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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-06-29
4 PPOGREEELTE POLLCY

One Of the progressive policies put
forth in the Republican platform is that
calling for an investigation of foreign
systems OF agricultural credit and the
passage Of state and federal laws for
the establishment and capable supervi-
sion Of organizations for the lOaning Of
funds TO farmers. II does not lend itself
to the purposes Of political agitators as
well as do platform denunciations Of
the interests or demands for the res
toration' Of government to the people
But it is q proposal of real progressive
ness, and much more likely TO increase
the prosperity Of multitudes than are the
specious nosuums now displayed on the
political drug counter as cure-slls for the
Ills Of society.
Sir Horace Plunkett and his CO. work
erS with their Raiffeisen banks have
done more in quiet way to solve the
| Irish problem in the last few years than
al the perfervid oratory Of a half cen
fury against Ireland's oppressors could
accomplish So this movement for what
may fairly be called the characterization
Of credit means, if adopted, the placing
Of thousands of industrious farmers
handicapped by want Of proper credit,
and other thousands Of agricultural
workers anxious TO start ont for them.
selves, in position to command ade-
quate capital for their business. We
hear much about the sway Of the money
power over great enterprises The aver
age individual is far more concerned
over the small amounts he needs for his
small enterprises-the credit necessary
10 work his farm or garden adequately
and make 1t paying and not losing
investment-than he is in the manipu-
lations Of corporations. however evil
they may be
Investigators of typical rural commu-
mites have found that in many parts NJ
the country large proportion, in some
DO per cent, Of their units-heads Of
families or independent workers-are he
low the credit line. That is nobody
would as business proposition lend one
OF them money to buy q mule or q drain
pipe The result is a vast area of half
TILED fields and a multitude Of indus.
trious farmers who hardly make both
ends meet because they cannot com
mand the essentials Of up-to-date and
prosperous farming The farmers of
Germany and Ireland suffered from the
same handicap till Raiffeisen and others
developed systems by which the latent
credit Of moneyless men could be made
industrially effective. With a proper or
ganizatton safe basis Of security can
be found in even the poorest community
for the productive enterprises Of its
members. What they need is not easy
borrowing In order TO spend, but the
same chance to carry on business which
the merchant has who can get capital
to extend his trade and carry an in
creased stock Of goods whenever his
venture is seen to be q sound one 1t
is this characterization Of credit which
President Taft sought in his recent mes
sage on farm loans The greatest source
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SOCIAL NOTES FROM NEWPORT
tBy Telegraph to The Tribune1

tBy Telegraph to The Tribunsl
Newport, June 8.-One Of the social feat.
ures Of tomorrow evening will be a small
dinner given in honor Of Justice Pitney. Q,
the United States Supreme Court. His host
will be Arthur Curtiss James.
Mr.. and Mrs Henry Goelet Mcvtcar left
here to-day for Tuxedo TO attend the mar.
riage Of their son Henry Lansing Ne.
Vickar and Miss Anzonella Kane.
| Mr. and Mrs. T. Shaw Safe will san for
| Europe on Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Grenville Kane will spend
August here.
F. G. Ebert, Of New York, IS a weekend
guest Of Charles Bull.
| Charles a Child, OF New York, Who :,
/ III at his summer home hare, continues to
| improve .5-
| Mr. and Mrs Pierpont Davis Of New
York. are guests OF Mr. and Mrs Dudley
! Davis
Mrs. Paul A. Andrews is planning a din
ner party for July % Commander and
Mrs William V. Pratt have announced A
dance for July
| Howard Renshaw, Of New York. IS to be
Fourth Of July guest Of Julian McCarty
Little
Registered at the Casino to-day wers Mrs
Henry Lawrence, Ross r. Harrison and
Lieutenant William c. Harrison, L. s 4
Mrs. Stuart Duncan will give dinner on
| July in honor OF Mrs. F. Jennings Par
sons, Of Paris. who will arrive July
| Mr.. and Mrs George w. Knowlton. f., Of
West Upton, Mass, have leased Echo Nook,
on Dudley avenue, for the summer.
Mr. and Mrs. J. Stewart Barney, Of New
York. will arrive here on Monday.
Mrs. William K Vanderbilt, il, accord
ing to report IS 70 lease the E. Rollins
Morse villa. Mrs. Vanderbilt is at present
the guest Of her sister. Mrs. Herman
| Oelrichs.
Mrs. Hugh D. Auchincloss gave dinner
| at Hammersmith Farm this evening
Lispenard Stewart will open his season Of
. entertaining tomorrow evening with din
I ner.
Frederick NJ Davis has returned mere
| from Washington.
| Mr.. and Mrs. Frederick Woolsey, Of New
/ York. are at the Muenchinger Ktng cottage
Mrs. Van WICK is the guest OF her sister.
| Mrs John r. Drexel.
! Miss Campbell Stuart has arrived at me
/ Caldwell villa
Mrs. James Andrew Swan was hostess AZ
luncheon to-day, and Mrs. J. J. Msson
| gave a dinner this evening
! Mr.. and Mrs A. NJ Moreland VIII enter
tain house party over July 4
Servants are opening the summer mons
| a. Mrs Robert Goelet.
Mrs. George \. Widener her son. Geofgs
L Widener. jr. and her son-in-laW ana
daughter. Mr.. and Mrs. F. Eugene D!@oh'
left to-day for Bar Harbor by automoche
George s. Murray. Henry Clews' Herbert
Parsons Mrs. William Grosvenor, Mr.. ana
Mrs Frederick ". Rhinelander, Lor!l!ard
spencer, ir.. Roderick Terry r., William
burden and George Il Benjamin returned
here from New York tonight
Mrs. J Gordon Douglass arrived az New
! mort to-day for the season.
Harold s Vanderbilt arrived here to'day
| and will take part in the Eastern Faen'
| Club race tomorrow.
John r. Drexel has Joined his family ~
| Fairholm
DR.. J. Clarence Sharp, OF New YORK I"
the guest Of T suffern Taller.
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~ THE PARTY AND OUT or IT.

I v j
One thing that the Democratic conven-
tion is much afraid of is the possibility
Of Mr.. Bryan's boiling. His manner az
times contains a threat that if his party
Is not sufficiently Progressive he Will
have 10 take himself out Of It, for ne is
TOO good an actor not TO make the most
of the way In which be is being courted
hy the followers Of the Bull Moose. But
when he compares his position with that
Of Colonel Roosevelt he must feel that
only the most obstinate reaction on the
mart Of the convention could drive him 10
initiate the man defeated at Chicago.
Remaining in his party, Mr. Bryan IS
the most powerful single individual IN
If. more powerful perhaps than any
group of individuals opposed to him
The convention has humored his slightest
wish. except maybe the unspoken wish
10 be its candidate. He might make its
Inlatform He might even have the eX-
traordinary privilege Of inspecting its
candidate before he lent his name and
credit 70 its platform. He was permitted
10 harangue It against its gold dust
twins" from Wall Street, and even the
gold dust twins" themselves, sitting as
delegates, solemnly voted that the selec-
ton of any one close to or representing
them in any way would be betrayal OF
the party and the people. He is coddled
like a spoiled child. Or. If you look at
II the other way. by remaining in his
party he has an unparalleled opportunity
TO work for the. principles In which he
believes
His enviable position Is IN striking
contrast with that Of Colonel Roosevelt,
who has thrown away all his influence
within tho Republican party and re-
stricted his future sphere of influence
and usefulness 70 an exceedingly pre-
carious third party.
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prOMAINE POISONING,

To tire Editor Of The Tribune.
sir IN article in your issue ~ June .
gives an account ~ Mr. and Mrs Charles
u Bishop and others being afflicted with
ptorraine poisoning 7 believe no better
work can be done BY the press than 10
warn the public OF the danger existing
from partakng OF foods not properly pre-
served and the necessity OF utilizing
canned goods 80 soon as possible after
opening the can Scientific experiments
have determined time and again that nu-
rnerous articles OF food when not kept In
a hygienic condition readily deterorate
so as 10 become poisonous.
The formation OF ptomaines generally al
though not always, accompanies putrefac-
ton Therefore great care should be
taken that meat. hsh. fowl. oysters, canned
goods, etc, are eaten only when they are
IN good condition. II is not economy 10
partake OF food when putrefaction has
begun Food can be kept IN a hygtenic
condition either by heat or refrigeration,
by the exclusion OF air or by the applica-
ton Of substances which, on account Of
their antiseptlc properties, prevent the
growth Of poisonous germs.
Statistics show that since the enactment
OF the Pure Food law there have been
81. OSo cases Of ptomaine poisoning, l352 OF
which we're fatal II T. HARRIS.
New York, June II. 1917
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SFOPT on HISTORY.

The Hon. Ollie James has one admir-
able qualification for the post Of pre-
siding officer in a Democratic national
convention. In an unruly and bolster
Gus assemblage like that now sitting at
Baltimore a gave wielder with a black
smiths arm and the voice Of a stentor
is the man of the hour. Mr.. James made
ex-Judge Parker and Chairman Mack
look sadly inefficient, for his imposing
bulk gave his mallet the weight Of a
triphammer and hts tonal thunders
could reach and terrify q disturber in
the most distant gallerys back row.
The Senator-elect from Kentucky is
long on voice and forensic majesty. He
is a keynoter who can make the welkin
ring without the aid Of q meraphone.
Perhaps It was too much to expect Of
him that he should also be long on his
torical accuracy. In his speech accepting
the permanent Craftsmanship Of the con
vention he said:
We 1.-THE Democrats submitted 10 the
country an amendment to the federal
Constitution providing for an income
tax + And before the snow flies
] believe that this amendment 10 the
federal Constitution will be Endorsed by
a sufficient number of states to make
II part of our Constitution. Then will
come TO the Democratic party the honor
and the glory of being the only political
organization in the history OF this Re
public that ever amended the federal
Constitution in "a hundred Years save
by the sword
That paragraph Is al astonishing
flight Of the political Imagination Mr.
James ought to be able 10 remember
flor he in Congress at the time)
that the submission Of the pending in
come tax amendment was suggested by
a Republican President, that the amend
ment was drawn and passed by a Re
publican Senate and was then approved
by a Republican House of Representa-
tives The Democratic members of the
two houses had no part whatsoever in
initiating or pushing 1t They simply as
scented to what Republican administra-
don and Congress suddenly decided
10 do.
The Tribune has not favored the in
come tax amendment now pending and
would be glad to see IL fail Of ratifca-
ton. Yet If any amendment ever sub
mitted has borne a Republican stamp
the income tax amendment has The
Republican party, not the Democratic, is
entitled 10 what Mr.. James eloquently
calls "the honor and glory of being the
"onIy political organization in the history
"of this Republic that ever amended the
federal Constitution in a hundred years
"saye by the sword" Mr. Jamess I'M
megaphoned keynote would have been
more impressive II II had been little
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SAYS ROOSEVELT MAY SAVE DAY

To the Editor OF The Tribune
Sir: After reading that former anu-suf-
frage letter one could have hoped that
Mr. W {. Patterson would so change his
mind as to contribute to the cause Of
suffrage a Tribune letter beaming forth
the radio-lustre OF encouraging approval
and assured good will. However that may
be in the future, the otherwise depressing
and gloomy influence OF the latest letter,
dated June H. can easily be counteracted
by recent favorable events. such, for in
stance. as the "invincible" Colonel Roose-
welt chempioning votes for women. He
is not possessed with the harassing fear
that his children will suffer because OF
his good wife's voting for him. II with
out tustifying at all the given case Of
a woman who In attending a club meet
ing overlooked getting her child's shoes,
one has however. in observing an Grant
world. heard OF worse deeds being per
petrated, and that. too, without any bear
ing on or relation to suffragism.
Brooklyn, June p, 1912 NJ. LoDAC
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IN WASHINGTON SOCIETY

From The Tribune Bureau
Washington. June 25.-Dr. ana Mrs
Thomas williams left here to-day IN lnei.
touring car for their country place hedi
Gainesville, Va, where they VIII spenu lne
season. Miss williamson will go 70 NORM
Hadfeld. Canada, for a series OF visl's o7-
fore foinlng her parents in virginia
The Minister 10 Chilli, Henry p EletcheF'
,s making visit Of some DAYS IN WASH
ington e.,r,,
chandler Hale, Third Assistant secrsedi
=, state. has as a guest his brother req
arick Hale. OF Massachusetts. Ihey nave
attended several sessions OF the Baltimore
convention -.
Rear Admiral and Mrs. Upsnur nave
taken the Corson cottage at Newport lot
the summer. l..
Among those attending the convention IN
Baltimore to-day were Representative ana
Mrs. swager Sherley, Representative ana
Mrs Lcngworth. Representative ana MIS-
CLAYTON. Miss Laura Merriam and Repre-
sentative Catlin.
Mr.. and Mrs Woodbury. Blair VIII 90 70
PAR Hsrbor next week 70 spend the sum
mer.
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THE MARKET WAGON Plan

The proposal Of the Housewives
League for the establishment Of new
market in this city Is in some respects
commendable in theory, as il Is wholly
IN intention. BY having New Jersey
farmers drive their wagons into this city
and sell their produce to housewives
there would be Te-established a direct
contact Of original producer and ulti-
mate consumer which might give the
former higher prices and ar the same
time give the latter cheaper supplies,
through the elimination Of the middle.
man and his profits. II is not improo-
able, either, that fresher and better
quality Of fruit and vegetables mignt
thus be obtained
1t will become evident upon reflection,
sential particulars defective, If not I'M
practical It would be impossible for
more than a small, we might say an in
significant and negligible, proportion of
either farmers or housewives to avail
themselves Of It. The farmers and gar
deners who live within driving distance
Of the Fort Lee ferry are a very small
part Of those who provide this city with
its supplies, and the housewives who
could go TO the New York end Of the
ferry and make direct purchases would
not be one per cent Of those who would
like to get better supplies at lower
prices We must also doubt whether
many farmers would find It profitable TO
spend so much time on the road and at
the market stand, or whether, If they
added the value of that time to the price
Of the goods the supplies would be pro-
vided to the consumer at much if any
lower cost than at present And, of
course the new system could not deal
at all with the vast quantities Of sup
plies which come from the South before
the beginning Of the local season of
production
The enormous growth Of this city and
the consequent further removal from its
centre Of population Of the productive
zone from which 1t draws its supplies
probably make impracticable a contin-
uance Of the old simple and direct
method Of marketing and require the
Organization of o more complex scheme
Of distribution. There Is doubtless a
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IN THE BERKsHIREs

nv Telegraph 20 TIE Tribune
renox June Ex-senator ". Murray
Crane who has been at his country place
On Dalton since the Republican Nauona!
Convention. started this afternoon 'o'
Washington
Judge and Mrs Edward T SlocuH VITO
have been abroad Tor several mcAtAs' -
turned 10 Pittsleld to-day
Mrs James r. Jesup IS entertaining ~
and Mrs Williams. OF New York. 81 ms
Curtis Hotel
Mrs. John Miller. Of New York. Is v'sl'
ing Morris K Jesup az Belnoir Terrace
Mrs Oscar Iaslgi will have genera
charge Of a flower and vegetable eXhloti'h
10 be held in the Casino next FRIDAY anu
Saturday. July 5 and s. Miss Edith kohF
saat will have charge OF the garden ho' :
ers and greenhouse plants, MSS Maze.
Choate will be IN charge OF the ferns ana
wild flowers, Miss Eleanor Hague OF i!uHs
and vegetables and Mrs. Car! de GersdoFH
Of the floral arrangements for tab!s deco
rations.
Miss Mary z Bangs daughter Of pF
and Mrs L 3. Bangs, has gone 20 New
York. whence she will sail for Europe fo' 4
three months tour.
Bishop Thomas + Davies has arrived 81
his cottage for the season.
Mrs. George D. Widener, George =
widener, jr, and Mrs. Eugene D!Xon' OF
Philadelphia, motored from Newport 70
Lenox yesterday, and are at the Gurus
Hotel for the week end.
The Rev. and Mrs. Paul Revere FROM,
ineham, who have been az the Curtis Hotei
for the month OF June, started this aItet
noon for Bar Harbor, whore they VIII
spend the midsummer
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR,
THE SERVANT QUESTION AGAIN.

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir. quite agree with Mrs Thomas
James, OF Planfeld, that Mrs. Bailey does
not know the real facts about the servant
girl question. For a rich woman such as
Mrs Bailey evidently IS to try to tell the
general run Of people who cannot possibly
pay IS TO s65 for a cook what to do IS
absurd Try 10 get help at say, 80
month and see what success you meet with.
Mrs. Bailey said the domestics were better
off than stenogra piers earning SO week.
and displayed again her ignorance OF the
real state Of affairs. It is safe 10 say
that one thousand stenographers could De
had by any firm who would pay $40 week,
and I'm fact there are thousands Of compe-
tent, refined girls looking for stenogra-
piers positions at Sl5 a week Let Mrs.
Bailey tell the people who can only hire
one or perhaps two domestics at $40 and SO
a month how they can get satisfactory help
and she will be carrying gladness to many
. wife and mother. MRS l.. r. NJ.
Tune ~ 1912
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of wealth in this country is in the pos
session Of the mass Of the people out
vast number of these people have not
the means to make their possessions
properly productive. If they had, we
should have a land flowing with milk
and honey and hear less of high tooo
prices. II is as important to give thlS
enormous number Of struggling farmers
the chance TO make the most OF them
selves as to open up new arid lands by
irrigation or reform banking methods
for business men.
II is characteristic of Mr. Taft tnat
amid the thunder and the shouting he
should have been giving his attention 10
a real problem Of democracy and taxing
practical steps to bring the people 10
their own and to secure for every man
tbe fullest opportunity to achieve pros
perity.
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NEW YORK SOCIETY.

Miss Anzonella Kane. daughter o. Mr..
and Mrs. Grenville Kane, will be married
to-day in St Marys Church. TuHedo, 10
Henry Lansing McVicksr. The ceremony
will be performed at o'clock, ana VIII De
followed by reception az Girancourl
T odge the ella Of the brides parents at
Tuxedo. A special train VIII take tne
guests from the city 10 the park ana return
with them after the reception.
The bride will have no attendants. Geraid
40 Courcev May, OF Washington, VIII act
ae hest man and the ushers will be Lansing
N,cvicLar a brother Of the bridegroom
frederick T. Frelnghuysen, Nathaniel ;
s,rnp<lns. ir, Carroll Dana Wtnslow' a
hro,her-in-law Of the bride; Henry Fl eros
bv. Lawrence p. Dodge, Lawrence Mchee'-
or Miller and George Macculloch Miller j.
Nice Adelaide ctt.atfeld- TIA yIor. daughter
~ Mr.. and Mrs. Hobart c. Chsthelu-Iaylor'
will be married to-day OF Lake Forest H.
m Hendricks II. Whitman. Malcolm D.
Whitman. who is 20 marry Miss Jennie ~
Crocker 1T Burlingame, Cal, on July 10
viii bo his brothers best man The hrlde IS
niece Of Mrs. Reginald De Koven
Mr. and Mrs. J Macy willets and Mrs.
Winets's sister Miss Vera Bloodgood' VINO
returned from Europe yesterday, are at the
plaza They will 60 10 their country place
a, New Marlboro. Mass, early next week.
In 81 Peters Church, al Morristown, \.
to-day Miss Alice Dumont Foote, daugh-
ter Of Mr.. and Mrs Robert Dumont Foote'
yN1aieNhT0
81 this city.
Among those booked 10 sail for Europe
to-day are Mr. and Mrs. T. Egerton Weoo
and their daughter, Miss Laura Webb ana
=. MacNen Rodewald and his daughter.
Mr. and Mrs Luther KountZe will 60 70
Newport At the end Of next month 70 visit
Mr.. and Mrs. J. Gordon Douglas.
Tn. Hon. Alfred Arson, who arrived IN
New York yesterday on board the Maure-
tania and goes TO Bar Harbor 20 meet his
nancee. Mrs. John J. Emery is younger
brother Of the Earl OF Lichheld. The Hon.
Alfred is a London stock broker, and lew
wears ago brought himself into the lime
light by walking from the houses Of Parlia-
ment, at Westminster. 10 the Aquarium az
Brighton. OH the coast, distance Of 52l2
miles. over a succession Of steep hills and
deep valleys, in less than fourteen con-
tinuous hours and without any previous
training whatever. He did this on 500
guinea wager.
Another Of Lord Lichhelds brothers IS
the Hon. william Arson, who was IN New
York for last years international polo tour
nament He has lived in this country for
many years. and has ranch IN Texas
Yet another brother. the Hon. Francis An
son. is married TO a daughter OF George
Cleveland, OF Austin, Tex
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-FOUR PER CENT ON SAVINGS.

TO the Editor OF The Tribune
Sir AS 10 the essening of the rate Of
interest TO be paid by savings banks. al
low " TO be known that the we'll managed
and therefore strong banks recognize that
II is their depositors who supply the money
which produces the profts that. as div
idends are paid 10 shareholders. There
fore deposltors, and not shareholders,
should be considered first II a savings
bank reduces the rate OF interest. deposit
ors should withdraw their money and put
Il with those banks which so manage their
capital that 1 per cent Is not burden
some for them to pay. II is confession
Of poor management or greed. which is
the same. when. under existing conditions,
any sound savings bank declares that I
per cent cannot be paid depositors
RIGHT THINKING.
New York, June 25, 1912.
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THE DIPLOMATIC CORPS
frrnm The Tribune Bureau J

From The Tribune Bureau
Washington, June 2S.-The German Am
bassador will leave here tomorrow Tor Ne"
York, preparatory 70 sailing for Germany
the middle of next week. Haniel Won HAM
hansen. counsellor Of the embassy VINO mas
been abroad for several weeks, returned TO-
day. and will act as charge d'aftaires IN the
absence Of the ambassador Dr. hieh!lh
third German secretary, sailed from New
York to-day TO spend the summer ABROAD
with his family, who preceded him by sew
eral weeks. l..
The Uruguayan Minister and Sonora oe
Pena and their family will go to Masholld
on July 8 o.,.-
Mime. All Kull Khan, wife Of the Persian
charge daffaires, returned to-day from Bal
tmore. where she has been entertained Jul
ing the convention.
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NATIONAL SPEECH ARTS HEADS

Minneapolis, June Is. - The National
Speech Arts Association. in annual conven-
ton, elected these officers to-day: Presi-
dent, Professor Livingston Barbour. Rut-
gers College: vice-president, George c.
Williams. Ithaca; secretary, Miss Grace
Makepiece, Cleveland. The directors In
clude John P Silvernail. Rochester: Robert
I. Fulton. Ohio Wesleyan University;
Charles NJ. Newcombe University OF Chat
tanooga, and c. F. Neil, West Virginia
University