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FERRIES OUT or BUSINESS.
The Coming DiscOntinuance OF the vail
and Catherine street Lines.

To THE EDITOR or TIE SuE-Sif. Man
ufa,turers along the waterfront of Brook
Ign borough between the Manhattan and
Brooklyn bridges are greatly aroused by
the announcement made recently by the
directors Of the Union Ferry Company
that the Wall street and Catherine street
ferries will be discontinued after July 2s.
Many concerns in the vicinity Of Gather
inc street ferry send a large proportion Of
their trucking over it and several hundred
tradesmen use it every morning and eve
ming This section Of the city 10 being
absolutely ignored SO far as transit facili-
ties are concerned. The ferry Ii the only
one near maLy manufacturing concerns
there. All the trucking bound for the
Manhattan waterfront and the lower East
Side goes this way. II will be a hardship
to have to send the horses up the steep
hill 10 the bridge approach and then over
the span to Manhattan. 1t is about time
for the business men OF this vicinity 10
register complaint against this sort OF
thing.
Manufacturing houses around Jay street
use Ct this ferry / have seen a long line
| Of trucks and other vehicles waiting for
the ferry boat at Catherine street. Many
business men think there is enough traffic
to warraht keeping il open. Many EN-.
ployees who live in Mania tan necl this ferry
, to go TO and from heir business. There IL nc
o'NeT uIIe't way IU.tDe enllTe Sec
tion there cannot be found a manufactur
ing house not strongly opposed to the clos.
ing Of this ferry. II ia vitality important
| operate. and II necessary the city shoulC
take over the ferry and run IL at loss
IN order to serve n portion Of the public
but Il would he found that there is enough
trafllc TO run il without loss.
| In the case Of the Wall street ferry a
great many Brooklyn people who are in
York city will be affected. Many Brook
lyhitcs usc II on hot nights for the sake oi
/ the refreshing breeze
wa,er,ron, are ""n,cmniaiins soHE moH;nv !"s :
complain, to the sinking Fund COlnI,is
sion, which may decide to grant a subsid,
Two ferries In cOm,nission Lat us 90,
together and make a complaint against the
disseminating ot these ferries. We neet
I them. and II is up To" the city TO see TO !,
/ that they are not stopped.
| BRookLYN. July IL CITIZEN,
The sun., 1912-07-20
"THE OID .NAN."
His not Gus IL,inE WHITE Mother and the
Girls Arc NNWS.

TO TsE Enron Cr iUL StN- SIR
Mother and the 9irls have gone TO u FASH
ionabie resort IN Maine. ani the "old man
as usual hss remained at home. The doctor
though. he ought 10 20 TOO and have good
long vacation Tor once IN his life. but he
wouldr: hear OF H.
"Soneb bodys got u look after the bnsi-
Eesr." said H.. and provide mone" Tor
mot ner nd the girls" The "old man"-he j.
not 50 vcry CID. oaly Ai--iives at "A big hotel
TIA. is TO ss.'. he sleeps there when his fam
Nv are assv. His meals he takes "on the
outside i. being 40 much cheaper. FOL
breakfast /. has half a cantalOupe and
bowl of musL ard milk: price 20 cents. FIVE
cents to the waiter For dinner he has d
little soup t"irce with all orders. roast
beef or lamb with vegetables. pie and coffee
30 cents. five cents to the waiter.
After dinner he strolls to the hotel and
takes his seat in an armchair In front. lights
"a cigar aud reads the evening paper. The
cigar aud paper finished. he discusses
stocks" with some one fora while. and per
haps a little politics. These are the only
two subjects in which he takes any genuine
interest. The discussion dies away uhdei
the influence OF the day star Snd the old
man" sits with his head thrown back and
weary look On his face. .thinkinC-thinkins
probably Of how to make more money Al
O'Clock punc.ually he gets up. says Well
good night. ALL" and betakes himself 10 hi
room. There he sits down and ruminagihS
In his breast pocket takes ont bundle o
letters. which he reads and rertads. smile
occasionally il!uinininy his sad face. The!
are from the absent ones in Maine. HIS
! reading at last comes 10 an end and h'
| then takes up a pen and writes something
as follows: Dear mother: Glad 10 hear yo'
and the girls are having a good time. IT.
nice TO be where it's cool. but il ain't 80 ba'
here. Anyhow, the heat agrees with n'
and I'm feeling fine. Enjoy yourselves
Check enclosed" A. 1880 he undrcsse'
and goes TO bed. whore he spends hall th'
night tossing and yawning weariy.
| How many thousands of American rus
bands. popnlarly supposed TO he gas gra 81
widOwers" during the summer months. live
like the "O!d man. u American wives
when you have the suffrage what will yo'
do 10 show your gratitude to those willin,
martyrs? STPINrs
| NEW YORK July 10
The sun., 1912-07-20

Africa ~ trying 80 hard to catch up
with the rest Of the world that our knowl-
edge Of what is going on there is often
IA little ont Of date. When one reads.
for example. that the value Of the build
ings erected at Elizabethville last year
and now building is 81 .3oO.OOO he would
like TO know where this town is situated.
There was no such place in Africa three
years ago. and not one map in ten now
in Use has the name.
We know much about mining bOotns.
and We can understand the meteoric
rise Of Elizabethville when we learn that
it stands on the great southern copper
belt OF kstanga. covering 1000 square
miles Of country with ore bodies ot enor-
nous size. one of which is now yielding
30 per cent. copper. region whose po-
tential wealth is almost fabulous. This
katanga province of the Belgian Congo.
rich in agriculture! as well as in mineral
resources. is just beginning TO write a
new chapter in the story OF development
OF the southern part of Africa.
The mining camp Of Elizabethville il
becoming q substantial town where title
| to u building lot cannot Ire acquired with
out an agreement to erect an approved
brick building on the site. II Is now
AT the railhead Of the Cape to Cairo route
q? 100 miles fror Cape Town. but next year
the tracks will reach Bukama. 200 miles
further north. and then there will he un'
interrupted steam transportation by raj
and water through the middle of Africa
from Cape Town to the mouth Of the
| Congo
| Many maps do not yet show the Wan
kie coal fields in Rhodesia which have
solved the smelling question for katanga
nor many names such as Bukana ant
Kindu. where European settlements have
sprung up. in the case Of these particuaa
towns because their sites mark the chang
between river and rail transportation ol
tho upper Congo. Few maps show tn
names of the new Belgian stations through
the great equatorial forest where STAN
LEY's party nearly perished. Here Wild
way has been cleared. a good road !
maintained. and the whites are raising
European vegetables in their gardens.
In the days when many explorers wer
grdironing the continent with thei
route surveys il was impossible to kee
the maps abreast OF the new discoveries
and the map makers Of to-day are findin,
IL almost as strenuous a task to keeI
pace with the incessant growth OF Africa
development.
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4 STOCK HOLDEWs PLANT.
The 60, ,ernuent's Liberal Price fer Four
Panama naN islands.

10 Tsg ED,IoH OF 1HE StN-SW; Inc
following IL an extract from the Iast annual
report cr The Pacific Mail-Steanlship COM
pany. lf this Is a sample OF square dealing
by our Government. Ia II reasonable 10
expect that governmental SUPERVISION Is
likely % purify business methods and cor
rect the abuses that private enterprises are
supposed 10 have developed?
In the early sos the Pacific Mail Stesfn-
ship Company acquired the sole ownership
OF four islands in Panama Bay. that Is.
Isla dc Naos, Flamenco. Perico and Guile
bra. In the early eos one-half undivided
interest in these islands was sold TO the
Panama Railroad Company.
The Pacific Mail Steamship Company
erected ON these islands shops. storeroons
and warehouses. built stone ways and
sea walls and made other improvements
thereon. During the time when these
islands were in the domain OF the United
States of Colombia they were exempted
from taxation. but when the Government
Of the nited States OF America assumed
control Of the Panama Canal Zone u as
sessed the One-haIt interest in these
islands at s72 500 and collected taxes upon
that valuation. Subsequently the United
States Government served notice that II
woubi reaiirs these islands for canal pur-
poses and condemned them under the
right Of eminent domain. awarding TO the
Pacific Mail steamship Company but 80 .O0t
-S2O.WW fer the One-half undivided in
terest and So 900 tor the Improvements.
The islands and the extensive improve.
ments thereon were carried on the books
of the Pacific Mail steamship Company al
the nominal sum OF siis.i:O The diner
ence between this sum and the amount
received from the United states Govern
mcnt was written on to profit and loss.
new YORK., July 10. SrOCKHoLDER.
The sun., 1912-07-20
4 Prepostcrous RumOr.

Nothing could have been more oLspr'!
than the story that Senator DIXON Of
Montana hal lost the confidence Of the
Colonel and was 10 lie rcleea.ed to a
back scat in the band wagon rca- the
tailhoard. Tho Colonel bead u with
a "contemptuous sr,i!c'; '.le report. he
said, was "a complete reversal OF the
truth OF course it was. The indis.
pensability Of the Senstor was proved
long since. He is treasure to the
Third Term movepert. Like master
like man.
As long ago as The early part Il April,
or more than two months before the
national convention MET in Chicago
JoE DIXON handled tns President oi
the United States without gloves. On
the strength of charges made in te!e.
gram by Kentucky Kcput!ican that a
deputy postmaster hai signed the Tai,
certificates of delegates in the fiist dis.
trict. although it had ts"D clrried IN
ROOSEVELT. Manager DIXON in On cpet
letter to rresiden; TAFT called upon hi'y
to repudiate IN" transaction AMI ths
acts of other supporters. said to be Fed
cral officeholders, il he did not want I,
profit knowingly by theft and becom'
",he deliberate receiver Of stolen goods.
There was mcre badgcring and bully
ing Of the President by this Senator g
the United States. 1t made Washing
ton gasp. bu. commended the Hon
JOSEPH NJ. DIXON to the Admirable
Crichton Of Oyster Bay.
If plain, blunt. knockout lapguag'
ia wanted such as the Colonel use
/, himself. his niauager can furnish ii
AID as a DARKER outside the Thirt
Term tent thc:.e is not the like OF Jol
DIXoS anywhere. Tho following is [
fresh sample of his powers:
TAFT viii not get one electoral vote Il
my opinicn. Along about October ther
viii be the hotties. fight YOU ever saw he
tween ROOSEVELT and WILSON"
Par, with JOE DIXON? Muzzle o
muf,le him? As well might the late T
7. BAESrM have been expected to dis
charge the breezy, audacious and inde
fltigablc gentleman who composed tn
flaming posters Of the greatest show o.
earth. causing the whole list Of adjec
tives in the language to suffer fror
nervous prOstratiOn.
The sun., 1912-07-20
GERS OF the regular a-my'and the National

Guard. To attract young men OF these
various ci1eses ii is urged that accepted
applicants be admitted to the Army
I Register and even attached to definite
organizations Of the regular army, and
that they be preferred for vacancies in
IL and havs fi<et cell fof service ia
expedi.ionary forces. Eow importaa.
this question Of .rc creation OF q reserve
is may be- judged from the fast that 'he
United States is ",hc only nstion that
has no scientific means of r1eetihg TIE
situation" II the country were in
volved 10 war before Congress adopted
the General STAFF plan, tho old faulty
and wasteful procedure would have to
he resor:ed 10: that is to say, avail
able regiments Uf the army filed up with
raw recruits would be mobilized, a call
for volunteers would be issued bv the
President. and 1t would he necessary
to accept regiments of raw recruits
raised by leading citizens
Unless it il to be assumed that the
war buglcs will never blow again a
reserve must be provided. and the
sooner the better. The proposals OF
the General staff are of course tenta-
tive. We doubt whether they can be
realized unless the Government is pre-
pared to pay enlisted men on a
more liberal scale than now obtains
At the expiration of the present term
an outgoing soldier is entirely his own
master and free as the air. His libert! !
is dear to him. IL lie is to be held IN
leash. as it were. when he leaves the
army he will want either better pay
with the co!ors or something more
than nominal compensation during tn,
reserve term of three years.
The sun., 1912-07-20
BOCLEV ARD ACT lPHELD.
r. Coleman da POnt Now Can Bund
Highway Across Delaware.

Dover. Del. July is.-The Supreme
Court of Delaware in special term here
to-day handed down al opinion uphoid'nS
the legality of the du Pont Boulevard sci.
under which T. Coleman du Pont som"
months ago hogan TO build a highway
across the State, condcmning properly
right and left, where he WAS unable 10
purchase 1t at q reasonable figure
The boulevard act not only allows IN"
condemnation of private lands, bnf
grants permission 10 the du Points 10 NE
The thorcughfare on which 4" "re"t ~
electric line. Regarding this part ot IN"
act, the court declares It II perfectly 'cgau
providing construction 10 started wthm
q reasonable time.
The sun., 1912-07-20
Tariff RrfOriners.

In speech at Indianapolis to twenty
Democratic national committeeman Gov
ernor MARSHALL said
There are many kinds OF Progres.iyes
nowadays. One believes in TAX ing the tariff
IN Iowa products and putting it on Indiana
products. and another supports the oppo-
site policy. am no, tha, kind of Progress
sive."
IL not Governor MARSHALL here con-
fusing progressive" with tariff re-
former" or tariff rcviser'? We have
watched tariff revision Rs it has been
talked about or imperfectly tackled in
Congress for good many years. How
many public men. tariff rcvisers, Demo-
cratic or Republican. are there whose
idea of tariff revision is no, exactly
or substantially that described by Gov
ernor MARSHALL? Protect what my
Congress district, my State. my sec
ton produces or manufactures; take
the tariff off or reduce it on what they
need to buy. And all protection where
get no finger in the pie is of the Robbrr
Barons.
Not even about the trusts" has
there been such an infinite deal of non-
sense talked as about the tariff. the
trusts are comparatively young. the
tariff is an old offender and bogey. We
have come 10 believe that even what
often sounds like sickening hypocrisy
on the part Of protectionis,s to whom a
high tariff is a religion or of tariff smash
ers to whom it is the objectionable sin.
10 mostly sincere liturgy or patter. And
through all changes the defenders of
-thc citadel of protection and the as
sailants catapulting bricks into that
sacrosanct keep are really AT one.
Each is working for his own hand or
his own people
Governor MARSHALL will have a
chance to verify this theory az close
hand If his party wins this year In
that event does he, does anybody OF
woman born, expect that our poor. dis
tracted country is to be blessed a, las,
with constitutional tariff. though
the hieratic IL tariff for rcvcr,ir- j. s"cn
in public without that engaging but per-
fectly supcrfluous old "onlv"?
The sun., 1912-07-20
The Reason In WhSme. .

To THL EDITOR oF THE SrS--Sir. The
Colonel. II seems. is constrained tn Withhold
the light OF his rOun'ehance from his Western
fellows because, as per his Publicity Bm.
resn, so mapy questions have come up
at headauarte's which require consultation
with Colonel Roosevelt that II is a physical
impossibility for him to leave at this time"
Why this specific explanation frsm tho
chief "Rull Moose? Why not emit the
telegraphic Rrunt
Somethin' brewin',
No'hin dom"
and lot " 60 ai that, ID.
NFu YORK, July is
The sun., 1912-07-20
MAIvn CAI Non FOR GOV ERNOR.
The Man and tits Fitness.

The name OF Mayor Gaynor il hcing very
frequently mentioned these days in connec-
'ion with the democratic nomination for
Governor Of this state Yesterdays Nfw
NuHk SrN Gays that he could carry New
York over any candldat" the Kepublicann.
united cr divided. could possibly name
II praises him very highly in its own charac-
teristic style and gives HIM certificate
Of good character than which 10 other could
he better There IN "a good deal Of sense
and force in tho suggestion. II seems Ia
be prct,y generally conceded that Governor
Dix will not he accorded the consideration
Of a denomination. because they want
stronger man. In many respects Mayor
Iaynor would nll ahe bill
The sun., 1912-07-20
UNDERWOOD At ON HOME.
Erie President Drifts Back I" Home
stead Ev~vy Year.

MILWAUKEE. July io.--F. d D.Underwood'
president Of the Erie Railroad. sat to-day
in quaint old armchair in the old home
stead where he was born in Wauwatosa'
q suburb. In front Of him piles of te'e-
grams and letters Uttered the old red al'd
white table cover. Beside him a te'"-
graph operator ,ickcd on every word thi'
Underwood spoke, while another opera
tor in New York copied. Thus tho AFFAIRS
of a railroad system were directed,
Underwood makes u pilgrimag" 10 ms
old home every year. His parents ar"
dead. hut for two weeks oui al every fitiN
Two the railroad president drifts back 10
the scenes of his boyhood days in the ul"
house which has not been altered sin'c
the death Of his mother and father.
The sun., 1912-07-20
Obstacles to safety In sea Travel


When grca, tragedy occurs such as
the Titanic disaster everybody at once
agrees that safety is a paramount cs-
sential of the transportation of passer-
gers by sea. Commercial consdcra-
tions are relegatcd to the background.
the lives Of all seagoers. crew as we'll
ae travellers, must be insured against
avoidable peril az any cost. The pcc,l-
liar circumstances OF that particular
accident led to the almost unanimous
conclusion that every passenger vessel
should be provided with enough life
boats or life RATS TO carry OF everybody
on board.
Congress a. once enacted legislation
In accordance with this view, and the
new regulations in regard 10 coastwise
steamers are to go into effect on Sep
tember Is.
The effect OF this lrg. ia',on upon the
steamers plying between the island OF
Nantucket d the Massaclu-etts main
land will illustrate the Inconvenience and
detrimcnt to business interests likely to
be caused by the change.
There are two vessels engaged in this
trade during the Nantucket season, the
Sankaty and the Gay Head. Under
tho new ruling says tho Nantucket
Inquirer aud Mirror, "the rarrying ca
pacity of the Sankaty will be GU, down
TO about 100 and the Gay Head will prob
ably not bc permitted 10 carry moro
than 40 people, owing 10 tho inability
Of the steamers to carry lifcboats capa-
ble of accommodating morn than those
numbers in case of emergency. With
the passenger rating OF these two boats s
cut down to such a low figure it will
moan that summer residents and cot =
tagers will hasten homcward earlier
Than usual in order TO make sure of Oh
tanning passage on the steamers
Tho local newspaper, not unna,,rally
perhaps, insists that the limit prescribed
pursuant 10 the new law is ridic,llolsly
small; but ~ not this mistaken view
even SO far az the purely material in
terests OF Nantucket arc concerned?
The trip between Woods Hole and
Nantucket not infrraicn,ly exposes the
vessels which undrrlak" it to real pcrils
of ths sea. Fog, storm and collision
can tell tales of many IA narrow escape
and many disaster on the waters of
Nantucket Sound. Indeed tho very
Newspaper from winch We have quoted
contains a vivid account of the advcn-
t,iTeS of a fishing steamer bound from
New Bedford T." ia" 'sl,,d with rar.o
NJ essolenc, one-thlrd of which ha, "a
te thrown overheard IL consequence OF
The sun., 1912-07-20
Ra0SeNelt and Rust.

10 rPr EpIruN ot 1HE SrN SIR. Now
that Colonel Vote Loser has resigned from
the Republican club, il appears that the
nroper dispepsation of his bronze bust il
greatly agitatinR the President and men,
bers of the v'nb,
Why don't they either sell or present il
10 tho Third Party for its most appropriate
party emblem Roosevelt and Bust"p
IENox, Mass. July Is. A. u. H.
The sun., 1912-07-20
the rough weather which the vessel en-

the rough weather which the vessel en-.
countcroI; ard no one can read II
without being convinced that paseen-
ear stcapcrs which may be exposed n
simia' conditions ough. to be fuenished
with every safeguard human ingeruity
ard foresight. cen devise.
It is too soon to disregard The lesson
os the Titanic disaster because it will
COS, money 70 put its teachings into
practice. There can bc no better ad.
vertisement for tho delightful island o!
Nantucket as a summer resort than tho
absolute assurance that visitors car
come ard 80 with safety on the sea
The sun., 1912-07-20

Tho August Issue Of The trriurp Maco.tre Is a
fiction number. II oHcis cigh, short stories nv
owrn johnson. John Gal'wothy. " e. Rowland
Eaten Phpu,ts, irving bachclicr and Others. ami
short lnsiaimen' NJ " j IrIc', >ciia,. Mr. NJ.
r. lgans account ~ ~ franr's, with thc Rn,tc,
de Mon'ci pictures, II concluded; Mr T. H. Town,
writes on 'hr dIlg ha'ti' Nhn, Bowman 'oId de-
scribe, irou'illr. I'r"f",sor nranter Matthew,
d''r"i'arN IN rc'arie' and ihrr. Hr- some letters
by trMer Cleveland also two pocus, and three
sets ~ pictures Nitbou, trIt by T. Bransom MAJ
held Perish aud Joseph rennell.
The sun., 1912-07-20

What an impat'sn, man the Democratic
candidate for Nicc-Presidcnt must he.
Here he is rushing on To the country to
tind rest and scclusion. when IL he only
waited until November he could lie sure
of it anywhere no matter how the cleo
tiou went.
The sun., 1912-07-20
/. u, H..

no rHp rp,roE or rHs SuS ,sfr' More work
for the Board OF iicallb' 10 the pM,plr " ho arc
looking for apartments In :" callcd modern
.lurtacnts" would examine the dumbwailcr
and ,.h the Hn'or how often hc clean, ur scrub,
II ,h-y wuuld opeu their eyes,
INV ioLk July ~ \ VICTIM.
The sun., 1912-07-20
Rene mbev the BYZANTINE.

To THv EpiI"r or THy SvN ~ We hear
little about Consiantlnoplc. i~ Americans shun
ihr hosrorus, Should We forget the Byzantine,
NFw >oRk, July 10. CosNOsMAS,
The sun., 1912-07-20
AsOuns~i Os Perfection.

10 rRy rpiioH or 1Hr SvN .plr; The annua
Topic Brn Ati,u> Suspruicr,. Why wcs
either They arr beth uncomfortable snd ,ic
cdcd'y not drc,>N," Remedy; Have trvI>cr
h''rh property That's all
NswARk ] Iuiy " \. l.. BauIaOAk
The sun., 1912-07-20

10 nv EpiIoH or THr SIN >iv; Why ar
TAI men less 'onsidtratr Of other peoples right,
yirtl ileyrs and immunltlcS than THU men svc,
SSkAEION, IA, Jul> w. CAsoIus.
The sun., 1912-07-20

Regular readers Of TBE 81 y. daily and sunday
editions. may subscribe for the paper to lie sent
hy mail 10 them in an. part of the country at the
rate Of 20 cents month: daly edition. 20 cents a
month: additional postage TO foreign countries.
Addresses changed al option OF subscriber.
order MAJ be sent through any new sdealer or TO
this once.
The sun., 1912-07-20

London once Efnnghsm House, ArundeI
street. Strand.
paris ONCE, q Rue de la Michodtre. OF Rue du
Qiatre Sep,embre.
Washington once. llibbs Building.
Brooklyn once. fO LIVING sion street
The sun., 1912-07-20

n otv ;rrn0S uio foror 0S ruth manuscripts ior
publication rsh 10 hare rstec'ed articles returned they
must IN oil cases send stamps for nat purpose.
The sun., 1912-07-20

Published daily. including Sunday. by the sun
Printing and Publishing Association at i10 Mas ,au
street, IN the Borough OF Manhattan. New Work
President and Treasurer. william &. Reick. i7o
Nassau street; Vice President. Edw ard +. Mtche H.
10 Nassau street; Secretary. Chester s. Lord, i,O
Nassau street
The sun., 1912-07-20

Jus, a. Mere Man was praying rather
than hoping that the Violent Suffragettes
would bury the hatchet. they threw it.