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New-York tribune., 1912-07-14

info 100 ner cent Of dichlorobutane tlat
into 90 per cent of butanediehe' ana
that finally into 100 per cent of rubber
beginning thus with raw materlai a'
one or two cents a pound, and securing
so large a percentage OF the hlisneu
product. the estimates Of synthetic ruo-
Der in commercial quantities at % Genus
n Mound. or one-fourth the present price
Of natural rubber. do not seem extra'a-
CANT.
That does not mean, OF course, that
natural rubber is to be superseded AZ
once. The increase in demand for ruD-
Der has for some years so far exceeded
the increase Of supply as to force prices
to high figure. But we may expect the
growth Of plantations and the improve
ment Of processes TO cause a swinging
of the pendulum in the other direction
There are those who estimate that
natural rubber can be produced prollt-
ably at less than half It's present price.
The net result of the great discoveries
OF Messrs. Tilden, Perliin. Ramsay,
Fernbach and their colleagues Is thus
likely to mean not the destruction of a
great industry. but such a complement
ing Of It as will promote other indus
tries by largely reducing the cost Of
what has become one Of the most neces-
sary and most widely used Of the raw
materials Of construction.
New-York tribune., 1912-07-14
"HONOR

The Evening Mail" asks if "'honor
against his judgment, his conscience
"and the will of his constituents toof"
assuming, of course. that otherwise he
must vote for Mr.. Roosevelt. We answer
unhesitatingly. No. But "honor" does re-
quire him to run II he runs at all on the
ticket and only on the ticket Of the candi-
date for whom he intends to vote
Honor" does forbid him while favoring
the candidate Of the National Progressive
party, as IL calls itself to ask for votes
or under the name Of the Democratic
party, as Mr.. Roosevelt suggests is to be
done in North Carolina.
All the talk about thwarting the peo-
ple's will at Chicago is beside the mark.
The right Of revolution is unqueStiOned
Those who believe themselves wronged
by a government or party can revolt or
bolt But they cannot he both inside
and outside an organization. Mr.. ROose-
welt is running as the National Progress
sive candidate. All those who for any
reason desire to vote for him should have
the fullest privilege of doing 1t under his
party name. and he is in honor bound to
leave those who wish to vote for Mr..
Taft or Mr. Wilson an equal opportunity
to vote for them under their party
names. That is plain matter Of
honor" No casuistry about Mr.. Taft
not being the 'rightful nominee or
about Mr. Roosevelt being a better repre-
sentative Of Progressive sentiment In
North Carolina than Mr.. Wilson can OBJ
scure IL or excuse an attempt Of Mr..
Roosevelt to fllch electors voted for by
adherents of the old parties on the
strength of the old party names.
Honor" does not trick itself ont in its
rivals liveries on any pretence.
New-York tribune., 1912-07-14
TWO TREATIES,

The suggestion is made in connection
with the present diplomatic controversy
over the control of the Panama Canal
that Great Britain may still retain some
measure of the equities guaranteed 10
her by the ClaytOn-Bulwer treaty or
April 10, 1850. OF course, if she does,
those equities must be scrupulously re-
spected. But the first article of the
Hay-Pauncefote treaty Of November Is
1901, reads as follows:
The high contracting parties agree
that the present treaty shall supersede
the aforementioned convention OF the
18th April 1850.
The Hay-PaunCefote treaty therefG"e
supersedeS without reservation, the
Clayton -Bulwer treaty. That fact GER
tainly seems to give ground for the con-
tention that the Clayton-Bulwer treaty
has completely lapsed. and that there
fore all rights. equities. privileges and
immunities which either of the sigma
tories enjoyed under and because OF 1t
have likewise lapsed. If that conten-
ton be upheld, 1t is solely TO the Hay
Pauncefote treaty that Great Britain
must look for her equities at Panama.
The Clayton Bulwer treaty Is dead. All
that is left of it is the stipulation in
the preamble Of the Hay-Pauncefote
treaty that there shall be no impair
ment of the general principle Of neu-
tralization established in Article s of
the Clayton Bulwer instrument. That
general principle is Comprehensiyely
reaffi ned in the much-quoted clauses Of
the Hay Pauncefote treaty about terms
Of entire equality" for the shipping Of
all nations.
However, If 1t he deemed desirable to
bark back 10 the defunct Clayton-Bulwer
treaty. It is TO he observed that the
eighth article Of II. the general princi-
pie" Of which IS maintained by the Hay
Pauncefote treaty, specifically places
the Tehuantepec Railroad in precisely
the same category as the Panama Canal
and gives TO the United States exactly
the same equities in and control over
that great British work that Great Brit
ain has in and over the American canal
at Panama
New-York tribune., 1912-07-14
DYING ART.

On the plea that business was going
TO the dogs, piemaker in Chicago has
succeeded in stopping "A proposed in
crease in his company's tax assessment
"Pie has decreased in popularity with
the masses" he told the Tax Board
Its place is ssjng taken by fruit, ice
cream and salads" 1t is lamentable
confession, and one which on purely SEN
timental grounds will cause grief In
every corner Of the land. Pie, the great
American food. falling into unpopularity
and its place being usurped by fruits and
watery ices and foreign-born gala 's-tho
thought is fraught with sadnCS5. And
yet, was 1t not inevitable?
The pie making Of old. OH which basis
pie gained its wordrous hold on the
American stomach ard the American
Imagination. was an art. That art Is
commercialized pie making has become
Il thing Of machinery and unionized
labor Real pie. save in few sacred
shrines, is only memory. Its place has
been uSurped and its name stolen by Il
standardized thing of commerce bearing
as much resemblance TO potato salad as
to genuine pie. Compare that which at
present is known as mince pie to the
mince pie Of twenty or thirty years ago
Of beef and all manner Of
New-York tribune., 1912-07-14
WANTS BENNETT FOR GOVERNOR.
the Editor OF The Tribune.

To the Editor OF The Tribune
Sir: Now that the choice for President
has been made by both parties. It is time
that Republicans set about seriously to
consider winning candidate for Governor
OF the State OF New York al the coming
elect!on-not an easy task, every one will
agree
This year We need the very best man we
can get-one, II possible, who has not been
offensive in his support OF either faction OF
the party. n vote getter. one who has been
before the public with long and favorable
record, one having accomplished something
and who could he relied upon 10 accomplish
a great deal more.
Just as we wish the Fourth of July to be
safe and sane, so he should be. as a Pro-
gressive, always working onward and up
ward, knowing what the majority OF the
people need and want and meeting their
desires.
While We have some very good men, any
one of whom would have been a winner In
the past, know OF only one possessing all
the necessary qualifications to win this year
one who has already to his credit a
splendid record as Assembly yman Judge and
Congressman, friend of every class. race,
creed and color. Ex-ConsreBsman William
S. Bennet is the man. c. J. DANEY.
New York, July 10, 1872
New-York tribune., 1912-07-14
SYNTHETIC RUBBER.

The first Of the three fundamental
questions concerning synthetic rubber
must now be regarded as cOnvincingly
answered in the affirmative. 1t is scien-
tifcally possible to make It, For this
we have the assurance of Professor Per
kin, son Of the inventor Of aniline dyes,
given in a recent address before the So
Ciety Of Chemical Industry, In London;
Of Professor Fernbach, of the Pasteur
Institute, In a personal statement by him
in "The Morning Post" Of London-and
1t Is noteworthy that an essential factor
in the process is that very bacterial fer
mentatlon in the investigation Of which
Pasteur hims,E began his ilustrious ca
reer-of Sir William Ramsay, also in a
statement in The Morning Post" and of
other scientific men of the highest au-
thority and most prudent judgment.
There Is no doubt and no difficulty I'm the
way. Rubber can be made artifcially,
with entire certainty.
The second question has TO do with
the industriai acceptability of the syn
thetic product, and this also seems to
be answerable in the affirmative. 1t is
true that experience, dependent upon
time, may be necessary to test fully the
durable qualities Of synthetic as COM
pared with natural rubber. At present
the product Of the laboratory seems to
be fully equal to that Of the forest in
strength, elasticity, impermeability, re-
sistance to electricity, and, indeed, in
every conceivable respect In addition,
1t has the superiority Of being more uni
form in texture and quality. This is
what might be expected, seeing that the
two forms Of rubber are chemically
identical-a polymeride Of isoprene.
The third question is commercial. VIII
1t pay? Can synthetic rubber be made
as cheaply aG natural rubber can be
obtained? This must be answered by
experience. but confidence is expressed
that the answer will be favorable. Sir
William Tilden'S original synthesiS cs
rubber was made from turpenfinr
which was obviously too costly. Rur
now Professor Fernbach has done the
work by fermenting starch-frOm corn.
potatoes or other sources-so as to pro-
duce one-third acetone and two thirds
butyl alcohol. The latter Is transformed
into 100 per cent Of butyl chloride that
New-York tribune., 1912-07-14
GOOD TIMES Or HARD TIMESi

The new chairman Of the Republican
State Committee in Pennsylvania, Mr..
Wasson, hit the nail on the head when
he said the other day that the real
issue of the Presidential campaign in
the great manufacturing states will be
between reasonable protection and con-
tinued prosperity under President Taft
and hard times under President Wilson.
Pennsylvania. New Jersey, West Vir
ginia, Ohio and Illinois voted at Chicago
to make Colonel Roosevelt the Republi-
can nominee, and many Republicans in
those states were disappointed when
Mr. Taft was nominated. While that
feeling of disappointment was still fresh
some of these voters were inclined to
think that the personal antagonisms
generated at Chicago would persist un-
til the polls closed next November and
that the only issue to be decided would
be whether the choice Of the conven-
tion was wise and all its actions COM
mendable. But already dissatisfied Re-
publicans in those states are beginning
to see the folly Of ignoring the broader
questions Of national policy involved in
fight for the control Of the national
government.
The record Of the Chicago convention
is of little practical consequence now
compared with the assault sure 10 be
made on our Industrial system should
Mr.. Wilson become President by the aid
OF Republican dissensions. The Demo
cratic candidate is Il doctrinaire on the
tariff issue and his party has pledged
itself to a revision Of tariff rates which.
II modelled On what the Democratic
majority in the present House Of Rep
resentativeS has been doing, will GER
tainly upset industry, reduce wages and
bring about an era of lower prices by
the simple device Of reducing the pur-
chasing power Of the consumer When
all become poorer prices must fall, and
the present Democratic programme aims
at solving the problem Of the high cost
of living by forcing the community
down to lower level of wages and
consuming capacity.
The people Of the great industrial
states are much more directly inter-
ested in the economic threat behind the
Wilson candidacy than they are In the
disputes provoked at the Chicago con-
vention. There mag be some persons
who want to see prices cut down
through checking industry inviting for
eign competition and reducing the earn
ing and spending power Of labor But
the workingmen In the manufacturing
states do not belong to that class. They
want to see wages maintained and op.
portunities Of employment widened, and
they are beginning to realize that the
best way to defend themselves is to
defeat The New Jersey advance agent
New-York tribune., 1912-07-14
SOCIAL NOTES FROM NEWPORT
fBy Telegraph to The Tribune,l

fBy Telegraph to The Tribunel
Nawport. July l3-About all or the
.,,,,r,ar residents gave way this evening,
as far as entertaining was concerned lor
Mrs. Stuyvesant Fish. who gave her iFs'
large social affair OF the season at Cross-
vavs II was a dinner for eighty, 1ol-
lowed by brief entertainment and gem
eral dancing. which lasted until midnight.
In the way of entertainment Mrs. Fish
had NJ, Biator and Mile. Hardla, two Rus
ton athletic dancers, who gave their diff
Hcult dance in the ballroom Immediately
after dinner.
luncheon parties were held to-day by
George 3. DeForest at the Newport FISH
ing Club. Mrs. Arthur Curtiss James MRS.
William V. Pratt, Mrs. I. Suffern Taller
and Mrs. Gordon Douglass, at their sum
mer homes, and former Commodore ana
Mrs Cornelius Vanderbilt on board the
steam yacht North Star.
Mrs. Julian McCarty Little, Mrs. Il.
Hayward Ferry and Mrs. ]. ]. Mason were
dinner entertainers tonight. The latter
followed her affair with dancing, when
was attended by the guests from Mrs
Iittle's. Mrs Belmont gave dinner Tor
her house party.
Mr.. and Mrs George B. DeForest are
entertaining Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Fre-
linghuysen. Of Tuxedo.
Miss Anna Sands has arrived for the
summer and Is occupying her cottage on
Berkeley avenue.
Former Commodore James and E. Hay
ward Ferry returned from New York this
morning on the Aloha.
Miss Edith Deacon arrived tonight TO
visit her grandmother. Mrs. Charles III.
Baldwin. This is Miss Deacon's first New
port visit since the death of her fancee.
George Lee Peabody.
There was a big crush at the Casino
this morning. accounted for by the large
number of weekend guests. Registered
during the day were Arthur Carroll. New
York. guest of Mrs. Clermont l.. Best:
William Scott Pyle. New York. guest OF
f. Hayward Ferry; James w. Adams.
New York, and Mrs. George o. Wales,
Braintree, Mass. guests of Mr.. and Mrs.
James Griswold Wentz, Harry p. Cross.
Providence. guest Of r. / 0ammell;
New-York tribune., 1912-07-14
PEOPLE and Social Incidents

Franklin Paris, New York guest OF DR..
]. j. Mason; Mr.. and Mrs. Lewis Nixon.
New York, guests of Mrs. o. H. p Bel
mont: Mr. and Mrs. Paul Ronynge, Piping
Rock. L. l., guests Of Mr.. and Mrs Charles
VI. Bull: Frederick II. Allen. New York
guest of Mrs. John r. Drexel Sidney Har-
r,s and Gilbert Francklyn. New York,
guests Of r. T. Wilson, jr.; r. Horace
Gallatin, New York; Mr.. and Mrs.
oliver Whitman and r. Sanford Beatty.
New York. guests Of Mrs. o. H. P. Bel
mont: Mr.. and Mrs f. w. Rhinelander
and Mrs. Henry Y. Satterlee, New York;
Willard Roby, New York, guest Of General
j. Fred Pierson; Benjamin Nicoll, New
York, guest of T. Suffern Taller; Stephen
B. Elkins. New York. guest or K. Liv-
ingston Beeckman; Ralph NJ. Johnson.
New York, guest Of Commander William
V. Pratt L. S. N; John Russell Pope.
New York, guest Of Stuart Duncan; Her
bert Parsons, New York, guest OF Henry
Clews: r. w. stevenson, jr., New York,
guest of Mrs. William Grosvenor; W. W.
Low, L. S. NJ. c.; II. NJ. Bemis. U, S. ";
+. II. Van Patten. u. s. N; Isaac Clothier
Philadelphia; Captain Frank w. Kellogg.
L. S N: Charles Gibson. Boston, guest
OF Mrs. J. J. Mason.
Mrs. J. +. A. Clarke is entertaining her
sister, Miss Dorothy Bigelow. OF England,
who was a visitor here last season and
became quite popular with the younger
set. Mrs. Poultney Bigelow will visit here
later in the season.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. A. F'inlay, Of New York,
who have rented the Eldredge cottage on
Ochre Point, arrived with their family to-
day.
]. Gordon Douglas. J. Norman DER.
Whitehouse and Forsythe Wickes returned
from New York this evening. Mr.. and Mrs.
]. Stewart Barney returned on the steam
yacht Cavalier.
Mrs. Ralph y. Ellis, Of New York. Is
guest of Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt at Beau-
lieu
G. NJ. Woolsey, of New York, is visiting
Mrs. French Vanderbilt, and Mr.. and Mrs.
Arthur Scott Burden are guests OF Mrs.
Burke Roche. Baron Won Reibnitz has ar
rived from Washington. joining the at
taches of the German Embassy.
New-York tribune., 1912-07-14
NEW YORK FROM THE SUBURBS

sneaking OF toes, doctors say that |h..s
women have prettier feet than their 80 ~,
York sisters, but isn't II really because 80,
see moro OF them ?-Charleston News
Courier -.
In New York IL still is considered eoiH' -.
ton note but IN the one night stanos -
r,ghtlv spectacle OF Lew Fields CHOKING
weber is not considered the Joke It once
Topeka Capital
Most OF the families on New iorAs -,
side" says a settlement worker, are ls"y,.,,
IN matters OF food, and Il is quite i'sNs a.,
ocrrrence 10 find a baby III thet mas -.
been fed with fried cabbage and bee" ns,
Ger such circumstances, New foF" u"
mortality statistics are easily eNp'""
Boston Globe. ,,
Recent excavations in New YORK nav ,oyx
closed the rusting remnants OF the iF0' .nsL
leading into an eigAt-foot masonry re
o,c end OF IL curved under Broadway hSs'
CITY Hall and the other was near ..,a
street. This is all that remains OF the % %
Pneumatic Transit Compauy's tube ',.s
forty years ago. was the beginning ,u
york's great subway system The renia &
fact about this whole project OF A"...r,
Beach is that his plans were not nia 90
different from those OF George MeA"'
day.---Utica Uess,
New-York tribune., 1912-07-14
Prohibition National Convention Closes
at Atlantic City.

Atlantic City July l3.-After an all night
session Of the new national committee OF
the Prohibition party. which adjourned
ealy to-day, w. G. CalderwoOd, OF Mime
sofa. was defeated for reelection as secre-
tary OF the committee by Mrs. Frances
Beauchamp, president of the Kentucky
Woman's Christian Temperance Union.
Mr.. Calderwood was u leader in the In
surgent movement at the convention here
and the candidate put up to defeat Charles
r. Jones. national chairman, in the con-
test which resulted in the election OF Virgil
G. Hinshaw. OF Oregon, a compromise can
didate.
The action OF the national committee re-
tains control Of the party's administrative
body for the faction which has been in
power for several years. Members OF the
executive committee were chosen as fol-
lows:
Virgil G.. Hinshaw, chairman; J. b.
Lewis. OF Boston, vice-chairman Mrs.
Frances Beauchamp, Kentucky, secretary:
II. =. Faris. Missouri. treasurer; b. j. CID
ley Arizona; Finley G. Hendrickson, Mary
land: r. Fl. Patton, Illinois; +. w. Ener-
son. San Francisco, and w. q CslderWood.
nv n -
New-York tribune., 1912-07-14
THE DANTE STATUE.
To the Editor OF The Tribune.


Sir: a day or two ago l read In Tho
Tribune that the commission had refused
the statue OF Dante and no reason given.
a year ago l had the honor Of seeing tho
original plaster of this figure In the sculpt-
ors studio In Rome, and I think New
York City might be proud to accept a piece
OF work OF this kind. Ii certainly IS en-
cel!ent and would do much better for tho
education OF the public than many OF the
statues we have here or those pieces OF
sculpture work shown at the Academy ex-
hibtions, particularly that Of the last ex-
hibition.
| am an American born and bred. have
travelled a good deal. seen all the best
pieces of sculpture and paintings in Eng
land, France. Germany and Italy. have
studied art many years and feel confident
that am Gble 10 give this opinion unbiased.
Our American artists have yet to imbibe
the real artist spirit and say a piece OF
work is good no matter by whom It Is done
and not down 1t for fear 1t might take a
few dollars out OF their pockets.
CAROLINE LEVI.
No. IS Mt. Morris Park. July s, 1912
New-York tribune., 1912-07-14
, THE NEWS THIS MORNING.

CITY-Liquidation in stocks. -
Speaker Champ Clark called on Gov
ernor Wilson at Sea Girt. - The
dealings with the Jackson Brothers
Realty Company, in which an Ohio girl
lost $4,000, will lie considered by the
grand jury. - Colonel Roosevelt took
credit to himself for Senator Lorlmers
expulsion, saying; 1T was my fght' ana
it's my victory" - Sharp words were
exchanged between Judge OSullivan, Of
General Sessions, and Magistrate Butts
in the West Side police court. -
Republican leaders predicted that with
the use Of the double ballot those VINO
might wish to vote for Roosevelt cleo
tors would still vote the Republican
state ticket. - Neighbors Of Nathan
Swartz related various suspicious ac-
tions on the part Of his family the night
Julia Connors was murdered. - Dean
Kirchwey Of the Columbia Law School.
was named chairman Of the Roosevelt
provisional committee in New York
County.
DOMESTIC.-By a vote of % to 2S the
Senate declared the election OF William
Lorimer TO a seat in that body from
Illinois was invalid because Of corrupt
methods, and his name was stricken
from the rolls after he had ended his
final three-day speech in his own de-
fence. - 1t was announced at the
White House that the President would
not take the stump; assurances or sup
port from all over the country were re-
ceived by Mr.. Taft. -- In another pro-
test filed with the Secretary Of State
Great Britain objected to the House pro-
vision of the Panama Canal bill barring
railroad owned ships. - The Senate
committee investigating Presidential
campaign funds invited August Belmont
and William F. Sheehan to testify next
week at Washington. - Loans in the
national banks of the country showed
gain Of $71.137 ,S34, according to report
from Washington - No new cases or
bubonic plague in Cuba and Porto Rico
were reported TO Washington. - The
vote on the Beall bill prohibiting dealing
in cotton futures was postponed by the
House at Washington. - Senator
Bailey said he feared conditions like
those Of the French Revolution would
develop in the United States. - New
Bedford cotton manufacturers refused TO
abandon a new grading system and T.
0OO union men Will go out on Monday.
FOREIGN-Spain was believed TO
have received a collective note from
Great Britain and France pointing out
the duty Of enforcing the neutrality cf
its territory as regards the Portuguese
royalist uprising. - David Lloyd
George. Chancellor of the EXchequer,
was aSSdCIleQ IN LOQOOn Dy an pppO-
nent OF his national insurance scheme.
- Helen Craggs, suffragette. was
arrested. charged with plotting the de-
struction by fire Of the country residence
Of Lewis V Harcourt, Secretary Of
State for the Colonies; she pleaded
guilty and was held without bail. -
1t was reported that Italy was anxious
TO end the war with Turkey and would
Fay a heavy cash indemnity for TripCli
and the Hgean islands. - Paris
adopted a scheme for traffic regulation
devised by William Emo Phelps.
THE WEATHER.-Indicati for to-
day: Local showers. The temperature
yesterday: Highest, 75 degrees; low
kst IN
New-York tribune., 1912-07-14

an advanced standard of pay. In eight
buildings the pay ran from 81 62 to 81 20. In
thirtythree the weekly pay was S. In two
s. 50. and in six, Sc. The board Of man
ayers in four buildings Immediately author
i7ed a raise of pay, two from s. TO s. 30 and
two from S to s6. In four others the super
intendents expressed their intention of taxi
ing the matter up with the owners and were
hopeful of success. In ALL about two hum
dred women have already benefited"
Mas very much in favor Of third
party"
That so1'
Yes. she thinks It will give her another
excuse for a new gown."-Detroit Free
Press.