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New-York tribune., 1911-04-21
THE BURDEN OF FIRE RISKS.

An apt reminder Of the burden which
;nfammable building construction I'm
poses upon the community and upon the
people individually is furnished in the
report Of the New Jersey Department OF
Banking and Insurance for last year
which has just been made public. II
therein appears that in New Jersey,
which has a population slightly exceed
ing 100000 the aggregate Of fire insur-
ance amounted to $1,135. 4S4, 564, on
which the cash premiums paid amounted
TO $10,327, 169, while the losses paid by
the companies amounted to $4,947, ,2S5
1t follows that on the average every
man. woman and child In the state Is
carrying $454 insurance against fire, at Il
cost Of 81 II each year, while the actual
losses from fire amount TO fraction less
than SO apiece.
any considerable extent either worse off
or better off than other states in this re-
spect. The amount Of insurance may not
be too large to cover the risks, and the
rates charged by the companies, which
make the premiums more than twice as
much as the losses, may be az low as
they can properly be made Even So the
figures are all too large, because, to 90
TO the root OF the matter, the risks Of
fire are too great. II ought to be possible
to devise and to adopt style OF build
ing construction which would be 80 Sc
cure against fire that so much insurance
would not be needed, or that Il would be
possible prohtably to insure it at much
lower rates. 1t certainly is fact worth
thinking about that the people OF state
have TO pay for fire insurance each year
one-fourth more than the gross revenue
Of the state treasury.
a strange and somewhat dishearten-
ing feature Of the case is that the burden
OF fire risks seems to Increase at time
New-York tribune., 1911-04-21
THE SOCfA LISTS YEAR ~ MIL
WAUKEE.

"The Milwaukee Journal which Is
what seems to he II fair review of the
wears socialistic administration of Mil
waukee. 1t begins by stating the SPECIFIC
things which the Socialist party prom
ised i'm its platform 10 accomplish. They
were many--too many for recapitulation
mere Suffice it to say that, according to
"The Journal" the socialists in office
have done none Of them, or at the most
have only made a slight beginning upon
some of them. Most of them will not he
ard in the nature Of things cannot he
accomplished Probably the public never
took the platform seriously. for there
seems to he no outcry in Milwaukee over
the failure of the socialists to fulfil their
promises.
But though they have not done these
things. the socialists have done some eX-
celent things, according to "1he Jour
nal"-things which the pnblic perhaps
bad in mind when it put them in office.
They have introduced "model budget
and installed unit cost system, 10 bring
order out of the city's financial chaos.
The thing Oh which the socialists
have asserted that they place the least
"stress is the thing that they can point
''to with the greatest pride and satisfac-
ton says THE Journal" "They have
not given an administration marked in
"any particular degree for superior eff
"dency, but they have given the city an
"honest administration. There has been
mo suspicion of graft attaching TO their
Operations"
In office they have been practical poll
ticisns being "sympathetic' toward
progress. but bearing in mind the public
antipathy toward high taxes. Milwaukee
has been administered just about as it
would have been administered by any
other set Of officials. If they had been as
honest as the socialists. IF the prom
ises Of the party TO accomplish wonders
are exploded. so are the fears Of the
perlls to result from putting the social
lists In office. Thus the party both loses
and gains upon Milwaukee's becoming
better acquainted with it. The net result
will he known only when the votes are
counted at the next municipal election.
New-York tribune., 1911-04-21
CONFU SED.

The vote of 81 TO 16 in the state Sem
ate I'm favor Of ratifying the income tax
f. amendment TO the federal Constitution
did moi represent the real opinion of that
body. It represented the subordinaii0n
. Of many individual convictions TO pure
cly imaginary party dictum. Senator
Bayne. OF the Richmond-ROcllland Dis
frict who voted against the amendment
last wear and who talked against II on
Wednesday, excused himself for support
Ing II on the ground that he was carry
Ing out the instructions of the last Dem
pcratic state Convention. He said mag
niloquently that he was willing TO sink
MS personal opinions beneath the con-
rentrated wisdom Of my party Sena-
tor Grady gave similar excuse. He
described the amendment as "Odious and
repugnant TO sound Democratic doctrine"
and unfair TO New York State yet he
voted for ratification In order 'to carry
ont the wishes of the people" presuma-
bly, as expressed in the election OF q
Democratic legislature and a Demo-
a cratic state ticket
Senator Bayne riddled bis own apol-
ogy when he admitted that the Roches-
fer platform did not commit the Demo
cratic party to the support Of the pend
fng amendment. Governor Dix, In his
letter to Mayor Gaynor contended that
It did, but the Governor must have
trusted 70 his memory Of what the plat
form said instead Of looking up its text.
The resolution adopted at Rochester
read:
We favor an amendment to the federal
Constitution 10 permit the imposition by
Congress OF an income tax, tax which
falls most evenly upon the people In pro-
portion 10 their ability 10 share IN the
expense OF government.
The amendment on which the Senate
has lust voted was before the Legislat-
ure at the session OF 1910. Ii was ap-
proved by the Senate, but failed OF ap-
proyal In the Assembly. 1t had been
thoroughly discussed and had been op-
posed us much because Of technical de-
fects as because Of the principle in-
yclyed. The Democratic State Conyen-
tion took particular care not to 1ndorse
the amendment as it stood. 1t did not
prornise ratification OF the ambiguous
and faulty draft submitted by Congress,
but confned itself to general approVal
New-York tribune., 1911-04-21

of the policy of giving the federal gov
ernment power to levy an income tax
a power which It has now, subject to the
limitation of apportionment among the
states according to population. Senators
Bayne and Grady could easily have
pleaded the language Of the Rochester
pIatform as a release from any obliga'
tion to support the pending amendment
since the convention itself deliberately
ignored the existence Of that amend
ment. They yielded their own better
Judgment, therefore. not TO the con
centrated wisdom of the party" but to
a current misconception Of what the last
state convention said.
AS Senator Thomas forcibly pointed
ont on Wednesday, the Legislature Is
not concerned so much with the generali-
ties Of party platforms or the logic OF
the income tax proposition as with the
wording Of the pending amendment Ii
that is faulty-and most Of its friends
are willing to admit that it Is not above
,riticism--the state can well afford 10
withhold assent for the present. Even
if the Democratic party is committed to
the income tax in theory. it is not com
mitted to giving the federal government
unnecessary power to tax the instrumen-
talities of the state governments ana
thereby weaken the credit OF the states.
New-York tribune., 1911-04-21
AFTER THE MEANEST FRAUD.

In raiding fake medical Institutes
for misuse of the mails the POstOtfice
Department has opened an attack upon
the meanest kind Of swindlers. The vic
tins Of these places are for the most part
persons who suffer from incurable all
ments. After they have received all the
aid that medicine and surgery can be-
stow upon them and have been given to
understand that their cases are hopeless
they begin 10 give heed 10 advertisements
offering 10 cure without the knife" or
describing the marvellous virtues Of
some remedy to be had only from the
fake medical institute
The despairing victim of tuberculosis,
cancer or some other dread disease is
lured TO expend large sums on utterly
worthless "medicine" And once a pa
tient has been induced TO buy treat
ment" the institute" does not release its
hold but constantly extracts more money
from the poor victim, often money that
can i'll be spared, under one pretence or
another. When the first six weeks
treatment" proves unavailing the patient
IS led to continue by the inducemept
that the medicine will be made stronger.
Cut rates are offered to those who are
palpably losing faith. The victim is
urged To correspond frequently with the
institute" when In need OF medical ad-
vice" Specimens Of this, that and the
other thing are asked for by the lin
stitute' for free" chemical analysis,
diagnosis and so forth; and the encour-
aging results Of such analyses" are sent
10 the victim.
In the worst of these places, and there
are many of the worst, everything that
wicked ingenuity can devise TO play upon
the hopes Of, delude and extract money
from dying men and women. is done.
Large staffs of employees are maintained
for the sole purpose of carrying on the
immense correspondence necessary, in
all the languages commonly spoken by
the immigrants TO this country for the
victims are usually found among the
poorest and most ignorant classes. The
methods of correspondence are as heart
less as might be expected In ali enter
prise whose purpose is to bleed the dying
out of the last dollar. The psychology
Of the victims is so well understood that
in some Of the institutes" the CORE
spondence is systematized and forms
Of replies exist, the employees merely
choosing the form" best adapted to the
patients state of despair as indicated
In his last communication, making such
minor changes In 1t as seem to be re
Quired, and dispatcbing It rs letter Of
advice and comfort from the doctor"
Without the use Of the mails these fake
medical concerns would be unable to
carry on their traffic. and we hope the
Postofice Department will be successful
in stamping out the despicable fraud.
New-York tribune., 1911-04-21
NOT ASHAMED or MEXICAN WAR.

TO the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: In your editorial Of to-day on DIFF
ferent Nations, Different Views" after
speaking of Germany's wars for profit, you
say: Tho United States did the same
thing once, sixty-hve years ago, and has
been ashamed OF II ever since"
Pardon the fat contradiction, but the
United States never waged a war against
any other nation that she need be other
wise than proud OF. The widespread sense
Of shame of the war with Mexico that has
existed III this country has been caused by
the deliberate falsifcation Of facts by some
writer's and the blind following Of these by
others too indolent to search for the truth
or too ready to throw mud.
never have believed that the Mexican
War was any cause for shame on our part
and recently have had my faith confirmed.
No one who reads a recently published
book, THE Justice of the Mexican War"
by Charles H. Owen, viii ever make the
assertion you did in your editorial re-
ferred to. 4. II. LOOMS.
Hartford, Conn. April u. 1911
New-York tribune., 1911-04-21
"JfAD DOGW

One day in January last rabid dog
appeared In q suburban New Jersey
town and bit nine school children and
two teachers. whose wounds were sim
ply cauteriZed without application Of
Pasteur's treatment. This week one OF
the children died Of hydrOphobia. This
week also In another New Jersey town Il
ra bid dog appeared and bit several other
dogs before It could he disposed of; just
how many is not surely known and will
probably not I've known until symptoms
of the malady appear in Its victims. In
the average suburban or rural town the
average family keeps dog or two. gen
orally quite useless for any profitable
purpose and generally running at large
10 bark ut and sometimes chase pedes-
trisns and horses as they pass along the
highway. Such places are fruitful fields
for the activities Of mad dogs.
There are few things more stupid and
brutal than the thoughtless and indis-
criminate cry "Mad dog. whenever
strange cur appears on the street or
whenever dog acts in rather unusual
manner. Many dog Is suspected Of
madness when 1t IS merely frightened or
tormented by mischlevous boys. Never
theless. rabies is dreadful fact, and
there is always danger of its being de
veloped. 1t cannot infallibly lie guarded
a gainst. for its cause Is still obscure and
preventives are unknown. And its seri-
Cusness warrants demand for such
guardianship Of the general public as
can be effected through some abatement
Of the plague Of vagrant and trespassing
dogs.
If people want TO keep dogs. as pets or
for any other legitimate purpose, they
have the right TO do so. But they may
well he regarded as under compulsion to
keep them within the bounds Of their
own houses or grounds. No man has
right to let his dogs trespass upon his
neighbor's property TO do the damage
which q trespassing dog is always likely
10 do and to carry the menace Of death
Itself. No man has right to let his
dogs run in the public streets, to bark or
snap at pedestrians or soil their clothing
by leaplng against them, or to worry and
frlghten horses and cause danger of their
running away by barking and racing at
their heels. Yet It IS impossible 10 walk
or drive through many town without
being subjected TO such nuisances and
dangers.
1t Is high time for the abatement OF
the nuisance. SO far as danger Of rabies
goes It Is not sufficient TO require the
restraint Of dogs with leash or muzzle in
the summer months, for contrary to the
common notion, the danger Of rabies Is
as great In midwinter as In the dog days
perhaps greater. II is time to come to
a realization Of the improperly Of hav-
ing such animals running at large at any
time. The ancient Roman motto was
"Cdre cdnentr But In our time 1t IS
little short Of impertinence TO require
that Of the public In public places.
"Coredt canis" would now be better.
New-York tribune., 1911-04-21

customers. who spent their own time ano
money bringing a suit against him ior
giving false measure. The suit was In
the courts for five months. How many
Americans would have sufficient public
spirit and sense Of civic obligation 10
pursue beer hall proprietor or any
other dealer in drinkables or eatables to
the bitter end and discipline him for the
liberties he had taken with their rights
as consumers?
We have much 10 learn from the
burghers Of Munich as to the propriety
Of taking petty deceptlons and swindles
seriously and standing up for the exact
fulnlment of an implied II not an explicit
contract. Our local inspectors have re-
Gently confiscated thousands OF false
weights and measures. In raid on
Gansevoort Market not a single basket
used in selling produce was found to be
up TO its legal capacity. Yet the only
persons who seem TO have expressed
their Indignation at the disclosures Of
that raid are the farmers, who are angry
at having to buy new and, let rs hope,
larger baskets.
The downtrodden consumer hereabouts
IL too easily reconcied to being down
trodden. If he gets too much froth on
his beer he blows ii of and hopes for
better luck the next time He should
borrow some Of the fnror TeutOntcus OF
the Bavarian patriots who have just
sent miscreant to jail for trying to
debase one Of Munlchs most ancient and
honorable standards Of value.
New-York tribune., 1911-04-21
A DISENTANGLING ALLIANCE
A Happy Phase for Anglo-American
Arbitration.

To the Editor Of Tho Tribune.
Sir: There has been some objection
raised 10 the arbitration treaty Mr.. TAFT
is negotiating with Great Britain on the
score that IL would involve us In ZEN
tangling alliances"
What We want Is a dsentangling al
lance. one that shall allow us TO put 10
constructive. useful purposes the hundreds
of millions we are now wasting each year
in the war game. Leading Senators and
Representatives have said that until all
armament is concentrated under the au-
thorlty Of world court or parliament
We shall not abate one dollar OF our an
nual expenditure for war preparation. Ii
Is q condition and not theory that con-
fronts us. When the men who vote the
appropriations hold such Views. and at
the same tlme heartily approve n world
union, then II Is up TO the peace adyo-
New-York tribune., 1911-04-21
AT THE WHITE HOUSE.
rFrom The Tribune Bureau

u,.s.,.,,.or ApriI N.-The Presideh
talked with Representatives suizer' ona'p
roster and Garner, q subcommittee OK tn'
House Foreign Affairs Comm,''eo, -
the Mexican situation. The oec'o'' r,
State was present at the conference a.,
subcommittee members, when iea''"e
White House, said they were III en."
cord with the attitude OF the aom'i''e".
ton and would do absolutely notni"s -
create excitement or trouble.
Vice President Sherman and HepreSe"'"
tive Slayden also discussed tne ''o"
situation with the President. A.,
Acting ON the recommendations or 'n'
Secretary OF the, Interior. Governor N'"' .
OF Alaska and tho director OF the bu'ea.
OF Mines, President Taft to-day appo'",o1
summer g Smith. of Alameda, Cal, as m'h'
inspector for Alaska
DR. David JAYNE Ill., American Ambas'
sador TO Germany, was with the freS''o"'
short time to-day.
President Taft was asked to paroon
Charles Il. Mullip. former cashier OF '"e
National Bank Of Mount Pleasant fenh''
who is serving five years sentence io'
overloaning.
The President will deliver an address al
the opening session OF the American Asso'
citation of Science, In Baltimore, on Dece'n-
ber q. having accepted an invitation pre-
sented to-day by Or. william II. WEIGH
Among the White House callers were the
Attorney General, the Secretary OK the
Navy, the Secretary OF Commerce ahu
Labor. Senators Townsend, Clark ana
Stephenson, ex-senator Burrows, and Rep-
resentatives Campbell. Moon. Martin. MIL
ler, Austin, Mcclure, Rodenberg, Reiiiy'
Smith and Parran.
The President and Mrs. Tart and party
of friends occupied box at the Belasco
tonight to hear "Herodiade" produced py
the French Opera Company.
Mrs Taft, accompanied by her house
guest, Mrs. Eckstein. OF Cincinnati, ana
Major Butt visited the Capitol this morn
ing, and this afternoon the President and
Mrs. Taft received the Children Of the
American Revolution.
Miss Helen TAFT and Robert TAFT took
party OF their young friends, including their
house guests down the Potomac as far as
Mount Vernon on the Dolphin. After visit
ing the home Of Washington, they had
luncheon on board and returned 10 Wash
ington.
Miss Helen Taft and Robert Taft, with
number OF young people, occupied box
al the Academy of Music tonight for the
performance Of East Lynne" The party
included Miss Grace Henry. Miss Edith
Morgan and john Heron and Walter Lo-
gan, of New York, and Frederick Eek
stein, OF Cincinnati.
New-York tribune., 1911-04-21
SOCIAL NOTES FROM NEWPORT
fPy Teiegn

(By Telegraph TO The Tribune
Newport, April 2o.-Mr. and Mrs. J. Les'
rens Van Allen will arrive on May ! VIZ
their children. The latter are TO 20 e''
here, and Mr.. and Mrs. Van Allen VII ~
for a six weeks trip abroad on May -
Mr.. and Mre. r. Shaw Safe and con "
rived tonight after spending the wtnts
California.
Miss Maud Wetmore Is 9 guest OK >"
Harold Brown.
Mrs. John Nicholas Brown visited Yse"
dence to-day. :.
General and Mrs. Howard Carrch
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. NJ. Ceballos. OF New TO-
are guests at the New Guns and ho"'
son cottages.
Mrs. Frederick Bronson. after arrants
for tho opening OF tho Gilbert cottage o.
returned to New York.
Ar and Mrs. Robert Goe!et will arr'""
May for the season
Mrs. Amos Tuck French ano
Stuyvesant lie Roy have gone 70 TuxsoV.s
Mrs. Hermann Oelrichs 10 at Rose ~
for n short visit before going abrosd.
New-York tribune., 1911-04-21
PRINCE ARTHUR AT oUIRINAL
Enthusiastic Welcome to British Rep
resentative to Italian Jubilee.

Rome, Apr! 2o.-Prince Arthur OF Con-
naught arrived here to-day SIS the repre-
sentative Of King George and the British
people at the Italian jubilee. He received
an enthusiastic welcome.
King Victor Emmanuel and Queen Helena
met the guest at the railway station, where
great crowd had gathered. When the
prince appeared no was cheered heartily
and thousands followed the carriages in
which he and the Italian soverelgns aud
their attendants were driven TO the Quiri-
nal. At the palace the popular demonstra-
ton was so persistent that the prince, yield
ing 10 lnsistent demands. appeared upon
tie balcony and acknowledged the greet
ings.
Prince Arthur delivered TO King Victor
Emmanuel an autograph letter from King
George. in which the British monarch
Congratulated his majesty upon the attain
ment by United Italy of its tiftieth ami
versary. and expressed the friendship ot
the British nation for the royal house and
people of Italy.
New-York tribune., 1911-04-21
THE DIPLOMATIC CORPS.
[From The Tribune Bureau.

From The Tribune Buresu.l
Washington, April 20.-The French Am
basssdor will go to New York tomorrow
TO attend dinner and deliver an address
before the French Society. lie will return
here Sunday.
The British Ambassador left Washington
to-day for Buffalo, from which place he
will go to Canada for short visit Mrs.
Bryce Will make visit out of Washington
In his absence.
The French military attache and Countess
10 Chambrun entertained number Of
guests at dinner tonight.
Baroness Elizabeth de Bode has gone 70
New York TO attend the Greek Easter cee-
bration. She will remain there until Mon
day. when she will rejoin her brother,
Baron de Bode, here.
Gregory Wilenkin, Russian financial
agent will arrive In New York on board
the George Washington on Saturday. and
come at once TO the capital.
New-York tribune., 1911-04-21

when combustible building material Is
growing more scarce and costly and
when supposedly fireproof construction
is growing more common. Good lumber
has for years been luxury In New Jer-
sey. while brick and cement are probably
cheaper than In almost any other part or
the country. Surely under such circum'
stances there should be diminution
rather than an increase Of fire risks. 1t
is not creditable to our ingenuity, our
enterprise or our practical business econ
omy that such a burden as this report
describes should have to be borne.
New-York tribune., 1911-04-21

Gates to urge the programme that shaii
accomplish the desired results.
What we want Is q world union u"'
derwriting, where mono OF the subscribing
nations Is liable until at least 70 per cent
of the military and naval force OK the
powers ia subscribed. Then the conyen-
ton may be called, bylaws ratified for
the international management OF in'erna-
tIonal affairs. n board OF directors elected
and the non-subscribing nations INFORMED
that they must choose between coming
into the union or obedience without rep
resentation. HENRY L. GtANuH''
New York, April II, 1911.
New-York tribune., 1911-04-21

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: The planting season has come again.
and In a marvellousy brief time the swell
ling buds will burst into bloom and leai'
In the many schemes 80 frequently dis
cussed for the physical development CT tae
city &c il lamentable that provision TOT
tho systematic planting OF trees In streets
and avenues is omitted. No plan for giving
homogeneous character and beauty to our
streets can be complete without trees.
Over n largo extent Of the older city
north OF Washington Square and on each
side OF the park, street tree planting Is
entirely practicable. There are many hum
dreds OF fine trees TO be found there q
considerable number Of which have been
planted through the agency OF the Tree
Planting Association. Throughout The
Bronx and Queens and IN Brooklyn and
Richmond there are unlimited oppor;unl-
ties for successful tree planting, which.
when accomplished viii add attractlveness
and value to many sections OF these bor-
oughs.
The planting OF street trees IS under the
control Of the Park Department authori-
ties, at whose Offices, In the several bor-
oughs, the necessary permit, subject to ap-
propriate limitations. may be obtained
either by personal application or by letter
and without cost.
The Tree Planting Association Will sup
ply all desired Information 10 those who
ask It. without charge, at any time.
JOHN Y. CULVER,
Advisory Forester Tree Planting Associ-
alton.
New York, April 10, 1911