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Those Who Cel?brate*.
? -al mochil.?-- In
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nal amendmant permitting
Thar? ? -??nccalment
?.f the purpose or the activity of ths ; l
ians; not the smalles I
wat? * ' fssct that every
party me- ibllcan or Democratic,
6 lash or the word
..f th> ' - "instructed" in his
The i ** ras not the only vote
-, the amendment. It is open to
? -.ion whether it wus the I ?
? m of the total vote. But what
? ? . ?.Strocti.. to note is *
that the political boss could do he did
that he rec"f_i.77ed in the woman vote a
peril; thut he caw in the extension of the
franchise a danger to himself, and he acted
? i
Thousands of men who do not believe
womtn should vote expr? I -onvlc
one or.
which there la bonas? different of opinion,
ar.d it is neither accurate nor fair to tie
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.vomen have, in their New Jer
succe. sf-. 11. that
r. the ranks of those who oppose them
_U the elements which have in recent
??d and received the punishment
which the community ha. felt the proper
? *'i the machinist, the
w_: . d the cor:
Jersey will not
?' the vote cast
iffragi e of the popular
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half victory. If
intry **hm continue to
is opposed
by the ] tlcians as s unit,
OW that it is the
the bosi fears
ttle will be W01
the face of the evidence.
All . the country there must be
of men whose opinions are hos?
tile or lukewan WOl an suffrage who
will -five the whole subject a eecond '
-.at it is th?
?hs, the precinct
- - who are their
? ! that In opposing the
a franchise they
for whom they have no
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8 for the d'
? n. New Jersey. I- or this
.luce argii
? if this bo
to doubt, ? - i amaina that
the t-- i the res alt as
their own victory, and bosses of the Nu
; mod tht'nselvfs th"
sic?
1_WM facts will not be forgotten
?.fter, nor will they contribute to mak
ing th? decision of Tuos lay enduring.
Sir Edward Carson's Resignation.
A'ht of Sir
Edarard Csuraoi They will
argue tint he ought never to have been
appo .it his pre.?
?i the first
m ?? ?? and that his departure i
t the Si ? the coalt
'- But it to tall
r will the Radical journals
' rea i
ne up the discovering
In the
No OM __SS t,-e part Sir
1 hoard ? er -7-, eras playing up to the
very moment the war began. There was
idden or obscure in bis methods.
He ?ii | * | g, and had act? ?i fol a year, in
hold and frai.k defiance of the government.
? " aahoi ? ? Pe ii i I sad ? Privy
CosmcUIor, he had d.-l.l.era*.*ly raised an
tl <? will of the
-meat He had openly challenged the
? mass?t to coon-<< him. They made
light of him at first m?% a Issasgllgas Md
fanatic ; th.f ".; || ...m Rl),j threat
?? him In turn; but rever for a i
- ho shaken in hi? purpose, and never
did the government darf to discipline him,
'he highest legal authority in Eng.
tterly onoonstttut-oi
I II a p!_. ,?
?
had
? ?
him *'
' Of all
? m st the time
?- bis api Beans of tissa pro
? i Ui la unable to justify it on a.-.y
rear?.r.alile | Hut. upon the winde
. ?. | it with woi.d.-rfiil
? .?;??,-. m ! tits reason Is plainly np
Edward Ca? i tmi n bi
, , ? ? ignore, and It
? member
i i ild bo leoi
?
.- fully roe? : ? :
? ??!? il opponento.
The r ? ? footed a? a mere
torn had proved hinwelf, if not
an, ut hast a Strong :?r.d d?-ter
mined leader.
If I '.v to recognize
tentinlitii retm?at, t'?.r H
afely bo said 1 ?? ? ?? more
at Ca ' than
agues. At the
Irish 1 rded by his
. if thi
?
I ovei
in his ; -.. It was not till he went
1 ? . nd that I tod sbilities
were made manifest, bul before long he
itation and
thai w),<
he sacrificed hip future to
? FJlstei . ?
. . ? reaaon and aens.
Yet the van! il might have proved
his ruin established him more securely
tha*. ?-ver i the rkmI form Is
figur?e In Bril
Any resignation from the Cabin?** Bi
BUCh f critica! mom?nt as the present must
be disconcerting. It is idle to prel
that l.ecause Carson is the man it does
not matter. To say that he ought I
to have had a place in the Cabinet is
. and it is beside the point
to talk, as "The Daily Chronicle'-" P<
mentary correspondent talks, of his Oppo
sition to "working class opinion." The
uneariness and dissatisfaction so apparent
in England will not he lessened by tho
of one who wa? recognized on
ol] hands as a strong man and a man of
determination where I j are timid,
?ranting in any
I
That Republican Bureaucracy.
Insir?ng that 1 I reorgani?
zation ?? tion is
.rah, "The
." which a few day.? ago was positive
the present Governor WOl ih un?
der it a Republican bureaucracy, now ad?
mits that "this power may be discretion?
ary." It quotes the following section of
the document to hack up itl a. sumption :
"At trie session immediately following the,
adoption of thi.? constitution the Legis?
lature shall provide by law for the ap
ment, to take effect not
earlier than the first ?lay of January, one
! seventeen, of
all the civil administrative and executive
functions of the state goven ment, except
tanto in the office of Gov?
ernor, to the severa] departments In this
article prov: ?
To assuage "Tho World's" doubts and
dispel its fears, the following fact?s should
be w:thin its know!**.lire: The foregoin??
section refers to the enactment of new
laws reorganizing department powers and
duties. Its phraseology wai made to con?
form to suggest made by Mr. '.
E. Smith SJ ' ? Wagnor, well known
Dem?crata O? this city. It satisfied them
and the other Democrats; in fact, it wan
defended in debate by Democrat,?. Those
rats, accepting that wording. showeJ
their understanding that it would be suffi -
? ? prevent any 1916 office dispensing
by the present Governor, even if he had
.such e purpose. Perhaps the following
quotation from Mr. Sheehan, a distin?
guished Democratic delegate, speaks suffi
.-I that point : "Mr. Chairman, 1
Bssumi the now Governor who takes office
will no! be In office till the 1st of January.
That, of course, is the point of Mr. Tan?
ner's amendment and that is the point of
Mr. Smith's suggestion that tho distribu?
tion ol hould take place not as a
?? . ? of anything the present officers
may do."
If Mr. Smith, of Tammany Hall, and
Mr. Sheehai r of them lacking in
hard political experience and neither
averse to job-gral bing wherever possible,
werf satisfied that the Democracy was pro
by this clause against Republican
rapacity, even "The World" need hardly
Too Good for Tammany.
Tammany Hal i oppo e the
new const
illuminating ? ? Und?
ing up to th? ? f the I ?oni titut
ention this year. The proposal for
a convention in 1916 instead of in 1917
Hall
the I- te p.?
ted to continue
control. There b*i much opposition t?.
it, on the ground that such ha.-te was un
? - ary, on the score of expense, even
because of th.- origin of the proposal.
Hut it went through the Legislature, and
... ? ? ?-.on t?. decide tl
was held. In that oloction there was tin
grant ballot t., | [n favor i
proposal, the moot tlagrant being in
Mr. Murphy's own Assembly ..
Whet tier a.? Um result of such frail
lc*cause of hor.e-t ?Jooire for the early
' - the queel n tvai ca? ried by a
. |
??? ??id not ele,? a majority
"f ??? ' had boon hoped. A
I ? put the
' - The eon
not t?. th?- com] ? ? action of every?
extent ol prododng u
Tlawl. but g B-bU S an
sg si .?? body,
? ? y .u ?i nithoul pari
?J t?. do it.
?it-tl in the
? ea wtaastituUoi ? | of Democrats
??? ajonty of Kepulili
'?ans. ?In its. chief feature-, there wa
ftubsUntia! s?rveinin.t by the lepre-sei.ta-I
? when it came to the
The n? ??-.?? ? ? ? ?
ich a Den rat ? s Re| ibllcan
? nt.
Undt ? . to bass
f It meani
? | ' r Tammany. What
I for Tau many ought to bo just
? f the state a i I
Legally Sane.
8 'i.'i*- last srseb S patient from
? \\ was brought before a
? <? of the Suprei el art on a writ of
. ? corpus. He had been placed in the
? opathic ward provi itonalty at the in
? of In wife and his brother, who
? hire committed t_ a hos
pita! for th? To support their ap
? on they ha i ths <??
r phj : ? : ? ' ' nrnn
tal di esse . besides 'he expert testimony
ard
>e_ t.? k Bs a man of lav. ' I
? Ide whether the patient COul 1 prop
er!y be ;.'.'i'-i-.| in tho class that hears that
- label "Legally insano." The
and apr - of his family
: I
medical me*i wer?- manifestly of r.o im
it is true thai one erho hs
abundai ; opportunity to observe the pa
. t in the lasl few days was quite
lied of his mental unsoui 1 de
clarad that it would not be safe to let
him go. But on the other side wm the
testimony of one of the patient's old
I .
This witness wa? not a medical man,
but ore of those plain citizens whose good
. ns we learned from the Judge who
led at the latest Thaw trial, is so
much more valuable than the musty opin
?ona of doctors arhoes head? are -
with psychiatric fancies and their mouths
full of hard word?. He had seen the pa?
tient and found him in his right mind.
I-or instance, the man who was said to he
deranged had a clear memory of some?
thing that happened forty years ago, and
whe'i he heard of BOn 6 | ? ? IS?ness
venture he "wai ed to gel in on it." What
further proof was needed of his sound?
ness of mind? "He struck me as ration?
al," laid the witni confldently, "and I
Vlieve he is, no matter what the doctors
say."
The soundnssa of this observation evi?
dently appealed to the court more than
the judgment of all the doctors together.
The physician of the psychopathic ward
? knowingly of a manic d? p ?
? r a* d I ? "' "th, but when pn
he declined to quibble about th?- r
of "legal" insanity, and I
that if the man was let loose he would
probably be back again in tarent;
So the judge decided that tl
v not a case of what lawyers call
lunacy, and thai SC
of the physicians aras irrelevant.
When counsel for the patient's family
asked timidly who was to be responsible
for him while he was at large the judge,
.-welling with indignation, broke forth
somewhat as follows: "Responsible I
Pray, who Is responsible for you? Let me
tell you this man is an American ettisen
and he will he responsible for himself.
His liberty may prove an important I
in his recovery."
Three days after this memorable decla?
ration the American citiren was back in
the psychopathic ward. The responsibil?
ity for this unfortunate relapse was un?
doubtedly his own. The judge In grant?
ing it to him as an American citizen had
made him promise to ho good and had
sent him away with the liest advice, "< ion
trol your nerves and acticbs," he had said,
and the patient solemnly vowed he m
How was the judge to know that !.??
not be trusted, unless, indeed, he had given
heed to the opinion of the physicians?
Of late physicians have been much
ridiculed for their notion of what insanity
consists in. It is plain that none of
them has a clear understanding of the
legal c<?nception of that condition, but are
they altogether to blame for their ig
norance? One thing is certain: that if a
useful reform is to be compas, ed lawyer -
as well as physicians must be included
in it.
Lord Haldane's Miscalculation.
i From Th. ?
Lord llaldane was never a pacificist, and
POVOI willing to sacrifice the interests of his
country to those of Gel ir,:?ny. His fault was
U believe in the e\ --.-,?? ? _ .- I party
in lirrmany, or rather, I i 1.
t?o? nre ?ros worth b moment's eonsidei
fard his n dation as unp..
. however, gro It . lually
? I i
the Army by Lord HaMane, It is t" hun ire
! ??' -.rial organization, a: .
the organization of th.- Expoditiol
Again, it ia to him we owe the system of
Voluntary Aid Dotaohmeata InstitStiOBS
without which we could not have dealt with
II wounded. Lastly, it Is to him that we
..we the National Reserve. If be did not orig
'hat force, he made it a living thing
- recognition and encourag-rncnt. It
...'.]??.I some two kaadrod thousand men t>
the Army. To folget til this, and to pursue
hin with what Murk?, called "a hunt of ob
Ignobla a COS .ame to all
? *.ig men.
The Tax Question.
I To the Editor of The Tribune.
?sir: I notice in to-day's Tribune tha' s.nce
the millionaire i? SS poor ;i? to ha obliged to
?w?ar off his persona] tas ths prepesti
made that every OBS B th an income of |
or more should !?? I to an inco
It strikes aie th?
together anil have un.th.r I
tas a
; The barden will set ? It entirt
for the poor to |
Propart] I bs tosed ?m..
prcdaetlea. l"r example, o boOSe renting
for |80 a i
??n?. Bsoath's real fei I ? thre?
months, as wi
?
t bo eoasl
..ne. ?nd expenses.
VI.. A B. 1KN KV? K
Aaterts, L 1, Oct. i_, ttlf, I
THE SHAM"
A Sorry Exampl* Th.it Should
T?'iich Us a Leason.
To the ? :n'v
:,? I Baassailabla
'.A.\er in '?. ? ni'.rr.ir g'- I r I >01 I r.r.-?s cl'*ar
?a a clarion call to all thinking men. Th?*
*..????, ?o sdmirahly ?tat?.) by :-'U. ?osl nrc
esearlly forea UieBssalvai on th.* ^m n.1? of
.-very ?tu.lent of pant, p.^-siru; an.i future
tVOBtO.
Are we ?o ob?e??ed with our petty, pr.r
? Ki itrei d >?? i sy, sell il desire f.-r ths
sham? and luxuries of our commonjA
?.-..? i| we f.,rget tho great p.... ?
bj us in the world and th?* raspeosibilil I
i geaanl placed Ib "ur band
... t?-: .- enough to pi
., wofally placed i.efure u?. Th<
.?<? an?l Moo.i now I"- Bg I'-.tir-*?i ? ? . ??
gros s ? ? -1
? .,.?<? and BBtlOBSl
?i,,in which BS ??
Ifer, ihoald give us "11
rhe taint of "muddling through" seems te
? -..read Itself sere Atlsutie and to
be taking root in the apathetic, one might ??1
ij be aawmie, attil : ths m^jii '!l
the itreet. Is there bo aatioaal leader w.rh a
.?oui above political parti ? '*?* strong
enough to voice in? cry, "Wake Bp, '??
. .-..* ?:i your apathy an :
: . ion .-?. sppar? Ol m >?ur
? to the appr?ciai
I your supin?? Sttitode.
Patriotism mean? lacriii.-e, BOt th>- more
salutation of bunting, and ?should be a sa?r> ?i
. --..-r eoBssioasoess, prepared at a;.
:?? give iree-handedly of its BOSt in thought
and iet .1
Pray urtcpt from one of your readers s slB?
orr appr?ciation si ths ?-?..ar sad
ib a ??? en hauntn.
we are "ci- ? | ... ? ? :? snail, un ?
-, L,t*t*r SO?
boa n clearly, as a writiog
:. th- Wall, that he who runs n-.ay read.
V. M INTHKOP NEWMAN.
New York, Oct. SO, 1911
Sham and Shame.
To the Editor of The Tribune.
G r: Please let me express my deepest ad?
miration, assent and thanks for the enlight?
ening leader in your Journal of this morning.
editoi sttaifl such ?
?ruth and trun: ?SI II ght 10
?
v.,pi- ;,..? twei Brii ? and I
can fal- *v si d blindness tl a- deadly as it is
?'awful "
? i o? Bhsn ar-.,l Bhsme, both i
land mid America, are smOBg rt.>- chief I letl
of the "three Turkeys," and to thr>m, as much
Teutoois battailous, Brill be ?lue the
victory of Wilhelm If *l.? '
the fute of Sodom and Gomorrah upon
the miserable lands whose ions contii ??? to
lap up lies and wallow in the mire of cow?
ardice.
When we contrast the organized effirleney
?; n*y of the Teutons with
the wholly r?pp?.?itc qualities of Englsnd and
? a philosophai st least won
dot whether or not the law of the "survival
of the ?ttest" should no*, requ.r.* suit
Ormany *
grant us mercy, open our eye?, and
give to America and to Kngland
? ne man equal in real "force" to Wilhi
BENEX AMERICAN
Brooklyn? Oet CO, 101."..
Two Thoughtless Nations.
Tc tho Kditor of The Tribune.
Fir: T have often a -\pres? my
appreciation of your wonderf-il edit? rial page,
of which I am a constant reader. As a Tana
? N'ew York, to me The TrlbaOC is typi
eally "American."
I write now to ?hank you most tv.irmly for
- u? ?o rlav the ?plendid letter from
".Tohnny Csauek" r. raiding 'he ini rieai
patriot? and the r-", | umpire Loya
That bo*h bodies, wer.- mefl of whom their
deaeendanti may justly be pro-nl ?,--?.
".!,,, i t ? wi ?heir history will eOBCede
To-day th., ? deaeendanti ? ? hack
f the two great progressive oat
ID World, MviBg side by lid? I
* ??' r-, litary deferir? arraii. |
and having the ?urn?- ??.-? tutiooi and
? r'eace and of personal freedom for
the individual.
thi differences of opinion of our nr.
h.-.ve long ilaec t>en settled, i.? It no'
a worthy aim to work for the high?"-? form of
harmony ar i betwcefl r>:?. CanadlaB
and American p? i
liing your great paper the utmost |Ue
ce?s, KT f: STEVENSON
? York. Oet. 1'.'. 1916,
The Kaiser's Prediction.
To the Kditor of The Tribune.
Sir: Some ?Ix or eight week? ago reports
wen published in the newspapeis to th<
effect that the German Empsror, addre?slng
the prominent banker? of th? empire, pre
dieted peace in October.
Inasmuch ai I doubted the veracity of this
? I *?? rit sn Inquiry to one of my Herman
-pondent!, requesting ., tiofl of
the kliovo statement, and just rerei-ed a reply
und- r date of September || a? follows)
That the German Emperor expCCtl the enl
?of the war In n?-t.?bcr, and that he
have expressed him-ei | that efl
-. t.? u?. We de
? .- effe? t very prol..' le, becaa ?- -
?ng to all sppearoacei the war is likely t,.
- a numher of month-, nasmaeh
a-, oar opponent? in their Miadaess sad self
-?'.. ?t B/illiog to admit that
they have lost the game."
I quote the sbevc line? jnst as they have
been transmitted to me, and leave H to your
m ludgmeat to publish the sbova, should
you .-?.r?s:.ier It of sail ? *o your
rt-ader!. \. ALTEE B? UM IDT.
? :
German Savagery.
To the Ed *..r of The Trlbjne.
Ifl r.ghrd to the r - - v f,,r
the ihocklOf execution c . II a*.
1 Kru?sels. permit n?e to say that a :?
? il wa? held in a cla-. | SBS Si
oar an ? t\h?r.- I wa? a viiitor, to
ed case like that of the girl
.ho use! her private telephone to
e range to the fort, wa? tried i.v the
SB court and ?hot. Our verdict was
? court founded on Anglo-Saxon law
^r-.-an or English would have done
?Y make her a pri?oner.
The?.- , \r-. j* m are p.,rt of the heniz
: ,'-r ? - el Mr BfeClellsB dis
? ? ? : B< a .am.
AME1ICAN WOMAN.
V?. ?'-.. Oft 19, Itli,
A Bit of Historv.
M r
? . .?? ??-.??
? ? 1 ' ... II 'emo
Tha last ?,nir ?he I'em.
righl yoad the memory
0? >ay liviag paraoa FAMES WILSON.
.. 1 .man.)
New York, Oct. 17, 1&16.
"HOWEVER, COMMA, MY HEART BLEEDS FOR SERBIA.
TAXABLE VALUES IN NEW YORK
The City's Financial Troubles Said To B?; Du?, to an Unnecessary Socialistic
Scheme of Government, Destructive of Real F.state.
To th? Editor of Tl - Tribuns
Sir: M h -..??"?
is repo-'. | to I -hat the prepo
terous personal tax as?es.ments of this ye
uise of New York Cltj
l difficulties, which be ,-' .
I^rge'y due to mandatory law? pa-'se.! at ..
.?? f salaries li this I I
statement of the Mavor is not warranted.
New York's trouhles are not due to BBS
? liitory laws _7T. ?' - solsiies. T>
chieflv das to regulaton,- laws the admini
tra'ion of which h> siagls t?;x social
reduced taxable i -State ti
tent of BBS -? d_ of millions i
lar?.
Henry George, the founder of linffls ta
ism, declared that private ownership
was a cri'i?? sad thsl "*'*??? ^'a'" m ist mal
land common property." Also that the sta
.-houbl "co-??? While v?
have no stagls tas l?.-'- ;'?? ' * '
pear to he in control <>f the city, Bl
havo succeeded In eonflaeatlaf or daatroyii
rental values and taxahle valnsa to an e:
tent that Henri Georgs probably nev?
drsamed po
Single tax socialism could h?. properly de:
: ent h ghbrow sodsliiB
and it Is B greal to the c.mmunit
than the red flag brand of socialism, ss it
rs are highly educated and charmin
men who are obs? issd with the idea that it 1
their moral duty to "rol Peter to pay Paul.
Pot? ' in thl ease re; resents many thousand
of ladastrtous, frugal, law-abiding citizen
who ha*.-.- invested th li lavinga in real es
t?te ander laws sad principles that hav
obtained for hi of years. And l'an
represents a million, more or less, of shift
l<-^<-, incompetent, improvident people, huma
par., i.1 sponges. As moths prefer th
? ? rpensivs garments to lay ?heir egg
in, BO ' -,e taxer, an'1 half tux ? - g
into the very best ?ocial and eh
to propagate their
?
The upstate member? of the I.egi
are not to blame f'.r the mandatory a:. |
1 .-. mplsinod of. no
were passed on tl-.'* insisl .nd of char
ty WO!
from this city. While charity and SOttlenoB
worker? arc very charming people and de
serve ' t praise i their good worl
ot ?he best ads nuhlii
polic-.- Mi -, tare, how
OVSr, cannot b? 1 : ?_ givo thl
full weight
To soy thai boma rala will help us out oi
oat * eery sectior
of ? h" Stets : :n tli?
? k City, at'.'
the upstate measbers ?.f the Logislotaro real
pi BBSOt-Bg the city'?
1 tinos in the
now in con
?rol of it., atTait a I ty. Th
ot lacalcalabls velas
to the people mf ? u ? |OOBI "f pro
tection fr"-- slistS BOW in power.
- WO ... ,,. a ^g?jnl
? r progr?s I SI I il - now paying the
penal' B voted to put the city 0,1
a charity and social ? | and they
They have al?o put it on
I it Is tl nnical
r . thi^
>ear :i :ax increase
Bill !?? he greatly over
. ? ..
dallara of si 1 personal taxe.? on ths
which must lii
placed In future ! idgeto end i ' sed by taxa
?
There ?re thr?. rOBBOBl why it l|
imp?.- ;h!" ton ths cost of government
to on extent that would atford substantial
IS '*' to taxpayer?: Fir?t Short term of
our elected O-icials. _-C_nd Divided au
"horlty and responsibility. Third The civ
isrvice law?. It is impossible to overeom
'??'errent e-Teet of these condition?.
And what is the net gain to a propert
owner who save? a few dollar? on hi? ta
bill if the selling value of his property i
declining f> or 10 per cent a year and he i
called upon to reduce or pay off mortgages
Th?? most important financial duty of th
to ;??? ??????- property right?, and thereb
???'? 'axable values, up-n which th
al credit of the citv ll BBSOd
There are rhousand? of parcel.? of land i
ter New York eoverod by overdue mort
that under foreclosure would BOi eol
for more than the amount of the first mort
In many eases the title hi lers StOI
? to hand over their deodl to the mort
wi'hout a cont. I
This mortgage situation furnishes furthe
irrofutabls evideaee of the terrible decline II
taxable real estate values. Theie lo.-s,
represent the equi'ies of iBVOStOIS, many o
whom have put the hard earned savings o
a lifetime into real e?tute, only to tee i
taken fr m them in their old age.
Governmental policies that produce ?uc!
conditions must be fundamentally wrong, an,
there will be no permanent relief until safe
snd "arier policies are adopted.
The Tenement House Department i? th'
instrumeatality through which the ?ingl,
t.tx.-rs accomplish most in the matter of de
stroying taaabls value?. Esperta have ds
ciar.-.I that the cost and loss of taxabl.
values due to 'he operation of this depar?
ment alone amount to more than $!?00,000,
000. The department issued 190,000 orders ir
one year, and it is ?inly one of the many ?!??
partmei I SIS admini-rered by ilngl
taxers, who item to believe that propert?
... ? .-i - have bo rights.
The natural Lut unfort'ina'e effer? or" thes?
laws i? r?> diseoarOgS the small investor fron
ito. Land is being more an.
more forced loto the hand-? "?' , aculatora
is a grave governmental error. Th(
more the 'and Is divided up in ownership th?
?"or the city. Tenement house ollleial
' that tenements housing twer.-y
four families were preferable to house.? bull'
thlBC families. That is the attitude Ol
: coemeat House Department, and pre
umablj of the administration, and II
rimer.-?.', to publie Interest. It would be fa*
batter for tl eity if rhe tweaty-four families
lived Ib eight houses owned by diff?res! citi
lens.
Another fad that should be taken iatS
deration by city oflacisll is thin
sad other form? of iavestmeat hav?*
r-d to a point where th-ir yield is m
that 'hey compete with real estate tC
t greater extent than ever before.
The r-.'y is not deriving the increased land
II from the new $''.'0,000,000 ?ubway
* hat would have resulted under safe and BBS
?on?. The reason i- 'ha' 'he bad ef
- ? of the overregulation of real e.tite
have offset the good effect of increased tran?
'ies.
o>. erregulation, which ha? such a
erushir.tr effect on taxable real estate value?
tu a large extent unneee-sary. Thi?
statement is based upon a report mad? to the
.-; institution at Washington, on
ne and sanitation by Pr. S. uYoll
Mitchell, John S. Billing? and I, H. Hergv;
ipOB a report of Dr. I/eonard Hill, of
i- the lea.ling pathologist of
?ir.-nt Britoia
If Mayor Mitchel want.? to improve the
taaaeial condition he can do so by tak
lag the administration of regulatory laws
out of the hands of socialist! and placing
?o in charge, with instruction? to
domoad BOthiog from OWBOri that l? not
? leatiol for the protection of public
th, moral.? and BOfoty,
This ? ibjeet i? of such supreme importance
that it i to be hope?) such influential orgsni
as the Chamber of ?'omm.-rce. Mer
AasOCiatiOB, New York Hoard of
. la and Transportation, Manufacturers'
iaaociatioa, real estate boards ?in.! raxpay
ers1 a* s. elation? will give it their earnest
- -?ration and unite in dOB?aodlBg a re?
turn to safe and ?ane governmental policie?.
Jl'DSO.N G. WALL. ,
New York, Oct. IS, 1916.
A PLAGUE ON ALL
A Seal Ifeutral Hopes All H
ligerents Will Be Licked.
Editor of 1
?ir: : m my Ufe tkt!
I have wri'ten a letter to a ne*?paper, ba'
have ?een day after day thai V-i -_B-6_6]
every one a chance to air opinions, 10 I???
goes.
One rea.!? ?o mach sowsdsys of IsrSSl
Americanism and British-Ajailllislm I
one is heartily sieh of It vV? know or t?-.t
know that- ther? Is no such thin, legally a??
hyphenated Amere.n. One Is ?__? O
-an or one Is B eittsOB of ?om? ?_?
country.
I** ovary bsbb srho leaos 'o_ard the Ana
nrd ?? who lean? toward th* Is
m,n? be compelled to take s .un __ r
fight yea ? ??* w9uM *itW
neutril. M *
are BBppOSOd to.
I notic.l a sta* ??? _?*? M*
days ac^. arrlttea h-- a RussUui .ont!?mi? *
.orne prominence, wh i ? - *at ?? ?
cietlei ??? thl raniied by d-haSM
German birth hsvs OB hard over ****
wat they wni
fight for th.-r "Fatherland" and *******
-.?temen t. of coon-.
the rai v * m*n wl !
m or with a vivid ir._ginst.oB ????
think of ?uch a thing.
Let u? loo ? B S sensible ?I??'
Why do you '' " '?"-mans hi? _
I not de sa to ?M
thl| r, ? German rala Ir!'"1'^
?ps from a eoontry that _<*??*
,.;,-, the poor people s .hones t? sf?^
wealth and position; they came sesv*?
more will corn... 'o lecore 'n?.*d'*nUf?!f,
ths grea'.T i I ?"-_ thii ?ww
offers them; they come '?? aasaae I? w
forts s t; they ? inted Is ha?
lire govsrasd sssss
laws t-, ' i tobasaasass-J
dorn of speech and move. BBt V*jmi -
' "??i8 g ant 2
[00.000 wi ild'flght against the I nl-*?
... of any other ft
V !*____ . _ ?*.***
*""?,___?5
' " _".___! krtsE
?real! licked. Thai loanda feel*. ?*??
'"'? ,h' t,m_ .11 ?*
an !- ?h? ' ukiBC _i__i aha
'.._H_Tes#
? ?Me to tu.?
war again fer tl s ? ?si !,u"'w11CT^^
tm M
'*-,''?i --Hua?
if England win, old Johnny BoU a? ^
cockv that yon won't he able to BJ
? tha Herman, wls 'he *??*?' ' |j
bullheaded that you wont be soi? ^
bin. Th.- best thing that ran happea
a draw, for no mat ? "A Vtl**i
lag to soy it-at the people of the
' \7Tm_sH
Thai ' ' ? fc___T*"
' *___Sslaa*
Urged army.nd -i.^.
at it be suri ? n'nV0,;fte?
.... going to have a g?*?? f?
%:e .?j able '-V-V' K,n?__-ti??*
We Should see that b7 th,t \, t.
_ . ,- least the second largest r7
world. I am an American of the sis ^ r j
tion.
New rerl Gel Is. It**
An Anti Boss Democrat.
To the Editor el The Trtb?aaa ^
Bin Mr. Salto,,'? letter in 7?^^
yesterday express ?? ', w r*??
same Wind of a Democrat I S* . ^
"The World," but when "The Wor'Mrtrf
OVOI ' > Murphy I ?ail It and *"**
The Tribune ?? |S*
1 like your paper l..c?u?e >o ^ ^
bossed and again?! the corrupt ter- ^
.rnment we ha%e in this ?t?^'wn. poT?a?
Governor Sulzer aptly called 'th* ? ^
system of gra ty-ftfty" ' '-...blies
crat who will continue to vete the ? t
ticket until the bos?.* are d'P**~-aSfi.
L. A. ???
New York, Oct. 1?, l?i?