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New-York tribune., 1909-01-31
A pnOR REGINNING.

Cuba's new government faces one great peril
the spirit Of factionalism and personal sef-as-
sertion which is still powerful in Latin Amer
ican politics. Dispatches from Havana announce
that President Gomez and Vice President Zayas
have oIarrelled over the appointment of chief
OF the secret service and that Mr. Zayas has
threatened to resign If overruled. The appoint
ment against which he protested was apparently
an Ill considered one made on political grounds"
The Vice-Presdent may have been justified in
resenting it, but the unstable equilibrium OF
the administration becomes apparent when It's
chiefs are ready to clash, after day In power,
over the question of appointments. Patriotism
and the desire to demonstrate the unity of the
political organization now attempting TO govern
Cuba should have compelled the adoption on
their part of a policy of compromise and mar
mony.
The great handicap to effective government in
Cuba is that few of the islands politicians are
able TO rise above the narrow conception that
they should use power primarily TO advance
their own fortunes and interests and only sec
ondarily to promote the general welfare. Ihat
eighteenth century ideal is stl strong in all the
Latin-American countries, Just as It was far too
strong IN this country under the old spoils sys-
TEN. The average Cuban politician looks TO his
own aggra Indictment and the aggrandizement of
his faction, and is not deeply enough concerned
public 10 Weld his own interests for the general
good That spirit of self-seeking undermined the
republic of 1SO2'06, the high patriotic purpose
with which the experiment in self-government
began having gradually been supplanted by inter
factional dissensiOn due largely to quarres over
the disposition Of patronage. There must be
personal friction and disappointment, of course,
over the allotment Of offices under any scheme of
government. But patriotic pride and national
- pcSSi
of private grievances The Cuban leaders must
stand together if they wish TO maintain an ef-
fective government of their own. Happily the
President seems TO realize this and has with
drawn the Objectionable appointment and hded
over the crisis. 1t would be deplorable policy on
their part to renew the discords Of 19O2-o6 and
subvert the republic again merely because they
cannot all have things their own way IN filling
the offices.
New-York tribune., 1909-01-31
AT THE WHITE HOUSE.
from The Tribune Bursau.l

Washington Jan Sn-The President TO-DAY IN
spected a design for a head of Lincoln "hlCn II
e. purposed to place 50-cent piece aIio
pennv in commemoration of Lincoln Day u "U
thority can be found. -, -ts
The President attended the dinner OF the 1tIu
iron Club tonight his last appearance there os
fore he retires from office .
Among the White House callers were SeCI %
Bacon Secretary Cortelyou, Secretary "iIsH
Secretary Newbsrry. Secretary Garheid' ,'--
Secretary winthrop Senators Curtis. Doin'ei'
Reveridge and Smith. OF Michigan; Kepresenta
tives Townsend. Kahn, Jones, Dwight ooope''
Tavlor SABBATH DxiscoI Watson, Louo. MAJ H. =,
Lands and Parsons. Clifford Pinchot GeoIse
Sheldon. g. g. Osborne. of the University % 49,, .--
isan; Caspar whitney. General sharp uenei-I -.
DuvaH, General ]. s. Cumming. PROFESSOR .'Il-1 ~"
Richards of Boston: David Pfaltzer' OF I'm %
Mr. and Mrs W. D williams ana MT. anu -
William Petticoe, OF Jackson. Mich; hehIS 80
ber OF New York. with Captain PolacK' D. =, ~
ertson, Of Glasgow; William r heS "o.u..
Brooklyn: s. L. Black. of philadelphia ~
Attorney Bone. United States MarshaI ", =,
Mackey and ex-Stats Senator F. d. o1nItn' o'iI =,
Kansas: Albert Won Hoffman. of the CnlVeIai1'
Kiel: Professor D. Z. Daniel Of ChicasO "
Timothy l., Woodruff. OF New York
The President and Douglas Robinson tooA Us
horseback ride through the park in the tee'ii "a
biting northwest wind in the late aItelho0A-
New-York tribune., 1909-01-31

patroniZed by the commuter trains were yeste'
day reported TO be on time.
Caution should be exercised in arguing about
the future from the past. The law of COM
pensation will certainly come into play sooner
or later TO Offset the recent mldness, out IL
would be folly TO try to say whether II VIII
operate within the next two months or viii wait
two years In the mean time New York can
assure Chicago that it Is not in the least DIS
turbed by envy or jealousy when 1t contem-
plates the apparent inequality in the distrlou-
ton of meteorological favors which has char-
ncterized the current season.
New-York tribune., 1909-01-31

rich Provinces which properly belong TO her'
and which would be restored to her unoer
loyal fulfIment of treaty which she herseii
has obeyed. On the other hand. because OF her
peculiar geography, Chili's natural resources
are so limited that the surrender OF these TWO
provinces would he a very serious loss TO ner'
which she could i'll afford to bear. She needs
them in her business" much more than does
Peru. What is, above all, regrettable In the eyes
of the world at large is that two countries SO
enlightened and progressive should year after
year continue on bad terms. and by their IN
cessant chickering's should impair their own wei
fare and imperil the peace of the continent
New-York tribune., 1909-01-31
IBy Telegraph 10 The Trioune.I

IBy Telegraph The TrioUne.l -
Newport Jan 30-Airs. Nathanisl Ih~' y
Boston who has been here for few DAYS - -. 0,-
ing for improvements TO be made TO ths S~'-'
tage has completed her Newport visit 10.
Alfred c. Vanderbilt arrived this nlorniis 80
sec+ CaLlaud Farm, In Portsmouth He depsr's'
Iate in the evening on his private car W WaylaII .,
The body OF George G. Croeker' Wno 9ise 60,
Miami Fla recently. reached Newport -..-v TINS H..
ing The burial took place in the Island - - .,.
after the comInittal service had been He'1 y
Belmont Memorial Chapel
New-York tribune., 1909-01-31
MONTE CARLOS BALANCE shsSH

From The Dundee Advertiser .~.fs
The gaming tables at Monte carlo e,s Gre Sa ,ss
l., fnII snrtne ans the Casino - pouItass tsxsrd
rnr,.r1 sorns7bfnr IKE s4oOo tS3ooeee deiS BE-
the annual million more " ex9ee.s ne ~ casne
foTa Anvil closes But. enormous as t.nS..ry - arss-
rrofts are its expenditure is Fropof l9 h rays
and includes some strange items .ansaols E,ae
foT-<hsritv and 40 go for police and Sou.s-sas cf
rainfenance OF the Caslno runs INTO oits 81 thess
buse iisburseinents the shareholders 11tvtasnds
cause to grumele. Tor they pOStSV pt svsn IN pocr
SsaT lap rsiv on return ~ over - per
their holdings. 4
New-York tribune., 1909-01-31
THE CABINET.
rrro,, T-ha Tribune Bureau. ]


Washington Jan. So.-Mrs. Ne"oerIH' "i0 - 80
s.ora,ar- of +ba Navv and Miss Carol Newberry.
left Washington this morning for Annapolis 10
attend the hop tonight They VIII return -
Washington Tomorrow.
Mrs GARFIELD wife Of the Secretary Of the In
+srio- has gone IN spend the week end in Water
town. Conn, with her sons. who are at scnoOi
here
New-York tribune., 1909-01-31
MRS. AND MISS TAFT IN BUDAPEST
sister-in-Law and Niece of Presidsn'-si'''
Nav Be Presented to Emperor.

Budapest. Jan. S0.-SIrs. Henry w Tatt' 80 80
tn-law- OF President-eiect william n Tar. . s-.7,
panied by her daughter. arrived here to-aAs D..s.
Constantinople. They were met here oS -,
dor Francis. who escorted them 10 co. tns
Premier wekerle and NJ Justh' spsA
Diet. ..-,-r kcr
Mrs and Miss Taft teft here this sftefh - a,
Vienna In case their stay in AustriA-f "a
prolonged thew viii be presented to Emperor
cis Ioseph al the next court ball
New-York tribune., 1909-01-31
Nesp71prk DAILY Grtbntts
SUNDAY, JANUARY 81. 1909.

This newspaper Is Oirned and published ot
Tke Tribune association, a NcU YORK corpora
slon: Office and principal place of BUSINESS
rrfkHac RRildiao No. I5E Nassau street, NeW
1-or7-. spc6eU IrfUs. president; James II. Bar
,,eft. sccretaru aad treosurer. The address OF
tho officers is the Office Of this netrspGpeT-
New-York tribune., 1909-01-31

batabIe-and it must be borne IN mind that 500
in an Assembly district would, on the aver
age be equivalent TO T5.000 in the state-theh
only two of thirty-fve districts in New 1orN
County are debatable according to last year
figures and only fourteen Of seventy-nne up
the state
New-York tribune., 1909-01-31


Washington dispatches report the ASTONISHING
discovery by Congressman who recently visited
the Istbnnus of Panama" that the strip of land
acquired by the United States through wnich
the canal is now, being built has mo ohicial
name" These statesmen are said to have COM
nunIcated their discovery to the House COM
mittee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce
which was moved to repair the lapse by proVld-
ing in the bill IL recently prepared that the salo
strip should bo called 1.-The Canal Zone" Con-
yresslnen apparently unearth curious facts when
they go away from home. II those who visited
Panama had studied the legislation or the iasI
five years they would have found out that the
law OF April 2s 1904. for the temporary govern
ment of the strip across the isthInus proVlueo
that that strip should be oficially designated as
THE Canal Zone"
Another peace treaty between the tongs OF
Mott street-which probably means that about
next week there will be a first class ruction'
with tomtoms and stinkpots and all the para
phernalia Of Celestial war
Real earthquakes have been followed by such
appalling consequences In the last few weeks
that there would seem TO be occasion for
telling stories about imaginary ones, like that
reported from Barcelona. It is pity that the
depression which is said to have affected many
European Industries has not entirely closed the
fb factories.
It is to be regretted that there Is not some
sort Of prize for heroism. for public spirit. or
for merit which might be bestowed upon one
Louis F. Kohler citizen Of The Bronx Sit
ting in q. Madison the other day. he
saw fellow passenger fthily violating the
law against splitting. Instead OF repressing his
gorge and looking the other way he reminded
the offender that he was breaking the law.
The iatteIs after the manner Of his kind asked
if Kohler had made the law, hade him mind
his own business and continued his offensive
practice. Kohler had not made the law. but he
rightly apprehended that the law had been
made for him, and that a proper part OF his
own business vas to see that the law was
forced. So. constituting himself an inpromptu
policeman, he put the uncean rufian under ar
rest, turned him over to a policeman. accom-
panied him to court and made a complaint
against him, with the result that the fellow
was fined 81 and in addition, was advised to
go to the tuberculosis exhibition and learn
something There is no material badge. medal
or prize for Kohler, but he is entitled TO the
decoration Of public gratitude and esteem for
declining to wink at Iawbreakiug and for hav-
ing the grit and public spirit TO secure the en-
forcement of the law, even at some risk and
bother to himself II other citizens would do
likewise there would be a rapid disappearance
of the filthiness and rufHanism which now too
greatly abound in public places.
New-York tribune., 1909-01-31

woman seeks a divorce because her nus
band is SO jealous a propagandist Of socialism
That is ample cause. according to the doctrines
OF socialism itself
New-York tribune., 1909-01-31

Another peace treaty between the tongs OF
Mott street-which probably means that ABOUT
next week there will be a first class ruction
with tomtoms and stinkpots and all the para
phernalia Of Celestial
New-York tribune., 1909-01-31

In the house party which Professor ana Nrs p
Fairfield Osborn are entertaining over SUNDAY
their country place at Garrtson-on-t tfe- ti->1
are Miss Ethel Roosevelt. Miss josephine A "
4,o--, N5fss carol Hartman. Miss Virginia NaI-
raw. Howard Potter Chalmers Wood. IT. anu
Evelyr du P. Irving.
New-York tribune., 1909-01-31

Mrs Cr1arlss NJ OeIrichs. who ls booked 70 =
FOR Europe on Saturday with her daugater' MS MS
Blanche OeIrichs will give dinner on IuesuA'
at her home on Park avenue
New-York tribune., 1909-01-31

MANY will 20 out to Tuxedo on Saturday rex
to attend the fancy dress BAIL Nhich ass - -
- 49,. .Irbbou.s there IN the evening, and In con
nactfon with which a number Of house parties a.
10 be given.
New-York tribune., 1909-01-31
SOCIAL NOTES FROM NEWPORT.

Mrs. James SDeyer viii give a lsrse dlnhss
her house on Madison avenue Oh February -
New-York tribune., 1909-01-31

Mrs George G. Heye gave a luncheon az Pc
house IN Madison avenue yesterday Among .
guests were Mrs Frederick Roosevelt Mrs : -.
lev Wander Peel. jr., Mrs. Charles A Chi.1s' -
Warren Goddard MIS-. J. Stevens uhdA -
John Emo, Mrs. Henry L. Burnett MTs. =. -.
Winchester Miss Annie ieary. MSS MAJ
Janvrin and Miss Alice Anderton-
New-York tribune., 1909-01-31

Mrs Buchanan Winthrop. vino sold her house
No Z79 Fifth avenue. early IN the winter an
has purchased a new house IN West 5oth street
near Fifth avenue will not take possession OF nsF
new home until the fall
New-York tribune., 1909-01-31

Mrs N Devereaux C14pp and her sister, Mss
Wolfe are spending the winter AT the Plaza and
are booked to sail for Europe on February = On
board the Mauritania After brief stay in L0n-
don they vii go to Paris where Mrs Clapp mas al
apartment in the Rue Boissisre-
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1909-10-15

form OF government for Alaska, which
is the one thing the Seattle.Alaskans
feel that their future prosperity de.
ponds on. He met them at their fine
exposition and told them the reason
for his opposition. In this the presi.
dent is evidently right. Alaska has
few of the essentials for a territory at
this time. A large portion of the pop.
ulation spend four months of the year
in Alaska and eight in the states. The
population around Sitka would inev.
itably dominate territorial elections.
and the country, stretching as It does
from British Columbia to the arctic
circle, would be hard to govern
through a legislature meeting at Sit
ka. President Taft favors, at present,
a bureaucratic government for Alaska.
This would be more safely controlled
for time until matters are more sta
tionary than at the present time.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1909-10-15
THE CAR SHORTAGE

About a year ago there were 400 900
freight cars standing idle on railway
sidetracks, says the Chicago Tribune.
Now there is shortage reported in
several lines of traffic. According
to the semi-monthly statement of the
can Railway association, the actual
car surplusage has been reduced to
53,3SS cars, one.third fewer than two
weeks before. Even against these fig
ures is the Offset of small shortages
mentioned aggregating 1852 cars.
The available cars, therefore, are few
and the surplus is smaller than at
any time since the beginning of the
period of depression in 1907 Even
this is likely to be wiped out within
the next few weeks, so that the rail
roads are facing what may be severe
car shortage. Those which have cars
in reserve are holding them for their
own use later, so that they are not
willing to help out the ones where
shortage already exists in fact.
A report like this shows that bust
ness has caught up with the railroads
again and threatens to swamp them
soon despite the appeals to car manu-
facturers to rush orders for new equip
ment and to the repair shop foreman
to hurry work on bad order" cars
The situation in the car line is a pref.
ty good business barometer. The i'm
pending car shortage may cause some
inconvenience, particularly as coal
cars are reported needed in several
sections, but it tells of a total railway
tonnage for the year that will be emf
nently satisfactory and of a general
prosperity that means contentment
and happiness for thousands of fam
lilies.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1909-10-15

President Taft terms the federal
tax on corporations tax on success
not on failure The argument ad-
vanced was that most successful men
draw a large share of their income
from corporations. Therefore, a cor
poration tax would strike the success
full men and exclude the unsuccessful
men. In other words, every new bur-
den of taxation should preferably
strike the successful man for the ben
eft of the non-successful. This is not
done to encourage shiftlessness or to
put a premium on idleness and incom-
potency, but merely to protect the
poor and unfortunate of whom this
country has a large number, and to
assist them to rise above their mis-
fortune and poverty.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1909-10-15

gold and silver, or even gilt.edged
mortgages on real property. But
those very suggestions would prob
ably call forth II new army of enemies,
to combat the proposition; for not
only small banks but thousands of
wealthy individuals, find a large part
of the income in returns from mort
cages, while the locking up in govern.
ment vaults of hundreds of millions
in coin or bullion would arouse bit
ter opposition from the advocates of
the perfectly elastic currency. II may
be that the existing political parties
will be divided on this great question
and that there will be new alignment
in congress when IL is preached
Indeed. there is some reason to be.
lieve that the administration would
prefer to wage the battle on this basis,
but the one assured fact that in the
consideration of this subject congress
in the near future, will plunge into
one of the most prolonged and hard
fought contests it has known since the
days of the "siXteen-to.one" struggle
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1909-10-15
PAVING TIME HAS COME.

The sentiment among Norfolk PEG.
pie is almost unanimously in favor of
paving Norfolk avenue and as many
side streets as possible, as outlined by
Mayor Fridays recent suggestion. at
the earliest possible moment and a
considerable portion of the discussion
of Norfolk citizens during the past few
days has turned upon this topic.
That Norfolk needs paving goes
without argument. All are agreed that
the town never will have the tone that
it ought to have, until it is paved. All
agree that mudholes in the main street
will never be done away with until the
street is paved. The avenue in its
present condition is an eyesore to the
town and creates tremendously bad
impression upon visitors. That the
paving will increase property values
extensively Is unquestioned, in the
light of other cities stories, and that
once half mile was paved, the fever
would spread just as the sewer has
expanded, seems at once apparent
With paving to be undertaken in
the spring, it is none too soon to start
right now in getting the details out of
the way, preparatory to the work. 1t
is none too soon to circulate the petit
ton among property owners, a major
ity of whom unquestionably favor the
paving, and it is none too soon for
the council to get into action and ere.
ate the district. Councilmen will have
to investigate the matter of paving in
order to get the best kind of work for
the town, and this all will take time.
There will probably be some slight
opposition to paving in spots-there
usually is opposition to any movement
toward progress that a community
makes, but the will of the majority
will stand and this opposition will ex-
list in such a minority of cases that 1t
can not keep Norfolk from advancing.
The time for going ahead has arrived,
and no one man or few men can block
1t. The great majority of people in
Norfolk have been waiting patiently
for some years for conditions to so
shape themselves that paving could be
legally accomplished. Now that time
has arrived and this step forward can
no longer be prevented.
If it is necessary to call a special
bond election to cover paving the in
tersections, that matter should be TAX
en- care of this fall so that when the
first robin comes, paving can be start
ed with all possible speed.
Every act which will tend to get
preliminary details cleared up and
bring the real paving nearer at hand,
will be received with satisfaction by
the citizens of Norfolk, who believe
the time to begin is now here.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1909-10-15

G. S. Smith. as the republican can.
didate for sheriff in Madison county,
will make capable and efficient of.
ficer in every way, and that he will be
elected by a big majority, seems Ger.
tain Mr.. Smiths record is one well
known to the people of this county,
among whom he has lived for many
years He has been honored by the
election Of mayor of the city of Mad.
ison many times and has invariably
performed the duties of that Office in
highly commendable manner. He is
sheriff. and is popular throughout the
county.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1909-10-15

Financial affairs IN Europe are, in
many ways, more fixed and substan.
tial than in America. The men in
command of the great old banking in.
situations of continental Europe never
combine to artificially initiate values,
as is sometimes done in New York,
for the purpose of filching money from
investors. An optimistic sentence
from the lips of Hill or Morgan will
instantly re-echo within the walls of
our stock exchange, whereas in Eu.
rope mere sentiments whether doleful
or optimistic weigh little when placed
on the scale that fixes money values
home and foreign trade and all the
matters that rightly determine the ac.
tual value of securities. Sentiment
can never create financial values.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1909-10-15
Making Money
On the Farm
Wn.-SmaII Fruit
Culture
BY G. Y. GREGORY.
Author of Home Course In Modern
Agriculture"
Copyright. 1909. by American Press
Association
Copyright. 1909. by American Press
Association

~MALL fruit can be grown almost
- as easily rs corn or oats If ii
AY Is gone ut in the right way.
\ liberal quantity grown at
home is Il luxury that is within the
reach of every farmer Grown on n
larger scale, the small fruits are
among the most profitable crops that
the farm will produce.
The best liked and most widely dis
tributed small fruit is the strawberry.
The best soil for the strawberry bed
is II sandy loan. Strawberries do bet
ter on light soils, and the berries are
larger and Of better quality. II you
have no light soil that can be used
for the strawberry bed you can greatly
improve Il heavy soil by manuring II
well. or course 1t must be well
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1909-10-15

If ever public official in Madison
county earned a reelection that credit
surely belongs to Burr Taft, at present
one of the board of county commits.
sioners and candidate for re-elec.
ton. Mr.. Taft during his term, has
done more for the district in which he
lives than any other county commits
sioner ever did. He solved the Cor.
poration Gulch problem in Norfolk.
and thereby earned the lasting graft
Jude of every citizen of the city. He
has been a factor in the building of
good roads and permanent bridges.
He has been economical in the admin
istration of his Office, and today Mad
ison county, for the first time in years,
is out of debt. Burr Taft's reputation
is too good to require the slightest
word of endorsement. He has lived
on farm near Norfolk for a quarter
century and people know him to be
conscientious, progressive. hard
worker and man of unquestioned in
tegrity. 1t is Madison county's good
fortune that he has consented to run
for reelection, for the office requires
very great deal of valuable time and
hard work, Burr Taft should be re.
elected by all means.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1909-10-15

No one can accuse President Taft
of not having the courage of his con-
victions, He has gone straight to
headquarters and given to the "insur.
gents" in every particular the reasons
why he opposed their particular de-
sires. At Seattle he told them frankly
that he was opposed to a territorial