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New-York tribune., 1909-07-27

TETATIOUS QUESTIONS IN BROOKLYN.
Apparently The burning political question OF
the hour in Brooklyn is that which relates to
municipal automobiles Murphyism, McCar-
rensm. Colerism-all these issues may hold the
popular interest for Il day; but the automobile
question differing from the machines themselves,
which have a habit of stopping in eIt-of- the-way
places and waiting for the arriNuf Of a horse
goes on forever. The point recently raised re-
garding the necessity for inspecting the streets
in municipal automobiles late at night and OH
Sundays IS only one Of the ramfcauons OF
BrookIyn's municipal automobile problem.
To Judge from the statement Of a former Su-
perintendent of Buildings in Brooklyn. the head OF
the department for which the Joy wagons are
purchased need not necessarily have control Of
them. This former official says that there
little use for such means Of conveyance in his
department but at the instance OF the assistant
superintendent q ear was secured although so
far as the chief of the department was aware
the duties of his right hand man did not require
its use The Superintendent of Buildings showed
the bad taste to try to use the machine couple
of times but discovered that he was doing what
was not expected of him and subsidized The
assistant had prior claim on the machine and
with fatal curiosity his chief attempted to as
certain the reason but lost his official head he
fore he had got far enough in his Investigations
to learn anything.
Some one ought to call off the Commissioner
OF Accounts, who is doing lot Of dangerous in
vestigating. He is leaving a trail of blaclened
regulations behind him, and in a city which is
so well governed as 10 lead to the organization
of II band of patriots to sing its praises it will
readily be seen that Mr.. Mitchell Is engaged in
thankIess task Automobiles are among the
rewards of political virtue and faithfulness in
Brooklyn. And virtue must be rewarded, even
if, as the Deputy Controller suggests, the tax
rate of Brooklyn for the coming year shall be
I.72 as against 167 last year.
New-York tribune., 1909-07-27

Chinese students have been recalled from japan
In brief, whether she sleeps or wakes, emma
means to remain China, and not TO be In any
sense an appanage Of Japan
The grounds for this movement and the cause
of China's lack of sympathy with Japan are
readily discerned. Sprung from the same remote
racial stock the two nations have for centuries
been opposed TO each other in spirit and ideals.
Japan hass carried the idea of devotion TO the
central sovereign to an extreme scarcely ap-
proximated by any other nation. while emma
has been and is one of the least centralized and
most democratic nations in the world. Japan
has deSpised the merchant and exalted the sol
der while China has done precisely the reverse.
While the present awakening has caused some
modifying or tempering of the extreme feelings
which were once cultivated on these subjects,
each nation remains, on the whole faithful TO
the general principles of its immemorial tradi-
tions. China therefore wants her young men TO
be educated as Chinese and not as japanese.
That fact accounts for the wholesale exodus OF
Chinese students from japan, and suggests the
maintenance if not the increase of the trad-
tional estrangement between the two countries.
New-York tribune., 1909-07-27
DIR. HUNTINGTON.

The death of the rector of Grace Church and
the review of his life and work which IS
naturally made suggest a ready and convincing
answer to the too common and usually thought
less remark that the Church has Outlived It's
usefulness and that Christianity q force in
the world is waning. Such comments may seem
to be justified by the decline and disappearance
of individual churches and by the recourse
which some preachers have to sensational and
advenutious devices for attracting public at
tention 10 their utterances. But there comes to
mind the old fable about the shrillng of the
grasshopper which seemed to fill the whole
pasture where the silent oxen were feeding.
That field did not become tenantlesS when the
noisy grasshoppers were stilled.
William r. Huntington was a Christian min
lister. Everything else in his life was made
subservient TO the fulflment of that supreme
calling. He sought no new devices He did not
pose or strain after sensational effects. NOto-
riety was not the breath of his nostris. He
was content to keep his church a'church. He
did not deem it necessary to introduce into it
smoking services moving picture shows or
what has not unjustly been called ecclesiastical
vaudeville" For drawing power" he de-
pended upon nothing more than preaching the
Gospel and administering the sacraments of the
Church according to his orthodox creed But
there was no complaint of empty pews iii his
church or OF fallure 10 Keep men interested III
religion. There no decline Of that church
in spiritual authority or in vital influence for
righteousness during his ministry Of a quarter
of a century. No just>and intelligent person
will for moment dispute the fact that II has
been good thing for New York to have Grace
Church in 1t with DR.. Huntington as its rector
or that 1t would he for the good of the city to
have such churches and such ministers multi
piled.
Within a comparatively short time New York
has lost the three men who for years had
been the foremost figures in the Protestant
Episcopal Church in this cty-the bishop Of the
diocese, the rector of Trinity and. now, the rec
tor of Grace Church. They were in some re
spects notably unlike, but they all served their
day and generation faithfully and efficiently.
and this city and the world were made better
by their lives and labOTs.
New-York tribune., 1909-07-27
AIDING THE WOULD-BB CITIZEN.

In establishing a bureau for the purpose OF
aiding Italians who have lived in this city for
the prescribed length of time and who possess
the necessary qualifications for citizenship the
Citizens Union has taken a commendabe step
In a perfectly legitimate manner ii is fighting
Tammany on Tammany's own ground, and the
lamentable lack of facilities for properly con
Quoting the work of the naturalization bureau
In this city creates a need for some such agency
Much of Tammanys strength is derived from
it's friendliness TO those in need of such
vices as one man may render TO another or an
organization to an individual. The process Of
naturalization is not altogether simple, and it
is not outside the range Of possibility that many
who while well fitted for citizenship, are not
regarded as a valuable asset TO the Tammany
district leader will be overlooked
II the Citizens Union succeeds in conveying
TO such persons the impression that they can
look elsewhere than to Tammany for advice ana
counsel a hard blow will be struck at the power
Of the Democratic organization. 1t is the
human element in that political machine which
has made it so strong; for however selfish the
district leader may be in performing various
services for the people Of his district, in ar
ranging bail for those who fall into the clutches
of the law, in obtaining a privilege for one man
and purchasing pair of shoes for the child Of
another in securing employment for the head
of the houSenoin, not necessarily ulluer tle au-
ministration but perhaps with some friendly
corporation, the effect Is to make a Tammany
adherent and when election comes nothing short
of the most startling exposures of the faults of
the organization will swerve the man who has
been thus benefited from his loyalty TO his
benefactor and the organization which that
benefactor represents.
That there should be a serious shortage of
clerks in the courts which have jurisdiction
over naturalization in New York City is to be
depored. and it is to be hoped that the neces-
sary relief will soon be granted from Washing
ton. There should be no occasion for long
New-York tribune., 1909-07-27
TRUE PROTECTION.

In explaining his ideas ,Of the uses and pur
pose Of protection President Taft ranges himself
with all the enlightened advocates Of the pro
fective system He is an orthodox prOtectionist,
not a believer in tariff taxation for revenue
with incidental protection, or for revenue only
with no regard for protection. Still less is he
In favor Of free trade in and for itself-involv-
ing the indisTiminate admission of foreign
goods and the sacrifice Of domestic industry in
the expectation of enjoying brief era of lower
prices. The Presidents aim is TO strengthen
and benefit American industry as whole and
10 do that he is ready to levy high duties, mod
crate duties or no duties at all. in accordance
with the changing needs of the situation
The President simply goes back TO first prin-
eiples. Our protective tariffs have been framed
. TO keep importations from entering TO such an
: extent as 10 control prices here aud TO destroy
domestic competition. 1t was the sound doctrine
OF the propounders of the protective theory that
national ends would be served by diversifying
Industry. building up manufactures and ena-
si,ng the people Of the United States TO supply
their own wants more fully and to control their
own market. The protective system a ma
fiona investment, and IL WIS intended that the
country should reap return not only in an
Increase of wealth and economic efficiency, but
fn the cheaper prices which would come when
American Industries should be able TO stand
afohe ana meet foreign competition. II was
intended 10 give the producer here fair start
But il was also intended that he shoGid repay
tie assistance extended 10y the nation by striv
ing to lower the cost of production, sharing
with the consumer the benefits OF the progress
made in invention and labor economies.
The success Of a system Of protection Involves
& gradual lowering Of duties. As an American
,r6ustry develops the margin of duty needed 10
keep out threatening importations necessarily
shrinks. Importations cease gradually to- be a
soErce Of danger. They become. in fact. only
benefcsally negative influence IN checking ex-
oessive prices demanded AZ home for domestic
products The progress Of the iron and steel
Industry illustrates that transformation Thirty
years ago fereign iron and steel could have
driven American iron and steel cat of Sdr mar
New-York tribune., 1909-07-27
INCIDENTS AT TUXEDO pasx
IBy Telegraph TO The Tribunal


Tuxedo Park. N Y. July 26.-Nfidsurur,sr :. :.
edo still remains lively. Ideal weather So
brought from the city several wei knozr -
who remained over until to-day. MANY ~ =. - =
tagers will go TO the mountains and ssass,... !.
the month OF August. returning for the au,un, :.
son. which promises 70 be interesting
Mr. and Mrs. George Grant Mason havs -..
70 Kincraig from brief stay in the v,s, :.
Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Bishop Mason ara /, !.
Wetmore villa
Others who are spending the midsummer AZ -
edo are Major and Mrs. Philip Benka-a i 4
Eoss villa; Mr.. and Mrs Lucius Wilmsr5sy
IN the Cutting villa; Mr.. and Mrs J. = P,s,.
jr.. in the Loomis cottage; Mr.. and Mrs ?
Emmett. in the Jones cottage; Mr. and Nrs y.
lesion Deacon. Mr.. and Mrs. William G p,I,
Mr. and Mrs TheO. Frelinghuysen. srr and E.
p W. Wads~oFth and Mr.. and Mrs. e I. Bu--s
Lewis s Chanler returned from hr.s, -
abroad on Friday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry 5. Redmond have r.tv=s
from Newport to their cottage, which Is urdsrzut
extensive alterations.
Mr.. Mcneil ROdeaald and Miss RodszaH e
spend the summer abroad
Mr.. and Mrs Vivian Spencer and Mr and IN
Bernard P Steinnsan, who have vacated thslr a.
tages. will also spend the summer oa the caz
nent.
The Rev ana MIS- Nl4ildln 5It1slEAoh VI
abroad next month
Yachting on Tuxedo Lake this Seasen has 1zsus
very interesting series OF races are Being sss
each week for a handsome cup presented By Haz
& Rednoud This weeks race was wen y I
Fred Tans. with Frederic Foster second asd I
ChanIer third The cup Will 60 70 the vaaz
the largest number OF races in the season
Mr.. and Mrs J. r. Dunlap and Mss Dunlza y
stopping at the club
other late arrivals are Mr. and Mrs. HssHx
Miller. Mr. and Mrs. George H. Hull, MIss Hl
E y. Cravath, Miss Ripley Miss J. y. BariLz
DR. and Mrs L. F Bishop, r.. Anthony nza1
tr George P. Butler. MOncurs Rosiassz. Il
brose D. Henry. z. c Deveau- Mr. and Ars Z
Gillette, Nathan InseFson, Charles " Gsua 4
others.
New-York tribune., 1909-07-27
SOCIAL NOTES FROM NEWPORT.
[By Telegraph TO The Trib

[By Telegraph The TrbuneI
Newport, July 26-Entertaining promises to be
brisk here during the remainder OF this month and
next
Commodore Arthur Curtiss James of the New
York Yacht Club has planned dinner for his
fleet officers and yacht owners board the flag
ship Aloha August s. Mrs James will have
dinner August 7, and Mrs Edward J. Berwind
has arranged to give series of Saturday evening
dances on July 81, August and August IS Mrs
Pembroke Jones is TO alternate with Mrs Berwind
on August and q. Lispenard Stewart will give
dinners August 10 and 3 and luncheon on
August q. Mr.. and Mrs. Oliver Gould Jennings. a
dinner August II. and Mrs. Richard Gambril
one August u; James T. Woodward dinner
on August q and Mrs Harry Symes Lehr, dinners
August and 49,
Dinners were given this evening by H. Goodwin
of New York Miss Charlotte Pell and Mrs. Royal
Phelps Carroll A luncheon given by Miss
Anna Sands.
The Gooseberry Island Fishing Club has elected
New-York tribune., 1909-07-27

ket To-day American iron and steel makers
sell their products abroad, and have pracucally
no competition at home Protective duties on
iron and steel are no longer needed except 10
discourage dumping here in hard times On the
other hand. it has become desirable TO permit
steel and iron manufactures to enter at 10"
on toe high prices here.
From the true pyotectiOnst point OF vie"
overprotection is an evil as well as undefpro-
lection. Excessive rates encourage the beheI
that the government owes al indefinite support
TO domestic industries when it really means 10
offer them a chance to show their capacity 10
make progress and to give return for the
benefits of protection There has been too great
a DISPOSITION shown by some Of the protected
interests to challenge the law that duties should
generally decrease as industries mature Inc
average differential in cost of production here
and abroad has undoubtedly decreased between
1897 and 1909 President Taft therefore eX-
presses the orthodox protectioniSt view and
gives voice to the demand Of the great majority
of the voters of the country, who are also
stanchly protectionist. when lie argues that a
revision now should be downward and that
revision five or ten years hence will probably
be still more downward. stand patism is an
obnoxious perversiOn of protective doctrine
Tariff rates should not stand fast while indus
try is everywhere showing exceptional progress
Reimbursement 10 meet changed conditions by
lowering duties where present rates are no
longer needed. and in special instances by dis
pensng with them altogether, is the logical aim
of a protectionist revision of the tariff.
New-York tribune., 1909-07-27
In THE RERKsHIREs.
rr, T.lsr-anh - ne rribune.I ]

icy Telegraph The Tr1hlne-l
Lenox. July 2s--Aiss Grace s Parker. Ea' -
been guest Of Miss Helen c Butler saef
bridge, has gone TO Boston
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph II. Choats mot0rsa 1sa
Stockbridge to Mount kisco. where they are slla
OF Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph H Choate, jr.
John II. Bowers. who has been guest q -
E Parsons. has gone to New York
Mrs Richard GambriII has arrived to vsi q
sister, Mrs. Charles Carroll Jackson.
Mr. and Mrs. Samuel ". woodward are ssHs
TO jamestown. R l.. where they have SaE
for the month OF August
Mrs Samuel Burhans and Miss Isahei L p
hans. of New York. are en- route 70 Lsnex. s.#
they will have apartments at the Hotel AspinRa-
The Rev and Mrs. George William Doug =
Tuxedo: Mr. and Mrs. c. P. Armstrons. ana =
anS Mrs Thomas F. Chadwick. OF NsEourS "
at the Hotel AspinwaIL-
Robert A Bonner. Mr. and Mrs. Henri Nsl
jr. and Mr.. and Mrs. ". W Willstt ara y
Red Lion Inn, in Stockbridge-
Captain and Mrs. L NJ. Metcalfe. Ths naEs =
at the Red Lion Inn. have returned to Goa ssS
" Y.
DIR. Z. 3. Bangs has returned 60 Ma1zfaa
Farm, in Stockhridge from North Creek y :
where he has been fishing Miss Frances ''AT
has gone to Connecticut
Miss Goodman will entertain az uneae01
Yokun cottage tomorrow.
A volunteer choir will sing in Trinity ehafel = :,
several Sundays during a vacation Of iAs =
singers. Those who have volunteered ineIl's
and Mrs. David T. Dana, Mr.. and MIS-. O.a, & -,
Voorhees, Mr. and Mrs. Edward H DeiaAzll' =.
Constance Folsom. Miss Gertrude Psfsoas' =
Heloise Meyer. the Misses Charlotte ana W
Barnes and Samuel rockingham
Mr.. and Mrs John a Hadden. IT. s'a''''
day for Bar Harbor.
Edward Appleton. who has been ar the Ass -
Inn, in Stockbridge. has gone 20 New YORK
Mrs Cristobal A Martinez. OF Mckee. Is s.
OF Mrs Edward c. Tower, at Curtis HosS-
New-York tribune., 1909-07-27
FATHER pUcEVs GRATITUDE.

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: Father Ducey wishes TO thank the press for
its great interest in him during his serious al
most fatal, sickness He appreciates the kindness.
He ALSO through the press returns thanks TO the in
Vulnerable number of all classes of rich poor. So
cialIy eminent and his Catholic and non-Cathoiic
brethren for the great solicitude and affection
manifested by them. He is not able TO write TO
these hundreds of people, and he takes this means
10 let them know how in his heart OF hearts he ap
preciates their innumerable manifestations of great
kindness After some months of great he
hopes, with his physicians. that he will be again
equipped TO do good services for his fellow
man.
ST. Leos Rectory, East 29th street, New York,
July 26. 1909
New-York tribune., 1909-07-27
BAR HARBoR ITEMS.

tBy Telegraph 70 The TrounsI a.,
Bar Harbor. Me-. July 2s.-Ths cher es - -
day at Bar HarbOr was the opening OF lls -.
doubles tournament at Kebo, In tne Hls -
OF which some pretty matches were pa! - ,ns
who lasted until the second round inc.---. r.sl
Stevens and De Koven Bowen. Mr. ana ~. a' "
B. Keech. Mr. and Mrs. Dave Hennen So.' ~. rssk
and Mrs X. D. Scott. Miss Davis anu .-e.....ss.s ~.
Miss Green and n. F. Davis and MISS
and ]. T. Bowen "A, ssr .
Mrs Henry r Dimock has issued CO. -sssaf
reception to be given at her eottAs' - GissS
evening at half pas. 10 o'clock IN % non0. .isst .
PinchOt. who is to lecture to-Hof
forestry at the Casino -. .sst =
The automobile restrictions went ihsO ssssi
dav and heneeforth automobiles viii be. p ~
from the roads Of this resort The pronio.., ,osss
into effect On Wednesday In the othsr 'H'
New-York tribune., 1909-07-27
DEATH RATE Low AGAIN.

The weekly report OF the Board of Health, made
public yesterday, shows that the death rate for
last fell considerably below that for the cor
responding week last year. There were 14l5 deaths
in all last week. while last year there were 166S
death rate Of 1917 this year. against 1880 last
year. The number OF deaths among children under
one year OF age was 4i7-as compared with SO last
year and among children under five years Of age
624. against 7s9 last year. considerable decrease
is also shown in deaths from diarrheal diseases OF
which there so this year. against IA last year.
New-York tribune., 1909-07-27

One daring and fortunate aviator has flown
across the English Channel. and in the near tut
r1re it may be no uncommon thing for others to
do the same. But that falls far short of saying
that the United Kingdom is now open to aerial
invasion by a hostile power. Imagine an army
of. say a hundred thousand men-none smaller
would be efficient for invasion-each borne on
such an aeropane as that OF Mr.. Bleriot, to
say nothing OF the carrying OF ammunition and
other supplies. To suggest such thing is 10
expose its impracticability.
New-York tribune., 1909-07-27
COLLEGE BOYS GROWING.
w Bedford Mercury.

From The New Bedford Mercury.
Measurements by scientists bring out tho inter
estng fact that the American college athlete OF
to-day Is n much larger man than his father was,
and is constantly growing. The average height Of
/the Yale athlete to-day Is inch and a half moro
than x five years ago; he is twenty two pounds
heavier, with three inches more chest development
and AZ cubic inches more lung capacity; the aver
age height of the Yale athletes is now feet SO
inches and their weight exactly 170.5 pounds. At
examination of Harvard athletes Professor Sar-
gent found that ttSy were an inch taller and from
four TO five pounds heavier than were the students
thirty
New-York tribune., 1909-07-27

line of applicants forming many hours before
the time for opening the doors OF the court
room in the Postof1ce. Unfit applicants snotii''
of course be rejected. but all should nave d
fair opportunity to prove their htness OF ulint
ness In the mean time the eftor6 Oh 'he Ci'i
zens Union to instruct foreigners how to secure
c;ti1onsb;n and as TO its duties will be vel
coined
New-York tribune., 1909-07-27
KING PLEASED WITH VISIT.
School Children Cheer Him as He Leaves
Wrest Park for London.

ssoe. England. July q, s,-King Edward having
concluded his weekend visit to the American
Ambassador and Mrs. Reid, at wrest Park left
there by motor this morning, driving down
the finely timbered avenue which was lined with
cheering school children. his return TO Lon
don. The King was delighted with his visit, and
expressed his great pleasure bidding fare
we'll Mr.. and Mrs. Reid 1t is hoped that his
majesty will revisit wrest Park in The shooting
New-York tribune., 1909-07-27
letp7lork Daily Gribnate
TUESDAY, JULY 81. 1909.

This newspaper is Oloned and published ot
The Tribune association. Neto York corpora
sson; Office and principal place Of business,
Tribune Building. No I54 Nassau street, Aeio
York; Ogden HILLS. president; Henry W.
Saekett, secretary; James II. Barrett, treasurer.
The address Of the officers Is the Office Of tins
eescSpaper.
New-York tribune., 1909-07-27

At least two American battleships no" III
commission. the New Jersey and the Georgia
showed speed their Official trials siightiy
exceeding nineteen knots. 1t is probable no"
ever. that the Michigan is the only war Fessei
huilt for this country which has been able 10
go beyond the government requirements by iuliy
a knot and a half
New-York tribune., 1909-07-27

Ninety-four per cent of railroad trains on time
during month is highly creditable record for
the State OF New York. but contemplation or II
may not give full consolation to those who were
discommoded-or who thought they were-oy
the dilatoriness of the other per cent.
New-York tribune., 1909-07-27

We should say that of all men in Enslal'd
those who will have most cause for anxiety and
solicitude for the safety of the Car during ms
visit to that country are MIR. George BerhaI'
Shaw. Mr. James Keir Harde, Mr.. Henry May
ers Hyndman and the other more or less pronl-
uent men who took the lead in the Ifatalga'
Square demonstration Of Sunday. or course
not one Of them would personally lhJure 'l-7
Car or Intentionally incite any one else 10 w
so Yet there can be no question that some u
the banner notices and other utterances at tldI
meeting did suggest and were meant TO Suggest
the assassination of the Car, and in associatins
themselves herewith these prominent gentle
men incurred a responsibility from which pru-
dent men might we'll shrink If one OF ther
crackbrained followers should commit or shoulu
attempt to commit some outrage during the I'M
peraI visit their situation would not be en-
viable