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New-York tribune., 1910-12-26
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New-York tribune., 1910-12-26

have resulted in the presence here or Il
smaller number of alien criminals. 1t
is clear also that the New York Police
Department has not made full use OF the
records of Italian criminals obtained at
the cost Of the life of Lieutenant Petro-
Sino
The immigratio commission In its re-
cent report pointed out the difficulty OF
effectively detecting criminals ut the
ports of debarkation. ard said further
that the movement could not be ade-
uuately controlled in the absence OF def
mite knowledge respecting the aliens
criminal record. If he has one, previous
to coming to this country. 1t recon-
mended that. more attention be paid to
the passports issued to. Italian immi-
grants, and suggested that advantage be
taken Of an apparent willingness on the
part OF other governments 10 cooperate
with this country in the enforcement OF
our immigra ton laws. "The best place
to bar alien criminals" the commission
truly said, sis in their own countries,
''and the best way is through the utiilza-
''tion of the police records Of such coun-
''tries. Aliens from countries where ade-
'quate records are kept should be ad-
'mitted only upon the production OF
proper certificate showing an absence
..of convictions for crimes" which
would debar them. It recommends
lengthening of the period within which
an alien may be deported to five years.
These recommendations, coupled with
greater police energy. would contribute
materially TO the solution Of the problem
Of the alien criminal.
New-York tribune., 1910-12-26
OBJECTS TO RAMPS.

To the Editor of The Tribune-
Sir: The thousands OF commuters wAo
make daily use OF our great railroad ter
minals and who have been looking forward
10 the day when the back-breaking. Leg
wearying ramps would become q thing OF
the past will hardly find pleasant reading In
the Sunday Tribune's recent illustrated de-
scription bearing in part on this subject
What We thought were only temporary
make-shifts. on which the passengers we're
being tried out, experimenrally. so to speak.
are apparently 10 be perpetuated In stone
and steel for the descendants Of thoss who
have thus far survived them.
II ought 10 be apparent to any thinking
person that to civilization trained in the
use OF the staircase any such device bring
ing unusual strains on the muscles and
forcing the foot into an unnatural POSITION
cannot fail 10 be extremely wearyins- 10
any intelligent person it is incomprehsnsi-
BILE that presumably able minds responsible
for the construction OF such important pub
lie buildings should have dug up the ramp
from Roman history for use in the twep-
tieth century. II the antiquity Of its origin
Is to be the excuse for its adoption u -
well that the same sort Of minds do nos
control railroad operation, else We misns
expect wood burnins locomotives, hama
brakes. oil lamps. stoves. etc
If the great terminals cannot give Us ele-
vators. moving stairways. or some up-to
date way of reaching the surface OF 'he
earth. for heaven sake let them sivs 70
stairways. The ramp Is failure and aoes
not fulfil the public requirements OF IL
age. COMMUTER AND ENGINEER
New York. Dec. y 1910.
New-York tribune., 1910-12-26
ERlfINE.

A new chapter appears about TO Dc
added TO the chronicle of the influence
of animals upon human history. 1t is
long chronicle. for it may be said 10 nave
beeun in the Garden of Eden, whence Its
recognition by mankind in history, sacred
and profane. can be traced in innumefa-
BILE legends of antiquity and the Mlddie
Ages. Perhaps the best known animals
that have decided the course Of history
are the Roman geese which awakened
the sleeping defenders of the Capltoi III
the drowsy hours of the night. Iheli
cackle was voice whose echo was ultl
mately carried by the Roman leglons it
the ends of the world.
II was a pet dog that preserved the
life of William the Silent TO the Low
Countries in the darkest hour of their
struggle for liberty, when their need
him was greatest. On the other hand. II
was mole whose hill tripped the horse
that threw William III and broke his
coIlarbone with fatal effect at critical
moment in the history Of Europe. Ine
influence Of the beaver upon the history
of this country in its early days is toe
well known to need pointing out Ne"
York. at least, pays just tribute TO Its
service by charging its image on It's mt'
nicipal coat-of-armS.
And now the ermipe seems TO have de-
cided 10 add an ultra modern chapter e.
this phase of history. The sympol
among furs of royalty and rank, IL
threatens to upset part of the impressive
ceremonial of King Georges coronation
by refusing TO be trapped in the cana
dian wilderness. 1t declines to play It's
traditional and exalted part; 1t has
gone on strike An appeal TO its loyalty
10 the Crown will he vain, ana, ol
course. its Siberian brother cannot be ex-
pected TO have heard as yet OF the Anslo-
Russian entente. At any rate, its 1irst
futv Is toward its own throne and court.
This abdication by the Canadian er-
mine of an honor that involves a duty
affects also the British bench. peerage
and officialdom Will England, so tena-
cious of traditions, substitute the appear
snce for the substance and content itsetl
with .ermelette" or some such near-1ur
that will look as well and wear perhaps
even better? This strike of the ermlne
hos so Mira modern a significance that
we wonder what will happen when Its
act nf iestaetsbeleidigung comes 70
the knowledge of a certain ruler by risnt
.ai
New-York tribune., 1910-12-26
~SEA. q" AND "SEA. B.

The Philadelphia Record Is much ex-
ercised over the report that Senator yo-
seph ". Bailey, Of Texas. lis intriguing
ssin the House TO secure such constitution
s-of the Committee on Ways and Means
<1as 10 promote his theory of taxing
''tcrude materials Of manufactllr under
~.the guise Of revenue" IT suggests that
the Texas Senator should resign and de-
'vote himself wholly 10 stock breeding
s'Tather than occupy so eQuivocal a posi-
$'tion toward his great state and toward
'-the party Of which he has long been re-
"carded as a foremost leader" just as
the scandalized opponents of Senator
Thomas f. Grady in this state are de-
manding that lac should similarly retire
20 stock breeding and horseracing actiri-
ties and thus relieve situation at Al
bany which threatens 10 embarrass the
locally rejuFenated Democratic party.
There is a strong parallel between the
cases OF Senator Il. and Senator q. Mr..
BAILEY is rot likely TO iEtermit his efforts
10 pack the House Ways and Means
Committee with supporters Of his pet
theory that tariff taxes should not be
taken eff raw materials. He made ii
plain al the first session Of the present
Congress that be disapproves utterly of
modern Democratic theories of tariff
taxation. BY his speeches and votes on
fbe schedules of the Payne tariff bill he
demonstrated that he does not consider
himself bound by the tariff declarations
Of the last Democratic national platform
or by the theories of tariff revision ae-
cepted in recent years by such eminent
Democratic revisionists as William r.
Morrison. Roger Q. Mills, William L.
Wilson, Grover Cleveland and William
J. Bryan Mr.. Bailey holds that the only
Democratic revisionists who really un-
de-stood their business were James K
POLK zn1 Robert J. Walker. and he has
.Aed1ceted himself 70 the mission oe re-
New-York tribune., 1910-12-26
STRIKES As CRINES.

"You would have it so, George Dan
DIM is the classic quotation which Mt.
Yves Guyot is fond of hurting at the
socialists who are his bette ,s0jr when
ever they get into difficulties through
the application Of their own doctrines
as they not infrequently do and as they
are likely TO do much more in the future.
We can imagine the Zest with which ne
would fling il into the faces Of those
who complained of the pending proposal
of the French government for the pre-
vention of general strikes by the enl-
ployes of public service corporations. ard
his reproach and his taunt would be
logical.
They would. have it so. They would
have the railroads and telegraphs and
other public utilities owned and operated
by the state. That means that all the
employees are servants of the state. Well.
we know what desertion and mutiny in
the military services mean. 1t would seem
not linrea sonabie TO regard in compara-
bic fashion similar conduct in the civil
services. naufatis ntHfdndis. There is not
so very great a moral difference, after
all. between betraying the nation TO an
alien army and surrendering 1t TO in
dlIstrial paralysis and starvation
They would have il SO. They insisted
upon arbitration. which is Il good thing,
and upon compulsory arbitration, which
is variously regarded. Yet in fomenting
universal strikes unless their e.r pdrte
demands are complied with they recu-
diate the principle Of arbitration and
they defy compulsfon. The government
proposes therefore TO say TO them that
If they strike instead of seeking arbitra-
ton they shall be accounted guilty of q
crime. and If after arbitration they de-
muir to compliance with the verdict they
shall be regarded as criminals, subject
TO heavy penalty.
So much for the employees. As for the
in public services, the proposal is that
they shall be held amenable TO the law
of public welfare The state gives them
charters. for their own profit, but also
for the serving of the public. 1t there
fore is not only bound to protect them in
the legitimate pursuit of their business,
but it also is privileged TO compel them
TO conduct that business in accordance
with the needs of the public. If a dis
agreement occurs between them and their
employees. the state has the right 10
require them 10 settle it at such time
and in such a way as will not interfere
with fhe public order or with the service
which the public convenience demands.
This is strong doctrine on both sides,
and the practical working out of its ap-
pIication viii be watched with much in
terest by the whole world. OF course,
the moment the organized labor OF
France began planning general strikes
with the intention Of coercing the gov
ernment and making II subordinate 10
the councils Of the labor unions it be-
came evident that there would have to
be fight 10 finish between the two
New-York tribune., 1910-12-26

storing the opinions of Polk and Walker
to credit in the party and dismissing the
opiuions OF the MillS-Wilson-C Cleveland
school 10 ''innocuous 5esuetude.'
Why should he desist because of "The
Records plaint that he is likely ito
"paralyze the efforts Of his party in Con-
.gress In behalf of tariff reform: Only
last summer he was put in nomination
for the Presidency by the Democratic
State Convention in Texas on Polk
Walker-Baiiey platform Of revenue du-
ties on raw materials. and instead OF
occupying. as "The Record" says he
does. IAN eguivocai position toward his
great state he now has its undivided
support in his campaign against what be
calls the free raw materials heresy- He
would be untrue 10 his followers If he
did not try TO bring the Democratic ma
iority In the next House over to his side
Of the controversy.
It is exactly the same with Senator
Grady in this state. He represents an
idea which he considers synonymous
with sound Democracy as it is under
stood in the school of craftsmanship IN
which he long ago attained to past
mastership. Why should he let go when
an authority like Charles F. Murphy tells
him to hold on? Why should he efface
himself when he at last sees Demo
cratic ma iority in the Legislature behind
him and can aspire to the honors Of rec
ognized leadership? ''Sen. c." and ''Sen.
B. are counterparts, and the Democracy
will have TO reckon with both In its new
role of party responsible for state and
national legislation
New-York tribune., 1910-12-26
.narate Parliament in Dublin. II m,

separate Parliament in Dublin. It will
be his measure, and in order 10 secura
it's passage for three successive years he
will have to rally his followers to the
support of budgets and Radical policies
and to prevent premature appeal 70 The
country. The Prime Minister instead OF
being the Irish leaders servant viii y.
his master.
Altogether. the advantages Of position
are SO markedly in favor OF the Prime
Minister that it Is not improbable that
Mr.. BaIfour may make a determined ef-
fort tn draw him into another con-
ference. Already that dexterous tao
tician is condemning the veto bill as q
bit of political trickery for enabling Mr.
Redmond to carry Home Rule, and Is
ridicuIing the idea that the veto bill can
he regarded as a. permanent settlement.
Mr.. Garyin and the other Unionist
editors will speedily be beating their
drums for 2 conference, and If there be
the royal initiative for the resumption OF
negotiations il may be difficult for III,
Prime Minister 20 set his face against
peace making Certainly a strong argu.
ment can be made for another round
table attempt to arrange a. comprehen-
sjye settlement cf the whole series Of
controversial questions. including the re.
constitution Of the upper chamber, the
redistribution OF seats, Home Rule for
Ireland, Wales and Scotland; the reform
of the franchise and the relations OF the
houses It would be n easy method OF
filling the pauses Of the coronation year
But Mr.. Asquith may reason that Il
would be poor tactics to waste his op-
portunity by conEenting to renewal Of
negotiations for concordat, that hay-
ing thrown himself on the support. OF
the general electorate and secured It's
approval, he ought TO go on with ths
veto bill
In any event the conclusion that the
new Parliament, with coalition major
ity not differing materially from that Of
the last Parliament, viii be equally un.
stable and short lived, cannot be ao-
cepted as valid The moral force Of pub
lie approval is now Behind the veto bill
II il has been saved by popular sanction,
so that neither the constitutional King
nor the facttous Lords can venture -
tamper with it, the government Is no.
unlikely to approach the limit of the new
statutory term of five years. That
measure, by restricting the Lords priv.
ilege of rejecting bills to a su.pensivs
veto for three years. binds the factions
in coalition securely together, and.
barring accident. fore.talls premature
dissolution. J. n =.
New-York tribune., 1910-12-26
FIRE FIGHTING.

Primitive man undoubtedly learned
that water would extinguish fire long be-
fore he discovered how to make fire for
himself and to turn 1t to his own uses.
Then, remembering the effect of rain on
q forest eonfagratioE, he threw water On
his little blaze whenever he needed It no
longer or found that it was getting be-
yond his control. His present day de-
scendants have not advanced far beyond
him in their method of dealing with
fires. They still throw water on them.
They have invented ways and means Ut
throwing the water further and in great
er quantities and of directing it better,
but in essence their method Of fire fight
ing has remained that which was en-
ployed in the infancy Of the race. The
only weapon they have is water; chem
ical compounds are not yet sufficiently
effective. except on a small scale, to be
worth considering.
Nowhere is man so helpless in face Of
a conf1agration as in large cities. On the
prairie he has learned to fight fire with
FIRE, but in the centres of civilization his
best resource when water proves useless
in some great catastrophe, such as every
professional fireman constantly fears. Is
the primitive, crude and destructive en-
ployment Of dynamite-'ba ck-fring" Of
another sort.
The testimony given last Friday before
the joint legislative investigating COM
mittee on the subject Of danger from fire
and the means of fighting it should be
read and pondered by the American pub
lie. 1t concerns all closely and vitality,
not citizens of this state alone. 1t is an
appalling record of economic loss and de-
sfruction of life, an exposure Of negli-
gence. Indifference and haphazard legis-
lation. The testimony was to the point,
and the recommendations made are
worth considering and turning into laws
and ordinances. Prevention was the key
note, but, as one Of the witnesses. MI
Simon Brentano. practically observed,
while we are perfecting our means OF
prevention we shall have to keep on put
ting out fires in the .,ast way we can fhd
with water, Of course, just like our
earliest ancestors. The plan proposed by
Mr.. Brentano. and which he has been ad-
vocating for twenty years. is particu-
larly worthy of attention-the establish
ment. namely. of training schools for
firernen. where the knowledge of men
like the late Chief HOran, of Chicago,
which now dies with them. could be pre-
served, systematized and taught to others.
New-York tribune., 1910-12-26
THINKS ALL AROUND.

Thanks are Cue to all who have helped
to facilitate Christmas shopping: to the
merchants, who advertised wisely, dis
played their wares freely, and marked
them plainly that he who rushed might
know their price at a glance: who organ
lied their delivery systems, from packing
and making change in haste TO the ar
rival ''at the time promised" or at least
in ample time OF purchases too bulky 10
be carried home. according to their sug-
gestion.
Thanks are due to the salespeopie, WHO
kept their heads and carried systems
into practice. Even the Ladies We're DE
We're Of our retail establishments rose 10
the occasion under the Overwhelming I'M
petus. The repose Of caste needs spa
cious hours to assert itself. No one can
stop to remember the strawberry marx
on O shapely arm with customers three
deep on the other side of the counter.
But gratitude rises to admiration wn6n
it reaches the extra help engaged Tor
the occasion, the ignorance boldly con-
cealed, the bewilderment cleverly disslm-
uIated, the misinformation decistvely I'M
parted, the assumption Of expert knowl-
edge, the sudden collapse under the milo
correction Of old, experienced customers!
Thanks, therefore, to the buyers also
who were SO ready to wat upon them
selves, to act as unsalaried salespeople,
out of the depth of their shopping experi-
ence. for the establishments they patron
lied. Thanks, also, to our national non
esty, which filed Professor Minsterbess
with such admiration that he wrote
about 1t at great length In his study OF
The Americans Shoplifters there are,
OF course, but the confidence with which
merchants continue to expose their wares
and trust the public is even better EVIL
dence Of the prevalence Of this virtue
than the tribute Of the German psychol-
ogist.
Hearty thanks, also, to the men er
Uncle Sans postal service. Their hoIt-
day rush began days ago. at the express
reouest of their superiors. 1t Will con-
tinue into the new year with little abate-
ment and with a promptness and a de-
gree of accuracy that will account for
the last package, the last of millions OF
picture postcards. Finally, word OF
thanks to the police force, which made
even the busiest crossings safe for wom-
on and children 1t is owing to their
vigilance and their control of traffic that
the season has not been marred by seri-
ols street accidents,
New-York tribune., 1910-12-26
open market. Copper is in light demand.
and quotations for the metal appear 10
be tending toward a slightly lower range.


New York has got through another
fortnight Of increased discomfort in To-
cal travel with its customary laudaple
patience and good nature. How many
cubic feet of bundles and packages took
IN during these two weeks the strap
hangers. standing and dangling and
swaying room it would be hard to com
pute, but the wayfarers by subway ana
elevated and street cars bore nobiy Win
the corners of boxes thrust into their
ribs and the small of their backs. with
bundles thrust under their chtns ana
noses. with packages humping their legs
at every l,lrch or deposited on their toes.
Newspaper reading was impossible Tor
those in seats. Indeed it was not rare
for tired women to rest their burdens on
the knees of these benti pOssidentes tor
easement during the trip And even
against this no protest was raised; nef-
ther, on the other hand, was it always
taken by male sitters as an often un-
conscious appeal to their gallantry. In
fact, many Of these gentlemen appar-
emily considered their own bundles. dis
posed between their feet, valid ex-
cuse for not offering their places to
standing burden bearers of the other
sex But why dwell upon the exceptions
TO the hlle? The spirit was one Of for
bearance and Of recognition of the hap
piness hidden in all this disturbing hand
baggage.
New-York tribune., 1910-12-26
A QUESTION OF cHIVALRY.

To the Editor OF The Tribune.
Sir: Now that the new year draws nigh,
many are formulating resolutions TO put
into practice and always abide By IN 1911
For the most part. these innumereble de-
examinations relate TO the betrernsnt ot
those individuals who make them. and do
not tend to help many or reflect credit on
a common object. In view Of this, ler all
the male citizens Of this city remember
that there is one every day courtesy TO
women that is deeply appreciated by them
and which every man has frequent oppoF-
tunities to put into eject that of always
vacating his seat IN subway. surface or eie-
waited trains in favor OF any woman &c
sees standing. If this were put into eneer
through New Years resolutions. what
deep and lasting impression OF Gotnan
courtesy and kindlinesS would De made on
all visitors and foreigners,
BURNETT F. BRENNAN
New York Dec. 23. 1910.