Tuer INcreasinc NumBer of automobile accidents is 
appalling. It is of course not possible to condemn every 
person who is unfortunate enough to be caught in an. 
accident, but it nevertheless remains true that despite the 
fact there are many accidents that precision and caution 
could not avoid, the most of the disasters that do occur 
could have been avoided by a little care. One careful 
student of automobile accidents is convinced that persons 
who are known to have a penchant for fast driving and 
reckless handling of a car should have their licences quali- 
fied by a clause providing that their motor shall have a 
governor regulating the speed of the car. This is one 
suggestion which is not likely to be tried. But why not 
have some form of speed regulation on all cars? The 
@ommissioner of safety in the city of Boston recommends 
a governor on all large motor trucks. Why would it not 
be possible for such a governor to be placed by parents 
upon cars belonging to juveniles and the younger mem- 
bers of the family. There is quite a number of such 
cars upon the North Shore where the head of the family 
is determined to check the speed of the younger and pre- 
haps faster drivers in the family. However, care, cau- 
tion and safety prevention must be the slogans for the 
motorist. 
GroRGE A. GARDNER, A BOSTONIAN, and well known 
upon the North Shore has answered the call and has pas- 
sed on to higher life. His philanthropic interests in the 
City of Boston have been wide and the influences of his 
giving will be long felt. During the severe winters of 
1913-14 and 1914-15, just following the break in the dip- 
lomatic relations abroad and when work in Boston was 
scarce he provided funds for the distinctive purpose of 
putting to work thousands of men who otherwise would 
have been idle and without employment and _ without 
bread. It was many months before the name of the 
mysterious and generous benefactor was known to the 
public. This activity of his was characteristic and there 
were countless other unknown acts of philanthropy of 
his that will long be remembered by individuals and in- 
stitutions in and about Boston. 
THE County CoMMISSIONERS have assigned a con- 
tract for the construction of the new bridge between Bev- 
erly and Salem. A commission is at work in Somerville 
to lay a plan for a boulevard connecting the Felsway en- 
trance with a thoroughfare through Cambridge. Before 
very many years Salem will reconstruct Bridge street, 
laying some other materials than cobblestones. When 
these three much needed improvements are made motor- 
ists will be able to ride from the North Shore to Boston 
with three very uncomfortable stretches of road recon- 
structed. The sooner these renovations can be made the 
better it will be for the cities in which the improvements 
are planned and for motorists going through or to Boston. 
Tur WEATHER BuREAU PROMISED good weather 
early in this month and the promises have been proving 
true. July was far from being agreeable to the summer 
visitors in New England, but August has begun well and 
there is every reason now to hope that it will continue. 
Tur Commission Appointed by Governor McCall 
for celebrating the tercentenary of the landing of the Pil- 
grims at Plymouth has begun its work and has opened 
headquarters in Boston. Major Henry L. Higginson of 
Manchester and Boston is the leader in the commission 
and has taken a hold of the work with his characteristic en- 
thusiasm. The plans call for much needed improvement 
along the water front at Plymouth and the construction 
of a permanent memorial hall to be used for Town meet- 
ings and for other civic purposes. Plans are being form- 
ulated for an exhibit to be held probably in or near Bos- 
ton. These plans are still under discussion and no finai 
scheme has been approved. The celebration of the ter- 
centenary of the landing of the Pilgrims will be worthily 
commemorated with the present commission in charge. 
‘THE APPOINTMENT OF Professor F. W. Taussig up- 
on the new tariff commission will be a strategic move for 
the President and it will place in a responsible position a 
man of insight, experience and judgment. The tariff 
question will not be taken out of politics, but that is the 
reason why politics should be kept out of the commission. 
The adjustment of the tariff question is an intricate 
scientific problem and there is not in America a man who 
is better able to serve the nation than Professor Tayssrg, 
who is the leader in his department in America. 
TuHereE Is A Goop DEAL of unrest among the troops 
along our border because of the three-year term and the 
three-year reserve clause. There is no doubting the en- 
thusiasm and the patriotism of those who responded to 
the call to the colors, but one cannot but feel that there 
is much injustice in the situation. It was not a pleasant 
experience to retire upon a Sabbath evening to be awaken- 
ed on Monday to discover one has the six-year term, 
minus the years already served, in the United States 
Federal employ. 
THE RAILROAD SITUATION does not seem to clear. 
The strike ballots are being canvassed and the results of 
the balloting are to be announced. - The wages already 
paid to the men who are complaining of their harsh con- 
ditions appear large to the investors who have been wait- 
ing patiently for their stock to pay a small dividend. The 
situation is acute and it is difficult to see the justice of 
the demands being made by the particular departments 
now making a protest. To the ordinary worker the sal- 
aries appear quite munificent. 
Is rr Likety THAT THE BREMEN will advertise the 
port that she will seek to enter? The men who are con- 
trolling the interests of the new under-ocean submarine 
service are too shrewd to be caught that way. We may 
expect the Bremen to pop right up in Baltimore or dock 
in New York itself, but not in: Boston. 
Tue Water Has Its Arrractions these summer 
days. The bathing resorts at Magnolia and the beaches 
in Manchester and Beverly Farms are popular places. 
There is not a fairer stretch of shore in the whole world 
with the bathing facilities and water privileges unrivaled, 
