New-York tribune., 1910-11-12

telephone. But how large pio'o-
OF those who call themselves inVei''o''
really deserve gratitude? The - :.
to answer the question would Oe
were possible. to tell how many pa.e'''7'
granted for what are nOmlhah'
and useful" things. ever find sa'e
statistics are not available, only
can be ventured Something
hundred patents daily are lssueu
the American government. ana
ure the surmise that not one =" 49,
perhaps not one IN q score, ever
OF the slightest value to the recipient
or TO any one else. A patent Hle'eiS
gives the exclusive right to Manufacture
and market the article or process WHICH
1t protects. II is not a certincale u
worth. as only too many lhVeiltois
eventually discover While sympathy
with their disappointment is certainly IN
order. It would be a mistake 10 assume
that those inventors who never realize
q dollar on their patents promote CIVIL
ization.
A Yale man is walking to Princeton In
the hope that this will help his college
to victory in tO-day's game. That Is bet
ter than having to walk home If the
team loses.
Mr.. MARITIME, the Farmer orator" or
New Jersey, is very much in earnest In
his pursuit OF the United States Sena-
tOrship from that state. but il he fails
to get II he may not decline some much
less shining mark A couple Of years
ago he declared that he would not be
Sheriff for 500, 900, but ne accepted a
nomination for the office all the same
Perhaps. though. that was only because
he was sure he would not be elected.
Missouri has to be shown" why II
should give up its lately acquired Re
publicanism.
The benevolent gentleman who thought
it so noble a thing to make two blades
of grass grow where only one grew be
fore would surely have all but un-
bounded admiration for the Down East
farmer who has made more than 1O3
bushels CsheIled and dry) Of corn grow
on single acre Of land where less than
half that quantity would commonly be
regarded as good crop.
The new republic of Portugal is re-
ceiving formal recognition from the
power OF the world IN a way which
shows a republic TO be no less secure
than a monarchy in the community of
nations
The rapidity with which the trial OF
Dr. Crippen for the murder OF his wife
was carried through in London has been
commented upon in our columns, and IN
many other American newspapers, with
keen appreciation Of the common sense
and businesslike efficiency marking the
administration Of British justice. We
have nothing TO withdraw from our es-
innate Of the essential elements in the
management OF an English murder trial.
On the other hand, If American courts
might profitably emulate the swiftness
and precision cultivated by their prOtO-
types across the Atlantic, they may also
take warning from a certain aspect OF
the Crippen trial. animadverted upon by
the lawyer whose letter to the London
Saturday Review" we reproduce this
morning. This protest against the jux-
Imposition Of 'frivolity and murder"
sharply exposes the scandal of turning q
grave trial into spectacle for morbid
and shallow minded idlers.
The suggestion OF a correspondent that
strikes should be avoided in this coun-
try through adoption OF the Australian
system Of compulsory arbitration would
have much more force IL that system
were working more efficiently and salts
factorily at the antipodes. The fact is
that It has by no means fulfilled the san
guine expectations of its authors and
advocates, so that Australia is still far
from the industrial Golden Age.
At the Baltimore aviation meeting this
week the most novel contest was that
which tested the capacity of sharp
shooters in the air. The management is
10 be commended for providing a feat
ure OF such practical value