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New-York tribune., 1909-02-11
EMPLOYERS IND LABOR
Er-President Eliot DepJores Many
Present E1YLs.

Chicago. Feb. 10.-Employers are largely re-
sponsible for the making or unTnakng of those
TO whom they pay salaries. according to ex-
President Eliot of Harvard University. who
spoke before the Religious Education Associa-
ton tonight Among the obstacles named by
President Eliot to the welfare OF the wage Garner
were:
lnsisteDce on exercising the power of instant
oismlssal. Neglect 10 provide inducements for
q workman 10 create q permanent home for him
self. or, what is worse, actually encouraging no
madic habits in an employe. Neglect to reward
loyalty in an employe by a systematic rising
scale. Limiting freedom to rise from one stage,
or employment to another. or deliberately keep
ing every employe at work and the same
1oo as long as possible. Nothing can be more
discouraging to intelligent ambitious work
man than TO be kept day after day and year
after year doing in automatic way the same
piece Of work. when he feels in himself the
pacity to do new and better work. Maintaining
sanitary conditions which suit the employers
rather than the employees welfare. Enforcing
regulations which tend tc kill the spirit of CO
operation
Speaking Of the relations between employ
ers' associations and labor unions, President
Eliot said:
It has become the practice of each organiza-
tion to employ spies TO find out what the other
spies is distinctly unethicaI Yet in industrial
strife il is necessary If a principle acted upon
by both parties is admitted to be sound. namely.
the principle that each party must have the
power TO deliver 6 sudden blow prepared in Sc
cret. The trade union claims the right to strike
a blow without warning; also the employer
claims the right.
The limiting under the rules of the union of
the number Of apprentices in any given line is
unmitigatedly selfish" continued DR.. Eliot, land
interferes with an American principle-namely,
that of the freedom Of the young to enter any
trade they may choose. Every monopoly is
gross interference with the liberty of everybody
except the monopost The rule OF the unions
to place close limit the daily output of the
individual workman is based a false theory.
Strikes the boycott and the union label are
among other highly Objectionable practices" .
New-York tribune., 1909-02-11

Car butcher. Following his early education IN his
native town Mr.. butcher entered Cazenovia Sem
mary. After spending year there he taught
school during the winter and worked his fathers
farm in the summer From 1851 to 1855 Mr.. butcher
was connected with the construction and operation
OF the railroad from Elnra to Niagara Falls. Com
peting this work in the latter he came to this
city, engaging in the mercantile business. in which
he continued until 1855
In 1859 Mr.. butcher was made a charter trustee
of the Union Dime Savings Bank of which he was
president from 1866 1891 In the latter year he
became president of the Hamilton Trust Company,
which office he held up to the time OF his death.
He had been active in political life for nearly half
a century From 1850 to 1885 he was Wing He
became allied with the Republican party at its
organization.
From 1860 to 1851 Mr.. butcher was member OF
the Board OF Supervisors OF New York County.
In 1858 he was chosen by Hugh McCulloch, Secre-
tary Of the Treasury, be supervisor of internal
revenue, and continued in that office under Presi-
dent Grant. In 1872 he was made United States
Pension Agent. This post he held until 1875, when
he resigned 10 accept Office with the Metro
politsn Life Insurance Company.
Mr.. butcher in 1876 was appointed United States
Appraiser OF the Port Of New York He rein-
quished this Office in 1890. when Governor A. B.
Cornell appointed him superintendent Of Public
Works for the State Of New York. Governor Levi
p. Morton made him a member OF the Charter
Commission which framed the charter OF greater
New York. and Governor Frank S. Black appointed
him Of the mansg gers OF the Long Island State
Hospital
From the beginning OF Mr.. butchers residence
in Brooklyn he OF the most earnest and
persistent advocates OF the consolidation Of the
various boroughs. and It largely owing his
individual efforts that this cherished hope YVES
eventually realized
He was a member Of the Methodist Episcopal
Church treasurer Of the Brooklyn Bible Society
and one Of the managers Of the Brooklyn Society
for Improving the Condition of the Poor He was
also q rlen1ter OF the Hamilton. Aurora Grata and
Brooklyn clubs and Of the Masonic fraternity.
The funeral services will be held az the New
York Avenue Methodist Episcopal Church, New
York avenue and Bergen street. Brooklyn. Fri
dav afternoon at o'clock.
New-York tribune., 1909-02-11
FOR LIBRARY SCULPTURES
MacM0nnies and Barnard W3U Do
PrincipaI Groups.

At the meeting yesterday Of the board Of trustees
of the New York Public Library it was announced
that the distribution of subjects for sculptures on
the Fifth avenue front OF the new building at 42d
street had been made to four sculptors. Frederick
". MacMonnies has been chosen to make the two
statues for the inches each side of the main
entrance, the subjects suggested being Wisdom
and knowledge" George Grey Barnard VIII
model the groups representing Science and Art
for the two pediments
The six figures the attic are to represent
History PHILOSOPHY Religion Romance,
Poetry and Drama and the work has been
assigned to Paul W. Bartlett e c. Potter will
design the two lions the north and south ends
Of the main entrance steps.
John S Billings. director. says the work on the
building is progressing satisfactorily. but that its
completion is still two three years away. In
his annual report Director Billings says there were
2Sa 54e visitors to the Astor and Lenox reference
libraries, among whom were 212.T0l readers. one
OF the important features OF the library during the
year the development of the travelling library
system, by which 9S9,s45 books were circulated
through 81 stations in Manhattan and The Bronx
and sixty-seven in the Borough of Richmond, IN
cludng books TO Fire Department stations. 20
lice stations. department stores. settlements and
schools of all kinds.
New-York tribune., 1909-02-11
EMERGENCY APPEALS FOR FUNDS.

Twenty thousand emergency appeals for funds to
s,,pplv the bare necessaries of life to starving
ane sent daily by doctors. dispensaries. churches
nublic school teachers and others" were sent out
I,aatardav nv the board of managers OF the New
VII Association for Improving the Condition OF
the Poor The letter. signed by R. Fulton Cutting.
president of the association. and the board OF
managers, reads:
We are facing very serious situation. Starving
-eonJa are being sent daily by doctors. dis
pensares churches poblic school teachers and 9TH
80, -. A.. l.. -.
of them in dire need the bare necessaries of life
food. shelter. clothing.
increa sing of great suffering Our income is
Insi,ff eient this extraordinary drain
our association must have $4,000 for the month
Of February relieve cases of distress that COM
mon humanity forbids to dismiss
Five dollars will feed hungry mother and four
childven for one week VIII you not help?
New-York tribune., 1909-02-11
W4NT FUNDS FOR COOK.
Explorers Friends to Raise $50, 900
to Bring Him Home.

At q meeting at the home of DR.. Roswell o.
Stebbins. at No East 43d street. yesterday a
committee of ten was formed to equip relief
expedition to look for Dr. Frederick Cook, Of
Brooklyn, who is supposed now to be wintering
somewhere in the polar regions after an attempt
10 reach the pole last summer.
Members of the committee said that they
we're hopeful of raising the $4,000 needed to
equip the expedition in time to charter the Arc
tic steamer Erik, at ST Johns. and start In
search of DR.. Cook not later than July D. The
expedition will be under the auspices OF the
Arctic Club Of America and the Explorers Club.
and Dillon Wallace will be in charge.
DR.. Stebbns said it was the opinion OF those
familiar with Arctic exploration that DR.. COOK
was wintering safely somewhere in the polar
regions but needed ship to convey him home
Cook started for the pole in June, 1907. He LETT
a number Of his party at Ernata& and told
them not TO wait unless he returned at GER
tain time They were picked up and brought
home by Commander. Peary. According to Dr.
Cooks plans he would have made his trip to the
pole in the summer OF 1908
New-York tribune., 1909-02-11
NINE. sEMBRIoH SAILS ON CAMPANIA.
Gift from Mrs. George j. Gould Arrives Just
Before Boat Leaves Pier.

Just as the Cunard liner Campanla was about 80
move out into the North River yesterday messen-
ger came tearing down the pier with package Tor
Nine Marcella Semhrich the soprano, who was de
rting for Europe after her farewell appearance tn
grand opera I'm this country Nine Sembrich who.
with her husband Wilhelm Stenge stood at the
ga angway bidding goodby to a host Of friends.
opened the package, and found it contained q dio-
nond studded watch and fob. a gift from Mrs
George J. Gould.
Andreas DippeI Of the Metropolitan Opera House.
bade the singer goodby and remained the pier
until the Can1pania we'll down the river
Nine Sembrich said she was both sad and happy
over her departure-sad because she was leaving
behind so many good friends and associations, and
glad because of the goodwill Of the American peo-
ne Asked why she leaving the operate stage
while at the zenith Of success Nine sembrich said:
''It is better that ! leave now, when every one is
asking why than to leave later when my ability
might be less
New-York tribune., 1909-02-11
AIDA AT THE MANHATTAN.

Mora than any, other opera in the local repertory.
demands, for its proper communication 10 an
audience. generous and an opuent spirit in every
department. With this in view, Mr. Hammerstelh
offered last night a lavish and Sumptuous produc-
ton of Verdis Egyptian drama TO MS Mahlht'dA
Opera House patrons for the first time this season
It was brilliantly effective in every important re-
spect. the presentations OF the utulsr heroiIe
and her royal rival, Amneris. The stage pictures
provided of color that made Tor the ghtter
and gorseousness conventonaliy associated Win
barbaric courts and they became almost op-
pressively Kaleidoscope the masses OF moving
figures grouped and regrouped themselves unoer
the vatchful eye of Mr.. Jacques Colni Inc ui-
umphal entry of Rhadames was accomplished WIN
a cumulative potency not often SURPASSED el'"eI
as a spectacle or the crest and climax OF a
,,eritabIe tidal wave Of musical sound II there
was overwhelming sorority here tand TOT oh.e '"o
stage band was numerous Tor the ofchesIa
and 4he size of the theatre). there was slso .'7
fitness OF tone and zest and vigor OF style IN 'e
,rece+inq scene in the temple, while the chorus OF
nriests sang UP the level OF the whole souIe1
ideals governing the entire presentation me
women choristers. the Ethiopian cApuFes' "
ladies of the ballet. all seemed inspired os be
..rse.ic and enthusa site aims that spoke through
averv stroke of Mr.. Campsninfs baton MeaserheSs
- uIterance and restraint of pose or gesture were
alike absent. except IT 'iie "'iieS - So
cipai women singers.
raroetic sonranos and contrsltos Of first rate or
avon second rate attainments, are none too easily
found but it IS a little surprising IN We" OF ti'
many performances of Aida mt the Nial''a''0"
eince II was opened, now nearly three seasons ago
thar neither Aida Amneris has Yet hed n
roaf,, satisfactory representative there Nine Agos
tineIli who assumed the titular role last eSeHlns
sang with tones that were too often Ike snarpehsu
swords while her acting was earnestly ana nope
1e,sI,, conventional OF Nine. Dorea, whose Am
nerfs was new to this public. much the same must
he said with an added regret FOR her frequent
wanderirRs from the pitch The other parts were
in familiar hands. and strong ones. Mr. Henatello
,asIed forth the proclamations Of Rhadames with
r,rIs ,,ovrer and with lively feeling for dra-
matte <orcefuness and significance. Mr. Sammarco
has gained hstrionic weight in his acting OF Anon
asro's part and he sang admirably. The High
Priest of Nj Arimondi properly pond@rous, ana
the Kings music capably sung by Mr. oe
t;razia The audience was large and demonstratve
New-York tribune., 1909-02-11
METZ TO BANK CLERKS
a. Their 4nnaaI Dinner He Talks
enthusiastically of City's Finances.

-. .hree hundred bank clerks. members OF
- York chapter OF the American Institute
'' ,,.,king attended the eighth annual dinner of
. - 1.5v at the Hotel Astor last night The
,.s 7sre officers OF banks and Clark Williams
ses.~5n,endent II the State Banking Department.
s.,troiler Metz spoke on The City of New
- John Barrett Of the Bureau of American
,snBhics on South America; the Rev. ]. Her
- Randall on Abraham Lincoln" and Creswell
-T.,I,aughiin on The Value of Time
confroller Metz took optimistic view OF the
-,,,e financial condition. He said:
hts ,oun is run as well as any other in the world
Ess ). sse payment Of the interest on it's debt
"a With in the panic, But then don't believe in
rs Iaorte:ns: We had II and we had it good. 1t
m IKE Ike h Of RSTRfns Fons is AnS nd
shls tire state Controller and Treasurer were
n1hHt funds stay where they were. and didn't
re city is not organized for those who work for
:, Much trouble comes from trying 70 please
sr s~s most entitled to recognition There is too
r51ch sectionslism in this city We should treat
me CITY ss whole, not as so many different sec
ions ,.-.,,.,. -, -.
be popular even when in making themselves popu-
isr itbey pull down others This must stop The
as5suss sras s. but of methods Il IS al right to talk
sh5ut subvays twenty miles in length. costing
y tbs subject made me qnpopuar What We need
~os+ of ali are more and better docks: otherwise
%sv york must lose much Of her commerce.
NJ Barrett digressed from his set speech long
,,ouEh 10 discuss the japanese situation in Cali
fornis.
.vrs are confronted. he said. with the question
a. N whether national honor is to be main
..,,ss or whether We are to be plunged by a small
,s.r,,r Of the country into the thToes OF a war
Z have spent considerable part OF my life on
~. Pacific coast: hut there are more people in
xsU York City to-day than there on the en-
,,-s Pacific coast. There are more people in New
,ossr within the next twenty years. II we are TO
-s5str 9 great people. must maintain
.ioul honor We must carry out treaties.
n. -nusr guarantee 10 the people of friendly
-,usrs the rights granted them under those
+-.s+,ss Iris IS e problem that concerns the en-
ire country.
New-York tribune., 1909-02-11
OBITUARY NOTES,

JOSEPH J. COUCH. special deputy collector OF
the Port Of New York died yesterday at his home
in Brooklyn. He was born in Brooklyn in March
1928 and entered the customs service October 1
1851 as an Inspector Except for a short absence
in 1866 and 1867 he had served continuously since
that time
CHARLES DOWNING. formerly Deputy County
Clerk OF Queens County. was found dead Tuesday
night in his Office chair in the building Of the Bank
Of Long Island. at Fulton street and HERMAN
avenue jamaica by his son. George Downing. who
is paving teller OF the Bank OF Long Island.
Apoplexy was the cause Mr.. Downing
land title searcher and trustee of the Jamaica
Savings Bank He was born in East Norwich,
Long Island, seventy years ago and was of
the late ex-Sherif Downing Of Queens County. His
wife and four children survive HIM
New-York tribune., 1909-02-11
MILK TOO CHEAP, SAYS DR. WILEY.
Consumers Should Not Expect Sanitary Prod
uct at Even 10 Cents Quart.

The real trouble IN the fight pure milk is that
the buyers want to get II cheaper than 1t can be
produced in the opinion Of DR.. Harvey w. Wiley,
the chemist in the pure food branch OF the Depart
ment OF Agriculture, who lectured at Columbia Uni
versitv Yesterday afternoon Pure Food as an
Element in the Humane Treatment OF Men and
Animals" He told the large audience gathered in
Faverneyer Hall that under present conditions milk
was too cheap, and said should expect to get
good milk at cents a quart when the cows were
..kapt like specimens Of Gothic architecture" be-
cause of the mera pittance which the dairymen re-
ceive for their work
DIR. Wiley said way tc solve the milk problem
was 10 reform the consuming public. and let the
consumer know that he need not expect sanitary
milk 10 cents a quart
Passing To the more general problem OF no"
human suffering can be prevented by pure foods
DR. Wiley said that the Food and Drug act clearly
imped that there should not be added 10 foods any
st56sta noes which might conceal damage or IN
feriority- ,.-.,.. ,.-,,o-s ,.a-a r.,+
dangerous but when they were aduiteiatee taey
te~an mo : t,osjtive menace to the health or the
,1ssrs The mixture OF alcohol with otheT POISONOUS
matters such as represented Dy dpsih1as' hs saiu
should be giSidIy prohibited
New-York tribune., 1909-02-11
MAYOR WON'T STOP "sALoME
Oscar Hammerstein Will if His Philadelphia
Patrons Demand It.

PHILADELPHIA Feb. I0.-Committees representing
the Christian League of Philadelphia and the state
and county federatons Of Catholic societies called
on Mayor Revburn to-day and protested against
permitting the opera "Salome" to be produced to-
morrow night by Oscar Hammerstein at the Phfla-.
delphia Opera House The Mayor pointed to the
fact that the opera had been produced in num-
her Of European cities and in New York as evil
dence that IL not such a performance as could
he legally prohibited. The committees left the
once convinced that IL "Salome' is not produced
here tomorrow night It will be because OF its
voluntary withdrawal by Mr.. Hammerstein
When apprised of the result OF the conference
this afternoon Mr. Hammerstein said that II a
fair percentaEe the subscribers Of the Philadel
Dbia Opera House request him 20 withdraw the
opera he will do so and produce in its place The
Juggier Of Notre Dame
Al a testimonial dinner, rendered him tonight
AZ the ADMINISTRATION by Mayor Reyburn ana
other representative citizens, Mr.. Hammerstein
told his hosts that the only reward he desired tor
his Isbors in erecting the Philadelphia opera
House was the pleasure he derived from giving
Measure to others. When he said that Salofne
would be produced there was an outburst OF ap-
nlause which was Joined in by the ladies' Wno
Aued the boxes surrounding the ballroom Where inc
dinner was held
New-York tribune., 1909-02-11
BISHOPS LONG MEETING.
Protestant Episcopal Prelates Debate
Open PuIpit" for Fire Hours.

The open pulpit question involved sxty-one
bishops of the Protestant Episcopal Church. as
sembled in special convention OF the House of
Bishops. in a fve-hour argument yesterday after
noon in the Church Mission House. No. 2S1
Fourth avenue They had before them the petition
OF eleven hundred ministers OF the Church. who
asked for the repeal Of amendment Canon
ls which gives the bishop OF any diocese authority
to permit Christians OF other denominations 10
preach from Episcopa1ian puIpits.
This body Of Protestants is more than one-ffth
Of the entire ministerial membership of the Church.
and while they mainly rescission of the
amendment. they also asked for an Interpretation
Of the Canon that it might be uniformly con-
strued throughout all the diceses of the United
States.
The bishops meeting adjourned at o'clock with
arriving any conclusion, and they will again
take Up the discussion to-day. The House OF
Bishops will probably defer positive action until
convention, which comprises the Rouse of Bishops
and the House of Clerical and Lay Deputies. The
bishops body have power to legislate or
repeal any legislative act OF the general conven-
ton
Before proceeding to the business OF the meeting
Bishop Daniel S. Tuttle of Missouri the oldest
bishop present presiding, received the three bishops
elected since the last meeting of the bishops
These were Bishops Robinson of Nevada; kins-
man. of Delaware. and Harding of Washington
A prayer for the dead read. and the deceased
members of the house were included in the prayer
Since the last session there have been six deaths
Bishops Potter. OF New York; Forthing OF Ne
Carolina; Satteree. of Washington. and knight. OF
Western Colorado.
The bishopric vacated by the death OF the last
named one Of those which viii be filled by the
election to-day The salary Of this place and that
now in Wyoming is 5000 a year and ex-
New-York tribune., 1909-02-11
CATHOLIC PRESIDENT, HE SAYS.
koasigner Mundelein Sure That One Could Be
Elected Hands Down -

Gonsgnor George W. Mundelein caused enthu-
sissm al the fortietn annual dinner Of the Msnhat-
tan College Alumni at the Hotel Knickerbocker
last night when he expressed his positive opin-
ioH that Catholic possessing the qualities enab-
ing him n as President OF the United States
could. IL he had first gained a vel grounded
reputation standing for the square deal" be
escted hands down" and that the fact Of his re-
hgioa would not stand in the way This could not
Be maintained short time ago he said. but
thsHe was any doubt that Catholic could
hs elected he believed. because the American
reople a hear; just and generous people
Aonsignor Mundelein told Of recent visit To
ne Pope. and OF another which made 10 the
President. There has never been a President in
lie White House who has had more regard for the
catholics and their works than President Roose-
VET be said Il take cn my hat to Theodore
roosevelt BY jove. he's man. He's deer He
ihA FIRST President ever TO state publicly the
Feasibility of Catholic becoming President Of the
Onited States. ana 10 speak of the possible effect
q such contamination
With regard to Judge Taft the speaker said: Il
oeisve he IS big mentally physically His
feauons with the Vatican Ril he pleasant; they
shoE him and esteem him there"
There were two hundred Of the alumni present.
New-York tribune., 1909-02-11
ONE BIG METHODIST BOOK CONCERN,
New York and Cincinnati Headquarters To Be
Reincorporated Under One Management.

Members Of the Book Committee Of the Methodist
FpiscopaI Church. which manages the business af-
fairs Of the Church throughout the United States
met Yesterday at No. 80 Fifth avenue. Publication
headquarters Of the Methodist Book Concern are In
New York and Cincinnati. under the mana cement
Of four agents-Dr. Homer Eaton and George r.
Mains IN this city. snd II. G. Jennings and E R
Graham ir charge Of the Western concern Both
concerns will probably be reincorporated in one
corporation but will retain the two plants and CAPT
tai stock Of each concern they now stand. to be
managed by the four agents
Dr. Eaton who completed the anniversary to-day
II his twentieth year in the management OF the
New York concern. reported that the net profits for
the year amount sl54.s2l He also said that white
cost $4,000 more this because of the ad-
,-.nce in price The Western concern reported net
profits for the year of s100OS3-
With capital Of 81 0O0,0Oa the Methodist Book
Concern now has A surplus OF S723. iSS, and con-
trbuted last year $4,000 the support Of retired
r,raa che
New-York tribune., 1909-02-11
WHAT IS GOING ON TO-DAY.

u. admission to the Metropolitan Museum OF Art ena
rie ~ American Museum OF Natural History-
ANA, recaption and ball of the United spanish var var
Veterans Imperial Lyceum b5th street ana Ahiru
avenue. evening.
~ ,,r / Elliott on THE Social Problems tthical-
" social League, No. BIS East l"th street Is,
n,tor ~ the Entertainment Club. Waldorf astoria
~ ,o., ,...u,h,,
Animal entertainment and reception OF the 5ptn AssOS
club Harlem Casino, evening"
nrual reception ball OF Typographcai Union No D.
Grand central Palace. evening
"'"r, 49, suk association Of America. Waldorf
evening
i"'S NJ 53i west i23d street evening
r,.ssor charles zuebn The Common & LIE S%ls T
rre League for Political Educ hsiN7'eS A
-, X, 10 West street. II a m
Dfsa,ine Of the Ladies Auxiliary ot the horANHs h"S
pitai. Hotel Astor p m ,. ,.
ton Hotel Astor 2:So p m
,,s,,, - the National Society of Patriotic women or
M a15arIca waldorf Astoria. 7. m
- - port,a law club Hotel Astor. D m