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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-12-15
THE WORLDS HAPPINESS
To Be Found in Christianity Rather
than in Socialism.
To the Editor of The Triune.

Sir: From the notices in the press Of
ing" of the Christian Socialists League
of America | am led to infer that the
ministers who spoke seemed TO think the
Christian Church IS and must be ineffec-
tive in changing social conditions that are
irnperatively needed" and | take it.
the conclusion was that socialism is what
is needed to teach the Church and the
people how to change bad social conditions
and how to be true to the social ideals
of Jesus" Now, recognizing as | do our
great social economic needs and short
comings, yet, as TO socialism being the
remedy, | have serious doubts.
There are so many different kinds OF
socialists and in the mass so much Of
atheism and so many advocates of class
warfare as the only real remedy for GER
tain social Ills that, although a worker for
a quarter of century along social bet
terment lines | confess l cannot accept
these tenets and ideas as safe to follow
diseases that are supposed TO beset us
Many of us in the Church and out OF It
are now laboring as social opportunists for
the advancement of movements and meas
ures. the product of certain problems OF
labor and overcrowdng, which measures
are often called sociaistic. but we are not
soclalistic in the meaning of the term to-
day The ideals OF Jesus can be woven
Into the web and wool Of our active every
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-12-15
DENIES GRAFT IN GERMAN DEAL.

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: The matter of the sale Of the
Tempelhof Field, a well-known military
parade ground on the outskirts of Berlin,
has been enormously represented by some
Of our contemporaneous press as a deal
OF graft.
The affair, however, is a plain real es-
tate transaction. resulting from the sale
Of the field to the community Of Tenn
pelhof In place Of to the City OF Berlin
(these two communities being separated
from each other), which has for years
tried to purchase the same at it's own
price from the War Department, the So
called Military Piscus, which was the
owner thereof.
The community Of Tempelhof. being
poor in comparison to Berlin. has never
dared to enter into negotiations pointing
to the purchase of the field, and the city
Of Berlin. relying on this inability and
tually would have to transfer its parade
ground to a place more remote from the
centre of traffic. became loath to make
any offer whatsoever. At this moment the
community Of Tempelhof found financial
aid from a syndicate of bankers and Sc
cured the purchase Of the parade ground.
which Of course was & surprise we'll
as a cause of modification to the city Of
Berlin.
This is in short the story of the pur-
chase of the Tempelhof Field which the
press here is proclaiming a deal Of graft.
FAIR PLAY"
ohor
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-12-15
SOUTH AMERICAN CUSTOMERS.

The current reminder, in consular re-
ports. of the magnitude Of our trade
with Argentina is full of profitable sug-
gestion We are told that Argentina pur-
chases from this country each year goods
amounting in value to more than 50 for
each head of her population, and the
statistical tables of The Tribune Al
manac show that the amount last year
was So IS head. That Is, we believe,
considerably more than any other South
American country buys from us, though
it does not equal the purchases Of Mex
leo or Cuba The yearly purchases of all
South America from US are probably
less than 81 Is head. AS for some
other countries whose commerce we
greatly prize. it is pointed out that
Japan purchases only rs cents worth
and China only six cents worth head.
Now it is to be observed that Argen-
tina. which is thus our best customer III
South America, is the most remote from
us of all those republics, and in some
other respects is one which might lie
expected TO look to us least for goods
OF course, it is one of the most
advanced and most progressive In civ
ilization and its arts. and that fact
naturally makes it q larger purchaser,
proportiOnally, than states OF less cult
IRE and enterprise. Nevertheless, there
are other countries comparable with
if in progress which are nearer To
ne and far more accessible, and which
Lave really more need o. our products;
and ii would not be easy TO find a credit
able and satisfactory reason why our
trade should not be as large with them
as with Argentina. If 1t were, all
around. our sales to South America last
wear would have been not poor $780,
:561. $50 but something like s2oO,oV,ooo.
Such expansion of our trade is well
worth striving for. especially with this
practical demonstration of the POSSIBLE
ftv of securing it. 1t is high time to
realize that cur South American neigh
bors are not halfsavage states with
primitive needs and scanty means, but
highly organized and cultivated nations
of our own race, with complex and costly
needs and with ample means for supply
ing them. Between the lsthmus ana the
strait there are nearly fifty millions,
most Of them people of European birth
or ancestry. and large proportion Of
them as intelligent and as cultivated as
ourselves Such continent is surely
worthy of our most thoughtful and solic-
itous attention. When our 1sthmian
canal is opened we shall be In direct
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-12-15
THE NEWS THIS UORNING.

CONGRESS.- filibusters marked
the sessions Of both houses; in the SEN
ate Nh Bristow prevented passage OF
the omnibus claims bill In the House
Sneaker Cannon declined to decide
whether under the rules, a measure
which had been considered on the pre-
vious calendar Wednesday could be
taken from the calendar
FOREIGN-With only lightweight
members of the House OF Commons 10
be elected, the government and opposl-
tion strength is unchanged, each SIDE
having gained tHenty-four seats from
the other A dispatch from BARGE
Iona. Spain. says storms of cyClonic
character are flooding a large part OF
the country A dispatch from
Cherbourg says a fatal explosion oc-
Cured or the United States battleship
Rome say that the flood situation is be-
coming more serious hourly; the river
TIber is tWenty-one feet above its nor
nal level. - Contracts for two bat
fleships. of $4,000 tons each, for the Brit
fish navy Were let in London.
DOMESTIC.-Audrew Carnegie made
a gift of S10.000,000 for promotion OF
pesce 10 a board of trustees headed by
Senator Root. - The Department OF
J11stice announced that prosecution OF
the so-called Electric Trust, consld-
cred by officials the most important suit
ever brought under the sherman law,
would he begun before January l. -
The last Will and testament of Mrs Mary
Baker. @. Eddy was filed in the Probate
Office for Merrimack County, at CON
cord. y. H; after providing various
Suns for members Of her household and
friends and giving $1,000 each TO her
son and his children, the testator leaves
her estate TO the Mother Church -
Theodore Roosevelt delivered the Nobel
lecture at Harvard University, discuss
fng The subject Of Applied Ethics.
rTv-Stocks were dull at small price
cl..fr,ges, Charles E fireman ac-
oer.-eG GoVernor-elect Dix's offer Of the
Lost Of Superintendent Of Public Works
= Mayor Gaynor, il was said, might
prefer charges against the Board of
Wate- Supply, because of their adVer-
fis,rl,nt for bids before plans were ap
1-royed - Customs authorities seized
: trunk containing emeralds and dla-
,~rnEs. brought from Colombia by
merchant. Egerton L. Winthrop,
are .i0eut of the Board Of Education,
said IN his annual report that the Board
&C Estimate was encroaching upon the
rights If the Board of Education. -
The Fire Insurance Exchange announced
a change IN the rate schedule, under
which ". Q. RObb said. the premiums
cent. - General Eugenio Deschamps,
leader of the opposition to President
Cgceres of Santo Domingo, arrived in
New York from Porto Rico. and war talk
followed .- Relatives of a young
woman who had been in the United
States a year STAYED off her deportation
THE wEATHER.-Indic for to-
CAV: Fair. The temperature yesterday:
Highest SO degrees; lowest. d.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-12-15
THE AMBITIONS OF CHINA.

China is naturally not contented with
the mere prospect OF a constitutional
government. She realizes that the eStab-
lishment Of such a government will
place her In that respect in the same
category with the great nations OF the
western world. But that Is not enough.
She wants to be classed with them in
other respects, in treaty relations and
alliances and in capacity for selfde-
fence. And this ambition, as we have
said, is natural It is, moreover, strongly
suggested to her by the successful eX-
ample of her neighbor, the other great
Monaghan power. Japan has developed
a strong army and navy. Why should
not China, with vastly greater wealth
and resources, do the same? Japan has
made an alliance with one Of the two
great Anglo-Saxon powers. Why should
not China make one with the other?
1t would not be easy to give convinc-
ing negative answer to the former ques-
ton; and, however much trep1datlon
some may feel or affect at the prospect.
we expect that 1t will before long be
answered In the affirmative. China can
sing the old lingo song. She has the
men and the money, and she can get the
ships and make the army. True, she has
hitherto been a mercantile and not
military nation, but she can easily learn
to be military; just as Japan, which
was noted as military and not mer-
camille nation, has with conspicuous
success learned to be mercantile. 1t may
seem to some fearsome thing for a
nation Of hundreds Of millions to arm
itself But we see no reason why this
nation, which in another generation will
be two hundred million strong, should lie
frightened at the prospect ten thousand
miles away.
AS for the other question, it must, of
course, be answered in the negative.
The United States does not make al
liances, certainly not such as Great Brit
ain has made with Japan. The results
of the Anglo-Japanese alliance may have
been beneficial, though they have been
the subject of much adverse criticism
In the United Kingdom itself. But Amer
lea has other traditions and other poll
cies We may say without boasting what
we believe the Chinese themselves will
say, that despite some friction over I'M
migration America has been China's
most unselfish and most servlceable
friend among the nations. There is 40
reason why that friendship should not
continue unimpaired. But 1t will not in
volve an alliance other than that which
is implied in mutually profitable COM
merce and in unfeigned cordially of re
latic.ship.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-12-15
a nluSenenE.


ACADEMY OF MUSIC-2-s-The POWER "a 'A'
ALHAMBRA-2-s-
CAN-2-s-Vaudeville
ASTOR-S.2o-The Aviator.
BELASCO-2-2o-S:So -The Concert
BlJoU-Sao-The Nest Egg.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS and Julie1
CASINO-s;i5-He Came from MILWAUKEE,
CigCLE-s:15-Mother:
cITY-2:l5-s:1a-Eau
SRTTERIoNNs :2o-The Commuters
pALY.s-S :3o-Baby Mine.
EXIETY-s:I5-Get Rich Quick Wailinsford-
EhRRICK-s: 2o-The Specked Band.
GLOBE-SLs Sorciere
TT-2:2o-S:2o-Daddy Dufara
EFEATD SQUARE-s:15-The Girl and fhe
HtpP01RoME-2-s International Cup
Ballet of Niagara-The Earthquake
EyDSON-s :3o-Nobody's Widow
IRVING Place: 15-Polnische Nirthschay..
JOE WEBER S-s:15-Alna. Where DO ~"
ANIckE RBocKER-s-Henry of Navarro.
LYCEUM- 2:e0-s :So-The Importance Of Being
Earnest.
IYRIC-s-Two Women.
s:3o-The Blue Bird; v.,,.
MANHATTAN OPERA HoCsD-2-s-Nauoe-
MAINE F,IIJoTTs- s:so-The Gamblers
-s:15-Msdane Trouoaaour;
MEN ANSTERDAM-2:15- kusslan
Co,,rt TSaIa,aika Orchestra-s:15 -Madanne
NEW S'' THEATRES 5-Mary Magdal.ne-
NEW @s:i5-Nauehty Marietta
pTPr-RfJc-s:15 -Rebecca az Sunnybrook Farm
wALIsACK'S-S-i 5-The Fourth Estate
WEST FND-S:I5+The Fourth Estate
METROPOLITAN OPERA HOCSE-s-La Clio
rATfoSAI. ACADEMY OF pEsIGN-winter
Exhibition
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-12-15

that device for saving-through Its In
elasticity, through the imitation that 1t
sometimes causes and through its rigid
ity, If not actually contraction, when
currency needs are the greatest. the
fIuctuating and high interest rates that
the people pay on their borrowings as
individuals are in a considerable part the
result of the present syste-l OF saving
In interest rates upon their borrowlhss
as a nation. They save" with one hama
and they lose with the other
And the credit thus maintained IS
purely fictitious. Banks can afford to IN
vest In United States bonds at about
per ycent because, in addition to that
per cent on the money involved In their
purchase, they get also interest on the
notes which they issue based on the
bonds purchased. That is, they get IN
terest from two sources on one invest
ment. their per cent from the govern
ment and their 5 or 6, as 1t may be,
from their clients on the notes. There
are, of course, certain costs In con-
nection with note issues, and the Con-
troller Of the Currency has worked
them out, reaching the conclusion that
through the two transactions. the bond
purchase and the note issue, the actual
interest gained by the banks on the
capital involved, assuming It's loans to
be made at per cent. is 1887 per cent.
In order to make 1887 per cent more
than the market rate the banks are
willing to take the governments bonds
at little more than 1 per cent below
what would be the normal market rate
for them. What they lose in interest
upon the bond purchase taken by itself
they make up In interest on the double
transa ction with single outlay Of capt.
tai, the purchase of bonds and the is
sue of notes on them. That Is all there
is to the mystery Of this country's being
able TO borrow money more than 1 per
| cent cheaper than European nations.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-12-15
THE DIPLOMATIC CORPS.
From The Tribune Buresu-l

IFrom The Tribune Bureau
Washington, Dec. 1.-the ltalah AM
tassador and Marchesa Cusan CoilIaio-
nor, we're hosts for the diplomatic corps A'
tho embassy this afternoon, thus onserslhs
the custom of newly arrived Foreign an
hassadors. The drawing rooms were Oliii
,ant1v lighted and decorated with mowers >,
.rd RI. Ambassador and Marchesa Cusaiii
ConfaIonert were assisted by their oauen-
ter Donna Beatrice Cusam ConIdioiiei''
81 The members Of the embassy stan-
The Mexican Ambassador entertainer Of
luncheon the Turkish Ambassador .n0
Danish Minister and Countess Molthe' MIS-
Stanben 3. EIkins. Miss Elkins, Marchesa
mia Dieia, Mr.. Escandon, attacne Oh
the Mexican Embassy In Paris: MI. be
p.aufort and Mr. van Weed, OF the Nelh-
arIsnds Legation, and Senior Don eeriiiaIii
Ru11e second secretary, and Senior Don "A
AIoara also second secretary, of the Mex
lean Embassy staff
The French Ambassador and Mine JUS
-.r,nd entertained informally at luncheon
to-day.
The German Ambassador and countess
Won Bernstorff returned to Washington
from Philadelphia to-day
The French Counsellor and Mime he-
fevre PontaIis entertained a small dinner
marty at the New Willard tonight
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-12-15
IN WASHINGTON SOCIETY.

IErora The Tribune Bureau
washington, Dec 1.-THE Nice-PreSioeiit
and Mrs. Sherman were the guests OF
honor at a dinner tonight with Justlce anu
Mrs Thomas II. Anderson as hosts 1hVl'-
"a 70 nse- them were the Secretary OF the
Interior and Mrs. BalIlnSer. Jusuce anu
Mrs Harlan, Senator Burton, of Ohio
Bishop and Mrs. Earl Cranston' REAR Az
n,iral and Mrs. Clover Mrs. Joseph c. Au-
danreid. Mrs John B. Henderson. Repre-
sentative William B. Mckinney anu MI
and Mrs. John Jay Edison
Mr.. and Mrs. Hennen Jennings enter
tanned a number of young people at dinner
tonight in honor OF Miss Helen Taft
Mrs William Haywood assisted by
Mrs Stanley Matthews. Mrs. Charles r.
Collins and Mrs. William Wheatley this
afternoon when she presented her daugh-
ter Miss Doris Haywood. to society at a
TEA followed by a dance A number OF
debutantes were with Miss Haywood Miss
Helen Taft was among the hundreds to
greet her.
Mr.. and Mrs John w. Foster entertained
ar dinner tonight In honor OF MIR. and
Mrs. Andrew Carnegie. inviting TO meet
them several members of the Cabinet. dip
lomats and others to the number OF twenty
Rear Admiral and Mrs. Winfield Scott
Schley entertained guests at dinner to-
night to meet Justice and Mrs. Lurton-
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles v Wheeler enter
tanned about sixty at a dinner dance at
the Chevy Chase Club Tonight in honor OF
w A. Burton who is returning to Shelf
field. England, his home. for the holidays.
Rear Admiral and Mrs Mason acted as
chaperons.
Miss Louise Cromwell was the guest for
whom Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Hinckiey en-
tertained at dinner tonight
Mrs John Wyeth entertained at dinner
tonight Justice and Mrs. McKenna. ex-
Justice and Mrs. Henry B. Brown, Mr.
and Mrs. Ten Eyck Wendell. Colonel and
Mrs. Spencer Cosby, Colonel and Mrs.
David Porter. Miss Patten Mr.. and Mrs
w c. Hill. Rear Admiral O'NeaI and Pro
fessor Swisher
Brigader General and Mrs. Aleshire had
TO Cine with them tonight the chief OF
stan and Mrs. Leonard Wood. the Speaker.
Miss Cannon. Senator Warren, Mrs. Perish
ing. Senator and Mrs Briggs and Colonel
and Mrs. Dunn.
Chief Naval Constructor and Mrs r. III
NJ. Robinson had as guests at dinner to-
night the Austrian naval attache and Bar
oness Prsuschen ven x-cs r. r-~Aans,ein
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-12-15
FOR LABOR TO CONSIDER.

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: The general statement issued by the
president of the Brooklyn Edison Company
giving the details of the profit-sharing sys-
tenn that will hereafter be adopted, is de-
serving of special scrutiny by the labor
ing classes In the first place, the term
provident committee is hardly conducive
to real sense of profit-sharing. 1t sounds
too much like charity, which it is not. The
whole idea is said to be intended as a
strike preventing plan and it undoubtedly
is such. If your readers will refer back to
the newspaper statement Of Mr.. Brady
they will find that he says, this plan it
is hoped, will stimulate them (the en-
ployes of the company TO habits of thrift
and industry and at the same time en-
courage even closer cooperation between
the company and it's employees"
OF course, this sounds like the spirit of
Cancellation, but If we seek beyond the
Interior meaning OF the words we find that
not only is the plan (Which compes the
workmen to give months notice of any
intention to leave) strike preventing
measure in distinct favor Of the company.
but the investment OF certain portion of
the earnings of the employees in the COM
pany is termed a fund under the authority
of 'provident committee" The plan may
have been intended to benefit the employees,
and it certainly WILL to small extent; but,
on the otAer hand, the company has taken
away the right of the workmen to strike on
a just grievance without risking the loss
of the probable benefits OF the investment
of their earnings
Mr.. Brady may have had the best in
tentions In his statements, but 1 beg leave
to question, at least, his right to term this
plan of profit-sharing a provident fund"
when it is so distinctly a thoroughgoing
business proposition. and in greater meas
ure favor to the company than it is to the
employees. MICHAEL j. HICKEY
New York. Dec. 49, 1910.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-12-15

To the Editor OF The Tribune.
Sir: In the northern part of the state.
near where my summer camp is situated.
is the county poorhouse. 1t is cheerful
enough looking place. although the bury
ing ground stands over the way. But in
winter it must be pretty bleak.
1t has occurred to me to send each in
mate a postal card for Christmas. The
superintendent in sending the roster
states that some Of them have never had
a bit Of mail arrive. I am also going to
send q box of candy for each person.
knowing that the old folks often have a
sweet tooth.
May not some of your readers think it
worth while to make for the poor unfor-
Inmates in these hidden away places an
'old home Christmas? UPSTATE.
New York. December IS. 1910.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-12-15
NEW YORK FROM THE SU5uH

New York's taNicab strike has ene
hereafter the only striking Will be ~
the drivers present the bills 10 the rsI
Philadelphia Times.
New York was as excited over sss-1
bicycle race as IL becomes over that 81
historical sport-the cable chess raaISI
Syracuse POst-Staadard.
A rural New Yorker wires a metropos2
paper that he has shot q curious ~
whose species he is unable TO identlys =
by the aid OF the illustrations in the -
histories In New York City his XII ~
perhaps be Identified readily as ols
those innocent bystandsrS- New o''-
Times-Democrat.
Nine-tenths OF the people Of the y.
states i've outside of New foFSs IA
Would be impossible to try 20 ten
Yorker why--LouiSville CoGrier-Jo1i"
New York policemen have been u
70 suppress all unnecessary ,noiSsss., 4
nate To butt in. but we do hope .H ~
torce VIII not overlook this Sedsso rs,1lf
or musical comedy--Cleveland pam
The Liberty Statue in New 1orA bat
Is noble one in several respect ~
Will be made more useful than s..,.taIls
the new io,O0O~candlepower light - IN -
The great city IS an enllshtehsi
respects except political ons~
News.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-12-15
A NEW NAME FOR cHAUFFEURs.

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: Why call auto drivers chauffeurs!
It is not an English word. 1t is hard to
pronounce, hard to spell. hard to write,
and when written or printed Is not pleas
ing to the eye. Besides. the definition OF
the word shows 1t to be exceedingly In
appropriate on a cold winters day. Why
not call them "Jehus,' name associated
with fast driving for hundreds Of years?
And the driving Is like the driving Of
Jehu: for he driveth furiously."
TRIBUNE READER.
New York, December IA. 1910
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-12-15
SOCIAL NOTES FROM NEwPoa-l
IBy telegraph TO The Tribunal

10y AeIEsr spll 70 ] nc TRIBUNE
Newport. Dec 4-Mr. Amos =
French. who has been abroad with
mother. is expected home shortly.
Miss Mary Appleton will DEPART for "
York early next week.
Professor Raphael PunpeiIy and fzs
viii sail for Europe within a week or 81
Mr.. and Mrs William K. Carter havs
TURNED 10 their winter home In Philader1
commodore and Mrs. Arthur cur1
James VIII arrive In Newport en- Ssrurs,
To inspect their estate.
The officers at Fort Adams gave -
formal dance at the post this evening.
Mrs James Andrews Swan is visitirg
New York
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-12-15
- U~tsJ1ss { I mr..
THURSDAY. DECEMBER 10. 1910.

This newspaper is oacned and pu0-
lisHef bu The Tribune ASSOCIATION,
Near York corporation; Office and prin-
cipaI Mace of business, Tribune Build
ira. No. l54 Nassau street, he'C YORK.:
OGDEN Mills. president; Ogden d. Red,
secretary: James II. Barrett, treasurer
The address Of the officers Is the ONCE
Of fhis newspaper.
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PEOPLE and Social Incident|

Prince KouGachef, Russian Cou-
Mr.. and Mrs Oliver O. Ricketson. "
Mrs Francis 3. Crowninshield and
Tarar Smith.
Mr. and Mrs F. A Keep entsr.u
guests at dinner In honor OF the Seer.
Of the Treasury and Mrs MacVeaxn
Mrs. James Mcmillan entertained
Der Of guests at lucheon.
Mrs. George w. WIckershan receives
formally this afternoon.
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GOOD NEWS FOR FUR WEARERs
From The Lewiston Journal.

From The Lewiston Journal
The Canadian lynx has for years been
believed to have wholly deserted this sec
ton of Northern Maine. yet Z. III. Kennis-
ton and Everett Hewey. both OF Phillips
who have been trapping Redington
mountain, have recently had experiences
with two. one was caught in trap and
the other attacked Kenniston. and was shot
after II had given the trapper hard fight
Both lynx were very ferocious and both
were splendid fighters