko>p Her Full sal Bys.

To THE Eprroa or TEE SuN-sE: I enclose
. mettcAl version contributed By NJ. Joseph K.
Nye TO the Fsirhs,en star Of ~ ancient New
Bedford classic. usually told In prose. which seems
70 indicate that down East even the plum dud
knows the difference between port and stsrboard.
NEW YoRK. June q. C. p. s.
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EnduYtne Statesmen,

The three young men had just emerged IRON
the nery furnace.
They are the boys 70 make . tarn,- cried the
people.
Thus their political careers we're begun.
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ACAsmpisa IN the Hot Spell
jack the Giant Kiiiss donnsd bis lnv'hee eos,
-Hsrs 70, whsrs ] have the bulge on vac '~~
waist man," he cried.
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stslls-pid che have IN uEuSuAl vsdlinsf
belA-fsS ne church weD eeesrstsd Viii com
mea tropical plants lnstssd Of rasS,
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A vast concoune Of BosSoniAns and human
beings 70 the numbe Of $500 stronS applaud the
actress.-Hsddgfns.
A natural distinction.
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Eron .Ae Rnenfaer He,ald

From ne Rochester Herald.
II the result OF the Presidents extra SEES
sion Of Congress is to leave the burden OF
tariff taxes a. great as 1t was before Mr..
Taft wrote his tariff revision message. they
will, to speak plainly. say to themselves
that they purchased a gold brick in Mr..
Taft. II he imasines that BY making him
self disliked by q few hundred thousand
stockholders In corporations he can silence
the demand from the consumers of the ooun-
try for relief from taxation. he Is making
. mistake that may prove fatal to his Adj
ministration. Instead Of turning to fullest
advantage the greatest opportunity that has
come within the reach OF any President
since Abraham Lincoln, he will have written
himself down as . timid and vacillating
time server. j
From ~ Rochester Union and Adserissr.
l. Our reasons for thinking ii undesirable
were fully set forth at the time II was pro-
posed. Briefly stated. they are that the
proposed measure. II adopted. would put
In operation unfair discrimination In taxa
ton. and moreover would invade . field
Of taxation hitherto reserved for the States.
each an excellent reason for opposing II.
From ~ Portland orssoNtan.
The effect Of his unfair taxation OF cor
porations win be considerable. 1t will re-
duos the value Of their stocks and cut down
disidends-which. Of many small corpc.a-
tions. are msAsr already. It will cause
owners Of small parcels Of stocks to sell
out to the larger owners. and these last
then will. II possible. change the business
to the partnership form. in order to set rid
OF the tax.
From o t<nsr 10 ~ WashtAeten Posi.
Look 1t II . moment. Here are perhaps
all doing business - each Individual con-
cstn thinks best under Ito existing limits-
lions. Each di5ers from the others In the
pro rata Of its stock liability 70 its funded
and hosted Indebtedness: in the amount
Of its free assets to capital invested; In the
ratio Of lie surplus TO capital account; bills
payable TO bills receivable: In Ito method
Of keeping is books and distributing Its
pronts--and In q thousand and one other
particulars. too numerous 10 mention.
How ere they 10 be 20 altered. amended
and ~reorsanissd - 10 fairly come into one
classf Fol instance: Shall the stock Of
the undercapitalized company be compul.
soniy increased uetl II equals its funded
debt. or shall Ito funded debt be cut down
until II equals the sum Of all the stock issued
and ~outstandinsi Vice vera. which 10
10 BE- prunsd. and how, IN oases OF over.
oapitaiisatoni -H'twsrs dons. 'twsrs well
IL were done quickly; but by whom1 II
10 obvious that this opens up the whole
subject Of the Governmental organization
and regulation Of all corporations. inoiud-
lag appropriate provisions for what Senator
L. Toilette long 9 wissiy pointed out 10
Of ssosssity the fundamental thing In every
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From the Roehsstsr Pss-Erprsss.
We are sorry to see sen&tor Root mixed
up In this business.
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From ~ Providence Ersnino Tribune.

From ne Providence Ersnfno Trtbuns.
Difficulties and perplexities Of many
kinds are sure TO arise II to these various
forms Of taxing corporations IL added q
Federal tax on net earnings. Can the cor
porations stand 1t all. or will the States be
compelled to abandon their taxation Of cor
porations except on realtyf
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n our friends oho rapor US Nth manuscripts fo'
publication pish TO hare rejected articles returned theI
mus, IN all cases send stamps for thaf purpose.
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From ne PorIan0 Prsss.

The Presidents plan seemed simple at
nrst sight. but AZ BOON ~ 1t Is examined
difficulties appear.
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-08-22
WOMEN, MEN AND CHURCHES

II was estimated last winter By a
church periodical which keeps sia.
tistics Of church growth that the
church membership of the United
States last year was 100000 The
general accuracy of these Unofficial
figures is now well substituted by
the United States census inyestiea-
ton. which places the total member
shin in 1906. two years earlier at
33,0000O9. AS compared with a time
twenty years earlier, the churches
have gai~ed more than 60 per Get in
membership. while the population Of
the country as a whole has Increased
probably only about 40 per cent
1t is, as one would have anticipated
no surprise to find that the number
of men on the church rolls is much
smaller than the SANDER Of women
Nor is it surprising after all that has
been written on the srbiect, to find
that in the Catholic church by itself
the number of men is almost equal to
that of women. while in Protestant
churches the percentage of mel mem
hers Is helow the avcgag for all
churches But FOR the Protestant
churches it can. safely be said tha
the number of men recorded as mem,
tors does not adequately represent
the total number Who participate IN
church work.
The large excess OF women 10 the
newest of che great denominations
may be explained by the fact that
women are not as commonly said
conservative. bpt actually aggressive
in relis Gus matters; and further.
the fact that the wellbeinc which tbis
denominatic7 brings les in a field I'm
watch the need under modern con
diticns is probably more acutely felt
by women than b, men That II