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New-York tribune., 1910-09-05

z +o which n ia entitled TO the
conntv and Assembly district conventions
by ballot.
2 In case there is more than one candi-
date for any county or Assembly dlstrlc'
office. ballot boxes are provided. ana each
elector at the caucus votes directly TOT t'iS
candidate of his choice. and the oelesates
are bound to support in convention '"0
candidate receiving a plurality OF the votes
at the caucus. The voting In convention II
viva voce, as the roll is called Under tnlS
plan no delegate has ever violated MS IN
structions, and should he attempt 70 Vlo-
late such instructions the rules or the or
ganization require that the vote OK the
delegate must be considered and counled
as cast for the candidate for whom the
delegate was instructed at the primary
until such candidate. or a majority OF ms
instructed delegates, shall withdraw his
name. after which the delegate may vote
as he pleases.
4. The party organization consists OF
representative from each ward and each
town, who Is elected by ballot at the caucus
This plan has worked. In the main, very
satisfactorily. Wherever there are fiVai
candidates for a county or Assembly us
tr,,t office. or for party leadership, the
contest Is decided by the voters AT lh7
caucus, where every mans vote counts ono ono
It Is always a clear field and an open Tsn'
for any person who wishes 10 enter tHe
lists Each year every member OF tne
marty organization must go back 10 the
people who elected him. The organlzauoh'
therefore, must necessarily represent 1alrly
the rank and file of the party voters. 1hlS
gives strength TO and confidence IN the or
ganization.
This was clearly demonstrated a rev
years ago In Broome County poht1cs- a
strong and trusted Republican leader was
indicted for stealing large sums or money
from the county, for which offence ne was
tried and convicted. His crime involVeo
many other active Republicans and the or
ganization itself Other party leaders, VINO
were abovA suspicion, took the matter d1-
rectly to the people at the caucus; clean
candidates were nominated and cleah
Republican organization was selected, WIN
the result that Broome County went right
on electing Republican candidates by un-
diminished ma ajorities.
This plan might be made the basis OF
general law, which should also provide:
I. For party enrolment
2 For the selection and instruction OF
delegates to all state, Congressional, Sen
atorial. Assembly district and other con-
ventions, and for the selection OF members
Of the state. Congressional, Senatorial ana
other political committees by a similar
method
The Broome County plan preserves the
time honored political convention, out
makes it truly representative. Time after
time, when momentous issues have been at
stake, the keynotes of great forward move
ments in human progress have been sound
ed in the political convention which have
aroused the voters from lethargy and
thrilled them with an enthusiasm which led
to victory. ISRAEL t DE1O-
Bfnehan1ton N Y. Sept. 1, 1910
New-York tribune., 1910-09-05
F0RFTGN TRADE VALUATIONS.

The furry over the Treasury Depart
nent rule concerning samples OF I'M
norts will doubtless soon subside. The
mile is moi. as some seem to suppose,
now thing. a novel device Of the pro-
tective system for the discourage cement
of foreign trade. What is new is the IN
sistence upon its impartial enforcement.
Tor good while it has been laZly OBJ
served. some consuls apparently regard
ing its enforcement as a matter OF diS-
cre+ion with them. Through such prac-
tjres various abuses arose, including
nartialitv and favoritism and the facili-
tation Of undervaluation. 1t Is with the
last named that the government is most
concerned, and il is chiefly to aoete that
evil that orders have been given for
strict and impartial enforcement OF the
rule requiring samples Of goods shipped
to this country, with details or quaEty,
weight. price, etc. TO be furnished TO
consuls for prompt forwarding TO this
country.
This last point is also of greatest IN
terest TO American commerce and to
the public. and especially TO those who
seek judiciously 10 weigh the compara-
tive merits of protection and free trade.
We can easily understand. too, that the
raising Of II is particularly dlsconcert-
inc and unwelcome to the diminishing
company of Cobdenites who profess TO
regard protection as the sum of all
yjIlanies. One Of the chief counts in
the Indictment which they have been
wont 10 make against protection is that
under our tariff some goods are sold at
higher prices at home than abroad. The
robber barons Of protection. they say,
shin goods TO Europe and sell them there
at lower prices than they will permit
them TO he sold for in the United States;
which is monstrous evil. the very
ahOmination of desolat ton, relief from
which Is, of course, TO be found only in
adoption of the faith once delivered to
the saints at Manchester.
Now. il has never, we believe. been
denied that that practice does prevail
Ia some extent in this country's trade.
But here is convincing demonstration
that it also prevails probably to much
more general extent. in the trade of the
one great country which processes the
faith OF Golden The outcry which is
raised against the enforcement of the
rule about samples is not so much be
cause of any particular bother or ex-
pense which will be caused as because
of the prospective interference with the
gentle art Of differentiation and with
the widespread practice of selling goods
here at lower prices than at home
What pains the Cobdenite is the dis
closure Of the fact that he has been
practising the very thing for which he
has beer condemning his protectionist
brother
We hold no brief either for or against
that practice. 1t certainly seems 10 us
that this country has right, through
any reasona bic trade regulations, to pro-
New-York tribune., 1910-09-05
4NFRTCANJZING CANADA.

Official statistics Of Canadian growth
last year are doubtless highly gratifying
to the pride of the Dominion and Of the
empire of which it is an important part.
Not many countries of the world, we
suppose, can make an equally creditable
showing in population, industry, COM
merce and public works. But in one ra-
spect the reports for the year must be
received with the proverbial mingled
emotions" Some Canadians and Britons
will doubtless exult in the enormous in
flux of American settlers and capital, as
showing that large numbers of Ameri-
cans regard the British Empire as pref
erable to the United States as Il place
Of residence and of investment, but
others must look with some unwelcome
concern upon a process which strongly
savors Of the Americanizing of at least
some parts of the Dominion.
It was about a dozen years ago that
migration from the states to Canada be
gan on considerable scale. The number
of migrants has pretty steadily increased
year by year. and last year it was the
largest on record, both relatively and
positively The total of immigration
into Canada from other sources de-
creased, particularly that from Great
Britain. but that from the United States
increased very largely until it was nearly
twice that from Great Britain. A large
number Of Americans became nat1raliZed
in Canada. or sought TO become So
showing that they expected their migra-
tion TO be permanent. 1t is estimated
that these settlers bore with them Il
total of 60000. 600. which was added to
the working capital Of the Dominion. be-
sides the many millions which other
Americans, who remain Americans, are
investing in Canadian industries.
Now. it Is a question whether this
the more indicates America niZation of
Canada or Canadianizing OF Americans.
Even those Americans who become nat
uraliZed in the Dominion can scarcely
avoid carrying thither and TO some ex-
tent retaining. perhaps involuntarily and
even unconsciously, American ideas and
New-York tribune., 1910-09-05
MORE "OID MASTERS."

The manufacture Of "old masters" goes
merrily on in Europe. Notwithstanding
constant exposures. The latest factory
has been located in Holland. probably at
The Hague, by DIR. W Martin. Of the
University Of Leyden, who warns against
its output in a new publication of the
Dutch Association Of Antiquarians. The
fraud is an ingenious one. It aims at
nothing so ambitious as the forgery Of
Rembrandt or Halls portraits, but con
fines its efforts to the manufacture Of
bogus little masters" of the Dutch
school. chiefly interiors by Ostade and
still-lifes by Fyt So far as is known the
forgeries have been turned out hitherto
strictly for home consumption, not for
foreign markets
Ever since. several years ago, a Hol-
lander bought an old painting fer a
song. and was told after 1t had been
cleaned that he had become the possessor
of an unquestionably genuine Vermeer
OF Delft, the Dutch have been on the
alert for similar finds" They were,
therefore, in the right state Of mind TO
be taken in with ease. DR.. Martin re-
ports that no less than six Of these for
gertes were submitted to him within a
single fortnight by their deluded pur-
chasers.
The fraud is easily detected, he in
forms the world. The specimens he has
examined are all painted on new panels.
stained in the now familiar way to give
them an appearance Of age. The inte-
riors are improperly signed \ V o
Adrian van Ostade-and the still-lifes
bear an almost undecipherable scrawl,
which may mean "Fyt." The brush
work is extremely coarse, but the color
effects are well initiated and pleasing.
L. is unknown, Of course, how long the
production Of these pictures has been
going on. or how many have been dis
posed of American collectors. take
notice
New-York tribune., 1910-09-05
SFCTRTTTES REGULATION

The commission appointed by Presi-
dent Taft TO investigate the question or
giving the Interstate Commerce Com
mission authority to supervise future is
s1Ies Of railroad stocks and bonds in its
personnel is ideal President Hadley Of
Yale and Professor Meyer. of Wisconsin
University. are two of the leading writers
upon railroad topics in this country, ana
Professor Meyer has the add1tlonal quail
ffication Of practical experience IN rail-
road regulation as a member Of the Wis
cs,nsip state Railroad Commission. Mr.
Strauss is a New York banker VINO IS
conversant with the subject OF railway
issues from the investors point of view.
Mr. Fisher WAS one of the men who su-
perintended the squeezing OF the water
out OF the bankrupt street railway COM
NAMES Of Chicago He knows a good
deal about the evils of overcap apitaltZa1on.
Mr. hudson il q lawYer and an authority
upon interstate commerce law.
The regulation of the stock and bona
issues of the interstate carriers Is one OF
the progressive policies to which the Re
publican party is thoroughly commltted
and one which has the hearty approVal
NJ the nrhlic. Provision for such regu-
Iation was omitted from the railroad law
s passed at the last session or congress
only because of the difficulty Of adopt
ing a workable system Mr. Taft was
especially urgent in his insistence upon
carving out the requirements OF the he
nuhIican platform in this regard. but the
p19n nrovided In the bill before Congress
Uas c0nplicated and of doubtful prac-
+icahilitv. Although il was the subject
oF much debate, and although many
amendments were suggested, Congress
finally gave up in despair. and. sTlklns
ont the sections regarding security Is
Sues. nrovided for the appointment or
commission to consider the subject.
One difficulty rega riding the regulation
or STOCK and bond issues by the Inter
state Commerce Commission is constltu-
+ionaI The companies engaged in inter
state trade are state Corporations, ana
they are engaged in intrastate as well as
interstate commerce. Another question
Mr. Taft's commission will have TO con-
slider is the practicability Of imposing
11non the Interstate Commerce ComIniS-
sion the great task of passing on the Sc
c,,rities issues of most Of the railroads OF
the company in addition TO the engross-
ing list of duties the commission already
has. Yet another service Mr.. Tafts ap-
nnintpes will be expected to perform II
q report favorable TO regulation Is ADOPT
ed will be TO provide for regulation ID
language that is simple and clear and
with a system that Is free from conlp-i-
cationS.
New-York tribune., 1910-09-05
DIRECT NOMINATIONS
A Plan That Has Satisfied Broome
County.

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: The advocates of direct nominations
are not insistent upon any particular plan
or scheme. They do insist. however. that
some method governed by statute shall be
devised by which party nominations. for
whatever Office. shall re made by the rank
and file of the party electors. and not by
any irresponsible man or body OF men, and
that party organization and leadership
shall be made responsible and responsive 70
the same paramount authority-the body Of
party electors The essential principle is
briefly stated, that the party electors shall
be given the power to select party candi-
dates and to make and control party or
ganization.
AS the time approaches for holding Re
publican conventions It behooves all loyal
members of the party to employ their eff
forts in devising some plan by which the
real object of direct nominations NAV be
secured. and upon which all members of
the party may unite. rather than in an
effort to eliminate from the party sither
the adherents OF the opponents OF any spe-
cific plan provided. of course, they are in
sympathy with the underlying PRINCIPLES of
direct nominations.
The Republicans Of Broome County have
developed n method of making nominations
and selecting the members OF the party
organization which. to nv mind. possesses
many advantages over any scheme for di-
rect nominations that has yet been sug-
gested. and which has the advantage of
being tested by many years OF practical
operation. The plan is. briefly. this:
] Caucuses are held ar a given hour in
the several wards OF the city Of Bingham
ton on the Same evening. and In the sew
eral towns of the county on the same day
OF which due notice must be given The
polls must be held open for given length
Of time, except by unanimous consent
:. Each town and each ward selects the
New-York tribune., 1910-09-05
THE TALK OF THE DAY.

ArCrg tne recent arrivals from Europe
was New York merchant who makes the
trip Annually. He believes in patronizing
home industry and never makes any large
purchases abroad but invariably brings
trines for a few friends. One of these was
remembered this wear with a cane. which
was promptly appropriated, however, by
the tourists son, who stoutly refused to
give It up. Another purchase had to be
made for the friend, who had been told to
expect something. IT bought what I con-
sidered a useful and appropriate article. y
said the man, "and when my friend called
handed It over with what thought was a
proper speech. which of course, was slight
ly lacking in truth. On leaving my friend
said: BY the way, I'll have to find out
who our customers in Europe are I never
knew that we sold these things abroad I
had bought the man an article made IN
his factory
Joiner (to his apprentice)-Vell, Willie,
Wile-Yus-all but the 'andsaw, and 1
haven't quite got all the gaps out Of it
The Sketch.
Since Chicago began to get growing pains
and long to spread itself all over the terri
tory within hundred miles of It. Cleve-
land has found that II needs a good
stretching. Three suburbs are expected to
vote in November upon the question of an
nexation to the city, and petitions for a
vote on the proposition are being circulat-
ed in East Cleveland. Lakewood and New
burg City. The Plain Dealer Is prepared
to welcome the newcomers with open arms
to the bigger municipal freside. There
can be no question:" it SAYS. that the
voters of the city will act favorahly upon
annexation, for from the Cleveland stand
point there is no division of opinion upon
its adVsability. So the suburbs Will decide
their own future status"
Some day. when the sum of lifes non
entities is all added. squared and total as
Certained, it will be found that the ginks,
who handcuff the groom Just before the
ceremony have kept the average up more
than any other class by 30 per cent
Buffalo News
Paris is about TO receive visit from the
chief of one of the leading Tuareg tribes.
the Ahaggar. who command the region of
the Central Sahara between Tidikelt and
the soudan. This bandit chief. Moussaag
Amastane has rendered the French signal
service in the last six years in inducing his
followers to look with more favorable eye
on the advance of French domination and
to appreciate the commercial and agricult-
ural advantages of the Pax Gallica 1T IS
q triumph of French colonial expansion in
the desert" remarks the Paris correspond
ent Of The London Times TO have tanned
so troublesome and powerful a tribe as that
Of the Ahaggar and to have secured their
assistance IN extending French rule among
the still reCalcitrant tribes of the frontier
Of Tripoli.'
who IS the man who is so loudly and
energetically opposing restrictions on auto
mobile speeding? I don't recollect hav
ing seen him among the motorists before"
You haven't. He's not a motorist; he's
an undertaken Baltimore American.
New-York tribune., 1910-09-05
THE NEWS THIS MORNING.

FOREIGN-Alfonso Costa, a Repub-
iican Deputy, Is reported saying that
by the recent elections the Portuguese
Republicans have doubled their repre-
sentatton in the Chamber Of Deputies.
and an early change in the regime Of
the kingdom is insured - The an
-1oinfu1ent Of Count de Tovar as Am
tassa dor from Portugal to the Vatican
was announced from Lisbon. - En-
peror William gave audience to Lord
Roberts. special envoy, 10 announce the
accession of George Y. - German
ard English designers are reported from
Berlin TO he working on plans for
cruiser destroyers,' a new type Of bat
t1eship which il is claimed Will outClass
the Drea thoughts. =- Placards posted
in Barcelona proclaimed a general
strike in svrnp thy with striking coal
miners. dock workers and teamsters.
Word was received At Cape Race,
N z. that Captain Pinkham and fif-
teen member Of the crew Of the burned
steamer West Point were rescued al
midnight on Friday by the Cunard liner
Nauretania. and were now on their way
to Liverpool: fourteen others had been
rescued bv the steamer Devonian.
DOMESTIC. .-Presiden Taft will open
the conservation congress in st. Paul
today. and lively times are expected
between the PinChot partisans and the
r9a5erates. - Theodore Roosevelt
reached Fargo, y. D. after an all-day
ride through parts Of South Dakota.
Minnesota and North Dakota: he made
more speeches than on any day
q the trip thus far. = II was an
roInced in WASHINGTON that President
Teft's letter 70 Representative NcKin-
ley had the position Of honor in the Re
publican textbook. just issued for the
Congressional campaign; also that eK-
President Roosevelt is freely quoted.
CTTY-Trged tv President Taft. H. 3.
Wise. the United States Attorney. IS
hurrving along the suit to dissolve the
com binatiOn in which is the American
Sugar Refining Company. - TWO
rlen on q barge perished in q collision
with an Italian freighteT off Sandy
Hook Labor leaders said their
parade to-day would be the largest in
the history Of the Central Federated
Union The arrival Of four large
and two small liners gave the customs
officials the hardest day's work since
Collector Loeb took office Mayor
Gaynor was out several hours in a yacht
on Long Island Sound. - Several
hundred feet Of the retaining wall along
the Speedway gave way and fell into
the Harlem River. Herman 4.
Metz. former Controller. arrived from
Europe and talked of the outlook for
Democratic success in the state. -
Sermons on Ia Dor in city churches en-
phasiZeG the need OF a more friendly in
tercourse Of the employer and the
worker. The union stage hands
stponed for z week action To enforce
the demands for increased wages in
ffty-one city theatres. = Five occu-
pants Of a surrey smashed in run
awav accident on the Williamsburg
Bridge We're injured, two Of them ap-
Ssrently beyond recovery
THE NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. for to
Gay: Showers The temperature yes
terday: Highest. 81 degrees; lowest, 50,
New-York tribune., 1910-09-05

tect itself from such subsidized competi-
ton. and if other countries similarly
seek to protect themselves against such
competition from this country they
doubtless have that right. Subjectively,
perhaps. this country has more excuse
for the practice than Great Britain,
since its manufactures are intended pr1-
marily for its own enormous market.
and its exports consist chiefly of a sur
plus Of varying dimensions. It might
we'll he argued that it was more per-
missihle to sell q fractional surplus
at less than market price than to manu-
facture the bulk Of commodities with
the intention of dumping them abroad
at lower prices than at home. But the
chief point, after all, is that Cobdenism
practises in an aggravated form the
selfsame vice which it has so austerely
charged against protection.
New-York tribune., 1910-09-05
A "LAW- SICK" COUNTRY.

To the Editor of The Tribune
Sir: This country needs n rest from new
and drastic laws. of bold and untried
schemes. and instead an era OF obedience
to the law as written or the repeal of i'm
possible statutes. 1t IS apparent that the
country is law-sick. and as an antidote
laws land many of then) are disregaried
and evaded. Evasion OF any law breeds
contempt for all law, and this condition
promises progress backward and spells
chaos.
This country needs to exercise itself In
repeal instead OF increase. In enforcement
of present laws instead of wholesale manu-
facture OF new ones. that the good, red
corpuscles of common prosperity shall cir
culate in the body polite
LINCOLN c. CUMMING.
Hyannisport. Mass. Sept . 1910.
New-York tribune., 1910-09-05
THE EMPLOYERS LIABILITY LAW

Among the many reformative statutes
that went into effect in New York State
yesterday, by long odds the most i'm
portant is the employers liability law.
This statute goes nowhere near as far
as certain foreign governments have
gone in providing for the automatic pay
ment of damages to injured employees.
ton. nor is it perhaps desirable. the sub
iect being still in an experimental stage.
But the new law. nevertheless, aims to
cure some Of the worst defects of the
present system. Certain trades are
classified as dangerous. and in them
compulsory payment for death or in
jury is required In other trades there
sation. subject to agreement between
master and servant.
More important. perhaps than this
is the change the law makes in favor OF
the employe in case Of a suit for dam
ages for personal injury. The burden
of proof of contributoTy negligence and
assumption Of risk will be henceforth
Upbu Tie DttI. anu HpI- 40 II hS1H
been practically, upon the employed.
This will make great difference in
the trial of cases. as these two rules
of the law have been the greatest OBJ
stacles TO obtaining compensation for
injuries in the past The new theory
tends to hold that the cost of injuries
to workmen. like the cost Of dam
age to machinery. should fail upon capi-
tai and should be shifted by capital upon
society. in the form Of higher charges,
if need be. for the commodity produced.
Society does not escape the burden now.
II pays for injury to workmen in its
support Of paupers. To pay in the form
of compensation for personal injuries
is more humane and just. Besides,
obligatory compensation. and optional
compensation. when that IS agreed
upon, will tend to make employers use
the most efficient safety devices to re-
duce losses through injuries. The new
system may he open to abuses, but
present conditions are so unfair that
an experiment with qualified compulsory
compensation is in order.
New-York tribune., 1910-09-05
TURNING DOWN OF WAINWRIGHT

To the Editor OF The Tribune:
Sir: Your article in to-day's Tribune on
the turning down Of Senator Wainwright
is timely. and IS a notice TO the bosses TO
keep their hands off. Wainwright stands
for what is best IN the great party of Lin
coin. The loyal Republicans Of this Sena-
torial district are with Hughes in his de-
sire for clean politics. I voted for Ere
mont. know the LOYALTY Of the Repub-
licans Of this district to principle I thank
The Tribune for the article
THOMAS LEARY.
Ossining, N Y, Sept. g. 1910.