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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-08-03
TBF orTLOOK FOR PEARY.

The dennrture of the Jeanne from 81. Johns,
Newfoundland carrying mail. food and coal I"
Commander Peary, naturally eXcites speculation
as to the measure of success which has attended
the explorers efforts this year IL the object OF
his expedition has already been accomplished,
Pearv will doubtless come vack within the next
few weeks However. as the Roosevelt, which
took him to the Arctic regions last summer.
could not force its way southwark through the
floating ice in the channel above Cape Sabine
before July or August and as he would prob
ably need coal To continue his voyage home he
might be expected TO wait for fuel at some con
venient point Etah. on the Greenland coast. for
instance-mtil the arrival of his relief ship. IL.
on the other hand. he is dissatisfied with the
result Of last springs work il is not likely that
he will move the Roosevelt from the harbor In
which he placed her year ago-On the coast of
Grant Land. II he had good luck-but return by
sledge to Etah in order to exchange dispatches
with the Jeanie In either contingency. there
fore, definite news should be received from him
by the middle of September. if not sooner
The dispatch of a relief ship illustrates an&
the thOr0ughneSs with which Pearys prepal Il
tiOns are always made. lie fOrCsees and pro
vides for every need. Arrangements were made
for keeping i'm communication with home before
his own departure His caution stands ont in
sharp contrast with the imperfect plans of DR..
Cook. who seems 10 have left a great deal to
luck or chance. The Brooklyn explorer secured
transportation in one direction only. and if he is
yet alive he may I've indebted to his rival. Peary.
for the means of reaching the United States once
more. An effort made recently to raise
money enough 10 equip an expedition To search
for and rescue DIR. Cook hut it seems 10 have
failed. If he has been able 10 work his way
back to Etah. as he purpOSed to do. Peary may
allow him 10 sail on the Jeanie Whatever DIR.
Cooks fate may he. Peary's foresight and fine
power Of organizing a polar campaign Justify
the heartiest wishes for his success.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-08-03
COMMISSIONERS WILLIAMS ACTION
Simply Warning That Steamship Companies
Must Observe Law, Says Correspondent

To the Editor OF The tribune
Sir: Much has been wrongly written and grossly
garbled about Commissioner Williams SIS require
ment. He has not issued any such order That he
is trying to enforce our feeble immigration laws.
Iaxy administered recently. is not disputed and
ought not to he questioned. in view OF the fact that
the United States immigration Commission after
years investigation, practically states in
many words I'm its recent preliminary report that
the United States is being made by the foreign
steamship and certain foreign interests a dump for
the admittedly most undesirable elements of South
east European and Western Asiatic populations.
All this fuss and pother about the S. rule is
misconceived All Commissioner Williams did
their attention 10 the fact that contrary 10 law,
they we're paying attention whatever 20 the kind
of persons they were bringing here in the steerage.
OF this fact he had the best Of legal proOf-namSly.
reports of United States immigrant inspectors the
ship manifests and parts OF unpublished reports
Of the Immigration Commission which showed that
certain steamship lines completely ignoring
our laws and making examination what
ever Of embarking steerage passengers COuse-
quenty he wrote them a letter warming them thar
such contempt had 70 cease; that they must oh
serve the immigration act Of 1871 and make some
effort 10 turn back aliens sure to be Ieharred and
that ia view Of the fact that so many immigrants
we're being brought who soon became public
charges. owing to their ignorance II our customs
and conditions, their lack Of knowledge of trada
and their penncss condition. would he unwtse
for such immigrants. on account Of the large num-
her Of unemployed and the alien congestion in
New York city 10 come unless they had money
enough to take them to their destination and 10
find ioh-say. S25.
According To certain New York state officials. 1t
costs this state least SI50l0o 600 a year or one
fourth OF Us total expenditure Tor the support ~
foreign horn alien inmates in us prisons aims
houses and asylums 4 "a PATTEN
New York. Aug. l. 19oa
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reductions IN duty far more numerous than the
increases.
Commenting on the vote In the House OF Rep
resentatyes on the conference report The
Washington Post also independent, said last
Sunday:
The Democratic speeches were vigorous. bUt
there Is little comfort 10 the opposition in tariff
struggles. and little. IL any, political capital
was made against the bfh The public
VIII take little stock in the Democratic charge
that President Tart was deceived" and hood
winked" into giving his approval 10 the confer
enCe report. lie achieved more for downward
revision in week than the entire Democratic
party and the Republican insurgents achieved
in four months. and the probability Is that he
knows as much about the bill and its probable
effects as they do. We are strongly or
the opinion that the tariff BILL As a whole. IS
acceptable 70 the country a substantial,
genuine revision downward
These opinions. think. fairly represent the
feeling of the independent low tariff press They
may he accepted as evidence that the significance
of the struggle over tariff rates at Washington
has not been misunderstood and that efforts TO
minimize the importance OF President Taft'S
moral victory will he confined 10 a few rabid
Democratic partisans and free trade irreconcil-
abieS
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1 WELL MANAGED CITY.

The city Of Paterson y. j.. has suffered so
much in recent years from bad government,
from fires and from largely undeserved re-
prOach of being headquarters of criminal an
archy that il is gratifying TO find it now max
ing far more favorable record. which, indeed,
might well cause the Silk City 10 be an object
Of envy to many more pretentious municipal
ties
The report of the Mayor for the last fiscal
year makes a really remarkable showing For
the eighteen years Immediately preceding the
last two years there was invariably deficit
i'm the city's accounts at the end of each fiscal
year. But the year before last that dismal rule
was broken with small surplus and last year
the surplus was the largest in the city'S history.
although all bills had been paid and there had
been exceptionally large appropriations for pub
lie works of various kinds. There were also
large payments on the public debt. So that
while SSOO.O0O Of school and street Improvement
bonds We're issued. the net bonded debt was
decreased by $SSOOO and the floating debt by
$4,000. and the yearly interest charge was
reduced by more than - per cent
All this was accomplished without increase of
taxation. ON the contrary. for the ensuing year
the tax rate has been materially reduced. m
achievement which may not he rvalled nv any
other city in the state. The secret of II all Is
that taxes have been thoroughly and PROMPTLY
collected, needless expenses have been avoided.
and the whole city government has been con
Quoted I'm an economical as we'll as n highly
efficient manner. Thus considerable block of
municipal bonds were paid off during the year
with money saved In the various departments.
and az the same time the general testimony was
that the departments were more efficiently con
Quoted than ever before
Much credit for this commemorate state ~
affairs is justly 20 be given 10 the Mayor aud
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We have called attention 10 the willingness Of
most OF the independent newspapers with Low
tariff tendencies 10 recognize the significance OF
President Taft's victory over the tariff reaction
aries i'm Congress our former neighbor The
New York Times" seems 10 he almost alone
among newspapers Of the class described In try
Ing 10 belittle the Presidents great public ser
vice and in charging him with becoming
responsible for a measure that breaks and
'betrays his campaign pledges" The New
York World" and The Philadelphia Record"
are not ready 10 go 50 far as 20 say with The
Times that Mr. Taft has put himself before the
people IN the attitude Of President who has
not had the courage 10 make good his promises.
They suggest that the law will not make
O radical change I'm industrial conditions here
ana greatly lower prices by permitting for
egn imporiatons in such a volume as 10 drive
American products out OF the home market
Inc measure was. Of course. never intended
70 nave such an effect. II was designed 10 be
corrective. not destructive :. 10 furnish adequate
protection 10 American industry and labor. but
AZ the same time 10 dispense with excessive
dulles and 10 point the way To a more rational
application OF the protective principle
u ls legitimate enough 10 saw. too that The
new law VIII not be another Wilson-t German law
The Republican party never had any idea oe
passing such an multiplication measure. Presi-
dent Taft never advocated a reduction of duties
inconsisient with proper encouragement of
American industry. II is fair enough for low
tariff critics 10 SAY that there viii be no general
leVeliing down of prices under the tariff act Of
l9gg-a dwelling down resulting from ma in
low Of foreign goods displacing goods produced
here and thus lesSening our industrial efficiency
aud narrowing The demand for home labor But
d is entirely unfair 90 condemn President Taft
FOR not doing something which lie never intended
10 do, and 10 ignore his patient and determined
night 10 carry through his own IDEAS of down
ward revision AGAINST powerful combination ~
special interests represented in both parties i'm
Congress To assert thar he made common cause
with the reactionaries is 10 try 10 maintain a
manifest absurdiiy
We are glad 10 that The New York
Evening Post" does not share that biassed and
unjust view. II has more than once praised AIr
TAN FOR his stand agains, the elements IN cen
iIol IN the Senate aud. unlike The Times" has
remained firm in rs original judgment that the
House bin was in many respects a creditahe
attempt m tariff revision. II said yesterday:
u is only just % admit thar the Presidents
insistence aid wiring something from the high
tariff eEtOrtionisis Bad the final bin Is I'm
many ~ ms featuTes IL still has O. be said II
u, az we said ~ the Payne bin when il nassed
fhe House thai IL is the best taTim law ever
enacted by the Republican party one Dingiev
citadel-ihe duty on hides-Was completely
Taking the BIZ section By section. We ind the
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his lieutenants and TO the various commissions
which have been directing the business anairs
Of the city: for II will be recalled that Paterson
is one of those cities which have reyoiteu
against aldermanic inefficiency and corruption
and have adopted the system of government oE
commission. But we should prObaoiy give tue
chief credit after all to the aronsed ana AZ
.,ressi,-a Dublic sentiment which made itself felt
at the poJls and thus Brought about this mUnic-
inal revolution. There is much i'm the saying
that every city is as we'll governed as IL deserves
To be- Paterson has shown itself worthy OF y
better government than it used TO have ana II Is
now getting its deserts.
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IN THE sERksHIREs.


Lenox. Aus. Miss Edith Fl. Weatherbss Ms
f. r. Ellison. Miss Emily P Gould. Miss Cara
Warner Hunt Miss Alice R. Hunt. Charles " Hunt
IT.. Mrs P II. Kipp. Mrs. c. s Grant and Mrs c
Halstead are at the MapewoOd in Pitsfeld
Arriving to-day at Hotel AspinwaH were Mr. and
AIRS. John A. Black Miss Faulkner. Miss Lyon
Miss Josephine WeHes Mrs. r. n Gilbert Mf
Anna Gilbert and Miss Mary p. Gilbert Of NsE
York.
Mrs. John F. OImstea1 and Mrs C. 3 BUttefhad
started to-day for Lake Mohonk n. 7.
William F. Wharton, Of G5otou, is guest Of Ni
Nancy Wharton.
Or. George S. Lung. Z. S. n, IS motoring IN tas
Berkshires.
Mrs William s GRAY. Harold r Gray. Villas
S. Gray IT,. Miss Van Govt and Mr.. and Mrs W.
Huncken arrived IN Lemon by motor to-day ICE
New York.
Mr. and Mrs. John E. Alexandra gave dtHn'
tonight at Spring Lawn.
Mr.. and Mrs. James B. Ludlow have Fe'uIn''
from the Adirondacks-
John McCreery Miss N. P. Thden MrS s.
Muller and Miss Muller Of New York. are al HsaF
on Hail. Stockbridge.
Mr. and Mrs. John Caldwell have retuihsa
Stockbridge from Cornwall. Conn
Mr. and Mrs. samuel rockingham Vao -
been in the Adirondacks. are now IN SaFs'os<
route 10 Lenox Miss Heoise Meyer has re'1iI-
from Beverly. where she has been with Ni' an
Mrs Frank Bemis.
F. S. Pearson is at Edgewood Farm efea1 -
riugJon.
Members of the Greenock Country Cluo WI =
sent the farce "a Box Of Monkeys on Ausus-
In the cast are Miss Mildred Bsram. MISS 49,
Colon. Miss Marguerite Gilmore. F. Warner D''--f
and Jack Freeman.
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From The WATERFOWL Times
, We nave heard Of where an automobilist
Dragged the other day that he had come to Sacketts
itatbor az the rate OF mile a minute. His cOnfes-
sion 'ushl 70 land him In Jail II showed an utter
7tth1Iu 'oI the rights OF every the road
~ Is thess speed lunatics who make autorno-
blfS heteu bN the farmer. and when one bra ~ OF
his denan'e ~ law IL does not excite admiration
but the contempt Of automonllists. VINO t,.el
b. the Performance OF one. ~ - = -
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Abouf People and SoNlai Incidenr,

doubles IN the tennis tournament GOT g.
first round IN the morning. while the Or - -
on the KebO Greens. 'efaooa
Miss Rhea IT, Reid entertained sir,s..
at POinte dAcadie On Sunday evening - uaa-
ner was given sunday night BY Mrs q n :. In
while among Saturday nights hosts ~. @eAsa,
A. Biddie. Mr.. and Mrs. La Bouisse ana ~ 81,
lam Alexander. Mrs. Albert Clifford - - W.
Washington. has arrived to spend the g,r- 49,. e
the Malvern. asr x
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friendship and that Of the French President
and. we may add. the popular good feeling
among the three natiOns-a welcome and potent
guarantee OF peace is discernible This Visit
of the Car. returning the visit of the King 10
Russia may mean in lands where personal
sovereignty is still IA vital force much more than
a spectacle and courtly function. 7
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and July at Tuxedo and Southampton. respectively
are booked To sail for Europe to-day. to remain
abroad until October. Mrs. sydney Smith is also
sailing for Europe to-day. TO pass the next few
weeks on the Continent
Mrs Sidney Dillon Ripley is the guest OF her
mother. Mrs Henry r. Hyde. az Saratoga.
Mr.. and Mrs oliver Gould Jennings. who are
now in Newport. VIII pass the autumn at their
country place at Fairfield. Conn.
Mr. and Mrs Egerton Winthrop, r.. and Mrs.
Frederick Edey are booked to sail from England
for New York tomorrow on the Adriatic
Mrs. Arthur Scott Burden. who spent the early
part OF the summer at Hicksville. Long Island.
started fer Newport yesterday. to remain until the
end OF the season.
Mrs. H O. Havemeyer is spending the summer
Islip. Long Island
Mr. and Mrs. Matthew Aston Wilkes. who have
lust returned from trip 10 Europe. viii pass ths
rest of the summer at Bar Harbor. Me.
Henry Lewis Norris returned to New York yes
terday from the White Mountains.
Mr. and Mrs. Byram K Stevens. who have been
abroad all summer, are booked to sail for New
York tomorrow.
Commodore Elbridge 7. Gerry arrived IN town
yesterday from Newport on board his steam yacht
Electra.
Mr. and Mrs. J. Norman de R Whitehouse have
sailed from England for New York and are due
here this week. On arriving they will go to New
port 20 pass the rest of the season
Mr. and Mrs r. Ogden Chisolm and the Misses
Chisolm. who spent the early summer at South
ampton, Long Island. started yesterday for the
North Woods. to remain until September.
Mrs Iindley Hoffman Chaplin. who returned from
E1rope last week. has gone 70 Northeast Harbor.
Me- to remain until the end OF the summer. Mrs.
C,hapln will introduce her daughter, Miss Kathe-
rine G. Chaplin, next winter at a reception which
she will give at the horne of Mr. and Mrs. Henry
PendIeton Rogers in West 18th street, which she
has leased for the winter.
Mr.. and Mrs. Francis c. Bishop left town for
Saratoga yesterday, TO remain until the end Of
August
Don Mario TorOnia and his wife, who Miss
Mary Elise Moore have arrived from Europe and
will spend the rest of the summer with her par
ents Mr.. and Mrs. Charles A Moore. at Belle
Haven, Greenwich, Conn.
Mrs William Everard Strong. who returned from
Europe last week. opened her country place
at Seabright, ". j.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-08-03

Another joy riding mankiller has happily been
detected and caught despite his cowardly aban-
donment Of his victim in order to conceal his
identity. Seeing that he cOnfesses himself to be
a thief in having stolen his employers car. and
posts himself as either liar fool by in
sistng that the could not have killed the
man it ran down because it going mot more
than twenty-five miles an hour it ought not 20
take long to dispose Of him.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-08-03

Senator Daniels insistence that the Republi
can members OF the conference committee on the
tariff bill should have thrashed out their differ
ences In the presence of their Democratic asso-
ciates will not impress the public. On party
measures OF the first Importance the minority
cOnferrees do not participate in framing the con-
ference report. on minor or non partisan meas
ures they do. Political etiquette governs In
such matters rather than the formal conference
rule in the Senates manual. Had Mr.. Daniel
been chairman of a Democratic Finance Com
mttee helping to frame a tariff bill he would
most probably have followed the precedent of
asking the opposition conferrees to wait outside.
The situation Is not worth splitting techni-
cal hairs over.
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.srsp7lprk Isaslr Srihmu.
TUESDAY. AUGUST 3, 1909.

This nelrsp0per is orcned and published be
Qhe Tribune ASSOCIATION. Ses0 York corpora
fsoH; once aud priRcipOI place o. business.
Tribune Building. No. 49, AGsSGu street Aero
York; Ogden Malls. president; Henry w.
Eeokeff. secretary; Jones u. Barrett, treasurer
The address Of fhe officers fs fhe Office Of this
seaDSpapov.
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BAR HARBoR ITEMS.
IBv Telegraph to The Trihl

IBy Telegraph to The Tribune.l
Bar Harbor, Me, Aug. >. -Monday was busy
day among the cottagers and the Swimming club
and Kebo both largely attended The mixed
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A COMPROMISES
From The Philadelphia Inquirer.

From The Philadelphia Inquirer -. a. N .
The bill as it issues from colie' IN The Wte,,s
Consilcrahle ulea sure a compromise; ~ Reploi,
il fairy keeps the promises made - 7vSs uIoTIei
can party Revision Of the ttINL always ~
and revision We have had 10 has not - N shou2
doVnNard There were no pledges uSss,srsl ter.
be Nevertheless. there has been sare upon ~
6aDe-, downward while hides have soll,oordlng ~
fire., list and there has been con Jissaafhsr.
d11ction in T9enUfaStured products OF ieA'N
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-08-03

The withdrawal of Assemblyman Edwards OF
the I'd Oneida District. from the field for re-
nomination because OF the direct nominations
sentiment developed in his territory confirms the
wisdom Of those who got themselves renomi-
mated early.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-08-03
PROTECTIVE
From The philadelphia Press.

From The Philadelphia Fress r.-sl q
1t is "A protective tariff. IL 49, ~ sons
American labor life and Vages ~ au'TH =, rsiucss
duties which should have been ralseG i7isnsnssbs
a host OF rates whose reduction was 15,,-rs
% is a revision downward. WITHIN -. ,af AZ thit
the protection principle. and the oeSs ~ president
is given by chose who have oppoTeu
Tafts changes.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-08-03

A kind hearted Brooklyn family is boarding
from twenty-five to fifty stray cats. against the
protests of neighboTs and sanitary authorities
Prevention of cruelty to animals sometimes does
not prevent cruelty to human animals.
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TARIFF COMMENT.
pREsr1GE LosT ~ woN

PRESTIGE LOST AND "C-"
From The Boston Herald. "a,
Al present the chief interest seems 20 9s ~ !, ~
tiae lost ana won. Of course President - vsnl-
big winner. Uncle Joe IS the Dig loSel tbs ms.
diatiOn of the CannOn-Iittauer deal 49,, A. mss
dramatic feature Of the strugge- FosStD{$ = bers-
be the most important IL was a Ieh e..s III
tofore recognized preTOgative or the SI0'N
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-08-03
TIME FOR FIGHTING OVEN
From The Washington Post.

From The washington Fua'' ..tts q o.
The result OF the night IS com ~ eovsrnnsll
promise in which the interests - and the 80
t,~Drss tbs rCflptrv's industries an, S9irly az
nets ~ IN, various sections have nav Re 80
substantially safeSuarded- Letat sl.S,sd In the ~.
.isI b,'t 49,. bfi rs "A whole h narieu. The don.-
Interest of the country as a Wlolo' hosrs. -
nant oartv sees a. Therefore JnS trSe for a.
ing is over. and no Republican can 4, stands t'-'
denned for supporting The OH a.
whatever section he may COME
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-08-03
Amuscmenu.

AERIAL GARDEeSS-S:so-a Gentiemsn from Missis-
xiyTa
AsrOR-s:it-Paid IN Full
BRIGHTON BEACH PARKS .s0-Psin's Fireuorks
hCADNAN-s.H 5-Th. Midnight Sons.
COMFY BLAND reamiand. Luna Park.
DAEE S-ssl6-BlllY
EDEN NlSEE--The World in Wax.
HACKErT-s:lS-The Only Law
HANNEHSTEfN'S-2 .l5-s .i5-Nsudcvte.
HERALD SOIfARE-s.l b-The Beauty spot
9AKnIN Dc PARIS l5-Follies Of 1909
KNfCkERBOCKE R-S:l5-The Gay Hussars
LYRICS lS-The Motor Girl
MEPER, s. .fh--The CLIMAX
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r,1r COMMISSION PLAN.

From The Ctica Press ,,ssion ", ), -
president Taft wants ;arin cSoIss-snf 70 asSs
shaN ne advisory. hut that ~ nor e-Ss coEnllsry
sbould have administrative and ulSSecauss go
With us superior knowledse i aleS cons a B
jts entire attention 90 the " a. more ane .asa~
better than both houses or Coass,,,lS not ~ -
ns me WHOM 9, s0h laea question: and ,as sss'
cOroroissi,n the changes troiii 800
create very little q any oistuA'
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-08-03

Ex-Governor Edwin Warfied of Maryland
says that the Democratic leaders in that state
are animated ty selfshness'' and in many cases
are controlled by the laWless element" They
must have pretty lifelike imitation down in
Maryland of one of our greatest civic and his
tOric institutions-that with a base of operations
in East 14th street We didn't know that the
Tiger had strayed so far beyond the Hudson
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-08-03

The report OF Governor Hughes's Wall Street
Investigating committee bore some fruit when
the Metal Exchange began to make actual sales
on its floor. Other exchanges viii do well 10
carry out the recommendations Of the same
committee, far as they affect them