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New-York tribune., 1912-02-03
INTERSTATE LIQUOR TRAFFIC

To tho Editor of The Tribune.
sir: In a late issue of The Literary
Digest I notice YOU side with the Supreme
Court in favor of sending liquors into pro-
hibition states and territories on the broad
claim Of the rights Of Interstate traffic.
/ do not question but the federal gov
ernment may have such rights in legitimate
trades, but when It comes To such as are
restricted i'm every state and by the gov
ernmcnt itself II seems like another thing.
Your paper has the right Of way into our
state or any other, but some publications
have not. Honest business can he trans
acted through the mails but questionable
ones, such as lotteries and other get-rich-
quick frauds, are not allowed In the malls
Cattle may be shipped from one state to
another but diseased stock cannot cross
the border either on foot or rail- Diseased
rags also or foods, or even nursery stock
II infected with disease or insects, are not
allowed to go from state to state or II in
other states and discovered there they are
burned.
Here are goods that are common COM
modties, but liable to harm stock, or folk
and trees. and comparatively harmless, but
are barred Why should liquors that are
only wrong, with no Inherent right to traf-
iic, only under restrictions. be allowed such
rights by an intelligent court or get the
approval of the public press?
A. II. GRIESA
Lawrence, Kan, Jan. 90. 1912.
New-York tribune., 1912-02-03
THE DIPLOMATIC CORPS.
Lrrom The Tribune Bureau. ]


Washington, Feb. 1.-The German Am
bassador and Countess Won Bernstorff' en-
tertained at dinner tonight in compliment
to the Secretary OF the Navy and Mrs. Mey-
er. Their other guests were Representative
and Mrs Nicholas Longworth, Representa-
tive and Mrs \. =. Gardner, Representa-
tive and Mrs Oscar W. Underwood, Mr..
and Mrs. Robert Goelet, OF New York; Mr..
and Mrs Whitney Warren, OF New York;
Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Knox, and Mr.. and
Mrs. Charles c. Harrison, tr, of Philadel-
phia. Following the dinner a number OF
guests from diplomatic. resident and Of
fetal society were invited for the musi-
cal. Alexander Heinemann gave the pro-
gramme. with others to assist him.
The British Ambassador and Mrs. Bryce
will entertain at dinner tomorrow nlglr
tor SIR Robert Baden-Powell, who Will de-
liver a lecture at Continental Hall. Mrs.
John HAYS Hammond will give a large
buffet luncheon In honor Of Sir Robert to-
morrow.
Tho Spanish Minister and Sonora de
Riano returned to-day from New YORK
where they were the guests Of Mr.. ana
Mrs. Peter Goelet Gerry.
Count Ivan Csekonics dc HsombOlja ct
Janova, secretary of the Austrian En-
basSv, will go to New York tomorrow for
. short visit.
Commander Vassileff, Russian naval at
tacha. and Mr. De Bach. Russian second
secretary. will return tomorrow from New
York.
Henri Martin. secretary of the Swiss le-
CATION. returned from New York to-day.
New-York tribune., 1912-02-03
ORR EASTERN GATEWAY.

4 pertinent and valuable suggestion
for the improvement of facilities for
shipping at this port was that Of Com
modore Miller, lately of the State Naval
Militia at a recent meeting at the Re
publican Club. It had been made many
times before, but because of the neglect
shown hitherto 1t is all the more desir-
able that it should be vigorously re-
newed
The suggestion was that the great
eastern gateway Of this harbOr should
be made available in the fullest possible
degree, particularly for the use Of our
domestic vessels. Millions have been well
spent for the Improvement Of the south
ern entrance at Sandy Hook, largely
for the good Of foreign vessels, and now
those waters are crowded and the ada.
cent waterfront is so fully occupied that
it is difficult to find room for the increas-
ing number Of great European steamers.
Meanwhile, there is the fine deep water
entrance by way Of Long Island Sound,
with miles of frontage on deep water
within city limits easily accessible by
land lines Of transportation, toward
which almost criminal negligence has
been shown
1t should be obvious that for all East
ern commerce the Sound presents much
shorter route than the Lower Bay. 1t is
true that the channel from City Island
TO Port Morris is not straight, but
neither is that from off Coney Island TO
the Narrows. There may be perils in
Sound navigation, but we cannot imagine
them TO be greater than those of the
waters off Fire Island and Sandy Hook.
Years ago, when the steamship Great
Eastern visited this port, pilots would
not venture to bring her In past Sandy
Hook, so they brought her In through the
Sound and anchored her in Flushing
Bay. This great eastern gateway should
be improved commensurately with its
natural advantages.
New-York tribune., 1912-02-03
THE BRITISH COTTON TROCBLES.

The announcement Of settlement of
the Lancashire cotton mill troubles was
! technically and temporarily correct; but
in spirit there was no settlement, and q
renewal Of the strife before long seems
not improbable. Work has been resumed,
but profound dissatisfaction prevails,
| and there was at least one gross breach
of the spirit and intent of the agreement
which was made between the spinners
and weavers and their employers.
There were three operatives, a man
and two women, in mills at Accrington
and Great Harwood who did not want to
ioin q trade union. The trade unionists
insisted that they must join or be de-
MED the right to earn living. The pro-
prietors of the mills were entirely salts
fed with the services Of the three and
did not feel 1t incumbent upon them TO
coerce their employees into doing what
they did not want TO do. Accordingly
the trade unionists tried TO coerce the
proprietors into cOercing the three en-
ployes, or dismissing them, by going
on strike and decreeing that no more
work should be done in the mills so long
as the three non-unionists remained. The
mill owners who were thus aggrieved ap-
pealed to the manufacturers association
of which they were members, and the
association responded by ordering gen.
sand operatives went on strike to force
out three non-unionists, and 100000
operatives were locked out to force those
strikers back to work. Thus 42SG00
looms and 100000 spindles were
stopped and one Of the Kingdoms great
est industries was paralyzed.
The trade unionlsts, Of course, insisted
that 1t was worth while to bring about
even so vast a disturbance for the sake
of the principle that no man should be
permitted to work unless he belonged to
union. Similarly the non-unionists
maintained that it was worth while at
even so great cost to vindicate the
principle of the freedom Of labor. In
the end it was agreed that all the locked
out union workmen and the strikers
S0Oulu TttuTl tO NOTk, t0uU the CUTee
non-unionists should be permitted to con-
tinue at work without molestation and
that there should be no more striking for
period Of six months. This many Of
the trade unionists regarded as a be-
trayal of their fundamental principle,
forbidding the toleration of free labor,
and some of them refused to accept it or
to return to work. Those who did re-
turn, or many Of them, promptly at
tackled two of the three non-unionists
with verbal abuse and threats. and even
with some physical violence, and practi-
cally drove them out of the mills. The
two were thus so dlsheartened that they
fled from that place and declared their
intention Of seeking work elsewhere and
of Joining union If necessary to obtain
Il. The third free labOrer was not mo-
Tested, but many unlonists refused to
work with her. Thus the case now rests,
with prospect that at the end Of the
six months truce there will be war
New-York tribune., 1912-02-03
NEW YORK FROM The SUBURBS.

New York city has an indebtedness lS'S'F "
s2n 900 900 than the national deDI ho"e',''
r,mmany hone. that Il will continue to ma u'
ni,king good. Chicago Daily News.
The New York subway carries inl''o" 70
sengers a day. How in the world d'd 'h'S 3
.,a,,, lefore the subway opened d'-SyracGss
Post-Standard.
Ia Toilette told New Workers thai theE W.
inc, ike Wisconsin people. and II that ish ~"
cuIated 10 put him in bad at nome We w"
r,,o,r what Philadelphia Inquirer
,. srci.nt times the salamander was sup
,,s.d 10 he immune from fire. That was AN 81
roneous belief The salamander oct'a"F
"ro, in it, with the cat and the gunner
nscoverea alive and hungry in the RUNS % y"
roultable Building in New YORK, o"r"eu "''
,ha, ,vo weeks ago Houston Post.
Nsw Yorker who stole an umbrella "'
heen sent 10 jaiI He should have s.oP n,
ha,L mr. a railroad and been elected 20 y"
q, Fame or been proclaimed great sSS sS'i
american. Milwaukee Journal
Tho New York Aldermen persist IN '''"
fusal 70 appropriate $4,000 for speN'"' spe,s,t
- ,,.,.t,ns 10 visit the schools and tehe"'
-. and yaceinato children. The opJevuVD
A.. ,id one that influential Tammany meh
s,s, :, thinking that vaccination docs ,,,..s
;, :. a belief absolutely opposed 70 e'
h,t that does not count with some
Hartford Times.
New-York tribune., 1912-02-03
Az INDUSTRIAL INVESTIGATION.

! Az INDUSTRIAL INVES1IGA1ION'
| The inquiry into industrial relations
| for which President Taft recommends
! the appointment Of commission IS
urged by economists and social workers.
| A vast amount of information on indus
| trial conditions has been collected by
/ private and philanthropic research and
| by state Investigations, as, for example,
! by the studies carried on under the aus
pices Of the Sage Foundation and, on the
other hand, by such inquiries as that
which this state held in regard 10 the
| Justice of the laws affecting the employ
er's liability for injuries suffered by his
employees in the pursuit Of their trade.
Some Of this information IS valuable and
authoritative and some Of it is probably
useless. but all Of 1t is disconnected and
| throws .sidelights OIL the workings or
| existing institutions rather than full
| illumination.
Its scrappy and disjointed character
is responsible for good deal of loose
thinking. Fill q sentimentalist with al
legged statistics about the low wages In
some industry or the alleged unnecessa-
rily high death rate in another and he
| talks about the McNamaras as SOLDIERS
| in the cause Of humanity" Moreover,
the existing ignorance makes the righting
of real wrongs slow. When a strike oc-
ours. like that in Lawrence, Mass, at
| this moment. public opinion Is practically
powerless. even the fundamental facts
being only vaguely understood. so. TOO,
the correction Of the injustice In apply
ing laws affecting the employers liabil-
ity for injuries suffered by his workmen
which were worked out for a simple So
ciety to the highly complex Industrial
society of to-day has been slowly per-
ceived because the public has little ap-
preciated the change that has gone on
before it's eyes. Mr.. Taft in his message
dwellS on this profound change In the
organization of industrial society as one
of the reasons for an investigation when
he SAYS that 1.-The extraordinary growth
"of industry in the last two decades and
'its revolutionary changes have raised
new and vital questions as TO the re-
'Iations between employers and wage
"earners which have become matters OF
pressing public concern
The inquiry, If in the hands of dis
Greet and intelligent commission, might
contribute TO industrial peace, as the
inquiry by the anthracite commission did
within its special field; it might fur
nish knowledge that would help in the
formation Of correct public opinion bear
ing on labor disputes when they arise ;
it might quicken the establishment Of
industrial justice, and it might stop the
mouths of demagogues or render their
mouthings less dangerous.
New-York tribune., 1912-02-03

the Board Of Commissioners Of the De-
partment OF Public Parks for the PERIOD
between May 1, 1872, and December 81
1873. Under the statistics, etc, Of Central
Park find these words: THE number OF
hardy trees and shrubs and woody vines
which have been set out In the Central
Park Is between 10000 and 100000. Of which
10000 had been planted before 1865, and
10000 have been planted since 1870 Ac-
cording to Document No. ), printed Janu-
ary 49, 1857. THE total number OF species
found is seventy, Of which there are In all
about one hundred and fifty thousand speci-
mems" AS the park ground was In 1857
"squatter town. one Is justified in sup
posing that the plantations there were no:
exotic.
You quote the landscape architect as say
ing also, 1T is not TO be supposed that the
designers would have cared TO bring the
park to its present state II they could have
done so when they were working ii forty
years or more ago." Mr.. Olmsteds words
shed light on the state OF mind of the de-
signers of the park. In February. 1872, Mr..
Olmsted said: When Mr.. Vaux and I first
put our heads together In study Of tho
design for the Central Park. we agreed to
treat nothing as OF essential consequence
except with reference to results which
might be looked for, at nearest, forty years
ahead, and with an outlook at least that
far along all our work and our advice has
since been given"
With reference to the removal of the
grove Of California privet near the entrance
at Fifth avenue and seth street, you quote
the landscape architect as saying: Each
bush was large and about twelve feet high.
They were planted so close that the ground
was completely shaded and Il erefore bare.
This in itself was ugly, and, worst OF all,
the foliage was so high on tie stems that
one could walk under It with ease" The
plantation of California priyet about the
house for miniature boats by the Conserva-
tory lake IS fully twelve feet high, tho
ground is completely shaded, and the foli-
ago may he walked under with ease Is this
beautiful grove OF privet to be removed
also? Why not? 1t Is even more beautiful
than the grove already removed.
You also quote the landscape architect as
saying Of this grove removed that the
spot had become most Objectionable" AL
low me To say as a professional artist that
the spot was one Of great beauty and with
out an Objectionable feature. save the lack
Of proper care. W. y. VAN INGEN.
New York, Feb. |, 1872
New-York tribune., 1912-02-03
BRING ON THE ExPLANATIoNi

BRING ON THE EXPLANATION
'"The New York World" makes an in
genious effort to clear Governor Wilson
of the charge Of having issued state
ments regarding his relations with
Colonel Harvey which cannot be squared
with the facts brought to light in the
recently published Wilson-Harvey CORE
spondence. Our neighbOr suggests that
the Governor was justified in saying on
January that the failure of "Harpers
Weekly" to mention his name In two
preceding issues was mot due to dny
"breach OF any kind between Colonel
Harvey and myself" because Colonel
Harvey had written on January a. II
think it should go without saying that
mo purely personal issue could arise
between you and me-"
Yet the letter of January was de-
voted almost entirely TO restating
Colonel Harvey's view Of the breach
which had occurred at the Manhattan
Club and which compelled "Harper's
Weekly" to stop supporting Governor
Wilson as candidate for the Demo-
cratic Presidential nomination. Colonel
Harvey CALAMITY dismissed the idea that
the friction which had arisen involved
any personal rupture, but he announced
in the plainest terms that 1t had in
volved a severance of the political bond
which had Heretofore linked ''Harper's
Weekly" to Mr.. Wilson's fortunes as a
Presidential candidate Even the most
charitable Of his supporters will find it
difficult to excuse Mr.. Wilson for say
Ing. after the receipt Of Colonel Har-
vey's letter Of January explaining
why he had been forced to cease advo-
eating the Governors nominations:
Ny attention has. of course, been drawn
to the fact that the last two numbers
OF "Harper's Weekly" have made no
mention Of my name; but this is cer-
tainly not due to any breach of any
kind between Colonel Harvey and my
self. Colonel Harvey runs THE Week
ly" entirely on his own judgment.
There remain two other communica.
New-York tribune., 1912-02-03

tons TO the public which Governor WIZ
sons apologists will find 1t just as hard
TO defend On January the following
dispatch appeared in "The New YORK
Sun:
When informed by a Sun" corre-
spondent that 1t had been dennltely TO,
rorted that at a recent meeting he nad
said in the presence Of Colonel Harvey
that the advocacy OF "Harper's Week
lv" at this time was damaging 10 MS
Presidential aspirations the Governor
specifically denied the truth OF the re-
port. when / said that there had peeri
mo breach between Colonel Harvey ana
myself | meant 1t literally" he addeo.
There is no foundation whatever TOT
"the story, as l never made any sucIi
remark as that which you say has peefl
attributed to me-" The Governor also
said that he failed TO recall the occasion
which could have given rise to such an
impression
Yet the Governor had already on
December 81 apologized In writing for
his conduct on "the occasion" TO whlch
he alluded as If it were non-exlstent.
Furthermore, there is the interview pup
lished in The New York Herald on
January 81, in which he said:
have had no correspondence with
Colonel Harvey since that whlch was
made public in connection with Har-
per's Weekly's" presentation or my
name as a Presidential candidate. /
have not written to Colonel Harvey
since then, and he has not written 10
me.
Three days later the December-Janu-
arN letters were published. Governor
Wilson and his friends make serious
mistake If they think that these fragrant
discrepancies can be passed over with
out a word Of explanation.
New-York tribune., 1912-02-03
N. Y. U. CHANGES IT'S RULES
New Requirements for Doctors De-
grees in Graduate School Announced.

The faculty Of the Graduate School Of
New York University has adopted the re-
port Of the committee appointed last spring
to consider the requirements for the doc
tors degrees In philosophy and science,
and several changes will go into effect wi h
the college year, beginning In October. The
provision that a candidate must have taken
eight full courses is supplanted by the pro-
vision that he shall have had three year
or It's equivalent in resident graduate study,
one year of which shall have been at the
university; an extended written examina-
ton for the degree will supplement the
present oral examination: a candidate must
satisfy the instructor that he KNOWS two
foreign languages sufficiently 20 read pub
lications requisite for the mastery Of his
field: a candidate must attend 4 seminar
for doctorate candidates. conducted by the
department i'm which ne takes his major
study, before he can get the instructor
recommendation for final examination.
No longer will there be limit 10 the
number OF courses for. the masters degree
in the Summer School, and these courses
will be credited just as In the winter
School. Tho Graduate School, now twehty-
six years old, has 80 students In attend
Rnco.
New-York tribune., 1912-02-03
WINTER HARDsHIPS OF HORSES.

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: One of your contributors some time
ago congratulated the horses Of New York
upon their comparatively good fortune.
This was very surprising TO those who OBJ
serve night and day the condition of horses.
Last summer, in spite OF the heat small
allowance was made in the way Of loads or
hours. and It often seems that the automobile
has set a new pace for drivers. In spite Of all
that has been done In the way OF providing
water troughs. there arc vast stretches OF
weary road within the city limits and out
side whero there is not single fountain
for man or beast Those low, dirty and
often dry troughs IN front OF saloons are
likely to be only an aggravation.
Winter is not kinder than summer 10
horses that are not sharp shod or provided
with snow shoes or helped with sand or
ashes on the Nippery. hilly streets. What
the horses undergo In the night work that
is so hard for them and their drivers one
can Judge from what Is occasionally seen
and often heard IN what should bo sleeping
hours. In broad daylight some Of the driv-
crs--onc Is glad 10 say exceptions-do not
hesitate 10 beat. pelt with stones, kick and
strike across the knees with the edge Of
their shovels horses that arc struggling for
"A footing.
Another hardship is insufficient blanket
Ing This is very noticeable on ferryboats.
Tho feedbags are lily hung. sometimes slip
ping entirely 20 one side. sometimes spilling.
sometimes suffocatingly high Unoiled aXles
act as brake on wagons, besides adding
one more 10 the trying city noises.
Cannot men in charge Of horses be
taught to treat them less roughly? II
would pay Horses have nerves and also
feelings. Can any one doubt It who knows
how "A borough policemans horse not long
ago brought aid To his wounded master
and many like Instances that show unsus-
pocted Intelligent and sensIbilIty?
New York Ian Al 1912. NJ u. r.
New-York tribune., 1912-02-03
A STRANGERS ABATEMENT.
} the Editor of Tho Tribune.

To the Editor OF Tho Tribune.
Sir: VIII you permit me to express my
amazement through the medium OF your
splendid paper? ! am foreigner quite un-
sophisticated. and am sojourning for a few
weeks in your so hospitable city for pur
poses OF study This morning walk with a
friend from street ~ to streot %, and be-
hold. my dumbfoundation Is complete on
seeing some streets so soon cleared Of last
Mondays gentle snowfall. 1t Is true that
"A number of the streets between Park Ave
and 5 Ave. as also Park Ave. itself were
not already rid OF the snow. but as the
purlious OF Park Avenue contain mostly
residences and other non-hustling edhces,
what would you, sir, In so little time? II
you would use your great influence TO get
the Big Biz sent on loan 10 join our
Bis William in Germany, you would over
whelm in gratitude much would-be Amer
lean Citizen. 5. II. V.
New York Feb l. 1912.
New-York tribune., 1912-02-03
People and Social Incidents

MRS John Hays Hammond entertained at
'uncheon to-day for the Countess Luetzow.
ana later had Mrs. Sidney A. CIoman and
'he countess assisting her in receiving a
number of afternoon visitors.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles c. Harrison. jr.
OF Philadelphia. are the guests for several
days of Mr.. and Mrs. Herbert wadsworth.
The officers of the Mayfower entertained
at dinner tonight on board ship.
Count and Countess Luetzow, of Bohemia.
were entertained at the New National The
atre by their host Representative SABBATH.
who later took his guests TO the New
Willard for supper.
dance az tire Washington Barracks to-
night was attended by more than a hm-
dred of the younger members of society.
New-York tribune., 1912-02-03
SOCIAL NOTES FROM NEWPORT
LBr Telegraph to The Tribune. ]

[By Telegraph to The Tribunel
Newport. Feb. Miss Edith Hunter
daughter of Alr. and Mrs. William K.
Hunter. was operated on for appendicitis
at the Newport Hospital to-day. Her con-
dition was reported satisfactory last even
ing.
Mrs Emile Bruguiere and son. Louis 5
Bruguiere. closed their Newport stay this
evening and returned to New York.
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Lowering have rer
turned 70 Philadelphia after inspecting
their jamestown estate.
Mr. and Mrs. Hamilton Fish Webster
will go abroad about the middle or the
month for an automobile tour.
Mrs sidney Webster viii soon leave
Newport to spend the remainder Of the
winter in New York.