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Newspaper
New York Times
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1909
Page
6
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The piece argues that the twelve month deficit and tariff issues push toward new taxes such as an income or corporation tax while criticizing tariff protection. It cites past stamp taxes as productive and suggests college women face higher marriage rates due to social and economic trends affecting education and family plans.
The Knickerbocker Trust Company weathered a major bank run with strong assets and rapid reorganization, reflecting a wider banking recovery. The piece argues confidence and altered enforcement of statutes underpinned the rebound, while cautions about the crop outlook and tariff debate remain.
Editorial argues the Queensboro Bridge franchise should be withheld due to city arbitration rights and Public Service Commission approval. It questions a state body's power to impede city plans and warns against letting terms control city growth and subway investment.
The essay notes the mismatch between high costs and market prices for grand Long Island estates like Castle Gould, arguing most buyers are a small elite lacking universally admirable taste. It cautions that lavish, foreign-inspired designs often clash with American life and waste capital, though owners enjoy the build and possible value gains. It also criticizes police speed traps aimed at motorists near Tottenville and the Prospect Park Coney Island boulevard for producing irritation rather than reform.
Utica Drop Forge and Tool Company President W Pierrepont White argues against high duties on nippers pliers and staple pullers. He cites German wages and tool quality to claim American workers earn far more, urging protection not justified by current rates.
The piece argues the stamp tax has clear merits as revenue for expenditures. It would be easily implemented with minimal administrative cost and would be patiently borne, drawing few protests. In different times it might gain more congressional support.
The passage ponders what suffering was necessary and what could have been avoided by loyalty and courage to one another and to factual truth rather than to imagined weaknesses. It notes such inquiries rise after every panic, but here the case demands them more than ever.
A June 14 1909 letter calls for immediate citywide removal of stray dogs to prevent hydrophobia. The writer cites Washington Heights as overrun and urges dog catchers be deployed now, noting rabies risk even in summer and urging public support for protecting children in the streets.
A heated rabies episode last summer led officials to order police to kill unleashed dogs, frightening schoolchildren and sparking rural tests like ford-stream checks. Thirty four towns and two cities were quarantined, while critics urge focus on fire escapes and public safety over sensational statements.
The Denver and Rio Grande Railroad issues a portable folder detailing towns, mountains, rivers, and canyons along the Denver to Ogden route. Each town shows a simple train schedule beside a brief running commentary, making travel information accessible to all passengers.
A group of prominent Democrats gathered at S Stanwood Mencken's townhouse including ex Judge Alton B Parker ex Justice Morgan J O'Brien and Martin W Littleton as they discuss a plan to restore the Democratic Party. Letters from John G Carlisle and Charles S Fairchild indicate cabinet era ties. National impact unlikely before the next presidential nomination with plans focusing on tariff state rights and cost controls.
The Committee of Nineteen reports completion of its work and will present a list of proposed members for the Committee of One Hundred at Cooper Union tonight. It will also submit resolutions guiding the upcoming municipal campaign with speakers including Rabbi Stephen Wise and Prof. Charles Sprague Smith. Gustav H. Schwab will chair the mass meeting with William A. Coakley among the speakers who helped in Hearst’s ownership drive.
The Public Service Commission unanimously approved the New York and North Shore Traction Company franchise for a surface trolley extension from Little Neck through Flushing to Chestnut Street Whitestone. Commissioner Bassett noted public convenience and lack of parallel lines, with potential Broadway narrowness at Douglaston and Tenth Street Bayside. The Board of Estimate may require private right of way or a widened roadway strip. A rehearing was granted for South Shore Traction's denied franchise to run a line through Queens over the Queensboro Bridge.
A reader reports a nurse educated inventor claiming a typhoid remedy that kills germs without harming patients and cures in three days. She would ingest germs to prove it, and hopes not to patent it. The letter asks how humanity can gain prompt access despite medical profit and Board of Health influence. Dated New York June 15, 1909.
The ninth General Council of the Alliance of Reformed Churches gathering at Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church in New York features delegates from Britain, France, Belgium, the U.S., Canada and Asia. Dr. Mathews reports global Presbyterian ministers rise from 27,700 to 28,100 and total communicants grow from 5,137,000 to 8,337,000 in five years.
A letter to the New York Times reports Prof Voyle of Berkeley argues that removing cynanide from alcohol could yield a non intox icating, full strength whisky or alcohol. He says wines and liquors can be treated to reduce or remove intoxicants and plans to publish more information to correct errors. New York June 2 day.
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