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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-06-13
A HOME MADE TOURING CAR.

From The kennebec Journal
In home made bicycle touring car the
Thurston family, of Biddeford, are tour
ing southwark on their way TO Tampa Fla
and they have reached Worcester Mass
after being on the road few DAYS The
Thurston outfit attracts more attention than
the comet wherever ii goes and crowds
follow 1T, but the Thurstons don't care
Their machine consists of two tandem hi
cycles connected by steel rods On the
rods are placed board platform about
three feet wide by five feet long Papa
and Mamma Thurston daughter Minnie.
who is seventeen. and cousin Peter Thurs
ton furnish the motive power by pedaIIins
the tandem. The three young ThurstonsS
Harry. aged twelve; Florence. ten. and
Annie, eight-ride grandIy upon the Mat
form, together with a goOdly quantity of
SuitcaseS and other luggage John Thurs
ton explained to an interested grolIn that
they were on pleasure trip. He said they
were on their way 10 Florida, and didn't
Know or care much how long In tool, 70
get there we put up at hotels or houses
along the route, and we are prepared 70
camp out when necessary" he continued
we are enjoying ourselves Immensely and
are in no hurry TO end our trim Tha chill
dren are strong and healthy. and the ont
of-door life is hardening them We arr
now travelling more than thirfv Y,iIos =
day, but the children and ths iusre,a ca
make quite load. and there is no r7St;S,e
power except what we give IN Ivith -.
feet, Daughter Minnie is pretty and beaItL,
looking. and said she didn't mind naJa iii,,,s
at all: tEat she would rather do IN thaS
ride on the platform N' II thah
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-06-13
THE FRENCH PROGRAMME.

The first item of the remarkable pro-
gramme of constructive legislation which
Mr. BRAND has prepared for the French
parliament is, as was expected, that
of electoral reform, for which a strong
popular mandate was apparently given
at the late general election. Mr. BRAND
purposes TO effect compromise between
Scratin de liste and proportional repre-
sentatiOn. the chief features of which
will be the correction of the gross inc
qualities which now exist in the numeri-
ca! sizes of constituencies-sOm having
ten times as many voters as others-the
establishment of a certain measure of
minority representation, the abolition Of
that prohibition Of multiple candidatures
which was adopted in 1889 TO prevent a
repetition of General Boulanger's Sc
dtiGuS tactics. and finally, and most inn
portant Of all. the transformation of the
Chamber Of Deputies into II continuous
body like the Senate by electing one
third of its members every second year
for Il term of six years. All these
changes Will. if effected. be important,
but the last named viii be nothing less
than revolutionary. The whole world
Will regard with interest the unique eX-
pertinent of making the popular repre-
sentative house of Il parliament a contin-
nous body, the political complexion of
which cannot certainly be changed at a
single election.
The question of the status OF the civil
service. the relations of its members TO
the state and their right to organize
labor unions among themselves and to
90 on strike will also come up for set
tlement, and a comprehensive law on the
subject will doubtless be enacted. The
long disputed income tax is another
measure which is indicated for disposal
during the next session. Educational
legislation will comprise various meas
ures aiming at the consolidation and de-
fence of the secular system and at the
assertion and enforcement of state con-
troll of private schools so far as the COM
petence Of the teachers and the charac-
ter Of the textbooks are concerned. Some
measures Of administrative and judicial
reform. suggested by recent trials, will
be brought forward, and there will prob
with the making of collective contracts,
the establishment Of a credit system for
workmeD and the extension of the profit
sharing plan.
This programme indicates clearly the
lines along which French legislation is
proceeding, and it affords an agreeable
assurance of consistent progress in con-
structive legislation of the most practical
kind Purely political or partisan inter-
ests are conspicuously lacking. save as
the whole tone Of the programme is re-
publican as distinguished from socialist
on the one hand and monarchical on the
other, and the present proposals are
consistent sequel to the work done in the
last ten years by Mr.. Brands predeces-
sors The fact that France has had in
succession Messrs. Haldeck- Rousseau,
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uJSHAPs TO SUBMARINES.

Now that it has been possible TO ex-
anime the hull of the wrecked SUD-
marine which sank in the English Chan
mel a few DAYS ago, it becomes evident
that her officers and men were drowned
rather quickly. So large was the rent
form in the stern of the Pluyiose that she
probably filed with water in few min
lltes. Still. it is not unlikely that the
resulting mortality would have been
smaller had the boat carried life pre-
servers of a kind which has been
adopted by the British Admiralty for
use in submarines. These are oxygen
helmets differing only in minor feat
ures from those which have rendered
excellent service in mines and burning
buildings. Had every one on board the
Pluviose been trained in the art of don
ming them there might have been time
enough for few, if not all, of the men
TO save themselves. In four or five other
instances on record submarines have
been unable to rise because Of some dis
arrangement of the machinery, but as
the hulls were not damaged there was
apparently an even better chance that
have proved efficacious.
Another method of dealing with sub
marine accidents was suggested by the
sinking of the Farfadet in the 1editer-
ranean. When her inability to rise was
discovered efforts were made to help her
by passing chains under her. With
these she was brought nearly to the sur
face once or twice, but the chains
slipped and down she went again,
Thereupon it was proposed to provide
every boat of this kind with hugs
metal eye, Or staple. into which a diver
could quickly introduce hook. How
extensively the plan was adopted we do
not know, but it seems to be well suited
to meeting a certain class of emergencies
which occasionally arise. 1t is now the
custom in a few navies to have tender
at hand when submarines engage in
practice If the consort of a submerged
craft were equipped with a derrick and
suitable hosting gear, it would be feas
ible to raise pretty promptly a boat pro-
vided with large, stout and readily ac
cesslble staples, one at each end.
The fate of the Pluviose was largely
due to the selection Of an exceptionally
dangerous locality for her practice. As
the English Channel is almost constantly
thronged with big and little vessels
the chance of collision was great
there. Fortunately, every fresh accident
teaches one or more lessons and mar
rows the prospect of the repetition of
such disasters.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-06-13
FIR one of these necessary nuisanees is

for one of these necessary nulsances Is
in some other community.
1t is worthy Of consideration, III suco
circumstances. whether sucn huisances
are not susceptible of abatement with
cut removal and without abolition OF
necessary industries 1t has been suf-
ficently demonstrated that the nuisance
o. smoke from soft coal furnaces can
be reduced with actual pecuniary profit
by the simple expedient of more careful
stocking So it is no longer to be denied
that the nuisance of huvlal pollutlon
with sewage can be abated through the
expedient of purifying the sewage be-
fcl-e it is discharged. These corrective
measures were once decried as idealistic
and impracticable. but they are now
recognized as entirely practicable ana as
economical instead of expensive. 1t
would be a reproach to twentieth cen
tury ingenuity and thrift to contend that
the offensive by-prOducts of oil rehnerieS
and chemical works cannot be similarly
disposed of. Hitherto, perhaps. there
Las seemed to be little Indictment to the
seeking Of such a course. Now there
is urgent need of it. The smoke and
smell of those esta blishments cannot be
permanently tolerated. But it would be a
costly and in many respects most undo
sirable undertaking to remove them to
place where they would give no offence.
Therefore, they must get rid of the
smoke and smell so as to be inoffensive
where they now are. That is the prob
lem which is before them, and which it
ought to be possible for them to solve.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-06-13
PASSENGER PIGEONS HABITAT
Correspondent Thinks 1t Has Given Up
Migration in Argentina's Favor.

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: nave Just read with much interess
in The Tribune letter from Bluhton, .
c., signed z. ID. in regard to the dlsaP-
pearance of the wild pigeon
Lean give E D. little Of the light ne
is seeking. but before doing so viii say ne
is wrong in thinking the wild pigeon van
fshed in the early 40s," even tn the East
shot many a ons in Pennsylvania III
1859. 1 saw millions Of them in ONO ana
Kentucky in 1850, and in September. lsf5'
saw other millions of them in Wiscon-
sin. / do not think am exaggerating In
the least when I say millions.
I remember a trip I took from Louis
VILE, KY, to Nashville, Tenn, in foO'
when we began TO see enormous fiocks OF
these pigeons very soon after we leiI
Louisville, about a. m, and they were
literally not out of our sight until just be-
fore we ran into Nashville. about dark IN
1873 saw hundreds of barrels of dead Wild
pigeons being delivered to the railroad al
Sparta Wis, for shipment to Chicago.
and the same night visited roosting place
where the pigeons were IN countless tnou-
sands. There were so many and they Hgnt-
ed in such numbers on the branches Of the
trees that hundreds of the branches were
broken down.
Of course, no one knows why birds mi
crate, but I have no idea that the absence
of the acorn of the white oak had any
thing to do with the disappearance of the
wild pigeon, as 1 know that they fire.
quented localities where the white oak
never grew.
There are a few wild pigeons seen
around Northern Illinois every year and
many more in Wisconsin. L last year
heard of a flock of about 200 that nestled
near Petosky, Mich.
I have no doubt the winter home Of the
passenger pigeon was in South America
when its Northern home was with us a
friend Of mine, a naturalist seeking plants.
told me he saw them in countless numbers
States Consul in the Argentine. with whom
I used to shoot pigeons and prairie chick
ems in Illinois, told me he had shot plenty
Of them in the wheat fields OF the Argen-
tine Another Illinois friend visited the
Argentine three years ago. and on coming
home told me he had seen millions of wild
pigeons on his trips through the grain
producing parts Of the Argentine.
From the evidence I have had am fully
convinced that our wild pigeon is now at
home throughout the year in the Argen
tine. There he can get hot or cool or
cold weather as he may desire, and also
grain for food throughout the year. They
get everything they need there and seem
to have lost the migrating instinct
Chicago. June 8, 1870 j. A. WATSON
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-06-13
NUISANCES NEEDLESS AND NECES
SiRY

The denunciati0n Of the BayOnne oil
refineries as nuisances will doubtless
evoke sympathetic response from
many jewellers and visitors on the north
shore of Staten Island, who suffer much
from the smoke and OdOrs which are
emitted from these establishments. Nor
will it. we assume, be denied by the
pIOprietorS of the works that offence is
caused. There is need however, of
discriminating between nuisances and
nuiSanceS, at least in the treatment of
them. For while some are needless and
should be wholly abated, others may be
described as necessary, and must be
tolerated, or at most their offensiveness
may be merely mitigated
Oil refineries and chemical works are
doubtless offensive. But they are also
certainly necessary. They become null
sances only when in certain environ
ments or when conducted in certain
manner Dirt has been characterized as
matter out Of its proper place. So these
nuisances are simply worthy establish
ments out Of place Remote from hui
nlan residence, they would not be con-
demned or criticised Some such con-
Germs were when founded thus remote,
but population has extended toward
them and increased around them so
as TO make <luisances of them The
question legitimately arises. therefore.
how they are 10 be compelled TO move
on when Mahomet has come to the
mountain instead of the mountain going
TO Mahomet, especially since there is an
increasing scarcity of places to which
they can remove and in which they will
not be offensive or be in danger Of soon
becoming offensive. The only comfort
able place for boil is on some other
mans neck, and similarly each com
munity thinks that the only fitting place
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-06-13
PATRIOTISM AND coMMERcIALIsM

To the Editor Of The Tribune
Sir: If the love of money is the root of
all evil, the love of country is the source
Of all patriotism. The love of money-sordid
conmercialisni-ha been wildly pictured
in the last twenty-five years. for all who
would see
The unselfsh love of country spells equal
opportunity for our fellow countrymen.
which is the keynote of fair dealing. Fair
play is but the modern version of ancient
virtue. and righteousness but the express
sion of love of country and fellow sympa-
thy.
This land. born in and dedicated TO lib
erty, was at Gettysburg given "a new birth
of freedom'-which forever proclaimed that
government of the people. for the people
and by the people should be inpsrishabIe.
Love of country animates the heart and
purposes of its citizens to-day. even more
fully perhaps than ever before. and any
national undertaking without patriotism is
foredooned thereby to failure.
The prosperity and integrity of the hum
blest freside, justice and equity for the
humble toiler. was, should be and ever
will be the basic purpose of correct pre-
cept and practice Equal opportunity
should be underwritten in every enterprise
vast or small. of individual and capitalistfc
combination-working no injustice to the
individual fundamental Of the land-to be
permanent Love of country reads exact
and impartial right and opportunity TO all.
Disturbers of the peace of this family
picture need look to their bearings, must
get aboard, with the long. strong pull
which is TO take us safely over the turbu-
lent rapids of discomfort and unrest, of
socialism, etc, through which the ship OF
state is even now navigating grandIy
LINCOLN c. CUMMINGS.
Hyannisport, Mass, June g. 1910.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-06-13
a RAT KILLING Day

From The Evansville Und) Courier
Glnson County has observed its ars, ~
frnm re, ia. r eSt,ermination.' day. and Judging
1housands OF rodents were sleusb n.eSss'
l Ine nsst annual rat killing" dav w saeu,
killed mo m1' t only In the number of rats
Iaken IN the problem since Gibson iraesr r
ticai eu tnT movement and put n into nrac-
and other u sraias other counties in Indiana
sns "a, problem in hope of arrivine ~ mo 20
good u,a,,o Sie ss County has shown ons
soiend 5is'r re o. combating the rat evil witb
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-06-13

a AuIosv and expressed the sorrow wnich
the whole scientific world shared with those
assembled because OF the death OF one VINO
had 40 valiantly worked for suffering nu-
nanitv. Then. to the strains OF Mendeis-
sobn's .Es ist bestimmt in Gottes Rat 'he
coffin. heavily laden with flowers sahA
out Of sight into the devouring hamss.
hmeriean-Why do you think the Engnsh
,.nsuage IL destined TO become the UNI
versal language? r-.a--
,ng ianeuaze on earth.-Chicago News
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-06-13

New York City bond six months ago at
101 and had need of his principal to-day,
his principal would show him loss OF
$50. Although bonds appear TO be cheap.
il is impossible TO say that in six months
they will not be cheaper. Furthermore,
how many depositors would wisely in
vest their money if they did withdraw
their funds from the savings banks:
Would not large number fall into the
hands of untrustworthy persons and lose
allc
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-06-13
AmusementS.

AI.EAMBRA-2-S-Na
iMERIckN-2-s-The Bsrnyard Romeo
ASToR-s:i5-Seven DAYS. ,
:I5-The Summer Nido*eis-
CASINOS: 15-The Mkado. ,>,,,
COMFY ISLAND-Brighton Beach FalA' Die"
land Luna Park. 49,.
RITERIoN-2:I5-s:ao-T Bachelors bdoS'
EDEN MITSEE-worid in Wax.
FIFTH ANENJ -NsudeViite
GAlETY-s:l5-The Fortune Hunter
GARRECK-s:2 Boiler Husbands Wife
u ANNFRSTEIN' So s-15-NsUdeviiie
HFKaTIs SQUARES 5-Tiliie's Nightmare
RuDSoN-S:15-The Spendthrift-
KNrCKERBOCKER-S.l 1.-THE Arcaolahs-
I,yRTC-s:2a-A Matinee IDOL
NEW ANSTERDAM-s:l5- -tiirlies
MEM yORK-s:is-The Merry Whirl-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-06-13
BRUTAL OLD UNCLE SAM
ON The Springfield Republican

Iu1H inc Springfield Republican,
the tyranny of a government that y,or,5
i,,ahe its deparimental clerks work eight
instead Oh sexen'nours day is apparent = :
glance If President Taft ensprca ent .I at
eight-hour day in Washington tba o S,le
pressed S clerks clerks viii; of course. know what
10 90. Ihey should appeal to the cc,,rts
on the constitutional ground tbs, 'O oui, u
ana unusual punishments are not 20 I LEI
Tolerated s IN the United States. Eight hours
q so' uay "hat are we coming 10 i'm this
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-06-13

rombes. Clemencra and BRAND, and
under the lead Of four men so different
I'm disposition has maintained unbroken
progress in the same direction, gives
abundant encoura cement for faith in the
stability of the republic.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-06-13

DISPATCHES from Cincinnati tell of the
Indictment of four saloonkeepers for
violations of law on evidence collected
by the Ohio Brewers Vigilance Bureau.
The Ohio brewers are on the right track.
They can themselves end many Of the
abuses which have brought the liquor
traffic into disrepute and encouraged so
widespread a recourse to prohibition as
their only effective remedy.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-06-13
af,n5Dprk Gribn,re.
MONDAY. JUNE 13, 1910.

This newspaper is otoned and pub-
Hehed bp The Tribune Association, a
4eio York corporation; Office aud pri'a-
oipnl place Of business, Tribune Build
eng, No. 154 Nassau street, Nelo York;
Ogden Hills. president; Ogden IL. Reid,
secretary; James II. Barrett, treasurer.
The address of the officers is the Office
OF this newspaper.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-06-13
WHEN HUGHES ARoleArrs

from ,ot The Washington Herald
tcan In p'SSs eM WIS., Is not cheap skate poll
Heep ,a6 on the exact number w ns aoes no,
tobcc, " VAC second week in Oc-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-06-13

Won't the news of the direct primaries
being held in other states set the Vot-
ers of New York to wondering why they
in this state are denied the privilege or
making their own nominations?
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-06-13

If Mr.. Hamilton, in performing one OF
his aerial tests" should for an instant
lose control of his machine, or some
part of the mechanism should go wrong,
he might kill the observer whom thus
far he has merely frightened. In that
case everybody would say that he had
taken chances which he had no right to
take The best time to make that COM
nent is before mishap occurs. More
over, when you think OF 1t, there is a
suggestion of offence in planning TO
miss and no more. What would be said
of an automobile driver who played
similar games with pedestrians on
nuhlic highway?
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-06-13

Commissioner Stover's predecessors
cannot have done their duty by the
Park Department If it has no auto
mobile. We thought that in the good
old days when those vehicles were
passed around every department OBJ
tanned at least a dozen.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-06-13
there should be total wneat hai
Of 100000 bushels in excess OK
war average.

Samuel J. Tilden occupied posltioh
in the ewes of the American people
and performed services TO the country
which amply entitle him TO reHieni
hrance in bronze New York or Albany
would be the most appropriate place ior
a statue in his honor, but II Congress
were to depart from precedent ana
at public expense in washington d iiio
mortal to one who never held oiiice UNI
der the federal government. but whose
relation TO national affairs was mercy
that of a nartv leader, as provided by
Mr.. Suffers bill. the tribute might gem
orally be regarded as Justinaoie
ception to a sound rule. The advocates
of such an enterprise, however, VIII not
commend 1t to the favor of Congress OF
of patriotic citizens by circulating rs
they are doing, arguments thdt Ills
"F'raudulency' is title altogether ap-
..propriate as a designation of Ruther-
"ford r HAYES" Out of that unfortu-
nate tangle of cipher dispatches and re-
turning boards the representatives OF
the American people of both parties
united in the spirit Of George William
Curtiss call ito provide way over
(Which a President, be he Republican or
"be he Democrat, shall pass uncnal-
"Ienged to his chair; and now, more
than thirty years after, neither Will MI
Tilden be honored nor will national well
fare be promoted by renewing that con-
troversy, ostensibly as a tribute to MS
fame. really as vehicle of partisan
ship. If the Congress of the United
States erects a statue of Mr. Tilden, IL
will not be to recognize him as de 1nre
President but to honor him as a great
citizen.
The Washington herald., 1910-04-21
LOCAL PRODUCE MARKET.


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LIVE POULTRY-Chickens spring large 2ia3
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IL
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