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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-05-27
DIR. MANNING EXPLAINS.
Rear Tenements To Be Raced Had just
Become Property of Trinity.

To the Editor of The Tribune
Sir: Certain statements have appeared
in the newspapers in reference TO the tear
ing down of a number of rear tenements
owned by Trinity Parish. 1t should, how
ever, have been stated that these rear ten
enents are all of them buildings which
have only just come under the control OF
Trinity Corporation. They are buildings
erected by others and owned by them on
land leased from the corporation
On the first day of this present month
the leases expired on this property to which
attention has been called, and already the
buildings are being destroyed.
This simple statement of the facts is due
to Trinity Parish. and it is also due to the
Tenement House Department of the Charity
Organization Society, which in it's recently
issued report stated explicitly that in the
tenement house prope<ty owned and Goa
trolled by Trinity Parish mot single rear
tenement or rear dwelling house was
found" WILLIAM T. MANNING.
Rectors Office, Trinity Parish. No. 1S7
Fulton street, New York, May g. 1910.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-05-27
FAD AND ANTI-FAD.

= ANY habit, even a good one. is bad,
declared an eminent physician; ana ne
was able to give q reason for the IaltH
that was in him. 1t is an evil for man 10
become the creature or the slave OF any
thing. We have spoken Of the great bene-
fit of Mr.. Weston's example. There is no
doubt that open a ir walking might pront-
ably be more widely practised. But IL
would be mischievous for men TO Walk
just for the sake of walking or because
Of q certain compulsion-golng TO the
daily task with something OF the teel-
ing Of 1.-The quarry slave, scourged to his
dungeon OF course it is conceivable
that in certain abnormal cases such ex-
ercise must be taken under compulslon,
but that compulsion is obviously for the
sake of the doer and not of the practice.
Nor are fads confined to personal
habits. They appear in industrial and
business life. The multiplication of
strikes in this and other countries sug-
gests suspicion that many strikes are
ordered or INDUCED in not because there
is any adequate provecation. but just
for the sake Of striking. This has no
anu CDBISSSttly Dcth thC NusN
in France, where strikes have repeatedly
been ordered for no cause whatever ex-
cepting that the power of the men might
be shown.
In public affairs the same faddish fen
dency appears. Conservation of re-
sources is assuredly most desirable
thing and it should be thoroughly and
h,Jf Il irlcf
practised Wherever there are resources
needing conservation they should he
conserved. But they are to be conserved
not for their own sake, but for their
subsequent use for the good of the peo-
pie. Simply to lock them up against use
would be at par with the miser's hoard
ing of gold just for the sake of boarding.
We might so a step further into the
international domain and point out the
danger of perverting SO admirable and
beneficent thing as arbitration into the
character of Il fad. No doubt arbitration
might be widely practised with much
advantage, but 1t should be practised for
the sake of it's results and because they
could thus be secured more surely and
readily than in any other way. It
would be as foolish and mischieyous to
remit to arbitra ton matters which We're
susceptible of direct settlement by the
ordinary processes of diplomacy as it
would be for individuals to go TO law
over disputes which might be settled by
neighborly and reasonable personal dis
cussien.
It might indeed be a good thing to
develop general movement fer the dis
couragement of fads in public and pri-
vate life throughout the world, only that
there is danger that anti-faddism itself
might become fad
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-05-27
ARCHITECTS WANT FUND
Need $250,000 to Establish
School of Fine Arts.

Dom Barber, president OF the Society Of
Beaux Arts Architects. announced yesterday
that movement had been started TO raiss
fund OF S25o,00o to aid the educational
committee of the society In cuItivatins and
perpetuating the principles and associations
of the EcoIe DIES Beaux Arts. i'll Paris. Abour
$4,000 has been subscribed recently.
We need the income of s250.000," said
MIR. Barber, "as we operate all over the
country and are giving a type of instruction
that does not exist in any other way. The
members OF the Society of Beauxe Arts Ar
chitects give their time and effort TO this
work simply for the good OF the cause of
architecture and the benefit of the young
men who do not have the opportunity to go
abroad to study and get the right prepara-
tion for active work.
II have Just appointed a committee OF
incorporation, who will organize the work
of the society into a regular school OF ar
chitecture. We have been doing missionary
work year after year. but the demand for
our work has become so popular that the
expenses of holding examinations. express
age of drawings in competitions held under
the auspices of various colleges throughout
the country. etc. amounting to about sI2.-
900 year, are too great for the members of
1--WE have the germ of a national school
of fine arts in this work, and we wish 10
see II on firm basis until the federal gov
ernment or a large corporation takes "
over"
The committee that will raise the fund
comprises. besides MIR, Barber. Lloyd War
rem. John NJ Carrere. S. r. r. Trowbridge.
l. n. Phelps Stokes. Joseph Rowland Hunt
Ernest Flasg and f. III. Bosworth. Jr.
Mr.. Barber also announced yesterday the
names of the five men out of more than five
hundred applicants from all over the coun-
try who have lust qualified for the final
competition on JunS Is for the coveted
Paris prize of ss.5oo and two years study
In Paris.
The Paris prize is given this year by Rob
ert Bacon. United States Ambassador 10
France.
The men who have Qualified for the final
examination are C. r. Hall, of the atelier
Hornbostel A F., Adams. of the atelier
Prevct; X E Carpenter Massachusetts In
stituts or Technology. w III King. IT,.
Carnegie Technical Schools. and VALERIE de
Mari Chicago. The problem in design or
which the competitors will work 10 "A
Municipal marlborough Trolley Station and
Assembly Hail.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-05-27
ISOLATED.

We are glad to find a prompt and
complete confirmation of our belief that
the Hon. John Dalzell lii opposing the
original Tariff Board provision of the
sundry civil appropriation bill spoke
more for himself than for the Repub-
licans Of the city and state which he
represents. The statement made on
Tuesday by his colleague from Pitts
burg, Mr. Burke. shows that the delesa-
ton from that city is not a unit in fear
Ing the results Of an inquiry into the
difference in the cost of production here
and abroad conducted by tariff board.
Mr.. Dalzell regards an inquiry of that
sort made through body appointed 10y
fhe President as an infringement of the
rights and privileges of the House Of
Representatives In his speech Of last
Monday attacking the Tawney amend
ment he said:
This is an important question ia its
relation To the legislative bodies of this
government because it puts in the hands
of a board under the control OF the Ex-
ecutEve questions that belong only TO the
House OF Representatives so intended TO
, be by the men VINO made the Constitu-
tio1--a prerogatiYe that we and our
predecessors throughout all OF our his
tory have guarded with jealous care and
upon the retention Of which We have al
ways insisted.
Mr.. Daizelfs extreme view of the
Houses exclusive jurisdiction over all
matters relating 10 tn IT legislation is.
as we have centended. held by only a
small group Of the Republican leaders
IL Congress. 1t is narrow and anti
1uated, and Nr. Burke. though profess
sag great respect for his senior col
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-05-27

lea CUES equipment as q legislator. diff
fers radically with him in holding that
il would not be an abandonment OF
prerogative for the House TO authorize
the Executive 80 conduct an inquiry
into the cost of production of articles
included in the tariff schedules. The
House receives information from the
Executive on which TO base approprla-
tons 10 meet the government eXpen-
ditures. Why should it not receive in
formation on which to base legislation
intended TO supply the government With
revenue: As Mr. Burke justly said In
reply to Mr.. Dalzell. the daily routine
OF legislation in the House OF Repre-
sentatives is a refutat ton of the charge
that receiving information from an exec
utire board involves an improper limi-
tation Of the powers of the House or
of any of its committees.
As a representative of the City OF
Piftsburg, one of the strongest protec-
Zionist communities in the country. Mr.
Burke welcomed the creation Of Il body
Ito ascertain and convey to Congress
and TO the American people the exact
facts regarding the cost of producing
throughout the world all those articles
Ito promote the manufacture of which
lin the United States we have adopted
"a protective schedule" As a rational
protectionist the Pittsburg Congressman
asks only for such protection as is
capable of justification. He does not
shrink from the fullest investigation
possible, for. as he says:
If there is any subject upon which the
people have the right to be informed
from the most reliable sources it is this,
for the reason that not one article
should remain for a single moment on
the protected lists in our revenue leglS-
lation unless it needs such protection.
And, on the other hand, no item which is
there by right should have its integrity
questioned by either the blind partisan
who perverts for the sake OF politics or
the ignorant individual who INDUCES in
abuse for want of knowledge.
That is the attitude of President Taft.
and we think of all sincere believers in
nationally applied protection We are
confident that it reflects the feeling of
a vast ajority of the Republican voters,
who see in the objections to.a tariff
beard made by Mr.. DalZell and few
of the other House leaders only mis-
guided effort TO Justify an unfortunate
flunder committed last August by the
members representing the House in the
tariff bill conference.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-05-27
ENGINEERING IN PARkS.

The action of Mr.. Gutzon Borglum
and the Parks and Fairgrounds Asso-
citation the other day to prevent the de-
struction of trees in Fort Washington
Park calls to mind the danger to which
the city parks are subjected. According
to all accounts. the plan fer laying our
roads and paths in the park is the plan
of an engineer simply and solely, as II
aesthetic considerations no more entered
into the question than they would into
the laying out of a railroad. the dig
ging of q canal or the building Of a
dam Its thoroughly practical spirit is
illustrated by the proposed sacrifice of
three hundred large trees. a totally un-
called for and wanton sacrifice, accord
ing TO Mr.. Borglum.
The slaughter of trees is SO common
in New York that we can hardly expect
q borough president TO interpose any
objection to the destruction Of three
hundred of them, when recommended
by a competent engineer" Even the
needs OF a telephone company are eX-
cuse enough for cutting off the tops of
great elms or other noble trees wher-
ever they may exist in the few fortunate
streets Of the outlying borougtls. That
a tree a century or two old is TO all
intents and purposes absolutely IRE
placeable seems not TO have dawned upon
the practical people who Improve our
parks and grant permits TO public SER
vice corporations TO put the LATEST i'm
proVements in our streets.
How the practical spirit which re-
CARDS the crossing of q park by road
way as a mere engineering problem oper-
ates TO the ruin of parks was illustrated
by the latest improvement in Nc
Combs Dam Park. an elevated street.
raised 10 cross the New York Central
Railroad tracks, vast hank of earth.
at one end twenty feet high, bisecting
the park. an atrocious eyesore in itself.
which destroys the utility of a large
part Of that fine playground An OBJ
vious extension of viaduct already
existing would have spared the park, but
unhappily no Mr.. Borglum interviewed
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-05-27

the whole family had to argue to keep Aii,,
from suing for the coat which was ruihsi
In the scuffie, declared the story teter
Head Waiter (dignifed and pompous'-
Have YOU ordered sir?
lDespairfng Patron-Ies,, ! ordered ~
terhouse steak half an hour ago. ana
wish to apologize for my rudeness. WIN
your permission j VIII withdraw y as 5S 81
order and renew II as a suggestion
cage Tribune.
Montreal has made arrangements ior an
imposing demonstration in comr1emora'iou
of the goth anniversary Of the heroic deea
of Dollard, who, with sixteen companions
saved the city from destruction by the lro-
quos by 1860. Dollard and his men all me-
death at the hands of the Iroduois Whiio
OF posing the advance of the Indian warriors
who were descending on Montreal Inc
commemorative demonstration win he heid
on Sunday. when there win be reigious
ceremony at .Notre Dame, at which Arch
bishop Bruchesi will officiate. This Will ee
followed by n public demonstration in front
of the Maisonneuve monument on the Pace
d Armes.
Yes" said the drug clerk. IL am called
UP occasionally to compound prescriptions
at night
isn't man likely TO make mistakes
working in semi darkness
1'You bet he is, l took in ,plusSeo
quarter once Washington Herald
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-05-27
IN THE BERKSHfREs.

ley Telegraph 20 me Tribune
Lenox, Nav 2s.-Frsnk K srurgfs vss
out on the Lee Boulevard this afteruoo,
with his team of roans on a brake sfr
sturgis annually opens the coaching season
in May.
Mr.. and Mrs Harris Fahnestock. Mr. and
Mrs. John z. Alexandra and Mrs Georz.
GriswoId Haven are az their country -es-
tates.
Mrs. Joseph ". Burden has arrived a,
Under Ledge.
Mrs. William A. " Burden will ousr
Deepdene. the Kinnicut villa, tomorrow.
Mr.. and Mrs Milford Martin. Of Rye. =.
Y; Mr. and Mrs. Henry HornbIower, Mrs
J. n. Wainwright. Mr.. and Mrs. s H War.
ner and Miss Warner, or New York. and
Miss Caroline Swift. Of Duluth. are motor.
ing in the hills.
Mr. and Mrs. Franklin Farrell and NJ
and Mrs. George c. Bryant who have beer
ar the Curtis Hotel, will return 10 Ansoris
Tomorrow
e The Hotel Aspinwail will be opened To-
morrow for the season This is two weeks
earlier than in former years
Mr. and Mrs Peyton Van Rensselaer, ara
at Red Lion Inn IN Stockbridge
Mrs. William Fl. Draper. Of New York.
has leased the Lultng villa, Weybourne, IN
Stockbridse. and arrived there with ths
Misses Ruth and Dorothy Draper
Mr., and Mrs Ernest Warm arrived TO-
night ar their villa in stocktridge
T, Sudan Grant. of New York, Is at TIA
Curtis Hotel
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-05-27
THE CHINESE CUSTOMS SERVICE

TIE CHINESE CUSTOMS SERVICE.
All who are interested in the fiscal
integrity of the Chinese government will
feel grateful degree OF reinsurance at
the filling. though long delayed, of the
place Of Acting Inspector General Of
the Imperial Maritime Customs That
is the department of government upon
which the empire depends for its chief
official revenue. the revenue on which
interna tional loans are based. and under
the direction of Sir Robert Hart il has
for years been noted as the one depart
ment which has been efficiently and
honestly administered. TWO years ago
Sir Robert Hart, aged and weary with
service. went home 10 England ION d
years leave of absence" As matter
of fact he did not intend To return to
China. nor did the Chinese government
expect him 10 return. Speculation and
intrigue have accordingly been busy
ever since over The successorship, and
various candidates have been put for
ward
The new Acting Inspector who may
be regarded as really Sir Roberts sue
cessOr, though the latter may continue
nominally 10 hold his own place for
some time to come, is Mr.. f. A. Aglen,
a man Of fine ability and integrity who
for years has been Sir Roberts right
hand man and who will doubtless con-
tinue the wise and masterful policy
which was so long and so successfully
pursued by his preceptor. The appoint
ment. therefore. is of good omen for
China and for all who are interested in
her finances. and it may be expected
that in due time Sir Roberts actual re-
tirement from office and Mr.. Aglen's
promotion TO the actual inspectorship
Will be announced.
The Chinese government does not ap-
pear 10 have demurred TO the continu-
ance Of foreign control over the CHS
toms service. 1t probably feels the
need OF such control now more than
hitherto, on account of the somewhat
chaotic condition of imperial finances
and the revenue disturbances and
changes caused by the suppression of
the opium traffic Substantial reforms
have been effected in the national adj
ninistration. and others will doubtless
follow as the constitutional system is
more fully established. but there is no
indication that under purely native con-
troll the customs service would be main
tanned al anything like the standard of
efficiency and integrity which Sir Rob
ert Hart established. Until there are
not only indications but also convincing
assurances that such will be the case it
viii be the part of wisdom for tie sake
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-05-27
THE FRENCH IN WADAT.

1t is inaccurate and misleading to
speak. as a recent press dispatch did,
of the scene of Captain Boyd Alexan-
der's death in mid-Africa as NEAR
Wadai, in the French Congo 1t would
be as permissible to speak of some oc-
currence as being near Philadelphia, in
the Mississippi Valley. Wadai has moth
ing TO do with the French Congo, aside
from the political connection which ex-
lists between them by virtue of the fact
that they are both parts of the French
empire in Central Africa
Wadai is one Of the great native
states OF the Soudan. lying between Oar
Fur and Lake Tchad, and is practically
all north Of the tenth parallel north,
while most of the French Congo lies
south of the Equator. 1t is well
watered and fertile country. inhabited
by various tribes, some of the negro and
some of the Caucasian race and the
Mahometan religion. In the general
partitioning of Africa il was assigned
to the French sphere of influence, and
last year the capital city, Abeshr, was
occupied by n French force. after brill
liant campaign. In February u massacre
of the French occurred, on which ac.
count punitive expedition was re-
Gently sent thither. which last month in.
fiicted a crushing defeat upon the hos
tile Massalit tribe which had invaded
Oar Tama on the frontier of Oar Fur
The French possession of Wadai is a
reminder Of the completeness with which
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-05-27


r-t,,n-.or MAJ s-Tne President
through Representative Hamer- MAJ
tnown his strong advocacy of the sSe,co.oVV
JrrIration bond issue. promising to use ms
nhi,ence to have the bill passed. desp'1e
tho opposition OF Senator Borah and some
others
,e,sr conference with the President
Representative VreeIand said MI. Idi.
vonId veto the postal savings bank DIN "
n aid not comply with the promises maze
at the Chicago convention.
Representative Watkins presented a oeie.
CATION from Louisiana, the members oi
which are seeking support for an interna-
tional exposition at New Orleans 10 ceie-
brste the opening of the Panama canal
Until President Taft knows definitely
when Congress will adjourn he VIII not
accent any more invitations For THIS fea-
SON he declined the invitation or the REV.
A. z. Ballard. president Of the Ocean Grove
Association. to visit that city in July
The President and Mrs. Taft. assisted by
the Secretary OF state and Captain Bute,
received the new Spanish Minister ana
Sonora Don Juan Riano Gayangas. WHO
were presented by the Duke and DUCHESS
d'Arcos in the Blue Room this afternoon.
Among the White House callers were
Senators Briggs. Kean. Smith, OF Michigan
and Tavior. Representatives Cole, Kendall,
Parsons, Longworth. Rothermel. Mccall
Cassidy. Mckinley, Cox. Mclaughlin. Die
kema. Howell, of New Jersey; Watkins
Barnnart, Graft Ansberry, Woods, Ken
nedy, of Ohio. and Madison
President Taft Viee-President Sherman,
General Edwards and Captain Butt attend
ed the Washington-D Detroit baseball game
this afternoon.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-05-27

To the Editor of The Tribune
Sir: A dispatch in Thursdays Tribune
stating that 10 per cent of all boys ever
thirteen years old in the Protestant Sunday
schools of the United States are lost TO the
Church and never make profession of faith
is perhaps little misleading i'll its sisnifi-
canoe. The ''astonished Sunday school
workers no doubt took this TO mean that
this large proportion OF young people grew
up to become either highway robbers or
the genteel variety which operates in more
mysterious ways it's wonders To perform.
AS a matter of fact, if Bishop Foster will
look into the matter he will find that many
of the thirteen-year-old boys who twenty
years or thirty years or forty years ago
were lost to the Church are pretty decent
citizens at the present time. and lie will
also observe that some who retained their
Church connection have not exactly done
credit 10 their professions
The fact that in England not more than 3
per cent are lost to the Church is not at
all significant The fact that the Catholic
Church counts very nearly 100 per cent OF
its young people into the Church when they
reach maturity need not be taken by Prot
estants as a sign of greater vitality ON the
part of that religion. The men whose re-
ligious training was gained In Protestant
Sunday schools are generally pretty good
citizens. whether their names are found on
the church rolls or not. and there is moth
ing 10 indicate that the % per cent of
Englishmen are superior morally or other
wise TO the anchurchsd ~ per cent of
Americans The public will refuse 10 be
very much startled ONE OF THEM.
New York, May IS, 1910.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-05-27
THE TALK OF THE DAY.

The experience OF the postmaster OF a
Connecticut town. who, wild with tooth
ache and unable to find dentist, had
the offending member extracted by the viii
lage blacksmith, recalled TO man q story
which his father told so often. he said,
that the family knew 1t by heart. He lived
in a place where the barber was dentist
also. and one day. after having been kept
awake for several nights with an aching
molar. he went TO the shop and begged 10
have il "yanked out" The barber. SO
went the story. got a turnkey hold on the
tooth, but ii wouldn't come. The sufferer
was pulled from the chair. WAS promptly
jumped upon by the barber and his mus
cular son, End, while one held. the other
pulled. and the tooth finally came Father
paid quarter to have the Job done, ana
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-05-27

Africa has been partitioned. 1t forms
q connecting link in continuous cnalil
of French territory from the mouth OF
the Congo TO the Mediterranean, WINE
east and west of it lie the Brltlsh pos
sessions Oar Fur and Nigeria, and SOUTH
west lies the German colony of the
Cameroons. On Lake Tchad all three Oh
those powers have frontage. A genera
ton ago only the corners and borders
Of Africa were occupied by European
powers. while now there are only Few
small tracts which are left TO native
ownership. Never before in the WORTH
probably, was so vast territory SO
quickly partitioned among conquerins
invaders