New-York tribune., 1910-07-26
ports show, namely. the health and
strength of future generations.

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strength of future generations.
A considerable ado is being made in
England over the cost of royal conm1s-
sions and particularly over the waste
of money in printing large editions OF
yolun1inous reports We are told that
one commission printed lot of maps
and charts at a cost of S1oND. ana
that four of the chief commissions have
in recent years expended nearly SSoNU
in publishing reports the sales of which
have amounted to less than Sl1Wb
Doubtless there are some abuses ana
extravagances which might prot1ta bly,
be corrected. But we do hope that no
body will charge them against the mo-
narchical system as something from
which a republic is free. For, truth to
tell, the most eXtrava giant of these COM
missions might with Give stand aston
ished at its own moderation if it con-
trasted it's petty expenditures with the
magnificent profligacy of some OF our
Pub. Doc" factories Received from
sales only about one-siXth of the cost
Oh WHY IHc SiOsAI SiCiJ
of our system is that the volumes are
not sold or distributed at all. but are
carted by the carload direct from the
printing house or bindery to the paper
mill to be ground up again and trans
formed into stock for another edition.
When it comes to that sort of thing our
departments and commissions can give
dc ~
spa 6es and then beat them TO a frazzle.
Chauffeurs are being examined for
licenses to operate cars under the new
automobile law. 1t is to be hoped that
the examination will prove to have been
practical The real test of chauffeur
is ability to hit pedestrian and avoid
hitting coal wagon.
Port Jefferson, Long Island. has
ceased to exist as a port of entry, the
administration having abolished it be-
cause its collector. weary Of the care
of custom house without business,
wanted to resign and nobody cared to
take his place The Treasury Depart
nGnC mas the ilSHI 10 IcdIl oil &C ti4C
customs districts. Why not take ad-
vantage of that right to close up thirty
or forty other nominal ports where the
customs receipts have become inf1ni-
tesfmal?
Now that war has been made humane
experts should turn their attention to
reducing the fatalities of a Sundays
outing.
It is very inconsiderate of the Jersey
mosquito to come back thicker than
ever just when tunnels and other
facilities are making the neighboring
state call loudly to the conlmuter. The
sanitation expert with the oil can will
have to double his efforts.
Where is the man who advertised New
York as a summer resort?
A Kansas woman is running for Con-
gress on the Socialist ticket, another re-
rninder Of those lines which end where
angels fear to tread" Gallantry forbids
reference to the first part.
Mayor Gaynor is very brave man or
a very reckless one. a IS the most skeptical
will ascertain if he will spend an hour or
two some Saturday night in those re-
freshment parlors whose all-night Ii
censes have been repealed.
Great Britain has ordered the Scylla
to Bluefelds. Now. if the United States
should send the Charybids to Managua.
DR.. Madriz would get his
After Colonel BRYAN has encountered
the steam roller at the Nebraska con-
vention, will any other Democratic
gathering hesitate to apply the same in
strument?
The next time a man admonishes you
to 'Keep cool" don't hesitate. No
court could pronounce 1t worse than
iustifia Bile homicide.