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New-York tribune., 1911-02-25
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New-York tribune., 1911-02-25
AT THE WHITE HOUSE.
From The Tribune eureau.l


Washington Feb. a. The President, III
a message transmitted to Congress this AZ
ternoon. recommended the approval Of the
constitution OF New Mexico. certified
copy of which has already been sent to
Congress. The constitution has been rati-
fed by the people Of New Mexico ard ap-
proved by the President
Senator'S and Representatives are sun
making daily visits to the White House
and unloading tales Of impending disaster
10 everything under tho sun should the
President call Congress IN extra session
but letters and telegrams. arriving dally
in large, numbers, heartily support ths
President and his stand for Canadian reel
proclty
Senator Jones and Representative Hum
phrey assured the President that the Jap
anese treaty viii prove entirely satisfactory
to washington and Oregon. Senator Nixon
told the President that all opposition TO the
treaty would disappear when ifs provisions
were better understood
President Taft has awarded. upon the rec
ommendatiOn Of the Interstate Commerce
Commission. n lifesaving medal to Miss
Nettie caskey. Of Fairmount, Ind, for
saving her three -year.old niece from being
run down by an express train. The Presi-
dent wrote a letter TO Miss Caskey.
Among the White House callers were the
m, mixers cf the Cabinet. Senator'S Stone
Nixon, Dick, Smith, of Michigan, Rsyner
and Burrows and Representatives Foss
TOrgworth and Kustermann
New-York tribune., 1911-02-25
THE RIGHTS OF ANIMALS
Even the "Cur" Should be Saved from
Needless Pain

To the Editor ~ The Tribune.
gir. Nv attention has been called 10 an
article which appeared recently IN one OF
TIE morning papefs taking Professor sher-
wood 10 task for having tho temerity TO as
sort that animals enjoy certain negative
rights I'm the way of immunity from the
nee 4less inniction Of physical pain. She
has been further criticised for having cues
toned the dogma OF the medical profes-
e,o, that. their calling being 'sacrcd.' as
ono doctor expressed IL To me, they, as in
dividuaIs in the exercise Of their art. should
be above all proposed legislative inquiry
OF supervision Such a doctrine is not only
diametrically opposed TO ethics but un-
dermines the very basic principle of our
Constitution and liberties.
No one can deny that the medical pro
fession : composed Of men who as class
compare favoraby in every respect with
those engaged In other walks OF life, and
that the results Of their labors have been
of priceless benefit To mankind. on the
other hand that they are not free from the
application of the old adage. There are
black sheep In every flock the records of
the courts In this and other countries es-
t6blish beyond all reasonable doubt. IL Is
not against the legitimate workings Of sci
entifc men but the acts Of these abnormal
minds iE their ranks that We invoke rea-
sonable state supervision and control.
New-York tribune., 1911-02-25


Wc were quite wrong in assuming that
if NIr Shepard would Withdraw the
state would lose the chance To securc
the services of the best equipped man
in the Sena torShip. Not at all Nr.
Shpehan is "adamant" to such SlgeeS-
tionS Mr. Shepard may "a. He Is re-
Sporsible for Mr.. Sheehan's being i'm th"
race, but in no way can he absolvc him
SELF from further responsibility. Mr..
Shrebau is not free agent in this mat
ter. Eo is i'm the bands of Principle. and
Principle won't let him retire Princi-
pie not having anything TO do with Mr.
SHEPARD. hc Is free to do ~ he chooses.
Mr.. Sheehan docs not possess this free
dom. That is Why he il "adamant.'
The principle IN ibis instance is. Of
course. that thc viii Of the majority
shah prevail The caucus having named
Mr.. Shcehan as its choice. how can he
Withdraw How indeed Tho state
tremhles 10 think what would happen to
pariy government if Mr.. Sbeehan. ha~
ing beeu made The choice of the caucus.
should Voluntarily eliminate himself. II
this principle should be betrayed and
troddcu under foot what moral inspira
ton would there he left in public lifef
IL is interesting to enuineratc IN" dif-
fercnt personalities ud moral forces 10
which the state oWes the inception ana
perpetuatiou of Nr. SheebanS candi-
dacy. First there vas "Thc New York
Evening Post and then there was Mn
rb,. with his ideal of the best eqiuppe1
man. and then came Mr. Shepard. after
whom came Honor, which. once Sheehdn
WAS in the race, wouldn't let him get on
sndSnow Principle is equally 'n'is' "n'.
The only agent that appears Ia nave had
nothing 10 d. with his candldacy - Nj
Sbeehau himself No W" forgeI
Neither did TammDnv nor the VI
tereste."
New-York tribune., 1911-02-25
THr FATE DECISION.

nm NJ T. bE' fN'Vr'-
Surnrise was undoubtedly felt al the
decision df the Interstate tomlnercc
Commission refusing to sanction the
rrcirht rate increases. The country was
ncliued 10 expect that some increases
besides those in the Southwestern teru-
tory would be allowed, and would have
accented them aS fair. But it cannot 3e
denied that a unanimous opinion ot thc
Interstate Commerce Commission,
hody whose fairness IN tho past mss
been recognized by the railroads them
selves. carries with II great weight lne
"a erisiou is one Of the mot proven or
der Aud this is 50 because me iawsputs
the burden of proof in justifying rate
advances upon the railroads. Tue COM
mission has held that the facts adduced
failed to prove the railroads case. 'r-
cumstances may multiply and evidence
NAV accumulate to show that present
rates are too low The commission does
not believe that this will turn out to he
the case, but if it does the railroads Will
le free to come forward oga1u with al
ditional proof. This decision does not
say that there shall never he any in
c"eases in rates, nor does It exhibit any
hostility to the railroads. VI merely says
that at present evidence IS lacking to
support the increases proposed.
The railroads and the commission re
gard recent facts from different points of
view The railroads look at them by
themselves the commission regards
them in perspective. The railroads con
tended that within few months their
net earnings had been falling off TO such
n degree as to threaten their credit and
stability. \ practical question existed
as to how long such n tendency must go
on before the commission would he JUS
tifed in regarding it as something more
than n passing phase. in no sense alarm
ing. The commission insisted upon
taking longer and larger view of the
situation than the railroads took. 1t
points To the advancement of railroad
prosperity for more than twenty years.
rather than month by month. and thus
taken il was the most prosperous year
in the history of the railroads. The COM
mission. moreover, holds that though
expenses have increased earnings have
increased more rapidly
The decision. in the main. accepts the
contention of the railroads that rates
must bc adequate 10 support tbeir
credit II says:
We do not say that the carriers may
not increase their income. We trust
they may. and confidently believe they
will. If the time does como when
through changed condition il may be
shown that their fears are realized. or
approaching realization. and f-,m sur
vey Of the whole field of operations there
is evidence Of q movement which makes
against the security and lasting value Of
legitimate investment and an adequate
return upon the value of these properties
this commission viii not hesitate TO give
its sanction to Increases which win he
reasonable
| This declaration Of the commissions :
attitude should have Il beneficial effect
on railroad credit and SO should Com
missioner Lanes impressive figures re-
garding the growth i'm railroad pros
perity.
New-York tribune., 1911-02-25
A NEGRo'S HARSH SENTENCE

To the Editor Of The Tribune
Sir | could not help fit Of indignation
when / ra.d in The Tribune yesterday that
a negro had been sentenced by Kentucky
Judge to life Imprisonment for stealing a
turkey. II is true the dispatch added that
II was the negro's third offence, but IT
seemed and on reflection stl seems-to
me a monstrous punishment, and one which
Draco himself would eXtenuate.
Were the victim of such a sentence a
man Of influence and many friends doubt
less it would be soon commuted, but 7 fear
an indignant remark or two will be all that
the public VIII remember 10 bestow on the
matter. l. any other reader of The Tribune
Interested? And can We make our interest
practical? Or does the punishment seem 20
others tn III the crime and the theft OF a
Christmas dinner seem 10 he in the same
class With wrecking q train or setting fire
to tenement? 5. y CBEGHORN
Henpstead, y Y. Feb. 10, 1911.
New-York tribune., 1911-02-25
THE BOIL WEEVIL.

To the Editor of The Tribune
Sir: The spread of the bon weeV in the
cotton belt is real calamity and it is
surprising how little attention it has at
tracted in the outside world Perhaps II
is thought that the South alone will be af-
fected by H. But that would he mistake.
or the South won't he hurt any more than
the rest of the world. Really. she will be
benefited greatly i'm the end. -
" is estimated that the weevil means a
loss of 30 per cent in the cotton crop.
Last year Louisiana dhe only state fully
infested) fell of 70 per cent in her output.
Before the weevil came she used to make
more than 100000 bales. but 10000 was
her crop in 1910 Louisiana has very mild
winter and a very humid climate. aud IS
largely timbered. These conditions arc
favorable to the weevil. and it is not like
Is that dryer and cooler regions will suffer
30 badly
The season of 1910 was exceptionally
favorable 10 cotton over all, or almost all.
the cotton belt Vet less than 100000
bales were raised when but for the weevil
IS 900 0CO bales would have been raised.
Now. If the output of cotton falls off at
that rate. what will the world do when
the whole cotton belt is infested? And
that is only a few years off. anyway. As
the South is the only country I'm the world
where good cotton can he raised in quantity.
IL is easy 10 see that the days Of cheap cot
ton arc gone. never 10 return. for tho boil
weeviI becomes a permanent resident once
II s. introduced
Doubtless the improved cultural methods
now being taught all over the cotton belt
wiz help greatly bur the average cotton
farmer Is illiterate and deficient in adap-
tiveness. and 1T Will surely be colossal
lob 10 teach such old dogs new tricks.
believe most good in that way can be done
through our public schools. but, alas.
they are Tar behind though improving
randy " viii also require time, and lots
of n
MeanN hile the boil weeyil will he doing
its work OF destruction. Those who eA-
rect to educate cotton farmers IN a hurry
in n whole lot of new methods are surely
doomed to disappointment. They evidently
don't know that class as we'll as they think
they do. JOSHUA fhANhbiN'
CIaremont Springs, Ala. Feb. ~, l9ll.
New-York tribune., 1911-02-25
People and Social Incidents

Mary Pinchot Emo, of New York. The A.
fair was In the nature OF a farewell for
Mrs. Pinchot 10 her hundreds OF friends
York the first of the week and Will sal,
for Italy by way OF the Mediterranean. IN
be absent year or more.
Mrs. Charles Boughton Wood. the sisur
Of Mrs. Pinchot, is occupying for the sprin,
months the former home Of Mrs. Philip sher.
idan. which adjoins the Pinchot home
Colonel and Mrs Henry Nav have an.
nounced the engagement OF their younger
daughter. Miss Cecilia Jacquelin May. 10
Robert Bacon. jr, son OF the Ambassador
TO France. Miss May is friend of Miss
Ethel Roosevelt.
Mrs. Spencer Cosby was hostess at
large tea this afternoon. and Mrs. Oscar
Lawler gave a luncheon at the Highlands
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Burden, OF New
York, came to Washington to-day 10 al.
tend the dinner given tonight by Colonel
and Mrs Thomas W. Symons for their
house guests. Mrs Wilson s Bissell ana
Miss Bissell. OF Morristown. \. j.
Mrs Alexander Dallas Bache Pratt who
Is the house guest OF Mr.. and AIrs Edsou
Bradley. was the guest Of honor at a din.
ner tonight. when her hosts invited 10
meet her the Austrian naval attache ana
baroness preuschen. Commander and Mrs
Gibbons. Mrs " 3. Grant, Mrs. Rosco,
g. Bulmer, Miss Louise Cromwell. nun.
ber Of the younger members OF ihs .diplo.
matte corps and others
Mrs. John C'ropper had TO dine with her
tonight Senator We-nore, ex-Justies and
Mrs. Henry y. Brown. Mrs. Stanley Nat.
thews. Lieutenant General Nelson A. Miles
and others
A large number Of dinner parties preced-
ed the dance at the White House and the
reception at the British Embassy.
New-York tribune., 1911-02-25
HE CABIN Ell.

fFron TIE Tribune Bureaul
Washington. Feb 2t-The Attorney Cen
eral and Mrs. Wickersham entertained
guests at dinner tonight. preceding the
reception at tho British Embassy. In their
rarty We're the Secretary of State and Mrs.
Knox. the Speaker and Miss Cannon. the
Danish Minister and Countess Moltke, Sen
atOr Foster. Senator Burton, the French
military attache and Countess de Cham
brun, Mr.. and Mrs. Herbert Wadsworth,
Mrs. Merrill. Miss Elizabeth Kean, Miss
Lee and BriSa6ier General Edwards.
The Secretary of the Treasury and Mrs.
MacVeagh will not be settled IN their new
home until some time next month. Their
son, Eames MacVeagh, who was their guest
for some time, has returned to Chicago,
and his aunt. Mrs. Eames. who was also
their guest. returned with him.
Mrs. Ballinger will return to her home
in Seattle the middle Of March.
New-York tribune., 1911-02-25

Governor DlXS advocacy of the plan
{" transform the battlefield of Saratoga
into state park will doubtless command
much popular and patriotic approval
The site Is worthy Of such q dedication
The struggle which occurred there WAS
one Of the most important in the War
Of the Revolution 1t bafled the first
and most formidable attempt Of the
British TO gain possession of the Hudson
Valley and thus separate the federated
colonies into two groups, and it demon
strated again what had been shown be
fore. that the Colonial troops under Co
lonial commanders were able 10 defeat
and TO capture an army of British regu-
lars under officers of the best European
training. II deserves 10 be brackcted
with Long Island, Trenton. Monmouth
and Yorktown. and its scene may well
be preserved as visible memorial
The use Of the Fl Id as a state park
would be particularly commendable,
since II would commemorate the battle
more comprehensively and more in
structively than any other memorial
could do and would In addition pro
vide pleasure ground for the enjoy
ment Of the public. There is little dan
ger that we shall have too many parks
or shall give up to such uses too large
a proportion OF the genera domain. II
is true that with the rapid increase Of
population there is an increasing de
mard for land for residential and indus
trial purposes but 50 there is for open
spaces and reservations for pleasure
New-York tribune., 1911-02-25
IN DEFENCE OF Mr.. GAINES.

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: The Washington correspondent Of
your paper. in it's issue of February %.
under the caption, "Gaines's Ffasco,'
does a great injustice 10 a faithful and
honorable member of the House of Repre-
sentatives, the Hon Joseph II. Gaines, Of
the Charleston. w Va district. Mr..
Gaines is a distinguished member of the
House and his record and career are such
as to defend and protect him from the inn
putation Of your cor, eSpCndeut. His record
as a Republican and as a faithful repre-
sentative of his district cannot be inn
pugned or belittled. He is n leader of the
bar of his state. He was appointed United
States District Attorney Of West Virginia
by President Mckinley He has served
five terms i'm the lower house, and in re-
cent years he has been an able and eff
cient member of the most important COM
mittee Of the IIouse-that of Ways and
Means. To characterize any legislative
action of his as SILLY" is absurd. and any
member Of the House. Democrat or Re
publican. viii testify amply to that. That
his views differ from those Of others af-
fords no Justification for the employment
Of absurd epithets. for his sincerity, his
honesty and his ability cannot be ques-
toned What he says or does arises from
a profound conviction Of honesty and right
1t Is unfair for a great paper to employ
unjustifiablc epithets toward a man whose
career political and personal, cannot in
fairness be assailed i
FREDERICK EVANS
New York. Feb. o. 1911.
New-York tribune., 1911-02-25

desired for Its own sake. hut merely as
n means of securing reciprocity. When
reciprocity is established the prime de
sderatum win he secured and there viii
he no motive for seeking annexation.
Of course the Discrimination toward AN
nexatiop does not in the lcast imply
animosity or dislike or lack of cordial
neicbhorlmeSs II simply means an in
telligent appreciation of the needlessness
of annexation. of the very grave diff
c,,lties which would have To he over
come and Of the Increasingly strong
arguments in favor of nraintenapcc "'
The present Political status Of ~" two
countries.
New-York tribune., 1911-02-25
MRS. TAFT AIDS SALVATION ARMY

Mrs. Taft. wife Of the President WIZ 90 90
patroness OF the sale 20 be heia u''N :,
the direction OF Commander Eva buoen
the Salvation Army headquarters III - ~,
14th street. from March 20 IL hI''o..'
the patronesses are Mrs. Frances 80,
land. Mrs. Charles E. Hughes. MIS- .vss,,, .y
H. Choate, Mrs. Russell Sage Mrs men.
Clews. Mrs. Seth Low, Mrs. Waldorf 40.
tor Mrs. Bourke Cochran, Mrs. Jsine'
Speyer, Mrs Samuel Untermyer' "I9 80.
man Hapgood. Mrs. Arthur c. James,
John l. Drexel. Mrs Herbert L. 'n,au N
Mrs. John Henry Hammond. MIS-. 49," 49,,
Douglas Sloane. Mrs. H. Fairfield o u
Mrs. Egerton Winthrop. jr, MIS-. ,,-.
Kahn, Mrs. F.. l.. Boas and otheis' an
Taft has also sent 10 Miss BOOM ,,e
Stars and Stripes flag 10 be placed ."
New-York tribune., 1911-02-25
THE F0REIGN CARRYING TRADE.
VIC have received the following in

VIC have received me tOloNlns III
duiry from q subscriber
1avine recently become reader of
vour paper and observing the courtesy
lin Witch YOU treat your correspond
ente | make bold to ask an answer ~
INC following query. Why Is Il that our
merchant marine is such negative
onantity in the commerce of this great
country Of ours?
On correspondent means, OF course
The foreign commerce of this country
for its coastwise commerce. as well as
lts interior commerce by water routes, Is
conducted exclusively In American YES
.ele The reason for the poor showing
made I'm the oleign trade is no: Far 10
seek IL is not open 10 dispute TIA
American ships are handicapped IN com
pctltion with the ships Of other mari
fine nations for the carrying trade OF
the world TO fy the American flag a
shin must have been built in this ctnn-
try on have been admitted TO register 10y
an act Of Congress IT costs more to build
sbps here than in Great Britain or Ger
many. because wages IN shipyards are
higher here and building materials are
more expensive. Our navigation laws
also compel ship owners 10 pay higher
wages 10 seamen and higher salaries 80
officers than are paid on foreign ships.
American seamen are better protected
against i'll treatment and East Indian
New-York tribune., 1911-02-25
AMERICAN TO WE'D COUNTESS
Former Miss Margot Stone VIII DO
Bride of Samuel Norris.

Bristol, r L. Feb. "a The engagement.
OF Samuel Norris. secretary of the uni'eu
States Rubber Company, 10 tho Couh'ss.
Margot Won Beroldingene, OF Austria, ~s'
announced to-day by Mr.. Norris's fann'
here The wedding Will take place ~ Ne"
port some time during the spring
Countess Won Beroldingene Is ar Aine'
can and WIS formerly Miss Margot s'ope'
OF Newport. She IS now I'm Wasmns'V''
with her mother.
New-York tribune., 1911-02-25
AN APPETITE FOR BoULEvARDs

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: If the fashion of having dinners at
Sl0 or 81 for each guest could be labelled
vulgar" and if no one on principle would
ever eat dinner costing more than 81 ~,
we could soon accumulate the means Of
extending Riverside Drive 10 the Battery
and creating a wide boulevard from Central
Park to Queensboro Bridge besides en-
dowing all the charities of New York to
their satisfaction, and incidentally extin-
gushing most of the diseases connected
with defective digestion. Quod est speran-
DUN! A. w. GOULD.
New York Feb % 1911
New-York tribune., 1911-02-25
NEW EPISCOPAL BISHOP OF ERIE

Scranton. Penn, Feb 2i-fhe Rev. DR.
Rogers Israel, for eighteen years rector Of
St Luke's Church this city. was conse-
Grated first Bishop OF the Protestant Epis-
copal diocese OF Erie here to-day. The
Right Rev. Cortlandt Whitehead. or Pitts
burg. was the consecrating bishop. assisted
by Bishop Talbot of Bethlehem, and
Bishop Vincent of Southern Ohio. Bishop
Israel was born in Baltimore In 1851 and
comes of an old Maryland family
New-York tribune., 1911-02-25


As To C1NADIAN tNNEI1TT0N.
u may On the whole have haen well
that talk nf Canadian annexation WIS
erdradicallv raised in connection with
the introduction of the reciprocity meas
ure The ebullitions os Representatives
Clark and Benuet were rnnoyipg aud n
some respects bUnliliating YET they have
perhaps served p profitable purpose
through their very iuanity. Had such Mt
terances not been made, II might have
been said, or supposed that strong
annexationist sentiment and purpose
really existed, which lacked only occasion
~ leadership 10 make itself manifest
and potent But the manner in which
they were received effectively dispels NJ
precludcs any such delusions.
There Is nothing more Ccnvincingly
',idcnt than the emptiness and futiitv
of annexation ;alb Canada does not
want 70 be annexed b. the United States
apd the United states certainly does not
want to annex Canada. We doubt II
there ever has been, of least IN our
SIDE of the line for political union. We
are confident that there is none now and
that there is not likely - be any ~ the
reciprocity scheme IS adopted. Even the
fov who are now opposing reciprocity
because Of 2 mistaken fear that # would
proye detrimental to their own interests
would probably for the same reason on
t.nse annexation: while the great major
IN who favor reciprocity because they
500 that II would promote the general
welfare. realize that its adoption would
do away with whatever reasons for an
ucsafion theie might otherwise be
If is conceivable that il reciprocity
should be denied there might arise on
both sides demand for political union
I'm, that would be rs IN alternative
,oethod of securing something which ap-
arently could not be got without IT,
II would not lie that annexation was