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The Elk Mountain pilot., 1910-08-18
What They Did win rhsm.

An American who spends much a.
his time In England tells of . cocknsy
who went to q dealer in dogs and thus
described what he wanted. HI wants
. kind OF dog about so Ugh an so long.
Hits . kind Of gr'y'ound. an yet Il
amt . U'y'ound. because IL tyls -
shorter nor any O. those ere gr'y'ounds.
an IL nose IL shorter. an e amt 20
slim round the body. But still 'e's
. kind O. gr'y'ound. Do you keep such
dogsr' We do not" said the dog
man. I'VE drown EN-"
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1910-08-18

FER RED. Isshing Hyslias. Cysts, Styss
EaIlin9 EyslashHsr e. and Ell Al .i; Eyes Tnst
tic Tubss-Trial eise-2Sc. Ask Your Drug
Gist or Write Murine Eye Remedy Co..
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1910-08-18
THE IMPORTANCE OF HEALTHY
kIpNEYo.

Weak kidneys fail to remove Dol
sons from the blood and are the cause
Of backache. headache. urinary troubles
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1910-08-18

It's the experience Of every man
that he wants u lot he doesn't get and
gets lot he doesnt waAl
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1910-08-18
uncouth.

Hes 80 uncouth."
whats the matterf"
"He actually eats the lettuce leaf
the salad rests on"
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1910-08-18
His Soft Answer.

And this Il the sort Of excuse yoo
put up for coming home two hours
late for dinner and in such . condt
tion-that you and that disreputablo
Augustus Jones were out hunting
mushrooms. you wretch! And where
pray. are the mushroomsf"
"Eers ray are. m dear. in m ve6
pocket: and VILE ray aim 20 many a
EN-. M dear. We had lots Of fun
Gus an I-huntin' en-"
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1910-08-18

A mans argument Il nearly always
sslf-convincins.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1910-08-18

Nrs. Wlanow's ooethiAG eyraR
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1910-08-18

oeesessrea a..ss 80 essMyesss .ssy s.sss.s
FaaAAss fsllssA Ths 6vunts faAlly laxative
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1910-08-18

Il fireman antagonizss you. tan
him to 20 TO blasss.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1910-08-18

NAn n DEVELOPING, PRINTING,
kvIuIAk ENLAR0lN0, Promptly
aaA Carefully Dsns.
Ko1Ah md Supplies. Aan Ordsrs . specially. Sod
1ps pssps ~ C0aSsaAS Phsts supply Deass.
SIS l5tA -. Deaves. CeSo.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-07-04
sUFFRAGlsTs AND RED TAPE.

To the Editor of The Tribune
Sir: Not long ago writer in The Irib-
une COMPARED the suffragists to a woman
who wants to push in at the head OF a
line of persons at a ticket office Wlndo"'
instead of waiting her turn A great many
other reforms were more pressing, thls
writer declared It was absurd for women
to think that their question ought to De
taken I'D now, when it's turn would not
come for some generations. They should
have more patience
In this connection it is of interest 10 note
one passage in the letter lately sent out
by the thirty eight members of Parliament
who have formed themselves into a con
ciliation committee to try TO pass the
woman suffrage bill. There is no doubt, "
they say that the present House Of Com
mons, like every House which has met since
1870, shows a majority for woman suf-
frage. Indeed, while more than four hun
dred members are known to be favorable
not more thar seventy have declared
themselves hostile
Under the antiQuated rules Of the House
Of Commons the Cabinet has the power
to smother any bill by keeping 1t from
coming up for third reading and final vote.
For forty years the woman suffrage bill
has been thus treated It has passed its
second reading over and over again by
constantly growing naiorities. In the last
Parliament the vote in its favor for the
second reading stood three TO one. But red
tape has always been applied to keep it
from coming up for third reading
The ''rlilitants'' are those women who
got out of patience with this policy of
obstruction, and set out deliberately to
make life a burden to the Cabinet min
listers till they should let the suffrage bill
come TO decisive vote. When the present
Parliament met these women promised to
refrain from ''rnilitancy' till they found
out whether their bill was to be allowed
TO come to a vote by peaceful means
The Cancellation committee" with the
Earl Of Lytton at its head, took a census
of the House Of Commons. and announced
that the bill would go through without
difficulty If the Cabinet would only let il
come up for third reading and final vote.
The committee urged the Cabinet to do SO.
as IAN act of Justice long overdue" The
Cabinet has again refused.
1t is generally recognized that the friends
OF any measure have a good grievance
when red tape is used to block il year after
year, long after II has attained @ majority
IN Parliament Instead of the women try
Ing to press in ahead of their turn. thew
have waited already till long after their
turn If any bill in which thousands Of
men were intensely interested had been
kept from passing by similar Obstructive
tactics. there would be '.n1ilitancy'' on their
part such as would throw the most extrsr,s
actions of tn suffragettes quite into the
shade. ALICE STONE BLACKWELL.
Dorchester. Mass, July 2. 1910.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-07-04

mand representing little more than
hand to-mouth business. The raw ma
terial situation exerts an adverse IN
fluence on the general drygoods MARKET
which also has been sentimentally az
fected by the disquieting conditions III
Wall Street Reports of drouth in the
Northwest have strengthened quotations
for wheat, and the July and SEPTEMBER
options are now selling from 10 TO l.
points above the low prices recorded IN
June, while other cereals have been
moving in response to favorable advlees
from the farms. which promise to pro-
duce big crops Of winter wheat, corn and
oats At spring wheat -four centres
trading is light owing to the price situa-
ton, but 1t is believed that damage to
the crop has been less than reported, and
that eventually the quotation on flour
will seek lower level.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-07-04

is incurred in saying that any criminal
is incurable. Doubtless some Of them
are. as some patients from physical all
ments are. But to give judgment TO that
effect and therefore to destroy a human
life Is a performance from which we
should think any man would shrink
Surely there is a possibility that new
and raare effective moral therap eutics
NAV be developed, and that means may
be found of curing those who now seem
like incorrigible criminals And even If
that should not prove to be the case. 1t
would be no less reasonable TO provide
places in which TO confine the morally
incorrigible than to care for the physi-
cally incurable.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-07-04
BRITISH IMPERIAL GROWTH,

Comment has been made upon the
facts that the United, Kingdom has been
far surpassed in population by Germany
and that the population of Germany con-
tinues TO increase at a greater ratio than
that of the United Kingdom The latter
fact appears TO be largely due to emf
grafton and to the small increase in
Scotland and the actual decrease in Ire
land, for in England and Wales the "a te
of increase is not much less than in
Germany. While Scotland has increased
less than half a million in ten years, and
Ireland in the same time has actually
lost nearly a hundred and fifty thou
sand. England aud Wales regularly gain
about half million a year AS for emf
grafton. il is seven or eight times grea ter
from the United Kingdom than from
Germany. and If that difference were
taken into account, the difference in rate
of increase would be practically multi
fed.
There is a circumstance connected
with emigration, moreover which Is
highly consolatory TO the British That
is that while German emigra ton is al
most entirely to non-German lands. so
that the emigrants are lost to the Teu-
tonic world, British emigration is chiefly
and increasingly TO British lands beyond
the seas. so that the emigrants are not
lost TO the British Empire, but are
merely shifted from one part Of II TO
another. Recent statistics on this point
are impressive Thus, in the decade of
1ss0-'S9. and also in that Of 1890 80.
no fewer than 81 per cen: Of British emf
grants came TO the United States. while
In the decade 10000 only Il per cent
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-07-04
CANNED GOODS
Canned Men, Canned Ethics, cameo
Everything.

To the Editor of The Tribune
Sir: Bishop Rowe states that AiasN"
is the largest consumer OF canned sooos
ner capita in the world They eat canHe0
(almost) everything.
When the natives first heard the huhiaa'
voice IN the grannophone they ct once &"
claimed, Canned man.
We are also familiar here in the united
States with canned man.
II is notorious that men nave SOLO
themselves for seat in Congress teVeh
in the Senate). and have Thereafter Oee''
wound up by their masters. and whenever
they have since spoken IL has been cahheo
man
It is eviden. that the body polite mas
been suffering from national indigestion
Of canned policies, canned standards ana
canned ethics-as well as canned men
Some of the great-and snall-quasi-
public corporations are canned and the
poor and widowed investor has often and
pitiably found the can empty
The common citizen has discovered
that the equal privilege" and fair play
preached him on Sunday and bought on
Monday by fruit OF hard toll is but canned
air
We have had great policies framed up
and enacted into law for the citizen ~nlch
we're conceived in the soul of corpora
tions-composed Of many canned men
The policies have had all the justice ana
mercy that was ever in them squeezed out
Canned ethics have caused men TO shr1nk
from speaking aloud or acting by the
mower of truth and righteousness until he
who dares is as the voice Of one crying
in the wilderness"
Canned standards have made men
ashamed to be called servants" OF others
even of their own country, state or city,
as jurors, mayors. even governors. lesls-
Iators and presidents. when TO serve others
is of the highest historical type and 70 De
served of the lower civilization.
The character of the service counts II
must be unselfsh and faithful There are
two signs UP in Washington One reads,
Wanted, patriotic citizenship; the othcr'
Common sense legislation for the COM
mon good" LINCOLN G Gu MMlNIS-
Hyannisport, Mass June IS, 1910.
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did so. while last year only As per cehI
went to ell non-British countries put u.
rether and 81 per cent simply migrated
to other parts of the British hhhpiio'
great majority to Canada.
1t is highly significant 1act tha' 'ha
United Kingdom is able to senu ou'
more than quarter OF a Million en-
grunts each wear and still MAINTAIN
fair rate of net increase of populalloli,
and that in England, from when. OIL
course. the great bulk of the emigration
proceeds. the net increase IS ainioS' do
treat as in Germany or any country
which suffers little from emlsraeloh'
The fact demonstrates that, as MI
Bryce not long ago remarked Win h1uch
emphasis, the British race is hot oe-
cadent nor declining in vital v!Sor II
also suggests strongly the increasing
solidarity of the British Empire, the
component parts of which are thus being
so largely peopled with settlers from the
mother country. With from 1o,ooo 10
100. 600 or more Britons from the United
Kingdom settling in Canada every year.
the Dominion is not likely to become uh-
Criticised Perhaps even more note
worthy are conditions and tendencies IN
Australia and New Zealand, TO when
from 1900 to 1906 only from 1858 TO
$500 emigrants, net went from the
United Kingdom, while IN 1901 they
were 1896, i'll 1908 they We're 2o,423.
and in 1909 they were 25,2o2.
Such movements Of population sho"
clearly the extent to which Great Britain
continues to leaven the whole lump OF
the British Empire and the increasing
n,1rport of the sovereign's title as King
net only Of the United Kingdom out
also "of the British dominions beyond
the seas" Those oversee dominlons
have sometimes been described as more
British than Britain itself. Some OF
them really seem to answer to that de
scription, and, to Judge from such sta-
tistics as those which we have clted,
they are likely to retain that quality IN
abundant measure.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-07-04
THE CITY HALL.

Those whose plans for to-day will take
them TO the lower part Of the city will
do well to devote q few moments TO an
inspection of the decorations Of the City
Hall They Will be rewarded by sight
that is appealingly artistic in the sim
plicity of its general plan and the quiet
success of the details of which Ii is sc
tremendously composed. In fact a mod
ification of whatever plans have been
made so as TO include a visit to the spot
at some time during the day. either be
fore or after the march and the subSe-
quent ceremonies. may be recommended
TO all New Workers who take an interest
in their city. The trip is worthy end
in itself.
The beautiful old building, the finest
public edifice the city possesses, has been
treated reverently. with an eye for the
value of its lines. Its dignity is en-
HANGED, not covered, by the decora tions
it is itself the leading motif of the
scheme. Festoons OF eyergreens. fir and
plane trees and standards of flags are
the only materials used.
This employment Of soft greens TO off
set the weathered marble Of the build
ing is carried out also in the color Of the
Mayors reviewing stand and of the boxes
across the City Hall steps. which are
fronted by privet hedge and decorated
with flowers. Over ii ali are swung from
tall poles Venetian awnings in the ma
tional colors. their dark reds and blues
blending softly into the picture from
above and giving it the final touch.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-07-04
4 GREAT CONCEPTION OF THIS
DAY

Orinions vary concerning the best
method Of celebrating the anniversary Of
the Declaration Of Independence Some
men go a-fishing. Some reckon holiday
an unavoidable Interference with bust
ness and continue at work. Some think
it tine for noise and racket illimitable.
Some seek seclusion and quiet. Some I'll
the day with oratory, music and parades.
Some clamor not always sanely. for
sane and safe Fourth. and others, in
Discriminatory and vaguely, demand an
"old-fashioned celebration" Each TO his
own taste But in view Of the present
rredominance in this region of the last
mentioned proposal, it may be well TO
recall what IS by far the most notable
and most authoritative old-fashioned con-
ception Of the day and OF its fitting OBJ
eervance
Il Jefferson chiefly drafted the instr1l-
ulent which makes the day famous,
Adams chiefly secured IT'S adoption. He
was the Colossus Of that debate" How
he desired or expected 10 have the
achievement commemorated may be
[argelv a matter Of conjecture. But at
east We have an Interpretation Of those
desires and expectations il the words
which Were imputed TO him by the man
who perhaps of ali who ever lived WAS
best flfteG 20 imagine what was ia
Adanss mind. IL his great Grafton on
Adams and Jefferson, uttered less than a
month after their deaths. Daniel Web
sier imagined Adams as saying on the
Fourth OF July in 1776:
Through the thick gloom Of the pres
ellt / see the brightness Of the future. a.
nc sun IN heaven. We shall make this
glorious. an immortal day When we are
m our graves cur children will honor il.
They VIII celebrate il with Thanksgiving,
with fcstivity. with bonfires and illunli
nations On this annual return they will
shed cears-copious. gushing tears-not
6f subsection and slavery. not of agony
ard distress, but Of exultation, Of graft
1sde and Of Joy.
To thai eloquent conception Webster
added his own confirmation And SO
that day shall be honored. illustrious
prophet and patriot. So that day shall
he honored :" We should hesitate 70 es-
innate how many schcolboys have de-
claimed the words. or how many-or few
ct them have appreciated their sig
uihcaace But perhaps il would not he
inappropriate CT devoid OF patriotic
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-07-04
THE FUTURE OF COLLECTING.

L
It is an almost daily occurrence for
the editor of a newspaper to receive
letter of inquiry concerning the value OF
some old book or coin. the general i'm
preston being that all old books and
coins must have a premium value, where
as the reverse may be accepted as the
rule 1t is not the age of book or
coin that determines its value, but Its
rarity. This prudence in the matter of
the possible value Of old possessions.
even of old rubbish. is the result Of the
spread of the collecting fad. Such mar
vellous tales have been told of old mas
tiers bought for a song, of unique copies
Of first editions found on bookstalls. of
the rarest of rare coins acquired for a
trif1e, that everybody who comes into the
possession of something old and dingy
and unfamiliar at once assumes that he
has treasure for which many are look
ing
This alertness on the part OF the lay
man, which many disappointments can
not quench RODS the collectors life Of
one of its greatest pleasures. He no
longer is on the lookout for finds he
knows that they no longer can be found
by him. The actual owner Will dis
cover them for himself. if inquiry or a
letter to the editor can do it. Nay, more; ,
the collector has learned to suspect such
finds as still come under his observa-
ton in apparently fortuitOus ways. Co.
lonial sideboard in q remote farmhouse
no longer causes him to rejoice as of yore
He smells a mouse instead, for he, too.
has been reading marvellous tales, not of
finds" but of their counterfeits. Old
masters he looks at askance, unless their
pedigrees be forthcoming. and these, too
he has learned to suspect Pewter and
plate, snuffboxes. antique rugs. oriental
pOrcelains mezzOtints-they all have got
to the point where little more worth col
lecting is left, and that little decidedly
open to doubt.
What. then. will be the future of col
lecting? What turn will the instinct
take when all that we now consider
worth collecting has been gathered into
collections? Already the pursuit has
been abnormaliy specialized. There are
philateists who make speciality of
counterfeit stamps, and Of these only
collect those that have been cancelled as
genuine by the government against which
they were issued. Others collect bank
notes with an error in the engraving.
Will fine pursuit ultimately degenerate
into valueless fads, or shall we stop for
a hundred years or two or three, and
then begin again, by preference with
what is new to-day and then will be old
and rare?
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-07-04
SHORTENING THE COURSE.

Some criticism is being directed tow
ard the Board of Education or the new
superintendent in Chicago as result of
the announcement that the high school
course has been cut to two years. Apro-
pos Of the change. The st. Paul Pioneer
Press" remarks that if the high school
course is to be cut to prevent pupils from
50 generally quitting school al the end of
the grade courses we might with equal
wisdom double the length of vacations in
order to prevent truancy. The comments
Of The Pioneer Press are both face
tious and clever, but the public may
safely withhold its verdict until it is
more completely advised as to all the
facts in the case.
1t is unfortunately true that vast
majority of the graduates of the gram
mar schools find it impossible, for one
reason or another. 20 complete the four
years necessary 70 secure a high school
diploma While the work Of these last
years is in part of no great practical
value. il includes many studies which
are very useful in after life
OF late years there has been consider
able comment on the apparent purpose
of high school courses to fit pupils for
college rather than for getting on in the
world. in spite of the fact that only the
fortunate few are thus able 10 continue
their education. 1t would be unfair for
the educational system to deprive such
persons of the necessary training, YET
not more so than TO hamper those who
will have to leave school without the adj
vantages Of even high school education
by forcing them to take studies they
could well spare in order to get those
they need. II is fair to assume that Chi
cago has proceeded with this in mind and
if by the shortening of the high school
course to two years and making it so far
as possible meet the requirements of
practical training any marked gain can
be made in the number of those who
complete the work, it will be difficult to
say that the plan has not been a success
In any event the result may be watched
for with interest
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-07-04
KILLING OR CURING CRIMIN4LSf

There are doubtless not a few persons
who will agree with Judge Hollis re-
ported remark that an habitual and in
corrigible enemy of society should be put
to death. The cost Of keeping Grim
inals in prison, the frequency Of escapes
Or injudicious pardons, the pitiably
small proportion of reformations and
various other circumstances incline
many to think that when once it is sure
that q criminal is incorrigible. that his
liberty would be q constant menace to
society. and nat therefore for the pub
lie safety he must be Kept in prison or
under surveillance all his life. the best
thing 10 do is TO put him to death.
There will, however. be strong objec-
ton TO that stern judgment, and not al
together from mere sentimentalists. 1t
would be. il seems TO us, a humiliating
confession of the failure Of civilization
TO say that the only disposition il could
make of a hayward man was TO kill
him, the cure of waywardness be-
ing beyond its knowledge We have not
yet reached. and we hope never shall
reach. point where patients suffering
from physical maladies are TO be put to
death as incurable. On the contrary.
men are more and more denying that
any disease is essentially ineurable:
great progress is being made in the
treatment of various complaints which
formerly were almost invariably fatal,
and even for those for whom no cure is
hoped there are great hospitals and
refugees
The argument is strong for assuming
n similar attitude toward those who
are suffering from moral LESSONS Of even
the worst kind. a heavy responsibility
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-07-04
INVESTMENTS

on the canal and highway bonds at tss0
maturity.
Many people do not realize that the StaIa
or New York has undertaken 70 expenc
slolHocoo on its canal system and So.o0%
on It's highway system. and that this MONEY
VIII De IN process OF expenditure during us
next eight or ten years. and THAT IL IL ia
expenditure OF this money. plus the inter
est and sinking fund necessary to retire -
same st maturity. that makes the great u
crease in our states disbursements BosS
OF these expenses were directed by vd's
OF the people.
There should be great publicity given "
these transactions. because their success
fu accomplishment Will add more 20 tss
wealth and population os the state tnaa
any move the state has ever made
WILLIAM PIERREPONT wHITN
Utica. N Y. June so 1910
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-07-04
STATE ROAD AND CANAL INVESTMENTS
New Yorks Increased Expenditures Not Due to Exrays
gance Of Administration
To the Editor OF The Trih,,

10 the Editor OF The Tribune
Sir: The accompanying condensed table
SHOWS IN simple way the increase in the
states expenses during the last ten years
being in comparative columns of 1900 with
1909 This tabulation is made from the Con-
trolier's report.
IN this tabulation L have put the item,
General Expense by itself, because IL in
cludes not only the expenses of the Bank
ing Department and the Insurance DEPART
ment. but the refund upon the surrender
of liquor tax certificates of s2ss, 2ss 7 have
not the records as 10 the amount OF liouo-
tax refunded in 1900, but in this cIass,Nca-
ton this account is used for repavinr
moneys to their original source. and ara
not disbursements in the nature of a state
expense
Many people are not aware that the
sinking funds raised are an asset OF the
state held IN reserve to pay the principal