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New-York tribune., 1911-09-20
NEW YORK FROM THE SUBURBS

Now York city people are fghtns hs,u
10 prevent Tammany from forcing an Iii III
uoxious charter upon the city. Nho ss'Si
say the city does not deserve all the ost;
treatment IL gets from the TammahNl'e''
-ltlmira Advertiser.
\ young man from the country Wsssosd, was a.
rsstsJ for throwing money away on bIvssI
vav i'm New York Probably he reaun.,,
tbat the metropolis would get his ron aus
N,av and ne did not care 10 prolohs NV
se0ny.-Portland tMe) Advertiser
Tho New York tailors who set the Issn, sr,
ions have gone on a strike, when Is ~, ~,
man those who meekly follow them "a, na
ever had the courage TO do.-Bunalo N0N
mercial \
!, Great Britain and Ireland there a.
Ok pauuers t. every 10000 OF the popu'o,
tio, I'm New York City one man IN e'sii elgii
len dlls pauper's grave.-Louis'"'
Courier-JournaL
Arotber yioiator OF the sherman law nc
hrnn Ter o0f with fine on the plea thAI "a, ~
dtd NOT mean TO do wrong Those la
~ iudges are the wonder OF the W., W. a
,,Ian II comes 70 developing the redeerplss,f
to,tures of we'll meaning offenders
Louis Republic,
Tho coolness OF Yesterday was not SSsd
90 Tho Ice Trust throwing It's hoasnc,
etorSs INFO the East River after the s,sh
sNssfuI manoruvre OF famine Sof ~
prices.-Saltimore American ~
New-York tribune., 1911-09-20

from the Mace Of meeting Of his organza-
tion but at n, other time. In order for
him IN obov IN, law. therefore, II is neces-
sarv for him 10 keep I'm perpetual motion
going IN and rom his clubhouse. lie Is
safe as long n. ne is moving. but as soon
as he pauscs a either end 'i MS 'o"' ",'
or In the mIdd Of n. he at once becomes
guilty OF a misicmcanor.
Civilians WHO are not members oi cIuDS
aro wholly without the pale. and it is IL
IcpaI for fhom 10 have revOlvcrs In their
possession at all without a license, al
though every one OF them ought to nave
a revolver and practise himself In us use
And such license may be granted OF
withheld at pleasure by the official 10 whom
application is made, fee OF any amount
NAV no charard for it. and the local au-
thorlties in any municipality may oeo'''
not TO grant any such license at all
The State d New York authorizes 'ii'
holding of revolver matches, open 10 po'"
soldiers and civilians. on its range at b'a"
Welt. and such matches are being held 'neie
this week I'm the tournament or the Nc"
York State Rifle Association. Yet every one
who takes part in them is guilty OF mis-
demeanor.
Doubtless some of the difficulties mere
suggested will never arise in practice. FOR
instance, It Is not likely that any one WIN
hunt up trouble by trying to arrest
United States army officer for having re-
volver in his possession. But the iact 'ha'
the law is so asnine that it cannot posi-
blv be enforced is not an argument in lts
favor. LEONARD D. "'ii '
Nnw York Sent rs. l9ll.
New-York tribune., 1911-09-20
STOLYPIN'S DEATH, AND AFTER

STOLYPIN'S DEATH, AND AFTER.
The death of Mr.. Stolypin is said TO
arouse acute fear among the Jews of
Russia that there will presently he a
renewal of 'pOgroms," or massacre. out
rage and loot. directed against them.
the fear is natural and it will not he
surprising if it is realized. There is
nobody left i'm the Russian government
who hates the Jews more than Mr..
Stolypin did but there is also nobody
left who has the power to restrain
hatred within discreet limits and To per
nit its manifestation at only opportmc
times. If the Slavic mob now thinks ii
fitting TO mark the Prime Minister'S
death with an orgy of rape and loot
and slaughter IT is difficult to tell who
will or can restrain it,
Yet the government ought surely 10
he prudent in view of the circumstances
of Mr.. Stolypin's death and the rela-
tions thereto of its own police depart
ment. Bogroff will now he tried for
actual murder and not q mere attempt
at il. The trial will he by court mar
tial and summary If not secret, and
there may he no complete revelation
Of all that might he testified concern
ing his extraordinary status and activi-
ties. Enough is already known. how
ever. TO mark the case as one which is
not unique in Russian experience
though we should hope ii to he raro-but
for which it would probably he difficult
to find q parallel in any other country,
Mt least in recent times
BoGrOff was professional traitor. He
was a member Of revolutionary SOcie-
ty and at the same time an employe of
that branch Of the police whose province
II was 10 detect and suppress revolution
airy societies, and he was loyal TO neither.
Each Of them knew Of his connec-
tion with the other. and retained him in
its confidence i'm the expectation that he
would bctray the other to it, The reyo-
lutioniStS thought that they had a
trusted agent i'm the police department,
and the police thought that they had
Cne i'm the revolutionary circle. Both
were OPCPNcu lot lllP S'OOlnTPl bt-
tlayed both: on which account neither
is deserving Of pity, nor entitled TO he
surprised.
The cases of Azeff and Iopuk hin,
two years ago. are q sufficient reminder
Of the prevalence Of such practices in
Russia and a sufficient explanation Of
the dotestation in which the Russian
rolice service is largely held. 1t is diff
cult to avoid the conclusion that-on
the provcrbial principle of fighting fire
with fire-the Russian government has
not infrequcnty treated treason as an
asset. The ethics Of that policy may he
! left for academic discussion by those
who have never reSOrtcd To detective
work of any kind which involved de-
ccption or false perSonation. The prac-
teal wisdom of it is another matter,
not so difficult to determine.
New-York tribune., 1911-09-20
LIBERTY VS.. LICENSES.
.it,r Of The Tribune.

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir. have endeavOred to ascertain
whether the provision forbidding me 10
have pistols I'm my house subjected me 10
forcible search by breaking into my mousse
unless / obtain a license.
| believe that our liberties are beng
licensed away one by one, and that t"e
submission Of the people to authoi4tF
yrongfully exercised I'm little Things Il
only a prelude to greater aggressions'
Police ask me-even magistrates ask
whether persons using their right OF Tree
speech to make political addresses under
the Constitution have a permit FOR so
doing. Last year ! was arrested at the
same spot where political speakers Of
different belief were immune from arrest
for public speaking because my oeUels
were different from the platforms or the
dominant parties. \ witness tesuHeu
that did not raise my voice above ornI-
nary tones. and the magistrate discharged
me. after looking in vain for authority
for holding me- 7 am iammed into cars
bv force In the subway constantly, ana l
find that newspapers have been held TO be
seditiotIs and their editors prosecuted Tor
printing the truth in political matters.
Every petty official who tries TO use the
mower Improperly conferred on him by MS
superlors finds a willing victim, as a rule
who submits 10 invasions Of his liberty
because he is considered n crank II he
makes fuss" and is dubbed no
torietv seeker" JOSEPH F. DARLING.
New York Sept. IS 1911.
New-York tribune., 1911-09-20

Our neighbOr The Times seems e
be a little wabbly in the valuations
which ii puts from time to time on Tn,
activities of the Tariff Board. II is
not willing 10 sneer at the members OF
the board as "non-eXpertS,' from whom
no material assistance in revising the
tariff schedules is 10 be expected, thus
showing itself more open-minded than
The World" and Speaker Clark and
Mr. Underwood. But it said yesterday
after concurring mildly in an excellent
statement Of the boards uses from Mr.
Henry Il. Towne:
We thoroughly approve of the work
the board might do. and we are glad
that A beginning has been made in the
right direction. But VIC think Mr.. Taft
has overworked the plan, given the
board an impracticable task, and some
what discredited II.
About two weeks ago "1'he Times
said in an article comparing our board
with the German board:
II would be a costly error 10 submit
our tariff legislation at this stage 10 the
sole or controlling guidance Of the gen
tlemen whom Mr.. Taft has employed as
6 Tariff Board.
That is the view Of McSsrs. Clarl,
and Underwood. these statesmen having
found It advisable at the last session Of
Congress 10 undertake tariff legislation
for political purposes only. But it does
not harmonic with The Timcs'S'
former cordial attitude toward the re-
form in methods Of tariff revision i'm,
VOWED iu the substitution Of an expert
boards findings for the Cr pGrtc teS-
timony of tariff benefciaries or the
gucsSc> Of Congressman. ON January
80 1911. our neighbOr commencing the
purpose of those who were working for
the establishment Of a permanent tariff
board. said:
Their purpose has been 10 secure tile
cmj 'oymcnt of q board Of sensible and
impartial men. qualified by experience
ana study. and clothed with reasonable
powers. 20 inquire into thc practical
operation of the various duties imposed
ar the tariff ana 10 continue the in
Quiry for the eniightment of Congress.
the Executive and the public. 1t is not
tucIr idea TO make commission 10
bolster UU the tariff or % batter il down.
Tho cardinal principle Of protection or
fee trade is not involved AT all. The
whole plan simply relates 10 method. and
v.ll necessarily be OF as much adyan-
tasc 10 honest men on one side Of the
question as 10 those on the other. g..
II "a good commission H. selected. and we
nave confidence iH the sagacity and
sincerity Of President Taft in this re-
cnrd IL viii be- what may he called
measure Of national sanitation, and
Heaven knows that il is needed. There
has never been iE the twisted and
tangled history Of our tariff an instance
cf n measure supported by so many and
Var,iug interests involved I'm tariff legis-
lsfiou. which is another proof of the
reed 80 aaniiation End of the probability
taat $40 shall get # through this method
since this was written the Tariff
New-York tribune., 1911-09-20
THE NEWS THIS MORNING.

FOREIGN.-Martial law was declared
IN Spain. tho commune was declared in
two towns near Valencia and the local
officials driven out; tWcnty-siX were
wounded when soldiers fired on would
be rescuers Of prisoners at Bilbao. =-
II was semi officially announced in Paris
that Fra nee and Germany were near an
agreement anent Morocco; Berlin was
less optimistic == Impartial forecasts
Of to-morrow's elections i'm Canada gave
the Laurier government a majority of
between twenty and thirty. =- The
Gar attended a mass at Kiev for the re-
pose Of the soul of NJ. Stolypin. ==
The Irish railway strike continued "a
spread, virtually cutting off all traffic
to England. = General Antenor Fir
min. ex-President Of Hayti, and for many
years a political agitatOr there, died in
virtual exile at ST Thomas, Danish West
Indies.
DOMESTIC.-After q run through the
northern part Of Michigan. President
Taft spent the afternoon in Sault Ste
Marie and the night i'm Marquette. =-
Judge Peter :. GrossCup announced in
Chicago he viii retire from the federal
bench i'm October -== Six officials OF
the United shoe Machinery Company
were indicted by the federal grand jury
IN Boston, charged with violation Of the
Sherman antitrust law. -- The cruise
Of the Pacific fleet to Hawaii was ordered
postponed by the Navy Department in
order that the vessels may assemble i'm
san Francisco Harbor on October II for
the ground breaking exercises OF the
Panama Exposition. = John w.
Rosenbaum was killed i'm De Witt Iowa,
when his aerOylanc fell fifty feet. Paul
Peck. aviator, fell soycnty-five feet into
q creek near Harrisburg Penn. and os-
caped with bruises -= Governor Dix,
i0 a paper read before the Municipal
Congress. In Chicago, said that proper
civic government was impossible until
cities had real home rule
CITY-Stocks were weak == Mayor
Gaynor yielded a small point relating TO
contracts for construction in new char
ter - Borough President McAueuv
said the Board of Estimate would select
site for the courthouse within the six
months allowed under The StilWoll bill
= The federal authorities began a
proceeding I'm equity against the kinding
Wood Trust alleging restraint Of trade in
violation of the Sherman law. -- Or.
Henry g. CHAMPION returned from q
perilous CNplOratio trip 10 the Wilds of
British Guiana. bringing many geological
specimens for the Museum Of Natural
History -= Hospitals i'm this country
We're said, IN q paper read at the Ameri-
can Hospital Association, to be better
than those Of Europe. - street rail
way experts testified that a general free
transfer system would cause poorer ser
vice reduction in wages and a big loss
80 the companies -= Apparatus in
vented By q member Of the Fire Depart
nent to enable smoke eaters to with
stand deadly fumes stood a test success
fully. --- The rejection ~ the court OF
grand jury drawn by the Sheriff Of
Hudson County, y j., was regarded rs a
severe blow 10 the Democratic politica
machine i'm Jersey City.
THE WEATHER.-IndiC for to-
dav: Generally fair The temperature
Yesterday. Highest, IS degrees; low
est, IS
New-York tribune., 1911-09-20
ENGLAND's VOLUNTEER POLICE
Government Would Enroll Strikers td
Deal with Hooligan Non-StrikerS.

London Sept. 19-rhe Home Office has
issued detailed circular TO the chief COM
stables i'm England and wales insructins
them how the volunteer police force which
II is proposed 20 raise i'm each Of the largo
centres Of population should be organized.
It will consist Of a registered polsce reserys
i'm two bodies. the first reserve consisting
Of men who have previously undergone
police or military training. and who could
he temporarily attached 10 the regulars
with uniform and pay, and the second con-
sisting of men registered az willing "a
serve as special constables.
The Home Secretary suggests that this
scheme would 10 a great extent obviate ths
necessity Of calling out the troops. Mr.
Churchill further proposes that In times oi
strikes II might he legitimate 10 enron
strikers as special constab'hs. hecaus'
strike disorders. he points ont, are FOR ina
most part promoted by hoolissns ans ma
strikers themselves probably would a
anxious to suppress disorders which would
bring discredit to their cause.
New-York tribune., 1911-09-20
SCOTTISH RITE MEN NEE 7
Supreme Council of the Order in
Q9th Annual Session.

Saratoga N.Y. Sept. 19-The increase
in membership in Scottish Rite Masonic
bodies I'm the last year has been the great
est i'm the history Of the order, according
10 reports submitted here to-day At the
ninety-ninth annual session Of the supreme
Council for the northern district of the
United States. New Hampshire shows the
largest percentage Of increase over last
year, with 106 per cent. while Indiana has
secured the greatest number of new MEM
bcrs-l9S5. Pennsylvania retains the largest
membership, having 15,255 members.
At the first executive session Of the coun-
ell tonight the following honorary mem
hers were elected active members Of the
Supreme Council: Governor Thomas r.
Marshall Of Indiana; Roscoe =. Hawkins,
Of Indianapolis; Frederick W. Hamilton, of
Massachusetts,, president OF Tufts College;
John r. McCune. of Columbus. Ohio, a
classmate OF President TAFT and Delmar
u. Darrah Of Bloomington ILL.,
one Of the striking features OF tho ses-
sion was the calling of the roll Of the
Masons who were leaders in uniting the
Scottish Rite bodies i'm 1867 For the first
time I'm the history Of the order none OF
those leaders was present to-day. OF the
original hfty-seven members It was re
ported that only three were now living
General Crockcr Lawrence, of Massachu-
setts; Abraham 4. Metcalf of Michigan,
and William Pitt Preble, of Maine.
Sixty-slx candidates tonight received the
honorary thirty-third degree. the cere-
monies being conducted for the first time
4. ,f r.,
lcdo. Sovereign Grand Commander;
Leon NJ. Abbott, OF Boston, First Lieuten-
ant Commander and Amos l.. Pettbone, Of
Chicago, Grand Minister OF State. An in
novation was the presentation 10 each can
dldatc by tho Grand Commander OF the
symbolic triple gold ring Of the order
New-York tribune., 1911-09-20
AGPTCULTURAL ANTIQUITY.

The current number Of The Atlantic
Monthly contains practical and profit
able enlargement, from the pen Of David
Ruffum. upon the often suggested hut
seldom considered theme of the antiquity
of farming. Emersons familiar cpl
gram. The first farmer was the first
man." is quite true. but it is too much
regarded in Il merely academic light, if
not indeed in light Of reproach TO the
agricultural calling Not only the carl
caturiSt and iOkeSmith. with their por-
| travail Of the farmer rs n creature more
/ Enthusiastically impossible than the tabled
gyaScutus. but a very considerable num-
hcr of persons who should know bet
Ter regard or affect TO regard agricult-
Ure as the most primitive Of OCcu-
patiouS. not only in point Of time but
also i'm point of development and culture.
and. therefore, as essentially rude and
uncouth. and rs only now, through the
introduction Of scientific" methods, be-
ing redeemed from its low estate and
made worthy of rank among the great
arts Of the world.
Mr. Ruffum. discussing "The Farmers
Pedigree" addresses himself chiefly 10
the status OF agriculture in classical
Greece and Rome. and reminds MS OS
what every SchoolbOy should know, but
what nearly every man forgetS that
practice of it and writing upon it en-
gagged much Of the attention of some Of
the greatest men Of those times. He
cites NcnophOn. who deserves 10 he re-
membcred as n farmer and horseman no
less than as a historian or a COM
mandcr: Cato. man of cOnSummate
authority on all practical matters and
THE first agriCulturiSt of his time :;
Varro, the most learned Of all RO-
mans" and Virgil, the unchallcnged pri-
mate of the Latin poets. The fact that
such men gave much Of the best thought
o. their lives 10 practical farming should
fix securely the place which agriculture
held amid the glory that was Greece
and the grandeur that was Rome" That
alone is an important thing but that
is by no means all that is involved in
THE farmers pedigree"
The fact is that in those times farm
ing was one Of the most highly developed
and even learned of the arts. In prlc-
tical knowledge Of horses and cattle,
their care and breeding. Of soils and
crops aud Of the multifari0us activities
and tasks OF the farm the ancients had
ar expert knowledge which is scarcely
surpassed i'm our day. 1t was, Of course.
far differently acquired. Chemistry and
bacteriOlogy were unknown. aud agricult-
urdl colleges had not been dreamed Of.
But the great farmers Of classic times
gained their knowledge through careful
and sympathetic and intensely practical
application 10 the study ana cultivation
Of the matter In band with the result
that they were able not only 10 be sue
cessful farmers but also 10 write trca-
tiscs on agriculture which might with
profit be read and studied by the farm
crs of the present day. Indeed, we
must conclude with Mr.. Bunum, that
j.: would le advantageous for the agri-
cultural instructors Of to-day 10 take n
pnge from The books of Narro. cato and
Nenophon. So that while they will not
slight ror forsake theoretical knowledge
they will more strongly emphasize the
New-York tribune., 1911-09-20
IN THE BERKSHlREs.

IBy Telegraph 20 The Tribune
Lcnox, Sept. 19-Miss Charlotte Cram
opened her cottage opposite the Curtis TO.
tel to-day for the sale OF articles from tia
Aquidneck Industries in Newport and thI
cottage colony was interested.
Mr. and Mrs Robert Underhill Johnson,
who have been in StOckbridge, have gona
to New York.
Governor and Mrs. Augustus Wilson Os
Kentucky. who are the guests OF Misi
Lizette Hast in stockbridge. made an auto.
mobile trip through Lenox and the mid-
Berkshires to-day
Miss Eleanor Cuyler, who has been visit.
ing Mrs Morris X. Jesup, has gone "a
Haverford. Penn Miss Julia Wilson. II
New York. ia a guest OF Mrs. Jcsup.
Mr.. and Mrs A. Lowell Blake, who hsvS
been visiting Mr.. and Mrs. George Baty
Blake have returned 10 Boston
Brigadier General and Mrs. J. NICE. Hyde
Of Boston, are guests Of DR.. and Mrs. W..
Gilman Thompson in Stockbridge.
Miss Shotter is entertaining in a house
marty Al Shadowbrook the Misses Jeannotts
Townsend. OF New York; Elsie Kermsoa
and Elizabeth dalone, OF Savannah; Bertha
Hamilton and Sarah Hamilton, of Peters
burg Va. and PhilanSer Gable, OF Chicago.
Mr. and Mrs. Carlos De Hepdia enter,
tanned the Lenox Garden Club to-day Al,
Wheatleigh. where seventy members and
guests listened to a talk on the culture Of
roses by George ". Powell, Of Ghent. y.
Y. There was also an exhibition OF applei
grown on the Powell Experimental Farm.
yThis was the last large entertainment Mr.
and Mrs De Heredia will give before thet
departure for Nice. The Garden club viii
meet in October, with Mrs. oscar Iasigi
Miss Julia l.. Biddy 9nd Mrs. Isaac Nee
Conihe gave bridge parties In the GURUS
Hotel parors tonight
Mrs. J. Milton Goetchius, Who has been
at Watch Hill, arrived to-day al the Curtii
Hotel
Or. and Mrs. p. Flewellen Chambers and
family, who have been at the Hotel Aspin'
wall. have returned to town.
New-York tribune., 1911-09-20
PERLSH lRLI.

Japan's abandonment Of Port Arthur
as a naval base is n fresh Illustration
of the quick deterioration of invest
ments for military purposes. FOrtresSes
| become obsolete armor and armament
! become antiquatcd ships 20 into the
reserve line before they have been ten
years out of the yards. and most Of the
equipment of modern armies and nayies
/ is liable TO he condemned at any mo-
mcnt by some new invention in the arts
! of destruction. War i'm itself is the
most wastcful Of human activities. and
even in preparations for It waste rules
unchecked
II cost hundreds Of millions Of dollars
! TO create great naval and military
most at Port Arthur. China started the
work. Russia continued it with a lavish
hand and Japan completed it. The lives
lost and treasure sunk in the two sieges
must he added 10 the huge total cx-
pended on this former key 10 the north
crn Chinese coast. But now that Corca
has become japanese and Manchuria is
safe from Russian aggression, Japan
finds the great fortress on the Lao
Tung useless for sIrateglcal purposes
4 new base Is 10 be established i'm
Corea commanding the entrance TO the
yellow Sea and the Gulf of Pechili, and
also affOrding better protection of the
Strait of Corea and the western coast
Of Japan. At this point the work Of
building docks and fortifcalions will
have 10 be done all over again. and Port
Arthur will be rclegated 10 the status
of < mere commercial port.
Every military nution has TO face the
probability Of similar changes in CON
dltions. making existing invcStments
practically worthless. The progress Of
the ships Of every navy toward the
scrap heap Is lamentably brief, and for
uficntions have life nowadays by no
means rqual To that Of the average man.
Big guns can he fred only limited
number Of times. Each generation in
hrrits practically no military capital
from the preceding generation, and
must rely upon its own resources 10
1eatc its own defence. Costly rs actual
war is. preparation for II is even a
greater burden because of the perish
ability Of the means and implements
with which war Is waged.
New-York tribune., 1911-09-20

Board has been enlarged by President
Taft and made more representative and
non-partisan. 1t is busy doing work
which rs "The Times" said. will nee
"essarily be Of as much advantage tn
honest men on one side of the question
"as TO those on the other" Why. then,
not await the result of its investigations
with patience and confidence? Can 1t
he that The Times" feels called upon to
disparage the Tariff Board now merely
because Mr.. Clark and Mr.. Underwood
did not want TO be hampered by its
findings when they made their recent
hodge-podge political revision of the
wool. cotton iron and steel and chemical
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