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creases much more rapidly than the
earnings of.the bread winners talk ABOUT
"free food" rings hollow.
OUTLAW WE'D.
free food" rings |

The failure of the disclosures so far
made in the inquiry into the cost OF
the Hon. Isaac Stephensons campaign
for election as Senator from Wisconsin
IN create any marked degree OF popn-
lar excitement is due doubtless to the
feeling that such scandalous OUTLAWS
have little chance of repetition in the
fut,re Publicity is in itself cure for
excuses of this sort. If Mr.. Stephenson
were TO run again he would prooaoIy
endeavor to exercise becoming fru-
galitv. not only because the new federal
corrupt practices law fOrbids candi-
date for the Senate TO spend more than
$4,000 on his campaign, but also be
cause the notoriety which he has gained
as liberal spender has greatly de-
tracted from his efficiency and comfort
as statesman.
One of Mr.. Stephenson's campaign
managers testified that much of the
SlO7. 1893 used TO make the Legislature
solid for Stephenson went for the pur-
chase of cigars and beer. This dispo-
sition Of it was entered on the books as
entertainment" and if the money dis
appeared in that unsophisticated man
ner il could not have had a very cor
rupting influence on the electorate, for
the voters who accept a campaign cigar
and a foaming stein or two seldom hold
themselves under any obligation to rem
der a return therefor in the voting
booth. If Mr.. Stephenson did nothing
worse than settle bills for free cigars
and beer he only followed foolish and
improbable practice which has almost
died natural death in this country and
which no senatorial candidate can af-
ford to indulge in hereafter under the
strict limitations of the election act
which Congress passed at the last ses-
sion.
The Stephenson case has an interest
to the public only in so far as it turns
the last page of long chapter in cleo
ton laxities and eXtravagances. The
country has decided to cut out beer and
cigars as political persuasives and TO
return to JefferSonian simplicity in cam
paign expenditure. The Stephenson en-
tertainment schedules are an exhibit Of
crude abuses Of which the country has
tired and which it is now going to put
resolutely behind It,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-10-08
MN AGAINST BEAST.

The conflict between man and wild
beast in India continues TO be waged on
an increasingly tremendous scale Year
BY year the number of savage or noXlous
animals slaughtered by men increases,
and year by year the number Of human
beings who fall prey to such creatures
also increases. BY far the largest items
in both accounts pertain, Of course, to
snakes, but the doings Of many other
creatures also figure largely. The grand
total Of all in 1908 was 21,904 persons
killed by beasts and SS,662 beasts killed
by men. In 1909 the deaths were 23,S60
human beings and 10j,S59 animals, aud
in 1910 they were respectively 24,S7S
and 110,3S6.
1t is of interest to note that last year
only % wild elephants were killed, while
% persons were killed by them; the fig
ures in both cases being about the aver
age for some years past Hyenas killed
- persons, presumably chiefly children,
while Ala Of the beasts were slain. The
gray brothers" Of Mowgli are still nu-
merous and destructive, for $40 persons
we're killed by them, while 3,114 wolves
were killed. Bears killed 100, and
themselves were killed TO the number OF
2292. Leopards were charged with the
deaths of SOL persons, and 1929 Of them
were slain. The balance between the
number Of human and animal victims
was closest in the case OF tigers, for
while only 1,421 Of those dreaded ma
RAIDERS were killed, they killed no fewer
than SJ3 human beings. As for snakes.
11O3S6 Of them were killed, and the APP
Mailing number of 22,47S persons fell
victims to their venom.
These are the statistics Of n country
which is still only partly civilized, and
of which a large proportion is still over
grown with savage jungle and forest. 1t
would be instructive TO compare them
with the statistics Of disease and death
I'm this country which are due to wild
creatures Of very different kinds, the
flies and mosquitoes, which are purveyors
of agues, fevers, typhoid, cholera and
other of our deadliest plaques, and which
continue to exist and TO ply their de-
structive trades largely through the care
lessness, the slovenliness and the wilful
ignorance Of those who tolerate them.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-10-08
IKE RIGHT TO Elk PRICES.

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: The president Of the American
Bar Association, In his address at Its last
annual meeting in Boston. commenting on
the political demand Of some OF the more
radical progressives, both monopolists AND
socialists that the federal government
"fy the prices" OF trust goods in interstate
and foreign commerce. delivers himself OF
the following TRADE against socialism:
mo free people will ever submit to any
such doctrine. 1t is the socialism OF Marx
and Engel pure and simple. and may find
it's justification in their celebrated mani
festo, but not In any OF the records or
documents that concentrate the rights and
the political beliefs Of the American citi-
zen, undehled by the social leprosy en-
rendered In the ghettos OF an oppressed
race and I'm the novels OF peasantry whose
ancestors were adstricti glebe for thou
sand years, and who themselves are still
the hewers of wood and drawers OF water
for an overbearing class Of oligarchic land
monopolists."
I challenge the historical correctness OF
each and every one Of these statements.
The doctrine that communal authorities
have the legal and moral right TO fix the
prices Of life necessaries is 'as old as tn
hills" II was taught by the teachers OF
Christ and the apostles, the rabbis OF the
Talmud. under Biblical authority and In
depreciation, and practised. not In the
ghettos, but in Jewish towns and provinces
during the second Temple period, and very
probably also during the first one, so long
as the Jewish state existed, free and indie
pendent OF foreign pagan domination.
Marx and Engel never originated this
doctrine, and, II they adopted IT, they GER
talnly have In this particular respect quite
ancient and sacred authority on their side.
The rights and political beliefs OF the
American citizen are originally founded on
this same ancient and sacred authority,
as any American child learns from It's
school history about the fathers Of this
country. To trace the birth OF this doc
trine to the social leprosy in the ghettos
of an oppressed race" is proof OF mental
aphasia and psychic alteration on the part
OF the tracer Of which no heir Of the
spirit of a Washington or Lincoln could
be susceptible ADAM ROSENBERG.
New York, Oct. 3, 1911.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-10-08
ITALIAN INTERESTS AT TRIPOLI.

| ITALIAN INTERESTS AT TRIPOLL.
The causes, or the pretexts, of the
Italian aggreSsiOns on Turkey are chief
ly, if not exclusively, commercial. The
Turkish government has discouraged
and even refused Italian concessions for
the development of the agricultural and
other resources of Tripoli. 1t has de-
clined to let the Bank of Rome under
take the Improvement Of the harbOr Of
Tripoli so as to facilitate the sponge
fisheries. and has shown an inclination
10 give the job TO some other nation.
And as Italy sells more to Tripoli than
does any other foreign nation, Italian
resentment is aroused by this semi-hos-
tile policy.
That may all be quite true 1t seems
certain that Italy does sell more than
any other nation to TripOli. OF the YES
sells which annually enter the port of
Tripoli Italy sends more than any other
country excepting only Turkey itself, the
number Of Italian vessels Is steadily in
creasing and their tonnage greatly ex-
tttuo ludb vi NllC 1 vi hl>ll NtSStlS. lldI-
ian goods also exceed those Of other
lands in the markets Of Tripoli. On the
other hand, Italy is not a particularly
good customer Of Tripoli, not buying
as large q proportion Of TripOlitan ex-
ports as each of several other countries.
As for residents in Trpoli, it is esti-
mated that there are, or were before
the war. only about three hundred Ital-
ian subjects from Italy, with about
eight hundred more projected subjects,
chiefly Jewish Arabs. On the other
hand, there are or were some four thou
sand British subjects there, OF whom
three thousand were protected Jews and
Maltese.
The actual Italian interests in Tripoli
really do not seem to justify the strenu-
Gus policy which is being pursued. The
prospective interests are, however, an
other matter. When Italy gets complete
control Of TripoIi she will doubtless be
able TO administer affairs so as to favor
10 q considerable extent her own COM
merce. and may thus make the con-
quest a pecuniarily profitable venture.
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SOCIAL NOTES FROM NEWPORT.
rRy Teleeranh 10 me tribune. ]

TBy Telegraph 10 The Tribune
Newport. oct. 7-Frank Is. Stursls anu
Samuel L. Huntington are 10 have 'u'"
places here materially improved oelV''
another season.
Mr. and Mrs. William Watts sherman
closed their season here to-day. they i1'
for New York accompanied 10y Miss M''D'''
sherman and her fiance, Lord Camoys'
Mr.. and Mrs James Laurens Van Asn
have gone to New York. They Will san W
Europe on October Is with James D. '''
Allen.
Miss Fanny Johnson has gone 70 N''
York for the winter
Miss Patterson. who has been sues, =,
Mr.. and Mrs Elisha Dyer has rctuIhe'
her home in Baltimore.
Mr.. and Mrs Frederick B. Cudwortn' W.
were recently married. are spending ''''
honeymoon in Canada.
Miss Laura swan is again able TO be oON
having recovered from her operation LOT SP
pendcitiS. ..-.,s 70
Mr. and Mrs. George Gordon king are "
remal in here until the end Of the preseD
month. when they will so to Ne" io'N ~
the winter. III, "a
Mr.. and Mrs George b. DE Forest W" "
main here until December !. lac
Vincent Astor was a visitor here Qua ,a
Mr.. and Mrs. Hugh ID. Auchncl'SS a.
Mrs Elisha Dyer were dinner enter'a'i'''
this evening. york
Miss Margaret :. McKm. OF New i"N
IL a guest Of Miss Agnes Storer'
Mrs. Joseph Rowland has gone 70 n''
cliff Manor. y Y. for a brief vlslt
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NOTES FROM TUXEDO PARK.
by Telegraph to The Trlbunc.l

10y IeleSraph 10 The Tribune.
Tuxedo Park. n. Y, Oct THE autumn
season has opened here, nearly all Of the
colonists have returned, and the month o,
October will be gay. series Of autumn
entertainments is being arranged by the
entertainment committee. These, together
with the Baker-Kane wedding next Satur-
day and the autumn bail al the club tho
last Friday of October. indicate a lively
month.
Oscar J. Brand entertained large party
al dinner at the club tonight, and Mr.. and
Mrs. Alfred Seton, who have Just returned
from abroad. entertained a house party.
Mr. Richmond will give a fancy dinner
and dance at the club next Friday evening
Mr. and Mrs. John +. Harris will arrive
from Southampton to occupy their new
cottage next month, and Mr. and Mrs
Newbold Edgar will return from abroad
Mr. and Mrs NJ. G. Barnwell are spend.
ing the week motoring in the Berkshire
Hills.
Mr. and Mrs. P. c. Hewitt will return 10
their villa here next week.
The first of a series Of matinee races
given by the Tuxedo Horse Show Associa-
ton, scheduled for to-day, on the Tuxedo
Horse Show tracks, was postponed until
Thursday, october y, on account Of the
rain Some of the best trotting and pacing
horses of Orange County are entered. 2
Lorillard, jr., is secretary. J. Howard
Ford. w. NJ V. Hoffman, p Lorillard. jr,
and Theodore Frelinghuysen have entries
Mr. and Mrs. George L. Rives and Miss
Rves arrived at the club to-day.
other arrivals are Robert Hare FredericN
Inman. William d. de Peyster, Mr. ana
Mrs. Dulany Rowland, Mr.. and Mrs. Ar
thur D. Wilkes, Robert Maxwell, Judge
Norman Dixie, Mrs. Lettuce l. DelaAelc'
George II. Warren, jr., Mr.. and Mrs Il.
De Rham. Miss \. w. Martin, Mrs. ID. l.
Worden, Mr. and Mrs. +. *. Curtis. Her
mann Oelrichs. Arthur Mason Jones, MI
and Mrs. George F. Baker, Mr.. and Mrs.
Arson W. Beard Mr.. and Mrs Allrei
Seton. Mrs. John G.. Elliott, Mr.. and MIS-
Grenvile Kane. Mrs Christopher Nolls'
Mr.. and Mrs II. II. Rogers jr, Miss 500
field Mr.. and Mrs. Louis j. PooIer' Mf'
and Mrs r. l. Morris. Mr. and Mrs fo''
syth Wickes, Mr.. and Mrs. Hoffman Mileh
Mrs. Walter H. Lewis, Charles j.. samv
son. Mr.. and Mrs. w. B. Dinsmore al"
Mr.. and Mrs. Richard Mortimer.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-10-08
COSTLY FooD UNDER FREE TRADE

COSTLY FOOD UNDER FREE TRADE
The prices Of various articles Of food
have increased in the United States in
the last few years. whereupOn the cock
sure CObdenites raise the cry that this
is the result Of the protective tariff sys-
TEN. which in part prevents the importa-
ton of cheaper supplies from other
lands and IN part facilitates the forma-
hon and operation Of chose trusts and
other combinations which artifcially
force u6 the prices Of commodities. That
sounds plausible enough, but it really
does not appear to accord with facts.
Here. for example. are some figures
OF food prices i'm England, which are
given by an officer Of the Cooperative
Wholesale Society. and which show the
ruling prices Of staple groceries in 1898,
1906. 1903 and 1910. The prices are
wholesale. and mostly at port. From
them we perceive that the price Of bacon
and hams was only 1860. pound in
1898. that il rose TO 664d. in 1906, and
that il was SID. in 1910. Butter has
risen less. but whereas it was 11.35d. in
1898 it was 12.S7d. last year Cheese
similarly has risen from j.24d. 10 5.56d.,
and lard from 3.24d 10 6.S3d. Sugar was
only 1.49d in 1898; in 1901 the duty
upon it was fixed at As. ID, and the price
rose in 1906 10 1.S3d. in 1908 the duty
was reduced TO only Is. 10d., but the
price rose 10 1.S6d in that year and To
203d. In 1910. presenting the interesting
spectacle Of increasing prices under de-
creasing duties Tea was 16.17d. i'm
1898 under a 4d. duty. The duty was
raised TO Cd. in 1900, with the result that
the price fell TO 1920. in 1906; then in
the latter year it was reduced to 3D.,
with the result that the price rose 20
1850. in 1903, falling off to 15.45d. III,
1910 Flour and meal have fuctuated
considerably, and in 1910 were both
little lower than in 1898, but both rose
from 1906 TO 1903, -four from 109d. to
1.29d.. and meal from 1.1Sd. to 1.33d.
Taking balanced orders" Of these VA
rious articles Of food, it is reckOned that
the average weekly grocery bill OF a
wOrkingmaD's family was 63.Sjd. IN
1898; that it rose 537 per cent, ID
67.2Sd.. in 1906: that in the next two
years It rose 10 7O.21d. and that in 1910
&c was 72.3Sd., or 1886 per cent more
than in 1893, twelve years before. These
figures certainly do not give much sup
port TO the pretence that protective
tariff is the sole source or cause Of rising
prices, or that free trade means cheap
food. When at the same time it is OBJ
served that the average weekly earnings
Of railway employees were 24s. I'D in
1898 and rose 10 only 25s. 614d. in 1900,
the dissatisfaction Of laboring men with
preyailing conditions is not difficult 10
understand. When the cost Of living liz
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-10-08
AN ANCIENT FAMILY
Ancestors of the o Harris Were Kings
Two Thousand Years Ago.

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir We are so apt here to talk OF tho
fine old families and splendid old STOCK
of people who are hardly sure OF their
grandfathers that one is led 10 wonder
what adjectlves should be applied to the
history and pedigree OF family Ike the
O'Harts, to which the late director generai
Of the Chinese Customs belonged.
Their line was already generations oid
when II passed through Art-Enear. CThe
Solitary'), High King OF Ireland, OF the
Eremonian line from l65 to 1876 A. d., the
links being nawlessly complete to our day
At the Norman invasion of 1172, Shane an
ancestor, vas Prince Of Tara; and Murcha
O'Melaghlin was King Of Bregia and
Treffa, now coterminous with Meath. DIS
possessed, Shane settled In Sligo. under
the O'Mallorys, then Princes OF Tyrconneii'
which territory (Carbury) his descendants
the senior branch OF the O'Harts, held with
the title of Chieftains till the Cromwellian
Settlement of 1854.
Junior branches Of the family settled
some in Leinster. some In Ulster. some IN
England, Scotland and France All over
Sligo may be seen to-day the ancient re-
the stone which was embedded over the
entrance 10 Newtown Castle. bearing the
IA ily arms Of Hugh Nor O'Hart, was re-
moved by the Gore-Booth family. descend
ants on the female side OF Captain Parks.
who, under Cromwell. succeeded Donoch
O'Hart in possession in 1862
The family still held the territories OF
Cloonamahon Beg TIL 1875. in which year
they were fraudulently deprived Of them by
one Laurence Betteridge, who served them
as trustee under the penal laws The ola
Irish form OF the name is O'h-Airt' snow
Ing that phenomenon Of aspiration no"
peculiar to Irish or Gaelic, but common
according to thinner, TO the primitive
Aryan tongues. Modern forms OF the name
in English are O'Hart, Harte, Hort. Arthur
etc. It is probable that President Arthur
belonged TO a branch Of the family Just as
President Jackson, whose name IN irish was
Mac Siacuis. was a scion Of the ONeills
OF Tyr-Owen.
HERBERT o'HARA MoLTNEUX.
New York. Oct I, 1911.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-10-08
HIGHWAYS A Ia DIX.

If there is one department Of the state
government more than another for the
work Of which Governor Dix may be held
personally responsible it is the State
Highway Commission. 1t was due TO his
recommendation and advocacy of a new
system that the commission Of three ap-
pCintiye members was abolished, and one
substituted having a single elective and
two appOintive members. Urging that
change and defending it against charges
of being a mere patronage grab. the Gov
ernor maintained it would concentrate
responsibility and announced his inten-
tiCn of appointing as Superintendent of
Highways an expert roadbuilder.
The net result of the change, so far
as the public knows, was the injection
OF politics wholesale into the work of
the commission. Places hitherto listed
as competitive under the civil service
laws have been juggled to meet the de-
mands of hungry political leaders. Gov
ernor Dix failed miserably I'm his prom
Use to appoint an expert rOadbuilder as
Superintendent Of Highways. The death
Of Mr. Catlin leaves that important place
open, and presents to the Governor new
opportunity to make good in a matter
50 closely touching his administration.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-10-08
THE "HAND KISS"

To American ears II sounds like the
name Of still another musical comedy
from Vienna but in reality 1t is literal
translation Of an expression found In
several Continental languages describing
graceful act of homage paid by men
10 women. II has continued in use
through hundreds of years In Austria,
Hungary, Germany, Italy and Spain. 1t
fell into dsuse in France some years ago.
and il Is in that country that there has
arisen a difference Of opinion over the
wisdom Of It's revival Its reintroduc-
ton. say its champions, will inevitably
bring about an Improvement In French
manners, which have VIGOROUSLY dete-
riOrated of late. a man who formally
and respectfully kisses his hostess's
lapse into the SdnS-D6ne Of attitude and
conversation, into the familiarity Gus
tomary to-day. The opponents Of la
bdise-ndin, on the other hand, maintain
that 1t would be ridiculous without the
stateliness and grace Of brocade pow
der and patches, Of laced coats, knee
brooches, perrnqueS and court swords,
without the atmosphere Of the old
regime. At garden fete in the days of
the glory Of Versailles, yes! But at an
auto meet, no!
There is much In this argument, yet
in other Continental countries the hand
kiss" has survived the universal dete-
rioration Of manners In Northern Ger
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-10-08
PEOPLE and Social incidents.

Lanier at Allen Winden. Mr.. Lanier gave a
dinner tonight for his guest
Miss Mabel T. Boardman. Of Washi,e,on
who has arrived to visit Senator and Mr.,
w. Murray Crane in Dalton, Will make An
address In Great harrington on the work q,
the Red Cross Monday morning.
Lieutenant Governor rockingham y,
Massachusetts arrived to-day 10 be tia
guest Of senator Allen T. Treadway al thu
RED Lion Inn Mr.. rockingham will open
his campaign for Governor on Monday ana
will speak I'm Lenox
Among the entertainments IN the cottage,
tonight were dinners given by Mr.. and Mrs.
Samuel rockingham and by Mrs Ernes,
Warrin.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Innes Kane. who ara
spending a week with Miss Nancy e. Whar.
ton, at Pine Acre, will start Monday for
New York They will sail later in IN.
month for Europe.
Riders on the paper trail met at Overle.
the country place Of Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel
rockingham this afternoon and followed
the leading riders over a country road n
Lake Mahkeenac. They returned by tn,
highway.
DR.. Percy Turnure is a guest Of Mr.. ana
Mrs. George w. Turnure, at Beaupre
+. Augustus Schermerhorn has arrived A,
Pine Croft Farm.
Mrs. Grenville NJ. Dodge has leased cot
tage and will arrive from New York soon
for the early winter.
Miss Clementna Furniss has issued card,
for a luncheon and dinner tomorrow a,
Edgecomb. in honor Of Mrs. Julian James
Mrs. Henry Cadwalader Chapman. o,
Philadelphia, IS a guest Of Thatcher ".
Adams at Sundrum House.
Mr. and Mrs. w. Roscoe Bonsal viii
leave Lenox in early November for their
estate in North Carolina
Mrs. John Heard, jr., Of Boston, has ar.
rived to visit Mrs. Oscar Iasigi.
Miss Clara Field, Of Washington, is
guest Of Mrs. Blrdseye Brakeman. in Stock.
bridge.
Arriving at the Hotel Aspinwall to-day
were Mr.. and Mrs. Leroy Baldwin. Miss Lu.
ellie Baldwin and Miss NJ F. Hogan. OF
New York, to visit Mrs. Marie L. Kobbe;
Mrs w. w. Seeley from Bar Harbor, Mrs.
Preston Morris-Smth and Miss Jeannie
Morris-Smlth, of Detroit: Mr. and Mrs. G. F.
Hayward, Mrs. G. B. Hayward, Mr.. and
Mrs f. B. Cowles and Mrs. Alice Kingman.
Of Boston.
At the Curtis Hotel are Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles Francis Adams. Mr. and Mrs. Wen-
dell Endicott Mr. and Mrs George +. Rus
SELL Mr.. and Mrs II. Walcott, OF Boston:
Admiral Willard II. Brownson, Major and
Mrs J. c. Mallory. Garrick Mallery, Mrs.
Charles T.. Miller and Miss Stimson. Of New
York; Mrs. William p. Harvey and Mrs.
Harvey Inglis, Of Bath, Me.
Mr.. and Mrs. Graham X. Mellen, Mr.. and
Mrs. William A. Graham. Mr.. and Mrs. r
C. Beal, Mr.. and Mrs. John Hill, OF Brook
lyn; Dr. and Mrs. w. f. Ladd and Mr. and
Mrs f. w. Whitcher OF Boston. are az tho
Maplewood in Pittsheld.