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New-York tribune., 1910-12-28
THERE ARE STILL A FEW

To the Editor OF The Tribune
Sir: There are still many people in +bis
city who believe in the old-fa sbioned
method OF competition in the RAILWAYS bv
favoring group of independent lines
This point Is most critical in consideration
of the present subway tangle. Experience
should have taught us long ago that com
petition between independents is not haIf
as effective as Is competition under a regu-
lated monopoly; in other words, a spirit of
unconscious cooperation exists under a
method OF single system operation of al,
street railway lines that could not exist
when the oldtime independent operators got
to squabbling. The era Of indepenoent
rival street railway corporations IS certain
ly long passed. as far as American cities 90
/ would like to suggest that the proposed
additions to the subway system of the city
be contracted for under condition thar
they be part of the system already built
This will enable the authorities to regulate
properly the whole system, as such. and a
sense of civic cooperation. together with
tho power to regulate monopoly. will thus
result, TO the benefit OF all concerned
MICHAEL J. HICKEY
Brooklyn, Dec. %, 1910.
New-York tribune., 1910-12-28
Not IN BRYANT PARK

Ey some at least. of those who more
or less resnonsibly represent the Ma
tional Academy of Design earnest dis
approval Of the plan TO erect It's pro-
posed building along the western border
of Bryant Park will, we suppose, be re-
garded as manifestation of hostility to
the academy itself, or at least OF lack
of sympathetic interest in Its Weifare.
So far as The Tribune is concerned
there is no warrant for such a Judg-
ment. and we are persuaded THAT it Is
wholly erroneous. Our opposition to the
Plan proceeds primarily from the con-
yiction that the proposed sacrlnce OF
park space would not be compensated
by any contributions to the general ad-
vantage which the academy could make
that it would be the desertion OF a pollcy
which is based on well considered prln-
ciples and which ought to be main
tanned.
But we are equally convinced that 1t
would be preiudicial TO the best inter-
ests of the academy. 1t would seem 10
be needless to urge that long frontage
parallel and adjacent to the elevated
railroad would inevitably involve dlsad-
vantages from which q fine arts build
ing ought to be free.> That assuredly IS
the opinion which has heretofore pre-
vailed among members of the academy,
and it would be authorltatlVely as
serted hy them now if 1t were proposed
10 buy a site instead Of receiving one
as a gift from the city If official ana
pofular sentiment were unanimously
favorable to the suggestion. the academy,
in orr opinion, would be bound for ITS
own sake to resist the temptation.
Those who assuming to speak for the
academy, advocate the Bryant Park site
appear singularly unwilling to profit py
the lesson which they should have
learned from the general condemnation
of their recent scheme for converting TO
IFS use that part of Central Park where
the Arsenal stands. That incident maze
it clear that public good will might be
forfeited by insistence on an unacknoWl-
edged claim, and it would haye been
wise in abandoning that i'll ADVISED
project to relinquish all idea OF procur-
ing free park space for an academy
building. An ungrudging Difference to
public sentiment would have been, be-
coming then. and we think that such an
attitude would now enlist the practical
support of intelligent and liberal citizens
who are desirouS of seeing the lnst1tu-
ton settled in a commodious and beau
tifuI home of its own
New-York tribune., 1910-12-28
IN WASHINGTON SOCIETY.
IFrorn The Tribune Bureau

Washington, Dec. N-Miss Helen Taft
and Robert Taft were the guests OF honor
at a dinner party tonight, with Mr. ana
Mrs. James Marion Johnston as hosts'
There were fifty or more young people,
friends of their daughter, Miss Sopny
Johnston, debutante of this season, and
following the dinner there was an fnformai
dance. Miss Johnston later took her guests
to Mrs. Haywood's ball.
Mrs. William Haywood gave one OF the
most charmingly arranged dances OF the
winter tonight for her daughter, MISS
Doris Haywood, inviting two hundred and
fifty guests. The debutante of this and last
season and a number of young married
people We're present.
Miss Amaryili5 Gillett was hostess at
tea this afternoon forCMrs. and Miss Gill
t-HiIl: who are spending the winter III
washington. Assisting her were Mrs.
Thomas Nelson Page, Mrs j. William
uenry, Miss Gertrude Greedy. Miss Cara
Swift, Miss Putnam, Miss Hammond. Miss
May Hammond and Miss Marie Stevens
Mrs. Roscoe C. Bulmer. who has been in
Washington over Christmas, has gone TO
Fort Monroe to spend the remainder OF
the week with her husband. Lieutenant
Commander Bulmer, who is stationed on
the Salem. but is visiting at Fort Monroe
The Assistant Secretary of the Navy and
Mrs. Beekman Winthrop returned from
New-York tribune., 1910-12-28
THE "LANDSLIDE OF 1910"

An interesting light is thrown on the
character Of the Landslide OF 1870 by
the returns which have now been Off
cially canvassed in nearly all the states.
The vote cast for members Of Congress
by the two pa ties offers the most natu-
raj basis for contrasting the extent Of
the recent Democratic victory with the
extent Of the Republican victory in 1908
and with the extent of Democratic and
Republican victories in earlier years
The conversion of a Republican ajor
ity of forty-fiFe in the House Of Repre-
sentafires into a Democratic majority
OF sixty-five has been generally taken
as showing the unquestioned re-estab-
lishment of Democratic supremacy in
the Union But on the vote actually east
for candidates for Congress the Demo-
cratic plurality was surprisingly narrow.
Returns Oh Congress from Texas are
still unofficial, but accepting the unoiii-
cial figures, which undoubtedly involve
an oyerestinlafe of Democratic strength,
the Democratic margin on n total vote
of 11.3l4.439 was only 12s,16S. In the
last campaign in which a Democratic
sioNcf VI 1ttGtcSSh'ati'SS NdS caSNSSu
that of 1S92-the popular majority WAS
.T1S.59S. The Republican majority ID
1884 WAS I,0S2,252. In 1904 ii was
1852. 80. and in 1908 ii was GS6,46S
Those were real ''landslides.' - This
wears WIS a half-hearsed one, due 20
the fact that an unusually light vote
Was brought out and to the further fact
that the Republican party suffered much
saore acufely than the Democratic by
.'absenreeism'' from the polls.
The Republican vote of 1910 WIS s.
592.s14. against 1872 -9s5 in 1868. a loss
Of l6JO.171 The Democratic vote lie
creased from 6,556.511 10 5.721 ,5s0-a
loss of S34. 1921. 1t is significant, also, |
tlat the vote for Republican candidates
New-York tribune., 1910-12-28
NEW YORK FROM THE SUBURBS.

You can't keep Manhattan down Whls
Pittsburg was haggling over the express
charges on n Western dinOSaur. New AofA
found one next door--WaShingtoE Post
They are planning to spend tame New
Years Eve in New York. There is redsol,
to believe, however. that the tamensss u
the Gotham cafes viii not be OF an oppfHS-
sive character--Dayton Journal
Another gorgeous food palace ia projectee
for Broadway. They do say. though, tns
real New Workers never go In EN- ths'n,
selves to eat. and that they are supporteo
entirely by visiting cattle kings and minus
mtllionaires.-Buffalo News.
Ii is said that DIR. Cook has lost his s-s
To New York City, but IL won't matsss
much. anyway They've changed the loeA
Philadelphia Inquirer.
The cost of being sick also has gone uv.
at least in New York City 1t is found tna.
the expense of hospital maintenance tnslo
has increased loo per cent in many VI
stances during the last ten years--Nen''
Sentinel.
An important piece of legislation 70 CONS
before the Legislature of New York at ~
approaching session Is a bill 10 make tnc
city OF New York still larger by anneAins
Mount Vernon. New Rochelle. Ionks,S
Pelham and East Chester. the whole - -
treated as the County of WestShes-ss
These places are very near New NorA 80 -
are as much a part of II as some Q. ar s-
other places embraced in the greater -
York created some years aso--ooss~
Globe
New-York tribune., 1910-12-28
AT THE WHITE HOUSE.
frrom The rribune Bureau. ]

From Ihe IrtDEftS Duic"N''
washington. Dec 27--The Pesident ois-
cussed legislation with Represeh.a'''-
Dwight and Hull to-day. Mr.. Dwight ex-
pressed the opinion that a record for legis-
lation enacted at short session OK CON
gress will be made this winter. that spien-
did progress had been made by the various
committees on number OF bills and that
they will be ready to report them as sooh
as Congress reconvenes-
mo progress has been made in orsanl1-
ing the new Commerce Court. said Mar
tin A Knapp. presiding judge of that court
after talk with the President this MORN
ing because of the failure Of the Senate
to confirm all the nominations of the Judges
Of the court.
President Taft has been invited by
Colonel Archibald Hopkins. trustee OF the
Hampton Normal and Industrial Institute
at Hampton, Va. to attend the anniversary
celebration Of that institution on January
q aud 2s The President Will give his an
swerN later.
IT, C. Emery. chairman Of the Tarih
Board, discussed the work of the boaro
with the President. Ex-Deiegate DENNIS
Flynn, of Oklahoma, discussed appoint
ments. particularly the vacancy in the mar
shalship in the Eastern District OF OKLA
homa, and Representative Diekema talked
to the President tsabout Legislative affairs
Mr.. Taft did not return 10 his office after
luncheon, but remained at the White House
the early part of the afternoon and later
went for long walk with Captain Butt
A temporary wooden structure Is being
erected over u portion of the eastern poru-
CO of the White House Immediately ad5oin-
ing the large windows of the East Room
to accommodate the Marine Band at the
state receptions.
New-York tribune., 1910-12-28
THE NEW INHERfTANCE TAX.

What Controller Williams reports re-
garding the disappointingly low receipts
from the new progressive inheritance
tax, together with his conclusions re-
garding the migration of wealth TO
other states to escape its eXactlons, was
doubtless expected. The defect in state
income and inheritance taxes is the ease
with which they can be avoided simply
by change of domicile, and this change
in the case of person with. houses in
more than one state is, as Mr.. Williams
points out, often merely mental. When
q tax is raised in one state person who
has hitherto regarded himself as a resi-
dent of that state merely makes up his
mind to regard himself henceforth as
domiciled in another sta e where the
tax is low or does not exist at all, and
where he has his summer or winter
home. as the case may be. When man
only has TO change his mind to change
his residence tax dodging is easy. The
New York law undoubtedly invited a
good many men to change their minds
about where they lived
One other consequence Of the tax
to which MI Williams alludes may
prove of greater consequence to the state
than the loss of wealthy citizens, and
that is its effect in deterring capital
from entering into New York enter
prises. 1t will have some effect Of this
sort, for the tax is TO be levied upon
holdings in New York State corporations
of estates of non-residents. Mr.. Will
Jams says that instances Of capitals re-
flsing investment i'll this state on the
ground OF the new tax have been brought
TO his attention. That feature Of the
New York law is common to other in
heritance tax laws, and works harshly
and unjustly when it results in dece-
dents estate being taxed heavily in two
or more states. If it should prove TO
affect New York enterprises in any con-
siderable degree the state will have to
recede from that part of its Inheritance
tax policy though it may still cling TO
its graduated tax.
New-York tribune., 1910-12-28
THE NEWS THIS MORNTNG-

FOREIGN.-A dispatch from Chihua-
hua. Mex, says General Navarro at Ped
ernales is waiting for the two thousand
troops to reinforce him before giving
battle. 1t WAS reported. at Wash
ington that a clash had occurred between
troops of Santo Domingo and Hayti at q
1,oint on the border - Major General
Duvall commander OF the Department
OF the Philippines, caused military
agents to search Japanese houses in
Manila: the local police aided. - A
dispatch from Tsingtau, China, says the
German cruiser Emden sailed for Pom
ape, Caroline Islands. where, 1T is report
cd, an insurrection has occurred
a dispatch from Catania, Sicily. says
Mount 1Ftna is showing considerable
activity. - 1t was announced at st.
Petersburg that the expulsion of Jews
from the Russian capital has been be-
gun. - 4 cable dispatch from Rome
stated that a large majority of ninety
Thousand railroad employees in Italy have
voted in favor OF a strike
DOMESTIC.-The civil suit against
the Beef Trust was dismissed in the Fed
erai~ Circuit Court an ChicaSo, at the
REQUEST of the government, in order to
clear the way for trial Of the packers
on criminal charges. - The case Of
Commander William S. Sims of the bat
fleship Minnesota, who is said TO have
made an indiscreet speech In London,
was referred by Secretary Meyer TO Pres
5oent Taft. and II Is thought in WASH
ington that the commander viii be repri-
r1anded. - Governor elect John s.
Dix at Albany devoted several hours TO
preparing his annual message and his
3naugural address. Frank Worth
ing, well known actor and leading man
for Grace George, died suddenly on the
stage at Detroit -- Justice Belts in
1he Supreme Court at Kingston. y. Y,
handed down a decision Tacating the
temporary injunction secured by Ellis B.
Long. of EsoDus, who brought action
against the State Prison Commission to
restrain the awarding of contract for
the new state prison at Wingdale,
DUtchess County.
CITY--Stocks were heavy. The
state authorities closed the Northern
Bank. with nine branches in the upper
part OF the city. and deposits aggre-
eating nearly S1,o00,o00, alleging a long
list of irregularities Judge Faw-
cett. in Brooklyn, sentenced Maria
Kappa and G. Pattenza to twenty-five
years each in prison for Kidnapping
Giuseppe Longo-- 1t was announced
that Mayor G3ynor would not appoint a
new Board OF Elections until he was
converSant with the results of the in
vestigations Of Commissioner Of Ac-
counts Fosdick- - Police are look
ing for a man said to have gagged
and robbed the girl cashier in Cliff
street plumbers supply shop. - A
formal decree approving the offer made
by the directors OF the Bank of North
America in way Of settlement of the
shareholders claims was handed down
Ey Judge Hand. - The Presbyterian
Hospital purchased twelve and one-halr
lots adjoining the Rockefeller Institute
Of Medical Research.
THE Observation-Disclosures for to-
day: Cloudy. The temperature yester-
day: Highest Il degrees: lowest, %.
New-York tribune., 1910-12-28
NOTHING TO FEAR.

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: James J. Hill In recent interview
takes a doleful view of financial conditions
and has scared almost as many men as
Halley's comet. Hard times will come
when the rich men tie UP all the money, as
they have before, by Illegal combinations
Mr.. Hill is entitled to his opinion. but the
nation is not on the way to the bow-wowS,
and there is no real reason why we Should
have any panics in this country.
With millions In undeveloped mines, with
enough crops to feed the world, the coun-
try enters to-day under the sensible ad-
ministration Of President Taft upon an era
of prosperity seldom equalled in the world S
history. Business Is getting into good
shape. Attorney General Wickersham is
getting after illegal combinations. high and
low, and is fully able to handle the legal
end Of it.
The American citizen Will have plenty of
work If the steel, railroad and other inter-
ests stop importing q lot of cheap labor
from the slums OF the earth. There are
enough farms IN the Eastern and Middle
states to deplete the Bowery and the East
Side of its surplus population and to give
every one a decent existence.
It wasn't the corn crop that brought
down the price of meat. It was the bumper
election crop. Our trust leaders have read
history enough to know that it is best not
to grind the people down too hard, and
they considered it wise tc go easy We
produce everything we need in America,
the great West is still in it's infancy, and
long after Mr.. Hill, one of our greatest
American pioneers, has ceased his activity
we shall continue to grow We may have
a dirty little Wall Street panic by men
who love to play with money, but the gov-
ernment will still live.
Mr.. Taft's administration has produced
confidence. Soon we shall be feeding the
world through the Panama Canal and ex-
cursions will be coming from Europe, Asia
and Africa to see the New World, which
was born at Valley Forge, christened anew
by Abraham Lincoln and will soon lead the
earth in intelligence, wealth and progressive
movements for the betterment of the
human race. THEODORUS Van WICK
New York. Dec. q, 1910
New-York tribune., 1910-12-28
BETTER TINES ~ THE PHILIP

Striking testimony to the efficacy Of
the Philippine sections of the Payne
tariff law is furnished in the latest re-
port of General Edwards, the chief of
the War Departments Bureau Of Insu-
lar Affairs In those sections long de-
layed recognition was given to the fact
that the Philippine archipelago has pc
come BY force of circumstances part Of
our economic system. and is consequently
entitled TO the benefits of free ex-
change of products with the other com
ponents of that system. Though Presi-
dent Roosevelt and President Taft both
earnestly advised legislation removing
tariff barriers against Philippine prod
ucts. the Senate held out for years
against a self-eyident act of reason and
Justice It preferred TO consider the
baseless fears of certain interests in
this country that they would suffer from
Philippine competition, and continued,
until the Payne tariff law was passed,
TO hold tariff duties on Philippine prod
New-York tribune., 1910-12-28
FIGHTING THE MENTAL sCOURGE.

Il
A hearty godspeed is to be wished
for the movement to combat the preya-
lence of insanity which was organized
the other evening ct the Academy Of
Medicine in this city. Perhaps there
will be some wonder that it has been SO
long delayed, though that is not difficult
to explain Efforts seek lines of least
resistance, in sanitation as well as
everything else. Years ago campaigns
We're organized against various ills
which were recognized as durable or
preventable, and which in fact were
comparatively susceptible to treatment,
while the major ills, ignorantly or SUI
perstitiously supposed to be incurable,
were passed by. There was no use in
trying to cure consumption or cancer,
men thought. and as for insanity, it was
down to comparatively recent times 50
generally regarded as direct visitation
Of God" or else possession Of the devil,
that it seemed blasehemous to attempt
to deal with it otherwise than to re-
strain its victims within bounds.
But the world is learning. 1t has
learned to cure diseases which were for
merly considered incurable and TO pre-
vent some which were believed to be IN
controllable. So it has at last organized
a campaign against the great white
plague" which is meeting with much sue
cess, and there is serious talk of the
possible elimination of tuberculosis-at
least pulmonary-from the world, or Of
making it as rare, let us say, as small
pox is in countries where enlightened
measures are taken against it: and an
other is now being organized against
the mysterious and exceptionally drea.l-
full ravages of cancer with consider
able and wholly commendable degree of
confidence in its success. So teaanus and
meningitis and all other maladies are
being challenged and may probably be
overthrown by the champions OF health.
1t is therefore high TIME for a coll
certed scientific mo ment against what
is, after all. the most dreadful OF all
human ills and perhaps the most diff
cult TO cure or to prevent. 1t may be
that in the present or Immediately pro-
spectiye state of scientific knowledge
and ability many cases Of insanity are
incurable and non-preyentable. There IS
reason for thinking that many others
are curable. and there can be little or no
doubt that q large number are perfectly
The proportion of cases
which are directly due to improper
habits of life. 10 evil environment and
TO the use of drugs is VIGOROUSLY large.
If only these could be prevented, ines
New-York tribune., 1910-12-28
WHY PROTECT THEMs

From UP the state comes the sugges-
ton that the Legislature fix cioseu
season for politics, during which pollti-
clans shall be protected under the game
laws. The suggestion Is distinctly or
merit-for the politicians. hunting
politicians is sport far too restricted
at present. Everything should be done
to popularize it. The supply OF poiltl-
clans is plentiful They are so nuIner-
Gus and so voracioIs as frequently 10
become nuisance-eve, menace-to
the general public. Breeding places, IKE
the celebrated Tammany preserve, keep
up the numbers The excitement and
benefits of the politician chase are too
little known or too little appreciated.
Just now the glory Of potting Grady
or bringing Murphy to bag. for IN
stance, would be worthy of the best
efforts of a carefully planned and weii
organized expedition, while hunting the
lesser ones of the breed would furnish
rare and healthful sport for even the
humblest members of the community.
In his proper place, OF course, the
politician is reasonably harmless AMI
NAL. Kept down In numbers and his
habitat restricted so that depredat1onS
on public property would be infrequent
if not impossible, he would be almost
We do not advocate
the determination Of the politician,
though we confess to doubts about the
success of the experiments to breed hiin
Ut TO the grade of domestic animal OF
general usefulness But surely there
should be no closed season for him
now. It may even be advisable to put
bounty on his head. if his numbers and
appetite continue to increase.
New-York tribune., 1910-12-28

uces justitiable. although free entry was
granted to similar products from Hawaii
and Porto Rico.
trade with the Philippines prove how
groundieSs were the apprehensions of
those who saw in the opening of our
market to Philippine sugar and tobacco
menace to home industries. There has
been no ruinous inflow TO check dcmes-
tic production and depress prices. The
limits of free entry for sugar and to-
bacco fixed by the Payne law have not
been reached and are not likely to be
reached for several years to come. Sell
ing values here We're not affected. but,
on the other hand, the Philippine To-
bacco and sugar industries were encour-
aged and steadied by the enlargement
of their market, and in return much
more liberal purchases We're made in the
United States for Philippine consump-
ton. Imports from America douo-
led In value in the fiscal year 1909 10,
and exports to America increased III
value 80 per cent. A freer interchange OF
products has helped both parties to the
transaction economically, and has also
undoubtedly contributed to strengthen
the political bonds between the Unltso
States and the people of its Far East
ern dependency Sound policy points TO
q removal in the near future of the few
remaining Determinations against PM
ippine products seeking market here
We are glad to note that even our an
ti-imperialist friend 1.-The Evening Post
is pleased with the workings of the Phil
ippine sections of the Payne law Ii
admits the great benefits which have
accrued and will accrue to the ffi1plnos
through the privilege of free entry INTO
the American market. Yet it has urged,
and still urges, q course which, by max
ing the archipelago independent without
delay. would shut the American market
to its products at a time when II most
needs a chance to develop economically
and industrially. Immediate Indepeh-
dence for the Filipinos would have to DE
purchased by a sacrifice which they can
not afford to make of their best inter-
ests, material and political.