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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-06-02

introduced by Senator Sullivan and AS
semblyman Short providing for the CA
emptlon of improvements OF properly ny
to ~ per cent OF their assessed Va'ue' on,
the bill limiting the height OF tehen'''
houses hereafter erected In The bro"n'
Brooklyn. Queens and Richmond ana ho''n
OF lslst street or Manhattan Island 10 io"'
stories
Many landowners are discouraged from
Using their land as income producing prop
erty by local Improvement taxes Ao'u"'
improvements are an Improvement ~ Wv
whole city. iuasmuch "a they produce coi"
petition for tenants, so lowering reh's'
and II buildings erected on the Nuh-
used land Of The Bronx and other Dor
oughs were placed under an exemption
OF % per cent landowners oui'uei'
prospective buyers would rear the 80,
Improvement assessment much less '"""
they DO to-day, with the result thaD
would no moro roofs tn house the people Oh
tho city and n more even distribution Oh
our swelling population. The proposal u
limit the height OF buildings to four stories'
except when a greater height IS earneo ~
the use OF reduced portion or the lo'' "
a nroper COMPANION measure. lf exemption
Of improvements we're put into operation
without additional limitation on the heish'
OF buildings the resourceful iando"he' an'
builder would be encouraged 10 run HI,
structures I'D TO the maximum height anu
the enactment Of property exe'nptlon'
without limitation of heights OF dwelling
houses. would simply tend again 10 proouce
congestion of population. y
II may we'll be that the bill limiting the
height of buildings IL not perfectly Crawl
bur II at least has the merit OF beginning
tho application Of the zone idea 70 Ne"
York CITY. and the Mayors Commission
on Congestion of Population. which ~ al
vocating this idea as we'll as a rational ap-
piication OF the property Improvement eX-
emption. deserves. It seems to me- tle CO.
operation Of citizens who desire peter
New York. rather than the slams anu
sneers which have been directed BIZ H.
The important feature OF the measures
now pending Is their restitutional cnarac'
ter. They propose TO restore to the people
a larger and more wholesome use OF inc
land which spectators are holding NOT a.
inc ONE producing property. but Increment
producing property
appeal on behalf Of the Federation o'
Churches TO all citizens Of good Will tc
write to Thomas II. Cullen. chairman OF
the Cities Committee Of the Senate favor
ably TO report Senate bills I'll. 9l6 and liz
and TO Assemblyman Alfred z. Smith ask
ing that they be reported out OF the AS
semblv Rules Committee. Their numner'
IN the Assembly are 1857. l.56s and 1873.
WALTER LAIDLAW.
Executive secretary Of the Federation oi
Churches and Christian Organization
In New York City.
New York. May 81, 1911.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-06-02

orplsuded the Democratic House wn'ch
in the Wilson bill put wool, sugar. COAL
iron ore and other raw materials on the
flee list. OF that group only WOOL sur
yivcd the upward revision made Ill tue
Senate by Mr.. German aud his followers
representing in the WilsonNjormah Ia"
the single successful application OF 'he
PRINCIPLES of the Observation-Disclosures
school. OF which The Times was so
devoted a prophet
rroa wool WAS considered both right
and politic then. But now II wouid pe
both unjust and impolitic. "The Times
said yesterday
AS n political policy the removal OF
the whole duty. which would, OF course:
work Injustice to the wool growers ana
produce a large Treasury defclt, would
he about as damaging 10 the Democratic
marty as any legislation 1t could Wen
undertake.
Truly times change, and THE Times
changes with them. What would the
Parsee merchant think of such melan-
choly peryersion of the pure reason OF
the message Of 1887? The Star-eyed God
dcss. If she still takes an interest in
the doings Of Democratic tariff reform
ers. will turn away her countenance in
celestial anger. After THE Illness"
lapse from grace we shall expect to see
Colonel Watterson apologizing to the
'robber barons" and advocating uni
versal tariff duty Of 80 per cent.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-06-02
TIE DEAD PAST

There are some survivors of the
golden era Of Democratic tariff reform
who will feel that the skies have come
near falling when they find The New
York Times" advocating the retention
Of a duty on raw wool. Our contempt
rary had. Of course a heartrendiug
choice 70 make between siding with
Nessrs Clark and Underwood, who want
10 put a revenue duty on wool, and
with Mr. Bryan. who wants to see wool
come in untaxed. For nearly genera
lion it has itself fought. bled and been
ready 10 die for free wool. Yet it is
evidently appalled, at the idea of having
10 night. bleed or die for anything in Mr..
Pryan's company. The Evening Posts
Washington dispatches quote n Demo-
cratic Representative from New York,
who voted for free wool AZ recent
caucus Of the delegation. as saying ~
voted for free wool when the delega-
''tiou met. but in any issue between
BRYAN and Underwood we cannot
afford 10 desert the House leader"
"The Times" seems 10 he under q SINH
lar compulSion TO adjust its economic
opinions 50 as TO escape an unpleasant
personal and political association.
In cutting loose from Mr.. Bryan on
the free wool issue it is obliged. how
ever. 10 abiure one of its fOndest beliefs
and 10 turn its back on the most lauded
of the former political idols. When
President Cleveland sent to Congress Oh
December d. 1887. the famous tariff re-
vision message IN which he sought tu
demonstrate that The wool grower
could not possibly he benefited by Il
duty on raw wool. but. OF the contrary,
was injured by il. just as every other
ran. woman and child in the community
was. "The Times" thought that q new
era IN economic enlightenment had ar
rived. and iubilantly said so. 1t would
be q long task 10 compute how many
hundreds of columns of argument GU
former neighbor published TO show that
apy tariff tax on raw wool was oppres
sive and Ubiquitous. II supported the
Democratic revisers in the House Of
Representatives who made free wool an
essential feature Of their plans for over
throwing the protective system, and Il
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At TIE WHITE HOOoc'
iii. Tribune Burau.l

TO- ,,re 1.-The President has
"d9"'"e ,nroci,v as the subject OF his
choSen 80 40 he delivered in Chicago
Two Gu ~ the Irish Fellowship CLUB
IN the afternoon and the
Society In the evening A.. tor
~ II e. possible TO change wv
-. annual convention OF tho ota'' Da'ry
80. Association at Waterloo. lo"s rom
- q 20 June President Tart pidniseo
oso,or Kenvon to-day he would maAe tna'
go an Nj. vay back from Chicago inc
80. rIovso COW Pauline wayne VIII De
on exhibition there. uro.erIo,
shouId the President stop n, o..
,oxt Monday II Will make II necessary ~
him IN 60 direct TO Baltimore 10 arii'e .
u,n. for tho golden jubilee celebration :.
honor OF Cardinal GIBBONS oh Ill,
Arrangements for the President AZ
more visit were completed TODAY W
Tsft. General Murray Vandlver anu
Brent Kersey .,a
rho President Is giving serious con'''
orotIon 10 the Invitation sent oy ooN''"O
sbafroth OF Colorado and Mayor spec, -
Denver to visit Denver on his "estei" = -
IN september. Mr. TAFT accepted an nv
tation TO visit Des Moines In oep'e'nDe
accented. on the invitation OF Henry Du,
Iock secretary membership In the Atiahtr'
Yacht Club Of Sea Gate. y. Y; decline
an Invitation to address the Natonai fui
torial Association (Which will hold It's con
vention at Detroit on July Ia because .
a prior engagement. and declined the ~
vitation Of the Knights Templar or Chlcas
n take part in their field day exercises
next Saturday afternoon.
Colonel Goethals discussed Panama |aha
affairs with the President for more thsi
half an hour this morning. follo"hs al
extended conference with Secretary sum
son.
Biddeford Pool. Me. wants the PRESIDE"
10 spend his summers there where r'o
fessor and Mrs. More, brother-in-le" ai'
sister Of Mrs. Taft. have summer nome
Judge Rufus H. Thayer. United STATE
fudge at Shanghai. China. was among 'n'
Presidents callers to-day.
President Taft. accompanied BY SENATOR
Crane and Penrose and Major Butt. at
tended the baseball game between the De
troit and Washington American League
teams this afternoon.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-06-02
IN WASHINGTON SOCIETY,"
From Tie Tribune Bureau

FROM Tie Irlhune bureau
Washington. June 1.-The Assistant Sec
rotary of the Navy and Mrs Beekman
Winthrop will go to Annapolis tomorrow,
where Mr. Winthrop will deliver the ad-
dress 10 the graduating class. They will
attend the hop at the academy at night
and then return to the capital A large
number of young women in society have
gone TO Annapolis or will go tomorrow for
the graduating exercises and hop.
Mrs. John Chopper will go TO New York
Tomorrow and sail on Saturday. TO spend
the summer abroad.
Captain Frank r. Mccoy entertained a
number OF guests at dinner tonight ct the
Chevy Chase Club.
Mrs. Amy Talbot and Miss Talbot closed
their apartment in the Connecticut to-day
and left here for California They will re-
turn in the fall.
Mrs. Herbert Putnam has gone TO North
Haven, Me. to open her cottage for the
summer. Miss Shirley Putnam and Mis-.
Brenda Putnam will leave here tomorrow
for North Haven to join their mother, and
Mr.. Putnam will join them when he can
leave his duties as Librarian of Congress.
Mrs. Chandler Hale and her children Will
leave Washington on Monday for their
home Pleasant Valley Farm, at Mendham
n. !. Chandler Hale. Third Assistant Sec
rotary of State. will join them there for his
summer vacation.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Xavier NIcI.anahar
have closed their Washington house and
left here with their family for New Haven
where they have taken a house on Yorl
Square for the month Of June. Following
their stay in New Haven they will so &c
watch Hill. II. l., for the rest Of the sum,
NOR
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'
The complaint of Engineering News
that New York is paying from $50
600 600 70 S1COO00OOO more for its Cats
kill water supply than It would have cost
good supply from the Upper Housatonic
River. is doubtless well founded; from
the engineering point Of view. We gave
much attention to The subject In these
columns years ago. and pointed ont how
easily. how quickly and AT what little
cost that splendid supply could be
brought into the Croton system, and how
ideal a solution Of the metropolitan
water problem that would be- from the
engineering point Of view
Unfortunately. as we then also pointed
ont. that Is not he sole point Of view
from which the matter Is To he regarded,
nor the dominant. Before there is en-
cheering there Is law. and legal obstacle
may be insuperable where no serious en-
eineering difficulties exist. We believe that
such is the case in the present instance.
The Housatonic River below the point at
which water might he taken for New
York flows through The State Of Con
neCtlcut and serves enormously impor-
tant industrial interests. We have been
able TO discover no reason for SuppOSing
that Connecticut would consent 10 the
diversion Of its waters 10 alien channels
unless for 4 price which would make the
Catslzil cost seem petty. II II should. It
would certainly lay itself omen 70 suits
for indemnity. brought by every riparian
owner from Wabatuck 10 the Sound. It
is easy TO speak Of the Supreme Court s
framing u decree favorable n New York
but We should be greatly surprised if
that tribunal considered itself competent
to authorize on any terms one state~to
Invade another and 10 eeQuester It's
property. The theory that New York
could substantiatc an equitable claim TO
practically the entire flow" Of stream
which for its entire course lies in other
states seems to us. in all courtesy little
short of fantastic. And if objection no
made 10 "our blind adherence tn the
ancient law Of riparian rights" the fact
is that the practically universal inclina
ton Of orr most enlightened courts is to
confirm that law and further 10 extend
its application.
There IS, moreover another strong il
not insuperable objection 10 securing
such an alien supply. even If it were
possible 10 get IT, That is the difficulty.
ii not the impossibility. Of satisfactory
sanitary control Above Wabamck the
I1ousatonic flows for - long distance
through the two states If Massachusetts
and Connections, through pOpulous
Industrial regions as we'll rs throIR y
bills and forests. i II conceivable that
this city or this state could compel the
governments of those states. or the au-
thorities Of BERKSHIRE and Litchfeld
counties. to adopt sanitary regulations
identical with our own and to maintain
a sanitary patrol and inspection service
for our benefit or that New York
would be able ia send is own officials
over into those states to exercise au-
| thority there Those who know how
difficult las been The task Of protecting
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-06-02
COMMISSIONER CRAn

Il alone am responsible for Mr.. Cram S
appointment" announces Governor DIX
in naming Mr.. j. Sergeant Cram as Pub
lc Service Commissioner in this district
TO succeed Mr.. Edward NJ. Bassett But
WHY should the Governor feel it neces-
Sary 10 protest that he "alone" has made
this appointment? The constitution does
not know any other source Of appoint
ments. Are these words an acknowl-
edgment OF the Justice of the suspicion
that Murphy Is responsible for most OF
the recent state appointments? As for
this particular one, Murphy may not
have cared TO have it made for relations
between him and the new Commissioner
were shaken by Murphy's support Of Mr..
Sheehan for the senatorship: but GER
tainly Murphy knew about il long in
advance for he announced II more than
a fortnight ago. The Murphy announce
ment was denied for the Governor or
by the Governor. but developments have
shown that Murphy IS at least well in
formed about the appointments for
which the Governor alone is responsible.
Surprise win not be confined IN the
announcement that the Governor alone
chose Mr.. Cram. The public Is informed
for the first time that Mr.. Cram 'un-
"derstands as few mon do the ~ pid tran
"Sit needs Of New York. and that he
"has q complete knowledge Of the details
of the rapid transit problem" Under
what bushel has Mr. Cram hid his light?
If the Commissioner is such an encTclo-
p@dia Of rapid transit knowledge he Is
clearly the man for the place. Mr.. Bas
sett. whom he displsces. and who is q
Democrat. has only such knowledge If
the transit problem as would he acquired
by serving ON the Public Service Com
mission since II was organized. being
one If the members whose work was
cordially commended by Mr. John y.
Carlisle I'm his report 70 the Governor.
wherein he opposed changes in the com
missions personnel His knowledge
falls somewhat short Of being com
plete." Indeed. we can think Of no one
who might stand beside Mr.. Cram as
DP - ufNillDti HN WV q Aifi i|i-N 'A~N ~
Mayor Gaynor. who has studied this
problem for years. latterly upon his
knees" The great value Of such eItraor-
binary knowledge has been strikingly
illustrated 10y the usefulness Of the
Mayor in working ont the difficulties Of
getting now subways. And AL the while
no one knew that Mr.. Cram had ever
made a nearer approach 10 the rapid
transit problem than In teaching a for
mer driver Of q Second avenue horse car
how 10 eat peas with fork.
There however, was one illustration
Of the truth Of Governor nix's charac-
teriZation Of Mr.. Cram as "a man who
accompliShes results; at least such is
the current belief. Let us hope that he
will also accomplish results in the new
and difficult task which he has under
taken. May he prove to be the marvel
rs a Public Service Commissioner that
Governor Dix expects him to be.
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IN THE eERKShIRES.

rPv TELEGRAPH 20 The 1rlplh".I
torox. Jrlne Mrs. n. Maunsell Sche-
fo,in Mrs. Charles Henry Coster Mss
,1a,da coster. Miss Mary AleNancer, Ws'
Franklin Osgood, Mrs. Frederick Butter
Geld Mrs. ". Roscoe Bonsal, Mrs Ec"alo
+ Rurrill the Misses Burrill. Of New Nors'
a,d Dr and Mrs. william Bullard, - bo''
TON arrived at thc Curtis Hotel to-oaN.
Miss lydia Emmett Field is entertaining
Miss Marie Kobbe.
Mrs. James r. Doudse has arrived a. 'h'
Treadway villa, I'm Stockbridse' WIG" sN7
has leased. -,
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert ". Paterson. ~ho
have been abroad arrived this vees a.
Bantyre. -,
Mr. and Mrs. Huntington ". Jackson q
Washington. are at the Eddy villa.
Mrs. John 4. McCreery, who is at the Inn
in stockbridge. Is negotiating 10Y the pun
chase Of sunset Villa. on Prospect hh'
owned by Miss Clara Field. niece OF Nrs
Henry NJ Field. who Inherited the properly
Mr.. and Mrs. Carlos Ne Heredia sane
to-day for New York from abroad. Their
villa has been made ready for occupancy.
Arthur q. Sedgwick has arrived al ms
Butler cottage in Stockbridge
The Misses Helen and Virginia bn'''
have arrived I'm Stockbridse.
Miss Kate Cary is in town for few DAYS
Miss Barbara Burr. who has been a sues'
II Miss +. Constance Folsom, he's gone 70
Boston.
Or. and Mrs. Lemuel 3. Bangs have ar
rived at their villa In Stockbridge.
Mr.. and Mrs. Miguel Il. MARITIME. Mss
Carmen Z. NJ MARTINEZ. NIr and Mrs bi
ward a. lie Roy, ~ New York. NJ ana
Mrs George n. Putnam. Of Boston. and MI
and Mrs John T. Combs of Paris. are 81
the aispssyood. in Pittsfield.
Mrs George l.. Mum has arrived AZ rs
Rogers cottage for June.
Mrs Samuel n. Ordway. who has been a.
the Curtis Hotel. departed for town 90
day.
Or. and Mrs Plerrepon, Davis. Miss "a
Wis and Pierrepont schoeiher have returnei
To New York.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-06-02
SOCIAL NOTES FROM NEWPORT,

rBv Telegraph 20 The tribune
reyport. June Mrs Clarence EEL re-
turned from New York this evening
Mr. and Mrs. Edwin 3 Cramp. OF Ph'la-
6eIphis. have gone 20 New York
Mrs Ssterlee and Miss Saterlse, -
View York. arrived this evening.
Ms Burke Roche was among the arrivals
, from New York this evening
Colonel O. T. 2 Robinson has returned
from Hartford
Mrs = n Rosengsrten. of Philade-pnia'
&c ~ the Nluenchings- King cottage for
few DAYS before opening her GUNNER hons
~ Jamestown.
Mrs oliver II ? Belmont IS 10 occupy
Marble House for 2 part OF the sunn'ef'
TIE work ~ opening the villa was oeguA
today.
robert :. Hone vii rn,sh his visit here
On June 3.
Mrs :. z. Raynor, Of New York, n'othe-
~ Mrs. William Storrs Wells. VII arrive
for the summer next week.
Mr. and Mrs ]. Fred Tierson, tr., OF NeN
York. and General and Mrs j Fred yer
son will arrive about the middle ~ ms
month.
Nv and Mrs Theodore K Davis are eI-
pected on Tuesday.
Mrs. Paul Dahlgren and, Miss Dahlgren
have taken apartments at the MusnchinseT
King cottage.
Mr.. and Mrs Austen Gray are 70 spend
the summer here, as usual.
Mrs. T. II Trueslow. % Summit, y. j.
has leased the Yardley cottage, in Rhode
Island avenue.
Iispenard Stewart has returned from
New York.
Rear Admiral and Mrs Raymond Perry
podgers entertained AT dinner This even
ing at the naval training station IN nonor
Of the Secretary Of the Navy George Won
I. Meyer.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-06-02

from contamination the Streams '.,ram
lakes Of our own counties OF ru .. II
and westchester may compute " ,n tUo
would mean to try to do the SAM
great counties of two other states .,,t
II is idle. then. to lament owe, :, "a
which could never have been al"
worse than idle, because such con'p Ia an.
pausibly made by highly respec'"D'. 80.
thorities, are likely to create a" md
neous impression in the public nun. s a
tC arouse a discomfort and lack VI ~
fi6ence for which there is no aueq''s.
ground IF the Housatonic had peen -
could have been bro ght under our w.
ership, possession and control oesonI
doubt there is where our aduitio'i"'
water supply should and wouin na, ..
been sought. But II was not ours anu !.
could not be made ours, and tneIe wac
an end of It. The next thing TO 90 wa.
to get the supply from the nearest anu
best Of our own sources, and 'ha' y
what is now being done
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-06-02

avoiding war. 1t Is unfortunate that ID
The Characteristic looseness of current
cpeech the pending convention Is spoken
Of as an arbitration treaty. as though
arbitration were it's sole or at least us
chief and primary aim. That Is not Inc
case. The treaty aims primarily al Keep
ing the peace, and arbitration Is oniy
che Of the means, and by no means the
first or most important. which 1t pro
vides for that end. This more accurate
understanding of the nroposal appears 10
prevail in Germany. and IL will he fort
unatc II. through this German remlhoer'
n comes TO prevail elsewhere.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-06-02
NEW YORK SOCIETY.

Miss Lillian Carpenters wedding 10 Eli
colt Douglass Curtis. son of tho late
Charles g. Curtis took place yesterday
afternoon at the West End avenue home
Of her parents. Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
Whitney Carpenter. The bride. dressed In
white satin. trimmed with point lace, and
wearing a tulle veil. was given away by
her father and attended by her sister, Miss
Adele Carpenter, In a frock of white lace.
over pink satin and by six little children
three girls and three boys-nteces and
nephews OF the bride and bridegroom.
Ronald Eliot Curtis was the best man. and
the ushers consisted of Julian Day. George
". Carpenter. Theodore Bailey and Ferris
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-06-02
THE ADDRESS AT GRANTS TOMB.

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: The address at Grants Tomb on
Memorial Day should be circulated far and
wide. There is no modern hypocrisy In
the makeup Of Theodore Roosevelt. We
may disagree with him In some little po-
litical matters. but he always has the ring
Of the real American citizen. Mr. Roose-
welt In bringing the Russian-Japanese War
to close performed a great service IN the
cause Of humanity. George Washington
aud Mr.. Roosevelt We're both soldiers. and
yet were lovers Of peace
THEODORUS VAN WICK.
New York, May 81. 1911.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-06-02
GILLIAN CONGRESS- OPENED
President Says Foreign Capital Is
Finding Sure Investment There.

Santiago. Chilli June President Barros
Luco opened the National Congress here
to-day with the usual ceremonies
The President I'm his speech dwelt on the
fact that Chill was at peace with the whole
world. and called attention 10 the stability
OF the political institutions. lie showed
the great progress which had been made
I'm every branch OF national production and
IN the building of railroads. docks and
ports.
The President said that foreign capital
was finding a sure investment here owing
to the tranquility OF the country and 70
the security OF the Gillian institutions