New-York tribune., 1911-02-02

Mr. Nathan StrauS may J"S''' '"
nrids in the tribute of public approval OF
his work as a citizen and a phiian-
tbronist Of which the dinner in his honor
on Tuesday night was MANIFESTATION
Mr. Straus has given literally III energy
time and money to the Improvement VI
living conditions in this city ana eise-
whore He has tried to prove that UNes
can be saved and ignorance anu p'eJu-
dice overcome through an lnsis'eiioe WI
the practicablity Of his experiment o'
substituting a good milk supp! TOT
poor milk supply. The value of tha'
substitution having been demonstrated
10y his generous aid, the way Is open W
prove to a needless ~Tblic that us "sNs
nf living and Of rearing Children may w
further amended. that the death ra'e
may be reduced and health and comtor'
replace squalor and suffering III sur
roundings where they have been pred
hy tradition and ignorance MT o'rdus
has been p true pioneer In teachlhs 'he
less intelligent part OF the community
the lesson of self-help and progress. lie
is entitled To the gratitude of every one
who respects public spirit and efhcient
generosity.
The threatened Senate deadlocks nave
mostly come to a prompt close, but
Iowa bids fair To run close race WIN
New York In the duration or its ballotnS
for Senator.
Opposition TO the pending reciprocity
agreement is chiefly manifested IN
Great Britain and Canada. and is To a
considerable degree organized and repre-
sentative. 1t appears in the press ana
In civic and commercial bodies as wen
as among individual politicians. " IS
based upon various grounds. from the
most elementary seif-interest in dollars
and cents TO the highest considerations
of imperial integrity. That it will pre-
vail we do not expect. But its appear
ance and energy rebuke the pretence that
it was the United States. under its pro-
tcctionist policy that was holding back
from n natural and beneficent relation
ship. The fact is. and has all along been,
that the United States has been decided
Is more inclined toward reciprocity than
Canada and that the chief obstacles to
freer trade between the two countries
are British rather than American.
The complaint that South American
countries suffer from overeXpoitation
OF criminal news is doubtless we'll
founded. Any country or community
would be injured by constant harping
uuon it's misdeeds 10 tho neglect Of its
greater record OF good
No that explosion was not at Albany.
The Sheehan vote was the usual unluckv
IL short.
The phianthropic spectators i'm re-
pudiated North Carolina bonds who are
endeavoring to give away large blocks
of those securities-not recognized as Sc
CuritieS by the state authorities at
Raleigh-are finding 1t difficult to get
any takers Of the sort for which they
are looking. The bonds can be collected
only by states willing TO so into the Su-
rreme Court and bring suit against
North Carolina. Last year Rhode ISL
and came near being saddled with such
a gift. but the Governor prevented its
acceptance. Now the Legislature of Ne
vadd has relieved the Governor and State
Treasurer from the necessity of receiv-
ing an assignment of North Carolina
bonds which a preceding Legislature had
agreed t. take off the hands of their
owners. No state in the Union. appar-
emily, is hard enough up nowadays to
follow South Dakotas example of ac-
ceUting these bonds and realizing on
them. and South Dakota has duly apollo
gized for its exhibition OF overthrifti-
ness and indifference 10 the obligations
of interstate comfy.