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Iu studying the dnrk horse flcld, as delegates to the CIiIcubo convention are doing, notv that the chances of any 0110 of the three lending candi dates getting the nomination arc fading, the vital importance of New York's forty-five electoral vote3 out of a total of 031 for the entire coun try must not be lightly considered. While It is possible for the Repub lican party to win tho election with out the vote of New York State, It Id so utterly unlikely It could do so that to make a nomination that would "place It In the doubtful column would bo the rankest kind of gambling. For a Cleaner New York. Some parts of New York city have not been as tidy as all New Yorker wanted them to be for a number of years. Subway building, for exam ple, produced a mess that tho most diligent of btreet cleaning forces could not have kept cleared up all tho time. Throughout the war a good many breaches uf ordinances were Ignored because everybody was too busy doing something more Im portant than enforcing them seemed to be. In the same period billposters advertising bond sales and campaigns to raise money, for public objects were allowed to paste announcements about where they pleased. Nobody complained when new sub ways made the streets dusty, or po licemen guarding munition factories Ignored violators xt city ordinances, or, when pictures of the Greatest Mother In the World appeared on buildings on which nobody would have dared to stick a circus iwster. But every sensible man and woman does object because the liberty tol erated in those days has been ac cepted as ft license for these times. i When subway" work is finished In any street the old standard of neat ness should be restored. .Policemen reliered of war duties should enforce ordinances. Billposters should now be restrained to the normal opportu nities of their trade. , That these reforms shall be brought about and the normal condition of cleanliness shall be reestablished In New York Is the object of one of Mayor Hyxan s most recent utterances, ana In this document he properly dwells on the fact that It Is the business of all of us to help the crusade along. If everybody In town keeps his own premises clean nnd refrains from lit tering the streets the public author ities can take care of unavoidable waste materials. If. however, most of us are careless even a much more modern and much better equipped Street Cleaning Department than that which we possess could not keep the town tidy. Forced Labor In Russia. An Interesting and significant Inci dent of the latest "All Russian Con gresses" of the communists, trade unions, metal workers' unions and miners' unions which wero held In Moscow nnd Pctrograd between March 20 and April 10 was tho ex--rosltlon and defence of tho policy of forceM labor adopted and put Into effect by the soviet. All the congresses were r.ddrcsscd by Lesine and in all of them practically the same ground was covered. Instead of being excused as an emergency device adopted beca'use of the breakdown of productlvo ageu .cles, forced labor, or the "militariza tion" of labor, accprdipg to reports'In Bolshevik newspapers, was described as having been "an essential part of the socialist programme as planned from the beginning." These pres3 re ports all agree that: 'The abolition of 'free labor" was hatlfl-hy them the soviet commis sars as a great victory. 'Free labor, like property and free trade, so tho Bolshevik speakers contended, was an Instrument of exploitation." Tho Lcnlno-Trotzky machine can tarn a necessity Into a tlrtuo an quickly as any other aggregation of politicians, it is coascnucmiy re missible to speculate ns to the exact truthfulness of the declaration that militarization of labor was an essen tial part of Its programmo at the outset. Unquestionably forced labor became necessary when Russia's pro ductive power was destroyed by the revolutionists. How fruitful it will bo oven under tho Iron rulo of tho soviet commissars remains to .bo seen. The Supreme Court Decision on the Dry Law. Tho Supreme Court decision In favor of the dry law is sweeping, over whelming and conclusive. It goes so much further than anybody expected it to go that It settles nil tho pertinent questions now before fill tho courts In whatever form. All tho questions as to tho technicalities of Congress proceedings while the measure was enacted, as to concurrent powers of tho nation and tho States, as to tho referendum rights of States, as to tho Volstead law application everything goes by the board. But It is one thing to fix clearly the Intent of a law nnd to determine definitely the status of tho law itself. It Is another tiling to make a law acceptable to tho people. Franco's Financial Problems. French foreign trado for tho first four -months of 1020 Indicates eub- stantlal progress, although tho ad- verso balance of 6,803,701,000 francs for the period is still tremendous. It Is, however, 10.3 per cent, lower than for the same months In 1910, when the trade deficit reached the total of 7,3ll,!)S2,000 francs. Exports amounted to 4,700,700,000 francs, rru increase of .100 per cent over the 1,C00,-130,000 francs in 1010. Imports were 10,034,557,000, against 8,918,017,000 francs In 1010, on in crease of only 19 per cent. I.arge as tho 100 per cent, gain In exports nppcars compared with the 19 per cent, gain In Imports, It Is some what misleading because of the small volume of last year's exports andtlie large quantity of Imports. The true position Is more accurately reflected In the two totals In their relation to each other rather thun in the gains. Exports for tho four months were 14.0 per cent, of Imports, Indicating that Franco is still negotiating C5.4 per cent of her purchases abroad cither by adding further to her for eign debts or by further Increasing the prodigious volume of her paper currency.' If to this trade deficit running at the rate of about 15,000,000,000 francs n year be added the probable deficit of 5,000,000,000 as reflected in the budget for the coming year it should be more readily understood why France is maintaining so stubborn an attitude In the matter of collecting from Germany as large an indemnity ns possible' Before the San Itemo and Hytho conferences of tho Allied Supreme Council n provision for the expendi ture of 22,000,000,000 francs for re construction work In the devastated regions had been written Into the French budget After tho confer ences haQ resulted in a modification in the probable amount of Indemnity France could expect this proposed re construction expenditure was reduced, because It had been balanced In the budget by a like amount of revenue expected Irom Germany. But even with this saving tho budget deficit will not bo eliminated. The most inexpert observer should easily appreciate the difficult financial position of France, with her huge trade debt and budget deficit due to reconstruction expenses. Her troubles are the direct result of tho war hav ing been, fought almost wholly on French territory. In recognition of this, and in view of the fact that we, in common with all France's allies, recognized that war was not fought for France alone but for all of us, the justice of the French clnlm for first consideration In whatever reparation payments aro obtainable cannot bo confuted, no matter how thoroughly one may be convinced that tho old style diplomatic chicane has been rein stated in Europe. , Cooperation Between Man and Ma chine on the Farm. Specialists In farm management during the past year have been mak ing Investigations for the Department of Agriculture In the saving in labor that may be made by the use of mod ern farm machinery. Its was the first comprehensive study of the sub ject and Its purpose was to show from flcld tests how the greatest prac tical results may be obtained from the mlmlmum of labor. Tho report of theso specialists was recently published by tho Department. It shows that one man does SO per cent moro work with a 28-Inch horse drawn plough than with n single bot tom plough, that a portable elevator reduces tho time of unloading grain about 75 per cent., that a hay loader reduces the time of loading 25 per cent, and thnt the corn binder Increases the result of man labor 50 per cent over cutting and shocking by hand. The saving in man power is still greater when a tractor is used. "A threo bottom plough drawn by a suit able tractor," says the report, "en ables ono man to accomplish from OA to 70 per cent moro than does tho two bottom plough drawn by sir horses." Comparing tho present re sults of n man's work with those of the past the Department says that "a farmer has been enabled to pro duce 67 bushels of potatoes with ono average hour's labor where 50 years ago be produced, only, a third of that THE SUPT amount" and that where to-day a man produces 127 pounds of cotton a day as an average of tho season's work, a half century ago ho produced only 45 pounds. Tho chief Interest In those figures Just at present lies in tho relation which they bear, to tho shortage of farm labor. From them tho farmer can get what" consolation ho may ns ho roads tho surrey of tho situation Just Issued .by tho Department Ac cording to this survey tho available supply of farm labor is 72 per cent, normal; in other words tho situation "la moro ncuto. now than It was nt tho Immediate close of tho war when tho drafted farm boys were still in tho army." Tho complaint of the farmers, espe cially fn tho mlddlo West, where tho largest manufactories of farming ma chinery are situated, has been that these establishments -take all of his laborers from him. He has not been "inclined to consider tho returns these laborers make liim as producers of labor saving machinery. He declares to-day that though ho lias improved working conditions and Is offering an Increase of from 15 to 25 per cent In wages ho cannot compete with tho cities tn'obtilning help. Tbcro is no doubt considerable truth in thhf'nnd he is not likely to be appeased by the showing mado by tho Agricultural Department of the great help that the cities have actu ally given to him In his work. The same cry of shortage of labor was heard about this tlmo in 1015, yet a billion bushel wheat crop was pro duced; It was heard again last yenr when tbo nation produced its second largest yields. If thero was a real shortage of labor on the farm io either year It was mado up by the superiority of American labor saving machinery. Despite the present alarm there Is reason to believe that this same cooperation between man and machinery will again result in a suc cessful harvest of this year's crop. nigh Interest Rate Inflation. Last week's exhibit of the condi tion of the twelve Federal Reserve banks is a silent but damaging com mentary on the 7 per cent discount rate. Taken together with tho cur rent rates paid by commercial bor rowers it Is convincing proof that without tho most relentless super vision of loans, the most pitiless slashing of non-essentlnl borrowings, high discount rates mean nothing but more inflation, higher production costs and Increased commodity prices. The profiteer can pay any Interest rate; the ordinary producer cannot In spite of the higher discount rate, which was intended to discourage member banks from borrowing at the Reserve banks, last week's statement shows that members by lodging their customers' commercial paper with the central banks borrowed ?59,000,000 more than during the previous week. This additional discounting formed the basis for Increased deposits all around and resulted In 5u addition of ?20,:;00,000 to the note circula tion. After deducting tho $7,700,000 addition to gold holdings from the Increased circulation there remains 512,000,000 net Inflation for last week alone. Nothing vague or far fetched Is needed to explain this Inflation. The 7 per cent. Federal Reserve discount rate on commercial paper Is contem porary with a rate on similar paper In the open market of 7 to 8 par cent The latter rato Is what a bor rower pays his bank. The former Is the rate the bank pays the Reserve bank for rcdlscountlng the same pa per. A clear profit of from three quarters of one per cent to one per cent Is made by tho banks In rcdls countlng. It Is obvious, that the banks aro not going to cheat themselves out of such profits so long ns thero are those who can and will pay the ex orbitant Interest rates and the banks themselves can dump their paper Into the Reserve banks nnd no questions asked. In this country there is no such thing ns a broad open market for commercial paper such as exists In London. Tho banks -must depend on the Reserve banks to relieve them of commercial paper In times of strin gency. But right now the rcdlscount lng represents more than a stringency. It represents a permanent, parasitic growth on the money market In the Rhapo of higher costs caused by higher Interest rates, requiring additional credit and more circulating currency, and each advance in discount rates stimulates the growth of the parasite. Tho English money market is a broad affair, which takes, care of commercial borrowing without tho nld of the central bank except. In emer gencies. With a 7 per cent, dis count rate In London tho commercial borrowing rato Jn tho open market Is from GVi to 0 per cent. Tho banks lose money If they discount their customers' paper. The continuous decline in Liberty bond- prices, duo to high discount rates, may causo tho Reserve Board to hesltato before raising discount rates again. But If tho board per sists In Its belief that usury rather than careful discrimination is tie only method of curbing non-essential borrowing and to bring about defla tion at this time, then another rise in discount rntes Is liable to come. It would be better fir the whole country If the facts were faced as they aro Instead of ns the board would HkcMhem to ha The railroads need equipment and they must bor row to get It. Crops will bo moving soon and more funds will be ab sorbed there. Productlvo Industries must bo financed or shortage of sup ply ot nessarie3muat2llnppricev 1' 3CN0 NEW YORK HERXED, TUESPgr, 3TOE Europo is determined to buy from us and to obtain what credit It can. All theso aro legitimate claims. But the 7 per cent bank rato punishes them moro than tho high profit making, non-essential borrower, who immedi atcly Jacks his selling prlco nnd passes the chargo on. It Is to bo hoped' thnt before moro thousands of Liberty bond buyers have been flogged out of their invest' mcnts and railroad efficiency and general production further throttled the policy of prohibitive money to any but excess profit earners will be placed by ono of careful, earnest con eervatlon. Lending a Hand. Attempts of the klndly-flnd power ful to help young musicians over tho roughest spots In tho road to fame aro sometimes dlscournglnf to those who observe the results o their phi' lanthropy. How often does it ac complish tho purpose of tho amiable benefnetors? Ateliers ore thronged with piano players, violinists and singers of both sexes, in various stages ot prepared ncss, all struggling to be heard. Pianists, probably nwaro that to-day no plano playcr of gifts not sensa tlonal can make any impression on n public satiated with merely good performances, are clamorous to take their chances with the small army marching each year before audiences and critics. Like tho violinists they aro at least proficient technically to a more or less advanced stage No Instrumentalist has the audacity to attack the keyboard without a certain degree of virtuosity. Singing, on the other hand', appears to many of its exponents to be no more than a natural function which requires little except opening the mouth, nnd con sequently many a voice Is publicly liftcdvin song which never deserved such cruel exposure. V But whether It be of singer or pianist or violin player, thero Is an annual lamentation that native tal ent, more or les3 trained nnd always representing a certain expenditure of tlmo and money, must often struggle In vain to get a hearing. Tho feet of tho ambitious performers who an nually come before the public leave scarcely a traco on the sands of time enduring Into tho following artistic year. Even the names of few of thoso who ascended the platforms of Aeolian or Carncglo Hall to express themselves In music aro recalled be yond their immediate circles after six months. Maybe tho musical agent who put this talent before the world has Increased his bank balance to a small extent, but there has been no Increase in the population of the upper circles of art. Unluckily there is no time to ponder over this situation, since there Is already a new host of uncelebrated artists nervously prepar ing to tunc up before the public. Efforts of the supporters of music to make the earliest steps easier for these young musicians seem to ac complish dlsapiolntingly little in pro portion to the labor and money ex pended. Agenciesnre formed to help them to a public appearance with no inoro than the minimum expenditure. Orchestra conductors offer to select the most promising to appear at their concerts. Generous patrons of music insist that certain of the soloists must be young American artists awaiting an opportunity. Yet the good achieved seems small In comparison with the energy Involved. A recent attempt to provide a way of beginning for the young American musician proved moro than commonly dlshearteuing to thoso who have not yet learned to hope for little from the Intervention of the well meaning friend of the budding genius. To give young players an opportunity to be Introduced with an Important or chestra many of them wero heard In competition. Two Infant prodigies wero selected from a large number of young artists. Just how much the selection of the two players still children will help the cause of the native artist is well understood In musical circles. If the two play well there will remain nothing more to be said than that they aro clever chil dren and should return to their mas ters and study until they are mature artists. It Is through such mistakes In selecting the kind of young Ameri cans to help to a public appearance that confidence is lost in all these attempts. It Is not too much to demand even of a native musician that ho shall be ready to como boforo the public nnd not merely be introduced to show Jhnt lie really possesses sumcient talent to make It worth his while to continue In his chosen career. The saloon keepers who kept their places open, waiting for the verdict may now turn to some other patient occupation, such as counting the blos soms on century plants or waiting; for Burleson to deliver mail. The disappointing census figures for New York may bo explained by the fact that it was the first census under. prohibition and no enumerator saw double. The Tennessee. Behind her rolls a slant ware, Doforo her files the spray. The ultimata In pride and power She rushes on her way. The aerials of her wireless rake Tho planets with their tips. And when her mlshty batteries apeak Earth on Its axis slips. The thunder of her enclne shakes The bottom from the deep Vntll tho hones of burled uhlps Iiencalh her dance and leap. Old Neptunt-vylelds to her his crown And ancient sovereignty, jTall m "r SMperdrtadnoujht newt Uall to the, Tennessee I ' . . " ttmtxSttm, WANTED, A HIGH SCHOOL. Washington Heights Ponied by Comptroller Craig! Stand. To Tni Sun and Nbw Yobk tlBSAtnt Of irAer,est to parents of Washington Heighui and Inwood is the charge- made by Comptroller Craig that the Board ot Education Is holdlnff elementary school sites valued at more than 11,000,000 without turning them back to thft Sink ing Fund Commission for aala or for other use, and that the board is plan ning to use tho entire 115,000,000 school construction appropriation to build high schools, a school for the deaf and ft training school, with the result that construction ot elementary schools may be arrested. While admitting the need of mors ele mentary schools, especially In their own section, the Comptroller's stand in the matter of high schools Is puxrllng a lot of uptown people. The reason Is that Mr. CraJg has admitted mora than once that Waahlnirton Helehta needs a new high school and! has said he would help get It. Now he seems to have thrown cold water on the proposition, preferring In the master of construction to have elementary schools take precedence over those ot higher education. Ths high school at Academy street and Broadway, known as the bungalow high school, Is entirely too small to serve tHe large number of boys and girls who wish to attend a high school In their own neighborhood. Not only that but the building Is not complete In Its appoint ments and Is far behind the times. There may be a lot of merit In the Comptroller's contention that the city needs additional elementary schools, but It is also true that Washington Heights and Inwood need a high school. Nbw Yobjc, June 7. Pamnt. FOR WOUNDED MEN. Automobile Owners and Others Can nelp to Easo Their Lives. To The Bun and Nw Yoxic Hirald : Owners of automobiles can bring pleasure to the wounded soldiers undergoing treatment at the Fox Hills Government Clearing Hospital on Btaten Island by taking them out to ride these fine spring days. Those desiring- to furnish cars for wounded soldiers should communicate with the Red "Cross at the hospital; telephono Tompkinsville 2531 and ask for Captain Brooke, Stlss Lawton or their assistants before sending cars. Wounded men may go out any day between 1 P. M. and P. SL, and pref erably Sunday, and for a longer period if desired. Arrangements can be made to take men to country clubs or homes to dinner and bring them back In the evening. It Is better to make arrangements a few days In advance In all coses. The Ked Cross also requests the kindly attention of tho publlo for wounded discharged soldiers and other discharged soldiers. Ckablxs S. Laytt. Nbw Tohk, June 7. OUR PART IN THE LEAGUE. Proposed Trlplo Rolo of Angel, Paymaster and Catspaw. To The Sun and New TonK Hxbalo : Wherein has It been demonstrated that no have acquired qualifications that fit us for adjusting the qftarrels between nations of another hemisphere? Let us remain absolutely neutral and be loyal to all nations and helpful when we can. Wo certainly have serious problems of our own which will tax our utmost re sources for adjustment, both In wisdom and money. When we Join the League of Nations the United States at once becomes: Angel Plenipotentiary. Paying Teller .Extraordinary. Catspaw Generalissimo. Wiluam C. Pearson. New Yoek, June 7. A CRY FOR HELP, Florida Seeks Counsel .as to a Pest Seeks Counsel .as of Citrons. I To 'The Sun and New TonK Herald: Is there any one In the wide lrcle of your rcalers who knows how to put citrons to any useful purpose? It seems to me I have heard of house wives In Connecticut who made citron preserve. Here .'. lie farm the citron Is a pest It grows wild with us and reseeds It self, so that the plants come up all over tho gardens and groves. We have to pull them out of the way of the vegetable crops. There ought to be some way of utlllx log these citrons. Steven B. Atrxs. Cjxarwatir, Fla., June 5. 1 SPEEDING ON PARK AVENUE Fine Opportunity for tho Police to Find Somo Xawbrcakers. To The Sun and New York Herald : Several months ogo Dr. Shrady, a well known physician of our city, called notice In your 'newspaper to automobile racing on Park avenue. This everyday occurrence and public nuisance resulted In a fatal accident recently. The Pollco Department should take notice of this situation. Speeding is common every day between the hours of 5 and 7 P. M. H. New York, June 7. Bar Receipts Under Prohibition. To Tub Sun and New York Herald : If the receipts under the old regime were enough' to keep the hotels going, those under, the new regime, prohibition, to wit should be enough to support the United States Government I paid the other evening $1.60 for an ."old martini" a mixture of deodorised alcohol and wild cherry and $5 for a small bottle of "Chlantl" a mixture of hard cider and water with a dash of Ohio Valley brandy. Perhaps I felt happy, first with the raid on my pocket book and then with ttfe raid on my liver. Ambler. New York, June 7. Where Lovejoy's Hotel JJtood. To Th Sun and New York Herald : I notice thoy are altering the bulldtog which' was once lovejoy'a Hotel at Bcekman street and Park jow. It was one of tho hotels which sympathisers with the Confederacy set on fire by means of the famous black bags during the civil war. Perhaps some of your old timb.readerj can tell us about It, and also about the plan 'to burn the city. ' P. C. C. New York, June 7. Tok Oat for the Sharp Turn. Frrm th Arkantiuo Thnmai Cat The Ions Una will turu ioin day. Tl matn thing Is to ksep the horses going steady and watch out that It doesn't turn toa vbtxBi PROSPEROUS FARMERS. The Current Tales o )f Their Present Hard Times Denied. To Tjiu Sun and New York Herai-ds "The fact Is that with the greatly in creased cost of farm, supplies and farm labor farmers have been getting leas than cost of production for their main taples, such as wheat milk, poultry products,' pork and beef." This Is from a farm Journal which boasts' Its 1,000, 000 circulation and which cuts a wide ewath In the agricultural community. Other farm papers are giving out tho same dopo and then wonder why tho city men don't rush to the farms and aid in raising food for the tolling millions. Aro such editorial articles calculatedto en hance the value of farm lands or lead neonla tn aeek the farm for a livelihood? The man who Is making a bare living In the city Is In clover compared with the hard lot of the farmer let these editors tell It Many unthinking persons may be do delved by such rot Tho wise man knows better. Why should Uio farmer fall to make a profit on $2.50 wheat 14 cent milk, 60 cent butter, 40 to 60 cent eggs, and so on down the line of farm production, when lie survived, raised a family and did business right along on the farm when butter sold for 15 cents the pound, eggs 12 cents a dozen, wheat at 80 cents a bushel, po tatoes SO cents a bushel, ryo at 45 cents, corn at 30 cents and so on? I am neither talking through my bat nor telling anything out of the strict line of fact when I assert that never In tho history of this country was the farmer as prosperous as he is to-day. All the flapdoodle In the world cannot alter that fact Tho small town banks which are wholly dependent on the farming com munity for their business wero never J prosperous as they are to-day. Never In the history of the nation wero there as many bank depositors among farmers as to-day. There are many farmers who pay on Income tax who a few years ago were making a bare living, with never the expectation of having an In come to tax or a respectable bank ac count such as they have to-day. Theso facts cannot be truthfully gainsaid, Respectable, decent genuine fanners who know the truth aren't In any way deceived but rather disgusted over the walls about indigent farm owners. One farmer down East, an Aroostook cflunty potato raiser, cleaned up nearly 12,000 net profit off of five acres, and this man's experience la recorded by him self tn the same farm paper whose editor wrote the stuff heading this article. Not clearing expenses t There was once a man known to tho writer who cleared up a small farm, raised corn, potatoes, hay -and small fruit, and cared for three persona, making a good liv ing, enhancing the valuo of his farm five fold In a few years, with prices less than a third of what they are to-day. If that man were on the farm now he could and would be on Easy street In side of three years. The prices he got then aro hero quoted for the benefit of some discontented ones who tall to pay expenses to-day: Potatoes from 15 cents to 60 cents the bushel, the average being around 30 cents: wheat, 75 cents; oats, SO cents; com, 40 cents; hay, 10 a ton; eggs, 8 cents to 12 cents a dozen; but ter from 7 cents to 10 cents a pound. In small fruit we quote strawberries at from 3 cents to 7 cents the quart, th.e latter being the highest price the berries brought in sixteen years on the farm. Peaches brought from "30 cents to 11, the latter price for peaches being the exception and not the rule. As I said before, with such prices thin small farmer made a good living, saved some money, and never went on a strlko or aired his sorrow and disgust at low prices through the press. To-day What a change has come over the farmer's dream! Another man camJ to western Michi gan with a few hundred dollars dnd bought eighty acres partly Improved. He went In debt for more than half the purchase price, beginning work nt once. He was a Canadian, a man of ordinary Intelligence, muscular and determined. Prices of farm products were at that time tho samo as I have last quoted. This man finished clearing tho farm, built a house and small barn as he was-r" obje, depending entlroly on his profits from farm products. Aftcr a few years he paid for the eighty and bought forty acres adjoining. This he put to immediate use. He paid $1,609 for the forty. People regarded It as extremely high at tho time. Nev ertheless the man made good, raising cattle, hogs and ordinary farm crops, with no fruit worth mentioning. A few years before the world war opened he bought another forty acres, which made his farm a quarter section. Tho war came on, farm products aero planed, and our farmer was happy. He went Into cattle, hogs, grain, hay, pota toes, beans, 'everything In which there was money, and to-day he Is on Easy street, with a farm valued at 118,000, with a snug bank account; In fact, ho Is ono of the Income taxpayers of the land, and he mado It all off tho land. When he came to tho wild country he was poor; to-day ha Is wealthy. Now tell this rugged, honest farmer that "farmers have been getting less than the cost of production," and ho would shoo you out the door In short order. What object Is to be gained by con tinually denying the facts of tho day, belittling the farmer's business through his trado papers, the farm Journals of the country? Such conduct can have but ono effect, that of depressing the farm Industry, depreciating the value of farm property and making a mess of It entirely. A Retired Farmer. Grandville, Mich., June 4. AN IVY POISON REMEDY. X Xew Candldato Appears In Calen dula Cerate. To Tub Sun and New York Herald: Poison Ivy (poison oak) and the Jelly fish both, exude' a poison and tho per son who comes In contact with the sub itanco given off feels the stinging sen atlon'at once. With the Ivy. If there Is perspiration. Irritation Immediately seta In. A soothing remedy for allaying the Inflammation and Itching Is found In calendula cerate, which brings quick re. lief with the first application. It has a pleasant odor and Is smooth and vel vety to the touch. Perrt Lukens. Nt.w York, June 7. The Optimist. Knlcker Does Jones cast his bread on the waters? Bdcker Yes, but he expects It to come back on nine. Timely Krror. Boss Why wero you late this morning? Office Boy My clock pointed with irlde to4 4 itgins SUA tvlarjte 48 ARE ACCUSED IN $6,000,000 THEFTS Merchants, Warehouse Men and Railroaders Indicted in riot to Loot Froight Cars. 4,1 ALREADY ARRESTED Silks, Woollens and Alcohol Formed Spoils of Alleged Robber Band. Under a blanket Indictment returned yesterday by the Federal Grand Jury to Judge Augustus 4N. Hand nearly fifty Persons stand charged with engaging in one of the most oxtenslve criminal con spiracies ever disclosed in this Federal district. During Its operations for six months or more, It is asserted, $6,000,000 worth of raw silks, woollens and other .,oi,.ahi. mr.)mnitiin has been stolen from freight cars In tho railroad yards" In this section or from river ugmcra i the New York docks. Among the men indicted are mer chants, proprietors of warehouses and trucking companies, railroad detectives, freight train conductors and crews, all of whom had their part to play in the ramifications of this combination for rich loot . According to detectives, whose months of quiet research now have come to fruition, silks Valued at 13.000,000 have been Btolen since January 1 either from cars in ths yards of tho New York Cen tral Railroad Company alone or from that corporation's river lighters. gBOO.OOO Loot IJecovered. About J500.O00 worth of the loot has been recovered from warehouses, where It had been stored pending disposal thrpugh the system of fences which formed an Important link In the con spiracy. ' , Of the men Indicted forty-one have been arrested and have been released on ball ranging from J5.000 to $20,000 each. Bench warrants have been Issued for seven who are not yet captured.' When the roundup of the band has been com pleted the defendants will bo arraigned for trial In the Federal court The evidence was presented to the Grand Jury by Assistant United states Attorney Garrett W. Cotter. Most of It had been gathered by the efforts or Frederick Stlefel, manager of the prose cution bureau of the New York Credit Men's Association; IJ. J. Miles, chief, and Robert Humphrey. Inspector of the New York Central Railroad police ; Joseph McGulI, chief; J. Clark, Inspector, and David Llbby, lieutenant, of the Erie Railroad pollco; James Haydcn and Anthony Brownsworth, members of the safe and loft squad of the New York Police Department and Roscoe Jenkins of the Twenty-second precinct Mr.Stlef el said there was every Indication that extensive thefts had been going on systematically for four or five years by a band which he regarded as the cleverest nd boldest organization of river pirates and freight thieves that ever had In fested New York. "We nre In position to prove," said he, "that this gang stole $1,318,000 worth of stuff, but our evi dence, consisting largely of confessions mndo by some of those already arrested and Indicted, Indicates that the aggre gate of their thefts has been not less than $6,000,000." Men who are named in the blanket Indictment Include: Iouls Bloom, cigar dealer, 132 Second avenue, who Is accused of being a han dler of stolen goods; Joseph Donovan, saloonkeeper. Thirteenth avenue nnd Twenty-fourth street, and his brother. Matty, his manager, behind whose sa loon Is a garage In which, according to the Indictment, part of the stolen stuff v-as stored; Florence and James Dono van, who are engaged In the trucking business In West Thirty-eighth street; George J. Baron, a freight conductor on the Erie; David Fried, who Is engaged In the textile business In Passaic, N. J., and is accused of being n .handler of stolen goods; Joseph B. Coyle of the-l New York Central detective force and a former sergeant of tho New York police; Matthew Goldberger and Louts Garson, Now York textile dealers, also accused of handling stolen material; Abraham Kompel and Nathan Zimmerman, who are named as Jointly operating tho Bronx Terminal Storage Warehouse nnd also the Z. & K. Trucking Company. Indict Wholesalers. AIeo William and Emll Llchtentels, Who operate an extensive wholesale business In The Bronx and are Impli cated as alleged receivers; Gustave Llch tcnfels, In business in Asheville, N. C, with a man named Sternfleld, under the firm name of Sternfleld & Co. ; Sigmund Mesncr, formerly manager of a New York restaurant operated a small tex tile business at 351 Graham avenue, Brooklyn,! and at 'one time In business under tho name of S. Bloom, now a fugi tive from Justice under a charge of hav ing passed worthless checks; Benjamin and Theodore Serltn, who are charged with having been found guarding $218, 000 worth of silk seized by detectives In a raid at Maspeth, I I.; Peter Jorgcnsen and David Welner, similarly accused; James Carlough, brakeman. Erie Rail road ; James Egan, JOhrTMackln, James .Fox, Ray Borden and James J. Mcln- tyrc, a freight crew on the New York Central, and Edward Wellstead, detec tive employed by the same corporation. Mr. Stlefel said the chance discovery ot a truckload of stolen woollen goods being driven through the streets lato at night nboutour months ago led to the wholesale attests. The truck driver, who was taken In by a detective on suspicion, made a confession In which many of the men since Indicted were Implicated. Since then much "of the, tangled skein has been unravelled. According to Mr. Stlefel the looting frequently was done In this way: A carload of valuable' silks, woollens or other goods arrives in tho Erie freight yards In Jersey City, For the purpose of obliterating the Identity ot the car some member of tho gang painted out the final numeral. With the collusion of yardmen and freight crews the car then was "cut out" of the yard and runto Soho, N. J., near Bloom field, with a! population of about 1,000. On Its arrival the lost, car would bo met by trucks belonging to a trucking com pany. In smaller quantities It then was removed as required by automobiles. Specific Charge. The conspiracy indictment named as defendants not only men charged with complicity in robbing the freight cars and lighters, but also the alleged han dlers and receivers of the stolen wares. Some of the specific charges embraced In the Indictment are these: Thnt the defendants wilfully and knowingly received 375 bolts of worsteds, worth $190,000, after they had been stolen from car 11335 of tho Central Railroad of New Jersey.v-hlle In posses sion of the Erie Railroad, constituting a shipment In Interstate commerce of freight from tho Cleveland Worsted Mills, Ravena, Ohio, and consigned to Henry A. Hubbshman & Bro., New York. That they, on March 23 Irist, received 117 bolts of woollens, worth $18,000. which had been stolen from a freight cur In the possession of the New York Central Railroad, at Twelfth avenue nnd Thirty-third street aad in transit from to Winutfotta Wcrstsi Cwapany, , , AND ' THE -NEW YORK HERALfy TUB BUN teas founded 6y Ben Catf i 1838 J TBS NW YORK HERALD " jounaca oy jamet uomon Bennett in 1835. TUB BUN pasted into the con trol 0 Charles A. llnnn tn 1Sftt r oecams the jiropertu of Frank A, Uuntej in 1916. 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Weetsrn New York-Partly cloudy and warmer to-day; to-morrow fair and warmer! moderate south and 'Southwest winds. nwijuHiAw.i t mi uiio ft tin air prctji ur In ntllta Iinlficm aimw U TT.Ii.J rr TV 1 orit tnmfs t... t ri and no disturbance ot Importance appears h V "cm oi ooBervations. xners .New England, the upper Mississippi Val iwt mw u'ycr lanv ervgion ana on mi kVt Alia? IUICSBIU im now near nr hsw ha ia.(Aal t nearly all parts of the country. The weather the Itocky Mountain and plateau rtjlona. The outlook Is for generally fair weather to-morrow and Wednesday In the States east ot the Mississippi Xtlver except that showers are pmbnbltt In Florida and south ern Ccorifla. The tendency will be toward higher temperature during the next forty- t . u mo Mis sissippi Rlyer. Observations at United Ktates tTeathe Tlttrmit ilatlnnt lair.n n a n w i.Zj 'lemperaiure Italnfall I... .1 i n- . . . . ..-. - ,113. UETO- Mil 21 stations. Hlh. Low. meter, hrs. WaathM Abilene 02 70 20.88 Clear Albany 04 Atlantic City. 70 Dultlmore .... 80 Ulatnarck .... 8S Boston G8 Buffalo A3 Cincinnati ... 70 ChArlnatnn - . 71 BO 01 M no M 60 70 C4 M 68 f!2 76 4S 72 61 82 GO 74 68 60 58 Ui Cfl 70 68 00 58 62 04 20.00 30.02 30.02 30.13 Cloudy Clear Clear Clear Cloudy Cloudy Clear Cloudy Clear Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Clear Clntidv 20.D2 30.04 30.00 30.02 29.H4 SO.OO 20.88 30.02 29.1X1 Chicago 80 uieveiana .... 70 Denver RA Detroit 74 Galveston .... M lJena 80 Jaaonllle.. 74 Kansas City.. 84 I via Angeles,. 74 Milwaukee ., 80 New Orleans. Stl Oklahoma ... 88 Phtlarielnhln.. 78 20.80 20.02 .yi t.tm nam .54 Clear .. Clear .12 Clear .. Clear . .. Clear .. Cloudy . . Cloudy .02 Clear 60 Cloudy .. Clear . . Clear . . Clear .. Pt.Cl'dy . . Clear .. Clear .. Clear 30.00 29.02 21). CO 20.02 30.02 30.OC 29.00 29.88 29.76 2(1.02 29.98 30.10 30.00 20.90 30.02 Plttburs .... 74 I'ortiann, Me. ill Portland, Ore. 60 Knit Lake CltvftS Kan Antonio.. 88 San Diego.... OS San Francisco 6S Rt. jnwm ftl St. raul....... 84 Washington... 78 LOCAL WEATHER RECORDS. r A. Uf t r Barometer 20.00 29.88 Humidity 89 48 Wind direction NW N Wind velocity 20 9 Weather Clear Clea t-rccipiiation O 0 Tho temperature in this city yesterday, as recorded by tho official thermamatir. w shown In the annexed table: A. M. P. M. p. sr. B7 88 04 CT, 63 ns 68 0.. 7 sa 8 67 e ca 10 63 10.. 11.. 12.. r9 3.. .. 62 .. S3 I 1820. .. 58 1910. 1920. 1919. 0A.M.... 58 69 flP. M im 12M 63 Tt P.M.... .08 3 P.M.... CO 84 12 Mid 60 Highest temperature, 68 at 0 P. M. ' Lowest temperature. 64 at 2 A. II. Average temperature, 01. 711 7a EVENTS TO-DAY. A group of klndersrartena et th MifcHrf schools of Manhattan will hold a play on uiu Ducep Aieaaow, central Park, 10 A. M. Tho Goldman Concert Band will rha . concert on the steps of City Hall this noon. The Naw York City Chapter of the Society of the Third Division will hold an open meet Ing In the Engineering Societies Building, 29 West Thlrty.nlnth street. 8 P. M. Miss Mary Snow, Miss Adele II. Klrby and Mrs. Mabel Potter Daggett will (peak at a vocational evening meeting ai tne Central Drank Y. W. C. A., 610 Lexington avenue. 8 P. M. A mass meeting "to assist Jlm'lLarictn. tha Irish labor leader, In securing- a new trial" will be held In Itrvunt nail, flirth avenue and Forty-second street, 8 p. M. josepn Jann wm speaK on "To Speech at a meeting of the New York Society of Accountants, Hotel Imperial, 8:15 P. M. The Hebrew Technical Institute will give an exhibition of the work of tha vr t tha Institute, Stuyvesant and Ninth stmts, 3 P. L, Stevens institute of Technology, forty eighth annual commencement exarclses, Caatle Point, Hoboken. 10:80 A. M. Pupils of tha New York Institute for th Education of tha Blind will give a recital at the school, 412 Ninth avenue, 8:30 P. M. Supremo Court Justice William P. Burr wltl ipeak at a meeting of ths Hungarian League. 220 East Seventy-ninth atrtat, this evening. The New York Electrical Society win hold Its annual meeting and election of officers, 29 Weat Thirty-ninth itrret, 4 P. M. Watervllle, Mb, consigned to the ship ping company's agent at 2S7 Fourth: avenue. That they, on January 21. received thirty-two bales of raw silk, worth l& 000, stolen from a car ot the New York Central Railroad In the Thirty-third street yards, In transit from Vancouver wharf to William Guerln & Co., 101 East Nineteenth street That six days later they received, sevenjy-one bales' of raw silk, worth $170,000, stolen from a freight yard c$ the New York Central, and shipped from Vancouver wharf to the Mitsui Com- pnny, 25 Madison avenue. That on February 13 they received elghty-nlno bales of raw silk, worth $198,000 from a New York Central freight car, consigned to the Shlbakanna Company, 331 Fourth avenue: on April 8, 121 bales, worth 1218.000, consigned to E. Gerll, 119 East Twenty-seventh street, and on May 4, fifty-two cases of woollens, worth $150,000, stolen from a car In. the Twelfth avenue yArds, shipped from tho Montgomery AVnrd Company, Sixth avenue and Nineteenth street, con signed to the Crescent Clothing Com pany, Streaton, III. The Indictment further rlinrgos th defendants with receiving, on September 15, last, 100 barrels of alcohol, north $100,000, which had been stolen from the New York Central barge Ardsley. aj Pier SO, Worth Htrta . 1. t