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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-03-27
NEW YORK FROM THE SUBURBS

when New York man with grievance
abuses the newspapers. the editors sometime
ind a subtle and complete revenge by siinpH
printing his hasty remarks in full.--WashinS'
ton star.
with those fourteen-foot election oa'0'"
everv New York citizen should be given
week of to vote-Pittsburgh Gazette-Times
II appears to be the ambition OF New iolA
exn,osionists TO make that city the Los An
eeIes OF the East-Elmira Advertiser.
II seems that New York City owns 700.
s14 600 900 worth OF Idle land Probably ~.
the benefit OF the idle men who hold Joos !"
the city Hail.-Charieston News and coui''''
Women in New York have asked the mean"
TO provide printed Slips WIZ"
can be passed out In subway trains ana SUI
face cars, warning women who wear ione
ha,pins of the menace they are TO o'h.'"
Bu, do women who wear Ions hatpins carer
Boston Globe
A garter snake fifteen inches long was I0u.s
on the ninth floor Of the waidorf-Astons
has been supposed heretofore that the oay
snakes at largo in New York were tnoss w.
OF the beverages imbibed in the lobster ps,a
OF the white light district.-Rochestsr oa''.
and Advertiser.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-03-27
THE THIRD TeRM-ANo AFTER.

Dr Harry Pratt Judson, president OF tbs Uni
yersitv Of Chicago on Mr.. Roosevelt and
the Third Term" in The Independent
Rut why stop with third term7 The sans
reasons will apply for a fourth term, or for any
number OF terms. Indeed. the continuous Presi-
dencv already has it's advocates. The outlook
OF February II. 1912. quoted approvingly us
former editorial Of April Is. 1879. In which u
was said: There is no objection TO three terms
or thirty terms, II the man is good one
or course. the only real justification OF the con-
tlnuous Presidency Is that there is only one man
I'm the Republic who is capable OF administering
the government wisely This was Just what was
so often asserted with reference to Presideai
Diaz Perhaps that Judgment was correct as 70
Mexico Are we prepared 10 believe that such
Judgment Is correct 10 the United stses'
Are we prepared TO enter on path which leads
directly toward the Naturalization OF our eoun-
try?
But We are told, IL the people want con-
tnuous Presidency why should they not have
one? At any quadrennial election he can be DE-
foated Possibly. Has II been so easy 70 unsea'
A political camarilla in all the states7 Has
been 50 easy TO choose reliable Legislatures ana
efficient city governmental Fdcilis deseersw
Ircyno The easiest way to prevent an unde-
slrable continuous Presidency is to stop whets
we are and to maintain the wise custom when
limits the President 10 two terms"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-03-27
TARIFF.

To tho Editor OF The Tribune.
Sir: Tariff Is A tax in restraint OF TRACE
between nations. When this nation was
brought forth II had no manufactures. by
unanimous consent the people of this nation
agreed to levy a tax on imports from for
cign nations OF manufactured commodities,
10 constitute n premium 70 induce skilled
labor and capital TO establish and operate
within the territorial limits Of this nation
factories for the manufacture of every
commodity needed 10 make this nation abb
solutely independent, within its own natural
resources. skill. ability and dominion.
To-day any necessary commodity that
cannot be produced and manufactured
within the territorial limits of the United
States as cheaply as by any foreign nation
deserves and should receive that protection.
Any article, machine or commodity manu-
featured in tho United States should be
sold in the United States at the lowest
price that Ike article. machine or COM
modify manufactured I'm tho United states
is sold I'm any foreign country.
This principle should be enforced by dras-
tic penal laws r. +. LEETE.
Reno New. March ~. 1912
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-03-27
CHJNA'S BAD FAITH.

The charge Of bad faith which ioul
orcat powers. including the unlteo
| states have made against China APP
nears to be strongly sustained ny 'h'
record. lust month ago an agreement
vos made between the Chinese govern
mont on the one hand and the "foui
nations" banks - American, br1'ISh
Eronch and Gcrman-On the other 1oi
tho exclusive financing of the former u!
the latter for the next four moutl9
Subsequently It was purpoScd TO e"
large the banking quartet To SeA'e'
nv the inclusion OF Russia ana Japan
hut Russia appears 10 have been unWii
line Tins to be associated with the
United States. The original agreement
of February 81 therefore STANDS ol
should stand, intact.
Strong opposition to that agreement
has now arisen i'm the Chinese National
Assembly. under the impulse OF WHICH
fine Prime Minister, Tang Shao-yi tor
the Chinese government has recently
cicnod loan contract with concern
outside Of the flour nations" syndicate
This is a combination Of the Chino-BeI
cian Rank. Belgian corporation, and
the Eastern Bank. British concern
This loan is for only SJ.OOO.rO at per
conf and Is issued ut %. and 1t Is pay
able I'm one year out Of the proceeds ol
another loan Of SJ0.O0O.oOo which Is
meantime 10 he foated. II Is against
this that the four powers are protesting
as breach Of faith. The chinese re-
NV is that the agreement Of February
o. referred TO loans on certain Speclhen
securities. and that the Kalgan railroad
which is pledged for this loan, is not one
Of those, Also, that this loan has been
sought from the Anglo-Bclgian Syndi'
cato bccausp the -four nations finan'
ciers failed 10 provide money at recent
critical iuncture when II was urgently
needed for the maintenance Of order.
If is unfortunate that such Il con-
trovcrsy should have arisen at this time,
for the reason that it may have detri-
mental effects upon the establishment Of
the republic. II is highly necessary for
China 10 possess the good will or the
powers and have access to financial re-
sources on DISTINGUISHED and impartial
terms. 70 ALLEVIATE the confidence and
sympathy of the powers would he I'M
fortunate, and 10 substitute for an I'm
partial international loan system one
belonging TO a single nation, or even n
pair Of nations might be seriously com
promising
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-03-27
WELDING OFT THE UNFIT,


The Carnegie Foundation for the M
vancement Of Teaching reports encouE-
aging progress in its campaign aea'nS,
sboddy graduate and proteSSi"''
schools. II says in the annual report
inst issued. "Of the leo medical schools
Sin the United states. ~ unworthy
zones have been forced ont of existence
Gin the last wear through the publicity
"ciypn them by the Foundation Med-
icaI colleges which exist chiefly for the
purpose of manufacturing medical 90
orecs are n curse 10 the country, because
the holders of these degrees scatter ana
nroctjse in communities which can nave
no knowledge except that gained by sah
ovrorience Of the superficial education
which such diplomas represent. lheSe
chpop and haSty institutions are
nlorue also 10 the medical profession
whose standards they lower and lnto
whose ranks they force practitioners Of
inferior mental and moral equipment
Nohodv interested in the public wei1ar"
can say goodby 10 the twenty-five van
ishcd institutions with the slightest
twingc of regret.
The Foundation is also warning
against an OvPrplus Of small engineering
schools. II hopes to eliminate the
weakest of these, Just as it has stamped
out the medical diploma factories anu
Tins ohviate the waste of resources
which results from multiplication or
low grade engineering school plants.
Finally. the Foundation announces
that II will extend its crusade to the
law schools. which are turning out manF
more LAWYERS than the country needs
President Pritchett is inclined to aScrlDe
many of the defects In the present au-
uinistration of the law 10 the multi
ulicatIon Of i'll trained lawyers. IN"
Greater the oycrsupply of lawyers the
harder Il is 10 obtain reforms In legal
procedure which would simplify Iitlga-
tion and reduce its cost. There IS not
epough business to go around now, ana
# litigation is to he made less comph-
Gated and costly n natural step IN that
direction would he 10 raise the stand
ards Of admission TO the bar ana 10 ne
crease the present pressure FOR il'ihs
in the legal profession.
The Foundation deserves great credlt
for the practical work It is doing in the
interest Of educational and professional
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-03-27
,ryr piCEEPS. aCOUITTAL.

THE PiCHERS ACQJI IAb'
The difficulty Of putting the really re-
sDousible man" in Jail is sufficiently
apparent now that the government ;
efforts against the Chicago packers have
come to naught and its case against the
"bathtub trust" has resulted liz dls-
agreement of the jury. No doubt ln
bringing those prosecutions the govern
ment chose what il regarded as ltS
strongest cases for testing the pracucal
utility of the criminal clause or tne
Sherman act. The packers counsel NJ
any rate, regarded the government
nroSnects seriously enough TO EXHAUST
every resource of the law to prevent Il
trial of their clients. The alleged trust
moreover. was one Of the most unpopu-
lar i'm the country. so that puhllc SYM
nathy as far as il was a factor, was on
the side of the prosecution. Newspaper
renorts Of the testimony indicated that
the government brought a mass OF EVIL
dence tending to show the existence OF
combination. Nevertheless, the jury
was unCOnvinccd.
Various causes may have contributed
10 the failure The offence which the
government sought to prove Is dlihcuiI
ia establish, especially under rules OF
law so favorable to the accused as those
which prevail in this country. More
over. the government has TO depend
largely for proof of its charges on en-
pIovcs or former employees of defend
ants. either unwilling witnesses or VIII
nesses with a grievance, whose tesu-
mony is subject to discount. The evil
dence is necessarily involved and per-
haps confusing to jury. And then the
Jury. composed partly Of business men
is likely 10 feel a degree of sympathy
with the accused persons and In some
measure excuse their practices as Gus
tomaly and necessary in the business
world. At any rate. the failure of jurieS
10 convict, together with the remarks
Of iudges i'm cases where Sherman law
violators have pleaded guilty and been
fined. indicates a reluctance To SEND
members of alleged combinations 70 JAIL
The result of prosecutions thus far sus-
tains the Judgment of those who have
felt that the most practicable way to en-
force the Sherman act is through civil
actions to enjOin and dsintegrate com
binatiOnS.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-03-27
MAYOR AGAIN HITS COURTS
Says in No Other Department Is
Work So Far Behind.

In n memorandum disappearing ~ a bill
providing for the destruction OF useless rec
ords Of the City of New York when d.
rcctcd so 10 do by tho Appellate Division
OF the Supreme Court, Mayor Gaynor said
yesterday he did not see why the courts
should be brought into the matter He de-
clarcd that no department OF the govern
mcut was so much in arrears with Its
work as the courts. and that city officials
would be loss likely to misuse the pro-
posed power.
The memorandum IS as follows:
This bin empowers the Appellate Diyi-
sion Of the Supreme Court to order such
records of the departments OF the city gov
eminent as have become useless to be de-
stroycd | do not see why the courts
should be brought into this matter. II Is
lust as safe 10 intrust the matter 10 tho
Board OF Estimate, or 10 the Mayor, Con-
troller and President OF the Board OK AZ %
dermcn as to the Appellate Division OF
the Supreme Court. II IL not likely mat
the said court would take much interest In
the matter. ,
Nv observation for years has been that
il Is inadvsahle to bring the courts Into
tho affairs of the civil administration.
They have all they can do TO attend to
their own affairs, and II is we'll known that
no department Of government Is so much
I'm arrears with It's work ~ the courts; In
my Judgment the city officials are less like.
Nv than the courts 10 make misuse or
the mower TO destroy useless records.
In tho charter that was proposed at the
last session NJ tho Legislature II was pro-
yIdcd that the Mayor with the approval
Of the Controller, should have the power to
DESTROY useless records.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-03-27
IN WASHINGTON SOCIETY.
IFrom The Tribune Bureau. !

n
Washington, March 26.-Among those who
attended the plano recital of Ernest
Hutchinson this morning, In addition to Mrs
Taft, were Mrs Hunt Slater, Mrs Buck
ner Randolph, Mrs. w. w. Wotherspoon,
Mrs Guggenheim. Mrs. Henry c. Corbin,
Mrs Alice Copley Thaw and Mrs. Hugh
Wallace.
Senator and Mrs. Wetmore entertained at
dinner tonight. as did Brigadler General
Buchanan. whose guests, all men. remained
for cards.
Mrs. Lloyd Bowers entertained dinner
and theatre party tonight Miss Martha
Bowers. who is visiting in the South, will
return TO Washington on Sunday
Miss Ethel Lloyd. OF Missouri. entertained
number OF guests at luncheon to-day in
compliment to Miss Genevieve Clark. the
daughter of the Speaker and Mrs. Champ
Clark.
Under the patronage Of the President and
Miss Mabel Boardman and the officers of
the Red Cross. Schiler's The Bride of
MeSsIna" was produced at the Belasco
Theatre this afternoon for the benefit Of
the Red Cross. A number OF prominent
people were present
The officers OF the Dolphin entertained a
company OF young people at dinner aboard
the ship tonight.
Mrs. John Chopper, who has spent the last
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-03-27
DALzIEL PUTS HIS QUESTION
Words Attributed to Ambassador Re-
ferred to in House of Commons.

London, March 26.--The statement pub
ished I'm New York on March rs quoting
Whiteaw Reid, American Ambassador in
London. as comparing the present condi-
lions OF this country with those Of
France before the revolution, was dragged
into the llmellght in the House of Com
mons this afternoon by Sir Henry James
DalZiel, Liberal NJ. p. for the Klrkcaldy
Burghs Sir Henry was curious as to the
accuracy of the statement and wanted Sir
Edward Grey to catechze the ambassador
on the subject.
Edwin Samuel Montagu, Under Secre-
tary of state for India, on behalf of Sir
Edward Grey, Foreign Secretary. declared
that the latter was sure that the state
ment was not true. He had not heard OF
IT until Sir Henry Dalziel sent a copy OF
II to him.
Sir Henry Dalziel declared that he
would again refer to the matter at the
first opportunity.
civic reception will be accorded to-
morrow to Whitelaw Reid by the Lord
Mayor and municipal authorities OF Bel
fast The ambassador leaves for Ireland
to -night, and on the evening of March 2S
Will deliver an address before the Presby-
terrain Historical Society of Ireland.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-03-27
SOCIAL NOTES FROM NEWPORT.

fBy Telegraph to The Tribune
Newport, March 2s.-The second cottage
rental 10 be made here for the summer 10
members Of the German Embassy was an
nounced to-day. Haniel Won Haimhausen.
counsellor Of the embassy. has leased The
Poplars, the Lyman cottage on the north
erly side OF Leroy avenue. It Is expected
that the embassy will take another cottage
before the season opens.
After inspecting Belmead Miss Louise
Scott has returned TO New York. Mrs.
George. S. Scott and Miss Scott are TO
spend portion of the summer season
abroad.
Mrs. French Vanderbilt and son have re-
turned from their trip to the Pacific Coast
Mrs. Emma c. Cortazzo and Miss Cor
tazzo have returned to New York
Mrs. Thomas II. Howard and family, ar
ter stay at the Muenchinger King, have
returned to New York
Colonel George r. Fearing. OF New York,
was here to-day inspecting his Narragan-
sett avenue estate.
Mrs. Pembroke Jones returned to New
York to-day.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-03-27
UNIVERSITY FOR BROOKLYN
Action Will Be Taken Tomorrow on
Special Committees Report.

Members of the University Club OF Brook
Ign and many we'll known educators OF that
borough will discuss the project for estab-
fishing 4 university in Brooklyn at din
ner I'm the clubhouse, Lafayette avenue and
South oxford street. tomorrow evening.
Action will be taken on a report recently
presented by a special committee Of which
Charles B. Chadwick, Commissioner of
Water Supply. is chairman. The statement
sent out yesterday TO all club members by
Mr.. Chadwick reads:
The university as a corporation should
contain within itself the various chapters
OF educational activity such as now exist
I'm Brooklyn or may be developed there.
The Adelphi College, the Polytechnic, and
other institutions. as outlined by DR. Lever
more In his communication, should be Il
chapter; the Brooklyn Institute OF Arts and
Sciences, which IL the peoples college, an
other chapter; trade schools and continue
ton trade schools still another chapter;
kindergartens, elementary and secondary
schools, another chapter, and, as the work
develops and grows, stll other or additional
chapters, as may appear, should be added
and included within the entire scope of this
university.
1t should have senate which should he
an educational laboratory, In which all the
problems relating TO education shall be
treated analyticaly and synthetically. In
corporated. It should be a quasi-public cor
poration, supported both by private endow-
ment and public appropriation II should
seek site OF at least fifty acres of ground.
approximately centrally located. yet close
To the water. so that the athletic side and
the playground idea may not be lost sight
OF Its incorporators and trustees should be
representative men.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-03-27
PRESERVE iNWooD HILL.

To the Editor Of The Tribune
Sir: In his interesting letter I'm to-day
Tribune Mr.. Gottlleb brings forth very
strongly what must appeal to every careful
thinker-the preservation Of beautiful old
Inwood Hill from the onslaughts OF the
land Spectator
Every point In his letter fairly bristles
with Importance. Inwood Hill does dis
upct1v "compriso about one hundred and
fifty acres of the most beautiful and natu-
raj scenery within hundreds OF miles OIL
Manhattan Island" and one glance AT us
woodland glores will convince even the
most skeptical that It possesses the unique
attraction of being to-day In virtually the
same condition that It was when Henry
Hudson first sailed past It on the river thdt
bears his name"
As a member Of the City History club |
have often visited this wildly picturesque
nook ! have drunk from the icy waters OF
the famous Cold Spring, once so wen
known to the red men Of old, and / have
expIored the hidden reCesses Of the great
Indian Cave and lupched on the ancient
sites Of their abundant oyster feasts.
Above and around us rose the forest prime
val close 10 us was thdt ldil'"' '""P
tree whose vast trunk, six and half feet
in diameter, rises directly from the middle
Of an Indian she'll heap. On the crest or
the hill, far above us. was the site or the
famous Cock Hin Fort, 50 we'll known In
the old Revolutionary days.
And so beg to add my voice and TO plead
as vigorously as I may that the Wildwood
beauties and gorles Of Inwood Hill may be
preserved in safety for all ensuing Time
RANDALL COMFORT.
Nav York March l6 1912.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-03-27
faB COTTOY SCHEDULE REPORT.

The cotton schedule report trans
mitted TO Congress yesterday by Presl-
dent Taft. demonstrates anew the value
of the painstaking investigation which
the Tariff Board has been pursuing and
for pursuing which no similar agency
existed until Congress showed signs of
being willing to abandon the hit-or-mss
methods of the past. The report fur
nishes a satisfactory basis for an intelli-
gent reconstruction of the cotton sched-
ule. Just as the wool report did for a
revision of wOollen rates Mr.. Under
wood. of course. lOftily waved the wool
report aside, and in order TO show his
contempt for it reported To the House
the other day the Ways and Means Com
lnittee's wool bill Of 1911 unchanged In
any particular. He may also try TO
ignore the cotton report, since it has
never been his purpose To cooperate
with the Senate and the President In
securing such reductions in duties as
may prove to he practicable within the
life of this Congress.
Yet in such reports. and not in Mr.,
UnderwOod's haphazard guesseS at
proper rates. lies the only hope of secur-
ing a revision which will last. because
It will be approved by practically the
solid business sentiment of the country.
What industry and commerce demand IS
q gradual adjustment Of tariff rates 10
the conditions of the present-condi-
lions which It is the function of the
Tariff Board 10 lay bare. The board
has now found that various duties in
the woollen and cotton schedules are too
high and that others are improperly
graduated. To eliminate the excess
protection rational Democratic leader
ought to join gladly with The Repub-
Leans. giving the country the immediate
benefit of the reduction Wool and cot
ton bills based on the Tariff Boards re-
ports will be submitted at this session by
the Republicans. and if the Democrats
who are clamOring for the heavier cuts
would give their aid in obtaining the
more moderate ones Congress would at
last have set its face toward sensible
treatment of tariff legislation on its
merits.
Participation in Il reasonable non
partisan revision of the tariff may oe
TOO much TO expect Of the Democratic
party under its present guidance. But
eneat majority of the voters are tired Of
seeing the tariff whipped around the po
litical stump, and they will eventually
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-03-27
THE RAILWAY ENGINEERS DE
HANDS.

The reply Of the railroads to the engi-
neers' request for an increase of wages
was convincing as to the justice of the
refusal Men whose wages were raised
lust before the panic of 1907. not re-
duced in that time Of hardship and
raised again 10 per cent after it was
over, in 1910. are in a better position
than the average labOrer. skilled or un-
skilled. and are entitled to COMPARE
lively little public sympathy in their
efforts TO obtain now further advance
Of pay Moreover, as the figures pre-
sented by the railroads show. although
there was a decrease Of S,191 in the
number of men Of all classes employed
on railroads, the pay of railroad en-
plOyes as q whole increased nearly S4O.-
100000 from 1910 to 1911. In the face
of all this there will be little excuse for
vote to strike, which is now expected
from the engineers.
Nevertheless, as this is the year of a
national campaign, the union leaders
probably regard it as the only favorable
opportunity until 1916 TO put pressure
upon the Interstate Commerce Commits
sion. To that body the question Of in
creasing wages comes back, as the rail
roads make clear, by recalling that the
last increase was made in the cxpccta-
ton that the commission would approve
advances in freight rates and by re-
minding their employees that instead Of
advances there have been number Of
reductions. The unions thus feel that
heir interests are at one with the rail
roads in the matter Of rate advances.
This fact, with its political significance
complexities the regulation Of rates. But
regulative bodies will have 10 learn TO
resist pressure of the sort TO which it is
apparently intended to subject the Inter
state Commerce Commissions this year.