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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-01-31
CHECKS ON THE MIDDLEMAN.

One attempt 10 reduce the high cost
of living by legislation is embodied III
n measure presented by Senator Roose-
Welt providing for the establishment OF
uniform grades Of farm produce by the
state Department Of Agriculture and
the licensing Of commission merchants.
The bill. if passed, might afford pro-
lection TO the farmer in the way OF
better returns for his produce and a
check on the commission man. II
might tend 10 reduce the cost of hand
ling produce. but that would operate
ONLY indirectly to reduce prices paid
by the consumer. Nevertheless. 1t Is
aimed at q very patent evil in the pres
ent system Of getting farm merchan-
disc TO the customers and deserves
careful consideration by the Legislature
and the public il would affect.
This measure provides for the bond
ing of commission merchants. Pro
ducers may designate their stuff ac-
cording 10 the grades established by
the Agricultural Department, and If the
middleman diSagTeeS with the rating
he may call i'm an inspector Of the de-
nartment. whose decision Is 10 he bind
.ng on both parties 10 the transaction
\ farmer on proof Of damages may
collect through the merchants bond
Thus the farmer is 10 be protected
against the sharper middleman, while
the commission man. and presumably
The customer who Is 10 eat the produce
NAV be more certain than at present
of getting standard goods. The inyeSti-
eating commission which WAS headed
bv Mr.. William Church Osborn report
ed that Of each dollar paid by tine con
sulner the farmer got only A. cents, the
rest going Ia middlemen in profit and
waste. Under the present slipshod and
Inadequate market systems in large
cities the commission merchant or mid
dlcman Is practically a necessity lie
will not ard should not be expected "a
90 without his profit. If this measure
could reduce waste in the handling OF
shipments. spoiled produce and Height
mate profits Of cheating middlemen as
II: introducer and various oranges and
agricultural societies which favor II
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-01-31
REPLY TO MISS CHITTENDEN
Mrs. Nora Blatch de Forest Says Vice
and Ignorance Are Ants Friends.

! To the Editor Of The Tribune.
| Sir: In to-day's issue Miss ChittendeH
| SAWS that at the time of the RepubIicah
and Democratic conventions last autumn
! tho slIffragis,s endeavOred TO get an III
| dorssnent Of woman suffrage inserted III
the platforms OF the two parties. one
, lone suffragist did TO my knowledge MAKE
| such a plea. but the Women's Poitica'
Union. knowing that such plank woui"
no. bind the rank and file OF the lesls'
! lators 10 vote for the suffrage BILL op'
! oosrd IT, We asked for plank calling
| FOR immediate submission. and we got H.
| We wrote letter upon letter to the dele
gates before those conventions. asking
| them to favor such plank. and on the
! opening day Of the convention We placed
| i'm tn. hands Of every delegate dodger
stating "the Women's Political Union
favors plank calling for the immediate
submission or the question OF woman SUI
frage 20 tho voters 10 decide
The anti-suffra Qists. on tho other hand'
asked for q preliminary clause in addi-
tI.n. which read: THE Republican or
! Democratic party neither favors nor OPP
poses woman suffrage" At both conven-
tons this clause was stricken out. Their
refusal 10 state their impartiality Is. we
! feel a most suspicious sign for the future
I since the majority Of the subcommittee
! acting on this proposition were favorable
| 10 suffrage.
Miss Chttenden states with apparent
sloc that seven men threw over the
/ II, nd tod
! no on the Tollcall. She Is welcome TO
count among her friends men who VIII
run on a platform that they don't Intend
TO stand by after they are elected. rs
an old trick and an anti-suffrase TRICK.
| Those gentlemen will hear from ms In due
time.
Senator Wagner was made Of different
metal and although he opposed the in
seriion OF the suffrage plank at Syracuse
| he stood BY il 10 the letter. There are
men who never grow. and women. too.
for that matter. but the normal citizen.
and especially tho American citizen
moves with the times.
RI Miss Chi'tenden feels so strongly that
our question should have been submitted
! such plank? Tho answer Is evident. In
Masss chusetts 92cI women voted FOR SUI
| frase and s54 against. have 10 thank
Miss Chittcnden Tor the figures they are
most convincing. We cannot hope for
dl:its that ratio in 1915. but that we will
win / have no doubt, because We realize
the immensely Of tho task that les before
Us.
Does Miss Chittcnden realize that her
little association is tho least OF our dan
gers Her most powerful friends in this
fight arc vice and corruption and igno-
rance n she wants 20 win she must or
ganize these potent forces OF the under
world for they won ont in Ohio and
Michigan ard Wisconsin.
NORA batch Dr. FOREST.
Member of the Executive Board % the
Women's Political Union.
New York. Jan. %. 1919.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-01-31
THE GRAND TRUNK RAILWAY.

From The Hamilton tOntariol Spectator.
Tn. truth IL gradually coming out re-
earding the Grand frank extensions IN
New England. which seemed 10 have been
aba ndoned In favor OF an understahdinS
with the New Haven interests. And, as
We nav. all along felt sure must be the
case the fuller Information only places IN
clearer light the honor and good ialth OF
the Canadian company.
II seems that some years ago VI
Charles NJ Hays. then al the head OF thc
Grand Trunk and who always had ms
eve ola possibilities for additional trarlc,
thought he saw chance 10 secure Il
rLart.r taking his tracks right into Bos-
ton. He did not think the time had come
10 build-thc company was hardly pre-
pared to finance that work but ne dlu
think the psyChOlOgicdl moment hud AT
rived TO get a charter. the people oi New
England having become inc-rsed against
the New Haven monopoly, ana READY 70
tlrn 10 any quarter Tor relief. lie SUD
United his proposal 10 Mr.. Smithtt'.
chairman Of the English directors, VINO
uointed out som. difficulties. The 'ana-
dian people. he thought would not ne
LEASED to see connections maze likely 10
carry traffic 10 on American port at the
.ruapsr of IN, ports OF the Canadian seat
board At any rate. he thought nothinS
could actually be- done TIL certain large
Undertakings To when the Grand lruhN
was already committed We're coihpIeteu,
IN, main line and the separation of the
grades in Montreal and Toronto. The
charter WAS secured. as Mr. Hays Desired.
but no serious attempt was made To begin
the work OF construction between NHlte
River Junction and Boston.
For the extension from Palmer MASS.
10 Providence, X. T.. the board In London
did allow "a small temporary loan to be
raised and some work was done; but the
Tightening or the money market, agra
waited BY the beginning Of the Balkan
war; rendered impossible the procuring on
reasonable terms OF the FUNDS for the
prosecution of that work and IL was sus-
pended.
II has been charged that the suspension
of this work was du. to the more friendly
feeling between Mr.. chamberl,n, the
present head of the Grand Trunk. and
Mr.. M.llen, the head OF the New Haven
interests, than had existed between NJ.
HAYS and Mr.. Mellen. and that the state
Of the money market was only prctcXt.
It is true that Mr.. .Chamber!in Is person
ally on better terms with Mr. Mellen than
was hia predecessor but IL Is quite untrue
that the stopping of the work WAS due "a
traffic arrangements with the New Haven
interests against the Will OF the people OF
New England. II really was stopped be-
cause the time was not propitious for its
completion. and. as a matter OF fact, ar
engagements are now being made for Its
resumption at an early day.
From beginning to end the Grand Trunk
has acted in "A manner perfectly fair and
just to all concerned. This IL more evil
dent now than II was on the partial In
formation at hand during the recent agi-
tation. 1t will become still more patent
IN the course OF the coming legal pro-
ceedings In New York.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-01-31

worked in cooperation with the re-
form association and sought its advice
The officials did not always agree WIN
the association, any more than thel
always agreed among themselves. anu
doubtless under Governor Suizer ther"
will he times when the commissioners
faced by the responsibility for action
and the necessity of finding Il way ont
Of practical difficulties OF adnli'is'ra-
ton. may not be able 10 meet inc
views Of the rcformcrs. The important
point is. however. that they shou'"
have common ideal-the extension
of competition. the rcpulse On 'he
spoilsmen and efficiency in pubic ser
vice. No one would wish the commits
sion To surrender its Judgment T" oth-
crs but il is good 10 see the associa-
ton again welcomed to lis couhcI'
board and treated as worker
rather than hostile critic.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-01-31
THE TALK OF THE DAY.

The lost property department OF me
Interborough RaIid Transit COMPANY.
where umbrellas. rhincoats. rubber shoes.
canes and all kinds OF parcels found IN
cars are held Tor delivery 10 their re-
spoctive owners. might have been peace
maker q fow days ago had an honest
fnjer not chosen 10 act the part himself.
In the angle OF seat next To a SIDE door
he had on entering the car found what
appeared 10 be bundle OF tissue paper.
II was really a bunch Of violets 30 which
card was fastened. II bore loving
message. which had evidently been writ
ten 10 smooth over a rough spot in
ccurtship The signature was al initial.
The moist paper bore an address, At
which the flowers were soon delivered.
with this addition TO the message on the
card Forget !t-forgive him. Hes 50
upset that he left them In q car. where
man Of peace found them"
Texas liz big state" remarked the
native. "A man from the eastern part OF
the state Is a South.rncr, man from the
other side Of the state ~ a Westerner."
How about man from the northern
part Of the state
Hes Yankee .'-lsOuisytlle Courier
journal.
on It's foriieth anniversary the Dresdner
Bank. Berlin. issued a booklet Of forty
pages. in WINCH matters pertaining 10
,i.rmsny's economic conditions are shown
"a carefully complied tables. The In
formation is ON population. finances, mill
iary and naval expenditures. national
wealth, agriculture. industry, trade. trait
fc banking. cooperative societies. insur-
auce and public education. The booklet
bears the imprint Of the Imperial Print
ing Works. and Is issued, SAYS the in
troductory, with the object Of helping 10
eradicate misconceptions az TO Germany."
| nder the head OF Population" the
statement is made that the increase in
the population OF Germany depends solely
on the excess OF births over deaths. not
on immigration This birth excess Is
greater than in All other countries with
like industrial development. The decrease
IN the death rate results from improved
hygiene and medical science"
Blobps-I feel like the oldest man In
the world.
Slobbs-What are you talking about?
You're not A day over thirty.
Blobbs-Yes. but I've just been listening
TO "A boy OF sixteen tell about the things
he used 10 do when he was kid. -Phila-
dslphia Record.
Nearly everybody In a social set com
posed OF elderly people who live In the
upper part OF the city has heard the story
OF the pearls. II is a true story without
a moral. The men OF the dinner party
Were smoking and the women were I'm
the drawing room. Il have always adj
mifed your pearls" said Mrs. \. who WAS
seated next to Mrs. Il. And I think
yours are just lovely" retorted Mrs. h.
politely. Yes. but I would gladly give
mine for yours" You would be sorry
II YOU did II should be perfectly willing
10 take the risk" Mrs. e smiled and
leaning over. whispered: They are not
real-the only genuine thing about the
piece is the clasp-the diamonds are real
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-01-31
.TAFTENCOURAGES RELIGION
Sunday Schools Make Good
Citizens, Says President.

Washington. Jan. president TAFT.
addressing the delegates 10 the Sunday
school convention of the Methodist Epis-
CoDal Church South to-day, warmly APP
proved religious education. The President
said:
Every association of this sort. organ
lied To strengthen the influence OF the
Church. | feel IL my duty ia every way
To encourage. Certainly. a good church
member. and good sunday school stu
dent and teacher, must De good CIV
zen. and as YOU make FOR the one YOU
make for the other. In that sense. IL il
the duty of the head OF the nation al
ways to testify in any way that he can
10 his appreciation of such movement
as this and 10 the excellence OF the re-
suits that you bring about.
There are improvements IN sunday
schools as there are improvements I'm all
branches OF education. | have had some
knowledge OF that myself. We had n
worlds convention OF sunday schools
here about two years ago. ana ! learned
from that. and from other experiences
the fact that you are cultivatng more
thoroughncss In the matter OF religious
teaching i'm the Sunday schools.
That il a time of he when the students
can take in things that will be with them
forever They make better students than
we older people. and they acquire "A
knowledge Of the Scriptures and or the
Bible and Of religious liberty that re-
mains with them always. II they take n
thorough method of instruction.. but II II
IL only to he regarded as a formal func-
ton 1t has not the usefulness which IL
has II il Is TO be part OF the childs edu-
cation. as II ought to he
These thorough methods" added the
President. Il am glad To know, are being
introduced in all the great Sunday School
movements in the various churches. |
congratulate you on the success Of your
work and hope It may continue
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-01-31
WHAT'S IN A NAME
A Veterans Daughter Asks Why
Gen. Sickles Should Be Spared.

To the Editor Of The Tribune
Sir. VIII you please tell me why all
this fuss and feathers 20 save Daniel
Slc<les from being arrested. when he IL
accused of appropratinG trust funds to
his own uses. living I'm luxury on other
folks money? To be sure. he WAS a sol
der who fought and oiled and almost died
for this country OF ours. but hon many
nundr sds or other veterans are worse
on than he from the effects Of the war?
Ny father was i'm that war over three
years and his brother was IN twenty-seV-
EN- battles and eventually died from the
effects OF II about six months ago.
II veteran who had lived retired
honest life through want had appropri-
a,ed So instead Of t2s.coo he would have
been arrested and locked up in Ludlow
street Jail or else sent 10 the island. /
cannot undorsta nd why they should dis
crlmiuatc when Daniel Sickles should be
punished for misappropriating funds IN
trusted 10 him for definite purpose
A VETERANS DAUGHTER.
New York. Jan. %. 1912.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-01-31
TO HOLD EDDY MILLIONS
Christian Scientists Ask for
Law to Keep Request.

Boston. Jan. 90.-Representatives or the
First Church OF Christ. Scientist, appeared
a. petitioners before a legislative com
mittee to-day for an act permitting the
Church to take and hold the estate. est
mated mt 100000, bcqueathed 10 ii by the
late Mary Baker q. Eddy.
The enabling act was drawn By eN-
Governor Bates and was not opposed
Similar petitions We're made by the ~.
stephens Church, of Pittsield, and the
First Unitarian Society OF Leomnster
The Supreme court OF Massachusetts
has held that while the bequest OF MIS-
Eddy was not In accordance with the
statute which limited gifts to religious
ORGANIZATIONS TO amounts the annual N
come from which was not more than
s. OOp. the will had established vand
trust which the trustees should admins
ter. though they could not act as trns-
tees of the Church without authority from
the Legislature.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-01-31
THE CITY's SHAME.

The six thousand white slavers
who. according 10 an expert invcstiga-
for are living off the earnings of the
women Of the streets. are only Few
of those who prey upon tue uhior'u'
mates in this city. The graft coIIe''ihc
policeman is not one whit better. lie
takes the wages Of shame FOR lett'hs
the white SLAYER" ply his trade. Ana
the crooked politician TO whose Nh
GERS stick some Of this foul money
and who has Il use for the Whlte
SLAYER" in his political organization Is
one Of the vampires.
Tia six thousand could not exist ana
MY their trade. could not recruit theii
victims by force and fraud. and com
rel the more open Haunting ana al
vrrtising of vice hy their infamous
eyactjous if # were not Tor the ALI
ance of grating police aud politicians
who stand behind them. WHAT othef
criminal trade is regularly Piled by SIX
tbousand men in New Yorl, with lit
tIe or no interruption: We are in In"
habit of thinking that law when
has public opinion in support OF II IS
easily enforced. White s!aving' j. a
crime which is hated ms no other
crime is. vet those engaged IN II nave
little to fear. Those whose immediate
business II is 10 suppress it nave Il
hand i'm il themselves and carry its
dirty profits in their pockets. Those
whose duty it IS ia protect its victims
assist in robbing them. The figures. SIX
thousand white slavcrs. tell story
~ ,uniciual shame
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-01-31

without shedding his pearl gray street
gloves and successfully got away WIN
il. Such marvellous sang tfo'd is an
asset which statesmen condemned 10
sit all summer at Washington revlsiis
the tariff may well envy. The Illinois
Democracy will be disconsolaie IT 'he
Sullivan plot goes through 1t VIII
have been betrayed into substituting
for its best something below its pest
When helping liberty to'enlichten the
world why prefer an ordinary mean
descent TO triple power tungsten
burner:
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-01-31
MR.. BRYAN AND THE CABINET.

Mr.. Bryan has promptly contradlcted
the positive announcement in the
! columns Of THE Miami (Fla) Her
aid" that he had accepted an Invita-
ton TO enter the Wilson Cabinet. Hc
did not say. however. that he would
not accept a Cabinet appointment and
/ the question whether or not he Will be
a member Of President Wilson'S Of
ffirtal family remains as open as ever
1.-THE Tribune has expressed the opinion
THAT Mr.. Bryan would not associate
himself with the Wilson administra-
Ition unless he received assurance in
advance that the President-elect would
! live I'D to the single term pledge
Of the Democratic national platform
! There ere good reasons why. as Il
practical politician. the Nebraskan
should not Join fortunes with Mr. VIII
son unless he were 10 he put thereby
in the position of being the adminiStra-
TONS residuary Iegatee. He is still an
asptrant for the Presidency. and his
mower as Democratic leader was
never more conspicuously demon
Strated than at Baltimore last June
where. practically unaided. he made
possihle Wilson's nomination nv de-
feating Speaker Clark.
IL would he highly impolltic for MI
Bryan to tie himself up 20 an eight
wear contract with the President-elect'
IF the Wilson administration should
woar ont its welcome IN less than four
years Mr.. Bryan would probably sac
rifice his own future by engaging in
an effort 10 give the President a sec
ond term. In the debate Yesterday on
the Works single six-year term amend
mept To the federal Constitution Sena-
N tor MARITIME. Of New Jersey. made an
y interesting admission He said that
while Mr.. Wilson had never in so
many words indorsed the single term
blank Of the Democratic national plat
form. he had. nevertheless. several
times approved the principle there laid
down.
If Mr.. Marines statement IS correct
there can he no serious obstacle to Mr.
Brvan'S service in the Cabinet. He can
enter that body with no changing
obligation to efface himself In 1916
and he can look forward TO enjoying
the support of the administration four
wears hence in the pursuit or dele
gates. Out of loyalty to his own en-
pbasized convictions and 10 the Baiu-
more platform. Of which he was the
chief author he would he compelled
to decline Office under a Democratic
President who intended to seek re-
election. Mr.. Bryan has always been
fair fighter. He is pledged SO posi-
lively TO the single term idea that any
authentic announcement OF his ac-
ceptance of the Secretaryship OF state
or the Secretaryship of the Treasury
would have to be regarded as evidence
that Mr.. Wilson had decided in adj
vance to limit his residence in the
White House TO one fOur-year term.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-01-31
MOT A GREAT AMERICAN"

President elect Wilson. speaking a
few DAYS ago Of Alexander Hamilton,
characterized him thus:
great man but. in my Judgment,
not great American.
Men are so often heard to describe
something which they don't Tx" Or are
euyiou4 of as "nn-American' that II is
worth while 10 sec the sort OF man VINO
in The view of the new statesnanShip'
though a great man. rendering ineSti'
mable services % America, yet is mot
great American.
Guizot said Of Hamilton
There is not in The Constitution Of
the United states an element OF order
of force or OF duration which no mas
not powerfully contributed 20 introduce
and caused 20 predominant.
Every student OF American history
whatever he may think Of Hamilton
tcmperament and measures as con-
trasted with those OF Jefferson. knows
This is true. Yet if Governor Wilson -
right the man who more than any other
sbappd our Constitution into an inStrli'
mcnt of orderly, powerful and endur-
ing government. who contributed 50
wondcrfully 20 the development or ID"
American nation in greatness. prosper
ity and stability, was not great
American. Then II must be that this
work. while great. was not American.
We have heard that said before of late.
4 certain group Of radicals grows IN
creasmgly fond Of preaching that sta
biljtv and order are not American ana
that the Constitution which Hamilton
helped 10 make. with its predominating
elements Of order force and duration.
is ''un-American" n that IL true II
the American spirit n thinking III
terms Of American life. were not re-
flected In the Fundamental structure OF
our Constitution, then certainly Ham
lion was not great American. lr
those elements in our national lie
which find the Constitution their fitting
instrument are American. then Alex
andrr Hamilton was great American
and II is only the new craftsmanship
that l. un-Anerican.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-01-31
AT EXPORT.
lBy Telegraph % The Tribune

iBy Telegraph % The Tribune
Newport. Jan. S0.-Miss Catherine Gull
YER. OF New York. is the guest OF MRS.
Joseph II. Willard. Mrs Willard VIII
give dinner for a company OF young
n,rsons tomorrow evening. and Will
take her guests to dance at ST. georges
school. in Middletown.
Mr. and Mrs Dudley Davis. or New
York. are planning to lease a place here
for the coming summer.
Colonel George r. Fearing IS Al the
Muenchnger King.
Charles NJ. Oelrichs has returned 10
New York.
Mrs. Helene NJ Raymond, OF MNsuC'
Conn. is a guest of Captain and MIS- A.
len d. RAYMOND at Fort Adams.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-01-31
COAL. BILLS AND FLIES.

From The Springfield Republican.
Something Of what We are saving In eo@'
bills We may have 10 lose in the depredston'
Of flies \ bumper crop" due TO the unsea
sonably mild weather. is predicted by the "
expert Of the civic federation. But II th''
weather keeps up there will be more time u,
carly cleaning around the house and harm. sn'
that's programme that beats swat 'he ny
all TO pieces.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-01-31

both of this town. will give. by invitation
or President and Mrs. Taft, a musical at
the White House tomorrow nlght. Mn'''
Bowman formerly was member OF the
METROPOLITAN and Montreal opera COM
panies Mr.. Andrews is orsanist OF the
First Baptist Church here.