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New-York tribune., 1910-01-09

out apportionnent among tho several
states according to population.
1t became Senate Joint resolution No.
- and was referred to the committee
on Finance. That committee, on June
-, reported q new Joint resolution--No.
4o-drawn in committee. 1t changed
the last lines of Mr.. Browns draft to
read as follows: ." on incomes,
from whatever source derived. without
apportionment among the several
states and without regard to any CEN
"sus or enumeration
Nobody remarked in the debate on
the change or the effect of it. At least
two Senators who offered amendments
thought that the Brown resolution was
under discussion, and even the Vice
President announced. when the voting
was about TO begin. that that resolution
was before the Senate. Only before
the final rollcalls was the confusion
cleared up 1t might be contended that
the wording of the Brown draft would
have given the Supreme Court chance
TO hold that incomes meant all in
comes but those excepted under pre-
vious Constitutional Interpretation. But
the insertion of the phrase from what
ever source derived" left no loophole
for exemptions. The resolution rs
adopted. therefore. records the obvious
purpose of those who framed it to de
stroy the present safeguards against in
terference on the part of Congress with
q states governmental instruments and
agencies
New-York tribune., 1910-01-09
NR PyNCHOTS DISMISSAL.

There can be no division Of opinion
as to the propriety of President 1a1t
action in ordering the removal of MI
Clifford Pinchot, the Forester Of the Ag-
riculturaI Department. Mr.. Pinchot had
assumed an attitude Of INSTRUMENTATION
which the President could not be eX-
pected to tolerate. He had invited dlS-
missal by publicly challenging eonclu-
sicns reached by the Attorney General
and the President, after an examination
of charges affecting the good falth OF a
member of the Cabinet. y subordinate
official may he entitled 10 his opinion.
whether right or wrong. but when be
sets up his view in opposition to that
of his superiors, impugning their capac-
lty TO decide Il question 1ntelllgently
and correctly he makes impossible
continuance of the relations which
should exist between a President and
those who execute his policies. No ad-
ministration can be successfully carried
on if its chief has not the loyal CO.
operation of his appointees and agents.
Mr.. Pinchot's expression of diSloyalty
was fragrant That in itself destroyed
1t is hard 10 understand the view eX-
pressed in some quarters that Mr.. Pin
chOts dismissal raises an issue which will
array the friends Of the Taft administra
ton against the friends of the admins
tratiOn of the Presidents predecessor.
There might be some basis for such
belief if any question of public policy
had been involved in the removal of the
head of the Forestry Bureau. The
charges made against Secretary Bal
linger by Mr. CLAWS are about to be
investigated by a committee represent
ing the two houses of Congress. The
disputes between the Interior Depart
ment and the Forestry Bureau are to
be thoroughly aired anG q situation
which has caused much confusion is 20
be cleared up by the submission TO the
public of evidence not hitherto acceS-
sible. The country will have an oppor-
tunity 10 judge for itself what merit
the CLAWS charges had and whether
or not the Administrations programme
of conservation has been modified by
Secretary Ballinger or his assistants.
Each side was assured of fair hearing,
ana MT. BlnC0OU ndO every GeaSOU 10
think that the President and the coun-
try would both be guided in their judy
ment 10y the facts as they were impair
TALLY developed.
The ex-Forester's act of insubordina-
fion was therefore clearly both gra-
1uitous and personal; it was not COM
mitted as a protest against the de-
NAL of Il day in court or as an exhibi-
tion of loyalty TO an abandoned policy.
1t was an exhibition of hastiness and
irritation. Mr.. Taft is singularly patient
and charitable. Those who are talking
about Mr.. Pinchot'S removal exciting the
sympathy of the admirers of eX-Presi-
dent Roosevelt might well reflect that
Mr.. Roosevelt is not by temperament
as patient as Mr.. Taft and might try
to imagine what would have happened
under the Roosevelt administration 20
a subordinate who. with Mr.. Pnchot's
dRg-frOid. had criticised and antagO-
nized the President.
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tor. That person had neither the key nor
the authority to open the mail box, and
dispatched messenger to the Postoffice
with hurry call for help. which soon ar
rived in the form of mail carrier with
key. When the box was opened the cigar
was still smoulderng. but beyond a slight
soaring of one of tho envelopes IT had
done no damage.
Little Boy--I want a dose OF castor oil.
Druggist-Do YOU want the kind you can't
taste?
Little Boy (anxlous to get even)--No sir;
it's for rnother.-Tit- Bits.
This rurnpts In Nicaragua" remarked
a naval officer, reminds me OF a funny in
cident that happened few years ago when
we had to SO down to Central American
country to straighten out few wrinkles.
Some of our marines had been landed and
were at breakfast In a tent, when swarthy
looking man. clad in the uniform of an Of
ficer of the insurgents. strobe in. Our men,
thinking he knew no English, began to pass
remarks anou& him. Who's your drum
major friend. sergeant?' called out one.
Give the dngo something to eat ADVISED
another. Do amy of ye remember the
year o the Big Wind asked the visitor.
His brogue could have been cut with
knife. He was Irish, all right. He'd just
drifted down there and mixed In the hight
But, except for his stature. he looked like
a native. viii I have annythin' to eatY
he asked We'll, boys, amt had thing
for a month 'cept bananas And then he
fell to-"
She--Mrs Globe is always so ready to
express sympathy.
HIe-Yfs: it is such pleasure to the
deal lady TO find her friends in position
to be sorry for.--Boston Transcript
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A DANGERotS POHER SITE.

An unsigned article on New York s
Conservation of Water Resources" in the
January Review of Reviews makes Il
brief reference to the old project for
damnling the Genesee at Portage Falls,
for the double purpose of checking floods
and generating power. AS the writer is
apparently unfamiliar with the objec-
tions which have been offered to the
scheme, something may be gained by
briefly recounting them. especially since
recent incidents have lent fresh force to
one of them.
AS The Tribune has more than once
pointed out. the diversion of water
through tunnel threatens to rob Letch-
worth Park. in which Portage Falls is
situated and which has recently been
given TO the people of tho state, of its
chief scenic charm. Such q proceeding
would be double wrong. since it would
injure the public and be unjust TO the
venerable donor of this beautiful spot.
These considerations alone are enough
TO condemn tie plan. but they are not
the only ones
Grave doubts are entertained concern
ing the safety of any dam which could
be erected at Portage. The material
against which It would be necessary for
one end to abut is a glacial deposit. Re-
garding the stability Of this collection of
clay. gravel and quicksand different
opinions have been expressed by geolo-
giStS. However, in a discussion of the
matter fact counts for mucl more than
theory. Now, a fact the significance of
which can hardly be oyerestimated is
that within the last two years striking
evidence has been afforded OF the inse
curfty of one bank of the Genesee. In
tie summer of 1908 an extensive land
slide occurred in LetchWOrth Park on
enc slope of a ravine running at right
angles with the course of the river, and
from time to time since then both sides
of the ravine have perceptibly settled.
Behind the proposed dam it IS intended
to create a lake fifteen miles long and to
impound 1S,00o,000.000 cubic feet OF
water. Suppose the structure should
suddenly fail, like the dam at Conemaugh
Lake. in Pennsylvania. What would
happen? In the valley below there are
no towns comparable in size with Johns
town, but the lives of hundreds of vii
layers and farmers might be sacrificed,
no end of property destroyed and the in
dustries for which it is proposed to de-
velop 10000 horsepower at Portage
would be paralyzed for months.
There are various other sites which
are available if a dam is ever = be CON
structed in the upper Genesee Valley.
Mr.. John Bogart, once State Engineer Of
New York, has shown that four can be
found at various points above Mount
Norris and below Portage. If, as is not
unlikely. these afford greater assurance
of stability than the Letchworth Park
site, it would be infinitely wiser to adopt
one of them or else entirely TO abandon
all thought of a dam.
New-York tribune., 1910-01-09
At THE WHITE HOUSE.
fFrom The Tribune Bureau.


washington. Jan S.--The President heaId
Great deal of favorable comment to-day
-, hts action In the case OF Clifford Pfnehot-
a number of Senators and Representatives
conferred with him, some of whom eN-
nressed their views on his letter. Nheh
cepator Burrows was asked about the
ptncbot letter, he said We'll. we nave
found out VINO IS President, and VINO 10
entitled TO send messages 20 Congress 30
long as anybody and everybody couid ioI-
ward n1Assa ges TO the lawnaking pody II
was hard to tell who was Chief Execu-
tive senator Bourne said: IN POKE
tArrns II looked TO me like case OF oiuli'
a call and a rake down.
REPRESENTATIVE Mcguire introduced 70 thS
President several friends, Including a. W
Maxwell. recommended Tor receiver or the
Land Offfce at Lawton, Okia
The President received an excellent piece
of handwork to-day-pictures OF hAiiiS1'
and the e-President--worked In me SIN
thread on cloth by Chinese school children
in China. exhibited at the Alaska Yukon
Exposition and sent by All King, leadihs
Chinanan Of the Pacific Coast. to MI
Taft. Representative Humphrey made the
presentation.
Senator Burton was a luncheon guest at
the White House. Cardinal Gibbons had
a conference with the President TINS
evening.
The Presidents callers included Senator'S
Lodge, Flint, Warner and Hughes. Repre-
sentatives Lowering. Johnson, Morgan
Keifer, Legare, Foster. Davidson ana
Douglas, Henry Lane Wilson. Ambassador
10 Mexico; David r. Mckee, DR.. Albert
Shaw and the Rev. DR.. J. Wesley Eill. OF
New York.
The President went automobile riding this
afternoon with Captain Butt
New-York tribune., 1910-01-09
CHILD LABOR CONDITIONS.

Firm The Pittsburg Gazette Times.
While the population Of the continental
United States increased sos per cent during
the years from 1880 to 1900, the total num-
ber OF children from ten TO fifteen wears of
age engaged in trade and transportation
increased 21f.5 per cent, and of those en-
saged in manufacturing and mechanical
pursuits llS.a per cent In spite OF shntt-
ment and legislation the number is still
Increasing Compulsory education and fac
tory inspection are but insufficient safe
guards. During the last year boy of nine
was found working in Vermont wooIIen
mil. In the sardne canneries OF Maine a
good many children of eight or ten years
are employed and during the busy season
they sometimes work fifteen or sixteen
hours al a stretch
1t Will not do to condemn individuals for
this outrage. The greed of parents or en-
ployers IS not wholly 70 blame. Conditions
have brought about this state of affairs and
we must remedy the conditions Childhood
is sacred and must not he despoiled of IT'S
golden bloom II manhood is 10 reap the rich
harvest of life. To this end the National
Child Labor Committee deserves a II encotr-
agement. especially at this season when the
Chiidrens Friend became a child
New-York tribune., 1910-01-09
GOTERNORs ~ COUNCIL.

The forthcoming conference Of govern
prs Of the states at Washington promises
70 exceed IN practical interest any such
gathering which has hitherto been held.
The programme Of lis proceedings as ar
ranged b. The committee OF which Gov
ernor Fort Of New Jersey is the chair
man indicates q marked development Of
The idea of cooperation among the states
for uniform and mutually advantageous
legislation. The chief notion at the first
conference was the conservation of nat
Bral resources. The great importance
of that subject should and doubtless Will
keep il AT the forefront OF the agenda.
Bur other interests are also to be con
sidered. that Of the regulation and con
frol Of public serving corporations" for
example having i conspicuous place in
the forthcoming deliberations.
As was remarked IN this place at the
organization of the first of them, the
happily conceived conference of GOV
ernors--lhe practical formation of a
House Of Governors seems to ill a
want which was left vacant in cur gov
ernmentai system by the Constitution.
Without such an organization there
could not easily be that cooperation
among the states rs states which is now
seen 10 be Increasingly desirable. Neither
Representatives IN Congress nor the
United States Senators from the various
states do or can represent the states
and their governments as separate and
sovereign entities 10 anything like SO
efficient q degree as can the governors.
For Representatives and Senators owe
their duty primarily 10 the federal GOV
eTnment, while the governors owe theirs
10 the states.
In this movement we may see an
auspicious development OF the true
theory of state rights. That does not
raean the right of state selfshly 10 re-
gard solely its individual interests and
r, nntagonize others and attack their in
rprests. IL does mean the right as well
sas fi1e duty of ihe state. as "a sovereign
organization within state limits, 10 as
s.rt its privileges at par with those Of
SIS Deigbb0rs and 10 cooperate WIN us
re.chbors on the principle that the whole
81 greater than any Of The parts, no mat
fe- how great or self sufficient part
may De. and that therefore the good OF
New-York tribune., 1910-01-09
a VETERAN TRIBUNE READER

To the Editor OF The Tribune.
Sir: We sometimes read the names Of
men in The New-York Tribune who have
taken that journal during fifty years or
more. We are thus reminded of the
patriotic and benehcent life work of
Horace Greeley and Of the honor ever due
his memory.
We are also reminded that there are
many other venerable men from former
generation" for whom The Tribune has
always been favorite journal. not only
for its reliable news. but because it has
done so much for American liberty, in
dustry and prosperity. and for the reason
that it gives political knowledge to the
citizen, instruction to the family and intel
ligence TO the people.
AS one of the veteran Tribune readers,
looking backward to the time when the
population of the United States was only
fifteen millions. | realize how much I have
been indebted to Jhe New-1ork Tribune
during the sixty-nine years between 1911
and 1910. S II. CONKLIN.
Mt. Carmel. Conn, Jan. ). 1910.
New-York tribune., 1910-01-09
INDICATED AGAIN.

Now We are informed that Mr.. Madriz,
the new President OF Nicaragua. after
careful investigation, declares that the
putting to death of MeSsrs. Groce and
Cannon by Mr.. Zelaya was illegal, that
the consequent resentment which was
shown by the government and people of
the United States was justified. and that
he feels it incumbent upon himself to
express 10 our government his profound
regret at the tragic incident.
This message from Mr.. Madriz should
act as stingng rebuke to those in this
country who for factional or personal
purposes, were so quick to condemn our
government as acting hastily and inn
properly in that matter. Here is the
very man who was Mr.. Zelaya's close
friend, and who was Mr.. Zelaya's per-
sonaI choice for the Presidential sue
cession, confirming in its essential de-
tails our governments complaint against
Mr. Zelaya and logically intin1ating that
the Nicaraguan government may for It's
own vindication undertake the prosecu
tion of that fugitive dictator, which has
been suggested in this country and the
suggestion of which has been regarded
by these self-constituted censors of our
government with so austere an affecta-
ton of scorn. It would be impossible
to wish for more complete yindication
of the entire course of the American
State Department toward Nicaragua, or
toward Mr. Zelaya, than has been
promptly and indisputably provided by
Nicaragua itself.
We repeat once more what we have
hitherto said, that in case of con-
troversy between our own government
and the government of a foreign land
it is the part of prudence and of Wis
dom. as well as of patriotism, to assume
that our government is at least as likely
to he right as is its opponent.
New-York tribune., 1910-01-09

normally chilly season in the united
States or Europe would constitute an
equally valuable basis of prophecy
More than one meteorologist has sus-
pected that he had found such clew,
but was eventually disappointed Per-
haps the investigation has not yet been
broad enough in scope or continued
long enough. But even the remotest
chance that it may yield the result
which Mr.. Arctowski hopes for ana
which other scientific men have also
eagerly sought makes it desirable that
some one should push the inquiry with
adequate energy and thoroughness.
New-York tribune., 1910-01-09
CENTENARiAN ACROBAT.
.m The London EXpress.

IIUIIWOTI
Henry Johnson, a veteran acrobat al,
Grantham, Lincolnshire, celebrated his loSd
birthday on Christmas Day.
Johnson started as an acrobat at the are
OF about six. when he joined a circus.
Eight years later he joined Hughes's Circus
and went with the show 20 ChInn
on his return TO England he vent into
partnership with Chinese tuSgIer called
Mullabah, and the two performed hefor,,
William " in 1890 at Aylesburv ana al
Buokinrham Palace. They also performed
at Tunbridge Wells before Queen Victoria
prior to her accession and her mother, the
Duchess of Kent.
After thirty years partnership Johnson
parted from the Chtnaman and appeared
Wales lie received from the King y letter
of consra tuation ON hts Tooth birthday
The old man is not teetotaler. and he
still enjoys q pipe
New-York tribune., 1910-01-09
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR.
THE PALISADES PARK.
he Editor Of The Tribune.

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: The suggestion of Senator Freltng-
huysen. of New Jersey, that the state con-
tribute at least 100000 toward the improve
rent and extension of the Palisades Inter
state Park, should have the hearty sup
port of every public spirited citizen in the
state.
The present interstate park is fourteen
miles long, eleven OF which are in New
Jersey, and when we remember that this
beautiful stretch of the Palisades was
saved from spoliation principally by the
efforts OF public spirited citizens of New
York. who gave not alone their time but
their money as well. New Jersey should
not hesitate to do it's share toward i'm
proving It. F. X WILLIAMS.
Jersey City, Jan s. 1910.
New-York tribune., 1910-01-09
THE DIPLOMATIC CORPS.
[From The Tribune Bureau.l

IFrom The Tribune Bureau
Washington, Jan. S.-The Swedisn MN
lister raturned TO Washington to-day from
Philadelphia, where he spent several days
Count Torok, formerly attached 10 the
Austrian Embassy here, and now on iedNe .
of absence, has been transferred TO Bucha-
rest His successor, who has already peeu
appointed, will soon arrive here.
Major von Iivonius. Commander Retz-
mann and Lieutenant Won Ernst. all of the
German Embassy staff. who went 70 New
York with the German Ambassador re-
turned here this eening. The ambassador
reached Washington this morning.
New-York tribune., 1910-01-09
a WELCOME GREETING.

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: l have been greatly pleased with
your paper in its new form and price, and
I am glad to learn from the newsdealers
that the change has been marked by very
large increase of circulation. Success to
the old paper founded by Horace Greeley.
always the upholder of principle-clean and
well written. a model newspaper for Ameri-
can homes. THOMAS B. CONNERY.
New York, Jan : 1910.
New-York tribune., 1910-01-09
COST OF FARM PRODUCTS.

To tho Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: Regarding tho high cost of living,
in a recent letter to you, would
say that a chicken is q chicken. whether
it is served at the farmers table in Ne
braska or in a first class restaurant in
New York Transportation. distribution
and manipulation make most of the diff
ference in cost. This seems to cover the
question as to farm products.
CHARLES L. WEEKS
New York, Jan. :, 1910.
New-York tribune., 1910-01-09
POSSIBILITIES OF ACHIEVEMENT
From The Outlook.

From The Outlook
The New-York Tribune recently devoted
a page to q record OF the wonderful things
that may happen in 1910 in the various de-
partments of science, invention and human
achievement generally. Fen years ago
such page would have been read al one
reads page in "'The Arabian Nights. -
but in the light OF the achievements OF the
last decade it was not only credible but
probable
New-York tribune., 1910-01-09
SOME DEFINITIONS.
From The Omaha Bee.

From TIC Omaha Bee
That whisky decision appears to have
started the what is ball a-rollinc Now
Illinois Is seeking to determine what is Ice
cream Among other things. IL is Cupii's
midsummer nights dream.
New-York tribune., 1910-01-09
CONTRASTS,

From The Cleveland Leader
What terrible contrasts We find between
the rich ard poor in this enlightened land
This morning one family has nothing but
breakfast food. While just across the street
another family has eggs for breakfast.
New-York tribune., 1910-01-09

each individual state is in most matters
of legislation and administration 10 be
advanced by promoting on uniform lines
the good of all.