New-York tribune., 1911-02-25
THEDAyIN WA SHINGTOW

shin of the Texas. to be called the New
York cannot be built in thee New hork
ward for less than s1,50o0Oo, an Increase
over the Texas, being built under the eight
hour provision. of sl,650.ooo Altogether.
according TO the estimates Of the Navai
Committee. the Democrats, in their EFFORT
70 capture the labor vote, have added
nearly slO.000cOO to the cost OF the navy IN
the next year
MR.. MEYERS SAVING.-Ever since Mr.
Meyer became Secretary Of the Navy ne
has worked consistently to two ends-hrse
the efficiency Of the feet, ana. secoho'
economy of administration. How complete
" he has attained the first OF these ends
is too well known to need repetition here.
With regard TO the second, a carefully pre-
pared analysis by the Paymaster Eeneia'
shows that through the adoption OF oet'e'
business methods S,27s,62S has been sa'eu.
He shows that II the gross charges hau
borne the same ratio to the productive
work in 1910 as In 1909 they wouid ha'e
been proportionately greater by sS'looSV''
With Y2 ships in commission III i'iV a.
compared TO 196 in 1909, the reduction iii the
cost of maintenance of each ship was sur
GcIent 10 effect Il proportionate saving Oh
~
s4112.32l. 1t is interesting 10 note that the
mower Of motive machinery has Increased
about Is per cent and the average cruis-
ing speed Of the feet has increased from
ten 10 twelve knots without additional con-
sumption of coal Finally. the consolida-
tion of seven store accounts into single
property account is an earnest OF very
material saving In the future while the
naval supply fund of $2,OoVp VIII DE re-
turned to the national Treasury. The re-
ward and encouragement of the inde1au-
gable and intelligent efforts which nave
accomplished these results is the action OF
the House Democrats which wipes out all
saving. unnecessarily increasing the cost
Of the navy for next year between %,c1'co
and $4,000 oc0-and this from the party
which for nearly ten years has been voice
crving in the wilderness. Give us econ
omy or We perish!'
NONDELL CORRECT.-The laconic COM
ment of Representative Mondell apropos OF
Delegate Wickersham, OF Alaska, He Is
a liar. that is all" came perilously near
causing a dsgracefUl scene In the House
Yesterday, and resulted in the compara-
lively rare spectacle of the presentation OF
the mace. The Alaskan Delegate had just
road a letter from the Secretary or the IN
terror stating that payments had peeh
made upon 1ls coal locations In AlasRa'
b,t no final certificates had been issued.
I-non his own authority the delegate added:
"Rut the final receipt is issued In every
case. and that is equivalent. under the de-
c,sion of the Supreme Court, to patent
for the title" 1t was this assertion which
called for Mr.. Mondelrs comment. ana TO-
doy the Secretary of the Interior mas lssued
a statement which proves that Mr.. Mohoeii
was entirely correct. The secretary care
fully explains the different between re-
ooints for pavments made on account, so
to sneak, and final certhcates' ana cHeS
Tho records Of the General Land Office to
aho,, that nreciselv as Mr. Mondell had
stated, with the exception OF the tpir's-
three Cunningham claims ana the one
Whorf claim. on which maj cer'ihca'c'
were issued prior to 1903 ana which nave
long been in litigation, no maj certinca'es
have been issued and no proofs approNeu'
And Mr.. Wickersham's statement OF the
law is equally incorrect. II the Supreme
Court had held that final receipt or GER
tificate was equivalent to utle, no" couiu
the Cunningham titles have been wIthheiu
these three years? Secretary Ballinger also
points out the absurdity and insincerity
of the opposition TO the Alaska leasing oiii
based on the allegation that all Alaska
coal lands are under claim showing
.... -, validity OF all claims has been
a.iached. ard every claim cancelled WI
leave Just tnat much area available lor
leasing under the proposed BILL To argue
that there will be no coal land TO tease
Is to argue that the Cunningham ana otner
disputed claims are valid. u " H.