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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-05-19
The Governors Task Unfinished.

Although Governor Sulzer signed one of the Cul-
len Walker bills to facilitate the Improvement OF the
South Brooklyn waterfront. the Importance OF Whch
The Tribune pointed out repeatedly, he still has De
fore him two companion measures essential 10 the
completion Of the scheme The measure signed
gives to the Board Of Estimate Increased powers
over the waterfront. The ones unsigned, by per
hitting railroads and express companies to own
stock in terminal companies in New York City only
offer the city the full chance for the South Brook
Ign development.
1t is said the railroads are none too keen about
obtaining such power and that the barge canal IN
terests too fear the effects of the terminal bills
Careful analysis of the bills yet unsigned however
fails 10 reveal any unusual ''jokers such as were
contained In the famous "horsecar bill, ana
emphasize clearly how the Board of Estimate would
be hampered In It's waterfront plans should the GOV
ernor fail TO approve them. Quick action at Albany
Is essential i'm this case if the supremacy of the
Port Of New York is to he maintained
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-05-19
A Real Medal of Honor.

Washington dispatches say that Senator oiiie
lanes has received letter of congratuaton from
President Wilson on the able manner in when lie
chewed ND the two Democratic Senators from LOUIS
lana who are opposing the WilSon-l nderWood t'iln
bill Mr. James is to he congratulated on the lel'er
and still more on the circumstances which make the
receipt of such letter matter of genuine cohgrat-
ulatiOn.
1t was not always so. When Mr.. Cleveahd
dropped q line to Senator Roger .. NILS of leNaS'
saying that he had just read the latterS speech Oh
some subject or other in The Congressional Rec
ord" and could not go to bed before recordilT
his sincerest appreciation etc. Mr.. Mills may nave
been grateful but he also undenahly empar-
raised The publication of the letter put him mo
the class of "CuckOo' Senators-looked upon ID
those DAYS by most Democrats in Congress H. Il
fraternity Of uudesirableS.
Times have changed The clock in the White House
chimes blithey now. and its tones are the sweet
est possible music in the ears OF statesmen nj the
other end of Pennsylvania avenue. what once
earned Mr. Mills the suspicion Of most of his party
colleagues now makes Mr.. james the envy ana
admiration Of all.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-05-19
The Pink. Checked SchoolmistresS.

Some people may think that Mr. Thomas w
Churchill the president of the Board of Educatioh'
was dropping into moving picture romance when ne
told the aumne of the Normal College that he
would rather teacher had the pulchritude OF req
cheeks than the wisdom of the encyclopedias Yet
il Is not alone in Bret Harte Edward Eggleston ana
the movies" that the pretty schoomarm hypnouzeS
the unruy scholar and soothes the savage breast
of the superintendent and the visiting school Il
rector
The red cheeks which speak of healthy open ar
life. good nature and capacity for wholesome ell
ioyment are nowhere more in place than on the
rostrum inside the little red schoolhouse Ihey
are an Indictment to good cheer and comtor'aoe
scholarship Better even modicum of learning
where rudy cheeks and a smiling countenance are
than much erudition achieved under frown ana Il
ferrue.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-05-19
NEW YORK FROM THE SUBURBS.

The only people in New YORK VINO are p",'"s 'o'
notice protection and not getting 1t seem 10 pe the '
cent axpayers.--Detroit Free Press
New yorks new courthouse will be the biggest IN ,he
world That however. does not insure mat '"e p"s
~ is,ice dispensed therein will be the best-Buiao
Enquirer.
>..,iuc that New York is soon to have three OF the
- o,,,rches in the world We are forced to admit
,h, ,ve don't know Of place where they are nee'eh
,ore or could be placed to better adVantage-fhiia
delphia Inquirer
Mayor Gaynor's boom for reelection has been
Launched" again this time by Brooklyn admirers me
declaration Of its promoters that there Is no politics III
it, is rather odd. There Is not muoh suoeeSS'' Po
in f-Sprinsfeld Republican
Nov, York seems rather proud than otherwise OF the
aHday record Of its gun gangs AT least II
hasn't stopped them-Ceveland Leader
How tan a building constitutes "skyscraper'? That
derds ON the size Of the If is less than lOO.-
0OO eight stories can successfully scrape ,e SKY III
New York they are beginning TO use them to hold IL
un-we mean the sky-St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Figures compiled by the Geological Survey show that
x.v, York used more than million bricks last year.
Presumably this includes those hurled at Mayor Gaynor
Nashville Tennesseean.
."rhere is no more patient courteous. long-suherng
Individual than the New York policeman proper" de-
clares THE Telegram" But is there such thing In
New York as a proper ACKNOWLEDGEMENT Post.
The activity Of the New York police in hunting for
tho man who killed three personstwo OF them police
men-in that city few days age Is I'm marked con-
trast To what done when Rosenthal was murdered
But York police have established quite reputa-
ton knowing what they are about though some Of
them have To go to Jail for it-Thiladephia Press.
\ ANY tourist Paris, but few foreigners see
France" says Hamilton w. Mabie. Nevertheless. a
New Yorker who has believed all Of his life that New
York IS America be blamed for feeling that he
knows France he has spent six weeks in Paris
Louisville Courier Journal
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-05-19
LOYAL SONS OF GREAT BRITAIN
If They Should Fail What Would Be
come of Ireland?

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: II Tertius MacMorrough-Cavana
sprung from an Irish family. that is
among the oldest in Europe" docs he
mean his family" or only the Irish part
of t?J will carefully and earnestly con-
suit his family records he will probably
arrive at the conclusion that his present
estimate OF John Bull and his affairs is
shall we say-illoe icaly Irish.
The loyal sons of Great Britain, be they
English. Scotch. Welsh, Canadian. Aus
trallan. South African. have been only too
willing to lay down their lives for their
country-Dulce est pro patria mori-but
Mr.. T. NC. may rest assured that the
oratorial millions who have died In
India were not Irish. They have been pre-
served for some higher destiny doubtless.
released from Pandora's box to spread
good will toward men, II "whte-haired
and tottering John Bulr' has kept half
England In century long misery and
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-05-19
A pEPORTED IMMIGRANT GIRL
Commissioner Williams Explains the
Misunderstood Facts Of Her Case.

TO the Editor OF The Tribune.
Sir: As an example of soulless law
OF needless cruelty, permit me TO call your
attention 10 the action recently taken by
the immlgra ton authorities OF this port
I'm the case Of ---- --, a German SER
want. dcported last week.
This young girl was the unmarried
mother OF a child born eight months ago
I'm the United States. For this reason
the immigration authorities assumed that
she must necessarily have been brought
TO this country for immoral purposes.
They therefore ordered her TO be de-
ported under the immigration law of Feb
ruary %. 1907 amended by the act of
this case came under this law However,
they dcported her-and they did more:
This penniless, friendless, wretched girl,
who had probably been more sinned
against than SHINING, was compelled to
leave her baby here because he was a
citizen of the United States Despite her
pleading, her tears and her ability to sup
mort her fatherless child. the little eight
months old baby was torn from her arms
and she was forced to sail without IL.
The baby is now a charge on the COM
munity. This was gross cruelty 10 the
mother and a monstrous injustice to the
child
To deprive that baby of It's mothers
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-05-19

restitution" why should an Irishman feel
sad? Surely there are enough troubles IN
ireland without borrowing more from the
English. Has Tertius forgotten his Herod-
otus and the poor of the ancient world
or do not his records 70 back as far az
this? can his ancestral annals give Us
proof Of treaties broken at VIII? These
new sources OF history should most GER
talnly be laid ,ren 10 greedy historians
What picture does Mr.. T. Nc. paint
for the next twenty-five years The Brit
ish Empire is no more. Gone, all gone
Rome and Carthage never disappeared so
quickly. Truly disintegration Is modern
science. But what will become Of Ire
land? VIII II rise, phoenix like, from the
ashes Of empire and lead the nations and
peoples Of this earth toward an unselhsh'
charitable and far-mlnded millennium!
We do not know. but no doubt those same
ancestral records will faithfully describe
II all for a godlike descendant to read ana
approve. W D.
No. 20 Broadway New York, May 10. 1918
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-05-19
COUNTING CITY'S CHICKENS
The Controller Figures In the Un
Matched Eggs. Declares a Reader.

To the Editor OF The Tribune.
Sir. Il is matter of some surprise that
the assumptions of the Controller of the
CITY OF New York in regard 10 the re-
sources of the city have apparently been
accorded general acceptance.
Any business corporation or partnership
or individual making so absurd a claim
I'm an attempt 10 bolster it's credit would
be held up to rdicule. II not subjected to
legal action for gross fraud and msrep-
resentatiOn.
The widest stretch in imagination In
accounting could not give a greater value
10 the real property assets Of the Cor
poration OF the city OF New YORK IMAM
the actual cost In acquiring them. and
since this cost. largely overcapitalized.
has already been absorbed az the goodwill
included I'm the Zee value Of taxable prop
erty. Il Is difficult indeed 10 see how even
the cost value OF property which Is un-
taxed. and which value has passed quite
entirely 10 the value OF taxed property.
can be presumed To exist
No one who has ever paid taxes but
knows that when "A park or other pub
lie Improvement expenditure Is made
the cost OF operation is eventually laid
upon taxable property In such manner
as the wisdom OF the assessors dictates
or as is determined by existing law Your
honorable Controller would, In taking an
inventory. count his chickens as Matched
from eggs and also include as productive
eggs the very shells from which his chick
ems came. but when he foregoes includ-
ing the value" OF the streets and pave
ments as a resource OF the corporation he
comes down to earth quite as much as
an ordinary mortal who might repaint his
house and then try 60 get away with II
as an Improvement adding To the value
81 the house. when In reality. it is an
expenditure for the purpose of preserving
existing value from ruin and decay.
All OF the actual value of New York
City's parks and so forth really rests in
the value of the taxable property OF the
property holders. who are In an economic
sense the corporation Of the city OF New
York, and as the resource value OF their
private properties is personal ana midi
vidual. by what process OF reasoning does
the head OF the Finance Department ar
rive at the conclusion that 1t is also TO
be accounted resource Of the corpora
ton? lie IL padding his figures.
WILLIAM JAMESBIR.
Brookville. y Y, May 10. 1918.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-05-19
THE CASE AGAINST M ANENY
Why a Progressive Considers Him a
Weak Candidate.

To the Editor OF The Tribune.
Sir: Progressive did not name Mr..
McAneny as a Mayoralty candidate be-
cause he didn't think he could be
elected. However opinion may differ,
his subway record alienated the lnde-
pendence League his S25,oooOD civic cen-
ire scheme, ripping away of building
fronts and mania for changing street
lines and levels have alienated taxpayers
and storekeepers, and the putting OF
new sdealers and basement shops out OF
business has placed many more voters
In opposition.
1t will be more difficult to win fusion
victory this year than four years ago.
only strong candidates should be put for
ward II is doubtful IL Mr.. McAneny
can be reelected Borough President His
nomination for Mayor would insure a
Tammany victory. Or so IL seems TO
PROGRESSIVE.
New York May II. 1918.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-05-19
WILLIAM WILLIAMS
THE TALK OF THE DH

momber of the Turner Bund Nho .,"
seen the turtle germ institute I'll.
street referred to as the r r. ,rn,
into said that such desighatio" " -
lead 10 misapprehension among "' .he
..,rhe three F's." he said. have loi "
last any wears been the Turner s'e
vater Jahn's 'Frisch. Frei, IRON ="
Years another F. has been added W.,
Tho motto was changed 10 'frisch' -
Froehlich. Froh, which Is 30 pop ~. now
German circles that II VIII proo"" ,:,,r.,.
he mistaken for F. F. Friedmahh-r ''
STEIN
.'You really like country me-
DOLBY asked Petlown; onson
..W 1u 'o' do YOU do with you'se"
nights" asked Petlow. ,, Dobson--
"Oh. | come TO town saiu
Harper's Weekly.
MAY.
She opened UP so bright and fa''
II warmed the cookies OF the heai''
While blossoms. sprinGing ever'""
Assured us spring had mace ''
Rut now. alas. we're dealt DO"
BY May. on whom our hopes "
pinned,
So ALL the weather prophets know
That there is something In the VIM,
GEORGE b. MoRE"ooD'
R,ohbs-Gotrox is literally rollihs
wealth. 90 cav is hs
Slobbs-Well. all ! have 10 sSS,,isda.
might find a better use ior w.
phia Record.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-05-19
An Excellent Subject for Reformation.

Anybody who could find good word to say Tor
Fort George Park at present constituted would
be an ingenious optimis 1t is an eyesore to any one
approaching the city from the north 1t is null
rance to everybody roundabout. 1t Is miserable
failure as playground
The proposal to buy out the amusement enter
nrjses and convert the whole into real park
offers pleasant and cheering change The cost OF
the twenty-seyen acres is put at $4,000. AS part
NJ Hiehbridee Park II could be made exceedingly
beautiful and, would be of wide and real value tC
the public
nv all means let us have a reformed and purified
Fort George!
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-05-19
A Grave Defect in the Income Tax Scheme

One feature of the tariff bill plan to collect the
tax on income as far possible lat the source
PROMISES to cause much confusion and annoyance
without assuring the government any coinpehsalhg
benefits That is the provision which requires any
tenant paying rent TO the amount or more IMAM
81 900 annually TO withhold per cent OF the rent
and turn it over to a collector of internal revenue
In every city there are many lessees Of houses
shops and offices who pay more than $1,000 year
rent and these will all be obliged TO act as paying
agents" for the owners, either individuals or cor
norations whose tenants they are. In order TO OBJ
tain any Of the exemptions which the law allows
the owner will be compelled TO file with each such
agent" complete statement Of his income ana
business affairs. That in itself will be hardship
10 the owner and good deal of nuisance to the
lessee.
But the fault Of the collection at the source plan
goes still deeper in such cases. The tenant Is re-
ouired 10 deduct per cent of the rent on the false
assumption that the rent represents clear net earn
ngs or income That it does not and cannot do
In office buildings for instance, the costs OF opera
tiop in taxes. assessments, maintenance, insurance
repairs heating lighting and service run TO from AZ
10 70 per cent of the total rentals 1t would be
ceedingy difficult to figure out just what proportion
OF rent was really income in the of each sepa
rate tenant and the net result would be confusion
in bookkeeping and loss either to the owner or to
the government
Where the owner Is a corporation there is aDso-
utely no need for the clumsy device of collecting
through the tenants. Corporations are taxed now on
their net incomes under the excise corporation tax
law, and no difficulty has been experienced in levy
ing or collecting the tax. II is going to the source
10 deal with the corporation. whose books must
show its real income and that method Of collection
is decidedly simpler and cheaper
Where the owner is an individual il would he
much farer to require deductions on the part OF
such tenants only as by the terms Of their leases
assume the payment Of taxes assessments, main
renance repairs and insurance What such tenants
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-05-19

change, in the abandonment of costly DOCKS anu
other works which are perfectly good but could not
be moved or sold for other purposes, would DE ehoi
nous So there is likely to be some serious thihNiis
before the navy yard moves to the neutrai grounu
between classic Communpaw and odoriferous Bay
Onne.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-05-19

pay would pretty nearly represent actual income
from rent In all other cases the tax should faii OH
what the owner himself proves is the real balance
between receipts and expenditures ~
The Senate should amend the House bill so as 10
do Justice TO realty owners and to relieve most oil
their tenants of poness and burdenso We reSpoil-
Sibty
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-05-19

a German brain specialist finds only two types
women who love fine dresses. He should look agar
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-05-19

Friedman test will take two years-Headlne.
MEANWHILE there will be plenty of time TO rake III
the shekels.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-05-19

1t is to be hoped that the municipal authorities
have anchored the Fair Fame statue on the top VI
the new city building that its gaze cannot NC
directed up Centre street to Police Department
hnadnnarfers
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-05-19

Charles n. Hyde will now be able to take an ou'
ing in the fine old Judicial housebOat, "stop-a-Whie'
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-05-19
An Open Forum fer
Public Debate

care may be it's death The mortality in
infant asylums Is enormous. This IS hot
only due TO the artificial feeding but 70
the lack Of "motherlng" which these poor
little UnfOrtunates never get l suppo~
the wise men Of the immigration ouIea'
never thought that their decision might
murder that little baby They prooaoB
thought only Of the law. which says tnA'
citizen of the United States cannot o.
deported from the country Of his orU1
But surely the immigration authorizes
have some latitude in their iAterpfe'auO'
Of the law Under the circumstances >,
would have been better TO have allo"''
that poor mother TO take her oaoy VII,
her. Uncle Sam could have done "l'"o''
that little eight-months-old citizen WIZ
I'm all probability will not outIve ~
babyhood Surely the mother nee'eo
more than any one else
Cannot Justice be tempered win n'e'.'
and humanity. or must the ia" eAac, W.
pound Of flesh? MOlhD"
New York, May y, 1913
To the Editor OF The Tribune
Sir: / am very glad that you suonli'e'
to me for comment letter addressed 70
Won bv "A Mother" The name OF u'e
immigrant therein referred TO was
Within a few months after a.
rival she gave birth to an iHesi,''""''
child by a man who had remained aorV"'.
Here is her own statement as 10 "n''
hecame of this child: II gave II avn"
to some people. and later heard ne mo-
died" Later this girl gave birth 10
second illesitimate child; and when asH,a
what had become of this child she sa'u
again. 81 have given it away o'us.
interesting facts not referred to IN '"e
letter are that she had actually pee"
nublic charge. and that al the u''ie
hor arrest she was employed In diso''
derry house. ,uS
Commissioner.
Ellis Island. New York. May To- 1910
frhe Tribune has received a hufn0e'
,ct,ers with respect to this case o..
prints the foregoing for the ihio'"'n,,
Of these readers. The name OF the " NO.,
grant girl seemed unnecessary 10 ipe, .1,s
the case and has been stricken rroi"
letters.-Ed.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-05-19

owned and published daily by The Tribune Association
New York corporations ogden NJ Reid PRESIDENT Cohoe
HamIin Secretary H. Barrett Treasurer AuoreSS
Tribune Building No. 154 Nassau street. New YORK
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-05-19

SUBSCRIPTION RATEs-By Mail Postage Paid outside OF
York
nail, and sunday mo s 10 Daily only months 50 90 90
nd Sunday mos. 20 Daily onIy: veal
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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-05-19

Entered at the at York as Second Class Mall
Matter.
Semi-weekly herald., 1913-07-10
wolf OF WALL ST.. ON STAND

WASHINGTON, D. c., July s.
David Lamar, "the wolf of Wall
street." today testified before the lob
by committee at his own request. He
waived immunity.
Lamar defended his action of imper-
sonating Democratic congressman and
senators and pledging their support to
Morgan & Co.'S plans. He said this
was only usual Wall street game"
and insisted he was actuated by the
highest public motives. His plan was
twofold To reinstate Edward Lau-
terbach as attorney for Morgan & Co.
and force general reform in Wall
street methods. Witness insisted that
for nine years he had spent his own
private fortune in remedying all the
streets wrongs.
Lamar said: 81 wanted to bring the
Standard Oil, the American tobacco
and steel trust, Messrs. Lovett, Crav-
ath, Ledyard and others into the open
where the truth about them would be
known. l planned this impersonation
and jeopardized my own personal
friend Lauterbach, to bring these peo-
pie to the public forum. When l sent
Lauterbach to Lenyard to tell him he
represented the entire national gov
ernment except the president, that it
was willing to treat with Morgan Il
Co. did it to bring these men into
the open because l expected they
would proceed against Lauterbach and
myself for blackmail. l wanted to
produce an explosion. I deeply regret
temporarily besmirching these public
men and humbly apologize for it,
Senators Walsh and Reed fiercely
cross-examined Lamar.