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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-05-20
THE TALK OF THE DAY.

Writing from the interior OF China, a
traveller says: Currency is primitive to
a degree Lump silver only is used and
copper cash Coined money is not cur
rent Even in Honan City. which Is distant
only two days by rail from Picking. lump
silver. the same cumbrous currency that
has been used for centuries, is still en-
pIoyed It is cut into small pieces with
hammer and chiseI. Every town and VII
lage has il own weights and scales, and
there is no prctence at uniformity"
'1pa. what does 'skepticai mean
"Well-er-did YOU ever see man
taking in the washing for fear or rain In
spite of the weather prediction fair p
Buffalo Express.
A former Bostonian, according to THE
Transcript" returned TO the Hub uneK-
pectedIy this week and. on account OF the
comet. thus explains his appearance: II
came to town this morning. in recollection
of the reply of Wendell Phillips TO the
Millerites who called to him when ne was
riding In from Concord. Mr.. Phillips! Stop!
Come join us. We are collected in this
field because the world is coming to an
end this afternoon That doesn't concern
me. answered Phillips, I live in Boston,
Paid George get any nearer TO pro-
posing on his last visit?
Dsughter-I think he did. papa; he asked
me II YOU were heavily insured.-Bostoh
Herald.
Six hundred lives are sacrificed annually
10 the "parlor match. according TO C. ~
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-05-20
At THE WHITE HOUSE.

Prom The Tribune Bureau
washington. May 1s.-The President WIZ
attend the memorial services FOR Nins
Edward VII AZ St Johns Church at II
o'clock tomorrow morning.
senator Root discussed a number OF SUI
Iects with the President to-day oeiofe
going to New York 70 sail tomorrow ioi
The Hague 10 represent the United State7
in the Newfoundland fisheries arbitration
New York politics and appointments oe-
eupied some of their time Senator Root
when leaving the executive offices WaS
TONED by Lloyd G. Griscont and Repre-
sentative Parsons who. with "l'iaf'i
Barnes. jr. and Representative Driscoh'
so,ithwick and oIeott. had previously con
ferred with the President.
The railroad measure was discussed by
the President and Senator Eikins. ne
comet" said the Senator, after the con
ference, seems to have brought US warm
weather, and the heat will bring peace
and arnicable relations. I have been IN
good many fights in my lite, and hha
that they begin to work out just as soosi
as the hot weather strikes Washington
wouldn't be surprised now 10 We get
away from Washington by the middle OF
June"
Mrs. Winnie r Hoxie wife OF Brigadier
General Richard l. Hoxie (retired), =" as
recommended by Representatives Drlscoh'
Carter, Pickett and Stanley for appoint
nent as a member of the Art Commission
recently created BY Congress.
Senator Flint, accompanied by Mayor
Mccarthy af san Francisco and Mayor
Hodgkins of Berkeley. conferred with me
President about the Hetch-Hetchy Valley.
Colonel Spencer Cosby and Lieutenant
Colonies John Biddle and Harry Taylor
corps of engineers. have been designated
TO attend a hearing on May IS before the
Secretary of the Interior on the question:
of the vacation OF a permit TO the clty
and county Of San Francisco 20 use the
Hetch-Hetchy Valley for the purpose OF
maintaining a water supply.
Among the Presidents callers were sen
ators Warner, oliver, Guggenheim, Pies
and Smith, Representatives Creaser, Ed
wards. Plumley Focht, Hawiey' Eiiis,
Martin, Jameson, Cameron, Miller anu
Burleson, Assistant Secretary h1lies' Ar
thur 1. vorys and DR.. J. W. Hill.
The President delivered an address OK
welcome at Convention Hall this evening
To the delegates to the Worlds Sunday
School Convention.
Mrs. Taft gave the third OF her series
of four garden parties on the White House
lawn this afternoon, and with most efOpi-
tious weather the affair will long tie re-
membered by her guests As at the pre-
vious parties, the guests were ABOUT
equally divided between resident ana OF
fetal society. and were received by MIS-
Taft. assisted by the President. The pres
entations were made by Captain Butt. and
the Marine Band gave an elaborate pro
eramme. especially chosen for the aIter'
noon. One of Mrs Tafts chief aims mas
been to have the guests stroll about the
lawn and enjoy the we'll made walks anu
the game OF tennis in progress IN the
lower part of the grounds proved an espe-
oial attraction. The tea table was lalu
under the trees. and with its burden OF
flowers furnished an attractive touch a
color.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-05-20
At TEE KINGS BIER.

Eight kings two of them also en-
perors. will stand to-day around the
bier CT Edward. the Peacemaker. With
ore exception they were all relatives OF
the King and Emperor whose funeral
they are attending. Also, there will
be in that solemn cortege an empress
dowager. three queens d0wager, an i'm
perial grand duke, q royal crown prince,
a sultan. two former presidents of the
greatest two republics in the world and
a company OF princes, mobiles, ambas-
sailors and great men of the earth.
Tt will be ore of the most distinguished
and most impressive gatherings that
have ever been seen at such time, or.
indeed. at any time. But no one will
say or think that the occasion is not
worthy of the company or that the man
who has gone to his rest was not amply
deserving of the tribute thus rendered.
There will however, be other gather
ings. if possible more significant than
that ct Windsor; perhaps none of them
more significant than those in New
York 1t will be fifty years few
weeks hence since Albert Edward,
Prince of Wales, then just passing from
boyhood into manhood, was a visitor in
this city. To-day the city largely s'1s
ponds its activities in token of respect.
While the service is in progress at
Windsor there will be a corresponding
service in this city in a church which
was a place Of worship in the reign Of
the late Kings great-grandfather, when
New York was still loyal British prov
ince; a church whose pulpit canopy
still bears the royal insignia of the
Prince of Wales; placed there when
George III was ruler of this city. and
overlooked and left there alone when
the patriots of the Revolution swept the
building clean of all other reminders of
British sovereignty. There will be no.
more impressive service to-day, in its
historical suggestions, than that in old
st. Paul's.
1t is fitting that the world to-day pays
universal tribute to the memory of
enc Of its greatest citizens. Probably
no other chief Of state of our time
touched it at SO many different and
varied points OF sympathetic contact
through personal relationship, through
extent of doinnions and of political and
commercial interests. through the be-
nevolent activities of peaceful dipIo-
macy and through an alert, informed
and unfailing human spirit More than
most men Of his time or of any time
Edward the peacemaker fulfilled the
laudable boast of Terence, that he was
a man and therefore was interested in
ali things which concerned men; and for
that cause as we'll as for the others,
more concrete and tangible which we
have recited. the whole world in return
was interested in him in life and to-
day displays its abiding interest at the
portals of his tomb
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-05-20
MAKTNG FOR PEACE IN SOUTH
AMERICA

Tho indefnite intimation Of day or
two ago concerning American efforts for
peace between Peru and Ecuador has
promptly and happily been realized. We
are informed that Argentina. Brazil and
the United States. apparently with the
more or less active sympathy of Chill.
are 10 mediate between the two disput-
Ing states, and will thus provide an hon
Orable method of avoiding war. and. we
may expect. an equitable settlement of a
long pending and troublesome contro-
versy. IT would be a welcome thing in
am case and at any hour to avert war:
but it viii be particularly welcome ~
avert war so unnecessary and in his
anniversary year OF South American in
dependence so untimely.
IL is especially gratifying 10 have
peace maintained and the DISPUTE SET
tied in the way which is announced.
namely, through the joint mediation Of
the United States and some South Amer
lean states. The initiative of this conn
try is dOubly pleasing, since il shows
how well Secretary Knox is maintai l.
ing the policy OF his predecessors. aad
since il also shows the maintenance of
cur deep and benevolent interest i'm our
South American neighbors. But II =
also agreeable and reassuring 10 have
II effected in conjunction with South
American states, because such co-opera-
ton strengthens The bonds Of confidence
and friendship which unite and should
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-05-20
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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-05-20

the ratio of surplus TO deposits has only
kept stationary. An important FACTOR
with which the savings banks have 10
contend is the automatic growth III ue
posits from within-that is. from inter
est uncollected and credited. When the
savings bank law which permits d fega
lar rate of interest on deposits not 10
exceed ) per cent a year was eHaete
the earning power of the banks IN th's
state was approximately per cent
against a trifie mere than per cent %
day. The present margin, therefore, pc
tween the amount these institutions
earn on their investments and the inter
est paid to depositors is exceedingly
narrow. it is question, with the Dur
den of proof on the negative, whether OF
not the law should now be amended 50
as 10 restrict regular interest payments
to 31a per cent, yet compelling an extra
payment when the maximum surplus
has been reached
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-05-20
SAVINGS BANK RATE AND SUB

Plus
Many prudent and farsighted bank
erS are deyoting considerable attenti IN
to the question Of the savings bank
surplus for the reason that our say
ings institutions are experiencing a
heavy shortage III their percentage
Of surplus to deposits. as a con
sequence of growing deposits and de-
probation in the market value of the
restricted securities in which they are
obliged TO invest their funds. few
leading New York State savings banks
reduced their rate Of interest hast De
cember from 4 to 81 per cent, and it
is not unlikely that the movement viii
extend TO other banks in the semi-an-
nual payments to depositors in July for
the sake of sound banking principles
Inasmuch as the New York State say
ings bank law prescribes that not more
than 10 per cent of deposits shall re
main uninvested at any one time. the
trustee not only is prevented from TAX
ing advantage of a low priced security
market, but frequently is compelled to
invest when prices are unusually high.
while. unlike many financial institutions,
the savings bank is unable to increase
ifs surplus through fortunate specula-
ton.
1t would appear, therefore. in the in
terest both of the deposition and of the
general financial situation. that eve~y
savings bank, in order TO Offset the effect
OF possible combination Of a falling mar
ket and increasing deposits should aim
to build up and maintain q surplus com
puted upon the market or liquidating
value of its assets of Mt least 10 per
cent Of It's deposits. On January /. 1910.
100 savings banks out of 40 in
this state showed a surplus Of less than
~ per cent of total deposits. 1t has
been suggested that banks which do
not hold q surplus Of 10 per cent should
reduce their rate of. interest to a level
that would permit an increase of the
surplus to 10 per cent: that banks which
have surplus equivalent TO 10 per cent
and there are not many-should re-
duce their rate in order 10 maintain the
10 per cent, and that banks which hold
more than 10 per cent should reduce
their rate to 31a per cent ms Il whole
some example and for the best interests
Of all concerned, especially of the
smaller institutions, which find per
cent dividend extremely burdensome
Statistics covering n period of years
demonstrate that If il be the aim to
maintain a fixed ratio Of surplus to de-
posts the earnings OF the New YORK
State savings banks. generally speaking,
do not warrant rate exceeding 3ls per
cent Indeed, it is matter of record
That even i'm moderately rising market
for securities, with a 81 per cent rate,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-05-20
WANTS Mr.. M'HARG TO EXPLAIN.

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: The writer begs to call your atten-
ton to part of the address of Ormsby Me
Harg, formerly Assistant Secretary of
Commerce and Labor, delivered before the
National Association OF Manufacturers on
the 18th inst. according to your issue OF
to-day. No doubt others would be pleased
to have Mr.. McHarg give more definite
explanation of this part OF his address:
The Chinaman on the Coast and else
where in the country is the last man to
leave his work at night and the first one
TO arrive in the morning, and he's never
In jail
No doubt two meanings could be taken
from these few words. but does Mr.. Nc
Harg mean to intimate that the white and
the negro people do not work long enough.
and that ii would be advisable to admit
the Chinaman so as to use him as an in
strument TO force the ordinary people to
work day and night? I think this is his
belief. If he will give this matter a little
more study he will make no more such
breaks" when he ia called upon TO speak
of n matter OF such Importance \ L. ID.
New York. May II. 1910
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DIRECT PRIMARIES STRENGTH.

JfJhFfI IhL II ahIEC ~ x y IL
While the defeat Of the Human Green
bin in both the Senate and the Assem-
hlr is 10 be regretted. the result need
not cause advocates, Of direct nomina-
tions to iase heart. In fact, the growth
of the sentiment for this reform as
measured by the vote in the Legislature
has heen remarkable. Direct nomina-
1jons were not an issue when the mem
hers of the Senate were elected yet the
E#inHlan Green bill came within three
votes of having ina jority of the Sen
ate When tine Assembly was elected il
was an issue. but il WAS not really pre-
scented 10 the voters ia more than one
third OF the districts: yet the Human
Green bin was defeated in the Assem-
bly, only through the heroic efforts Of the
Assembly machine, and then only by a
few votes.
Moreover the character OF its sup
port was significant. The majority of
lbe Republican members of both houses
voted for the HinmaD-Green bin and
only the solid opposition OF Tammany
prevented its passage. And. again, Of
the Republican members, the more indie
pendent, VINO usually hest represent not
only the sentiment Of their districts but
also the sentiment of their party. voted,
with comparatively few exceptions. for
the bill. Their attitude indicates the
present tendency. while the opposition
- Inc odd guard" and Of the Senators
and AssemblymeH who are recognized
as merely the mouthpieces of local
losses is not without significance. Tic
are invariably on what in the end is the
losing side.
Nor does the vote upon the Human
s.reon bin alone measure the full
strength OF the support of direct primar-
les II the Legislature. As Assembiyman
lsennetf points oui. al the democratic
members Of the Assembly who did not
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-05-20
People and .SocfaI incidents

and Mrs. John T. Knight. has ra,.-
from visit Of several months in Ps-a1
where she was the guest Of 1flas 60
Csorgas, daughter Of Colonel Willie
Ciorgas She wss accompanied tn ~ Y.
ington by Miss Ethel MacMurrsy. who ~,
also the guest OF Miss Gorgas for a So, 80
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Roosevelt ARA =,
Roosevelt win close their house hA-s -.
week and leave the capital on Ttrr-sN
for Tire Lilacs. their summer home AZ -.
willie. Long island, where they ain -,
some time. They viii make a srip "a Il.
rope later.
Rear Admiral and Mrs. George e. Pc
have issued invitations for the rnar-s--t
OF their daughter. Miss Mary Refhss 80
Captain John WInthrop WsdleizH. AZ 49,
marine corps. on Wednesday. Jurs / y
O'Clock in st. Themass Church A ~,
reception at the home OF Rear Ad--ss.,
and Mrs. Remsy will follow the esrsn,o-.,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-05-20
IN THE BERksHIREs.

TBy Telegraph to The Tribune
I.enox, May 19--Nfiss Grace SedgVisk hs3
arrived in StockDridge 10 visit Miss Ellen
TuckeTman-
Mrs. Ellen Auchmuty arrived to-day q
The DoTmers. her country estate.
Mr.. and Mrs George Winthrop Folscm
entertained at luncheon this afternoon az
sunny Ridge.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert ". Paterson ha7s
arrived at Biantyre.
Mrs. William Z Brown - ar LOCUS
Wood. her summer home in Great EarTins
ton
Mr.. and Mrs. Robb de Feystsr lytas
who have been IN Boston for the Wll.S''
are at their country estate in TyrinsaA~
Miss Lizette Hast. who has been aolosa
since last autumn. has opened her ee4ll'
estate in Stockbridge.
Mr.. and Mrs. William \. \ BroWn 10
gone to New York -.s
Mrs Hamilton Nick. Twombfv. Hiss hun
Twombly and Mrs. William H. NacS' 80
arrived tonight at Curtis Hotel
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-05-20
SUN DIAL FOR COLUMBIA
To Be Made of Granite, and Accurate,
Too. in Fair Weather.

The class graduated from Columbia Col
Iege in 1885 will give the university on June
l. commencement day. a granite sun dial.
said TO be the only one of It's kind in this
country. The plans for the dial and a small
working model have been made by Harold
Jacoby, professor of astronomy and men,
Der of the class. When completed The dial
will consist OF granite sphere 1--WE feet
in diameter. mounted on q circular granite
plinth some ten feet in diameter
ON the surface OF the plinth will be marks
by which will be designated the actual
time OF day at every season OF the year
The dial. according to Dr. Jacoby. will
probably be the best timekeeper In New
York as long as the sun shines. but IL win
be subject 10 the failings of all other sun
dlals when there is no sun.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-05-20
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR.
CoMETs-HAsIT AND HAsITATs.

COMETS-HA6ITS AND HABITATS.
To the Editor Of The Tribune
Sir: Please tell Us something Of the
comet
l. What is it?
g Whence its power to go contrary to
the earth at the rate OF so many miles
per minute?
.. Why shouldn't it burn out and be
destroyed in seventy-fve years or less, at
the rate it is going through space?
If you or any one can answer the above
in your paper, you will greatly obhge
j. A. HUBBARD.
Plainfield, n. j.. May IS, 1910.
If our correspondent owns no popular
work on astronomy, he would do we'll to
consult one in some public library. Any
thing like satisfactory answers to his
questions in the space here available is
impossible. Still, an effort will be made.
Comets are believed TO be objects flying
through space which are captured by
the attraction of the sun or the bigger
planets. Thereafter they follow elliptical
orbits, propelled by d force like that
which sends the planets around the sun
whatever that may be. Whether they
80 dlOuiu III LiS odlitC uiltttfcI do biAC
earth or in the opposite one, as few
comets do. is apparently a matter OF
chance. It seems to depend on their
position when the sun, which has
motion OF it's own through space. first
ezerts an influence on them.
Astronomers tell whether a comet is
new or old. so to speak, by comparing
re-, rT-bi U-itf fhnEa nf ofhcr-
They could find no parallel for Comet
4, 1910" and hence regarded it as a.
stranger. HALEY was led to predict the
return Of the one which bears his name
by the discovery that its path is identical
with one which had previously appeared
several times
a hint Of the composition of comets
or. at least, Of their heads-is furnished
by meteoric stones. These. fall on the
earth after following the paths OF comets
which have been disintegrated by col
lision or otherwise. Additional informa-
ton about them and their trains is sup
piled by the spectroscope. Visual ohser-
walton through a telescope also helps.
At a great distance from the sun comets
are without tails. These appendages are
q product of solar heat and seem to
consist of matter in an almost incon-
ceivably rare condition. Among the sub
stances revealed by spectroscopic study
of comets and their trains are iron,
sodium. vaporous compounds of hydro
gen and carbon and other terrestrial
elements. AS the indications given by
the same comet sometimes change IN q
few weeks it is not unlikely that oc-
casionally some elements are masked by
others.-Ed.l
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SOCIAL NOTES FROM NEWPORT.
TBy Telegraph to The TribunI

IBy Telegraph to The Tribune-i
Newport, May 19.-Mr. and Mrs. Louis 5.
McCasg and family are the guests Of Hrs.
John Nicholas Brown
Mr.. and Mrs Charles B. Hillhouse arrived
to-day for the season
Miss Georgianna NJ. King. who Is ALREADY
here, has leased the Parker cottage n
Parker avenue. Announcement OF ths
rental was made to-day
Mr.. and Mrs. William 3. Brtstov vii
arrive on Monday at Chateau Noogz.
The Blair Fairchild cottage. IN Bellows
avenue. is being prepared for Mr.. and Mrs.
Thomas Hitchcock.
Mr.. and Mrs Paul A Andrews have re-
turned from New York
Idspenard Stewart will open his season
tomorrow.