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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-05-16
AT THE WHITE HOUSE.
IFrom The Tribune Bureau. J


washington. May 15.-The President, &C
companied by Secretary Hilles and MAJOR
Butt. returned to the White House shortiy
after o'clock this afternoon. Mrs. lai''
who Is much improved, will return 70
washington on Thursday, accompanied py
Miss Helen Taft The garden party scheu'
uled for Friday afternoon Will be heio oe-
spite Mrs Taft's inability TO be present
Miss Helen Taft will act as hostess.
Mr.. Taft sent telegram OF congratu-
lation to Mr.. and Mrs. William Miller. oi
Mitchell. s. D., who to-day celebrated their
golden wedding anniversary,
Thomas A. NARROW. OF Helena, Mont
has been elected Republican National Com
mitteeman from that state to succeed
Thomas c. Marshall, deceased. Mr.. Mar
Inv IL president of the National Bank OF
Montana
President Taft will entertain at dinner
Thursday evening in honor OF the members
Of the commission negotiating treaties Tor
the protection and preservation or the seal
fisheries In the north Pacific ocean. Twen-
ty-six invitations have been Issued
The President, accompanied by secretary
and Mrs Hilles and Major Butt. occupied
a box at tho Belasco Theatre this evening
~ sea William Hodge In THE Man from
Home"
The Secretary of the Navy. Seth Bullock
and a delegation from North Dakota were
among the White House callers to-day
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-05-16
TALKING PARADOXES.

Some Of the arguments made against
the Canadian reciprocity bill at the hear
ings of the Senate Finance Committee
have been notable for their paradoxical
quality. They have proved not what the
protestants intended them 10 prove, but
something entirely different For In
stance, Mr. J. VI. Devine. Of North
Dakota, tried last Saturday TO persuade
The consumer Of food products to with
draw support from the reciprocity bill by
SAYING:
You may reduce the selling price Of
our wheat 10 cents a bushel, but the man
who buys his bread will not get II a
cent cheaper. The difference will be
swallowed UP long before ii gets TO the
consumer. Who needs that 10 cents. the
farmers or the middlemen? You may
reduce the price OF our cattle, but the
laboring man who buys steak will not
get IL q cent less.
That is an absolutely topsyturvy con-
fention. It surrenders the whole case
for those who are advocating the reten-
ton Of the duty on food products i'm
ported from Canada. For If the domes-
tic consumer will be obliged to pay as
much for his bread and beefsteak after
the Canadian duties are taken off as he
does now, Il is clear that those duties cut
NJ figure one way or the other in the
market prices for food products. IF ex-
actly the same amount is 10 come out Of
fhe pockets Of the consumer, why
shouldn't the farmer continue TO get at
least as much as he is now getting1 His
products will be worth Just as much as
they were before.
The suggestion that the middleman
will charge as much as ever while pay
ing the farmer less than before is not
one that will impress the consumer. If
the making Of the price is so entirely In
the hands Of the middlemen, there can
be no real play for the law of supply
and demand and duties laid TO regulate
supply cease to be of practical conse-
quence. The farmers Justly complain
that the prices at which they sell food
products TO the intermediates are small
compared with the prices at which those
products reach the final purchaser There
* long line Of handlers between, each
of whom thinks that he is entitled TO n
country residence and an automobile.
But the farmer has no good reason TO
complain because the consumer, who
realizes that he is paying inflated prices
for the necessaries of life, smiles sar-
Ironically at the idea that protective
duties ~ them are economically justii-
Bible. He will be inclined to suggest that
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THE DIPLOMATIC CORPS.
TFrom The Tribune Bureau.

From The Tribune Bureau
Washington. May 16.-The German Am
bassador has returned from weekend
visit TO New York.
The Belgian Minister and countess ue
Buisseret entertained guests at dinner .o-
night in compliment 10 the Belgian deie-
gates TO the International Industrial Noh-
ference. now being held here.
The French military attache ana Couh-
tess de Chambrun returned to-day from
the Virginia Hot Springs, where 'he
countess and her children have spent sew
eral weeks and where Count de Chamoruh
ioined them the last of the week
Baron de Bode, Russian military attache'
returned to-day from New York, where ne
went last week to see Gregory WlienKii'
Russian financial agent, sail for Europe
Captain c. T. n. Sowerby, British naVai
sttachk, entertained twenty-four guests ae
luncheon to-day at the New Willard
chiefly the ushers and attendants az the
Cromwell Brooks wedding.
Baron Preuschen, Austrian naval attache,
has returned from the Delaware estate Oh
Senator du Pont, where he was a menper
Of a large house party. Baroness Fleu-
schen returned with him after a three
weeks visit at Senator du Points country
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-05-16
MAKING FOR PEACE.

The words Of a popular musical
comedy ditty come aptly to mind in rela-
ton to Mexican affairs. "Every little
movement has meaning all It's own
H. two recent instances at Juarez the
meaning was unmistakable. One was
when the insurgents attacked Juarez IN
spite Of their leader and dragged MaderO
against his will into the ARRAY. That,
as we observed at the time, suggested
the inability of Madero to control his
own followers, and therefore his In
ability to guarantee their devotion 10
peace and order If President Diaz should
relinquish Office. The other was on Satur-
day last, when the provisional Presi-
dent" was defied, put under arrest ana
threatened with death by one Of his sub
ordinates. The meaning Of that was 10
the same effect, and still more emphatic
The suggestion made by some of Ma
dero's friends that this latter incident
was the result of q corrupt plot formed
by federal emissaries may be dismissed
as almost too fantastic to be funny. The
truth doubtless is that the insurgents
are not entirely agreed among them
selves. are not unanimous in their sup
port of NIaderO for the Presidency ana
are inclined toward that turbulent dis
regard Of oil authority which we have
already deprecated as too likely In thai
country to he the sequel Of any uprising
against constituted authority. The fed
erals at the capital seem TO be just1ned
in saying that these things vindicate the
prudence OF General Diaz In withhold
ing his resignation until there is fuller
assurance of the maintenance of order
ard the peaceful transfer of executive
authority TO his successor. The insur-
gents themselves probably realize this,
since we are now told that they waive
their demand for the Presidents imme-
date resignation and are willing he
Should remain in power until complete
tranquility is restored.
Both parties To the conflict appear tn
be intent upon seeking peace and to be
more inclined toward compromise and
concession than they were before. The
federals must appreciate the increasing
strength of the insurgents while the
latter must feel their own inability to
guarantee peace and order if The full re-
sponsibility should be thrust upon them.
These conditions should urely make
strongly and directly toward peace and
toward those reforms which will con
stitute the only sure basis for lasting
pqaCC.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-05-16
NEW YORK FROM THE SUBURBS.

New York can now talk 10 Denver. But
the latent possibilities OF the telephone wiz
never be developed I'LL Newport can tam
with Reno.-Rochester Post Express
New York City's department heads sro
asking $500 opa.oco for new work IL IS swee'
TO think of such n r-incely sum beins dis.
bursed by the patriots OF an unconquerap.e
and imperishable Democracy. - Houston
Post.
A New York man declares that he wou.u
rather he a policeman nj N.iO year thsn
an alderman at 5000 year. Perhaps 20
has noticed that New York aldermen n 1Ss
hard time getting sufficient Sleep
Moines Register and Leader.
Sixty thousand tulips In bloom in va,
Cortlandt Park in the metropolis broesn'
ten thousand persons 10 that place on oun Sun.
day Yet Mayor Gaynor vetoed as lse'ss, r.
extravagance an Appropriation mace w.
music In the parks OF greater New ioiA
Providence News
A deplorable accident in New lorh, a.
which baby was run over by a hofseSrv
and the driver was mObbed by the ana
bystanders. Is interesting in several ,Meis,
IL reminds us. In the FIRST place, that n.,,,
playing In the street are liable 20 I',ha
from much less terrifying vehicles man , liza
trolley car. IL calls attention also 70 us.
progressive transportation methods IN "a
In the proud metropolis. -Philadelphis
ger.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-05-16

the farmer try to get portion or the
rake-off going to the middlemen. III tna'
rake-off could be reduced by half the
consumer would enjoy the necessaries ol
life at what would seem to him rea'
sonable cost and the farmers present
profits would be more than doubled.
The fact is that the farmer ana tne
consumer have q common interest anu
should not be tricked into apparent an
tagonism. If they could get together
both would be greatly benefited ana
lot Of wasteful machinery of distrlDu-
ton could be sent to the scrap heap. Ihe
arguments made before the Senate
Finance Committee do not prove the
necessity of retaining tariff duties on
Canadian food products. They merely
suggest the ACCESSIBILITY of the farmer 5
doing something worth while to put MN
self in closer and more profitable touch
with the ultimate customer.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-05-16
STRIKING AT THE LOAN SHARKS.

STRIKING AT THE LOAN SHARKS.
1t is to be hoped that the conference
Of large employers Of labor TO be held
Thursday afternoon at the invitation Of
the Sage Foundation and the Merchants
Association will bear fruit in mitigating
tie loan shark evil IN this city. The
Sage Foundation has given extended con-
sideration 10 salary loans, and, having
collected great quantity Of informa-
ton, has reached the conclusion that the
usual attitude Of employers is wrong.
The practice now is for the employer 10
forbid his employe to assign his wages
under penalty Of discharge. This, it is
held, operates TO the advantage Of the
lean sharks, for those who borrow are
in fear Of dismissal from their employ
ment and submit to intimidation and
blackmail.
Those who have studied the question
believe that if this fear OF discharge
were removed the extortion SO generally
practised would at least be abated,
and the law Is such that employers may
safely abandon the practice Of forbidding
the assignment Of wages under penalty
OF dismissal. One OF the department
stores Of this city recently contested the
claims Of money lender on the wages
Of an employe, and the court held them
10 be invalid. The practice OF the loan
shark Is not TO file notice Of the AS
signment with the employer until pay
ment has been defaulted. while the law
requires the filing Of such notice within
three days after the agreement Is made
But abandoning the practice Of dis
missing employees resorting 10 these
lenders would not be enough wholly 10
protect the employees from their exac
tons unless another source Of loans werf
provided. and it Is the purpose Of, the
conference to recommend 10 the large
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-05-16
THE FLOWER POT MENACE.

To the Editor OF The Tribune.
Sir: There Is an ordinance in London
against the placing of flower pots or other
heavy articles on window lodges unless
fastened or held securely In place by a
guard. and this law is strictly enforced
The police are not merely instructed TO
Older the removal OF such articles, but the
offenders are fined. We have such an ordi-
nance. but like many other OF our excellent
ordinances, 1t is dead letter because never
enforced. doubt II any OF the police know
Of II or II they would order such a menace
removed, even II requested to do so.
No wonder English people call US the
most careless and long suffering people on
earth. We are touched TO tho heart by
every catastrophe and after burying our
dead sit patiently down with folded hands
TO await tho next horror. This flower pot
fatality Is repetition OF several exactly
similar. IL is time for this dangerous nui-
sance to be stopped. TO large extent the
perpetrators are residents OF fashionable
apartments In good residence streets. A
few good stiff fines and arrests would do
more than anything else to curb this dan
gerous propensity. G. B. NJ.
New York. May H. 1911
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-05-16
CODDLlNG THE HOME TEAM.

TO the Editor OF The Tribune.
Sir: The press (mostly the evening pa
pers) euloglzes the home teams when they
win TO the point of righteousness. I scored
the game Thursday. The Giants made
seven hits and five errors. The Chicagos,
who played much better ball. made thir-
teen hits and one error. The official score
was New York. errors and hits, and
Chicago. IA hits and no errors. In the first
inning Doyle. OF Chicago. did the error act.
but Devore, OF New York, was credited with
a hit. and no error for Doyle. Soon Devlin
did the error act and Chicago got the hit;
later on, Murray, etc
II a team is not held accountable for such
things, what incentive is there for them 70
play good ball, and how does the public get
it's moneys worth? Why criticise a visit
ing team harshly when it's beaten, and
why get a swelled head over a home. team
when a victor so early in the season? It's
q long way to the end yet and teams
should he judged on their merits. natu-
rally want the home team to win, but why
play favorites to make tho score and rec.
ords better? VERITAS.
New York, Nav 13 1911
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-05-16
EFIT THE R0ICO1T-

The Supreme Court has reversed the
action Of the courts Of the District Of
Columbia in sentencing Samuel Gompers.
John Mitchell and Frank Morrison. off
GERS Of the American Federation Of
Labor. IN Imprisonment for disohedienee
of an Injunction restraining them from
hnycotting the Bucks Stove and Range
Company. Of st Louis The reversal
was wholly on technical grounds. how
ever. and the highest court does not give
the slightest countenance 10 the meth IDS
or practices which the lower courts
sought to rebuke. Personally Messrs.
Gompers. Mitchell and Morrison escape
for rhe present. but they are still sub
iect to u summons for criminal contempt
If the court of original jurisdiction feels
that there is now basis for such an
action.
The case TO which the proceeding re-
viewed by the Supreme Court was col
lateral was recently settled by com
promise. and inasmuch as that case was
essentially civil in its character Justice
Lamar in his opinion holds that the Dis
trict of Columbia judges erred in not i'm
posing fines on the defendants instead
Of sentencing them to Imprisonment. But
il the case had been criminal one it is
apparent that the court would have Sis
tanned the imposition Of Jail sentence.
In the Danbury hatters' suit the ST.
preme Court had decided that boycottins
and backlsting were not legitimate
weapons to be used In labor wars, and
the opinion handed down Yesterday
severely condemns consplracies to injure
innocent third parties in such contro-
versies. It also broadly affirms the
power Of the courts 10 enjoin persons
from engaging in boycotting and black
listing and TO punish them criminally for
defying such injunctions The principle
underlying the case framed against the
three defendants having been adiudged
sound and universally applicable, it will
be generally regarded as Of minor conse-
quence that the jail sentences were re-
mitted as irregularly imposed. The pub
lie is much more interested in seeing a
Salutary doctrine indicated than II is i'm
having individuals punished. especially
as those individuals may have honestly
been advised and have believed that they
were acting within their legal rights.
Boycotting and blacklisting are rude
and barbarous devices which have no
place In the conduct of disputes in an
orderly society. After yesterdays warn
ing no labor leader can be excused for
employing them in any controversy be
tween employer and employe.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-05-16
SOCIAL NOTES FROM NEWPORT.
TBy Telegraph To The Trlbun.

GBy Telegraph IN The Tribune
! Newport. r. l.. May 15-Mrs. Burks
Roche and Mr.. and Mrs. Henry A. G..
Tcylor have sent their horses and carr
riages here preparatory to opening the
season.
Mrs. Paul Napoleone has rented Mrs.
f. c. Cortazzo's cottage, on Seavlew ave-
nue..
Mr. and Mrs James G. Blaine, 3d. are
to occupy Dudley Place for a portion OF
the summer.
Mrs. James r. Kernochan is having sea-
view prepared for occupancy.
Mr. and Mrs. George II. BENJAMIN are
having their cottage put in condition FOR
early occupancy.
Nh and Mrs. James J. Coogan and Miss
Jessie Coosan have returned 10 New York.
Mr. and Mrs \. p. T. Elder, OF Wash
ington have arrived at Emhyrst.
Mrs. Stuyvesant lie Roy is in New York
Mr. and Mrs Arthur Curtiss James are
expected 70 return for the summer next
Saturday.
DR.. Kinnicutt. Of New York. and his
son have ended their visit with Mr. and
Mrs. James Laurens Van Allen
Mr.. and Mrs. James Hazard Wilson. ~
New York. are expected here this week
Mrs. +. r. Potter returned from New
York tonight for the summer.
F. : q. d'Hauteville and family and
Mrs. William Woodward are az ths
Muenchinger King cottage prior 20 cren-
ing their villas
Mrs. George Henry Warren viii Re
brought here IN 4 short time u her health
permits.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-05-16
TO RESTORE THE PARK.

New Workers may well hope that MI.
Maynadler has reported wisely and truly
concerning the condition and the needs
Of Central Park. That something Is seri-
ously wrong with 1t is perfectly evident
even to the unframed eye. Shrubbery
and sward alike are seedy, thin ana
languishing. A few years ago It was
said that the soil had always been too
thin and barren, that 1t was worn out
and that 1t would be necessary TO cover
practically the whole area with coat
ing Of new soil one, two or three feet
III depth. Estimates Of the cost Of this
operation ranged from 100000 to
Sl.OOO,0OO and the time required and the
general disturbance Of the park doomed
huge and portentous, though doubtless
New Workers were ready to undertake
even so colossal and hitherto unheard-of
a job if it was necessary for the saliva
ton and restoration Of their favorite
pleasure ground.
Now. however, we are told by this
federal expert that nothing of the sort
is necessary. The trouble with the park
is that it has been neglected and abused.
Trees and shrubs have been injured and
destroyed by disorderly visitors, and the
grass has similarly been damaged for
lack Of proper protection. In addition.
two prime essentials Of engineering arc
lacking. There is no adequate system
Of undertaking, and I'm consequence the
soil in many places has become sour
and there. as every farmer knows, it IS
impossible TO grow good grass. There Is
also insufficient irrigation. and I'm con-
sequence the lawns are in many places
dried and burned in periods Of drouth
such as we have almost every summer.
Mr.. Maynadier's prescription, therefore,
f. that the park should be supplied with
comprehensive system of tile under
drains and an adequate system Of irri-
CATION. that in some parts the lawns
should he poughed and replanted that
there should be regarding of some parts
and that the whore park should be bet
ter cared for and protected.
Without yenturing 10 decide where
doctors disagree, we may say that this
appeals strongly To lay common sense
and that. 10 matter what else needs or
does not need TO be done, the things pre-
scribed by Mr. Maynadier seem essential.
Every agriculturist and horticulturist
knows the value and often the necessity
Of undertaking and Of irrigation. No
matter how deep and rich the soil Of
the park might he, those things ought
70 be supplied And no matter how rich
the soil. how velvety the turf and how
growths. the park could not be main
tanned in good condition without con-
slant culture and vigilsnt protection
from abuse
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-05-16
THE TALK or THE DAY.

The great wave of protest which has
arisen against the invasion of City Hall
Park and the erection there OF a new court
house recalls n similar situation I'm 1894
when the more extreme proposition OF tear
ing down the old building and erecting on
it's site a modern. up-to-date structure"
received the Endorsement Of many city Off
Gals The Tribune led the fight against
the measure, and in the course Of the cam
paign published an article in which the
living exMayors of the city. with one ex-
ception. protested against the vandalism.
These were Daniel F. Tieman Abram s
Hewitt. Edward Cooper. A Oakley Hall,
Smith Ely, Franklin Edison, Hugh J. Grant
and William r. Grace. Thomas r. Gilroy
was the one who favored the removal OF
the old building which" he said might
to please the sentimentalists-be re-erect-
ed in Bryant Park
Smith is continually boastins that he
has no bad habits"
That's one. Boston Transcript.
Or. z. R. Skeel. president OF the Ohio
State Medical Association. doesn't agree
with most Of his professional brethren in
the matter OF publicity for medical dis
coveries At its recent annual meeting he
urged the association and its constituent
societies 10 appoint press committees 10
give out accurate news OF medical and
surgical progress and discovery. declaring
that the public was entitled 10 such news
promptly and that the plan would elm
mate much Enthusiastically information.
Blobbs--The money young Millyun's
father left him won't last long.
Slobbs-Why Is he such spencer!
Blobbs-spender. Why. do you know
what that fellow is doing7 He's actually
paying his income tax.-Philadelphia Rec
ord.
The sklddng Of a light wagon which had
come in collision with a truck near the
Tribune Building scattered a crowd OF boys
and turned pushcart loaded with
oranges on its side. The fruit rolled In
all directions. and the badly penciled sign
g cents for g." which had surmounted
the pyramid OF oranges. was thrown on
the ground. where II seemed 10 mock the
distracted vender The unexpected hap
pened Ready hands came TO the ,escue
ana the stock Of fruit. slightly bruised.
was soon replaced on the cart, and the only
loss to the vender was what he gave TO
some or the boys TO show his gratitude
man who watched the performance
quoted: He counts the heaus Of his be-
loved, and sees he misses none"
Little WilIe-Say. pa. what Is a fairy
Pa-one that ends And so they we're
married and lived happily ever after
"ar"' my son.-Chcago News.
ireland Isn't 20 badly on as some reports
that reach this country would Indicate
a correspondent Of Tho Chicago paiiy
News writes that "ngures have been
] compiled showing that the country pos