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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-12-30

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: wish to call attention TO an out
rage-one that can be corrected by some
one who has the authority to do so.
I am one among many who travel on
the Madison avenue surface cars coming
from uptown, and at AID street have to
60 to the west on 42d street. What
complain about is the daily habit OF con-
ductors on the downward trip OF stop
ping at the north side of 43d street and
then notifying the passengers that the
next stop will be Vanderbilt avenue. This
compels one to travel from the north side
of 4Sd street across that street and the
block between that street and AID street:
otherwise the passenger is obliged to
travel from Vanderbilt avenue west when
the car does not stop at 42d street. If
the cars were to stop on the south side Of
43d street as they do on all the other
corners, II would not be so bad. Stopping
on the north side Of 43d street the per-
sons getting off often have to wait for
teams TO cross before they can go on to
42d street. Having paid to ride to where
want to get off j protest with many
others that We do not get what we pay
for. A DAILY SUFFERER.
New York. Dec. 49,. 1912
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-12-30
LETTING WITNESSES DECAMP.

We do not know whether to admire
Police Commissioner Waldo's earlier
method with alleged grafters or his
later. When Becker was accused the
commissioner was careful In the ex-
treme. Nothing could hurry him into
action against his subordinate until he
had evidence which court would ac-
cent. Now that Fox is accused he
hastens to suspend the alleged CRATER
and then allows his evidence TO take
wings.
All the energies Of the Police De-
partment are now being bent to the
finding of the missing witnesses
against Fox. 1t will strike the public
that the energies of the Police Depart
mcnt might have been devoted TO pre-
venting Sipp and Dorian from running
away. or at least TO preventing them
from being intimidated into running
away. With all the officers at ms
command Mr.. Waldo ought to be able
10 keep his witnesses where he wants
them and TO protect them from an
noyance.
II the Police Department wanted
those witnesses why didn't it keep
Them within reach? Will it get them
back? The ability of Mr.. Waldo's
force to catch witnesses against itself
is under suspicion. The men now sour
rvinc over the earth to find the VII
nesses necessary to prove that there Is
more than zone little lieutenant graft
Ing pulled the bedclothes off Schepps
I'm the Catskills and let him depart Tor
Hot Springs. For weeks they knew
what automobile the wives of Lefty
Louie and "Gyp" the Blood used in
visiting the gunner and where it was
stabbed. but they could not follow IL
from Manhattan TO Brooklyn.
The best rule for Mr. Dougherty 10
follow is to profit by the lessons OF the
Becker case and order his men to in
tcrcept and inspect every taxicab ap-
preaching Police Headquarters. He
may thus be able to catch the men ne
wants before they knock at his door.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-12-30
Enoland's Tiniest Admiral.

Admiral Sir John Jellicoe, VINO mas JUS
been appointed to the office OF Second oe'
Lord of the Naval Department, at Whi'e
hall, is, barring midshipmites, tine nlV''
diminutiye officer OF the senior serVio',
differing in this respect from Adhli'"'
Prince Louis OF Battenberg, whose p'a.'
he Is taking. Yet. in spite OF his ore'"!
OF stature, he won fame in his Nou"es
DAYS as a football player, as an all roupS
athlete and az a boxer He mas see"
plentv OF fighting. As sub-lieutenant W
was present at the bombardment OF arc
andria, and afterward took part IN '"s
battle of Tel-el-Kebir as member
the Naval Brigade.
Jellicoe was Ill, suffering from MAN.
fever. on board the Victoria, when W..
rammed by the Camperdown, and sent y
the bottom Of the Mediterranean, carr,
ind down with her Admiral Sir Geo's.
Tryon, and moro than six hundred onic'''
and men. but miraculously escaped.
Indeed, having entered the water WIZ.
his temperature was 1893. he was hsheo w.
at the normal 9S, cured OF his Illness y
that IL was irreverently said that no
born TO bo hanged. He was badly wona~
cd in the attempt to relieve the to'e'.
legations at Picking twelve yeats ago. VIM,
serving as chief Of STAFF OF AoIeiiaA
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-12-30
LET WOMEN DO THE CARVINGl
Equal Rights Principle Would Then
Be INDICATED, Says a Reader.

To the Editor OF The Tribune.
Sir: We were greatly amused the other
day by an article in one Of our dailies en-
titled Suffrage Talk Between the Acts at
tho Montauk," especially when former
Assistant District Attorney Elder. In mis-
speech, said: There are many In
stances OF the fact that we have been
acting on the principle that women are
inferior to men" etc. He said that the
fact that the man OF the family was al
lowed to sit at the head OF the table ana
carve the dinner was one OF the better
indications that women felt themselves
inferior to those whom he termed the
lords Of creation" and one reason why
women should fight for equal rights. An
other reason. said Mr.. Elder, was that
the term 'old maid" was a reproach,
while the word bachelor was not.
Now, II the fact that men usually do
the carving and thus show their SUI
perlority is a reason why women should
fight for equal rights" why not change
off awhile and let man pour the tea and
coffee, while woman sways the carving
knife? AS to "old maids" we did not
know that equal rights" were going to
affect this term and, in the speakers
Judgment, put an old maid on equal terms
with an old bachelor Well we must
get out of our little shell and go TO some
OF the suffrage conventions" as our Flat
bush friend suggested. These powerful
arguments are enough to make US get
somewhere. X.
Mattltuck. Long Island. Dec. o. 1912.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-12-30
THE CANAL AND THE NAVY.

Mr. J. +. FraZer's discussion in 1.-THE
London Standard" of the relation be-
tween the Panama Canal and the
American navy is in some degree
reminiscent Of Holiness katydid. 1t
says a number Of undisputed things
Gin such solemn way Perhaps the
repetition of them j. revelation to
British readers. Certainly 1t is not to
thoughtful Americans who have paid
attention to the subject. 1t is obvious
that the canal will in sense be 1.-THE
weakest link in Americas chain OF
"defences." That is to say. it will
form an integral and essential part Of
our coast line, and being the most re-
mote part Of it will be most difficult
TO protect in the ordinary way. TO
any threatened point on the coast
from Maine to Texas an army could
he hurried to prevent hostile land
ing. but nothing Of the sort could be
done at Panama, and the canal would
have to depend upon permanent local
defences and the navy.
There is another consideration. Hos
tile seizure of any other point on the
coast would affect chiefly that point
itself and it alone. 1t would not bar
intercourse between other parts OF the
littoral. But seizure or impairment OF
the canal would instantly bar all mari
time intercourse between orr Atlantic
and Pacific coasts and would separate
the two portions Of our navy which
might be in those respective oceans
lust as though the canal had never
been constructed. That is the fact
which makes those fifty miles by far
the most important part Of our whole
coast line from the strategic point OF
view. And these two circumstances
are what make it essential that the
canal shall be provided with the most
powerful Notifications that can he con-
structed.
There ia also a somewhat amusing
naTvete in Mr.. FraZer's observation
that Americans are likely soon to real
NC ludt, III VIC" VI il' BoSHlbiiit' VI
the canals being seized or INSTRUCTED,
il will be necessary for them to main
tain on each coast fleet capable Of
holding it's own against any opponent
without the help of that on the other
coast. Even If this is true. il would
he the height Of absurdity to suggest
that the canal thus demanded
greater increase Of naval power than
would otherwise be necessary. for Of
course. If there were no canal the
maintenance of such Il fleet on each
ocean would be mt least as necessary
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-12-30
PRODUCE BY PARCELS POST.

The Housewives League, which has
been causing q furry in the egg mar
ket in various cities, announces that II
will attack the high cost Of living from
a different angle. 1t purposes to open
q bureau in the city which shall regis
ter the names and addresses Of all who
wish to purchase butter, eggs and other
farm produce direct from the farmers
10y way of the parcels post service and
Of all the farmers within fifty miles
of the city who are willing to sell their
produce direct to consumers. Later
similar bureaus will be formed III
other cities. For its services as mid
dleman the league will make no charge.
1t is hoped to enlist the services or
local oranges and the State Grange IN
awakening the farmers to their oppor-
tunitics under new conditions OF al
rectly reaching consumers.
1t is an interesting experiment. lie
cause of the limit Of size and weight
of parcels to be shipped by the parcels
post service II is not to be expected
that this scheme will break the high
cost Of living or do much more than
dent 1t. However, it may afford linn
tied number Of small farmers a chance
TO sell their output in small lots at
somewhat better prices than they
could get by disposing Of small crop
in a lump. 1t may also make II pos
sible for persons Of average means 10
obtain limited quantities OF butter
eggs. fruits and vegetables fresh from
the farms at approximately what they
now pay their retail dealers for those
supplies, or, under happy circuln
stances. Mt some reduction. For
number Of years the Long Island Rail-
roads experimental farm has been
shipping hampers Of fresh fruit ana
vegetables by express to consumers IN
Manhattan and Brooklyn, and they ar
rive in good condition. The plan o'
the Housewives League VIII he worth
while If il does no more than extend
the consumption OF really fresh farm
produce.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-12-30
THE TALK OF THE DAY.

Labor union tyranny and McNamaras
and bombs can't scare that valiant old
warrior and veteran newspaper man Gen
eral Harrison Gray otis. on October /.
1910 the home Of his newspaper THE
Los Angeles Times" was blown up by the
Mcnamara brothers and score of his
staff were killed. Recently General Otis
moved his big newspaper family into a
new building, which he described In a
commemorative edition as follows: THE
aim Of the builders has been to make the
building as nearly fireproof, earthquake
proof and dynamite proof as is humanity
possible. and also to make 1t exactly
suited to the practical and exacting re-
quirements OF the expanded and expand
ing business. The new building Is wider
deeper, higher into the air. extends
farther into the earth and is more solid
massive. enduring and imposing in APP
pearance than was the destroyed struct-
ure." The souvenir issue of The Times"
I'm large part memorial To the victims
OF the explosion of 1910, marked the first
occupancy OF the new structure.
Llttlc BOY iWnO READS tle newspapers,
to fhs father on Christmas Day)-Papa
have those women who are walking to
Albany reached there yet?
Younger Brother (who also reads the
newspapers. in an indignant and superior
marner)-Those aren't women. They're
suffragettes!
II cost the State OF Maine small frac-
ton over two mills an acre TO patrol and
protect from fire "A vast territory OF wild
lands i'm northern Maine In the last hunt
ing season This territory was under the
direction of Hosea Il. Buck, of Bangor.
chief warden under Forest Commissioner
Mace. and IL includes % townships, EN-
bracing an area of 2.Sl7,l99 acres. and IL
valued. according to the report OF the
assessors for 1910. at s9.527,19o. THE Ken
nebec Journal says that the fire dis
lrict tax OF one and one-half mills on this
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-12-30
Only Monarch on the Turf.

King George. the only relgning sov.
reign i'm the world who maintains a rae.
ing stable. and whose colors. duly regis
tered. are to be seen OH the racetrack
has won 20 many OF the lesser racss
during the past year that his stud shows
net profit Of $4,000 over the cost Of the
training and upkeep OF the horses. The
sale OF yearlinss is also a source Of con-
siderable profit. Owing TO this he has
decided to continue his active connection
with the turf for at least another two
years, and all arrangements for the rae
ing of his horses, and their entries, ara
being made in accordance with this plan.
This will doubtless serve to set at res,
the stories extensively printed few
weeks ago that he had determined to
give up racing, I'm Difference TO the al.
legged prejudices of Queen Mary against
that particular form OF sport.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-12-30

for cars and other forms OF equipment
and there has been heavy purchasing
of steel billets in some sections. The
footwear trade has shown an improve
ment. although the tendency Of prices
i'm leather is downward. An evidence
of the healthy business situation may
be found in the tremendous increase in
exports. which last week broke all
previous records. Exports were S4.136,-
900 larger this year than in the corre-
spending period In 1911.
The money situation remains about
the same for commercial purposes as IL
has been for some time. Throughout
the country there seems to be suf-
ficient supply to meet the commercial
demands. but until after the first Of the
year money will remain firm, with pos
sibly some tendency toward higher
rates. In the foreign money markets
there is still considerable strain, and.
while the situation is not serious, ii VIII
require a settlement of Continental po-
litical differences to afford much relief.
The impulse with which this country S
business will he started in 1913 bids
fair to carry prosperity over the OBJ
stacles which tariff agitation and Euro
pean uncertainty would naturally
throw in the way OF development.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-12-30
BACKSLIDING
More Stores Open at Night This Year
than Last. Says G. L. Member.

To the Editor Of The Tribune
Sir: VIII you publish this correction or
a statement made I'm an editorial printed
I'm Yesterdays edition? 1t says-regardlls
the opening of the stores in the evenings
before Christmas-"This year has seen a
continuance OF the good example Oh mod-
Grafton set In 1911. a few large stores
have kept open little longer on satur-
day evenings, but in general the lncite-
ments of the past TO overwork ana over
buying have been agreeably iacklns'
You have. I am sure, been misinformed.
The facts are these the data given me
by floorwalkers in the open stores "nen
inspected them OH Saturday evening"
Docemher 2D: Most of those visited on
Sixth avenue and I4th street had remained
open Saturday evening. 18th; Friday even
ing. 2Oth were then open Saturday eve
ing, 2lst, and, it was expected, would De
open Monday evening, I'D, and Christmas
Eve. Two OF them were open an additionai
evening, Thursday, 18th.
So IL was a step backward in most OF
the stores from the holiday season OF
1911.
III the New 10TH pupiIS JUN W ~"
TO the burden which it puts upon Depart
rnent store employees by shopping in the
evening this burden could be lifted. And
am sure that The Tribune does not wish
10 voice improvement when the facts
show backsliding.
MARY r. SANFORD.
Member OF Governing Board OF Consum-
ers' League.
Maui York Dec B. 1912.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-12-30
TRIBUNE'S HELP
PAPER Won Especial Gratitude OF
Public Christmas Tree Workers.

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: As one OF the workers for the ope"-
air Christmas tree L wish to express 10
you and your staff of reporters sincere
thanks and appreciation for your splen-
did cooperation in launching the pubic
Christmas celebration idea and your sup
mort and protection OF the ideal side OF
the ''nee of light"
our effort has had the most oeau'iiu III
and hearty cooperation and assistance
from public officials. business concerns
and private individuals and the entire Guy
press
Your esteemed paper has earned our
special gratitude for having courteousi'
withheld from publication the informa-
ton you had In advance of others uhtii
we were completely ready with our plans
With gratitude for your help and sup
port Of ideallsm,
ONE OF THE WORKERS.
New York, Dec %. 1912.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-12-30
THE RULE OF SENIORITY

The rule of seniority In committee
amendments which Mr. Bryan Ge-
nounces has obtained for years in the
United states Senate largely because
OF its practical convenience. 1t has
made for 'orderliness and peace. In
legislative body in which committees
ere chosen by committee on commit
tees. responsible to a party caucus, the
difficulties OF applying the strict rule
Of merit commended by Mr.. Bryan are
obvious. There is no standard of merit
10 which all applicants for posts of
distinction would be willing to sub
scribe. What constitutes merit in one
aspirants opinion may be construed as
. demerit in the opinion of another.
Both parties in the Senate have there
fore brought in an impersOnal ex-
trapeous standard which could be APP
piled mechanically and which would
bear impartially on all. 1t may not
have been the most accurate measure
Of capacity, but, at least, it was I'M
prejudiced, and it prevented a contest
for official recognition from degenerat-
ing into party civil war
The practice Of seniority preferment
has its drawbacks. 1t tends to con-
centrate power In the hands of few.
since the members of longest service
who obtain chairmanships under 1t
also become the ranking members Of
other committees on which they serve.
H. body like the Senate, where there
are many committees and most Sen
ators have TO take five or six commit
tee assignments, the veterans get the
hest places on the most Important COM
mittees, and often have more work to
do than they can attend to satisfac-
tOrily. II was frequent complaint In
the closing weeks Of the last session Of
Congress that certain Senators were
assigned by reason Of their rank to too
many conference committees, thus
holding up the settlement OF disputes
arising with the House
In the lower branch of Congress the
evils of seniority advancement have
been done away with by the adoption
OF the rule that the chairman of an
important committee shall not serve
on any other committee That innO-
walton was easy to make, because the
House has a membership large enough
10 constitute all the committees with
out much duplication. But no such
scheme would work in the Senate,
which has only ninety-six members
and maintains seventy-one committees,
each with from three TO seventeen
members. If the seventy-one chair
men were to be barred from other
committee service the other twenty-five
Senators would have to serve on about
fifty committees apiece.
If the six hundred TO seven hundred
committee appointments in the Senate
were to be made on merit basis alone,
each Congress might see series Of
personal and fractional feuds as bitter
as those OF the Kentucky mountains.
Before transacting any business it
would have to be decided who were
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-12-30
|RELAND'S NEW FLAG
Nationalist Accept Union Jack
Charged with Harp.

Copyright. 1912. by the Brentwood Connanv
Ireland's official flag after the Iom.
Rule bill becomes law will, by agreerner,
between the government and the Ma.
tionalist party, not be the green flag with
the golden harp, which figures as IN.
standard Of Erin In this country. hut N.
Union Jack, or imperial flag as displavaA
by the great dependencies Of the British
Crown.
The Union Jack is already by sta,u,.
the flag of the empire. Canada An.
tralia, New Zealand and South Afric.
each make use of the Union Jack IN IN.
field of which is shown the special ba,
aldic device Of the self-governing IA
tendency in question.
so 1t will be with ireland. A ouartsr =,
the flag will be devoted 10 the T-nion
Jack. while on the remainder OF the rod
white or blue field. as the case NAV 10
there will be the heraldic charge OF rra.
land, presumably the harp.
AS stated by the leader OF the National.
lists In the House of Commons the otbsr
day, the Union Jack, which dates from,
the Union in 1900, has hitherto been re-.
garded with hatred by an overwhelming
majority of the Irish people as symbol,,
ing the loss Of their legislative linda.
pendence. But once the Union is repealed
and autonomy granted to Ireland-oncs
Ireland is admitted into the empire on
terms OF equality and honor with ths
other great dependencies OF the crown
the Union Jack. with the Irish charss
will become the emblem OF a centennial
ireland.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-12-30
Royal Birthdays at Christmas.

Denmark's new Queen, like her UNCLE
King George OF Greece, and her nineteen
year-old cousin, Prince Viggo. youngest
son OF Prince Waldemar Of Denmark, en-
Joys the distinction of having been nos"
on Christmas Eve; that is TO say, In ule
night intervening between the dayhsht VI
December "A and %. To these must DC
added the elder OF the two DoWage'
Grandduchesses OF LcXemburs lgraho-
mother of the present occupant OK us
grandducal throne); also Princess FRAN
colse Of Orleans, the ten-year-old uaus"
ter Of the Duke and Duchesse de uuis7'
the duchesse being a sister or tAe DuA'
of Orleans. and the Duo de Guise the ON!
surviving son of the late Due de Charues'
who served on the staff OF General Geors'
Is. Mcclellan during the civil War IN 'h''
country.
In English speaking countries ana IN
Scandinavia births on Christmas Eve OF
on Christmas Day are accounted lucky
But In other parts OF Europe they srs
considered very unlucl;y. ana the man!
tragedies which darkened the life OF Ein'
press Elizabeth Of Austria, tnally cur
minating in her assassination at Geneva
are ascribed by numbers Of people 10 'he
fact that she was born on Christmas
Eve. Folklore throughout the South "a
Europe. not only in Latin countries ou'
also In some parts OF the Balkans, mas
taught for hundreds of years past that q
terrible blight rests upon those born Oh
Christmas Eve ard Christmas Day popu'
lar superstition holding such births 10 |"
sacrilegious.