Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-03-19

Considering the expose of picture
dealers methods in New York in deal
ing with their customers that has been
made in the Evans-Clausen trial in the
metropolis, it might be we'll for collect
ors in Newark TO have a critical sur
vey made of their possessions. Accord
ing to credible witnesses, Homer a
tins and other priced canyases We're
turned out in short order by an artist
hired for that purpose, n We're sold
at large prices as originals. In one
case, it is alleged, where a Wyant was
sent TO the dealer for repairs a bogus
copy of the picture was returned and
the original was sold to another Gus
toner. This species of fraud has grown
in late years because too man collect
ors buy pictures for their names and
not their art, and are easy victims for
the dishonest dealer.
Some years ago New Jersey had a
State police. 1t didn't amount to any
thing more than the drawing of sal
aries. Pennsylvania has a State con-
stabulary of 22S men, and it does
amount to something, as it's record
shows. In the four years of its ex-
istence the constabulary has patrolled
1921, 500 miles of road and has re-
sponded to twenty-eight calls for riot
duty. In 1908 its members made 5,02S
arrests. The military character of the
organization was shown in its conduct
in the Philadelphia riots, which several
thousand police had failed to control.
The ordinary duties of this force, how
ever, is that of game and fire wardens.
and experimenting BLACK Hand" crimi-
nails, railroad thieves, -highHaymen and
other public enemies.
Roosevelt will speak in German in
and will speak in French in his address
at Paris. Not being "a master of the
scandinavian language, he will make
his address at Christiania in plain.
everyday English. 1t is unusual for a
public mar in travelling from country
" toulllIS ~ Ot tIldDlcu 10 carry on an
ordinary conversation in the languages
of the people he visits, and a public
address is a far more exacting task,
for it requires the employment of the
best verbal expressions of the nation
visited. AS for the English language,
Colonel Roosevelt nay be said to be
an adept in its use, as his numerous
writings show.
Cooperation by farmers i'll the sale
as we'll as production of market stuff is
contemplated in a charter taken out at
Trenton by South Jersey farmers. In
addition to dealing in all kinds of
produce the charter gives the right to
conduct abattoir and cold-storage
plants n to do a milling and manu-
featuring business. South Jersey raises
much poultry and other live stock. A
farmers anu open the way for direct
dealings with the ought to be
as practical "a those by which large
manufactures are combined.
Representative Wiley has a bill in
Congress providing for the appointment
Of a dentist for every thousand enlisted
men in the army. There are to be sixty
dentist surgeons, the balance to be as
sistants. The dental surgeons aretohave
the rank and pay Of first l~ieutenants
after three years service, and will be
eligible to retirement for age. The bill
is another evidence of the increasing
practical interest taken in the United
States in the care of the teeth. And it
is timely.
The onsum in the efty is puzzled
to understand why, il the crops in New
Jersey were so plentiful asst year, the
prices for the farmers produce should
be so high? Reports now made show
that last year was the most prosperous
one on record for the New Jersey
farmer. the gain over previous years
being 81 per cent. For South Jersey
alone 1881 cars were used for trans
Dortation. who will solve the riddle of
abundant crops and Increased prices?